Report of the Proceedings of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at the ... Meeting[s] ..., Volume 24The Society., 1893 - United States |
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A. J. Smith Andrew Hickenlooper Army of Tennessee attend the twenty-fourth battle Blair Brevet Brevet-Brigadier-General Brevet-Major-General brigade Brigadier-General Buckland Capt Captain Captain W. R. Chairman Committee CHARLES H Chas Chattanooga Chicago Cincinnati Colonel John Colonel L. M. Dayton command Commandery Commissary Committee on Invitation comrades Congress Corresponding Secretary DEAR SIR:-I G. M. Dodge gallant GLEASON Grant heart Hickenlooper honor invitation to attend Iowa John Pope Lieut LIEUTENANT CHARLES Lieutenant-Colonel Lincoln Logan Louis Loyal Legion Lyon Macfeely Major Charles Major-General John Major-General M. F. Force meeting ment military Minn Missouri nation November 16 November 16th October officers Ohio old soldier pleasure present President receipt received Recording Secretary regiment regret Schofield Smith Society subsistence department Surgeon Tennessee thank thousand Treasurer troops truly twenty-fourth annual reunion Union Vice-Presidents Vicksburg volunteers W. R. Hodges W. T. Sherman Washington Willard Warner
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Page 103 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 129 - ... of the State house of representatives of Ohio, 1874-1878, serving as speaker of the house two years; was Presidential elector for the Fifteenth district of Ohio in 1872, and was chosen to carry the electoral vote of the State to Washington; was Presidential elector at large in 1880; was a member of the board of trustees of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors. Orphans...
Page 118 - ... selfdenying abstinence from hasty generalizations, forbearance and generous estimation with regard to our fellow-laborers, and reliance on that divine Spirit which has breathed into us our intelligent life, and is the source of all true wisdom, are the qualities which best become us. While thanking you for the honor which you have done me in inviting me to deliver this address, and in conveying to you the kindly regards and good wishes of all your fellow-workers in the Canadian Dominion, allow...
Page 123 - They fell, who lifted up a hand And bade the sun in heaven to stand ! They smote and fell, who set the bars Against the progress of the stars, And stayed the march of Motherland ! They stood, who saw the future come On through the fight's delirium!
Page 132 - Boynton was commissioned major in 1865, and was mustered out of service at the close of the war. He established himself at Marine City, Mich., where he for several years was deputy assessor of internal revenue.
Page 128 - Cooperstown, with whom he diligently pursued his studies until he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the state...
Page 48 - That the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated for the preparation of a site and the erection of a pedestal for a statue of the late General William T.
Page 48 - That the President of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, the chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library, and the Secretary of War...
Page 36 - I regret that it will be impossible for me to be present, but I shall be very glad, before the occasion arises, to designate some one to represent me.
Page 28 - ... in abstract views of Constitutional Law and Practice, were not destructive. That if the Congressional plan of reconstruction succeeded, he could do nothing, and if it failed or led to confusion, the future developed results in his favor, etc.; and that is pretty much all I have ever said or done. At the meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee on the...