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The Daily Dispatch: August 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], Confederate Celebration at the Hermitage. (search)
Confederate Celebration at the Hermitage. --Gen. Forrest, in his late tour through Tennessee, passed in three miles of Nashville. A letter gives an interesting incident of his trip: On the way Gen. Forrest and Col. Lawton stopped at the HGen. Forrest and Col. Lawton stopped at the Hermitage, who, with several of our officers, were most cordially received by Mrs. Andrew Jackson, Jr., and her sister, Mrs. Adams. A large party of ladies and gentlemen had come down from Nashville to celebrate the battle of Manassas (21st July) at the Hermitage, which is only twelve miles from Nashville, and the arrival of Gen. Forrest increased the enthusiasm and delight of the party, the ladies evincing the wildest joy and patriotism, and a "good time" prevailed generally. Mrs. Jackson, whosed by the Minerva Institute, three miles from Nashville. As our men rode by the ladies filled the corridors, porch, and balconies, and waved their handkerchiefs amid a perfect storm of joy and excitement, crying, "God bless Forrest and his men."