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—A few days ago, our fellow citizens, j William Overman of this place and John R. Spickler, of Fredericksburg, attended the reunion of their old Brigade, at Middletown, Shelby county, this State, i Comrade Overman relates a very i interesting and singular coincidence in | connection therewith. The battle of Cedar Creek, Va., was fought on the 19th day of October, 1864 and the 18th Indiana, of which Overman and Spick-ler were members, was on firing line. D. W. Vanmeter, also a member of the regiment was severely wounded and and carried into the M. E. church. The next day Oct. 20, the church was converted into a hospital, and Vanmeter had for his audience his dying comrades and the groans of the wounded, at Middletown, Va. Just forty four years later, on the 20th of Oct. 1908 he occupied the M. E. church at Middletown, Ind., as presiding officer of the Brigade reunion and had for his audience the surviving members of his old brigade and the citizens of Middletown, Ind.
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Salem Democrat
Salem, Indiana, US
Wed, Nov 04, 1908
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