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MKN OF PKACK NOW. Confederate and Union Kx-OfficersUhI at a Banqnet,One* of the moat remarkable military reunion* In the history of the world occurred at Chicago Wednesday. when the moat famou* surviving general* of the Confederacy met the moat famous survlv-Ing general* of the Union armies at a banquet tendered by the Cltlaens' Committee of Chlragq. Two hundred and fifty men. many of them prominent in the nation'* hlatory. sat down to the feaat. Opposite Mayor Swift and Oen. Fltabagh Lee aat Lieut. Gen. James Longatreet. the famous ex-Confederate chlefuln.Gen. Wad* Hampton chatted with Gen. John M. Palmer, and Gen. Butler, of South Carolina, pledged the health of llllnola' favorite soldier, Oen. John C. Black. When the band payed Sherman's March to the Sea the ex-Confederate veterans led the applause, and when the Inspiring strains of Dixie filled the hall the veterans of the Colon responded with a hearty good will.
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Chicago Eagle
Chicago, Illinois, US
Sat, Jun 01, 1895
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