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Tli© Veterans at Seymour,Special to the Indianapolis JournalSeymour, Aug. 26.—To-day was the secondday of the regimental association meeting of the Twenty seventh and Sixty-seventh Indiana regiments. The roster shows eighty-five members of each regiment present. The officers of theSixty-seventh regimental association elected are: President, Capt. David Kelly, of Mitchell; vice-Dresident, Ben L. Smith, of Kushville; secretary, J. S. Alexander, of Portland Mills; Sergeant N. S. Bates, of Dayton, O., was elected historian of the regiment; W. H. Edwards, of Mitchell, •Thos. McKay, of Brooksburg, and Capt. Win. H. Aiken, of Hope, were chosen as an executive committee; Wm. Duckworth, of Seymour, was chosen treasurer. The old regiment banner, which was captured at Carrion Crow Bayou, La., was formally returned to the boys by comrade John S. Alexander, who had received itfrom Maj. H. B. Adams, C. S. A., who belonged to a Texas regiment. The old banner was bravely borne at Chicasaw Bayou. Arkansas Post, Port Gibson and Champion Hill.The reception tendered the veterans of the Twenty-seventh last night, after the joint convention, was an event long to be remembered by the boys. About seventy-five of them, headed by their martial band, marched to the spacious residence of Captain and Mrs. Joseph Balsley. which was brightly illuminated. Captain D. B. Vance, who headed the column, demanded an unconditional surrender. Captain Balsley responded by informing the boys if there was anything in the house they couldn’t carry there was a wheelbarrow in the back yard. After partaking of a bountiful supper prepared oy Mrs. Balsley, the boys fought over the battles of Peach-tree creek, Gettysburg and many others, and tented for awhile upon the old camp ground. The ceremonies of to-day were of an informal nature.Knights of I’ythias In Camp,vin a I a 1 4 ha T iwl i u n a 1 u Inn m ol
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Indianapolis Journal
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Sat, Aug 27, 1887
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