, who explained its objects and extended a hearty welcome in a brief but eloquent address.
, M. D., of New Orleans,
Comrades, survivors of the
Medical Corps of the Confederate Army and Navy, we meet for the
first reunion since the close of the war between the
Northern and Southern States in this Camp, which bears the name of
N. B. Forrest, one of the greatest cavalry leaders of the
American war of 1861-1865.
In the midst of this peaceful and beautiful city, we are surrounded by the mementoes and emblems of war.
Dr. J. B. Cowan,
Chief Surgeon, and
Dr. John B. Morton,
Chief of Artillery of
General N. B. Forrest's cavalry, and
Dr. A. E. Flewellen,
Medical Director of the Army of Tennessee under
General Braxton Bragg, and many other distinguished representatives of the Confederate Army and Navy, are with us; and we are glad to welcome once more the noble forms and brave countenances of the
Confederate veterans.
As the speaker stood this day upon the summit of
Lookout Mountain, at an elevation of two thousand six hundred and seventy-eight feet, the mountains and valleys of
Tennessee and
Georgia presented a panorama of wonderful beauty and unsurpassed historical interest.
At the foot of the mountain, which stands silent and alone, like the
Egyptian Sphinx, winds the beautiful
Tennessee, embracing the growing and active city of
Chattanooga, like a crown of jewels, spreading around and over Cameron's Hill, once crowned with stern battlements and frowning cannon.
Here at our feet lies Moccasin Bend, as beautiful as a garden with its fields of waiving grain.
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