Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1910 — COMPANY A REUNION. [ARTICLE]

COMPANY A REUNION.

. Company A, 87th Indiana Volunteers, will ihold a reunion at Rensselaer on September 22 and 23, 1910, and witih the assistance of the people in the .city and vicinity will give it a cordial support. The boys that are living here want to make it a memorable occasion.

Co. A, with Col. E. P. Hammond as captain, left here fully one hundred strong of tfhe voting men raised here with the recruits from this county that joined the company and swelled the number to more than one hundred and forty. To-day there are only fifteen of those boys left, andi they are boys no donger. They are bent with age, impaired sight and their once dark hair ds dark no longer. Neither are they young and vigorous, but old and gray, yet within their hearts there is still a youthful impulse. They want to show the people that gatther here at this reunion that they still live and remember the comrades of ’62 and ’65. Also; they want those that come to greet them, to know that the

same patriotic spirit pervades the people of our city and county that imbibed them in the dark and when they shook tihe hands of the the boys when they departed for the war in 1862. The survivors of Co. A asks all to join them in making this a happy occasion. On the eve of Sept. 22 the company and regiment will hold a camp-fire at the Armory. At the same time they want to give an old-fashion-ed basket dinner. The dinner will precede the camp-fire. Supper will be given from 6 to 7:30 on Thursday evening. All are invited to attend both supper and camp-fire. xx