Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1894 — ATTENTION COMRADES [ARTICLE]

ATTENTION COMRADES

The survivors of the 48th Indiana Volunteers will hold their annual reunion at Rensselaer, Indiana, Aug., 291 h and 30tb, 1894, in company with the survivors of the 46th, and 87th regiments of Indiana Infantry VolAt the last meeting of the survivors of the 48th regiment, it was decided to hold the next annual reunion at Rensselaer, Indiana, on September 19, 1894, that day being the 32nd anniversary of the Battle of luka, Miss., the first battle in which the regiment took a prominent part. It being designated as the baptismal engagement where fifty six were

killed and two hundred and twenty were wounded and thirty four ingIt was with reluctance that this date was changed, but as the other two regiments above mentioned had decided to hold their annual reunion on the above named days, it was thought best for us to join them for several reasons. The first being this, that as our people here, will be called upon to entertain all of them, it was was thought best to entertain all at the same time.

These days have no special meaning to the survivors of the 48th, they are no anniversaries of days in which the regiment was called upon to make any special sacrifice, but we will heartily join with the surviving comrades of the other regiments above named. At this reunion each regiment can hold a separate business meeting, for the transaction of its own business, but the program of exercises will be participated in by thenumbers of each regiment. It is to be hoped that this change will meet with the hearty approval of every member of the regiment. Many of the survivors were written to and consulted before the change was made but it was impossible to write to all. M. F. Chilcote, President. Alexander J. LaPierre, Adjutant and Secretary.