The paper estimated, based on information from railroads and other sources, that 125,000 attended this UCV event in Dallas. Here is an interesting item from page 5 of this edition describing one small reunion among the many:

"Possibly, the various reunions that have taken place of recent years have witnessed more deeply touching and truly pathetic incidents than the ordinary mortal could suppose. Such a one was witnessed yesterday in the office of the Adjutant General.

"In the afternoon a gray-bearded old man wearing the uniform of a Brigadier General walked up to the Assistant Adjutant General, and extending his hand, said: "I am pleased to see you, Col. Mickle." To this the reply was: "You have the advantage of me, sir." "What," said the General, "does Billie Mickle not recognize Bill Ramsay, his old soldier comrade?" " My God!" said Col. Mickle; and the two old veterans fell into each others' arms, and their eyes were filled with tears. For thirty-eight years these men had been separated. When last together, Gen. Ramsay, then a private in Company "A" of the Third Alabama regiment, had raised from the ground his (then considered) mortally wounded friend. It was Oct. 19, 1864, at the battle of Cedar Creek, in the valley of Virginia. It is not necessary to tell of how these two long-separated friends were soon lost in conversation of the old times and the "old boys." Such occurrences take place at each reunion, and they alone are worth the cost of money, inconveniences and troubles."

From records in Fold3: Pvt. W.K. Ramsey enlisted Nov. 1, 1861, at Norfolk. He was admitted to Alabama Hospital in Richmond on Sept. 26, 1862, suffering from a gunshot wound (presumably from Sharpsburg). He was again admitted to the hospital, this time Howard's Grove, on May 15th, 1864, suffering from a gunshot wound to the external ear (presumably from Spotsylvania) and returned to duty on May 31.

Pvt. W.E. Mickle enlisted in Co. A, on Aug. 20, 1864, at Macon, Mississippi. Records show that he was wounded at Cedar Run, Oct. 19, 1864, and that he was eventually transferred to the Invalid Corps and put on light duty at Mobile.