MARY R. MALONEY "DEAR KATE" An account of the tragic aftermath of the death of Major General John Fulton Reynolds, U.S.A., on the First Day of the Battle of Gettysburg. One of the most poignant and yet scarcely known tragedies of the Civil War was the death of Major General John Fulton Reynolds of

addition there was no required age for retirement, and there were, prior to the Civil War, colonels commanding regiments �so old they had to be lifted into their saddles. So matters were discouraging for junior officers. It was during this period that McClellan, Grant, W. T. Sherman and others resigned and

. Soldiers were friends and neighbors who went off to fight — until the next planting or harvest. This war was very different. By the end of the Civil War, units had become less homogeneous, men from different communities and even different states were forced together by the exigencies of battle where trust

equality, Lincoln not only saved the Union, but he incarnated the spirit which alone can preserve it. These are but a few of the tributes paid to him by, men of note. FOUR ATTEND THE ENCAMPMENT Only four of the few remaining Civil War veterans of Lancaster County were able to accept the invitation of their

1. THE SURVIVORS' CLUB By Albert K. Hostetter It was fifty-six years ago, last Saturday, that a little group of prominent gentlemen of this city, numbering twenty-two, most of whom were Civil War veterans, were called together at three o'clock P. M., at the Leopard Hotel, Nos. 105-107 East King