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Gettysburg Reunion Brings Blue and Gray Veterans Together
Read ing railway vice-president recounts Gettysburg reconnection stories where veterans in blue and gray greet each other warmly. A Burlington pair named John Carson from New Jersey and North Carolina meet by chance, while a former Illinois rider recalls a girl who pinned a purple ribbon to his coat before a battle. The piece notes changing meals from 1863 to present and mentions a congressional committee on the reunion lacking Civil War veterans on the Republican side.
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Reading Railway
Gettysburg
John Carson
Burlington
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Jersey Carson
Illinois
House of Representatives
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