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 The First General Reunion of Confederate Veterans and 
 
 Citizens Generally, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 
 
 July 3rd, 4th and 5th, 1890, 
 
 John B. Gordon, Governor of Georgia, who is the General 
 Commanding the United Confederate Veterans, has called the first 
 Convention of the same in Chattanooga on July 3rd, 1890 He has 
 also extended a most cordial invitation to veterans of both armies, 
 and to citizens of the Republic to participate in this grand reunion, 
 and in the ceremonies of the 3rd, 4th and 5th. 
 
 The selection of Chattanooga was not only a compliment to 
 our people, but it was a proper recognition of the importance of 
 this city. Here are the world-famed fields of Chickamauga, Mis- 
 sionary Ridge and the poetic "Battle Above the Clouds." In 
 such a city, and on the natal day of the Republic, only tender 
 memories and patriotic emotions can prevail. Surely it will be a 
 demonstration unequalled since the Declaration of Independence. 
 
 Chattanooga, appreciating how much is expected of her, has 
 undertaken a programme of entertainments that will make every 
 hour of the three days an unalloyed delight. To fully publish 
 these intentions the following volume is prepared. 
 
 
FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION 
 
 GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE. 
 
 This greatest of all the great generals of the late civil war 
 was the son of the celebrated Revolutionary officer, ' 'Light-horse 
 Harry" Lee, and was born January 19th, 1806, in Westmoreland 
 county, Virginia. He was graduated from West Point in 1829, 
 standing second in a class of 46, and was therefore commissioned 
 as Second Lieutenant of Engineers He was possessed of remark- 
 able talents in that department. 
 
 When war against Mexico was declared Captain Lee was as- 
 signed to duty under General Wool, as Chief Engineer, and Gen- 
 eral Scott reported that to his engineering skill, and qualities as a 
 soldier, was the army indebted for the speedy fall of Vera Cruz. 
 During that war he was thrice brevetted, the last for his gallantry 
 at the storming of Chapultepec. He was then Brevet-Colonel. 
 
 Colonel Lee inherited the great military qualities of his bril- 
 liant father. Like him he was a strict disciplinarian, as well as a 
 thorough organizer, and his skill, zeal and vigilance secured him 
 the respect and confidence of the commanding officers of the en- 
 tire army. 
 
 In 1852 Colonel Lee was appointed Commandant at West 
 Point, and remained there during three years He enlarged the 
 
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS. 
 
 course of studies, adding extended instruction in engineering, the 
 construction of fortifications and of roads and bridges. He also 
 added the study of constitutional and international law. He 
 recommended the extension of the course to five years, which was 
 adopted in 1858. 
 
 Three days after Virginia withdrew from the Union, Lieu- 
 tenant-Colonel Robert E. Lee resigned his commission in the 
 United States Army, announcing that he conscientiously felt 
 bound by the action of his State. He said in a private letter : 
 
 "With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty 
 of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand 
 against my relatives, my children, my home." 
 
 Such was the character of the man whom Mr. Davis placed 
 at the head of the Confederate Armies when Johnston was 
 wounded, and charged him with "the conduct of military oper- 
 ations in the armies of the Confederacy," on May 31st, 1862. He 
 had been commanding the armies at Richmond "under the direc- 
 tion of the President" since March 13th, of that same year. 
 
 The military genius illustrated in Lee's handling of the 
 "Army of Northern Virginia" is not excelled by that developed 
 in Marlborough, Bonaparte or Wellington. Lord Wolsely, who 
 visited him in 1862, wrote as follows: "Lee is stamped on my 
 memory as a being apart, and superior to all others in his way." 
 He was respected and honored by his corps commanders, and 
 was almost worshiped by the rank and file, while by the country 
 at large he was adored. He was respected by the enemy from 
 the private^o the commander-in-chief, and to-day not a breath of 
 bitterness is breathed against General Lee's memory from Labra- 
 dor to the Rio de la Bravo. As the biographers of Lincoln beau- 
 tifully say, "Lee's handsome presence and cordial manner en- 
 deared him to his associates, and made friends of strangers at first 
 sight." It need scarcely be said, then, that such a man could 
 readily sink self in an inflexible devotion to duty, or that his 
 mind was pure and his character upright. 
 
 As a compliment to his purity of heart and exaltation of soul, 
 the famous college at Lexington, Va., added his name to its desig- 
 nation, and has since been known as the "Washington-Lee Uni- 
 versity." How exquisitely appropriate is the combination — the 
 names of the two greatest Americans joined in an institution of 
 learning. 
 
 Just beyond the rostrum of the chapel of the Washington-Lee 
 University is the pure white marble Mausolem of the great soldier, 
 visible to the students through the bronze grating that encloses the 
 apartment. And from that reclining statue, sleeping peacefully 
 with the military cloak thrown partially over the body, there 
 comes to the youth of the South inspirations to patriotic conduct, 
 promptings to every duty, and encouragement to faithfulness un- 
 der all circumstances. Even in marble this wonderful man appears 
 to be "a being apart, and superior to all others." One involun- 
 tarily lifts his hat when he approaches that bronze grating. 
 
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FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION 
 
 ORGANIZATION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS 
 
 At the first convention of Confederate veterans, held in the 
 city of New Orleans, June ioth, 1889, for the purpose of organiz- 
 ing a National Confederate Veterans Association, the following 
 was adopted as 
 
 THE CONSTITUTION. 
 
 Aticler i . The objects and purposes of this organization will 
 be strictly social, literary, historical and benevolent. It will en- 
 deavor to unite in a general federation all associations of Confeder- 
 ate Veterans, Soldiers and Sailors, now in existence or hereafter 
 to be formed; to gather authentic data for an impartial history of 
 the war between the States; to preserve relics or mementoes of 
 the same; to cherish the ties of friendship that should exist among 
 men who have shared common dangers, common sufferings and 
 privations; to care for the disabled, and extend a helping hand to 
 the needy; to protect the widows and the orphans, and to make 
 and preserve a record of the services of every member, and as far 
 as possible of those of our comrades who have preceded us in 
 eternity 
 
 Art. 2. The officers of the national or general headquarters 
 will be as follows: A General, a Lieutenant-General, an Adju- 
 tant-General, a Quartermaster-General, a Commissary-General, a 
 Judge Advocate-General, a Surgeon-General, a Chaplain, and such 
 Aids as the General commanding may appoint. 
 
 Each State having five or more camps, bivouacs, or associa- 
 tions, and every five or more camps, bivouacs or association in 
 contiguous States, shall constitute a division, which will be officer- 
 ed under a Major-General and a staff similar to that of the Gen- 
 eral. 
 
 The various associations shall be permitted to retain their 
 
 name and organization, but they will be registered in numerical 
 order according to the date of their formation or incorporation 
 into the United Confederate Veterans, as Camps or Bivouacs No. 
 of tlie Division of the State or States of 
 
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS. 
 
 The associations, camps or bivouacs may, at their option, 
 adopt the following nomenclature for the officers, viz: Comman- 
 der; first, second and third (or more) Lieutenant Commanders, 
 Adjutant, Quartermaster, Surgeon, Chaplain, and Officer of the 
 Day, Assistant Surgeon, Treasurer, Sergeant-Major, Vidette, a 
 color Sergeant and two color Guards; and define their duties. 
 
 Art. 3 The representation of the various organizations at 
 the annual conventions of delegates will be as follows: One dele- 
 gate for every fifty member in good standing, and one additional 
 for a fraction of twenty or more members; provided, that the or- 
 ganizations having not less than twenty members in good standing 
 on their rolls shall be entitled to one delegate. 
 
 The delegates will elect, to serve for one year, the General, 
 Lieutenant-General and the Major-Generals, in their respective 
 divisions. They will also select the time and the place of the next 
 annual convention, at which general reunions may also be invited. 
 By a two-thirds vote they may also change or alter such articles of 
 the Constitution as they may see proper to amend. 
 
 Art. 4. The delegates will adopt a general seal and badge 
 for the United Confederate Veterans. The Adjutant-General will 
 furnish, upon proper requisition of the camps, bivouacs or associa- 
 tions, blank traveling cards, bearing the seal of the Association of 
 United Confederate Veterans, for the use of comrades in good 
 standing, the same to be countersigned by the officers authorized 
 to do so. 
 
 Art. 5. Certificates of membership in the Association of 
 United Confederate Veterans will be issued to organizations apply- 
 ing for admission by the General when their Constitution, By- 
 Laws and roll of members has been examined and found to con- 
 form with the requirement of this Constitution. A fee of $$ shall 
 accompany such applications, which fee shall be placed in the gen- 
 eral treasury of the Association. Each camp, bivouac or organiza- 
 tion, to whom a certificate is issued, and belonging to this Gen- 
 eral Association, shall annually on the day of , file with 
 
 the Adjtuant-General a true and 
 
 CORRECT ROLL OF ITS MEMBERS 
 
 in good standing on that date, and shall, at the same time, pay 
 into the general treasury the sum of twenty-five cents per capita for 
 each member shown on such roll, and no camp, bivouac, associa- 
 tion or organization, shall be permitted representation in a general 
 convention of the United Confederate Veterans until the said camp, 
 
FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION 
 
 bivouac, association or organization, shall have paid said annual tax 
 and all other amounts due by such camp, bivouac, association or or- 
 ganization 
 
 Art. 6. The Generals and Major-Generals shall be empow- 
 ered to appoint their respective staffs, and the first General elected 
 under this Constitution is also empowered to appoint the first Lieu- 
 tenant-G.eneral, who will exercise the functions of General in case of 
 a temporary or permanent vacancy in that office. 
 
 Art. 7. All papers and documents pertaining to General 
 Headquarters shall be forwarded through the Division Headquar- 
 ters for verification, and indorsement, where division organization 
 has been formed. 
 
 Art. 8. Every camp, bivouac, or association, will be ex- 
 pected to require of each applicant for membership satisfactory 
 proof of honorable service and discharge in the Confederate Army 
 or Navy. 
 
 Art. 9. Every comrade in good standing will be privileged 
 to attend the meets of any organization belonging to the United 
 Confederate Veterans, and receive that fraternal consideration that 
 they design to foster. 
 
 Art. 10. It shall be the duty of the Division Commanders 
 and their staffs to aid and urge the formation of new camps, bi- 
 vouacs, and organizations wherever they can be advantageously 
 formed within their jurisdiction. 
 
 Art 1 1 . The first General elected under this Constitution is 
 empowered to issue such orders for the good of the organization as 
 circumstances may, in his judgement, suggest, covering cases not 
 provided for in this Constitution. 
 
 Art. 12. Beyond the requirments of this Constitution, the 
 various organizations shall have full enjoyment of the right to gov- 
 ern themselves 
 
 Art. 13. Until the divisions can be formed, as provided for 
 in this Constitution, the various organizations will report directly to 
 General Headquarters 
 
 Art. 14. The discussion of political or religious subjects, nor 
 any political action shall be permitted within the organization of the 
 United Confederate Veterans, and any camp, bivouac or associa- 
 tion that will have acted in violation of this article shall be declared 
 to have forfeited its membership in this association. 
 
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS. 
 
 JOHN B. GORDON. 
 
 General John B. Gordon 
 was born in Upson county, 
 Georgia, Feb. 6th, 1832. 
 He was the eldest son of 
 a Baptist minister, who 
 was respected and honored 
 by that denomination. He 
 ' was educated in Franklin 
 College — now the Univer- 
 sity of Georgia — at Athens, 
 and studied law as a pro- 
 fession. 
 
 When the civil war broke 
 out young Gordon raised 
 a company, which bore the 
 euphonious name of "Raccoon Roughs," the special designation 
 being a 'coon skin cap with tail hanging down the back. His 
 success as a soldier was phenomenal. At the close of the war 
 he was a Lieutenant-General. 
 
 The military career of General Gordon is full of thrilling in- 
 cidents, none more famous than his onslaught, in May, 1864, when 
 he captured the commands of Seymour and Shaler. It was five 
 days after that brilliant charge that the memorable scene illus- 
 trated on the cover of this brochure occurred. The Federals had 
 advanced with great fury, and had captured Johnston and twenty 
 pieces of artillery, with nearly three thousand men. General Lee 
 had hurried to the front to lead the charge. Gordon seeing his 
 peril cried out, "To the rear, General!" and the cry was taken 
 up by the line. 
 
 Gordon's conduct in the last act of the terrible drama that dur- 
 ing four years had sacrificed so much blood and treasure, rendered 
 his military record immortal. In March, 1865, General Lee made 
 his last offensive demonstration ; it failed. Gordon's Divisions 
 fought with dauntless courage two miles south of Appomattox, 
 and drove the enemy out of his breastworks, which they occu- 
 pied. 
 
 It is not necessary to this brief sketch to relate the conclud- 
 ing scene of that famous struggle Suffice it to say that Gen- 
 eral Gordon sent word to Lee that the enemy was driving his line 
 back. Just as his corps was forming to resist Sheridan's flank 
 movement a flag of truce appeared, and the war practically ended. 
 General Gordon entered politics soon after the declaration 
 of peace, and was a candidate for the gubernatorial chair of his 
 native State in 1868. He was defeated by the "Sharp and Quick" 
 practices of the friends of his opponent, Rufus B. Bullock. In 
 January, 1873, he was elected United States Senator, and was re- 
 
FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION 
 
 elected in 1879 ^ n J 88o he resigned, and retired to private life. 
 
 In 1886 General Gordon was elected Governor of Georgia, 
 and was re-elected in 1889, which dignified position he still fills. 
 
 The Association known as the United Confederate Vet- 
 erans was organized in the city of New Orleans on June 10th, 
 1889, and General John B. Gordon was unanimously chosen their 
 first General Commanding. 
 
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 ADDRESS OF THE GENERAL COMMANDING. 
 
 The following is Gen Jno. B Gordon's address to the United 
 Confederate Veterans on the occasion of his accepting the com- 
 mand: 
 
 Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 3, 1889. 
 
 To the ex- Soldiers and Sailors of the Late Confederate Slates of 
 America: 
 
 The convention of delegates from the different states which as- 
 sembled in New Orleans, June 10, 1889, effected a general organization 
 designed as the "United Confederate Veterans. " It is designed as an 
 association of all the bodies of ex-Confederate Veterans and Sailors 
 throughout the Union. The convention adopted a constitution and 
 did me the great honor to elect me General, which position I accept 
 with peculiar gratification. Preliminary to the issue of any orders I 
 wish to call general attention to the 
 
 objects of this association 
 and to enlist in their accomplishment the active co-operation not 
 only of every survivor of Southern armies, but also that large con- 
 tingent of sons of veterans, who, too young to have received the 
 baptism of fire, have nevertheless received with you the baptism of 
 suffering and sacrifice. 
 
 The first article of the constitution of the association declares: 
 "The object ond purpose of this organization will be strictly social, 
 literary, historical and benevolent. It will endeavor to unite in a 
 general federation all associations of the Confederate veterans, sold- 
 iers and sailors now in existence or hereafter to be formed; to crath- 
 er authentic data for an impartial history of the war between the 
 states; to preserve the relics or mementoes of the same; to cherish 
 the ties of friendship that should exist among the men who have 
 shared common dangers, common suffering and privations; to care 
 for the disabled and extend a helping hand to the needy; to protect 
 the widow and orphan and to make and preserve the record of the 
 services of every member, and as far as possible, of those of our 
 comrades who have preceded us in eternity." 
 
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS. 
 
 The last article provides that neither discussion of political or 
 religious subjects nor any political action shall be permitted in the 
 organization and any association violating that provision shall forfeit 
 its membership. 
 
 GOOD OBJECTS. 
 
 Comrades, no argument is needed to secure for those objects 
 your enthusiastic indorsement. They have burdened your thoughts 
 for many years, you have cherished them in sorrow, poverty and 
 humiliation. In the face of misconstruction you have held them in 
 your hearts with the strength of religious convictions. No mis- 
 judgements can defeat your peaceful purposes for the future. Your 
 aspirations have been lifted by the mere force and urgency of sur- 
 rounding conditions to a plane far above the paltry consideration of 
 partizan triumphs, the honor of the American Republic, the just 
 powers of the federal government, the equal rights of states, the in- 
 tegrity of the constitutional union, the sanctions of law and the en- 
 forcement of order have no class of defenders more true and de- 
 voted than the ex-soldiers of the South and their worthy descend- 
 ants. But you realize the great truth that a people without the 
 memories of heroic suffering and sacrifices are 
 
 A PEOPLE WITHOUT A HISTORY. 
 
 To cherish such memories and recall such a past, whether 
 crowned with success or consecrated in defeat, is to idealize princi- 
 ple and strength of character, intensify love of country and convert 
 defeat and disaster into pillars of support for future manhood and 
 noble womanhood. Whether the Southern people under their 
 changed conditions may ever hope to witness another civilization 
 which shall equal that which began with their Washington and 
 ended with their Lee, it is certainly true that devotion to their 
 glorious past is not only the surest guarantee of future progress and 
 the holiest bond of unity, but is also the strongest claim they can 
 present to the confidence and respect of the other sections of the 
 Union. 
 
 NON-POLITICAL. 
 
 In conclusion I beg to repeat, in substance at least, a few 
 thoughts recently expressed by me to the state organization, which 
 apply with equal force to this general brotherhood. 
 
 It is political in no sense except so far as the word "political" 
 is as a synonym of the word "patriotic." It is a brotherhood over 
 which the genius of philantrophy and patriotism, of truth and of 
 justice will preside; of philanthrophy, because it will succor the dis- 
 abled, help the needy, strengthen the weak and cheer the disconso- 
 
10 FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION 
 
 late; of patriotism, because it will cherish the past glories of the 
 dead Confederacy and transmute them into living inspirations for fu- 
 ture service to the living republic; of truth, because it will seek to 
 gather and preserve as witnesses for history the unimpeachable facts 
 which shall doom falsehood to die that truth may live; of justice be- 
 cause it will cultivate national as well as Southern fraternity and will 
 condemn narrow mindedness and prejudice and passion, and culti- 
 vate that broader, higher, nobler sentiment, which would write on 
 the grave of every soldier who fell on either side: "Here lies a hero, 
 a martyr to the right as his conscience conceived it." 
 
 GENERAL ORGANIZATION. 
 
 I rejoice that a general organization too long neglected has 
 been at last perfected. It is a brotherhood which all honorable men 
 must approve and which heaven itself will bless. I call upon you 
 therefore to organize in every state and community where ex-Con- 
 federates may reside and rally to the support of the high and peace- 
 ful objects of the "United Confederate Veterans," and move for- 
 ward until by the power of organization and persistent effort your 
 beneficient and christian purposes are fully accomplished. 
 
 J. B. Gordon, 
 General Commanding. 
 
 After the organization of the association at the New Orleans 
 convention, and the adoption of the foregoing constitution, Gov. 
 John B. Gordon, of Georgia, was elected General Commanding, and 
 authorized to appoint his staff which was done under the following 
 general order. 
 
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 ORGANIZATION OF GENERAL STAFF. 
 
 Headquarters United Confederate Veterans, 
 Atlanta, Ga., March I, 1890. 
 
 General Order No. 2.- — 
 
 1 The General Commanding announces that under the sixth 
 article of the Constitution, adopted at New Orleans, La. , he has ap- 
 pointed Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia, Lieutenant-General of the 
 United Confederate Veterans. 
 
 2. The General Commanding further announces the following 
 staff officers to serve until the expiration of his term of service, viz: 
 
 Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff, Clement A. Evans, Georgia. 
 Assistant-Adjutant-General, Thos. H. Carter, Virginia. 
 Quartermaster-General, Stephen D. Lee, Mississippi. 
 First Assistant Quartermaster-General, W. S. Walker, Florida. 
 Second Assistant Quartermaster-General, J. F. Shipp, Tennessee. 
 Inspector General, Robert F. Hoke, North Carolina. 
 
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS. 11 
 
 First Assistant Inspector-General, Wright Shaumberg, Missouri. 
 
 Second Assistant Inspector-General, Thos. G. Jones, Alabama. 
 
 Judge Advocates-General, M. C. Butler, So. Carolina, and W. B. Bate, Tenn. 
 
 Assistant Judge Advocate-General, W. C. P. Breckinridge, Kentucky. 
 
 Commissary-General, Joseph Wheeler, Alabama. 
 
 First Assistant Commissary-General, W. H. Jackson, Tennessee. 
 
 Second Assistant Commissary-General, J. L. McCollum, Tennessee. 
 
 Surgeon-General, Joseph Jones, M. D., Louisiana. 
 
 Assistant Surgeon-General, J. S. Todd, M. D., Georgia. 
 
 Chaplain, Rev. R. L. Dabney, Texas. 
 
 AIDS TO THE GENERAL COMMANDING. 
 
 Alfred Scales, N. C, J. H. Forney, Ala., 
 
 Basil Duke, Ky., Chas. E. Hooker, Miss., 
 
 W. H. Rogers, La., Wm. Elliot, S. C, 
 
 P. M. B. Young, Ga., John C. Calhoun, N. Y., 
 
 James Eagle, Ark., John W. Daniel, Va., 
 
 F. P. Fleming, Fla., J. B. Kershaw, S. C, 
 
 E. M. Henry, Va., Lawrence S. Ross, Texas, 
 R. Q. Mills, Texas, Chas. M. Hayes, Miss., 
 John Milledge, Ga., William Bull, Mo. 
 Joseph Hodgson, Ala., John Haskell, S. C. 
 
 F. A. Moses, Tenn., E. D. Willett, La., 
 Chas. Marshall, Md., W. A. Wright, Ga., 
 W. W. Gordon, Ga., J. T. Leslie, Fla., 
 J. Stoddard, Johnston, Ky., H. L. Buck, S. C, 
 Holmes Conrad, Va., C. W. Frazier, Tenn., 
 C. C. Jones, Jr., Ga., S. H. Buck, Ala., 
 
 J. A. Chalaron, La., D. A. Given, La., 
 
 A. D. Candler, Ga., B. T. Johnson, Md., 
 
 W. Miller Owen, La., Price Williams, Jr., Ala., 
 
 W. D. Kyle, Ala., Henry K. Douglas, Md., 
 
 Jno. W. Morton, Tenn., Robert Vance, N. C., 
 
 Henry G. Muldrow, Miss., John O. Waddell, Ga., 
 
 Thos. F. Perkins, Tenn., Robert Ransom, N. C. 
 
 Geo. Forrester, Chicago. F. S. Washington, La 
 
 Len Jastrenski, La. C. W. Styles, Texas 
 
 G. A. Whitehead, Ga. 
 
 3. W. H. Harrison, of Atlanta, Ga. , is appointed Secretary 
 of these Headquarters and R. N. Hardeman, the treasurer of the 
 State of Georgia, is designated as Treasurer of the Confederate Vet- 
 erans, to serve until the next meeting of the association, when an 
 election can be held. Other announcements of staff officers will be 
 hereafter made in general order. 
 
 4. The General Commanding cordially and earnestly invites 
 all associations, camps, bivouacs, and other organizations of Confed- 
 erate survivors or veterans to unite with the "United Confederate 
 Veterans" in accordance with the Constitution, a copy of which can 
 be had on application to these headquarters. He feels assured that 
 the advantages of this general association are so apparent that they 
 require no argument, and that the fellowship of comrades, who have 
 served and survived together the perils of the Confederate struggle, 
 is so desirable that its cordial maintenance will demand no urging. 
 
 Clement A. Evans, J. B. Gordon, 
 
 Adjutant-General. General Commanding. 
 
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 The following general order No. 3, was issued by the General 
 Commanding, on February 20th, and distributed to the various or- 
 ganizations by circular, and was also printed in the newspapers: 
 
 CALL FOR THE FIRST CONVENTION. 
 
 Headquarters United Confederate Veterans, \ 
 Atlanta, Ga., February 20, 1890. J 
 
 General Order No. 3. — 
 
 I. The General Commanding announces that the First An- 
 nual Encampment of the United Confederate Veterans of the 
 United States will be held at Chattanooga, Tennessee, on the 3rd, 
 4th and 5th days of next July. All Confederate organizations and 
 Confederate Soldiers of all arms, grades and departments are cordial- 
 ly invited to attend this First General Reunion of their comrades. 
 
 II. Confederate Soldiers everywhere are urged to form them- 
 selves into local associations where this has not been already done; 
 and all associations, bivouacs, camps, and other Confederate bodies 
 are earnestly requested to unite in their respective States in a State 
 organization without delay, but until these State Divisions are thus 
 formed the various local organizations should report directly to 
 these general headquarters. 
 
 III. Business of great importance will demand careful consid- 
 eration during this First Annual Convention, — such as the appro- 
 priate form of general organization; the best method of securing im- 
 partial history; the benevolent care of disabled, destitute or aged 
 veterans and the widows of our fallen brothers-in-arms; the fulfill- 
 ment especially of a sacred duty by devising efficient plans to erect 
 a Monument to the memory of Jefferson Davis, President of the 
 Confederate States of America, and other matters of general inter- 
 est. 
 
 IV. The following general programme will be observed, the 
 details of which will be hereafter more fully published: 
 
 1. The Business Convention will assemble at 10:30 A. M., 
 
 July 3rd. 
 
 2. The 4th of July will be devoted to a general review of the 
 
 United Confederate Veterans, and such military bod- 
 ies as will take part in the Celebration of the Anni- 
 versary of the Declaration of Independence. Orations 
 will be delivered and suitable ceremonies observed. 
 Soldiers of the Union and Confederate Armies, and 
 citizens of the Republic generally, are invited to par- 
 ticipate in this celebration. 
 
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS. 13 
 
 3. The 5th of July will be occupied with visits to the great 
 Battlefields around Chattanooga — Missionary Ridge, 
 Lookout Mountain, and Chickamauga — and the lo- 
 cating of Confederate positions taken during these 
 several battles. 
 
 V. Copies of the Constitution of the United Confederate Vet- 
 erans may be had on application to General Clement A. Evans, 
 Adjutant-General, Atlanta, Ga., and full information as to the 
 quarters assigned to various commands, and all other details of the 
 July Encampment, may be obtained from Col. J. F. Shipp, As- 
 sistant Quartermaster-General, Chattanooga, Tenn. 
 
 VI. The General Commanding respectfully requests the 
 Press, both Daily and Weekly, of the whole country, to aid the pa- 
 triotic and benevolent objects of the United Confederate 8 Veterans 
 by publication of these General Orders, with editorial notices of the 
 Organization itself. 
 
 VII. Officers of the General Staff are directed to assist Divi- 
 sion Commanders in organizing their respective States; to give infor- 
 mation through the Press concerning the general association, and 
 generally to promote the complete federation of all Confederate sur- 
 vivors in one organization under the Constitution of the United 
 
 Confederate Veterans. 
 
 By order of 
 
 John B. Gordon, 
 
 General Commanding. 
 Clement A. Evans, 
 
 Adjt- Gen I and Chief of Staff. 
 
 PREPARATIONS FOR THE CONVENTION. 
 
 After the promulgation of the official order of the General 
 Commanding calling the convention to meet in Chattanooga, the fol- 
 lowing action was taken by its citizens : 
 
 N. B. Forrest Camp, No. 3, C. V., ) 
 Chattanooga, Feb. 21, 1890. J 
 
 At stated meeting of this Camp the following action was 
 taken : 
 
 Resolved, That a committee be appointed to formulate plans 
 
 for the Reunion of the Confederate Veterans which takes place in 
 this city July 3rd, 4th, and 5th, next. 
 
 The following Veterans were appointed as this committee: 
 Joseph F. Shipp, Tomlinson Fort, Laurence T. Dickinson, J. L. 
 McCollum, Robert Hibbler, Geo. W. Drake, James L. Price and 
 Hugh R. Banks. 
 
14 FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION 
 
 The committee, together with with a number of other citizens, 
 met at Forrest Camp room and drew up the following petition to 
 the Chamber of Commerce: 
 
 To the Chamber of Commerce •, City: 
 
 Gentlemen— We, the undersigned citizens, very respectfully 
 request that your honorable body at your regular meeting next 
 Thursday night, the 23rd inst, join with us in a petition to the Mayor 
 of our city to call a public meeting at an early day for the purpose of 
 taking into consideration the entertainment of the Confederate Vet- 
 erans, who will meet in this city, July 3rd, 4th and 5th next. 
 
 The Chamber of Commerce adopted the following resolution : 
 
 Chamber of Commerce, Feb. 23th, 1890. 
 Resolved, That this chamber request Mayor Hart to call a pub- 
 lic meeting of citizens, Tuesday night, March 4th, to prepare plans 
 for receiving and entertaining the Confederate Veterans on July 
 3rd, 4th and 5th next. 
 
 the mayor's call. 
 
 City Hall, Mayor's Office, 
 Chattanooga, Ffb. 27, 1890 
 
 A mass convention of the citizens of Chattanooga is hereby 
 called to meet in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday 
 evening, March nth, at 7:30 o'clock. 
 
 This meeting is called to appoint committees and make other 
 necessary arrangements for the Confederate Reunion occurs July 3rd, 
 4th and 5th next. 
 
 John A. Hart, Mayor. 
 
 The convention of citizens was held as called by the Mayor 
 when the following gentlemen were selected as 
 
 THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: 
 
 Joseph F. Shipp. Webster J. Colburn. 
 
 Laurence T. Dickinson. Joab L. McCollum. 
 
 William O. Peebles. Garnett Andrews. . 
 
 Adolph S. Ochs. Tomlinson Fort, 
 
 Daniel J. O'Connell. Isaac B. Merriam. 
 
 Hiram S. Chamberlain. Charles F. Muller. 
 
 John A. Hart. Alonzo G. Sharp. 
 
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 HISTORICAL 
 
 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE EARLY DAYS OF THE CITY- 
 MILITARY OPERATIONS-GATEWAY OF THE 
 CENTRAL SOUTH. 
 
 The selection of Chattanooga by Gen. Gordon as the place 
 for the first meeting of the United Confederate Veterans 
 and the first general Reunion of all ex-Confederate soldiers at 
 this time, was fitting and eminently proper. A quarter of a cen- 
 tury ago the veterans called to meet here in July, laid down their 
 arms after having participated during four years in one of the most 
 sanguinary, and at the same time one of the most notable struggles 
 of which history gives any record ; and now after the lapse of so 
 long a time, they are to come together in a general Reunion on the 
 battlefields about Chattanooga, made historic by the memorable 
 battles of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, and Missionary 
 Ridge. Twenty-five years have wrought wonderful changes 
 since the boom of the last cannon in that mighty struggle, and it 
 will be the pleasure of the veterans to celebrate on this occasion 
 the grand triumph of peace as well as to renew the memories of 
 that period which tried their dauntless courage and proved their 
 love of liberty and their devotion to their native land. 
 
 CHATTANOOGA. 
 
 No words more appropriate or eloquently expressive of the 
 thriving city could be written than those of Maj. G. C. Connor in 
 the opening pages of his "Guide to Chattanooga." 
 
 "On the southern bank of the Tennessee River in Hamilton 
 County, Tennessee, at the mouth of a valley formed by Mission- 
 ary Ridge on the east, and Lookout Mountain on the west, nestles 
 the city of Chattanooga, famous as "Ross' Landing" when the 
 Cherokees inhabited the surrounding mountains, and with its 
 present name in the annals ot the late war between the States. 
 
 "Rising 1,700 feet above the beautiful Tennessee River, that 
 for miles laves the streets of the city, world-famed Lookout Moun- 
 tain lifts its hoary head, its 'point' of sheer and solid rock, 
 standing out like a mighty sentinel to guard against the approach 
 of evil influences to the pretty valleys on either side. Beyond 
 
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 the river are Raccoon Mountain and Walden's Ridge, and 
 through the chasm which separates these the Tennessee flows out 
 reluctantly from the valley in which it has lingered to plunge 
 through the mountains that separate us from Sequachee. On this 
 side the river is the abrupt elevation known as Cameron Hill, be- 
 decked with cottages, and around its base spreads out the giant 
 city, with broad avenues that are reasonably well shaded, with its 
 tall spires on houses dedicated to the worship of God, its busy 
 thoroughfares, its outreaching arms of steel on which trains are 
 darting hither and thither, its numerous factories whose smoke 
 hangs over them like a veil, and its pretty houses perched upon the 
 eminences that range around the business quarter. 
 
 "Chattanooga is peculiarly located. It stands at the apex of 
 an inverted triangle, whose diverging lines extend into the far 
 northeast and northwest. The mountain walls ward off the colder 
 blasts of winter, while they form a tunnel through which sweep 
 from the opposite direction, the cooling breezes of summer. 
 These mountains surrender their bosoms to early fruit raising — 
 peaches, grapes and strawberries, and to early vegetables of every 
 name. There is no city of the Union more attractively surround- 
 ed by scenery, or more liberally provided with habitable moun- 
 tain tops." 
 
 The site of the city was formerly known as Ross' Landing, 
 and after the removal of the Cherokee Indians, to whom this 
 whole section belonged, which followed upon the treaty made by 
 the government with them in 1835, the village became an impor- 
 tant trading town, its location with reference to navigation of the 
 Tennessee river and to the peculiar formation of the mountains 
 here that afforded an outlet into North Georgia and Alabama, ren- 
 dering it an enterport for a large territory. In 1837 a post-office 
 was established and in 1838 the name was changed to "Chat- 
 tanooga," a traditional name, the meaning of which is lost in antiq- 
 uity, and which was given by a tribe older than the Cherokees 
 to the valley on the east side of Lookout Mountain. 
 
 As early as 1828 steamboats ran between Chattanooga 
 and Knoxville, and early in the settlement of the city, there 
 was regular communication between Chattanooga and New 
 Orleans, except a portage of forty miles around the muscle shoals 
 on which a railroad had been built, and which was operated by 
 horse cars between Tuscumbia and Decatur, Ala. This gave 
 Chattanooga an opportunity of supplying a large territory with 
 groceries and other necessities cheaper than could be furnished 
 
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 from any other point, and gave her a commanding and growing 
 trade. The opening of the muscle shoals canal, built by the gov- 
 ernment at a cost of several million dollars, and which impor- 
 tant event will occur this year, will again open up this rich sec- 
 tion to the trade of Chattanooga, and again afford the business 
 men and manufacturers navigation to New Orleans. 
 
 As early as 1850 the importance of Chattanooga as an iron 
 center was recognized, and shortly afterward a foundry was erected 
 and a furnace built on the river bank near the bluff east of Market 
 street. These primitive concerns were the starting point for the 
 magnificent developement which subsequently followed and which 
 now makes Chattanooga the most important manufacturing cen- 
 ter in the South. The city has two hundred and fifty con- 
 cerns employing steam in manufacture, and each day records 
 the location of new plants, or the remodelling and enlarging of 
 old ones. 
 
 DURING THE WAR. 
 
 When the great civil war broke out Chattanooga was little 
 better than a straggling village. After the battle of Shiloh it be- 
 came an important point to the Confederate forces, and here was 
 located the hospital for the sick and wounded. Following upon 
 the battle of Fort Donelson, the importance of this place as a 
 strategic point was recognized. Here the hospital and depot 
 for exchange were located, as well as the base of supplies. 
 When Bragg returned to Middle Tennessee in the last weeks of 
 June, 1863, Rosecrans made a vigorous movement on the Confed- 
 erate right flank which compelled Bragg to fall rapidly back from 
 Shelbyville upon Chattanooga, the natural gateway from Tennes- 
 see to the Atlantic coast. Rosecrans halted at McMinnville and 
 Winchester, and awaited Burnside's march against Knoxville. 
 Bragg reached Chattanooga on July 7th, and Rosecrans reached 
 Bridgeport, the railroad crossing of the Tennessee, on August 
 29th. 
 
 In the autumn following were fought the bloody battles of 
 Wauhatchie, Lookout Mountain, Chickamauga and Missionary 
 Ridge, the Confederates fighting with rare courage and bravery 
 against desperate odds to maintain this Key to the South. The 
 result of these battles was disastrous to the Southern arms not- 
 withstanding the brilliant victory at Chickamauga, and then be- 
 gan the sixty days retreat to Atlanta. These noted battles will 
 pass into history as the hardest fought and most important of the 
 war, and the valor and heroism displayed by the Confederate 
 
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 troops as well as the intrepid courage of the Federals will be read 
 in the future generations in proof of the greatness and prowess of 
 American soldiery. 
 
 POINTS OF WAR INTEREST. 
 
 The march of progress and the growth and development of 
 Chattanooga, have happily well nigh obliterated all of the evi- 
 dences of the great struggles. The earth works of Fort Wood, 
 Fort Negley and Cameron Hill have been nearly all buried, and 
 as another has well said, the old war reservoir "has turned to 
 dust." 
 
 "Department headquarters established by Gen. Rosecrans and 
 continued by Gen. Thomas, is now at 316 Walnut street, 
 and it was there Thomas welcomed Grant on October 23, 1863. 
 There the battle of Missionary Ridge was planned by Grant, 
 Thomas and Sherman. At 302 Walnut street was the office of 
 the adjutant general, and at 326 Walnut was the headquarters of 
 the chief of artillery, Gen. Brannan. Around the corner on First 
 street from Walnut, at No. 110, was Sherman's headquarters. At 
 ig East Fourth street was the office of the provost marshal gener- 
 al of the Army of the Cumberland. These buildings have been 
 but slightly changed since the days of their military occupancy. 
 
 "The removal of the heavy forest growth trom Cameron Hill, 
 and from various parts of the city, changes the aspect from what 
 was seen by the Confederates when they evacuated, and by the 
 Army of Cumberland immediately after the disaster at Chicka- 
 mauga, and only certain buildings remain as landmarks of forts 
 and hospital?. Ex-Confederates will remember the residence as 
 the headquarters of Gen. Bragg, and the large building and fine 
 grounds on the corner of Pine and Sixth as the headquarters of 
 Gen. D. H Hill. This was Gen. McPherson's headquarters in 
 Federal days." 
 
 The old building at the southwest corner of Fourth and Mar- 
 ket streets, built in 1840, and used during the war by Confeder- 
 ates and Federals as a prison and military offices, still stands. 
 Its walls are seamed, battered and bolted, and its appearance 
 that of a relic of antiquity. It is now used as a city hall, where 
 are located the police department and the city offices. 
 
 PRESENT CHATTANOOGA. 
 
 So great has been the improvement and so rapid the growth 
 of Chattanooga since the war, that the visiting veterans who have 
 not been here since they left in 1863 will find it difficult to recog- 
 nize in the present beautiful city of 50,000 people, with its hand- 
 
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 some structures, beautiful churches, and wonderful progress, its 
 hundreds of shops, factories and furnaces, the battle-stormed, 
 straggling village of tumble down shanties that remained at the 
 closeof hostitities. 
 
 Notwithstanding its favorable location for a great city, the 
 town had a very slow growth up to 1880, and the result was ex- 
 ceeding doubtful. But during the year 1 880 numerous enter- 
 prises were set on foot .that 1 promised much for the future city; 
 men who had returned from the war to their homes impoverished 
 and disheartened began to reap some of the benefits of their pluck 
 and energy. The population, composed of young men full of life 
 and vigor, received substantial additions from all over the country, 
 and business began to receive a stimulus that cheered and en- 
 couraged the sterling men who planted their faith in the place and 
 stood by it in every vicissitude and in every trouble. 
 
 In 1887 a great wave of prosperity swept over the city and 
 the appreciation of the value of real estate, the influx of money 
 sent here by shrewd investors who saw the coming tide of devel- 
 opment destined for the section of which Chattanooga is the cen- 
 ter, give all lines of business a bound forward that put the city's 
 future greatness beyond all question of doubt. Now it is only a 
 matter of a very short time until this city shall become the me- 
 tropolis of the Central South. 
 
 Nine trunk lines of railroad now enter the city from every 
 point of the compass, and others are being projected that will make 
 it the railroad center of the South. 
 
 The city is noted for its handsome churches and its commodi- 
 ous school buildings, and it can boast of having all the com- 
 forts and conveniences of larger cities. 
 
 By means of a steam dummy railroad that runs to every im- 
 portant suburb, electric railroads and horse cars, every point of 
 historic interest can be reached with ease and comfort and at 
 
 small cost. 
 
 Historic Lookout Mountain, now covered with hundreds of 
 residences, and spacious hotels, can be easily and speedily reached 
 either by the standard guage railroad, or by electric cars and the 
 cable incline and narrow guage. 
 
 Missionary Ridge may be reached by dummy and electric 
 cars, and you can ascend to the summit on electric c us. 
 
 The field of Chickamauga is reached by the Chattanooga, 
 Rome & Columbus railroad, which will run special trains for the 
 accommodation of visitors during the Reunion. 
 
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 FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION 
 
 • CONFEDERATE CEMETERY. 
 
 While the war was waging the Confederate Cemetery was 
 established on the eastern side of the city burial ground. It is 
 properly enclosed, has necessary drives, and near to its center 
 stands the modest monument reared by the devoted women who 
 composed the Confederate Memorial Association. There sleep 
 thousands who wore the grey, beneath the shade of weeping wil- 
 lows, in narrow homes unmarked. Above them rises a monu- 
 ment, with a shaft thirty feet in height placed upon the highest 
 spot in the enclosure. It bears this simple inscription, "Our 
 Confederate Dead." Mrs. G. C. Connor was president of the 
 association of ladies who built it, and Mr. W. D. Van Dyke; now at 
 rest, was their treasurer. United States troops, with Capt. Coch- 
 ran at their head, entered the cemetery with reversed arms, the 
 band of his regiment (Col. Wheaton's) preceding them playing the 
 
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 Dead March from Saul, and participated in the laying of the cor- 
 ner stone, which was done by Hon. Jas. D. Richardson, then 
 Grand Master of Freemasons, and now member of Congress. 
 
 The refusal of Government to appropriate money to mark 
 the resting places of her brave sons who wore the grey, deprives 
 the dwellers in this beautiful City of the Dead of marble memori- 
 als ! But though their ashes beneath that green sward sleep 
 unmarked their heroic deeds are engraven in the hearts of those 
 who survive them. Their names are recorded on the scrolls of 
 that invisible Republic that will endure forever. 
 
 THE NATIONAL CEMETERY. 
 
 On the gentle slopes of the eminence out near Missionary 
 Ridge, with the flag floating from its summit, is the exquisitely 
 beautiful National Cemetery. It is the resting place of 13,000 
 soldiers of the Union armies, that died in these now peaceful 
 valleys. 
 
 This cemetery is nearly one mile in circumference, and con- 
 tains 75^ acres. In the center rises a knoll fully one hundred feet 
 above the lower avenues. The sward is luxurious blue grass. It 
 is thoroughly shaded, and ornamented with roses, shrubs and 
 trailing vines. On these verdant slopes are nineteen special inter- 
 ment sections, each marked by a small granite obelisk, and lettered 
 A to S ; and these are surrounded by the small white marble head 
 and foot stones. These sections are of different forms, in the ar- 
 rangement of the graves, some forming triangles, others oblongs, 
 others squares, others parallelograms, and others circles, while 
 section E forms a shield. 
 
 After the manner of the National Cemeteries a rostrum is 
 reared upon a brick foundation, situated on the dome of the emi- 
 nence. This brick rostrum is 40 x 20 feet area, and 5 feet high, 
 with handsome cut stone coping and an interior carpet of velvety 
 grass. An open roof of purloins and joists is supported by 12 
 square pillars, and these are covered with the ivy, woodbine and 
 climbing vines so plentifully planted around the base. Surround- 
 ing this rostrum is a close shaven lawn, dotted with trees and 
 shrubs, on which stand on end four immense cannons. 
 
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 THE BATTLE-FIELDS. 
 
 The three battles of the war between the States which have 
 made this section famous are — in the order of their occurence — 
 the Battle of Lookout Mountain, the Battle of Chickamauga, and 
 the Battle of Missionary Ridge. We will attempt brief outlines 
 only. 
 
 JAMES LONGSTREET. 
 
 General James Longstreet 
 was born in Edgefield District, 
 S. C, January 8th, 1821. When 
 but ten years of age his mother 
 removed to Alabama. From 
 that State he was sent to West 
 Point in 1838. He was grad- 
 uated in 1842, and assigned to 
 the Fourth Infantry as Second 
 Lieutenant. 
 
 He was promoted to First 
 
 Lieutenant while serving on 
 
 frontier duty in Texas, and in 
 
 the Mexican War was twice 
 
 brevetted, the latter to a Major for gallant conduct at Melino 
 
 del Rey. He was severely wounded at Chapultepec. 
 
 Captain James Longstreet resigned his commission in the 
 United States Army June 1st, 1861, and entered the Confederate 
 service as a Brigadier-General. Because of his brilliant conduct at 
 Manassas he was entrusted with the command of the rear guard on 
 the retreat from Yorktown. He was then Major-General. 
 
 Longstreet won imperishable laurels in the ■ 'Seven Days Bat- 
 tles" around Richmond — at Bull Run and at Fredericksburg. 
 
 After Gettysburg Longstreet was sent to reinforce Bragg. He 
 took a prominent part in sanguinary Chickamauga. After Chick- 
 amauga he was sent on the unfortunate expedition against Knox- 
 ville. Returning to Lee he was wounded in the Battle of the 
 Wilderness. Longstreet was at Appomattox. 
 
 After the declaration of peace General Longstreet went to live 
 in New Orleans, where he was appointed Surveyor of the Port by 
 Grant ; then Postmaster, and afterwards Minister to Turkey by 
 Hayes. He was appointed United States Marshal for the North- 
 ern District of Georgia by Garfield. He now resides at Gaines- 
 ville, Ga., in good health, considering that he is in his 70th year. 
 
 BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA. 
 
 On the 8th of September, 1863, General Braxton Bragg, having discovered that 
 the Federal army threatened his left and rear, evacuated Chattanooga. General 
 
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 began Bragg attempted to throw h.s oree^betweer^ fte »^ ,„£ ateach 
 
 garrison of Chattanooga On the ^' °' ^X ,. Kiver o! Death." Bragg had 
 %£££££££££%%% Virginia, nnder Longstree, 
 
 ' On the 18th there was r^^St^m oT^e^SC 
 and on the 19th the storm burst w. h gd-jgT-Jg when suuLilv an ominons 
 general. Until late in the afternoon tle^ conflict **g£*™ was he . ml for 0¥er an 
 foil fell npon the dead, the dying and the weary. No ,»8» efficiently 
 
 hour. Eosecrans was deceived into the bebet uuu , n movements. 
 
 punished for one day, and at once begar .the ^ecutio Confe( 4 ate8 thl . ew the 
 
 SSrates asthe sun ™^^J££^^ made for burying 
 
 When darkness enveloped the bloody ^ne, arra g reformed his ii nes soon 
 
 the dead and caring for the mounded by bolides. ^ g wi th fiye 
 
 ate nightfall and «,*^^HHiTto Bragg ordered Polk to 
 divisions, and Longstreet, on the leu, wiiu b no t begin the executing of 
 
 strike at'dawn on the following morninj, ^ut Mkdul no beg ^ ^ 
 
 Bragg's order until nearly 9 o .clock a delay wmen Back went the Con . 
 
 he began the assault the entire line was q™*iy the heroism 
 
 federate right, but almost instantly ^Uied. Charge atteM, Jj ^ ^ . 
 
 to Washington that his army was defeate( \ . ch of the Confederates, 
 
 Thomas maintained his ground and wit* stood the *^o ^ onslaughts 
 
 now flushed with victory. < Like J ^ ^^^^ wh ere he had ordered the 
 of the enemy" on the knoll above the = Snodgrass n , commanded by 
 
 artillery massed to make his last stand Strong nne j^ ^ ^^ 
 
 Brannan and Steadman, skirted thi s elevated spo to down 
 
 unparalleled assaults on their front ^J^^term burst * ne w around the 
 behind the tall pines on that Sabbath a««rnoon slaughter to both 
 
 Snodgrass knoll. Charge after charge w " «peU« iw g Qf ^ 
 
 sides? The dead lay in heaps along the g reen 8 ^ ' com batants%nd Thomas 
 
 b^^^^^^ m ° St ° f ^ ^ and W ° Unded 
 
 -From an examination of the original r return 8 m the W ^ ^ 
 
 round numbers, the Federal infantry and artillery o thousand The Fed al 
 
 and the Confederate infantry and a ™^ er J 4^^^ b y the Confederates by a 
 cavalry, about ten thousand strong. wa* ou £ rh a deduction of five thousand 
 thousand men. Thus speak th « returns, f^ ^ nearly sent the 
 
 men from the reported strength oi eacn ar y ^ that Rosecrans was 
 
 actual strength of the ^baf^ ^ ^ t least four thousand men." 
 stronger in infantry and artillery than Bragg Dy Chattan0 oga, while Bragg 
 
 On the following day Thomas 0^^^ and the summit of Look- 
 took possession of Missionary ^^^"Skaded in Chattanooga. To accom- 
 out. His hope was to starve the army now d fe Mountain. 
 
 phsh this he sieaed the «£-£ p- - ^ 
 
 a profound secret from the Federal ° B ™ e \ ad not ^ een enforced from Vir- 
 telegraphed to General Eosecrans that ^ragg n ^ Rhaking hands . 
 
 ginfa. P At that moment Bragg and ^»& to Wcran 6 as was NapoWe 
 Indeed, Longstreet's arrival was as great asurp^ ^ ^ dropped out of the 
 
 descent upon Marengo to General Meals. 
 
 heavens. rontroversv that arose between him- 
 
 Nor is the genius of Polk ec ipsed ^ aU ™T.tLk ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 
 self and the Commanding General .over theiauu 
 We therefore insert here the following sketch. 
 
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 FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION 
 
 LEONIDAS POLK. 
 
 The subject of this sketch 
 was born at Raleigh, N. C, 
 on April ioth, 1806. He was 
 educated at the University of 
 North Carolina, and was 
 graduated from West Point in 
 1827. 
 
 While a student at West 
 Point he became possessed of 
 a desire to study for the min- 
 istry of the gospel. He 
 therefore held his position of 
 Lieutenant during a few 
 months only, when he under- 
 took the study of. divinity. In 1830 he entered the ministry of 
 the Protestant Episcopal Church, and in 1838 was chosen Bishop 
 of that church in Arkansas, with authority over Alabama, Missis- 
 sippi and Louisiana. In 1841 he resigned all but the diocese of 
 Louisiana. In 1856 he initiated the movement which has resulted 
 in the establishment of the "University of the South," at Sewanee, 
 Tennessee. 
 
 Bishop Polk was a soldier by nature, hence the bustle of war 
 drew away his attention from the peaceful pursuits of his profession. 
 President Davis offered him a commission as Major- General, and it 
 was accepted. His first headquarters were at Memphis. 
 
 General Polk was ordered to join Albert Sidney Johnston, and 
 under him participated in the battle of Shiloh, commanding the First 
 Corps. He displayed the true military genius when he turned the 
 defeat of the morning into a brilliant victory in the afternoon. 
 
 Polk accompanied Bragg into Kentucky and fought the stub- 
 born battle of Perryville. 
 
 Polk's conduct at Chickamauga was severely condemned by 
 Bragg. He was relieved from command immediately thereafter. 
 Subsequently Bragg consented to Polk being re-instated, but the 
 Bishop-General indignantly declined to serve under the commander 
 of the Army of the Tennessee. When Johnston relieved Bragg, 
 Polk expressed his willingness to return to the army, and early in 
 1864 he joined Johnston with his "Army of the Mississippi." On 
 the 13th of May 1864, Polk's Corps fought the battle of Resaca. 
 
 The retreat after Resaca was darkened by the death of Lieuten- 
 ant-General Polk. We will allow General Joseph E. Johnston to 
 relate the story of that sad death : 
 
 "In the morning of the 14th General Hardee and I rode the summit of Pine 
 Mountain, to decide if the outpost there should be maintained. General Polk ac- 
 companied us. After we had concluded our examination, and the abandonment of 
 the hill had been decided on, a few shots were fired at us from a battery of Parrott 
 guns a quarter of a mile in our front ; the third of these passed through General 
 
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 Polk's chest, killing him instantly. The event produced deep sorrow in the army, 
 in every battle of which he had been distinguished." 
 
 There was no braver soldier, more loyal citizen, more earnest 
 man than Leonidas Polk, Bishop and Lieutenant-General of the 
 Confederate army. 
 
 BATTLE OF MISSIONARY RIDGE. 
 
 We introduce the outlines of this sanguinary but unequal 
 battle by a brief sketch of the Commander-in-Chief of the Con- 
 fedarate forces. 
 
 ~" BRAXTON BRAGG. 
 
 The Commander of the Con- 
 federate forces at Chickamauga, 
 General Braxton Bragg, was 
 born in Warren county, North 
 Carolina, March 22nd, 1817. 
 Was graduated from West 
 Point, standing fifth in his class 
 of fifty, in 1837, an d died in 
 Galveston, Texas, September 
 27th, 1876. No military officer 
 was ever entrusted with more 
 difficult duties than was General 
 Bragg while in command of one 
 of the great armies of the Con- 
 federacy. 
 In the Mexican war Lieutenant Bragg distinguished himself, 
 and was promoted on the field to Lieutenant-Colonel for gallantry 
 at the battle of Buena Vista. He resigned his commission in the 
 United States Army in 1856, and retired to private life. 
 
 When the Civil War broke out Braxton Bragg was appointed 
 a Brigadier General, and ordered to Pensacola,, Fla. Soon after 
 he was made Major-General, and reported to Albert Sidney 
 Johnston. He added to his military reputation when the gallant 
 Johnston fell at Shiloh. 
 
 Succeeding to the command of the "Army of Mississippi, 
 after the removal of Beauregard, he began in August 1862, to con- 
 centrate his forces in Chattanooga, with a view to carry out the plan 
 of invading Kentucky, devised by General E Kirby Smith At 
 Murfreesboro he fought the reinforced army of Rosecrans with a 
 smaller army than he had at Perryville. 
 
 From Murfreesboro General Bragg retreated to Chattanooga. 
 On September 19th and 20th, 1863, he fought the sanguinary 
 battle of Chickamauga. The Federals, under Rosecrans, were 
 routed and fell back upon Chattanooga, leaving the Confederates 
 in possession of the field. 
 
 After the victory of Chickamauga the army under Bragg was 
 again depleted, this time by the sending of Longstreet on a 
 "wild goose chase" to attack Knoxville. Grant took advantage 
 
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 of that grave mistake, and the battle of Missionary Ridge ended, 
 practically, the military career of General Bragg. He was 
 relieved of the command of the army by General Joseph E. 
 Johnston. 
 
 At the close of the war General Bragg retired to private life. 
 He was a man of most exalted courage, a commander who 
 delighted to criticise his officers, and praise his private soldiers. 
 By his corps commanders he was never admired, but at times he 
 was almost worshipped by the rank and file. 
 
 On the 18th of October, 1863, General Grant assumed command of the Depart- 
 ment of Tennessee and General Thomas remained in command of the Army of the 
 Cumberland. The Confederates, under General Bragg, held Lookout Mountain and 
 the railway at its base, as well as the valley of Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge. 
 
 The Federal base of supplies was at Bridgeport and Stevenson, and they were 
 transported by wagons through Sequachee Valley. As the autumn advanced this 
 road became' almost impassable, and starvation threatened the garrison of the 
 mountain city. By a strategic movement Lookout Valley was opened on October 
 28th, and on November 1st the "siege of Chattanooga by the forces of nature" was 
 raised. The Confederates were still on the Federal front, on Lookout and Mission- 
 ary Ridge, and in the Chattanooga Valley. 
 
 We learn from official reports that on the 15th of November, 1863, General 
 Grant had concentrated 80,000 troops in and around Chattanooga, and that 50,000 
 Confederates occupied Lookout and Missionary Ridge, Longstreet haying gone to 
 Virginia via Knoxville. On the 23rd, Grant undertook the raising of the seige on 
 his front by ordering General Thomas to make an armed reconnaissance to develop 
 the Confederate lines, which was done in the early morning. By 1 P. M. Sherman 
 had crossed the Tennessee at the northern extremity of Missionary Ridge, and at 4 
 o'clock he had a heavy engagement in an effort to seize the second hill of the Ridge, 
 the one through which passes the railway tunnel. He was repulsed ; Granger had 
 already captured "Orchard Knob," and soon darkness closed the combat. 
 
 Earlv in the morning of the 24th the movements were continued. The mist 
 hanging over the valley concealed from the Confederates the advancing column of 
 the Federals. Gen. Walthal, with a small force, held the terrace of the mountain, 
 just under the "Point," known as the Craven place, over which the Federals would 
 have to pass to reach the valley of Chattanooga. The skirmishing on that lofty 
 field is generally called the "Battle Above the Clouds." 
 
 On the 25th began the battle of Missionary Ridge proper. At 4 p. m. the Fed- 
 eral lines, which filled the valley, moved rapidly forward up the slopes to the rifle- 
 pits of the Confederates, where a galling and destructive fire of musketry was kept 
 up. Over the rifle-pits, thinly occppied by the depleted ranks of the Confederates, 
 bnt gallantly defended, sweptline after line of the Federals, and when the sun went 
 down the Con federates had retreated and the Federals held the Ridge. 
 
 The Confederates retreated in the direction of Ringgold, by way of Chicka- 
 mauga Station. 
 
 At Ringold they turned under the brilliant Cleburn, and attacked the Federals. 
 It was a severe combat, lasting the entire day. The Federals suffered severe losses, 
 many being experienced officers. Bragg continued on to Dalton, and Grant sent 
 relief to Burnsidc, who was closely invested at Knoxville by Longstreet. 
 
 The Confederates were more' seriously affected by the disaster of Missionary 
 Ridge than had been the Federals by the defeat of Chickamauga. The depleted 
 ranks of the Confederates could not be replenished, for there were few men left in 
 the rear to draw from. The whole world was open to the recruiting persuasions of 
 the United States Government. 
 
 BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. 
 
 The skirmish which newspaper correspondents poetically christened the "Battle 
 Above the Clouds" was introductory to the desperate struggle on Missionary Ridge. 
 
 On November 23, 1863, Booker's corps encamped in the valley of Lookout; a 
 battery of rilled guns was planted on Moccasin Bend, and the main Federal army 
 occupied the city of Chattanooga. The Confederates were in possession of Lookout 
 Mountain and occupied the pallisades and the plateau beneath, as well as Chatta- 
 nooga valley and Missionary Ridge. 
 
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS. 
 
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 About 11 o'clock on the morning of the 24th the battery on Moccasin Bend 
 opened furiously on the Confederates in the valley. Hooker advanced by skirmish- 
 ing on the western side of the mountain, while a cloud slowly settled down upon the 
 the Confederates, on the plateau above, entirely concealing them. The advancing 
 Federals were not discovered by the Confederate brigade at Craven s house until they 
 were only a few yards distant For about half an hour General Walthal kept up a 
 desultarv fire, slowly falling back until fully one-half of his men were made pris- 
 oners Very few were killed on either side, owing to the cloud envelopment— the 
 movements occurring in the clouds and not above it. The firing of artillery on 
 Moccasin Bend and from Fort Negly, near Chattanooga, must have given Hooker 
 his idea of the "roar of battle," and vet General Grant correctly states it when he 
 savs "there was no battle fought on Lookout Mountain." During the night tiring 
 was kept up at short intervals. The Confederates evacuated the mountain, along 
 what is now called the "old road." In addition to the heavy tog which covered the 
 valley during the night, there was an eclipse of the moon. 
 
 CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL PARK. 
 
 A movement looking to the purchase of the battlefield of 
 Chickamauga by the general government and making the same 
 a National Park, began in 1888. In September of that year the 
 Society of the Army of the Cumberland appointed a committee 
 of five to conduct such a movement. This committee concluded 
 to have a conference with the Confederate veterans then living in 
 Washington, where it held its first meeting. The result of that 
 conference was the appointment of a committee to prepare an act 
 of incorporation. Subsequently a list of incorporators, and the 
 outlines of the charter were agreed upon. 
 
 On December 4th, 1889, the charter was granted by the 
 Superior Court of Walker county, Ga. 
 
 On September 19th, 1889, a joint meeting of Union and 
 Confederate soldiers was held in the city of Chattanooga General 
 Rosecrans presided. This meeting adjourned to Crawfish Springs 
 September 20th. At that time the incorporators met and elected 
 officers. General John T. Wilder was unanimously chosen 
 President. Then were chosen General Joseph Wheeler, Vice 
 President; General Marcus J Wright, Secretary, and General 
 T S Fullerton, Treasurer. Fourteen Directors were nominated 
 by the Confederates and fourteen by the Federals. These were 
 unanimously elected. 
 
 On February 6th, 1890, General Grosvenor introduced a bill 
 in the House of Representatives "to establish a national military 
 park at the battlefield of Chickamauga." At this writing, May 
 29th, this bill has passed the House with only eight votes against 
 
 its adoption , . n „ A 
 
 This bill declares that its puipose is the "preserving, and 
 suitably marking for historical and professional military study, 
 h fiefd. it describes the approaches to the field, and describes 
 he land to be purchased, adding : ."The lands and roads em- 
 braced in the area bounded as herein described, together with 
 the roads described in section I of this act are hereby declared to 
 be a national park, to be known as the Chickamauga and Chatta- 
 nooga National Park." 
 
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 FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION 
 
 The Park so established is to be under the control of the 
 Secretary of War. The present owners of holdings therein will 
 be permitted to remain on certain conditions. The Secretary of 
 War will substantially mark all lines of battle within the bounda- 
 ries of the Park. Rules are to be enacted for the permanent 
 marking. 
 
 To carry out the purposes of this act, one hundred and twen- 
 ty-five thousand dollars are appropriated. 
 
 The plan of marking the Confederate lines, with special 
 reference to the coming Reunion, was inaugurated by Captain 
 Joseph F. Shipp, Commander of Forrest Camp. His plan is 
 being carefully carried out, and the data thus obtained will be of 
 incalculable value to the permanent locating commission. 
 
 COMMITTEE ON LOCATING LINES. 
 
 The committee on the locating of Confederate lines began its 
 work early in May. By July 3rd most of these lines will have 
 been established. But it is the earnest desire of the Committee 
 that they receive the assistance of all veterans who may attend 
 the Reunion in checking up the work already done, and in locat- 
 ing such lines as may not be established by that time. Permanent 
 record is made of all information received by this Committee. 
 Veterans will oblige by calling on them. 
 
 Forrest Gamp, No. 3, Confederate Veterans. 
 
 NATHAN BEDFORD 
 FORREST. 
 
 This distinguished cavalry 
 officer was born of humble 
 ] parentage in Bedford county, 
 Tennessee, on July 13th, 182 1. 
 He had no advantages of ed- 
 ucation, and his youth was 
 spent on farms in his native 
 I State and in Mississippi. 
 
 General Forrest ardently 
 espoused the cause of the 
 South, and at the first call to 
 arms joined himself to the 
 Tennessee Mounted Rifles. 
 Governor Harris invited him 
 to raise a regiment, which he did, and was chosen its Lieutenant- 
 Colonel At the seige of Fort Donnelson he demonstrated his 
 military qualities. 
 
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERAN'S. 29 
 
 Perhaps the most brilliant performances of that remarkably 
 brilliant officer were enacted upon the famous battle-field of 
 Chickamauga, on September 19th and 20th, 1863. The memories 
 of those sanguinary days prompted the Confederate Veterans of 
 Chattanooga to call their CAMP by his name. 
 
 Some severe, and much of it unfair, criticism has been 
 indulged by certain so-called historians of the attack upon Fort 
 Pillow. There was no braver, and therefore no more chivalrous sol- 
 dier of the late war than Nathan Bedford Forrest. A knowledge 
 of that fact is a sufficient refutation of all charges of barbaric 
 conduct in that memorable assault. The following from an impar- 
 tial pen is quoted because of its truthfulness : 
 
 When the idea of storming Fort Pillow was conceived, in 
 April, 1864, General Forest was placed in command of the 
 attacking Confederate forces. After a heavy storming of the 
 fort by Forrest's forces, the signal for negotiations of surrender 
 was shown by the fortification, and the firing ceased. While the 
 negotiations, however, were in progress Forrest conceived the 
 project of moving his forces to a point of attack which it would 
 be impossible to attain in any other way. This he thought would 
 be an advantage in case the negotiations for the surrender of the 
 fort proved unsuccessful. When the move was discovered by 
 Major Bradford, commander of the fort, he positively refused to 
 surrender, although fully realizing that Forrest's position was a 
 dangerous one to the fortifications. General Forrest afterwards 
 explained that he had a right to move his forces wherever he 
 chose, and gain whatever advantage he could, so long as the flag 
 of the fort had not been hauled down as a token of surrender. 
 Upon the commander's refusal to surrender, the assault of the 
 Confederate forces was renewed, with the result of a signal victory, 
 wherein General Forrest had taken no small part. The garrison 
 consisted mainly of colored troops." 
 
 General Forrest had no taste for politics, and only on one oc- 
 casion was he induced to take any part in the exciting canvasses 
 that succeeded the restoration of peace. That occasion was his 
 appearance in the Democratic Convention of 1868, in New York. 
 
 Forrest Camp, No. 3, Confederate Veterans, Chattanooga, 
 Tennessee, was organized September 15th, 1886, under a charter 
 issued by R. E. Lee Camp, No 1, of Richmond, Va. This 
 charter was granted in accordance with an Act of the General As- 
 sembly of Virginia, approved March 18th, 1884. 
 
 Garnett Andrews was chosen the First Commander, and 
 Laurence T. Dickinson was made Adjutant. These officers served 
 until January 1st, 1887, when Joseph F. Shipp was elected Com- 
 mander, and Laurence T. Dickinson was re-elected Adjutant. 
 These officers have been re-elected each year thereafter. 
 
 The following are the 
 
30 FIRST ANNUAL CO NVENTION 
 
 OFFICERS FOR 1890: 
 
 Commander, ----- Joseph F. Shipp. 
 
 ist Lt. Commander, - - - Tomlinson Fort. 
 
 2nd Lt. Commander, - - W. P. McClatchy. 
 
 3rd Lt. Commander, - - - Milton Russell. 
 
 Adjutant, ------ Laurence T. Dickinson. 
 
 Surgeon, ------- Geo. W. Drake, M. D. 
 
 Quartermaster, - - - - Thos. L. Yarrington. 
 
 Chaplain, ------- Rev. J. W. Bachman. 
 
 Officer of the Day, - - - William W. Harkins. 
 
 Assistant Surgeon, - H. O Milton, M. D. 
 
 Treasurer, ------ Hugh R. Banks. 
 
 Sergeant-Major, - - - - Thos. P. Wells. 
 
 Vidette, ------- Richard L Rhodes. 
 
 „ . ~ , f William G. Flinn. 
 
 Color Guards, - - j Thqs y Warren 
 
 Color Sergeant, - - - - James L Price. 
 
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: 
 Garnett Andrews, Wm. C. Payne, Isaac C. Mansfield. 
 
 HISTORICAL INCIDENTS. 
 
 In April, 1887, Forrest Camp, aided by the ladies of the Me- 
 morial Association, held a successful Bazaar in this city. It con- 
 tinued during one week. Miss Winnie Davis was in the city at 
 the time, and her presence added a peculiar charm to the social 
 feature of the entertainment The proceeds netted $1,800. 
 
 The Camp has been helping, since its organization, many 
 Confederate soldiers and their families, and this fund has greatly 
 aided that labor of love. The Rev J. W. Bachman is Chairman of 
 the Relief Committee, and has been Chairman for several years. 
 
 In 1888 the ladies of the Confederate Memorial Association 
 turned over the care-taking of the Confederate Cemetery to For- 
 rest Camp. These ladies were then declared honorary members un- 
 der the following by-law, enacted for that purpose : 
 
 "Every lady now living who has been a member of the Chattanooga Confed- 
 erate Memorial Association, is hereby elected an Honorary Member of this Camp, 
 and as such is a member of the Memorial Committee of the same." 
 
 For months after its organization the Camp met monthly in 
 Phoenix Hall. On the ist of November, 1885, they removed to 
 room 15, in the Lee block, corner of Ninth and Carter streets. It 
 was soon discovered that this room was too small, and in May, 
 1887, the present handsome quarters in Adams' block, corner 
 Georgia Avenue and Eighth street, were secured. The hall is 
 carpeted and well furnished, contains numerous war relics and has 
 an extensive library. There are several maps and fine pictures on 
 the walls. Nevertheless, the Camp is seriously considering the 
 further beautifying of its apartments. 
 
 At the Reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumber- 
 land, which was held in this city in the autumn of 1889, Forrest 
 
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS. 31 
 
 Camp kept "open house," and took a conspicuous part in the en- 
 tertainments of that occasion. The Barbecue, at Crawfish Springs, 
 Ga., was their conception. The Chattanooga Committee was re- 
 enforced by several Confederates, residents of Rome, Ga. 
 
 At the general Confederate Reunion that is to be held in this 
 city next July, Forrest Camp will be conspicuous in its efforts to 
 make every veteran feel that he is among his warmest friends. It 
 will inaugurate, on that occasion, a movement to erect an equestrian 
 statue of General Forrest, the greatest cavalry officer of the cen- 
 tury, with a festival on the evening of July 3d. 
 
 FORREST MONUMENT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 On Thursday evening, July 3rd, beginning promptly at 8 o'clock, in the great 
 Tent, the Forrest Monument Association will give an entertainment of oratory, 
 song, military tableaux, martial music, and recitations. The details are found in the 
 programme. 
 
 The object of this entertainment will be to raise funds to erect a monument to 
 General N. B. Forrest. The admission will be one dollar. 
 
 The following is the organization for this Festival : 
 
 GEORGE C. CONNOR, Chairman. 
 
 Laurence T. DiCKiNSON,Scenic Artist. Mrs. C. A. Moross, Musical Director. 
 
 H. A. McQuade, Chief Illuminations. H. C. Jackson, Stage Engineer. 
 
 S. C. Dodge, Calcium Lights. Mrs. L. T. Dickinson, ") Directors of 
 
 J. L. McCollum, Treasurer. Mrs. W. R. Wilson, j Tableaux. 
 
 general committee. 
 
 Mrs. B. D. Lodor, Mrs. G. C. Connor. Mrs. John T. Keed. 
 
 Mrs. William Heron. Mrs. A. W. Gaines. Mrs. L. T. Dickinson. 
 
 Mrs. W. G. Oehmig. Mrs. M. H. Clift. Mrs. E. Watkins. 
 
 Mrs. N. C. Jenkins. Mrr. C. B. Chapman. Mrs. W. R. Wilson. 
 
 Mrs. J. P. Smartt. Mrs. P. A. Brawner. Mrs. W. T. Hope. 
 
 Mrs. J. H. Warner. Mrs. T. P. Wells. Mrs. B. P. Key. 
 
 Mrs. J C. Henderson. Mrs. Hoyle. Mrs. N. C. Jenkins. 
 
 Mrs. Franklin Harris. Miss C. Crutchfield. Miss Payne. 
 
 It is confidently believed by the ladies who are interested in this noble under- 
 taking that every veteran who visits the city and participates in the great Reunion 
 will give his influence to swell the attendance upon this entertainment. 
 
 SPECIAL — Mrs. N. B. Forrest, surrounded by the survivors of the General's 
 Staff, will be seated on the stage during the oration by Dr. Kelley. 
 
 REUNION OF MEDICAL CORPS. 
 
 urgeon General Joseph Jones, M. D., having called a meeting of the survivors 
 of the Medical Corps of the Confederate Armies, in Chattanooga, for 
 
 WEDNESDAY, July 2nd, 1890, 
 The following local physicians have been selected by the Medical Association 
 as a Committee to make all the necessary arrangements for the same : 
 
 THE COMMITTEE. 
 
 G. M. Drake, M. D., Medical Director. 
 
 P. D. Sims, Chief of Staff. Fred. M. Stapp, Secretary. 
 
 E. B. Wise. E. M. Eaton. F. M. Searson. 
 
 J. H. Vandeman. J J. Durand. H. Berlin. 
 
 G. M. Ellis S. C. Ellis. B. S. West 
 
 G. A. Baxter. W. B. Wells. F. F. Smith. 
 
 E. Y. Green. W. L. Gahagan. E. A. Cobleigh, 
 
 N. C. Steele. H. L. McReynolds. G. T. Magee. 
 
 C. F. McGahan. H. A. Winters. J. A. Reeves. 
 
32 FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION 
 
 REUNION OF CHAPLAINS. 
 
 Rev. J. W. Bachman, DD., cordially invites all Chaplains of the Confederate 
 Armies to hold a Reunion in the parlor of the First Presbyterian Church, corner of 
 Georgia avenue and Seventh street. The following clergymen are appointed a 
 Committee to make all necessary arrangements : 
 
 THE COMMITTEE. 
 
 Rev. J. W Bachman, Chairman 
 Rev. J. P. McFerrin. Rev. R. J. Willingham. Rev. G W. Dumbell. 
 
 Rev. W. J. Trimble. Rev Father Walsh Rev. A. B. Riker. 
 
 Rev. J J Manker. Rev. D M. McReynolds. 
 
 PROGRAMME. 
 
 THURSDAY, JULY THIRD, 1890. 
 
 10:00 A. M. — RECEPTION OF DELEGATES AND VISITORS. 
 
 Address of Welcome by Hon. John A. Hart, Mayor. 
 
 Response by Governor John B. Gordon, General Commanding. 
 
 Delegates will form in procession on Broad street, the right resting on Ninth. 
 It will be escorted by a Batallion of Infantry, headed by the Band of the 4th Infan- 
 try, U. S. A. The procession will march to Market, down Market to Eighth, along 
 Eighth to Broad, and down Broad to the Tent. 
 
 3:00 P. M.: — ASSEMBLING OF THE CONVENTION. 
 
 The Convention will be called to order in the Tent, and proceed to business. 
 
 8:C0 p. M.: — festival of fopefst monfmfnt association. 
 1. — Oration by Rev. D. C. Kelley, DD., Colonel in Forrest's Corps. 
 2. — Tableau — The Confederacy Restored to the Union. 
 
 Music — "My Country 'tis of thee,' ? by 100 young Ladies. 
 3. — Tableau — The Surrender at Appomattox. 
 
 Recitation — The Conquered Banner, by G. C. C. 
 Music — "Hail Columbia," Military Band. 
 4. — Tableau — The Alabama. Survivors of the crew on deck. 
 
 Music — "A Life on the Ocean Wave." Sung by Mr. Armstrong, Va. 
 5 — Tableau — Wounding of Stonewall Jackson. 
 
 "Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees." 
 Music — "Nearer my God to Thee. Sung by 100 young Ladies. 
 6. — The Forrest Monument Illuminated. 
 
 Music — "Dixie," by the Military Band. 
 Note: — Mrs. General Forrest will be seated upon the Stage, surrounded by the 
 survivors of the General's Staff. Mrs. Semmes, surrounded by surviving officers of 
 the "Alabama," will also be on the stage. 
 
 FRIDAY, JULY FOURTH. 
 
 9:30 a. m.: — grand parade and celebration. 
 
 The Military and visiting Veterans will form and march as herein set forth: 
 
 1. — The Military Division — Will form on Cherry, its right resting on Ninth. 
 
 2. — The First Division of Veterans — Will form on East Ninth, its right 
 resting on Georgia Avenue. 
 
 3. — The Second Division of Veterans — Will form on North Georgia ^.ve- 
 nue, its right resting on Ninth. 
 
 4. — The Third Division of Veterans — Will form on Broad, its right resting 
 on Ninth. 
 
 5. — The Fourth Division of Veteranb — Will form on Chestnut, its right 
 resting on Ninth. 
 
 6. — The Fifth Division of Veterans — Will form on West Ninth, its right 
 resting on Chestnut. 
 
 7. — The Sixth Division of Veterans Will form on Carter, its right resting 
 on Ninth. 
 
 8.— 'I'm: Seventh Division of Veterans Will form on Boyce, its right rest- 
 ing on Ninth. 
 
 Formations must be complete by 9:40. The following is the 
 
 line of march. 
 
 North, on west side of Market, passing in Review. The General Commanding 
 will be stationed in West Eighth. 
 
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS. 
 
 33 
 
 Counter-march on East Market until right of column reaches Ninth, when it 
 will halt. 
 
 After Inspection by the General Commanding the Procession will move along 
 Ninth to Georgia Avenue,thence on Georgia to McCallie Avenue, east on McCallie 
 to Douglas, along Douglas to Vine, west on Vine to Georgia Avenue, on Georgia 
 Avenue to Seventh, along Seventh to Market, south on Market to Eighth, west on 
 Eighth to Broad, and along Broad until the column reaches Ninth, where it will 
 be massed, and the General Commanding will deliver a brief address from the 
 saddle. 
 
 4:00 p. m.: — a patriotic oration. 
 
 8:00 p. m.: — a gorgeous display of fireworks. 
 
 1. — Illumination of Cameron Hill — Salutes and Electric Suns. 
 
 2. — Illumination of the Tennessee River on Barges anchored in the middle of 
 the stream. 
 
 This superb display will begin with curtains of vapor, ending in carmine and 
 emerald, and an Egyptian sunset. There will be bombshells exploded 600 feet in 
 the air; salvos of aerial maroons, prismatic fountains, Gatling batteries of colored 
 bullets ; water fireworks, consisting of flying fishes, diving devils, fountains and wa- 
 ter witches, mines of feu de joie, and calliopes ; fiery whirlwinds, weeping willows, 
 mines of hornets, wasps, bugs and devils, with showers of jewels. 
 
 There will be every variety of rockets, some of the most brilliant ever sent up 
 in America. There will be in all thirty-four distinct pieces, and the last two will be 
 a glorious finale to the grand celebration. The 33rd will be a grand burst of floral 
 meteors, centipedes, yellow trees and coronets. The 34th will be a burst of 100 
 rockets, filling the heavens with myriad stars, and torrents of fire. 
 
 Note: — It is suggested that at the following places the Fireworks can be wit- 
 nessed with the greatest satisfaction: 
 
 1. — On the Bluffs above Market street. 
 
 2. — On the Levee, between Market and Broad. 
 
 3. — On Reservoir Hill. 
 
 4. — On the summit of Cameron Hill. 
 
 SATURDAY, JULY FIFTH. 
 
 10:00 A. m.: — ON THE battlefield of chickamauga. 
 
 Trains will begin running to Battlefield station at 9:00 A. m. 
 The day will be spent in visiting the lines of the various Confederate com- 
 mands during the Battle. 
 
 3:00 p. m.: — fraternal gathering on snodgrass hill. 
 Two addresses by soldiers who participated in the Battle. 
 
 8:00 p. m.:— illumination of lookout mountain. 
 The Point and the eastern bluff, as well as the Craven terrace, will be lighted 
 up with Bon-fires, and electric suns. The latter have never been seen in the South, 
 and their brilliancy is indescribable. The illumination will be a fitting conclusion 
 to the three days of unalloyed pleasures. 
 
 HISTORIC POINTS 
 
 The following table will give instructions to visitois as to how 
 they may reach the historic and interesting points about the city : \ 
 
 PLACES TO VISIT. 
 
 Battle Above the Clouds 
 
 Chickamauga 
 
 Confederate Cembtery .. 
 
 Crawfish Springs 
 
 Comeron Hill 
 
 East Lake 
 
 Lookout Mountain 
 
 Lookout Mountain 
 
 Missionary Ridge 
 
 National Cemetery 
 
 Orchard Knob 
 
 Sherman Heights 
 
 Sunset Rock 
 
 HOW TO REACH THEM. 
 
 Incline and Broad Gauge R'ys.... 
 Chatta., Rome & Columbus R'y .. 
 
 Vine Street Horse Cars 
 
 Chatta., Rome& Columbus R'y . 
 
 Horse Cars and Incline 
 
 Union Railway 
 
 Broadguage Railway 
 
 Incline and Narrow Gauge R'ys., 
 
 Electric Railway 
 
 Union Railway 
 
 Union Railway 
 
 Union Railway • 
 
 Incline and Narrow Gauge R'ys. 
 
 WHERE TO GET ON. 
 
 Horse Cars and U. P. Depot. 
 Central Station 
 
 Central Station. 
 
 ( Georgia Avenue Depot 
 
 Union Passenger Depot 
 
 Horse Cars and Union R'y., 
 
 From Broad Street out 
 
 Georgia Avenue Depot 
 
 Georgia Avenue Depot 
 
 Georgia Avenue Depot 
 
 Horse Cars and Union R'y. 
 
 0.25 
 0.25 
 0.05 
 
 o.35 
 0.20 
 0.05 
 0.25 
 0.25 
 0.05 
 0.05 
 0.05 
 0.05 
 0.25 
 
34 
 
 FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION 
 
 LANDMARKS OF WAR TIMES. 
 
 Headquarters Gen. Rosecrans. Now 316 Wa^ut street. 
 Headquarters Gen. Bragg. "Brabson House," now 407 E. 5th. 
 Headquarters Grant, Thomas, Sherman. Now 1 10 Walnut 
 
 street. 
 
 Headquarters Gen D. H Hill Now 603 Pine street. 
 Headquarters Gen. Brannan. S. E. corner Third and Market 
 Old War Prison, (both armies) corner Fourth and Market. 
 Fort Wood. East city ; rapidly being covered with dwellings 
 Signal Point. Walden's Ridge, southern projection. 
 Signal Rock. Lookout Mountain, near to "Point. " 
 Crutchfield House. Read House built on site 
 Planter's Hotel. Wisdom House built on site. 
 
 FULL ROSTER OF COMMITTEES. 
 
 EXECUTIVE. 
 
 JOSEPH F. SHIPP, Chairman. LAUBENCE T. DICKINSON, Secretary. 
 
 R. M. BARTON, JR., Treasurer. 
 WILLIAM O. PEEPLES, ADOLPH S. OCHS. DANIEL J. O'CONNELL, HIRAM S. 
 CHAMBERLAIN, JOHN A. HART. WEBSTER J. COLBURN. JOAB L. McCOLLUM, 
 GARNETT ANDREWS, TOMLINSON FORT, ISAAC B. MERRIAM, CHARLES F. 
 MULLER, ALONZO G. SHARP. 
 
 FINANCE. 
 
 J. L. McCOLLUM, HUGH WHITESIDE, F. F. WEIHL. 
 
 A. S. OCHS. H. S. CHAMBERLAIN, J. W. KELLY. 
 
 G. C. CONNOR, W. O. PEEPLES, 
 
 L. G. WALKER, 
 G. A. HOLLAND, 
 A. B. HART, 
 
 G. C. CONNOR, 
 J. M. SUTTON, 
 G. A. BARNES, 
 
 H. R. BANKS, 
 A. J. STOOPS, 
 M. H. CLIFT. 
 
 PRINTING. 
 
 E. W. MATTSON, 
 J. B. POUND, 
 
 TRANSPORTATION 
 
 J. L. McCOLLUM, 
 E. F. SISSON, 
 A. N. SLOAN, 
 
 L. A. WARNER, 
 W. M. STONE. 
 
 J. C. ANDERSON, 
 D.J. MULLANEY. 
 
 HA 
 
 LLS AND HEADQUARTERS. 
 
 R. E. ULBRICHT, D. J. CHANDLER, 
 
 J. T. WILLIAMS, 
 
 W. P. McCLATCHEY, 
 
 L T. DICKINSON, 
 CHRIS BATHMAN, 
 J. M. EDMONDS, 
 
 LIGHTS 
 
 H. A. McQUADE, 
 GEORGES DUNCAN, 
 W. B. FORD. 
 
 DECORATING, 
 
 J. B. WOOLSON, 
 
 M M. HENDERSON, 
 
 HENRY DeNAGIL, 
 
 A. W. JUDD, 
 
 D. B. LOVEMAN, 
 
 H. S. THACHER, 
 
 AND ILLUMINATION IN CITY. 
 
 PAT FLEMMING, 
 TOM WILCOX, 
 
 J L. PRICE, 
 W. T. ROGERS, 
 G. W. P ATT EN. 
 F. J. BENNET I . 
 
 J. C. HOWELL, 
 
 J. F. DOUGHERTY, 
 
 HOTELS AND BOARDING 
 
 ROBT. SHARP, 
 N. W WILBUR, 
 W. W. FRENCH, 
 JOHN G. RAWLINGS, 
 
 BAGGAGE. 
 H. F. ROGERS, 
 L. S. ROGERS, 
 
 D. W. HUGHES, 
 S. M. PATTON, 
 
 HOUSES. 
 
 B. L GOULDING, 
 
 C. W. NORWOOD, 
 R. M. BARTON, JR. 
 J. V. PRICE. 
 
 S. R. SHRUM, 
 CLARKE HORN. 
 
 REUNION. 
 
 DR. (,. W. DRAKE, 
 A. W. PALMER, 
 I I MANSFIELD, 
 D. L. SUP. LETT, 
 C. A. LYEkl.Y. 
 
 T. M. McCONNELL, 
 E. M. DODSON, 
 G G LILLY, 
 T. J DEMENT, 
 C. B. BULLOCK, 
 
 GARNETT ANDREWS, 
 REV. J. P. M< FERRIN, 
 S. J. A. FRAZIFR, 
 L. H WILSON, 
 ROBERT HN'.BLER, 
 FRANK A. HERYEY 
 
 CAMPS AND CONSTRUCTIONS. 
 
 H.C.JACKSON, A.J.STOOPS, J. A. BLANTON, 
 
 C. H. COOLIDGE, THOMAS C. VEALE, J H. BANKSTON, 
 
 S. W. DUNCAN. 
 
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS. 
 
 3t> 
 
 WAT 
 
 JOHN THOMPSON, 
 N. WINGFIELD, 
 J. C. HANKINS. 
 
 JOHN B. NICKLIN, 
 W. C HAFLEY, 
 G. S. TRIGG. 
 
 GEO W. OCHS, 
 J C. HENDERSON, 
 J.T THOMASSON, 
 R. P. SHELTON, 
 H F. WENNING, 
 
 ER SUPPLY AND PUBLIC COM FORT. 
 
 R. W. BIESE, W. T. HOPE, 
 
 C. P. ROBERTSON, GEO. L. GILLESPIE, SR. 
 
 MUSIC. 
 
 A. W. PALMER, 
 L M CLARK, 
 
 T. H. PAYNE, 
 FRANK MARQUET, 
 
 COMMITTEE ON FIREWORKS. 
 
 A L. O'CONNELL, 
 
 J. P KINDRICK, 
 THEO. RICHMOND, JR., 
 CATOR WOODFORD, 
 COLLIN C DUGGER, 
 
 R. M. BARTON, JR., 
 H M. BALES, 
 W S WEITZEL 
 WARREN HENDERSON". 
 ERNEST SHACKELFORD. 
 
 COMMITTEE ON MILITARY. 
 
 CAPT. T P. FYFFE, CAPT. R. M. NEAL, CAPT. C. H SIMM* >NS. 
 
 LIEUT A J WATKINS, LIEUT. A. H. TREWHITT, L'T J L CUNNINGHAM, 
 
 LIEUT H. F. WENNING, LIEUT. E. Z. FORT, LIEUT. J. B. STEWARD, 
 
 LIEUT. M C. WEARING, CATOR WOODFORD. 
 
 LOCATING LINES AND COMMANDS. 
 
 The following is appointed to locate lines and commands of Confederate troops engaged in the 
 battle of Chickamauga: 
 
 S J A. FRAZIER, REV. J P McFERRIN, 
 
 W C PAYNE, A. R THOMAS, 
 
 R. M. TANKESLEY, J P SMARTT, 
 
 T. M. McCONNELL, S. B. DYER, 
 
 C. B. BULLOCK, J. A. CALDWELL, 
 
 J. C. GORDON, FRANK OSBORNE, 
 
 MR. REED. MR. JONES. 
 
 R. L. WATKINS, 
 M. H. CLIFT, 
 MILTON RUSSELL, 
 W. L. EAKIN, 
 E. M. DODSON. 
 H. HARD ROVES, 
 JOHN M. McDERMOT. 
 
 RECEPTION COMMITTEE. 
 
 As an indication of the cosmopolitan complexion of the citizenship of Chattanooga, the gentle- 
 men comprising the Reception Committee are classed in the States of their nativity. 
 
 TOMLINSON FORT 
 
 D B LOVEMAN 
 
 HON D M KEY 
 
 J T WILLIAMS 
 
 HON LEWIS SHEPHERD 
 
 W E BASKETTE 
 
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