Souvenir Roster of the Surviving Members of the 13th Michigan Infantry: Also Short Account of the Forty-Fourth Annual Reunion, Together with Other Interesting Reading Matter for the Members : Kalamazoo, Michigan, February, 1909. Kalamazoo, Mich: Kalamazoo Pub. Co., printers, 1909.
Comrade Edson Woodman, the president of the regiment, also appreciates that song. He recently made a trip to the south and wandered o’er many of the old battle fields for old time’s sake. “30,000 of Sherman’s men were lost,” said Comrade Woodman, and a cemetery full of soldiers can be found in almost every southern […]
“I don’t think I’ll go in the parade today,” said one of the old veterans who came to Kalamazoo to participate in the forty-fourth annual reunion of the Thirteenth Michigan infantry which opened here yesterday. “You see, there were a lot of our boys who were put out of the marching line down at Chickamauga
Following is a poem composed and read by Mrs. Kenyon, wife of Captain Kenyon of the old Fighting 13th: When Sumter fell by traitor hands, And war-clouds dark hung low, When anxious hearts prayed for one gleam Of light to cheer their woe: When men with patriotic zeal Sprang to their country’s aid; And mothers,
Dear Comrade: There were some things that I have omitted in the other “write-up” that I feel constrained to mention to you personally, you can use it or not as you choose. I had read of “The Fighting Edge,” “The Firing Line,” “The Danger Zone,” “The Double,” etc. How “Bacon and Hard Tack were Poor
Take a green country lad who was raised on a farm, The first one you come to will do, Who, far from the city has missed all its harm And is innocent, honest and true, Who has followed in spring time the harrow and plow, In the summer has garnered the grain, Who has earned
And so the old boys talked on and on, one after another. Story after story went the rounds, and the boys discussed, argued, and de-bated every inch of their victory over the rebel troops again. It was a fine spectacle and yet a sad sight. for as they talked and talked their enthusiasm, no longer
How much the events of the war have been twisted, confused, and mixed up in the annual reunions, it is impossible for any but the most exact historian to tell. Some of the more important events of the war are slightly confused in the minds of many. W. R. Sirrine of Paw Paw, related an
Comrades of the Gallant Old 13th Infantry, Greeting: I have, and am, doing my “level best” to serve you and the Reunion Association. On account of having to pay a good price for the last Souvenir badges there was but little funds left to pay the current expenses. I have been to some little expense
Last winter my wife and self visited Cuba and having read and heard so much of the campaigning on the Island of the American troops during the Spanish-American war of 1898, we were greatly interested in learning all we could of the exact facts, by gathering such statistics as we could and personally looking over
The largest reunion in point of attendance that has been held in recent years by the survivors of the Thirteenth Michigan Infantry, closed here yesterday noon when the forty-fourth annual gathering of veterans who escaped the closing engagement of Bentonville came to an end. The next reunion will be held in Kalamazoo the last Thursday
Peace Declared Again. dear Comrades, we have gathered From every clime and every shore. To rehearse the old, old story For our warfare is most o’er. Yes, dear Comrades, we’ve been marching In the line our Brothers fell. Through the Battles that were hottest Through the carnage that was hell. Now we are gathered in
Men in attendance at the 44th anniversary of the 13th Michigan Infantry which fought in the Civil War. Company A George Allison. Milan. Joseph Hipp, Alamo. Henry P. Gillispie, Grand Junction. Phillip Bush, Gobleville. William Mabus, Elkhart., Ind. Martin Harter, Otsego. Byron Dean, Copemish. Orvill Finch, Plainwell. F. A. Blackman, Delton. John P. Hart, Prairieville.
Very Interesting Letter From Comrade Edson Woodman, Of Paw Paw, Mich. In January, 1908, accompanied by Mrs. Woodman, I revisited some of the places once familiar to the old 13th Michigan Infantry, and made historic by deeds of daring, by desperate battles, weary marches and suffering, and an outpouring of young lives upon the altar
The following ladies were in attendance at the 13th Michigan Infantry 44th Reunion. Mrs. H. B. Bond, Muskegon. Mrs. H. P. Gillispie, Grand Junction. Mrs. S. A. Hoffmaster, Hopkins: Mrs. F. Gray, Grand Rapids. Mrs. Viola A. Kenyon, Olympia, Washington. Mrs. M. Harter, Otsego. Mrs. William Tink, Portage. Mrs. H. S. Stratton, Plainwell. Mrs. Alfreda
Battle Monument to the 13th Infantry, Chickamauga Battle Field If I Should Die Tonight If I should die tonight You earnestly ask me this Would I leave without regret Expecting future bliss? Would I fear the journey dark, O’er the shoreless sea of death? How would I meet the Monarch Grim, As I draw my
The 44th annual reunion of the 13th Michigan Infantry came to a close at 10:30 this Friday morning, at which time the business meeting of the regiment was held. At this meeting Captain H. H. Trask. of Hastings, was elected President for the ensuing year to succeed Edson Woodman, of Paw Paw, while Charles Hogle,
Tonight the veterans will leave for home. The official roster shows that the visiting veterans came to Kalamazoo from all points of the compass and one daughter of the regiment, Mrs. Viola A. Kenyon, who hasn’t missed a reunion in several years, came half way across the continent, from Olympia, Washington, to attend the event.
The Grand Army of the Republic is passing in review. The total number of survivors is now 620,000, figures being obtained as follows: The last official enrollment made by the pension authorities at Washington, June, 1907, was 655,338. Deducting 2,500 a month, for nine intervening months, there were 22,000 deaths. The old guard is dying
The Thirteenth Michigan infantry is now holding its forty-fourth annual reunion in the G. A. R. hall, on North Park, and in the Park street church. This reunion has been looked forward to for a full year by the some hundred and fifty veterans of the war who are here to share its pleasures. The
The following is a list of all known 13th Michigan Infantry who were still alive during their 44th Reunion. Company A Jessie M. Brown, Paw Paw. M. Harter, Otsego. John P. Hart, Prairieville. A. W. Sprague, R. F. D. No. 4, Cheshire. Phil Bush, Gobleville. Chas. H. Lawrence, Bloomingdale Horace Pubart, Dundee. E. B. Gillispie,
