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BATTLE OBSERVEDsun mits of iiattm: ok prairieGROVE CELEBRATED SATi how MiiirrThe Washington county survivorsof tho battle of Prairie Grove, Ark..Saturday night celebrated the fiftiethanniversary of the buttle in the GrandArray hall on the north side of thesquare. They had invited in all theold soldiers in the city, the membersof the W. R. C\, and their familiesand a few other guests, with the re-suit that in spite of the sudden cold weather the hail was filled when the ®exercises began at 7:30.VVIA brief time was spent socially, and then J. M. Lytle called the meeting to order, and after a short talk in which lie said that while the Rattle of Prairie Grove was not one of the great battles of the *ar, it was one ofbloodiest in proportion to the number of men engaged, he presented J. Morton, w ho he said would have lt;^ charge of the program of the evening Mr. Morton read from his personal diary which he kept during his service in the army, the passages relating to the battle whose anniversary was being observed. He told some intimate details of the engagement and the events leading up to it. “Tenting on the Old Camp Ground was played by the McGugin phonograph. in charge of Hoc McGugin, and other equally enjoyable numbers were rendered at intervals during the evening.The invocation was pronounced byRev. I). Simons.The subject assigned to W. R. Jeffrey was Wounded at Prairie Grove, and he told in a very Interesting waof his experiences. He was wounded ^by a shell while skirmishing with a party of men at the opening of the battle. and was carried away before thereal engagement began. He was in a hospital at Fayettesville for many months following the battle, and ho had great difficulty in gaining his release from the Institution. He detailed some very interesting incidents regarding iiis life in the hospital and his trip home.William Blair, who was in chargeV[c
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Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa, US
Mon, Dec 09, 1912
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