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LONG LOST BATTLEG RETURHBDrTO SDRVlVniG SODTffRM SOLDIERS.t iA Silken Banner Restored to an Atlantic Company byGeorge:d to an At) L, Mnuninfcr.s. fThe fallowing story from recent issues of the Atlanta Journal Is not only appropriate to the Memorial day anniversary as tending to show the passing'of the old-time sectional * hate and'prejudice, hut will have apetla) interest%to the old soldiers and to Mansfield people in general on account of .the fact that George L. tenmilnger, who returned the southern banner, was, unli J recent years, a resident of this city;, When the old Gate City Guard- went to war in the stirring times of'Gl, they carried a beautiful Hag presented to the company by the ladies of Atlauta, through Miss Haniieter, daughter of1 t..,. .1 . 'the late C. R. Hanlelter, editor and publisher of The Southern Confederacy.i . *The flag, after a time, went to the enemy, and ail trace of it was lost. Now, after nearly forty years, the sacred daghas teen found, and will be restored to the Gate City. Guard organization, which is still maintained.:. Yesterday Mr.-H. H- Cabanlss received a letter from Mr. George L. 12m-mluger, of Toledo, O., to whom the organization is indebted tor the return of the Sag.Mr. Emminger wrote that an old lady of his acquaintance, some time before her death, gave to his son the staff and remnants of a regimental flag captured, by her brother, at what battle he did riot remember, From, the remaining I riscripUon he shw that, it. had bceii presented by the ladies of Atlanta to the Gate City Guard.■:-i do not know if there are any of:the members of this organization yet able to answer roli-call’ in your city or auction,” said Mr. fimminger, “but if sit, they would like a return to the memories of the stirring times or '61 and *62 by a sight of that which led them. They can have it,by the mere expression of the desire.”Mr. Emminger stated that there was a;'; large portion of the silk gone, but enough is left to recognize it by.In reply to the lettrir of Mr. Emming-er, Mr. Cabaniss stated that the com-jpriy would joyfally receive the flag arid would find much pleasure in associating his name with the incident of itireturn. He was asked to express the fiit£ at the expense of the company to Mr. Harry Krause.- Mr- Kfouse was a member of,the Gate CjitjrGuard, the company which left Atlanta lit April, 1861, belonging to the First Georgia regiment of volunteers.join tbe Confederate army, and of howfirmly their gallant appearance fixed bis faith in the invincibility ot the southern cause. He Mien pald-a tribute to their record both in war and: the work of the righteous reconstruction of the South. Speaking of the tattered Liitikrflag he wa® to present to Cap-lain O'Neill In behalf of his company, he rejoiced in the fact that it nad nlt;wy-er been the flag of oppression or a flag that, represented anything but the highest courage of men, the noblest viraws of women and the sweetest hopes of both. In this connection he deplored the departure of our government from the principles of the Declaration of independence and the constitution of the United States, He condemned the drift towards imperialism and militarism' and predicted thatthere will be a return to those idea*of civic liberty and Justice in al! men which was never so nobly illustrated a» they were by the* men of the soulh who constituted1 the grandest artiy that ever stepped on God’s footstool. In which there were ho better or more heroic soldiers than the Gate City GuaTd. *THE FLAG ACCEPTED.Captain James F. O'Neill received the flag for the company In an elo-' qiient speech. His sent‘meats went straight to the hearts of the assembly, and his speech was considered by the entire audience as one of the best that has over been made in Atlanta on a similar occasion. 'Harry Krouae, who was a member of the company during the war, and who followed the flag from the time it was presented to the company until It wa.v lost on the’ retreat at Cheat mountain, gave a history of the organization It was both interesting and eloquent, and the audience was greatly entertained by the recital of the narrative.MR; CARBANISS SPEAKS.,Governor Candler then called on Mr. Cabanlss for a speech. Mr. Cabanlss, in the course of bis remarks, said:Mr, Cabaniss spoke briefly and said that during frequent visit* to the cities of the north, northwest and west, it had been his good fortune to meet a large* number of representative people 'ot those sections. . He had not found any trace of the bitterness which had formerly existed toward the people of •the south; that the good people there not only entertained the kindest feelings towards the people of the south, but manifested stick friendebijiy frequently in a very substantial manner. One of the gentlemen he had metMr. Cabaniss had three brothers in the j was a prominent citizen of the state ofregiment, one a captain from Dablon- Ohio, George Emminger, who in com-efes, another a lieutenant o! a compai.y from Forsyth, arid still another one who lcrt college to join the Forsyth company. After a little service in Fen-, sneola, Fla., this company was sent to northwest Virginia and encountered McClellan's forces. The First Georgia regiment, together with the other'Confederate troops, retreated from position called Laurel Hill in crossing Cheat river, it was here a battle was fought and the Bag wan lost.THE BANNER RESTORED.• Last night, in their armory, the Gate CHy Guard received tbe battle-scarred Danner that waved over tbe company when tbe cause of Confederacy called southern troops to the field of chivalrous valor. It was the same flag that Atlanta ladies made with their fair binds when fathers, brothers and 'eetberts enlisted for the cause in It differed from that emblem presented to the company more than thirty years ago only through its rent abd ragged aspect, eloquent evidence of the fierce encounters which befell those •whj followed it in battle.- The members of the old Guard were out ta forte to see the flag come homes. Men were present who saw the ban-Mr presented to the company by the ladies who made it. They saw it later «£ it rolled down the steep slue of Cheat mountain, in Virginia, when th* gray clad boys were rustling »rom the Yankees, and it was tbe last glimpse of the flag they had until they looked m its folds last night.The entire membership of the active Guard was present- Over nor Candler and his lt;*aff were present, and there were numbers of Confederate veterans. Sens of Veterans. Daughters of llie Confederacy and members of the ladles' Memorial asro-'ation. Tl.».spacious hell of the armory was filled wi;b the infantrymen atid theirfriends.*Th? flag was returned to the company through H. H. Cabaniss. whoing into possession of this battle^scarred and time-worn flag, it was his first impulse to rend it to its proper ownere. For this kindly act I honor him.The men who fought under this flag were heroes and those who opposed them were -heroes. It was, American against American from 3861 to 1865, and the great destructiveness* of thebattles waged proved that each aid* had brave, loyal and unconquerable soldiers.I thing this fiag, and alt other Confederate flags should be furled, never to be unfolded upon the battlefield. They are mementoes, precious relics, to be guarded with sacrod care and undying love.But) all other American battles must be fought under the one American flag, the Stars and Stripes. It is our flag as much as anybody’s, and at it the late Senator Hill said:“Southern breezes kiss it: southern skies reflect iti; southern sons will light for It, and southern heroes will die for It.”Wo drop a tear as we consider the past, but we must look to the future and in reunited union, under a. restored flag, as one people we will do our part in maintaining a common country in its proud position as the greatest nation cf the world and aid it with all our strength in pressing forward In the beauty and majesty of its mission.OTHER SHORT TALKS.lent wed of its existence from a personalColonel Robert .1. Lowry, Colonel Andrew J. West- Captain T. H. Jones.a Confederate veteran who caiae to Atlanta several years ago from Kentucky. and Captain W. I- Retard, who commanded the company during the war. made short speeches.Refreshments were served during the evening. As the active Guard were marching to the supper room with tbe old flag in their midst, a touching incident occurred.*A lady who was* standing near the door as the line of uniformed soldier -mracked through, grasped the folds atfriend in Toledo. O. The Ohio gentle man was George Ennrlcger. who vrete to Mr. Cabaniss, stating Jb-i, the flag wrxs in his poswssier.. Through Mr. Cfcbaniss efforts the flag was sent to Atlanta to he returned to it* originalowner*.SEVERAL SPEECHES MADE,■ Governor Candler made the introductory remarks in the presentation ex-?r-elre* last night. He extolled the bravely of Confederate soldiers in genet al and the members o! 3be Gate City. Guard In particular.Mr. Caban** requestor F- !L Rlch-fhe tattered flag and imprinted a his*on it. She was one of the ladies who j made the fiag and presented It to the, companv in l$«l. The incident wa» witnessed by the entire assembly ami there were many in the crowd who could net restrain tears at the spectacle of extreme love, and devotion to the lost cause and the flag by which it wan represented last night.The Gate City Guard will keep the flag in their archives. H is troxwured as one ef the nnd valuable relics In the pofavsieu of the command.Norway is the only country in the ardscm to make the pre-?rnfalien ] world whose banks hold more speciespeech. Mr. Richardson referred to the j in their safes than they Issue. British happy memory of his childhood, of the, banks have only in hand for every dreihre of lhlt;* Gate City Guard to £tlt;0 oMssue.
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Mansfield News
Mansfield, Ohio, US
Wed, May 29, 1901
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