. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. valor and endurance displayed by both of the formerly opposingelements, and thereby inaugurate the harmonious re-uniting of the here-tofore belligerent sections of the country. Therefore, pursuant to such intention, my initial work began in afeeble waj at my local city in southern Kentucky, was enlarged in somedegree throughout the state and afterward widened and advanced, astime and opportunity admitted, until the summer of 1885 when, a veryconsiderable attempt was made at Philadelphia, where I hope
. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. valor and endurance displayed by both of the formerly opposingelements, and thereby inaugurate the harmonious re-uniting of the here-tofore belligerent sections of the country. Therefore, pursuant to such intention, my initial work began in afeeble waj at my local city in southern Kentucky, was enlarged in somedegree throughout the state and afterward widened and advanced, astime and opportunity admitted, until the summer of 1885 when, a veryconsiderable attempt was made at Philadelphia, where I hoped, througha general encampment of National Guards and State Troops (the sons ofveterans who wore both blue and gray), with a contingent of UnitedStates regulars for instruction, to bring about a reciprocal feeling offriendship by means of the social commingling of the descendants of theopposing veterans of the civil war. The demonstration was a militarysuccess, but the movement was attempted either too soon or the placeunfortunately selected: anyway, the purpose failed, and although it was. 5 approved hy all tin- most prmniniiit i^cm-rals llvini;, who had served inlioth the Union and Confederate armies, yet thi populace started the cr)oi •?rebels in the park (when I was the oidy ex-rebel there), and thelong hoped for object was cfefeated. The unexpectetl outcome, of course,threw a vt-ry great damper upon the ardor of my desire, called a holdiyby others, but it was not sufficient to kill the germ of the original inten-tion, so, will n opiKUtunily occurred, in the fall of iSSy, I l)rouglit bat-talions of State Troops from Kentucky and Alabama to meet NationalCiuard organizations of Ohio at its capital city, Columbus, on an occasionof a great demonstration by a civic-militant order of which I was lioth tfiemilitary commander and civil ruler. Meeting with a desperate accident,however, that very nearly cost me my life, I was lost to the work for thetime antl my labors were again f
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