Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1884 — ON A WELL-FOUGHT FIELD. [ARTICLE]

ON A WELL-FOUGHT FIELD.

Anniversary Observances of Grand ArmyVeterans of the Hattie of Shiloh. [Shiloß (Tenn.) Telegram.] The steamers John Gilbert and W. F. Nesbit left this point on the 6th inst. for Pittsburg Landing, having about 400 excursion ists on board, mostly members of the Grand Army of the Republic from Illinois, Indiana, and lowa. When the excursionists landed a column was formed, and the party marched to the national cemetery, where the band played ’ a dead march. The men stood with uncovered heads, many with tears running down their cheetet as- they looked around, and saw the melancholy array of marble slabs which marked the graves of dead comrades. The column then marched to the platform erected for the speakers at the western end of the cemetery. Prominent among those present were Gens. M. R. M. Wallace, D. C. Smith, T. L. Dickey, Cols. J. L. Godfrey, W. T. Shays, Maj. B. Bingham. Capts. 8. S. Garrett, IL B. Hinkle, T. D. Patterson, F. M. Kyle, 8. L. Ensengo, George C. Jeuterieg, T. J. Bryant, H. 8. Cicek, David Jones, Judson UcCor, Fred A. Smith, Charles Van Gorden, A. H. Versbey, D. C. Andress, W. T. Russell, and C. P. Searle. All the above-named took part in the battle of Shiloh as Federal officers. The Kev. Thomas Cotton, a local preacher, explained that the small assemblage was due to the fact that many people had been scared away .in consequence of a small-pox scare, and Capt. H. R. Hinkle, of Savannah, Tenn., a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, heartily deplored that there were no representative Tennesseans from the Confederate army to welcome the visitors. The Hon. T. D. Smith, of Illinois, was the orator of the day, and delivered a stirring speech eulogistic of the dead of both armies. Gen. T. Lyle Dickey, Judge of the Supreme Court of Illinois, followed in an eloquent address, giving some interesting personal experiences of the battle of Shiloh. The audience had by this time been considerably increased by country people, and all joined in the singing of several hymns. The entire day was spent in visiting points of interest sn the field, and at 6 o’clock the boats left on their return trip.