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Article from the Confederate Veteran mag., dated Oct., 1921, P, page 364.
SPONSOR FOR THE SOUTH
MISS MARTHA DULANEY BACHMAN, of Chattanooga, Tenn., sponsor for the South at the 31st Annual Confederate Reunion, U.C.V., is the only child of Judge and MRS. NATHAN LYNN BACHMAN and grandaughter of REV. JONATHAN BACJMAN, D.D. Chaplain General U.C.V. DR. BACHMAN enlisted as a private in the 19th Tennessee Regiment and , being transfered to Va., served in West Va. under General LEE and became captain of Company G, 60th Tenn. Volunteers, and in that capacity commanded the regiment during the seige of Vicksburg on account of the disability of the colonel. He later served as chaplain of the company until the close of the war. His 3 brothers- SAMUEL, JOHN LYNN, and ROBERT L. , were also Confederate soldiers, as well as his uncle, GEORGE BACHMAN. SAMUEL died during the war.
DR. BACHMAN'S mother was FRANCES RHEA, and eighty of the RHEA clan served in the Confederate army. While a prisoner on parole after Vicksburg he married MISS EVALINA DULANEY, of Medical Grove, Tenn. Her 2 brothers were surgeons in the Confederate army, and her 5 brothers-in-laws and the husbands of 2 nieces were all officers, making in all ten soldiers connected with Medical Grove.
MRS. NATHAN L. BACHMAN'S father , BRODIE DUKE, served as a private and her grandfather, HON. WASHINGTON DUKE, the well-known philanthropist of North Carolina , was in the Confederate navy with headquarters at Newbern, N.C.
MISS BACKMAN is still a school girl and she is the very youngest of those who have been honored with the appointment to this important position with the organization.
{ the Reunion program was held at the Billy Sunday Tabernacle, the largest auditorium in Chattanooga. Parade was held , open-air concerts, balls, dances, and boat rides on the Tennessee River. There is a photo of Miss Bachman, and I will scan if contacted within the next couple weeks only }.
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