Report of the Proceedings of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at the Meetings[s] (Volume 6-10).cSociety Of the Army of the Tennessee
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Author: Society Of the Army of the Tennessee
Number of Pages: 204 pages
Published Date: 04 Feb 2012
Publisher: General Books
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781235698361
File Name: Report.of.the.Proceedings.of.the.Society.of.the.Army.of.the.Tennessee.at.the.Meetings[s].(Volume.6-10).pdf
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877. Excerpt: ... ADDRESS TO THE SOCIETY BY GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN. Comrades: --Another year is gone, and we have again met in social reunion pursuant to adjournment and to the requirement ot' our Constitution. Without presumption, we of the Army of the Tennessee may claim to he the pioneer society among the many social organizations that have resulted from the great civil war of our time; for the Society dates its origin from the 14th day of April, 1865, onlv rive days after the surrender of General Lee in Virginia, and five days before the surrender of our immediate antagonist, General Joe Johnston, in North Carolina. By the printed record of our proceedings, it appears that a small group of officers met in the old State Capitol, in Raleigh, North Carolina, on the 14th of April, 1865, which organized by calling to the chair Brigadier-General William B. Woods, a brigade commander in the 15th Corps; when Major-General Frank P. Blair, commanding the 17th Corps, explained the object of the meeting to be, "to take immediate steps for the organization of a society to perpetuate the friendly feelings which bound them together as comrades-in-arms during the preceding four years, during which they had been battling and marching from Cairo to Vicksburg, and from Vicksburg to North Carolina." At the preliminary meeting, a committee was appointed to draft a Constitution and By-Laws, which consisted of Major-General F. P. Blair, commanding 17th Corps; Major-General John A. Logan, commanding 15th Corps; Major-General A. J. Smith, commanding 13th Corps; Major-General Giles A. Smith, commanding division, 17th Corps; Brigadier-General W. B. Woods, commanding brigade, 15th Corps. At a subsequent meeting, held at the same place on the 24th of the same April, 1865, this committee submitted a ...
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