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Reception of Civil War Troops
Reception of Troops
With his accustomed liberality and kindness, coupled with his pronounced loyalty to the cause in which the soldier fought, R. N". Rice, Esq., then Superintendent of the Michigan Central, permitted the committees to use the large upper story of the freight house, which was fitted up as a dining hall, and appropriately decorated, and capable of seating over two thousand.
The Rev. Geo. Taylor, of the Methodist Episcopal church, formerly Chaplain of the 8th Michigan Infantry and then an agent of the Christian Commission, having been permitted by that association to devote his entire time to the returning troops, was most attentive, invariably present on their arrival, ever ready with many kind words and a warm and enthusiastic welcome, which the men of Michigan as well as many of Wisconsin will long remember.
American civil war
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