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FORT BUFORD, DA. TERRITORY, June 25, 1872.

To the President Society Army of the Tennessee, Madison, Wis.:

Distance, duty and ill health all conspire to prevent my attendance at the meeting at Madison. I hope there may be a large gathering of the officers of that gallant army, and that it may be productive of good will and fraternal feelings.

Yours truly,

W. B. HAZEN,

Colonel 6th Infantry, Major-General Volunteers.

357 WEST 31st ST., NEW YORK CITY, June 10, 1872.

GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER,

Corresponding Secretary Society Army Tennessee, Cincinnati, Ohio: GENERAL: Your favor of April 23rd, 1872, came duly to hand. I fear it will not be in my power to be with you at Madison, Wisconsin, July 4th, 1872, but I will try to do so.

Yours truly,

SCHUYLER HAMILTON.

GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER,

VIRGINIA CITY, MONTANA, June 5, 1872.

Corresponding Secretary Society Army Tennessee, Cincinnati, Ohio: GENERAL:-The notice of the sixth annual meeting of our Society is received. I sincerely regret my inability to meet my old comrades at Madison, on July 3rd and 4th, the anniversary of one of the most glorious achievements of the Army of the Tennessee and its gallant leader.

Hoping at some future reunion to be able to attend, and wishing all of you health and pleasure, I remain,

Truly yours,

F. C. DEIMLING,

Late Colonel 10th Regiment Missouri Infantry.

UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE OFFICE,
COLUMBUS, June 14, 1872.

GENERAL A. HICKENLOOPER,

Cincinnati, O.

DEAR GENERAL:-Yours of the 11th instant came duly to hand. I begin to fear I will have to be denied the pleasure of being with you at Madison, though I still live in hopes. However, if I do go, I can not take time to go with your party from Cincinnati. The meeting at Madison occurs at the worst possible time for me.

Truly yours,

CHAS. C. WALCUTT.

BLOOMINGTON, ILL., May 18, 1872.

DEAR GENERAL:-Yours of the 3rd instant, forwarded from Washington, inviting me to your house during the army reunion, is received. Mrs. Smith and myself propose starting to Denver, Colorado, next week to spend the Summer. I shall, consequently, be too far off to think of so long a trip to attend the reunion as that would be, at such a warm season of the year. I am no less grateful to you for your kind courtesy, and trust we may some time have an opportunity of reciprocating. I shall be with you all in spirit, and hope you may all have a very pleasant time. Remember me kindly to your family. Mrs. Smith sends her love also.

Very truly yours,

COLONEL THOMAS REYNOLDS,

Madison, Wisconsin.

GILES A. SMITH.

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER,

BUREAU OF Refugees, FREEDMEN, AND ABANDONED LANDS,
WASHINGTON CITY, June 3, 1872.

THOMAS REYNOLDS, ESQ. AND OTHERS,

Committee:

GENTLEMEN:-I regret to say that General Howard is now in Arizona, upon a special mission to the Indians in that Territory, and will not probably be back in season to attend the meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,

J. A. SLADEN, Brevet Captain U. S. A., A. D. C.

MEMPHIS, June 6, 1872.

COL. T. REYNOLDS, CAPT. A. SEXTON, CAPT. J. W. TALFORD AND OTHERS, Local Executive Committee:

DEAR FRIENDS:-Accept thanks for your invitation extended to me, to attend the sixth annual meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, to be held at my old home city on the 3rd and 4th proximo. I regret exceedingly that my engagements are such that my attendance will be prevented.

I have felt, and shall always feel, a warm interest in the Society, composed, as it is, of many of those whom I was proudly associated in connection with my old 8th Wisconsin volunteers during the war. I bespeak for the Society a pleasant meeting, and (without any political significance) let me hope-as I believe that the great leader of that good old Army of the Tennessee, named to-day at Philadelphia again to be continued in the highest office in the gift of the nation, will succeed and continue to guide our Ship of State" with no more ill success in the future than he has in the past. Believe me,

Yours very sincerely,

J. W. JEFFERSON.

OFFICE OF B. C. TAYLOR MANUFACTURING CO.,
DAYTON, O., June 3, 1872.

THOMAS REYNOLDS AND OTHERS,

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Local Executive Committee, Madison, Wisconsin: GENTLEMEN:-Your circular, covering invitation to our next annual meeting, is at hand, for which accept thanks. If business allow, I will be on hand to enjoy another good old time.

Yours Truly,

LOUIS KELLER.

BOOK TRADE SALE ROOMS,
ST. PAUL, MINN., June 7, 1872. S

COLONELS REYNOLDS, VILAS AND OTHERS,

Committee Arrangements Society Army Tennessee, Madison, Wis.: GENTLEMEN:-Your reminder of the annual meeting of our noble Society, at Madison on July 4th, has just been forwarded to me from Cincinnati. I very much regret that I can not so manage this year as to be present at the reunion of the gallant members of our Society.

Trusting that this reunion may be more than equal to its predecessors in pleasure, interest and profit, I am,

Your comrade,

WM. MCK. HEATH,

Late Captain 5th Ohio Cavalry.

CHICAGO AND PACIFIC RAILWAY Co., SOLICITOR'S OFFICE, ELGIN, ILL., June 1, 1872.

MESSRS. THOMAS REYNOLDS, W. F. VILAS AND OTHERS,

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Local Executive Committee Society Army Tennessee, Madison, Wis.: GENTLEMEN:-I write to assure you that nothing save sickness of my family or myself shall prevent my accepting your cordial invitation to greet our old comrades at our reunion in your beautiful city, in July next. We cherish no feeling of bitterness or resentment toward the deluded men who bravely and madly fought to destroy our Government, but may our hands forget their cunning, and our tongues cleave to the roof of our mouths, when we cease to give praise, glory, gratitude and renown to our brave comrades who as bravely fought to preserve and protect it. That country is safe that places in grateful remembrance, in the highest niche in the temple of fame, the names of the noble men who bravely fought in her defense.

Very truly yours,

JOHN S. WILCOX.

HANNIBAL, Mo., June 18, 1872.

MESSRS. REYNOLDS, VILAS AND OTHERS:

GENTLEMEN: I regret exceedingly not being able to attend the sixth annual meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, to be held in your city,

on the 3rd and 4th of July. Wishing you all a glorious time and happy reunion, I am,

Very truly yours,

ROBERT BUCHANAN,

Late Lieutenant-Colonel commanding 7th Mo. Infantry, 3rd Division, 17th A. C. Army of the Tennessee. CHICAGO, June 20, 1872.

COLONEL THOMAS REYNOLDS,

Chairman Local Executive Committee, Madison, Wisconsin: DEAR SIR:-Your circular, advising me of the sixth annual meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, is received. Put me down as one who will be with you, Providence permitting. I look forward to a pleasurable meeting with my old Wisconsin comrades. Please secure for me a place to bivouac at some one of your hotels during my stay, and greatly oblige

Your old fellow-lodger,

J. MCARTHUR.

OFFICE STATE'S ATTORNEY, PEORIA, ILL., June 28, 1872. §

To the Executive Committee of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee: GENTLEMEN:-Until to-day I had fully intended being present on the occasion of the sixth annual reunion of our glorious old army, but now I fear the press of important business will prevent my doing so.

It was utterly impossible for me to be present at either of the last two meetings of the Society, yet nothing in life is more pleasant to me than these annual reunions. They are the meeting of "souls with but a single thought," and I enjoy them as a delightful oasis in the great desert of business life. I will be with you if in any way possible, but if I am not there, I shall devote the 3rd and 4th days of July in reviving in my memory the pleasant reminiscences of that grand old Army that never knew defeat.

To the members of the Society I extend a comrade's warmest love, and I embrace this opportunity of thanking them again and again, with feelings of sincere gratitude, for the honor they conferred upon me in selecting me as one of the Vice-Presidents of our honored Society, and now, hoping that all may realize their every deserving aspiration, I remain,

Yours very truly, etc.,

COLONEL THOMAS REYNOLDS,

GEO. PUTERBAUGH,

Chairman.

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, June 23, 1872. DEAR GENERAL:-Your favor of the 15th has been received. It would afford me great pleasure to meet my old friends of the Army of the Tennessee, but my engagements for July are such as to deprive me of the pleasure this year.

GENERAL J. K. PROUDFIT.

Yours truly,

H. W. SLOCUM.

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, June 12, 1872.

COLONEL THOMAS REYNOLDS AND OTHERS,

COLONEL:-I have just received your invitation to attend the sixth annual meeting of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. I would gladly go and join in with the "old troops" that marched to the sea, if the authorities that be would only say, "You may go."

I can only wish, therefore, each and every one of the members present continued good health and prosperity, and hope the Society will ever keep fresh the memory of its organization.

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Local Executive Committee Society Army Tennessee, Madison, Wis.: GENTLEMEN:-The programme of the sixth annual reunion of the Army of the Tennessee, at Madison, Wisconsin, on the 3rd and 4th days of July, with your kind invitation to be present at that time, are received, and while nothing would give me greater pleasure than to be present on that occasion to renew the fraternal feelings that ever characterized that glorious old army, and join once more my old comrades in celebrating in peace the continued friendships formed amid the clash and din of bloody wars, but, much as I should enjoy it all, I must forego the pleasure, as business calls my attention too closely to admit of my following the dictates of my heart. Trusting that it will be one of the happiest of reunions, and that all may have a good time, I remain, gentlemen,

Very truly, your comrade,

LIEUTENANT J. THOMPSON Moss, Late of Company I, 53rd Ill. Veteran Volunteer Infantry.

COLONEL THOMAS REYNOLDS,

Madison, Wis.:

EAST LIVERPOOL, O., June 10, 1872.

DEAR COLONEL:-It is with great pleasure I acknowledge receipt of circular from Local Executive Committee Society of the Army of the Tennessee, announcing the programme of our sixth annual meeting, and in response to the last clause will say, that, health permitting, I will be present.

With best wishes for the success of our meeting and kindest regards to you and the other members of your committee,

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WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON CITY, May 28, 1872. § MY DEAR GENERAL:-Yours of the 25th has been received. The President greatly regrets that he will not be able to be at our meeting in Madison. His son, who is now at Harvard, sails for Europe on July 6th, and he feels as if he

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