From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for May 20, 1911:

“Although only about 500 old soldiers marched in the parade arranged in their honor this morning, yet the boys in faded blue were roundly cheered as they hobbled bravely down the street keeping only a semblance of step to the martial strains of music which three bands and two drum corps furnished. The old wartime melodies which in former years were sufficient to straighten the old veterans and bring a firm elastic tread to replace their age-shortened step, seems to have lost its potency. No longer can the familiar strains bring back the indomitable spirit of the old fellows…. One of the features of the parade this morning was a group of thirty-two survivors of the terrible battle of Shiloh. They marched in an individual squad and at their approach every hat among the spectators was doffed.”

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