Navarro County, Texas - Military - Confederate Reunion 1900 Copyright © 2005 by Bunny Freeman. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Confederate Veteran Magazine Vol. 8 No. 8 August 1900 PARSONS' BRIGADE REUNION. The survivors of "Parsons' Old Brigade," Army of the Trans-Mississippi, C. S. A., closed a two-days' reunion at Corsicana, Texas on August 3. The visitors were the guest of Camp Winkler and Navarro Chapter, U. D. C. The line of march for the parade on the 2d was formed as follows: Oil City Band leading the procession; Parsons' Brigade, Maj. L. T. Wheeler in command; Camp Winkler, A. F. Wood commanding; Garitty Rifles, Capt. E. C. Lee; Corsicana Light Horse Cavalry, Capt. R. B. Allen, followed by the Daughters of the Confederacy in carrages -- all in charge of Maj. H. W. Button, Officer of the Day for Camp Winkler. Upon arriving at the city Park, the Veterans were welcomed in a address by Hon. Rufus Hardy, of Corsicana, responded to by Capt. B. F. Marchbanks, of Parsons' Brigade. Then followed dinner served by the Navarro Chapter, after which Maj. L. T. Wheeler, President of the Brigade Association, delivered his annual address, which was a magnificent paper, and it was ordered to be published in pamphlet form. Maj. H. W. Burton, of Corsicana, made a speech replete with amusing anecdotes and high compliments to the Southern women in war times. He closed by singing the "Good Old Rebel," which was received with shouts of applause amid a shower of bouquets. Among the distinguished visitors introduced to the Veterans from the rostrum was Mrs. Roberts, widow of the last ex-Governor O. M. Roberts, of Texas. The entire morning of the second day was taken up with the annual business of Parsons' Brigade, and the following Association officers were elected for the following year: President W. N. Kenner, of Corsicana; Vice Presidents, John Cox, E. M. Hawkins, and William Coggins; Treasurer, Captain Getzendaner, of Waxahachie; Secretary, J. A. Scales, of Corsicana (reelected); Chaplain, F. C. Ray. Ennis, in Ellis County, was selected as the place for the next annual meeting, on August 2, 1901. After a splendid dinner was stored away, the Veterans and their friends again assembled in the large pavilion; and after music by the band, addresses were made by Hon. R. E. Burke, Hon. George T. Jester, Colonel Bowman, and Major McKnight. The meeting was adjourned late in the afternoon, the Veterans all shaking hands and singing "God Be With You Till We Meet Again." Thus ended one of the most enjoyable Confederate reunions ever held in the county.