The fortunate issue of the civil war, the cessation of the ancient feuds between the North and South, the burial of secession and slavery in one common grave, and the return of good feeling between the sections, which found friendship in war, make our coming here now much more agreeable to us than on that former memorable occasion, when mutual greetings were exchanged in defiance and hate with the red hand of war. We do not dedicate these monuments in ill will and bitterness. I trust that the years which have intervened have removed all such feelings. But looking reverently and tenderly to the past, we now dedicate these monuments to the valor and patriotism of brave men from Wisconsin who fought here, to the memory of the dead and of the living, and to the cause for which they fought; and may the God of our fathers, the God of battles, give His benediction to our efforts!

Gen. Lucius Fairchild made a short and eloquent address, which was not reported, and which his final illness prevented him from reproducing.

The Missouri dedication which was to have taken place at the Brotherton House was postponed because it had not been possible to complete the erection of the monument to Bledsoe's Battery at that point.

At the close of the exercises conducted by the various States the crowds made their way to Chattanooga to attend the opening meeting in the great tent. The subsequent ceremonies of the dedication followed each other as set forth in this report, beginning on page 84.

GENERAL INDEX.

Addresses: Altgeld, Governor John P., 239; Atkins, Gen. Smith D., 245; Bate, Gen.
W. B., 45; Beatty, Gen. John, 315; Belknap, Capt. C. E., 288; Bishop, Gen. J. W.,
309; Boynton, Gen. H. V., 86, 313, 354; Bryant, Col. B. F., 361; Butterfield, Gen.
Daniel, 105; Campbell, Governor James E., 330, 355; Carnahan, Gen. J. R., 252;
Connolly, Hon. J. A., 244; Dodge, Gen. Grenville M., 103, 115; Duffield, Col. Henry
M., 295; Eagan, Hon. J. Í., 314; Everest, Capt. J. G., 246; Fairchild, Gen. Lucius,
365; Fox, Col. P. V., 304; Fullerton, Gen. J. S., 25, 243, 294, 312, 347; Gill, Judge
John S., 333; Gordon, Gen. John B., 37; Greenhalge, Governor Frederic T., 283;
Grosvenor, Gen. Charles H., 68, 317; Herbert, Hon. Hilary A., Secretary of the
Navy, 111; Howard, Gen. O. O., 116; Keil, Capt. F. W., 357; Kiefer, Col. A. R.,
313; Longstreet, Gen. James, 40; McConnell, Capt. D. B., 267; McElroy, Capt. J.
C., 334; McFerrin, Rev. J. P., 247; McKinley, Governor William, 341; Manderson,
Gen. C. F., 87; Margedant, Capt. W. C., 352; Matthews, Governor Claude, 81, 249;
Morgan, Gen. J. D., 86; Morton, Governor Levi P., 80; Ochs, Hon. George W.,
44, 85; Oates, Governor W. C., 175; Palmer, Gen. John M., 28, 238; Porter, Gen.
Horace, 109; Rich, Governor J. T., 291; Schneider, Capt. George A., 349; Scho-
field, Lieut. Gen. John M., 42, 102; Shepherd, Col. A. G., 286; Sherman, Father
Thomas E., 151; Stegman, Col. Lewis R., 166; Stevenson, Hon. Adlai E., Vice-
President, 27; Turney, Hon. Peter, 82; Upham, Governor W. H., 361; Walker,
Col. I. N., 279; Wallace, Gen. Lew, 274; Walthall, Gen. E. C., 160; Warner, Gen.
Willard, 140; Watkins, Capt. W. W., 361; Wheeler, Gen. Joseph, 124; Wilder,
Gen. John T., 281; Wiley, Gen. Aquila, 336; Williamson, Gen. J. A., 188; Wood-
bury, Governor Urban A., 81.

Aides to grand marshal, 157, 158.

Alabama, order in parade and reviews, 154; invitation to dedication, 202; responses,
208, 216; action of the State, 219, 220.

Alexander, Representative S. B., attends, 10, 196.

Allen, C. C., adjutant-general of State of California, letter from, 202.
Allin, Roger, governor of North Dakota, letter from, 205, 206.

Altgeld, Governor John P., address by, 239.

Anderson, William J., private secretary to governor of Wisconsin, 208
Arion Glee Club, 11, 23.

Arkansas, invitation to dedication, 202; action of the State, 220.
Armstrong, Gen. Frank C., invited to speak, 13.

Army of the Cumberland, programme of participation, 11, 23.

Army of the Cumberland, participation of, 84; Morgan, Gen. J. D., presides, 84;
prayer, Gen. O. O. Howard, 84; address of welcome, Mayor George W. Ochs,
85; response to mayor, Gen. H. V. Boynton, 86; welcome to Confederates, Gen.
J. D. Morgan, 86; oration, Gen. C. F. Manderson, 87; address, Lieut. Gen. J. M.
Schofield, 102; address, Gen. Granville M. Dodge, 103; address, Gen. Daniel
Butterfield, 105; address, Gen. Horace Porter, 109; address, Hon. H. A. Herbert,
Secretary of the Navy, 111.

Army of Northern Virginia, participation of, 13, 14, 24.

Army of the Potomac and Army of Northern Virginia, participation of, 160; Wal-
thall, Gen. E. C., presides, 160; oration, Gen. E. C. Walthall, 160; oration, Col.
Lewis R. Stegman, 166; oration, Governor W. C. Oates, 175; oration, Gen. J. A.
Williamson, 188.

Army of Tennessee (Confederate), participation of, 12, 24.

Army of the Tennessee (Union), participation of, 12, 24.

Army of the Tennessee and Army of Tennessee, participation of, 115; Dodge, Gen.
G. M., presides, 115; address, Gen. G. M. Dodge, 115; address, Gen. O. Ö. How-
ard, 116; address, Gen. Joseph Wheeler, 124; address, Gen. Willard Warner, 140;
address, Father Sherman, 151.

Army of the United States, participation of, 198; instructions of Secretary of War for
detail, 198; orders of Lieutenant-General for detail from, 198; Poland, Col. John
S., Seventeenth Infantry, commands detail, 199; ordered to establish model
camp, 198; roster of regular troops assembled at Camp Lamont, Chickamauga,
200; troops detailed to proceed to dedication, 199.

Artillery drill, 12.

Atkins, Gen. Smith D., address by, 245.

Atkinson, W. Y., governor of Georgia, letter from, 203, 204.

Attendance at dedication, 12.

Avery, Representative John, appointed on dedication committee, 8; attends, 10, 196.
Ayling, Adjt. Gen. A. D., State of New Hampsnire, letter from, 230.

Band, Seventeenth United States Infantry, 11, 12, 13, 14.

Barrett, A. W., adjutant-general of California, letter from, 209.

Bate, Senator William B., attends, 10, 196; oration, 45.

Batteries, erected at all fighting positions in the park, 17.

Beatty, Gen. John, address by, 315.

Belknap, Capt. C. E., chairman Michigan commission, letter from, 228; address by,

288.

Bishop, Gen. J. W., address by, 309.

Bixby, Tems, private secretary to governor of Minnesota, letter from, 205.

Blackburn, Senator J. C. S., attends, 10, 196.

Bowers, Representative W. W., attends, 10, 196.

Boyle, James, private secretary to governor of Ohio, letter from, 213.

Boynton, Gen. H. V., response to address of welcome, 11, 23; response to Mayor
Ochs, 86; acting as clerk for dedication committee, 219; correspondence, for Sen-
ator Palmer, with governors of the States, 219; responses of the governors, 219–
237; remarks by, 313, 354.

Bright, R. J., Sergeant-at-Arms United States Senate, charged with arranging Con-
gressional participation, 8; letters of, to Congressional representatives, 9; finan-
cial statement, 20; balance covered into Treasury by, 20.

Brown, D. Russell, governor of Rhode Island, letter from, 206, 207.

Brown, Frank, governor of Maryland, letter from, 211, 212.

Brown, John Young, governor of Kentucky, letters from, 204, 210.

Bryant, Col. B. F., address by, 361.

Burton, Hon. Charles G., M. C., with Congressional delegation, 158.

Butterfield, Gen. Daniel, address, 105.

Cabinet officers, order in parade and review, 154, 158.

Cadle, Col. Cornelius, recording secretary Society Army of the Tennessee, attends, 84.
California, invitation to dedication, 202; responses, 202, 209; action of the State, 220.
Campbell, Governor James E., address by, 330, 355.

Carnahan, Gen. J. R., address by, 252.

Carne's Battery, veterans of, 13.

Carr, Hon. Elias, governor of North Carolina, letters from, 213, 232.

Carriages in parade, occupants of, 158, 159.

Chaffee, Sanford E., commissioner State of Connecticut, letters from, 220, 221.

Chattanooga, enthusiasm of citizens, 14; effective aid of citizens, 14; cordial
cooperation with National Park Commission, 17; citizen committees, 21.

Chattanooga fields, dedication of, 13, 24.

Chipley, W. D., of Florida, letters from, 203.

Cleaves, Hon. Henry B., governor of Maine, letters from, 204, 211, 228.

Clough, Hon. D. M., governor of Minnesota, letter from, 229.

Cochran, William, private secretary to governor North Dakota, letter from, 233.

Cole, Col. Ashley W., private secretary to governor of New York, letters from, 205,
218, 231.

Colorado, order in parade and review, 154; invitation to dedication, 202; responses,
202; action of the State, 221.
Committee (joint) on park dedication, 8: Senators John M. Palmer, Illinois; Samuel
Pasco, Florida; Roger Q. Mills, Texas; Redfield Proctor, Vermont; Watson C.
Squire, Washington; William A. Peffer, Kansas. Representatives C. B. Kilgore,
Texas; C. H. Morgan, Missouri; Joseph Wheeler, Alabama; N. N. Cox, Tennes-
see; J. W. Maddox, Georgia; C. H. Grosvenor, Ohio; A. R. Kiefer, Minnesota;
L. M. Strong, Ohio; John Avery, Michigan; C. F. Crisp, Georgia; W. W. Bowers,
California.

Committee on plan for dedication, 8; House members of, 8; Senate members of, 9;
report of, 8.

Confederates, welcome to, Gen. J. D. Morgan, 11, 23, 86,

Congress, act providing for dedication, 7; invitation to dedication, 8; accepts invi-
tation of Secretary Lamont to dedication, 8; participation of, 196; Secretary
Lamont's letter of invitation to, 196; response of Congress to Secretary Lamont,
196; representatives of Congress in attendance, 196, 197.

Congressmen, who served in the campaign for Chattanooga, 10; attend dedication, 10.
Connecticut, invitation to dedication, 202; responses, 203, 209; action of the State,

220.

Connolly, Maj. J. A., address by, 244.

Cox, Representative N. N., appointed on dedication committee, 8; attends, 10, 196,
Crawford, Hon. John L., letter from, 221.

Crisp, Hon. Charles F., ex-Speaker House of Representatives, attends, 10, 196;
reviews parade with Vice-President Stevenson, 154; rides at head of column of
march with Vice-President, 158.

Culberson, Hon. C. A., governor of Texas, letters from, 207, 214, 219, 235.
Culpeper, Capt. T. F., represents State of South Carolina, 234.

Cushing, Hon. Wainwright, represents State of Maine, 211, 228; letter from, 228.
Dalton, Gen. Samuel, adjutant-general of Massachusetts, letters from, 211, 217, 227.
Davis, Maj. George W., U. S. A., originates plan for national maneuvering ground, 19.
Dedication of Chattanooga fields, 43; prayer, Dr. Samuel J. Niccolls, 43; address,
Mayor George W. Ochs, 44; oration, Gen. William B. Bate, 45; oration, Gen.
Charles H. Grosvenor, 68; address, Governor Morton, New York, 80; address,
Governor Woodbury, Vermont, 81; address, Governor Claude Matthews, Indiana,
81; address, Governor Peter Turney, Tennessee, 82.

Dedication of Chickamauga field, 11; programme for, 12, 23, 24.

Dedication of Chickamauga field, 25; General Fullerton introduces the Vice-Presi-
dent, 26; address of Vice-President Stevenson, 27; prayer, Bishop Gailor, 28;
oration, Gen. John M. Palmer, 28; oration, Gen. John B. Gordon, 37; address,
Gen. James Longstreet, 40; address, Lieut. Gen. John M. Schofield, 42.
Dedication of park, act providing for, 7, Gen. Fullerton in charge of, 10.
Delaware, invitation to dedication, 202; responses, 209; action of the State, 221.
Description of the park, 15-18.

Dobson, Sol., private secretary to governor of Mississippi, letter from, 229.

Dodge, Gen. Grenville M., president Society Army of the Tennessee, attends, 84;
presides at meeting, Army of the Tennessee and Army of Tennessee, 12, 24;
address, 103; presides, 115.

Dose, William F., private secretary to governor of Illinois, letter from, 210.
Duffield, Col. H. M., address by, 295.

Duniway, W. S., private secretary to governor of Oregon, letters from, 206, 214.
Eagan, Hon. John J., address by, 314.

English, Representative W. B., attends, 10, 196.

Everest. Capt. J. G., address by, 246.

Fairchild, Gen. Lucius, remarks by, 365.

Financial statement, cost of dedication, 20.

Florida, invitation to dedication, 202; responses, 203, 209; action of the State, 221.
Fox, Col. P. V., address by, 304.

Fullerton, Gen. J. S., chairman Park Commission, introduces Vice-President, 12, 24,
26; introduces General Walthall, 160; correspondence with governors of the
States, 208; circular letters to the governors, 208, 216; responses of the governors,
208-219; receives Illinois monuments for Secretary of War, 243; receives Michi-
gan monuments for Secretary of War, 294; accepts Minnesota monuments, 312;
accepts Ohio monuments, 347.

Gailor, Right Rev., bishop of Tennessee, prayer, 28.

Gardner, Rev. Washington, prayer by, 287.

Georgia, order in parade and review, 154; invitation to dedication, 202; responses,
203; action of the State, 221, 222.

Gibbon, Gen. John, president Society Army of the Potomac, attends, 84.

Gill, Judge John S., report by, 333.

Gilmore, Gen. H. H., executive office State of Vermont, letter from, 219.

Gordon, Gen. John B., United States Senate, attends, 10, 196; oration by, 12, 24, 37.
Governors of States, addresses by, 13.

Governors of States and staffs, order in parade and review, 154, 158.

Governors and State officials present, Alabama, 220; Colorado, 221; Florida, 221;
Georgia, 222; Indiana, 223; Kansas, 224; Louisiana, 226; Massachusetts, 227;
Michigan, 228, 229; Nebraska, 229; New York, 232; Tennessee, 234, 235; Texas,
235; Wisconsin, 237.

Grand Army of the Republic, address of commander-in-chief, 279.

Grand stand, Snodgrass Hill, 11.

Greenhalge, Hon. Frederic T., governor of Massachusetts, letter from, 227; address
by, 283.

Griffin, T. J., executive secretary of Rhode Island, letter from, 218.
Grosvenor, Gen. C. H., House of Representatives, appointed on dedication commit-
tee, 8; concurrent resolution of accepting invitation to dedication, 8; attends,
10, 196; oration, 68; address by, 317; presents history of park project, 317–329.
Haines, Frank D., executive secretary to governor of Connecticut, letters from, 203,
209.

Hanford, W. T., private secretary to governor of Nevada, letter from, 229, 230.
Harmon, Judson, Attorney-General United States, attends, 84; acknowledges invita-
tion, 216.

Harris, Senator Isham G., attends, 10, 196.

Harrison, Representative George P., attends, 10, 196.

Hart, Garrett J., adjutant-general of Delaware, letters from, 209, 221.

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