Union Parish Residents Attend the 1911 Confederate Veteran Reunion in Little Rock, Arkansas

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Union Parish Residents Attend the 1911 Confederate Veteran Reunion in Little Rock, Arkansas

Farmerville "Gazette" issue of 24 May 1911
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  The veterans of the Lost Cause, together with thousands of the younger generation 
who are not Confederate veterans, but whose only reason for not being is that they 
were not born early enough, had the city of Little Rock. Ark., in charge for four days 
of last week; and, during those four days at least, these time worn veterans—these 
surviving heroes of the grandest lot of fighting men the world has ever known --- were 
young again, forgetting the half century of time that as passed since they mustered 
forth in the vigor and strength of their young manhood to fight for the Southland; 
forgetting the humiliation of Appomattox and remembering only the glorious victories 
they had won; forgetting all the sorrows and remembering the joys, they all fifteen 
thousand of them, seemed to be having the time of their lives.

  According to the daily papers of Little Rock there were over 106,000 visitors in the 
city and the ask of entertaining all of these guests was not a small one by any means 
for a city the size of Little Rock; but she did it and did it in royal style.  Everything 
for the convenience of the old soldiers was furnished by the city free of charge and 
nothing was left undone that would add to their comfort and pleasure; and they all came 
away singing the praise of the Arkansas city.  Taken all in all, it was probably the most 
successful re-union ever held.

   Union Parish was well represented, there being about forty whose names we got and there 
were probably others whom we did not meet.  Those who we succeeded in getting the names of were:
T.J. McMurrain, W. M. Cole, J.P. Adams, D.W. Hollis, D. Gill Russell, J.W. Hughes, W.M. Platt, 
P.H. NcVicker, W.M. Crow, G. W. Carter, Jno. Carter, G.W. Neal, E.A. Coleman, J.P. Heard, 
R.J.Tabor, W.W. Cobb, W. Ransom, J.M. Wilson, Z.T. Brooks, A.J. Deal, J.J. Buce, Levi Heath, 
T.M. Breed, T.J. Guice, J.M.Pearson, P.H. Cramer, H Thomas, E.A. Weldon, Wm. Autrey, M.B. Hayes,
J.M. Taylor, Mitch Feazel, Benj. Taylor, Sam Sawyers, S.M. Dumas, P.W Bearden, R.M. Tatum, 
H.F. Wilson, C.M. Farris, W.P. Chandler, J.M. Anderson, W.E. Kennedy.




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