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“Comrades,
23 years ago in the month of June, we surrendered one of the
last flags of the Confederacy, and acknowledged our
allegiance to the Union. Many of the boys of this battalion
are from Monroe county. Our gallant colonel, who lead us
through our many campaigns, has answered to his last roll
call, and sleeps in the cemetery in the city where our next
reunion takes place. Let us try by every means to induce our
comrades to meet us next October in Mexico. This can be done
if we will all try, by letter and otherwise to communicate
with each other. Most of Company D are in Monroe and Lewis
counties. Let us help each other to get there, and extend a
hearty invitation to all the boys in Blue or Gray, who met
at Helena, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, Jenkens’ Ferry and
many other hard fought fields, to meet us in friendly
reunion, to prove, not only that the war is over, but that
we still appreciate the merits of our soldiers, whether they
fought for the North or the South, and are willing that the
bloody shirt, the battle flags and the issues of the war be
buried in one grave, so deep that short of the resurrection
shall ever reach them; and that our patriotism is to
preserve our institutions for the benefit of the Republic. I
would like to hear from any of the Battalion in order to
help find the boys and get them together. Address Company D,
Clapper, Mo.”
Source: From the files of Neil Block, Commander, William T.
Anderson Camp #1743 SCV; transcribed by Lisa Perry. Original
newspaper article source is unknown and undated. |
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