Confederate Magazine 1894 Volume 2

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Confederate Magazine 1894 Volume 2

 

CEN. NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST.

Born in Bedford County, Tenn., July 13, 1821 ; died Rl Mi m-
phis, Tenn., October, 29, 1877. He removed to Hen
Miss., m 1842, and was a planter until 1852, when he removed
i.i Memphis

General Forrest was one “f the mosl remarkable men de-
veloped by the war. In fighting he was the Stonewall Jack-
son of the West. United States Senator John W. Daniel, of
Virginia, in liis groat Bpeech as orator for tin 1 United Confed-
erate Veterans, al their reunion in N^» Orleans,in April, 1892,
said: “Forrest, the ‘Wizard of the Saddle,’ oh whal genius
was in that won. Infill man! He fell the field as Blind Tom

touches tin’ keys <>f a piano. ‘War means killing,’ be said,
‘and tin- way to kill is to gel there first with tin- most men.’
There is military science— Napoleon, Stonewall ami lee -in a

nutshell. He was not tau>_’ht at West Point, hut he gave les-

sonstoWesJ Point.” Erroneous statements have been pub-
lished, even in Encyclopedias, concerning his illiteracy.

His lovely Christian wife died in Memphis only a year or
two sine.’, i if his family now living there are t Saptain William
Forrest and his three children— Mary, Bedford, and William.

CEN. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CHEATHAM.

Born in Nashville, October 20, 1820; died Sepreml

rved as Captain of Volunteers in thi Mexican War, and
distinguished himself in the -. \ i rest hatth s there. On return-
ing from Mexico he was appointed Major General of fchi

• Militia.
In the Confederate service lie was at one., ma.le Brig

General, and soon afterward a Majoi General. He w

many tierce hattles. an.l always was the pridl ildiere.
In tie- Hood Campaign he commanded one of the three Corps.
“Mars Frank” was the familiar term under which any pri-
vate soldier \\ u him. who hesitated to ask th<

things of their regimental commanders, Aftei the war he
engaged in Farming, and when he died was Postmaster al Nash-
ville. The honor ami affection in which he was held was
verified by his having “thi funeral that has evei 1″ en

held in Nashville.” The procei S more than a mile in

length. His faithful, lovely wifi ed over tb* river” not

ftei him. Their live children— three sons ami two
.laughters are all doing well, ami live in a good boip
Nashville, provided by their parents.

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Confed erate Vete ran.

Published Monthly in the Interest of Confederate Veterans and Kindred Topics.
VSSk^tF™- \ Vol. II. Nashville, Tenn., January, 1894. No. 1. {

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Contributors will please be diligent to abbreviate. M
Important (or an; thing thai has nol special merit.

The date t.» subscriptions Is always gi%*en i” the montb
ends. For Instance, II the Vbtbkah be ordered to begin with Janu-
ary, the date on mail list will be December, and thi
il’.i lot Ikii numb

With tlii- greeting to patrons of the Vetj ran for
the nevt year there musl be explanation and apology
for delay in issue. It was difficult to determine about
certain changes to be made in the new volume, basing
all upon tin’ price. When it was decided to in<
tlir price it was determined to improve tin- quality of
materia] and, it” possible, the matter, lor the new year.
\ Budden ami unexpected illness intervened just as
matters « ere under way for having the V i tbb v\ com-
pleted by the L5th, which compelled some delay. The
articles in this number will he found very good, yet
greater disappointment than ever ha- been hail in
promised articles of much strength ami historic ben-
efit, which it was expected would begin the new year’s
volume. Some of these may be expected in February,
Review of many hooks ami matters of interest to com-
rades has been unavoidably delayed. However, with
better facilities than ever, with restored health, ami
with the assured approval of all people who honor the

name Confederate, it is believed that in future the

Veteran will he better than it has ever been.

The time of issuing the Veteran has been from the
12th to the IMh of the month, although it has heen
designed to bring it to the first. It is considered best,
however, to have publication day at about the middle

of the month. Therefore patrons every where may not
expect it before the 15th, close to which day it may he

expected in the mail to .’very suhsc riher.

cut nIT from public patronage. In b such men

I am impelled to commend tin ration of com-

rades. Ought we not take Buch action a- opportunity
that will hring about a co-operative spirit with
tin in and assure them in every possible way that they
have not only our gratitude, hut that we are deter-
mined to CO-operate at any time in such mi
will enable them to , ien ise such influence upon the
administration of government as their patriotism and
their steadfastness merit’-‘ Tl ■ be no spirit

truer than that which inspires thi- sentiment. In
their and our powerless condition three decades have
elapsed, and we have never manifested to them the
regret we feel and thi’ high regard we entertain for
them. So much a- a Suggestion. Let it he said that
the \’i iikw is for smh patriots, and is for making
known that Confederate veterans have a thoroughly
fraternal regard for the men who fought us only to
maintain the Union, and we would gladly CO-operate
with them for the common good of our gnat country.

FEDERATE VETERAN sol vi Ml;

Sim i; having in charge the highly responsible work
of Sending out the CONFEDERATE VETl RAN to 80 many
thousands who arc its loyal and firm supporters, the
grave responsibility weighs heavier and heavier. A
sentiment ha- I ieen growing for month-, to which refer-
ence is now made, which is in behalf of Union soldiers
who were tired hy the kind of patriot ism that inspired
Andrew .lack-on to say. ‘The Union! it must and
shall be preserved.” who fought its battles to a vic-
torious ending, and who. with admiration for the
courage of Confederates and highest personal esteem,
felt the great injustice of depriving them of property
by confiscation, and have all these decades continued
in a political minority whereby they have heen wholly

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To met a demand from every section of tie South
t,,, issues of the Veteran tor I893, which cannot be

supplied, it has heen determined to publish a- a Sou-

venii all the best articles ami the many splendid illus-
trations which appeared in that volume. TheSouvenir

will contain I < M > page-. }„■ printed in -uperh Btyll
nicely hound. Tin price will he twenty-live .
It is furnished free to all subscribers who have remitted
II. It cannot he supplied to those who

renewed at fifty cents, hut they can have it by
remitting twenty-five cent- M 16 expected to have
the Souvenir ready for distribution at the P.irmingham
reunion. April 25th, about which time it will he de-
livered through the mails. Advertisements will bje
taken for this Souvenir edition at liberal rates. This,
will he an excellent opportunity for first-class adver-
t Lsers, as the Souvenir will he one of the most popular
productions ever issued in the South. The forms

reotyped, and it is believed that m vera] editions
will he demanded.

unsettled was the question of price of tie Vi i-
eram for so long that it has heen decided to accept re-
mittances that have heen made at fifty cents to date
and through this month. Such subscribers, however,
will not he entitled to the Souvenir. All subscriptions
received during December at one dollar, which cam,-

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through the Liberality of friend-, were entered at the
T reduced rate, therefore making the time two years for

one dollar, tin- even ogainsl their protest. Since Jan-
uary remittances at one dollar have 1 n entered for

the year with the Souvenir, and remittances at fifty
■ • ms have been entered for the year without the Sou-
renir, and to show the most Liberal spirit possible this
‘ edition will continue until the end of this month.
.fter which no subscriptions will be entered for less
T than one dollar, except renewals without the Souvenir,
which will he accepted at seventy-five cents. All dol-
lar subscriptions will include the Souvenir. It is be-

b^ lieved. with this statement and the editorial on this
Bubject, page L 6, that patrons will lie universally sat-
isfied with the chain

FRAMED COPIES <>F CONFEDERATE FLAGS.

A misleading proposition was published in the De-
cember Veteran. It was that “Flags of a nation
_ that fell,” and pictures of Gen. Lee and of Mr. Davis

would he furnished (Valued for thirty cents. It was
not intended to offer hut one frame and glass for the
thirty cents. The design was to give the preference
to friends? as between either of these eminent men or
I the Hags. A contract was made with factory agents

■r to supply cherry frames with glass, to be supplied by
the Vi ii ran, at thirty cents, just as the factory shut

> down, and there lias been annoying delay in getting
il ‘Values made at the very low price named. It is
understood now that during the next week they will

b. be sent in by the hundred, so all the orders received

\\ can lie filled without any further delay. Remember,

— that all who wish the four Hags framed nicely under

– g I” supplied by remitting the thirty cents.

The offer to supply the Davis ami I ,ee pictures in
these frames is recalled. These plates cannot he
“made ready” and printed at the small cost in orders
of less than one hundred copies.

I i was designed to review somewhat fully in this
I’ VsTEBANGen. Gordon’s great lecture. “The Last Hays
of the Confederacy,” by referring to and quoting from
it in BUCh way as would not detract from the interest
l( ,’i,i Cjf audiences to whom he may yet deliver it. The
,n ” review has been deferred, however, as have many oth-
er, ers on account of sickness. In introducing Gen. Gor-
‘”,’ don Gen. W. II. Jackson, the Major General command-
>*’ ing Tennessee Division U. C. V., paid fine tribute to
pi ti e lecturer. He asked, Whocould so well portray the
11 closing incidents as the hero of the closing scenes, who
>■• was one of the leaders of the “forlorn hope” at Appo-
mattox, leading that last charge, which is unsurpassed
in history, who was the trusted Lieutenant of tin’
i peerless and spotless Robert E. Lee, and who was the
typical soldier, promoted from Captain to Lieutenant
Bt General by merit alone? He mentioned the loyal de-

Oen

votion of the speaker to hi- chief, and recited the in-
cident of hi- taking fee’s bridle reins in the battli
Sharpsburg. When Lee -aid to Gordon, who was com-
manding the center of the line. ” 1 have no support
for you.” ( rordon Stood there like a stone wall, with a
hall in his right leg and another in hi- left arm. com-
pletely shattering it. yet he still refused to leave the
field. Finally, when shot by a minnie ball in his left
shoulder, and terribly shot in the face, he was carried
from the field unconscious. The speaker has been
Governor of the empire State of the South, and twice
elected to fcne United state- Senate, lie is Senatoi
now. and is Commander of the United Confederate
Veterans

“The Confederate Soldier in the Civn War”

needs at tent ion. A clever Hep u Mi can. who has changed
his residence from the North to the blue grass region of
Kentucky, has inaugurated another great scheme for
getting tin- Confederate soldier’s money, lie ha- -cut
out an elaborate circular, not to the Veteran, anil has
gotten it up so ingeniusly that theauthoi ship appears as
Hon. Jefferson Davis, associated by Hon. A. II. Ste-
phen.- and other Confederates. Then (lens. I!. E. Lee,
Albert Sidney Johnston and others “describe” the
battles. Admiral Franklin Buchanan describes the
naval battles.

Oh the engravings! They are to exceed one thou-
sand in number. The “partial table of contents” is
a stunner. It is represented under twenty-two dif-
ferent heads. The author’s patriotism t ‘! i has stirred
him to the depths. ” The publications of ‘The Sol-
dier- in our Civil War.’ ‘Harper’s Pictorial History,’
and ‘The Pictorial Battles of the Civil War’— ‘ the
three greatest ami most stupendous pictorial histories
ever published in this or any other country — renders
necessary a companion volume giving the Confederate
side,'” etc. The author advertises himself as “more
the master of the subject than any man living.” He
is a daisy. Don’t forget that he will not let you vet-
erans nor other people have this great book except by
subscription, and at $s or $12. The pictures are old in
the main, hut they were made North and will be re-
printed there. 1 d’nl not intend to not ice further your
enterprises lor enlighten ing the Confederate elements,
not even to protest against the Washington Post’s in-
direct charge that the VETERAN, by its ” sensat ional
war stories,” is ” inferior” hut you are amusing. If
you will he candid and tell how your marvelous
hook will he published, the Veteran, which will not
he put under a bushel, will print it gratis cordially.

Ho he manly and see how much better you will feel.
If you will send your politics to Kansas, ami demon-
strate that you can turn the vilest of partisan pictures
to good account, making them serve exactly the oppo-
site purpose for which they were designed and made,
you will have the fraternal regard of heroes.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

VAGGIE DAVIS HAYE& AND WINNIE DAVIS.

These are the two surviving children of Jeffi
Davis. The elder, Mrs. Hayes, was born al the Na
tional Capital, while her lather was Becretary “I” War.
Shr is the wife of Joel Addison Hayes, who is a native
of Mississippi, bul whose ancestors were of the oldest
families of Nashville, which is now the home of his
mother and sisters. Mr. and Mrs Hayes reside in
Colorado Springs, Col. They have four children living.
two each, daughters and sons.

Miss Winnie Davis, horn near the close of the war,
is everywhere known as “The Daughter of the Con-
fedi racy.” Both daughters honor their distinguished
parentage.

Cant. B. H. Teague, Aiken, s. C: Inclosed find
postal note. This has been handed me by a worthy
veteran who lost his arm while wearing the hhie at
Jackson, Miss. 1 lenl him my Confederate Veterah

and he wa- so well pleased that he desires nie 1
you to send it lor the ensuing year.

Col. 1 >. H. Ri \rk.. writing

a. O. F. Strahl, killed al Franklin, says: Hi
1 Hrst nut as students at the Ohio Wesleyan Univer-
sity in 1851 or 1852, and we left there al the clos< of
it in June, 1854. Prom thai time until
his death we were more or less intimately acquainted.
We read law in the office of Judge John W, Harris in
Somerville, Tenn . and were admitted to the bar there
in 1858. shortly after I went to Arkansas and he
went to Dyersburg, Tenn., where be engaged in the
practice of law until he entered the army in 1861.
Gen. Strahl was one of the I ‘est nun 1 ever knew. He
was intelligent, true and brave. He was generous.
\- such men always are, he was patriotic, and a true
friend to his fellow-man. [ Both of these loyal South-
ern men were horn in Ohio in 1 *:’._’.]

Master Jefferson Hayes Davis, whose name was fit-
tingly changed by legislative enactment, is a bright
healthy lad ami proud of his ancestry. The father
tribute for which the South should be mindful

ndering his own name in the chain

TO I YANKEE CAPTOR, 1892.

BY. B. II. T.

You ask for a line about Blue ami Gray
” Your rebel” has this to say.
lie has fought hard in many a fray.
And saw the lives of many pass away.
Bine and i rrey.

Bat with the lights oi the present day
He wonders why the mighty array
Was permitted for one’s victory, the

other’s dismay,
Why did we not the golden rule obey?
Blue and (irav-

Write and suggest names of pel
sons who would like the Veteran.

182001

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

noon’s < AMPAIGS is TENNBSS1 I ■

Every subscriber u> the Veteran, and every friend
tn the cause espoused, n ho realizes the importance of
true history, will be gratified by the great kindness of
Mrs. W. I». Gale, daughter of General and Bishop
Leonidas Polk, for the contribution of personal letters
by her husband in connection with the eventful times

in Tennessee during II I’s campaign. Mrs. Galeis

doing jusl as every patriot Bhould do in giving to the
public, through this important channel, the facts as
brought put by witnesses :it the time. Col. Gale was
Adjutant General “I’ Stewart’s Corps.

The entire letter is given, the references to family
in which bare-footed children an- mentioned being
given as illustrating vividly the situation at the time,
as there was iml a family in the State whose condition
had been better to feed and clothe the household than
had been this.

Headquarters Stewart’s Corps, Near Tupelo,
January 14. 1865. — My Darling Kate: Your dear let-
ter of December 20th received and read with what
avidity you can well imagine when you learn that the

last I had received was of November 6th. lam glad to

find you in Midi good spirits, ami hope you may bear

up and keep well. 1 feel indignant when I hear thai
Fanny and Dudley have nut had their shoes. How
the little darlings must suffer from the biting cold!
Now that we are to go into winter quarters I hope to
be able to attend BOmewhat to your comforts, and
will try and have some made them, but it will be BOme
time yet before you will get them.

1 wrote ymi a slmrt account of our battles in Mid-
dle Tennessee and our flight from the State. I now
give you some of the particulars in detail. After
three weeks’ preparation at Florence we finally
crossed the Tennessee on the 20th of November and
moved forward toward Mt. Pleasant. Gen. Thomas
at that time had his army at Pulaski. When we got
to Mt. Pleasant he had fallen back to Columbia. We

got’ to Columbia on the 26th and invested it. On the

night ol’ the 27th it was evacuated. On tin’ 28th this

and Cheatham’s Corps began one of the finest moves

of the war — in conception worthy of Stonewall Jack-
son, and in execution feeble and disgraceful —to cross
Duck River above Columbia, anil by a forced march

overbad roads and through the woods and fields to
strike the pike at Spring Hill, and cut Schofield off
from Nashville or strike him in the Hank. The move
made and all was a success up to the time of
striking the enemy. We struck the pike at Spring
Hill lU8t as the retreating enemy were moving by,
completely surprising him. Put strange to say. we
remained all night in sound of the voices of the men
as they retreated in the greatest haste, and not a blow
was Btruck, though orders were sent by Gen. I loud

several times to attack at once. One time Gov. Har-
ris himself carried the order to Gen. . Gen.

Lee was left in Columbia to cross and attack in the
rear. He failed to come up also, and thus Tennessee
was lost. Gen. Stewart was ready and anxious to
had his corps to the attack, but was not ordered, as
the other was in front. The next morning we pushed
forward in pursuit of the Hying column, the road
strewn everywhere with the wreck of a Hying army.

Wagons, just set on tire and abandoned, were saved
from destruction. When we got near Franklin we
found the enemy in line across the road two miles
from town. Preparations were made to turn the posi-
tion by a Bank movement, when the force fell back to

their entrenchments mar the town. Preparations

were made at once to assault the town. Franklin is
in a bend of tin- Harpeth, and the enemy’s line was a
circle, each wing resting upon the river.
It was one of the strongest places in tic world to de-
fend. Our men went boldly up in the face of 20,000
musket- and at least T< J pieces of artillery, many of
the bands playing our favorite pieces. The enemy
was easily driven from the front line and Bought
safety behind the inner line, where his artillery was.
( >ur line moved forward and closed around the enemy
Poring on the right. French next, then Walthall,
then Cleburne, linn Brown, then Pate. Johnston’s
Division — the only one of Pec’s corps that was up —
was held in reserve, and afterward was put in where
Bate and Brown were. The fight was furious, and the
carnage awful beyond anything I ever saw . ( >ur men
were mowed down by what is called an enfilade and
reverse fire, i.e., in the side and rear, in addition to
that in front. The enemy fought with great despera-
tion. Our men were Hushed with hope, pride, and
ambition as they fought for Tennessee. They felt that
the eyes of the men and women all over our country,
as well as Tennessee, were upon them, and the Yankee
Army which they had followed so long was before t hem.

Wave. Munich! all thy banners wave.
Ami charge with all thy chivalry!

The chivalry of the South did charge, as bravely as
they charged Agincourt or Cressy, and Marathon and
Therinopylea were not more grandly fought than
Franklin. Charge after charge was made. As last as
one division was shattered and recoiled, another
bravely went forward into the very jaw s of death, and
came back broken and- blood v. again rallying quickly
with their heroic officers, and again went forward to do
what seemed impossible — or die. Such men a- Poring,
Walthall. Adams, Cock rill, dates. Feat hers ton, Shelby,
Reynolds. Cleburne, Strahl, <;ist, and others, should
live in prose and poetry as long as the story of
the war is written or read. No pen can do justice to
the gallantry of these men. Walthall had two horses
shot dead under him. The field was covered with the
wounded and the death The enemy’s line had been
crossed in one or two places, but no man who went
over was ever known to return. Many hundreds lay
all night in the ditch separated from the enemy by

the thickness of the embankment. * While

the officers were collecting the scattered ami broken

ranks I went with Gen. Stewart to Gen. II I’s head-
quarters. He had determined to renew the attack in
the morning. The plan was that all our artillery –
100 pieces— which had been brought up, was to open

on them at daylight, and at 9 the whole army was
to assault the works. You may well think it was a
bitter prospect lor our poor fellows. We rode up to a
part of the enemy’s line, which we still held, to place
Strahl’s brigade in position, when I was struck by the
stillness in the enemy’s works, and asked the officer
nearest me if the enemy had not gone. He said that
they had, as some of his men had been down and
found no one there. Further examination convinced
me of the fact, and I rode back to our camp-fire, and
just as day was dawning I dismounted, wet, weary,

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hungry, and disheartened, telling Gen. Stewart that
Schofield was gone. A half-hour’s rest, do! sleep, mi
the wet ground and I got up, drank a cup of coffee
and went to my daily work. I rode over the field
early in the day, before the details winch I had or-
dered, had begun to bury the dead. It was awful!
The ditch at the enemy’s line— on the right and left
of the pike — was literally filled with dead bod
lying across each other, in all unseemly deformity of
violent ‘hath. Gen. Adams lode his horse upon I
brenst- works and both horse and rider fell tb<
Cleburne was thirty yards in front of his division
when he tell, shot through the heart. But I am tired

of the sickening details, and you all must I”‘, too.

You can Bee our dreadful loss from published accounts.

I have now one more scene to paint, one more story
to tell you. and 1 am done. 1 wish 1 had a pen to do
justice to tin- subject, tor in all the annals of this war.
tilled as it i- with the great and noble deeds of great
and noble men and women, none exceed and fi w
lal in true merit the noble sympathy of Mr-. John
McGavock (Miss Winder’. When day dawned we
found ourselves near her house in her lawn — which
was in the reai of our line. The bouse l- the

large old-fashioned country houses of the betti
in Tennessee, tfl – nigh, with many room- and

every arrangement for comfort. This was taken ac
hospital, ami the wounded in hundred- were brought
to it during the battle, and all the night after. Even
room was filled, every bed had two). ling fel-

lows, every -pare space, niche and corner, under the
stairs, in the hall, everywhere hut one room tor her
and family. And when the noble old house could
hoi. 1 no move, the yard was appropriated until the
wounded and dead filled that, and all were not yet

provided for. < lur doctors were deficient in I ‘a ml a:
ami -he began by giving her old linen, then her
towel- ami napkins, then her sheets and I ths,

and then her husband’s shirts ami her own in

its. During all tin- time the surgeons plied
their dreadful work amid the sighs and moans and

death-rattle. Vet, amid it all, this noble woman, the
y impersonation of Divine sympathy ami tender
pity, was active ami constantly at work. During all
tie night neither she nor any one of her househ
slept, hut dispensed tea and coffee and such stimu-
lant- as she had. and that. too. with her own hands.
unaffrighted by the sight of blood, unawed by horrid
wounds, unblanched by ghastly death, she walked
from room to room, from man to man, her very skirts
Stained in blood, the incarnation of pity and mercy.
1- it strange that all who wire there praise her and
call her blessed? About nine in the morning she
t for us — General ami staff- ami gave us a nice.
warm breakfast, and a warmer welcome. The brother
of one of my clerks • McReady i was very badly wounded,
and then in her house. I bespoke her kind attention.
which she gave till he died.

Manx v. ars ago 1 was in tic same house, and in the
sane room, on a visit. < In one side of the tire sat the

father of Mrs. McGavock, then an old man. lie
nidi particularly glad to see me. ami told me that
he was a soldier in the w.n of 1812, and was at the
battle of New Orleans. When on his way hack the
troop- marched by the plantation of my grand-
father Green, below Katchez, ami his regiment was
entertained by him and furnished with milk in great
quantities. 11<- spoke of the gratitude of the men.

There wen- beeves killed also, and a great treat given
them. Is it not strange- that after fifty years a de-
scendant of that generous man should receive hospi-
tality on a bloody field of battle from a descendant of
tin’ tired and hungry soldier?

I will leave the balance of the campaign for future
letb

\”t a drum was In ard, nor a funeral i
A- – we liurrii .1 ;

Not ■< -.;.! i. r tire. I :t farewell shot

v e buried.
The Generals were buried at Ashwood Cemetery.

THE CARPET-BAG /./”/<• V OF TERROR TN ARKANSAS.

Ill N OMAN.

During the dark days in the last year of the %
war t..r Southern Independence, the diet • suf-

fering throughout the South tiie ps, no parallel

in history. With nciliatorj

from the general Government, and our afflicted people
turned to their work with sorrowful hut determined
hearts, feeling confident that tl brave

men who ha. I fought would he

fully respected liut the carpet-bag thieves who in-

the en- – h had I
none for the live- it the

honor and virtue of | – were

doomed at this period to such painful experiei ■
fell t>> the fate of Arkat

In a most valual ntertain i tied.

‘•Tin’ Brooks ami TV of the l,\ ■

i notion Period in Ark black and

murderous record of the carpel in that State

i.- for tin- first tun. put in lasting shape and placed be-
lie peoph. I ii. aul hor of tin- book i- ‘ ii n. John
M Harrell, of Hot Springs, at present Brigadiei ■
eral commanding the United Confederate Vet<
for the Southern’ Disti

m, and passii • – that par-

alyzed th – ‘ and drenched it with

the blood of u- people, it i irly fortunatt

Arkansas that Gen. Harrell has rescued from oblivion
these important I iiortly must have

> for want of proper attention. Mis
work was um intervals during a laborious

life, and so w ritten ‘ Localise it had to b( one

else would undertake it.” It should he in the hands
of every patriotic citizen of Arkansas, and t 1
student’ of history will want it. The hook i^ i
fully and forcibly written.

In the light of tl – therein presented, a more

unprincipled villain ne Arkansas with his

citizenship than Powell Clayton, the prince of carpet-

ore the war he was a pro-slavery Demo-

me a federal officer during the war. and

afterward the “black Republican” Governor of Arkan-

self-installed by means of the most outrageous
measures of undisguised fraud and force. He
native of Pennsylvania horn in 1833), and afterward
lived in Delaware. In 1855 he emigrated to K
and in 1862 he turned up in Helena. Ark., at the head

regiment of Federal cavalry. He went into that

with ”a sword in one hand and a torch in the

other.” After semiring th. ‘ Governor, with a

gang of thieves, hacked up by their negro soldiers, he

proceeded to roh the people and State hy every mean-

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which he could devise and execute. \\\> spacious
home, at that time on a ridge overlooking the Arkansas
r, was known as the ” Robber’s Roost.”

In January, 1869, the Louisville Courier-Journal pub-
lished a letter over the nom di plum* of “A Fair-minded
Carpet-bagger,” which contained these statements: “I

served with Gov. Clayl luring the war. I was born

in Massachusetts, was educated at Harvard, and bave
always been a Republican. I voted for Fremont, twice
for Mr. Lincoln, and recently for Gen. I .rant, for Presi-
dent. My purpose give a lair not inn <>l’ the con-
dition ol affairs in Arkansas. That condition is ter-
rible. Nothing like it exists this side of the Cretan

islands. Comi i i very-day events remind me of the

of Warren Hastings, in India, or of Mustapha
Asaph, in < freece.”

His acts of oppression and cruelty have made his
namea6tench in the nostrils of all Arkansians, and
it will remain odious for all time to come. Among
the many bloody murders committed by his hirelings
and supporters was that of an old man by the name
of Hooper, who was tied to his horse and shot dead
at Plummersville. Strange to say that at this same
place, where old man Hooper was so foully murdered,
Clayton’s brother, John M. < llayton, was himself mur-
dered only a few years ago. In order to carry out his
schem livided the State into three military dis-

tricts, and placed them under martial law. Then fol-
lowed scenes of bloodshed and murderous executions
in all pan- of the State. The most respected citizens
were dragged from their families and openly murdered,
and that without cause or form of trial. His negro
militia ran riot, an I women were outraged in the very
presence of their helpless husbands! Relief only came

to tin- suffering | pie when Clayton was elected to

i In- United States Senate, many good Democrats voting
for him as Senator in order to rid the State of his
presence a- Governor, knowing that as Senator he
would at once sink into utter insignificance.

Gov. Elisha Baxter succeeded Clayton, and he had

hardly taken his seal before one Joseph Brooks, a rev-

i hypocrite and scoundrel, who lived in Helena,

ami who had opposed Baxter for Governor, declared

himself elected and forcibly took possession of the

House. In thiscontest ••tie- Brooks and Baxter
war” was brought on, and the State was still further
disgraced. Knowing that Baxter had been madeGov-

ernor by ( llayton, many g 1 citizens supported Brooks

in this infamous contest, believing in his protestations
of reform, and knowing his then bitter hatred of
Clayton. Fortunately for the state. Brooks was finally
overthrown and Baxter, the rightful Governor, took

it. Brooks would have I □ as unscrupulous as

Clayton, and would have taken up reconstruction
where the latter left off. W. L. Stephenson, of Helena,
figured as one of the judges during Clayton’s rule.
Baxter was undoubtedly the best man for the people
that the Republicans could have furnished. His final
opposition to the monstrous bond scheme, by which
the State was plunged into ilebt. lo-t for him the sup-
port of ( llayton ami his gang.

Ihe days of carpel bag rule in Arkansas will always
recall painful recollections in the hearts of our people
who passed through that fearful time. Gen. Harrel]
has performed an inestimable sendee to Hie people

and State by his faithful record of that black period
in the history of the state.

MIKI-: KELLY.

a V i AIT. HKN. m’i ri lo, ii HOED, wmiviiii., i i:\\.

IB- was an Irishman by birth and a blacksmith by
trade, but gave up his bellows and tongs to follow his
gallant countryman, Gen. Pat Cleburne, into the Con-
federate Army, and become a gunner in a battery that
was organized (?) by that peerless soldier. In many
of his characteristics Mike was strikingly like hi-
Captain. Though possessed of a rich vein of Irish

ml humor, he did not have that volatile, bub-
bling overflow of spirit SO natural to his peopli
the contrary he was quiet, and rather retiring in his
disposition, even to apparent timidity. His only form
of dissipation was tobacco. 1 well remember his dirty
little coo pipe, black with age and tobacco, with a Mem

of the same Color and from the same causi S, not three

inches long. Every old soldier who saw much active
service in the Held, in thinking of the close places he
has passed through, will recall vividly the sunburnt
fa e mil form of some comrade, friend or acquint
conspicuous for his courage, brave when- all were
braves, hut he the bravest of them all. In tin-
dear old lion hearted Mike Kelly always appeal- to

me. With the courage of a game cock, the i

of a woman, and a sunny temperament, he was i
able companion, and when by your side in uction
made you feel as if you had two right amis a
double pair of eye,-. Il is not. however, to -peak of

In- courage, but some ludicrous incidents that hap-
pened to him after he “jined the cavalry,” that I write.
Mike was torn nearly in two by a canister shot at
Shiloh, and as soon as he was able to stand the journey
his surgeon sent him home to Helena, Ark., to die,
which Mike, with an Irishman’s perversity, refused to
do, hut which he explained to me afterward in a half
apologetic tone for not doing, that the shot didn’t
damage his ” in ‘an Is.” It, however, incapacitated him
for serviic in the infantry, and as the yankees by that
time had the river as far down as Vicksburg, lie
not well get back to his old command, so he reluc-
tantly joined the cavalry. I say reluctantly because
while he knew every hour ami nerve in a horse’s
and was perfectly at home when he had that article
between his knee- tacking on a shoe, put him on a
horse’8 back and he was as helpless as a new-horn babe.
I doubt if he was ever on a horse a half dozen times
in his life he lo re he joined ( ‘apt. Ruf. Anderson’s com-
pany of scouts, of Col, Dobbins’ Regiment and Walk-
er’- Brigade of Arkansas Cavalry, of which I was at
that time a member. Seeing him one day shortly
after he had joined hesitate on the hank of a little
stream as if debating with himself which would be

wiser, to ride across or to get down and wade ami i ad

his horse, I called out to him, “Grip him with your

knees, Mike, and your back will keep dry.” “Grip
him with me knase. is it,” he replied: ‘■thin h’ jim-
miiiy I’ll wade, for I’m as how legged as a barrel hoop;
its me grub and not me hack 1 want to kape dry.”
(apt. Anderson was a superb horseman, having

spent many years of his life on the frontier of Texas.
He could perform all the tricks in the saddle thai are

common to the cowboys of the present day, such as

” – ping down ” and picking from the ground his hat,

six shooter, glove or handkerchief, wdth his horse at
full speed. The freipient encounters his company had
with the cavalry of the enemy made him pretty well
known and much sought after by them, and through

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the citizens they had obtained not only a good descrip-
tion of him, but also knowledge of bia dexteril
rider. < >n one occasion our seoute reported thai a tor-
aging train was coming out from Helena, escorted by
only a squadron of cavalry. Wetherly, our First
Lieutenant, was in command of our troop that day,
Anderson being absent; and as “the old man” never
lost :m opportunity to pick a fU6s or make a Gght, in
or “ut of the army, we wore soon in the saddle and on
<>ur way to strike the escort of the P We were

considerably outnumbered, but Wetherly tb
that if he would dismount part of Ids men, place
them in ambush, and when they opened tire on the
blue coats charge with his mounted men on their rear,
the advantage of the surprise would about even the
thing up. So part of us weir dismounted, Mike and
I of the number, and were placed in a dense thickel
not more than twenty parrs from the road. The Fed-
eral column so, ,n rode in. and at the word, “Fire!’ 1
tin thicket blazed, and at the Bame time Wetherly
charged, as he thought, on their rear with his mounted
men. A Dumber Ol horses and men went down from
our lire, and the head of the Federal column was
thrown into confusion, hut only for a moment, lor we
had struck the Fifth Kansas, commanded by Maj

Sam Walker, a- good body of cavalry and as brave an

officer as thru- was iii the Federal Army. At com-
mand they wheeled and formed, fronting the thicket,
and charged in the face of our second – \t the

same time a yell distinctively yankee and a heavy
discharge of carbines further down the road to our
right told us as plain as if we had Been it that Weth-
erly had wedged himself between the advance guard
and main column of the enemy. At this unexp
turn in affairs, with nothing but our six shooters to
hold back bui h odd- we did not have time to reload
our trims — it did not take long to determine what to
do. “Fall back to your horses,” was the order, and
we fell. Mike and [ were together. Partly on account
of his old wound, hut mostly. I think, on account of
his contentious disposition under such circumstam i b,
lie was the poorest runner 1 ever saw, and when we

reached our horse holder he was mounted, the others
gone, and. throwing the reins to us. he followed in hot

haste. 1 was in my saddle instantly. Mike was not
so fortunate. His horse, a loDg, lank old bay, as thin
as a rail, excited by the shouting, shooting ami run-
ning, was plunging viciously around in the brush,
draging Mike, who was pawing the air with first one
foot and then the other in fruitless efforts to catch the
stirrup, at the -ame time keeping up a continuous
string of comments upon the situation generally, in-
terspersed with hits of ad\ ice t,, me and curses at his
horse, such as “Give’m a taste of your shouting, boy;
whoa, you d n old Look at the blue devils how they
-warm. What ad — n fool old Wetherly was -truck
’em in the middle. Divil take the cavalry service.
Woah ‘. ” In the meantime the Yankees. I’m, ling noth-
ing in front of them, were coming on as fist as the
nature,,!’ the ground would admit, Bring at random,
for the hushes were SO thick they could not see till
feet in front. Although expecting to show a clean
pair of heels to the enemy, I had instinctively drawn
afresh pistol from my holster w hen I mounted, and,
according to Mike’s advice, was using it to the best
advantage 1 could, at the -ame time watching his cir-
cus performance and inwardly praying that it would
come to a speedy close, or both of us would he either

killed or captured in a half minute more. I couldn’t
leave him. for he had more than once stood between
me and “the other shore.” and to leave him now
would show rank ingratitude and cowardice.” “Turn
him Loose, Mike, ami jump up behind me. it’s our
chance,” I yelled, and at that instant the front line of
Yankees burst through the thicket into the open woods
within thirty steps of us. “Bang, bang, hang’ halt!
halt ‘ surrender’ surrender! ” they called out. 1 turned,
to pick up Mike if possible, and take my chance run-
ning, just in time to see hi- horse lunge forward, and
lying like a sack of meal crosswise in the saddle,
with one hand clutched in the male about midway

k. My first impression was that he had )■•
-let. ami 1 ■ • him wiggh- hi- leg over

his blanket, which was strapped to in- and

lighten up. Our horses wi i at racing speed,

ami Mike was doing some wonderful riding. Neither
foot was in a stirrup, and he showed no partiality
any particular place to sit. Every time his old ho
made a jump Mike would come down on him u
different place— behind tie cant li
the pummel cm hi- neck, then back again, up one side-

d down the cither lie literally rode the old hay

from his ears to bis tail A fallen tree Mont of

us, both horses took the leap at tin 1 same time, and
Mike disappeared on tie- far side of h Gone

this time sure. [ thought, but the next instant, ba
headed, he bounced hack on top. Our pursuers, not
liking to follow us too far in the woods, tired a parting
volley of lead and curses at us, pulled up. and a hun-
dred yards oi ber we run into our own scattered
squad that had halted and reformed. An hour la!
Wetherly, having gotten the compai we
were pegging away at tin rear of tin Federal column
surely fell hack into Helena, having senl
their well loaded wagons on in front. I stopped a
moment to get a drink of water the
I ■ derals had ju-i left. The old man had a Bon in our
company, and was very anxion- to hear the news of
tic -kinin-h. “I tell you thev lighty Ql

getting (‘apt. Anderson, he said, after learning that
his hoy wa- all right. ” How’s that.” I a-ked : “Ander-
son wasn’t in the skirmi-h at all.”
that yankee Captain that just left here said he rode
right on Anderson, knew il wa- him from his riding,
never saw BUch devilish line riding in his hi
played along in front of him cutting up all kinds of
antics on his horse, and if he hadn’t been afraid that
he was doing it just to decoy him into another am-
hush he could have caught him.” I knew at 01

that Mike’s remarkable performances had been taken

for Anderson’s skill. The story wa- too good to keep,
and no one enjoyed it more than (‘apt. Anderson.
When the hoys run it on Mike, however, he replii
” It’s all right, me lads, hut there’s no danger “f any of
you blackguards ever being mistook for your betl

Mike did not have to wait long, however, before he
had his ” inings” on our friend- in blue, though he
did not come cut a- scarleoe as in the scrape just men-
tioned. Our pickets reported a body of Federal cav-
alry advancing toward I, arrange from Helena, mi the
St. Francis road. The regiment was badly scattered,
having to picket some twelve or fifteen miles of coun-
try, hut at the sound of” hoots and saddle” a hundred
and ten or fifteen men “fell in,” and. with the (o|,, nil
at our head, we went trotting through l.a(i range to mi
the enemy. Some two or three miles below the litl

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village the road run.- through one of those large planta-
tions common in that section, with a high, .-till’ rail

fence on either side. In the w Is just at tin- end of

this lane there was a heavy growth of young paw-
paws. Dismounting Wetherly, who had meanwhile
been promoted t<> a captaincy, with thirty live or forty
■ if hi- men, had them placed along the road with
instructions t<> open on the enemy as soon a- they
came up. The Colonel took the rot of the command,
skirted the plantation, and came to tin’ lam- a half
inili- lower down. We had scarcely reached this posi-
tion and formed before Wetherly’s guns opened. We
Bwung by fours out in the lane, ami with a yell went
at them under lull -peed. Col. Dobbins and (apt. An-
derson, the hitter’s company being in front, leading
the charge on the right and left of the column. The
road was a- open and level as a billiard table, and
every man was driving the steel into his horse. The
rear companies of tin- Federal squadron promptly
wheeled to meet us, and poured a steady fire from
their carbines on us as we came up. I happened to
be one of the first fours, and was within a few feel of
tin- Coloml when I saw him glance over his shoulder,
slacken his speed somewhat, throw up his hand and
call to (apt. Anderson, ” Let the column close up!”
At the rate we had been coming we were necest
badly strung out. ami tin- federals wen standing solid
the entire road not Beventy-five yards from us.
1 hail half turned my head to look back when, like a

red streak, a trouper dashed by me. There was no
mistaking tin- rider. The rein- were flying loose, the

old horse’s hlood was up. and SO was Mike’s. lie
couldn’t have stopped him if he would, and he
wouldn’t if he could, for “charge” to Mike meant “go
in.” whether there was one man or one thousand at
his hack. He was drawing his gun as he passed, a

double barrel Bhot-gun loaded with buckshol and hall,
and by the way. the best gun that cavalry can have
for close quarters. “Cavalry are of no service in ac-
tion unless they do come to close quarters.) 1 had
only time to see him, when the Colonel again gave

tie- order to charge. The delay was only a fracti I

part of a Becond, hut .Mike was then flying fifty yards
in front of US. r saw two puffs of smoke fly over bis
bead, and be disappeared in the cloud. The next in-
we were “mixing with ‘m.” as Gen. Forrest
aid. The action was sharp and fierce,
the federals using the sahre and we sixshooters. It
was too hot to last long. Their rear gave way. we
v.eni through, joined Wetherly, and never gave them

time to reform until they had been driven inside of
their lilies. ] was hurrying hack to the place when I

had la.-t seen Mike, when I came upon our surgeon

ng into a poor fellow after a hall, and inquired if

he had found Mike’s body. “Yes.” “Dead.'” “No,

bul wounded, and he’s in the ambulance on ahead.’

I didn i have an opportunity to see Mike until s e

tin* after midnight. I found him, with others.

hed on some straw in a ham t li.it had been con-
verted into a hospital. His head was swathed in
bandages,and looked as big as a half bushel. His face
was so swollen he could not see, and the poor fellow

w as delirious.

From the surgeon I learned that Mike had marched
a couple of pris irs up to him, Baying, “Take charge

of ‘m. Hoe,” when he keeled over at his feet with an

empty sixshooter in his hand. An examination
■ showed that his head had been terribly beaten, the cuts

were to the >kull in live different places. I afterward
learned from Mike, as soon as he was able to see and

suck his coli pipe, that after emptying hi- gun he did
not have time to draw his pistol before he was w.
in the Federal column, ami clubbing his gun lie was
“knocking the spalpeens” right ami left, when some
“dirty blackguard” struck him over the head, knock-
ing him from hi- horse. In falling he was caught be-
tween the horses of a couple of Federals, his arms
pinned to his Bides as the horses were crowded to-
gether, and the last he remembered their riders were
beating a tatt in his head. When he recovered con-
sciousness he was lying in the timber, and two federal
soldiers standing close by undecided whether to try to
escape or surrender. Mike decided the matter for
them. Struggling to liis feet and taking a pistol from
the ground, having lost his own. douhtlcss. in his
tumble, In- promptly ordered them to throw up their
hands, which they did. and were marched back as
above stated. Neither Mike nor his prisoner- knew
at the time that the pistol he pointed at them was
empty.

Mike was a favorite with the Colonel, who. like the
reel of us, would occasionally joke him about his rid-
ing. Shortly after these incidents, when Mike was
able to crawl out and sun himself, the Colonel passed
by and began to rig him about letting his horse run
awa\ in the charge and carry him into the yankee
line:-.

“Run away, is it.” said Mike. “Och, Colonel, its
yourself that’s fond of a joke. Now when we swung
into the lane and you Ordered US to charge, if ye had
just tipped me a wink and -aid, ‘Mike. I don’t mean
it: I’m only joking.’ my head would he a- sound as
yours this minute.” The laugh wa- on the Colonel,
and he joined in it heartily.

The story of Mike Kelly is longer than was intended,
yet this is hardly a beginning of the many stories that
seem fitting while writing of him. He actually mad)
a cannon by a process of rings, and welding them suc-
cessively, and with it he fired on a government trans-
port containing the pay for Hanks’ army.

Lakeland. Fla., Oct. L6, 1893.— My last messmati
fell iii the battle of franklin. When we buried him
we placed at the head of his grave a plain wooden
slab, with this inscription, “W. J. Edgar, Co. H., 5th
Trim. Reg.” In a printed list of Confederate dead
interred in McGavock Cemetery, I see his name is \v.
.1. Egar, the “d” being omitted. Will some kind
friend make the correction on the stone?

.1. M. Fraser, Morgan city. La.: I wa- one of tie

youngest soldiers in the < ‘on I’c ‘derate Army. 1 icing onl\

en years old when 1 started as bugler in a C

pany Ol independent rangers in Texas. I like the

Veteb \\ because it speaks the truth, and I shall have
all of the copies hound, so that my children can read
them. 1 belong to the Berwick Camp. 1 havespoken
to the editor of tin Independent Democrat to mention

the V ETERAN in his paper, and he w ill do SO.

Billy Blatter, Winchester, Tenn.: Now you know I
am an old and practical printer, and I am persuaded
that you will have to increase the price or lose money.

Skitter will not take advantage of your oiler to accept
fifty cents for a renewal, hut will send you one dollar,
ami I want all the rest to do likewise.

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THE COSFEDEIIATE CAUSE IX MARYLAND.

A history of the Maryland Line Confederate Home
is now in press at Baltimore. The Veteran has ad-
vance prooi sheets, and makes liberal extracts. The
‘•”Id United States Arsenal,” of which there is a brief
account, covers an area about equal to two Bquaree in
a city, and, furnished as it is. entitles it to considera-
tion as “the best soldiers’ home in the United States:”

Thai there was a division of sentiment in Maryland
upon the causes which led to the war between the
States ii” one will deny, yel the large preponderance
of public opinion was heartily in favor of the cause
of the South. Maryland. L»y reason of her geograph-
ical location, close commercial interests with the to-
bacco and cotton-raising States, similarity of institu-
tions and intimate BOCial and natural relations with
the people south of the Potomac, was emphatically b
Southern State, notwithstanding it had come to be
classed with that division of the country lying north
of the Potomac and south of New England called the
Middle States. Of the same ancestry, prevailing cus-
toms and ha hits, and do- eh welded by internum
together with the memories ol the past Btruggle of the
c Monies in the French and Indian wars, and of the
free and independent states which determined to
throw off allegiance to Great Britain and King G*
— with the same views ol the character ol the Federal
Union, and the rights and privileges which were re-
served to the state- under the Constitution of 1789, it
Would have been unnatural to have found her people
engaging in a fratricidal war ol desolation and inva-
sion of those communities, to which she was so bound
by historic and sympathetic ties.

The conservatism of her people misled pome to in-
dulge the hope that what was popularly called the
“loveofthe Union” would overcome the considera-
tions of honor and the associations of years of com-
mon struggle and danger ; but such conceptions were

as unfounded as they were insulting to the maul 1

and integrity of her people. The right of self-gov-
ernment had. on this continent, no firmer supporters
and defenders than in Maryland.

Allusion is only made to these circumstanot
explain why it i- that we have here in Maryland—
a State that was not “out of the Union” — a home for
Confederate soldiers. Her sons were in the Confed-
eracy, the hearts of her women were there, and the
great body of her people were in sylnpathy with the
cause oi’ constitutional government,

A- a border community in a sectional quarrel, this
feeling could not be unanimous. ‘There were some
who were loyal to the Union, and this minority, ob-
taining control by reason of the bayonets of the Fed-
eral power, gave the weight of state authority to their
claims, ami we find Maryland regiments and Mary-
land batteries Maryland at least in name,) respond-
ing to the call of the Federal President, .It

is conceded that there were those who 1 10 nest ly SU] >-
ported the national authority, and the brilliant record
of Maryland soldiers who “wore the blue” is cher-
ished and prized as the common glory ><( the State
by none more dearly than those of her sons who
” wore the gray.” As in the days of the Stuarts, the
hearts of the loyalists were “o’er the water with
Charlie. ” SO was it in Maryland. Her body hound
and shackled, her heart was unchained, and her sym-

pathies were with the followers of Lee and Jackson
beyond the Potomac. * A prominent officer,

after inspection of the records of the office ol the
Adjutant-General of the army in Richmond, esti-
mated that tlea, w.re 20,000 Marylanders in the
service of the Confederate States lie organizations
officially recognized as from Maryland were as fol-
low-: Firsl and Second Maryland Infantry, First and
d Maryland Cavalry, First Andrews and De-
ment), Second Baltimore Light . Third (Latrobe),
Fourth (Chesapeake), Maryland Artillery. Their ag-
gregate strength was some 1,000 men. with tl
ception of the last named battery, which served with
distinguished honor with the army in the West, it is
enough to say, in the language ol Gen. Ewell, refer-
ring to the Hret Maryland Infantry: “The history
of the First Maryland Infantry is the history of the
valley campaign;” the history of the Army ot North-
ern Virginia cannot be written without giving the
history of these commands “( the Maryland Fine.

From the early days ol the war. from Manasas to
Malvern Hill, from the valley to Gettysburg, from
the d< \ ppomattox, w a- their

valor and efficiency conspicuous.

From the beginning at Harper’s Fei ry, in ’61, t<
end at Appomattox, in ’63, they maintained the same
high character and bearing, and the record ot their

deeds, the icputation of their commanders of Buch-
anan and Hollins. of Trimble, Flzey. Winder. Stuart,
Johnson, Herbert. Rid iwn, Gilmor, Ant

Wm. I’.roun. and Breathed, are held in veneration
and affection by all familiar with the military history
of the Confederacy, and have made for Maryland a
name equal if not above other name- in the admira-
tion of a heroic people.

The State of Maryland can well be proud of it-
of the Maryland Fine of 1861 ways

been of their forefather– of the Revolution and the
subsequent war- of [812 ami with M« sico An hon-
orable, brave people are Q< their vet-
eran soldier-, ami the fact that the Federal

ment ha- ously provided for those of lei sons

who wore the blue but make more pronounced the
obligation of our Mother State to e;ire for their unfor-
tunate brothers who. in ragged gray jackets, repre-
sented Iter in the Confederate ranks: and. to their
honor be it said, in this pious purpose the Union citi-
zen^ ot’ the State have been willing and earnest in

their co-operation.
Sad indeed w a- the heart of the poor Maryland l

federate, alter the days of Appomattox — the cai
which he had devoted hi- best years, and for which he
had so freely risked his lite and shed his blood, had
failed — as the ?ad good-bye was spoken to associates.

The Association of the Maryland Fine was fori
in 1880, to assist the disabled and the destitute.
There was already in existence the Society of the
Army and Navy oi’ the Confederate state- in Mary-
land, which was organized in 1871, shortly after the
death of Gen. Fee, and it was not proposed to in-
croach upon, or to displace this organization, bu1
to cherish it a- the parent society, or center of Con-
federate influence and work. Under the direction of
Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, and largely aided by his
material assistance, the Association of the Maryland
Fine made up a fairly complete roster of the various
Maryland organizations. In this work they were
largely aided by the courtesy of the War Department

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in permitting acre-.- to Bucb muster rolls as were found
in the records of the Adjutant-General’s office at Rich-
mond, and which were removed to Washington al the
close of the war.

Under the auspices of the Society of the Army and
Navy of the Confederate States in Maryland, was
held in Baltimore, in 1885, a most successful bazaar,
the proceeds of which, -nun- 131,000, were being de-
voted to the care of indigent Confederates and the
burial of the dead. Through the medium of this
fund, and the contributions of generous friends, t ti< ■
duty of ministering to the wants of the unfortunate
was faithfully performed, but as the years rolled on it
became painfully apparent that the means at hand
aot equal to the i ency, and that the appli-

cations sterna were far beyond the ability to

It was ascertained that a Dumber of thesi
lant old soldiers were finding refuge in the alms-
houses of the State, and not a few, instances came to
light of the burial of dead in the unhallowed graves
of Potter’s Fields. After careful consideration, it was
determined to make an effort to establish a Soldiers’
Home in Maryland, and to ask that the property
known as the Pikesville Arsenal be devoted to that
purpose. To thi- memorial the General Assembly
gave ready ear and took prompt affirmative action,
and in February, 1888, this property was given by the
State to the Association of the Maryland him- for the

purpose indicated, and an approprial ion of $5 000 pet
annum was voted lor the repair of the property and
maintenance of the Home. This property was singu-
larly adapted to the purpose by reason of the charac-
ter of the building and convenience of location.

During, or shortly alter, the Confederate war was
over, the arsenal was abandoned as a military post.
and in 1880 the Federal Government relinquished the
game to the State of Maryland. The commandant in

I860, just preceding the commencement of the war.
was thai distinguished soldier, Major, afterward Lieut.-
Gen. Huger. The State, after taking possession of

the property, made no practical use of it: in fact, it
was an item of expense for several year-, by reason
of the salary of a custodian. No repairs had I. .’en
placed on the property for a period of some twenty

■and lie- condition at the time of the transfer to
the care of the Maryland Line was little short of that
of a ruin. Work was at once commenced to rest
from this Bad plight in April. 1888, and in June, the

vear.it had -o far progressed as to admit of the
formal opening and dedication. Appropriate exer-

were held, with a large attendance of citizens
from Baltimore and the neighboring country. Every
year since reunions and like celebrations have taken
e, which have been frequently attended by dis-
tinguished Confederate., many of whom have been
prominent in the national councils of the country.
The administration of the Home rest- with a Board

of i rover S of the Association of the Maryland Line.

[a nn. ler the immediate supervision of a Hoard of
Managers, v, ho are largely aided in their duties by the
labors of ■■< Board of Visitors, which is made up of
well-known ladies, who give the benefit of their coun-
sel, and are untiring in their efforts in caring for the
sick and ministering to their wants. The command
of the Home is intrusted to a superintendent, Mr. W.
II. Pope, a gallant soldier of the Maryland Line, who,
with his devoted wife, have faithfully given their en-
tire service to the institution.

It was determined from the tir-t to make the insti-
tution in fact what it was in name— a home for those
who Bought it* sheltering care- and this view «
held in the furnishing of the room-, and the rules
enacted for the government of the inmates. These

la-t have been framed BO a- to insure the least re-
straint possible with the maintenance ol proper dis-
cipline and decorum. The separate buildings have
been named after distinguished Maryland t Confederate
soldiers, or Bailors, and tin room- have been furnished

a- memorials by the friends or relatives of sonic loved
one who gave hi- life for the cause, or who was con-
spicuous foi’ his gallantry or devotion. These rooms

have 1 n furnished in a substantial manner with

many of the comforts and elegancies found in private
homes, and at an estimated cost of $10,000, which ex-
pense has been defrayed by the generous friends un-
dertaking this important and interesting feature. As
a result, the management have been relieved almost
entirely of the great expense incident to the furnish-
ing of the Home, ami their mean- made available for
the necessary repair- of the property and the purchase
of proper equipment ami supplies required by an in-

st it ution Of this character.

The State has continued to make appropriation,
which, supplemented by generous private contribu-
tions, both in money ami material, have enabled the
management to maintain the high standard of com-
fort orignally had in view, and, at the same time, there
has been due regard to proper economy.

The total admissions, from the opening in June,
1888, to December 1. I893,.a period of nearly live and

a half year-, have been 139. Of this number twenty-
seven have died, three have been suspended or other-
wise discharged ; the number now borne on the roster
is 109.

The library is supplied with many valuable ami in-
teresting books and periodicals, the gift of friends, and
many newspapers regularly mail their i-sues without
charge.

The total receipts of the Home to September 130,
1893, were $37,620.40, and the expenses $38,195, leav-
ings deficit as of the above date, $574:60. Of the re-
ceipts, the state of Maryland has contributed $27,500,
ami the remainder is the result of private subscrip-
tions and the proceeds of entertainments, held at va-
rious times in tin’ interest of the 11, .me. Included in
the item of expenses is the sum of $8,118.42, the e,,-t
,,f repair- to the property.

Here will be found a noble charity, creditable to the

honor of our State ami the public Spirit of our citi-
zens. It i- a comfort to the old veterans, who ted
that if adversity proves to.. Btrong for them in their

declining years’ a haven of rest is here provided, to

which they may retire and find refuge, ami at the
same time’ lose ‘none of their self-respect, nor suffer

in the estimation of those whose experience in life is
more fortunate; and it is a standing illustration to
the VOUng that our loved Commonwealth reveres
manliness and courage, and is proud of its military

r. rd of the past, and is not unmindful of it- heroes

in their ..Id age.

John Harleston, Charleston, S. C: “I have been a
subscriber to your paper since March. Have taken
nearly all that have been published since 1865, and
know’ of none superio.i to yours, and wish you all pros-
perity.”

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DVRIAO THE FIRST SIEGE OF VICKSBVRG

FROM fllE DfARI “1 V KKNTleKI SOLDIER.

In tlic summer of \^>1. during the firel
Vicksburg, the First Kentucky Brigade was Bent to
that city as a sort ol guard of honor to tin- heavy
batteries then Lining the shores of the Mississippi
above and below Vicksburg. The regiments did duty
in town alternately, wh dated mainly in lying

under the Bhade of the trees in tl lautiful gi

lawns, with which the city and its suburbs abounded,
and. at night, watching the course of the immense

rtar shells fired from the yankee Beets above and

below the city. These shells generally passed over us
apparently a half mile high, and their course could be
distinctly traced by a burningfuse attached to each.

On the morning of the Ith day of July, 1862, we
naturally supposed the Federals would celebrati
day by an extraordinary bombardment >>( tin- city,
and thus make things somewhat lively for us. The
sun arose with unusual splendor; i xpectatiou iviih “ii
tip-toe; but to our surprise a silence, profound as
death, rested upon the combatants until just a; noon,
when both fleets opened live with every gun. They
rent the heavens with the fury of exploding shells ;
the shore batteries instantly responded, and for half
an hour these tremendous engines of death vomited
forth their horrible contents, and then ceased ae
denly as they began, not another gun being tired dur-
ing the day.

On the following day the Fourth Regiment, with a
battery, was ordered to a point on the Mississippi
River jusl below Warrenton, fourteen miles from
Vicksburg. This place was a wide, swampy bottom
on the east side of the liver, ami occupied abend in
the river, which, with the bluffs on the east, inclosed
several hundred acres. This bottom hail been over-
flowed, and the cottonwood tree- which grew on a
considerable portion of it had caughl and held
quantities of brush, drift wood. etc. Our mi
was to conceal ourselves and our battery in this drift,
the river, and pounce upon any steamer which
might undertake to pass up the i i\ er. It did not take
ns Ion-,’ to conceal ourselves in this wilderness, and
plant our guns along the river bank. Of coursi

nicely masked sentinels were posted down the
river. Five days passed in the pleasant occupations
of eating, sleeping and fighting mosquitoes without a
single alarm or sign of the enemy. On the fifth day
the pickets sent in information that a small craft, w itii
several men in it. was crossing the river from the
Louisiana shore, a mile or so below us.

The Colonel immediately ordered Sergeant

to select a squad “t six men to investigate the move-
ment. As one oi’ this detachment, we proci
down the river as fast as possible, and concealed our-
selves in the bushes, near the point which the batteaux
seemed to he making for. The moment it struck
shore we sprang from our hiding places, with cocked
guns, and demanded a surrender. The enemy con-
sisted of four lusty negro men and one woman.
With these we captured several bundles of old cloth-
ing, bed-quilts, and other trumpery prized bj neg

Had we dropped from the clouds, out. of a clap of
thunder, the poor darkies could not have been more
astonished and terrified. With dilated eyes and
trembling limbs they awaited death, which they evi-
dently thought was at hand. In answer to the Ser-

geant’s inquiry, “Who are you.’ Where an- you
going? ” one of them answered supplicatingly, ” We ‘se
nothing but poor niggers, massa, trying to git wid our
folks mi dis side of de river.” Ordering them tri

shoulder tlieii . we led them to the Colonel,

who gathered from them that they were th<

a Louisiana planter, who had thd from his hoi,

the approach of the yankee.-. leaving I take

■ themselves; and they, being scarcely 1> –
rified at the name of yankee than their master, were
seeking to reach their friends and relatives in M
sippi. The Colonel sent them on their way.

On the morning of the 12th day of our anihusli.
about an hour before dawn, the picked reported a
Bteam boat coming up the river. Winn she had ar-
rived nearly opposite the battery the guns opened on
her with shot and -lull. Her light- were almost in-
stantly extinguished, and her -peed ii . but

before she con >ul of range a number of -hot

struck, a- we could distinctly hear them crashing

through her timber- They tailed, ho- I dis-

able her. and she sped on her way up the river. It
was now apparent t hat on would bi

lerals would aln
gunboat to in ,lt it pos-

sible. We had no particular rj ine of

-. so we limbered up and pulled up
pulled Out about dawn, and in a leu hour- had g
iniinit of the high bluffs back of \\’ :i

few miles nearer the city, when

\ – we i ame into view a flat I
lainous-li inboat v If in

the rivei opposite our recent hiding place: and it was
with some satisfaction that we contemp
distan be poured a broadside from her I

into the um helled the

i-

A. P. HILL’S RPS.

II \\ M ANSON, ROCKW

This did nol big army of men, with guns,

drums and flying artillery. A. P.Hill’s signal cor]
consisted of Cant. R. H. T. Adams, o! Lynchbui

geant Pat Vermillion, also of Lynchburg; Win.
Daniel, ex-St I uator, from Clarksvi n.;

John Muring, of I hi ma in V C. w In n last Inard from
he had finished eight year- in tin ter

Eaves, from Rutherford ton, N

Christian and brother Have, of Appomattox, Va
James Featherston, of Vii of; Jan

Driver, of the First Tennessee died of smallpox ; Hal
W. Manson (the writer), of I – nth Ten
was detailed to take his placi . Henry B. Pope, of
Rome, Ga.; Ii. F. Mayhew, of New Berne, X.c. now

dead, and a few other- that were detailed for divis
headquarters.

These young men for most of them were under
twenty-one -wen used to transmit messages by optii
telegraphy from one part of the army to the other.
Sometimes the lim would extend as fa
and. as in the case of Harpi r’s Ferry, the plan of battle
was telegraphed over tie line. T!

were made with different colored ll;i.
Hag a yard Bquare with a red square in center. This
(lag was used when they had a green background, SUCh
as pines, or a wheat field or grassy knoll. Win
had the sky for a background, as from the top ol

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mountain, a dark Bag, with ;i white Bquare in thi
ter to distinguish it from a black one, was used. At
night torches of copper tubes filled with turpentine
1. one placed on the ground in front <>f the
operator and the other on the end of a -hurt po
his hand, which he moved right and left, front and
circle, making movements that ■milil be easily under-
stood with the aid of a good glass from ten to twenty
miles at the next station, ft On the march the signal
men could not be used as such, and wen- used as
couriers and scouts. Another of their duties was to
late messages into cipher and back again. Thus if
Genera] Lee wished to communicate witn President
Davis the message was put in cipher, Joe Cabiness
alone knowing what it was at Lee’s headquarters, and
a trusted man at the President’s office would read the
message to him.

I cannot hope to follow the fortunes of the
•• knights of the crossed flags,” all the way from
the day I was detailed and reported to Capt. Adams.
and was placed under the management of Harry
Pope to learn the signal alphabet on the heights of
the Rappahanock, or the long march at Gettysburg,
where the first bullet was fired at a signal man. We
returned *■<•> Orange County and spent the long winter
on Clark’s Mountain. Then came the march and
fighl from 1 there Ed Richmond and Petersburg, until
the final charge of Grant, the ‘Jd of July, 1865, when
ourbeloved Hill was killed. .IneCabiness was shot in
the neck and captured ; the writer lost a leg, and was
captured also.

Our life in Camp was one round of fun and gaiety.

G ge Christian’s yellow hoy, Jess, did the cooking

and stealing foi- our mess, and (His McClellan’s pop-
eyed negro Tip, with his assistants, kept up the cor-
ners For tie couriers, fed his Mars tins’ horse, blacked
hi- hoot-, washed his clothes, ami brightened hissabre
and spurs. Gus himself was a character, lie was a
brother of tin- great Alabama writer, “Betsy Hamil-
ton.” lie could sing a song, tell a good story, dance
“Lucy Long.’ and would light the d— 1, ami “give
him the go.” Never did old Talladega send to the
war a braver soldier than Gus, or a more faithful
negro than Tip. (ins i- dead, and Tip was caught by
a bright-eyed dusky damsel about Petersburg and re-
turned to Alabama to visit “Old Marster and Mars
tins,” after twenty years’ of hard work, thinking and
dreaming of “old Talladega. Ala.” Alas’ bis home-
coming was sad in the extreme! He went at once
from tic station to thi’ old plantation, through the
Gelds, over the well-known foot path straight to “Old

Marster- n .” lie would see him that night, and

his brothers tin next day. When he knocked on the
door he was answered by a stranger. He called, “Old
Marster, it- me, your hoy Tip what went with Marse

(ills to tin- war; I made money nuf to come hack,
and I is here. Open the do’, please sir!” Hut the

place was in the hands of strangers. “Old Master”

was under the marble, “Marse” (Jus dead too, and
the other- scattered in different States. Hut his mis-
tress, “Betsy Hamilton,” has told this story and
placed it where it will live and he draniati/cd when
she, too, shall have been gathered with the sleepers
under the oaks.

During tin’ several months seven of the signal corps
were stationed on Clark’s Mountain, in Orange
County, Va. Here at the station we spent the day.
leaving the guard, consisting of a Lieutenant and

ten men. to look after it in tin’ night. We would
mount our horse- and ride down to the house — T.
Preist’s whose cottage nestled in a cove at- the head
of a valley. <>n his table the best of garden truck
was found, and in his cellar were divers keg- ami
long necked bottles tilled with blackberry and cherry
brandies. This was our boarding-house. Across the
field was Bob Sales’ place and hi- lovely daughter,
over the hill was the Bushrod Brown and the beau-
tiful Epperson girls also. At the Rapid Ann Sta-
tion was Mi,-.- Genevieve Peyton, and on the moun-
tain side the Misses Terrell. Down near the river
was the regiment of I’.arksdale’s M ississippians in

oni company of ninety men “seventy-five were g 1

fiddlers.” We cultivated these fellows and they culti-
vated us. We had a dance three nights out of tin-
week, and went courting two out of the other four.
We were in full view of the enemy’s camp acros- the
river, and hundreds of officers, citizens, and ladies usi d
to visit the mountain-top and our courtesy would be
at times taxed to the utmost to show them the attcn
Don we w ished to.

Gen, Lee would come up and spend hours study-
ing the situation with his -pleiulid glasses; and the
glorious Stuart would dash up. always with a lady,
and a pretty one, loo. I wonder if the girl is yet
alive who rode the General’s line horse and raced
with him to charge our station. When they had
leached the level plateau, and Stuart had left her in

care of one of us and took the other oil’ to one side
and questioned the very sweat out of him about the

enemy’s position, he was Gen. Stuart then, hut when
he got hack and lifted the- beauty into the saddle and

rode oil’ humming a breezy air. immortalized by

Swiney and John L-ten Cook, he was Stuart the beau.
The next day his command was on the enemy’s

Hank thirty miles away. The great Gordon came up

and showed us how to steady the eyes with the fin-
gers BO as to look a long time. Old lien. (Dwell, with
his old flea-bitten gray and crutches, wa- a frequent
visitor.

A WAR WAIF IX Till-: ARM).

HY A. 1.. SLACK, T M.I.I I. AH, I.A.

I enlisted as a private in the Second Louisiana Vol-
unteers in 1861. My first real soldiering was on the
Yorktown Peninsula, in Virginia. While there, or at
Suffolk i 1 forget whichi. there strolled into camp a
young hoy. scarcely over Id or 12 year- of age. who
attached nimself to one of the neighboring regiments.
Who he was, or where he came from. I cannot now
recall. He was looked upon a- ” no man’s chi Id,” and
as such found genial fellowship among the soldiers,
I BOOH realized thai he was a Cosmopolitan, and at
home anywhere, for I next .-aw him the pit of the

First South Carolina Volunteers, 1 low long he stayed
with them 1 cannot say. It was fully a year before I
saw him again. His small form and boyish face win
it contrast to the men among whom lie mingled

I remember then how odd it seei I to gee that lad in

a camp, hut he was truly ” the child of the regiment.”
After we had fallen back to Richmond, and after those
terrible seven days’ of battle, the army was reor-
ganized and the troops brigaded by States, so 1 lost
sight of our Carolina neighbors, and also the boy.

At the second battle of Manassas, on the 29th of
August. 1862, our brigade iStark’s — poor fellow, he

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fell at Sharpsburg). was lying in the woods nearly
opposite that “terrible deep cut” when the dripping,
Bpattering lire of the Yankee skirmishers drove in

our out-looker? (as “Old Jack ” did n’t have a < ounter
skirmish Unci the cry “F-o-r-w-a-r-d” rang along our
lines, and we advanced and ran almost into the Yan-
kees, who. giving ue a deadly volley, fell hack rapidly
across a Held and into the woods beyond, where a bat-
tery, supported by a swarm of troops, was posted.
Nothing checked us. Under a withering fire of min-
nies and canister we pressed on, Bradley T. Johnson
riding ahead, with his sword run through hi- hat.
waving us on, until we waved him out ol our line of
lire. When we arrived within aboul one hundred
yard- of the battery the line was halted, and under
this raking lire the allignmnit was I. and the

men “right dressed” t” be Bho1 down.

I have thoughl often since that the command of
halt, under BUCD a tire might have been heroic’, hut it
certainly was not wise. However, not a man faltered.
Again. “Forward!” and we drove straight for the
gun-, .lust then I felt a thud, a Bting, a twist around
and fell. A minnie had struck my pocket Bible edge-
wise, and passing nearly through tie’ New Testament
part, dug a trench across, my left ride into the flesh.
With the blood spurting from the wound 1 started

rearward, while our boys bravefellows went up and
over the battery, scattering it- supports like chaff*.

As I struggled back over tie field, the (had anil
wounded, blue and gray alike, lying around, I heard
a great rumbling on my left and turned and saw
that our guns were plunging to the front, Under la-h
and shout, to -ei/e the hills whence to pour shot into
the then retreating foe. I can -ee them now tumbling,
bouncing, and surging to gain that front. Whal
did I see’.’ So close 1 could nearly touch him, the little

boj sitting on the limber of one of the pieces, his
aflame, his hat waving, his treble voice shoutingex-
citedly, and his whole being lit up and aglow with
the terrible magnetism of battle, cheering on the line.

That was the last that 1 saw of him. lie passed on
and was lost in the cloud and smoke of the field, hut
the memory of that inspiring -eene will never t

It has well been said that truth is -trangcr than
fiction; the sequel to the above sketch (which is ab-
solutely true proves the truth of this adage.

The sketch was first published in the Detroit Fret
Pnse on the 23rd of April. 1891. Finding out the
address of Col. Bradley T. Johnson 1 -cut him the
M.S., which he published in the Baltimore Sun in the
December following. 1 received from the Colonel a
most Mattering letter, in which he said: “Your graphic
description ol the ” War Waif” touched mv heart. I
have given it to the Baltimore St«. That defense of
the railroad cut was a feat of arms. I had 800 mus-
kets and Stark hardly 900, and we held it again-t
18,000 (Fitz John Porter’s whole corps). We did as
well as men could do. hut the real work was done by
Stephen ]>. l.ee’s guns, on our right, which enfiladed
and tore up the assaulting column. But that charge!
Wasn’t it glorious? There was genuine, real, soul-
stirring, blood-thrilling gavdium certamini .’ Those
days of our golden prime! ”

The Colonel, in the above, has confused the de
<>f the railroad cut with the charge I describe. The
incident 1 refer to occurred on the 29th, while that
defense of the railroad took place .in the 30th of

August. L862. But this is not the coincidence 1
started out to refer to.

It so happened that when the -ketch appeared in
the Fret Presi that the hero of my sketch was a sub-
BCriber to that paper and ” read himself” in the article.
He at once wrote to that paper inquiring who the

author was, a- only m\ initial-. “A. 1.. S.” were
signed to the pice. Tie information was furnished
him and 1 received several communications from him.
That lie i- the identical “hoy” 1 have no douht. A
few days before last Christn aid me a visit, and

we passed several days recounting tl sin “Old

Virginny.” Hi- name is W. .1. Pucket, and hie

Win-tead. Mi- He tells me that at the
time referred to he was just 13 year- of age; that he
belonged to the Louisiana Guard Artillery, and that
he surrendered at Concord station, near Appomattox,
when our cause finally collapsed.

Cleburne’s Ban Shiloh. — J. A. Wheeler,

Salad- Texas I give tie Veterak a brief account

of Shiloh a- I -a” it. hem- a private in the Twenty-
third Tenneseei Regiment Pat Cleburne’s Brigade .
On the morning of April 6, “62, when the entire line
moved forward, our brigade had to face a battery of
twelve gun- : eight 20-pound rifles (1 id four 12-

pound Napoleon guns. We were ordered to halt and
lie down in a deep ravine while tin- battery was
shelling our position at a fearful rate, .lust in our
front was a ridge, a peach orchard, and the Federal
encampment. General Cleburne told us to prepare
for a charge. Soon it wa- ordered and we moved for-
ward at double-quick, passed through the encamp-
ment, down the -lope on the norti the ridge
near to ,, branch. Here :i line of infantry rose up
and poured such a destructive volley into our ranks
that we recoiled and fell hack to the first ravine. Here
we rallied, and General Cleburne came to as again
and said. “Boys, don’t he discouraged; that is not
the tir-t charge’ that was ever repul-ed: fix bayonets
and give them steel,” Then he ordered. “Forward!
Charge! ” We leaped forward with a deafening cheer
and drove the infantry out of the ravine, but firing
from the Lattery and a line of infantry was so heavy
just in rear of the battery that we again fell hack,
‘with great loss, but soon reformed, and were ready for
the third charge, when a Louisiana brigade was

brought up to our support. Another charge was or-
dered and we moved forward over the dead and
wounded, (hi- time to reach the goal that had cost
the live- of many of our best mi n. But the struggle
was not yet over for the battery, as the hoys in blue
tired some of the guns when we were within ten feet of
their muzzles. Here we had a hand-to-hand co
over the gun-, hut we were triumphant, and this fine
battery of twelve guns was ours. Cleburne’s Brigade
wa- composed of the Seventeenth. Twenty-third
and Twenty-fourth Tennessee and First Ark
Regiments.

1 cannot close this article without saying that the
men of this battery were the bravest men we ever had
to deal with. They were worthy of our steel, not one
of them surrendered with a whole hide. They had
been in the United States sen ice for twenty years.

If this should fall into the hands of any soldier, on
either shh- in this charge. I would be glad to
spond with him.

M

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

FEASTING AND FIGHTING.

BY wm. B. -r. ,1 iih, KA8HVILLB, TBNN.

The following incidenl is but a remnanl of the
spice-box that, like pride, had a fall, or rather a more
expeditious send-off during Gen. Forrest’s raid on
Paducah, Ky.: .Maj. Thompson led an attack on
Fort Anderson, a huge affair, Burrounding the Marine
Hospital. Close by and overlooking the fort was the
two-story brick building of l>r. Bassett. Some six or
eight young Kentuckians, among whom were the
Douglas an<l Meriwether boys, thought that this house
ated some fine strategic points of value, both as
a commissary department and “shooting-box;” the
big 32-pounders in the fort could not he handled with
any degree of safety if any party of sharp-shooters
should happen to occupy the upper story. Accom-
panied by their Captain, the house was at once taken
–ion of. and .Mrs. Bassett, delighted with the
of the ” Southern hoys,” made at once extensive
pr< paratione for their comfort. The large dining
talile was taken up-stairs. for the greater convenience
of her guests, and heaped with all the delicacies and
good things that the house, cellar or pantry afforded.

And nobly did the famished defenders of a lost cause
tespond to the tempting viand-. The battle had now
begun in earnest, ami ‘• the hoys.” with their mouths

full, sent their unerring missiles mi” the enemy’s

can tiers, to their utter discomfort and demoraliza-
tion. The huge thirty-two in front of the house could
not he fired. Every time a head appeared it was
promptly scalped. The hoys enjoyed the fun im-
mensely, and divided their time between “shootin’

an’ eatin’.” After many failures, one artilleryman
eded in pulling the lanyard, and a Btorm of
grape and canister whistled through the bouse, with-
out, however, touching the hoys or the “viltels.”
Douglas remarked that this was the best place to light

In- had ever struck, and as long as the ammunition
on the table held out he was willing ”to light it out
on that line if it took all summer.”

The enemy made great efforts to reload the gun.
hut every time a man appeared a whistling messen-
ger, laden with “pie,” stopped the perl’c nana nee. It
had become intensely interesting and amusing on one
side, and exceedingly dangerous on the other. The
enemy soon realized the state of affairs, and took all
available means to dislodge the sharp-shooters. The
trouble was that the little hand in the ” I ‘.asset t house ”
had command of nearly every gun in the fort, and
not only stopped proceedings against themselves, hut
hampered and annoyed the gunners on the opposite
side, so as to prevent anything more than straggling
shots, that did little or no execution. The gunboats,
however, made active demonstrations in favor of the

fort, and nf the -hell,-, intended no doubt for the

Bassett house, cut Maj. Thompson in two. Hut the

end was nearer than “the hoys” imagined. An un-
lucky shell from the enemy, striking a little lower,
hit the edge of the table and made a promiscuous
mingling of china, wood, meat, iron, vegetables, glass-
ware and pie, the “tout ensemble” of a well-regulated
dinner-table. It heat a ” hull in the china-shop.” To
see the heautil’ul walls plastered with pie, and the
blackberry jam and preserves dripping mournfully

from the ceiling was just a little too much for them.
“Boys,” -aid Meriwether, “let’s go.” The Captain
tearfully removed a lump of plum jelly from hi- eve
and. said. “You’re right.” The defenders having
left, tin- enemy immediately riddled the house with
-olid shot and grape, making a complete w reek of the
noble building.

Meeting a refugee from the fort some months after-
ward, and regaling him with the narrative above
stated, he remarked that he was one who tried to

work that gun. ami escaped the “rebel bullets;”

” hut.” says he. “1 sun-It t he patching ! ” “Ilowwa-
that?” 1 answered. “Well, they scuta ball right un-
der my nose, taking off a part of my mustache.”

‘GENERAL LEE TO THE REAR.”

B. J. (DOCK) I’AKHKNT. WACO. TEXAS.

• Since the columns of your magazine are open to
answering queries relative to Incidents of the war. I
reply to (‘apt. \V. T. (iass. of Camp Ben McCulloch,
Mt. Vernon, Texas, relative to General Lee at the

Wilderness: 1 was a member of Company 1>, Fourth
Texas Regiment, Mood’s old brigade, commanded at
the time by General Gregg, Field’s Division, Long-
street’s Corps. A. X. \’a. Our brigade was composed
of the First, Fourth and Fifth Texas, and the Third
Arkansas: our regiment ( Fourth Texas i. if 1 remem-
ber correctly, was on the left, center of the brigade,
and the Firsjl Texas was formed on our left. We had
just filed off of the road, in which we had been moving,
and formed in line of battle in an open space a few
yards in front of the timber. About that time 1 saw
General Lee ride up and stop on the left wing of the
First Texas. A number of us, mostly of the First
Texas, gathered around him and begged him to go to
the rear, some of the hoys saying that they would not
go into the light unless he retired. There were a good
many, both up and down the line, yelling, “General
Lee to the rear.” 1 was standing by the side of his
horse and placed my hand on him : one of the First
Texas had hold of his bridle-rein. I do not remem-
ber whether his hat was oil’ or not at the time. I
know we told him that if he would go to the rear we
would whip the yankces. 1 am confident that no one
man is entitled to the credit or honor of causing

General I to go to the rear; every man there would

have gladly died to save one drop of his precious
blood, and” I am confident that General Lee saw a
determination in the fares of his men to conquer or
die. and felt Confident that he could trust the battle lii
them, lie turned his horse and was soon out of sight.
We were then ordered to charge, and the result oi
the day’s work is well-known.

I am sure (here are some of our old brigade yet liv-
ing who remember the incident as vividly as I do. 1
was detailed as division scout, and had the privilege
of going and coming as 1 pleased, but when my Com-
pany was ordered into action, 1 always went witli
them.

1 am a member of I’at Cleburne Camp, No. 222, U.
C. V., Waco, Texas, and am highly pleased with the
Confederate Veteran, and think that every Con-
federate soldier should subscribe for it, and keep it
always before his children.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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The “Jackson Day” (January 8) occurs so near pub-
lication time of this Veteran thai reference to the
Hermitage, by which is Located the Tennessee Soldiers’
Home, Beems appropriate. The picture is an excellenl
vic« of the grand hallway at the Hermitage, and gives
at once an idea of the dimensions of the home built
by Genera] Jackson for bis fireside pleasures. The
building was constructed upon a broad and liberal
plan characteristic of the man. The house contains
eleven rooms, all large and superb in style of archi-
tecture. The wall paper appearing in the picture,
with its liberal background of trees, foliage, ami beau-
tiful landscape, is a scene from the history of Tele-
machus, and represents Ulysses on the Island “i < lalyp-
son. It has been preserved carefully by the 1 a
Hermitage Association, although it was “in shreds
upon the walls” when they got possession. The
Bcenes are iii an excellenl state of preservation. The
grand stairway is one of the most imposing in any
house in the country, and leads to an upper hall of
equal dimensions, and ornamented with the same
scenes from Tclemaehus. General Jackson procured
this paper from Paris in 1836, when the Hermitage
was rebuilt after having been destroyed by tire while
he was President.

Joseph Branson, Aiken, S. C, Dec. 24; “1 see the
inquiry concerning who it was that took General Lee>
horse by the bridle in the battle of the Wildenn
prevent In- personal peril, and the three versions of
Hair. I was then a member of A. I’. Hill’s corps,
Wilcox’s division and McGowan’s brigade. We had
been fighting all day and all night. Early next morn-
ing we were being Banked by the enemy, and were
falling back, when we net Lonj corps. They

formed on ,>ur right. I remember it well. 1 v
glad to see them. Only a veteran can appreciate the
situation. 1 saw General Lee ride to the left of the
line and then to the front, as though he intended to
lead the charge. He was in front of a ‘I’. \a> brigade.
I saw a private go from the rank- and catch his horse
by the bridle and lead him to the rear, ami then the
brigade charged. I couldn’t hear a word that was said.
By all means give the Texas private the honor of the

noble deed.

A pathetic poem, but ton long for use here, comes

c ruing Lieut. Josiah W. Nance, who served under

Gt neral Forrest and was killed near Cuba Landing on
the Tennessee River while bearing dispatches for his
commander. June 10, ’64. He lies buried in a quiet,
well.kept graveyard neai thi Bceneof his death. “Lov-
ing hands plated his body in a hen’s grave, and lov-
ing hearts will cherish the memory of Ids brave deeds
and truth and loyalty forever.”

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

2Mic (Confederate Uctcvan.

One Dollar a Year. 8. A. CUNNINGHAM. Editor.

Office hi The American, Corner Churcb and Cherry si-.

PRICE OF THE VETERAS FERSOXAL.

Much has been said concerning the change in price
of tin 1 Veteran. It has been explained that the
publication was made larger and finer, from necessity,
after the first issue. The universal acceptance of the
publication by comrades and people who are friendly
to it. and the unstinted assistance gratuitously fur-
nished it. created and maintained a high ambition to
continue it without change. In view of that, how-
ever, friends who have had much experience in j ■ » n r-
nalism have urged the necessity of increase. Then
the demand for making the Veteran better in every
way. and perhaps larger, contributed to this decision.

In the year’s work of unprecedented prosperity.
excepl as to advertising, excess in outlay over re-
ceipts was about 81 .nut). This fund has been shared
unstintedly by a young man — whom 1 have not seen
since long before the Veteran was thought of, but
who has lived a soldier’s life, tenting on snowy moun-
tains in winter, and pressing in his work through
deserts where life was impossible through summer —
wdiose heart is as loyal as any battle-scarred Confederate.

The general public has but little idea of the expense
in establishing a periodical to a paying basis. Pub-
lishers will doubtless regard this excess in expendi-
tures as remarkably small, considering the superb
record the little journal has made. The price, while
nominally one dollar, is hardly seventy-five cents, for
the souvenir promised in April is well worth the dif-
ference, and it gives the publication two years prac-
tically for one dollar.

This candid statement will be sufficient for every
friend, the assurance being that their continued zeal
will assure every patr >n a publication better and bet-
ter in proportion. The small amount extra, while a
light tax on the multitude, will be a most important
benefit to 1 he great cause in hand.

( loncerning the price let there be no misunderstand-
ing. It is not increased as a -peculation. Friends

who have been SO diligent that any favor asked by

them would be granted occasionally say thai the money
was handed them and by some mishap they failed to

send it in time. It is considered necessary and right
to increase the price, as there are many ways for
helping the cause espoused which will be a tax upon
the Veteran, -lust as fast as practicable it will be
entered for comrades who cannot pay, and in inisters
will be supplied at seventy-live cents. By the by,
Rev. W. A. Nelson, of llawkinsville. 6a., in sending

a dollar, writes that he did not renew before January

so that he might semi that amount instead of fifty
cents, ‘•because it’s worth a dollar.”

In this spirit a Confederate organization is raising a
fund to supply the Veteran to those who can’t afford

tO Subscribe. It was expected to report its action in

this Veteran. One man subscribed ten dollars to the
fund, and it was expected to secure ten times as much

before reporting.

•I. W. ‘fucker, Beachville, Trim., the first person to
call at office and renew at the increased price, wasa
veteran with no hand left and but one arm. The
clerk had to finger the money from bis pocket. Such
a man should have the VETERAN free. Part of his
money was promptly re-mailed to him. Hasten the
day when such a man will be required to have no
thought of the morrow as to life’s necessities.

0, W. Case, Superintendent of the Pacific Express
Company. St. Louis, was the first to remit at SI for
the Veteran. He is a Union veteran: “Herewith is
81 to pay for subscription to your magazine for 1894.
I like its kindly tone. I rather think 1 am in favor
of the organization of the ‘United Veterans of
America’ as begun at some point in Texas.”

RECORD THE TRIT1I FOR HISTORY.

The Veteran is published in the interest of Con-
federates. It is patriotic and progressive. Its wish is
to forgive and forget bitter memories of the war in the
broadest sense. A digression, however, from this
rule is apparent in the article about “Carpet-bag Rule
in Arkansas.” Its author has the bitter memory of a
murdered father. He simply reviews the ” Brooks
and Baxter war” in Arkansas. Is it well to reprint
these facts now? This query is of the Union veteran.
There is back of it a much graver question. It con-
cerns prison life. The most singular exactions from
our victorious compatriots is their general unanimity
of sentiment against publishing the history of prison
life from their side. Dr. John A. Wyeth, of New York,
who served in the Confederate army from Alabama,
dared to write an article on the subject, entitled “Cold

Cheer at Camp .Morton,” and it stirred the enmity of
Grand Army veterans to a shocking degree. He en-
gaged to deliver a professional lecture at Indianapolis

afterward, ami the bitterness engendered by his truth-
ful narrative was so great that his friends advised him

to decline the invitation. Dr. Wyeth is one of the
best accredited men of the entire South, liefore this
thing occurred one of the first surgeons who served in
the Federal army told me that beloved Wyeth so well
that he didn’t like to think they wvrr ever against
each other. Why not let the whole truth be known’.’
A young lady of Rock Island, 111., was deploring the
treatment of Union soldiers in Southern prisons to a
Confederate when be asked her to remeni bet; that with

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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all the advantages of the Union Bide in medicine, him to deduct the cost of remitting subscriptions. It

clothing and food, the percentage of deaths was greater is pleasant to see in the Washington Gazette this

among Confederates in Northern prisons, she was strong tribute” from Mr. Motte Smith, that ” Mr. Cordes

astounded at the remark and said, ” Did we have your lived more in touch with more people than anybody

men in prison?” she had been reared close t<> the else in Wilkes County.”

place thai many gallant Southerners laid down their 1 lenry Cordes was a German, and 59 years old. He
lives, and yet had do conception that these deplorable enlisted with the [rvin Artillery in 1861, and served
conditions ever existed but on one side. Do On to th the war. In compliance with his re-
sirs, let the truth be recorded. It will help your chil- quest, this ” bouI of honor'” was buried in his < Jonfed-
dren to appreciate the sacrifice of your, and their, fel- erate suit, with badges attached. The coffin was
low citizens in the South for the principles in-tilled draped with a genuine Confederate battle flag. The
by the founders of our great republic. funeral procession was one of the lon§ > in
We are not afraid to publish the truth, but in doing Washington. “All the carriages and I I the
SO we want to feel that vou concur in the spirit that town were in it.” and many from the country. Con-
ours were not more heartless and barbarous than your federate veteran- wen pall bean da-
own leaders. We all remember that war is terrible, way’s company, the Irvin Guards, served as guards of

ami are not complaining. One g 1 moral effect honor. Comrade Cordes left five daughters, two ol

would be to discourage rash people from agitations whom are married. The youngest child is the only

that threaten the peace of the general public.

Cur. L J. Dawdy, a Union veteran, of Peoria, 111.,
-ays : ‘■ Through the kindness of my old friend. ( ‘apt.

B. F. Smith, Of Sin Ibyville, Teuil., I have received

each number of t he first volume. 1 have

read each number of the \” 1. 1 bran with much int

I like the spirit of fairness toward soldiers of the

Union army which seems to pervade its columns, and

which, 1 believe, will cause its acceptance by any vet-
eran on either side, Brave men are always generous.
and as no greater sacrifice and heroism were ever
shown than by soldiers in the late war. none should
be more generous with each other. Many incidents
have Keen published with which I am acquainted, and
I could not Help being interested in seeing the stand-
point from • tother Bide.’ ”

son. Comrade, brother, farewell. No friend was more
faithful to the Vi rERAN, and it- editor honors your
memory with a grateful h(

IU-:\TU OF CORPORAL HENRY CORDES

A\ exquisite Christmas remembrance come- to the
Veteras from Richard R. Foster, Adjutant of the
Massachusetts Soldiers’ Home. On the front a tat-
tered flag, th ind -tripe-. 1- suspended in the

blue sky. and an eagle has lighted upon it, hi> broad
wings SO extended that he Seems to support rather

than be a weight to the limp ensign, the -hied- of
which are not rippled by breeze. Thanks are return’. 1.
Brave Southerner- will ever return the -pirit of greet-
ing from valiant foes who bring the olive and extend
it as to equals in all that makes manly men and true
patriots.

A WRITES in the – that there are (00,000

more pensioners on the i_’o\ eminent pension mils than
there were soldiers in the Confederate service. \ –
ond curious fact, derived from another source, is. that
while our pension li-t has grown enormously in num-
bers in recent year-, the list of pensioners on tin State
of Georgia, which pay- a certain amount to n
wounded in the Confederate service, has steadily and
regularly decreased.

One of the most beautiful women residing now in
the national capital, expressing her regard foi this lit-
tle periodical, said. ” 1 had rather have my picture ill
the Veteran than in the White House.” Honor to
her. She represents a sentimenl that will live beyond

her generation.

At its last reunion the Forty-fourth Gi ted

plain, true man has Keen a peculiar pleasure. He was the following officers Maj. John C. Key, President;
made aid to staff of General Evans, of U. C. V., but Col. J. W. Beck, Vice-President; S. M. Buchanan,
claimed the title still of Corporal. His home standing Secretary. They -elected Fayetteville as the place of

was not known, but he had rallied again and again meeting in 1894, and Wednesday after the lirst Sun-
his people in behalf of the Veteran, and 1 had to urge day in August as the time.

The V 1111; \\ begins it- second vear in deep Borrow
for the death of Mr. Henry Cordes. of Washington,
<ia. The sad announcement came by postal, and then
in papers by Miss Gertrude Cordes and R. T. Rich-
ards. Pneumonia was too severe upon the infirm
patriot. Henry Cordes wrote more letter- and senl
subscribers at more different times to the Veteran
than any other person, and never asked a favor of it.

By agreement we Were to meet at the Augusta

reunion in November, and in describing himself he
wrote: “When you see a man in a suit of Confederate
gray, with a small cane as a Staff, and the ugliest man
there, he will be yours truly, Henry Cordes.” He was
sought and found promptly, and the memory of the

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

‘./ VERAL EARLY’ii CAMPAIGNS.

James T. Lyon, of the Forty-third Battalion, Vir-
ginia Cavalry : I have never criticised or undertaken

:icit any article appearing in the Confi
aii. \ i 1 1 kan. bo dear to u- old Confederates, but
tin article of James B. Clay, in the September

number, recting one published in the Si. Louis

Globe-Democrat on the “Campaigns of General Early
in the Valley,” is al6o erroneous. He fails to men-
tion General Rhodes and his Division. That brave
and patriotic officer deserves to be mentioned with
honor in the battle of Chancellorsville, under ( ieneral
Jack.-*n. He distinguished himself, and in every bat-
1 1 « ■ thereafter fought by the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia he bore a conspicuous part, up to the 19th of
September, 1864. At tin- battle of Winchester, in his
heroic attempt to stay the tide of battle and t<> re-
trieve the fortunes of thi day, he fell at the head of
hie spendid Division, lamented by all who knew him.
Now, after Early took command in the Valley, there
was but one ( ‘orps permanent then’, and lliat was the
old Second Corps, commanded by General Early in
person, and it comprised the Divisions of Generals
Rhodes, Ransom, Breckinridge, and Gordon. Breck-
inridge never commanded a Corps under Early. Gen-
eral Heath’s Division was nol with Early in his Mary-
land campaign. Heath belonged to the Third Corps,
under A. P. Hill, and on the 10th of July, 1864, ac-
cording to the returns of the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia of thai date, was with his Corps at Petersburg.
General Marly never commanded in Southwest Vir-
ginia, and was never removed from his command, and
never went to Europe until after the war. After the
battle of Winchester General Breckinridge was sent
tn command in Southwest Virginia, and appointed
from there to the War Department in February, 1866.
We find Genera] Early in command at that time—
the early spring of 1865 at Waynesboro in the val-
ley t’i protect and defend Rock fish Gap, in the Blue
ridge Mountains. About that time Sheridan moved
up the valley with 9,000 cavalry and mounted in-
fantry. Early only had a small force, consisting of
Wharton’s Division, 1,800 infantry, a small force of
cavalry, and some artillery— a force entirely inade-
quate for the task. There was a good deal of disaf-
fection among the troops, and, without hardly a show
of fight, Sheridan broke through the mountain, passed
into Eastern Virginia, laid waste to that country, and
joined < Irant at Petersburg. We here find Early, with
hi- faithful few, following and harrassing Sheridan at

every turn. It is said that Early displayed re

heroic valor with his faithful few than he iliil with
his victorious army in Maryland.

II. M. .Miller, of We-t Point, Va., who was of Cox’s
Brigade, and Rhodes’ Division, writes: In the Sep-
tember Veteran appeared an article headed, “.luhal
A. Marly and His Campaigns.” in which James I’..

Clay. i’f (ieneral Breckinridge’s stall – , defends “Old

.lulu’ – (as his boys loved to call him). General Early
needs no defense from any one. History will take
care of him. Comrade clay is “mixed” on the bat-
tle of Winchester. He says that Marly had engaged,
at the battle of Winchester, the Divisions of Gordon,
Wharton. Ransom, and Heath. Now, where was our
glorious Rhodes, who was killed that day at the head
•f his Division? I don’t think General Harry Heath

could have been there in Rhodes’ place and I not
have known it, and then General Rhodes was killed
that day, as I understand it. The Tnion Army were
at a place called Smithville, between Winchester and
Harpi r’s Ferry. Ransom was left at Winchester. Gor-
don ami Rhodes left for Martinsburg, Rhodes stopping
at Bunker Hill and Gordon going on to Martinsburg.
Gordon had arrived at Martinsburg, where he was ex-
I to remain all night, but was ordered back, as
Sheridan had attacked Ransom. Ransom held him

in cheek until Rhodes go1 up fr Bunker Hill, and

then the fight was continued until General Gordon
came up. We were compelled to fall back through
Strausburg to “Fisher’s Hill” (not Fisher’s Mill),
n here we stopped. This is a plain statement of facts.
I could write all night on ” Early’s Vallej Campaign,”
but I could not have I Ieneral Rhodes left out after the
glorious fight he made that day.

CONFEDERATE DEAD AT INDIANAPOLIS.

During the last session of the National Encamp-
ment of the G. A. II., at Indianapolis, the New,ot
that city, published everything obtainable that was oi
interest to visitors. The following is an extract: The
graves of rebels who died in Indianapolis prisons lie
leveled and unmarked in the old cometerv at Green-
lawn. Coming North in the time of winter, thinly
clad and nearly starved when captured, to a climate
of rigors to which they were strangers, they died in
large numbers in spite of the humane care extended
to them by the citizens. Every available building
was converted into a hospital, and all these were filled
by the prisoners. The firm having the contract to
bury the prison dead was required to keep a record of

the grave of each lor future identification. The man
who made the burials still lives in thi.- city. He is
Elijah Hedges, 83 North Noble street. lie has the
name, command and address of all those who wen
buried by him during the war, when he was in the
employ of Weaver A- Wil Mams, the linn having the con-
tract. Mr. Hedges states that there were -J . 1 7 “J rebel
prisoners buried by him in the old cemetery at (ireen-
law n. I have a list showing the location, by number.
of each grave, so that, with the exception of eleven
who were not known, all can be identified if desired.
There is a grave every two feet, containing a prisoner.
The largest number buried in one day was nine. In-
quiry was made some months ago by those interested

in these graves as to whether they could be identified,

and what the cost would be of putting in order tin-
plat occupied by them. The promoters of the plan
were much pleased, but stateil that owing to the de-
pletion ol’ funds collected for the purpose, in putting

in order other cemeteries, the improvement of the
plat here would have to be postponed until more

I icy could be secured. The hope was expressed

that by next year the graves might receive the atten-
tion they SO much need. At one time, owing to the
advance ol’ business interests in that part of the city.
it was found necessary to remove 300 or |im of the
prisoners’ bones to another part of the graveyard.
Talking on the subject, Mr. Hedges made this re-
markable statement : ” Muring the war I buried in all
12,000 persons, and, according to the habit of under-
taker-, I have the names and addresses of all who
were known. During my lifetime I have buried I’.t,-
.S7’_’ people.”

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

19

THE BATTLE OF STAUNTON RIVER BRIDGE, YA.

1. BASON, COLD WATER, MISS., WHO SERVED IN THE
BEVENTEBNTH MISSISSIPPI REGIMENT.

In June, 1864, Major Cooper, of Memphis, then
Quartermaster of the Forty-second Mississippi In-
fantry,and I were returning from short furloughs (my
first and (inly one during the war) to our homes in
Mississippi. We were halted at Danville, Va., and
informed that a division of yankee cavalry, under
General Kirkpatrick, were near Burkesville Junction
trying to makes circuit of Lee’s army, and were de-
stroying much of our supplies They were tearing up
tlic railroads and threatening great disaster to our
already greatly impoverished men. Danville, being
one of our chief supply depots, was a point of great
importance. It was understood that the enemy would
aitempt the capture of Danville, and if successful, then
Greensboro, X. C, Raleigh, Goldsboro and possibly
Wilmington. They were well mounted and equipped
for tli is hold raid, and were pursued by Gen. W. II 1
Lee’e division of cavalry, which was poorly mounted,
and of course outdistanced by the enemy. Calls wen
made for volunteers From Boldiers cut off at Danville

to gO to Staunton River to assist a company of 125

disabled soldiers, working in the arsenal at Danville,
and a battalion of 350 Virginia State troops, old men
and boys, armed with Bhotguns, squirrel rifles, etc., to
defend the bridge and frustrate the plan of the invad-
ers. 1 was among the fifty-nine soldiers that cheer
fully agreed to go under Lieutenant Colonel Jackson,
of North Carolina, who was then suffering from a
wound in liis leg. Colonel Jackaon assumed command
of the little army of defense, and made a spee< b to the
militia, telling them of the importance of defending
tlie bridge, etc., and very wisely removing all means
of retreat to the other side of the river (several bat-
teaus), hastily throwing up earthworks on side of ap-
proach, each wing resting on the river, forming a semi-
circle. We also had two cannons, old howitzers, with
a lew trained artillerymen to work them, on opposite
side. .Our preparations were very hastily made, for
the enemy SOOn made their approach known by the
cloud of dUSt in the distance. Soon they opened up
with their field guns, trying to burn the bridge and
dislodge or frighten the d-d Virginia militia, as they
termed Us. The shells striking the thin roof of the
bridge made a tearful racket, scaring some of the small
boys into outbursts of weeping. They then dismounted,
deployed a strong skirmish line, supported by several
regiments, that seemed eager for the fray. We reserved
our lire until in close musket range, and then poured
volley after volley, repulsing their first attack with
ease This greatly encouraged some of the militia,
who had refused t” light. The enemy soon rallied

again, and with reinforced numbers charged with re-
doubled real, only to meet defeat at the hands of our
little Spartan hand. When they heard the old rebel

yell given by us their efforts were less vigorous.

In the meantime General Lee had hurried forward
with his poor, jaded horses, and we soon heard his
guns firing on their rear guard, and we felt assured
that we had won. and had saved the Confederacy mil-
lions of dollars worth of supplies and ordnance that
we could ill afford to lose. The enemy soon with-
drew, and were hard pressed by Lee’s cavalry, forcing

them to retreat toward Petersburg, directly in tie

neral Lee’s main army, when Wilcox’- splendid
division of infantry attempted to intercept them, hut
Gray’s regiment of Pennsylvania ” Bucktails” actually
led and charged through our lines, thus saving a huge
pint ol this now thoroughly disorganized command.
The result of Our tight was eighty-five Federals killed,
wounded and captured. We had three men killed
and -even wounded. A member of the Thirteenth

Mississippi Infantry was my companion, and was
badly WOUnded by a yankee Lieutenant, w ho shot him
twice at close r.niL’e with a pistol. 1 left him in the
hospital at Danville and have never heard from him
since. The next few day- the woods were full of ne-

who had attempted to escape with tin- enemy

hut were foiled hv their defeat, and were anxious to
return to their old lion

This is a brief account of one of the most hotly con-
I little hatths I ever participated in. and 1 was
in most all the battles f<>u>_dit by the Army of North-
ern Virginia. Yet then has been no mention made
of it hv any historian

f’lCISITVDES OF i PRIVATE SOLDIER.

.1 W. Johnson, Toone, Tenn., write- I jive you a

short history of my sold in Harde-

man County. Tenn., went to Texas in 59, and was

wle n the racket commenced betw<
I volunteered in the fourth Texas Cavalry, served

seven months, when we wen’ dismounted. W’a- at

Corinth under Generals VanDorn and Price; tl
to Tupelo; thence to Chattanooga, and from there
into Kentucky under General Kirby-Smith. With
he whipped Bull Nelson at Richmond with
18,000 men. < hit of thirty cannon we got twenty nine
of them, only leaving him one to salute hi- friends
with when he got to Cincinnati, where we stopped
running him. 1 Fought at Perryville, was captured
ami paroled. I thi i down here where I was

raised. After awhih General Forrest came al
1 went with him for a spell, until the report got cil
ciliated in Camps that he was going to send all old

soldiers back to their old commands at twenty-five

dollars per head. I told” the hoys that 1 was not for
sale, and so one of the darkest rainy nights 1 ever saw
a lot of us ran away, and going down a long red hill
south of Jackson, Tenn., one fellow’s nag fell down
and Bwapped ends, lie gol up, fell about for bis

and got hold of his tail. He said, ” l’.oys. my
mare has broke her neck.” and it was true. 1 then
went back to the Tennessee Army at Dalton, Ga., and
on to Atlanta. Then around Sherman and on to
Nashville by way of Franklin. I was in G<
French’s 1 livision, Stewart’s Corps, after » ieneral Polk
was killed. That occurred June 14, ’64 We did not
stay at Nashville; we left there and went south be-
tween Nashville and the Tennessee River. On the
25th day of December 1 gave a fellow $15 tor a plug
and a half of tobacco We crossed the Tenm
River and went into Mississippi, and thence to Mobile,
Ala. I was in seige there tor two weeks We left

for Meridian, Miss., and there we Mowed the
hounds off.

John s. Pierson, New York: “Please find im
my subscription for 1894. I make it one dollar, being
more convenient to send, and because 1 think the
magazine is worth it.”

20

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

AFTER THE BATTLE OF FRAZTER’8 FARM.

i <i\< El:.\l\>, THE BIRMINGHAM REISIOS.

A. I.. SI. II K, T Will. A, I.A.

It was . I une 30, l s “_. Struggling along the Charles
City road in tin’ black darkness, keeping Btep to the

cannon’s 1” i, we reached Frazier’s Farm just as the

hist shot was red, abou( 1 1 o’clock at aight.

Frazier’s Farm possessed great advantages to the
Federals, because tiny brought every piece of their
artillery to bear with deadly effect, while, owing to
the configuration of the Held, tin- Confederate guns
could be used with hut feeble success.

Tired and exhausted from the long march and heat,
we dropped upon the ground, near where seventeen

guns of the enemy’s artillery had been charged and

capti 1. I could not sleep. From the hlue and gray

alike came piteous calls tor water or help, so I anil
others arose and did all we could to alleviate their suf-
fering. Save these piteous cries, the Bickering lights
about the dead or wounded were all there was to tell
that we were upon a battle-field, so ominous had
grown the >tillne.-s and so thick the darkness.

Bui when morning dawned the whole indescribable
scene hurst upon us. Yonder stood those grim guns;
yonder lay tin- dead from the Federal infantry sup-
port^, behind improvised breastworks of rails, sods.
anything, however frail, that promised protection from
the leaden hail. On the right of these guns stood a
small cabin, literally honey-combed by shot. Around
in ghastly neaps lay the dead mole of the gray, alas,
than hlue! Gallant fellows! How could they stem
that torrent of flame and capture those guns, whose
grim mouths were then black from hurling death!
But the cabin told its own story, which I read from
the surroundings as I stood therein ranks. A mother,
whose home was this humble cabin, startled by the
awful proximity of war, had seized her young child
and fled for safety, and was now hack, not hearing
the battle renewed. She had crept to her threshold
with a scared look, her 1 itt’e child clasped in her arms.
She stood gazing upon the bloody scene. ‘■’•’■ *

But “Right face! Forward, march!” This is

the first of July, hoys, and soon evening’s shades will
see us where “dear old .Malvern Hill is wreathed in
flame.”

It fills my heart with the saddest thoughts to recount
and live over these old memories, hut I find as I grow
older 1 live more and more in retrospection, and thai
these scenes of my golden prime will continually pass
in review before me. I do not know, but somehow 1
feel that 1 would not forget them if 1 could.

Wants to Hear From His Comrade. If D. Guice,
W’oodville. Miss., November 13, 1893: In September,

1865, On my way to my home in Tensas Parish. I. a.,

from the Army of Northern Virginia, I parted on the
wharf at Memphis, Tenn., from my old comrade, Ike

Caiues, of Company It. Seventh Regiment of Virginia

Cavalry, and since then have never heard a word from

him. Have written letters of inquiry toseveral news-
papers, but to no effect, and now write this to you
with the hope that some one will see it that knows or
knew him, and tell me of his whereabouts or of his
fate. It would afford me much pleasure to bear from
him, as we went through many hard struggles and
trials together.

Cn. W. L. Cabell, Dallas, Texas, says : Our people,
Trans-Mississippi veterans, are well pleased with the
time, as it enables the farmers to take advantage of

the interval between planting com and cotton and
making the same. You may look for a fig crowd from
this Bide of the river, as the camp tires are still burn-
ing west of the Mississippi. I shall issue my orders
in a few days in reference to the reunion, ami appoint
the necessary committees to look after railroad I
portation and the comfort of every one going to Bir-
mingham, anil the dedication of the Confederate
Monument, erected at Chicago to the six thousand
brave men who died at Camp Douglass during the
war. This is a sublime monument, and as it is the
first erected in the North in commemoration of the
heroism, braverj and patriotism of the Confederate
soldier. Every i !on federate soldier who is able should
go from Birmingham to see the monument and to take
part in the dedication ceremonies. 1 hope that you

will urge the veterans all through the South not only

to go themselves, hut to take their noble sons and fair
daughters to assist in strewing flowers over the graves
of the tried and true men who are buried there. Gen-
eral Underwood deserves great credit for his noble
work, and in behalf of forty thousand Confederate
veterans I say that he has our sincere thank- and as
much praise as we can give him.

FATHER IDAS TO GE.X. BUTLER.

When den. Butler was in command at .New Orleans
during the rebellion, he was informed that Fat lei
Ryan, priest and poet, had been expressing rebellious
sentiments, and had said he would even refuse to hold
funeral service for a dead yankee. Gen. Butler sent
for him in haste, and began roundly scolding him for
expressing such un-Christian ami rebellious senti-
ments. “General,” the wily priest answered, “you
have been misinformed; 1 would he pleased to con-
duct funeral services for all the yankee officers and
men in New Orleans.”

The foregoing was sent by ” Hick” Reid, of Nash-
ville, who -‘ivcd in I’elham’s Battery of Mounted
Horse Artillery, under “Jeb” Stuart, in Army of
Northern Virginia. Comrade Reid has a vivid
memory of many thrilling events in the war. ami
he promises to give them to the VETERAN. He adds:

I inclose you a (dipping out of the Washington Re-
publican, organ of Grand Army of the Republic, and

it was so much like what Father Ryan would saw I

thought it ought to he published in the Confederate

VETERAN. And while on this subject, it has occurred
to me, that this great and brilliant man, the author of
of “Lee’s Sword” and “The Conquered Banner,”

should not he allowed to remain in a lonely grave, at
Mobile, without even a stone to mark his resting
place. II’ we all would give oil cents or $1 each, we
could place a nice monument over his grave, en-
grave the Conquered Banner on one side of it, ami
Fee’s Sword on the other, and it would he an
honor to all Confederate soldiers who contributed to
it, long after we have all crossed over the river and
are resting in the shade with the great and glorious
Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

21

REMINISCENCES OF THE SEVENTEENTH

TENNESSEE REG I VEST.

I . T. ilIBSON, COWAN, 1 K\v

Please give me space in the Veteran tor ;i few
words aboul our command. I enlisted in Company I.
Seventeenth Tennessi e, on April 25, 1861. We moved
as follows: Camp Harris, thence to Camp Trousdale,
from thereto Bristol, then to Cumberland Gap, then
to Big Creek Gap and back to Cumberland Gap, and
then to Cumberland Ford; we fortified that place; we
made a raid to Goose Creek Salt Works in Kentucky;
we went down Straight Creek, crossing it fifty •
times in three miles -| ?En.], then we came back to
Cumberland Ford, where we remained several days.
We marched to Wild Cat, where we had our first bat-
tle, but we did not Bucceed in getting the “Wild Cats”
out of their den. Then we fell back to Cumberland
Ford, inarched back through < lumberland Gap and on
to Mills Spring, Ky., where we went into winter quar-
ters, and remained there for Bome time. Wee:
Cumberland River on a Bteamboat and marched ten
miles through the rain, snow and mud to Fishing
Cre< k There we lost our noble Zollicoffer. I 9
the field with Mm when he “a- shot ofl of his gray
horse by Colonel Fry. of the Fifth Kentucky Yankee
Regiment.

There ii;i- a Colonel in our brigade who. in march-
ing his regiment into the battle, commanded, ” Heads
up! Byes to the front and Btop your dodging.” At
that time a grapeshot came Dying by and the old
man. turning to his men. said. ” Dodge the bigg
them, boys.” We had held the yanks at hay about
five hours, when we got orders to fall hark in good
order which we did to our fortilicat ions at Mills
Spring. A funny incident on the field : We had or-
der- to lie down, and did it: one of our Lieutenants
lay so that his overcoat collar was sticking up, and a
rabbit run down his hack. “Cousin Ike ” pulled it
out, and told the Lieutenant to ” hush hollering, it is
only a rabbit, and not a cannon-ball.” Colonel
Miller, of our regiment, ordered him to turn tie
liit loose, and he told him lie could not let it go tor he
w a- out of meal. BO he carried it hack to cam 1 1 and we
bad rabbit for Bupper. When we not hack to Mills
Spring, about twelve o’clock that night, we had orders
to abandon everything we had except our guns and
one blanket. Early next morning we took up our re-
treat toward Nashville. We marched from there to
Murfreesboro through the rain, snow and mud. On
this retreat we Buffered a great deal by exposure and
lack of food. When we arrived at M ni fi’eeshoro we
got plenty to eat. stayed there a tew da\ -. and took up
our farther march to ” l>i\

l». G. Fleming. Ilawkinsvillc. (.a.: “In the la-t
number of tie Vetera* I notice that information is
asked of 1>. IF Mason. Wright’s Brigade, thought to
have been killed at Manassas, Probably a mistake is
made as to the name of the brigade. One Daniel II
Mason was my dear friend and messmate. IF’ was a
Sergeant of Company 1. 1 Pulaski Volunteers . Eighth
Georgia (Barton’s) Regiment. Enlisted at Hawkins-
ville, May, 1861, made a most excellent soldier, and
was wounded in arm at first Manassas (arm amputated),
from which wound he died a few weeks afterward.”

GOSSIPY LETTER FROM H<>T SPRINGS, ARK.

G( n. John M. Harrell writer : I wrote from a -:ok-
room, down with la grippe. Your gossipy, genuine,
genial “old Veteran” comes to cheer inc. When I
get about again I am going to strive to do something
for you. With your ridiculously small subscription
price you should have l .1 h n 1 n in subscribers out of the
12,000,000 Southerners.

1 congratulate you on republishing the “Dead Con-
federacy” ol Fannie Borland. How appropriate it is
now. and was when written, by a girl ol not then
twenty. It reads to me like a fragment from Keato.
owswith pa — ion, hut illine in its pride,

mournful and graceful as wintei ami night, which it

invoke-. Mi-s Borland was a niUS who per-

ished too son. I knew her. and saw her in 1870, when
she completed ara ted, beautiful girls,

that fori 1 the family of 1 len. Pike, in Memphis, the

other- s Pike and I Miss Sallie Johnson,

now Mrs. Cabell Breckinridge, each a type of surpass-
ing beauty. Mi– Johnson was sole aaughb
Senator K. W. Johnson, and Mi-s Borland, •
daughter of ex-Minister Solon Borland.

I must send you my “History of the Brooks and
Baxter War.” in which, on page 102 or in:’.. 1 g,» into
that “Hampton Roads Conference” with some care.
I should Jike you to read it : and, I want my hook to
supplied by you.” It has cost a considerable
sum, because I would have none hut the hest paper
and appropriate binding, making it a veritable volum
‘/< luxe. I have dedicated it to the United Confeder-
ate Veterans, for whosi 1 saltation, and honor

it was solely written. They saved us from complete
slavery, and w ill yet gave their principles will) this
same nation. Fet u- stay on our own platform, ami
all other state- w ill come to it. Even the States ol
Europe are infatuated with the simplicity and <
iveness of home government.

Wc are ■• all right ‘ hen- in Arkansas, only wi
very poor— taxed to death. The manufacturer- and
gold- bugs come to tin- resort and spend money like
water, hut they have no notions above money, and
believe the old Confederate- are enemies of thi
eminent, whom fear alone keeps ui

Christmas Dinner, Soldiers 1 Home, Richmond. —
Onder a superb picture of General 1 ee, came this hill
of fare in English :

Richmond, Virginia.
CHRISTM \s DINK! l; l«
( ‘ofl Cornel Beef. Rorseradisb.

Turkey, Cranberry Sauce. Roast Shoat, Ipple Sauce.

Baked Ham.
sweet Potat Celery. imed Irish Pot

Mixe.l Pickles. Wheat Bread, 1
Apples. Oranges. Bananas. Mixed Nuts. Ra

Mixed Candy. Sponge Cake. Currant Cake.

Chocolate Cake. Mince Tie.

Tea Cot Cigars.

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth pea
I will toward men.”

In your hearts may bells of gladness
Ring their happy chime ;

fain would we that naught of sad c

Cloud thi- blessed time.

The hill of fare is printed on tine paper and illus-
trated by ” fruit id’ the vine.”

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

BATTLE-FIELD OF CHICEAMAVGA

<;. E. Dolton, of St. Louis, write-: Of theConfed-
erate regiments, batteries, etc., that took part in the
battle of < Ihickamauga, there are 1 1 I from which there

ifficial reports published, and without m

definite information than can be gleaned from the
meagre brigade and division reports, justice cannot
possibly I”- done them in a history of the battle.
Even the official reports of commands that are pub-
lished, 129 in number, are so general or conflicting,
that without much additional information a truthful
ml lit’ the battle is impossible For these reasons
I am anxious to get all the information I ran from all
participants, and especially from those of the com-
mands not reported, which are as follows:

Alabama: Infantry Stone’s Battalion of Sharp-
shooters, Regiments 4th, 15th, llth. 17th and 48th,
and (8th Battalion. Artillery— Dent’s, Kolb’s, and
Lumsden’s. Cavalry Holloway’s, Lenoir’s, and Ma-
– Companies, and l>t. 3d and 51st Regiments.

Arkansas: Infantry- -First Mounted Rifles (dis-
mounted), Itli and 31st Battalions, consolidated to
1th, 2d and 25th Regiments; Wiggins’ Battery and
3d Regiment of < ‘a\ airy.

Florida : Mc( ants Battery.

Georgia: Infantry First Battalion of Sharp-shoot-
ers, Ri – 2d, 15th, 17th, 20th, 25th, 29th, 30th,
16th, and 8th Battalion. Artillery -Harris’, How-
ell’*, Massenburg’s, Peeples’ and Wolihin’s Batteries.

Cavalry Regi tits 1st, 2d, 3d, 1th ami 6th, and Co.

< i. _’d Regiment.

Kentucky: Graves’ Battery, and ‘_!d and 3d Regi
ments of < lavalry.

Louisiana: Infantry First Regiment and Itli Bat-
talion. Artillery — LeGardeur’s and section of

Robinson’s Batteries. Cavalry- Dreux’s and Green-
leaf’e < lompanies and 1st Regiment.

Mississippi: 1 nfantry Pound’s Battalion of Sharp-
shooters and 13th, 17th, 18th and 21st Regiments.
Artillery Darden’s and Stanford’s Batteries. Cav-
alry- Fowle’s ( lompany.

Missouri : Barret’s Battery.

North Carolina: Infantry Nineteenth and 39th
Hints. < avah y Sixth Regiment.

South Carolina: Infantry Third, 7th, 8th, I5tb
and ‘Jlili Regiments and 3d Battalion. Artillery
Culpeper’s Battery.

inessee: [nfantry Third, 10th, 30th, 34th and
list Regiments and ls1 Battalion. Artillery Bax-
Carnes’, Eiuggins’, Huwald’s, Mebane’s, Morton’s
and White’s Batteries. Cavalry (‘lark’s and Jack
son’s Companies; Rucker’s 1st Legion, composed of
12th and 16th Battalions; Shaw’s Battalion, composed
nf Hamilton’s Battalion and Allison’s Squardon, Regi-
ments 2d, Itli, commanded by Col. McLemore, and
4th, commanded by Lieut.-Col. Anderson, 5th, 6th,
8th, 9th, 10th, llth and 18th.

Texas: Infantry Seventh and 9th, and 10th, llth
and 32d, dismounted cavalry. Cavalry Eighth arid
. J 1 th Regiments.

Virginia: Jeffress’ Battery.

Con lleiiulars: Cavalry First, 3d, 8th and

10th licgiinents. and a detachment of John 11. Mor-
gan’s men.

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■ Mai nn. I I Clark

i; U lii a-. A s Smith

. in.i. F. i nomas, .1. M. Robin-
son, Br.

.(..hi, m. McKleroy, W. ll.
Williams

a s stockdale, DLl ampbell

John W. 1 hui! . In-. I I. i
I i i .nnli hi.

< i l ‘. smith, Jamea ll
W. K. Jones, V 11. Sewall
It ii.i.ii,. -. p K McMIUer
in. Johnson, R. A Ji

.ml. .1. H. Foster
M. 1,. Stausel, It. L’pchurch

– Powi rs, .1 A. l-‘.llioii
I ll Brook, I:.- w Barnbarl
,W C Mcintosh, Win. I.. Rows
W r in om n. i .1 Burton
i. li. Cole, F. ll. Mundy

P I i lion I, B,

A. M. i I’Neal, i M ‘ row

.1 N Da\ Idsou, a I’ McCartney

.lie. A Iken, Jos. I: Uui

l: K w I, i. W B Bell

a. \i. ivorj . E. I . Pasteur
ushaw, F 1

. . W N llal-ev

K T Coles, i I. Bui Re

\ .1 Hamilton, .1 F Hamilton

.Matt K Milium, T .i Sin

P. Turner, \V M Ersklne

.1, ll. i i.i.i w. n. i.. \V. Granl
.1. .1. Robinson, Geo, 11. Black

in hapman,

n U Poi ii-. \ .1 MeC ell

.1 I. Hint CD Whitman

.1 i ii l M Thomas 1 1 udson

w I • Kohl !•: w

ll,,,- i Roeln . •» hi E Mlckle
W W McMillan, 1′ I. Se\ I lie
I ‘.in in. t i I lebcls, .1 II 1 1
I; M. Greene, J, ‘!■ Burton
I’h. i- II Barry, John T Pearce
,W K Painter. .1 I. Williams

J S n i. I. I ergusou

Jim Pearce. F M I

w . \. Handley, B. M. Mi –

nagby

I K J -. W li WheUI

K. L. Smith, W. ‘!’. Johnson
i II Voin.K, J P Harris
R. ii. r„ llamy, P \ i ■ re.
Thoa P w hltbj . Edw P Gall
A. W. Woodall, w J. Sprulell

A JTli |. .J Lstrlckland

A T Hooks, J M Pel ham
K.I Morrow . I: B Cater

w .1 K lea, I T Dyi

Jus N i allaban, Geo B Hall
A. II. Keller, l. P. Guj
.A C Hargrove, \
.W.D.Henderson, L.H.Bo

.— . i ‘ i ■ . in i

K. Wells, .1. A. Mitchell

.1 P Young, T M W Is

J. K. Maull, llul T. Walker
C.C. Enloe, R. B. Pati

\i;k \nsas.

\lnn. Cabell 202…Jamea E. Smith, J. i :

Bei i * ■• ■ Id 1 1, Dodd 16 –ii Wbltthome, I ‘ E Shoe-

ma i.’-i
Bentonvllle… Camp Cabell B8 N. 8. Henry, A. J. Bates

l; levllle Camp Evana 155 G W Evans, D BCastleberry

I’ehtre Point Haller. 192. ..J. M. Somervell, J. C. Ansley

Charleston .Pal Cleburne 191… \ SC ill.

i Ouwaj .. i, ii I >a\ i- 218 .A. P. Witt, W. 1′

hiv.’ii. ■■. ill. W. H. Brooks 216…T. M. Gunter, I. M. Pati

Fori sin iih BenT DuVal 148 M M Gorman, Col R M Fry

i lm Co. V. \
..Ben Mel lullocb

Stonewall

.Gratiot

Allien Pike

1 1 n in i ii j i,,n Stonewall

Little Rock . .. ‘ r R Weaver

Morrllton..

■ i H 1 1 >
W I.

Hacketl Cltj

i [ope

Hi. I Sp

mi

..IK 11

! nnli. \ Mllum, M Stroup

I i: ! ■
208 .N. W. St. wart, John F.Si
.. n In., m Harrell, A i ‘url

I89…L ll Lake, A II Qon

Win I’.;, 1. 1|, i. ,11. .1 ll Paschal
Roberl W Harper 2H7…W. B. m. una. R. W. Harrison

Nashville In.’ N.al 208… W E Cowling, EG ll

irl rum ll.n.liiiaii 818… ,T. T.Ward

Pari- Ben McCul gb 888 .1 1 1 Sadli r, w m Snoddy

Prairie Grove …Pralrii Grove 884… . Win Mitchell

i 11 Walter Bragg 128… W J Blake, O S Jones

Van iiniei. lohn Wallace ‘Jim ..John Ulen.J m

on Sterling P ill .LPFuller, V M Fullei

Woo-i.-r rosephE Johnston 181 w A Milam, W J Sloan

FLORIDA.

I’.aiiow Francis B Bartow… 284 w n Reynolds, J A Vrmistead

Brookville w. \v. Loring 18…J. C. Da van t, K. L. Robertson

Chlpley McMillan 217…S M Robinson, G w Cook

Dade City Pasco C. V. \— ‘n. ,. ‘.7…Ja- E Lee, A H Ravesiea

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

23

THE HAR1> TIMES LONG AGO.

LPT. GBO. \ DlGGONS, lis 1 11 I’ 1 vv. IMVSTRV.

When I look in the mirror to-day,

And Bee tlir locks fast turning to gray.

As many a wrinkle I Badly trace,

By time ami Borrow lefl “ii m>

When 1 miss the bright, the youthful glow,

I think of the ban I times long ago;

( if the bard times, old man,
Tlij bard times long

How shabby the clothes we used to weai ‘
How many burdens we had to bear!
How hungry often, but oh, 1h>\\ sweet,
The bacon and bread we go) to eal ‘
Yel hope, I we still, though rations van low,
Soldiering in the hard times long ago;
In the bard times, old man,

Ttie bard times long ;e_'”.

Who can the gloomy nights

When stamlini; |.n kit. nr lone * idette.

With bin four 1 Boff and two hours

Tired and sleep] In longed for the dawn?
Or the ride, or tramp, through ram in snow,
lie made in the bard times long ago;

In the bard times, old man.

The bard times long ago.
None can forgi t the sudden alarm.

The ski rni is 1 1 line ami the battle storm :
The faees sad, round the lire at night,
Thinking of the boj s *\ ho fell in the fight
Alas’ o’er many the daisies grow,
\\ ho died in the bard tit

I n 1 he hard times, old man.

The hard times long ago.

But, oh! how lovely the girls were then.

And ^r 1 »:b net the master ol men :

And nol for wages we fought, but lore,
And faith we had in a heaven abo 1
And .Hi 1 n’t profess ” no God to know,”
We boys “t’ the hard times, I. ,1

Of the hard times, old man.

Tin 1 hard times long ago.

When I ,all In mind old times to-d

Ami think of the hoys who passed away.

I remember soon must comi the time
When all ..I 11* must fall into line
With the gallant boys we used to know

Who died in the hard times long a)
In the hard times, old man.
The hard times long ago. .Ions l’.i TTi I

SWEET PEACE.

WRITTEN 1 OK Till VETERAN IIY Rl’HY BERYL KYLE.

The drum’s; loud call, the war of battle,
The foeman’s cry, the dread death rattle.

Is heard no n
The cause is lost, but it was just.

Though Pixie’s hope lies low ill dllst.

We mourn no more.
For Peace— Sweet Peace! hath said to-day:

” Look up. fair South, thy fame’s aln

iile once ■

Grandson of \ Vi lERan.— Willie Callan, Menard-
ville, Tex., Bays: “Grandpa sent me the Confedi
Veteran for L893. I do not want to lose a number.
Enclosed find subscription for the new year. I am not

the son, but the grandson of an old veteran, ami I love
them all. and also tin cause in which Ihey lost all but
principle and honor.”

FLORIDA— C*ml

POSTOf i h p,

Defnniak Sptp E. Klrby-Smitb
demanding \ .–..
Inverness. 1 …… T. Ward

Jacksom II le 1; 1 ■ . 1 . .

Jacksoni Iile Ji 11 I> ,\ Is

Stewart

Juno Pattoi

ilntv

Marianos M lion

Hontlcello. Pattoi

Ooala Mai Ion Co. C. V. A

Orlando

Palmi

Pensaoola. Ward C V. ■

Qulncy D. I. Ki 1

NO.
KM..

155…

In
HO

Kirl.y Smith

S:inf’ii,|

st Petersburg ‘ amp

. tndls I

Ilia.. ; \ \

I F.RS.

Btubbs, D. G. Mi
W. N. Thompson, I. A. Hall
.W C Zimmerman, W S Turner
I .,. W w 1
E. Merrll 1 I
bt. .1. Stewart. J. K. Hauna

. .1 F Hiith-iintli

\\ li. Moore, W. M. Ives
W ]> Barnes, 1 T;

W G .1

.1. 1 ‘. Pelot. J. W. N

ompKon, |{ ,1 Jordan
U. H. M. Da\ IdBon, 1’ M. Me-
Mlllan

.t A I

A. M. Thrasher, 1 H. 1.. n. r
W.C Dodd, 1 wick

David 1 ong, R \ \\ liitt
I W. Mi 11 111. II

I II Blaki .

Atlanta 1 .iii.m Count ■

KM.”

..in 1

Rabun < – ■

son
‘ Jow ph KJok nton

Vet. H’l

I :.’.!

Rome

•spring I

W 1 > Mil
nli

I W I

.11:

I’ll. .in

Wrt-I

\ Inn

M’ .1 Whltsitt, 1; 1

n, W. It. 1
IS 1: .. v

! . W II Pbl

II. I.I-

– .1 W White, 1; 1

IM’I \\ I ERRTTORT.

Ardm

Mc LIB) 1 B. Coll na U

KIN Hi KY.

August lui B B001 ey, 1 1:

H. Kills, . I
Brlen, W J I
lietliel 1

Bowling
Cam pi

i

Lilian
Kmiie nci 1

B. Johnston 233 Wm Stanley, JnoW Hi flia

Frank

1IM fl W Jo [ S I .1,1,

Harrodsburg.. Wm Prestoi 9 Bush W. Ulin.J

•1 Hardin Helm .101 ..P. H. Thom

Mt Stei

Nlcholasvirie Humpb’y Marshal T. I.illard

Padui pson I74…WG Bullitt, J. M. Bn

lohn II. Morgan.

mond.. Thomas I’. 1
lohn W. 1 ‘al
lobn H. \v
Winchester.. Roger W. 1 1

1 T. Forsyl – lines

\u- Bufor I

I OUISIAN \

. I I.Watts,W.W.Wb1tt
Amite City Sunt. City – L.P.Ric-hai

»-…… ……A n A. 1 “leu

Baton j. McUrath, r. \\

Benton ! 109.. .S M Thomas. B B

I 1 1 Brlen
Com pie i ap Perot 11 Hamilton

38 SAP
Evergri
Kuril,. 1 \ iile C. V.A.i ■■ ■ ,-, I> Arenl

Franklin Floilao Con W R Collins, Tho

Uoniales P. O…I 11 1 . Brown

Jackson I

Laki V.t.

1. l’r

II. M,i lei land
‘ \ . K 11.1 1,|.. \\ . !.. Hi it. I, lugs

Manderrllle. Gen Geo.Moorman..270…Jos. L. Dicks, R. O. Pizzetta

Mansfield Moo ton tl 1 .Schuli

Merrick Isaiah Norwood…. 110. D. T. Merrl, lylor

Monro,- Henry W. Uleo is: W R

Natchitoches, Natcbtto, – 10 .1 A Prndhomme, W D Har-

kins
leans. LrmyofN.Vi : W. R. Lyman, T. B. O’l

x. ^ ‘ irleans. Army of Ten 1 ■ 1 any

N, « Orleans Vet-Con.States Ca\ B Wm. Laugblln, E. R,

24

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

THEY GOT Till WATERMELONS

LOUIS] \N A Continued.

D. Caldwell, Division Freight Agenl of R. & l>. It.
R. Co., Columbia, S. •’.: “1 take the Veteran, and
enjoy it. I notice you address it to ‘Col. I». Cald-
well.’ 1 was not a Col ‘1 when I was in the «ar, I

was l’in a private. I was a boy ami pulled tin lan-
yard t<> a gun in McGregor’s Battery, Stuart Horse
Artillery, which formerly formed part of Pelham’s
Battery, Army of Northern Virginia.

“I am glad to see thai you often tell of the bravi
deeds ami great achievements of our armies. 1 am
also glad to see that you give the private soldier a
chance, ami tell some of his personal exploits in
camp. Here is one that took place late in the sum-
mer of HI. when the cavalry was trying” to hold the
Van kees back from tin’ Boydton |>lank road ami the
Welden Railroad : < >ne hoi afternoon our battery was
ordered into camp near Jones’ farm. When we had
Spread our blankets and unsaddled —that was all we
had to do. as we had no tents— some of the hoys went

out to see wdiat the neighborh 1 afforded in the way

of something to eat. very soon one of them returned
with information that Mr. Jones’ watermelon crop had
not been harvested, but lay in full view, and that the
ground was fairly covered with luscious melons. The
fellow who brought the news was asked why lie did
not bring in a sample, when he informed us that
there was a guard over the patch. For a moment the
situation was gloomy. Soon Joe Pearl, rarely ever
downed by trifles, said : ‘Boys, I’ve got it; get ready
to ‘at Jones’ melons.’ Do you tellers join me! 1
will go on guard in the field myself and you hoys lay
along the fence in the bushes and I’ll mil out the
melon-. We had great faith in Pearl as a manager,
hut did not see how he would L’et away with the guard
already in charge. Well, we did as he directed.
With a sabre banging to hi- belt he mounted the
fence and boldly advanced on the ‘true, true’ guard,
who. in time, challenged, ‘Halt!’ Guard Pearl did
not stop, but he commanded, ‘Halt!’ ‘Who are you?’
” I am on guard here.’ he answered. ‘ Whose command
do you belong to?’ demanded Pearlin haughty tones.
He replied, to ( Iraham’s Battery. Ah! that ‘sail right.
said Pearl, I am from McGregor’s; you watch that
end and I will watch this, and the goose said ‘all
right.’ In a few minutes our ‘guard’ began to roll

out the largest and best melon- n mlcr t he fence. We
held a council of war to decide whether we should give
our officers any of them or not. finally we decided

to roll a melon or tWO down to where they had their
bivouac, and it was noticed that not one of them even
cared to know where they come from. One was a
preacher, too.

” None of these young men ever went to the peni-
tentiary. Since the war some of them have been really
good men.”

(apt. I!. II.Teague. Aiken, S.C.: ” This makes two
subscriptions to the Veteran that this noble minded

ex-federal veteran. Rev. T. S. Bailey, ha- given to hl-
brothers in gray.”

C. T. ford write- from ( I reenton, Mo. : ” 1 am a sub-
scriber to your staunch magazine, and am exceedingly

pleased with it as a medium for interchange of thought
between veterans, whose thin gray lines arc getting
farther apart each year, and will so < ontinue until the
last tattoo will he sounded, and we will ‘ cross over the
river to rest under the trees.'”

PO8T01 I II I . CAMP.

NewOrleans.. ..Wash, Artillery..
New Orleans…., Henry St. Paul…

1 lakley robn Peck

< Ipelousas R. K. l

NO.

., 18
..188.

14..

Plai|iiemine Il.ervillc IB.

Rayvllle.. Richland 152..

Rustin Ruston 7.

sport- U .n LeRo] Stafford

Tangipahoa Camp Moure Rl

i hi laux Braxton Bragg 198

or I ICHK.S.

It K Bahelman, L A Adanu

J. Demoruelle, \ li I; i,

w. s. Peck, J. w. Powell
I.. 1 1 la. -i ..n. I!, in. …mil. I<1
< !.H.Dlcklnson .1 .1.. I tardenne
.1. s. Bnmmerllu, u. T. smith
.A. Barksdale, .1. I.. Bond
w K Innej . w H Tunnard
0. P. a ma. a;, i …. i: Taylor
B.T.Grlsamore, M. N.Coulon

MISSISSIPPI.

Amory Stonewall Jackson 127 W A Brown,

neviUe w. Jl. H. Tlson ITS D. I . Reals. J, W. Smith

Brandon Rankin 285.. Patrick Henry, R.S. Maxe]

Brookhaven Sylvester Qwln 285…J.A. Hoskins, J. RDaugbtry

Canton E. Giles Henry 812…E. C. Postell. .1. M. MUle

” hi -i. i I: ■ . la. « hi 138 .1 II Evans, w M I: Tts

COlUmblU Ishalii Harris.. li 27, E I, I. in. -..111. K P Richards

( Irystal Sp’gs.. Ben Humphreys., i” ..C. Humphries, J. M. 1 1

Edwards..

Fayette

Qreeuwood..

tireenvllle .

w. a. Montg rj 26 w . \. Montgomery, ‘I’. 11. w.

Barrett
W l. Stephen, T B Hammetl
i; w w illtamson, w a Gil-
lespie

Ueu.S.W. Ferguson, W.I

1..1. Whitney •-“-‘

Hugh A. Rl x n.. I. Is. -JIS

,.W. A. Percy

Grenada w. H. Barksdale, 1KB…J W Young, Julius Ash

Harpersville… Patrons tJnlou 272. M W Stamper, C \ Una

Hattlesburg Hattlesburg 2I…O. D. Hartfleld, E. II. Harris

Hernando DeBoto 220…Sam Powell, C. 11. Robertson

Hickory Flal .. Hickory Flat 219…W. A. Crum, J. J Hicks

Iuka Tl8l Ingo C. Vel l23…Geo P Hamm

Hollj Springs Ell Molt.

Jackson Robert A Smith….

Lake Patrons Union

Lexington Walter I. S> im

Liberty Amite County

Louisville lolin M Bradley…

Mabi n Stephen D Lee…

Macon i: is Longstreel

Magnolia Stockdule

Meridian Walli all

Miss, city Beauvoir 120

Natchez Natchez 20,

NewAlbanv Oen M P Lowrj I-‘

Fori Gibson Clalborn 187

..190..

. VJ..
311

Rolling Fork. …Pal R Cleburne.,

Rosedale Montgomery

Sardis .In. i I! Dickens..

Senatobia Bill Feenej

Tupelo I.ilin M. Stone..

Valden..* Frank Liddell.

Vicksburg Vicksburg

Winona M. Karivil

Woodvllle Woodvllle

Yazoo City Yazoo

. i ■’. Faut,S. n. Pryor
ji … ii .1 \ Smith, USG
272 M. W. Stamper, C. A. llud-

.ll-sl. Ill

898 ii .i Keld, F a Howell
228 P K Brewer, Geo A McGehee
852…M A M i it -. Jno B Qage
2! i . .. is. Cooke, J. L. Sherman

1KU…H. W. !•’, .1. 1.. Griggs

824 K II Felder, 8 A Matthew
25… W. F. Brown, B, V. White
Uen. .1. u. Davis, E. s. Hewen

.F.J.V. I. ml. K I.. Hopkins

i ‘ s Robertson, U F Rogers
A. K. Jones, W. w . Moon
.1 C Hall, Jno – Joor
F A Montgomery, CC Farm
It II Taylor, .1 It it mthe
. . n Shonds, I P Hill
Gen l M st«ine, P M Savery
..■.-.as. C. Balnes. w. J. Booth

82 n \ i lampbell, .1 1> Laughiln
.81I…J. K. Blnford, C. 11. Campbell

.. in … i. n. .loins. P. M Stocketl
178 s n Robertson,! U DuBulsson

MISSiil’ltl.

Kansas city Kansas City…

..!..- W Mercer, Geo It Spratl

NORTH CAROLINA.

Bryson ciiv Andrew Coleman., 801

Charlotte Mecklenburg 882

Clinton Sampson 187.

Concord Cabarrus Co. C.V. \ 212

Hickory – Catawba 182

Littleton Iiinins Daniel 828,

Hi 1 1 si. in. i I.e. ii i i.las J .M in i 1 1 is,

Ryan Confederate iit.

Salisbury i barles F. Fisher 809

Salisbury Col i has F Fisher

States vl lie i ‘..i R i ‘ pbell

Washington Bryan i Irlmee

Wilmington I tape Fee r

Winston Norfleel

OKLAHOMA.

El Reno El Reno 848

Guthrie Camp Jamison 847..

Norman h B Gordon 200.. TJ Johnson, w C Renfro

Oklahoma City ..D H Hammons I77…J W Johnson, .1 OCasler

SOUTH CAROLINA.

I-:. Everett. B. ll Cathey

. ..l Roessler

R ll Holllday. Jno \ Beaman

.1. F. Will, foul. C. M.l aid

.!. U. Hall, L. It. Whin-ma
.John P. l.i i rli

W I, I don, II A London

. . T MoByrde

.1 no K Ramsay, .1 ‘ ‘ Bernhardt
Big . Col ,i i; Crawford, C R Barkei

894 ..PC Carlton,

124 R R Warren. C (‘ Tl s

254… W. f. l’i ‘II i. Win. Blanks

i is I .1 Brown, Sam’l ll smith

Abbeville Seci Bslon ll”.

Aiken Barnard K. Bee… B4.

Anderson L’ump Benson 887,

Beaufort Heaufori M

Charleston Camp Sumter 2-iO.

Charleston Palmetto ‘ luard 81 i

CberaW ,1 It Kershaw i 1

i lolumbla Hampton

I iinieans I lean

Kasie\ …Jasper Hawtborn…. 286.

Edgefield CH. \i r Perrlu W

Florence Pee 1 890

Glj mphvllle Ulympb\ llle 899

— , W A Templeton

it H. league, J. N. wlgfall
M p Trlbbe, i N Vandlver

Tli”- B While,

R, n . I Johnson, .1. W. Ward

i Bulst, a Baron Holme*

TheoT Malloj .so. lodfrey
A P Brov ii. |. R Flennikln
\ n Dean, J V iii-.li
It. E. It.. wen. J. H. It. .”.n
,i 1 1 Brooks, Thos w Carwile
E w Lloyd, Win Quick
i, P Milter,

Greenville R.V. Pulltam 297!.”j. W. Norwood, P.T, Hayne

< Ireenwood I ‘ W\ai I \ iI..n 182

Ml Pleasant Thos M Wagner 110

Newberry lames l> Nance 886,

Pickens w,.if Creek 412.

Rock inn Catawba 278,

Socastee routed. Suv. Vss’n.,418

Spartanburg ….Camp Walker 885.

Sumiiierv ille lien .las I ‘on nor 874.

Sumter Dick Anderson

St. Georges Stephen Klliott 51.,

s Porches, .las R Tomlluson
, .1 W Gary, C F Boyd
Jae \ Griffin, ll B Hendricks
i ladr Jones, w It imnlap

Jeremiah smith,

,i,,s walker, A B W Iruff

i leo Tupper, P ll Hutchinson
.1 n Graham, P P Ualllard

R W Minus. .1 Ote\ Reed

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

V, Y. CO

WOT LOAN>

25

THE <>L1> SONG.

1:1. \ . \\ . ITM h \ POWERT.

Down in iht’ lowgrounds, where the rustic cabin stands,

A ml pine* lean gauol against tlx sky,
I lii-it r again the weird carousing of the bands;
I’ll t-ir low mm’ I quaint old lullaby;

Moaniug, and crooning, mm. I strong,
Through tin’ grove it swells along,
The st. 11. Bad, negro’s song,

n ’tis moonlight in a year long gone away ;
The summer breeze a perfume brings
From down the meadow sweet «nli new mown hay,
Ami chant 1 ‘i one » In. sings,

(loaning, and crooning, and

It Sweeps through tin 1 grove along,

‘Ihi’ low. Bad, negro’s Bong.

Now like the soughing wind, in solemn, rhymeless lay,

Bo ~”ii. and l<>\\ . an. I Bad it ewt
‘I’ll. 11 stronger still the chorus bursts in sadder way.
As it si. in. • superstition t-

Moaning, ami ci Pong,

Through the grove it Bweeps along,
‘I’lif low . sad, negro’s Bong.

1 md il”‘ li.’l.ls an. I distant w Is the music 1

and tlits :
Then as inspii ed bi gins >
The bending pines, harmonious »iili their plaintive
sighs,
I’, in! kin.lh tt ill. 1 I Bl tain :

Moaning, an. I crooning, and –
Through the grove it swells along,
The Bolt, Bad, negrt ■ – sung.

o night “I year from out my happy past remain I
( ‘..int’ back in. n 1 ..ni those .lav-. 1 1

softly, in 11 iin nr. .in. .n ye men its old refrain ;
M y memory ln>ltls it \ el too Btroi

Moaning, ami crooning, an. I Btrong,
li sv\ eeps through 1 he grove al
I’lif low, Bad, negro’s song.

A. S. Colyar’s Tribi it I.. .1 11 1 ERsoti Davis.— Hon,
Washington Gardner, of Michigan, writes While
not wishing t” It a party to anj controversy, it is bul
justice t.t all interested t” say that my
of the reply of tin’ Hon. Mr. Colyar t < > the question
in regard t’t Mr. Davis could give no offense to his
most ardent admirers. He replied in substance, and
almost in thf following language, according to my
best recollection ; “I think Mr.” Davis was thoroughly
honest and – He had become bo imbued with

thf history “t Washington ami his strug om-

patriots, and so accustomed t < > see analogies in thf
Confederate situation, that he believed Providence
would in some way bring relief and the Confederacy
would succeed in its efforts t.. establish a permanent
government.”

Tin: N. B. Forrest Camp, Chattanooga, Tenn., passed
resolutions in honor of Joseph F. Shipp, who has
served that Camp faithfully ami well for seven con-
utive years a- Commander, ami now retires from
that office of his own choice. The resolutions were
adopted unanimously ami by a rising vote, not in thf
meaningless manner usual upon such occasions, l>ut
in all sincerity and truth, that “The thanks of this
Camp be extended to him for his wise and impartial
rulings at all times, his universally courteous man-
ner, ami hi- earnest ami energetic w>rk tor thf i_”>t»l
ni’ tho Camp, to which is largely due its success ami
importance that it has attained; also, thai resolutions
be spread of record, ami that thf Adjutant present
Commander Shipp with a copy i>t” tin

TK.NN

POSTOI PICK.

CAMP.

Browos\ ill. Hiram S Bradford

Chattanooga N. B. Forrest

Clarkt-n 11 ■ 1 orbes

Fayettevtlle. .Sbackelford-FultOD.

Franklin.. Gen. J. W si

Jackson Jno tngrara

Know ,1. Felix K. Zolllcoffer.

I ‘red A tilt
Lewlsburg Dibit

McKenzie Stonewall Jackson

Memphis Confed. Hist. Ass’n

Murfreesboro. J.

Nashville Frank Cheatham.

Win. 1
Tullaboma.. Pierce B. In

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ill-

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M B Hun

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Marsh \ 1 u Isson. .1 P.t iunnon

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W.S.M lettet

Thos II Smith, J PHI
J. M. Hastings. J ti

Mill

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Abilene raj lot I

Alvarado. \ arado.

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it. ■.inn Ben m

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El Paso I

Emma 1 one SI:, 1

w p. 1 M ■ ‘ •
Florest W son I Ounty

Forney

Ftirt Worth K I I ■

Kr..-l 1; .. Mi.

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Galveston. Magi udi 1

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Gonza lea. ohn CO K

F G Hodges
n loung Count]

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i View .1 I Johnst

Josi pit E JnhiiHtn

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Hamilton \. B. Jobnsti

Hemsti .”! 1 . i” ‘ In

Hendt rson. Ras Redv

Henrietta Sol K”-~ IT-‘

Hill Count]
Hone] Gro> e. 1 ogan 1 t;t\
Houston Dick 1

Huntsvllle., John C Upton
Jacksborougb …Camp Morgai
Jacks Ubmp Hnghes .

Kaufman .
Kilgore. Buck 1

Kingston I. 8. Johnston 71

Ladonls Rob! .1.1 ee
LaGrange 1 ol. B. Tlmn •

. . I W Daugberty.

II. I„ Bentley, Then n
Jesse w Hi

Wm Hart, Uf H H To
.1 M Jones, W ‘ ■ !
II .1 Brooks, I M •
It M. Morgan, w I

tinson, J. N. Simmons.

t , W s
W M

II M Cook, 1: II I

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.1 P. lli.ln.
W in. I
W I ‘■
It t 1 . kin

II B Stoddard, w II lln

ink
.1 11 King, J 1 Matlhi

tliain. H F Kel-

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W. 1>. I hon

ml. .1 M. V

an, .1. M. W

1.; 1 1 C 6

I. F. J

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n w \ m

.-!’ W –

i.”i Hugh tirton.

I’.ll l’:i\ I”-. W] 11

John W. M 1 ■

w 1 • i

W 1 Igd VI’ t

I \1 I

V B Fraser, w \1 (

M. 1 W :tkf-

.1 M msi

T N W Mill. 1 W HSlllllgtOII

. nider*.

.1 I Martin, W II Thompson

Lampasas R. r Lee

I,i\ ingston Ike Tu I

Lubbock F. li. Lubbock

Madisonvllle Jno Q Walker

Martin Willis I

Mi in phis Hall t “nuniy

1. \ King, .1 T Owen

.. w Tipton
Mena’rdvllle .. .Henardville . — 1 M Kitchens,

ill. t;iniil-
Wm [lodge* \\ 1
V G Gray, V M Kdwai
J.A.I

■ 1 Hatfield
w S Ward, a II Hefnei
Voln

Battle I .hi. 1. A 11 Snt
V. B. Thornton, S. Bchwars.
.1 M Mays, ‘

. c. B. Patti
. Win w i
.till

W. Lambert, s.K
.1 M Smlther, K K Gon
s w Eastln, w .1 Dent
s II Hi. ■ . -. \ I
JOS. 1 1

w \ Miller, 1; *’ Wyiui

I
w B Merrill, .1 R Arthur
. .1;. II. Phelps, N. HoJn

11 Haynle

W. D. Crump, ‘-. W. Shannon

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26

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

TEX \- I

SO- 0F1 [I

.115 RoW Donnen. .1- W. Utams.
:■• J. r Tucker, \. \. Baker.
••I c I. Watson, h w Williams
.1 11 HuOmaster, T .1 Goodwin
T. Turner, B. Blrdwell.
c. L. DUlahunl y, J.C. Turner.
R Bean, K. D. Rugelej .
W ll Harris, n \v Sadler

274..

I [I K • AMI’.

Meridian \. B. Johnston..,

Merki . Mi rki

Mexls I”« Johnston

Mlnneola W 1 < bounty. .

Mi. Bnterprlse..Rosser

Mi. Pleasant . ‘ <•!. I iud Jones

Montague i’..a> stone

i amp Mel iregor

UcKlnm ) i ollin C itj 109 T M Scott, II C Mack

Mt Vernon Ben Mcculloch BOO W T Gass, J J Morris

Nuvasota Hannibal ll B le IW W E Barry, las H Freeman

New Boston Sul Ross G oH Rea, T J Watllugton

Oakvllli Jonn Donaldson 195 ,C. C. Cox. T. M. Ch

Palesl Ine Pali si Ine n

Paradlsi I

Parle \. -. Johnston 7u

Patnl Rock Jell Davie

” Hardeman 290.

Richmond Frank Ten J

Ripley i Jen Hood

Rockwall Rockwall….

J.W.Ewing, J. M . In lliuwldei

\ ,1 Jones, I . I Ma»ou

i m ■ i ‘, r, S s k nl

W. I. Melton, J. W . Katcbford.
R M Harkness, Henry Maney
r. v.. Peareson, B. F. atuart
liter.Joo ii ll. i,i<i
:i M. s. Austin, N. ‘ . Edwards

Robj ,.W. W. Lorlng ra .DKpeer, IPKellej

Antonio A.S.Jobnston l44…Joha 8 Koi I lark

San VugU8tIne..JeffDavi6 886… , WAFIi

San Saba W P Rogers. 322 George Harris, A Duggan

Santa inna LQOLamui L M Cravens, W1U Hubarl

Seymour Bedford Forrest

man Mildred Lei

south Prali
twater. E. ( . Walthall. ..
Rulphur Sp’gs… Matl Ashcrofl

Taylor …… A 8 i i»ton …

I E B sunn i

irkana A P Hill 26B

ryler \. s. Johnston.,

vemon C p < ‘a bell l~”>

Nil T. Hi. Peery, R. J. Browning.

W .1 r Wilson, Robl Walker.

9 W 1. II. In. i.

82 W. Ii. Keall, J. ll. Freeman.

IV.

:.. M. Henderson, M.G. Miller.

I’.. .\l RoSS, Perrj Hawkins

i \ \n! bony, V ‘.■ Relnhardt
w .1 mi. ii. i Li lea \ Hooks
J P ] houglas, si.i s Johnson
s. i- . Hatchett, u. D. Mavis.
‘Aa… ….Pat Cleburne 222 ,C L. Johnson, W. C. Cooper

Waxalia.-hi… \\ innir I I i\ |. KW I. .in YateS, J | ‘(‘,„, j,,. ,

Waxabachie ….. Parsons Cav. Ass’n..290… . \ M Dechman

Weatherford Tom Grei a 169 J. P. Rice, M. V. Elnnison.

ngton Collingsworth Co 25″ J H McDowell. J M Tatee

ion Bucbell 22* I N Dennlr, II T ‘ lomnton

Wbitesboro Geo] I 288…J \» M Hughes, B M Wright

Wichita Falls… W.J. Hardc-i 78… W R Crockett. Nt A Robinson

Will’s Point…… Will’s Polnl 02 \> Uford. W A Benham

VIRGINIA.

Harrisonburg SBGibl – i 88 D H Lee Martz, J S Messerlj

Reams Statlou-.J. E B. Stuarl 211. ..M A Moncure, A BMoncure

Richmond. …. E Picketl an..

…..RE Lee

Roanoke William Wntts., 205

Weal Polnl rohn it. Cooke. L8i

irasburg..McQrudei Ewell ..210 T J Stubbs, H T Jonee
Winchester. Gen Turner Ash bj 240. ‘ bas W Mc Vicar, E G llollis

WASHINGTON, D. C.
Washington Wash, city Confed 171 ..J G M •e.TW Hungerford

.l: N Northern, r Mc( lurdy
A W M.hi i. .1 T Stratton
S S Brooke, Hugh \v Fry
ll. M. Miller, w. W. Green.

RAISING THE PRICE OF THE VETERAN.

■I. .1. Callan, Coleman, Texas, says: Tliis brings my
list up tu sixty-one. I do nut know if this puts Cole-
man at the head of the Texas list, for I do not know
how well other comrades are doing; hut I do know-
that in i in )] miii inn in population Coleman stands away
above Nashville. It’ Coleman, with L,200 inhabitants,
furnishes sixty-one subscribers to the Veteran, in the
-.inn. ratio I ‘alias, headquarters of the Trans-Missis-
sippi Department, should have at least 2,000 subscrib-
ers. What a magnificent monument we could build
to a nation’s glory if all Southern cities ami towns
proved their devotion as this little Texas village in

this drought afflicted region has d il 1 hope they

will. If they will get up a generous rivalry they can,

Now, comrade, permit me, too, to offer a little gratu-
itous advice: Keep the subscription at 50 cents for
1894. I do nut write in my own behalf, for ours are
paid all. lint there are thousands of veterans in Texas
who fared badly this year mi account of drought.
Even old subscribers, who would not take the price of
,i whole year’s subscription tor any one number, are
unable to renew, [n God’s providence they will he in
better shape next year, and I have no doubt there will
he a unanimous vote for increase of size and price.

R. A.Owen, Port Gibson, Miss.: The Veteran is
worth over a dollar to every veteran household, and
must In- put at a price that you can afford to keep ii
to the front.

John M. .lolly. Marlin. Texas: 1 note what you say

in regard to the price of the Veteran after January 1,
1894, ami in soliciting subscriptions for same will do
80 at $] per annum. This remittance will make
twenty-eight subscriptions 1 have sent you. including
my own renewal. 1 shall continue to do all I can for
the Veteran, as I wish every Confederate veteran liv-

Ould read it.

c. 1.. Edwards, Esq., Dallas, Texas, whose adver-
tisement in the V ETERAN wa- paid for in advance, -ays:
The dollar sent in renewing subscription for the Vet-
eran Was for .me year. You rnli yourself when you
credit it for two year.-, and although lawyers ari

considered as being entirely above predatory incur-
sions upon their fellows, I don’t ted exactly right
when despoiling an old brother Confed. of his hard
work at less than half its value.

G. W. R. Bell, Cedar Springs, Ala. : To me the Vet-
eran i> not only instructive ami entertaining, hut it
is inspiring and elevating. It is my opinion that to
continue the Veteran at the present price will accom-
plish mure g 1, for the reason that the circulation

will I., greater. I had rather forego the advanti
improvement than deprive my brother of its benefits.

M. T. Ledbetter, Piedmont, Ala.: Comrade N. I’..
Hogan, of Springfield, Mo., writes my sent in nut-, lie

says: “We Ought indeed to make the VETERAN of

world-wide reputation. Every Confederate and Con-
federate organization should indorse and push its
claims until it is firmly and securely established. I
never go out without taking a sample copy, and never

fail to show it and talk up its merits. 1 don’t know
who might want it. so I never fail to show it.

frank A. Owen, Evansville, lnd.: I saw the first
copy of the Veteran to-day. Inclosed find my check

f..r si. it’s a .as,, of love at first sight. I will keep
the machine greased at any price you put it. as long
as you print it, or until the long roll is called. 1 have

not been in Nashville since the war. hut remember
with much love such names as Col. Kite. Maj. Dick
\l. la nn. (‘apt. Cox. Lieut. Tindle. and others, on John-
Son’s Island, winter of ’63. 1 remember Capt, Cox
died of blood poison from vaccination.

Thomas !:. fowler, Rfurfreesboro, Tenn., wrote some

time since concerning an article in the October VET-
ERAN, by Robert M. Frierson. in which the following
statement appears: “When we were making tin- as-
cent the horse of Adjutant Fowler, of the Second

Tennessee, got into a bees’ nest and rushed through
the brigade riderless over sleeping men.” I suppose
that lam the Adjutant fowler referred to. hut 1 de-
sire to state that [ was not, at that date, the Adjutant
of the Second Tennessee, and was not the owner oi a
horse, I was then a Lieutenant of the line, hut was
afterward Adjutant in Mate’s old Second Tennessee
Infantry. My recollection of the event referred to is,
that the command was toiling slowly up the mountain,
weary and footsore, hut not “sleeping,” when the
horses attached to a caisson, from some cause, became
unmanageable, and the head of the infantry column
found it necessary to promptly open ranks and yield
the road. The ‘night being dark, this movement

brought on a im ntary panic in the rear, when

quite a number, now “veterans,” who had faced death
mi many bloody fields, took to their heels and to the
w Is.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

27

WIH-: RE THE VETERAN GOES.

SOI 111 C VR0LINA.

The following list includes the subscriptions at
places named where there are four or more. There are
over’ 7,000 paid subscriptions .-it over 1,600 po
in more than 12 States and Territories. There are
printed of this edition 10,000 cop

\ 11 niston 5

\i liens 22

1 ‘.< ‘ I I 1 1 M I 1

Birmingham .. 3u

I Mlll’l’ll

I ;i 1 rollton

1.1 u ml v lie

Elk mon 1 In

II .. 4

A. LAB UIA.

1 : 1 1 1 : 1 \v I

1 lorence

Knin. In

Fullertou..
1 . reenvllle

in
1
1

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1 .inn ■
Hiintui lll<

Arkade! i

Bentouvllle

Boone*
< Jamdeu

Washington, D.

7

11

ARKANSAS.

1 1 J . M. \

Hoi Springe
Little Rock.

M. .111 11. Ml

II

■I

11

1 1 1

FLORIDA.

!• Vi “liatldl mm

Jacksonville

1
Lake Wi li

.’I

ii

in

L.IW ||. |. Sl. Mill 11

Lower PeaCht 1 1
Montgomery
Mon ndvllle

I’m iltii.iiil . H

Scottsboro

Snowdoun

Preacott
[dali

\ n n i;ui 1 1

\. worth 1

\ i in us 1

\ 1 1|_ 1 1 -I :■ III

l ‘union. 17

ere vl 1 1 i

‘ UlcngO, Illinois.

UEOKU1 \.

cun

. isboro .

Hau i-

S

Macon..

i in. pa

Tl His vile. I”

Welborn i

iinali..

Wl.si

E\ hum llle H

\ rdmore i ;

. ..ii. > \ in.

\datrvllle

\nllioslon I

\ ii- HSlB I

Bell

Bow ling Ureen in

Ington i

Ellzabet htow n ■’•

< leorgetown 7

Harrodsburg 17

Hendetson …. 67

Hopktnsvllle li

Ber« Ick 111

Jackson
Luke Charles.

Baltimore.. …. 54

INDI \N.\.
INDIAN II Kill mi; .

KANS 18,

B I N II i KV.
.1 list i<-.

Lav n mi burg
I iew1*burg
Lexington
I …ins\ , ii. :,!i

M Idfl :iv I

Morgai Held B

Owensboro 20

Owlngsvllle i

Pari* Hi

i’. in broke . 21

l.oi isi.w v.

i iki Pro Idence., 7
Mansfield.

Morgan i iiy i

M Wl’i I \NH.
Cheltenham I

I n.linli.ili. ills

McAllsUl li

II ill. Ins. in I

PlneOrove i

aichm ii. I . in

Rugse i

Shi Ibyvllli
Stamping Urout

StUrgll

I’. .I<1

mtown. …..

\ ersallles
\\ Inchest’

New ‘ irleans….

Mi it\ eporl . .

i lumberland Hi

PlkCSl ,11.

31, Paul, Minnesota

Andlng i

Canton n

Ceii t re v 1 1 li . …. 7

i .,l,li\ :il, i !l

Columbus..

<‘r\ stal Springs. li

Ceotralla. B

Dexter 7

• lolde j

Hamilton
Huntsville

i , .'”

MISSISSIPPI.

l-‘.lw ards I

ip.

Greenwood «

Jackson …… i

Mcl .mil. i ‘It) . . .i

Meridian 15

MISSOURI.

i
i .. is Summit.
Lexington

l loulslana i

Marshfleld
Moberly 9

Pass i ‘hristlan 5

tobln 7

i ilea i.

Walthall

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ioCRj 20

n. , ads .

Palmyra 12

in
Springfield

M. I… nis 27

N. w \ oik Clt) . N.« ‘

\sh, v me

Brj s..n i ii i :,

Mi. Airy. i

NORTH CAROl IN \

Raleigh 7

Salisbury

Waynesvllle 13

Wilmington ll

\\ Inston l.’i

Cincinnati, i iblo

Oklahoma Cltry, Oklahoma Territory

Norman

Philadelphia, Pennsj i\ anla

n

B

12

Alkln.

23

111

26

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21

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Newberry
TENN1 –

in

Trillion .

4
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Bradj < llli

Shelbi

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II. i,.i. rsonville

1 ‘. IM li 11

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Colli

1

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II

Treiili.n

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M. K . n/i.

B

W.i\ .1 i

Woolwortl .
Yorki llli

Dyersl
Kd«< « I

M in t

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II

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A Ivai ado

Antelopi i

lustln
Ai liens

I’.i li.. i
Bon ham

Calvi n

:i. ui i

Ciilcn

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inche li

Crocki ii
Cuero

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Di Kalb. i

on…..
Denton i

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41

Emit*

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17

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II Ilton

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Lampasas

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VIRGINIA.

I’. IM 11

I

I

Tehuacaua

i

Tylei

Van

Viesca i

W:<.-< .

Walder… i

Waxahacbti
Weatherford
wills- Point.
Wrlgbtsboro. -‘I

\ lexandi la
Culpepei ;

Freaertcksb
Lynchbnrg 19

\\”:i rin S|i
West Point . ..
Williamsburg

Norfolk

Portsmouth is

l|. .i.i i.l

■ burg

Huntington, Went Virginia 7

Tin’ V ii i ran goes t” about five times as many )>ost-
offices as are named above, yel at 1 hese 3 12 offices there
are 5,773 subscribers.

The John II. Morgan Camp at Ardmore, Indian
Territory, has made the Veteran its official organ.
‘I’, I’., King and 1′. \V. McCoy w ted First

d Lieutenants, ami M. Wheeler, Quartermaster.

Judge D. C.Thomas, Lampassas, Texas: 1 am not
prepared to ex] opinion as to whether or not it

will he best to increase the price ui’ tlio Veteran, hut
will say this, that in my judgment 1 it would he a very
cheap publication at one dollar; and further, I would
nut take fifty outs each tor my copies of this year’s
subscription. In fact, they are not for sale.

.1. W. Corman, Brooksville, Pla.: Inclosed i
rind postal order for SI 4 for twenty-eight subscri
sixteen old name- and twelve new ones. I havt
sick and unable to do any more.

28

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

‘ ONFEDERATE GENERALS
LIVING.

YET

^ D.u.i is, Tex is, Dec. 10, 1893.
EditorCoNj ederatj Veti ran : As
your splendid magazine is to be
found in the house of a great num-
ber of “Id t ‘onfederate veterans in
tlii— Department, I hope that the
i be said of the Eastern
Department, and read nol only by
the “Id hero and his good wife, but
also by his noble sons and beauti-
ful daughters. I send you for pub-
lication ii roster of the living Con-
federate Generals up to the 1 < m h of
I ‘. ci ml. it. 1893, compiled from the
most reliable data to be had.

During the war there were 198
officers commissioned as < lenerals
of all grades in the Confederate
Army. < If this number not more
158 are living. Sinn’ Jan. 1. 1893,
two i lenerals, two Major Gi m rals
and four Brigadier < lenerals have
died, leaving 158 living out of the
… I number. I hope thai e\ ery
old ( ‘onfederate living will pi ruse
this list, as it will recall many noble
dents of the war:

1 • El M.S.

sti phi ti D. I.ee, Stark ville, Miss.
James Longsl rei t, Gainesville. Ga.
a 1 1\ . l,\ nchburg, Va,
. B. Buckner, I- rand tort, Ky.
\ la.
Alexander P. Stewart i bfekamauga, Ga.

« ill Hampl i olumbtn, s. i :.

John B. ‘ tordon, At lanta, i

M Aim: i .i.ni.iiai.s.
(iustaviiK W. Smith, Kcm fork.
Lo Fuj el te M.l.iu s. Savannah, ‘ ■ .>
S. <i. French, Winter Park, I- la.
John 1 1 . Forni \ , .li-n i i,i. A la.

Dabm v 11. Maury, Rtcl I, Va.

!!• iirj ii. ih. \iiii, t : , in Battle Field Survey,

Washington. l«. i .
J, I.. Kemper; Orange Court blouse, V’a.

ii F. Hoke, Rali Igh. v I
Fitzhugb Lee, « ilasgou . V’a.
W. B Bate, I . s s, nate.
.1. B. Kershaw, i ‘amden, S, i ‘.
M.C. Bui lei i 8. Si nate.

I-:, i ‘. Wal I, I . s. Senati .

1.. l.. I… max, Wa bhigton, D. C.
1*. M. l:. ifoung, I arterM in.., i la.
T. I.. Rosser, Charlottesville, Va,

W. W. \ll.-li, M..HI \I.|.

s. B. Maxey, Paris, I

William Uaboue I 5, Va.

‘ .. w . i ii.iis i. , . Lexington, K* .
William B. Taliaferro, Glouo sti r, Va.
William T. Martin, Natchez, Miss.
‘i. Pollgnac,! irleans, Fram
E. M. Law, Yorkville, s i
Richard I ratlin Fort smith. Ark.
Mai i Ransom, U.S. Senate,
smith. Jackson, Mi-.
William It. Forney, Jacksonville, Fla.

. AI.1KK lies 1 i; \ 1 s.

1 ii.i. rson, \ ston, Ala.

I . Armstrong, Washington, D. C.
!■:. P. Alexander, Sai annab, < ■:..
Arthur S. Bngby, Texas.

Lain. s. l:,k,-r, >ntt,,lk. Va.

Plnck in > I ». Bowles, \ labs I
Rufus Barrlnger, i hs rlotte, N. i ‘.
s,-iii M. Hail. .ii. Fredericksburg, Va.
John Bratton, White Oak, S. I

l. L. Br. hi. Baltii v. M.I.

C. A. Battle, Alabama.

Hamilton P. B*e, San Antonio, Ti

W. R. Bogus, Winston, N. C.

T\ ree II. Bell, Tennessee.

William i . . abell, Dallas, Texas.

K. i Papers, i lolumbia, S. i ‘.

James it. Chalmers, Vicksburg, Miss

Thomas L. Clingman, Asheville. v. i ‘.

. i:. i :osby, Sacramento, Cal,
!■ in ncis M. i ‘ock rell, U.S. Senate.
A II. Colquitt, U. s. s, nate.
Phil Cook, Atlanta, <e,.
M. D. ‘ “i Re, Alexandria, Va.
John B. Clark, Jr., Rockville, Md.
A Ifred Cumming, Augusta, Ga.
X. II. |)i Ki’..y. Austin, Ti \.
u llllain Ii. Cox, Raleigli, N. ‘ .
Joseph I til is, M isst«6ij.pl Cll v. Miss.
I ! ]:. Davidson, < laiifornia.
T. P. Dockery, Arkansas.
Basil W. I’M ke. Louisv] i |o, Ky.
-I..IHI Kchols, Louisville, K y.
C. A. Evans, At lanta, ( Ja.
Sam mi \\*. Ferguson, Greenville, Miss.
.1. .1. Pinh-y, Florida.
1). M. Frost, St. Louis, Mo.
Richard M. Gano, Dallas, Tex.
James X i leorge, Jackson, Miss.
William L. Gardner, Memphis, Tenn.

I ,. \\. i i.u.li ,ii. Memphis, Ten n.
H. i Govan, Arkansas.

.Juliii-i Barnwell, s. r.

i leorge I’, Harrison, si.. Auburn, Ala.

A. T. Hawthorne, Atlanta, < la.

Eppn II n 1. 1 ., a. I’ s. Senator, Warrenton, Va.

William P. Hardeman, Austin. Tex.

N. ii. Harris, Vicksburg, Miss.

i leorge It. 1 lodire, Kent uck >*.

Louis II ii. Breaux, l.a.

J. n. I mhi di ii. s,,ui Ii west Virginia.

I I ■ . 1 1 ry It. Jackson. Sa> anna b, Ga.
William II. Jackson, Nhs1i\ Hie, Tenn.
Bradlej T. Johnson, Baltimore, Md.
\. R, Johnson, Texas.

George D, Johnston, Civil Service Commls-

t, rt ashingl D. C.

Robei i I ‘. Johnat> n, Birmingham,
J. D. Kennedy . i iimden, s. i .
William ii. King. Austin, Tex.
William W. Kirkland, New x. ork.
James 1 1. Lane, Norl b i laroU na.
A. R. Law ton, Savan aah, i la.
T. M. Logan, Richmond, \ a.

i: 1 1 Lowry, Jackson, Mis-.

JoRcph ii. Lewis, Frankfort, Ky.
W. II. I ,ewl8, Parboro, N. < ‘.

\l:i

William McComb, Gordonsvllle, \ …
Samuel McUowan, Ai.i..-\ ill, . 5. >

I McNnlr, It xburg, Miss.

John T. Morgan, r. S. SenaU .
r i Muraford, Unlontown, Ala,
Manej . Vish\ in,., t.-uh.
B. McGlathan, Bavannab.Ga.
John McCausland, Mason C. 11-. W. Va.
Henry E. Mel nil… h. Segulu, Tex.
W. R. Mill s. Mississippi.
William M ia.

John ‘ ‘ M . I, Mis.

band ridge McRne, Searcy, Ark.
Francis T. N Icholls, New ‘ irleans, La.
R, L. Page, Norfolk, Va.

W. il i’;i\ ii. . Warrenton, Va,
W. I-‘. Pen j . I llendale, K> ,

. \. Pryor. New York City.
r. w Phj I. r. Mls8lssl|
w. ii, Parsonr, Philadelphia, Pa.
\. B. Pearce, Galnes> lile, Tex,

E. W. Pi tins, Selma, Ala.

w. a. Qnarles, Clarks\ I lie, Tenn.
B. ii. i: rtson, Washington, D. C.

F. II. Robertson, Waco,Tex.

< ■■ ■ irge W. limns. \ ugusta, I la.
Daniel Ruggles, Fn d< rlcksburg, Va.
Charles v. Ronald, lllacksbtirg, \ a.
D. II. Kej nolds, Arkansas Cltj . Ark.
William P. Roberts, Raleigh, V .
L. S. Ross, i ollege station, Tex.

3bai i’. Jackson, M Iss.
Joi Sbelhs , i larthage, Mo.

Cbarli • M Sbi Ibj . Bl nu i, aim.

James I , Slaughter, Washington, D.C.
r. \ . sboup, Sewanee, Ten n.
Ti.. .urns B. smith. Bolivar, Tenn,
1 1. M. Sorrell, s : ,\ anns h, I (a.
i leorge II. SteM art, Ball Imoi <■. Md,
Marci Hue \. si,,\ all. Vugustn, i ta.
Edward L. Thomaa, Washington, O.C
w. R, Terrj . Richmond, Va.
.1. C. Tappan, Helena, \ rk.
Robert B. Vance, Asbe^ ill.-. N. c.
\. .1 . Vaughan, Mini pb i . ivnn.
James \. Walker, Wvt h.’\ Hie, Vn.
D. A. « eisger, Richmond, Va,

. ■ r. Wbarl New River, Va.

Marcus .1. Wrlehl w nsliinj ton, D. C.

n. .1. Wright, Grlffln, i .;.

w. s. Walker, Florida

M. ii. w alker, New ■> ork.

W. II. « allace, Columbia, S. I ‘.

‘I’. N. Waul, < i : . i s eston, rex.

John s. Willi. ‘i ii I-. Mount Sterling, Ky.

/..■i, nl. .a Vol k, Baton Rouge, l.a.

w. 11. voung, s.ni Antonio, Tex.

Eight Lieutenant t lenerals li\ ing.

Twenty -eight Major Generals liv-
ing.

( >ne lm ndred and twenty-two
I ‘.i ‘igad ii r I lenerals living.

Should there be any error, 1 hopi
that i he living, or some of his
friends, will notify you, as one bj

we are all “crossing the river.

Your friend and comrade,

W. [,. C M’.l I I .

/./. hi. i .. a. U. C. I’.. Tmn ‘/
sippi Department.

i:n Other Side. The letter from Mrs. V. Jefferson Davis,
from which the following are extracts, wa9 written last sum-
ni.i to Mis. Virginia Frazer Boyle, of Memphis. The title of
i ‘ik \\ ; i s liisi designated as “The Prisoner of State.”

TI Kit title, however, was afterward reserved as the second part
or division of the poem: “.My Dear Voim.; Friend— I have
often wished to utter the gratitude my hearl lias has long
cherished toward you for your noble poem, ‘The Prisonerol

State,’ which you kindly read i • in Memphis, while ii was

nfinished. Then it gave ran. pr ise of excellence,

attained, « Inch, I understand, it has more than fulfilled

since that ti Could the deal Prisonerof State havelivtd

to see it, ii would bave been a rich reward, after his protracted
sufferings, to kimw that his noble patience, under wrong, had

inspired his young country « an, who «as an infant when

he Buffered, to « rite bo great n poem as a tribute tn his memory
and to the truth of history. Your unfeigned desire to tell onlj
the exact truth, setting down nothing in malice, rather under,
than overstating the circumstances attending the outrages

coi itted ii|niii a helpless prisoner of stale, touched me

greatly, and if possible, increased my respect for you, and 1
can vouch for the exact accuracy of your narrative, fn the
nai I Mr Davis’ descendants [thank von.”

CONFEDERATE VETERANS IN TEXAS, AND WHERE THEY ARE FROM.
As a matter of general interest the Veteran pursues this inquiry so as to make historic record of the
Confederate soldiers who now live in Texas. Texas Commanded and Adjutants will please give attention to
i lii- report al once, so it may be published as complete as possible in the February Veteh vn. See the Hecem-
ber Veteran, page 381. Circulars, « ith blanks, will be sent to all Texas Camps.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

29

One ‘it’ the jollies! comrades al th< I oi 1 iderate re-
union, Versailles, Ky., was Ben S Drake. He told
stories to the delighl of his auditors, and this one is
printed: As Indian Agent, during Mr. Cleveland’s
first administration, he took much interest in the ad-
vancement of the Red Man. Through his intelligent
interpreter he sought to inform a group of them about
the telephone. He told him to explain to them that
two Indians could talk to and understand each other
one hundred miles apart by using an electrified tele-
graph wire. The interpreter hung his head and
seemed not to understand. The explanation was
made again with same result. Still the interpreter
remained -ilent as it’ in deep thought. “Why don’t
you tell them?” said the Kentnekian. ” Ah’ Too
nmeli a dam — lie,” w as the respone

Capt. Will Lambert, commanding Dick Dowling
Cam]), Houston, Texas, writes : Two of OUT comrades
have ” crossed over the river,” comrade -I . W. I’m ford, of
Company A. first Kentucky Infantry. He wae at
Hull Run and Appomattox. What better record could

lie given a Southern soldier ‘ Tl ther. comrade \Y.

T. Johnson, served in Walker’s Division of Texas In-
fantry, and was in all the fights participated in by
that splendid command. They were Both ardent
members of our Camp, loved the history they helped
to make, and were buried by their comrades with rev-
erence and affection. May angels guard their tombs.

We all like the true ring of your expose of the Frank
Leslie si ‘heme, and will stand by the VETERAN. <o”l
prosper you in your noble work,
.lames c. Percival, Staunton. Michigan. December

29th, semis for the V I PER w and Souvenir and write-
I was for nearly three years a member of the Eighty-
third Pennsylvania, ami had the pleasure of meeting

some who are now ( ‘on federate veterans a number of
times from IMiJ (,, jsi;.’, in Virginia, Maryland and

Pennsylvania, and one of my greatest pleasures now

is to read of those times and those n timjs. and I

like to read the writings of those on both sides. I
have quite a war library. * * I have no doubt

hut I shall find some articles in tin •. that I

cannot agree with, in fact, I find in the copy I have
that you say. “I had rather he tin- representative of
those who fought the battles of the Confederacy —the
women as well as the men — than of any other people
on the earth,” and it sounds as though you still think
Bei 1 ssion was right, and arc sorry you did not win.

[Good sir. such a sentiment did not have to do with
the quoted paragraph. I have never written a word
about whether we had a light to secede. It would he
useless discussion. We join you heartily in the sen-
timent of one country and one tlag because we think
it is best. We honor you veterans of the Union army
who give us credit for as courageous patriotism as
nerved the best of you to face death for your convic-
tions. The paragraph you quote is the truth, and I
would not change it as my last assertion.]

The Sterling Price Camp, at Dallas, Texas, has

firmed the appointment, by Commander Storey, of
Maj, George S. Pearn as Adjutant of the Camp to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of Col. W. L.
Thompson.

P. J. Bond, Roseburg, Oregon : Had it not been for
a friend in New Mexico, who sent me the VETERAN for
one year, 1 might never have known of your valuable
publication. For the back numbers 1 would pay any
reasonable price.

SOLID TESTIMONIALS.

Separate Cards From Nashville Bankers -Eight
of Jennings’ Graduates In One Bank.

Nashville, Tenn., December 14,

I 1:111 -late with much pleasure that I have known Ml. K. W.
Jennings lor more than twenty years, both as a wholesale mer-
chant ami afterwards as the Principal of Jennings’ Bu-
College, an. I that I esteem him man an. I a but

man. and believe that t he in st ruction given the students in his
will be of great benefit to thei Fourth National

Bank now baa in its emploj eighl ot the graduates of that

BCl 1. S on 11 .1 K hi 11.

Pri -1. lent Fourth National Bank.
N esu\ nit. Ti nn . 1 1 cember 15, I

I am pleased to state that for many years I have known Mr.
l;. YV. Jennings a- one of our in si 1 li/> ns. an. I as a hu-
man. His Business College, where Bookkeeping is taught,
stands as first class Mi own son graduated tin rein, and was

afterwards, witli other graduates of that school, employed as
clerk in the Capital City Bank. THOMAS I’l aiki:.

President Capital City Bank.
N tSHVU LI, Ti nil.ei 1 4. 1 –

I have known R, W. .1, Doings since 1861, when we wen- l».tii
bookkeepers in the Planters’ Hank of i . nd later aa

a wholesale merchant of the highest integrity, ana after this as
the Principal ot Jennings’ Bosh ge. The teller of this

hank is a graduate of that school, ar f my pons.

I can. therefore, commend it to all those who may dl

practical equipment for the business of life.

President Union Bank and Trust Co.
\ \ -m ii i i . Tiw . December 14, 1893.

1 take pleasure in Stating that I have known Mr. R. W. .len-

nings, Principal of Jennings’ B i _•■ . Nashville, long

and intimately as a I in, and believe that the instruc-

tion given si ii. lent s in hi- college will be of irreat value to them.
We now have employed in the American National Bank four

graduates. A. \V. H ■

shier American National Bank.
N >sn\ ii i k. Tkw. December 14, 18
1 have known R W.Jennings -m ‘ which time he

1 1 ployed as an expert pnt a.. T. Stewart A Co.,

ol \. w York, and afterwards for twenty years I knew him as
a wholesale merchant in Nashville, and still later for many

at the head of Jennings’ Business College. I consider

this ..ne of the befit schools of its kind in the (Jnitl

J. N. Sl’KRRV,
President Merchants’ Bank.

n i-iiv mi. Tk.nv. December 14, 1893.
nt my son t.. Jennings’ Business College, with results

highly beneficial to him and satisfactory t.. me. I therefore

commend it unreservedly as a school high standing ami of

iblished reputation. H. W. GRANT) 1KD,

Cashier First National Bank.

Confederate Stamps.

We buj < .mfclerat. Postage Stamps, used or unused. Stamp

Collectors will do well to send for our Approval sheet of For-
eign and Domestic Stamps, as we allow half commission. II.
Stonebraker & Co., kil’1 Eutaw Place. Baltimore Md.

Rt mi w i i- p. i.e in Nashville, Watkin’s Hall. February 6tb,

1 by s.une of the beet musical talent of the time. It IS

a treat that will he appreciated by the finest element in the

City. That the entertainment is in charge of Mrs. M. Henry is

assurance that its purposes are for some special benefaction.

One of the most charming hooks about the South is that of
*’ Stonewall JackFon,” by his wife.” It is handsomely .

up by “tie of the first publishing rirme in the country.
Anxious to benefit the worthy author. I have bought a supply

from the publishers, and will send them postpaid to any
address at the publisher’s price. $2.

(bn. John M. Ilarrell’sbook, “The Brooks and Baxtei War,”
a history of Carpet-bag reign in Arkansa-

Miss Keller’s two books are still supplied at 50 cents each.

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Books Supplied by S. A. Cunningham,

Nashville, Tenn.

THE NAWVILLE TABERNACLE.

People interested in Nashville will read with in-
terest a brief notice of its “Union Gospel Tabernacle,”
erected a few years since, and in use, though not yet
complete, [tssizeis 118×178 feet, a superb brick on

elegant st – foundation. The roof is a steel truss

and weighs 130 tons, with Btren’gth to sustain a rail-
way train. About$70.000 have been expended already,

and $25,000 will complete it in satisfactory style.
This would include a gallery, giving to the Taber-
nacle r n for about 5,000 people Capt. T. < r. Etyman

has heen the leading man in its construction from the
beginning.

It Pays.
It pays In read tin- papers, especially your own farm paper,
for often in this way good business opportunities are brought

to y ‘attention. It may be that yon wish to secure a bargain

in implements, or a situation tor one of your boys, or J on wish
to use your spare time to good advantage; [fso, B. F. Johnson
A– d.., of Richmond, Va., have an advertisement in another
column that may interest you.

” Life and Letters of Thomas J. Stonewall i Jackson.” by his

wife. Mary Anna Jackson. This IS an elegant I k. being in

large, clear type* ami printed on very tine paper. –

_-ht ski.’.- an. 1 Dark Shadows,” by Henry M. Field, D. I’.
{1.50. This book comprises a series ol letters on the South.
Fifty pages are devoted to the battle of Franklin, and the au-
thor is especially complimentary to this editor The closing
chapters are on Stonewall Jackson and Robert I-‘.. Lee.

“The Civil War lr a Southern Standpoint,” by Mrs. Ann

E. Snyder. |1.
“Four Years in the Stonewall Brigade,” by J. 0. Casler, $2.

■’ Hancock’s Diary, Or History of the Second Tennessee Cav-
alry. A large octavo book, with many portraits and biographic

sketches. The ii . .in ispi.ee is a line steel enKTaving Of ” ■ « ■ T I

N. B. Forrest $3.50.

John Ksten Cook’s c pl.-te works, eleven volumes, 89.

“Sketch of the Battle ..f Franklin, and Heminiscen. • –
Camp Douglas,” by John M. Cop|.-\ ,

“Memoirs of Mrs. Sarah CbiMress Polk, Wife oi the Elev-
enth President of the United states.” bv Anson ami Fanny
Nelson. This is an elegant book, and charmingly written $1.75.

Messrs. T. II. Hani A: Co. have on hand copies of Anson an. I
Fanny Nelson’s Memoirs of Mrs. James K. Polk. It

“The Other Side,” a thrilling poem of M00 lines, Mr. Davis
being her theme. $1.

“How It Was, or Four Years With the Rebel Army.” a
thrilling story by Mrs. Irby Morgan, of Nashville This i- a
charming hook. SI .

“The Southern Cross.” by Mrs. Lizzie Rozzell Messen-
gi i. $1.25.

“That Old-Time Child Roberta,” by Mrs. Sophie Fox Lea,$1.76.

“The Battle of Franklin and Prison Experience at Camp
Douglas,” by John M. Copley, SI.

“Immortelles,” by Maj. S, K. Phillips. Chattanooga, 50 cents.

“Immortelles” is a pretty little volume..!’ poems by Major

s. K. Phillips, of Chattanooga. It was written for various

memorial occasions, or upon the death of some C0n8pJcU0U8

Confederate and Federal leaders from I86ti forward. “Lee
Before Richmond” is a Sne tribute to that grand man. lie has

not neglected the gallant dead of the Federal Arniv. Ills

“<>dc on the heath ot Con. Grant” “is the finest tribute to

the man written by any author.”

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Rbv. Henri M. Fisld, D. D., in a Preface to her 1 k:

“Stonewall Jackson was the most picturesque figure in the war.
In him there were two men in .me; he united qualities that
are no) only alien to each other, but that B’ em almost incom-
patible-military genius of the highest order with a religious
fervor that bordered on fanaticism ; a union of the poldier and
the saint, for which we must go back to the time of (‘rum will.
Inthpgival operationsof war he was Silent and uncommuni-
cative ; wrapping himself in his n bi i ve as in a military cloak ;
Baking nil advice ; forming his own plane, which those n< an st
to him could not penetrate and hardly dared coconji cture, and
were disclosed even to his military family only when he pave
his orders f >r the march and the battle. While the world saw
only tlm soldier with a coat of mail over his breast, t lose VI ho
knew him best s:nv under it a (treat human heart. • * *

“Killed with such memories, it is but the impulse of loyalty
to the dead that she should wish that others should know him

whose name she be a is as she knew him ; that the world sin mid
appreciate not only the soldier, hut the man ; that they should

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sttothigf ry, written out of a woman’s heart.”

CENERAL BRADLEY T. JOHNSON,

PRESIDENT MARYLAND LINE CONFEDERATE ASSOCIATION.

I’o MH kv T. .hiUNs’ \. Baltimore, President of the Con-
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Tysons Nashville Sanitarium,

FOB THE CURE OF

ALCOHOL, OPIUM, MORPHINE AND TOBACCO HABITS.

No. 710 Church Street.
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

PURELY VEGETABLE. NO INJECTIONS.

The Tyson Sanitarium is conducted bj as reputable gentlemen as live in
Tennessee. The location is in the Cole mansion, centrally located, on tbe
most popular thoroughfare in the city. Read what is said of its treatment :

A Marvelous Cure From Morphine and Whisky.

R. ii. PORTER. Nashville, Tenn., October 16, 1898: To Dr. E. H.
Jones, Physician in Charge Tyson’s Nashville Sanitarium. Dear Doctor—
Ii has been three weeks since you gave me my Last dose of morphine,

ami over a week si i you discharged me from the Sanitarium as

cured from tbe opium and whisky habit. It is almost impossible to

realize the changed condition ol ny present exlste as compared

with that ol elglil rears ago, when l was constantly under the influ-
eoceol morphine. Then, with the exception of a few weeks at the
commencement, nlghl was rendered unpleasanl i >> hideous dreams,
and my mind was befogged and under a cloud. Now my sleep a1
night Is qulel and refreshing, and my head as clear as a bell, lam
rapidly gaining both in flesh and strength. New blood seemstobe
infused in my veins. My whole being becomes dail: more buoyant
with new life, and I feel like a new man altogether.

The coi •im. in, ni c,i m\ taking morphine dates back to an

amputation performed about eight years ago, when morphine was

for a long! i administered tomebj a physician, a- you are aware,

when I .Hi. red i Sanitarium I was taking from 20 to 125 grains of

morpl ■ per daj bypodermlcally. From the very beginning of

your treatment I Blepl well, and during I he enl Ire course fell better

physically and mentally, and suffered leBslm renience than I did

when l was inking n plate. Sou withdrew the morphine so

gradually, building up the system at the same tl ,that before I was

aware of ii I was entirely out from under the influence of the drug.
[ have no desire for o|iiu in. wliisky or slim ii Ian Is of any kind.

my God I when I look back over fifteen of those years, I shudder with
horror at tbe misery, trouble and sorrow thai I have suffered and
have caused to be Buffered by my dear wife and children, w ho have

i a good and kind to me. Well, I tried every remedy thai I could

in .in’ of. mi d spent nit the money I could earn i rylug to cure mj self,
but found i hem worth b ss. l i hen beard oi I he great gold cure, which
l ;iK. . tried, inn that was tbe last straw thai broke the camel’s back,

for Instead ol curing me ii ‘•:, very near killing me. Ii broke me

down mentally and physically ; it en used my hair to turn gray w Ithin
:. month after I had taken It. I went down blllsteadllj until I saw
nothing but a wreck, [had got so bad I could neither eal nor sleep.
1 would st n it anywhere after something, and before l could get it I
would forget what I wenl alter, ami would have to go home without
it. Weil, I badafrleud thai was cured of the whisky habit by the

“Tyson cure,” and he said he knew you could oure but I did not

much believe bun. 1 saw in the paper where Prof. Wharton bad

analyzed n Tyson cure,” and I went to him. He said tome that

I. was not n mineral poison, bul that it was a vegetable compound

well adapted t.> tbe purposes claimed tor it, and would do no

harm. Then 1 concluded to trj It, and now] thank God that I did,

for In the short Bpaceol five weeks I was i le a new and well man,

cured of all desire for morphlue, and fulls restored from the awful
habit.

Any Drunkard Can Be Cured.

After Twenty Years With Morphine.

.1. s. HART, 1108 Second street, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. U, 1898:
Ladles, Gentlemen and Fellow-Students o( Dr. Tyson’s Sanitarium of
Nashville— Let me sn\ to you that today I am one of the happiest
in. ii in Nashville or anywhere else. When they can cure a case like
mine I know it will cure any one. I am a man fifty years of age, and
have been taking morphine rortwenty years, and have taken from
thirty to lift v grains e\ ery twenty-four hours most of that time, oh,

JESSE KENNEDY. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. I. 1893: T» Tyson’s
Nashville Sanitarium. Gentlemen—] took the Tyson treatment for
alcoholism In the months of February and March, IS98, and can tes-
tifj to the merits ol the Tyson cure, I don’t, care how long any man
has been addicted to the habit, If he has an honest desire to quit, I
know ilia t you en n cure in in, ami Hint he will sutler no Inconvenience
ordistresB. He will commence to Improve from tbe very beginning.
1 have never laid l be least desire for whisky since three days after J
commenced treatment, For about twenty years I was an “artist” in
the business, squandered all I bud, and for three years resorted to all
the tricks and devices known to the professional drunkard to get
j usl one more drink.

Qotyfederat^ l/eterap.

Published Monthly in the Interest of Confederate Veterans and Kindred Topics.

Price, 10 Cents.
Yearly, tl.

Vol. II. Nashville, Tenn., February, 1894. No. 2. { a A ‘ S^f AM ‘

Knlered at t lie PoetofflC6| Nashville, Tenn., .1* second-class matter
Adi ‘ertlsements : Two dollars per lncb one time,orfSOa year,ex«

eept las! page. One |»:il’» . “in Mint-, special, MO. Discount : Half J ‘ :ir.
one-issue ; one year, one issue. This is ;in increase <>n former rate.

Contributors will please be diligent to al rhespaoi

Important for any thing that bas not sp. eial merit.

The date t’l subacripttone le always given to tbe month ‘
ends. For Instance, if 1 lie Vbtbrah be ordered to begin wit h Janu-
ary, the date on mail lisi win he December, and the subscriber enti-
tled I” that nam tier.

Thb Bplenrjid illuetrationa of Confederate Home for
Maryland were supplied to the Veteran compliment-
ary. The souvenir volume containing all these and
many other pictures, in handsome gray cloth and
gold, with a complete roster of the Confederate army
and navy from Maryland, ran be had on application
to W. H. Pope, al Pikesville, to the Commercial Print-
ing Company, in Baltimore, or it will be furnished
from this office. Price 51 ‘ cents.

The Veteran thank- II. M. Miller of Weal Point,
Ya.. for notice of error in letters by himself ami by
Comrade Lyon, whereby they are both misquoted in
the use of Ransom for R imsei \\. « hose division they
referred to in reply to article by -las. B. Clay, of Ken-
tucky. General Ramseur was killed at Cedar (reck.

.1. M. McReary, Comanche, Texas. give- testimony
concerning the malicious treatment of Clayton’s men
in Arkansas, when ordering General Harrell’e hook,
“The Brooks-Baxter War.” Much similar testimony
as his might be given. The taking of property and
life unjustifiably was a common occurrence.

From a correspondence not in hand at writing the
statement was made that William Compton, of Fort
Royal, Va., was the Boldier who took General Let –
horse by the bridle at the battle of the Wilderness

when the soldiers told him to go”tothe rear” and
they would whip the enemy.

I\ sending copy of the poem, ” Before Richmond,”

Claudine Rhett, of Charleston, states : ” I have never
seen it in print in any paper or magazine since I cut
it out of the Charleston Mercury in December, 1864.”
To her are we also indebted for the Earl of Oerhy’s

lines to General Lee.

J. F. Kvsak, of Little Oak. Ala., wants to put a mar-
ble slab to his father’s grave in the Confederate Cem-
etery at Chicago. As there is but one grave in the six
thousand marked, those who have fathers and broth-
ers there would do well to contribute to inclosing the
lot ornamented by a superb monument, after that is
paid for.

W. C. Cooper, who has been an active worker in the
Pat. Cleburne (amp at Waco. Texas, conceived the
idea Of placing dismantled cannon at the Coi
Cemetery in Waco, and has pressed the matter with

tl and discretion through Congressman George C.
Pendleton. It is stated that a Virginia Camp took up
the idea, and wait successful in the application, and
has Becured several old cannon and some cannon halls.
Compliance with Mr. Cooper’e request would show a
worthy spirit, and it would do much good.

venerable Mrs. S. I ‘. Gordon Law. of Mem]
remit- I ased price of the Veteran and adds:

“If 1 were not an invalid, having been confined to
my home nearly nine months. I would solicit suli-
Bcribers for you. but at my advanced age. now in my
hty-ninth year. 1 cannot do more I -how it to all
visitor-, and try in that way to send you suhscriC
Mrs. law- published “Reminisi the Wai

tic si \ties ” will furnish readers of thi Veteran some

thrilling stories at an early date She is known a- the
Mother of the ( lonfederacy.”

Tm Veteran greets most cordially I f the

!A, published at Jacksonville, Fla., and edited by
Mi- May and Bessie Williams. It is an ex-

quisite historic and biographic publication, and cham-
pions specially the Florida Confederate Home. Mi–
Caroline Love Goodwin tist, and the page il-

lustration of the trio of beauties threat)
proposals for changes of name- / ‘,., | South

recalls. in its elegant typography, tl lub-

li-hed in Jacksonville nearly twenty years

Much controversy is had in Congress concerning
pension frauds. It i- strange that claimant- who
are receiving their pay regularly, and are entitled to
it. should opp.-e investigation. A worthy pensioner
is willing to l.e investigated every day. and the more
careful should he he to have unworthy claimants chal-
lenged. Mr, EDnloe, of Tennessee, has Bought to i>en-
efit the worthy by exerciBing vigilance against those
who have secured payments fraudulently. Tie
should be no politics in the question.

A TRUE Southerner at the North, anxious for Con-
federate literature, says he take- the “Frank Leslie
printed at Lexington, Ky.,” adding that it recalls to
his mind “a stray copy of an illustrated Northern pa-
per which we would occasionally get through the lines
during the war.”

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

THE <:<>SVEl>EK.\TE VETERAN AND SOUVENIR.

TO SEW sp A PEP PCHLISHERs.

Every reader and friend of the Veteran is solicited
to become agent for the Souvenir of* its Bret volume.
During 1893 there were many splendid illustrations
on the cover and in the body of the Veteran, all of
which are to be republished on fine paper in a volume
e hundred pages. This publication is designed
mtain the best articles published during the year,
and so condense the other articles as to give in sub-
stance all of their most desirable features. This Sou-
venir is being published to meet a demand which could
not I”- met in the supply of back numbers. It is to
be furnished free to all subscribers to the current vol-
ume who pay$l, and will be furnished independently
for twenty-five cents. It is very desirable to secure a
large number of orders fortius Souvenir, and an addi-
tional copy will be furnished free to those who procure
four subscribers at twenty-five cents each.

Advertisements will betaken supplemental to this
volume at $30 per page, or a quarter page can be had
for 110. Friends of the Veteran can do it a valued
service by inducing advertisers to take space at these
raic-. The forms are to be stereotyped, and however
many editions may be ordered, these advertisements
will be good for all without increased price.

ADVERTISEMENTS AXD SUBSCRIPTIONS.

Friends of the Veteran: A multitude of you have
shown as zealous and earnest interest in behalf of the
Veteran as could lie expected. Your attention has
been almost solely to increasing the subscriptions.
That is well, but if you had a conception of the extra-
ordinary merit of the VETERAN as an advertising me-
dium, with its circulation of more than ten thousand
copies, you would not only do the Veteran a valued
service, but would do general advertisers a favor in
commending the Veteran to them. Try it, please.
Since the edition of the Veteran has become so large
the responsibility has increased in proportion, and the
dependence upon its friends has in like mannerin-
ed. Many of you realize that times are so hard
that multitudes who would like the Veteran do not
feel that they can afford it. Remind such of the high
benefit that increased patronage will be. If each sub-
scriber would renew and send another, the reputation
of the Veteran would excel any publication in our
history in behalf of the South. Therefore, let patri-
otism induce sacrifice and renewed zeal, that the ag-
gregate strength will arouse universal pride and give
the Veteran such prominence as it should have.

An official indorsement of the Veteran comes from
the Joseph E. Johnston Camp at Childress, Texas,
It is of record, and a copy has been received at this
office, signed by E. J. McConnell, Commander, and
L. C. Warlick, Adjutant.

The Confederate Veteran is not being Bent asa
regular exchange in any instance. Its territory covers

the area of bo many thousands of newspapers that it
would be impossible to supply a general exchange.

No publication is requested in exchange, but the Vet-
bran will be sent to any publisher who desires it. and
will write a card, with the understanding that its mer-
its will be considered and report made accordingly.
Many editors and publishers are regular subscribers.
This does not seem fair to them, and payment of sub-
scription is not asked of any editor. All that is
wanted is assurance that they are interested in it. and
will give attention to it when received, editorially.

Supplemental to the “Call of Comrades to Duty”
in this Veteran these statements are made: Ollicials
should have been criticised nearer as were newspapers.
Mr. Johnson, editor of the Courier-Journal, writes: “I
take pleasure in making the correction you ask. I
mail you a copy of the weekly Courier-Journal contain-
ing this correction in the same department in which
the error occurred — the ‘Answers to Correspondents.’ ”

Cor.. BICKMAN, Secretary, is sending out the sixth
annual report of the Association of Confederate Sol-
diers in Tennessee. The meeting was held in Jack-
son, October 18th. Anticipation of this report is an
apology offered for less notice immediately after the
reunion. The hospitality of Jackson was a credit to
that people and to the State.

Of the thirty organizations reported twenty contain
an aggregate membership of •_!,(>!(;. The X. B. Forrest
Camp, Chattanooga, with a large membership, is not
included. Besides the Forrest Camp there are fifteen
of the thirty Bivouacs members of the Cniteil Con-
federate Veteran Association.

The number of pensioners in Tennessee is 571, 316
of whom are in Middle Te issee, I II in West Ten-
nessee, and 111 in Fast Tennessee.

The Confederate Soldiers’ I Ionic at the Hermitage
represents an investment of S(iS,’.l7S. Bi. < if this fund
the state has contributed $58,125.

Steps were taken, through suggestions of (‘apt. J.
W. Morton, looking to the erection of monuments to
Generals B. P. Cheatham and X. B.Forrest. Comrade
F. S. Mallory proposed greetings to the Confederate
Veteran Association then in session at Pallas, Texas.
The greeting was wired to Dallas with the wish that
their lives ” be lengthened as they have been glorious.”‘
The addrc– of the reunion was by Rev. Dr. J. E.
Martin, in a eulogy upon St ‘wall Jackson. It grati-
fied this great audience, and when the formal address
was finished Br. Martin said, after a, pause, “Now 1
must say more or 1 will die.” Then he gave a perora-
tion that thrilled the multitude.

The neat pamphlet of sixty-six pages contains a
vast amount of valuable information. Along with
the Veterans the Sons are well attended in the report.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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FATHER RYAN’S GRAVE.

In the January number of the Confederate VETERAN there
is a statement that Father Ryan’s grave is “without even a stone

to mark his resting place.” This is quite an old story. I here
Bend you a sketch I have made from the “lonely grave” to let

the readers of the CONFEDERATE VETERAN know that Father
Ryan has not been so neglected. The flowers in the howl and
the nicely clipped grass around the slab show thai -nine one
visits the place. Father Ryan has a very handsome monument,
though it is not very elaborate, and is of the finest marble. At
the base of the cms,- is inscribed: ” Father Ryan; may he rest in
peace. Born May 12, 1840; died April 22, L886.” At the head
of the slab is a circle, within which is carved the Confederate
flag, and beneath is, ” Rev. A. J. Ryan, died April 22, 1886. Priest,
Patriot and Poet. K. T. P.” While on a visit in the North last
year I heard the same statement, that Father Ryan’s grave was
neglected, and as a Mobilian, and a daughter of one of the boys
who u ore the gray, 1 felt some pride about the matter, and when
I got home I Bet to work to inform myself on the subject, and
found, in the little Catholic Cemetery, this beautiful monumenl
instead of a lonely grave covered with weeds. I.i 1 1 Toomi

CONFEDERATE VETERANS IN TEXAS. AND WHERE THEY ARE FROM.

A- a matter of general interest the Veteran make- this inquiry so as to complete historic records of the
Confederate soldier- who now live in Texas. Texas < ommanders and Adjutants will pit attention to

this report at once, so it may be published as complete as possible in the February Veteran. See the Decem-
ber Veteran, page 381. Please fill out report for your Camp below.

LcK \ rio» and N ami oe Camp.

Belton Bell Do. Ex-Confed. Ass’n

Canton- J. L.Hogg Camp

Coleman — Coleman Camp

Dublin— Erath and Comanche Camp
El Paso Jno. C Brown Camp

Bvllle Joseph E. Johnston Camp..
i . G. Kej ‘ lamp

m — Young Counts Bivouac

Grand* i-« —J, l ■’. Johnston Camp

Ladonla -Robert K. Lee Camp

Lampassas K. E. Lee Camp..

Marlin— Willis L. Lang Camp

Mexla -Joe Johnston Camp ….

Paradise— Pal Cleburne Camp

South Prairie— J. K. B. Stuart Camp

Tyler — Albert Sidney Johnston Camp….
Will- Point-Wills Point Camp

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W. A. sims. Adjutant, Gainesville : Sony [cannol give you a complete roBtei bo man] registered without giving where from. We
ha\ e ftbout 800 ni our Camp.

There are 1,615 subscribers in Texas at 320 postoffices. Please compare your list with the names at other
postoffices. Surely all Camps will become interested in the Veteran it’ they can Bee it. The Veteran has
been made the official organ of many Camps in Texas and in every other Southern State. Various not-
to be added when the list is completed.

Comrades and brothers, why do you delay? Prepaid envelopes with printed blanks, at considerable ex-
pense, were sent to every Camp. Let each send statements similar to the above without delay.

36

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

‘./..V. /./•;/•; ABOUT TO ENTER BATTLE.

N.i other circumstance of the war has attracted more
attention than the reference- to ‘ leu. Lee when, in the
crisis between defeat and victory, he rode in front of
soldiers, ready to lead them in the charge. An old cir-
cular coiiic> from Texas with an account of an exhibi-
tion in which Lee is reported by the Galveston News
in the picture as follows: This heroic man, generally
so calm and self-contained, Barnes like an archangel
above the wreck of war. ami inspires all around him
with his own elevated yet steadfast intention.
“gen. LEE To the re \K.”

Col. W. L. Goldsmith, Meridian, Miss., writes: The

Texan, in Last CONFEDERATE VETERAN, is correct, and
BO wen- other writers who saw Gen. Lee turned back.
All are correct, but, strange to say, no one gives dates.
This would correct every thing. I happened to wit-
both events. One occurred on the nth of May,
L864, early in the morning, when A. P. Hill was being
withdrawn to place Longstreet’s corps in position, be-
cause of the severe fighting of Hill’s Corps on the 5th
of May. The Federals, by a strange chance, attacked
Hill’s Corps while withdrawing, which was thrown
into great confusion, and retreated fighting. Long-
street’s column was just coming up. Gen. R. E. Lee
started to lead them into action to check the wild rush
of the Federals. .Many of us heard the Texas soldier
tell Gen. Lee to go to the rear. 1 was in a few feet of
Gen. Lee for a long time that morning, while trying
to rally the retreating Confederates. Be was on Old
Traveler.

The second occasion occurred just six days there-
after, early on the ever-memorable 12th of May. 1864,
when Hancock, by night surprise, had captured the
angle occupied by Gen. Johnson, and captured nearly
his entire division, with many pieces of artillery.
Gen. R. E. Lee again attempted to Lead the fresh troops
coming up to retake our Lost works. 1 was there, and
saw the gallant John l’». Gordon remonstrating with
Gen. Lee to go to the rear, which he finally did, and
Gordon led brigade after brigade against the enemy,
my own included, and we recaptured the works in our
front and held them all day. and until 10 P. vi., when
we were withdrawn to form the new line. 1 remember
sending Capt. Perry, of my regiment, back that awful
12th of May, 1864, to tell our artillery to elevate their
guns, as their shell- were exploding just over US and
killing my men. Capt. Perry returned and said, ” My
God, they are yankee battenesl” At this battle the
musketry rolled for twenty hours continuously. So
you see “this matter, which seems to be in such great
confusion, happened twice, and comrades write about
each without giving dates, and hence the conflict.
I commanded the fourteenth Georgia Regiment,
Thomas’ Georgia Brigade, Wilcox’s Division, and A.
]’. Bill’s Corps, and saw both occurrences, and all
writers nearly are correct.

Capt. R. D. Funkhouser writes from Mauvertown,
Va.: The details of the ” Lee to the rear” incident
are given at the request of W. T. Gass, of Texas. The
claims of Alabama and Texas are correct. Their ac-
count occurred on the 5th or (>th of May, 1NH4, at
the Wilderness proper. The battle of Spottsylvania,
or Horse-shoe, occurred on the 12th of May, fifteen or
twenty miles distant.

I was First Lieutenant of Company D, Forty-ninth
Virginia Infantry (the famous Extra Lilly Smith’s
old regiment up to the battle of Spottsylvania. After
thai 1 commanded my company, and was captured at
Hare’s Hill, or Fort Steadman, March 25, L865, in
front of Petersburg, along with one hundred and
eleven oilio r- and nineteen hundred men. The Forty-
ninth Virginia Regiment was in Gordon’s Division,
Jackson’s old Corps, afterward Early’s and Gordon’s
successively.

General Grant commenced his ” on to Richmond”
by crossing the Rapidan River, May I, 1864, the terri-
ble battles of the wilderness, or Parker’s store, taking
place on the 5th and 6th of May. < Irant being worsted,
he commenced his slide around or Hanking policy, only
to find General Lee boldly confronting him on the
heights at Spottsylvania on the evening of Sunday,
the Nth. after a tortuous march through the Wilder-
ness, which was on lire, and burned up to the road on
both sides, and in very warm weather too. It had
been evident that preparations were being made for a
tremendous conflict, and it came. In the meantime
the famous horseshoe and other earthworks were cre-
ated, and a sortie was made by the enemy on the
evening of the 10th on a portion of our works a little
to the left of the toe of the horse-shoe, and it was car-
ried, but speedily retaken, with considerable loss on
both sides. On that day and the next, the 11th. our
brigade, or division, was used as a supporting division,
consequently we occupied a position in the rear. On
the morning of the 12th we were moved up to the
front line, a little to the left of the toe of the horse-
shoe, the latter being a thicket. Our position, a small
open field, connected with another Held a little farther
to the rear by a narrow strip of land like an isthmus.
We were doubled upon or supported the Louisiana
brigade. I said to one of the Louisiana Tigers, ” What’s
the matter here? You’ve had us waked up before day
and brought out of our shelter into the rain.” He
replied, ” We will have the yankees over here directly
to take breakfast with us.”

It was hardly dawn, and pouring down rain, when
Hancock landed bis forty thousand men against
Johnson’s division, in the toe of the horseshoe,
when his thirty-six hundred as brave men as the
world ever saw, with its commander, who had won the
sobriquet of “Hull” Johnson, were overpowered and
captured. We, being immediately on their left, of

course the enemy were to pay their respects to us next.
A gallant officer sprang oiit of the ditch and said,
“Men, don’t be scared; be steady and follow me ; I’ll
take you out.” We had not gone more than two
hundred yards before we were halted by Col. A.. I.
Pendleton’, who said to me, “Captain, stay here at all
hazards till I return,” and started for General Swell’s
headquarters in a gallop. My attention was called to
a thicket which we would either have to pass through
or flank around through the little opening already

described, and t y horror the yankees were going

up an old road at trail arms and double quick to cut
us off. I called Colonel Pendleton and pointed to-
ward the yankees. With a motion of his hand he
directed us to Hank around the thicket, which we did
in a hurry, marching within fifty or seventy-live yards
of the yankees, who seemed to be forming to charge
us. When we got around the thicket and in the
second field we came to a halt without any orders from
anybody, and on looking around I saw Gen. R. E.

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37

Lee, alone I think, calmly sitting on his gray horse.
I said to Capt. J. B. Updike, “Here is General Lee!”
He joined nie and others in saying, “General Lee to
the rear.” General Gordon then rode up and said,
“General Lee, these are Virginians; they have never
failed to do their duty, and they never will, lmt they
don’t want you to uselessly expose your life. You go
to the rear and they will follow me ; won’t you, boys? ”
All echoed “Yes,” when Sergt. Wm. A. Compton, who
had volunteered at the age of seventeen Li’ is now
Sheriff of Warren County. Va. i, took hold of the bridle
of General Lee’s horse and led him back through the
ranks of my company and regiment. ‘ leneral Gordon
Immediately spurred hi;- horse into the thicket, saying,
“Charge! men, follow me!” and in the language of
John R. Thompson, the poet,

” Like the waves of the sea

Tliat burst the dykes in t lie overflow .

Madly the veterans burel on the fi

Their ranks were torn and their columns riven, the
breastworks retaken, and the day was ours, General

Lee was reported to ha \ e -aid : ” The crisis had come.
The army was cut in twain, and I was willing to risk
all on the one issue.” And he won.

A MOST WORTHY PLEA FOR HELP.

Capt. John M Sloan, Pontotoc, Mis-.. Dec 27, 1893,
writes to comrades: 1 was Captain of Company G,
Forty-fifth Mississippi Regiment, Wood- and M. P
l.ou iy’s Brigade, Pat Cleburne’s I >ivision, in our greal
war. 1 was fearfully wounded ami disabled in the
memorable battle of Chickamauga, September 20, 1863.
When in command of my company, in front of the
enemy’s lines, and under a heavy tire of shot and
shell, I had the misfortune of having my under jaw,
upper teeth, and pari of my tongue shot away, and
my fare terribly mutilated bj the explosion of a shell
from one of the enemy’s guns, Since thai time I have
had to lie on my hack when taking my meal- and he
fed by others on fluids. 1 cannot masticate any food

whatever. Notwithstanding my unfortunate and irre-
parable condition, 1 managed so ae to support myself
and family tor twenty-live years, lmt am unable to do
so longer without assistance.

Comrades. 1 dislike to beg 1 had rather that it was
different, hut 1 cannot help it. 1 received this ugly
ami unfortunate wound in a just and honorable cause.
1 did my duty in defending our beloved Sunn\ South-
land, homes, property ami firesides. Will you please
Bee to it that myself and family do not suffer for the
necessaries of life ? 1 baveawifeand two daughters
dependent on me for a support, and one of the daugh-
ters has been an invalid for the past eighteen years.
Please contribute something to our relief, and I assure
you that the amount will be gratefully appreciated by
us. [Signed], Your comrade, John N. Sloan.

C. If Mitchell and Frank Sauter fully indorse the
above statement of (apt. .1. X. Sloan, ami say he is
very poor, -i good, moral man. a law-abiding citizen,
ami merits all that can he .ion.’ for him.

Rev. (‘has. ll.Otken. Summit. Miss., Jan. 1,1894:

1 was the Chaplain of the Forty-fifth Mississippi Regi-
ment. I saw Captain Sloan on the held of Chicka-
mauga. Sept. I’ll, 1863. Four surgeons pronounced his
case hopeless. The chin dangled in front of his breast.

The shell made a gash from the outer edge of the
right ‘ eye to the corner of the mouth. From Sun-

day noon until Tuesday about ‘2 p. m. no relief was
given him — not a drop of water could he given him.
[obtained private physicians from Ringgold, Ga. They
cut away the chin and sewed the nose to the face. An
old physician who had Berved in the Mexican war,
and who saw him, said that he knew of only one man
similarly wounded on record. Captain Sloan was
frightfully mutilated. For over thirty years he lies
down supine three times a day on two chairs and is
fi<l as a child. I have made several efforts for relief
in his behalf. To the last, the first response came
from Hon. (i. F. Rowles, of Natchez — a negro— a rep-
resentative of Adams County. He -cut $25. The
next came from Mrs. Sarah F. Marshall, from Bartow
on the Sound. Westchester County, N. Y. she -cut
$10 to me through Rev. l’r. Stratton, of Natchez. M tee .
and $10 direel to me from her home. Dear Comrades
of the Lost Cause! I know no! how to commend my
friend to your generous consideration.- He is now an
old man, has an afflicted family, a ml is poor. I am sure
that as long as there are surviving Confederates who
can aid, Captain Sloan ought nol to Buffer for material
comforts. Shall we not let a little BUnshine into this
dreary ho ?

Gen. S. D. Fee. Columbus Miss . -Ian.. 18, 1894, in
official letter: Comrades of the Division, and Unat-
tached Veterans The inclosed appeal ol Comrade
John K.Sloan, Forty-tilth Mississippi Regiment, M.
P Lowry’s Brigade, Cleburne’s Division, Army of
Tennessee, is before you. He ha- done nil he could
ami supported himself for twenty-five years. Now he
call- on us for aid. Fet those of us who w ei . spared
and were more fortunate now come forward
our scanty purses and means, as we did our haversacks
and canteen- during the war. He i- now old ami can-
not help himself. His is an exceptional case. Prob-
ably no other such disfiguring and disqualifying wound
was received on either sid< during the war. Fetus
all, comrades and charitably disposed persons, con-
tribute of our means to this unfortunate soldii
well vouched for. He was a splendid soldier, and was
disabled while fighting for our 1. cloved Southland.

Since receipt of above I learn the State has given

Capt. Sloan $150. Contributions will be accepted for

him at this of]

Mi I’M. s fob Confederate Soldiers. — Southerner,
Dyersburg, Tenn. : Among my friends is a deserving
Confederate veteran who is unable, as a re-ult of a
wound received during the war, to earn a living in the
ordinary pursuits of life. One day 1 said to him,
“Captain, why don’t you apply for a pension; you are
entitled to it under the laws of T( “1 do

not want it,” he replied. “1 did not fight for money.
but 1 believe thai a medal ought to be issued to each
deserving old soldier.” This is an idea that 1 would
be glad to see carried into effect. If each Southern

State would issue a t la] to its honored Confederate

veterans, and to the families of the dead who fought
to the death, it would do much to keep alive I
lire- that should burn forever in our hearts. The
medals would become precious heirlooms to which
eaeh Southerner and Southern family would point
with pride, and the holiest principles for which mor-
tals ever fought would still live, and the memo)
our glorious heroes would be consecrated in undying
love. Could not a movement looking to this end be
inaugural

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

ELIGIBILITY TO YETERAX MEMBi:i:>H IV.

Col. Jno. P. Hickman. Secretary of the Tennessee
Division of Confederate Soldiers, has kindly furnished
the Veterak the following from the Minutes of the
meeting held at Jackson. It will show how very
strict the Tennessee Division is as to the eligibility of
membere :

The Secretary read the opinions given 1 > v the State
( tracers as to eligibility of members, in answer to cer-
tain questions asked by one of the Bivouacs. Said
questions and answers were taken up, and each an-
swer was unanimously indorsed and adopted by the
Association. They are in substance as follows:

Question i. If a Surgeon in the Confederate Army resigned,
not from any physical disability, and came home, took the
oath of allegiance to the Federal Government, and remained

within the lines of tlie 1,0.1:1! forces, would he be eligible to
our Association?

Answer. Tin- act of resignation is honorable ; but the mo-
ment an officer forswears his allegiance to the Government, he
loses the honor of his resignation, ami can only be classed as
having abandoned the country winch he swore to support, and
cannot I a member of our Association.

Question L’. If a man was discharged from service for sick-
ness the first year of the war, and was afterward able for ser-
vice and did not re-enter the army, would he be eligible ‘.’

Answer. If a soldier was discharged for a real physical dis-
ability 1 sickness, not minority or over-age) under our Consti-
tution hi- is eligible. Oar members should only be men who
did their whole duty, without shirking or equivocation.

Question 3. If a soldier joined the army and served one
year, ami then hired a substitute, came home, took the oath,
ami remained within the enemy’s lines, would he be eligible?

Answer. A man cannot join our Association on the ser-
vices of a substitute, but the service must have been performed
in person, otherwise a man could join on the services of a son
who was a minor, for he owned and was as much entitled to
the services of his minor son as he was to the services of his
substitute. A man’s financial ability to hire a substitute did
not relieve him of his duty to his country, nor does it make
biin eligible to our Association.

Question 4. What is meant by “honorably released from
Service,” as appears in the third Article of our’Coustitution J

Answer. If a soldier was released from one branch of the
service to join another, or was released from service to take
some civic ollice which was necessary to the maintenance of
bis government, or was released on account of some physical
disability, not warranting a regular discharge, be would be hon-
orably released. This Instance is cited : Hon. Howell Cobb,
of 1 norgia, was Colonel of a regiment, and was elected to the
( ‘onlederate Congress ; the records say ” be was honorably re-
leased from S01 vice.”

It can readily he sen that if a soldier was fortunate enough
to hold a commissi. .11, resigned it, went in the lines of the
enemy, took the oath Of allegiance to the government of the
enemy, that was not an honorable release, and such soldiers
cannot become members of our Association.

S. S. .Meyers, of Jackson County, filed his applica-
tion with S. S. Stanton Bivouac to lie,,. me a member.
Said application was fully considered by the Bivouac,
and it appeared that he had taken the oath of allegi-
ance to the federal Government before the surrender
of the Confederate Annies, lie had never been dis-
charged for a real physical disability. His application
was rejected by the Bivouac, and he appealed there-
from to the state Association. Comrade S. F. Wilson

moved that the appeal lie laid upon the table, as S. S.
Myers, never having I .eon a member of the Association,
had no right to appeal thereto. Whereupon (‘apt. W.
W. ( ‘antes offered the following resolution, which was
unanimously adopted :

Resolved, by the State Association of Confederate Soldiers,
that the appeal of 8. 8. Myers be laid on the table, S. S. Stanton

Bivouac being the soje arbiter and having exclusive jurisdic-
tion in his case. Hut nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued as in any way abridging the State officers’ right to
i. jeel members received by the Bivouacs, or to purge Bivouacs
of unworthy members.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN (‘AMP OF SEW YORK.

This Camp has an auxiliary membership. The eli-
gibility of members is officially reported as follows:

‘flu’ immediate descendants and relatives of those
who honorably served in the Army, Navy, or Civil
Service of the Confederate States of America, and
their male relatives, shall be eligible to admission as
auxiliary members of the Confederate Veteran Camp,
provided they shall have attained the age of twenty-
one years.

Auxiliary members are entitled to all the privileges
of the Camp, excepting that of voting before attain-
ing the age of twenty-live years, or 01 holding office
or membership in the Executive Committee before at-
taining the age of thirty-live years. But no auxiliary
member shall be eligible to the office of Commander
or Lieutenant Commander before attaining the
forty-live years. Nevertheless, auxiliary members
having attained the age of twenty-live years, are eligi-
ble to appointment on any or till special or subcom-
mittees.

woman’s auxiliary of this. camp.

To foster and encourage co-operation in the charita-
ble, social, and other appropriate works of the Camp,
the Executive Committee may authorize the forma-
tion of one or more associations of ladies, to be
known as “Woman’s Auxiliary of the Confederate
Veteran Camp,” membership therein only to be held
by wives or daughters, granddaughters, sisters, nieces,
or cousins of those who honorably served in the Army,
Navy or Civil Service of the Confederate States of
America, or relatives of auxiliary members of the
Confederate Veteran Cam]). No dues or U-r< shalj be
levied by the Camp on such Associations, or the mem-
bers thereof.

A Confederate Monument to re Erected at
Franklin. — The ladies of Williamson County are en-
gaged in raising funds with which to erect a monu-
ment to the memory of Confederate soldiers, the living
and the dead. It is their purpose to place iton the
Public Square, where it may be seen of all men. We
are going to succeed, and will have a monument of
which any city would be proud. Some time ago
Charles Hills, of Chicago, a Federal soldier who fought
here in November, 1864, was on a visit looking over

the battle-ground, and heard of this monument un-
dertaking, when he volunteered to give ten dollars
toward it. This is one of the many incidents that
occurs during life’s journey to show us the kin-hip
of men. 1 don’t know what his polities are, and 1
■ 1 < piil care. I venture to say he is a gentleman of the
highest order, and was a brave soldier. 11.

Mrs. S. A. A. McCausland, Lexington, Mo., in send-
ing subscription to the Veteran, Bays: I want the
Hag.-. In the beginning of I he ” late unpleasantness ”
I suffered many things because of a refusal to surren-
der a Confederate Hag to a regiment in blue, so now I
“even up” by keeping the colors always in sight on
my own domain.

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39

Too late for suitable notice conies the announcement
that Gen. Lucien B. Northrop, Commissary General
of the Confederate States and classmate of Jefferson
Davis at West Point, died at the Maryland Confeder-
ate Home.

It is well to give in the Veteran notice of the death
of Mrs. .lane Washington, mother of Hon. Joseph E.
Washington, member of Congress from Tennesset
She was a Miss Smith, of Florence, Ala., and became
the second wife of Col. George A. Washington, whose
father, Joseph Washington, came from Virginia in
1798. II” bought sixty-live acres of land, to which he
and his son added by purchase nearly 1’J.inki acres
more. It is doubtless the largest body of improved
land ever owned by one family in Tennessi e \ mag-
nificent home was buill nearly three-quarters of a cen-
tury ago. Colonel Washington was buried there a
little more than a year ago, and now his wife.

During the war, while submitting to legal authori-
ties. Col. Washington determined to resisl hand- of
guerrilas who infested his home, and was given per-
mit by General Rosseau to keep fire-arms in his house.
He resisted as many as eight marauders at one time,
assisted by two faithful slaves, to whom he gave guns,
while young Joseph carried ammunition for him. He
shot one of them, and by that means traced some
of the others so the authorities secured and executed
them. Again he killed a man while taking a horse
from one of his stables, who happened to be a soldier,
It created a great sensation. Two companies of sol-
diers went to the house to avenge the death and quar-
reled about the prey until a regiment arrived for his
rescue. Meanwhile one of them shot him a flesh
wound, and was about tiring again when the faithful
wife rushed between them. The coward tired at her.
but one of his comrades knocked up the pistol and
the hall passed over the heads of them both.

(‘apt. Thomas E. Mallory, who served four years
in the Confederate army, died in Montgomery County,
Trim., February 9th. He was a member of the church
and was buried by his brother Masons.

An exchange reports “a big funeral” by the colored
people in Jacksonville, Florida, to Or. A. H. Darnes,

colored. The deceased was a prominent Mason. No-
tice here is given because of his service through the
war with Gen. 1-‘.. Kirby-Smith. Of the many manu-
scripts that have awaited space in the Veteran there
i- one from this Dr. Panics setting forth the noble
character of his master.

F. O’Brien, Birwick, La., notes that Comrade James
Malcolm was huried February Ith. He was in his 74th

year. Adjutant O’Brien adds that the Yi ii i,\\ im-
proves all the time, and says. ” 1 think you will get as
many subscribers at si as you would at fifty cents.”

Nat. D. Colhoun, who was a member of Company
C, Second Louisiana Cavalry, died at his home at

Stanton Depot, Tenn., January 19th, aged .”> I years.

DELIVERING THE VETERAN IX SASHVlLl.i:

Effort i- being made to chancre the general postal
law in regard to delivery of periodicals in the cities
where published. The Veteran weighs about two
and a half ounces. Postage upon it is one cent per
pound to every place in the United States, and deliv-
ered by carrier the same as letters, except in Nashville,
where prepayment by postage stamps is required at
two cents percopy. The largest magazines are maila-
ble at the same price. Twelve copies of the Veteran

may he delivered throughout the suhurhs of the 1;
cities for what it costs to mail one to a Nashville suh-
Bcribi r. By the libera] favor to publishers of hooks
the I tepartment sends all that are admitted as second-
da– matter at on, cent for four ounces, yet the Vet-
eran a- other small monthlies), entitled to the gen-
eral mail at one cent per pound, must pay two cent- per
Hy of publication. Mr. Washington.
Representative of the Nashville District in Con

bill before tie House for a change in the law.
Cen. Wheeler, of Alabama, Member, and Gen. Bate,
of Ti – itor, are co-operating with Mr. Wash-

ington in behalf of a change whereby periodica
four ounces and less may he mailed for one cent. Ap-
peal for favorable consideration ha- been made to
Postmaster General Bissell, who ms satisfactory

interest in it. This publication explains to the hun-
dred- of subscribers in Nashville whose copies of the
Veteran arc not promptly delii hey should he.

Rev. C. G. Reagan, of Itasca, Texas, in his mi –ions
of peace, forgot that he left with Mr. T. J. Glasscock,
of Marshall. Texas, his sword about the close of the
war. Thomas Brooks, editor of the Washington
County Review, printed a letter about it. and Rev. Mr.
ii secured the sword. It was presented to him
by Col. J. R. Pettigrew.

The next Veteram is to contain an elaborate his-
tory of postage -tamp- mad, m Confederate time-.
There are about forty illustrations to be in the sketch
referring to many curious characteristics about them.

A Confederate Camp was organized at Pikeville,

Tenn.. January 19th, and named in honor of Col. H.
M. Ashhy. who commanded tie Second Tenn

Confederate Cavalry. 1.. T. Billingsley W8
Commander, and Z. M. Morris. Adjutant. Another
meeting to perfect the organization i- to he held on
the 17th of February.

John W. l’oo-er. Marianna, Fla.: Inclosed find $2 for
.■ al-. We have been reading the Veteran now

for twelve months, have become much attached to it

and can’t do without it.

Geo. E. Hardwicke. Sherman, Texas, February 12th,
in sending $5 for live subscribers, states; All you lack
of getting on. hundred subscribers here in Sherman is
somebody to rustle for them. I simply mentioned the
paper and they immediately subscribed.

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

COMMENTS OF COMKM>i:s.

H. K. Hill, Comanche, Texas: * * * And be-
sides, I never wrote any thing for publication in my
life. I regard Forrest as the greatest cavalry officer in
our war. I firmly believe bad Stonewall Jackson lived
and been given 50,000 infantry, and Forrest given
15,000 cavalry, they would have wiped tin- thing out
and “carried the war into Africa,” instead of standing
on the defensive and being worn out, as we were. I
belonged tn Itoss’ brigade, and was under Van Dora
until he was killed. After this we wen- sent hack to
Mississippi, and covered the gloomy retreat oi Joseph
K. Johnston from Big Black to Jackson, and afterward
went to Georgia and skirmished for Johnston’s left
from Rome to Atlanta. We were at New Hope and
Jonesboro, and captured McCook and I Jrown low’s out-
fit at Xewnan, and followed Kilpatrick down to Love-
joy. The description of the Confederate
soldier by Mr. IJaskette, in December Veteran, was a
very fine production. He must have been one of
them. I was well pleased with the letter of Mrs. Sarah
K. Brewer, some time ago. God bless her, she has my
permission to have her say. a- she called it. 1 wish
you good success. Don’t let your journal get into the
hands of a cold-blooded mob north of Mason and
Dixon’s line, and my opinion is it will flourish. Mind
you. 1 have not written this for publication.

Wm. C. TimminS, Of Houston, Texas, hopes tO lo-
cate :i sword presented to his uncle, Lieut. Col. Wm.
C. Timmins, of the Second Texas Regiment, when he
first left to join the Confederate Army as Captain of a
company raised in Houston. It was appropriately en-
graved, and had his name Inscribed thereon. Col.
Timmins was wounded during the siege of Vicksburg,
and died soon afterward in vicksburg, and is buried
at Houston. Texas. 1 am pretty certain that the
vankees did not get it, hut some Confederate officer
brought it away from Vicksburg.

John \V. Rogers, manufacturer of fine carriages. Bal-
timore, writes an earnest commendation of the Vet-
eran with his left hand. He lost his right arm in the
battle of Gettysburg, in Company C, Twelfth Virginia
Infantry.

• lames D. Odom, Boz, Texas: Go on, sir, with your
noble work, and may the God of our beautiful South-
land bless you and all worthy ex-Co nfederate soldiers.
One dollar is quite reasonable for the Veteran. Let
us have it, thai we children may know more of our
fathers’ experiences during those stormy days.

W. A. Campbell, Columbus, Miss.: 1 wish I could
write for the Vj teran Gen. S. D. Lee’s speech to us

last night, lie gave incidents of the war, illustrating

the daring and valor of the Southern soldiers, and he

Baid, in the course of his remarks, that as time passes
history will recognize the sublime courage of the
Southern soldiers. He told of seeing a company of
boy-, about 125 strong, in which there were none ex-
cept the officers -1 years old. go into battle to sup-
port artillery at Sharpsburg, and that although about
twenty-five of the boys were shot dead from the ranks
they faltered not.

GeorgeN. Ratlifif, Huntsville, Mo.: * * * By the
way, I am coming back to Franklin to visit again” that
battle-field. There are 1 III M issourians buried there.
and I knew them every one. 1 was with them for
nearly four years.

W. A. (‘.. ( olumbus. Miss. : Let each Camp have a
visiting card, to give to any member who is traveling.
signed by the Commander and Adjutant, stating that
he is a member in good standing Any man can buy

01 f the Confederate buttons and pas- as a veteran.

We intend to do this in our Camp, and a notice in
the Veteran may induce other Camps to adopt the
plan. It will at least bring out a discussion of the
matter, and may lead to something better. ( >ur regu-
lation button, as you know, can be bought in many
places of jewelers, and by any one. as Captain Shipp’s

plan of having the button copyrighted has not so tar
been successful.

Rev. Thomas M. Cobb, Lexington. Mo.: I am de-
lighted with the Veteran. Success to you. 1 was a
member of Company 11. Second Missouri Infantry, C.

s. A.., Senator Cocknll’s old regiment and company.

I was severely wounded at the battle of Kennesaw
Mountain. Georgia, and sent to the hospital at Barns-
ville, Ga., where I lay with wound and gangiven for
two months. My nurse was a Mr. Elder, a wounded
and disabled soldier from Tennessee. My recollection
is he lived in or near Murfreesboro. If he is living I
would like to hear from him, and would take it as a
great favor if any one would inform me about him.
I hope to give you some incidents interesting and
thrilling soon.

C.J.Holt. Haley. Tellll. : It does my soul good to

read of the daring deeds of those heroes who donned
the gray and kept step to strains of martial music
made from such airs as “Maryland, My Maryland,”
“Bonnie Blue Flag,” “The Girl I Left ‘behind Me,”
or the soul-stirring strains of “Dixie.” The proudest
heritage I claim is my birthright in the sunny South-
land, and the son of a Confederate veteran who tramped
the hot sands of Virginia and other Southern States
four long years.

Messrs. P. L. Smithson and J. L. Gee, of Williamson
County, Tenn., have a very pleasant recollection of
Gen. John C. Breckinridge at Shiloh. It was on
Tuesday after the fighting of Sunday and Monday.
They had been sent early on detail for some guns, and
while in execution of the order they were met by Gen-
eral Breckinridge, who asked what command they be-
longed to, and on being told, he said, ” Soldiers, you
seem to have had a bad night” — they were wet from
the excessive rains — “and 1 expect have not had any
breakfast.” They promptly responded that they had
not. “Neither have 1,” said the General, ” but 1 have
two biscuits. 1 will give one to you two and divide
the other with my Aide” They will ever remember
thecourtesy and kindness of the eminent Kentuckian.

Capt. B. M. Hord, Nashville, Tenn., desires to know

of Ed Moore, of t he Washington Artillery, who shared
bed blankets with him at Lock Island. 111.

I!. I!. Hancock, Auburn, Tenn., desires the address
of any members of the Second Missouri Cavalry.

•lames Archer, Stanton, Miss., would like to know
what became of the three stall’ officers of Gen. Bush-
rod Johnson— Snowden. lilakemore, and Black.

A. .1. Cowart, of Little Oak, Ala., wants the address
of Spotswood Garland, who was Captain of Company
G, Sixty-third Alabama Infantry. He was wounded
and captured in the battle of Blakely, (?) April 9, 1865.

R. II. Phelps, Esq., LaG range, Texas : Send me the
old list of subscribers, giving date when subscription
expires, and I will try to get them to renew.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

4i

MARYLAND LINE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS’ HOME

The January Veteran contained quite a thorough
account of the Confederate cause in Maryland with ref-
erence to the Confederate Soldiers’ Borne at Pikeville,
a small tillage eight miles from Balti-
more, which is reached by splendid driv-
ing roads and by electric cars. Thei
mand of the Home is intrusted to W.
11. Pope, who was a gallant Confederate
soldier, and whose whole heart is en-
listed for its success, lie has been zeal-
ous tor the Veteran from the tirst. The
total expenses of the Home at the last
annual report, September, 1893, were
$38,195. Of this sum the state has

trihuted $27,500. The Maryland Line
created the influences whereby the Home
was established.

maintained the same high character and bearing, and
the record of their deeds is held in veneration and
affection.” All honor to Maryland I

The superb record made by soldiers

from Maryland in the Confederate Army
is attributable mainly to the First and
Second Regiments Infantry, the First
and Second Regiments < Javalry, the First,
Second. Third and Fourth Companies of
Artillery, numbering in the aggregate
about four thousand men. From the be-
ginning, at Harper’s Ferry, in 1861, to
the end at Appomattox in 1865, “they

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INTERIOR OF COURTYARD, MARYLAND CONFEDERATE HOME

OCCURRENCES AT LEES SURRENDER.

denta is due to the fact
that the narrators of such
tiling do not always con-
fine themselves strictly
tn the Btat< men! of what
they did themselves, but
are much disposed to in-
clude in their reports
what they think was
done or omitted to be
done by others. At the
battle ‘it’ Fredericksburg,
for instance, fiehting
took place on the right
and Left of the ( lonfeder-
ate army, it- center not
bavins been engaged at
all. < fen. Longstreet, “it
i be I onfederate left, had
repulsed the repeated at-
tacks made u po D t he
troops posted at the foot

Col. Charles Marshall of Baltimore, delivered an ad-
dress in that city January 19th, the birthday of Gen.
Lee, in which be described graphically the great sin-
render at Appomattox . 1 1 is large audience comprised
many members of Congress who had gone over from
Washington. On the platform, in addition, were
Cardinal Gibbons, Gen. Wade Hampton, and other
distinguished visitors. The twin daughters of Gen.

II I were there with their chaperon. Gen. Bradley

T. Johnson introduced Col. Marshall as “the right
hand of Lee,” and who was with him in the last hours
of an expiring tragedy. Col. Marshall was received
with great applause. Part of his address follows:

When old soldiers and sailors meet to talk about the
war, it must be admitted that they some-
time- forgel the reverence due the divin-
ity commonly Bpoken of as the Goddess
of Truth. This tendency to exaggerate
and invent in describing events that ex-
cite great interest, and particularly such
as appeal to the feelings and passions of
men, makes itself felt long after the

events hav icurred, and impairs the

value of history. We d t yet know

with certainty the Tacts of the battle of
Waterloo. As to Cliancellorsville and
Gettysburg, although I witnessed both,
1 sometimes think, in view of the abso-
lutely irreconcilable accounts we have of
those two engagements, a Bishop Whate-

ly might readily create historic doubts

as to whether either was, in (‘act, fought.
It. was my duty during the latter half of
the war, tO prepare the reports of Cell.
Lee under his directions, and one of the
most difficult things I had to do was to
reconcile the many conflicting accounts
of the same affair submitted by com-
manding officers. Much of the confu-
sion and contradiction of statement mad e
by narrators or writers of historic inci-

of .Marye’s Hill, and Cell, .lackson had repulsed the as.
sault made on our right near Hamilton’s Crossing.
The distance between the two scenes of combat was
between three and four miles. In the afternoon I

came across Gen. 1>. H. Hill, of Jackson’s Corps, who

thought Ids wing had been doing all the fighting,
while the left had not been engaged at all. Nearly
fifteen hundred Federal dead lay in front of Marye’s
Hill, and Gen. Hill did not know that there had been
any fighting there.

With this full knowledge of this tendency to error,
I now come to present to you, as accurately as 1 can,
the facts of the surrender ot’Cen. I.ee at Appomattox,
about which you have asked me to talk to you on this
occasion, when we are met to celebrate his birthday.
I know of no other event in his life which more
strongly illustrates some of the great qualities that
adorned the character of our great chieftain.

1 shall begin my narrative with the opening of the

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MEMORIAL HALL AND LIBRARY, MARYLAND CONFEDERATE HOME

correspondence between Gen Lee and Gen. Grant.
After the disaster of Sailor’e Creek, the atmy, reduced
to two corps, under the command of Gen. Long!
and Gen. Gordon, moved through Farmville, where
rations were issued to some of the starving troops.
The ‘lose’ pursuit of the overwhelming army ol
Grant made il necessary to remove the wagon trains
before all the men could be Bupplied, and the remnant
of the great Army of Northern Virginia, exhausted by
fighting and starvation, moved in the road to Appo-
mattox Court House. On the afternoon of the 7th of
April i .en. (.rant Bent to Gen Lee the first letter, so
well known to readers of history, pointing out the
hopelessness of longer contining the struggle, and ask-
ing the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Gen. Lee, you remem-
ber, replied, disagreeing
with Gen. Grant’s view
of the hopelessness of the
struggle, but inquiring
the conditions of surren-
der Gen. Grant might
oiler. The next day,
April 8, < Jen. Grant re-
plied, ” Peace being my
:it desire, there is but
.me condition I insist
upon — namely, that the
men ami officers surren-
dered shall be disquali-
fied for taking up arms
again against the Gov-
ernment of the United
States until properly < \
changed. 1 will meet
you, or will designate
Officers to meet any offi-
cers you name for the
same purpose, at any

ing definitely the terms
upon which the surren-
derofthe Armyof North-
ern Virginia will be re-
ceived.”

h will be observed that
Gen. Grant, in this let-
ter, manifested that del-
icate consideration for
his great a d v e r-a ry
which marked all his
suhse.|Ucnt conduct to-
ward him. He offered
1,. have the terms of the

arranged by
officers to be appointed
for the purpose by him-
self and ( ren. l.ee. I I

the latter the

and mortification of

conducting person ally

the arrangements for the

niy.

When Lord Cornwallis

opened hi- correspond-

■ with Gen. wash-

;ton. which ended in
rrenderat Yorktown, his lordship proposed that
two officers he appointed on each Bide to arrange terms
of surrender. This letter, ami ( lornwallis’ subs<

nation to attend the ceremony of the sum

of his army, deputizing Gen. < I’Hara to represent him,
slowed that he Bhrunk from sharing with hi- army
the humiliation of surrender. Gen.t .rant offered

ii opportunity to avoid the trial to which the
British commander felt himself unequal. But
Lee was made of different stuff It is not without in-
terest to recall what ■ ren I • i – father, I ight I
IImm Lee, in writing of “this episode, said that I

nothing with which Cornwallis could repi
himself nor his brave and faithful army, and by fail-
ing to appear at it- head in the day of misfortune, as

point agreeable to you,
for the purpose of arrang-

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ENTRANCE TO LOUDON PARK CEMETERY, BALTIMORE.

he had always dime in the .lay of triumph, the British
General dimmed the splendor of hia lung and brilliant
career. Little did the father think when he wrote
these wonls that he was marking the arduous path of
duty along which his son was one day to be railed
upon to walk. That son was worthy of such a father
and of Buch teaching. As I said on another occasion
of Gen. Lee’s conduct through the pain and humilia-
tion of his position, his great career about to close in
defeat, and all that he had done about to be made un-
availing, he saw the path of duty, and he trod it with
as firm a step and as brave a heart and as lofty a mein
ae if it had been the way of triumph.

The march was continued during the 8th of April
with little Interruption from the enemy, and in the
evening we halted near Appomattox Court House
Gen. Lee intending to march by way of Campbell
Court House through Pittsylvania County toward
Danville, with a view of opening communication with
the arm v of General Joseph E. Johnston, then retreat-
ing before Gen. Sherman through North Carolina.
Gen. Lee’e purpose was to unite with Gen. Johnston
to attack Sherman, or call Johnston to his aid in resist-
ing Grant, whichever might be found best. The ex-
hausted troops were halted for rest on the
evening of the 8th of April near Appo-
mattox Court House, and the march was
ordered to be resumed at 1 o’clock a. m.
1 can convey a good idea of the condition
of affairs by telling my own experience.

When the army halted on the night

of the Mh, General Lee and his staff

turned out of the road into a dense wood

!; some re-t. The ( leneral had a

conference with some of the principal offi-

eei-s.at which it was determined totryto

ur way the next morning with the

troope of i lor don, supported by the cav-
alry under Gen. Kit/.. Lee, tin- command
of Longstreet bringingup the rear. After-
ward we laid upon the ground near the
road, with our saddles for pillows, our
horses picketed near by, eating the bark
from thi’ trees for want of better proven-
der, our faces covered with the capes of
our overcoats to keep out the night air.
After 1 o’clock I was aroused by the

Bound ot a column of infantry marching;
along the road. We were so completely
surrounded by the swarming forces of
General Grant, that at first when I awoke
I thought the passing column might he-
Federal soldiers. I raised my head and
listened intently. My doubts were quickly
dispelled. 1 recognized these troops as
they passed along the road in the dead
of night by hearing one of them repeal
the Texan version of a passage of Script-
ure with which I was familiar — I mean
the Texan version. That version was as
follows:

“The race is nut to tliein that’s got

The longest legs to nm ;
Nor the battle to that people

That sheets the biggl si gun.”

This simple confession of faith assured
me that the immortal brigade of Hood’s
Texans was marching to battlein the dark.

Soon after they passed we were all astir, and our
bivouac was at an end. We made our simple toilet,
consisting mainly of putting on our caps and saddling
our horses. Somebody had a little corn meal, and
somebody else had a tin can, such as is used to hold
hot water for shaving. A fire was kindled, and each
man in his turn, according to rank and seniority,
made a can of corn meal gruel, and was allowed to
keep the can until the gruel became cool enough to
drink. General Lee, who reposed, as we had done,
not far from us, did not, as far as 1 remember, have
even such a refreshment as 1 have described. This
was our last meal in the Confederacy. Our next was
taken in the 1’nited States, and consisted mainly of a
generous portion of that noble American animal whose
strained relations with the great Chancellor of the
German Empire made it necessary at last for the
President of the United States to send an Ohio man to
the court of Berlin.

Genera] Cordon had already begun the attempt to
open the way, hut informed Ceneral Lee that it was
impossible to proceed farther. General Lee had
already written to Ceneral Grant, stating : ‘”1 cannot
meet vou with a view to surrender the Army of

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Northern Virginia ; but, so far as your proposal may
affect the Confederate Southern fonts under my com-
mand, and tend to the restoration of peace, I should
be pleased to meet you at 10 a. m., to-morrow, on the
old stage road to Richmond, between the picket lii
of the two armies.” No reply to this Letter had l>een
received on the morning of the 9th, and General I i
attended by myBelf and with one orderly, proceeded
down the old stage road to Richmond to meet < reneral
< rrant, and while riding to i he rear for this purpose he
received the message of General Gordon that his ad-
vance was impossible without reinforcements. We
rode through the rear guard of the army, composed of
the remnant of Longstreet’s corps. They had thrown
up substantial breastworks of logs across thi
leading to the rear, and cheered General Lei as he
passed in the way they had cheered many a tune be-
fore. Their confidence and enthusiasm were not i
whit abated by defeat, hunger and danger. A- soon

1 reneral Lee received the report of General Gordon
as to the state i. f affairs in front, he directed that oil
to ask tor a suspension of hostilities, and proceeded at
once to meet General < rrant.

General Lee, with an orderly in front bearings flag
of truce, had proceeded but a short distance after pass-
ing through our riar guard when we came upon the
Bkirmish Line of the enemy advancing to the attack.
1 went forward to meet a federal officer, who proved
to be Lieutenant Colonel Whittier. > Whittier

delivered to me < reneral < (rant’s reply to i . ■
letter of April 8th, declining to discus- the terms of a
general pacification, on the ground that ( ieneral Grant
possessed no authority to deal with the subject, < ien-
eral I.ee immediately sent a letter requesting an inter-
view for the purpose of arranging tie terms of sun
der. There were indications that the advance of the
Federals would booh get into a brush with our troops,
and I expressed to Colonel Whittier the hope that the
hostilities would he -u.-pelided until the letter reaehed

(ieneral Grant. Colonel Whittier soon afterward
ported that an attack had been ordered, but General
Meade, upon learning the nature of the note sent Gen-
eral Grant, assumed the responsibility of suspending
hostilities for one hour. 1 have said that as General
l.ee passed through his rear guard the men cheered
him as of old. They were the flower of the old Army
<<( Northern Virginia, and 1 felt quite sure that if the
officer commanding tin’ advancing federal troops
should consider himself bound by his orders to re1
my request for a suspension of hostilities until Gen-
eral Lee’s letter could reach (ieneral Grant, the rear
guard of the Army of Northern Virginia would secure
all the time necessary.

Colonel Babcock, of General Grant’s staff, soon ap-
peared with tie’ reply to (ieneral Lee’s note, He and
1 then rode to Appomattox Court House to secure a
suitable room for the meeting. This we found in the
house of a Mr. Mid. can, who had moved there. from
the battle-field of Bull Run to get out of the way of
the war.

General Lee, Colonel Babcock and myself sat in the
parlor of this house for about half an hour, when a
large party of mounted men arrived, and in a few
minutes (ieneral Grant came into the room, accompa-
nied by his staff and a number of Federal officers of
rank, among whom were General < >rd and (ieneral
Sheridan, (ieneral Grant greeted General fee very
civilly, and they engaged for a short time in conversa-

tion about their former acquaintance during the Mexi-
can war. Some other federal officers took part in the

conversation, which was terminated by General Lee
Baying to General Grant that he had come to dif
the t’rins of the surrender of his army, as indicated in

te of that morning, and hi’ suggested to Get
Grant to reduce his proposition to writing.
( i rant assented, and < ‘olonel Parker, of his staff, moved
a small table from the opposite side of the room, and
placed it by General Grant, who sat facing G

When ( ieneral Grant had written his letter in
pencil, he took it to (Ieneral Lee, who remained
seati d.

eral Lee read the letter, and called General
Grant .”ii to the fact that he required the

der of tl of the cavalry a- it thej

public horses. He told General (‘rant that Confed-
llrymen owned their horses, and that they
would need them for planting a spring cropt Gen-
eral < irani pted tie n. and inter-
lined the i i. allowing t lie retention by the men
of the horses tl iged to them. At the dire
of our superior ‘>;; | Parker made a copy
of thif in ink, and 1 wrote out (ieneral Lee 8
acceptance, both ol inkstand.
In the midst 1 Grant, who was
talking with < i urned to Gei

that he has gome 1,200
of our people i with his men,

ami that none of them have anyth iti How

many ration- can you B] J Sheridan

1. “About twenty-five thousand.” (ieneral <
turned to General Lee and said. il, will that be

enough?” General Lee replied, ” More than enough.”
Thereupoi oJ Grant said to General Sheridan.

” I (irect your commissary to send twenty-five thousand

nmissary.” (ieneral Sheri-
dan at once sent an officer to giv< the necessary orders.
When Coloml Parker had completed thecopyii

it down at tl little

table and wroti er. I have yet in

my possession the original draft of that answer. It
began: “1 have the honor to acknowledge.” General

truck out tin-, words and made the answei
as it now appears. His reason was that the c
pondence might not to appear as if he and (ieneral
Grant wen not in immediate communication. When
(ieneral < i rant had signed the copy of his letter I

by i olonel Parker, and General Lee had signed the

answer. Colonel Parker handed m J. Grant’s

letter, and I handed to him (ieneral Lee’s reply, and
the work was done. Some further conversation of a
general nature took place, in which (ieneral Grant
said to (ieneral fee that he had come to the meeting
a- he was. and without his Bword, because he did not
wish to detain lee until he could send hack

to his wagons, which were Beveral miles away. This
made by any one to the subject
of dress on that occasion. General Lee had prepared
elf forth Qg with more than usual care,

and was in full uniform, wearing a very handsome

sword and sash. This was, doubtless, the reas tf

eral (.rant’s reference to himself.

At last General I.e. took leave of General Grant.

saying that he would return to his headquarters and

mate the officers who were to act on our side in

arranging the details of the surrender. We mounted

our horses, which the orderly was holding in the yard,

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and rode away, a number of Federal officers standing
on the porch in front of the house looking at us.
When General Lee returned to his line a large number
of men gathered around him. to whom he annou
what had taken place, and the causes thai had ren-
dered the surrender necessary. Great emotion was
manifested by officers and men, bu1 love and sympa-
thy for their commander mastered every other feeling.
According to the reporl of the chief of ordnance,
less than 8,000 armed men surrendered, exclusive of
the cavalry. The others who were present were un-
armed, having been unable to carry their arms from
exhaustion and hunger. Many had fallen from the
ranks during the arduous march, and unarmed men
continued to arrive for several days after the surrender,
swelling the number of paroled prisoners greatly
beyond the actual effective force.

THE SOLDIER’S GRAVE.

COXFKDKRATF DISASTER AT NASHVILLE

AXOTHF.R LETTER FROM Co!.. W. J’. HALF. TO Ills WIFE
AFTER HOOD’S DEFEAT BEFORE NASHVILLE.

HY PEARL RIVERS.

Tread lightly, ’tis a soldier’s grave,

A lonely, mossy mound ;
And yet to hearts like mine and thine

It should he holy ground.

Speak softly, let no careless laugh.

No idle, thoughtless jest,
Escape your lips where sweetly sleeps

The hero in his rest.

For him no reveille will beat
When morning beams shall come;

For him, at night, no tattoo rolls
Its thunders from the drum.

* s- #

Tread lightly! for a man bequeathed,

Ere laid beneath this sod,
His ashes to his native laud,

His gallant soul to God.

BEFORE RICHMOND.

[From the British Army and Navy Review, December, 1864.)

” Grant will hurl a thunderbolt
At the heart of the revolt; ”

We shall see!
Other men have tried and failed,
Other men have blenched and quailed,

Forcing Lee.

What though Jackson, dear to God,

Lies beneath the battle sod,

Dark and cold ‘.’
What though Stewart in earth is laid ;

He who won in rapid raid
Spurs of gold’.’

Longstreet in his anguish lies;
Tears are making soldiers’ eyes

Strangely dim ;
And we hold our breath and say,
“Does Death’s angel come this way,

SeekiiiL’ him ? ”

For the Lord of Hosts, who gave
These great men our land lo gave,

Knoueth best.
We to the last man shall light,
Doing battle for the right —

His the rest.

On, then, ( rrani ; we sec the gray,
Kill your myriads that ye may

Crush the free!
But ‘here are great deeds to do,
Ere your mercenary crew

Passes Lee.

-Mortimer t ‘ollins.

Headquabtkbs Stewabt’s Coin-.. Tupelo, Mis-.,
January 19, 1865. I now resume my story, and will
give you some account of our doings in front of Nash-
ville. We left Franklin on the second day after the
tight and moved on toward Nashville, our army in
mourning. When we got to .lohn Overton’s place I
saw some ladies by the roadside in high excitement.
and on riding up found them to be Mary Bradford,
Miss Maxwell. Miss May. Misses Becky Allison, Mary
lladley and Buck Coney. Mary lladley was married
to Maj. Clare, of the Staff of Gen. Hood, and was left
behind after her three days’ honeymoon. Our corps
then moved across to the Granny White Pike, through
Mr. Lea’s [dace, and went to Mrs. Johns’ house and es-
tablished headquarters there. Our first line was from
the Franklin Pike, near Mr. Vaulx’s, along the ridge
in front of father’s, by Montgomery’s house (burned
some time ago), across to the Hillsboro Pike, near Mr.
Rains’. This corps on the left, Lee in center, and
Cheatham on the right, extending over toward and
near to the Murfreeshoro pike. We remained thus for
two days, entrenching and building redoubts on our
left. The yanks were in line, plain in view along the
high ridge just back of Mr. Lawrence’s and in front of
Mrs. Acklin’s.

There was a force under Rousseau holding Murfrees-
horo which Gen. Hood was anxious to capture. He
detached the most of Forrest’s Cavalry and Bate’s Di-
vision to that work, hut they failed. Bate was then
ordered back, leaving Forrest. Here we remained
watching each other and entrenching as hard as we
could until the morning of the 15th of December.
On that morning about 9 o’clock it was reported to me
that the enemy were advancing in heavy force on the
Hillsboro pike and in front of Gen. Loring. Generals
French and Walthall had their troops in bivouac along
the east side of the Hillsboro Pike ready to move. I
informed Gen. Stewart, who mounted and rode to the
point, leaving me to keep my office open and send dis-
patches. I had a signal station, and sent dispatches
to Generals Hood, Lee and Cheatham, and received
others. In a short time the tiring began and grew
heavier as the enemy advanced. It was soon perceived
that his main attack would be here, as his whole army
appeared to he in our front. * * * They then
stormed and took redoubt 5, our forces being entirely
too small to keep them back. The reinforcements sent
to us did not arrive in time. Walthall’s troops, sta-
tioned along the pike in front of these works, were
then driven in ami the enemy were in the rear of Gen.
Loring, which, of course, compelled him to fall back,
as did the whole of our line, until dark. 1 remained
in my office until the yankees advanced to within
three hundred yards. I then mounted and made my
escape through the back yard with my clerks and
joined Gen. Stewart in front of Mr. Plater’s, where
Gen. Sears lost his life very near me. * * * As
our men fell back before the advancing yankees Mary
Bradford ran out under heavy fire and did all she
could to induce the men to stop and light, appealing
to them and begging them, but in vain — Deas’ brigade

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was here. Gen. Hood told me yesterday that he in-
tended to mention her courageous conduct in his re-
port, which will immortalize her. The men seemed
utterly lethargic and without interest in the battle. I
never witnessed such want of enthusiasm, and began
to fear for to-morrow, hoping that Gen. Hood would
retreat during the night, cross Duck River, and then
stop and fight; but lie would not give it up. How-
ever, he sent all his wagons to Franklin, which pre-
pared the men still more for the stampede of the next
day. * * * The enemy adapted their line to ours,
and about 9 a. m. began the attack on Cheatham, try-
ing all day to turn him and get in bis rear. They suc-
ceeded about 2 or 3 p. m. in gaining the pike behind
the gap, and in crossing got in the rear of Gen. Stew-
art’s headquarters, which were on the Bide of the knob

looking toward Nashville. We could see the whole

line in our front every move, advance, attack and
retreat. It was magnificent. What a grand Bight it
was! I could see the < apitol all day. and the chun hee
The yanks had three lines of battle everywhere I could
sec. and parks of artillery playing upon us and rain-
ing shot and shell for eight mortal hours. 1 could Bee
nearly every piece in our front, even the gunners at
work. They made several heavy assaults upon Gen.
Lee’s line near John Thompson’s, and one in front of
Mrs. Mullins”. At length, having trained oui
about 4 P. M. they made a vigorous assault upon the
whole line right and left. Bate gave way. am) they
poured over in clouds behind Walthall, which, of
course, forced him to give w a v. and then by brigades
the whole line from left to right, l.ee held on bravely
awhile longer than the center and left.

Here was a Bcene which I shall not attempt to de-
scribe, for it is impossible to give you any idea of an
army frightened and routed. Sonic brave effort was
made to rally the men and make a stand, but all control
over them was gone, and they flatly refused to stop,
throwing down their guns and, indeed, every thing
that impeded their flight, and every man tied for him-
self.

Reynolds’ Brigade was ordered to go to the right
just before the rout began, and got to where 1 was
when 1 halted it and got the General to form it in
line across the point of the knob just in the path of
the Hying mass, hoping to rally some men on this and
save the rest by gaining time tor all to come out of the
valley. Not ■ < man would stop.’ The First Tennessi i
came by, and its Colonel, House, was the only man
who would stop with us, and finding none of his men
willing to stand, he, too. went on his way. As soon
as I found all was lost, ami the enemy closing in
around us, 1 sent a courier to Gen. Stewart, who had
gone to Gen. Hood’s headquarters in the rear of Lea’s
house, to inform him of the fact, that he might save
himself. This courier was mortally wounded, and left
at Franklin. Finding the enemy closing in around
us. ami all indeed gone, 1 ordered the couriers and
clerks who were there to follow me, and we rode as
fast as we could to where 1 thought Gen. Stewart and
Gen. Hood were. They were gone, ami in their plai es
were the yankees. 1 turned my horse’s head toward
the steep knobs and spurred away. It was the only
chance o( escape left. The first place I struck the
hill was too steep for any horse to climb, and 1 skirted
along the hills hoping to find some place easier of as-
cent, hut none seemed to exist. Finally 1 reached a
place not bo step, and in the midst of thousands of

retreating soldiers 1 turned my horse’s head for the
i-i cut. resolved to try it. The bullets began to come
thick and last. Now. I found my saddle nearly off,
and was forced to get down, but on 1 went on foot.
All along the poor, frightened fellows were crying out
to me, “Let me hold on to your stirrup, for God’s
sake.” “Give me your hand and help me, if you
please.” Some were wounded, and many exhausted
from anxiety and over-exertion. On 1 struggled until
I. too. became exhausted and unable to move. By
tin- time the enemy had gotten to ihe toot of the hill
and were tiring at US freely. What was 1 to do
twisted my hand in my horse’s mane and was borne
to the top of the hill by the noble animal, more dead
alive. 1 wa- safe, though, and so were my men.
We descended the southern slope ami entered the deep
valley, whose shade- were darkened by approaching
night. The woods were tilled with our retreating men.
1 joined the crowd and finally made my way to the
Franklin Pike, where 1 found Gen. Stewart, who was

much relieved, for I had been reported as certainly
killed or captured. All night long we tied. The
Harpcth wa- crossed and a few hours of rest allowed.

when we started on lor Columbia, then Pulaski, and
then Bainbridge, lour miles above Florence. Every
mind was haunted by the apprehension that we did
not have boats enough to make a bridge. On we
marched, through ice and rain an.) snow, sleeping on
the wet ground at night. Many thousand- were bare-
footed, actually leaving the prints of blood upon the
ground, as the enemy pressed u- in the icar. When
• it the |dke at Pulaski we had an awful road,
strewn with dead horses and mules, broken wagons,
and worse than all. broken pontoons. We counted,

as we passed them, one. two, three, to fifteen.

Thus we toiled ..n. till Christmas day, cold, drizzly
and muddy we camped on the bank ot Shoal (reek,
and our cups formed line of battle to protect the rear
and let all cross, if the bridge could be made Roddy
bad captured the enemy’s pontoon- at Pe, atur, and

they were Boated down over the shoals. The bridge

Was made and the crossing began. Then cane the
tight with the gun-boats, which tried to destroy our
bridge. They were driven back and wecrOSSed. “All
i- well that ends well.” Every wagon, every cannon,
every horse, every mule, the hog-, beeves, cavalry, in-
fantry, and finally every Bcout crossed over. The re-
treat continued to this place, and here we are. daily
expecting orders. There were many things in this
memorable campaign never to be forgotten. I shall
never forget the passage of Duck River — Washii
rig the Delaware was insignificant.

1 wish 1 could send you something, my darling, but
von know 1 have no ‘means. 1 do not despair, but
hope to send you and the little fellows a lew things
some of these days.

General Hood has been relieve, 1 ami Taylor is in
command. What next ”

Jno. W. Dyer. Sturgis. Ky.: Allow me to «•■
my appreciation of the not crumbs, but solid. Bquare
meals of satisfaction I have enjoyed by reason ot’ the
Y i i i R w for the year past. May the good Ford pros-
per the Veteran and those int< in it. We old
Confederates only can know how dear the reminis-
cences ami acts of fortitude, heroism and bravery
recorded on its pages are to those who participated in
them.

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

JThe (Confederate U etc van.

One Dollar a Year. S. A. CUNNINGHAM, Editor.

Office at The American, Corner Church ami Cherry sis.

This publication i^ the personal property <>f S. A. Cunningham,
rsone who approve such publication, and realize i i ^ i,,
as an organ tor associations throughout the South, are requested to
commend lis patronage aud to co-operate In extending it.

RECORD OF CONFEDERATE DEFEAT.

Tins issue of the Veteran contains two interesting
papers. The one from Col. Charles Marshall aboul
the surrender of General Lee will be perused with
pathetic interest. His vivid and certainly accurate
report may be embodied in the history of both sides.
The chief of Staff to General Grant would hardly
wish to pay finer tribute to him than Colonel Marshall
has paid. An interesting bit of history already ac-
‘i pted by millions of people is changed so us to honor

General Lee first c terning the horses. He ob-

I to the surrender of them to the United States
Government, explaining that they were the per-
sonal property of his soldiers. It was then thai Gen-
eral Grant is supposed to have said. “The hoys will
need their horses to make a crop.” < Irant’s deference
i” I reneral Lee in explaining that he was not willing
to keep him waiting while he could have sent for his
sword was worthy the spirit of a great man. The
Southern people are gratified that Colonel Marshall is
so honored a living witness to that historic event.

It is a more courageous thing to print the letter of
Colonel ( lale than has often come to the Veteran. In
it the Confederate soldiers engaged under Hood, from
perhaps every Southern State, an- reported as running
from the enemy and being utterly stampeded. It is
the truth, but they can stand the reputation. Aye,
they had established enough of courage, endurance
and undying glory. The Federal army at both places
realized their incomparable advantages, and it ani-
mated their cowards even to press on to the front.
It was time for every fellow to redeem his reputation.

The situation of the army in front of Nashville was
extraordinary. We were on a range of hills near the
Granny White pike, and so situated that for more
than a mile to our extreme left the overwhelming
forces of the enemy could be seen pressing our flank
in so that each private soldier could see for himself

that (Hir only avenue for retreat would soon be cut oil’.

The Federal army overwhelmed us. My personal ex-
perience is as vivid as anything in life. ( )ur line was
broken only a few yards to my right, and the prospect
of getting out was so hopeless that my immediate
companions refused to undertake to retreat, ami re-
mained there to surrender. I had gone about an
hundred yards, when 1 stopped and, turning upon a
handsome young Federal, was about to fire upon him
and stopped, with the sentiment that he was ton brave
to he killed, and just then he “pulled down” on one

of our fellows, when with quick, careful aim I tired
once more for ray home and native land.

That awful, awful day! Hood’s army was crushed
at Franklin, and his soldiers, in going on ami on. Buf-
fering all that is possible, did it almost without hope;
but they would have died a thousand deaths rather
than be untrue. No apologies are offered for the rout
from before Nashville. No braver and truer men ever
existed, ami the remnant yet alive care not for the
record of thai day. They realize that man is not om-
nipotent.

CALL OF COMRADES TO DUTY

A lady writes that she has an article in her scrap
book that she will send to the Y ETERAN if wanted, and
if not she will send it to ” the other publication.”

Rivalry in journalism begets ill feeling, and the
general conclusion is that the controversies come of
business encroachments. If the Veteran has ever
lost a dollar or a cent because of that ” other publica-
tion ” I do not know it. But its relation to the South-
ern people, who arc not only zealous but enthusiastic
for it, imposes a duty that will be performed regardless
of consequence-.

The use of the word “Confederate” in a periodical
publication should engage an active interest by every
man and woman to whom it is sacred. The Confed-
erate Veteran was started specifically to give the
public knowledge of moneys received by me as agent
t’orthe Davis Monument. My appointment to that
important position was made by the Executive Com-
mittee of the Southern Press Association, and I
assumed use of the name because I was a Confederate
soldier, and every instinct of my nature was of defer-
ence and honor to the spirit embodied in it.

To the thousands of noble men and women in every
Southern State, who have been so zealous for the VET-
ERAN, 1 appeal concerning a principle that is of con-
cern to us all. Soon after the popularity of the VET-
ERAN was established a combination was formed
whereby the word <: Confederate ” was to be prefixed
to a monthly half this size for republishing some
blood and thunder pictures gotten out in New York
during the war. It was started in deceit and falsehood,
and has been so continued. To emphasize the situa-
tion, I will write of my own record and then repeat
what has been already published of the others who ask
Confederates for pat ronage,

1 am a. native Tennessean, was a volunteer soldier
in the Forty-first Tennessee Infantry. I did my
whole duty. I don’t remember an engagement with
tin’ enemy in which any soldier or officer went farther
than I did, except at Franklin, where a few got over
the last entrenchment, but 1 did more effective light-
ing from the t mbankment. In the battle of .lonesboro,
where we faced two lines of infantry behind breast-

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works, one above the other, on a hill in the woods, the
most awful firing of small arms that I ever heard, I
had advanced beyond :ill my fellows, not realizing
that they had fallen hack. On seeing that I was
within about seventy yards of a thousand men. each of
whom could have killed me in a twinkling, 1 saw near
me Lieut. W. s. Bearden, commander of his company,
standing by a small tree, the Mood pouring from a
hole in his trousers above the knee. I assisted in his
support to the rear, and went in again, leaving otl
to care for him, [ He is :i true man in every sense, and
at present an able Chancellor in Middle Tennes
An elaborate official report kindly sent me recently
by Dr. S. II. Stout, Medical Examiner of the West
Army, begins with the killing in that battle of my
Lieutenant. Hardy Jones, and the wounding of Lieu-
tenant Bearden.] I never held a commission, but was
Corporal, First Sergeant, and served as ; til Major

of my regiment Once 1 was ordered to wear a sword
and take eomn mid of two companies in an important
task. There was no hoy soldier in the command bet-
ter known, perhaps, and to thi B( ?i ie rans 1 submit for
testimony. Because I was”so small, and a good sol-
dier,” by special favor of my Colonel, J. D.Tillman,
now a hanker and lawyer at Fayettex ille. Tenn,. I was
permitted to carry a short Enfield rifle. However, it

was an effective gun— it was submerged in hi 1 at

Franklin. I was faithful through the war, and if I
ever fail murder me, cover me in a ditch and mark
not the spot. Now for the Frank Leslie:

A. Confederate Lieutenant Colonel was so unpopu-
lar that he was not I’e-ele. ted. hilt left out to gO ill

the ranks because of his , who through political

favoritism secured an appointment as Brigadier <
eral, and was put in command of brave men. Theii
testimony is that he left them under fire, never to be
seen again except on Post duty at the rear. Continued
preferment from a political source secured to this man
a position in the War Records office at Washington.
This position enabled him to control in a great m<
nre publications there that would have placed him in
a had light, and so there was good reason for securing
to him this position, Authors and witness) – of tin-.
reports are yet living, and will bear testimony at any
time. Think Ol the insolence to the Southern people

of this man engaging with the Frank Leslies to repro-
duce their filthy, falsifying pictures under the name
” Confederate,” and engaging a trusted Republican,
who removed from the North to Kentucky, so as to
locate it at “Lexington. Ky.,” as well as New York.
That feature takes SO well that they recently trans-
posed publication offices, and put Lexington. Ken-
tucky first.

The enterprising LaBree, who is to publish that
wonderful hook, ” The ( lonfederate Soldier in the Civil
War,” and claims to be “the most capable person liv-

ing for that work.” advertises himself in that circular
as the editor i I onfederate”(?) war journal.

Now . comrade-, brothers, 1 call upon you to do your

duty. Help me to expose this falsity and hypocrisy.
Your adoption of tic VETERAN as your organ was
good; hut ought you not to formally repudiate that
New York sheet with a Kentucky imprint ‘.’ Some of
you are negligent, and your newspapers publish
long advertisements of that falsifying thing. Even
the ‘ i/, the editor of which I know is my
friend, has, on tw asions, in its local department,

w hen asked questions about w here the CONFEDERATE

Veteran is published, replied, at Lexington, Ky.

I his is the last notice referred

< ‘ wen, \. 1 1. i , n called the CoNl i i

Where is it publial T. \\

We understand thai there is such a paper pul l.cx-

Ky.

These things come from harmful lack i

I ■ I ■■■■ ery ( lamp of Confi tat an Historial

Committee look- into this matter, ami it I represent

corn ■ that the vile si Vou

take my statenn lit lOtiveS, I know.

but if you suspect mistake by me, interrogate rigidly,
and 1 will n : all

of this infamy to be exposed by me. If

faithful comrade, who marched and fought
and suffered with you while these old war plates w
being made— which should be thrown into Vesuvius
should be sustained, Bay so. < otherwise declare against
it. I beg you, comrades, to give this attentioi
you go to Birmingham, Cany or -end such commen-
dations to that me. tine as you think you Ought.
Months ago 1 told yon that certain prominent men
would commend that sheet. That prophecy was ful-
filled before the Veteran’s expOsi in December. It
came ol’ desire for press favor- Such is natural,
■l -ii ill know that I hive honored our Cont’d!

-fully, although the Veteran ha- been the
special channel for private soldiere’ experiences but
I d( ‘la re now. that by tin memory of our dead, sacred
only second to the memory of the world’s Savior, that
1 shall defer to no man’s rank, now or In , in

the performance of duty. If you believe in tin \

\ goto Birmingham prepared to speak for it. If
you doni go believe, repudiate it. < >f one thing
assured, I shall not swerve from my duty to my people
foi money nor from peril. For the indorsement of so

-amis I bow in meekness, and will pi
with vigor on in their service as lam capable of know-
ing my duty. I f these fellows will tell the truth about
themselves and what they are doing, the Veteran will

let them alone. This slimy scheme to make money,
if successful, would be a disgrace to our people.
If you patronize that thing you force the Y i
into comparison with not only what is worse than de-
sertion, but with a crowd chuckling over the gulli-
bility of our people. Take up the Blue and Gray if

you will, take the Bu i: by itself, a thousand times
rather than contribute to that which is an insult to
every holy memory.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

THE SOVTH IS AMERICA*.

Joshua W. Caldwell, in the Arena, furnishes some
remarkable statistics. Extracts from his article:

The war ended twenty-eight years ago, but it is still
the habit of the North to think of the people of the
States which attempted to secede as enemies of the
Qnion and of the Constitution. * * * It is one of
the hopeful signs of the times that throughout the
South there is a positive and growing interest in his-
torical research. * The founders of Virginia
and of the other Southern colonies were average nun
and women of the seventeenth and eighteenth centu-
ries, and had their Cull share of the vices and their full
share of the virtues of the times. * *

of all the British colonies Virginia was the most
English. In blood the Virginians were not more En-
glish than the Puritans, but they held to the English
forms and methods, social, political, and religious,
whereas the New Knglanders attempted to set up a
theocracy which should realize the ideals of the Puri-
tans of old England and of the Covenanters of Scot-
land. In Virginia institutions were as English as the
people. * * *

Maseai husetts and Virginia appear to have been es-
sentially unlike, hut in reality a likeness was essential.
Their people were of the same race, and had the same
conception of liberty and the same love of liberty.
In the end they two were to lead all the other colonies
to the establishment of their common principles. * *
Massachusetts was turbulent, Virginia placid; but
when the time came Virginia was as quick as her
Northern sister to declare for freedom. When Massa-
chusetts defied England it was George Washington, of
Virginia, who declared that to aid her he was ready to
raise and subsist a regiment at his own expense. If
Massachusetts gave Otis, Hancock, Adams, to the good
cause, Virginia gave Randolph, Marshall, Madison,
Jefferson and Washington. Thus it appears that Vir-
ginia, the typical and dominant Southern colony, bore,
in the struggle for independence, a part no less trying,
no less important, no less honorable, than Massachu-
setts. As Virginia had been the richest and most in-
fluential of the Southern colonies, she became the con-
trolling Southern State. Indeed, for a time she led all
the States of the (“nion, but gradually the larger North-
ern States outgrew her in population and in wealth.

* # :|: * * * * * *

The Puritan influences of New England and the
Dutch influences of New York never reached the Car-
olinas nor Georgia, but overall of them the Virginia
influence was supreme. Socially, politically, and re-
ligiously the Southern colonies were of the same type;
and it was mainly, almost exclusively, Virginia and the
Virginians that shaped their institutions and deter-
mined the character and quality of their civilization.

The Anglo-Saxon supremacy in the South has never
been overcome. So far as other white races are con-
cerned, it has never been threatened. The white pop-
ulation has always been American and homogeneous.

¥ % % sf* -£ •[‘■ A : -fc #

New York is more Jewish than Jerusalem ever was;
more German, probably, than any city except Berlin:
more Irish than any except Dublin ; more Italian than
any except Naples. Chicago is American only in ge-
ography and politics. Of the fifteen million descend-

ant- of the Puritans, Boston retains very few; and
New England has been so overrun by French Canadi-
ans that recently it is reported that some of them had,
in an outburst of Gallic enthusiasm, proposed the es-
tablishment of a new Latin republic, with Boston as
n- capital. But statistics are more convincing than
general statements. In order to show how thoroughly
American the population of the Southern States is, I
present the following statistics, taken fresh from our
new census. I confine my attention to the white pop-
ulation and omit the odd hundreds.

According to the census of L890 there were for every
100,000 native born Americans 17,330 foreign born.
The State .if New York has 4,400,000 native and 1,600,-
000 foreign bom citizens, being 35,000 foreign for every
100,000 native. In Illinois for each 100,000 native
born citizens there are 28.2oi i foreign born; in Michi-
gan, 35,000; in Wisconsin, 44,400; in Minnesota, 56,-
600; in Montana. 18,400; in North Dakota, 80,400.

When we turn to the Southern State- the contrast
is impressive. The white population of Tennessee is
1,336,000, and of this number 20,029 are foreign born;
that is to say, for each 100,000 native born whites
there are 1,500 foreign born. North Carolina is the
most American of all the States, having a native born
white population of 1,055,000, and foreign born of
3,702, or for each 100.000 native born 370 foreign born.
In the other Southern States the figures are as follows :

Native. Foreign.

Alabama 833,000 15,000

Arkansas 818,000 14 0(10

Florida 225,000 22,000

Georgia 078 000 12,000

Kentucky 1,000,000 50,000

Mississippi 545,000 8,(100

Louisiana 558,000 40,000

South Carolina 462,000 6,000

Texas 1,700,000 152,000

Virginia 1,000,000 18,000

West Virginia 730,000 1 8.000

The total foreign born white population of the South
is about 380,000.

Massachusetts alone has a foreign born population
of 657,000; New Jersey. 32H.O0O, or nearly as many as
the whole South; New York, nearly 1,(>(H),000, or four
times as many as the South; Pennsylvania. ,845,000;
Ohio, 459.000, or more than the entire South ; Illinois.
sl-2,000; Michigan and Wisconsin, each over 500.000;
Minnesota, nearly 500,000; and California, 366,000.

If we omit Kentucky, Louisiana and Texas, the lit-
tle State of Connecticut has (iO,0(IO more foreigners
than all the remainder of the South; and wee Rhode
Island, as large as an average county, has within 14,1 100
as many foreigners as the entire South, omitting the
three Stales named. * * *

The proportion of adult men among immigrants is
much larger than in settled societies. For instance,
of the 1,571,000 foreign horn citizens of New York,
1,084,000 are voters I that is, of voting age), while of
4,000,000 native born citizens only 1,769,000 are voters.
In percentages the foreign born vote of New York is
38.73; Illinois, 36.39; Michigan, 10.22; Wisconsin.
52.93; Minnesota, 58.55 ; North Dakota, 64.89; Nevada,
51 II : California. 50.21.

These are foreign countries, and it is a positive re-
lief to turn to the South and feel that there are still
some Americans left. The percentage of foreign born
voters in some of the Southern States is as follows:

Tennessee, 3 percent; Kentucky. 7: Alabama, 2.50;
Mississippi, 2; Louisiana, 10; Texas, 14; Arkansas, 3;

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Virginia, 3; West Virginia, 5 : North Carolina. 0.61]
South Carolina, 2; Florida, 11: Georgia, -. I have
used the word “voters” to describe the class of immi-
grants last referred to. It is not a fact, however, thai
they all are voters: more than a million of them .ire
aliens, and thirty two per cent of these foreign Amer-
icans cannot speak the English language.

A comparison of census reports for I860, 3 v 7< ‘. 1880,
and 1890 shows that in none of the Southern States
except Kentucky, with the large city of Louisville.
Louisiana, with the large city of New Orleans, and
Texas, lying upon the Mexican frontier has there
been any increase of foreign population since I860.
We know that there was oone before that time ‘lie
white people of the South arc almost exclusively the
descendants of the Americans of 177″‘. Upon the
other hand, it is safe to say that of the males of VOtil
age in the Northern and Northwestern States, not lees
than fifty per cent are foreign born, or the sons of for-
eign born parents.

The white people of the Smith are nut only Ameri-
can, they are. in the main, the descendants <>f a race
which from the days of Tacitus has been known in
the world’s history as the exemplar and champion of
persona] purity, personal independence, and political
liberty. For them no life but one of freedom is possi-
ble, and can never believe that the hybrid population
of Russians, Poles. Italians, Hungarians, which tills mi
many Northern cities and States, has the same love

for our country, the same love of liberty, as have tie

Anglo-Saxon Southerners, whose fathers have always
been free. The strongest, most concentrated force of

Americanism is in the South, and Americanism is tie

highest form of Anglo-Saxon civilization. There is no
part of the globe, except the kingdom of England,
which is so thoroughly Anglo-Saxon as the South.

But it will lie said, admitting that the South is
American, and has preserved the Anglo-Saxon trait-,
nevertheless a war was necessary to keep her in the
Union. To this matter my own inclinations, no 1
than limitations of space, require me to refer very
briefly.

The excellence of the American Union is in the
principles upon which it is established — that is to say.
in the Constitution. Surely no man will say that it
is more important to preserve the physical integrity
of the Union than the principles of the Constitution.
We claim for the South, in the war between the states.
absolute good faith. Whether she was right or wrong,
the impartial judgment of the future will fairly deter-
mine. I affirm that the South has been, from the first,
absolutely faithful to the principles of the Constitu-
tion, as she in good faith construed it. Let me indi-
cate briefly the extent of her participation in the form-
ation of the Constitution and the establishment of the
Republic. It is correctly said by a Southern states-
man that the Constitution was “adopted and promul-
gated by a convention in which Southern influences
predominated.” The heading of one of Bancroft’s
chapters is, ” Virginia Statesmen Lead Toward a Let-
ter Union.”

Virginia did lead the movement for the establish-
ment of the Constitution, and the reader who wishes
to know the extent of the influence of George Wash-
ington, of Virginia, in this movement, is referred to
the pages of John Kiskc. of New England. Rutledge
and Pinckney, of South Carolina, were the most im-
portant contributors to the form, a- to the substance,

of the Constitution, with theexception of -lames Mad-
ison, of Virginia, who justly hears the name of ” Father
of the Constitution.”‘ The Bill of Rights is mainly
the work of Thomas Jefferson.

Luring the first century of our national life South-
ern statesmen held the Presidency and shaped the
policy of the Government. They acquired Florida.
and extended our domain to the Rio Grande and to
the Pacific. The Constitution was first construed by
John Marshall, of Virginia. The school of strict con-
structionists, « hich made a fetich of the Constitution,
was founded ami supported by Southern men. When
the Southern Confederacy was formed it adopted as
ganic law the old « Constitution, unchanged in any
essential resp< 1 t

There ia no fact nor logic which can prove that the
South ever deviated from her fealty to the Constitu-
tion, or ever shed a drop of blood except in defei
its principles as she 1 ocstrued it.

Tic w .11 construed the Constitution, and the South
has in good faith and unreservedly accepted every le-
gitimate rcMi’t of thi war. No man who is le
and who js adequately informed will say thai her peo-
ple are not absolutely loyal to the Union and the Con-
stitution. I go further, and affirm thai in the troubles
which the future is Bure to bring, the principles and
the institutions of American liberty will rind their
mosi loyal and steadfast support in the twelve millions
of Southern Anglo-Saxon Americans.

THE VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN -A TOUCHING INCIDENT.

l:\ \ B. I t\. SPRINGFIELD, HO.

It was on Sunday, May 3, 1863, while Lee at Chan-
cellorsville was hurling his heroic and victorious bat-
talions against the dense masses “f Hooker, that
wick, with the deign of falling upon Lee*s rear,
crossed the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg with his
magnificent Sixth Corps, 20,000 strong, and marched
hurriedly along the Fredericksburg and Orange Court
House plank road, following the retreating brigade of
Alabamians, under command of • Gen. C. M. Wilcox,
who had attended the military school at West Point
with General Sedgewick.

Wilcox’s brigade numbered leSE than 3,000 effi
men. while his antagonist wa*fe the flower of all the
corps embracing the Federal Army of the Potomac.
numbering not less than 20,000. Against this ho-t ot
veterans it would seem worse than folly to make any
show of resistance, but the glorious Wilcox had un-
bounded faith in the heroism and courage of his oft-
tried Alabamians. and relying upon their unfaltering
devotion and determination to conquer or die in tip-
holding the righteous cause they had espoused, halted
his small command at Salem Church, a large brick
edifice, about four miles west of Fredericksburg, on
the south side of the plank road. Just west some
thirty yard- from tin- church was drawn up in line of
battle the Tenth Alabama, supported by the Eighth a
few paces to the rear of the Tenth, their left resting
near the mad. Immediately across the road lay the
Eleventh, my own company in it, near the road, and
to the left or north lay the Ninth and Fourteenth
Regiments. The ground in front of the Tenth was
clear of underbrush. A grove of oak timber sur-
rounded the church, in which had been posted a Bmall

52

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

squad of sharpshooters, who did irreat execution in
the battle which followed.

This was the Spartan hand of bronzed braves which
was tosave the rear of Lee’s victorious legions from
an attack by an army nearly as large as thai with
which he was driving back the shattered hosts of
Hooker, and nobly did they do their duty.

In fronl of my nun regiment was a thin brush fence
about waist high ; outside of that was a skirt of tim-
ber — iak, gum, etc.- -with some undergrowth. While
we thus lay, waiting and watching, about t o’clock p

m. a magnificent scene burst up »ur view in the

open Held beyond the skirt of timber in our front.
Fhe -round in our fronl sloped gently from us. and’
up tins irentle slope approached the dense columns of
blue with steady tread, with banners fluttering and
nmg stee] glimmering in the sunlight. Three

columns deep this array pressed u] the -mail Land

ot he,-,,,- before them, little dreaming that in a few
•”•” ; moments they would be hurled hack with fearful
havoc to then- shelter beyond the Rappahannock.

General .Wilcox had ordered us to withhold our fire
until we could look into the eves of our enemy, which
order was literally obeyed. The first assaulting line
approached fc within twenty paces, when we rose and
poured a deadly hailstorm of lead into it. which was
-o destructive that our fire was not returned, and that
first column disappeared. The second column ad-
vanced with unbroken front, and met the fate ol’ the
first; and s,, the third, and as we poured our minies
into the serried ranks our line bounded forward and
swept the entire Federal corps from the field, killing
wounding and capturing thousands.

That nighl Sedgewick recrossed the river in the
darkness. The magnificent fighting of this little brig-
ade and good generalship of Wilcox saved Lee fro in
a rear attack and enabled him to inflict a terrible de-
feat upon Hooker, with his large army. It is strange
that so little attention has been given to this impor-
tant battle by historian-.

I now come to a touching incident in this battle:
As the last assaulting column of blue approached,
Capt. John P.. Rains, commander of our company | A i,
was patting me on the shoulder and repeatedly saying’
as I loaded my Springfield rifle as rapidly as possible!
“Give ’em h . Xeclham ; give ’em h— — !” , Need-
ham is my first name.. Suddenly an officer, mounted
on a line, swift horse, aame at a racing run along the
plank road from theyankee lines, and it seemed that
I was the first one to notice him. and I called to the
boys to •■shoot the man on the horse,” at the same
time liring obliquely toward him. The gallant fellow
reeled am I fell a corpse on the hard plank of the road.
H” borse turned and ran to the rear. After the bat-
tle was over, and we returned to the bloody ground

where we made the stand. Captain Rains, I and
others went to where the dead officer lav, whom Cap-
tain Kains recognized as a schoolmate ‘of his at the
Philadelphia Law School. The gallant Captain burst
mi” tears over the fate of his old-time friend, lie
was i olonelofa Pennsylvania regiment, but I have
forgotten his name. Several of the boys fired al the
Same time. -,, none of us knew who sent the fatal ball
and I am glad of it.

Gen. John C. Underwood, Chicago: 1 am glad t<>

learn that you have increased t he subscription price
of your valuable paper to 81 per annum, and herewith
inclose to you my check.

UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERAN CAMP8.

>B Gordon, General Commanding Ulanta on

Hal Gen Geo Moorman, id l and Chtel ol Bt^NewOrleans La.

ALABAMA.

M ; ,’/ ” ! •■;’ P I ■’• rguspn, Commai r Moi.Utomerv

SS^EE ne’rit™* ‘ 8 *” – ” S!

rem
Jno M McKleroj . Brigs

POSTOFFICB.

Aim, i PO

Inntston

‘ A MI ‘- NO. ,,i i n

Cap! \v \ Handle; 851. \i v Mniiins. n a limn

CampMlller S85…W II McCordl AstrSS

1 ■ Martin, E T Clark

Alexandria .Alexandria
Alexander! Its Lee

Andalusia . ,

101 R M Thomas, A a smith

Harper 266 j,„,. p. Thomas, I. M.Robln-

AnniM ” n Peluam 258 John ll ia\ r, McKleroy 1 w. h.

••••Henry p. Clayton …827. A S^s/ockdaJe. 1
. si. i talr.

Ashvllle

Alliens -I’ll, is I. Hobba

Auburn lubui a

..in | , i ••- 1 1
08 John w. [nger,Jas. D. Truss

Bessemer…,
Birmingham .

la i-i-ip.,1 1

‘ . mden

Carrollton ….
Carthage..
Coal burs
Dade^ 111,

I iessemer…,
w .1 Hardee

JO W’l !

.Franklin K. Beck…224
Camp Pick, a

. .HHI

2«0.

-Ion,

O. D. Smith, James II. Lane
w. B, Jones, N. ll. Sewall
l; i: Jones, P K McMlller
‘• ll Johnson, I:. A. Junes
K. Qalllard, J. P. Poster
M. L. Stansel, I’.. Upchurch

r v ‘”” 89 JnoS Powi i-. .1 \. Kiia.n

Frank Cheatham ,. 134 .1 n Brock, Jas W Bai

■a 3 w i Mcintosh, Win. I.. Havre
359 W !■ Howell, TJ Hurl, ,n

” j Oeo. ii- 1 p. h. Mil

138 l’l> Bowles,

298 a. M. O’Neal, J, VI. Crow
.203.. J N i ia \ i, K,, I,, .\ P McCartney
.275 -Ins. \ i u ■ m, Jos. It. Hug

1 rawf-Kimbal

Bdwardsvllle ..Camp Wiggonton

Eutaw Banders..

Evergreen Capl Wm Lee

Florence E. A, I I’Neal

Perl I ij in , w \ i Bti s

Gadsden Emma Sanson’.

■ ville i- ii ii r, i n no

asboro \ lien i ‘. Jones

1 Ireenvilie Bam’l I. Adams

Uuin Ex r, di rati

Guntersville Mont. Gilbreath…

..Mao, ,n i oiini \

.Friendship

..Egbert .1 Jones .
Col. .las. B. Martin

.A. A. Greene

‘ tamp Sumter
Low’rPeachtree.R II G Gaines
Lowndesboro …T J Bullock

Marlon I w Barren ‘.’.””

Madison sta \ a Russell

Mobile Raphael Bern s.

Mnnroevil rge w Poster

Mutitsuniery I.mnax

Gpellka I County.

Oxford Camp Lee

8? arh Ozark

Piedmont Camp Stewart

ivain’s Min Robert i: Lee
Roanoke. \ikcii-sniii h

Hamilton
Hartselle

Hmitsvilh- ….

Jacksonville.

LaFayette

Livings ti

Robinson Spr

Rockford

Bcottsboro

Beale

Selma

4II…BF Wood, G W K Bell
206 a. M. Avery, E. T. Pasti
d Crenshaw, F E Dey
. w N Halsey

R TC s..i i, Burke

346 A .1 Hamilton, .1 F Hamilton
383 Man K Malian, T .1 Simpson
3o7 Geo. P. Turner, \V M Ersklne
..292.. .1. II. i laldwell, I.. W. Grant
310 .1. J. RobiiiM.ni, Geo. 11. Hliiek

.. ■’■’■ ;- i: i bapman,

370 .nil i’,, nis. n .i McConnell

…'(.’11. …I I. Hlnson, CD W’l, an

. 2, 7. …I Cal Moore, Thomas Hudson

108 w T Garner, Robl E Wl
.. ii Ti,,,s t Roche, arm E Mlckle
w W McMillan, l> I. N. \ tile
,.151…Emmetl Lionels, .1 ll HIgglns
all R Mi Ireene, J, Q. Burton
..:.’; i Thus ii Barry, John T Pearoa

880 ..W R Painter. .1 I. Williams
..378 -I N Hood, I. Ferguson
.lini Fearce, F M Clark
.W. A. Handley, B. M. McCon-

naghy
I E Jones, \v n Whetstone
,F. L. Smith, W. T. Johnson
I II Voung, .1 P Harris
R. II. Bellamy, I’. A. Greene
‘l’h, ,s p Whitby, Bdw PGalt
A. W. Woodall, w J, Sprulell
A J Thompson, J LSI rlckland
\ T Hooks, J M Pelbam
Ed Moi row, It B Cater
W .1 Rhodes, 1 T Dye
■ las N Callahan, Geo B Hail

• James Deshler 818.. A. II. Keller, i. p. Guy

‘ ■'””i’ g°dcs 282 .AC Hargrove, A P Prince

,’.'””i’ Ruffln 820… W.D.Henderson, L.H.Bowles

1 Calema 129… .CCCarr

v ;:, ;;;”■’ ‘■'””‘ ”-s'” m K – WeIls ■’■ A – Mitchell

™, ,’ , ,: CampONeal 858…J PYoung.TM W s

W • I u .’•’, ‘:'””.” V ‘,'”””> 265 .1. F. Manll. Hal T. Walker

wedowee Randolph 816…C. C. Knlue. H. s. Pate

ARKANSAS.

Min ‘,,,, ii m Moore, Commander p or | Smith

i!,’ , m r’.”,.Ti’iV. l, ‘” : ‘;” General and Cblei ofStaflf Van Bun .,

jno m Hai i, ii. Brigadier General
J M Bobart, Brigadier < leneral

POSTOFI hi. OAMP,

A-lma Cabell

Benton David 0. Dmld .,

Bentonvllle lamp Cabell

Boonevllle Camp Evans

1 ei iv Polnl Haller.

1 iharleBton Pal I He -m-

Conway i,n Davis

Hayettevllle w. n. Brooks

Fori Smith 11,-n t DuVal

..Tom McKelthen ..

.Henry w. i ,,\
N ii Forresl
..lames F. Wadil, II
Catesby R Jones..
Springs ill.- . S|,nii„\ ilk

sln,ll ‘l Camp McLeroy

si. Stephens ■ • ■ i ■ ■ ■ James

Summerfleld I tol. G»rr< it

Talladega
Tbomasi ill,- .

I’llsruiii 1,1a..
Tuskalunsa..

Troy

I IliulltuWI

.872,
293

896 .

.27lj..,
I ;n
288
.’117.
228
356
10
381

.. Charles M.Shelley! 246

l.eaii,],-i Mrr’arlam]. .117:1..

Hut Springs

Benton villi

e

NO.

..202.
..825.

Ml

■ ii !• n his.

■ lames E. Smith, .1. T. ,| s

s ii Whltthorne, C E Sboe-

nialier

N. s. Henry, A. J. Bate*

■ ■ w Evans, i> i: Castleberry

I lulip

-192 .1. M. Somervell.J. C. Ansley

..191… A s Cabell,

..213.. .A. P. Wilt, W. D. (‘

• -in. /r. m. Gum, r, i. m. Patridge

M8…M M Gorman, Col R M Fry

“”. x , ‘ aj Co. V. Ass’n… ::;.’, . .1 R Hodee

|’| , ., , ‘u,T;’;”,V J;'”‘ M “- Oh. 194… I ley .Milum.MsT,,

gackettcitj Stonewall 198 LB Lake – —

”j’sl :?;;;■- Vu'”? 1 ,;-., – (t: N – w – Stewart, John F.Sanor

r,o, v ” rl ‘ ‘,,” 840…QenJno M Harrell, A Curl

1 ‘,’ ” ‘.-“;” stum-wall 199…L B Lake, A H Gordon

LtttleBock Orner It Weaver 854 Wm PCampbell.J H Paschal

>.isi.\ Hie j„e Neal 208…W K Cowling, EG Hale

Newport Tom Hendman 818… , T. T. Ward

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

53

CIRCULAR LETTER ABOUT THE REUNION, ETC.

Lieut. Gon. W. L. Cabell, Commander Trans-Missis-
sippi Department, Dallas, Texas, Jan. 30, I s ‘- 1 1 : Com-
rades — I greet you, my old comrades, with a heart full
of love and affection. A kind Providence haa extended
His sheltering wings over us another year, and our
Association is still growing. The number of Camps
in each state and Territory, not only in this Depart-
ment, but throughout the South, is increasing, and
our noble Association has nearly live hundred < amps.
Our comrades are becoming more familiar with the
workings of our Benevolent, Social and Historical
Associat inn.

Although several of our “Id comrades bavi
the river, yet the death roll is not as great as we might
have expected after twenty-eighl years. <>ur dead
have been properly cared for, and the living Confed-
erate veterans, incapacitated by sicknese or wounds
from makings Living, have been provided with good
houses, amply provided with raiment and food and

shelter, where they can spend the evening of their
lives in quiet and peace, as the honon – of the

great States of Texas, Arkansas, Missouri and the Ter-
ritories. Monuments to commemorate the heroism of
the dead have been erected in a number of pla
One at ( lakwood ( lemetery, Chicago, to the memory of
6,000 Confederate soldiers buried there -soldiers true

to their cause, who died ill prison tar from hone anil

loved ones, and who preferred death to dishonor. It
is a grand monument, over twent\ feet high, -ur-
mounted with a statue eighl feet high of a Confeder-
ate soldier — the worn warrior looking down on his

6,000 sleeping comrades heroes from every Southern
State — who

■■ Loved their country with a love Eai brought.”
1 call your attention to the fact that every (amp.
not only in the Trans-Mississippi Department, but in

the Department of the Bast, has been called upon to

COntributl a -mall amount to complete the payment
of the monument, on which a small sum i- due. and
to properly inclose and beautify the grounds. This
monument is the work of our faithful and true com-
rade, General Underwood, aided by the good citizens
of Chicago. Not over $10 will be required of any
Camp. It should be forwarded to Gen. J. C. Under-
wood, Omaha Building, Chicago, 111.

1 urge you. my old comrades, to press forward our
good work. Organize new Camps, send on your an-
nual dues and make every arrangement to lie fully
represented at our great reunion, to 1m- held at Birming-
ham, Ala.

Let every Camp be represented by as large a delega-
tion as possible, and let them he fully authorized to
act for the (amp. When the Camp cannot attend,
send a proxy, properly signed by the officers of the
Camp, to some oihcr Camp or comrade.

The Committee on Transportation, composed of
good business men, Gen. S. 1′. Mendez, chairman, will
secure reduced rates on all railroads leading to Bir-
mingham. Local committees can communicate with
them.

Let us rouse up and -end from this Department

mole Camps, more Confederate Veterans, a greater
number of the son> and daughters of Confederate- to
the unat reunion at Birmingham, April 25th and 26th,
and to Chicago, April 28th and 2&th, than ever left
this Department at any one time.

ARKANS IS -CbnMmMrf.

P06TO] I CAMP. NO. hi l li BIS.

Paris Hen McCulleOgb 888 .’ Sadler, Wm Bnodd]

Prairie Grove Prairie Or U „ . Win Mitchell

Prescotl Waltei Bi — — WJ Blake, O 8 Jones

Van Bnren John Wallace 200 Job II Allen, .1 K i

Waldrnn sterling Price 414… L P Fuller. A M Puller

Wooetei Joseph E Johns ton 181 w A. Milam, W J 81oan

FLORID \.

M.i Gen J J Dickteon, Commander.

Robertson, Vi I General and Chief of Stall Brooksvllle

W I 1 1 Ihlpley, Bi ! ” rat P

Wm Baya, Brtgadlet G Ocala

Gen si Winter Park

PICK. ■ IMP. Ol I II

Hart, ivv Francis SB WHReyi Is, J \ Unilstead

BrookvlUe WW 1 I Da van t, F. L. Robertson

Chlpley. McMillan ITi B M Robinson, O W Cook

. , v, tss’i si i … \ ii ii:. \ esiea

Kirl.v-Sin i .1. T. Blubbs, D. G McLeod

Fernan.liic Nassai WM W. H Thompson, T \ Hall

r. Ward i i v wi Zlmn BTurnei

Jacksonville ,.H i Lei ■- Wm Baya, W Vi rucker

Jacksonville Jeff Davis. 280 C. E. Merrill, C.J. Colcock

Jasper Btewarl 166 U.J.Stewart. J. B. Banna

Juno Patton 244…- , J F Hlghamltn

LakeCllj Columbia Count] 150 W. R. Moore, W. M. Ives

Marian oa. Hilton i : -‘ W 1′ Barm s, 1 P

MontlcellO Patton W. C. Bird, B. W. Partridge

Ocala MarionCo.C. V. A 58 .Sam’l F Marshall, Wm Foi

Orlando… W G Johnson, B M 11oMhroi>

Palmetto.. Geo. T.Ward 58 3 C. Pelot, J. W. Nettles

i Ward C. V. Aas’n 111 w 1 lnderson,.R J Jordan

yninev D.L. Kenan. lin K. H. M. Davidson, D. M Mc-
Millan

St. Augustine K.KIrby Smith 178 .1 V Enslow, Jr.,

Sanfor.l Gen Joe Flnnegan uw A. M. Thrasher, C. H. Lefler

v i odd, D. 1.. South* 1oa

Tallah _. I; \ Whitfield

Tampa … Hlllsboro I W Merrln, II. 1, i

Tttusvllle .. Indian Rlvei \ 1’ Cohen

Dmatllla.. Laki Co.C. V. A 279 l ll Blake,

i.i ORQl L
Mali I lei

. i West, Id atanl Q< LUanta

POSTOl nil. CAMP. WO, OFP1

Atlanta Fulton County “‘•■’ ‘ Edwards

– rvh Vss’n 135 F EEvi I M st..\ all

Carnesvllle Mlllgan Conf. Vel 118 J( McCarter, J M Phillips

Polk Co. Con. Vets 108 .1 M Vrrington, J 8 Stubbs
S M Beck, W II

Covington i GDHeard.JW Anderson

Daltoii Joseph B Johnston 84 v P Roberts, J. A. Slant

Dawson I…J W I i…« n y. Wm Kaigler

Harrisbure .Chattooga Vel ,LR Williams

Jefferson …..Jackson County 140 Thos L Roes,T H Nlblocn
l tGrangt ..Troup Co.Con.vets..405 J L Schaub.ET Winn

Morgan I ilhout nVt t 108 P I Boyd, A .1 Muni

Ringgold Ringgold 808 ..W .1 W nil-it I. H BTrlminler

i , ,i , .. . ■. \ – | G Yelser, J T Moore

ice… Jno. R Gordon i «’ii«ni. w. II. Ramsey

Thomiun llli W 1> Mltchi N Hopkins

l, lootton i BSmlth W II Phllpol

Washington … John T Wit CEIn lien

\\ aj in Bbor rdon >x, B H Full

Zebulon Vel 121 G W Strickland, W O Gwya

NOI8.
Ms I i len i ndcr. ‘ ‘hli

I IMC.

nfed. Km’n I i W Whltt . R !■ • l ranee
seyvllle Benev. ex-Confed…J04 Fob – I in Morris K. Ixicke

1N||| \N TERRITORY.

\i Gen IS r Guj . Command i ‘ : ■

It B Coleman, Adjutant General and Chief of Stafl McAlet

.Tie. t. Gait, Brigadli r … n. … Vrdi

1> M Haley, Bi l|

POSTOl I li i .IMC. “II

Ardmore lim ll Morgan … 107…W w Hydi … I ■• B

• man

KENTUCKY.
.i .i John Boyd, Command, i
Col Jos M Jones, Adjutant General and ( in. f ol Staff. i

POSTOl inc. iimc. pro.

John B. Hood 288 Jno. –

: own Thomas H, Hunt

Benton Johnston 176 J P Bi li n, W .1 v

Bethel Pa ‘ Arrasmltb, A.W.C

en.Bowllng Green… 148 W. F. Perry, Jas. A. Mitchell
, ,mpton i leorge W Cn Jos C Lj klms, o o Hanks

i ;,i lisle Peter] ‘ Taylor

Cj utbiana . C n Desha …. M D \i Bnj der. J w …
Danville . J. Wat ren Grl( [,Bau( innan

E. lCiii. i Smith – .1 w.i.i rabb, J.8. i
FlemlugBburg… Albert 8. Johnston. .282 Win Stanley, Jno W Heflin

mas B Monroe 188 A W Macklln, Joel E Scott

etown Georgi W Johnson 98 I. H Sinclair, J Webb

dsburg.. Wm Preston W. Allln, John Kane

Hopklnsvllte ..Ned Merrlwether ..Ml . ‘ l Jarrett, Hunter Wood
Lawrei. ;i Hardin Helm…l01…P. H. Thomas, ,i- p. Vaughn

Lexington ..J. & Breckinridge 100. John Boyd, G. C. Snyder

Mt. Sterling Roy B. iluke 2»l…ThOB. Johnson, W. T. Havens

54

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

GRAVES OF OUR DEAD AT RE8ACA.

Calhoun, Gta., January 19, 1894.
Editob Confedeb ate Veteran There is a Con-
federate cemetery on the battle-field of Resaca, sis
miles from tlii- place, which is in a most deplorable
condition of neglect. About five hundred soldiers are
buried there. They are from every Southern State.
The fence which once inclosed this consecrated ground
has fallen away, and the whole is fast becoming over-
grown with underbrush. An Association has been

organized here to look after it, and Lf 92 -an be

raised the Association will see that the work is dune
and that the cemetery is looked after from this time
The State of Georgia, just alter the war, appropriated
sufficient money to build a fence around thecemetery
and buy iron headboards for the graves of the men
whose names were known. The unknown were
buried in a circle and wooden headboards placed over
them. These have decayed and fallen away. The
soldiers of the different States are buried together.
The fence built by the State has fallen down’. The
Association wishes to get sufficient funds to inclose
the grounds with a good picket fence, construct one or
two rustic bridges across the little stream running
through the cemetery, cut oil’ the undergrowth, and
prepare graveled walks around the unknown circle
and between the different States. The State Legisla-
ture is now precluded from making an appropriation
by the State Constitution, so whatever is done must
be by private subscription. We therefore call on every
one who feels an interest to contribute a small amount.
If every reader of the VETERAN will send a small
amount the success of the enterprise will be assured.
The money can be sent to the Bank of Calhoun, with
instructions to place to credit of Resaca cemetery fund,
or it may he sent to .(.(). Middleton, Calhoun, Ga. A
list of contributors will he kept, and all money re-
funded if the effort lie unsuccessful.

KENTUCKY— Cbnttnued.

Nil.

OF1 II

CONFEDERATE VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS.

Florida Division, U. C. V.— Brig. Gen. Win. Baya
furnishes this list of officers: W. R. Moon-, of VVel-
born, Inspector < leneral and Chief of Stall’: .1. A.
Enslow, Jr., of St. Augustine, Adjutant General; W.
II. Young, of Jacksonville, Judge Advocate General;
William Fox. of ( Icala, Quartermaster General ; H. 11.
Linvill, of Femandina, Commissary General; A. I >.
Williams, M. 1».. of Jacksonville, Surgeon General.
They are all to rank as .Major, and to he obeyed and
respected accordingly.

The Mississippi Divisit f United Confederate Vet-
erans is in healthy working condition. Gen. S. D. Lee,
i he I lommander, begins his second term with his old
-tali: Gen. Robert Lowry, of Jackson, and Gen. J. R.
Binford, of Duck Hill, are Department Commanders.
\\\< genera] stall’ i- a- follow.-: Col. E. T. Sykes, of
Columbus, Adjutant Genera] and chief of stall’; Col.
P. M. Savery, of Tupelo, [nspector General ; Col. Ad-
dison Craft, of Holly Springs. Quartermaster ( reneral ;
Col. S. A. Jonas, of Aberdeen, Commissary General;
Col. J. II. Jones, of W 1 v i lie. Judge Advocate Gen-
eral; Col. B. F. Ward, of Winona, Surgeon General:
Col. II. F. Sproles, of Jackson, Chaplain General; Ft.
Col. W. W. Stone, of Jackson, Aid-de-Camp; Maj. I>
A. Campbell, of Vicksburg, Aid-de-Camp. There are
•over forty Camps in Mississippi and others forming.

I’osron n k. CAMP.

N lchola8vllle…Humph*y Marshall. is: Geo. B. Taylor, K. T. I.lllard

ruitucan A P Thompson 171 …w u Bullitt, J. M. Brow n

Paris l.ihn ii. Morgan B6…A.T. Forsyth, Will A. < mines

Richmond Tl las B. Collins.. 216…Jas. Tevls, N. B. I >i-:it li<-rnee

Russellvllle John W. Caldwell… l;w J, P.. Brlggs, w. B. McCarty

Sbelbyville I ll. Waller 387, ,W. F. Beard, R. T. ‘ »wen

Winchester Rogi r W. Hanson…l86…B. F. Curtis. J. i„ Wh

Versailles \i« Buford 97 r C Bailey, Jas W Smith

I ‘ ‘1 IS1ANA.

Maj Get Watts, Commander Alexandria

Col T I. Macon, Adjutant General and chief of staff New i Irleans

i ■’!- mi ni I . CAMF. Mi. OFVII i I ‘

Alexandria I. ll Dai is 8…G.0. Watte, W.W.Whlttlngton

Amite City Imlte City 7H…A.P.RIchards,G.W.Banltston

Arcadls Arcadia. 229 James Price. John A. I >den

Baton Rouge. .. Baton Rouge. 17…J. McGrath, F. w. Heroman

ton Lowden Butler 109 8 M Thomas. B R Nash

Berwick Winchester Hall .. its .T.I Royaler, FOl

Compte Cap Perot .. 897 …Leopold Perot, TH Hamilton

Donaldsonvllle Victor Maurln 88 SA Poche, P Garrel

Evergreen K. L.Gibson 88… Wm. M. Ewell, I. C. Johnson

Farmervllle C.V.A.of Union Par.879…J K Ramsey , l> a rent

Franklin Fiona n (‘ :e. a”, w R Collins, ThOS J shatter

Gonzales P. O.-.Fred N. Ogden 247 ..Jos.GonzalesSr,B T. Brown

Jackson Feliciana 264 .Zacb Lea, K. ll. Mel lelland

Lake Charles… .Calcasieu C. Vet H2…W.A.Knapp,W. L. Hutching*

L. Providence …Lake Providence lit!.. ,1. c. Bass, T. P. McCandless

Mandervllle Gen Geo.Moorman..270…Jos. l.. Dicks, U. < I. Plzzetta

Mansfield Mouton 41. C. Selniler. T. <i. Pegues

Merrick Isaiah Norwood Iln . Ii. T. .Merrick. .1, .1. Taylor

Monroe Henry W. Allen 182… W. R. Roberts, ll. Molse

Natchitoches.. ..Natchitoches 10 ..J A Prudb me, W D liar-
kins

New Orleans Army of N. Va I…W. K. Lyman, T. B. I I’Brlen

New Orleans Army of Tenn 2. ..Gen .1 Bvlnet. Nicholas Cuny

New Orleans Vet. i ‘on. States Cav.. »…Wm. Laughlin, E. It. Wells

NewOrleans Wash. Artillery I6…B F Eshelman, L \ Adams

New Orleans Henry St. Paul Hi.. ..I. Demoruelle, A B Booth

Oakley lohn Peck 188… W. s. Peck, .1. W. Powell

Opelousas R. E. Lee 14… L. D. Prescott, P.. Ill nfield

Plaquemine Iberville 18. ..C.H.Dickinson. J .L.Dardenne

Rayvllle Richland 162… J. s. Summerlln, c . T. smith

Rustin Ruston 7. ..A. Barksdaie, J. L. Bond

Bhrcveporf Uen LeRoy Stafford .1 …W Kinney, W II Tunnard

Tanglpalioa Camp Moore imi.ii. P. Amacker, (). R. Taylor

Thibodau.x Hraxton Bragg 19ti…S. T. (irisainorc. II. N. Coition

MARYLAND.
Maj Gen Geo H Stuart, Cot ander Baltimore

.MISSISSIPPI.

Maj Gen S D Lee. i lom nder starkvllle

Col K T s.vkes. Adjutant General and Chief of stair Columbus

I eii icrt i.owry. Brigadier < leneral rackson

.1 R Binford, Brigadier I leneral Puck Hill

PoSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS.

Amory SI wall Jackson..427…W A Brown,

BooneviUe W. II. H. Tlson 17D…D. T. Beall, .1. w. smith

Hrandoi) Rankin 285. ..Patrick Henry, K. s. Maxcv

Brookbaven Sylvester Gwln 2.’l r >….7. A. Hoskins, J. 1(. Daughtry

Canton E.iiiles Henry 812. ..E. C. Postell. .1. M. Mills

Chester R Prevt itl 139 .1 ll Evans, W M Roberts

ColumbUS Ishani Harrison 27…C I. Lincoln, W A Campbell

( ‘rystalSp’gs Pen Humphreys hi, c. Humphries, J. M. Haley

Edwards W. A. Montgomery 2B…W. A. Montgomery, T. H.’\V.

Barrett

Fayette J. .1. Whitney 22… W I. Stephen. T p. Hammett

Greenwood Hugh A. Reynolds… 21X…R W Williamson, W A (iil-

lesple

Greenville w. A. Percy liis ..Geu.S.W. Ferguson, W.Yerger

Grenada W. K. Barksdaie 189…J w Young. Julius Ajh.

Harpersvllle. Patrons Union 272. M W Stamper, CA lluddicstou

Hatticshnrg Hattlesburg 21. <C D. Hartfleld, E. II. Harris

Hernando Desoto 220 Sam Powell, C. H. Robertson

Hickory Flat Hickory Flat 219.. W. A. I rum, .1. .1. Hicks

Euka Tishomingo C. Vet..425…Geo P Hammersley, ■

Holly Springs K 1 1 Motl 28.. I. F. Fant.s. II. Pryor

Jackson Robert a smith 24…W D HoMcr. wm Henlger

Lake Patrons Onion 272.. .M. W. stamper, C. A. llud-
dicstou
Lexington Walter 1, Keim 898 II .1 Keel, F A Howell

Liberty Amite Counts 228 I’ l; Brewer, Geo A McGehee

1 Isvllle loli n M Bradley 852…M A Mitts, Jno B Gage

Maben Stephen D. Lee 271…0. B. Cooke, J. L. Sherman

Macon I a nies Longstreet.. 1X0.. .H. W. Foote, .1. L. I Irlggs

Magnolia Stockdale 8U B 11 Fehlcr. S A Matthew

Meridian Walthall 2B…W. F. Brown, B. V. White

Miss. City Ilea u voir l-‘O.Aien. .1. R. Ha\ Is. E. S. Hewet

Natchez Natchez 20…F.J.V. Lei and, E. L. Hopkins

N.w \ Ibany t len M P Lowrj 842.. < I s Robertson, M F Roget –

Port Gibson i la i horn i I87…A. K. Jones, w. w. Moore

Rolling Fork. …Pat R Cleburne 190…J C Hall, JnoS Joor

Rosedale Monigoincrv a’J !•’ A Montgomery, C C Fnrrar

sa niis in., r Dickens 841.. it n Taylor, .1 B B lothe

Siiiatol.ia Hill Fceiicy 358…G 1 > Shands, T P Hill

Tupelo lohn M.St ■ Ill …<i. n .1 M stone, P M Savery

Valden Frank i.hhicil 22I…S.C. Haines. W. .1. Booth

Vicksburg Vickshurg .;■_’ ll A famphelL.I l> Laughlin

Winona M. Farrell .’ill .1. ii. Binford. C. H.Campbell

w iviiic Woodvllle in….!. H. Jones, P. M. Stocketl

Yazoo City Yazoo 17H…S D Robertson, C J DuBuisson

MISSOURI.
Maj Gen .1 ( i Shelby, t ‘omiuanper Adrian

POSTOFFIGB. I’AMh. NO. OFFICERS.

Kansas City Kansas City 80…Jos W Mercer, Geo B Spratt

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

55

FIELD GLASS OF A GESF.RA1. JACKSON.

T. I’>. Stringfield, Cashier of the [owa Savings Hank
at Sheldon, wrote the Veteran in November that he
had seen a Union soldier who had Gen. “Mudwall”
Jackson’s field glass, which he captured in a battle

near Nashville, anil which the possessor desired to re-
turn to Gen. Jackson, or to some member of hie family.
The glass was promptly requested i” !»• sent to Mrs.
Charles Fuller, a daughtei of th< General referred to.
Upon its receipl Mrs. Puller was notified, when she
declined the gift, because her father was not in the
battle near Nashville, and was never captured.

The story of the capture is an interesting one. Lieut.
John I'”. Bishop, of Company B, fifth Minnesota In-
fantry, writes Mr. Stringfield:

” I desire very niiieh t” “1 tain the address ol a you nt:

Confederate officer, Capt. Adams, oi South Carolina,

wh” was an Aide mi the Stall’ of < mi. .la< k – • < 1 1 \\ hen

■our troops charged (Jen. Hood’s, stationed behind a
stone wall about six or seven miles out on the Granny
White Pike, December 16. 1864, Gen. Hood moved Ins
forces to the [eft of the pike. Tie y attempted to gain

the ground on the right, facing Nashville, where t on-
federates had not yet broken. I was ordered to deploy
my company along the pike and to keep the sai
possible. An officer came to the first wall, climbed

over, and as he did so 1 called him to halt. He did
not obey, bui crossed the pike, leached the opp
wall, and was in the act of crossing it when 1 went up
to him ami again called him to halt. He turned,
looked me Square in the lace and asked, ” Will you
take me a prisoner’.'” I replied, ” Vrs that is what I
am here for.” He re]. lied. “All right, 1 will surren-
der.” He turned over to me a leather haversack con-
taining a rasher of fresh beef and coin bread, together
with the field glass. He gave his name as G. 11. -lack-
son, I think, ot Georgia. 1 thought him either a Cap-
tain or Lieutenant, BS he had 0D a water-proof overcoat
and I could only see a strip of gold lace just above his
shoe tops. 1 was informed that night that 1 had taken
Gen. .laekson a prisoner, lie applied to Gen. A.J.
Smith for the return ot’ his field glass, hut no requisi-
tion was made byanyoneon me. 1 have, therefore,
kept it all these years. * I am anxious to re-

turn the held -las- to its rightful Owner. Xo one is
more anxious than 1 to try and heal the terrible wounds
made between the North and South during tin years
from 1861 to 1865.”

Mr. Stringfield, a Southern man. write- of Lieut.
Bishop, that he is one of the Lest citizens ot’ O’Brien
County, Iowa, and is very anxious that this relic of
the war should he returned to the One most entitled

to it. The field glass is held by Lieut. Bishop’s wish,
in the hope that this notice will bring to light it- real
owner. Any information from any source upon this

SUbjed will he gratefully received.

.lust as this VETERAN goes to press another letter
Comes from Mr. Stringfield stating that he has a letter
from Mrs. Mary (‘. Carter, of Knoxville. who writes
that her father was Gen. A. 1′”,. .laekson.

\V. M. ( railbreath, Flynn’s Lick. Tenn., while report-
ing Subscriptions, writes: ” 1 was not in the war, as I
was only 11 years old when it began, bu1 1 rejoiced
over the victories of the Confederate soldiers and
groaned when they were defeated. My father gave up
his life on the battle-field of Murfreeshoro, fighting for
the Confederacy.”

NORTH CAROLINA.

nED Hall. Commander Wilmington

Col Junius Davis, Hi and Chief of Star] w

mifiis Barrti i i harlot te

W 1’ Roberts, Brigadiei General Gatesville

OFPII l BS.

.v.. Everett, B. h. Cathey

. . .t ft test

K 11 Holllday, .in” \ Beamaa
.1. v. w

i.o. n»u. l.. R. Whltenei

..John P. I <‘li

w I. I Ion, II A London

.. I McB;

..In.i F Ramsaj , J C Bernhardt

..Col .1 R Crawford, C It Marker

P • I arlton,

R i; Warren, CC Thon

W 1. !’• R 1, Win. Blanks

I .1 Brow ii. Sam’l 11 Smltb

M P. n. .

Bryson CHj Andrew Ooli
Mecklenbi –

Clinton Sampso

Concord…. i abarrue Co.C\

Hickory i atawba

Littleton Junius Daniel …

Pittsboro I Didae J Mi n

Ryan 117.

bury «

nr.\ •

Rtates> III
Wasbl

Wilmington I
Winston

OKLAHOMA.
i Norman

MCF. ■ IMP.

Guthrie < amp .1

ii ■ ufro

Oklahoma en\ D H Run i- … 177 3 W Johni

-Till ‘ \Hill.lNA.

eenvllle
i ol Thos > Moorman, \ – umbla

\\ lunsboro
poa ropi camp. wo.

■ , ,

Aiken Barnard F.

And.’

tori Beaufort

Chari.-

Charleston Palm< tto Ui
( In iiiw I l: Ki i-luov

Columbia Hampton

l luncans I teat

lasra i Han tboi

Held ( H Abner Perrlu .
Pee Dee
Glymphvllli

nville R. r. Pulllan

Greenwood ,D Wyatl \ it . n
Ml Pleasant l hoe M w sgm i

Newberry lames D Nni

Pickens Wolf Creel

Rock Hill i

i onfed. Su\ . \–
unp Walk<
Bummervllle Gen Jas < lonnor
Sumter Dick Anderson

s’ ‘ ■■ rget Stephen Elliott.

. W V Templeton

B H. Teague.J. N Wigfall
M P Trlbbe, .1 N Vandlver

I boi – Whit. .

Rev. I Johnson, J. W. Ward
i ..i. ii

Urey

\ P i-.e.u ,,. D P. I lennlkin

\ II Dean, .1 V Hi-li
i; 1 Bi iwi ii. .1 H, !’•””
.1 h Brooks, Thos W CarwUe
i: w Lloyd, Vfva Quick

i P Miller,

.1. w. Norw i. P. T. H

.1 w i,:.” I I Boyd
Jae \ Gi i'” .it i. ii- i
i ladr J< roes, w i: iiunlap

-initli.

Jos Walker, A B Woodruff

P H Hiii’
.1 ii Grabam, P P Halliard

Ii W Minus. .1 Otej K.^.l

TENM “I 1
n w ii Jackson, Command’ ‘ ishvllle

Col Jno P Hickman, \.lji ‘ leneral of staff Nashville

J A Vaughn, Btieadlei Memphis

Frank A Moses Brigadier General ..Knoxville

POSTOFF1CE. CAMP. OFFICERS.

Brownsville …. Hiram S Bradford…428… , H .1 Livingston

Chattanooga ..N. B. Forrest t ,L. T. Dickinson,

Clarksvillc .Forbes n T. H. Smith, Clay Stacker

Fa\ .ii’ alton 1 1 1 -In- I’ Tillman ‘w ii ‘

Franklin Gen I W 8

Jackson .Inn Inprain

1.’ ;n„ f_,t_ i- ‘i in

Knoxville Felli K. Zolllcofl

Knoxville Fred Ault

.8 V Wall, T ‘
W Holland, M Bl

I’.IIX

1 \. Moses, J. W. s. Prlerson

Lewlsburg Dlbrell SS W. P. Irvine, W. G. Lord

Marsh v tklsson, J. P. < annon
i . w i ran r, R.J. Black

V/.S.Mcl emon ,W 1

Thos ii smith, .1 P Hickman

.1. M. Has! Ings. .1

McKensie 8 laekson. 42,

Memphis Confed. Hist. 1st

Murfreesboro… J

Nashville Frank Cheatham

Shelby vllle Win. Frierson….

Tullahoma….. Pierce B. And Ino P Hickman, W J i

Winchester Turney I J Martin

I EXA8.

■ r. ii w i. Cabell, i “iniii.Mii. i
Brig Gen AT Watts, Adjt Gen and Chief of Stall D

Northeasters Texas Drvisioar.
Ma Gen W N Bush, Commander Mc]

Col .1 M Pearson, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff… Mel

NORTHM ES. Ills I it ‘

MaJ Gen Richard Cobb, Commandet

■ o w in Poi I ind Chief of Staff WlchH

Josepf) Benedict, I General…….. Graham

w B Pli mmons, Brigad Imarillo

BOtJTHEASTERB lnv i-

Maj Gen W Q Blain, Commander Fa

Col Thos J Gibson. Adjutant Gem ral and Chief ol Staff Mexla

11 H Boone, BrlgadlerGi Navasota

D H Nunn. Brigadier General

SOUTH u BBTJ BS Drt

Maj Gen \V H Young, Commander San Antonio

Ool n M Poor. Ailiii.liint (ieneral and Chief of Staff San Antonio

Hamilton P Bee. Brigadier General San Antonio

Thos w Dodd, Brigadier General Laredo

56

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

WILL RECOMMEXD THE PURCHASE OE THE
slllLOH BATTLE-FIELD.

Col. E. T. Lee, Secretary Shiloh Battle-field Associa-
tion, Monticello, 111.: The committee of the Shiloh
Battlefield Association, composed of Secretary Col. E.
T. Lee, Treasurer Dr. .1. \V. Coleman, and Cant. R. C.
McMechan, the latter one the Vice-Presidents, bare re-
turned from their visit to the battle-field. They were
very successful in securing the land on which this fa-
mous battle was fought, at a very reasonable i>rice,
some 2,500 acres. They will recommend to Congress
that the battle-field be purchased by the Government
and made a great National Memorial Park, like Get-
tysburg and Chickamauga, and that graves of the dead
soldiers scattered over the field he preserved. Two
reunions are to be held on these old battle-fields
this year, one on April 6th and 7th, the anniversary
of the battle, and one on May 30th, when the graves
of the thousands of sleeping heroes there will he dee-
orated with flags and flowers. On hoth of these occa-
sions there will lie appropriate exercises, suitahle to
to the place and occasion. Secretary E. T. Lee, of
.Monticello, 111., has received over 6,000 names of the
survivors of this battle, and they are continually re-
porting. A complete roster of the men who fought
in it is to he made, representing every command
that took part in the battle, North and South, as the
officers and members of this Association are composed
of those who wore the blue and the gray in equal num-
bers. Gen. John B. Gordon, Commander-in-Chief of
all the United Confederate Veterans, gave this bis
hearty approval. There are some”4,000 Confederate
dead buried on this battle-field, whose graves will be
looked after and preserved.

In a persona] letter Col. Lee states: Our Association,
as you will see from the ollicers, is composed of one-
half of the Blue and one-half of the Cray, and we desire
all the old Confederate comrades to meet us at Shiloh
on the 6th and 7th of April, and we will mark the po-
sitions held during the battle, and also look up the
graves of the Confederate dead buried there, so we can
have them properly cared for and preserved. We feel
very sure we will succeed in having this old battle-field
purchased by the government and made a national
memorial park.

Carrol Cates’ Yankee Breeches. — The peculiari-
ties of men were brought out in high degree during
the war. W. C. Cates. who was a member of my regi-
ment, was conspicuously careful, and the fact that he
“wore out” a pair of blue pants, issued to him in
prison during February, 1862, when hack in the serv-
ice, by carrying them in his knapsack, is a vivid illus-
tration, lie writes: ” I tried them on once, and they
proved to he knee pants. I kept them until the fail
of “<;:!, when I exchanged them for two pairs of rebel
gray pants. The other fellow wanted the blue ones for
Sunday.” The average Confederate would not have
carried them go long for tleir weight in gold.

TEXAS— CbntflMled

Wkstern Division.

MaJ i, in v. M Bean, Commander _ Cameron

‘ “I u M McGregor, Adjutant General and > blef of stmt ‘ ‘ Cameron

H E Shelley, Brigadier General Austin

Robert Donnell, Brigadier General Meridian

128.
..142.
..111.
. 29

185
088,

158

861
.259.

278
. 88,

Capt. J. F. Puckett, Commander Camp at King-ton.
Texas: At the October meetinjfbf our Camp the claims
of the Veteran were presented, and it was recom
mended that it be adopted as our official organ at the

Birmingham reunion. We have a live Cam]! here,
composed of veterans from all the Southern States.
Hope to be able to send you more subscribers soon.

POSTOFFICE. i »JIP. no.

Abilene Abilene 72

Abilene Taylor Co 88

Alvarado Alvarado ihu

Alvln Win H .. it 280

A 1 v>i<l Stonewall 382

Archer City Stonewall Jackson. 219

Athens Howdy Miirlin 05.

Atlanta Stonewall Jackson »l

Annua Hi; Mills 880

Austin I no BHood 1V8

Beaumont a. s. Johnston

Belton Bell Co. ex-Lou. As 122

Bis; springs I.» U’linki 33U

Bon ham Sul Hoss I in,

Brazoria Clinton Terry 243

Breckinridge Stephens Coimlv :;1 1

Brenham Washington … l 1 19

Brownwood stonewall .Jackson J UJ.

Bryan J. B. Robertson 124

Buffalo Gap Camp M lv

Caldwell Camp Hosiers

Calvert w. P. Towdsend

Cameron Beu McCulloch …

Campbell .Camp Boss

Canton James 1,. Hogg

Carthage Horace Randall..

Chico Camp .Mcintosh..

Childress los E Johnston….

Cisco Camp Preveaux…

Cleburne 1’at Cleburne

Colorado Albert s. Johnston 118

Columbus shropsh ire-Upton… 112

Col. nun: Jno Pclham 78

‘ ‘ommercc .. R. [•;. Lee j ;|

Cooper Ector , 2::i

CorpusChristi… Joseph E Johnston.. 63..

Corsicana C. M. Winkler 147.

Crockett Crockett HI.

Colli usvi lie Beauregard 806.

Cuero Emmett Lynch 242.

Daingerfleld Camp Brooks :in7.

Dallas Sterling Price 81.

Decatur Ben McCulloch Si

DeKalb Tom Wallace 289.

Denton Sul Ross 129,

Dodd City (‘amp Maxev 281.

Dublin Erato 4 Comanche.. 85.

El Paso.. John C Brown 20.

Emma Lone Star 198

Fairfield Wm. L. Moody 87.

Floresvllle Wilson County 225,

Forney .Cam]) Bee 130.

Fort Worth It. E. Lee 158..

Frost R. i|. Mills 100..

Gainesville Joseph E Johnston .llli.

Galveston Magruder M5.

Gatesville Ex-C A. Coryell Co 1.T5

Goldtbwaite Jeff Davis …. 117.

Gonzales .ohn CG Key 166

:!ordouvllle J (i Hodges 392..

Graham Young County 127.

(I ran bury Gi anbury ‘. 07

Grand View .1 E Johnston ::t:

Greenville Joseph E Johnston ..267.

Hallettsvillc Col Janus Walker 248,

Hamilton \. s. Johnston 116.

Heme tead Tom Green 136

Henderson Ras Redwlne 295.

Henrietta Sul Boss 172

Hlllsboro Hill County 166.

1 [one] < trove. Logan Davidson. 294

Houston Dick Dowllng 1»7..

Iluiiisvillc lohn C Upton 48..

Jack6borough …Camp Morgan 864..

Jacksborough ,..< lamp 1 1 ughes 365..

Kaufman Geo. D. Manlon 1 15

Kilgore Buck Kllgore 288

Kingston i.. S. Johnston 71..

Ladonla Robt. E. Lee 126…

LaGrange Col. B. Tlmmons 61..

Lampasas K. I-:. Lee 66.,

Livingston Ike Turner 821

Lubbock !•’. R. Lubbock 186

Madisouvllle Iik.ii Walker 128

Marlln … Willis L Lang 299

Memphis Hall County 245.,

M< inn .lv ill.- ..Menardvllle 328

Meridian \. 8. Johnston 115

Merkel Merkel 79.,

M.xia roc Johnston 94..

Minncola Wood ( ounty 153..

Mi. Cnterprise,.Ro8ser 82..

Ml. Pleasant Col. Dud Jones 121.,

Montague Bob Stone 93..

McGregor i ‘amp McGregor …. 274..

McKlnney Collin county 109..

Mi Vernon Ben Mel ullocb 800,

Navasota Hannibal 11 Boone.,102..

New Boston Sul Boss 287..

Oakville John Donaldson 195..

Palestine Palestine 44..

01 I ICKRS.

.. , T W Daughertv.

. H. L. Bentley, Theo. Heyck.
Jesse \\ HIM, J. B. Posej

..Win Hart. All II II Tolar

. J M Jones, W <• Leach

.11 .1 Brooks, T M Cecil

D M. Morgan, W.T. Eustace.

J. D. Johnson. J. N. si mm . ms.

(. W abort, ‘>’ Leonard
,.W. M. Brown, c. 11. Powell.
.T J Russell, G \V O’Brien

Joi Bralster, H E Bradford

, R BZinu

J. P. Holmes.

Wm. I’. Smith, F. Leltibens

\V K Marberry, <; B Brown

I”‘ Giddlngs, J <; Rankin

.Carl Vincent, A D Moss
.1 W Tabor. S M lieid.n
.Ben K Jones. .1 J Ewbank
.J B King, J F Matihewe
e w Hig’inb’th’ni.H FKellogg

E. J. Mclver, J. B. Moore.
R W Ridley, Tom G Smith

T. J. Towlcs. W. D. Ibonipsou
J. It. Bond, .1 M. Wooiworth.
I. S K.ldins. (J \V Craft
W I’ Jones, L C Warllck
I w Neal, ,1 s McDonough
,.OI Plummer, s c Scurlock
,.W. V. Johnson, T. Q. Mullin.

. Q Mcl orniick, J. .1 Dick.

J. J. Callan, J. M. Williams.
,G O l.indscy, W E Mangum
Geo w Jones, u J Pickett
.11 R Sutherland, M c spann

,R M Collins,

Enoch Braxsnn, J. F. Martin.
J B King, W II Stephenson
V Weldon. George H Law
.1 N /.acbery, J A McGregor
J J Miller. Geo R Fearee

W A Miller. A Edwards

W s Proctor, J D Stewart

.Hugh McKenzie, J.R.Burton.

We Moore

J. T. Harris, L. E. Glllett.

11 H Davis. Wyndham Kemp

John W. Murray.
.WG Blaln, L GSandlfer
,W. C. Agee, A. D. Evans
„T. M. Daniel, S. G. Fleming.

A 1! Eraser, W M M. -Council

.AChamberl’n, M F Waki Held

. .1. M. Wright, W. A. Sims.
,.T N Waul, c Washington
,.M S Stanford
.1 I-: Martin. W H Thompson

W H Say. -IS. II L CJUalls

Wm Hodges. \\” Blassingame
\ G i nay, V M Edwards

…J. A. Formlvalt, I. R. Morris

.. , C c Hatfield

W s Ward, a II Hefner

Vnlnev Ellis, B P Burke

.Baltic Fort. I. A H Smith

,V. B. Thornton, S. Schwara.
J M Mays, C C Doyle

F. J. Barrett, C. B. Patterson.
, Wm W Fields

J II Lynn. John I, I’.allinger
W. Lambert. S. K . Longu.-cker
.1 \i Smlther, !•: E Goree
s w East In, w J Denning
s ii Reeves, A F Anderson
Jos. 1 1 iiflinastcr. E. s. Pipes.
W \ Miller, R W Wvnn
J. F. Puckett. T. J. Foster.
W B Merrill. .1 R Arthur

,K. II. Phelps, N. llolman.
1 1. C. Thomas, T. 11, llaynie

..lames E Hill, A B I .riiii
W. l). Crump, G. W. Shannon

, R Wilej

1 1 \ King, J T < iwen

i’ m vim raj ,G w Tipton

EM Kitchens,

.Robt Donnell, J. W. Adams.

.J. T. Tucker, A. A. Baker.

C L Wals II W Williams

J II llulliiiast.-r, T J Goodwin

T. Turner, B. BlrdweU.

.i ‘. L. Dillabunl v, J. C. Turner.

ic Bean, R. D. Rugeley.

\V II Harris. II W Sadler
T M Scolt, II C Mack.
.W T Gass, J J .Morris
\V E Barry, .las H Freeman
i leo II Bea, T .1 Watlington
r.f. i ‘ox, T. M. Church
J.W.Ewlng, J. M. Fullinwlder

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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COMMENTS ABOUT THE VETERAN.

II X \s— Continued.

P. A. Green, Seale, Ala.: I have just finished read-
ing the December oumbei of the Veteran, and wish
that every Southern soldier could have the g I for-
tune to do the same. I feel sometimes thai four of the
best years of my life were us thrown away, and that
the dangers, privations and hardships endured by the
soldiers of our dear Bouthland were not appreciated,
hut when I read the Veteran 1 am cheered with the
hope that, although unsuccessful, history will tell to
future generations the justice of our cause and the un-
dying devotion of the Southern soldier to hie native
land. Please send the Veteran to Capt. Thomas H.
Hardwick, Hatchechubble, Ala. He was one of the
most gallanl soldiera in the Southern army, whose
company captured on the bloody field of Chickamauga
a yankee battery, hut whose affliction has confined
him to his bed for six Long years.

W. Fort Smith, Esq., Brazoria, Texas I am very
much interested in your enterprise, for 1 feel thai we
should educate our children in the true faith while we
live, bo that when we have bivouacked on the other
shore our cause will live. By “ourcause” 1 mean the
right “t’ self government and American manhood.
Let us tea< h them to love the Republic our fathers be-
queathed i” us. the Republic of equal rights for all
the States. Teach them thai the followers of Sidney

and •’. E.Johnston, Forrest, Wheelerand II I. fought

for the preservation of civil liberty againsl centralism
and the downfall of American liberty.

R. W. Crabb, Uniontown, Ky.: Find inclosed my
checl foi II 30, to renew my subscription for the \
bran and for the ” Flags of a Nation thai fell,” framed,
also tin’ Souvenir. I am in time to renew at fifty
cents, but 1 do not want it at that price; it is worth
one dollar 1 feel now that you will make it a sua ■
Now, we have had enough of this surrendering, what
we old Rebs want is a magazine that will stay by us.
and is not for sale; a magazine that will publish our
side” of history as it actually occurred from ’61 to ’65.
without prejudice or partiality. Do this, and we will
stand by you until the last ditch is reached and the
last round is fired.

Sherman, Texas, January 28, 1894. At a meeting
of Camp Mildred Lee, United Confederate Veterans,
last night, these resolutions were unanimously adopted :

Whereas, we have observed with pleasure and profit
the publication of historical and instructive incidents
relating to our side in the late war. in a neat and hand-
some little journal by S. A. Cunningham, at Nash-
ville, Tenh., called Confj i i Veteran; therefore.

Resolved, L, That we commend the spirit and patri-
otic intent of this attractive journal, and send fra-
ternal greetings to Mr. Cunningham, assuring him of
our sympathy and good wishes in his praiseworthy
efforts, and hope the Confederate Veteran will be
well sustained, continue to improve, and publish all
of the truth relating to the history of the “lost cause.”

Resolved, ‘2.. That we indorse the publication of the
Confederate Veteran, and adopt it as the official
organ of Mildred Lee Camp.

Resolved , 3, That this preamble and resolutions be
spread upon the records of this Camp, and the Adju-
tant he instructed to transmit a copy to the editor of

the Confederate Veteran. Long live the Veteran.

Fraternally. Unci. WALKER, Adjutant.

POSTOl CAKP.

Paradise Pat* ‘lebnme

Paris A.s. .1. illusion 70.

Paint Rock 1.11 Davie ..188

Pearsall “Gotch”Hardemai

Richmond Frank Terry ….

Ripley . ■■• n Hood

Korkwall Rockwall.. 74

Rob] W. W. Lorlng …

\ntonlo A. S.JohnBton .144,

\ ngustine-Jefl Dai la
W P Rogers
Santa Anna L *7 C Lamar 871,

our Bedford I

Sherman Mildred Lee. BO

South Prairie, South Prall

twater. E. c. Walthall.
Sulphur spy* Matt tabcroft.

Taylor \ S lobnatoo 166.

Terrell . . I EH Stuai

\ P Hill

Tyler V.8.Jobnati

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w aco Pal Llebu

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Waxabachle.. ..Parsons > av. Va«
Weatberford ..Tom Gret I
Welllngtoi .”.worth i i

Wharton Bucbell

Wnltesbon R Reevee

Wlcta

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A .1 Jones, I. T Ma-otl

■ it e.. n nor. s s Record
W. I . Melton, J.W.Ratcbford.
R M Harkness, Henry Maney
I’. K, Peareaon, B. K. .•smart
W RM Blaaghter,Jno H Hood
M. S. Instln, N. C. Eds
li Bpoer, \ P Kelley

.John s Ford, Jamea < lark

.. . W \ Field

. teorge Hal rts, A I hitman
I M i in \ < na, Will Hubert
T. He. l’ccrv.R.J. Browning.
.1 T WINon. Kohl Walker.

W L Hefner,

w D c. all, 1. H. Freeman.
H.M. Henderson, M.G. Miller.
M Rosa, Pi 1 1 > Ha a
,i \ \iithony. Vic Relnbardt
w .1 \ Men. Charley A Hooks
Harsh, Bid 8 Johnson
8. I Hatcbett, M. D. Davis.
C I. Johnson, W. ‘ . Poopei
T’lin Yates, JPOo

.. . \ M I’.-ilnnan

I. P. Riot . M. V. Kim.

.1 II McDowell. .1 M ‘i ■

I N Dennlr, H T ( ‘otoi

.1 w M

w R Crocki t i . N A IS’

\ N Uford, W V Kenham

VIRGINIA.
n Tit”. A I I hmond

( “ol Jop

Norfolk
Mlcajah Charlott.

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oki w I Ham Watts

Weal Polnl John R ke. 184

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nil Lee Mat tz, J 8 Mi
MAM

R N Northern, P
\ w \n h, r. .1 t Btratton
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li. M Miller, W. W. Gret
T l Stubba, II T Jonea
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Washlnet’re ^ • I 171 J O Moore, T W Hungi

The Southwestern Journal of Education: The
Southern people have been much dissatisfied foryi
with partisan history concerning their section ami the
part they took in the war. Dally hooks and

pamphlets have been printed in refutation of thi
objectionable hist ut they I [uently bet

extreme on the opposite side. The soldiers of the two

en friends, except now and
then when controlled by partisan politicians, who
have created and continued sectional bitterness for
personal advancement. The Vetera] eal-

ously the cause of the < onfederate soldier-, and is very
diligent to give just credit to Boldiers of the Union
Army “who realize that the war ended in 1865.” The
editor of the Veteran was a soldier and carried a gun.
He has a wide acquaintance throughout the South,
and has the benefit of public confidence. It is refresh-
ing to read a publication so coui is the V

\. and yet so carefully deferential a- never to he
offensive to true men who are equally zealous for tic
Union.

Vngus P. Brown, Commander < lamp Columbia, S
The Veteras has been made the official organ of this

ip. Long may you be spared to preside at tl

helm of a magazine that has clone so much to furnish

the facts for the future historian of the South. Suc-
– to you in your great enterprise. It is the duty of
iv Confederal ustain you in your laud-

able work. •

\V. s. 1 lamia, Morrilton, Ark.: But for the very
hard times I would be able to send you another list of
subscribers for the Veteran. 1 will not, however, re-
lax my exertions, and hope to be aide in the near fu-
ture to send vmi additional name-.

58

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

S. I ». Van Pelt, Postmaster, Danville, Ky.: In-
closed find 81, for which please place my nam’ 00
your subscription list for the Confederate Veteran.
‘l – ;i w a copy of the Confederate Veteran this
evening for the first time, and read it with a great
deal of interest. I Berved three years in the Federal
army as a soldier. Am a Republican in politics, bul
I hive the true and brave Confederate soldier. 1 am
hi- friend. The truest and best friends I can boast of
are men who served in the Confederate army, and 1
love them. I heartily approve of the publication of
the Confederate Veteran, and wish it success.

J. K. Merrilield. St. Louis. Mo., sends a dollar for
the Veteran and writes: Allow me to thank you for
the kind words you say in your Letter about Opydike’e
brigade. We were always ready and willing to do our
duty, and every historian who has written about the
battle of Franklin gives our brigade the credit of sav-
ing the Army of the Cumberland from destruction.
Had our brigade not charged and recaptured the works
from you after you had possession, you could have
whipped the right or left wing in detail, and what you
did not kill or capture would have been drowned in
the Harpeth River, so that Hood with his army could
have marched to Louisville or to Cincinnati without
a Btumbling-block in their way except what few Home
Guards they might have come across, but the veterans
of your army would have -wept them aside like chaff
before the wind. * * * While they are dealing
out medals in Washington for brave acts done that
accomplished but little, they might give a medal to
every man who was in the charge .with Opydyke at
the battle of Franklin. Tenn.

\V. J. Ervin, Hamilton. Mo.: Asa private I bore an
humble part in the late struggle from <>1 to the close.
Received five wounds, participated in every engage-
ment under the .Missouri State Militia until the
organization of the Fourth Missouri Brigade, C. S. A.,
at Springfield, Mo., in the winter of ’61-2. Arriving
at Corinth a tew days late for Shiloh, participated in
all campaigns and engagements from that to Altoona,
Ga., November-“), 1864, where 1 received my last and
lasting disability.

A. H. Sinclair, Georgetown, Ky.: “Camp Geo. W.
Johnson, at its regular meeting in September, unani-
mously indorsed the ( ‘oxi- kukkatk VETERAN, and rec-
ommends it as the organ of the ( Confederal Veterans.”
It gives me pleasure to bear testimony to your unfal-
tering devotion tO the lost cause, and 1 trust every

Confederate veteran and their friends will become
subscribers.

Gen. John Boyd, Lexington, Ky. : It is mighty lend
work these times to gel renewals a1 any price. In
severa] instances I have paid the renewals for poor old
soldiers whom I knew could not spare the money and
who like the Veteran. I could not think of taking
any remuneration for the little aid 1 have given you.
[only wish I could do more. I pray that God will

bless vou and prosper you in the g I work that you

are doing, and that he will incline all Confederate
hearts to feel that they cannot do without the Vet-
bran. I am always :]: :::

Wm. E. Underwood, Black Jack, Tenn.: * * *
No, I never have seen any thing like a history of the
war that pleases me as well as the Veteran. 1 en-
listed in May. ’61 (SOth Tennessee), and at Chicka-
mauga I lost my left arm.

I!. A. Venable, Bowling Green, Ky., who served in
Company A, Twenty-ninth Alabama: I am glad you
have put the price of the Veteran to $1 per annum.
It is worth five times as much to the old Confederate.

(apt. Andrew l’.rown, Florence, Ala. : A. M. O’Neal,
( lommander of our Camp, which was named for him.
is the Captain of the Wheeler Rifles of this place, and
was a s ril ind year’s cadet at West Point Military Acad-
emy when he resigned to join our army.

Adjutant B. M. Robinson. Orlando, Fla. : Please find

inclosed postotEce order for $7.50 for the Veteran. I

will forward you another order soon. Our city council

recently donated to < ‘amp No. 5 1 a burial lot. We in-
tend to have it taken care of properly, and hope to
erect a monument some time in the future.

Dr. W. M. Yandell. El Paso, Texas: 1 do not feel
competent to advise you as to raising the price of the
Veteran. It is worth a dollar, unquestionably, but
would it not be well to run another year at fifty cents,
until you have run the subscription list to 10,000 when
your advertising patronage ought to be valuable’.’

T. F. Prewit, Killeen, Texas: I have often desired
such a publication as the Veteran to place in the
hands of my children, and they really appreciate it
almost as much as myself and wife. 1 am pleased
with the idea of organizing a benefit association in
connection with the Confederate Veteran Association.
I indorse the suggestion of J. L. Burke.

A. B. McMichael, Healdsburg, Cal.: Inclosed find
renewal for VETERAN. 1 would not take a dollar a
piece for mine. I was a member of A. S. Marks’ regi-
ment, the Seventeenth Tennessee. * * * I think
the troops Ceorge E. Dolton, of St. Louis, refers to
were Longstreet’s men. We lost eighty men. captured,
from our regiment, but we captured some artillery.

J. T. Eason, Coldwater, Mi-s. : Find inclosed live
subscriptions. We are all delighted with the YkteraN.
J served in the Seventeenth Mississippi Infantry from
April. I si ;i, to the surrender at Appomattox.

R. T. Owen. Adjutant John H. Waller Camp, Shel-
byville, Ky.. sends a dollar to the Vetehax and adds:
Like the regiment 1 belonged to, at the end of our first
twelve months we re-enlisted for three yeers or during
the war. Vou can count on me to be with you until
you hand down your colors.

J. Coleman Gardner, Springfield, Mo.: All who take
it here are well pleased. The thirty-seven subscrip-
tions I have sent you were secured at random, or as I
had time to see after introducing it.

A Dallas, Texas, Confederate: Here is a dollar from
Ben. F. Hendricks, an old soldier who served on the
other side in the Eighth Kentucky Cavalry. A good
and true man he is, too. He wants the VETERAN.

W. A. Campbell, Columbus, Miss.: The war journal
was mailed me. I showed it to an old soldier and told
him not to subscribe for it. as it did not at all repre-
sent the old Confederates. He said. “I would not
take il at 25 cents, and would rather pay $3 a year for
the Villi; \v” I le take.- the VETERAN and was a good

soldier. He carried a minie ball received at Chicka-
uiauga for about fifteen years, and is yet lame.

Mis. Keller Anderson, Memphis: Here is a good
word from one of your subscribers. Mr. W. W. Shouse

thanked me for calling his attention to the VETERAN,
and said, “I would not take ten dollars and do with-
out it.”

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

59

MISS MARIE LOUISE BAILEY.

A Nashville girl is just beginning .1 tour in the
Smith as a pianist, with a record thai will please the
Confederate veteran- on learning that her lather is
one of them. This is from the Washington Pott:

It i- a pleasant task always to record the –

a ymmg American girl in foreign lands, and this is
the good fortune thai Bliss Marie Louise Bail*
Nashville, Tenn., has achieved across the Atlantic.
Though only eighteen years of age, the King of Saxon]

was so delighted with her playing that, alter two or

three performances, he conferred on Miss Bailey the
title 01 Royal Court Pianist, an honor rarely given,
and never, as his majesty himself told her, bestowed

before on bo young. In Leipzig she made her

debut, and it was a decided success, to be repeated at
Berlin, Dresden, and other cities. The best critics
gave her instiuted praise.

Miss Bailey is able to play from memory three hun-
dred solos and concertos, and her repertoire runs from

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Bach to Liszt. Chopin is her favorite, for under the
guidance of her Polish teacher she learned to bring
out all the beauties of the great composer, she ex-
pects to make a tour of the Smith, and has already
cd good oflers from well-known managers.

Replying to an inquiry from the writer, her mother
gave briefly an account of her beginning as a pianist.

she herself was teaching, and taxed with the care of
twenty pupils She was impatient with the little
tot’s persistency in getting at the keys of the piano,

and she kept it locked when not in use. Members of
her class, however, were fond of the child, and helped

her. On returning to the house one day after having

been down town. Mrs. Bailey found that her little

Mary was in great glee, playing for the family servants.
That performance created in the mother interest and
hope. Not long afterward the child played at the
Nashville Exposition, when a gentleman offered to
buy her any thing there. Of course she sell .ted a
large doll. The little girl’s ambition was to play an
octave, but her fingers were too short, she happily
overcame that by tying hair pins on the back Of her
little hand so that she could touch the necessary keys.

Bazaab for tiik Stonewall Band. — C. Harry
Haim – tary of the Stonewall Brigade Band at
Staunton. Va., write- ” We are going to hold a bazaar
in this city for the purpose of pun basing new uni-
forms, and we shall appeal to all Southerners, and es-
pecially to all survivors of the glorious Confederacy,
for assistance in our undertaking. 1 mail you a copy
of a little -li. et gott* n out by the band in the in1
of the bazaar.” These things will be of interest, spe-
cially to the old Stomwall Brigade,

Tin ii anagers of the Nashville Keeley Institute

known Southerners. Those who were thrilled
with the “Rebel Yell,” as published last year in the
Vi i iiiAN, will observe the author in the Secretary and
Treasurer.

ANNOUNCEMENTS DAVIDSON COUNTY. TENN.

For County Trustee.
W. II. HIGGINHOTHAM hereby announci 1 as a

candidate fur Trustee, subject to the action of the Democratic
party. Your support cordially solicited.

For County Judge.
R. R CALDWELL is a candidate for re-election to the
office et County .hi’l^e, subject >•• Democratic primary.

JX< 1. THOM I’m IN an in. a me- himself a candidate for County

Judge* subject to DemOi r:itie primaries.

For Sheriff.
W. ,1. HII.L is a candidate foi Bherifl l- competent and
solicits your support in Democratic primaries.

For Criminal Court Clerk.

A. B. lEI’SH SPAIN is a candidate for Criminal Curt
Clerk, subject to Democratic primary. Klection first Thursday
in August,

For Circuit Court Clerk.
ALEX J. HARRIS lias announced himself as a camliilate
rcuit Coin ibject to Democratic primary.

WILLIS J. SULLIVAN is a cai

Clerk, subject to Democratic primaries 1 lei imn August. 1894.

For County Court Clerk.
T. A. SHELTON is a can. li. late for County Court Clerk,

Bubject to the action of the Dei ratic primaries. Election

August. 1894.

For Register.
JNO. P. HK’KMAN is competent, desires the emolui
an.l solicits your support for County Register.

EWING CHADWE1 I is a candidate for re-election to the
egister of Davidson County, subject to Democratic

primary. m

For Tax Assessor.
Wk are authorized to announce tbe name of JOHNSON V.
LINTON for the office of Tas Assessor of Davidson County.

TIM M. IIANHIN is a camliilate for Tax Assessor of David-
son County, subject to the Democratic primary.

6o

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

Books Supplied by S. A. Cunningham,
Nashville, Tenn.

John Esten Cook’s complete w.oks. time payments.

“The Southern Cross,” by Mrs. L. K. Messenger. $1.26.

“Four Years in the Stonewall Brigade,” by J. 0, Casler, $2.

“That Old-Time Child Roberta,” by Mrs Sophie Fox Lea,$l.

” Immortelles,” by Maj. s. K. Phillips, Chattanooga, 50 cents.

“The Other Side,” a thrilling poem of !)00 lines, by Virginia
Frazier Boyle, Mr. Davis being her theme. $1.

“Sketch of the Battle of Franklin, and Reminiscences of
Camp Douglas,” by John M. Copley. $1.

“How It Was. or Four Years With the Rebel Army,” a
thrilling story by Mrs. Irby Morgan, of Nashville. This is a
charming book. Si.

‘• Hancock’s I Mary, or History of the Second Tennessee ( ‘av-

airy, a Larg itavo book, with many portraits and biographic

sketches. The frontispiece is a tine steel engraving of Gen.
N. B. Forrest. $2.50.

■■ Bright Skies and Hark Shadows,” by Henry M. Field, I). D.

$1.50. This I k comprises a series of letters on the South.

Fifty pages are devoted to the battle of Franklin, and the au-
thor is especially complimentary to this editor. The closing
chapters are on Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee.

Hancock’s I Mary is as a history of the Second Tennessee Cav-
alry — in I octavo pages, 20 portraits, including a splendid steel
engraving of Gen. N. I!. Forrest, and 36 biographical sketches.

While the work will he read with interest hy any one who may
wish to read the daring deeds of Forrest and his cavalry, it
will he especially interesting to any who served under that

gallant officer during the I a si eighteen months of the war. Mr.
Hancock was a member of Bells Brigade, Buford’s Division.
The price is $2.60.

m us. stonewall jackson’s book.

< ineof the most
interesting
hooks ever writ-
ten a ho ut the
war is that of
Mrs. M. A.. lack-
son, the widow
of one of the
most unique he-
roes of his race.
The devoted
wife shrank
from the promi-
nence that the

worthy u n il e r-
taking gave her,
hilt she felt that

the motherless
g ra n d children
of her husband

deserved such

record as she
could leave to
them, She tells

the story of how
two young peo
pie, John Jack-
son and Eliza-
beth Cummins,

u n k n W n to

each other, per-
haps, on embarking from the coast of England to America in

174S, became so much to each other. Fifty years after that
their son George was a niemher of Congress, and Andrew
SacksOU was Senator, when they found, on comparing notes,
that their ancestors Came from the same parish ill Londonderry.
George Jackson was Colonel ill the Revolutionary War. The
second son, Edward, was the grandfather of Thomas Jonathan
Jackson, who was horn in Clarksburg, Va., January 21, 1824.

Further reference may he expected ill BUbsequent issues.

From the elegant book three pictures are herein copied. No-

t>( Stonownll JackBOU.”-
iTj.t-r .* Uroth^rs.

ppyrlght] 1891,

tice the remarkable similar-
ity of expression of the Gen-
eral in the two periods of his
life. The hook will he sup-
plied from this office at the
publisher’s prio

The Life and Times of Sec-
retary C. (.. Me linger,

Confederate Secretary of the
Treasury, by I lenry’ I >, ( a-
pers, of Charleston, is an im-
portant contribution to his-
tory. A. B. Holmes, Jr., 17
Broad St.. Charleston. Price
in cloth, $3; sheep, $3.50.

The Virginia Historical So-
ciety, at Richmond, is the
naosl successfully conducted

institution of the kind in the

South. Membership So. 00,

which entitles the member From “Ti»ijh urn uiu™ or rmo«w«]i !***«>>

to all the publications free …

of charge. Address Philip Monument where Stonewall Jack-

A. I’.ruce, Cor. Sec. Bon tell at ChancellorsvlUe.

Some Rebel Relics, by Rev. A. T. G ih.e. in cloth. Si.

The New Orleans Cfoislian Advoeatt says: “This story of tin-
war will be read with absorbing interest. The record of the
happenings of those dark days will always < imand attention.

Mrs Irhv Morgan’s Story Of “How It Was During Four Thrill-
ing Years Among the Rebels.” Vivid stories recorded after
three decades, from memory. Price, $1.

Dr, D. C. kelley: “It is not a history, it is just a great hig

heart pouring out truthful and touching memories. No history
written compares w itfa it in the trutbfulni ss, vividness, variety,

and the pathos of its pictures. If you want tony fifty times
in one day, and laugh almost as many times, get this hook and
read it. I did not stop when I begun until it was finished, ami
have not cried as much over any book in all my life.”

Thk fact that P. A. Shelton, the popular Broad Street grocer.
has been publicly indorsed for County Court Clerk by the
largest number of the best business, professional and artizan

classes of the city ami county, is substantial evidence of the
gentleman’s eminent fitness for that position.

All classes have called on him to declare himself for that
position, ami it is to he hoped that be will comply with the
almost universal wish of the people.

That office needs just such a reliable and competent man as
is Pal Shelton. and if he becomes a candidate he will lead tin-
field by reason of his personal and husiness popularity am!

high fitness for the ollice. — The Farmers’ I’m/.,, Nashville.
SECURED A GOOD POSITION.

A Strong Testimonial from the Cashier of the
Merchants’ Bank.

‘Phe following explains itself: Nashville. Tenn.. January 1″.’.
1894. My son graduated at Jf.nninos’ Bisimss’ CoLl BOB, soon
after which he secured and is now filling’ I he position of hill
clerk with the firm of Jackson, Matthews .v. Harris, of this city.
I can COD Aden tlv recommend this school to every young man
who desires a husiness education. I regard it as one of the
very best ill the country. J IMK8 McLaI GH1 IN,

Cashier Merchants’ Hank.

$100 PER MONTH.

This is the Result of a Business Course in
Jennings’ College.

W. s. Corbett, who graduated a few days ago from Jennings’
Business College, writes from Crockett Mills, Tenn. Feb. 8,
1894: “I am keeping hooks here for Robertson & Hamlett,

hut I am offered a position in Memphis at $100 per month,
which I shall accept. My time in your school was well spent.
and you see 1 have good reasons for saying to any young man

that he could not do Letter than take a ionise in Jennings’
College.” When this young man came to Nashville to enter
a husiness college he made inquiries among husiness men, as
all should do before entering any husiness college, and this is
the result.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

XTbe IRasbvtlle Hmcrican, the veteran, and

61

ITS SOUVENIR,

ALL FOR $1.25. BOTH WITHOUT SOUVENIR. $1.

The old, old American, ever true to the people of the South, under it»- new management with
Hon. .7. 14. Head, President, oontlnnee it< helpful Influence t” the Vfteran in the liberal

<pirit manifested by tin- above club rate.

WEAR

mil estate $\w § fcatticr (l i,’s
SHOES.

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Sixteenth Annual Session

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The Editor’s Investigation,

Home Testimonials Dr. Yowell’s
Letter.

Mn. Editor— Foi th< past tweotj yean I
suffered from oancer of the face. Con-
Bultod the mosl learned Burgeons of this
country, and have tried alnio iiowd

rented; without effect. M> home physicians
said li would kill me, and my experience
taught me the seal of death «n- stamp*
my face. I am now BOyeara old. Havi
a practicing physician in Nashville for fifteen
years, having retired a yeat ago on ae-
oount of my disease. With doubl and with-
out hope l consulted Drs. Reynolds, discov-
erers of the Oil Cure, l was pleased to And
tin-in honorable physicians and Burgeons,
calculated to Inspire hope In the hearts of
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plication <>f the Palnlese Oils I am almost
well, a large ecbar remaining, showing the
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i hfnlly you re,
Db. .1. B. ^ “” i
1221 n. Vine St., Nasbi Hie, I
editor ‘if the Vbtbrab la well nc-
quainted with l>r. Yowell, and would
any statement from him.

I’., mi Press [am a toll-gate keeper, have
Buffered Blnce 1888 with fistula, and hav
totally unable to work. Like all men. I hesi-
tated iiiwtiii- fur the Oil Cure. I oalli
l>rs. Reynolds six months ago and
i meon tbe oils, [am working
day. Have n. in examined by physii
and pronounced well, I»d^ ifferer

to emplo] tl li groat remedy. I suffered nu
pain from tbe treatment, I “Mi be alad to
write to all afflicted, Joskph a. Peach,
Franklin. Tt no.

Hon, S/eal Brown, of San Saba, Tex., writes:
After Buffering (a with five eating

cancers, involving andmoutb,

I learned of Drs. Reynolds’ “ii Cure, and if
my infallibleindorsement can establish trntb
thousands can be s ; i\ed pain, torment and
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Mr. I,. M. whiiiikir. of Sunday Times,
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road in recovery, and ii affords me treat
ure to commend Drs. Reynolds to suffer-
ing humanity as skilled physicians. at]
hearing has been restored.

Wilbur! i erofSnow-CburchCo.,

Baxter Court, Nashville, says: After suffering
iw> nt> years with catarrh of head, hum and
throat, the baneof my existence, I consider
the Oil tun- tbe greatest discovery of tbe
nineteenth century, and having been person-
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year. I recommend them as honorable phy-
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in- Rej : perfected the Oil ( lure

for tbe treatment of consumption, catarrh,
oancer, lupus, ulcers, i-i !–s. fistula, eczema,
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eye, ear, nose, and throat: nervous debility
and excesses treated on the most seientitie
prineiples. Call on oraddress Drs. Reynolds, ‘
H9 North Spruce Street, Nashville, Tenn.

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C. L. EDWARDS,

Attorney and Counsellor at Law.

DALLAS. TEX.

Invitee correspondence from readers of
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the State. m/..

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W. C. COLLIER, Tr.sldent.

POPE TAYLOR Vice President. J. K. HAHT, Secretary nnd Treasurer.

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We have in our possession electros of all Confederate Mags, which
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w : ■ 1 1 1 . . ] a number n( ex-Confed-
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Price In Cekts.
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} Vol. II. Nashville, Tenn., March, ^94. 8tcorner ™«b. 3. { &A – ( SSJS HA ”

Hbc Jachct of (3va\\

Fold it up carefully, lay it :isi«i«’ ;

Tenderly touch It, look “ii il With pride;

Por dear must it be to oar hearts evermore,
Tin’ Jacket ol gray mir loved soldier boj wore.

ran we ever rorgel when be joined the brave

hand.

Who rose In defense of our dear Southern land,
And in ins bright youth harried on to the frnv-
How proudly in- donned it -the jacket of graj I

m- fond mother blessed blm and looked up

above,
Commending to Heaven the child of her love;
What anguish was tier’s, mortal tongue oannol

saj .
When he passed from her sight in the Jacket, ol

s-‘rav.

Hut her country had called, and she would not

repine,
Though costls the sacrifice placed on its shrine ;
tier heart ‘s dearest iH>i>es ,,n its altar she lay,
Winn she si’nt nut her boy in the jacket of graj .

Blonths passed ami Mai’s thunder rolled over

the land.
Unsheathed was the sword, ami lighted the

brand ;
We heard in the distance the sounds ol tin’ fray.
Ami prayed forourboj in the Jacket of graj .

All ! vain. all. all vain were our prayers and nur

teal-.

The glad slmnl of Victory rang in nur ears ;
tint nur treasured one on the nil battlefield lay,

While the life-blOOd OOBed OUl on the jacket of

graj

His you ug comrades found him, and tenderly
bore

Til lid, lifeless fill 111 tO hlS home bj the si,,, re;

Dh, dark were our hearts on that terrible day,
When wesawourdead boy in the Jacket of gray.

All : spi itt eii ami tattered, ami stained now with

gore,
Was the garment which once he so proudly wore;

We l.it til’lv w -pt as we took it away,

A ml replaced with death’s white n.i.e t he jaeket
of gray.

We laid him to rest in his cold narrow I. ‘.1,
Ami graved on the marble we placed o’er his

lira. I.

As the proudest i tbuteour sad hearts could pay,
lie in \ 11 disgraced the jacket of sray.

Then fold it up carefully, lay it aside.

Tenderlj touch it. look on it with pride;
For dear must It be to our hearts evermore,
The Jaeket of gray our loved soldier hoy w ore !

—Mrs. C. A. Ball, Charleston, S. C.

>

There will be printed

12,000 Copies of the

April “Veteran.’

ADVERTISEMENTS will be given an in-
sertion in that issue and in the SOUVENIR
at the rate of 53.00 per inch.

B. H. ST1EF JEWELRY CO. Position Guaranteed !

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Class and Society Badges and Gold Medals a Specialty

REPAIRING PROMPTLY AT-

TENDED TO AND WARRANTED.

JAMES B. CARR, Manager.

Can deposit your money for tuition In iiank till ixkNiilon is
secured and accepted. This uDer is made to all who enter for gu«r-
anii ourse in

Draughon’s Consolidated Practical Business College

and School of Shorthand and Telegraphy,

NASHVI LLE, TENN

N.. Text-booh n*c<l on Book-keeping.

Three weeks by our practical method ol teaching 1 k-keeplng

is equal to twelve uicks by the old style. Eleven «h Faculty.
Bes1 patronized Business College in the Bouth. < – he:»|i Hoard. Bend
for ” free'” Illustrated lair BO-page catalogue, which will explain
why we rati afford to guarantee positions, and why other schools
can not. It also -n .■* taii-s ..f tuition, board, etc. Address,
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SOUTHERN SHORTHAND ACADEMY & EMPLOYMENT BUREAU,

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hand. Systems reviewed, comparisons made, deductions drawn.

^SITUATIONS SECURED FOR GRADUATES.”

THE

GREAT

We are determined to put the lives of our
great heroes in the homes of the people.

CAPTAIN.

THE LIFE OF

STONEWALL JACKSON,

By that prince of men,

JOHN ESTEN COOK.

Every man ami boy in th<- Southland should read tin- thrilling story “f this matchless hern’s sti-u^le from nhsi nrity t”
immortal fame. He stands in history like unto Oresar and Alexander, Washington and Napoleon.

This book is written in the must thrilling style. It has been sold at $2.50. We will furnish it, post-paid, at $1.50, and will
furnish free, with each order, the great picture

“THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG,”

reproduced in exact colors. It is a wonderful picture ami will he appn ciated in tiny home.

In addition to the picture, we will give to the first ten (10), who order this book, a gold and enamel (in colors) Confederate
flag Scarf Pin. Address,

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Published Monthly in the Interest of Confederate Veterans and Kindred Topics.

Price, in Cents. i V-.1 TT
Ykaki I VOL 11.

Nashville, Tknn., March, 1S94.

No.

I B. A CUNNINGHAM,
I Proprietor.

Enteric! :it thePostoffice, Nashi ille. Tenn.. as Becond-cl :i^ mutter

Advertisements: Two dollars per lncb one

cent last page. page, one time, 10. Discount: Half year,

One-issue; one rear, two issues. This is an Increast >>u formei

Contributors will bleat Tin spaot

important foi any thing thai lias not ttpeclal merit.

The date to -ui la always given to the month i-

en<ls. For instance, lr the Vbtbras be ordered to begin with Janu-
ary, the date on mall list will he December, and the suhs.rii •
ilea to that number.

Tbougb men deserve,
They may not win suet

I’h. brai t will honor lie hra\ e.

Vanquished Done the It bs.

Ok this issue “f tlif Veteran ten thousand five hun-
dred copies arc printed. It is expected that the next
number, April, will l>e twelve thousand, the la
number yet printed. Advertisements wil] l” printed
in it and in the Souvenir both for three dollars pt i
inch. Don’t wait for solicitors, but apply at once.

The Soovenib will contain the cream of the illus-
trations and articles that appeared in the Confeder-
ate Veteran during the past year, hence a valuable

addition to the library of every Southern home. The
publication will doubtless be the most popular ever
issued in the South. As an advertising medium it is
commended. It will he read, reread ami preserved
with care by a class of persons largely consisting of
those who have money to spend, therefor.’ an adver-
tisement in the Souvenir will have a permanent value.
In times of financial stringency like the present it is
Wise to be careful in selecting advertising mediums.

Too late for this issue comes the correction of St v-
eral errors in Camp officials. There are more from
Tennessee than the other States. To be supplied are
numbers 367 ami 432, then from 440 to 16] consecu-
tively. Please report all corrections due. SO that the
veteran list at Birmingham may he fault

Increased interest will lie had in the article by Rev.
J. H. MoNeilly on “Last Days of the Confederacy,”
by the statement that the proof was submitted to Mrs.
Jefferson ]>avis, who replied, “Acceptable, accurate,

and absolutely true.”

<i. \V. t’o.iK, of Chipley, Fla.. in sending suhserip-
tions for himself and s. M. Robertson, sny-: We both
left .me of our arms on the battlefield, one in Tennes-
see, the other in Virginia.

Aiu’t. Gen. H. B. Stoddard, of Bryan, publishes a
card urging a large attendance of Texas veterans at
the annual reunion to he held at Waco on the 5th, 6th,
and 7th of April. The Veteran will be represented.

It is definitely settled that the corner-stone to a

nfederate .Monument, to bi in Capital l’ark.

Birmingham, will be laid during the reunion in April.

.1. T. Br. k. ot Jackson, Miss., an ordnant
ami being at Clarksville to forward ammunition to
Fort Donelson, escaped capture in that surrendt
tine tribute to Maj Jacob Culbertson, who being with-
out a command was in the fort and .lid effective tiring
of oneof thelargt maybe Long Tom — upon the

Federal gunboats, Maj. Culbertson died at his home
near Jackson some years ago. leaving a family.

Comrades in the vicinity of Dover, Tenn. Fort
Donelson . have for a long time been trying to organ-
ize. Last month, on the thirty-second anniversary of
the last day’s battle, a meeting was held and a la
committee was appointed to insure success of a mi
ing for organization the second Monday in April. All
the people of thai section should take a pride in its
i- Fmi Donelson is one of the most noted bat-
tle grounds of the war. Foreign visitors to the plat •
will conclude that all the killing at Fort Donelson was
by Confederates, &e on the high hill in the suburbs of
Dover, there i> a well kept cemetery of the Federal
dead. Maybe the Union veterans will yet send up a
t petition to the National Legislature in behalf of
honoring the Southern hero who gave his life for his
convictions. The Confederate dead at Donelson
should hav. a cemetery fragrant with cultivated Mow-
ers and made beautiful with marble and bronze.
Comrades or others who may wish information about
the meeting may address Dr. Steger, at Dover.

In celebrating Washington’s birthday by the South-
ern Society of New York, speakers waxed warm in
reply to Hon. Ahram S. Hewitt, whose comparison of
the Southern leaders of the present with those of
past generations was disparaging, .lames Lindsay
Gordon of New York, a native Virginian said: “Nor
must it he understood that Southern statesmanship
at a discount to-day. The Treasury is guarded by a
Southern man: the great Navy of Uncle Sam is be-
ing built under the direction’ of a Southern -tates-
man: a Southern man is in charge of the Interior
Department, and a Southern man presides with dig-
nity and ability over the deliberations of the House of
Representatives; a Southern man. great, pure and
spotless, has been raised to the Supreme Court hench,
and a Southern man is responsible for the new tariff
hill. This is the record of the men of the Smith to-day.
They are Southrons, they are statesmen, but above
all they are American citizens.”

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COMRADES. ATTENTION) ROLL CALL! FALL IN.’!

“Hurryup, boys I Don’1 you see the Colonel is put-
ting on his sword, and negro Bob lias his horse ready!
Hallo, you boys in that tent! Hurry up, or I’ll re-
port you to headquarters. ‘

Arc these expressions from the Orderly Sergeant
familiar to you? And then from the Captain: “Atten-
tion, company! Right dress! Call the roll, Sergeant.”
If so. note them now for a practical application. Sup-
pose you had not answered to your name? Suppose
you had not done your part as a soldier? What would
have become of the army? You know.

Comrades, don’t forget that life is a struggle from
the first sound of the bugle to the last “tattoo.” One
of the ordinary soldiers in the service happens to have
the responsible charge of presenting that great epoch,
and he is as powerless to accomplish its patriotic and
holy purposes as would have been our army com-
manders to win victories without the co-operation of
the soldiers. This statement must meet your approval.
Your reputation and the memories of your comrades
who never returned are involved. The Veteran is
the most important medium that has ever been printed
to represent the principles for which you suffered. If
it be worthy you should stand by it, and if not you
should protest against its use of the sacred name.
Iloll call is at hand. Do you answer, “Here?” You
can tell by reference to the date of your subscription.
If it indicates that your time is out you should answer,
“Here!” If you can’t pay say so, and the VETERAN
commander will excuse you. He has a limited num-
ber of excuses for comrades who are not prompt at
roll-call, especially if they be cripplied from the serv-
ice. Contrary to business rules, the Veteran will be
sent to comrades who can’t pay, as liberally as possible.

It is useless to appeal to the noble women whose
enthusiasm kept them animated to the end of the
struggle. To the daughters and sons of Confederate
soldiers who answered to their names faithfully, but
can’t do so now, the merit of this plea is made. Let
all who believe in the good faith of Confederates rally
now to their advocate, and the world will yet honor
them more and more in what they did.

This organ of the Southern soldiers in the war of
’61-6 has been amazingly popular from the first issue.
It was started in January, 1893, with an edition of
5,000 copies, and for the past six months more than
10,000 of each issue have been required to meet de-
mands. Every public spirited and patriotic person
South should take pride in its prominence and merit.

Charles Todd Quint aid, Bishop of Tennessee who has
ever been an honor to comrades at home and abroad :

Sewanek, Tenn., March 7, 1894. — Dear Mr. Cunning-
ham: The Confederate Veteran comes to me full of
good things, and I wish to thank you for your faith-
ful work in giving to the Confederate soldiers such an

admirable and accurate record of the days that “tried
men’s souls.” The typography, the illustrations, ami
the whole “get-Up” of the paper, leave nothing to be
desired. The editorials ami letters of correspondents
are full of interest to one who took part in the strug-
gle to preserve the constitutional rights of the States.
1 am yours with all good wishes.

Lt. < ren. S. D. Lee, Agricultural College, Miss. : I con-
sider your last two issues as splendid, and had made
up my mind to write you especially commending the
February number. The material is just what it ought
to be, and 1 wish you eminent success in your work.
I wish you had started such a monthly ten years ago.

Nashville Christian Advocate, organ of the M. E.
Church, South, .March 15: The Confederate Veteran,

Nashville, Tenn., S. A. Cunningham, editor, is well on
the way into its second year. From the first number
it has been a pronounced success, lt is patriotic and
progressive. Cheerfully accepting the present, it at
the same time loyally clings to the memories of the
past. * * * We do not see how any old Confeder-
ate can get along without this periodical.

K. H. Adams. Adjutant. Radford. Va.. March •”>. 1 894 :
At a meeting of (L C. Wharton Camp, No. 28, Con-
federate Veterans, Department of Virginia, the follow-
ing resolutions were unanimously adopted:

Whereas, the Confederate Veteran, published at
Nashville, Tenn., by our esteemed comrade, S. A. Cun-
ningham, is a faithful and true expounder of the
principles dear to us, and for which Lee fought and
Jackson died; therefore, be it

Resolved, That G. C. Wharton Camp, No. 28, Con-
federate Veterans, Department of Virginia, express
our gratitude to comrade Cunningham for such a wel-
come visitor.

Resolved, That this Camp hereby adopts the Confed-
erate Veteran as its official organ.

Capt. R. D. Smith, Columbia, Tenn.: On March 7th
we had a very satisfactory meeting of our old Bivouac.
the first that has been held since March, 1891. We
reorganized, and by unanimous vote made the VET-
ERAN our official organ. On the 17th of this month a
mass meeting is to lie held to perfect the organization
of the county association.

J. A. Smith, of Kaufman, Texas, in a letter of Feb-
ruary 27111. inclosing 810 for ten subscriptions to the
Veteran, names his mess-mates of Company A. Ith
Tennessee Cavalry, and wishes to hear from them.
They are, J. 1*. Tippit, Bass Marlin, Dave. Stanley
and Tom Ivey. He was known as ” Little Bret” Smith.

P. F. Lewis, of Aurora, Texas, inquires of Henry
Dennis, who was about thirty-live years old, was
wounded and being cared for near the line of Loui-
siana when he last heard from him. Does not even
know Dennis’ command.

Among matters deferred for April Veteran are notes
about the Stonewall Jackson medals, of which much
has been published, and about which some contro-
versy as to ownership exists.

A great many official indorsements by Camps will
be acknowledged in the April Veteran.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

GEN. W. L. CABELL.

COMMAXDEli OF T11AXS-MISKISSIPP1
DEPARTMENT, V. 0. V.

His prominence in Confederate

matters makes this personal and
official sketch all the more inter-
esting:

Gen. Win. L. Cabell was horn in
Danville, Va. ? Jan. 1. 1827. He was
the third child of Gen. Benj. W.
S. and Sarah Eppes Cabell, who
lived to see seven sons and two
daughters grown, six sons held
prominent positions in the Con-
federate Army. The seventh, 1 »r.
Powhattan Cabell, died from the
effect of an arrow wound received
in Florida just before the Confed-
erate War began.

Gen. Cabell entered the Military
Academy at West Point in June,
1846. graduating in 1850. He en-
tered the United States Army as
Second Lieutenant, and was as-
signed to the 7th Infantry. In
June, l s -‘>”>, he was promoted to

First Lieutenant and made Regi-
mental Quartermaster of thai reg-
iment. In March. 1858, he was
made Captain in the Quartermas-
ter’s Department and ordered on
duty on Gen. Pessifer F.Smith’s

Stall”, who was then in command

of the Utah Expedition. After
Gen. Smith’s death Gen. Hat
assumed command, and Capt. Ca-
bell remained on Gen. Harney’s

staff until the close of the expe-
dition, when he was ordered to re-
build Fort Kearney. In the spring

Of I s “”- 1 he was ordered to Fort Arluicklein the Chick-
asaw Nation, and in the fall of that year to build a new-
post about KKI miles west of Arbuckle. high u]> on
the Washita River in the Indian country.

When the war became inevitable Cant. Cabell re-
paired to Fort Smith. Ark., and from there went to
Little Rock and offered his sen ices to the Governor of
the State. On receipt of a telegram from President
Davis he went to Montgomery. Ala., then the Confed-
erate Capital. Capt. Cabell reached Montgomery April

19th, where he found the acceptance of his resigna-
tion from the United States Army, signed by Presi-
dent Lincoln.

He was at once commissioned as Major under the
Confederate < Government, and under orders from Presi-
dent Davis left on April 21st for Richmond to organ-
ize the Quartermaster Commissary and Ordnano De-
partments. He remained in Richmond attending to
all these duties until .Tune 1, 1861, when he was or-
dered to Manassas to report to Gen. Beauregard as
Chief Quartermaster of the Army of the Potomac.

After the battles of the 18th and 19th of July Gen.
Joseph E. Johnston assumed command and Major
Cabdl served on his staff until January 15, 1862, when
he was relieved and ordered to report fc> Gen. Albert
Bidney Johnston, then in command of the Army of
the West. He was assigned to Gen. Van Dorn in thj?

Trans-Mississippi Department, with headquarters then
at Ja< ksonport, Ark.

He was next promoted to the rank of Brigadier
General, and assigned to command of all the troops
on White River, where he In Id the enemy in check
until after the battle of Elk Horn, March 6th and 7th.
After that battle the army was transferred to th<
side of the Mississippi. The removal of this army,
which included Price’s Missouri and McCulloch’e Ar-
kansas, Louisiana and Texas troops, and his own com-
mand, devolved on Gen. Cab,. 11. and was performed
within a single week from points along White River.

Van CornV Armv continued, after reaching Mem-
phis, to Corinth, and Gen Cabell was I I” a
Texas brigade with an Arkansas regiment attached.
He commanded this brigade in several engagements
around Fannington and Corinth, and commanded the
rear of Van Coin’s Army on the retreat from Corinth

to Tupelo.

Gen. Bragg’s Army was ordered to Kentucky
Gen. Cabell was transferred to an Arkansas brigade,
which he commanded in the battles of Iuka and Sal-
tillo in September, and at Corinth on October2 and :’..
1862, also at Hatchie Bridge on the 4th of October.
He was wounded leading the charge of his brigade on
the breastworks at Corinth, and also at Hatchie Bridge,
which disabled him from command. What was hit

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of his command was temporarily assigned to the 1st
Missouri Brigade under Gen. Brown. He was ordered
to the Trans-Mississippi I lepartment to recuperate and
inspect the Staff Departments of that army.

When sufficiently recovered for duty in the Geld be
was, February, 1863, placed in command of all the
forces in Northwest Arkansas, with instructions to
augment bis command by recruits from every pari of
the State. He was very successful, and organized one
of the largest cavalry brigades west of the Mississippi.
He commanded this brigade in more than twenty bat-
< >n the raid into Missouri under Gen. Price he
was captured in the open field near Mine Creek inOc-
tober, 1864, and was taken to Johnson Island i in Lake
Erie . and later to Fort Warren near Boston, until re-
leased August 28, 1865.

Gen. Cabell went from Boston to New York, and
thence to Austin. Texas. He subsequently lived at
Fort Smith, Ark., and engaged in the practice of law
until he moved to Dallas, Texas, in Decemher, 1872.
He was Chairman of the Democratic Executive Com-
mittee in Arkansas, and Chairman of the Arkansas
Democratic delegation that went to the Baltimore
Convention which nominated Horace Greely for the
Presidency. He was four times elected Mayor of Dal-
las; was a delegate from the State of Teisas to the
Convention that nominated Mr. Tilden in St. Louis
and President Cleveland at Chicago in 1S84 and 1892.
He served as U. S. Marshal under President Cleve-
land’s first administration.

Gen. Cabell is Lieutenant General of the Associa-
tion of United Confederate Veterans, commanding
the Trans-Mississippi Department, embracing all the
country west of the Mississippi River. He is ever
zealous in forwarding their interests.

Gen. Cabell married the daughter of Maj. Elias
Rector, of Arkansas, a woman of great intelligence and
courage, and noted for her ready wit. During the
war she followed her husband and did much to re-
lieve the sick and wounded. Her name was ” Shingo,”
an Indian name, meaning “Little Bird,” and the sol-
diers thought no name so sweet or more appropriate
as she came from near or far to answer their cries for
aid when in distress. His oldest son Hen. K. Cabell,
was Deputy U. S. Marshal under his father, and is
now Sheriff of Dallas County, Texas, being the young-
est man ever elected to that oilice in the county.
Three other sons, all noble boys, and one married
daughter, Mrs. J. R. Currie, whose husband is a Mis-
sissippian, form his household and share his love for
the South, and prize her noble and wonderful history.

A Georgia private tells a thrilling story of Sergeant
Oakley, who “carried the colors of his regiment two
hundred yards in front of the line” at Murfreesboro,
December :il, 1862. He did this, and waved it con-
spicuously to determine whether a certain battery was
Confederate or Federal. After showing the colors to
assure the identity of his command he deliberately
returned with them to his line. In June of the next
year Gen. Leonidas Folk was on an inspection, and
when at the 1th Tennessee Regiment he called for the
Color-bearer, when he ungloved his hand and said,
“I must shake hands with you.” Then raising his
hat, the General continued with gnat feeling and real
martial eloquence: “I am proud to uncover in the
presence of so great a man.” The effect was fine, and
a great shout rent the air.

Gen. E. D. Hall, of Wilmington, Department Com-
7nander of North Carolina, is very much the type of
Old Hickory. He raised the first volunteer company
in that section, if not in the State, and arrived at Ma-
nassas just at the close of that memorable victory
July 21, ’61. Soon after this he was appointed Major
of the 7th North Carolina Regiment, and so acquitted
himself in the battle of New Berne that he was elected
Colonel of the 46th North Carolina, although a per-
sonal stranger, even to its officers. His regiment was
put in Walker’s brigade, afterward famous as Cook’s
brigade, and it is said they were in every battle in
Lee’s army. Gen. Cook was wounded several times, so
that Col. Hall, being senior Colonel, had to take the
command. This he did at Sharpsburg, Fredericks-
burg, Mary’s Heights, and Bristow Station. He de-
clined the appointment of Brigadier General, although
A. P. Hill insisted upon it, in loyalty to his friend’s
i Gen. Cook) approaching recovery. In December,
1864, he resigned active service an account of disabil-
ity. After his health improved he was elected to the
Senate. He took strong ground, when necessary, in
behalf of his people in the period of reconstruction.
He was nominated as Lieutenant Governor and can-
vassed the State, but with 25,<K>() white people dis-
franchised and the ballot given to the negroes, there
was no chance for success. (Jen. Hall has ever been
zealous for the old veterans, and may be credited with
getting pensions from the State, lie was unanimously
elected President of the North Carolina Veteran Asso-
ciation. In their reunions Gen. Hall has secured re-
markable favors, so much so that veterans could at-
tend practically without money or price.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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RESPOXSE TO (APT. SLOAN’S APPEAL.

The pathetic plea by Capt. J. N. Sloan, of Pom

Mis-., has had attention in various sections. The Vkt-

ekan is pleased to note the following contributions

From Nashville, Tenn., Capt. Thos. Gibson $ .50

From Goodlettsville. Trim., (‘apt. .1. « ». Bass, $1; .1. N.
Crosswy, $1; W. B. Clark, fl; K. A. Cartwright, 60

cents: B. F. Myers, 60 cents 5 00

From Morgan City. La., Malcolm Fraserprocured from
father, brother and sister, $•_’ ; D. W. Ha vs. >•_’: Susie

Vinson,*- 1 ; Edwin E. Roby,$l ‘ 00

From St. James. La., \V. B. Calhoun, |2.60; .lames K.
Tucker, $5; Dr.B.F.Chappin,$2.60; John A. Mil
|1: Kmil Sclimi.lt, $1 ; F!Green,$5; M. McMeana 20 00
From Tolu, Ky., K. A. Moore, in 10 and 26 ” DtB contri-

butions

From Baltimore, Md., George Savage 2 00

From Sharon, Tenn., E. T. Hollis and others 2 SO

From 1 .allatin, Tenn.. .1. W. Blackmore

From Jacksonville, Fla., John A. Brittain l 00

From Mount Pleasant, Tenn., Mrs. Lero Long 4 00

In commenting upon the Bubject the Goodlettsville

parties regard it as worthy a plea as was ever made.

.1. Mai. Fras.r. of Morgan City, La., writes that his
little Jtfalcolm, eleven years old, procured the –

the 1 family. He sent the other amounts.

Folger Green, of St. .lame-. I, a. .St. Patrick, P,
in sending 120, says he is without doubt of ii- right
appreciation, and adds, “Some of us have fought ami

bled, while others are sons of father- who ‘stood the
test.'”

R. A. Moore, of Tolu. Ky.. Bends $3.75 from “dime
collections,” Btarted while a few friends sat by the fire
in his store, of the contributors there were three
who were Federal soldiers, two of whom gave 25 cents
each. Mr. Moon Suggests that ten cents collections he
started in every village, ami adds that the result would
be amazing, and Capt. Sloan he put above want.

E. T. Hollis, who sends for himself ami others at
Sharon, Tenn., 12.50, says that reading the Vet]
“arouses strong love and sympathy for all old rehs.”

(ieorge Savage, Esq., in remitting, from Baltimore,
?’_’, and adds, I have read with sympathetic heart his
appeal, and wish I could do more for the brave and
worthy old soldier. Mr. Savage served as private in
Otey’s Battery, Army of Northern Virginia.

J. A. Brittain, Jacksonville, Fla., quotes the beautiful
sentence. “Let us share what we have, a- we did our
haversacks.”

Mrs. I. em Long adds her “mite,” $4.

In his acknowledgments for these favors Capt. Sloan
writes: ” Please tender my grateful and sincere thanks
bo each contributor. May God bless them!” Again.
in accepting the remittances from St. .lames. La., and
Tolu. Ky., he says. ” I pray t.od’s richest blessings on
each and all.”

The $150 referred to as given by his State was a con-
tribution by members of the State Legislature. The
VETERAN has procured for him only about $100 so far,
and it ought to he at least $1,000.

Dr. Wm. M. Vandell of El Paso, Texas, Bends this

comforting postscript to letter. He is a member of John
C. Brown Camp: “OurJCamp gave $10, and Ferrell
and myself, as committee, raised SoC.l’.”.. total STii.’Jo.
for t’apt. Sloan. Will send you note of it when 1
collect it all.”

Maj. W. 1′. Gorman, agent of (amp Hardee, has

ten out a neat circular to the coming reunion, which
ling broadcast over the country, giving in-
formation about hotel and railroad ral

Adjutant Browne, of Paducah, Ky.: In the pr<
husiness. or want of it. or something, I have neglected
to advise you that our Camp has unanimously voted

the VETERAN an indorsement a- its organ.

OEN. FREDERICKS. FERGUSON.

Frederick S. Ferguson is a native of 1 1 initsville,
Ala., was graduated at the Wesleyan University, Flor-
ence. Ala., in July, 1859, and until the war taught
school ami studied law. In January, 1861, he was
with the expedition commanded by Col. Lomaz,
which captured the navy yard and forts at Pensacola,
Florida, and soon afterward was appointed Sec. ml
Lieutenant of artillery in the regular regiment raised
by A la ha m a and transferred to the< onfederacy. Hav-
ing passed the examination tor a comi as an
ordnance officer, hi served in artillery, and was staff
officer to Gens. Gardner, Higgins and Page. Luring
the -1 ige of Fort Morg ommanded one of its
Latteries with the rank of Captain, and was captured
with its garrison in August. 1864, from which time
until June, 1865, lie was ; i prisoner at Fort Lafayette.
X. Y., and Fort Warren, M

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L1EVTKSAST UESERAL s. Lh LEE.

Born at Charleston, 8. C, September -11. 1833.
Graduated at West Point, in 1854. En the Qnited
States Army until South Carolina seceded when he
ned in 1861. Be was one of the officers who car-
ried Beauregard V demand for the surrender of Fort
Sumpter, and afterward the order to open fire on the
fort. He was Captain of Artillery, Hampton’s Legion,
in Virginia, then Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Colo-
nel of artillery, and was in the battles of the Peninsu-
lar campaign from Yorktown to Richmond, Seven
Pines, Savage’s Station and Malvern Hill. He did
gallant service also in the battles of Second Manassas
and Sharpsburg. He was promoted to Brigadier Gen-

eral and sent from Virginia to Mississippi and com-
manded batteries and garrison of Vicksburg under
Gen. M. L. Smith. He defeated Sherman at Chickasaw
Bayou, in the winter of 1862 and 1863. Three horses
were shot from under him at Baker’s Creek. After
the siege of Vicksburg he was made Major < General to
command all the cavalry in Mississippi, Alabama,
East Louisiana and West Tennessee. He was again
promoted to Lieutenant General and placed in com-
mand of that department. He organized cavalry regi-
ments, confronted Sherman’s army of 30,000 men with
his cavalry force of 2,500 men from Vicksburg to Meri-
dian, fought with General Forrest the battle of Har-
risburg, Miss., against A. <■. Smith’s army, where the
odds were 5,000 against 16,000 Federals. The latter
withdrew toward Memphis. Later he was assigned
to command of Hood’s Corps, Army of Tennessee,
before Atlanta, and was in the battles of 28th of July
and also at Jonesboro. He was with Hood in his Ten-

ne-see campaign, his corps was left at Columbia with
two divisions, artillery and wagon trains of the army,

while II 1 made his flank movement at Spring Hill,

arrived at Franklin in lime to take part with one
division in that terrible battle, having marched from
Columbia after the balance of the army had reached
Spring Hill: was in the battles around Nashville, and
repulsed the enemy in his assault on Overton Hill,
which was held until the left and center of our army
was driven hack in disorder. lie covered retreat of
the army, after its disastrous rout, his corps being
the only one with organization intact. Daring the
next day after the rout, he presented a defiant front,
repulsing every effort of Wilson- cavalry, from early
dawn to lo o’clock at night. So successful was this
persistence that little or no effort was made for battle
afterward. On the second day of the battle, a rear
guard was organized under the command of Generals
Walthall and Forrest, the latter having arrived from
Murfreesboro, but the pursuit was feeble after the first
day, no fight of consequence occurred, and Hood was
allowed to recross the Tennessee River. Gen. Lee was
severely wounded while with the real- guard in the
afternoon of the day after the rout. He surrendered
with his corps, under Gen. ,1. E.Johnston, in North
Carolina.

Since the war Gen. Lee has been a planter, and Pres-
ident of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical
College, which position he now holds. He has repre-
sented his county and district in the State Senate, and
was a member of the convention which framed the
Constitution of his State. He was sixty years of age
September lN’.i:;. He is the third officer in rank of
living Confederates, Generals Longstreet and A. P.
Stewart having older commissions.

W. I.. GOLDSMITH, OF MERIDIAN, Miss.
He is too modest to speak of his own brilliant
achievements. 1 knew him in the Army of Northern
Virginia. The world knows what S. 1). Lee did at
second Manassas — how with eighteen guns he con-
tributed so largely to win that great victory, -lust after
the bloody battle of Sharpsburg, in ISti’i, when the
army had recrosscd the Potomac, Gen. R. E. Lee sent
for Col. S. 1). Lee and told him he had recommended
him for promotion as Brigadier General, ami that he
wished to place him in command of all the artillery
of the Army of Northern Virginia. A few days after
this Col. Lee was again invited to Cen. Lee’s head-
quarters. On arriving Gen. Lee handed him hi- com-
mission as Brigadier General, saying that President
Davis had ordered him to select the most accomplished
artillerist in the Army of Northren Virginia and di-
rect him to report to Gen. Pemberton, who was then
at Vicksburg, Miss. Gen. Lee told him that he would
be compelled to select him for that duty, as he had
already made him his Chief of Artillery.

H. I>. Watts, Americus, Ga.: I wish I could get a
hundred for you. I believe if you would send a can-
vasser here you could get many subscribers. I do not
have time to attend to it, or I would and not charge
anv thing, for you are engaged in a noble cause. I
came out of the war without a dollar or a change of
clothing, and I have had to work hard ever since to
make a living. Accept this as a token of my appre-
ciation of your noble effort to keep alive the senti-
ment that prompted us to go forth in defense of our
countrv in 1861.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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LAST DAYS OF THE CONFEDERACY

LETTERS FROM JEFFERSaX DAVIS DVRIXd THAT PERIOD

KEY. I. H. U XEII.I.Y. NASHVILLE, TENS.

During the civil war it was my fortune to be rather
intimately associated with the Hon. .Jos. K. Davis, the
elder brother of Jefferson Davis. President of the Con-
federate states. He impressed me very much by the
keenness of hip intellect, the extent of his informa-
tion, and the force of his character.

In the fall of 1863 1 was nearly blind from expos-
ure in the campaign around Yiekshurg. 1 was sent to
the hospital at Lauderdale Springs, Mississippi, under
the care of my friend, Dr. Robert Anderson, who had
been, for Beveral years before the war. Mr. 1 ‘avis’ fam-
ily physician. Sir. Davis and his family, finding that
he could not live on his plantation on the Mississippi
River, had moved to Lauderdale Springs. It wa- there
at his home, and at the residence ol Dr. Anderson,
that I met him and frequently heard him talk.

During my stay in the hospital Mrs. 1 >a\ i- died. She
was a lovely woman of devout piety, and a member
of the Episcopal Church. In the condition of the
country at thai time it was impossible to secure the
services of a clergyman of her own church, and Mr.
Davis asked me to conduct the funeral services of his
wife. He was devotedly attached to her and he felt

profoundly her loss, coming, especially, as it did, upon

him in his old age, and away from his home. My
conduct of the funeral, he wa- pleased to say, gratified

and comforted him. and he always afterward ex-
pressed for me the kindest feelings, and admitted me
to a confidence, which, otherwise his gnat superiority
in age, station and ability would have precluded.

\- soon as 1 was well enough 1 returned to my regi-
ment, and was absorbed in the activities of the cam-
paigns of 1864 in North Georgia and Tennesset
seeing Mr. Davis, and only occasionally hearing from
him during that time. After the disastrous ba1
Nashville, 1 was in the rear guard of Hood’s Army.
By incessant marching and lighting, under the genius
<»f such Generals as Forrest, Walthall and W. H. Jack-
Bon, we escaped across the Tennessee Liver. T
found that the terrible exposure had rendered me
nearly blind again. I was again sent to Dr. Anderson,
who was then in charge of the hospital at Tuscaloosa.
Alabama. Mr. Davis and his family were boarding
with Dr. Anderson, and so I was thrown into daily
intercourse with him until the 20th of May, l s ti-“>.
when 1 was finally paroled — a period i>( nearly three
months.

Mr. Davis was a great reader, and as soon a- my
eyes became strong enough. 1 went daily to his room
and read to him. He was at that time reading with
enthusiasm, again, the history of Herodotus. I for-
get in what translation. 1 was constantly imp:
with his wide information and also his breadth of
view. On the political history and principles of our
Government he had thought deeply. Like many an-
other Southern gentleman, he studied history to learn
lessons which he might apply to our own political
affairs.

He seemed to know and understand all of the great
movements of the day. social and ecclesiastical, as well
as political. One day, in speaking with him, I made

some reference to the disruption of the Church of Scot-
land, and the origin of tin Free Church, in 1843 : and
1 was surprised to find him thoroughly familiar with
the movement, its history and underlying principles.

His affection for his brother, the President, was in-
tense and seemed to deepen with years. I have heard
that Jefferson Davis gave great regard to the opinions
and advice of this elder brother.

Mr. Davis often and freely spoke of the situation of
the country, and of the difficulties with which the
Confederate I’re-ident had to contend. He was a man
■ if positive conviction- anil warm feelings, and he crit-
icised, often sharply. But he -trove to be just in his

judgment-. He wa-. perhaps, eighty years old, and

doubtless age and experience had chastened the order
of his feeling- : yet. one could see even then that he
was a man who held hi- opinions tenaciously, ami
wa- not afraid t” express them. Of course, as was
natural, he entered into the policy and prejudices of
tie I’re-ident. and stood by him firmly.

of the most loveabl* n the characti

Jefferson Davis was his tender love and dee], respect
for this old man. 1 think that nearly every week, in
spite of the huge care- that oppressed him. he wrote
to him — sometimes only a brief not
long letter, discussing the condition of our country.

Mi Davis often permitted me to read these let
and 1 was deeply impressed with the President’s sin-
ceritv and his consuming love of his country. Two
letters especially 1 recall, possibly the last written
from Richmond, that were full of personal tenderm–.
lofty patriotism, and an unspeakable sadness. I can
not pretend to give the exact words, but the substance
1 remember.

In one the President spoke of the harsh criticisms
upon him and his administration. He -aid that num-
bers of his countrymen would think of him as a di<
tor, who substituted his personal judgment and will
for the action of Congress; who refused to execute the
will of the Congress. He said that there had never
been a day that he had not been willing to carry out
the measures approved by the Congress: that where
any action had been taken he had honestly and faith-
fully tried to execute it. But he said the difficulty
was too often that I had no policy of its own

— members could not a<_ r ree among then and

wasted time in fruitless talk — only eager to oppi
his idea-. He -aid that often the condition of the
army or the country urgently demanded some relief
measure; immediate action of some kind was impera-
tive; inaction meant ruin; in such circumstances he
always had his plan, which, of course, he urged upon
Congress. But he w Ways willing, if his plan

was not adopted, to try any other which they might
suggest, but they would not accept his plan, nor
would they adopt’ one of their own. In this emer-
gency, he said that something must be done to a
ruin,” and he was forced to carry out some plan; and
of course he acted on his own ideas in the absence of
any action by Congress. Then he was charged with
being a dictator.

In the other and later letter he was speaking of the
disasters that had befallen our arms, and the terrible
straits to which we were reduced. He felt that the
worst feature of the situation was the tone and spirit
of discouragement among the people. He believed
that in spite of our lack of resources, in spite of our
crippled condition, if the people would make one

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mighty effort — would rise to the height of the occasion
and show their willingness to die rather than yield,
then God would interpose for our deliverance. Be
thought that a people showing themselves thus worthy
of independence could not he suhdued. He expressed
his i heerful willingness to die, if by the sacrifice he
might rouse the people to the supreme effort. Then
Bpeaking to his brother the earnest desires of his heart,
he said that he hoped God in mercy would spare him
the Bight of the overthrow of his country, and the
humiliation of his people. He trusted that before the
end came he might have opportunity to give up on
the field of battle the life that he had devoted to the
service of the Confederacy.

Both of these letters impressed me with the Presi-
dent’s unselfish and conscientious devotion of him-
self and all of his powers to the cause which with all
his soul he believed to be righteous.

Before I close these reminiscences, let me speak of
an incident showing Mr. Joseph Davis’ physical cour-
age. While in Tuscaloosa it was his habit to drive
out every day for his health, for he was quite feeble, as
well as very old. lie had a pair of good horses, which
he retained after giving up almost everything else to
the cause. One day he drove out across the Black
Warrior River, northward, accompanied only by his
negro driver. Now the country north of the city was
infested by bands of marauders, who claimed to be
guerrillas, but who were in reality deserters from our
army. They pretended that the}’ took their plunder
for the Government; that they were authorized to
“press” horses, provisions, etc., for the Confederacy.
Often, if they met resistance, they killed the owners
of the property.

On this day Mr. Davis had gone several miles, when
in a lonely part of the road he found himself con-
fronted by one of these lawless bands. The leader,
catching the horses’ bits, threw them back on their
haunches, and Mr. Davis was thrown forward in his
barouche; but, recovering himself, he straightened up
with a pair of pistols in his hands, pointing right into
the face of the leader. The fellow was cowed at once,
for he saw that Mr. Davis would certainly shoot him.
In other words, the old gentleman “had the drop” on
him. He was told that if he attempted to leave he
would be shot like a dog, and that his crowd must
withdraw. He was held there until they had gone,
and then he was allowed to depart, and Mr. Davis
drove back, and in a few minutes was in safety. Of
course the crowd were cowards; but the old man’s
courage was manifest.

After 1 was paroled I never saw Mr. Davis again.
He died not long after the war.

M. Loom an, Esq., of Houston, Texas, writes as fol-
lows concerning the coming East of Albert Sidney
Johnston, referred to at length elsewhere:

I well remember the meeting of Gen. Johnston and
Gen. Baylor, who was then in command of Arizona,
in July 1861, when Gen. Johnston was on his way
from California to Richmond. He stayed with us
about a week resting his animal.

Mr. Looscan refers to confusion of Gen. Baylor’s
name with that of Col. George W. Baylor, who came
East with Gen. Johnston, and was with him as staff
officer when he was killed. Col. Baylor is still living,
and resides in El Paso County, Texas.

Besides sketches of other Major Generals, pictures
of all the lady representatives of states will be in the
April Veteran.

Reminiscences by the “‘Mother of the Confederacy”
are in type for the April Veteran. They are thrill-
ing and pathetic.

An exquisite picture of the lady who said, “I had
rather have my picture in the Veteran than in the
White House,” has been made for the April issue.
Her presence at the Birmingham reunion is fondly
anticipated.

There is an omission from article about postage
stamps, pages 77 and 78, which may be of interest to
some of our people. Local stamps of large cities are
so abundant that they are of but little value, but there
are others of small places like Athens, Goliad, Madi-
son and Livingston, that command high prices, rang-
ing between 25 cents and &100. The Livingston, Ala.,
stamp is in greatest demand, one of which sold for
$576 in New York on March loth.

It seems that the notes about Gen. Lee being or-
dered to the rear had been sufficiently explained in
the last Veteran for there ever to be further reference
to it, yet some correspondence has been received from
high authority, including a letter from Gen. Gordon
and a quotation from Gen. Lee himself, so that some
interesting notes will occur in regard to that.

The people of Murfreesboro are zealous and faithful
in their efforts to build a monument to the Confeder-
ate dead there buried. It is a cause that will enlist
an interest in every Southern State. Has it occurred
that you might raise a fund in your vicinity by some
pleasant entertainment ? The valor of many a South-
ron was immortalized there in the spirit that will live
forever. Let it be symbolized by marble and bronze.

Col. John Anderson, who commanded the Donel-
son Brigade of Tennessee Infantry while Colonel of the
8th Tennessee, tells an interesting story of a man who
belonged to Campany A, and ran away in face of the
enemy during the battle of Murfreesboro. The poor
fellow was sentenced to be shot, and was in jail at
Shelbyville. Maj. Burford, of the regiment, who was
a very sympathetic man, visited the condemned man
and was so affected that he prevailed on Colonel An-
derson to do so. Before going he had a talk with < ten.
Cheatham, and it was understood that although Gen.
Bragg was not to know of it, he, Anderson, would
write his own order for release, which he did, and car-
ried it with him. He called on (‘apt. Charles \V.
Peden, Provost Marshal at Shelbyville, and told him
he must have that man. The prisoner said they
must save his life — that he had a wife and small chil-
dren, and that if they would release him he would
try and make a good soldier for the future. True to
his word, he did the best he could, and improved in
each battle. At Franklin he fell far to the front with
his face to the foe.

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.Ino. P. HliUinnn.
Sec r etary,

Enelgll F. A. Moses. Lt Geo. F. Hager.

TENNESSEE BOARD OF

The General Assembly of 1891 passed an Act ap-
propriating $60,000 annually to the maimed and indi-
gent Confederate Soldiers of the State who could not,
on account of their family relations, receive the bene-
fits of the Tennessee Confederate Soldiers’ Home.
The pensions bestowed under the Act were as follows :
First .lass, a soldier who had lost both eyes, both arms,
or both legs, $300 per year: second class, a soldier who
had lost one arm or one leg, and a disability to the
other arm or leg, $12(1 per year; third class, a soldier
who had lost one arm or one leg, or a disability equiv-
alent thereto, $100 per year. Under the Act it must
clearly appear that the’ disability was incurred from
active service, that the soldier is in indigent circum-
stances, and that bis record as a soldier was free from
dishonor.

Under the Act there are five Pension Examiners,
and they are allowed a Secretary. The Pension Ex-
aminers receive no salaries. The Attorney General
and Comptroller of the State are members of said
Board by virtue of their positions. The Tennessee
Division of Confederate Soldiers name the other three

II >. R. Guild.

id* hi .

Att’j <ien. (V. W. Flekle.

Ja*. A. Harris.

PENSION EXAMINERS.

members of the Board, and they are commissioned
by the Governor.

The Board is at present constituted as follows: At-
torney Gen. G. W. Pickle, Com p. .las. A. Harris, Lieut.
.George B. Guild, Ensign Frank A. Moses, and Lieut.
George F. Hager, with private John I’. Hickma
Secretary. Tennessee now has 571 soldiers on its pen-
sion roll, and it has also eightv-six soldiers in the
Confederate Home. None of the latter have families.

A Camp has been organized at Greeneville. N. (‘.,
named in honor of Pitt County’s gallant son.
Bryan Grimes. B. F. Sugg was elected President and
E. A. Maze, Secretary. ” We bad a general good time.
Many war incidents and anecdotes were recited. The
old veterans broke camp to meet again next year. H.”

A comrade, member of the Forty-eighth Tennessee
Regiment, demurs at some statement as to who com-
prised Cleburne’s brigade at Shiloh. His regiment
was held at Decatur, and ” the other regiments of
Cleburne’s brigade were the Second, Twenty-third
and Twenty-fourth Tennessee, and Fifteenth Arkan-
sas Regiments.”

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THE GALLANT JOHN PELHAM.

John D. Renfroe has written ;i thrilling story of
Maj. John Pelham, “the boy artillerist,” for the
burnal, from which the following is taken:

lie was of ” Kentucky stock,” but born in Alalia ma.
September 7. l s :>. The London Timet said he ex-
celled any man of hie age, mi either side, in the great
conflict.

Young Pel ham was at West Point, and would have
received his commission in a week, but he resigned
and came South to enlist for his section. As a
cadet he had dash and soldierly hearing. He always
walked straight as a “bee line,” and never looked
hack, no matter how nmeh noise the other cadets
made in his rear. He was considered the best athlete
at West Point, and was noted for fencing and boxing.

“Then as now,” said the writer, “at the academy, a
cat. with its reputed plurality of lives, would be dead
a dozen times in taking half the chances those laugh-
ing cadets would eagerly seek in the cavalry drill, hut
I’elham excelled them all.” The Prince of Wales was
struck with his horsemanship when he visited the
academy in 1 *<>(>. His horseback riding was marvel-
ous, and went down from class to class as a sort of
tradition, and years afterward the cadets would talk
of John Pelham’s wonderful riding.

It is said he got through the lines into Kentucky
by a fair Indiana maiden whose affections he won,
which were stronger than her true patriotism. He
reported at Montgomery, the Confederate capital, and
was sent to Virginia. At Manassas he so interested
“Jeb” Stuart that he had him organize a six-gjin
battery. Of this battery were forty men from Talla-
dega, under Lieut. Wm. McGregor, now living in
Texas, and others, in charge of his “Napoleon” gun,
from Mobile. This six-gun battery became the nucleus
of “Stuart’s Horse Artillery.'”

At Cold Harbor he advanced one gun a third of a
mile to the front, and for more than an hour it was
the only gun on the Confederate left firing, draw inn
the attention of a whole Federal battery, until Stuart
said to Stonewall Jackson: ” General, all your artillery
on the left is idle; nobody is firing except Pelham.
After the battle the warm pressure of Jackson’s hand
told how well he had demeaned himself. Shortly
after this Pelham drove a gunboat from the “White
House” with one gun. He again received the thanks
of Stonewall at second Manassas, where he thrust his
guns forward almost into the enemy’s columns, and
used them with bloody effect. During this fight Jack-
son said to Stuart, pointing to the young artillerist at
his guns: “General, if you have another Pelham,
give him to me.” He was then twenty-three years
old.

In the Moody repulse at Shepardstown his guns
roared for hours. It was in this gory track that an
instance occurred which illustrates his coinage. He
was with one gun far in advance of the others, when
the enemy almost reached him, and Stuart ordered
him to retire ; but he begged successfully to he allowed
to remain a little longer, but his cannoneers ” scam-
pered away” and left him alone. He loaded the
piece and fired almost in the face of the enemy surg-

ing forward like a great hillow; and then, mounting
one of the lead horses, began to gallop away with the
cannon, hut had not proceeded far when the horse
was shot from under him. Quickly cutting the traces,
to be free from the dead animal, he mounted another.
and it. too, was Bhol down immediately. He ee< aped

with the gun only altera third horse had been shot.

At Sharpsburg he commanded nearly all the artil-
lery mi the Confederate left, and rent the blue lines
with shot and shell.

I !ut it was at Fredericksburg that the zenith of John
Pelham’s renown was reached. The flower of the
Souths young manhood was on the heights in double
lines behind bristling and glimmering guns. Every
soldier knew there was to he a fearful light before the
sun sank behind the western wood. The Federal
army had crossed the Rappahannock, and was form-
ing line of battle under cover of the river hank.
Jackson, Stuart and Lee rode down the Confederate
lines to the extreme right, followed by waves of cheers,
where the Stuart Horse Artillery was parked. Stuart
called to Pelham and said something. Then I’elham
turned and galloped to his guns. Immediately he
dashed down the heights, followed by one gun, at a
gallop. It was the ” Napoleon Detachment ” of Mobile
Frenchmen. Onward they rushed, far down to the
foot of the heights, where the road forks. There they
halted, unlimbered and prepared for action. Soon
they saw moving toward them steadily, with meas-
ured tread, a Long, compact blue Line, their bayonets
glistening in the streams of sunshine. There was a
Hash, a boom; the earth shook around Pelham’s Na-
poleon. Then there was a shrill, hideous, indescrib-
able shriek of shell as it swirled through the charging
lines of blue. The surging mass recoiled, halted, hes-
itated; then, with a demoniacal yell, pressed forward
toward the single gun. The yell ceased, and for a
moment there was a ghastly hush. And then there
came thundering through the -air from across the
Rappahannock boom on boom. From southeast to
east, from east to northeast! Then from the north
came huge shells whirling death in their arms. Pel-
ham had drawn upon himself the concentrated fire of
half a dozen batteries — twenty-four guns; yet his gun
continued to roar, and never failed to slaughter. No
other gun on the Con federate side had yet opened, hut
this lone war-dog howled on. And in the half lull
between the boom of the cannon there floated above
the noise a sound that seemed strange on that day of
multitudinous terrors — the Napoleon Detachment
singing the Marseillaise as they fought their gun.
Like infernal imps in tophet they Bitted about in its
smoke. Two armies looked on while the Mobile
Frenchmen wrote history with blood. Time wore on.
Still the gun roared, and the sound of its roaring
thundered through the air. Gen. R. E. Lee said : ” It
is glorious to see such courage in one so young.” In
his report of the battle he spoke of no one hut Pelham
below the rank of Major General, terming him “the
gallant Pelham.” Pelham delayed the battle an hour.
When his ammunition was spent he retired, and was
assigned to the command of all the artillery on the

( lonfederate right .

Amid shot and shell he bad opened the great battle
of Fredericksburg, and had become immortal. He
was a Major of artillery then. His commission as
Lieutenant Colonel was issued soon after, and only
waited confirmation when he was killed at Kelly’s

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death ; and, with a single exception, he was a brilliant

actor in all. The memory ‘>t’ ‘the gallant Pelham,’

Ford, on the Rappahannock, March 17. >’i’.\. He had
gone to visit some ladies in Culpeper Connty, when
he heard the cannonading and hurried to the Bcene.
His artillery had not come up, bul he galloped to a
regiment that was wavering, and shouted: ” Forward,
boys! forward to victory and glory!” and at that
moment was struck by the fragment of a shell that
penetrated the brain, and he died shortly after mid-
night.

Gen. Stuart telegraphed to lion. .1. I,. M. Curry, at
present trustee of the great Peabody Fund, who then
represented Pelham’s Alabama district in the Confed-
erate ( ‘ongress:

“The ooble, the chivalric, ‘the gallant Pelham 1 is
no more. He was killed in action yesterday. Hi-
remains will lie sent to you to-day. How much lie
was beloved, appreciated and admired let the tears of
agony we shed and the gloom of mourning throughout
my command hear witness. His loss ie irreparable.”

His remains were taken to Richmond, and lay in

state at the Capitol, viewed by thousands. He was

buried at Jacksonville, Ala., amid the scenes of his

childhood. Gen. Stuart’s general order to the divis-
ion, announcing his death, concluded:

“His eyefl had glanced over every hatt Iclicld of this
army from the first Mana-sas to the moment of his

exception, he was a hi
ry of ‘ the gallant I’e
his many virtues, his nohle nature and purity of
character are fl sacred legacy in the hearts of all who
knew him. His record was Wight ami spot less, ami
his career brilliant and successful.”

He was calmly and recklessly hrave. ami saw men
torn to pieces around him without emotion, “because
his heart and eye were upon the stern work he was

performing.” Such is the brief bul resplendent career

of the “hoy artillerist.”

The deeds of I’elhain’s nephew, who was a private
in Terry’s Texas regiment, caused the Texas I
lature to enact that, as he, “a hero in more than a
hundred battles,” had fallen while charging the em my
at 1 ‘alton, ( ra., leaving no issue, the name of a certain
child, a nephew, should he changed to Charles Thomas

Pelham, to perpetuate his memory,
Noble Utteran< es From M wnk. — Gen. Charles \V.

Roberts, of Bangor, Me., who commanded the Second
Maim- Regiment, replies to R. F. Dahlgren, of At-
lanta, in which he makes an effort to secure the re-
turn of the Hag of the Fifth Alabama. He writes:
For gome years 1 have tried to trace the whereabouts
of the Fifth Alabama (lag. but have been thus far un-
Bucceseful. At the battle of Gaines’ Mill 1 saw the
color-bearer of the Fifth Alabama fall, and ordered a
private of my regiment to take the colors. He did so.
ami delivered to me. 1 sent them to Bangor, where
my regiment was recruited, and they were deposited
in our city building. When my regiment returned
my colors were deposited in the city building also.

For several years they were paraded through our
streets together. Becoming tired of such an exhibi-
tion, 1 ordered the colors (yours included i to be -cut.
for preservation, to our State house at Augusta. Our
colors were sent, hut yours could not he found, and
what became of them I never have known. If I can
ever find your Hag nothing will give me greater pleas-
ure than to return it to you. for with me the war en-
tirely closed when Fee surrendered.

BATTLE OF CEDAR < REKK.— TR1BVTE TO EARLY.

i:v . KIT. s. n. BUCK, rillKTEENTM VIRGINIA INFANTRY.

Confederate Veteran— As you paid me the com-
pliment to copy my letter to the Baltimon v . Burn-
ing Bridg o er Rappahanock,” 1 -end you, from iny
inanuscript.au aco the battle of Cedar Creek.

I have written 170 pages ot manuscript of the wi
I saw it. and this arti art of a The

battle was fought October 19, 1864.

No one can appreciate operation of this grand

move without closely examining a war map. Having
born and raised almost in gunshot of this field,
very road and defile as I write. Gen, Early lias
been accused of recklessness in fighting this battle.
Such was not the ease, it was a nn essity, as the only
possible way to prevent i rom being sent to

Grant from the Valley. Hazardous? Yea, so was ev-
ery move we mad. Early, one of the best and
bravest Generals of the war, was sent to the Valley to
fight, though a forlorn bone, and uo man in the army
could have done more. Why < on. Sheridan did not
crush him in two weeks has always been a mystery to

in. Four to one were the odds we had t n

with. Sheridan had as many cavalry as we had in all.

Minute description of the surroundings is necessary
for a correct understanding of the move in contem-
plation. Our army was in camp on the old line known
a- Fishi r’s Hill, over a mile south of Strasburg, while
Sheridan was camped north of Cedar Creek, a Bmall
stream Sowing southeast and emptying into the north
branch of Shenandoah River. The Valley Pike ca
Cedar Creek two miles north ot Strasburg, and Sheri-
dan was strongly posted on its high embankments,
rendering a direct attack simply hopeless. Our right
re-ted on the Shenandoah abovi : arg, while our

left was on the same river helow. Upon our right was
Maurerton Mountain, and the Shenandoah River, a
Swift stream, fordable every few miles, hugged tie
of this mountain for several miles. There*
between the river and the mountain, yet Early dared
to separate his army and -end half oi it, undei
man a of the gallant Gordon, in Bingle file, through
the bushes where it was often almost impossible for
men to stand, a distance of over three miles. The
march was made cheerfully in the dead of night when
the only sound was the continued tread of the men
and the oft-repeated command ap.” On this

memorable night our division, under the gallant Pe-
gram i Gordon’s old division I and Ramseur S division.
broke camp (Starvation) and marched to the river,
where wagons had been placed and a bridge made for
us to cross upon. Aft* r crossing we rested some hours
before -tailing in single file for Sheridan’s rear. After
a most terrible march we came out at Pitman Farm,
where we struck the main mad leading from Strasburg
to Front Royal. We were then on Sheridan’s left
dank, hut the river Sowed between t he t wo armies and
had to be forded, so we continued our inarch upon the
main road. Every tree was familiar to me. Asa boy
I walked and rode almost daily over this section. At
Hill’s Fane we tiled to tie left, and it was plain we had

to , ross at Bowman’s Ford. [ 1 used to hunt squirrels

and partridges all over these grounds, hut now I was
hunting men, and found game plentiful.] In this
lane we halted for the men to close up. As soon as

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this was accomplished we hurried to the river and
waded through, without considering the disagreeable
wetting to he endured. The cavalry had crossed and
captured the pickets. Gordon’s men followed and

soon struck the extreme left and rear of Sheridan’s
line. It was a complete surprise. Men were captured
in bed. not knowing we were nearer than Fisher’s
Hill. ( rordon’e and Ramseur’e divisions were in front.
and ours in reserve. These two divisions drove every
tiling before them, and while this was being done
Gen. Early had worked his way close up to the enemy
in front, and at daylight he struck a terrible blow,
driving them back upon us only to be pressed out of
shape, a broken, routed army. .On they rushed to Belle
Grove, three miles, where they were in readiness with
a fresh division to meet us. Cpon these fresh troops
many stragglers had rallied. < Mir division was ordered
forward, and in a few minutes were hotly engaged.
Driving the skirmish line in, we struek the line of
battle, and as we got closer found a heavy battery on
our left doing much damage. Our brigade, commanded
by Col. Hoffman, bore to the left and charged, driving
the artillerymen from their guns and the support back.
Here, to my surprise, we were halted and ordered to
reform. Col. Hoffman could not see well, or he would
not have stopped at this point: so I called him as he
was passing, on horse-back, and pointed out our dan-
ger, but he still insisted upon reforming before making
a second charge. Seeing the enemy advancing upon
their battery, which would be turned on us again, I
urged Col. H. to allow me to move with a few men
and hold the battery. To this he consented, and with
about fifty men we charged across the river, captured
the five guns, turned them on the enemy, and held
them until Col. H. came to our assistance. Gen. I’e-
gram came up at this time and Col. H. told him of our
charge, and the General said he would have those guns
christened to my honor; but Sheridan objected, and
in the afternoon the battery was recaptured.

1 was a member of the 13th Virginia Infantry, or-
ganized by Gen. A. 1′. Hill, molded by the bravest of
the brave, ‘Jen. .lame- a Walker, and made invincible
by the courage and example of Col. .lames 1!. Terrell.
No command could boast of three such officers, hence
the reputation it gained. For an opinion of this gal-
lant bodv of men I refer my reader to an oration by
Gen. Walker at the unveiling of the A. P. Hill monu-
ment at Richmond. From this charge we gathered
solidity and moved on, driving the enemy into and
through Middleton. Here we were halted over night
upon Valley Pike, north of the town and at the toll
gate. We remained at this point all day waiting for
orders to move forward. A great victory had been
won only to be thrown away — not lost, as many sup-
pose, and as history claims, by the return of Sheridan
— not one bit of it. The fault lies at our own door.
Our men, feeling victory was complete, gave way to
the disposition to clothe themselves from the enemy’s
cam)), deserted their comrades. Fully one third of
our army could have been found away from their com-
mands, and by so doing sacrificing their country.
Comrade, was you of this number? If so, you caused
the disaster, not Sheridan. Shame, shame! Had ev-
ery man been at his post we would not have lost this
battle, and none of the poetry of Sheridan’s ride would
ever have been written. We held our position until
ordered back, and we ( I’egram’s brigade, commanded
by Pegram in person, also Johnson’s North Carolina

brigade) marched in line of battle from Middleton to
CedarCreek. where we had to break to cross the bridge.
At Stickler’s, south of the bridge, Gen. Pegram ral-
lied about 100 men, and we again checked the enemy’s

cavalry; hut soon a brigade charged us, and we made
the best retreat we could. Knowing the country thor-
oughly. 1 went to the mountain and got into cam]’ at
Fisher’s Hill hy 10 o’clock that night, taking a pretty
good regiment of men with me who were lost in the
stampede. .Most of our artillery was lost near Stras-
burg. occasioned by the breaking of a small bridge,
and could have been saved had any one in authority
known of it. In my retreat that night 1 met with an
officer whom I piloted to the river, where we both
jumped in. ami where the Colonel disappeared, either
killed, drowned or taken prisoner. If he is alive and
sees this article I would like to hear from him. We
retreated up the Valley next morning. My mother
and sisters went over the battle field next day expect-
ing to find my dead body, but I was very much alive,
in a foot-race for safety further South. Gen. Cordon
did some beautiful fighting at Cedar Creek, but when
he is accredited with planning the battle I feel it is an
error. It was Cen. Karly’s plan, and it bore his car
marks-daring in the extreme — fully in keeping with
the man and all of his movements in front of Sheri-
dan. Suppose Early had had as many men as Sheri-
dan, does any sane man for one moment believe the
Valley of Virginia would have fallen into the bands
of the enemy? Never! Many good soldiers criticise
Gen. Early, but one moment’s reflection should change
their harsh judgment to praise and admiration. For
weeks he confronted Sheridan’s hosts with a mere
handful of men. knowing all the time bow he was out-
numbered. His duty was to keep Sheridan from send-
ing troops to Grant, and he did this, but not until
40,000 marched upon 10,000 could Early he shaken off.
Cen. Lee’s letter to him removing him is a deserved
compliment. Early was the only man in the army
.who would have dared to have “taken such chances.
He sacrificed himself for his country, and in future
years will be regarded as one of our ablest Generals.

Sheridan’s loss, according to Maj. Pound’s History
of the Valley Campaign, in this battle, was f>d!i killed.
3,425 wounded, and 1,770 missing; total. 5,764. Our
loss was :-5,l(Ki killed, wounded and missing.

J. T. I. yon, of Forty-third Battalion of Virginia
Cavalry, writes again : Farmwell, Va., Feb. 2. — In my
article published in the January Veteran there is a
mistake. It should have been Ramseur’s division, not
Ransom’s. He too was killed at Cedar Creek, when
General Cordon made that Jacksonian move, surpris-
ing Sheridan’s army, routing and driving them in
ereat confusion toward Winchester. Early’s troops,
instead of following up their victory, fell out of ranks
to plunder the yankee camp. Sheridan promptly
reformed his troops and returned the same day and
deflated Early, and caused him to lose all be had
gained and more too. But if ever soldiers were excus-
able for such conduct Early’s poor half famished men
surelv were. Thev had been marching and fighting
from the first of May, at the Wilderness, at Cold Har-
bor, at Lynchburg, al Salem, West Va., and then to
Washington and return. It is estimated that from
June to September Early bad marched his little army
over four hundred miles.

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HISTORY OF CONFEDERATE STAMPS.

Mr. F. A. Nast,(P. O. Box 959), New York City, one
of a committee engaged in the preparation of a book
on the postage stamps of the Confederate States, fa-
vors the Veteran with tin- following carefully pre-
pared ” History of Postage Stamps used in the Con-
federate States of America.”

South Carolina seceded Dec. 20th, I860, and was
quickly followed by Mississippi, Alabama, Florida.
Georgia, and Louisiana. Jefferson Davis was i
President, and was inaugurated at Montgomery, Ala..
Feb. 18th, 1861. Up to the tiring on Fort Sumpter
[April 1 1 th ‘. the postal affairs seem to have been ear-

ned on with fair regularity. Letters continued to be
mailed throughout the South, bearing U. S. stamps.
during the first few months of 1861, bul the supply of
the-‘ stamps was booh exhausted, and most of the
Postmasters were soon unable to furnish -tamp- or
envelopes. To those situated in small towns, this

made but little difference, but in commercial centers
much inconvenience was realized.

An agent of a prominent Bank Note Company, of
New York City, was in Montgomery in Feb . L861, for
the purpose of making a contracl to supply stamps to
the new Government, but the bombardment of Fort
Sumpter made it evident that goods could not be de-

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livered and negotiations were discontinued. The Con-
federate Government, however, succeeded in buying a
large quantity of paper in New York City, which was
forwarded to Louisville, Ky., and from there run
through to Montgomery, Ala. This paper was
ward used for the manufacture of stamps issued by
the general < Jovernment.

On the 11th of March. 1861, the permanent Consti-
tution was adopted by Congress, and in it a clause
providing that the Postoffice Department must pay
its own expenses, from its own resources, after the first
day of March. 1863.

The Postoffice Department was at once organized,
with John 11. Reagan as Postmaster General, but the
chief work devolved upon H. St. George Offutt, who,
from his long connection with the Postoffice Depart-

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pent, was eminently fitted to perform the difficult

task. Mr. Offutt occupied the position of Chief Clerk
0)’ Auditor’s office, at the secession of South Carolina,

but relinquished that position to join the Confederate
Army, although his native State. Missouri, did not
leave the Union. The valuable library of postal works
(the only complete one in the U. S.), which he took
with him. must have been of incalculable benefit in
starting such a complicated machine as a Postoffice
Department for a large country; however, on the 1st
of June, 1861, we find the Department prepared with
everything necessary for the successful operation of
the offices contained within its territory.

The following gentlemen occupied the principal po-
sitions in the new department : John II. Reagan, Post-
master General ; B. Fuller. Chief Clerk: H. St. G. Of-
futt. Chief of the Contract Bureau; J. L. Uarrell.
Chief of Finance Bureau; B. N. Clements, Chief of
Appointment Bureau; Rolling Raker. Auditor.

Most of the old U. S, Postmasters were retained on
their taking the oath of Allegiance to the Confed
States, and in one case, at least i ‘cut man was

allowed to keep his post without taking the prescribed
oath: the few Union men who held the South

were com] ■ to retain their offices until new ap-

pointments could be made. A majority of the Post-

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era remitted the full amount due the United
i Postoffice Department up to the :;ist of June,

and returned all the -tamps and Postoffice property
that was in their charge. < Uhers either kept the prop-
erty, or turned it o bet lonfederate 1 iepartment.
Subsequently, the Department issued a circular or-
dering all Postmasters to -end all U. S. pro]
Stamps, etc., to Richmond, where they were utilized
in various ways: but this was not till after the war
began.

Many of the most enterprising Postmasters in the
South asked and obtained permission to issue stamps
pending the preparation oi those by the genera’ I
federate Government. Probably some of the Post-
masters of the -mailer town- i — tied stamps and

stamped envelopes on their own responsibility. How
many offii d these temporary stamps is not

known, but philatelists ostantly on the watch

for new and hitherto unknown varieti

The following letters will show how and why l’o-t-
masters were obliged to make these -tamp-:

DEAB Sir: In reply to your note of the 12th inst.
1 would say that the stamps you inclosed me were
got up by me here in Memphis. When Tern
passed the ordinance of secession, the old < rovernment
stamps were worthless, and as 1 found it impossible
to get along without stamp I and procured the

consent of the Government at Richmond to get up
temporary stamps until the Postmaster Gent ral could
furnish me with regular stamps. Those you inclosed
me were in u- al months, and were the only

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ones used. A stamp was shortly afterwards manu-
factured at Richmond, after which those I issued were
taken in and destroyed. Respi i tfully yours,
Memphis, July 17. M. C. Gali way.

pon “mi. i

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Dead Sn;: Vours of the 29th inst. is a. band. A>
I happen to have the stamp alluded to, I inclose one
for your benefit. It was used by me expressly for the
llln-.itown ollice, from about August, 1861, to midsum-
mer, 1862, until Confederate stamps were distributed
for general use.

These stamps were used merely as a convenience
during the absence of Government stamps, and of
course were only received at the Rheatown office in
payment of postage. All letters bearing it were billed
“paid in money, 5 cents.” The inconvenience of
country people sending money by servants and child-
ren to pay postage, and the remarkable scarcity of
small change at that time, were the principal objects
for procuring this stamp. Yours truly.

•Jcheatoum, Venn. D. Pence.

The general Government issued the first Confederate
postage stamps on October 18th, 1861, a 5-cent green
stamp i No. 1 of the illustrations). This was soon fol-
lowed by the 10-cent blue stamp (No. 3), the 2-cent
green stamp ( No. 2 ), and the green ink being
exhausted, No. 1 was printed in blue, and No. :! in
red. All these stamps were prepared by Messrs. Hoyen
and Ludwig, of Richmond, Ya. Later on Messrs. De

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2 Post Office. l\
Aw r.DAJ’.i-.M ii

La Rue & Co. prepared the plates and furnished the
stamps of the 5-cent blue | No. 7 I, and a 1-cent orange
which was never used. The plates of the 5-eent blue
(No. 7) were afterward used by Messrs. Archer &
Daly in printing the regular supply. They furnished
also the 10-cent blue i No. 6), three varieties, and the
20-cent green ( No. I I.

A short time after the first 10-cent blue stamp ( No.
6) was issued, President Davis met Col. Ofifutt and
asked him if he remembered a W. Brown’s objection
to the portrait. Upon an affirmative answer being
given, the President remarked: ” I was walking across

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the park to-day, on my way to my office, when I met
a tall North Carolinia soldier, who accosted me: ‘Is
your name Davis?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘President Davis?’ ‘Yes.’

‘I thought so; you look so much like a postage

stamp.'”

In addition to their use as postage stamps they
were used as small change by the soldiers and citizens,

just as l . s. postage Btamps were used for the same
purpose at the same time in the North.

Letters were sent through the lines by special
arrangement between the u. S. A and the C. S. A.
The following notice is a sample:

To Those Who Wish to sum, Letters North.

1Ikw”;i ibtbbs, Department oi Norfolk, i
Norfolk, January 9th, 1862. i
Persona wishing to send letters to the United stairs will
observe the following directions:

1. Letters must have on the envelope, in addition to the
address of the person to whom they are intended, ” Via Nor-
folk ami Flag oi Truce.”

l’. Write no inure than one page.

::. Enclose money to pay tin- I’nited states postage.

4. Do not address letters to Gen. Huger.

Ben i. Huger, .Ir.
First Lii “‘. /furl inul V. I>. (‘.

In May. 1865, the plates, stamps, archives, etc., were
surrendered to the l”. S. authorities at Chester, S. (‘..
and were probably transferred to Washington. The
full history of the Postoffice Department of the Con-
federate States cannot be written until these archives
are open for examination.

Six months elapsed between the tiring on fort
Sumter | April 11th, 1861 I, and tin- issue of the stamps
by the general Government (October 18, 1861), and
the mails were transported regularly. Many millions
of letters were forwarded during that time. The bulk
of these were probably destroyed at the time, but there

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must still be in existence an enormous quantity of
letters bearing the stamps used at that period. Some
of these stamps are quite rare, and possibly there may
be some varieties not hitherto known to stamp col-
lectors. Many of the temporary or “loose” stamps
were used after the general stamps were issued. In-
deed some seem to have been made by Postmasters in
L864

The scarcity of Stamps was, generally, in proportion
to the number of the inhabitants using them. Below
is a list of most of the known stamps, with the num-
ber of the illustration.

Mlii.tritiOD Nil.

Athens, Ua B

Charleston, s. c U-12

Danville, Va 16-1 1

Goliad, Tex in

Kingston, Tenn L9

Lenoir. N.C 21

Lyi cbbunr, Va i’:;

.Mil. lis,, li, l-‘lii »i

Memphis, Trim 28-29

Nashville, Tenn II 12

Petersburg, Va :u

Pleasant Shade, \’:i ::t

Ringgold, Oa 89

Tellico Plains. Tenn -12

lllimrftllon No.

Baton Rouge, La 9-10

Columbia, 6. C 18

Prederlcksburgi Va 16

i.ivini \ Me. Ala 17

Knoxvllle, Tenn 19 20

Livingston, Ala 22

Mm 011, Ha 24-25

Mm V;i 27

Mobile, Ah, 80

NewOrleans, 1 . ^ * mi

Pittsylvania, Va 8G

Rheatown, linn 88

Sal. -in. N. r 111-11

Vlotorla, Tex 48

Of Nos.

General issues. Nos 1,2,3, 1, 5, 6, and 7

(land 7 many millions were used and a large quantity
was in the different offices at the close of the Civil
War. Hence they are often offered, in quantities,
unused. A few of them arc very rare.

Nora—Any information us to the general or special condi-
tions under \\ hich the mails were transported, or any other pos-
tal matters will lie gladly acknowledged. Please address F. A.
Nasi. Bos 959, New York City. He wouM be glad to purchase
the stamps or stamped envelopes. Mr. Nast is commended us
a thoroughly trust-worthy gentleman.

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79

REMINISCENCES F < HICK A MA I ~< ■ A

BATTLES IN TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT.

A. M. Chandler. West Point. Miss.: I was engaged
in the battle of Chickamauga, belonged to the Forty-
fourth Mississippi Regiment, Patton Anderson’s Bri-
gade, Hind man’s Division, Our brigade, on Saturday,
September 19, ’63, held the bridge at the Lee and Gor-
don mill until 12 o’clock. Then we were ordered to
the right and forded the river to reinforce other por-
tions of our line near Crawfish Springs, We were
marched from point to point until dark, and then
ordered to the rem- to dry our clothing. At that time
we were nearthe spot where the bravi Gen. Preston
Smith was killed. On Sunday morning w< relieved
Peas’ brigade aftertheyhad carried two lines of log
breast works. In our charge we ran over Deas 1 brigade,
where they were lying down in an old field near where
you have figure il marked on your map. Our regi-
ment captured the Federal battery there. We also
got the colors ol’ the Seventy-fourth Pennsylvania
Regiment, one of our company making a crutch of the
Bag-staff. In this charge we. our brigade led by Gen-
eral Hindman. broke the Federal Line and droyi them
nearly one mile, when we were recalled and reformed,
and marched hack to the old field, which was literally
covered with dead and wounded yankees. There
General Hindman stopped his horse in rear of our
company, when I said to him, “General, we are the
boys to move them”’ He replied, “You are, sir.”
We were then orderd to the foot of B long ridge,
heavily WOOded. After remaining there lying down
for some twenty minute.-, the yankees charged our

brigade, just aa Barksdale’s brigade of the Vii

Army charged On our right. I do not know the name

of this old field we charged through in the morning.
nor the name of the ridge where the yankees chargi d
us at about ‘_’ p. m. 1 hope this may he of some ser-
vice to the history.

MAKEUP OF A COMPANY FROM SOUTH CAROLINA

.1. A. MATIIK-. BE* vi V, M<>.

(apt. B. H. Teaguc Aiken. S. (‘.: In a recent num-
ber of the Veteran you gave an account of a Virginia
company which had on its roll several brothers of the
same name. Below 1 give you the roll of a company
from South Carolina which 1 think will head the List
for number of relatives and similarity of names in
one company. It had 142 men, and among them were
•2* by the name of (Winter. 13 of JoneB, s of Garwin,
and 5 of Gantt. Of the Gunters it is Baid sixteen
played on the violin. The regiment to which it be-
longed served most of its time on the sea coast of
Smith Carolina, consequently it Buffered little loss, ae

it was not in many engagements: hut during the last
year ol’ the war it was ordered to Virginia, when ii
did hard and nohle service. At tir.-t. not being accus-
tomed, like Lee’s soldiers, to take care of themselves,

and led by tield officers — the “bravest of the hrave”
who encouraged them to “stand Square up in line.”
they suffered terribly in their first tights with the
enemy, losing in a short time their gallant Colonel
and other field officers. Their numbers were so full
when they landed in Virginia that their fun-loving
neighbors in the army called them “the Twentieth
Army Corps.” But the twentieth proved to be of the
“besl metal.” and made an honorable reputation as a
part of the glorious Army of Northern Virginia.

Capt. Teague kindly sends a roster of the company.
giving the names of its membership, and reports the
living and the dead.

I -i i an article in the November VETERAN eorreeting
the account of the battle of Wilson’s Creek. The Fed-
eral were completely routed. They left their Gen-
eral Lyons dead on the tield. lying in the hot sun
with a handkerchief ovei Bailey Armstrong

and comrade \ r. b Sexier discovered him as they were
pursuing the yankees. or Dutch, who ran for their
liv quaintedwith Lyons in St. Louis,

and seeing the epaulets he raised the handkerchief and
recognized him. lie and Armstrong carried him to

a -hade. Our cavalry followed the enemy to the rail-
road at Holla, about fiftj ity-five miles away,
capturing many of them. They Lost two to our
at Wilson’s Creek, although not more than two-thirds

of US were armed.

We were not whipped a1 all at Tea Ridge. Nobody
wanted to fall back but Van Dorn We drove them
from every posit took R. M T my

Captain, heard General Price ask General Van Dorn

for tour hours to rout the !■ ompletely. On

being refused, asked for two hours in which to rout
them, but Van Dorn ordered him to fall back. Gen-
irned his horse with tear- in his i vee
At Prairie Grove w< whipped the enemy from early
morn until dark, driving them from every position.
We killed and wounded as many again as they did of
us, yet at midnight we were ordi red to march by day-
light, when we ret,i ated again. < Ine-third of the army
would go no farther south, a- they could see nothing

to run from, ami they deserted by the fifties. If we

could have had Tap Price in command on this side of
the river there would have been a different tale to tell
to this day.

In permitting the above criticism of General Van
Dorn, so long dead, the explanation is made that the
soldiers often erred in judgment because they could
not tell the numbers and positions of the enemy. In
this instance it seems that when Gen. Sterling l’rice
manifested such anxiety to advance, that with good
reason theBoldiers would have been dissatisfied. Mr.
Mathes’ account is somewhat abbreviated, but is direct
and strong.

A\ old | in from “The hand We Love.” by a lady

of Louisiana, contains some pathetic stanzas

• • • •

All ! different from tlie longed for day.
When back vvimlil come the dear old gray.
With glory crowned, with victory gay,

» * • *

A- hope bad painted them.

Yet tin-si- had fought in Freedom’s caw
\ini known, nor let, nor doubt, nor pause ,
They gloried in the glorious Bears,

That leir souls to liberty.

They rushed in whirlwinds to the fight,
They swept the foe before their might,
They gave t heir blood and lives tor right,

sacred soil and victory.

They fainted in the summer’s heat.
They marked the snow with bleeding ■

They starved and fought in cold aiel sl<

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£hc (Confederate Uctcvitn.

One Dollar a Year. 8. A. CUNNINGHAM. Editor.

Office at The American, Corner Church and < lurry Bta.

Thlt. publication Is t h.- personal property of 3. A. Cunningham.
All persons who approve such publication, :m<l realise us benefits
as an organ ror associations throughout the South, are requested to

commend It* patronage and to co-operate la extending It.

THE ENEMY ARE OCR FRIENDS.

“Uncle” John Cox. of Sweetwater, Texas, on being
relieved of a yankee minie ball last month, which he
had carried since Chickamauga, said: “Now, more
than ever, I am ready to makepeace with the yankees.”
The occasion of the remark produced the honest ex-
pression of the man’s heart.

Tin- occupation of editing this popular little monthly
and sending into every State in the Union has brought
in return comment from the ex-soldiers of both armies,
and enables me to testify that “our friends, the en-
emy,” are indeed (hi; riiiKNiis. This evidence comes
from across “the chasm” to an amazing degree. The
VETERAN has looked after the interests of the Confed-
erate side courageously and faithfully. It has even
been so zealous in behalf of those who struggled and
suffered without any pay in the defense of their homes
and their constitutional rights, that it has at least
seemed to show too much disparity in our favor in
the history of battles, yet never a murmur has been
heard from those who overwhelmed us with their un-
limited resourcesand the foreigners imported to save ( ?)
our QniOn. The Southern people have been so mis-
represented that with an available source for expres-
sion they naturally are zealous to get even. They
may do themselves injustice in this way. Union sol-
diers, regardless of party affiliation, are giving Con-
federates unstinted credit in late publications. There
lies in my desk a superb volume with “Charge!” on
the cover, which illustrates this assertion. It is a his-
tory of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Pennsyl-
vania, known as tin “< lorn Exchange” Regiment. A
valiant Confederate who has carefully read it says, ” It
is marvelously free from boasting, and is fair through-
out.” There is in it some sad reports of prison life in
the South. They found that men in the rear on guard
duty were not as gallant and considerate as those who
captured them, and they report many things that seem
Unfair even in war: but history should record the truth.
Other Union soldier publications are similar of late.
In thifi connection reference is made to what the
Veteran has heretofore stated on the subject of prison
life. It appeals to the brave men who captured thou-
sands of us and remained at the front to the end, to
favor a true history of our treatment by those who
never saw Confederates until they were prisoners.

Our true patriots will be gratified all over the South
at the active tendency by Union veterans to show their
appreciation of the manliness and devotion to the

cause that cost s>> much and was lost I ‘.’ I at last. They
will so appreciate a compliment to the VETERAN troin
Michigan it is here recited: A gentleman wdio is hon-
ored wherever known as a minister, a lecturer, and
college professor, who was South last fall, and at Nash-
ville, where he became acquainted with the VETERAN,
» rite- [te editor a cordial invitation t,, attend the an-
nual reunion of the Grand Army Veterans, to occur
atowosso .March ii( )–Jii. He state- thai he has writ-
ten the Department Commander and suggested that
he might invite me, ami the reply was a cordial ap-
proval; also that they would •’gladly welcome the
editor of the Veteran to Michigan and to meet with
the!,. A. H. boys at their evening camp tires during
the encampment,” The author of the letter, though a
private soldier boy and wounded, has been Depart-
ment Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic
for Michigan, arid his politics may be of the popular
side in his State, but in his cordial letter he says: ” I
want you to be my guest at Owosso as well as at my

home in . I hope you can spend Sunday with

us. I want my wife and boys to see a genuine
Confederate soldier.”

This article is intended to apply to Americans only,
and to volunteers, not substitutes.

Mb. Davis was the last of the last to give up and
he honored in his heart those on whom he implicitly
relied to the end. At the dedication of the lien Hill
monument, in Atlanta, Mr. Davis, who was on the
platform, said: “I came here silently, reverently, lov-
ingly, to see unveiled the statue of my friend, as one
who wanted to show him respect. * * * Hut I can
say something of my dead friend. If he was last to
precipitate the States in war he was the last to give it
up. When the South was under the power of a con-
quering enemy his voice rang out the loudest and the
clearest for the^right of State sovereignty. His” Notes
on the Situation” kindled the fires of the people, in-
viting them to renew the struggle. He was one man
upon whom 1 could count in the days of the Confed-
eracy, and upon whose shoulders 1 could put my hand
and feel a pillar of marble. He had nothing to ask,

and much to give.

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Home fob Female Confederates ln Charleston. —

This “oldest” of Homes for Confederates is in its
twenty-seventh year. It is for women only, the moth-
ers, widows and daughters of Confederate soldiers. It
was founded and has been managed by women. It has
housed hundreds of widows and educated nearly a
thousand daughters of Confederate soldiers. The as-
sociation owns a valuable and extensive building, for-
merly the Carolina hotel, on Broad street. At its
twenty-sixth anniversary meeting, January 30th, a
gift of twenty thousand dollars was announced from 7>’u/-
timore. The gift is the finer because the name of the
donor is withheld.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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THE JOHX MILLEDGES OF GEORGIA.

The first John Milledge of Georgia was born in Eng-
land, and came to America with Oglethorpe. He be-
came a man of affairs in the new colony, and held
.several important trusts, civic and military. His
commission as commander of a troop of rangers, dated
March 29, 1742, was signed by -las. < tglethorpe.

In 1768, “while a member of the colonial assembly,
he was one of a committee to correspond with Benja-
min Franklin, agent “ii> arrange the affairs of Georgia
with Great Britain.”

The Captain and liis family had a pew in Christ
Church, Savannah, “in consideration of six pounds
and ten shillings,” receipted July 5, 17<

Milledgeville, the former capital of the State, was
named in honor of Gov. John Milledge.

His son. Got. John Milledge, was born in Savannah
in 17″>7. He commenced the study of law with the
king’s attorney, tie was bo engaged at the breaking
out of the Revolutionary War. when bul eighteen
years of age he was one of the six who broke open
the magazine at Savannah and took away a large
quantity of powder. Some of it was stored in Savan-
nah, some Sent to Beaufort, and a part of it to Boston,
where hostilities had commenced, and with it the
battle of Bunker Hill was fought. The royal Governor,
Wright, offered a reward of 1150 for the capture of the
raiders, hut they, instead of inviting arrest, waited B
month and then captured the Governor in his own
house, wherein they confined him. In this he was a
leading spirit . He was in Savannah when it was taken

by the British, but escaped.

In January, 1780, he was appointed Attorney <
eral. This was the beginning of his civil career. He
served in the Legislature, and was in Congress in 1792
and ”.i:i, from 1795 to 1799, and in 1801 and 1802. He

was immediately elected to the United States senate.

where he served three years, the Last year as its Presi-
dent. In this year, 1809, being only 52 years old, he
resigned his seat and gave up public life.

In April, 1802, he was one of three commissioners
on the part of Georgia who negotiated with thn
pointed by the President, a treaty by which Georgia
ceded the most ol her western territory to the United
states for (1,250,000 and other considerations. Al-
though confronted by three statesmen of the highest
national reputation, the ( reorgians made BO satisfactory
■ settlement of a bitterly contested question that they
received by a unanimous vote the thanks of the Legis-
lature. Governor Milledge retired to his plantation
on the Sand Hills, near Augusta, w here he died in 1818.

While Mr. Jefferson’s epitaph on his tomb is in-
scribed the “Father of the University of Virginia,”
Governor Milledge was the ” Benefactor of the Uni-
versity of Georgia.” Governor Milledge bought and
conveyed to the University at Athens nearly 700 acres
of land. Upon this land the college buildings and a
great part of Athens now stand. Its first commence-
ment was held in 1804.

There hangs in the State Library, Atlanta, a hand-
some painting o\’ this eminent Georgian. It is the

work o( the late Miss Kate Elliott Milledge, the only

granddaughter of Governor Milledge. she was the
daughter of the late Col. John Milledge, and a sister
to the present state Librarian, Capt. John Milledge,

win. was a Confederate soldier, serving as First Lieu-
tenant and Captain in 1st Georgia regiment, and after-
ward Captain of artillery under Gen. Lee.

ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON.

UNOFFICIAL I.FTTEK To I’RFSIDFXT DAVIS CO.\
ISO Till CAPTURE (iF FOHT DONBLBi A

The public, after thirty-two years, will read with
interest the following extracts from a letter of Gen.
Albert Sidney Johnston, dated Pecatur. Ala., March,
1862, to Mr Davis, concerning movements of the army
under him :

* * * I received the dispatches from Richmond,
with your private letter, by Capt. Wicklifle, three .lays
since, but the pressure of affairs and the necessity of
getting my command across the I” . i , 1 1 . — . . prevented
me from sending you an earlier reply.

1 anticipated all that you have told me as to the
censure which the fall of Fort Donelson drew upon me,
ami the attacks to which you might be subjected, but
it was impossible for me to gather the facts lor a
detailed report, or to spare time which was required
to extricate the remainder of mv troops and save the
large accumulation of -tores and provisions after that

I transmitted the reports of Generals Floyd and Pil-
low without examining or analyzing the facts, and
scarcely taking time to read them.

When about to assume the command of this Depart-
the Government charged me with the duty of

deciding the question of occupying Bowling Green,
Kentucky, which involved not only military, but
political, considerations.

* * * About the middle of September Gen. Buck-
m r advanced with a small force of about 4,000 men,
which was increased by the 15th of October to Ilmhki,

and though accessions of force were received, it con-
tinned at about the same strength until the end of
November, measles ami other diseases keeping down
the effective force. The enemy’s force was then
reported to the War Department at “><l,(MHt. and an

advance- wa< impossible.

* * * Believing it to be of the greatest moment
to protract the campaign, as the dearth of cotton might
bring strength from abroad and discourage the North.
and to gain time to strengthen myself by new troops
from Tern iid other States. I magnified my
forces to the enemy, but made known my true
strength to the Department and the Governors of
States Tie aid given was small. At length, when

Beauregard came out in February, lie expn
uprise at tie smallness of my t> i was

impressed with the danger of my position. I admit-
ted what was so manifest, and laid before him mv
views for the future, in which lie entirely concurred,
ami sent me a memorandum of our conference, a copy
of which I send to you. 1 determined to tight for
Nashville at Donelson, and have the best part of my
army to do it. retaining only 14,000 to cover my front,
and giving 16,000 to defend Donelson.

The force at Donelson IE stated in Gen. Pillow’s
report at much less, and I do not doubt the corn
of his statement, for the force at Bowling < rreen, which
I supposed to be 14,000 effective men (the medical
report showing only a little over 500 sick in the hos-
pital), was diminished more than 5,000 by those who
were unable to stand the fatigue of a march, and made
my force, on reaching Nashville, less than 10,000

Had I wholly uncovered my front to defend I 1
son, Buell would have known it. and marched directly

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on Nashville. There were only ten small steamers in
umberland, in imperfect condition — only three
of which were available at Nashville, while the trans-
portation of the enemy was great.

The evacuation of Bowlin was imperatively

ssary, and was ordered Before, and was executed
while the battle was being foughl at Donelson. 1 had
made every disposition for the defense ol the fort my
– allowed, and the troops were among the best of
my force. The Generals, Floyd, Pillow and Buckner,
were high in the opinion of officers and men for skill
ami courage, and among the best officers of m\
mand. They were popular with the volunteers, and
all had seen much service. No reinforcements were
asked. [ awaited the event opposite Nashville. The
result of the conflict each day was favorable. At mid-
night “ii the 15th 1 received new- of a glorious victory ;
at dawn, a retreat.

My column, during the day ami night, was thrown
over the river; a Lattery had been established below
the city ti> secure the passage. Nashville was incapa-
Me of defense from its position, and from the forces
advancing from Bowling Green and up the Cumber-
land. A rear guard was left under Gen. Floyd to
secure the -tore- and provisions, but did not com-
pletely effect the object. The people were terrified,
and some of the troops were disheartened. The dis-
couragement was spreading, and 1 ordered the com-
mand to M urfreeshoro. where ] managed, by assembling
Crittenden’s I hvision and the fugitives from I tonelson.
to collect an army and oiler battle. The weather was
iii’ lenient, the floods excessive, and the bridges were
washed away, hut most of the stores and provisions
were saved and conveyed to new depots.

This having heen accomplished, though with serious
loss, in conformity with my original design, 1 marched
southward, and crossed the Tennessee at this point, so
as to co-operate or unite with (Jen. Beauregard, for the
defense of the Valley of the Mississippi. The passage
is almost completed, and the head of my column is
already with (Jen. Bragg, at Corinth. The movement
was deemed too hazardous by the most experienced
members of my stall’, hut the object warranted the risk.
* * I have given this sketch so that you may
appreciate the embarrasment which surrounded me in
my attempts to avert or remedy the disaster of Fort
Donelson hefore alluding to the conduct of the Gen-
erals.

When the force was detached 1 was in hopes that
such disposition would have heen made as would have
enabled the force to defend the fort, or withdraw with-
out sacrificing the army. On the 14th 1 ordered Gen.
Floyd hy telegraph, ” If he lost the fort to get his
troops to Nashville.” It is possible that this might
have been done, but justice requires us to look at
events as they appeared at the time, and not alone by
the light of subsequent information. It appears from

the information received that Gen. Buckner, being

the junior officer, took the lead in advising the sur-
render, and that Gen. Floyd acquiesced, and they all
cdncurred in the belief that their force could not main-
tain its position- all concurred that it would require
a great sacrifice of life to extricate the command.
Subsequent events show that the investment was

not SO complete as their information from their SCOUtS
led them to believe. The conference resulted in the
Surrender. The command was irregularly transferred,
and devolved upon the junior ( ieneral. but not appar-

ently to avoid any ju>t responsibility, or from any
want of personal or moral intrepidity. The blow was

most disastrous, and almost without a remedy. 1.

then fore, in my lirst report, remained silent. This
silence you were kind enough to attribute to mv gen-
erosity. I will not lay claim to the motive to excuse
my course. 1 observed silence, as it seemed th<

way to serve the cause of the country. The facts were
not fully known, discontent prevailed, and criticism
and condemnation were more likely to augment than
cure the evil. I refrained, well knowing that heavy
Censure would fall upon me. hut convinced that it was
better to endure such lor the present, and defer to a

more propitious time the investigation of the conduct
of the Generals, for. in the meantime their services
were required ami their influence useful. For these
reasons Generals Floyd and Pillow were assigned to
duty, for I still felt confidence in their gallantry, their
energy, and their devotion to the Confederacy.

I have thus recurred to the motives by which 1 have
been governed, from a deep personal sense of the
friendship and confidence you have always shown me.
and from the conviction that they have not been
withdrawn from me in adversity.

All the reports requisite for a full official investiga-
tion have been ordered. Generals Floyd and Pillow
have been suspended from command. ::: * *

The test of merit in my profession, with the people,
is success. It is a hard rule, but I think it right. If I
join this corps to the forces of Gen Beauregard 1 1 con-
fess, a hazardous experiment), then those who arc now
disclaiming against me will he without an argument.
Your friend. A. S. JOHNSTON.

This letter was read to the Congress, at Richmond,
by Mr. Barksdale, of Mississippi. In connection with
it he said :

“1 hold in my hand an unofficial letter, probably

the last written by the lamented deceased, to the chief
executive of the Confederacy, to whom he had long
been united by the ties of friendship, and with whom
he had enlisted at an early day under the tlag of a
Government, which, together they had abandoned
when it became the symbol of a monstrous despotism.
These facts triumphantly vindicate his fame as a true
patriot, and an able and skillful military leader. This
letter, written undermost trying circumstances, shows
that no trace of passion was visible in the awful sever-
ity of the pure, brave and undaunted spirit in which
it originated. It is a simple recital of tacts in justifi-
cation of his actions, before which the calumnies of
the ignorant or the wicked will flee like mist before
the brow of day. lb- has left a noble example of mag-
nanimity in the midst of unjust complaint, and ot
courage and fortitude amid disaster.”

Will Hubert, Adjutant Camp L.Q.C. Lamar,Santa

Anna, Texas: At a called meeting of this Camp the

Confederate Veteran was adopted as its organ.

Send some sample copies; it will help to secure more
subscribers.

The Baptist and Reflector, Nashville: The Confeder-^
ate Veteran for January is full of interesting inci-
dents and descriptions of the late war. Whatever
one’s sympathies as to that unhappy period, he can
but enjoy reading the amusing scenes and the stories
of valor which occurred on either side.

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RAID THROUGH WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS.

MK MISER OF THE ELEVENTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY.

It was known that the Federals situated at Beverly,
West Ya.. could easily be captured if taken by Bur-
prise, ami Gen. Rosser, encamped at Swoope’s depot,

EXTERIOR VIEW OF MARYLAND CONFEDERATE HOME.

undertook it. EI is brigade was composed of the 7th.
11th and 12tb Virginia cavalry regiments, and also
White’s Battalion, known formerly as Turner Aahby’s
Cavalry. Rosser was appointed Commander after the
battle of Gettysburg. He ordered an inspection of
all our horses, and finding there were not enough able
horses in his brigade, he
sent to other commands’
for volunteers. Some
North Carolinians, and
maybe some South Car-
olinians, joined us until
we were :’.(«» strong. Our
camp was twelve miles
from Staunton, in Au-
gusta County. On the
L2th of January. ’65, we
took up our march, going
westward. Thesnow was

six inches deep on the
Mart, and we ramped ;it
the head of the ” COW-

pasture Valley ” the first

night. On the loth we
continued w est w a rd .
through the mountains.
That night we camped
at Medowel, in High-
land County, on ground
where stonewall Jack-
son fought in ’62. The 1 Ith being Sunday, we remained
in camp. That evening, while on dress parade, (011.
Rosser made a speech, explaining what he wished us

to do. and that w c might have all the Spoils. Monday
morning we passed through Monterey, and on to the

small village of Hightown, where each man tilled his
surcingle with hay. That night we camped on the
east side of the Alleghenies. Oh! how it did rain and
We had trouble getting tires started, but with
hay for pine and split rails for kindling, we succeeded.
We had a ration of Hour hut no cooking utensils, bu1
overcame that by spreading out gum blankets and

pouring on the flour, the
rain being sufficient to

make dough, then tak-
e dough .-ind press-
ing it on a fence rail he-
tore the tire to bake, with
broad rai I- to cover it to
.no We

enjoyed thai stlppcr. We

stretched out I

the lire for the night .

Tic following morning

w as clearand bright, but

a cold wind was hl<>\\ nig.

We arrived on top of the

heney Mountains

after hard travel, hut

found it moredifficult to

id, a- t he snow was

‘ .and had melted

in places and fro/en into

great sheet- of ice. After
■ A lleghe-

nies and arriving at the
1 of ( heat Mountain.

we halted .and fed our
horse-. The -now here was two feet and a half deep.
ami we met with the same difficulty in decending it
sis the Alleghenies. Arriving at the foot we still had
Tiger Mountain to cross. When on top of that and
in descending it, the hardest hail storm I ever saw
came pelting down upon us. Our horse- stopped and
turned around, causing si complete stand-still for some

INTERIOR VIEW OF MARYLAND CONFEDERATE HOME.

minutes. When in the little valley, we stopped sit a
farm house close to the roadside ami fed our hi
It was now between sundown and dark, and
as our horses had eaten we resumed our inarch,
although we had nothing to eat. Before reaching

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Beverley, we left the pub-
lic road and traveled by
paths, and were bo strung
jout that our line was per-
haps a mile long. Fi-
nally, coming to an open
space, we were halted un-
til all the command came
up, when we again moved
in order to within a short
distance “t tin- Federal
camp. Their houses were

of logs and in rOWB, with

narrow alleys between. It
wa< now about 5 o’clock
in the morning. We dis-
mounted and tied our
horses – no number fours
were allowed. We fell in
line on foot, the com-
mand being whispered
alone the line. When
within fifty yards of the
30Uth end of their quar-
ters, and when sufficient men had passed the last row
of houses, making the number about equal for each
alley, the command was given in loud tones, “left
Hank, charge’ ”

The yell that we instantly set up echoed from
mountain to mountain in the still, dark night, and
made the yankees think that live thousand Johnnies

STONEWALL JACKSON INFIRMARY, MARYLAND CONFEDERATE HOME.

and night. <)n the I8tb we started for home, hut
returned by a different route, and camped one night
at Warm Springs, in Bath County. When we arrived
at our own camp with our prisoners, we turned them
over to that part of the command that are left in
camp, for we were nearly worn out.

GEN. L. B XORTIWOP.

ROOM IN MARYLAND CONFEDERAT

were at their doors. In less than twenty-live minutes
ile \ were our prisoners, and they numbered five hun-
dred and ten. Now came the leant sure enough, and
we had plenty to eat and plenty to drink. Alter our
hunger was satisfied, we found that, there were five
stores in Beverly belonging to the Federals, and we
opened store for awhile. We sold hats, caps, hoots.
shoes and clothing at a ” very low profit.” That fore-
noon we moved I he prisoners on about two miles west
■of Beverly, and remained there the rest of that day

Friday, February 9th,

Gen. Lucius B. Northrop,
aged S’2 years, died at the
Confederate Home, Pike-
ville. He was horn Sep-
tember 8, 1811, in Charles-
ton, S. (‘., and was the son
of Amos Boyd Northrop,
a lawyer of Charleston.

When seventeen years old
he entered the Military
Academy at West Point,
and was graduated in 1831.
Ile was a class mate at
West Point of Jefferson
I (avis, and the friendship
formed lasted through Mr.
I ‘avis’ career as President
of the Confederacy.
When South Carolina se-
ceded from the I’nion
Captain Northrop was
among the first to resign
his commission in the I ‘.
S. Army. After the Pro”
visional Government was established at Montgomery,
Ala., President Davis offered him the post of Commis-
sary < reneral, which, after declining twice, he accepted.
He accompanied President Davis and the Confederate
Cabinet to Richmond in May, l.SGl, and he proceeded
to organize the Commissary Department. He re-
mained at the head of the department until a few
weeks before the surrender at Appomattox Court
House. Upon the close of the war he went to farm-
ing in North Carolina. In July, 1X65, he was arrested

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by order of Secretary of War Stan too, and was con-
fined in Libby Prison, at Richmond, until the follow-
ing November, when he was discharged and paroled
mi condition that he would not leave Virginia. He
purchased a farm in Albemarle County, near Char-
lottesville, Va., and lived thereuntil February, 1890,
when he was stricken with paralysis. He was then re-
moved to Baltimore County, and lived there until his
death. He handled large sums of money in his offi-
cial position, with clean hands, and was poorer at the
close of ilif Civil War than at its beginning.

Among the floral offerings at the funeral there was
a large cross of roses and lilies from the Maryland
Line Confederate Soldiers’ Home.

CXI TED CONFEDERATE VETERAN CAMPS.

BRAVE P. /•;. DREW AND III* I Ml

B1 1. D, m’amv. trABBKNSBl’BG, TENS.

(Jen. Hardee’s Corps was ordered bj Gen. Joseph K.
Johnston from Dalton, <c.t.. to Demopolis, Ala. in
April. 1864, to reinforce Gen. Leonidas Polk

Rice, of the Twenty-ninth Tennessee Regiment, was
ordered to take Provost charge of the town with his
regiment. The court house was our headqua
We found a few Confederates under guard for insu-
bordination. Among them was a fine Looking young
fellow who had on a beautiful bright, new gray uni-
form, and was very hadsome. He said his name was
I*. K. 1 »rew, and that he was b Lieutenant of a Louisi-
ana battery. We remained on posl duty about a week.
when we were ordered hack to Dalton. During this
time Lieut. Drew, by his refined manner, had become
a great favorite with us. When informed thai our
regiment had orders to return to Dalton he expi
his attachment, earnestly asked us to let him g<> with
Us. and said he would go in the ranks as a private

we took young Drew with us to Dalton. He joined
Company G, and was in the front rank in every charge.
At Rosacea, Cenesaw Mountain. Dead Angle, Peach-
tree Creek, he was conspicuous, <‘n the 22d day of
July our Corps (Hardee’s) moved to the right of At-
lanta and surprised Gen. F. P. Blair’s Corps and cap-
tured 3,000 prisoners, with twenty-eight field pieces of
artillery. He showed great bravery in this en)
ment, and also in the battle of Jonesboi

<>n Hood’s campaign to Tennessee young Drew
rushed into the jaws of death at Franklin. As we
neared the second line of breastwork-, after five color
hearers had been shot down, he dropped bis gun, caught
the colors from the ground and rushed forward With
them. He was pierced through the heart just as he
reached the second line of works. Thus ended the
life of this noble and brave young man. He was
buried the next day with his comrades. My recol-
lection is that he said he was raised in New Orleans.
If you will publish this in the Veteran his people
may learn by it his fate. I would cheerfully give them
information in detal.

Company G went into the battle of Franklin with
eighteen guns. Fifteen of the men were killed, and
the sixteenth was shot through the bowels and died
the next day, so only two were left. Only seventy
of the brigade were present and answered to their
names the next day. Lieut. Shipley was the ranking
officer present, and he took charge of this remnant of
the brigade.

Gen .Inn B < tonkin, General Commanding Atlanta. Qa.

n Ueo Moorman. Adjt Gen and Chief of Staff. New Orleans, l.a.

ALABAMA.

d Fred B l immander Montgomery

Col Harvej i Joi a and Chief of Staff…… Monfaj

iull Williams, Brgladler General

.1 no M McKleroy, Brigadier General lunlston

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Km ma Sanson

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ovlhi Ham ‘I l. Idame

Ouln Ex-Confederate 116

Guntenn llle Mom. GUbreatb

Hatnllton Marlon ( onnu

Hartai i Friendship

Hnntsvllle Egbert I Jones

Jacksonville Ool. Jas. B. Martin, .vj

LaFayelte A. A. Oreeni

Livingston i amp Snmter Xti

Low’i I

Lowndeaboro TJ Bullock

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st. Stephens .. John Jamei
Bummerfleld. „Ool. Garrett 981

TalladegH Charles M. shell.

Thom eander McFarland 878

Tuscumbla.. James Desbler SIS.

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Vniontown Tom Calema

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Vernon CampO’Nes
Wetumpka Elmore < ounty,
Wedowee Randolph 316.

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W II MrC.nl. \sa Rav

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J do. F. Thomas, J, M. Robin-
son, 8r.
John M. McKleroy. W. H.

Williams
v – Stockdale, 1> 1, Campbell
John W. Inner. Jas. I>. Truss

lordon,

li. Ii Smith, James H. Lane
w. i; Jones, N. H. Bewail
K E Jom a, P K McMUler
.1. H. Johnson. R. A. Jones
R. Galllard. J. I- Foster
M. L. Staosel, B. Cpchurch
Jno S Powers. .1 A Blllotl
J H Brock, his W Barnhart
\V i Mcintosh. Wm. L. Rowe
w P Howell. T J Burton

H. Cole. F. H. Mundr

I’ I) Bowles.

\ M i I’Neal, J. m. Crow
J N Davidson, A PMeCartney
Ja*. Aiken. Jos |; |h: L
B r « I, ‘• W H Bel!

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A J Hamilton, J F Hamilton
Matt K Mali an. T J Simpson

Tuni. r, W M Krskine
.1 H Caldwell, L. W. Grant
.J.J. Robinson, Geo. H. Black

…B t bapman.

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J I. II i n son. c [i Whitman
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w T Garner, Robt F. Wiggins
TIiiibT Roche. Am E Mlckle
w w McMillan, D I. Neville
Knini.it Llebels, J H Hlgglns
R. M. Greene. J. y. Bin
Tboa H Barrv. John T Pearoe
W R Painter. J I. Williams
J N Hood, T. Ferguson
Jim Fearce. F M 1 lark
W. A. Hamlley. B. U. Mi

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1 K Jones, W li Whetstone
F. I. smith, W. T. Johnson,
I H Yonng, J P Harris
R. H. Bellamv. P. A l.reene

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A. W, Woodall, W. J. sprulell
A J Thompson..! I. Strickland
\ I Hooks. I M IMham
Ed Morrow. R B Cater
W J Rhodes. J T Dye
Jas N Callahan. Geo B Hal]
A. H. Keller, I. P. Guy
A C Hargrove. A P Prime
W. Ii. Henderson. L.H. Bowles

. , c c Cnrr

K Wells, J. A. Mitchell
I I’ ‘i ..it ne. T M w
J t- Mauil. Hal T. Walker
ii I aloe, R. 8. Pate

ARKANSAS.

Ma] Gen D M Moore, Commander Forts

i ..] .1 I Jones, Idlntanl General and i !hiel of start Van lluren

Jno M Harrell, Brigadier General Hot springs

J M Bobart, Brigadier General Bentonvllle

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO.

Alma Cabell 202

Benton David O. Dodd SS5

Bentonville l amp Cabell 89.

Booneville Camp Evans….

Centre Point .. Haller im-j

Charleston Pat clchnrne 191

Conwaj . .1. n Dai Is SIS

Ka\etteville W. H. Brooks -216.

Fort Smith Ben T DuVal ….
Greenway „ Clay Co. V. v-‘n 875

Greenwood. Ben McCuIlocb 1!M.

Hackett city…. stonewall

Hope Gratiot 218.

Hot Springe Albert Pikt MO

Huntington stonewall

Little Rock r B Weaver MM

Morrilton Robert W Harper..2H7.

Nashville Joe Neal

Newport Tom Hendman.

OFFICERS.

James K. Smith. J. T. Jones
s H Whltthorne. C E Shoe-
maker
N s. Henry, v J. Bates
G W Evans, H BCastleberry
J. M. Somervell.,!, c. Ansley
\ 8 Cabell,

..A. P. Witt. W. D. Cole
T. M. Gnnter, I. M. Patridge
M M Gorman, Ool R M Fry
. J R H

.Dndley Milum, M stroup

..I. B Lake.

N. W. Stewart, John F.Sanor
Gen Jno M Harrell. A Curl

.L B Lake. A H Gordon
Win PCampbelljJ H Paschal
W. s Hamia. R. W. Harrison
W K Cowling. E Q Hale
. T. T. Ward

86

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

I A in ER OF THE MERRIMAC.

II. II. UTTLBPAOB, WASHINGTON, D. C.

Having been one of the Merrimac’e officers, and with
her daring her whole career, I am somewhat familiar
with her history. <>n March 8, 1862, the Merrimac,
with ten guns, destroyed the Cumberland, twenty-four

guns; Congress, fifty L’tliis: riddled the Minn. -Mia.

forty-eight guns, and put to flight the St. Lawn no .
fifty guns, and Roanoke, forty-eight guns. In the en-
counter with the Monitor on the following day, after
a fearful combat of five hour.-, when they were fre-
quently only a few yards apart, the Merrimac having
only shell, whieh were not effective against the iron
turret of the Monitor, succeeded in dislodging her
pilot-house and blinding and otherwise disabling her
commander. The .Monitor then hauled over the bar
into shallow water, where the Merrimac could not fol-
low her. The Merrimac returned to Norfolk and went
into the dock for repairs, two of her guns having had
their muzzles shut off, her armor considerably dam-
Aged, her prow wrenched off, and her steam pipes and
smoke stack completely riddled.

On the 11th of April the Merrimac returned to
Hampton Roads. The Monitor was plainly in sight,
together with the iron battery Naugatuek and other
war ships. Seeing no disposition upon their part to
engage, the Merrimac, to provoke them, sent in two of
her tenders, the Jamestown and Raleigh, and they cut
out and brought away one brig and two schooners
in plain sight of the Federal fleet and of the French
war ship I rapendi, and of the British Corvette Rinaldo.

On the 8th of May following, while the Merrimac
•was at the (iasport Navy Yard, a tremendous lire was
opened upon the battery at Sewell’e Point by the iron-
clads Monitor and Naugatuek, and the United States
steamers Susquehanna, seventeen guns; Dacotah, six
guns; Seminole, five guns, and San Jacinto, twelve
guns. The Merrimac immediately got under way and
proceeded to the scene of conflict, regarding the a I’, ark
as an invitation to come out and fight. Upon getting
in full view of the situation, we saw just beyond the
attacking scp.adron the Hag ship M innesota, forty-eight
guns; Cayuga, six guns: Jamestown, twenty two guns;
St. Lawrence, fifty guns, and the powerful steamers
Yanderbilt, Baltimore, Illinois and Asago, especially
arranged and equipped for running the Merrimac
down. The Merrimac continued on at full speed, and
when within about a mile of the nearest vessel, they
all, with one accord, got under way and ran below
Fortress Monroe.

The Merrimac continued the pursuit until the shots
from the Rip Raps (Fort Wool) were living away be-
yond her. She steamed slowly about the Roads until
nearly dark, and then returned to ber anchorage.

The above facts are matters of record. I challenge
any one to show by any aut bent ic record or statement
i hat the Merrimac was ever defeated, thai she ever de-
clined an engagement, regardless of the number or
strength of her adversaries, or thai she ever lost an
opportunity to bring on an engagement if possible.

In a personal letter Mr. Littlepage says: Please pub-
lish the inclosed regarding the career of the Merrimac.

It seems to be so little 111 i( lerstood, and yet no ship

ever did as much to revolutionize naval warfare and
to rebuild the navies of the world.

ARK LNB \- Continued.

P06TOI PICB, CAMP. NO. orFICI BB,

Paris Ben McCullougta 888…J <> Sadler, Win Sm.kI.h

Prairie Grove Prairie or. .\,- 881… . Wm Mitchell

Prescotl Wnltei tffl W J Blake, O 8 Jones

Van Bureo lobn Wallace 209 John Allen, J El

Waldron Sterling Prloe in I. P Puller, A M Fuller

SVooster losepb EJobnston-481. W A Milam, w .1 Sloan

FLORIDA.

■ I. i .1 Dlcklson, Commander. < leala

Col Fred 1. Robertson, A.hi Qeueral and Chief ol Btaff Brooks\ llle

w 1 1 . hlpley, Brlgadtei ‘ leneral Pensacola

ij :.. Brigadier ■ leneral i leala

» i.’ii s g French, Brigadier < leneral Winter Park

POSTO] PICK. . IMP. NO. OFF1C1 RS.

Bartow Francis 8 Bartow. 284 WHReynolds.JA Armlstead

Brookvllie w. w Lorlng 18 ..J, C Da van t, K. 1.. Robertson

Chlpley McMillan 217 BW l; nsomG WCook

i m.i. ■ ‘ it.v l’;i-.-.. C. V. Iss’n…. 67 ..Jas E Lee, a ll Ravesles

Defnnlak Sp’gs.E. Klrby-Smltb 282 J. T. Stubbs, D. «.. m.-i.. od

Fernandlna Nassau 104… W. n. Thompson, r. a. Ball

i ii vi- r n i-m. i…… T. Ward 1*8… W CZImmerman.W STurner

Jacksonville K. K. Lee iv Win lia\a. W W Tucker

Jacksonville Jed Davis 280…C. E. Merrill, C. J. Colcock

Jasper. Btewart 155. ..H. .1. Stewart. J. K. Banns

Juno Patton Anderson. ..244… . .1 F HlghHmltb

Lake City Columbia County. ..150…W. K. M .-. \v. M. Ivee

Marian. in Millon 182. W li Barnes, v Philips

Montlccllo Patton Anderson…. 69.. W.C. Bird, B. W. Partridge

Ocala Marion Co. C. V. A… 56…BajEn’l F Marshall, Win Fox

i irlando Orange Co 51… W i i Johnson. It M Robinson

Palmetto Geo. T. Ward 68.. J. C Pelot, J. W. Nettles

Pensacola ….Ward C. V, Ass’n m . w K Anderson, R J Jordan

Oulncy D. L. Kenan 140.. H. ll. M. Davidson, D. M. Mc-
Millan

st. Augustine… E. Klrby smiiii 176…J \ Enslow, Jr..

Sanfoi-il Gen. Jos. Flnnegan..! I8…A. M. Tbrasber, C. ll. Lefler

SI. Petersburg.. C |. Colquitt 808 W. C Dodd, D. I,. South* lok

Tallahassee Lamar llil …David Long, R A Wliitlleld

Tampa Hillsl.oro Si… F. W. M.-rrin. 11. L. Crane

TltUSVllle Indian Hiver 47. …las. l’rit.ha i-.l. A Dl’uben

Umatilla Lake Co. C. V. A 279…T H Blake,

GEORGIA.

Maj Gen Clemen! a Evans, Commander Carters^ ille

Col A .1 West, Adjutanl General and i thief ..f Staff. Ulimla

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS.

Atlanta Fulton County 159… Clement A Evans.J F Edwards

Augusta Con. sniviv. Ass’n. ..486.. .F E Eve, F M Stovall

Carnesvllle MlllganConf. Vet….419 ,J C McCarter, J M Phillips

Uedartown Polk Co. Con. Vets. ..403 .1 M Arlington, .1 S Stubbs

Clayton Rabun Co. Con. Vet..420…S M Beck, w H Price

Covington Jetl’erson Lamar :>ll5…G 1) Heard. . I W Anderson

Dal ton Jos. nli E Johnston.. S4…A. P. Roberts, J. A. Ulan ton

Dawson Terrell Co.Con.Vet 404…J w F l.nwr. y. Win Kalgler

Harrlsburg Chattooga Vel 122…— . LB Williams

Jefferson Fackson County …. im Thos l. Ross, T ll Nlblocb

LaGrange Troup Co.Con. Vete..405…J 1. Scbaub. E T Winn

Morgan i :altaounCoConVet,..406.. l’ E Boyd, A .1 Munroe

lining Ringgold 206 ..W .1 Whilsilt. K HTriiin r

I! • Floyd i … (‘. V. A. 898 .ii. Yelser, .1 T Moore

Spring I’lace .In… B. Gordon 511… K. E. Wilson. W. II. Ramsey

Thomasvllle w d Mitchell 428…B a Mitchell, T N Bopklns

Tolbotton I. ll smith 102 ..BCurley, W 11 l’lillp.n

Washington lohn T Wlngfleld ,..891.. .C E [rvln, Henry Cordes

Waynesboro … .Gordon 869 Tbos B Cox, 8 R Fulchei

Zebulon Pike Co. Cout Vet_421…G w Strickland, w Gwya

ILLINOIS.

Maj Gen .In., i (Tnderw I, Commander ‘ tbloago

Col Baml Baker, Chief ol siatl Chicago

POSTOl I I. I -.. CAMP. HO. OFFICERS.

Chicago Ex-Confed. Ass’n S….I W White, r Lee France

Jerseyvllle Beuev. ex-Confed….804…Jos. 8. i air. Morris R. Locke

IN Hi AN TERRITORY.

Maj Gen N P Guy, Commauder McAlester.

Col R B Coleman, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff McAlester

.in.. I. Gait, Brigadier General drdmore

D m Baley, Brigadier General Kaebs

POSTOI PICE, i ami-. NO. 01 i ii i RS

Ardmore I no II Morgan 107. ..W W Byden, FG Barry

McAlester Jeff Lee 68.. .N. P. Guy. K. II. Coleman

KENTUCKY.
Ma. Gen John Boyd, Commander Lexington

Col Joe M Jones, Adjutant General an. I Chief Of Btaff. Paris

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. WO. oil ICEHS.

Augusta lohn li. Bood 288 Jno. 8. Bradley, J. II. Wilson

Bardstown Thomas H. Bunt.. .288. ..Tbos. H. Ellis, Jos. F. Uriggs

Be a Alfred Johnston 878 .1 P Brlen, W J Wilson

Hethel Pal. H. Cleburne .•-‘.-… .1. Airasmith, A. W. Il.-isi-om

Bowling Green Bowling Green 148 .W. F. Perry, Jas. A. Mitchell

. in. p I.. ii George W Cox I88…Jos C l.v kims. C C Hanks

Carlisle … Peter Bramblelt. …844 Thos Owen, H M Taylor

Cyntblana Ben Desha 99.. .D. M. Bnyder, J. Wm. Boyd

Danville L Warren Grigsby…214 I-‘.. M.Green, J. II. Ua ugh man

Eminence K. K irhv Smith 261. ..W. L. Crabb, J. 8. Turner

Flemlngsburg ..Albert s. Johnston. .»i2…Wni Stanley, Jno W Heflln

Frankfort Thomas B Monroe..lKS…A W Macklin. .Ii >e) KS.-olt

Georgetown George w John son.. 98…A H Sinclair, J Webb

Barrodsburg…. Wm Preston B6…Bush W. Allln, John Kane

il..|ikliisville Ned Merriwether …241. ..c F Jarre’ t, Hunter Wood

Lawre iburg…Ben Hani in Helm…l01…P. H. Thomas, j- P. Vaughn

Lexington J. c. Hreck i nridge. ..luo… John Boyd, G. c. Snyder

Mi. Sterling Roy 8. pluke 2»l…Thos. Johnson, W.T. Havens

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

37

THE THRILLING BATTLE OF F HAZIER’ 8 FARM.

F. H. Mundy, Adjutant Camp Sanders, Eutaw, Ala.:
I indorse every word that H. I!. ELogan -ays in the
Yktfhan concerning the Eleventh Alabama at Fra-
zier’s Farm. The Eleventh never fought under false
colors. The flag taken by the yankeee was their own,
captured by the Eleventh at the first charge. They
simply recovered their own again. It was a desparate

hand tb hand conflict. [ V . < -filet’ly Sei \

of Company B, Eleventh Alabama, at that time, and
distinctly remember calling the battle roll befo
tering the fight. Our company had been thinned in
previous engagements, bo thai we entered the fight
with only twenty-eight officers and men all told. Of
those twenty-eight eight were killed on the field, in-
cluding our Captain, Bratton, and fifteen were wounded.
The other- had slight wounds, or were shot through
their clothing. Every field officer and Captain pres-
ent was either killed or wounded, and the regiment
was commanded by a Lieutenant the next day. One
of our men. Alex. Gibers, hid under the puns when

we were forced to fall haek. hut we resetted him in our
next charge. One of our Lieutenants. \Y. S, Boyd,
was attacked by two Federal officers, and while en-
gaged with them was run through the body with a
Bayonet. We recovered him next day alive, and he
is alive yet. A Federal Genera] rode into our lines
after dark, and was captured by JohnBOIl Ridgeway.
1 our company, who was promoted to Courier for
our Brigadier General, Wilcox. 1 was captured at the
second day’s tight at Gettysburg.

THE EARL OF DERBY T<> GESERAL LEE.

[On tlie By-loaf of the copy of the Iliad given by the lata I
Derby to Qeneral use.

The grave old hard, who never dies,

Receive him in our native tot I

I send thee, l>nt with weeping o

The story that he sunt:.

Thy Troy lias fallen; thy deal land
Is marred beneath the spoiler’s heel ;

1 cannot trust ni> trembling hand
To write the griei 1 feel.

1 Hi. home of tears! But let her hear
This blacon to the end of time :

No nation rose so white and fair.
None fell so pure of crime.

The widow’s moan, the orphan’s wail,

Lre around thee: hut in truth he strong.
Eternal right, though all things fail,
Can never he made Wrong.

An angel’s heart, an angel’s mouth
1 Not Homer’s 1 , could alone for me

Hymn forth the great Confederate South ;
Virginia first— then Lee.

L. 1′. X., in a poem on Virginia:

Her SWOrd is shattered, not sheathed in shame :

• * e * *

Thank God her honor is spotlt 88 yet.

• * • *

What is left to no? A deathless name —
Honor. The foe can never defame
Hearts unconquered and lives without stain,
Memories of heroes who. lied without blame,
Whose spirits are now in heaven.

KENTUCKY— Cbntfn

POSTOl 1 I’ll’. HO. OFFI

NlcholasvHle.. Hnmpb’y Marshall. 1st Geo. Ii. Taylor, E. T. Lillard

Paducah A P Thompson 174… WU Bullitt. J. M. Brown

Paris Inlin H. Morgan 85 AT. Forsyth, Will A.oaines

Richmond. Thomas R Collins .215 Jas. Tevts, N. B. Deatbi

:vliie John W. Oaldwell…l89…J. H. Brlges. W. 1

byvllle… John H. Waller 287 W. F. Beard, R. T. On
Wlnchestei W.Hanson – I I Curtis, J. L. Wheeler
Versailles \t.i Buford 97.. J C Bailey. Jus w Smith

louisi w \

d « …. i • w/at ‘ v ‘ \ sandria

i lol T I, Mao Staff. …… New Orleani

i el. -.i p.

Alexandria Jeff DaT is

Anno ■ It \ tii It.- City

lis

Baton Kent*’ Baton R 17.

■! I “« nm

Bern irk \\ i… baetei Hal

Compte ‘ ap Perol

Donaldson vt lie. .Vi. tor Mioiriii

-ii • I. l;i’ llbson

Farmers Hie C.V. ». or Union P

Florlan O
Uonsali 8 P. 1 n ‘I N I ‘-■
Jack — . ■

Lake ehai
I.. Pri i ik- |’ r ..\

Mandervllle Get .Moormai

Mansfield Moaton 41

Merrick Isalali Norwood 110.

Monroi Hi nrj u * ! ‘ ‘

Natchitoches, Natchitoches. 40

New \rmy of N. Va

New Orleans… Army ofTenn.

New ‘ Irleans v. t . ion Btates *

New Orleans. Wash, trtlllen

New Orleans .Henry St. Panl

i lakley John Peck

Opelousas, R. v.. Lee 14.

Plft«)iiHinini- Ibervllli

Rayville Kli-hland…

Rnstln Huston

Sbrevepnrt

TaneipalloB Camp Moore 80.

Thlbodaux.. Braxlon Brace…

M DRYLAND.

H Stuart, Commander ..Baltimore

Mississippi.

Btarkville

1 Sykes, \-i rod Chief of Staff Columbus

Robert Lowry. Brl eral

.1 R Biuford. Brigadier neneral 1 luck Hill

CAM!’. NO. OFFI’

Amorj – rail Jackson 127 w \ Brown,

BooneviUe « n ii i – 1, J. W.Smith

Brandon Rankin 206 Patrick Henrj . 1; s Maxev

Brookhaven.. ..SylTesterGwin. 239 J. A. Hoshlns, J. B. Daughtry

Canton. E. Giles Henry 812 I C. Postell. J. M. Mills

Chester RGPrewiti cm J H Evans, W M Roberts

Coin ml mis Ishain Harrison 27. ..C I- Lincoln, W \ ‘ am

ilSp’gs. Ben 1 1 mi i pi. C. Humphries, J. M. B

Edwards w A. Montgomery ‘-‘>; W. A. Montgomery T. H. w.

Barrett

Faveite i..i Whilney. 22 W L Stephen, T B Hammetl

Greenwood Hugh A Reynolds. 218 i: W Williamson, w a Gil-

Greenvtlle W.A.Percy n.w. Verger

trrenada W. R. Barksdale 188 .1 W Young, Julius ash.

Harpersvillr Patrons Union 272 MWStamper.l \
Hattiesburg.. Hattiesburg 21 u. H. Hartfleld, E. H. Harris

Hernando – DeSoto -•.’• i 3am Powell, i it Robertson

Hickory Flat Hickory Hat 219 W. A. i rum, J. .1. Hicks

luka Tishomingo ‘ Vi P Hamm. re

Holly Springe Kit Mott

Jackson.. Robert ^ Smith 24…

Lake Patrons l”nii>n

HI FP ■

O.O.Watte.W.W.Whittlngton
hards.G. W.Banks ton
James Bi loe, John A. i idea
J. McGrath, r. w, Heromao
s M Thomas. B K Nash
TJ Royster, FOl

i Pi mi.T ii Hamilton
SA1 ii

wm. m. r,u,ii, i. c. Johnson
.1 K Ramse; , D A out

W l; I ..Mills. I’ll..- .1 sinner

1 1 T. Brown
Each Lea, l; ii. McClelland
W.A.Knapp.W. I.. Huteiiings
..J. C. Baas, I. P McCan

Dicks, R ‘ i. Picsetta

II Merrick, J. J. Tavlor
w. R Roberts, II Mo

J A Prudbomme. W H Mar-
kins
W. R I.yman.T. B. O’Brien
Gen .1 B vlnel Nicholas Cony

Win. I.aiiL-lilin. E. R \»
II I shelman, I. A Adams
T1..1 \ B I ‘.in .tii

W. 8, Peck, .1. w. r.o.

I D I’., -.nil. I’.. B mfleld

! liardenne
I i- Bummerlln, i . T. smith

A. Barksdale, I. 1,. Bond
W Kinney, W H Tunnard
■ ‘ r tmacker.O. R Tavior
– i Orlsamore, H. N. Conlon

Lexington .Walter I Kelm

Li Wert y \m it.* County .

Louisville lohn M Bradlej

Maben Stephen D. Lee

Macon James I

Magnolia Mo.kdale

I. F. Eant.S. H. Pi
W Ii Holder. Win Hi n

M. W. Stamper, i . a. Hod-

dleston
it .1 It.-i.i. V \ Howell
p t: Brewer, Geo A MoGenee
M \ Mm-. Jno B . ■
271.. ii. B. Cooke, J. I.. Sherman
H, W. 1 “”ii . J. I. Griggs
H H Felder, B A Matthew

Meridian Walt I, all 26., W. F. Brown, P.. V. White

Miss. City Beauvoir 120. ..(on. . I. R. I Hewes

Natchez. Hatches 20 F. J. V. LeCand, E. L. Hopkins

New \ ten M P Lowry… 843I…C S Robertson, M RBo

Port Glbsoa I’lail.orn. li.T.A. K. .lones, W. W. Moore

Rolling Fork …Pal R ‘ lebume 180.. .1 < Hall. .In,. B Jooi

Rosedale Montgomery ,: ^ A Montgomery, C C Farrar

sar.lis Jno R Dickens 841…B H Taylor, .1 BBootbe

Senatobla Bill Feeney 158 Q D Sbands, T P Hill

Tupelo John M – I M stone. P M 8a very

Vaiden Frank Liddell 221…S. C Balnea, W. J. Booth

Vlcksburg Vickeburg .’42…1″ A Campbell, .1 I’ l.anchlin

Winona M. Farrefl ..

Woodville Woodville

Ya/.oo City., Yazoo 178,

MISSOURI.

Maj Hen .1 1 1 Shelby, i I’lioniinpcr Adrian

POSTOPFIOB. . OIP.

Kansas City Kansas City 80. ..Jos W Mercer, Geo B Spratt

.1. R Bin ford, i ‘. H. Campbell
.1. ii. Jones, 1’. M. Stocketl
S D Robertson, i ‘ .1 KuBuisson

88

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

Till. FLAG OF THE FIITYFIRST PENNSYLVANIA.

The correspondence in December Veteran concern-
ing the recapture of the Fifty-first Pennsylvania flag
by tin- Federals brings out this interesting reminis-
cence: Mi– White May. whose name is worthy in the
VETERAN, gives an account which will he very satis-
factory to all concerned. Some years ago. while on a
visit to Old Point Comfort, she was in company with
Mrs. Gen. Ord, whose husband was first In command
at Richmond after the surrender. Mrs. < Ird addressed
her, Baying, ” you arc a rebel ; 1 am too.” [ she was a
Virginian!] “Come and go with me to my cottage, I
have something to show yon.” On arrival at the cot-
tage this flag, which has been so much discussed, was
tie- “something” to which she called attention.

It is reported that the commander of this regiment,
in an enthusiastic address of response to the presenta-
tion of this fiag, pledged the lady donors that it should
never fall into the hands of the rebels: that if they
should be captured he would bury the flag rather than
have it so “polluted.” It happened that it was cap-
tured in the first engagement of the command. It is
reported again by a gentleman who, on seeing it after
the war at the house of Mrs. Ord, expressed great sur-
prise, and stated that this same regimental com-
mander, in a patriotic (?) address, said that his com-
mand had been true to its pledge, and that the flag
was buried by them on finding that they must sur-
render.

.4 UNION SOLDIER WRITES OF CH/CKAMAl’GA.

James <ireacen, Kalkaska, Mich., Feb., 19, 1*’.»4: My
Dear Friend and Comrade (for I love a true soldier,
no matter on which side he fought) — I have just re-
ceived December CONFEDERATE VETERAN, and I find
an article on the Chickamauga battle, in which my
regiment Ls mentioned. The map is the most perfect
of the battlefield I have ever seen. My regiment, the
Twenty-second Michigan, and the Eighty-ninth Ohio,
fought” on Thomas’ right, on that terrible Sunday
afternoon, September 20, 1863. We occupied a posi-
tion near Figure 10 on map. We made and resisted
charge after charge during that afternoon, until about
dusk, when the Confederate infantry closed up in
front to within bayonet reach, and the cavalry in our
rear to about the same distance; and what was left of
us surrendered with our colors, which we have never
seen since. The regiments to whom we surrendered
were the Thirtv-fourth Virginia and the Sixth Florida,
and gallant soldiers they were, gallant and humane to
us, their prisoners. About a year and a half afterward,
as 1 returned from prison, I met quite a portion of
both those regiments (the Thirty-fourth Virginia and
the Sixth Florida) at Louisville as they were return-
ing from prison at Camp Chase. We spent much of a
day visiting each other, and I would go a good way
to One of their reunions now, as old as I am. I was
in Granger’s reserve, and in the division commanded
by ( ren. Stedman.

Gen. H. B. Stoddard, Bryan, Texas: The Com-
mander of Camp J. B. Robinson, Maj. J. W. Tabor, is
working for the Veteran, and at the last meeting it
was made the official organ of the Camp. Come to
Texas in April to our reunion, and we will all help to
increase your list.

NORTH CAROLINA.

Maj (ieii B I’ Hull, i mender Wilmington

Col Junius Davis, AdJI General and Cnlel of start Wilmington

Kiifus Barrlnger, Brigadier General Charlotte

w l’ Roberts, Brigadlei General Uatesvllle

POSTOl PICK. ■ nil 1 . No. OFKl’

Brvson City Vndriw Coleman. ..H01..R. Everett, li. II. lalhey

Charlotte Mecklenburg SS2… . .1 Roeasler

Clint. in Sampson 183 ..R ll Bolllday, Jim A lieaniau

Co nl In l, a rill- Cci.C. V. A .212.. .J. F. Wllleford. C. McDonald

Hickory Catawba 182..J. Q. Hall, l.. K. Wblteoei

I. luli-lon lunliiN lianifl 32ti John P. 1 oh

Plttsboro i.i • inula- .i Merrltl )87 w i. London, H A London

Ryan Confederate 117… . T McBj rde

Salisbury I harlesF. Fisher. ..808.. Jno F Ramsay, J C Bernhardt

Salisbury Col Chas I- Fisher ..819. ..Col .1 R Crawford, C R Barker

Btatesvlfle Col R Campbell . 884. PCCarlton,

Washington ….Bryan Grimes (21…R R Warren, CC Thomas

Wilmington ..Cape Fear 264.. . W L. DeRosset, Win. Rianka

Winston Norfleel 188 T J Brown, Bam’I H Smith

OKLAHOMA.
Maj lien Sam T Leavj . Commander Norman

POSTOFFICE. (AMI’. NO. IIFIII’KIS.

El Reno El Reno 818

Gutbrle Camp Jamison ; it

Norman John B Gordon 200. T J Johnson. W C Rinfro

Oklahoma rity D II Mammons 177… J W Johnson, J O easier

SOUTH CAROLINA.

Maj Gen S 8 Crittenden, Commander Greenville

Col Tin- s Moorman, Adit General and chief .■( stall Columbia

Jno Hi an. m. Brigadier General Wlunsboro

POSTO] l i. i . CAMP. NO. OFFICERS.

Abbeville Secession ti6… . W A Templetou

Aiken Baruard E. Bee 81… B H. Teague. J. N Wigfnll

Anderson Camp Benson S87…M P Trlbbc. J N Vandlver

Beaufort Beaufort SGB…Thos s White,

Charleston Caniji Sumter 250 ..Rev. J. Johnson, . I. W. Ward

Charleston Palmetto Guard 315. ..Geo LRuist. A Baron Holmes

Cheraw I B Kershaw 418…Tbeo T Malloy. s G Godfrey

Columbia Hampton 3K9…A P Brown, I) R Flennlkln

Duncans Dean 437… A H Dean. .1 V High

Easle\ Jasper Hawthorn… .2X5… U. E. Bowen. J. H. Bowen

Edgefield C H …Miner Perrln 389. ..J H Brooks, Thos W Carwlle

Elorence Pee I 390… E W Lloyd. Win Quick

Glymphvllle Glymphville 3H9…L P Miller.

Greenville R. C. Pulllam 297. ..J. W. Norwood, P. T. H

Greenwood n Wyatt Aiken 482…

Mi Pleasant Thos M Wagner 4iu. ,.s Porches, Jas u Tomllnson

Newberry James D Nance 3S8…J \V Gary. (‘ E Boyd

Pickens Wolf Creek 112 Jas A Grillln, H B Hendricks

Rock Hill Catawba 278…Cadr Jones. W B Dunlap

Socastee Confed. Suv. Ass ‘n.. 418… Jeremiah smith, —

Spartanburg ….Camp Walker 335. ..Jos Walker, A B Woodrufi

Siinmieiville Gen .las Connor 874 …Geo Tapper, P 11 Hutchinson

Sumter Dlch Anderson 334… J D Graham, l’PGaillard

St. Georges Stephen Elliott 51… R W Minus, J Otcy Reed

TENNESSEE.
Mai Gen W li Jackson, Commander Nashville

Col Jno P Mick ma n. Ailjl General and i hiel of stafi’ Nashville

.1 a Vaughn, Brigadier General Mamphli

Frank A Moses Brigadier General Knoxvllle

POSTOKKICE. CAM I’. NO. OFFICERS.

Brownsville Hiram s Bradford. ..420… , H 3 Livingston

Chattanooga N. B. Forrest 4…L. T. Dickinson,

Clarksvlllc Forbes 77. ..T. H. Smith, Clay Slacker

Faye|.teville….s!iiickclford-Eulto!i. .114. ..Jas D Tillman, W H Cashion

Franklin Gen.. I. W Starnes …131. ,.S V Wall. T G Snilthson

Jackson Jno Ingram 87…W Holland, M B Hurl

Knoxvllle Felix K. 7.ollleofler…4ii…Jno F Home, (‘has Ducloux

Knoxvllle Fred Anil 5…E. A. Moses, . I. w. s. Friersou

la-wishing Dlhrell 55… W. P. Irvine, W. G. Loyd

MoKenzle. ., Btonewall Jackson.. 42…MarshAtkls8on,J. P.Cannon

Mem phis (unfed. Hist. Ass’n.. 28…C. W. Frazer, R..I. Black

Murfreesboro. Joe B. Palmer 81…W.S.McLemore,W.Ledbetter

Nashville Frank Cheatham…. S5…Thns II Smith, J P Hickman

Shelbyville Wm. Frlerson 83. ..J. M. Hastings. J. G. Arnold

Tullnhomn Pierce B. A nderson..l73….1 no P Hickman, W J Trails

Winchester Turney 12. ..F B Terry, J J Martin

TEXAS.
Tr&fw-JkttMittppi Department.

I .ii nt Sen w L Cabell. C nander Dallas. Texas

Brig Gen A T Walls, A.IJI Gen anil Chief Of Staff. Dallas, Texas

Nom in astkkn Texas division.

Maj Gen w N Itnsh. Commander McKlnney

i ol .1 U Pearson, Adjutant I leneral and I Ihief of Staff McKlnney
North WESTERN Div ision.

Maj Gen Richard Cobb, Commander Wichita Fails

Col Wm Porke Skeeno, a.iji i len and chief of stair Wichita Fails

Joseph Benedict, Brigadier Genera] Graham

W I’. Plemmons, Brigadier General Vmurlllo

Sue I ‘IIKASTKKN DIVISION.

Maj Gen W G Blain, Commander Fairfield

Col Thos .1 Gibson, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff Mcxln

M li I ‘.none, Brigadier General Navnsota.

D H Nunn, Brigadier General Crockett

Southwestern Division.

Maj Gen W H young, Commander.’ Ban Antonio

Col I) M Poor, Adjudant General and Chief of Staff San Antonio

Hamilton P Bee. Brigadier General San Antonio

Thos W Di.d.l, Brigadier General Laredo

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

S 9

They Honored His Grandfather. — The First
Arkansas Infanty was sent to the defense of Richmond
early in the war, and placed with Kate’s First Tennes-
see, in Holmes’ Brigade, at the mouth of Aquia Creek,
near the memorable city of Fredericksburg. Captain.
afterwards Colonel, Robert W. Crockett, a grandson of
the heroic Davy Crockett, commanded one of its com-
panies. That fact was made known along the route,
and crowds assembled to greet Captain Crockett, the
grandson of the famous backwoodsman, whose picture
had illuminated the almanacs of nearly a century ago.
Captain Bob had an exhaustlera fund of humor and
anecdote, and enjoyed a joke Seeing that the admir-
ers of his grandfather w ere dubious ox him in his trim
uniform and modish appearance, he got somewhere an
old coon-skin and shaped it into a rude cap, with the
tail hanging down behind, and on suitable occasions
produced it as his grandfather’s, to the immense delight
of the spectators, saying, “Those old fellows had largei
heads than are fashionable at this time,” as tl
came down over his ears ami eye-, and flowing,
black locks. At Fredericksburg he soon became a
social as well as military lion. Dr. Blackmail, a hos-
pitable old citizen, took a great fancy to this grandson
of the Tennessee Congressman and hero of the Alamo.
He went around with him, always introducing him as
such, and invariably adding thai “he knew his grand-
father intimately.” On one occasion Captain Bob
introduced one of his men to Dr. Blackman a- “Mr.
Crusoe, grandson of Robinson Crusoe.” The good old
Doctor greeted voung Crusoe with his accustomed
Warmth, remarking that “although he did not know
randfather personally, he had read about him,
and was proud to make the acquaintance of his patri-
otic descendant. .1 M. II.

Tribute to \ 801 dier who w \~ Shot Th rntv Times.
Cant. T. B. Beall, Salisbury, N. C, writes: It is my

sail duty to note the death of one of Our Wave-, the

bravest of the brave, Robert Humphreys, of Lexing-
ton, N. C. I knew him well. He was one of the first
to respond to his country’s call, when the mightiest
army of the world was marshaling against the South-
ern States. He went in a men’ boy and cai »ut a

broken down man. He was in the defense of York-
town, and that terrible retreat to Richmond; fought
the battles in defense of that city, and afterward fol-
lowed Gens. Lee and Jackson through their wonderful
campaigns. He was ghot by the enemy twenty or
more times, Which shows that he was always in” the
thickest of the tight. When his cause went down he
accepted the situation and, like the true and brave
man that he was, went earnestly to work to repair his
fallen fortune, and prove himself in time of p(
BUCCessful and useful man. Mr. Humphreys was a
member of Company 1. Fourteenth North Carolina
Troops, of which the writer was Captain.

Front Royal and Riverton. Va.. G It might

well he called a “History of a Nation that Fell.” It
is the only publication that strives to give authentic
record of the events of the late war between the States.
It cannot hut meet the hearty indorsement of every
true friend of the Confederacy, and as it deal- in
things as they happened, it will find the sincere ap-
proval of those who wore the blue. We love our
our memories, we cherish our institutions, and our
dead are sacred. Then rally to the help of the enter-
prise that is to be the custodian of our glorious past.

TEXAIs— Omtinura.
WSSTXBB 1>]\ ISIOS.

1 E H Bean, Commander Cameron

Ool W M McGregor, Adjutant General and Ul – I ..Cameron

H E Sbelley, Brigadier G< Ausiin

Donnell, Brigadier General Meridian

P08TOFFICK. ca>ii . ifo,

Abilene Abilene

Abilene Taylor Oo 69..

Alvarado Uvarado 160.

Alvin Wn 11 . :

Alvord Stonewall

AreherCic – ewall Jackson«249

Athens Howdy Martin .

Atlanta Stom wall Jackson. 81.,

Aurora R Q \i , –

Austin In” B Hood

Beaumont \ S Jobm

Ileli Oo. ex-Con. As.,122
Bits,

Bontiam SulRose UU

Brazoria ‘ ‘on

Breckinridge Stephens Count]
Brenbam Washington

Brownwood stonewall.’

Brvai J. I!. Robertson … 134..

Buffalo Gap i Mine m i>

Caldwell I amp

rl w r rownsend .in

Cameron Ben McCnlloch

i amplx II t ‘amp Rose

Canton i ‘

Cartbagt

Chico. ‘ amp Mi I

Cblldn — los EJobnsI

I eui Prei eaux

rne Pal < l<

Colorado Albert 8 Jol iton..i 18.

Columbus Shropshire- 1 pton…U2.

ko jno Pi than

Commerce R.

i.’ hnsti Jost pb E Ji ihnsti
ana C. M. Winkli

Crockett ..141..

Nsville I

Cuero Emmett Lym 242,

_ertteld ‘

Iialla-

|,, , ,,.. i’,, ,, m. , i Hocb .. si

DeKalb Ion, Wall:,.

Denton Mil Ross

Dodd City Camp Maxej

Dublin I’ll li a ‘ ‘omani

Fninia Lone Star..

Fairfield Wm I.. Moo

Floret . i. Wilson County

Forney Camp Bel 1 :o>

Fort Worth l: I I , •

K. O, Mill-
Gainesville J

Magrudei

Qatesville Ex-< \ Oorj ell I

Goldthwaite Jeff Davis

Uoncalea >ohn CO Key

Grabam Voung ‘ -unity

Granbury Granbnrj .

i \ i. w I I- Johnston.

\ ille Jos* | I

HallettSVllle …Col .lames Walk.

Hamilton A. B. Johnston 1 IK

Hem-lead Tom Green

Heuderson Ras Redwlni

Henrietta sul Hi,..

Hillsboro Hill County

Homy Grove. ..Logan Davidson …294..

Houston Dick Dowllng 197..

Btuntsville Iohn C Dpto

Jacbsborougb …Camp Morgan „

Jacksborougb Camp Hughes 885..

Kaufman Geo. D. Manlon

Kilgore. Buck Kllgore

Kingston A. S. Johnston Tl

Ladonla Robt. E. Lee

LaGranget Col. 1!. Tlmmons. 81

Lampasas R. K. Lee

l.M ingston Ike Turner

Lubbock F. R. Lubbock…

Madisoni Ille inn <; Walk

Marlln Willis L Lang

Memphis Hall Count]

Mi nardviile Menardville

Meridian \. B. Johnston U5.

Merk.l Merkel 70

Mexla J” Johnston

Minneola Wood County

Mt. Enterprise..Rosser.

Mt. Pleasant Col. Inid Joi –

Montague Bob Stone

McGregor i amp Mel h

McKinney Collin County Hw

Mt Vernon Hen Mcculloch

Navasota Hannibal H Bom

New Bo-ion . .. sul l;.,”

Oakviiie .iohn Donaldson 185.

Palestine Palestine J I

Paradise . Pal el. I. urn

oi i [

. T W Daugbertv.

H. L. Bentlev. Ttaeo. Heyck

Jesse w iii.i..! K

Wm Hart. A If H H Tol’ar

.1 M ,r >nes, W” i . Leach

11 .1 Ilriinlis T M ‘

D. M. Morgan, w. T. Fustace
,.J.D. Johnson, J. N. Simmons.

i. W Short, ‘ i Leonard

W. M. Brown, c. H. Powell.

Tom .1 W i ‘Brien

…lor Bralsti i. 11 E Bradford
. , K BZlnn

.1. P. BtOUD

Win. F. Smith. F. LeRibens

W F Mmli.rn ,GB Brown

‘ Qtddlngs, 1 Q Rankin
.Carl Vincent, A !• Mow

.1 w l» SM Dei

n, n 1 Jones, .1 .1 Fwhank
J B Kim;. .1 i Matthews
CWHlg’lnb’th’m.H FK

Mclver.J ‘
I; w Ridley, Tom 3 Smith

W. li. rhompson
J R Bond, J M Woolworth.

I w Neal, .1 s McDonougb
OTPlumm ock

W V ; .;. Mnllin.

1 feo. \i.i ormlck, .1. .1 Dick.

Inn. .1. M. Wilh:

gum

‘ •’ ” W i ~, R .i Pickett

HRSt MC spann

l: M ‘ olllns,

Bl ‘li. .1. !■’. M
I 11 K -on

V Weldon, ‘ leorge H Law
.1 N Zacbery, .1 A McGn

w A Miller, \ l a ■
w s Proctor, .1 I’ Stev.

HiiEh Mi Kenzle. .I.K.Burton.
W ‘ M

.1. T. Harris, I E. Gl ‘
..Iohn W. Mim
W i. Ill:, in. I. o San, lifer
W i Airee. A. D. I

i M. Danlt i. s. G. Fleming.

A 11 Fri.it. W M M.ionnell
\ c hainberl’n. M F Wakefield
..I M. Wright, W. A. s
T N w ani. i Washington

a ford
.1 E Martin, W II Thompson

Ml ‘.nail.
Wm Hodges, w Blasslngame

Y M Edwards
.1. A. Fortnivalt. I. R. Morris
, ((‘ Hatfield

W S Want. A H II
Volnev Ellis, B F Burke
l’..,itl. | ,,,i. 1. ,\ || Smith
V. B. Thorn ,varz.

.1 M Maj s. i i Doyle
F. .1. Barrett, i . B. Patterson.

. Win W 1

.1 H Lynn.. Iohn L Ballinger
W.Lambert, s.K . Longnecker
.1 M Sin It her, 1 K I
s w i ::isi ni. w .1 Denning
s ii Reei es, \ K \ nd< i
Jos. II uffmac pes.

w \ Miller, R W Wynn
.1. F. Pnckett. T. .1. Foster.
w BMen 11, J R Arthur
R. II. Plo Ips, N. Iloiman.
D. C.T1 M. Havnie

B Green
W.D. Crump. (.. W. shannon

. R Wiley

‘. A King, .1 T i ‘wen

F M Murray. Q W Tipton

FM Kitchens, , .

.Robt lionnell. J. W. Adams.

flicker. A. A. Baker.
C I. Watson, H W Williams
.1 H Hufiniast.’T’.T J Goodwin
T. Turner. B. Blrdwell.
c. L. Dlllahunty, J. I ‘. Turner.

i, R. D. Rugeley.
W II Hams. II W Sadler

– ‘tt. 11 c Mack.
,W T liass. .1 .1 Morris
w E Barry, Jas H Freeman
‘..” ii !;• ,. T.I Watllngton
C.C Cox. T. M. Church
.I.W.Kwing. .1. M. Fullinwider
A J Jones, L T Ma.ou

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

John A. Tholens, Syracuse. N. Y.: I am a veteran
of the Union army. I am glad that sectional bitter-
ness, which has existed to some extent in the past, i-
t’ast passing away. The time, I believe, hag come that
the Union and Confederate veterans can sit down ami
talk over the noble deeds of the past, giving each due
■credit for the victories won. No better Boldiers ever
buckled on the armor than those who fought in the
sixties.

Mr. .1. \V. Joplin, of Elizabethtown, Ky.. eighty-
seven years “hi. writes: I am wonderfully pleased

with the Veteran. I owned the firm in Franklin
County, Virginia, at the close of the war on which
Gen. -I. A. Early was horn. The General often called

on me after the close of the war. 1 furnished him
with a fine saddle horse. He left Virginia and went
south on horseback. He crossed the Mississippi River
above New < Orleans, took a ship, I think, at < ralveston,
and went to Mexico. 1 do not think he stayed there
long. He went from there to ( anada, and stayed there
until he was at liberty to return to the United States.
He has lived in Lynchburg, Va., much of the time since.
I had six sons in the Southern army, all in cav-
alry. They were in the first battle of Hull Run and
the last battles under H. E. Lee and Joe E. Johnston.
None of them were absent from their commands with-
out leave during the war.

Richard H. Adams, Radford, Va., writes: I read with
at interest your synopsis of an article of Col. Abe
Fulkerson in October Veteran, especially that part
relating to the six hundred officers sent from Fort
Delaware to Charleston, S. C, and placed on Morris
Island under fire of their own guns. Being one of the
■ six hundred,” I can never forget the trip on board
the steamer Crescent, where the six hundred were
packed in the “hold” of the vessel “a la sardine,” and
also when the vessel ran aground, how anxious the
•• hoys ” were to make a capture of the vessel. Assisted
by the brave and liig-hearted Pete Akers, who was
known to everybody, 1 made an alphabetical list, ar-
ranged according to States, giving name, rank, com-
mand, date and ]ilaee of eaj it ure of prisoners so confined.
•On my return to Fort Delaware I gave the list to Rev.
Dr. Handy, who was confined as a prisoner there, and

who after the war published it in his 1 k. I also

kept a list myself, which I now have. * * * I take
great pleasure at times in pulling out my list and read-
ing over the names, all of whom, with few exceptions
those wdio could not stand the pressure and “took
the oath ” I, I formed a great attachment for; many of
them intimate friends of about my own age. No men
could he more admired by the bravest and truest of
men than were Col. Van H. Manning, of Arkansas,
and Col. Abe Fulkerson, of Tennessee, by these re-
maining six hundred, whose hearts were knit together
by intense and continuous suffering and privations.
These two officers were always brave, possessing all
•the qualifications necessary for leaders, and always
ready to give wise council, being continually ap-
proached for that purpose, consequently the suffering
was borne as men, true men, only can suffer for prin-
ciples so dear to their hearts.

[Col. Manning was in Congress some years after the
war, and on leaving public life resumed the practice
■of law at Washington, buying an elegant suburban
home just across the Maryland line. He died within
the past year. — Ed.]

TEX AS- Continued.

POSTOKHCE. I’AMl’.

Paris A. S. Johnston

Paint Rock Jell Davis

Peanall “lintcli” Hardeman.

Richmond Frank Tcrrv

i Gen Hood.

Rockwall Book wall.

Body W. W. Loring 164

Ban Antonio A. S. Johnston in

Ban Augustine Jeff Davie 888.

san Saba W P lingers

Santa Anna LQ C l.an.ar

Seymour Bedford Forrest 88.

Sherman Mildred Lee 90..

Smith Prairie South Pram

swr.twatcr. K. c. Walthall 92

sulphur Bp*gs…Matl Asbcrofl 110

Taylor A s Johnston 166..

Terrell I E li Stuart IE

Texarkana A 1* Hill 268

Tyler \. s. Johnston 18.

Vernon Campi label) 125.

Waco Pat Cleburne 222

Waxahaohle Winnie Da vie 108

Waxahachie I ‘arson-. Cav, Ass’n 286

WVathel-ford Tom (tree 11 168

Wellington ( ‘olliugsworth ( ‘<> …. S<~

Wharton Bucbell

Whlteeboro . .Geo R Reeves 288

WlOblta Falls. ..W..I. Hardee 73

Will’s Point Will’s Point

VIRGINIA.

Ma] i “ti Tims a Brander, < Sommander Kiehmond

r<ii Joe V Big 1. Adjutant Qem n I Chief of Staff.. Kiel nd

I s Qarnett, Brigadier General Norfolk

.Mien i ah Woods. Brigadier General i Charlottesville

POSTOFFICE. CAXP. No. 0FPICBB&

Harrisonburg …s K (iililmns .Ills l> H I.ee Mart/., J S Messerly

Radford <; C Wharton ti: (J C Wharton, l: ll Adams

Reams station.. J. E. K. Stuart J11…M A Moneure. A U Mourn re

Richmond Geo E Pickett 204…R N Northern. P McCnrdy

Richmond R E Lee I81…A w Archer. .1 T Btratton

Roanoke William Watts 206 ..SB Bi ke. Hugh W Fry

West Point John R. Cooke 184. ..H. M. Miller. W. W.Green.

Williamsburg. .McGruder-Ewell 210. ..T J Btubbs, H T Jones

Winrhester Gen Turner Ash by ,Jlii..,t has \v Me Vicar, E G Hnllls

WEST VIRGINIA.

Romney C’nfed’r’te Veteran. .in; . W M Montgomery

WASHINGTON, D. C.
Washington Wash. City Confed..l71….I <; Moore, T W Hungerford

No. oiril’EBS.

. 7o…»i C Connor, ss Record

188 W.’l. M.lton. J. W.Ratchfnrd.

.280.. .R M Darkness, Henrv M

.227…P. F. Peares ll. F. smart

280 w K M BlaughterJno H Hood
“I M. s. Austin. N. C. Edwards

D Speer, A P Kellev
John S Ford, .lames Clark

. . W a Field

i li urge Hams. .\ Doggan
I. M Cravens, Will Hubert
T. H.i . Peery, R..I. Browning.
.1 T Wilson. Kohl Walker.

W I. Hefner,

W. D. Beall, .1. H. Freeman.
li.M.ll. uderson, M.G. Miller.
M Roes, Perry Hawkins
.1 A Anthony, Vic Relnhardt
,W .i Allen, eiiaries a Hooka
..Bryan Marsh, sid s Johnson

S. E. Hatchett, M. D. l>n\ Is.

.<‘. L. Johnson. W. C. Cooper
..Tom Yams, .i I’ i looper

… , A M 1 Iiinan

…I. P. Rice, M. V. Kinnisou.
.1 li McDowell. J M Yates

.1 N Deiinir. H T ( oinpton
.1 W M Hughes. B M \\
„W R Crockett. N A Robinson
..A N Alford. W A Heiiham

This singular bit of history is copied from a Phila-
delphia dispatch:

February i>, 1894. — Grand Army Posts Nos. 2 and
l’.t last night entered a protest against the introduc-
tion of Ellis’s complete History of the I’nited States
into the public schools. The grounds on which the
protest is made are in brief that its tone is biased in
favor of the cause of the South; that it belittles and
detracts from the fidelity, courage and patriotic work
performed by the soldiers of the Union Armies, and
seeks to ennoble the soldiers of the Confederacy: that
it Suppresses, in many instances, the names of Northern
heroes and conspicuously depicts, in strong colors, the
achievements of Confederate commanders; that the
portrait of Jefferson Davis is given preference by some
pages over that of Lincoln, as well as that of Lee over
Gen. Grant. The protests were sent to the Board of
Education this afternoon.

I’ll give you a good one on a member the Fifth Vir-
ginia Infantry, Stonewall Brigade. He stole a skillet,
broke the handle off, and burnt grease over the frac-
tured end. The owner of the spider found his mess
using it, and had him up before the Colonel and
proved it clearly. The Colonel asked the prisoner
what he had to say in his defense, and he said he
knew it was his because his mother sent it from home
to him in a letter. The Colonel told him to go back
to his quarters, and added after he started: “A man
who can deliver as ready a lie as that will make a
good soldier.”

J. A. Wheeler, Salado, Texas: 1 like the Veteran
better than any paper I ever read. It tells the truth.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

9i

KEVXIOX NOTES FROM BIRMIXGHAM.

The Veteran thanks Miss Ruby Beryl Kyle, of Bir-
mingham, for reunion notes interesting and helpful to
all concerned. The following are published now:

Birmingham is again enthusiastically engaged in
preparing to entertain the great gathering of veterans
for the reunion. April 25th and 26th. We are expect-
ing many thousands of veterans. The tableaux of
States, iii which each that was of the Confederacy will
be represented by one of its most beautiful unmarried
women, is a unique feature. Mr. Robert Chisholm
conducts this plan. The following ladies hav<
selected to represent the states named: Virginia, Miss
Lizzie Clark, of New Port News: North Carolina, Mise
Kate Cant will, of Wilmington; Kentucky, Miss Ele-
n ora Graves, of Lexington ; Florida, Miss Lizzie P
of Monticello; Arkansas, Miss Lizzie McGee,of Van
Buren; Alabama, Miss (anie Cochran, of Eufaula;
Louisiana. Miss Adah Vinson, of Bhreveport ; Mis60ui,
Miss (Catherine Turner, of Columbia; Smith Carolina,
Mise Hell a Hayne, of Greenville; Mary la ml. Miss Lelia

Montague, of Baltimore; Tennessee, Miss Adelle Mo-
Murray. of Nashville: Mississippi. Miss Ktta Mitchell;
Texas. Mis. Mary Muse Banks, of Houston.

The visiting veterans may secure lodgings and

meals in private boarding houses at 25 Many

opened to visitors. The Winnie

Davis Wigwam. 185 x _”>ii feet, and centrally located,

ially for the reunion purposes. Camp

Han – the following:

T’i imtKH CONFEDERATE VKTKliWv

Camp Hardee, of Birmingham, will be pleased to
hear from each Camp in the United States as to the

number nf delegates that will be pr nt at the reunion

in A pril, so that preparations may be made accordingly.

immitteeof I ting about for a plan to

establish a home for disabled veterans in Birmingham.
l>r. Caldwell i- a member of the committee, and it is
almost certain that the question will be ably realized
under his administration. This is a worthy 1
ment, and the citi much interested, notwith-

standing the financial condition of our city.

CONFEDERATE VETERANS IN TEXAS. AND WHERE THEY ARE FROM.

As a matter of general interest the V] 11 BAH makes this inquiry so a* to complete historic records of the
Confederate soldiers who now live in Texas. | immanders and Adjutants will pit ittention to

this report at once, bo it may be published complete. Please fill out report for ymir Camp below and report.

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Gainesville Joseph E. Johnston Camp….

Graham— Young Count; Bivouac
Grand view- J, v.. .1 elm Men Camp

Houston- Dick Dowllng

Marlln— Willis I.. Lang Camp

Memphis— Hall Count; Camp

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Sweetwater- E. C Walthall Camp

Terrell— ,1. E. H. Stuart tamp

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Wills Point — Wills Point Camp….

There are 1,615 subscribers in Texas at 320 postofnees. Please compare your list with the names at other
postoffices. Surely all Camps will become interested in the Veteran if they can see it. The Veteran has
been made the official organ of many Camps in Texas and in every other Southern State.

Comrades and brothers, why do you delay? Prepaid envelopes with printed blanks, at considerable ex-
pense, were sent to every Camp. Let each send statements similar to the above without delay.

Mr. Cunningham, Editor of the Yetkkan. expects to attend the reunion at Waco. April 5-7, and begs that
every delegate and visitor will seek to aid him in the above and in increasing the Veteran list.

9 2

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

WHERE THE VETERAN GOES.

<>KI.\H”MA TERRITORY.

The following list includes the subscriptions at
I – named where there are four or more. Thereare
8,168 paid subscriptions, at 1,921 postofficee, in 13
States and Territories, and to 3 foreign countries.
There are printed of this edition 10,500 copies.

-ton 5

Am. ae

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Birmingham ‘Ci

Camden

Carrollton 6

Bdwardvlle

Elkraonl 11

ire. 4

Arkadelphla 4

Beiitimvllle II

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Fayettevllle 21;

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U.AI’.AMA.

Eutaw 4

Florence 13

Franconla 4

Knllerton 4

Ureenvlue in

Guntersvlile 5

Huntsvllle 28

ARK ANS \s.
11.. i Springs 20

Little Rock..

Morrllton

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Lower Peacnl ree.. 11

Montgomery 4.”>

Monndvllle 5

Piedmont 14

scottsboro Hi

Belma ‘

Snowdoun 6

Talladega 6

Pre ” 19

Searcy 6

sprtngdale 27

\’;ui Buren 5

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Brookgvllle 41

Fernandina 1 1

Inverness 4

Jacksonville LIS

Lakeland 3

Lake Weir ■”>

Mariana Hi

Acwortb 4

A I neiiR 4

Atlanta 25

Augustf 11

Canton 17

Cartersvllle 4

1 LORIDA.

Montlcello 17

Ocala 24

Orlando. 21

Palmetto 8

Pensacola 20

Banlord l!i

GEORGIA.

Eagle Cliff 4

Eatouton 17

Greensboro *

Hawklnsville..

La* Irange v

Macon ‘ii

St. Augustine 18

Tallahasse 4

Tampa 57

Titusi He 10

Welaka i

Welborn 4

Madison 12

Rohlc 5

s.i \ auiiaii 81

Union Point 1 1

Washington 31

Chicago. Illinois IX

Evansvllle 10

Ardmore 18

Coffeyvllle 22

Adairville 5

Anthoston 4

Augusta 4

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Covington 4

Ellzabethtown 5

rgetown 7

Harrodsburg 17

HenderBon ii7

Hopklnsvllle (1

Berwick 9

Jackson 18

I.. I.. Charles 2U

Lake Providence 7

Baltimore 56

Cheltenham 4

St. Paul, Minnesota…

INDIANA.
INDIAN TERRITORT.

KANSAS.
KENTUCKY.

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Lawrenceburg 5

Lewlsburg 7

Lexington 2E

Louisville 59

Mlilwav 1

Morganfleld 8

i iwensboro -I

OwlngsvlUe 4

Parts 15

Pembroke 21

LOUISIANA.

Mansfield 24

Morgan City ii

New i means 25

MARYLAND.
Cumberland 17

Indianapolis 5

M. -.Ulster 11

Hutchison 5

Pine Grove 4

Richmond hi

Russelh ille 10

Shelbyvllle 5

Stamping Uround 6

SturKis Ill

Toler 16

lniontown 5

Versailles 12

Winchester 28

Bhrevepnrt IB

Pat tereon 4

Rayvllle 4

Plkesvllle 6

Anding i

Caul. .n 7

Centrevllle 7

Coldwater 10

Columbus.. I'”

Cr,\ stal springs II

Brookline l

Cenl lalia K

Dexter 7

Golden City 24

Hamilton !l

Higglnsvllle i

HunUvllle 22

New York City, New York..

MISSISSIPPI.

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Payette 7

i ; reenwood 8

Jacl sou 4

M.i tomb City 6

Mil Idlan 15

MISSOURI.

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Kansas ( it v I

Lamar 7

I s Summit 5

Lexington 7

Louisiana 1

Marsh Held 5

Cass i ibrlsl Ian 5

Benatobla. 7

I n.a 6

Walthall 5

W villi- 21

JTaz Iltj 20

Moborly 10

Nevada Ii

Palmyra 12

Se, lalia in

Seneca 5

Springfield M

St. Louis 28

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Ml. Airy 4

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Salisbury 82

Waynesvllle 18

Wilmington 11

Winston 16

Oklahoma City 22

Portland, I iregon

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Norfolk 15

Portsmouth 20

Radford 4

Richmond 89

WEST VIRGINIA.

Orangeburg 1 B

Sally T

Sumter 10

Trent. .11 4

Itiddlcton 6

Roekolll 4

Rogers> Ille 5

Sadlersvllle 5

Saundersville 5

Sewanee 6

Sharon 6

Sh< Ibyvllle 24

Sherwood 4

Sho mi’s X Roads. 4

Sllvertop 5

Smyrna 5

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Springfield 11

Stanton 1,

Station c anil, li

Sweetwater. 7

Tennessee Ridge 5

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T< , I, ace, port 5

Tracy city 9

Trenton

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Verona 1

Warrensburg.

Wart race 9

Waverly 9

White Bluff 4

w Lucbester 17

Woodland Mills… 4

Woolworth.. 14

Wrencoe 4

Yorkville 8

Memphis 7

Mexla 20

Mllford 37

Montague 4

c mi Rock 5

Paradise 4

Paris

I’carsall 9

Petty 11

Rav 4

Rockwall 30

San Antonio 11

Sherman 22

south Prairie 4

Sulphur Springs… 8

sw 1 et water 6

Tehuacana 15

Temple 5

Terrell 24

Trent 4

Tulip 5

Tyler 12

Vim Alstvnc 12

Yiesea 8

Waco Hi

Walder 4

Waxabaehle 21

Weatherford s

Whiles!,,,, o 11

Wilis’ Point ‘.’ii

Wrlgbtsboro 12

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t’lncinnati, Ohio 11

Reuben Campbell Camp, Statesville, X. (‘.: I see id
tiic December Veteran that you give Maj.S. A. Jonas
as the author of ” The Confederate Note.” The news-
papers “1′ our’ State bave recently hail quite a lengthy
controversy as to the author, ami bave finally decided
that the author was a North Carolina lady. Will you
kindly give me any facts you may have as to the true
author of the lines? The “Reply from across the
chasm” — did you coin the beading? — was written to
me, and I have the original manuscript.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

93

MU HAL BAILEY— A LOST BOY.

The only son of
Dr. P. R. Bailey, <>i
Nashvill e, Tenn.,
disappeared Nov. 22,
1893, and bas never
been 1 1 <-*: 1 1-< 1 from by
his family since.

DESCRIPTION.

Twelve years old,

blue eyes, 1 1 l’n w ii

hair, small black
mole on t em y 1 e.
This picture is a
very pood likeness,
though made when
tlif lad was cipht.
His only sister is
Miss Marie Louise
Bailey, whose su-
perb reputation as a
pianist was reported
in February Vi ri r
an. The father was
look out for his boy.

Let us all

24 Out of 25.

A prominent citizen of Martin, Tenn., came to the city re”
cently to enter hia son in some one oi tbe business colleges
here, It was suggested to him thai the best judges on that
subject would !«• the business men ol the city. 01 these lie
inquired to the number oi twenty live, ami be reported that
twenty-four of that number recommended Jennings’ Business
College as being the most practical, the other gentleman ex-
pressing no preference, I >f course Mr. Jennings got the young
man. 8traws always show how the wind blows.”

Two More Positions.

H. Blair Smith, son of R. McPhail Smith, of the faculty of
Vanderbilt Law School, has secured a position in the office oi
the Cumberland Telephone Company, and W. A. Farriss has
a good position with the Sun Life Insurance Company. They
are both recent graduates of Jennings’ Business College Ask
business men and bankers about business colleges. They are
good judges.

An Allround Book-keeper. — A letter to Mr. R. W. Jen-
nings, of Nashville, from W. W. McDowell, of Chicago, on the
27th tilt., says: “I was glad to know that you had not lost sight

of me. I am keeping books for Armour & Co., and my brother,

Horace, another one of your graduates, is with Nelson. Morris
»fe Co., of this city. I keep the Country Ledger, from I) to G.
and for the past three months have been the tirst to get my
monthly balance.” When Mr. McDowell graduated at Jen-
nings’ College he at once secure. 1 a position with the Capital
City Bank, Nashville, where he occupied successively the posi-
tions of teller and book-keeper until the bank closed. The
fact that he is now a hook-keeper in a large mercantile house
is evidence that his course in this noted school made him an
“allround book-keeper.”

Co*.. J. A. Joel, whose advertisement appears in this Yet-
KRAN.iswell known as the editor of the Grand Army
National Guardsman. Much credit is due for his fearless arti-
cles on pensions, in showing up frauds. Although severely
WOUnded live times during the war, the war ended with him at

Appomattox.

Fortune or Mies-FORTTJIW. — Tf you have no employment, or
are being poorly paid for the work you are doing, then write
to B. F. Johnson & Co., of Richmond, Y.v, and they wNl show
you how to transform Miss fortune into Madamc-fortune. Try it.

Spring Races at Cumberland Park.
The people oi Tennessee may expect to witness ti

racing this spring at Cumberland Park that has ever beet
in the South. There will si one thousand great race

horses here. The tirst day, Friday, April 27th, will he Derby
Day. The Cum if the richest stakes in the

will be run that day. It will he worth nearly $5
the winner, and all the great three year “Ids in the West are

entered in it. It will be a great race. The management have

again decided to make it free entrance to the Geld, –

Bee this great race without paying one cent unless you want to.

The management is confident of an immense gathei

use it monopolizes for the time an area in which
five other associations had a divide Last year. The Cumber-
land Park track has secured such universal recognition

of highest merit, that owners of the hest horses will be dili-
gent to Becure its advantages. The officers are so favorably
known that strangers will at once be convinced of fair dealing
in every bi use. In the racing department Van L. Kirkman is
• -nt of the Board of Governors, and Walter 0. Rainier is
the Secretary.

ANNOUNCEMENTS DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENN.

For County Trustee.
W. it. HIGGINHOTHAM hereby announces himself as a
candidate for Trustee, subject to the action of the Democratic
party. Your support cordially solicited.

W. B. t 1 . Ab’K is a candidate for County Trustee, BUbjed to
action of Democratic primaries, after registration. 1 i
August 2, 1894.

For County Judge.
R. R. CALDW1 11 Is a candidate for re-election to the
offio ■• County Judge, subject to Democratic primary.

i Nt i. THOMPSON announces candidate for County

Judge. BUbject to Democratic primaries.

For Sheriff.
\V J HILL is a candidate for Sheriff. Is competent and
so]i, it* your support in Democratic primaries.

For Criminal Court Clerk.
A. B. (Bl -II BPAIN is a candidate for Criminal ‘
Clerk, subject to Democratic primary. Election August. 1894.

For Circuit Court Clerk.
ALEX. J. HARRIS has announced himself as a candidate
for Circuit Court Clerk, subject to Itemocratic primary.

WILLIS J. SULLIVAN is a candidate for Circuit Court
Clerk, subject to Democratic primaries. Election August, 1 v >4.

For County Court Clerk.
P. A. SHELTON is a candidate for County Court Clerk,
subject to the action of the Democratic primaries. Election
August. 1894.

JAMES Y. LIPSCOMB announces himself as a candidate for
County Court Clerk, subject to action of Democratic primaries.

For Register.
JNO. r. HICKMAN is competent, desires the emoluments,

and solicits your support for County Register.

EWING CHADWELL is a candidate for re-election to the
office of Register of Davidson County, subject to Democratic
primary.

W. A. DONELSt >N, of the Fourth District, is worthy of your
consideration, and hopes to have your approval for Register at
the ensuing primary election.

For Tax Assessor.

TIM M. HANIFIN is a candidate for Tax Assessor of David-
son County, subject to the Democratic primary.

We are authorized to announce the name of JOHNS’ >N V.
LINTON for the office of Tax Assessor of Davidson County.

94

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

CONFEDERATE Q
EMBLEMS.

Patented July 18, 1888.

Sleeve Buttons, Pins.

Charms, Etc.

mmended by < Sonfederate Commanders, and received by veter-
an* everywhere as the most expressive and tasteful souvenirs of the
lost cause.

Send for description and price lis! to

FRANK EDWARDS & CO., Dallas, Texas.

We do the engraving for the

CoNl’HDKUATE VETERAN.

XTbc IRasbvtlle Hmerican, the veteran, AND

,^ ITS SOUVENIR,

ALL FOR $1.25. BOTH WITHOUT SOUVENIR, $1.

The old, old American, ever true to the people of the South, under its new management with
Hon. J. M. Head, President, continues its helpful inliuenee to the Veteran’ in the liberal
spirit manifested by the above club rate.

WEAR

it fis. 8

SHOES.

Honesty. Solidity. Durability.

Every Confederate Soldier and His Family should use

STOCKELL’S LIVER PILLS.

A store-house of medical force, totally different from all other

frills: a simple, effectual, precious preparation. Restores the equl-
Lbrium of the molecular motion of the affected tissues. No shock to
the system, uo reactionary effect. Deranges no function, produces no
nausea, no griping, ao purging. Experience bas shown them extra-
ordinarily efficacious In diseases of tne stomach, liver, bowels ami
iu*rv«’H widely adopted wherever Introduced. Prepared from pure
vegetable extract.* only, and sugar- coated. Bead what is said by chose
who have used i hem.

CASE Ne. 18.

Torpid Liver,
Indigestion,
Flatulency.

CASE No. 3.
La Grippe.

CASE No. 53.
Liver & Nerves-

Franc. M. Paul. Nashville, Trim., writes: I take
pleasure In stating that I have been greatly relieved of
i he t roublesome effects of a torpid liver, indigestion and
flatulency by your Stockell Liver Pills. They are mild

hut effectual in t heir action, and a hw doses taken 111

the early spring have so cleansed and stimulated the
natural channels and functions of the system aa to se-
cure tomes far more healthy and buoyant condition
than I have enjoyed for a number Of 5 ears.

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Mrs. writes: I was confined to iny bed for

eks with la grippe. A permanent cure was effected
a few days with your Stockell Liver Pills.

J. F. McDevitt. Huntsville, Ala., writes: Your

stockell Liver Fills have no rival as a remedy for
chronic diseases of the liver and stomach. Arenewer
of the entire nervous system.

Try Them. Ask for Stockeir* Liver PI lift, and take no other.
If your drugglsl does not have them, we will mail them on receipt of
25 cents, or rive boxes for 81. in stamps or currency. Address the
AiHEKlCAN >n i»i< im COMPANY, or the Coxtedkbate Vkt-
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RICHMOND & DANYILLE R. R.

The Greatest Southern System.

The route of the Great Washington and
Southwestern Vestibuled Limited, composed
only of Pullman Vestibuled Sleeping and
Dining Cars, solid to and from New York,
Including Through Vestibuled Sleepers be-
tween New Orleans and New York via Mont-
f;omery. Atlanta, Charlotte, Danville, Char-
ottesviile and Washington. Ali>othe”U. S.
Great Fast Mail,” with Through Pullman
Sleepers, saving twelve hours between New
York and Montgomery, without change;
triple daily trains between the Bast and At-
lanta.

THE GEORGIA PACIFIC R’Y,

via Birmingham, the short and direct route
East and West. All Confederates going to
the Confederate Reunion, at Birmingham,
should see that their tickets read via the
Georgia Pacific Railway and Richmond A
Danville Railroad.

W. A. Turk,
General Passenger Agent, Washington, D. C.
Annl. S. ][. Hakkwick,

General Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga.

take the COTTON BELT ROUTE

• ■ BIRMINGHAM • –

For the meeting of the Confederate Veterans
to be held al Birmingham, Ala., April, ‘-‘”>- ‘JU.
The”CoTTOs Belt Route” will make a rate
from all points on its lines, of oiip Io»«*t
Ural ClA>«S tare lor tile roun|» lrl|».

Tii-iots to be sold

APRIL 22 and 23, 1894,

1 tor thirty (80) days returning.

The Cotton Belt route is ti”‘ only Uni
with through ear service from the Great
sunt 1 1 west to M cm phis, ami no change oi oars
from Ft. Wort h, Waco or intermediate points,
two dally trains carrying through ooaohes,
free reclining ohalr cars, and Pullman sleep-
ers. All lines connect with and have tickets
on sale via the ” i iottoh Belt route.”

Address the following agents for all In-
formation you may desire concerning a trip
and rates to the reunion of Veterans at Birm-
ingham.
A. A.GLISSON.T. P.A., S. G. WARNER, G. P. A ,
Ft. Worth, Tex. Tyler, Tex.

E.W.LaBEAUME,G.P.&T.A.,
St. Louis, Mo.
W. G. ADAMS, Nashville, is Trav. Pass. Agt.
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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

95

$2

ftftfl I-‘ni: VEGETABLES NOVEMBER

,UUU I, ]K!I|. \\ •,. -,,,

: to i
cash prized November I, i -:« i . • >i . each ol the
following vegetables, vis.: i. Tomato (Favor-
ite) — ¥’«mi for a ripe tomato in sixty daj s from
the tinif the Beed Is sown ; 150 eacb for the
four earliest raised In 1884. 2, 125 each forthe
twenty heaviest beads “f Surehead cal

ea< h foi i he live 1 1 • ■: ■ -i. leal Ki j atom
watermelons: R5u for a Keystone weighing
iihi pounds or over. i. 8600 for the
Moon Pansy blossoms raised In 1804, making
thirty-two cash prizes of 12,000. This is done

simply t Lvertlseoui business. Bend nfiv

cents in silver or P. O. note, and we « I

package of each of the above rourveg-

etabfes ana pansy seed, lyournarae

forcompetlon on prizes. Terms for compe-
tition, two witnesses Is all thai Is necessary.

EVBBQRBEK SSBO I IBM,

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ONE COUNTRY. ONE FLAG

Tin- BEST PLACE t.. purcl

Flags, Banners, Swords, Belts, Caps,

and all kinds “f Milliard I <|iii|iiii<iii

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s* Nassau BU, (JEW t( IRK.

” We would like to see the 1 –
< \ i lamp room, and carried by i hem * hen
i»n parade ‘ I battli see rred ^ ■

Bend i’ u i” lot list.

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SHULTZ PATENT

Leather • Pulley • Covering?

RAWHIDE LACE LEATHER.
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NOW ON THE MARKET.

Conservatory of Music School of Fine Arts.

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J D. BLANT0N. President, Nashville, Tenn.

M>- c\liii it oi Beeds and Garden Vegetables was awarded several Premiums and a
Special Diploma by Piedmont Exposition Judges In 1881. Encouraged by tins success,
[sent a collection of Seeds to the World’s Fair, and wn> award* M md Diploma

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Editor Henry Ci n F airman, of th< • South,

will recite his poem, ” The Veterans of the Smith,” to
the United Confederates at Birmingham. Mr. Fair-
man has written a thrilling serial, entitled, “The
Third World; a Story of Romance and Strange Ad-
venture,” which will begin in the •nth with
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of the number containing the opening installment.

CAPT. B. F. Ham, Santa Ana. Cal., who recently

sent six subscribers to the Veteran, says in his letter:
•■ I commanded Company A. 56th Tennessee Regi-
ment, Quarles’ Brigade, Walthall’s Division, in the

battle of Franklin. Every man of my company who
went into the fight was either killed or wounded ex-
cept myself. Most of them lay in front of the old
gin not far from where the brave Cleburne fell.

98

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

Me. Robert Chisolm, of Birmingham, formerly of
Smith Carolina, and who had charge of the tableaux
to be comprised of a young lady from each Southern
State, wrote, after the Veteran had secured a picture
of Miss Chisolm: “My daughter Lelia had been se-
Lected to represent Smith Carolina. * * I have

finally persuaded the South Carolina people to select
a resident, and consequently Gen. S. s. Crittenden
writes me that he has selected Miss Delia Hayne, a
“lant of the great Hayne who was a compeer of
Webster and other great lights in the days now gone,
and a daughter of Paul Tropier Hayne. Sin- is about
seventeen years old, and a blonde.” In the changed
arrangemenl .Mi– Lelia Laurens Chisolm is to repre-
“< olumbia,” in the reunion tableau.

Maj. Robert Chisolm, of Alabama, Chairman of the
Entertainment Committee at Birmingham Reunion

Tniti’il ( ‘onfederate Veterans.

TEXANS IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY.

Commanders and Adjutants in Texas have not re-
sponded as fully as was expected to the request for in-
ition “I’ where their Camp members served in the
war. In the outlet $5. ‘2’) was expended in postage to
secure the statistics. It would be a most interesting
table, but only about one third of the 131 Camps have
responded. The figures they furnish will be interest-
ing in the aggregate. One month more will be given.
The aggregate reports are as follows: Camps, 42; to-
tal membership, 6,201. Of these 2,519 enlisted from

Texas. 660 from Alabama, 540 from Mississippi, 523
I see, 311 from Arkansas, 357 from Florida,

211 from Missouri, 219 from Louisiana, 160 from Vir-
ginia, II:’. States unknown. The next report will give
names of the ( amps and number from each State, and
must then be dismissed.

S. S. CRITTEXDEX. MAJ. GEN. V. c. V., S. C.

Maj. lien. Stanley S. Crittenden, commanding the
Division of South Carolina, United Confederate Vet-
erans, is a native of his State, and is sixty-three years
old. His father, Dr. John Crittenden, was one of the
early settlers of Greenville. His grandfather, Na-
thaniel Crittenden, of Connecticut, was a Lieutenant,
and one of six brothers in the Continental Army.
The mother officii. Crittenden was Miss Stanley, a
member of that well known family in the old North
State, lie was educated in Greenville and at Eliza-
beth, N. .1.

In IS;”)”) (Jen. Crittenden married Miss Eliza E.
Lynch, of Virginia, who died in 1868, leaving one son
and three daughters. He afterward married Mrs. C.
A. Bedell, of Columbia, S. C. a lady eminent for her
culture.

(Jen. Crittenden was a planter. He volunteered at
the first call for troops, and was elected First Lieuten-
ant of a company that became part of the 4th South
Carolina regiment under Col. J. B. E. Sloan, and par-
ticipated prominently in the first battle of Manassas.
This regiment and Wheat’s battalion, forming Evans’
brigade, on our extreme left, commenced the great
battle and held the hosts of the enemy in check for
two hours before being reinforced. The regiment suf-
fered severely in killed and wounded. The day after
this battle Lieut. Crittenden received the appoint-

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

99

men t of Adjutant in place of the gallant Samuel I).
Wilkes, of Anderson, who was killed.

In the great battle of Seven Pines, in May. 1862,
when many iif tin- gallant regiment were killed. Adit.
Crittenden was wounded by a minie ball in the left
breast while in front of his command. During his
absenci b© ause of this wound Gov. Pickens appointed
him Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th Regiment of Re-
serves then forming for the di the Carolina
Coast. At the expiration of this service on the*

I a- a private in Gen. Gary’s mounted
regiment, Hampton’s famous legion, for servici around
Richmond. He also served on the stall of < • ■ n < !ary.

[Miss Delia Hayn* South Carolina in Reunion ‘

1′. i’. V. :it Birmingham.]

After the war ( .en. Crittenden returned to planting.
but for ten years served in his State Legislature as
Repi esentative and as Senator. He was Postmaster at
Greenville fouryeare during Mr. Cleveland’s first ad-
ministration. He succeeds Gen. Ellison Capers, now
Assistant Bishop of South Carolina, and has devoted
much time and attention to the interests of the broth-
erhood, and the number of Camps has increased from
six to more than thirty. He hopes to meel the repre-
sentatives Of at least fifty Camps Of United Confeder-
ate Veterans from the Palmetto State a1 Birmingham.

./. .1. DICKISON, MAI. GEN. U. C. P., FLORIDA.

Born in Monroe County, Va. At an early age he
was sent to South Carolina, and educated in that State.
When of age he engaged in business in Georgetown,
s. t . and for several years did a large business as a
cotton merchant. While a resident of Georgetown he
was Adjutant and Inspector General of Cavalry, which

position he filled creditably to himself and his adopted

16 he removed to Florida, w
planter until the secession of the State. Early in ’61 he

i an artillery company, and was elected First

Lieutenant. Preferring cavalr be organised a

cavalry company, «> • lei ted Captain, and served un-
til near tl je oi the war. when he was pron

lonel. Alter the war he served four years in the
state Legislature of Florida With the restorati
the Democratic party to powei ippointed Ad-

jutant Genera] oi : nd served four

As a i onfederate officer he was, in the high’

faithful to duty.” Hi- efficient and faithful
services are recognized throughout Florida, and his
name household word in every home, identi-

fied with that – ause.

■ The historical narrative of “Dickisonand his Men,”
or “Remit – oftheWarin Florida,” is a tribute

of affection and gratitu a valuable contribution

to the history of the Confederate War. It portrays
many brilliant achievements and soldierly qualities
of that gallant command. True, “the luavest are the
tenderest,” a fact illustrated by his ever watchful in-

in the”soldier boys” confided to his care by
patriotic mothers. He gave his own son. a noble youth
of eighteen, who was killed in an engagement with
the Federals near I’alatka. August 3, 1864. In dis-
of spirit the bereaved father and victor, though
dearly bought, carried on horseback the lifeless form
of his noble son, the blood still flowing from the
wound, to the encampment -i\ miles distant. This
affliction was peculiarly trying, as tin- I son

was the only surviving child of hi- first marriage.

Other sketches of Major Generals and young lady
representatives in last pages of this issue.

IOO

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

JOH.X C. UNDERWOOD, MAJ. OEN. V. C. V.

John Cox Underwood, eldest son of the late Judge
Joseph Rogers Underwood and his second wife Eliza-
beth Threlkeld Cox, was bom September 12, 1840, in
in Georgetown, D. C, while his father was a member
of Congress from Kentucky. His early instruction

».

Congress, in raising a regiment of Kentucky cavalry,
lit’ which Hodge was to be Colonel, Underwood receiv-
ing the provisional appointment of Lieutenant Col-
onel, lie did not go with Buckner to the Trans-Mis-

sissijijii Department, as had been intended, but re-
turned to Tennessee early in 1863, and. having ty-
phoid lever he Cell into the hands of the enemy on
Bragg’s retreat from Tullahoma. After several months
he was taken by his father to Bowling Green, Ky., and
was paroled. Before he got well Vicksburg had fallen,
Gettysburg had been fought and lost to the Confeder-
ates, and the Federal Secretary of War, Stanton, refused
further exchanges.

Underwood played the “citizen dodge,” and was or-
dered through the military lines South, but Gen,
Granger, at Nashville, objected, and he was placed in

the military prison at Louisville, lie was afterward
sent to Cincinnati, and several months later was sent
to Fort Warren, near Boston. This was in October,
’63, and he was kept there until the fall of ’64.

Through the personal influence of United States
Senators who bad served in the Senate with his father,
President Lincoln directed that he be paroled, hut
” not to enter an insurgent State without permission
from the Secretary of War.” He went to Washington
three times, the last in February. 1865, in attempts to
secure his exchange, hut was unsuccessful, and he was
a prisoner on parole at the close of the war.

He became a planter, and later followed his profes-
sion as a civil engineer and architect. He was Mayor
of Bowling Green, State Commissioner, and Lieuten-

was from bis admirable mother, from the schools of
Bowling Green, Ky., and at a high school in .Jackson-
ville, 111. Later he took a four years’ course at the
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, New York.
He graduated with distinction as a civil engineer in
in June, 1862. While a student at the Polytechnic,
through his relative, Maj. John Todd, U. S. A., then
on duty at West Point Military Academy, he secured
the military text books used at the “Point” and
studied the course in military engineering and the art
of attack and defense as taught there.

II is emphatic Southern sentiments, boldly ex pressed,
got him into trouble with his Northern associates on
the fall of Fort Sumter. After his graduation he re-
turned to his home in Kentucky, but that section was
overrun with Federal soldiers. Resisting all appeals
to the contrary, for his father was a Union man, he
mounted his horse and, running the Federal pickets,
came farther South. Through his brother-in-law, Maj.
A. M. Rutledge, of Gen. Polk’s staff, he was given a
staff position by Gen. 8. B. Buckner. and afterward
at Murfreesboro tendered another staff appointment
by Gen. Breckinridge. On Buckner’s written recom-
mendation he was appointed a First Lieutenant of
Engineers. He joined Hon. Geo. B. Hodge (after-
ward a General), then a member of the Confederate

Miss Etta Mitchell, representative tor Mississippi in Reunion
r. i ■. v. ;.i Blrmingnm.l

ant (iovernor of Kentucky. He was also a member of
the State Democratic Committee.

Cen. Underwood is one of the most prominent Odd
Fellows living, having been Grand Master of the Juris-
diction of Kentucky, (irand Sire of the entire Order
throughout the world, and for the past eight years the
General commanding the military branch thereof.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

IOI

He has resided in the Northern States for -ix or
seven rears, and is the Major General commanding
the Division of the North, I’. C. V. Through his
efforts the ten thousand dollar monument in Chicago
has been erected over the 6,000 Confederate soldiers
buried in Oakwooods Cemetery. It is the only Con-
federate memorial on Northern ground, and is a
beautiful matt-rial tribute to the soldier dead of the
“left cause.” The money was principally raised by
dormtions from the liberal citizens of « Ihicago. It will
be formally dedicated May 3< ‘.

In addition to his division command, he is Com-
mander of the Northern Department, (J. C. V., em-
bracing the States of Kentucky, West Virginia, Mary-
land, tin’ District of Columbia, and all the Northern
cast of the Mississippi River. He is collecting
data relating to the Confederate dead buried in the
North. He organized the (“.(‘. V. in Kentucky, se-
lected and appointed Gen. Boyd to command that
division, which has since grown so rapidly, and has
done much toward perfecting the federation of Con-
federate veterans.

Gen. Underwood married Miss Drue Duncan, of
Warren County. Ky . in 1867, and they have three
grown children, a son and two daughtt

GEN. CI EMENT I EVANS

Commander Georgia Dn ision U. C. V., is one of the
most remarkahlent’ living Confederates. At eighteen

he was a lawyer, at twenty-two a judge, at twenty-live
a State Senator, and at thirty-one a Major General in

the Confederate Armv. One of the most successful of

/

his heroic exploits was in leading the charge whereby
Marye’s Heights were recaptured. His deeds of valor
secured for him rapid promotion from Colonel to Major
General in the Army of Northern Virginia. Before

the end of the struggle his heart turned away from
for military conquest, and he said: “I deter-
mined to enter the ministry when the war -hould end,
for it was better to save men than to destroy them.”

Evans is personally very popular with tie
people. A Georgia paper, of the many that i
him, si it( –

“The people love Gen. clement A. Evans be
they recognize in him all the elements that ennoble

M M \ D| I Rial IvefOl I

in Reunion I ‘. C. V. j, t BlrmlDgti&ni.

the patriot, and all the instincts that consecrate the

Christian gentleman. They love him because his

voice and his pen oquent and polished in ad-

ing every thing that will build up the moral and

i’ — of the community, a- hi- record of

service on the battlefield in behalf “t In- i ountry and

section is spotless and glorious. They love him be-

cause he magnifies any position he occupies, and is

typed in the line- .

“The bravest are the tender*
The loving are the daring.”

VARIOUS error- that have occurred in the VETERAN
are to he corrected in the next number. Of the
article about tight at Paducah, and of ( apt. 8. I>. Buck,
of Baltimore. Some changes should have been made
in young lady representatives at reunion. Miss Laura
Boone takes tie’ place,,) Mi— Banks, of Texas, and a
substitute, Dame not given, takes the place of Miss
Cantwell, “f North Carolina.

The Camp list, revised carefully to reunion date,
will he at reunion for general reference. Its reappear-
ance in the Veteran may he expected hereafter.

102

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

W. N. BUSH, MA.I. GE.\. U. C. V.

\V. N. Bush, Major General commanding North-
eastero Division “1” the Texas U. C. V., i- a native of
Kentucky. He was born in Clark County. May 27,
1833, and was married to Miss I’.cttie Ranev, of the
same county, on April 17, 1856. They removed goon
thereafter to Collin County, Texas, where he engaged

in fanning and stuck raising. lie enlisted as a private

in Company G, Alexander’s Regiment of Cavalry,
which served in the Trans-Mississippi Department.
The regiment was dismounted in L862, after doing

hard service in Arkansas. Missouri and the Indian
Territory. While in cavalry his horse was shot under
him. At the reorganization of the regiment in ’62, he
was elected 1st Lieutenant of his company. Erelong
In- was promoted to Captain. Early in ‘<;:’> his regi-
ment was removed to Louisiana and put in Gen. Pol-
[gnac’s Brigade, Mouton’s Division, where he served
until the close of the vvar. This division did efficient
service in meeting and repulsing Gen, Banks on his
expedition up lied River. The Alexander regiment
captured the Xiins battery of Hanks’ army. It was
the first capture of cannon at Mansfield, and (leu.
Bush was the first man to reach the battery. In the
second day’.- light at 1’leasant Hill lie received a wound
in the leg. In this engagement Banks was driven
back to the Mississippi, hnt with heavy loss to the
Confederates. He held the confidence of officers and
comrades as a man and commander. At the close of
the war he returned to his home in Collin County,
Texas, and with renewed energy rebuilt his interests.
In 1870 he was elected Sheriff of his county, served
faithfully and efficiently for four years, when he re-
turned again to his farm, where he has remained, be-
ing financially successful. In January, 1892, he was
commissioned Major General by Gen. Gordon to com-

mand the Northeast Texas Division, U. C. V. That
division has increased to fifty-eight Camps from three
( amps since his appointment. He has spared neither

time nor money in trying to get the old Confederates
in touch with each other. He is thoroughly devoted
to these interests.

(ien. I’.ush is nearly six feet high, weighs two hun-
dred and ten pounds, and is still a very active man.

Late advices from Texas are that “(ien. I’.ush will
attend the reunion at Birmingham with a full force
from all of the Camps in North Texas.”

BIRMINQAAM REUNION U. C. V, 1893-94.

April 25th.— Convention called to order at !i a. m., at Winnie
Davis Wigwam, by Maj. Gen. F. S. Ferguson, Alabama Divi-
sion; Prayer by the Chaplain General; Address of welcome by
His Excellency Thomas G. Jones, Governor of Alabama; Ad-
dress of welcome by Hon. David J. Fox. Mayor of Birming-
ham ; Response by < ien. John B. < lordon, Commander-in-Chief
I’. C. V.; Enrollment of Delegates and permanent organiza-
tion of Convention.

Afternoon, 2 p.m. — Annual Oration at Wigwam. Resump-
tion of business by Convention.

Evening, 7:30 o’clock. -Tableau of States and Concert, at
Wigwam; Reception for Mrs. Davis and Miss Winnie, and
Other invited guests, at the pallors of the Caldwell Hotel.

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.M i-s Carrie T. Cochrwn, Kufaula, representative for AJabaina
in Reuulon U. G. v. at Birmingham.]

Second day, April 26th.- Convention meets at ‘J o’clock A. M.
at the Wigwam ; Business, of tin- Convention resumed.

Afternoon, 2:30 o’clock. — Column formed for review,

ill

pass the Commander in-Chief, who will occupy tbe reviewing

stand at the Dark ; Laying of Corner-stone of ( on federate Mon-
ument at City Dark; Address by Hen. Stephen l>. Lee.

Evening, 7:30 o’clock,- Tabli aux ol the States and Concert at
Wigwam; Reception of young ladies representing the states at
Southern ( Hub.

Note. — Delegates and visiting veterans are requested to call
at the Headquarters of Camp W. .). Hardee, No. 2014 First
Avenue, and register. They will be furnished with badges.
Souvenir badges will he sold at a small price.

The first specific answer to “roll call” in March
Veteran, was from Richmond, \*a., by B. W. Richard-
son. It was ” Here! ” with one dollar pinned to the
answer. Comrades, is it your time to answer?

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

103

SAM. T. LEAD, MAJOR GENERAL, V. C. V.

Sam. T. Leavy was bora near Lexington, Ky., in
1842; was raised on a farm and received a common
school education. He enlisted. July, 1862, in Com-
pany I, of Gen. John H. Morgan’s Kentucky regiment.
In September of thai year he was appointed 2d Lieu-
tenant in Company 6, 9th Kentucky Regiment, com-

manded by Col. W. c. P. Breckenridge. In 1863 the
9th Kentucky remained under orders with the Aim\
of Tennessee, while the reel of Morgan’s cavalry were
on the Ohio raid. During the fall of 1863 the 1-1. 2d

and 9th Kentucky were formed into the 2d Kentucky

Brigade, attached to Gen Wheeler’s corps, and si

to the close (it the war with the Army of Tenni

On Sherman’s march to the sea this brigade was
active, and did much valiant service.

December 1, 1864. (‘apt. Leavy was danerously
wounded while leading a charge in a cavalry
near Bethel church, in Brock County, Ga. His was a
remarkable recovery, as he was shol through the bow-
els and hip. There is only one other case on n
where a man received a similar wound and survived.

After the war he studied law and was admitted to
the bar, hut later followed his fancied occupation,
stock raising and farming, In 1887 he was elected
State Senator for the 22d Kentucky Senatorial District,
composed of the counties of Woodford, Scott anil Jes-
samine. He went to Oklahoma City and located in

April, 1890, and in June, 1890, was appointed Demo-
cratic member of Townsite Hoard. No. L He was
chosen as tii’st delegate from Oklahoma Territory to
the National Democratic Convention at Chicago in
1892, and east his ballot for Cleveland and Stevenson.
In October, 1874, he was married to Miss Lizzie,

daughter of Col. Willis P. Jones, of Woodford County,
Ky.. who was killed in 1864 near Richmond, Va,,
while serving on the staff of Gen. Chae. W. Field.
Cant, and .Mr-. Leavy have three children, two l>o V s
and a little girl, and are now living in Norman. 0. T.
Gen. heavy i- diligent for the wellbeing of conn

R0L1 RT COBB, MA.I. 01 V.

Robert 1 obb, Maj. Gen. U. C. Y. for Northwestern

Division of Texas, is a native of Caldwell, now Lyons.

County. Ky. At the age of twenty-three he joined
1 Kentucky Infantry. He was booh elected First
Lieutenant ami then Captain of In- company, which
assigned temporarily to artillery duty. When
retransferred the 3d Kentucky was continued in artil-
lery Bervice. and he wa- promoted by Gen. J, E.

From an “lil pb<

Johnston to Major of artillery, an to the

command of battalion with Breckinridge’s dh

Hi participated in the hatti – lloh, tin

siege of Vicksburg in 1862, Baton Rouge, then Harts-
ami Murfrec.-lM.ro. Tenn.. and Jack-on.
He was at Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, and that
ipaign of fighting every day between D

and Jonesl (iii, Winn the war was over he was

married to Miss Virginia Walker, and after a few years
of planting in Monroe County be removed to Ken-
tucky, and thence to Wichita Palls, Texas, about eight
years ago, where he is engaged in the practice of law.

Ceii. Cobb is very popular with comrades, and is
zealous for promoting the important interests of veter-
ans. His daughter, Miss Virginia I. coma, was alter-
nate with Miss Laura Gaston, of Dallas, in represent-
ing the great State at the reunion in New Orleans.

104

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

1 IM QWDfE BACK TO DIME.

rin swine back to Dixie, do more toe gw Ine i”

My heart’s turned back to Dixie, I can’t staj
here n<> Longer.

i mi>- de ole plantation, my borne and my rela-
tion.

My heart’s turned back t” Dixie, and I musl ■-•’■

CHORl 8.

I’m gwlne back to Dixie, I’m gwine back to Dixie,

[‘m gwine where di orange blossoms grow,

i ,,i i beai de cbildreu callln’,1 Bee Bad tears 8

fallin’.

My heart’s turned back t” Dixie, and I must go.
I’ve hoed in fields of cotton, I’ve worked upon

I used to think if [got off I’d go back dare no
nebber: . , ,

Hut time inis changed de ole num. bis heaa is
bending low,

His heart’s turned back toDlxie,and be must go.

I’m travelin’ back io Dixie, mj step Is slow and

teeble,
I pray de Lord to lielp me, and lead me from all

evil;
And should m\ strength forsake me, den kind

friends come and take me,
My heart’s turned back to Dixie, and l must go.

Mia Kli/n
to reprise

Laurens Chls
ni < lolumbla

lin. Birmingham,
i Hie Tableaux.

Mrs. W. D. Gale, i»ei Miss Mela hit
selected before her marriage t” repre
nessee iii Birmingham Reunion.

Jackson,

sent Ten-

“GOJNQ HACK TO JESUS.”

Mrs Albert Akers.

The sweetest rendition of Dixie
ever heard is that which begins,

“I’m gwine back to Dixie.’ – The
following lines, sung in the Taber-
nacle at Nashville in the presence
of thousands of people recently, fur-
nished a treat that would please a
multitude of veterans.

I am going buck to Jesus,

l can no longer wander ;
My heart’s turned back to Jesus,

i cannot grieve blm longer.
r miss thesweel communion,

The peace and heavenly anion;
My heart’s turned back to Jesus,
And I must go.

CHORUS.

I’m going back to Jesus,
I’m going back to Jesus,
in. going where the living waters now ;

Fori bear Ills sweet Voice Calling,

Repentant tears are falling ;

M.\ heart’s turned back tO .lesiis.
And I must i;a.

i lived in sinful pleasure,

1 n riot spent in v I reasiire ;

I dreamed the world was joyful

For me wltboul my savior.
Hut c i when Satan found me,
Willi bitter chains he bound me ;

My bean’s turned back to Jesus,

And I must go,

I’m trav’lln’ back to JeSUB,
My step is stow and feeble;

I pray the Lord Io had me

A lid keep me from all evil :
And should my strength forsake me.
Ileal- Jesus, c and take me ;

My heart’s till I back to Jesus,

And 1 must no.

PICTUBE IN THE VETERAN

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” 1 HAD BATHER HAVE MY

THAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

Mrs. Alice Pickett Akers, on greeting the founder of
the Veteran in the dazzle of the National Capital,
used the above language in a manner so natural and

sweet that her picture is given. Her handsome, elo-
quent, and courageous father gave his life to the Con-
federacy, and her husband, Maj. Albert Akers, was
shot many times, and twice entirely through the
body. They now reside in Washington City.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

105

REMINISCENCES-MOTHER OF THE CONFEDERACY.

The venerable Mr.-. Sallie Chapman Gordon-Law, of
Memphis, Tenn., dedicatee sonic ” Reminiscences of the
War of the sixties” to her children, grand children
and friends, in a neat pamphlet of sixteen pages. Al-
though ” Mother of the Confederacy,” she still li’

testify in behalf of a people who dared perform their
duty as they saw it. regardless of cost, comfort or life.

The story she tells concisely begins with woman’s
work for our armies in Memphis. Every day but
Sunday the women met and sewed for the private BOl-
diers. When her own son went home from school,
threw down his hooks and said. ” Mother, I have enlisted
for the war.” she replied, ” You did right, my son.

In the narrative she says: ” My home has ever been
in thi’ Sunny South : my paternal ancestors, the Gor-
dons of Virginia, my mother’s, the Kings of South
Carolina, were all rebels of the first revolution; my
father. Chapman Cordon (in his teens 1, with two elder
brothers, Nat and (‘lories, fought in the battle at
King’s Mountain, and through the entire war.

” My mother’s father, too old lor the war. sent all his
sons and sons-in-law. They fought in and belo
to the command of Generals Marion and Sumpter.
My second brother, Wyley -1. Gordon, was an officei
in the U: 8. Army, in the War of 1812. My brother,
Gen. G. W. Gordon, of Columbia, Tennessee, with three
sons, fought in the Confederate Army of 1861. My
nephew, Gen. John B. Cordon, whose record for valor

and heroic deeds is too well known to call 1 for com-
ment, with his three brothers, all fought in the Con-
federate Army. My nephew, Maj. Augustus Gordon,
was killed at the age of twenty-one. while leading a
charge at Chancellors ville, Virginia. My brothers,
Charles’ grandsons and Harvey’s sons, were in the Con-
federate Army. My cousin. Gen. .lames B. Cordon, of

North Carolina, was killed at Brandy Station, near
Richmond, in Confederate service. And 1 know of
over thirty brave, heroic privates of my kindred who
belonged to the war of the ‘Sixties.’

•• Alter the battle of Shiloh, many of the wounded
were brought to our hospital. 1 carried many articles
of clothing, etc.. beyond the lines t” our soldiers.

“In our hospital at Memphis, we had domestic
wines, lemons, pickles, clothing, and I proposed taking
them to cur sick soldiers at Columbus, Kentucky. 1
had large boxes packed and carried them to the hos-
pital there. I made the second trip a few weeks later
with more supplies for the sick. The morning
my arrival the battle of Belmont came oil’. We were
on the steamer ‘ Prince,’ at breakfast, when Capt. Butler

‘.• in, saving: ‘ Ladies, finish your breakfast, but

the yankeee are landing their gunboats above.’ We
jumped up and ran out on the guards and saw the
wildest confusion soldiers running to andftotoget
ready for the battle ; then the cannonading commi
from the federal gunboats, with Confederate artillery
from the high hlutl’s. The cannonading was sublimely
grand. My own dear boy was there in Gen. Cheat-
ham’s command, marching out to battle. It was a
grand, victorious halt’ * *

“‘I’he steamer ‘Prince,’ on which we were staying,
carried over many wounded Confederates, and among
them the brave, heroic ion. William II. Jackson,
whom it was our privilege to nurse and attend He
wa- dreadfully wounded, ami that night many officers

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M is^ Idelle McMurray, Nashville, representative fori
Reunion IJ.C. V.al Birmingham.]

came in to see him, Dr. Bell, Surgeon, from Memphis,
among the number. Young Dr. Yandel came in, and
Dr. Bell said to him, ‘ Yandel. I want you to go and
detail so many men i I forgot tic m o ith huek-

ets of water, and go to the battlefield and give those

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wounded and dying men water.’ I went to Gen. Polk
and got an order to have four yankee surgeons taken
out of prison to go to the battlefield to attend their
wounded, and every one of them refused to go, but ours

*\\”(»1 1 1 *•* * “**

“Standing in the pilot-house with us was a young
girl who had gone up to see her brother. She had
always lived in Cincinnati with an aunt, her mother

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|Mlss Mary Muse Hanks, Houston, representative for Texas in Kc”
union r. <‘. v. at Birmingham.]

being dead and father and brother living in Memphis;
when the war commenced her lather had gone and
brought her home. Young Star had enlisted in the
same company with my son. All the way going up
on the boat she had been defending the I’nion; and
while the battle was raging, ami the musketry mowing
down thousands, with tears streaming down her face,
>he said, ‘Oh! I wish I had a gun. Oh! for a gun!’
‘What do you want with a gun. Alice?’ ‘To kill
the yankees.’ After the battle was over I went to the
bdspital to see if 1 could do anything for the wounded.
I was invited in to see the apparently mortallj
wounded Federal officer, Col. Dorrity. At sight of the
wounded man I lost sight of the enemy of my country.
I made a glass of lemonade and fed him with a spoon,
as one arm was cu1 off and the other paralyzed. 1 said
to him, ‘Col. Dorrity, have you a wife?” He replied.

‘Yes, :ii Cape Girardeau.’ At that mi sn1 Col.

Bethel, Gen, Polk s Adjutant, came in, and I said to
him, ‘Col. Bethel, will you please take my compli-
– to Gen. Polk and ask him, as a special favor, to
let Col. Dorrity’s wife be scut for.’ He Left immedi-
ately, and a courier and a Hag of truce were sent for
her, by order of the magnanimous, heroic (Jen. l’olk.
At tWO o’clock P. M. the next day. the wife of the

prostrate, paralyzed, wounded husband, was with him.
“The morning after the battle of Belmont, 1 called
at Gen. Pillow’s office, on business, when a little boy
came in with a message. He was dressed up in (‘on-
federate uniform, with a military cap. I asked. ‘ Why,
my little boy, what are you doing hen’.” lie said,
very modestly, ‘ I belong to the army.’ ‘ What can
you do here?’ ‘ Well, yesterday I was on the battle-

field, and got down in a sink hole, when 1 saw a yan-
kee with his gun pointed right at my Colonel, and I
fired away and killed him — now, that is what I am
doing hero-‘ ‘How old are you ‘ ‘Twelve years
old.’ ‘ Where were your father and mother to let you
come here?’ ‘Oh! I ran away, and am staying at
my uncle’s tent, and if you don’t believe I killed the
yank, come with me and see his watch.’ He said to
Gen. Pillow. ‘Now. I want a furlough to go home
and see my father and mother.’ * * He got it.

“Alter the Federals occupied Memphis, I heard that
my deal- brother, G. W. Gordon, a prisoner from John-
son’s Island, was on a boat anchored out in the Miss-
issippi River, very ill. I walked up and down the river
hank from nine till live, trying to get permission to go
to see him. At last 1 met Col. Oaks, a Federal officer,
who politely said he would send me in a skit}’, and 1
was taken by two Federal soldiers. On reaching the
boat, it was filled by Confederate officers, prisoners
from Johnson’s Island, hound for Yicksburg to be
exchanged. I found my hrother very ill, so ill I re-
mained with him that night, and Col. Johnson, an
elegant gentleman from Kentucky, proffered his berth
to me, he sleeping on a blanket in the cabin. * *
I left for Yicksburg next day to nurse and attend to
him, driven by a ten year old grandson; but when 1
arrived at Mrs. Vernon’s, sixty miles from Memphis,
I heard the sad news that he had died in ten minutes
after landing at Yicksburg.

“My noble, patriotic hrother, the Christian soldier,
tried to lead souls to Christ. Regularly, night and
morning, he had prayers, and invited all who were
disposed to attend.

” Our hospitals all broken up, I felt I must seek a
new field in which to work. In our Southern Moth-
ers’ treasury was $2,500 in Confederate money, and,
with the aid of Mrs. W. S. Pickett, we laid it all out
for quinine, morphine and opium, and I carried it into
the Confederacy, on my person, distributing it in the

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[Miss Kate Cantwell, Wilmington, representative for North CaroUna
in Reunion i.e. v. at Birmingham.]

hospitals at LaGrange, Ga., and there I had the com-
pliment of having a hospital called for me (The Law
Hospital), which many Surgeons and old soldiers still
recollect. :;: * * * * :: ‘

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

107

“Miss Anna Hardee, General Hardee’s daughter.
went the rounds daily with me. We made egg-nogg
every day for the pneumonia and typhoid pati
and carried coffee to sick patientB.

“While at Columbus, Ga., I heard of the terrible
destitution 1 if t lie soldiers at Dalton, Ga., in Gen. J. E.
Johnston’s division. Thousands of soldiers were hav-
ing to sit up all night round a log fire, for want of

Mi” [da H. Vinson, Shreveport, n Louisiana In Re-

union r. c. V. :ii Birmingham

blankets. 1 wae 90 greatly troubled to hear of the
gnat Buffering of the brave heroes who wen •
tng like a “stone wall ” between the women and chil-
dren of the South and the enemy, thai afti
Less night, 1 went directly to a Ladies’ Aid Society,
where a nuniher of patriotic women of Columbus,
Ga., were at work for the soldiers. 1 told what 1
had heard of the suffering, for want of blankets, by
the soldiers, and made an appeal to them for aid,
telling them if they would furnish the blankets, 1
would go in person to Dalton and distribute them to
the soldiers. With generous liberality, boxes ol
thing — chicken, ham, sausage, butter, pickles, bread
and cake were packed, and 1 carried them to our Mem-
phis soldier boys at the time 1 did the blankets.

“On Christmas night 1 left for Dalton, accompanied
by the noble, patriotic President of that Aid Society,

Mrs. Robt. Carter. At Atlanta my boxes had to he

ked to Dalton. 1 met Dr. LaGree, of New Or-
leans, who proposed to telegraph Dr. John Erskine to
meet us on our arrival at Dalton, at three o’clock
in the morning, and he did SO

“At Dalton 1 sent a note to Gen Hardee, Gen. John-
ston being absent, telling him my mission. He came
immediately. A courier and carriage were sent to us.
and our first visit was to the old 1”) 1th Regiment
Preston Smith’B. That night we had quite a levi
officers. ( .en. Hardee said that he had in his division
fifteen hundred men without a blanket; Gen. Hind-
man, one thousand; Gen. Cheatham, hundreds; and
many other divisions in a similar condition.
Pat Cleburne said socio were a luxury his men did
not know: he had not had a pair on for five months.

“That evening a wagon was sent, with twenty sol-

ive the blankets I had brought. The

1 by order of l>r. Erskine: and

1 distributed the blankets and clothing to those who

needed them. * * *

” I then returned to < lolumbus, wrote and published
in the papers what 1 had Been and heard at Dalton, of
real need of blankets for the Confederate soldiers,
and made another appeal to that Ladies’ Aid Society
for more blanket-. And they again nobly responded
to my request, and went to work with zeal mil
dented, working night and day. taking the last blanket
from their beds, cutting Up carpets and lining them.
1 went out and in one hour 1 collected twenty-five
hundred dollars from the business houses, and laid it
out in the Columbus me and coarse

cloth. ‘I’Ih women and children worked night and
day, and in ten day- I returned to the army in Dalton
with seven la’ roods boj each for Ten-

■ . Kentucky, Mississppi, Louisiana, Arkane ic Mi
souri. and Texas, all packed with five hundred ay
thirty blankets an and sixteen liundr

pairs of socks, tor the soldiers. 1 then went up to
Tunnel Hill where Gen. Cleburne had his divi

k- of corn, for a freight train carried the
Arkan-a- box to h Had the boxes opened

at the General’s quarters, ami a- he was verj
to mak< 1 speech to his men on re-enlisting, said the
boa of blankets would do more than any tiling he could
Bay, showing them the interest the women at home
felt in them. But for the generous aid of the noble.
patriotic women of Columbi I would hav<

pOW( lie– to take t I blankets and

Bocks to our suffering sold
” After the second effort by the ladies of Columbus,

and expecting to 1, nd trip with blankets,

M Ise LIzkIi 1 i.i rke, Wi 1 in Re-

in U. C. V. a

I wrol n Johnston of my intention, and asked

him to s The difficulty in

having to travel with so many boxes, and they to be
transferred at Atlanta. anions and annoying.

Gen. Johnston sent tie escort immediately and we

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left again for the seat of \v;ir, this time accompanied
by three ladies, Mrs. Sallie Wilkins, my niece, and a
daughter and grandaughter of Gov. Forsytbe. We
wen- invited to dine with Generals Johnston, Hind-
man, Cumming and others, and my escort to dinner

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ilia Montague. Baltimore, representative for Maryland in Ke-
union i.e. V*. at i;i) hi Ingham. 1

at Gen. Cumming’s was the Rev. Dr. Stilt-. We had
four o’clock ( lonfederate dinners, and were always sent
for by tin’ Adjutant of the General with whom we
were to dine, with a carriage, and always escorted by
Dr. John. Gen. •). C. Brown gave a party in honor of
my lady friends. His headquarters were out about
two miles in a large eight room brick house. The
rooms were handsomely draped with Confederate Hags,
with a splendid band ‘if music in the wide hall. There
the Episcopal Bishop ami the Presbyterian Rebel
woman stood on the same platform under the Confed-
erate flag. Gen. Johnston ordered a grand parade-
thirty thousand brave, tattered troops — in honor of
my mission to his soldiers. .Mrs. Johnston invited
me to take a seat in her carriage. :;; * *

” My poor services to my struggling, bleeding coun-
try I know was only a drop in the ocean of that gigan-
tic, cruel civil war. Still, for all those year- of the
‘Sixties,’ they were most cheerfully, lovingly, and
gratuitously given. In all my trips with supplies for
the soldiers, 1 paid all my own expenses, never asking
or receiving so much as a railroad pass or ticket. No,
no; my whole heart and thoughts and deepest sym-
pathies were all ahsorbed in the destiny of my people.
For that just cause I would have died, could that sac-
rifice have brought peace, instead of a surrender, in
which all was lost, save honor.

“Could I write all the incidents of my war record
of the ‘Sixties’ a book could not contain them — the

many reminiscences of those sad, gloomy, sorrowful
years of terror and gloom. Perhaps at fifty years 1
might have accomplished it. hut now. at eighty-seven
years. 1 feel inadequate to the task ; still, memories of
suffering, blood, and tears at the bedside of the
wounded, dying soldier, is indelibly stamped on my
memory, and will probably last until the dream- w
this fitful, checkered life are over, and I am transported
to that ‘House of many mansions.’ prepared for all
who love and serve God. I have had the honor of
being called the ‘Mother of the Confederacy.’ a com-
pliment I esteem higher than any that Could he con-
ferred upon me.”

SENTINEL SONGS.

if pe
Confederate Monument.* 1 ]

When falls the soldier brave,

Dead at the feet of wrong,
The poet sings and guards his grave

With sentinels of song.

Songs, march! he gives commaed,
Keep faithful watch anil true;

The living and dead of the conquered land
Have now no guards save you.

Gray ballads, mark ye well!

Thrice holy is your trust!
Go! halt by the fields where warriors fell ;

Rest arms! and guard their dust.

List, songs! your watch is long,

The soldiers’ guard was brief ;
Whilst right is right, and wrong is wrong,

Ye mav not seek relief.

do!
G

rray !

ird the chief.

ro! wearing the gray of grief!

I rOl watch o’er the dead in g
jo! guard the private and guar
And sentinel their clay !

And the solids, in stately rhyme,
And with softly-sounding tread,

( rO forth to watch for a time, a time,
Where sleep the deathless dead.

And the songs, like funeral dirge,

In music soft Rnd low,
Sing round the graves whilst hot tears singe

From hearts that are bomes of woe.

What though no sculptured shaft

Immortalize each brave!
What though no monument, epitaphed,

Be built above each grave!

When marble wears away

And monuments are dust,
The songs that guard our soldiers’ clav

Will still fulfill their trust.

With lifted bead and steady tread,

I, ike stars that guard the skies.
( io watch each bed. where rest the dead,

Brave songs, with sleepless eyes.

M LBS Minnie Harris, of Westmoreland, Tenn.. writes
of the successful extraction of a ball from the arm of
her father, W. T. Harris, that he carried from Shiloh,
April <i, 1862, His brother, T. G. Harris, was wounded
at ( ‘hickatnauga in September, 1K(>:>. They both be-
longed to Battle’s JOth Tennessee.

Mr. Wm. Longworth. of Nashvsllc, who came from
England, in ordering copies of the Veteran sent to
his native England, explains that “I want my friends
over there to know the truth.”

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COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN COMRADES.

FIRST <AVlTOL BUILDING OF THE CONFEDERAt )

Montgomery will always enjoy the distinction of
having been the first < ‘apital of thi < onfederate States,
for there, February I. 1 561 . delegates from sis Bei eding
States assembled to organ i fovernmenl of that

Republic; there-its Constitution was adopted in the
same year, and there, February 18, 1861, on tin Bteps
of the Capitol, Jefferson Davis was inaugurated I'” si-
dent and Alex. Stephi ns Vice President of a power
which has passed from among tin- nations of the earth
forever; but whose brief existence was like some bril-
liant meteor, and the record of whose armies is marked
with ;i fortitude and daring unsurpassed by the trained
Napoleon, or the serried columns of the Iron I hike. —
/.’ u’s Hand-book of Alabama.

STACK ARMS, BOYS, Ml /> O’ER.

[Affectionately dedicated. April 9th, to tbe Confederal V’etei

.Mrs. F. <;. De Fontaine, Read on Memorial l>»> al Charlea-

tOD, 8. I

All, yes! this is the saddest >!:»>■ of all the bli ssed j ear,
For still the echo of ihose mournful words 1 Bei m to h<

“Stack arms. !>o\ s. all IS

Though three decades have passed since then, 1 hear them still.
As through the portals of the past they come my,eoul to thrill,
‘Stack arms, boys, all is o’er.”

They gave the death blow to our hopes, and left naught in

their stead
Save love for those who guided us. and reverence for our dead.
“Stack arms, boys, all is o’er.”

As thus with heads low l«>«ed we stood, a mist came o’er our

eyes.

And something on our gray coats fell, that falls when loved
one dies.

“Stuck arms. bOJ S, all is

For through the vista of the future years looked grim despair.

And desolated homes, in which were vacant chairs Bt 1 there;

” Stack ai ma, I” >ys, all is o’i r.”

And now the old gray coat and hat must hang upon the wall,
For ne’er again shall wearer answer to the bugle call.

“Stack arms, DOJ s, all is o’er,”

Aye, yes! this is the saddest day of all the blessed year,

I il -till the echo of those fatal words I seem to hear,
“Stack arms, hoys, all is o’er.”

Griffin. Ga., February 3, 1894— His Excellency,
Turney. Nashville, Tenn. — My Dear Sir: 1 write
to ask if you are the Col. Turney who commanded a
regiment in James Archer’s Brigade, and lit, bled and
died in the same. If you ate not. excuse me foi
passing upon your time, hut permit me to say that
you need oot get a hump on your hack for being taken
for that Col. Turney, whether he i- dead or alive, for
no Turney was mot-.’ gallant and honorable than whom
when I knew him. If you are. by any possibility, or
freak of fortune, the same Col. Turney that I la-
in the charge upon Burnside’s Corps
at Sbarpsb ow Capt. Flynt, of the L9th G<

nent, to shake your hai i ly. and then

ike and shake again, and congratulate you upon

the honors which you have achieved, or had thrust

upon you, [f you are my old comrade of the war.

and would like to hear any thing about one so huni-

ble and obscure in the war and since, drop a !

T. W. Flynt. Griffin, <ia.. and he will endeavor to p. -.»

voke yon into bim an account of youi

those days, so that he shall ha for boring

you with a short history of himself. Bui suffice it for

the present to say that he had a romantic adventure,

and pa-sed through terrible ordeals after you all left

him at Sharpsburg to

Richmond, looking toward Pet< I ones

■•So n Things Were.”— The widow of Col. John C.
Thompson, who gave his life at Shiloh, wrote of how
” such things were.” from which the followingisa ‘

‘ T was here a tender husband strove

To keep my happiness in view ;
I Broiled beneath a mother’s love.

Whose fond compassion evi r knew
In them all the virtues comb i

( *n them with faith I could rely.
To them my heart and soul were joined

By Btrong affection’s primal tie.
He smiles in heaven exempt from care,
While memory tells me such things were.

Mrs. Thompson died at Bowling Green, Ky., in 1885.

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AN INTERESTING HATCH OF TELEGRAMS.

Mr. Geo. \V. Trabue, who was telegraph operator at
headquarter- i>( tin- Western Army, and was general
manager for the Western Union in the South when he
died ten years ago, bad among his papers quite a large
batch of original telegrams from prominent Confeder-
ates. ‘I’ll’ Veteran is gratified with the opportunity
of copying and making extracts from them. First
are telegrams from Gen. Johnston, at Shelbyville,
dated February 6th, 7th and 8th, 1863. They show
something of the details in the Army Commander’s
service and responsibilities :

Dispatches of February 6, 1863:
< ren. Bragg, Tullahoma: I am required to furnish ;i list of nil
ental, brigade and division ( inlanders, with the regi-
ments, brigades and divisions commanded by them ; also a list
of quart* rraasti re, commissaries and assistants, with the brig-
ades, divisions, regiments, posts and depots where assigned.
i send such a statement as soon as possible to Col. B. S.
.well, Chattanoi

Gen. S Coop r, Richmond, Va.: The reports you require are
due in lepartmenl commanders. I have ordered them to

he made forthw ilh.

i mii. S.Cooper, Richmond: Brig. Gen. Donelson was ordered
io ECnoxville on the 4th, and is on his way. The order was
given on information from Brig. Gen. Heth.

Col. Lee, C. S. A., commanding Atlanta: Ascertain if hand
mills for coin ran be made at Atlanta, and at what rale, and
report to Col. B. 6. Ewell, at Chattanooga.

Col. U.S. Kwell, Chattanooga: Send the letters to Gen. Bragg.

Let Brogden report at Richmond and Maj. A. 1>. Banks at Chat-
tanooga, Transfer the Burgeon who accompanies Brig. Gen.

hoiielson to Department of Kast Tennessee.

Dispatches of February 7th.

Gen. Bragg. Tullahoma : Has not Brig. Cen. Donelson gone
to Knoxvilh’.’ If not, let him go at once and get his orders at

i ‘hattanooga.

Maj. Gen. 6. B. Buckner, Mohile: Is distress or inconven-
ience ill Mobile produced by any order of Gen. Pemberton as
to transportation of corn by railroad’.’ Cannot tin- rivers sup-
ply the city \\ ith corn .’

Dispatches of February 8th.

Gen. W. w. Mackall, Mobile: Gpv. Shorter told me that the
corn crop is very large in Southern Alabama. 1 desired Gen.
Buckner to procure his supplies there. The city can do so too

sooner than hv waiting the result of inspection. Tell the
Mayor so.

Col. B. s. Ewell, Chattanooga: Telegraph to the Chief En-
gineer the size of pontoons our wagons can carry. It Brown

knows any thing of the supplies of corn and meat when- he
has been let him write it immediately to me at Tullahoma.

Cen. Bragg, Tullahoma : If the 2d Kentucky Regiuienl is in
your con iniand order private John A . Lee, Company C. 2d Ken-
tucky Regiment, to report to the Secretary of the Navy, he
having been appointed Midshipman.

Lieut. Gen. Pemberton, Jackson, Miss. : Your dispatch of the

6th February cannot be deciphered. Repeat.

R. 11. slough, Esq., Mayor of Mobile: I cannot, at this dis-
tance, interfere with Cell, l’enihei ton’s mode of supplying his
troops. The State of Alabama, especially southeast of the Ala-
bama River, can certainly furnish Mobile with corn.

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Hon. J. Gill Shorter, Montgomery, Ala.: The Mayoi of Mo-
bile complains that Gen. Pemberton’a order iu regard to corn

in Mississippi produced distress in Mobile. I cannot meddle
with Gen. Pemberton’a mode oi supplying bis troops at tins
distance. Have suggested to the Mayor that Southeast Ala-
bama can Eurnisb abundance of corn. Will you suggest to him
how Mobile may be supplied?

Dispatch of February 17th.

Tullahoma, Tenn., March 2, 1863.- To Geo. 8. Blackie, Med-
ical Purveyor, Atlanta, Ga.: Forty barrels of good old apple
brandy can be bought at ten dollars per gallon, shall it be

sent to you.’ E. A. Fi.ewki.i.kn, Medical Director.

Tullahoma, March 15, 1863, Capt, I. 8. Morphia, Okolona,

Miss. : Veil arc authorize. 1 to enlist, men in Confederate service

in all counties of West Tennessee [bh im i i. Harms,

Gov’r of Te.

Tullahoma. March. 23, ’63.- To Burgeon I”. M. McMillan,
Pulaski, Tenn. : Send requisitions for medicine to Chattanooga,

accompanied by this telegram. Send sick and wounded to

lluntsville as fast as possible. F. A. Flbwbllen,

Medical Director.

Headquarters Department of the West, Tullahoma, Tenn.,

April 14, 1863.— The telegraph operator must send all official

telegrams for Gen. Johnston or the Adjutant General’s office
inclosed in sealed envelopes. By command of Gen. Johnston.

I’.i \.i. S. Fw kix, A. A. (.en.

Tullahoma, April is, 1863.— Telegraph < Iperator, Tullahoma:
Please have the dispatch to Gen. Jackson, which was sent by

me to-night, repeated to Chattanooga. His headquarters are
(here. Kespect fully, J, F. Johnston.

Raleigh, N. C, April 29th. — Gen. Bragg: I unite with Mrs.
Anderson, Tate, Miss Cameron, and many friends here in ask-
ing an extension of Capt. Wilkes Anderson’s leave. They

have been married one week. Answer. Tnos. Brago.

Tullahoma, May 1, 1863. Honorable Thomas Bragg, Raleigh,

X. C. : Granted for one month. See seventh verse, twentieth
chapter, and tifth verse, twenty-fourth chapter, hook ol

teronomy. Bba \ ro» Ba u i

Tullahoma, May 5, 1868.- < lovernor .Ino. nil I Shorter, Mont-
gomery, Ala.: By a rapid concentration of forces in North

Alabama 1 have driven out the heavy oi.lunin of the enemy
recently maraud ingt here. Some I , soil cavalry, however, ;
our left and made a desperate dash to destroy our communica-
tions and depots in Georgia. By a hold and brilliant move-
ment not surpassed in the war Forrest, with half their num-

1m r. pursued rapidly and fought them running For live days,
without f”i id, except what he could hastily gather in

that wild mountain region. He has finally killed

the whole part v. Will yon receive as civil pris re, under the

President’s order, such officers as were taken in your State
serving with armed slues inciting insurrection?

Braxton Bra

Jnne 17, 1864.— Telegraph operator, Columbus, Mist
If any telegraph dispatches come for me you will [lipase send
them to Mr. Richard Sikes and obi Yours,

N B I 0RRE81 . Maj i ten.

Press of Georgia, Proclamation :

Corinth, Miss . No vem her 18, 1864. -People of Georgia: Arise
for the defense of your native soil! Rally around your patri-
otic Governor and our gallant soldiers’ Obstruct and d

all roads in Sherman’s front, thinks and rear, and his army will
soon starve in your midst. Be confident, be resolute, tn
an overruling Providence, and success will crown youi efforts.
I hasten to join yon in the defense of your homes and fin

I .. T. BBAUBBOABD, ‘ iell.

Chickamauga, October 9, 1863.— To Mrs. Jefferson Davis,
Richmond, Va. : Arrived here comfortably and well.

(Sign Jkkf’n Da\ is.

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JThe (Confederate Uctcvun.

One Dollar a Year. S. A. CUNNINGHAM, Editor.

Office at Tbe American, Corner Church and Cherry St8.

This publication is the personal property of s. A. Cunningham.
All persons who approve such publication, and realize its benellts
as an omau far aasoclatlone throughout tbe South, are requested to
commend lis patronage and toco-operate in extending It.

THE SAME OF OIR WAR.

At one of the first of < Ion federate reunions there was
»e gathering ;it Pulaski, Tenn., and tlie eminent
General John • ‘. Brown, whose name is over to be
honored in Tennessee and at tin- South, was very
active for tin- success of the entertainment. It was
after his service as Governor. I wrote him a note
suggesting that steps be taken there that day to desig-
nate our great war. whereby the Southern people at
[feast would have the same expressive term. He did
not get the note in time i” submit it, but expressed
sincere regret at failure. One of his most gallant regi-
mental commanders, Col. J. I’. McGuire, who has since
died also, concurred heartily in the suggestion.

Let steps he taken without longer delay to abandon
such terms as ”the late unpleasantness,” “the late
war.” Even “the civil war,” and “the warhetween the
States.” are terms hardly fitting in dignity. “The
Revolution” characterizes, with proper effect, the
struggle of our ancestors, “The Mexican War,” recalls
history of which the soldiers who participated are
proud. Think of “the late unpleasantness,” or ” the
late war” as the terms sound to mature men and
women who were born after that great struggle ended.

The VETERAN proposes that we adopt “The Confed-
erate War” as our term, and exercise diligence for it.
All the world would accept it, and the “rebellion”
would not he remembered as a disloyal epoch when
the pride of the term • ■ > 1 » ( – understood by new

generations.

Then we Confederates talk and write about “the
lost cause.” Are we not wrong in this’.’ Rev. .Mr.
Degen, who came South from Boston, and now has
charge of the Advent Episcopal Church in Nashville,
used an illustration in a sermon in which he demurred
to the expression and said, “What the people of the
South fought for they gained.” The same constitu-
tional principles of the fathers are maintained, slavery
ibolished, but the Southern people did not make
all their sacrifice for the value of slaves. True, the
issue of “State rights” may he regarded as “lost,”
but we are too apt to refer to these things as if we had
been vanquished. Dr. Degen meant that the changes
brought about by the war were of greater value to the
South than to have continued the former regime.
Let us continue up and doing, fellow-citizens, with
other tax payers and voters in the Union. Even if
“all was lost save honor,” that was not tarnished.

Faithful and true Maryland! In the appropria-
tions for the next two years, for this year and next,
which aggregate $125,000 annually, the -. oond largest
sum is to the Maryland Line Confederate Soldier-
Ho $7,500 each year.

M wi I ‘on federate Vetera in-an becoming thoroughly
aroused to the benefits of organization. Every man
who served in the war can be helpful to his unfortu-
nate comrades better through organization than other-
wise, and no appeal, whether made in word or through
hi- own eye-, should bestir a fortunate veteran as
those of his comrades who have tried without being
successful. If they have the fault of dissipation even,
they have suffered long enough to bestir his helpful
sympathy.

Dr. .1. (‘. Stegee, of Lover, Tenn.. spoils -a good
story” which relates to the appearance of a woman
among the Federals in the battle of Fort Donelson,
with a sword in one hand and the stars and stripes in
the other, by relating how inconsistent it is through-
out. There are thrilling incidents related by both
sides that will not be beneficial to the historians of the
future. The Veteran seeks the truth and nothing
else for its columns. If there be exaggerations, let them
be unimportant as history antl only for fun.

In a recent personal letter Mrs. Maggie Davis Hayes
states: I have just opened the March number of your
to me deeply interesting magazine, with its pathetic
title page. I, too, have reverently laid aside a suit of
Confederate gray, priceless to me in that my father
wore it when he was captured. I shall keep it for my
children as more precious than jewels, and onlj wish
they could share with me the memory of how he
looked in it as he stood a defiant, gallant Southern
gentleman, proud of the cause he had striven for, and
willing to be a martyr since he could not lie a saviour.
* * * I am still weak from a prolonged illness —
this fearful ami mysterious la grippe — and a slight
heart trouble, which change it is hoped will relieve’.
I deeply regret being unable to go to Birmingham on
this account, as the doctor has ordered me to go to
Southern California as soon as I am able to travel,
which I hope will lie very soon.

Mr Louis F. Bossieux, of Richmond, Va., has kindly
sent the VETERAN a register of the dead in Hollywood
Cemetery. It is a volume of 117 pages, and the names
are alphabetical, with company, regiment, State and
date of death. 1 will cheerfully reply to any inquiry
on receipt of stamp. The book was published in 1869,
hence copies are hardly procurable. There are about
ii/)(>ll interments, about -VI’) of whom are unknown.

The Souvenir, to appear this month, is expected to
be the most popular publication ever issued for 25 cts

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GEN. JUBAL A. EARLY.

The fall down some steps by the Lynchburg, Va.,
postoffice, February 16th, was the cause of Gen. Jubal
A. Early’s death. It was pitiable t<> see that tlie gal-
lant old hero was bo dazed by the fall as to object to
leaving tin’ carriage on arriving home, saying it was
not his home. II” was taken out in awheel chair
several days in succession, but he died in two week-.

Cen. Early was horn in Franklin County, Virginia,
November I. 1816. His father, Jacob Early, was a
farmer, his mothers Mi– Hair-ton. who inherited a
large number of slaves.

While Early trass student at West Point he and
Joe Hooker, who made high reputation in the bat-
tles for the the Union, had a difficulty that grew out
of s debate in which Early excepted to Hooker’s speech
upon “the atrocities of slavery.” Earl} was a Whig

of the old BChOOl, and defeated a candidate “who ad-
vocated disruption of the Union” in the memorable
convention of 1861. He was the extreme member of
the convention in favor of the Union, and the last to

sign the secession ordinance, and then entered upon
the journal his special reasons for concurring.

Gen. Early’s career after the war was so identified
with the Louisiana State Lottery Company that its
enemies made much war upon him ami <ien. Beaure-
gard. There is a singular feature in connection with
this powerful corporation which might he mentioned
to their credit, now that both of them are dead and as
both were such prominent < lenerals in the war. Much

a- they were abused, and anxious a- were good people
to defeat the legalized gambling, there was no taint of
dishonesty from first to last. The Veteran will not
he misconstrued. Its edit >r has always been opposed
to every species of gambling, hut this i- a creditable
characteristic in the career of these two veteran officers

that should not lie forgotten by honest men. however
much opposed to the occupation by which they made
much money.

Dr. -1. W’m. Jones, Chaplain of the University of Vir-
ginia, writes : But now that he has “passed over to the
great majority.” let us forget his faults ami remember
hi- great ability, his stern patriotism, his unpurchasa-
ble integrity, his love for truth, his hatred of skulking
“during OT since the war.” his unwavering devotion
to the land and cause he loved BO well, and his aide
defensi of the truth of Confederate history, and manly
vindication of the name ami fame of our Confederate
leaders and people.

A- a soldier, lie was unquestionably one of the
men we had. His Bervice in command of Swell’s old
division at First Fredericksburg, Second Fredericks-
burg, Gettysburg, ami the campaign of 1864, from the
Rapidan to Cold Harbor, and the ability with which
he handled A. 1′. 11 ill’s corps when in temporary com-
mand of it at Spottsylvania Court House, during the
sickness of Gen. Hill, gave the army and the people
the highest opinion of hi- ability as a soldier, ami
there was no surprise when it was announced that

Gen. T.ee had put him in command of E well’s corps
i the old ” Stonewall ” corps), and bad sent him to meet
Hunter at Lynchburg.

[f Gen. Early had fallen at Cold Harbor in June, ’64,
or in front of Washington. .Inly 8th, he would un-
questionably have gone down to history as one of the
ablest federacy. The subsequent

disasters in the Valley did dim his fame, for the time
at least, hut when the futUl ■ – to -can

all of tin’ facts, he will do justice to this able ami
sturdy soldier.

• ■en. I.ee always spoke in high ten irly’s

“ability, zeal, and devotion to the cause,” and of “the

fidelity and energy with which he always supported

his (Lee’s) efforts, and the courage and >n he

i manifested in the service of tin- country.”

I p. .ii several occasions I heard President Davis
speak of i ,en. Early as among the ablest soldiers whom
the war produced, and there can he hut little doubt
that this will he the calm verdict of history.

The Pat Cleburne Camp. No 88, U. C. V., Cli burne,
|. sas, concerning the character of Lieut. Gen. Jubal
A. Early, resolved that “it i- with deep sorrow we
have learned of the death of Lieut. Cell. Jubal A.
Early; that we will cherish hi- memory as one of the
gnat soldiers of the late war who -,> nobly fought to
|m rpetuate the rights ami liberties of the Southern
people; and that we commend hi- example as a pa-
triot to our >ons as worthy of their emulation, and
that we shall commit his fame as an able, pure and
fearless chieftain to the keeping of the chivalrous
young manhood of the South, who will he just to his
memory. Al-o that it he published in the CONFEDER-
ATE Veteran. M s. k un i . Adjt

PRISON LIFE ON VO//.W.Y ‘S ISLAND

Capt. Charles W. Frazer, a brave soldier of the Fifth
derate, wasa prisoner on Johnson’s Island, and
his wile, through an influential triend, procured a pass
t” see her husband, which was written by President
Lincoln’s own hand on a visiting card. After an at-
tempted escape by the prisoners this privilege was cur-
tailed, ami she was only permitted to see him at rare
intervals, at a distance, which she endea\ ored to par-
tially Overcome by using an opera glass. It was on
one ot these occasions that the Captain’s baby took
her first step and uttered her first expression, ” I’se a
l’ehel,” having before made her lirst journey in an
army wagen. Capt. Frazer wa- one ot’ a detail to cut
the grass off the graves of the prisoners who had died.
and his wife, who remained in Sandusky to he as near
to him as possible, having heard in some mysterious
manner when he would serve, crossed to the Island
and was watching him from a point a- close a- she
was permitted to go, when the bal nizing her

father from the picture her i showed to her

daily, clapped her hands and crawled toward him: a
guard planted his bayonet between them, and as the
baby pulled up by it to better reach her father, ordered
peremptorily, “Take that child away!” “I do not
understand the order,” said Mrs. Frazer; “I thought

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thai this was a war of men, not one against women
and babies.” “Slit- may have papers,” suggested a
Federal. “Well,” said Mrs. Frazer. “if you think
that, take her and search her.” The sarcasm had its
effect, and the baby was not removed, though the bar-
rier was still held between father and child.

The poem. “MySouth! My South!” printed here
first, and which ha- been justly styled her autobiog-
raphy, was written by this “Captain’s baby, and is
one of the many tributes from her, whose love for her
country has been to her a precious heritage.

my sot in ! in south !

Bend low, thou loved one, I y song of love,

Thy child of battle, daughter of the storm,

Whose infant years were cradled “ii thy shield,

Wll08e wondering eyes saw lirst thine armored form.

For I must sim; thee, though thy fallen state
l.oii but a Bword gleam for a trusting smile,
And gave the Brat print of my baby feel

Into the prison earth of Johnson’s Isle.

Yea, I will Bing thee, though my pipes forget

An. I voice s time the strain thou knOWCSt well;

Remember love, thou couldst not close my ears
Against the music of the « hizzing shell.

But if I pain thee witli a martial prayer,

Mim- lirst in war, mine last, in mantling peace,

Lay thou thy soft hand on my throbbing heart,
And hid the plaining of thy minstrel cease.

Thou art mine own, my beautiful, my love!

I blame thee not, what cloud may come to me;
1 give my faith into thy trustful arms;

All that 1 am, or hope, I yield to thee!

Thy foot rests on the fairest spot of earth,
Thine eyes are full of heaven’s holy hlue,

The sunlit kiss of peace is on thy blt>W,
() thou, mine own, the beautiful, the true!

lad my right hand forget her tricks of art

Ere I conceal the faith that lies in me,
And let my tongue forget to utter love

If I pay homage unto aught but thee!

I trim my taper, hut to seek the shrine —

With thee 1 smile, with thee I breathe my sigh ;
Yea. as thou goest, loved one, I will go,

And when thou diest, Beautiful, 1 die!

Virginia Fka/.kk Boyle.

1>k. M< Murray Sang Undeb Fibs. — Henry K. Moss,
Company 11. “J<ith Tennessee Infantry: The heroism
and bravery shown in our war time by Lieut. W. -I.
McMurray, of Company R, ’20th Tennessee Infantry,
at the battle of Resaca, Ga., in the summer of 1864,
should be recorded in the VETERAN. The 20th Ten-
nessee and “>7th Ceorgia regiments were in reserve in
a ravine in the rear of Lewis’ celebrated Kentucky
“Orphan ” brigade until about the middle of the after-
noon, when the enemy advanced in our front for the
purpose of making a charge, when this reserve force
was ordered forward. The federal artillery com-
menced a fierce cannonade upon our works, and just
as the 20th Tennessee came within range of the shot
and shell of the enemy, Lieut. McMurray. then a beard-
less youth, sang the following portion of “The Ronnie
Blue Flag,” which was very popular in our army:

And now, young men, a word to you,

If you would win the fair
i io to the field where honor calls

And win your lady there.

This gallant young officer, who had shed his blood
on other fields, passed unscathed through that day,
but was wounded the next day. and lost an arm at At-
lanta afterward. At the close of the war he returned
to Tennessee, where he won for a bride one of “the
fairest of the fair.” lie is now one of the most prom-
inent and prosperous physicians of Nashville. Dr.
McMurray has been a leader in Confederate matters
in Tennessee. He is an ex-1’resident of the State As-
sociation, First Vice-President of the Tennessee Con-
federate Soldiers’ Home, for which he has done much
valuable service, and is the father of the young lady
who is to represent Tennessee at Rirmingham Reunion.

Tullahoma, Tenn., Guardian, after mention of Feb-
ruary VETERAN in its leading editorial, says: “It is
working its way to a substantial patronage that is well
deserved. It has continually grown in interest and
popularity until it has come to be a welcome guest in
thousands of Southern homes, and is watched lor with
i leeling akin to that which thrilled the hearts of the
‘folks at home’ thirty years ago, when a letter was ex-
pected from the loved ones in the tented field. Brother
Cunningham is doing service in recalling from his
own experience and that of his correspondents many
incidents of the war for the benefit of the veterans
and their descendants that would otherwise soon have
passed into oblivion, and also in correcting many
wrong impressions likely to go into history as facts if
not now placed in proper light before those who were
participants shall have gone from earth. Its pages
teem with reminiscences of that stirring time, ‘ dur-
ing the war.'”

I.. I’. Hailing, 19th South Carolina Infantry: 1 send
you a short account of a little scrape that I was in at
Snake Creek Gap. When Johnston left Resaca there
was a detail made from our division (Ed. Johnson’s)

to hold the Cap until the troops could get away. We
were posted there in the morning and spent a quiet
day, but late in the evening it was reported that the
enemy was coming and we were moved a little farther
back. I was one of thirty videts deployed on each
side of the road. It was dark and cloudy, and we lay
on watch, until we began to hear sticks cracking.
They crawled and sneaked right up to us, when they
rose up and made for. US, but when they got there we
were like the Irishman’s Ilea, gone. According to or-
ders we fell back to the main line, the yanks following.
We did not have long to wait, as they soon came on
us in force, making three charges on our lines during
the night, but we held them back. When day came
they made preparations to wipe us up, but they had
made a miscount. We were in breastworks built by
McPherson in the spring when he was Banking John-
ston at Dal ton. They made charge alter charge on us,
but we held our own until in the afternoon, having
killed and wounded scores of them. About three
o’clock we found that we were being flanked by a force
of cavalry, when we withdrew. I think it was one of
the best lights of the war. It is said that there was a
corps of yankee infantry, but we had not more than
five hundred men, commanded by Gen. Rrantley.
We marched all night, but the yankees, seeming to
lie satisfied, did not follow. I would like to hear from
some comrade who was in that fight.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

ii.

CHARLEY HERBST, OF KENTUCKY.

There was no uncommissioned soldier in the Con-
federate Army more faithful and constant in all
duties than Charley Herbst, of the 2d Kentucky Regi-
ment. He is worthy of high place in the VETERAN.
An intimacy with its editor since prison life at Camp

Morton in l 862 enables him to give this positive testi-
mony, and he docs it with special pride and ..’latitude.
It was intended to surprise him with the picture and
sketch last month. The hundreds yel Living of the
four thousand fellow-prisoners at Indianapolis will

recall the Cultured gentleman who was BO quick and

so accurate in his detail work at the little postoffice in
Cam]) Morton during the spring and summer of 1862,
and how their hearts throbbed when he would call
their names on letters from home. Everybody knew
“Charley.” The writer introduced himself, and after-
ward Charley’s unselfishness and friendly devotion
secured many returns in hospital and in camp.

When he had four holes shot into his body at Hal-
las, ( la., on the Johnston Sherman campaign, and was
located in a hospital, although lying on his back, he
sent this message: “Now that my opportunities are
better for writing, 1 will send you two letters for one.”

Early alter the war he was engaged for months in
marking graves ot Confederate dead between Dalton
and Atlanta, and wa- helpful in identifying many a
noble martyr who gave his life for Pixie’. A letter of
Mr. Herbst to some nieces furnishes the following data :

At the opening of the war he was in the hardware

trade in New York City. He returned to Kentucky
in April. 1861, and joined Company II, 2d Kentucky
Regiment, the first regiment formed at Camp Boone,
Tcnn. He was made Commissary Sergeant. He was
captured with his regiment at Fort Donelson and

sent to Indianapolis, Indiana. While in Camp Mor-
ton he was made Sergeant of Hi vision 13. He was
appointed assistant to Mr. Evans, the camp postmaster,
by Col. Owen, commandant of the prisoners. Later
he was assigned to duty at the Sergeant’s h< .ad.ju.ir-
H. was with his regiment in the battles of Mur-
boro, Jackson, Miss., Mission Ridge, Rocky Face
Gap, Resaca, and Dallas, Ga., where he was severely
wounded, and was on crutches for about six month-.
While convalescing was assigned to office duty under
Lieut. Battey, in Macon, Ga In Novemb
ported to the regiment at Stockbridge, Ga., where he
saw Atlanta burning, and with his mounted regiment
led to Ma., m. Ga. Later he was a bearer of dis-
patch,- to Dalton. Ga., for Col. Hiram Hawkii
the 5th Kentucky Infantry. Again he was ase
to duty, under Col. John F. Cameron, who appointed
him Sergeant Major of the detachment, with whom
he remained several months. Then he rejoined his
regiment and remained with it up to the surrender
under Gen. Johnston, April 26, 1865.

For twenty-three years he served as Librarian in
Atlanta and Ma en. Ga., \\ here he now lives. II
lived in that state nearly ever since the war, but has
ever registered as “of Kentucky.”

PREFERRED TO SHARE THE FARE OF Ills mis.

M. T. I.edhetter. Piedmont, Ala.: I desire to pav an
humble tribute to my Captain in the war. now Rev.
E. T. Smythe. lie resides in Anniston, Ala. The

following incidents illustrate the love and ;-

tween him am! the privates of hie company. <>urs
was Company C. Fifth Alabama Battalion. In \.>-
vember, 1861 (before the battalion was organized
company was ordered from Richmond to Yorktown.

We traveled by tail to West Point. Where we Went

aboard an open top schooner on the York River. A
Virginia winter was upon us in full blast, rain
Bleet, leaking tlie weather extremelv disagreeable.
We reached Yorktown just at nightfall. The wind
was blowing al a furious rate, ami the waves W(
high that we found it impossible to land, and were
Forced to cast anchor at a sale distance from the shore.
We were without shelter, food or tire, and the elements
fairly raged. After anchor was cast the Captain of the
boat came around ami invited Captain Smythe into
his cabin t<> supper, hut he very politely expressed his
thanks for the invitation, saying hi- men had nothing
I i eat, and he would fare just as they did, and al-
though the Captain of the boat and many of us ■
him we could not induce him to change his mind, or
to take even a cup of coffee, while hi- men were with-
out food. I have known him, when weary and worn
with marching, to positively decline the cordial, ur-
gent appeals by superii to ride, those officials

proposing to walk themscl

In the winter of 186] we were in winter quarters on
the hanks of the Potomac near Dumfries, fine Sun-
day, when the ground was covered with snow to the
depth of about eighteen inches, a requisition was made
upon (apt. Smythe for a detail from his company to
assist in building a stable for the horse of Adjutant
(>. Hooper. When the requisition was made and Capt.
Smythe was informed of the purpose, he said to the
Sergeant, “T,il Capt. Hooper my men do not build
stables on Sunday. It is not a military necessity, and
I do not allow them imposed upon in that way.”

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

GENERAL JOHN R. BAYLOR, OF TEXAS.

Col. John T. Crisp, of Independence, Missouri, tells
the St. Louis Republic an interesting story of the late
<;<-n. John II. Baylor, of Texas. Cri3p Baw Baylor in
El Paso not long after the war. ami was so attracted to
the stranger that In- Introduced himself and then
became so interested in conversation with him that
In- forgot an engagement with his wife.

Baylor said that at tin- beginning of the war he had a
company in North wesl Texas, and was surprised one
morning when tin 1 picket reported to him the capture
of a man who had “attempted to steal tin- horses of
the camp ” He was much surprised that a man “so
far from civilization should want to steal horses.”
The man was ordered before him. and was asked why
he wanted to steal horses away out there.

” 1 was not stealing them.’ the man replied, in the
very best tone and intheopenesl manner. “] wanted
them for a particular purpose and was taking them.”

Continuing, Gen. Baylor said: ” His coolness struck
me with particular force, and 1 asked him what |>art
of the country he was from, when he -aid California.
For day- I had been looking to the West as for a mil-
itary Messiah in the person of Albert Sidney Johnston,
with whom I had served in the army of the United
State-, and who was one of my chosen friends. Gen.
Johnston was in California and 1 wanted to know
whether or not he was coming to the Easl in the aid
of the Southern cause. Well, when this fellow told
nc he was from California, I felt a renewed interest.

“I asked ‘diil you know any of the prominent men
of your State?’

■■ 1 know them all,’ he replied with confidence.

“‘ I ‘id you ever hear of Albert Sidney Johnston?’

“‘Very often,’ was his calm response.

” ‘ When did you see him?”

■■’The day before I left California.’
Did you talk to him?’

“‘ Yes. and at great length.’

“• Did you hear him or any one say whether or not
he was coming East to engage in this conflict?’

“The man looked earnestly at me for two or three
minutes, and then he asked, ‘ What is your name?’

•• I told him ‘John R. Baylor. 1

“‘Well,’ he proceeded, ‘ you may or you may not be
the man you say you are. But 1 will tell you that
Gen. .1 oh list on is not three miles from here, and it was
for him that I was taking your horses.’

“We saddled up and rode oil’ with tin- stranger.
After going about three miles we went up the skirt of
a mountain, ami when we reached the summit our
guide pointed to a camp about a mile distant and below
us. At the Mime instant the camping party noticed

us. Gen. Johnston stepped to one side to get a hetter
look at us. and as he raised his glass he recognized me
and I recognized him. We rode rapidly to each other,
and we actually embraced in tears for minutes.”

Gen. Baylor and Gen. Johnston met there on that
occasion, and they stood in that vast empire like two
William Wallaces on the hills of Scotland. Hut one
died at Shiloh, the other lost courage when the war
was over, and, like a mighty oak riven and torn by a,
storm, was broken in body and spirit, it seemed hope-
lessly. But he went West, where he recuperated, and

there, surrounded by his multiplying herds, became
a figure in the great domain of Texas.

Gen. Baylor was a famous Texan and a powerful
man in every way. He represented his State in the
Confederate Congress, and was recognized long hefore
the war as one of the brainiest, as well as the bravest
physically, of its many heroic Bons.

PERILOUS CROSSING OF THE TENNESSEE.

F.O., Chapel Bill, Tenn.: During the latter days

of the great war ( ‘apt. Swame. his brother .lames, and

Tims. Britton, of Forrest’s cavalry, concluded to slip
oil’ from the command, which was below Huntsville,
and make atrip home. They took their halters and
bridles and constructed a raft and launched it Crusoe
style, hut were carried among the rock- by the current
and the rait wa> demolished. Tiny were left on a
large Hat rock, covered ahout two feet with water.
Britton could not swim, so the Captain and his brother
had to leave him for the night. They urged him not
to go to sleep, and said they would swim over and
rescue him afterward, hut they found they had only
reached an island, with no means of relief, so they all
had to spend the night where they were. They could
hear the prayers of Britton on the rock out in the
river. The next morning sonic of the command fol-
lowed after them, heard Britton and went out to his-
relief. lie dates his conversion from that hour, and
is one of the main pillars of the church to-day. The
Swame brothers, seeing that Britton was safe, started
for another swim. They again reached shore, to find
that they were on another island, and that the main
stream was still hefore them. Hungry and wet, they
walked around until evening, when to their joy they
saw a ferry-boat coming over, in which there were
several men and some women. These people pulled
to the shore, and the Captain, without knowing whether
they were friends or enemies, very politely asked to
be carried over, but they showed utter indifference to
his plea, and walked off, leaving one man to watch
the boat. Seeing an axe in the boat, the Captain
asked if he could get it to cut some wood. lie slipped
a motion to his brother, and they both leaped into the
boat, cut the rope and pulled for the other shore, and
were soon beyond the reach of gunshot. When over
they turned the boat loose and made it home safe.
The Captain is now one of the leading magistrates of
.Marshall County and the father of nineteen children.
He is a good swimmer still. Now, if any of that sipiad
on the island should read this he will please tell how
they got hack home.

Caspar W. Bell, Salisbury, Mo.: 1 sympathize very
much with the enterprise, and desire its success. M\
humble efforts will he cheerfully given to it. The
federals fought for the preservation of the Union,
and the Confederates for the preservation of constitu-
tional liberty as bequeathed to us by our revolutionary

fathers. The federals were successful in securing the

victory for Union, and God grant that the Confeder-
ates, by their patriotic efforts, may cement that Union
with the principles of constitutional liberty, thereby
securing to the country Union and constitutional lib-
erty, one and inseparable forever.

Since the above Mr. Bell has sent four, and expects
more subscribers.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

II!

HARVEY’S SCOCTS.

FORREST’S CAPTURE OF WOOLFORD.

In 1886 the survivors of this company met al I

n, Miss., and appointed a committee to raise funds
for a monument to their fallen comrades. This com-
mittee, as then formed, and afterward employed, met
on the 26th of Inst February at the Hotel Royal, in
New Orleans. Present — George Harvey, Wiley N.
Na-h, W. II. Kowcott, Wallace Wood, George Shelby,
Scott Field and .lames L. Goodloe. These gentlemen
hail from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Teni
see. The committee has collected, principally from
the surviving scouts, $1,500, and accepted the design
of F. II. Venn, of Memphis. It will be of valley
granite, massive and classic, decorated with the Con-
federate battle Sags, the Confederate Statee seal and
sal ires in copper, with appropriate wreaths and inscrip-
tions; notably the name- of those killed in battle. A
young daughter of one of these soldiers, Miss Evelyn
Nash, had collected copper cents since her early child-
hood, and donated five hundred to the fund. It is
now proposed to fuse these coins into medallion, and
ii\ it iii the granite with word- to indicate that it i-

her memorial to her father’s comrades. This, proba-
bly is the only monument erected by one company to
its dead, and will hear record of undaunted bravery.

1 think it is the only company especially mentioned
by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, and Gen. Claiborne de-
voted several chapters to it in his History of \|i-
sippi, the records of which were lost by tire: hut tl”

chapters were saved in the hands of Wiley N. Nash,
u ho. fortunately, hail the proof sheet-.

With from forty to seventy men, this command has
the record of 1,969 federal soldiers killed and cap
tured within less than two year-. It does not Seem
that these ever were ” buttermilk rangers,” as nearly
every one of the original forty-six were either killed
or wounded. The New i Orleans Picaywrn gave accounts
of the deliberations of this committee in its issues of
February 27th and 28th, and March 1st, ami the bril-
iant “Pearl Rivers” — Mrs. Nicholson- extended to
them numerous courtesies. The original command
was of picked men men from Wirt Adams’ brigade,

and served, mostly, under the heroic Maj. Gen. Wm.

II. Jackson, Josepb E, Johnston, and Forrest. They
were young, venturesome and successful: and tin
dignified lawyers, hankers and planters, of the -ur-
vivors. hardly remind us of that hardy looking, reck-
less hand of the fearful war time. The monument
will be unveiled at Canton. Miss., next August. The
survivors and their families will attend. .1.

The Chattanooga Times: The Confederate Vet-
bran is of concern to every one of the brave men who
were engaged in that great struggle between the North

and the Smith, and so fair, so honest, and so impartial
is its conduct that one becomes deeply interested in
it. no matter whether he wore the blue or the gray.
The last two numbers of the journal have been un-
usually interesting, and it is pleasing to note the grow-
ing circulation of Mr. Cunninghams paper.

The Woodville Miss.. Camp. No. 49, V. C. V: Re’
solved, That this Camp approve the CONFEDERATE
Veteran, published by S. A. Cunningham, at Nash-
ville, Tenn., and we hereby adopt it as the official or-
gan of this Camp. P. M. Stockett, Adjutant.

Geo. W. Voungl.lood. Golden City. Mo.: I saw in
the November Veteran how Woolford was driven by
the inch, a- it were, from Loudon to Knoxville. Here
is what 1 want to say: I belonged to Forrest’s old hri-
gade, Company A. 11th Tennessee Cavalry. After
the battle of Chickamauga we were camped at Cleve-
land. Tenn.. and Woolford at Philadelphia, eight
mile- south of London We -tailed one morning,
and rode all day and all night. The next morning
lirrounded Woolford. He was ready for “the
tun.” The 11th was in line behind the artillery, the
1th in our rear, the 8th on our right, the 9th ami 10th
on the road between Philadelphia and Loudon to cut

Off their retreat. Forrest hadn’t occupied a road run-
west, and when it got too hot for the hoys in
Mue th.y started west. Forrest -aw the gap, and
ordered our n the llth to dash across the

road. It was abont half a mile from us. At the same
time the 4th took our place in the line. We got in
about 200 yards of the road whin Col. Hoi man ordered
my compan] A and Company II to charge. We
went at tin m like wild men. tiring our revolvers, and
with tin old Confederate yell wi went through their
lim. still shooting and yelling. Col. Holm an at the
same time coining down on the other ride “f the road.
Tin y whirled hai k tor town. With the old llth T( n-
still after them, they rushed through Phila-
delphia for Loudon, lien tiny met the 9th and 10th.
nly thing they could do was to surrender. We
got 500prisoni re, 7 pieces of artillery. s i? wagon-. 600
stand of small arms, with all of their camp equipage.
This was In lor. the Beige at Knoxville. l.ongstrei t
was tin non his man h from Chattanooga. He came
up in a lew day-. Then we drove them into Kimx-
ville, w In n we cut their line in two. After tin battle
1 saw Minn <h ad yank- m the 1. ranch and pulled –
of them out.

THE FOND FOR CAPT. SLOAN.

In receipting for the $77.75 so generously contrib

from Fl I’aso, TexaB, and the other sums received and
forwarded since issue if th< March Vi ipt. J.

N. Sloan, of Pontotoc, Miss, writes: “What shall I
say to these good p> 0] l< Cod hies- you. my friend.

and each contributor. I am proud that 1 was a Con-
federate soldier and did my duty in behalf of our
beautiful Southland. Please Bay ‘ that I do

tiio-t assuredly thank them for their generous contri-
butions.”

Judge Wyndham Kemp, Adjutant of Jno.C. Brown
Camp, El I’aso, Texas. March 1 •”> ■ At the meeting of
• 1 no. C. Brown (amp. !’. < . \\, held the 2d inst

(‘propria ted for the relief of (apt. .1. N. Sloan, of
Pontotoc, Miss., whoBe appeal was published in the
Confederate Veteran, and :i committee of two ap-
pointed to solicit aid from tin- people of Fl Paso. As
the result I inclose you New York draft, to your order
for Capt. Sloan’s benefit, of $77.75, receipt of which
please acknowledge. I also inclose a Mexican paper
dollar, which Capt. Sloan may wish to preserve a- a
souvenir. It was contributed by a friend. We are
greatly indehted to Dr. W. M. Yandell and W. .1.
Few ell for raising among outside friends the assistance
for Capt. Sloan contributed outside of our Camp.

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

FI.Ai; OF THE TWENTIETH TENNESSEE.

TRIBUTE TO IlllS GALLANT REGIMENT BY MRU JOHN
C. BRBCK1NKIDGE

There was perhaps no honor paid a regiment in the

service of the Western Army greater than that to the
20th Tennessee by Gen. John (‘. Breckenridge. Mrs.
Breckenridge was with her husband at his army quar-
ters much of the time, and became deeply interested
in it- -‘ cess in every way. It occurred to her t>>
make a flag from a handsome silk dress that she had
worn in state at Washington and present it to the
“bravest regiment of her husband’s’ corps.” Col.
O’Hara, the Adjutant General, said at its presentation:

“I have a duty devolved upon me to-day which I
esteem with honor and perform with pleasure. lam
deputed to present to you a flag, wrought by the
hands of the ladies of Kentucky. The inquiry may
suggest itself why the distinguished gentleman charged
to bestow this banner has not chosen to present it to
a regiment from his own State. The noble Kentueki-
ans who have relinquished all the ties and almost all
the hope of home to devote their lives and their all to
the cause are contented with the assured appreciation
of their illustrious commander and countryman, and
with the proud consciousness of having nobly done
their duty, and their constant and equal devotion to
the cause leave no criterion by which their General
might distinguish among them. He and they feel
that it is to a regiment of some other State that the
honor of bearing this flag will be more appropriately
confided, and the General lias felt a delicacy and diffi-
culty of making a selection among the various regi-
ments which constitute his command, and many of
which have won his admiration by their gallant con-
duct under his own eye on many a stricken field.
After mature consideration, however, in view of its
uniform gallantry and length of service under bis
command, he has concluded that it is upon the ‘_!<>th
Tennessee Regiment that these colors will be most
properly bestowed.

” In the first memorable battle on the soil of Ken-
tucky, in this war. the _!<»th Tennessee was signalized
by its devoted patriotism, discipline and valor. At
Fishing Creek, when the sternest were dismayed, and
the timid yielded to the panic, the gallantry of the
20th Tennessee shone forth with conspicuous lustre
At Shiloh. when the reeling battalions of the enemy
confessed the superiority of Southern valor, the ban-
ners of the L’nth Tennessee were among the fnivino-i
in that struggle. At the bombardment of Vicksburg,
throughout the sulphurous carnival that raged so
many days and nights around that heroic city, the
•Jdth Tennessee Stood, baring its scarred front to the
storm of shot and shell. At Baton Rouge, where our
Southern chivalry rushed upon the insolent invaders
of their country, the 20th Tennessee was again seen in
the van of the battle. At Murfreesboro, whether on
lie left of Stone’s River among the bloody cedars, or
on the right in the fearful charge, on the I’d of Janu-
ary, which Laid low many a noble spirit, the 20th Ten-
nessee maintained its bright renown, and plucked new

laurels from the jaws of death.

“In view of this record of its heroic service and pa-
triotic devotion, it has been decided. I feel sure with

no offensive discrimination, to confer upon the 20th
Tennessee Regiment this beautiful banner, wrought
by the fair hands of the most distinguished women of
Kentucky. I feel that 1 may safely undertake to de-
clare that it is the opinion of those ladies that to no
more deserving and loyal custody could this emblem
of our eaiiM- be confided, and let me, fellow-soldiers,
assure you that the men of Kentucky share their
opinion and indorse their award. They feel, also.
that it is to HO alien hands this trust IS confided :
while there is pulse in the breast of a member of the
20th Tennessee they feel assured that this emblem
will be cherished and guarded as more precious than
life itself. In this confidence I, as their representa-
tive, commit this banner to your keeping. 1 believe
that history has already determined the common
political fate of Kentucky ami Tennessee, and that
this simple ceremony here to-day is but the symbol of
the affections of two million people with the fortunes
and destiny of the Southern Confederacy.”

The following response was made by Col. Thomas
Benton Smith, whose sad calamity before Nashville,
after he surrendered, in having his head horribly cut
by a saber until he was blinded by the blood, and was
led to the rear to sink down in a line of prisoners, will
be remembered. Col. Smith was the gallant com-
mander of this regiment. He said :

“Colonel, in behalf of the officers and soldiers of my
regiment, I accept this beautiful Hag. My language
doe- not permit me to express my feelings on this
occasion. This unexpected compliment is doubly
pleasing, coming as it does from Kentucky, the land
of chivalry, and from the noblest of her daughters. It
comes from a State whose name is linked with the
brightest jewels of American history. Her women ari-
as lovely as her mountain flowers. For my officers
and soldiers I thank you. When the storm of battle
rages fiercest, amid the wildest conflict, we will think
of the fair donors ami cling to this banner. For the
complimentary manner, sir, in which you have pre-
sented it, I thank you.

” Soldiers! to you I commit the gift. In its folds rest
your honor. Let it never be contaminated by a foe-
man’s hand. Let the Confederacy ami the world set-
that in the hour of her darkest trials Tennessee will
stand by the colors of Kentucky as they would by the
standard of their native State. They feel that their
honor, their safety, their people arc one.”

The pool- foot-sore, battle-scarred boys of the 20th

fit proud that day, being the chosen few of many
thousands. And they would every one have died be-
fore yielding that Hag. Yet it was and is lost to them
at last. It was put iii a trunk and started from North
Carolina to Tennessee, but never arrived. It is in
some one’s possession. To them it is a Hag and noth-
ing more. To the :20th it is a glorious heritage he\ ond
value. It is made of heavy silk, alternate bars of
white and red, the colors being in triangles, and the
points of the triangles meeting at tin- center, clasping
a large shield.

This Hag hail as many sacrifice- as tin- old one. At
Eoover’s Gap, the first battle it entered, in its defense
was slain lien Ycargin and .liinmic Callender, and
wounded Wallace F.vaiis and John Fly. AtChicka-
mauga John Fly was wounded again, and Ike Hyde,
Tom 1’.. Roach and Hilly Cant, and at last was carried
out by John W. Morgan. At Jonesboro the coloi
guard were killed or wounded, when Maj. John Guth-

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rie, in command of the regiment,, seized it, and tearing
it from the staff, wrapped it around his body to carry
it off. But this was the cause of his death, for no
.sooner bad he ‘lone it than be became the mark of the
enemy, and lie was soon mortally wounded. But In-
got away with it. This officer is one whose merits
have never been fully recognized in public. Of retir-
ing disposition and bashfulnese to a fault, he kepi
himself as much out of observation as possible. But
Ney was not braver on the battle-field, At the vari-
ous battles following the flag was borne as gallantly as
ever, lmt there is no record of it until at the fatal bat-
tle of Franklin, where the color guard were all killed
or wounded, and the flag was brought off by Joe J.
Smith, who accidentally stumbled over it during one
of tin- repulses. Any information about it would be
gratefully received by members of the regiment, and
the Y ktik ln would give out the good news with pride

.1. I., (ice, of the 20th, Franklin. Teim.. kept th-

above record. Be kept a roster of his company through
tie war, noting who were in the battles and tie casu-
alties. It was he and his friend, I’. G. Smithson, now
in charge of the Tennessee Confederate Home, with
whom Gen. Breckinridge divided his two biscuits at
Shiloh, :is reported in February Veteran.

KETIRX OF MA.l. JAMEs REILLY’S SWORD.

KEPT Ills CONFEDERATE QRA ) UNIFORM.

Isaac T. Moreland, Fine Apple, Ala.: I have the
Confederate gray uniform which I wore at Gen. Fee’s
surrender. Peace to bis ashes! When 1 returned to
my desolate home 1 laid this suit carefully away, in-
tending to keep it so long as 1 lived as a relic of that
devastating war. When I occasionally take a look at
it it recalls to memory manj day- and nights of pleas-
ure and sorrow — of days of trial and privation. Never
will I disown or scorn the name of rebel, if the word
“rebel” implies a Southern soldier.

“Far from me l>e that spirit” which would engen-
der or open afresh any bitterness between the blue
and gray. I have a high estimate of the soldier who

wore the blue as well as the gray. The Federal sol-
dier who was actuated by deeds of patriotism is as
much entitled to honorand respect as his enemy. In
many cemeteries they sleep side l.y side. The loving
hands and patriotic hearts which decorate the South-
ern soldier’s grave, in a like loving and kind Spirit
decorate the graves of tie Northern soldier who fell
and was buried far from home and friends defending
a cause which he felt was right.

MY CONFEDERATE UNIFORM.

BY ‘(INK OF I.KK s MISKU.vi’.l l s.” FORT WORTH. TK.\.

When firs! I put this uniform on,

A Hotspur of fifteen,
Mother and sister had 1 none ;
Brothers? Hal was the only one ;
1 was th.’ Benjamin youngest son
Sighing lor victories to be won

Ere I had turned six
\s we marched proudlj away.

\t Petersburg my brother died,

In the crater’s aw fill zone ;

Iii thai red hell
of flame an, I shell,
He breathed farewell,
As be foremost fell ;

I trod war’s path alone,
Aiel 1 marched Badh mi.

Capt. E. Lewis Moon, of Framingham. Mass.. wrote
a letter last < October inquiring about Maj. .lames Reilly,
to whom he wished to restore a sword captured at Fort
Fisher, which he wore “so honorably in the two
tights there and in the Army of Northern Virginia
Maj. Reilly replied requesting the sword by express,
“collect,” Baying:

“You, my brave and gallant opponent in war. fully
illustrate the magnanimous character of a good soldier
and a gentleman. I fought you with a determination
that afternoon from the time Gen. Whiting and Col,
Lamb were wounded, about 3 o’clock p. m., command

devolved on me that would he hard to excel, but it
was like unto a mole and a mountain— up-hill work.
Your troop- were all around my gallant little hand of
Tar Heels, fighting from travel-, to traverse, with no
hope hut lighting to the last ditch. At dark, when I
fell hack from Fisher, I had only forty-four men and
two officers with me. I formed my little command
■and moved to Battery Buchanan. When | saw the
condition of affairs there I called Maj. Hill and Capt.
Van Benthueen, and held a consultation and came to
a conclusion to surrender. After waiting some time
I observed the skirmish line of your troops advancing
toward the Point. Wethreewent forward about I
hundred yards and stopped. I took my handset
and placed it on the point of my Babre ami aw
your coming, when the surrender was made about s
o’clock e. m. It was a distressing time to us. When
I surrendered my sabre to you it was with a lnart of
tic deepest depression. A- a brave soldier you trt

nrteouslv, and showed no bravado over our de-
feat, for which accept my Bincere thanks, < If the other
others that were with me on that memorable occasion
Major Mill is ‘had. and I have not heard from Capt.
Van Benthueen sit urrender.

“Captain, if you have time come t and we

will visit the Fort, and Bee it- ruins.”

(AMP NOTES.

The Camp at Chattanooga has 12~> members, with
an interesting attendance at the monthly meetings.

At Fait on. Ga., there is a membership of 75, They
are doing a good work in lookin ck ami Buffer-

ing Confederate veteran- Quite a patl cident

occurred last month. Mr. G. W Hamilton, an old
soldier who was wounded in the war. and who never
entirely recovered, died without a relative near him.
Mis wife had been dead ten year- or more, and his
children were ail married and living at a distance.
But h ed after him and gave him

every attention, (‘apt. Roberts, who commands th’
Post, is one of the best known men in the ‘ ounty.
There are other citizen- of Dalton, too young to he
veterans, hut who are interested in the welfare of the
(‘”Mi. Veteran. Among them is Rev. J. G.

Orr, Presidenl of Dalton Fein;, Mr. A.

IF Shaver, the genial editor of the Dalton Argue, who
ilways a good word for this periodical.

Gen. W. L. Cabell, “Old Tige,” has appointed com-
rade John (‘. Fox, from u hom a yankee bullet was ex-
tracted and referred to in last Veteran, a member of
his staff with the rank of Brigadier General. It is an

honor that will gratify his friends.

120

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

Capt. Stockton Heth, during the Confederate War,
served on the staff of his brother. General Harry
Heth. (in the eve of the battle ot the Wilderness
Captain Heth had a good many orders to transmit
from the General to his subordinate commanders, and
wa< vitv active. Hen. Jno. B. Gordon stopped to
breakfast with General Heth early that morning, and
was requested by General Heth to hold family prayers,
era! H. was calling in his staff and other officers
about headquarters, and saw his brother passing on
horseback in discharge of his duties, when he beckoned
him to stop for prayers. The gallant Captain mistook
the signal for something else, and shaking his canteen,
said, “No. 1 thank yon. brother Henry. I have just
had ‘one.’ ami mv canteen is full.” The General
•■ smiled.” and his head was soon bent in devotion to
the Cud of battles. The battle was fought that day,
and Captain Heth acquitted himself with great gal-
lantry. A.

Gen. Heth was asked about the above and he re-
plied: ” During the fall, when on the lines around Pe-
tersburg, \’a.. I suggested to Gen. Lee that 1 he per-
mitted to make an attack on a certain point of the
enemy’s line. He consented, and sent Gen. John B.
Gordon’s command to assist in the proposed attack.
Gen. Cordon and I were riding ahead of our com-
mands, accompanied by our stalls and couriers; we
came to the point where we had to leave the Boydton
plank road, where was situated an old cabin, or school
house, where we halted for our commands to come up.
Gen. Cordon suggested, as we were about going into
battle, that we go into this house and have prayers,
and both direct our stall’s and couriers to go into the
house. Looking down the road I saw my brother and
aid, Capt. Stockton Heth, talking to some one. I
beckoned to him to come and go into the school house.
He replied. ‘Thank you, brother Henry, 1 have just
had one.'”

Rev. .1. R. Deering: I had rather rear my boys bare-
footed than have them grow up without veneration
and affection for the memory of the men who fought
and lell under the tri-barred flag! Let them have the
truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth.

EFFORT rs MADE TO HE IMPARTIAL.

.Mrs. lielle l.ee Parkins, Landsdown, \’a.: Some one
in October VETERAN gave the credit for Confederate
victory at Leesburg— Ball’s Bluff, called by the Feder-
als — to South Carolina troops. It is an error. There
were were no troops there from the I’almetto State.
This victory was won by the Kighth, Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Mississippi Regiments. The Thirteenth
waE near the mouth of ( loose ( leek, keeping in check
1. in ID of the enemy who would otherwise have crossed
then and turned their flank. My home was near
enough the battle for the windows to rattle fearfully.
We took some Howitzers from the enemy
and turned on them. My brother, David L. Hizon,
after being in the fight nearly all day, was one of the
volunteers who was out until midnight taking prison-
ers. Tell W. Cart .lohiisiin to write again. The in-
closed wooden button was worn by one of Pickett’s
men, and was in the bravest and most daring charge
made during the whole war, that of storming Ceme-
tery Heights at Gettysburg, Pa.

The Souvenir for 1893 of the Veteran is not stereo-
typed, and those who wish copies must order them
soon or they may miss it.

Vic Keinhardt. Terrill. Texas, sends the following:
” It rejoices me to see for once some prominence given
the Army of Tennessee, which 1 find in the Veteb \n.
Not that I would in the least tarnish or diminish the
wonderful achievements and bravery of our brethren
in the Virginia Army, but 1 want to sec more men-
tion of those boys who, without shoes, clothing, or
food, almost, endured the hardships and faced the en-
emy in the Army of Tennessee. 1 have so often heard
it said that the yankces left their rations at the fire of
the first volley. Such was not tin- ease with those
blue-coated fellows facing us from Shiloh to Benton-
ville, N. C. The exception is not sufficient to make
it respectable. We long for statements from this
branch of service because those who were in distant
iie-lils have hardly a conception of the bravery dis-
played during the four years all along the line of this
army. They knew very little of the courage of Shiloh,
Murfrcesboro, Perryville, Chickamauga, New Hope
Church. Franklin, and an hundred engagements where
valor unexcelled crowned the ragged, half fed army,
without murmuring or discontent, save rare excep-
tions. These men have so long stood by, and many
of them gone on into eternity, without hearing the
commendation their valor bought and the bravery
and heroism their richest blood paid for. 1 rejoice,
too, with all other veterans in their marvelous achieve-
ments, even though our flag is now lost in the folds
of the stars and stripes.”

HISTORY OF THE “STAR OF THE WEST.”

This steamer was built to run from Aspinwall on
the route to California. She was the first vessel char-
tered by the Cnited States Government to take troops
and provisions to Fort Sumpter, in Charleston harbor.
At daylight on the morning of January 9th, 1861, she
crossed the bar at Charleston and was fired on by the
Confederate steamer “Cen. Clinch.” Failing to re-
lieve Fort Sumpter, she returned to New York, and
was again chartered by the Government to proceed to
lndianola, Texas, to bring oil’ the Cnited States forces
that were being withdrawn from Texas, but was cap-
tured on April 17, 1861, by ( ‘on federate volunteers from
( lalveston ; was taken to New < trleans, and there loaded
with stores for Yickshurg, and was subsequently sent
up Yazoo River to prevent capture by the Federals,
and finally sunk at Fort l’emberton, on the Talla-
hatchie River, to prevent the Federal fleet from passing
down into the Yazoo Kiver. It still lies at Fort l’em-
berton, ami has, for many years, been a serious obstruc-
tion to steamers navigating that river. Capt. 1′. R.
Starr, i n command of the United States snagboat “John
R. Meigs,” has succeeded in removing a large portion of
this wreck, and now there is a good and safe channel
around it.

The “Starof the West” carried Walkerand his filibus-
ters to Nicaragua; it was the lirst vessel chartered by
the Cnited States Government in the Confederate War;
it was the first vessel fired upon by the Confederates;
and it was the first vessel in the service of the United
States Government captured by the Confederates.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

121

JOHN BOYD, MA.J. GEN. U. C. V.

John Boyd, Major General I.e. V. for Kentucky,
was bom in Richmond, Ky., January 7. 1841. At
eleven years’ he emigrated to Texas and resided about
a year in [ndianola, and afterward the same time in
Richmond. He was at the latter place during the
yellow fever Bcourge in 1853, bis family suffering
great loss. He returned to Lexington, Ky., in 1854,

where, with tile exception of tile war. lie has e\ei

since resided. His education was limited, and ob-
tained wholly from the public Bchools. Hi jo
the army of the Confederate States at thi I ime it occu-
pied Central Kentucky, in 1862, and served asapri-
vate in the Buckner Guards of Cleburne’s division
throughout the war. He participated in every battle
in whicb that illustrious division was engaged, and
was surrendered with the Army of Tennessee by Gen
Joseph E. Johnston at Greensborough, N\ C. His
parole is dated May 1. 1865, and he has preserved it.

In addition to being the commander of the Ken-
tucky Division, 1′. (‘. V.. he is also the President of
the Confederate Veteran Assoeiation of Kentucky, an
organization which has done and is still doing a vast
amount of good in aiding the Living and burying the
dead Confederates of his State. This Association has

a liberal admission fee, and its hank account has
hardly been under two thousand dollars at any time
for years. He has recently done a work for the South
that entitles him to the gratitude of every man who
honors the cause for which the Southern people sacri-
ficed so much. He has a complete list of the Confed-
erate dead Imried in the Confederate cemetery at Lex-

ington, and has recently begged the money and erected
a beautiful monument over them. He has had their
names cut on the monument ami numbered, and a
corresponding number at the head of every grave.
E\

■ Tv Soul 1

State i

s renre^cnted.

-Jf

MiRG i ti uora Oravi r, i « ulnglon, pepre-enlattve f<>r Kentucky
in Reunion r. < ‘. v. »i Blrmtngna

Cen Boyd is 90 diffident that the Veteran thanks
him for the sacrifice of allowing this prominence. He

rarely evei ‘rom home. lie stays there and

works for his devoted wife. and. as indicated above,
for Confederates living and dead.

DEDICATION or CHICAGO MONUMENT.

Gen. John C. Underwood write- from Washington
City. April 12, that the dedication of the ( onfederate
Monument at Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, will take
place on May 30, 1894 Gen. Wade Hampton, of South

Carolina, will deliver the dedicatory address, and Maj,

Henry T. Stanton, of Kentucky, will read a poem. :ind
other ceremonies will he announced in next
He adds: “The monument C08l ten thousand ($10,000)
dollars, and is the only ( onfederate mODUtril I

in a Northern state. By authority of the United
states Government four cannon will he parked, and
piles of shot made on the Government plot in -aid
cemetery in additional ornamentation thereof, a i
nition which should he fully appreciated by the veter-
ans. I will announce railroad transportation rates, by
circular, in the near futur>

The superintendent of transportation at New Or-
leans will give round trip ticket to Birmingham for

•*7. and the Trans-Mississippi agents have promised
to meet any railroad rates made east of the M ississippi.
This would make the round trip from Dallas to Bir-
mingham ahout fl. r >. It is expected that an Alabama
State organization of Sons of Confederate Veterans
will be effected at time of the Birmingham Reunion.
Camp Clayton, of Birmingham, is sending many let-
ters to the Camps throughout Alabama, and is d
ing with most cordial responses. This is ; i> it should
be. The Sons of Veterans must he able to take up the
work as the older men lay it down.

Camp Clayton has chosen the Veteran for its or-
gan, and the State organization is expected to do so.

122

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

REOMIOy OF TEXAS VETERANS AT WACO.

The division of Texas United Confederate Veterans
had an interesting and profitable gathering al Waco,
April 5th, *Uh and 7th. The parade was seriously
dampened by a shower of rain, hut in the Assembly
Hall spirit- revived. Rev. Frank Page, one of the
vnungest Confederates, bavin;.’ been sworn in as a
cadet at the Virginia .Military Institute. Chaplain of

Mi-

K.liz Hi Pii’CO, MnntlPH

in Reunion r. C. V

i.». representul Ive for l’l<
at Birmingham.

rida

the Pat Cleburne Camp, at Waco, introduced the ser-
vice with this significant prayer:

Almighty God, the creator and governor of the
world, we ask thy blessing and direction upon this
assembly. We thank thee for the love of country and
of home with which thou hast endowed mankind,
made in thine own image. We thank thee for the
noble men thou bast given us in times past, and that
so many of their companions are with us to-day. May
the memory of our fallen heroes ever be dear to us.
Ma v we always honor i hese brave soldiers of our coun-
try who survive. Our Father, comfort and bless them
in their declining years. Look with mercy upon them
and their families, and supph their wants, We have
no bitterness against any. We pray for all the soldiers
of our common country, both North and South. Bless
this country, especially this great commonwealth. (),

Lord, Save the Stale, and mercifully bear us when we

call upon thee. Give peace in our time, Lord, for it
is thou, Lord, only that maketh us to dwell in safety.
And as in times past these men bave been faithful, so
may they be true soldiers of the cross in the great bat-
tle of life, follow ing Jesus Christ, the great Captain of
our salvation, against sin. the flesh and t he devil, and
may peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion
and piety, flourish in our borders. We a.-k it all for
Christ’s sake.

The welcome by Judge George Chirk so emphasized
the position taken by the Veteran on the “Lost
•Cause” that it is given in full :

Comrades and Confederate veterans, I need not say

friends. I need not extend to you a formal welcome to
Waco, because you knew in your hearts that you bad

thai welcome before you came in our midst. The
pleasant but unnecessary duty has devolved upon me

to open to you the hearts and the homes of this good
city, and 1 stand here, comrades, to bid you a royal
welcome to royal hearts that beat in the home of
Granbury and of Harrison and of Ross,

As I look upon this sea of faces, and hear the yell
that is not unfamiliar to my ears, my thoughts, fellow-
soldiers, go back many, many years. Without bitter-
ness and without malice I stand here to claim the
proud honor which belongs to us all— that we were
< lonfederate soldiers.

It is sometimes said that our cause is lost. Some
causes are never lost. They may be crushed in defeat.
they may go down in seeming ignominy, but in the
end. like truth crushed to earth, they rise again. The
Confederate soldier is always and under all circum-
stances true to principle. There was do selfishness in
his beart.no thought of the morrow with him. He
put all upon his country’s altar, and went forth and
gave bis time and bis heart and his life to the i
What did that cause represent ‘.’ 1 said it was not lost,
and I repeat the assertion. It could not be lost.

It stood first for the rights of the States. I’pon its
solid foundation bangs the liberty and prosperity of
the whole of America. Inside of eleven years after
the surrender of our armies, before the grandest tri-
bunal that ever sat upon earth, it was decided that
the States were supreme in this nation. We are QOf
indebted to our friends, soldiers, for this decision, but
it came from those who had been our enemies.

They went upon record with the solemn declaration
that no matter what might be the action of a State in
the selection of a President its action was final. So
that part of our cause, instead of being lost, is tri-
umphant throughout the north and the south, the
east and the west as the highest law in the land.
There was another great principle for which we stood,

and that is that we fought against the interference of
the government with the rights of the property of the

individual. Our contest was broad upon the idea of

individual rights of life, liberty and property. The

light is still upon us, fellow-soldiers, the tight for con-
stitutional guarantees in this country, the fight for tin’
enjoyment ol our lives, the right of the enjoyment of
our liberty and that equal dignity of right to enjoy
the fruits of our labor. Tell me not that the cause is
lost when hosts of Americans are marshaling in de-
fense of these rights, and that Hag [pointing to a Con-
federate banner], the Bag of the old Confederates,
typifies the fight. Turn it loose and let them all see
it! [The man holding the Hag shook it out. and the
whole building rang with cheers.] Brave men have
followed it. patriots have died under it, lovely woman
has blessed it with her prayers and consecrated it with
her tears. It stood for the rights of life, liberty and
property from 1861 to 1865. It didn’t tell a lie then.
It speaks no lie to day.

We stand to day with our brethren of the whole
country, marshaled now under a different flag [taking
hold of the I’nion banner], and we will be as true to
this as we were to that. With our faces firmly set, fel-
low-soldiers, against the aggressions of government,
against the aggressions of anarchy, against the aggres-
sions of communism in every shape, come from what-
ever qujirter it may, standing true to the Constitution

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

123

and the flag of our country, in defense of the rights
and liberties of this people, we would not join any
band that would inarch upon Washington now. We
marched upon Washington once before in a manly
fight and under the true (lag. and the next time we
march upon Washington we will take this Hag with
us [pointing t<> the United States Bag amid cheer-
ing] to cover us, and we will raise it against the hosts
of communism, let them be led by whom they may.
Am I not right when I say it’s a misnomer to call our
cause lost ? It could not be lost. ( rod, in his inscruit-
able wisdom, if we were untrue t<> principle for which
we cini tended, ami of which we are qoI ashamed, would
raise up another rare that would prove better men
than we were. The cause 1- triumphant, and the

Confederate soldier will go down into hi-tory occupy-
ing the proud page he should occupy, and we every
year will turn aside one day at least 1″ weep over our
dead and talk over the trying times of the past.

We meel in no spirit of malice or of Midi-, standing
as we have ever stood, true to the Sag of our country
and to the institution- “f our government, and I
know we will ever stand true to the principles of our
cause, which are etei rial.

Now. welcome again to Waco; welcome t” our
homes. I.rt enjoyment rule all of our heart-: but.
i omrades, lot us not forget in our moment of joy those

old heroes who have CTOSSSed lie inn Let us make

it a point, according to our means, to rear to their
memories grand monuments, to show t” all future
eyes the deeds done by them, thi for which

fought and the cause for which they died.

Gen. I., s. Ross, an honored ex-Governor of Texas,
delivered a verj interesting address upon thi
of Texas, remembering when the first cal in was built,
and when the post office was in a ” bee gum ” hat. lie
paid beautiful tribute to his faithful comrades of the
war. .1 udge Reagan, who was Postmaster < ieneral, and
i> the only in ember of the ungual Confederate Cabinet
living, gave an address, held over foi Maj Vi rERAN.

This issue of the Yktk.i; \n grei of thousands

who will consider for themselves its merit. It is largely
biographical, and in coneequenci ha- less of general
Confederate history, humor, etc., than usual. With
an increase of eight pages over any former number
there ismuch lefl over unavoidably. Its indorsement
by Camps is so extensive that their reports are with-
held, except a I’m which were in type before SO many
individual sketches were prepared. One Camp in
Texas report- that a member objected to adopting the
VETERAN to “avoid partiality between the two.” The
name of this comrade, as reported to me, docs not ap-
pear on the VETERAN list, and he is ignorant or un-
true. 1 reply to two letters of inquiry from the Camp

by comrades w ho .spoused the VETERAN. This would
be w ritten t” them instead of publication being made,
but this issue will be read by thousand- w ho are not
familiar with the facts, and a brief review seems best.
The VETERAN was started in January of last year.
Its purpose was to make sure and clear record of sa-
cred funds put into my hands that could in no other

way have been so clearly established. The first issue
was without cover, or any advertisements, but the
sentiment of its need inspired the projector to do what
he could to supply a creditable periodical. The nan
as in letters of tire, thrilled patriots throughout our
Southland, clubs of from three to over one hundred
were raised by friends, and most loyal devotion v
manifested to the little CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

”Across the chasm ” there are people noted for en-
terprise in making money as well a- noble men who
fought us and delight now in our honor. Then there
i- a rendezvous at the national Capitol for people who

have feasted on government patronage. The “long-
felt want” that has been written to this offices mul-
titude of times, caught the attention of the Frank
I ■ -lie printing concern, and it began to remodel pic-
ture- from plates made at great expense which ani-
mated foreigners during the war who flooded the coun-
try as substitute- ‘lb. Leslie people got a “Confed-
erate Brigadier” who had been favored by appointment
in the War Records Department to appear as editor.
This was one of the m

evei irted. The ii eof palm

oil’ • uul hand pictures upon the intelli-

gent or •’illiterate South.” wa- undertaken deliber-
ately. The idea of making “big money” was full of
promise. Tie price was put at double that “f the

\ 1 rERAN, on inferior paper, and but half tie
Now that the Veteran ha- been increased to €1, in-
cluding Souvenir, it furnish.- about five hundred
pages, with original Southern picture-, while the other
contains in a year but one hundred and ninety-two
pagi .over. But it

lint captlll’ed the Southern people. –

were deeply concerned l» it.- immense Bupply

of pictU ! ‘ ial. their mi .ml the

ad\ if the Co « ho had ” 1″ en

aged to writi lally.” The] that it

could pay in commissioi more than the sub-

scription 1 nice t” tie V 1 rERAN, but I belie \ ed in I
Confederate soldiers and their families a- I do
nal justice. 1 believed they would repudiate the in-
solence to them if the til.- of truth COuld be made to
de-troy these falsehoods, and I have made them burn
a- the God who lias spared me through many dan.
has given me the wisdom and the strength.

The tiling has a diversity of locations. It- Repub-
lican “Associate,” located at Lexington, Ky.. wrote me
very fraternally (?) apprizing me that our interei
did not conflict, and that he wished the VETEB w SUC-
-.. and I printed his letter in the Ykteran. They
pursued patrons of the Veteran through its published
subscription list. The gray paper, with false print,
showed its cloven foot at – manner of com-

menting on the “rebellion.” etc., until resentment of
those who saw it South subdued its tone, but it could
not make the old war pictures appear except a- be-

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hind the yankee lines. Through the zeal of noble

men and women the Vktkkan has been able to sling
it- -hot, like David of old, BO that in every section of
the South and in every State of the Union it has as
loyal BUpport as was ever given to a periodical.

Last fall an entertainment was given in its in-
• in the parlors of a large hotel at the national
capital, and this man who poses a- “of the late C. S.
A so threatened to make things unpleasant if any
thing was said for the Veteran, that the managers of
the entertainment, there being many ladies present.
did not even present the guest in whose honor it was
given. This aggravating circumstance may have in-
duced severer personal comment than it was wise to
print from motives of policy. The soldier record of the
man who has given his name to these false repre-
sentations for more than a year, has been shown in
some degree, and this unpleasant duty has been per-
formed exactly as like duty was done in the war.
The Vktkkan has never had a more sacred duty be-
fore it than to expose that infamy. The “Associate,
w hose partisan sentiment as a Republican] have never
heard questioned, stays at Lexington, Ky., and has
published that ht is the moat capable person living to
write a great Confederate war book, of which a pros-
pectus indicates that he has the co-operation of all
the great Southerners who lived in that war period.
Lexington, Ky., is advertised as the place whence
these “great” things emanate, “or 111) Fifth Avenue,
New Vork.” That is the Judge Building — Judge!
The Leslie concern moved into the Judge Building
when it was finished several years ago. While that
is the office, the principal part of the work has been
done down town near Franklin Square. 1 make these
statements from knowledge obtained in person. A
Union veteran, who believes in the truth, and was
long with the Leslie house as an engraver himself,
took me to the places and introduced me to the
publishers who are doing the work. They explained
how very simple the process of making reductions
from the old plates, flood friends say don’t advertise
the thing any more, but it seems well now to make
these explanations. The patronage of those who sym-
pathize with that thing is not wanted. It is the most
insolent and hypocritical sheet in existence, and 1 had
rather he found, if dead on the battle field, covered
over with playing cards, than for a scrap of that lying
sheet to be about me. Such a thing called Confed-
erate!

.Mention of that man has been made where he left
his command during time of danger, did not return,
and could not be found. Men are so differently consti-
tuted that some have not the nerve to go through bat-
tle, but there is no excuse whatever for being a traitor,
and on that score the Frank Leslie people cannot in-
duce the South to accept their remodeled pictures

through the influence of any man who sells to them
the use of his name, even though they pretend that
tie publication is issued from another city. Months
ago the Veteran asserted thai if these people would

print the truth about themselves it would let them
alone. 1 ‘lease do not mention the Confederate Vkt-
kkan in comparison with any thing so infamous’

:T

Miss Li It if McG.ee, Vmh iiiinn, representative for
Arkansas in Rtunlon U. C. V. al Birmingham.]

Charles Todd Quintard, Bishop of Tennessee who has
ever been an honor to comrades at home and abroad:

Sewanee, Tkn.v, March 7, 1894. — Lear Mr. Cunning-
ham: The Confederate Vktkkan comes to me full of
good things, and I wish to thank you for your faith-
ful work in giving to the Confederate soldiers Buch an
admirable and accurate record of the days that “tried
men’s souls.” The typography, the illustrations, and
the whole “get-up” of the paper, leave nothing to be
desired. The editorials and letters of correspondents
are full of interest to one who took part in the strug-
gle to preserve the constitutional rights of the States.

I am yours with all good wishes.

Lt. Gen, S. D. bee, Agricultural College, Miss. : I con-
sider your last two issues as splendid, and had made

up my mind to write you especially com riding the

February number. The material is just what it ought
to be, and 1 wish you eminent success in your work.
I wish you had started such a monthly ten years ago.

A singular publication appeared recently in the New
Vork World. It is dated as a telegram at Atlanta, and
said, “Judge Samuel 15. llcrit, who is now seriously ill
at Suwanee Springs, Fla., while reclining upon his
bed to-day,” etc. He then goes on to repeal what
Mr. Stephens is reported to have said about the Hamp-
ton Roads Conference, viz., that Mr. Lincoln would
agree to any terms the South would make, provided!
the Union was restored. How a correspondent in At-
lanta could hear a conversation that day in Florida
strengthens doubt concerning reports which are so
resolutely denied. Of one thing all honest men must
agree, that Mr. Davis believed that the cause of the
South would ultimately prevail.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS

CBANGEB IN ORDER OF DEPARTMENTS CONSIDERED.

GBN. roll N” C. UNDERWOOD, CHICAGO.

In consequence of the rapid growth of the I nited
■Confederate Veterans, the department east of the Mis-
sissippi River, formerly commanded by the late Gen.

E. Kirby-Smith, will, al the Birmingham 1 stii

the Federation, probably be divided into two, and maj
be three, departments, and in view of Bucb possible
Legislation it may be well, and can certainly do no
harm, to consider the following suggestions. It seems
.to me that the territory easl of the Mississippi River
should be divided into three departments, as follows:

1. The “Atlantic” Department, representing in the
main the Armyol Northern Virginia, and comprising
the States of Smith Carolina, North Carolina, Vir-
ginia, West Virginia, Maryland, the District
lumbia, and the Northern States easl of Ohio, to be
commanded by either of the distinguished Generals,
Wade Hamilton, of South Carolina, or Fitzhugb Lee,
of Virginia,

■_’. The “Gulf” department, largely representing the
Army of Tennessee, and composed of the States ol
Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and
Louisiana, to be commanded bj our of the 1 minent
Generals, W. II. JackBon, of Tennessee, or Stephen D.
Lee, of Mississippi.

3. The “Northern” Department, embracing Ken-
tucky and the Northern States easl of the Mississippi
River and wesl ol Pennsylvania, to be commanded by
Gen. S. B. Buckner, of Kentucky.

At present I command the provisional department
<>f the North, comprising the States of Kentucky,
WY-t Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia
and the Northern States east ol the Mississippi River,
and having in a manner introduced and organized thi
I’. (‘. V. where possible therein. 1 think it propitious
to divide my department, and in fact all the territory
easl of saiil river, as outlined above, and to pla
command the most distinguished and popular of the
living Confederate Generals, that the F. (‘. Y. Federa-
tion may receive the benefit of their official Connection
with it as members high in command.

The ” Trans- M ississippi ” 1 department should remain
as now organized, with its several divisions, in the
large State of Texas, where the I’. (‘. V. membership
is SO numerous as to make Mich an organization not
only possible, hut advantageous and desirable; and
(Jen. \Y. I,. Cabell, who has done so much toward re-
cruiting the Federation and perfecting its organiza-
tion, should he made a full < ifiH fa 1 in recognition of
his services: and besides retaining his departmental
command, he should be made second in command to
the illustrious Gordon, who, for the present, a1
ought to he kept at the head of the Federation.

The reason for making a fourth permanent depart-
ment by adding Kentucky to the Northern States pre-
viously designated is, that thereby there will be em-
braced a first-class division of living Confederates
with the scattered Camps throughout Northern States;
and, all being under the command of the officer hav-
ing charge of the many thousands of dead Southern
soldiers buried at Indianapolis, Columbus, .lohnson’s

Island, Chicago. Madison. Rock Island. Alton, etc.,
he will, by Buch means, l”- the better enabled to <:ire
for their graves and the cemetery grounds in which
they are located.

The C. C. V. Federation having become a great or-
ganization throughout all the Southern States and the
entire country where Confederate veterans are resi-
dent, 1 believe the present to be the proper time for
bringing to the front the greatest pos-il>le number of
the living Confederate heroes who, b« their

illustrious deeds, possess extraordinary military re-
nown, ami thereby will be enabled to work the ad-
vancement of the Federation more successfully than
if they were less distinguished personag

Personally, 1 have lost none of my enthusiasm, zeal
and willingness to labor for the advancement of the
movement, but, recognizing the advantage to be de-
rived by placing the Generals named in command, 1
am perfectly willing to surrender my department com-
mand to tin’ chivalric Buckner. I do not think that
the selection of division commanders should be made
alone on the basis oi the past honorable services and
Cm military renown of officers, but more particularly
on account of the availability of the men and I
activity ami enthusiasm in recruiting and otherwise”
working for the Federation.

i. gain, the life of the organization is undoubtedly

1 in the annual meetings of the regular council

of the Federation and general reunion of veterans

from all sections of the Southern country, and in fur-
therance of such necessity a centrally located and
thoroughly Southern city should be sib, ted a- the
permanent headquarters of the Federation. With
that object I would suggest New Orleans as the most
advantageously located point, and the week previous
to “Mardi < . r.i- ” as the propitious time for holding
such annual reunions. By such a course the meetings
of the us would always take place in a large,

conveniently located city, commodious in its appoint-
ments, liberal in its hospitality, and lavish in its truly
Southern pulsations. By selecting the time named
for the reunions, the veterans and their families could
enjoy the Mardi Gras festivities, meet during the most
nil month of the year in the South, and easily
avail themselves of the half rate for round transporta-
tion, always made for tie New < Irleans Mardi Gras oi –
ns throughout the whole South and larger por-
tion of the North, and thereby insure a greater at!
ance than could possibly be obtained any other way.

I trust that these suggestions will : uch favor

as to secure place in your valuable column-.

A BRAVE SOUTH CAROLINIAN.

Notices of a few of the many brave men of the Con-
federate Army have appeared in your columns. I
send you a record of on* whose name 1 have forgotten,
if I ever learned it. in the burly burly of the day. ami
I write with the hope that the recital of the incident
may recall it to sonic- of the actors in the scene.

About eight or ten days before Gen. Lee evacuated
the lines at Petersburg he had been preparing for the
inevitable by throwing boards across the trenches,
covering them with earth and blankets, and quietly
withdrawing his guns from the lines. These were
parked near the reservoirat Petersburg, and the prepar-
ations would have been completed for a successful re-
treat if the judgment of the President had not

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ruled that “t’ the < leneral. I >eserters, however, reported
these preparations to the enemy, and they opened a
fire upon us that lasted some time before we made any
reply. When our batteries and mortars responded the
enemy concluded that they had beeD deceived. A
South Carolina battery was stationed about where the
plank road crossed our Lines, and it did splendid serv-
ice. A Lieutenant was in command of the guns, and
in the heat of the fight a shell fell a shorl distance in
advance of this officer, and plowed up the ground un-
der him, so that he Beemed to have had hi- Legs cut
off as he fell into the hole. As he sunk down he no-
ticed that i in i of his guns hung fire; he gave the com-
mand which sent the proper man to the front of the
gun with his priming wire, and 1” fore he touched the
vent the gun was discharged, and nunc of the gunners
were hurt. 1 have often told the story as an evidence
of the cool gallantry of an officer who saved the Lives
or limbs of his men, whin he thought himself to be
ally wounded. He escaped, however, unhurt.
What is his name?

FLAG OF THE FIRST REGIMENT SOUTH CAROLINA
REGULAR ARTILLERY.

i LAI DINK RIIKTI. CHARLESTON, S. C.

I >in- iif the nmst interesting incidents of the winter
hi 1892 -93 tn tin- veterans of Charleston has been the
in nvery of the long lost regimental colors of the Lsl
Regiment Snath Carolina Regular Artillery and their
presentation by the surviving officers of that command
to the city of < lharleston.

In the rarly days of the civil war the ladies of
Charleston, by the hands of Mrs. Gen. R. S. Ripley,
gave a handsome silk Hag to the artillerists who then
garrisoned Fort Moultrie. During the bombardment
of Fort Sumter the hot shot fired from Moultrie
caused Mai. Anderson’s surrender of Fort Sumter to
tin- Confederates, April 1:1, ‘(‘,1. A detachment of
these artillerists was then placed in charge of Fort
Sumter, and was thenceforth known as the 1st Regi-
ment South Carolina Regular Artillery. The flag
w<nt with them, and was used daily on parade.

Iron-plated ships of war are now in use all over the
world, hut they were first tried in Charleston harbor,
April 7, 1863, when Ericsson’s fleet of monitors at-
tacked Fort Sumter. They were confident that they
would take Charleston, hut our artillerists gave them
sin-h a warm reception that in the course of two hours
the much vaunted iron-clad fleet withdrew from the
contest badly worsted.

Fighting for Charleston began again on July Id,
L863, and the guns of Sumter were employed by day
and by night until that fortress was reduced to the
condition of a silent, dismantled earthwork, when it
was placed in charge of an infantry guard, and the
artillerists were withdrawn and sent to man other
I latteries around the harhor, after forty-eight days of
continuous service, ex posed to hunger and great fatigue.
(o n. Ilea u regard, in recognition of their services, issued
the following complimentary order:

Charleston, S. C, August 27, 1863. General — The
Commanding (leneral has witnessed with genuine
pride and satisfaction the defense made of Fort Sum-
ter by Col. Rhett, his officers and the men of the 1st

Regiment Smith Carolina Regular Artillery, noble
fruits ot’ the discipline, application to their duties,
and the soldierly bearing of officers and men, and of
the organization of the regiment. In the annals of
war no stouter defense wa- ever made, and no work
ever before encountered as formidable a bombardment
as that under which Fort Sumter has been suco —
fully held. Respectfully your obedient servant,

Tim ma- Jordan, Chief of Staff.
To Brig. Gen. Ripley, Commanding First Military
District Smith Carolina. Charleston, S. C.

When Charleston was evacuated in 1865, Lieut. Col.
Yates, who commanded the regiment (Col. Alfred
Rhett being in command of the brigade of regulars),
Left the flag in Charleston, no other flag than the
Confederate battle flag being allowed in the field,
Upon his return to that city, after the surrender of
Johnston’s army, he was informed that the llag had
been hidden in a garret for sale keeping, and had been
destroyed by rats. Recently it was found in the
hands of a relic seller, ami was immediately bought
by two of the officers of the 1st Artillery for $100.

Col. Yates 1 widow resides in Bessemer, Ala., with
her daughter, Mrs. Roberts, who was born on the 13th
of April, 1861, and was baptized Belle Sumter, in
memory of her father’s participation in the capture of
Fort Sumter. No sooner did these noble women hear
of the finding of the old flag than they claimed the
right as Col. Yates’ representatives to hear the expense
of procuring it for the city of Charleston, and for-
warded the money for that purpose. The recovered
emblem of the 1st Regiment South Carolina Regular
Artillery was then formally presented to the City
Council, and has been placed alongside of tin full
length portrait of Gen. Beauregard, and just above
Charleston’s proudest historical treasure, the sword of
Lean regard.

NEED OF A UNITED STATES HISTORY.

REV. J. ii. m’nkii.lv, nasmvii.le, tknn.

( >ne of the pressing needs of our whole country is a
history of the United States, for schools and for popu-
lar use, written from the Southern standpoint. We
do not want a prejudiced, partisan account of our po-
litical and social life, and of our civil war, hut a clear,
vivid story of the difficulties, efforts and growth of
our people, in the light of those great ideas and prin-
ciples which controlled the actions of Southern states-
men from the origin of the Republic.

Hitherto Northern men have written the history,
ami naturally in the light of Northern ideas and prin-
ciples. < »f course our great civil war has been treated
as a “wicked and causeless rebellion,” as a war stirred
up by a few ambitious spirits for personal ends, and
for the maintenance and extension of the institution
of slavery. < >ur children arc taught to Relieve that we
were rebels and traitors against “the best government
the world ever saw.” Now, a movement so widespread,
so nearly unanimous, and which called forth the en-

i husiast ii de\ oti md I he heroic efforts of millions

of people for four years, is not causeless. But the
causes lie far hack in our history. The contest was
between two different conceptions of the nature of our
government. The Southern people made their des-
perate struggle to maintain the government which

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they believed its founders established. When they
were defeated they accepted in good faith the govern-
ment as it now is, and are loyal to it, but they do not
believe that it is the government according to the idea
of tlic framers of the Constitution. It may turn .nit
to be better. Certainly they have do idea of trying to
establish by force their idea ol State’s rights But
thej will always contend that they fought for the
Constitutional rights of the people, as originally guar-
anteed to them.

Now, the histories written by Southern men, as far

as 1 have seen, do not set forth clearly the idea and

purpose which animated the South in all the years

I Mil i, when it con trolled the government. Our

historians are usually content to give our side of the

civil war, with soi f the causes that led up to it;

but for all the period preceding that fearful co
they differ little from Northern writers.

How few of our children know that Jamestown,
Virginia, was settled before the Pilgrim Fathers came
to this country, or that the vast domain which forms
four-fifths of the United State- was won by Southern
men, or that slavery was forced upon this country by
England, seconded by New England, or that in I860
one-tenth of the slaves were communicants in churches.

\\ hat we need is a histon of the country from the
beginning, which shall show the wonderful part the
South had in its conquest and development, and the
patriotic spirit and gnat sacrifices made by the South
for the Union. It can only be written h\ one in thor-
ougn Sympathy with the idea- of the South, a- u

with thorough knowledge of the great facts of history.

The history of this country to the close of the civil

war is not the “History of the Rise and Fall of the

slave Power,” as Vice President Wilson wrote it, hut

the history of the overthrow of the Constitution a- it
was originally adopted. While giving hearty devo-
tion to the government as it now is, and while labor-
ing to make it a glory and a blessing to the world, we
yet owe it to our ancesters, ami to our dead, to .show-
in history that government, as w e believe it was in-
tended by its framers. and as it made BUch wonderful
progress under our administration of it until the op
posing idea triumphed.

Upon our Confederate veterans lies the duty of
securing this vindication o( their cause from tie
of all our past history. We owe it to our fath
ourselves and to our children that the history of our
common country should not he left to be told by thos<
wdio arc out of sympathy with our spirit ami princi-
ples, and so are unable to dojustice to our motives or
actions; and who therefore fail to record the glorious
part we had in winning and developing the country,
and fail to understand the meaning of the heroic strug-
gle we made, not to preserve slavery, hut to preserve
our rights under the Constitution.

OLD HICk’ORY— REMARK A RLE RAILROAD.

Map .1. W. Thomas, President of the Nashville, Chat-
tanooga <& St. Louis Railway, one of the most important
systems in the country, and noted for its success and
popularity, responded to a toast given to Alabama
Guests, in Nashville recently. The event was brought
about hy the Nashville Board of Trade, and in compli-
ment to business men and their families living be-
tween the Tennessee and Coosa Rivers in Alabama.

“Upon my return from New York ye-tenlay. 1
found my friends of the Board of Trade had compli-
mented me with an invitation to address you upon
the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway. I
presume they thought as I hail been connected with
that road for thirty- five years, I might he able to ti
something about it, or, it is more probable they thought

as 1 had been on that road SO long I did not know

anything 1 shall not. however, speak of the

Nashville,* hattanooga & St. Louis Railway, hut shall
-peak oi’ a more remarkable railroad, the Tenn< ssee &

-a, upon t he line of which 01 A

d oi’ which was felt and appreciated eighty

rs before it was built. After the slaughter at Ft.
.Minims, volunteer- w I tor and 2,500 Teni

scans responded. A leadei was needi d, and ‘ rovernor
Blount asked Jackson, who was confined at tic II
mitage with a broken arm from Benton’s bullet, if he
would take charge of the volunteers. Jackson re] died.
” It’s no time for a man to he Bick when hi- country
needs his services, and I will . ive to be carried

on i Jackson with his ssed the

Tennessei Rivei near Gunter’s Landing and marched
aero– thi Mountain to Double Springs, now Gadsdi
and he -o felt the need of thi- road, that in 1813, he

immended the building of a road
wat. rs of the Ti ! md in 1819,

an appropriation was made by Co to aid in 1

; of this road, which howevei was not
chartered until 1844, not commenced until 1854, and
not coi. ‘itil 1893 1- d not remarkable that

the need of this little road wat ghty years bef<

it was built, and -■ car- before there «:.-

mile of railroad in the United Stat’-, and that forty

hould elapse during it- cohstruction, lor.
than the people of Nashville have been waiting for a
Union Depot? [Applause]. It is remarkable, too,
from the t.nt tliat it connects more mile- of w
transportation than any road of equal length in the
World. The water-ways Connected by this little road,
furnish wat’ >ortation 1″ more than one-half of

tlic State- of thi- great country, and in length more
than three times across the Atlantic ( icean. A steam-
boat leaving Guntersville, down the Tent *hio
and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans, through the

Gulf, Up the Alabama and COOSS Uivr- to Cadsden.
would make a distance Of Over 1,600 mile-, and lack
only thirty-seven miles of reaching the starting point.

“Thi- little road i markable from the topog-

raphy of the country through which it run-: h:r- i –
Gunter’s Landing, we pass five miles through a valley,
then climb the mountain over rugged cliffs and deep
ravine- seven mile-, until an altitude of 1,040 feel IS
reached : thence along the table land- with fine timl
and well tilled farms ten mile-, and then descend
through a narrow gorge known a- the Dungeon, on
Ount of the rugged wall- on either side, through
which Line Creek runs and over which we pass four-
teen times, until Wills Valley is reached, through
which we go nine miles to Gadsden, at the southern
base of Lookout Mountain.

“This road is also remarkable for the products of
the section through which it passes; corn, wheat, cot-
ton and fruits ai I in abundance, and there are
also large deposits of coal, iron ore and magnificent
forests of timber. So diversified are the product*
this section, it ha- been said that the people along this
line make what they live on, and live on what they

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make The annual product of cotton ia about 25,000
bales, and the annual trade about 17,000,000, and it is
this tiade which the merchants of Nashville should
endeavor to secure, by offering the best goods at the

Lowest prices, and the Nashville, Chattanooga & St.

Louis Railway will aid them to do so. by giving the
lowesl possible rates. We shall endeavor, not only to
bind these sections together with bars of steel, hut with

the stronger and more enduring honds of mutual
interest.”

MISS A. C. CHILDRESS,

OFFICIAL STENOGRAPHER Ayii TYPEWRITER OF THE
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS.

The Veteran presents to its readers the picture and
», short sketch of this young lady, who has done so
pouch for the Veteran, and who is so prominently
identified with the great organization of the United
Confederate Association.

M iss Childress’ family are originally from Nashville,
Tenn. She was horn in New Orleans, and is the
.daughter of a veteran. Her father, Mr. Geo. P. Chil-
dress, was a mem-
ber of Scott’s Cav-
alry, and served in
the army from the
beginning to the
end of the war.
Like many other
Southern women,
to whom the war
is as a dream, she
is an ardent be-
liever in the sa-
cred principles
her father and
friends fought for,
is a worshipper of
the memories of
the “lost cause,”
and is devoted to
the story of its
victories and de-
feats, and the val-
or of its brave sol-
diers and heroic

•ai

T-

Possessed of a good mind, well educated, being an
expert in figures, a rapid and tireless worker, she is a
very valuable assistant in the organization of such a
great enterprise. She had exceptional advantages for
this peculiar work, having assisted Adj’t Gen. Moor-
man through all his labors in the organization of the
Veteran Confederate States Cavalry Association, which
was bis conception, and embraced a division in each
Southern State, commanded by a Vice-President, with
one President commanding the body. That organiza-
tion was effected by him in L888, and the two great
covalry reunions, under his direction, took place in
New Orleans in 1888 and 1889, bringing together vet-
erans from every State. Miss Childress, as stenogra-
pher and Secretary, assisted in these memorable reun-
ions, familiarizing herself with names and places of
all leading veterans. When Gen. Moorman was ap-
pointed Adj’t to Gen. Gordon he at once secured her

valuable services, and to which duties she has applied
herself ever since with the devotion of an Eastern wor-
shiper. She reported the proceedings of our last great
reunion at New ( Orleans.

A sketch of Gen. Moorman was requested, with pic-
ture, and lie replied: ” I do not send mine, as I natu-
rally feel modest about it. My work will speak for
me — only thirty-three Camps when 1 took hold, now
over live hundred. I have done it simply out of my
devotion to and love of the old veterans and our glo-
rious cause.

S. \V. Meek, Manager and Treasurer Southwestern
Publishing House, Nashville, Tenn., January 1, 1894:
In answer to request for verification to your assertion
that you have the most influential publication in the
South, I would say that my only experience has been
with your advertising department. 1 have used nearly
every large paper in the South, and the Veteran is the
best medium that I have used.

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“The Civil War.”

(Jen. Stephen I >. bee, Agricultural College, Mississippi,
writes to Mrs. Ann E. Snyder, author of “The Civil War”:
Your history has very important information in it. The facts
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Confederate Veterans’ Reunion, Birmingham,

Ala., April 25-26, 1894.

The Richmond & Danville Railroad and the Georgia Pacific
Railway will make special reduced rate of one fare for the

round trip for all persons attending the Confederate Veterans’

Reunion at Birmingham, Ala.. 26th and L’tith of this month.

This is going to be a great gathering of the oil soldiers and
their friends, and the people of Birmingham are expecting
many thousands to be in attendance.

The Richmond A Danville and the Georgia Pacific are mak-
ing preparations to handle the veterans from all along the line
in Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia Alabama and Mississippi,
and the low rate of one fare offered makes it within reach of
all to enjoy the great pleasures on that occasion.

Call on ticket agents of the lines named for full information

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Nashville, Tenn., May, 1894.

No.

A.CUNNINGH \M.
Proprietor.

SOUTHERN BEAUTIES AT
BIRMINGHAM.

The young lady represents) i
Btates al tlie reunion oi United Con-
tederate Veterans al Birmingham, are

8R follow S

The top row of five in picture, from
left to right.

A \mi: McDoUG si i>. Ga.
CARBla < ’01 HBAN, Alii.

Lizzie Ci.arkk, Va.
Eleanor Graa bb, Ky.
Ei 1/ 1 iiki n Paw o, Kla.

The middle row of five, from
left to right

1.1 I I \ M”\ I »GI B, Mil.
l’.TT S Mill IIKI I . Ml8S.
A HI ! I 1 I VI St

I. \ri; s I’.. . \ t. |. \as.
\ o \ \ iswis, La.

is., lower ill front.

A dei k Mi Murray, Tenn.
r.i 98ii Hbndi rsov, N. C.

This list does not comprise all
who were selected bat simply
lit and par-
ticipated.

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important for any thing ttiat has not special merit.

The date to subscriptions is alwaya given to the month bt
eii’ls. lor instance. If tin- Vktf.ras be ordered to begin with Janu-
ary, tin- date on mall list will he December, and the subscriber enti-
tled to that Dumber.

Though men deserve, they may not win BUI

The i, rave will honor the i ‘rave, vanquished none the less.

THE SOUVENIR

Many beautiful testimonials to the merit of the
Souvenir have been received, ami extracts of commen-
dation would he cordially approved by patrons M
present bul one testimonial is given. It i- from Mr.
John C. Latham, Jr., of the well-known Southern Hank-
ing House in New York. Latham, Alexander & Co
In sending a yearly advertisement to the Vbti
the extraordinary complimenl is paid it. being al-
most the only journal used by that firm to advertise
in a quarter century. They advertise annually by a
Buperb volume tilled with valuable cotton statistics.
etc. Mr. Latham erected, at a cost of about ten thou-
sand dollars, a few years ago, a monument to the “un-
known dead” in the cemetery at his old home. Hop-
kinsvjlle. Ky. In a congratulatory letter about the
Souvenir, he says: ” You are doing an excellent Berv-
iee iii thus attractively compiling the records of those
memorable days when romance and tragedy combined
under the name of the Civil War to make the most
eventful epoch in American history. Your magazine
must commend itself to every surviving Confederate
soldier.”

The Souvenir is due to all subscribers who pay $1.
Those who paid 50 cents will, on renewal at the dollar,
he entitled to it as lone; as the edition lasts.

Tin State Association of the Sons of Confederate
Veterans of Alabama, organized April 26th at Bir-
mingham, is composed of wide-awake, energetic voung
men. who will do a good work in perpetuating the
memory of their fathers’ valor. The Veteran would
like to print a full report of the organization, but it is
unable to give the required space this issue. That the
Association will be a success goes without saying, with
such officers as Commander Rufus K. Rhodes, In-
spector General Roundtree, Second Brigadier General
R. P. Kelly and others.

I\ ■ onversation with Judge George I!. Sage, United

States District Judge tor the Southern district of
Ohio, who is now holding Court in Nashville, he
>aid that he was quite interested in an article in
the last number of the CONFEDERATE Veteran un-
der the title “The Name of Our War.” The Judge
1 it -truck him that it would be very ditlicult to
lix upon any new name that would be generally recog-
nized and adopted, and that, in his view, “The Re
hellion” wa- the best and strongest nam. lb said
there wa- something sturdy ami brave and manly in I
word “Rebel,” and that it indicated one who had the
courage of his convictions and was ready to tight for
them; that he never liked the term “Confederate”
because, especially to a lawyer, there was a suggestion
of something concealed or furtive or in tie nature of

a conspiracy about it. while “Rebellion” was open
ami abovi -board.

The Judge further remarked that the difference be-
tween Rebellion and Revolution was simply the dif-
Failure and success; that the govern-
ment of the United state- wa- born of rebellion and
baptized in repudiation; that our forefatl all

rebels until they -u and the war they waged

was a Rebellion until by then they made it a

Revolution. 11. -aid that of course he was not think-
ing of the terms Rebellion and Rebel as expressive of
derision or reproach, but simply as difinitive of tie
leal condition.
In the same conversation with the distinguished
itleman — he was an old line Whig, ami is a con-
servative Republican — he related these singular facte
” The oath of office was administered to me by United
Stat.- Judge Hammond, of Memphis then holding
court in Cincinnati’, on the 7th of April, L883, the
anniversary of the battle of Shiloh, in which Judge
Hammond fought on the Southern side. When Lord
Coleridge, Chief Justice of England, was making the
tour of the United States in the fall of that year he
Stated, at Cincinnati, that Queen Victoria would ha
made Mr. Judah P. Benjamin, Confederate iry

of State, who went to England after the war and en-
gaged in the practice of law, a judge of the Chic, i
Bench but for the suggestion by Mr. Gladstone that it
might be regarded by the United Si an un-

friendly act. When the fact that the iron clad oath of
e had that very year been administered to me by
United States Judge Hammond, an ex-Rebel, was men-
tioned to Lord Coleridge, he was greatly surprised and
gratified, and said that such a thing could not happen
in any country on the globe except the United St

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

PROVE Vol ‘It FAITH.

.I.v APPEAL TO FRIENDS OF THE VETERAN.

For many months I have believed that should an
emergency come one thousand persons would volun-
teer to furnish five dollars each as substantia] support
1″ the Veteran. There are more than a thousand in
arrears now on subscription account, and, besides, ex-
– are crushing these had times. Thousands of
comrades seem to have forgotten the countersign, and
the Sergeants have neglected roll call, although twice
summoned. Now, comrades, this won’t do.

Attention! Note this extraordinary fact: This lit-
tle Veteran is commended officially, yea, sacredly,
by more organizations of noble men than has ever
any periodical, no doubt, in history. Refer to
the list comprising nearly three pages, with but our
line to an organization, with many more to come, and
think of the thousands all over the South who. after
bending the stiffened knee in prayer during their busi-
i — proceedings, while providing Cor afflicted com-
rades and other sacred duties, say, upon their love of
i ountry and sacred honor, that the Confederate Vet-
eran deserves the support of all good men. Think,
then, of your duty. Are you getting the Veteran
: nd letting the time for renewal pass month after
month without a word in explanation’.’ Don’t you
know that disaster would follow quickly upon such
conduct?

Comrade, answer, ‘”Here!” If you can’t pay say
so. There are about 500 whose subscriptions are in
single wrappers, and with the wrapper goes tin- date
of subscription. If yon have neglected to observe the
date write at once for information. All others can
tell at a glance below their names whether it is time
to renew. Now for a remembrance roll :

1 appeal for a thousand volunteers who will furnish
$5 with six name- to whom the Souvenir | now ready i
and VETERAN lor a year may he sent. To you who
have supplied many subscriptions, as well as to you
who have done nothing beyond paying your own sub-
scription, 1 appeal to write me at once and say that
you will secure a half dozen subscribers within thirty
days and remit So for the six. Are you too busy to
attend to it? If so, confer with friends and decide
upon some one who ought to have the VETERAN hut
can’t pay for it, and see that he or she secures live
subscriptions at 81 each, and an extra copy will be
sent to him or her free, including Souvenir.

Friend, this is to you. Please send your name for
my remembrance book. I couldn’t tell you in a sin-
gle Veteran the good that would come through such
co-operation. Your general co-operation is necessary
now. Your co-operation can, in a week, place the
Veteran in royal attitude from a husiness standpoint.
To you, good friends, who. have already done much,

write me. if only to Bay you can do no more.
To you who have done nothing hut hand fifty cuts
to a voluntary solicitor, please come to the front now
and send your name to be entered on my remembrance
hook, saying you will secure six subscriptions and
-end 15 right away, ‘fie- Souvenir to 1.,- sent as above.
Let there he no exceptions in this appeal, [f each

friend of the VETERAN will do what he or she can to

promote its interests during the first week in June, in-
cluding the ninth, and report by’that day. the result
will put the Veteran on a ha<is commene
with its high indorsement throughout the South.
Comrades, brothers, friends, will yov act in this
ter? Will vnr write and report, if only to say you
could do nothing in the time designated? You was
asked to write five letters to advertisers in last Vet-
eran. If you did so report it. and a year’s subscrip-
tion will he credited to anyone you will name. [£
this co-operation he given I can make the Veteran
far better than it has yet been. .May I have from YOU
the letter containing assurance of your continued de-
votion to the greatest of issues in our generation? The
Vetehan, by such co-operation, would glisten in the
sunlight of truth, and its popularity would make it
an honor to Southern and to American patriotism.
Answer, “Here! ”

DEDICATION OF THE CHIC.V.n MONUMENT.

Gen. John (‘. Underwood sends out under date of
May 11th. special order No. 1, in which he states that
owing to the fact that the monument erected over the
Confederate dead buried in Oakwood’s Cemetery,
Chicago, has a debt upon it of nearly $2,500; and be-
cause of late subscriptions to the said monument fund
by various (amps. r. (‘. V., aggregating over $1,800,
with promises of enough more to enable the -paying
off’ of all obligations, when collections shall have
been made, it is deemed expedient to defer the dedi-
catory ceremonies. ”Therefore, the public dedication
of the Confederate monument in Oakwood’s Ceme-
tery is hereby postponed, from May 30, 1894, as origin-
ally contemplated, until such time as the structure
shall befr f debt.”

Map. J. B. Briggs, Commander of the John W. Cald-
well Camp I’. C. V. at llussellville, Ky., reports assur-
ing plans for a reunion of the Orphan Brigade at
Russellville, Sept. 4th. The organization includes
Morgan’s Cavalry. Commander Briggs was directed
by the Camp to invite the Tennessee [ )i vision of Con-
federate soldiers specially as its organization has ever
been embraced in its annual and official reports. Ar-
rangements are being made for a royal entertainment
to every Confederate who can be then’.

Col. R. B. Coleman, of Me A lister, Indian Territory,
reports the death of Comrade Treadaway, who served
in the 4th Mississippi Cavalry and was a member of
the l”. C. Y. Camp at McAlister.

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151

BIRMINGHAM REUNION REPORTS.

It was the purpose of the Veteran to print, in
ular order, the proceedings of the Tinted Veterans at
Birmingham, official. Request was made of 1
Moorman, who did not reply, but a few days since the
– cretary wrote that his “accident was of a most seri-
ous nature, and unless the greatest care is exerted he
will lose his eye-sight.” Cause of accident oot given.

Reasons are given elsewhere why a full, fresh, spir-
ited i< was I1( ,i prepared at the time. The notee
that do appear, however, will be inti f them-
selves, and ere long it is expected that all the trans-

tions of importance will Hud place in the Veteran.

It is with pride and gratitude that this number will
contain sketches and pictures of comrades who, from
the body of the I tion, secured thi opportunity

for the brotherhood to declare it- wish in behalf of
this little periodical. The precise record ha- !

mpiled through much expensi and care. It was
fully intended to give thi leading points in the report
of Historical Committee, hut a revised reporl has not
been procured.

I M’.l I \l \ I \ I ERT \1\MI N I \ I MIK WI’.W \M.

Concerning the tableaux entertainment there was
disappointment by the veterans, who exp< om-

plimentary admission both niglits. It was so ordered
the Becond night. The original purpose in charging

admission was evidently for protection against an
over-crowded audience, as well as for revenue. The
receipts were about 11,600, with about – ipenees.

The reunion cost about $2,500, aside of private help.
The entertainment given in the two evening
Wigwam was novel object lessons in history. Four-
teen Southern states each sent an attractive young
lady to take her place in the tableaux of the States.
in the laudable desire to illustrate the history of
1860-5, in the secession 1860-1. Then byanotherand
most beautiful tableaux, representing the condition of
the Confederate States after Lee crossed the Potomac
from the disaster at Gettysburg. In this the eleven
states appeared in deepest black. As the curtain rose

they were seen working in sadness of spirit for the

Boldiers in the army. Georgia had grown restive and
threatened to withdraw, when beautiful Majestic Vir-
ginia was seen to approach her sister State and gently
draw her hack again. At the time the dead were be-
ing brought home, a silver cross descended over the
body, by which five of the afflicted States wen –
to kneel, two at the foot and head each, one on the
side, while the rest of the states, with eyes cast above,
showed whence alone hope could come. It was an
impressive, beautiful scene, and could not fail to illus-
trate its meaning to those who remembered that event-
ful time in our past. The ladies next appeared after
the war was over, when reunited to Maryland. Ken-
tucky and Missouri, appeared the “Solid South.” In
this picture each lady was dressed in the beautiful,
simple Greek costume, with new hope — Peace in the
Union. That there should he no lingering suspicion
of disloyalty to the old Hag, the whole ended with a

union of the gray and the blue. Maj. Tate, in an
old. tattered Confederate uniform, resting his hand
upon the stacked arms, with Maj. Hunter, G. A. R., in
blue, on tlie other side. Above, and in the rear, with
the stars and stripes unfurled, was thi- beautiful
lumbia,” resting her left hand on a shield of gold, on
which was painted the eagle and coat of arms of the
I’nited St

This entertainmi md beautiful

feature in future reunions :in ,| cannot fai

HONOR MIF ! .

(‘apt- (reed Milstead, of Ohio, had pn n ad-

a- requested, hut -aw 1 ! ntion w

busy he simply paid ! .re of his

not. –

I have been Burrounded, but this is the fin

aptured, and if I had had the assuram

ing the same hearty and generous treatment
during the war that ha- been I me hv .

you old sold • my arrival in Birmingham, I

don’t know hut what 1 should have let you scoop me
up in my fir-t ent.

Comrades, 1 am here in response to a cordial inv ita-
ist June by your Honorable Adjutant
mi. Moorman, of New Orleans, La., in whi<
me earnest i with the I’nited Cot

B, at thi- reunion He i me

every assurance of receivings hearty welcome by the
hrave survivors of the Southern Army. All of his
promises have been more than verified.

I am here to commingle with the hrave survivors of
your army who marched and fought for a cause with
a- holiest .on ,nd a- pure motive- a- were my

own. But the primary cause of my coming here is to
one of the bravest survivors of the Southern
Army, a man. who to-day i^ fighting life’s haul-
one limb — the other he gai
he loved. I allude to (apt. R. H. Phelps, of I. at.

– whom I found on the field in the 1
the battle near Lynchburg, Va., on June 17.
Our go…! Chaplain, Joseph Little, who long yeai

I the dark river, and to-day is bivouaced on
•■Fame- eternal camping ground.” and I, kepi Capt.
Phelps at our headquarters, and did all we could
through the long hours of that eventful night to alle-
viate his Bufferings. We cut his hoots off Ids feet, and
kept his frightful wounds bathed constantly in cold
water. We were lying close up to your line
indeed, that we could not build fires without having
them extinguished by had from your guns. The
next morning we fell back into a woods to reform our

for the Becond day’s battle, and with as wi
ried Capt. Phelps, whom we delivered to our hospital
department, and we went on into the fight of another
day. That afternoon our army was forced to r<
towards the Kanawha Valley, and our Confederate
friend was left behind.

Nearly thirty years have elapsed since we. in the
dismal who. Is in front of Lynchburg, delivered (‘apt.
Phelps into the hands of the hospital attendants, and
this is the first time we have had the pleasure of meet-
ing each other, and to-day w are as happy “Johnny”
and “Yank” as the most fastidious could wish to
Every 17th of June, from 1864 to 1891, I have never
failed to think of this incident, and would wonder

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whether my friend Phelps had survive! witli his
(rounds and was still living.

On Juno 30, L891. I Bent a detailed accounl of the
incident to the Wheeling, West Ya.. Register, which
was published, and Sergeant Joseph c. McMohen, one
of Capt. Phelps’ comrades, seeing it. wrote me at once,
giving iii>’ his post-office address. The remainder of
this history is easily told. We have Keen correspond-
ing with each other regularly ever since 1891, have
exchanged photographs of ourselves and families, and
our correspondence will he continued as long as we
both live.

While hen- and before yon. comrades, I desire to say
a word for the Union soldier. Eaving had the honor
of serving two consecutive years as Inspector of the
Department of Ohio, during which time I have met
and conversed with nearly every soldier in the State,
and yon may believe me. when I say that 1 have yet
to meet one who bears any animosity or ill feeling
towards the true soldiers of the Southern Army.

We Stand ready and willing to receive you as broth-

era of our Tinted Republic.

1 shall hear to my Northern home hut the pleasant
recollections of the courteous manner in which 1 was

eived and treated by the members of your organi-
zation, and trust that our commingling together may
be instrumental in producing a good effect.

It has afforded me great pleasure to he with you on
this occasion. The years are rolling rapidly by; in a
very short time the last soldier of the two great arm-
ies that confronted each other in battle from 1861 to
65, will have received orders to report on the parade
grounds of heaven, there to march in grand review
Before the great Commander of us all. who will judge
alike both the blue and the gray.

Gen. Jackson, of Tennessee, eloquently introduced
to the audience Gen. Miller, the Department Com-
mander of the Grand Army of the Republic of Ala-
bama, who was there with a token of regard for Gen.
Gordon, who saved the life of Gen. Francis C. Barlow.
Commander .Miller presented, in the typical manner
of an American soldier, a cane cut from the place
which is known as Harlow’s Hill, to Gen. Gordon,
[All during this time continued cheers for the blue
and the gray.]

Gen. Gordon, in accepting the cane, said :

‘on. Miller, it would he idle for me to attempt to
express in words what I feel upon this presentation.
1 can only Bay that in that war there did never come
into my breast or in the breasts of any of these brave
men here to-day, a single feeling of animosity, hut
that they were inspired by that one word, duty, only
duty. And now, looking hack over that war I can
say. and I know 1 express the sentiment of all these
veterans, that it matters not what flag a soldier fol-
lowed, it matters not what uniform he wore, since he
was there through a conviction of duty and conscious-
ness of the call of his country had inspired him, ami
he was willing to laydown his life at the call of duty.
As such we welcome you here to-day. I welcome you
as a one time foe hut now a friend, and I stand to
pledge to you the loyalty of as brave a people as the
sun ever shone upon. And now, sir, in behalf of this
brotherhood I bid you most hearty welcome.

Gen. Gordon”s reply to Gen. Miller was pathetic and
most appropriate.

Upon notice of his re-election as Commander of the
United Veterans, Gen. Gordon said:

Comrades, I have no language at my command ca-
pable of conveying to you the sentiment which wells
up in my heart at this honor you have given.

It had been my purpose to retire from this office and
leave it to some one worthier than myself. [Voi( • –
“Couldn’t he found.”] I accept the honor, comrades,
with all the love and loyalty to you and your cause
that ever throbbed in a Southern heart. 1 want to
say one thing before I take my seat: I won’t detain
you long. [Voices: “Go on, go on.”] In my opin-
ion, and this opinion is based upon long thought and
investigation of history and inquiry, there never ex-
isted in the history of the world, ami there may never
exist in the history of the world, an army that, from
a standpeint of courage and in other particulars,
equaled the Confederate Army of the South. Whether
led by great leaders or not, whether thirsty or hungry
or haggard, they marched into the gloom with a cour-
age unparalleled in the history or all the ages that
have passed. That reminds me of an occasion when
a one-legged old Confederate veteran had been dis-
charged on account of the loss of his leg. He went
into a prayer-meeting where Brother Brown was lead-
ing in prayer, and in the course of that prayer Brother
Brown said: “Heavenly Father, we pray thee to give
us more courage in this strife that is now going on.
give us more manhood,” when this old soldier cried
out, unable to contain himself any longer, and said,
“Hold on, Brother Brown, hold on there, you are all
wrong. Pray for more ammunition and provisions,
we have manhood and courage enough.”

Every man of that army, a hero, was willing to
march to the front ami w in victories, whether he had
a leader or not. May God care for and protect each
of these Confederates to the day of his death. The
man who marched into front of battle and made his
leaders and his Generals.

God go with you when you leave here, and remain
with you through the days that are to be yours. May
his luight skies cover you, and his sunlight gladdi
your old hearts through those days.

Commendable zeal is exercised by the people at
Calhoun, Ga., in caring for the Besaca Confederate
deail buried near there. That is a cemetery in which
Southerners from many sections should be interested.
Mr. .1. ( ). Middleton sends the following list of some
of the Tennessceans buried therewith their company

and regiment: .1. 11. Waddy. 32d; F. Russell, Co. A.
and .1. A. Gihnore, Co. B, 45th; -I. W. Lester, Co. I
29th; .1. II. Savage, 20th; A. Thelton, 18th; A. Y.
Simonton, and three unknown soldiers belonging to
9th; .1. Lipsheets, Co. G, John Ingles, Co. D, and J. W.
Rathens, Co. C, 8th.

(five something to this worthy cause, no matter how
small the amount. J. 0. M.

The nephew of the gallant John lVlham, whose
name was changed by the Legislature to Charles
Thomas Pelham, is a resident still of El l’aso, Texas.
An error in printing notes by L. B. Giles, who was
one of Terry’s Texas Rangers, suggests this note.

Mark Cockrill, Jr. : ” * * * Ifes, we are indeed
a good ways off, but the Veteran comes like a voice
from Dixie.” He writes from Lucille, Montana.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN. 133

RECORD OF VOTE BY THE UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
On Saturday. May 5, 1894, request was mailed to the Confederate organizations for written information as
to whether represented at Birmingham in the Convention of United Confederate Veterans, and if so. whether
they voted for the VETERAN as official organ of the United Veterans; also as to whether they had made the
Veteran their own organ, or contemplated doing so. It will he seen, on examination, that there is not one
word of unkindness expressed from any BOUTce. The ‘don’t know.” “think not.” etc., don’t in a single in-
stance indicate disfavor. The only declination to make the Veteran “it- own organ ” by any Camp is by
one of 23 members, whose Secretary states that while it appreciates the good work the VETERAN has done
.ind is doing, it declines since the action of 1’nited Confederate Veterans at Birmingham to vote for an]
official organ. Its reason for such position is misunderstood. Theirs is the only report not in the list.

ALABAMA.

if i ■ pi • sented
No. at Bfrm’gham Has It made I( it bat

Pobtoffice. \vm> oi ‘ vmi’. Mem- <li>l It vote for the Veteran Its doeeltcoi Nami ■•> “incra.

ben. Veteran as Its own organ? plate doing »o?
official organ?

Alexandria Alexandria 14 ves ves C. Martin. Com.

Anniston Pelham 110 ves no action K. M Sight, Com.

Auburn Auburn -41 ves ye- Gen. Jae II Lane, Adji

Bessemer Bessemer !«i ves ves W. R. -lone-. Com.

Birmingham W. .1. Hardee.. 850 Ves ves K. E. Jones, Com.

Coalburg Frank Cheat ham 15 ves ves F. P. Lewis, Com.

Dadeville Crans-Kimbal 150 no action may do so W.C. Mcintosh, Com.

Florence E. A. O’Neal 131 ves ves A. M. O’Neal, Com.

Fori Payne W. N. Eetee 80 ves yes 1. M. Davidson, Com.

Hartselle Friendship 76 ves yes Matt K. Mahan, Com.

Greenville Sam Adams 11 didn’t vote …not vet yes Ed. Crenshaw, Com.

Lowndesboro T. -I. Bullock 42 don’t know ves C. I>. Whitman. Adjt,

Lower Teach Tree….R. H. 0. Gaines 34 ves ves B. 1>. Portis, Com.

Moundville Woodruff is it did we have Fohn S. Powere, Com.

Oxford Camp Fee !I7 ves ves Thomas H. Barry, Com.

Pearce’s Mills R. E. Fee I” ‘. don’t know .1. Pearce, Com.

Piedmont Stewart 78 yes ves .1. N Hood. Com.

Roanoke Aiken-Smith 194 ves ye- W \ Handler. Com.

Scale J. F. Waddell 36 not vet yes R. IF B< llamy. Com.

Springville Springville 68 ves yes A. W \\ oodall, Com.

Tnomasville Leander McParland… 92 don’t know … not yet yee G. B. Hall. Adjt.

Wedewee Randolph 74 don’t know don’t know …can’t say… C. C. Enloe, Com.

ARKANSAS.

Hope Camp Gratiot 80 think bo.. N. W. Stewart, Com.

Hot Springs Ubert Pike 125 yes A. Curl, Adjt.

Huntingdon Stonewall Jackson…. 210 ves L. B. Fake, Com

Morrilton Robert W. Harper 136 no yes W. S. Hanna, Com.

Oxford Oxford 25 can’t say… F. M. Gibson, Com.

Prescott Walter Bragg 125 yes W. J. Blake. Com.

FLORIDA.

Brooksville W. W. Loring 44 ves ves Fred I.. Robertson, Adjt.

Chiplev McMillan 135 ves yes S. M. Robertson, Com.

DeFuniak Springs.. .E. Kirby-Smith 40 ves no not sugg’st’d.F T. Stnbbs, Com.

Jacksonville R. E. Fee 1051 ves ves G. T. Maxwell, Com.

LakeCity E. A. Perry 109 yes yes W.Ives, Adjt.

Ocala ” Marion Con Ass’n….lO0 ves J. M. Mays. ( om.

Pensacola Camp Ward 110 yes W. E. Anderson Com.

Sanford Gen. Jos. Finnegan… 30 ves ves C. H. Leffler, Adjt.

St. Augustine E. Kiiby-Smith 32 yes yes L \\ Spitler, Com.

Tallahassee Thomson B.Lamar… 28 can’t sav 1> Lang, Com.

GEORGIA.

Carnesville Millican 75 no no don’t know J. C. McCarter, Com.

Dalton J. E. Johnston 67 ves ves \. P. Roberts, Com.

Hawkinsville Con. Vet. Associat’n..l50 W. L. Once, Com.

LaGrange Troup County Camp. 97 yes yes J. L. Schaub, Com.

Macon… Bibb County 100 C. M. Wiley, Com.

Rome Con. Vet. Associat’n..l25 don’t know F. G. Yeiser, Com.

Summerviiie Chattooga Co. Ass’n… 32 no no don’t know L. R. Williams, Com.

Talbotton L.B.Smith 115 yes not yef hope so …B. Curley, Com.

134 CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

KENTUCKY.

Augusta Inlm B. Hood <; yea John s. Bradley, Com.

B( iUmi Alfred Johnston 4U little interest ‘. I. I’. Brian, Com.

Bethel Pat Cleburne 12 ves ves In. Arrasmith, Com.

Campton George W. Cox 6 ‘. ves (‘. C”. Hanks. Adjt.

Carlisle Peter Bramblett 8 ‘. ves Thomas Owens, Com.

Eminence E. Kirby-Smith 6 W. L. Crabb. Com.

Georgetown George W.Johnson… ‘■’»’> ves A. X. Sinclair, Com.

Barrodsburg William Preston 20 ves ves Bush W. Allen. Com.

Henderson Con. Soldiers’ Ass’n… 64 ‘. ‘. yes R. H. Cunningham, Adjt

Hopkinsville Ned Merriwether 17 yes C. P. Jarrett, Com.

Lexington John c. Breckinridge.200 yes has indorsed it John Boyd, Com.

Paducah Lloyd Tighlman……. in ‘. no action 1. V. Greif, Adjt

Paducah \. i’. Thompson 71 ves yes I. M. Browne, Adjt.

Russellville John W. Caldwell yea yes I. B. Briggs, Com.

LOUISIANA.

Bi Qton Loudon Butler 52 ves yes S. M. Thomas. ( lorn.

Bernick Winchester Hall 15 Ves it wifl do so

Compte Cap. Perot yes Leopold Perot, Com.

Jackson ‘ Feliciana 45 yes Z. Lea. Coin.

Lake ( harles Calcasieu 250 yes yes Dr. W. A. Knapp, Com.

Merrick Isaiah Norwood 22 ‘no ‘no don’t know 1>. T. Merrick. Com.

Lay vi lie. Richland 47 ves yes I. S. Sum merlin, Com.

Ruston Con. Vet. Associat’n..l05 don’t know will lay before Camp.. A. Barksdale, Com.

Tangipahoa Moore < >. I’. Amacker, Com.

MISSISSIPPI.

Anguilla Patrick R. Claiborne.. 19 not yet yes I. C. Hall, Com.

Canton E. Giles Henry 75 ves ves lames M. Grafton. Adjt.

Chester R. G. Prewitt.. 20 don’t know think not … will see ….I. H. Evans.’Com.

Columbus Isham Harrison 46 yes yes YV. A. Campbell, Adjt.

ada W. R. Barksdale 50 would like to do so I. \V. Young, Com.

Hickory Flat Hickory Flat 35 yes think so I. D. Lakey, Com.

Iuka Lamar 102 will bring before Camp….G. I’. Hammersley, Com.

Kosciusko William Barksdale … 04 …can’t say C. H. Campbell, (om.

Lexington Walter L. Keirn 65 don’t know… try to do so next meeting.. II. J, Reid, Com.

Maben Stephen D.Lee 10 yes sir 0. B. Cooke, Com.

Okalona W. F. Tucker 50 don’t know B. J. Abbott, Com.

Senatobia Bill Feeney 90 think it will G. D. Shands, Com.

Woodville Woodville 21 yes yes P. M. Stockett, Adjt.

MISSOURI.

Exeter Sterling Price II yes yes lames Montgomery, Com

Morley Maj. James Parrott… 50 not present : ‘. it may A. J. Gupton, Com.

NORTH CAROLINA.

Charlotte Mecklenburg 15 hope so I). G. Maxwell, Adjt.

Clinton Sampson 22 hope so R. II. Holliday, Com.

Hickory Catawba lln yes yes 1. G. Hall, Com.

Pittsboro Leonidas .1. Merritt… H» hope so ‘. W. L. London, Com.

Salisbury Col. Chas. T. Fisher…l78 yes ves C. R. Barker, Adjt.

States vi lie Col. p. (:ii i, pi, ell :;7 yes yes P. C. Carlton. Com.

Wilmington Cape Fear 143 yes not formally yes W. L. DeRosset, Com.

SOUTH CAROLINA.

Aiken Barnard E. Pee :io<i ves ves B. H. Teague, Com.

Charleston Palmetto Guard In ‘ves yes A. W. Lanneau, Adjt.

I “l ui n liia Hampton 91 yes yes A. P. Brown, Com.

Edgefield C. H V.bner Perrin 75 yes ves I. II. brooks, Com.

Greenville It. c. Pulliam 130 yes yes P. T. Hayne, Adjt.

Hyman Hampton 22 don’t know M. L. Munn, Com. ”

Newberry lames I). Nance 186 yes yes C V. Boyd, Adjt.

Pickens C. H Wolf Creek 59 yes not yet ‘. J. A. Griffin, < lorn.

Rock Hill Catawba 52 yes I. Jones, Adjt,

Simpsonville Manning Austin :’.li yes not yet ‘. W. P. Gresham, Com.

Spartanburg Camp Walker 85 don’t know, will bring before Camp loseph Walker, Com.

Summerville Gen. .lames Conner…l 12 yes George Tupper, Com.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN. 135

TENNESSEE.

Alamo Joseph E.Johnston… f>”> yes J. B. Humphreys. Com.

Brownsville H. 8. Bradford 68 not yet George C. Porter. Com.

Chattanooga N. B. Forrest V>2 ves yes L. T. Dickinson, Com.

Clarksville Forbes 17<> yes yes Butler Boyd, Com.

Fayetteville Shackleford-Fulton . . . H x i not advised. . n<> expres-‘n W. A. Miles, Com.

Knoxville Felix K. Zollicoffer… 56 yes Charles Ducloux, Adjt.

Lewisburg Dibrell 52 ves yes *. s. T. Hardison, Com.

McKenzie Stonewall Jackson…. 56 yes Ves J. 1’. Cannon. Com.

Nashville Frank Cheatham 350 yes ves lohn P. Hickman, Adjt.

Pikeville II. M. Ashby 87 ves yes L. T. Billingly, Com.

Winchester Turney ‘. 1 1 1 don’t know yes I. K. Jones. Com.

TEXAS.

Abilene Abilene 92 has not think bo…T. W. Daugherty, Adjt.

Alvarado Mvarado 55 ves ves 1. R. Posey, Adjt.

Archei City stonewall Jackson…. 65 ‘. ves T. M. Cecil, Adjt.

A.urora R. (}. Mills 20 ves yes 6. W. Short. Com.

Bonham Sul Rosa yes ‘. ves J. P. Holmes. Com.

Brazoria Clinton Terry 36 yes yes W F. Smith, Com.

Calvert W. P. Townsend 200 yes yes I W Higginbothani.Com

Canton 1. I.. Hogg 1 4n ‘. ves W. D. Thompson, Adjt.

Chi. o Mcintosh 86 yes L. S. Eddins, Com.

Cleburne Pat Cleburne 7<» ves think so yes I. D. Mitchell, Coin.

Coleman lohn Pel ham til yes yes 11 1 Lewis, (

Commerce II. E. Lee 38 yes think so G 6. Lindsey,Com.

Corsicana Winkler 120 ‘. don’t know li. M. Collii

Crockett Crockett 182 ves not yet yes Enoch Braxeon, Com.

Dallas Sterling Price 316 yes ves ‘. Geo R. Fearn, Adjt.

Dodd City •■■■■ Maxey 20 ‘. fia’s not can’t tell…W < Moore, I

Forney Camp’ Bee VJ ves ves T. M. Daniel. Com.

Gonzales lohn C. G. Key 1 r> yes ‘yes H. L. Quails, Adjt.

Gordonville 1. G. Hodges… •_'<» don’t know yes Wm. Hodge*. Com.

Graham Young County it has I. T. Gay, Com.

Henrietta Sull Ross W yes some time ago.. J. C. Skipwith, Com.

Hillshoro C. C. Y. Association. .450 yes think it will.]’.. Knox. Com.

Houston Hick howling 200 yes yes Will Lambert. Com.

Ladonia Robert E. Lee 176 yes not vet can’t say T < Reed, Adjt.

Lagrange Col. B. Timmons … 35 … yes it will “… R. H. Phelps, Com

Lampasas R. E. I.e.. 132 yes D. C. Thomas, Com.

Marhn Willis L. Lang 205 yes yes ……G. A. King, I om.

Menardville Menardville 20 has not been considered. .F. M. Kitchens. Com.

McGregor McGregor 100 ves ves V.’. H. Harris, Com.

Merkel Merkel 40 ves J. T. Tucker. Com.

Navasota H. H. Boone 100 no action W. E. Barry, Com.

Oakville lohn Donaldson 24 not yet yes Uex Coker, Com.

Palestine Palestine 60 has not eaii’t say ..J. W. Kwing. Com.

Paradise Pat Cleburne 4<» suppose so yes …..L. T. Mason. Adjt.

Paris C S. Johnston 380 yes yes 0. C. Connor. Com.

Richmond Frank Terry no can’t say. ..P. E. Peareson, Com.

Ripley Gen. Hood! -_>1 it will*. John C. Hood, Adjt.

San Antonio \. S Johnston 110 suppose so yes Taylor McRae, Adjt.

Santa Anna 1.. Q. Pa mar 27 yes 1 Will Hubert Adjt.

Seymour Bedford Forrest 25 yes T. H. C. Peery, Com.

Taylor V. S. Johnston 50 yes yes M. Ross, Com.

Terrell J. E. B. Stuart 75 ‘. yes *. Vic Reinhardt, Adjt.

Texarkana V. P. Hill 35 not present.no action yet : C. A Hooks. Adjt.

Vernon Camp Cabell 56 …can’t say. . no action …can’t say ..S. E. Hatchett, Com.

Waco Pat Cleburne 151 contemplates doing eo. J. G. Fennel, Com.

VIRGINIA.

Alexandria R. E. Pee 132 ves W. A. Smoot, Com.

Charlotteville 1. B. Strange 100 don’t know J. M. Garrett, Com.

Harrisonburg S. B. Gibbons 50 can’t tell. ..P. II. Lee Martz, Com.

Petersburg \. P. Hill 280 don’t know W. G. McCabe, Com.

Radford (C C. Wharton 81 yes yes R. IP Adams. Adjt.

Reams’ Store J. K. IV Stuart :’.”> “….not yet.. ..’..will he considered. .A. P.. Moncure, Adjt.

West Point lohn R. Cooke :’.’_’ yes ‘ yes W. W. Green, Com,

Williamsburg Magruder-Ewell 48 yes H. P. Jones. Adjt.

136

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

WEST VIRGINIA.
Charlestowo Fohn W. Rowan G. A. Porterfield.

INDIAN TERRITORY.

Ardmore Fohn II. Morgan 120 yes yes W. W. Hyden, Com.

McAlester Icff Lee 77 yea not yet yea It. B. Coleman, Com.

Norman John B. (Jordoi

OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.
…. 34

yeB B. .1. Wilkins. Adjt.

WHERE THE CONFEDERATE VETERANS IN TEXAS ARE FROM.

As a matter of general interest the VETERAN made these inquiries so as to furnish historic record of the
Confederate soldiers who now live in Texas. Inaction on the part of many Camps prevented its completion.

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The 44 out of 131 Camps in Texas furnish the above record. Confederates inherit Texas.

Chipley, Fla., May 12, 1894: Camp McMillan, No.
217, U. C. V., unanimously adopted the VETERAN as
its official organ. R. B. Bellamy, Adjt.

J. W. Wright, Commander of the Joseph E. John-
ston Camp at Gainesville, Texas, in reply, wrote: The
delegates to the reunion at Birmingham have not yet
returned, and therefore I am not prepared to say what
they did in reference to indorsing the VETERAN, but I
am sure of one thing, and that is they will indorse
the Veteran every time they are called upon. You
can be assured that my Camp will do all that we can
to aid you and the great cause that you are so ably
espousing.

It is said that the last shot was fired on the Confed-
erate side by C. H. Montgomery, at West Point, Ga.

Springfield, Mo., May !», 1894. — You will please stop
the Veteran. I see the time is out in this month.
Mr. Granade died the 13th of September last — was
sick fifty-four days with typhoid fever, and being left
with two children to care for, and but little to live on,
I will have to give up the dear Confederate book as we
did our dear old Southern home after the war was
over. May Cod bless all the old Confederate veterans.
My husband was with the first company that left
Memphis, and was a faithful soldier to the last.

Mrs. J. A. Granade.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

*37

HOW WE WENT T<> SHILOH.

LUhlCROrS STORIES OF OFFICIAL BLUNDERS IB THF
GREAT BATTLE.

A great deal has been written about Shiloh, but
there is much to 1″‘ known yet, aa plainly appears
from the following interview by a friend of the Vet-
eran with Gen. F. A. sin mi p. Gen. Shoup has resided
al Sewanee, Tenn., as a professor most of the time
since the war, and although he has been repeatedly
requested to give the public the benefit of his unu-
sual opportunities for knowing the inside history of
the Confederate war, he lias heretofore quite Bteadily
declined. He has lately taken charge of the Columbia
Institute for Young Ladies, and ro has been brought
in touch with tlic “lil Confederates of Maury County,
which be seems to enjoy very much. Readers of the
Veteran will be interested in the following chatty
story of sliiloli :

“General, you were Chief of Artillery at Shiloh?”

“Not exactly. 1 was tin- Chief of Hardee’s Corps.
and was the senior artillery officer on the field. There
was no army organization of the artilli

” Was tbr enemy surprised at Shiloh ?

“I’ll till you about it. if you like. Things were
looking pretty blur We bad lost all of Kentucky
and Tennessee \ concentration of all the available
troops in the West bad been made at Corinth to re-
sist tin- gravitation of the Federal- toward the Gulf,
and something bad to be done. Gen. Sidney John-
ston had long before foretold that a decisive battle
would be fought somewhere in that locality. The
question was whether we should wait and receive the

enemy or advance upon him. Tin- art of war was in
an exceedingly plastic state in ’62, and it wat

‘ pot and kettle’ between the two sides. Tin Federals.

under Grant — though he did not select the place— had
[nit themselves in a very exposed position. In the
oral place, they were on the wrong side of the river
for a rendezvous encampment. In a beautiful open
country, only a little over twenty miles from us. and
without the slightest artificial protection in the way
of field works or grand guards, they simply invited
attack. Our Generals »w this, and determined to
take advantage of it. Hut there was a Berious trouble
at tbe start, which 1 do not think has been made pub-
lic It was tb” distrust on tbe part of tbe corps com-
manders of tbe military capacity of Sidney Johnston.
I came to know it through lien. Hardee, with whom
1 was on tin most confidential term-. Johnston’s loss
of all that region from Howling Green down to tbe
Mississippi line bad set tbe press bowling to Buch an
extent that be wanted to resign bis command. There
never was a grander man. and I love bis memory, but
bis movements are open to serious criticism. He was
not a man of expedients, and bad been SO long used
to the slow routine methods of tbe old army that be
did not adapt himself readily to tbe new. extraordi-
nary condition of tilings. He was too magnanimous
and modest, and did not know bow to seize authority
and knock people over. At any rate, tbe corps com-
manders were nervous about going into battle with
him in command. They patched up a curious expe-
dient. They got Bragg appointed Chief of Staff with

plenary powers Bi gg accepted upon condition that

hi’ should retain tin- immediate command of bis own
corps. It does not seem that any use was made of this
extraordinary arrangement. I find only one com-
munication in the War Records from Hardee, dated
Camp near Mickey’s, April 4th, to Gen. Braxton I
Chief of stall’. Beauregard, however, says in his re-
port, thai “Bragg, in addition to hie duties as Chief
of Staff, commanded bis corps.” I think every one

Either ashamed of tin- thin e, and

let it quietly drop.

” Well, a plan of operation was worked out by Beau-
regard, and we were to surprise tbe enemy at
It was known that Buell was moving down from Nash-
ville to join Grant on the Tennessee River. He was
making a “forced march,” but bis rapidity was very
like our-. What could have been done, and would
have been done toward tbe latter part of the war in a
few days, took week- We at la-t got under way on
the morning of tin- 3d of April, ami it was 1 \|
that we should be able to surprise tin- enemy on the
5th, and a- we had only about twenty miles to march
it did not seem unreasonable. Our methods of sur-
prising the enemy, however, were— or rather are now
— amusing enough. It rained during tin first night
out, and as tbe men were not ir guns would

go off after a wetting, they proci 1 ded to try them, in
which operation they were assisted bytheofficei
the tiring was by volley: and then tbe general ofl
one would think, wanted to make sure that the enemy
still there, since 1 reconnaisance in force was

r them up and keep them on tin- alert’ The re-
sult was a great row in front of the enemy. A pi’ ket
stand, six or eight men. was captured and a heavy

was sent out to recover them, and Sherman, who
lay with bis command nearest us. sent out an addi-
tional cavalry force, and finally followed in pi

with two regiments of infantry. There was quite a
little battle in front, in which some fifteen rounds

were exchanged. Tbe cavalry drove our people in
upon the main army, which, by Ibis time, tie second
day. bad got as far as Mickey’s bouse, -i\ miles from
the battle-field. The Federal cavalry ran in upon us,
and we opened upon them with infantry and art!
killing and wounding some of them and taking some
prisoners. I. myself, opened lire with the artillery.
It was random work, under excitement, and tic
cution was not much. Sherman reports all tl
Gen. Grant that night, and says. ‘1 infer that the
enemy is in some considerable force at Pea B
IF- goes on to give excellent re. Ins opinion.

” Now comes the almost incredible part. ( >ur confu-
sion has got itself Btraightened out down at Mickey’-,
and on the 5th we move oil with the quiet assurance
of troops moving out to a practice ground. Hat
Corps is in front, and we move by the flank, two
abreast, along a common woods road, tin General and
his glittering stall’ in front. When we wen- within

about three miles of the enemy’s camps theGeneral
and his staff were brought to a sudden halt at the
command of a gentleman in front of us half hidden
in the bushes, with a gun pointing in our direction in
a very suggestive way. The question was. ‘Who is
that ‘ We agreed that he was too polite for an en-
emy, and that it must be one of our own men on
picket duty; but the more important question was
how to get past him without an accident. After a lit-
tle parley I sung out. We are all right, meet me half

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way!’ IK- assented, and when we were within easy
distance I Baid, ‘This is Gen. Hardee and his Btaff,
and the whole army is following.’ ‘Well, haven’t
you got the password?’ ‘No,’ I said, ‘but you don’t
intend to Btop an army?’ ‘Well,’ he answered, ‘I

BUppOSe I’ll have to 1ft’ you pass, but 1 wish you had

the word.’ I don’t remember that I thought at the
time that there was any thing particularly tunny in a
single man on outpost halting an army. As a “result
of this episode I suggested to lien. Hardee that it
might lie well to cover our advance with some light
troops. Be replied that he intended to throw out

skirmisher- a- – as we hegan to form line. In the

course of time Hardee became one of the most care-
ful, and in every way best, corps commanders we had.
1 don’t remember that 1 ever reminded him of this
extraordinary incident. He would have Keen amusi d,
and readily granted that we were all very green.

” We continued our advance along the narrow coun-
try road, winding like a snake through the woods to
within a mile of the Federal camps, and without en-
countering another soul. The General then deployed
Borne light troops, and the column filed to the right,
and we quietly tonne, 1 line of battle, extending from
Lick to Owl (reek. This was about the middle of the
day. The first line consisted of Hardee- Corps, to-
gether with a brigade from Bragg’s Corps. The resl of
Bragg’s Corps, with part of Polk’s, strung out, made
a second line. The remainder of Polk’s Corps and
Breckinridge’s Corps were held in reserve. The front
was rather more than three miles in length, and only a
little over a mile from Shiloh Church, which was on
the edge of the Federal camps.

” N”w. the puzzle is to know what Gen. Sherman and
the Federals were doing on the 5th of April. Sher-
man had reported to Grant that the Confederates were
in force within six miles of his encampment the day
before, and yet we were permitted to move up and
form, as 1 have described, without seeing or hearing
a single blue coat. If we had Keen resisted with any
of spirit it would have gone hard with us; i’t
would have been impossible for us to gain the posi-
tion we did. Indeed, I don’t know what would have
been the result.”

“Do you mean to say that the Federals did not
know a whole army was forming in line of battle
within a mile of them ?”

“That ISJUSl what took place. Hardee’s Line Was

fullj formed, batteries in place, and everything ready
for action by the middle of the afternoon, and we lay

on our arms all the rest of that day and all night long,
and there was not a soul seen or heard of from the
yankee camps.”

” Hadn’t you driven in any pickets or outpost- .'”

” Not one. They seemed not to have had any that

day: or if they had they did not extend out a mile

from their camps. This has always been a wonder to

me, and especially so when it is remembered that they

wcii- West Point men in command.”

“Are not you a West Point man yourself?”
“Yes; ami I am not saying any thing against West
Point, 1 am showing you the seamy side of things,
and it is simply tomfoolery to deny that we were all
ignorant of war, in spite of our training, in tie begin-
ning. Nothing but experience will teach that busi-
ness. But it is marvelous that common sense and
natural timidity should not have taught Grant and
Sherman to look out for danger when they had reason
to know it was so close at hand.”

” 1 (id not Sherman expect an attack that morning’.’ ”

“Sherman certainly did not expect attack on the
morning of the 6th, as may he seen from his report.
The reports of Grant, Sherman, and all the rest oi
them, -how that not a step had been taken in any di-
rection in anticipation of an attack. They knew noth-
ing of our being in front of them until early in the
morning. They were simply surprised, in spite of all
we did to let them know, ami they did the best they
could. Grant says somewhere that he was not sur-
prised, because he knew the rebel forces were in his
front in force two day- before. That is true, and it is
just what make- the surprise Bo inexcusable for him
and Sherman.”

“Well, we lay all the aiternoon in line of battle,
and had plenty of time to look at the dogwood blooms,
of which the woods were full. 1 never see them now
that I do not think of Shiloh. We lay all night, and
heard distinctly the drums beating in the enemy’s
camps. They kept up a continuous rattle almost all
night, and we wondered what in the world could he
the meaning of it. It has since Keen explained. The
innumerable military hands were serenading their
officers, and everybody was having a merry time with-
out a thought of our thirty or forty thousand men
who were listening with such peculiar interest.”

“Didn’t you yourself expect them to he all ready
for you in the morning?”

“Well, that was an anxious question. I could
hardly hope they did not know that we were encir-
cling them, though there was not a sign of any sort
to show it. The general officers thought that the
‘surprise’ business was all up, at least Gen. Beaure-
gard told Cen. Polk so iii a rather excited interview
late in the aiternoon of the 5th that is. some time
after we were in line of battle. Beauregard was taking
Polk to task for his delay in getting into position.
Polk, in his report, say- ‘ lie Beauregard i -aid he re-
gretted the delay exceedingly, as it would make it
necessary to forego the attack altogether: that our suc-
cess depended upon our surprising the enemy, and
this was now impossible, and we must fall hack to
Corinth.’ Pate at night a conference of the corps
commanders was held, ami at it (as Gen. Hardee told
immediately after the conference! the general feel-
ing was that the attack was then hopeless, especially
as the men were without rations. After listening foi
some time- Gen. Johnston cut them short by saying,
‘Gentlemen, return to your commands; the attack will
he made at dawn. If the men have no rations t hey
must*take them from the enemy.’ We came that near
turning tail, even at the last moment.

” Well, we did move at dawn. It seems that the en-
emy was just sending out some scouts, at any rate our
skirmishers were engaged very early. Sherman acted
promptly, and by the time we got to the outer edge
of their camps we found a line formed against us, and
the resistance was very creditable for an impromptu.
We had no particular difficulty, however, in pushing
the greaterpart of the army out of their camps. It was
all haphazard — line against lim — patching up weak
places with troops from anywhere they could lie got.
For several hours the tiring was constant. 1 dare -a \
there was more powder burned both by infantry and
artillery at Shiloh than on any field of the war.
Luckily it was very wild, or the carnage would have
been more awful than it was.

“One little incident will show how ignorant we
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enough about it theoretically. I was on the lookout
for advantageous positions for the artillery, and I saw-
that by a little detour a raking tire could he got on the
enemy’s right. I ventured to take a section of Sweet’s
Mississippi battery, and conducted it to where the
position could be seen, and they came into action. I
1 returned at once. The enemy’s right gave way about
this time. When the guns got hark the officers said
they did splendid work for a few minutes, bul that
the enemy fell hack so that they couldn’t get at them.
They did not claim, and I did not suggest to them,
that their tire had had any thing to do with their
change “I position. It was a long time after, when I
had seen the immediate effect of even a little Sank
fire, that I put things together. However it may have
been, tin enemy’s whole right fell hack, hut the center
and left held. The bend was at the little eminence
held by ‘ on. Prent lse

“About this time Gen. Beauregard ordered me t”
attend to removing the captured artillery, which lay

ittered in every direction, to the rear. 1 put a num-
ber of parties at work, using stragglers chiefly. They
<lid remove a large number of pieces, which we finally
Becured; but I have always thought if we had finished
up the work that day we could have removed them at
our leisure. I went to tin- front as soon as 1 could.
and struck the point from which the enemy’s line
bent hack toward the landing. There was a little old
field just to the right of t ti i- point. I saw the oppor-
tunity for some more think fire, and set to worl
gather the fragments of our battel ies, .-■ attered about
in all directions, and held them under cover of a skirt
of wood- on the further side of this little Held until
all were ready, I suppose there were over twenty
pieces, but hardly a whole battery to The or-

der was that when the piece on the left advanced and
fired all were to come into action. The fire opened
beautifully, but almost immediately the blue coat- on
the heights over against us began to break to the rear.
and we soon saw white flags. It was here that Pren-
tiss surrendered his command. Really, I did not at
the time, nor for a long time after, think that this ar-
tillery lire had much to do with the enemy- confusion.
I remember a distinct sense of disappointment, feel-
ing that if they had only stayed there a little while
We should have punished them handsomely. Later
we all learned that a Sank tire like that took effect
with great rapidity. By the way. I find in the War
Records that < ion. Ruggles claim.- 1 he credit of making
this concentration of artillery. I remember thai
was there at the time, hut I thought lie was a specta-
tor, and 1 was really under the impression that I con-
ceived and executed it myself. 1 had told the story
that way so long before I saw (ien. Ruggles’ report
that I had at least come to believe it myself. The
sin t . ii, . – referring to this in (ien. Ruggles report ap-
pears in italics, With an explanation that it was an
amende, 1 report, the amendments being in italics, and
made a year after the original. No reports were called
for until a long time after the battle, am! I was then
in the Trans-Mississippi Department, and so never
made any report at all.

“When we found the enemy retiring 1 limbered up
this composite battery and followed up at a gallop,
coming into battery again across the road leading
down to the landing. Gen. Breckinridge’s infantry
occupied the line at this point. They were in two
lines, in line condition. As I was coming Into battery

(ien. Breckinridge said, ‘Hold on, I am going to
charge.” I said. ‘All right, I will shake them up for
you till you move.’ We could sec the Federal colors
clown the road four or five hundred yards off. There
happened to bea great stack of fixed ammunition just
in rear of us which fitted our guns exactly. We tired
away in the direction of the enemy furiously for some
time, when I said to Gen. Breckinridge, ‘ If you are
going to charge now is your time.’ He moved his
line forward a few paces beyond our pieces and halted.
This was the mo-t advanced position occupied by us
on the field.”

“Do you think you could have finished up the Fed-
erals if you had moved upon them’?”

“Without doubt. The sun was still about an hour
high. I do not doubt that we could have Keen in
possession of the landing in twenty minutes, with
very small loss.”

“Do you think Gen. Beauregard was to blame for
not following up the victory’.'”

” Beauregard was sick, and in truth he seemed not
to know the condition of affairs, lie was hack at
Shiloh church. At least Col. Sam Lockett, of the
Engineers, told me that he was therewith him, and
heard th< order given which closed the action on the
first day. lie repeated the very words, which were
about a- follow s : ‘Order the firing to cease The vic-
tory is sufficiently complete. I no need I

the men to the fire from tin gunboats. 1 However,
Beauregard knew that Buell was al hand, and that no
time was to hi’ lost in preventing a junction with
Grant. There was really nothing to he feared from
the gunboats, tor. a- 1 am informed, tie bluff
high their lire would have had very little effect. It
was a tearful blunder, and the way in which it was ex-
ecuted made it worse. I took I – bat-
■ hack to what 1 thought a tance and pre-
to camp for the night, hut I found the infantry
whirling past me to the nar. ami I had to move far-
ther back till I got sonic infantry camps in front of
me. Nobody knew where anybody < I waited
a long tin- an orderly or staff officer to give
information as to where headquarters were, and call-
ing the Generals together for consultation. A:
tired to death though 1 was. I mounted my horse and
started out to find somebody’s quarters. 1 rode up
ami down in every direction, hut the only General 1
found wa- Pat Cleburne. He was Bitting on a stump
drinking coffee out of a bucket, and was a- utterly in
irk a- I was. He knew where nobody was. had
a few of his own men with him. and didn’t know who
wa- next to him. 1 gave it up and went hack to my
Camp. The tact is, there was no conference of any sort
that night.”

“Do you think it would have been different if John-
ston had lived

“It would indeed. He would have been up with
the line, ami In- would mu have hesitated a moment
about pushing on. In my opinion Johnston was a
new man from the moment In- sent his Generals whirl-
ing to their posts with orders to advance at dawn. In
his humility he had deferred too much to them in the
past. That battle won. he would have shown himself
the great man he was.”

“From what you say we must have been at great
disadvantage the second day.'”

“That we were. The commands were all mixed up.
We were simply blown into line by the enemy’s fire.

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I wanted to find Gen. Hardee. 1 made my way to
Shiloh Church, where I found Beauregard with an
enormous Btaff. Just as I arrived Pickett, Hai
Adjutant, rode up with a message to the commanding
ral. He had a hard time trying to make the
General understand where Hardee was. I-

was astonishing how well we fought, and how well we
held them, considering the horrible state of case with
11- the second day, and the new troops they had.
Buell seed the river in the night, and

Lew Wallace had found hie way to the field. They
really did not drive us from the field. It was plainly
impossible for us to regain our advantage, and so we
simply retired.”

” was there any pursuit ?”

■■ Not the least in the world. The fact is, there was
something comical in the way we got off, at Least on
our part of the line. Hardee told me he was going to
retire, and directed me to keep up a cannonading to
cover his retreat. I had six oreight batteries, or parts
of batteries. Luckily, the enemy stopped firing and
fell hark out of sight at the same time. That left me to
do the sham firing at my leisure I fixed prolonges —
that is attached long ropes between the trails 01 the
guns and the limbers— so that the firing could goon
while the puns were moving to the rear, and in case
of emergency could get away rapidly. I then retired
the batteries alternately, ‘it was ‘very interesting.
Level ground, open woods, no fire to dodge, we were
very much absorbed in a movement we never hefore
had had a chance to practice on the field. All at once
I bethought me of our supports. I looked to the rear
and there was not an infantryman or cavalryman in
sight. To make it worse then- was a ravine to cross
on a causeway. 1 didn’t even know what one of the
many road- the infantry had taken. Selecting the
most promising one. I put spurs to my horse, think-
ing the besl way would he for me to find out for my-
self while my train was crossing, hut in a few minutes
1 found myself hack where I had started from. There
I was, abandoned bj the army and at the mercy of the
enemy, w ith all those guns! V”Y once in my life I
experienced that feeling of ‘goneness’ called loss of
mind. Every thing was a blank for a moment, hut 1
took the same road 1 had started on and avoided the
turn that had carried me hack on myself. I nearly

jumped out of my boots with joy when we came up

with the infantry. There was not a gun fired by way
of pursuit, ami we made our way through rain and
mud with loads of poor wounded men, painfully back
to Corinth.

THK VXABAMA-KEARSARGE I I < . 1 1 1

(APT. W. P. klOM I A.i I . BA1 I IMOHK.

BEST NAME Full THE WAR.

Col. William II. Stewart. Portsmouth, Va., April
27th: I have read your editorial on a name for our
Confederate war with great interest. I have often
thought of the many objections to “Civil War.” ” War
between the State-.” As it was a war between the
Northern and Southern sections of the United States,
I have ventured to suggest ” Enterse* tionai. War” as
an appropriate name, which ought to he unobjectiona-
ble on both sides of the sectional line. If our G. A.
R. fellow-citizens would adopt some such name in-
stead of ” War of the Rebellion,” it would be a fraternal
greeting worthy of the chivalry of American soldiers,
and a lasting peace offering which Confederate soldiers
would prize.

Since ti the Kearsarge on Roncador Reef so

much has been resurrected relative to the Alabama-
Kearsarge fight, and almost without exception inaccu-
racies and misstatements forming the Bubject- matter,
that one almost despairs of having any tiling approach-
ing truth about it. Indeed, we have been forced to
tic conclusion that very much of history is a fairy
tale, first, we have it the 1 1-inch guns that did such
pood service on that memorable 19th of June, went
down with the old Kearsarge, when in fact the real
ones are now at Mare Island Navy Yard. A- the old
ship has had her batten changed several tine– since
this eventful action, any number of her 1 1-inch guns
are to he found scattered here and the)’ “ticketed” at
the New York Navy Yard, Annapolis, etc., like the
peddler’s razor straps, “a few more left of the same
sort.” While all this commendable affection for the
old Kearsarge and Hartford is occupying the nation’s
heart, what has become of “old ironsides” Constitu-
tion 1? It cannot he our people would nurse the mem-
ories of fratricidal war and forget the glories of 1812.
Hear how the London Telegraph, of February 9th, has
it, editorially: “On the morning of .June 19th, 1864,
the Alabama, with her wooden sides covered with
chains ami scraps of old iron, came out of Cherbourg
Harhor to accept the challenge of war.” Now how
-hall we dispose of this statement? The Telegraph
must confess to most lamentable ignorance of history,
or stand self-convicted of spite and malice, or at least
an unworthy desire to find favor with the winning
side. Charity would cover the editoi with the folds
of ignorance, for a filthy toad is the sycophant.

Another English correspondent states, “Mr. Lan-
caster, owner of the yacht Deerhound, succeeded in
saving forty-odd officers and men of the sinking Ala-
bama, and most dishonorably refused to deliver them
up to the Kearsarge.” Need the reader’s attention he
called to the utter ignorance of international law dis-
played by this writer, or else his dull perception of
what constitutes honor’.’ Does this writer suppo-e Mr.
Lancaster would lend himself to (‘apt. Winston in the
saving of life only to turn these men, struggling in
the water for their lives, over to the tender mercies of
an enraged nation’.’ And so we find it here and there
in our own press. Is it possible, Brother Jonathan,
you have established, with John Bull, a mutual ad-
miration society? No. there is glory enough attached
to the old ship, whose bones are now bleaching on
Roncador, by sticking to truth. In the endeavor to
belittle your enemy you rob yourself of proportionate
glory. ” *

Dr. A. Clarke Emmert, Bluff City, Tenn., May 1st:
1 showed the Veteran to a Federal soldier this morn-
ing, and he borrowed my entire file, and said that he
wa- certainly going to subscribe for it. I wish to make
a correction in your article on Wolford’s capture at
Philadelphia, Tenn. It was the 12th Tennessee Cav-
alry instead of the 11th regiment in the engagement.
I was a member of Company A of said 12th battalion,
and have a scar on the head from a sabre cut received
there in the field on the center of our lines.

Mrs. O. M. Spofford, of Tennessee, sends her check
for ten dollars to pay for subscriptions for friends.

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FolNIiER OF THE FIRST CONFEDERATE HiM’ITAI..

MRS. ALICE TRCEHKART BUCK, WASHINGTON, D. C.

Among the Southern veterans residing in the
National Capital are some noble women, whose sacri-
fices and devotions tn our cause have never been re-
corded in history. The Frosts of time have whitened
their heads like the old soldiers, but the purity and
beauty of their hearts is not marred. One of these,
Mr-. Letitia Tyler Semple, daughter of Ex-Presideni
Tyler, established the first hospital in the Smith.
When the war commenced Bhe was in New York with

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her husband, who was Paymaster in the United States
Naw, stationed at New York. They immediately

came South and cast their fortunes with our people —
he taking a position on the Alabama and slip on
another, and sometimes the more trying battle ground.
In Philadelphia, on her way south Mrs. Semple met
a friend who suggested to her that more soldiers died
from sirkness than the bullet, and that she inaugurate
a movement for the establishment of hospitals, which
she did a- -non as she reached Richmond, in May
1861. She arrived there the day the blockade set in.
There she met her father who was a member of the
Confederate Congress, and he obtained permission of
Mr. Pope Walker. Confederate Secretary of War. to
establish a hospital at Williamsburg. Mrs. Semple’a
appeal to the ladies of Williamsburg was heartily
responded to. Col. Benj, S. Ewell wasincommai
the Peninsular, and with other gentlemen encouraged
and assisted the move. The Female Seminary which

stood upon the site of the Colonial Capitol, was selected
for the purpose desired. The ladies went to work dili-
gently. Mrs. Semple making the first bed with her own
hands. Very soon seventy-five cots were in place.
Dr. Tinsley, now a practicing physician in Baltimore,
and Dr. W. C. shields were the surgeons in charge.
Very soon troops from different points were centered
there. About that time Mr-. Semple left Williams-
burg and returned after the battle Of Bethel, .’line Id.
There were then BO many refugees from Hampton and
other places, and go many siek soldiers 1 none wounded
as yet needing attention and comfort-, that William
ami Mary College, the Court House, ami several
churches were taken for hospitals, Dr. Willis West-
moreland in charge Dr. Westmoreland sent a mes-

her t” inspect
the situation, which she did, and when -he found SO
many needing more than the kind citizens could
immediately supplv, -he went to Richmond the next
day for supplies. General Moor ed all the assis-

he could, and the people of Petersburg, Pittsyl-
vania and other p atributed liberally of food,
clothe- and bedding. The first death in the hospital
wa- that of young Ball, < ‘ompany A of Fairfax County.
Ya. The young hero gave up his life for his country.
and that was all that was known of him there, hut the
lady who received the tender look from the soft blue
• ye-, and smoothed hi- golden hair for the last time
■ forgot him. It i< to he hoped his family found
his remain-. The New < >rhan- French Zouaves, and
Captain Zachary’s troops were stationed thereat that
time, and the ladies made and presented a tlag to
them, the address being made by Mr. Edwin Tallia-
ferro. General Magruder now took command of the
troops. Among them was a brigade from Ceorgia
under General McClaus. Colonel Ewell also was there
with his regiment awaiting orders. All of them gal-
lantly assisted the ladies in their work. Knowing the
part Mrs Semple had taken in the noble work. Colonel
Ewell asked General McClaus if he had called upon
her. He answered, ‘ No, but I’ll go directly.” When
turned from his visit to Mrs. Semple and the Col-
onel a-sk.’d him what he thought of her, he said. ” Why
sir, I hadn’t been in that room five minutes when, if
she had -aid to me, ‘McClaus, bring me a hucket of
water from the spring.’ 1 would have done it.”

So the women of that day helped the cause by cheer-
ing the living and caring for the sick and wounded,
and the beautiful woman who inaugurated such a
glorious work still smil ‘ to every gen-

erous and loyal deed for the good of nur loved South-
land. The women of this generation also have a work
to do, and they are banding together for the purpose.
In Washington, besides the soldiers and their families,
there are needy ones from every State who have been
shipwrecked on theses of life. < mrSouthern Relief As-
sociation is composed of about three hundred women
wdio labor zealously in caring for this class, those who
have no friends to help tin m. It i> refreshing^to meet
with an organization – us ami loyal in spirit

ami practice. When preparing for entertainments
wealthy women don their aprons ami work by the side
of those who are poor, oft times without knowing cadi
others name. Every Southern heart that beats over a
well rilled pocket should open it now. for soon our
veterans will er the river.” There they will

neither want nor suffer. While honoring the dead let
us not forget the living.

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BATTLE GROUND OF siui.«>n.

Col. E. T. Lee, Monticello, [11., Assistant Secretary
of the Shiloh Battlefield Association, composed of the
old soldiers North and South, writes to tin- Veteran:

The Shiloh Battlefield Association, at their recent
meeting, adopted a charter which gives equal rights
to all. The following i-. in substance, one (if tlie par-
agraphs of the charter: “The survivors of both Bides
of this great struggle, and their friends, are hereby tu
have an equal and untrammeled right to perpetuate
the memory of their dead and the location of their
several positions in the progress of the battle in such
way and manner as seems most desirable, subject only
to such rules as may from time to time !»• enacted by
the Association, it being the intention that this his-
toric field, forever memorable for daring attack, stub-
born resistance, gallant and persistent struggle, shall
always be the common and sacred heritage of our
whole people, and a lasting link of brotherhood and
long-desired reconciliation.”

The Association is composed of the blue and the
gray in equal numbers. A complete roster of all the
survivors will he made, and annual reunions held
on the battlefield. On such occasions the positions of
all the various commands will lie marked.

The bill for the purchase of the Shiloh Battlefield
for a National Memorial Park is now before Congress.
Col. Lee requests that you write your Congressmen
and Senators asking them to give it their hearty
support.

The membership fee of this Association was placed
at $5, which entitles all those paying that amount to
a vote in all the proceedings, and to all privileges of
the Association.

Col. Lee concludes with an appeal for membership.
Application should be made to James Williams, Sa-
vannah. Teim.

MEMORIAL HAY IN FLORIDA.

Under the auspices of the Ladies’ .Memorial Asso-
ciation of Monticello, their .Memorial Day was fittingly
observed. The graves of the Confederate dead were
adorned with flowers and garlands. Lev. B. L. Baker
opened the exercises with prayer, after which Prof. B.
C. Bondurant made the memorial address. He said:

Thirty eventful years have passed away since the
Star ot that young nation, which rose so pure and fail-
above the battlements of Sumter, went down in
darkness and defeat behind the gray hills of Appo-
mattox. When we draw aside the shadowy curtain
of those years and the mighty vision of that past rises
up before us. we still feel our hearts beat quicker and
our blood How faster at the shining deeds in battle
done by men who offered up their stainless lives upon
the sacred altars of their country’s freedom, and on
the field of carnage purchased immortality with death.
In all these years of calm retrospect, when, at first, the
Southern people saw their fields wasted, their homes
desolated, their cities burnt to ashes, and their for-
tunes wrecked; when their slaves sat smiling in the
seats of power, and the itching palms of plunderers
grasped the reins, and when in later years the South
has burst the bands that bound her, When her cities
have sprung up from their ashes, when her waste

places have blossomed as the rose, and when she has

arisen from the dust of disaster and put OH the beau-
tiful garments of prosperity, rebuking the minion- of
pow er that sought to lay their unhallowed hands upon

her altars, and to fatten upon the spoils of her ruined
fortune: — in all these years, when she has felt the con-
queror’s power, and when she has listened with breath-
less interest to the conqueror’s generous dying prayer
for peace, in shadow and in sunshine, she has ever re-
membered above her chief joys the men who, for her
cause, on a hundred tields. “foremost fighting fell.”
1 would that my untried tongue could tell
the story of their triumphs and their sorrows ; of how 4
they hurled back the tierce tide of invasion at Manas-
sas: of how they swept the Union lines at Fredericks-
burg: of how they stepped boldly and lightly up the
hill to death and glory at Gettysburg; of bow. in ten
minutes. 13,000 Union men went down before their
guns at Cold Harbor: of how. in charge after charge,
they weltered in their blood at Chickamauga; and of
how, in those dreary trenches before Richmond and
Petersburg, when the black shadows of despair hung
over a devoted people, they held at bay the grandest
army ever assembled on this continent. It was such
courage as this, my friends, that lias made that tat-
tered -ray coat and that ragged gray cap the immortal
emblems of a people’s glory and the consecrated sym-
bols of a people’s sorrow. The suffering and destitu-
tion of our soldiers exceeded that at Valley Forge, yet
it was borne with something of that sublime patience
with which the meek and low ly Saviour, in the garden
of Gethsemane and on the cross of Calvary, lit up the
annals of a dying world.

Wherever a Southern hero sleeps Southern woman
will guard and beautify his grave, reminding the world
of her devotion to a glorious cause; of how she lived

and loved and worked and prayed for that cause ; of
how, by the untiring labor of her hands, she fed and

clothed vast armies; of howshe moved, a ministering
angel, among the wounded and dying: of how. by her
gentle words and noble deeds and wholesouled prayers.
she transformed many a dreary hospital into an outer
court of Paradise.

Dr. K. W. Parker, now of Sutherland. Iowa, who
was a private in the 7th Wisconsin Infantry, furnishes
the following: On July 1st, about 5 o’clock p. m.. alter
the 1st Army Corps bad passed through the town of
Gettysburg, Pa., the 17th Virginia Regiment formed a
line of battle north of the Cashtown pike in rear of a
one-story brick bouse. On a hill southeast of the
town a battery of ! ‘2-pound howit/ers opened on the
17th Virginia, one of the shells exploding in their
immediate front, a fragment striking the Major under
the chin, cutting a semi-circular flap, also tearing the
flesh from the left shoulder. The Major remained
standing, and repeatedly pressed the loose Hap of flesh
back in place with the hack of his right hand. He
bad stood there some minutes when the < ailed,

“Here, boys, here; some of you come and help the
Major off.” I was a prisoner at the time, helping care
for some of our wounded, and barely escaped a part
of the shell that hurt the Major. Did he get well?

Capt. R. II. I’helps, LaG range, Texas, writes, upon
his return home from Birmingham: I congratulate
you on the Yetekan having been made the official
organ, and wish you unbounded success.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

i43

ASHES OF GLORY.

THE I.ATK SEN AT( iK VANCE.

11V A. .1. RKijl’IKR.

Fold UP the gorgeous silken sun.

By bleeding martyrs blest,
\ ti«l heap tin- laurels it has wn
Above its place of rest.

No trumpet’s note Deed hardly Mare,
No drum funereal roll,

Nor trailing sables drape the Mer
That frees a dauntless soul!

It lived « ith Lee, ami decked his brow
From Fate’s empyreal Palm;

11 Bleeps the sleep of Jackson now.
\- Bpotless and as calm.

It was outnumbered, not outdone,

And they shall shuddering tell
Who slruek the Mow : its latest gun
Flashed ruin as it fell,

81e< p, shrouded Ensign! not the breese

That smote the victor tar
With death across the heaving » BS

< M Bery Trafalgar;

Vol Arthur’s knights, amid the gloom,
Their knightly deeds have starred;

Not Callic Henry’s matchless plume,
Nor peerless horn Bayard.

Not all that antique Fables feign,
And Orient dreams disgorge ;

Nor yet the silver cross oi ^pain,
\nd Lion of St 1 ,.

Can hid thee pale! Proud emblem, still

Thy crimson glory shines

Bevond the lengthened shades that till
[heir proudest kingly lines.

sleep in thine own historic night,

Lnd he thy blazoned scroll ;
\ warrior’s banner takes it* flight
To gieet the warrior’s soul’

A sTom is going the rounds, credited to Bhu and
Gray, to the effect that Gen. Leonidas Polk and an-
other General, not a bishop, were both knocked –

less by a common shot in the Georgia campaign (dur-
ing which campaign Gen. Polk wae afterward killed),
and as they recovered consciousness (ion. Polk ex-
claimed, “0 Lord, where am 1′.'” “In hades,” re-
marked his companion, and then, “have mercy on

me.” followed, with the explanation, ” If is here

it must he true.”

This story may have heen made out of a fact told

me by the late Chief Justice Turney, of Tenm
now Governor of the Volunteer state. In the awful
battle of Fredericksburg he was Col. Turney, and
commanded the 1st Tennessee Regiment. His Major.
Felix G. Buchanan, was shot down, a cannon hall
dishing the top of his soft black hat. the jagged edges
and brim being thickened by his life blood. He was
carried off for dead. Col. Turney gave specific orders
that Buchanan’s grave he well marked, as lie felt cer-
tain the Major’s father would send after his body.
The battle raged fiercely on, and a bullet entering Col.
Turney’s mouth passed through the neek. It wae an
awful wound, and the gallant officer was expected to
die. He was carried to the rear, and was unconscious
for a long time. His brain rallied to reason, however,
just as he was carried into a Richmond hospital. He
says, ” 1 thought I was dead. I saw Buchanan, and I

knew he was dead.”

The death of Senator Zehnlon B. Vance, of North
Carolina, should have heen mentioned in the last Vet-
m. \n. for he was prominently connected with the
Confederacy. The story is credited to and may have
originated with him, that when he and hi- command
awaiting some minutes before going into a Bevere
charge upon the enemy, a rabbit jumped and was
making to the rear, he said, “Go it, Molly Cotton Tail;
if 1 had no more reputation at stake than you 1 would
run too.” When the war wa- over and every thing
was in confusion, and misrule was rampant, it was
GOV. Vance who put tilings right and saved the State.

In the Democrat ligns tor many years he was

tie central figure, and when it was known that’Yance
would speak in any corner of the State great crowds
would dock to hear him. He was perhaps the fun-
niest man in the Senate before his health becai
impaired that he was compelled to he more Berious.
He was not only funny, hut hroadminded and
on tin great political questions of the period. He
was often invited to speak on important occasions in

the North and Y.:\<\. and was ever highly appro iated,
and reflected honor upon the “Old North State ”

Senator Vance was in had health for two or three
before his death. He was three times Governor,

and as often chosen United State- s., .,,;,(, , r

1:1 minisci sci – r.\ r r. ini.

Augusta Chronicle: While on a -cut in King and
Queen Counties, being pursued by a detachment of
Federal cavalry, we took to the woo, is. and dodging

down tin’ hanks of the Rappahannock, found a dug-
out concealed in some hushes, hut no paddles. Tear-
»me clap-boards off the roof of a deserted house
by, “Sandy.” Cued ton Coleman one of tin R08-
troopers .and myself shoved the canoe into the
river and pulled away for Port Royal, hut before we
had gotten two hundred yards out the yanks rode tip
and ordered us back. ” Sandy,” who was in the -\< 1 11.
1 *me his “Enfield” we were all paddling for
dear life with the clap-board paddles, and kneeling
down at that— with “Cap., you do the shooting, •
man will load and I will paddle.” No thought of sur-
render there 1 had to do tie tiring lying on my
hack. ( ‘oleman loaded kneeling, while ” Sandy ” and
tie’ current that we had jvj ‘■ carried us to the

otherside. It was rather ticklish work — ” Sandy ” said
he had to “shift his quid to balance the boat;” hut
my firing made them dismount and take to cover, and
that gave us time to get farthei “if. We always thought
1 hit one. as they dismounted almost as Boon as 1 tired
and hurriedly moved their horse- hack from the hank.
1 only had their smoke to lire at afterward, as they
laid down on the grass on the hank. All honor to the
Confederate soldier who, like “Sandy” Guedron, al-
ways did his duty.

.1. L. SoiiAi b, LaGrange, Ga . publishes a card stat-
ing that he served in the 14th North Carolina Regi-
ment, Army of Northern Virginia; enlisted in April,
t’.i, served to April, ’65, and names twenty-five battles
in which he participated, beginning at Yorktown and
ending with Appomattox, and forty skirmishes.

144

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

IThc (Confederate Veteran.

One Dollar a Year. 8. A. CUNNINGHAM. Editor.
OfnV” at B 1 Corner church and Cherry st-.. s, ml pi

This publication is tbe personal property of 8. A. Cannlngbam.
All persons who approve It, and look (•• its benefits ■■>- an
for Associations throughout tbe South, are requested to commend
lt« patnmuge and to co-operate In extending it.

The Veteran refers editorially to the Grand Army
matter mentioned in the proceedings at United Con-
federate Veterans Reunion at Birmingham. I>r. .lones’
explanation will 1″- approved and disapproved by good
men. There is no other phrase so disagreeable as the
“” A I!.” and the three measured huzzahs, to the
average Southerner, whether a Confederate veteran or
not. Politicians bave taken advantage of their con-
nection with the organization to do some of the vilest
things known. We of the South wonder how good
men have remained in the organization, when it lias
been insolent even to our tattered and blood-stained
which their true men must respect, and which
IS the most sacred of all earthly emblems to those who
Buffered under and for it. The “unreconstructed”
could hardly wish stronger emphasis than this.

But there is another view to take of it. Veterans
of hotli armies are proud of their war associations and
of their sacrifices for principle. This pride lias caused
many thousands to continue in the organization de-
spite their indignation against political leaders, while
many other thousands have withdrawn from it. As
an organization the (J rand Army of the Republic may
not merit the consideration shown it by the resolution.
and yet the Southern people, who have made greater
sacrifice than any other people on the earth, can con-
sistently enougb invite them to come, in the hope
that hitter sentiment will prevail, and that a better
element may yet get control and exert its powerful in-
fluence for the good of our common country? The
Veteran took position long ago that the Confederate
soldier was more patriotic than the average soldier for
the Union. The Confederates fought through the four
years without pay and through far greater privation.
Again, they were almost all of American ancestry.

Let us prove true to the end. It is comforting that
thousands of (I rami Army veterans are realizing the
truth as they have not heretofore, and we must do
every thing possible for the glory of those who went
down in the struggle, and for blessing to the gem-ra-
tions alter ii-.

It is a coincidence that just as the foregoing was
finished this letter comes from \V. I-:. Chidcster, Com-
mander of a Grand Army Tost at Alexandria, Minn.:

Permit me to add, we feel that did you not revere

the memory of your dead comrades you would he un-
worthy of the name of brave and honorable men:
that the action taken by the people of various South-
ern States in granting pensions to the men who sacri-

ficed so much at their call, are fulfilling their sacred
pledge; that the bitterest enemies of the Northern
soldier are those who became rich during ami through

lie conditions resultant of the war. ami the Northern
and the Southern stay-at-homes, while some of their
most loyal friends are among the “Southern briga-
diers” -o called) of Congress, as well a- among the
whole body of those who wore the gray in the front
ranks of the Confederates.

FIonob t” Houston, Texas, for her zeal in securing
the mxt Annual Convention of United Confederate
Veterans! The committee appointed to secure the
selection of that city comprised the Mayor. Hon. Jno.
T. Browne, 1!. M. Johnston, editor of the Houston
Boat, Norman (J. Kittrell, the gifted lawyer, Will Lam-
bert, Commander, and C. C. Beavans. Adjutant Diet
Dowling Camp. In a circular they say. “Do you
know Houston’.'” and comment as follows :

Population of Houston, 61,530; area of Houston. ;>
square miles; taxable values, $20,350,000; scholastic
population, 9,403; registered vote. 8,381; hank clear-
ings, 1893 — average per day $862, l”>7. average per week
$5,184,742, total for year $269,549,060; cotton receipts,
1892-93, 1,068,528 bales; cotton receipts, 1893-94, with
four months to come, 1,015,101 hales: live compresses,
and one of them the largest in the world: five cotton
seed mills: real estate transfers, 1893, 2,658; valua-
tion, $10,366,049; building permits, 1893, 607; esti-
mated value of buildings, $930,305: center for eleven
railroads, with mileage of 8,500 miles; largest hotels
in the South; thirty-eight miles of electric street rail-
way.

Confederates should plan to go to Houston. The
great State has done so much for the U. C. V. cause
that a superb representation should go to their reunion
in 1895. Her people have made up their minds to ex-
cel in royal entertainment. Let thousands be there
to share it.

W’ohk on the Government Park at Chickamauga is
progressing nicely. Over $200,000 has been expended
on roadways, and from $.”><M),000 to 8400.000 in acquir-
ing and clearing lands. The government possessions
at present embrace about six square miles. The mon-
uments so far are about equal in honoring Confeder-
ate with Federal heroes.

The venerable W. Cart Johnson writes, with tremu-
lous hand, from Orlando, Fla. : Your last number is
just splendid. It is growing better in size, in make-up
and in popularity. Here’s three rebel yells for the
success of the Veteran, and here’s the money for the
Souvenir.

Mis- Etta Mitchell, Mississippi representative at
Birmingham Reunion, incloses subscription with this

note: “Jackson, Miss., May 2 — I beg that you nuiuhei
me among the subscribers to your delightfully patri-
otic Confederate Veteran.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

145

CONFEDERATE MONUMENT FOE BIRMINGHAM.

Much praise is due Commander R. X. Rhodes, who
has championed the movement for a ( Confederate Mon-
ument at Birmingham. During the reunion it-
ner-stone was laid. [The Veteran for April and Sou-
venir were of the articles deposited.] Gen. Stephen
]). Lee made the address. In it he -aid:

Loyalty to the pasl is a duty. Peeling that w e were
right we Btaked all on the uncertain chances of battle,
and we lost. We were overpowered, and we had to
Bubmit to the result, hut we cannot 1>. otherwise than
proud of the history we made while a nation. We
are here to-day not to praise the victorious, ‘ait to
ii imperishable renown for the vanquished.

When we look backward from tie zenith of lite w.
Bee things with a clearer vision. We see man} causes
that brought on the struggle. For slavery, the indi-
rect eause of the war. the North is as much responsible
as the South. A.8 to the doctrine of •■ States’ rights,”

the right of a sovereign state to withdraw from the
Union, the question is decided forever against us. If
we are not convince. 1 we are quieted. We accept the
inevitable with such grace as we can, but we cannot
blot it from our recollections. We cannot yield the
belief in the principles we inherited from our revolu-
tionary forefathers. We fought for what they did.
but they had better luck. War was forced on us.
Constitutional and sac-red guarantees agreed on in one
union of sovereign States were trampled under foot
under the theory promulgated by Mr. Seward and ac-
cepted bj the North, of a * higher law than the Con-
stitution.” We were invaded We were forced to de-
fend our hearthstones and our property and the in-
herited rights of local self-government bequeathed us
by our forefathers. We need no justification for our

conduct. It is a universal law that B man should de-
fend his own. We did that and that only. We would
have deserved to lie trampled on if we had not resisted
See how gloriously we did it. Look at our record.
Never did a nation contend against such odds. 1 defy
contradiction. Head for yourselves tin- war records
now being honestly published by our government.

My young fellow-countrymen, young gentlemen,
young ladies, listen to me — you who have lived since
the war and have only heard of it from others. Learn
now what this monument, the corner-stone of which
is now to he laid, is intended to commemorate. Look
at these gray-haired veterans. Who are they’. 1 I will
tell you. They air some of the survivors of an army
of 600,000 men who fought and kept back from our
Southern soil an invading army of 2,864,272 men not
including three and six months volunteers . or with
the odd- of 2,264,272 men more than they had to eon-
front them. To this great odd- must be added 600
Is of war blockading our coasts ami occupying
our rivers, manned by 35,000 sailors, preventing our
getting supplies of arms, provisions, clothing, medi-
cines, and necessaries of all kinds. In this unequal
contest the Confederate Army did not lay down its
arms until it was completely overpowered, and it had
only 100,000 effective fighting men for dutyin the
Geld left of that army of 600,000, while the Federals

had over 1,000,000 men for duty, or ten men for everj
Confederate soldier, and all our arsenals, munitions
of war ami supplies were exhausted or captured.
Before the end of the conflict the Confederate army

had lost over one-half of the 600,000 men, or 325,000

men on the death roll. It had fought over our be-
loved Southland almost foot by foot, on nearly -J.ihki
battlefields. It had inflicted a death roll on the enemy
of 359,528 men. 275,000 of whom lie buried beneath
our Southern soil. Comrades of the gray, we made a
record unsurpassed in the annals of war or history.

Rev. A. T.Good] oe, author of ” Some Rebel Relics,”
has a letter from a gentleman in South Carolina com-
plaining at the title of his book. Mr. < roodloe quotes

from a memorable Bpeech made at a Tennessee reunion
by Hon. Ed. Baxter in reply, in which he said:

“The history of the English people is a history of
■ maintain their rights and liberties
against the tyranny and oppression of the governing
powers. To the American citizen who has carefully
read the history of the race Irom which we sprang.
I convey- no suspicion of dishonor or
reproach. It is a term which tyrannical governments

it all times applied to people who have the COUr-
-i-t their oppression, and while tyrannical
governments may intend to use the term, rel-
one of reproach, every true lover of liberty who knoii –
hi- history must regard it as a title of honor; history
prove- that it is a title of liberty which is older and

honorable than the king- prerogative; it
title which was originally won by the BWOrd, it has
been maintained by the sword, and unless it be de-
fended by the sword, liberty will perish from the face
of the earth. All the riLrlits, privileges, and inmiuni-

ou enjoyed by the American people we:
quired for them by rebels and will be bequeathed to
them by rebels. There cannot be found to-day in all
this world a man in whose veins doe- not flow the
blood of a rebel, whether of English descent or not.
Allow me to add that any man deserves this honorable
title who is ready to tight, regardless of doubts or con-
Bequences for the rights of life, liberty, and property.
These are the things for which we fought, ami we
counted not tie cost when we bade defiance to the
enemy’- forces that undertook to despoil us of them.”

The promptness with which nearly $■>.<**> of the
12,500 wanted to finish paying for the Confederate
Monument at Chicago was raised was animating and
delightful to veterans. Gen. Underwood had made in
Chicago a plaster east of the statue and had it ert
in the Wigwam as a surprise — a magnetic sensation.
It is the statue of a private soldier with folded hand-,
uncovered in solemn meditation, but manly and no-
ble in bearing.

THE Society of the Army and Navy of the Confed-
erate States, for the State of Maryland, will partici-
pate in the ceremonies attending the unveiling of the
■■ Monument to the Private Soldiers” in Richmond on
May 30th. They will go by the York Liver Line, the
committee having chartered the steamer Baltimore for
the trip. Tickets for the round trip $5, and good to
return for live days. The members of the Society are
urged to make this excursion asuccess by going them-
selves and bringing it to the attention of their friends.
The fad that the monument i< erected to the memory
of the private soldier of the Confederacy should in-
duce every member to go. Much interest is mani-
fested in the event.

146

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

THE CAUS1 “I llll. W’Ai:

Hon. John H. Reagan, of Texas, who is the only
surviving member of tin- original Confederate Cabi-
net, attended the reunion at Waco last month, and in
an address upon the causee of the war, Baid:

This presence revives many hallowed memories ol
the past. It calls up the memory of the days when
husbands separated from wives and children: when
-..us separated from fathers and mothers, brothers and
sisters; when loving and loved ones left their homes
to enter the armies of the Confederacy, with hearts
proudly responding to the rails of patriotism, and ach-
ing for those who were left at home. It calls to mind
the forming of military organizations, and their march
to the seat of war, buoyant with hope under bright
new banners, in the presence o( smiles which came
through tears, the waving of handkerchiefs, the silent
prayer of hope and love, and the soulful good-live —
God bless you. It calls to mind the long marches, the
scenes around the camp fires, and anxious prepara-
tion- for battle. It brings before the mind anew the
panorama of battle. It calls up the memories of first
Manassas, of Seven Tines, of tin- seven days in front
of Richmond, of Fredericksburg, of Second Manassas,
of Sharpsburg, of Gettysburg. It reminds us of Fort
Donelson, of Shiloh and Corinth, of Chickamauga,
of Lookout Mountain, of Flkhorn, of Vicksburg, of
Stone’s River, of Atlanta, of Murfreesboro, of Frank-
lin, where Pat Cleburne and other heroes fell, and of
a hundred other fields on which Confederate skill and
courage and constancy were displayed. It causes a re-
newal of our admiration and love for such great Cap-
tains as Robert E. Lee, Stonewall .lack-on, Sidney
Johnston, Joseph E. Johnston, Beauregard, Bragg,
Longstreet, Hood. Kirbv-Smith. Gordon, Cleburne,
Polk. Price, Breckinridge, Granbury, Randall. Scurry.
Ector, Cabell. Ross, Waul. Ren McCulloch, John I 1
Tom Green, W. II. F. and Fit/.hugh Fee. .1. F. R. Stu-
art. Forrc-t. Wheeler, and a hundred other heroic lead-
ers ill the l08t cause.

Great as was the ability and courage and purity of
our Generals, who deservedly achieved a world-wide

lame, and proud as we were and are of their characters
and virtues, we turn with still greater pride and ho-
lier reverence, if such a thing be possible, to the mem-
ory of the subaltern officers and private soldiers wdio,
for four weary year- of privation, suffering, carnage
and death, carried the banners of the Confederacy and
offered their lives on the altar of their country 6 lib-
erty: because they served and suffered without the in-
centive of office and rank, animated solely by their
love of home, country and liberty, and their devotion

to a cause dearer to them than life. There were feat-
ures in the struggle of the Confederacy which must
hold their place in history as long as the admiration
of genius and courage and virtue shall survive.

• if late years we frequently hear the inquiries as to
what caused this great war, with all its sacrifices of life
and property’.’ Sometimes this inquiry is doubtleBE
made bv those seeking information, hut others make
that inquiry in order to belittle the war and those who
were engaged in it. A struggle which cost hundreds
of thousands of valuable lives, and by which many
billions of money was spent and property sacrificed,
could hardly have been engaged in without sufficient
cause. * * *

During colonial times in this country the political
authorities of Great Britain, Spain, and France, and
the Dutch merchant- planted African slavery in all

the North American colonies. At the time of the
declaration of American independence, 177»i. African
slavery existed in all of the thirteen colonies. At the
date of the adoption of the Federal Constitution, 1787,
African slavery existed in all of the States except one.

The commercial reason for the planting of African

slavery in this country was 110 doubt Stimulated by
the hope of ease and gain. It was at the same time
justified by the Church on the ground that the negroes
were taken from a condition of heathenish barbarism
and cannibalism and brought to where they could be
taught the arts of civilization and industry, and w here
they could be instructed in the doctrine- and practices
of the Christian religion. I am not discussing the
question now a< to whether this practice and these
views were correct: I am only telling you what was
done and thought to be right by our ancestors and by
the great governments of the world. When the Con-
stitution of the United States, the compact of union,
was adopted it recognized the right of property in
African slaves. The African slave trade was then still
being carried 011. and the Constitution of the United
States provided that it should not be prohibited by
Congress prior to the year 1808, twenty years after the
adoption of the Constitution. It also provided that
slaves escaping from one State into another should not
be discharged from service or labor, but should lie de-
livered up to the owner. There were differences of
opinion as to the rightfulness of slavery among the
men who formed the Constitution. Subsequently,
and before 1861, a number of the Northern State-.
where slave labor was not thought to be profitable,
abolished that institution, and by degrees a strong
prejudice grew up against slavery, first among philan-
thropists and religionists, and then in a number of
states it became a political question. The agitation
of this question was not at lirst entirely sectional, but
it became so subsequently. Its agitatian, as early as
1820, threatened the perpetuity of the Union. The
agitation went on until it resulted in civil war and
bloodshed in Kansas. This was followed by the inva-
sion of Virginia by John Brown and his deluded fol-
lowers for the purpose of inaugurating civil and ser-
vile war in that State. And when hi’ was executed
for his crimes Northern churches were draped in
mourning, and their bells tolled in token of their sym-
pathy with him and sorrow for his fate. In the Thirty-
fifth ( longreSS, when the agitation was threatening the
peace of the country, thirty-odd propositions of com-
promise were made for the purpose of averting the
danger of disunion: all of these, without exception,
were made either by Southern members or Northern
Democratic members. And every such proposition
which was presented in the House of Representatives
was received by the Republican members with hoot-
ing and expressions of derision, and the Southern
members were often told that they had to submit to
the will of the majority. The Constitution was de-
nounced bv some of the agitators as a league with hell
and a covenant with death, and the agitators claimed
that there was a higher law than the Constitution.
In the campaign of I860 the Republicans nominated
as their anti-slavery ticket both their candidates for
President and Vice President from the Northern States,
a thing which had not occurred before that time, ex-

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cept in the election of Gen. Jackson as President anil
Mr. Calhoun as Vice President, both from Southern
Slater, in 1828, when there was no Bectional issue.

In 1832 the peace of t hi’ country, if not the integ-
rity of the Union, was threatened on the questi<
the revenue policy of the government, which led to
the steps taken hy South Carolina to nullify the acts
of Congress hy which duties on imports and for the
protection of home industries were levied in a way
which, it was believed, did not hear equally on the
different parts of the country, and which was believed

to involve a violation of the Constitution. Both these
were questions which cum,’ up umler the broader and
greater question of the proper construction of the Con-
stitution of the United States, In the Federal Con-
vention of 1 787, which framed the Constitution of the
United States, the question as to the character of the
government we were to have, and of the (powers which
were to be conferred on it. and in the conventions ol
the States which ratified the Constitution, were very
ably discussed, some of the members in each prefer-
ring a strong Federal Government, and other-, jealous
of the rights of the States, and more Bolicitous for the
liberties of the people, preferring a government with
limited powers.

The States represented in the I ederal Convention
were each free, sovereign and independent. The Con-
stitution formed by that Convention and ratified by
the States conferred on the government so formed 1 er-
tain specified and limited powers necessary to enable
it to conduct our foreign and federal relations, i

ing to the state- respectively and to the people all the
powers nol so delegated. The question wa-
in the Convention as to what should be done in case
of disagreement between the Federal Government and
one or more of the State-. A proposition was made
by Alexander Hamilton to confer on the Federal Gov-
ernment power to coerce refractory state-, and it was
voted down. So this power was not expressly given
by the Constitution, and was not embraced in the

powers which were given.

1 Miring President Washington’s administration, be-
ing the first under the Constitution, the question as

to whether the Constitution should be Strictly con-
strued so as to preserve the reserved rights of the
state-, or should receives latitudinous construction,
looking to strengthening the government beyond the
power- delegated by it. was sharply made bet
Thomas Jefferson, the Sei retary of State, contending
for its strict construction, and Alexander Hamilton,
contending for a broader construction.

During the administration of the eld< I \dams tin’
Congress, with the approval of the President, passed
what is known in the history of the times as tin 1 alien
and sedition laws. The strict constructionists, under
the lead of Mr. Jefferson, denied the constitutionality
of these laws, and charged that they endangered the
liberty of the citizens. Under this issue the V.meri-
can people agreed with Mr. Jefferson, ami elected him
President in the year INK’, and again in 1804.

In the year 1798 the Legislature of Kentucky, and
in the year 17′. ,( .» the Legislature of Virginia, passed
resolutions denouncing the alien and sedition laws as
violative of the Constitution and dangerous to liberty,
and asserted the right of the States to protect them-
selves against unconstitutional laws and acts of the
Federal Government, And in these resolutions they
led the right of the States to protect the people

against the unconstitutional acts and arbitrary power
of the Federal Government, and that they were the
judges of their rights and remedies, but that this
power was not to he exercised by them except in ex-
treme cases, when there was no other remedy. I’nder
this issue what was known as the Federal party went
out of power and out of existence. And undei
as the doctrine of the then Republican party, which
afterward became the Democratic party. Mr. Jefferson,
Mr. Madi-on and Mr. Monroe, successively held the
office of President of the United Mates for twenty-
four – i years. It was always the doctri
the Democratic party down to I860, and was specific-
ally indorsed by its national conventions in several
canvasses for President and Vice President preceding
the war.

I am not Baying whether this is or is not the doe-
trine of the Democratic party now. I am only reciting
fact- to -how the opinion- which prevailed be-
the war between the State-, and in a large
ure guided the people of the Southern -tat,- when
they passed their ordinaii ,n. Tliev be-

lieved a public opinion had been created in the North-
ern State– which threatened tl ■ F the country

and the rights of the people. They believed the Con-
stitution of the United State- had cea-ed t,, 1„ a shield

for their protection, and that their safety and welfare
made it necessary for them to withdraw from the
Union and forma government friendly to their peo-
ple, and under which their rights would he secured to
them. They were in part led to this conclusion by
thp facts I have stated, and by the additional facts
that the people of the Northern S lad repudiated

the provisions of the Constitution and of the .
Congress, which were intended to protect them in the
enjoyment of their local, social, ami domestic institu-
tions, and which were intended to protect 13,000,000,-
IHKI of property in slave-; that they hail i,
a decision of the Supreme Court of the United –
whicl ed the doctrine of the Constitution and

law-; ,,f Congress on this subject; that some “f the
Northern State- had passed law- forbidding their au-
thorities and people from aiding I be the pro-
visions of the Constitution and law- requiring the
rendition of fugitive slav.

The-e things and other- of like character i aused the
Southern States to attempt to withdraw from the
Union. And the principles I have called to view and
the facts I hay, referred to led to tin- great war which

30 much blood and treasure. And these prim
and facts are the answer to the new generatioi
why their fathers gave their services, their property,
and their live- in that war: and why brave men fought
and died, and why holy men, pure and noble women
prayed for tie – >rs and Repre-

sentatives in Congress, and officers of the army and
naw surrendered their offices ami emoluments, and
abandoned a condition of peace and security and
offered their fortunes and their live- in so unequal a
contest: and why the people at large in tie
with remarkahle unanimity, staked every earthly
thing which was precious ami dear to them in so un-
equal a war. rather than submit to the degradation of
living under a violated Constitution and laws, and
heing compelled to accept only such rights in the
Cnion as might he accorded to them by the grace of a
hostile popular majority.

A number of persons who are specially wise after

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the fact have said we had better have compromised
than to have accepted battle with such a preponder-
ance of population ami wealth and the power of an
organized government against us. Can any one point
to an instance in history where principles of such
magnitude and property of such value were settled by
a compromise? As well have asked why our revolu-
tionary fathers did cot compromise with King I leorge.
It was one of those cases which, under all the circum-
stances, could only be settled by appeal to the god of
battles. And those who think a settlement could
have Keen made by a compromise certainly cannot
have been familiar with the fart- which led to the
war. Horace Greeley, in the preface to his history of
what he calls the rebellion, said: ‘”The war might
have been broughton a little earlier or it might have
been postponed to a little later date, hut sooner or
later it was inevitable.” And he spoke the truth. It
is unreasonable t” assume that statesmen, philanthro-
pists, citizens iii the ordinary walks of life, the minis-
ters “!’ religion, and the women of the country, would
needles>ly and without great provocation have con-
sented to engage in a war of such magnitude, and that,
too, when numbers, the materials of war and a pow-
erful government was to he encountered by a people
without a general government, without an army,
without a uavy, ami without a treasury. 1 do not
believe that any people, in any age, ever entered into
a war with higher, purer or holier purposes; nor do 1
believe that any people in the worlds history ever
displayed more patriotism or made greater sacrifices,
or exhibited greater endurance and courage than the
soldiers and people of the Confederate states.

You will understand that in making these state-
ments 1 am not doing so to renew the passions and
prejudices of the war. or to question the patriotism of
the men who fought for the Union. 1 doubt not that
their patriotism was pure and their belief that they were
in the light as strong a – ours. I am discussing these as
tin- facts of history, which, if not kept in view by our
people, might make posterity question the patriotism
and virtue of the noble men who fought in that and
of the pure women who prayed for their success. No
one can feel more gratification that the war is ended
and that peace and fraternal good will is restored
between the people North and South than 1. And 1
can meet and greet the soldier who wore the hlue as a
friend and brother, and am glad that many of them
have made their homes among us. We are now under
the same government flag. We have the same laws
ami language. We read the same Bible and worship
the Same God, and we arc the same people, with the
same hopes and aspirations and destiny.

< Ine 01 the proudest memories of that great war is of

the conduit of the women of the Confederacy. They
willingly gave their fathers, husbands and brothers to
the service of the Confederacy. In very many cases
they took upon themselves the burden of supporting
their families, both aged parents and children, by
their own labor. And in the struggles to take care of
home affairs they would spin and weave and knit and
make up garments for their loved ones, both at home
and in the ranks of the army. They denied themselves
the ordinary comforts of life in order to help to supply
the army, to take care of the sick and wounded
soldiers, to feed and clothe such as were in their reach.
Many good women who before the war were only
engaged in such indoor and delicate employment as

the custom- of the country bad assigned to women, in
the absence of the male members of their familes in

the army, to support their families planted and culti-
vated and gathered the necessary field crops, chopped
and hauled w I. and fed and attended to the stock.

cheerfully accepting such duties as their part of the
sacrifices necessary to achieve the independence of the
( ‘onfederai !J ,

If time permitted, this might be illustrated by many
striking instances of the grand heroism of our women,
a moral heroism even greater and grander than that
of the soldier who fell in the excitement of battle. I
am tempt., 1 to mention one such incident, as told me
by ( lovernor Letcher, of Virginia, during the war. He
had visited his home at Staunton, and returning had
stopped at the house of an old friend. Seeing none
but the good lady at home, he inquired about the
balance of the family. Her reply was that her hus-
band, her husband’s lather, and her ten 30n8 were in
the same company in the army. He said to her that
having been accustomed to have a large family around
her she must feel very lonely. This noble matron
replied: “YeB, it is very hard to be alone, but if I
had ten more sons they should all be in the army.”
Can any one be surprised that a country whose women
were capable of such sacrifices and sufferings willingly
endured, and devotion to and prayers for their coun-
try’s cause, should have prolonged the struggle for
independence alter its army had been reduced by
casualties in battle and otherwise to a mere skeleton,
whose money had been depreciated until it had but
little purchasing power, whose soldiers were hall
naked, with barely food sufficient to sustain life, and
whose country had been desolated by the ravages of
war?

The world’s history can hardly show an instance in
which stub courage and constancy and devotion has
been shown by both men and women, in the face of so
powerful an enemy. And 1 predict that in the not
distant future some Macau lay will be found who will
do justice to their patriotism and skill and courage;
and that, the citizens of all parts of the Union, North
and South, will feel a just pride in the facts that such
men and women and their descendants form a part of
the population of this great republic; as we of the
South shall feel a just pride in being citizens of a
country which produced a Davis and a Lincoln, a Lee
and a Grant, a Stonewall Jackson and a Sherman, and
their respective compatriots. With all our pride on
ace, unit of the qualities exhibited by our people dur-
ing the war, perhaps the most striking illustration of
their capacity for self-government is shown by their
conduct since it ended. Their country desolated by
tin war: their wealth and resources exhausted; tens
of thousands of their best men filling honorable graves
on the fields of battle; their social and domestic insti-
tutions dest roved ; their local governments annulled
under the policy of reconstruction : denied the bless-
ings of civil government; the military made para-
mount to the civil authorities; the right of the writ
of habeas corpus suspended ; arrests without affidavits
of guilt and without warrant; citizens liable to be
tried by drum-head military courts; freedmen’s
bureaus established everywhere, under the control of
the military and of a set of lawless camp followers of
thi’ army, stimulating the negroes to hostility to the
whites; with an alien race made dominant who were
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unqualified for Belf-government; with no security fur
life, person or property; overwhelmed by all these
‘Calamities, that the people Bhould have been able to
reorganize society, and to reestablish civil govern-
ment, revive the ordinary ind <i the country,
and in less than thirty years, reach the condition of
general prosperity which now prevails throughout the
Southern States, furnishes the strongest possible proof
of the capacity of our people for the preservation of
social order and for Belt-government; and cannot fail
to secure for them the good opinion of the civilized
world.

I wish to say something about reunions, like the
present, of the soldiers of both the Southern and the
Northern armies. Some persons object to them
because they fear the effect will be to revive and per-
petuate the passions and prejudices of the war. I
think this is a mistaken view. That they cai
revival of the memories of the war is true, but it does
not necessarily follow thai Buch meetings will revive
the passions and prejudices of the war. Many instan-
ces have occurred in both the South and the North in
which the soldiers of the two sides have met together,
and in fraternal kindness recounted the triumphs and
glories of their respective armies, those of the one Bide
feeling thai those of the other were entitled to their
respect, and all feeling that they were now fellow-cit-
izens and brethren.

That war will go down in history as one of the great
wars of the world the officers distinguished for skill
and the soldiers distinguished for courage rarely
equalled in ancient (ir modern times. As lung as
patriotism and love of country and admiration for
skill and courage survive, the memory of the achii ve-
ments on both sides will gratify American pride and
stimulate American patriotism and valor.

A people without a history cannot command respei t.
One of the offices of history is to perpetuate achieve-
ments in religion, in the arts, in the sciences, in arm-,

and in government, and so to cultivate the lo
country and the glory of 8 people.

Whatever lingering prejudice may still exist, pre-
venting any of the people of either side from doing

justice to the memory and motive of those on the

other side, must in a Few more decades entirely give
way, and then the son- and daughters of the late Con-
federates will he proud of the valor and achievements
of the Federal officers and soldiers, and the -on- and
daughters of those who Berved in the Federal armies
will he equally proud of tin’ achievements of thi
Confederates, And each side, in my judgment, does
well to perpetuate the remembrance of the virtue.-,
the skill, the courage, and the achievements of its
statesmen, it.- Generals, its soldiers and its noble
women.

Confederate Monument at Covington, Tbnn. —
The Confederate Monument Committee want the
name of every Tipton County Confederate soldier,
and with information as to whether still living or dead,
what regiment and company he belonged to. and his
rank: what battles he participated in; if killed in
battle, when and where ; where buried, and any special
act of heroism or any incident in his career. These
facts are to he properly arranged and placed in the
corner-stone of the monument. Any person familiar
with any thing of interest in regard to any Tipton
County soldier should communicate with Col. .1. I*.
Green,” Covington, Tenn.

Wim LIVING PARTICIPATED IN THIS?

:c told about the capture and trans-
fer of a railway locomotive during the war that the
Veteras would like an account from a participant.
_ Said T. C. DeLand, of the Examining Hoard at the
Treasury: The Confederacy was very much in need of
a railway locomotive in order to operate their supply
a. It wa- in 1864, and they had not the mean’s
to buy an engine, so the invariable alternative arose
one \ band of one hundred men was Belei ted
from Lee’s army and placed under the command of a
ot-four Georgian, who had I. ecu foreman of a
stone quarry, and was more or less skilled in tl
of derricks, etc. He took his men up into Maryland
and they tore up a section of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railway track. Bagged the next train, and with noth-
ing on eai rope, those hundred men
carried the locomotive fifty-two miles over lull-, a
streams, through bogs and wood-, until they struck a
line the Confederacy had built Then they ran the
engine down to Virginia.

When Robert Garrett, then President of the Baiti-
and Ohio, heard of the feat he couldn’t believe
it. He went out and personally inspect,,] I
went over the rout,, and declared it the most wonder-
it of engineering d. Vfter the
war he delegated a mac the leader of the hand.
He was located in Georgia. Garrett senl for him. and
on the strength of that single feat made him road-
master of his entire system of railro

LIST OF PRISONERS AT FORT DEI AWARI

Judg< D. C. Thomas, Lampassas, Texas, writ*
have a roll of Texas prison ised from Fori Del-

aware at the close of the war. I was a prisoner there
for more than a year, and was not released until some

– aft, i Lee’s surrender. I was in three diffi
prisons, and of course know something of prison life.

The Veteran is grateful to Jui mas, and con-

templates giving this list ere long.

•T. L. Gee, of Williamson County, Tenn., who pre-
eord of proceedings when Mrs. John C.
Breckinridge gave the 20th Teni nade from

her own silk dre-s. published in April Veteran, kept
a detailed account of the members of hi- company,
“D.” It- total membership, officers and men, was

129. There was one substitute. Fifteen were b r-

ably discharged, ten wet-, transferred, five promoted to
other commands, twenty-five were captured, and one

aptured while on secret service and killed: nine
“joined the cavalry” and were paroled at the surren-
der, twelve were t la 1 1 sferred to other commands, five

paroled while wounded, and t\\->- stacked an
Rentonville, X. C. During the war eleven were killed,
thirty-five wounded, and two died of wounds.

During the Birmingham Reunion .1. W. G. and
friends were visiting the Missionary Ridge Cyclorama,

and several veterans were looking’ at it. when one of
them expressed much disgu-t at the unfavorable show-
ing the Confederates were making in one part of the
picture. Rut walking around the old soldier saw
something to please him. and in an exultant tone he
sung out, “Come here, hoys; look at this; arn’t we
giving them h— ?” C.

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TIIK GALLANT <W N. LANE.

Gen. James H. Lane, of Alabama, is :i native of Vir-
ginia— Mathews Court Bouse. A “star” graduate
with distinction from the Virginia Military Institute,
he afterward took a scientific course :it the University
of Virginia. He served as Assistant Professor of Math-
ematics at his Alma Mater, the Virginia Military In-
stitute. He was afterward Professor of Mathematics
in the Florida University at Tallahassee. When the
war begun he was engaged as professor in the North
Carolina Military Institute at Charlotte. He took an
active part at once, and was made Major of the 1st
North Carolina Regiment, and was in “the first battle
of the war.” according to 1 >. II. Hill. He was dubbed

the “Little Major” of “the Bethel Regiment.” With a
handsome outfit of sword, bridle, saddle and stirrups
from this command, he left them to serve as Colonel
of the 28th North Carolina, of which he was unani-
mously chosen Colonel. This same compliment was
paid him by this regiment upon its reorganization and
volunteering for tin- war— the first twelve month.- to
so enlist, according to Gen. Holme-. When Gen.
Branch was hastening to the right in the great battle
of Sharpsburg, A. P. Hill dashed up to the command
and called out. “Who commands this regiment?”
Lane stepped forward and saluting, said, “I do, Gen-
eral.” Hill replied: “Take your regiment, Colonel,
at a double quick, deploy it along that road, defend
that unsupported battery and drive hack the enemy
advancing through that corn.” About dark Branch
ordered Lane to rejoin him, and that, doubtless, was

the la>t order of that brave officer; for. as Lane aj>-
proached \\’\> line he recognized Maj. Englehard, and
asked, “Where is Gen. Branch?” Englehard. in a
voice which betrayed his emotion, replied, “He has
just been shot; there he goes on that stretcher, dead,

and you arc in command of the brigade.” Two days

afterward Branch’s brigade, under l.ane, and the brig-
ades of Gregg and Archer, constituted the rearguard
of the Army of Northern Virginia, when Gen. Lee re-
used the Potomac without the loss of a wagon.
The brigade petitioned for Lane’s promotion, and
on the recommendation of Lee. Jackson and A. 1′.
Hill be was appointed Brigadier to succeed the la-
mented Branch. Gen. Lane was wounded on the head
at the first < ‘old Harbor at the same time that the no-
ble Campbell was killed in front of his regiment with
it- colors in his hands. He received an ugly and very
painful wound a few days afterward at Fra/ier’s Farm,
when his regiment was charging a battery, hut he re-
fused to leave the Held, though advised to do so by the

I hvision burgeon. A.t the si nd < old Harbor he was

dangerously wounded, and was borne, profusely bleed-
ing, from the field.

This noted North Carolina brigade took an active
part in every important infantry battle fought by tin-
Army of Northern Virginia, and Gen. Lane was in
active command from Sharpsburg to the surrender at
Appomattox Court House, except about two months
when confined by serious wounds.

After the surrender Gen. Lam- begged his way to
the home oi’ his childhood, which had been in the en-
emy’s lines, to find his aged parents ruined in fortune
and crushed in spirit at the loss of two noble sons.
lie remained there huckstering and working his
father’s garden and a small lot in corn until he could
borrow $150 to enable him to leave his old home again
in search of employment more congenial to his habits
and to the physical ability of a wounded Boldier.

This “Little General” enjoyed the confidence ami
respect of President Davis, as is seen from the follow-
ing beautiful ami touching tribute: “1 willingly hear
witness to his character and general capacity. En-
deared to me as he is by hi- Ber vices to the South
when he was the youngest Brigadier in the Confeder-
ate Army, I admit that I feel a warm interest in his
success, not for himself only hut also as a good exam-
ple tor the youth of the State I love so well.”
Gen. Lane married miss Charlotte Randolph Meade.

of Richmond, Va., who died several years ago. He
has four daughters, and lives at Auhurn, Ala., where
he is Professor of Civil Engineering in the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute. The Veteran will print soon
an address of his about our women in war times.

Lowndesboro, Ala., March 19, 1894. At a meeting
of (amp T. J. Bullock, No. 331, U. C. V., Adjutant C.

D. Whitman offered the following resolution, which

was adopted : That we heartily indorse the Confedeb-

ati: VETERAN, and accept it as our official organ, and
cheerfully recommend it to all soldiers, regardless oi
whetherthey wore the gray or the blue. It is worth

the price. $] a year.

Graham Hughes, Secretary, Owensboro, Ky.. March
pi- “gi r — I ; lm commissioned by the Confederate
Association of this place to notify you that your mag-
azine has been indorsed by it as an able and true rep-
resentative of Confederate interests.”

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BUMORS <»K WAR TIMES

A C. McLeary, Humboldt, Term.: A friend sent me
two Qumbers of the Vetebak, December and January,

and I read both of them through the first night, and
was reminded of many funny t h i 1 1 lt – said and dime
during the war. 1 was a private in Company G, 12th
Tennessee Cavalry, under Forrest. The greater part
of our company were boys from Bixteen to twenty,
and we were a jolly set. German Tucker took a Con-
federate cracker to show to some ladies Living near
camp, and they wanted to know how we ever got them
tn pieces, lie told them that we put one con
the cracker iii our mouth, placed the chin on a stump
ami got some i>ne to hit us on top of the head with a
maul. Bill Combs, when discussing the cracki

an article of food, said. “I can get full Of the ‘dad
gum’ things, but can’t ‘_ r et enough.”

Late one night we were cooking rations for 01
our Middle Tennessee raid- Two of the boys, one in
the 1 Ith Tennessee Regiment on another hill, and one
of my company, were “jawing” at each other, when
the 1 Ith man yelled out. ” You go to h — .” Our man
answered, ” There’s no way of getting there now. the
yankeee have burnt the bridges.” Fourteenth an-
-w . red, ” The\ did a good thing for you. then.”

While on that raid we marched and fought for days
and nights in succession. Late one dark night W<
were on the march, it was raining, and we were all
ild, tired, sleepy and hungry. We were hunched
up in a creek bottom waiting for those in front to
the stream. Not a word was being spoken, old
.-ore hacked hoi -, – were trying to rub their rid-

ome other horse. We knew we would have
fighting to do as soon as day broke, and we had the
blues All at once Joe I.’ I “Boys, I have

become reckless; I’ve got so I don’t care for nothing.
I had just a- soon he at home now a- to be b
The effect was magic. While the skill and bravery of
our Generals and the lighting qualities of our soldiers
could not have hen excelled, if it had not been for
those jolly spirits to animate other- the war would
have come to a close much sooner.

Let us have something* more from (‘apt. Hord. I
Laughed more while reading his Mike Kelly article
than any thing 1 have seen concerning the war. It
reminded me of my experience when Hood’s army
left Nashville. Not in Mike’s charging qualities, bul
in trying to mount a frightened horse when the
yankeee and their bullets were coming fast. I was a
good rider, and when at myself could mount a horse
a- quick as an Indian, lint I had sprained my left
ankle BO severely I could not stand on it 10 put the
other foot in the stirrup. Six or eight of us were on
guard -1 was a volunteer. We were at an old Lrick
house on the hank of the Cumberland river five or
six miles below Nashville. Our horses were over the
hill out of the range of the gunboats three or four
hundred yards from us. The first thing we knew OUT
hoy- were running the yankeee, our hoys in front,
down the Charlotte pike below us. As tiny ]
they sent R. 1′.. Bledsoe, one of our company, to tell
us to L ret away if we could. The rest of the guards
left me at once. Bledsoe saw me. run his horse some
two hundred yards to where I was, jumped from the
saddle, threw me the reins, and was gone like a flash,
hoping to get to my horse and then make his escape.

Well. I must close, as I have already called for more
space than I expect to get. However, Mr. Editor, I
must tell of the uneasy ride this same old ankle caused
me to take. Winn we got hack to the Tent.
River our time came to cross the pontoon bridge about
midnight, and it was \ery dark. Gen. Cheatham was
there to see that every thing started on the bridge in
proper order. Orders were to dismount and lead
across, hut there was no walking for me, so I kept my
n the bridge when Gen. Cheatham railed
out, “Why in the don’t you dismount?” “I have
a sprained ankle. General, and can’t walk.” “All
right, if you are a mind to risk it I will.” When a
hoy I rode bucking mule-, jumping horses, young
and a railroad train with wheel- jumping the
but all this was pleasure compared with that
pontoon ride. The river was hank full, the bridge in
a swing, jumping up and down. My eyes being up
above the rest, the lights on the hank in front blinded
me like a hat. It seemed to be the widest river in the
world.

LETTEB WRITTEN IN W \U TIM! –

The following letter was recently sent to the writer
witli request for its return. Tin company referred to
w.i- 1′.. li-t Ti nnessei Ri giment :

In tin Ditches near Atlanta. .Inly 30, 1864, 8 o’i lock
a. m. — My Dear Friend 1 II A- 1 commence thi-
every thing i- comparatively calm, though then was
“heavy” skirmishing all night. -0 reported, and it lias
this morning on the left. Our brigade is
a ” support ” for tin cavalry on tin right.

Day before . i understand, there w

“lively” engagement on tie Lit Wi did not
any thing except tic artilhry. I suppose that our
I.– wa- quite heavy, hut do not credit near all that I
hear in regard to it. We dear that the yankees burned
– apply train of our coi

Tic papers were thankfully received that you gave
[“here ha- not been a late paper here in about
two weeks. Wi get no m ws

1 arrived 9a.fi Iv to my command w ith the onions.
Tie boys wen 1 them, and say I must get an-

other furlough. In tin .■> nte during my ah-

some of our truest soldiers, and my aear and
dear friends, gavi their Lives for their country. One

of mv – omp in i . a g I soldier and steady young

•hot through the head. The yankees nevei
ously wounded one of my company, hut have -hot
three through the head, killing each instantly. Of
all that were killed in my regiment I fear that neither
one was prepared to die. How strange that men will
go blindly into eternity, when a light is offered that
will show them the way’ Mv dear friend. I desire
that you so live as that all may he well with you un-
der all circumstai

Tin onions referred to. a two bushel sack full, were
bought in Macon I – md the purchaser declined
$300, hut had the pleasure of their distribution to com-
rades in his regiment.

I.t. Gen. S. D. Lei . Agricultural College, Mis-. : 1 con-
sider your last tw is splendid, and had made
up my mind to write you especially commending the
February number. The material is just what it ought
to Vie. and I wish you eminent success in your work.
I wish you had started such a monthly ten years ago.

J 52

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

SAM DAVIS, THE HERO MARTYR,

[Extracts from an address by J. M. King, Jr., befori ■
at tin* University • >! Nashville.]

It i- oof of the words of a statesman, nor of the
deeds of a great general, but <>!’ the actions and death
of a noble Southern hero that I beg you to listen to. A
short time before the battle of Mission Ridge Gen.
Bragg bad planned a campaign through Tennessee
into Kentucky, ft was important to know the exact
strength of tin- Federal forces occupying the sections
through which he was to pass. For tins information,
which had been promised by a Federal officer at Nash-
ville, a courier was to be sent. This perilous under-
taking, to pass through a country swarming with
Federal soldiers, required a man of the coolest cour-
age and unflinching devotion toduty. Sam Davis, of
( oleman’s Scouts, a youth of nineteen years, was
chosen for the hazardous journey. He went dressed
in his gray, and accomplished his task, but on his
return was taken prisoner near Pulaski, Tenn. A
search of his person revealed the important papers he
.carried, and from their accuracy and minuteness of
.detail it was at once suspected that he had secured
them from a Federal officer of the engineering depart-
ment. It was highly important to detect the name
.of the traitor, and to that end Davis was questioned.
His answers were straightforward. Frankly admitting
that he had received the papers as suspected, he firmly
.declined to give the name of the officer. The com-
mander pressed him, offering him pardon and safe
return into his lines, or would subject him to trial
by court martial, to result in death on the gallows,
lie was unmoved, and stoutly refused to sell his friend.
A commission being appointed, he was tried, found
guilty, and sentenced to be hanged as a spy Friday,
November 23, 1863, in the town of Pulaski. When
his fate was made known to him he expressed some
surprise at its harshness [dicing dressed in his army
.colors and wearing his Confederate arms when cap-
tured he was no spy], hut he showed not the least
fear or weakness- -not the quiver of a muscle. In
wilting to his mother he realized full well the end.
Death was certain. These are his words to her:

“Dear Mother — how painful it is to write to you

■that I have got to die to-morrow morning. I will lie

hanged by the Federals. Mother, do not grieve for

me. I must hid you goodbye for evermore. Mother,

I do not hate to die. (live my love to all. Tell the

• children all to he good.”

A nobler heart never beat! Think of his grief-
stricken niothei a- she read those lines. The simplic-
ity, the sincerity expressed in them illustrates bis
.character. Directly after writing this he was again
visited hy the Chaplain, but he remained firm not to
reveal the confidence given him. At the time ap-
pointed for his execution, seated on his coffin, his
arms pinioned at his hack, he was driven to the scaf-
fold which had been erected on an elevation overlook-
ing the town. He saw the soldiers move the coffin
from the wagon, and, turning to the commander, in-
quired how long he had to live. “Just fifteen min-
utes,” was the reply. Then, without a tremor or the
slightest change of countenance, he said, “The rest of
the battles will have to be fought without me.”

As he ascended the steps of the scaffold in company
with the Chaplain, after committing a few keepsakes

to a friend, his mind evidently turned hack to his
home. Familiar scenes and trying recollections
thronged upon him. He recalled his dear mother aa

she hade hiii] farewell at the gale, giving to him her

treasured Bible, asking God to take care of her precious
boy. lie -aw his father, his frame trembling with
emotion as he took his hand and said, “My son, go

and light for our Southland, and. if need he. die in
bei cause;” and no doubt he recalled tin’ tender words
of his dearest one as they knelt at the altar and vowed
to in- all and all to each other. At this moment a mes-

r, dispatched in hast’ from headquarters, arrived
at the scaffold. It was the last offer of pardon. He
was told that such fate might he avoided l>y giving
the name of the officer from whom he had tin trea-
sonable documents. Though standing upon the hrink
of eternity, he turned upon the messenger and, with
a glowing indignation, said, “No! I would diea thou-
sand deaths first. I will never betray the confidence
reposed in me.” After a short prayer the black cap
was drawn over bis head and he stepped upon the
trap, and with the calmness of a philosopher, the stern’-
ness of a patriot, the sincerity and courage of a Chris-
tian martyr, paid the severe penalty of unswerving
devotion to duty and honor.

Far ami wide his death was mourned. His execu-
tioners wept. The common soldiery stigmatized tin-
deed as a cruel assassination. Among his own lines
his comrades resolved to erect a monument to mark
the resting place of one who deserved the title of Mar-
shal Ney, “the bravest of the brave.”

Noble Sam Davis was admired by his enemies and
loved hy his friends. No one ever awakened greater
sympathy. His youth, his courage, his coolness un-
der the trying circumstances, endeared him to all.
Even now, after the lapse of twenty-nine years, at the
mention of his name to a comrade or friend, a tender
sympathy causes the tear to rise unhidden to the eye.
He was a mart) I to w hat he conceived to he his duty.

(‘apt. Samuel D. Buck, Baltimore, calls attention to
some errors in his article in the VETERAN for March,
page 75, in which be states: lam made to call ” Mas-
sanutton Mountain ” ” Maurerton Mountain,” ” Hite’s
Fane” ” Hill’s Fane.” Then the charge made on the
battery says “charged across the river,” should lie,
“charged across the run.” Then the article says, “We
remained north of Middletown over night.” I cer-
tainly did not intend to bo state, but that “we were
halted north of Middletown in line of battle until we
fell hack in the afternoon.” Our brigade, under the
persona] command of Gen. Pegram himself, kept in
perfect alignment until we were forced to break to
cross Cedar Creek bridge. I read the Veteran with
gnat pleasure, and look for it as a personal friend.

Thomas I ». Ransom, Commander Stonewall Jackson
Camp at Staunton, Va., recently called a meeting of
its members to protect from mob violence a negro un-
der trial during popular excitement. He appointed
a committee and charged it with the duty of aiding
the authorities of the county and city in the preserva-
tion of order, as representatives of the Camp, and of
giving immediate notice to all members of the Camp
accessible to them, of any emergency calling for its
further action.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

*53

CAPT. GEORGE B. LAKE.

Thanks to James T. Bacon, editor of the Edgefield.
S. C, Chronicle, for notes concerning Capt. (ieorge B.
Lake, of Edgefield Court House, who started the move-
ment for having the Veteran made official organ of
the United Confederate Veterans at Birmingham.
Capt. Lake is a native of the Edgefield District, born
January, 1841. His father was an eminent physician
and a zealous Christian. His mother excelled in bril-
liant literary achievements.

The son enlisted in Company C, Gregg’s First South

Carolina Regiment, the first organized for the great
Confederate conflict. It was the first regiment that
went to Virginia, and evidently fired the first gun on
the Southern side in the war. The Gregg regiment
was disbanded at the end of six months, the time for
which it enlisted, and young Lake immediately re-
enlisted in the 22d South Carolina, and was made a
staff officer of the regiment. He was healthy, active.
and was constantly on duty until his burial at the
Crater by Petersburg. Va., July 30, 1864, when he be-
came a prisoner. His men were so situated there that
they tired over a four-gun Confederate battery. When
the mine, charged with 8,000 pounds of powder. was
fired they were all buried, and thirty-one of his thirty-
four men, including himself, were killed. Capt. Lake
and the other three survivors were dug up by the Fed-
erals after two hours. He was sent to Fort Delaware
where he was kept until the end came. Capt. Lake
had never missed a battle in which his command en-
gaged. Confrere Bacon concludes:

“Capt. Lake, with a lovely, noble wife, promising
children, and a happy home, is now one of the most
honored, beloved, and useful citizens of the town of
Edgefield. He thanks God that it was his privil<
to go to Birmingham, and there to cheer “Pixie’ and
“The Bonnie Blue Flag” as lustily as. when a boy,
he followed l.ee and Johnston in Virginia, and fought
under J. K. Johnston in the \\ ,

Desiring the experience- of (apt. Lake in that aw-
ful disaster, the explosion of the Crater, request for
an account was written to him and this is his reply:

* * * “That would he hard to put on paper.
The Federal troops had heen mining for some time.
We knew it. and to prevent the destruction of the
battery and the breaking of our lines, we sunk a shaft
on each side of’ the Lattery abonl a dozen feet deep,
and then tunnelled out twenty feet or more to the
front. l>ut the enemy- mine was under our tunnel a
good many feet. <>ur officers around the mine he-
lieved that we were going to be blown up. My com-
mand was in the rear line of work-, and we were all
asleep. I knew nothing of what had happened until
the most of the dirt had been taken off Of us. Before
I was taken out. however. I came to consciousness,
and talked to Lieut. W J Lake, of Newberry, B.C.,
a Lieutenant in my company, who was lying on my
side. We knew we were huried. discussed the proba-
bilities of getting out, and thought they were very
slim. His thigh was broken, and he was othervi
badly injured, hut finally recovered. The brave fel-
lows who took us out of the ground, working away
while exposed to shot and shell. 1 think were mem-
bers of a New York heavy artillery regiment. They
showed other evidences of their courage, for they BOOD
turned one of our guns, that had heen blown out of
the trenches, upon our men. and handled it as only
brave men can in such a place. When I found that
nearly all my men had heen killed, and the remain-
ing few. with myself. wen prisoners, it was gloomy
indeed. We were kept in tne Crater for a considera-
ble time, exposed to -hells from our own batteries.
These shells made terrible havoc with the Federal
troops who had charged through the break, but after
heingdriven back stopped in the Crater for protection.

“I was in some of the hardest fought battles of the
Confederate war — was at one time for two weeks in
Fort Sumter, when all the Federal iron-clads would
-team up to within eight hundred or a thousand yards
of the fort, and they and the land batteries on Morris
Island would hurl shell and shot in the fort by the
ton, but I never saw anv thing t<> equal the horror of
the Crater.”

T. C. Monroe, of Auditor’s office, Little Rock. Ark.,
who was of Company K.. and acted as Adjutant 8th
Alabama Regiment, Wilcox’s Brigade, Anderson’s Li-
vision, A. P. Hill’s Corps, desires to learn of Col. John
P. Emerich, if living, who commanded this noble lit-
tle regiment in its last days. The regiment was first
commanded by Col. John A. Winston, then by Col.
Y. L. Royston, the “Tall Sycamore of the South,”
then by Col. Hillery A. Herbert, now Secretary of the
Navy, then by our Hutch Colonel, John P. Emerich,
a noble soldier, who, at the organization of the regi-
ment, was Captain of a company, the German Fusil-
iers, from Mobile, Ala. Maj. Monroe desires to hear
from Col. Emerich. if living, as well as anv other
member of that noble old regiment, through the Vet-
eran. He adds, ” Success to the Veteran at any price.”

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

CUT. B. 11. TEAGUE.

Capt. B. II. Teague is a native of Aiken. S. C. His
early years were spent in Charleston. While at school
he became a member of perhaps the most youthful
military company in service, the Pickens Rifles, of
Charleston. At the age of seventeen year- he volun-
teered in Company B, 11am]. t>>n Legion Regiment,
Mounted Infantry. Gary’s Cavalry Brigade, Army
Northern Virginia.

Young Teague was a brave and faithful soldier to
the end, and surrendered with his command at Appo-
mattox. He boasts that he never ” held horses during
a fight.” After the war he joined his State militia as
soon as organized, and has advanced through the
grades of office until he is now Lieutenant Colonel of
[nfantry.

Commander Teague organized the second Camp of
United Confederate Veterans in his State, that of Bar-
nard K. Bee. No. M. and his comrades, appreciating
his zeal in their behalf, have kept him in command,
lie is a dentist l>v profession, and is held in high es-
i. em as a skillful’ practitioner. He is an inventor of
several useful appliances in dentistry, upon which he
has letters patent. Dr. Teague is ex-1’resident of the

Dental Association of his State, a place of honorable
distinction; and he is President of the Young Men’s
Christian Association of this city, which position he
now holds. His standing among his people is that of
an exemplary and honorable citizen, and though he
sought not political preferment, he was made Presi-
dent of the Central Democratic Club of his county
for nearly ten years after the overthrow of radical Re-
publicanism in his State.

As a labor of love, and for the purpose of preserv-
ing them from oblivion, Commander Teague has for

many years been collecting relics and souvenirs of the
Conlederate war. He has tilled a suite of rooms with
these precious treasures, many of which are of his-
torical and inestimable value, contributed by his many
friends and his comrades. To these rooms all veter-
ans are welcomed, and they have been visited by hun-
dreds. He affirms he is a crank at collecting, and at
the parting at the Birmingham meeting he said, “If
you want to make a fast friend send me a Confederate
war relic.”

THAT GRAND AII.MV INVITATION.

WORD OF EXPLANATION FROM 1>R. ./. MM. JONES

I have not cared to correct the many misstatements
concerning my position on inviting the G. A. R. to
hold its session in Atlanta, which have appeared in
the papers. But I avail myself of the columns of th<
Veteran for a brief explanation, in order that my
comrades may know just where I stood on the ques-
tion. 1 opposed the proposition to send a committee
to the Grand Army and invite them to hold their
next session in Atlanta on the ground that it was a
question with which we had nothing to do — that just
as we would consider it an impertinence for the
G. A. I!, to send us a commission to suggest where we
should meet, so they would regard such a commission
on our part as an impertinence.

Alter there had been a good deal of tine rhetoric
about “fraternity,” “forgetting the bitterness of the
war.” etc.. 1 replied, in substance, that I did not mean
to revive bitter memories of the stormy past — that I
had no sort of objection to meeting old soldiers who
fought against us, and, as a matter of fact, had fre-
quently done so- and that if we could eliminate from
the G. A. R. all who were not soldiers I would be glad
to welcome and fraternize with the true soldiers who
wore the blue. But, I added, truth compelled the
statement that very many of those most prominent
in the G. A. R. reunions were men who never smelt
gun powder, who were soldiers “for revenue only” —
who were only solicitous to have their names on the
pension rolls, and who belonged to that class of whom
Ben Hill, of Georgia, had wittily said that they were
“invisible in war and invindbU m peace.

The convention voted the other way, though it was
very far from being the “unanimous” vote that some
of the papers claimed, and 1 acquiesced in the decision.
But from the thanks which have since been showered
upon me for the stand I took, I incline to the opinion
that I expressed the sentiments of a verylarge minority,
if not a majority of Confederate veterans, and of our
Southern people.

I am unite sure that if the G. A. B. does meet in
Atlanta and conduct their meetings in their usual
Style, that it will be the well-nigh unanimous verdict
that this invitation was exceedingly unwise, and that
it will be many a long day before it is renewed.
University ol Virginia, May 7. 1804.

Dr. Cicero R. Barker, Salisbury, N. C: Please ask if
Harry Love, a member of the 42d North Carolina Reg-
iment, who moved to Texas in 1*70, is still alive. If
so, send me address.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

i55

CAMPS THAT INDOE8E THK VETERAN.

The reports of a multitude of Camps, Bivouacs,
are published in this Veteran. It is a remarkable
compilation. The indorsement is unstinted, and prac-
tically universal; besides, the circumstances under
which it was given make it all thestronger. A prom-
inent member of the organization was in Nashville a
few days before the meeting, and introduced the sub-
ject of making the Veteban the official organ, and
– said lie would take pleasure in presenting it. He af-
terward concluded it would 1>. better forthe leading
Confederate in Tennessee to offei the resolution, and
said he would make a speech in its advocacy; hut the
gentleman mentioned said he thought it would he in
better taste Forthe motion to be made from another
state. These two gentlemen were occupied constantly

in the general work of the Convention, and time

passed on until the firs! day was gone The aext day
they weic busy as ever, and others less prominent in
tin’ Convention, knowing the situation, wanted tin

resolution offered, hut I advised them to wait. Thus
matters continued until just before tie ( onvention
I losed, when ( ‘apt. < ieorge B. hake of South Carolina.

1 onferred with Capt. B. II. Teague, of thai state, and
it was determined thai the latter offer the resolution,

which he did. Without concert of action the m<
was seconded from nearly every part of the Conven-
tion, ami was “carried without a dissenting voice.”
After the vote had been announced g Chattanooga
delegate arose to oppose the resolution, saying there
are other Confederate (?) papers, and he was opposed
to discriminating, l’.ut he was “too late,” the resolu-
tion had “already passed.” [This gentleman i- very

enterprising. He has been at the bead of his city

government, a ml active in Democratic committee work,
but some time since he was left out of the committee
entirely, and in complaining bitterly about it he said.
“I know one thing. I’m no d — fool.”]

As editor and proprietor of the Veteran 1 passed
through an ordeal at the reunion which it is necessary
to explain to the many comrades wdio had written
they expected to see me at Birmingham. The re-
union to me was like a battle in war times. I had
not “a good time,” as has been so often presumed by
correspondents. The”cat in the meal bag” was fed
at defiance, and by a few who have had even
that I could bestow since the Veteran has existed.
A “General” on the platform, who was not “made bj
the private soldier.” hut by a politician, was conspic-
uous, and he was put on an important committee. His

presence seemed, at least, to influence General officers

who make official reports of the war. and the VETERAN
was not mentiom d from the platform any more than if it
had never existed. The long and able report read by
the Chairman of the 11 istorical Committee, and a gen-
tleman who hail stated previously that the VETERAN

“material is just what it should be,” ami. “1 wish
you had started such a monthly ten years ago.” never
had mention of it, hut it should.

The able and illustrious Commanding General
had ever carefully avoided committing himself in any
sense to the Veteran. He had not. however, forgot-
ten to commend another publication which ha- Keen

so faithfully exposed by the Veteran. He had not

forgotten, either, to write an earnest oommendat i

a publication in his own State which has a department

similar to the warp and went of the Veteran. I had
even written a request tor a word of commendation.

hut failed to -ccure it. Readers of the Veteran all

over the South will hear testimony that the V ETEB v\
has honored him above any other living num. It
gave him first prominence at the grave of Mr. Davis,
and quoted his word- about the scene. When he de-
livered hi- splendid Lecture here on the “Last Days
of the Confederacy “—better suited to New England
than old South defenders I did a- I have ever done,
what I could do for hi- success. 1 could not have
done the consistent thing to print his picture in April
\ i ; i ran but for his g< spirited brother, vt

friendship has ever Keen opi nly demonstrated.

Then another < leneral, w ho is a candidate for office,
and whose claims have been pressed through his wai
d under the title, ” United Confederate Veterans,”
although prohibited by the Constitution, has ignored
the Veteran entirely, hut it has served him just as if
he had done his duty. Do 1 dare, the dastardly thing.
to complain at these dignitaries’.’ They know that my
work has deserved commendation, yes, and their
money too, to the value of one dollar a year. [But
that 1 have never asked directly of anybody.] It is
an insult to justice that so much be done to bonoi
fellow patriot- by an individual whose high aim to
meeting obligations is bo involved, who is doing a
work that they in their hearts commend, and yet who
have not the courage to do and to dare as they had
thirty years ago. They did not merit equal credit fol
valor then, with fame- shining temple open
them, to the equally patriotic who rushed into the
jaws of death equally bold, and no such reward prom-
ised. I am not discriminating against our gallant,
patriotic leaders, hut 1 am just in these criticisms.
It is not right to exalt eternally comrades, howevei
worthy of honor, above their equals, unle,-s they
show reciprocal appreciation of what is done for them
The Veteran would go out a- a lamp without oil, yea,
famine, tire and death would come quickly if the noble
heroes of the rank and tile were to do as some of the-.
have done through the unpatriotic policy of keeping
favor with an agent who has drawn, according to re-
port, mort than forty thousand dollars during the past
twenty years, by liberality of the United States Gov-
ernment in compliment to the South, and in its
effort to secure true history. Everybody knows I am

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ri.’ht. This could not be more disagreeable service
to anybody. I am in the responsible position, in-
dorsed by the manj- thousands of Confederates, im-
pelled t” a duty as Bacred B£ when 1 carried a gun.
I would be untrue to every holy memory if, with
the VETERAN, I did not expose this “inwardness/’
From the morning I saw the Federal thousands — a
picture of the British in my childhood horror — march
into Fort Donelson, I have been as loyal as any soldier
who gave his life to the cause. I have the comfort
now of knowing that I did my entire duty on every
occasion, and cost what it may now, I intend to con-
tinue in that line until the end comes.

I may err often and seriously, but I will surely con-
tinue to have the consciousness of loyalty to duty in
these matters. It has been my good fortune ever to
have the candor to apologize for mistakes, and the
■columns of the Veteran are wide open now of right.

COMMENT OF GEN. INDKKWoOD OX THE KKI’NION.

Since the grand reunion at Birmingham, Ala., I
have naturally thought much of the I’nited Confed-
erate Veteran movement, of how its great success has
been brought about, and cannot resist the temptation
to write you on the subject.

I’ndoubtedly the establishment of a federation of
Confederate veterans was a cherished wish of the South-
ern soldier^’ that participated in the great war for
Southern independence, but the maturing of such a
hud into the full blown Hower now presented by the
I’nited Confederate Veterans is more the work of the
•Chief of Staff, Gen. (ieo. Moorman, than of any other
•one or dozen men connected with the movement. His
constant labor in effecting the organization of Camps,
assiduous attention toward the irksome but necessary
details of formulating a federation of Southern veter-
.ans, painstaking courtesy and general urbanity
toward those with whom he came in contact, won for
him the favor and confidence of all, and made the ar-
duous task a possibility that has now become a bloom-
ing achievement, successful beyond expression.

It is true that he had the assistance of his lady Sec-
retary in the tedious machinery of office work, and
Miss Childress performed her part most loyally, en-
thusiastically, and in a manner every way admirable,
and for which she was heartily and unanimously rec-
ognized by the Birmingham Convention, but while
she is entitled to every meed of praise, still his i Moor-
man’s) was the directing hand, and all will join in
acknowledgment of its inestimable value to the fed-
eration.

I write the foregoing because of the circumstances
which, as Secretary of the Committee on Nominations,
made me aware of the enthusiastic unanimity of that
committee in presenting Miss A. C. Childress’ name
to the Convention for Chief Clerk and Stenographic
Secretary at general headquarters of the United Con-
federate Veteran Federation; and also, on the adop-
tion of the new Constitution, of having been selected
by the General commanding to present his compli-
jnents to Gen. Moorman, and tender to him appoint-

ment to the position of Lieutenant General and Chief
of the Genera] Staff, with full appreciation of his past

services and great expectations tor the future.

Again, the Veteran has done much and exceed-
ingly well for the Confederate movement, and in its
interesting publications and bright pages it has evi-
dently revived a great deal of the past that was slum-
bering, ami brought to the surface the vivid recollec-
tions of the realities of the magnificent Southern
record, all evidenced and acknowledged by the fullest
indorsement from the Legislative Council of the Fed-
eration.

There is another element which formed the princi-
pal initial link of the chain of organization, viz.:
The reception of the veteran soldiers by glorious old
New Orleans two years ago, with such an open, old-
time and lavish hospitality, unsurpassed anywhere
under any conditions by any people, that it brought
to every one a smile of approval, culminating in a
general desire for perfecting the U. C. V. organization.

The conditions enumerated still exist, and in addi-
tion thereto can now be added the bringing forward
to take position in the foremost rank, with the illus-
trious Gordon as Commander, such a renowned Gen-
eral as Wm. H. Jackson as second in command, with
the three departments, having as their heads, respect-
ively, Generals Fitzhugh Lee, Stephen D. Lee, and YV.
L. Cabell, all distinguished for services in the field,
for natural and acquired abilities, that the ultimate
uniting, under the federated head, of every ex-Con-
federate Association and detached veteran is assured.

As a conclusion to this article I desire to personally
return thanks to the members of the Birmingham
Convention, severally and collectively for their cour-
teous indorsement, and for the material aid given and
promised toward liquidating the debt on the Confed-
erate Monument at Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, with
the assurance that when all the subscription and other
promised contributions have been pain but little debt
will remain.

I believe that the many thousands of your readers
will be glad to join in the foregoing, and wish the I .
C. V. cause prosperity and perpetuity.

THE CONFEDERATE REUNION.

BY I.. I. < ‘., Ill NTSV1LLE, ALA.

These stanzas were written as 1 sat by a one-legged

veteran at the Birmingham Reunion with tears run-
ning down his cheeks while Gen. Gordon called the
“honor roll” of the battles in which his men had fol-
lowed him :

Oft’ with your hats, men of renown

Lei “lit the silvery gleam
That, Bhining as night’s star-set crown,

Lights history’s changing stream.

Lock down on us from that grand plain
Where, heroes, ye did climb

Out of the din and battle smoke
To earthly heights sublime.

And now , before the lights are out,

Look in our eyes once more;
Send out your ringing battle shout

Like thunder’s mighty roar.

Our veterans, our honored ones,

Your noble work is done;
Though conquered, ye are conquerors,

Our hearts, our cause, are one.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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Report of Historical Committee at U. C. V.
Reunion, Birmingham.

Wh also recommend the following Bllitable t” be
used as a supplementary reader in our schools: “The Civil
War,” by Mrs. Ann 11. Snyder, of Tennessee. All of which is
respectfully submitted by your obedient servants.

.1. \V. Nicholson, W. K. (jakrktt.
.1 N. fcjTrBBS, – 1 1. I. kk. Chairman,

“When Gen, Lee finished his report amid thunder- oi ap-
plause, I>r. .1. William Jones moved the adoption oi the n port,

which was carried unanimouslv.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS- DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENN.

For County Trustee.
W. 11. HIGGINBOTHAM hereby announces himself as a
candidate for Trustee, subject to the action of the Di D icratic
party. Your support cordially solicited.

\V. B. CLARE is a candidate for County Trustee, subject to
action of Democratic primaries, after registration. Klection
August ‘-‘. 1894.

For County Judge.
R. R. CALDWELL is a candidate tor re-election to the
office of County Judge, subject to Democratic primary.

JAMES L. WATTS, primary election July 16th.

JN< ). T1H )M I ‘Si iN announces himself a candidate for County
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‘ For Sheriff.
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solicits your support in Democratic primaries.

For Criminal Court Clerk.
A. B. (BUSH) SPAIN is a candidate for Criminal Court
Clerk, subject to Democratic primary. Election August, 1894.

For Circuit Court Clerk.
ALEX. J. HARRIS has announced himself as a candidate
for Circuit Court Clerk, subject to Democratic primary.

WILLIS J. SULLIVA* is a candidate for Circuit Court
Clerk, sub ject to Democratic primaries. Election August. IS tM.

For County Court Clerk.
P. A. SHELTON is a candidate for County Court Clerk,
subject to the action of the Democratic primaries. Election
August, 1894.

JAMES F. LIPSCOMB announces himself as a candidate for
County Court Cler k, subject to action of Democratic primaries, -i

For Register.
JNO. P. HICKMAN is competent, desires the fees, and so-
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primaries.

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primary.

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consideration, and hopes to have vour approval for Register at
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For Tax Assessor.

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We are authorized to announce the name of JOHNSON V.
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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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The brave win honor the brave, vanquished none the less.

THE sniVKNli; TO wiiuM it [g -i \ i

In the prospectus of Souvenir, published in t lie
Veteran, the statement appeared thai to stereotype
the forms of Souvenir was contemplated. It was no!

■ I , however, and only the edition printed can be

supplied. There are about 3,000 copies on hand. It
is sent free to new subscribers <>r to those who renew.
Those who subscribed before increase of price from
fifty cents get the Souvenir now by renewing. To
illustrate. John Smith subscribed in December, ’93, so
thai his time will not expire until nexl December, but
he 1 hi renew to December, ’95, and gel the Souvenir.
whereas if he waits lor his time to expire he will cer-
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The Galveston (Texas) Vetes, in its review of maga-
zines and periodicals, gives first preference to the Vet-
eran Souvenir, ami mentions it as ‘extremely in-

teresting and valuable,” and says, “it surpasses
anything of the kind ever attempted in the South : ”
” If a suggestion from the News is in order, it will

say that Mr. Cunningham has it in his power to do a
much Deeded work for the I ost Cause, and tor the
whole South, as the South exists to-day, and as it will
always exist. It is now thirty years sinee the Hag was
furled, and the dear emhleni became only a hallowed
memory, One might have naturally expected that
something like ti true history of the war would have
been written by this time, and yet no one need he
told that tins is not the case. Partisan stories, vile
distortion of facts, colored and untruthful accounts of
skirmishes, marches and general engagements pass
current for history, and in these days of public schools
and free and general education there is every likeli-
hood in the world of having not one hut two or more
generations of the South grow up imbued with false
ideas of what the Souths glorious history really is.
Those whose fathers and brothers followed Lee, .lack-
son. Johnston and Other greal leaders need not he
feared for. hut all were not so fortunate, particularly
the younger generation, and they the Southern men
of a few years hence should he taught the truth. If

Mr. Cunningham will add to his excellent magazine a

department of history in which nothing hut truthful,
and. if possible, official documents -hall appear, it will
make the Com EDER \ It: V i i i n \\ perfect The remi-
niscences, camp lire stories, etc.. arc charming, and
will never grow old or uninteresting. They should lie
continued by till means, hut there should he some-
thing more substantial, and that the historical depart-
ment will supply, The Veteran is so good and so
interesting all the time, however, that the News hesitates
to make even stion that it can he improved.”

The Veteran hows meekly to the very kind com-
ment of this first paper in I • sad It will certainly
gratify that author to know that the VETERAN b
this writing 1,782 subscribers in that great State, al-
though it is hut Bev< rtteen months old. There is
much room for improvement, hut it shall he made if
comrades generally and others will continue t
te for it. I • t eat h Southerner do his pan

In one of Bill Arp’s patriotic letters, kindly pub-
lished by the Atlanta CoustHation and thi ?
he noted the correction of an error that has historic

dignity, and says “And yet in the April Souvenir

nil ill her of the CoNFEDERATI VetERAS, that most ad-
mirable magazine, there is a handsome,” etc. H<

eludes his articles as follow-

“Is it not high time that our youths wen
educated in Southern literature” Let the good name
of our ancestors go down to posterity untarnisht
the foul breath oi slander, I et every loyal man sub-
scribe to the Confederate Vei gran, that is now well

established ami is published in Nashville by S. A.
Cunningham for one dollar a \>

The Southwestern Lyceum League, of Memphis, on
g the article on “How We Went to Shiloh,” by
Gen. F. A. Shoup, telegraphed for his address, and
promptly visited him at the Institute, Columbia, to
procure a lecture on that subject. He will deliver it
at the Memphis Auditorium .Inly Ith. While return-
ing to Memphis, Mr. Levy. General Manager of the
I eague, called at the Veteran office ami reported the
high favor in which the “Old Veterans” were held for
their recent sui ll drill in the Bluff City.

United Si Senatop Patrick Walsh, of Geor-

gia, took part in the ” Silver Jubilee ” held in honor

of the quarter-century’s pastorate of the Tabernacle
by Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage. He paid tribute to the
uncle of Dr. Talmage. Rev. Samuel K. Talmage. who
was pastor of a Presbyterian Church in Augusta and
1 ‘resident <A’ the t iglethorpe University, mar Milledge-
ville. I think DeWitt Talmage told me that his uncle
was Chaplain of the Confederate Senate.

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HONORING THE PRIVATE SOLDIER.

ORATION OF RSV. S. C OA I” E, AT RICHMOXH. ASH
OTHER FEATURES A6 I; I PORTED.

The occasion of dedicating the monument to pri-
vate Confederate soldiers, at Richmond, May :»>th, is
me of the most interesting that ever oc-
curred in that historic capital city of the Confederacy.
The two thousand veterans in the procession created
much interest in the great assembly. The line of
march was ninety minutes long.

The Confederate Society of Maryland was well rep-
ted. Its large delegation, headed by its Presi-
dent, Gen. Bradly T. Johnson, was me1 at the depot
by the Richmond Grays. The Maryland Line did
honor to the occasion.

It was a great occasion, though rain interrupted the
pleasure of the event. The elegant monument occu-
pies a commanding position.

Mr. \V. L. Sheppard, who designed the monument,
is a native of Richmond. He had gone to New York,
and was ambitious in his chosen profession, but he
came South to serve in the Confederate army, and
continues his residence in his native city, though he
does much designing for the New York magazines.

< laspar Buberl, who enlarged the model. is a sculptor
of eminence. The bronze statue of a Confederate sol-
soldier at Alexandria. Ya.,is his. Though an Austrian,
he has had much experience with the Southern people.
In a note about this work, he says: ” It will, I hope,
be liked by the public, as I did this work with a feel-
ing of thanks for all the kindness I had received from
the generous people of the South.”

Mr. James Netherland, the builder of the monu-
ment, deserves special distinction for having gone
right ahead with the work of construction, although
there was no money in sight, and no assurance of any
except in that assured sense of loyalty which he pos-
sessed from long and intimate association with the
Southern people.

The oration was hy Kev. It. (‘. Cave, of St. Louis. Mo.
He appreciated the responsibility of the selection, and
his carefully prepared address lias been commented
upon by the press and people of the entire country.
Dr. Cave is ” pastor of a fashionable non-sectarian
church in the West End, and is well known as a
prominent advocate of the movement begun in the
Congress of Religions at the World’s Fair in favor of
the establishment of a non-sectarian church. Mr.
Cave entered the service of the Con federrte States a
few hours after Virginia passed her ordinance of seces-
sion. He enlisted as a private in Company A, Thir-
teenth Virginia Infantry, (.en. A. I’. Hill’s regiment,
and was at the (list battle of Bull Run. lie served
with Jackson through the Valley campaign, the seven
days’ fighting around Richmond, the battle of Slaugh-
ter’s Mountain, second battle of Bull Run, in which
he was wounded, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.”
The following selections are copied:

“I am not one of those who, clinging to the old
superstition that the will of heaven is revealed in the
immediate results of ‘trial by combat,’ fancy that
right must always he on the side of might, and speak
of Appomattox as a judgment of God. I do not for-
get that a Suwaroff triumphed, and a Kosciusko fell;

that a Nero wielded a sceptre of empire, and a Paul
was In headed; that a Herod was crowned, and a Christ

was crucified: and. instead of accepting the defeat of
the South as a divine verdict against her, I regard it
as but another instance of ‘truth on the scaffold, and
wrong on the throne.”

“Appomattox was a triumph of the physically
stronger in a conflict between the representatives of
two essentially different civilizations, and antagonistic
ideas of government. On one side in that conflict
was the South, led by the descendants of the < avalii
who. with all their faults, had inherited from a long
line of ancestors a manly contempt for moral little-
ness, a high sense of honor, a lofty regard for plighted
faith, a strong tendency to conservatism, a profound
respect for law and order, and an unfaltering loyalty
to constitutional government.

” But, it was not to perpetuate slavery that they
fought. The impartial student of the events leading
up to the civil war cannot fail to perceive that, in the
words of Mr. Davis, ‘ to whatever extent the question
of slavery may have served as an occasion, it was far
from being the cause of the conflict.’ That conflict
was the bloody culmination of a controversy which
had been raging for more than a generation, and the
true issue in which, as far as it pertained to slavery,
was sharply stated by the Hon. Samuel A. Foot, of
Connecticut, when, referring to the debate of the ad-
mission of Missouri to the sisterhood of States, he
said: ‘The Missouri question did not involve the
question of freedom or slavery, but merely whether
slaves now in the country may be permitted to reside
in the proposed new State, and whether Congress or
Missouri possessed the power to decide.’ And from
that day down to 1861, when the war-clouds hurst in
fury upon our land, the real question in regard to
slavery was not whether it should continue in the
South, but whether the Southern man should be per-
mitted to take his slaves, originally purchased almost
exclusively from Northern slave-traders, into the ter-
ritory, which was the common property of the country,
and there, without interference from the general Gov-
ernment, have an equal voice with his Northern
brother in determining the domestic policy of the
new State. The question was not whether the negro
should be freed or held in servitude, hut whether the
white man of the South should have the same privi-
leges enjoyed hy the white man of the North. It was
not the desire to hold others in bondage, but the de-
sire to maintain their own rights that actuated the
Southern people throughout the conflict.

“That I’nion was dear to the Southern people, but
the Union which the men of the South loved, and
which they wen’ willing to make concessions and sac-
rifices to perpetuate, was that formed by the fathers,
■ to establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, pro-
vide for the’ common defense, promote the general
welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty.’ It was a
fraternal federation of sovereign States, guaranteeing
equal rights to all, and leaving each free to regulate
its domestic affairs in its own way. It was a I’nion
in which, in reference to questions of foreign policy,
every citizen would echo the sentiment expressed by
Patrick Henry, when, after Concord and Lexington,
in a message to Massachusetts, he said: ‘I am not a
Virginian, I am an American ; ‘ and vet it was a I’nion
in which, in reference to questions of domestic policy,
every citizen, like that same great orator and patriot,

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would recognize the right of hi? own State to his
highest allegiance. It was a Union in which the peo-
ple of each State would enjoy the blessings of Local
Self-government, and find in home rule a safeguard
against any possible attempt of the Federal power to
interfere with their peculiar interests. * * *

” Virginia. Mother of States and statesmen and
warriors, who had given away an empire for the pub-
lic good, whose pen had written the Declaration oi
Independence, whose sword had Bashed in front of
the American army in the war of independence, and
whose wisdom and patriotism bad been chiefly instru-
mental in giving the country the Constitution of the
Union — Virginia, foreseeing that her bosom would
become the theater of war. with its attendant horrors,
nobly chose to sutler rather than become an accom-
plice in the proposed outrage upon constitutional 1 i 1 »-
erty. With a generosity and magnanimity of soul
rarely equaled and never surpassed in the history of
nations, she placed berself in the path of the invader.
practically saying: ‘ Before you can torn lithe rights
of my Southern sisters you must cut your way to
them through my heart.’

” Prom the Potomac to the Gulf, from the Atlantic

to the Rio Grande, the son- OJ the South sprang to

arms. From stately mansion and humble OOttage,
from the workshop and from the farm, from the store-
room and from the study, from every neighborhood
and vocation of life, with unanimity almost unparal-
leled, they rallied for the defense of the land they
loved, and of what, in their inmost souls, they felt to
be their sacred and inalienable birthright.

“They were true-hearted patriots, worthy to rank
with the noblest souls that ever battled for freedom.
They fought for home and country, and to maintain
the fundamental principle of all free government
that the right to govern arises from ami is COezi
with the consent of the governed.

“And if patient self-denial and cheerful Belf-sacrifice
and unquailing fortitude and unfaltering devotion to
country and unwavering loyalty to duty and daunt-
OUrage in defense of the right make heroism, tin
men whom we honor to-day, and whom we would not
have our children forget, were Bublime heroes. His-
tory has no more illustrious page than that which
tills of their achievements. Poorly equipped, poorly
clad, poorly fed. and virtually without pay. they con-
fronted at least three times their number of a- well
eqipped, well clothed, well fed. and well paid Boldiers
as ever marched to battle; wrested from them a –
of victories unsurpassed in brilliancy; and for four
years, stormy with the red Masts of war. successfully
resisted all their power. In dangers and hardships
that ‘tried men’s souls.’ tin- defenders of the South
were tried, ami always found ‘ true as tempered steel.’
Laboring under disadvantages which even their friends
can never fully appreciate : supplementing their scanty
rations with weeds and grasses; their hare feet often-
times pressing the frozen ground or blistered on the
burning highway: their garments a- tattered as the
battle-torn banners that they bore, they bravely fought
on for the cause they loved, and sealed their devotion
to it with their blood. * * *

“In intelligence and thought they were, from train-
ing ami association, far above the average soldicrv of
the world. Notwithstanding all that has heen said
about the illiteracy of the Smith, I believe that no
country ever had a larger percentage of intelligent and

thinking men in the ranks of its army. Thousands of
them were highly educated, cultured, refined, and in
every way qualified to command. Sitting on the hrow
of the mountain overlooking the winding Shenan-
doah, and the little town of Strashurg. and the beau-
tiful valley stretching away toward Winchester, and,
at that time, dark with the blue columns of Federal
soldiery, a Louisiana private, idly talking of what he
would do were he in command, gave mi’ almost every
detail of the plan, which, afterward perceived and 1 \-
ecuted by the commanding officer, carried confusion
and defeat to the Federals. Had the ni
in tie if the Theban army at Thessaly. more

than one Epaminondas might have heen found
ing a- a private in the Confederate ranks.

“And I believe that no army was ever composed of
men more thoroughly imbued with moral principle.
A- a rule, they were men who i • .] the obliga-

te be just and honest and merciful, and to respect
the rights of others, even in the time of war. N
flinching from conflict with armed foemen, their moral
training and disposition forbade them to make wai
Upon the weak and defenseless. To t heir everlasting
honor stand- the fact in that their march through the
enemy’s country, they left no fields wantonly laid
waste, no families cruelly robbi insistence, no

hmne- ruthlessly violated ‘ In no case,’ Bays an En-
glish writer, ‘had the I’ennsy I v anians to complain of
mal injury, or even discourtesy at the hand- of
those whose homes they had burned, whose families
they had insulted, robbed, and tormented. Even the
tardy destruction of Chambersburg was an act of reg-
ular, limited, and righteous reprisal.’ The Pennsyl-
vania farmer, whose words were reported by a Northern
-pomleiit, paid to the Southern troops no more
than a merited tribute, when he said “f them: ‘I
must say. they acted like gentlemen : and. their cause
aside, I would rather have forty thousand rehels quar-
tered on my premises than one thousand Union
troops.’ And they acted like gentlemen not merely

because the order “t their commanding General re-
quired them BO to ad. hut hecau-e the spirit within
themselves was in harmony with, and responded to,
that order.

“It was Jackson’s line of Virginians, rather than
Jackson himself, that resembled a stone wall standing
on the plains of Manassas, while the storm of hattle
hissed and hurtled and thundered around them: and
if I mention the name of Jackson rather than that of
the ruddy-faced hoy who fell, pierced through the
brain, and who was buried on one of Virginia’s hills,
in a lonely grave, over which to-day the tangled wild
– are growing, it is not tx me Was more

heron- than the other, hut becausi Jackson, by his
greater prominence, more fully embodies before the

eyes ,,f the world the patriotism and courage and he-
roism that glowed no less brightly and steadily in the
heart of the heardless hoy. These noble qualities,
–ed by both, and displayed by cadi a- his ability
and position permitted, hind them together in my
thought, not as officer and private, hut as fellow-sol-
diers and brother patriots. Exalted virtue, like deep-
est sham, ever obliterates rank, ami brings men into a
common hrotherhood.

“As my mind recalls the persons and events of those
years in which the Confederacy struggled for life, there
rises before me the majesti >i the great South-

ern chief — the peerless soldier and the stainless gen-

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tleman; the soldier who was cool, calm, and self-pos-
sessed in the presence of every danger, and who, with
marvelous foresight and skill, planned masterly cam-
paigns, directed the march of war, ruled the storm of
rattle, and guided his men to victory 011 many a well-
fought field; the gentleman who was as pure as a fall-
ing snow-flake, as gentle as an evening zephyr, as
tender as the smile of a flower, and as patient as the
rock-ribbed mountains. I need not name him, for his
nam. is written in ever-enduring letter- on the heart
of the South, and honored throughout the civilized

world. Around him 1 Bee a company of intrepid

leaders whose achievements have surrounded their
names with a glory which outshines the luster of cor-
onets and crowns. I would no! pluck one leaf from
the laurel with which they are garlanded. I would,
if 1 could, lift to a still higher note and sing in .-till
loftier strains the paeans that are chanted in their
But I see, also, the men whom these Captains
ted -men unswerving in their devotion to a noble
purpose; self-forgetful in their fidelity to what they
saw to be right, and sublimely self-denying and self-
sacrificing in their adherence to the cause they es-
poused; men who loved their country with a love
stronger than a love of life, and, with no thought
of compensation beyond that country’s freedom and
honor and safety, bravely toiled and suffered and en-
dured, and gave their bodies to be torn by shot and
shell, and poured out their blood like water to the
thirsty ground : 1 see the private soldiers and sailors
of tin Confederacy, and, with uncovered head and
profoundesl reverence, 1 how before those dauntless
heroes, feeling that, if the greatest suffering with the
least hope of reward is worthy of the highest honor,
they deserve to stand shoulder to shoulder with Lee
and” his Lieutanants in the brotherhood of glory.

“The heroic soul greets all heroes as kindred spirits,
whether they are found fighting by its side or leveling
Lance against it. It is the narrow, ungenerous, and
selfish soul that can find nothing to admire in the
courage, devotion, and heroism of its enemies. * * *
In the world’s life, wrong has often triumphed for a
season. There nave been many times of oppression.
where human rights were trampled in the dust by
despotic power, and the hopes of men seemed dead.
But the student of history will find that every chaos
has Keen followed by a cosmos. The agony and sweat
and tears and blood of every age have brought forth
a new and better era.

‘Step by step, since time began,

We see the steady (tain of man.’

“And reasoning from what has been to what shall
be, I believe that not in vain were the battles, ami ao1
in vain was the fall of those who battled and fell
under the banner of the Confederacy. Having, by
their glorious deeds, woven a crown of laurel for the
brow of the South, that drew to her the admiring
mind of the world, by their fall they entwined in that
crown the cypress leaves that drew to her the sympa-
thizing hear! of the world. The land in which we
live is dearer to OUT hearts since it has been hallowed
by t heir sacrifices and watered by their blood. Though
dead, they speak, admonishing us to prove ourselves
worthy of kinship with them, by being heroes in peace
as they were heroes in war.

“In our country ‘the war-drum throbs no longer,
and the battle-flags are furled.’ The quiet stars that,

thirty years ago. looked down on sentineled camps >\(
armed men, resting for the morrow’s conflict —

^jj?- ‘ midst flame and smoke,

and about and groan and saber-stroke,

2^ ‘„ A ml death shots fall in;; thick and fast,’

now look down, night after night, on quiet homes,
where the sleepers, disturbed by no call to arms, peace-
fully slumber until singing birds wake them to the
bloodless labors of a new-born day. Fields that, thirty
year- ago. were clouded by the smoke of battles, and
trampled by charging thousands, and torn by the
hoof-beats of the war-horse, and plowed by the shot
of cannon, and drenched with the blood of the dead
and mangled men, are now enriched by tillage, and
contributing their fruits to nourish the life and in-
crease the prosperity of the people. ‘Peace folds her
wings o’er hill and valley.’ But peace, as well as war,
demands of us high devotion and unswerving loyalty.
If, with peace, we have decay of patriotism and loss
of virtue and the triumph ol private over public in-
terests, and the sacrifice of law and justice to secure
partisan ends; if, with peace, we have the accumula-
tion of wealth at the cost of the country’s welfare and
the honest manhood of its citizens, our peace must
prove but the downward path to the ruin in which so
many nations, once great and prosperous, have been
swallowed up. Better far the desiccations and horrors
of war than such peace.”

CONFEDERATES CA1TU;KI> AT 1’oKT DoXKLSOX.

(‘apt. J. H. George, Howell. Tenn., writes: My dear
old comrade in arms: Years have passed since we last
viewed each other’s face. But when the Yktkkan
puts in its appearance it is like a visit from some old
friend who wore the gray. Then we sit down for an
enjoyable chat of trials and deeds of valor in days
gone by. How vividly are brought to memory scenes
and incidents of the cam]) and field while reviewing
the pages of this monthly visitor. May it still in-
crease and continue to grow better and better.

1 enclose the names of the regiments and com-
manders, as I remember them, that were captured at
Fort Donelson, February 16. 1862: Tennessee regi-
ments — 3d, Col. Brown; 10th, Col. Heiman; 1Mb.
(‘ol. Palmer: 26th, Col. Lillard; 30th, Col. Head; 32d,
Col. Cook; list, Col. Farquharson ; I2d, Col. Quarles;
49th, Col. Bailey: 50th, Col. Sugg; 51st, Col. Browder;
52d, Col. Voohies; 53d, Col. Ahernathy. Kentucky
regiments — 2d, Col. Hanson; 8th. Mississippi regi-
ments— 1st, 3d, 4th; 14th, Col. Baldwin; 20th, 26th
Alabama regiment — 27th. Arkansas regiment— 7th.
Texas regiment — 8th. This last was commanded by
Col. Gregg, afterward General, who was killed in Vir-
ginia.

Curtis Creen, Leon .Junction. Texas, gives the fol-
lowing Concerning the scouts commanded by Lieut.

J. J. O’Neil, Co. K, 6th Ga. Cavalry: “They dressed
in blue and went through great peril-.” Lieut. O’Neil
lives at Rome, Ga, The addresses of the other- are
given in part: Sergt. Wm. Chancy : Curtis and Lee
Green, Peon Junction, Texas; ‘/.. T. Lawrence, Cedar
Bluff, Ala.; A. T.Thomas, Riverside, Ala.: Jo Wilson
one eye out), Mancel Hawkins, Oscar Chateen, Wm.
Andrews, .lames Milican (deceased), John W. Mattox,
now in U. S. Congress, from Georgia. Comrade Green
cannot recall now the names of the other two.

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SERVICES OF A MARYLAND COMMAND.

WAR RECORD OF PRIVATE L. T. DICKINSON, OF CHA TTA-
NOOOA.

In reply to a request that 1.. T. Dickinson, Com-
mander of N. B. Forrest (‘amp. Chattanooga, furnish
-nine data concerning his career as ■.> soldier, thai
modest gentleman declined, saying he was “only a
lousy private:” but there was no distinction in that.
Thousands of us were like the young pickaninny
who, after much ahusc hy his associates, said : “All

is.you’se dem.” How-

e vet, Co 111 ma n d er

Dickinson, who has
given pleasure to many
thousands by bin varied

illustrations in the
V KTI 1; v \ and else-
where, has yielded to

importunities to tell

the story, and in it he
‘gives mucb war his-
tory that will he read
with interest mm and
hereafter :

I enlisted at Char-
lottsvillc. Ya.. August 25, ’62, in a company of Mary-
land cavaly. This company was attached to tht 2d
Virginia Cavalry, and was made Company A. It was
actively engaged from the day of enlistment until
after the return from the battle of Sharpsburg, Bid.
At Winchester, a battalion of Maryland cavalry was
recruited, and our company was transferred from the
2d Virginia, and made Company A of the 1st Mary-
land, with liidgely Brown as Colonel, and nut in the
hrigade of Cell. W. K. .lones. Through the winter
of ’62 and ’63 we were used continuously in scout-
ing and raiding through Western Virginia. In the

spring of ‘<;.’. we made the memorable raid through
Western Maryland, on through Western Virginia, be-
yond Clarksburg, passing down the Kanawha Valley,
coming out at I O’eenhrier White Sulphur Springs, and
thence hack to the Shenandoah Valley. We then en-
tered the Gettysburg campaign. When Gen. J. 1″. B.
Stuart took ail the cavalry for a raid on Baltimore,
our company was detailed as scouts and couriers for
Gen. Swell. During the battle of Gettysburg 1 acted
as his courier. I believe our company was the last to
leave the front of Gettysburg. It was at daylight of
July 5th. The infantry, artillery, everything had
gone, and we sat on our horses throughout the night, fir-
ing as we thought we saw a yankee vidette move, and
receiving return compliments. We hastened to join
the rest of the cavalry, several miles ahead of us.
Covering the rear of a retreating army is not a funny
thing to do. We did it after Sharpsburg, and now we
.had it again to do. It was one continuous tight un-
til we reached Hagerstown, Sid.; and even after that,
■for we had skirmishes every day until Gen. Lee re-
icrossed the 1’otomac. After this campaign, we were
taken from Gen. .lones’ hrigade and placed with Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee, east of the Blue Ridge. Here we had

fighting all along the Mattapony, Pemunkey, and Rap-
pahannock river-. In October, when (on. Lee drove
Meade hack on Washington, we had desperate fight-
ing. October 11. ’63, 1 was wounded at Morton’s Ford,
on tlie Rappahannock River, hut continued in action
until we reached Brandy Station, on the ( ». A’ A. R. R.,
where I was captured, with a number of our company,
while fighting on foot. I was taken to the Old Capitol
prison, in Washington. D. C. Here I remained until
February, ’64, when 1 was moved to Point Lookout
prison, at the junction of the Potomac Liver ami
Chesapeake Lay. After a live weeks’ sojourn hi
was taken to city Point, on the Jamee River, and ex-
1 banged. 1 joined my regiment at Hamilton Court
House, where 1 found it making ready for an active
campaign, under command of Gen. Bradley T.John-
son. (Mir lirst work was to attack ion. Kilpatrick.
who was moving on Richmond, in conjunction with
Dahlgren. <>ur little battalion destroyed the combi-
nation Let ween Dahlgren and Kilpatrick, and, by vig-
orous and incessant harrassing of the latter- rear,
conveyed the impression that he was attacked in force,
causing him to change his movements into a retreat.
For this gallant exploit, Gen. Elzey, in command of
‘ Richmond, issued a general order com-
plimenting the command, and Gen. Wade Hampton,
in his report to (.en. Lee. distinctly gave the credit
of saving Richmond to the little battalion.

After this came the lighting from Beaver Dam to
Yellow Tavern, where we losl our gallant Stuart.

Until June 1st we were engaged in almost daily
skirmishes in and about Hanover County. June 12th
and L’.th we were in the midst of that greatesl of
cavalry battles — Trevillian’s — in which Gen. Wade
Hampton defeated Sheridan. July 3, ’64. we took the
advance of Early’s army into Maryland. We were
hotly engaged in our approach to the Potomac <
ing into Maryland, we had an every-day brush with
the yankees. July 7th 1 ws y wounded in the

right shoulder in front of Frederick City. Md. Here
1 was left in the hospital until Early had evacuated
Maryland, when I was taken to West Building hos-
pital. Baltimore, remaining there until October, then
to Fort Mi Henry, then to Point Lookout, from which
place I was sent, together with about 6,000 sick,
wounded, and disabled, to Savannah. Ga., for ex-
change. The history ot this trip would make a long
story of itself. I arrived in Richmond about Decem-
ber I, ’64, and was placed in the hospital, as 1 was still
disabled, having a minie ball somewhere inside of
me. My shoulder would not heal; if it did, it was
only temporary, as an abcess would form, and it would
break out again. Anxious to be back with my regi-
ment, I left the hospital am) joined my command at
Gordonsville, but the first night in camp gave me a
back-set, and I was sent to the hospital at Gordons-
ville, where I remained until Gen. Lee’s surrender.
Eighteen months after the close of the war. I had the
minie ball cut out of me by Prof. N. R. Smith, the
most eminent surgeon of Baltimore.

Capt. W. C. Moore. Commander of (amp Maxey,
Dodd City, Texas: 1 was a member of the McCullocb
Hangers as we soldiered from the frontier of Texas to
Salisbury, N. C. Five companies of my regiment
came out of the Murfreesboro fight commanded by
non-commissioned officers, of which 1 was one. At,
the end we were Wade Hampton – Escort,

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MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES.

.ludge G. R. Sage, of the United States District

C’nirt. whose expressions concerning the name of our
war were printed in the last Vetkran delivered an
address at the National Cemetery near Nashville,
May 30. There is so much in it to commend that
liberal extracts are given in the Vetkran:

“This year makes a third of a century since the
beginning of the great conflict of arms in which those
whose graves we are here to decorate, and those over
at Bit. olivet whose graves were decorated a few days
since, and hundreds of thousands of others, of the
North and South, gave up their lives. Since then a
new generation has come upon the stage of action.
To-day not a voter in all the land who is less than
forty years of age has any personal recollection or
knowledge of the events of that conflict. The old
Greeks had a law that there should be no monument
of a civil war of any material more enduring than
wood. Their philosophy was to consign to oblivion
all the signs and tokens of civil war. But we have, as
1 earnestly hope and trust, a higher and better philos-
ophy. The events of this, the greatest of all civil
wars, will never be forgotten. Its monuments will be
permanent.

“The Fifty-first Congress of the United States, by
an act suggested by the Society of the Army of the
Cumberland, composed of officers and soldiers of the
Federal army, through Gen. Grosvenor, of Ohio, who
introduced the bill, which was passed by the aid of
vote- of members sent there from the North by the
party that was dominant in the war, and by the aid
also of ex-Confederate members of Congress, acquired
and devoted to the purposes of a national park the
battlefield of Chickamauga, providing in the act of
dedication that the men of the South, as well as the
men of tin North, might there erect monuments to the
memory of their fallen heroes. Similar provisions were
made in an act passed by the Forty-ninth or Fiftieth
Congress, providing for the acquisition and dedication
as a national park of the battlefield of Gettysburg, and
from then until now and henceforth, monuments
could have been and can be there erected by the peo-
ple of the South in honor of their dead who fell upon
that field. In the same spirit the State of Ohio, upon
the recommendation of Gov. Foraker, provided by law
for the inclosure and care, at the public expense, of
the cemetery near Columbus, the Capital City, where
the deceased of the Confederate prisoners were buried,
and that care, at that expense, is still maintained. In
many places, especially in New England, and in the
State of Illinois, the Government purchased burial
plats of limited extent, where both Union and Con-
federate dead were interred and alike cared for.

“Over ‘.hhmi Confederates in all are buried in the
National cemeteries, principally, however, at Wood-
lawn and Finn’s Point, and at .lefferson Harraeks, Mo.,
Cam]) Butler, 111., City Point, Ya., London I’ark, Mil.

” The above acts of legislation, and the facts above
stated, are significant of the temper and disposition of
the Government and of the people of the nation. The
events of the war have passed into history. Out of
them will come, sooner or later, a stronger and closer
union of these States than we have yet known. It
may come slowly, it may come through trials and
difficulties, and bitter clashings of opinion, but depend

upon it. it will come, it must come, as surely as there
is a Providence presiding over our national destiny.

” I am not here to discuss the causes or the merits of
the war, but to speak briefly of the present and of the
future. A few days since a Southern lady of the vicin-
itv of Nashville told me how on various occasions
when the pickets of the opposing armies were thrown
out so near each other that the men could hold con-
verse, they laid down their arms and made inter-
changes of tobacco and coffee and other articles, and
as “Yanks” and “Rebs” came into such daily inter-
course that the officers on both side- were compelled
to break it up for the reason that the men were losing
heart for fighting.

“It was not the tirst time I had heard of the fact,
but it never before struck me with such peculiar force.
It seemed to me that it must have been that the angel
of mercy and love, or it might have been the spirit of
of God, was whispering into the hearts ol those men
that they were not enemies, but brethren, and they
ought not to be engaged in fratricidal strife. * * *

” Above all, let us cultivate that charity that suffer-
eth long and is kind, that vaunteth not itself, is not
puffed up nor easily provoked, that tbinketh no evil,
that envieth not but rejoiceth in the truth, that hopeth
all things and that never faileth. So shall we put
aside criminations and recriminations, bickerings,
heart burnings and dissensions, and present the grand-
est spectacle of the perfect restoration of a great nation
from civil war that the world has ever seen.

“The time is coining when this Government may
be put to a test more severe than any it has hitherto
undergone, and when it will need the utmost support
of every intelligent and conservative citizen. A little
black cloud already appears above the horizon, scarcely-
larger than a man’s hand, but what it portends no one
living can tell. How soon the crisis may be upon us,
or how long delayed, we do not know, but thoughtful
men are anxious and the future looks dark and stormy.
We can weather the storm, but that we may do so we
must, both in the North and the South, put aside all
sectionalism, and rising above mere partisan politics,
stand shoulder to shoulder and present a united and
solid front against the vicious and revolutionary and
communistic elements which threaten the public
safety.

” Whenever that time conies the nation will have’ to
look to the South in great part for the conservative
influence and strength that will enable it to overcome.

” And now, my friends, as taking the first step in
the preparation for that or any other crisis that may
be in store for us, let us set about tin’ redemption of
politics. I have neither the right nor the disposition
to speak as a partisan. I trust that I have no partisan
or sectional feeling in this matter. I do feel that there
is great danger in leaving the management and con-
trol of the politics of this country to cliques or gangs,
oi- sets, or classes of men. We complain that politics
is a dirty pool, ami we denounce politicians. It is our
own fault if the pool is dirty. We ought to condemn
ourselves rather than denounce politicians. They are
emphatically representative men. They study closely
and understand accurately the wish ami the will of
the element that is dominant in politics, and they
adapt themselves to it perfectly.

“If good citizens wish to purify politics let them
take a hand in politics, not to become professional
politicians, but to give enough time to insure the

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167

become clear as

heaven ; for the

and that is an

But this mere

selection of proper men as delegates to nominating
conventions, which would insure good nominations,
and then enough time to vote for good men when
they are nominated. There is not a city in the land
in which the capitalists and business men can in any
other way so effectively contribute to their own mate-
rial interests, in the same length of time, or at the same
expense, as by attending whenever there is occasion to
the selection of delegates to make nominations, and
on every election day giving say an hour to depositing
their votes for the best candidates. Let them do that,
let them vote upon their consciences and not upon
prejudice <>r any other unworthy feeling, and let them
also give to their employes the opportunity to vote
without docking their pay, and their taxes would be
reduced, the police regulations would be improved,
disorder and ‘-rime repressed, genera] confidence stim-
ulated and maintained, the value of property increased,
and general prosperity would 1” unexampled and
uninterrupted. Lei it be understood that th<
citizens of the land, in the city and in the country, are
alike to become and to continue to be thus inter
in public affairs, and the transformation would be
something marvelous. In less time than it would
take to tell it, almost, politics would
crystal and pure as the sunlight of
people would be their own “008868,’
essscntial thing in free government.
material view is the lowest,

” Iu the days of the revolution the men who made
this a nation pledged their lives, their fortune- and
their sailed honor to politics, not from mercenary,
l>ut from patriotic motives. It was a Bad day for the

country when their descendants began to stray from
following in their footsteps

“The old commandment, the commandment with
promise. ” Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy
days may he long upon the land which the Lord thy
God giveth thee,” was never understood by the Jewish
rabbis, nor is it construed by theologians in our day.
as promising long life to obedient children. In that
sense the promise has not. as a rule, been fulfilled.
Their rendering was. and is. that tin’ promise was that
the children who honored the precepts and followed
in the footsteps of their parents should long continue
to enjoy the patrimony which they had acquired by
habits and methods of life necessary, also, for its
preservation.

” I tell you, my friends, we are to-day too near the
danger point. We have lowered the standard. We
have come to disregard, almost to despise, the precepts
and tlie examples of the fathers of the republic, and
we are in peril. We are drifting away from the old
anchorage. There are two periods in the history of a
nation when the mere form of its government is of
comparatively slight consequence. The first period is
when it i- young and weak, and struggling through
poverty for recognition. Then, whether a republic or
a despotism, it prospers, because the people make the
republic their first care, and if the despot does not act
for the hest interests of hia subjects they will rise in
their might and put him to death. The other period
i> when the nation has become Strong and rich, and
ambition and avarice rule the land. Then the passion
for wealth and the desire for place supplant patriotism,
and the period of decadence sets in. Then demagogue-
ism and place hunting and favoritism abound, and it
avails little what may he the form of government.

What we need to-day in this country is the revival of
the old respect for the old landmarks.

“Here, in the presence of these graves of men who
gave their lives for their opinions and tor their coun-
try, let us resolve that we will in truth he American
citizens, that we will show ourselves worthy to he the
sovereigns of the Union, preserved for us and our de-
scendants, and that we will profit by the examples
and precepts and the teachings of those who founded
and those who preserved our liberties. So shall we
best honor ourselves, ami so shall we hot honor the
dead who here and elsewhere lie buried.”

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Copied from a photograph sent to the Ladies’ Her-
mitage Association, at Nashville, through Mrs. H <..
Hollingherg, of Little Rock, by Mrs, Mary Field
Crockett, of Arkai

The Southern Christian Herald, of Kenansville, N. (‘..
states: The first soldier killed on the Confederate side
during the late war wae private Henry Wyatt. of

Edgecombe County. X. (‘..who belonged to < apt..!.
L. Bridges’ company.

W. .1. Blake, Prescott, Ark.: About a year ago we
organized with nearly one hundred names. We will
have our annual camping in .Inly next, when w
peel a good turn out of all veterans in this section.
We will go into camp on the 19th of July. At a
called meeting we elected delegates to Birmingham,
hut do not know whether any of the three elected at-
tended. I will, at our meeting in July, do what 1 can
for the Veteran.

1 68

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

r.Y/o.Y AXD COSFEDERATES IS OKLAHOMA.

HISTORICAL CURIOSITY.

At the decoration Bervice, in Oklahoma City, the
gray and the blue united. Tin- Bervice was in every
way pleasant. Col. A. T. Stone wae orator for the
Confederates. The following notes are from hie Bpeecfa :

“We meet to-day in memory of a common Borrow.
W( meet upon the day Bet apart by the Grand Army
of the Republic, and adopted by the Confederate vet-
erans of this section, to be observed in decorating with
flower.- the graves of our departed comrades.

“The Coufederate welcomes the Federal Boldier at
thea services. If we wen- ever enemies, we arc
friends now. There arc many reasons why we Bhould
In-. History records no instance in which a

; conquest has not been followed by a bitterness
of feeling against the despoiler, that lias lasted for
generations, or for centuries.

•■ The Confederate war — ami such, comrades of both
armies, let us call it. is expressive of a fact and inof-
fensive in its application, either to him who wore the
blue or tn him who wore the gray — the Confederate
war was not a war of conquest. It was a war which
proceeded from and grew out of a cause which the
war itself eliminated from the controversy. Its results
were anticipated, or hoped for, by few, at its com-
mencement. 1 1 ut acquiesced in by all at its close.

“< rreat events Wring to the front the master spirits of
the times. The Confederate war produced a (Irant
and a Lee. a Stonewall Jackson and a Sherman. In
perilous times you cannot relegate to the rear horn
leaders of men. It is the same in civil affairs. Half
the fault lies at the door of indifference. Politics be-
comes a trade, office-holding a profession. The truest,
the bravest and the brainiest men shun political strife.

“The political condition of our country, since the
Federal and Confederate soldier left the field and re-
turned to the peaceful pursuits of civil life, lias not been
altogether such as the soldiers on either side would have
had it. Although this is not, perhaps, the time or place
to Bay it, conditions do not seem to have improved.

“But l’t us, ex-Federal and ex-Confederate soldiers
alike, ignore the past, pledge ourselves anew over
the ashes of our dead, that come what may, we will
in the future stand shoulder to shoulder, as in the
past we stood front to front, in whatever betides us,
and strive to better the condition of our own people
in this our own land.

“Comrades, the sun for us has passed its meridian.
We are looking backward now; and in reviewing the
past, the battles’ array, the mad conflict, the glory of
victory or terror of defeat, and all the circumstances
of grim war, we have a common memory. We know,
now. it was terrible — terrible to all; doubly terrible
to us — terrible in its blasted hopes, its blighted fields,
its ruined fortunes, its desolate hearth-stones — our
dead comrades

” We are friends now. and we are romrades. This
land that was purchased by the blood of our fathers,
North and South alike, is our land that Hag which
was up-borne by our father- on land and sea, at home
and abroad, for a hundred years triumphant, is ours.

“If the Confederate soldier has regrets, he also has
pride — the pride of glorious achievements. He re-
members with pride that nine tenths of every foot of
soil that has been added to the national domain since
the Revolutionary War, was acquired under the ad-
ministration of Southern Presidents and Southern
men. lie stands to-day on no alien soil.”

It is a singular fact that a complete general outline
history of the Confederacy is embraced in the names

of all the State- composing it. to wit: Alabama. Ark-
ansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky. Louisiana. Mis-is-
Bippi, Missouri, North Carolina. South Carolina. Ten-
nessee, Texas, and Virginia, and is obtained in the fol-
lowing manner: Any one of the large type paragraphs,
as indicated below, letter for letter, without using a
Letter in the whole list of States but once, can be
formed, and these several paragraphs so found together
furnish a full outline history in itself from the founda-
tion of the government to the close of the great strug-
gle for Confederate independence:

National Till*:

CONFEDERATE STATES IN AMBBICA.

Capital :

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

Government Instituted:

FEB. EIGHTEEN, EIGHTEEN BTXTY-ONE.

Admlnlsl ration :

DAVIS (Pres’t), STEPHENS (V. Pres’t), HINT! I: Set

HEMMINGER [Treae.

Embassadors :

MASON, BLIDELL.

Army:

CONFEDERATE BTATES ARMY.

Navy :

CONFEDERATE BTATES NAVY.

Knsi^ns :

THE stars ami BARS, THE STARRY CROSS.

Causeofthe War Combined:

NATIONAL INTERFERENCE IN STATES’ RIGHTS.

When the War Commenced :

APRIL FOURTEENTH, EIGHTEEN SIXTY-ONE.

Where the War ( ‘oniineneed :

FORT SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA.

Three Leading lienerals.

Ml. BE UJREGARU, A. P. HILL.

Three (ireal Battles of the War:

Manassas. GETTYSBURG, BHILOH.

Thn-e Leading Naval Officers :

skmmks, BUCHANAN, MITCHELL

Three Begl Naval Vessels:

MERRIMAC, ALABAMA, ARKANSAS.

Three Distinguished Naval Actions:

HAMPTON ROADS, CHERBOURG, GALVESTON.

Three Noted Sieges :

VICKSBURG, PORT HUDSON, LEXINGTON.

Three Destructive Bombardments.

CHARLESTON, .Mi HULK, BAINT PHILLIP.

Three Distinguished Private Soldiers:

CHESTNUT, PELHAM, MUMPORD.

Three Slate Capitals not Captured during the War.

TALLAHASSEE, FLA.; AUSTIN, TEXAS; MONTGOMERY, ALA.

Three of the oldest Southern Newspapers not Suppressed during

the War.

MERCURY (Cha leston), EXAMINER (Richmond),

REGISTER l Mobile).

When the War Closed:

APRIL NINTH. EIGHTEEN BIXTY-FIVE.

Where the War I losed :

APPOMATTOX, VIRGINIA.

War and Pei re met together,

Gray and Blue salute each other.

J. Phib WII.I.SON.

Paducah, Ky., Vols., C. s. a.

CONCISE report?, say from ten to fifteen lines, of
Decoration Day throughout the South would be in-
teresting.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

169

GENEEAL AXU GOVERNOE ROSS, OF TEXAS.

The Bryan (Tex.) Eagle gives a brief but very enter-
taining sketch of the career of the Confederate veteran
commander of Texas. It says:

(ien. Lawrence Sullivan Ross was horn in Ben ton port,
la., September 27, 1838. in the following s.pii n^ liis fa-
ther, (‘apt. Shapley I’. Rosa, moved to Texas, and be-
oame Indian Agent at Ward, which was then a mere In-
dian Tillage. His sister, now Mrs. Kate Padgitt, of
Waco, wast he first white child horn in McLennan County.
His early boyhood was -pent surrounded by hostile
Comanchcs, and inured to hardships and dangers, thus

fitting him for deeds of braveiy which afterward ehar-
sed him In 1858, while at home on a Rummer va
cation from Florence Wesleyan University, of Alabama,
he won his spurs and the sobriquet of the ” boy captain ”
in a desperate battle with the Comanches, slaying
ninety-live of t heir number, capturing 1 hree I mi id red and
fifty head of horses, and recovering from the brutal red-
skins a little girl whose parents were never known,
hui whom Ross brought up and educated, naming her
Lizzie Ross. A dangerous wound received by young
Ross in this engagement almost put an end to Ins bril-
liant career. On his recovery he returned to his Alma
where he graduated with distinction the following
summer, [lie named the little girl Lizzie, in honor of
Miss Lizzie Tinsley, who became his wife in May. 1861,
This 1 was reared in refinement, and married a

wealthy California merchant, but she and a child both
died, leaving no 1 race “i’ race or lineage. — Ed. \ eteran.]
Immediately on his return to Texas in 1859 he was
placed in command of the frontier by the clear-sighted
Co\ ernor. S:un Houston, and. organizing at once a faith-
ful band of followers of like mettle with himself, he de-
feated the Comanches with great slaughter, destroying
their principal village and si rongbold, captured o\ er four
hundred horses, and rescued Cynthia Ann Parker. In
this memorable battle Ross killed in a hand to hand
bat the chief, Peta Nocona, whose Rhield, lame buffalo
1*

horn-, etc., were sent as trophies to Gov. Houston at
Austin, where they were deposited in the State archives.
The incidents of this desperate Btruggle have been rela-
ted with pride by old Texas settlers, and listened to with
thrilling interest by the young around man\ a Texas

fireside, and form one <<i’ the most fascinating chapters

in the history of our State.

Entering the Confederate army as a private, he rapid-
ly rose to major, lieutenant colonel, colonel, and at the

age of twenty-five was brigadier general. He participa-
ted in one hundred and thirty-live engagements of more
or less importance, and hail seven horses -hoi from un-
der him. Lut it was at the battle of Corinth, when in
a charge upon Lattery Rofeinett, within a short dis-
tance of three hundred yard-, he lost fifty out of three
hundred and fifty men before the fori could l.e reached
and taken, that be won his greatest distinction as the

hero of Corinth.” In response to a letter from the

Confederate War Department, Gen. Dabney H. Maury

gave L s. Roes as the name of the man who displayed

the most distinguished gallantry on this memorable oc-

.11.

After the war. which had left him penniless, he went
to forming In is;:; he was sheriff of hi- county, and
as such succeeded in putting down lawlessness; in 1875,
a member of the Constitutional Convention; and in 1 — 1

was elected tO the State Senate, ill which body he -er\ ed

as Chairman of the Finance Committee Often solicited

to become a candidate I rnor, In ly consented

in 1886, when he was nominated ami elected, and was
reelected in 1888 by a majority ol 152,0001 He retired
from this high office with the plaudits of friends and op-
ponents, having given universal satisfaction by hi- con-
Bervatn e, patriotii policy He had the honor of affording
the State two of the most popular administrations that
it has ever bad. In January, 1890, he stepped from the
– nor’s office to the President’s chair of the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College, oi Dexas, where he is hav-
ing ample opportunity to display his tine executive and

] :i| ive ;|hli.

Ross ha- writ ten a t brill t) of carl \

iii the Lone star Republic, including the capture of
< ‘y nt La Ann Parker, note- of which may appear in the

ERAN

At the last < ‘onfi derate iv anion for the Stat oi 1
held at Waco. Governor Ross declined to be a candidate
for reelection, but his old soldiers and other
would not have il. No other man v, lered, and

the yoke of servitude was again put upon him. hut the

•\ as cis\ . Such fellowship 1- I vet ly -uitcd to his

taste. I n an add re– i he Governor gave interesting and
thrilling reminiscences of early times in

W. ( ‘. W I in if. who was a member of 1 he First Mis

-i-sippi Regiment in the Mexican war. was also in the
Confederate war. He relates that the feeling toward
Col. Jefferson Davis was not kind. His discipline was
too rigid for the volunteers, but that after the battl
Monterey and Buena Vi-ta be popular. He

w as a hero in strife.

l>r. L. C. Campbell Camp and I laughters of 1 he Con-

acj ai Springfield. Mo., are raising funds for a

monument there. In thi circularthey say: ‘Can you

help us’.’ ”

I TO

C( )XFKI)ERATE VETERAN.

JOHN kstkn c ;e.

£Kr:icn i:y III- ii:ii:m>. ukv. JAMBS k. WIN! BBSTBB, n.l>., HOW OF
NASHVILLE, iKss.

The facile pen of this brilliant writer, following the
romances of the mountains and the legends of the rivers
in the < >l>l I lominion from earliest colonial days to the
present decade, has enshrined him in the affections of
the people of Virginia as their Sir Walter Scott. It i- to
be hoped that, with such sentiment prevalent, the State
hellovod bo well and for whose welfare be fought with

sword ami pen shall erect a monument t<> tins gifted
son.

“The stories of the Old Dominion” and “The Com-
monwealth of Virginia are text-books of history, fasci-
nating to old and young. It would I”‘ appropriate to
place this memorial to John Bsten Cooke either in the
beautiful capital city of the .lames, which he loved with
poetic affection, or in the historic town of Winchester,

the sacred shrine of his birth and early years. .

In the “Old Chapel” cemetery of Clarke Co., Va.,
among many illustrious heroes, sleeps this brave < lonfed-
erate, the prose-poel of Virginia. On the footstone is
the inscription, ■••’redo.’ Jt remind– the reader of his
simple Christian faith as a communicant of the Episco-
pal Church. On the headstone, a marble cross, is a
wreath of laurel, indicative of his military and literary

SUCCeSSj and under it are the exquisite lines from Ten-
nyson :

For though from out our bourne of Time and I’lace

The Sood may bear mo far:

I hopi b i – e my Pilot face to face
When 1 have crossed the liar.
This selection was chosen for two reasons: il) Be-

cause Mr. Cooke was an ardent admirer of the poet lau-
reate of England, and when the first American edition
of Tennyson appeared, and critics in masse spoke dis-
paragingly of the poems, pronouncing them vapid senti-
ment and juvenile effusions, Mr. Cooke and his brother

almost single-handed fought for the inn- | t whom the

world now recognizes as England’s sweetest bard; and
(2) because the Bpecial lines expressed his heart’s own
sentiment, for he lived and died a firm believer in his
own immortality, with the certain hope of seeing the
Saviour who had guided him through many trials.

horn nov. :i. 1830

DIED SEPT. 27, 1886.

Jjj Between these dates are fifty-six years marking off a
useful life that found pure thought in every landscape
and made it reappear on the pages of his books.

It was a privilege to know this fascinating Christian
gentleman in his home. ‘The Briars,” of Virginia, where,
surrounded by his library and relies, the welcomed guest
found the hours quickly speeding. It was there I min-
istered to him in his last moments on the morning of
September 27. ISSIi. ( hi account of close intimacy with
his family 1 gladly present this sketch of his life to the
Veteran, to which he would have contributed manj

interest ing reminiscences of the war, being more familiar

with all the details of the great leaders and private boI-

diers than any other man I have known.

His family is an honorable one in Virginia. In “The
Manual of American Literature,” Hart, the impartial
critic, thus describes John Rogers Cooke, the father:
•A lawyer of the highest order of ability, a man of
much sweetness of disposition, elegance of manner, and
one greatly beloved by his eminent associates, among
whom were Chief Justice Marshall, Judge Tucker Wat-
kins Leigh, and Judge Stannard.”

In his diary. Bpeaking of his father, John Esten Bays:
■■ My first recollection shows him <>n horseback coming
from Winchester, telling me, ‘No humming tops could
he had.’ luit giving me a common top. which I was soon
spinning. My father was rather a dignified and most
affectionate being of superior nature to the rest of the
world.” The diary also describes the home. “Glengary,”
which was destroyed by fire, at which time reckless
servants and visitors madly dashed mirrors from the
upper windows to the ground. His brother’s little hahy
was discovered safely tucked away between two feather
licds. carefully Carried to one side. Be describes his fa-
ther as the one calm figure amid the terror and dismay
at the burning of his boyhood home. Likening him to
a king whom danger and destruction could not atfect,
whom ruin could not daunt, whose brow was neither
pale nor (lushed: a man “with a pleasant voice, a
ready smile, a bold, calm eye.” These allusions show
the son’s admiration for the noble father from whom he
Caught inspiration for his own life’s work, and to whose
gentlest wish he responded with tilial devotion.

The diaiy again refers to domestic troubles after the
destruction of the home: ” The surge and the big waves
look ii-.’ The death of his brother Edmund, a Brilliant
ami lovable hoy, just rounding oil’ for college, cast a
shadow over the father that was never taken away.
John Esten began his education in the academy at

Charles town, W. Va., and continued it in Richmond under

Dr. Burke, a very excellent master of languages. At

sixteen year- of age he begai t only to support him-
self hut’ to assist his father. At this early age he began
also to study law. being admitted to the bar before he

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171

was of age. During this time he showed extraordinary
literary talent, his tirst regular production being a
novelette called “The Knight of Espalian,” published in
the Southern Literati/ M in 1847. His last work.

yet an unpublished novel, “The Strange Adventures of
Dr, Favart,” is now in the hands of the publishers. Mr

Cooke not only read most of the magazine-, lull 1 –

tributed to a number of them

Judge Basset! French, of Manchester, Va., with a
to the official records of the Confederacy, has furnished
the military promotions of Mr. John Esten Cooke in the
following: “Entered the service with the Richmond
Howitzers, April, 1861; lieutenant and ordinance officer
to <;«.|i. J. E. IV Smart A].ril. 1862; captain and ordi-
nance officer to same. July, 1862; inspector general to
Brig. <ien. Pendleton, 1864 alter Gen Stuart was
killed); recommended by Stuart and approved by Hen
Lee tor promotion; frequently favorably mentioned
in official reports for gallant and meritorious conduct.”
The literary work of 1 1 1 i — Southern patriot i> a library
of fascinating history, charming romance, and graceful
biography, which the Veteran can furnish to all pro-
moters and lovers of Southern literature.

The picture in my mind giving constant pleasure of
this true gentleman is that ofa tender father with three
motherless children, being to them both father and
mother, going with them to church and other places;
reading, writing, and conversing for their sake. The
country home had its “old mammy,” where hospitality
greeted every visitor, and where the time, intersp
with reviews of books, choice quotations from classical au-
thors, and amusing anecdotes, left the fragrance of pleas-
ant Bowers. Among the most highly educated and charm-
ing women of Virginia to-day is his daughter; among the

young men with bright prospects arc hi- tWO sons

E. T. Tollison. of Belton, S. C, wishes information of
T M Tollison, of Company E, Hampton’s Legion, who
served in Jenkin’s Brigade, from South Carolina. He
has been missing since the batt le of Sharpsburg, Septem-
ber 16, 1862.

GEOKGIA IN TABLEAU AT THE REUNION.

I’. M. Stovall, Esq., of Augusta, demurs to the de-
scription of the tableaux at the Birmingham reunion. He
quotes from a report furnished the Veteran the state-
ment that “Georgia had grown restive and threatened

to withdraw.” etc.

Under what was Georgia supposed to he restive’.’ and

from what was she presumed to have been desir.

withdrawing? Surely it does not mean that she con-
templated withdrawing from the Rtsterhood ofthi

federate Slates’ If thai was the idea intended to be

conveyed by the tableau, it was a most unwarranted

aspersion upon the honor of a State that stood the

peer of any in patriotism and loyalty to the cause of
constitutional liberty for which the South fought. If
the tableau was intended to suggest that Georgia had.
oven for a moment, entertained the dastardly thought
of deserting her beloved Bisters in the hour of their

sorest need. I wonder that any Georgian who mighl
have witnessed it did not l’i-e up in rigllteOUS iiidieaia-
tion and denounce the insult to Ids native Slate. I can
only account for this not having been done upon the

supposition cither that the tableau must have had Borne
other meaning or that the meaning was not understood

al t lie t ililc.

The people of Georgia never faltered in their devotion

to the cause which We still helicVe to he jllst. I 1 . r
troops di,| the last fighting at Appomattox and were
driving the enemy before them when the truce was an-
nounce, l. They wen’ largely represented, and did gallant
service iii the I. attics immediately preceding Gen. Joseph
K. Johnston’s surrender in North Carolina Her militia.

composed of old men and boys, were the only militia
that ever Went out of their own State to fight t he battles
of the Confederacy. When Sherman was mar
through Georgia, they confronted him at Griswoldville

and -i 1 up nobly before an overwhelming force of

terans, losing heavily of their own number and in-
Aictin/g loss upon their opponents The Charles-
ton and Savannah railroad having been threatened by a
large column of the enemy from the coast
Carolina, this same militia hastened to that Stale and
by their heroic conduct i tributed largely to there-
of the enemy. I i red when the
fortunes oi the Confederacy were on the wane. Do
they indicate that the dear old Stati enter-
tained any purpose of deserting tic Confederacy or the
noble sisterhood of States that composed it ? No! I
first to last her heart and hand were with them, and
to-day she loves them all tor the Bufferings they endured

alike with ler to the end in a righteous can-.

foregoing was submitted to the author of the
article, and he rep]

v one in or out ..f the Confederate army ever ques-
tioned the magnificent gallantry and fighting qualities
of all the Georgia troops They were always where the

li-hl wa- thickest, and stayed there. S thing at all

about Georgia troops was even hinted at In the tab-
leau referred to the State is till in black, Georgia
and goes a little way by herself. Virginia goes to her

puis her arm ar id her and together ihev walk to

their places in the group. This idea was suggested by
a rumor current about that time that Gov. Brown was
dissatisfied with the condition of then existing affairs.
He was Governor of thi ittitude, as I re-

call, gave rise to discussion. Small matters are empha-
sized in pantomime because there is no speech. One
person may see a meaning by :m act not intended. It is
ystery which gn tlation without

which a scene might be Hat. It was no reflection on

tl ther State to magnify the importan 1 be-

queen the State of Virginia after she cast her fortunes
with her sister States, and yet that was attempted in
the tableau. No one mighl ha\ e so construed it a- shown.
lerson wh – a tableau must have an idea to

manifest. It is the unseen spirit of an ai ting.

R, H.Cunningham; Adjt, of Henderson, writes: \i
a meeting of the Hendersi • lerate ‘

held May 30, 1894, the CONFEDERATE VETERAN was in-
dorsed and adopted as its organ. Il WftS also decided to

convert the Association into a regular Camp.”

Mrs. L. A. Witherspoi obus, Miss.; “You are

certainly doing a noble work in collecting the recoi

that wonderful and evi nn period of our nation

tory. Tl Souvenir number ha- also been reci

ami I must add my | for its I tee I

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

VICKSBUBG.

SOME NEW BISTORY IS THE EXPERIENCE OF OES. FRASCIS A.
SHOUP.

The May Veteran contained an interview with Gen.
Shoup about Bhiloh which was well received. Indebted.
is again acknowledged to Mr. Lynch Perry, ol Oo
lumbia, for another chapter from tin- same irentleman.
Although l>r. Shoup was closely engaged in preparation
for Commencement al Columbia Institute, of which he is
rector, he was pleased to talk attain for “love of the
old Confederates” through the Veteran.

“General. you were in the siege of Vic-ksburg. Would
you tell me something of your experience? The people,
younir ami old, arc showing an im reased interest in the
details of the war.”

I was ordered from Mobile to Vicksburg only a few
days before Grant crossed the Mississippi against that
place, and was assigned to duty in command of Gen. S.
D. Lee’s old brigade of Louisiana troops, consisting of
CoL Halls Twenty-sixth. Col. Marks’s Twenl v-seveiit h.
and Col. Thomas’s Twenty-eighth regiments, all very
full and all splendid bodies of men.

Almost immediately after my arrival Pemberton

ved oul to the Big Black to meet the approach of

Grant. 1 say nothing of previous operations. My liri-
gade was left iii the city as a garrison, so thai I was not
in the somewhat ridiculous battle of the Big Black. All
i say is thai through heat and duet t he t mops came
tumbling back into Vicksburg in utter confusion. The
man J remember most distinctly in it all was Gen.
Bowen, whom I knew Well. lie was commanding Mis-
souri troops, and they were in an awful plight. They
were in utter confusion, and he represented the rest of
the army in like case. Ee said that every thing was
lost. Of course it was no1 bo, but there is no denying
the fad that the retreat was very disorderly, and that
many of the commands were rendezvoused by establish-
enters at which they could assemble.

I do not now remember exactly how lone; it was be-
fore Sherman made his appearance — I think the next
day. I have no time to look up the records now. but I
have this remarkable story to tell: I received an order
from Maj. Gen. Smith, who commanded my division, to
semi a regiment oul on the Graveyard Road to cover a
partj in eat lie from i be Yazoo bot-

toms. I di reeled ( ‘n|. Marks to move with Ids regiment,
but il was Buch a precarious business, and ii was such a
body of men — over a thousand, as 1 remember it —
that 1 thought it prudent to go with il myself. We
moved with the least possible delay, and just as the
lead of the column reached the line of rifle pits, which

Constituted the fa iis fori ilieal ions around the city, a

man came i i thai road at full ~| ni< 1 on a gray horse

with hat otl’. veiling that the enemy was ii] him.

Ee Was brought to me. and disclosed that be had been

chased and shot at just a few hundred yards outside,
and that the enemy in force was at band, lie did not

appear to be a soldier, and 1 am now BOrry I did not
ask wdio be was and how he came to be there. There
was no time for curious inquiries, however, though 1

have often wondered since if il could be possible thai

there were no picked guards, nothing between Pember-
ton and the Federals. I never heard of anybody bill
the terrified countryman, as he seemed to be. I acted
upon his information; halted the command, and, deploy-

ing the two think companies as skirmishers, manned

the breastworks with the remaining companies. This

was all done in a very few minutes, but by ihc time the
skirmish line had reached the civsl of I he opposite ridge,
a diBtance of less than two hundred yards, they were
engaged, I had -i-n t the man who had brought the
news on to lien. Smith, ami a courier to Gen. Pember-
ton with a report of what the citizen said. The news
reached I’einberloii and Smith at the same lime, for
(ien. Pemberton had assembled all the general offioors
to communicate the orders of Gen. Joe Johnston, direct-
ing Pemberton to retire from Vicksburg at once. When

Pemberton received my Communication he told them
that the question was settled and read them my note.
He ordered them to their commands at once, directing

them to move their forces to the line of breast works.

“Do you mean to say that the lines were not manned? 1

There was not a man in the trenches or near them,
from the Jackson road to the river on the left. I Can-
not say how il was on the right. There were some men
at the point where the Jackson road passed out of the
lines, but I doubt if there were any to the right of that
point.

“What would have been the effect if you had not
happened to be where you were?”

The probabilities arc thai Sherman (for it was his
corps which had struck us) would have quietly marched
in and taken possession of the lines.

” Did he press you after he did encounter your skir-
mish line?”

Not at all. The firing continued till dusk. Il was
about I he middle of I he alter u when it began. This

delay on Sherman’s pari saved us. If he had pressed us,

there would have been no question of bis success. It

was a long time I at least it sec’ i ned so to me) before my
flanks were secured. It was in one respect fortunate
that the news found all the general officers assembled.

They got their orders at once, and their movements

were much expedited.
■• What did Sherman do?”

Well, old ii us,’ I could not see how things went on with
him. Our troops were rushed to the lines as rapidly as
possible. ‘I’ll ere was a system of outer works on the left
of the position I occupied. I was nol much more than

half a mile from the .Mississippi on my left.. Immediate-
ly to the left of my position, and something like a
quarter of a mile in front, extending to the river, is

another ridge. This also had on it a line of rifle pits.
and troops were -enl to man them. Sherman moved to
his right, and as darkness came on the firing was con
tiniioiis all along our front almost to the river. It was
a beautiful sight, and continued late into tho night.
The junction between my left and the right on the
ridge in front was topographically very poor, and Pem-
berton vory prudently abandoned thai front line before
morning. But ibis long line of environment shows that
Sherman was in sufficient lone to have made his way
into Vicksburg al once if he had bail enterprise enough

to force iii.-. lie always showed a lack of t his excellent

quality in a soldier.

The fori iiicat ions about Vicksburg were a poorly

run and | rly Constructed set of earthworks, but there

was no point of the whole line which Could not have
been carried by a simple assault without ladders or any
sort of machines,

■• Didn’1 the federals try to carry them by assault?”

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They made several attacks, but no1 one thai bad
any promise of success, or was worthy of being called a
serious assault. The first one was “ii my line the third
day after that. Sherman formed assaulting columns,
and moved out far enough to gel a greal many <>t’ his
men killed, hut he did not get near enough to make it
seem anything more than a gratuitous slaughter.
Young Florence, of New Orleans, who had volunt-
as an aid on my stall’, was killed thai day. We were
standing together in a battery of Bix-pounders and how-
itzers, when he turned to me in great excitement and
said “See, General, they are running I” He tell, and
never uttered another word. My adjutant was shot, too,
while looking over my shoulder. Poor fellow I a minie
hall struck him in the Deck, and he died at once. I had
two others wounded, but the tatalitv was not serious

with my command. The mosl shocking sight I ever
beheld was of a young man who was acting as my clerk
He had amused himself in gathering every variety of
shell thrown at us by the enemy. He had a number of
shelves filled with them in a hole in ilc ground covered
by a tent-fly, just adjoining mj quarters of similar struc-
ture. I had often cautioned him ot the danger; bul one
fatal day he was engaged in opening one of the 64-pound

shells t lie Federals complimented US With every afternoon
for a few hours, when I thought the world had come to an

end. It was in the heat of the day, and 1 was lying down

when the explosion took place. The poor fellow was
mangled so as hardly tn retain the seinhlaiice of a man.
There was very little harm done hy these heavy shells
Of the enemy, however, during the siege.

I did a thing one nighl which I do not feel particular-
ly proud of, hut which I thought then, and still think,
was right,. The enemy were approaching my salient
with a sap roller, which is a greal roller made of withes
and saplings ahout six feet long ami four high, which is

pushed along in front of a sapper who is digging a trench

running tip in the face of the enemy. Word was brought
me one night that this operation was going on in our
front, and they did not know how to stop it. I went to
the point, and found that the Federals were uncommonly
bold, exposing themselves very freely. I ordered the

Colonel in command at the point to put an entire com-
pany on the parapet silently and take aim at the objei t
They tired at the word, and immediately afterward we
heard one of the yankees say “That was a shabby
trick.” 1 hope nobody was hurt, and do not wonder
that they were surprised; hut we were not troubled
any longer with the sap-roller.

They were very industrius, however, under ground.

It was not many days before they had moled up to with-
in a few rods of the ditch of the lunette. We had not
been idle on our part. We had run galleries out in all
directions of their possible approach, and soon we could
hear them working underground, and after awhile we
Could almost hear what they said The question was
which would get the move on the other in the explosion.
We worked very silently and allowed them to gel very
close to us. S.i lone- ms they were working we felt pret-
ty safe, hut it was rather uncanny in those galleries i,…
knowing at what moinenl they might lire their mines.
At last we thought it best to put in our charges, and
we gol them till tamped while they were still working
and only a few feet distant. At hist we touched the

match, and the earth trembled. 1 have never beard how
much damage we did. though really the object was not
so much to kill as to stop their operations. They were
ended at thai point with thai explosion.

They then resorted toa new expedient. Turnine to
their right, they ran along the face of a hillside to reach
a long stockade which connected two points about fifty
yard- apart Tiny constructed a com red way parallel
to the stockade by digging a deep ditch and covering it

with fence rails, two or three deep, to prevent us from
throwing hand grenades and other destructive missiles
and explosives over upon them. \\ hen they had gained
the middle of t le stockade t hey began to run galleries in
under ii. We were fully alive to their operations, and
were hard at work with our counter galleries. This was

the state of case when Pemberton opened negotiations

for capitulation All the day of the 3d of .Inly, during
‘ii of hostilities, both Bides were hard at work-
on their mines at this point; and we should have been

ready to explode tar in front .if the stockade the moment

they were resumed ; so that the stockade would have still

stood, and no breach would have been effected by the
enemy, hut the anxious moments of their construction
were never to he hrought to the issue.

i. .-ii Pemberton took the initiative tot capitulation hy
sending out a flag to Gen. Grant by Gen. Bowen, It

was received by Grant in a discourteous and surly spirit.

Pemberton proposed that a commission he appointed to
arrange terms. Granl declined, declaring that he had no
terms except unconditional surrender Then Pemberton
blundered horribly by going out in person to see Grant.

He was received with scant courtesy and made to feel
that no interview was desired by (irant. Pemberton
was about to retire, telling Granl that hostilities would
be immediately resumed This brought the Federal
general to some sense of the magnitude of the matter in
hand, and he suggested that two of Ins officers, (Jens.
McPberson and Smith, with two of Pemberton’s, Gen’,
Bowen and Capt. Montgomery, should step aside and
confer upon terms. They had a short conference anil
reported, upon which Pemberton retired, with the under-
standing that Grant would send him his ultimatum by
ten o’clock that ni^ht.

It s,-,.nis obvious that it Pemberton had stopped at
home when Grant told him he had no terms to offer, he
would havehad t lie whip hand (irant would never have
dared to order an assault with a proposition to Surrender
in his hands, and he would have been compelled to offer
terms and beg thai they should be accepted or wait the
process of starvation.

\s it was. Pemberton called his general officers to-
gether in anticipation of Grant’s ultimatum It was a
pretty large assembly. The chiefs ol t :
departments appeared and made statements With n
to the state of case in their sever:! 1 domains. These state-
ments were dismal enough. The commissary reported
that he had only two or three days’ rati.e.-; the engi-
neers reported the condition of t he lines very had. and all
the rest presented a hopeless outlook.

Gen. Pemberton asked for propositions, Some one
urged that we should cut our way “lit. It was fully
discussed, tin. I I do not remember that there was any
one who really thought there was tiny tolerable proba-
bility of suee’ess. No one denied that we should he
starved ou1 in a short time, but there wa- a strong feel-
ing against unconditional surrender and against surren-
der at all on the ll h of July.

1 was young tin. I perhaps a little bumptious, hut as
nobody was ready to pro] ise anything definite, I d
took to formula surrender. I tun sorry the
paper is lost. hut. 1 can give the main points very marly,
I am sure. They w . • l hat on day at hour the

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

I old abandon the line and rel ire

fifty paces within and stack arms. Leaving only a guard,
tbey should then retire to the city, where they should
remain until iLe necessary papers for parole could be
prepared and signed. After this was done, the garrison
should resume their arms and be permitted to march out,
with drums beating and colors flying. That having
passed the lines the column Bhould be halted and arms
stacked and then abandoned. Ii was also to be provided
thai Bide arms, horses of mounted officers, private proper-
ty, etc., should be allowed tn pass. The object of leaving
[ate blank was to t i < K – over the surrender by nego-
tiating until after the 1th of July.

While this paper was under discussion Grant’s letter
Btating his terms arrived and was submitted to the coun-
cil by tlif commanding general. He proposed to march
in one division at eighl o’clock in the morning and take
possession. Alter paroles wore signed, troops were to
march out, the officers with side arms, mounted officers
with one horse each, thirty wagons and such provisions
as we pleased from our own stores.

\Iv paper had been actually signed by all the officers
except Gen. S. D. Lee, who stood out that he would not
surrender, though he offered no solution.

Ii was handed to the commanding general. He said
Grant would never consent, and that if the surrender
was nut made on the next day Grant would assault.

He proceeded to alter and amend the paper by seratch-

it and interlining, notwithstanding it was over the

signatures of a Bcore or more of officers. Finally, not

getting it to suit him, he dismissed the council, saying
that In- would attend to it.

A faint semblance of this proposition appears in the
letter he wrote Grant in reply to his proposed terms.
Grant -answered that the amendments could not be ac-
cepted, and that if he was not notified of the acceptance
of his terms by nine o’clock in the morning be should
regard them as having been rejected, and act accordingly.
Would that he had been allowed to “act accordingly!”
ile never would have dared to send multitudes to de-
struction while he bad an offer of surrender in bis
pocket.

Pemberton accepted Grant’s terms unconditional!}’,
and white flags were flying all along the line by nine
o’clock in the morning. Guns were slacked just inside
of t he parapets, and the men retired to the town. Grant
sent in bis division and a bedlam of confusion reigned
for several days while the paroles were in preparation.
We finally marched out with sad hearts, deeply humili-
ated, and the siege of Vicksburg took its place among

the stories of gallant but unsuccessful efforts of history.
■A great deal has been said about Gen. Pemberton’s
character for fidelity. What do you think?”

I on. Pemberton was as gallant and as loyal a man to

tic- cause he was sworn to support as Gen. Lee himself.

He was not a great general, hut he had a hard place to
fill and has had hard measure. I sympathize with him

deeply, hut no -lain will rest ii] his character when

all is known.”

“Tell me a little about the sufferings of I he soldiers.

Well, of course there was much hardship, but it was
not intolerable nor to he compared to wdial many gar-
risons have endured in time-, past. Pood was short and

pOOr. Tea bread is not the most palatable diet ill the

world, but it dill not much hurl the men, and we who

had favor with the commissaries were never without

some flour and meal. We had a great abundance of

sugar, ami I for my pari — or rather my caterer — manage. 1

\crv well. He brought a Stove OUt from town and iiad
a bombproof kitchen in which our colored art isl produced
an abundance of slapjacks and sirup from our sugar
ration. We always bad what purported to be fresh
beef — it may have been mule, some said it was — but
there was no perceptible difference at the beginning and
the cud. I should like to tell you many detail-, but I

suppose this will do for the present. The siege lasted

forty-eight days, the enemy having made his appear-
ance mi the afternoon of .May l v . 1m;:;. and the sur-
render took place the Ith of July, following.

William Miller. Commander Camp 229, United Con-
federate Veterans, Arcadia. La.:
“I put our chaplain to work yesterday morning to

raise a club, supposing it wotdd take him all the week.
He is quite a young man for a Veteran, being only eighty-
two, and has only been in tirn war- besides the ■■ latr”
one. To my surprise he came in this evening with five

names and five dollars. He expects a copy for himself

of the Veteran, and also the “Souvenir;” and he also

wants to know whether or not another club of live will
entitle him to another extra Copy of each, which he
wants to present to a Confederate’s widow.” Reply : 766

B. H. Portis, Lower Peach ‘free. Ala.:

I should have notified you that our Camp, I!. H. G.
Gaines, No. 370, United Confederate Veterans, at our
regular meeting in February, by unanimous vote, adopt-
ed the Veteran as the official organ of our Camp.

Messrs. Houghton. Mefflin & Co., of Boston, are the

first Northern publishers to advertise in the VETERAN.

T1IK NAME OF THE W.\ll.

William .1. Few-el, Ksip. of HI Paso, send- subscription
renewal for .Mrs. J. A. Grenade, of Springfield, Mo
Maj. .1. W. Sparks sends a like order from I’iedras Ne-
gras, Mexico, where he is engaged a- Consul for the
United States. El PaSO has shown more generosity to
unfortunate Confederates than any other place in Dixie.
Next conies an order from < ‘. I.. Edwards, of Dallas, Tex.
Mr. Few-el opposes Judge Sage’s name for the war:
I lake issue with Judge George R. Sage as to the
name of our war. lie suggests ” Rebellion.” No: no.
never. If -ecessiou was right, we were not rebels; if it
Was wrong, then we were. Now what arc you going lo
do with those gallant fellows that believed in the right
of secession? Lei us !»■ consistent. Don’t let us belit-
tle our conquerors who, during the four years of war,
never admitted that we were out of the Union; but just

SO – a- we had furled for the lasl lime the stars and

bars, then we found out thai we were oul of the Union.
During the war we thought that we wen- out: but. no,
no. When it closed we thought that we were back; but,
no qo. “Consistency, thou art a jewel.” The name ol
-rebel” is all right for our patriot fathers of seventy-
six, bui i he ( lonfederate soldier w as aever a rebel.
Rev. John R. Deering, Versailles, Ky.. writeBabout it:
As lo name. I protest against ■• Rebellion.” Yankee
use ha- intensified its inherent hatcfulncss. I approve
heartily vour choice: “Confederate War:” so ii u-as in.
fact. The State- waging it were confederated State-.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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present homo in Arkansas
dating t” the early days

JUDGE JOHN II. BELL, OF ARKANSAS.

>’T “F RAKE ACHIBVK.VEyTS.

The open, trunk face in
Confederate uniform re-
ceived month- ago in-
duced inquiry about thi-
veteran, and the follow-
ing notes have been fur-
nished by ■ Brother
K Reb,” Capt. F. W. Lee,
now of Nashville, Tenn.
Judge John II. Bell,
of Nashville, Ark., is a
native of ( ‘ooper i lounty,
Mo. When quite young
lie moved to W bite Coun-
ty, Tenn., and from there
to Howard County, his
Judge Bell is of lineage
nf colonial hiBtory whose
gallant deeds were reproduced by this manh -i inn in
the tr\ ing days of our loved < lonfederacy. He enlisted,
in 1861, in tin Davis Blues “and took a gallant part in
the Battle of Oak Hill. Mo. This being a State com-
pany, he enlisted in Company I. Nineteenth Arkansas
Infantry. Upon his record are inscribed the battles ol
Oak Hill. Arkansas Post, ami with Price on his raids
through Arkansas, Missouri, ami Kansas II” ami his
comrades on one of their raids subsisted without a
mouthful of bread tor thirty days, living as Indian- on
At the battle of Oak Hill he protected the body
of the gallanl Lyon after he tell. He surrender!
Washington. Ark . in .Inly. 1865. Lieut. Hell was one

of those daring spirits of the sixties whose heroic deeds

would rill volumes. A- a bcouI he had no equal, per-
haps; as an officer his care of Ins men was nnsurp
Built like a giant, he went on when others stopped.
Here is an incidenl worthy of note Once when at

home fur a few days he was surrounded by a company
of bushwackers, and singly he faced and bluffed the
whole company. By his daring talk he made them In –
lie\e that he had hi- company at hand. At the do

the war he retired t.> private life ami earnestly labored
to retrieve hi- fortunes, caring for the many dear ones
Kit lo him. and as gallantly as of “Id has he home the
brunt of life.

Capt. Hell was captured at the surrender of Arkansas
Posl January 11. 1863, bul while held at Memphis he
ami four comrades (James T. Anderson, Cum. Polk, John
a Turner, and Serg Castle) made their escape in a
skit!, and crossed the Mississippi, landing at Crittenden.
Ark.

Many deeds of daring and hairbreadth escapes might he
given. No man could live in Arkansas at an early day
without a ” hear experience,” so I note one of the many
with him worthy of not,.. A friend of (.’apt. Bell’s, in
looking over his desk, found two enormous ivory tusks,
and remarked their si/.es. ” Tes,” -aid Capt. licit, ‘-that
bear came near getting the besl of me. I was on my way
home during the war. near the close, and in going down
a steep hillside I heard a fearful noise among Borne hogs,
and on riding near, and enormous he hear left them and
climbed up a hi^ whiteoak. I had only mv revolver
with four loads, bo I got off my horse and took good aim
and let drive. He did not fall, hut came down that tree

in a hurry and made for inc. I -hot him again, hut had
to jump round a tree t” get out of reach of hi- paw.

Round and round we Went, t lose to turn and -hoot.

I could lid him -crape my pant-, bo I broke down the
mountain ami gol another shot, when we had it round
another trei Bj this time I was getting mad ami had
my last Bhot, bo I turned and got about live -tip- ahead
of him, wheeled round, ami -aw him coming, mouth
open, and foam and blood all over hi- head. 1 took as

g I aim a- I ever did at a “yank,” and let him have it

in the curl ot Id- head, and jumped out of the way a- he
rolled over dead.”

Recognizing hi- worth, hi- friend- made him CO
hie. then County and Probate Judge, and now lie is
honored with a seat in the Arkansas Senate by the
counties of Little River, folk. Sevier, and Howard as a
erat

The Con I Veteran Reunion to take place July

l at Mexia, Tex., will he interesting and pei
Tin- privilege committees have ruled from the grounds
the -al” of beer or whisky and the shooting gallery.
Thp Build i pavilion fifty by

seventy feet The committee asks that all friend- and
who will contribute labor or money arc re-
quested to ‘oiiicr at once with that committee ami give
their name- and the number of days I lint tiny can work
at the grounds As soon a- the name- are all enrolled

a detail ot’ ten men will he taken for till’ first relay,

ond, ami bo on. The have only

such number on the grounds at “in- time a- can be util-
ized as a pioneer will attend to the
giving of their names at once It i- thought thai each
detail -hoiild he kept at Wort; from two to three davs.
Cooked ration- will lie furnished at tin if the
camp, ” Bring along a blanket ami oilcloth, such a- yon
used to capture from OUT old-timed friends, the ‘yanks. 1
We will make it plea-ant foryou.”

Confederate Decoration Days were more largely at-

1 tin- year perhaps than durin. i-m since

the war. At Carthage, Tenn., a plain bul faithful

federate who had never seen BO many people in the
town -aid Tin y don’1 forget that.’

At old Fori I’ thousands gathered at the

Stewart County reunion, and the people of that section
glorified themselves in abundant provision tot- the multi-
tude. Dr. J. c Stcger i- i” lie congratulated heartily
for hi- rich reward iii it- complete – He inau-

gurated the movement, and at first he didn’t succeed; but
tried again, and the last time brought about such influ-
ences a- secured it- success with hi- paper, the Courier.

i’he Editor of the Veteran was present ami vie
eaut iful cei ghest hill, upon which

are buried the Federal dead There i-. of course, > r-

namented place in honor “■ who sur-

fed their lives in defense of their hi it

The BCene Of three S1 : loaded Willi vi-itors,

\ of young men and pretty girls, with frolicsome
huzzas, as all were ready I up the river, was

patbet

Reminiscences of the day in February hen

Tennessee soldier boys, and from the otb too,

by the thousand, went up from that landing into their
first battle, and many to martyrdom or to ]
suffering nigh unto di all contrasted pathetically

with the innocent glee of the new multitude.

Comrade- through ur Dixie Land will instinctively
view the contrast. Tiny don’t forget those awful, times.

i-6

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

Zbc Confederate (Deteran.

One Dollar a Year. S. R. CUNNIIMGHAfll, Editor.

OFFICE AT THE AMERICAN, COBV£» CHURCH AND CHERRY STS.

Thin publication ie inert] ol 3. \ Cunningham. All per-

puolication, ana n-ali/-‘ its benefits as an Organ for

Associal brougl t the Soul i imend its patronage

and toi ending it

THE VETERAN AND THE SOUTH.

Nil other publication in the history of the country,
perhaps, 1ms had such general acceptance throughout
an}- section as the VETERAN. It of course pertains to the

war. and is of more interest to the Confederate soldier
element than to any other. There are thousands doubt-
less who would like the Veteran, but do not take it be-
cause they were not in the war, or did not stay to the
.end. Let comrades say to such that the Veteran has
never contained a criticism against them, neither has
Confederate organizations criticised them. They cannot
ishare equally honors paid uncompromising Confederates,
i)ut as Southern people they share richly in the hero-
ism that makes their section justly the pride of the
bravest and best who fought for the Union, and of brave
men everywhere.

The editor of the Veteran can afford to suggest this
Cooperation. He was captured, and stayed in prison
when comrades took the oath and went home, despite
appeals from himself and others. On two occasions after-
ward he took the peril of making his escape from bat-
tlefields when his associates and officers surrendered.
At another time, when cut off from his command and a
detachment of Federals had him in their power, he was
offered liberty if he would take the oath, but ho said no,
that he was a soldier for the war and would suffer death
before he would do any such thing. There never was a
minute that he would not have died before being untrue
to the cause of the South. Confederates who were
faithful to the end deserve highest honor, and the VET-
ERAN will never pay equal tribute to others.

But the war is over now. and every Southerner shares
the glory of these sacrifices. Hence it would seem fit-
ting for all to cooperate for the comfort of those whose
individual fame will be eternal, but are unfortunate.
broken down with disease or maimed for life, in tBeir
faithfulness to the South. Le1 every man who accepts
these suggestions show his willingness by an interest in
the Veteran. It speaks for them and their welfare.

GEN. WILLIAM 11. JACKSON

The picture on the front page is an excellent likeness.
Next after the name of T. J. Jackson in the memo-
randum of Confederate commanders published by the
United Slates Government is thai of William II. Jack-
son, who is recorded as commanding a cavalry division
under Gen. S. D. Lee, in the department of Mississippi
and East Louisiana.

As second in command of the United Confederate
Veterans a brief sketch of him will be read with the
greater interest by the comrades who were not familiar

with his important career since as well as during the
war.

Gen. Jackson’s parents were both of Virginia, but he
was born at Paris. Tenn., in 1835, His only brother.
Judge Howell E. Jackson, is an ex-United States Senator,
and is now a member of the Supreme ( \iurt of I he United
States.

A West Point graduate id’ the class of 1S.”>(1. he enter I
the regular army and was in the service of “Uncle
Sam,” on the Western frontier in 1861, when he resigned
and in company with Col. Crittenden, of Kentucky, and
Maj. Longstreet he returned to his native State and was
made at once captain of an artillery company.

While leading an infantry charge in the battle of Bel-
mont, Mo., he received a bullet which he has since car-
ried. He was made colonel and brigadier general in
quick succession, and then succeeded to the command of
F’orrest’s old division, with the Texas brigade added.
At the close of the war Gen. Jackson was made commis-
sioner by Dick Taylor for the parole of prisoners at
Gainesville, Ala.

To these brief notes of his military career we add his
remarks on accepting the honor conferred upon him at
the Birmingham reunion: “I have eschewed politics so
far as never to seek or hold any political office, but I
appreciate more highly my selection to this high office
to which you have called me than 1 would to have been
Governor of the State of Tennessee or even to be Presi-
dent of the United States. I prize it above any honor
that could be offered by citizens of America.”

Gen. Jackson’s remarkable career since the war, and
he is now in the zenith of importance as a citizen, will
be read with interest by comrades and by the public.
He and his brother. Judge Jackson, married the two
daughters of Cen. W. G. Harding, who lived near Nash-
ville. Gen. Jackson took charge of the well-known
Belle Meade estate as the venerable Harding became in.
firm of age. Belle Meade is entitled to the pride of its
owner and of the country. It is located west of the
City. The residence is about six miles by the Harding
Pike, and it has been in the Harding family since
about 1800. The acreage is 5,300. All the outer lines
are of stone fencing, thirty-five miles in all. which cost
one dollar a running yard to build it.

The place is noted for its thoroughbred horses. The
figures will Stagger credulity, and yet they are accurate.
The yearlings sold at the annua! sales at Belle Meade
from 1S75 to 1893 inclusive brought in the aggregate
(615,000. And these colts have realized for their own-
ers on the American turf §2,777,000.

One horse, Iroquois, is now regarded the most re-
markable horse in the world. lie is the only American-
bred horse that ever won the three great events of En-

Confederate l/eterai?

(SUPPLEMENT.)

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS, Embracing all these Camps and many other Organizations.

UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERAN ‘AMIS.

This list nt’ its many ( ‘am ] is, Bivouai 3, et
published quite regularly, duI then’ is bo much need
of the space it will be discontinued for the present.
Hence it will be well to preserve this Supplement.

Gen .iim Bi tordon, i leneral Commaudlni Itlat

MaJ Gen Geo Moorman, VdJtGenand i I ins, La.

\ I . \ 1 •• \ M \

MaJ ‘Ji’ii Fred 8 Ferguson, Commandei i.am.

Col Harvey E Jones, Vd t Gen aud Chief of Stall M

Jas M Williams, Brgiadier General ..Mobile

Jno M McKleroj . Brlgadlet \ ■

POSTOI i n i CAMP, HO,

Miii’T i’ ii i’:i|.i W \ Handli

Albert tile i ‘amp Mllli i

Alexandria A lexandrla

A lexauder i h\ I ,ee 101

Andalusia Harper

Anniston PelUam

Ashlai d Henrj D. i llaj ton

AsbA ille si. Clair

Alliens Thos I. II. .I.i-

Auburn Auburn

Bessemer Bessemi r

Birmingham W J Hardee
Bridgeport. Jo Wheeler
Brook wood i unfed. Veteran
Camden. . .Franklin K. Bei I
Carrollton . c lamp Pickens

Carthage \v ii.ni

< loalbnre Frank i ibeatham

Dade\ Ille …. > rav MClmbal.
Edwards\ ille I amp \\ Igi
Eutaw… Sandet

Evergreen i apt Win i

Florence E. \. I I’Neal

Fori Paj in’ w N Estes

Gadsden Bmmi Sanson

Gayles\ Ille join. Pel bam ill.

Greensboro Mien ‘ ■ Jones

Greenville Sam’l I. Adame

Guln I \ i Confederate

Gunters> Ille Mont. Gllbreat b

Hamilton Marion Count}

Hartselle Friendship

Huntsville Egbert .1 Jones

Jacksonville i lot. Jas. B. Martli

LaFayette v. ,\. Greene

l.i\ ingston Camp Sumti I

Low’r Peachtree.B HG Gaines

Low ndesboro …T .1 Bullock II

Marion. ,…I W Garrett v>77.

Madison Sta. ..A A Russell

Mobile Raphael Semmes…. 11.

Monro, -\ ille ge W FOSl ‘i lOl

Montgomery Lomax 161.

Opellks I ,,■,. i ouniv. ,.

Oxford Camp i

Ocark Oral It ISO

Piedmont Camp Stewart 878

Pearce’s Mill Robert E l

Roanoke Mken-Smith 293.

oi i ii i as.
M V Mulling, n A Brown
w 11 Met ord, \-:i Ray
■ Martin, I I I lark

R M I “Ii S, \ 8 sniilh

I F Thomas,.] M Robl ason, Sr.
I \l lli-ln. W II Williams
V SSti i Campbell

..John W. I Dgi i. Jas. D.Ti

I I. Ion.

ii. h. smith, lames ii
W i; Jones, T P «
R I .ion, s, P K McMlller
I. H. Johnson, R. \ i

R D I… i 1,

l;. i lalllard, J. F. i

M. L. Stansel, B. I pchurch

,lno s p.,w ers, J \ Ellioil

wis. Jas \\
W i Mcintosh, w m. I. Rows
w P Howi ii. i J i

II i oil i II. Mundy

PDBow les,

\ M ‘ I’Neal, \ Brown
.1 M l»;i\ idson, \ P Mcl
Jas, \ iken, inv, p. Hughes

B I W i. SM R Bell

\. M. \ \ , i \ . i p Pasteur
Ed Crenshaw. 1 I I ‘- \

. W N Halsey

R T Coll B, J I. Pink..

Robluson S|,r . Tom McKeithen

Rockford Henry W. Cox 276

Scottsboro N B Forrest 1 10

Seale lames F. Waddell 2(18

Selma Cntesltj R Jones

Sprlngville Springs Ille…

Stroud Camp McLeroj

si. Stephens …John James 350,

Suniniertield Col. – Garrett 381

Talladega Charles M. Shelley…246

Thomas\ ille .. Leander McFarland. 873

Tuscumbia rames Deshler 318.

Tnskaloosa Camp Rodes. 262

Troy Camp Puffin 320

Uniontown Tom Calema 129.

Verbena Camp Oracle 281,

Vernon Camp O’Neal SS8

Wetumpka Elmore County,

We.lowee Randolph 316

A .1 Hamilton, J 1 Hamilton
Matt K Mahan, T I Simpson

i ‘ i r, \n M Erskine

.1. ll.i laldwell, W. I.. Grant

…T. J. Hoi. in …… Geo. ii. Black

..RChapman,

B D Portis, N I Mel onnell
.1 L HiiiMin. C 1> Whitman
.1 i la i Moore, Thomas II udson
,W T Garner, Rob! E Wl
I hos I Roi i” . U in I Vickie
w w McMillan, n L Ne\ ille

..Win 11 Jones, .1 11 Higgine
R, M. Greene, I . ‘,>. Burton
Thos 11 Barry, John T iv-arce
W R Painter, .1 I. Williams

…1 N Hood, I . I erguson
Jim Pearce, V M i lark
W A Handle?, P. M Ml K lon-

nasrhv
.1 p Jones, W I’ Whetstone
K. L. Smith, W. T. Johnson

. I II Young, J P 1 1. nr is
K. H. Bellamy, P. \. Greene
Thos p Whitby, Edw P Gait
A. W. Wo.,, Piii, « ,i. Spruiell

. A .1 T hoi ii). so n.. I I.Ktrk-kland
A T Hooks. .i m Pelham
Ed Morrow. R P. Cater
W .1 Rhodes, 1 I Dye

..Jas N i lallahan, Geo B Hall
A. H. Keller, l. P. Quj
A i HargrcH <■. \ P Prince

.. W.H.H. ml.’i’son. UH. Bowles

.. , c ( i … i

K. Wells. .1. A. Mitchell

,.J P Young, T M Woods
.1. F. Maull, Hal T. Walker
,C C. Knl. .f. K. s. Pate

\ RE \Ns.\s.

Ma Hen D M M I ommandi r

Col .1 T .Ion. – i i ‘hlef of stall . .

Jno M IImi oral

1 M Poh in. Bl .1

. V H P.

ibell..

No

Benton L)a> id O. Dodd

a vl 111
Boone’ Hi Cam]

• Point .. Hall. I

Charleston P 191..

t’on«’:i\ .. .1. II 1 .;. v i-

!

Fort Smith B< n I DuVal .

n i Bei M

lln.k. n . rail

Gratiot …

Hoi Si P … 346

ilton Robert W Hai pi

. Joe Nea

V. W P.i.l.sv ill, s III

Newport I ..in i

Oxford Oxford

Paragon ‘ onfed. Su n . \ ore 1 19

Paris i

Praii

Wal

i Survivors

I ..ii Smith
Van B
Hot Spi

Bi n i ii \ ille

.James I., smith. .1. T. .1
S II Whitlhoin.. i I

111:, h

\ 8 Henry, \ . .1

. . w i \ mis, D P ‘ astleberry

J. M. Somervell, J. C. Ansley

A si abell,

i. P. Witt, W. D. Coll
I . M. i. mil. r. I. M. Pat I
M M Gorman, ■ ol R M Frj

. . .1 R IP

Dudley Milnni. M sirmip

\. w. Stewart, John F.Sanor

i.. n .1 do M B ‘ nrl

Wm Pi lampbell. i H Pas. -Pal

.W, s. Hanna, P. W. Harrison
i . 1 .. Hale

. . \ II Si

. , T. T. V

i M Gi iisoii. Palis..),, . .

Van Hnreii I,,lm Wall..

Wal.lroii

W in Joseph E Johnstoi

III r. Win Snoddy
w I Bespban.

. . Wm Mitchell

w.l i OS ones

… i i ■

I Pi r, AM Fuller

« \ Milam, w i –

:n. \.

Ma ■ kison, i lom

i . .] I red I Robertson i ral and Chief ol –

W D Chipley , Bi

Wm B I ral

.

i I. I. . AMI’.

iw Francis S Partov
Hrooksv ille W W Lorlng 18..

I ■ ;i, i. … Pasco i

Defu niak

F”erna til i in. Nassau

Inverness lieo.T. Ward lis

.larks.,, ,v Hie .P. II-

Jackson^ I ‘• Jefl Dat is J.’Hi.

Jasper Stewart 155..

.In no Pat lo n Anderson L’44..

Pake . lllj i olinnl.ia Count I

Marian na Milton

Monti, ello. Patton Anderson. … 5h

a Mai ion Co.C. V.

i irlan. io Ol 54

Palmetto . Geo. T. Ward

P. nsaeola Ward C. V. Ass’n Ill .

Quincy PP. Kenan

St. &.ugustlne .E.Kirb] smith ITS.

Sanfor.l Gen. Jos. Flnnegan.,149

st. Petersburg., lamp Colquitt..

Tallahassee Pa mar 161..

Tampa Hlllsboro 3fi

Titusvllle Indian Rivet 47.

Umatilla Pake i … i . \ . \

. i.-a!a
.,s\ ille

P.l,-:

nv ille
Winter Park

W II p, j nolds.. I A Ai mislead

‘son

Jas E Lee, \ 11 Ra

.1. T. stiii.l.s. D. ‘■. M.I

w . n . Thorn i Hall

W i ‘ Zimmerman. W S Turner

w l> Matthew s..i \ Enslow,Jr

Merrill. C. J. I’ol.’oek

H. J. Stewart. J. E, Hanna

. .1 F Hlghsmitfa

w. u. Moore, W. M, Ives

w 1 1 Bat i” s. i pi
w. . . Pud. p.. W. Pan
i M Mays, Wm i
W Q Join. son. P M Robinson
.1. i . P. l..t..p w. Nettles
W E Anderson, R .1 Jordan
R. IP M. Dat Idson, D. M. Mc-
Millan
W J J a
A. M. Thrasher, C. H. P.ller
W.O. Dodd, D. P. sonihwick
David Lang, P A Whitfield
I . W. M. > rin, II. P. i rane
. ..hen

T H Plake,

GEORGIA.

Ms . .. ii i i.nieiit A Evans, Commandei Cartersvllle

Col A J West, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff. Atlanta

I -i- I hi l n I . DAMP. NO. “1 I ‘e

Atlanta FultonCounty 159…I iKKdwards

Augusta Con. Surviv. Ass’n.. 485…1 E Eve, I M Stovall

i in -ii. s, in,. MiliganConf. Vet….419…J UMcCarter, J M Phillips

Cedartown Polk Co. Con. Vets 108 JM Arlington, J 8 Stubos

Clayton …Rabun Co. Con.Vet..420…S M Beck, W H F

Covington l.tieison Lamar 90s ‘■ D Heard, J W Anderson

liaiton JosephE Johnston.. S4… A. P. Roberts, J. A. Blan ton

UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERAN CAMP LIST.

..1.’ IRG1 \ ■

ICE. I IMP.

I’m bod Ti r. Ill .-.’ on. Vet.

i ‘hai looga Ve(

on [ackson i ounty …

TroupCo.Con.Vets

Ma Bibb i ‘ n

Morgan ‘ lalhouni ‘ol ‘on Vet,

Ringgold Ringgold

Rome Floyd L’o. C. V. A…

■Spring Place Jno. B.

Thorn us \ llle W l» Mitchell

Talbot ton I. BSmltb

Washington lohn T Win

Waynesboro i •■ ■

Pike Co. Conf. Vet

No.

mi .1 W F Lowrey, Wm Kalgler

.422… . I. R Williams

I. Ross, r II Nlbloch
105 .1 I. Scbaub, E T Winn
I M Wiley, 88 Sw
Boyd, A .1 Mui
208 ..W .1 Whltsitt, K BTrlmmler
I . >i elser, .1 T Moore
..i .it. K. Wilson, W. ll. Ramsey
12 RU Mitchell, T N Hopkins

■ ■ in ley, W li Philpo

■ E lr% in

.869.. .Thos B Cox. 8 I! Fulcher
. \v Strickland, W Owya

ILLINOIS.

MaJ Gen Jno < I nderwood, Commander. Chicago

I ulefof Stall Chicago

POSTOFI CA MP. NO. OFFII I SS.

, I…J W White. R Lee Prance

Jereeyville Beuei Jos. 8. Carr, Morris R. Locke

INDIAN TERRITORY.

Mi ‘ N I ■ ■<‘ mander McAlester

c,,l it B Coleman, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff McAlester

Jno L Gait, Bi radii neral Vn

I>.Mii, dler General (Cache

1,1. . . MP. NO.

Ani re Ino H Morgan I07…W W Hyden, FG Barry

leff Lei 68.. N. P. Guy, l:. B. Coleman

KENTUCKY.

Mi i John Boyd, Commander Lexington

Col Jos M Jones, Adjutant Genera] aud Chief ol Staff. Paris

Brigadier I r< neral Russellvllle

General Newport

c imp. NO. II us.

in,., s. Bradley, J. R. Wilson
..’I’ll, una- ll. jl mil ..258…Tbos. H. Ellis, Jos. F. Briggs

P0ST01

Augusta

Barastown ..

Binion Mfred Johnston

Betl el Pat R. I leburne

Bowling i Ireen .Bowline I ireen

Campion

Carllsli

liana

Dan llle.

Km i ii

.876

ill
mi

,i p iinaii, w .1 Wilson

…I. AlTasinith. A. W. Pascom
.W. F. Perry.. las. A. Mitchell
.JosC I lykins, C U Hanks
, iwens, ll M Taj lor
li. M. Snyder, J. Wm. Boyd
.!•:. M. Green, J. II. Baughman
.W. L. Crabb, .1. s. Turner

rge W Cox

Peter Bramblett….

Ben Desha

I. Wai ren i Irigsbj .. 2! i .

!•;. Kirliv Sinilh 251..

Flemlngsburg…Alberl S. Johnston.J!82…Wm Stanley, Jno W 11, 11 in

Frankfort TI ins B Monroe..l88…A W Macklln.Joel EScotl

Geoi W Johnson.. 98…A H Sinclair, J Webb

li Isburg Win Preston 96. ..Bush W. Allln, John Kane

Hopktn ether 241… C F Jarrett, Hunter Wood

Lawrenceburg, Bi D Hardin Helm. 101…JP. 11 Thomas .1- P. Vaughn

Lexington I. < ‘■ Breckinridge …luO…Jobn Boyd, G. C.Snyder

i los E Johnston W2…Dr A H Wall, Jno W Boulden

.\li Sterling Roy s. fluke 2»l…Thos. Johnson, W. T. Havens

Nlcholasvirie…Hurnph’y Marsball.l87…Geo. B. Taylor, E. ‘J’. I. i I lard
ompson 174…WG Bullitt, J. M.Browne

Paducab

i ■
I

Lloj ,1 Tilgnman…
i : . Morgan

„ 163 ,.Thos E Moss, J V < Irlei
85.. \.T. Forsyth, Will A. tJaines

ml Thomas B. Collins 2I£ . Jas. Tevls, N. B. Deatherage

Russellvllle [ohn W. Caldwell.

Shell, \ ville lohn II. Waller

Winchesti r„ R, i W. Hanson,
lllea \i» Buford

189 .1. B. Brlggs, W. B. McCarty
2 87 W F. Beard, R. T. Owen
186 ..B. F. ‘ lurtis, .1. I.. Wheeler
97…J C Balli y, Jas W Smith

LOUISIANA.

MaJ Gen Geo O Watts, I lommander Alexandria

Col T I. Macon, Adjutant Gen hie! ol Stall New Orli ane

POE i,,i i i, i . UP. Mi. OFFICERS.

Alexandria leff I ‘a vis H ,.G.O.Watts,W.W.WhIttlngton

Amite City Amite City 78 i..P.Rlchards,G.W.BankBton

Arcadia ‘ Vrcadia 229…W111 Miller, John I. Oden

Baton Rouge Baton Rouge 17 J. McGrath. F. W. Heroman

Lowden Butler I09…8 M Thomas, B R Nash

Berwick Winchester Hull 178…T J Royster, FO B

Compte CapPerol 897…Leopold Perot, TH Hamilton

Ho a a I, I -mi vill,- Victor Maurin 88 .8 A Poche, P Garrel

een R. L. Gibson… 88 Wm. M.Ewell, I. C.Johnson

i. . \.,.i Onion Par.879 J K Ramsej . n Irenl
Franl In i orlan Cornay ……845…W R Collins, Thos J Shaffer

Gouzalec P. O…Fred N. Ogden 247…Jos. Gonzales Sr, ll T. Brown

on Feliciana 264, Zacb Lea, R. H. McClelland

Lake Charles., i lalcasleu C. Vel 62 ..W.A.Knapg.W. L. Hutchlngs

l, I’l-.n. ni, ne, Lake Provldem i
Magnolia Livingston 161.

..J. C Bass, T. P. McCandli as

.1 ill iiinii. .1 /. r nderwood

Mandervllle Gen.Geo.M man 270 Jos. L. Dicks; R. 0. Plzzetta

Mansfield MoutOU II

Merrick Isaiah Norwood ll”

Monroe. Henry W. Allen 182

Natchitoches.. ..Natchitoches 10

N’eW I lllea US \llliyof N. Va 1

New Orleans Army of Ten li –

New Orleans Vet-Con.StatesCav, 9

New Orleans Wash. Artillery IS.

New Orleans Henry St. Paul I’,

Oakley lohn Peck 188,

, ipelousas R. E. Lee 14.

Plaquemine Iberville 1

Ray ville Hiehland

Rustln Kusion

i ‘. Scbuler, T. < I. Pegue
H. T. Merrick, .1. .1. Taylor
w. P. Roberts, ll. Molse

..1 A Pi i ilie, mine, w ]i Har-

W.K. Lyman, T. B. O’Brien
Gen .1 I’. Vine! NicholasOuny
Wm. Laughlln, E. R. Weill
B 1 i Isbelman, l. A A, lams
.1. Demoruelle, A B Booth
W. 8. Peck, .1. w. Powell
L. li. Prescott, B. Bloomfield
C.H.Dickinson. J. L.Dardenne
152.. .J. s. Summerlln, I I. T. smith
\. Barksdale, J. L. Bond

Shreveporf Gen LeRoy Stafford 8…W Kinney, w ll Tunnard

Tangipahoa Camp Moore 60…O.P. \ macker, G. it Taylor

Thihodaux Braxton Bragg UT6…8.T.Grlsamore, H. N.Coulon

.Ball imore

MARYLAND.

Ma i..t, ,..,,H Stuart, Commander

MISSISSIPPI.

MaJ Gen S D Lee, ( lommander. Starkvllle

i Sj k. s. Adjutant General and i hlef of si air Columbns

owry, ii Igadler < leneral lackson

mi. Bi i-mii di ral Duck Hill

I – I ‘I SICK. CAMP. No. OFFIOEBS.

Amory BtonewallJackson..427…Tb08 J Rowan, J PJobnston

Booneville w . II. 11. Tlaon 179.. D. T. Beall, .1. w. smith

Brandon Rankin 285. ..Patrick Henry, is. 8. kfaxey

Brookhaven Bj IvesterGwin 2 S ■’ I . Hosklns, J. P. Daugntry

Canton …E. Giles Henry 812… , JMGrafton

Centre\ ill. Centres llle. Ml. II I Capell, .1 R Hill

Cbestei RG Prewltl I89…J ll Evans, W M Roberts

ColumbuB. [sham Harrison 27…C I. Lincoln, W A Campbell

Crystal Sp’gs. Hen Humphreys 19…C. Humphries, J. M. H

Edwards W. A. Montgomery 26. ..W. \. Montgomery, T. ll. W.

Barret)
W I. Stephen, w K Penney
i; w William w a Gil-

Gen.S. W.Ferguson, W.Yi i ger

.1 W YoUli’J. .1 li litis \sll.

272 M WStamper.CA Huddleston

21 ‘,. D. llarttlehl. E. II. Harris

220 Sam I’oweii, i . h. Robertson
219…J n Lakey, .1 .1 11

Fayette i. J. Whitney….

a wood Hugh A. Reynolds. ..218

‘ ville…
i – 1,’iiinlit

1 111’ pel SYille

Until, jbu rg
Hernando ….
Hickory Flat

..w. a. Percy

..W. U. Barksdale..

I ‘nt i , mis I’ niou….

.Hall I, si, in-

,.De sot,,

.Hickory Flat .

Ink a Tishomingo C. Vet_425 Geo P Hammersley, J B Mo-

K iimey

Hollx springs Kit Molt

Jackson Roberl A Smith..

KosciuBko Win i;.i 1 1 “in i,-

Lake Pal rons Onion …

. 272

898..
226..

.180..
124

.120 .

Lexington Walter I. Kelm .

Liberty i.mite < lounty

Louisville lohn M lira, Iky 852

Manen Btephen l ‘. Lee 271

Ml n lames Lougstreel

.Man i i,,ii n stockdale

.Meridian Walthall

Miss. I llty H, ail voir

Natchez Natchez

New Albany Gen M P Lowry

Rock inn Catawba

i Ikolona W F Tucker

Port Gibson Claiborne

Ripley ”onfed. Veteran…

Rolling l-‘ork .Pal R Cleburne

Rosedale Montgomery

Sardis rno R Dickens

Senatobla Bill Feeney

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158

…190

….’111

Tupelo lohn M.St, me 131

VaTden Frank Liddell 221

Vlcksburg Vlcksburg.

Wesson Carnot Posey in

Winona M. Farrell 811.

Woodvllle Woodvllle 19

Yazoo City Yazoo 176,

ni.s. ii. Pryor
24 .w ii ii,, 1,1,-n. Gi oS Green
i n i ampbell, -i P Brown
,.\I. W. stamper. C. A. Hud-
dleston
ii .1 Reld, F A Howell
P R Brewer, < leo \ Mciiehee
M A Mills, jno B I
1 1. It. i looke, J. L. Sherman
II. W. Foole, ,1. L. Griggs
it II Felder, s A Matthew
.1 R Mcintosh, B V White
.Elliot Ileum rsoii. FS llewes
i r.V.Lei and, E. L. Hopkins
■ CS Robertson. M F Rogers
i ladr Jones, 1 .tones
B J \l,i„,it. W DFl
\. K. Jones, W. W. Moore
Tin- ll Splght, W i i Kutledge
.1 C Hall, .In,. .- Joor
F A Montgomery, CC Farrar
R ii Taylor, .1 H Booths
i. DShands, T P Hill
Gen .1 M stone, p M Saverjr

S. I . Pain, s, W. J. BOOth

DAI ampbell, J D Laughlln
as i . Lyell, .loin, Kalgle

.1. R, Pinfold, i . II. Campbell

,.I. II. JoneS, P. M. Sloekett

8 D Robertson, C J Dulluisson

MISSOURI.

Mn.i I on ,1 i I Shell, v. I innper Adrian

POST0FFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS.

Exeter Sterling Price 156 i;c Montgomery, .1 C Crane

Kansas i ‘lty..

Morley,

.Kansas City..
I onled. Survivors

..los w Mercer. Geo BSpratl

A .1 I lupton, -las || Powell

NUPTH CAROL! N \.

MaJ Hen E li Hall, I lommander ..

Col .luiiius Davis, a, lii General and Ch

itufiis Pairing, r. Brigadier General

w p Roberts, Brlgadlei I leneral

rosioi i i, i . CAMP. N “.

Bry sou City Andrew Coleman. …801

i harlotte Mecklenburg 882

t ‘Union Sampson I:>7.

Co u’d. Cabarrus Co. C.V.

Hickory i ‘a taw – ha 162

, ton luniiis Daniel 826

Pit i shorn Leon Idas J Merrill 887

Ryan Confederate 11 7

Salisbury < barles F. Fisher 309

Salisbury Col i’has F Flshei 819

States^ llle Col R Campbell urn.

Washington Brj Irlmee

Wilmington Cape Fear 251

Winston Noitleel 186,

Wilmington

icf of stall Wilmington

Charlotte

Gatesvllle

ol I I, I KS.

i:. Everett, B. n. Cathey

. 1> II Maxwell

i: ii Holllday, Jno A Beamao

…l. F. Wlllelord, 1 1. Mel d

…I. (J. Hall, L. R. Whilener

.John P. Leeon

W 1, I Ion. II A London

. . T McBj rdi

..Ino F Ramsay, i < Bernhardt
Col l R Crawford, C R Parker

.PC Carlton,

i; R Warren, CC Thomas
\v 1. DeRosset, Wm. Planks
T .1 Plow ii. Sam’l II Smith

OKLAHOMA.
MaJ Gen Sam T Leavy, C mander Norman

i,i i> h. (‘A.Mr. NO. OFFICERS.

El Reno El Reno 848…

Guthrie Camp Jamison 847…

Norman lohn B Gordon .., 200…T J Johnson, S J Wilklne

Oklahoma City D H Hammons it;.. ..I W Johnson, J OCaslei

SOUTH CAROLINA.

MaJ Gen 8 S Crittenden, Commander (ireen ville

Col Thos s Moorman, Adjl General and Chief ol stair Columbia

Jno Bratton, Brigadier General Wlunsboro

POSTOFFICB. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS.

Abbeville secession 416… , W A Templeton

Aiken Barnard K. Bee 84…B. II. Teague, J. N. Wigfall

UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERAN CAMP LIST.

si >r ni CARi ILINA -Continued,

I I X IB— Continued.

I] FICE.

camp. NO. <>FFH El:s.

,M P Trlbbe. i N Vandlver

White,

Prol \ C Dibble, J W Wart
.Geo I. P.uist. A \v Lam
.Tin o r Malloy. s ., Godfrey
A 1’ Brow ti. 1 ‘ R Flennikln
A II Dean, I V High
i;. I Bowen. J. II. Bowi n
.1 II Brooks, Thos W i arwlle
,E \V Lloyd, Win Quirk

I, P Miller,

.1. W. Norwood, P. T H
CAC Waller, I. M Mot
M 1. Munn, II 1- Coleman

bee, Jan B Tomlluson
.1 W Gary, i- F Boyd
Gen Jag r I/i.-u. K A Schiffley
. II B Hi t
. I .Inn. v
W P i Iresht I ‘ r Bennett

.1. I’ Ml Mill SHIM ll.

Joi Walker, A I; Wood run

pper, P II II u i.
.1 DGrabain, I’ 1′ (jail lard
i: w Mi Reed

mpbell, CG 1

Anderson Camp Benson 887.

Beaufort I

Charleston Camp Sumter

Charleston Palmetto Guard

i in inif .1 B Kershaw 413.

i olumbia Hampton

luitii ans Dean

ISasle; [asper Hawthorn. …286.

Edgefield ill M r Perrlu. ..

Florence Pei Dee

Glymphvllle…. Glympbvllle

i vill..- K. i ‘. Pulllam

wooii i) wyatl Aisei

Hvninii 1 lampton

Ml Pleasant i boa M Wagt

Newberry James u Ns

< Iraneeburg .457..

Pickens Woll ‘ lr. el

Hill i ataw bs

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SuninnrN ll]

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Ma Sen W H Jacksou, Commander 2d Incom’nd 1 .’.’

Col Jno P Hlckmau, Idjt General and t ‘ lef of Staff Nashville

J A Vaughi Memphis

; i Igadlei General iN oxvllle

POST. 1 1 i MP.

Brownsvllli 3 Bradford Porter, H J Llvl

Cbattanoogg ..N

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te\ llle….Sbackelford-Pulton

Franklin.. ……..I len. J. W Starnes

Jackson Jno J ugram

Knowille I

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Sbelbyville. Wm. Frli

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Lieut Gen W L Cabell, Commander

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Abilene Taylor Co U8…H. L. Bentley, Theo. H

Alvarado Uvarado … Jess, M HP.l.J. K. Poi

Win Hart 286 w m Hart, \ir ll ll i

Stonewall 363 .1 M Joni s, W G I

II .1 Brooks, T M i
Ii M. Morgan, W. T. Eu<
J. D.Johnson, J. N. Simmons.
.0 W si onard

W. M. Brown, C. 11. Powell.

Tom J Russi
.Joe Brewster, ll i

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Ircheri I – mewall Jacket

Athens Howdy Martin

Atlanta stonewall Jackson . »l

Aurora … R Q Mills

Austin lno I! Hood

imont \. s. Johnston..

Bel ton Hell i o. ex-t on. As 122

Big Spring? Joe Wheeler.

Bon ham Sul Ross …. I r.P.H ilines.

Inton Terrj 248 Wm. F. smith. 1

Bt cklnrli .1 ri amp, .1 F I

Brenham Washington B lit Giddlngs, J Q Rankin

Brownwood. Stonews I Jackson..H8…Carl Vincent, \ l i Ma

I. B. Rol i W Tab SM Derden

BuflaloGap Camp Mood] 123 B a F Jones, J J Ewbank

Caldwell. Camp Rogi i F Mattbi

Calvert w. P. Townsend …lll…CWHig’lnb’th’m,HF]

l atneron Hen McCullocb … 29…E. J. Mclver, J. li. Moot,

‘”‘II Camp Ross 185…RW Ridley, Tom G Smith

Canton lames i„ 14.. s , w. pj, phot

Horace Randall 168…J. R, B I, J M. w worth

– amp Mcintosh . 361…LS Eddins, WB

Childress losEJohnsl . LCWarlick

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«rne Pat Cleburne B8…J D Mitchell, M

do UbertS i I18…W V.Johnson, T. Q Mullln

Columbus Shropshire-Upton .112.. Geo. Mel ormlck, J. J

( oleman Jno Pelham 78 HI. Lewis, M M callan

Commi E. I 281…GO Llndsey, W E Mangum

.””I”‘ 1 ;••■ •••-.■…Ector 2S4 Geo w Jones, R .1 Pickett

Corpus! hrlstl.. Joseph E Johnston. 8S…H 1! Suthi rland, M CSpann

-“•ana C.M.Winkler 147 R M Ct f

Crockett Crockett 141 Enoch Braxson. J. F. Martin.

Colllnsvllle Beauregard 806 .1 BKlng.W H Stephenson

Emmetl Lj i V Weldon Law

Dalngerfield ..Camp Brooke …807…J N Zachery, J vm.<.

Sterling Price 8I…Dr .1 t st

“” Ben McCulloch „ S0…W \ Miller, A Edwards

DeKalb Com Wallace 289 .WS I list, wart

‘, s “‘ l;, ‘V l29..Hugh McKenzie, J.R.Bnrton.

Dodd( ity CampMaxey 281 ..w C M

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Dublin Krath A Ionian.

Emilia 1 one star

Fairli. Id W m I,. M |J

Flor, ■-■

Forney i amp Bee

Fort Worth R. K. Lee

Frost R. y. Mills

K Jonnston.llS.

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A Chamberl’n, M I’ Wakefield
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Richmond Geo K Pickett .

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Roanoke William Watts..

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Williamsburg ..McGrnder-Ewell 210 T J Stubbe, 11 T Ji
Winchester. Gen Turner Ash bj W McVlcar, E G Hollis

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Washington Wash, city Cnf.-.l .171 .. .1 i. Moo ,.T W Hungerford

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Athene 22

Auburn 4

Benton t

Birmingham 74

Camden B

Uarrollton 6

Edwardvllle 8

Elkmont n

Elmore 4

Arkadelphla .

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Boom, \ ill,- 7

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Fayette vine 26

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Follerton i

Greenville m

Guntersvllle 8

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Montgomery 4!*

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Piedmont 16

Scottsboro hi

Selma 5

Snowdoun ii

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Augusts 13

Canton Hi

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Monticello hi

< icala. 21

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Macon 70

Sanford 20

St. Augustine 19

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Berwick it

Jackson 18

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Baltimore m

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Lexington 28

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Owlngsvllle 5

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Paris Hi

Pembroke 20

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Mansfield 24

Morgan < ‘ity ii

New i llleans .Ill

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Uniontown . r i

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Shreveporl Hi

Pa1 terson I

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Plkesvllle 4

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Boonevllie 7

Canton 7

Centreville 8

i loldwater 9

Colutnhus 23

Corinth.. 4

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Centralis 18

Columbus i

Dexter 7

Exeter i

Golden I lity 21

I Camllton 8

Hlgginsvllle 5

Huntsvllle 21

New York City, New York

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Jackson 6

McComb Citj 5

Meridian 21

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Marshfleld S

Mexico 4

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gland: the Derby, the St. Lieger, and Prince of Wales
stakes. It is a source of gratification to Americans, and
causes their great pride in [roquois, thai being American
he has achieved such victories on English soil, and has
demonstrated the fact thai an American horse thai can
win the English Derby is as successful a sire as 1 1>-
liah horse that wins the English Derby. Iroquois
successful a sire thai ten of his produce -“id in 1892 for
an average of $s 5<K) each, or $85,000 cash for the t< n

One of the luxuries worthy of note, among the many
that are not used, is a park of 500 acres, in which hun-
dreds of deer roam as tree as it’ in an unlimited forest

The success of Gen. Jackson in building up Hello
Meade to its present renowned reputation is evidently
due to the very liberal outlay of money for the beel
stock and for the best improvements, the General sub-
scribing to the idea that “nothing short of the besl in
anything will prove an eminent suci

Gen. Jackson has steadily heroine more and more in-
terested in public matters. Ee is the father of the
“farmer movement” in this country, having organised
at an Exposition here the lirst National Fanners’ Con-
areas ever held in America. And he held the position as

President of that Congress for several years.

lie also organized the first agricultural paper in this

part of the country, i be Rural Sun, favoring the idea that
” agricultural journals, like almanacs, should be calculated

for the latitude they are designed to Serve

lie is :it present President of the Nashville Gaslight

Company, lie is tin- President of the Electric Railway,

which was recently purchased for over a million dollars

and reorganized.

An enterprise of special interest to Nashville people is
his erection of a fireproof building here, on Church
Street, just across from the First Presbyterian Church.

It will be strictly a fireproof building, with all the
modern improvements. In speaking of it the Genera]

said: “There may be larger buildings in other cities, but
there is no building better finished than this will be.”

There are four hundred tons of steel in the structure of

the building. The first story is built of what is known
as fire stone from his Belle Meade quarry. The other
stories will be built of fire brick and terra cotta and cul
stone trimmings, to be same color as the stone of the

first story. The Steel frame to the fourth story is up
and the stone part of the wall is nearly completed The
building will contain a nine foot basement, Seven stories.

and a garden roof lighted by electricity. The garden
is nol to be for the public, but for the benefit of guests
and their friends, an 1 its management will be regulated
by them. All Nashville is proud of the magnificent

structure.

A CONFEDERATE AT A FEDERAL CEMETERI

Elsewhere there is printed a speech of United States

Judge George R Sage at the National Cemetery here.

After the conclusion of the address of Judge Sage. Mr.
Ed Baxter, a comrade of whom all who know him are

proud, in response to an earnest invitation made a brief
extempore address.

Mr. Baxter said, in substance, that though he was an

ex-Oonfederate soldier, he was glad the government of

the United States had established and maintained the

National Cemeteries, which beautify and adorn the

country II, • was glad that the government had recog-
nized the debt of gratitude which it owed to the gallant
soldiers who followed its flair- Those who confronted
the Union soldiers for four long years of battle were the
vitnenses of their valor and devotion to the cause
for which the\ fought.

lie honored the Union soldiers. Be felt the highest
reaper t for the gallant men who lay buried around him.
They were American citizens of the highest typ<
the\ lost their lives in the defense of what they thought
to be the constitutional principles of their country.

It is easy to talk; but when a man risks his life in de-
fense of bis convictions of right, be presents the beBl
specimen of manhood, whether be wore blue or gray.

Though the war had resulted in the abolition of

shivery. Mr. Baxter felt no regel a1 the loss of his former

When he entered the army he left his wife and

child at home, and his former sla\e~ remained with
them Several of those who were once hi- slaves are
now his servants, and for all of them he cherished tha
most kindly feelings. If any one of them harbored the
leant ill foaling toward him, he had never heard of it.

The soldiers in the opposing armies, even in the heat
of conflict, always treated each other with personal con-
sideration and respect. No instance has been recorded
where a soldier of eit her army refused to share his can-
teen of wafer with his wounded foe.

At the close of the war the devastated condition of the

South rendered it impossible for her people to provide
suitable cemeteries and monuments for the Confederate
dead, but. with such mean- as were at their disposal,
they gathered together, in their public cemeteries, the
treasured relics of their heroic dead, and tenderly
for them, as best they could.

While the Confederate dead have not received the
honors due to their courage and devotion, the’ fact that
thi Union soldiers who fell in battle have received the
honors justly due them excites neither envy nor regret,
There is no leaf too green, no bud too bright, to be laid
on the gnu eB of heroes.

The day will yet come when some great hearted man
of the’ North will say. in the hall- of Congress, of his own
volition, and without solicitation from the South, “the
( ‘on federate- \\ ere brave Amen, an citizens, who died in
the defense of their ideas ,,f constitutional prim
Let the nation gather up their relics, and accord to them
the honor- which they -o richly

rhere – not a fool of territory belonging to the Union
which has not been acquired or*defended 1>\ the aid of
Southern valor. During the war tin- South foughl in
good faith, and at it- i lose -he returned to her allegiance
with equal good faith.

The flag of the Union is now. as before the war. the
only flag to which the South yields her allegiance; and
where Bhe gives her allegiance, there also will she give
her loyalty.

178

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

JAMBS G. HOLMES, OF CHARLESTON.

Capt. James G. Holmes, one of the delegates to the
Birmingham reunion of United Confederate Veterans,
from Camp Sumter, No. 250, was born in Charleston, S.
C., June 17. 1843, in his ancestral home thai faces Fori
Sumter, after which his Camp is named. At the time
hie State seceded he n a~ a member of the fourth class of
the South Carolina Military Academy; then al the “Ar-
senal” in Columbia, S. C, where the fourth class spenl
the first year of their academic education before being
transferred to the “Citadel,” the January following and

pr ted i” third class men. Hence it was that Cadet

Holmes took up part in firing on the “Star of the Wesl
from the battery on Vinegar II ill. Morris Island, Charles-

ton Harbor. His class, being the youngest class at the
“Citadel,” was required to do garrison duty. In June
1862, Cadet Holmes was one of some forty cadets who
formed a camp known as the ” < ‘adet Rangers,” and who
left their Alma Mater because they deemed it their im-
perative duty to take the field. They were suspended
li\ the Superintendent, and later expelled by the Board
of \” i>i i ■ ■!•- for rebelling. After the war, however, the
survivors wen- received by the “Association of Sradu-
ates, South Carolina Military Academy,” as members in
good standing. 1’rivatc Holmes Berved with his compa-
ny, which was F. Ti p, Sixth Sunt h Carolina Volunteer

Cavalry, in South Carolina, until May, 1864, when the
Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth South Carolina Volunteer Cav-
alry were ordered i” Virginia, and known as Butler’s
Cavalry Brigade, of Wade Hampton’s cot and, Pri-
vate Holmes sen ed witfi bis command until July of the
same year, when be was ordered to reorganize the 300-
500 dismounted men of Butler’s Brigade into a battalion
of three companies, known afterward as 1 1 Dismount-
ed Battalion of Butler’s Brigade,” or in the parlance of
the mounted portion of the brigade as the “Stud-horse
Battalion.”

As adjutant of tliis command he served until the bat-
talion was disbanded tit Charlotte, N. C, after the fall
of Columbia, where the battalion served under the com-

mand of Lieut. Col. Napier, and foil back before Sher
man. They were of the last troops to leave Columbia.

At Charlotte, X. C, Brig. Gen. E. M. Law. later pro-
moted t” Mai. Gen., look command of all the remounted
turn of Butler’s Cavalry Division, and invited Lieut.
Holmes t<> serve as hie aid-de-camp, acting as assistant
adjutant general until the two portions of the two bri-
gades, Butler’s and Young’s, were reunited under Maj.
Gen. Butler’s command, when Gen. Law took command
of Butler’s Brigade and retained the Bame until the sec-
ond day’s fight i first day’s infanliw fight), when Brig.
(Jen. T. M. Lilian took command the same night Gen.
Law assumed command of Butler’s Division, Gen, Butler
being sick, and (‘apt. Holmes was assigned to duty n-
acting assistant inspector general. This position he
maintained nut il the end.

At the last he joined Gen. Hampton’s escort, seeking
to gain the trans-Mississippi department. At Yorkville,

S. C, Gen. Hampt lecided to go no farther. Capt.

Holmes with his younger brother, C. K. Holmes, joined
Capt. Shad borne, Hampton’s chief of scouts, -till en-
deavoring to cross the Mississippi to continue the fight,
Inn cm reaching Athens. Ga., found it useless to continue
the effort. Capt. Holmes took part in all the fights of
his command; and was only furlougbed when ill with
typhoid fever in Smith Carolina in 1863.

(tn the Meld and in the camp he showed the effect of
his military and mural training at the South Carolina
Military Academy, where duty and discipline are ever
the watchwords. Capt. Holmes has in his possession
recommendations for promotion for gallantry at the bat-
tle of Gravely-run, August 23, 1864 Working quietly

in his 1 le, Charleston, S. C, Capt. Holmes takes a keen

interest in everything relating to his old ebmrades, in-
cluding their exponent, the Confederate Veteran, and
is always to be found, if possible, at Confederate reun-
ions: also on memorial occasions, and especially as a
worker tor .Memorial Hay, May 10th, in Charleston.

It is due to say more of Capt. Holmes as a practical

friend of the VETERAN: When ni fnitr to lliehl d to

witness the final interment of Jefferson Davis, I sought
a gentleman in the special car from Charleston at the

request id’ a niece of .Mrs. Stonewall .laekson, and the
one of whom I inquired said. ” Holmes is here.” and he
went about finding that gentleman, whose first words
were: “I have just taken nineteen subscriptions for
you.” Since then he has gone ahead of all the many
noble comrades and friends who have done so much for
the VETERAN. There are 170 Subscribers in Charleston.

LEE AT A PPOM ATTOX.

BY .1. A. B i . LOB \m.i I BS, cm .

The hist •jnn was lire, I. the la t roll was called,
1 fill starved, half naked, grim, gaunt, nnappalled,

stained with hi 1 and i>ou ler the old army si I.

” I have done, my brave soldiers, all things for your good.”

Thus spake their great leader, deep grief on hia face,
While a halo of glory illumined the place.

Some trailed their muskets and sonic sheathed their -wolds.
They had smiled at < ; rant’s cannon, they wept at Lie’s words.
And Grant was as courteous as the strand k nights of old ;
No glad shouts were uttered, no loud driinis were rolled.

And the victors sainted those gauni men in pray,

And the lire-w inged tempi -t .lied slowly away.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

l 79

BRAVE AND TIME ol,l> SOUTH CAROLINA

At a reunion in Summerville, 8. ‘ ‘.. there were present
about three thousand people. Addressee were made by
Gen. Huguenin, Senator Butler, Col. Coward, Col. Tup-
per, Commander of the Gen. James Conner Camp, and
others. Many tributes were paid to the gallant Conner,
for whom the Camp was named. Gen Butler said,
speaking of him, that it was a special pleasure to
In’ among men whose Camp bore the name of one
dear to every Carolinian, one who was bo distingu
in war. who was also distinguished in times of |
.lames Conner, whose beautiful blue eyes always filled
with an expression of love as li<‘ spoke of South Caro-
lina; Conner, who, in L876, next i” Hampton, was the
man who did most to liberate the State, and who was

o f iiis earliest comrades in arms. ” No honor could

l>e too ureal for him, no memory too dear.”

In continuation Senator Butler said thai it was im-

DOSSible to conceive what a relief it was to him to come
— after months in Washington, spent ill the midst of
political turmoil, where the air was impregnated with
politics and political Bchemei — to a meeting Buch a- this;
n.it to talk politics,. but merely to look once more into

the eyes <<\’ the men with whom be had fought shoulder
to shoulder in the davs gone by, and to clasp once more

the hand of the tew who remained. It was delight-
ful, he ■-.•lid. to lay aside all thoughts of differences of
opinion, if only for the day. and meet as brothers oa the
common ground of love for the State for which they

had fought and for which their brothers had died.
It was at Gravelly linn, hi’ said, that he Inn!

Col. Tupper guilty of as cool a piece of impudence as
he ever heard. A man who had been firing his piece

all day said to ( ‘apt. Tupper ” My pil
fouled.’ “Shut your mouth, you tool.” said Tupper;
“that man next t.> you will get killed in a minute, and
you can take his gun.”

After Col. Coward’s patriotic address Col Tupper in-
troduced – Major” Dibble. This gentleman, after mak-
ing his how. said that now the old French Baying, “All

comes to him who waits,” was home in upon him. In

Virginia during the war he had been sergeant major,
and always called – Sergeant Dibble;” that he had waited
long for the ‘ Major.” hut it had “come at last.”

A more extended account is given of the address by
Col Georgo Tupper. He emphasized the peril id’ Qnit-
ed Veterans through “dabbling” in politics as an organ-
isation and read from the Constitution that those who
did would f< irfeit I heir charters.

He paid high tribute to the heroism of the men and
boys of the South who astonished the North and the
world by the awakened vigor with which they surren-
dered every habit of ease and entered the service of
1 heir own Soul hland

He described the noble manner in which men who
had advocated the rights of the States went forth to
battle for them. A ml continuing be Baid of others:

Who among us cannot remember some fair haired
hoy who threw away hooks and toys to take up arms
in our cause? His life had been like a summer day
all genial and sunshine, hut when the struggle came Ins
hot blood ran wildly through hi- veins, his pure, young
heart heat high with noble hopes, and forgetting all the
tics at home he breathed a fervent prayer for those he

loved and marched to fields of strife. And when the
battle raged at a furious height we have marked his
Steady Btep and watched with pride his steadfast eye as
he walked in the path of death, with the smoke curled
ii)) from the crimson field, and have found him foremost
among the dead, his brave heart stilled foreverl

But tar grander than the faith and fortitude and
Courage of our men was the calm endurance of our
Women Where under the sun can he found
daughters of any land who were more tenderly guarded,
more kindly reveled, and more indulged than the
n of the Soutl ry wish gratified, every hope

realized, every want supplied, they were nursed as deli-
cate flowers that a rude wind would blight and a want

of care destroy; and yet, how brave and enduring they
They saw father and son, husband ami brother

go forth, and they were proud that they went. The

doting mother gave her heart’s pride to the cause with

many a -■■, i. I pang, hut not a murmur of complaint
Tin- devoted wife, whose existence was interwovei

with that of her manly lord, would see him go
with a sorrow to,, -acred for as to know, and yet -he
would not hid him stay The maiden, all youth and
i in– ami love, would twine her snowy arms about
her brother’s neck and weep until her heart won
nio-t break; ami -he. too. would have him go. Freely
would she have given her pure, young lit’ Id him

fVom the Blightest harm; hut she knew that he was
brave and true, and she would rather have him die a

thousand death- than he -hold, I hear a coward- name

or falter in a noble causa

\nd -o. throughout the length and breadth of the en-
South, the greatest -a, riti,,- that heave heart-
made were offered up by our devoted women. They
-aw those th.y loved L r ” forth to battle and die. ami. al-
though thc\ felt it hard and terrible to heal’, they

nerved themselves for every blow ami proved equal to
every trial.

will never tell and we can never know how
many dreary hours ol’ t he silcnl night they spent in the
agony of their hidden grief, praying for those who were
battling tar away or who. perhaps, were lying dead be-
neat h V irginia Bnows

Who of ns did not believe that tin’ faith and fortitude,
courage and devotion of our people would give to our
arms success complete and most triumphant? And yet,

now when we look hack to those four years, we arc
amazed to know that we suffered so mm h and ei,

so long.

In that fatal hut most glorious Btrugg leede

were done, which in after years history will proudly re-
Cord and of which poet- will he pleased to sing. Impar-
tial men will write of tin’ bleeding fei scanty
rations and wasted forms, of the toil and trouble, care
and sorrow of our noble bravi – and they will tell how,
forgetful of every pain and pang, they courted dang

a thing of sport, and fought a- tl gh it was a DOOn to

i their native soil for thi dits. And his-

tory will tell of warrior- -uch a- the wore! has rarely
known.

As long as valor ami genius ai I his memory

will he green in our land and we shall look’ hack’ to his
blameless life and splendid a, hieveinciits with hearts

overflowing with gratitude ami love.

We had in our own little State men whose deeds
should make them immortal, and their name- should oc-
cupy a conspicuous place in the temple of fame. Can
we “recall the magnificent couragi Gist, Jenkins,

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

and Donovant without a thrill of admiration, and re-
member withoat a pang too- painful to express the names
of Frank Bampton and Bugb Aiken, Koberl Jeffords
and George Cuthbert, Allen Miles and Sumter Brown-
field, and the thousands of other comrades who fought,
bled, and died as they did.

South Carolina— God blees her! — was full of pure and
noble blood, and she poured it out like rain. Like the
Spartan mother, she sent her sons to battle with a proud
faith in their manhood and zealous care for their glory;
and when they were brought back to her dead and cold

she took them to her arm-, for she knew that they had

fought for her cause and had died that her name might
be hom ired.

Comrades, let us stand by the dear old State as long
as we live, let us guard her interest and protect her
rights the best we can, and above all things maintain
her unsullied name.

It was determined by resolution of the assembly to
erect a monument in the town near the line between
th. counties of Berkeley and Colleton to the Confeder-
ate dead of the two counties.

years. Senior Commander and acting Grand Command-
er is .1. \Y. Keves. of Tupelo; also Commander .1 If.

Stone Camp, No. I, Sons of Veterans, in Tupelo. The
general roll of Sons ha- over 1,000 names.

“Little Confederates” was the name of a hand of
young ladies that several years ago organized a semi-
military troup, and gave drills and concerts to obtain
fund- wherewith to build the monument in Baldwyn
cemetery. Bach girl is an honorary member of the Circle,

Memorial exercises are held at each annual meeting
for those who have passed over the river: and every
year the name- of all who have at any one time been

members, and have “entered rest,” are called at memo
rial services, and a floral offering to each is placed in the
urn of remembrance.

Next annual meeting at Okolona. Miss., in July, 1S94.
I late to lie announced hereafter.

These dots are to show that Mississippi lias not been
asleep all the long years since the -tars and cross were
sadly furled and laid in the treasury of Southern hearts.

CONFEDERATE ORGANIZATIONS IN MISSIS-
SIPPI.

P. M. Savery, of Tupelo, furnishes the following infor-
mation about the Northeast Mississippi Confederate
Veteran Association. The officers of the State Associa-
tion are Gen. S. D. Lee, commanding; E. T. Sykes, Ad-
jutant General; and P. M. Savery, Inspector General.

Tupelo, Miss., June 7, 1894.
The oldest organization in the South is in Northeast
Mississippi, and is known as the Northeast Mississippi
Confederate Veteran Association. It was organized by
five ladies and three veterans April 2ii. 1866, at Bald-
wyn. Miss. Annual flower decorations have never failed
since 1866, Decoration day now 10th of May. It. was

first known as Baldwyn Confederate Memorial Associa-
tion, but after completion of monument ii was changed to
Northeast Mississippi Confederate Veteran Association.
It- membership now is composed of veterans from the
counties of Lee, Prentiss, Alcorn, Tishomingo, Itawam-
ba, Monroe, Chickasaw, Pontotoc, Union, and Tippah,
and honorary members are from other different portions
of Mississippi. It- President since iss2 has been Mai.

Cen. John M Stone. nm\ Governor of Mississippi. I’.

M. Savery, of Tupelo, is its Adjutant General. Bach

county has a ganization subordinate to the District

Association, and they are known as Lee Division, Pren-
tiss Division, etc.. taking name of the several counties
where organized. Each division i- regularly organized,
and the membership is now about 1,250 veterans.

Daughters of the < lonfederacy are also organized as aux-
iliary to the association, with county organizations like
the veterans, and their roll has about 1,000 members, in-
cluding tic floral roll. Mrs. .lose Frazer Cappleman, of
Okolona, is its present President. There are Presidents
for the county organizations. Mi— Willie Tyson, of
Baldwyn, is President of I.e.- < ,’ounty. The name of the
ladies’ department, as above uoted, is “Fidelia Circle,
No. 1. Daughters of the Confederacy,” and it iscomposed

of the county division-.

Sons of Veterans are also organized, and have been for

EPITAPH ON STONEWALL JACKSON.

[Written by .1. B. S. Dimitry, while in South America, author of the epitaph

on Albert Sidney Johnston.]

This monument —
The gift of friends in England –
Was brought across the sea and raised
In the city of Richmond,
In the SUite of Virginia,
His mother,
To the memory
of
THOMAS JONATHAN JACKSON,
Who,
Living in an age of principle,
Chose what was a losing cause;
But to that cause
He gave a faith so true, a spirit so pure,
A genius so grand in a mold so heroic,

That his countrymen revered him,
Even hi- enemies honored him,
And a distant people, reading a lofty nature in lofty works,

Called him great !
His life was one of many and sharp contrastings,
Yet the meek simplicity that marked his character
Welded these into harmony.

A devout Christian, he was none the less a bold soldier;

In peace, tender of the humblest; in battle, his was a sword

that

Conjured victory.
Strong in the qualities that shine most fitly in civil life —
A mild teacher gathering the peaceful harvest of youthful

minds,

In war, approved of conscience, be towered a prayerful giant.
Ami, on historic fields, rivaled the choicest deeds of his

Most famous ) predecessors;
In every phase of his stainless career,

In bis home, among men, with his pupils,

In his Slate’s brightest hour, in her darkest,

He stood, ever, in himself,
The type of a noble race’s noblest teachings;

Ami bis fame,
Hounded in all, guarded from wrong by the verdict of hi- COn-

tempories,
Shall, when men’s places come to be fixed by the recurrent
generations,

Stand, Inline its judges, linn like a –
STONK WALL.

\V. L. Stephens, Payette, Miss., writes ibis statement:

The private soldier never made a mistake. lie was
always fore St in bailie, always in the right place.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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THE RUSSELLVILLE (KY.) REUNION”.

Maj.J. B. Briggs, Rwsellville, Ky. : You say thai Com-
mander Brigga was directed by the Camp to invite the
Tennessee Division of Confederate soldiers specially. s\s
its organization has never been embraced in its annual
and official reports, the contrary is the case. The Ten-
nessee (.’amps have always put the John W. Caldwell
Camp No. 139 in its official publications, For which the
Camp feels very thankful. Aside from ihis our Camp
No. 139 has always Inch invited by the Tennessee Camps
to all of (heir reunions, and have usually been well rep-
resented — and we appreciate it — and wish, therefore, thai
all the Tennessee Camps will come to Russellville, Kv.
on September t. 1894, and meet the Orphan Brigade

and enjoy an old fashioned harheeue and Kentneky liur

g n the campus of Bethel College, one of the most

beautiful spots in Kentneky. Every preparation is be-
ing made to entertain every one who will eoine. and it

is expected thai it will be the largest gathering of ” old
Confederates” thai was ever held in Kentucky.

The error Corrected above was made through the use

of the letter ” n ” before ” ever.”

A YANKEE BEHIND A BIG PINE TREE.

On tln> L’Tth day of May. on the \.w Bope or Dallas
line, our regiment, the Twentieth Tennessee, was or-
dered from our left toward the rigbl for a mile or so to

support some cavalry. We arrived al the place ol desti-
nation aliout sunset, and found the cavalry dismounted

and skirmishing and retreating until they were ii r

rear and nothing between us and the enemy bu1 a few
bushes and some large pine trees. Ii was now almost
dark, and the skirmish line of the enemy had gotten un-
comfortably close, iii perhaps fiftj or Bixty feel of us.

One of our hoys. .1 . .1. ( ; . exclaimed, “Thi

yankee!” and with the words bang, bang from perhaps
a dozen Enfield rifles rang out on the Btillness of the
night. Brother yankee exclaimed in a loud voice
“Yon are mighty righl it is a yankee!” and launched
himself behind one of those big pine trees untouched and
unhurt, lie was doubtless a brave fellow, for he had
not been there behind the big pine long before, hearing
some of our boys laughing, he said: “0 Confed., Con-
fed., what makes you cough SO? We will make you
COtlgh worse than that in the morning. <> Con fed .

( ‘onted . come o\ it and give us a whirl. ( > ( lonfed., come
over and get a good cup of coffee and a good blanket to
■ under.”
Some one of our boys here said to him: “You had
rather have a negro under thai hlanket with von than
one id’ us.” Ourofficers forbade us talking further with
him, and during the night he tell back to safer quarters.
Next morning just at the dawn of day tie
Tenth” (Tennessee) passed over our line and soon cap-
tured some thirty prisoners without firing a gun, hut
whether our pine tree neighbor of the nighl before was
among them I have never known. • Weaver.

Maj. Fred C. Low. Gloucester, Mass | have
been aide to find any of the Confederates who were in
front uf us at Petersburg, Va., June 18, 1864 My
regiment, First Maine Heavy Artillery, are to ded
a monument on the i • P. Hare Held, at Petersburg,
June 18, 1894. Ii is the same tield i.en tendon came
over and captured Fort Sieadimiu. March 25, 1865,
when he caught the Ninth Army Corps napping.”

Miss Sue M. Monroe, living on the Manassas battle
ground, iii Bending Subscription renewals and for the
“Short History of the Confederate states” by Jefferson
Davis, writes of a visit hy herself and her guest, Mr-.
Messenger, to the Henry House by which Jackson stood
■’like a stone wall,” Baying:

It looks now- like it did then, only there is a fence*
. . . You know the old lady was killed during the
first battle. She was wounded in live places all I was

eighty five years old. Her daughter lived to he eighty-
two years of age, and her son is about thai age now . lie

does not look so old. He lives at the old home, and t he
only other person who lives there is a colored man who
works the farm Mr. Henry has marked the places
where different officers fell.

i ‘apt 1!. R Foster, writing from the Soldiers’ Home

Chelsea. Mas-, inclosed a clipping from the /

containing a compliment on the elocutionary at-
tainment of Miss Mayme \ Leahy, of Richmond, Va.,
and Miss Carrie Mead, of Dallas Tea saying: I
because of the deep interest tin i seems to take

in the young ladies of the South.”

PROOF THAT SOUTHERN] RS WERE HEROES.

In its plea i tency in behalf of pensions the

tie, of Washington, D. C, censureB ‘soldier-
hating papers ‘ for failure to depict the awful conditions

in war tunes It says among many illustrate

They never evpal I that the gC

nieiit moved against the rebi i ing the campaign

of 1864 the enormous number of 700,000 effective men.

tbly twice or thrice the number of effei I

i before into battle that within thirty day- alter

th. operat in fully 100,000 of these were either

dead or wounded, and that another thirty days saw an-
other 100,000 killed or wounded, and that Virginia and

Northern ( ne vast charnel houses, with new-

made graves as common as the bullet-scarred
that everywhere al fighting hue there was

an unceasing i Iwart, brave, enthusiastic young

men ever pressing onward to the battle front, and an
equal lj ceaseless tide ol I. maimed, broken

struggling painfully to the rear and tl

of 1 he hospitals. The homes, farms, and fa e lories ol the

North were constantly drained of their 3’ouths to supply
aps made in the ranks hy I he i ms of

war. Myriads of recruil her in

men as fast as the fighting devoured them.

Ii is these facts thai the young men and women of
to-day find as hard to understand as they do the fury,

I he w reek, and ruin of a tornado in some distant State.
They shudder at the report of a half-dozen killed in a
railroad accident or a score swept away hy a tornado;
hut they do not reinemher that 10,000 men went down
in twenty minutes before tie storm oi

rhai heat upon them from the rebel breastworks at Cold
Harbor, and that regiments which went into the Wilder-
ness 1,000 Strong left from one-half to Iwotlni
their number lying in its pi iv shadows.

Co die Tribune these words are commended:

“The I Tax e « ill honor II e bra Ve, vanquished none the

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

Maury County, Tenn., lia-< done well in honoring the
dead buried in the Columbia cemetery. At the recenl
reunion there “it was pathetic t” -ee the tears actually
stealing down the bronzed and battered cheeks of the
‘old boys’ as they looked up at the -star- and bars,’
and then down upon the greensward with the simple
white slimes which mark the resting place <>t’ dead be-
roes. The ceremonies were opened by the chaplain, Glen.
Shoup, who laid down his arms in one sacred cause to
take up those of one more sacred. A choir of ladies and
gentlemen Bung ‘My Country, 1 and afterward the
■ Bonny Bine Flag.’ The Bpeech of Judge Patterson
was a plain and In nest putting of (acta and expressions
of simple emotion.”

as. You may remember the Btory of John Randolph, of
Roanoke, at the race course. A man stepped up and

ottered to het him ten dollars on a certain horse, and
said. –.My friend. Mr. Smith, will hold the stakes.”
Randolph squeaked out in his must emphatic tones
•• Hut who will hold Mr. Smith'”

It turned put that Lee reinforced Stonewall that
Dlght, and “Old .lack” went around to Pope’s rear.
making a “Second Manassas.” and the colonel on his
way tn prison saw Dr. Jones, owned up like ;’ man.
and was very severe upon Pope’s “bungling.”

win he won.h p.i: \ confederate.

Echoe* of the South contains a pathetic story of a little
Southerner with bis mother in a Brooklyn theater,
when the play was ” Held by the Enemy.”

During a brief intermission he asked: ” What did the
Yankees fight for, mother’.'”

•• For the Onion, darling,” was the answer.

lust then the curtain fell, and the orchestra struck up
“Marching through Georgia.” An expression tilled
with painful memories, brought up by the air, swept
over the sad face of the mother.

After a brief pause the little fellow asked: “What did
the i lonfederates tight for, mother?”

The second question was hardly asked before the
music changed, and the ever-thrilling strains of
“Home, Sweet Home” flooded the house with its
depth of untold melody and pathos.

” Do you hear what they are playing? ” she whis-
pered. That is what the Confederates fought for,
darling.”

Then he asked quite eagerly: “Did they fight
for their homes?”

” Yes, dear; they fought for their homes.

Was it the touch of sorrow in the mother’s voice?
was it the pathos of the soft, sweet notes of ” Home,
Sweet Home?” or was it the intuition of right t No
matter. The little boy Looked up at his mother
with adoring eyes, burst into a flood of tears, and,
clasping his arms around her protectingly, sobbed out:
“O mother, I will be a Confederate’

The mother’s tears mingled silently with those of her
true-hearted boy as she pressed him to her heart anil re-
peated softly :

” Vi’s, they stood I’m- borne and honor;
Yes, they fought tor freedom’s name.

This bright monthly for May contains a well-written
article by l!ev. J. William Jones on the battle of Cedar
Eun. When the Federals, under flag of truce, were

burying their dead, a spirited discussion arose between

him and a federal colonel concerning prospects ahead,
when the yankee drew a roll of greenbacks from his
pocket and offered to bet $100 that in twenty four hours
Stonewall Jackson would be in full retreal toward Rich-
mond, and I’ope iii his pursuit. The Confederate de-
clined to bet, as he had never done so on any account,
and besides he said:

If all other conditions were favorable, we could hardly
find a stakeholder who would be satisfactory to both of

Members of the Eighth Confederate Cavalry living
about Columbus, Miss., inquire why it was that they did
moi receive any of the silver paid to some of the Confed-
erate soldiers near the dose of the war. It was evident-
ly because they were not accessible to it. There were
certainly do favorites with the government, but earnest
effort was made to pay all fairly of the small fund of
silver on hand

GENERAL BEAUBEC A 111>’S WILL.

“I GIVE to THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, s. 0., IK ACCEPTA-
BLE To IT, THE SWORD WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO ME BY
THE LADIES OF NEW ORLEANS IN 1861, FOB THE CAPTURE
OF FORT SUMTER.”

The City Council of Charleston sent a committee to
New Orleans for the sword, and when they returned, it
was formally presented to the citizens by the Mayor at
at a large public meeting. All the survivors; the mili-
tia, bearing draped flags; the Mayor; and aldermen
brought it to the hall where the citizens had assembled,
while the church bells were tolled and cannon tired.

Ad jt Fred L. Robertson, Brooksville, Fla., writes of a

mailer ibat deserves attention by Camps:

Some correspondents in the VETERAN BUggest a trav-
eling card for comrades. The idea is timely. True,
any man “can buy and wear the Confederate Veteran’s
badge,” and while this is true I do not like the card. It
is troublesome to get and to keep. I think a counter

sign issued annually would accomplish all that the card
would and entail no expense. The Commanders of
Camps would of course not issue the countersign to any
one not entitled toil; and they and the adjutants being
the only officers authorized to give ou1 the countersign,
would make it in fact a l.etier protection than the card
could possibly be.

CONFEDERATE VETERAX.

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Ml HUM:- Ol l I s m:-~ ll it: I – — * C1ATION.

A demand for the picture of the editor of the Veteran
comes with Buch friendly regard a* to merit attention,
and it became the incentive for publishing a group of the
Tennessee Press nt the recent annual meeting in Jack-
Don, li may be modestly claimed that the figure re-
ferred i” is thai of the politest man in the crowd- prooi
given in the picture. The sunlight was ool as painful
as is apparent by the squinted eye. The picture is not
a good one : but bad subjects rarebj make good pictures.

The Association had a very pleasant reunion at .lark-
son, ami were shown through tin- John Ingram Bivouac

quarters there, the finest lol of war relics to be found per-
haps in the country. They went by special train to
Paducah, Ivy., as guests of the Tennessee Midland and

P. T. A A. railroads. Col. M.w hade them help iheni-

Belves at an elegant dinner. A singular and very in-
teresting event occurred in the response tor the Press

by (‘apt. .1. llar\e\ &£athes, as both were wounded at

the same time in the war. and had never met afterward
until that day.

Subscribers at Washington, Ga., are informed that
Miss Gertrude Cordes, daughter of the late Heniy Cor-
des, is authorized to take renewals for the \ kiii;\\
Honor to ihe memory of thai faithful patriot. Wash-
ington for some lime bad a larger list than any city of

Georgia through his work. Let every one of the old

lisl renew in compliment to the first solicitor if the

\ i n ran ie at all worthy.

In the July Veteran ii is designed to devote consid-
erable space to an epitome of many articles that cannot
well lie delayed longer. They contain many thrilling
and pathetic incidents I orrespondents whose articles
have been delayed are informed that there is good in
every one, and by and by it is designed to give the cause
the benefit of what they have contributed.

John I.’ Carwile, Bradley S C. The four year- I
spent m the army are the proudest in my humble ca
and I can .and idly say thai I did my duty to the best of my
ability. I served as adjutant of the Seventh Regiment,
South Carolina Infantry, Kershaw- Brigade, MeLaw’s
Division, Longstreet’s < lorps, Army of Northern Virginia.
\fier Kershaw – promotion to major general he honored
me with a position on his staff. M\ first fear’s service
was in the ranks. I do not give my positions in a

boastful spirit, for above all others I I -and doff my

hat to the heroic privates of the ( ‘on fe I era i e infantry.”

.1 i ‘. Birdsong, Raleigh, N < I

ahlcd me to find army friends whose whereabouts were

unknown. Is 8 practical printer I think the VETERAN
is all I hat anyone. in make-up and proas work.

By tin’ way let mi’ say that I claim the honor of hi
returned to work sooner than any comrade that was
with -Mars Bob ‘at Appomattox. Arriving home (Pe-
tersburg, Va.i late Saturday afternoon, I secured cases
on the /’ I ian two hours, and re-

turned to the same stand lliat 1 had vacated four years
before when I left with I’ >oyS for Norfolk.”

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

KILLKI) TWU ARTII.l.KKYMKN WITH IIISSABKK.

Joshua Brown, who was of the 2d Kentucky Cav-
alry, writes: New York, April 7. 1894—1 give you an
incident of the second battle of Manassas, in which
the Colonel of the 1st Virginia Infantry killed two
Federal artillerymen with his sabre, as it was told me
by an eye witi

When orders reached Longstreet’s Corps it moved
forward, forcing an almost impregnable, though illy
defended, pass of the Bull Run range, and marching

Col. F. G. Skinner.

all day. part of the time under heavy artillery tire.
The men occupied in the evening the position assigned
them on the field of the second Manassas. They re-
mained in position until aboul three o’clock the oexl
day, when fj< rse’s Brigade, Kemper’s Division, was or-
dered to charge the enemy’s line and take a battery
which was verv annoying. Tired with the monotony
of long suspense, at the order the men sprung forward
with irresistible alacrity, broke the hostile line, and
can ied I be battery on a run.

Here occurred an act of gallantry worthy of note.
The field officers of the brigade, so destructive was the
fire of the enemy’s sharpshooters to all mounted men.
had been ordered to dismount, and all had done so
save Gen I orsi and the c mander of the 1st Vir-
ginia Infantry, Col. F. G. Skinner. When the regi-
ment, got within twenty or thirty yards of the guns
the Colonel dashed ahead of them into the midst of
the hostile battery and cu1 down on,’ gunner justas
he seized the lanyard of a gun heavily charged with
grape, which would have been fearfully destructive to
his men. Col. Skinner carried the heaviest sabre in
the army excepl thatofa Prussian friend,Von liorke,
of “Jeb ” Stuart’s Staff. The Federal gunner was cut
through his collar bone, and his head almost severed
from his body; hence the Colonel’s reputation with
the A run of Northern Virginia of having severed a
a man’s head at a single blow. Immediately alter this

an artilleryman seized the bridle of the Colonel’s

horse, checked him up and fired a pistol in his face.

The Colonel turned his face to one side in time to es-
cape with a slight wound on his ear. His assailant
dodged to escape the sabre, hut the heavy weapon
passed under his shoulder and through his heart, and

the man was dead hefore he fell to the ground. This
is probably the only instance in battle where Feder-
als were killed by the sword of a Confederate infantry
officer. When the Colonel’s men picked him up, he

having been shot through the right side, the hall shat-
tering in its course three rihs and the breast hone, the
first words he uttered were, “Didn’t old Fox (his
horse) behave splendidly?” To show how close was
the action, in addition to the above wounds men-
tioned, his left arm was struck between the elbow and
the wrist by an explosive ball which broke both hones.
This incident is mentioned in the report of Gen. Corse.

I went down on Staten Island from the city to see
tie old gentleman the other day, ami found him very
feeble, being now in his Mst year. He is living with
his son-in-law, Capt. Thomas G. Green. When I told
him I had heard of this incident the old fire was
fanned to flame in his bosom, and as he raised him-
self from his couch his eyes flashed, and he seemed to
feel that he was mounted upon his old charger again
leading his men to fame. Col. Skinner is a perfect
type of those few remaining highly cultivated, elegant
and courtly gentlemen of the old Southern school.

Since the foregoing was put in type Mr. Brown has
sent a clipping from the Turf, Field and Farm, which
contains interesting notes:

Col. Skinner died in Charlottsville, Va., May 21.
He had spent the winter in New York, where his fee-
ble frame suffered from the cold wind, also an attack
from indigestion, and he asked to he taken to Virginia,
where his lungs could inhale the invigorating air and
his eyes rest upon the Blue Ridge which he loved so
well. At Charlottsville he lingered for some weeks
surrounded by loved ones. He calmly closed his ej es
when the white-robed messenger entered the sick
chamber. He had passed his 80th birthday. Col.
Skinner was horn at A nnapolis. Mil., March 17,1814.
When twelve years of age he was taken to V ranee liv
(len. Lafayette, and there educated with the grand-
children of that distinguished man at the castle oi

Lagrange. He returned to Maryland, and <>n the death
of Lafayette was sent by President Andrew Jackson

to France as (he hearer of letters of condolence voted

by Congress to the family of the deceased General.
While a planter in Mississippi he found delight in
riding to hounds. He entered the army as Colonel oi
the 1st Virginia Ihgiment. He had lost his property,
and resolutely faced the future, and went to New York
in 1865. He joined the editorial stall’ of the Turf.

Field mill Farm, winked with energy, ami rapidly made
friends throughout the North. In the spring of L871
he went to Egypt, and remained there until Decem-
ber, 1872, a trusted friend of the Khedive. The train
which horc the remains to Baltimore on Wednesday
forenoon was met on its arrival there by an escort
from the old Maryland Line, and taken to the family
vault, where sleeps the dust of the ancestors of Col.
Skinner.

W. C. Zimmerman, Commander Camp at Inverness,
Fla., May 7. 1894: 1 am truly gratified at the action of
the Birmingham Convention ill reference to the Vkt-

ki;a\. Thus far 1 have not secured many subscribers,

I. ut .-hall soon issue an order for a. reunion in this

county, when 1 shall make it a point to obtain suh-
scrihers. Your paper improves with age, and ought
to I’e in the hands of every old < ‘onfedcrate, or his son
or daughter, if he has gone over the river.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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CONFEDERATE VETERANS ENTEB A DRILL CONTEST

AT MEMPHIS.

Biscoe Hindman, President Tennessi e Sons of Con-
federate Veterans, furnishes this memorandum <>f the
Memphis drill between Confederate Veterans and the
Chickasaw < ruards:

About 5,000 people present, the grand stand being
crowded to overflowing, and Beats being placed in
double rows around tin’ entire grounds, ami hundreds
of people were compelled to stand up. Splendid brass
band in attendance. The “-tars ami liars” and the
old Confederate “battle Bags” w ere 1 < ‘i is | iii u. m 1 – ‘
over and around the camp of the old veterans, while
the veteran Chickasaw Guards carried a beautiful

silken flag— ” Stare and -tripe-” won l.y them in One

of their many victories. The old < Confederates drilled
according to Hardee’s Tactics, and the Chickasaw
Guards according to Upton’B. The veterans had been
practicing several weeks, and executed all movements
with the utmost precision, calling forth from the vast
audience present continued bursts of enthusiasts ap-
plause. The Chickasaw Guards made a must magnin-
cent Bhowing, and upheld the splendid reputation
they have always borne.

After a must earnest and painstaking consultation
the judges all “impartial” men unanimously
awarded the |iri/c to tin- Confederate veterane

Great interest was shown from start to finish, and
although the sun’s rays came down scorchingly, the
eiithusi.i-m continued throughout.

Object: To erect a monument to the UluetriouB
Gen. X. B. Forrest.

After the drill was over both parties marched through
the city to the Peabody 1 l”tel. where eloquent Bp 1
were made by a number of the Boldiers present.

LAST DA YS f>F THE AJi.VY OF TENS1 SSEK

.1. T. 1 . IN -I NXY SOl’Tir.

“Halt! camp at full distance, unload your guns,
Stack them, and rest at eas<

At this all field officers seemed to retire into the

thick woods that surroundid us to hide their faces tor
a time, and left us to draw full rations from our imagi-
nations. We looked and listened in the death-like
silence for an answer to our hungry thoughts. We
saw our trims left without a guard ; our cannon was
left alone in open ground. No picket had been put
out to herald the approach of our enemies, who had

been following us for two days. We listened closelj
and expectantly for orders to build breastworks, hut
no orders came. We sat and dreamed. We walked
around. What was happening in that once jubilant
army’.’ Now it was so still. Only the neigh of
hungry horses broke the death-like silence. In this
awful stillness and stupor the trees, the shadows,
seemed to sigh ” Death. Death.”

The stillness is broken as if by mat

The thun-

der-tones of the enemy’s cannon, familiar, oft repeated,

echo over hill and dale, and through the woodland,
on the right and on the left, behind us. We rush to
to our posts and wait for orders to fall into line. We
listen for the bugle and breathlessly wait for the long
roll, but no bugle sounds, and no orders to fall in. * *
We see the field officers as they ride slowly about
and seem to he dreaming. When one is asked to ex-

plain what this awful suspense means, he only answers,
“I don’t know ; hut something will he known to-night
on dress parade.” The suspense only incn
time nl dress parade is called. Bach

to he first, a line is formed in less time than ever be-
fore. All are ready and eager to hear, yet afraid to
hear. The Adjutant walks out in front of the line,
hut he look- downcast. His walk, his feature- t, II
that unwelcome news or some evil forebodings await
11- When he pulls from hi- pocket a piece of brown

paper, he says :

“Soldiers, this i- hard to read : not because it is not

well written, hut because of what it contains.” His

is husky a- he read-: “‘Robt.E I nren-

and we arc now entering a ten days arin;-

That’s all. Officers return your companies to their

tective quarters

Ah, yes! The cannon that have thundered all day

i- tie rejoicing <•( the enemy ! Will we also have to

give up? If so. where will we he carried ‘.’ What is
tie end’.’ Will we go home to gee the dear ones that
we have not seen in so Ion-‘ Will we ever know
whether they are yet alive, or will we, must we. fill
the prisons ,,( the conquerers Yet v. : ” j s

answered. In this -train we are left until the thunder
tones of Lincoln’s death resound from end to end of
our army. Ten thousand men join J<x Wheeler to
cut through the enemy and try to escape to I
But soon the order, declared a hopeless undertaking,

i- cancelled. * * *

W e made out our muster rolls and drew our rations.
Joe Johnston issued to us the thirty thousand dollars
in silver that Jefferson Davis had given him for his

services tO the ( onfederacy.

We started home without even seeing the United

States Army, with our colors floating in the breeze,

not knowing vet that it wa- a conquered banner.

Then, as we did pass outside the enemy’s line, our sad

\ ed sympathy from the ‘ hoys in blue,” and

bidding them a comrade’s farewell, we inarched on

homeward. But, oh. the heartaches on that march!

Di 1 ORATION Day, Cl EBURNl . Th \ \s— On May 15th,
according to the annual custom, the graves of the Con-
federate soldiers buried in the Cleburne Cemetery
rated under the – of pat Cleburne

(amp. No. 88, U. C. V. The lire department, children
of public schools, citizens and old ex-Confederates
formed column on public square, and, with the Cle-
burne Cornet Band at the head of column, marched to
the cemetery. At the decoration fourteen beautiful
young ladies represented the States of the Southern
Confederacy. Speeches were made by comrades -I. M.
Hall. E. (‘.’Towns. A. F. Johnson, I..’ B. Davis and .1.
F. English. Their theme was about the valor and
heroism of those who gave up their lives for the South.

John D. Mitchell, Capt.

M. 8. Kaiii.k. Adjt.

Dr. N. B. Kennedy, who was surgeon of the 27th
Alabama Regiment, write- from Billsboro, Texas,
May Kith: The Hill County, Texas, Camp, No. l ‘>♦’•,
United Confederate Veterans, headquarters at Hills-
boro elects the following officers: B. Knox. Captain
Commanding; -1. W. Morrison. First Lieutenant: .1.
T. Harris. Quartermaster. T. D. Carney. Adjutant.
The annual reunion will occur at Hubbard City,
Texas. Date not yet fixed.

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

Pbof. William D. Cabell, Principal of Norwood
Institute, Washington, D. C, which lias been so liber-
ally advertised in the VETERAN, is ever zealous for the
interests of his people at the South. Prof. Cabell is
the head of the I’nion Hill branch of his distin-
guished family, and was born there in 1833. Until
after the war he remained there and possessed a large
portion of the ancestral estate. He named his place

Norw I. In lN. r >”> he married Miss Bettie Cabell, a

distant relative. One of the two daughters by that
marriage is the wife of A. Moore, Jr., a distinguished
lawyer and statesman, of Clark County, Va., and the
other is Mrs. Stephenson, of Virginia.

In 1868 Prof. Cabell married Miss Ellet, a daughter
of Col. Charles Ellet, Jr., a distinguished civil en-
gineer, who built the first suspension bridge in this
country — at Niagara. By this second marriage then-
are two sons and three daughters; Ellet, the elder
son, is a graduate of one Virginia military institute.
A published account of Prof. Cabell says:

“He gave his best efforts and devoted his whole life
to the service in which the people were engaged. His
two brothers served in the Confederate Army, but he
was not permitted l>y his fellow-citizens to do so. His
was the more difficult and equally perilous task of
conducting the home defenses, arresting deserters,
controlling the negroes, transacting general business
for the county, and cheeking the progress of the ene-
my. In the performance of these duties he was tire-
less, in the saddle by night as by day, visiting the
recesses of the mountains, ferreting out the men who
sought refuge there and sending them back to the
field, while he provided for the support of their fami-
lies. His house was the refuge of all who needed help;
his private means were exhausted in providing for

all who came to him. He had unlimited powers from
the County Court, and was known through the country
side as the “red fox,” so energetic was he, so active
and almost ubiquitous. He shared the last crust with
the wives and children of the soldiers, and the close of
the war found him with a ruined and devasted farm
and homestead, a shattered constitution, and a county
debt to him of forty thousand dollars, not one dollar
of which he has every asked or received in return.”

After the war his brother-in-law, Rev. T. F. Martin,
an Episcopal rector, now of Nashville, opened a school
at Norwood. This institution was soon enlarged, and
free tuition given to young men who had served in
the Confederate Army. Board and clothing and books
were furnished by Prof. Cabell as he was able.

Several years ago Prof. Cabell opened the Norwood
Institute in Washington, and with Mrs. Cabell Ms asso-
ciate principal, has an institution suited to the finish
of girls in education, and at the same time giving that
training in society which makes the thoroughly edu-
cated woman.

D. J. Wilson, Era, Texas: I was a member of Capt.
.1. E. Simmons’ Company, A.. :’.:’>d Mississippi Regi-
ment, Featherston’s Brigade, Army of Tennessee.
Capt, Sitnms would always give his company a big
dinner of pork and potatoes once a year when it was
possible for him td do so. He was loved by his men.
At the battle of Franklin he said to me, as we were
going into the charge, November :’>(), ISM, “Pan, I
will beat you to those yankees over yonder.” Says I,
‘Captain, I will get there by the time you do.” The-
first line of works was soon reached. I fired my gun
at the enemy as they were leaving these works, and
was reloading when I saw our Captain’ on the works
waving his hat to his company to “come on.’ – He
leaped off of the works and called to his company.
“Come on, my brave boys, let’s drive them from the
field!” He went over the main line of works at the
gin house and was captured. I was wounded in the
hip just at their abatis. The smoke soon settled on
us with the darkness, so we could only see by the light
of the guns. Our flag bearer was killed on their
works. The enemy got the flag. If the old regiment
could get our flag returned to them it would be a
pleasure to have it at our reunions. I wish to corre-
spond with Mr. Yarber, of a ;’-‘outh Carolina regiment,
and a Georgian of the 5th Georgia Cavalry, whose
name I have forgotten. They were with me at Sauls-
bury in IS bo, when we made our escape from Stone-
man’s soldiers. If either of them sees this he will
bring back to mind anew the narrow escape we had of
our lives.

Dr. J.T. Wilson, Commander of Mildred Lee Camp,
Sherman, Texas, May 10, 1894: Our Adjutant repre-
sented the Cam]) at Birmingham. He was sick and
at his hotel. If he had been present he would have
cast the entire ten votes in favor of the Veteran. At
a meeting of our Camp last winter I offered resolu-
tions making the CONFEDERATE VETERAN the official
organ of the Cam]), and it was unanimously adopted.

W. A. Campbell, Columbus, Miss.: We are getting
up an entertainment now to assist in putting head-
stones over the graves of the dead soldiers who are
buried here in our cemetery, at least 1,200 in number.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

187

MISTOOK EACH OTHER FOR AN ENEMY.

A SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

DR. I. It. STINSON, SHERMAN, TEXAS.

Gracie’e Alabama Brigade occupied a position in the
trenches in front of Petersburg to the left of the “Cra-
ter,” near where the Norfolk & Western Railroad
crossed the lines. A ravine that passed through the
breastworks, and had thus been dammed up by them,
became filled with water for a considerable distance
and made quite a pond. Between this pond and the
railroad above mentioned was a space of perhaps two
hundred yards, where Confederate and Federal picket
lines were very close together, in fact uncomfortably
so. While on a tour of inspection along the lines one
day (ien. I. ee, seeing the close proximity of the two
picket lines, both being but a short distance from our
main line, remarked to (Ien. Gracie, “Those fellows
are too close there.” Gen. Gracie construed this into
an order for him to capture the line of Federal pick-
ets When night ”anii’ be directed (apt John C.

Mo orbead. of the list Alabama Regiment, to take his
company, numbering about sixty men. and seta

more men from the regiment and go over and capture
the line at t he point of the bayonet . He did not wish

to bring on a general shelling, hence the order was not
to fire a gun, but to effect the capture at the point of

the bayonet. In Moorhead’s company there were two

men named Sparks and Glenn, I think mess-mates

Leaping the works and approaching the enemy the
boys began “taking them in” a- last as they came to

them The nighl being very dark, and owing to the

noi8e produced, Sparks anil Glenn, above named, mis-
look each other for enemies, and. true to their orders,
tried their bayonets on each other, and getting in too
close quarters to use their guns thej clinched, and
took it “list and skull.” 1 11 the scuffle they L’ot into
the water of the pond. It occurred to Sparks, the
older and stouter of the two men, that it’ he could get
his antagonist into the water he would drown him.
So. dragging Glenn out to where the water was about
waist deep he ” souzed ” him under. By a Strong ef-
fort Glenn got his head above water and called for
help. When he did this Sparks recognized lii> voice
and said, “Why. Jim Glenn is this you’.'” ” Yes, by

, it is. 1 reckon we had better quit, hadn’t we?

Turning each other loose they went back, recovered
their guns, and each captured a prisoner and came
back over the works dripping wet.

Compliment to Mis- A. C. Childress, New Or-
leans, Secretary of the N. C. V.— The Survivors’
Association, of Charleston, showed their appreciation
of that young lady- work for Veterans, by sending
her a souvenir of the Birmingham reunion. It con-
sists of two mother of pearl placques Bfc1 in silver
frames; upon the one is a photo likeness Of Fort Sum-
ter after the South Carolina troop- bail bombarded it
in 1861 : in the other a photo of St. Michael’s Epis-
copal) Church, showing side views of the City Hall
and county court-house, the last named built 01 brick
brought from England. These placques are very
handsome, and were made in Germany, to the order,
and from the designs, of one of our leading jewelry
firms. A solid silver bon-bon souvenir-spoon, show-
ing on inner side of bowl Fort Sumter in 1865; on
outer side, St. Michael’s Church : and on end of handle,
in bas-relief, coat of arms of South Carolina. Multum
in parvo truly for a spoon.

The American Life Annuity Co., of Nashville, Tenn.-

Mr. Edgar Jones, President, Sends Out

This Important Letter.

Mi I’kar Sir— I herewith band you literature setting forth
the plans of the American Life-Annuity Company, to which I
respectfully invite your especial attention.

The object of this new company is to give to the people of
the South perfectly safe ami reliable life insurance, at a less
rate than is charged by Northern and Eastern companies, and
by this means keep our money at home. When we consider
that the South pays annually to Northern and Eastern compa-
nies for life insurance about Twenty Million llollars, Eleven
Millions of which never in any way returns, it is certainly time
for Southern people to call a halt and think Tennessee alone
has, in the last three years, sent to these companies over Two
Million Hollars more than was returned in death benefits or
otherwise. No wonder we are a poor people. « • •

We propose to give aa good value in the way of protection as-
you can timl elsewhere, and at i> — coat; and auain, in patron-
izing home enterprise yon. in a sense, patronize yourself I
know the company to he on a solid basis, and will state that
• ngth is far beyond the – irces. It is more

than able to carry out any and all its contra.

The success of this new enterprise depends largely upon the
endorsement given it by the husiness men not only of Ten-
out the entire South. We would be pleased to furnish
plans of the Company to any persons interested. Insurance
– throughout the South are requested to invi stigate them

President.

The foregoing letter from Mr. Edgar Jones, President of the

American Life Annuity Company, recently organized at
ville, was at once interesting to the Vetera*. That Mi. Jones
commends its reliability is enough When the editor of the
Veteran, a country I Nashville he met Mr.

Edgar .Tones. He has known bill] these many years, and is
gratified with an opportunity to testify to strangers that they
may rely implicitly upon any statement Mr. Jones may make
When Nashville hanks were in great jeopardy, a year or so

ago, Mr. Jones was selected to plan adjustments, the bank of
which he was President not being embarrassed. lie has always
held the confidence of this city and section.

The American Life-Annuity I seeks husiness from the
South alone. Lei every Southerner in the Imsiness of Life In-
surance investigate its plans. It is unqualifiedly commended
in these columns so far as the integrity of its management is
concerned. See that your friends. Insurance Agents, apply to
this Company for its plans. The result would be hen.
doubtless, to the South, and it would help the Veteran for its
real power to he thus made known.

THE BEST OF ALL.

Partnership In a Wholesale Shoe House Secured by a
Jennings Graduate.

Marion Smith, son of Prof. R. McPhnil smith, of the Vander-
bilt Law School, has accepted a partnership with Pairish &
Mason, shoe manufacturer! city. Marion is a recent

graduate of Jennings’ Business College, and this partnership
was secured through the influence of the Principal of that
School. Now is the time for young mi d to qualify themselves
for business in a school wh ommend. Blair

Smith, a brother of the preceding, also a Jennings graduate, is
one of the hookkepers in the Cumberland Telephone Company.

Cheap summer rates now offiered. Enter dow and get ready
for husiness for the fall. Ask prominent merchants, bankers-
and business men about a business college.

i88

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

Books Supplied by S. A. Cunningham,
Nashville, Tenn.

“The Southern Cms.-..” I>y -Mrs. L. K. Messenger. SI.

“Four Years in the Stonewall Brigade,” by J. 0. Casler, $2.

• apt. Phil and Yaller Phil,” paper, 25 cents.

‘• Immortelles,” by Maj. S. K. Phillips, Chattanooga, 50 cents.

“The Other Side,” a thrilling poem of 900 lines, by Virginia
Crazier Boyle, Mr. I ‘avis being her theme. SI.

“How It Was. or Four Years With the Rebel Army.” a
thrilling story by Mrs. [rby Morgan, of Nashville. This is a
charming book. Si.

•sketch of the Battle of Franklin, and Reminiscences of

Camp K’.iiL’las.” by John M. Copley. SI.

” Hancock’s Diary, or History of the Second Tennessee < Jay-
airy. A large octavo 1 k.with many portraits and biographic

sketches. The frontispiece is a Bne steel engraving of Gen.
S. B Forresl –‘ 50.

“ThatOld TimeChildRoberta,”byMrs.SophieFoxSea,

Creditable zeal is exerted by the authors of South-
ern war hooks. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson contemplates
having future editions of her life of the General
printed in Nashville. It is expected to reduce the
price from $2.

John < ►. Casler, of Oklahoma, is selling ” Four Years
in the Stonewall Brigade” in nearly every part of the
South.

Rev. A. T. Goodloe’s ” Rebel Relics” find ready sale
-among Tennessee veterans and their families especially.

.Mrs. Annie E. Snyder’s ” Civil War” is suited to all
sections of the South.

Mrs. Virginia Frazier Boyle’s poem, “The Other
.Side. ” merits and will receive profound attention
wherever the American conflict is known.

The Other Side— Mrs. Boyle’s Poem.

Quartermaster Geo. J. F.Sbipp, l.C. V., presented a paper
at the Birmingham Convention upon the historical poem of
oar National relations before the Confederate war. It is an
account of the prison life of President Jefferson I ‘avis, as “the
prisoner of state,” and a history “f the ‘lays of reconstruction.

“The title of this historical poem is ‘The Other Side,’ sug-
gestiye of the very truth thai there is no great question with-
out two Bides, not excepting the causes that led to the great
war. hist” this ‘Other Side’ I wish to call the attention of
the Onited Confederate Veterans. It was written by a daugh-
ter of a comrade “f this Association, who commanded a Ten-
nessee regiment in the Army of the C. 8. A. He has been for
many years a hailing attorney in Memphis, a man of culture

and literary attainments. Both he and his family were inti-
mate friends of President Davis for a oumher of years immedi-
ately following the tatter’s release from prison. This daughter,
then but a young girl, bright, gentle, noble, and endowed w it 1 1
literary tastes, received under those environments the inspira-
tion which in after years led to the story of ‘The Other Side.’

“The comrade to whom 1 refer is Col. C. W. Frazer, and the
author is Mrs. Virginia Frazer Boyle, of Memphis, Tenn.

Therefore, I wish to submit the following resolution, to-wit :

That the thanks of the United Confederate Veterans be ten-
dered Mrs. Virginia Frazer Boyle for the beautiful and histori-
cal poem, a tribute to the noble women and heroic men of the

.South, and for its value to the literature of the age.”

The ” Military Annals of Mississippi ” from original
and official sources is soon to be published by J. C.
Kietti, of the Tenth Mississippi Regiment, of Jack-
son, who desires that the captains of individual Mis-
sissippi companies in the service of the Confederate
army give him all the information on the subject in
their possession. The publication will contain the
rosters of each and every company and regiment or-
ganized for Confederate States’ service of Mississippi
volunteers, from each city, county and village, from
every branch of service, infantry, cavalry, artillery,
and all independent or detached commands, giving
each soldier’s record, with his descriptive roll, show-
ing age, rank, killed, wounded or captured, number of
battles and general record of army service.

Cooper’s Coffee Cooler,

Of Sturgis, Midi., is a lively monthly. It don’t mop the floor

with Johnnies, nor cry blood, blood, ‘the editor got his food

emporium Stuffed full while in the war down in Old Virginia,
and now goes for peace. Some s f a gun put a bullet

through him, but he got even by stealing a hen or two. We
furnish the above daisy with the Vktkkan for only one dollar,
including the Souvenir.

Steady PAVING Work. — Work for workers! Are you ready
to work, and do you want to make money? Then write to B.
F, Johnson & Co., of Richmond, Va., and see if they cannot
help you.

Capt. Tun. ami ” Yai.i.kk” Phil— By Terah Ewyn. In pa-
per, 25 cents. In this well printed and nicely hound novel of
a hundred pages the reader will tind more of history than Ac-
tion, The words are those of real characters, and to the many
Confederate veterans who followed the fortunes of the Star 8
and Bars in the memorable campaign through Kentucky, Ten-
nessee, Alabama and Georgia the incidents will be recalled as
part of those that cluster around the memory of Capt. Tlios. F.
Perkins, whose dash and daring often carried consternation to
the foe, as did his generous sympathy extend hope and succor
to hosts of weary and despondent lads in gray.

The perilous events and tender love episodes in these pages
will create an absorbing interest in the romantic hearts of the
younger generation of readers; while the tine sketch of negro
life dexterously interwoven will sustain the attention of all
classes, from opening page to closing chapter.

The June number of “The Southern Traveler’s Railway
Guide,” published by J. R. Watts. Manager, Atlanta, is a neat
and most convenient publication. It combines the very latest
schedules of all leading Southern roads. It is a good index for
the hotels and summer resorts, and contains other valuable in-
formation pertaining to railway travel throughout the South.
It also contains a sectional map of the Southern railroads, and
is an excellent encyclopedia of useful information to the trav-
eler and business man.

MAXWELL HOUSE, Nashville. Tenn.

CENTRALLY
LOCATED.

LEADING HOTEL
OF THE CITY.

CUISINE UN-
SURPASSED

RATES. 8 2.50
to $5.00 per day

W. K. BLACK, .Milliliter.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.
ANNOUNCEMENTS-DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENN. ARE YOU LOOKING

1891

For County Trustee.
W. H. HIGGINBOTHAM hereby announces himself as a
candidate for Trustee, subject to t lie action of the Democratic
party. Your support cordially solicited.

W. B. CLARK is a candidate for County Trustee, subject to
action of Democratic primaries, after registration. Election
August •-‘. 1894.

For County Judge.

R. R. CALDWELL is B candidate for re-election to the
office of County Judge, Rubj Ct to Democratic primary.

JAMES I.. WATTS, primary election July 16th.

JNO. THOMPSON announces himself a candidate for County
Judge, subject to Democratic primaries.

For Sheriff.
W. .1 HIM, is a candidate for Sheriff. Is competent and

solicits your support in Democratic primaries.

For Criminal Court Clerk.

A. B. (BUSH SPAIN is a candidate for Criminal Court
Clerk. subject to Democratic primary, Election August. 1894.

For Circuit Court Clerk.

ALEX, -T. HARRIS has announced himself as a candidate

for Circuit < !ourl Clerk, Bubject to Democratic primary.

WI1 I is .1 SULLIVAN is a candidate for Circuit Court
Clerk, suhject to Democratic nriimirh on Augu st. 1894,

For County Court Clerk.
P, \. BHELTON is a candidate for County Court I
suhject to the action of the Democratic primaries. Election

August, IS! I I

JAMES F. LI PS( II >M !’■ announces himself as a candidate for
County Com t Clerk, subject to action ot Democratic pnmaries.

For Register.
JNO. P. HICKMAN is competent, desires the fees, and so-
licits your &upport for County Register. Bubject to Democratic

primaries.

EWING CIIADWI 1 1. is a candidate for reelection to the
office of Register of Davidson County, subject to Democratic

primary.

W. A. D0N1 l>< >N, of the Fourth District, is worthy of your
consideration, and hopes to have your approval for Register at
the ensuing primary election.

For Tax Assessor.

TIM M. I1AM1 IN is a candidate for Tax Assessor of David-
son County, suhject to the Democratic primary.

Wk are authorised to announce the name of JOHNSON V.
LINTON for the office of Tax Assessor of Davidson County.

1

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We do the engraving for the
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Offers yon healthful recreation, beautiful scenery, bracing
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Swimming Pool, 50×100 feet,

built ol Stone, and many other attractions.

Expenses are verj lent hoard. $25 per

month. Reduced fare on all railroade Beautiful hook oi
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NASHVILLE. TENN.

SOUTH CAROLINA

MILITARY ACADEMY,

CHARLESTON, S. C.

A PURELY MILITARY INSTITUTION.

Established, Maintained, and Governed by
■ • • • the State ….

ACADEMIC YEAR BEGINS OCTOBER 1st. 1894

TERMS! THREE HUNDR] D DOLLARS R .mil a

1. payable in thn . stalments, for board,

Academic fees. clot h inc. ligliis, tuel, washing, books,
ami medical attendance.

Application for admission are to he made to

CENL. JOHNSON HACOOD.
Chairman Board ot Vlsii

BARNWELL, S. C.
For fnrtbei information apply to

COL. ASBURY COWARD, Supt.,

CHARLESTON, S. C.

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

Southern Stories.

CHABLES BGBIBT CRADDOCB [MABY N.

Ml bprbb].

In the Tennessee Mountains. l6mo, –
TIih Prophet “f tin- Great Smoky Moun-
tains. L6mo, $1.26.
!n the Clonda. 16mo,$l.25

I’ln- lli-spotof !’.P>iilii-i-.l L ‘i- (\>vi\ ll’ilno,

11.25.
Where the Battle was Fought. I6mi .

81.25.
His Vanished Mar. l6mo, $1.25.
Down the Ravine. For Young People.

trated. 16mo, –
Tin- Story ol Keedon Bluffs. For Yonng

I -Iks.’ !6njo, $1.00.

Hi- tales of the Tennessee mountains arc
jt r j 1 1 > n lt iin most admirable works found in

AiiHTii-M \ true, philosophical writer,

with a purpose deeper titan thai “f telling s
storj Si ingJU Id Republican.

mi. 1 CH win ki; 11 IRRIB.

Mingo, and other Sketches in Black and
White. l6mo, $1.25. Paper, 50 cents.

Nights with Uncle Remus Illustrated.
iL’iii’i. $1.50. Paper. .iO cents.

Balaam and His Master, and other

Sketches. Itlino, $1.25.
Uncle Remus and His Friends,. Old
Plantation Stories, Son^s and Ballads,
with Sketches ol Negro Character.
With 12 full-page Illustrations by A. B.
Frost. Crown 8 vo, $1.50.
Mr. Harris ha* added Uncle Remus to the
alien “f popular negro types to whlcb be-
Popsy and Uncle Tom. . . Wemarvel
al 1 li<- delineator’s art, bis extraordinary ver-
sality In narrative. New )’••//. Evening Pott.

PRANCES i”l BTENAV BAYLOR

Juan and Juanita. Illustiated. Square

8vo, $1 “in
Claudia Hyde. I6m0,$l.25.

•’Juan and .luan ita.” aays the Saturday Bt –
vU a , •■ is ,-i delightful Btory of t he adh entures
of two Mexican children who were kidnapped
by Indians, and, after four years’ captivity,

escaped from bondage and Be d tln-lroid

borne.” Claudia Hyde is an Interesting story
of Virginia, told with 1 Ii skill and power.

MBS, KATE CHOPIN.

Bayou Folk. 16mo, $1.25,

A collection “t Bhorl stories by a master
hand, depleting the curious life and quaint

manner of the Louisiana Aeadians. Some
-/ New York 1.

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Solid Vestlbuled trains with Pullman
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The West.-rn .v Atlantic wasOen. Bher-
man’s tine of march from Chattanooga
to Atlanta, Chlckamauga, Ringgold,

Resaca, RockyFace, Dall Ulatoona,

Big Shanty, and Cennesaw Mountain
are points along the line of great his-
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Ky ■ • • •

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Ward Seminary, *

Conservatory of Music School of Fine Arts.

■ I- ra 1 a log in- anil in format ion, addi- -s,

BLANT0N, President. Nashville, Tenn.

Old Clothes Made New.

We clean or dye the most delicate shades of LADIES and
GENT’S CLOTHING. No ripping required. Repair Gent’s

clothing. We pay expressage both ways to any point in
the United States. Write for terms. Guarantee no smut-
ting in Wool and Silk.

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221 North Cherry St., NASHVILLE, TENN.

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thing in this ime. Address

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m< Hi ion ” Veteran.”

Umbrellas, Parasols

AND CANES.

1st class Recovering & Repairing

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ESTABLISHED 1660

W. S. DICKINSON & CO.

Importers and Jobbers

, Caps and Cloves. Ladies’ Trimmed Hats

S. W. Cor. Vine and Pearl Streets,

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JVIonteagle Hotel,

MONTEAGLE, TENN.

[Headquarters for Families of Con-
federate Veterans, for the
Season of 1894.

Open May 15th. This ilegant hotel la Bltu-

In 1 ii< mountains of East Ten di — e, one

■quarter (X) of a mile from the Monteagle \>

sembly, and six (B) miles from the University

of the South, at Sewa i. 2,800 feet abovi sea

level. No nmiaria, no mosquitos, pun
pure water, driving, dancing, billiards, and
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Jun-ly TEi-KriinMt 588.

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•TMAIL orders solicited and carefully filled

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Manufacturers and Wholesale

1 leaders In

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Factor] in full “i” rati. m manufacturing

g is in all the gradt s.

W. 111:1k. from II in 1111 hi parkin- lo the

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.1. A. Phiri.. an ex-Confederate of the 154th
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G. L. EDWARDS,

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DALLAS. TEX.

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The BBBT PLACE to purchase

Flags, Banners, Swords, Belts, Caps,

and all kin. Is .( Military Kqiilpmenl. is at

J. A.’ JOEL & CO.,

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■■ We would like to see tbeTJ.8. flue in every
i \ . i amp room, and carried by them when
..n parade.” A battle scarred veteran.

1st.

$12.00 to $35.00 a week can

be made working for us. Parties preferred

an furnish a horse and travel through

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With perfect immunity from heat, malaria, or mosquitoes; with health giving waters unequalled
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the Park, conducted in the most liberal manner, employing during the summer the finest band and
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<?09federat^ V/eterai?.

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Published Monthly m the Interest of Confederate Veterans and Kindred Topics.

No. 7.

icb.ioCeni \ “, ,1 T T

AKI.V. Jl I » °1. *”»■■

Nashville, Tenn., July, 1894.

STNINGH 1M
• it-lor.

v.i v. 1 ■■ rwo dollars per incl

1 . • 10

one fear, two

ore will please “■■ The space is too im-
portant for anything i h il hae no! -| ial mi

The ‘I:*” i” subscriptions – > ■ 13 g ren t” th<- month ‘
For instance, if the Vi riBAM be ordi red t” begin with January, the
n in 1 list will I”- 1 ” 1 i” ! ‘ r, and the subscriber is entitled to that nun
Entered at the post office, K shi lie, renn.,s ter.

Thou esei 1

The brave will honor the bi 1 uiahed none

There are more copies of the 9ouvenir than expi
in a former notice. Subscribers, old and new. through
August may expect it.

Comrade! .■> word to you specially: When yon shall
have road tliis Veteran through, if you find mon
than has over been printed of value to the South please
get your home papers to make good notices of it.

Regard merit rigidly in connection with the Veteran.
[fyou believe it worthy, stand strong by it. If you de-
cide that it is unworthy, discard and have nothing more
to do with it. [fyou like it. don’t be stingy with it.

Do you realize that the success of the Veteran de
pends upon what vor do? It lias enough subscribers
in>\\ to make a BUperb SUCCeSS. If :ill of you renew

promptly when your time is out, the result will insure
lasting m ‘ ‘ ES8.

Friends of the Veteran have been urged to commend
ii to advertisers for over a year, but they neglect it,
while they could be more helpful to it and Becure adver
tisers efficiently with very little trouble. Without doubt
it is the best medium in existence tor the entire South.

The attention of subscribers is called to the dati
the label of their Veteran. Each person is entitled to
the number specified by the label. It’ you wish to re
new. even though not able to remit at once, please bo
write, ami it will be continued; otherwise it will be
dropped from the lis! after due time has been allowed
for renewal.

A few confidential words to delinquent subscribers:
It was believed when you subscribed for the Veteran

in the early pari of last year that you were friendly to
its purposes. Soon after it was started explanation was
made that a better publication was demanded than could
be furnished for fifty cents a year, hut that price was
continued until January last. The tine growth of the
Veteran and its universal acceptance induced the as-

sumption thai, as you did not order it Btopped, you would
like to have it continued, and hen have been
erase. I from the list. Within a month a postal card has
been Bent to two thousand persons whose lime had ex-
pired, asking renewals. Not re than on,’ in every ten

has responded Three-fourths of thes,- have renewed.
One man in Little Rock complimented the Veteran

upon its merits, but was unkind enough to write 1
won’t l>e a ‘constructive’ subscriber,” and declined to pay
anything Ee received it from February, 1893 to. Inly,
189 1 for lift \ cents, a g I deal less than — I

While no names have been erased from the subscription
list until this time, much loss has been sustained through
inability to Bupply samples outside. Now, if afl
year and a half at fifty cents the appeal for renewal is
not worthy of at tent ion thi n Badly, but necessarily, the
name must he dropped The Vbteb w has been continued
i\ person who promises to try to pay for it, and to
every other person who Rays he or she cannot pay for it.

Those who have not been considi rate enough to write
a line in regard to continuing the subscription, and fail
to receive the VETERAN .after this month, can tell when-
ever they BOOS OOpj that they I. ived what they

owe by deducting the expiration date from the date of
their .1 uly number.

Wll \ T I- THOUGHT OF THE VETERAN

Nashville Christian Advocate, organ of the M B
Church, South PI idoption ot the Confederate Vet-
eran, published al Nashville by Mi S \ Cunningham,
as the official organ of the United Confederate Veterans,

in their annual meeting at Birmingham, was a deserved
compliment, and it gives rui h prominence to the Journal
as should insure a large advertising patronage Such
prominence to a publication only fifteen months old is
unusual, and yel the well known fact that it has given
satisfaction from the first to ultra Southerners, ami is
cordially received by 1’nion veterans, indicates that its
high character promises great usefulness to the historian,
and much pleasure to the veteran who enjoys inexpressi-
ble pleasure in the public record of his valor and his pa-
triotic endurance. . . . The circulation of the Veteran
has not fallen below 10,000 in the last six months. This
is a fact within our knowledge, not a mere Burmit

George X Ratliff (County Collector. Randolph Coun-
ty i. Huntsville, Mo., duly 24, 1894

Inclosed yon will find exchange for sixteen dollars
and fifty cents for your appreciated CONFEDERATE Vet-
eran. 1 love the name and I love the cause that is
sealed to my memory by the best blood that ever flowed
for our beloved common country. I want to help sup-
port the Veteran, and am ready to do tor it at all times.

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C( )N FKDKRATK VKTKRAX.

mi: ii:i:v MORGAN.

A very remarkable man was Irby Morgan, whose pic-
ture, an excellent likeness, is given herewith.

Mr. Morgan was for many years a leader in the mer-
cantile interests at the capital of Tennessee He asso-
ciated with him Be vera 1 young men \\ In > also have
attained distinction in business circles.

Ii is. however, concerning his career in the war and
his charming traits with liis family with which readers
of the Veteran are to be entertained. The boob writ-
ten by his wife, from memory after thirty years, tells of
these things Her thrilling and pathetic story of “How

he Bent the commission -post haste ” back to Richmond,
and went on a private soldier to the end. He carried to
the grave a bullet from a gun of the enemy. He was
afterwards nearly killed by the fall of his horse when
immand w as near Augusta.

In a letter to liis wife. Senator Morgan, who had
news that the illness would be fatal, wrote of his
lasi visii to Nashville, saying: “He was then bo weak
and had lived SO many years in the midst of no much “t
toil and trial, and the wounds of battle still sapping his
vitality, thai 1 was not surprised he Bhould feel that he
could not live a great while.” Continuing, Senator

Morgan wrote, not knowing the end hade i: His life

from childhood has been tilled with honorable and
dutiful toil, in which he has done more and Buffered more
than any man I ever knew. IK’ has never done a willful
wrong to anybody, and charity and loving-kindness have
inspired every deliberate act of his life. … 1 have
no doubt of his acceptance with our merciful Father any
more than 1 have that our parents will be glad to wcl
conic him to their glad embrace. Hence I telegraphed
him: ‘ Be not afraid ; it is God who calls you.’ ”

The Veteran has access to other charming and pa-
thetic letters of this eminent man. and many notes have
been made from Mrs. Morgan’s thrilling book, with in-
teresting reference to his cousin. Gen. John II. Morgan,
but space i- denied, now at least, and this brief tribute is
concluded with an extract from a letter of his venerable
sister, Mrs, Say re, of Montgomery. Ala., nearly eight}
vears old, written upon notice of Mr. Morgan’s death
■■It awoke in mo a long train of pleasant recollections ol
that sweet time, so long ago. when we were inseparable
as playmates, and I was always ready to help him in any
undertaking from the making and flying of a kite to a
ramble through the woods in search of nuts and flowers.

1 have not forgotten those happy days, but they are
pushed out and turned aside by the sterner realities of
life. It makes me very sad.”

It Was” during the four veal’s teds how Mr. Morgan
went about procuring materials for I he army, lie vis-
ited New Orleans, Louisville, and other cities, procured
material and established a percussion cap manufactory
in Nashville. lie next went to Texas and bought 150,
tion pounds of wool, shipped it to Nashville, and then re-
shipped it to factories farther South. He procured in
this way for the Confederacy a half million yards of
Confederate gray at seventy-five cents per yard when it
was selling in the market at live dollars.

Greater zeal was never shown by man for his country ,
Besides these great enterprises, Mr. Morgan volunteered
as ;, private soldier in the regiment of his brother, John
T. Morgan, now United Stales Senator from Alabama.
His services in procuring supplies for the ann\ were so
valuable that Merideth P. Gentry and others secured
for him the appointment of Division Quartermaster, but

BRIEF NOTES ( >F .l< >II N MORGAN’S RAID.

One of the most extraordinary expeditions of the war
was the raid of Gen. John Morgan through Kentucky,

Indiana, and Ohio. One of his soldiers writes:

Our eutire command consisted ofabqut one thousand

five hundred men, all brave and resolute, well armed and
I niled. aid eager for the race. Gen. Basil l>uke and

<‘ol. hick Morgan were in the van, Capt. McFarland, ol

the Second Kentucky Cavalry, being the senior captain
and acting as major.

From Burksville we proceeded on through Columbia,
( iampbellsville, and Lebanon, where the command fought
from early dawn till late in the evening, putting to route
the enemy and capturing many of them and destroying
the government property. Thence to Springfield and
llardstown. whence the Yankees trailed their banners
and lied at the sight of the starsand bars; thence through
Bloomington, Garnettsville, to Brandenburg, on the Ohio
River, where the command captured two steamboats

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and one-half of the command were crossed over i” fighl

out and disperse about one thousand nun enst ced in a

wheatfield on the Indiana side, while the other half were
engaged with two gunboats that bad come down the
river to prevent the crossing.

Gen. Morgan had brought his artillery t” bear on
them, and in the engagement one of tin- gunboats was
badly crippled, while the other bad to assist il to save the
crew, and they skedaddled up t li<‘ river. The army all
crossed over to a man. and the enemy in the wheatfield
were capl ured and dispersed ; all prisoners being paroled

Being on the Indiana Bide, strict orders were given to
keep in line and have no straggling. They moved on to
Corydon, where the enemy, made up or citizens and

soldiers, had the, foulhardiness to send out a flag of truce
and demand an immediate surrender, but it was prompl
ly returned with the order to surrender at once or the
town would be torn to pieces with shot and shell

The\ surrendered without much fighting. About one
thousand two hundred were captured, and a large aim Mini
of government stores were destroyed. The command
proceeded to Palmyra, where a short fighl took place
and more government stores were destroyed. Occasion-
ally some parties would cheer the command; they were
evidently Southern sympathizers. This, however, was
in the Hoosier. but not in the Buckeye State. The com-
mand moved on to (/anion, where more prisoners were
taken and more property destroyed; thence to New
Philadelphia, with more prisoners and a skirmish. In
fact the command was never out of the sound of arms
or the flash of gunpowder.

The command then moved on through Vienna, Lex-
ington, Paris. Vernon, Dupont, and Versailles. There
the command had a pretty good skirmish, and more gov-
ernment property was destroyed.

The country passed through was well cultivated and
in fine crops, and the citizens moved and ‘looked a- if no
war was on hand. . . . No pillaging or thieving was

allowed, and none of it was done. Only provisions for
men and provender tor stock were taken, and Confed-
erate money offered, which was refused. The command
Bpl under slriet orders and discipline enforced,
flic Yankee women had no smile- for us and treated and
looked upon u~ as Bavages.

‘flic command had fighting and skirmishing through
iwnsofNew Boston, New Baltimore, Williamsburg,
Sardinia. Winchester, Jacksonville, Locust Grove, Jas-
per, Packville, Beaver, Jackson. Butland, Chester, and
Buflington’s Island. Here it attempted to cross the
Ohio River in the face of all the gunboats on the river
and forty thousand cavalry and citizens, and held them
in check for three hours, when Gen Basil Dukeandhalf
of the command were taken prisoners and Ben1 down the
river to Cincinnati. There the people, it is –aid. treated
them to all manner of abuse t ley could de\ ise, The lit-
tle boys were allowed to spit iii their faces. Prom there
they wen ‘amp Morton, Ind., where they were

stripped, their clothes searched, and not ;( s much as a
button left them

At Buffingtoi Morgan and tie other

half Of the command cut their way through the Yankee
nd went on till the 26th of .Inly, passing through
the following towns in <thio Portlnnd, Harrisonville,
Neisonville, Cumberland, Gre< n Washington, Moore

tield. : Smith land. .New Alexandria. Richmond, Springfield,
Meehanicsville, West Point, and – S ir the

last place Gen. Morgan and his brother, Col Morgan,
captured with the re-t of the command, the chief
officers being Bent to the penitentiary at Columbus, <>

and the rc-t of the Command to t ‘amp CI

the same treatment as the other-. The General and
it of the command were, in about ten miles of the
Pennsylvania line, fighting all the way.

The number of towns passed through in the raid was
fifty-two in all — nine in Kentucky, fourteen in Indiana.
and t went v-niiic in < thio.

Personai Reminiscences Milton MeLaurine, of
Ballsville, Ya . writes an interesting account of his fami-
ly in the war He was a stud snl in the Richn I

College, and enlisted from it at eighteen. His |

was an ardent I’nion man. but furnished all of his six
sons to the Confederacy But two escaped wound- or
deal b. The el, lest. Lewis McLaur i ed in the

Bark-dale Humphrey Brigade and was wounded at
Ball’s Bluff, at Malvern Hill, and then mortally at Gel
tysburg. Christopher, the next, served in the Seven-
teenth Alabama and was wounded at Shilob, and the last
knowledge his family had of him was that he was shot
while leading his company at Franklin. His cap was
recovered afterwards with a bullet bole through it. Mr.
MeLaurine would be gratified for any information by
members of his company. The next brother, Gi

LWfillly wounded in Grant’s last advance at Spott-
sylvania. The other was wounded by a shell in

the forts near Richmond. He afterwards died in Texas.
The writer, concluding his letter, gives an account of his
services under J. E. B. Stuart. Fitzhugh Lee, S I’ I ••
Wiekham. and Mumford. Prank Stringfellow, the fa-
mous -py. was in his company, and John S Mosby was

his kinsman, Mosby – mother being a MeLaurine.

Kdwin Mark- is Commander of Camp No. 1. Army
of Northern Virginia, NewOrleans. Col. W. R. Lyman
was bis predecessor. Correction should have been made
in the published camp list.

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in Bending twelve subscriptions for the Veteran from
iiu ood, s. ( ‘ . W R, McKinnej Rtatos

My legacy al close of the war was ability to talk, and
I will give some of ii to 1 1 • « – Veteran I had nothing
1. 11 bui in v old gray coal and knapsack. ~o 1 came i”
the conclusion the quickest way I could procure some-
thing 1 could call my own was to gel a wife. We had
nothing then and have nothing now but thirteen chil-
dren. It has been a “force march” with me all the
way. without any commissary following. I have not
gotten over the reunion at Birmingham yet. Ii was a
love feasl I will never forget. I am glad I mel you, and
ii- ‘| >.- every veteran will send you 6ve subscribers. 1
will send you more nexl month. M:u God speed your
enterprise! I was wounded three times, was scared all
the time, and can’t help dodging from lightning bugs
now.

MRS – U.I.IK (II A I’M \X GORDON LAW

A few weeks ago the “Mother of the Confederacy,”
the patriotic and venerable Mrs. Sallie Chapman Gor-
don_Law, of Memphis, whose thrilling career for Con-
federates during the four war years was published in
the Veteran, fell into peaceful sleep, Her stay of four
score and ten years in the flesh presented a well-rounded
life. Her Mm. Rev. John Gordon Law, of Darlington, S.
C, wrote on seeing her picture in the Veteran:

.. The sighl of my dear old mother’s face in the Veter-
an awakens tender memories of the past, when South-
ern blood flowed like water in defense of the “lost
cause,” and stir- me up to diligent discharge of duty.

In her last, note to this office, February 5, 1894, the
venerable lady stated : “I am Btill pleased with the Vet-
eran, and would not like to be withonl it. I would so-
licit subscribers, but 1 have been confined to my room the

past nine months, and at my advanced age, now in my
eighty-ninth year, I pan not do much. I show it to all
visitors and try in that way to procure subscribers.”

Mrs Law died about the middle of June. Eer funer-
al, in the Second Presbyterian Church, Memphis, was
largely attended. Dr. B. A. Ramsey used the text,
■ For we know that, if our earthly house of this taber-
nacle were dissolved,” etc. He gave a Bketch of her life
and work.

The Southern Mothers, the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution, and the Confederate Veterans were pres-
ent officially. The Ladies’ < lonfederate Memorial A se
tion passed resolutions in her honor, as did the Southern

M11I hers. The latter concluded as follows:

‘Resolved. That, having been deprived of our head by
the death of our only President, we, the “Southern
Mother–.’ will remain united only by the tenderest ties
of love and sympathy, and will not elect a successor to
our venerable leader.”

A personal letter front Memphis since the above was
made ready for the press states that at the funeral:

The ceremony was one of the most impressive I ever
witnessed. The entire community seemed to unite in
the desire to do honor to her past beautiful life. The
floral offerings were profuse, handsome, and appropriate.
The “Southern Mothers’ Association’s tribute repre-
sented a reaper’s sickle and sheaf of ripe wheal, above a
pillow of soft, white blooms signifying rest after harvest.
Our Association, the “Confederate .Memorial.” offered a
cross and crown — very handsome — of white roses; the
Confederate Historical Society, a pillow, etc. Hers was

a character truly deserving of respect and honor from
her fellow-men. During one of her last conscious mo-
ments she was told that her picture was in the VETERAN.

She asked to see it. and said: “They have made a

good-looking woman of me 1 The dear old Veteran

MRS. WINK IK l.D SCOTT’S KINDNESS.

I>r. N. B. Kennedy writes this interesting letter:

My brother, Dr. John V. Kennedy, was surgeon of the
Fourteenth .Mississippi Regiment Of the Confederacy,
lie was captured at Fort Pillow, and sent to Camp
Chase, Chicago, When he reached St. Louis, on his
way to prison, a Northern man named Peter Roberts,
who formerly lived at our childhood home and from
whom my lather had purchased thousands of dollars’
worth of goods, recognized him, and after soundly berat-
ing him for being on the Confederate side, lent him
twenty dollars which enabled him to have cabin pas

sag< the steamboat. On reaching Chicago he was

met by a messenger, who, he afterwards learned, was
sent by Mrs. Gen. Scott, and was conducted to one of
the best hotels in the city am’ assigned to a splendid
suit of rooms. The next morning at the breakfast ta-
ble he found under his plate three hundred dollars, all in
gold, with a note in a lady’s handwriting telling him to
live well, as he should have all the money he wished.
The note was signed ” Rebel Sympathizers.”

lie was placed on parole and allowed the freedom of
the pity, and was placed on duty in the hospital in
which sick Confederates were confined,

lie soon formed the acquaintance of that noble, chiv-

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alric soldier, Col. W. S. Hawkins, colonel of a Tennes
see regiment, who had liven installed :i- a nurse in the
same hospital. Col. Hawkins was nursing a fellow-pris-
oner who was engaged to be married to a most beauti-
ful young lady. She proved faithless, and her letter
came breaking the troth Boon after the prisoner died.
Col. Hawkins sent i he following reply

Your letter came, bnl came too late,

For heaven had claimed it- own.
Ah! sudden change from prison bare
Onto the great white throne.

And yet 1 think he would have stayed

For “ne move da; of pain.
Could lie have read those tardy words
Which you have sent in vain.
[The remainder of the reply is omitted because il was
published in the Veteran some time ago.]

FIRST SOLDIER KILLED IN DIXIE

James G. Holmes, of Charleston, S. C, furnishes the
Veteran with some remarkable tints about the service
of members of the Holmes family in the war

In the Veteran tor .lime, page Hi. will he found the
claim, made by the Southern Christian Herald, of Hen
.•iiis\ille. \. (‘.. that Henry Wyatt was the first man
killed on the Confederate side in the Confederate
war. This may he Hue. hut the firsl man killed in the
effort to secure Southern independence was before there
was any Southern Confederacy to fight tor.

Robert Little Holme-, of Charleston, S. C, a private
in the Carolina Light Infantry, First Rifle Regiment,
Col. J. Johnson Pettigrew (afterwards Brig. Gen.) com-
manding, was killed about ten o’clock on the night of
January 7. 1861, at Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harbor.
Tins was two day- before the cadets of the South I
Una Military Academy (now being advertised in the
Veteran) fired upon the “Star ot the West” from the
twenty four-pound gun battery on Vinegar Hill, Morn-
Island, commanded by Maj. P. F. Stevens. Superintend-
ent of the Academy, Maj. Stevens wa- afterwards the
Conspicuously gallant colonel of the Holcotnbe Legion

who greatly distinguished hiui-cli in Virginia, especially
at second Manassa- This gallant soldier and brilliant
teacher of mathematics is now Bishop of the Reformed
Episcopal Church; and, alas for the white youth of
South Carolina! is a professor of Clatllin College (fi
ored youths), < (rangeburg, S. C. lie should he. like Gen.
Shoup, at the head of a grand college for white youths,
where hi- profound learning, his high mental and moral
traits would produce thi’ best effects. But my admira-
tion for Bishop Stevens, my old commandant at the
South Carolina Military Academy in 1861, who, to my
pained regret, has through his modesty hid his brilliant
light under a bushel, has caused me to digress. Howev-
er, Maj.. Col., and Hi-hop Stevens, Berving as he did. un-
der the cross that won no crown, ami now the soldier of
the cross that will surely win him a crown, deserves a

whole page ot’ the Veteran, tor he was a typical Con-
federate soldier

Private Holmes was accidentally shot by a sentinel as
he was on his way to the guard room to report for his
hour of guard. He had left his own quarters because
he disapproved ot’ gambling, and some ot’ his messmates
and friends were about to -tart a game of poker. The

sentinel, in challenging, came to the ‘-charge bayonet-,
as then required by Hardee’s Tactic-, and hi- gun was

accidentally discharged. A hall and three buckshot en-
tered Holmes s body, and in twenty minutes this gallant
soldier and Christian gentleman of the old school was
dead. Unfortunately the sentinel belonged to another
company than Holmes’s, and hot-headed partisans act used
him of Bhooting intentionally, ami in consequence the
companies had to he assigned to different posts in the
harbor. The sentinel was exonerated by the coroner
and by military officers who investigated the case.
This tragedy, before a hostile gun had been tired ly

either the South or the North, led to the w i-e change “t

tactics, with sentinels Sifter that came “arms aport,”

“port arm- a- today, when challenging; not only to
avoid accident-, hut to give the sentinel a hotter chance
for defense if an enemy was allowed to get too tear and
endeavored to spring Upon the sentinel. Holme- had

two brothers killed in the army Thomas G Holm,- ot
the Charleston Light Dragoons, Fourth South Carolina
Volunteer Cavalry, .at Hawes’s Shop, near Richmond,

Va . in May. IsM; and Phillip Gadsden Holmes, ot the
Carolina Light Infantry, Gregg’s Brigade, at –

Pines. And yet another brother, William E II
(the only survivor of sj\- brothers), of the Washington
Light Infantry, Twenty-fifth South Carolina Infantry,
Hagood’s Brigade, wa- wounded at Swift Creel
captured at Fort Fisher \ C By a strange fata
this family of Holme-, only two g In-other- -in

the war; while nine tir- – of the -aim

name, who went into a’ out alive; and

only two ot them w OUSly wounded: Capl

Charles Rutledge Holme-, il I intrepid assistant

adjutant general of the knightlj Kershaw (both adjutant
ami general now dead), and In- only brother, Willi
Holme-. The first was -hot through the thigh while
inspecting pickets in trout of Petersburg, in 1864; and
the latter through the arm at Ben ton vi lie, N I

i ‘apt < ! R Holn i n,” one to

he loved and trusted by both men and women; and the
reputation he made tor hii

irom the first bombardment of Sumter to
Bentonville. i- an inhere I by In- widow

and five children. Capl C. I.’. Holmes’s wound was
doubtless tie- ultit ath, in 1

An artesian well ha- been bored at Marlin, Tex., to
the remarkabli 130 feet, which supplies 180

000 gallons of water per day with a temperature of lit
– Fahrenheit. Comrades in that section are
proud of it. and frequi

\ i c Compliheni Mtv.— The Spectator (W II. 1
day Time- ” Everybody in Nashville is. or ought
to be, interested in the -nee,– of S. A. Cunningham’s

CONFEDERATl VETERAN Tin- BUCCCSS ha- r. a 1 1 \

phenomenal, and it is a fair illustration of the importance
Nashville is to the South a- a newspaper center. Start-
ing hut little over a year ago without money and with-
out even a complete plan of operation, it has, in t his
short titm la circulation that was 9,130 by actu-

al count two week- ago. Mr – his

success partly to the unj dextento uaint-

anee. not even I ‘”iiiin. of Washii.

and in part to the fortunate coalition of the enterprise
itself with the desire of the ( ‘on led crate veteran and his

descendants for a truthful and accessible organ.

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

DIBRBLL’8 VICTORY OVEB WOOLFORD

.1. T. Martin, Thompson Station, Tenn “There ie an
article in the April Veteran by George W, Voungblood,
of Golden City, Mo., that contains an error which, in
justice i” one of the most gallant Boldiers of the war.
should It corrected. The honor of surprising and captur-
ing a large pari of Woolford’s command at Philadel-
phia, B. Tenn., in October. 186:-!, does not belong to Gen.
Forrest, but to Gen. George Dibivll. A few days before
that Gen. Forrest had been ordered away to West Ten-
nessee, and we did not see him again until Hood’s raid.

LSSi m’IATK AND EONORARJ M KM BBRS, U. C. V.

admit! ing 1 he descendant a of

The expedition against Woolford was both planned and
executed by Hen. Dibrell, and was bis first venture on
bis ‘own hook.’ Theresull proved bis ability as a
leader, and that he was a worthy successor to Forrest
and to Starnes. The affair would have been a complete
BUCCeSS, and would have ended in the capture of Wool
lord-, entire command, but for one of those mishaps
which could not be foreseen. The tight was hot for a
while and when the enemy began to give way Gen. Dib-
rell sent an order to Col. D. W. llolinan. who com-
manded the Eleventh Tennessee, to move up across the
road, spoken of by Youilgblood, and cut off their retreat.
But the courier by whom the order was sent delayed
so long at a yankee wagon that had a barrel of whisky
in it, that the order did not reach him in time to get to
the road until a large number of the flying enemy had
escaped. That was a had barrel of whisky for us. But
didn’t. Woolford and that part of his command which it
enabled to escape have as much right to bless as we had
to curse it ? It should be mentioned that a regiment of
Georgia cavalry was with us, actively participating in the
fight, and is entitled to a full share of the honor attached
to the affair. 1 am sorry 1 cannot remember the number
of the regiment nor the name of its gallant commander.”

The following plan fo
Our worthy comrades, who are in sympathy with the
principles for which the Confederate soldier fought, into
the Camps, Bivouacs, and Associations of the United
Confederate Veterans, was formulated by a special com-
mittee from \. IS. Forrest Camp, of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
composed of .1. R. Shaler, W. P. McClatchey, T. J. De-
ment, and .1. F. Shipp. It was presented to the United

Confederate Veteran Convention at Birmingham by J.

F. Shipp, and was referred to the Committee on Consti-
tution and By-laws, who gave it their unanimous

approval and recommended its adoption as an adden-
dum to the revised Constitution and By-laws, which
u as done.

In order to perpetuate the memory of Confeder-
ate veterans, and continue the purposes Of this or-
ganization, all subordinate Camps, Bivouacs, or As-
sociations are hereby authorized to admit associate
members and associate honorary members under the
following rules and regulations:

Assooiate Members.

Section 1. Any male person who is in sympathy
with the principles for which the Southern soldier

fought, of good character, having attained the age
of eighteen years, who is a relative or B descendant
of a person who was regularly enlisted in active serv-
ice and served honorably in the Confederate States
army or navy shall.be eligible to admission as asso-
ciate member.

SEC. 2. Associate members shall be entitled to all
the privileges of the subordinate Camps, Bivouacs, or
Associations; excepting that no associate member
shall be eligible to hold the office of President. Vice
President, Commander, Or Lieutenant Commander,
until there remains on the roll of the Subordinate body
less than ten active members in good standing; but
there may be a minority of the Executive Commit-
tee selected from the associate members in good
standing. Associate members shall have no voice in
the election, suspension, or expulsion of active members.
Sec. 3. Every application for admission to associate
membership shall be made in writing, and shall give in
detail, upon the blanks furnished by the subordinate
Camp, Bivouac, or Association, the applicant’s age, birth-
place, residence, occupation, and the name of the rela-
tive oh whose services the applicant bases his right to
membership, and if practicable, the company, regiment,
and general command to which the relative was attached,
where and when he received his tinal parole or discharge
from service, and whether Or not he had at any time a
substitute in the army, and the application shall be in-
dorsed by two members of the subordinate organization.
It. shall’then be referred to a committee (of which the
members recommending shall not be members) for in-
vestigation, who shall report, thereon at the next regular
meeting, when the candidate shall be balloted for with
ball ballots. If not more than two black balls appear,
the candidate shall be declared elected,

Sk(\ 4. When an application has once been rejected, it
cannot be again considered for six months thereafter.

Sec. 5. The initiation fee and dues of associate mem-
bers shall be the same as regular members.

Associate Honorary Members.
To the end that there may be both charitable *nd so-

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cial cooperation in the work of the Confederate veterans,
the wives, sisters, daughters, and nieces of Confederate

veterans may heconic associate honorary members.

Section 1. The application for associate honorary
membership shall be the same as that prescribed in Sec-
tion o for associate members, excepting the age of the
applicant, and the candidate shall be elected as therein
prescribed.

Sec 2. Associate honorary members shall have all the
privileges of associate members, excepting the right to
vote. The sole purpose of adding female members be-
ing to get the benefit of the enthusiasm, and refining in-
fluence so characteristic of Southern womanhood, in
developing and carrying on t he social and charitabli
ures of i he organizal ion of United < Sonfederate Vel

Sec. 3. The dues of associate honorary members
shall he one dollar per annum if paid in advance, or ten
ents per month.

Sec. I Associate members, and associate honorary
members shall be allowed to wear i he badges adopted by
the United Confederate Veterans for associate members,
or auxiliary association- ,,

T. B. Sproul writes from Strother, Mo.:
I see in the Veteran for June a chapter from Gen
Shoup in regard to Vicksburg, in which he says: “The
Missourians came into Vii ksburg in an awful plight.” I
expect, if (Jen. Shoup had been there, he would have
been in an awful plight too

We fought the battle of Baker’s Creek on the l~>th of
May. 1863. Our brigade cut into Grant’s army until we
were in sighl of his wagon train and had to make one
terrific charge there to save Pemberton’s army. While
making that charge some person asked a general what
troops we were, and he said: “They are M issnurian-
going to their death.” So much for Bakei 9 Creek’,

We retreated to Hie; Black thai night and took posi

lion in the works there. Tic Federals struck our line
next morning, when it gave way They came swarm-
ing down upon us, and had cut us off almost entirely
from the bridge. A large part of our brigade had to

swim Big Black, and some of US had to go down the
river some distance before we could get a chance to
swim even. So you see we had cause to he “in an

awful plight.” we were scattered, but not demoralized,

aiel every man id’ us was ready to fight to I he death.

1 am not finding any fault with Gen, Shoup He is a
good man and a good tighter. I saw him tried. In one
Of those charges on the works in Vicksburg we were
ordered to relieve his men. We were going at a double
quick, and when about titty yards in their rear heard
him give the order: ” fix bayonets ‘ ” They were out of
Cartridges, hut were holding their position at any cost.

Inclosed find one dollar, for which send the VETERAN

OPPOSED TO THE NAME REBELLION.

Rev. ,1. William Jones, University of Virginia, July l v
Let me add my earnest and hearty protest against
calling our war the ” Rebellion.” Il was noi a l
lion, and we were not rebels or traitors. George Wash-
ington was a rebel because he fought against properly
constituted and legal authority, and if he had failed he
would probably have been tried as a rebel, and executed
as a traitor. But Jefferson Davis was no rebel when he
led the great struggle to maintain proper authority, to
uphold law and constitution; and when the Federal

Government held him as a prisoner they never dared t”
bring him to trial, because they knew, under the advice
of Chief Justice chase and tin ablest lawyers at the
North, that they could never convict him of treason un-
der the Constitution and laws of the United States.

I remember that one day down at Keauvoir. several
years before his death, the grand old chief of the Con-
federacy said to me alluding to i his question ; “Rebellion
indeed’ How can a sovereign State rebel? You might
as well say that Germany rebelled against France, or
that France, who was overwhelmed in the conflict, re-
belled against Germany, as to say that the sovereign
States “t the Confederacy rebelled against the North or
the government. <> that they had dared give me the
trial I so much coveted, and for which I so earnestly
beggecLJn order that I might have opportunity to vin-

uiv 1 pie and their cause before the world and

at the bar of history! They knew that I would have
been triumphantly acquitted, and our people purged of
all taint of treason, and they never dared to bring my
i ase to t rial.”

Is it not time, then, for those people t” cease talking
treason and rebellion, and to stop their insults in
calling us rebels? If there were any rebels in that
great contest, they were north of the Potomac and tin-
Ohio — the men who trampled under foot the Constitu-
of our country and the liberties bequeathed us by
our fathers

i tii Lee always spoke of the war as the “great
struggle for Constitutional freedom,” and that is a truth-
ful and distinctive title which I prefer. “The War Be-
tween lie St.ii.- was the title given by A II Stephens,
and is a good o onfederate War” would do, hut

that implies that we made the war. which, of course,
wc did not, out- policy being pea.. The War
ercion,” or the ” War against stale Sovereignty” would

express it; hut t he ” Iiehel I inn.” never ‘

Reunion 01 Stonewali Jackson Bivouac— McKen
zie, Tcim.. July 21, 1894
Tin- Bivouac, and Camp No 12, United Confederate

ins. held its fourth animal reunion here to-day It
was organized November 20, 1889. There have
admitted eighty eight members, four have died, and
twenty-nine have been dropped from the rolls so there

are titty-nine members now.

Our reunion- are held on July 21 of each year. We
always have from three thousand to five thousand with
us and never in i I time. The Bivouai ha- com-

plete control of the grounds, and gets the benefit of all

receipts from refreshment stands, lemonade, etc. The
proceeds are held by our treasurer as a fund strictly for
charitable purposes.

Since 1891 we have donated to the

i-i.ii Davis Monument $106 00

Confederate Soldier-‘ II,. me 10

McGavocb Cemetery, (Franklin) 25 00

Kirliy-Smith Fund In on

t’akn 1 Monument (Chicago) 10 00

Total S191 00

and in addit ion to numerous smaller charities.

The citizens generally attend our reunions and patron-
ise us liberally. Receipts from lemonade stands to-day
were $126.60. ‘

I>r. J. P. Cannon, President of the Bivouac, who is
very zealous in the great cause, enrolled to-day twenty-
three names for the Veteran

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C< >NFEDERATE VETERAN.

PEOUD OF Mil: STATE

Miss Bessie B. Henderson, Salisbury, N. C: •■ I have
just returned from my charming visit to Birmingham,
and have exactly one dollar left. I mosl fittingly devote
t hat to the Veteb \n.

This excellent picture of the popular representative
with veterans and the general public in the Old North
State was designed for an earlier issue.

DIED IN THE LAST DITCH.

The Goldsboro I V CO Argue of June 12 contains an
article of much interesl by M. H. Bizzell, of Bizzell,
N. C, who lives ten miles wesl from Goldsboro and near
Bentonville. He is “familiar with all the incidents.”
When this lasl battle had been fought and the armies
left the field, Mr. Bizzell states

Fifty-four Confederate wounded wore left in the resi-
dence of Mr. John Harper, on the battlefield, four miles
from Bentonville, and for three months his residence
was a hospital. Those suffering, dying men were min-
istered to by him and his faithful wife and children out
of thes canl means lefl them by the two armies. Of
the fifty-four, thirty-one recovered and went home.
Twenty-three died there: two were carried home by
friends before burial, one was buried there and after-
wards taken up and carried home, and twenty lie buried
there at this time, all excepl one in unmarked graves,
thougb their names and commands are preserved by Mr.
Harper, and i hey are as follows:

Capt. T. <*. Taylor, Company A, Lsl N. C. Bat.

Capt. J. W. Laramer, Company I. I2d Ala. Regt.

Capt. J. A. Latham, Company B, 10th Ala. Regt.

J. K. Stringfield, Company D, 6th Ga. Regt.

Hardy Nance, Company K. 1st N. •’. Hat

.1 H. Edwards, Company B, 26th Tenn. Regt.

T. J. Nail. Company H, 27th Ga. Regt.

.1. F Chambers, Company B, 10th N. C. Regt

Jacob Sowers, Company l». 1st N.r. Bat

Willie E (or Hi Reed, Company J>. 13th N.r Bat.

A B. Watkins. Company A, 34th Va. Regi

.1. W. Glover, Company I’, 6tb Ga, Regt.

T. .1 Dearing, Company K 23d Ga. Regt.

M. A. McPhauls, Company C. 1st N. C. Bat.

Duncan Brown, Company A, 1-t N. C. Bat.

S. P. Smithson, Company 1>. 32d Tenn Regt

L. B. Kla.k. Company H. 50th N. C. Regt.

R. W. Weld.. Company D, 45th Tenn. Regt.

T. L. Smith, Company F. 28th Ga. Regt.

William c. Fast, Company F. 54th Va. Regt.

The burial ground is inclosed with an ordinary rail
fence, with nothing durable to mark it or to distinguish
it from any other spot of earth.

Through all these twenty-nine years since the war
Mr. Harper has watched over the last resting place ot
the bodies of those twenty brave men who so gallantly
died in defense of the South.

Mr. and Mrs. Harper are Hearing the end of life, sin
being ~’-> and he ‘.tl years of age. It does seem a matter
of simple justice to the dead, before those aged people
pass away who watched over them while they suffered,
buried them when they were dead, and who know more
of their last moments than all others, that a suitable
monument, properly inscribed, should be erected to des-
ignate the place and to perpetuate their memory.

Since the above was put in type (‘apt. T. 11. Baine, of
the (ioldslioro Rifles, has furnished a more elaborate ac-
count. His report includes a list of those who were
wounded and recovered. Comrades, this is a pathetic
story. We should build a granite monument and carve
their names, also those of Mr. ami Mrs. Harper, upon it.
What say you? — Ed.

In commenting upon the history of the flag oi the
Third Georgia Regiment, W. A. Wiley, of Madison, says:
■■The St. Andrews Cross flag was not adopted until the
spring of 1862. Bach regiment or battery had its own
peculiar flag Or waved the stars and bars. No bWO
were exactly of the same size or pattern. It was Gen,
Beauregard, J think, who suggested having a uniform
battle flag. At any rate the design is his. When Con
gress adopted t he ‘suggest ion, the Secretary of War at

once had made and distributed to each regiment the

•new Hag,’ as it was then called, requiring them to iv
tire all other Hags. Say something about having seen
this old Hag borne aloft by one-armed Sergt. R. W.
Bagby in Augusta last fall.” Old Hob lives in Coving-
ton. Ga., and it will do him good.”

In his address of welc e to the gathering for reunion

at Belton, Tex., reported in this Veteran, Commander

Joe Bruster, in Bpirited and patriotic fervor, said:

When I glance over this immense throng, all wearing

the garb of peace, all animated with good will to men,
all hand and heart with every veteran, whether he wore
the blue or the gray, in commemorating the virtues of

our heroic dead; when 1 reflect on the baptism of blood
and tire through which we have passed, 1 am overpow-
ered with gratitude to the Giver of all good gifts, for the
blessings so bountifully showered upon us.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

20I

FLAG OF THE THIRD GEORGIA REGIMENT.

C. H. Andrews,
of Milled goville,
captain of Compa-
ny I>. and histo-
rian of the Third
Georgia Regiment,

gives this interest-
ing sketch :

The Third Geor-
gia Regiment (In-
Fa d t rv ) rendez-
voused in Augusta
April 26, L861,and

:it Fort s in ip n t h,

Va., May 8, organ-
ised by the elec-
tion 01 field offi-
cers.

M re \\ right, i be
wife of Ambn

BATTL. u v. PHIRDOBOB U RBG1MKHT. y,-,.^.,, fin , co|o .

nel of the regiment .later brigadier general and then major
general, presented the command with a ban band

of colors, painted from an original design submitted by
a celebrated artist in Norfolk.

The Third Georgia Regiment was actively engaged in
outpost and on detached Bervice during the first year of
tin’ war. and this handsome regimental flag was much
used.

When Norfolk was abandoned to the enemy, and the
Third Georgia moved to the vicinity of Richmond, it be-
came necessary to have the uniform flag then just
adopted. Col, Wright Becured from the proper depart-
ment this now tattered banner, and it was the only hat-
tie flag this regiment ever had. It waved over every
battlefield upon which the regiment appeared, from May,
1862, i< the surrender, m April, 1865. The hand of an
enemy never touched it.

It was a bright and beautiful morning, May 18, 1862,
when this glorious flag was flung to the breeze on the
heights at Petersburg. Its colors were then bright,
fresh, and pure, Some two years passed, and this flag

floated again on these heights; but its folds were torn
with shot and rent by shell, and these •tricolors of lib-
erty” were made dim by the smoke of battles and
stamed with the blood of the brave. In its worn and

tattered condition, it was the more glorious in the love
Of its defenders for the victories at Richmond, Ma-
nassas, and Chancellorsville; and no less sacred for the
struggle ai Sharpsburg, the slaughter at Gettysburg, and

the defense at ( ‘old I larhor.

It would lie a pleasant task to recite the names of all
the heroes w ho carried the flag during the four \ ears of
bloody strife, hut the writer can only give the following:

Serg. A. I.. Langston, of Company C, fell with this
flag in his hand at the lines in the Emmittsburg road at
Gettysburg. Adjt. S. D. Alexander then grasped and
carried the flag to the enemy’s position on Cemetery
Hill. Alexander was there disabled, and when Wrights
brigade, including the Third Georgia, was compelled” to
retire, T.J. Hinsey, of Company H, took the colors, and,
with B. .1. Ilorton ascolor guard to defend i hem, brought
the flag back to our position on Seminary Hill. On there-
treat into Virginia, and in the all day defense of Manas-
1*

sas Gap against Meade’s army. E F. Hughes, of Com-
panv F. bore the col.n-s. The Confederate Congress com-
missioned the color beat :n. and in the spring of
1864 Dennis L. Ryan, of < Jompany B, was appointed and
given the colore At Spottsylvania Court House. May
14, Ensign Ryan was wounded, and Serg. .1. T. Du-
pree, of Com]. any F. one of the color guard, seized the
flag and bore it to victory. Recovering from his
wounds. Ensign Ryan carried the flatr < n the heights at
Petersburg, and was killed in the charge at the crater
made by the explos Burnsides mine.'” .Inly 30,
1864. The colors were then given to I.’. W. Bagby, of
i ‘ompanv B, but on August 21, 1864, he lost an arm, and
the nag was then given to B.F. Barnwell, of Company B.
In the battle ot Hat, her’s Run,” February 6,
Barnwell was severely wounded, and Sere;. .1. (‘. Hicks,
mpany 1. was L r ‘v, n the flag, and he carried it un-
til the surrender at Appomattox, in April. 1865. In
some way, when it known that Gen, R. F I ee
would surrender, the flag as we now have it b<
detached from its -tall, ami in the surrender only the
staff was given into the hands of the Federals.

The daughter of Col. Cla : tead, the last com-

mander of the regiment, was made by the veterans ” Our
Daughter,” and ma ‘ this flag; and at

each of our reunions we few who survive march with it
again in our front.

DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY.

Portsmouth, Va., the city which senl to the field more
Confederate soldiers than it had qualified voters, held
memorial exert the dust of its fallen soldiers on

tie- L’.Mh of May. 1

There was an outpouring of the good people to par-
ticipate in and witness the grand annual tribute of deco-
rating tie ■! the dead heroos with flowers.

The loveliest feature of all was thirteen little girls,
daughters of Confederate soldiers who are members of
Stonewall Camp, robed in spotless white, each ornament-
ed with a miniature Confederate flag, and each hatband

lettered with the nan foi i the Confederate States,

and with a beautiful bouquet in each right hand, march-
ing to the soldiers’ burial lot in the j through
the open ranks of Confederate ■ and armed sol-
diers, led by a little hoy bearing a silk banner on which
was inscribed:

“DaUOHTKES 01 TBI I ‘oMKTiF.lt M v.”

They gracefully deposited their flowers on the irraves

of the known and unknown alike, and then passed on
for the soldiers to close up and fire their salute.

Such a testimonial of love is worthy of perpetual cus-
tom at the annual gathering in memory of our dead all
over the South.

The ” Daughters of the Confederacy’ at Portsmouth

ara Ashton, Willie Ash ton, Carrie Barlow, Etta

Beatan, Florence Hawkes, Marie Hume. Fannie Lang-

horne. Mary Nasi,. Janie Peters, Mary Peters, Fannie

Slater. Jennie Watts, and Winnie Watts.

J. E. Hunter. Dixon, Ky.: “Any relative or friend of
J. R. Stanley can, by writ ing to .la col, Haas. Santa < laus,
Ind., get a gun which was captured in the hat’
Wartrace, Tenn., with ■ Major. I. R. Stanley ‘ engraved on
it. Having been a Confederate soldier. I was requested
by a friend to send tie

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

PEMBERTON’S SURRENDER OF VICKSBURG

MB WADLINGTOM BPARKS, LMBBICAN CONSUL AT PIBDRAS tJE-

i.U\s. MINI. 0.

[Major Sparks aerved from Texas during the war, but has in en
:i Tenne an nearly ever since the war closed.]

Certain officers of the < lonfederate army wen- selected
to read, write, and translate cipher dispatches for trans-
mission from one general to another. None of the gen-
erals, however, could read, write, or translate these cipher
dispatches. Tiny were required to write out in plain
English the dispatch to be sent. It was thru turned
over to the experts, who would translate them into cipher,
and send them on their way to be t ranslated to the officer
for whom they were intended. The “key word” was all
that these officers had, and a table of the alphabet so ar-
ranged as to begin on the first line with “A” ami t he next
line with “B,” and so on throughout the whole alphabet;

so that the last Jill*- Would have “/.” at the top ami the

first line “A” at the top. With the table and the “key
word.” it was an easy matter for any one with ordinary
intelligence to write and translate cipher dispatches.
But the “key word” was the main feature in it all:
without it no officer could write or translate cipher dis-
patches. The War Department compelled every officer

Selected tO write and translate these cipher dispatches,

to go to Richmond, Va., and get the “key word” from
the officer in charge of Bueb affairs in the office of the
Secretary of War. 1 went there by order of Gen. Kirby-
Smith. having been selected by him for that purpose.
1 was sworn to secrecy and thai 1 would never divulge
the “key word” to any one — m> general, or officer, or
private, or citizen. The “key word” was then given to
me. and it was the -am<‘ used by all of the Confederate
generals and tie- War Department of the Confederate
Stale-. The solemnity with which the occasion im-
pressed me, when I received the -key word.” will cause
mi- io remember it as long as I live. “Manchester
Bluffs” were the words.

I was with (on. B K irhy-Sniil h when he was making
an efforl to relieve the garrison at Vicksburg, under
command of Gen. Pemberton. I wrote many of the

dispatch* that i-. put them in cipher — from Gen. Kir-

by-Smith to Gen. Pemberton, and translated many dis-
patches sent by Gen. Pemberton to (leu. Kirby-Smith.
Lieut. Ned Cunningham, an aid-de-camp on Gen. Kir-
by-Smith’s stall’, was another officer who had received

the “key word.” and look ilie same oath, etc.: so that
lie wrote and translated some of I hese dispatches. The
dispatch thai I am writing aboul now was translated by
Lieut. Cunningham and myself at Gen. P. 0. Hebert’s
headquarters, at Monroe, La.. Gen. Kirby Smith being
there then conferring with Gen. I’. <>. Heberl about
mailers pertaining to the military of that department.

To make sure “f the correctness of the dispatch, I
wrote (len. Kirby-Smith January 15, 1892, the following:

“Copy of a dispatch from (Jen. Pemberton to (ien. E.
Kirby-Smith as rememhered h\ .1, W. Sparks, then a
captain on the stall’ of Gen. P. 0. I febert, who t ran- lated
the di spat eli for (Jen. Kirby-Smith with the aid of Lieut.
Cunningham :

“‘Vicksburg, Ji lt 2. 18(i:S— Gen. E. Kirby-Smith: I
can hold out until the I 1th. II urry up the Texas heeves.

Pemherton, General.'”

I asked Gen, Kirby-Smith to say if he remembered
this dispatch, and if so to give me what he remembered

about it. whether or not I had stated it correct l\
Here is Ids reply written on the hack of my COpj

“Sbwanee, Jaw \Kt 23, 1892, — My remembrance of

Hen Pemberton’s dispatch t e, just before the fall of

Vicksburg, is that the within is its purport.

I-‘.. Kii;in -Smith.”

This wa- inclosed in the following letter:

-Skwankk. January 2:;. L892.— Mr. •/. W. Sp.irks—
Mn Dear Sir: 1 return the paperwith my recollections
of rend’, lion’s dispatch. Ned Cunningham is a suc-
cessful lawyer in St. Louis, Mo. A letter ought to reach
him: Col. Ned Cunningham, Attorney at Law.

– Very truly yours. B KiRBY-SMITH.”

To understand the dispatch of I ‘cinherlon’s. dated

.Inly 2, 1S63, I explain thai Gen. Kirby-Smith was ,,,,
the opposite side of tin- Mississippi River from Vicks-
burg, with a force of about three thousand men and a
large number of Texas beeves, probably on,- thousand
or more. Gen. < Irani had a small force on the same side
Of the Mississippi, probably one thousand men.
The object of Gen. Kirby-Smith was to drive this

small force of Gen. Grant’s in-fore him. until he reached

the river opposite Vicksburg, and then rush in the Texas

l.ee\es, which he was driving along just in the rear of
his army, and make them swim the Mississippi; calcu-
lating that half of them, at least, would cross safely.
Gen. Pemberton had boats and men ready to catch
those that were unable to swim the river and haul them
ashore by ropes that had keen prepared for the purpose
on all of these small boats, as I understood at that time.
There were at least one thousand of these small foals,
and after the Texas heeves were safely crossed, then
Gen. Kirliy-Sinith’s army was to cross, each boat carry-
ing five soldiers and plenty of caps, of which article
(ien. Pemberton was short, as nearly every dispatch that
I translated from him asked for more percussion caps.

I’pon the receipt of this dispatch from Gen. Pember-
ton, dated July 2. 1863, saying that he could hold out
until the lith; Gen. Kirby-Smith put everything in mo-
tion, moving slowly and cautiously toward Vicksburg,
carrying the beeves alone- with him.

We could hear the firing at Vicksburg; some days it
was terrific, then then’ would he a lull on other days.
All this tine \\, were driving the federals slowly ahead
of us. and by the Ith of July I suppose that we were
within ten miles of Vicksburg. We heard hut very Ut-
ile firing during that day. but that was nothing strange,

as it had happened tlier days, just previous to that,

that there was very little firing.

The message bearer was a large mulatto named Henry
(I never learned any other name), If I remember correct-
ly, Col. Harrison vouched for Henry as being trustwor-
thy, etc. Henry carried all these cipher dispalehes to

Gen, Pemberton in Vicksburg, and brought the answers.
Gen. Kirby-Smith answered Gen. Pemberton’s dia

patch of .Inly 2, and I translated it into cipher. It
merely informed Gen, I’emherton that he was near
Vicksburg with the heeves and plenty of caps, and that
he would reach the opposite hank of the Mississippi in a
v.-ry short time. This dispatch, after being put into
cipher, was (riven to Henry. He had also sw tin -rover his
Shoulders several large canteens tilled with caps, well
corked up, which he was to deliver with the dispatch.
Henry left our camp soon after dark on his way to
Vicksburg. lie told me that he generally struck tho
river above the city, and with a good-sized Io,”,’ he would
float down to the city unobserved by the “yanks.” But

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that night, about one o’clock, Henry came to our fire

and waked us up. AW’ asked him what he was
there, saying: “We thought you were in Vicksburg by
tliis time.” “Good Lord,’ said Henry, “there are five
hundred gunboats lying at VickBburg.” (Negroes had
a great horror for gunboats.) As soon a- I heard that,
1 was satisticil Vicksburg had surrendered. We wenl
to hunt ti|i Gen. Kii’liy-Sinith ami tell him the news.
We Found him sleeping in an empty wagon. I asked
him why he gol up in i he empty wagon bed t.> sleep
Hi’ said that he was afraid of snakes, ami got up there
to In’ away from them. But it was not long before he
was up ami giving orders for his army to begin retreat-
ing toward Monroe, I. a. He did this none ‘”■■ Boon, for
tiiu. Graul threw a force often thousand men across
the Mississippi the next day. and this force followed
Gen. Kirhy Smith as far as Monroe, La., fighting and
skirmishing nearly the whole distance.

There were rumors tit the time thai Gen, Pemberton
had sold out. 1 said nothing then, hut knowing that he
had dispatched on the 2d of July that he could hold
out until the 14th, ami asking Gen. Kirhy. Smith to hur-
ry up the Texas beeves, it looked very suspicious; and
now I believe it firmly, and think Gen, Kirhy Smith be-
lieved it. This is the first time that this has been made
public. I have thought for several years thai it ought to
go into history, ami 1 have held it hack sn long because I
hat ci l to do anything that would cast odium on Gen I ‘cm
bcrton, Hut the truth id’ history should be preserved,
and from this proof I firmly believe lhal Gen Pembcr
ton sold out to Gen. Gran! on that memorable day.

The foregoing was prepared for the June Veti

hut held over. Since lien. Shoup’s letter, Maj. Sparks
expresses stronger than ever his belief in the had faith
of Pemberton. Gen. Shoup, on being asked aboul Pom-
berton’s loyalty to tin- South, expressed full faith in it
Maj. Sparks, however, states in a personal letter:

(icu Shoup’s article confirms me beyond any ill
now that (Jen. Pemberton sold out. Gvn. Shoup shows
how he was arranging mines to he exploded, from July
1 to July 3, and says : “This was the slate of thi
when Pemberton opened negotiations for capitulation.”
Now Gen Pemberton, on the 2d day of July, was open-
ing negotiations with Grant for capitulation, and on
the same day dispatching Kirhy-Smit h that he
hold out until the 1 Ith. and asking Gen. Smith to “hur
ry up tin’ Texas beeves.” Gen. Shoup ^ns further on
“Then Gen. Pemberton blundered horribly by goingout
in person to see Grant.” Yes, he may think 80, hut
Pemberton knew what he was doing. That personal
visit closed the deal h\ fixing the price and day of stir
render, July 1, 1863, < >f course Grant would never till
it. because that would have detracted from his fame, and
then, my friend, remember that all the balam
generals went home pom- Genera] Pemberton was a
poor man before, hut after the war, without any appar-
ent effort on his part, he turned up in Philadelphia, or
near there, and lived like a nabob.

In giving place to the foregoing the Veteran does
not design to express any opinion as to the guilt or inno-
cence of Gen, Pemberton, That lie was unpopular and

not successful is well known, hut Other good men were
alike unfortunate who deserve all honor for sacrifice in
their loyalty to the Smith.

Gen. Pemberton had a remarkable career. He was
horn in Philadelphia in 1817; graduated at West Point
in L837, He was aid to lien. Worth during the Mexican
War. and promoted for gallantry at Monterey in
lie resigned his position as captain in the United States
army. April 27, 1861, and on that day was at
duty as adjutant general under Joseph E, Johnston.
In November, 1861, he was ordered to report to Gen I.’

E I who sent him to South Carolina. He was in

command of “Department of South ( !arolina, Georgia, ami
Florida.” until October, 1862, when he was at
‘command of the army in the field.” for Department
i Mississippi and Fast Louisiana Hewasincomi
at Vicksburg from May 17 to July 1. 1863 In May.
1864, he reported I tberl Hansom, to command

the artillery defenses about Richmond. October 27 of
that year he commanded the artillery defenses of Rich-
mond, with rank reduced from lieutenant general to
lieutenant colonel. The hist record procurable

military career is thai. July 7. 1865, he «as mad.
era! inspector of artillery and ordnance iii the at
of tic rate States, In 1876 he was larm

[uier i lounty, Va.

His Leo \mht\ti.I’ lfteb Thirty-two Years, — J.
Pies Griffin served in th.- Thirty-seventh North Car-
olina Regiment, Lane’s Bt \ P. Hill’s I>i\i-

sion, He was wounded in Oi Manas-

sas. August 29, 1862, in the and ankle.

II. was in th. hospital at Lynchburg until April, 1863,
when he was furloughed. He ha- been a farmer since

the war. lie ved to \V< akley County, Tenn., in 1 >77.

On April 10. 1894, he had that W( uud’co u off,

ly thirty-two years, having sul-

fered very much at times from the old wound. I. ut he

had worked when aide on the farm I” fore having his

leg amputated he made for himself a wooden leg 1

had it ready lie i- now well, cheerful, and happ\
sends greetings to old comrades w ho remember him.

s,, much relieved at twenty years yot

Mr. Griffin’s address is 1 >resd< n I enn.

J P. Milam, who served in the fifth Tennessee Intiiii-
try. hut who h :l s been in Florida thirteen years: “At a
meeting of our < ‘amp. No, 229, Pake I ‘omit v l ‘onlodcrate
Veterans, held on the Kith at Tavares. I-‘la.. we h
large and enthusiastic meeting. I introduced a resolu-
tion indorsing the Veteran and making it our official
organ. I also received a club of – ribere to same.

Inclosed find P. 0. money order.”

W. i ‘. Zimmerman, Commander George T. Ward
Camp, Inverness, Fla., sends subscribers, and adds: ” I is-
sued this day general order fora reunion to take place at
Shell Island, mouth of Crystal River, August Pith. Wego
amp on an island in the Gulf of Mexico, taking our
families with us. and shall spend several days. We will
have fine sea bathing, fishing, and hunting. We would
he -lad to have you with us. :l s well as any other ol i nil-
old comrades There will he no limit as to room in camp
and as old soldiers we can live on fish and hardtack.”

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SNOWBALL BATTLE AT DALTOK

HY B. B. WATKINS.

The following story is reproduced with this picture:

It was in the spring of 1864, aboul the 22d of March;
a heavy snow had fallen during the nighl ; the hills and
valley- wen vored with the flaky white. Joe John-
ston’s army was in winter quarters at Dalton. Two

8ton s army was

ib^au^

regiments of infantry were camped near each other, and
in a spiri! of inn began in somewhat military order to
throw snowballs at each other. The effect was electrical,
boyhood frolics were renewed, and the air was full of
flying snowhalls. Brigades and divisions were soon in-
volved, and SUCh a scene was never before witnessed on
earth. Many thousands of men wore engaged in a snow-
hall battle. Ii began early in the morning; generals,
colonels, captains, and privates were all mixed up. Pri-
vate soldiers became
commanders and the
generals were Bimply
privates, and the us-
ual conditions were
reversed. The boys
had captured the gen-
erals’ b orses a n d
SW ‘> rds, and were
galloping t h ro u gh
l In- flying snowballs
giving o rd e r s and
whooping things up
up generally. Verbal
o rd e rs to different
portions of the field
were sent on flying
-tceds. Gen. Patrick
Cleburne was noted
for his strict disci-
pline, and whenever
he caught a strag-
gler from any regi-
ment in the army he
would m a k e him
carry a fence rail.
Well, the boys had
captured “Old Pat.”
when some fellow
yelled out: “Arrest
that soldier, and
make him cany a
fence rail.” The sur-
geon of our regiment
was calm and even-
tempered, but would
get out of patience
with a lotof whining
fellows who would
report on the sick
list day after day.
The doctor would
look at- his tongue,
feel his pulse, and
say: ” Well, there is
not much the matter
with him; just put
him on light duty.”
They captured the
old doctor, and a sol-
dier had hold of each
Kg. another his head,
and others his arms,
and as he was
brought in as terribly
wounded, Fred Do-
min ran to him, felt
his pulse, looked
w i se, a n d s aid :

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205

‘• Well, there is not much the matter with him; just put
him on light duty.” This same doctor was noted for
having bad the same affliction as the soldier who com-
plained. If a man went to him with the toothache.
he would say: “Shucks, that’s nothing; I’ve had the
toothache a thousand times.” One day Kenan Hill got
a bug in his ear and went to the doctor, halli
in greai agony. The doctor said: “0 shucks, that’s
nothing; I’ve had a thousand bugs in do; One

day a soldier got a nail in his toot, and tin doctor
said: “0 shucks, that’s nothing; I’ve bad a nail in my
fool a thousand times.” The doctor hail f Ins

eyes nearly knocked out by a snowball, when Fred
I )oin in ran up to him again, and said: •< > shucks, that’s

nothing; I’ve had my eye knocked out a thousand times.

There was a greai deal of this kind of fun and take-off in

imitation of some general or other officer, hut we were
kept too busy throwing snowballs to take it all in at the
time Infantry boys would capture cannon and caisi
a in I take tic hones from the artillery and go dashing

through the crowd. They would also hitch to tic

sons and dash off somewhere else This Bnowball battle

lasted .all day.

TENNESSEE \\s \T CHICK \M LUG \

VIVID DESCRIPTION or Till .sr.v/u ) “S FIGHTING.

Elijah Wiseman. Billtop, Tenn., March 7. 1894

George El Dolton, of si Louis, asks for information
concerning t he battle of Chickamauga, ant illy of

Sunday’s 6gh1 on Snodgrass Hill, on Sept. 1863

On Sunday morning, Sept em her L’n. 1863, Col. John S.
Fulton, of Fayetteville, Tenn., commandii Bush-

rod Johnson’s “Id brigade, composed of the Seventeenth.

Twenty-third. Twenty tilth. Forty-fourth, and Sixty-
third Tennessee Regiments, captured the nim
guns in the l»yer field, spoken of by Dolton, At that

lime the Seventeenth (my regiment) and the Twentv-

thiril had been consolidated, and were command)
Cols. Floyd ami Kibble. Just a- we got to tl

the field Col. Floyd said. “BoyE do \ ‘ • e that hat

We hurrahed ‘ We do Then the

said: ” Tkats OUTS.” .lust at this time (Jen. Re
Johnson rode up and called for Col. Fulton and held a

short consultation with him. Then Col. Fulton should
“Attention, old brigade!” (meaning Johnson’s old bri
gadel. The command ‘Attention” was passed rapidly
down the line, then the command, Forward! Double-
quick!” was heard. We started on a run, raised the ol I
“rebel yell.” and in a few minutes those aim- were

Johnson’s brigade was on the extreme left wing of the
command, supported on the right by Gen I After

capturing the guns we halted, reformed our lines, and
threw out skirmishers. .1, ( ‘. Ray, Robert Foster, and I
were the skirmishers who volunteered from Company A.
Seventeenth Tennessee Regiment. We advanced through
the woods toward the A’idito House, spoken of by Dol-
ton. I came to the Crawfish Springs road, with Ray
and Foster in the woods to my right. While stationed
in the mad 1 captured three yankees, one of them being
a courier. I carried them to the rear, giving the courier’s
horse to (‘apt. Terry, of Company A. Seventeenth Ten-
se Regiment, who was slightly wounded on Saturday.
He rode it the remainder of the day. The command then
advanced and captured the wagon train and knapsacks
near the Vidito house. As the Federals retreated from
this house we came up on the opposite side. The ladies

of the house came out meeting as, waving their aprons
and bonnet-. We were almost worn out, hut mat
to give them a lev.

From the A’idito house we advanced up to the

mit. where we planted our artillery. Johnson’s brigade
was in support of this artillery when Granger’s 1

e brigades, under (Jen. Steadman, were advancing
toward the west along the road to the north of the ridge,

When thev were well abreast of us, we charged them,
hut were II Lack to our guns. Then

we charged again, and wen- repulsed • time.

\ font thl I called to ( ‘o|.

Fulton to hold his position until lie (Johnson) con

came up and rushed tot he
front, but Iriven back Seeing 1 John-

Fulton : Forward my “Id |.ri_
The”old brigade” charg third time, and utterly

routed < it

These ate the men that I’ i w of

them are still liviiiLT in ‘his community, and can testify,
in the main, to what 1 have writ

That night, after tin- I I loyd and

Kibbli I their men. There were

16 ,.i tic – i enty-third Tt

itulated themselves
and their r.l- to I, n this

ire forty six of t lie bra
that ked t he –

A Tut”
I \| B

ur beloved A 1
\n a communical ion fron I I Stan-

Blake-
Bushrod Johi The

members of Joht I brigade fed a great inten

ant stall

I remember will
Snowden in front of Pi
Blakemore had hi- hi aut iful sm

mil I wil 1 ni the

battle ol’ < ‘In

manded b 1m Fulton, suppoi

r front ! hi h a

dead I j it times

hold tl,. much longer, when < ‘apt .

i In- battery, and

nth Tlie

blood spouted out, his under lip hung ■ i in a

Is he Was the bloodiest man I lie

tried I mil they eon

del-stand a word he -aid Not w il h-t aic I rrihle

shot, he stayed there in the face of death, until from the
lossof blood lm could stand 1 carried to

the rear.

Col. Snowden lives in Memphis. 1 have nev< r b

from (‘apt. Blakei ‘«’ -nice tin war. I heard that (‘apt

Black recovered from his wound, but that he was killed
in Mississippi after the close of tl not know

whether it is true or 1

R. Heber Screven, Charleston, – glori-

ous battle flag stood, and still stands, not fora ‘ lost cause.’
It is patriotic and progressive. Its principles cannot
die; they are broad enough for the whole human race.”

206

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

VINDICATING REV. DB, CAVE’S ADDRESS

Martin Williams, of Bland Court House, Va., has writ-
ten to the Richmond Dispatch a reply to the atl
upon Rev. Dr. Cave’s address delivered al the unveiling
«if the private soldiers’ monument in Richmond. He
justifies the speaker’s bold utterances on that occasion:

Not a single Southern historian has presented our
cause in its true light. Even Mr. Stephens wrote more
in a spirit of apology than of justification, and we have
sat supinely by and waited for an Englishman to, in part.
vindicate us. For this lack of self-assert ton, it has bei n
said thai we were justified by reason of the conciliatory
spirit of the North toward us. both in sentiment ami
practice, and particularly the latter.

It has In.’. -ii urged that the Northern people have

mgst U8 ami. in part, Imill up uur waste plan’s.

Granting this, who have been the recipients of the

gains? Our lands have been sold in many instances for

(2.50 per acre that are now worth $500 dollars per acre.

In almost all instances the principal office is in some
Northern city and the principal officers, who get the
profits of these investments, live in Northern cities.

Thus the profits derived fr the so-called “building up

of waste places” do us no g I. Our land- have been

“boomed” by Northern people, who always secured
their interests on the ground floor. They have bought
our lands al wholesale, sold them to us at retail, and the
profit- have gone north. Thus, we have had tin- Palace
Car Brigade superseding tie- carpetbaggers. Of course
there have been honorable exceptions, but these have
I ice 1 1 the rule. Up to t he first inauguration of M r. < Ueve-
land hardly a public office in the government of any
prominence was given to tic South. Our ministers to
foreign courts were till taken from the North, ami bhus
foreign sentiment was manufactured against us. and the
tide of immigration and capital turned from our doors.

With all i hat ha- been said about President Hayes,
Ids was the first inaugural address after the war that
did not vilify tie- South, lie was the first President
after the war to recognize the South, and this only in a
.limited way. And lor even this he was ostracised by
his former admirers and almost utterly ignored and for-
gotten by them. I do not hold with those who believe
that he was ostracised 03 reason of hi- having been the
recipient of a stolen Presidency. I do not believe that
those who committed the theft so far repented of their
action as to have ignored Mr. Hayes because be accept-
ed the result of their action; hut it was because they
could not use him as a tool, a- they had former Presi-
dents, and as they have subsequently. In 1892, twenty-
seven years after the war. we lind that out of nearly
one hundred oiif ,-rs in and attached to Mr. Harrison’s
Cabinet, with salaries ranging from $4,000 to $8,000,
one wa- from Mississippi, two from Missouri, and the re-
mainder from the North.

Northern histories have been published and distribu-
ted in all parts of the world, in which we have been por-
trayed as •■ t rail or- guilty oft reason,” ” rebels” and ” mur-
derers.” At every meeting of the Grand Army this is
repealed; at every unveiling the same is true. Their
press in daily concert heaps upon us slanderous vituper-
ations commensurate with the mental power of the
writer to express, and in all this we have acquiesced.

I do not hold to retaliation as a rule, and certainly do
not at the sacrifice of any principle; hut when retalia-

tion is the only means of vindicating a correct principle,
1 hen I say retaliat

Thirty years of acquiescence have proved fruitless, and

we have impliedly admitted, by acquiescence al least, for
the time that our fathers were “traitors guilty of trea-
son,” were “rebels,” and thai we now are “murderers.”

So, viewing Mr. Cave- oration merely as an experiment,
it cannot hurt anything. I have heard a great deal
afoul the recuperative power of the South, derived from
Northern a-si-tance. I rejoice at this, lull what is all
this worth if it is to he received al the sacrifice of 1 ho-e
principles which go to make men and nations great?

1 would abhor that condition which would even give
me a dollar with its hand and Blander me with its tongue.

So ft ii l.c underst 1 thai unless they lei us alone we

will in the future reply in kind. Let Mr. Cave’s oration
he the groundwork of the -entitiieiil that whatever may
have been the past, henceforth if you Blander us we will
retaliate; henceforth we, will play the part of the lion
instead of the cur; henceforth we will assert our man-
hood at least; and if this he I reason, you must make the
most of it you can. We do not court controversy, hut

-imply ask to he lei alone. We are willing to cooperate

in sentiment and practice with Maine and Texas alike.
We have acquiesced for thirty years. We think this is
enough; and. to he plain about it. in the future we pro-
pose to give you as good as von send on this line, and
the sooner you find this out the better it will he for all.

CONFEDERATE VALOE AND DEVOTION.

At the reunion, U. C. V., of John < ‘. Key Camp, Gon-
zales, Tex., duly 4, Commander Hon. W. B. Savers
made an interesting address, in which he described the
devotion of comrades in the Confederate war. He said:

No man can properly and fully appreciate the
strength and tenderness of those tics that arc horn of
comradeship in war and continued unbroken and undi-
minished in vigor and activity through four of the most
eventful years of our country’s history. The Btory of
the Confederate soldier i- full to the overflowing of
touching history and intense tragedy, ami when fully
completed by the impartial historian will present to (lie
world an illustration of valor, fortitude, and endurance

under the nio-1 striking circumstances, such as has nev-
er before adorned and illuminated the annals of any peo-
ple. Without munitions of war. either for service on
land or wat er. without means of transportation except
such as was known to primitive warfare, without the
moral or material support of a single nation in the
world, unaided and alone, unable to recruit their armies

exhausted by death and sickness stive from themselves,
the Southern Slates conducted a war for four years in a
manner that lias no counterpart in the world’s history.

lie then described the power of the federal Govern-
ment in contrast, strengthened by the popularity of abo-
lition sentiment in other lands. He paid special tribute
io the valor of Toxane, telling with line effect the loss of
the first Texas at Sharpsburg where it was 82.3 per
Cent, of its men. the greatest loss sustained during the
war by any regiment on either side.

James If Lidinger, Guyandotte, W. Va., reports the

death of Comrade Win. Siinonton, Co. E, Eighth Virginia
Cavalry, Payne’s Brigade, Fizhugh Lee’s Division.

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207

THE CONFEDERATE GRAY UNIFORM.

W. II. Bemise writes from Shelbyville, Ky.. about it:

1 notice in the Veteran thai a correspondent Bends
an extract from an article by <ien. Unt’ns Saxton in re-
gard t>> tl rigin of the Confederate uniform. The

General says: ” It is not generally known that the Con-
federate uniform was designed at West Poinl It hap-
pened in tliis way: I was an instructor of artillery at
the academy from May I. L85 ptember, 1860.

Gen. 8. B Buckner, who was adjutant general of Ken-
tucky, came here tor tin’ purpose of obtaining a new
uniform for the troops of that State \Y, agreed that
the handsomest uniform was the cadet gray. lie ami 1
worked on it for several ‘lays. . . . Huekner went
South, ami the uniform we had decided upon became
thai of the Confederate army.” Now. I do not know
whether Gen. Saxton is righl about it. but am inclined
to think he is. I do know, however, that Kentucky had

State It ps (Slate Guards) at that time | 1-.”. –

der Gen. Buckner, and they(a1 least some of them) were
uniformed in cadet gray. The uniform was not furnished

by the State. Bach man paid for his own uniform. I
was a member of a company of State Guards (Stone
Rifles) al Bloomficld, Nelson County, Ky. Most of us
went South, wearing our cadet gray uniforms, as they
did from other parts of the Slate A lew joined the
Northern army, but most of our citizen soldiery favored
the South. I have now a picture of a brother and my-
self in this gray uniform, taken in I860, or perhaps in

the early part of 1861 Thes mpanies were all broken

up by the war. as we did not attempt to carry our or-
ganisations intact into the Southern army

GALLANTRI UNDER TIM \l.

“Alfred Lrnold” writes of ; i •hilt to hilt engage-
ment between Son. John G. Ballentine and a Federal,
when i he former was a captain in the regiment com-
manded by Col. (afterward Gen.) W. II 2 The
details <^’ the incident are given by a former mem 1
Company A. Seventh Tennessee Cavalry:

In the spring of L862, not long before tie battle ol
shiloh. Col Jackson left Jackson, Tenn., in pursuit of
some Federal raiders under command of Maj. Schaefler,
• if the United States army, who came from Paducah,
Ky.. tor a raid through Wes1 Tennessee. The Federals
had gone into camp when overtaken by Col. Jackson,
ami many of their horses were unsaddled. The Tennis
seem- came in sight of the enemy on the top of a gentle
incline, half a mile or more away, about I P.M. Col
Jackson immediately gave the order to charge, which
was done with a vim. The enemy had only time to re-
saddle their horses and gel into the road in wild
der. Then ensued a running fight for about four miles
over a corduroy road in had condition. Many of the
Federals were captured, and among them Maj. Schaefler,
commanding the battallion. Probably all would have
shared a like fate bul for the darkness, .lust I
dark Capt. John (i. Ballentine, of the Seventh, being
well mounted on a swift, thoroughbred horse, got in ad-
vance of his companions ami overtook a powerful Fed-
eral soldier who had tired his gun and ]>istols. Capt.
Ballentine, with a navy six-shooter in his hand, command-
ed the soldier to surrender. The latter gave a signifi-

cant look at Capt. Ballentine and tapped his safer with

ght hand, hut said nothing. It was :i cha

which so gallant a gentleman a- Capt. Ballentine was
compelled to accept, ami sheathing hi- pistol in the hol-
ster In- drew his -word, which was a -mall officer’s saber.
The Federal had a large, regulation cavalry saber, |

bly six inches longer than t he sword of hi- enemy. Tin 1

men wen- al-o unequally matched, Capt. Ballentine be-
ing of slight build, weighing about 135 pounds, hut very
active and skillful. The Federal weighed about 180
pounds. The fight occurred while both horses were in
full gallop side by side. Capt. Ballentine received a cut
in the brim ot his hat in front, and a safer thrust which
pierced through the bn while he sic

ed in nidi. antagonist by a thrust through the

small of his hack. 1 1 y without

tal result. The soldier was ispital,

hi- wound and lie was otherwise well cared for.

Mr. Ballentine wa- horn a; in Pula-ki. Tenn.

His father was in early life an officer in tin British
and taught him soh rl in t he saber.

1 1 e afterward ‘ • ent he

raised himself, and Bcrvcd with e llantry and dis-

tinction during the remainder of the war with the A rmy
ofTei ed two terms in I

the war. Mr Ballentine wa- educated at Vale just be-
fore the war, and he wa- perhaps lie ni08t 1/
Southerner in his
graduated from t lis I

Dr. .1. I’. Cannon. McB \ n it: w

i- published in the interesl of vi t’ ran-, am that

you want in for their pleasure and

profit, I offer I i I ion that you

the name and present ad I who desire it. By this

I think we cat learn the wb many

old friends an

\\ – II,- I at Cre< Bedford Co intj Ti nn
the informal ion of 1 I hat < ‘apt.

• ‘lark, of a T as caval tit, was w <t the

battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn.. and v lit to the

home of my tat her. 1). D. Hix, five mil – helbyville,

Tenn., on the Lynchburg road, where be died, ha

ared for. He was buried in the Hix family burying
ground. I think his home was in Clark County, l

I.. T. Dickinson, Chattai Tenn., write- “The

inearthed an old friend of mine, Lieut. W. S.
Evans, of La Grange, Ga., wounded with me in Mary-
land. He lost his [eg at the faille of Monocacy, July
9, 1864. This is the anniversary of that event. I was
wounded two days before ^ • w< re in the hospitals of
Maryland for many weeks. I gol a long letter from him
Baying lie had seen the June VETERAN. Veterans will
always learn something to their advantage in its pa

Tat and Mike, two brave and faithful Cot
have been attached in time- of peace, hut they an
“inseparable.” One day in passings coal -haft Tat fell
into the dark ]>it. and Mike was deeply grieved, lie
called out piteously: “Pat! if you are dead, spake to
The fall v ■ hut not fatal, and response was re-

turned: “I’m not dead, but I am spacheless.”

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

She Confederate iDctcran.

One Dollar a Year. S. A. CUNNINGHAM, Editor.

OFFICE AT THE AMERICAN, CORVES CHURCH AND CHERRY STS.

Thia publication is then* Ul per-
sons who approve such j b sd Organ for

Associations tlir”Ufihout ttir Si. uth. :n ‘ ! Lronage
and to cooperate it.

The Veteran has been Bent heretofore after date of
expiration, anticipating renewal. Those who fail to L r >-t
it hereafter may know why by dale with their address,
and that they owe from that date, including this.

While the Veteran lor June was several days later
than usual, incident to a change in the ( m I >1 1< -ution office,
together with a number of other misfortunes, and
consequently caused serious regret, it was gratifying
to reali/.e, by extensive correspondence, the interest of
the multitude in regard to it. The work of the Veteran
is such that, under the circumstances, its thousands of
patrons arc trusted to forbearance and patience. If they
could realize their power to help in subscriptions and
advertising, their cooperation would not be delayed, and
the result would be an honor to the entire South.

W. H. McCord, in the Marshall County (Ala.) News,
tells an interesting atory of the late Senator A. H. Col-
quitt, of Georgia. Comrade McCord had a dream that
caused him to foretell (?) the death, which he describes,
and then relates war experiences in which Gen. Colquitt
was thoroughly self-possessed in the greatest danger,
and of hie patriotic appeal to his soldiers when they all
surrendered. The tribute is well merited, and by a Con-
federate who served enough on his staff to know him
perfectly, and ‘• to know him was to love him.”

“The late unpleasantness” was the term used by an
able advocate for office in Nashville recently. The
speaker was not old enough to have been a soldier, but
was much the senior of a young lady who heard him,
and who expressed sharp disapprobation to the friend
Standing by her. She said: “The expression does not
show sufficient courtesy or dignity to the event.” It
is repeated here not only in compliment to the young
lady, but as a plea to correspondents. Even veterans
will write of it as » the late « ar.”

The new Chief Justice of Florida, lion. Benjamin Sul-
livan Liddon, recently appointed by the Governor to fill a
vacancy on the Supreme Bench of thai State, and con-
firmed Chief Justice, is a sell’ made man. When he was
but twelve years old his father, first sergeant of Com-
pany D, Third Georgia Regiment, was killed at the bat-
tle of the Crater, near Petersburg, Va., leaving a wife
and five helpless children at his home in Madison, Ga.
The devoted widow, left almost penniless, gathered her
little flock and removed to the home of her nativity,
Marianna, Fla. Benjamin was the oldest boy. He was

very bright, and it is not surprising to his friends in

Georgia that he arose to the distinction so lately con-
ferred. The honor of his appointment is the greater

from the fact that he never SOUghl any office. He was

appointed from t he liar.

His father, it can be truly said, was prominent for
special acts of bravery. He was a native of Wilming-
ton, N. C, married Miss Susan Sullivan in Marianna. Fla.,

shortly after attaining his majority, and removed to

Georgia soon afterward, where be continued to reside
until the war called him from home.

The Veteran has made serious error by incidentally
publishing that May ‘.W. adopted by the Union side, is
“Memorial” day. and that the days fixed by the South-
ern people for their tributes to Confederate dead were
‘•Decoration” days. It should have been more careful.

The first issue of the Veteran ever published gave an
account of how these annual events were brought about.
Mrs. John A. Logan (old that Gen. Logan could not
join a party to visit the battlefields about Richmond be-
cause of the impeachment trial of President Johnson.
but that she went and on her return she told (Jen. Lo-
gan how impressed the party were by seeing the graves
of the Confederate dead all marked by little white Sags,
laded wreaths of laurel, and similar tributes placed
there by their friends. She added: ” His tender heart
was deeply touched, and he said thai it was most fitting;
and that, as Commander of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, he intended to ■ issue an order for decoratiiuj the
graves of every soldier in this land,’ and that if he
could he would have the date made a national holiday.”

The beautiful idea occurred to Mrs. Williams, of Co
lumbus, Ga., and its faithful execution has been kepi up
hy millions of people.

The Grand Army Gazette, published in New York, re-
futes the story that has often been told of the Southern-
er who saw a Union veteran begging, and gave him a
five dollar gold coin. The unfortunate man. who bad
“lost both arms and both legs,” as the story goes.
thought the gentleman made a mistake, and asked him
if he meant to give so much, and he replied: “You are-
trimmed up according to my taste.” The Gazette ana-
lyzes the story, saying if the man had lost half as much
as claimed he would be getting $72 per month. The
editorial then ridicules the story of a Confederate using
such insolent language, and concludes:

The Soul hern ex-soldiers to-day are showing US of the
North a noble example. In 1865 their land was deso-
late, with all that implies. To-day it is in splendid con-
dition, with all the old trammels taken oil’, and travelers
report a buoyant temper and an indomitable spirit of”
progress prevalent among the people. They are up and
doing in every department of activity, mental, social,
physical, and material, and an empire is upbuilding in
the Southland which will beyond all question make it in
the near future one of the most important of the subdi-
visions of this might}’ republic.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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GRAND REUNION AT BELTON, TEX.

The Bell County ex-Confederate Association of 62S
members, the largesl Camp in thai great State but one,
had its annual reunion July 11 and 12. The venerable
H. M. Cook sends seventeen subscribers with a reporl
of the reunion signed by -1″ Brewster, Commander, and
H. E. Bradford, Adjutant. Ii Btatea

The attendance waB from eighl thousand to ten thou-
sand. The entire time of both days was consumed in pa-
triotic speeches alternating with music, t >■ »1 1 1 instrument-
al and vocal, and interspersed al intervals with the
booming of our twelve pound caunon.

An important feature of the second day was a magnif-
icent barbecue which furnished an abundant supply t “■ > 1-
all, both while and black, and still it was not consumed.

The Bell County ex-Confederate Association in reun-
ion assembled on the 12th day of July, unanimously
adopted this resoluti ifFered by Col II M Cook:

“Whereas the CONFEDERATE VETERAN, a paper pub-
lished in Nashville. Tenn., by Comrade S. A.Cunning-
ham, in the interest oft lonfederate \ eteran Associations,
and their interest in particular, with facts of history,
war incidents, and reminiscences 111 genera], has by pa-
triotic zeal and indomitable courage breasted every dif-
ficulty and overcome every opposition until it has now
become an assured success; therefore,

” /iV.Wivi/, That the Roll County e\ ■< ‘onledera 1 e AsSO
ciation, No 122, takes pleasure in adopting the said
Confederate Veteran as its official organ.”

This action is the more appreciated because then
once a voice in opposition to it, Other resolul ions were
adopted, one denouncing the ” Encyclopedia Britannica”

as an enemy to the South, and requesting all Southern
people to retrain from admitting it into their homes. It
is right to make these discriminations.

Confederate Veteran Associations have taken action.
in various sections, concerning the lamentable condition
of controversies between capitalists and laborers. In
Georgia the Richmond County Survivors Associat

1. Resolved, That the Confederate Survivors Associa-
tion, of Augusta, Ga., assembled at the base of the beau-
tiful Confederate monument, heartily indorses the patri-
otic and noble utterances Of our illustrious comrade.

Gen. John B. Gordon, in the Senate* f the United States,

on the 10th day of this month.

2. That we fully indorse the action of Grover Cleve
land. President of these United State-, in every step he
has taken to enforce the laws, and wo pledge ourselves

and ‘-our sacred honor” to sustain the Executive in ev-
ery effort he may make to maintain the dignity of our
great republic and suppress lawlessness in every a>
of t he country.

.’». That this Association believes that it is the dutv of
every liberty-loving American citizen to uphold the dig-
nity of the United State- and suppress mob violence
and any infringement of the rights of “life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness.”

4. That we know no North, no South, no East, and no
West, when a common enemy, either foreign or domestic,
threatens our institutions.

Col. Augustus C. Hamlin, a well-known writer, in send-
ing subscription from Bangor, Me., commends the
value to history of Gen. Shoup’s article on Shiloh. He
conclude- Your photograph of the Southern beauties
at Birmingham is a very pleasing and instructive pic-
ture and I can only say that if the young ladies had ap-
peared in Virginia and demanded the surrender of the
Army of the Potomac the war would have been ended
in ten seconds. ‘Ground arms” would have been the
order at 01

The White ll the Confederate States has been

turned over to a committee of Richmond ladies, who
pS to put it in perfect repair The design
1- to retain the characteristic features of the place as
when occupied by the Confederate President and bis
family.

The ‘ ! overeealous to strengthen pop.

ular sentiment osions, tells much to

-t rengthen 1 1 >n federate va

But whal was lefl ot them, reenforced by thou
of new ret nt on ■ 1 1 > to Shiloh. where they met

nguinarj battle all the host thai Albert S
John-ton could path or from the < ’01 portion of

the Valley of the Mississippi. When that two-days’

battle ended, fully one third ot I oiny was dead

or wound

1 11 aid I une make- a compari-

ficial records:
•rtb did not -hurl an army ot 2,772,402 Ol
South.’ The cut ire tin infer of men in the -cr\ ice of the
government, from first to last was not in
2,000,000; and against these tic
of between 1,500,000 and 1,700,000 men. The ,.

spent actually ” 10,000 in putting down the

rebellion.”

flu- is given to show how unreliable is tin
part isan join 1

Dr. Thomas W I Knoxville, Ala., favor*

RAN with a diary that has had an eventful history.

Upon tic outside cover were the words a Rebel b I’i-
arj . taken from a capl ured t rain ailor’s

Creek. April 6, 1865, by B. I-‘. Have-, a member of the

line Hundred and Twentieth New York Volunl

It belonged to Beverly B. Pierce, with headquarters
Wilcox Brigade, and wa- bought December 5, 1863. Mr.
Pierce was in the quartermaster’s department. II
ord began January 1. 1864, and continued jn-
raonths. As tic- month of June closes today, and I

have written this book through. I think 1 had better
dose.” Then he adds two | try. which ex-

plain that he was betrothed.

At Jackson, Tenn., a beautiful memoria

held. John W. Gates, in an .address, paid pathetic
tribute to tin’ memory of those who had given their
lives for the Confederacy.

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

G W KTIIKIl; LIVES FOB BOMBARD COUNTBY.

The following res] Be by Gen. S. G French at a re-
union of the Orange County Camp of U. C. V., at < >r-

hiiid”. Fl:t.. .Iuir’ 2. to a sentiment offered by the Chair-
man, contains philosophy and patriotism:

h appears to me thai the Bentimenl just offered is, in
a measure, answered in a convincing manner by the aa-

mbling of this audience lure to-day.’ For what more
important purpose are wo here than to honor the Con-
federate dead and to publicly proclaim that their mem-
ory is cherished in the hearts of our people? You state,
Mr. Chairman, thai these men gave their toes for their
homes and their country ; and it this be true, then there

must have been Borne great principle or wi g involved

in the issue, because men will not peril their lives and
fortunes for an abstraction inn- ‘lie tor a metaphor.

We were a peaceful and quiet people, practicing the
courtesies of an age thai is past, and ruse in arms only
when our homes were threatened with invasion; ami in
doing so we did hut exercise the first law of nature, an
instinctive law thai pervades till life. To have acted
Otherwise we would have lost self-respect, been untrue
to Ourselves, unworthy of our homes, false to our coun-
try, irreverent to God, who created man in his own im-
age, conferring a nobility- — a title above all created by
the breath of man.

But I will pass on to the second part of the sentiment,
which expresses t he hope that “the memory of the < Ion-
federate dead may rest securely in the hearts of the
Southern people.”

1 know of no better way to establish how deep-seated
in the heart of the present generation is the respect for
the ( ‘on federate dead than to i I lust rate it hy some recent
events: and before I do this 1 wish you to hear in mind
that t her.- i- a tendency in men to condemn and to aban-
don their agents and leaders who have failed, and there-
by blasted the hopes of their supporters and followers —
whether in private enterprises or in military affairs —
notwithstanding their labor and devotion to duty. The
masses only look at results. If this test be applied to
the Sout hern people, ii will he found that they have ever
been true to their leaders, alike in adversity as in pros-
perity; and this fidelity establishes their character as
men, just as the field of fat tie has stamped their charac-
ter as soldiers; and combined we bave the highest known
type of manhood.

This adherence of the Sou t hern people to their leaders
is illustrated in their devotion to the memory of Davis,
Lee, Johnston, Jackson, Stuart, Pelham, and others.

Behold the Confederacy dissolved! Its chieftain cap-
tured, a prisoner in irons; accused of treason, murder,
inhumanity to prisoners; the unreasoning mass, impa-
tient ignorance, a partisan press, blatanl politicians, one
and all clamoring for his death more vehemently than
did the demoniacal mob at the tribunal of I ‘out ins Pilate I
In all this his people did not forsake him. You know
the verdict. All I he world held him ^ u i 1 1 less, the mana-
cles dropped from Ids wrists, he became a wanderer,
homeless,

In after years he found a shelter by I he side of the sea,
and there detraction followed him. With trenchant
pen he successfully defended himself and his people un-
til, with age, it fell from his trembling hand; ami when
it became known that his eyes were (dosed on all earthly
scenes and thai all the glory of this world had been ex-
changed for those promised in the prophetic vision of

revelation, the voice of lamentation wa- beard alike in
costly mansion and lowly hut. while sorrow, like an
eclipse of the sun. overshadowed the land.

Man} of you may remember the I •- Bhown his re-
mains as they were carried from New Orleans to Rich-
mond, how cities contended for the privilege of guarding
them: and the final ceremonies at bis grave, where <

head was howed in silence so profound that the gentle
heart of the South was heard throbbing at the d ‘ of

his tomb.

I was introduced to Mr. Davis late in the evening of
February 23, 1-17. when I was placed by Gen. Taylor,

Col. May. Dr. Hitchcock, and others, in a common bag-
gage wagon between two wounded men and carried from
the hacienda of I’.ueiia Vista to Saltillo. One of these
men was Col. Jefferson Davis, and the other was Lieut.
Pickett of Illinois. So my acquaintance with Mr. Davis
runs hack over forty years. 1 think he combined in a
high degree the three great qualities of soldier, orator,
and statesman. His lite was pure, and nothing could
swerve him from the path of honor. From the continued
assaults of a nation of enemies more bitter even than
that of the English people against the character of
Napoleon, he arose triumphant, and has left a notable
instance of a man, while living, obtaining a victory over
error ami silencing the tongue of slander.

Surely his memory “rests securely in the hearts of
the Southern people.” . . . I could go on and tell you

of the reverence and respect shown to the remain- of

Senator Vance hy the people when the casket wa- being
carried from Washington Citj to Asheville, X. •’., but
my time is limited. And yet I am sure you will permit
me to refer to the gallant boy soldier. John Pelham.
[lie tells the story of Pelham at Fredericksburg already

published in the V ETERAN.]

\fter quoting from Gen. Lee about Pelham, in how,

with one gun, alone, on the plain between the t w o armies.
■ he delayed the battle one hour,” Gen. French added:

There was a deed performed that rival- lloralius on

the bridge of Rome, of wl i Mac-mlay sung in his

■■ Lays of A acienl Rome.”

The Confederate dead, in its largest sense, means the
men who carried the musket. They met the tirst shock
of hat tie and bore t he hrunt of the tiu’lit. and went down
to death in the front ranks. The world does not know
and comprehend the true character of the Confederate
soldi.]-. Mainly they were men of education, thought-
ful, self-reliant, at home neighbors and friends. Bach
knew his right and left hand comrade — knew they could
he depended on not to desert him or abandon a position
given them. This individuality of the soldier and fidel-
ity to his comrade beside bim gave repose and confi-
dence to the line, confidence to the officers, and strength
to our army beyond mere numbers. They were not a
heterogeneous mass of humanity from all nations, serving

for pay, for bounty, for pensions and spoils. The census

report shows that little wee Rhode Island has a foreign-

hum population nearly equal to Seven of the Southern
State-. There were more negro soldiers in the I’nion
army than Gen. Lee ever mustered on any field of hat-
tic, and Massachusetts recruited some of her regiments
in South Carolina and Georgia with negro slaves.

The cause for which so many Confederate soldiers per-
ished is not lost. It still lives in the autonomy of the
States as they now manage home affairs. Appomattox
shattered the Confederacy; but it was not a judicial tri-
hunal to determine the rights of a State under the Con

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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stitution. All honor then to the private soldier who died
that his cause might live. The Confederate Government
was only an adjunct to organize defence. It perished.

Sons of Confederate BoTdiers, cherish the memory of
your fathers. You are citizens of a great republic — the
one country on which the eyes of distant peoples are
turned and their hopes centered. There is no nobility
here created by government, bul there i- a craving for

distinct inn in many Ways. * hie is weall h : Others are seen

in the formation of Bucb societies as tl – 5 of the
Colonial Wars, Society of the < ‘incinnati, Sons of the Rev-
olution, Aztec Club, Grand Army “t’ the Republic, As
ciation of the United Confederate Veterans, and many
others. It is a pride of ancestry and a distinction to
he a member of some of these societies You Bhould all
become members of the Association of the Sons ,,t’ the
Confederate Veterans. It is a distinction that will be
more highly prized with age.

I have only referred to the pari borne by the men
daring the war. I have been in the hospital wh
wealth and beauty nursed the wounded, and I have
heard the dying Boldier Bing the Bong of life, but, like
the dying swan’s, the last notes were the Bweetest a-
they blessed the women who nursed them. I have seen
the dying dolphin on the deck of a ship change his
Bomber colors for the bright hues of the rainbow, am
have seen the dying soldier’s face illumined with the
dawn of heaven as he said “Tell them at home I (rive
my life for them.” I am not unmindful, ladies, of the
power you possess and can exercise in preserving the
true story of the war and the memorj of the Confeder-
ate soldiers. Tell the true story to your children. If
you do not, your nui ‘868 will tell them t heirs They will
walk with your little ones to the national ceinetci
and the children will ask: “What are all these wf
stores for?” Theanswer is: “They mark the graves
the Union soldiers killed daring the war.” “Well, who
killed them?” And then follows the stories oi the war
from the lips of the nurse, and thus every b1 be-

comes a monument to some unknown Confederate, by
perpetuating his memory

It was woman that instituted Decoration Day, and.
as it is immediately connected with the pleasing duty
of preserving the memory of the soldiers of the South, I
am sure you will annually meet ami place floral tribu
On the graves of those that rest in our ccineler
whether of the blue or the gray Vuii were a potent
factor in the war. and the world knows bul lit I le of your
labors or the sacrifices that you made. Where the
Btrength of man fails, you can lead with a Bingle ha

One beautiful Grecian face, in days of yore,

“Launched a thousand ships.
And tired the topmost towers oflllion.”

In a personal note Gen. Freiich’statcs

The reference to the dying swan is true. One day in
the winter of I860, being on duty in Texas with Lieut.
Williams. I*. s. A . we went to some salt lagoons near
Indianola. The swans were there by thousands. As
one came flying by me 1 shol it and our dog swam in
and brought it to the shore. I pulled the bird “lit and
put it on the grass and commenced loading my gun.
The poor bird commenced singing its death Bong, and it

became so sad and heartrending that I had to go some

distance oil’ until its notes died away, ‘flic song of the
dying swan is not a myth, hut a reality, and the same is
true of the echoes of the dolphin when it dies.

THOSE GRAUD .MI.MV RESOLUTIONS.

E. W. Strode, Camp Balloway, Independence, Mo

1 was on the i Resolutions, from this State,

at Birmingham. The motion was made that a committee
be appoint the Grand Army of the Republic

an invitation to hold their nexl meeting at \tlanta. It
was discussed without any decision being arrived at. the
majority opposing. The sentiment expressed by the ma-
jority was that if the Grand Army of the Republic w
to fraternize with us. it would he proper for them to
extend the hand of fellowship, as they were the successful
in tic war – i tb ommittee insisted thai some-
thing should be done with it. and we called in •
don; and the decision was to author Gordon, if

he saw proper, to appoinl a committee to invite them.

A majority of tl immittee was opposed to the resolu-

oming before the assembly with their indorsement.
Col II son if Virgit ia, our Secretary, will, I think.
bear me out that 1 1

This from a Northerner by birth and parentage, ‘■ P.
Hart. Basl Lake. Ala. ‘ M.i\ the Confkderati \
\\ grow in circulation and i until it shall

have taught the whole civilized world to understand and
appreciate the principles for which the South , -on tended,
the privations she endured, the heroism displayed, and the
patriotic loyally with which her – laughters now

cherish the imperishable -lory ■ Union, ‘

I >r, II. ‘I’, .i-ii- -. \\ illiamsburg Va ays ol

A ppomattox I lur • \ erything

which comes before me bearing upon our eventful strug-
gle, hut notion: en w hich putt
in the ■ I personal remink

vour journal, which you kindly sent.
1 look forward with increasing pleasure to each i~

i, w. Crosby, Holston Depot, Tenn. : ■■ I have long
lint that we have never yel had written
a true historf of the war. and it i~ quid ling to

read tic publii at ions found iii 1 1 ‘ , x I think it

the duty of evi Idier to sustain you in

your efforts I at the helm and proclaim the glad

tidings to the old. I Hers who wore the gray.”

At the Grand < !ai
andria, Va., .lime 6 and 7. the address of welcome was
by K. Kemper, of |;. E. Lee Camp, No. 2, ami re-
sponded to by Col. Hugh I! Smith. Grand Commander.
Alexandria Confederates are ever zealous in good works.

Confederates in Chicago. — The Chicago Record of

July 10 states: “The only < ‘amp of Confederate veter-
ans in Chicago offered its – to Mayor Hopkins
yesterday. This is Camp No. 8 of the United Confeder-
ate Veterans, and has Beventy-fr members. It

is commanded by II. 11 . Stew art, and I.’ Lee France is
its adjutant.”

T. O. Aushuts. Jacksonville, Fla., who was of the < >ne
Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania, desires knowledge
of Dr. Joseph Jones, who was chemist at the Mi
College of Georgia and lived in Augusta during the war-

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THE CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

A ladiee relief association in Indiana writes to the
Chicago Inter-Ocean to inquire aboul why it waa thai
Confederates were buried in Chicago. That paper gives
a history of prison life there, etc., and describes the
monument, and it say-
On 1 ration Day the graves of those who wore the

grav are si rewn with flowers by those who wore the blue,
and on the graves of the Union soldier the ex-Confeder-
vs a tribute. The Grand army of the Republic and
the United Confederate Veterans march side by side.

■• LAND OF BEAUTY ” TO A V LTKI.’A \

Uaj.John E. Dromgooiewae born in Brunswick Coun-
ty. Va.. in August, 1831; and died in Tennessee October
21, 1893. His parents came to Tennessee in bis first
year and settled near Murfreeaboro, where the lad grew to
manhood. He was a graduate of Union University, of
the Kentucky Military Institute, and of the Lebanon Law
School. Ah. nit 1858 he moved to Indiana, in which State
he married Miss Lily Cook, and there at the commence-
ment ut’ our late troubles was practicing law. His inde-
pendence and loyalty to his Southland soon got him
into trouble. He was assaulted and cruelly beaten.
He returned to his former home, and enlisted as a pri-
vate in the Eighteenth Tennessee Regiment. He was
Captured at the surrenderor Fort Donclson and taken to
< lamp I ‘ouglas. By the aid of a few noble ladies, and the
liberal use of money, he made his escape from Camp

Douglas, was conveyed safely by Federal aid to the
ral outposts south of Murfreesboro, and he again
joined his command near Shelbyville.

He was in many severe conflicts, and was wounded
three times. He was paroled at Greensboro, N. C, at
the end of the war, when he returned to Indiana and re-
sumed the law. His health failed him, and he returned
to Tennessee.

These last words written by him were found by the

bed after his death

What would 1 not give to wander
Where my old companions dwell’.’

Absence makes the heart (.mow warmer;
Land of beauty, fare thee well 1

Still my fancy can discover

Bunny spots when’ friends iiiay’dwll :

Darker Bhadowe round me hover;
band of beauty, fare thee well !
Throni’h the mists that. Ileal above me

Fondly sounds i he evening bell
Like a voice from those that love me,
Breathing fondly: “Fare thee well!”

Burial Service Suggested. — .1. W. Simmons, Com-
mander of Camp Joe Johnston, Mexia, Tex., inquires if
there has ever been any form of ceremony adopted by
the Dnited Confederate Veterans for the burial of com-
rades, and says: “Our Camp has seen the necessity of
this by being called upon as a Camp to perform the burial
ceremony over some comrade, we have an informal
ceremony gotten up by ourselves which we have been
using, but 1 think it would bo much better to have some-
thing appropriate adopted by all Camps.

The National Cemetery at Port Donelson was estab-
lished in November, 1SG7. It is on the highest eminence
by the town of Dover, and contains 670 graves. Of
these, 158 arc known and 512 are unknown.

THE SLAVERY QUESTION OF OLD
Hon. Chauncy M Depew,ofNew York, addressed the

joint .letter-. in and Washington Literary Societies at the
University of Virginia recently, when he said:

Washington and Jeflereon, Madison and Lee. who savt
the dangers of slavery, and earnestly desired it– aboli-
tion, died with gloomy forebodings for their country from

the existence of a system which they were powerless b
destroy. Jefferson, in thai broad generalization which

was the habit of his mind, promulgated the doctrine
which nearly seventy years afterward realized for his
countrymen his aspiration. He did not utter it for this
purpose, but it became, in the hands of Providence, the
weapon of death and the spark of the resurrection. It
strained the bonds of union to the point of breaking
upon the one question, which the fathers feared might
end their republic, and in removing the cause of our
weakness and decay it reunited the States for an eter-
nity of mutual progress and patriotism.

The great debate continued for more than two-thirds
of a century, and kepi the nation in the throes of revolt!
lion. The expounders and defenders of the waning
ideas of indissoluble union and Federal compact were

Daniel Webster, of Dartmouth, and John C. ( ialhoun, of

Yale

American liberty is the solvent which blends i 1 1 1 > e

people all nationalities and tongues and creeds. We
have to-day the living witnesses of its beneficent power
Many of us were in the heal and fury of the strife, anil
though it is hardly more than a quarter of a century

since our lines of battle were drawn, you and I can cor
dially clasp hands under the same Bag, and rejoice in
being citizens of the purest republic and mosl pow-
erful nation in the world. We can do more: without.
prejudice or fear, with calm judgment, and common
pride we can extol the genius and compare the merits ol
Olysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, of Stonewall Jack-
son and Gen. Sherman, and hail them as brothers in the
free and open guild of liberal education.

REUNION NOTKS FROM ORLANDO, FLA.

W. Garl Johnson, Orlando, Fla., June 2, 1894:

This has been our annual reunion da}-. The 3d is the
day selected, it being Jefferson Davis’s birthday; bul as
thai came on Sunday this time, we look to-day.

The “old Vets” from town and surrounding country.
with their wives and children and friends, amounting to
several hundred, brought baskets loaded with good
things to eat.

A delegation went early to the cemetery and dedicated
a plat of ground as a burial lot for the use of our Camp,
and decorated the graves of comrades who have already

be< ii buried i here.

After the speaking was over your humble servant
stepped to the front, with the May Veteran in his hand,

and in a short but I trust telling manner called the at-
tention of comrades to the great importance of not only
indorsing it as the organ of our Camp, but of subscrib-
ing for it. They did the former unanimously and with

a \ ini. and I hope they will do the latter.

Now a word aboul my age and extreme feebleness.
Thai footnote of last summer in the Veteran did the
work. I am afraid my friends in Mississippi and other
States will think there is something wrong. Put a plas-
ter on it some way. I am full of life and vigor.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN. 213

THE BHILOH BATTLEFIELD. MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES IN CHARLESTON.

Col. E. T. Lee. of Montieel-
lo, III., Secretary of the Shi-
loh Battlefield Association, has
been in Nashville arranging
for the next grand reunion
and encampment of 1 1..
vivors of the battle of Shiloh,
to he held there next April 6
unci 7 He had JU8< returned
from the battlefield, where
he bad been closing up some
contracts on land for t be Me
morial Park. The hill tor t he
purchase of this famous battlefield is now before Con-
and if ii i- reported favorably it is hoped it will
hi’ passed at the present session, when work will begin
and the battle ground he put in good Bhape. It i- de-
sired to have all the survivors of that battle pn
next Bpring.

Col. Lee will visit Mobile, New < Orleans, and other
points in the South in the interests of the association.
He hopes to secure the attendance of many distin-
guished speakers and Confederate leaders who were a1
Shiloh. and have them assist him in Locating the correct
place where Gen Albert Sidney Johnston fell, and other
disputed points of interest Col. James Williams
vannah, Tenn., who was a gallant < ‘on federate, was elei I

ed Assistant Secretary of t he ABSOCiatiOD Capt. Jane-

Lrvin and Senators M B Bate and! G.Harris were elect-
ed Vice Presidents. Col. Dee very much de-ires that
comrades take an active part in this reunion and in the
Shiloh Battlefield Association, lie requests that they

send their names, company, and regiment, with their
post office address, to Col. William-, at Savannah, Tenn
Tents will he elected on the battlefield for the next

April meeting, and alj will be welcome to camp on the
old oamp ground where they may talk over the scenes
of long ago iii peace and good will with each oth<

Note this request We desire that you write your < Ion
gressmen and Senators asking them to support the bill
for the purchase of the Shiloh battlefield, now before
Congress, and known as Souse of Re] resentatives B I

No. 6,499, introduced in the House on March 30, 1894
by lion D, B. Henderson, of Iowa.

The old army <<\’ the West and South arc entitled to
Shiloh. ami it is hut justice to them that the govern-
ment purchase this historic battlefield as a National Me-
morial Park, and care for the dead buried all over the
battlefield.

Col. Lee. the originator ofthe above movement, en
the army in .Inly. 1861, and served the four years in the
Forty- tirst Illinois, participating in the hattles and
marches of his regiment, including Fort Henry, I’ I
Donelson, Shiloh. in both days’ battle, Corinth, Hatch ie
River, Vicksburg, and Jackson, Mis-. Then he was on
the march to the sea. and through the CarolinaB. He
entered the service in his sixteenth year. He was
wounded in the right hand and shoulder in the terrible
charge at the second battle of Jackson. Mi–, on July
12, 18t;3. when Push’s Brigade was almost annihi-
lated. At the recent meeting of the Grand Army of the
Republic, of Illinois, he was chosen a delegate to the Na-
tional Encampment at Pittsburg, Pa., in September

The News ami Courier gave an interesting account:

The people of the City, which was the cradle ofthe
cause for which they died bo gallantly, paid fitting trib-
ute and reverence to the memory of the soldiers who
once wore the gray, and many hundreds of whom are
now making their last, long bivouac beneath the bj
ins Ii of Magnolia < lemetery,

Mem,, rial Day was celebrated iii Charleston with im-
lemnity. The day was an ideally lovelj
and thousands 01 men and women made the piot
grimage to Magnolia to gather about God’s acre which

m its loving embrace the sacred ashes whid
gave vitality to a nation’s rip;!

The programme ofthe service was conducted ui
the auspices of the Indies’ Memorial Association by
tmittee appointed by the Survivor’s Association to
act with the fi ition This committee con-

sisted of (‘apt Jam.- ti Holmes, Chairman; Col. Zim-
merman Davis. \La| A. W Marshall. Capt. Hall T Mc
ind Col. John Kinloch. All of the arrangements
for the day wi under the special -up’

< ‘apt. Holme-, and they mpll te and Well ex-

eellt.

The Obelisk in thk Squabs.

It i- customary for four of the young ladies from
( !on federate Home – :i committee

from the Washington Light Infantry, each year before
starting for the cemetery to march to Washington
Square and pis ths about the monument to the

Washington Light Infantry’s dead The schoolgirls,
forty-two in number, accompanied by their teachers and
the gentlemen of the committee, formed in line and
to the railway station. At the cemetery the
long line of white shako- appeared above the green
shrubbery of the walks, and the Sumter Guards, who
a< ted as escort, filed silently into the Bquare and took
taml behind the young ladies of the Home. They
followed by thi Carolina I full uniform.

Later still the Citadel Cadets marched into the grounds
and broke ranks in front of the monument.

A memorial was read by the ■ Thornton M.

The prayer and bi I by

Rev. Mr. Blackburn, and the oratory by Col. Asbury
Coward It abounded with patriotism and loyalty to
the Southern people.

Chairman Holmes said in his introductory ad

that those who still reverenced the cause dear to all

Southern heart- had for t wenty-nine anm gath-

ered there in memory of the dead who -lept in that plot
Of earth. To those who had serve. I on the field

the hospital it was no idle pageant. It meant that the
principles which had I. ecu -.. gallantly contended for

Upon the field were still alive and dear to many hearts.
If there were any within the sound of hi- voice whtO

: idly upon tl bservance, he would request them.

with all due courtesy, to retire. This observant
Memorial Day wa- no i oil for the South.

Stonewall Jackson Cam].. I”. C, A., at Huntini
Ark., adopted resolutions cordially indorsing the A’k.i-
ki’.an as its official organ, “believing it will faithfully ex-
pound the principles -.. dear I., ii-.” etc. Resolutions
were adopted also in hoi v. Thomas RMarkham

and (fen. Jubal A. Early. Copies ofthe resolution- .lli-
cially Bigned arc acknowledged by the Veteran.

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

iXJTING IN WEST VIRGINIA.

BY 1A SB ARMY 01 NORTHERN VIRGINIA.

After the battle of Rich Mountain, and the retreat of
Garnett from Laurel Hill, July 1, 1861, all that part
of Virginia lying between Cheai Mountain and the
Ohio River remained through the war in possession
• it’ the Federals. Prom this section of the Old Dominion
had gone forth many gallant men to do battle for the
Southern land: and nmv their only means of cummuni-

cating with their h es was through the scouts, who

were at all seasons of the year coming into this region,

and returning li ii through mountain fastnesses to

the Confederate lines beyond the Alleghanies. As all
the roads were carefully guarded by the Federals, the
only route possible for these devoted Southern scouts was
through the pathless mountains.

.Many were killed, but few were captured, as they
were ever ready to take must desperate chances to escape
(Venn the enemy. They were the mail carriers between
the e\ikd Confederates and their friends beyond the
Western Mountains. A single scout would sometimes
Carry one hundred letters or inore.in addition to five or
six days’ rations, his blankets, and heavy arms. The
scout traveled only at night through disputed sections,
resting by day in the house of some devoted Southerner.
When the welcome darkness came again, he resumed Ins
journey, traveling always unfrequented paths through
woods and fields. Thus night after oighl he penetrated
deeper and farther into the Federal lines, distributing
mail from Dixie land, and receiving in return those let-
ter-, intended for the hoys in gray. He was also a recruit-
ing officer for the t ‘on federate army, and painted in glow-
ing colors the splendid achievements of Stonewall, and the
glory that enveloped those gallant riders who followed
the plume of Stuart. Sometimes he remained within
the Federal lines for months, then inarched away some
dark night with a hundred men or so. He rarely as-
sumed any disguise, but wore the uniform of a Confed-
erate soldier, and was always kept in formed of the move-
ments of I he enemy by the Southern people among whom
In- was concealed. Often in sections where the South-
ern sentiment prevailed a party would be given in his
honor, and he was always the lion of the night. The
young men did not question his right of supremacy, and
the Southern belles made no secret of their preference
for i be dashing young soldier in gray. To him was con-
fided many a tender message for those absent loved ones
who were in the Confederacy. A scout was seldom be-
trayed to the enemy. < >n his ret urn to the < ionfederacy
there was always a wild rush of soldiers to receive their
letters, and gel verbal tidings from home.

His reports to his commander were implicitly relied
upon. The hiding places prepared by their Southern
friends for the security of the scouts, while surrounded
by the Federal armies, often displayed great ingenuity
and were very rarely discovered by their enemies. A
straw rick would be tunneled to the center, a little room
carefully excavated; a Long box made of fencing hoards
run up through the rick for ventilation, the lop concealed
by a light covering of straw; or a rail pen would be
built, a plank Boor laid down, a little door cut out, and
ventilation provided for; and then a great rick of hay
built over all. A few calves, or (lock- of sheep feeding
on the hay, would obliterate till tracks made by the
scouts in coming to or going from their retreat. The
houses of Southern men frequented by scouts usually

bad special facilities for their concealment or escape.
There was a fascination) about this adventurous life
within the enemy’s lilies quite irresistible to some.

Granville Shafer, a noted scout, made more than
twenty successful trips through the lines, lie was re-
peatedly surrounded by the enemy, but always broke

away. lie was a scout through the entire war. and

took enough recruits through the lines to form a regi-
ment. He was Bitting one night in a mountain cabin
when a detachment of Federal cavalry threw open the
door and marched in. He wore the < Ion federate uniform,

hut they did not know that he was the daring scout for
whom they had sought so long. Covering him with
i li.ir cocked carbines, they demanded his surrender.
He gave up his rifle, and asked permission of tho officer in
command to stop into the other room to get his hat.
This he was permitted to do. a guard being sent with
him. Once alone with the Federal, he drew a revolver,
shot him through the head, hounded through an open
window, and escaped.

Deer, hears, cougars’, and wolves became plentiful on
Cheat Mountain during the war. as they were not hunt-
ed then. Alone one night in a laurel thicket, far from
any settlement. I ca suddenly upon a flock of sleep-
ing deer. They whistled loudly ami bounded into the
air all around me. making such an infernal din that I
thought at first, I must have run into a Yankee outpost I

One night a cougar followed me for a mile or i •<•,

keeping some distance away, his eyes alone visible)
and uttering occasionally a low purring, catlike sound.
< rrowing t ired of his company. 1 opened fire on him with

1113- Henry rifle, and was annoyed hy him no more.

Accompanied hy two other scouts, I crossed the moun-
tains in the winter of 1863. The snow was 1 wo feet deep,
and we 1 had struggled through it all day long, and it was
ten o’clock at night before we saw- the welcome light
from the cabin window where we had rested on previous

journeys. Slipping <plietl\ up to the window and look-

ing into the room, we saw a dozen men lying before the
fire, apparently sound asleep. Thrown over them were
blankets, on which the letters •■ l*. S.” were plainly visible.
Iii one corner of the cabin stood their rifles, leaning

against the wall. They were four t te; but we were

quite worn out with marching, and tin- next house
where we could safely stop was ten miles away, and
the snow was deep and drifting. After brief consulta-
tion, we threw open the door, and with cocked rifles
dashed between them and their guns. Demanding their
surrender, one of them turned lazily over, slowly raised
his head, and seeing me. exclaimed: ‘ What the devil’s
the mailer with yOU,Jim? Do you suppose that any
but Confederates would be out in such a storm’.'” lie

was Mori inier Johnson, one of our most successful scouts,
coming through the lines with a party of recruits. Poor

fellow! lie was shot dead by the Federals on his next

trip over the mountains.

While a scout was always ready for a fight, he avoid-
ed it when possible; his object was to slip through the

Union lines, gather What information he could cone, 11
ing 1 he mil libers and movements of the enemy, and take
back with him tiny volunteers who might wish to join
the Confederate army, lint when necessary they were
most desperate fighters, and were seldom taken alive.

John Anderson, a noted scout, was once surrounded in
a wood by a company of home guards. He was armed
with a Henry rifle, and was a celebrated marksman.
He opened lire 011 I hem, killed several, and routed I he rest.
It was said that he killed twenty men during the war.

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215

John Rigbter, a Bcout of remarkable daring, was tak-
ing out a party of recruits in the Bummer of 1863,
stopping for the day at a cabin at the foot of the moan-
tains. 1 1 is mi n. leaving their guns at the bouse, had gone
down to a brook to wash, lie was alone in the cabin
when ii was suddenly surrounded by ten Federal 1
rymen, commanded by Lieut. Cowan. The men at the
brook dashed off into the woods, undera heavy tire from
the yankee carbines Cowan, who knew thai Rigbter
was within tin’ cabin, demanded his surrender. Instead
of this, however, lie threw open Hie door, and shol the
lieutenant dead from his horse: and so sure was his aim,
ami so rapidly ‘li<l he work his repeating rifle, that in a
few moments one-half of the command were ‘lead, ami
tie remainder scattered in disorderly flight. He In-‘ ughl
all the reeuits safely into the Confederate camp, ami for
many a day the diamond ring of the lieutenant biased
on t In’ finger of t he bcouI .

Romance, to… played its part in the tragedy of the
border. Young Henry Rader was home from Dixie on
Christina- Day, 1865. [n some mysterious way hi- pres-
ence there became known to the enemy, ami a- he was
an intrepid ami successful scout, who bad annoyed the
Federals at Beverly for years, they determined to either
kill or capture him. A mile away lived a ncigbor named
Peterson, who was now home from the army of the Po-
tomac on furlough; and he told hi- sister of the plan to
capture Rader that Christmas night. Now A.nnii !’■
terson’s lover was a young lieutenant who followed the
ii: if Lee, and Bhe determined that Rader should he
saved. ‘The Federal party was to -tan on their expedi-
tion at ten o’clock that night; and as rate cour-
age of the Bcout was well known, it was not expected
that he would ever he taken alive A- evening came on
a fearful hurricane was roaring among the mountain-,
and a blinding snowstorm darkened till the valley; but
Annie did not falter in her purpose Stealing quietly
:i«;n from her home at nightfall, Bhe fought her way
through the great drifts and the bitter cold until, tired
out and half frozen, she came to the home of the Raders.

‘1’lir federals are Coming I Tell Henry to fly, hut
let me see him before he goes?” she said to hi- thcr.

“We thought you were for the Union,” replied Mrs
Rader to the daring girl.

“I don’t know; perhaps 1 am: hut 1 love the South,
and llnii\ shall not die.” she exclaimed passionately.

Five minutes laterthe snout, fully armed and ready for
a journey, stood before her. Drawing him aside, Bhe
slipped a letter into hi- hand, saying: Please ?ive this
to Lieut. Hardy when yon are safely back in Dixie.”

“I will indeed, Annie, if I have to walk all over the
Confederacy to find him. Hut you will see him sooner
than you think’.” he replied, as he stepped out into the
darkness and the Btorm. He remained in the neighbor
hood long enough to locate every Federal outpost; and
ten days later he and T.ieut. Hardy guided the ” Laurel
Brigade” over the mountains, captured every picket
without giving an alarm, and had the satisfaction of see
ing the garrison of Beverly lay down their arm- at the

feet of 1 fen, Rosser.

“Ami what >>i’ the brave Annie Peterson?” Ah, yes;
Rader was besl man when Lieut. Hardy married her on
Christmas Day, 1866.

A GEORGIAN AND PHXX. BUCKTAI1 –
L. Hughes, Dyersburg, Tenn., June 21, 1894

Bell .loin- came here from Georgia some twenty ]
ago and went to farming. We only knew that he was a
Confederate soldier by his having on : out. and

his statement that he answered at roll call for Lieut. A.
1′.. Jones, Company C, Eighth Georgia Cavalry.

Bell and 1 went to the reunion at Birmingham togeth-
er, where he introduced me to Capt. J. C. Smith, former-
ly commanding Company < ‘. Eighth Georgia Cavalry,
i-ked me if Bell had ever told me how he alone
stampeded the famous Pennsylvania Bucktail Brigade.
I -aid he had let. ‘ Well, it is a fact.” said the captain.
W e had been guarding the railroad at Petersburg, \ a .
and had been driven hack by the Buck tails, supported by
cavalry and artillery. Bell told me that be was
h:ek to see what the yankee- were doing, and bring in
with him a man, a horse, a gun, or at least to have some
fun. After going Bonie distance he was joined by two of
his men. They rode up to the crest of the hill and saw
avalry deployed on the near Bide of the railroad, the
infantry tearing up the track, and the artillery in bat-
tery beyond. Bell told his men that when he yelled
‘Charge!’ to tire their guns and yell as loud as they
could. Bell gave the word and dashed down the hill.

hut the two men went back I III dry broke

hack and ran in the infantry and broke them till up.
But tho\ BOOn rallied, and 1′.. II saw that he was in for it.
II, could let go back over the hill, so he veered to the

right behind a house to a road, while tin whi

opened on him. the artillery knocking the house
ah, nit In- car- He kept the road, which led down across
the railroad by a little cut. where he ran upon a picket
with a cocked gun, the cap appearing to Bell a- big a-
bis thumb. T’ _’ awa v. and the yankee

wa- rattled by the noi-e ami firin II dashed up to

him. grabbed him by the collar, and told him to gei up
behind or In’ would he captured. Then b arm

around his prisoner to hold him. and rode off. Th
kees kept after him. hut dared n of killing

their own man After riding hack about a mile hi
lonel and captain with a squad of men to lool

up. a- they had heard the firing, Bell had captured the

best I ‘randy in Petersburg.”

He never told this here, he -aid nobody ‘<

believe it. and that his Bilence wa- not due t,> modc-ty.

At Birmingham there was a very pretty Bunny-h
girl canvassing for a journal, who tackled Bell for his
subscription I warned him against the paper, hut the
young Eve gOl him away from me and hooked hi- Bub-
scription. I asked him why he did so after what 1 told
him. when he sighed and said: ‘She wa- siidi a p
o-irl.” Ah mel ‘The bravest are tin’ tender

Commander W. A. Knapp, of Calcasieu Camp, at Lake

Charles, La . has made a strone- appeal in Lehalf of com-
rades in the Soldiers’ Home at New Orleans.

I’m: Short History of the Confederate Stati
America, by Jefferson Davis, heretofore advertised by
the Southwestern Publishing House, i- now the property
of the ^ bteran, and it is offered with a year’s sul

tion and the •■ Souvenir” for S3 If the merit- of this
superb volume were comprehended, orders for at least
one thousand volume- would he sent in two days from
this notice It i- a siiperh volume in every way, by the
highest authority, and there will never he another edition
printed, the publishers having failed. The book, 85; and

V 1 11 BAN, v 1 : both for S3.

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

BUILDING I ONFEDERATE MoNCMEXTS.

Extensive methods have been inaugurated at J)allas.
I ex., by the Daughters of the Confederacy toward
building a Confederate monument there, and to make
its dedication a prominent event in connection with the
(“ii be Veterans reunion al Houston. Mrs.

Kate Cabell Currie, President, writes at length about it:

We have two hundred members, and of thai number
one hundred have obligated themselves to raise five dol-
lars by September I. Each week the ladies bold recep-
tions, and though a dime is all W6 ask. twenty-eight dol

lars was added to the fund as the resull of the first re-
ception. Thursday will see the- Becond one, and I know
even more will be added to the treasury. The Sons of

Veterans will give a grand entertainment on July 23,
and during the Democratic Slate Convention, beginning
August 12. the ladies will serve dinner. Gov. and Mrs.
Gi bos will give a grand lawn fite. We have petitioned
the Fair Association to give us one day al the Pair to be
called the Daughters of the Confederacy Day. They
have given their consent. We will give them the great-
est crowd ever seen in Dallas. October 25 is the day
designated. You know the veterans will come from far

and near to answer our call, for a w an’s prayer was

never unheeded by the gallant sons of Dixie.

I inclose a letter “to the children.” 1 long to have
the monument ready for dedication, and have the statue
ready to adorn the granite column.

U i” < ‘iirrie. President, sends this letter to the children:

The ladies of Dallas bave organized an association
called the “Daughters of the Confederacy,” which is
Striving to build a monument commemorative id’ South-
ern bravery, and they want your aid.

I know you like to hear of brave deeds, and you listen
with hearts of love while father or grandfather tell what
they did on many a bard-fought battlefield, and you
lini-di away the tears as mamma or grandma tells what
these brave men suffered for you. How they suffered
hunger and cold, and many long marches over hill and
dale were taken by their barefooted boys in gray to an-
swer the trumpet’s call to duty, and many times to

tth. lee, it was your loved ones who Buffered, so we
want the children to build the bronze soldier that will
picture the Southern hero, grand and noble of form,
but wit h raiment tattered and torn.

We want the monument ready for dedication when
the veterans come in the spring to attend the reunion at
Houston. We want them to come to Dallas. We want
all Texas to come and welcome these heroes of a hun-
dr< d ba1 1 les, and join us in showing our love for < ‘on fed –
erate heroes. And what could tell our admiration bo el-
oquently as the bronze soldier bearing this inscription:

“The children of Texas, son– and daughters of Confed-
erate veterans, place this soldier to tell the passer-by
t hat our soldiers were bra^ e.”

It will take (2,000 to place the bronze soldier on the
granite column, but we feel confidenl thai 20,000 chil-
dren are willing to send their dime, which will be added
to the children’s statue fund Vacation has come, 60
won’t each lad and lassie constitute himself or herself a
committee of one to policil dimes for this purpose, and
they will soon find their names enrolled on a list that
has raised on high, :m a symbol of heroism and honor,
the statue in bronze to the memory of the tattered and
brave private, the ‘noble nobody” of the war.

An\ contribution- to this fund will be Cheerfully re-
ceived by Katie I> Cabell Currie. I “alias. Tex.
Mow mi:\ i \ i C JJID1 v Auk.
Judge W. F, Avera, Camden, Ark . June 21, 1894.:
I ~. ■ 1 1< 1 you by mail to-day a photograph of our monu-
ment, i in Decoration Day in 1885 a movement was
st:ii i cd to ereel a monument to the memory of the Con-
federate soldiers buried in our city cemetery. The fol-
lowing persons comprised the committee to raise funds:
Mrs. I”. Lynch Lee, Mrs. \. |> Purycar, Mrs. \. A. Tufts,
Dr. J W.Meek, C. D. Gee, J. R. ?oung,and mysolf. On
May 29, 1886 thi monumenl was unveiled with great
ceremony. Gov. S. I’. Hughes deliver,.! [he oration in
the presence of the largesl crowd ever seen in Camden.
< ‘on fed era les came from fifty miles around to pari ieipatc.

This monument, together With the iron fence around

the plot of ground, cost about $1,200. When you re

member thai it was built nine years ago by the people

of a town having less than 1,500 while inhabitants at
that time, I think you will agree that we did very well.
Capt. J. I!. Young, of the con i in it tee, was a I’ll ion sol-
dier, and Mrs. A. A. Tufts is the wife oft ‘apt Tufts, who

was also an officer in the Federal army, and no others
Worked more faithfully than these for its BUCCeSS.

Mrs. Julia A. Garside, Fayetteville, Ark.:

The Southern Memorial Association of this place is
putting forth its best efforts to place in the near future
a monument to the memory of the Confederate soldiers
in our cemetery. It was set apart specially for the

Confederate dead. It contains over six hundred graves.
and is inclosed by a substantial stone wall with iron
gates. Everything has been done by the ladies of the
Association. We want to get our monument from a
Southern firm. We also want to give a Confederate en-
tertainment for the benefit of the monument.

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MIIS. LOULIB M. (.Olilio.N. ATLANTA LA

Mrs, Gordon is the youngest daughter of a Conf
ate major, the wife of the youngesl captain in the Con-
federate army, and sister-in-law of one of the most
celebrated of Confederate generals. Her husband, Wal-
ter S. Gordon, raised and commanded a company at
fifteen. He was afterwards on the staff of Gen. C. A
Evans, who was ardently devoted to liini and testifies to
his “absolute fearlessness, originality, and clear-headed
D6S8.” Thr proud wife and daughter of these worthy

men Bays she belongs with the ‘ Confederates. While she
is happy in her Atlanta home with their two young daugh-
ters, Lute and Linda, thirteen and eight, the mother is
so full of life and hope that she has become very promi-
nent, especially in literary circle-.

Although mentioned occasionally as a “society
woman.” she takes her religion to a reception just as she
wear- it in her daily lite. She is of sterling Scotcb-
Irish and Welsh ancestry: the UcGlenden and Bli
Virginians and South ( ‘arolinans. She is of revolu-
tionary Btock. Her grandfather was with Andrew
Jackson, and she is an ardent member of the Ladies’
Hermitage Association. Her father, Maj. John Jackson
afcClendon, held his rank in both the Thirty-fourth and
Forty-second Georgia Regiments, she is related to
Kirhy-Smith. and farther back to Thomas Jeff rson and
President Tyler. This fair lady is a Trustee of the I reor
gia Baptist Orphans’ Home. She is Second Vice Presi-
dent of the International League of Press Clubs, and a
member of the Liberty Roll Executive Committee. She
is Representative at Large and isone of the Executive
Committee of the Woman’s Department a1 the coming
Cotton States and International Exposition. “Sin- does

not want to vote and cannot make a speech,” but is
thoroughly womanly in all things

The incentive to give this brief sketch is to show
what one woman has done recently for the South. A- a
modest writer for the press she joined the Woman’s
Press Club, which has done much in developing the lit-
erary talent of Southern girls. She was sent to the
Convention of Press Clubs at St. Paul last year, and
she Boon became impressed that that great company of
editors knew almost nothing of the South, and she went
about bringing tbem to Dixie. In the name of the
._ ia Woman- Press Club she invited them to hold
their next meeting in Atlanta Mr Mural llalstoad
gallantly represented her cause on the floor of the
Convention, Governor Nor then and representatives
of the daily press telegraphed approval Well, they
went to Atlanta ami “were conquered.” Mrs Gordon
urges the formation of Press Clubs South, and thai
they be well represented in the League at Philadel-
phia next spring, she is confident that these orpin
ieations can be made very helpful to literary tali
the South, especially among women

lire. Minor Meriwether. President of the Southern
Woman’s Historical Association lis, mad.

phatic reply to the criticisms of that Association for
commending Lev D at Richmond when

the Confederate monument to private soldiers was dedi-
cated. In its account of it the St I. mis Republic quotes

I had an interview with Gen Grant in Memphis.
Tenn., in 1862, and he -aid 1 it the war had no

reference to Blavery 1 1 was to ke< p
The freedom of the negro was the one and onlj
result of the war Therefore the North seeks to
and keep out of Bight the awful horror of its wicked
war of conquest under that one accidental good. . .
The North ‘lost by thewai 279,376men. TheSouthlost
_ I . making in till 413,197 men killed in wicked hat-
lie-, or by disease that was the direct outcome of thi
war. . Tl bjeel of the Southern Woman’s His-

torical Society, -ho said, is to keep the truth before the
public, and correct the errors that are made with regard

to the causes Of the war. And another ob

ciety is to teach our children the truth regarding thai
series of battles We don’t want to have them taughl
in the Bchools thai their parents and grandparents were
rebels. We want thorn to understand the situation a-
we understand it, and as it really was

Mi .1 P, W. Brown, of Nashville, 1 >me remi-

niscences in the preparation for removing the Ten
penitentiary beyond the city limits, a few miles west.

which arc of interest to many Confederates who were

imprisoned there. Comrade BrOWU is one of fourteen

who escaped from there in October, 1862 He remem-
bers three: (‘apt. John Goodrich, Samuel V. Brown, and
John Kirk 111 an. Jr., all of Middle Tennessee, and the la-t
named of Nashville. Mr. Brown would be gratified to
know what can be ascertained of the other ten. His ad-
dress i- Nashville.

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THE GALLANT I’ELII A.MS— OTII Efi BEROBS

L. B. Giles, of Laredo, Tex., corrects an error in the
Veteran concerning the Pelham whose name waa
changed from Ten Eyck. Mr. < ; i K– served in the
Eighth Texas Cavalry, and knows all the facts. Aiter
reference in the “gallant .lolm Pelham” ami to Charles
T. Pelham, who served in ‘ferry’s Rangers, lie siaies
thai these noble men were firsl ion-ins.

Charles T. Pelham was indeed “the hero of every en-
gagement in which lie was an actor.” He leveled his
pistol like firing at a target, and died in the front of a
cavalry charge in Northern < reorgia, in the spring of ’64.

His aged father and mother, grieving at the lot

their only son, asked the Texas Legislature to change
the name of a heloved grandson, Charles Pelham Ten

Eyck, to Charles T. Pelham. which was done. This jren-
tlemaii, together with his mother ami In-other-, were tin
til recently residents of El Paso. Mr. Giles -tale-

If I remember correctly, it was near Norvell’s Station.

m front of Dalton, early in the morning. The Rangers,
Col La Grange’s Indiana Brigade, some were mounted

and others on fool. We took about sixty prisoners, in-
eluding their gallant commander. La Grange’s horse
was killed, and falling caught his rider, holding him
fa-l. John llaynie. the quickest soldier in the Confed
crate army, dismounted to relieve and then captured him.
I did not know that the Rangers had arrived from
East Tennessee. We had often met hi- command the

previous winter, and on one or two occasions he had

been very kind to some of our boys, ami t he big-hearted
llaynie determined to return his kindness. Mounting
him on a capt ured horse, he escorted his prisoner to Col

Thomas Harrison, Brigade Commander, ami introduced
him, without depriving him of even his side arm- The
prisoner was a handsome, young fellow of martial bear

iiii,’, hut withal a philosopher, ami told Col. Harrison
thai he was in command of the brigade

These {acts were given to me the last time T met Gen,
Harrison, who has since “crossed over the river.” I
wonder if Col La Grange is living. John llaynie was
drowned in North Carolina jn-l before the close of the
war. His was as gallant a spirit as ever answered the
call of his count r\

United Confederate Veterans in Missot eu Schuy-
ler Lowe, Adjutant, write- from Independence. “We

have just completed the organisation and received char-
ter tin- Camp ((“of E. B.) Holloway, at this place, with
fifty-seven members. Number inU. C.V., 533 We expect
to increase our membership to one hundred or more very
soon. We meet tin’ first Tuesday in every month. We
have adopted the VETERAN as our official organ. Kd W.

Stroud is commander.

Col. E. J. llarvie. War Records < trtice. Washington:

I want to keep on with the Yktkkan. every issue of
which pleases nic more. No matter how lonely and des-
olate a man may he in the world, there is a groat source
of comfort in the sympathy he has for himself. Joys of

of the pa-l. “pleasant and mournful to the soul.” still re-
main, and those of 11- who gave the best years of out-
lives to the Confederate cause want to sec Southern b

tory perpetuated. I am well pleased with the Veteran,

and trust its BUCCesS i- now a—nred. The “Souvenir”

was unique. I read every line of it. [ never miss an op-
portunity of commending your enterprise

Col. llarvie ha- long held an important place in the

War Records Offio at Washington. He Berved in the
-war on the -tail of Gen I.’ 1′ I.e. ami succeeded Gen
V A. Shoup a- chief of stall to Gen. Hood.

The delay of last two issues was unavoidable. Work
is well advanced upon August number, and its receipt
may he expected in about three weeks

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Many parents are now considering where they will place
their children the coming year.

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Much 1- to he learned that is not found in text-hooks. The

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the daily walk and talk of whom must he impressed upon the

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I’o they teach simply for pay. ..r are they conscientiously
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\o the teachers punctilious? Are thej kind” Are they
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We have many grand schools in our midst. Take some

pain- to ascertain then strong and their weak points.

The M0NTG0M1 M Bl I I \( ADEMY, of Nashville, has
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before j lecide where you will place youi son Make in-
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■ra ran confidently recommend our brand as being
inferior to none made in the State.

It is of the old-fashioned kind, such as made Kentucky whisky famous.

Barber, Ferriell & Co.

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ABOVE THE CLOUDS AND HALF A MILE ABOVE THE SEA.

,\f tola Fine Elevation, in Cool and Constant Breeres, la E^ooated

LOOKOUT = INK. * LOOKOUT = WOUKTAIK. at ghattanooqa. tbnn.

The summit of Lookout Mountain is a broad table-land, beautifully wooded, threaded with romantic drives, and abounding’in
mineral springs. The Inn i- four si iries high. A walk through its main corridor and return is one-eighth of a mile. It co t one-
quarter or a million dollars. Elegance and artistic taste prevail throughout the house, its stable is the pride of the South, and is
supplied with water from Lenora Spring, pronounced the finest in the country.

It> plumbing system was pla -<1 and constructed last year by Prof. Oli-ott, of New York, at an expense of $25,000.

The view from the inn tower extends into seven States. Electric lights, elevator, steam laundry, livery, daily concerts,tand
dancing morning and evening. Bowling. Billiards. Tennis.

BBST PLACE TO BUY. ■+■* * H

“”r The Academy

CLARKSVILLE, TENN.

CHINA, DINNER, and IRA SETS,

TOYS, DOLLS,

1 1 icy< les, V) locip

and Croquet Sets, Hammocks, Bridal
: i ■ ents.

sD~)l:nl orders solicited and carcfull} filled.

THE GIBSON CHINA and TOY CO.,
309 College Street,
I M lv NASHVILLE. TENN.

Doors. Sash, Blinds,

HARD Wi ii ‘I’ MAN rELS,
and TILING.

L. OLIVER & COMPANY.

CHARLESTON, S. C. 7 M 6m.

And Young Women.

Fall Term 0p:ns September 3. 1894 .

i. iitors upon its 19th annual term with most

promising prospects, having just closed its most
prosperous year. Buildings new and complete
in all appointments. Homo care and comforts
unexcelled. Health record unrivaled. An able
faculty of

10 SKILLED SPECIALISTS.

A full Collegiate Course of Stndy. Twelve
ears from Kindergarten to Post-graduate, Rare
advantages in Languages, Literature, Art, ttosio,
and Elocution. A thorough, practical business
course, including Bookkeeping, .Stenography,
and Typewriting. Limit of pupils, 125. Board-
ers, 80, Send for register.

MRS. E. G. BUFORD, I’rin.

COLUMBIA ATHENJEUM,

A Boarding School
for Young Ladies.

Beautiful location (sixteen acres), ind notei

health. Twentj I hers, of recognised ability.

All branches ofstudj provided for, including

Primary, Preparatory, Collegiate,
Commercial, Music, Art, Elocu-
tion, Phonography, Needlework,
and Physical Culture

Well-equippi d gj mnas The largest libra-

,n\ si In’ ‘I for j oung ladii ith.

EXTENSIVE MUSEUM
OF NATURAL HISTORY.

In music instruction is given on the pipe oi
piano, harp, guitar, i iolin, mandolin I roiei

, uitini , i in i m i. ■ as in regular conservatoi

\i i depar nl well supplied with lele of dif-

kinds. The President served tour years

In the Confederate Army,

and will I”- pleased t<> hear from former comrades

who have daughters i lucate.

For illustrated catalogue giving full informa-
tion, addi si

Robt. D. Smith, H.A.,

794 SI COLtTMBIA, T/JA’A’.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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00000000

W. C. Collier

Orocerv C ompany ‘

and Retail

mwowrm Mb

BOnCSTDC QKCKEKII

Noa. OOl Hint <H>:i Church Street, NASHVILLE, I li\\.

JNO C LATHAM, JR M. E. ALEXANOER. CHAS. FRA7E4.

Latham. Alexander & Company,

R ANKERS.

16 18 Wall Street.

NEW YORK

Hill Trunk Company,

A/jinril.icI urrrs and
W/11W*”-. 1 /< * /)riilci> fn

200 Court So., NASHVILLE, TENN.

orj in lull ope) fttion, manufai toxin . Roods
hi all 1 1
u •■ make fi om I he 1 ommon pa< king! to I he
3 trunks, Fl
earner trunks r spi eialty, all bass
‘1 either can 1
Sue vem oks are eapei

commended 1

itor leather,

1
1 ‘:i 1 pi io< b on :tll are mad he times.

Wholesale and retail.

Faciory and Worerooms. • 200 Pudiic Square.

USE THE BEST COUGH
MEDICINE ON EARTH.

COHEN’S BRITISH COUGH BALSAM,

POSITIVELY THE BEST (T1HDE.

Mann fai ured a!y by
HYAM COHEN. Pharmacist and Chemist.

IMlj WAXAHACHIE. TEX.

BARBER SHOP AND BATHROOfTlS

:::: C. BREYER.

)ussian – ar\d – fpurkisfj – Bat^s

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Ho. 3l8 Crturoh Street.

NASHVIUUE. TENN

Rudy’s Pile Suppository

M \l: l IN RUD1 , ‘
tered Ph •
(N*« ucd. drag-

S/’ii / h ></, – \ < . i / 1 11.;

unit it* 1 t \ . Demovilfo A* Co.,

Whoh sale Ajienfs, N ishi ilh

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ESTABLISHED i860.

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Importer* .mil Jobbers • • •

Hats. Caps, and Qloves.
Ladies’ Trimmed Hat-

5. W.Cni. Vinr and Fr.it I Ms.. CINCINNATI. 0.

\ I.GIKIA, P ‘ I

Bethel Military Academy, Virginia.

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bj ih»’

HM R » MclNTYRE. Superintendent.

MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY.

i <>i mum 1867.

THE bEADING BOYS’ SCHOOLl.
NASHVILLE, TENN.

Classical. Latin. Scientific. Business
Courses. 8 1 * “I
T M ■ s. n. D. CLARK, \ M„ Principal.

ROANOKE college.


senses very moderate. M

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FRUIT
FARMS

Then a in the Union thai within

m produce bo \» rfectly as great a i
fruit? as the two hundred and eighty-n”
of ten itory I

… Georgia Southern & Florida Railroad. …

inning in the high red lands of Middle * ing all the fru

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111 t he
world.

Uong this line of road there grovi to perfection \ . ■
Pears, Peaches, Plums, Grapes, Quinces, * -ranges, Lem
on*, Apricots, Olives, Pomegranates, Figs, Bti .wherries,
Blackberrii s, and Melons. Tin* climate and soil both fa-
vor the production of Fruits of the finesl form, flavor, PER ACRE.

and Color. For Pamphlets, Land Lists, and Further Information Address

W. L. GLESSNER, Commissioner of Immigration. MACON, OA.

$5 TO $20

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..I-adies and
..Gentlemen:

If \ ‘.ii \\ Ollld li v I” B

and be
health) all the time,
remember iln- fact:

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Great Southern Blood Punlicr.

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Foi sale bj all druggists, or delivered upon re-

■ i’ ‘ Spurlock-Neal Co.,

I M 1\

NASHVILLE. TENN.

Confederate
Emblems.

apel and Sleeve Buttons,
Hi ms, etc. Bend for
pr lisi to

FRANK EDWARDS,

DALLAS, TEX.

or.

(Regi n red phj M<-ian).

Formerly Assistant Burgeon I . B. Navy, after*
ward Pom Surgeon 1 .8. Army, and later Sur-
geon British Marine Service, with two years’
experience as Physician at Hot Springs, Ark.,
will welcome the Sick and Afflicted ai hi* of-
fices, where consultation with one of iiu* Most
. I toctore “I i he presenl ige i* <-or-
■ ii ilh invited. All will receive kind and hon-
orable treatment, and permanent cures are
guaranteed in ever} case undertaken.

Dr. MATTHEW HENRY KOLLOCK
Treats Successfully
All Chronic and Long-standing Diseases.

Bronchi 1 1>. Asthma, treated
>spital met nods,

Dyapepsia

by latest h

BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES IZ

B. C. KOJ3BKTSON A CO.,

DEALERS IN

Southern bands.

m:\vi; BUILDING,
< inmnn \ti. o.

C’o/ris/(ofif/f/i(‘t’|S()//t/fc</. >

ores, Pimples,
i ofu la. Tu-
mors. Eczema, Ulcers, SYPHILIS, and all
troubles arising from an Impure state of the
blood, promptly and oompleten eradicated ror
ever from the tystem re storing health and purity.

KIDNEY AND URINARY %£%&£$£%£%

the t. ladder of both tjexes, promptly and safely
ared.

| jimro »iii receive special ind careful treatment

LnUICu for ;iii their man; alln i

WRITE your troubles if living away from the
city. S*ou can be cured at lionn bi corret )”>n<l-
Ibsolute secrecy in all professional d< ai
ings,and medicines seni secure from obsei
Testimonials «>t patients an never published
Bank references as t<> my responsibility cheer-
fully given* Address

DR. KOLLOCK,

Nashville 60HG06

For Young Ladies,

IOB Vauxhall Place. NASHVILLE. TENN..
Ri f. G»o \v. 1-. Pan i. D.D., President.

i Women; tl buildings; Bteam beat;

passenger eh \:it”r>-. Faculty ■•( fortj officers, teachers, and leo-

< in half ill.- Union.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE.

REV. R. A. YOUNG, D.D., Regent. MISS HOOD, MISS HERON, Principals.

The Ideal College
Hoine of the South.

ionallv superior advantages, influence, andenvil mente. Comparative!]

EVERY SCHOOL IN CHARGE OF A SKILLED SPECIALIST.

Mus.- according to principles of famed Euro| i An on plan of i» j *i schools

of design.
See BELMONT, or send t.. MISS HERON foi 1* lutifullj illustrated blue and bronze catalogue.

WOOLWINE SCHOOL.

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Tll.l. IHOIH \.

i:\nknski

Ninth year, A home for boys and young men.

Training rl jh. Iddn 93

7 94St. S. S. WOOLWINE. PRINCIPAL.

I

Hrgliis Its Fifty-etgUtli Session Septcm
ber 13, 1894. For Catalogue or information
address R.«. WATEUHOUSK, Pre*.,

Emory, Va.

SHENANDOAH VALLEY ACADEMY, SHORTER COLLEGE Young Ladies,

WINCHESTER, VA.

No better achool in the South for any boy. No
other us good for a backward boy needing indi-
vidual attention. Faro the beat ever given by a
school in Virginia. Death rate of this section
lowest in the United btatea. Testimonials of
good moral and social Standing required for en-
trance. For Catalogue address

J. B. LOVETT, M.A. (Univ. Va.), Prln.

ROME, GEORGIA.

Rvsv. a.J. iutti.k. 1 >.!•., i.i.i’.. President,
Phenomenal health reoord, charming grounds
and scenery, ideal situation, magnificent build-
ings, every modern convenience and comfort, a
■ i. lightful home school. The best advantages in
Literature, Science, Music, Art, Elocution, and
Physical Culture. For catalogues and Bp< ■ ■! ■ l in-
formation apply to the President. ! W Bl

VAHDERBILT TTHIVERSITY,

nashvii.uk, tepjis.

Next Session opens September lit. Full graduate as well as under-gradnate courses. Ten

Fellowships fur college graduates. Seven ileparl nts— Academic, Kllgiiiecring, Biblical, Law,

Pharmaceutical. Dental. Medical. For catalogue and full information, address

■\VII.S WII.I.IAJIH, Secretary.

S. V. WALL.

W. D. MOONEY, M. A.

613 Church St.,

NASHVILLE, TENN.

WALL & MOOHWS SCHOOL,

FRANKLIN, TENN.

FALL TERM WILL OPEN AUGUST 28, 1894.

A Training School of High Grade. Our Boys Enter Vanderbilt on Certifi-
cate.

ADVA.VTAGES OFFERHIJ -• T1ioi-oii<j-7i 7n.srriiof.ioii. iroorf <llscir>Une, ex-

CliuiK-rllor J. II. Klrklaiid, of Valid, rliilt lliilvrrslly, says : “The academy of Messrs.
Wall A Miming im one of tin) verv bust trainius schools, so far as my knowledge extends, within
the Southern Btates. The pupils they have prepared for Vanderbilt Univereitynave shown tbein-
selves inferior In scholarship and thoronghness of training to those from any other schooL”

l*t ,r t ‘at alogno address

W. D. DIOONBY.

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ISSUED AUGUST 31.

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PRICE 10 CENTS.

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OMNIPOTENCE. -“Consider lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.”

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Priei> .

Yob, SOS and S?IO J Dion 91 reet,
NA9HVILLE, 7/;.\\.,

>m petition in Quant 1 Btj le, and !

Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry,

C£/7 <-/..l.s\v ,,„,/ FAATt r GOODS.

class’ and* society’ badge’s’ AN?/ GOLD

MI.DAI s A SIT.’-! Al.TY.
REPAIRING Promptly Attended to ano Varrantfd

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JAMES B. CARR, Manager.

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

poster R Webb,

Printers, Stationers,
Binders,
Blank Books,

211 CHURCH STREET,

NASHVILLE, TENN

We m ik< oi prinl ihl’

for Confederal ‘ lamps and ol lie i
Veteran organized ions.

We have :i veri tia

i ificate blank for m< mberahip in
Camps and Bn otiacs in colora foi

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Southern L,ife Association.

Home Office. UNION CITY, TENN.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS! —

W. II. 1. IRDNER, I’m u>] -. 1 1 1 i’ Tenn. ;

DR. P. M. Mi 1 1:1.1. 1 ni i\. Tenn. ;’

DR. W. C. Mi CAW PBELL, S ini i i ity, I enn

hi: DANIEL 8INGLETARY, Clinton, Ky.j

HON. HENRI FLOWERS, Kei I

1 \rr. .1, W. HOWELL, Kenton, Tenn.;

HON. H. W. Ill’ KM IN, .i-ii. 1 Mo

HON. .1. W. DOLLISON, I. ml. Koi

The biennial report of the Se y, R. Garth, made to E B ;, Insur-

anei Col i i 94,showsl taofS 19,929.76,

“iiii i I liabilities of 811,045.90, leai plus of 838,888.86, and an actual

Bafetj i “in I -I 833,899.49, oi more than f ■ times its liabilities The n i

shows that on December 31, 1893, there were twenty-six claim

In, while Hi i« lasl reporl Bhows only one unpaid claim ol II, 100. Pbi

in- in force, December 31, 900, n Mini’ – !, 100,000.

In the written reporl is the ext: lord narj tatemenl thai hums have

been eomprom ised or resisted.

AGENTS tbrougl ttheSouthwa I » ti

Butler & Selden, Directors of Agencies, Union City, Tenn.

WATCHES RETAILED AT
WHOLESALE PRICES.

W. S. FIN LEY,

UUhoIesale Ueujeler,

131 Gay St., – KNOXVILLE, TENN.,

■ ■

\ \ ;i watch of anj
al wholi . which mi

percent leas man thej can ‘”■ bought
ii ..m :ni> retail – uoh an oner

is not made i ■ I : ad you maj
not meel with this opportunity again,

ot delay , bi
price list . Every watch \\ :»■ i
as repi esented, ;””l will be si
idress, < 0. D. t with pi
ing

DRAUGHONS

Practical Business College,

NASiiVILLH, TENN.

J. F. DRAUGHON, President.

Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Typewriti ng, TELEG-
UAl’11 ‘i . I ‘ENMANSB [P, ETC., ETC.

Positions Guaranteed under Certain Conditions.

We spend i ■ monej in ili«’ interest of our Employment 1 Department

than half the Business < old ges take in as tuition. 4 weeks by our

method of teaching i k keeping is equal t<> 12

weeks bj the old plan. 11 teachers, 600 -“>-
dents pasl year, representing 8b States; ao vaca-
tion; enter an} time. Cheap Board. We have
recently prepared books especially adapted u<

HOME STUDY, sent on 60 days trial.

Write for our 120-pag, i atalogue, which will explain “nil. 11 N”. B.—

We pay $5 ‘■■■^\\ (or all vacancies as i kkeepers, stenographers,

teache etc., reported to us, proi ided we mi same.

‘£{7-72/

President.

<?oi}federat^ l/eterai?.

Published Man I hi v in the Interest of Confederate Veterans and Kindred Topics.

Price
Yearly

, Vol. II.

Nashville, Tenn., August, 1S94. No. 8.

CUNNINGHAM,
Proprietor.

\.l\ I l’t IfiSt

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Conn
portent

The d 1

For ii v» be orderei with Janual j

prober, ind
Nichols A Holliday, Easton \
Entered :it the post office, Nashville . Peon., ■ –

ve, they may n”t win But
The brave «ill honor the bravi

Wanted Back Numbers oi mt Veteran >
of the Veteran for January, March, April, May, June,
July, :i 1 1 < I November, 1893. Friends baying oopi

who do not file them will confer a special favor by
Bending to the V in a \n

Complimentary, — The Veteran for February, Lrj
gust, September, October, and December, 1893, will be
sent complimentary to subscribers, not baving these
copies, who are keeping a Ble.

Copies of May and June, 1894, are wanted.

Name of thi War. — Hon. S. P MeCormick, of Hen-
derson, Kv.. has an argumenl for September Vi iikw
a slmrt paper suggesting as a title ” War oi Si ci SBion.”

\ . m 1 has been Bent out for a convention of Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy at Nashville September 10, 1894.
The attendance expected is small, and je\ the cause is
most worthy. -The objects are to advance the cause of
true history, especially to establish the record of South-
ern women in the war ami to adopt general methods for
organization. The selection of a badge will be consid-
ered, if not made. Let all who are interested and can’t
attend write to Mrs. M. C. Goodlett. Pres., Nashville.

The Veteran is gratified in being able to announce

that Mrs. Stonewall Jackson has arranged tor future

editions of her book to be published in Nashville by Bar-
bee & Smith. Agents for the Publishing House of the
M. E. Church, South. This splendid work was original-
ly published in New York, and put on the market at 81’
By the new arrangement it will be furnished at $1. At
this popular and fair price an earnest effort will be made
to put it in more Southern homes than any other hook
after the ” Book of books.” Send orders to the Veteran,
and the “Life and Letters of Gen. Thomas .1. Jackson,
by his wife, Mary Anna Jackson,” will be sent as speedi-
ly as they can be put out by this strong Southern Pub-
lishing House, postpaid for $1 per copy.

The desire to show the strength of the Vf.tekan. which

Would do much good, has often boon manifested, and yet

g 1 friends have been negligent. There has been noth-
ing more at heart by the Veteran, after its own su
than to secure due interest in the history written by this
woman of that wonderful military The

arrangement having been perfected, t be Veteran appeals
now to every loyal Southerner to take an inlet,
its success, Please Beciire orders for the book, mid write 1
on a Beparate piece of paper that you and they will send
for it by November l. Pleast
Cunningham, whether accompanied by the money or not.

, \i\ Grand Arm\ publications are bo t >i i t . i- r,

unkind that the VETERAN IS more and more inclined to

— Kin will fail unless it creates a I
2 between tb. ‘fhe perusal of their pub-

lications tends to Badness and n The Grand

Army Gazette, “i New fork, is an exception to the
Let us maintain the patience and zeal which is

characteristic ofg I women, and by and byresults will

be helpful to posterity in all

A season «i Southern patriot is appealed to

for Btrengtb t” the \ kteran ia that it may beard a vi-
cious lion in his den i the title-page picture is not the
:uid expose an infamy that is harmful to the com-
mon people, It is a vile hypocrisy that is corrupting to
tin outrageous degree The scheme is known only to
the editor, who i~ encouraged t” hope that continued
zeal and enthusiasm may finally give that Herculean
strength wherebj he can render the greatt ivable

e I” his fellow-man and his country. One infamy
has been rebuked and crushed, but a still greater service
awaits. Please rally to the Veteran, and it will be
faithful and a power to the end.

Can you guess bow you can do the Veteran the most

g I with the least effort? Here it i- Go to the editor

of your paper and tell him about it. Tell him lew use-
ful it is to the surviving Confederate veterans. Tell him
of how it litis grown from nothing to more than ten
thousand circulation in twenty months. Tell him copies
will be sent to him 1. >r the asking. Show him yours.
He will publish a notice for nothing that will do much
good. Be assured that if there ever comes a time for
“evening up” publishers of newspapers will have long
credits for labor without pay intended solely for the good
of others. The Veteran would be sent in regular ex-
change to thousands if it were practicable.

226

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS U. C. V.

Tiik extraordinary condition exists thai official copies

<il’ tlif proceedings of the convention of the United Con-
federate Veterans at Birmingham have never yet been
procured for publication in this official organ. Recently
application was made to the secretary of the Adjutant
General, who reported having seen him but three times
since the reunion. His affliction has prevented his get-
ting out the report bo far. The Veteran, however, is
promised “the first copy from the press.” Gen. Under-
wood has been requested to furnish a copy of the new
Constitution which was submitted by him and adopted,
and in reply he writes from Washington, I). C, that ” I lie
Constitution has long since been in type, but the free
distribution of copies to Camps et al. has been prevent-
ed by restraining instructions from the general com-
manding. I have written Gen. Gordon urging that I
be allowed to send out sample copies of the Constitution,
and will be more than glad to furnish you with same
on receipt of instructions from him.”

The delay has not been a fault in the Veteran office.

Hitherto the Veteran has appealed for patronage
solely upon its merit. It is not ashamed of that yet,
but surely there is another if not a broader field for its
claim to zealous support. Its founder stands alone and
is compelled to press with vigor o?i. The Veteran is a
credit to its kind of journalism far beyond what many
suppose. It is the only publication of the kind in the
South, while the Grand Army Record, of Boston, and the
Grand Army Gazette, of New York, are both together
hardly equal to it in size and are SI each. They are both
eight-page monthlies of four columns each, without il-
lust rations, and on paper but little over half the size and
half the quality of the Veteran. It is decidedly su-
perior to any publication of its kind in America, and it
represents the entire South. Comrades, friends, stand
firm. Now that limes are hard, money scarce, remem-
ber that it needs your help all the more. Your one com-
rade is in the breach. Stand by him, and results will lie
glorious. Let him go down, and worse than death will
result. Try in i:\v\-y instance to persuade those who
have had the Veteran so long to pay for it.

Some very interesting statistics have been compiled
from the last census concerning the religions in this
country. There arc 148 sects or denominations ; and of
the 63,000,000 inhabitants, 35,000,000 (a little more than
half) are considered Christians, over I’ll. 000, 000 are so
registered. The aggregate, however, includes 6,000,000
children of Catholics. In the groups, Methodists are
numbered at 4,500,000, the Baptists at 3,700,000. The
Catholic Church is third in numerical order, while Pres-
byterians and Lutherans arc fourth and fifth, with near-
ly a million and a quarter each. The Disciples of Christ,
Episcopalians, and Congregationalists come next in num-

bers. Texas has the largest number of Church organisa-
tions, Georgia of church edifices, ami Massachusetts the
greatest value in Church property, while -old” North
Carolina provides the greatest Beating capacity in pro-
portion to population. Territories, especially the Okla-

homas, are rated lowest in Church statistics.

Hon. Spencbb < ‘. Jones, who was a member of the

First .Maryland Cavalry Regiment from first to last, is

now the Treasurer of .Maryland.

A rki \io\ ;n i lenterville, Tenn., t” take place Septem-
ber 6, concerning which several comrades have worked
heroically, promises to he quite a success.

Thanks to Louis Tieman, of Messrs. Eettermann
Bros. Co., of Louisville, for a box of tine cigars, named
‘Confederate Veteran. I’ he proprietors Bagaciously use
the picture of Gen. John Boyd, “f Lexington, The ques-
tion is what to do with them. Please advise.

Commander L. T. Dickinson, in one of his inimitable
cards to N. B. Forrest Camp, of Chattanooga, of which
he is commander, gives a good ” hard-tack ” picture with
hungry consumers, and under it the inscription, “Ant
Eat ‘Em, September, 1862.” The appeal to comrades is:
“Rally on treasury. It needs your support. Our hard-
tack is nearly consumed.”

The September Veteran will contain an excellent
picture and a life sketch of Mrs. Ellen Adair Hcatty,
known in the early history of the country as ” Florida
White,” a lady who y?as honored more abroad than has
ever been an}’ American woman. She was loyal to the
South, and had teachers for her (wo hundred slaves w 7 ho
taught them to read and write.

The strange fatality of Q. C. Rust is reported from
[ndianapolis. lie was lying at the foot of an embank-
ment, his head crushed under his buggy and his horse
dead, ‘fin- event is noted here because Mr. Rust always
claimed to have fired the fatal shot at (Jen. Zollicoffer in
the Fishing Creek battle. Rust was a Mexican war
veteran, as well as of the ( ‘on federate war. He Came with-
in a Bingle \otc at one time of securing a congressional
nominal ion.

Tom W. Neal, the gifted editorof deal’s State Gazette
“Find inclosed one dollar for another year’s subscrip-
tion to the patriotic and progressive Confederate Vet-
eran. It is a splendid publication ami thoroughly cov-
ers its field of usefulness. Every Southern man should
be a reader of it.”

Please ascertain if any of your readers know any-
thing of Columbus Deacon ami P. < >. Phasor., of the
Washington Artillery, N. O. ; and Sandy Loyd, of West
Point, Ga., who were in Rebel Retreat, Point Looko..’
Prison, in 18(54. They will please write to Jacob S. Allen,
No. 704 East Leigh Street, Richmond, Va.

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LETTEES FEOM VETERANS.

Isaac A. Carter, Darrington, Miss. : ” The writer enlist-
ed ‘for the war’ in May, 1861; served in Company D,
Twenty-first Mississippi Regiment, in the Barksdale-
Humphrey Brigade; did full duty to the end; had three
ballets pass through liis apparel at the Wilderness, May
6, 1864; was seriously wounded ai (Hid Harbor June 1,
1864; was furloughed; returned thai fall: grounded
arms, ” muzzle foremost,” at Sailor’s < ‘reek. April 6, 1865 .
was prisoner at Point Lookout, Md.. in June ti. 1865;
reached borne July 20, L865, having walked most of the
way from City Point, Va

•I. W. Manier, Chapel Hill. Teim. ■ I gee in the last
VETKItAN that .1. P. W. Brown, of Nashville, wishes to

learn something oi’ the Confederate Boldiers who made
their escape from the penitentiarj at Nashville in Octo-
ber, lSliL’. Mi’. II. II. Estes tells me that he and six

others escaped from there in February, 1863 — there

may he a mistake in dates — hy tearing their blankets to
Strings and making a rope by which they lei themselves

down on the pavement next to town. They were Tip

Smith. Hal Short, (‘ataeine Swanson. II. H. Fstes.
Fourth Tennessee Cavalry; (‘apt Pike, from Robertson
County; Daniel Leatherman, and Andrew Fletcher,
from Rutherford County. Leatherman and Fletcher
were recaptured and placed in a dungeon. Leatherman
is living near Murfreesboro. Fletcher is dead. Estes
resides in Chapel Hill, Marshall County.

W. H. Albertson, Lake Charles. La.: “I was a Texan
soldier and a member of that famous command, ‘Ter-
ry’s Texas Rangers,’ or Eightb Texas Cavalry. I was

not with the hoys in the tirst year of the war, only join-

ing them in 1862; hut have beard in camp and story

their exploits in and around Nashville, more especially
of the kindness and partiotic spirit of its lovely women.

They always had our prayers and best wishes. It seems
to me that there are yet enough of us left to make von
strong in the effort to set forth the true principles for

which we struggled from lStil to 1865, and set hefore
OUr children and the world the fact that we were neither
rebels nor ‘ traitors,’ and that we are still strong in the

faith that we were right, Never stop my Vktehan. for
as long as 1 live I want it, and when 1 cease to he able
to pay for it I will advise you and then I know you will
send it to me still.”

R. S. Jones, Tax Collector. Canton, Tex., Aug. 11, 1894:
” Inclosed Bud one dollar for the Veteran another year.
I volunteered in May, 1861, from Lauderdale County,
Miss. My company was K, Thirteenth Mississippi Reg-
iment. We went to Virginia in .Inly. 1861. 1 was
wounded at Sharpsburg September 17. 1862, losing my
left collar bone. 1 was wounded twice at Chickamauga
September 20, 1863. ] was wounded again at BerryvilTe,
between Harper’s Ferry and Winchester, September 3,

1864; and then 1 was wounded at the Wilderness May 6.
1864. Our first brigade commanders were Nathan G.
Evans, then Griffith. Griffith was killed on Friday of
the seven days’ fight before Richmond. Col. Barksdale
was promoted to brigadier and was killed at Gettysburg;
and then Col. Humphries, of the Seventeenth Mississippi
Regiment, was our commander until Gen. Lee’s surren-
der at Appomattox April 9, 1865.”

W. A. Anderson, Cassville, Mo.: “A word from an old
Confederate in Southwest Missouri will be of interest to
some of your readers. I was born in Arkansas in 1836,
enlisted November 3, 1861, in Company A, of the Fif-
teenth Arkansas Infantry, and was in the Third Ar-
kansas Brigade, commanded by Gen. Mcintosh, who, to-
gether with our commanding general, McCulloch, fell in
battle at Flk Horn It was our first engagement. . . .
In the fighl at Corinth, on the second day of the latter
engagement,] found an Irish Federal soldier wounded
on the field, his left thigh being broken. With a pock-
et knife I removed the bullet, and with the assistance of
a comrade carried him to the hospital. At this engage-
ment our brigade crossed the railroad into the town.
We then fell hack to the Ilatchie River, and were met
by the enemy from Bolivar, twelve thousand strong.
Thai portion of our army which crossed the river were
captured, and hut for the -1 1 that grand old sol

dier, Gen. Sterling Price, the remainder of us would have
been taken. A road cut through the sand hill to the
southeast of us enabled us to make our escape.”

‘I’. A. Manahau. who « tnpany G., Thirty-first

jsippi Regiment, Fairfield, Tex., August 11, 1894:

“1 tried to gel up a dub for OUT paper, CONFEDIRATI
Imt ‘lid not succeed. Our reunion came off
on the 8th, 9th, and loth of August. I then deter-
mined to have ii adopted a- our official organ if possible,
in which I was successful. I handed the copy to our
editor at this place, who is a noble man. II. has taken
a lew subscribers, and will recommend it through his
paper the Recorder. We bad a grand reunion; nearly

the thousand people Were present. 1 could say some

things to substantiate Maj. spark’s opinion of the sur-
render of Vicksburg. I was under Gen. Loring at the
Baker’s Creek or Edwards Depol fight. When our army

became demoralized, and after the battle about dusk,
Gen. Bowen was lighting on our left and I suppose was
retreating. Gen. Loring came riding down our lines
close up to us, and was encouraging the hoy- and told

us that we had been Bold, hut he would he if we

should he delivered, and called on all to follow him and
he would take us out. We inarched all night and all
next day.”

J. A. Holman t ‘onianche. Tex., recalls Nashville ladies:
“On the .”1st day of December, 1863, my regiment
(Terry Rangers) was on the extreme left of Bragg’s
army at the battle of Murfreesboro, and in the flank
movement was thrown on the pike in the rear of Rose-
crans’s army, where we captured a battery of six guns.
1 was given a detail of twelve men and ordered to take
the battery out to our line-. In the attempt we were
all captured, I think by the Third Kentucky Cavalry.
They got two six-shooters, a good horse, and a fine fifty-
dollar Spanish blanket from me. We were inarched on
foot next day to Nashville and confined for nine days in
the second story of an old house at the foot of the sus-
I” 11-1011 bridge, ami certainly would have starved had it
not been for contributions of boxes and baskets of pro-
visions sent in by the good ladies. In one consignment
was a hook (have forgotten the title) on the fly leaf of
which was written in a neat feminine hand in pencil:
‘To J. A. Holman, from Miss Elizabeth Holman, Edge-
field.’ 1 would like to communicate with her if yet
alive. Our old regiment was the recipient of many
favors from the good ladies of Nashville and Gallatin,
and we hold them in grateful remembrance.”

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COXFKDKRATK YKTKRAN.

BAND TO HAM) FIGHT IN THE ARMY.

L. G. Williams, Memphis, Tenn., gives an account, of
which the following are extracts, concerning a fight be*
tween Corporal McBride and Maj. Rosegarten:

ing Christmas week of 1862 the Forty fifth M
sippi Regimenl Infantry, of Wood’s Brigade, Cleburne’s
Division, was on picket duty near Triune, Tenn. Rose-
crans and Bragg were advancing their armies and ma-
nng so as to make Murfreesboro or its vicinity the
scene of battle, where was fought one of the bloodiest
and most stubborn engagements of the great war. It
was foughl December 31, L862, and January 1 and 2,
1863, ana the Confederates were defeated.

The writer, then a youth of eighteen, was second ser-
geant of Company A. of the Forty-fifth Mississippi. ,1.
T. McBride was tir-i corporal of the same company.
This Sg actually took place, and 1 trust that other
witnesses on both sides are -till alive who will be able to
correct me if] make mi-takes. 1 write from memory.

At the time mentioned, our company was deployed as
skirmishers to meet an advance of cavalry of Gen. Mc-
Cook’s Corps. We engaged with a body of horsemen
from a Michigan regiment, I think it was the Fifth.
When the crack of carbines and rifles got to be pretty
lively, our colonel gave the command: ‘•Skirmishers re-
The entire company heard and obeyed except
(‘apt. Connor and Corporal McBride, who were too far

away I” hear and too busy at the time to heed.

To the rear of our skirmish line, some seventy-five or
eighty yard-, was a ten rail worm fence which would
have to be climbed in the retreat. McBride had his eye
On some ten or twelve cavalrymen, led by an officer, wdio
were advancing at a gallop, and at the same time real-
ized that Ins company had fallen back. He determined
to make their leader, who was some distance ahead of
his men, a target, fire, and then join his command, which
by this time had almost passed out of view. Waiting
till the officer got within twenty or thirty feet, he took
deliberate aim and pulled trigger, when his gun snapped.
The major, for that was hi- rank, dashed forward, almost
standing in his stirrups, his saber raised to cleave his en-
emy’s crest, confident of victory, when McBride clubbed
his gun and before the major could strike he was
knocked from his horse and badly stunned. This was
the corporal’s chance to retreat, as the men had not
reached him. having stopped to capture (‘apt. Connor
and talk to him, -o McBride made for tic rear in “dou-
ble quick time.” Arriving at the fet.ee, he attempted to
get over, hut being rather clumsy, and the day damp
and drizzly, on grasping the top rail to aid him in get-
ting over, it would slip or he drawn toward him, causing
him to let go and fall flat on his hack. Three times he
made efforts to go over the fence, hut each time it was a
slip and a fall. Rising for the fourth time, the major,
having recovered from the hlow and still on foot, was
upon him savagely cutting and thrusting at him with
his saber, making his mark in good shape across the
front of McBride’ s body. This infuriated the corporal,
who sprang at the major like a bulldog, caught him
around the body, threw him down, straddled him, and
nearly pounded the life out of him with his fists. At
this moment the major’s troopers, a sergeant and eight
or ten men, came up, excitedly and angrily shouting:
” Shoot the rebel! shoot him! kill him! No, don’t shoot,
boys, you’ll kill the major! take him off! jerk him off!”
interspersed with other expressions more profane than

polite, At last they got him off the major, who was
beaten into insensibility almost and was powerless.
lint McBride had his “dander up,” and struck and
kicked at the sergeant and his men ferociously, who
threatened to kill him it’ he didn’t give in at once. Hi-
own captain finally commanding him. “Surrender, Joe;

surrender, you fool!” caused him to submit, but even
then reluctantly. The cavalrymen were very much In-
censed at such pugnacity and nearly frenzied at the con-
dition of their commander, whom they seemed to love
very devotedly. They put irons on the corporal a- a
mark’ o\’ disgrace a- well as a mean- of safety, and
marched him with other prisoner- to (on, Mei
headquarters. On the way to the general our prisoner
was still belligerent and unconquered, fighting the yan-
keeswith his tongue, saying: ” Bfyer’U turn me loose, I
kin lick every one u\ yer, one at er time'” When they
ri ai bed headquarters, the sergeant saluted Gen. McCook,
and -aid: “General, I bring you some prisoners.”

After returning the salute, the general asked: ” What’s
the matter wit h that man’s hand

• I had to put iron- on him. general.’

» What for?”

■ Because he wouldn’t surrender.”

“Take them off instantly, sir. It’s the duty of a sol-
dier not to surrender.”

A tie i’ i| nest ion inn’ Capt. Connor as to Bragg’s si rength,
etc.. and receiving from the captain the somewhat Batter-
ing as well as politic answer: ” Why. Gen. McCook. you
are too good a soldier to expect me to answer your <| mo-
tion, even if I knew,” the genera] dismissed the sergeant
with his prisoners. Shortly after this incident com-
menced t he t ramp, tramp, tramp of the capt ured ” rebs ”
and their escort or guard toward Murfreesboro.

Ah, how many brave lives went out with t he mid night

knell of the old year on that memorable December 31,
1862, in that battle of Murfreesboro or Stone’s Riverl

The temptation for reminiscence and retrospection is
great, but 1 won’t indulge. 1 rejoice, however, that

The lines which the « he Is of artillery had traced
In the blood-softened loam long since are effac
And the footprii ts the enemi – lefl on tie mi ild
Are lost Heath i he harvest fields surfeit of no’d.

May tne bloom of the wild flowers by the clear river’s side
In sweetness and beauty mark the S] ol where each died.

But to our hero. By the time they arrived in the
neighborhood of the battlefield the number of prisoners
had increased until there were two hundred or three
hundred. I hey having been picked up here and there.
Here McBride was pointed out to the Federals and oth-
ers who came to see the prisoners as the vicious rebel
who killed Maj. Roseau-ten, it having been reported that
the gallant major had died. I have often wondered if
he did die, or was it rumor? The moraine; of the battle
the prisoners and their guard (which had been increased
in numbers) were grouped around tires trying to keep
warm. Among them was a tough-looking, stoutly built
Irishman, who was full of fun, guying everything and
everybody, scoring the Southern Confederacy and (Jon-
federate soldiers, and in a spirit of banter said he could
” lick the divil out av any bloody Confederate from
Jeff Davis down to the lowest private, be dad!” Final-
ly McBride, seeing that the remarks were to him, said he
couldn’t lick him. So the guard and guarded, being in
for fun, gathered around the champions, exclaiming:
“Make a ring, boys! make a ring, and let ’em have it
out!” A ring was formed, and at it they went, the cor-

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poral terribly in earnest, the Irishman indifferent and
smiling. McBride was soon “knocked out.”

In the midst of the battle (hat raged that morning,
McBride would shout to his friends, the enemy, as they
ran and dodged, “What yer runnin’ fcr? why don’t yer
Stand and fight like men?’ and tried his best to rally
Rosey’s men, until his fellow-prisoner, Capt. Connor, in-
terposed, saying, “For God’s Hake. Joe, don’1 try to ral-
ly the yankeesl keep ’em on the run. Do anything to
continue the demoralization, and let’s make our escape.”

With all the disorder, however, tin’ guard kept their
prisoners well in hand, escorting them to a place of safe-
ty. Corporal McBride was sent to Camp Douglas. The
following spring he was exchanged, and you may be
sure his return was greeted wilb hearty welcome by bis
comrades of the Forty-fifth. He returned in time to
take part in the campaign beginning at Tullahoma.
Tenn., passing unharmed through the battles of Chicka-
mauga, Missionary Ridge, and Ringgold Gap. In all
these engagements Corporal McBride added fresh laurels

to his fame for courage and devolion to duly as color
bearer. At last, however, after bearing our colors fear-
lessly through Resaca, at New Hope Church, on the

Kennesaw line. Marietta. Atlanta, and .lonesboro. he
bravely planted them on the fateful breastworks at
Franklin, Tenn., on that awful November evening in
1864, and there gave up his life.

Corporal .1. T. McBride was mustered into Bervice at
Jackson, Miss.. November I. 1861, Company A. Third

Mississippi Battalion of Infantry. He was from near
Westville, the county seat of Simpson County, where be
owned a little farm on which he supported himself and
family. He was a devout Methodist
Is war wronii” God knows.

(I llv one Judge IS jUSt, for only one

Knowctli the hearts of men, and heart” alone

Are guilty or ^uill

VETKR.WS IN OLD NORTH CAROLIfl \

Cohbadbb at Pittsboro. N C, had a good time recent-
ly. It was the occasion for the annual reunion of Leon-
idasJ. Merritt Camp (387 V.C. V.). Theplatform was
gracefully decorated. In it was the last Hag placed upon
Jefferson Davis’s coffin before his burial at Richmond.
Capt, W. L. London, Commander of the Camp, offii
in the proceedings, and I be old ilia plain of I lie Fourteenth
North Carolina led a prayer. Oran A. Banner, who
was a lieutenant in the Twenty-sixth North I ‘arolina, ga\ e
a vivid account of prison life on Johnson’s Island, speak-
ing from twenty months’ experience. He read a poem on
the bat lie of Gettysburg, written by a Texan, who was his
fellow-prisoner. Col. J. R. Lane made an address upon the

war record of the late Senator Vance. Vance was the
first colonel of the Twenty-sixth Regiment, and Lane the
last. The address was replete with tender recollections

and interesting incidents in the career of the “great war

Governor,” and many instances were mentioned which
illustrated the deep affection of the soldiers of his regi-
men! for him while their colonel. Col. Lane received a

severe wound in the mouth, while leading that regiment,

with its flag in its hand, at Gettysburg, in which battle
if lost heavily in killed and wounded.

II. A. London gave a sketch of Chatham’s companies
in the Confederate army, and also gave some official sta-
tistics of the losses at Gettysburg, showing among other
things that of the 15,299 Confederates killed and wounded
in that battle more than one-fourth (4,053) were North

Carolinians. He eulogized the valor of North Carolina’s
soldiers in that great ball le. and cited as an illustration
the storming oi Cemetery Heights by the Sixth North
Carolina Regiment, which broke through the enemy’s
line and captured and held for a time their artillery.
Mr. .1. H Williams, who was in that charge and who
was loading his musket, while standing by one of the
captured cannon, and firing at the retreating Federals, was
called on to tell of that gallant charge, which he did
with a modesty that was equaled only by his valor. Mr.
\V. W. Edwards, of the old Twenty-sixth, the ” Orator of
the West,” spoke He was frequently interrupted with

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ing pathos Mud amusing anecdotes.

Mi John M Edwards, of ..Id Chatham Rifles, was the
last speaker and pictured the bright sideof things The
members of the Camp reassembled and elected officers
for the ensuing year as follows Commander, John R.

Lane; Lieutenant Commanders, <> A Banner, T. B Las-

ater, and .1. 11. Williams; Adjutant, Henry A. London;
Quartermaster, Abram J. Lane; Surgeon, Dr. L \
Hanks ; Chaplain, Rev. A II I’ei 1 \ . Treasurer, John M.
Edwards; Color Sergeant, J. M. Bun

L. EnoHEs, Dyersburg, Tenn.: “Shake hands across
the bloodj chasm? Can’t do it. injury too great. I
was hospital steward with Surgeon Rice. < !hief Surgeon of

Cheat bain’s Division. When we were before Nashville
in December, 1864, between the lines was the residence
of Maj. Vaulx’s father. They had to vacate it suddenly,
and left lots of provisions behind. That night Maj.

A’aulx organized a raid, went in and brought out sugar,
coffee, bams, canned goods, etc.. galore. A can. of
ters fell to our lot, wdiich 1 carefully stowed away in
our medicine chest to stuff a turkey for our Christmas
dinner. Now you can imagine the pleasurable anticipa-
tions. Our cook, a genius, bad secured a turkey and
hid it to fatten. Bui then the 16th and 17th came
along, and we went quickstepping toward the shore of
Tennessee River; ami on Christmas day. weary, worn,
depressed, and hungry, while waiting our turn to cross
the pontoon, about three o’clock, Dr. Rice came around
and said: “Pony, haven’t yon that can of oysters?”
He and I had oysters for dinner with hard-tack, but not
with turkey. Forgive, not much; forget, never.”

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

MR. POLK MILLER, OF RICHMOND.

Poi.k M i i.i.kr has become very popular through the in-

fenuity whereby lie makes Sambo an improvement upon
is unregenerate ancestry in the peculiarity of his lan-
guage. Thomas Nelson Page, Dr. .Muses I). Hoge, and
other prominent Southerners write highly complimenta-
ry letters al t his dialect

Mr. Miller’s father was a larire slave owner, and grow-
ing up on the family plantation, the son had a good
opportunity of learning the peculiar traits of character
of the negro race. If enter i the Confederate army
and served as a private in the First Virginia Artillery,
and surrendered al App attos in 18ii.”>. lie is Presi-
dent of tie- Polk Miller Drug Company, Richmond, Va.

ment. representing the dominant majority; and in both
cases we were moved by the same impulse, to stand for
freedom at all hazards. And George Washington is
good company to be in, I am pleased to remark.

The term •• rebel” was applied to us by our assailants
as an opprobrious epithet, jnsl as “tyrannical govern-
ment- have always applied it to people who have bad
the courage to resist their oppression;” but why need
we disturb ourselves about that, sinee •■ history proves

that it is a title of nobility older and more honorable
than the king’s prerogative?” For my part 1 love to
speak of Southern soldiers as Rebels, which “entitle-
ment ” 1 always spell when writing with a big R.

If we spurn this “title of nobility,” as Capt. Ed Bax-
ter calls it, into what phraseology are we going to trans-
form the mighty rebel yell with which our impetuous he-
roes rushed to battle against Lincoln’s invaders

Mr. Miller is a typical Virginia gentleman, refined and
genial in manner, sympathetic and magnetic by nature,
Signified and easy in presence, and possessing that rare
combination of fluent speech, vivid imagination, and gift
of mimicry which places him at once en rapport with his
audience. He is unquestionably conceded to be the best
delineator of the negro character, as well as the best
“Story Teller” in negro dialect in the country.

Mr. Miller, like most young Southerners, acquired a
taste for field sports when a boy. and has lost none of
his old time fondness for hunting. Ee is at this time
the President of the Virginia Field Sports Association,
the largest, organized body of sportsmen in the United
States; and “the man who lovesthe dog and gun ” is al-
ways welcome.

“CALL MB A REBEL.”

Rev. A. T. Goodloe, author of “Some Rebel Relies:”
Dr. J. William Jones insists that Confederates were
not rebels, though holding that Washington was one.
Did we not fight for just what Washington did — our
rights of life, liberty, aiid property: he against a tyran-
nical king, and we against an insufferable governing ma-
jority? Both fought, as a wronged minority, to be ex-
tricated from the unrighteous dominance of controlling
powers, and for separate national independence. What
if we of the South did not stand related to the Lincoln
government exactly as Washington did to that of
George III.? In both cases our inalienable rights were
being infringed upon by those at the head of govern-

Ma.i. Peed C. Low. Gloucester, Mass.: -I have never
been able to find any of the Confederates who were in
trout of us al I’eters’burvr, Va., June 18, 1864. My regi-
ment, first Maine Heavy Artillery, is to dedicate a mon-
ument on the O. I’. Hare Held at Petersburg, June, 1894.
It is the same field Gen. Gordon came over and captured
Fort Steadman, March 2.”>, 1865, when he caught the
Ninth Army Corps napping.”

Since the above, Maj. Low, in sending renewal for the

VETERAN, with which he is still well pleased, writes:

The monument was not dedicated on the l8thof June
last, as it was found impossible to locate and finish it in
time for that event. It is to lie dedicated the latter part
of the week of the National Encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic, to be held in Pittsburg, Pa., in
September. This regiment is notable for several reasons.
It lost more men on this field than any regiment lost in
one battle of killed and died of wounds, of any regiment
in the war. Of about 900 in., i (many of our officers
think there were but -“> !l men in the ranks), 604 were
killed and wounded in about five minutes; 210 killed
and died <d’ wounds. It was the largest regiment in the
war, there having been 2,202 men enrolled. The killed
and died of wounds wen- 23 officers and Kin men, mak-
ing i’23. It, had the largest number of officers killed
and died Of wounds of any regiment of the war. Its
percentage of killed and died of wounds was L9.2. This

was only exceeded by one regiment, Second Wisconsin,

Gen. Fairchild’s regiment of infantry, which numbered
1,203, and lost 238. [ts percentage was 19.7, or 1 in 200

more than the First Maine Heavy Artillery. In the
July Veteran I notice my friend’s, Col. A. C. Hawkins,
remarks of the beauty of Southern women. He is a
good judge, as his wife was the handsomest woman so
Bangor, Me., when he married her thirty years or in

ago, daughter of Judgo Cutting, of the supreme court of
Maine. I am anxious to find some Confederates that op-
posed us June 18, 1804, in front of Petersburg, Va.

W. C. Nixon, Dyersburg, Tenn.: ‘After several at-
tempts we have perfected an organization with about
forty members, and have named it Camp Dawson for
Col. Bill Dawson, one of Forrest’s most gallant officers
who was killed at Franklin while leading his regiment
in that memorable charge.”

Comrade Nixon reports that after a very compliment-
ary prelude the Camp by resolution adopted the Vet-
eran as its official organ.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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TEXANS RELEASED FROM FORT DELAWARE.

Judge D. C. Thomas, of Lampasas, kindly sends an
alphabetical list of Texas prisoners released at Fort Del-
aware in June, 1865. The list included company and
regiment of each soldier, but these important features
are omitted for lack of space.

Ralph Arnold, John Amsler, L. F. Amsler, I”. W-
Armstrong, D. C. Arnet, A. B. Allison. S. P. Allison, W-
A. Autroy, P. P. Allen. W. A Ulen.

S. R. Briley, B. P. Butler, II D. Boozer, R. A. Brant-
Ley, Bphriam Burke, Eenry Bullard, G. W. Blair, W.
Blydenburg, D. .1. Bell. C. I’. Banks, .1. .1 Beck, 11.
Briden, (i. W. Hull. B. Bryan.

.1. II. Chapman, Garland Colvin, .1, .1. Cotton, B. W.
Clendennan, John \V. Carroll, .1. W. Clayton.

.1. E. Deupree, J. B. Daniels, M Deathridge.

H.J. Epperson, I.. I,. Evans, A. F. Brwin.

T. II. Fort. Cyrus Parris.

W. II. Gray, B. G. Godby, .1. II- Grigsby, .1. II. Gar-
rison, L, Gilliam, G. W. Gallup.

i;. P. Benderson, .1. .1. Haggarty, W. 8. Hare, .1. P.
Hutchison. Garrett [go,

( ‘. .1 . Jackson, .1 . M. .1 ulian, Sam II . Jor

Calhoun Kearse, II. Klopsteck, August Seng, \V. (‘.
Keir. D. P. Loyd, J. r>. Lewellen, J. C. Latimer.

W. c. Middleton, A. W. Miller. R. S. Mill. r. T. .1.
Moseley, W. T. McGilvory, I. A. Mitchell, N. I’. Mc
Kinnon, W. II. Matthews. .1. \V. Matthew-. John Mc-
Callister, .1. M. Maize, J. A. Moore, Daniel Murrah, A.
A. t ‘.. McDougall, John McLean.

Frank Neal. J. J, Nash.

c. II. ( Iwen, s. Hi tliphant, .1. < Irman.

1′-. Pfeffer, W. F, Preyur, J. J. Patterson, W. R. Fair.
(I. W. Pryor, W. II.’ Pickett, John I I’. A.

Pritchard, E. M. Pugh, IV F. Pickering W. O. Quinn.

G. W. Reese, A . C Roco, B. W. Riley, I,. Roscoe, T.
N. Roach, I.. Roscoe.

.1. I’.. Streety, (i. Steck, II. Stolce, J. W. Stone, J. C.
Smedlev. A. J. Stokes, W. C. Starnes, W. II. Stanl
W. 1′. Smith, (,. A. Shilling, .1. B. Scott, W I!. Smith.

i.. B, Todd, I.’. D. Tucker. Daniel Thiel. D. C. Thomas,
Jeff Thompson. T. IV Turner. .1 . ( ‘. Terry, II. T. Terrell.
John Traynor, .1 R, Thomas. John R !„■„ ,,-. <; M.
Taylor, A. Tompkins, Urpankee. Thomas Vann.

W. T. White, W. Whitehead, A. Wilson, Reuben
Webb, C. D. S. Wilkine, M. S. Wommack, P. Wood-
house, R 0. WoodB, s. A. Woods, W. Walker, J. T.
Wright.

Charles Young, G. T. Yellock.

be glad to know his fate He had knowledge of his be-
ing eent to a hospital at Harrodsburg, and that he was a
member of the Twenty-seventh Wisconsin Regiment, the
same number as that to which he belonged from Tennes-
see. The old veteran sends regards to the family of
Gen Folk, and pays high tribute to Kentucky’s states-
man and Boldier, John (‘. Breckinridge.

I ‘ait. James Stinnett, now in his Bevent \ -seventh year,
sends from Paradise, Tex., response to Mai. J. B. Briggs’s

general invitation to the Russellville reunion, September
4. This venerable veteran served much in Kentucky,
Tennessee, and Mississippi during the four years, and
yearns to be face to face with surviving comrades. He
gives vivid accounts of certain battles. At Perryville
he tells of Gen. Polk’s mistake so vividly reported in the
Veteran by his own account of going over to the ene-
my through mistake. On that occasion, (“apt. Stinnett
adds to the reverend General ami Bishop’s story that
when he got back- he told his men. ” Draw low, and cut
them off at the knees;” and adds, “You should have
seen the vankees run.”

Capt. Stinnett cared for a Federal on that battlefield
by Perryville, doing what he could for him, and would

II’miDS llr.AI 11 , 1 ! ARTERS NEAR NASHVILLE.

I Hi- 1- said to be the 6rst frame residence erect.
Davidson County. The nails used wen made by black-
smiths. The present occupant, Hon John 1 >verton, who
is the father of the almost venerable John Overton, of
Memphis, was born in it The mistress in this ancestral
. which was built by Judge < tverton, an associate of
Andrew Jackson, ami has ever been known as “Travel-
er’s lost. ” continues an inspiration and a blessing to all
who revere sacred memoi Overton has well

maintained bis prot which v

great in war times t hat he was persei uted for being rich.

KNIGHTS OF DIXIE.

Judge P. C. W. writes of the Knights of Dixie:

It is the tirst regularly organized effort to preserve
the war and pioneer records of the Southland, to encour-
age the Btudy of Southern history, to teach the children
ami young people of the South what it has done for

itself and what it has done to make and preserve us a- a
nation, to correct the willful and malicious errors of his-
tory ami preserve the true history of the struggles ol
the South from 1770 to 1865. and since, h designs to
unite in one social ami fraternal organization the men
and women of the Southland ami enables them to point
with pride to what tiny and their ancestors have
achieved. In view of our Centennial, now is a most
auspicious lime for organizing such a society. The head-
quarters of the Knights of Dixie are at Little Rock, Ark.
This truly Southern order is rapidly growing and becom-
ing popular in the South. It now has lodges actively
working in nine States. There is a fine lodge. N. B. For-
rest No. 1, in Memphis, with one of Gen. Forrest’s Stat 1
as Commander, and another one will soon be organized.
There should be at least two active, prosperous lodges
in Nashville, and wherever there is a Bivouac or Camp
there should be a lodge of the Knights of Dixie.

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BBUHTOH OF TENNESSEE VKTK i:\.\s

James W Blaokmorb, Esq., Gallatin, Tenn., Receiver
Commercial National Bank of Nashville writes thai
the annual reunion of 1 1 1 * – Confederate veterans in

Tennessee will lake place at (Jallatin September 12 and
13. Committees composed of ladies ana gentlemen in
all parts of that section are busily engaged in making
preparal ion for the entertainment of the guests who will
honor Sumner County on the occasion. The people of
Sumner will delight in showing their appreciation of
Southern valor and their respecl for the “lost cause.”
and extend a hearty welcome to all ex-Confederates,
their families and friends. The programme for the en-
tertainment will be elaborate and unique.

Hon. .1. A. Trousdale sends the following account:

On the 12th the delegates, representing the several
Bivouacs in the State, will meet in convention and at-
tend to the business of the Association. Delegates will
be mel upon their arrival and assigned to homes provid-
ed for them, where they will he hospitably entertained.
The ladio will give an amateur concert at the Opera
House, and after it is over a banquet at the Sindle House.
These entertainments will occur on the night of the
12lh, and will be for the benefit of the delegates.

The reunion will occur on the 13th. This will be
Open to all old Confederate soldiers with their families.
They will understand that no special invitations are al
all necessary. They know that the reunion is theirs, let
them conie whence they may. The citizens of Sumner.
men, women, and children, are already busy preparing
for the reception and entertainment of the veterans.

The programme for the reunion on the 13th will in-

clude, among Other things, a grand parade through the

principal streets of Grallatin, headed by one of the finest
hands in the South — Bichom’s, of Louisville. The pro-
cess i,,,, will be e, nn 1 1, isc’ I of a column of horsemen, a cav-
alcade of young ladies and gen! Icnieii, a number of Moats
filled with young ladies representing Liberty, the South-
ern States, the Bivouacs in Tennessee, the County, and

the twenty-nine companies Sumner County senl to the
Southern army: the teachers and pupils of our city
schools: and citizens on foot, horseback, and in carri-
ages. The reunion will be in Col. Baxter Smith’s wood,
less than a mile south from the courthouse. Speakers
of note will deliver addresses, and a basket dinner will
bespread for an indefinite number, the calculation being
that the crowd will be immense.

Railroad Rates to Gallatin Reunion. — John P. Hickman,
Secretary Tennessee Division Confederate Soldiers :

Arrangements have I n made with the Louisville

and Nashville and Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis
Railways, for a one fere rate to the Convention and Re-
union of the Association of Confederate Soldiers, Ten-
nessee Division, to be held in Gallatin on September 12
and 13, 1894. Tickets to be sold on the 11th prox., good
returning to leave Gallatin on the 14th. J have further
made arrangements with the Louisville and Nashville
Railway to run a special train from Nashville to Galla-
tin on the morning of the 12th, said special to start
at 8:30 o’clock. However, I must know how many
will go on the special so as to procure a sufficient num-
ber of coaches. Therefore all Bivouacs in the State
should notify me, at their earliest convenience, as to how
many will come from their counties, and who desire to
avail themselves of the special.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

233

PARSONS BRIGADE IX REUNION.

Notes from the recent reunion at Waxahachie, Tex.,
are given briefly. A long with them was Bent a photograph
which has been reproduced for the Veteran, and on the
opposite page many a familiar face will appear to read-
ers in that section of Texas:

On August 1st, Parsons Brigade held their annnual
reunion with Camp Winnie Davis, United Confederate
Veterans. The event began under a bright and sunny
morn. By eleven o’clock a large crowd had asset
al the pavilion at Easl End, The stage was appropri-
ately decorated with battle flags and war relics, a por-
trait of Jefferson Davis was conspicuously prominent,
as was also a large and well-executed oil painting •
inches, the attack on Sumter, by Commodore Dupont,
United States Navy, in 1863. This painting was made
by Prof. Laurence L. Cohen, an artist, native of Charles-
ton, whose address in explanation of the scene was

graphic and humorOUS in part, SOBS to awaken mem

of fun thai the boys in gray often bad during the car-
nage and strife. The addresses of welcome by Mayor
|in Bose elieited a tine response from President G
daner and was worthy the occasion. The addresses by
Comrades Marchbanks and Kemble wen glowing trib-
utes to the heroes and men of the present as well as of
the past. Nor was the Veteran forgotten, for mingling
with comrades could be Been Dr Hyam Cohen Bound-
ing its praises and securing many subscribers. We are
glad to Bay that in every respect tins reunion will re-
main as an oasis iii the hearts of the Bcarred and hoary-
headed men who once wore the gray. After -Mine ex-
cellent music by the hand, the annual election resulted
unanimously as follows: President, W. II. Getzendaner;
\ iee Presidents, B. F. Marchbanks, Carr Forest, II. M.
Rhodus, A. A. Kemhle; Secretary, A. M. Dechman;
Treasurer, W. A. Calfee. President Getzendaner next
introduced an ex-union Boldier who made a tew remarks
appropriate I” the occasion, and read a short poem of
fraternal greeting to the blue and the gray. The memo.

rial service in honor and in memory of fallen comrades
was performed in the usual impressive manner, and
with it closed the Fourteenth Annual Reunion of Par
son- Biigade of gallant Texas soldiers. The place of
meeting next year has been hit entirely with the I <•
utive Committee. It was very cheering to the old sol-
diers to listen to the sweet voice of Miss May Boyce, :i-
sin recited a thrilling war poem. Miss Lizzie Burk and
Miss Ross contributed to the pleasure of the occasion,

REUNION Ad” COLEMAN, TEX.

THE • ‘Id South, Coleman, Tex., reports the reunion of

John Pelham Camp, U. C. V., No. 76, at Pecan Grove
August l.”> and lif The following officers were unani-
mously (deled tin- the ensuing year: .1. .1. Callan. Com-
mander: M. M. Callan. Adjutant; .1, R. Chadwell. Quar-
termaster; C. W. Thompson and M. Zelner, Bannerettes,

The Son- ,it the Confederacy were received, and I ‘all-
ey Ledbetter in an appropriate address submitted their
const it nt ion to the Veteran ( !amp, which was by a unan-
imous vote approved. The address was responded to by
.1. .1. Callan.

The Daughters of the Confederacy were received, and
their organization completed by the election of Mr-. J.
P. Chadwell, President; Mrs. W. 1’. Rascoe, Secretary;
and Mr-. W. Y. Price. Treasurer.
1*

An excellent and patriotic address was delivered by

P. P. Powell.

After Bupper a short address was made by dame- Wil-
liams in his interesting and patriotic manner. Alter a
recitation. ”fhe . Picket of Gray,” by Perry Rascoe, sev-
eral beautiful tableaux were given.

The second day- ciilcrtai cut contained several in-
teresting features, Miss Omi Polk was elected Daugh-
ter of John Pelham Camp to go with the Veterans and
– io the Houston reunion Memorial services in hon-
or of departed comrades were held at t P.M. The fare-
well addic– ami benediction were by Rev. II. P ?

The programme was interspersed with music by the

man hand, and by Jesse and Dudley Johnson. The

next meeting will he April 9. 1895, Memorial Pay.
A NOTABLE COLORED VETERAN.

r.l 1 . K. DOUG I KB1 v. B, I .. PR]

mm of the besl known freedinen in Columbia 5 I
1- old William Rose, who ha- been messe
Governor’s office under every I’m rati, administra-
tion since 1876 IP- history is worthy a space in the
\ BTERAN. He 1- now eighty years of age, hni 1- still
active and vigorous enough to he at hi- post of duty I

, r\ day, and nothing delights him more than to take
part in any Confederate demonstration.

William Rose was horn in Charleston in 1813, and
was a slave oi the Barrett family of that city. He was
brought io Columbia when only t and

was taughl the trad.- of carpenter and tinner. In his
younger day- he went ..lit to the Florida War a- a
drummer in Capt. Elmore’s company, the Richland Vol-
unteer-, an organization which is still in existence, and
whi.h ha- mad.- a proud record tor itself in three wi
Subsequently he went through the Mexican War a- a
servant for Capt. (afterwards < ol 1 Butler, of the famous
Palmetto Regiment,

the service in which he take- the greatest pride

wa- that in the day- ol the ‘ J H< was the

body servant of that distinguished Carolinian. G

Maxey Gregg, and a- -.on as he heard that his heloved

master fad fallen on thi ‘• ksburg he

rushed to his side as fast a- a horet and

remained with him until the end came. Hi- description
Of the death of Gen. Gregg, of hi- reconciliation with
stonewall Jackson, and hi- heroic la-t message to the
Governor of South Carolina are pathetic in the extreme

and are never related hy the old man without emotion.

William -aw Cleveland inaugurated, and was present
at the unveiling of the soldiers’ monument at Richmond,
ami at the recent grand Confederate reunion at Bir-
mingham. Prom the latter he returned lad.11 with
badges which he cherishes a- souvenir- of the occasion.

For sixtj years he has been i.l< with the Rich-

land Volunteers, and they never parade without him.
About two years ago he presented a gold medal to the
Company, Which is now shot for as an annual prize. IP 1
never forgets Memorial Pay, and 110 10th of May has

passed by since the 1 lose of the war without seme trib-
ute from him is placed on the Gregg monument at Elm-
wood. Recently he has been given a small pension by

the United States for services in the Florida War.

Old “Uncle” William is of a class fast passing away.

They wdll not have BUCOeSSOTS, but all the world may
witness benefactors in Southern white- until the last of
them crosses the ‘dark river.”

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REMINISCENCES OF SHILOH.

A. S, Horslet, will known to the Tennessee press,
now in Virginia, writes of an incident which took place
in the movements of “Maney’s First Tennessee Regi-
iii interesting scrap of history.

It- left wingonly was in tin’ battle of Shiloh. Ii had
served in the mountains of Northwestern Virginia un-
der Gen. R. B. Lee, and afterwards in Northern Virginia
under Stonewall Jackson. .After the fall of Fori Eenry
and Fort Donelson, in the early part of 1862, Maney’s
Regiment was ordered by the War Department to join
Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston’s army, which was then
moving out of Tennessee and assembling at Corinth,
Mi-s. The Memphis and Charleston railroad, from De-
catur to Corinth, .Miss., wa- so taxed with business for
the army that Col. Maney had gotten only transporta-
tion for one wing of his regiment, and thus the right

wing was left at < ‘hat tanooga. where it did provost duty.

At that time, however, one-half of the regiment was
larger than the average regiments were a year or two

later. The fatile of Shiloh came on before the right
wing came up and before Col. Maney was assigned to
any regular brigade. I suppose it was on this account
that Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, on the morning of

April 6, 1862, rode in front of the left Wing of -Maney’s

Regiment and spoke somewhat as follows, amid the
sound of cannon and musketry from the Opening battle:

‘-.My countrymen, I have selected yon for the post of
honor to-day. As our army forces the enemy down the
river, which I confidently expect, our rear becomes ex-
posed from a possible attack from the river at or near
Hamburg. Should (Jen. Huell, whose army is moving
rapidly to Gen. Grant’s assistance, cross the Tennessee
at Hamburg, under cover of the gunboats, and attack
our rear from that point without successful resistance,
he would place our army in jeopardy, and probably
wresl from us the great victory which we hope confi-
dently to win to-day. 1 have heard good accounts of
your campaigns in the mountains of Virginia, and on
that account have selected you for this post of honor.
Col. Forrest, of whom you have doubtless heard, and
his regiment will be with you.

“I have made this frank statement to you, my coun-
trymen, in order to impress upon you the importance of
holding your position at all hazards. No matter in
whatever numbers the enemy come, hold your position
until I can get to you. It is important for even man
to have plenty of ammunition. Save you all go1 forty
rounds of cartridges? ”

Of course this was only meant as a caution to every
soldier to see that he had a i_ r oo.| supply, and no response
was expected. The -pcclaele was an imposing one.

Gen. J oh nsi on. “the very king of men,” as Henry Wat-
terson ‘-alls him. was Bitting on a fine Kentucky thor-
oughbred horse, surrounded by a staff composed of splen-
did-looking men; the roar >d’ musketry and boom of
Cannon were accompanied occasionally by the “rebel
yell” in the near distance: and the soldier- wrw deeply

impressed by the majestic presence, the noble and kindly
face, and impressive words of the commanding general.

[ would give much, hard as times arc. for a picture of
that scene.

At this juncture there occurred one of those humor-
ous incidents which verifies the truthfulness of the old
adage that there is but one step from the sublime to the
ridiculous. A yellow-complexioned soldier, wln.se face

and coarse black hair reminded one of a Choctaw Indian,
was an inveterate smoker of black. Btrong tol
and on this occasion he took from his mouth his short
pipestem, and in a drawling but penetrating voici

ulaied: “No. General, 1 ‘ain’t got but thirty-eight! ”
Though some distance oil’, the General heard him dis-
tinctly, and smiling kindly, said: •• Very well, my friend,
-re your orderly sergeant and gel your full number.”
Then, witli a graceful salute, the ” king of men ” turned
the head of his horse toward the battles opening roar,
and. followed by his stall’, went rapidly in the direction
of where tin- tirin”; was heaviest and thickest. It was
UOt many hours before his noble form wa- cold in death,
but for which all the histories of America to-day would

have to be rewritten.

The soldier who unwittingly caused a ripple of humor
at a very solemn time was named have Adams. Like
Gen. Grant an. I other inveterate tobaCCO -mokers. it
caused his death. It gave poor Have heart disease, and
one evening about eight years ago he rode up to a house
on the high ridge between Mailry and Hickman Coun-
ties. Ten ii.. and asked the good woman of the house if
she had any ” cam/ire,” as he was deathly sick. She
hastened to get it and take it out to him, but not before
he was in the agonies of death.

THE INVENTION OF TORPEDOES.

QBN. QABMELJ. RAINS, OF SOUTH < A BO /./.V.I . BEABS 1 111: HONOR.

Noticing frequently many claims in di He rent Southern
newspapers and magazines as to who is entitled to the
credit of inventing the torpedoes so successfully used in

the Confederate War, the following is gathered by one
of his daughter- from an old diary and scrapbook kept
by Gen. Gabriel J. Rains, who died at Aiken. S. C.,.
August 6, 1881:

During the Seminole Indian War in Florida, ill April,

1 s HI. (‘apt. Rains, then of the Seventh l’. S. Infantry,
wa- stationed at Fort Micaimpy. Fla., about twenty-live
miles from fort King. His men were so waylaid and
killed that it became dangerous to walk even around

the fort. Desperate diseases require desperate remedies,
and as the preservation of the lives of his command re-
quired it. the following was resorted to by (‘apt. Rains:
The clothing Of the last victim of the Indians was made
to cover a torpedo invented by him. A day or two
elapsed, when early one night the loud, booming sound
of the torpedo was heard, betraying the approach of an

enemy, (‘apt. Rains With a squad Of men went to the
spot, and upon investigation found that the Indians, in
removing the clothes, to which the torpedo was at t a. died
by a wire, had exploded the torpedo. Yells were heard
in the neighboring woods, but whether the explosion

proved fatal to any of the Indians is not known. From
this time on Capt. Rains was continually experimenting
with torpedoes of bis own manufacture.

I’pon the breaking out of the Civil War he resigned
his position as lieutenant colonel of the Fifth U. S.
Infantry, and was made at once a brigadier general in
t he < lonfederate army.

Soon alter the battle of Seven Points, in which he
took an active part. Gen. Robert E. I.ee sent for Gen.
Rains and told him that the enemy had upward of one
hundred vessels in the James River and he thought they
were about to make an advance that way upon Rich-

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235

mond, and expressed confidence that if any man could
Btop them he could, and asked him to undertake it.

This is from his diary: “Observing that the ironclads
were invulnerable to the cannon of all caliber we were
using, and were really masters of rivers and harbors, I
determined that it required submarine inventioi
checkmate and conquer them, and on the James River,
opposite Drnry’s Bluff, I made and placed the first sub-
marine torpedo, the primogenitor and predecessor of all
SUcb inventions.”

(ion. Rains was placed in charge of the entire Bubma
rine defenses for the coast and harbors of the Southern
Stairs, and personally supervised the laying of torpedoes
in the harbors of Charleston, Richmond, and M
In Charleston Barber there were laid one hundred and
twenty-three torpedoes, which prevented the capture and
probable conflagration of that city.

There were fifty-eight vessels sunk and destroyod by
torpedoes during the war. many of them of largi
Lb has been well Baid, ” ilto invention of the torpedo lias
entirely changed modern warfare,” and Gen Rains’ e
daughter is proud thai her father, a Southern man. was
the first to invent ami utilize Buch a valuable means ot
defense.

PENALTIES FOB DESERTION.

THOM LB < > w ENS, < ‘arlisle, K v., relates SOme Bad -tones

Purine- the spring of L864, while the army of Genera’
Johnston was encamped near Dalton, Ga., there were
several military executions Desertions had become so
frequent as to Beriously threaten the integrity of the
.army: and it became necessary to make examples of the
few, that the many might be deterred from committing
bo grave an offense

\ Boldier belonging to the regiment in Hardee’s

Corps, was arrested for desertion, tried, and condemned
to he shot. In order that the awful example might have
it- fell effect, the entire division was ordered out to the
drill ground to be witnesses of the Bpectacle, and was
formed into a hollow square of three Bides facing in-
ward, the fourth side being open. The culprit, sui
rounded by his spiritual .advisers and an armed guard,
was made to march around the entire Bquare on the in-
side, and was then led to the middle oi the open side,

where a grave had been dug and a low cross had heen

erected near its edge. He was bound to the cross kneel-
ing. His eyes were bandaged, and the officer in charge
stepped off the regulation twelve paces, where he sta-
tioned the firing squad. -V delay of some moments en-
sued, during which the officer stepped up to the doomed
man, apparently for the purpose of adjusting the bandage
over his eves. The poor wretch gathered hope from
this trivial circumstance, and quickly raised his head,
which had been before bowed upon Ids bosom, and strove
to peer out from under the bandage. The buoyancy of
hope stood out in every feature of his fece. But it was
brief — to him, how brief — fora moment later the fatal
order was given, ” Ready, aim. /!><‘,” and the leaden bul-
lets went crashing through his brain. The whole top of
his head was blown off.

The division was then caused to march in double file
past the body as it hung upon the low cross to view the
ghastly spectacle, and theme back to camp to ponder on
the horrors of war and ‘man’s inhumanity to man.”

There were sixteen men shot, each by a stake, near
Dalton. T saw the stakes, all in a row. after the execu-

tions; saw the blood stains, but did not witness the event.
This note of comment is added t” Itr. Ow ount.

tory recalls an execution on the line of march July
21, after the siege and abandonment ot’ Jackson tfise .
following the surrender of Vicksburg.

There came near being a mutiny in the army at Hal-
ton fora more aggravating punishment than Bhooting.
It was the keeping of men in stocks for hours at a time.
Two posts would he erected and planks fastened in
mortices from one to the other, one above the other, anil
at the joint a large hole cut tin- the neck and then
smaller holes for the arms of the deserter. Th
plank would be raised and then let down, makings
yoke for the neck- and arms; and the poor fellow would
have to stand in this position tor hours at a time. This

punishment y thing that I from

the popularity of Gen. Josi

These storii a tire I he saddest in the history of the war.

Mit ii I’ lb mi. living m die. on calling to

renew his BubscriptiOD was asked if he was in the war.

and he told this interesting story: While returning
from a trip for Gen. Wheeler to Waverly and letting his
weary hors< di nk at tl Little llarpeth.be

was astounded at a clatter of horses just back of him.
He was just ahead of the Seventy-fourth Lllii

m. hi. and four mounted officers dashed OH ahead to take
him in With all tl”‘ DOWi r he could put into hie
animal he i 1 t he diets bough

hie ‘bailees were practically hopeless. As the men en-
tered the creek tb. boil fell and broke ti
of his rider, knot 1 •■ horse holder,
and the fourth Lieut ‘ James B Kerr, dashed on in
lit of the Con shooting at him until hi*
pistol was about empty. Then, springing out
die and over a rock fence, he gol the drop” on the lone
officer and demanded that he dismount quickly. The
Confederate wae Boon in that officer’s saddle, and
double quick following the loose horse, urged on by Bush,
who didn’t intend that anytime should be lost. Kerr
couldn t bribe the ‘ wenl to Win
headquarters a prisoner becaust he couldn’t help it
Bush was Benl with him to Gen. Bragg, where I
well treated. Col. Kerr was soon exchanged Mr Bush
would like t” bear from him or any mend – fam-
ily. His post I enn.

A Veteran in Need J H. Gn gory, Scottsboro, Ala.:
Thomas Welch, aged fifty-two year — lei: shot
ericksburg- was in Capt. •’ II .1 Williams’ company,

( !ol. Woodstock’s regiment. He has 1,,, relai ,•, es He has

lived with his old commander, Capt. Williams, since the
war, but the Captain is getting old and feeble himself.
He was compelled to Bee In- old comrade placed In the

county poorhouse. If any of the veterans woill

nate a small amount to purchase a few things f”i’ the
old veteran, it would make his lot much better, and it
stimulate and encourage him to know that he was
remembered by the peo whom he lost hit

They can send contributions to William 1! Bri

Judge of Probate, Scottsboro, Ala

Since the above Comrade Welch litis died.

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GREETING FROM A [JNIOK SOLDIER.

Address of Rev. Clark Wright, D.D., representing the
1 Ninth N Y., Hawkins Zouaves, welcoming a delegation
from the Third Georgia Regimenl Veteran Association
to a banquet al the Hotel Brunswick, New York <‘ity.
on the thirtieth anniversary of their enlistment, and the
twenty-ninth anniversary of the firsl meeting in battle
of t he 1 wo commands

Mr. President, Gentlemen of tin i gimental

A private soldier who carried r gun,
who was the least of all the men who surround you t<>-
night, is to tell you what you have already learned in
your intercourse with the members of the Hawkins
Zouave Association of this city: that wo are glad to see
you. and take great pleasure in bidding you a most

REV. CLABK WRIGHT, D.D., NEW IfOEK.

cordial welcome to this the thirtieth anniversary of the
organization of the Ninth X. Y. Vols, (Hawkins Zouaves).

We most kindly appreciate the hospitality shown our
representatives who visited you one year ago last August
— who returned declaring t hat • leorgia grapes and water-
melons were not only large, but delicious, and were given
by the men of the old Third Georgia with lavish bands
at Port Valley, thus manifesting your cordiality and
regard for the hoys (now old men) of the Hawkins
Zouaves, for which wc air sincerely thankful.

It is very pleasant to have the opportunity to grasp
the friendly band of those who thought so diametrically
opposite thirty years ago. It proves that time no1 only
heals, but cools the blood, gives more mature judgment,
enabling each to overlook the past, and while wo do not
claim to forget those dark hours in our life, nor with-
draw an iota, nor impugn the motives or sincerity of an
opponent, we can each forgive, and while we let the
dead past bury its dead, rejoice in the sunshine of the
present, thai brings comfort and happiness to all parts

of our native land as we remember above and over all
else we are American citizens. As sm h this remnant of
Hawkins Zouaves Bit down and break bread with, and
most gladly greet the survivors of the gallant Third
Regiment of Georgia.

And while the professional politician may rave about
the rights of the South, or the rights of the North, we
calmly step aside from these noisy windmills of both sec
lion- to clasp the hand of these brave heroic men of the
South, and bid them a joyful welcome to the metropolis
of the Empire State of New Fork.

Honored as we are, by the presence of men who
fought in the ranks (the true heroes of every wan ami
by others who commanded regiments and brigades, yel
above and over even these we acknowledge ourselves
especially honored by the ladies of the different house-
holds of our guests, who. with father, husband, brother,
relative, favor us with their presence in New York on
t his festive occasion.

There are several remarkable parallels incident in the
history of the two regiments whose representatives gather
around this hoard. Both were organized in April. 1861 .
hoth were composed largely of very young men. who
wore impressed with the righteousness of the cause t hey

represented, and feeling sure they were right, dared
those causes to maintain.

The fortunes of war brought these regiment’- repeat-
edly face to face, time after time in most deadly strife,
and while each did its lust, as soon as the battle
ceased humanity took the place of Conflict, and the

wounded and distressed were cared for without regard to
the color of their clothes, whet her it was blue or gray, or
gray or blue. Few regiments of thai great war lost a
larger percent, of those engaged, yet neither id’ them

lost a stand of Colors, nor were the colors touched by
hostile hand: and although the flags of both have been
shbl into tatters, then’ is -till enough left of each for the
survivors of these regiments to annually gather around
and show our regard for one another and our love for
those who fell fighting beneath their folds.

Hail’ all hail! our brothers’ from Georgia; the Haw-
kins Zouaves hid you a thousand welcomes to (he me-
tropolis of our beloved State 1

we rejoice that the hour has come when we can com arse
about our early intercourse. Ours was not a hasty ac-
quaintance, most of us grew to manhood before w< I

within gunshot of each other, and even after we spent a
season of varied interest at that breezy watering place
on the coast of North Carolina called Hatteras, it was

some time before we learned that you gentlemen from

Georgia were in the vicinity of Hatteras lighthouse.
Learning this, we started one day up the coast to seek an

introduction to you. Although some of us have since

become gray-haired, we still remember that walk hy tin-
side of the poetii al, dark blue sea.

W’v had read (.’lark Russell’s description of the fasci-
nations of the dark flue sea, hut I think we never real-
ized before how blue it really was; yes, the sea was I dm.-.
and before we had walked ten miles in the sand up to
our ankles we were flue too; hut we trudged on. tired,
weary, determined to make your acquaintance. No
lover in pursuit of his coy lad}- could have heen more
determined than we on our march to Chicamicomico.
From this you may judge how we loved you.

But alas! we were to prove the truth that

The hest-laid plans o’ mice and men ;_r: 1 1 1 lt aft aglee,

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For on our arrival we found that you had changed your
mind and concluded to defer the matter and let as wail
before you would consent to an introduction t” the Ninth
New York. Like the foolish virgins, we learned thai
we were too late lor the festivities you had enjoyed that
day with the Twentieth Indiana Regiment, and alter a
pleasant time had quietly returned t’rom whence you
came — not, however, until like a thoughtful friend you
had compassionately relieved the aforesaid regimen) of
most of their camp equipage, and eased them of the
burden of carrying their heavy overcoats to Eatteras.
And so back we went, like a jilted young man, over the
same route by the side of the aforesaid deep hln
sad and lonely, to wait a more propitious opportunity
for an introduction. How often we thought of you!

We knew you were well-dressed gentlemen, for cloth-
ing had been sent you from Indiana, and we fancied you
went Bailing each pleasant afternoon on Albemarle
Sound, else you would not have needed the steamboat
“Fannie” which a kind Providence and the foresight of
Indiana friends placed at your disposal.

I can’! tell all we thought ami said about you while

we enjoyed our savory mullets and SWeel potato pics
served at our hotel hy the cooks of Hattcras until at
last, becoming disconsolate, we ourselves took steamer

and -ailed up the sound a- far a- Roanoke Island, where.

fortunately for us it may have been, you still concluded

to defer t he tirst interview.

We. however, saw your work, and finally occupied ‘lie

“French Flats” (barracks) you had built. They were
the best quarters we had during our term of service, and
when we took possession of those suburban residences

and learned that they were hnilt hy the Third Georgia

for our especial use. we knew you loved us, and that

you would leave nothing undone to make the Ninth
happy

Concerning that interview at Sawyers Lane (we des-
ignated it Camdeni it is unneceEsary to dwell. We met,
exchanged the compliments of the season, and parted
each with increased respect for the other, thoroughly
convinced of the stubborn tenacity and grit character-
ising both the men who defended their battery and
those who charged lor a half mile in front of it.

You left us in possession of the field, hut that field
was like holding a hot poker while you were in the
neighborhood. So noiselessly, under cover of the dark-
ness, we gently folded up our haversacks i not having
much else to told), and like the classic Arab silent ly took
our weary march back to the place from whence we
came. I assure you not many soiilt- were sung that
night, not many stories were told; for we were not quite
sure that you were satistied, and it was barely possible
you might request another interview.

With mingled feelings of respect and regard we look-
in your faces to-night. One brave man always respects
another who stood manfully for what he believed the
right. We recollect the scenes you passed through.
While battling a foe in front, you were as-ailed by star-
vation in the rear. No nobler instances of Courage and
self-abnegation can he found than where ill-clot he. I Con-
federates left wife and children to raise a little corn and
tend the tloek whereby they might exist.

Our forces experimentally knew nothing of the agony
endured by the men in your ranks. We met. fought,
buried our dead, cared for our wounded, and gloried in
whatever triumph might come. Hut you not only
fought, but you fought amid want.

Of tea and coffee we had the best in the world; hut a

pound of tea from Nassau cost you $500. Our army
wa- well -hod. If a pair ofshoes were worn out after a
loni: march, the quartermaster would issue another pair,
hut you were often obliged t” go barefooted. Of hard
bread we generally had plenty. It is said a Southern
captain found one of his soldiers up a persimmon tree eat-
ing green persimmons, and on asking the reason for such
strange action wa- told he was eating green persimmons
in order to tit hi- mouth to the si/.e of the rat

We of the Dnion army think of the triumph of our
arms, and to U6 they were grand; but it were well for

US to i lor over the fact that while our armies were

fighting the Confederates in front, Gen. Starvation was
assaulting them on the flank ami rear. In January,
l-i:;. tie Virginia newspapers quoted flour at $25 per
barrel, January, 1864, $95 per barrel; and in January
[865, 11,000 per barrel, for you heroes of Georgia,
there wa- death at the cannon’s mouth in front and
-tarnation in the rear. In September, 1861, $1.10 of
Confederate money wa- equal to .?] in United -Mates
gold; hut in January, L865, it took $60 Confederate

money to buy si in gold. It seemed that while the

money markel was going down lower and lower your
Courage and pluck mounted higher and higher. A
Soutbtrn paper gave a list of the dead and wounded,
and alongside were directions for the use ofboneset a- a
substitute tor quinine. You made pencils to mark roll
(all from molten hullets poured into the cavity ot small
reeds from the canebrakes. The juice of the poke berry,
compounded with vinegar, furnished ink while ti
quill n wa- all the yankees left ot the goose) took tin’
place ot tie to write to th i behind

you. Raspberry and sassafras took tht Hyson.

parched rye and dried sweet potatoes took the place of
Mocha Scuppernong wine did not continue plentiful
after the Ninth New York left North Carolina. P7h
the ladies used devices known to i|,,. men

skewered their trousers with wooden pins or locust
thorns. We defy tic world to show greater pluck and
more indomitable courage than wa- manifested by the
South in tho-e four years of terrible war.

But I have thought it was during the holiday seasons
of the year the disappointment wa- keenest, when the
little homespun stocking hung on the chimney place at
Christmas, when your ingenuity was put to the test to
devise so the deprivations you were enduring should not
he felt by the little one- around tin- fireside. Ave. you
might have told them that Hawkins’s Zouaves bad way
laid Santa Clans a- he wa- eoming through the lines;
you might have told them the Noah – Ark, with its me-
nagerie, the jumping jacks, wagons, and dolls, had heen
captured by the yankees. And it might have heen true,
hut it could not soften the feeling of regret in your
heart, that at the holiest season of the year, Christmas
time, you could not give your little ones tie- best the
world afforded.

I’.iave souls that you were, you went forward in the
performance of what you conscientiously considered
your duty, and so those years passed— years of self –
riliec. years ot’ devotion to what you felt wa- principle,
year- of sorrow, of pain, of death, of graves; hut they
were also years of valor, of’ COUrag* .ration to a

given work’ such as the world never witnessed before,
and I doubt if it ever will again. Your bulldog tenaci-
ty, your determined resistance, your courageous valor
won from your enemies the highest encomiums of praise.
Now- the rancor of the strife is over, and we are en-
abled to carefully study your history in the light of con-

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temporaneoue events. We remember your bomea dcso-
late by fire and Bword, your bodies illy clad, exposed to
tin- elemi ots, your haversacks empty, while hungry and

olate you Bank upon the bare ground to i v • i :_r . – 1 for a
few moments in sleep the struggle through which yon
were passing. When we recall these things, and then
remember the courage exhibited to our ryes as we met
you on the field of battle, we declare we are proud to
call v”u this day brothers, countrymen, Americans!

\\ i i may Georgia honor you with tin’ noblesl and
best shi possesses. Well may ber orators who meel you
at your annual reunions, and were their voices as Bilvery
and sweet as those of angels, were their powers of de-
ption as vivid as the lightning’s flasb, they would
yet be unable to tell the whole Btoryofyour faithfulness
to thai grand Empire State of the South, as we of Haw-
kins Zouaves who took your fire and saw your deter-
mination and valor as you contended even to the deatb
for every inch of land you were placed to defend.

Historians and poets are yet to be born who will justly
tell the world the whole story of the bravery and hero-
ism of t he men of iron nerve from Georgia. < >f the num-
ber of men you bad engaged, and the loss you suffered,

at the battle of Antietam I have nol the r< rd Imt

from your determined stand and the withering fire you
poured into our regiment at that hat tie. Hawkins Zouaves
lost sixty-three per cent, of those who met you in that
one engagement. At the famous charge of the Light
brigade, Lord Cardigan took- 673 men into action, and
lost in killed and wounded L’dT men. or thirty-six and a
fraction percent, of those engaged of this much. praised
Light Brigade. Four bravery at Antietam exceeded the
world-renowned charge id’ the Light Brigade.

Does the Stale whose name you hear. 01′ whose flag

you defended, need stronger evidence of your fidelity to
tie trust they reposed in you? [ftheydo,le1 them visit
the battlefields of the South, and. standing by the hal-
lowed graves of your sacred dead as they mark the dif-
ferent places of conflict where they fell, let these wit-
nesses teBtifj by the very eloquence of their silence. to
the integrity, intrepidity, fortitude, and courage of the
Third Regiment of Georgia Volunteers.

Your State abounds in great wealth, and we rejoice
with you for its possession; bu1 its greatest glory, its
most priceless gems its choicest treasures are the men
who. in the face of fire and smoke, starvation and deso-
lation, wounds and death, stood for their convictions.

I know you will pardon me when I say the besl men
we had in each of these two regiments are not visibly
present with us tonight, the best and truest of our
number lie buried on the battlefields of the South, some
(dad in gray, some in blue. No towering monument
marks their resting place, nor massive monolith stands
sentinel.

But beneath a cedar or a pine, in Bolitude austere,

Unknown, unarmed, hut not forgotten, rests a faithful volunteer.

Buried where they fell, baptizing the soil with their
blood, forever consecrating the ground and making it
holy, while their life and death tell the world the story
of how an American will tight and die for what he be-
lieves to be the right. While I have talked I have
thought that these unseen but not unweleome guests
are here in our midst to night; visionary it may he on
my part, but 1 know you will forgive me as I think of
these heroes of the Third Georgia and Ninth New York,
who have long since mingled together in fraternity and
love as we mingle here this hour. They pass before us

like a procession coming from their camping grounds

amid the cemeteries, the battlefields, the graveyards of

nth. Do u~ they are no longer dead — they live.

We can almost hear their well-known voices as with
flashing eye, active limb, courageous lion heart- 1 hey are

with us -e more, side by Bide, the blue, the gray”, the

private, the officer; on they pass, those who died at

Roanoke, at Camden, at South Mountain, at Antietam.
at Fredericksburg, and the battlefields of the South:

Have- and McComaS, K imhal. Si urges, (iadsdeii. Hamil-
ton. Barnott. Wright, Reno, Jackson and Burnside,
Grant and Lee!
1 1 ye comrades of ’61, friend or foe of those days, we

gladly wide, mie you all, as friends, to this fraternal hoard’

is memory recalls your heroic achievements while with
us. unseen, you gather here a reunited baud of a reunited

country beneath the fold- of our o\\ n starry flag!

You who went forth with a mother’s benediction ; you
who bade farewell to the children who received your last
embrace at the place of embarkation ; you who faced the
enemy so boldly in the charge; you who died amid the
carnage of battle al — alone, while the very star- of

God seemed to look in pity upon you. <> vcs. you, you
my countrymen, whether from Georgia or New York, to-
night these — the remnant of more than 2,000 men —
these your comrade- gathered here, salute \ on a- we
bring to mind your faithfulness as soldiers, and rejoice
with you that our country has passed from the hurricane
to the calm ; from out of all that crash, of which we were
part, to liberty, union, brotherly love, and peace!

Bui our mind recalls others nol present, who. sitting
in their quiet homes herein New York or Georgia, think
of this reunion with mingled feelings of joy and Borrow.
I -ecu i to look into the mind of dear old gray-haired moth.
er, sitting in yonder hone’, thinking of the boy on whose
head she showered her blessing, around whose neck her
arms were clasped, and on whose lip- she printed ber

farewell kiss, as in 1861 he bade her his last g 1-bye.

God bless her to-night, is the prayer of every one around
this board, wind her -he be of Georgia or New York.

Could we speak to each of these homes to-night, we
would tell them of the fidelity and courage of their loved
one in the days of the past, and assure them of our un-
dying regard for their memory. We would tell them as
we tell you — we shall meet again. Our comrades are
not gone forever, for

When the dreams of life are fled,

When its wasted lamp- are dead.
When in cold obli\ ion’s Bhade
Beauty, power, and fame are laid
Where immortal spirits reign.

There shall we all meet again.
And now. my friends of t he Third Georgia, 1 from the
left of the line, a private soldier of the Ninth New York,
have tried to speak fitting word- on this historic occa-
sion, and before I again step back and take my place in
the ranks do here salute you, and in the name and in he-
half of the Ninth Regiment, New York Volunteers,
” Eawkins Zouave-.” extend to you. individually and
collectively, a cordial greeting and a mosl hearty, royal
welcome. Welcome to the old Empire State! Welcome
to the ranks of the Ninth New York! Welcome to this
our thirtieth anniversary! Welcome, thrice welcome,
Third Georgia Regimental Association, to our city, to
our homes, and to our hearts!

The occasion was one of the pleasantest of the kind on
record, and deserves this prominence in the Veteran.

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FORTY-EIGHTH TENNESSEE REGIMENT.

The heroes of this old regiment who long served as a
battalion of sharpshooters for Polk’s Brigade, Cle-
buroe’a Division, should ever preserve this testimony
from their illustrious major general. When they bad
been ordered to report to another department of the
army, Gen. Cleburne :_<-ave this official recognition of
their services on July 15, 1864, in camp near Atlanta.
The order was preserved by a private: “A- a battalion
of sharpshooters its courage, skill, and endurance have
been tested and proven in innumerable bloody skirmish-
es. The handful to which it is reduced attest how con-
spicuous a part it must have borne in building up the
glorious reputation of the brigade and division which it
is about to l>e separated from. Gen. Cleburne bide
a soldier’s farewell, and trusts he may deserve and re-
tain through life the Rood will and kind feelings which
he hears to each surviving member of the Forty-eighth
Tennessee.”

FROM THE INU’N SIDE AT FRANKLIN.

I 1 ;: J, \\ Bi \< 11. West Jefferson, O., writes of it:

Your story of the wounding of Gen Strahl and death
of Col. Stafford is full of pathos, and indicates the fear-
ful struggle at thai point in the battle. Your paper in-
terests me all the more that I was a spectator, not a
participant, of the battle from our side. One fact that
perhaps makes any history of the battle or incidents at-
tending it interesting to me is that this field wae
scene of the first and last battle participated in by my
lent, the Fortieth Ohio. < >n the lOth of April, 1863,
the reserve corps of the Army of the Cumberland lay at
Franklin, and our regiment was picketing the front
south of the town, the Carter house being our reserve,
when Van Dorn with a large mounted force attacked us
suddenly, pressing us back through the village. It was a
lively experience and a bloody one while it lasted. It
has never been apparent to me what his object «;is in
such an audacious movement, unless it was a hope to take
in our regiment a- Forrest did at Brentwood three weeks
previous in the capture of the Twenty second W
sin and Nineteenth Michigan. Running bis guns up to
the Carter house, Van Dorn opened fire, while his rough
riders swept through the village and down to the pon-
toon bridge across the Harpeth. Of course this did not
occupy much time. The guns of Fort Granger and the
movement often thousand men on the north bank of the
Harpeth caused “our friends, the enemy, to get out of
Franklin faster than they came in. leaving eleven of
their dead to be buried by us next day. By the way. I
believe that the untimely death of Gen. Van Dorn de-
prived the South of one of its ablest cavalry leaders.

There is one statement in your paper that surprises
me. 1 have no recollection of Hood using artillery in
the battle. In fact. 1 have always thought he did not,
and have accounted for this failure em the supposition
that it had been left behind at Columbia, perhaps from
difficulty in crossing Duck River promptly, or that its
use was avoided from an indisposition to open tire on a
town doubtless the home of many in his army. This
only proves, however, that men may be mistaken. Your
statement that your artillery was used vigorously is un-
doubtedly correct. [I learn that we really did not use
but two cannon. — En.]

Our division. Kimball’s, reached Spring Hill at 2 a.m.
on the 30th. and left there at 5 a.m.. taking the road to

Franklin, reaching there at ‘■’, p.m. My regiment’s posi-
tion in the line was on the extreme right, the tip of the
Crescent-shaped line of defense, and as the assault was on
ntcr of the line on the Columbia pike, we were
not to any groat extent participants in the struggle I
think’ the attack there and then was unexpected to us
Certainly Bchofield had no wish to tight then, and I
think he was more apprehensive of trouble north of the
Harpeth than he was of an attack at Franklin. 1 WB8
standing in a brick house on our line looking out over
the plain when your line of battle emerged from the
timber. Certainly it was not preceded by any artillery
tiring. From my comparatively unexposed position I
watched the advance, and it was worth a year of One’s
lifetime to witness these first steps of the assault.
Emerging from the woods in the most perfect order, two
line-. I think, nothing could be more suggestive of
strength and discipline and resistless power than was
this long lino of gray advancing over the plain. Mas–
ing on the Columbia pike, the great wave came rolling
on. pushing away the two brigade- holding our advanced

on, and, following them closely, poured through

in.’ of works, and almost without a struggle Hood

had thus gained a lodgment in the very center of our

line. What followed i- familiar to all participants and

st udents of the history of H

MILITARY DIS UilUTIES,

Gen II V. Boynton t” Washington Post: “In view of

the patriotic -; of Senator- Gordon and Daniel,

and the en t hue them from all parts of

the South, does it , as if the time had fully

OOme for removing the legal disabilities which still pre-
vent those who -creed the Confederacy in a military ca-
pacity from -o serving the country now 9 When e
federate officers of such distinguished military -•
rise in the Senate and | eir former comrad

arm- and their whole section to the support of the one
flag against all dom mies, and when the pi

that section ring- with applause at -nob utterance-, the
lea-t that can be done in recognition Would seem to he to
make it legally possible for BUch men to aid their
try, if need be. under it- ting. Their universal appi

ii-c in Congress and throughout the North clearly
indicates that the action here proposed would be di
timely ami fitting. The joint resolution for the repeal

of that section of the statutes which prevents e
federate officers from entering the military service
should come from the Republican side in the Senate and
in the llou-e. and from some of the many most distin-
guished ex-Union officers which each body contains.”

Mr, Charles Herbst. who served in the Second Ken-
tucky Infantry, -tates that after the surrender at Fort
I’oticlson he and four or five other- put their guns up
through a stove hole in the ceiling of a doctor- -hop in
Dover. IK’ was hopeful that the guns had never been
disturbed. Inquiry has been made of Dr. .1. 1
prominent Confederate and citizen of Hover, who writes:
“After the war there were only five houses left in Dover,
and not one of them wa- an office.”

The Irish Volunteers, of Charleston, have erected a
handsome monument to their comrades who died for
the South. District Attorney William Peter Murphy
delivered a tine address, I.’ev. Father P. L. Duffy led
the prayer, and .1 B. Burke, Esq., read a beautiful ode
prepared by Father Puffy.

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

Cbc Confederate IPeteran.

One Dollar a Yean. S. A. CUNNINGH Am, Editor.

OPFICC AT THE AMERICAN. COR VER CHURCH AND CHERRY STS.

Thm publication l« the personal property ol 8. A. Cunningham, All per-
sons who approv.- Bach pu ”^ aa mi ‘ ‘rL’.in f–r

Association* throughout the South, i*r<- requested i immend its patronage

and to oooperafc it.

■’DIDN’T ORDER THE VETKRAN BUT A YEAR.”

Mr. s writes to say that In- didn’t order tin- Vi i

eran lun a year, and declines to pay tor the six succeed-
ing month– i” dair. The statement is void of expressed
sympathy, and ho ‘I’ iiberately cuts loose with an in-
debtedness that is crushing in its results. Mr. S

has paid attention neither to the courtesy of continuing
his subscription nor to the polite note requesting him to
renew or to give notice if name is to be erased and pay
eight cents per copy for the numbers received since his
time expired. This conduct by these residents of the
South lias entailed painful anxiety and much loss of
needed rest and -lee].. It has caused the taking of
Bpecial life insurance as protection to the patriotic men
who have unhesitatingly cooperated with or without

money for the success of the Veteran. Now these
name- must l>>- erased from the subscription li-t. The

[088 they have entailed U]ioll the VETERAN is deplored.
In all this broad, sunny land where the VETERAN is
found with the subscription date months behind the
month of i-Mir it is a record of the fact that the person
whose name appears has crippled the mosl important
publication that ever has existed to the South. They
have cramped and seriously injured this interest. How
unfortunate that so many strangers were presumed to
be in sympathy with the cause so faithfully advocated
by the VETERAN, and have been willing to receive it
not oi,l\ lor the time at less than it cost, but to con-
tinue to take it from the office for a year and ” half for
fifty cents, and then not have the courtesy to return
thanks for having been supplied with so much for so lit-
tle! They have not been fair. This comment is not di-
rectly to them, for | hey are not supplied with this num-
ber. Their patronage was an injury, not a benefit. It

will take i ithsof vigorous work and economy to make

up for these losses. (| I friends now and then write to

stop their subscriptions until times are hotter. They
d it realize that Buch general action would he disas-
trous and that Buch a publication re. (Hires steadfast neBS
and zeal through such times. Such enterprises must
keep right mi. or disaster and death will result.

Besides, the Veteran musl go to many heroic fellows
who helped to make our history ami cannot pay for it.

Over and over appeal of another kind has been made
to friends whose earnesl desire tor success i~ as undoubt-
ed a- their loyalty to the South, and yet they have
never seemed to realize that it was to them. It is this:
If you want to help the Veteran, turn to its advertis-
ing pages and see who seek its influence, and give such

advertisers a word of encouragement if no more. Write

them that their patronage is being appreciated by the

Southern people at large. Friends si. v m t.. have no

conception of how much they could do of benefit to the

bran in this way. There are hundreds of friends

as loyal t” its interests as the writer, who have husiucss
interests with men who advertise, and who could not
procure a better medium, hut it seems cannot he per-
suaded to say a word or write a line. These same
friends t…. are so anxious to help its interests that they
would make much ..f sacrifice for it. It is humiliating
to make these appeals, hut the results are of too great
consequence to I therwise than candid.

REPRESENTATIVES OF Till-: VETERAN.

Ml i II care has Leon exercised in preparing the list ol

Veteran representatives, although it may contain many

errors. The list doubtless comprises more names of
prominent people than were ever before published in
such connection. Judges, ministers, lawyers, hankers,
physicians, mechanics, farmers, and noble women are in
the list. The names are of those who have done much

for the Veteran, or have shown such friendship as to
induce the liberty of strengthening the list by using
their names. Some of these accept commission, and use
it in sending the Veteran to those who can’t pay for it :

others accept the deduction of cost of remittance simply :
while others still make no deduction whatever. Com-
pensation is given where necessities require it.

Request is made of those in the list who cannot serve
to write promptly to report the fact, and in every in.
stance where it is practicable secure the most efficient

Substitute possihle. At some places a I. lank is left for
the name of the person who sent the list from that of-
fice, as it was not always possihle to reinemhel’ who had
so kindly worked for the Veteran. All such will
please send in their names, so that they can he added
next time.

The speech of Rev. Dr. Clark Wright, published in
this VETERAN, will BUrprise and please thousands. His
test i ny to the honor of Confederates is well told. Al-
though delivered many months ago, it reads with fresh-
ness, with patriotic fervor, and attests his sincerity in

offering his life for the preservation of the Union. The

copy was supplied by W. A. Wiley. Secretary of the
Third Georgia Regiment Association. To general read-
ers it may scorn that the prominence given tbe Third

G ‘gia Regiment is in excess of what can he given to

others equally worthy, but Dr. Wright’s humor is too

g I for greater abridgment of his greeting. It is

gratifying to he able to record so deserved a tribute to
Confederates as this worthy divine pays them. Honor
to him for his welcome. Ho knew it was deserved. W
all Union heroes would speak out so nobly, it would look
as if the millennium were dawning.

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PAYNE’S ■ EOME, SWEET SOME.’

Frank T. Raymond writes for the Atlanta Journal an

nit of John Howard Payne’s arrest about tied Clay,

Ga., near the Tennessee line, and between Dalton, Gfa.,
and Cleveland, Tenn., for befriending the Indians against
paying tux. He relates that an Indian chief, who was
being marched away under guard, got possession of a
bayonet and, while passing near the grave of bis wife
and child, broke away, ran to it, fell upon the point of the
bayonet, and secured his death, which he craved rather
than leave his home.

While being conveyed to trial by the sheriff, Payne
sang the words, – 1 1< un. ■. Sweet 1 1 • -tii.- ‘ which so
touched the sheriff that he gave him his liberty. The
quoted words as furnished by Mr, Raymond are tl

MM pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like hi
A charm from the skies seems to hallow us tl
Which, seek through the world, is nol met «
An exile from home, splendor dazzles in vain ;
1 1 give me my lowly thatched $ain;

The l>ir.ls singing gayly that come at im
Give 111.- them, with the peace of mind dearer than all !

The editor of the Veteran was riding on the cars in
that section some years ago with Bill Arp, who told the
story quite similarly. Later, he was al-i> one of many
thousands who viewed Payne’s body in the city hall.
New York, when the benefactor, W W. Corcoran
brought it from Egypt some ten years ago. The old,
old caskel was covered with a United States flag, while,
strange to relate, there were no flowers about it.

The Pal Cleburne Camp, at Cleburne, Tex., adopts
lutions in honor of the late Senator A II. Colquitt, “a
loved comrade, gallant soldier, ami a patriot.” They ex-
press sympathy to his family and to the Southern peo-
ple in their loss of a pure statesman ami brave defonder.

This Camp did a fitting thing recently in honor of
.Miss Jessie Belle Odell, whom they had adopted as
” daughter of the Camp.” They went in a body to the
family residence ami then to the church to see her mar-
ried. In presenting a silver pitcher (‘apt. 0. F. Plum-
met- spoke for the members of Pat ( Heburne * ‘am]’, com-
posed of Confederate soldiers from the thirteen Sta

Five years ago yon were adopted as the “daughter of
the ( lamp.” From the beginning you gave your heart to
the cause, and since then yon have contributed much to
make t he meet ingsof the Camp interest ing. Many of the

members have known yon from early childh 1. and with

pride have watched yon like an unfolding flower, devel-
oping into Lively womanhood. We know your heart is

unalterably fixed upon your dear Southland, and we es-
teem yon as a typical Southern lady possessing all the
(harms and accomplishments that grace and distinguish

true womanhood. Xow. on the eve of your marriage,
we come to festow our blessings upon you. We bring
with US a memento, as a token of our respect, which You
will please accept and let it continually remind you that
our hearts will follow you to the end of life.

\ \kw l.ook by Ruby Beryl Kyle will go to pri
a few weeks. It is entitled ” Paul St. Paul, a Son of the
People,” and is an attractive romance “built from
blocks of adventure and love which serve to enrich the
architecture.” The plot is laid in the dreamy land of
Spain, ami in the stately heart of’Merrie England.” An
exchange say-: ” There is a spirit in her writings which in-
dicates marked talent and versatility. They are fluent
and exciting. She ha- proven herself the Sunny Souths
most zealous correspondent, and deserves the recognition
we have given her Her singularly successful efforts at
reporting without experience have done ber 1 1

Arcama (‘ami’ No. l’l’7. D. C. V . August 11. 1894
■Whereas s. A. Cunningham, as proprietor of the
Confederate Veteran, published monthly at Nashville,
Tenn. chaste, instructive, and interesting, is doing a
great work a- the organ of the ‘United Confederate
– . therefore.
“1. /’■ That our Arcadia Camp No 229 adopt,

ami also recommend said publication to the favorable
deration of our comrades, and ask all our members
and other Confederate soldiers to pat I organ

“2. That we recommend the A M. ,v 1 ami

F. A. Seminary, schools being taught in Arcadia,
cure ami keep on hand said CONFBDERAI IN to

he used in their reading rooms.

That we. a- a < amp of Confedi rans,

present 1 he claims of the Confi eh \ \ to all

the sons, gran tughters lerate

soldiers, and all other- who may desire to perpetuate
cred names and It 1- of an ancestry whose

chivalry, patriotism, and unselfish devotion Btand peer-
nnals of history.
1 Tl mestly solicit all comrade- to write

brief – of incidents coming under the p>

observation thai would Bervi iblish a correct his-

torical record of such in the arms of the – – they

were enga
The foregoing resolutions were unanimously adopted.
Will Mm er, ( bm, ; John A

Babt Ti\\i«ii Confedei BRANS. — Tlie annu-

al reunion of these noble fellows ur a1 Ro

vilK- September 6. All of these veterans ; lially

invited, as arc man; rom other

sections, and the Federal veterans who will be asked to
participate. The Board of Directors have appointed ef-
ficient committees* F A Shotwell is President, and J.
It Mil.:-‘ – ary of th< Association.

Comrades in Mississippi desire the address ol (.’apt.
Henry Bibb, of Company A. of the Fifty sixth Alabama
Cavalry, (‘apt. Bihl> went from Columbus to Texas
some years ago, and his post office address is not known.
Reply to J. Warren Gardner, Columbus, Miss

The people of Madison, Ga., have just completed a
Confederate monument at thai place. Of the many
things deposited in the zinc fox. the cornerstone, were
the Veteran and a collection of picture- ap-
pearing in its pages, supplied by Comrade W. A. Wiley.

An.iT. Cicero I! Barker, of Col. Charles F Fisher
Camp, Salisbury, X”. C. reports the death of Comrade
A. 11. Heiliff from the effects of a minie hall in the head.

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

PBISOM LIFE AT HAEPEES FEBBS AND ON

.lolI.NSii.NS ISLAND

Capt. W’.ii.Mii Johnson, Orlando, Fla., writes of it:

It was my earnest prayer during the war that I might
i be wounded, and while on several occasions my
hat, i lothes, and accoutermcnts Bhowed marke
rather intimate relations i” minie balls and grapeshot,
and many of my comrades were killed and wounded all
around me, 1 never received even a Bcratch.

I never gave much thought to being captured — at
least not enough to make it an object of prayer.
When the command was given to fall back, my li
always alive to the behests of ilie head on such occa-
sions — generally carried me out of danger. But on one
occasion my ears failed me. I didn’t hear the command,
and Btayed al the front too long. It was in a skirmish
on September I. 1864, at Berryville, a village near
Earper’s Ferry. No mention is made of the fight in any
v of the war that 1 have read. My orderly, Pey-
ton Wales, and Second Sergeant Sam Finley, t he best
soldier I ever saw. had Ween killed, besides several pri-
vates killed and wounded. Our general (Humphreys)
had been wounded, the support on our right bad been
removed without my knowledge, ami the command hail
been given to tail back, hut I didn’t hear it. We were
<ut ott’ and surrounded. The alternative was surrender
or die. I chose the former, ami threw my sword as far
a- I could Bend it.

Right there, in the language of Othello, I bade ‘fare-
well to the pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war.
Johnson’s occupation was gone.” They took us. about
seventy-five in number, South Carolinians ami Missis.
siji]iians. to Harper’s Ferry, and kept us two weeks in
one of the factory buildings Btanding out over the wa-
ter ..t th.> Shenandoah. The building was three sto-
ries. The guard occupied the firsl or ground floor.
The second contained, in addition to our squad, other
Confederates aid some citizens from the surrounding
country, put in there on various trumped up charges.
The third story contained the meanest, motliest crew

imaginable. They were a mixed lot of I nty-jumpers,

thieves, deserters from the Federal army, roughs, and
toughs from Northern cities, put in there to await trial
hv court martial. It was the only time I ever saw men
punished by being hung up by the thumbs.

There were just one hundred of us in our room- offi-
cers, privates, citizens, and negroes. At the end of two
weeks of treatment more like hogs than human beings
we were taken to Baltimore on box ears. How I did
watch for a chance to jump from the train and escape I
It never came. The cars were lined with hlueeoats, in-
side and out.

At Baltimore they separated the officers from the pri-
vates, the former to go to Johnson’s Island, in Lake

Erie, the latter to Camp Chase, <>. We were sent from

Baltimore to ffarrisburg, and then over the Alleghanies

to Pittsburg. There I ate a piece from the thick edge
of a side of pickled pork (raw) with as much relish as I
ever did chicken pie. At Cleveland. < >., we spent the
night, locked up in a real jail. The next day, September
23, 1864, one of the hottest days I ever experienced, we
landed at Sandusky City. Three miles and a quarter
from the shore, in full view, lay the island that was to
hold us “in durance vile” for the next nine months. It
was three months after the surrender before 1 gut out.
Huddled onto the little steamer, we were transferred

to the island and ushered through the little :_ r atc into an
eighteen-acre inclosure, called by us the ” Bull Pen.”

I was sadly, not gladly, welcomed by a number of my
former comrades and old college mates who had been
captured and sent there from different portions of the

South months before. After handshakes and greetings,
one of them yelled out Say, Johns m. got any bugs
about your clot hi-” ‘

“Of course. What else could you expect from a fel-
low who has been lying around for a month iii the same
clothes and with do chance to wash?”

-I thought s,,. Right this wa\ to the washhouse be-
fore you go into any of our rooms. See that kettle of
boiling water? Oil’ with all your duds, except hat and
shoes. Pile them in there. See that tub? Get into it
and scrub.”

So it was that, in a few minutes. I was transformed
from the dirty, I — y, ragged Capt. Johnson into a kind of’
hybrid officer holding three ranks at one. having on
Col. Henry Luse’s coat. (‘apt. Jim Met ‘.-[skill’s pants,
ami other articles of wearing apparel belonging to
Lieuts. Maury and Pope. These clothes were old and
well worn, but they Were clean, and 1 tell good,

I was put into a room containing already Sfty-twO,
most of whom were from Pickett’s Virginians, captured
at Gettysburg over a year before. 1 had witnessed their
gallant charge on that memorable day. July 3, l^ii.’J. and
their capt life.

That night, when we were about to crawl into our
bunks, and taps had beaten for •’lights out.’ a Bevere
gust of wind struck the shell of a building, causing a
crash. There was a tall tree- standing just in the rear
of the building. The next u;ust brought a large limb
from it across the bouse. We could hear the prison
wall go down, then the tops of adjoining barracks were
blown oil’, and by the time 1 got to t he bead of the stairs
leading to the ground there were about forty ofthe”un-
terrified ” ahead of me. A large portion of the prison
wall went down, and the tops of seven barracks were
blown oil’. There was much confusion and noise, both
on the inside and outside of the ” Pen.”

In the midst of the darkness and confusion attempts
were made to escape One fellow from my room, a
hardy mountaineer from Virginia, tied three rails to-
gether, and on them buffeted with wind and waves for
several hours frying to get to land, but failed.

Close to the main entrance to the ” Pen” there was
kept always ready a cannon. The officer of the guard
sent word round that if quiet was not restored immedi-
ately he would shell Us out, ami we quieted.

The island contained, I was informed, about 250 acres.
It certainly was about as safe a place for a prison as the
Federal Government could have selected. Think’ of it!
< >ver three miles from land, a stockade fifteen feet high,
a ditch eight feet deep and eight feel wide on the inside
of I hat wall, and more men to guard us than we num-
bered, in addition to a full battery of artillery. Besides
this, a $50 reward was offered to citizens in the vicinity
for every escaped prisoner.

1 think only about three men ever escaped for good.
Many tried it in many ways. My friend, Col. Luse, got
out. got over to Sandusky, look a train, and went as far
as Newark, hut a detective being informed by telegraph
brought him back.

Lieut. Pierce, of New Orleans, tried seven times, some-
times alone, sometimes with others, running great risk
of his life. In one of his attempts to scale the wall,
Lieut. Bole, one of John Morgan’s men, was shot dead

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243

by his sides but Pierce, undaunted, fought the sentinels
with mcks. [11^ wa> the best baseball player in the
prison.] He got over the wall, got onto the ice (the
lake being frozen over), and succeeded in getting to
bind. But there a citizen, being warned by the signal
gun. was ready with well-aimed Bhotgun at close range
to take him in. The officer returning him to the ” Pen”
next morning said: ” Pierce, 1 wish you could get awaj
You certainly deserve to be free.”

Gen. George, now Senator George, from Mississippi,
used to say “the pen was buill around me and a few
ot hers brought hi re,” 1 think,” from Fort Donelson.’ Be
was exchanged after that, but unfortunately was recap-
tured and taken hark to Btay to the end.

The first prisoners there had comparatively a good
time, [f rations were not right in kind or quantity, they
could buy from the sutler. They enjoyed more privi-
leges, could get newspapers and other luxuries, and their
barracks were more comfortable. When I got in there,
six months before the surrender, all luxuries were re-
fused; the rations had been lessened, and the Butler n
not allowed to sell or give, if he would, a thing in the
way of eatables. The milk of human kindness seemed
to have been squeezed out of Qncle Sam’s official heart.

I was hungry just six months. [< Id tell a sad story

of overcrowded rooms, scant clothing, and want of fire

in that hitter winter el una te. but I tfl bono. I eon Id stand

all that — didn’t expect any better— hut to be hungry,
night and day, for six months, and that, too, in the midst
of plenty, was hard, to say the least of it. This is I
tory. But enough on that line.

However, the picture had its bright Bide. In spite of
these things, and the additional depressing thought thai

we were to remain COOped up t here to the end of the war.
we had our tun.

There were three thousand ot” us. all officers except
about a hundred privates, who were Bonl there, it was
said, to be Bervants to the offi< ers 1 if course Buch an
idea was spurned by u^ And there w ere among u~ some
spies, employed to report attempts to escape, etc.

All grades of society, all degrees of intelligence, and
all occupations and professions were represented. The
country hoosier and the polished gentleman, the igno-
ramus and the profound scholar, the crossroads store-
keeper and the wealthy eommi-sion merchant, the tenant
and the planter numbering Ids acres by thousands, lieu-
tenants and major g< nerals. There were machinists who
could make anything from a toothpick to a steamboat,
authors, M.D s and l>.I>.’s. poets, orators, story-tellers,
and wags. It is said that “variety is the spice of lit,-.”
It bo, we had it. In the midst of such company one

could not he depressed long. After being in there a tew
months 1 got into a heller room with only seven
Among them were Col. IV IV Pen, of Louisiana, after-
wards lieutenant governor under McHenry; Col. .1. C,
Humphrey–. Tort Gibson, Miss.; Col. W II. I. Use. Yazoo
City. MiS8

The wits and yarn-spinners from the “Wild West,”
the Trans-Mississippi Department, would come in, tell
their stories ot’ lite on the plains, and sin>r their jolly
cowboy Bongs. 1 remember only one soldier song. It
was sung by Col. Slemons, of Arkansas, and began thus:

Rains, he taken the Bentonville road;

M.( lulloch, lie taken the right ;
But Price, he taken the straighest shoot

To lead us in the tight.

Rules of grammar -were ignored.

When the news came of Lee’s surrender, we were sad

and glad at the same time: sad to know that it had to
he. and glad to know that we V D see our own

loved ones at home. That was on the morning ot’ April
In. < in the 14th. when the steamer left the wharf at
Sandusky, her flag was at half mast, and she whistled
the whole way. There was no means of communi-
cation except by steamer, so ihe most intense excitement
prevailed, both in the “Pen” and on the outside, while
she was coming. Every prominent point was occupied
by men Stretching their necks to see what it all meant.
When she struck the landing the new- flew like light-
ning that President Lincoln had been assassinated. . . .
“The cruel war was over! What a change in the
looks, expressions, and Bpiritsofthe men’ What a won-
derful effect it had upon t heir bodily conditions’ Hefore
that, while a t’^w were cheerful, the prison presented an

11 veil It’s Fl BUY, 1 of.KI^ : v< .

air of gloom, Badness, and despair, a good many had

died, and many Beemed to be pining away: but now till
y and gladness. Some had been in there two years.
I never -aw men increase in flesh as they did. The
rations were not increased, but the sutler was allowed to
sell provisions, and those of us who had money with
which to buy proT 1 led with those who had it

not, so every one gol enough, and to my certain knowl-
edge some fattened from a half to one and a half pounds
a day. On April 1”> I weighed one hundred and sixty
pound-. In three week- from that time! weighed one
hundred and eighty-five. 1 left there on the morning of
June 15, put up at the Burnett House, in Cincinnati,
that night, had my hair cut, paid a dollar for a bath,
washed all the Johnson’s Island dirt off, put on Borne
brand new clothes, and felt again like a white man.

.1. S. Thomas, Dalton, Ga.: “In the January Veteran

Gen. Cabell had a list of all the surviving brigadier gen-
erals, but my father’s name. Gen. B M. Thomas, was not
given. He is Superintendent of the Dalton Public
Schools, is a graduate ot’ West Point, and was made
brigadier general in August, 1864. He commanded a
brigade under Gen Maury at Mobile: was captured
wlun Mobile fell My grandfather was Maj. Gen. With-
ers, also a West Pointer. He died about two yean

Coi E.G. K\ \xs. Columbia, Tenn.: “The Maury Conn-
;y Confederate Veteran Association will have a reunion

on August 30 and 31, at Hurricane, five mile- south of
here. Hope you can conic out and be with us.”

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

REUNION \T HAWK1NSV1BI.H GA.

. II.K.MINO. BBCREXARY OONFEDBRATB VETKItAN ASSOCIATION.

Pulaski < ” < > 1 1 1 1 1 \ – Confederate Veterans Associa-
tion met in annual session at O’Brien Park, Hawkins-
villi-, Ga., .1 uly 19, and the roll ‘”ill Bhowed a g I at-
tendance. Pour deaths during the year were reported.
Eulogistic remarks were made by Comrades W. L Grice
and L. C. Ryan. A committee was appointed t.> draft
suitable resolutions t<> be forwarded to the respective
families of the deceased comrades, and published in the
Veteran and local papers.

In the absence of the chaplain, Dr. W. A. Nelson,
Comrade W. II. Singletarj offered prayer.

The annual election of officers resulted in the choice of
R. VV. Anderson, President; J. O. Jeeks, First Vice Presi-
dent; I.. C. Ryan, Second Vice President; I’ Rhodes,
Treasurer; I>. C. Finning. Secretary: l>r. W. A. Nelson.
Chaplain. W. I.. Grice, former President, declined re-
eleci ion.

By unanimous vote the Confederate Veteran was
chosen as the official organ of this Association.

The question of uniting with the general organization,
the United Confederate Veterans, was discussed, and it
was decided to remain a separate and independent or-
ganization until the next annual meeting, Thursday aft-
be third Sunday in July, 1895.

A beautiful and most tempting basket dinner, spread
by Veterans, Sons of Veterans, and their friends, was en-
joyed as old soldiers only know bow to enjoy agood dinner.

In the afternoon the Sons of Veterans met, and one
part of their business was the unanimous choice of the
Vr.i i:,: \ n as i hen- official organ.

The Veterans had invited Col. VV. L. < lalhoun, and the
Son- Mr. T. R. R. Cobb, both of Atlanta, a- i rators, but
both were unavoidably absent. Col. T. C. Taylor, of
Ilawkin-ville. eloquently filled the place of Mr. Cobb.

REMINISCENCES OF VICKSBUEG.

Tom .1. Foster, Athens, Tex.. July 28, 1894:

I have read Gen. P. A. Shoup’s letter about i be siege
of Vicksburg. Gen. Shoup says that after his arrival
from Mobile, Ala., Gen. Pemberton moved his forces out
to Big Black, and in the light there the Confederates
“came tumbling back into Vicksburg in utter confusion.”
Readers not familiar with the movements of that partof
the army may conclude that Pemberton only fought at
Big Black River. Gen. Shoup lias let it escape his
memory that Gen. I Irani, alter cutting that canal on the
opposite side of the Mississippi River, and running his
gunboats and transports through this canal down to
Grand Gulf, where, and at W’arrenton also, he
Cr088ed his army to invest Vicksburg. Gen. Shoup
should remember too that then- was some heavy fight-
ing done near W’arrenton. at Champion Hill Church,
ami still heavier at Baker’s Creek, where the gallant
Gen. Tilghman was killed while manning a cannon, the
“Lady Richardson,” which belonged to a battery in

■ Waul’s Legion,” of which 1 was a member. After
Baker’s Creek our next stand was at Edwards Depot, on
the railroad toward Jackson, where we had a skirmish
near Big Black bridge.

I I i- true, there was some confusion in a Georgia bri-
gade, Barton’s, I think. They suffered awfully at Baker’s
Creek, where we had our worst fight and where that
noble man, Gen. Thomas Boring, cut his way out via

Raymond and went t.. Gen. .1. B. Johnston. My regi-
ment was sent to the sto.-kade and held in reserve to
Green’s Brigade of Missouri troops. After staying
there awhile we were sent south of the Jackson and
\ ii ksburg railroad t” the support of Gen. S. D. Lee.

On the 22d day of May. L863, about in a.m.. there was
a general onslaught made mi our line- from Chick-
asaw Bayou south of the railroad and still on south as
far as I could see. We were in reserve to support a
command that BOOn gave way. BO that part of our works
were in the possession of the enemy until late that
evening, when volunteers were called for out of Waul’s
Legion, and Capts, Bradley, Eoague, and Boling, with

their respectivi companies, re-] led to the call. Col.

Peters, Of an Alabama regiment, took a gun and said he
was going to show the Texans that an Alahamian would
go a- far a- any of t hem ; hut our captain- demurred, and

Col. Peters was finally persuaded to tak< mmand “t

the three companies. And as to what we did. I will re-
fer to Hen-. Stephen If Bee and T. X. Waul, who are
still living. I remember well that after the works were
all retaken Col. Peters made the remark that he wa- an
an Alahamian by birth, hut that he wa- going to he a
•Texan by adopt ion.

Gen. Shoup must have been a pet of (leu. I’cinl’crtou
if he did not ,at any mule, for after the first few days of
the siege that was all that we got, and very little of
that, with red cow pea-, rice, and musty corn meal.

Cen. Pemberton virtually surrendered on the 2d day

of July. L863, about in a.m., tor at that time the flag of
truce was hoisted, when all tiring ceased and there.
after, although the Yankees did not take possession until

the 4th. On that day Cen. Cram with his gunboats and
transports dropped down alongside of the city and they

tired l heir It h of .1 uly salute-.

Let us hear from Cen. Shoup again.

EVERY -MAX I’o Mis HUMOR.

II Y CHAKLES EDOEWORTH JUNES, kl’OUSTA, GA.

i in atory goes, an old “Confed,” once tackled by a “yank,”

i.Oiii’of New England’:? raw-boned sons, an officer by ran
And asked the reason why he fought, referring to the war,
Keplied twelve dollars pay a month wa- what he did it for.

“And now, my friend,” be, turning, said, “do tell me how you
came

To risk your life and safety in the buttle- treacherous

flame?”

” “f was principle that pr pted me to undertake the cause

I If my dear country, and protect her interests and her law-! ”

Was the proud rejoinder “f the “yank.” “‘Tie very true,”
agreed

The other, “that we -trove for that for which each found -t

need.
The things our homes were barest of. our people seldom had.
The lack of which, we well foresaw, would drive US nearly mad;

And, viewing our respective wants, there’s nothing very funny
That you should light tor principle, while I, instead, for money.”

An. it. K. O’BltlKN of Berwick. Ba.. tells a funny story of
his mistake in calling Dr. J. B. Cowan, of Tennessee, who
was medical director of Forrost’s Cavalry through the

war. the Governor of Texas. The Doctor told him that he

killed two men at Birmingham for calling him a •’ Hogg.”
The tWO< ‘on federate- had a pleasant journey Over the hat-
tie ground of Chickamauua, and the Louisianian realized
much benctiit through Dr. Cowan’s familiarity with the
battle.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

■15

& RAINBOW FROM LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.

1:1 1 .. II.

1 – i> on the cliff at twilight,

The cliff that o’erlookB t he plain.
And I Baid: “There fought they the battle,

And there lie buried the slain.”
\ii.l I Lra/eii far over the valley

To the mountains thai girdle the pi
\nd I said: “Those mountains so lofty

Will evei stand guard o’er the shun.”
en 1 si 1 “ii the clifl at midnight,

Bui naught could 1 see of the plain,
For a -..ft sea of misl Boated o’ei it,

\n.l < 1 1 \ . loped llie graves of tin’ slain.
I in tins mist, 80 like a white OCean,

There Boated a ship in the night,

ived « ii l'”iit sound or commotion,
So BOftly I gazed in aflVight.

I heard mid the -i illness a mui nun

Boi Mr gentl] acn — I he white main:

” For the 1 1 hi all fell in this battle,

i our country »• fought on this plain.”

I si 1 “ii the cliff as the rain fell.

\ rainbow arched ovei the plain,
\nd its opaline tints made glorious

The s|«.t wher ■ lie buried the slain.
I said: “‘lis a sign sent from heaven,

To tell ns that never again
Will the hand “f brother ‘gainst brothei

I’m’ raised on this far-reaching plain.”

Lookonl I””, \ii-n-i B, [SM

HE GOT HIS o\V\ TURKEY.

[\ M. DANIEL, OP CAM] I

When Gen. Grierson made his famous raid from
Memphis t” West Point, Miss., I was at borne “ii :i Bhorl
leave of absence from the army, i” secure better I
I had succeeded in purchasing two. one tin- my trusty
army servant. Wesley. A Federal raid was expected,
and Wesley was mi the lookout. While at breakfast
pistol shots were heard toward the village. I saw W.-
ley coming at full speed, and a squad of Federals be-
hind him. As quickly as possible I hurried to the barn
for my horse, and just had time to mount as my wife
reached me through the back yard with my carbine,
pistol, and overcoat. Wesley, and then the Federals,
dashed by me as I wheeled my horse behind a negro
cabin and ‘lashed away in the open plantation. The
Federals soon halted and commenced to plunder my
home, hill Wesley saw and followed me. When out of
range I halted and deliberately look in the situation. I
could see my wife on the gallery pleading for valuables
that they were pppropriating, and in the yard a large
drove of turkeys were being rounded up; a huge smoke
from the kitchen chimney told ihat the cooks had been
pul to work. A mile away I could sec the heavy col-
umn advancing — ten thousand mounted men — deter-
mined upon devastating that rich region of country be-
iw ecu ( >kolona and West Point, on the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad. Imagine my feelings with my young and
tender wife in the hands of a ruthless enemy. The true
soldier 1 did not fear. Imt these were plunderers “f the
worst order. For safely, 1 went to the woods the bal-
ance of the day. By night 1 had become desperate,

and decided t” I. rave all danger t” learn what had \’rv\i
done at home. I had no tear of capture, and all i
dence in my servant Wesley, who had been with me
the two years, faithful in all things. He could have
had his freedom any day. lie had often been in the
Federal camp. At one time he captured and brought
hack the body servant o lonel, who had deserted

and gone t” the enemy with his h \ book

should he written on the Southern army servants, who.
in devotion t” their master, would s .here the

battle raged, carry hi- bleeding b n the field, ami

far-off h
But to my Btory. As we rode oul int.. that
prairie, we had a scene thai no | cture. It was

one long, lurid flame, made by the conflagration of hun-
dred- of palatial home-, harn-. and corn pens, for miles
along the railroad. I rem hed the vicinity of my home
easily without contact wiih i he Federals. I was glad to

see that the house was spared the torch, hut the Large
plantation fen. . \va- a ring “I fire. Part “f the army
was encam] re. As I neared my home the tires
had burned low, and thousands in !
in their blankets dreaming ..i home, I evaded their
pickets by a large ditch a- deep a- a man on horseback,
which ran through the farm in the direction of the
building Reaching the •_■ o bouse, we disi Int-
el a Bhorl distance from my residence, and led our
– inside the old log pick room 1 -cut Wesley l”
learn the situation, and reporl as soon as possible. He
dive-ted himself of all military apparel, so that he might
he taken for oi f the home negi – it -ecu by the Fed-
erals. It seemed he would never return, About mid-
night all seemed quiet and still. Weslej finally re-
turned from the opposite direction unexpectedly. He
told almost breathlessly that Mi– Laura was all right.
II. said -h” w a- then sitting by the fire knittii Out

two littl.- ones and their grandpa were on a loin

her room asleep. All tl room- wen full . I

who were asleep. A Lack door from m\ wife’s

We iv.’i :. and

as the picket fence had been hum.. I nothing prei

me from reaching the door mi hoi I hastily

mounted and told Wesley to follow, and rode quietly as

door of my wile’s room. The door was

partly opened, ami 1 was I bee with ray wife.

She threw up her hands and whisp I

conic lo surrender ‘.’ ” 1 told her no. hut r, ami

learn how she had been treated. Excepl that -he had
been robbed “fall valuables, -he had been treated re-
spectfully. The guard at the hall door, order
all out of her room, was then asleep. I l< rand

kissed her good bye. When asked if I was hungry,
Wesley answered, sic -aid that there wbb under a large
pot “ii (he kitchen table the la-t turkey, ready cooked,
but that there was no bread, Handing my lu-idle to
Wesley. I peeped through a crack oi the old log kit
All was still. On th.- floor were several Federals asleep.
1 gently opened the door, reached the pot, quietly took
the turkey by the leg and handed il to Wesley. I thus
kissed my wife, and off we went in darkne-s. I learned
afterwards thai the next morning inquiry was made as
to “who gOl thai turkey.” She proudly informed the
yanks that her hushaud had heen at home and had taken
ii tor his supper. In a few days I joined Gen. Forresl
and had the great pleasure of helping to drive the Federals
from my own yard, and capturing one who had ap-
propriated the pair of woolen gloves that 1113- wife was
knitting the night I got the turkey.

246

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

JIMMY, AX INVINCIBLE IRISHMAN.

Mu. c.c. Rhodes, Esq., of Baltimore, writes the S

Noticing in your paper several interesting war stories’
I am reminded of one thai came within my personal
knowledge and which is well remembered l>y my mother
and other members of our family. My lather was ar-
rested “ii his farm, in Frederick 1 lounty, Md., and taker
down the Valley of Virginia, where for several weeks

We lost trace Of him. We then learned thai he was im-

prisoned in Port McHenry. My mother immediately
came to Baltimore, bringing me, a lad of eleven years,
with her, and began to Beek sufficient influence among
her personal friends to secure his release. Some days
after our arrival Bhe succeeded in obtaining permission
for me to visit the fort daily to carry better food, etc.,
to my father. I became very well acquainted with
many of the prisoners there. Amongsl the number was
a young and sprightly Irishman who hail, joined the
Federal army on first coming to the United States, but,
as he said, when he found ” they were fighting to free
the ‘1 — nager” he deserted anil joined the Confederate
army, lie had been captured and identified. When-
ce guard was around, or it was about time for his
round. Jimmy, as the Irishman was called, sat with
handcuffs on his wrists and ball and chain to his ankles,
hut as soon as the guard had passed Jimmy would
throw off his handcuffs and ball and chain and move
around at will with the prisoners. He was tried by
COUrt-martia] on the da\ hefore my father was released,
and sentenced to be shol on the day following the re-
lease. All the prisoners were attached to Jimmy, and
took a dee]) interest in his fate. As my father was say-
ing “good-bye” be said: “Jimmy, I am sorry to leave
you in such a sad condition.” He replied: “What! You
don’t think 1 am going to be shot? Do you think I’ve
been bog trotting in Ould Oireland till I’m twinty-nine
years old to be shot in an open country like this?”

They then went to that side of the stable in which
they were imprisoned looking toward Federal Hill, and
Looking through a bole Jimmy pointed out a small tree
On the Federal Hill side, and said that he would heal
that tree at nine o’clock that evening, but that he could
noi swim so far with his clothes on ; that the only diffi-
culty in the wa\ was the lack of clot lies when he
reached the tree. My father said: “That will he all
right.” As soon as we had left, the fort we hunted 11 7 >
Mr. Samuel Ford, who had formerly lived on our farm,
and who was a stanch Republican in politics, bu1 a
warm admirer of my father. Together we drove over
on federal Hill and located t he t ree. and I hen came hack-
to Baltimore Street, where a suit of clothes, shoes, and
hat were bought and given to Mr. ford. Ahoiit 0:30
on the same evening Mr. Ford came to the hotel and,
calling my father aside, said: ” It’s all right ; he made
the landing.” The next day we look train for home,
about forty-five miles from Baltimore, near Drbana, in
Frederick County, We arrived aboul four p.m., and to
our surprise and delight found Jimmy eating dinner. lie
bad taken accurate directions of the route when at the
fort. No signs of recognition passed between us in the
presence of the colored folk-, lest their suspicions should
hi’ aroused. He remained ahoiit a week working On the
farm, until one evening a federal wagon train drove into
the meadow in front id’ our residence. There was a new
Pence around the field which my father preserved by
sending wood from the woods to any hand id’ soldiers

that might encamp there. On that afternoon 1 was

Bent lo the lieutenant in charge of the train to say that

we would Bend the wood and to request him to spare
the feme. Jimmy went with the wagons to haul the
wood. As we returned to the house he said to me:
‘■Hid you see the lieutenant’s roan mare: ain’t -he a

beauty? Ho you think they could bring me down if I

had a seconds -inn ‘.’ ” 1 said : ” No. not ifyou had a half-

second.” He said: ” If that mare’s gone in the morning,
don’t help hang the thief if he’s caught ; and if you don’t
Bee me ‘” morrow, try lo he as good a man ;i- VOU are B

hoy.” That night he gave good-bye ami God Mess \,,u
to us all. and we never heard from him again. Next
morning the roan mare was ^one.

REGARD MAMffSTf.H foi; Tllf V f.Tf.KA N.

The Shackleford Fulton Bivouac of Fayetteville,
Tcnn., sent official notice in June signed by W. A. Miles.
President, and \V. II. fashion. Secretary, that the VET-
ERAN was indorsed and made the official organ of the
Bivouac. There was coupled with the resolution a
request that an excellent paper by Captain Talley upon
the Hampton Roads Conference he printed. The paper
referred to was read a1 the Birmingham reunion.

Col. A. T. Cay. of Graham, Tex., presented to the
Young County Camp, United Confederate Veterans, a
series of resolutions highly complimentary to the Vet-
eran, in which it was stated that it has the true ring of
a Confederate soldier and stands as a watchman on the
tower-, ever ready to defend truth and to give a true
history of those who fought in the “unequal fight,” and

concludes the resolution with the assertion that it is a
journal thai no soldier, whether he wore the gray or the
blue, need be ashamed of.

Cam]) Sumter, of Charleston, in a series of resolu-
tions refers to “the truthfulness and si end fastness of t he
Vktkkan to the lost cause so dear to us.’ and says that
it is beyond all publications in gathering and preserving
data for the future historian.

Charles DuCloux, Adjutant. Enoxville, Tenn.: “At a
regular meeting of Felix K. Zollicoffer Camp No. Id, I\
C. \ .. the Confederate Veteran was adopted as its
official organ, and cordially indorsed as being a eery
interesting and valuable periodical. It contains histor-
ical fact* and personal reminiscences which cannot he ob-
tained from any 01 her puhlical ion.”

Camp Lee, N”. 329, United Confederate Veterans,
Oxford, Ala., reports through its Commander, Thomas
II. Harry, the adoption of the VETERAN :h ils official or-
gan, and they send a memorial concerning which atten-
tion has keen delayed unavoidably.

Cumberland Presbyterian: “It is rich in reminis-
cence and replete with hitherto unpublished history of
the war. its causes and consequences. Its motto is” Pa-
triotic and Progressive,” and the sentiments of its enter-
taining pages are in full accord. Veterans of the Civil
War, whether they fought for the I’m r the Confed-
eracy, will find this magazine pleasing and instructive.”

Dr. 0. T. Dozier, Birmingham, Ala. : “Every number
serves to refresh my memory, quicken my devotion, and
inspire a greater love for thai holy cause now lost, but
which will ever survive in the hearts of those who love
the right and hate the wrong. For as Cod is just that
caiisj’ can never die.”

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

247

BRAVE LITTLE PATRIOT REWARDED.

The authorship of the following story is nol known:

The clouds of war and desolation hung over the land.
The long-dreaded enemy bad come. A large number of
Federal troops, “vandals” we called them in those days,
had encamped on the outskirts of a Virginia village in
the heart of the lovely valley of the Shenandoah.

For several days Following their coming tl xcite-

ment among the citizens was intense.

After a time, nervous mothers who had kept ceas
watch over their little ones, as it’ fearful of their being
captured and made prisoners of war, relaxed their vigi-
lance and allowed them their usual liberty to roam.

The children, u: ! : 1 < I of a release Prom unusual restraint,
ami realizing that the dreadful yankees showed no crav-
ing tn gobble up little folks, booh rained courage to go
about the camp and watch proceedings.

( 1 tic (lav mi.’ of 1 he otlicers, among a group of lounging
soldiers, noticed the children hanging around, and think

ing to have a little amusement nut of the yOUl

called them to him. Some of them took fright and ran
away, hut the rest reluctantly drew near, with faces
more expressive of anxious wondering than pleasure at
finding themselves in such close proximity to the foe.
After talking with them for awhile, the colonel said

lie wanted to know whether they wore loyal to tic I D

ion or not. whether they were yankees or rebels in feel-
ing, promising that the little girl who gave tic best an-
swer should have a nice present “What shall it be?
What do yOU want ahove all other things?” he asked.
This was a difficult quesl inn for the little < lonfedei

to whom the possession “fa new l”V nr book wa- I”-
y> nol (heir wildest dreams — yea. and to whom even a
new calico dress would he a rare luxury.

After mini] whispered consultation with each other,
ii wa> announced with perfect seriousness that tic ma
jority wanted a hoop skirt more than anything • I
all the world, though a few decided j a- favor of “a pair of

Store-bOUght Stockings tbal ain’t homemade.”

Then they formed into line ready to give their an-
swers. Hut poor little rebels! Partly through an ‘.’1
ger longing for the present, hut more through fear of
giving offense to the big soldiers, nil hut one of them
turned traitor. Bach one in the primmest little speech

declared her loyalty to the United States Then tin’

colonel, seeing one little tot standing aloof and keep
silent, a shy looking little tiling with hare feet and a fad-
ed, tattered dress, called her into the line. “Come Up,
little one! Are you a rebel or a yankee’.'”

Her (decks flowed and her bright eyes flashed under
the limp, old sunbonnet as her answer came in no um
tain accents. ” I’m secesh; then, raising her voice, ” 111
live secesh and III die seceshl” ending almost in ,-i
scream. This outburst w as received by the soldiers with

hearty cheers for ‘Little Secesh. the hrave Little Se-
cesh!” and none were more enthusiastic than the
colonel, who hastened to declare her the victor,

Then, taking her on his shoulder, he carried her in
triumph to the village, followed by the crestfallen little

traitors, where he bestowed upon -Little Secesh” a

pretty and useful present.

I m\ C. Beard, at 110 Fifth Avenue,New York, has a

Confederate flag captured at Camp Cotton. La., by the
Thirtieth Missouri Infantry. In the little “fracas”
three Federals and several Confederates were killed.

In oic of its many clever remit – of war times

th( I .allatin Examiner -ay-

The Seventh Tennessee had a brilliant war record and
stacked arms at Appomattox. It numbered over 1,000
men at tic start, and came hack’ almost decimated.

The commanding officers wire Col. Robert Nation.
Col. .1. F. Goodner, Col. John A Fite, Lieut. Col. W G
Shepherd, who took command after Gettysburg
Fite having been captureS. Only two of tic colonels
are alive: Col. shepherd. ••! Wilson County, who
Baptist minister; and Col. Fite. who has been circuit
judge of the Carthage Distrid and is now Adjutant ton
eral of tic State Col Nation was killed tic firet day
at the battle of th< nee and had been promoted

neral just before his dial h,

• ‘apt. Foster’s Company C commenced with inn
there are only nine here that can he heard of.

.1. M. .1 \’ kson, a plain, unassuming Tennesseean, tells
how he retaliated lor the death of C.n -. He

happened to see the smoke from tic sharpshooter’s
gun when tic fatal -hot was fired, and keeping some
top between them he made his way to within about
fifty yards, when he Bhol him from h place in a

Ho body “falling lik< an ox” to the ground. IF

pro. nr, d in- Whitworth nth- and took it away With him.

J. W. < ‘orm in, Q M.( lamp Loring, Brooks’* ille, Fla.:
The \ i nr 1 x 1- highly ap]
sidered the best publication ever offered t.. c

It I can t send a big list, I will forward one at a til

Masonii Apron i..i: Cam Li imilt — A. R.

Courtney, Esq., Dunbarton, Va.: Please obtain
malioii as to the family of Capt. Little, of an \l

m. who was killed iii the figbl at Jonesboro Ga .
August 30, 1864 < ‘apt I .it as and ac-

complished Mason, organized an army lodge of A F.
and A. M. in our ci 1 Dalton, Ua., while in win-

ter quarters, 1863 64 When we broke in the

early spring of 1864, to commi 1 operations in

the field, he put in my charge the Ma
worn while presiding as Master ol tins armj
I have managed to hold on to it to this time It is a
very fine piece of workmanship, and elaborately orna-
mented with the emblems of that ancient and honorable
institution which it represents. While I highly prize
this memento ofa most pleasing episo war life,

vet 1 will cheerfully give it up to Capt. Little’s family if
1 can learn where to reach any ofthi

REV. C. W. W., of Kentucky, received request to re-
new tor the Veteran, or to kindly send eight cents for
the copies after Ins tine had expired He Bent thirty-
two cents and add-

Now- I scarcely know what to say to you about send-
ing it any longer. I was chaplain ol Dibrell’s Eighth

Tennessee I ,’e- i lllel 1 1 . Forrest – eon I II ia 1 H I . I l.eeallle a f-

flicted and had to resign before tl and have been

suffering from the same disease ever since. 1 am nol

aide to work and am without means, having lost what I
had in the war. I have lived a destitute life. I love
the cause for which we fought. 1 love tic Veteran,
and pray for its BUCOeSS. Il i1 .one- on. I will try to
pay lor it : hut if you think best to mark me off, 1 will
submit in silence.

24 s

CONFEDERATE VETERAN”.

THE SU;l;K.\l’Ki; OF VICKSBURG.

T. L. Lanier, Esq.! Waverly, Tenn., who was in
Vicksburg during thi siege, a member of Cockrill’e Mis-
iri Brigade, writes in defense of Pemberton:

In the July Veteran Mai. Sparks makes a serious
charge againsl Gen. Pemberton. For the truth of his-
tory I regret the publication, because I feel sure the
charge ha- nothing to resl apon except the unsubstan-
tial basis of the public clamor of the day.

In making the surrender I do not believe that Pem-
berton was guilty of any treason to the Confederacy;
nor thai any such opinion was at any time Beriously en-
tertained liy any one in his command. IVmhcrton did
ommand the confidence of his army, bu1 this want
of confidence did Dot grow out of any belief that he
was untrue to the cause lie had espoused in tendering
his sword to the South. That he was unfit for the
command to which he was assigned was an opinion gen-
erally entertained in his army, and it was greatly
strengthened after the disastrous defeat at Baker’s
Creek and Big Black. But his integrity aud patriotism
were at no time questioned by hi– army SO far as 1 know.

Pemberton was compelled to surrender. He held out
against tremendous odds as long as he could. The won-
der is. all things considered, that he maintained the un-
equal struggle as long as he did. When the surrender
occurred there were not more than twelve thousand
effective men in the ditches. The works were held by a
mere skirmish line. In many places the enemy’s ap-
proaches had reached our lines. He could have moved
his army under cover to within a hundred yards or less
of our works. In my opinion, there was not a day from the
time oft he investment until the surrender that Vicksburg
Bhould not have been taken by the splendidly equipped
army ‘it Grant, flushed as it washy two recent victories.

When Vicksburg was first invested, the defenses were
wholly inadequate for defense. True, our works were
greatly strengthened as the siege progressed, but at no
time were they so formidable as to have prevented the
enemy with his greatly superior number from walking
over them and capturing the place. The opinion, I be-
lieVC, was general thai a determined effort Would lie

made on the 4th day of July to storm the works, and

that the effort, if made with courage and resolution,
would succeed. Hence] believe the army was in favor of
surrendering. Effort after effort had been promised and
made to relieve the army without avail. So often
had these promises of relief been broken or failed in
their execiit ion, t hat t he garrison had no longer any hope
of success from without, and fell that all had been done
that could be (lone for the defense of the city. Some
other day would have been preferable for the surrender,
but the inevitable was submitted to without a murmur.
[f Gen. Kirby-Smith had succeeded in reenforcing the

farrison with his little army of three- thousand men, and
ad succeeded in swimming his Texas I ves across the

river as indicated in the article-, it would have been pro-
ductive of no substantial good, but would simply have
involved the loss of additional men. The undertaking,
however, was wholly impracticable, and the wonder is
that it was ever seriously entertained. At any and all
times after the investment Grant could have spared men
sufficient to have beaten Kirby -Smith hack without ma-
terially weakening his line in front of Vicksburg. At
that time Grant’s army numbered more than eighty
thousand effective men, and this army was protected,

both in front and rear, with Btrong earthwork-, along
which were planted more than two hundred pieces of ar-
tillery, supplemented by heavy guns belonging to an-i

commanded by the navy. In addition to this the enemy
had gunboats both above and below Vicksburg. These
could, a- experience demonstrated, be run by our land
and water batteries with impunity. The enemy had
also planted batteries in front of \ icksburg and on the

weal Bide of the river. With till these appliances at
hand, to have attempted to convey Kirby Smith’s army
across the river in small boats or otherwise would have
been foolhardy in the extreme.

Speaking of this abortive effort to relieve Vicksburg,
Gen. Richard Taylor, who was commanding the forces
under Smith, says: “Our movement resulted and could
result in nothing.’ The attempt tit relief in the direc-
tion indicated in the article was an absurdity and was

only undertaken by Smith bei ause of the pressure on him

to do something for Vicksburg. Gen. Grant, in speak-
ing of this movement, -ay b: “Gen. ‘fay lor was expi
on the west bank to cooperate in some movement, but
he did nol come, nor could he have done so with a force

sufficient to I (‘service.”

Undoubtedly Pemberton blundered greatly in many

things and in many respects. His maneuvering in and
around Vicksburg was a series of blunders that cost the
Confederacy heavily, ruder a thoroughly competent
commander his army, which was composed of splendid
material, would not have met with the reverse it did at
Baker’s Creek; indeed, a competent commander would
not have fought that battle at all. Unfit for the com-
mand he certainly was, but unfaithful to the cause 1 do
not believe. True.be was a Northern man by birth, but
then the greater part of hi- life had been -pent in the
South and with Southern surrounding.-. He married a
Virginia lady, who no doubt had much to do in forming
his opinions and shaping hi- course. If- served through
the war with Mexico, and was twice brevetted for gal-
lantry in action. No aspersion was at any time ca-t
upon his character until the fall of Vicksburg, and then
only by outsiders. At the beginning of the war, while
commanding a battery of artillery, he was ordered to
Washington. When he arrived I here with his command
heat once resigned his commission in the United States
army, went to Richmond, and offered his sword to the
Confederacy without asking for rank. Certainly he
must have been actuated by principle alone in doing this,
for he had everything to gain by remaining on t he other
side. He neither BOUght command nor did he decline it
when tendered. His incapacity for independent com
mand manifested during the Vicksburg campaign was a
greal misfortune to the Confederacy, bul it did not jus-
tify aspersions on his character and motives. The public
howled at his blunders and said many hard things of
him, even charging him with treason because the sur-
render occurred on the day if did. But we must remem-
ber that this same public said hard things of any com-
mander of Southern forces who failed to gain victories.
This same public denounced Ceil. A. S. Johnston as being
unlit for command because he gave up Tennessee to the
enemy, and hounded him to the deatb because he did
not gain victories. And yet the South had no truer,
braver, or worthier son. The judgment of the public
is often at fault, especially in times of great excitement
when so much is at stake and so much is expected, and one

Of its greatest faults, I verily believe, was to charge Pem-
berton with treachery to the cause for which he had sacri-
ficed so much, and in defense id’ which he drew his sword.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

249

THE, CAUSE AND ITS HISTOKY.

Prof. A. M. Burnev, Gallatin, Tenn.:
7iThe Confederate Veteran is the organ of the Con-
federate cause, which is the cause of human freedom un-
der constitutional guarantees as proclaimed in the Decla-
ration of Independence by Jefferson, adopted by the
American Constitutional Congress July 4, 1776, and also
embodied in the Constitution of the United States.
The Confederate Government was not a revolt against

“■* <Pfcy.

DRUMMOND « 1 LB I RN.

the Government of the United States, hut a protest
against the abuse of thai government as established by
the patriots of 177i> It did not abrogate a single well-
defined principle of the Declaration of Independence, nor
ol the Constitution trained in pursuance thereto by the
founders of the government; but under the most solemn
vows and pledges of life, Liberty, and sacred honor pro-
claimed anew these principles in their protest against
their abuse and against the perversion or the powers of
the government by B sectional party which had assumed
the reins oi’ government by a mere technicality of law,
and in opposition to the popular will of the people ex-
pressed at the ballot box by a majority of two hundred
and fifty thousand votes.

Following the precept and example of the fathers and
founders of the republic, the Confederate States, while
thus protesting against the prostitution of the delegated
powers of the government to sectional and partisan pur-
poses, embodied these same principles in their Constitu-
tion, which the fathers had incorporated in the original
compact.

It is not the purpose of this article to enumerate these

principles, nor to attempt to exemplify them in the
practice of the government from 1789 to 1861. This is
the province of history, and every patriotic citizen
should be acquainted with the rise, progress, and devel-
opment of these principles in the body politic as the
years have rolled on since their inception on this conti-
nent. A true history of these principles and their devel-
opment under constitutional governments in America is
the demand of the age. The school histories of the
United States, compiled and written by partisan authors
and forced upon the people by Northern school trusts,
are little else than a propagandism of their fanatical
dogmas and distorted deductions from a temporary tri-
umph of military power of the many over the legitimate
-tance of the patriotic few.
The demand for a true history of the cause here out-
lined has been met in “The American Epic,” the .Fneid
of the American written by Drummond Wel-

burn, of Nashville, Tenn., and issued from the Metho-
dist Publishing House.

The author lays the foundation for the uprising of the
cause of the government for the people by the people in
the invasion of Britain by .lulius Cesar, and traces it
through the American Revolution, the formation of the

Mitution of 1789, the adimiii-ir.’it ion- of Washington,
Jefferson, Ja toon, and Polk in their mi I efforts

to popularize free goven nf and in the extension of

the territory of the United States from the Atlantic to
the Pacific under iln’ genius of Southern patriotism.

The American Epic” is a true history, which, while
condemning vandal outrag s ‘lor honor to North-

ern military talents and heroism, a- well a- to chival-
rous Southern devot land and honorable
principles. The pre* n will at least find en-
tertainment in it- disi 3tate right ion,
and slavery. Its very brief presentation of
theological truths will interest persons who seldom
study such subject-. Tic hi

porations, capital, labor, strikes, and mobs will in these
times command ntion and impart valuable in-

struction. Its teachings on ‘In- tariff, if studied by our
statesmen, ought to unite Don un-

try from tribute to trusts and from the oppression of
wealthy despots. Its predictions of politioa] events,
written five or six years ago, have been so actir:’

hi inspired; while its anticipations of our coimti
future grandeur ought to encourage and prompt Ameri-
can youth to deeds of patriotic devotion If slavery to
Northern school book trusts forbids the adoption of such
a book by our school trustees, we ought voluntarily to
introduce it, that the truth may prove an antidote to the
false teachings of ordinary school histories.

MONUMENT AT CORINTH.

The A. S. Johnston Camp at Corinth, Miss., through
Commander G. “W. Bynum and Secretary B. Hendi

American chivalry appeals to American patriotism for
aid iu erecting a monument to Anglo-Saxon courage in
honor of the brave Col. William Rogers, Second Texas
Pediment, and his no less brave followers who stormed
Fort Robinet. at Corinth, Miss., October 4, 1862, and
who, on that fateful day, fell as only courageous soldiers
can fall, in the very front of the battle. They say that
under the auspices of their Camp a monument will be
erected. They call for help “from the Northern blue
and the Southern gray.”

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.
PABTIAL LIST OF TIIK MULTITUDE Wild ll.W’K EBLPED NIK \” K TKIIA.V

Tiiev will cheerfully serve
hi Ip i” till the blanks below :

ALABAMA.

Anni-ton F. M. Led etti t

Athens W. B. Russell

Auburn …( len. James H.l
Birmingham •■ – s – ‘•■ ‘■

Camden L I . I

Carrollton. . .Col. M. L. Stansel

EdwardvilJe

Elkmonl T. D.Griffia

Florence W. M. Bunti >g

i i ille

Huntsville W. M. Erekine

.n ville. . ..D. Z. ( ioodlett

Low ii lesboro. .C. I ‘■ Whitman

Lowei Peach Tree, B. D. Portis

jomery. . . . F. i ■. Br wder

Mound ville. .(‘apt. J. S. Powers

i ixford Tli as II. Barry

Piedmont . . . . M. T. Ledl

■ .Iame< Staley, Dr.

Andrew Boyd.

ARKANSAS.

Arkadelnhia C.C. Scott

It. ni. mville 1!. J. Laughlin

Camden Hail ‘ !. Smith

Fayetteville .Miss A. M. Stone

a (‘. X. B

Hope W. P. Agee

Hot Springs, Gen. J. M. Harrell
Little Rock. . .clem McCulla h

Monillton W. 8. Hanna

Prescotl

Searcy … Rev. E. » ‘. Faulkner

Springdale E.T. Caudle

Van Buren

CALIFORNIA.

Ana. Victor Montgomery

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Washington, Miss s. II. i (wen,
Miss Carrie Wilson, Mrs. Al-
bert Akers, Mr. F. II. Poston,
Mrs. A. T. Buck, Mrs. I.. R.
Messengi r, Mrs. D.P. Hasley.

FLORIDA.
Brooksville I. W. Gorman

Chipley R. B. Bellamy

andina

Inverness.. W. C. Zimmerman
Jacksonville. . W. I ‘. Matthews
Lakeland …J. L. Roquemore
Leesburg. . . .< ‘apt. J. B. Milam

Mai ianiia lohn W. P i

M Llton . . .Thomas B. Brasheai –
Monticello W. < 1. I tenham

I leala, M is. < ien. J. J. Dickison,

W. A. Fox.
ado W. < (art Johnson

I’en-aeola . J ien. * lourge Ler-e

Sanford Otis 8. Tarver

St. Augustine, J. A. Enslow, Jr.
Tampa J. M. 1 lenderson

Titns\ ille. . . . Rev. A. D. Cohen

GEORGIA.

Acworth I. L. Lei nan

Athens

Atlanta Col. John Milledge

Augusta F. M. StovaU

Canton. . . .Col. II. W. Newman

Ea*le Cliff W. F.Allison

Eatonton Robert Young

llawkinsville. . .D. G. Fleming

La Grange J. L. Schaub

Macon Charles Herbst

Madison James E. Chiles

those who apply to them by sending subscriptions ami advertisements. Friends will

Rome

Savannah . . . Mrs. A. M. Raines

Union Point 0. E. Fluker

Washington …Miss G. ( ‘order

INDIAN TERRITORY.

Ardmore F. > i. Barry

McAlester. .Col. R B. Coleman

INDIANA.

Evans ville. Frank A. < »wen, Dr.

A. .1. Thomas.

KANSAS.

Coffey ville …!>>-. T. 0. Frazier

KENTUCKY.
Adain ille

\ i. ju-ta

Bardstown A. B. Baldwin

Bell C. D. Bell

Bet hel Fo Arrasmith

Bowling Green, W. W. Hen-
dricks, J. A. Mitchell.
Brow nsboro …. Lemuel Zaring

.ille T. B.Clore

Franklin Dr. L. .1. Jones

.low n ( Sol. \ 1 1. Sinclair

I larrodsburg B. W. Allin

I lenderson. . . s. D. McCormick

Justice James T. » 1’Neal

isburg. .< leorge T. < iupton
Lexington ….< ien. John Boyd

Louisville

Newport.. Miss Eleanor Arnold

OwensborO Wallace llerr

Pa lucah I. M. Browne

Paris loseph M. Jones

Pembroke Isaac < larrott

Richmond…. Dr. J.M. Poyntz
Russellville. , Maj. J. B. Briggs
Slaughters ille, I ‘apt. A. Tinder
Smith’s Grove. .T. E. McDaniel

Sturgis. . . lohn W. river

Tolu Dr. A. S. II. Boyd

Versailles. . Rev. .1. K. I leering

Winchester. .(‘apt. B. F. Curtis

LOUISIANA.

Arcadia.. .Rev. < r. N. ( lhampitt

Baton Rouge

Berwick F. O’Brien

Jackson

Lake Charles. . Dr. W. A. Knapp
Mansfield, 1 ir.W. N.( lunningham

Morgan City.. James M. 1- laser
New i Means

I’al I. i -on . . . ( ‘. S. \ neon

Raj ‘\ ille J. S. Summerlin

Shreveport F. < ‘. Marsden

MARYLAND.
Annapolis, Eugene WorthinRton

Baltimore W. II. I ‘ope

Cumberland, Mrs. T. L. Patterson
Pikesville W. II. Pope

MISSISSIPPI.

Booneville D. T. Beall

Centerville. . William M. Crisp
Coli 1 water. .. .W. R. Dougherty

Columbus W. A. Campbell

Corinth M. Byrnes

Fayette W. L. Stephen

Jackson J. C. Rietti

Mi Comb City… Dr. < ). B. Quin
Meridian . . . . W. L. Goldsmith

Utica U.J. Green

Vicksburg D. A. Campbell

West Point A. M. Chandler

Woodville W. K. ( ooper

Yasoo City.. . .C. J. I inBuisson

MISSOURI.

i lentralia ‘. J. Parks

Columbus’ R. F. Rollick

Exeter G. G. J

en City G. W. Thorp

Huntsville G. N. Ratliff

Independence. .Schuyler I
Lexington, Re\ , Thoa. M. Cobb
Louisiana. . ..F. T. Meriwether

Moberly R. J. Tail

(i.l.ssa D. G. Wade

Palmyra K. F. Peddicord

Salisbury Casper N. Bell

Seneca.! I.T. Albert

Springfield, J.Coleman ( iardner
St. Louie

NEVADA.

Ely \. C Mouse

NORTH CAROLINA.

Ashef ille. ..Miss Ellen Saw yer

Hickory I. <i. liall

Raleigh

Salisbury Cicero R. Barker

Way neB ville. . .J. C. L. < hidger

Wilmington, Col. W. L. De-

Rosset, Rev. A. D. McClnre.

Winston

OKLAHOMA.

i Iklaboma < !ity, John ( >. easier

SOUTH CAROLINA.

Aiken Capt. P.. 1 1 I >

Charleston.. .James G. Holmes
Columbia, Capt. R. S. Des Portes

Darlington Rev. J. G. Law

Edgefield… Capt. Geo. P. Lake

‘ m wood.. W. R. MiK innev

Manning I. T. Stakes

Marion E. D. ( iasipie

Orangeburg T. C. Hubbell

I ‘inopolis. … Dr. R, Y. Dw ight

Sumter Perry Mi ises

TENNESSEE.
Auburn R. R. Hancock

Baker l.T. Key

Carthage I ieorge 8. I luiil

Chattanooga… L.T. Dickinson.
Clarksville. Capt.C. II. Bailey

Cleveland Dr. s. II. Day

Columbia. . . .Col. H. G. Evans

Culleoka. .Miss Vashti Rallan-

lanl.
Dresden Col. E. E. Tansil

I lyeisbiirg L. Hughes

Eagleville t”. J. < Iwen

Erin T. A. Bunnell

Fayetteville Lew is Peach

Franklin I. II. White

• lainesboro L. 8. Bybee

( iallatin T. 8. Vinson

Goodlettsville B. F. Myers

• Ireenville F. M. Kelso

Ilartsville

I I in n boh It G. French

Huntingdon \. B. N’eebit

Jackson 8. E. Kierolf

Knoxville. . . .Charles Ducloux
Leiper’s Fork..M. A. Meacham
Lewisburg. . .Capt W. G. Loyd

Lynchburg Felix Motlow

l.ynnville I. Mac Thurman

Martin James Hardeman

McKenzie Dr. J. P. Cannon

Memphis. Col. C. W. Frazier,
Mi-, k.-ller Andersi >n, J. L.
( loodloe, John \. Crofford.

Mi. Pleasant, Maj. Lemuel Long

Murfreesboro, Judge W. >. M<-
i : more.

Newborn lohn w. Vshcraft

Paris. J. W. Porter. II. E.

Pikeville L. T. Billingsly

Pulaski F. M. Bunch

Rankin’s I ‘< pot …G. B. I [< Im
Riddleton . . ..W. W. 1 ergusson
Saddlerst ille, Carson c. Carlisle

Sbelbyville W. 8. Bearden

South Pittsburg, Peter Brads-
haw.
Sta. i amp , Ri i \.T. Goodloe
Tennessee Ridge, 1 ‘. W. Wilson

Tia.y ( Sty i. A. Thompson

Trezevanl .( ‘. Spurgeon Wingo

Tiillahoina W. J. Travis

Wartrace lames Lrnold

Waverlv- ■ . .Capt. T. 1 .. Lanier
Winchester… Dr. T. C. Murrell
Woolworth T. A. Bunnell

TEXAS.

Alvarado I. I,’. Posey

Antelope T. T. Christian

Austin

Athens W. T. Eustace

Rallied D. B. F. P.elk

P.elcherville I. ( ‘. Bilbo

P.. lion II. M. Cook

Bonbam I. P. Holmes

Brazoria.. William Port Smith

Bryan Gen. ll. B. Stoddard

Calvert. ..(‘. W. Higgjnbotham

i anadian. . . .(‘. P>. VVillingham

(‘anion W. I ‘. Thompson

Cedar Creek . .A. D. Alexander

( lenter Point D. G. Home

Chico Capt. J. D. Eddins

Cleburne M. S. Kahle

Coesfield Capt. W. W. Hill

Coleman I. J. Callan

Columbia

i lomancbe L A. I lolman

Dallas Frank Ed wards

I lecatur I !oL M. D. S, liars

Era D.J. Wilson

1.1 l’as., Dr. W. M. Vandell

Forreston Car Forrest

Fort Worth, Col. J. W. Friend,
Eugene Burr, ( ‘. W, Peabody

Forney T. M. Daniel

Gainesville I. M. Wright

I ialveston C. Washington

i iates\ ill.’. . ..Dr. W. I’.. Brown

i ;ieu Lose B. F. Roberts

Gonzales H. L. Quails

Graham \. T. Gay

Grand View V.C. Hatfield

i Ireenville \. H. Hefner

Henrietta ). C. Skipwit.h

Houston., .(‘apt. Will Lambert

Kemp L A. W’atkins

Killecn T. F. Prewit.

La Grange R. 11. Phelps

Lampasas, .Indue D. ( ‘.Thomas

Marlin lohn M. Jolly

Memphis G. W. Tipton

Mexia J. W. Simmons

Milford

Montague II. H. Wagner

Mt. Vernon W. T. Gass

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Paint Rock W. T. Melton VIRGINIA.

Paris . . . .Gen John W. Webb Charlottesville, Pr.J.Wm.Jones

Richmond… Mre. W.B. Smith Cnlpeper. Miss Minnie L. Hill

Rockwall. .. Dr. H. \\ . Man-on Fredncksburg, lira. .T. X. Bar-
Ban Antunio, Mrs. t. Aliens- nev
worth.

ney.
Harrisonburg .

■””-‘”‘” -, 1 ‘- v ‘ ar l, , . , :’ l,( ‘ r Lynchburg.. Jas. Franklin, Jr.

Bherman……Dr.J. r. Wilson \,,,,olk s. A. Etheridge

»» th ‘ rauie R. F.Repass Portsmouth F.Thos. Dunn

T.”‘”‘:’«ina Radford R II Adams

Terrell ..Vic Reinhardt Richmond Phil I.. Samuel

T , v,er ■ • rames P^Douglas Btrasburg A. P. Mclntnrff

\-“‘ \i-ty”‘ ‘• w. Pattie w,ii,„ rton.MissSueM

Veto \. F. Anderson vy,.., i’.,j Ilt vv. w ■

Waco w. C. Cooper

Waxahachie H yam C west Virginia.

Whitesboro, Dr. W. A. Darnall Charleston C. L. Thompson

Will’s Point Huntington .. i

Wrightaboro Romney, William Montgomi rj

Will friends of the Veteran everywhere give notice
of Btiitable additions to !><• made to 1 1 1 i -. list ?

S. \V Mi i _ manager ol the Southwestern Publishing
House, Nashville, in sending renewal ol emenl

August 30, adds: “] am so well pleased with theVi itc
an. thai I in 1 1 -i ask you to hold me a full page for< ►etober
and November issues. This little gem of a paper surely
holds a very warm place in thi hearts of its constitui

M IBs Fr/>RSNci Barlow, manager for Coi. Bennett H. N

of Louisville, in i reed upon

an arrangement to have him deliver one of two in Nashville

about the middle of September. He can tell of “Secret E

in the Confederacy” or “Women of thi eracy” in a

style peculiar to himself, and of both subjects the distinguished

gentleman is delightfully familiar.

SE1 I < I [NG \ SCHOOl

Mwv parents are now considering where they will place
their children the coming year.

What should guide one in selecting a school?

Much is to be learned that is not found in text-hooks. The

child’s character is of the flrsl importance. Hence a careful
study shnuM be made of the institution: it- permanency, its
Christian influence, n- i “iir-e of study, its thoroughness, the
teachers from whom the pupil is to gel much of his information,

the daily walk and talk of whom must he impressed upon the
pupil for g 1 >>r f>r evil.

Do they teach simply for pay. or are they conscientiously
performing their duties, trying to make true men and women?
S’ot only teaching, but exemplifying the statement, “to rule

the spirit is better than to take a city.”

\m the teachers punctilious? \re they kind” Are they
Willing to spend and be -pent for the good Of those intrusted
to their care’.’ These are 91 -non- B parent should

ask himself before placing his child in any one’s care?

We have many grand schools in our midst Take some
pains to ascertain their strong and their weak points.

The MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY, of Nashville, has

made a record for it-elf, and asks a consideration of its claims
before yon decide where you will place your son. Make in-
quiries of those who have patronized it. Send tor one of its
catalogues.

Hi;. KOI. LOCK IN NASHVILLE.

The attention of the reader is especially called to the card of
Pn. MATTHEW HeNRV Kollock which is in another column.
The Doctor is a native of Norfolk, Va, ils:Ui, of a prominent
Southern family of Savannah, (ra. He is quoted as standard
authority by the ” Encyclopcedia r.ritanniea.” Vol. X., page 136,
the “largest and most important work in the world.” being in
twenty-five volumes, each the size of a large church Bible. He
is noted as the discoverer of the active principle of gelteminum,
a specific for neuralgia of the face and womb. The Poetor has
been all over the world, and has made many cures, especially at
Hot Springs, Ark., given up by other physicians.

PB ItCTICAL SUGGESTIONS To SOUTHERN]

HOW KANT MILLIONS of HuLl \l;s MW B* M THE SOUTH

IN I.IKE INSl’li- ‘

With the wonderful progress of the South since the war.
Southern hi n ami thinkers have wondered why it is
that money i- SO hard to obtain on g ] security, and that

an extraordinary high rate of interest is required; while they
know that their friends in the Last with similar security can
raise money for about one-half the rate. Now, why is this? It
is plain. We hand our moneys over to Eastern cap
ishlyand without thought, in a way that will always keep us in
-‘•’ I” the ‘ us thinking and

act upon !., Iter l.nsiness judgment We lop all OUt

cotton East, no) thinking wi old manufacture it at home, and

we have paid untold millions for cm

it to-da] We and iron from tin

many millii

i! relief?

i me of thi nted to thi

illy thoughtless, nnl

f allowin I i|d Line”

life insurai who are

-i the
South . i i n e old lini

era life ins

ins that tl
a hat is necessary I
fifty millions of dollars. This

le insurance, or thi j
I the pol ii di\ idends.

For if the*

milliot D the

South? When j
m .ait. you i’
nothing, and lend it hack b hanks.

The Southern Life In-
which i- now in it- I
Line ” I

three hundred thousand dollars in di

is now pushing it- bus | throughout th

Its man
and expects it i

sire- them

make from |

certain, and they gnaiantei

cent, less than the old line companies And if the old lini

nerve to
millions of surplus (and


for tilt- While the old companies have fifty millions

mote than di ,n your dividends in advance

by oh i

This Association is in name to the Central B

dion. that was chartered and has been operating
.ii insuran ii ion. Recognizing I

vantag v holders of being placed on a just, equitable,

and scientific bas iperated by the flourishing

and successful New I . nt insurance compai

I a meeting of the officials who had authority to do so,

changed to a new hasis on July 16, 1894, and now i- operated on

a plan that will not only protect the present one thousand mem-

n their life insurance, but amply protect them on their

money paid in.

We will take great pleasure in sending you literature upon
application for the same. < >ur entin Directory are Southern

B88 men and Confederate veterans. Write to us i
agency or for a policy, and encourage the building up of a
Southern institution. Any who wish an agency or desire a

policy will receive prompt attention by addressing Battel
den Directors of Agencies, Onion City, Tenn.

The Ci.akksvii.i.e iTewi Ai \okmy is under thoroughly
Southern management, the Faculty heing composed entirely of
Southern women, daughters and widows of Confederate sol-
diers. Mrs. E. G. BrroRD, Principal, is the wife of a Confed-
erate now of the firm of Buford iV Bowling.

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Mrs. Elizabeth Russell, Wife of Gen. Wm. Campbell, Sister
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Hancock’s Diabt; ob, History of the Second Tennessee
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II i is best history of the Southern Cause that ever will be
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Telephone W7». Nashville, Tens.

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WHARTON

: FEMALE :

COLLEGE

Opens Sep. 19, 1S94. Brick building’s, electric
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MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY.

FOUNDED 1867.

THE UEADIfJG BOYS’ SCHOOL..
NASHVILLE, TENN.

Classical, Latin, Scientific. Business
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7 M Zl S. n. D. CLARK, A.M., Principal.

ROANOKE college.

Cour.Hr> for Degrees) with Blecttves, Bigh stand-
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Library 17,000 volumes ; building enlarged ; work-
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1 .. . 1, ■ 1 1 ui and heall hful mountain location.

( Satalogue and \ iews free. address
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ft GOOD SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.

Boward Female College, (ia) latin, Tennessee.

iii the beautiful Blue Grass Region.

■ i Foi longei 11 y of its people.

Continuously successful firtj -eight years.
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Address Prof. A. /Vl . Burney.

o

1307-1309 Broad Street,
Nashville, Tenn.

FOURTH SESSION BEGINS Slil’-

1 UMlUiH 5.
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A SCHOOL FOR BOYS.

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Prepares for College or Business. Three male
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pupil brought under the personal instruction of
eiudi. For catalogue address

A. D. WHARTON, Principal.

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Historical Papers.

Ex-Confederates who have any data
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address R. G. WATERIUM ** I . I*rr«.,

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Dr.

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VIRGINIA COLLEGE FOR YOUNG LADIES.

ROANOKE, VA.
Opens Beptember L2, 1894, One of the leading

schools for Young Ladies in the south. Magnifi-
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American teachers. Full course. In Art and
Music unexcelled. Pupils from seventeen States,
refers by permission to Gen. John B. Gordon,
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COLUMBIA *
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For Young Ladies. ^> • • •

THE REV. FRANCIS A. SHOUP. D.D.,

Rector.

Wednesday, the 12th of Next September.

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Advertisements Two dollars per inch one time, or 120 a rear, exoept last
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The date to i abscription is always given (,. the month be/on it ends.
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Wanted: Copies dt’ the Veteran fur January and
March, L894. Friends who oan send copies withoul
breaking file will oblige, Thanks for many received,

an. from which these extracts are made: •’ I was aston-
ished t<> find my words resurrected and published in the
Com bderate Veteran. For thi- evidence of brotherli-
ness I am very grateful. . . . I£ay the evening of your
lives !”• crowned with .-. without cloud

mi- shadow t” darken tin- pathway that leads to beav< d’s
eternal camping ground, while the memory of the Third
Georgia Regiment will he treasured by all succeeding
Ltions of those who love tin- brave and revere
heroic fortitude and unselti-h devotion!”

Plans are being considered for a binder suited to the
Veteran, soon to be announced, thai will lie inexpensive
and that subscribers can ]>ut on for themselves, A flex
ilile leal herette may he provided.

Si [table pictures of persons, veterans or daughters,
and of Confederate monuments, may he made for the
Veteran at twenty-five cents per square inch, Any
sue photograph can he reduced, say an s x in picture

can he made l\.’i. or less, and the C0S1 I”‘ upon the
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with picture and sketch of your monument, and let all

the world see what you have done for our sacred cause

Tut frontispiece to this Veteran repr- – may

m. North, ‘- «ch as South. This

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triotism that exi-t- at Confederate reunions. This Grod-

given country is to he the home of many more millions
than sixty, and ii- mosl favored section in climate

will he guarded ever zealously for children’s chil

-n i- reunions.

Mil-. V, Jefferson Davis, who is still at Narragan-

sett Pier, and will not come South for a few weeks
vet. writ.- Please send your plucky little Veteran
It ha- my -on ere approval and sympathy.”

The two articles promised in this Veteran, ” Name
of the War” and “Sketch of Mrs. Ellen Adair Beatty,”
are reserved. An excellent half-tone picture of this
noble woman. ” Florida White.” is ready.

The publication of the Constitu-
tion and By-laws, together with an
account of the organization of Na-
tional Daughters of the < Jonfedera-
– cy, which was established at Nash-
ville recently, will appear in the
t ictoher Veteran.

This is the badge adopted by
the National Daughters of the
( !onfederacy.
reunion of Forrest’- Escort, with a
poem by John Moore. Jr.. and plans whereby Forrest
monuments may he erected in Nashville, Memphis, an. I
Chattanooga, is held over to next issue.

Hamilton Parks Bsq Naehvilk Please publish in-
closed law card in the VETERAN for next twel

I ha\ ■

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paper or periodical to which I subscribi Con-

federate vetoran Bhould subscribe for it. a- it i- worth

many limes iis pme. and I i sider it- publication a

greal personal benefil to myself to all ex-Confederates,

and to our childn

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COMRADE Wiley sends from Georgia a letter from
Rev. Dr. Clark Wright, Ninth New York Regiment,
whose beautiful address appeared in the August Veter-

Dr. < ‘ii lb s Morse, < ilerk of rart :

‘Austin, Te\. September 22, 1894 — A few weekt
you sent me a blank subscription hunk containing twen-
ty-five receipt-, ami asked me to try and Ben ! you some

new subscribers. 1 have used all the receipts, alio
with inclose sight draft on New York for twenty-five
dollars. … In the list you will notice the nami
John ]f. Reagan, member of Confederal I also

Postmaster General of the Confederacy; and Col. (Gov.)
Frank 11. Lubbock, a member of Preeidenl Davie –

Both of these men have a warm place in the hearts of
all Texans. They are growing old. and will necessarily
soi. n join Davis, Lee, and Jackson on the other –
the river. It ha- been a pleasure lor me to do thi- work
for vmi. and. a- I wrote before, I will not under any cir-
cumstances retain or accept any commission.”

How much good comrades may accomplish with effort !

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Concerning the death of Gen. Zollicoffer, revived by
the story of Q. (‘. Rust published in the last Veteran, a
survivor -ays: “The battle was fought on Sunday, Jan-
uary 15, 1862. Zollicoffer was nearsighted, and rode
up to a Federal colonel commanding a Kentucky regi-
ment i thinking lu- wa- a < ‘ont’eilerate colonel I and began
giving him orders where to move his regiment, when
the Federal pulled out his pistol and shot Zollicoffer off
his horse. This was in the battle of Fishing Creek.

GUBERNATORIAL CONFEDERATES.

Charles Edqewortb Jones, of Augusta. Ga., pre-
pared this interesting list. 1 1 is abbreviated from the
Augusta Chronicle.) He states thai it may be accepted
as complete,

li- chief utility ie to show how freely the gubernatori-
al compliment has. in the past, been extended to those
who jeopardized their lives in defense of home and right,
and whose intellects have imparted special luster to Con-
federate annals.

David P. Lewi- [signer of Confederate Constitution):
( Governor of Alabama, L872— 74.

Williamson I.’. W. ( !obb i member of < ‘ont’eilerate Con-
gress): Governor of Alabama, 1878-82.

Edward A O’Neal (brigadier general): Governor of
Alabama, 1882 36

Augustus II. Garland (member of both Houses of Con-
federate Congress): Governor of A rkansas, 1875—77.

T. J. Churchill (brigadier general): Governor of Ar-
kansas, 1881-83

Edward A. Perry (brigadier general): Governor of
Florida, 1885-89.

Charles .1. Jenkins (State Supreme Court Judge of

(. gia during Confederacy): Governor of Georgia,

1865- 68.

Ii’ufii- li. Bullock (Acting Assistant Quartermaster
1 leneral).

.lames M. Smith (member of Confederate Congress)
( lovernor of ( leorgia, L872-76.

Alfred 11. Colquitt (brigadier general): Governor of
Georgia, 1876-82.

Alexander H. Stephens (Vice President | : < lovernor of
Georgia, L882-83.

John B. Gordon (lieutenant general): Governor of
Georgia, 1886-90.

Simon 1!. Buekner (lieutenant general): Governor of
Kentucky, 1887-91

Francis T. Nrcholls (brigadier general): Governor of
Louisiana, L877-80, 1888-92.

Benjamin ( I. Humphreys (hrigadier general i : ( lovernor
of Mississippi, 1865-68.

.lames L. Alcorn (brigadier general of Mississippi
State troops during Confederacy): Governor of Missis-
sippi. 1869-71.

Robert Lowry (brigadier general): Governor of Mis-
sissippi. 1882-90.

John S. Marmaduke (major general): Governor of
Missouri. 1885-87.

Zebulon B, Vance (“War Governor”): Governor of
North < ‘arolina, 1877-79,

Alfred M. Scales (brigadier general): Governor of
North I ‘arolina. 1885-89

Benjamin F. Perry (Confederate District Judge): Gov-
ernor of South (‘arolina. 1865-66.

James L. Oit (memher of Confederate Senate): Gov-
ernor of South Carolina, 1866-69.

Wade Hampton ‘ i lieutenant general): (lovernor of

South Carolina, 1876-78.

William l>. Simpson (memlier of Confederate Con-
gress): (lovernor of South Carolina, 1878-80.

Johnson Hagood (brigadier general): (lovernor of
South Carolina. 1880-82

John C. Brown (major general) : Governor of Tennes-
see, 1871-75.

William 15. Hate (major general ): Governor of Tennes-
see, 1S83-87.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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James TV. Throckmorton (brigadier general of Texas
Stati.’ troops during Confederacy): Governor of Texas,
1866-67.

Lawrence S. IJoss (brigadier general): Governor of
Texas 1887-91.

James L. Kemper (major general) : Governor of Vir-
ginia, 1874-78.

F. W. M. Eolliday (member of Confederate Cong]
rnor of Virginia, 1878-82.

Fitzhugh Lee (major general) Governor of Virginia,
I880 90.

Ii was creditable enterprise in Mr. .1 – to compile

the foregoing elaborate list, bul it is incomplete, and re-
quest is made herein for corrections. In addition to the
report for Tennessee there were four others Col. Jas.
D. Porter (of Cheatham’s Staff), Col. A. s. Marks, of
Sevente nth I; invni. John P. Buchanan, of Roddy’s
Staff, and Col. Peter Turney, of the Firsl Confederate
from ‘IV ssee. The latter was Chief Justice of Ten-
nessee for many years. Five of the six are regist
as members of the. Frank Cheatham Bivouac. It isdue
to explain that Mr. Jones did no1 seek to procure the
na nn’s of Confederal ssol redoxcept the generals.

The foregoing lis! was sent to all the Southern Gov-
ernors, and the following responses have been mad

G Thomas G. Jones, Montgomery, Ala.: “William
I>. W. ( lobb, who was a member of the < ‘on federate < !on-
gress, was never Governor. He has been confounded
with Hon R W Cobb, who was Governor of Alabama
from ls;s to lss_> Gov. Cobb was a lieutenant of Con-
federate cavalry during the war. Gov. Thomas :
who was Governor of Alabama from 1886 to 1890,
was a sergeant of infantry in the Confederate service.
My term as Governor commenced December 1. 1890, and
ends December 1, 1894. I was a private, and afterwards
major on the staff of Gen. John B. Gordon I notice
thai the list, as far as regards Virginia, omits Gov.
Cameron, who was. I believe, in the Confederate army.
It omits Gov. McKinney, who was captain of cavalry,
ami Gov. 0’Ferrall,.who was colonel of cavalry. I think
Stone, of Mississippi, was a Confederate officer.”

Gov. Northen, Atlanta. Ga., reports those additions for
the State of Georgia: James S. Boynton (colonel), Gov-
ernor 1883; Henry J>. McDaniel < major), Covernor iss:: :
\\ J Northen. Governor 1890 94. He also reports
that Col. Peter Richardson was Governor of South Car-
olina about 1886.

C. I.. Thompson, Esq., State Auditor’s office, make-.

this acid it ion for West Virginia : Henry Mason Matthews

(major on staff of Maj. Gen. Carter L, Stevenson), Gov-
ernor of West Virginia from 1*77 to 1881.

(‘air. North Carolina, makes the following addi-
tions: Zebulon B. Vance (commanded N. C. Regiment in
Army <■•{‘ Virginia); Thomas J. Jarvis (captain in Con-
federate army) Governor from 1879 to 1885; Elias Carr
(private), Governor from 1893 to 1897.

Gov. O’Ferrall, Virginia, adds the following: Phillip
\V McKinney (captain of cavalry), < lovernor of Virginia
1880-84; William C. Oates (captain of infantry), Gov-
ernor-elei I of \ labama.

Capt. Ed Porter Thompson, Frankfort, makes the fol.
lowing additions for Kentucky: .lames B. McCreary
(lieutenant colonel of Kentucky cavalry), Governor
1875-1879; Luke P. Blackburn (surgeon on staff of Gen.
Sterling Price, afterwards commissioner to superintend

the furnishing of supplies by blockade runners), Gov-
■• 1879-188
Gov. John M. Stone, of Mississippi, supplements Mr.
Jones’s list with the note that Gen. Charles Clark-, who
was 1 rovernor of Mississippi from January. ^1,4. to June,
1865, was terribly wounded in fat tie. and is “one of our
most honor, ,1 Confederates.’ Gov Stone is a Tennes-
seean. but was col mel of the Second Mississippi Infantry
in the war and was Governor from March, 1876, to Jan-
uary, 1882 He was inaugurated again in January, 1890,
for sis years.

Tillman’s pi retary, D. A. Tompkins, re-

ports in addition to Mr. Jones’s sketch thai Gov. James I..
Orr raised t hi’ first regiment of rifles in South Carolina
and commanded it until elected to the Confederate Con-
gress. Gov. W. D.Simpson was on Gen. Bonham’s staff in
the Army of Northern Virginia G01 Hugh S. Thomp-
Berved as captain of the Citadel Cadets
and served on the South Carolina coast. Gov. John P.
Richardson served in the Army of the West on Gen.
( ‘a nl’y’s staff.

The editor is of opinion thai -Extra” Billy Smith
Governor of Virginia and did active service in the
Confederate Army.

i:ai:i: old POSTAGE stamps

Relic hunters do many things peculiar tec the severe-
ly practical. It was an event that called into use the

iated Press a few month- ago to report the sa
a Livingston, Ala., Confederate postage stamp f – $575
A committee of the Ne« York Philatelic Society is en-
I in preparing a hook on the postage stamps issued
in the Confederate States during 1861-66

I ‘In- book will co-t many thousands of dollars in its
preparation, and the committee is desirous of obtaining
all the information possible regarding postage -tamps
used hi the ‘ Confederacy, and any information of inter-
est concerning the postal service during that period.

South Carolina seceded December 19 I860, and was
quickly followed by the other States, The United
States carried the mails until June 1. 1861, when the
Confederate States took charge, and I S stamps were
of no value

The first stamps made by the Confederal were

met issued until October l v . 1861; consequently for a
period of at least four months no postage -tamps were
to be hack Letters had to be pre paid by money. Small
change was scarce, and many postmasters then-fore
mad. 1 a stamp for the use of the citizens in their town.
In the Veti a in for March of this year there’ is an arti-
cle on those stamps with illustrations. Mr. F. A. Nast,
Bos 959, New York, writes a circular letter, saying:

•■I would esteem it a -.real favor if you would kindly

i me by answering the following questions:

II Who was the postmaster of your town from January
1 to October I, 1861?

• Is the postmaster still alive, or any of his family
from « lioin 1 could obtain the information desired?

I CI he issue any stamp or stamped envelope in 1861,
when Confederate stamps had not yet been issued, and
C. s. stamp- w ere not iii use?

‘• If such a stamp 01′ envelope was made, can you let
mo sec a copy of the same, or give me a description of it?

■• Possibly if the postmaster is still alive he will be good
enough to answer this letter, or, in case he should be
dead, perhaps some member of his Family would.”

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Mrs. Dr. W. h. M. called al the Vet-khan office and
said thai her husband wanted to pay for the subscrip-
tion to Rev. C. W. W . one of Dibrell’s chaplains, whose
letter was in the lasl number | which he has done |, and
then on leaving the office left a dollar to pay for some
other veteran whocan’t pay. Thai is true philanthropy.

lll’.IJolc A.\l» I’ATIiloTlC MARY LANDERS.

THE CAPTIVE’S DREAM.

[••Th i war in ‘>” album of a

_- 1 1- ] [Mis* Hi ol Nashville) bj h< r kinsman,

usil Duke. dI Kentucky , ”• lr “”‘

impriaonment in th< entiary. MiasChenej w Mrs.

BoDison.orMutfreesboroJ lathe widow ol Col. \v. D. Robieon, of thi 5
T. on* nent.]

A i midnight in his grated cell

Bright visions to the captive came,

And oer his spirit -auk a spell
As potent as the magic name

In which the rapt disciple reads

The future’s unaa plished deeds.

He dreams his term of stay is done,

lli~ iliingeon doors an- open thrown,

And the Stern warden hids him go

Forth from the halls of crime and woe.

He dreams that Jeff at last relents,

To slacken op on Straight consents,

And hv some apt negotiation

Redeems him from the yankee nation.

Then thick upon the captive’s soul

Anticipated glories roll.

I’eiii-ath him his proud charger springs,

Defiantly his bugle rings;

Again in battle’s stern parade

Hi- sees their eager ranks arrayed;

Again in triumph and in pride

Kentucky Bees the squadrons ride,

\ i !■ 1 every horse in Indiana

I- pressed to follow Morgan’s banner.

But hark! he starts, he wakes, what sound

Here still- hi- heart’s impetuous bound?

What awful sound with honor rife
Ila- backward turned the tide of life?
Upon his wakened hearing jars
The clash of tlmse detested bars.

He hears his jailer’s sullen tone

Which makes King Minion’s mandates know n ;

And hids him Btraighl away prepare

To lose his cherished beard and hair.

i neat I rod! 00 hope, he must resign

His youth’s fair pride, his manhood’s sign.
What cheers the wretched captive now?
What ” drives the shadows ” from his brow?
His bosom, once with courage thrilled,
I- now “chock up” with sausage tilled,
And he who ..nee the l.att les led

Attacks naught else bul gingerbread.
1 can- in. more, alas ! my t heme
1- anything now Imi a dream,

THE National Cemetery near Nashville i^ the second
largest in the country. There are 16,588 graves of
Union soldiers al Vicksburg and 16,556 al Nashville.
The latter, about five miles from Nashville, on Ihe rail-
road to Louisville, is about equally divided on eitherside
of the track. The St. Louis road is the same passing
this point. Il contains sixty-four acres, and is kept
beautifully by Capt. L. S. Doolittle, who was a Union
soldier. [His last capture was an admirable Confederate
woman.] In this cemetery there are known 11,855 of
the graves. The remaining 1,70] are unknown.

In an address before the ( ‘iint’edcrate Association of

St. Mary’s County, Md., Gen. Bradley T. Johnson said:
We come of game stock. 1 never saw a Marylander

who was a coward. I want posterity to consider u- as
Bound-headed as well as warm hearted, and I want them

to understand t hat our course in leaving our oat ive State

was dictated by reason as well a- by enthusiasm, that

we were perfectly right in doing as we did, and were
actuated by the highest motives of intelligent patriot-
ism. That we failed was no fault of ours. We did our
full duty, and we will die in the com id ion that if we had

Carthauk (Tenn.) Times, September 21: “The Vet-
eran still grows in interest and popularity all over the
country. Every Confederate soldier and his children
should have a copy of this excellent monthly magazine.”

i.l N. BRADLKY T. .lollNSoN.

it to do over we should do just as we did then, only more
efficiently, as experience has shown us how to do.

When Great Britain acknowledged the independence

of the States, she recognized each by name as an inde-
pendent and sovereign State. Maryland was as sover-
eign as England or France.

Th.~e sovereign States formed a government to pro-
tect their liberty and independence, but they never gave
up the right In change their form of government at their
pleasure. If was to he a government of equal States
and equal laws, hill each State must of necessity he the
i.li and final judge as to when she would require Other

guarantee and protection of the liberty of the people.

The institution of slavery is the organization of labor
in all primitive societies. It always has been so and al-
ways will he so. It is one of the great forces by which
savage races are civilized and civilized people subdue
nature and develop arts, science, and thought. It was
the basic, institution of the American colonization. New
England enslaved the Indians. We never did. But Af
ricau savages were civilized here, and civilized by the

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control of the civilized race — it- religion, its morals, and
its measures. There never has been an equal number of
Africans as highly developed as thai portion of the race

living in America, and this development was the result
of American servitude.

The habit of control and the practice of masterdom
made the Southern man reliant, positive, and forceful.
He controlled the formative period of the Dew society,
He formed the Union under tic Constitution, and he
directed the policy of the Onion for the first seventy
years of its existence. His power was the logical result
of the institution by which lie was formed. His whole
energy was directed to the art of governing. The as
sertion of intellectual predominance and the exhibition
of material power in the South produced irritation,
envy, and ill will. For thirty yean prior to I860 the
North had been gradually making up its mind tor the
overthrow ol the predominance in the South.

When, therefore, in 1861, the issue was presented t<>

tic Marylander whether he should stand by, in base

ease and inglorious safety, while his blood and kin in
Virginia were dying like men. resisting the invasion of
their home- and the subjugation of their liberties, he

hesitated not a moment, and with the BJSS of hi-
mother and the blessing of his father he tlcw to tin a-

sistance of Virginia.

In the Maryland line there were no( twenty men
who had any property interest in slavery. There was
not a man who sought promotion or advantage of for
tune. They went to -land by their friends in trouble,
to defend rights inherited from free ancestors,

Those of u- who were ol mature aL r c had distinct
ideas of policy and of the future. We believed that the
interests ot’ Maryland required that -he should become
one of the Confederate state-. We did not believe she

Would be safe iu I he hand- of the lawless democracy of
the North. We knew that our people had the same
feelings, ami that we fully and fairly represented them,
and we knew that the only way to secure that future
union was to hold for the State a representation in the
armies of t he South.

With that purpose firmly fixed in my mind, I
fused to accept a commission of lieutenant colonel from
the Governor ot’ Virginia, and was mustered into the
army of the Confederate States a- captain, Lnd never
in that glorious epoch and fiery trial did ■<■ – to

maintain a Maryland organisation, under a Maryland
flag, in the army ot’ the Confederate States, lien.
George H, Steuart, Capt. George Thomas, and the
rest were earnest, faithful, ami devoted to this end, and
we succeeded in writing the name of the State on the
brightest pages of American history. The existence of
the Maryland Line of the Army of Northern Virginia is
not recorded on a single page of the archives of Mary-
land. Not a single honor decorate- our gallant com-
rades; not a recognition of the self-sacrifice, devotion,
and chivalry of the Maryland 1 lonfederate has ever been
made by the powers that have controlled Maryland for
thirty-four years. Hut these men were the best soldii
she has ever had. They fought more battle-, won more
glory, achieved more victories than the old line of the
Revolution.

The address from which the foregoing extracts are

taken was delivered in March. The date is given to in-
dicate the prophecy in the following:

W it hiii a few years you have seen insurrections of la
bor in the States pul down by troops. There were more
soldiers at Homestead than Washington had for the de-
fense of Philadelphia, and more at the railroad strike the
same summer in New York than defended that city
from Sir William Howe. In future government will be
controlled by tlie property class — that is, the large prop-
erty class — and they will control the paid military force.

Hut an end • ■ .ill that, as it did in Rome and

Egypt and Assyria, and in France in 1793, and 1- coming
rmany to-day. Like causes produce like effects,
and logic 1- eternal and inexorable, and when anarchy
with red riot rules the cities of the North their peopie
will call on t i save t hem.

Till’. GALLATIN TENNESSEE REUNION

Tin reunion of the | , i n ■ | ft ;«,,,,, ,,| ( ‘,,,,)

Boldiers at Gallatin on September 12 and 13 was an event
improved by the people of comrades and other good peo-
ple of Sumner County to add more laurels 1″ their fame
for hospitality Hon s. F Wilsoi . President of the As-
sociation, d the pro m a most happy
manner, .1. W. Blackmore, Master of Ceremonies at the

oni livv. 1TH.

u ill. ” Wl ‘

There ■
er the g I

celebration, and other- in charge of entertainments did
every conceivable thing for

Exquisite features of the first evening were the ad-
dresses, recitations, and – the young ladies. Miss
Sullivan, daughter of the late Capt. Sullivan, was
chosen to make the address of welcome. The corre-
spondent of the Nashville American appropriately -1
that her every word and gesture were full of pu rest cor-
diality, and iu every smile that played about her features
there was a welcome that came straight from the heart.
Her address was a gem of composition and was deli-
in tone- that rang to the most remote > f the
house and set the weather I. eat 11 features of every as-
sembled veteran aglow with emotion:

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Ladies an l Gentlemen. The blare of bogle and the roll
of drums, with their summons to camp and battlefield,

Boated into Bilence on the air of thirtj j
There comes to u- now the Bound of gentle voices, The
busy -hop-, the humming mills, and, beyond, the smiling
fields with well-filled golden grain witbi le soft cho-
rus sing of peace. Where the iron hoof of war -o rude-
ly trod, there blossoms now the roseof sweet prosperity.
The history of that fraternal struggle, insomuch as it
was written on the face of nature in charred ruins and

tion, lias been obliterated by the pluob and energy
of Southern manhood. The history that remains is that
which is inscribed in enduring characters upon our
hearts; a history of love, pride, and Borrow — love for
the fathers, Bona, husbands, and brothers, who sacrificed
life and every dear possession for duty’s Bake; pride for
the military genius and chivalric valor which they ilis-
played; Borrow, thai sacrifice and genius and valor were
doomed to prove unavailing. But as the years go on
our love and pride grow stronger and our sorrow softens,
for the Bublimest spectacle presented in the history of
the world is the Confederate Boldiery reforming its shat-
tered ranks in the valley of defeat, and with lines turned
toward another goal, marching on with unbroken pha-
lanx to a victory grander than arms can holdl In Con-
gress, on the bench, in the Cabinet, in every avocation,
and every profession the Southern soldier has won his
way with marked distinction. In the loving pride with
which the whole South regards the Confederate soldier,
the community which you have chosen to honor by your
presence has an especial share. With a generous hand
she gave freely of her rich harvest of chivalry, her sons,
who came back from the battlefields with manly resig-
nation, accepted the –tern arbitrament of war, having
Berved worthily their Slate and country. As for those
who never came back, -he can feel that:

On Fame’s eternal camping ground

Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.

There is scarcely a household but what has its vacant
chair as a touching memento of cruel war. How Strong
then arc the ties that bind our heart to yours; how glad
are we that Gallatin is the meeting place of our loved
heroes! To have worn the gray is a passport to the in-
ner camp lire of our hearts; to Bay that we welcome you
is to sav that a mother welcome- her -on, returned from
a long journey. Welcome rings in the air; it is in every
pressure of the hand, every glance of the eye, iii every
word that falls from the lips; each red drop that flows
from our hearts is tingling with its message of welcome.

May you have the same sweet pleasure your presence
here affords, and may you remember us as affectionately

as you shall be remembered. We welcome you as mem-
bers of the Confederate bivouac, as gallanl soldiers, and
as patriotic citizens, because of that kinship which was
established when you triumphed and suffered by the side

of our dead and living heroes.

It was a happy occasion for comrades who had no la-
bors to perform in the organization. The officials were
well up with their reports, and made showings of what
was done during the past year with the important
trusts in hand. They are briefly given in this VETERAN.
It was an especially happy day for Senator W. B. Bate,
who stood under the magnificent flag of his old regi-
ment, which had been preserved through many severe

contests. A review of Secretary Hickman’s report may
be expected as Boon as published.

Indigent Tennessee Confederates.

Reports of general interest were those of the Board of
Pension Examiners and of the Trustees of the < Ion feder-
ate Soldiers’ Eome.

The Pension Examiners report that up to September
1. 1894, there had been tiled 1. .”)!.”> applications. of
tie-.-, all’ are on the pen-ion rolls and draw annually
$57,380. ‘I’he pension law of Tennessee was passed by
the Legislature of 1891, and since that time there has
been paid to the disabled Confederate soldiers of the
State 81T5,72S. ‘I’he law governing pensions makes it

necessary that a man should have lost both eye-, both
arms, or both legs for a first-class pension : that he should
have lost one arm or one leu’, and Other disabilities, for a

second-class pension ; that he should have lost one arm
or one leg, or disability equivalent thereto, for a third-
class pension, first-class pensions are (300 per year;
second-class, $120; third-class, $100. But with the disa-
bilities above enumerated a man must be indigent.

Prom the report of the Trustees of the Confederate
Soldiers’ Home it will be Been that the Some has received
118 inmates since its opening in 1891, Fourteen have
died, twenty-seven have been discharged, leaving at the
Home. September 1, 1894, seventy-seven inmate-. The
Home has received from all source- $75,418, and this
has been expended in improving the farm and building
a splendid house, with four small outhouses. The State
appropriates .S7,. r >00 annually for the support of the

Home; and this, with what is mad< the farm, will

readily take care of 125 old, disabled Confederate sol-
diers. Tennessee, from the report, has the best Confed-
erate Home, and the soldiers are bet li-r cared tor than in
any State except Maryland. The Trustees of the Home
work without Compensation, and their exertions in be-
half of decrepit soldiers have been untiring.

Messrs. W. R. Garrett, <i. II. Baskette, George B.
Guild, S. A. Cunningham, and Rev. R. L. Cave. Perma-
nent Committee on History for Frank Cheatham Biv-
ouac, presented resolutions looking to a ”true and reli-
able history of the United States.” They commended
the report presented to the United Confederate Veterans
at Birmingham, April L’ti, 1894, and adopted by that as-
sociation.

The committee stated that in response to these recom-
mendations of the United Confederate Veterans, the
University of Tennessee, in June. lSll-l, established the
Chair of American’ History, and commended its action.
It also presented resolutions of commendation, which

were adopted.

A State Historical Committee was appointed, Capt.
W. R. Garrett, S. V. Wall. Thomas II. Paine, R. Lin
Cave, and .1. W. S. Frierson being its members. It was
instructed to confer with the next Legislature looking
to the interests designated.

Resolution by Capt. W. R. Garrett, member of Histor-
ical Committee United Confederate Veterans, and Chair-
man of Committee for Tennessee Division:

The Southern States, of which Tennessee is a proud
member, have so long been subjected to misrepresents/-

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tions that we hail with gratitude every tendency to true
history, and therefore we maintain with 1 • 1 • i • I « – the
achievements of the Confederate Veteran, which lias

done much to secure c peration of all the Southern

people in correcting history and in giving pleasure to the
( lonfederate soldiers.

Mr. President Wilson arose, holding in his hand a mag-
nificent gold-headed ebony cane, presented Comrade S.
A. Cunningham by the son ofa veteran in Texas, whom
he had never seen, in recognition of the great work be
is doing in the interest of the true history ofthe great
war in the publication of the Confederatj Veteran.
Mr. Wilson in his speech paid a beautiful tribute to the
Vetk.i: w.

The next place of meeting is Columbia, the time to
be announced. A committee was appointed looking to
the building of a Confederate Memorial Ball in connec-
tion with the Tennessee Centennial in 1896

i ither interesting features and sketches are to app at
in t le ( Ictober number.

REUNION OF THE TWENTIETfl TENNESSEE.
J. II. White, Franklin, Tenn., Secretary:

The eighteenth annual reunion of the Twentieth T< 1
nessee Regiment was held at Gallatin on September 13,
upon the invitation of comrades of old Company F and
in connection with the reunion of the A. C. 8. The
regiment was formed on the square and marched to the
tune of “Dixie.” out to the grounds, where a great mul-
titude was awaiting the arrival ofthe procession. The
march was a little warm, but He who rules the Btorm

and direct– our ways gave US another beautiful reunion

day. Out of eighteen reunion days, not one has been a
failure on account of rain or had weather, Our hearts
went out to God in bumble thankfulness for his goodness,
mercy, and deliverance. As he had directed our steps
in bat t le and spared our li\ is. so to. day be was direct ing
the day tor our comfort, enjoyment, and happiness,

Orderly Sergeant .lames S Gee was unanimously
elected President for the eneuing year.

The names of quite a number were added a^ honorary
hers in the Twentieth Tennessee Regiment.

A rising vote of thanks was tendered to t ‘apt. Morgan,
Company 1″. and our friend– in Sumner County for the
kind and hospitable manner in which we had been enter-
tained, assuring them oi the pleasure it gave us to be^so
royally entc rtained by them

The -inkiiiL r bud in the western hilltops warned us
thai the day with its pleasures and joys would soon be
ended, that we must say farewell So we parted, with
the hope that God would be with us till we meet again

Dinner was announced. Company F had assured us
that her papaw crop was inexhaustible, and righl well
did she verify her words,

At the tap of the drum < apt Smithson, in the abe
of our President, was called to the chair, whereupon he
called t he regiment to order with .1 . II. White as Se< retarv.

On call oi’ the roll forty-nine members and two hon-
orary members answered to their names.

The Secretary read a receipt from Gen. Underwood
for 816, a voluntary contribution of the regiment for the
monument at Chicago.

Capt. Robertson was made custodian of the old flag.

The following comrades were reported as having
“crossed over the river” since our last reunion — namely.
Thomas W. Crocker, Wyatt Mitehel. Company B; Jo
Ripey, Company F; J. Bigley Hager. W. .1. Bryant.
Company I; J. I>. Bradley, Company K

Rudderville, nine miles southeast of Franklin, in Wil-
liamson County, was chosen as the place for holding the
nineteenth annual reunion, and the 20th day of Septem-
ber, 1895, as the time. The Fourth Tennessee Cavalry
(Starnes) was invited to bold reunion with us at the
same time and place. Members, active and honorary,
and their wives and the widows favoring us with their
presence will be conveyed from Franklin to the grounds
and return free of charge. This is near the home of
Mrs. Gen. Starnes.

\1>IA, 1 L

Tills venerable hero of three wars, DOW in bis fifth
score, has sent through Capt. Will Miller four clubs of a
half-dozen each to the Veteran, and is at work on the
fifth. He i- a Cumberland Presbyterian minister, and
minent Robert Donnell long yean ago spoke of him
in his work down there as the ” Lone Boy.”

Lake City ( Fla.’i Reporter: “Tien- is perhaps no tie
on earth thai approaches so close the family love and
affectionate feeling as the kindly interest that veterans
who wore tie gray have for each other and no reminis-
cences bo swe« 1 as thosespent together side by side with
brave men. then young ami blithe, now grown old and
many decrepit. This journal contain– correspondence
from veterans all over the- South, and is chock full of
interesting narratives and reminiscences of war days.
ike it read it over many times and find
much pleasure in it. and it is at the request of one of
these that the Reporter calls the attention of the veter-
ans of Columbia County.”

Judge F. R. Fahrar, of whose lecture career notice is
given elsewhere, is to appear at the Vendome, Nashville,
October 9, on ‘•Johnny Reb:” and on October 10 his
theme will be “Lights and Shadows” They are to be
under the auspices of the John C. Brown Bivouac.

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l;v GRAVES OF CONFEDERATE DEAD.

Tiik following address was delivered by Rev. .1. II.
McNeilly on Memorial Day, 1894, at Franklin, Tenn.:

At the close of our < livil War an eloquent preacher of
the gospel is reported a~ preaching a sermon, in whii h,
exulting over the victory of his people, he denounced
with passionate earnestness these who Buffered and fell
in the cause so dear bo a — 1 be defense of the South and
her rights. He declared: “11 was the worst work that
Satan ami sin undertook in this world; and they thai
suffered in it were not martyrs in a good cause, bul con-
victs in a bad one. Who shall comfort them that sit by
dishonored graves? ”

I am glad to believe that time brought to him a clear-

it, , .1. 11 McNi 1 I’.i.m — ..•:,>,. was ehapl iin of the Forty-
ninth Te it « ig much of the war. \.s bri geu U chaplain

ded al Franklin, « hen the ladies

did not nccepl hi? “cloth,” bm he nappe I to have Ilia nmissi bia

1 1 ■ 1 Dr. McNeill) hae been pastor ol a Presbyterian I lmr< b al Nash-

[< .1 nearly ever – e the war.]

er vision, and purged bis beart of its uncharitable bitter-
ness; and thai he would have blotted out the unworthy
utterance that dishonored bis manhood. In liis inmost
heart he respected those who gave their lives in answer
to the stern call of conscience and of duty.

Bui were In- living to-day — could be see the tender
reverence with which, all over our loved and lovely land,
we garland the resting places of our dead, surely he
would feel that we sit by no dishonored graves; and
that We have consolations he had not dreamed of — the
proud comfort of knowing thai 1 lies, • were heroes indeed,
who poured their blood like festal wine, a libation to lib-
erty. The memory of our slain we cherish as our rich-
est heritage. We shall guard it against every attack.

This beautiful custom of decorating the graves of our
dead is with us no fruitless form nor idle ceremony, it
has become an institution, which is a monument to com-
memorate the valor and virtue of our soldiers, and the
worthiness of the cause for which they died. We stay,

for a while, the ongoing of our business and our pleas-
ure, we cast off the burden of our daily cares, and come
together lor a little season bo commune with a mournful
hut glorious past, a- we call up in memory the faithful-
ness, the courage, the nobility of those whose blood
sealed their devotion i,, ,uir cause and country. We
strew flowers, bright, beautiful, bul trail and lading.
symbols of the lives that shone so brightly, hut that
passed away so soon. The flower holds the promise of
the fruit. So these lives, that withered in the fiery
breath of war. held promise of richest fruitage in the
years bo come. Not in vain did they bloom and fade.

From them shall come a harvest of blessing to the land.

By their death, the seeds of devotion to duty, of noble
daring, of lofty purpose, of Strenuous endeavor were
planted in our souls, and were fertilized by the blood of

the slain. In the coming generations, these seeds shall
spring up and hurst into fairest (lower. ;md yield abun-
dant fruit, mil merely of material advantage hut char-
acters of true men and lovely Women, noble deeds and

gracious charities and grand sacrifices, all inspired by
the example and cultivated by the memories of those
who died for truth and righteousness as they saw them.

We do well by this yearly recurring service to hold
before our children and our children’s children that past
in which their fathers and mothers took such worthy
part; that past of great purpose, of high endeavor, of
heroic struggle, roar of hat lie and far-flashing pageantry
of war, and gloom of defeat; that past which illustrated
the virtues of our people, and made more glorious I he
annals of the world; that pasl for which the Southern
people should ever he t hankful, and of which they should
ever he reverently proud. For out of that past must
spring whatsoever shall he great or worthy in our fu-
ture. No higher purpose can move our children, than lo
live worthy of their traditions, and 10 do no dishonor
to the noble race to which they belong.

As year by year we pay our tribute Of respect and
love to those whose ashes we guard, we owe it tot hem, to
ourselves, and to our posterity lo vindicate their motives
from aspersion, and to proclaim their achievements to

the world. They fought lor a cause which they be-
lieved to he right, and which we still believe to be right,
for questions of right and wrong before Grod are not set-
tled by success or defeat of arms.

They felt that the Constitution of our common coun-
try, ,with the liberty guaranteed by it, was a sacred trust
committed to them, to be preserved inviolate at all
hazard. They believed thai when that Constitution was
violated, submission on their pan would be a base be
1 ray a I of the trust. With all their hearts they loved the
Constitution, they loved the Union, they loved liberty.
15ut the\ believed the name of the I’nion was used lo
destroy their liberty under I he Constitution, that lhe\
were denied equality of rights, thai their States were to
be degraded io a subordinate place Iii the great sister-

1 d which constituted the Union. They might differ

as lo the best remedy lor I he evil, but il must be iviue
died. No sacrifice was too great to secure whal was
dearer than lift — thai is. liberty and honor.

feeling thus, convinced id’ the peril that threatened
all I hey held dear, il was I heir solemn duty to make the
struggle, to try all peaceful means; and when these
failed, bhen by war to uphold the Constitution, which
was the only bond of a true Union. And this tight
must needs be made without reference to possibilities of
defeat or failure. Loyalty lo (lod and right, true man-
hood demanded that they should resist even unto blood,

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and leave the issues with God. Their responsibility
teased when they had done their utmost. Far be it
from me to desecrate the graves of our dead by stirring
again the bitterness of a strife that is ended, or to kin-
dle passions that have ceased to burn. Far be it from
me to claim that wc were infallible, or made no mistal

To those brave men who opposed us on the deadly
field we cheerfully accord the same sincerity of convic-
tion which wo claim for ourselves. But with their con-
scientious views of their rights ami responsibilities, of
the nature of our government, and of what they owed
to humanity and posterity, our people would havo been
untrue to themselves and to their principles if they lind
failed to maintain their cause, even in the dread tribu-
nal of war, and even though they knew that the odds
against them made their contention seem hopeless. If
we were, back in the beginning of 1861, and bad such
prophetic vision that we could foresee the defeat await-
ing us, yet it seems to me that we would be bound to make
the fight, and patiently to endure the disaster.

Thus, we would have done our utmost to maintain the
right, and thus would we have relieved ourselves of
the responsibility for the triumph of wrong. And so
we could confidently leave it with God to bring good
out of our calamity

I believe that God brings -u<li crises into the histon
of nations, and into the In es of men to test them. Will
the}’ measure duty by success? Will they sacrifice prin-
ciples for expediency Will they deny justice for in-
glorious ease 7 Will iln\ forsake truth because of
defeat’.’ Their character and destiny are settled by the
way they meet Buch crises. It is a matter of thankful-
ness, that when tliat testing time Came to our people,

they were not found wanting. Like the noble six hun-
dred thai made the charge to certain death at Balaklava.

Theirs not to maki reply,
Theirs not t” reason why,
Theirs but to ,].. and die.

Although their cause was shrouded in the darkness of

defeat, although their armies surrendered the scanty
remnants of their regiments, although their ancient civ-
ilization and institutions were ruined, although their
country was desolated- yet these men had in four years
of war achieved results which may well compensate our

losses — achievements which shall -row in value through
the coming years, and show that they did not die in vain.
1. They vindicated the character and quality of the
civilization in which they were trained. For years the
life, customs, manners, and institutions of the Southern
States had been abused, misrepresented, and ridiculed.
The people were denounced as effeminate and brutal,
haughty in manners and loose in morals. Their conserva-
tism was regarded as stupidity, their home-loving and
home-keeping as narrow provincialism, their hospitality
as ostentation, their chivalry :is bombast, and their reli-
gion as an immoral superstition. But those tour years
of deadly strife, in which the whole world was held at
hay. in which were wrought deeds of daring and mag-
nanimity almost unparalleled in history, taught all the
world the Strength of character, the firmness of pur-
pose, the long-onduring hardihood of nature, the noble
manhood, the gracious womanhood that had been nur-
tured under a system which bad been so grossly
slandered. Since the war, one of the ablest opponents
of the South and her principles, while sharply criticising
the manners of tin- Southern leaders, has borne honor-
able testimony to their character. The Hon. James Or.
Blaine, in his recollections of ”Twenty Years in Con-
1*

gress. says: “They were, almost without exception,
men of high integrity, especially and jealously careful of
the public money They guarded the treasury against
ry attempt at extravagance, and against every form
of corruption.” What a contrast to the dishonesty and
rapacity which too often now regard official positiot
an opportunity for public plunder. Those men may well
shame the sordid greed .and pitiful ambition of the m
of pettifogging politicians of to-day. These were the
men of the old South- -of the old order, which has
“given place to the new,” and which the fledgelings of
a new day decry and ride tile The blood of OHI

if the “Old South.’ shed on yonder fateful
Geld, was richer than the life current of the whole race
of Bneering, money-seeking, materialistic apostles of the
■new” South. There is indeed a new South, that in-
herits the traditions and builds Upon the foundat
and glories in the deeds of the old, thai looks forward
with generous hope, but also looks back with reverenl
fondness, Surely that old order has been splendidly
vindicated, when it. can present as its consummate crown
and flower that manliest >t men “pure as light, and
Btainlese as a star. Robert Bdward 1 a

L’. They revealed and developed the latent p
capacities of the South and its people. Thrown without
preparation into the midst of a war to tax the energies
ol the mightiest, the exigency demanded not only v
statesmanship and military ability, but ilso the discos
ery and utilizing of all material resources, the creation
of new industries, and the invention of new appliani
The people rose to the height of tl -ion. be-

came aware of’ the possibilities that lay in the field and
forest ami stream, in mountain and mine They mani-
fested marvelous skill in invention, laying under contri-
bution nature’s bidden forces tor our help They who
bi tore were a nation of planter– and tanners, living
tired lives of culture. | ease, pastoral peace, or rustic toil,
became artisans, builders, manufacturers, financiers, and
seamen, Inventing nev devices, buildh
lutionicc naval warfare, forging .arms, sailing the seas.
digging into the depth- of t he earth, they broughl forth
the treasures of land and sea atid sky 1” minister to
their need, .’ust as oftentimi n, in some great

emergency, becomes aware <>t what is in him. and in a

moment ! a giant in strength and faculty; so the

Southern people, in those four years of * to

themselves and sprang forth, not by slow process of
growth, but by the sudden answer to the call of Provi-
dence, to a full realization of the splendid possibilities

achievement in their roach The greal development
which has come to the South, bringing varied indi
abounding prosperity, and increasing wealth, is no1 the
result of an infusion of foreign life, but is the outcome
of her efforts to carry on the war. and to maintain her
cause against a power which closed every port of hi
and shut her up to dependence on her own strength
under God.

3. These men achieved a finished testimony, n cot
ent record against mere materialism in politics or in
social life, They proclaimed to all men everywhere, and
to the end of time, that there are things more valuable
1 ban ease or comfort ; that duty’s voice must be heeded
at any cost. In an age when everything tends to
measured by money values; wdien “the jingling of the
guinea helps the hurt that wounded honor feels” when
bodily comfort is the end sought, when self-sacrifice is
considered Quixotism — in such a time it is a grand suc-
cess to make a record, ample, complete, consistent

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of devotion to duly, which does not count the
which -liriiiks doI ai any sacrifice, which prefers death

to dishi ‘, which chooses truth defeated rather than

profit successful, “right upon the scaffold rather than
wrong upon the throne.” The story of these men’s sac-
rifices and Bufferings, of the wondrous struggle they
made, will become one of the world’s cherished posses-
sions. These men made history, and wrought a work
that shall endure in the spiritual upbuilding of our peo-
ple. They set forth in time’s clearest light a lofty ideal
i” stimulate the efforts of those who shall come after us.
In memory of such devotion, in the presence of such
high ideals the sordid spirit <>(‘ greed si ml 1 stand abashed
blushing at its own mm ort hiness.

4. These men effected a Btay of the tide of centraliza-
tion in our government. The protest they made before
mankind, and Bealod with their blood, was against the
destruction of the States, and against the omnipotence
of the Federal Government. And that protest will be
more and more heeded as the passions of war pass
away. Bach Slate will be henceforth more secure in
her alienable right to her local government and her in-
dividual de\ elopmetit. The fight was one that had to do
with the very separate existence of all the States, North
as well as South.

The failure to try Jefferson Davis, when he wished
above- all things to be tried, marked the beginning of a
reaction. The courts were more free from the sway of
passion, and they saw that in trying Mr. Davis they
would be putting a sovereign State on trial; for he only
obeyed his Slate, and the courts realized their lack of
jurisdiction. Sinoe then, there lias been more and more
carefulness in [niardine; the rights of States. While it
is true that secession will not again be tried as a remedy
lor wrongs done a State, it is safe to say I bat the gener-
al government will hesitate long before it uses force to

coerce a State of this Union. These men have shown
the terrible cost of the attempt to destr<>3 T the equality
and sovereignty of the States.

Thus tin- men who fought the war to its bitter end,
and laid down their lives or »heir arms in defeat, were
noi dishonored. (Jul of the wreck of their hopes and
purposes they saved these e-rand results. Their civiliza-
tion was vindicated, their material capacities and re-
sources were revealed, their testimony to the sacredness
and worth of honor and duty was finished and sealed;
respect for the sovereign right of the States of ibe Un-
ion was lixed on a firmer basis.

M\ comrade; s, many years have snowed I heir winters
00 our heads, since our com pan ions in arm- fought their
last battle and laid themselves down to their last sleep

in their gory beds. They Ceased their warfare in I he

flush and vigor of manhood, but we were left to strug-
gle longer against adverse condition-. God required of

us to will victories of peace against fearful odds, to con-
quer the fierce passions of strife, to build anew the waste
place- of a desolate land, to develop the resources, mate-
rial and spiritual, of a ruined count ry. As time and age
brings us near “the inevitable- hour,” we look back fond-
ly in memory to the days when we marched and fought

together, to the stirring scene- that thrilled the bl 1,

and filled the eye with glorious light, and sadly we re-
member the touch of the vanished bands, and ibe sound

of the voices that are siill. But we owe it to these no-
ble dead whose warfare is accomplished to be true to the
end. Shrinking from no duty, hesitating al no sacrifice
for the right, we must be inspired by the spirit of liber-
ty and law. To the generation just taking our place, let

me appeal fl I I he ” silent tents” of these who rest “on

fauic’s denial camping ground.” Remember that the
foundations of the temple of liberty in which yon wor-
ship were laid by the bands of those who died for it,
and l he stone- in its walls were cemented by their blood.

We come to-day to do homage to the gallant dead, to re-
call in memorj their famous deed-, to testify our rever-
ence for the spirit that moved them, Quietly they sleep
beneath these “low green tents, whose curtains never
outward Bwing.” The brave heart- are still. Their
fiery spirits have passed to ” where beyond these voices

there is peace.” With loving care we guard their ashes.

But a handful of dust in the land of their choice,

\ name In song and story.
And fame to shout with her trumpet \oice,

Dead on the field of glory.

Thirty years ago these fields received the baptism of
blood, which thenceforth made them sacred ground.
Across these plains the red tides of battle Burged in fire-
ere-ted waves, and those who lie here were overwhelmed
by the rolling river of death. Some of them passed in
a moment from the roar of si rife to the calm of this
long sleep. Others, torn with wounds and worn with
pain, lingered awhile, until the fever dried the fountains
of life, and wearily they passod into rest. Now all arc
gathered here by loving hands with pious care to await
that great day which shall reveal all secrets and settle
all questions and end all strifes. That day in whoso
tribunal we must all appear shall disclose their purpose
and the results of their contest. Meanwhile we bring
our offerings of flowers to deck the graves, as we cherish
the memory of our dead.

Year by year the spring time shall come across the
land in festal pomp of life and ^ladne.-s, with sonij of
bird and rustling leaf and bursting flower. And Na-
ture’s bounteous hand shall till the circuit of these ver-
dant hills with music and beauty and bloom. And the
coming generations shall brine- to thesj lowly graves
their chaplets of flowers, as long as brave men and lov-
ing women shall reverence courage and honor and truth;
and lender hearts and kindly hand- shall keep fresh the
story of I hose who dared to do and die for home and
native land. And all the whispering winds shall chant
their requiem, and yonder winding river, rippling o’er
it- sands, shall sine; their lullaby; while these everlast-
ing hills, that looked down on the wild charge they
made, and shook with the roar of their conflict, and
heard their dying groans, shall keep watch around their
Bleeping dust .

Sleep on, O warriors, brave and tender and true.
The land you loved and fouudil for, the people yon suf-
fered and died for, shall bold you in everlasting remem-
brance.

What though no stately column,

Your cherished name- may raise,
To dun the eye and una,, the lip,

With gratitude and prai°e.
The blue sky hung with bannered clouds,

Your solemn dome shall be,
An I heaven’s choiring winds shall chant

The anthem of the free.

The spring with vine-clad anus shall clasp

Your hillocked resting places,
Ami summer roses droop above

With flushed and dewy laco.

Fair daisies rayed and crew ned shall spring

Like -tars from out your dust.
And look to kindred stars on high,
With eyes of patient trust.

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“STACK arms:

WHITTF.N Bl JOSEPH ftLTTHC ALISTOM, |\ rOll M.l WVARE.
BUftBSKDSB “I IN. K. > LEE.

IT WAS LPTKB THr

” mac k sums! ” I’ve gladly beard 1 1 1 ■

When, weary with tin’ dusty 1
Of marching troops as night drew nigh,

I sank upon my soldier’s bed

Ami calmly Blept, the starry dome

Of heaven’s line arch my canopy,

Anil mingled with my dreams “I home

The thoughts “f peace and liberty.

” Stack arms !” I’ve beard it when tin- shout

Iting rant.’ along our line,
1 it roes but in bloody rout,

Captured, dispersed : its tones divine
Then came to mini enraptured ear,

1 ruerdon of duty nobly done,
Anil glistened ‘>n my cheek tie- tear

< If grateful joy for \ ictory won.

” stack arme !” in faltering accents slow

Ami sail it creeps from tongue t” tongue,
A broken, murmuring wail of « oe.

From manly hearts by anguish wrung;
Like victim- of a midnight dream,

We move, we know nol how 01 why,
for lite ami hope bul phantoms seem.

\n.l it were a relief to die.

HEROES \M> HEROINES IN VTBGIN1 \

Pb >\k M. Smi 1 n. Norfolk, \ b , Fifth Texas Regiment
I was standing on the hank of the Potomac a- I ■■ –
army returned from it- first Maryland campaign with
the ordnance train of Hood’s division, when a feeble,
wounded soldier approached me and asked to ride over
the river in one of the wagons. I told him it was
against the rules to allow any one to do BO, He told me
he had heell shot through, showing me the wound, and
at the same tune producing a hullet lapped all around
the ring and swivel of Ids watch. He said it was worn
in the fob pocket of his trousers when shot, and that if
was torn from his watch, sent through Ins body, and was
cut out near his spine lie said: “I do not want to he
Captured, and if I ford the river the water will get in
my wound and kill me.” It is needless to say that I

disobeyed orders and told him to get into the wagon. I
brought him out some five mile- on the pike toward
Winchester, Va., when, having to leave the pike to hunt
some subsistence tor the army, my Btranger comrade
left me. I never expected 10 gee him again; hut the

heroic spirit Survived, and a few months after I saw him
in the ranks of his command with his rifle on his shoul-
der. He hailed me with: “I am all right again.”

Should he he alive, and see this. I am sure he will not
fail to remember the occasion.

Devotion of Noble Women of Shenanhoaii Vai.i . \ .
The same evening after what has just been related I
was standing at a mill having some flour loaded for the
army when the miller asked me to what command 1 be-
longed. I told him Hood’s division — we all felt proud
of our division, He remarked: “One of your regiment
is up at my house, there on the hill, dying.” 1 ran up
there as soon as possible, and found Lieut. Puller, of
Company T, Fifth Texas. When I went into his room
he was lying in the arms of the dear old mother of the

family. He al Bed me and introduced me to

the family, ami said: Tiny tell me I am about to die.”
I wa- BO surprised to witness BUch devotion to him, a
Btranger, that I could hardly answer him. This dear
edd mother and her daughter were weeping as if he were
ther. It was one of th incidents

of my life. Such was the devotion of those g 1 people

of the Shenandoah Valley to the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia. The poor fellow was dead in about one hour
from the time I got to him. Should this meet the eyes
of the members of his old company from Independence,
Tex . it will be a source of pleasure to them to know he
wa- kindly cared for and had a Suitable burial. I am
sorry I cannot recall thi ii family

MEMORIAL I’W

I’ C tVfr/BPHi Slippery Rock Normal, Pa for the
history class, writes this record for the North

To the South belongs the credit of having established
“in- of the most touching customs that ha- ever u
out of war — namely, that of decorating soldiers’ irraves.

Daring the time the war lasted, the people of the

South -uttered bitterly, and thousands of her bra-

men an I most promising youths fell in baft I in

e in.

It was a long night in which the death angel flew
over the land and when af last dawn appeared it was
‘id he had touched the firstborn of nearly every
hold in the laid
The bra’ nth. hov ft, behind

them wives, mothers, and 1 devotion was im-

perishable
These devoted w< order to show that they

cherished t h ‘ a hlisled the cus-

tom of strewing flowers on the graves of their dead sons
and heroes, and since the war have devoted one day of
1 year to honoring their dead by placing chaplets “I
laurel and flowers on then It was natural that

sinh a strife bet ween North and South would une

bittcrin in the history of the world

were hostilities bo amicably settled and the lines of en-
mity so completely eradicated The conflict included

mighty issues, but. being ended, both sections taught by

word ami deed. “with malice towa and charity

for all.”

\ml when Johnston and Buckner walked arm in arm
with Sherman and Sheridan as pallbearer- at the fui
al of (Jrant. they “reflected the grander heroism of
peace” which only the soldiers of America can portray.
When the Southern women, after sorrowfully decorating
the graves of their own soldi) : to those of the

Union dead an 1 placed flowers upon th< ir graves, they
exemplified that maternal affection which is grander
and more lasting than patriotism. In each glorious
springtime throughout our land. North and South, lov-
ing hearts come with willing hand- to strew sweet flow-
er- above the dust Of heroes — some who sleep in (jray
ami some in blue — but all Americans. This i- not a trib-
ute to the glories of warfare, hut shows that revenge
has tied from the presence of the lily, and the -weet per-
fume of the rose stifled all hatred.

As the garlands are laid on the grassy mounds, they
teach us lessons of’ faith and hope and charity and fra-
ternity, for the Eternal through his messengers of pu-
rity and fragrance proclaims the loveliness of a univer-
sal brotherhood.

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THRILLING W\l: EXPERIENCES.

N. B Hogan, Springfield, Mo., writes of heroii

I heartily indorse the suggestion made by the Galves-
ton News that the Veteran establish a department of
history, bo i hat coming general ions of our posterit y may
know the truth concerning our great war.

Let U-. by all mean-, call ii the Confederate war. It
was not a rebellion in any sense, but was fought to
maintain legal and constitutional rights of sovereign
States confederated together for the common defense of
the homes and families of a great and brave people.

Joshua Brown is wrong in supposing that Col. F. G.
Skinner is the only infantry officer who slew a Federal
soldier with the Bword. Lieut. Mickey, of Company I,
Eleventh Alabama Infantry, while the entire regiment
was engaged in a desperate hand to hand combat with
Mil alls Pennsylvania “Bucktails” at Frazier’s Farm.

on Monday, June 30, 1863, was eonfi ted by a Federal

captain who used both pi-i<>l ami sword in trying to
slay the lieutenant. In this hat tie every man was a
hero, and Mickey with flashing sword was in the front.

After receivings ball from the captain’s pistol in the
right arm, a sword thrust in the cheek, and a cut which
laid bare, the skull bone on the crown of the head, Lieut.
Miekey made a desperate thrust with his bright and
flashing sword which penetrated and passed clear
through the body of the gallant captain, who staggered
back and in a moment fell a lifeless corpse among the
hundreds of slain who lay on the ensanguined field.

At the field hospital thai nighl I saw Lieut. Mickey,
who was passing among the wounded boys giving them
words of encouragement and telling id’ tin’ deeds of val-
or performed in the terrible struggle, and little did I
think that in a few days his brave spirit would yield to
the inroads of blood poisoning upon Ins manly form and
take its flight to another world. lie died in the hospital
at Richmond, lamented by the whole regiment. Com-
pany 1 was called the •• Yellow – Dogs” on account of
their uniforms being made of copperas-colored goods, and
no better fighters ever went upon the Meld. 1 think
that their captain. Hell, was killed at Brazier’s Farm.

Another instance of bravery which came under my
own observation in thai battle is wort by of place here.
When force. I Lack from the Federal battery, as related

in a former article, Bill Mcintosh, a messmate of mine
in Company A. Eleventh Alabama, look shelter behind
the Only tree which stood in the old field, and Only about
seventy-five paces from the battery. Weigher’s Federal
Irish Brigade had been tin-own against us. ami pressed
upon us as we gave back, and. being fought stubbornly,
their progress was slow One big, burly fellow, seeing
Bill at the tree, made a lunge with bis bayonet ; but the
wiry Bill threw himself forward, making a kind of

semicircle of bis body. SO thai the irishman missed his

mark; but his bayonet became fastened between the car-
tridge box bell and tin- back of tb.- Confederate, and,
while trying to disengage it, Mcintosh said: “Givemea
fair show.” ■• Be jabers, an’ Oi’ll give ye a fair show;”
and as the sentence was finished a puff of smoke
from Mcintosh’s Enfield, and tin- Irishman’s brains
moistened the already crimson soil.

While this was going on I was reloading mv miiskel
in order to go to the rescue of m\ comrade. At this
moment Evans’s South Carolinians bounded forward
with a yell, and our coin bine. I forces swept tin- field and
almost annihilated the famed “Irish Brigade” and Mc-
Call’s entire division. The genera] was taken prisoner.

To show the desperate character ot the battle of Fra-

ziers Farm, I give a li-t of my < many killed — viz..

Capt. ‘P. II. llaleomi’. James Crawford, John Fifer, Sam
Carter. John Jolly, Charlie McNiel, Billy McNeil, II.
Rogers, T. F. Floss, aid Thomas Wade. Thomas Pearl

received a ball in the hip joint from the effects of’ which

In- never recovered, and died a few year- after the war.

Very few of the company were wounded, which shows
that tin’ conflict was most terrific. More heroism was

not displayed on any battlefield of the war. I have a
roster of my old company which may be of sufficient in-
terest to be worthy a place in the VETERAN. It -hows

the fate of each member.

Tiik Old II bnri Hoi -i
I am surprised at tin- statement of Miss Sue Monroe

that the old Henry house, on the battlefield of Manas-
sas, still stands. It was an old house when 1 saw it on
July 21, 1861, the day of the battle. I was there a -bort

time after the yankees left for Washington City, and

saw the body of Mrs. Henry a- it lay on a bed in the
northeast corner of a shed room. 1 was then a little
past seventeen years of age, and the impression made on
my young mind has never been removed during all
these years. I was told that the old lady had re-
ceived three wounds, one in tb.- neck, ,-ide. and ankle
each. I examined the ankle and neck wounds. Miss
Monroe says five balls struck the old lady. Many
wounded Confederates and yankees were in the bouse
and yard. A negro woman and white lady were mak-
ing tea and giving it to the suffering men, and I think
there was a negro man also assisting with the wounded.
A few steps southwest of the house sfooil an old shed in

which I found a yankee soldier whose breast had been
pierced by a ball which had gone clear through the body.
The poor fellow was gasping for lite, and burning up for
water. I gave him from my canteen all he could drink,
and told him he was desperately wounded and I saw no
chance for his recovery. This seemed 10 arouse him. his
eyes flashed with new life, and with an oath he informed
me that he would get over it and meet me on some other
field. I left him with the conviction that he had re-
ceived his death wound, and never saw him again.

A short distance cast of the Henry house bad been
planted the celebrated Sherman Battery, over the pos-
session of which the New York Zouaves and the Fourth
Alabama Regiment had such a desperate encounter,
The Alabamians annihilated the Zouaves and captured

the entire battery. When I saw the spot, an hour or
two after the slaughter, if presented a terrible sight.
M.-n ami horses were piled in the utmost confusion, and
the ghast ly spectacle was sickening to one so young and
unaccustomed to seeing such awful slaughter.
The scenes on the field, where the Southern soldiers

displayed such wonderful valor and heroism, are still
fr.-sb in memory alter I he laps.- of 1 birlv-f hive years.

I represented Col. I.. C. Campbell Camp a1 Birming-
ham, and cast our three votes for the Veteran. Why-
are they not recorded ?

I do not see ours in the list of Camps. Capt. St. F.
C. Roberts is Commander, and N . 15. Sogan Adjutant.

Decoration Hay was observed here with appropriate
ceremonies. There was a huge gathering.

We have here the only Confederate cemetery in Mis-
souri. Our Camp, in conjunction with the Daughters of
the Confederacy, is making an effort to raise money to
creel a suitable monument. Will the readers of the

Veteran -end us a contribution for that purpose?

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GREEN FIELDS AND GIIW

BY LILLIAN ROZ1 i 1 Mi>-rv.EII. WABHIHOTON, D

The question is often asked. ■■ Why are the songs and
ballads once constantly Bung by the Southern troops so
seldom beard nowadays by the Southern people and sur-
vivors of 1 be great war? ”

The question is w * ■ 1 1 put, and in its answer may lie a
like reason and cause w bj there are yel no greal memo-
rial stones erected by tln< people, marking the place of
the first terrible conflict which gave them splendid vic-
tory — the first battle of Manassas

Thus we stood musing in the bright May day on the
sacred soil of the old field where on July 21, 1861, the
Bcenes of the American Waterloo startled the world.

Strange thai in days long prior t” the Civil War the
name of tliis locality was Waterloo, but knon □ now only
as Bull Run.

It was with mingled if •■>”• Borrow, and al-
most dread that we approached the brown tram.’ b< >-

stead, the Mecca of the old field This is not the orig-
inal house partly destroyed on the day of battle, I
fragments were ultimately taken by soldiers tor barracks.

I’i –jiite the gleam of SWeel May air and sunshine, a

THE HENRY ROUSE, V- PUBLISHED IN JEFFERSON imyi-s
“SHORI HISTORY.”

gray mirage arose about field and hollow- gray shaded
with softest blue — tor this land had Keen kneaded with
the blood and hones of men fallen in battle. Even now
at every step a phantom form seemed to rise and whis-
per. ” It is well.” The May winds, dallying with roses
on two graves in the yard, marked by marble tablets
suitably inscribed, were none the less sweet ami tuneful
because the cruel strokes of war had laid the sleepers
low ami hushed the mother- voice forever. This moth-
er, Mr-. Henry, was killed on tin- first day of the fight,
being wounded three times as she lay in bed an invalid.
We were cordially received in this house, which stands
in the midst of this most historic field, commanding a

grand view of twelve square miles of battle ground
The primitive dwelling, the yard and its sacred shrines,

and other mark- of a tragic past, made this place to us
one greal mausoleum.

Mr. Henry, the aged sou who received us. is the last
ot his (dan. and lives alone with his ‘Man Friday.” He
revere- the home and its history. He was very obliging
in pointing out places on the field and refreshing our
memory With well-stored !;>

Entering the Lnclosure, full of grasses and roses, the
first pathetic Bight to greet us was the gravestone on
the mother’s resting place Could the dying woman
have only known that her tomb would be in such a spot
— the home owned by her people one hundred and fifty
and guarded by a loyal son — surely she would
have pa— ed from earth doubly reeoi
from the left of the entrance ■ tablet points to where
Wade Hampton was wounded; while hard by, like a gray
rugged finger of fate among the flowering Bhrubs, is the
trunk e which was riddled with bullets the

day of the first hat tie A little southeast of the dwelling

is a rude but effective numenf of rough BtOne Mocks

piled in pyramidal form, flanked by huge cannon halls.

which marks “where patriots fell.” The old citizens

say that those interred there were Georgians Some

slender locust i tall grasses in mute sympathy

throw- tender veils of ffreen about the solemn -cue
Passing on, the fit tyer and dim,

; are shown the spots where Bartow unsay,

and hosts I The : with

phantom wings and tie heroes ‘

On th<- vision. The mind could easily picture th<
of the day of that first dread battle, could see almost
the red dying sun touch the reddened field that sad

lid not 1 1
hear, and tell tO the qu lOTTOrs of that

sight’ Acre- piled with hundi- The

ruby-red sunlight set not only on th< d, hut on

many a precious life and bopi gone down Then a few
fragments of light and tender summer wind- came and
vainly touched tie dead and dying, hut went away
again into the welt lit shadows. That eve the

1 11 in tattered cloud- saw not her beams in yonder

-mam beneath the clump of trees, for it was dim and
-tamed with human blood.

Mr. Hei and movemei

the armies on that great battle day. If i-rate

lines drawing toward the Federal forces like the closing
of a pair of shears The positions of the armies were
reversed, yet the result was the same Listening to Mr.
Henry a- he talked, we could hut reflect how trni
that as light enters the mind hatred and malice

leart . ‘I 1 genial manner, a -w

quiet spirit evidenced in the aged watcher by thi- tomb,
the old field and its nomi Mi- words are full of mean-
ing and pathos, and long after spoken you feel that ver-
ily he had seen in the red flames of war that message
which said that the human shackles and fetter- must
be broken.

I’re-cntly Mr Henry pointed 11- to the broken base ot
a -mall shaft resting on the spot where I. en. Bartow was
killed. Soon after the conflict this modest stone was
erected, only to he torn down by ruthless hands of van-
dals. Not many rods distant a tablet tells that here tell
Joseph E. Johnston’s chief of staff. Col. Thonia- fon-
der is where fieri, .lack-on stood with his legion when
lli’ti. Hee called him the -tone wall. Another tablet
marks where Col. Fisher, of North Carolina, was killed.
Nearly every flower decks th< Bpot when some brave
warrior fell and passed to immortality.

Did the spirit of the old chevaliers and heroes depart
from our land with the slain on these battlefields?
Then let us pray for a reincarnation for the best, espi –
cially in behalf of the majority who throng the capital
of our nation.

27

C( >NFEDERATE VETERAN,

There are great truth- ih.it pitch their shining tents

deour walls; and though but dimlj
In the >:ray dawn, they “ill be manifest
When the le-‘lit widens into perfect day.

When standing on t be spot baptized by so much blood
of brave men, as their leaders called out in death, ” Nev-
er give up! and you think of their faith, their heroism,
:i- the wings of the invisible seem to brood over the Bod,
does it 1 1 > • t strike your thoughtful, grateful mind that

this nation should erect here greal me rial arches or

obelisks, or beautiful terraced mounds, flower wreathed,
and planted with rare trues, thus in Borne sort to hallow
more in a tangible manner this place of sacrifice?

[f you have been in the conflict and fell the terrors,
the splendors, the agoin of such a doom; or have looked

on the field of the dead after such a battle as this one.
you can well believe tbilt war is the crudest thing under
the shining skies. And the wise man of the present
will add with Victor IIul’o: “There is only one power,
conscience, in the service of justice; there is only one
glory, genius, in the service of truth.”

The light which conic- from the old field of slain he-
roes is not from the conquering steel, of bayonet, nor
echoes of artillery : it is from truth’s thunderbolt. And
to-day. standing by tin- mausoleum of victor and van-
quished, the people will again cry out in their higher as-
pirations for right: -‘Since night issues from the thrones

fpOWer), let the light come from the tombs.”

CONFEDERATE MATTFRS IN ARKANSAS.

Mrs. .1. G. Woodeupf, Secretary of the Ladies’ Memo-
rial Aid Society, Little Rock, Ark.:

A- your paper comes each month laden with articles
of great interest from other parts of the South, perhaps

you would like to hear what is being done in Arkansas.
Five years ago some ladies organized a Ladies’ Memo-
rial Aid Association. Its object was to take care of the
much-neglected cemetery, where lie buried many Con-
federate soldiers. With the assistance of some of the
surviving Confederate veterans we obtained a deed to
the land, tjuitc a large sum of money was subscribed
by gentlemen, and the ladies had several entertainments,
realizing an amount sufficient to inclose the grounds in
a substantial stone wall on two sides, an iron fence on
the third, the adjoining National Cemetery wall form-
ing t he fount ll side.

The Almighty hand is slowly removing traces of the
war from the face of nature, but there are still the sears
won in battle and wounds in the heart which nothing
can erase here. The wind and rain level the fortifica-
tions of earth and tin- grass covers with its living green
the mounds raised over the dead, but the living bear
ever with them memories of lost loved ones and voices
never to be heard again on earth.

Our cause was just, or our brave ones would not have
been sacrificed.

The entrance is spanned by an iron an b, t he pillars of
which are of granite. Over the center of the arch is a
shield with stacked muskets; at each end arc sheathed
sword- crossed, and “Confederate” the length of the
arch in gill letters. We hope in the Dear future to erect
a monument to the memory of our fallen braves.

Our last Decoration Day was a complete success. A
salute of forty-four guns was fired by the artillery, and
two companies of infantry fired their muskets over the

graves. The procession of soldiers and citizens in their
carriages reached a mile in length, while from every di-
rection people on horseback and on fool came to -well
the crowd, -bowing thai the interest in the memorial
services was great, a- it should lie.

1 wish you would have a regular department for the
ladies. Many interesting things occurred during the
war while the “boys” were all gone to the army which

onlv w e w omen can tell.

Qt UK Wit oi Bishop Polk. — Bishop Polk is said by
the Youth’s Companion to have told a story whereby grit

and wit saved him from capture at 1’erryville, Ky.

About dark, shortly after the arrival of Liddell’s

brigade, I observed a body ol’ men whom I believed to
be Confederates standing at an angle to this brigade
and tiring obliquely at the newly arrived troops.
“Iiear me.” said I. “this is very -ad. It must be
stopped.” So I turned round, but could lind none of
my young men. who were about on various message- 1

determined to ride up myself and settle the matter. I

cantered up to the colonel of the regiment, a-ked him in
angry tones what he meant by shooting at his friends,
and ordered him to cease doing -o at once. ‘I don’t,
think there can be any mistake about it.” he said, with
Some surprise. “I am sure they are I he enemy.”
“Enemy! I said. -Why, I have only just left them
myself, (.’ease tiring, sir! What is your name, sir?”

” My name is Colonel , of the ; and pray, sir,

who are you?” Then for the first time, I saw to my
astonishment that he was a Federal, and that I was in
the rear of the Federal lines. I knew there was no hope
but in brazening it out. my dark blouse and the inoreas
ing obscurity befriending me, so I approached quite close
to him. shook my fist in his face, and said: “I’ll soon
show you who 1 am. Cease tiring at once!” I then
turned my horse and cantered slowly down the line,
shouting in an authoritative manner to the Federals
to cease tiring.

THE LARGEST CONFEDERATE (‘AMI’.

T. O. MooIlE, who was of tin- Seventh Texas Infantry,
reports a reunion at Dublin:

Comanche, Tex., September 1.’!. 1894.— The Krath and
Comanche ex-Confederate Associations, numbering
twelve hundred members, held their annual reunion at
Dublin, Erath County. Tex.. August 7. K. and It. It was
not as largely attended a- usual, owing to the hard I imes,
but the meeting was a success in every Other way. The
next reunion will be at Stephenville, Erath County, in
August next. The following officers were elected for
the year: L. E. Celled, of Dublin, President; T. O.
Moore and L. Young, of Comanche, Vice Presidents;
McD. Reil, of Stephenville. Secretary: and .1. D. St.

Clair, of Alexander, Treasurer.

The last day of the meeting was devoted to the Unit-
ed American Veteran Association, which was very en-
thusiastic. The association perfected its organization,
and now has a charier from the Slate. A large number
of the gray and blue joined. The following otlicers were
elected’: J. T. Harris, Thurber, President; J. N. Shafter,
Eagle I’ass, and L. F. Ccllett. Dublin, Vice Presidents;
William Christian. Stephenville. and.).. I. Kgar, Dublin,
Secretaries; I!. II. McCain), I Miblin, Treasurer.

Comrade Moore concludes with hopeful words for the
Veteran.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

271

GEN. L. A. AEMISTBAD AND R TYLEB JONES.

Slits. Skmi’i.k, of Washington, D. C, daughter of
President Tyler, is ardently loyal to the South. She
takes pride in t lie army record of her nephew, Robert
Tyler Jones, grandson of President Tyler, ami ■-ends to
the Veteran his picture with the account thai he wrote
some time ago of one of the must thrilling engagements
recorded in the history of the great Confederate war

I had been detailed as one of the Color guard men,
and the position of commander of the color guard “‘as
held by ihe gallant Blackburn, who fell early in the
charge. The error of your correspondent may have re-
sulted from the following circumstances We had bei n

ROBERT TYI.KH

lying upon our faces in a broiling July sun for several
noun, with the artillery playing over us, when the or-
der came from the valiant Armistead Rise, men.” I
shall never forget the scene. For hours we bad watched
the hero as he moved with easy step in front of our line,
surveying the field and marking the effect of the cannon-
ade. Once 1 rose upon my feet, when be ordered me to
lie down: and when I had justified myself by his own
example, he replied : ” Yes, but never mind me: we want
men with guns in their bands. Now, as his stentorian
voice rani; like a bugle blast in the air. every man rose
to his feet like clockwork, our line representing the pre-
cision and regularity of a dress parade. Armistead took
bis position right in front of the flae-. which was held by
Blackburn. Then, drawing his sword in a manner pecul-
iar to himself, he exclaimed in words of thrilling im-
port as he waved it above bis head: “Men. remember
what you arc fighting for! Your homes, your firesides,
and your sweethearts! Follow me!”

AY ho could have refused to follow him as be unloosed
his collar, threw away bis cravat, and placed his old
black hat upon the point of his sword and held it high
in the air. and walked with measured step toward the

enemy? The enemy opened with redoubled fury upon
our exposed ranks, but all that Armistead said as the
es of death m rful gaps in our advancing

mils was • steady, men’ steady'” Blackburn soon
fell, and then another and another of the guard. The
Bag lay prone upon the field, shot from some gallant
band, when I took it up and shook its folds in the air.
Still onward we went, amid storm- of shot and death
until, just as we made our dash and raised the
yell,” Armistead, who bad kept ahead of his line all the
way, said tome “Sun ahead, Bob. and (beer them upl”
iyed and passed him, aid shook the flag over my
bead. Then the “wild chai In the excite-

111 1 only knew that 1 had reached the
fortifications, when, feint from the loss of blood du<
shot iii the head. I fell. My flap was found grasp
the band- of Gen. Armistead, who fell within thi
•\cirk- among bis guns

We all know the result of that day. Armistead, the

hem. fell in the very arms of victory, having penetrated

beyond the fortification- 0u1 of sixty-five men in the

Charles City company, to which I belonged, but five

iped death or capture.

My own comrade- did me more honor than 1 deserved
I was promoted to the position of ensign and
mander of the color guard of the 1 with the

rank of first lieutenant, and 1 appreciated the honor all
the more, as I believe the rank of ensign had not e-

. the commander of the color guard previously
having taken rank as sergeant

I trust Mi Editor, you will look with a lenient • ve
over flic personal features of this narrative, which in
some degree were unavoidable. I would ha\c -pared
the public these details had I not been called upon by
name in your paper. But I would even risk the charge
tism if the opportunity has been embraced to do
honor to the brave Armistead, Avlett. Martin, and
Blackburn, and the thousand other brave fellows who
their names that day at G< on the eternal

tablets of fame.

.1 I> Bathes, Terrell, Pi My first experienc.

vidette was at Spanish Port, near Mobile, Ala., where I
met a Federal midnight .and swapped half of a

plug of tobacco for half a pint of ‘lee Our

were in thirty or forty yards of each other. We
could talk and joke in a very low tone That yankee
belonged to the Forty-eighth Ohio Regiment, and his
name was Thompson. I then belonged to the Twenty-
Llabama Regiment, My coffee did me no good, for

1 was severely wounded the next day. I had started
from our breastworks to go after the rations for my
company, which were being oooked under a bluff half a
mile in the rear of our breastworks Shot and shell were
coming over as thick as hail. But O those rations!
I started out with my coffee in hand to gel it parched
and a pot of if made by the cook. When about two
hundred yards from the breastworks 1 was -hot down
and my coffee scattered in every direction. Tb
CUTTed just before sundown I lay where I fell until
eleven o’clock that night. Then I was picked up and
carried to the amputating table where the hall ws
tracted. I was put on fop of a steamboat by the pilot
bouse and sent to Mobile. When we pot there the
blood had run full ten feel to the gutter and had el
in it tor two feet. ] was too weak to even bat my eyes’
much less move a single limb. Thank God. I am yet
alive, and able to work for my family and the Veteran.”

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

<Ibc Confederate Veteran.

On« Dollar a Year. S. A. CUNNIrlGHHm, Editor.

OFFICC IN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILOINQ. CHURCH ST.

Tin* publication il property of 8. A. Cunningham. All per-

sons w ho approi e such –

Associmt h, are requested to coi nd

ami to it.

The Daughters of the Revolution are bringing to
lighl much of valuable history. Ladies who have had
only vague idea- of their relationship to heroes of our
earlier war- now and then gel valuable data through
aged ancestors in other sections. .Mrs. Jane Stuart
Stockard Long, daughter of Col. John Stockard, who did
valiant service in the war of 1812, writes from the an-
cestral home in North Carolina to .Mrs. A. 15. Beach, of
Tennessee, who was Miss Sarah Stockard. in which she
stale- that the Stockards and Trousdales were among
the braves! ami the truest in the war tor independence.
.lane – Stockard and the lather of Gov. Trousdale were
brothers-in-law and foughl side by side in the battle of
Guilford Courthouse. After the War of 1812 Col.
John Stockard was elected to the Legislature of his
Stale seventeen times in succession. In the letter
she states: “The little log house in which the father
of Gov. Trousdale lived during the Revolutionary War
is still standing in this (Alamance) county. In this
bouse Gov. Trousdale was born, and from it the fam-
ily moved to Tennessee when the Governor was yet a
boy. This son was afterwards a soldier in the war of
1812, under Jackson at New Orleans. He wasalso in the
I ndian and Mexican Wars, and was repeatedly wounded —
twice in the battle of Chcpultepee. He was made a gen.
cral on account of his gallant military conduct, and
there is a monument to him at Gallatin, Tenn. I’m too
old to take much interest in such things, but I shall ever
i’eel a just pride in my ancestors, and feel it to be a
Christian duty to keep alive the fires of patriotism.
Every true mother will teach her children to love God,
love home, love family and native land.”

Many interesting incidents are related by visitors to
the Vkteiian office that would be printed it’ they should
come in manuscript. The story of Mr. G. F. Bush in
the August number is an illustration. An old gentleman
with ruddy, smooth face called recently, laid a dollar on
the desk, and said : ■■ I want the Vktkkan another year. ”
The strange face was plea-ant to see. and his name is
H. W. Compton. His residence is a few miles south-
west of the city, and many a Confederate who is famil-
iar with the ■■ I lompton Hills” knows of the tine property
this gentleman inherited, and upon which he was born
eighty-one years ago. Accepting the courtesy of a seat,
Mr. Compton chatted cordially. He mentioned the re-
markable incident that of fourteen nephews who went
into the war for the South, but three ever returned.
Mr. Compton Was a bachelor until he was sixty-three
years old. Three of his four daughters are in school.

Mil .1 1′. M m 1. 1.. of Elmore, Ala., who was in Tonnes-
reunion time, paid bis respects to the Veteran.
II •■ told of how he practiced Bwimming at Point Look-
out, Md.. with a view to Bwimming aero– Chesapeake
Bay. II’ practiced until he could stay in the water aa
long as eight hours without touching bottom, and was
about making the attempt ; but short and shorter rations
caused him to lose rather t han to gain, bo he finally gave

il up, lie believed that he could swim the twenty mile-

and more, for in physical development, with great
Btrength at eighteen year-, and one hundred and ninety
pou ii< Is weight, he believed him -elf to be i he equal of any
man in t he army. Ee not onlj wanted to get away from
prison, but to see t he girl who afterwards became hi- wife.

‘I’ll k llussellville reunion, being that of the < >rphan Bri-
gade, ami of Kentucky Confederate-. September I. was
characterized as one of the pleasantest and most harmo-
nius gatherings ever witnessed. Of the ten thousand
persons, there was no evidence of dissipation nor ill feel-
ing. Speeches were usually short ami interspersed with
thrilling and pathetic music, concluded with ” My Old
Kentucky Home.” There was surprise that the manage
ment had prepared abundant dinner for so great a mul-
titude, but there was not only enough, but almost a score
of untouched carcasses. It was a Kentucky welcome
and a Kentucky feast.

During the Kussellville reunion there were a number
of distinguished Veterans at the residence of iMaj. .1.
B. Briggs, and Gen. John B. Gordon was requested to
tell of his experiences with a Federal officer, which he
has embodied in his lecture, and in declining he said: ” I
had rather tell you of my sensations when wounded
at Sharpsburg. That was one of the most thrilling and
awful places I was ever in. Gen. Lee rode up to my
command, and said that the fighting to the right and left.
then in progress, would continue, but that it would be
much worse in my front, and that I must bold my posi-
tion. He said he could not reenforee me. It was the
salient point, and I told him we would stay there. By
and by the Federals appeared in our front, only a few
few hundreds yards away. The front line, with fixed
bayonets, were advancing at the position of charge; the
other three lines, all with fixed bayonets, were at shoul-
der arms, with not a gun loaded. In storming a place
it is the rule to carry empty guns. Their color hearer was
mounted, and the bright flag, the glistening bayonets,
and the soldiers, moving forward with the precision of
machinery, made a magnificent picture. My men re-
served their tire, as directed, until the enemy was very
near, ami then such havoc was hardly ever seen. They
wen repulsed, when their second, third, and last lines

were put into the breach successively.”

‘fhe General then described his many wounds, in their
order, when that one which has ever been conspicuous in

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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his face caused him to think lie was < len-1 . Be fell that
all the top of his head was gone, that but a part of One
jaw only waa lefl him, and thai only pari of his tongue
remained. His meditations were very impressive. He
greatly surprised that his mind could so contem-
plate his condition in death. He began I >phize
about it, and concluded to try to move his leg, about the
only part ol his body that had not been Bhot. In the
attempt he was successful, and then with a shudder he
began to explore the region where his head had been, and
realized that it was still connected with the body.

The question was asked the General, if it were I
gone over again now. would the men 1»- a- steadfast un-
der tire as in their young manhood He said that he
\\”iild have to consider before answering; that he bim*-
ivaa not the man that he was, and then recalling
the fiery ordeals he said with animation: “Why, I rode
on the clouds! ‘ 1 1 i- magnificent career as a commander
under Lee makes the remark fitting. He had hardly
finished telling how he felt about it when this V<
requested to be heard in answer, and it was Yea; the
men who endured so much and risked bo much and have
.shared the glory would nol shrink from martyrdom now
if put again to similar tests

Another topic of conversation was as to presentiments
of death. Hen. Gordon’s brother, Col. Augustus Got
don. told him before entering his fatal battle thai he
would be killed. The brother remonstrated with him,
and begged him to pul off -ueh a thought; hut the hero
while cheerful as usual, said thai he expected to be
killed the next day; and he was. The General had
other evidences of remarkable significance, bul he had
been spared until upon getting an order to storm a fori
the following morning at daylight, he ooncluded that
his time had come. He was bo impressed with the pre
sentimenl thai he called from their sleep membei
his staff and had them help gel his affairs in order. The
morning came, the charge was ordered, and to his sur-
prise the yankees had all gone in the night.

Comrades W. H. Thompson and George Whitaker,

Sr., of Goldtwhaite, Tex., have furnished the Vr
with a lengthy and interesting account of tin- recent re-
union held at that place. The address of welcome was
by the venerable Col. 1». II. Triplett. J. F. Grubbs, of
the younger generation, followed in an eloquent tribute
to Confederate valor ami devotion. Messrs. Doughty,
Sexton, Joe F. Brown, J. L. Lewis, and Adjutant Doyle
were of the other speakers. Resolutions of thanks for
various favors by individuals, and for the adoption of the
Veteran as official organ were adopted, and Comrade
George Whitaker was appointed to receive and forward
subscriptions. He also promises some thrilling reminis-
cences in his own war experience. He expects to write
of the gallantry of the late Gen. Tom Green, who fell
during a charge upon three gunboats below Alexandria.
La., in 1864. He states that he has always thought that
justice has never been done to his memory.

he 18th of September the monument of Hai
scouts -who were killed in battle wa- unveiled at Can.
ton. Mi– The name- of the lead patriots are inscribed
upon the shaft, which is elegant and beautiful. Two of
the iivii Hone Wiley X. Nash an; –

Mi– Georgia Goodloe
Bung the ” Confedera : iposed by her father.
James I. Goodloe, one of tin’ company, the music of
which was written by a yankee.’ and all puhlished in
the July Veteran U >rge Shelby, son ol
B. Shelby, another old scout, recited a ] m, com-
posed by .’ Preston Young, in reply to Mr. t.
now famous song; and Miss Pauline Priestley, a daughter

of Thomas pr mother of tie’ Bcouts, and lately de-

ceased, was t” recite tie “Confederate Scout,” writ-
and puhlished 1>\ Mr Goodloe in 1868, What an ini-
pressive occasion to the few survivors of thai cele
brated company, a- well a- to the people of < Janton, fn
which town and county many of the company enlisted I

\ stab from thi’ battle flag Pwelfth Mississippi

\ \ v.i framed and i- 1 1 su

the moii if tie following lines written byCapt.

; .1 Y LeCand, tie lasl adjutanl of ‘hat regiment,
and now Commander of Camp No 20, United Confi
erate Vet. ran-. Natchez V

Only a piece of banting; soiled by the weathei

■rthy who followed when’ it was horne;
Dirty,

No charm b day.

Its dav waa a time when herw

Amid flashing of cannon, « ben the air « as frangbt

With the groan- of the dying, and cries of pain

< if thousands of soldiers who li slain.

< >nly a star, dim and fallen, a “ling from sight —

a fair com in the darkness of night ;

■ will tell
( >f the rlecls ..f » the h >y- in gray,” who un lows fell.

A\ error occurred on u-t Vet-

eran in stating thai the tribute by Gen. Cleburne to the
” courage, skill, and endurance” of tin- Forty-eighth T<
i. j nt. while serving a- a battalion of sharp

-1 ters, wa- preserved by a private. Tie Veteran

ied from the original, which has h, by,

ami is the property of. Col. II. G. Evan-, command) i
that regiment. Tin- memorandum was confused with
that kept by a private in the Twentieth Tei

The Association of the Army ol Louisiana

Division, keeps regular working committees, and they
all meet the secoml Tuesday in each month. There are
ten officers, including the chaplain, Rev. Dr. B. M
Palmer. P. II. Brunei is President, and S. D. Stockman
is the First Vice President. The committees are named
in this order: Executive, Tomb Fund. Belief, Historical,
Finance, and Investigating.

Dr. X. AhAMs. of PreSCOtt Ark., writes of the Fourth
Arkansas Infantry some interesting reminiscences. ‘!■
wa- as-i-tant Burgeon and was wounded at Uurfn
boro. The loss to that regimenl wa- about forty per
cent, in killed, wounded, and prisoners

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TO Till. DEPARTING CONFEDEB \Ti: SOI I’ll RS

Bl -MOM JOUKSON, T1IIK. lt:\.

i im: by one they pass away.

( hross the river one by one;
And the shadows “f to-day

I larken the departing sun.
‘Tis a hero falling, Beeking

In eternity sweet rest,
While his country’s tears are reeking

Sorrow’s passion rends the bn
Of the chivalry and beauty

ili of Hixie’s magic line.

i Ine bj one the i inks are thinning,

A ie I a comrade falls to sleep.
Death invades our sanctum, winning

Jewels rare we lain would kei p
Jewels from the Southern cross,

Tried by ftres of deadly war.
Who shall recompense our loss?

Will their spirit- from afar

Whisper as – e consolation,

Minister at freedom’s shrine?

THE MAN AMi TIIK LAND.

Hon. JoSKPH B. ( ‘i KMING, of Augusta, at a reunion of
tin- survivors of the Fifth (ieorgia Regiment, saiil to
tin- comrades present:

It has been given out through the press that I was to
make an address to you to-day. The little I might have
to sav has heen heralded hy the high-sounding title of
“oration.” 1 am sorry that anything of this sort has
been done. It may have aroused expectations which I
cannot satisfy. 1 have prepared neither address nor
oration. I have had neither time nor inclination for
either. I hasten to remove any wrong impression which
this last expression may make. Of course I do not mean
to say that I am not glad we have met again, or that I
altogether regret we have survived. I mean only that J
have a poor opinion of “speechifying” at all times, and
especially at a reunion of men who were originally as-
sembled for deeds, not words. The men of words, as
such, were entirely out of place in those days, and men
of action were demanded by the exigencies of the hour.
Speech is a plentiful commodity at all times in this coun-
try — utterly worthless in such times as we are here to

commemorate, and entirely too ‘heap even in the piping
times of peace. The word ”address” is painfully sug-
gestive i” my mind of weary and bored audiences, and

‘•oration” conjures up at once the conventional Fourth
of July celebration, the glories of which have perceptibly
waned in these Latter times. Please dismiss all appre-
hension of either of these nuisances. Five minute– will
coverall the time I shall abstract from the pleasanter oc-
cupations of t he hour. The talk which used to run from
mouth to mouth around the camp tire, the humor and
the jest which enlivened I he bivouac, the light-hearted
chat which no weariness of the march, no shortness of

rations, no heat. DO cold. DO imminence of deadly COnflicI

could suppress — these be the appropriate occupations of

this Occasion; and an oration would be as much out of

place a- used to be the occasional black beaver bal that
wandered unwarily into a Confederate camp, and a gen-
eral outcry of “Fold up that oration” would not be- less
appropriate than our old familiar slogan, “Come down
out of that stovepipe.”

Hut it Beams that I am expected to say something, and
if I am to speak, too many solemn shadows rise before
ne as I turn my bee to the past — the (amp. the battle-
field — for me to be tempted into levity by the reminis-
cence of an old jest current in every Confederate camp.
1 shall endeavor to presenl a few serious thoughts, but
in doing so I shall not attempt to play the historian and

speak of foughten fields, however proud as a Fifth < reor-
gia man I may be of tbose memories. I prefer to con-
template the moral, the spiritual, the sentimental aspects

of those tremendous times.

Do I not voice the feeling of every Confederate heart.
or do I only speak for myself, when I say that that pe-
riod of my life is the one with which I am most nearly
satisfied? 1 take my own career as that of the average
Confederate soldier — nothing brilliant, nothing dazzling
in it, but a persistent, steady effort to do my duty — an
ctl’ort persevered in in the midst of privation, hardship.
and danger. If ever 1 was unseltish. it was then. if
ever I was capable of self-denial, it was then. If ever I
was able to trample on Belf-indulgence, ii was then. If
ever 1 was strong to make sacrifices, even unto death, it
was ill those days. And if J Were called upon to say On
the peril of my soul when it lived its highest life, when
it was least faithless to true manhood, when it was most
loyal to the best part of mail’s nature. I would answer:
“In those days when 1 followed von bullet-pierced flag
through its shifting fortunes of victory and defeat.”

I believe this would be the sentiment of every true

Confederate’. And what 1 say of the Confederate sol

dier is true also of the land he fought for. Those will
be noted — whether we consider all the past or in imagi-
nation scan all the future — as the days of its greatest
glory. Not the glory merely of victories of’ inferior
over superior forces, or of triumphs won by the weak
from the strong; but the glory of devotion and sacrifice.
The bright sky above us will doubtless in the years to
come look down on this country and see it far richer
than now — its hamlets grown into towns, its villages
into cities, primeval forests changed into fruitful fields,
its natural resources converted hit” accumulated wealth.
its population multiplied manifold. Hut if beyond anil
above this bending sky there resides an eternal Intelli-
gence that regards the hinds through all ages and meas-
ures the nations by other standards than t hose of wealth
and success, it will note that the time of this Southern

land’s true glory will not be those coming days of wealth

and teeming millions; but that time has been and was
when its cities were in ashes, it– fields were wasted, each

I nunc a house of mourning, and the smoke and the bl I

of sacrifice covered t he laud.

I know that such sentiments as I have been uttering
are not altogether popular and fashionable in these latter
limes. It has come to be considered the proper thing
to “shake hands across the bl ly chasm,” whatever

that high-sounding ceremony may be, and to “frater-
nize,” though (his latter performance seems to be fatally
associated with a great deal of sentimental twaddle.
Well, let them shake if they choose, there is no law
against shaking; let them fraternize if they will — how
beautiful it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.
But I lake leave to believe, oral least t” hope, that the
sent i incuts current on such occasions have t heir fountain
in the convivial punch bowl rather than in the loyal
Confederate heart: and I trust that on future occasions,
however much Southern men may appreciate courtesies,
and though the proprieties of the hour may impose reti-
cence of their real feelings, no expressions will be used

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to discredit this sentiment, which is. or ought t” be, in
every loyal Confederate heart. The North is rich and
powerful, but the South won greater victories than did
the North, and made sacrifices of which the North not
even dreamed. We are doI ashamed, but we are proud:
and if we have tears to shed, they are uot tears of repent-
ance for our sins.

Well, we have survived. This fact seems to be suffi-
ciently apparent. How many men, as good, a- true, as
brave as we, as worthy to live, have we survived! It
would be the con vent tonally proper thing to say we will
drop a tear to their memory. I have do such phrase to
use, nor any other which assumes as a necessary fad
that there is advantage in sur\ ival. How many a sailor

has ridden out the storm only t eel tidings of death

and desolation in the port! How many of ue recalling
some time and plaCi lly peril, where we had made

up our minds that we must fall, have not fell at times

that it would have I n better for as to have -link then

and there into a soldier’s grave? Who will be so pre
sumptuous as to -ay. when he recalls some comrade fall-
ing by his side, that the bullet which stretched him on
the field was not his truesl friend, clothing him then and
there with imperishable bonor, and providing him a last-
ing refuge from unnumbered ill-, from deadly 801T0W?
If I should use word- ,,f pity tor those honorable de-
parted, doubtless more hearts than one among you would
protest that envy, not pity, was the word. Hut whether
pity or envy, certainly HONOB — honor from the -urvivors
to those whom they survived

Tin-; ri;i\ \ it S0LD1EK

ADDRESS nv REV. nu. .1. wn.l.IAM loses. \\|. POEM i:y MRS. ionks.
[From Hi.’ Charlotte! <

Dr. .1. William Jones, Chaplain to the University of

Virginia, and Assistant Chaplain (General of the Tinted
Confederate Veteran-, began hi- brief address on Mon-
day 1 Memorial Hay | as follow –

“Ladies of the Memorial Association,
Ladies and Gentlemen: In doing me the honor ol invit
tag me to represent them on this occasion, our noble
women of the Memorial Association have bidden me to
do two things: first, to talk about the j

second, to talk ‘about ten minutes.’

” The tirst i- easy, for it touches my mind, mciuoiw . and
heart; and there is never an hour of the day or night
when I am not ready to talk of the ‘unknown and un-
recorded hero’ of the rank and tile of the Confederate
armies.

“But how shall 1 obey the second edict? how shall I
compress within a ten minutes speech the hallowed
memories of the brave old days id’ 1861-65, which come
trooping up as 1 stand on this spot, gaze on yon superb
monument, and recall the deeds of the patriot heroes
who, often with bare and bleeding feet, in ragged jacket
and with empty haversack, bore our tattered flag on the
forefront of a hundred victorious fields, and wrote on
brightest pages of American history the names that will
ne\ er die? ”

Dr. Jones spoke tirst of the splendid morale of the
private soldier of the Confederacy, and brought out and
illustrated the fact that the education, the moral worth,
the social standing, anil the real manhood of our South-
ern youth were in the ranks of the Confederate armies.

He showed what these men were by what they ac-
complished against overwhelming numbers and resourc-
es. He earnestly eulogized our great leaders: Jefferson

Davis, the state-nian. soldier, patriot, orator, and high-
toned Christian gentleman; Robert E I.e.. the pcclv
soldier and model man of all the centuries; Stonewall
Jackson, the very thunderbolt of war; .1 B. B. Stuart,
dashing, glorious “Jeb,” the flower <<t’ cavaliers: and
many other-, worthy comrades of these Hut he in-
sisted that the gallant and chivalric soldier, John B.
Ion. put it ju-t right when be wa- enthusiastically
■ red at an Army id’ Northern Virginia banquet, and
sprang to bis feet ami said: ” Comrades, you arc cheer-
ing the wrong man. You ought to cheer the men — the
private soldiers — who made (xordon.”

II. -aid that, while good officers mad. good so!
the reputation of our leader- nail

measure by the patient endurance, Bplendid ind

heroic eon race of our private soldiers and that the s,.
splendid victories won by the Confederate an
were largely due to the heroi – ol tie- rank &i

ll< bailed it as an auspicious omen that monum
were being erected to tti< alluded to

one in Richmond, and congratulated the ladies of ( !har-
lotteeville ami the beautiful monument to the private

Confederate soldiers they had unveiled one year B|

I do not know how better I can i lose tin- address, ut-
terly unworthy of its noble theme as I know it has been,
than by reciting a poem, writti illy forth

sion by a liti I lerate wnman. who has at least put

her heart into what -In- ha- writt

MAI I ‘ \ ■

A’ o.. r

M MR., t. will!
M.llloM.,

And in each loyal heart there burn-

Reeling sacred, p

to lienor fir-t OUT dead.
Who for ‘ .led.

i for us did endure.
Young so!

\.,H old. ‘

Around their i rades’ era>

T ey come, with firm and solemn tread,

To pay In-art tribute to t he .1.
These war-worn veteran line

With children’s children hand in band,

The yOUUg and old together stand

Around our honon
The young with fresh -print’ flower- api>ear:
The old bring hut the gathering tear:

With love each tribute’s paid.

We also, in appropriate way,
Now celebrate the natal day

ii lo\e<i chief and head.
Beside tin- .lame- be sweetly sleeps,
\ii,l igi) ever I ■

A iruard around his bed.

Then let us through all future time
Keep green these memories smblin

All covered o’er witli glory.

And let u- t ir children tell,

Of how they fought and how they fell.

For ’tis a wondrous story.

“Yes; it is a ‘wondrous story’ — not the miserable
stuff that the School Hoard at Charlottesville requires
our children to study in ‘Barnes’s Scl I History of the

United States,’ a yankee book that is utterly untruth-
ful and which you veterans and Sons of Veterans ought
to see kicked out of our schools, but flic real story of
•the men who wore the gray.’ Let that be told to our
children and our children’s children, and future genera-
tions will not be ashamed of our Confederate cause or of
the men who maintained it.’

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

THRILLING ANH AMUSING l.\ BNTS

Capt.J M.E of Kizer’s scouts, gives this thrill-

ing Btory. “Truth stranger than fiction.”

In February, 1864, Stroud, Fogg, Caldwell, and 1. un-
der Serg. Gates, were ordered on a bcouI to l””l< after a
Federal column which had crossed Tallahatchie River
al New Albany, Miss., and was raiding toward the Mo-
bile and Ohio railroad. We had been oul i\v.. daye and
nJLchts : the firsl day on the enemy’s righl Sank, passing
tn his rear at night; and the next day we kepi on his
left think, moving parallel with the column, guided by
the smoke of burning buildings thai marked bis course.
Late in the evening, having obtained the desired infor-
mation, we concluded to pass to the fronl of the column
and go to headquarters. It was getting dusk, and,
thinking we had got ten in fronl of ( be command, we rode
up to a house for the purpose of getting something to
eat. Gates dismounted, and gave me his bridle to bold
while he went in to prospect. When he had gotten near-
ly to the steps a lady mel him, when be raised hia cap
and said something aboul Confederate soldiers, and the
lady s ;i id; “For God’s sake, run! Leave here quick!”
Gates jumped up on the veranda, took a look over,
jumped down again, and struck a turkey trot for his
horse; hut before he could mount, a squad of Federals
dashed up to the opposite side of the garden and opened
fire on us. 1 never was inure surprised in my life. By
the time Gates had mounted I was ready and anxious
to move. My horse took the hit between his teeth and
let out down the road in dead earnest. For a consider-
able distance from the house the road led down aslant
in full view of the Yanks, who kepi up a pretty sharp

fire on us, some of I heir shots coming unpleasantly near.
About four hundred yards from the house the road made
an ahrupt turn, almost at a righl angle, and just at the
turn and immediately in front, stood a tree with a stout
projecting limb exactly tin’ righl height to catch a man
across the stomach. I saw it, hut could not check or
turn my horse, lie ran under the limit and kept on.
The limb caught me, lifted me up, and threw me down
in the road on my hack, and would have literally burst-
ed any man who had eaten anything within thirty-six
hours. Of Course the other tour must pass over me,
not having time to go around. I had fallen on my hack,
and when I turned over on my all fours the firsl horse,
instead of making a clear jump, struck me under the
arm with his fore feet, which knocked out the little re-
maining breath the fall had left in me. I don’t know
what happened for sonic- time, hut fell that, the other
three horses must have jumped on me with all of their
feet. I don’t know how I got away from there, hut I
Was headed downhill, and ran into a tree lop which
had fallen with the leaves on, and this offered me a
splendid hiding place, and I remained there until it was
quite dark. My horse, baggage, hat, pistols, were all gone ;
both spur– were broken, my left shoulder anil all the
ribs on the left side seemed to be broken, the skin torn
from the back of one hand, and I was spitting blood. I
turned my hack upon the enemy, and took up a line of
march which carried me to the hack yard of a farm-
house. The lady id’ the hOUSC said she beard the tiring,
and saw four ( “on federates and a loose horse pass there
at dark; two of them had lost their hats, and one of
them told her a comrade had been killed. She said the
bluecoats had been passing by there all evening, and
that 1 was in danger of being captured. ‘Phis brave

lady— God hlcss her!— went off in the dark across the tield
after her husband, who was at home on furlough from
the Virginia army, and hiding OUl while bis wife could
cook him some rations, lie took me to the house of
one of Gholston’s cavalrymen who was minding bis
stock in a camp, where I took up my quarters next
morning with safety. There I found Stroud, who bad
encountered the limb which bad upset me. hut with less

loss however, lie said he thought 1 was shot through

the bead and fell off my horse dead.

Again I must notice another brave deed of a true
Southern woman. I was lying on the floor before the
tire when she made a pallet for Stroud and told him to
lie down and she would awaken him at moonrise.
Stroud went to sleep, and when she aw oke us a little be-
fore day liedit . this good woman bad taken her ten-year-
old boy and gone to the place of our disaster and re-
turned with my shawl and pistols. Stroud’s hat. and
Gates’s red cap.

I remained several days in the camp of the kind man.

Forgetting bis surname, I will call him Jasper. I was

faring well in camp: bad gotten over my hurt except a
lame shoulder. The Federals bad gone out of bearing.
I had ventured out of the swamp, and was spending my
days at the homo of Mr. Jasper, lie bad two very nice
young lady daughters. This evening Mrs. Jasper bad
gone visiting, and 1 was keeping the young ladies com-
pany. One of them was sitting near the front window,
and in the course of our general talk remarked that she
wished she could see a yankee, as she had never seen
one. It so happened that in a few minutes she called to
me: ” Come to the window, quick. Fonder come some
men with blue clothes on and yellow stripes on them. See
if they are yankees!” I went to the window, and sure
enough, coming directly toward the house, in a gallop,
were six mounted Federals. 1 darted out ofthe hack win-
dow and toward a thicket in the rear. They Say me,
rushed their horses over the fence, drew their sabers,
and came upon me like a storm. I faced about and surren-
dered to six raw 1 Mitchinctl. belonging tO I he Second New

Jersey Cavalry. The sergeant, who could speak very

little English (the others could not speak a word), said:

“Halt derel you my breesner!” Then be asked: “You
vim soldier? ”

I replied. “I used to be;” and he said, •■ Ve dakes you
to Memphis.”

‘•That’s all right,” I replied. ■■ Let me sit down, please.
T am badly wounded and can’t stand very well. Soon
We went back tO the bouse and took seats on the steps.
Thej put up their sabers and ordered the young ladies
to get them something to eat. The sergeant continued
his examination, translating my answers to the others.

‘■ Who dot men vat runs cfer time veil we gOOms?”

■■ ( ruerrillas.”

■ Vy dey runs nvay. nut no fight?”
“They will fight when night comes. They have noth-
ing but shot guns, and can’t shoot as far as you can ; but
when it gets dark you had better look out; they will

slip up close and kill the last one of you, and me too, 1

am afraid.”

I went mi to tell them that there were two hundred
and fifty or more and pointed their locations as east,
west, and south. This brought on another Dutch con-
fab. Encouraged by their credulity, I actually scared
them into surrendering. I told the sergeant I wouldn’t
mind going with them to Memphis, that I wanted to get
OUt ofthe war. that iny uncle was the Mayor of Mem-
phis and a g I Union man, and when I got there he

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could get me paroled and I could make money; bul if I
went with them, the guerrillas would think I belonged
to their squad, and would kill me as well as them. This
caused any amount of jabber among them. Then the
Bergeant asked me if I could give them paroles. I told
them that if I were to capture them anil take them
to Gen. Forrest, be could parole them, and they could go
home and stav and draw their pay until the end of the
war. More Dutch jabber followed until one of the young
ladies came I” the door, and calling me Captain, said
tell them thai dinner was ready. When she called me
Captain, the sergeant saluted me and asked ?ou von
captain ?”

“Yes; I am one of Gen. Forrest’s captains.” They
loosed their hells, took off their sabera, laid them and
their carbines down in front of me, assembled before roe,
tools positions of Boldiers without arms, and held ii|> their
hands. The sergeant said : “Veyourbreesners; vevant
hat-ole; ve keep der horses.” I showed them into the
dining room, and went and -at on t he doorstep and v.
dered what a parole was like Lfter dinner I wrote parolee
for them, stating that guards and pickets should p

them from there to Memphis ‘>n g I behavior. Then I

directed each one to hold up his righl hand and make
oath to the ii’nth of the contents I began to feel
kindly | ?) interested in the boys, and gave them .-eh
I told the sergeant it would be dangerous for them t”
try to get through the country with their soldier cloth
and suggested that they exchange their blue clothes with
the colored people; that they could travel much bett
in citizens’ clothes. When they came out they were the
must ludicrous Bet of fellows 1 have overseen. Imagine

them in hoinemad tton ■-nits, worn and patched with

white wool, and homemade straw hats. Their mothers
would not have known them . – Before leaving, the
sergeant asked roe to go behind the smokehouse with
him. He produced a half-pint of tin besl peach brandy
I had ever lasted, and we drank fraternal friendship.

We shook- hand- all found, when they mounted and rod.’

away, leaving me the happiest man in the Southern Con-
federacy, unless it was the negro who Bwapped for the
sergeant’s fine cavalry jacket

I Bwapped their six sabers and tour carbines for a
horse, hade Mrs. Jasper and the young ladies farewell,
and moved on to the front. Two days afterwards Fogg
met a “ghost” when, during the fight at Prairie Station,
1 rode up to him and asked tor my horse. He and Mo-
Donald were having a dispute about the horse Fogg
claiming because he got hold of him after my suppoE
death. McDonald claimed him because he was a neigh-
bor, hut my unexpected appearance settled it.

CONFEDERATE CHAPLAINS

Thk following is copied from an original let ter. Some
singular deprivat ion- were bad by chaplains in the army,
of which the \ KTEiiAN is promised an accounl at an
early day. This letter is self-explanatory:

Rn hmond, V s.. April 19, 1864.
Rev. Charles II. Otkin, Rev. .1. B. Chapman, and Rev. W.

Mooney, Committee, Dalton, Ga.

Gentlemen: The President has received your letter of

March 9, and directed me to express to you his deep
sense of the importance of regular and earnest religious
instruction and consolation to our brave soldier-. He
does not presume to doubt the necessity of chaplains in
full number, and knows of no bar to the promotion of

SUCh from the ranks, On the other hand, he COM
the spirit which prompts minister- to volunteer as pri-
vates in the ranks and Berve their country in bo glorious
ami trying a position a- an earnest of their fitnesi
the duties of chaplain, where knowledge of the wants
a- well as zeal for the good of the required

The presence of a large number of these devoted men in
the ranks of the army ha- contributed greatly to elevate
and purify the religious tone and sentiment ofou
la nt soldiers, and while it may not he possible to pri
for all of these a- chaplain-, thus rendering necessary a
discrimination as to their claims, no intention exists to
ide them from receiving the sanction and counte-
nance of law. in their honorable efforts, by promotion.

Thankine; yon tor your kind w ishes and prayers in his
behalf, the President requests me to convey to you the
assurances ot In- esteem and of his appreciation of the
great work in which you are engaged. I am, gentlemen,

\ er\ r,-|„ . 1 fully, your- truly.

Wn 1.1 \m Prestos Johnston, i D. <

MY LITTLE VOLUNTE] K

Say, have J Harry, my little volant

As fine a lad as ever lived upon the Tennes •

Hi- voice -o rich and cheery, h – right ami i

Why has my darling ne’er me?

He went to strike for freedom, to defend 1

When hut sixteen at the birtl

None looked half so gay and bold, in garbs of gray an
Bat I never -aw him after they marched away.

The Whippoorwill is calling to her mate upon the hill,

\- they did the nipht he went an
And my heart isjosl 88 lonely, and the sorrow rankles still,
When I -it alone and li-ten to the moumftll, heartsick lay.

i Ml I reach my B.I .vn,

For he said he’d Boon return to me;
But my heat i with longing he is so long in coming

To the deal oni the Tenn

The Rogersville – I onfeder

ates was a great – rery way The atten I

-liinated at from ti\. thousand to eight thousand.
I>r. V A. Shotwell, President of the Association, called
the assembly ‘ n Rev. Frank McCutchen led

irayer, and Prof. W M Grayhill delivered the ad-
dress of welcome. In response W \. Kite, of Johnson
The minds of ex-Confederates, like th

lows of the sea, when played ii| by the kind whisper

i welcome and retrospective sympathy, rise and
fall and (low hack overs period of a third of a century
to an occasion when received by the good women of
your town. We were welcome then, and when w<

ceived an invitation to come here to-day, though -on t

us are wounded, maimed, and -haltered, we knew we
would be welcome.” lion. h. T, Taylor and lie v.. I. P. Mc
l-‘errin. I>.1>.. were of the speaker- before dime
a rich feast, Maj. 1’. A. Carpenter, of Knoxville, spoke.
He was a Federal officer in the war. There wi re pres
cut men whom he held a- prisoners in war times, and
those who hail -o held him. His address was cordially
received. Rev. .1. I.. Bachman created a delightful sen-
sation by exhibiting a tattered • !onfed< rate battle flag.

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GEN. SHERIDAN’S REFERENCES TO GEN. M.
C.GARY, OF smith CAROLINA

Commenting upon Gen. Sheridan’B article published
some time since upon the “Lasl Days of the Rebellion,”
and particularly thai portion relating to Gen. Mart
Gary s Brigade, Lieut, W. G. Einson, Company G, Sev-
enth South Carolina Cavalry, wrote a friend who fur-
nished the article as follows: ■• li Beems strange that
Gen. Sherdian should make such errors in what he
claims came under his personal observation. Reference
in every diary kept during the campaign shows thai on
the morning 1 of the 19th of April, at Appomattox C II .
we observed a body of cavalry or mounted riflemen
moving to our righl (their left). Thinking they were
maneuvering fur position, Gen. Gary ordered an ad-
vance and opened tire, which wan returned. The Feder-
als slowly retired, which was rather unexpected, and I
have qo doubt thai they could easily have caused the
‘flight of Gary’s Brigade,’ as Hen. Sheridan depicts it,
outnumbering us many times over. That Lee had sur-
rendered wa> undoubtedly known to the force opposing
us. and they acted OH the defensive. My attention was
called to the left and rear by hearing Gen. Gary’s voice,
which, you no doubt remember, was very peculiar and
shrill when raised, and could be distinguished above al-
most any confusion, when, to ray surprise, 1 saw he was
very much excited in com ersal ion wit h a Federal officer.
i heard him say: ■ We are South Carolinians, and will not
surrender. I take no orders from you; you are my pris-
oner.’ I could qo1 catch the replies of the Federal offi-
cer, and at the moment I observed a lone horseman with
a while flag, which proved afterwards to be a white tow-
el, riding rapidly from our rear toward them, shouting
and waving his flag. Gary was thus informed of Lee’s
surrender, and in a moment it was spread along the lines.
The firing ceased, and many of us then witnessed a sight
that will never be forgotten. The stern man id’ war was
SO overcome with emotion that he could not control his
voice, and the tears coursed down bis cheeks. Thomas

G. Viiicc ami Butler, of our company, were both

wounded, near me. when the flag was approaching, and
I have no doubt that Vince was the last man wounded
at Appomattox.

THE Sllll. oil I’.ATTLKFIKLD FAVORED.

CONGRESSMEN and Senators have given their assurance
that the bill for the purchase and improvement of the
Shiloh battlefield will he pas^rd at the shorl session in
December. Col. Lee. of Illinois, went to Washington
and secured their promises for the passage of the hill.
There was no opposition to it. Col. Lee expects to be
Secretary id’ the Commission when it is formed. He
Was the originator of the movement to have the govern-
ment purchase this battlefield, and the organizer of the

Shiloh Association, which it i- under-) I has over ten

thousand names on it s rolls of I he survivors of thai bat-
tle. There will be another reunion of both armies at
Shiloh April 6 and 7. 1895. It will lasl one week.
Tents and steamboats will be provided to accommodate all
who attend, [n the two armies there were 114,338 men

Bush W. Am. en, Commander of Camp 96^X1. C. V., at

Harrodsburg, Ky., reported one of the first official in-
dorsements ever given the Veteran. Patronage from
Kentucky has grown beautifully from the first. The
loyal t }’ of the Orphan Brigade comports with its valor
on the field.

TRIBUTE TO CAPT EDWARD CROCKETT.

II. II Eockersmith, Woodburn, Ky.: “After life’s fit-
ful lever is o’er, he sleeps well.”

In reviewing the past and calling to mind some ot

the heroes who crossed the silent river in the defense of
a cause, though lost, ye1 sacred still, 1 think there is no

one more wort by of notice than (‘apt. Edward < ‘rocket t,
who quietly sleeps at Chickamauga. Having been a
member of his company i A. Thirteenth Regiment ). and
having I’ol lowed him from Donelson all along the line until
bis death, it is a pleasure to say that as a manly man, mod-
est and unassuming, true to friendships, grand in deeds
of benevolence, he ever did his duty and did it well.
Noble in everything that makes up true manhood, as
firm as the rock- of Gibraltar, brave as a Caesar, he was

an ideal soldier and a generous friend.

It was on the hist day of the fight (Sunday), while
at the head of his company and 8 word aloft, that his star
went down. There is no slab to mark his last resting place,
vet each surviving member of old Company A. who fol-
lowed him in this terrible onslaught, carries within
nieinorv’s casket, in litters of living gold, the name of
Capt. Edward II. Crockett.

THE HERO, STONEWALL JACKSON.

BY KB8. MAI M. LNDEBSON, N A- II \ I I.I.I . VENN.

I i igment “I a poem upon the mi’ eiiia ; ot I tie ” K iglish gi atlem ra’e gift
to Richmond.*’

Thoo image of a nation’s pride,

The star of hope amid our tears.
The hero among heroes tried,

The noblest among Qoble peers:
To thee we bring, embalmed in tears.
A nation’s love, a nation’s cheers.

Our tears must fall that thou hast died.

Our cheers will vise that thou didst live.
Ami those who battled by thy side

Their tears and cheers together ‘/we.

1 1 soldiers, battle-scarred and strong,

With moistened eve your cheers prolong!

Bring flowers to drape the hero’s brow,

Sweet flowers from -oil his hlno.l has stained.

He sleeps among those blossoms now:

His war is passed, hi-^ victory gained.
Bring lily crowns and asphodel
To tell Of climes where martyrs dwell.

Awake, ye CannOD deep and loir.’,

The thunders that he knew so well!
Amidst your storm his soul was strong,

‘Tis meet that you his fame should swell!
‘fo him your voice of power and might
Spoke hut of deed- for t ru th and right !

In a published account of the reunion at Clarksville,
Tex., which occupied three days. August 15, 16, and 17th,
and during which there were many incidents worthy of
place in the VETERAN, an account i- given of the venera-
ble Mrs. Isabella 11. Gordon: “This grand old woman,
and mother of Texas and Red River ( ‘ounty, honored the
reunion with her presence, and encouraged it with her
example and advice. She is now in her ninetieth year,
and is hale and si rung physically. Her mind is (dear and
Vigorous, and her memory is a great open book of the bis-
torv of Texas, its wars, it- historic characters, its tri-
umphs and defeats. Her life is a part of the history of
three wars, and she remembers scons of fights, frays,
and incidents of a tragic character on the frontier of
Texas, She is now the most interesting historic charac-
ter in the State. The old veterans were proud to number
her among their membership.”

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

279

TOMBSTONE ERECTED TO THE WRONG MAN

W. C. Nixon write- from Dyersburg, Tenia . Septem-
ber 13, 189 1

The question is often asked about why it is thai I
have a tombstone, and am -till alive. I was wounded
ami captured al Murfreesboro on the 2d of January,
1864, was carried to Nashville with others ami put in
flu- penitentiary, from which place I made my escape
the 22d day of February; hut being too weak from my
wounds to travel. I was recaptured near Triune, at Mr.
William King’s. I was regarded as a suspicious charac-
ter, ami was sent to Camp Boyle, ai I. sville, the

meanest district prison in the United State-. An.
ing robbed of everything I had (which you know musl
have been a great deal), I was photographed and 1
under strict guard pending examination. I was so
scared that I determined to escape or die in the attempl
I suddenly got so Bick < ?) that I had to he sent t” the
hospital, hoping thai some other idea would present it-

sell. The hospital ward was a long hall with a dOOr at
each end; the heds or hunk- were placed on either side

of the wall-, perhaps forty en each side There was
put mi the headboard the name, company, and regiment
of each patient. My bunk was next to Rufus Hawkins,
of Georgia, who was very sick and died the night of the

BOCOnd day after I w.i- Bent there The dead were taken

out only in the morning; -o after the ward master had
left, and everything was quiet, by the assistance of my
old friend, Jack Gbmp, I moved Hawkins from Ins bunk

to mine. Then tor the attempt There were no win-
dows, and only two door-. « hich were barred ami guard-
ed on the outside. The -lop ehule was a Bquari hoi.

cut in the Boor and boxed up from the ground, making
a passage about 18 inches by 6 feet through which all the

slops were emptied. Wlien every I hi lie; was -fill, and the
the time had come, I told .lack. 1 went into the hole
feet foremost My feet struck the ground first, and I

Slipped so far and BO ta-l that 1 feared I would -lide
through the I., and X. depot before I could -lop. 1
was not on my feet when I had finished my greasy slide
There was no one present to laugh with me hut 11 was
very funny. I went to the house of Mr Burns, who
had clothing ready for me. Alter I had washed ami
dressed. Mr. Bui’08 and two young ladies held a coun-
cil and decided thai 1 should remain concealed in the
house. Mr. Burns was to act spy at headquarters, one
of the young ladies watch the servant, who only came
to prepare meals, and the other young lady to attend to
the burial of Hawkins. .My name was used instead ol
his. So the next morning both guards were locked up
tor neglect of duly, and detectives given the desi 1
of Hawkins. After the war the Ladies’ Monumental
Society erected at Hawkins- crave a Blab, and copied
the inscription on the pine hoard at his head

W. c. NIXON,

t ‘o. <;.. 4th Tenn. Rig., Stb \m – Brig.

Died M ir< it. 1864.

Hawkins has the grave, hut I have the head-:

COMRADES WHO ENDORSE THE VETERAN.

(ami’ M KKiox, Marion, S. ( ‘., Sept. 6, 1894.
We hereby recommend and adopt, as the official organ
of Camp Marion, the Confederate Veteran, published
at Nashville. Tenn. S. A. Dl mi\n. Com.;

Ferd 1». Brtant, Adjt.

A NOTED GRAVE IN GEORGIA.

“Reginald Roland,’ Washington, D. C, writes from
the office of the Southern Railway Company:

1 AUatoona, Ga., in what is known as Alfatoona
Pass, is a lom- gra\ e of an unknown soldier, which is of
considerable interest to people along the Western and
Atlantic railroad through that region of battlefields, and
which i- protected and red by the

train men whenever their duty brings them in that
vicinity.

As you approach the northwestern end of the Pass
immediately on the \\ ■ f the track may I” 1 Bi

tin- solitary grave At tl ‘ the mound i- a mar-

hie Blab inscribed thus

\N I \K\oWN HERO.

Ill III

(IF I HOI GB I v ■

Here rests 1 he precious son of one of the manj moth
ers whose darling “went forth Dever to return.’ hut
whose -on he was and who «at’ bed for hi- return, only
to ho doomed to disappointment, i- a question that will
probably remain untold throughout ■

Another question that arises in the mind of one who
looks upon tins I Why should he. an un-

known | cared for in this peculiar manner, while

hundred- of hi- comrades who fell on the -aim- battlefield

were thrown beneath the sod 01 a -| dy manner, with

to mark their resting places?” This spot
al-o rendered historical by being the scene upon which
the fact- concerning and which inspired the famous gos-
pel hymn, ” Hold the fort, for 1 am coming

ted.

Some six or eight ■ hile in the vicinity of

Kenii.-Mw- Mountain, mar Marietta. Ga., which has be-
come historical a- a battlefield, I found a spoon which
closed in a wooden handle as a knife, and al-” had a fork
on the opposite end tin t In handle had been carved the
name, regiment, etc., ol – lier in the Civil War.

Notwithstanding the fad that the instrument had been
exposed to the storms of nearly a quarter ol a centurj . this
much ol the inscription was plainly visible, “Lemuel
McBride, — Regiment I have of ted that

I did not preserve the spoon, as in case its original own-
er survived those days of trials, it is possible that he
l.t have been located.

The staff officer to Stonewall Jackson, Maj. .lames
Keith Boswell, who was killed soon after the General
was wounded at Chancellorsville, has a sister in Bn
ville. Ela.. the wife of Fred 1. Robertson, Adjutant Gen-
eral to Gen .1 . .’ Did ison, commander North Caroli-
na Veterans in Florida. Mrs. R has a diary of
her brother from January 1 1863, to April 18, 1864 He
was huried on the private burying grounds of Maj
Lucy, of Orange, by his comrades of the staff, and after-
wards reinterred at Fredericksburg, where the surviving
members of Gen. Jackson – staff erected a handsome
monument to his memory.

B. F. t’uri is, Richmond, Ky.. sends 87 for as many
subscribers, and -tales: -I regard the Veteran as the
best paper 1 have -ecu on the subject, and as the subject

is the best, il follows that the VETERAN is the very hest

paper that I get. All other publications are put aside
when the Veteran arrives.”

28o

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

LETTERS PROM VETERANS.

Not far ahead we all Bhall camp,

Beyond life’e battle lines,
With < irade true who marche I in front

Ani n-st beneath the pines.

Tlie reveille, the call to arms,

For us no more shall sound,
Nor thundering arms disturb our sleep,
Whip bivonac under ground.

Let silent stars stand sentinel,

No foe invades our grave ;
The < Saptain of salvation com *

To furlough home the brave.

— //. G Simmons, MUlenviUe, Ala.

Jkei S. White, 58 S. Water St., Chicago: “1 look tor-
ward for the VETERAN :is anxiously as a schoolboy for
Saturday morn Log, or as an old soldier’s anticipation of
a box from home. In spring of l*bl I was attending

school in Mobile, Ala., and was “marker” for the Culf
City Guards, Company B, (“apt. John K Currau. Return-
ing from school one afternoon, Capt. Curran said. ” Hur-
ry, Jere; get on your uniform and come to the armory.”
I found the company ready to march, and “tell in”
with my gun and flag. We marched to the wharf, and
boarded the tug ” C unison,” and steamed down the bay.
From hearing the men talk I learned the expedition was
for the ea | it ure of the ship” Danube,” then Lying at anchor
oft’ Fort Morgan. We steamed alongside, and the sol-
diers commenced hoarding, I along with the others.
1 had read bloody stories about boarding ships, and be-
gan to feel anxious and was inclined to hold back, hut
seeing t he others climbing the ladders, I slung my gun
to a shoulder, with the (lag slicking in its muzzle, and
Started up the ladder. Just as I got over the side of the
sliip. I saw a sailor standing on deck, right where 1 would
have to land, with a. big pike or something of the kind
in hi- hand, and taking for granted he would at lack me, I
climbed right up to the masthead and from the crosstrees
looked on. There was no tight. The captain of the ship

Surrendered. The stars and stripes were hauled down,
and the stars and bars run up. and soon everything was
calm and peaceful. I received my share of the prize
money some months after. I wonder how many of Com-
pany B, Gulf City Guards, are yet living. I have not

seen one .if I hem for t w en I y -live wars.”

.1. W. Willroy, Blount’s Battery, Light Artillery, Army
of Northern Virginia, Grange City, Ky.: “Will some
members of that gallant old Thirteenth Virginia. Gen. A.
P. Hills, Regiment, please inform me of the place in y
brother. Lieut. J. T. Willroy, of Cullen’a Company (the
letter of t he company I do not know |, was killed on the
skirmish line preceding the battle of See,, ml Manassas,
and where he was buried.’ I have written lo the bur-
ial association at Manassas, but there is no record
there. After Leaving Virginia (my native State) in
1867, and coming West to Kentucky, in 1*72. with
my wife. I visited a picture gallery in one of our
neighboring towns for some photographs. Mr. Flora, the
photOgraper, a man I never saw before, asked me about
my brother, and said he was a member ,,i’ the old Thir-
teenth Virginia. He was on picket with my brother,
who commanded the picket line at t he t ime, and saw him
killed; shot by a Federal picket though the left eye,

while he was standing on a stump looking fur the enemy,
against the remonstrances of his men. Mr. Flora said
he helped bury him on the picket line with a peach tree
at his head, and he thought be could locate the spot still.
Some time during lssti. 1 think, in passing through
Lynchburg, Va.. with stock-, en route to North Carolina,
I put up at the Norveil House. I nut with General
Early, and introducing myself to him. the first question
he asked was if [was a brother of First Lieut. J. T. Willroy.

of the Thirteenth Virginia, lie told of where be was killed
and where he was buried, and that ‘a better Boldier WBS
not in my command.’ He was personally acquainted with
him. We were three brothers — he was the eldest, ami 1

the youngest — allofwl i were in the army, and served

in separate commands. I was wounded at two different
times, and once left for dead OH tin- field, my cartridge
box and gunstoek both being pierced by a minie ball at
dose quarters, the ball then lodging in the front part of
m v body. My other brother came out without a scratch.
Now can any members of that gallant old Thirteenth
Virginia give the information Bought? I would like to
get bis remains.”

A veteran who served from the beginning to the end:
•• 1 would have renewed sooner, but did not disco
until this morning that my subscription had expired,
‘flic VETERAN is certainly tilling admirably a long-felt
want in the South, and should be found in the family of
every surviving soldier of the Confederacy. Many of
our children tire lamentably ignorant, not only of the
causes that produced the war in which their lathers
participated, but also of the manner in which the South-
ern soldier acquitted himself during its continuance.

‘I’o some extent, al least, the VETERAN is supplying this
information, and hence should be in every Southern home.
I have read with much interest tin’ communication of
lien. Shoup on the siege of Vicksburg, and while in the
main he is correct, he certainly is mistaken when he
says that when the Missouri troops entered Vicksburg
they were in a state of ‘utter confusion’ and in an
‘awful plight.’ I was at that time commanding a com-
pany in the Second Missouri Regiment ofBowen’e Mis
souri Division, and participated in the battles of Baker’s
Croeh and Big Black, [f there was any confusion in the di-
vision al till when it entered V ickshurg. I was not aw’are
Of it. This division covered the retreat of the army

from Big Black to Vicksburg, which was without inci-
dent or accident, and when the latter place was reached
the troops were not only thoroughly organized, but free

from confusion.”

“Loin II. Hyde, Blkmont, Ala.: “Please allow me space
to inquire after Lieut. Hill, from Virginia, I think. He was
drillmaster of Chadwick’s Battalion, al Huntsville, Ala.;
afterwards was a lieutenant in the Nineteenth Alabama
Regiment. He was wounded at the battle of Shiloh, and

left on tin’ field for dead, bill recovered and Came back

to the command at Tallahoma, Tenn., titter which I saw
tin more of him. I have heard that he returned to

Virginia after the war. He was a brave soldier and

good fellow. I would like to know his address.”

William Lott, Johnston, S. C: “My brother, John B.
Lott, Company II, Seventh S. » ‘. V.. Kershaw’s Brigade,
was missing after the fight at (iettyslmrg and has never

I n beard of since. Any information concerning him

will be thankfully received.”

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

281

W. Ji. Sayers, Commander, Camp No. 156, Gonzales,
Tex., September 1!>. 1894: “Tour September qui
strikes the proper key, full to overflowing of reminiscen-
ces by veterans who were actually in the nVM and know
whereof they speak. Keep the Confederate \’h
on this line. I served as the adjutant of the Terry
Texas Rangers, or the Eighth Texas Cavalry, and sub-
sequently as adjutant genera] of Harrison’s Brigade

.1. II. White, Franklin, Tenn., September 24, 1894:
“Mr. Van McGavock, of our vicinity, handed i” me to-
day a pocketl k containing forty-five dollars in Con-
federate money, one Confederate bond for five hundred
dollars, one certificate signed by W. 1’. Paul, Major
and <J. ML., for money paid Lieut. \. G. W. Hunt.
Company 1, Third Texas Regiment, two finger rings, a
fine-tool bed comb, and a lock of hair. The foregoing were
the property of Lieut. A G. W, Hum. who was wound-
ed at the battle of Franklin, and died at the residence of
Mrs. James McGavock December 29, 1864. The hair
was clipped from Ins head after li<‘ died, by a daughter
of Mrs. McGavock. Comrade White will cheerfully re-
spond to any let ters of inquiry.

1). F. Fuller, Santa Ana. Cal.: “At the battle of Fori
Donelson, a wounded Confederate asked a passer by for
a drink of water. The water was given cheerfully, and
the ( lonfederate, discovering Ids benefactor to be an ene
my, took a valuable relic from Ids pocket and gave it to

him. The relic was a medal of 1 r given by < longress

to members of the Tenth Smith Carolina Infantry It
bears the names of the field officers of the regiment,
battles in which the regiment participated, and name of
T. .1 . True, whom I suppose was its owner Let those
interested in this relic as owner, or relative of the owner,
write f” Mr, George M. Doyle, Santa Ana. Cal., who is
the Federal soldier mentioned, and who is more than
willing that the relic should go to whom it belon

.1. H. Mills, Canton, Tex.: “1 answer Maj. I.<>\\. of
thr First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, concerning
the opposition on the Hair field, in fronl ol Peters
burg, on .tunc 18, 1864 They were Graci – Alabama
and Bushrod Johnson’s Tennessee Brigades As a pri-
vate in the ranks I can give no general account of
what transpired, except thai my regimenl (the Forty-
first Alabama) was pitted exactly against Maj Low’s
command. The regimenl numbered less than six hun-
dred at thai time. None of Grace’s Brigade were en-
gaged except our regiment; a part of Bushrod John-
son’s Brigade was. In my regiment one man was
killed and twenty-four wounded. Mai Lena Hudgins
was killed while commanding pickets. Bushrod John-
son’s hiss was also light. We were no1 Lee’s Old
Army.’ hut were sent from the Army of Tent
Longstreet after the battle of Chickamauga. This (the
Forty-first Alabama) regimenl that cu1 Maj. Low’s men
up so terribly on the Hair field was of the Orphan or
First Kentucky) Brigade, composed of the Second,
Fourth, Sixth, and Ninth Kentucky and the Forty-firsi

Alabama Regi nts, commanded by Hanson. Helm, and

others in the Army of Tennessee. I was in the army
t hree \ ears and nine mouths, was in thirteen general en-
gagements and twiee as many skirmishes, and was never
more than scratched. 1 never saw the inside of a hos-
pital, and was never a mile from my regimenl until Jan-
uary, 1865, when 1 was furloughed tor thirty days.”

Oliver S. Jones, Adjutant, Gam p Walter Bragg, Pres-

COtt, Ark.: “Camp Walter Bragg held a reunion al

Lackland Springs, twelve miles east of this pla<

August 2 and 3 1894 There was an immense gather-

the old Vets drill, and hear the speaking.

\TK VeTERAB was adopted without a dis-

senting vote, and many of the old hoys expn

regrel at not being able to take tie paper We had

eighty-tWO old Yets in line, hut t hey made a ridiculous

failure w leu it came to drill exercises. They all m

to know what to do when the command «:is given, but

t luinsy and stiti to perforin the evolutions.

A few more years, and the ..Id Confederate veterans will
I… only a memory and a history. What a history!
How earnest we few survivors should he in the effort to
s.e that that history is truthfully written and I .
down to our children and our children’s children to all
generational God I. less the ..Id Confederate veterans! ”

Miss Odem sang the “Conquered Banner “al the Rus-

sellville reunion, and has I. ecu requested to sine jt
at the next reunion of the Orphan Brigadi

D.J. W11.8ON, Bra, Tex., with remittance to the Vet-
eran, writes urging thai the private soldier take

interest, and adds “Have you Bpoken to your fri
I am afraid you have n,.i. Are all of Feather-
Brigade dead? Thirty-third Regiment, let youraelvi
heard from. I look over the list of subscribers, and
see you hoys coming up very fast. The Vetebab is

just what you make it, ‘ In occasion I was standing

on the roadside watching the artillerymen trying I
one of the cannons out of the mud. when I heard some
one behind me Bay: ‘Put your shoulder to tin- wheel!’
I looked around to see who gave the command, and saw
lien Loring. Well, we all got to the wheels and moved it
right out. Now, boys, let’s put our th< .the Yf.t-

f.KAN and move it on to success.”

2i>2

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

A II KIM > IN THE STRIPE.

EXTRAORDINARY CAREER OP CAP7 JOHN II. HICKBY WHILE
8BRYIN0 nil-. CONFEDERACY.

M int. people who knew him and bio eventful life in
the Confederate service want to know more accurately
the Btory of the military experiences of Capt. John li.
Rickey, and hie proud little wife is willing.

From files of old newspapers published in Lexington
and in Fayette, Mo., many complimentary notices of the
gallant Capt. Eickey may be found. Ee enlisted in the
army with Gen. Sterling Price, and was from Eoward
County. Ili~- company was from Prairie Township.
Many are the noble and heroic deeds of the boys from old
Eoward
County.
They con-
tributed
no little to
i be fa in e
oi Missou-
ri a n – .
w li ” Be
…. see
were so
great that
in a divis-
ion of ten

t li mi sand
< Ion fed e r-
a i e s less
t h a n one
i h <i n sand
were sur-
rendere d .
Fields of
cam a ge
ami blood in the South tell Mir story.

Capt. Eickey enlisted early and look an active pari
in the battles of Boon^ville, Wilson (‘reck, ami in the
siege of Lexington, where Gen. Mulligan ami his men
were all captured. When Price’s army was driven from
Missouri, Capt. Eickey was detailed by “Old Pap” to go
u]i into Northern Missouri, ami enlist and swear in all
the soldiers thai be could find who were willing to take
ill’ chances in getting tin gh to tin- Confederate lines.

Those newly enlisted soldiers went into cani|i at Silver
Creel;. Randolph County, ami liefore they could make a
start to the .South were attacked by Merrill’s Black
Horse Cavaliy in overwhelming numbers, ami badly
routed. Capt. Eickey was run upon and shot in the
bead by a Federal while trying to rally his men. manj
of whom were killed and wounded. The Captain tell

from his horse; bu1 his feet remai I in the stirrups, and

he was dragged forty or fifty yard-. In that terrible
condition be felt that he could see a wide crevice open

in the earth, and that he went tumbling into the ereviee
with the’ tree-, am! all things else adjacent. The Feder-
als also suffered Beriously, and they withdrew at once.
Capt. Hickey was carried to a cabin, and Becreted
there in a very out-of-the-way place, where he recov-
ered sufficiently at length to ride his horse. lie then
crossed the Missouri River, on the ice, at night, with all
the soldiers that he could hastily rally, and alter run-
ning and fighting daily and almost constantly for seven-
teen davsaml nights, through ice and snow, ami under-
going all manner of hardships, he, with his little band of
patriots, rejoined Gen. Price’s army in Arkansas just in

time to engage in the fight at Pea Ridge. Gen. Van

Dom was then in command of that army. Alter two
days of hard fighting againsl this army of federals.
Mime thirty thousand strong, ami Generals McCul-
lough and Mcintosh having been killed. Gen. Van horn
commenced his retreat. When it was ascertained that
the army was on the retreat. Price implored Van Dom
to allow him to take his M issouri t roops and tie;! it again,
believing thai he could rout the enemy. 1 111 1 Van I’orn
would not yield. Alter retreating to he- Arc, Ark., the
army look -learners for Memphis, and landed there in
time to hear t he cannonading at the battle of Shiloh.

This Missouri army engaged in the battle of Corinth
later, and had many of its brave officers and men killed
and wounded in that battle, The Sixth Missouri Regi-
ment had every field officer and nine out often of its
captains killed en- wounded. Capt. Hickey was severe-
ly wounded iii the thigh during this engagement, lie
was in I he fatties of luka. (I rand Cult’, l’ort (iifxui. anil

Raker’s t’reek. the engagement at Big Black River, and

the siege of Yicksburg. He was twice blown Up while

defending fortifications at Vicksburg and the forts lo-
cated on Hall’s Ferry road, which was the key to the
fortifications of the city. He was wounded in the

shoulder. At the Bee I explosion his first lieutenant,

R. A Dickey, was mortally wounded, the second lieu-
tenant, John Roselierry, and orderly sergeant. Samuel
Croee. were killed, and seven men buried beneath the
falling ii bris.

In speaking of this tragic event he said: “The explo-
sion was terrific. Over four hundred pieces of artillery
poured their shot and shell into our ranks with deadly
effect; then the fort was stormed by overwhelming num-
bers of infantry. The air was made black with hand
grenades which were thrown at us by every federal sol-
dier who go1 inside the works, ami for a lime every-
thing Seemed as though the federal troops would he
victorious; hut in the midst of all this confusion the ueb-
ki, VKt.t. was raised, a tremendous charge was made
againsl the Federals, and in a short time they were rout-
ed and again the Confederate flag floated from the top

of i he dismantled fort. Col. Eugene Brwin, a grandson
of llenrv (‘lay. led the charge in retaking the fori, and
when the yell was raised he called to me. -Come on. old
brave Company B!’ and while on the works, in the flush
of victory, his body was lacerated with bullets. After
having fought almost nighl and day for forty days ami
nights, without relief, with nothing to eat during the
la-t two weeks of the siege hut cowpcas ground into
meal and mule meat .our arm v of 23.000 men capitulated
to a force of SO.OIIO.”

(‘apt. Hickey was in the battle of Resaca and on
through the campaigns in Georgia. He was wounded

in the head at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Ca.;
was in the siee-e of Atlanta and was of the rear guard
in ret real ing from there.

During Hood’s campaign to Tennessee, in the battle of
franklin he was fearfully wounded in three places: had his

right leg shot oti’at the thigh, his left arm shattered, and

shoulder badly wounded. He was wounded three times
while lying on the battlefield with his leg shot off, not be-
in^ able to gel out of tin’ way. While in this fearful con-
dition his brave and daring commander. Gen. Francis M.
Cockrill, now United Slates Senator from Missouri, went
limping by, also badly wounded. Capt. Hickey lay
nearly a week in his blood} r clothes and on the ground
or floor of a church al franklin. There were some four
thousand wounded in the little town at the time.

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283

He was complimented in public orders for bis gal-
lantry on the battlefield. Over fifty of his men were
killed while fighting for the rights of the South. Mus-
ing upon the subject, the Captain said: “At the remem-
brance of hundreds of battles, and of thousands of miles
of weary march, the future sons of old Howard County
should pause when the names of these heroes are men-
tis d.” During li i-. stay al Franklin, the families of

Dr. Wooldridge, Mrs. Carter (now Mrs Gaut), Dr. Park,
Hull Ewing, Col. McGavock, and the McEwins, also
other ooble and generous people, contributed to the
wants of the wounded soldier, Recurring to bis last
battle. < apt. Hiclcey said thai l>rs. Hunter. Wallace, and
Buist amputated Ins leg on the battlefield, and thai

MBS. IoiIN VI. 111. KKV.

Lieut. Sparks, his lasl commissioned officer, was killed.
On the 4th of July, L866, he was removed to Nashville
on a litter in a baggage car. 11 is wounds have cause.!
much Buffering and great expense.

Ah soon as (‘apt. Rickey had sufficiently recovered and
was able for business, he located in Columbia, and he
subsequently married Miss Fannie Baird, a beautiful
young lady of that place.

During his dreadful illness at Franklin. Rev. B. M.
Bounds, chaplain, late assistant editor of the Christian
Advocate, organ of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, spoke to him and said that he would like to read
from the Bible and pray with him, but he said: “No,
no; get me some beer or whisky, tell me some anecdotes,
and I will pull through.” The poor fellow was so low-
that he could not move his head. He is now a Church-
man, and would want prayers as well as anecdotes. Per-
sonal reminiscences of many who Buffered, but were he-
roic and “pulled through,” will serve to give vivid ideas
of what Confederates endured during thai great struggle.

The Veteran is pleased to pay this tribute to the

worth of Capt. Rickey, and honors the little woman
who h.mors him and long ago concluded that “hi

spare. 1 that he might get marri.

TRIBUTE TO [Wl ROWNED HERO! –

III RVL KYI. I . BIRMIN’OB KU, Al.A.

I.i 1 none declare that we are blind

1 a very ,,f friend .11 1
Though costly marble may not mark
Each martyred brow that lieth low,
We honor all.
The tears we shed o’er Southern gti

That fall upon …l,

Are for l_he privab ief.

There is no rank among the di

1 ,.m1 |,,\es them all.

im helm is theirs,
\- bright t”i each as other:
The banner and the sword is clean!
\n.l Heaven, common mother.
Hath crow ned them all.

MORE OF GEN. R UNS \ N I 1 Ills TORPEDOES

M \.i .1 \\\ Rati mom. Paint Ro< k Tej ,8ept. 11. 1894:

In the August Veteran I notice what you say about

Gi n Gabriel J. Rains being the original inventor of the

torpedo as use. I in naval Wj nd will add to that

■ nut some things about his other im

When I first knew Gen. Rains he was in command of

the defenses of Yorktown, Va. Gen. McClellan had

gathered a large force at Portress Monroe, and we

vancing on our Im ding from Xorktown to the

with a much weaker force Gen. Rains

had invented a cap so thai to drop it on the

floor or any Blight concussion would explode it. He

filled a number of ordinary shells with powder and hall.

and instead oi pla.ed in the opening a tube or

nipple for a cap. Some of these he planted in the

ground a Bhorl distance in front of our works at York-

t own. to be ready for capping when the time came; and

when the order was given to evacuate that lire I,.
planted – ■ of these Bhells near the ahand I -tor. -.

ami after our ti pg had all gone he charged the buried

shells with his sensitive caps, and during the next day’s
ret real be placed his torpedoes in the road.

We afterwards learned thai as the Federal troops
marched into York town, a number of the torpedoes were
exploded, and as – them were examining the

abandoned works others wen- exploded. Quite a number

6f the enemy weic killed and wounded and all den.

ized, for they did nol know when they would be blown
up; and as they pursued our army, the head of the
column was occasionally blown up by these torpedoes
that Gen. Rains had buried in the road. The demorali-
zation became so greal that the enemy quit the
and I have no doubt bul that this gave Gen. Johnston
time to get to hi- partially fortified line at Williamsburg
before giving McClellan battle. To use torp
then considered a savage mode of warfare, and there
was some correspondence between the Confederate
Federal authorities aboul the matter, and many threats
of retaliation by the enemy, and for thin Gen Rains was
arrested, but released without a trial, probably for the
very purpose mentioned in the August Veteran — viz.,
to look after the gunboats on the James River.

At the time I refer to I was adjutant j;eneral of D.
II. Hill’s Division, and Gen. Rains was under his com-
mand, hut I think that all Gen. Rains did about tl
pedoes was on his own responsibility.

2 S 4 CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

PABTIAI LIST OF THE MULTITUDE WHO HAVE HELPED THE V BTEE \ N

Tiikv will cheerfully serve those who apply to them by
help i” (ill the blanks below and make such additions as «

sending subscriptions and advertisements. Friends will
ill help ili«’ great cause in hand.

ALABAMA.

Anniston I. M. 1 ledbetti r

Athene W. B. Russell

Auburn. . .Gen. James H. Lane
Birmingham .. .8. L Rob<

Camden ill oeti r

Carrollton. .Col. M. L. Stansel

Edwardville

T.D.Griffis

…W. M. Bunting

Elkmont ….
Florence …
< in i nville. . .
Hutitsville. . .
Jacksonville. .
Lowndesboro.

,.\V. M. Erskine

..D.Z II. -it

,.C. D. Whitman
Lower Peach Tree B. D. Portia
Montgomery. .. .F. G. Br wder
Mounds ill”. .< !apt. J. S. Powers

(ixi..nl Thomas II. Barry

Piedmonl M. T. Ledbe b i

Scottsboro. . .James Staley, Dr.

Beale I’. A. < rreene

Selma Edward P. Gall

ARKANSAS.

Arkadelphia C.C. Scott

Benton ville R. J. Laughlin

Boone ville. ..D.B. < Sastleberry

( lamden Hail < ‘•. Smith

Fayetteville .Miss A. M. Stone

Helena C. N. Biscoe

Hope W. P. Agee

Hot Springs, (ien. J. M. Harrell
Huntingdon . .(.’apt. I.. B. Lake
Little Hock.. .Clem McCullocb

Morrillton W. S. Hanna

Prescott T.F. Burns

Searcy . . . .Rev. E. C. Faulkner
Springdale.. . . 1 ir. John Young
Van Bnren .. C. W. Lehman

CALIFORNIA.

Santa Ana. Victor Montgomery

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Washington, Miss S. II. Owen,

.Miss Carrie Wil-on, Mrs. Al-
bert Akers, Mr. F. 1 1 . Post >n,
Mrs. A. T. Buck, Mrs. L. R.

Meesenger t Mrs. D. I’. Hasley.

FLORIDA.

A Itoona R L. I Ibpson

Brooksville 1. W. Corman

Chipley K. B. Bellamy

Fernandina

Inverness. . W. (‘. Zimmerman
Jacksonville. . W. D. Matthews
Lakeland . . .J. L. Roquemore
Leesburg. . . .(.’apt. J. B. Milam

Marianne lohn W. Pooser

Milton. ..Thomas B. Brasheare

Monticello W. < i. Deribam

( Icala, Mrs. I Ien. J. J. I lickison,

William Fox.
( hiando W. < rarl Johnson

Pensacola. .( ien. ‘ icorgc Reese

Plant City F. W. Merrin

Sanford Otis S. Tarver

St. Augustine, J, A. Enalow, Jr.

Tallahassee

Tampa 1. M. Henderson

Titusville….Kev. A. D. Cohen
GEORGIA.

Acwortih I. L. Leman

Athens

Atlanta Col. John Milledge

Augusta F. M. Stovall

Canton Col. H. W. Newman

Cartereville. .Maj. A. M. Foute

Eagle Cliff W. F. Allison

Eatonton Robert Young

‘ rreensboro (esse P. Wilson

Hawkinsville. . .D. G. Fleming

La Grange J. L, Schaub

Macon Charles Herbst

Madison lames E. ( ‘biles

Rome

Savannah… Mrs. A. M. Raines

Union Point 0. E. Fluker

Washington . ..Miss G. t Sordee

INDIAN TERRITORY.

Ardmore F. ‘ i. Barry

McAlester. .Col. R B.Coleman

INDIANA.

Evans ville. Frank A.Owen, l>r.
A. J. Thomas.

KANSAS.

Cotfeyville . . . I >r. T. C. Frazier

KENTUCKY.

Adairville

Augusta

Bardstown A. B. Baldwin

Bell CD. Bell

Bethel I” Arrasmith

Bowling Green, W. W.Hen-
dricks, J. A. Mitchell.
Brownsboro.. . .Lemuel Zaring

Casey ville T. I’. < ‘lore

Franklin l>r. I.. .1. .Lines

t leorgetown .Col. A. II. Sinclair

Harrudshnrg B. W. Allin

Henderson. . .8. D. McCormick
.lust ice laiins T. ( I’N’eal

Lewisburg.. George T. Gupton
Lexington . . . .< ien. John Boyd

Louisville

New port… Miss Eleanor Arnold

( Iwensboro Wallace Herr

Paducab I. M. Browne

Paris Joseph M. Jones

Pembroke Isaac ( iarrott

Richmond Dr. J. M. Poyntz

Russell ville… Maj. J. B. Briggs
Slaughtersville, ( ‘apt. A. Tinder
smith’- Grove. -T. E. McDaniel

Stanford T.J. Matcher

Sturgie lohn W, I Iyer

Tolu Dr. A. s. II. Boyd

Versailles. . Rev. J. It. I leering
Winchester..! ‘apt. B. F. Curtis

LOUISIANA.

Arcadia.. . Rev, I i. N. Champitt

Baton Rouge

Berwick… F. O’Brien

Jackson

Lake < Imrlea. . Dr. W. A. K aapp
Mansfield, I >r.W. N.t lunningham
Morgan City.. James M. Fraser
New 1 1] leans, ( apt. J. W.( iaines

Patterson C. S. Vinson

Rayville r. S. Snmmerlin

Shreveport F. < ‘. Marsden

MARYLAND.
A onapolis, Eugene Worthington

Bait i re W. H. l’ope

i lumberland, Mrs. T. L. Patterson
Pikesville W. II. Pope

MISSISSIPPI.

Boone w lie D. T. Beall

Canton

Center ville. .William M. Crisp

Coldwater.. . .W. R. Dougherty
i lolumbus W. A. ( SampbeU

Corinth M. Byrnes

I ayette W. L. Stephen

Jackson I. C. Rietti

McComb City. .Dr. 1 1. B. Quin
Mci idian …. W. L, Goldsmith

shannon I. s. ( brothers

Utica D.J. i

Vicksburg I ‘. A. < ‘ampliell

W( st Point \. M. Chandler

Woodville W. K . Cooper

“i azoo City.. . .C. J. DuBuisson

MISSOURI.
Centralia I. J. Parks

Columbus

Exeter

Golden City. .J.

I luntsville

..R. F. Renick

. . .( i. I i. .lames

A. Williamson
…G. N. Ratliff

Independence. .Schuyler Jx>we
Lexington, Rev.Thos.M. Cobb

Louisiana. . ..F. T. Meriwether
Moberly K. J. Tait

Odessa D. G. Wade

Pane City N. M. Cooper

Palmyra K. F. Peddicord

Pearl. K. II. Skeen

Salisbury Casper N. Bell

Seneca.: l.T. Albert

Springfield, .I.Coleman ( iardner

St. Louis Frank Pfister

NEVADA.

Ely L C. House

NORTH CAROLINA.

Asheville. ..Miss Ellen Sawyer

Hickory I. G. Hall

Raleigh

Salisbury Cicero R. Marker

Waynes ville, CoL G.W.Clayton

Wilmington, Col. W. L. I)e-

Rosset, Rev. A. I>. McClure.

Winston

OKLAHOMA.

( iklahoma City, .lohn 1 1, I lasler

SOUTH CAROLINA.

\ iki ii Cant. I’.. II. Teague

( lharleston. . ..lames I i. I [olmes

( ‘olundiia,Capt. K. S. lies Portes

I larlington

Edgefield . ..(‘apt. < leo. B. Lake

( iicenw I, W. R. McKinney,

R. S. Sparkman.

Manning I. T. Stakes

Marion E. I >. I rasque

( trangeburg T. 0. Hubbell

Pinopolis. • • • I’r. R, V. I>« ight
Sumter Perry Moses

TENNESSEE.

Auburn R. R. I lancock

Baker I.T. Key

i larthage ‘ ieorge S. I lunt

Chattanooga.. .L.T. Dickinson.
Clarksville..Capt.O. IL Bailey

Cleveland Dr. S. II. Day

( lolumbia. . . .Col. II. i i. Evans

Culleoka. .Miss Vashti Lallan-

l’ant.

Dickson Col. W.J. Mathis

Dresden Col. B. E. Tansil

I >\ ersburg L. I [nghes

Eagleville U.J.Owen

Enon College E. s. Payne

Erin T. A. l’.unhell

Fayetteville Lewis Peach

Franklin I. 11. White

( iaineshoro L. S. Bybee

Gallatin T. S. Vinson

Ilettsville B. I’. Myers

( iordonville L E. Gold

I Sower s ( lower Brothers

< ireenville F. M. Kelso

Ilartsville

II u in ho] dt C. French

Huntingdon N. B. Neabit

Jackson S. E. Cierolf

Know i lie. . . .( Iharles Ducloux

helper’s Fork..M. A. Meacham

Lewisburg. . .Capt W. < i. Loyd

Lynchburg Felix Motlow

Lynnville I. Mac Thurman

Martin lames Hardeman

McEenzie. … I >r. .1. P. Cannon
Memphis, Col. C. W. Frazier.

Mrs. Keller Anderson, .1. L.

(i lloe, John A. Crofford.

Mt. Pleasant, Maj. Lemuel Long
Murfreeshoro, Judge W. S. Mc-

Leraore.
Newborn lohn W. Ashcraft

Paris, J. W. Porter. II. E. Jobe

Pikeville L. T. Billingsly

Pulaski F. M. Bunch

Rankin’s Depot . . .< i. B. Helm
Riddleton. …W. W. Fergnason
Sadlersville, Carson C. Carlisle
Shelhyville W. S. Bearden

South Pittsburg, Peter I’.rads-

haw.
Sta. Camp . Rev. A. T i ioodloe

Sweet Water W. T. Lenoir

Tennessee Ridge, D. W. Wilson
Tracy ( Sty 1. A. Thompson

Trenton.: R. J. Hew

Trezevanl .C. Spurgeon Wingo

Tullahoma W. J. Travis

WartraCS lames Arnold

Waverlv. . . .Capt T. L. Lanier
Winchester.. .Dr. T. C. Murrell

Woolworth T. A. Bunnell

TEXAS.

Alvaradi I. R, Posey

Lntelope T. T. Cliristiaii

Austin Charles S. Morse

Athens W.T.Eustace

Bartlett I). B. F. Belk

Belcherville L C. Bilbo

Belton, II. M. Cook. II. E. Brad-
ford, R. II. Turner.
P.onhain I. P. Holmes

Brazoria.. William Fort Smith
Bryan. . ..Gen. II. P. Stoddard
( lalvert. ..( ‘. W. 1 1 igginbotham

Canadian \l. M. French

Canton W. D. Thompson

Cedar Creek. .A. D. Alexander

( ‘enter Point D. • i. Home

Chi.-,, Capt J. D. Eddins

( Heburne M.S. Kahle

Coesfield Capt W. w. Hill

Coleman I. J. Callan

( lolumbia

( Somanche J. A. Holman

I ‘alias Frank Edwards

Decatur Col. M. D. Sellars

Era D.J. Wilson

El Paso Dr. W. M. Yandell

F’orreston Car Forrest

Fort Worth, Col. J. W. Friend
Eugene Burr, C. W. Peabody

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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Forney T. M. Daniel 8herman It. .IT. WilBon PB LCTIt \l. -1 GGESTIONS TO SOUTHERN]

Gainesville J. M. Wright South Prairie, W. H. Whitmire ,„,,\ many hi lam ka* be savbd to the bocto

Galveston C. Washington Tehuacana IN | ]rr insura:

Gates ville…. Dr. W. E. Brown Terrell Vic Bernhardt

,; len Rose B. 1 Roberta Tyler lames P. Douglas \y m i the wonderful progress of the Sonth since the war,

GoldthWaite, George \\ Intake- Van Ustyne 1. W. Pattie Southern business men and thinkers have wondered why it is

Gonzales H. L. Quails \ eto \. I . Anderson t |, : , t money is so hard to obtain on good security, and that such

Graham A. T. Qay War.. YV. C. Cooper .„, extraordinary high rate of interest is required; while they

Grand View C. C. Hatfield Waxahachie Eyam Cohen kn..» that their friends in the Bast with similar security can

Greenville \. H. Hefner Whitesboro, Dr. W . A. Darnall r ..,j„,. money for about one-half the rate. New. why is this? It

Hamilton… (‘apt. W. T. Saxon Will’s Point. ..W. A. Benham i s ,,| a i n . \\,. ),..,,,. 1 ,,„, moneys ovei to Eastern capitalists lav-
Henrietta 1. C. Skipwith Wrightsboro iahly and without thought, in a way that will always keep us in

Holland ‘ ” “* e Virginia bondage to the East unless we do more serious thinking and

Honey Grove… J. L. Ballinger .,,1 upon better business judgment We used to Bhip all our

Houston. ..Capt Will Lambert Charlottesville, DrJ.Wm.Jonee ,.. ,„,,„ ,.,.,_ ,„,, tninking „, Q |d manufacture it at home, and

Kemp J. A.Watkins Culpeper, Miss Minnie 1.. HU1 „, (, ave paid untold millions for our ignorance. \r.

Killeen T. F. Prewit Fredncksburg, Mrs. .1. V Bar- jt t ,,„ lav -‘. We 08ed ,,, ,„ lv ,, llr ,.„.,, an ,, ir ,„, fr , 1IM thp ,

La Grange R.H.Phelps ” e . x – _ ,, ]|o« mam millions do you suppose this cost before our knowl-

Lampaeas, Judge D.C.Thomas Harrisonburg. John E.Raller ,.,,,,„,,,„„,;, rrH

Marbn lohnM. .lolly Lynchburg. .Jae I rankim ,.ir. entedtothi thoughts of

Memphis G. W. Tipton Norfolk.. b. A-fctbendge Southern business men ie the really thoughtless, unbusinesslike

Mexia I.W.Simmons Portsmouth I. Tboa. JMnn „. 1S ,, r allowing themselvi ed by the “Old I.

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Published Monthly in the Interest of Confederate Veterans and Kindred Topies.

Price. I
Yearly, ft.

: Vol. n.

Nashville, Tenn., October, 1894. No. i< HAM ‘

tdvertisementa Two dollars per inc] ■ pt last

PRp<-. One page, oni Q1 Half year, one ispup;

Oonti ibntors will plea tte. The apa<

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Th< ‘ ends.

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Entered at the |

Thoagh 1 re, thej maj ool wmsuo

honor the DnrVe, Taoqu

Plans for procuring a binder for the Veteran are
progressing, and the proapecl for ;i neat, substantial
leather cover that ‘-mm be adjusted in any home and that
will cost but :i trifle, is good. Please giv< if you

would like a binder at frora 25 i” 60 cents*.

Thi Veteb ln belongs to th South tt seeks by cverj
honorable means to establish truth in all eternity

work 1 1 1 »« ne person is arduous in the extreme. I ‘”

its friends realise thai if they would
tit have its tun-it– known il could i”- soon tin- greatest
literary power that ever has existed? Friends «l
anxious I’m- its success should till their n<

Recently unusual call- have been made I’m- specimen
copies of tin- Veteran. It suggests thi that

comrades ami friends can n nder by diligence in m
mention of it Much can be done in this way easily.

Specimen copies are being Bent t” personal friends
whose valuable assistan squested. An acknowl

edgment of specimen copies, it no more, w i M be appre-
ciated. Main who can’t subscribe withoul much sacri
fice can commend the publication in others.

Sinci the \ kteran i- si> universally popular, ami has
been made the official organ of the United Confederate
Veterans ami very many subordinate organizations’,
it seems that its merits ought always in I sed in

public meetings, ami that every comrade should be dili-
gent tin- it- prosperity. On all Confederate occasions it
should In- made a topic of concern. A grand hero of the
war, a battle-scarred veteran, and now ■■> Senator at
Washington, said, “1 went to help tlic Veteran in a
substantial way:” ami yet he made a speech to com-
rades at a reunion ami neglected to refer tn it. Such
omissions are not from lack of interest. The humblest
comrade, by taking his Veteran to a reunion, can have
some speaker commend it simply by the suggestion. Let
all rally to the VETERAN, and make it the pride of the
South ami an everlasting defender of the Southern peo-
ple in their highest ami holiest concerns.

” T may not reach the heights I seek,”
My uncertain strength may fail me.

But the Veteran shall be worthy of it.

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continue, please remit.

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Friends who sincerely desin the b the Vei

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patronise it. Induce them to it ation,

and then help to Btn ngthen that.

\ i it – annua No. 1 69

Weat berford I ] ‘ lap-

tain; and M V K Adjutant l;

i unanimously ind< taking

it t he official Camp.

W II \
inquiry n, of the Washington Artil-

lery, oi New Orleans. I knew him as a boj
hi in v –
P 0. Phason and Sand > Lloyd, I don’t know.

Rooersvill] I ■ -\ oted in the

old i ‘onfederat if t lu-

ll is t ho first periodii • ai at this

office E\ ery family in the f i it The

children should read it. I

read in month, and the price is within reach

II forward subscription for any om Voti

a \ n and t he Review i me yea i

.i II IoTcClistei –
federate Veteran Association of I’pi

– from Morristown, Tenn
“<iur Association, at its annual reunion

ed that this Association heartily indorse the
published at Nashville, Tenn..
by S. A.. Cunningham, and pledge him our heart]
port in his effort to pi – history of the

t our Southland.”

\n interesting story is told of Nelson Eolden, of the
First Georgia Regiment, in the Confederate army lie
aptured in hattlc. but his comrades thought be bad
been killed, and so reported. One of the last to be re-
he was late in returning home from prison. Be
Bought his wife, but learned that she had married Chris
June- and gone away. With heavy heart he walked
away and settled in Alabama, where he pi mar-

ried, and had children. His wife died. A Mr. Jon
came his neighbor, and ere lone Jones died. At the hit-
ter’s funeral Mr. and Mrs llolden met again. The
mourning season was Bhort, ami Mrs. Jones again he-
came Mrs. Hidden.

290

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

TO MEMORY OF MARY MARTHA REID.

I’m l: E I..-, 1 Camp No. 58 C V Jacksonville,
Fla., took suitable action in regard to the character of

Mrs Mary Martha Reid. A committee 1 iposed of

George Troup .Maxwell. I”. P. Fleming, and A. O. Wright,

itcd i” present a report, furnished an address 1

which 1 he following are exl ract –

Mrs. Mary Martha Reid was born in St. Mary’s, Ga.,
September 29, 1812 She was the daughter of James and
Mary Smith. Her father was a native of Belfast, Lro-
land; came to this country early in life, and was a suc-
cessful merchant of Si. Mary’s, his adopted borne, Her
mother, na Thorpe, was a native of Duval County, Fla.

Mrs. Eteid was a woman of striking personal appear-
ance, of 1 1 i l_t 1 1 ordei of intellect, which was well culti-
vated, and of dignified^ easy, affable manners, which
made her an attractive and pleasing companion.

She was married in si Augustine on November 29, 1836,
to Robert Raymond Reid, who was Judge of the United
Siaies Superior Court, and subsequently Governor of
la, to whom she bore two sons, The elder died in
childhood. The younger, Raymond Jenks Reid, grew to
manhood and entered the Confederate military service
at the beginning of the war. He was a brave and gal-
lant soldier, who never faltered in the discharge of duty,
and fell at his post while acting as the Adjutant of the
la Brigade in the battle of the Wilderness.

Besides with heroic fortitude offering her only child
upon the altar of her country, and with beautiful resig-
nation submitting to this sacrifice, Mrs. Reid gave all
her powers of body, mind, and soul to the work of
ameliorating the diet fori and alleviating the Buffer-
ings of the sick and wounded soldiers of Florida who
I lust rati d the patriotism and chivalry of their Slate in
tli- Army of Northern Virginia.

Wry early in the war .Mrs. Reid conceived the idea
oi establishing a distinctive Florida Hospital at Rich-
mond. By her exhaustless mental resources and tireless
onergy, success crowned her efforts, and thousands of
hearts were solaced, and suffering bodies comforted
through her personal ministrations. Having been ap-
pointed its matron, her entire time and all the activities
of her body and heart were devoted i” the arduous du-
ties of ber self-imposed, but celestial mission Who can
estimate the value of her services? Let the thousands
oi Florida soldiers who enjoyed her angelic ministrations
answer.

Of her terrible experiences after Richmond was evac-
uated, her own pen shall tell :

•■ I remained in Richmond, and left the veiy day that
Mr. Davis and the officers of the cabinet and others left.
Of course I was not of the party, Imi traveled along

with them as far as ALU \ die. S ( ‘.. where I was taken

iii charge by the officers of the retreating army of the
trans-Mississippi, commanded by Generals Featnerstone
and Loring. I 1 ►< * 1 1 reaching Washington, Ga., the troops
disbanded, after providing for my comfort. At thai
place and everywhere on the route home I met with
good people, whose houses and heart- were opened to me.
“Th” story i- really marvelous in its details; but how
I gol along over broken railroads, passing deserted
homes, without money, and with a heart burdened by
the rough encounters of four years of war. and ready to
break with its many sorrows. I cannot tell, But God
was with me. and I kept with the Confederate soldiers,

wdio never Tailed to eare for ln\ COmfbrl as well as

the) could, and divided with me their scanty rations.
Thus I earn. 10 the haven where I longed to be — my
ou n Florida.

” From the day I landed at Chattahoochee, where the

people of Quincy Benl for me a- s 1 a- they learned

thai I was stranded there, I experienced no further dif-
ficulty. P>\ them I was forwarded to Mont hello, where.
with my honored friend and coworker, Dr. Thomas M.
l’al r, I found home and rest in everj sense.

“After various efforts to retrieve my j ■ fortune, I

find myself, alter many year-, strange to say, at the \ ery
starting point of my existence- Nassau County. Fla,”

The closing year- of ihi- u-elul and eventful life were
speiil in ipiiet and comfort a- the head of the hoii-ehold

of her nephew-in-Iaw, Samuel A. Swann, of Fernandina.
In ber fatal i line– she was solaced l>\ 1 he tenderest min-
istrations of Mr. Swann and family, and the active and

affectionate sympathy of many friends in that c mu

nity. <>n June 24, L894, ser*iely and peacefully her
pure spirit passed from the i rials and sorrows of earth,
iii the consoling assurance of entrance into “thai rest

thai reinailieth tor the people of God.”

Mr-. Reid’s life was a radiant illustration of the beauty
and power of gentleness, purity, ami beneficence; and
her death exemplified the truth that fear cannot enter

at the threshold which is guarded by faith. Mrs. Reid
was never Known to have had a picture taken.
In the address John Ksten Cooke was quoted :
■And the women!” How true it is that ill all the

h .1 ril ile experience- of that terriLIc war there u as never

one moment of irresolution among the women of the
South! Enduring privations, braving dangers, with
homes desolated, and hearts lacerated and bleeding at
the his- of loved ones, never did Tear blanch their cheeks
nor despair cause their hope- to languish

This was I rue of all our noble women : and in I he Hghl
of such a history, it would seem almost invidious to in-
dividualize. But, in war as in peace, opportunities for
rendering distinguished services are afforded some which
are not enjoyed by others. It i- essentially true, how-
ever, I hat lie

Who does his best his circumstance allows,
I ioe- well, acts nobh : angels could no more.

The old Survivors Association, of Charleston, S. • ‘..
has become a part of Camp Sumter No. 250, U. t ‘. \ .
Tl iiic-r- for the 1 ‘amp elected ( Ictober 12:

Major Commandant, Professor Virgil C. Dibble.

F 1st Lieutenant Commander, W. E. Stoney.

Second Lieutenant Commander, l>r. R. L. Brodie.

Third Lieutenant Commander, F. G. Latham.

Fourth Lieutenant Commander, Asbury Coward.

Adjutant, John W. Ward.

Treasurer, F. II. Honour.

Chaplain, the Rev. W.T.Thompson, D.D.

Surgeon, I >r. W. < ‘. Ravenel.

Quartermaster, John Ahrens.

The committee which presented the reporl of consolida-
tion was requested to prepare B memorial from Camp
Slimier to the next meeting of the United Confederate
V, 1. ran-, asking that provision be made for the. proper
representation at Confederate reunions of Sons of Vet-
erans.

The cooperation of Camp Sumter was offered to its
former junior members in organizing their camp, and
they were invited to attend any of the meetings of Camp
Slimier and lo he present at its annual banquet.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

291

BART’S FAMOUS B \TI KI!Y.

The fourth annual reunion of the fa 1- Bart’s Bat-
tery, which participated in one hundred and fifty-three
engagements of the war, was held al Bamberg, S. C.
All the stores and banks and the cotton mill were closed,
and the entire town turned out to do honor to tl
who sacrificed their limbs and lives in defense of our
country. \ band of music was stationed in the public
square and all day played old melodies. A large banner,
decorated with Confederate emblems, bade “Welcome,
Bart’s Battery, 1894

Maj .1. F Bart, the last c mander of the battery,

conducted the march to the city park, and the raeol
was opened with prayer by Rev. J. W. Blkins.

Maj. W. <; Smith welcomed the rcunionists and visit-
ore. Be made a good speech and introduced little Grus,
the handsome son of Capl Louis 6 neofthe

old commanders of the battery Bi • Burviv-

son, and made a speech that was replete with inci-
dental histoiy of 1 be command,

Maj. .1 F. Ilari spoke in response to the addrei
welcome, and introduced the orator of the day, I
Robert A Idrich, who said

. . . There are fixed laws which govern the affia
man, and thi – are Been in all the departments of

human life. Some charlatans “rush in where an/;
fear to 1 reai ; rab 1 he prizi – but 1 bey are

the exceptions which emphasize the rule thai th<
brave, and true worthily wear the honors of life, and
war is no exception to the rule, and the commands
which rise in ihe ranks of war hold their posit
Such a command « e have with us to-day, and we delight
to honor it. Those veterans, those paladins who com-
posed Maris Battery, which went to do battle for
Southern rights, continued long after the struggle to
hold much of the public attention. This I bat-

tery, whose reunion we celebrate to-day, has maintained
iis place in the minds of our countrymen, a living fac-
tor, as linnh fixed as when the guns thundered on the
battlefields. ‘

Speaking to the veterans, hie fellow-comrades, he said:

You went iui” the war at the start and went in to
stay. You fought the fight to the finish, and ” when the
war drum sounded no longer, and the battle Bags were
furled,” you did not leave the glorious past to be buried
with it- glorious dead. hut. while facing the future with
manly hearts and without tear, you resolved to k<
your achievements fresh and green till you die.

Be spoke of the -\ arious terms applied to the great war:

It was then called the war for Southern rights, and it
was right then and is right now. and as long as I ran
say anything, no matter when or where or at what cost,
1 will always say that my countrymen fought and bled
and died for their rights. There was nothing wrong
about it except the result. No more glorious chapter in
that gigantic struggle was written in blood than the un-
paralleled defense of Charleston.

All honor to that noble old Roman. (Jen. Toombs, who
never struck his flag, and who. when some of his ante
bellum associates in Congress from (he North proposed
to him to let them secure him a pardon that he might
enter public life, replied in majesty: ‘Pardon me? I

have not pardoned you yet.’ The North ha- nevi
tried to explain why Jefferson Davis was not tried tor
treason; the only answer to that question was that they
dared not do it. A- long as the mountain -land- where
Ashhy f( as the rivi rs roll where Jackson ami

I fought, and as long as 1 lood and ashes consecrate
the soil of liberty, thai ‘ th to vindicate

iwn courts will siand as a monument
to the righteousness of the Southern can
While it may be profitable and pleasant to promote

g I etween al >ur country, still we

owe it as a duty to the living, a never-ending duty we

Owe to our dead, to u-e tl to prove the

righteousness of our can-. • dl k that is

written to corrupt the minds of our youth with thi
pression thai our lather’- wi – will fail of their

1 as long as we have reunions.

INCLDEN I- \ I I III FIRS! M LN iSSAS I – \ I 1 I B

James Franklin Jb Lynchburg, Va., writ
On the morning of July IT. 1861, the Vir-

ginia : tal Infantry did n – usual, d

drilling We boys 1 bought f the

drum had called u- t 111 It had

drill, drill, drill, tin – a day. W •

found thai there was -oinei he orderly

courier- and -lall bcad-

\ el’\

ud and handed in a paper. Our adjutant, .1.
I lavance Meen, 1 irdcred us !■ ■ pn _■ I n

was in Mm
order, and the hi in the

dire ; tun. Wi « en I rsl and

itecnth Virginia 1
menu We had

i sev-
eral ol W irched

; and halted ju bill in a 1

field, and I hit; 1 he boys of the


us hack into li

reprimand, Baying he was astonished thi iment

should go far forgel their il – ildicre,

I he enemy and l”- rabbit

hunting; that he very much feared that ii to be

engaged with the enemy we would want to go rabbit

hunting. I remember vividly the impression he made

me. which was 1 bat he feared our ■

We were moved down in the undergrowth and g

rs that we must make no I have no

lights. There ur remained all night Lboul daybreak
of the 18th wi chunked” u]i by the sergeants

and corporals, with strict injunction- to he quiet. The
and Seventeenth Regiments were placed on each
side of the ford (Blackburn’s Ford). Tic Eleventh was
marched up the Stream some five hundred yard-, am
companies were deployed on the hank of the stream, the
left resting on the right of the – raent.

The other four were held in reserve under a bluff. The
deployed companies commenced at once to fortifj

We used rail-, logs, and what dirt we could get

with our hay. i

1 1 my company, .lake, said to another: “Dick,

help me with thi- log.”

Dick replied: -.lake, what are you • do with

that rotten lo/S

•It is the he-l thing in the world I Hot.”

292

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

To this day, I > i . -I< tells the story on .lake About nine

o’clock while- -till making breastworks, the first can i I

had ever heard was fired Br the Yankee line. The Bhot

struck the ground very near :i piece of the Washington
Artillery, just on 1 h>- bill in our right u,nd very near the
place of the rabbit chase of the evening before. The
artillery at once moved back toward Manassas and the
old McLean Souse. The second shot struck just to
our left, and immediately in front of Gen, Bonbam’s
Smith i larolina Brigade, and verj near Kemper’s \ irginia
Battery of Artillery. The third shot was a shell and
exploded. In a short time we heard the bugle order of
Forward from the yankee line, and then it advanced.
Tin- enemy marched right down to the edge of the
water, and hi- two lines did the best thej could, but it
only lasted :t few minutes, when the enemy retn
then all was as -till as midnight.

In a very -hurt time the enemy made the second at-
tempt to force their way across the stream; both sides
held their ground for a few moments, when the enemy
plunged into the stream, and our boys met them. One
of Company E, I think it was Tom Sears, an Irishman,
dropped his gun and grappled with a yankee Irish-
man, and with the help of another he broughl his pris-
oner into our lines. He was evidently the first prisoner
captured. Maj. Harrison rode into the river, leaving his
men, and was the first man balled on our side. While
this was going on, our Lamented Glen. J. A. Early came
from our right with his old regiment, the Twenty fourth
Virginia, and I think a Mississippi rcgimenl to reenforce
Longstreet. Just as their line approached the edge of the
bushes they mi-took our men for the yanks, anil some

of them fired Gen. I gstreet, being between his

brigade and < len. Early’s line, jumped off of his horse to
keep from being shot. His horse ran out and we
thought the General had been killed.

We laid there in this line on the 19th and 20th. All
the forenoon of the 21sl we did nothing bul listen to the
fighting on our extreme right; but in the evening we

cheer after cheer, which seei I to be in our rear.

and we feared that our lines had been forced hack. O,
it was an awful feeling. Finally -one- our appeared as
if riding for his life, and as he passed be tossed his head
and exclaimed “We have whipped them!” Then a great
shout went up. We immediately advanced through the
stream and up the bill to see the fleeing yankees. .lust
in the road in the i dge of the wood- we came across the

cannon that had d – the first firing on us. It was a

long, black, Bteel gun. .lust here, Col. Garland rode
down the line and cautioned the boys not to pick up
anything — if we saw a gold dollar, let it alone; that
we were soldiers following a retreating enemy; that they

might at any time make II -land and turn -. and if

we were disorganized they might whip us.

At August election of officers for Jo B. Palmer Biv-
ouac Murfreesboro, Tenn., William Ledbetter was made
Commander, and 11. II. Norman continued as Adjutant
The largesl list of the Vetrran to any town in the South
is at Murfreesboro. It is 91, one more than Galveston.

Tyi.kk I».’II\i!\, Waco, Tex.: “At our monthly meet-
ing, Camp Pal Cleburne elected as its officers for the
ensuing year the following: J. D. Shaw. Captain;

Stephen Turner, First Lieutenant; lath AI ills, Second
Lieutenant; Tyler D. Ham, Adjutant; John Moore,
Quartermaster; Dr. D. R. Wallace. Surgeon; Rev. R.
C. Burleson. Chaplain.”

CAR B OP CON F E DEI I A T E V BT I ■: RAN S

It is not generally known that all the Confederate
States either grant pensions to, or have homes for, Con-
federate soldiers. The total number of pens! r- and

inmate- of homes ill all these States — A la ha in a. < leorgia,
Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina, Tennessee, ‘I
and Virginia— is stated to be 27,055, and the amount

paid annually in pens – and maiiitainance of homes is

about 11,126,736. There are also Confederate homes in
Maryland and Mi-soiiri. with 276 inmates, which were
maintained last year at a total cost for the two States oi
$24,000. This Bum includes improvements made during

the year. The regulations and methods vary BO materi-
ally in the different State- that it has been found impos-
sible properly to classify the payments.

< l-eorgia beads the list of single States, having paid last
year $445,000 to 7. inn pensioners. Of this sum, $185,-
000 was paid t” 3,200 veterans, and $260,000 to 4,200

widow-. The Stale has a soldiers’ home, situated on B

tract of 119 acres of laud, which was built by private
subscription at a cost of $42,000; but it remains closed
for lack of fund-. A la ha ma comes next to Georgia, with
4,955 pensioners, who received last year $183,124.32. It

has no soldiers’ I e. North Carolina has 1,647 pen-
sioners, wdio received $103,000. It has a soldiers’ home
with .jn inmates, ami the co-t of its maintenance this
year has been so far $10,000. Virginia has 3,450 pen*

sioners, and pays $99,206, and 181 i ates of soldiers’

I e- are supported at an expenditure of $15,220.

South < ‘arolina ha- 2.2 lit pensioners, who ivcri\ <■ $50,000,
but has no Boldiers’ home. Mississippi has 2.0110 pen-
sioners, who receive $62,400, and has no soldier.-‘ home.
Arkansas has ” s 7 pensioners receiving $31,375, and

maintains 20 inmates of a I ie costing $10,300, at a

yearly expenditure of $2,500. Florida has 374 pension-
ers, who receive $37,841. It ha- a home which co-t $10,-
ooo. and on which $2,500 was expended last year, bul it

is not now open. I i-iana ha- no pensioners, but it has

50 inmates of a home upon which last year $8 ) was

expended. Tennessee has .”>70 pensioners, receiving $6 1 .

875, and 108 inmate- of 8 home costing $32,000 were
maintained last year at an expense of $7,500. Texas
has no pensioners, but it maintain- ISO inmates of a
borne at a cost of $57,285. The Maryland home has 84

inmate-, and the Missouri home 72. Each 1 ie cost

the States concerned $12,000 last year. The tirsi cost of
the Maryland Home is not given; that of the Missouri
Home is $60,000. Thus we have a total of 27,211 Con
federate pensioners and inmates of homes, including
Maryland and Missouri, and a total payment to Confed-
erate pensioners and for Confederate Home- last year.
including Maryland and Missouri, of $1,150,836. — -New
Orleam Picayum

Mmh credit i- dm- the enterprise of the Picayune in
the procurement of the above statistics. The Veteran

is anxious to make known the facts about these bequests,
and requests Corrections and additions to the above-. It
is indeed remarkable if Georgia ” heads the list ” in fact.

At the last annual election. ( ‘amp Joseph B. . I oh nst on.
at Childress. Tex., the following officers were elected for

the ensuing year: B.J. McConnell, Captain (reelected);
R. 1). Bailey, First Lieutenant; P. L. Powell. Second
Lieutenant; J. W. Ketehen. Chaplain; George R. Allen,
Adjutant; and W. II. Crawford was reelected Commis-
sary. Their meetings are held quarterly.

C< )XFEDERATE VETERAN.

293

THE CON] I I’ll; ATI; DEAD.

A simple board of rough, ill-ehapen pine,
O’errun perchance by some tenacions vine,
Placed bj h head,

Js all that marks .mi brave ( lonfederate d<

No epitaph, save now and then “Unknown,”

Carved rudely on Bome unpretendii –

No towering shaft, with flattering words inlaid,

o’er onr slain its proud, imperial Bhade.
Bui can the skillful hand of polished art
To worth unsullied one mora charm impart,
rli t>> hallowed duel a sweeter rest,

ike their names mora honored or more I

Though monumental stone si M never rise,

To tell tin’ world where (alien valor li.-s.

Each In-art erects it- OWI1 immortal shrine.

And then- inscribes him attributes divine
We need no piles of sculptured marble gray.
To tell us where tin’ Southern Boldier lav,
For roses clustei o’er hi- L’ra-s\ bed,
And round the spot their sweetest fragrance –
Imbedded there by woman’s \ irtuoue hand,
Sweet emblems of our own bright, sunn]
Gould flowers fair for better purpost
Than to adorn the Southei n -•

Br . ■ f a ” lost ” hut sacred cause,

Fhough now w ithheld their well-deserved appl

Impartial history tim-t in tine _’!■.» bold,

Their virtues and their deeds » ill yet be told.
Poets will linger on the blood-dyed pla 1
And chant a hove our lost their swe< us;

Confederate dead will yel survive in –

Nor shall their glorious deeds he hi. Men long.

Fair daughters of our balmy clime will bring

Their floral offerings with < ing spring,

Entwine a wreath around each humble grave,

A loving tribute to our sleeping brave.

Though in the struggle triumph crowned the “strong,”

“Tis not to strength that honor should belong:

He most deserves it who most nobl] 1

His life, his “all,” his country’s rights to save.
Who fought not thr.oii.-li a selfish low of gain,
Spurned rank or “bounty,” ami shrunk not from pain;
‘Twas hut to save wife, ehil.lren, home, ami pride,

The Southern soldier battled, bled, ami died,

Their cause was noble ami their deeds siihln

Their just reward is held in trust by tin

she must ami will at last bestow the prise,

For worth immortal never, never .lie-‘

W0RSLB1 – l.lNl’.s TO GEN LEE

BY DR. J. WJf. JONBS, GHAPLAIN To INIVlvltsm OF VIRGINIA.

The lines t.. Gen. Lee. which you printed some time
ago in the Veteran, ami which have been several times
improperly attributed to Lord Derby, were really writ-
ion by Prof. Philip Stanhope Worsley, of Oxford, ami
were firal published by me in my ” Personal Reminis-
cences, Atiec. lot.–, ami Letters of R. E. Lee,” copied
from the original, which I have seen many times in Gen.
Lee’s home in Lexington, Va

\- the copy y.ui published contained many errors,
ami leaves .mt altogether tlic beautiful prose in-

troduction of Prof. Wofslcy, I hope that you can find
Bpace io publish the oorrecl copy from my hook

78 I, ami also two letters from Gen Lee to Prof. Wo

which I found copied in bis private letter 1 U. when

after his lamented death I had the privilege of examin-
ing ami culling from the pi apers of the
chieftain. The exl rai I follows:

ption ami
tation of a pel I’ the 1 had of

by Philip Stanhope A
Fellow holar and poet

the lit* of the

brigl

I ‘,, . .
ami. except in fortune, th this v.. I.

with the w ■ mpathy ami respectful admiration.

:.ir,

II,

111,

\n Kllf

W .

Ldnti bruary 10 P. S. H

■ ■f your translation of the
” Iliad,” which \ -al lias

been my evenil s and I have re

beauty an.i _ no more than as recited by you.

The trinsl.i’ truthful as powerful, ami faithfully rej.ro-

‘ lie imagery and rhythm of th- jinal.

The undeserved compliment to my-. If in prose ami ven
the first have- ..f the volume, I reot ii tribute to the

merit of my countrymen who struggled for constitutional gov-
ernment.

Wit iient servant, II E. I 1

LramoTOH, Va.. March 1). 1 son Mr. /’. .V n ‘■■’•■ Dear

eceived from my nephew, Mt

Childe. lr. at you, you

greatly indi •’ in your welfare

•f intrudii .

room. it. im e^ 1 • our atllie-

tion. 1 tTUi ml are

again h. hike m ad pursuits,
1 fear \ 011 may confim

mental labor and mot bring to

the way in which you now delight I a \isit to

this distracted country pri any recreation, I

need not assure you how happy I Bbould he to see you b
ington. 1 can L-ive you a quiet 1

that would delight t” carry you “\. r our beautiful moun-
tains. I hope my letter informi
from the perusal of your translation of the ” llial.” in which I

en. lea – my thanks fol – “t you

e in its dedication, ha- informed you “I my high appre-
ciation of the work.

Wishing you every happiness in this world, ami praying
eternal peace may he your portion in that to come. 1 am. mo-t
truly, your friend and ser EL I I

The friendship between the quiet scholar and the .
soldier forms a beautiful episode in their lives. Ti
quisite poem of Woreley is a touching tribute to tic
federacy and to Lee. ami it would seem a pity thai Lord
Derby or any one else should rob the poel of his laurels.

294

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

FLORIDA WHITE

The promised sketch of ” Floridn White” cannot be
found, Ihii there are recollections of thifl eminent lady
which will be noted in connection with the excellent en-
graving herewith printed. Honor to her memory.

The distinguished woman was Miss Ellen Adair, one
of the seven daughters of Gen. Adair, who was < tovern-
or of Kentucky. Ai the age of eighteen Bhe tnai
Joseph Monroe White, who represented the Land of
Flowers in the United States Congress. She became
eminently prominent in Washington society, and trav-
eled with her husband through Europe in their private
carriage Mr. While was a leading Spanish land lawyer,
and a Bingle fee sometimes approximated (100,000. He
was proud of his wife and lavish in expenditure for her

pleasure and popularity. Bulwor read to her in manu-
scripl his ” Lasl Days of Pompeii.” On their departure
for return to America, Madame Mural asked Mrs. While
what she could give her as a token of remembrance, and
the reply came, ” four hand.” Thai famously beautiful
hand was cast in bronze and was given by the recipient
to the editor of i be V 1:1 eh \v

Justice Story and other mem hers of the Dnited Stales
Supreme Court paid her these, high tributes:

Thou hast gone from as, lady, to si i

Midst the throng of the pay and the fair;

If thou’rt happy, we “ill not repine,
But, say, canal i hou think of us i here?

Circled round by the glittering crowd,

Who Batter, gaze, sigh, and adore,
I would ask, if I were not too proud,

llasi thy heart room for one image more?

Forgive us, dear lady, ah, do,

We will lilot out those words from our song;
Though absent] we know thou art true;

Though jealous, we feel we are wrong.

Some millions of insects might pass

In thy rays as those of the sun,
Then is it not folly to ask

Thy glances should beam here alone?

The following is credited to John Quincy Adams:

(•ring the cap and tiring the I

And banish -alien melancholy,
For who shall seek for wisdom’s cells
When Ellen summons him to follj ‘.’

And if ’twere folly to he wise,
&b bards of mightv fame have chanted,

Whoever looked at Ellen’s I

And then for sages’ treasures panted?

i I, lake the ran and hells away.

The very t bought my soul o
hike Jack between two stacks of bay,
< Ir ‘ rarrick’e choice between the Muses.

Thus Apama, of beauteous renown,

Made the pr lest ..i monarebs grow meek;

i in her own pretty head placed his crown,
And then tapped the old k i hl: on the cheek.

Notes li-ou i Mr. Josiah Quiricy’s ” Figures of the Past ; ”
Mr. Quincy’s firs! party in Washington was at Mrs.
Wirt’s, where he wiiii in company with Mr. and Mrs.
Wehsier. which event he emphasizes “because of meet-
ing M re. White, a lady w hose beauty was the ad mi ration
of Washington and whose name was. consequently, upon

every tongue.” … It issaidlhat beeaURO of Some

strictures upon her father. <ien, \dair. Mrs. While con-
troverted with Andrew Jackson some questions aboul the
battle of New OrleanB, whereby Bhe was victor, li is
perhaps the only defeat “Old Hickory ” ever suffered.

Five years alter the death of Mr. While she was mar-
ried 10 1 >r. Beatty, whom she survived nearly fort v’\ ears.
Of the large estate thai Bhe possessed when the war be-
gan, there were two hundred negores. whom she had
taught to read and write. She was :m aunt of Gen. Pat-
ton B. A nilerson, of Confederate fame, and of Maj. Butler
P. Anders who gave his life for his I’el low-men in nurs-
ing yellow fever patients years ago at Grenada, Miss.

There has evident l\ keen no woman so highly hi red

iii American history as Mrs. Ellen Adair Beatty, so of-
ten quoted bj authors two generations ago as “Florida
While.” A remarkable circumstance in her career was

her reception by the Pope of Rome and his gift of a
magnificent diamond cross, with which she parted alter
the war iii her liberality toward the erection of a South-
ern Presbyterian church in Washington City, of which
Rev. Mr. Pitzer has been the pastor since its dedication,
In Mrs. Ellet’s “Court Circles of the Republic” she
reports an entertainment during John Quincy Adams’s
administration, in which she refers to Mrs. White as
follows “There was also the wealthy and magnificent
Florida belle, Mrs. While, with a numerous train of ad-
mirers, a dozen orange blossoms in her hair, the wild
light of the gazelle in her dark eyes, and her busl cased
in glittering silver, languishing through the crowd, who
retired to the right and left tO permit her to pass. [f
met, said all admirer, walking through an orange grove

in Florida, or beside a limpid lake amid the eternal spring,
she would instantly become an object of worship.”

At another time (Jackson’s administration): “The
lady usually called Mrs. ‘Florida’ White, because her
husband, Col. White, represented Florida, was celebrat-
ed for her magnificent beauty and intellectual accom-
plishments throughout the Gulf States.”

Her part in the war is not given in this appropriate
place, but no woman in our favored Southland was more
loyal and zealous from lirst to last. She and Mrs. .lames
K . Polk were devoted friends. The latter was pleased
to recall in the later years of their lives the eminence of
her Presbyterian sister when both were iii the prime of
young womanhood and conspicuous at Washington.

CONFKDERATE VETERAN.

295

Incidentally an omission from the lis! of Confed-
erates who served as Governor of Alabama is that of
Eon. Thomas II. Watt-. -War Governor,” who was an
Attorney General of the Confederate States. This item
ionics from an address of the late Col. C. C. Jones, of

Augusta, who mentioned in such connectioi Men

rial Day of 1893, Brigadier General Lucius E. Polk, of
Tennessee, ” whof-e reputation 1- indissolubly linked with
the stalwart history of the Army of the VI
dier General Henry Gray, of Louisiana, at one time cl
competitor with Judah P. Benjamin for the high
political honors within the gifl of the General Assembly
of the Pelican State; Randall L. Gibson, of V
Orleans, a Brigadier General of the Confederate army,
gallant, courteous, and gifted, and, at the time of his
demise, occupying the distinguished position of Senator
from Louisiana in the Congress of the United Stat
Henry W, Billiard, of Georgia, a many-sided man.
dier, author, lawyer, preacher, orator, and diplomat,
courtly in address, of broad culture, and for more than
half a century a prominent actor in public affairs;
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, “i Mississippi, a na
tive Georgian, who. a- an officer in the army of North-
ern Virginia, as an instructor, lawyer, legislator, Confed
craii’ ( ‘oni in issio hit. < Congressman, Senator Si 1 retary of
the Interior, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States, touched nothing which he did not
adorn; Pierre Gustave Toutanl Beauregard, of Lou –
na, last survivor of these illustrious officers who at tail
unto the grade of general in the regular army of the
Confederate States, of noble lineage, trained to feats of
arms, promoted foi gallantry in our war with M
military engineer of the highest repute, defending
Charleston harbor with a skill and a tenacity challenging
universal admiration. Among the hemic names
dignifying the Confederate hook of fame appears

In let! ‘ hite

■ lei I with Btars of quenchless light;
\. \ . 1 b blot that page hath marred ;
Vint the Btar-wreathe 1 nami int.

Edmund Kirby-Smith, of Florida, brevetted for gallan-
try in the battles of Cerro Gordo and Co the
onl\ officer complimented with the rank of General in
the Provisional Army of the Confederate Stales
trusted with the command of the trans-Mississippi De-
partment, from the inception to thi 1 ‘• >se of the Confed-
erate st ruggle for independence display ing in a conspicu-
ous degree on many bloody fields’ and amid circumstan-
ces most difficult the capabilities of an accomplished
soldier and the virtues which appertain toexalti <1 patriot
ism. after the conclusion of the war devoting his time
and talents to t he educat ion of Southern youths, passing
the evening of a stormy life in the quiet companionship
of family, of literary friends, and of loving pupils, and.
as the end approached, animated by the faith and

sustained hy the hope of the I rue believer. And, on the

9th instant, the Honorable Andrew Gordon Magrath, for
more than half a century a leading member of the
Charleston bar, a Confederate District Judge of high
repute, and a ‘ War Governor’ of South Carolina, full of

years and honors, passing peacefully and painlessly
through the tranquil gates of the historic city which had
so lone; commanded his affections and witnessed his tri-
umphs, entered into the realm of shadows.” Other names
are mentioned in the tribute, among which were Geo.
Joseph K Anderson, of Richmond, who was President
Of the Tredegar Iron Works oi Richmond, where were
made many heavy guns fov the Confederacy.

1 ONCERNING THE SLBGB AT VICKSBURG.

Extract from letter of Capt. S J. Ridley, of Wither’s

artillery, who was killed at Baker’s Creek, Mis-. The
■ this letter was omitted in making extracts. It
irnished the Veteran by Capt. Ridley’s daug
The thrashing they got at Chickasaw was the most
t’ul one of the war. M\ that they

could not rally their men to another attack. They
were followed to their boats and tired into while getting
into them. Tin \ departed precipitately, leaving many
of t heir men who immissaries 1 ■■

without letting them know, although they were but a
little wa\ s from them. They v lemor-

ali/.ed They acted wisely ii ; the attack •

1 hey did, for it was decidedly ou

spot had 1 we had fortified there

but litt le ‘ ‘ur foi tifil point

on the Yazoo to Wat urg. ‘I’he line

1- about t wenty-t bree n

line hack oi the town, tin have

so thai if by any possibility they get in oui

■ 1 lake t he place I d t think 1 1 •

chance for them . It they

ev.r do, depend on it. il will he by tin: had ms
of the general in command, which we fear hen- In- is
frequently guilty of. Somehow this part of the army is
the most unfortunat n. Smith, who

wa- in command here until Pemberton came, was the
most deficient rank in I ind to

tell you the truth. I do not belli

better It something 1- I out

I understand that ti pro-

visions ti>r this army in Vicl awful to think

of. Mere we lay. and

and if will not

It is
all throw n av< buy what I i

selves In- – 1 revisions.

However, the troops bear it cheerfully, but can 1 sax-
how long t hey will Tl

ntly with
ire compelled to \ lery here It

there i fight Ii’ re 1′ will I nid if the

not kept up. it will be hard nil

have DO feats B 1 do not think 1 1

ral arm] it.

ROANOKl 1 \ ‘a I.

: w. published in the
( Confederate veterans, dei nl ion. 1 1 1

veteran who loves to livi in memory, or read the

Is of his comrade- in arm- ol the struggle th:
four years held in the balance the destiny of the D
but knew how entertaining and valuable was the Cos-

FEDERAT1 VeTERAM, he WOUld make an extra effort to he

numbered among its regular Bubst ribers The handsome

illustrations, beautiful paper, and clear let add-

ed to the fund of \ aluahle information that fill its thirty-
t wo pages monthly, are att ractions which are irresistible,
and have drawn to ii a deservedly large class of readers,
not confined to the South, but located in every State of
the Union.”

B. P. Johnson & Co., Richmond. Va., regular adver-

‘ isers Von tire getting up a splendid magazine, and we
are very much pleased with the results Aside from that,
we feel deeply interested in the cause it represents.”

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS.

COWBTITUTIOX AND BY-LAWS FOB TBB1B QOVR&NMBNT.

new Constitution, By-laws, etc., of the United
lerate Veterans, adopted at Birmingham, Ala..
Aprilj26, 1894, have been issued under orders of the Gen-
eral in chief at bis temporary headquarters, Pittsburg,
Pa., September 12, 1894. The document is of
length for one issue <>! the Veteran, but the general
r will find something of interest, ami it will b< of
much value to the thousands of United < lonfederate Vet-
eran comrades who are subscribers. The substance is
given as fully as practicable, avoiding Btiffnese of form:

The duly accredited delegates from the various Camps
of the United Confederate Veterans, represented in gen-
eral convention assembled at Birmingham, Ala.. April
26, 1894, adopted the following Constitution and By-
laws for the United Confederate Veterans, in substitu-
tion for all previous acts of similar import :

«^

The Name. — United Confederate Veterans.

Objects. — Its objects and purposes shall be social, lit-
erary, historical, monumental, benevolent, and honorable
in every degree; without any political, sectarian, or mil-
itary signification, beyond the preserving of essential
titles for organization

The purposes as classified are :

To unite all bodies of ( lonfederate veteran soldiers and
sailors now organized or that may he hereafter,

To cultivate ties of friendship among those < lonfeder-
atcs who have shared common dangers, sufferings, and
privations; and to perpetuate honor, integrity, valor, and
the other noble attributes of true Southern character,

To relieve- the deserving veterans who may be in dis-
tress, care for and protect the widows of Confederate
soldiers and sailors who bore themselves honorably and

.rave life to the cause, educate and assist the orphans of

veterans wdio die members of the federation. .

To instruct aivl instill into the descendants of the peo-
ple of the South a proper respect for and pride in its
glorious war history, With a veneration and love for the
deeds of their forefathers which have created such a

monument of military renown; to enlist the sons of vet-
erans, who, though too young to have received a baptism
of fire, have nevertheless encountered an early lite of
sacrifice, to assist in carrying out the good proposed by
■ deration, and to perpetuate a truthful record of
the noble and chivalric achievements of their ancestors.
To aid in commemorating the illustrious dead by
erecting enduring monuments to the deceased great

leaders and heroic BOldierS and sailor-., and Otherwise
mark the graves and care for the remains of deserving

Confederates; and to colled and preserve Southern war
relics as mementos of historical value.
To encourage and promote the writing of accounts of

battles, personal memoirs, and narratives of military
achievements by participants therein ; to secure and file
with the historian the records of the service- of mem-
bers and dead comrades ; to compile statistics embracing

plan-, maps, and official reports of hat ties, together with

other reliable military and civic data — all with the view
of furnishing authentic information, from which a con-
scientious historian will be enabled to write a correct
and impartial history of the Confederate side during the
war lor Southern independence.

Membership and Camps. — Membership in the Federa-
tion shall be by organized bodies or associations of < lon-
federate veteran soldiers and sailors, denominated ( ‘amps;
and (‘amps -hall be formed in two ways, as follows: On
the direct application of at least ten veterans, requesting
the formation of an initial body: or by application from
the officers of an existing body, proposing to merge the
body as organized into a < ‘amp.

An application for a charter granting authority to or-
ganize a Camp, directly or by mergement, shall, where
practicable, be filled out on a regular blank furnished
from the Adjutant General’s office; but any character of
printed or written application, plainly expressing such
purpose and properly signed, shall bo received and acted
upon. The application for a Camp charter shall be ac-
companied by a service roster of the applicants and a
list of officers for the body, together with a charter fee
of $2 and tees for officers commissions aggregating $5.

The conditions formulating the local organizations of
bodies or associations of Confederates, merged into
(‘amps, are not hereby interfered with beyond the neces-
sary constitutional and hy-law provisions for the main-
tenance of the federation; and the Camps, whether
formed directly under authority conveyed by this Con-
stitution or by merging previously organized bodies and
associations of Confederates, are permitted to become

members.

A II 1 ‘amps shall be numbered consecutively according

to their dates of formation.

Camps shall require of applicants for membership
therein proof of honorable service in the army or navy
Of the Confederacy, or honorable discharge therefrom if
the applicant was mustered mil of the service prior to
the Close of the war: provided, however, that the pres-
ent membership in Camps formed or in ancient Confed-
erate organizations thai may hereafter be merged into
tamp- shall in no way be disturbed, and that nothing
herein contained shall prevent an inquiry into the right
of any individual to membership in his Camp.

The Organization.- The Camp shall be the unit basis

Of the organization; it shall have at least ten active
members, and shall legislate locally for itself; and Camps
shall Be organized into Brigades, Divisions, Departments,

and the federation, the controlling body of which shall
be termed the ‘• Legislative Council,” and be composed

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

297

of delegate* from the Beveral Camps upon :i repreeei
tive basis.

Two or more contiguous i ‘amps in iy, by order of the
General of Division, be formed into a Brigade, which
shall be designated by number; five or mine Camps, lo-
cated within the boundary of a State or Territory, by
order of the Department Commander, shall constitute a
Division, which shall hear the name of such State or
Territory, ami there shall be three Departments — viz..
the “Army of Northern Virginia,’ the “Army t I
nessee,” and the “Trans-Mississippi,” all of which shall

orally embrace the Camps located within the respec-
tive districts.

There shall be no territorial limit- to a ( lamp.

The territorial hounds* of a Brigade district -hall I f

.such extent as to embrace that of the contiguous Campa
forming the Brigade, and such adjoining territory within
the Division districl as may be assigned by the Division
< lommander for recruiting purpost –

The territorial extent of a Division district shall be
thai of the State or Territory in which the (‘amp- con-
stituting the Division are located.

The territorial assignment for Departments shall be as
follows: For the Army ot Northern Virginia Depart-
ment, the state- of South Carolina, North Carolina,
Virginia, Wes1 Virginia, Maryland, the District of I
lu m hia, and States east of Ohio and norl h of Marj land;
for the Army of Tennessee Department, the Statee
Kentucky, Tonness ■< ■. < leorgia, Florida, A la ha ma. Mist
sippi, Louisiana, and the Northern State- east of the
Mississippi River and west of the western boundary line
of Pennsylvania extended; for the trans M ssissippi
Department, Ihe States and Territories west of the His
sissippi River, except the pan of Louisiana east of it,

p. — The commissioned officers of a
(‘amp. -hall he elocted annually by the active members
thereof who are in good standing at the time the •
lion is held ; and Bhall consist of a Major a- Command-
ant, with First and Second Lioutenanl Comm lers for

every Camp without regard to membership, and an ad-
ditional Lieutenant Commander for each fract ion of fifty
members over one hundred, an Ldjnl mt, a Quartcrmaa
tor, a Surgeon, an Assistant Surgeon, a Chaplain, and a
Treasurer. The Lieutenant Commanders, Adjutant, and
Surgeon shall rank as Captains; and the Quartermaster,
Assistant Surgeon. Chaplain, and Treasurer -hall rank
as Lieutenants— all with precedence in the order named

and the Junior Lieutenant Commander present at .1-
semhlies of the body shall be ifficer of the day

There shall he a Noncommissioned Stall, appointed
h\ the Commandant, which shall consist of a Sergeant
Major, a Vidette, a Color Sergeant, and two Color
Guards.

The Major Commandant shall preside at meetings and
have general civic mid military control of the Camp,
and during his absence such duties shall devolve upon
the ranking Lieutenant Commander present. The Ad-
jutant shall act as Secretary of the body and have
charge of its hooks, papers, and seal, receive and receipt

for all money- due the Camp, and pay the same over to
the Treasurer, taking his receipl therefor; and the Ser-
geant Major shall he his clerk. The Treasurer shall re-
ceive and receipt for all moneys paid to him, give bond
for their security, pay out funds only on the order of the
Commandant when authorized so to do by vote of the
Cam]i, and turn over t<i hi- BUCCeSSOr all id’ his fiduciary
trusts. All the officers shall perform such military and
general duties as are implied by their titles or may he
1*

ribed by the Camp, and otherwise he subject to
orders from 1 be < lommandant.

ide. — The Commander of a Brigade

shall he a Brigadier General, who shall he elected annu-
ally by the Camps thereof; and he shall appoint from

■ ruinate! I he Brigade Staff, as follows: A Chief of
Staff, with rank of Lieutenant ( ‘olonel . an Adjutant
Ciuieral.au Inspector G Commissary General, a
Judge Advocate General, a Surgeon General, and a
Brigade Chaplain, with rank each of Major; an Assist-
ant to each, when deemed necessary or expedient, and
as many Aid-d.eauip a- I he General may desire, all

with the rank of Captain, and a Color Bearer with rank
of Lieutenant

The < lommander of a I liv
shall be d Major General, who. nominated by the dele-
gates representing the (‘amp- of the Division, shall be
elected annually by the Camps of the Division; and be
shall appoint, from the command, the Division Staff, a-

follows: A Chief of Slatl. with rank of (‘olonel. an Ad
uitatit General, an 1 ns] 1 a Quat tern

General, a Commissary General, a Judge Adv >caiv Gen-
eral, a Surgeon General, and a Chaplain General, with
rank each of Lieutenant Colonel an Assistant to
when deemed necewarj lient, and as many Aids-

1 1 1 • a- th.- General may deBire, all with rank of
Major, and a 1 I ftrer with ran tain.

inlander ot’ a I >e
part men t shall he a Lieutenant ill he

elected annually by the Legislative Coundl of th(
.ration: and In- -hall appoint, from the Command, the
Department Staff, as follows A 1 -tart, with

rank ot’ Brigadier < General an In-

■ al, a J udge \

and a < ‘haplaii b rank each 1 and

an Assistant to each, v

dient, and as many Aids-de-camp as the General may

all with rank ot Lieutenant Colonel, and a I

Bearer wit h rank of Major.

m The chief exocutn

of t hi on, and other offii ■ eral head-

quarters, shall be as follows who,

as tie lent of the federa-

tion, and a General, second in command, who shall he
Vice President of the federation, and both -hall he

I annually by the Legislative Council of th<
crat ion and t be ( o-ncral in ‘ shall appoint

Staff of t he federal ion a- follows
\ Lieutenant General, who shall be Chief of tbi
eral Stat! and act a- Adjutant General who -hall n
an annual salary of two thousand dollars, and tl
lowing Chiefs of Staff < lorps, to rank a- Major Get
An Inspector ( oncral. a Quartermaster ‘ reneral, a Com-
missary General, a Judge Advocate General, a Sui
General, a Chaplain General; and an Assistant to
Chief of Start’ Corp-, with rank of Brigadier General;

oth.r Stall Corps officers, with rank ot’ (olonel

Aids-de-camp as may he deemed necessary, with rank of
(‘olonel: and a Color Bearer with rank of Lieutenant
Colonel. The General n Command, -hall ap-

point a personal Staff consisting of a Chief, with rank of
Brigadier General, ami as many Lids-de-camp, with
rank of Colonel, as he Bhall desire.

The Quartermaster General -hall he Treasurer at
eral headquarters, and the General in Chief shall
from among his Aids. de-camp a Military Secretary,
who. for the period.of occupancy, shall rank as Briga-

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

dier General. The chief of each Staff Corps shall
rooomniend comrades to the General in Chief for ap-
pointment as their assistants, with rank of Brigadier
General, and also i” subordinate grades when deemed

-ary.

Chief of the General Staff shall, in the name of
tin- General in Chief, commission all officers; and, in ad-
dition to iii- dul es ;i> Adjutant General of the historic
militant organization, ho shall bi the Pernia-

in- r f t and Recording Secretary of the federation, and, as
Bach, shall keep faithful and accurate minutes of all
meetings of the Legislative Council, make full reports

thereof for publication, and have charge of all l lis,

papers, records of general and special meetings, rosters
of the several subdivisions <>f the military organization,
various archives, relics, greal seal, and other general
headquarters effects of the federation.

All appointed officers, commissioned or noncommis-
d, of whatsoever grades, shall hold office for the
terms or periods of incumbency of the < renerals or Com-
mandants of Camps appointing them, and until their
successors arc appointed and qualified; and the recep
tion and publication of a commission shall be sufficient
notice of the power and position thereby vested, and
Buch promulgation -hall constitute the muster into the
service of the federation.

There shall be a Chief Clerk and Stenographic Secre-
tary, who shall perform the duties of an assistant secre-
tary and clerk at general headquarters, and make
stenographic reports of the meetings of Lhe Legislative
cil of the federation. Such officer may be either
male or female, and shall receive an annual salary of one
thousand dollars, payable by monthly installments’, out
of the fund created from ice- received for officers’
commissions.

A Historian shall be elected by the Legislative Coun-
cil, and shall retain the office BO lone’ a- his work gives

satisfaction to the body. He shall be Chairman of the
Committee on War History, and with its assistance shall
compile data and write a correct history of the war be-
tween the Northern and Southern States, which, on ap-
proval of the body, he may publish without cost to the
ation, under an arrangement with the publisher
by which he shall be paid a royalty.on the work as re-
muneration for his services.

A Comniitte War History, to consist of the His

torian as permanent Chairman, and one member as the
representative from cadi organized Division of the fed-
eration, with one additional member at large to repre-
sent any and all <‘atn|is not organized in Divisions. Il
shall be the duty of the various members of such com-
mittee to compile historical data and file the same with
the H istorian, who shall cull therefrom authentic records
and incidents of value to be embraced in his historical
writings. The committee shall have charge id’ collect-
ing and preserving till historical data that can possibly
be obtained; and shall seek and determine how it is best
to stimulate and oncourage the writing of a historj of
the war between the States, so as to elucidate obscure
and controverted points, properly vindicate the actions
of the Confederate soldiers and sailor-, and otherwise
perpetuate the glorious achievements and enduring for-
titude of the Soul hern people as citizens, statesmen, and
militants. The committee shall hold at least one^ annual
meeting a fortnight or more prior to the regular session
of the Legislative Council, and make report, transmit-
ting the approved work of the Historian, to that body
for adoption.

The General in Chief shall appoint, during the tirst.
meeting of each annual session of the Legislative Coun- *
eil. the following standing committees from among the
accredited delegates to such body, and the members shall

hoi. I office lor one year, or until their successors are ap-
pointed ami qualified, viz.:

A (‘otnmittei Finance, to consist of five mem-
bers, to which shall In- referred all matters pertaining

to re’-eipt- and expenditure-: and which, immediately

prior to the succeeding session of the Legislative Coun-
cil, shall audit the accounts of the officers of that body
having fiduciary trusts, and make report then of to bhi
-aid ( louncil in writing.

\ Committee on .Monuments and Cemeteries, to con-
sist of live members, to which shall he referred all mat-
ters relating to 11 umenting the Southern War dead.

ihe care of Confederate cemeteries and isolated graves
of those wdio gave life to the “lost Cause.”

Represi ntation. -Every < ‘amp in good standing having
a minimum often active members shall be entitled to
representation, to -cud one delegate to the Legislative
( louncil, and. with increased membership, it shall be en-
titled to -end one additional delegate for every fraction

Of lilt ecu active 1 n em hers it has over and above the tirst

ten; therebj making the representation for a (‘amp of
twenty-five active members two delegates; for forty
active members, three delegates; for fifty-five active
members, four delegates, and so on.

The Generals, Lieutenant Generals, Major Generals,
and Brigadier Generals in command of organizations ;
the ( Ihief of ihe General Stall’, the Chiefs of the Beveml
Staff Corps, and the Chiefs of stall’ and Adjutant Gen-
erals of the various Brigades, Divisions, and Depart-
ments, -hall all he ex officio members of the Legislative
Council, with the right to speak to and motion hefore
the body, but without the privilege of voting when the

roll is called by Camps on a representative basis, unless
such an officer is .an accredited delegate from a < ‘amp. or
when, as the presiding officer, he shall he required to

give the Casting vole in case of a lie.

A Camp shall he considered in good standing when its

annual i\uv- to ihe Federation and fees for its officers’
ci ‘iimiis-ion- are paid.

An active member of a (‘amp is a real contributing
member of the body, in contradistinction to “honorary
membership,” which may lie bestowed by one or more

Camps upon the same individual as a compliment.

Only the active members “fa Camp shall he counted
in determining iis membership, and, upon a representa-
tive vote by Camps in the Legislative Council, such
membership shall he limited to ihe number upon whom
each Camp last paid dues as per capita tax; and a sin-
gle delegate present shall have the right ami privilege of
casting lhe total ratio vote of hi- Camp.

Proxy representation shall not he recognized, and a
( ‘amp -hall -end one or more delegates to i he Legislative
Council or lose representation therein; though the right
of petitioning the body shall always he open, and docu-
ments of such character may be presented by others
than members of the body petitioning.

All delegations from regularly organized Camps will
be received and allowed the courtesies of the floor of the
Legislative < louncil, but they shall not be allowed to par-
ticipate in the legislative proceedings of the body unless
the per capita tax, constituting the dues from such
( ‘amps, shall have heen paid up to the ( Ihief of the Gen-
eral Skiff. 011 or hefore the tirst day of January next
preceding the date of the annual scssii f the body.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

299

Powers. — The federation shall have power to design,
make, and use a common seal, together with ;i seal for
Camps, and such badges for special identity as it shall
determine, and may alter and change any device and in-
scription thereon, and prescribe conditions governing the
us.’ of all.

In order to raise a sufficient revenue to defray tin’
necessary expenses “t the general headquarters and of
print ing the proceedings of the Legislativi Council, etc.,
the Chief of lie General Staff shall, in the name of the
General in Chief, issue charters to Camps and i”iiinii>-
siona to officers, for which he shall charge stipulated
fees; and, under this constitutional provision, he
additionally, levy a stated per capita tax updh ll
tivc membership of the fed< ad charge a royaltj

profit ‘>n the COBl of (‘amp seals ad within tin’ limits

hereinafter expressed.

The Legislai ive Council may authorize ami encourage
tie’ formal ion of bi and daughtei

federate soldiers and sailors, charter such organizations,
and otherwise exercise tie general 1 and pre-

roe a 1 iv, s usually enjoyed by institutions of its kind.

The Legislative ( ‘ouncil shall have power !•• alt, 1
amend this Constitution by a two-thirds vote of thi
gate representation, on a call of the Camps, in regular
Bession assembled; and, hv a majority vote, may adopt
by-laws for the additional govi rtomi m of the bodj
enact such rules ami regulations for the general advan-
tage of members as shall be within the purview of the
< lonsl it in

Prohibitions Neither the
political subjects, nor the indorsement of aspirant
political office, shall he allowed 111 Camps or the Legisla-
1 “lined.

The use of the name, si al, and badges of the Federa-
tion for business purposes is expn Bsly prohibited.

Liabilities other than as herein expressed shall n<
com racied ; no debt of an j character shall bi
the federation, and assessments shall nol be
the membership as stated in the foregoing.

Pi nalties. — The paj menl of the per capita tax and all
other dues by Camps is prerequisite to represental ion in
the Legislative Council, and a Camp failing to comply
with such requirement shall nol be allowed representa-
tion upon 1 be floor of such body.

For the violation of these articles the member of a
Camp or delegate to the Legislative Council, 1
ing, will be subject to suspension for such period as shall
be determined by the body in which the offensi
column ted ; and for dishonorable acts, a member may
he expelled : and tor frequent violation of the lirst part,
without appropriate reprimand, a (‘amp may l<
pended from membership in the federation; and its
members, through Bitch suspension, will be barred fra
ternal privileges during the period of suspension ; and
for totally disregarding it. the charter of a Camp shall
be forfeited and its membership in tho general body ab-
rogated.

Suspension of membership held by an individual or
Camp shall he by a majority ballot vote of the body act-
ing; and the expulsion of an individual or the im]
forfeiture oT a Camp charter shall be by a two-thirds
ballot vote of the body acting.

Neither an individual nor a Camp shall he adjudged
without a hearing, ami then only on charges preferred,
and after due notice shall have been served.

Reinstatements. — A member of a (‘amp oV delegate to
the Legislative (‘ouncil or Camp, suspended for cause,

may he reinstated, prior to the expiration of the pi
of suspension, by a majority ballot vote of the suspend-
ing body, taken after a fortnight’s notice that such a
ballot will he spread.

An expelled member may be reinstated by his Camp
by a tw,, thirds fa I lot vote, after one year from the date
of his expulsion.

A ( amp which has forfeited its charter may he r
citated l>\ a two thud– roll-call vote of tie Legislative
Council on the application of a1 least fifteen members of
imp. -,-; ,ii in \ did not knowingly

violate the ( ‘oust it ut ion or ol herwise act detrimental to-
ward the federation; with the additional promise that.

Hi,, 1 the return of the charter, they w
mandates and othei mply with the requirements

ot t li. fedi 1 a ‘

ii of the charters
Camps hereaftei formed, by direi

company the a], pie rter and to l„- paid

only ‘ up.

By a per capita

I, ( amp. tie from t he

( ‘amp on October 1. and payable nol later than I >•

– are
pou , iv, I wit h authoi pon their

tions.

By a BJ –

to he p I’d in a . and

lually, a-
For 1 1
for the commie


$2. T” ”

I by the transmittal of such
– and t li by < ‘am :

‘he individual- by
such hod-. 1 r local dl

By i from the •

1 at the fi

l> to pay t he ex ;

All 11 nail he payable t” tie 1

cral Staff, ami er to 1 he Qu

master ‘ U neral, t he Tr< a n. Three

thousand I

sions . ! be s, 1

fund appropriated 1.. pay thi of the

aff and ( ‘hi,
tary at the general headquarters; and all other moneys
shall he end. race. I in on- . from which

tional expenses of all natui < >e paid.

Momy shall he paid out ,.l the Treasury only hv war-
rant therefor, drawn on the Quartertn neral,
issued by the Chief of the General Start’ as Adjutant
;d, and countersigned as approved by tin’ General
in Chief, stating that Buch try to he paid for
expenditures requisite at general headquartei
printing reports of the meetings of the Legislative
( ‘ouncil.

Insignia — Seals. — The seal of the federation shall be
a reproduction of the great seal of the Confed
States of America, except the inscription, which shall he
“United Confederate Veterans. 1861-5 and 18S0 ” — all

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

• I to :i Bcale of two and one eighth inches for outer
diameter, and as shown by impression thereof on tile
with the « Ihief of the ‘ reneral Staff.

The sea la for Camps shall It of uniform design, ex-
cept a- i” names and dates, and shall < sisl of a center

circular disk one inch in diameter, bearing as devico the

“setting sun,” and above tin- rays the n<>. “Cum

II | ■, iriOv” (With li’onor and with Glorj . and

the dai.’ of lie Camp muster below, with the lettering
1 1 < ■ x i to outer lines; and a circular band, three-eighths
of an inch wide, including inner and outer rim, surround-
ing the center disk and bearing the nam.’, number, and lo
cation of the Camp (sample: Camp Gordon No. 13, (J.
c. V.. Atlanta, (ia.i— all as shown by impression there-
of on Sle with the Chief of the General Staff.

All official documents and commissions emanating
from the headquarters of the federation shall bear the
impress of it- great seal.

Each Camp shall procure the designated seal, and
stani]i it- official communications with an impression
thereof; and documents without an imprint of the Camp
seal «ill not be considered official.

Badges — Lapel Button and Breast Pin. The badge, to
be worn on the left lapel of the coat, shall consist of a

reprcsentati f the Confederate battle flag in metal

nine-sixteenths of an inch square, as follows: A gilt
metal frame with -olid hack, having a detachable Bcrew
button fastening for eyelet in coat collar, containing a
St. Andrew’s cross of blue enamel cottised with gilt
metal and bearing thirteen gilt stars, with scarlet enamel
triangles between the cross and sides of the button.
The button may be mad.’ of fine gold and transparent
enamel, with chip diamonds for stars.

The badge, to be worn on the left breast of coat or
vest, shall consist of a pin subtending a maltese cross, as
follows: The pin shall be of yellow metal fifteen-six-
teenths of an inch long by one-fourth of an inch wide.
with triangular end-; -hall have a polished face for en-
graving name tie icon, and the pin point covered.

The jewel proper shall consist of a Maltese cross one
inch square, of white enamel in a yellow metal frame
with solid back, bearing on tin. white enamel front a
raised battle flag— the counterpart of the lapel button –
and having the initial- I ‘. < ‘. V. ( ‘. ..f – I’ nited Confed-
erate Veteran Camp” in flack enamel on the white
enamel arms of the cross; the on the left, the V on
the right, and a C on both the upper and lower arms, as

shows when facing the jewel — the cross to lie sllfteiided
from the ]iin by a link’. < >n the hack of I he CTOSS shall

be engraved the number, name, and location of the
Camp. r fhc badge may be made of line gold and trans-
parent enamel with chip diamond stars, a- per design
herewith (printed in colore and samples on file with the
( Ihief of t he ( reneral Staff.

Badges for Sons and Daughters of Veterans.- Sons and
daughters of veterans forming associations may wear
badges, a- follow-: for Bons of veterans a miniature
Confederate flag of the last design (known a- the
” Breckinridge flag”), in yellow metal, and white, blue,

and scarlet enamel.’ of size shown by sample, and to he

worn a- a lapel button. For daughters of veterans — a
miniature Confederate flag of the first design (known as
the ” stars and bars”), in yellow metal, and white, fine,
ami scarlet enamel, of«izo shown fy sample, ana to he
worn as throat pin or breast ornament.

//.,//■ Ohtained. — Such badges can be obtained only of
the Chief of the General Staff, who is authorized to con-
tract, for the manufacture of the Bame with a responsi-

ble firm that will ••carry the business,” such officer issu-
ing instructions to the manufacturer, from time to time,

to supply the Adjutant- of Stated « ‘amps with badges at

wholesale price-, in accordance with order- received
therefor by and transmitted through him. all fvw of
charge, from the general headquarters.

There -hall be no profit made by any officer or the
(‘amp- in the procuring or disposing of such Confeder-
ate badges, but on the contrary, to influence the wide
use thereof, they .-hall be procured by (‘amps through
the Chief of the I reneral Start’ at wholesale, and be -“id
to members at such cost prices, according to the jewel

led.

Uniform. — A Camp may uniform at will, and such
distinctive dress for the tile shall consist of a single-
breasted cadet gray military sack coat, with turn-
down collar, buttoned to the throat with black cloth-
covered buttons; flack trousers; blue-black, creased
crown, soft military hat, with gilt cord hand; white
gloves; and. when on parade, each comrade shall carry a
flack, thread-wrapped, iron-wire cane.

Officers may uniform at will, and such distinctive
dress shall consist of a black Prince Albert coat, but-
toned to the throat with flack buttons, and the insignia
of rank, similar lo that used in the Confederate army
for a like grade, either braided or embroidered on the
turn down collar: cadet-gray trousers; gray felt, creased
crown military hat, with gilt cord hand : and gloves and
canes similar to those prescribed for the file.

All veterans on parade may wear jewels and breast
badges to which they are respectively entitled.

Miscellaneous. — The commanding officers of each grade
organization of the federation shall hold active member-
ship in a < lamp in good Standing that is a component of
such particular Organization; and no comrade shall be
eligible to office whose membership status is othorwise.

‘flic Generals of Divisions shall receive and act upon

all applications for t he forming of new Camps; shall ap-
prove or diapprove the same, and forward the documents
(with inclosures), properly indorsed, to the Chief of the
( reneral Si a if. and when such nevi bodies shall have been
chartered they shall assign them to brigades, etc.

All officers shall he elected or appointed for a term of
one year, or until their successors shall have \ivvu
selected and qualified : and vacancies shall he tilled as in
first elections, or fy appointment, for the Unexpired

term : and notice of pertinent changes and promotions,
etc.. shall fe given the commanders of the grade organ-
izations wherein such changes are made, that they may
tint her promulgate them if necessary.

All Staff officers shall fe appointed’ for the term of the

appointing General, and they shall hold office only so

long a- the General upon whose statf they serve is in
commission.

No officer -hall hold two commissions at the same
time, except that an Adjutant of a Camp may also he
an Adjutant General, and a Treasurer of a Camp may
al-o fe a Quartermaster General.

Officers of every grade, either elective or appointive,
mu-t. in writing, accept the positions to which they
have been respectively elected or appointed-
Staff officers must transmit to the General appointing
them their acceptances of appointments and the tics
for their commissions; and general officers, for them-
selves, and where they have start’s for their stall’ officers
also, must transmit to the Chief of the General Stall’
the acceptances of positions, to which they have been
elected or appointed, as well as the acceptances of otti-

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cers appointed on their stalls, and at the Bame time for-
ward the aggregate of fees for commissions for them-
selves and staffs.

The Adjutants of Camps, in forwarding the per capita
tax, must transmit the same direct to the Chief of the
General Staff, without incurring the delay of remitting
through military channels.

Each Chief of a Stall Corps having to receive appli-
cations of special import, requisit ions for moneys or sup-
plies, and returns of Bervice rendered by subordinate
officers within the Corps, shall formulate and issue the
form blanks ou which Buch documents Bhall be filled out ;
and the Bame shall be printed by the authority of 1 1n-
Chief of the General Staff, and be issued on proper req-
uisit ion 1 herefor.

Demonstrations. -There – 1> n 11 I”- selected annually by
each Division a ” Memorial Day,” on which each Camp
located within the Division territorial district Bhall dec-
orate the graves of the Confederate dead buried in its
■ m nity, and otherwise observe the day in commemora-
tion of the eventful past. Each Camp Bhall have the
right to determine it- own manner of procedure in con-
ducting 1 he local ceremonies

The general and Btaff officers, members oi the I

lalrve Co til, attending bodies and local Camps during

the week of the animal meeting of the U. C V. may
parade in public by Camps, Brigades, and Divie
by and with the apt 1 the General in Chief, who

on such occasions shall ast-ume militaiy command, ami
issue all orders necessary for the special format
bodies and for moving the column, etc.

The members of a < lamp shall turn out in a body and
attend the funeral of a comrade, and see that the de-
ceased veteran is buried with military honors, it possi-
ble; and Camps generally maj parade locally as shall
be determined by 1 he body.

Headquarters, G — The general headquartci

the federation sba I II ie a i id a re herd >\ permanent lv estab-
lished in the city of New Orleans La and the Mi mi
rial Hall of the Louisiana Historical ^ssoi iation in that
city, by and with the consent of it- officers, shall be the
depository of all records, papere, relics, and other
archives of the federation until Buch time a~ it
otherwise determine, and such effects Bhall be held 1 here
subject to 1 In’ control ol and removal by the Chief of the
General Stall.

S ■ Department, Division, and Brigade head-

quarters shall be determined by the several < ‘ommanders
of such subordinate organizations, and shall be promul-
gated by the Generals in command thereol respectively.

Camp The headquarters of a Camp shall be the hall
wherein the body holds its meet i ncs. and any chat
such place of meet ing shall be I Hi Idi^hed by the Adjutant
under authority from the Commandant.

Perpetuity. — The federation shall continue so long as
the natural life of its veterans will enable the component
( ‘am I is to exM : and t hereafter the archives constituting
its history shall pass to such general organization as tin-
Sons of Confederate Veterans may formulate, to be
cherished as the parental authority for such second tra-
•ternity, made perpetual by the recruiting of its mem
hership from the sons of sons of Confederate veterans
to 1 he remotest generation.

Such authentic history of the Confederate aims dur-
ing the war for Southern independence, as may be pre-
pared under the auspices of the federation, shall pass to
the Sons of Confederate Veterans, to he cherished and

perpetuated

Amendments.— The foregoing Constitution may be al-
tered and amended by a tWO-thirds roll call Vote of the
Legislative Council on amendments thereto ottered in
writing at a regula Council, t” be

acted upon at the next regular annual session ol

dy.

Htution. — In order to perpet-
uate the memory of Confederate veterans, and continue
the purposes of t his organisation, all subordinate ‘ ‘amps,
Bivouacs, “r Associations are authorized to admit asso-
ciate ami associate honorary members, as follows; \n V

person who is in sympathy with the principl
w hich 1 he Soul hern aoldi< r fought,
having attained tie ghtetn years, who is a rela-

tive 01 descendant who was regularly en-

>n active i i honorably in t be ‘ Ion-

federate States army or navy, shall he eligible to
admission a- ai

Ass,,, cite members shall I d to all the privi-

amps, Bivouacs or Associa-
excepting that member shall be

eligible to hold the office of President, \
Commander or Lieutenant Commander, until thei
mains ,,n the roll of the subordinate body less tha

■ I standing bu1 1 here may be a
minority of the Executive Committee st lei ted from 1 he

Associate mem-
■ hall have no \ oil
expt ml” rs

■ y applicat ion for admission to

-lop shall be made in writ 1 1

upon the blanks ft the subordins

Bivouac, or Association, the applicant I place.

residi i m, and the 11

■ he applicant ml er-

ship, and. if practical . and

immand to which
and w ben hi final parole or disi 1

from – id whether or not he had at any 1

sithst itute iii t he army, and

1 by two members of the subordinate organii
1 1 Bhall then 1 which the

iding shall 1
vestigation, who s|,ail report thereon at the 1

with 1 1 ban t wo black ba l

the candidate shall be declared elected
When an application 1 tnnot

ain considi red for six months threafter.

dues of A shall

he the same as regular members.

To the end t hat
may l»- both charitable and social cooperation in the
work of tin Confederate V the wivi

daughters, and nieces of Confedi ty be-

associate honorary membi
The application for associate honorarj rship

shall be t he same as 1 hat pri
social e members, excepting the age of the applicant, and

the candidate shall be elected .1

Associate honorary members shall have till the privi
leges of associate membi pting the right to vote,

the sole purpose of adding female members being I
the benefit of the enthusiasm and refining influen
characteristic ol Southern womanhood in developing
and carrying on the social and charitable fcatu
organization of United Confederate A’eterans.

The dues of associate honorary members shall he one

502

a (NFEDERATE VETERAN.

dollar per annum, if paid in advance, or ten cents per
month.

Associate members and associate honorary members
shall be allowed to wear the badge adopted by the
United Confederate Veterans for associate membi
auxiliary associations.

By-laws as Adopted— Membership. — Application for a
charter to establish a Camp with membership in the fed-
eration shall be made in conformity with constitutional
provision therefor, and in do instance shall a congrega-
tion of Confederate Veterans act as a Camp I : . C. V.
until regularly chartered and mustered into the federal ion.

Active membership in more than one Camp al the
same time is forbidden, which, however, shall nol pre-
vcni an active member of a Camp from receiving and
holding honorary membership in other Camps.

A correct roster of the active members of each Camp
shall be made (in duplicate) annually .at the ti t-~ i regular
meeting of the < lamp in January ; one copy to be trans-
■ 1 forthwith and direct to the Chief of the General
Stall’. an> 1 the duplicate to be forwarded through military
channels to the Adjutant General of the division of
which t ho t lamp forms part.

In estimating the strength of the federation, active
members atone shall he counted ; and honorary member-
ship, with its constitutional privilege, shall be considered
only as a mark of courtesy and esteem.

SleetimjS. — There shall he held annually, in the city of
New Orleans, La., a regular session of the Legislative
Council, and, at the same time, a general reunion of
Confederate veterans from Camps throughout the fed-
eration, unless otherwise directly ordered by the said

Council, or as may of di ssity be temporarily changed

by order of l he < Lmeral in < ‘hief.

In order that delegates and veterans may take advan-
tage of low rates of transportation, the session of the
Legislative Council shall be held a few days prior to the
“Mardi Gras” celebration in New Orleans, La.

When it is so desired, the Legislative Council, by a
majority vote on call of the Camps, may determine to
hold its next regular annual session at another point
than New Orleans; and when it may become requisite,
because of epidemic disease or otherwise, for the General
in Chief to temporarily change the regular place of such
meeting, he shall specify the reason for his act in orders
published to every Camp and to the federation at large.

At the request of a majority of the Camps, the Gen-
eral in Chief shall convene the Legislative Council, and
otherwise, on his own motion, be may assemble the

C manders of Departments and Divisions, and, by and

with the consent of a majority thereof, be shall have
power to con i cue I be said < louncil.

The Commanders of Departments, Divisions, and
Brigades may organize for the annual reunion of their
several commands, and in such instances the meetings
shall be held during the fall of the year, that the Gen
erals may respectively make report thereof to the Gen
oral in Chief in time for that officer to embrace such
valuable, information and data a~ may be received there
by in his message to the Legislative Council.

Ihihr.ni ii, n , , /•.■■ CiuiiitiiiiiliiKj Bodies. The General
in Chief, as the civic and militant lead of t he federation,
in addition to all duties expressed in the Constitution,
shall exercise every function pertaining to and generally
vested in bo1 b a en il and military ruler.

The General second in command, in addition to con-
stitutional obligations, shall on solicitation advise with
the < reneral ii Chief, and otherwise perform such special

duties a- may be assigned him by that officer or the
Legislative Council.

The Lieutenant General commanding a Department
shall be the immediate representative of the General in
Chief within his Department territory; and he shall
otherwise, under constitutional bunts, bear the same re-
lationship to his depai-i mental organization thai the

al ill Chief bears toward the federation.

The Major ( reneral commanding a Division, in addition
to constitutional obligations, as the chief officer within a

state or Territory, shall exercise both civil and military
command, encourage the recruiting of (‘amps and the
addition of bodies to his Division. He is charged with
the special care of the Confederate dead buried within
the limits of his Division territory, and with the Collect-
ing of authentic data for historical purposes.

The Brigadier General commanding a Brigade, in ad-

to constitutional requirements, shall have general

charge of his Brigade, and encourage the recruiting of

veterans and the formation of new Camps throughout

his Brigade district.

The Commandant of a Camp, in addition to < stitu-

tioual duties, shall have general civil and military charge
Of his (‘amp. and be supreme in his local control.

The ol her officers of a Camp shall perform the duties
prescribed by the Constitution, and as may otherwise be
implied by the respective positions, directed by the
Camp, and ordered by the Commandant under the law.

Duties of the Staff. — The Lieutenant General, chief of
the General Stall’, shall be recognized as the executive
representative of the General in Chief in all matters
emanating from the headquarters of the federation;
and, in addition to the duties definitely expressed in the
Constitution, he shall perform all the duties of an Adju-
tant General, and the Corresponding, Recording, and
Financial Secretary of the federated body.

The Major I renerals, < Ihiefs of the various Start’ ( !orps
as expressed in the (‘■institution, in addition to their re-
spective obligations therein staled, shall perform the du-
ties generally pertaining to their several positions, and
Otherwise be subject to direction from I he General in
Chief.

The subordinate officers of the various Stall’ Corps,
assistants to their respective chiefs, shall perform such
duties as naturally belong to their several positions and
as otherwise may be assigned them.

Committees. — In addition to the constitutional commit-
tees, there shall be appointed b\ i lie presiding officer,
ai i be beginning of each annual session of the Legisla-
tive ( ‘oil nc i I. the following col limit tees :

A Committee on Credentials, to consist of one dele-

gate from each Divisi listrict, which shall act upon

i In- credentials of all delegates and make quick report

thereof to the said Council; and i ‘der to assist the

committee in its labors, the Chief of the General Stall”
shall previously prepare and furnish its chairman with a
complete rosi.i- of all delegates reported. Such commit-
tee -ball possess the high privilege of I he lloor to make
report at any time.

A Committee on Petitions and Grievances, to consist
of seven members, to which shall be referred, without
reading, all petitions whatsoever, the contests for repre-
sentation, ami grievance- of every nature.

A Committee on Relief and Lunations, to consist of
live members, to which shall be referred all matters re-
quiring considera I ion. with the view of supplying male-
rial aid and assislance through a ” Colled ion ” dona I ion.

A Committee on Demises, to consist of one delegate

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303

from each Division district, t«i which shall be referred all
resolutions pertaining to the death of a member.

A Committee on Parade, to consist of five members,
which shall have in charge the advisability of making a
public parade demonstration after the final adjournm
of the session of 1 be < ‘ouncil.

Special committees may be appointed by the < ‘hair. <>r
raised by the Council, as the exigencies of the bour and
necessities of the case may dictate.

All committees shall have’ the power to make sp
detail of members for particular purposes, but when ac-
tion is reported to the Legislative Council it shall be by
the committer body as a whole.

The first named member of a committee shall be the
chairman; every committee shall be subject to the •all
of its chairman, and its members will :i”iin!J.’ at the
time ami place designated by him.

All papers and documents given to a committee foi
eiderat ion –hall he returnable with its report, and he deliv-
ered to the tile clerk of the Chief of the General Staff.

Financial \.a per constitutional provision all moneys
payable to the federation –hall ved by the Chief

of the General stall’ and be turned over to the Quart
master General, to !”■ covered into the treasury to 1
stitute special funds, as foil

If aggregate of cash receipts from charter and
mission Fees and royalty profit on Camp seals -hall coo-
stitute a special headquarters fund with which to pay
salaries and defray the ordinary running expenses of the
office machinery, etc

The aggregate of cash receipts from the |” 1 capita tax
on tin 1 active membership of Camps Bhall be divided by
the Quartermaster General, a- follows

One-quarter (26 per cent.) thereof for the use ol I >i vi-
sions, and he shall pay the proportional part oi such
moneys as have been received from the Camps compris-
ing a Division to the Commanding General thereof for
Division purposes, taking his receipt therefor.

One sixth (16| per cent.) of the remainder, after pay-
ing the Division quota, for the use of Departmei
which he shall pay in proper ratio to the several Depart-
ment Commanders for departmental purposes, taking
their receipts for the respective amounts so paid.

The balance to remain in a general fund, to meet the
printing and other expenses of the Legislative Council.

Divisions and Brigades may levy sui h additional tax. –
as the (‘amps (herein may authorize, for Division and
Brigade purposes, and shall have the right to condition

the said levy in all particulars.

Rules Regulating Meetings — Quorum.- — The quorum for
a (‘amp shall he seven active members present.

The quorum for the Legislative Council shall cot
of a delegate representation present from a majority of
the Divisions of 1 be federation.

Manner * ing and Voting. — The Commandants

of a Camp and the President of the Legislative Couni
in presiding over their respective bodies, shall he gov-
erned by the rules laid down in Cushing’s Manual for
Legislat ive Bodies.

All questions must he stated by the chair prior to de-
hale then

Ordinarily, a vote on a question shall he first taken by
the yeas and nays, the Chair determining tin’ result:
and. if a division ig called, the Chair shall appoint tellers
and require those voting in the affirmative to rise and
remain standing until counted, note the count, seat the
voters, and similarly count and note the negative vote,
after which he shall announce the result.

tin a motion sustained by the demand of five Divi-
sions, a vote shall he ordered hy the Chair to he taken hy
-call of Camps,” when they shall be called by numbers
i7i Divisions, the respective ing cast by the

chairman of each body, the vote recorded by the Secre-
tary and announced by the (‘hair. A similar manner of
procedure shall be followed on a vote ordered 1″ he taken

hy ” rail of 1 >iv is;

A vote by ballot shall he spread by distributing blank
-lips of paper, which shall betaken up with tin ha Hot vote
written thereon, counted by tellers appointed to conduct
1 1 lection, and. when verified, announced by the < ‘hair.

When there is only one candidate for an office, the
Chair, in order to save time, shall appoint some on<
tin the body, or the vote may be taken 1

In a ‘ election for officers w here 1 here

indidates. after a second fruit
ballot the candidate receiving the lowest number of
votes shall be dropped, and ilc dropping process contin-
subsequenl ballot until . in is effected

Elections may l” In M and determined by a
v oi. i of the yeas and nays in a Camp, by a call

of ( ‘amps in the Legislative Council, or by an in dividual
hallot voir, either pi on motion by a

rity vot,. ,,t a quorum.

A majority of the voti r one pen quo-

rum representation Bhall constitute an election to any
office in any body of the federation.

Orih — Tie- order of bu?

islative Council and for a ( ‘amp. where then rial

order prescribed, -hall It a- fol

Calling tin’ body to on

he loll of offl

Prayer by the ‘ lhaplain.

tding t In- minutes of the preceding 1

Petitions, resolutions, and new (On a call

of the Divisions if the Council is the body.’)

1 ofinished busini

1 be good of 1 1 1 ion

Benediction by the < lhaplain.

Singing B Southern anthem.

Military —In the transmittal of official com-

munications other than i ! ting of money, they

should be sent from the highest to the lowest officers,
and i through the regular Bteps downward or

upward – pass through the hands Of intermediate

officers constituting the regular military chant

When the Legislative Council, Department or Divi-
sion Assembly shall convene at a place where there are
local or general oed, the

officer chief in I command p ; be

right, as a courtesy be has to extend, to take charge of
the preliminary procedure of welcoming the visiting
comrades and bodies, and he shall A> in 1 he main

the local entertainment.

Every comrade in good standing 1 the right

and privilege to attend any meeting of any body a com-
ponent of the federation, hut. unless In- i- a member of
the body, he cannot take part in its delil 1 . t

by invitation under the call for ■ Remarks for the good
of the federation.”

nts mill Temporary Su 1

ing by-laws may he amended at a regular annual meet-
ing of the Legislative Council, on motion, with the pro-
posed amendment reduced to writing, by a two. thirds
vote of die quorum present.

Tin- operation of a by-laW may he temporarily sus-
pended by a two-thirds vote on roll call of 1 amps.

C( )xfkdi-:ratk veteran.

Zbc Confederate Veteran.

One Dollar a Year. S. A. CUNrJI WGHAm, Editor.

OFFICE /v CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUILDING. CHURCH ST.

Thla publication ia the personal property < ngnara \n per

■one who appi – hi Organ f”r

ith, are requested to commend its patronage
ainl t” cooperate

The death of tin- lair Gov. Curtain, of Pennsylva-
nia, recalls sunn- important events in our national his-
tory. There was no politician North in. in- active in ex-
citing the public of that section t<> heroic effort for the
maintenance of the Union. His great success in Penn-
sylvania tended largely in the success of the Lincoln
ticket throughout the North. IK’ was ardent ami un-
compromising tn the end of the war. He ami Horace
Greeley were in thorough accord, ami after the latter
had signed the bond to Liberate Mr. Davie ami hail been
nominated for tin- Presidency to oppose Gen. Grant,
Curtain espoused Mr. Greeley’s cause, ami as tin/ years
went mi In- Borved on the Democratic side in Congress
tor several terms. All honor to those who valiantly
contended i”r tin- maintenance of the Onion, ami when
t in- war was over si no I as valiantly for peace I

Earni st commendation is given a met hod of memori-
al service once a year by Camps and Bivouacs. The sec-
ond “t such by tin- Frank Cheatham Bivouac of Nash-
ville is appointed for November ‘.*, Features of the
service is the calling of the roll. Each member i- in
rise when his name U announced, so thai the audience
may Bee him. A i the call of deceased members, which
is to he done by the President naming the command of
which he was a member, etc., the comrades are to rise
and to remain standing during that service. A pro-
gramme of music, short addresses, etc., assures suitable
entertainment fir the evening. These meetings are
held in the Union Gospel Tabernacle, ami it i- expected
that there will he thousands present. Admission is
tree, and special invitations are extended officially to all
tin- leading schools ami colleges in the city. Comrades
everywhere would find Buch meetings most appropriate
ami i he effect pleasing.

The death of Mrs. Ophelia Martin Spofford has been a
great Bhoek to her friends and in the public. More ex-
tended notice than can now be used deserves place in the
\ i ii k\n. She was it- friend, being a subscriber for
many friends. In a bequest ot 8100 in the l>avis Mon-
ument, and a like sum to the Tennessee Confederate
Soldiers’ Some, both Bums were contributed through its
editor, She was a woman of extraordinary hnsiness
talent, and was also gifted as an author and an artist. She
hail just bought two lots on Connecticut Avenue, Wash-
ington, l>. ( ‘., ami was preparing to build a handsome
resilience upon I hem. It was her handsome home in New
Orleans. Imilt by Dr. Campbell, that was taken by Ben
Butler fnr his headquarters, and which (Jen. Hancock
afterward rented while in command of that department.

Tiikkk i- much of deplorable controversy about the

Underwood” Constitution published in this Vet khan.

New Orleans Camps have taken vigorous action against

it. It seems too late now- to do aught else than act under
it until the convention at Houston, Tex.

That such spirited action i- being had i- most unfor-
tunate. The Veteran bo far fail- in understand reason-
able cause fir i lie discord, ami does mil willingly become
an advocate <<l’ either side.

At the recent reunion ..t the Orphan Brigade at RtlS-
sellville very complimentary resolutions were adopted
concerning the history of the First Kentucky Brigade,

by (‘apt. K’l Porter Tl ipson, of Frankfort, lie is

urged in republish it with such additions as may now he
made. The passing years have brought forth much im-
portant matter which should he incorporated in it. The
brigade has never before in a formal manner recognized
iis debt of trratitude to (‘apt. Thompson for the excel-
lent manner in which this labor of love was performed,
hut now he is made i he otlieial historian of the brigade.

Responding to this request, (‘apt. Thompson said: “I
take upon myself the lask. ami respectfully solicit your
aid in the Way indicated above. Please In -end me

promptly whatever you have or can prepare. It is ray
purpose lo make the honk no less faithful than the old
one in preserving mime and deeds of the private soldier

as well as of the officer \n important feature

will he the civil history of these men fir the past thirty
years. In i he language nf an observant gentleman:
‘The First Kentucky Brigade has hen making history
ever since isr.i.’ To record it will nol only tea pleasing
task in the chronicler, Inn such record will he a noble
inheritance in their prosperity. ‘ Peace hath her victo-
ries, mi less renowned than war,’ ami the ‘Orphans’
have wnn (he victory of a loyal citizenship; of self-
respecting, self supporting manhood; of steadfast fealty
to one another; and ol unquestioning obedience t” a
government whose authority over them was established
by the arbitrament of arms — an indignity in which gov-
ernment they would imw resiiii with the same fiery zeal
with which they gathered under the banner that has
long been but a memory.”

Capt. Thompson was requested tn include in the work
the history ^i’ those regiments which lor a time, in
1861-62, were connected with the Orphan Brigade, and
in 1862 fought with ii ai Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg,
and Baton Rouge — the Third, Seventh, and Eighth
Kentucky Infantry — and for years ha- been collecting
material. Members -it’ these commands are urged to

furnish him data upon I he BUbjeci

A SUBSCRIBES would like to know the whereabouts <i\’
(‘apt. Francis, who was about Gen. Bragg’s headquarters

al the battle nf M urfrce-hnni. He thinks he was an

Alabamian and had a brother named Joseph Francis.
Any information on the subject will be gladly received
by the editor.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

305

PRACTICABLE METHOD OF INSURANCE.

P C. Lovela< 1. of Dyeraburg, Tenn., submits this:
Being an old Confederate soldier, I have given consid-
erable thought, recently, about some plan by which all
surviving Confederates who may be in indigent cir-
cumstances may leave their families something when
the}’ die. It has occurred lo me that all the Camps
and Bivouacs throughout the Southern States might
combine in an organization of insurance on the mutual
plan, and make no other qualification for eligibility
([habitual drunkenness excepted) than having been a
Confederate soldier and worthy of membership under the
rules of organization.

The plan which I have to suggest is i” bare an organ-
ization known a- the Confederate League, with supreme
officers, and State organizations with local League*,
throughout the country, similar to Knights of Pythias,
Knights of Honor, and other such organizations, and
thai policies I” 1 issued to the members for a given amount,
-‘.(Kin, ami when a member ‘lies ami an assessment
is made to pay the beneficiaries, that one-fourth of the
a mm mi n 1 of the policy be reserved by the League and pay
in 1 he bene6ciary only three-fourths of the amount of the
policy. That the Supreme officers of the order be em
powered to lend or make such investment of the one-
fourth reserve :is would make the best return, and that
this reserve he bold for the purpose “t perpetuating the
order. I suggest the making of a month!} asse^menf
that would not fluctuate. I Buggeal further thai a cer-
tificate for tin’ $600 remainder might he issued to bene
flciaries, payable in forty years with accrued earnings, ;t
any. and said certificate go t” the legal heirs of dei
ami not he 1 ransferable. [f there be no legal heir”, then
the certificate t” belong to the League Should the

1 tie decide to close il rganization at any time.

holders of certiflcates should receive their pro rata “t the
funds on hand. Of course the organization should have
h\ laws, constitution, etc., and a per capita dues to de-
fray the necessary organization 1

LETTERS PROM VETERANS

I!. T. Chambers, Friendship, Tenn, September 20,

ISM I “This is the anniversary of the initial! f ‘ Old

Company I’ (Stafford’s), of Madison and Haywood
County boys, into the Confederate set It is also

the anniversary “t one “t the ‘lays on which was fought
the historic battle of Chickamauga. The 22d of July,
battle of Atlanta; 8th ofOctober, battle of Perryville;
19th and 20th of September, battle of Chickamauga;
‘_’.”>th of November, battle of Missionary Ridge; :111th ..t
November, battle of Franklin: 15th of December, hat
tie of Nashville; and “. I^i of December, battle of Mur-
freeshoro. are dates that one. at least, of (Mil Company
I” Thirty-first Regiment, thinks of every year. Our
good Captain, afterward Lieutenant Colonel K. E I’.
Stafford, gave up his life on Franklin’s bloody field. He
was ime of • nature’s noblemen.’ ”

Rev. E. (‘. Faulkner, Searcy, Ark-., wrote months
ago: “I rejoiced to see thenameof Gen. Tilghraanin the
Souvenir, and thank F. W. M. for calling attention to
him. Indeed, it has always been a matter of regrel that
HO little has been known and saiil of the faithful ami
gallant services of that grand Specimen of the Southern
soldier. I belonged to his brigade, Eighth Kentucky

Regiment (afterward mounted infantry under Forrest .
until the day of his death. We loved him as only the
soldi.r can love the true and the brave. By the

way. F. W M did not mention the Eighth Kentucky in
speaking of the regiments composing the brigade Of

Course we were ti”t intent ionallv omitted. Tilirhinan
called us his ‘ pets, a- we were the only Kenluekians in
the brigade. The regiment was small, hut its record
was such from Fort Donelson to the surrender that 1

am always proud to gay that 1 belonged to the Eighth

Kentucky— ‘Tilgbman’s pets.’ We surrendered with
Forrest at the cos,. ,,f the war, Kentucky Brigade
Buford’s Division. Comrades, push the circulation

the Veteran; make it if iuse ot tints for the

future historian.’

(‘•■I .1 h Wilson, Winchester, Tenn.. Septeml
1894 Your enterprising Vetera* has given many inter
esting events that occurred during the war on.

My memory has been greatly refreshed in regard to
much I had forgotten. After the cruel war w
all tattered and torn, s,.,iiiir nothing for our great sacri-
fice hut poverty and want. I tried to forget all and strike
out tor greener pastures and more pleasant paths | ,],.

not fancy personal allusions, hut if you will take the

trouble to read the thirty-eighth volui I War I.

ords ‘ you will find t he oi.it nary of the writer, by order of
‘..il W \ Quarlec on the 28th day of July, 1863, and
aUo that ot Col White, of the same brigade; but thanks
I,, our overruling Providence, 1 am hi as

ever. After my convalesi im what appeared a

mortal wound. I was gent to Johnson’s Island and de-
tained iii prison until the 26th “t August, 1865 Most
of the prisoners were released in .1 i’t about

hundred and fifty, Col. T
the number Why were we held marly ton; j aft.

cr i he . and read many

nts of the casualties of 1 he war ot

hut I icvci’ any S0 8eri0Uf< as was that of Quai

to which I was attached. We went into action on I

h of July with nine hundred and fifty men. and in a
few minutes, noi ,-t rive hundl

and fourteen in killed and wounded, a hi’
killed.”

ryman, I a:, Tex.: I

u Lamar County, Tex.; went into the war in
62, for tin luring the war.’ I i to

Bumpass’s Company I. Marshall’s Squadron, annexed to
llipps Regiment, Thirty-first .-”airy, Poligna

Brigade, ami stayed with it until the
I still ha\e my discharge Will be glad to bear from

any “I my old ooiiira –

Joseph Hersman, Holliday, Mo., in renewing his suh-
pt ion. says: •■ Y.>u and your regiment supported Bled-
soe’s hat tery hack iii the sixties, and now I rflil-
ly support the Veterah I was shot through the t
and head at Resaca, Ga., destroying my left eye, but I

can see to read the VETERAN wit li my right.”

her, riant < lity, I’la. : ” Every item in the Vei eh w

contains more or less matter of interest to the old noU
dier, and each number is a treasure in many points ,,f
view. It is doing a good work in gathering up valuable
and interesting items of history, and every Confedi
veteran should do what he can to sustain it.”

306

CONFEDERATE VETERA*.

.NATIONAL DAUGHTERS OF THE
CONFEDERACY

ORQASI/.B, AUnpT A C0K8TITVTI0S, AKI> ELECT OFFICERS.

A representative body of Confederate women mel
in the rooms of Frank Cheatham Bivouac September 10,
1894, for the purpose of organizing “The I •aughters of the
Confederacy,” t” be national in its Bcope and character,
and to charter suborganizations in all parts of the
United States. Mrs. John Overton was made tempora-
ry President, and Mrs. John P. BLickraan was elected
tary.

Mesdames L. 11. ElaineB, J. M. Clark.. . I. P>. Lindsley,
J. C. Myers, A. E. Snyder, and George W. Cunningham
were appointed a Committee on Constitution and By-laws.

The preamble states thai because of the success of the
initial movement to band together, under one general bead,
tlic Southern women, descendants of the survivors of the
civil war of 1861-65, which lias already culminated in
rganization of the ” Daughters of the Confederacy,”
and believing that the establishment of a general federa-
tion will tend to increase and thoroughly cement memo-
of the past and historical ties, etc., do hereby create
and adopt the following Constitution and By-laws for the
Daughters of the Confederacy:

Constitution.

Name. — The survivors oft Confederate soldiers and sail-
ors in the United States of America are hereby united
into one general organization, and the’ name of the Ii-<1-
eration shall be “National Association of Daughters

01 I UK I “Nl KHKKACY.”

Objects. — Its objects shall be social, literary, historical,
monumental, and benevolent, without any political sig-
nification; in unite iii tin- federation all bodies ofSouth-
crn women now organized or that may hereafter be
formed; to cultivate ties of friendship among our wom-
en, whose fathers, brothers, suns, ami in numherless cases,
mothers. shared common ilancvrs. Bufferings, ami priva-
tions to perpetuate honor, integrity, valor, and other no-
ble attributes Of true Southern character; to instruct, and

instill into the descendants of the people of the Soul

a proper respect for and pride in her glorioU8 war histo
ry, with a ve ne rat ion and love for the deeds of t heir fore-
fathers which have created such a monument of military

renown, and to perpetuate a truthful record of the noble
and chivalric achievements of their ancestors. All divi-
sions shall he numbered consecutivelj according to thei
dates of entering into this federation, and shall retain
t he n M in her at time assigned them as divisions of Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy. Divisions shall require of ap-
plicants for membership therein proofs that they are de-
scendants of those who have I rahly served in the

army or navy of i he < lonfederate Stat.-. For proof appli-
cation blanks will he furnished, and they must he sul>-
lniiieil to :i Committee on Credentials, and their report
shall I..- balloted upon by the members, three blackballs
reject ing.

Officers. — \ President, who shall pi all meet.

ings. In her absence the senior Vice President shall
preside; a Vice President for each ••! the Southern
states, a Recording Secretary, a Financial ami Corre-
sponding Secretary, a ml a T ivn-urer. Timeof offici One
year, or until their successors are elected and qualified.

Finance.— A C uttee of Finance shall be com]

of five members, to which shall he referred all matters
Of receipts and expenditures.

Monuments -A Committee on Monuments and Ceme-
teries, appointed by the Vice President of each -tate, of

Which committee the Vice President of each state shall
he chairman, shall consist of live members, to which
shall he referred all matters relating to monuments to
Southern war dead, the care of Confederate cemeteries
and isolated graves of those who gave their lives to the
Confederacy.

Representation. — AH Charter Divisions shall have the
right of representation in the Legislative Council. All
Divisions shall be entitled to one vote for every twenty-
five ineinhers.

Powers. — The federation shall have power to design,

make, and use a common Seal, together with a seal for
Divisions, and BUcb badges for a special identity, as it
shall determine; and may alter and change any device
and inscription i hereon, and prescribe conditions govern-
ing use of the same The U86 of the name. seal, and

badges of the federal ion tor Imsiness purposes is express-
ly prohibited. The Legislative Council shall have pow-
er to alter and a mem I this Constitution by a two-thirds
vole of the delegate representation, on call of the divi-
sions, iii regular session assemhled, and by a majority
vote may adopt by-laws for the additional government
of the body, ami enact rules and regulations for the gen-
eral advantage of members.

Insignia, Seals. — The seal of the federation -hall he a
reproduction of the greal seal of the Confederate States
of America, except the inscription. “Daughters of the
Confederacy, mi the outer rim. The seals tor Divisions
shall he of same design, except as to name and dates.
All official documents emanating from the headquarters
of the federation shall hear the impress of its ijreat seal.
Eacb Charter or Parent Division shall procure the desig-
nated seal and stamp its official communications with an
impression thereof; ami documents without an imprint
of the Division seal will not he considered official.

Badges. — The badge to be worn shall consist of a rep-
resentation of the ( lonfederate flag
(stars and bars), white, flue, ami
scarlet enamel, surrounded by a
laurel wreath, with letters ” 1). C.”
under flag; on ends of ribbon how
‘tying wreath with dates ” ’61-65;”
this to he worn as throat or hrcast
ornament. These badges can ho
obtained only on voucher of Pres-
ident of Divisions, countersigned

by the President of the State Di-
vision.

Certificate of Membership. — Certificate of Membership
must he given each member, signed by President of
Charter Division, President and Secretary of Sui ..I i\ ision.

‘I’ll, following officers were elected for the ensuing

y.ar: M rs. M. C. G Met i. of Tennessee, President; M re.

I,. II. Raines, of Georgia, Vice President; Mrs. Kate
( ‘a he II ( ‘nine, of Texas. Vice President ; Miss While May,
Tennessee, Vice President. [The Vice Presidents for the
other Southern states to be appointed temporarily by the
lent.] Mrs. John P. Hickman, of Tennessee, Re-
cording Secretary; Mrs. .1. p,. Lindsley. of Tennessee,
Corresponding and Financial Secretary; Mrs. \V. Maney,

of Tel 1 1 lessee. Trea-il ivr. ‘fhe 1 ‘a null I .rs oft he ( ‘onleder-
acy adopted a desie-n s.-nl hy Then- Pro- . of Savannah,

(in., tin- a pin. Mesdames Clark, McMurray, Gaut, Bur-
rus, and Dudley were appointed a Finance Committee.

Mrs. Ann P.’ Snyder’s “History of the Civil War”
was indorsed as a supplemental reader in the schools.

‘fhe organization adjourned, to meet in Nashville on
the first Wednesday in November, 1895.

A

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

307

THE PRESIDENT OP THE X. C. D. C.

Mrs. Caroline Meriwethsb Goodlett, the recently
elected President of the National Confederation of
Daughters of the Confederacy, is a native of Kentucky
ami lived until after the war ill Woodstock, the old
Meriwether homestead, Todd County. Mrs. Goodlett

commenced her work for the Confederate soldiers in the
recruiting camps of the army. She spent her” entire in-
come, amounting to thousands of dollars, to help sup
ply the want- of the Confederates, caring for th
prison as well as those in the ranks. She also did much
iking up clothing, etc. She has ever worked for
the Confederate soldiers whenever her services have
been needed, and lias esteemed opportunities for doing
so. She is the wife of Col M. C. Goodlett, a < ‘on federate
soldier who was.ni Gov. Jackson’s staff. Col. Goodlett
prepared the Ordinance of Secession that took the State
of Missouri out of the Onion.

Mrs. (ion. licit was one of the charter members of the
Monumental Association, through whose efforts was ■
ed the handsome monument over the fallen heroes, who lie
buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Nashville, Tenn. After
the erection of this monument the association wenl into a
permanent organization as an auxiliary to the Confed-
erate Soldiers’ Home, and that auxiliary was largely in-
strumental in securing from the State four hundred and
Beventy-five acres of the Hermitage farm owned by the
State for a Soldiers’ Some, and in making the appropri-
ation to improve the property.

Mrs, Goodlett has from the first been President of the
State Association of Daughters of the Confederacy, an
Auxiliary to the Home. She lias worked for many of
the charities of her city. She was for a number of years
a member of the Board of Managers of the Protestanl
Orphan Asylum ami Mission Home. She is Vice Presi-
dent of the Humane Society of Nashville, a member of
the National Prison Association, and tor years an active
member of the National Conference of Charities and
Corrections, ami one of the Board of Associated Chari-
ties Of the State

Mrs. Goodlett also organized the Ladies Auxiliary of-‘
the Masonic Widows’ and Orphans’ Home, which helped
to build and furnish the magnificent home situated in the
Buburbs of Nashville: ami -was President of the organi-
sation until its home was erected and furnished.

The’ ladies of the national organization «-ive hi

expressions ofgrat itudeto Mrs. L. 11 . Haines, of Savannah,

Vice Presidenl for G for her intelligent zeal man-

i from the beginning in perfecting the National

ation. Mrs. Raines is President of the Daughters

of the » lonfederacy in Savannah, which will b<

j in Georgia. The veterans : innah have sent
greeting and handsomely en itions ex]

ire of their gratitude and their pride. The G
orporated last .1 une.

PARALL1 LS TO THE DEFEAT OF HAMPTON.

Capt. B S DesPortes, commandei • in Hamp-
ton, Columbia, S O, in a beautil the Camp,
made two historic parallels in the di Hampton,
u ho was ■ • 1 ‘-I dal eel ion to t he Uni
Senat that Harold’s father, the las
kings, who. after spending his life and his fortut

mntry, was banished from England, and when age
admonished him that be Boon would be gathered to his
father-, petitioned Parliament to be allowed to return,
t hat he might plead Ins own

He described the return of the decrepit old man and
his appearance before the lawmakers of England when

1I1- his pathetic address in which he asked for a lit-

ii’th in Which to take hi- la- ! leep.

II then rela niching language the death of

Pompey, the great Roman general who. after he had
won man} conquests for Rome, and ; the terri-

tory and wealth of that nation, came hack in poverty,

and was retired from military duty I pension,

and at last even thai was taken from him, and he was
not permitted to enter the Tiber in hit sought

refuge in Egypt, « bj an officer who

had once been under him in hia conq gypl and

whom he had promoted; and on the way to the Egyp-
tian shore was killed by th who feared that
Pompej might eclipse his ability headed on the
beach and his body burned by an old Bervant to pn
further desecration of his rem.-.

Capt. Dt my political •

but desired to veil all iii charily, as charily was the
watchword of the Camp over which he was cal
preside.

At the close of the interesting occasion the Camp, by
rising, voted their new con
quent addi

Mi; Robert A 1 1 \ indeh Brch
at the home of his lifelong friend. John C. Robei

Fourth Texas II I’a old regii I A’._- ;usl 30 1894,

while on a visit Mr. Brown was s nati l peper

County, Va., born on Washington’s birthday, 1833. He
went to Galveston, Tex., in 1851. He went hack to his
native State in 1862, joit Black Horse cavalry, and

was in various battles around Richmond. At the sur-

r of Gen. Lee, he returned to Galveston and t
a partnership with his uncle, *John Shackelford, in the
cotton cqpiraission business, [n 1867 he married the
daughter of Col. .1. B. Herndon. In 1884 he moved to
Calvert, fend was engaged extensively in farming and
stock raising. ” He wa-^i fine business man. honored and
led by all who knew him: He leaves a wife and
eighl children and a large circle of warm friei

3 o8

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

REUNION OF FORRESTS ESCORT.

‘I’hk annual rcunious of Forrest’s Escorl arc events of
unusual interest, because the personal intimacy of the
members has been maintained through the three dec-
ades thai have intervened. Besides, thej have the
pride of having done “more hard fighting than did the
■ m to any other general in the war.”

Thi exercises a1 the beautiful Cumberland Park, near
Nashville, were exceedingly pleasant, Particular refer-
ence is made io this fact as suggestive. At reunions
of particular commands, when tne attendance is onlj
from “in’ hundred to four or five times as many, and
when social chats rather than formal speeches arc in-
dulged in, the pleasure and profit arc greater. I f < lamps
ami Bivouacs would have reunions along with business
meetings more frequently, the results would be very
happy. Their wives and daughters would prepare lunch-
eons and the -“lis would imbibe the spirit of 1 1 » *. – fathers
in heroic and patriotic achievement.

On this occasion the peculiar characteristics of For-
ivst were a theme. Terrible as was the man in battle,
he manifested much more faith in prayer than may be
supposed from his general reputation. He would di-
gress from command in trying ordeals to ask: “Chap-
lain, are you praying? ”

•■ Wearing the Gray.”

The following poem by John Moore, Jr., of Columbia,
Tenn., was read, to the satisfaction and delight of all:

Wearing thegray, wearing-the graj

-i i u’jjli 1 1 _■ at ine in the \* orld i if to-dai .

Bat i ung for bread in i he battli pf li le

With courage as grand as they rode to (he strife;

Marching to beat of toil’s merciless drum;

ranging for comrades who nevei shall come,

( ‘. .1 1 1 fit- i< — who sleep where they fell in the fray,

Dead and immortal, in jackets of graj

Wearing the gray o’er the furrows of rare —
Mortality’s banner thaj time planted there
Wearing a gray while the tears upward start,
A ‘-‘ray that is buried down deep in Hi heart.]

Wearing the gray, wearing the gray —

The old line marches in mein’ry to day,

The old drums beat and the old Bags wave

How the dead gray jackets spring up from the grave!

They rush on with Forrest wheie young gods would yield!

They sweep with Cleburne the shell harrowed Beld!

They laugh at i he bolte iv the I atteriee liui lei

Vet weep around Lee when the last flasr is furled.
Wearing the gnij o’er the foreheads of white,
Time’s banner of ti uci f t the end of 1 he fighl ;
Weai ing ■■< gray thai wae worn long ago,
With their fare to the front and their front to the foe.

Wearing the gray, wearing the gray

Longing to bivouac over i be wa\ .

To n -i o’er the river in the shade of the trees

And furl the old flag toeternitj a bn

To camp by the stream of thai e\ ergreen Imre,

And Hint with the boys who have g mi before;

To stand at inspection mid pillar- of light,
While < “”I turns the gray inlo robings o< « hite.
Wearing the’ gray o’er the temples of snow

The din in heat is quick, hill the pan– air -low!

Wearing a gray for the camp of the hlesl
When life’s flghl is o’er and the rebel -hall rest.

Wearing the gray, wearing the gray-
Almost in the valley, almost in the spray,

Waiting for laps when the light shall g i ,

Yet hoping to wake with a reveille shout !
Leaving to Heaven the ri^ht and the wrong,
Praying for strength in the old battle song,
Praying for strength in the last ditch to stay

When Death nuns his guns on the old head of gray.
Wearing tin- gray in the whitenees of death,
For the angel has swept with a garnering breath,
Wearinga gray when he wakes in the morn
The old rebel jacket our dead boy had on!

At the close of the hist reunion near Nashville, Majs.
Rambaul and Charles W. Anderson and Capts. J. C.
Jackson and George Dashicll sat with a Veteran scribe
through a pleasant dinner hour In the city. Replies ti>
questions about how they happened !■> be with Forrest
brought out some interesting reminiscences.

Maj. Rambaut was with him from the tirst. and (‘apt.
Dashiell had been selected because he was a Memphian.
He was taken from Cheatham’s staff. Maj. Charles W.
Anderson had been engaged in the transportation de-
partment, hut he felt so outraged by the vandalism of
the enemy at his own home that he determined tn en-
gage in field service, and soon after applying to Forrest
he Wl’Ote tin Official paper SO ruiici-ely that the (.enerul
determined to make him his secretary.

(‘apt. .1. (‘. Jackson was an infantry officer, and was
so badly wounded al Shiloh that his further service in
thai dcpari incut was despaired of, Inn hew. mid nut con-
form I” orders In go mi pOSl duly. His nnly renndy
was to resign hi- commission. This he did, and then
wenl i” Gen. Forresl and requested a place with him.
He told him thai their lathers were neighbors and thai
he would like to serve under him, Imt the General told
lnm thai ho could give him nothing, (‘apt. Jackson ex-
plained thai he had only expected a place as a private
soldier. After some months a vacancy occurred, and
Forresl Was clad to appoint him as lieutenant. When
the gallanl Montgomery Little, captain of his escort,
was killed. (‘apt. Nalh limine was the First l.ietilciiatit.
ami he suggested to Forresl the promotion of Lieut. Jack-
son in captain. When the General reported the sugges-
tion Jackson was surprised, but did no1 accept until he

had < ferred with Boone and had, also, the unanimous

accord of the men.

Capt. Jackson gave an account of Forresl al Parker’s
l ru-s Roads, which may never have been in print. This
was while Jackson was serving as a private. The Federals
wen- greatlj superior in numbers, and engaged the Con-
federates front and rear. Two companies had been sent
tu the rear, and Jackson went in search of them, hut

-linn reported thai be found the yankees instead. The
General started instantly in thai direction, with Jack-
son oulv by his side. There were -ix ammunition wag-
ons, of the sixty-five captured a few days before, in the
the mad crossing, and when they reached that point.
Jackson said “1 wouldn’1 go any farther if I were
you.” Forresl turned his face, ami, with eyes flash-
ing, -aid, “Sir?” and instantly spurred his horse, which
leaped over a wagon tongue, and in a moment he was
confronted by a group of Federals who stepped from be-
hind a barn, when the officer demanded his surrender.
With a presence of mind amazing, Forrest said,” All right.
I’ll go hack’ and gel what few men I have left;” and he
rode off as deliberately as a farmer going from his plow.
(in reaching bis escort, not faraway, be said in a kind
nf hiss. “Charge them, boys! charge them!” and with
his escort company he cut hi- way out, when anything
hut a completo surrender seemed hopeless, lie cut near-
ly all of his command acr.oss the Tennessee quickly.

The suggestion is being made to erect bronze statues
of Gen. Forrest in Memphis, in Nashville, and in Chatta-
nooga. Comrades and friends may do well to cooperate

in this matter. The VETERAN wants to help them.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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Since the reunion Capt. John W. Morion, who was
Forrest’s conspicuous artillery officer, and one of the
youngest artillery captains in the army, but now a gray-
haired veteran, gave away in marriage his attractive and
popular daughter, Miss Queeoie, to Mr. S 11 Stout. The
Dame of the young gentleman is pleasantly familiar to
thousands in the Western Array, as it istBat of Dr. Stout,
medical director, who resides in Dallas, Tex,

Ix the brief account of the reunion of the Tenni
Confederate soldiers, reported, in the last Veteran, much
•was omitted that was of special interest. Young Mi~s
Annie Vinson Bung “Ben Bolt.”

O, ilon’i you remember sweel Alice,

with a pathetic lendernj^s which will long be remem-
bered. Her sister, Miss Janu Vinson, played the acoora-

l itnetit. The

lattets happy
pari in “Dixie ‘
will be remem-
bered The

BRA H i S

gral ified to pay
tribute to these
‘laughters of a
comrade who

has Jo,,.’
much for its
success in Sum-
tier Coun t v#

was .lis

i cor-

I the ho-
tel parlor a va-
of mili-
tary combina-
t ions prepared
with much

and uj

which ‘
was on hand-
somely paint-
ed silk these

miss \\\n Vinson. ,, mi \ 1 1 \. 1 1 w. words of re-

gard lor one who bad “crossed over the river:’
I N REMEM in: INI 1 OF

(‘APT \l\ J VMES FR \NKT.1N.
Company I’.. Tin Regiment, [“ennesseb Volunteers.

i,ot. BI.ESS THE CONFEDERATE VETERANS

Then there was written these beautiful W0IN
WELCOME, THRICE WELCOME, to oi r HEARTS \M’ n

The front page picture in the lasi Veteran printed
very unsatisfactorily. In the Nashville American’s ac
count of the reunion this note appeared: -The Goddess
of Liberty, in the person of Miss Martha I, vile Rogan,
followed the pony cavalry. In regal splendor she
pied a raise. | seat in a magnificcnl float drawn by four
horses, ami having spread above il a canopy, aboul which
were etct willed I he I Confederate colors. In each corner of
the float, doing homage to the fair goddess, was a repre-
sentative of the tour sections of the land, dressed in ap-
propriate costume, and having scattered about in tasteful
profusion the products of the section, while above”, in
large letters, appeared the name of the section represent-
ed. Four couples of cavalry composed of the sons ami

daughters of < !on federal jeort to the goddess.

The South, with her fourteen Confedera • was

represented by twenty-eight of their bravest daughters.

They were in a beautifully decorated float, scale.] m tiers.

above which Miss Celia Walton sat as the representative
of .the Confederate Republic, The ladies wore white.”

The Indian Territory was appropriately represi
by Mi-s Fpster, whose picture will bi i by many

admirers of the Indian jrirl thai day.

tun \. I • ■■

Is connection with the superb record of R Tyler
– grandson ol President T\ ier, as published with his
picture in the last Veteran, a very pathetic story comes
from Washington which is c idently true He has an in-
valid wife and baby, and is very destitute. In July, 1887,
his uncle, John Tyler. Jr., son of the President and who
was his private Secretary at the White House, was
stricken with paralysis. He had held the office of spe-
cial witness 1 I., the destruction of canceled
currency. The nephew came to Washington to nurse
him, and was appointed his alternate under < Cleveland’s
6rs< administration. II.- held that office until July,
1893, and every month he divided Ins salary into two
equal parts, one of which he placed iii an envelope and
sent to the helpless uncle. This he did for six years
without intermission. During Mr, Harri Minis-
tration an unsuccessful at tern pi was made to oust him
because he had been a Confederate soldier. Th<
Congress passed a law thai no substitutes should here-
after he employed in any department, and this resulted
in his loss of official position and consequent distress.

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COXFEDERATK VETERAN.

CAMPAIGNS IN NOKTREBN VIRGINIA.

EXTRACTS llloU AN ADDRESS Bl 1M1\ M.n : INNES8EE.

Aii kk the capture of 11. nun prisoners al Sapper’s
Perry, Stonewall Jackson Lm mediately started on a
I march up the river. BicClellan, with a powerful
army, was about t” surround and crush Lee, and .lack-
ton bad to hasten i” his relief.

A. P. Hill was left with his division at Harper’e F r-
ry t” parole ihe prisoners and remove the spoils. We
had captured over seventy pieces of artillery and an
enormous .-11111111111 of army supplies, nearly as much as
we had captured at Manassas. We were ready to re-
move the captured wagons and horses and 11. nun pris-
oners. It was indeed a -lens for the private soldier to
We believed there would be no more fighting, at
least for soveral months. But delusive bopesl The
sun had scarcely reached the meridian when A. P. Hill’s
division was also on a forced march up the river. We
crossed the river near Sbarpsburg, and got there just in
time to meet 14,000 fresh Federal troops under Bum
side, who wi re rapidly advancing up the river, with the
intention of cutting Lee’s army off fr it. and in con-
junction with MeClellan’s other large army of surround-
ing and crushing it. A. P. Hill, with 2,000 men, assist-
ed iiy T nh’.s Brigade (which al that time didn’t Dum-
ber present 1,000), actually drove hack and routed
14. nun fresh Federal soldiers under Burnside, and that,
too, immediately after a forced march and fording the
Potomac! Of course the private soldier could nol be
supposed to correctly estimate the forces in Ids front,
hiii i hesc figures are historic.

I distinctly remember Archer’s Brigade advancing
rapidly in line of battle right under the fire of their
powerful artillery, until we came to a road running

north and SOUth, where we were ordered to lie down

along a cornfield fence, not to be “too impetuous,” (■
wail idr our supports; how the enemy’s sharpshooters
killed some ot’ our men through the fence cracks (they
could shoot with wonderful accuracy when the fire was
not returned); how after awhile “Old Pete” (Colonel
<>f the Firsl Tennessee Confederate, now Governor of
Tennessee) towered up above that fenee ae hold as a

lion (it is a w lor they did nol kill him), and gave the

command, “Hog drivers, advance!” how we leaped
Over the fence a nil advanced through the tangled corn
till we came in the brow of the hill, and then beheld the
enemy posted in a heavy, dark- line behind a rock- fence;
how “Old Pete’ still led forward right in the face of

their fire, and of 1 rso we went with him. These were

the most accommodating yankees we had met. Thej
actually moved hack and let the Tennessee riflemen use
that rock fence for a breastwork, a thine- they never
should have done for the Tennessee marksmen had al-
ready exchanged the old s th-bore musket, on the

battlefield of .Manassas, for the long-ranged and other-
wise improved rifles, on the construction of which much
yankee ingenuity had been exercised. \nd. 1 tell you,
the, picked them oil’ with unerring aim by the score he-
fore they got out of range of these guns. Even their
powerful artillery, thai had been annoying us so griev-
ously, had to I i in her up and hust le to the rear to prevent
being captured, for these gUDS would kill man or horse
over half a mile.

Then, when P.urnsiile began to Call piteously on .Mc-

Clellan for reinforcements, the latter sent him that cele-
brated dispatch: “I have not a man to spare; if you
cannot hold your advanced position, rally on the bridge.

Hold the bridge to the last man! The bridge! All is lost
shi mid t lie bridge be lost !

Vou see, my friends, how a few fresh men might have

turned this rout of Burnside into B complete rout Of Me-
Clellan’s whole army. But, alas’ |.,. ( . uat ] p U ) j n hj 8
last man. and had no more reinforcements We stayed
at that rock fence all that night and all the next day
waiting tor McClellan to attack, lie did not attack, but
was preparing for it and receiving heavy reinforce-
ments. As rapidly as steam could rush them from the
North, they were hurrying to that battlefield; thet

when night Came we silently moved out under orders,
and had the pleasure of another I I bath Crossing hack

to the Old Virginia shore. It reminded us of what we
had read of some of Washington’s masterly retreats
from the presence “fan overwhelming foe. The next
morning when tin- mists arose from the battlefield and
revealed to McClellan that l.ces army was gone (no-
l.ody left hut the severely wounded), he was greatly
surprised, But rallying he made a great display of ar-
tillery — over seventy pieces — on the Maryland shore,
and began a tumultuous uproar, firing across the river.
Then he sent dispatches to Washington stating that he
had defeated Lee and had him in full retreat toward
Richmond. The authorities a: Washington, recovering

from the dread which had hung like an incubus

the city Tor some lime, became greatly elated, and -uii
McClellan order after order In “pursue those rebel8.”
They wen- had rebels! They had been disturbing the

peace and serenity “1 tin- capital for the last fortnight.
hi Iced, there had been hut little sound, healthy sleep
about t hat capital (or a month.

Under these positive and urgent orders McClellan

must do something. Well, under the tire of his power-
ful artillery he did cross over a number ot’ brigades, in-
tending, loulit, to cross oxer his whole army. He

had positive orders from his snperiois to do s,, |,,.,. |,e-
licved it. He had hailed Longstreet’s corps, t hat had
proceeded a considerable distance, and ordered him to
countermarch, intending to give McClellan battle again.
But Stonewall Jackson, who had charge id’ the rear,
hurled A. P. Hill’s division against those brigades before

t< lany of them got over, and drove them right under

the tire of their powerful artillery hack into the river,
without, using a single cannon. Then again did the
Tenneseeans pick i hem oil’, as they strugglea through t he
waters ot’ tin- sparkling Potomac. The broad surface ot’

the river was black with dead hodies floating down.
Ahout thai time a eouricrcamc from Lee in hot haste

hunting lor Jackson — hunting for his ■■ right arm ” with

which to strike Il had already struck: and as .lack-
son quietly sat on his old sorrel, under the tire of shol
and shell, watching his men repulse the enemy, his only
remark- was: “Tell lien. Lee that by the bleBsing of

Providence tiny will soon ho driven hack.” They ac-
knowledged a loss of three thousand killed and drowned
in this affair, and two hundred prisoners. The Confed-
erate loss was thirty-iine killed, and two hundred and
thirty-one wounded. Yet McClellan spoke of it in his
book as ”a mere reconnoissance of secondary impor-
tance.” It evidently taught him a lesson — a wholesome
regard for the Confederate rear while guarded by such
a hero as Jackson. He never attempted to cross that,
river again in Jackson’s presence; never! Ho did
finally cross again, after several weeks, a score or more
miles below Harper’s Kerry. This timely and energetic
repulse of .MeClellan’s advance, Dr. Dahney says (in his
life of Jackson), ” probably saved Lee’s army.”

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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MAIDENS DISGUISED AS YANKEES.

B. D. GncE Seventh Virginia Cavalry, Natchez, M bs
August 10, 1894:

I have just finished reading every line in the July
Veteran, and with great inl • James M M

Cann’s article on tut ting in thai pari of tho Old Domin-
ion between the Cheat Mountains and the Ohio River
was vivid indeed. It brought back manj – and

struggles of my young manhoo I, for I to i was a mem-
ber of the old Laurel Briga le, and often acted as scout
through different parts of Virginia. I was a member of
Company D, Seventh Regiment, Virginia Cavalry, Cap-
tain Sommors’s Company in Col. Turner Ashby’s R
ment. I went one night in company with a comradi
call on some young ladies, and .-is the country at thai
time was infested with th in blue, we agreed

stand guard alternately while the other fellow went in
and chatted the young Indies, and I noticed, too, that
my comrade was very willing for me to take the first
turn in the house, although he acknowledged ho was
:i- hungiy as a wolf. I was very much in love with
Hi the young lad es ofthe house and I thought thai she
reciprocated. Winn I walked into the house my besl
girl Hi’ t me al the door, and took mo into tho parlor.
I asked the question, “Where are your sist
Baid they had gone to a neighbor’s to stay .-ill night. I
was pleased with that, for, as my comrade’s I was

gone, he would nol ob landing guard all the i i

“Now, Ben,” said my lady love, I bavi iking

for you to drop in to night, and I have ready the nil
Bupper I could prepare; so jusl give me those cuml
some pistols, that you may eat with si – pleasu

I had left my sabei my Baddle. ‘ No, I thank

ili-s Nannie. I cannot part with ray pistols: there an
too many yanks around here.” Bui her bright eyes and
lovely smiles disarmed me She jusl wanted to b
the honor of holding them while I ato supper, but
slipped my pistols in a sideboard drawer and turned the
key on them. As I finished a g 1 supper two blue

its opened a door on Bide of me, an I two entered

by another door behind me, and all four of them leveled
their pistols iit me and commanded me to surrender. To
make the matter more real, my girl threw herself on her
knees at my feet, pul up her hands to the yankees, and
begged pitiously tor them nol to shoot me, and one of
the bluecoats raid: ” Well, Miss, for your sake we will
not shoot him, but you must be responsible foi ! > – good
behavior while we eat our supper.” Then one of th
said: “Tour arms, sir, quick!” I explained that I was
already disarmed, One of them leveled a pistol at
and said : ” No fooling now. Johnny ; give up your arms.”
A 1 1′ 1 then Miss Nannie Baid: “0 .Mr. Yankee, please
do noi shoot hiral I will get hie arms for you.” And
ort’ to tho sideboard she flew to get my arm-. During this
stage performance my comrade stood on the outside
on the gallery looking through the window. I Baw that
he was shaking his sides with laughter, and in a second
it occurred to me that I was not being taken prisoner by
real yankees. so 1 made a break for him, running over
the yankees; but he knew what was coming, and jumped
off the gallery, and hid. By tho time I got back to the
dining room the yankees had disappeared, and my best
girl met me with a smile and said: ” Forgive me, Ben ;

the girls forced me into this.” 1 told her she had better

take to the stage, for it was the best “forced” perform-
ance I had ever witnessed. The yankees were her sis-

ters and a young lady neighbor, who had dressed them-
selves up in Yankee uniforms and laid a trap to capture
mo, I very eo dly told my hest girl that she could have
mad ■ the capture without any assistance whatc

There is but one of those girls living to day. and my
comrade too has cros? the river, but many p

■ living in Page Valley remember it well, for it”
was many a lone; day before I heard tie : it.

The boys used to try I me about the matter. I

Would turn them away with the remark that I would
not give r who would not surren lei- to

four pretty girls. He was no soldier if he -ur-

rendei Many hundred- of mile- separate me now
from those loveli for four long ears 1

followed Stonewall Jackson, .1 E 1′. Stewart, and Gi
T I . R isser, i hrough all I ny-

thing written of those day- and occurrences in th
valleys deoply int< i

DW \i:i> BRIDILL’3 PATE.

I , M I . All’ ■ i ill II W V.

The]

my duty to ha
i the public pi
ry group

a m

army a very valuable lot on I! ne

in ( Marke < ‘ ty, Va . whi

dash hotly pursued bj

who wa – I ■–

by and who wa- short ly •

I i I

minister. I

on u hich spirited steed I n

the Shenandoah.

pendicular hank some fifti

the its in August I • t he op-

Being -o closely pursui i 1 ind

jumped from my -teed and ran to the bushes; my hoi
u le ran hack

er a deathl
which e:

their fellow-soldii killed. It wa- not long until

they returned bringing i bs body

looking gentleman, a Ble was laid

uncle’s bouse; the nighl I -hall i
expression of that face, and how I fell forhislovi
at home. He was buried the nexl day in box

down on the hank ofthe river, and I think – ths

later he wa- I Winchester. Va . and perhaps l>ur-

ied among the unknown dead I I • not know this for
a certainty. This should not i

ly rem. iilt hi- i I ‘o|.

Edward Bridill, N. C. I have often wondered if his
people ever received his body.

Soraci I’ Smith, business representative of Judge

Earrar and Polk Miller, of Richmond, Bends busim
notice for both. There was a brief sketch ofthe latter
in the August Veteran. Parties wishing to arrang

for either should address him. box 217, Richmond, Va.

Tub books advertised in la-t Veteran by M
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., of Boston, are ofthe mosl pop-
ular in current literature They are designated a- the
Southern Series. In ordering please mention theVi

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

A MONT.MKNT To s. >l Til KliX WOMEN.

Mrs. I-‘ki.i\ d. Di Fontaine, Stan- Regenl for South
Carolina of the Daughters of the American Revolution,
publishes in tin- Some Journal, New fork, this appeal:

• In these days of raoi ials, monumental buildings,

and the unveiling of statues that celebrate our near bj
heroes, i- it no! worth while to consider the pari per-
formed by the women patriots of the Southern Confed-
eracy, and bestow also upon ihem some recognition of
the magnificent services they rendered in the hour of
our travail?

Hid woman ever undergo hardship with more unmur-
muring fortitude than tin- delicately reared mothers,
wives, ami daughter:- of the South at thai linn.’

W a- the Spartan matron of <>lil more heroic than she
who in these later days of heroism, buckled on the
equipment* of husband, son, and father, and with prayer-
ful faith .Tiit her loved imes forth to battle for their
count ry ami t beir homes?

1- there nol something Bublime in the sacrifices made
by Southern women who, while suffering al home, en-
couraged their kindred in the tield. and when that field
ran Wd with the blood id’ the men of the South, went
themselves “to the front” in order that the ministra-
tions of their gentle hands might assuage the pain id’
wounds, “i- sympathize in the agony id’ dissolution?

The storj of these women never yet has been written,
probably never will he in all its depth and breadth. Bui
why should nut a granite shaft somewhere perpetuate
their memory? Why t-hould not the veterans ami sons of
veterans signalize by some monumental tribute the
heroic record of these daughters of the South ami the
In, e i hey bore t beir land?

Will you nol sel the ball in motion, appeal to Southern
manhood, ask the old soldiers to help you ereel such a
monument, say in Richmond, the mans, ileum of so many

Of OUr beloved dead’ Let it, if possible, be within the

shadow of thai of Gen. Robert E. Lee, and thus per-
petuate the glory of our womanhood in the dark days
< if t In- < lonfederacy.

Mrs S. W. II u. sky, sister to Virginia’s silver-tongued
Senator, read a paper before the Woman’s Congress iii
Chicago. This is an extract :

It was proposed by the Times, of Richmond, Va., to

ereel a lie hi ii ineiil to ibe luuior of wuuiau. and thai it

take the form of a marble statue, representing the figure
of a woman beautifully sculptured, heroically guarded

by the army and navy, and thai this be awarded con-
spicuous position iii the capital of the late Confederacy,
in attest her faithful devotion to the ” losl cause.”

Deeply i bed by the chivalry which prompted this

suggestion in behalf of women, the writer is bold
enough to say thai better than this grand work of art
would be a safe and restful platform whereon woman
might stand with no uncertain feet, and thai the besl
form for this offering to lake would be thai of a uni-
versity. Let there be est aid ishei I in the South, by joint

cooperation of all Southern States, a university for
women, wherein she may Cultivate her God-given tal-
ents, and that her energies may !»• trained t” 9ow in
every channel of usefulness.

Sur.ly (his monument is of high merit, and Southern
nun should have advocated itlongago. Who would not
like to furnish a block of finest marble for the structure?

WORDS (‘F A VETERAN ABOUT VICKSBURG.

I was talking to an old rebel soldier about Gen.
slump’s article in the Veteran concerning the siege of
Vicksburg. This old Boldier thinks thai ton. Shoup is

entirely loo moderate in hi- comments upon the siiua-
tion at Vicksburg, but he accounts for it on the ground
thai Gen. shoup writes from an officer’s standpoint, and

really does not know how bad the matter was. This
soldier says that rations were short from the beginning,
and grew shorter day by day. till starvation was immi-
nent. He say- that onc-ipiarler rat ion of pea bread and
pea-, and sometime- a very small piece 01 bacon was a
days rations. He says (this old reb) thai mule meal
was not issued to the ” hoys.” but occasionally they
would gel ;1 piece, not asking about the mule- pedigree
or whether his death was “timely” or not. and that
many soldier- ate it without bread, salt, or other season-
ing, and il was as good as ” poSSUm ” alter fl’OSl fall- 00
the simnion crop. lie remembers boiling wild parsley
in (dear water, without meal Or salt, and it was ” mighty
good eatin.” lie has no recollection of the molasses
and pancakes of which Gen Shoup write-, for, although
the weather as well as the situation wa- hoi. the molas-
ses didn’t run as far as the breastworks, and the pan-
cakes were doubtless eonlined to the officers.

This old reb -ays thai of the forty -even days and nights
in the ditches, twenty-one were pa— cd in the burning
sun or in drenching rain- withoul covering. Almost in-
ces-ani fighting on tailed the unprecedented endurance
of hardship and hunger, while holding at hay the enemy
in overwhelming numbers thai should characterize this
famous siege, and it should not he modified nor il- enor
mities lost sight of in history. He -ays: ” I love to read
i be Veteran ; that as the events of the War of the Re-
bellion recede in point of time the more I cherish the
association with those events and the nearer lo my heart
, lies the cause for which the hoys in gray foughl

This old vet went out with den Prices Missouri

1 1 ps ; was east of the .\1 i-sissippi River until Vicksburg

surrendered, then came weal of the river. His parole
is dated Vicksburg, July 8, 1863, Third Regiment, Mis-
souri Volunteers, ami is signed by S. W. Porgy, Captain,
Thirty-firsl Regimenl Illinois Volunteers. A-ftor cross
ing the river he served until the close of the war
under Jo Shelby, from whom be holds his discharge
“by reason of Ibe expiration of his term of service.”
signed by do (). Shelby, Brigadier General, commanding
at Corsicana, Tex., 1865, and dated more than a month
after Lee’s surrender.

I. T. Moreland, Pineapple. Ala.: ” Will you oi- some of
the boys give me ibe name of the soldier who wrote a

piece of poetry on the death of his brother, who fell

while engaged in a hotly I tested battle? The first

Iwo lines of the first verse, as 1 remember, arc these:

I lead on the field my brother fell,

While leading his command.
I think Ids name was Thaildeiis Send, wdio lived near
Columbus, da. I1h brother was a member of the re-
nowned Twelfth deorgia Volunteers, if] am not mistak-
en. Will you please publish the entire poem in the
Veteran? Several suggestions in name of our last war
have been made. A mo-t appropriate name, I think,
would be l A War for Southern Rights. 1 In justice to
the South and in the interest of our children, a history
should be written from a Southern Standpoint and by a
Southerner.”

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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\ \-HYlI.LE. TKNN.

Girl in Checks; OB, Mystery 01 the MOUNTAIN Cabin. By
Rev. William Allen. 75 cents.

The Civil War from the Southern STANDPOINT. By Mr-.
Ann E. Snyder. ( loth, $1.

Doc’s Cross. By Ruth Argyle. Cloth, 60 cent-. An excel-
lent book for the Sunday Bchool library.

CH OF THE BaTTTJ 01 IksNKI.IN, AND ReMINIBCENi

Camp Doiglas. By John M. Copley. |

History of Methodism in Tennessee. By John B. McFerrin,
D.l>. In three volumes. 12mo. Per volume, $1.

Mrs. Elizabeth Ri ssell, Wife of « len. Wm < Sampbell, Bister
of Patrick Henry. By Thomas L. Preston, 60 cents.

Hancock’s. Diaby; or, History op the Second I

■Cavalry. A larg itavo book, with many portrait;

The Other Si he. A thrilling poem of nine hundred lin
Virginia Frazier Boyle, Mr. Davis being her theme. $1.

\ Modern Cook Book, embracing more than 1,000 receipt*
ami practical suggestions, richly illustrated. The book rout
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I>r. II. II. Farmer sends to the Veteran attractive pam-
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be Bent free of postage for 25 a

This liest history of the Southern Cause that ever will be

written and the Veteran a year lor J:;. Satisfaction guaranti
Addres- – \ I ‘unningham, Nashville, Tenn.

Rev. Lndrev. Jaci — •• Potter, the Noted Parson of the
lV\an Frontier. Bis Years of Indian Warfare in Nen Mexico
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Lboond mi World, By Bishop Eugene R Hendrix,D.D

600 pages. SI. ” One of the best 1 ks of travel thai we have

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BOMl I I Bj Rei \ I Ill K \ memorial

volume of S16 pages; price $1 Commemorates mainly the
spirit, speech, and manner of life of the invincible ‘Old Reb o|

the rank and tile during the war,” and of the genius and -plen-

dor of ” Dixie Land.” Dr. Goodloe served from Alabama.

Tin- Boston Herald has much to say of Lovi ind Rebellion,
by Miss M. C. Keller. It lells how the story opens in a South-
ern home before the war. carries its characters through that
strife, fraught with such terrible consequences for the people of
the South, and through the -till more dreadful period of recon-
struction, and closes with the few who have survive.] and
made happy. The plot is spirited and ear. fully worked out,

and by itself has some value ; but the chief it 100k

attaches to the picture which it affords ol • life as it

reallj existed during the years from 1850 to i s 7<i l jfe on a

Louisiana plantation, when n rj the first whisperings of

insubordination among the negroes, stirred up by Nbrt5
agents.i- faithfully pictured in the opening cha id so

much has been written on the other side since ”Uncle Tom’s
Cabin ” appeared that it is pleasant to read a book which _
an une.. 1. ne. 1 account of that simple, rural life. After the heart-
rending separations at the beginning of the war, the i

eies in which the mother and daughter are placed BO at
latent energies of t heir natures that they render important serv-
ices t.. the Confederacy, and the adventures which they pass
through are vividly portrayed. Father and son are killed in
the war, and the women, captured by Grant and escaping from

his clutches, are shut up in Vicksburg, The mother dies, and
the daughter is driven from her ruined home after the cessation

id” hostilities by the depredations of the negroes. Even in Jack-
son, where she repairs to teach school, the w liolesale slaughter
of whites necessitates the utmost precaution, in spite of which
one of Iht sisters is killed by a negro. The presence of Fi
troops inspire- the negroes with a confidence which

KuUu\ Klan hardly di-p.l-. This part of the book i- lull of
authentic incident- of the peri…! of which it treat-, and. while

free from tirade against the negro or his instigators, it gives the

facts in a straightforward manner which add- much to it- pow-
er. The concluding chapter deals with the negro ques
squarely, and from some of the conclusions drawn thi
to be no escape.

Miss Keller’s books. Love and Rebellion and Severed a: Gei
tvbbubg will he supplied by S. A. Cunningham at 60 cents each.

PABTIAi LIST OP THE MULTITUDE WHO
A.EE HELPING THE VETERAN

Tiiiy will cheerfully serve those who apply to them
by Bending subscriptions and advertisements. Friends
will help to till the blanks below and make such additions •

as will help I bi n hand.

mville.

I’.o.uiex illp .
.•■II….

I a\ etteville

a

Boue

ALABAMA.

Anni-ton I. M

us W. B B

Auburn < !en. James H. Lane
Birmingham .. .S. 1

.1 I I
Oarrollton , Col M

I Iwarlville

Elkmont T D.G

…WM Bunti .g

\ ille \ –

Hnnt-ville …. W. M Erskine
Jacksoni ille. . ..D. Z < ……licit

D. Portie
Montf I l • Br wder

pt .1 8 P

II. Barry
Piedmont M. T Led!

I ‘i
Andrew Boyd

P

Gait
Bnowdow ■.. . J. B Slaughtei

ARKANSAS.

i,.| his I I :

. . .1; .1 l.aughlin
D B •

II Smith

M Stone
i \

W. I’

Hot Springe I M Harrell

Huntingdon. .< lapt I. B. I^ake

i:… k . , ‘ .in M.i lulloch

Mi rrillton W. S. Manna

Pocahontas. B T Mo

itf I”. F. Burns

kner
Springdale,. . . I>r. John Young
Van Muren … C. W. Lehman

CALIFORNIA.

Santa Ana. Victor Montgomery

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Washington, Miss B. II Owen,

Miss ( ‘arrie Wilson, Mrs. Al-
hert Akers. Mil III’.-
Mr-. A. T. Buck, Mrs I. I;
Mess, oger, Mrs D.P 11.

FLORIDA.

ma i; l- li

Brooksville ‘ W. < orman

Chipley R. B. Bellamy

Fernandina

Inverness.. W. C. Zimmerman
sonville. . W. D. Matthews

Lakeland

I eesburg. . . .(‘apt. .1. I”.. Milam

Marianna lohn W. i

Milton.. Thomas B. Urashears

Monticello W, G. I vnham

Mis. Gen. J. .1. Dickison,
William Fox.
Orlando W. ( .art Johnson

Pensacola . i ten. < leorge Reese

Plant City F. W. Merrin

Sanford Otis S. Tarver

St. Augustine,.!. A. Enslow, Jr.,

and D. L. iHinham.
Tallahassee

Tampa, J. M. Henderson and
.1. W. Coolev.

Titusville Rev. LD. rohen

GEORGIA.

A. worth I. L I., uian

Allien-

Atlanta. . . .Col. John Milledge

Augusta F. M. Stovall

I \v Newman

W. F. Allison

Eatonton

Haw kinsville. . .D. G. Fleming

range 3 I Schaub

. ; .■ .– I ;.

– I i Idles

oial. . . Mrs. V- M I;
n Point.. . 0. E Fluker
Washington . .Miss G. Oordes

INDIAN TERRITORY.
Ardniore . . .)’ G I

Mi M’-i. ■ i ..i l; B < loleman

INDIANA

Evansville. Frank A. ‘ Iwen, I >r.
\ .!. Thomas.

KANSAS

■ . . ,I>r. T. I

KENTUCKY.

Adairville

;.>w n A. B. Baldwin

Bell C. I> Bell

Bethel Fo Arrasmith

. . . .Foini
Howling • W Hen-

dri Mitchell.

Brownsboro.. . .Lemuel faring

v ille T B

Franklin I >r. II

•■town .Col. A. H. Sinclair
HarTodsb • W. Allin

Henderson – D Met irmick

Justice 1 ‘ Neal

i Gupton
Lexington ohn Boyd

Louisville

Newport.. Miss Eleanoi Arnold
Wallace Here

ah i. M. Browne

Paris Joseph M

Pembroke it. .tt

Richmond . . . .Dr. J. M. Poynti
1 ; 1 1 — • 1 . ille. Ma.i. .1. B. I

– Grove. .T. E. McDaniel

Stanford T.J. Ha

Sturgis John W. 1 Iyer

‘F. -In Dr. \ – H Boyd

i illes. . Rev. J. R. Peering
Wm. ipt. B. F. Curtis

LOUISIANA.
Arcadia.. ..Rev. G. N. ( ‘lampitt

Baton Rouge

Berwick F. O’Brien

son

Lake Charles. .Dr. W. A. Knapp

and E. H. Burleson.
Mansfield, Dr.W. N. Cunningham
Morgan City.. James M. Fraser

3M

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

New i pt.J. w .( laines

Patterson — C.8. \ Lnson

Ravville I. S. Bumroerlin

Shreveport F. < ‘. Mareden

MARYLAND

Aonapoliv, Eugene Worthington

more W. II. Pope

lerland, Mr- T. L. Pntt<

Pikes’ville W. II. Popi

MISSISSIPPI.

Booni i ille D. T.

Canton

rville. . William M I
rater.. . . W. R. I lougberty

i lolumbiis W. A. < Campbell

ith M. Byrnes

tte W. L. Stephen

son I. C. Kietti

Mi-Comb City. .Dr. O. B. Quin
Meridian …. W. L. Goldsmith

Natchez B. D.< luice

mill I. s. ( brothers

I’ti.a I. .1. i neeii

Vicksburg D. A. Campbell

West Point \. M. Chandler

Woodville W. K. < !ooper

Yazoo City. . . .(‘. .1. 1 luBuisson

MISSOURI.

Centralis T.J. Parks

< lolumbue R. I’. Etenick

r G. G. James

in i ‘itv.i.l. A. Williamson

Buntsville. G. X. Ratliff

[ndep uylei Lowe

W. I.. .Mack

on !;■ r.Thos. M. Cobb
Louisiana. . ..F. T. Meriwether

erly I:. J. Tail

Odessa D. G. Wade

Page < Sty N. M. ( looper

Palmyra K. I”. Peddicord

R. II. –

Salisbury Casper X. Bell

Seneca. I. T. Albert

Springfield, J.Coleman Gardner
St I ouis Frank Pfistei

NEVADA.

Kly \. <“‘. House

NORTH CAROLINA.

Ashi \ ille. ..Miss Ellen Sawyer
Goldsboro. ….B B. Eta

Bickory 1. G. Hall

Rali il’Ii

Salisbury Cicero I!. Barker

-i itesville P. C. Carlton

Way nesville, Col. G.W.Clayton

Wilmington, Col. W. L. De-

Etosset, \;. i L D. McClure.

Win-Ion

OKLAHOMA.

< Iklahoma city. John < >. < lasler

SOUTH CAROLINA.

Aiken (‘apt. B. II. Teague

eston.. .James i ■. Bolmee
( lolnmbia. . .( apt. A. P. Brown

Darlington

Edgefield . ..< ‘apt. Geo. B. Lake
Greenwood, W. R. McKinney,
R. S. Sparkman.

Bibler L. P. Barling

Manning .1. T. Stukes

Marion K. D. < lasque

Orangeburg T. (‘. Hubbell

Pinopolis. . . .Dr. R. Y. Dwight
Sumter Perry Moses

TENNESSEE.

Auburn R. R. Hancock

Baker J. T. Kev

Billingsly L.T. Billingsly

Burem’s Store II-‘. Burem

( Sarthage > reorge >. I hint

( ‘hat tail”, .pi.. . I.. T. I lick ins. .ii.

Clark- II. Bailey

Cleveland It. s. II. Day

Columbia. . . .( Sol. B. G I

and I.n n. :h Pei ry.
( lulleoka Mis- Vashti Ballan-

tanl.
Dickson.. Col. W.J. Mathie

Dresden Col. E. !■’.. Tansil

jburg L, Bughes

i ille I’. .). < iwen

. I-.. – Paj ne

Erin T. A. Bunnell

m,.\ ille Lew is Peach

Franklin I. II. While

i lainesboro L. S. Byhee

i iallatm T. S. Vinson

Goodlettsville B. I’. Myers

‘ lordonville I. E. < .”Id

* lower – i lower Brothers

1 .i. .in ille F. M. Kelso

1 1;. 1 1-\ ille

Bumboldl

Buntingdon N. B. Nesbit

Jackson S. E. Kierolf

ECnox\ ille. …» lharles Duclous
Leiper’s Fork ..M. A. Meachaui
Lew isburg. . .Capt W. G. Loyd

Lynchburg FelLx Motlow

Lynnville I. MacThurman

Martin laine- Ilar.leman

McKenzie. … I n. .1. P. < !ann6n
Memphis, Col. < ‘. W. Frazier.

Mrs. Keller Anderson, J, I..

1 loi >dloe, John A. ( Irofford.
Mi. Pleasant, Maj. Lemuel Long
Murfreesboro, Judge W. S. Mc-

Le re.

Sewbern I . >)m W. Aab.cra.ft

Paris. .1. W. Porter, 11. B. Jobe

Pikeville L. T. Billingsley

Pulaski I ■’. M. Bunch

Rankin’s I ‘epot. . . .1 ■. B. II. lm
Riddleton….W. W. Fergusson

Sadler-\ ill.’. I ‘ars.’ii ( ‘. ( ai lisle

Shelbyville W. S. Bearden

South’ Pittsburg, Peter Brad-

shaw.
Sta. (‘amp. .Rev.A.T.Goodloe
St Bethlehem. . .(‘. .1. Batcher

Sinri Wain- W. T Lenoir

Tennessee Ridge, D. W, Wilson

Tracj City J. A I hompsos

Trenton.. II. .1. Dew

Treze\ an! .( ‘. Spurgeon Wingo

Tullahoma W. .1. Travis

Wartrace lames Arnold

Wavevly. . . .(‘apt. T. L. Lanier
Winchester.. .Dr. T. C. Murrell

W Hand Mills T. B.C.

Low nsbrough.
Woolworth T. A. Bunnell

TEXAS.

Alvarado I. R. I’osey

Antelope T. T. Christian

Austin ( tharles S. Morse

Athens W. T. Eustace

Bartlett D. B. F. Belk

Bi Icherville .1. c. Bilbo

Belton, II. M.Cook, II. E. Brad-
ford, R. II. Turner.

I’.onhain I. V. Holmes

Black .lack Grove B. F.

Stephens.

Brazoria. . William Fori Smith

r.i in Gen. II. B. Stoddard

Calvert… C. W. Bigginbotham

Canadian M. M. French

Canton Tom Clark

ek..A. 1 1. Alexander

• r Point D. 1 1. Borne

(inc., (‘apt. .1. D. Eddina

Childress G. I;. Ml. n

.1 lie M.S. Kahle

ield.. ..Capt. w. w. Hill

man I. J. Callan

1 ■ ilumbin

( ‘..manehe I. A. I l..lnian

1 lallas Frank Edwards

Decatur Col. M, D. Sellars

Era D.J. Wilson

El Paso Dr. W. M. Yandell

1 — 1 burg I W. Bow ers

Forres ton ( ‘ar Forrest

K..11 Worth, Col. J. W. Friend,

Eugene Burr, ( ‘. W. Peabodj

Forney T. M. I laniel

Gainesville I. M. Wright

( .alve-t.m ( ‘. \\ ashington

Gatee\ ille hr. W. E. Brown

Glen Rose B. F. Roberts

1 .■ ildt liwaite, < leoi ee Whitaker

1 .mi/ale- 111.. Quails

i rraham, A. T. Gay and Jas. M

W I.

Grand View C. C. Batfield

< Greenville \. II. Ilelner

Hamilton. ..Capt. W. T. Saxon

1 lenrielta I. (‘. Skipwith

Holland I. G. Pike

I loney < Irove. . .J. L. Bal linger
Houston.. .Capt. Will Lambert

Kaufman 1 Ian Coffman

Kemp I. A. Watkins

Killeen T. F. Prewit

La 1 Irange I;. 1 1. Phelps

Lampasas, Judge D. C. Thi imas

Luling ..I. .1. Coulter

Mailin Ii.hn M. Jolly

Memphis G. W. Tipton

Mexia I. W. Simmons

Milford

Montague II. 11. Wagner

Mt. Vernon W. T. 1

Paint Rock W. T. Melton

Paris ‘ Sen. John W. Webb

Poetry > J. Nash

Richmond.. Mr-, w . B. Smith
Rock wall… Dr. II. W. Manson
San A nt ni.i. Mr-. F. Allen-
worth.

d F. s. i larpenter

■ 111- F. 1 1 1 . I

Sherman I Ir. .1. T. Wil-.m

Si .in h Prairie, W. 1 1. Whitmire

I elmaeaiia II. \. Boyd

Terrell Vie H.inhardt

Tyler James P. I louglas

Van Alstyne 1. W. I “at lit-

Vet.> \. F. Anderson

Wac. 1 W. C. Cooper

Waxahachie B vara Cohen

Weai lierfori 1. 1 ….. I.. » ‘riscom
Whitesboro, Di W. \. Darnall
Will’s Point.. ..W. A. Benham
Wrightsboro, Dr. W. D. Finney

VIRGINIA.

Charlottesville, Dr.J.Wm.Jones

Cu I p. per. Miss Minnie I.. Bill
Fredricksburg, M >.-. J. \. Har-
ney.
Harrisonburg . ..John E. Raller
Lynchburg. …la-. Franklin, Jr.

Norf.dk s. \. Etheridge

Portsmouth 1. Thos. I Minn

Radford R. II. Adams

Richmond Phil L, Samuel

Strasburg A. 1’. M.liuurir

Wellin’jt”ii.Mi–Sue M. Monroe

We-t Point W. w. Green

Williamsburg, I ‘apt. II. T. Jones

WEST VIRGINIA.

( lharleston (‘. I. 1

Huntington

B i.ev, William Montgomery

NEW (‘AMI’S CONFEDERATE VETERANS.

Miss A. ( ‘. < ‘ti 1 1,1.1:1 –. Secretary, Bends the following:

‘”- i I I I’ll’. HO. OFI hi RB.

Frederick. Md. VlexanderYo n ” – Chomas, W. T. Besant

Laurens, – . I Mine Garl B. (V. Ball, B. \\ . Lanford

. dde Mills, Ti -. ‘ addo Mills M !…« I per, J. T. Uulsey.

1 I Is S iws ! « I II Huston, J. C. Keller.

Reetoi hi. id.-i te Sui <M I M kllen .

Walcot, (rh Confeaerate 6 1 ” Benjs A. John , .

Gain, sville, ^1 Confederate Sur ..F. S. White, .

JnneBboro \.\ i. Confederal : i , .

I.iii.l. n, Us ‘ rchibnl. .08 ,J T ■ 9, C B. Cleveland

lilum.Tex Polienac oil J M fegue, R n Sawy.

Pin. B uff, Irl ii.i Mun y .10.. Jns \ . S .undi rs, C. G.’N.

ei,hiriii,n-. i … Camp Benmng I , .

‘■I est. i. 1 ‘ II . Pag. Pull. ” ‘i ! , .

i. Ros-E’ter 013.. , .

From 518 to 520, the number of Camps recorded at the Bir-
mingham reunion. 1 have no record, and in numbering the new
camps I began wiih 530, not knowing for a certainty jusl how
many of the numbers between 520 and ..^n had been taken,
i .en Moorman, of course, has a record, but I have no access to it.)

Zachary, Ls Crofl ‘■’ I M Lace, W. E. Vtkinson.

I a ell. . Irk Mcintosh. BSI…W. II. Gee, -t I. Davis.

RockyComfort,Ark J. E. B suiwarl at in krnett, R. E. Phelps,
Independence. Mo.. Col. E.B.Hollowaj B33 .Ed W. Strode, Schuylei Ejowe.

Ridueway S. C. Camp Rion BS4…J. I >. Harrison, George Hoore.

( ho8ternelii, s. C. ..Jack Hendricks B3e ,.W. \. Evans, J. E. Sewell.

He.. lie v, S.C I’ll..’, i Bli 136 u . E. Coihran, E. W. Watson.

Brinkley, \.k Pal Cleburne S37…D. N. 81o nmb, ll. A. Carter.

Milton, Flu .Camp Cobb 638 G R. Johnston. .

Gallatin, Tenn Danl. S. Donelson B39 i hos. Boyers, 8r., T. B. Vinson.

Poplarville, Mfsa… Pearl River “.4n., .1 .1 Hioore, W. I’. Wencard.

He – \ ill.-, M>. Moore- viile .vil . .1. M. Barren, Nal Fiske.

sen City, Ark Ben McCnllough….M2…J. L. Hunter, T, \. Ingram.

Blisabeihtown, Ky..Martin H. Cofer B48 lames Montgomery, JTH.Culley.

Ha/.l.litirst, Min-‘ J.itii’v.i. Brown ….’ill… — , Thomas S. Haynie.

The lull lisi of United Confederate Veteran (‘amps is
now too long for continued use in the Veteran.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

ii5

SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

This simple term names one of the
largest railway corporations that has
Inch organized, tts ramifications are 90
extensive in the territory indicated by
it- name, especially in Virginia, thi

i _’i:i. Tennessee, \ labama, and
on i” the Mississippi, thai Southern peo-
ple generally are interested in it.

“Do vnu know how the Georgian,
Samuel Spenci r. happened to be w itli the
Drexel-Morgan people?” asked a gentle-
man who was proud “f the reason. Be
answered the question by telling how
thai gentleman had worked his wi
the presidency of a large system, and thai
w hen Ihe managers w ho save hii
prominence asked bis official signature to
an erroneous statement, he refused and
promptly resigned; that Drexel, M
& Co. were soon familiar with what had

i ed, and inx ited Mi . Spencei I
cate his desk in their bank. They sought
an association in their railroad invest-
ments with a man of such integrity, and
who had demonstrated special talent for
i elopment. All honoi to such !

The railroads are of great conseqm
public. The editor of tin
has ever advocated the rights ,.f railroad

i ations l’i fore judge and jury,
porations may bi lit the rail-

roads are so essential to civilization that
their inti rests -hould never be lightly re-
garded. Let the citizens never forget the
importance of success to raili oa<
the hi . uthern, through

these correct pri acipli

at this point ”

Is it well to call attention to powers tliat
are i orrupting beyond every ill. •
tion ol which is easy to the peopli ‘ Is
it well for them to know that foreigners,
who care no more for our well-being than
we do w hether the chines., eoldiei
ting plenty of the Jap

is put on extra duty, own largely and con-
trol our railroads and believe they can buy
legislation in their inti

Do our own people realize that mem-
bers of Legislatures anil Congress
reive mileage from and to then h

anil then ride on free passes? Does the

citizen who believes in nntrammeled ju-
risprudence know that judges f”f the

courts accept free passes from railroad

corporations? And, too. does it evei
occur to them that newspapers ate con-
trolled, ami in many instances owned, by
tletn. so that important influence is par-
alyzed? Do good people imagine that
some railroad corporations, through their
officials and paid attorneys, select candi-
dates arnl manipulate elections from the
beginning? Is the honest countryman

The Magic Touch

< >f Hoo.l’s SarsaparOla, You smile at
the idea. l>ut if you suffer from

Dyspepsia

And Indigestion, tn a hot tie, and be-
fore half a dozen do
you “ill involuntarily think, and
doubt exclaim,

“That Just Hits It!”

“That sooth i= a maeic

touch!” Ho iparilla gently

tones and imach
and dig

liver, i n healthy dl

for ‘ sleep, .an I

in short, raises t < « health toi f the

ent i

Hood’s: Cures

Take Hood – Pits

aware that before his

with • -lion and I- given the

privilege of passes for I

asking? Lnd d this

i .if hiihery. with now and then

direct payment

benefits onlj ti ■ r and a )■

n a tti. .11-
Band? If so, will he not demm I

w ould it not be b<
sue in tie • ‘ he candi-

date declai

i w bile he
Would it not ; ” » demand ot

ii the law ■
instead ol

putting it in their pocketf
conductor a receipt for so many miles
traveled, and thai to the

surer, w ho should pay the rail-
road tor tl performed ‘.’ Let the
itor and the judge have liberal priv-
-.. th( tr I
ing conduct >rs for their’ fares tnd
it felonious lor tin m to use free
: ion while in ofl
It i- imt right to permit the bribing of
lawmakers. Railroads should he spared
such necessity, and then if they do heavy
Railroads are
not primarily at fault. .Inries never seem

to lie just to corporations ; and designing

politicians, in order to -ecun
from the railros iize to legislate

against them for the sole purpose ofseenr-
ing money as railroad counselors and
lobbyists. It is of as serious importance as

the issues that took men from home to
struggle, tosuffer.and to die for principles.
Investigate tin Ea ts, oomrade, gentle-
man, and yon will he horrified at the
proceedings. Don’t let the railroad he
imposred upon, and by and by it can car-
ry you for two cent- a mile, am

HUMOROl – lit II RERS

.li ni.r. I”. K.J ‘ Richmond, Va.,

ed in X shville recently to a high-
ly appreciative audience. In a liberal ac-
count of the lecture I

It was listened to with the profound-
ttention throughout, while at till

sion made by the -peak.

apparent me he would work

them up with hi- pal I hor-

ilerin.

– id hn el the him

wool

At all till.- lent, and –

with n distinctn

Til’

■ and
i his
lighter, ai

during the winh

– t’ri 1 1 1 1 t

In I

Mil-
nth will

II fondly

. i i.h

i. w hile ‘•

bued with • tiling

1 1.’

Virginia,
of the Polk Miller v. of

. Hid. an. I st nni-

lly popular man about the famous
pital. Polk M

and if he i tr in Dixie he won’t

get back for Christina-. The boys, and

i I,- t,,o. wl • ‘tain-

– will not want to “go home till
morning.”

Mr. Horace I Smith, of Richmond, a

Ik-raised hoy, is planning tours for
these two gentlemen through Ihxte Land
where they can go without gin
time, and will he glad to arrange for enter-
in behalf of Confederate en-
terprises and kindred topics. Mr. Smith

ne popular a- Physical Director fop
the Y. M. C A., and 18 a genial hue

. if. Hi- B I’.ox 217, Rich-

mond. Va.

3i6

C( )XFKDKRATK VETKRAX.

CHICKAM LUGA.
Hoi

• « hlli- in

n. -:u ihe I

‘ II T w alki i i

■ I!.’ Mad and the
Land, □ the \ n i .

ber, « ill giTe ill- ki ■ St.]

By many :i peaceful valley borne,

In tranquil (low,
A river toward tin- Bea doth come,

Stealthy and slow.
In tin- day’s of old, in tin- ages gone,
When tin- Indian claimed these lands his

own.
He called the stream in a tongue un-
known,

“Chickamauga!”

Chickamanga, ” River of Death. ”

1 1 -i lent river,
What mystery through the ages hath

I i in and ever
Haunted thy bed? Hath warrior bled

I i».ii thy banks, whose I>1 i there shed,

lh- | pie looking on, have said,

“Chickamauga?”

\\”a^ ii for forests on thy shore,

By vale and hill,
Silent e’en now, deathlike of yore,

iber and still?
111 for thy flow these trees beneath,

Feeble and Bad as dying breath,
That thou wast railed, O River of Death,
” Chickamauga?”

Was it thy current’s ceaseless flow

I low n toward the sea,
Constant a^ death, whose march, though
slow,

No man can (lee,
Brought to the solemn Indian’s mind
Grim Death, who all men stalks behind,
And he no better name could find,

Chickamauga?

No, none of these. In ages gone —
Ah! who can say

How ul’t to earth the leaves have Mown

since that far-off day?—

When Lookout solitary stood,
And PigeOD knew I101 man’s abode,

And nameless yet thy waters flowed,

Chickamauga!

Upon thv shore a prophet stood

Thai day of old—

\ prophet ofthe Indian blood —

And thus foretold:
■ I see the red men vanish all,
I see these leafy forests fall,

I bear a Stranger people call

‘Chickamauga!’

I see the Smoke of w i g \\ a 1 1 1 – I be

\ol of my race ;

For it hath sought ‘neath other skies

A resting place.
I see the white man’s harvests wave,

1 see the White man’s home, bis grave
Along the banks thy waters lave,

Chickamauga.

Iseeadown yon mountain way

(Countless t hey com. i,

The northiiieii marching many a day,

From their far home.
With banners streaming on the gale,
followed by widows’, orphans’ wail,
Ah! now they seek thy peaceful vale,

( Ihickamauga.

Great Spirit! Hark! upon mine ears,
Borne on the breeze,

What sounds come up from future years,

What sounds are ti i
As when the winds contend in heaven,

And Cloud ‘gainsl cl I is thunder driven,

A ml all i hy forests tempest rn en,

Chickamanga?

Great Spirit 1 As when burning brands,

The opening j i ar,
Prepare the pleasant bunting lands

I or nimble ,!■

I see above the forest

Dread clouds of smoke not to mine eyes

Like smoke of peace they seek thy skies,
Chickamauga !

i Spirit! hear! Great Spirit! see!
Thy children die:
And thick as leaves ‘math wintry tree,

In death they lie.
\nd ah’ no more! I’j ion my sight

I ii acends t he future’s \ tewless night.

The vision from thy shore takes light,

Chickamauga!

limpid as thy native spring,

Go take thy way.
Limpid still, till the ages bring

Thai distant day,
When here within the somber wood,
Thy startled waves shall flow with blood —
Then will thy name be understood,

Chickamauga!”

E’en now fulfilled, ” River of Death, ”

This dream of old,
Thy banks along, thy trees beneath,

Mine eyes behold!
To northmen, who invading come.
To freemen fighting for their home,
To friend, to toe, thou art the tomb,

Chickamauga!

SI II Lull BATTLEFIELD SUBV IVORS.

All those who participated in the battle

of Sbilob, Tenm, are requested to send
their names and post oil ice addresses, with
the company and regiment in which they

served, to .lames Williams, Assistant Sec-
retary of the Shilob Battlefield Associa-
tion, Savannah, Tenn. Mr. Williams was
a i oni,., lerate s, ildiei

There will bea grand reunion held on

theShiloh Battlefield April 6 to L2, 1895.

Soldier- from both armies will meet and
mark the positions of their commands.

Col. E. T. I .ii,

-, ,’i- tury sini,,i, Battlefield Association.
Monticello, III.

‘/’, .a is i ‘,,11, ,ii I’nlnc, ,// Waco. Waco has

nerve suited to the thrifty sentiment of
Texas. Her] pie plan for 200,000 visit-
ors. The entertainment is to begin No-
vember 8 and continue twenty -nine days.
November 20 will be SI. Louis day. ami it

is expected that representative bodies,

such as the Chamber of Commerce and’

Cotton Exchange, will be largely repre-
sent! d. I If course there will be a ( ‘oiifed-
erate day. Mr. A. .1. Stewart is directing.

‘/’A. Southwestern Publishing House. Pa-
trons of the \ i 1 1 i; w are familiar with
the above-named business firm. Its su-
perb advertisement on the back of this
issue will be read with interest. This
note is voluntary and complimentary in

bearing testimony to the uprightness of

its management in every particular. In
it- in years of business not a com-
plaint has the waiter ever heard against
its reliability in any particular. It is COr-
diallv commended. Ki>. Vktehan.

DOG MEDICINES.

In another column will be -ecu an ad-
vertisement of I’.’lk Miller’s dog reme-
dies. Polk Miller’s reputation as a story-
tell, r in the negro dialect has gone abroad
to such an extent t hat he cannot turn
down the calls made upon him t.> come

and lalk about the “old times in the
South.” But, with all this, he runs a large
retail and manufacturing drug bu-
lb- is the President of the Virginia field
Sports Association, the largest body of or-
ganized sport-men in the world, and is
known all oxer that State as the finest bird

shot in the <ild Dominion. Born and
raised on a big plantation, and having in
early life acquired a fondness for hunting,
he lias owned every kind of hunting dog
known in the South The diseas, – among
bis own dog- in a hunting experience of

forty year-, and as a druggist of thirty

years’ experience in treating sick dogs be-
longing to his friends and customers, lit-
is “up in C ” in that line. The Condition
I’ills which he advertises are a combina-
tion of all the best known remedies in
one receipt, which will cure a sick dog of

al st any disease to which he may lie

subject. The “Sure Shot” is a safe but
sure remedy for worms in the dog. To
give an idea a- to it- harmles-ness and

efficacy, Mr. Miller says: ” It is just what
I used to give my daddy’s little niggers

for worruins. ami it never failed to [i tch
’em.” Send I’m his book on “dogs ami
their diseases.”

PERSONAL.
Tiik Nashv ille American of ( Ictober -7,
in paying “‘ high compliment to a well-
known young engineer,” says: “PaulD.
Cunningham, son of Mr. s. A. Cunning-
bam, proprietor of the CONFEDERATE \ i i-

bbam, has just completed an important as-
signment upon the Mexican border sur-
vey, of which Col. .1. W. Harlow is the

senior Commissioner. He was sent to

Arizona in September to make some tri-
angulations and todo some Other intricate
work desired by the ( ‘ommission, being
furnished with an escort of a dozen sol-
diers under Lieut, Lean, of the army.

“Young Cunningham has written his
father of a letter from Lieut. D. D. Gail-
Lard, member of the Commission in charge

ol the field work, from which he quotes:

■ Your letters, reports, and shipments have

all been received, and I congratulate you
on the prompt and satisfactory manner in
which you have completed the work in-
trusted to you.’ This was i if the last work
upon this great survey. Mr. Cunningham,

upon its completion, went at once to the

\\ ai, i Boundary t Rio • irande Riven un-
der a new engagement with Col. Mills, as
\ –si -taut Engineer upon that work, which
extends from El Paso to the < rulf.”

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i i B. F. Johnson A Co., follow their instructions,
and you will succeed.” Bo w rites an agent of B.
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i be w ay :iii of their men talk.

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” We would like to see the V. S. Mag in every
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J. H HARD

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was for fifty years a distiller in Nelson County, Ky., and bis surviving
partner, Mr. Ferriell, continues to superintend the manufacture of this
uoted brand of Kentucky « bisky.

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4th Ave. and Market St.,
LOUISVILLE, KY.

155 8s»T\tV:R .

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… J^GNTIST. …

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If so, You Should
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Sergeant’s Condition Pills, postpaid, – – $1 oo per box.

Sergeant’s “Sure Shot” for Worms, – – 50 per bottle.

Sergeant’s Carbolic Soft Soap, – 25 per box.

Sergeant’s Arsenic and Iron Pills, – 50 per box.

Send address, and we’ll forward copy of Polk Miller’s book on ” Dogs and Their Diseases.”
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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

There is a peculiar Borrow in the death of Capt. W.
onningham, who died at franklin, Tenn., Novem-
ber 22. Ee enlisted as a private in the Forty-firat|Ten-
[n fan try, hut succeeded to the captaincy of liis
company, [the iShelbyville Rebels. He was a bright
genial gentleman, and perhaps the mostjpopular man in
the regiment. In that awfnl carnage at Franklin. No-
vember 30, l-ci. when his right eye had been shot out s
lied to the writer, Baying: ” Sumner, Pm wounded.”
Emaciated and very feeble from paralysis al the Confed-
erate Home a year ago, he was being driven aboul the
extensive premises, when be gave cheerful accounl of
the home feeling there, stating that he liu< 1 been oul on
a -troll with a comrade and Bought to acquaint himself
with their neighbors, and seeing a large wheal Geld,
asked: “Whose i- that’/” “Ours” was the reply.
Again in a large pasture with cattle in the clover, the
same question was asked, and again ” < >urs ” was respond-
ed in a Bpirit thai made him feel indeed at home.

Jacob S. Allen, Richm I. Va.: ”I know you will he

grieved to learn that our venerable c trade, Philip I..

Samuel, of Lee Cam]), has ‘passed over th” river.’ He
died October 2ti; he had been quite feeble lor some
weeks before he died. He was a strong friend of the
Veteran, ami a go d Boldier, and in all tin- walks of
life In- was a true man, ami what is far better he was a
true soldier of the cross. He desired to he buried in his
■gray coat,’ and in our section (soldiers i in I lolly wood.
The members of ‘Lee Camp ‘ followed him to the grave.”

Pathetic memories are revived by the foregoing.
Without any personal acquaintance Comrade ‘Samuel
went aboul getting subscribers to the Veteran, and he
procured a creditable list in Richmond. When calling
at hi- house a few weeks before he died I found him
very feeble from Bevere illness. He drew a little hook
from hi- pocket, Baying, •• 1 owe you S17, and here is
what ] have taken from it, a five dollar bill.” Two
dollars of that sum was tvl urncd to him. Honored be his
memory. He was diligent and faithful in all things.

In conversation with Dr. McMurray aboul his article
on the battle of Chickamauga, he incidentally told of a
personal experience which is a good illustration of some

of Col. ,Toin Smith’s reckless orders, ami lie courage
with which they were carried out.

A few days before the hat tie of Chickamauga, a corps
of federals went into McLemore’s Cove, some eighl or
ten miles from the battlefield of Chickamauga. Two
division- of Confederates were Bent over in the cove to
give them hat tie. hut one division did no1 come up in time,
and the attack was delayed until late in the afternoon.
When the movement forward took place, they found that
the Federals had made their escape through a gap of I he

mountain. The I Confederate line arrived at i he road just

after dark, and Col. Thomas I’.eiilon Smith’s regiment,
the Twentieth Tennessee, being on the right of the line,

came upon the mad just a- the Federal rear had passed.
Col. Smith called for Lieut. McMurray, and ordered
him with three men to follow tip the rear of the 15,000
Federal-, and charged him, if not killed or captured, to
report between midnight and daj’. As the four men
started on their perilous undertaking, Col. Smith called

out to M, M array. « (iood-hye. old fellow! L never expect
to see you any more.”

McMurray put two men on one Bide of the road and
with the other took the Opposite Bide. They had gone
aboul one mil.’ when they Came upon a little cabin in
th.- bushes by the roadside, Burrounded by a rail fence.
On the opposite -id.- of the yard there seemed to he
quite a commotion, as it’ made by troop-. McMurray
halted them and they halted him. ami both Bides asked
the other to advance. Neither would do so, hut finally

they agreed to meet halfway in the yard. They did

bo, and in the moonlight found each other to be Confed-
erates. This body of troops kepi on their way in an
opposite direction to McMurray, and the latter with his

three men went up to the boUBC. They found there

wa- a basement under it. in w hich a dim light was burn-
ing, lie went down the -tep- and pushed t lie door open
and found twenty Federal soldiers in there, lie ordered

them to ••Throw up'” They did so. and he ordered

them out one l.y one. disarming each of them a- he

emerged, and with his three men marched them back to
his command as prisoners of war.

When McMurray pushed the door open, an old woman

sitting in the far corner of t he cellar -aw that he was a
Confederate with gray clothes on. ami in her delight

called out: “My God! come in! 1 haven’t got anything
for you to eat except some Irish potatoes and hone]

To this McMurray replied that he was “not after Irish
potatoes and honey, hut after those fellows in there.”

REUNION~AT MtTaIRY, N. C.

The Confederate veterans of Surry County held a re-
union here on the 19th of October. The long roll was
sounded at 10:30 o’clock by James P. Mills, drum major
of the Fifty-third Regiment of North Carolina Volun-
teers. We met in the opera house and organized the
Surrv Count v C. V. A. hy electing the following officers
President, W. F. Patterson; Secretary. John B. Woltz;
Treasurer. W. G. Foe; Executive Committee, J. I!. Fad-
dison, W. E. Shme. A. L. Snow. W. II. Freeman, and W
M. Norman. There were about two hundred and fifty
veterans enrolled as members. Col. B. V. Craves was
selected officer of the day. and under his command the
Association formed in twosand marched to the music of
life and drum a half mile to Lebanon Hill. We had
been preceded by the good ladies and citizens of the place,
and a sumptuous table was spread. A short address of
welcome was delivered by S. I’. Craves. Esq., and the
blessing of Cod asked by the Rev. K. M. Thompson.
The charge OH the viands lasted until every one was sat-
isfied and perfectly willing to fall back, which they then
did to the speaker’s stand. Secretary John B. Woltz
made a short speech, returning thanks tp the ladies

(Daughters of the Confederacy) who had prepared and
served the dinner, lion. < ‘. B. Watson, orator of the
day, entertained the large audience by giving some of
his experiences in camp and on themareh. He explained

what the famous ‘rebel yell” really was and what it
meant. The attendance was estimated at from 1,500 to
2,000, and everything passed off delightfully. The next
reunion will be held at Pilot Mountain the first Thurs-
day in October. 1895. The Veteran was indorsed. On
Lebanon Hill three companies from this county were
encamped for a short time in 1861. The citizens spread
a dinner for the volunteers when they left hero for Vir-
ginia. What a difference there was between the grizzly,
battle-scarred old veterans of October, 1894, and the
trim, beardless volunteers who dined hero in June, 1861!

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

323

INTERESTING ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICES.

The Annual Memorial service of Frank Cheatham
Bivouac, held in Nashville November 9, was the evenl of
the year in Confederate matters for Tennessee. There
were present in the great Tabernacle building about four
thousand people, who manifested deep interei 1 through-
out. The programme was rather long, the roll call of
living members, some three hundred and fifty in Dumber,
being tiresome to so large an audience, and other mis-
takes were made, but still it was :i deeply interesting
and pleasani ly memorable ei enl

The address of Rev. Joseph B. Martin, of Jackson,
T. 1 1 1 1 . was lengthy, hut concise and thrilling Stonewall
Jackson ” was his theme. At the conclusion of thi
lar address Dr. Martin said (speaking of a term which
has never vet been printed in tin’ Vk.tki! w and here
abbreviated because of editorial repugnance to it. The
Veteran repudiates the charge that tic South’s pros
peritj comes of ” Northern brain and Northern

We have heard the expression, \ South.’ It has
a strange aound to nien of my generation. The old
South did not die in 1865. The < >ld South was out-
fought, and in exhaustion lay down to rest. She row
refreshed, and girded herself for the new emergencies.
We have not forgotten our past ; we arc not ashamed
of our past. We would do the same thing over if the
demands of 1861 were to confront us. \ \ — South.’

The same sun shin.’- upon lis, the same Btars at night,

the same genial clime embraces us as in 1861

\ N — South because we are building cities and
laying miles oi Bteel, and digging into our mountains for
minerals? It this is what is meant h\ a N — South, I
grant it. We are growing rich, and are only on the
verge of our great resources

But before we would surrender our past, or apolo-
gise for our past, or beg pardon for our manhood in
the past. 1 say let prosperity go and poverty come.
Whenever we think that an iron mine is worth more

than our dead soldiers, or a large city more essential
than our history, then we will have B N — South

When that time comes there will be no memorial day.
The ashes of the dead would find a voice, and cry
from their long silence: “Away, ye traitors I stand
back, and touch not our resting place I You do not
belong to us; you are of alien stock. Go worship your
god of material wealth. Chant your credo in the fac-
tory and mine, but come not here to profane our rest

To the young men, our sons, I give this solemn charge
Be true tii your fathers. Should the time come when
their valor and soldierhood, their heroism and love
of liberty shall he spoken of as a mistake, I charge you,
defend them, and be loyal to their memory.

I need give no charge to our daughters. They never
were disloyal, but have kept their faith with a surpass-
ing devotion. Their mothers have taught them. Illus-
trious women ! I never pass one of the white-haired
heroines on the street but the air seems purer. Old
white-haired women! I salute you in the name of all
that is holy. In 1861 your words were an inspiration;
in 1894 your presence is a benediction.

Comrades of the Cheatham Bivouac, you are inarching
in the light of a westering sun toward the banks of the
last river. When the last camp fire dies down, and the

Beep vigil in the far-away sky, and the wind moans
along the shore, may you pass into the waters without
fear I

There was splendid music by the Jesse French Orches-
tral Society, the two dozen performers being com|
of gentlemen of Nashville. The director, Mr. W G
Hilli. deserves special mention in the Veteran for his
generous serv as well as during the perform-

It w:is the first public appearance of this boh

Col. Thomas Claiborne, President of the Bivouac, made
iii’-r and thrilling eulogy upon thecharai meof

the deceased members at tribute to tin

M isB Mary Lumkin recited the ” Whistling Regiment
delightfully; Miss Minn a universal favorite in

Nashville, i > anee Etivei

Bang Annie Laurie These young ladies responded
cordially to invitations to participate, as did also Miss
Gertrude McMillai locution in the celebra-

ted Ward 8 • . who re

bj Prank < >. Tichi

• 11 of grapi Bhot and
■ mil battle an*

III Pel. loin –

” Little Giffeu,
“Take him, and w

uht 1 1 in 1 i’
The halm ‘ air;

And we laid him don n on a w

An. I we •■ 1 breath,

Ski

Mont

\\ . ary weeks of thi 1 crotch ;

And

And didn’t, 1 pite

The crippled skeleb >n li

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litv and five,
• 11 :um1 I are left alii

Word of gloom from the war one .lay;

Johnston pre I at the front, thej

Little 1 riffen was up and away ;

A tear. I: lie hade good-l

I iiiniii. I the glint of his s! eye.

“I’ll write, if spared.” There was news of the fight,

But none nf Giffen. He » 1 i« 1 not write.

I sometimes fancy that, were I king

Of the princely Knights of the Golden Ring,

With the song of the minstrel in mine ear,

And the tender legend that trembles here,

I’d give the best on his bended knee,

The whitest soul of my chivalry.

For ” Little Giffen,” of Tennes

H. MclHNIS, Lakeland. Fla : 1 was a private in Corn-
pan}- K, First Florida Cavalry, Lavis’s Regiment, Fin-
lev s Brigade. I would like to hear of any living relatives
of Lieut. G. M. Keanse, Company G, Seventeenth South
Carolina Volunteers, supposed to have been killed at
Shiloh. If they will write me, I will send them a book
taken from his pocket by a Union soldier on the battle-
field,|and will give them more of its history.”

324

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

THE I.ATF MA. I GBN WILLIAM WHIT ALLEN.

Capt. William B. Jones, Montgomery, Ala., writes
November 22, 1894:

Mr. F. G. Browder. of this city, bas had some corre-
Bpondence with von in reference to a sketch of the lite
of Maj. Gen. W”. W. Allen. I wrote to Gen. Allen to
send me a sketch of hisjife and military career, telling
him of your desire to publish the same. He furnished
me with the inclosed letter, which will explain itself. <!en.
Allen died yesterday in Sheffield, at the residence of his
6on, Capt. J. Y. Allen. 1 inclose a notice of hi~ death,
ami a photograph from one made in 1863.

Gen. Allen was B good and brave man, true to prin-
ciple. JI is modesty kept him from appearing in print.

This letter was dictated by the General to Mrs. Allen:

S1111 1 1 1:1.1.. A 1 a.. October 1, 1894.
\£y Deai Friend: fours of the 28th alt., advising me
that the editor of the Veteran deBirea a sketch or my
life and military career, was received yesterday.

Since I left Montgomery I bave been suffering from
a very severe attack of hearl trouble, and am still con-
Bned to the house. We all appreciate your interest in
us, and I lake pleasure in furnishing the following in-
formation regarding myself, which I suppose is all the
\ 1 peban cares to haw, or would have- idoiu to publish:

I was horn September 11, 1835, my parents being
among the earliest Bottlers of Montgomery, Ala. I was
educated at Princeton College, a graduate of the class
of 1854.. 1 read law after leaving college; but adopted
planting for a pursuit, and was engaged in it at the he-
ginning of the war for Southern independence. I en-
tered the Confederate army as first lieutenant of the
Montgomery Mounted Rifles in April, 1861, reporting to
Gen. Braxton Bragg at Pensacoln, and remaining with
his army until the following fall, when, upon the organi-

sation of the First Regiment Alabama Cavalry, I was
elected major of said regiment, in which capacity I
served during the Shiloh and Corinth campaigns under
Gen. Alhert Sidney Johnston and his successors, in the
battle of Shiloh having a horse shot under me.

I remained with that army as major of cavalry until
its transfer to Chattanooga to undertake the Kentucky
campaign, when, owing to vacancies caused by the resig-
nation of the colonel and lieutenant colonel. 1 was pro-
moted to the former grade, and assumed command of
the regiment, which I retained during the Kentucky
campaign, and participated in nearly every engagement
in which the cavalry took part. At I’crry ville 1 was slight-
ly wounded, but was off duty only a few days. On my
return I was assigned to the command of the cavalry
belonging to the left wing of the army, Col. Joseph
Wheeler, who had led it during the campaign, having
been appointed chief of cavalry on the staff of (Jon.
Bragg, commanding the army, and given direction of all
the cavalry thereof.

1 served in the capacity named during the retreat from
Kentucky, and up to the evening of the first day’s battle
at M urfreesboro, where I was disabled by a gunshot.

I was appointed brigadier general in February, 1864,
and served in that capacity during the Dalton-Atlanta
campaign. In August or September, 18(14, 1 was assigned
to the command of a cavalry division, composed of six
regiments of Alabamians, Gen. James BLagan command-
ing; and six regiments of Georgians, Gen. C. C. Crews
commanding; to which subsequently Gen. Robert II.
Anderson’s brigade of five regiments composed of Geor-
gians. Alabamians, Mississippians. and Tennesseeans was
added. I led the foregoing command until it was sur-
rendered in North Carolina in April, 1865, as a part of
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s army.

T was appointed a major general sometime in the win-
ter of 1864-65, and confirmed by the Confederate Sen-
ate in March, 1865.

I would add that I was in active service and on duty
in the field from the beginning to the close of the war,
except when disabled by wounds received in action. I
was shot three times and had horses shot under me ten
times. ……….

For some years after the war Gen. Allen followed
planting. He was also in railroad business for a time,
with headquarters at New Orleans. Ho was appointed
United States Marshal for the Middle and Southern dis-
tricts of Alabama by Mr. Cleveland in L885, which posi-
tion he held over four years.

Gen. Allen’s wife was Miss Sue Ball, of a well-known
Alabama family.

Cooperation op Correspondents. — Will every person
wdio has sent subscriptions to the Veteran write a let ter
before the 2(lth of December? Let it be fraternal, sug-
gestive of improvements, and if possible contain renew-
als and new subscriptions. Cooperation by all who have
worked for the VETERAN for two weeks could place it
out of anxious concern for years. Note the recent ac-
tion of W. P. Welch, Athens, (ia.. in sending thirty-sev-
en subscriptions (full pay); Dr. Charles S. Morse, Austin,
Tex., in sending twenty-five; and Dr. J. R. Harper, Ross-
ton, Tex., in sending ten, every Confederate but one
getting mail at his village.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

325

UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS.

TOK NEW CONSTITUTION I NoI’F.R.U I V I

1.1 v George Moorman, “by order No. 129of Ji I
Gordon, I reneral Commanding,” directe that the Consti-
tution as published in the Veteran for October ie d
be acted upon. The official paper is us follows:

1. On account of radical disagn ementa in the broi

1 1 ae to the real act ion or true intent of the 001

tion at Birmingham, in its hasty action in voting upon a
new Constitution, and « rave as to threaten

its perpetuity, the General Commanding, availing him
silt of Article II of tho Constitution under which the
order was organized, bu ly conducted, and has

grown to 520 camps, has decided to withhold the official
promulgation of that < ‘onstitution.

2. Its official promulgation had 1 n delayed to

the < reneral * ‘ manding time and opportunity to fairly

consider all these conflicting Btatemi rite, and to Bave, if
possible, the brotherhood from disintegration on account
of these disagreements and misunderstandings. Kan]

Claim that the convention, in its haste and the excite
nieiit and contusion of the adjournment, did not at all
understand the extent and purport of its action, which
also vitally affects the life and welfare of the order, an<l
as another Constitution had been distributed to the
Camps and to the delegates there, man} believing thai
thej were voting tor another ami different < lonstitution,
and thai the action of the convention was not binding

3. The General Commanding, in view of doubts in the

ininils of many a- to the validity of the action of the
convention under these misapprehensions, and on ac-
count of numerous protests presented to him, deem- it to
be his duty, ami of greater importance to sn e t he organi-
sation than to officially promulgate a new Constitution.
I. As no harm can possibly result from a continu-
ance of the present Constitution, and under winch it
lias achieved success, the General Commanding directs
that it will remain in force, and will be obeyed, as here-
tofore, until the reunion at Houston. Tex., when three
days will fe given to prepare, discuss, and adopt a Con
stitution which will he acceptable to the brotherhood.

ORDERS FROM DEPARTMENT EAST 01 THE MISSISSIPPI.

Gen. S. I>. Lee, successor to E. Kirby-Smith a- Com-
mander of Department East of the Mississippi, scuds out
some official orders through hi- Adjutant General, E. T.
Sykes. Gen. Robert Lowry succeeds ‘■en. Lee in com-
mand of the Mississippi Division.

In relinquishing the immediate command of the divi-
sion, (ion. Lee assures each comrade of his “pardonable
pride” in the improved morale and continued growth of
the Association under his administration. With hut six
teen (‘amps at the third annual session on July 12, 1892,
when he was elected to its command, the division now
has forty-eight Camps in full membership. “This is a
gratifying record, and naturally causes its retiring Com-
mander to refer to it with pride and pleasure. And in
taking leave of the division the Lieutenant General ten-
ders to each and every comrade of the division his best
wishes and sincerest esteem.”

First general orders from “Headquarters Department
East of the Mississippi, United Confederate Veterans: ”

Con Mia s. Mis-.. November 15, l^’.’l

I. Pursuant of General Order- No. 130, from Head-
quarters United Confederate Veterans, dated New

ana, La., Novemh r 5, 1894, the und<
command of the ” Department East of the Mississippi,”
and including that part ot Louisiana lying west of the
river and now a- heretofore embraced in this depart-

i. Headquarters of the department are established
at ( !o)umbus, M isa

II. The Lieut serai feels that he would be un-
worthy of the high honor conferred upon him, did he
not in this public manner acknowledge his gratitudi
each and every comrade of our noble organization, \\ bo,
nigh thirty year- alter the “clash oi

arms, bave thus honored him, and which conn

aing as it doc- from loyal Confederates who cherish

the me ry of theii and are n

gaged in the preparation of unbiased history which is
Mm- to perpetuate their mat’ bless deeds, and correctly
record the h Southland, is prized

beyond price, and will be framed, hung, and handed
down to hie posterity as a fit companion to the t
sion conferred upon him whin he wore the pray.

III. Peeling thai the General commanding the United
t ‘ontcd.nii. ‘ after dui >n of till the

jirn and an-

nounced in General Ordi l-“-‘. uni of

i :. 1894 to promulgate the new Constitution
of onr organization adopted by tb< ‘ at Bir-

mingham, Ala , on April 21 i>L r it to the

f’uti n of the next reunion, to be held in Houston,

Tex., the undersigned greets him with tl that

the i omradea of this department, whilst duly apprecia-
ting his delicate position, will heartily approve his d<
sion and ratify 1 In thia

i :il appeals alike to the practical and -\ mpa-
thetic Datum his

command to yield now that ready and loyt ‘ to

supei ioi which in bat tried lis,”

they were wont to give to their leaders in the field.

IV The following appointment on the staff ol the
I . utcnant General commas*

natcd in the Constitution of the United I rate

Veterans, is hereby ai eel from thia

date: Brigadier General I T. Sykei bua

Mis-. Adjutant General and Chief of Staff II<- will be
ob.-ycd and i , :ly.

V. As soon as the Beveral Dn nmanden

be communicated with tho full statl will ‘

With compliments ot Gen 8 D Lee, ai that

this order appear in the CON! BDERATI VeTEH IN.

Very truly, etc. : ‘ Lm.

Worthik Annapolis, Md., in sending

sub-enption for Mrs. Robert Bowie, of Maryland, says
She, for her love for the South, had her home in

Maryland confiscated and herself sent through the li
by troops en n restoring tfa arly

part of the war.’ Mr. Wbrthington makes the follov.

reetion: ” Tl; ederate Veteran maki

tion of the monument recently erected at Chicago, as
‘the first one ever erected to Confederate soldiers in a
Northern State.’ This i- an error. In 188C the surviv-
ors of the Second Maryland Infantry Regiment, C. S.
A., erected a monument on Culp’a Bill, Gettysburg, tes-
tifying to the valor of their comrades who fell there on
the 2d and 3d of July, 1863.

326

C< ^FEDERATE VETERAN.

ABIiA.M BUFOED

The late Buf’ord was born in \V Iford

County, Ky., January 20 1820. II.- was a gradua ‘

Point iu class of 1841, and was appoiuted sec I

lieutenant of ‘I ra

g a In Ma\ . l v IL’

lie sen ril in i h <■

an war. and

tor dial inguis hod
bravery at Buena
V ista be w as bi •
ted a captain. I d
1 85 l be ivi ired from
tlir service. In the
summer of 1862 he
offered hi– sen ices
in the < Confederate
< in\ emmenl , a a d
was commissioned a
brigadier general of
cavalry and served
in the A rmy of Ten-
nessee. I ii 1 v <i I he
organized a brigade,
consist i ng of the
Third, s,\ enl b, ami
B Lght Ii Ki’iil ucky
I! e g i me n ts o f
in ii u n i ed infant ry,
and was assigned to
the division of Forrest. He was badly wounded on

Jl I’s retreat from Nashville in 1864, and surrendered

at Gainesville, Ala., in May, 1865. Gen. Buford died in
Danville/Ind., Juno 9, 189-1

CONFEDERATE VETERANS OF KENTUCKY.

Incorporated.)

Lexington, K v.. October 1, L89 I.

This Association contemplates printing within the
-ix months, for free distribution among its mem-
bers and contributors, the handsomest book of its kind
ever issued. It will contain it- Constitution, By-laws,
and a full list ..f all its members and Camps, together
with other interesting matter. It will also print half-
tone electrotypes of s\ ery person in whose Ii • a camp

is named. V.mong other features, the Association desires
to preserve the face and in some condensed form the mil-
itary history, regardless of rani;, of as many as possible
of the gallant dead who served in the army of the Con-
federate States, ami wIid were killed in battle or who
died during or Bince the war. It prints no picture of,
nor will ii allow a Camp to be named for, any living man.

The Association believes that there are hundreds of
persons who would gladly preserve in this way the
memory of some dear relative or friend who has” crossed
over the river,” ami who would esteem it a privilege to
so honor the name and heroic deeds of the dead. I >ne
full page, 5}x9J inches, will be devoted to the military
history and electrotype of each person, and will be
printed in the Confederate uniform of his rank-, even
though the photograph be taken in citizen’s dress.

When you realize that this is the only way in which

these records can be preserved, yon will readily sit bow
important it is that prompt action should he taken.

A I. lank slip of questions will be furnished, on which
write the answers plainly, send a photograph of the

“ni i !onf< derate uniform it possible, and a cheek for
|6.50 i” cover the expense. Photographs will be well
cared for ami promptly returned to their owners. When

the I k is printed you will he furnished a copy free of

postage, and as all the work on it is done by persous who
will receive no compensation, it is hoped that the rela-
tives and friends of those who gave their lives for their
country will not neglect bo good an opportunity to per-
petuate tic- name and memory of our sacred dead.

Address Confederate Veteran Association of Ken-
tucky, Lexington, Ky.

‘ to wearing the gray of grief!

‘ – 1 watch o’er the dead in gray !
Gog iai I i lie private and guard the chief,

And sentinel their day.

\V. T. Bell, Ringgold, Ala. : “1 belonged to the Nine-
teenth Alabama Regiment, Dea’s Brigade, EI ind man’s
Division, Polk’B Corps. On Saturday evening, when Hood
was so hard pressed, Hindman’s Division was ordered to

his Support, hut arrived to,, late to attack the enemy.

Dea’a Brigade and .Laws Brigade of II Is Division

bivouacked together in line that night. Sunday morning
Law’s Brigade moved to the right ami Dea’stothe front,
over Hood sold ground, eapl ured t wo lines of works, and
drove, I think, three lines of troops, clearing its front for
over b mile of all obstructions. The brigade was then ral-
lied, marched hack to a long field, 1 brough which it drove
the yankees, then east or northeast to the ridge in the
woods, and formed at right angles to its former line and
took the ridge lengthwise, to attack the battery of three
lines. I do not know what troops were on the ridge
lirst. Iii the charge Dea’s Brigade passed over one line
ami part of another. The brigade was deprived of the
fruits of its labor there by some foolish fellow’s halloo-
ing, ” Yankees in the rear! which caused I he soldiers on
Our right to give way. This, in turn caused Dea to re-
tire, leaving the battery silenced and the enemy pushed

hack in the woods beyond, where Bushrod Johnson
bagged them. I left home August II. L861; returned
May 20, 1865; dever lost a day from Shelbyville until
the close of the struggle in North Carolina. The Vet-
eran meets my hearty approval. I want the children
to read it and hand it down to posterity; we have noth-
ing to be ashamed of; the truth never loses anything by
investigation, but becomes deeper rooted and firmer.

II. M. Anderson. Ashevillo,N. C: “In January, 1863,
when I was an officer on Maj. Gen. < ‘arter L. Stevenson’s
staff, my wife presented the Genoral with a ‘headquar-
ters’ flag, made from one of her wedding dresses, of
blue silk, hound with white silk, and bearing on it white
stars. I resigned my position on the stall’ the following
April, ami i sequently was not with him when he sur-
rendered at Vicksburg in July. I was informed after-
wards by one ol the stall that the General did not Bur-
render that flag, hut had it ] in t in his trunk. I would
be glad to know, il possiblo, what became of it. (‘apt.
.Matthews, afterwards Governor of West Virginia, Maj.
Webb, and Dr. Compton, of Nashville, were on the staff
wit h me at I he I hue.”

Shenandoah IIf.hai.h, \V Istock, Va: “The Confed-
erate VETERAN contains articles of true merit, written by
some of our best Southern writers, bringing out the
minute details of the great war, showing the true causes
of it, and tlio real character of the men and women of
the Confederacy.”

CONFEDERATE VETERAN
CAMP MOULTBIB, SONS OPC. V., CHABLESTON.

At a meeting of the Survivors’ Association, Charles-
ton District, held lasl May. a committee was appointed
to define the relations between the above Association
and Camp Sumter No. 250, 0. C. V. This com mi
made the following report:

“That the general organization of the Confederate
Veterans in the several States into Camps, and the
sequent formation of Camp Sumter No. 260, I C. \\.
out of the membership of the Survivors’ Association, of
Charleston, has a Horded us a very desirable opportunity
of falling into line and enjoying closer union with our
brother veterans of the old army. Ii needs no argument
io show that tin of the Survivors’ Association of

the Charleston District can be better accomplished by
working in affiliation with the Federation of U. C V
than by continuing our separate existence, which is
purely a local organization. Were it not for the Junior
membership in the Association, the easy settlement of
the matter would be to merge the Association into the
Camp; justice to cur Junior members required that we
should confer with them befori even considering this
matter; we therefore invited all our membi een

IU milliner, to inert u-. This t hey did, and. after a frank
and free discus-ion. they united with our committee in
recommending, in accordant e with the provisions of the
Constitution of the United Confederate Vetrans First,
that the Association of Charleston District be merged
into a i ‘amp — to wit, into the Camp of United Confl
crate Veterans, styled Camp Sumter No. 250, and a
Camp of the Sons of Confederate V rans, the former
composed of the veteran members, the latter of the
Junior members

After this report was submitted to Camp Sumter it
was necessary, according to its Constitut on, that it lay
on the table until the next meeting, which was not until
the following October. At this meeting tins report of
the commit tee was adopted and the Junior members dis-
severed their connection with the old Survivors’ A–
ation. The organization of the Camp of Sons of Con
federate Veterans was intrusted to a committee, who
Bent out circulars to all sons and grandsons of Confed
crate veterans in the city, inviting them to be present
at a meeting for organizing on November 15.

On that evening, ” ( lamp Moultrie” of Sons of « Ion fed-
erate Veterans, of Charleston, S C, was organized with
one hundred charter members I This clearly proves the

wisdom of the step taken by the Survivor-‘ Associat
By its Constitution, for the last twenty years. Junior
members of lawful age have been eligible for memb
ship, hut only eighteen ever joined in that time, and
scarcely any of these ever attended a meeting, feeling 1 1
they were out of place in the presence of the older mem-
bers. With our first meeting we start off with a mem-
bership of one hundred, and since then we have received
letters from a great many other eligible men. express-
ing their desire to affiliate with the Camp.

(An the point of eligibility of members, the Constitu-
tion says: “All male descendants of those who have
served in the Confederate army or navy to the close of
the war, or been honorably retired or discharged, shall
be eligible for membership in this Camp, No member
under sixteen will be able to vote.”

We have placed no asre limit upon our members, and
at the meeting on November 15 three members enrolled
their names who were under the age of fourteen.

The Constitution further states:

“The officers shall be a Commandant, ranking as

5*1

Major. First an :

Adjut

ter, Chaplain

The offil f lawful a

■Thei lommandant, Adjutant, and Treasurer constitute

the Commit! I Way- and \I ,l| au-

thority to man I he < lam]

generally to look carefully after and havi
mp
“The initial ■ bich a’

landed in wih the applicat

<lues of 1 1 payable by ea< h am

The i lonstit nt i.in furl her |
tainment and

the \. mp Sum’

be invited to address each meeting Tl
also provides tor the electi who shall

represent the < ‘amp at all

of the most im] -titu-

tion i- a- to t he adi – ft ret

\ pplical ion I tip -hall be made upon

the printed forms provided for this purpose,’ and which
shall set forth fully the record of the applii
This record must Im- approved by I

mp Snmi. i V |,. it

applicants tor bip -hall be read at any n

or special i rred to the Committee on Appli-

nd if approved be acted upon at the next
I ing. E i shall be by ba^

It was deemed advisable at this organization meeting
to elect only the three officers who constitute Ways and
Means ( ‘om tint tee. so that the application blanks could be
printed, and other matt’ I be remaining

officers will be elected when the full membership of the
I ‘amp as-cinl

Mr. R. A Smyth V d Commandant; Mr. S. R,

Bell. Adjutant; and c I. Walker. Jr., Treasurer.

At the close of tin’ business meeting addree
delivered by the Commandant of Camp Sumter, and also
several veteran- from the same Camp, which gave all
present a very pleasant entertainment.

Philu’ Honey, of Stafford. Va , look with him into
the army a mule named Fannie. He rode her home
after Lee’s surrender, rode her in the procession at the
dedication of the Lee monument, and again when Presi-
dent Davis was buried. The old mule died last Octo-
ber, aged thirty-nine years.

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

CASING FOB TIIK WOUNDED AT ll’KA.

Da. .1. » ‘. 1 1’li: i ore, I ‘ulaski, Tenn., gives a reminiscence .

The reading of an article in the September Vxtxbam
aboul ■■ a hero in the Btrife,” John M Efickey, culls
to mind an incident thai I wish published. I remember
Capt. Bickey, and the circumstance I wish to relate will
be corroborated by him, if he has not forgotten.

I was “ii Gen. Price’s Staff, Assistant Medical Director
toDr. T. D. W< w of Austin, Tex., when he made

?ht at luka. Miss. As our army had 6iJ retreat be-
fore Grant’s, and then Rosecrans’s, army, I was ordered
by Dr. Wboten to take charge of our wounded, which I
did and re ma inn] until the battle at Corinth was fought,

about B month later, I think. Having finished with my
hospitals, I went down under B Sag Of truce, ami was

permitted to go in. The fight was still going on out at
Blackland and cannon booming. When I gol toCorinth,

] found our won in lei 1 seat tered over the fields and woods,
and only one Confederate did I see under a tent or in a
room, and that was Col. Boone, of Mississippi, with an
amputated thigh. Gen. Forrest having cut the railroad
north, the Federal army had but few tents and but lit-
tle out lit.

I went to Gen. Grant’s Medical Director and asked if
arrangements could be made to move the Confederate
wounded to luka, and told him I could procure good
rooms and fine water there. The terms were presented
through Crant’s Medical Director and accepted, and
ratified by Gens. Grant and Price — viz., that the
railroad- I”- declared neutral ground for one mile either
way. Gen. Price detailed a hat t a lion of Cavalry to guard
the railroads, and Gen. Grant Sent the wounded and sup-
plies to luka. There were thirty-six surgeons and as-
si-tani surgeons, if I remember correctly, and among
the leading ones I remember Dr. Don Roberts, from Mis-
souri; Dr. Needlett’s two brothers, from St. Louis, Mo.
(the yonnger one was my clerk and assistant, and since
the war has held the Chair of Anatomy in the St. Louis
Medical College; the older went to Mobile); Dr Felton,
of Mississippi ; Dr. Davis; and others now forgotten.

After getting the wounded and sick together and get-
ting them to luka. the surgeons held a meeting, nomi-
nated me as head, under the neutrality cartel, as I would
call it. The citizens were permitted to come and go
free from molestation, and their property, in negroes,
horses and other things, was protected. In a few days
We had our wounded well (dot led and fed. Two or
three hundred wounded had nothing but, blankets to
cover them, their clothing having been cut off and

thrown away full of . I think we had as many as

L’.llllll or 3,000 sick and wounded. We remained there
three or four month-, when Gen. Price sent his train of
quartermaster wagons with clothing. I had gone in
debt seven thousand dollars for supplies, issuing my fe-
ceipt. He sent me six thousand dollars, and I paid the
remainder. I Bent my account to Richmond for my
services and deficit in money expended, amounting to

i entcen hundred dollars, and have never heard

from it since. ! i 1 j i : :1L

Many will remember the tacts above related, and I
think it was owing to the kind treatment L’iven the olli-
cers and men at luka by Dr. Woolen and the Medical
Director id’ the Federals that enabled me to effect the
arrangements which resulted bo happily for our soldiers,
and for this Dr. Wooten will ever have my kindest con-
sideration. Afterwards 1 noticed that this plan was
adopted around Richmond and many other places.

The \ i iinw is ever laden with incidents which re-
aluable unwritten history, and which demonstrate
the latent energies and po^er possessed to meet the exi-
gencies of Occasions, however trying. That so much good
was accomplished in this way seemed providential.

MODEL METHODS OF A TEXAS CAMP.

.1. W. Simmon.-. Mexia, Tex., wrote on September 10:
I write to give you a short history of this, the

I lei Camp of Texas, if not the South. Tin- was

one of the lirst. county Camps organized in the State,

and has just closed its sixth annual reunion with even

greater success than usual. Joe Johnston (‘amp No. 94
was organized with very few members, having now only
about two hundred, not as many as some other (‘amps,
but what we lack in numbers we make up in enthusiasm.
The Camp is situated six mile- from the town of Mexia,
in a beautiful grove, which has been converted into a

park. Three years since We bought twenty acres of

ground, laid it off in lots 40×80 feet, with necessary

streets and alleys, and sold the lots for the benefit of tho
Camp at five dollars each, thereby realizing more than
enough money to pay for the original purchase. At the
last reunion it was found necessary to take steps to pro-
cure more ground for the accommodation of the mem-
bers. They have just completed and paid for a large
pavilion, and many other attractive improvements. The
Cam]) has managed for several years to be more than
self-sustaining, realizing enough from the sale of privi-
leges to defray all expenses and to have something left
over for indigent members. We always hold our reun-
ions three days during t he moonlight nights of July, and
many members move in the day before and remain until
the day after the regular three days. Interest has in-
creased until at the last meeting there were from seven
to eight thousand people in attendance every day. The
managers endeavor to entertain and amuse the people,
both old and yoang, by various means. The old Veter-
ans are entertained by each other, recounting the heroic
deeds that were done by themselves and comrades dur-
ing the lurid’60’s. Of this they seem to never tire. Tho
young people are amused by the various attract ion-, and
each night the Sons and Daughters organization of the
Camp gives a free concert, which is attended by thou-
sands. The (‘amp has a number of war relics of some
intere.-t, one of which is their morning and evening gun,
a steel piece of the noted Valverda Battery, which was
captured by the Confederates in a desperate charge at
Valverda, New Mexico, and which did service on various
battlefields until the (dose of the war, when it. was aban-
doned by ii- company at Fairfield, Tex., and buried to
prevent its falling into the hands of the United States.
Thifl gun has been buried three times, and at one time
lay in its [frave nine years. They also have a saber that
was capfured from a Federal on Dahlgren’s famous raid
on Richmond, and which wa- worn by a Confederate to
Appomattox, where it was hid in the garret of a farm-
house for twenty-seven years, and was hut recently
brought to light. They have another sword wdiich was
captured from Capt. Gilbert, a member of the Camp,
early in the war, and recaptured by him at Gettysburg.
What this Camp lias done, financially and otherwise, can
be done by any other with the same management and
attention. In the future they expect to realize money
above expenses. Among many resolutions adopted at
their recent reunion was one indorsing the Confederate
Veteran as the official organ of the Camp.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

329

TI1K GAP OF M:\T1I AT CHTCKAMAUGA:

BY 1>H. W. 1. H’MOBRAT, NASHVILLE, TENS.

No field of carnage was more stubbornly con1
than was thai of Chickamauga during dur civil war.
There (he flower of the West and ill” chivalry of the
South clashed in deadly combat. This was a great bat-
tle between < > 1 1 i > ■ on the Federal side ami glorious old
Tennessee on (hat of the Confederates, These two
Stairs furnished more troops to their respectivi
than any othi

After Gen, Bragg retired from Middle Tennessee in
June. 1863, ami crossed 1 he Tennessee I live;-, he encamped
his army about Chattanooga and just south of Mission-
ary Ridge on tin- Ivist Tennessee, Virginia A <•■
and tin’ Western .V Atlantic Railroads, at Tyner ami
Chickamauga Stations, respectively. Gen, Bragg gath-
ered about him here every available man he could to
rami -tan. I upon the northern border of our
Empire Stale (Georgia), Tennesseeans had given up

their homes ami wanted to return; Georgians -t 1 a- a

wall between their homes ami the invading foe. What
more incentive could patriots have to make them give
grand battle? The same enthusiasm pervaded our en-
tire army. About the 10th of September Rosecrans had
crossed the Tennessei River and begun to push
ward, anil both si.les were maneuvering tor positions.
We marched and countermarched (or several days, ami
we knew that a great battle was at hand. The Writer
was :i member of Company B, Twentieth Tenni
Bate’s Brigade, Stewart’s Divisi ner’s Corps

(»n Friday, September 18, as Bate’s Brigade was head-
ing northward, we encountered a body of Fedorals, that
I thought was about two brigades, just south of Chick-
amauga Creek. We passed a few compliments, and they
retreated to the north hank of the stream. It was now
aboul dusk ami we moved up near 1 he bank of the river,
where we lay in line of battle till night. At daylight we
1 the river, I think at Tedford Ford, and went over
if Brother Yank had anything for- breakfast, for
Home of us Johnnies were feeling quite empty. Tn
tions I hail for breakfast, and expected to make my din-
ner on, if alive, were Sorghum stalks rut up about -i\
inches long and put in my haversack.

After crossing over we were somewhat surprised at
not being at once engaged, hut soon learned that –
art- Division Would he the Confederate reserve. The
division was composed of three brigades: 1 Jen. Clayton’s
Alabama Brigade, John C. Brown’s Tennessee Bi
anil W.B. Bate’s Brigade, composed of Tennesseeanswith
the exception of the Thirty-seventh Georgia Regiment
under Col. Rineler, a Georgia battalion of ” sharpshoot-
ers” under Maj. Caswell, ami the Fifty-eighth Alabama,
under Col. Bush-Jones. The battle began, and by two
o’clock in the afternoon both wings of the Federal army
were ‘1 riven hack’, while the center bold its ground. This
put their lines almost in the shape of a horse-shoe. Guard-
ing the point of the toe were twenty piece- of artillery and
two lines of infantry under Gen. rainier. of Illinois. By
two o’clock all of our forces were exhausted except Stew-
art’s Division, numbering 3,800 men. We were formed in
column by brigades, as an assaulting column, with Bate
in front. Bale’s command advanced to within ahonl one

hundred and fifty yards of the enemy’s battery, and were

Ordered to lie down. In a few minutes afterwards Clay-
ton, with his Alabama brigade, rushed over us ami en-
gaged the Federals at the toeof the shoe, but the gallanl

Alabamiana could not withstand the filling fire of Palm-
1*

er’s veterans, so in about thirty minute- Clayton and
immand came hack wry badly used up, and passed
On to the rear. Bate was ordered to lie still and in a few
minutes Clayton had gotten out of the way. and then
that grand Tennessee soldier, John C. Brown, who
always ride the waves of battle as gracefully as the
swan could the ripples of a lake, came with hie I
soean-. swept right over Bate- line, heading forth*
of the too. and in a tow – I seemed as if the earth

had opened up all of her magazines, and not a man
would be left to tell the tale. There was roar after roar
of musketry and artillery, and rebel yells that oould be

heard tor mile- away After a struggle of al i half an

hour that gallanl command had to withdraw. I’
back over Bate’s line. Brown -non uncovered Bate’s
front. At this time everything we hail was

‘ Bate, ami the point had not been drivenin. We
had lain there and had seen two ol our he-t I 1
to piece-, fnt :i- soon a- our front wa- clear I I
some one coming from my left (my regiment wa- the
fight of the hi- k, and i’ Bate

riding his old singli sorrel. I was standing near

i nomas I • 1 com man twen-

tieth ] j iment, ■ hurried-

ly up to him and – N ‘ Smith, tew. Smith. I

want you to sail on those fellow- like you were a wild-
cat. At tl> gave tic atten-
tion, Battalion I Fix bayonetsl Forward! Double-quick I
Mai . 1 1 1 he whole brigadi a. In
live minutes all the horrors of war that a soldiei

witm ‘1 fifteen mini: a OOS-

■ I art illery, had broken Pa

1 1 1 ■ I had driven him from the point, and 1 ill our
way so t’:n in the Federal rear that they
in behind US, ami we hail to fall hack. A- we did -o we
met Brown and Clayton, who had rallied their
Bate’s brigade wa- also hail We rallied on

Clayton ami Brown and str.

By this time tin bad broughl up a

division, under • Jon Va 1 With

our already thinned rank- we attacked 1
in less t ban two hour- he fore t ho

deadly assaults of tl Little Giant D W«

so badly u-c-l thai we ■■ d to halt

and straighten out our line, and by the timi
done who should Rey-

nolds, with his ivision of four brij swal-

low up this remnant little divit it this

was not to be done easily. Stewart attacked
after five oclook that evening, aid we fought until in
the night. When the fighting ■ • bad

back his right wing and had hi- line- in had shape, We
held him there all night. Al

his lines that night, and wat 1 out next Hay. 1

can’t tell ym anything about the battle after the first
day. a- 1 wa- almost mortally wounded in the right E
and left on the field all night.

X.w. to -mil up. Stewart had three bl
eial count numbered 3,800 fighting men. with which h
oessfuily met ami defeated eleven brigades nnd<
Van Cleve, and Reynolds, during a continuous fi<_ r ht of
several hours, without any relief or help. Some of ]
regiments were almost annihilated. The Tenth Tennes-
see lost about seventy-eight per cent.: the Twentieth
Tennessee (the one to which the writer belonged) wont
into the engagement with one hundred and forty, and
hail ninety eight killed and wounded.

After the battle, President Davis came out and went

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over the battlefield, and at the Bharp poinl be saw a
bone lying d< -:i’l with an officer’s trappings on. Ee asked
his guide whose horse ii was, and the guide told him it
was Brig. Gen. Bate’s, ofT – Tliis was the old

sorrel. They went on >< >tii«- three hundred yards far-
ther and saw a little- I. lack mare lying dead, and the
President asked who-.- horse thai was. The guide said

it was Brig. Gen. Bate’s of ‘1\ ihiisw, They went on
farther, and lying across a little earthworks was another
horse, a mouse-colored, bobtailed artillery horse, and the
: « – 1 1 1 asked whose horse thai was: ami again the
guide said it was Brig. Gen. Bate’s, of Tennessee. The
President, turning to tin- party of general ‘tail officers

with him I M:ij. ‘ ‘la iv. ( ‘a) it. (Ills Henry, and Maj. I ‘ollock

Lee), said: “This man Bate musl !”■ a gallanl fellow.”

\\ , boys wIki wire in the lines know one thing, that
iii about thirty ‘lays after that battle, Brig, inn
Bate, of Tennessee, although then ihe junior brigadier
in the battle, lunl a major general’s commission, ami his
brigade was less than half it was when he carried it into
the battle of < Ihickaroauga.

An. I now. when old Father Time shall have sum-
moned Hen. A. I’. Stewart to the last great roll call, a
patriotic ami grateful Southland should erect to his
memory a monument somewhere on tin’ ground where
this ■• Little Giant Division ” broke the Federal center.

■ wai: OF SECESSION.

EON. S. I). McCoRMICK, of Henderson, Ky.. -ends the

article promised two months ago, in favor of ” War of
-Mill as the Dame for our great war:

The founders of constitutional government in Amer-
ica differed essentially in their theories, and the govern-
ment established has been aptly termed “a government
of checks and balances.” The Revolutionary patriots
had grave reason for placing limitations around the
Federal power. They had seen ami felt the encroach-
ments of a throne.

It was owing to the jealousy of a centralized govern-
ment that the first experiment (1776-1789) tailed. By
the Constitution of 1789 the Federal arm was strength-
ened; -till, what concessions were made by the States,

or what implied powers were delegated to tin’ Federal

Go I rnmeiit. al the time and suhsequently, hecame Ihe

subject of frequent and hot disputes. The Virginia and
Kentucky I .v-olutions asserted the constitutional right
of a Stale to resist or oppose Legislation by Congress
u hich was palpably pernicious. This historic eonl rovor-
sy mark- the closing Bcenes oi i he eighteenth century.

Again in 1814 the maritime interests of New England
met in convention at Eartford, at a time when the power
Of the young republic was measured on land and ocean
against the military power of Great Britain, and so
alarming was the attitude of New England that .Maj.
Jessup was ordered with his regi nl to Eartford. hold-
ing, no one knows what. BOCret orders from the Exccu-
I ive. Again, in another form we sec ihe assertion of the
principle in 1832, when South Carolina, standing within

the Union, heican to arm its citizens to resist Ihe man-
dates id’ the Federal courts, and Andrew Jackson, a
i larolinian, on the part of i he government, declared I hat
he would put a halter around the neck of the first man
who should Hhed the blood of an officer of the United
States in the execution of Federal process. It cannot ho
questioned that the quarrels of l7!»S-!t!t, Is] I. lH.’!2^rew
in intensity until 1861. Thus we see that two groat

principles were at issue: the one known a- Federal uni-
ty, the other as State Sovereignty. The last named ul-
timately divided into two schools of opinion in the South,
Stale rights and Southern rights: the former assert-
ing for the States rights excrei-cd by the general gov-
ernment, and especially claiming that the allegiance of
the citizens to the State was primary to the claim of t lie
general government; the latter (Southern rights) as-
serting this and going further to proclaim the constitu-
tional right of a State to peaceable secession. Ii was the
assertion of t hi- doe trine which culminated in the scenes
Of 1860-61, when State after State withdrew from the
Union, Calling their citizen- to their defense, and putting

upon each citizen the grim alternative of bearing arms
against the home or general government.

Wee, line now to a propel- designation of the greatest

conflict of constitutional history, which the act of se-
cession inaugurated.

From the Standpoint of the Union the war had one

oi’ two defined and evident meanings: It was a war of
emancipation, or a war to determine the alleged consti-
tutional righi of secession. That it was not a war of
emancipation was expressly and repeatedly disclaimed

by Lincoln and the Federal Congress in 1861, while ral-
lying to the flag the power of the Union. It was true
that emancipation was the happy exigence of war. hut
that.it was such primarily was disclaimed in emphatic
language. The term coercion, which seems confusing to
some, was -imply t he armed assertion of the principle “I
Federal unity, denying the constitutional right of
sion, holding such an ordinance null and void, and assert-
ing the duty of the I iovernuient to exeeiite Federal

process in all the States, including the seceded territory.
The War of Secession, or a war to perpetuate the Union,
would seem to describe the coercive policy to the Feder-
al administration.

As In the action of the South, as stated in a recent i>-
sue of the Veteran by our friend, Dr. J. Win. Jones, it
was not a war of rebellion. The Southern State- claimed
to act by lawful authority. In seceding they did not
ask war. hut peace, and protested their constitutional
right io peaceably withdraw from the Union as a right
reserved iii the ereation of the government — reviving the
quarrels, and citing as precedents 1798-99, l s lt. 1832,

I have more fully developed another paper, from which
1 quote: ” It was in the interest of security and peace
that the Southern States renounced allegiance to the

federal ( loverninenl and resumed their sovereign func-
tions as Stales, believing the welfare and happiness 01
the citizens to be imperiled by longer continuance in the
federal Union.” It should be clear that so far as the
South was concerned, ihe Civil War was a ” War of Seces-
sion,” or a war waited hy the South in the assertion and
belief of such political right.
‘I’he ■ War of Rebellion” is objectionable, as it offends.

On the other hand, ” War of Secession ” is Suggestive,

terse, and significant. The real meaning is embalmed in
these words: a war waged by the Federal Government
against the asserted right of a State to peaceably or

forcihlv secede from the Union, the South maintaining
the righi as a constitutional franchise; the administra-
tion dUputing the claim, and holding an ordinance of se-
eession to he null and void. I care not for sentimental
reasons, but would he pleased to hear any definite objec-
tions to the title, ” War of Secession.”

[Would the author accept a change from “of” to
” against ” — “War against Secession? ” Theseoeders did
not bring it on. They wanted peace. — En. Veteran.]

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

33 J

After Win II i i

HENRIETTA H.MORGAN, MOTHER OF HEROES

Born in Lexington, Kv. Decembers, 1805 died there
September 7,1891; wife of Calvin C. Moi !, who

was born December 16, 1801, and died May I. 1864

Mrs. Henrietta Hum Morgan was the mother of the
following Bona and daughters

John II. Morgan, major general division of cavalry,
bom June 1. 1825; and killed a1 Greenville, Tcnn., Sep-
tember ). L864.

Thomas II Morgan, lieutenanl Company I. S<
Kentucky Cavalry, born May 7. 1844; killed al Lebanon,
Kv . July .”>. 1863

Francis Key Morgan, private Company A. Second
Kentucky Cavalry, born August 23, 1845; died October
6, 1ST::. ‘

Calvin C. Morgan, captain on stall of Gen. Morgan,
born Juno 4. 1827; died July 19, 1882

Mrs. Kitty G. Forsythe, widow of Lieut Gen. A. P.
Hill, who was killed at Petersburg April 2, 1865

Mrs. Henrietta II. Duke, wife of Brig. Gen. Basil W
Duke.

Richard C. Morgan, colonel Fourteenth Kentucky
< lavalry.

Charlton 11. Morgan, captain staff of Gen. Morgan.

Her life was embittered by manj Borrows, but reward-
ed by the blessings which are given those who find hap-

piness in good done to others Unselfish, charitable,

sell sa luty, untiring in the

He. i ion, her name and memory arc s

all her life to bor family and friends. She

i hildren to ber country. She ministered un-

ceasinglj to the i r and helpless, and Bbe loved the

Lord her God with all her bi oul and all

her mind, and ha- river to rest under

t he shade of the I

The ig condensed sketch was thoughtfully

copied for the Yktkhan ! . \ M is- Kleaiior Madison Ar-
nold, of Newport, Kv.. a young daughter of Jam.- M
Arnold. Brigadier General of Eastern Division foi I
tucky. United Confederate Veterans.

W. II A i BERT80N, Lake t lharles, La., inquires for Bi
Coleman, who was from Alabama (near Mobile); Donald
Mclntyre, of Holly Springs, Miss.; and J. A. Barefield, of
Alabama or Mississippi. All these were in Rock Island
prison in 1864-65, Mclntyre had a wound in the shoul-
der, which disabled one arm. Coleman and Bat

heroes on one occasion, which will never be forgot-
ten by them or other-, who participated in drawing
as to who should remain in prison, while five hundred
others were about to start on exchange. If eithi
these old veterans is alive, he would he glad to hear.

332

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

TI1K “ALABAMA” AT VAN-: T< >W V

E. R. Norton, of Nashville, bul who was for thii
years, just utter our great war. at Cape Town, on the
southern coast of Africa, gives pleasant remini
Admiral Semmea and crew when they were th

Nowhere in the world were Admiral Semmea and hi-
oflSoera more cordially and courteously received than :it

Cape Town, <‘a| f <l i Hope, during the month

of August, 1863; and of no seaport that he visited did
the gallant Paul Jones, of the Confederate Navy. Bpeak
in kindlier terms.

Of the conduct of the fair sex toward him, the chival-
rous Semmes liu- this to Bay: ” Fair women brought off
bouquets with them which they presented with a charm-
ing grace, and my cabin was – i garlanded with flow-
ers. Some of these were immortelles, peculiar to the
i ape of G i Elope, a ii’ I for months af erwarde they re-
tained their places around the large mirror thai adorned
th.- after part of my cabin, with their colors almost as
bright a- over. During my entire stay my table was
loaded with flowers ami the most luscious grapes and
other fruits. Bent off to me every morning by the ladies
of Cape Town. I have always found the instincts of
women to be right, and I felt more gratified at this spon-
taneous outpouring of the sympathies of the sex for our
cause than if all the male creat urea of the earth had ap-
proved jt jn cold and formal Words.”

i »f the arrival of the “Alabama ” in Table Bay, the ( ‘ape

remarks: “On getting alongside of the “Alabama,”

we found about a dozen boats before us, and we had not

i n aboard five minutes before she was surrounded by

nearly every boat in Table Bay, and as boat after boat
arrived three hearty cheers were given for Captain
es and his gallanl privateer. This, upon the part.
of a neutral people, is, perchance, wrong; but we are not
arguing a case, we are recording facts. They did cheer,
and cheer with a will too. It was not taking the view
of ei I her side, Federal or ( ‘on Cede rale, bul in admiral ion

of i in- skill, pluck, and daring of the “Alabama,” her cap-
tain and her crew, who offered a general theme of ad-
miration for the world all over.” The same paper furl her
Bays: ” Visitors were received by the officers of the ship

most irteously, and the officers conversed freely of i heir

exploits. There was nothing like brag in their manner
of answering questions put to them. They are as tine
and gentlemanly a set of fellows as we ever saw — most
Of them veiling men.”

Just previous to entering Table Hay the “Alabama,”
when four miles from the shore, captured the bark -Sea
Bride,” of Boston. This exploit was performed in full
view of almost t he en t ire population of Cape Town, and
was a peculiarly thrilling and exciting scene. Semmes
.is prize to Saldanha Bay, and afterwards sold her
to a British subject for about one-third of her value.

The meteorlike career of the Alabama,” and her final
disappearance from the seas under the fire of the guns of
the ” Kearsarge” off Cherbourg, is so universally known
as to render recapitulation surperfluous. A ship of the
storm and combat, it was fitting that her end should be
amid the thunders of halt le.

HENKY M. STANLEY AS A SOLDIER,

Stanley, who as an African explorer has left an indel-
ible mark on the world’s history, wasoncea Confederate

private soldier, having enlisted at the age’ of sixteen in

in a regiment recruited at New Orleans. [What regi-
ment was it?] He saw much service and made a record
as a hard tighter, lie was taken prisoner at the battle
of Pittsburg Landing. Here he gave proof of indomi-
table and heroic courage in his escaping, under a storm
of bullets, by swimming the river. Sometime after,
Stanley again enlisted, but this time in the Federal navy.
He joined the flagship ”Ticonderoga,” filling the office of
.us to the Admiral, and remaining in the service
until 1865. He obtained officer* rank for swimming,
uud.r lire, some five hundred yards, and making fast a
hawser to a Confederate ship, thus enabling the Federal

ilcct to tow her off a prize.

Eenry Mortlake Stanley’s subsequent heroic record is
known to every reader of any language. As a warrior
Stanley is strictly a Free Lance, and has fought under
many different flags. Eis real name is John Rowlands,

and he was bOM in Wale- of Very humble parents. His
ia phenomenal, having borne arm- for the ( ‘onfed-
eracy, for the United Stale-, for England, for Belgium,
and ha- commanded thousands of King M tesa’s followers
whom he succeeded in gaining as allies during the most
perilous part of his tramp across Central Africa. Be has
commanded thousands of men also in Equatorial Africa,
and always with success. His influence over savages is
magnetic’ His while lieutenants, seven in number, all per-
ished, while Stanley seemed to bear a charmed life. He
found thai great and good philanthropist, the lamented
Dr. Livingstone. To record all his achievements would
fill many volumes. Since Stanley became a Benedict he
is never heard of.

P. F. Lewis writes from Camp .Mills. Aurora. Tex.:
‘•When our (Mills) regiment was on marshal duty at
Dalton, (la., in 1864, 1 and Burlan Thompson, of Com-
pany E, Weill on duly with orders to stop every private
and officer without apass from the commanding general.
W Inn Gen. Johnston came along, Thompson said : • With
our orders we can slop the General, but it’s not expect-
ed thai we do.’ Said I : ‘Let’s play with him.’ ‘Halt,’
-aid Thompson; ‘let us see your pass.’ ‘I have no
pa-s; I am Gen. Johnston. Don’t you know your gen-
eral’.-‘ ‘ ‘We’re to know no one.’ replied T, Then the
General dived in hi* pockets for papers identifying him,
which wore carefully looked over and returned by T..
saying, ‘You can go, General, 1 and as he moved off he
l Mined in his slirrups and said, ‘ I want you to know

i o’u. John-ion hereafter; ‘ and wo did, but often laughed
at outranking, for the time, that proud, stalely general,
so much beloved by his soldiers.”

Col. B. B. Coleman, Adjutant of Jeff Lee Camp at
McAlister, Lid. T.. chronicles the death of Comrade

Samuel S. Thurman, late of < lompany B, Twentj Bee 1

Arkansas Infantry, rank of First Sergeant. ” He was a
fearless soldier having planted the holy stars and bars
On the enemy’s work’s a I Helena. Ark., on July 1, ISfiH,
w here he had to push their bayonets out of his way to
plant his colors, at the time of the charge across Grave-
yard Hill by the noble Twenty-second. Comrade Thur-
man was a noble Christian gentloman of the old school,
of the Bapiisi faiih.a Royal Arch and Eastern Star Chap-
ter Mason. lie was buried by the Masonic Order with
appropriate ceremonies.”

Miss Stella Batrman has been chosen Daughter and
Sponsor of Camp Winchester Hall, No. 178, Berwick, La.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

333

AYF, BUT ITS EOPBS AUK DEAD.

Sir Henry Houghton, of England, in 1865, wrote

these beautiful linos :is a reply to “The Conquered Ban-

nei – .” The Southern people never expect to Bee th

cred banner unfurled a ;cep1 to typify the noblest

iif t he human race.

Gallant nation, foiled by numbers,
Bay not that your hopes are fled;
Keep that glorious Sag n bich Bluml
< tne day to avenge your dead
Keep it, w idowed, sonleas mothers,

Keep it, sisters, urning brothers,

Furl ii « ith an iron will :
Furl ii now, but keep it still,
Think not that its woi k is done.
Bleep it till your children take it,
i Inoe again to hail and make it
Ul then have bled and fought for,

Bled and fought fur all alone.

Ml – shame the Btory,

Millions here depli ire t he stain :
Shame, alas I for England’s glory.

I. mi called, and called in vain.
Furl that banner, sadly, slowly,
Trial it gently, for ’tis holy,
Till that day— yes, furl it sadly,
Then once more unfurl it gladly,
t lonOjiiered banner, keep it still.

” EXTRA BILLY” SMITH.

Col, G. T. Rogers (Mahone’s Brigade), Washington:

Just now 1 have your September isHue of th<
brats Veteran, and have read it with lively into
I observe that bul little ia said in thai number of the
Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by the greal
chieftain, R. E. Lee, in person, also that your list of
“Gubernatorial Confederates,” as prepared by Charles
Edgewort h Jones, of Augusta, Ga., omite thai most wor-
thy and distinguished Virginian, ” Extra Billy” Smithl
True, the ” Editor is of the opinion that ‘Extra Billy’
Smith was Governor of Virginia, and did active Bervioe
in the Confederate army.”

Such a reference to the honorable and honored
hardly reached the line of the “active Bervice” 1″
dered in the Confederate army.

He was the most gallant old gentleman 1 ever had the
honor to meet, and 1 associated with him for a few
months, When 1 met him in 1862 he was the colonel of
a Virginia infantry regiment (the Forty-sixth, I think
I am sure that there was nothing in his organisation or
emotion of fear. He was for a short time attached to
Mahone’s Brigade, It was then 1 knew him. I saw
him in action, under very heavy and pelting lire of artil-
lery and musketry, and he seemed oblivious of every-
thing except a yearning desire to get a little nearer to
the enemy. Under intense excitement the old hero would
cry out: ” A little nearer’ forward, my men ‘ geta little
nearer, hoys’ close’ close 1 until ynu can see their c
and you could sec and /(,/ thai lie meant all he said. In

the series of fights in the efforts Gen. Lee made to i

the retreat of M c( ‘lellan’s army from the front of Rich-
mond, OUT brigade (Mahone’s), Hager’s Division then,
moved out in pursuit early in the evening, down the
Charles City county road, toward Malvern Hill, etc,
News was brought by wire that Col. Smith’s oldest son
had just, been killed in the Confederate cause, in Texas.
I think. The message was handed him by Glen, Mahone,
who in sympathy said to the old colonel at the same time:

•■ I will excuse yon from the march and, perhaps, fight to-
day, sir.” The Colonel read his message; the
silently coursed adown his rugged face: be paused for a
moment. Already the guns had begun to roll forth their

thunder from the front, lie looked up to Gen. Mahone
and said: ■Thank God, sir. the hoy died ill doing his

duty. I thank you for your sympathy, bul I think my
duty lies here to-day: lei us march on!” and through
that day he did ” activi

In after reorganization his regiment was moved from
Mahone’s Brigade, He was made a major general and
I Governor of the state while on the battle-
field, and was Grovernor at the evacuation of Richmond.

It is due to Mr Jones, who was enterprising and
enough to prepare the lisl for the \ eterah to print this
explai Lugusta,* mber 10, 1894. 1 want to

I v..ii that several of the names which yon men-
tioned in the Veteran belon n who were Go^ ern-
ors during and nol subsequent to the war. William Smith
Governor of Virginia 1864 66 Andrew Gordon
Magrath was Governor of South Carolina 1864 66
Thomas 11. Watts was Grovernor of Alabama 1863-66.
Mv desire was t” pul on record the nami prom-
inent Confederates who served rs in
the territory once claimed by the Confederacy when the
war was at an end. With the sin render of the i on feder-
ate armies in April, 1865, my list, properly speaking, be-
tnd this, it must be remembered, was my starting
point Wan* my list to inclui
Confederates who have been honored with the poi

Of Stat I be (lose of the war. hut I

body m it the names of the n i i actors,

w hether military or civil, in the Confederate struggle for
independence, who have been complimented with the
gubernatorial office since April, 1865.”

TRIBUTE TO COL P D. CUNNINGHAM

Col. .Ions P \l i HitAv. of Bloomington, pays high trib-
ute to a gallant Tennessei an ( nol related to S. A. I

Preston I>. Cunningham was horn in Jackson County,
Tenn., the son of .lame- <, Cunningham, a highly re-
spectable and wealthy citizen of that county.

He was mustered in a- B private soldier in August,

1861 The Twenty-eighth Tennessee was organize

the -‘- (.timber. 1861 . I v. . ilonel.

On the 30th of September I appointed P. D, Cunning-
ham adjutant of the >• Hi continued in

■ ii until after the battle of Shiloh. I was appoint-
ed a colonel of cavalry and the Twenty-eighth w
organized, At the reorganisation, the gallant A T

i was elected colonel of the Twenty-eighth and
P. D.Cunningham lieutenant colonel. Brown’s health
soon gave way and he resigned, and Cunningham com-
manded the regiment. He was a gentleman of ability
and a most gallant soldier. He distinguished himself for
gallantry in the great battle of Shiloh. While he com-
manded the regiment he performed hard Bervii
Vicksburg, and again greatly distinguished himself for
gallantry. In fact, there was never an occasion that he
did not distinguish himself The Twenty-eighth was in
Breckinridge’s Division at the battle of Murl
and Col. Cunningham was killed in the desperate charge
that Breckinridge made on the evening of the 30th
of December, 1861. No young officer had won more re-
nown than T. D. Cunningham; and if he had lived, he
would have won high rank in the army.

334

C0XF1-DKRATE VETER

RUNNING THE BLOCKADE

The following address was delivered by Eon. John W.
Overall, now of New York City, before the Auld Lang
ipy furnished the Veteran by the
author

Who feai f sixty-1 wo?

\V: at the name?

If cowards mock the p itrii •: few,

Who baugti hi- bead iii shame?
He’s all a k nave and half a slave,

Who slights In- country thus;
But :i t rm hi, like yon man,

Will (ill your glass with us.

While in Richmond I was commissioned bj the Con
rnmenl to taki chargeof all the straggling
companies thai were reported to be entering New Or-
leans and muster them into the public service. New
Orleans fell, not by the bands of Gen. Butler, of Massa-
chusetts, bul by the 1 an, Admiral Farragut.
Thai put an end to my instructions. Nevertheless, as
my family and my brother were within the enemy’s lines,
[•rained to enter New Orleans and rescue them if
possible. Willi permission of Gen. Lovell, at Jackson.
Bliss., I launched on a Lake Pontchartrain sloop under the
guns of the Federal war vessel ” New London,” and found
my little family debating how to provide for the imme-
diate tut hit. That was a i arranged, for I had plenty of

Sunt h t larolina money, which I exchanged for greenbacks.

Vmi will understand that I took my life in my own
hands when I entered the lines of Butler. The danger
..I’ being arrested a- a spy and the specter of a halter,
however, did nol deter me. At that time Gen. Butler
was rapidly developing into a second Caligula. I had
I, -ft my commission of a Confederate colonel and what
arms | had in I he hands of a sympathetic lady in Madi-
BOnville, on the other side of the lake, bul this was
known to more than ■ person who were fellow-passen-
gers on the little sloop. This story of Opie Read’s will
illustrate f he situation :

A man was arrested for stealing a mule and killing
il wm-r. who had attempted to rescue bis property.

I I was when, under carpetbag and negro rule, ignorant
black men were made justices ol the peace.

■• [‘a a Bpecial justice, Hah, and de Spreme Court can’1
undo what I do do, sah. I hab two laws, de Texas law
and de Arkansas law; which will you take, sah?”

■ Well, Judge, I think I’ll take the Texas law.”
“Berry well. sah. In da1 case made and pervided,

III hang you tor stealin’ de mule.”

“Well, Judge, that’s hard. I think I’ll take the A p.
kansas law.”

■ Berry well, Bah. In dat case, made and pervided. I’ll

hang von for killin’ de man’ ”

Si. in New Orleans if you escaped hanging, you were
■„i it in Ship Island if (leu. Butler srol bold of you,

There was one man thai Gen. Butler was afraid to
hurl: father Mullen, the mosl popular of the Irish
Reman Catholic priests. One day Butler senl for him.

I understand, Father Mullen, thai you refused to of-
ficiate a1 the burial of one of my soldiers.” “That is a
mistake,” replied Mullen, “for 1 would gladly bury, ac-
cording to the ceremonies of my Church, every one of
I out soldiers.” The good old < lonfederate priest was not

molested.

I found Cen. Weit/.el Maym’ of New Orleans, (ion.
Butler had sent Mayor John T. Monroe to Port St.
Philip, because he would nol take the ironclad federal
oath. The baby boy of Monroe, named for him, lay at

the point ol’ death. M r- Monroe Bought Butler in her
frantic grief. The General agreed thai if Monroe would

take the oath he should be reinstated in the Mayor’s
chair and brought to the city to see his sick son. Mrs.
Monroe repaired to the prison of her husband, sixty
mih’- below “ii the Mississippi, and on her knees be-
soughl him to agree to Butler’s terms of release, Big
tear- rolled down his cheeks as he thought of bis dying
baby boy, bul be said: “1 will not take the oath I” Be
had been imprisoned because he had refused to pull down
the Confederate flag on tho city hall, and had placed
himself at a window of the building directly facing the
Federal flagship “Hartford,” when Farragul threatened
ii hard I he oil y if the flag was nol taken down and
furled. Monroe was a Roman. 1- it any wonder that
when they made him hear a hall and chain he still ro-
to succumb, and that, weary of him. the Federal
authorities sent him into the Confederate lilies from
Fori Pickens, and when he visited Richmond Presidenl
Davis threw his arm- around bim?

1 had left George McKnight, the genial humorist
known as -Asa Bartz,” at Madison vi lie a- provost mar-
shall. Maj. McKnight told me that jusl before leaving
tin fortifications at Chalmette, below New Orleans, the
Federal Seel shelled them. A negro valet picked up a

seel ion of a cploded -hell. and. after examining it with

much trepidation, said in a trembling voice: “Fore de
Lord. Mar- < reorge, deys -hoot in’ smoot hin’ irons at us! ”
But I found another genial humorist in New Orleans,
Harry Maearthy, known as the -Arkaii-aw Comedian,”
the author of that ringing song, ‘The Bonnie Blue
Flag,” and al-o of “The Volunteer,” and “Missouri.”
Mr. Maearthy was a small, handsome man. and brimful
of the humor ami the pathos and impulsive generosity
of the Celtic race. Gen. Butler had seized and burned his
“Bonnie Blue Flag” and other music, and he was in
daily peril of being sent in Ship Island. His wife was

with him — a pretty, modest, and talented singer, who
act ipanied him in such duet- as -‘The Volunteer.”

So iii after my arrival, 1 invited .Maearthy to my hi

It wa- a warm . I line night, and all the windows were

open. He sang the ” 1! ue Blue Flag,” with piano ac

COmpaniment. Men and women flocked around the
house and loudly applauded the patriotic air. as I hey did

“The Volunteer.” which recited the heroism of the Con
federate- at Manassas. Seeing a policeman making his
way through the crowd to my door, ] advised i he singer
to sing a sentimental air. and he sang, “We’ll All Be
Happy ret.” Fortunately this episode passed without
harm to any of us.

Ii look me three week- of incessanl work, together

with the influence of several friends, to obtain permis-
sion to leave New Orleans for Mobile. The federal
authorities were, during this time, greatly excite, I over
the alleged insult of Mrs Phillips to a funeral escort of
one ol’ t heir soldiers, and which called forth Gen. Butler’s
undeservedly condemned proclamation. At length Gen,
Weit/.el. who had heen aii engineering companion of
Beauregard on the Southern coast, amended an order of
Gen, Butler, allowing myself and family in leave on the

last trip of the truce hoat. used as a flour ho<l, plying
between New Orleans and Mobile. No examination of
baggage was to he made. Gen. Weitzel said to me:
” You must not take anything out that is contraband.”
“What is contraband?” I asked.
” O,” saiil he, laughing, “powder and shot.”
” Well,” saiil I. “we’ll send you plenty of that.”
“Thank you.” he replied, good humoredly.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

335

The Confederates were indebted to Gen. Weitzel for
many previous favors. It was he who obtained the or-
der of permission for me, and he will always be gratefully
remembered.

I carried out with me on the truce-bofll my wife, daugh-
ter, and brother; Mr- Macarthy, under the name Mrs,
MacMahon, a member of my family; Harry Macarthy,
disguised as a deck hand; and a negro manservant, who
bore Macarthy’s banjo. In the gulf we were hoarded
by a Federal man-of-war, bul perm it t o on.

When at some distance away. Mrs Macarthy whipped
■ /Hi from her skirts a fiill-siae Confederate flag ind flung
it to the breeze. It was a daring act, and so thought
the commander of the Federal vessel, who prepared to
hear down upon us. But our little boat flew like a bird
over the wafers. Every timber creaked as her Bpeed in-
creased. Running for life, she was soon under the guns
of Fori Morgan, over which floated the stars and bars
of the newborn Confederacy. Thenceforward echoed
the strains of the ” Bonnie Blue Flag” and “I’ixie.”
cheering the Spartan men and Spartan mothers, wives,

sweet hearts, who -aid to t hem. in 1 1 1 i I .a i ‘dan Ionian

way: “Take this sword for our defense; take this e

for your defense, ami bring it hack to us with honor or

be borne back upon it.”

The culmination of that hard and bitter struggle was
the compensatory logacy <>t the grandest figure in mod-
ern history : Robert K I i

MON1 MENTTOOUB DEAD AT BENTONVILLB.

CAPT, T II BAIN, who has 1 active in this ,

writes from Goldsboro, N •’, October 27:

On account of sickness and other causes we havi
cided to put off the dedicating of Bentonville Conl
ate monument until probably March 19, which i- the
anniversary of the battle. We want the names of all
those who were killed in the battle at that place. We
have some forty or more. Wooden -takes mark some
ofthe graves. 1 note one partial name “D I! Nolg — .
Company K. Thirty ninth Alabama.” We want the
in:;’ letter-. We would like to have many Confederate
comrades with us at the dedication.

A committee composed of members of the Goldsboro
IJitles. the Reserve Corps, and Veteran Corps havi
out this circular:

There lie buried in various parts of the battlefield of
Bentonville, X. < ‘.. quite a number of Confederate ‘lead,
who fell in battle at that place, and others are buried
near by who died from their wounds. The I’nited
States Government has removed all those who fell on
the tJnion side, and it is the desire ofthe Goldsboro
Rifles to remove the < ‘on federate dead who are sealter.-d
throughout the battlefield, and which has since grown
up with trees and hushes, to some suit ah le place near the
line of battle, and erect a monument to mark their last
ig place. The cost of the undertaking will be very
heavy on account of nearest distance to railroad being
seventeen miles, and the undertaking, without outside

assistance, cannot be accomplished.

The committee calls upon all those who feel disposed to
aid in this worthy cause for contributions assuring them

that all donations of money, or any article of meridian
dise. no matter how small the value, will he greatly ap-
preciated. Contributions may he sent to (‘apt. Bain, at
Goldsboro, N. C.

ter of (“apt. Bain, Lieut. John W. Gulick
writes that on March 19, the anniversary, the. monument

Will he 1UI\ eiled.

STB W’.F. FBEAK IN Till’. AI.’.MV

“Old Him-‘ was a Id

i Howitzers. He was
short, squatty, stoop-shouldered, bow-legged, with an
aquilii and eocli

Dty-five ; j knew

or what was hi- nationality. II. liked;

and never did any dut; r on tie- held.

lie detested
summer and winter Naturally, hie tough

and hard as leather When tin- I” little

fun. they would hard-tack

he would tuck up hi- trousers

■ war who,, p. jump k the

smoldering em with a war

that would have mad,- a Comanche Ind us.

W hen fig hting i omt would I hunt

for plunder all over the field. No danger daunted him.
Gathering up hi- in the

ground in tie’ most ex] ittcry,

and calmly !’!■ laul and mend the overcoats

and other garments he had picked up – II the

while •■ Shoo, fly don’1 h”t hi i

\- t he tie-Ill ■

or, hit

with -• ry and : I h re-

dou 1

In the battle of Fredericksburg, r hi n Heel
U-. and Etna were vomiting fin i death, I

l and looked to Ih

pyramid blankets,

knapsacks, and frj I h his

right

in i he range of a t \ nd t hat night, as

Id, I passed him I
i plunder. 1 1 me think of the p

t li the world on I-
Doubtless I”- ha-
fathers;” but hundred- in Richmond and elsewhere
would like to know what I
it may :
ater plun

.1. E. I. iBessi Lak< l hat lets 1 ia
any m lith & Ti ‘Quit-

man. Mi-s.. and add-. -I have in my pos in old

flag which beai the words. ‘Smith ,\

tier’s Battery,’ with Jthe following battles surrounding it :
Shiloh. Perryvi Resaca, New

Hop’- t Ihurch, . ;

Atlanta. F ind Nashville On the reverse is the

Goddess of Liberty, with the following: ‘Our Liberty.
Ready to die in its defense.’ 1

ling with some of its members in order to ascertain
the origin, etc.. of this p lit My wife’s father.

who command i y. was Col. Melanchthon

Smith, now deceased. I hope you may be abli
me in this matter.”

Georoe Harris, Esq., CampW. P San Saba,

Tex., wants a poem upon ” The Battle of Fredericksbt
He -ay- it was published some time after the battl
lericksburg in a Savannah Mia.) paper.

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C< ^FEDERATE VETERAN.

Gbc Confederate IDctcran.

On« Dollars Year. S. A. CUNNINGHACn, Editor.

ORPICE IN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING, CHURCH ST.

Thii |

ouiiM wh” approve such publ i itfOQ, aoo red
kaBOciai

anil I it.

Fob s.hik- reason there comes a spontaneous disposition

in honor Southern w en. Men may become lukewarm

in their patriotism and neglect to do their duty, bul
women never. Said a veteran the other day: “We
ought to build monuments to our Southern women, and
to the negroes who were bo faithful ms slaves during t In-
war.” A lady who was present illustrated the merit of
the negroes by telling that an uncle of hers wenl to
market early one morning in Nashville. was “bayoneted
to death ” and left in a stable, and thai the family serv.
nuts took charge of five young girls, Whose mother had
died previously, worked for and maintained them until
alter the war. when the eldest married a wealthy Ken-
tuckian, who educated them all.

There never was a time in days of peace when our
women exhibited their constancy and unfaltering devo_
fcion i” patriotic principles more than they have recent.
ly. The Daughters of the Confederacy are diligent in
perfecting their organizations. If they make mistakes
they rub out and begin anew. With them there is no
thought of failure in anything. They don’t become dis-
couraged sufficiently to check their zeal, and if “yon
men” fail in duty, rebuke is so pointed and severe that
ii reawakens courage ami determination.

In the bright morning of this world, when the Cre-
ator saw that it was ”not good for man to be alone,’ 1
In- determined to make for him a helpmate; and if lie
failed to see all things from the beginning, the necessity
must have occurred to |iut ill woman some of his own
attributes, thai she lie aide to stand when man. created

in tin/ highest image, would fall. Ordinarily, women
are tranquil; bu1 if things go wrong, their instincts give

quick notice, and they i perate for relied’ with amazing

and inspiring unanimity. A monument of bronze in

their honor is not sought by t hem; hut I hey won Id rejoice

in a college for their advance nt. They are practical.

The writer was bearer of the news by the Southern Press
Association to Mrs. V. Jefferson Davis that its purpose
u.mld be to erect a great monument to her husband,
and she instantly replied, not considering a figure in
bronze: “I hope it will be an institution of a constantly
recurring benefit to mankind.” By the by, while that
monument movement lies dormant, it must be the set-
tled purpose of our people to erect a structure, typical
of valor and sacrifice, in his honor as their chief magis-
trate. Let no one imagine that the prolonged financial
distress in the country causes any abatement of the de-
termination to build a monument that will bo looked
upon with pride by other generations.

It seems opportune now to erect monuments to the

negro race of the war period. The Southern people

could not l r themselves more than in cooperating to

this end. What figure would be looked upon with kind-
lier memory than old “Uncle Pete” and ” Black Mam-
my.” well executed in bronze? By general cooperation
models of the two might be procured and duplicates
made to go in ryn-y capital city of the South al the pub-
lic expense, and then iii the other large cities by popu-
lar subscript ions. Who would not be glad to see typical
representatives of these kind old servants in their little
cabin hoines preserved by the Southern people — aye,
even if hen roosts weic occa-ionaJ I \ hare? Let the
Women take it up: the men will help.

There is not of record in history subordination and
faithful devotion by any race of people comparable to
the slaves of the Southern people during OUT great four
years’ war for independence.

GEN. WILLIAM 11. LATE.

The article in t li i- Veteran by Dr. W.J. McMurray,
on “The Gap of Death at Chickamauga,” gives so much
prominence to Gen. William B. Bate, now United Slates
Senator from Tennessee, that a conference for approval
was had with the General. He was not ready to con-
firm the statistics exactly, and was not certain thai I he
Federal commanders were just as staled by the Doctor,
but was of that impression. The hero was found iii his
usual cordial spirits and invariable readiness to speak
words of praise for the men who enlisted with him, and
he also ga\ c some of his personal experiences,

II is regiment, the Second Tennessee Infantry, which
had done valiant service from the First Manassas until
the time for its reorganization, in Virginia, was the first
regiment in the Confederate army to volunteer for the
war. In appreciation of this, the War Depart men I gave
the entire command furloughs for forty days and the
privilege of selecting the place of service which they
preferred, hence their removal to Tennessee. However.
Gen, A. S. Johnston had retired from Kentucky, and had
fallen hack to Decatur, Ala., leaving the homes of these

men in possession of the enemy. Col. Bate called upon
Gen. Johnston at Decatur and delivered to him his un-
sealed orders, also a scaled letter from Mr. Benjamin,
Secretary of War. He was directed by Gen. Johnston
to rendezvous bis men al Corinth, and a large proportion
of this gallant regiment, without organization and with
furloughs in their pockets, true to patriotic instincts, as-
sembled promptly at the place designated. During this
call upon (Jen. Johnston he seemed very much depressed.
He expressed his regret to Col. Bate at having no bri-
gade to give him. The latter replied that he had not
expected any. ” But,” said the General, ” I am directed
by Mr. Benjamin to do so.”

Col. Bate rode a sorrel horse which had boen given
him by Sumner County friends, and which was stolen
just before the battle of Shiloh. In this way he rode

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337

into that battle the celebrated race horse, ” Black Hawk,”
a magnificent coal-black stallion. bu1 the only saddle he
could gel was white, making a good target. The left of
his regiment Buffered much early Sunday, while close by
the little church at Shiloh, and three of his kinsmen
were killed. There, under a crucial test, he advanced in

front of the regiment on the magnificent steed, and was
shot through the leg, both bones being broken, the bul-
let passing through the sad. lie and entirely through the
horse. Col. Bate grew so faint from the loss of blood
that he dropped the reins and was holding to the pom-
mel of the saddle, wlun the horse deliberately returned

t<> bis proper place in the rear of the regiment. Col.

l’.ate was carried to a little cabin over a hill, and
out of immediate danger. The horse followed, put his
lead iii the door and whinnied, then turned away and
soon afterward was dead. I’ol. Kale was carried from
this cabin back to Corinth in a cart without springs,
drawn by a gray mule, and over roads s<> badly cut up
thai several servants (his own favorite Jim, now living
near Gallatin, on a place given him l>\ Ins master) lifted
the cart out of the ruts occasionally. Mrs. Bate was at
lluntsville when she learned of her husband’s misfortune,
and hastened to Corinth. He was terribly wounded,
hardly conscious, and the first he knew of her presence
she was kneeling by his bed. In telling this he looked
OUt of the window and there were moments of silence.

Both bones of the leg were broken by the hall, and,
after repeated consultations, the surgeons decided that
amputation was imperative. He objected, but his plea

was unavailing, until he ordered his servant to band him
his pistols, and told the Surgeons that he intended to ” pro-
that leg. Later on, in the hospital at Columbus,
Mi–.. Dr. Paul P. Ere, well known throughout the
South, and whose home was in Nashville, was called in
to persuade him to submit to amputation; but he at once
decided upon change of treatment, and the leg was saved.

It was Borne months before Col. Bate had recovered
sufficiently to entei – .rain, and then he went on

CTUtchi – If had to use them until sometime after the
war. Hovi o\ er, he never missed a battle, except when con-
in “. I with wounds, and in the various incidents of horses
being killed at Chickamauga he had to be lifted each
time upon another horse, being unable to mount alone.

The story told by Dr. M. Murray of Mr. Davis going
over the battlefield of Chickamauga a t hree

■ lead horses i- corroborated by Gen. llate, the Doctor’s
article having been corrected by the I

Col I i Pry, of Chattanooga, a fluent spea

Mar- was the god of war. Bate is Mais | have seen

n the batt toi ictory,

to glory, and to death. Ee was my command

Chickamauga. I loved him then; I love him now. lie

went into that battle with wounds r© Shiloh not

I his -word in one
hand, his crutches in the other, and the rein of his horse’s
bridle between hie teeth, One horse after another was
shot t’roni under him, until thret lied and none

other was to be procured. In tins dilemma, did this
proud, indomitable soul falter? No; but like the lion-
lie hobbled on through t he fight
upon his crutches until he led his men to victory, leav-
ing fifty-eight per cent, of his entire command wounded
ad upon the Geld which his valor had won. II. •
was the Murat of the army. I have always believed
that had he on that day 1

rans’s army would not only have been routed from
the field of Chickamauga, but would to a man havi
captured at Chattanoog iwned in the Tcnn

River, and thus would have been changed the fortunes

of war. Since laying down his sword, he has I n .ailed

by his ] pie to serve them in the highest and most

responsible positions, State and national, within th<

Rev. Clark Weight, whose beautiful address to the
Association of the Third Georgia Regiment appi
in the August Veteran, writes from New York, under
date of < >ctober 26: “. . . I am grateful to you for the
speech contained in the August number oi I

Veteran and the kind editorial reference to myself.
The members of my old regiment have < thetn-

– highly gratified at the spirit manifested by the
publication. May the fraternal spirit grow and strength-
en, North and South, the dead past burying its dead,
while our native land advances to fulfill manifest des-
tiny of one government. One flag, one people on the
entire North American Continent!”

At the last annual meeting of Camp Hampton, Xo.
389, Columbia, S. C, Capt. R. S. DesPortes was elected
Commander, and D. R. Flenniken reelected Adjutant.

338

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

BATTLE OF FISHER’S BILL.

BV CAPT. 8. D. BOCK, l’lllUTlXN I II VIB . N TRY, IUI.TIM’ >l:K.

i d Buch an affair be called :i battle? We fully ex-
d :i bloody battle at this point. As we had really
the In—’ of the fighl al Winchester in open field, the
men were much encouraged, and our defeat was a Bhock
to the rank and Hie. The position was a very strong
one, I hi t our army was too BDial] to man it. On the
21sl Sheridan deployed in our front, and a skirmish en-
sued with the cavalry. <>u the 22d Ins infantry skir-
mishers advanced, and again the two armies faced
other and shot and shell came thick and fast; bul soon
all was quiet, save the constant picket fire, and it was
evident lo all of us that Sheridan was either forming to
charge our works or was trying to outflank us. We
were not long kept in suspense, as heavy firing was heard
on our left which soon abated. The men were quite
nervous, as they feared a cavalry charge (as at Winches-
.vhicli would again turn our left. At this juncture
considerable activity was shown by the enemy in our
front, and we <_r< >t ready to meel the impending charge.
While standing in position a cavalryman from our left
came down our line, walking on top of our works, re-
porting to each command that “we arc flanked!”
Tin- did much for Sheridan, and the worthless soldier
Bhould have been shot then and there. I shall always
regret not having arrested him, a- I believe it would
have saved our right from the disgraceful scene thai
followed. Immediately on mil’ left was a North Caro-
lina brigade, and I could see thai thisreporl demoralized
them. I took it upon myself to lone some of the men
to remain in the works. As the firing drew nearer on
ii Gen. Pegram rode up to our brigade and told us

he wanted us “to file out of the works, and drive the

.enemy hack.” The brigade moved out in perfect order

and formed a lii f battle facing the advancing enemy,

who were not in sight, and would have saved the day.
bul the North Carolina brigade on our left, already re-
ferred to. broke without firing a gun or seeing a yankee.
Those men (da iii icd that Gen. Pegram was trying to save
bis old brigade and let them be captured. While the
Carolinians — usually excellent soldiers — were breaking
us Gen. Early rode up and ordered our regiment to
fire into them it they would not stop. His order was
not obeyed, Gen. Pegram, and the officers generally, made
every efforl to rally the men, bul commands and entreat-
ies had no effect . ( »ne grand rush was made for I he \ al-
ley pike. The writer went with the crowd, and the
confusion beggared description. The ridiculous part of it
was that the en smy were not in Bight, and none came in
view after we vacated the works until we reached the

pike. It was now dusk, and we Werebeing pressed hard

by the advance up the pike. I rallied a few men whom

1 knew and formed a line across the road, and was soon

heavily engaged by the enemy At the very moment
needed the gallant Capt. Carpenter, of Carpenter’s Bat-
tery, came hack with tWO pieces he had saved, and I
called to him to unlimber and help us. Not one word

of hesitancy, hut gladly did he order i be | es to halt,

and most effectually did he handle them. We only had

about fifty men, but we stood our ground. While we
were engaged Col. Pendleton, of Gen. Early’s staff, came

up and assisted us in stopping our men. who were Htill
running — t • • get out of hearing of the bugle, which was
sounding the charge! At this point the gallant Pendle-
ton was shot from his horse, ami died next day. I heard
the hullet when it struck him. and saw him fall from his

I was so busy I could not go to him, bul had
lour men carry him hack. We held this position until I
could send to Gen. Pegram and inform him of our posi-
tion. A courier soon came with orders to stay until lie
sent for me. We did, and Capt. Carpenter stood to us
and fought his guns with desperation. I met Capt.

Carpenter since the war. to know him. and he said that

hut for t he stand made by part of t he Thirteenth Virginia
infantry and his two guns half of our army would have
captured. A great many of our men passed
through our lines while we held the enemy in check. In
the meantime Gen. Pegram had formed ami ordered us
back, We then bega r retreat up tliv valley, fight-
ing all the way back to Porl Republic.

To sum it up: We had disgraced ourselves, and s,

of the officers irse by far than the men. They

were simply demoralized. Con. Marly did all that
mortal man could do. and could our brigade have had
fifteen minutes in which to form we would not have lost
our artillery and could have fallen hack in good order.
I write this article in vindication of Gen, Early. Fault
was not at his door. That one cowardly cavalryman

is responsible for this disaster, and ( vinced me that it

would he far better to discharge Buch cowards as he rat her

t hau risk their influence in times such as we were passing
through, Weneeded men. not poltroons such as he. ami
the condemnation of every Confederate soldier should
follow him, even to this day if living — and he is. unless
he died of disease or accident, for it is certain an enemy
could never catch him. Sheridan had as many cavalry-
men as Early could muster of all branches, No matter
where we formed, his cavalry could ride round our flanks
and leave us comfronted by fully three- lo one of infan-
try, .lust think of Karly’s campaign — four to one from
start to finish — and you will not wonder he was beaten.
[From a soldier’s experience, the editor suggests that
“the cavalryman” may have been an enemy.]

Capt. Buck, iii a personal letter, writes; -‘When I re-
turned , recently from the reunion of my old regiment
(Thirteenth Virginia Infantry) I fell like reporting the
same. I heard a very interesting sketch of that gallant
command read by Lieut. Martin StringfelloWj of Com-
pany A, a most excellent soldier, who was pr oted on

l he field or for conduct in the Maryland campaign. In
this sketch he referred to the cause of the disaster at
Fisher’s II ill in ‘he valley campaign, and says; ■ The little
ea\ airy ma u came down on lop of our breastworks from
the left of the line of halllc, and spread I he news that
we were flanked by a division of the enemy, and were
being surrounded.’ Gen. Early has never been given the

Credit he deserved. … At Orange l>r .1. William

Jones, the brave chaplain of the Thirteenth, gave an in-
teresting talk; also Gen, Fields. Both speakers were
justly severe on the history used by the public schools
in Virginia, and urged that parents repudiate them, as

well as th^ school board for selecting them. After the
speaking we had a sumptuous dinner, consisting of all
the good things grown in the country, even to the pro-
verbial baked opossum, which was furnished by a col-
ored man ami harhaciicd in old Virginia style by one of
Virginia’s fairest women. Mrs. R, < ‘. Macon, who was

Miss Emma Riley, of Winchester, the home of heroic
women. I noticed in your last paper impiiry as to Lieut.
Willroy. I saw him killed, and have written his brother
the particulars. I took occasion to urge all Confeder-
ates to have the Vktrkan iii their family.”

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

DECOKATici– IN OAKWOI

Tiih Noel, Fourth Texas < iavalry, editor of the I
ican Home, Chicago — see hi* card as geologist — favors
the Vmhh\ with the abovi at picture. It was

made at the reunion in May, 1892 The comrade will,
ere long, furnish another of tin’ cemetery, with an accu-
rate picture of the monument. In tb< the portly
man, fitting with an overcoat on his hip. is Gen. Under-
wood; another, with long white mustache, i- Rev. J .1
Picket t. i he “Tennessee War Chaplain ; ” while the lady
must prominent in the scene is Mr-. x

In a private letter ( tctober 31 the comrade st

i hi last Decoration Day there was sent to us ten i
of flowers from Texas, and Beveral from our poi
friends in other States of the South. The monument is
:i thing of beauty and will Inst forei

1 would like to say through the Veteras tfhat if the
remarks that 1 have heard made by the multitude of
visitors t > the monument were heard by every reader of
the Veteran they would feel different as to the preju-
dice that is supposed to exist in the North against those
who wore the gray. 1 heard one old battle scarred
Grand Army of the Republic veteran say. standing at
the base of the monument: “Thai is worthy of a brave
ami chivalrous people, as the people of the South proved
themselves to be.”

Chieago is proud <*f the ex-Confoderates who have be-
come citizens of the city. It should be remembered that
it was a -“N of Abe Lincoln who, as Secretary of War.
gave our association the permission to take charge of
an«l improve the lot and erect the monument. There
are many ex-Confederates living in Chicago who have
never identified themselves with ns in this effort, fearing
that it would interfere with their business relations with
the people, and they have bo expressed themselves to
me. However, those Of US who have never sought to

conceal our connection with the “lost cause” have been

honored and respected by all, and hav< been time
and again invited to banquets given by thi
of the Republic Camps in this city To illn-ii

i t hat fou

to run 1 i gislatare in m\ and t he ‘ –

Army « !amp of 283 mi m ‘ suppoi t.

FELLOW-PI I LING IN THE ARMY.

Tuts j.atheti Northern

press as i of a bni

The day after the battle ol Fredi are Kershaw’s

Brigade occupied Mary’s Hill, at on lay

ad liftj J i I. with a stone w

n the two The inti

Sykee rail was Btrewn with dead,

. and wounded ictims of the battle

“i the day before. Thi rent with th<

and the agonizing cries of Water! wal

neral,” said a I 101 in gray, ” I can’t

■•What i- the matter, sergeant pal.

■1 can’t stand hearing those wounded yankees crying

for water. May ‘ jive then

“Kirkland,” -aid the general, -the moment you
over the wall you’ll get a bullet through your bead; the
skirmishing ha arderous all day.”

“If you’ll let inc. I’ll try it.”

“My boy, 1 ought not to let yon run BQeb a risk, but
1 cannot refuse God p oul You may go.”

“Thank you. sir.’ And with a smile on his bright,
handsome fare, the boy sergeant Bprang over the wall,
down among the sufferer*, pouring the water down their
parched throats. After the first few bullets, 1
like errand became understood, and shouts instead of
bullets rent the air.

He came back at night to his bivouac untouched.

34°

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

IsETTEF^S F f^OM VETEf^AfJS.

J. L. Ballinqkr, Honey Grove, Tex.: ” I see from the
papers thai Com, Ramsey i- now the supreme bead of

I Sam’s navy. II. ■ commanded six gunboats thai

ded the Ouachita River to a little town in Louis-
iana, called Harrisonburg There oar little Frenchman,
J. Polignac, attacked them with Enfield rifles
and mi’- battery of field pieces. Of course we were very
sunn forced backward, a>- ii was folly to attack gun-
– with small arms and no levee. In this connection
there i> “in- man I have always wanted to know about.
After the firing bad aboul ceased, a quartermaster came
along by cur command (1 was standing by my borse)
and asked if I would go with him to his old headquar-
ters, about fifty yards from and in plain view of the
gunboats. 1 was a young fellow then, ami told him I
would go as i lose as he would, hut that neither one of us
would gel (here. JI is reply was: ‘ Come On. 1 I imme-
diately vaulted in the saddle, and we loped down toward
the river and former headquarters, very soon shells
commenced flying thick and uncomfortably close. My

companion si 1 it. J thought, well for awhile, but finally

several came so close thai he yelled out: ‘Let’s go back.’
I immediately and cordially seconded the motion, and
the road we took- |,-d us up a very high hill, on top of
which was old Fori Beauregard. We were very glad to
get up there out of range of i he big guns*”

It. F. Sugg, Greenville, N.C.: “Twenty-eight years
ago, Tom Jefferson, of Company B, Fortieth Regiment,
N. i ‘. T., and I were stationed as special pickets on the

extreme northern shore of Bald Head Island opposite
Fori Fisher. This was the night before Fisher was at-
tacked in the morning. Our instructions were to exer-
cisi special vigilance, as there were apprehensions of an

attack- at I o’clock in the i -ning. I smelled coal burning,

as the wind was from the northeast, and remarked to
Jefferson thai either a blockade runner was coming in
or the yankees were on us. At daybreak we saw the
fleet, and. as directed by the officer of the guard, we

fired off our rifles and mad ir way to headquarters,

where we were supplied with food and water and then
Bent back to the same post, and there we stood until

Fisher was silenced by the yanks. Never in my life
have I witnessed more determination and courage than
was displayed on the occasion of the Fort Fisher tight.
Early next morning, after the surrender, the troops on
Bald Head Island at Fori Holm,- and Fori Coswell
moved on the west side of (‘ape Fear to Fori Anderson,
where we remained only a shorl time before being driven
out. At Smith vi lie (now Southport) I lost ray shoes on
the 16th day of January, 1865, and never had any on

my feet until April 22, marching over two hundred and
fifty miles barefoot. Al the close of lb,- war 1 stirren-

at Bush 1 1 ill. near Trinity College, in North Caro-
lina. Lieut. Selby Eardinburg, Company B, Fortieth
Regiment, now of Newborn, Ala., was in command of
tin- company, lie and I were the only members of that
company paroled.”

L. Hughes, Dyereburg, Tenn.: ” I heard a good story

yesterday of an enthusiastic old farmer in Gibson Coun-
ty, who had sent four sons to the arm}-. One fine morn-
ing, after we had fallen back from Corinth and the
yanks had possession of West Tennessee, there rode up
to his house a troop of cavalry dressed in the multicol-

ored uniform, which about that time was common with

the rebs, and whom he thought were Confederates, lie

received them cordially, and they began asking many
questions, wanting much information, all of which the
old gentleman was pleased to give, and more too. The

Old lady Stood just within the door. , y,-. ear-, and wits

all alive. Presently a flock of geese marched sedately
into the yard, among them a plump young goose. <»ne
of the soldiers said: ‘Old man. give me that bird.’
Then the old lady called: ‘Old man. come in the house.
Come in. old man. Cod knows they are yank,,-. Vmi
never saw a Southerner eal goose. Bless her motherly
old soul! before the war closed ‘ rebs ‘ did eat goose or

any other live thing they could get, and alas and alack!
finally they ate crow. These same yanks came back
in a few days, arrested the old man and all the good
Southern people of whom he told them, took them to
Trenton and bulldozed them into taking the oath and all
that.”

.1. A. Wheeler. Salad, >. Tex.: “Sometime between two
and three o’clock on April (i. IStii’, at the battle of Shi-
loh, Gon. Pat Cleburne’- Brigade was ordered to move
forward from it- position in a ravine to t he top of a ridge
in front and hold the position at all hazards for twenty
minutes, which we did in grand style under one of the
most severe showers of lead imaginable, until Terry’s
Texas Rangers gained the enemy’s rear. At a given
signal a brigade from the right and left of Cleburne’s
Brigade charged in echelon to the righl and left, coming
together in front of Cleburne, who ceased tiring.
The charge from the front made Gen. Prentiss hunt for
more congenial ground, but in his wild search for less
dangerous quarters he found Terry’s Texas Rangers in
his rear. He soon found thai he had fallen into the Con-
federate trap, and surrendered in good style and quick
time his entire division of some 111, (Mid or 15,000 men.
Gen. Prentiss was sent to the rear by Capt. If. V. King,
of the Eighth Texas Cavalry. Terry’s Rangers, under

charge of Sere,-. <!. 1!. Beaumont, who is now Dr.

Beaumont, of Coleman, Tex., and Capt. King is now the

Hon. II. Y. King, of Helton. Tex. They invite corre-
spondence on the subject. Many of our best men were
killed and wounded in ibis engagement, for Prentiss’s

men fought well al -hort range, about three hundred
yard-. They were using the buck and ball ammunition,

and shot low. and burl .”

L. P. Hitchcock, Prescott, Ark.: “My company was
known as Wiggins’s Battery, commanded by Capt. J. II.
Wiggins, Wheeler’s Brigade. The flrst battle in which
we were engaged was that of Shiloh, and ours was the
first battery to open fire in the first engagement. Re-
markable to say. there was not a man of OUT company
killed in the entire battle, and but three wounded. All
recovered, but. alas! there are now but few of the old
comrades living, and they arc all gray-haired and will
soon ‘ pass over the river.’ We have a Camp here of a
few remaining old veterans of different companies.
Lone; live the Confederate Veteran!”

1). 11. Wade. lied Lick, Miss.: “Comrade Archer in-
quires of Capts. Snowden. Blakemore, and Black.
Where is Overton? Darden’s Battery from this county
(Jefferson), was with Bushrod Johnson’s Brigade until
the battle (or route) id’ Mission Ridge. I saw Capt.
Black while wounded on the Held and thought he would
surely die. Is he living?”

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

54 1

J. F. Brown, son of a veteran, writes in the Meridian

(Miss.) Commercial, an account of the Thirteenth M
sippi in the hattle of Manassas, in which lie star..- ■ < In
the morning of the 21st ‘lay of July, 1861, between the
hours of midnight ami day, the Thirteenth Mississippi
Regiment arrived at Manassas Junction, A march by
the regiment was taken up to a skirt of woo Is near the
battlefield, and there held in reserve until the middle “f
the afternoon. It was then ordered to the extreme left
of the Confederate line, and there formed a line of hat-
tle. with the Seventh Virginia Regiment on it- right,

and the Seventh Louisiana Regiment on oilier

command of Col. Jubal Early, of the Seventh Virginia
‘I’ll.’ Federals ran up several flags in front, a distan
about three hundred yards, jusl over the brow of a hill.

and began lively a rapid sharps! ting, which was kept

up quite a while. (‘..1. Barksdale, of tin- Thirteenth
Mississippi, ordered his regiment to charge, leaving the
other two regiments behind. The Federals, on hea
the command* ‘Charge I ‘ given by Col. Barkc
stampeded, and the Thirteenth arrived at the summit of
tie- hill, where they expected to meet the enemy, and

agreeably surprised to find that they had
The retreating army • live thousand

well-equipped soldiers, while the Thirteenth Mississippi
numbered about one thousand and one hundred The
pursuit was kept up for several hours, until dark.”

W W. Booton, London Mills, til.: On that dark and
rainy night which closed over the second day’s hattle of
Nashville I was standing vidette near the Granny
White pike I, ate in the night I heard out in the front
groans and cries t'”r help. and. after being relieved, with

three or four others of my company I groped my way
through the darkness and rain and placed Lieut. Fitz-
patrick, of the Seventh Alahama Cavalry, in a blanket
and carried him to a house near by. The Lieut.
was commanding Glen. Buckner’s bodyguard when
wounded. Fit/.patriek said that he was a nephev.
former Congressman, that his parents lived in Montgom-
ery, and requested that it’ we ever got to that place We
would call and tell them of the circumstance. T would
like to know- the Lieutenant’s :.,

W. W. Lawrence, Talbott, Tenn I am delighted
with the Veteran. It has the right rim:. I do hope

that the South will s write her own history, so that

our children can learn the truth. Think of my horror
when my eight year-old hoy came to me and asked who
the Federals and rebels were ! I told him that the
g were the Southern people. The little fellow
! puzzled, and after awhile said • Well, papn.
tried to break up the government that the great and
good George Washington made.’ Think of a man buy-
ing books to teach his child a lie. and that he was a trai-
tor and deserved 10 he hanged. Awav with all such!
All I or any Southern man wants is a hook – that will tell
the truth and let the World judge who were traitors,’

J. J. Coulter, Luling. Tex.: ” l> >,.- any comrade know
what became of George Waller, whose home v
Franklin. Tenn.. when the war commenced ‘.’ I saw him
last. I believe it was in 1863, near Knoxville. I do not
know to what regiment he belonged. Of the many good
ladies of Nashville 1 must mention the name of one.
Miss Annie Hell, who, 1 believe to this day. saved my
life by her kindness to me while sick in the Gordon IT >~-
pital at Nashville. A gooi Samaritan was she. Her
home was in Bast Nashville.”

Fred I.. Robertson, editor of the News
Brooksville, Fla,: “] call attention to the mistakes in
yur item ahout Maj. Boswell, of Stonewall Jackson’s
Start. The same volley that shattered lien. Jacl
arm and caused hi- death also caused the death of Maj.
Boswell. IF was shot through the heart. Maj. (.en.
J. J. Dickison commands the Florida C V.,

not the North Carolina veteran in Florida, and I am
Adjutant General of the division.”

W. A Campbell, Columbus, Kiss I notice in July
\x an inquiry from T 0. Aushuts, Jacksonville,

Fla.. as to the when 1 Dr Joseph .’ones, I un-

derstand that he is now Professor of Chemistry in Tu-

‘rlcans*

vofl T0\TBR 7i: MTSOT.I

W. I.. Morrison, Hamilton, Tex ‘ I am an ex-Missou-
rian. 1 enlisted in June, 1861 served in Hunter’s Reg-
is i he battle

whom honor is due,’ and no of that hi I\

flic! I ha\ ■ u did justice to the Third I

Infantry. I belies e tba

“isr. lay, for having drawn in our pickets

on the previous evening with th< n of mas

night march to att Bpringtieli

miles away, and being prevented from marching by the
threat) I to puj

ii was abandoned, we were
surpri-cd at dawn l.y the F v, on

the hi . opened righl in1

camp I \ on with his Westeri men _r the

right of tie I

McCullough thoughl we v md told

Pap’ if he knew what to do. to do The

Third inr right, I I nly

well-armed and dr: ent in the wh nana.

It was commanded by the galls Hebert,

hundi

now that it was not more
than ten minut tied until

a wild yell, tin’ -lope

like a pack of hungry w ‘

1 Miti h troops, captured t he ba1 ‘

al left v k. thus ■ a tempi

damper over the whole yanl
encouraged ours. After that our sorely pi wing

nued to get i iur right

! h we had it ‘ I tumble unl i

k, on what will always be i Hill,”

with Lyon and
glorious victory. I understand that Hani He

it Attukipas. I, a ] would be glad I
something from him in the Veterah concerning his part
in that hattle. 1 was In th

under the brave Col. .1. V. Cockrell. On our i
from that trip we were dismounted, and I tl
iii ( ‘oinpany D, Eleventh R

iri Infantry, till March. 1864; from then until the
surrender at Shreveport, La., in June. 1865 with Com-
pany 1. Green’s Regiment, Marts Cavalry, mak-
ing me over four years in th – Hans will
always be proud that Southern arms never knew defeat
on M’s-onri soil in anything like a g s ment.
Lone live 1 he Veteb w I

342

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

HEROIC CAPT. FRANCIS BDGBWORTH EVB.

A Soi mi Carolina comrade sends an interesting ae-
count “(‘ the above-named gentleman. He is of one of
1 1n- best known Southern families:

£

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<‘a|ii. Eve was born August 15, 1844. As soon ae
Georgia seceded, be lefl Georgetown College, D. C,
where he was in class with Senator Pal Walsh, and on
the 20th Hi’ May. L861, wenl to Fori Johnson, below

Wilmington, mi Cape Fear River, with < !ap1 . .I . P. J b,

from Elzy’s Battery al the Augusta arsenal, to take com-
mand iif thai post and organize and drill companies then
mustering into service. From there he went to Halifax,
N (‘ in join Col. Jones, who bad been promoted to
Lieutenanl Colonel of the Fifth N”. C. S. T., acting Adju-
tant and drilling both officers and nun on parade. Al-
though but seventeen, young Eve was promoted In sec-
ond lieutenant of Company *■’ after the firsl battle of

.Manassas, anil was sent to A-UgUSta to procure a supply

of sinks, knapsacks, haversacks, etc., for the “Bl ly

Fifth.” This he did at liis own personal expense, the
merchants there refusing to credit tin- State of North
Carolina. Well for them thai they refused, I’m’ Lieut.
Eve was never reimbursed by that State.

Indignanl at the promotion over him of a kinsman of

Gay. Ellis “i’ North Carolina, young Eve resigned, hav-
ing been in several engagements with the Fifth X. C. S.
T., and joined the Richmond *’ Hussars,” < lompany A. of

I he tarn i ills ( ‘ol.l> Legion — < reorgia < ‘Ian — nt’ whom Gen.

Hampton said: “It was the besl regimenl in either
army. North or Smith.” Eve was elected captain of a
company raised in Richmond, and bj the advice of his
colonel, P. M. 15. Young, who applied for it as Company
K ut’ his regiment, Capt. Eve mounted forty-three men
at a cost nt over Sl’tl. (1(1(1 al his personal expense.

At Brandy Station, on the 9th of Juno, 1863, in “the
greatest cavalry battle of the war,” Eve’s squadron led
the charge, recapturing Stewart’s headquarters on Fleet-
wood Hill, with only 129 sabers, driving back Kilpat-
rick’e Brigade, composed of the Second and Tenth New
York. First Maine. Firsl Maryland, and a squadron of
District of Columbia cavalry; hut his squadron was lit-
erally cut t.i pieces. I n his ( pany i K i only two men

with their horses escaped scot-free, out ot twenty-seven,
and thirteen horses were killed. He himself was sabered
five limes and k -keel iii the head with a carbine.

Only when wounded was he away from his command.
lie was a favorite witli Gens Hampton, Butler, and
especially Young, who. when ordered to Georgia to pro-
teel the Augusta Powder Works, selected Capt. Eve as
his second in command, and Eve was in command of the
lines from Fra/.icr’s farm In Screven’s Ferry some time
before, and until after the evacuation of Savannah.

The firsl Confederate Cavalry Survivors Association
was formed early in the seventies, of which organization
(‘apt. Eve was elected Firsl Vice President. When they
merged with the presenl Confederate Survivors Associa-

tion. in 1878, he was again elected. lie has been Presi-
dent, l-‘irsi Vice President, and Second Vice President of
the Confederate Survivors Association, being in charge
of his Association at funerals, parades, and meetings
more than all the res) of the officers together. By his
popularity and efficiency he has been kepi in office over
generals and fiold officers. Many members of his Asso-
ciation were under him while bullets tlew thick and fast.
The Captain’s title suits him: He was a “war captain.”
but is not a ” peace colonel.”

M \i.i in ,m i ‘ ‘rnbs, Bryan (Tex. i Eagle, corrects a8 po|.
lows: “In the. I nne V ktk ka.n appears a shorl biography

of (low L. s. Itoss. credited to om- paper, in which there

are some important inaccuracies which have caused con
sidcralile comment among the veterans here. The
article has not appeared in OUT columns within the
knowledge of t he presenl management, as wit nesses hero
contradict important parts of the article and wish it
corrected. The point in question is the alleged capture

of Battery Robinett, which was. in fact, never captured,

and where Col. William Rogers, who was killed in the
fight, buried on the ground by the Federals, and a mon-
ument erected by them on account of his bravery, is
confounded with Gen. Ross. A*o hraver man than Gen.
ROSS can he found, and few with a more brilliant record,
hut he is not a man to take the credit for what he did
not do.” (‘barge error to Veteran. The reporl was
published with other ddta and too much credited, evi-
dently, to the Eagle. Any errors as to lints cheerfully
corrected. This should have been published sooner.

Col. W. A. Smoot writes from Alexandria, Va.: “Otto
W. Godkin is here looking for some information of his
father, Christoph Joseph Godkin, who had been an offi-
cer in the Austrian army. Imt came to Clarksburg, Va.,
some time prior to the war, and from Clarksburg went
to St. Louis. Mo, lie left there in April, 1862, to join
Gen. T. .1. Jackson, and the record states that he was
killed at the battle of 1 lhancellorsville, Va. His son Otto
was very young at the time, and has no information
as to whai command his father belonged or whal became
of him definitely. Any information in regard to him

will he cheerfully received.” Write care Col. Smoot.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

343

THE BRAVE AND TBUE CAPT. 8. J. RIDLEY.

Col. J. L. Power, of the Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss
lias written Gen. S. D. Lee, who Bought information for
the wife of I>r. Nath Gooch, Nashville, of her father.

which is worthy of record here. Mrs. G :h is an active

member of the National Daughters of the < kmfedera
and wrote Gen. Lee that she might the more thoroughly
eetabiish ber meril to membership. Col. Powers writes

Samuel Jones Ridley was a native of Ten
successful planter in Madison County, Miss., when the

war broke out. At the organizati f the first regi-

in. ‘tit of lighl artillery, he < nlisted, March 22, 1862, and
became captain of Company A. an eight -gun battery of
230 men. I think he received the unanimous vote of
company, lie was forty years of age when he enlistt
dark complexion, gray eyes, and six feel three inch’ –

height. lie was a splendid specimen of raauh I, a

typical Southern planter and gentleman. 1 was his first
orderly Bergeant, and sustained thai intimate relation t”
him until promoted to thi adjutancy of the regiment
Be was Loved and respi by every member of the

battery. He was killed at the battle of Baker’s Creek
Champion Hill), and was personally directing thi
firing of hie guns w hen he was shot down. He n mained
on the liill after the infantry Bupporl had retired, when
be and several of his men went down ui terrible

fire of 1 1 nemy.

During the si the Interstate Dairyman’s*

vent ion m t his citj -■■. era I years ago Col C rtie ■•(
Wisconsin, was my guest, and in the courw ow-

versation about war times I learned that it was his
command thai captured thi batti ry He desi ribed the
conduct of the captain a- most heroic, and said that he
won]. I like much to know his nam.’. He was certainly
surprised and gratified when 1 gave him the desired in-
formation.

Capt. Ridley was not I. as Ins daughter has

heard, hut he doubtless would have been had be survived

the hat He oi Baker’ t t ‘reek. His m and his memory

will be cherished by every member of the old battery
until they shall be ordered to meet him on the camping
grounds of lift eternal.

Hon. Prank Johnston, at present Attorney General of
Mississippi, who was an officer in the artillery with < apt
Ridley, writes that when Gen. Granl began his move-
ment against Vicksburg Capt. Ridley’s Battery was
moved from Snyder’s Hint!’ and was with Gen. Pember-
ton’s army in his movement toward Jackson. Two
sections. Hooker’s and Lancaster’s, were left in the in-
trenchments at Big Black; and the other two sections,
Johnston’s and Sharkey’s, under the command of Capt.
Ridloy, went on with the army to Champion Hill, and
participated in thai battle. He continues:

< ‘apt . Ridley was in command of the two sections un-
til twelve or one o’clock of the day. when shortly after
the celebrated charge of the Missouri Brigade one sec-
tion was sent to the extreme left of the Confederate
line, and very soon afterwards Johnston’s section was
ordered to where the Georgia Brigade had given way.
Capt. Ridley, Maj. Anderson, Division Chief of Artillery,
and Lieut. Johnston were with this section.

The guns were placed in action close to the advancing

Federal-, where two regiments were almost immediately
in front of the guns, and tire was opened. The infantry
broke and left the guns unsupported, and though the
guns wcr. worked rapidly, the advance of the Federals
was not checked.

Capt. Ridley was killed at thi- point. All the l>
and all of I he men. except eight or nine had been killed
or wounded. I was afoot, ray horse having been killed.
and was firing one of the guns in place of a wounded
gunner. The Federals wcr, then very near and the tire
severe Maj Anderson was killed at this moment.
Ridley wa- on hi- horse, and I hen called to me to
get the men awav it possible, and turned hi- own horse
■ rid. off, and at that moment was killed, a- was his
‘I’h. advance squads of Federals wen- not
thirty yard- distant, and probably none of the men
would ha’ i
large t imber win. »me shell

Capt. Ridley acted well and bravely throughout the
day. ami was always with that part “thi- fat tery which
was most exposed Mi- pa Hani ry and deal h on tic
aentioned in the “Hi. ial rep. W it hert

S I’ I ■■. on, commanding the army.

I >i\ J. A Rid ” \ broi h-

Ridley, was killed at i he ba
pion 11 ill. Mc-

pherson, of the Federal army, be was aloni

of batl I. M. I’h

impressed with In- heroism that he made an

effort to cheek

ant a man. hut hi

too file. I |c 1

bravery, in illustrating the chars men they

had to contend with.”

THE I VI I ‘ui. \i GUSTUS M. FOl IK

The den hoi’ i-t ii- M I ‘. mte, w hich

at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltira. tly, is

announced Col. 1 I he Mary-

land l iers’ I Ionic at Pikevill

one He I’fi the Home to go to the Johns Hopkins
Hospital, when or two he died of heart trouble.

Ii i i no one has entered the Home as a mem-

ber win. ” rapidly tl in of his brol hi

the cause.

I n his Ii i anker, and soldier. ( ‘ok

Foute w as u idely known in t he Smith He was horn in
Tennessee, was educated at Yale College, and pra
law with his father at Jackson. Mis^,. many years. Two
of his I. rot I mis served a- met iary in dif-

ferent Soul hern Si.

At the Outbreak of the Civil War C”l Foute wa- I
ident ofthe Gayoso Savings Bank, Memphis, Tenn. He
joined the Confederate army and becami colonel on the
statl of (i. n Pemberton,

Aft. r the warCol. Foute engaged in the hanking busi-
ness for ten years with tien. Loring in New York.
Loring afterwards joined the army of the Khedive of
Egypt, and Col route came to Baltimore, where he had
narried to Miss Baltzell. who survives him. Col.
Foute had not engaged in a.ti\e business for some time.
He held a position in the Building Inspector’s depart-
ment under Mayor Hodge’s administration.

Till newly elected ..II, (amp Jeff Davis, Xo.

117. at Goldthwaite, Tex., are L. G. Blackburn, Com-
mander, and M. J. Doyle, Adjutant.

344

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

MRS. CHARLt -TTE 8. BRANCH.

Mas. t ‘iiaki.iittk 8. Hit a n. h died in Savannah, <ia..
October 21, 1894. She was in her eighty-first year.
Hit long and useful life had been spent largely in the
service of others. The News says:

There was no person in the city more widely known

or more highly respected for her many g I deeds and

kindness id’ heart: Eer devotion to tin- memory of the
Confi lead and her solicitude for the survivors

especially well known and the news of her death
will bring Badness to the hearts of many veterans, who
wciv the recipients of kind attentions at her hands.
some u] the field of battle, and who witnessed her de-
votion i” the memory of the heroes of the ” lost cause.”

It was after the Btorm of war had hur-i upon the
country that the qualities of mind and heart which were
destined to make Mrs. Branch noted among her fellow-
townsmen first demonstrated themselves. Her three
eons (John L. Branch. Sanford W. Branch, and Hamil-
ton M. Branch i left for the front with the first company
to leave Savannah — the Oglethorpe Light Infantry,
which had tin- tamed and lamented Bartow for its com-
mander. When the news of the first battle of Manassas,
telling its story of victory and gloiy for the South.
came, it brought with it its burden of sorrow and weep-
ing. Among other brave boys of the Oglethorpe Light
Infantry, who gave up their lives with Bartow on
that bloody field, was .John L. Branch, adjutant of the
Eighth Regiment of Georgia Volunteers. As soon as the
news was received, Mrs. Branch left for the battlefield,
where, in spite of her own great sorrow, she won honor
and renown by her unwearied attentions upon the Con-
federate WOUnded. So Constant was her attention upon
the WOUnded that she won for herself the name of

“Motherof the Oglethorpe Light Infantry.” Her work
was well known, and was frequently mentioned by the
war correspondents.

On her return from Virginia she brought with her the
body of John I.. Branch, which was laid to rest in the
family lot in Laurel Grove cemetery, and since ihen
every token of love and affection has been lavished upon

his grave. Upon Confederate Memorial Day, especially,
the decorations of the Branch lot were famous for their
taste ami beauty, I he miniat ure < !onfederate flags in flow-
era painted upon the laurel wreath at the head of the
tomb being especially noted.

In January, 1891, Sanford W. Branch, the sei 1 son,

and a well-known and (popular citizen, died and was laid
beside his brother in Laurel Grove. Capt. II. XI. Branch
is the only surviving son.

Mrs. Branch was very active in the work of the La-
dies’ Memorial Association, of which she and the late
Mrs. John Williamson were the moving spirits There
was never any danger that any Confederate soldier’s
grave would go without a laurel wreath on Decoration
Lay as long as these two ladies survived. Mrs. Branch
was an active member of the Independent Presbyterian
Church, and took an active part in all its charitable
work, tip which she devoted great energy and tact. Her
kindness of heart and her charitable nature were well
known, and the recipients of her kindness will mourn
her deal h.

Gen. John Boyd reported sometime since the election
of Capt. B. A. Tracy as Adjutant of Camp Roger W.
Hanson, No. 186, Winchester, Ky., Capt. J. L. Wheeler,
the late Adjutant, having gone to his eternal home.

CON F B i > i: i : a T i’. p i . a i , i : i<: xi i n isc i : n < ■ i ■:.

W. I! MiKiNsi. Greenwood, S. C, supplements a sub-
scription Ictier with an interesting reminiscence:

The flags in the last Veteran remind me of an oc-
currence at the beginning of the war that has been ben-
eficial to me ever since. 1 had never been much from
home, and had never -ecu many flags. At our camp of
instruction we got a Ioiijj pole, stripped off the bark.
making it as slick as glass, ami put it in the ground six
feet deep, packed wagon loads of rock around it, and
then hoisted the first Confederate flag 1 ever saw. I
was on guard duty thai day, and on the third relief A
few minutes before my lime to go on duty I concluded
that the flag did not Moat right, and thought I would

tighten the rope a little, when to my astonishment down

came the flag. The officer of the day came up to a-k

wdio tore it down. In confusion and embarrassment I
told him 1 did. IK- wore a large red sa-.li and sword,
and I thought he was the biggest man in the world. It
was Capt. Biauk Harrison, afterwards colonel of my
regiment. IB- said: “As you have been honest enough
to own it. I will give you two hours to put it up.” I
looked up the pole, but 1 could not climb, and it was

about time for my relict to go luty, and] was to stay

on (post two hours. Just then I heard the scigeant or-
der ” Fall in, third relief.” 1 was in more trouble than I
ever was before or since. It’ I had been condemned to
be shot, I could not have felt worse. I ran down to
Lieut. Cothron’s tent to ask him if he would not try to
gel it up for me, and he promised to do so. As I ran
back I met George Bell, and he said he would put it
back for one dollar. He took the flag in his mouth and

started to climbing. My relief had formed and was

starting off. The ground had been cleared up, leaving
blackjack stumps very thick. I kept my eves on Bell to
sec how he was getting on. I would strike a stump and

down I would fall 1 fell several times before I got to

my post, lie climbed the pole, put up the flag, and I
paid him the dollar. Ever since, when I see anything
that don’t float to suit me. I recall the flag at Sandy Spring
and pass on, attending strictly to my own business.

J . M. I ‘hick, Company C, Seventeenth XI ississippi Heg-
tment, Prescott, Ark.: “Permil me t<> offer a slight
correction to Mrs. Belle Lee Parkins’s statement on page
120, April Veteran. She gives the credit of that vic-
tory to the Eighth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth .Missis-
sippi Regiments, when it was the Eighth Virginia, and
the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Mississippi. My recol-
lection is that Gen. Evans, of South Carolina, command-
ed the brigade, which probably accounts for the error

she was aiming to correct.’ [This note was overlooked
at I be proper time. — En,]

A \ ENEB \ BLE Texan, in sending subscript ions for wliicb

he had advanced the money, adds: “My heart is with
you and the cause, bul on account of poor health I can
be of but little service. It won’t be long, according to
the course of nature and surroundings, until 1 shall re-
ceive my furlough and join a large majority of that gal-
lant Southern host of oilier days which has already
crossed the river, and, I trust, been transferred by pro-
mol ion to t he army of heaven, whose Commander, Christ
Jesus, is the I ‘aptain of our salvation, and to whose ranks
none are admitted but the brave, the virtuous, and the
true. To this end, and a reunion with loved ones, will
tin remnant of my days be passed.”

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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PARTIAL LIST OP THE MULTITUDE WHO
ABE HELPING THE VETERAN.

They will cheerfully serve those who apply to them
by Bending subscriptions and advertisements. Friends
will help to till the blanks below and make such additions
as will help the great cause in hand.

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New i .pt. T.W.Gaines

and M Pols.

Ravville T. S. Siiinnierlin

Sbreveport F. C. Marsden

MARYLAND

Anniston I. M. Ledbetter

Athens W. B B

Auburn ‘ ien. .lanes 1 1. Lane

Birmingham.. .8. L. Robertson
Camden I. F. Foster

Carrollton. . .I’ol M 1 , –

F.lwardville

T.D.Grirfie

Elkmont ….
Florence

( in cm ill.-.. .
Hunteville. . .
Jacksonville.

,W M. Bunting
…A. 8. Adams

\V. M. Frskine

.1). /,, Goodlett

Lownd Bboro. .C. D. Whitman
Lower Peach Tree, B D. Portis
Montgomery. . . F. ‘ ■ ■ Browder
Moundville”. .Capt .1. S Powers

I Izford Thomas II. Barry

Piedmont ….M. T. Ledl
Boottsboro. . .tames Btaley, Dr.
Andrew Boyd.

Seale ….P. A. Greene

Sein.a Edward P Gall

Snowdoun J. B. Slaughter

Troj T. M. Mm ,

ARKANSAS.

Arkadel hia 0. C. Bcotl

Bentonville R. J. Laughlin

Boone ville, . ,D. B. Castleherry

Camden Mail G. Smith

Favetteville .Miss V.M.Stone

Helena ‘ ‘■ Bisooe

Mo h e W. P. Lgee

H..t Springs, I ien. J. M. Ilarrell
Huntingdon. .Capt. I B. Lake
Little Rock., .clem McCulloi h

MoiTilltOn W. 8. Manna

Prescott T. F. Burns

Sea rev . Rev. E. C. Faulkner

Springdale Dr. John Young

Van Ruren (‘. W. Lehman

CALIFORNIA.

Santa Ana. Victor Montgomery

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Washington. Miss S. H. Owen,
Miss Carrie \\”il-on, Mrs. Al-
bert Akers, Mr. F. H. Poston,
Mr-. A. T. Buck, Mrs. L. R.
Messenger, Mrs. D. P. Ma
FLORIDA.

Altoona R. L. 1 1

Brooksville .’. W. Gorman

Cantonment L-. McVbv

Chipley R.B. Bellamy

Tampa. J. M Henderson and

.1. \v. Cooley.

Titusville Kev. A D. Cohen

GEORGIA.
Lewi irth . . .J. L. Ionian

Athens… .1 ai t. W. P Welch
Atlanta. . . .Col. John Milledge

\u_Misla 1 M. Stovall

m.. . .Col. II. W. Newman
Carters^ ille. Ma;. A. M Foute

Eagle Cliff W. F. Allison

Batonton Robert Young

P. Wilson

HawkinsviUe. . .D. G. Fleming

l.i ‘ .range J. L. Schatlb

Macon Charles Herbet

Madison Fames ‘ chiles

Pikesville.

…W. M. Pope

MISSISSIPPI.

Booneville D. T. Beall

m

t ville. . William M ‘
rater.. . .W. R. Dougherty

Columbus W. A Campbell

Corinth M 1

Fayette W. I. Stephen

I .< Sapt T. L. Ba
Jacksoi 1 I Kietti

ity. .Mr. 0. B. Quin
Meridian . . . . W I. G

her I

Shannou. . . . J v ‘ larothers

Dtica W. J. Green

Vicksburg D \ < ampbell

West Point \ M chandler

, m V m d “• ‘” Woodville. .’.’.’.’. w K i
Savannah Mrs A.M.H£nes Y aBO oCity….C. J. DuB

Union Point… 1 1 I I’luker
Washington …Miss < 1. Oordes

INDIAN TERRITORY.

Irdmore …. i 1 1 Harry

McAlester. ,0ol R B I oteman

INDIANA.

n\ ille, Frank A. I (wen, Dr.
A.J. Tie. i

KANSAS

Coffey ville …Dr. T. I
KENTUCKY.

A.Iain ill.- Iff B. Stovall

Augusts. . .Col. L. P. Kn

-town … A. B. Baldwin

C. D. Bell

1 to Arrasnuth

-tian
Bowling Green, W. W. Men-
dricka, 3 \ Mitchell.

Brow n-boro.. . . Lemuel Zariug

wile T. B.Clore

klin Dr. L J Jones

i ,,-, rgi tow n.Col \ H Sinclair

Harrodsburg B. W. Allin

Henderson. . s. D. McCormick

Justice James T. < I

Lewisburg.. George T. cupton
Lexington. . . .Gen. John Boj d

Louisville

Newport.. Miss Eleanoi Arnold

Owensboro Wallace Herr

l’a lucab L M. Browne

Paris Joseph M. Jones

Pembroke Isaac Garrott

Richmond Dr. J. M. Poyntz

MISSOURI.

Centralis I. J. Parks

Columbus I: I Renick

Exeter G. G lames

i n City …1. L Williamson

Mnnt-ville.’ G N Ratlin*

Independence. .Schuyler I/>we
.Toplin. Capt /. H. Lowdermilk

Knob >”..-ter. . .! E. Rol

Lamar W L Mack

Lexington, Rev. Tie- M ■

lana . .F T Ml ri«

Moberly R. J. Tait

Odessa.” |i’.

City N M I

Palmyra. K. 1 I

Pearb B, M Skeen

Salisbury Casper W. Bell

Seneca.! J. T. Albert

Rprinirfield.J.Colernan Gardner Pulaski.
St. Louis Prank Pfister ]

NEVADA.
A. C. House

Ely…

NORTH CAROLINA

Asheville. ..Mi^s Ellen Sawyer

Goldeboro B. B. Raiford

Hickory f. G. Mall

Raleigh

Salisbury Cicero R, 1

Statesville P.C.Carlton

Wayneeville.Ool.G.W Clayton
Wilmington, Col. W. L. De-
Rosset, Rev. A. D. McClure.

Clevela Dr S. M Day

( iolumbia ….< !ol. H. G. Evans
and Lj acta Perry

Culleoka

Dickson Col. W. J. Mathis

Dresden. Dansil

lurg, L. Hughes and v\ < ‘
\i\

Eagleville D.J. < »wen

Enon ‘ vne

Erin . I I Bunnell

I . -i i- I’each

Franklin 1. II. White

L. S Bvbee

n T. – Vinson

■ tt-vill.-. B.F. Myers

! I

Gowei Brot hers

Greenville I M I

i ille

Humboldt

Huntingdon K. B. IS

I Kierolf

Knox ville. . . .< lharlea Duclonx

i \ Meaeham

.Capt W ‘ ■ l.ovd

Livingston I , W. ( lhapin

I i i M..tlow
II. J M .. I’li.irman

Martin tame- Hardeman

McKenrie Dr. J P Cannon

Mem i nazier,

\F- k i ■ J. L.

‘ rd.

MtP Long

Murft fudge W. 8. Mo-

ore.

John W. Ashcraft
Porter. II. E. .lobe
.1 T Bill
…. I M Bnncfi
Rankin – D B. B Melm

Riddleton. . ..W. W. F.-rgusson
Sadleravil • oliele

Sharon E T. 1 1

Shelbvville W. 8. Bearden

So’th Pittsburg, Peter Bradshaw

Auror ‘ • W Watkins

amp. .Rev. LT ‘..,.„lloe

■ thlehem. . ,C. J. Matcher

Water. . . .W. T Lenoir
Tennessee Ridge, D. W Wilson
Tracy City 1 LI bona

Trent R. J. Hew

Trezevant in Wingo

Tullahoma W .1. Travis

Newtiern.

J. W.
Pike ville. . .

Fernandina…… …… … .’. RusBellville. ..Maj. J.B. Briggs

Win – ton Wartrace. .’.’.’.’.’.James Arnold

Inverness W. C. Zimmerman
Jacksonville. . W. D. Matthews

Lakeland

Leesburg. . . .Capt. J, B. Milam

Marianne lohn W. Pooser

Milton. . Thomas B. Brasheare

Monticello W. G. Denham

Ocala, Mrs. Gen. J. J. Dickieon,

William Fox.

Orlando W. Cart Johnson

Pensacola. .Gen. George Ree>e

Plant City F. W. Merrin

Sanford Otis S. Tarver

St. Augustine, J. A. Enslow, Jr.,

and D. L. Dunham.

Slaughtersville, Capt. A. Tinder
Smith’s Grove. .T. 1″. McDaniel

Stanford T. J. Matcher

Sturgis John W. Dver

Tolu Dr. A. 8. H. Boyd

OKLAHOMA.

Oklahoma City, John 0. I
Norman .J. EL Trimble

SOUTH CAROLINA.
Aiken Capt. B. H. Teague

1 T I. Lanier

Winch. -t: r. Dr. T. C. Murrell

W Hand Mills T. II. C.

Low Qsbrough.
Woolworth T. A. Bunnell

Versailles .- Charleston.. .James G. Holmes

Winchester.. Cant B. F. Curtis Columbia. . .Capt. A. P. Brown

Louisiana. Darlington Antelope..

Arcadia. . ..Rev. t i N. Clampitt Edgefield. ..Capt. (ieo. B. Lake \

Baton Rouge Greenwood, W. R. McKinney,

Berwick F. O’Brien R. S. Sparkman.

Jackson Hibler L. P. Harling

LakeClmrles. .Dr. W. A. Knapp Manning I. T. Stukes

and E. H. Burleson. Marion

Mansfield, Dr.W. X. Cunningham Orangeburg.

TEXAS.

Alvarado L R. Posey

.T. T. Chi
.G. w. w

Austin Charles S. Morse

Athens W.T. Eustace

ett D. B. F. Belk

Belcherville J. C. Bilbo

.E. D. Gasque Belt/m, H. M. Cook, H. E. Brad-
. .T. 0. Hubbell ford, R. H. Turner.

Tallahassee Morgan City. James M. Fraser Pinopolis Dr. R. Y. Dwight Bonham.

.J. P. Holmes

346

CONFEDERATE VETERAN

,. .lack Grove. ..Be B.F.

Stephens.

Brazoria.. William Fort Smith

Bryan. …Gen. II. B. Stoddard

i rt…C W. HiggiuuotJioui

lian M. M I

(‘allien Tom ( ‘lark

< ledar Creek . A. D. Alexander

■ r Point D. G. Ii

Chico Capt -I. I’. Editing

.’. R. Allen

M.s. Kahle

W. W. Hill
I. .1 I

Childress
irne ,

Man .

mbia

nche I. A. lliilinaii

– Prank Edwards

Mir Col. M. I’. Sellars

Er.. D.J. Wilson

El Paso l»r. W. M. Yan.lell

rg I. W. Bowers

i .11 I “rrest

Fort Worth, Col. J. W. Friend,

Eugene Burr, C. W. Peabody.

Forney T. M. Daniel

Gainesville I. M. Wright

Galveston < ‘. Washington

sville. . ..I»r. W. E. Brown

Glen Rose B. F. Roberts

Goldthwail Whitaker

Gonzales H. L. Quails

Graham, A. T. Gay andJas.M.
Wood

Grand View < ‘. C. Hatfield

< rreen\ ille \. II. Ilelher

Hamilb m . . .< la] >l . W. T. Saxon

Henrietta I. (‘. Skipwith

Holland I.G. Pike

Honey Grove. ..J. I.. Bal linger

II lUStOD .. .Capt Will Lambert

Kaufman Dan < tollman

Kemp J. A. Watkin-

Killeen T. F. Prewit

J-a I (range I:. II. Phelps

Lampasas, Judge D. C.Thomas

Luling r. J. Coultei

Martin lohn M. .lolly

Memphis G. W. Tipton

Mexia I. W. Simmons

MUford

Montague II. II. Wagner

Mt Vernon W. I

Paint Jiock W. I M

Parie …..( len. John W. W

Poi try 8. J. Nash

Richmond.. Mrs. W. IV Smith
v :.ll . . . I »r. II. w. Manson
San \nt rnio, Mrs. E. Aliens-
worth.

Seguin E. S. Carpenter

Seymour T. II I I

nan Dr. .1. T. Wilson

an.l Dr. G. B. Staples.
South Prairie, W. II. Whitmire

Tehuacana H, A. Boyd

Travis E. Perkins

Terrell Vic R. -inhar.lt

Tyler Tames P. Douglas

Van Alstvne .1. W. l’attie

Veto \. F. Anderson

Wa.„ W.C.Cooper

Waxahachie Hvam I lohen

Weat herford . .< !eo, I .. Gi is© im
Whitesboro, Dr. W. A. Darnall
Will’s Point.. ..W. \. Benham
Wrightsboro, I » r- . W.H. Finney

VIRGINIA.

Charlottesville, 1 •r.J.Wm.Jones

Culpeper, Miss Minnie I.. Hill
Fredericksburg, Mrs. .1. .\. Bar-
ney.
Harrisonburg. …I.ilin 1-‘.. Kaller
Lynchburg. …las. Franklin, Jr.

Norfolk S. A. ICtheridge

Portsmouth J. Thos. Dunn

Radford R. II. Adams

Richmond. . .Col. T. P. Pollard
Strasburg.Prof. J. B M.-Inturff
Wellington, MissSue M. Monroe

West Point W. W. Green

W i 1 1 iamsl iur.’. Capt . 1 1. T. Jones
WEST VIRGINIA.

( Sharleston. . . .C. L. Thompson

Huntington

Roinney, William Montgomery

The good news baa been seal out that Mjre. V. Jeffer-
son Davis bag succeeded in getting possession of her

book, although -lie loses in royalty. The Veteran will
bo diligent to announce a new publisher and terms of
her valuable and delightfully interesting work in the next
issue. Tin’ ” Short History ” by Mr. Davis is perhaps the
mosl valuable history of the war that ever has been or
over will be printed. It was written after his” Eise and
Pall .if the Confederate States, having the advantage
of his ripest experience, and extended years of medita-
tion and experience. Concerning the hoik be wrote:

My next purposi itry and d. •■

Si in i h. rn people mi theii i. -I. , iniw thorough ■■■ i their con vie-

tio the justic. ol th. i i i ■ . thai by their humanity to the .. led

and cap*: v. they pi worth) descendants ol ohl i alric

-.-. I.. 1 1 :u in\ mi aded

Pennayirania by their ih.-ir morality, and <il>-

servanc. of civilised war thej were entitled to the confidence and

akind

in ;i— i i fin:- On t Ion it has not been my wish to incite to its

exercise. 1 i ■ e fact that the war showed it to be impracticable ;

but tins did n”i prove it to be wrong; and now Unit a may ool I”- again at-
tempted, and that the Union may promote the general welfare, a is needful

that the tn th- >the whole truth si Id be known, bo thai crimination and

. . and then on I he basis of tratern

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the book alone is $5. While the edition lasts this book-
will he sent postpaid to any one who will send 810 for
ii n subscribers, Renewals may be included.

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The extraordinary growth of the Veteran and its
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risibility. Its rapid growth of circulation has ex-
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together with the advantage taken by a large number
win. received the Veteran a year and a half for fifty
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‘I’ii every person win. will remit Ten Dollars by Janu-
ary, 1895, as a loan, returnable in rive years without inter-
est. I will give free subscription during the interim, for
the interest on the $10. < me thousand of such patriots
would supply a cash fund of SI 11,000, which would give
strength and influence tar beyond what may be imag-
ined. With this extraordinary indorsement, the Veter-
an would be conspicuous among American periodicals,
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There would never be a need, perhaps, of using more
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and large special contracts for engraving would be of

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the publication. In brief, the offer is that to those who
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vening to any desired address. For fifty or one hun-
dred dollars by pal riotic friends, proporl i.uial obligations
would be given.

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by appeal to friends who have not thought ofthe Veter-
an, but would give the use of ten dollars to oblige t hem.

There is much anxiety aboul true history, and more
can be done in I his way than has ever yet been done for
the South. Hence, patriotic consideration should impel
a thousand to investigate the merit of this otter.

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months ago, sent renewal and thirty-seven new subscribers,
paying the full price for all.

How easy it would lie to give the Veteran 100,000
subscribers! Now, while it is so universally popular
will not its friends rally to its superb establishment?

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

347

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ”PO
THE IT 1. 1. M.W MONOPOLY.

si\, i pi ace is resit ired after the great
strike, and the poor laborers for the Pull-
man Oar Company, who were unable to
hold out against the combined railroad
management, representing over two bil-
lions of dollars, have gone back to work,
more cowed I nan Blavee of the South in
olden time?, it seems right and wise to
note here the report of the commission-
ers made November 12 t” President Cleve-
land, which is of great length, and seems
perfectly fair.

Prefatory, the insolence to the Bouthern
people by Pullman’s General Superin-
tendent, Mr. Garcelon, through the Lgent
of the Bouthern Pn iation, ap-

pointed to promote the Davis Monument
movement, is here given. The writer
was made such general agent unsolicited,
and the railway Presidents generally in
the South complimented him with annual
passes. A special trip »a< made to Chi-
cago, With a letter to Vice Pri
Wickes from B personal friend of Ins, who
was high in railroad association; but Mr
Wickes was absent, and the suggestion
was adopted to call upon Supt Qaroelon.
ood credentials as could be dt

ni’ir sent to him. After long delay at the

first clerk, admittance wa~ given to an-
other official farther bark in the Pullman
building. Tien another series of ques-
tions was propounded, when he retired

for a conference, which was long contin-
ued between that subordinate and the Su-
perintendent. \t length information was
returned that no favor would be granted.
In reply to a request that he be allowed to
see Mr. Garcelon in person, that distin-
guished privilege refused. Then.
as s final test, request was made for e trip
pas- to I ‘alias. Tex., anticipating a differ-
ent report upon the return of Mr. Wickes,
and that too was refosed. Oorrespon
was afterwards had with Mr. Wickes, and
he was very courteous, but no favor was
ever granted. No concession was ever
made from the high schedule rate.

The next thing known of the company
management was the reported contribu-
tion of $75,000 by its President to a polit-
ical campaign fond. Then, ‘again, the

offer of Confederate Veterans to enlist for

the purpose of maintaining the commer-
cial relations of the country and the pro-
tection of the Pullman property. Confed-
erate veterans are law-abiding and want
peace, if they must help fight that it be
secured and maintained. Since peace has
been restored has anybody beard of con-
cessions of the Pullman Company? Has
it a record of more courteous considera-
tion for employees?

Pretty

Face

ARE ALWAYS SIEN
WHEN LADIES USE

LlVURA OINTMENT

A TOILET LUXURY

FFAGRANT WITH

ATTAR OF ROSES

Thousands of women have used it with

marked success in nil skin troubles I sc
it and have a face fair as the Illy. Not
a drop of oil in it. Will not stain the
clothes. Unsurpassed for Meat Rash 1st
Children.

. . – PRICE 35 CENTS.

^k limit

I

W THE UVURA MFG. CO.

N ASMVPLLE . T[NN

Taking up thi I the Pullman

Palao ■ • mpany, thi I the

commission si

This i- a corporation I in

186V with a capital of It

row n until its ]•’. 1 up

capital i- $36, 1,000. It- pros]

has enabled tie > twenty years

to pay two pei ■ terly dii i li

and in addition to lav up a surplus of
nearly (25,000,000 of undivided proi

Again, speaking of the result ot

Pullman system and its growti

” When the depression of i

morally calling for mutual con©
to wages, ! we find on thi

Bide S very wealthy and unyielding cor-
poration and on I I a multitude of

employes ol . excellent char-

acter and skill, but without local at
melds or any interested responsibility in

the town, its business, tenements, o-
roundings. . . . While reducing >•
the Company made no reduction in rent-.

Its position is that the two matter!

distinct and that none ol the rea-ons
urgi d as justifying wage reductions by it
as an employer can be considered by the
company as a landlord. The redui
at Pullman after September, isn;;, were
the result of conferences among the man
agers; the employes for the first time

knew of them when they took I

The oompanj baaed it- entire conti i
as to every department upon the fact- in
reference to car building, to which we
have alluded, and offered to show it-
books and figures as to the cost and sell-
ing prices of cars. This offer, on account
of the strike intervening, was not acted
upon. Had it been, it would have only
resulted in figure. 1 : to car building con-
tracts. The purpose of the management
was obviously to rest the whole matter

upon cost, etc., in its most crip-

pied department, excluding from consid-
eration the fact and repair

department. The men at Pullman claim
that; the company during 1898 94 set the

-■ i that with their forced li
an average mat in little more

than the ‘ the

any. The company allege- that it

simply readjusted piecework pi

the i if the tin. wit-

;r that at times for the work

done in they received in

over

and above theii rent. The company
not produce I it- checks in rebuttal.

th of this

si. m testifj with one

milliot tock

f the

fter i harg-

ing the limit price for travel, i

■ rvice run
down so thi

Pulhi ally.

The | ouch

ily, and thi i con-

ditioi rred that a preacher wa«

luxuriating in a Pullman car and glad the
two dollars, as it kept awayob-
ind a poor < hi
oi, who had given him one ..f her
two mil”- and to pay for

a bi ‘th in : hed in an

untidy seat ‘if a oar ahead.
Let the

shows

‘ working that

luxury be assessed at one dollai

eople

at least -hoiild let the Pullman ears alone

in the day, and they- -latesoas

mpel cone,
tion for the privileges thi

Railroads have usually been liberal to
the press, but the Pullman i ompany has
rarely performed any shari
other concern di | IpOH the public

for patronage that b i nt of

i and just regard for the public “el-
fare. Mah th* « in
proportion as they tax people who
obliged to patronize them your
tor about this.

Tin: President/if the United States pro-
claims Thursday, November 29
for Thanksgiving, saying: “The American
people should gratefully render thanks-
giving and praise to the • Ruler
of the universe, who has watched over
them with kindness and fostering care

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

during the year that has passed. They
Bhoaldalao with humility and faith sup-
plicate the Father of all mercies for con-
tinued blessings according to their needs,
and they should by deeds of charil
the favor of the < river of every good ami
perfect gift.”

NORWOOD INSTITUTE.

Mas. Will iam I >. I nda out a

circular in which she describes the New
Borne of Norw 1 Institute at Washing-
ton City: “The boarding department has
been removed from 1407 Massachusetts
Avenue to 1435 K Street, opposite Mc-
Pberson Square. The One brown-stone
mansion, built for his own use by ex-Sen-
ator T. \V. Palmer, of Michigan, has been
altered, enlarged, and adapted to the ex-
press uses of Norwood Institute, and is
admirably fitted with all modern im-
provements; steam heat, elevator, several
bathrooms on each lloor, and a perfect
System .if sanitation.

The location, between Vermont Ave-
nue and Fifteenth Street, is oneofthe most
convenient and choice in Washing!. in, in
close proximity to the Arlington, the
Shorehain, the Normandie, the Cochran,
and other leading hotel-. The “iitlook
from the different stories of the massive-
ly constructed house is very beautiful,
extending over McPherson Square, La-
fayette Park, the White House grounds

and all the finest portions of the city.

The school lias a large and exception-
ally able corps of tea. -hers. It prepares

for any of the colleges for wo D, and it

confers a diploma of very high grade.

In a carefully prepared paper upon the
modem languages, setting forth the rea-
sons for making them an especial course
in Norwood Institute, Mrs. Cabell states:
” 1’ioperly treated, the study of a i loin

language educates to perfection the facul-
ties of reflection, observation, discrimina-
tion, critical analysis, compai ison of ideas,

recognition of what i- good taste, expres-
sion, and memory. One of tie strongest
arguments in favor of giving preference
to this line of study is the economy of
time. Besides the mother tongue, one
language, at least, can be acquired with
little effort, before the child is old enough
to appreciate the value of its acquisition.

It is truly a pregnant subject for reflec-
tion that a little girl can learn to speak,
read, and write fluently and correctly her
English, and cither French or German,
before she has struggled through the dif-
ficulties of her elementary arithmetic.
Children generally begin a modern lan-
guage in our schools at the age when they
should have overcome its greatest difficul-
ties. There is really no reason why every

TO HONEST AGENTS!

Excelled by None

For .-“mil” rears I
have been a seven

_ _, ‘ • ‘ lS”i the (■• \t /-./,;.- i.h g-.rt/, for the teot-le an J

In. ili-ln. Bo IDUCh SO piblu good, and In mi. m a war that Uify will

Unit I could net at- c ” u “° ue ™aki n? it as lontr as thej livt, with the

iVfl … i .„ _- k. same people. K O. is an absolute and positive

<i)j tend to my business necessity that the people must have, no matter

•£/ ami was confined to ‘”‘”‘ l,,w ,he Price ot wheat or silver. / have

*S the house for waaL-q “*’■•'”> “:”” ” rr ‘”•’*•’ I f*. and humd

i nuns, ior weeks making <so ,„ ;>1 -g out of iktir

■ -» ^ ^. .11 . i time. 1 was ail- h,<mes. I conduct mr business i, no agency man

‘ Vised to try Hood’s docs ‘ and P rote ct my au-ents in a permanent busi.

“jf “\tSi* since i commenced ^^^r” • .VHITTilr ” i_

„ ,. ,.’.,- to take tue medicine. ■/ ■ M “%

Mr. C. -.King lam now well and «# ‘ ■ ■

stroDgagaln. Hood’s Sarsaparllla is truly ‘ex- W 1 W

celled by tiouo.'” C. F. Kim;, Verona, N.J. w “” ■ i— n ■ ^^^

Hyv^.4)e, cv Bemem hW, I have no time to re^d the letters of idle cari-

Oflfl ^ Sarsa- Mlty chaps, or Panl Prys. so five the name* ol

V/V/VI ^ five references and inclose 10 cents for me to find

______ itavillfT oal wboan d what vou are bed re giving you my

iVn^t /JUTllia terms to agents. Circulars sent free to all appli-

r> s^B c ants. / mani an agent in every locality; elderly

Juc sure to cet m \\ ff^C mcn ” r womcn are best.

HOOD’S Wry^X? THE0, N0EL < GE0l °g ist ‘ Chica g0. HI-

Hood’s Pi ll s euro all liver ills. i!5c. ACROSS THE CONTINENT.

American girl of good intelligence and NoETHBEN OB Sol iiikkn.

fair educational opportunities should not Whichever it be, the speediest, safest

possess, on leaving school, a ■■ 1 knowl- :1,ul ”>’ f ‘ ,r “”‘ n ” , ~ , delightful way is via

edge and use of thr ; lour languages ” ™ S< ?£ tne ™ ^ iflc f?™” t Route, on its

– “* magnificent sohd vestibuled flyer, “Sun-

ONE HONEST M \\ set limited,” the unbeaten king of the

Dear Editor: Pleaseinform yourreaders ‘^L gf n w JE*3 *£*& ,ak ,” .l h ]” «'<>«■

that if written to confidentially I will ” ,. ■ ■ ‘.” Fath ?r° f . Wate ™ to

mail, m a sealed letter, the plan pursued “„ ‘ : “” 1 “‘ ” v “‘, “”‘ r”””‘ r ‘;|”;’ J 001 *. ‘

by which I was permanently restored … |,la ‘” H? !” ,: “” hfta S1 ” ,K> ‘” rt ‘ ””,”

health and manly vigor, after years of “”‘■ V thoBe ”” “T’ .P leaBnW8 °* .”&

suffering from nervous weakness i.l, fi^JK f£ . e n x ^ ed ‘” “,”- ,r **«&»

losses, and weak, shrunken parts. ” ‘ “ustran, n^e up ofhlghest class

I have no scheme toe-tort nioneviVo.,, , , I1 “‘; , ! , ;, , I r ””•'”-•!•■””;; coaches and sleep-
any one r hoii.soever. I was robbed and ‘ : “”‘ “■ ‘” ” V .” “”‘ ‘”‘”i 11 ” 1 “-‘””” ”
swindled by the quacks until I nearly tost SSS^l-S- ^SSn 1 ^’ “ft*”*
faith in mankina, but thank Heaven, I ‘ ^pP , V l’ ” t , “v”” : ” 2 T
am now well, vigorous, and strong and IU1 • l ‘” ‘” l: – v “” .””.’l””‘-‘- Noy.-inber 1
anxious to make this certain means of ^””>\ ^ ; .”^” « *« :l “‘ 1 °f hai
cure known to all ‘laysandsan Francisco in three and one-
Having not), in. to sell or send (‘. (). D !’,””,”‘ “Ti “”‘”””‘ V””! 111 “‘ : “” 1 “,, “” ry

I wantn. money* ‘ th j ‘ ^.unsurpassed. An unusually ex-
Address ” i,,,,. u \ ii,,.,., ceUent dining service may also be had in

o <K hi • (,: , tho dining car, which formsa part of this

Box138 – Delray, Mich. ,,,,,,, Mln ,. h;ls „,, luxi , ry is ‘ the only

JusticeW. A. Johnson, of the Kansas Su- “” r(1 tna * wi ” lllllv describe the appoint-

preme Court, alter hearing the judiciary ! m 7 ,N “‘, ‘; s “”r’ !■ !'”” i !”’ i < V ‘ or •!'”‘ ‘””””

,. r ;t;„; „ i e <• i ■__. forts and hospitalities it offers its guests,

criticised for using free passes, deeded to .;„ West only i, v the Sunset Route.

use them no more. He explains:

While I think there is no inherent Thb card of Charles A. Baldwin & Oo, ‘

wrong in the use of pass,- as they have Wand 42 Broadway, New York, will at-

been given in this stale, and that no hon- ”’•”” attention throughout the South. Mr.

est judge is influenced by such favor- I foshua Brown, an associate, is from Nash-

shall certainly decline the use of them, by nll V im ‘ Mr Kl “- is ‘””” Charleston,

the use of recently expressed objections Southerners who have occasion to do busi-

to their judiciary, thai com-,, seeming to “‘” s ‘” tl ” 1 “‘ ‘””‘ wi ” r,, ‘. v implicitly upon

be the one that “will surely gjiard agaSisI tne,r -“””‘ l: “”‘ al “‘ reliability.

any loss of perfect Con I’n lei Ic- in . mr coin ts. ‘

LIFE OF STONEWALL JACKSON. 13 1G A/OA/^T

Mas. M.wtv Ann v .1 m kson, nl 507 W’e-t …PAID TOR…

Trade Street, Charlotte. \. c, ,- gelling fnnfPflprnlp If

the remnant of her hook published bv “UlllullUI UIU LI

Harper * Bros, and maiiing them at her JSS^^SSTfSSS^T-

home for y.. Send for il. Box 435, ATLANTA, GA.

CHARLES A. BALDWIN & CO., \ •^^^^^■^^^^^^■■&»

‘ MR. JOSHUA BROWN, Mgr. Cotton Department.

BANKERS, ( COL. OEORQE K. WRJOHT, Southern Represen-

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:A9

POLK MILLER is O iMING
On Decembei LO and 11 Polk Miller, a
Confederate Veteran who ia still “one o(
the boys” in life and homoi Pret ident of
a drag company in Richmond, also I
denl of the Virginia Field Bportsman’B \–
sociatimi. and whose rand of hnmor i« in-
exhauRtible, expects to be in Nashville.
He coi monstrnte that “there us

life in the old land yet.” He “ill
his “old banjo,” and as rich :> feaal at can
be furnished” of “good times long
Let no other enRagement prevent the go-
ing back a nighl nr ao to the beel
the people of ” Dixie land ” evei ura
Don’t fail to see, hear, and greet him,

tin one of the evenings Fot Nashville,
Mr. Miller will be al Prio – I ollege, an.l
the next give an entertainment compli-
mentary to the Vjbti ban.

Readers of the Voter is can’t bel]
ing the Buperb space occupied by Draugh-
on 8 Business College in this issue. Sit
“guarantee proposition” is quite remark-
able, and hie offer to send his 120 page cat-
alogue free gives an opportunity for stu-
dent.* to learn for themselves fully all the
particulars concerning his methods, i

NEW ROUTE TO FLORIDA.
Thr railroad map has changed, and the

Western and Atlantic railroad, always
alive both in its own interest and to the
comfort of the traveling public, is in
tion this Beason to extend to the Florida
tourist the most desirable route ever en-
between Nastn i lie, Chattanooga, At-
lanta, and Jacksonville rhe new route
is via Nashville, Chattanooga, at

– railway system; the Central rail-
road, from Atlanta to Macon; the Georgia
Southern and Florida railroad, from Ma-
con to Tif’ton, and the riant Bystem from
Tifton to Jacksonville.

Pass cnger Agenis havecoveted fbryt ars
the opening of the Tifton route, on account
of short mileage and excellent equipment.

President Thomas, of Nashville, ( ‘hat-
tanooga. and St. Louis Railway and the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, is to he

congratulated upon the opening of the

Tifton route, and the cordial relation

which he has established between his
lines and the Plant system.

Mr. Charles E. Eiarman, ( leneral Passen-
ger Agent of the Western ami Atlantic

Railroad, is delighted with the change.
Atlanta Constitution.

^O V

A*. ^r.\.^

SOUTHERN WAR SONGS,

Camp-Fire, Patriot’c and Sentimental.

•i:urnfnt in farm- of thiv I he pre-

sented than that given by the compiler in his preface, at

” The ivar tongs of the South are a fart of the hi’tory
ef the Lost Cause. They are *

historian in forming a correct estimate of the A nimus of
the Southern people.

” / fictional literature U always n ■ orre( t er/>onrnt of
‘ – ntiment, and these srngs index the fSa

cent* rj the South at the time they were Wl

Great care has been exercised in the preparation of this
volume. The engravings are of the very best, the typo-
graphy of the finest.

It is a brv’lt which every Southern man or woman should
possess. The price is reasonable enough !■• perm |
being in every household. It is especially adapted for
Birth Day or Holiday Presents.

Jt in a

Work of \<nrl}f 400 Pape-*, frofu*rlv>
Uluftrat^tf,

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Cages with a targe number of illustrations and is elegantly
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. of whicb there art great numbers on all
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HR HAD. It teUfl b< W to make Bread of all kinds,
and gives numerous ways of preparing Yeast. Numerous re-
1 making Rolls, Biscuit*, Crumpets, Sallv
B ,’,..■ i* Cakes, Muffins,

Gf.ms. Waffles, P r tfs, Fritt ph. Mush, Gr!t=., et< . SOl’PS
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inc and Frying Meats of all kinds. It gives the best
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and description of a Smoke House* POl T LTRY.-lt tells
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of cooking the same are given, as well as for Gave. SALADS.
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KGGS- Numerous ways of preparing Eggs are given, includ-
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OMS, etc. CAKE MAKING*-^ Recipes for
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son, Charlotte, N. C. — and by S. A.
Cunningham, Nashville. Tenn.

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… P6NTIST, …

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REGISTERED DISTILLERY,
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T

R. B. HAYDEN & GO.,

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BarD6r,F6rri6ll&60., Distillers,

HOBBS, KY.

Address Telegrams Bardstown, Ky.

MR. R. B. HAYDEN,
the Originator of

“OLD GRAND=DAD,”

was for fifty years a distiller in Nelson County, Ky., and his surviving
partner, Mr. Ferriell, continues to superintend the manufacture of this
noted brand of Kentucky whisky.

To Druggists Wanting a

… PURE, A.RTICLB …

For Medicinal Uses

we can confidently recommend our brand as being
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It is of the old-fashioned kind, such as made Kentucky whisky famous.

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■ 1 « ith either cam as 01
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■2 !»4 ly

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and free sample to MARTIN RUDY, Regis-
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gists everywhere. 60 cents per box.
Spurlooli-.Vea] Co.;
nnd J?erry. OemoWHe #V Co.,
M’/io/eso/e Auenfs, Nashville. Tenn.
7 M. Ij

‘lv Assistant
wardsposl Sara* my, and latei

geon Britif rears’

experieii ■

win welcome th< afflicted at i

flees, wh> ■

– 1 -■
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Dr. MATTHEW BENRY KOLLOCK
Treats Saccessfnlly
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niTinnu Dyspepsia, Bronchitis, Asthma, treated
uAlflnnlt 1>t latest hospital methods

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I inirn nil] receive special and careful treatment
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WRITE your troubles if living away fr I
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DR. KOLLOCK,

6l3Gk«rchSt. NASHVILLE, TfcNN.

DOLLARS.

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M ■■« CAI APIPC 1” ,: UJ

CIAL,r»IVIL,o

i lalifying in Shorthand, Type*

iftM.«w. and

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young ladies and e’-n’Vmen here now, Jo
ough our infli
No failure if 1 and matron

httes,
urse.

Best Teachers and Best Positions.

LATE FNinsn t wu.f testimony OH
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‘I’ll, date i”t ‘In’ Houston reunion ia to be fixed by
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Early notice will lie given in the Veteran,

The engraving of the little child on tin- fronl pag
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Washington, daughter of Son. Joseph E Washington,
member of < ‘onjrress from Tenn. –

The management of the Missouri Confederate Home
will issue its annual report in January, Prom advance

– it is appan nl thai th< Home is in every way sue-
il. On hi- recent visit to Higginsville, (Jen

don said that ii- -\-tem of management was the best

that he had seen. The Home ha- a very rich ami well-
t tiled farm.

Semi in promptly tor binders it wanted. Red cloth
are lo he furnished for 4»i cent-, or .?1 iill with renewal;
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The supply of hinders as proposed is not tor profit,
hut to oblige patrons. They cannot he furnished at the

– named except in large quantities, and if orders
are insufficient tin’ money will he refunded.

Please write at once, if you want either kind.

Some unknown friend has supplied the VETERAN two
years with the daily paper reports of the proceedii
the Grand Army of the Republic. The Indianapolis pa-
pers came each day. and the Pittsburg papers were all
received at one time.

” Johnson City, Tenn., November 12. 1894.— Camp Gren.
John B. Gordon of Confederate Veterans: “Be it re-
solved that this Camp hereafter recognize the Confed-
erate Veteran, published by 8. A. Cunningham, of
Nashville, Tenn., as our official organ.” Adopted. W.
\. Kite, Adjutant.

Mr. Isaac Litton, the venerable lather of veterat
iUe, was buried by the Frank Cheatham Bivouac

He died the Friday pre-
viou- at hi- country pla ity He had well

advanced into lo- eighty-third year, hi- birth being Jan-
uary MO. 1812, in Dublin, Ireland, hn I his parents brought
him to Nashville in 1-1- Be was sixty years a Metfc

M – a, |

ii Hi- bom mfiscation

methods, « Inn he returned home on parole at the end of

the war. There were at the funeral nearly a- main

a- In’ was yean old Services at lenoe

were , i by three clergymen, and at the grave

the formal beautiful burial service was performed by his

lly a half mile long.

The Charleston, 8 C, branch of the National Daugh-
f the Confederacy, having ber 2<i

their anniversary, held their first an-
niversary meeting on that day. in the hall of the ‘
Una Rifles, which tl q have mi eounly

i at their dit – tor their

meetings. The ..ti d tor the coming year

ai • President , Mrs. An l Smytl

Mrs Alfred Rhett, Mr- Asbury Cowai
Bponding Secretary, Mi– Martha 1′. Wt Re

cording Secretary, lira Edward I.’ Miles; Trea*
M rs. Prai i Parker ‘ • Rov

signed; Historian, Mra Langdon Chevea Our organi-
zation is still in its infancy, hut the welcome it l

Ceived from the W b0W8 thai the

in. iin -till wain, n “in

– whilst the cherishing loyalty to

nion. of which we form a part A
olution wa- passed adopting tie

as the organ of our Association, the members fully sym-
pathizing with the valuable work done by this magazine,

and wishing to give all the aid in their po
ble influence.

BISHOP QUINTARD Will. WRITE \ BOOK.

mber 19, 1894.— My Dear Mr. C: 1 have been

persuaded into writing a I kl “Othal mine enemy

would write a book.” Ii is 1 collections

of a Chaplain in the Confederate Army. ‘ 1 am most
anxious to gel “my boys to loan me such records as
they may have, or any anecdotes or incidents they may
have recorded on the tablets of memory or have written
down mi paper. Will you kindly call attention to this
in this Veteran? Yours mosl truly, c. T. Quintard.

:;;,!

Confederate l/eterai?.

AN [NCIDBNT OF BATTLE.

BY MBS. MAY M. ANDHBBON, NA8HVU

A drummer boy Cell in heal o( battle,

‘ inly a lad in a suit of gray,
1 1 1- heard the shoots and the musketry’s rattle

< ivi-r the field where the wounded lay.
N.. ..in- could help while the- -mi- were raking

Meadow and wood with their leaden hail;

las charged and our linee an- breaking ‘

I’ll.- day is lost ‘ ” was his bitter “ail.

II.- closed in- eyes whili ii..- siiock and thunder

i if awful carnage was opened anew,
Then fainted away. Was ii any wonder,

When another bullet had pierced him through?
II. ■ roused at last. an. I tin- lal.- of battle

Again had changed, for he heard the frav
In the « 1 beyond, with the ceaseless ml

‘ ii -la. i am I -hell in their deadlj play.

His lips were parched and hi- throat was burning i
“< i for some water!” In- faintly sighed.

lb- beard, at hi- feet, tin- I a I. < n-e. I turning
Of a prostrate form, while a clear v. .in’ cried:

“My i-antcrn’s lull, l.ul my arms are broken;
Sei . yon .-an reach, it’ vim bend this way”

II. moved and groaned, and with than Us unspoken
Reached for the water, then shrank away.

11. saw, with a atari ami a Budden quiver,
The youth at hi- feel wore a suit of blue,

A 1 1. 1 he marked tin- fn iwn an. I the creeping shiver
Which mastered ami held him, ami thrilled him
through,

\l sound of the yell from Hie rebel forces

W’hi.-I i I..]. I I In- tale thai the Bghl was .Line.

To the Southern la. I. Inw the fresh life courses

Along In- veins, for the day is won!

lull- i- the wat.a |» The youth bad rallied,

Anil moved still nearer the form in gray;

It enst him much, for his Ian- grew pallid;

lb- gasped, yet struggled to faintly say:
‘■ I’ll reach you the ran, but my arms air shattered.”

Then closed his eyes in a deathlike .swoon,
lb- had given his all to a foe! What mattered,

Winn all would be ended so sw ill ami soon’.’
With a sob in his throat for the hem before him,

The drummer boy turned, and with tremulous touch

i in th.- pale face Bprinkled the water, ami o’er him
Murmured a prayer. Thai was all; not much!

Not much, yrt methinks when tin- sorrow ami anguish
I or soldier ami drummer boy ended that night,

Mill horrors, around where faith seemed t.. languish,
Tin- darkness was Bpanned by a rill of light.

A BEAUTIFUL REPLY, ISY Ml:. DAVIS.

BY REV. w. i. CLARK, BHBLBYV1LLE, TICNN.

Wbilr President Jefferson Davis was preparing bis
•■ Eistory of the Rise ami Fall of the < loofederate States,”

he made a visit In tin- home of Hon. Henry Leovy, at

Pass Christian, Miss. He went to pay a friendly visit to
lb.- family ami to get some papers In- bad lefl with .Mr-.
Leovy and her sisters, the Misses Monroe daughters of
Judge Thomas Monroe, who bad been exiled from Ken
lucky on account of bis Southern sympathies. Judge
Monroe’s family were refugees in Abbeville. S. C. at the
time Mr. Davis passed through there, on his way South,
after the fall of Richmond. With these friends he left a
collection of very valuable papers, including letters from
(Jen. Lee ami other prominent Confederate officials.

When M rs. Leovy brought out the papers and a Confed-
erate battle Sag and the model ofagun invented by Mr.
Davis, while be was Secretary of War. under the United
States Government, Mr. Davia took the battle flag, and

as be held that in one band and the gun in the other, be
seemed to stand the representative at once of the
United State- and the Confederate States governments.
As he gave the history of the flag, the memory of the
war. in which Mrs Leovy had losl three brother-, and
during which her father had been banished from bis Ken-
tucky home and she from New Orleans, ami the True

Delta, a paper owned by her husband, had been t ti ~-

cated, rushed over her h itli such force ami vividness as to
cause tear- to flow down her cheeks and her to exclaim
“Mr. Davis, I have nol rotten over the war yet’ I be-
lieve the ladies were worse r< bds than the men, any howl”
■ Better patriots^ madam,” was the energetic and in-
stantaneous reply from the man who had served faith-
fully in i he army and t ‘ongress of the United States, and
then, believing that the States were sovereign, and that
sovereigns could not rebel and that his allegiance was
due, first to bis State, served bis State and country with

equal fidelity and ability, when Mississippi bad bee e

a member of the Confederate States Government. It i^
well for our children to remember that their fathers
[■admitted that they were rebels and traitors, and
to know that, though Mr. Davis was arrested on I he charge
of treason, no attempt was ever made to prove the charge,
because lawyers knew it could not be sustained.

THE CRISIS AT SllARPSBUIiG.

A correspondent from Salisbury, N. C, gives some in-
teresting reminiscences of the battle of Shnrpsburg, and
corrects an error in the Vk.tkuan for August, 1803:

The timely use oft he deserted bras- piece by four officers
of Lon rsi reel’s si a IV. instead of the Fourteenth North < !ar-
olina Regiment, saved Hen. Lee’s army from being cut in
two, with Longslrect to the right. Jackson to Hie left,
and l>. II. Hill pressed into the river. Gen. Longstivet
Sustains bim in I bis part of his official report : “As I rode
along the line with my staff, I saw two pieces of “Wash-
ington artillery i Miller’s battery), but there were not
enough men to man them; the gunners had been either
killed or wounded. This was a fearful situation for the
Confederate center. 1 put my staff officers to the guns,
while I held the horses. It was easy to Bee that if the
Federals broke through our line there, the Confederate
army would be cut in two and probably destroyed, for
wo were already badly whipped and were only holding
our ground by sheer force of desperation.” That little
battery shot harder and faster, with a sort of human en-
ergy, as though it realized that it was to bold the thou-
sands of Federals at bay, or the battle would be lost.
After a little, a shot came across the Federal front.
plowing the ground iii a parallel line; another and an-
other, each coming nearer and nearer their line. This
enfilade fire, so distressing to soldiers, was a battery on
I). II. Hill’s line, and it soon brat back the attacking
column. The K’icbmond papers, just after the battle,
gave Gen. Longstreet and bis stall’ all the credit of Sav-
ing Lee’s army, at that time. Gen. McClellan lost the

chance of bis life by not reenforcing and pushing his
center just then. I seeinyour journal that some ooject

to b( ing railed rebels. For heaven’s sake let us retain
the nam.-, for rebellion is honorable in “right against
might.” The writer’s family have been rebels since the
du\ s of Bruce, and will be rebels

So long
As there is wrong to right,
Wail of the weak against the strong,

( )r tyranny, to Bght. Rebel.

Confederate l/eterar).

355

GEN, .1 HME3 AKOHER.

BV BENJAMIN H\sKl\». BT. rl HI I 1 n 1 M. n

I m ‘ml you ii photograph of Brig. Gen.
James G. Archer, hoping you will like to
publish it is the Yetkii w It would greatly
please those ^\ 1 1 • » were members of the old
brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia.
It was presented to me by him just before
his death, and is the only one 1 ever Raw
Although he was a Mary lander, we of the
old brigade think of him as a Tenneseeean, foi under
him more than any one else it became famous.

Gen. Archer was a captain at the beginning of the
war, in the regular United states army. He resigned
came South, and offered his services to the Confederate
States, lie was made colonel and put in command of oni
of the Texas regiments of Hood’s old brigade (the
Fourth, 1 think), where he served until after the battle
of Seven Pines, where our glorious anil brave Roberl
llattmi lost his life. Then Archer was promoted and
assigned to the command of the old brigade, composed
of’ the First. Seventh, and Fourteenth Tenn
Thirteenth Alabama Regiments and Fifth Alabama Bal
tali. in. He commanded it in every battle from there to
Gettysburg, Upon the opening of the fighl on the firsl
day, our old brigade, with the balance of Heth’s I>i\i
sion, was sent in to develop the yankee line of battle,
which we did in 6ne style and drove them to town.
Having no support on either flank, the first we knew the
enem\ hail closed upon our rear ami were popping away
at our hacks. Of course we had to surrender. Gen.
Archer and seventy-five or one hundred men were sent
to Forts Mel lenry ami Delaware, where they stayed only
b short while and finally landed at Johnson’s Island. He
remained there until sometime in lSCi”). when, mi account
ofbad health, he obtained a special exchange and went
South, hai was never able to take charge of the brigade
Bam in, and died, I think, about the close of the war.
God never made a truer or braver man.

The i .in o i nhki through Cumberland Mount
made for the Nash; ille and < lhattanooga Railroad ‘
the war. i- familiar to many a M The track that

crossei ited by the picture, is thai

runs up the mountain to Sewanee, where the ‘
I’niversity “1 the South is Ii Tin- view was made

on a clear day when there was no smoki

daylight beyond is very discernible. The tunnel is mora

than a half mile in length, but is straight The

of i he mountain by rail in extraordinary, the grade being

nearly two hundred tiit pel- mile part “f the way. six
miles ot steep grade to Sewanee, tin elevation of which
sea is over t wo thousand feet.

Bishop and Gen. Leonidap Polk took an active part in
the establishment of the University at Sewanee. Bishop
Quintard, who has ever been an ardent Southemei
enlisted in the Confederate – the whole war to

stay.’ has contributed largely to the success of the Uni-
versity. Five Buperb buildings have already i
eil They are the Convocation Hon-..’. St. Luke’s Hall,
Hodgson Library, Thompson Hall, Walsh Memorial Hall

The view from Bishop Quintard’s porte cochere, pre-
sented in tlii- Veteran, See next page. Mr. –
cer.ludd. the artist, has achieve. I success in which he
may well take pride. Prof. B I. Wiggins, Vice Chan-
cellor of the University, makes an “.
another page concerning Gen. E. Kirby Smith, de-
senled Prof. Wiggins will serve all who

may seek to i perate in raising the $1,000 necessary.

356

REMINISCENCES OF A
FEDERAL SURGEON.

Confederate Veteran.

Dr. F. ‘ ■. Hickman, ofVan-
dalia, 111., writes of prison
hospital Ben ice in Nashville:

Having lately seen a copy

Of I be ( “M EDERATE VETER-
AN, I have read the name
with much interest, all the
greater from having been as-
sociated wil h I he < ‘onfeder
ate Boldiers. Ah hough a non-
combatant, I captured the
Bister and sister-in-law of
ate Boldiers. My
captive tells my friends here
thai I surrendered uncondi-
tionally. I notice thai the
lapse of thirty years has nol
extinguished the friendship
and attachments that were so
often formed between patri-
ots who were foes in battle.

Soon after the battle of
Stone’s River, in which I par-
ticipated, and in which I lost
allofmy surgical instruments
by having my three ambu-
lances captured early Wednes-
day morning, I was placed
in charge of a prison hospi-
tal at Nashville. This hospital was on Cherry -Street,
South Nashville. This hospital was for the sick and
wounded Confederates and the sick of the Union army
who were under arrest for the violation of military dis-
cipline. The position I occupied as Burgeon of the hos-
pital gave me the opportunity of making many ac-
quaintances, especially among ladies who thronged the
hospital daily to Bee and inquire about relatives and

friends. 1 well re mber some who took an active part

in administering to the wants of their sick- and wounded
friends They were Misses Car tright, Payne, McEwen,
Aline Mel ‘all.’ Leonora Hamilton, and Sallie Kdmundson.

I also! ami acquainted with many prisoner soldiers, most

of whose names I do not remember and who, on taking
Lave of the hospital, did so with evidence of sincere

friendship thai is seen in parting with ordinary

friends. I remember well Chaplain C. M. Button, Third
Alabama (home, Clinton, Ala i; Maj. Jones, Twenty-
eighth Mississippi, captured at Franklin (before the bat-
tle); and <‘apt. King, of Louisiana There was a young
cavalryman in the hospital a long time who was shot
through both feet, whoso home was in Columbia. I for-

gcl his name. Mias McEwen ca ften to see him. I

gol him paroled and sent h e. 1 remember he was

taken to the provosl marshal’s in a Bpring wagon, not be-

it up in a buggy. Col. McEwen went with

us to the Capitol. I will relate an incident connected

with this hospital. A young lady came from Gallatin to

See her brother, who was wounded. She .ailed at the

hospital early Sunday morning without a pass from our
medical direct. .r. My orders were positive oo1 to til-
low anyone to go Upstairs without a pass, bu1 she in-
sisted on going up. I told her I could nol allow her to
do so; that it’ I had any discretion, f»he Would not have
to ask the second time. She broke down and wept hit-

1’KOM THE BISHOPS 1’oUI’l

terlv. I remembered thai 1 had never received an order

not to allow anyone to come down stairs, and sent for her
brother to come down to my room. At the battle of
Stone’s River, on Friday night aboul naidnighl there was
a wounded Confederate offioer brought to the held op-
erating tent in which I was engaged as assistant sur-
geon, and he was laid just outside the tent. After many
hours, l>r. Walton, of Kentucky, who was in charge, said
to us; •■ We will not do any more work to-night.” Just
then we heard an exclamation from this oilier, and I
insisted that he he brought in and his wounds dressed
This was done, and he asked me if his wounds were fatal.
I told him that the chances were greatly against him.
lie was shot through the chest and through the leg. He
was carried to a shed near by and laid on some unbailed

cotton. I gave him some water and brandy. The night
was very cold; I got an order for a pair of blankets and
placed them over him and told him that I would see him
in the morning, but I failed, as he was sent to Nashville
very early. He was (‘apt. Peter Bramlett, Second Ken-
tucky Infantry. Ten days later I saw his death an-
nounced in a Nashville paper. Mrs. Payne, who was a
frequent visitor at the hospital, wanted to have a friend

of hers paroled and taken to her h e. and related to me

that she had cared for several Confederate soldiers, one
of whom was (‘apt. Bramlett. who hail died at her
house. She said thai when he was ahout to die she
concluded to remove the coarse blankets and replace

them with neatel es; that he Caught her hand and

said: “No, do nol remove those blankets, for they saved
my life at Stone’s River. They were placed over me
that cold night by the hand of an enemy, hut a brother,
You may come across him sometime; and if you should,
tell him’l died under the blankets he placed over mo that
night.” She sent them to his parents in Paris, Ky.

Confederate l/eterap.

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><

HUMORS OF CAM!” LIFE.

HE BORROWED TROUSERS FROM A NEGRO.

W. A. C, Columbus, Miss.: -At one of the parades of
our ( lamp, the Adjutant had given out all tin- badges on
hand, when there appeared a wooden-legged man who
looked old enough to bea veteran. When someom

gested, ‘Give this old Soldier a badge,’ Comrade J. W. Cx.,
realizing the situation, said. ‘Take mine* and pinned it
to ili>’ “Id man’s coat, li was afterwards developed

thai the man hail never been a soldier, but had lost his

leg in a sawmill. We bad the laugh on Comrade G

W. A. Campbell, Columbus, Hiss Meeting and talk-
ing with a comrade, be told this story of the gallant
Go van: ‘July 28, Gen GOvan, with Ins brigade, was
moving against the enemy with about eleven hundred
men all told, ami came under fire He saw one of his cap-

tains on the ground, badly if not mortally wound. . I
The General dismounted and. calling him by name. ask.. I

if In’ could do anything for him. Between gasps
each w on 1. 1 be his last, the bran e captain said: ” Give them
, General.” Mounting bis horse, after giving direc-
tions lo have the dying soldier carried to the rear, the
General moved on with bis command, and says the iu-

spiration of thai hero ‘nerved him to comply.’ They
killed ami captured ab. hi i twenty-two hundred of the en-
emy. Although so desperately wounded, the captain did

not .be, :im] may yel be living.”

Sid S., of Columbus, tells Ibis in. id.nl ” At 1b.
of the war. he and a Dumber of other paroled Boldiers
wen’ coming borne, and nearly all of them bad belt pis-
tols, When near Montgomery, Ma. jusl starting up a
long bill, they saw some forty or fifty Federal cavalry
coming toward them. Some one in their party re-
marked, • Boys, lei us hide our pistols, as those fellows will
lake them from us.’ and the entire squad made a rush
for the bushes to hide their weapons When the Feder-
als Saw it. they wheeled and went back as bard as they
OOUld ride. Sid and bis party then went back ami got
their pistols and marched on, and stopping at the firsl
house on the road to’gel water, asked the lady of the
lions, • what made the Federal cavalry run back so She
said ‘They thought you would ambuscade them.'”

During the campaign in Georgia, someof the Tombig-

bee Rangers went to a farmer’s bouse near camp, and
u sited until time for dinner, hoping t<> gel an invitation
to dine. But none was given them. Among the num-
ber who were along was Emmons O, and he said to bis
comrades that he Was going back and he would be in-
vited to dine by the family. His comrades were incred-
ulous; but Emmons bad his plans laid So the following
day he went to the farmer’s bom.’, and while Bitting
talking to the lady of the bouse, he spoke of the clock on
the mantelpiece not running, and said: “What is the
matter with your clock?” The lady replied: “It has
not run for a lonij time, and I do nol know what is the
trouble with it.” Emmons said: ” Del me look at it.”
So be opened the clock and asked if he could get a screw-
driver. The lady broughl him i me. and he took the clock
to pieces carefully, and when dinnertime came the good
lady asked Emmons to stay to dinner. BO as to finish bis
job. After dinner, Emmons took- up his job, but finding
.-.led a tool which the lady could not furnish him,
he told her he would have to go to camp and gel the
tools he needed out of his kit he had there. And so far,
he has not gone back to finish that job. He was a gal-
lant soldier, and fell fighting in the Atlanta campaign.

Rising generations should have some idea of the
straitened circumstances of a Confederate soldier. I

– wounded near Atlanta. July 22. 1864, and sent to
a hospital in the woods, in tents near Forsythe. < >n ar-
riving at the hospital, 1 was divested of all my wearing
apparel, and the hospital authorities gave me a receipt for
my wardrobe, consisting of pants, one roundabout ©
bat, shoes, and shin and drawers. I was taken from

this hospital of tents in the u Is t.. the college i

pita! at Forsythe, where I remained Beveral months <
endured threx of gangrene From p illege I

was -.’Hi to Macon and t n >m I here to a hos-

pital, the Cuthbert. Afti I months al Cuthbert,

when I had well, the nurse brought n

pair ot .rui. I in. i” my room occasion-

ally to practice me in lea he

concluded after awhile that I had learned enough about
them to risk myself out on the ground. So he brought
in my knapsack; hut lo! to mj surprisi row, on

ling it, I found I v. y destitute of pants. Some

g 1 fellow, in the rounds I bad taken, had confiscal

the only trousers that 1 poi I Id. I didn’t

have a cent, ami I eon Id n’t draw any Whal was 1 to
The little lown we were in i hundred

« unded and diss – i hen. but I could leai i

I more than one pair of pants, and I couldn’t
..lit to beg the g Icitizi ns and what should I do? Foi

about tune months I had been confined to my bunk and

iii. and now 1 was physically una 1. 1.- to paddle my own
cam..’ [was almost heart-sick, and had vi a up

r getting another pair, when a negro boy named
Byrd, sen ing >ung masti i an

open-hearted way. propose i until I

could do better. 1 gladly accepted, put the n< gro’s pants
on. and tell as big as a king I the

ground, down m town, at the depot, at the A lhambra, ..
id generally.
Bui alas! my joy was \it.-r I bad worn

the pan

morning jusl after I had donned l
to me thai be had jusl rei l< rs to go to the front .

ami unless I could pay him three dollars and twenty

is for his pants he would have to ask me to vacate and
turn them over to him. With a heavy ami sorrowful
heart 1 gave them up and stretched myself out
bunk, where I mused over the trials and tribula
soldier.

Thomas M. Murfree, Troy, Ala I write in behalf

of the widow- of two of our Confederate comrades,
who never returned from the front during our struggle
iuthern independence. William Simmons, of the
Fifth Alabama Infantry Regiment, Rhodes’sold brigade,
Army of Northern Virginia, died of
Brandy or Gun arly in 1863; and Joseph R.

Byrd, of the Forty-second Alabama Regimentals sup-
posed to have been killed at the battle of Chickara
The widows of these comrade- are justly cut it li
-i-ii- under the Indian War Pension Act, of 1892, hut
their claims cannot be made complete without proof of
death. The survivors of the Fifth and Forty-second
Alabama Regiments are requested to cooperate in pro-
curing the evidence of the death of these men. and there-
by confer quite a favor npon the aged widows, one-of
whon Mrs Simmons) is totally blind. ”

GAME OF POKER SPOILED.

L. T. I ‘ickinson, < lommander N B.
-i Camp, Chattanooga, Tenrf. :
■•This sketch represents a true inci-
brigade of i-a\ airy was
raiding in Weal Virginia; we were
halted near M •efield while our ad-
vance u as reconnoitering. There were
gamblers in i he army who never missed
a chance of plying their trade. ■ While
halting a- above stated, soveral card
fiends climbed the fence of a cornfield,
where they could procure ‘chips’ in
grains of corn. Spreading an oilcloth
mi the ground, the game of pokerpro-
ceeded, when suddenly there came a
b-o-o-in from a neighboring hill, fol
lowed with a ‘ Where-is ye? where-is-
ye? bang, ami a shell struck the
ground ami buret, scattering a cart
load of dirl over them. The players
fell over one another in a heap, Bave
Charlie Hutton, of the Maryland bat-
talion. He held three aces ami a pair

• if tens, ‘chips’ e igh up t<> feed his

I, irse, and wouldn’t throw up his hand.
A- he lay back <>ii his elbow with one
fool iii the air, be yelled oul in the di-
rection of i he yankees: ‘ Say. you fel-
lows over there! Don’l l»- careless
with them thingsl Hut tin- only
•call’ begot waa from the bugler, who
quickly sounded ‘Mount.’ Gen. Jones bad a little game

of III nil’ ill’ his own, ami our halt alii hi \\ ;i — .nt off to drag
hi’iisli mi a ilnMy road to make the yankees believe an-
other brigade was coming up.”

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ANTIDOTE FOB COWARDICE.

Just before the battle of Antietam [writes a correspond-
ent of the New York Sun], five recruits came down lor
my company. There were no bounty jumpers a( thai

Stage of the war. although the courage ami pat riot ism of
-..mi- of the recruits could not In- vouched for. One of
the live new men was nanfed Danforth; a farmer’s son.
fresh from tin- cornfields. As we took up our line of
march to meel Lee, this young fellow came to me
ami said: “See lure, sergeant, I guess I’ve made a mis-
take.”

■ How so? 1 inquired.

■ I hain’t got no sand. I alius thought I had, hut when
I come down here ami see what war is. I find I hain’t got
t he spunk of a rabbi) .”

“That’s had.”

“So ’tis; but it’s jest the way I feel,” the young fanner
responded, Boberly. ‘^We’regoin’ to have a Iigh1 by ‘n’

by, an’ I knOW what’ll happen. I shall holt as sure

as pie.i’ hin’.”

“Then you’ll he called a coward and disgraced forever. ‘

” I know it, an’ I don’t want to do it,” said Danforth,
■ lint I shall, unless you can help me.”

” What can I do for yon? ”

‘• Wal, if I caii git mad, I’ll he all right, an’ forgit I’m
SOart. Now if you’ll keep your eye on me. an a- sooii’s
we git within five miles o’ Lee’B army give me a stoul
kick’. 1 guess I’ll stand it.”

After some further talk I promised Danforth to give

him a kicking if he showed signs of running away.
We were in Hooker’s Corps, ami a- we moved against
Jackson, Danforth came up to me. ” Sergeant, kick me.
or I shall run,” he exclaimed. “I haven’t gotsand enough

to see a chicken die.”

We were moving through the timber, and I stepped

behind him and ” lifted ” him as hard as 1 could.

He shot aside, and when next 1 saw him we were at a

fence on the edge of a cornfield. The firing was hot. and

men were falling On all sides. I had just tired from a rest

on the top rail, when Danforth came up, bead the other
way. and said: ” .More kicks, sergeant : my sand is going I ”
I kicked him again with a good deal of vigor, .lust
then we got the order to advance, and he was the lir-t
man over the fence. Half an hour later we were driven
hack, considerably disorganized, and as I reached the
fence 1 came across Danforth again. He had a Confed-
erate captain by the collar and was carrying the officer’s
sword in his hand. As he Haw me he Called out : ” Sand
is till right, Sergeant. No more kicks. As soon as
I take this idiap to the rear. I’m going back and collar
old Stonewall himself, or die trying.”

Miss Sue M. Monroe. WiUington, Va.: I see that
Mrs. Davis would prefer President Davis’s monument to
he something that would he doing good all the time.
My idea would he to endow a school in the city of Rich-
mond, to educate poor hut deserving descendants of
Confederate soldiers, Call it the Davis Memorial. We
are going to try and raise money for a monument in
memory of all who fell in both battles here. There are
a good many buried in the church yard at Haymarket,
and we want the monument there.”

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CAl’T. EDWIN RUTHVBN CROCKETT.

B. G. Bid well, Weatherford, Tex., writee a beautiful
tribute to Davy Crockett’s bod

Id yum- September number I Bee a brief notice of < “apt
B, < Irockett, of < lompany A, Thirtieth Tennessee Infan-
try — not Thirteenth, as you have it. Dr Crockett was

the friend of my boyhood and young maul 1. He

was niv bcI I follow at the old log nchoolhouBe near

his country home in Robert son < !ounty, Tenn . and after-
wards at the academy at Springfield, and jrel later at
Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn. ae was a de-
scendant on both sides from pioneer stock, among the
oldest in Tennessee.

God in Ins infinite wisdom never honored with exist-
ence a braver or a nobler man than Ed Crockett. It
there was a single fault in his character, it ww
modesty At the outbreak of the Civil War he was
practicing medicine in Nacogdoches County, Tea .’u-t
before the kittle at Fori Donelson, he went thi
his brother, l>’ B Croi kett, who was a member of Com-
pany A. Thirtieth Tennessee Infantry, then on detached
service and in charge of a battery of heavy artillery.
During the gunboat fight, I’.. R Crockett, though not in
any way connected with the Bervice, bore himself with
distinguished gallantry, lie was captured and volunta-
rily remained in prison, administering to the prisoners
until the regiment Was exchanged at Vicksburg, Miss.,
when he was elected captain of Company A After the
battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Gen, s I’ i ee ordered me
to take tn Vicksburg the prisoners we had oaptun
captain of an Indiana regiment, who was slightly wound-
ed, asked me the name of the officer to wh.nn he had
surrendered, describing him so completely that I could
not be mistaken in his identity I told him it wasCapt
Crockett, and he replied: “Though wounded and a pris-

oner. it is yet a pleasure for me to say thai I -urren-
dered to the bravest man I ever -aw on a battlefield.”

I can truthfully say that I believe he wa- the best
man I ever knew. I am -uiv that Robertson County

never nursed a dearer idol for fame than Ivlwin Ruthven

Crockett lie pract iced the famous motto of his father.
Being “sure” he was ” right,” he went “ahead.”

Whereas many of the members pfTom Green Camp,
No. 169, U. C. V., Weatherford, Tex., have read the
Confederate Veteran, published at Nashville, Tenn.,
by our esteemed comrade, 8. A. Cunningham, and are

-till reading it with great pleasure; and whereas we

have found the VETERAN to he a faithful exponent ofthe

principles so near and dear to everj Ci mfederate veteran :

1. Resolved, By this Camp that we fully indorse -aid
publication, and wish it abundant success and long life.

2. Farther, that the Camp hereby adopts the Cootbd-

ERATE VETERAN as it- official organ, and that these res
olutions he spread on the minute- of said Camp and a
copy forwarded to Comrade Cunningham.
Unanimously adopted September I. 1894.

NEW IDF. \s. NEW DEPARTCR]

SOUTH.

11 ii Joseph If Cummin _u-ta. Ga., at sev-

enty-fourth annual dinner of New England Society,
Charleston, S C. (The dash, as above, i- alwa

T. H. C. [iOWnsbrough, Woodland Mills. Tenn.. writes
requesting that an account of the campaigning of An-
derson’s Brigade in the mountains of Virginia in the tall
of 1861 he written by some member who participated in
it. Anderson’s Brigade was composed of Mancv – First
Tennessee, Batton’e Seventh Tennessee, and Forbes’a
Fourteenth Tennessee Regiments, The suggestion is ap-
proved. There is always thrilling interest in those cam-
paigns

My learer- will. I trust, indulge me in a tew remarks
,ii the outset ol :it least questionable taste, for they are
about myself than my theme. They are, however,
hoi so far removed from the aentiment, which I am
io respond to, hut thai that sentiment i wrest-

ed them I I’n asked to -peak of new things New
Ideas, New Departures, a N — South.’ Unfortunately,
my temperament is such thai I am

in t he new t han in the old. I hav<

to look hack with tenderness than forward with inter-
est. M\ guest happy hours, ha- been hopi

often than memory. I have ever found more to charm
in the softened recollections of the pa n high ex-

pectations of the future. Were I a worshiper of the
-mi, i ices would he made to the Betting rather

than the rising Orb. Had my lot been other than that
of a commonplace worker in the world’s affairs, had my
life been one not of action hut of contemplation, I would

have been a fond dreamer over things departed, and not

tin’ cleai’-vi-ioncd prophet of things ti My spirit

turn- unhidden, not to our bustling, Stirring Weal

where, “west of our West, sleeps the ancient East.” . . .

And here let me pause to define — one of the prin-
cipal term-, a- 1 understand it, to he used in th
cu— ion — ” The South.” < if course ‘ In- term is not meant

tn he expressive of any geographical relations. ‘-The
South” of thi- toast, it i- conceivable, might have had
it- situs in -ome far northern region, or have I
or west. The word is used here to express a civiliza-
tion maintained by the people dwelling south of the
Mason and Dixon line. No relation to the pole or to the

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equator is intended by the word “South,’ 1 used in thia
connection, but conditions, ideas, manners, Bontiraents.

In this comparative treatment — the only form of treat-
ment J ‘”in conceive of — in which we measure the new
by i onsidering the old, unquestionably looming up as by
for the most conspicuous feature in the landscape, is slav-
ery. Qnquestionably thai institution was the most po-
tent formative factor of the Old South. In a balfflin-
pant way we speak of it as “the peculiar institution.”
But bow few of us who use thia phrase really consider
bow unspeakably peculiar ii waal In thus characteri-
sing ii I do not refer bo much t” its intrinsic features as
to its place in time and as to the people who maintained
it. What a stupendous anachronism it waal Surviving
Tar into the nineteenth century— an age strongly, aye
v. anti-privilege, a leveling age, an age wherein
the theory of the equality of man is entertained all
through Christendom at least, and the practice of it is
at least widespread — there was maintained, with all the
force “i law and public opinion of the South, complete

UBS. BAGGIE livvi- \\i> HISS wiwn DAVIS.

and perfect Blavery of millions of human beinga. In an
age when all privileged classes were generally considered
indefensible anomalies, the white men of the South were
absolute lords and masters of million- of men, Peculiar
and wonderful, was the institution, in relation to time;
but far more wonderful was it. viewed in relation to
i he people who maintained it. Where would the thinker
of abstract thoughts look’ for slavery with as few limita-
tions as that of the South? Would he expert, to find it
among a humane, a refined, a gentle, and a generally pi-
ous people? And yet conspicuously Buch were the peo-
ple of the Old South. Not only, therefore, was slavery
a peculiar institution, in relation to the epoch in which it
flourished, bu1 also in reference to the people who cher-
ished it. By the abstract thinker its supporters would
be looked for among a rude, a harsh, a pitiless people;

but in the old South there existed the moat thoroughly
organized system of servitude that perhaps the world
has ever known, upheld by law, approved by religious
teachers, and sustained and defended to the last extrem-
ity by a noble, a humane, and a gentle race of men.

It could not be otherwise than that this strange con-
dition was a powerful actor in forming the character
and in molding the traits of the people of the South,
h could n”t be otherwise than that a people, living under
dill, -rent conditions from all other people, should show
the effect of their unique environment and be different
from other people. And so they were. I cannot hope
to unfold before you the differences from other people
which marked the South, but that there was a dif-
ference, whatever may have caused it. was felt by friend
and foe alike. The term “South.” meant a people apart.

This tremendous tone, slavery, was all the more effect-
ive too, by reason of the isolation it produced. For truly
the South was isolated — is dated in the matter of things
material, and isolated in its habits of thought. The stu-
pendous anachronism of slavery, like a rock-bound coast,
heat hack the tide of immigration. On the side of intel-
lectual development, the necessity we were under — a ne-
cessity which grew apace as time rolled on — to defend
our peculiar institution against the opinion, the senti-
ment, and the conscience of Christendom, cut us off from
the great world of thought and forced us into a little re-
public of letters of our own — a republic full of fight, ag-
gressive, even tierce, ami in its way strong.

In this great — aye and solemn — isolation there was a
wonderful meeting of extremes, such as the world had
not known and Could not know before. In it there ox-
isted a slavery which, so far as legal sanction was con- –
cerned, was as absolute as any far younger time and any
far different land had ever known. But it was shone
upon by the light of this as yet latest century of time.

Here was a d iiiant race, absolute masters of another

race. Hut on this dominant race were the influences of

the most enlightened of the ages. Thus the extreme-
had met and oi f I he result- was that slavery — that is

to say, the possesaion of unrestrained power over one’s
fellow-man. which among barbarous people tends to bru-
tality -here in the old South, shone on by the spirit of the
age, furnished the rare garden in which grew self-con-
trol, generosity, genuine kindness for the weak, mercy,
and many other ennobling traits. And so, too, under
this remarkable juxtaposition of the ancient estate of
slavery and the softening influences of the latest of the

centuries, there lived a ruling people whose character-
i-ties were till it- own; and on this Old South there were
lights and shadows which rested on no other land under
t he vault of heaven.

If I had the ability and the equipment for the his-
torical, sociological, and philosophical study of the other
forces, political, social, religion-, racial, educational, cli-
matic, which made the representative people of the South
what they were, this would not be an occasion for tie
undertaking. Let us consider only partially what they
were, what characteristic- they presented, which seemed
to segregate them from other peoples, even thoseoftheir
own land. As in considering the forces which formed
them into what they were. 1 have dealt only on the
greatest, slavery, ho I mention a few only of their traits.

Perhaps the one word which has been oftencst used to
indicate that there was something in the representative
Southerner — in his sentiments, his bearings, his conduct
— characteristic of him, is chivalry. It was in use by
friend and foe alike. In the mouth of some, it might be
a boast; on the lips of many, it was apt to be a sneer.

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An impartial critic ought to find in it its true signifi-
cance. Doubtless there passed under this name whi
to boast and also under i he same name whereat to sneer.
There was the false and there was the true. There was
a “chivalry,” which manifested itself in bravado and
turbulence. A “chivalry” which combined the absurd
and the tragi” grot – |ue punctilio with the Bhedding of

1,1 |, Anything stamped with the name of ” chivalry”

would recer i the *nei rs of some, but here was a brand
of chivalry worthy the execrations of all. But by the
side of this noxious weed grew a noble plant, a true
Sower of chivalry. It

!■■ K. ntnckj Gil I, J«oi , Ho]

one can tell what it was not. It was not sordid. It was
not mean. Lt was not low. [t was not commercial. If
onecann.it present a well-defined, clear-cul image of it,
one can at least name some of its qualities and its ways.
It was high minded It was generous. It scorned un-
fairness. Like King Arthur and his greatesl knight, il
“fbrebore its own advantage.” To it. there was “no
heaven so high as faith.” It lived in an atmosphere
Other than thai of the mart. It esteemed many things
better than wealth. To it. stainless honor was a price-
less jewel. True deference to woman wasits sacred duty
and its graceful ornament. Such as it was. it was not a
1*

mere profession, but it was a genuine sentiment, a rule
induct and a li\ illg for I : hose Of us who cher-

ish the memory of the South, not permit ourselves to be
laug] of the use of this goodly word, when

wish to -peak tenderly, but truthfully anished

past, for it expressed a living reality, belated perhaps in
a |u but worthy of all bom

her feature in this mental
we look back upon was something, which on ano

t, that morality.

that habit ol tl

rhicb will not ma
which will not \\ which

lith, to the realm of sacred

thii i|,c

than in I

world of mat<

I cannot und< i il on other features of this

m the shadow. 1 can only touch lightly

I,,.,, word a- to

how the rural lifi

: of

independent thii

and thout an ithing their

reflection and 1 1 n no literatun how

Y,, f . , nd the rule of com ention-

alities weaker than with us; how fashion was neither

shrined nor enthroned; how within the limiti

. there was variety of conduct; how
the world Was OOl in a whirl; how there was not tin-
rush and le – of competition in all things; bow
it was the home of peace and n ; I romai
i m ti native land.

Alas! alas! vain is my effort to unroll before ;
chart of that perished time, of that vanished realm My
effort is to point out the differences between il”- South
and other )■• I know them, I confi-

dently proclaim their reality But how difficult they

ar ,. v ghostlike they elude our grasp and

glide into the Bhadowl They livt much in suf-

stance as in fhey are not so much I to

th. d capable of description in langu they

are discerned by the spirit.

I in,. ■ rit of the .hi ‘”in

missioned by th.- Great Ruler to direct hi- flight over

all lands and inspect them from his anal path a- he
wings Ins way over that < »ld South Hi- master ha- not
sent forth tin’s minister unfitted for In- great and sok-mp
mission. Wherefore this trusted servant ol In- experi-
ences not the limitations which time and im-
pose on our clogged human senses ; and so tin- little i

uttered here and there lie I” fore him
homes all over the land emerge into hi- \ ind,

too. comes to him. unimpaired by spact It

brings to his perceptions no hum of the market p
noise of fierce oompetitio atter of the mad i

after riches. This minister, too. to do his Heaven ap-
pointed task, i- endowed with such susceptibility and re-
ceptivity that In- not only embraces all sub ghl
and hearing, bul the thoughts and feelings, the senti-
ments and aspiration rit life of peoples
—qualify tor him the air which uplift- rhty pill-
ions and affect his spirit nature, as the mingled fragra
of many flowers on the breath of the –
nighl to our own delighted senses. And so the strong
wings seem to become m itv b u 13 ant in bis Sight
this Old South, into whose atmosphere havi
emanations of soul andspiril ofagoodly poople. I seem

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thi> wonderful inspector of realms at the m

In- enters the air piled above that old land, and t” note
his manifestations of solemn surprise. I seem to hear
him Bay: This land that li>-> down there is not like any
other beheld in all my coursi When I return to those
high courts that sent me forth, I must repon that a
Btrange shadow overspreads it: that a wondrous light
mingles with the shadow. The shadow itself seems very
dark, but there is some marvelous quality in the light,
bo thai the mingling is unlike anything else beheld in all
myflight overland and sea. It is not blackness, neither
i- it the light of perfect day. It is not gloom, neitheris
it the brightness of joy. A sort of twilight rests upon
the land. The overhanging air. too, has qualities all its
own; anil the boundaries of tins land stand out bold and
stern, marking it off from all else of earth. And this my
report will be the latest on t his sequestered land; for my
•■”!■ in this high office at his coming, though it be
debiyed but a little while, will Gnd this land not here,
but vanished.

– in many way-, even to tl ailing to my assist-

is iif the air, I try to body forth some

image of the < > 1< 1 South. I Tear 1 have sua led in

nothing except in showing thai I cherishedits memory
blindly, as well as fondly. But 1 am nut blind. 1 have
spoken of it as a land under a greal shadow. I know
it held it- sordid, its vicious, its ignorant, its brutal.
I know that to the vicious and the brutal, slavery gave
Opportunities for hideous deeds, which elsewhere could
not have happened. And yet J have treated this Old
South only in reference to such noble characteristics as
true honor, true chivalry, and elevated traits of charac-
ter. And so I think it ought to be regarded in any gen-
eral treatment of the subject. To treat of the Old
South in detail i- out of the question on an occasion like
this; and to treat of any subject in a general way, one
must present its most salient characteristics. I believe
I have presented the ( *M South, so far as I have pre
sented it at all, as it stands in the memory of its living
assessor-, and a< it should live in song and story.

But it is gone I The island of Atlantis has not more
effectually disappeared beneath the billowsofthe Atlan-
tic. The physical forceswhich held that mythical island
above the waves were withdrawn, and it sank’. The po-
litical and social forces, which created the Old South,
are spent, and it has disappeared. The whole land-
scape has changed. The forces and the resultants are

But why. it may well bo asked, do I lingor^so long,
speaking of old ideas and the Old South, when my theme
i- the New ? I can fancy the dismay of my hearer- at
the apprehension that these remarks may run on indef-
initely, if all this talk about the Old is only int roductory
of my real theme, the New. I hasten to allay all anxi-
ety on this point. The subject assigned me is in effei t,

the ‘ X South.” I can only (real that subject as it

presents itself to my mind. I could not deal with the

sul eject by telling you what the N South is; for to my

vision, no N South is reveajed.

The toast must needs address itself to my mind as if
this hospitable society had said to me: ” Tell us whether

yon think t here is a N South ; and if there is, give us

•your views about it.’ To this my thoughtand my con-
victions Answer: There is no N South. But I could

not content myself or maintain an altitude of deter

to you by a mere curt and bald statement to that effect.

1 must justify it, if I can, by Home reason. I have tried
to do so by showing what the “Old South” was. If I

have half succeeded in this, 1 have, in the doing it, dem-
onstrated that there is not and there cannot be, a” N

South.” For ■■ South.” in this eon neet ion. indicated a pe-

euliar civilization, a condition. In that sense, there

could not he any South l>nt that < ‘Id Smith. It was the
resultant of certain forces. It could not exist after those
forces ceased, any more than I he hark will sail on when
the wind subsides The firmly rooted land, it is true,
hears the same relation as of yore to the points of the
compass, but it is no longer the “South.” There are “new
ideas ” in this land thus situated, but they are not ideas
of a “South; 1 they are simply the ideas of a universal
and uniform civilization. There are “new departures,”
but they indicate nothing except that we have taken
our -place in the uniformed ranks of the world generally.

As expressive of anything existing to-day, the word
“South “is meaningless, except in its primary significa-
tion id’ certain relations to the pole and the equator.
Our “new ideas” are the assimilation of our ideas to
those of the civilized world generally. Our ‘-new de-
parture-.” consist only in our doing like the rest of the
world. It all means no more than this: We have “joined
the procession.” As it marches by, there is nothing to
distinguish us from the ranks generally. We are no
more ”South” in tin- sense of that word, used to de-
scribe a civilization, than we are North. We are follow-
ing the fashion as far as we can, whatever it may he.
We are striving to be as much like other people as we
possibly can, and the farther we fall short of that en-
deavor the more awkward we feel. We have lost all
thought of being different from other peoples.

Our newness of ideas and of departures consists wholly
in conforming to the ideas of the rest of the world and
doing just as they do, and to speak of our new ideas and
new departures would he to take (his uniform world as
a theme. And so, from my standpoint, unless one is go-
ing to enter upon the diseussion of I he world’s progress
generally, in ideas and achievements, he can say nothing
on the toast, “New Ideas” and “New Departures” iii
i he South, except that we are like the rest of the world.
The “South” has not wholly ceased toexisl. There are
some fragment s of it yet. But when you find them they
are old — the Old South. Whatever there is of new is
not the “South,” but the world. What there is of,
■■ South ” is fast disappearing, as time rolls on, just as the
geographical South is U-t’l behind one who turns his
hack- njion the North Pole and marches steadily to
i he equator.

There may seem to he a I one of regret I’ll nnine; through
what I say. [f there i u . it is the regret that one feels
when the idle Bow Of tbe river is set tO work to turn
the wheels of a factory, or when the Stately monarchs
.>f I In- forest must he laid low. that some railway may-
have its right of way.

So, all hail the New! It is eolorless. hut strong. It
is uniform, but it is not out of place in the ages. It is
hard, hut ii is practical. Whatever it is. of good or of

evil, it is not “South.”

And farewell, the Old I the land where t he ancient,
shadow and the new light commingled, making a twi-
light land : the laud with an atmosphere all its own; the
land with the rock hound coast ; the land of impassible
frontiers — the isolated, the lonely, and the friendless.

All hail! thou new! We receive thee as our fate
and fortune.

Farewell, thou old! Thee, thee we cherish in pa-
the! ic memory,’

Hail and farewell. S,i/rr el Vdlel

Qor?federate 1/eteran.

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bOUTHERN BEAUTIES WHO REPRESENTED STATES AT I’ll I’. BIRMINGHAM REUNION, I C \

[Tins beautiful picture i- reproduced in t In- ( Ihristmns V ktkr \s The supply of the May number, the cover page
of which was ornamented with it, was. long ago exhausted, hence the greater propriety ofits reproducti

The top row oi live m the picture from left t” right innic McDougald, ri< Cochran, Alabama;

Lizzie Clarke, Virginia; Eleanor Graves, Kentucky; Elizabeth Pasi da.

The middle row of five from lefl toright: Lclia Montague Maryland Etta Mitchell Mississippi; Adele Hayne,
South Carolina ; I. aura Boone, Texas; Ada Vinson, Louisiana,

The two lower in the picture are V.dele McMurray, T Henderson, North Carolina

“That beautiful picture of the young ladies on the
front page of the May Veteran, who represented ilic
States at the Birmingham reunion, carried me back
to the time when the old veterans with firm
marched through our own dear South land, and the young

•ladies gathered at Farmhouses along our li >f march

and along the streets of towns, and waved their white
handkerchiefs or their hom&pun bonnets; when
they would sing ” Dixie” or the “Bonnie Blue Flag ‘and

cheer us on our way, and tl rebel yell” could be

heard to the echo. Those girls are now the mothers of

iris that wenl to Birmingham to cheer the old
erans at our great reunion. Comrades, those girls
caused us to gain victories thai we would have lost. I
remember the morning we gave Streight that glorious
licking at Day’s < ; n j > on the Sand Mountain, in Ala-
bama, in the Bpring of 1863, when he (Streight i made
the raid through Alabama. Forrest had on his war
jacket, and thai meant fight. We came to a farmhouse
where two young ladies were in the yard, and as we

passed them they waved their bonnets

“Dixie Land ‘ The boys yelled and yelled Theyanks

doubtless concluded that Bragg’s entire armj

t hem. The ladies ol t he Si »u1 h w

women, doing all they could for our army at

proud to see their daughters < I r the o

veterans at their reunions. 1 Tl tig is fr

W ^ ounsrblood, Golden < it v. Mi >.

William R, Bloomfield, editor ol thi National Bivouac,
National P. O., Milwaukee County. Wis., u ho v
pany D, Twenty-fourth Wisconsin Volunteers, writ
I December I. 1894: “I have recen ed three numbers of the

I !ONFEDERATE VETERAN, ami am perusing them with

pleasure. If I do nol sa – hing pretty about them

in my next issue, it will be becau«c I do no1 know how
to write. I was in front of yot ‘■ ears,

ami I do not want any more of it. 1 would i

tackle a cyclone.”

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS MARYLAND CONKED
EKATE HOME

The following are sketches of comrades illustrated un
this |

William II. Fitzgerald (No. 1) entered :i Virginia in-
fantry regiment in L861, and was afterwards traits
to the Confederate States Navy, where he served a- mas-
ter’s mate to the close of i lie war.

Cant. George W. Booth (No. 2) enteri mfed-

erate service in May. 1861, al Harper’s Ferry, Va. In
June he was made first lieutenant of Company D, Fire!
Maryland Infantry, and was soon after assigned captain
of Company F, and then to acting adjutant of that
.•hi. In 1862 he wa> appointed on, the Mart’ of
Bradley T. Johnson, and in January, 1863, lie
was made adjutant ofthe First Maryland Cavalry. lie
served t” i he end of i he w ar, and
was several times wounded, once
Beriouely. He is now Senior Vice
President ofthe Society ofthe Army
and Navy ofthe Confederate State*
in the Siat.- of Maryland, and also
retarj of t he Association of the
.Maryland Lin.-.

Lieut. A.i’. Trippc No. 3) enlisl
>■< 1 in tin- ( !i mfederate army as a

private in Company A. Sec I

Maryland Infantry. He was pro-
moted to lieuteliant in the ordnance
department in March, 1864, and
served t.. i he end of the war.

William II. Pope (No. 4) joined
Company A. First Maryland In-
fantry, as a private, in .1 uly, 1861 ; re-
enlisted in February, 1862; and wan
discharged in August, 1862. He re-
enlisted again in Company l>. First
Maryland cavalry, served to tin-
end .if the war. and was paroled
May 23, 1865. He is now Buperin
tendent of I he I Come.

John F. Ilay.l.-n ( No. 5) enlisted
in A ngust, 1861, as a private, and
was promoted t<. sergeant. II<- was a
member of the Baltimore Light A r
tillery until the war closed. He
was seriously wounded at 5 ellow
Tavern May” I 1. L864.

James I.. A ubrey I No. 6 ) enlisted
Septembi r 13, 1862, ic Company E,
Second ‘ Maryland Infantry, and
served i brough the war.

(‘apt. John W. Torsch I So – –
enter.-. I the service of the Confeder-
acy in i lie early part nt the war as

a lieutenant in the
Maryland 7. U a \ e 8,

( loin puny 1 1. Fori y-sev-
enih V irginia 1 ntantry.
II.- afterwards became
captain of ( Company B,
Second Maiyland ln-

.->…-. in. i ..i ,i ‘ \ i.i i in in- i— aiaf
fantry. and was in com-
mand of t hat i

at the surrender al An- ”

PQina I I IIIKI lll’l ICI 01 i i l i BSl IM DAVIS,

The fol lowing are sketches of comrades illustrated on

page 365 : _

James I!. Wheel. -r i No. I | enlisted in jCompany F7,
First Maryland Cavalry, in which he served a^ a private
to the end ofthe war. He is now a member ofthe V.\-
ecutivo ( ‘urn in it tee of the Society of the Army and Navy
nt’ the I lonfederate States in the State of Maryland, ami

i mm i:in.i.-.\ l 1. i APITAL.

Confederate Jetera7.

Secretary of fchejVisitinglCommit-
tee of the Beneficial Association
of the Maryland Line and Chair-
man of the Board of Managers of
the Home.

i ‘apt. George R, Gaitheri No. 2 i
in 1861 organized the Howard
J >ragoona in Howard County, lid .
u as elected captain, ami took his
company into Virginia, where,
May 14. 1861, they were mustered
inin i he service of t he < Confedera-
cy as Company K in the Firsl
Virginia Cavalry. In August,
1864, the company was trans
ferred to the First Maryland < lav-
airy, where it remained to the end
nf the war.

I; James Stinson nlist-

oil in the Second Maryland An il
lery, Confederate States Army. as
a J 1 1- 1 \ ate in J one, 1863, and sen ed
i hroughout the entire war

Mark ( (. Shnvrr (No I BE
the service of t he < Confederal j
in .1 une, 1863, as a private in Com-
pany K. Firsl Virginia Cavalry,
Ilr was afterwards in the First

Maryland I avalry. and 1 hero

served to the end

August Simon (No ■”> joined
the < Confederate Bervice as a pri
vate in Company D, First Mary

land Infant ry. in May. 1861, and

served with that regiment in
Jackson’s valley campaign, and in
the Seven Days’ battle around
Richmond.

( lharles Kettlowell (No. 6
listed in Company C, First Mary-
land Cavalry, as a private in Aug-
ust, 1863. He was made a corporal,
and served until after the surren
der of Gen. Lee.

Daniel L. Thomas (No. 7) en-
tered the Confederate Bervice i i v
1861 as private in Company C,
First Marv land Infantry. He was
afterwards in Company K. First
Virginia Cavalry, and was then
transferred to Moseley’s Com-
mand, where he served until the war closed,

Lieut. Charles H. Claiborne No 8 entered the service
of the Confederacy in Charleston, S. <‘.. in 1861, and be-
came Lieutenant in Com pan j G, First South Carolina
Infantry. He was in Fort Sumter during the bombard-
ment, and served in South Carolina to i he end.

B. R. Norton, of Nashville, who has been much in the
United States Navy and Consular service, stationed at
Capetown, relates thejfollowing:

The “Alabama” played for some weeks an im< resting
game of hide and seek with the Federal cruiser, ■ Vander-
bilt.” When the latter would he in Simon’s Bay, I lie for-
mer would have business in Table Fay. WhcnSaldanha
Ray was visited by the ” Vanderbilt,” the “Alabama ” had
business at sea; and so the little nautical game went on.

The federal -hip had the heels ul the Confederate, and
could have overhauled her in a stern chase, but the
( ‘ape Ti iwn people franklj say t bat the commander of the
” Vanderbilt ” did not want to engage the ‘ Alabama,” not
iroin any want of pluck, but simply from a lurking
ing of sympathy for the bold Semme*. For two days, off
Cape Town, the Vanderbi h and A lahama ” were cruis-
ing almost in sight of each other’s -moke, and the mys-
tery of their not coming in conflict is slill unfal homed.

I >il I Arp. in A 1 la nt a Constitution I – it not high time
thai our youths were being educated in Southern litera-
ture? Let the good name of our ancestors go down to
posterity untarnished by ‘lie foul breath of sla

.very loyal man Btlbscribc to the CoNFEDl

Veteran, thai is now well established and is published
in Nashville h\ S A. Cunningham lor one dollar a year.

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Confederate l/eterar;.

Mi:- BRADLEY T JOHNSON HONORED.

BOMETBIKQ 01 nlHT vn BUINBN1 BALTIMORE I MiV ACCOMPLISHED.

Mrs. Bradley T. Johnson, wife of the General, has
been elected an honorary member of the Association of
the Maryland Line Mrs. Johnson has been ill for sev-
eral months. She was apprised of the compliment on
her last birthday as follows:

BXTKRIOU UAJIY LAND CONFEDERATE BOMB Al

The survivors of the Maryland Line of the Army “I
Northern Virginia recall with pride and gratitude the
loving, devoted, and important services performed for
them by M rs. Bradley T. Johnson.

In May, L861, she armed, clothed, uniformed, and
equipped with tents and camp equipage the Firsl Mary-
land Regiment, and during the trying summer of thai
year nursed and tended with the devotion of a mother
and the affection of a sister our comrades sicl< and dying
from typhoid fever and other diseases of the young soldier.

In L863-64, when the
Maryland Line was a1
Hanover Junction, she
collected a library of
good and instruc ti ve
honks for i he use of the
command, and encour-
aged the men to build
under her direction a
chapel, which was used
alike by Catholic and
Protestant, without re-
gard i” seel .

Remembering i b e – e
heroic episodes in her
and our lives, our affec-
tion for her brightens
with advancing years,
and now that slie lies
suffering on a bed of sick-
ness we extend to her
<>ur sympathies, we as-
sure her of our love and

respect, and we pray the good God to restore lier to us and
to her family for many years of usefulness and honor.

Ua slight evidence of our esteem and endless grati-
tude, the Board ofGover * have unanimously elected

M rs, Bradley T. Johnson to honorary membership in the
Association of the Maryland Line, and desire her accept-
ance of the accompanying memento of their affection
and lo\ e.

After reporting tin’ above, the Baltimore Sun says

The communication
was accompanied by the
badge of the Bociety,
the Maryland CT0S6 of

pearls and garnets, set

in gold, and was signed
by George W Booth;
i reorge R. < rail her, Jas
L. Aubrey, .’aim’s R
Wheeler, Daniel I.
Thomas, John P. Hay-
den, John W. Torsch,
Charles II Claiborne,
Mark <). Shriver, R.
.lames Stinson, William
T. Thelin, and August
Simon, the Board of
( rovernors.

Mrs. Johnson is de-
scended fro in w ell-
known families. Her
grandfather was ap-
pointed a J ustiee of the
Supreme * !our1 of the

United States l.\ Presi-
dent Jefferson. Her fa-
ther was the Hon. ];. M. Saunders, member of Congress
from North Carolina, attorney general and judge or the
Supreme Court of thai State for fifty years, and Presi-
dent Polk’s minister plenipotentiary to Spain, being em-
powered during his mission in that country to purchase
the island of Cuba for one hundred million dollars. Mrs.

Johnson, who was Miss Jane Claudia Saunders, aCCOm-

panied her parents to Spain and entered society at the
court ofQueen Isabella II There she met the Empress
Eugenia. Mrs. Johnson and the Countess became warm

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367

friends, and after Bhe became eftrpress the countess senl
lira. Johnson her portrait. Sirs. Johnson was in Madrid
in February, 1848, and saw the revolution and the fight-
ing which overthrew the “Christine” government
established a liberal one in its place. The Prime Minis-
ter claimed a refuge in the American Minister’s h
where he remained in seclusion until he could be gotten
out of the country.

Upon the election of President Taylor Minister Saun-

returned to the United States, and hia daughter
was married in 1867 to Bradley T. Johnson, of Pi
ick, Md. When theCivil War broke ou( Mrs. Johnson
accompanied her bu ■ Virginia with a company

made up of country lads. The} were unable to obtain
arms, and were about to disperse toother commands
when Mrs. JohnBon undertook to make her way to
North Carolina and appeal to her native State for arms
and equipments She at lasl reached Raleigh The

rnor and his council at once gave her ti\ e hundred
rifles and accouterments, and Bhe was tendered a public
reception bj the State convention, which was tbi

m. The uexl day she started to Barper’s Ferrj
with her guns. At Richmond she was given un
and camp equipage by Gov. Letcher, and at Manassas
was furnished by Gen. Beauregard with authority to
seize anj train and to take her trei to Wini hi

She reported to the Maryland camp after ten da]
mikc ami received the receipt of Jackson’s ordnan
licer for berarms and stores. General Jackson officially

thanked her for her BCT\ ices OH that Occasion

When the Marylanders marched to join Bt
for the first battle of Manassas Mrs. Johnson -tailed For
Richmond. Bhe reached Manassas before the battle of
July -l. 1861, and slept on the field of battle the nighl
of July 19, protected by Beauregard and his staff When
the Maryland Line was assembled tit Hanover Jun
in December, 1863, she Becured, as staled in the i
tions. a modest tibrary for the Boldiers and buUt a chapel
in which Protestant and Catholic services were celebra-
ted on alternate Sundays She became the godmother
of numerous of the men who were baptised there and
receiv ed into the church. Mr- Johnson was much be
loved l>y “her boys,” and when in good health pays
weekly visit- to the Confederate Soldiers’ Home One
of the Veterans recently remarked with emphasis thai
Mrs. Johnson was the ” bravest, truest, manliest woman
that ever breathed ”

Mr-. Johnson was remembered on her birthday by the
lady managers of the Woman’s Hospital. Lafayette
Avenue ami John Street. k<\’ which she ha- been Pres
dent tor ten year-, by a pyramid of American Beauty
roses, mignonette, and violet-. The Maryland Line, of
whos3 lady Board of Managers Mrs. Johnson is Presi-
dent, al>o -cut her a mound of red and white rose-, the
Maryland colors, and of purple ami yellow pansies. the
flower of the State.

CONFEDERATE MONUMENT, ALEXANDRIA, VA.

All honor to the women and men who close by the
capital of the nation have erected a supcrh monument
to their own Confederate dead at Alexandria. Va. It is
surmounted by a soldier, hat in hand, his arm- folded,
and standing with his head a little drooped, as if he was
preparing to make another vigorous battle — a battle with
conditions which mean the recovery of fortune, and re-
demonstrating merit to distinction as a patriot. An old
paper says: “For all time will Alexandria bear in her

heart of heart- the manner of these gallant men who. on
24th da} of May, 1861, left their homes at the call
of public duty, for the monument is inscribed with the
names of those Alexandrian- wh — hon
them again, but th< fellow- citizens will

enshrine them fori

Yon marble minstrel’s voiceless -tone

In deatl shall tell,

When man} a vanished year has flown,

The story lew you fell ;
Nor wreck, n nor winter’s blight,

Nor timi –

t ‘an dim one ray ol holy light
That gilds your glorious tomb.

Xai, res who went from Alexandria and never

returned are engra^ ed Other inscriptions on the monu-
ment are: ‘Erected to the memory of 11 derate

if Alexandria, Va.. by their surviving comrades.
May 24, 1889. I’ti tin south fa and on the north
face the words: ‘They died in the consciousness of duty
faithfully performed.’ It cost $4 100.”

The substance of the foregoing was published in the
Veteran for April, 1893, and is reproduced with the

excellent picture thoughtfully and kindly sent to
the Veteran- by Edgar Warfield. CoL W. A. Smoot is
Commander of the Camp, and Edgar Warfield Adjutant.

Comrades will contribute to the memory of their fel-
lows by sending pictures of monuments to the Veteran.

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consideration of the rapid growth of the publication,
Contributors more than any others have bad reason t<>
complain of inattention. There are hundreds of commu-
nications waiting, tin’ greater part of which have never
heen acknowledged. Iii thi- connection it is stated that
no article for publication has ever been willfully de-
stroyed, ami none has been furnished that did not pos-
sess merit. Considering the amount of labor required,
the good news referred to is that arrangements have

I n made with Mr. S. \\ . .Meek, of Nashville, to become

publisher of the Veteran. .Mr. Meek is manager ofthe

Southwestern Publishing House, which has done a large
I iiirsi 1 1< ■– throughout the South and Southwest for years,
and is also President ofthe University Press, which has
well equipped printing and engraving departments, and
his experience in business is exactly in the line which
promises success in the business department of the Vet-
BB \v With a fair share of business it will he the most
successful publication that has ever belonged to the South.
The editorial rooms, business office, publishing and en-
graving departments are all to be consolidated in the
new five-story brick building, 208 North College Street,
near Church. This arrangement insures much better
attention to correspondence, absolute promptness of pub-
lication day, and opportunities forgiving attention to
comrades and associations throughout its territory.
Solid,, .in people and patriots in every part ofthe coun-
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and if its merit is apparent to them as to thousands
who know it, each one may contribute to the more per-
manent establishment of a publication that sets forth

to all the world the valor and patriotism of a people
whose Mag was furled in the cause for which they sacri-
ficed everything, and which will tend to cement a union
without bitterness and without humiliation to any class.
Entering upon its third year with I lies,, greatly in-
creased facilities, the Veteran expresses profoundest
thanks for the generous patronage bestowed. It is ac-
cepted in the homes of the wealthy and of the poor
alike with hearty welcome. It shall continue to be loyal
to the memory and history of those who are endeared to
it by the tenderest sentiments of life — .sentiments that
are mellowed by recollections of sufferings aud of peril.

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For the unprecedent-
ed -incess in t he growth
of the Veteran sub-
scription list, as a class
publication, indebted-
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hundreds of men” and
women who have la-
i diligently and
without compensation.

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tude tor this coopera-
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pressed. Please don’t
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in the management as
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prosperity, but let it rather be an incentive to every
friend ofthe Veteran ami the cause it so faithfully rep-
resents to enlivened interest in the publication. Mr.
Meek will vigorously press the claims of the VETERAN to
advertisers, but the benefit which would accrue by disin-
terested parties in cooperating would be far greater than
may be imagined. Let this plea arouse every friend,
and instead of the Vetekan stopping at ten or twelve
thousand, its aim should and will be to reach twenty-five
thousand during the year.
The January number will be 15,000 copies, and not

less than forty pages, hence to general advertisers tin’
Outlook is promising. It is strong everywhere South.

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This Christmas season gratitude is expressed to the
Giver of all good that no angry passions now ‘stir the
hearts of our people and that ” we are brethren.”

John P. Hickman, the ever zealous Secretary of the
Tennessee Division of Confederate Soldiers, has sent out an
admirable report ofthe seventh annual meeting, held at
Gallatin September 12, VA. It is from the press of Pos-
ter e; Webb. The engravings, man} – of which will appear
in the Veteran, are of superior quality and tastefully

arranged. The report is comprehensive, and should be
treasured by Confederates and all win, honor heroic
deeds and sacrifice for principle.

Mr W. I’. Agee, of Hope, Ark., who has been a useful
friend to tin’ Veteran, has perhaps the best collection of
Southern war publications in existence. There are in
bis library seventy-six different publications, of which
more than two- thirds are very rare. His Southern His
torical Society papers aggregate seventeen volumes, and
there are ten volumes of a Southern magazine, and
many others of from two to four volumes each. Com-
rade Agee is ever pleased to aid the cause of those who
seek to know the truth about our people.

Confederate l/eterar).

369

rd to the routing and capture of
■nl al Philadelphia, B. Tenn., in October,
The Sixth Georgia Regiment was commanded by Col.
.(olm I! Hart, who tibrell to make

.v around Woolford on the north between Phila-
delphia and the Tenm m r and to cul off I

treat from Philadelphia and London. Tin* we did in a
short time, for we went in a full gallop and formed our
line across the road. My company was ordered ‘
ture the pickets an – which we did in short or-

nted the regiment and cha
the artillery, and – • killed by the

artillery; and then the artillery «a giment

dry charged and el b. Al tliat

juncture my company had just caughl up with th(

r capturing 1 1
on thl i “‘ W< ;|,i

be right of the yankee lin< rh< n the :
ria made another charge and tl broke to

, ure d a terrifii i them, when they

threw down th< ir armt > por»

I thai
\v n, and we

captured twelve ambul capturing

the ” ‘I artillery It seems thai on

suffer I ban all the I i DibreH’s comi

8TAT1 I’ OF OLD HICKOR1

There are three statue- of A.ndrew Jackson like the
above. One is at Washington, in Lafayette Square
across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White Housi
other in Jackson Square, at New Orleans. The
out represents the one on the eastern side of the State
capitol al Nashville. The bases are different

It was made for a gentleman of Louisiana, about
the beginning of the war. for $20,000; but he lost b
tate. ami the sculptor. Mr. Clark Mills, having it on hand,
sold it at the estimated value of the bronze, ($6,000 to
the Tennessee Historical Society.

It will be seen that the statue is perfectly balanced
upon the two feet. It is the only statue BOCOnstro
Confederates in Tennessee identify “Old Hickory” mat-
ters with themselves, and all the more because their
Home for the disabled is on the “Hermit;! nises.

THE CAPTURE OF WOOLFORD

Curtis Green, of Leon Junction, Tex., who surren-
dered in the last ditch, has. this to say:

George W. Youngblood, of Golden City, Mo., and J.
T. Martin, Thompson’s Station, Tenn., have writtenjin-

G. W. ( ”

Dibrell, and adds: I bis l>< ing one of

the I” ittle. I saw him on the

8th of May. 1862 out north th M —

nel within oni yards of the yan-

ith of his

ur “!■ five
hundred yards kado, and where he

did the si ting Brother A W.Smith gol wounded, and

the wiit.r of i I him up and carried him back

to our wagons, and be gol well and preached in N’ash-
\ille after the war, on Mulben – in the M E

Church, South. Dibrell was lieutenant col I of the

old Twenty-fifth T he and 1 went oul in I

pany A; he made his mark and I gol ■ mark by losing

my left hand midway b be wrist and tl Ibow.

I would like to hear from any of the Twenty-fifth who
may – ally of Jompany A. It always

me good to read the veti

I A Howetl A’ljniani Camp 398 C V r
\i Memphis in 1862 a cultivated young girl, Miss Mary
Krwin. applied to Col. Melanchthon Smith. Provosl Mar-
shall, for a pass, so thai Bhe might send clothing to some
of her friends in the Confederate army. The Colonel
told her thai Bhe must take the oath. She replied that
she had never taken an oath in her life; thai she was
young, and was surprised that he should advise her to
swear. The C lid she must swear before she

could get the pas- She beg is,.,] He was

obdurate. She 1 lull app i the officer- pre-ent to

witness that she was Compelled to -wear i

and raising her right hand, said with emphasis God

(1 — n the van! • , – 3h< ■>{ the p:i

W. L. Martin Lntelope, Tex : “We want the Bong,
•Triple barred Banner,’ by Col. William S. Hawkins,
who died in Nashille soon after the war. I was in
Camp Chase prison with I m when he wi *ong,

and we sang it often iii < Club. If you can get

a copy Of the SOng, plea- -end to my add

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TENNESSEE CON] l”l»l l.’.VI E BOMB

The above picture ie a good representation of t lie
Home indicated. It ie located upon the “Hermitage”
property, eleven milee southeast of Nashville, l”he
■■ Hermitage,” consisting of five hundred acres, was bought

by the State of Tennessee in 1856 for 148,1 The

family of “CM Hickory’s adopted son, Andrew Jai
Jr., occupied the residence and had charge of the land
until a few years ago, when the State surrendered four
hundred and Beventy-five acres for a period of twenty-
five years, reserving twenty-five acres upon which the
residence premises are located, ami placing it iii charge
ofthe Ladies’ Hermitage Association. The State appro
priated (10,000 t . > be used in fencing ami clearing up
the land and in building four cottages a- temporary
homes for those in greatest need. The State subse-
quently appropriated (25,000 for the permanent home
here illustrated. The sum was inadequate by about
(9,000, which was raised by the Executive Hoard of
Managers and their friends. The management has been
extraordinary. It is already out of debt. Three of the
Board, Dr. VY. .1. McMurray, Capt Mark S. Cockrill, and
Maj. 1!. 11. Dudley, deserve monuments in bronze for
what they have done gratis week after week for years
tor its successful maintenance. Theresire about eighty-
five comrades who get good food, and not only shelter,
but good housing there.

WHAT BECAME <>F BBERHAJRT’S K<>\

While the army was at Datton, Gra., the Thirty-sev-
enth Georgia was in Tyler’s Brigade. In that regiment
Was a man named F.hcrhart, who had some good
riends down in old Georgia who senl him a box oi

t hings ‘ tur mi

< ompauj II. Twenty-fifth Tennessee, and we kepi one
member, I >ock II . in our in
quired no other duty of him. A- ;i
I ioc|< had no superior and but f< – Well. Dock

ii Dalton one day down about the depot, looking

around foi • a COUple of old gi

men in a box car looking they had

■ i- Dock saw his opportunity and dis-
patched a comradi N. J. M I another mess, to g
get a wagon and come hack after a box immediately.
Dock then jumped in the box car and assisted thi
i k men to look lor their boxes, \\ hich
By this time M bad returned with the wagon.

lie old gentlemen he had assisted them in hunting
for their b i they would oblige him now to

him pul hi- into tk They readily agreed, and

they and Dock rolled one of their I” sf boxes into Dot k’s

ii lie was careful to keep ‘In- marked side down.
Hi- thanked them kindly, and took a douhli
our camp. We unloaded the bos as hurriedly as we

could, opened it. and my! myl at the good th

ige, ham, turkey, pies, cake, butter, brandy, whisky,

ig already made — «r could hardly realize how

rich we wen-. We knocked t he bi ix to piece- and hurtled

them up; then we divided what was in it. concealed it

as best we could, ami gave every man in the company a
taste of the good thin

While I make this story public it ma; mler

Comrade Eherharfs eye: and it” SO, I beg his pardon a
thousand time- and assure him In- could not have |
bly enjoyed its contents mot than we did. nor have
been more in need id’ it than we were. W. H. J.

There was more foragin upon comrades at^i’alton,
doubtless, than anywhere else during the war.

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ANNOUNCEMENT.

On i; ! Friday, March 31, 1893, Gen.

Edmund Kirby-Smith was laid a1 resl in
ilio cemetery al Bewanee, Tenn., where
for many years he had dovoted 1 » i — ^ I if

ational work as Professor of Mathe-
matics a1 the University of the South.

No Btone murks the pave of this noble
and ir r« :i i in.li i. fail hful educator, and dis-
tinguished soldier. Ili> name is honora-
bly inscribed in 1 1n- history of bis coun-
try, mid is dear to the memory of bis be-
loved South.

It is now desired to place a suitable
incmiiiin.’iii over liis grave. The admira-
ble design accompanying tlii- notice,
chaste, Bimple, and appropriate, has been
obtained for a monument, which can be
erected complete for the sum of $1,000.

Weexped t<> provide thi~ amount by
the aid of individual gifts from each of
his comrades in anus, from the alumni.
officers, and Btudents of the University of
the South, and from his many other per-
sonal friends. We trust that all of these
will deem it a pleasure to contribute $1.
or more, it’ convenient, for the purpose as
early as possible, 1 1 is desirable that
the monument be contracted for at an
early dale, and that it should be unveiled.
with suitable ceremonies, on the next
< on i men cement Day of the University of
the South, August 1,1895. Contributions
may be sent to Mr. S. A. Cunningham,
Xash\ Mle, Tenn.

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Andrew Carlisle < oas written an interesting

sketch of the author of ” Dixie.” Recently several con-
tribations have been Bent th< Vj ckran about him, with
the pictures herewith reproduced. Mr. Carson w

Ihe hear! of every Southerner thrills when he hears
the stirring strains of the famous battle hymn of the
Confederacy, ■ Dixie,” and no one lived in this country
during war times who was no( familiar with its
monl and its music; yet to day there are t ery few people
who know the name of the writer, and that he is now
living and in his old age is dependenl on the generosity

of others for support. Uncle I ‘an Emmett. tl Id time

minstrel, in his day and generation one of the leading
lights and greatest favorites on the American stage, the
author of this immortal song, is to-day quietly spending
the evening of his life in the retiracy of a. humble home
in the outskirts of Mt. Vernon,

Herein this quiet little Ohio city Uncle Man was born

seventy-nine years ago, On October 29, 1 v 1 -V He was

ohristened Daniel Decatur Emmett, by his parents, who
were Southern people. His father marched to Mi Ver
non in 1812 from Detroit, being one of sixty riflemen.

Young F.mmett learned the printer’s trade on the
Mt. Vemon Gazette, and in three years rose from the
position of “devil” to foreman. Hewasofs rovingdia-
position, however, and enlisted in the United States
army. His father was displeased at this performance,
and had him discharged for being under age.

Early in hoy hood Han displayed decided musical tal-
ent. Before he had reached the age ^>\’ fifteen he had
composed Beveral quaint negro melodies. Ee finally
joined a circus and traveled with different companies for
eighteen years as a band musician.

In lS.V.i he wrote his most famous song. He was then
a member of Bryant Brothers’ minstrels, of New York.
One night Jerry Bryant asked 1 ‘an to write him a
-hurrah walk around.” That was on Saturday night.

and Mi Bryant wanted the piece readj foi M lay

morning’s rehearsal The Bong was written Sunday, re-
hearsed all day tfonday, and sung that evening. It
. to be a great success for Beveral years, but when
the war broke out the company was forbidden to use it.

and the hand wa- hi–ed when they attempted to play it.

In the South it was different. Its popularity rapidly in-
creased until it became the v, – ofederacy.

All through the war. when two opposing armies lay • n
camped mar each other and tl bands would

strike up “Yankee D lie,” or Star-spangled Ban

the Confederates would always respond with

“Dan Bmmett’s Famous Walk Around” ha- i»-
vived by a New York road company this season Uncle

|i : ,n wrote many

hoi- do v
and – but

“Dixi – his

most famous com-

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tin- most popular
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I ‘an I
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de IB rn.’ • i wine
ober de Mountain,”
and ” I’m <iwine
Back to Dixie.”

IK- has app<
during the past
year at sever
tertainmente in Mt.
Vernon, and is tran-
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tall of the last drop

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MORE VICKSBURG REMINISCENCES.

B* 1″. W. HEREIN, !•! IUT CITY, Rl v

Having Itch one of those who tested the virtues of
mule Bteak in the memorable siege of Vicksburg, I read
with great interest everything relating to thosi duys of
trying ordeal. 1 wax, of course, deoph interested, in the
chapter which appeared in i ho June Veteran, reciting
the experience of Gen. Shoup in that importanl evenl
Knowing the great importance of having these events of
history related as correctly as possible, after reading this
interesting chapter, 1 decided to make one or i « o obser-
vations on the subject, and to try and establish an im-
portanl item of history which r-1 1 < > 1 1 1 1 i be better under-
stood than it is.

1 1 will not do to trust too much, after these thirty one
years, to our own memories for exact facts about those
tragic events. We may err in making our own experi
ence and observation the standard forjudging of what
was done all along the line. Gen. Shoups experience
and my own correspond in many particulars, although
there was a wide difference in our ranks as officers.
There arc points too in which we do not coincide. We
all seek correct history.

The first attack of Sherman on the outer rifle pits, on
tie Cemetery or Graveyard road, as related by Gen.
Shonp, on the evening of the 18th of May, in my expe-
rience was much more formidable than the General’s re-
cital would seem to indicate. I was in command of a
section of a battery which had tired the last shots at the
enemy as we retired from Big Black bridge on the morn-
ing of the 17th of Ma)-. These same two guns, by a
double-quick movement, were nnlimbered and run by
hand into a small redoubt to the left of the road by the
graveyard, and again tired the first artillery shots at the
advancing enemy. Bfaj. Anderson, who had attempted
to run a battery into a redoubt to the right of the road,
was killed in the effort, and the batter}* did not get into
position Until sometime later. This skirmish line was well
maintained until darkness set in. Hence I cannot agree
with Gen. Shoup thai Gen. Grant could have advanced
into Vicksburg that night. I am well satisfied that the
Federal forces were less prepared to have advanced into
our lines that night than even the Confederates lo meet

such an advance.

Again, Gen. Shoup’s observations in reference to the re-
peated assault- madeupoi r lines on the 20th, 21st, and

22d of May are not tip to the history as given cither by
Federal or Confederate authorities. Then, the assaults,

made for the first five day– after the investment was

completed, were something more » serious” to both sides,
and especially to the Federal line-, than Gen. Shoup’s
account would seem to indicate,

Surely Gen. Shoup ha- not forgotten that on the even-
ing of the 25th a ces<*at ion of hostilities was agreed upon,
extending from two to six o’clock, for the sole purpose

of allowing the federal force- lo remove their dead and

wounded, which were strewn all oi er the slopeB, ami in
many places up to and on top of the ( ‘onfederate title pits.
The-e assaults were made principally on our zigzag line,
extending from the Baldwin Perry road to the same
Graveyard road, and they were terrific in many places.
I’he liluecoats scattered over this field of some four miles
attested that many a brave man wenl down in these few

days. After that the “starvation policy” looked more

encouraging than the assaulting policy to Gen. Grant.

No one who witnessed that scene of tin’ memorable -alb

of May, 1863, from either side, has ever forgotten it :

that evening when the defenders of the two grim battle
hues ■■ eca-ed firing ami crawled out into the bright
evening sunshine onto their respective rifle pits, and wit-
nessed the removal of the dead which had been lying be-
tween the lines for day-.

Chore ha- been controversy as to which side asked the
suspension of hostilities for burial of the dead. Wewere

I n ton ned at the time, and have ever SO Understood, 1 hat

the Sag of truce was sent out from the Confederate lines,

making the specific request that hostilities be suspended
a sufficient time lor tie- enemy to remove and bury their
i lead exposed between the line-. ‘I’he terms were :i
lo at ome, and hele ne lo which we have allud-

ed, and which i- not mentioned by Gon. Shoup. It’ this

Statement is not correct. 1 would lie glad to see the facts

iii the Veteran. This i- important, as showing the hu-
mane spirit of the Confederates.

There arc other points in Gen. Shoup’s excellent art icle
which I think an- susceptible of criticism, but that is
not my purpose. Time has leveled military ranks; the
vivid experience and memory of the private soldier are
good in evidence. In several particulars I cannot agree
with May .1. W. Sparks about the surrender of Vicks-
burg, published in the July Veteran, Gen. Pumberton
had his faults, and the main one, in my humble judgment,
was that he was loo much in conflict with some of his
subordinate officers; but I cannot believe in his being
disloyal lo the Confederacy.

In the October Veteran lev. B, < ‘. Paulkner, of
Searcy, Ark., calls attention to a blunder of this writer
in a previous article, relating to the “Career and heath
of Cen. Lloyd Tilgh man,” which was in omitting to note
the Eighth Kentucky Regiment as a part of Gen. Tilgh-
man’s Brigade. My friend is right: it was a stupid
blunder, for well do I remember the gallant daring and
gentlemanly bearing of the remnant of the Eighth Ken-
tucky after Donelson, under both Tilghmanand Forrest.

Dr. J. If Harper, Rosston, Tex., sends nine suosui tow’s
with his own renewal, lie was a member of the Fifteen! h
Texas ( ‘avalry. and was dismounted a I Little Rock, Ark. ;
captured at Arkansas Post; was in prison at Camp I>oult-

las three months; and paroled at City Point, Va. He

was exchanged and remounted, and scouted awhile in
Virginia. He was again dismounted and sent to the
Army of Tennessee, and was in the battles of Chickamau-
ga, Missionary Ridge, and Ringgold. In the latter bat-
tle he «a- wounded in the right forearm. The I >octor
adds: •■ 1 have been a reader of the VETERAN about a
year, and have felt like I ought to try to ‘lo something

for il. and ii] seeing that my subscription had expired

I put my thoughts into execution. The accompanying
li-l of Subscribers includes the mimes of all the cx-Con-

federate soldiers that get their mail at this office except

one. and one from another post office. I think the av-
erage will be hard to feat. I never tried to make up a
club for any paper before; but I found (be boys ‘mighty

( ‘on fed e raie.’ and had no i rouble in getting subscribers. ‘

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THE BROKEN BATTALIONS

The sounds of the tumults have ceased to rim;.

And the battle’s Bun has Bet,
And her.’ in tho peace of a newborn Bpi

\\ e would fain forgive and forget.

I orgel tin- rage of hostile years,

\ M i 1 1 8i are of a wrong unshriven ;
,i he torture that thrilled to ti
|The angels, culm in heaven.

u’ and forget? Yes! be it bo,
From the hill- to the broad Bea ws
But mournful and low are the winds that blow
By the slopes of a thousand gr

We may Bcourge from the spirit all thought of ill,
In the midnight of grief held fast ;

\n.l yet, ‘ I brothers! be loyal -till
To’ the sacred and stainless Past!

She is glancing now from t lie vapor and cloud,

Prom the waning mansion of ” l
And the pride of her beauty i? wanly bowed,

And her ej es are misted –

And she Bpeaks in a voice that is sad as d<

“There is duty still to be done,
Though the trumpet of onset has spent i

And the battle been lost ami won.”

And she points with a trembling luirni below.

To the wasted and worn array
Of the heroes who strove in the morning glow
For the grandeur that crowned ” the gray.’

i > God! they come not as once they i

In the magical years of yore:
For the trenchant -word and the sonl of Same
dl quiver and tlasli no more.

Alas! for the broken and battered hosts;
Frail wrecks from a gorj

h pale as a band in the realm of ghi
them! they fought with

loried when dauntless stonewall m
Liki

. ndid victories arched
tempest « hose rain i^ — blood!

Flashed lighti
When the laughing blue of the Southland

Was Ma-ted with cloud and I

Salute them: their VI lay,

Wen once the thui
In tii hottest and w ildi –

That ‘ life!

■ ■ 1 by a nr
Blind nation- against them hurled

1 and the

( if the banded and ruthlet

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And follow bis guiding hand ;

iy from th(

stand!

■ murmui –
There’- a duty -till \<o be done;

the drum, and the bugle dumb.

And the battle is lost and w

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[With it- -hining portal
Shall they find tl e of their ” 1

,’ i South ‘ in 3 1 heart?

f welcome with living ha
And lore for it- radiant
Till the music of death’s ■■ ills

Tl, ■ he warrion

John C tfacKoweu We of Capri, Italy, Noveml

ilian postal authorities have sent you re-
newal for my yearly subBcription si and the •

\- I know of no other • knife ‘.ran

living in Italy. I have resolved myself into
( lamp, which, like all – ■< only adopts

your paper as its organ, but unanimously subscribi
it. This Camp, b rough 1 in frequt thNorth-

erners, Italian-. British i heir man]

personal qualities, but sympathises politically only with
otheT < ‘onfedei ” ,| this < ‘amp would

be glad to see any mi rubers of other l
an Camps in bs headquarl Villa dells 1

where tney will find a good dinner, a g i

wine, ami a veteran’s welcome, or as many dii
bottles, and welcon numbei they can

ii Capri during their tour through Italy. Four
paper brings across the Atlantic homely o
ern woods, the delicious fragrance of ji – and mag

id the blinding, suffocating fumes of gun-
powder mingled with met battles,
wounds, dead ami livin if victorii

The young generation which must carry on our
work some day can learn through your paper th<
tory of the wonderful bravery of their fathers and profit
by it. A: lected by the world when it k

how to use all ate new ones when

irv. to bring its high hopes to the practical
mon omplished fai

At the recent annual election, Camp [sham Ha;
>,,,. 21 .1. Wan-en Gardner as Commander, ami

W. A Though ;

busy man. Mr. Campbell has found titn.
deal in the interest of the Veteran.

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BENEFACTIONS OF A COMRADE

Sir. John < ‘. Latham is a Kentuckian, :i native of
Hopkinsville. He enlisted in the Confederate army
and Berved as a private soldier to the end, surren-
dering a1 Greensboro, N. (‘., in May. 1st;.”).

Young Latham returned bo liis native town, and
was successful in business from the beginning. He
engaged in business a few years at Memphis, and
afterwards became the senior member of Latham,
Aexander&Co., well-known bankers of New York.
In visiting his old home and kindred, he remem-
bered with pride the soldiers who acted and
.suffered with him. He remembered, too, the
soldiers of the other Bide whose identity was lost
in the grave, and standing by the splendid shaft
erected to the memorj of his honored father, he
was moved hy an impulse to erecl a monumenl to
the unknown dead of both armies buried in the

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Elopkinaville Cemetery. However, being informed that
the government had removed the Union dead to the
National Cemetery al Fori Donelson, be determined to
build a monumenl solely to the unknown Confederate

dead buried tie

The monumenl isjof granite, and admirably located.
It is more than eight feel square at the base, and sup-
ports a pedestal ot two polished Btones upon which rests
the die, four and a half feet square and seven feel high,
with polished panels. The cornice of the die is pol –
with cannons and laurel wreaths in bronze. The die is
surmounted by a square obelisk with a Corinthian capi-
tal crowned with a pyramid of the polished halls, eight-
een inches in diameter. Two bronze swords are. ci

on the front, encircled by a bronze wreath On the
eastern panel of the die is inscribed:

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Around this Column Is Buried All of Heroism That Could Die.
On the western panel oi the die is the inscriptio

W i- 1 ik States,I1861 1865

lieneath This s.o.l is Mingled the Sacred 1 >usl of < Ine Buj
and One Unknown Soldiers, Who Were Attached to the Follow-
ommands: First and Third Mississippi, Seventh Texas,
and Eighth Kentucky Regiments, Forrest’s Cavalry and Wbod-
ward’s Kentucky Cavalry, and Green’s Kentucky Artillery.
On the northern panel:

While Martyrs for Conscience Sake Are Respected, the Valor
and Devotion of the Confederate Soldier Will He Admired by
the ( !ood and the Brave.

On the southern panel :

This Monument Is Erected At the Place of His Birth, by a
Surviving Comrade, to Commemorate the Virtues of the Con-
federate Dead.

A.D. 1887.

In a letter on the subject to the Hopkineville Hoard

of Council, Mr. Latham states:

I have felt safe from the suspicion of selfish
ness, because it was a memorial to the unknown
dead. I have felt perfect confidence in the sym-
pathy of all true women and brave men, believing
that they would recognize in the tomb a deserved
tribute to “all of heroism that could die;” I have
rejoiced in the opportunity it gave me to do hon-
or to the memory of my comrades in arms who
left their homes and lost their lives ” for con-
science sake;’ and finally, I have felt that this
memorial shaft would beautify the city of the
dead in which my father sleeps, and that the mar-
tial spirits of the dead soldiers beneath it would
stand guard about his grave.

In now formally turning the monument over

LATHAM CONFEDERATE MONUMENT, lloCK I Nsv [U.E, KV.

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to you as the official guardian of the city of liopkins-
ville. I beg to say that every expense incidenl to its
construction has been met. and to assure you thai of the
total cost there remains not one dollar unpaid. I have
also made such an endowment provision a- will yield
sufficient income to keep the monument and grounds in
perfect order for all time to come, thereby protecting the
city against any future expense in connection with the
matter.

In conclusion. I cannot refrain from Baying lie
hut one way in which this memorial might he iii more
exact conformity with my original purpose. I hoped in
the beginning to make a joint monument to unknown
Federals and Confederates, for in the death tie
fered there was hardship, heroism, and valor, costing the
precious lives of true hearted American citizens The
Tinted States Government having removed the ‘lead
Federals to the National Cemetery at Fori Donelson,
there were only left my comrades, the Confederate dead,
and to their hallowed memory I dedicate this shaft

It seems appropriate in tins connection to oote si

other things done for his native town hy this BUCCeSsful

and public-spirited gentleman. Besides the* notes
used, he lias contributed much to t he prosperity of roads

over 1 he count V.

HOTl l LATHAM AT HOPKINSX II. I.E. KV.

The ahove illustration is of the new hotel so nearly
completed that it will he formally opened January 3
The extent and character of the structure show pro-
gressive foresight that will animate others to rivalry tor
the prosperity of the town.

LATH

Mr. Latham has improved the vicinity of the old fam-
ily n – served in it- original character, and
surrounded by flowers and swards, although not in the
“blue grass region,” bj erecting beautiful ci

illustrated al>” all ornament to the town.

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< me of the most beautiful stone church found

anywhere is at Hopkinsville, and the Bapl
fn 1 to Mi Latham for a munificent contribution to it.
The Veteran thank- Mr. Ira I, Smith, of the Planter’s

Hank, for the photographs from which these engravings
Mr. Latham will be the most surprised
person who will see the display, doubtless, but it
tain thai he is grateful for the grand monument that
causes this article, and the Veteran honors him fox
what be has done for his “old Kentucky boi

.1. Will Hall, Liberty, Mo ; •■ I wish you would make
inquiry through the Veteras for any survivors of the
steamer Webb’s crew that ran past New Orleans in April,
1865 They will remember me as the man (or rather
boy) who was lowered down over the ship’s side and re-
paired the cannon hall holes. I would like to correspond
with any of them.”

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PABTl \L LIST OF Till’. MULTITUDE WHO
ABE HELPING TllK VHTHiiAN

Thkv will cheerfully wrve those who apply to them
by sending subscriptions and advertisements. Friends
will help to till the blanks below and make such additions
;i^ will help tin’ great cause in hand.

ALABAMA.

Anniston 1. M. Ledbetter

Athene W. B Rusa 11

Auburn. . .Gen. James 11. Lane

ton Cant W. II. May

Birmingham.. .8. L Roto

Camden l. F. Foster

< arrollton. ..CoL M. L. Btansel
i ledar Springs G.W. K. Bell

Morgan City. James M. Fraser
New I irleans. Capt J.W.Gaines
and ll. Fobs.

BayviUe ‘• B. Bummerlin

Bhreveport F. 0. Marsden

MARYLAND
Ann:.p..li-, Eugene Wonhiwrtorj

Baltimore W. 11. Pope

i lumberland, Mrs. T. 1- Patti

Tallahassee Pikesville W. II. Pope

Tampa. J. M. Hi and Mississippi.

Timsvme C °°!mT.A.D.Cohen g”^” ” ftlW

Edwardville Canton .

GEORGIA.

Acworth ‘. I- Leman

Athene Capt W. P. Welch

Atlanta Col. John Milledge

Augusta F. M. Stoval]

Elkmont T. D. Grime

Florence W. M. Bunting

Greenville \. S. Adame

Huuteville W. M. Erekine

Jacksonville D. Z. tioodlett

Lowndesboro. .(‘. D. Whitman
Lowei Peach ‘IV •■. 1

Montgomery F.G. Browder

Moundville. .Capt.J.8. Powers

Oxford I. Timothy P<

Piedmont M T. Ledbe ter

Bcottsboro. . .James Btaley, Dr.
Andrew Boyd.

Beale ….P. A. Greene

a Edward P. Gait

Snowdoun J. B. Slaughter

Troy T. M. Murphree

ARKANSAS.

Arkadelphia C.C. Scott

Bentonvillf R. .T. Laughlin

Booneville. . .D. B. Castlel.errv

Camden Hail G. Smith

Fayetteville .Miss A. M. Stone

Helena C. N. Biscoe

Hone W. P. Agee

Hot Springs, Gen. J. M. Harrell
Huntingdon.. Capt L. B. Lake
Little Sock.. .Clem McCulloch

Morrillton W. B. Hanna

Prescott T. F. Burns

Searcy • • .Rev. E. C. Faulkner

ngdale Dr. John Young

Van Buren . . C. W. Lehman
CALIFORNIA.

Santa Ana. Victor Montgomery

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Washington, Miss S. H. Owen,
Mies Carrie Wil-on, Mrs. Al-
bert akers,Mr. F. 1 1. Poston,
Mrs. A. T. Buck, Mrs. L. R.
Uessenger,MrB. D.P.Halsey.

FLORIDA.

Altoona R. L. Hopson

Brooksyille J. W. Corman

Cantonment Fos. McVoj

Chipley R. B. Bellamy

Fernandina

Inverness. .W. C. Zimmerman
Jacksonville.. W. D. Matthewe

Lakeland II. Mclnnis

Leeshurg Ca|>t.l. B. Milam

Marianne lohn W. Pooser

Milton. . .Thomas B. Brasbears

Monticello W. < r. Denham

Ocala, Mrs. Gen. I. I. Dickison,

William Fox.

Orlando W. Gart Johnson

Pensacola. .Gen. George Reese

Plant City F. \V. Merrin

Sanford Otis S. Tarver

St. Augustine, J. A. Enslow, Jr.,

and D. L. Dunham.

.Col. H. W. New man

Centerville. .William M. ( Srisp

Coldwater.. . . W. K. Dougherty
Columbus W. A. Campbell

Corinth M. Byrnes

Edwards.. . W. A. Montgomery

Fayette W. I.. Stephen

i ireen wood. Capt. T, I.. Basket)

Jackson J. C. Bietti

McComb City… Dr. 0. B. Quin
Meridian . . .*. W. L. < toldsmith

Natchez B. D. Guice

Shannon f. 3. Carothere

Ctica W. J. Green

Vicksburg D. A. Campbell

.A. M. Chandler

. . . w. K. ( looper
Yazoo City.. . .(‘ .1. Dul’.uisson
MISSOURI.

Centralis . . .
Columbus. . .

Exeter

Golden City
I [unteville.

J.

1..I. Parks

..K. F. Renick
. .< ‘•. < ;. James
A. Williamson
..G. N. Rat lift”

Independence. .Schuyler I.owe
Joplin, Capt. Z. II. Lowdermilk
Knoii Noster. . .J. E. Robinson

Lamar W. L. Mack

Lexington, Rev.Thos.M. Cohb

Louisiana.
Moberly ….
Odessa. ….
Page city…

Palmyra. . . .

Pearl.

Pleasant Dill

F. T. Meriwether

K.J. Tait

D. G. Wade

. . . N. M. Cooper
.K. F. Peddicord
R. H.Sk.-en

….W. .1. Green

Cartersville..Maj. A. M. Foute

Eagle Cliff W. F. Allison

Eatonton Boberl Young

nsboro lesse P. Wilson

Hawkinsville. . .D. (i. Fleming
La i rrange J. L. Bcbaub

Macon Charles Herhst

Madison James E. Chiles

B e ■■■■■••• „•■,■,:’• West” Point. .

Savannah. . .Mrs. A. M. Itaim – \v,„,dville

Union Point 0. E. Fluker

Washington . . .Miss G. Cordes
INDIAN TERRITORY.

Ardmore F. G. Parry

McAlester. .CoL I: I’.. Coleman

INDIANA..
Evansville, Frank A. Owen, Dr.
A. J. Thomas.

KANSAS.

Coffeyville . . . I>r. T. C. Frazier

KENTUCKY.

Adairville M. B. Stovall

Augusta. ..Col. L. P. ELnoedler

Bar<lstown A. B. Baldwin

Bell C. D. Bell

Bethel Jo Arrasmith

Bordley Fount Christian

Bowling Green, W. W. Hen-
dricks, J. A. Mitchell.
Brownsboro.. . .Lemuel Zaring

Casey ville T. B. Clore

Franklin I>r. L.J. Jones

Georgetown. Col. A. II Sinclair
Harrodsburg B. W. Allin

Henderson. . .S. 1). MeCormiek

Justice James T. O’Neal

Lewisburg. .George T. Gupton
Lexington . . . .Gen. John Boyd

Louisville

Newport. Miss Eleanor Arnold
Owensboro Wallace Hen-
Pa lucah I. M. Browne

Paris Joseph M. Jones

Pembroke Isaac ( tarrott

Rich ml Dr. J. M. Povntz

Russell ville… Maj. J. B. Brigga
Slanghtersville, Capt. A. Tinder
Smith’s Grove. .T. E. McDaniel

Stanford T.J. Hatcher

Sturgis lohn W.Dyer

Tolu Dr. A. S. II. Boyd

Versailles Oklahoma City, John O. Oasler

Winchester.. Capt B. F. Curtis Norman J. H.Trimble

LOUISIANA. SOUTH CAROLINA.

Arcadia.. ..Rev. G. N. Clampitt Aiken Capt B. H. Teague

Baton Rouge Charleston.. .James G. Holmes

Berwick F. O’Brien Columbia. . .Capt A. P. Brown

Jackson R. II. McClelland Darlington

Lake Charles. . Dr. W. A. Knapp Edgefield. ..Capt. Geo. B. Lake

and E. H. Burleson. Greenwood, W. R. McKinney,

Mansfield, Dr.W. N.Cunningham R. S. Sparkman.

Salisbury Casper W. Bell

Seneca..” John A. Matbes

Springfield, .T.Coleman I iardner
St. Louis Frank Plister

Warrensburg ..D. P. Woodi ml

NEVADA.

Ely A. C. House

NORTH CAROLINA.

Asheville. ..Miss Ellen Sawyer

Goldsboro B. P.. Raiford

< Ireensville B. F. Sugg

llickorv J.G. Hall

Mt. Airy W. E. Patterson

Raleigh’

Salisbury Cicero R. Barker

Statesviile P.O. Carlton

Wayneaville, Col. G.W.Clayton

Wilmington, Col. W. L. De-

Rosset, Rev. A. I). McClure.

Win-ton

OKLAHOMA.

L. P. Harling

Manning I. T. Stukes

M i E. D. Gaaque

Orangeburg T. c. Hubbell

TENNESSEE.

Auburn K K. Hancock

Baker J. T. Kev

Billingsly L.T. Billingsly

Burem’s store ..lis. Burem

Carthage George s. Hunt

( ihattanooga… .1.. T. Dickinson

Chapel Hill H. H. Bstee

ClarksvUle..CaptC. H. Bailey

Cleveland Dr. S. 11. Day

( lolumbia. . . .Col. H. G. Evans
and Lynch Perry.

Cidleoka

Dickson Col. W. J. Mathis

I ‘re-den Col. E. E. Tansil

-burg. L. Hughes and W.C.
\ ixon.

Eagleville TJ. J. I ‘wen

I ii. ii ( ‘..liege E. S. Pavne

I in. T. A. Bunnell

tte\ ille Lewis Peach

Franklin I. II. White

Garnishor.. I.. S. Bvbee

Gallatin T. S. Vinson

( loodlett-ville P.. V. Myers

i lordonville I. E. < rold

i lower’s Gower Brothers

< rreenville F. M. Kelso

Hartsville » .

Humboldt

Huntingdon N. B. Nesbit

Jackson S E. Kierolf

Know ille . . . .Charles I lucloUX
Lei)>er’s Fork..M. A. Meacham
Lewisburg. . .Capt W. « ;. Loyd

Livingston L. W. Cbapin

Lynchburg Felix Motlow

l.vnnville I. Ma.Thnrman

Martin Tames Hardeman

Mi Kenzie. . . . Dr. J. P. Cannon
Memphis. Col. C. W. Frazier,

Mrs. Keller Anderson. J. L.

Goodloc, John A. Crofford.
Mt. Pleasant, Maj. Lemuel Long
Murfreesboro, Judge W. S. Mc-

Lemore.

Newborn lohn W. Ashczaft

Newport I. D. Stephens

Paris. J. W. Porter, H. E. Jobe

Pike\ille L. T. Billingslev

Pulaski F. M. Bunch

Rankin’s Depot. . . .G. B. Helm
Riddleton. . ..W. W Fergusson
Rogersville..Capt Ernesl Pain
Badlereville, Carson C. Carlisle

Sharon E T. HolliS

Shell. vville W. S. Bearden

So’th Pittsburg, Peter Bradshav
Shi. Camp.. Rev. A.T. Goodloe
St. Bethlehem. ..C. J. Hatcher

Sweet Water W. T. Lenoir

Tennessee Ridge, D. W. Wilson
Tracy City…. J. A. Thompson

Trenton R. J, I lew

Trezevant ,C. Spnrgeon Wingo

Tullahoma W. J. Travis

Waitrace James Arnold

Waverly. . . .Capt T. L. Lanier
Winchester… Dr. T. C. Murrell
W Hand Mills T. H. C.

Lownsbrougb.
Wool worth T. A. Bunnell

TEXAS.

Alvarado J. R. Posey

Antelope T. T. Christian

Aurora G. W. Watkins

Austin Charles S. Morse

Athens W. T. Eustace

Confederate l/eterai).

:>7«»

Bartlett D. B.F. Belk

Belcherville I. C. Bilbo

Belton, H. M.Cook.H. E. Brad-
ford, B. II. Turner.

Bonliam T. P. Holmes

Pinopolis Dr. K. Y. Dwight

Black .lack Grove. . .Rev. B. F.

Stephens.
Brazoria. . William Fori Smith
Bryan. …Gen. H. B. Stoddard
Calvert.. .(‘ W. Higginbotham

Canadian M. M. French

Canton Tom Clark

i fedai Creel \. I ‘• Uexander

i lenter Poinl D. G. Home

Ohico ‘ apt. J. D. Eddina

G. I:. \ l l.ti

Cleburne M.S. Kahle

..(‘apt. W. W. Hill

Colt-man 1 J. Callan

Columbia

i anche I \. Holman

Dallas Frank Edwards

Decatur I loL M. D. Si

Denton ‘. !!• Burton

Era D.J. Wilson

El Paso 1’r. W. M. Yandell

I unrg 1. W. I’.ow ere

Forreston Car Forrest

Fori Worth, Col. J.W

Eugene Burr, C. W. Peabod>

Forney T. M. Daniel

Gainesville i. M. Wright

-ton ( ‘. \\ ashington

Gatesville. . ..Dr. W, E. Brown

Glen Rose B. F Robert*

Goldthwaite, ‘ teorge w tiitaket

alee II. I., Quails

Graham, A. T. Gay and Jas.M

Wood.

Grand View C < Hatfield

Greenville \. II. Hefner

Hamilton… Capt. W. T. Saxon

Henrietta I. C Skipwith

Holland F. G Pike

Hot ii -v I Irove .J. L. Ballinger
Houston .. .Capt, Will Lamberl

Kaufman Pan ( ‘oilman

Kemp r, A. Watkins

Killeen T. 1″. Prewit

I .adonis \V. B. Merrill

I a ( trange R. H. Phelps

Lampasas, Judge 1>. C. Thomas

Luling !..!.< ‘..niter

Marlin lohn M. .lolly

Memphis G. W Tipton

Mexia J. W. Simmons

Milford

Montague 11. H. Wagner

Mt. Vernon W. T. < Sass

Paint Rock W. T. Mdton

Paris (ten. John W. Webb

Poetry 8. J. Nash

Richmond. Mr-, w . B. Smith
Rockwall. ..Dr. II. W. Maneon

Ros-ton J.B II

San Ant in.., Mr- B. Miens-
worth.

n E. 8 ( larpenter

.ur T. II I I

Sherman I”. i T. Wilson

and Dr.G – Staples.
Smith Prairii . W. II. Whit
Tehuai ana ,.H. A. Boyd

Tra\ is E. Perkins

l.i i. II Vie I

Tulip 1..1.H I

Tyler lames P. I kraglas

Van Al-tvne I. W. Pattie

Veto \. I . lnd(

Waco W ■

Waxahachie in sm < ‘”hen

eat

Whiteshoro, I >r w \ Darnall
Will’s Point.. . ,W \. Benham
Wrightsboro, Dr. W I ‘ I inney

VIRGINIA.

Charlottesville, I trJ.Wnt
Culpeper, Miss Minnie I Hill
■ icksburg, Mrs. ‘ n
new
Harrisonburg. ..John E. Rallei
Lynchburg. ..Jaa. Franklin. Jr.

Norfolk s \ Etheridge

Portsmouth 1 Iho-. Dunn

Radford R. H. tdams

Richmond Col. T P Pollard
Strasburg.Prof. J. B Melnturff
Wellington, MissSue M.M
WppI Point , ..W. W. Green
Williamsburg,! apt. 11. T ‘

WEST VIRGINIA.

Charleston . . . .( I rhomj

Huntington

Romnej , William Montgomery

rim and a fasl one Jim Cummings, as good a soldier as
ever tired :i gun, said he’d take the “Lady Richardson”
rammer with him, to keep the yanks from turning her
on ns as we ran. < >ur company went into Vicksburg
with horses, but no guns; not demoralised, as the Bequel
Bhows. Gen Green told u~ there were some guns on
the Hz.in thai had been abandoned, when we wont after
and secured three of them. We again came near being
captured. One of these guns was known n* the “Craay
Jane.” She was placed in a parapet of the

Jackson road, and 1 ezpeel Bh( man] BhotsaB,ifnot

more than, any gun OH our line. Perhap shots

Bred a1 her also than any other, bul they failed to
silence her until the surrender. Gen. Green was killed
Dear her. The yanks dug up to u- and threw their
dirt on ours and run a mine under us Many men were
killed around tin- “i i gun; besides our own, there were
many infantry boys snarpshooting She wae
throw v fashion, and manj a poor

lust his life writi h i

It would tal 1 1 < 1 1 space to tell all that hap

swapping tobai i oda, hand

grenad The yank- always contended thai they

would eat dinner on the It h in \ icksburg. and they did.

RECOLLECTIONS OP AN ARTILLERYMAN

MY 1 . W. STBODK, in orii NDENI 1 , HO.

A good deal luis been said in the Veteran aboul the
siege ol \ icksburg. 1 was one of the Missouri boys of
Howen s Division, and would like to make a correction
of Tom .1. Poster’s statement in regard to the gun,
“Lady Richardson.” I belonged to the Third Missouri Bat-
tery, commanded at that time by Schuyler Lowe. The
gun, “Lady Richardson,” was captured al Corinth, and
given to our company at Ripley, after we fell back to thai
point. She was No. I, and 1 served on her while she be-
longed to t he company.

It’ ” Ward’s Legion” had anything to <\o with her. I
never knew it. They may have been our support pari
of the time at Baker’s Creek. Gen.Tilghman waskilled
near our guns, but was not manning the” Lady Richard-
son,” nor had lie anything to do with her in any way.
We lost her at Black River, with the rest of the battery.
We were placed in position and our horses sent hack

across the river, some distance. Our left gave way, and
the light artillery was without horses — something unusual.

We stayed with the guns until we had to make a long

ANECDOTE i >F DICR M’CANN.

The tin s Dick McCann wae Nash-

ville, holding high i tnd behaving bims

as Morgan had I lone on the same ground. I

\|e( aim had served for some I me in infantry, bul
found it too slow i .ur i om

mand in our first raid into Kentucky with

distinction in our operation- around Gallatin during the
summer of 1862 It would be impose late till of

his numerous adventures II. wa prowling

around night and day. and rarely permitted the enemy

attire i.,y nod the fort ificationsof Nashville withoul

son vidence ol his thoughtful attention. Just before

we arrived at < Sallatin, his ■

termination. lie went on a BCOUl one night with two. if
n and Dr. Robert Williams The Doctor frequent-

• inpanied him On those vi-its. a- he termed ‘
toth. happy childhood. Near I he city they

came upon a picket stand, and McCann sent his two
men around to gel between them and their base, intending,
with the Doctor, to charge upon and capture them. The
moon was shining and he stole closer than was prudent.
when they discovered and tired upon him. On(
struck upon the brass buckle of bis saber belt, but ii

out enough to save bis life However, the blow
brought him from h It he was mortally

wounded Said the Doctor ” Dick, are you hurt? ”

“Yes, ” groaned Dick; killed deader than
Shot right through the bowels, quick, Bob, pass me the
bottle quick ! ”

The Cumberland Presbyterian, Nashville, Tenn.

” The CoNFEDEB \ I 1 V BTERAN is the organ of those who
fought on the Southern side in our civil war. but the
fact that among its subscribers are a goodly number
who fought for the rni.ni Bhows thai the bitter memo-
ries of the struggle that ended thirty years ago are lad-
ing from men’s minds, while on Loth sides of the ol.
tional line, which happily has been blotted out as a re-
sult of the war, there is a growing patriotic pride in
American heroism, whet her the heroes wore the gray or
the blue.”

380

Qoofederate l/eterai).

Kll’li: ELL8LEK.

gHE i STOR1 “I II Kit PROFESSIONAL

i I! i:.

The Vstkrak honors a noble little lady
whose career Jbas been very similar
toithat ofa I Miri. For Dear-

ly four yean Bhe played ” Bazel Kirke,”
making it 1 1 >« • sensation of the American
Bhe bad but three weeks vacation
in the time — a Bhorl furlough. Mil]
of people Bhed tears over her acting, and
her reputation as a worthy woman has
brightened all through her life of trial —
of successes and defeats.

i in m recent \ i-it to Nashville, upon so-
licitation, she visited tin- Vbtkran office
and dictated the following short and very
modes) sketch of ber career on the stage:

I was born in Philadelphia, but my
home proper was in Cleveland, O. I
was educated at tin- Ursuline < lonvent in
thai city. I always bad a desire tor the
stage, imt my parents were quite opposed
!.. it, although my father was a manager

and actor; my ther was also an actress,

anil her father an actor before ber. Their
principal objection was thai my father
was well to do, my associations had been
entirely nonprofessional, and there was no
necessity for my making the profession a
mean- of living. While at school [divided
naytime between playing children’s parts
and studying music quite extensively, un-
til I was about twelve years of age, when

J was called upon to play tie- rdle of Vir-
ginia, in the tragedy known as” Virgin ins,”
n itii Mr. Edvi in Forrest. It was during the
last year ofhis professional career. There
were no single ladies in my father’s com-

|iany, ami as Mi. Forrest was persistent
in his objections t<. the pari being taken
bya married woman, I was according!}
brought from school to play Virginia, the
lirst legitimate part I e^ er essaj id

We were to ii]. en iii the play in Detroit,
my father’s company going there fur that

purp09e 1″ Support .Mr. Inri’esl. in-
state manager, a Mr. Wright, always di-
rected hi- plays, hut I >f he’ as] ed Mr. For-

,i- a favor t” attend the rehearsal

himself, as the part I was to play was a
very important one, il being my debut le-
gitimately. 1 hail taken the precaution
to provide myself with Mr. Forrest’s

prompt I k, which always gave the busi-

■ a ■ <l ii. My first stumbling-
block occurred in tin es in the first
act, v> Inn VirginiuB asks his daughter the
question: ” I hope you neverplay thetru

ant?” The answer was: ” No, ind I. my

father.” That had been eliminated ami
” Virginius ” written above, ami that, i<»’.
bail Been scratched nut ami nothing re-

i .1 lint ” No, indi ed,” which I spoke.

He immediatel) took me to task for it,
ami called upon hi- manager to read the

line, hut was told that was the way il was

in the honk. Not being a very religious
man, he remarked that people would
eliminate ” Our Father” from the Lord’s

Prayer if they rid. The rehearsal

progressed all right after that, ami he
mentioned the fact that I was not to wear
a trained dress.

At the end of the morning rehearsal
the manager especially charged me not to

step on Mr. Forrest’s gouty foot, Unfor-
tunately . that was the very thing l did,
lint to my astonishment he never re-
proached meat a 11, hi it rathei spoke words
of encouragemenl t” me.

The result of thai performance was a de-
Bire thai [should play Ophelia to his I lam-
let. Though my mother at first saiil noon
ace tint of my youth, she finally consented
thai 1 should play it il that would end
any further work with him. Our dressing

rooms at I hat lime were all u in lenient 1 1 the
ami in v great hope was 1 1 1 : 1 1 he, be-
ing gouty, won M not. ei ■ upon the Stage

.luring my inn! Bcene of Ophelia, which

was the important scene Of the pail, hut
in the mi.l-t of one of my hits of music I

heard ” Bravo I bravo!” from the entrance,
in tone- that I recognized as those of Mr.
i. After the performance he sent
for me, and on going to his room he con-
gratulated me, corrected a few mistakes
thai I had made, and predicted for me a
bright future legitimately. The Detroit
papers, in their reference to this perform-
ance, likened my playing Ophelia to the
Hamlet oi ‘Mr. Forrest, a- May and De-
cember.

One of the amusing experiences I have
bad happened in this way: I was sent

for from scl I to play the third appari-
tion in Macbeth. That was before I played
Virginia at all. The business of these ap

parilion- i- to come up through a trap-
door on the stage. Our stage was very
low at that time, ami we almost had t”

get on our knees before this trap.!

and crawl up. All day I had gone
through the girlish trick of patting my

Belfand saving my lesson over and over

again. The speech goes this way: “Be

lion met tie. I, proud ; and take in . care who
chafes, who fn-1 -.” etc. These Words,
with the rest of the Speech. Were ,|llile as
much to me as any figure on the Btage.
\- I came up through I he trapdoor, Mi-
slead of saying ” Be lion mettled,” I -aid
” I’.e lion hearted.” Immediately I real-
ized thai I bad made a mistake, and
could not say anything more, hut stood
-till. My 1 1 a. I her was i .11 one side and my

fitberon the other, and they both endeav-
ored to set me right, but without avail.
Macbeth was waiting for me to say a little

more, -o in despair I pulled out my hook

iron, my bosom, when- 1 bad put it during

my anxiety in the earlier part of the play,
and read my speech from it. After get-
ting through this and crawling away, I
was in a mist of tears. The first person I

encountered waa my father, to whom 1
said: “1 BhaU never play that nasty part
again.” He replied facetiously: “Yon
will play it the next time the piece s
Those wordBareso impressed on my mem-
ory that I ran n..w at any time repeatex-
actly the speech of the third apparition.

Liter my connection » ith Mr. Foi
pei lence was playing comedy and
leading business, with such stars as Bai ry
Sullivan, E. L. Davenport, the late Mi
Barrett, John Mc( tallough, and last, but
nol least, dear Edwin Booth, after which
1 was formally initiated as a meml
the profession.

In the meantime mj father bad built

the Euclid Avenue opera house, in Clevi

land, at a time when money was Bcarce

1 hing dull, and the investment

proved a failure and shattered mir for-

i s. it was then I deemed it wise to go

t.. the ureal metropolis. Much a£
my parents’ will,! persisted in my deter-
mination to visit New York City »n quest
<>f an engagement, realising that I must
<lo my par] toward the maintenance of
our family. After \ isiting set
eies in ■|iiest of an engagement
opera, comedy, or sentiment, I wai

nt of Dollj Mutton, in the

original production of Haxel Kirke.”
Some business complications arose, and it
«;is uecessar} tomakeachange inthecast,
thus leaving the part ot Hazel Kirke open,
and l was Bnallj asl
to see if] was capable of playing it I’he
result was Favorable: and the company
then, after many rehearsals, Btarted out
on the road to get the piece in Bhape for
its initial Ne« York production. After
eleven weeks on the road we returned to
N’.w Fork, and the famous Madison
Square Theater, under the management of
Marshall Mallory and Steele Mackay,
opened most auspiciousl] with “Hazel
Kirke.” The run of ‘the play in New York
City with the original cast was one year,
an.i 1 was told that I had accomplished a
success in one night that it had taken one
of our most prominent actressi
to achieve. Then the most ofthe oi
oast went on the road, and we played
through the entire country. It was then
1 made my first visit South. We wentas
far as the Pacific Coast, and 1 continued

.playing Base] Kirke for the next two
\ eat – and a half, during which time I had
but about three weeks’ rest, when I si
my connection with the Madison 8
Company on account of ill health, brought
on by the continuous playing of Hazel
Kirke After severing my associations
with the Madison Square Company, 1
joined the Union Square Company for a
period of a hoi it tour in ml 1 1- . -nee which
time 1 have heen traveling for myself,
throughout the country with my own
company, having presented to the public
a number of plav- the latest being ” Doris,”
by Mr. Robert Drouet.

\t one time my parents decii led I hat 1
should enter upon the lyric stage as a pro-
fession. 1 had such operas

•as the “Bohemian-Girl ” and “Martha,”
singing the leading role- in thos i op
but my decided liking for the dramatic
field made me continue where I had begun.

Thirteen years agb Effie Ellslei was
married to Mr. Prank Weston, a gentle-
man .of refinement, wh i takes an impor-
tant part in the performances. They

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Whole Family Helped

“My husband was

111 Ithrii-
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d hardly llfl
hand to Ins head

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Hood’s Pills are a mild cathartic
ed over thirty thousand milt

year, and the pre-.

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much in the South, rj popular

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Ark.

ONE HON] -I M W.
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cure known to all.

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LIFE OF STONEWALL .1 u KSON.

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ir it.

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How MANY MILLIONS of DOLLARS MAY BE SAVED TO THE Si.VTH

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Southern business men and thinker- have wondered why it is

that ni’iin \ 1- BO bard to obtain on pood security, and that SUCh
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know that their friends in the East with similar security can

b one-half the rate. Now, why is this? li

is plain. We hand our moneys over to Eastern capitalist- lav-
ishly and w ilia. ul thought, m a way that will alwa\ – keep us in

je to the East unless we do more serious thinking and
act upon better business judgment We used t” ship all our
cotton Fa-t. not thinking we could manufacture it at home, and

we have paid untold millions for our ignorance. Are we doing
it to-day’.’ We used to buy our coal and iron from the I a-‘
How many millions do you suppose this cost before our knowl-
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One of the ‘.’i-eat est evils presented to the serious thoughts of
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way of allowing themselves deceived by the “Old Line”
life insurance companies, who are to-day charging them <i(
per ■•■Hi. mor< than is necessary for their life insurance.
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South ever conies back to pay death looses. ( die old line East-
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has a surplus (which means that this is an amount over and

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nearly fifty millions of dollars. This proves one of two things

viz., either an excess of charges for the insurance, or they have

cheated the policy holders out of their promised dividends.
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nothing, and lend it hack to you at in’ere-t through \ our banks.
The Southern Fife Insurance Co., of Onion City, Tenn.,
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three hundred thousand dollars iii .lea th claims. The Southern

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It is advertising for agents all over the South, and especially de-
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for fifteen years. While the old companies have fifty millions
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SOUVENIR NUMBER.

Supplement to April I- sue . 1804.

Published at Nashville, Tenn.

Bj S. X. Cunningham.

JEFFERSON DAVIS IN 1866.

CI >NFEDERATE VETERAN.

‘^JlHiir

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BntTHPl M I- “l JE1 ! EBBON D W DS,
FAIBYTEW, KV.

JEFFERSON DAVIS was born in 1808, and lived
eighty-one years. Hi- birthplace was in a broad,
1. >w bouse at Fairview, a small village in Christian
(now Todd) County, Ky. He visited 1 1 1« ■ place in
and participated in the dedication of a pretty brick
Baptist church thai had been erected on the Bite of the

old house. There w as
a large gathering of
people from i he neigh-
borhood, while others
had lt< mi’ many miles
i b rough excessive rain.
li was a in. i-i disagree-
able day. A> the ven-
erable gentleman stood
in the midst of the con-
gregation, whose hap-
py faces are indelibly impressed upon the mind of the
writer, he used this language: ” Many of yon may
think strangely of my participation in this service, not
a Baptist. My father was a Baptist, and a better
man.”

In her ‘• Memoirs of Jefferson Davis” his wife copied,
jusi as he furnished them to a stenographer, factsabout
his family and his own career, notes from which are em-
bodied in this little sketch.

Three brothers came from Wales in the early part of
the eighteenth century and settled in Philadelphia.
The younirest. Kvan I ‘avis, subsequently removed to
Georgia, then a colony of (ircat Britain. lie was the
grandfather of Jefferson l>avis. The father. Samuel
Davis, had moved from Augusta, Ga., to Southwestern
Kentucky, and resided at Fairview when Jefferson, the
tenth and lasl child, was born.

Samuel Davis had entered the army of the Revolution
at the age of sixteen, with two half brothers named/Wil-
liams, and while a boy soldier met the beautiful .lane
Cook in South Carolina, who became hi- wife and the

ber of J ‘iiei-,-.. in Davis. In his infancy the family

moved to Louisiana, but ill health induced theirreturn to
Wilkinson County, Mi–. Three of his brother- were in
the War of 1812, and the fourth volunteered, but “was
draft ci I to slay at home.” The Mississippi home of Sam-
uel Davis was rather on a divide, whereby to the west

on rich land wen- Virginians, Kentuckians, and Tenries-
seeans. and to t lie east on inferior soil were South Car-
olinians and Georgians. The settlements were sparse;
however, for Mississippi was then of the territory ceded

by Georgia to the United Stale-, and there wen’ but few-
schools. At the age of seven Jefferson Davis was sent
on horseback- through the “wilderness” to a Catholic
school in Washington County, Ky. He journeyed with
Maj. Hinds, who commanded the ” Mississippi Dragoon
in the battle of New Orleans, and with his family.
On reaching Nashville they went to the ” Hermitage ” for
a visit to Gen. Jackson. In the ” Reminiscences ” Mr. Da-

vis dwells upon that prolonged visit of several weeks and
upon ■• his opportunity to observe a great man.” and he
had always remembered “with warm affection the kind
and tender wife who presided over his house.” Gen.

.lacks, ,ii then lived in “a roomy log house, with a grove
of fine forest tries in its front.”

In that Catholic school for a time young Davis was

th Iv Protestant boy. and lie was the smallest. He

was very much favored, and roomed with the priest.
One night he was persuaded by some associates to blow
out the light in the reverend father’s room, that they
mighl do some mischief, which the}- did in a hurry, lie
was interrogated severely, but -aid he “didn’t know
much, and wouldn’t tell that.” Finally he agreed to tell
a little about it on condition that he be given his liber-
ty. That little wa- that he blew out the candle. After
two years steamboats had been put on the river, and by
a steamer the lad returned home from Louisville.

Conforming to a plan proposed by his brother, who
went after him. the happy lad, with throbbing heart.
approached his dear old mother and asked if site had
seen any stray horses around there. She had seen a
“Stray boy,” and clasped him to her arms. He ran to

MAGGIE DAVIS HAYES AND WINNIE DAVIS,

the tield, w here he found his father, who look him ill his
arms with much emotion and kissed him.

Young Davis wenl afterward to neighborhood schools,
which were very poor; but one Mr. Shaw, from.Boston,
advanced him more than any other teacher he ever had.
Shaw married in Mississippi, and he preached while

leaching.

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Jefferson Davis was senl again to Kentucky, and
placed at the Transylvania University, near Lexington,
Afterward he was one of the six United States Senators
who were fellow-students at thai university. At the
early age of fifteen lie was given a cadetehip at West
Point.

Here is a literal extract from his dictation: -When 1
entereil the United States Military Academy, thai truly
great and good man, Albert Sidney Johnston, had pre-
ceded me from Transylvania, Ivy., an incident which
formed a link between us. and inaugurated a friendship
which grew as years rolled by, strengthened by after
associations in the army, and which remains to m<
a memory of one of the greatest and best characters I
ever knew. His particular friend was Leonidas Polk.”

Mr. Davis then gives an account of Polk’s religious
convictions, and of his joining the Church. It i- known
that he afterward was a bishop in tie’ Episcopal Church.
Polk was a lieutenant general in the Western Army
with lien. Joseph E. Johnston, whom he confirmed into
Church membership only a few weeks before he was

killed by a cannon shot from tl nemy. The dictation

ended too early, [n referring to it, he said to his wifi
have not told « bat I wish to -a\ “i Sidney Johnston and
Polk. I have niueh more to gay of them.”

The history starts on from the dictation in a mannei
worthy the distinguished wile.

Our people generally know quite well how meanly the
publishers treated the author in regard to the royalty
on her hook, and thai she succeeded in 8 topping itc
when they owed her a little more than $4,000. When
legal technicalities are removed, and she can procure
what is due her on sales, t here will no doubl he many
orders given for the work, both because of it- merits
and the wish to show an appreciation of her noble serv-
ice in iis presentation

Mr. Arthur II. Marks, of Winchester, Tenn., elder -on
of the late e\ (,,.\ Marks, gifted ami of greal literary
promise, hut who ha- since died, said at a reunion of

Tennessee < !onfed< r

ate veterans:

Jefferson Davis was

the man not ,>nl\
his generation, hut of
hi- day. His inn
persona lity w 6 u I d
have fitted him no-
where else. His des-
i iny w as a- broad a-
hi- country, and there
was no other gap of

A m e r i e a 11 history

wide enough to re-
ceive it. To us, as to

MR. DAVIS’S FAVORITE SEAT BY THE HAY .,„ ,,,,. ,,-,„.],, , R . „,;,,

at beauvoik. atanda fortheConfed-

eracy. He was covered with it. Between the dates of
his birth ami death was written all of thai stormy chap-
ter. In the name of Jefferson Davis we must raise a

monument to the Old South, for in his long career the
glory of that ( Md South lies like a Bword within its scab-
bard, inclosed from hilt to tip with year- of precious
service. To you Confederate veterans Jefferson I ‘avis is
a memory, hut to the \ a “I the South Ik

inspiration. Foryouhi the past, hut

animates the future. To you bi ire of

battle smoke looming up in the ha/ •• of a

genei a hut to us lie is a living |

ample of a man striding on before all of our am I ‘it ions.
ug us by his knightly footsteps wh ihould

tread.

Mrs. V. Jefferson Davis, in her Memoir-.” gives an
intere- itch of the Howell family Ber grandfa-

ther, Maj. Richard Howell, fought in the battles of the
ution. He helped to destroy 1 by the

” Greyhound ” al Greenwich, X. .1.. in November, 1771.
In 177.”) he was captain of a company. Iii 1 770 he was
promoted to major, and commanded his battalion i
era] successful engagements. He had a furlough I
and was in the act of starting, to see his twin brother,
Surgeon Lewis Howell, who was dying, the day before

C( )X FK 1 > 1-: K AT K VETE RA X .

the battle of Monmouth, bul waited and went into the
engagemenl ae a private in citizen- clothes. Gen. Wash-
ington commended hira for his personal sacrifice. Hav-

lll ERSON HAYES DAVIS.

his brot her

ing waited for the battle, be never saw
any more.

In 1788 Maj. Howell was appointed Clerk of the Su-
preme Court, which position be held until bis election as
rnorofNew Jersey, and was continued for eight
years, when he declined to be a candidate on account of
impaired health. He died in 1802. His daughter Sarah
was one (if the dozen young ladies selected to scatter
flowers in Washington’s path al Trenton bridge.

.Mi-. Davis’s father, William Burr Unwell, fourth son
of Gov Howell, was appointed an officer in the Marine
( ‘or] >s, and served under Commodore Decatur in the War
of 1812. In a close engagement his seat- -a stool — was

shot from uiiiler him, ami another hall knocked from his

grasp a tin cup of water. He was i mended in orders

three times for gallantry in action. Afier the war was
over, in 1815, he went down the Mississippi in a flatboat
to Natchez. .He met and became intimate with Joseph
E. Davis, brother of Jefferson Davis. In 1823 Mr. How-
ell married Miss Margaret Louisa Kemp. Joseph Da-

vis acted as groomsman, and the first child born to the
couple was named Joseph Davis. “Thus the intimacy
grew apace and ripened into three intermarriages in three
generations.”

Mr. and Mr-. 1 1 1 1V1 ell and t heir friend, Joseph B. Da-
vi-, went on a long journey to the North in 1825, and
they together visited Mr. Davis’s- little.brother” (Jeffer-
son Davis) at West Point on the trip. Her father re-
red to him afterward as a ” promising youth,” and her

mother spoke of his “open, bright expression.” in a let-
ter that was preserved.

During his eadctship young Davis and a companion
went off on a little frolic without Leave, and. hearing
that one of the instructors was going to where they
were, they started back by a near cut to the academy,
when young Davis fell over an embankment, a distance
of about sixty feet, but happily he caught at a stunted
tree, which broke the force of his fall. His companion,

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\V I I.I.I AM DAVIS HAYES.

J

AM A CONl’EdOltATE.

greatly distressed, leaned over the precipice and inquired:
“Jeff, are you dead?” It was almost a fatal fall, and
ho was expected to die for weeks afterward. In this

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connection another story is told of Cadet T’avis. One
of tlif professors, who disliked him, was delivering a
lecture one day upon the value to a Boldier in hav-
ing presence of mind under trial, lie looked at young
Davis significantly. A few ‘lavs afterward, when the
large class was heing taught Imw to make fireballs in a
room full of explosives, one of them caughl on fire. In-
stantly tho uncongenial professor Baid, ” Run for your
lives I ” and then did so himself. Yonng Davis instead
threw it out of the window, thus savin;,’ the building and
many lives. The modesty of tin’ author deprives the
interesting history of as lull subsequent account of the
Howell family as the public deserves, she supplement-
ed the Sowell name by becoming the wit” of Jefferson
Davis February 26, 1845.

Mi;. STEPHENS’S PRISON LIFE.

Alexander Bamilton Stephens, a native Georgian
was born February 11,1812. He was of poor parentage
in purse and was always poor in health. Entering pol-
iticsat an early ‘lay, he became a Wnig|leader, bul s..nie
ten years before the war of the sixties he “drifted to
Democracy.” Mr Stephens served in < ‘ongresa from 1st:’,
to 18.”)!’. then after the war was elected to Congress
again in l^TT and Berved four years In 1882 S3 he
was Governor of Georgia — Governor at tin- time of his

death

Mr. Stephens’s career i- too well known to requiri
tended notiee here. Through a personal friendship of
several years the writer recalls some “tin- peculiarities.
Concerning his relations with Robert Toombs, with

whom he so widely differed in many things ami with
whom he was so intimate, he explained that “Toombs

acting and Toombs speaking are very different tin
While discussing this topic, he suddenly asked, -Have

you read the lite of my brother Linton’.'” 1, quickly

turning his wheel chair to a table covered with slips of

white paper, he asked his hlaek servant. Alex, to get a
postal card, and on the address side of the card wrote an
order to Dodson A Scott, publishers, for the hook.

Amused at his using such material, I said. -1 will •

tin’ card if they are willing;” and he replied. “Ah. well,
if you would like to keep it. 1 will try and write better;

and he made a duplicate, a very twin.

The extracts from Mr. Stephens’s diary will give a viv-
id account of how- ignorant people were of what >

peCt from the victors when our armies surrendered.

A complete history of the Confederate War will never
he printed. Occasionally, after a lapse of several dec-
ades, new- chapters will appear, seeming incredible, he-
cause the vigilant author did not “hand it in” sooner.

These reflections are given as introductory to a few
chapters concerning the surrender and imprisonment of
the Confederate Vice President that it becomes my for-
tune to possess. Many items will appear of general in-

terest, and altogether it will he interesting to those who
most admired the extraordinary statesman. St range as
it may seem, a dismal blank occurred in a Southern rec-
ord of events just at this period.

Mr. Stephen— own language is used, excepl where
there are necessary abbreviations, and then the substance
is given with the least change p

won; ii

Fort Warren Way 21 1865 — This

booh was purch sed th f A .1. Hall. Sutler at

this Post, by Al< cander II. Stevens, a pi ?. the

Fort, with a view ■ ing in it some regular rec-

ord of t he ne ideuts “i hie imprisonment ai n life.

It may he interesting to himself bei imes.

should he he i i it . and if his

own lite should 7)”t he –pared, it may he of interest, in
in or his relatives and friends He
knows it will be of int> i dear and only

brother, lion Linton Stephen-, of Sparta, Ga. Besides,
he feel- sure that all his relatives will he exceedingly

glad to peruse it , especially in tl vent that thej

er se.- him again. For the-, reasons the honk has been
purchased.

HIS ARJiVST AT LIBERTY HALL.

Thursday, May 11, 1865.— This was a nest beautiful

and charming morning. After a refreshing sle |
early. Robert Hull, a youth of about sixteen rears of
age, -“ii of Henry Hull’. Jr., of Athens. Ga., spent the
night before with me. After writing some letter- for
the mail, my custom being to attend to such business :i-
soon as breakfast was over. Robert and I were amusinc
ourselves at a game of casino, when Tim came running
into the parlor where we were. Baying: “Master,

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Yankees have come; a who],, heap of thorn an- in town,
galloping all about with guns. Suspecting what it
meant, I rose, told Robert I expected they had come

for me, and entered my bedr \ to make arrangements

for leaving if my apprehensions Bhould prove correct
Soon I -aw an officer with soldiers under arms ap-
proaching the house. The doors were all open. I met
the officer in the library. 1 1 * – asked if my name was
Stephens. I told him it was. “Alexander EL Stephens?”
saiil he. I told him that was my name. 1 1 » – said he
had orders to arrest me and pu1 me in custody. I asked
him liis nam*/, and to let me sec hi- orders. He replied
that Ins name was < ‘apt. Saint, of the Fourth Lowa Cav-
alry, or mounted infantry. IK- was then under Gen.
Upton. He showed me the order. It was by Gen. Up-
ton, at Atlanta, for my arrest, and that of Robert
Toombs. No charge was specified. He was directed to
go in Crawfordville and arrest me, and then proceed to

Washington and arrest Mr. T nbs, and to carry both

i in. Upton’s headquarters. I told (‘apt. Saint that

I had been looking for something of this kind — at least.
had thought it not improbable for some weeks — and
hence had not left home. Gen. Upton need not have
sent .-my force for me. Had he simply notified me that
he wished me at his headquarters, I should have gone.
I asked the eaptain if I would be permitted to carry any
clothing with me, and how long I would be allowed to
park up. He said a lew minutes — as long as would lie
necessary. He s ;i ;d: ‘-You may take a servant with
you, if you wish.” I asked him if he knew my destina-
tion. He said, first to Atlanta, and then to Washington
City. I called in Anthony, a black boy from Richmond,
who had been waiting on me for several years, and
asked him if he wished to go, and that I would send
him to his mother in Richmond from Washington. He
was willing to go, and was soon read}*. It was about 10
A.M. when (‘apt. Saint came to my house. In about til-
teen minutes — not much over— w *e Started tor t he depot.
Friends and servants followed, most of them crying.
My own heart was full — too full, however, for tears.
While Anthony was getting ready 1 asked (‘apt. Saint

if 1 could write a note or two to some friends. He said

I could. 1 wrote my brother in about these words:

(‘i:\wi oi;i. \ hi. k, < Ia., May 11. 1865.

Dear Brother: I have just I n arrested by Capt. Saint, of the

Fourth “lowa ( Javalry. The order embraces ‘ ien. Toombs. We
are both to be carried to Atlanta, and tin-nee to Washington

(‘ity.it seems. When I shall see you again, if ever, I do not
know. Ma*, God enable you to be as well prepared for what-
ever late may await me a- I trust he will enable to bear it !

May his blessings ever attend you and yours! I have not time
to say more. A kiss and my tenderesl love to your dear little
ones. Yours most affectionately, \n\ lnder il. Stephens.

This letter I sealed and address, d |,, hiiu. and told
Harry to send il over to Sparta immediately after I
Should leave. The captain said he preferred I should

not send the note then, that we would come back, and
after that J might send it. I told him it was a note
simply announcing my arrest and destination. I told
him he might read ii . I opened it and handed it to him.

He still objected, and I lore I he note up. At the cars a

great man* people bad assembled. All seemed deeply

oppressed and grieved, Many wept bitterly. To me
the parting was exceedingly sad and sorrowful. When
we left the depot, the train backed up several hundred
yards, where several soldiers, that seemed to have been
ut there as scouts, got on. There was no stop un-
til we reached Barnett. There we took another engine

and started to Washington. About four miles from the
i own the train stopped at a shanty occupied by a super-
visor of the track. Here I was put oil’, with about

twenty soldiers to guard me. The captain and the oth-
ers went on to Washington. He said he expected to be
back in an hour. He did not come until after dark. In
the meantime there came up a cloud and a heavy fall
of rain. The man of the house gave me dinner, fried
meat and corn bread, the best he had. I was not at all
hungry — indeed, bad no appetite — but I ale to show my
gratitude for his hospitality in sharing his homely but
substantial fare. Soon after dark the returning engine
was heard coming. 1 was intensely anxious to know
what had been ihe cause of detent ion. When what we
supposed was the returning train came up, it was noth-
ing but the engine. The Captain had returned to bring
his men some commissary stores, and went back imme-
diately. I asked hin’i wdiat was the cause of detention,
what had occurred, if Gen. Toombs was at home. Ho
answered evasively, and left me in doubt and great per-
plexity. About nine o’clock the train came. The ground
was saturated with water, and I got my feet partially
wet — damp. This, together with the chilliness of the
night after the rain, gave me a sore throat, attended
with severe hoarseness. When the train was under way
for Barnett, I asked the Captain if he had Mr. Toombs.
“No,” said lie, ” Mr. Toombs flanked us.” This was said
in a rather disappointed, irate tone, and I made no fur-
ther inquiries. About eleven o’clock we took the night
schedule up train at Barnett for Atlanta. It was cool
and (dear; some panes of glass were broken out of the
window*s of the cars, and I was quite chilled by the ex-
posure. This was one of the most eventful days of my
life. Never before was \ under arrest or deprived of my
liberty.

May 12. — Beached Atlanta about 8: 30 a.m. Morning
clear and eool; quite unwell: carried to Gen. Upton’s
headquarters. He had gone to Macon, but was expect-
ed back that night. Capt. Gilpin, on Gen. Upton’s
staff, received me and assigned me a room. Anthony
made a fire, and Capt. Gilpin ordered breakfast. Walked
about the city under guard. The desolation and havoc
of war in this city wen- heartrending. Several persona
called to see me. (ien. Ira R. Kostercalled. Ilewasal-

lowed to address me a note, and 1 was allowed to an-
swer it, but no interview was permitted. Col. (i. W.
Lee called. lie was permitted to see me, to speak” to
me, but not permitted to have anj conversation. John
W. Duncan was permitted to visit my room and remain

as long as he pleased. The Same permission was ex-
tended to Gip Grier. Grierand Duncan called several
times during Ihe clay. (‘apt. Saint called and said he
would send the surgeon of the regiment to prescribe for
my hoarseness. The sugeoii came and prescribed reme-
dies that did me good. Maj. Cooper called and gave me

a bottle of whisky. I started from home with about
•?.”)!HI in gold, which I had laid up for a long lime for
such a contingency. Gip. Grier offered mo SKIO addi-
tional in gold if I wished it. I declined it. John W .
Duncan offered any amount I might want. Gen. Post er,
in bis note, offered me any assistance in the way of funds
I might need.

May 13. — Did not sleep well last night. Gen. Upton

called in my room early. I wasso hoarse Iconic! hardly
talk. He informed me he had removed all guards; that
1 was on my parole. I told him I should not violate it.
He seemed very courteous and agreeable. I learned
from him that Mr. Davis had been captured; that Mr.

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C. C. Clay had surrendered himself; thai Mr. Davis and
party, with Mr. and Mrs. Clay, would I”- in Atlanta to-
night on their way to Washington also. Said lie would
send me in a special train to-night to Augusta, but Prom
there to Savannah I should have to go in the same boat
with Mr. Davis and party. 1 had frequent talks with
1 1. ‘ii. Upton during the day. and was well pleased with

him. Several friends failed again to-day, Mai. Cooper,
Duncan. <iip Grier, and others, several times, Huncan

f a ve me a bottle of Scotch ale, which I put in my trunk.
[e also gave me the name of a banking house in Europe
with which he had funds, and authorized me to draw on
it for any 1 might need. This evening a Col. Peters
came to renew his acquaintance with me. We I
pleasantly and agreeably of pad events and associa-
tions.

REHIRI80BN0ES OF oTIIKH DATS.

Prom my window ju-t before night 1 took a bird’s-eye

survey of the ruins of this place. I saw where the
Trout House stood, where Douglas spoke in 1860,
Tin ‘ught of the si enes of i hat day. the deep forebodings
I then had of all of these troubles, and how sorely op-
pressed I was, at least, in their contemplation Not

much less so than 1 now am in their full realization, and

myself among the victims. How strange it Beems to

me that I should thus sutler — /. who did everything in

the power of man to prevent them. God s providence is

mysterious, a ml [ bow submissively to his wilL In my sur-
vey I could not but rest the eye for a time upon the ruins
of the Atlanta Hotel, while the mind was crowded with
associations brought to life in gazing upon it There is
where, on the 4th of September, 1848, tor resenting the
charge for beings traitor to the South I was mat
my life. Ami now 1 am a prisoner under aharge, I sup.

fose, “f being a traitor to the Onion. In all I am now
have done nothing hut what 1 thought was right. In
my whole lit’e. public as well as private. I have

governed by a sense of duty. I have endeavored in ev-
erything t” do what was right under the circumstances
surrounding me. The result he what it may, 1 shall en-
deavor to meet and bear with resignation

Al 9 P.M. lien. Upton informed me that my train
would start a! 11 o’clock; that 1 might stop at home
and get breakfast and take more clothing if 1 wished
The train that would carry Mr. Davis ami party would
leave two hours later, .and 1 could remain until it

ied Crawfordville. … I told Gen. Upton that
there was another colored hoy at my bouse, Henry, a
brother of Anthony, whose mother was in Richmond. I
should like, if there was no objei tion, to take him ,
with nir to fortress Monroe, whence 1 could send him

– home. He consented.
Sunday, May 14. — This is ever a memorable day to

me. It is the anniversary of my Stepmother’s death.
It is the day on which was severed the last tie that kept
the old family circle together a round the hearthstone at
the old hum. -stead. My fa! her died just one week be-
fore, on the seventh. This was in L826 At 11:30 this
morning the cars reached the depot at Crawfordville.
My coming was known, and a large Crowd was at the
depot to see me. I hastened to my house, as I had
much to do. Church was just out. preaching over, and
the congregation leaving. I could hut give a hearty
shako of the hand to many whose eyes were filled with
tears. Nearly all my servants from the homestead were
at church. I learned that John had heenoverto Sparta
and informed my brother Linton of my arrest.

that he w-as Bick. <> wdiat a pang that intelli
struck to my heart! In a hurried manner I had a re-
packing of clothes. Henry and Anthony were soon
ready. Such hurried directions as could he were given
to the servants on the lot and at th( :, ad. The

leave-takings were hurried and confused. The servants
all wept My grief at leaving them and home was too
burning, withering, scorchit \t the

there was an immense crowd — old friends, black and
white. Tiny came in great numbers and shook hands.
ag and that scene I can m et. It al-

most crazes the brain to think of it. I could not stand
it until the other train arrived, Inn told the Captain to
oil’. This he did. When we arrived at Harnett.
we waited for the other train. Gen Upton came in to
e, and suggested that I would ),. imfortablo

in the ear In- had on the other train. In a short time

we were under way again. Lugusta some time

e sundown. Gen. Upton bi i iage tor me to

ride in to tin’ boat, which was foui miles from

the city, down the river After the other train can
which was half an hour behind us, Mr. and Mrs Davis
were put in a Bpecial carriaj officer with them,

and Mr Clay and Mrs < , : ,y ,,, : , separal ge by

themselves. Then, as our carriages passed each other,
I tor the first time saw th. m. They both bowed to me,
and I to them Mr. Pavis did not until we

ed the boat. A major from Indiana rode in the

carriage with me Mrs Davis’ whit.’ nurse

asked to rule in ..ur can iage We let h< i

Mr- Davis’s infanl in her arms. Guards were in front,

on the Bide, and in th. | me mo. ml,.. I on C

some in wagons — all well ai
started, which looked much likl

and we had got awaj ie depot, we i I the

Btreets lined on both Bides with immense crow

I recognized bul one familiar the whole

v. and that was Moore, •■) the
Chron – w ho

bowed to me. All that I saw ],.,
\\ hen we reached the landing, i1 was a ], , Tll r tj ln ,. i.,

boat. Tin walk to ti,
rough Deep ravines withonl bi
and it was with great difficulty, even with at
that I was enabled Th.’ boat was a

affair to bear th,’ nai ,,t it -,■

river tug without cabin. There were a few berths,
Which the ladi’ • 1. All the r- . ], N t

on deck, except Mr Davie. !!,■ staj part of

the boat occupied by the ladies. There was a cov<
over us. hut tl open Gen. Wheeler and

four of his men we found on th was

coming right ahead of us at about six miles an hour,
and it was all that the stout seamen wi
COUld do to make any head against it. 1

we were drift ing farther off. I
ley called twice for the tug— Send the tug!” — hut he
was not heard bytheofficeron the “Tuscorora,” and the
tug did not come. After a long while w, I the

ship, hut not without some wetting from th,- splashing
of the waves over the sides of the light boat. Right
glad was I when we reached the stop- hip’s side.

On deck we were introduced — Lieut.

Blue and others. Th.’ captain took us to his cabin, and
showed us our quarters: we were to he in the cabin with
him. There was hut one berth or Stateroom in it. This
the captain said he would assign to inc. while he and
Reagan would Bleep on the circular sofa thai ran around

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the cabin. I declined depriving him of his room and
bed. He ^:i i < i thai it was no deprivation ; that he gen-
erally Blepl “ii the sofa orin a chair; thai be resigned it
t.i in.- -in consideration of my age and past Ben i
ill. country.” These were his words. He was very
polite and courteous. When be wenl on hoard the
“Clyde,” be took Borae Btrawberries to Mr-. Davis and
Mrs. Clay, and the children of Mr-. Davis. 11«’ -aid he
had known Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Clay before.

Sunday, October l. — Another month is gone. October
i- here, and I am here too, in Fori Warren. How time
flies, and bow we become adapted to it- passages with
ii- changes! It 1 had known in May last, when I lir-t
reached these walls, thai I would In- here by an Octo-
ber sun, it would have aboul crushed me. lint, a- it is.
I am here, and I am more cheerful than I was then.
We walked nut three times tlii- beautiful day. 1 wenl

to see Reagan in tin- forenoon. Had a g 1 long talk

witli him. He was transcribing his biography in a
I. lank book. Seemed to lie oppressed, bul nol uncheer-
ful. My morning reading was in Psalms. Theone hun-
dred and nineteenth came in my reading. Dr.

called and delivered messages from Mr-. Maj. A. She
sent two photographs of herself, out of which I was to
Beled one tor myself. < >ne was a busl or head view;
the other was a portrait of the whole person in full
■dress. I cho-c the latter. The I >oat whistles al Gallop
Island. O. if the boal should only bring good news for
me from Washington, my heart would leap for joy and
in gratitude, thanks, and praise to God for hi- mercy,
his kindness, and hi- deliverance. Boat came; brought
papers. No news, excepl that lion. L. I». Walker has
bet n pardoned. So it goes. I don’t complain of that,
hut I do complain of being kept here, to the hazard of
my health and the ruin of my private atl’airs, while all
the leading men who forced the South into secession
againsi my efforts are not only allowed to go at large,

hut are pardoned. This i- gall and wormw I to me. It

almosl crazes my brain. It tempts me to mi-tru-i Cod.
This i- the most painful reflection of all. My’agony of

spirit to-day is almosl i e than I can hear. The

course of the administration at Washington toward me

is pers d and vindictive. No other construction can

be given totheiracts. [f they had avowed it openly to
my friends, ami not have hypocritically pretended to he
friendly disposed toward me. I should not have been so
mucb affected. An open enemy I can meel face to face
and defy, e\ en if I fall under his I. lows; hut a sneaking,
hypocritical Jacob I have no tolerance toward. Judge

Reagan came round this ming after the boat left, and

I, roii-lit US the joyous news that he had had an indul-
gence extended to’ him to \ i-it his friends generally, to
me– with Linton and me [Linton Stephens was then
on B v i s jt. — Ed.], and that he is to l„- transferred from
his damp, underground cell to a room on a level with the
one now occupied hy me. This was good news indeed,
and I felt exceedingly glad to hear it. lie, Linton, and
I immediately took a walk together on the rampart.
The day was beautiful, hut rather warm. On our re-
turn, Reagan and I played . We all took dinner

together. . . . I felt deeply mortified with myself for
the irritation of spirit I permitted myself to indulge in
to-day, simply mortified that I had suffered myself to
give way for a moment to such sentiments or allow such
feelings as I expressed on the foregoing pages. Human
nature is frail and weak. 1 was smarting under a deep
sense of wrong. The heart alone knows its own sorrows,
but then it was wrong to grow impatient under suffer-

ing eonseious wrong. I know it: I feel it. O God, for-
give it. and. above all. forgive my temptation “tempora-
rily to distrust thy divine just ice and mercy. Teach me
in meekness, resignation, patience, and faith to how to
all thy dispensations, whatever they be. Thy will be
done! forgive me this great trespass as 1 forgive all
who trespass againsi or wrong me | \| av \ with the
same spirit as Chrisl upon the cross, say. “Father, for-
give them, for they know not what they do. ” even in
this wrong and injustice to me! Judge lieagan. Linton,
and I supped together. I felt badly, thinking of my

passion to-day. May the Lord forgive it!

The patriotic effort to secure Liberty Hall for the pub-
lie was ahout to fall through when I had a conference
with the eminent preacher, Eev. T. DeWitt Tahnage,
and he became much concerned ahout it. He ottered, if
hy his action the money could he raised, to deliver four
lectures in the largest cities of (leorgia, the proceeds to
he given for this cause. Dr. Tahnage was an admirer
and friend of Mr. Stephens, his uncle having been a
minister at the South, and a chaplain of much promi-
nence.

It is a humorous incident in the stories told upon
Robert Toombs, mention of whom is made in the diary

of Alexander II. Stephens, herein printed, that when
lie had -one to the national capital, from his home at
Washington. Ga., to visit a gentleman of wealth, who
met him at the station with his carriage, and in the
good cheer of meeting forgot to inquire for his hag-age
until they had journeyed quite a distance. Then, star-
tled at the oversight, he said: “What did you do with

your baggage?” ” I broke it.” was Toombs’s cool reply.

A CONFEDERATE WESTMINSTER

As time advances, removing the actors in the tragedy
of the Confederacy from the world’s stage, and their
memory becomes less and less a matter of personal
knowledge, and more of tradition, literature and art
should he invoked as custodians of their fame.

War is terrible, hut never were soldiers endowed with
military genius so unpolluted hy its demoralizing breath

as I >a\ is. Lee, Jackson, Johnston, and many others who
have identified their names with the Confederacy. Their

deeds and lives we can place without fear of Comparison
by the brightest episodes in history. Defeat cannot
vitiate such virtue and genius as theirs, and for them
and the principles which inspired their valor before all
the world let US ordain fitting sepulture for ashes, fitting
monument lor a just though lost cause, for genius and
virtue an apotheosis. Can these ends he achieved more

coordinately than by the erect it f a Confederate West-
mi n-tcr, so to speak’, a national mausoleum, at Richmond,
our capital, where Davis, Lee. and all the heroes of the
South should be interred, their individual fame pre-
served and yet blended in the unity of the Confederacy?
It is just that this relation between them and their cause
be maintained, for one vivifying principle, State rights,
ran through them all, quickening latent genius into
name, and while their individual names wero blazoned
on the temple of fame, they flashed on the world’s hori-
zon as a glorious constellation, the Southern cross, the
Southern Confederacy. Nannie Nutt.

St. James City, Fla.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

THE CAUSES OF THE WAR.

An address hy Col. Richard Henrj Lee, of Virginia,
at the dedication of the Confederate monument at old
Chapel, in Clarke County, is given herewith. The facts
set forth will give comfort to many a veteran who
fought even more wisely than he knew, It demons!
that the war was maintained by the defense upon prio-
ciple, and that the sagacious leaders were not “fire eat-
ers,” but patriots who exercised patient intelligence un-
til compelled to use sword and bayonet.

00) . RICH LSD HENRI I

Col. Lee is a grandson of Richard Henry L& . of Vir-
ginia, who,|on June T. lTTii. moved in the Continental
Congress that ” these]united colonies are and of right
ought to be free.” He is a nephew of “fLight Horse”
Harry Lee, who in|Congress prepared the resolutions on
the death of Washington, which contained the memorable
sentiment, ” First in war. first in peace, first in the
hearts of his countrymen;” and he was a first cousin to
Gen. Robert B. Lee. [lie has a daughter in Nashville,
Wife Of Rev. J. R. Winchester.] Col. Lee was selected to

read the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in
L876, It will he remembered that Hon. William M.Evarts
was orator of the day, and Henry W. Longfellow read
the poem. In politics Col. Lee was always -an old line
Whig,” and opposed disunion; hut when Virginia seceded

he promptly joined the Southern army, and was m
lieutenant in the Second Virginia Infantry, which was
a part of the glorious Stonewall brigade, lie was seri-
ously wounded an.) captured at Keriistowu in March.
1862, and was for months at Johnson’s Island. In that

engagement his color bearer was sh.it down, when he
caught up the flag and carried it through the thickest
of tin- fight. When he tell wounded. Col. Allen, com-
manding the regiment, bore it successfully through the
charge.

We are met in this place to look for tin’ firsl time on
a monument erected by loving hearts in honor, Bret, of
the Confederate dead from this county, whose names
adorn yon monument; second, of all Confederate dead,
no matter who they are, who ha’ immitted in

this county to the keeping of then- mother earth

No more appropriate place for a Confederate monu-
ment could have ted within th. Valley of Vir-
ginia. Situated in one ol the mosl beautiful of the
counties of Virginia— one thai, in proportion to her pop-
ulation and ability, contributed as much of men and
in- as au\ oil,.. i- « it hit, hi i – I,, the < ‘”Hi
“- “ii’-i -on- attested their valor from Ma
oassac to Appomattox; which, during four years of
strife, wa- the marching ground of friends and i
which witnessed grim visaged war” in all of its glory
and in all of its shl

It wa- in this count] too that the great rebel of
America Georgt Washington, developed hi- young man-
hood. Over her hills and valleys Daniel Morgan, of our
Revolution, strove and roamed Within this cemetery
repose the remain- of Edmund Randolph, one of the

authors and defenders of the i lonstitution of the United

State-, in defense of w In, – q « hose memory j

monument has been erected died Within the chapel in
this inclosure that great man Christian, and ln-li

William Meade who loved In mil all th
true, lovely, and honest, and who taught our Robert G
Lee his catechism, reasoned of righteousness, temper-
am e, and judgment to come Around
of pious fathers and mothers, of idolized wive-, devoted
brother! OUS children, over which
have been placed the monuments of love and sorrow.
Many of those dead were with us in heart and soul in
our conflict, praying for as a- we marched through I
cold of winti ii “t summer, and engaged in the
strife of battle, and who. when we returned after tie
four years of struggle, without hauliers and with
crushed hearts by reason of the prostration oi the hopes
in which we trusted, and the loss “f tl au-e we loved.

kept us true to the heli. ‘filial the Lord God Omnipo-
tent reigneth, and doeth all things well, and taughl us
to look’ upward and onward.

The Boldiere in who-, honor yon monument was
[id were chiefly Virginians, but ool all. Some were
from the < >ld North Slate some from our sister, Tennes-
see, and some from the land ..I the cotton plant. Some
were dear friends with whom we of the Second Virginia
Infantry and the Clarke Cavalry marched and fought.
Mothers, some of them were your sons. Daughters,
some of them were your brothers. Comrade-, all of
them were your fellow-soldiers. No matter where they
were horn, they were with you in heart and soul, and
marched under the flag you and they loved.

Twenty-eight years have passed since the closejof our

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Civil War. Since then :i majority of the adults living
in those years have been called home, and almost a new
generation lias taken their places cm the farm and plan-
tation, and in the countingroom, Bhop, and office. Time,
1 trust, has healed the wounds of war, bul with 1 1 1 » ■ re-
volving rears the causes and events of thai terrible
struggle seem to I”- forgotten or, if not forgotten, con-
ed as unimportant events of history. And even the
history of thoBe events, and the causes thai led to thai
struggle, are not But forth fairly and truthfully. It is
stated in hooks and papers thai Southern children read
and study that all tin- hloodshedding and destruction of
property of that conflicl was because the South rebelled
withoul cause againsl the best government the world
ever saw; thai although the Southern soldiers were he-
ro.- in the field, skillfully massed and led. they and their
leaders were rebels and’ traitors, who foughl to over-
throw the Union and to preserve human slavery, and
that their defeat was necessary for free government and
the welfare of the human family.

As a Confederate soldier and as a citizen of Virginia
I deny the charge, and denounce it as a calumny. We
were not rebels; we did not fight to perpetuate human
slavery, bul forour rights and privileges under a govem-
menl established over us by our fathers and in defense of
our homes. The South loved the Union. Her interests
were identified with it. Jler statesmen had aided in its
creation and development. Her warriors had fought
tinder its flag by sea and by land, and shed their hlood
in its defense. ‘To the South the Union was a temple
dedicated to American constitutional liberty: to the prin-
ciples of a liberty approved by great thinkers and con-
-eeiated by the blood of martyrs; a liberty that was
designed to protect the individual man in all that was
right, and to prohibit him from doing that which was
wrong: not a liberty for one class of people or section
of country to prey on any other people or other section;
not ;l liberty for the majority to invade the rights of
the minority, and to use the powers of the government
to the aggrandisement of the former and the injury of
the latter, bufa liberty guaranteeing equality of right
and privileges to each section and each State. But
.Leu the priests that ministered at the altars of this
temple sought to teach new theories of liberty, such as
had not been taught by the fathers, and which were de-
structive of the principles of the ( ‘oust it lit ion. and fatal-
ly injurious to the rights of the States, and especially to
the Southern States, then the cotton and sugarSouthern
Slate- determined to abandon the temple and erect one
where the\ could worship according to whal they un-
derstood to be the faith delivered by the fathers who, in
the belief of man’s capacity for self-government, and in
prayer to God, had built our political temple. In de-
termining to separate those States though) they were
sustained by the teachings of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, which declared in inn ‘tal words that “all

governments derive their just powers from the consenl
of the governed,” that when any form of govemmenl
becomes destructive of these ends, il is the right of the
people to alter or abolish it. and to institute a new gov-
ernment, laying its foundations on such principles, and
organizing its powers as to them shall seem mosl likel}’
to effect their safely and happiness. They also thought
that the powers granted to the general government, by
virtue of which it. alone controlled the States, were dele-
gated powers, which could be revoked at any time by the
party delegating. They read in the resolutions of some
of the States adopting’ the (‘.institution of the United

States an express reservation of this power. Our own
State, especially when she adopted the Constitution of
the United State-, declared that the powers granted to

the United States could be resumed when perverted to
her injury or oppression.

Those Southern Slates believed that the powers

granted to the Federal Govemmenl had been used to

their injury and oppression, and therefore they d.
to abandon the Union. In taking this step slavery was
not the cause, but the occasion, of the separation. It
might as well he said that tea was the cause of our sep-
aration from Great Britain in lTTie The government of
Great Britain, prior to thai date, claimed the power to
tax tin Ionic-, although they were not represented in

the Parliament. That power the colonies denied; they
claimed they were British citizens, and as -uch were .n
titled to all the rights of every other citizen of that
kingdom; that hecau-e -eparated from the island that
contained the capital they Were not le-s citizens of that
kingdom : that it was a principle dear to a Britain that
no money should he taken from him in the form oftaxes
except by consent of his representatives, and as they were
not represented in Parliament England had no right to
tax America. Notwithstanding the protests of the peo-
ple of this country, England taxed America by putting
a tax on tea. Hence the Boston tea party, the War of
the Revolution, and its results.

The Southern States claimed they had exactly the
same right in the Union as the Northern States; that her
soldiers had fought in the war for independence, in that
of 1812, in the Indian wars, and in the Mexican war;
that her statesmen had contributed to the adoption of
the Constitution of the United States, the development
of American institutions, and the enlargement of the
territory of the Union; thai the common government
should be administered for the benefit of all the people,
and not to develop one .section to the injury of the other
sections, not to tend the social and moral views of one
part of the country to the disadvantage of another part
of it. They claimed that when the Union was formed
slavery existed in all of the Slates; that it was recognized
in the < ‘.institution of the United states, and because it
had become unprofitable in one portion of a c imon

Country, and therefore had ceased to exist in thai sec-
tion, the slaves of the North having been sold South, the
powers of the general government should not be used to
the injury of I be South.

I would noi do justice if I did not state just here thai

there was a section of people at the South and at the

North in the early days of the republic, ami since op-
posed to slavery on moral and economic grounds. Per-
haps at our revolutionary period the antislavery Benti-
ment was stronger in Virginia than in New England.
Massachusetts was at thai time engaged in the slave
trade, deriving profit, from the use of her ships in that
traffic. It was OOl until after the great difference ol
opinion between the statesmen of the country as to the
powers of I he general government that the sectional dif-
ferences on the subject of slavery became so decided and
marked. With the increase of this difference of senti-
ment as to governmental powers grew the difference on
the subjeel of slavery. In this Slate, about 1832, there
was a most powerful antislavery party, headed by such
men as .lames McDowell, one of the most eloquent and
cultured of our Governors, and by Charles J. Faulkner,
father of the distinguished United States Senator of that
name from West Virginia.

But it was not until tho failure of those who claimed

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large powers for the general government on tho subject
of a national bank, international improvements, and a
protective tariff, to obtain control of the government
that t he antislavery party assumed any considerable
importance. A combination was made in the North and
Northwest by those who claimed the aforemenl
powers for the zeneral government with the antislavery
men. The combination claimed for the general govern-
ment, i>n t be subject of slavery :

1. Power to abolish slavery in the District oft lolumbia.

‘l. Under the power to regulate commerce, the power
to prohibit the carrying of slaves from one Blave State
to anol ber slave State.

3. The right to prohibit slavery in the territory of the
1 fhited States.

1. Von will observe (hat all these matters related t<>
slavery, but the principle, under all this claim for power,
like that in regard to the taxation of tea, was far d
than appeared on the surface. It involved the into
of the Constitution of the I nited States and the equality
of the people of the Southern states. The District of
Columbia contained the capital of the United States,
Southern members of Congress came to Washington to
discharge their duties, bringing with them their
and children, and if by hostile legislation their servants
— the maids of their wives and the nurses of their chil-
dren — were to he liberated by act of Congress as soon as
they trod the soil of the District, that city was no place
for Southern Senators and Representativi –

‘J. As In the commerce hetween the Stale-, a- Stated

before, slave– «,ie recognized as property when the
Constitution was adopted. The Constitution “t the

United states contained a provision for their rendition
when they escaped from “lie Stale to another; ale
the continuance of the slave trade until lso- | ‘, , inter-
dict the selling of slaves from one State to another would

have heel i. ill elfeet. to deprive the oil i/,en- of one of OUr

Southern States of the right to migrate to anothei
to deprive him of the use of what had been consid

properly from the foundation of the gOVemmenl

3. To prohibit slavery in the territory of the United

Stales would virtually exclude the Southern citizen of
the United Slates from the common territory. Th<
ritory of the United States, ahout the settlement of
which this controversy culminated, was obtained as the
result of the war with Mexico, and to exclude tin’ citizen
with his slaves was. in fact, to deliver the territory pur-
chased by the money and by the blood “\’ all to one sec
tion of the country, to he organized into Buch political
form as to give political power to one section of the
country, and thereby give effect in legislation to all the
views of the North on the subject of governmental
powers. The South claimed an equality of right in all
the territories, iii the District of Columbia, and in the
trade and commerce of the country, and to deny her
rights was practically to make her people hew.
wood and drawers of water to the more prosperous and
populous section. Notwithstanding the objections and
even protests of her statesmen and people, the territory
acquired from Mexico was organized so a- to exclude
slavery, and therefore the South from settlement there-
in. Not only was this don.’, fut a sectional President
was elected ly a sectional majority on a sectional plat-
form of party principles.

The South then seceded, not in a body, hut separately.
The Constitution of the United Slates had been adopted
by States, each acting by itself and for itself. Our own
State, Virginia, seceded in April, 1861. I would like to

tell ahout the action of the Gulf States, and of the views
Of their great thinkers and statesmen, but I have not
lime lo do <o | am sure, however, you will indulge me
tor a Bhort time, while I recall Borne things about Virgin-
ia, even if I repeal myself, connected with the part -ho
took in the transactions of thai period, and ill tie

our revolutionary days and since, which will present her
to you a- the grandest figure of any Stale in the records
of time.

In every period of her history Virginia has stood up
for the right, as she understood n, against her seeming
interest and against power. Settled by English-speak-
ing people, she inherited from them the love of truth and
liberty and devotion to right that has distinguished the
inhabitants of Great Britain from the days of her Alfred
to our revolution. When the clash of opinions arose as
to the rights of the British colonies in America, Virginia,
against the seeming interest of her people — certainly
– 1 that of her leaders — took the side of the weak in
favor of ‘he right, and against t he

lb i Patrick Henry, by hi- I lenio-i heliean eloqt

moved the heart- ot in- countrymen to resistance a- the

storm moves the sea, Eel Ma-on. amid the

Of revolution, <_ r a\o to hi mil the world

Virginia’s great bill ol rights and her first Constitution,

nstitution the world ever saw. lb r

Jefferson, with his pen, recorded in memorable words the

rights of a free | pie and the wrongs of America. Her

Washington led ‘ I

victory, peace, and independence. The war over, the
colonic- that had been united in defense against Great
Britain formed a Union under what are known as the
Article- of I ration. Then, in order to -tree

on federation and promote the common welfare.
Virginia ceded to tl leracyall of her magnificent

territory northwest ot the Ohio River, now the abode of
a great population and tie center of wealth and political
power.

The Articles of Confederation proving inadequat
convention of the State- w a- called, and that body gave
to the world th< i a tion of the United States,

instrument was largely the work ot Virginia ‘I hi
vention that formed it was called chiefly through Wash-
ington. Her Madison and ESdmund Randolph and Henry
Lee were its chief defenders in Vii ainst the oppo-

sition of such men as Patrick Henry, George Mason,

Thomas Nelson, Jr., and Richard Henry Lee. wl p.

posed it- adoption by their State without amendment,
for reasons which, had they been heeded then, would in
all probability have averted our Civil Wat of the

writings and utterances of these distinguished objector-.
in the light of recent c m to be a- prophetic as

the words of the great Jewish prophet, Isaiah.

The Constitution was adopted <‘.:•• Washington

was made the President of the i lb put

departments of the government, recommended and ap-

i appropriate Fegislat ion. and laid the found;

upon which has been built tie epublic. The third

President was Thomas Jefferson Under hi- administra-
tion we obtained from the greal Napoleon for 9 15,000,-
• mil title <o the territory known as Louisiana, which
comprised not only the state of Louisiana, hut Missouri,
Arkansas, [owa, .and parts of Nebraska. Kansas. W
sota. and the Indian Territory. Jefferson wassuco
by another Virginian, .lames Madison. Under his ad-
ministration war wa- declared agai I Britain,
which brought that power to respect our flag and the

STONEWALL JACKSON.

JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON.

ROBERT E. LEE.

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rights of our sailors. To another Virginia President,
John Tyler, are we chiefly indebted for the State of Texas.

Although it was annexed during the administrati if

James K. Polk, the credit of its acquisition is due to
John Tyler’s administration.

A.fter this came another war, in which our Winfield
Scott planted the flag of the United States on the balls
of the Montezuma-, in the City of Mexico, and thi
obtained peace between this country and Mexico; and
as a result of that, peace all the territory of the United
States bounded by the Mexican frontier on the Bouth,
and the Louisiana purchase on the easl and north and
northwest, and by the Pacific on the west. was added t < ►
this country. In the Mexican battles \ irginia and the
South bore their full part. No sooner was the territory
acquired than the controversy arose as to its settlement
between the sections of our country; on< ■ that

it should be kept open and tree to the 1 pie of all the

count iv. whether the North or the South; the other that
it sin in Id be dedicated to freedom . that the national soil
should be like the enchanted ground of an East rn story,
upon which all that entered, no matter how clad, were
immediately arrayed in garments of light and beauty —

so every Blave, 88 SOOn a- he trod the national soil with

his master, si i on Id stand clothed in the robes of freedom.
Apparently this seemed like the earnest protest of the
lovers of freedom against slavery, but in reality it was
but a scheme to exclude the South from the occupancy
of the newly acquired territory, The student of the
political history of the period will discover thai it was
not so much opposition, in the decade of 1860—60, to

slavery as the desire to gi I political control of the < □

try, iii order that the vast powers of the g \ em-

inent might be wiolded to aggrandise one section at the

expense of 1 he other. Ill the furl herancc oi that -‘heme

it was important to exclude from the newly acquired

territory Southern men and their influence ill order that
the views of the opposite School might take rOOl and oh.

tain power and control. No more effectual method than
the exclusion of slavery, and thereby the Southern slave-
holder, could have been devised. The Southerner was

accustomed to slavery and slave institutions in his home
and on his farm and plantation, and if prevented by law
from taking his slaves to the territory of the United
States, he therefore was virtually excluded. He would
either have to forego t he advantages of purchasing cheap
lands or leave his labor and his domestic habits behind

him. Therefore this scheme, however fair to the eye,

was in effect a denial to the Southern slaveholder of any
participation in the common territory, and was equal to
a deed of cession of all that territory to the Northern
States. It was the determination of the Northern States
to adhere to that policy, by the election of a President

pledged to such views, that caused, as heretofore state d

the separation of the Gulf States from tin’ Union. Vir-
ginia, however, did not then secede. Her pat riot ic Gov-
ernor, John Letcher, called an extra session of tic I eg.
islature to meet January 7. 1861. That Legislature
convened a delegated convention of the people of the
State, which assembled at Richmond on the 13th
of February, 1861. That convention was composed
of some of the most distinguished, conservative, and
patriotic citizens of Virginia, Among them A. 11 II.
Stuart. John Janncy. Robert E. Scott. John B. Bald-
win, George W, Summers, and your fellow-citi/.en, Husjh
M. Nelson, whose name graces yon monument — all T’n-
ion men, as were the majority of that body. That con-
vention chose for its President that eminent citizen of

London. John Janncy. lie belonged to a Quaker family,

loved peace ami the way- of peace. I doubt not that

this baa something to do with his selection. It was de-
signed to Bhow that Virginia wa- tor peace, and not for
war. Previous to that her Legislature had sent a com-
mission, composed of tour of Virginia’s distinguished
sons — via., John Tyler. George W. Summers, William < ‘,
Rives, and .lame- \. Seddon — to Washington to attend
what was called a Pi I ongress, that convened upon
her invitation or suggest ion, That ( Songress failed to ac-
complish any a ts. On the 8th of April, 1861,
tli.- Virginia convention sent a commission cot
William Ballard Preston, A. II II Stuart, and George
W. Randolph, to see Preeidenl Lincoln and obtain infor-
mation as to his views, purposes, and policy in regard to
ceded States port of that committee was
nol satisfactory. After this the affair of Fort Sumter
look place, tt fired the Northern heart. President Lin-
coln called for his army of 75,000 men, and on Virginia
for her quota. After this Yir_ She did
tin- chiefly becausi she was called upon to contribute her
Bhare of force to < ding States Lb valua-
ble as the Union was to her-, as much as she lo

of her part in its construction and maintenance.
she held thai it was not an end, but the mi ra end

— personal and political liberty, State equality and sov-
ereignty; that tin- Union established by the fathers was

one- of eons, hi. love, and affection, and nol that

whether it wae the part of the Gulf Stales to

separate was nol a matter for her to determine, because
in herjudgmenl they clearly had the right to separate.
and those wielding the powers “t th< government of the
United states had not the righl to force them Lack into

the Union, and that I m pel then bj force toreturn

would be to trample under foot the teachings and prin-
ters Tin ri ii ii. n ii h sad heart and
t’ul eyes, she passed, in April, 1861, her ordinance
• n
I have made this brief reference to the foregoing facte
in regard to Virginia’s contributions to the can-
American liberty and to the Union, and to her course in

rly clays of 1861, to -how lew dear to her wa- the

Union, how she yearned for peace, and that it wai
slavery thai induced her to separate from the then Gov-
ernment of the United States, bul ber love for the Con-
stitution and the Union, as established by the fathi
The record of our State from 177ii to April 17, 1861,
orious one. In the history of the States ‘luring
etween the election of President Lincoln
and the war she stand- as the sole champion of peace.
Were I aii artist, and Wished to perpetuate on canvas
-one cue scene in Virginia’s great history, I would nol
select the great debate at Williamsburg, when Patrick
Henry ut tercel those memorable words, “Give me liberty
or give me death; nor George Mason in the .-ut of re-
porting his bill of rights ; norwould I go to Philadelphia
and paint the scene in the old Independence Hall, when
a Virginia deputy moved that Congress should declare

that the united colonic- are ami of right Oiled it to be free

and independent States, absolved from all allegiance to

the British crown; nor would I select Thomas Jefferson
reporting the Declaration of Independence; nor G
Washington receiving the -wore] of Cornwallis at York-
town; nor the same greal man attesting the Constitu-
tion of the United States: nor would I -‘lect the execu-
tion by Virginia of ber deed ceding the northern terri-
tory; but I would go to Richmond in the sad clays of
1861, and select as my subject John Tyler and his asso-

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ciato I’. ;i> •■ Commissioners in tin’ art of leaving for
Washington, there, if possible, to effecl a peaceful settle-
ment of the pending difficulties, and under my picture I
would inscribe the words of tin’ Master: “Blessed ore
the peacemakers.

Failing in her efforts to secure a settlement of the diffi-
culties, and having been railed upon i.i aid in forcing
lier Bisters of the Smith hack into the Union, Virginia,
a- stated, seceded, and then joined the Southern Confed-
eracy. Thereafter her territory became the Flanders of
the war. Her ports were blockaded, her capital invested,
her buildings were destroyed. Nol only her mills that
ground the grain for her people, the barns thai protected
tli.’ grain and sheltered her horses and cattle. bu1 some
of the very homes of noncombatant citizens were de-
stroyed by tire. Daring all these years of carnage, of
suffering and distress, -he maintained her an. lent re-
nown, and remained as true 1.. her faith and her duty as
the needle to the ji.de. Her loss was great. Among
those that died on her battlefields \\a> the world-re-
nowned soldier — thai man of genius, courage, faith, ami
prayer — Stonewall Jackson, the dashing Ashby, the
knightly Stuart, and the gallanl Hill. And then other
gallant officers and brave men. who fell in the various
haul.”-, large and small, from Manassas to Appomattox.

Hut t her.’ were a hosl of others in that Conflict whose
names, although not on yon monument, are in our
hearts.

Virginia’s Southern sislers were with her. Site stood
by them and they by her. and they were worthy of her.
I would like t.. tell, if I had time, of the gallant hand
from .Maryland, who on every field sustained the name
and fame of old Maryland; of the < )ld North State — God
bless her — and her Pender. Ratnscur. Hoke, and others
— liers.msn.it only repo-e in t his eemet.-ry. hut in every

.-.’ tery Where the heroes of the Army of Northern

Virginia rest: of Georgia and her gallant Gordon and
his braves, who plucked safety from danger on many a
battlefield, and won the admiration of all thai love the
true and the brave; of the troops from Louisiana under
Taylor, Hays, and Nichols, who wm imperishable lau-
rels at Port Republic, Winchester, tin. I Gettysburg —
ineii without superiors in courage and dash in the ranks
of either army in our war; of Barksdale’s Mississippi
men ami their gallant deeds at Fredericksburg and else-
where.

And then I should like to go to our Western armies
and say something about thai great man. Albert Sidney
Johnston, who too soon for his country and her needs,
on that woeful Sabbath day. May 6, 1862, gave his life
for our cause; and of that great Christian soldier, the

friend of our William Meade. I.e. mi. las I’. .Ik. and his sol-

diere and their great deeds; of the greal Hardee, without
fear and without ambition; of that thunderbolt of war
and superb soldier, Forrest; of the gifted Breckinridge
and his gallanl Kentuekians. who illustrated by deeds
on many a battlefield their gallantry .and devotion to the
lost cause. Comrades and friends, the Southern army

was a wonderful army, and not only in Virginia, bill
elsewhere, did deeds of vah.r wm’l by of Comparison wit h
any I hat history records, and justice will be done il by
historians in the years to come, for

Thy scales, Mortality, are just

To all that ]>ass away.

Our peculiar Southern institutions are now of I he past,

but those who lived under them can point with pride to

the men and to the women thai have been developed by

them. Viewed from a material standpoint, the South

wa- far inferior to it- successful rival. No vast accumu-
lation of material capital in corporate or in individual
hand- appear in her statistics. No greal monuments of
human art or human labor adorn her scenery. Her riv-
er-, greal and -mall, were allowed to flow in comparative

peace to the ocean, and the solitude of her mountains

has generally been undisturbed save by the wood-man’s

ihe rifle of the hunter, the voice of the lierdman.
and the peaceful shepherd. And yet, notwithstanding
all this comparative indifference to material development)

-he has produced men. women, and maidens the peers

of the greatest of the descendants of Adam, in the Sen-
ate, on the field, or ill the home circle. This -taleimnt

a- to her children is not to be confined to any period of
the history Of the South. It wa- illustrated in the War

of the Revolution ami since, and especially during our

late < ‘ivil War. 1 n I he late war the Confederate generals
achieved greal reputation; but in front of them were
brave soldiers, supported and encouraged by the counsel,
the prayers, sacrifices, and example of self-denying
mothers, wives, and sisters. It was the character, the
courage, ami devotion to their flag of the soldiers of the

armies of the South thai enabled our u’enerals to work

-uch wonders. The names of these brave private sol-
diers are not mentioned in history, but they are em-
balmed in the hearts of their surviving comrades and
friends. If was the men so educated, sustained, and en-
couraged that followed Jackson from Manassas tot’han-
eellorsville; that stormed under Early the forts and
works of Winchester; that stormed the heights of Gettys-
burg; that fougb.1 and died al the Wilderness and
Spottsylvania C. 11. and Cold Harbor; that kept
the hosts of Grant out of Petersburg from June. 1864, to
April. 1865; thai followed Albert Sidney Johnston from
Kentucky to Shiloh; thai fought under Bragg at Chick-
amauga; thai fronted the armies of Sherman; and thai
Stood with their faces to the foe. often without food or
shoes, and did not surrender the BWOrd until it fell from

i heir sides.

Bu1 neither patriotism nor courage availed. The
cause we loved was losl. My friends, it was not losl
because our quarrel was not just, not because our lead-
ers were not skillful and our soldiers brave ; but because
he who rules above deemed ii besl that it should fail.
Said the gifted and eloquent W. C. P. Breckinridge:
” Ee who has Striven to discover the true secret of hu-
man history is often confused by the martyrdoms that
seem to be ill vain. Human hearts lie thickly strewn
along Ihe pathway of time, and brutal heels stain them-
selves with richest blood as they stride unfeelingly to
power. The BCaffold and the dungeon, the rack and the

siake. the battlefield and the hospital confuse the ear-

ne-l student who loves God, and he cannot unravel the
riddle why SUCh COStly sacrifices should l>e ill vain. The

i ‘kings and the scourging-, the bonds ami imprison-
ment, the hiding ill dens and eaves, the beheadings and
burnings with which our annals are tarnished and yet
glorified, are the mysteries of God’s dealings with men.
Hut Ibis we know: Ihat the loftiest of mankind, the
niosl divine “f mortals, have been Ihe martyrs whose
blood has enriched Ihe world, and from whose graves
the richest harvest has been gathered, and that the seed

sown with tears shall be reaped with rejoicing.”

Beautiful and sad, but true words. My friends, as I
look upon the graves around me, and yon monument,
the most comforting thought to me is this: “The Lord
Cod Omnipotent reigneth.” God is in history — in till
history; was in our history during our war, and al-

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though the final result was no1 according to our d
ami Eopes, sure am I that the time will come when we
will acknowledge that he in mercy ami not in wrath
afflicted us. I do not know when or how this will ap-
pear. Who knows hut that the devotion of the South
to the true principles of the Constitution may not in the
future cause the fructification “t those principles aid
their growth throughout the land? Who knows hut
that the example of courage ami devotion to duty of our
leaders ami soldiers, our mothers, wives, and sisters, may
not hereafter influence the leaders of our whole n
to put duty ami honor before power ami place, ami to do

ami thinlc only of the ihiiiirs that are true, honest, ami

of good report? Who knows but that as a result of the
knowledge which each section of our people acquired
by the war, of the pluck of tl ther, ami devotion to

what each thought was duty, our whole people may he
more close!] bound together than at any former period

of our history, ami that hereafter Kphraim will not vex
.ludah, nor .1 uilah Kphraim ?

Human institution-, have their uses ami their limits
tions. They are the Bcaffolding to the building, a mean-
to an end. Although African slavery was not the cause,
it was the occasion of our war Tt was useful ami val-
uable in its. lay. It lifted a people who. in the la.

their nativity, wen’ savages, oui of barbarism ami ani
malism to such a plain 1 of Christian civilization as to
qualify them, in the judgment of the conquerors of the
South, to participate in the government of the great re
public. What a tribute to the much-abased South’
Whit -.\ i one ni to Sunt hern Christian men and wom-
en I .Match me if you can out of the record of missions
Subsequent to (he .lays of the apostles ami the
teachers of Christianity any work among the heathen
that .an compare with it in results, when viewed from the
standpoint of t hose who have given the A frican the ha Hot.
rTJ l’> 1 1 1 in the plan of the Great Ruler doubtless the time

ha.l arrived for African slavery to pass away. £

as we can -.•.•. it could not have been gotten rid of in

this country except hy the means used Mr Lincoln

did not by his war proclamation intend to destroy

slavery in the States. Its destruction was an evolution

of the war — a war measure, consequent upon the events

and results of war.

Moses, the world’s great lawgivor, commanded his
people to teach the laws he had been directed t”

them UntO their children, in the house and hy the wav-
side. to hind theni as a sign upon their hands, and as
frontlets between their eyes. May we not. in imitation

of the great lawgiver, tell our fathers, mothers, daugh-
ters, ami teachers to teach the children committed to
their care and instruction the principles of American
liberty, Slate an. I national, not as taughl by the pi
ami example of the multitude, hut as delivered bj the
fathers of the republic, and tor which our comrades died

and fell in battle; tell and teach them that the dead,
in honor of whom this monument has been erected, were
not traitors, hut true citizens, wdio gave their lives in
defense Of the truth, as they understood it. and of their
altars and their homes; thai Lee, Jackson, Stuart, Ash-
by, and Hill, and their soldiers, were not rebels nor
traitors, hut patriots, loving God and their I.
and that they did their duty to their country; teach
them also to look- upward to the Great Ruler of all
things, truth and untruth, and forward to the duties in
life I hat may he before them ; to do their duty as our hrave
soldiers did; to do it under all circumstances — to them-
selves, to their country, and to their (rod — and then.

come what may. SUCCOSS or failure, they will reecn
plaudits of “food men. the approval of their own con-
sciences, and ■ fat ion of t heir God.

<•’ IVERNOR TIIIM.Y ON Ml; DAVIS.

riii r i triot i.v/. si i ii smai ton OF HIM.

I s a speet h at < ilarksvilli ■ ■_ I ■ •

he did not care to make a spei ep himself

identified with the immortal Idea titutional gov-

ernment .

This was not altogether an occasion ot mourning. The
Southhad much to be thankful for Her grand leaderhad

long enough to see the intense fat red at
horn of the war pass away, and to know that the dii

own people w.re healed, ami all believed that
ed upon conscientious and upright judgment.

lie s|„,ke of Mr, Davis at rid., as well

statesman. He had seen him risk ho v.. battle-

fields. If remembered seeing him al the first Manassas,
and he teli outraged that the groat guiding brain of the
Confederacy, as he considered Mr I>a\is. should take
such risk-s. Again, wh nohli Hatton tell. Mr

was on the field 1 1 saw Hatton’e I into

the fight, ami noting Hatton at its lead. Mr, Davis said:
■Thai brigade moves in handsomely, but it will los
commander.” Mr. Davis thought for others, but not for
himself.

He thought Mr. Mavis the ablest defender of ot
tutional law in the Union. Prom Lis sacrifice he could
come to no other conclusion than that Mr. Davis believed
in the justice of the South’s cause as he believed in the
Christian religion. He ha.l absolutely no doubt of the
right ot’ a State to go out of the Union when the terms
of the Union were violated. His State papers would
live as long as .let!, i lie was the equal of .’

son, Calhoun, and Wefster. and superior to .all who lived
when he breathed his last. Mr I>avis was immortal.
He would live while manhood lasts.

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EBCOLLECTIONS OF JEFPBBSOM DAVIS

BV MRS. SARAH E. BREWER, NASHVILLE, TENS.

The splendid picture of the venerable Mrs. Sarah B.
Brewer will gratify many friends of the remarkable
woman. It is from a photo made some years ago. Her
letter may be regarded as representing the ultra senti-
ment of a Southern woman. She pro\ ea her faith by her
works, having subscribed directly $500 for the Davis

UBS. SAIl.MI E. 11REWER.

monument, and given $l,0oo to a church enterprise on
condition that members of il give $300 to the monument

fund. She is a zealous solicitor for the Veteran. The
picture of Mr. Davis used as a frontispiece is from a
photograph made lor her.

Mrs. Brewer was a Miss (irecr, a native of Tennessee.
At a very early age she was entirely bereft of a liberal
patrimony, a widow, and in poor health. The misfor-
tunes animated ber,and, serving for a time as a governess,

she made headway slowly but surely. Her fortune was
made in Cuba. After the war, when she had done much
for her people, she returned to her native Stale. She
has provided for many unfortunate relatives and made
public bequests. Now, at the age of four score, she is as
zealous as ever, having other worthy purposes to accom-
plish. Her letter is as follows:

I have so much love for this grand man and the glo-
rious cause he and his brave soldiers fought for that 1
feel I must add my mite of praise to them, though they
do not need it. The heroic struggle of these grand pa-
triots will live in the heart of every true Southerner, and
on the pages of the sublimest history ever penned by
mortals. I was a resident of Cuba when the unrighteous
Civil War was forced upon the South, and my mind and

strength went out, as it were, to the heroic, self-sacrifi-
cing soldiers who were engaged in fighting tor our rights
with an untold energy that surprised me. I watched
closely the unequal contest, the Buffering, the bravery of
our people with a yearning sympathy and a fire in my
-“ill that almost consumed me. England played her
game of hypocrisy with us, while the Continent, with
irresponsible men. replenished the Northern army. I lur
soldiers OD many fields were outnumbered three or four

to one. but in their renewed endurance under the most
terrible provocations illustrated a heroi in that was never
equaled on the battlefield. 1 saw them slain, defeated,
taken prisoners, led away to suffer and die among their
enemies, and the cross weighted me to the earth. At
hist the end Came. Our hero, friend, and President, Jef-
ferson Davis, was taken prisoner, shackled, and put in a
Northern prison, to Buffer indignil iea and slanders heaped
on him in venomous hatred, and ridiculed by Ids captors

with the most BtupendoUS lies that the world ever heard.

While he was in prison, and indignities were so un-
justly put Upon our beloved President. I sat in my for-
eign home with bowed head and folded hands, brooding
over the ruin that had been meted out to the Southland
by her cruel victorious foes.

Alter Mr. Davis’s release from prison — and thanks
to Gen. Grant we owe for hi- life — he went with his
wife to my home in Havana. Worn and pale from pris-
on trials, he was hardly recognizable as the grand, hero-
ic, eagle-eyed leader of forces. With the beautiful cli-
mate, the close attention of his charming wife and the
many devoted friends that surrounded him. he began
slowly to rally to belter health, giving us supreme pleas-
ure. If I maj trespass on forbidden ground, it is of our
” Winnie” I ‘would write. I never believed that she
would wed a man from among her father’s enemies. She
is held so high in our

hearts, so honored, so be-
loved, and I believe in the
eternal til doss of things.

In my Havana home I
had the pleasure of enter-
ta i n i ng many eminent
Southerners: .Mason. Sli-
dell, Beverly Tucker, E.
Kirby-Smith. and others
less noted, but equally true
and brave to the cause we

espoused.

Our Southland blooms
again with thrift and beau-
ty, the same old Soul bland
with its chivalry. Phos-
nixlikc she has risen from
her desolation and her
ashes without oilier aid
than from her own sons’
unflinching, indomitable
will and energy. There
is no “new” South. The very term is repugnant. Away
with it! We are the .same people, have the same in-
stincts, the same chivalry, anil the same patriotism.

We are determined by our united efforts to build a
monument worthy of our beloved leader, our President,
that will tower above all others ever built to tho memo-
ry of man, that coming ages may see how we honored
and loved the man who gave his all to establish our
Southern Confederacy. May the angels keep watch
above his ashes!

IEKFERSON DAVIS.

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CAUSE OF CONFEDERATES IN MARYLAND when hundreds of ladies and the veteran comrades are

an honored record of faithfvl mes and womsn. conveyed to Loudon Park Cemetery to strew flowers on

the graves of the dead. The graves of our soldiers and

The Society of the Army and Navy of the Confeder- sailors in other cemeteries als.. receive like attention.
ate States in the State of Maryland was organized in The society has|done much more than this
1871. Its object is to preserve the material for a truthful In 1878 about $1,000 was realised by means of a
history of the late war between the Confederate States musical festival forth.’ Lee monument at Richmond,
and flu’ United States of America, to honor the memory In 1*80 a life-size statue of a Maryland < lonfoderate
of comrades who I ave fallen, tocheriBh the ties of friend- infantry soldier was erected by the Bociety in the Slary-
phip among those who survive, and to fulfill the duties land lot in the Stonewall Cemetery at Winchester, Va.

In 1882 a donation of aboul |600
made to the Southern Historical Society,
Richmond, which enabled thai society to con-
tinue its work at that time.

In 1886 a bazaar, held under the ausp
and patn ty, realised about

131,000, which w , ed in an am

fund iting in twenty fr pro-

ducin ‘tit annual ini

Tun. w Inch 1- distributed, in j and

worthy comrades, and is also used for the
burial of the dead. No Confederate soldier
is denied a while living, nor pet n

111 death to lie in a pauper’s grave No matter
how unfortunate his circumstances in life, a
respectful burial, with proper attendance in
the ( Confederate lot ic 1 ‘I’d him.

Tli’ ation of tic Maryland

Line also dispenses among it^ needy members or their
families aboul $1,000 per annum, making the total dis-
bursements each y. ar ic urlj $4,000

ENTRANCE TO LOUDON PARE ‘ I Ml ll RY, BALT1

of sacred charity toward those who may stand 111 need

of them

In 1874, with the aid of an appropriation from the

State of Maryland, the bodies of Marvland-
ci-s who fell in the Confederate service were
gathered from all the battlefields, from Pe-
tersburg to Gettysluu-g. Comrades were em-
ployed for this purpose, and brave soldiers
were taken from fence corners and hedgerows
where they had been laid. These bodies were
reinterred in the Confederate lot in Loudon
Park Cemetery, where are erected the central
monument. “The Confederate Soldier, by
Volek, and the monuments to Companies II

and A of the First and Second Maryland In
fantry, and that dashing cavalryman. Lieut.
Col. Harry Gilmore. This beautiful plot con
tains about four hundred bodies. It is the
properly of the society, and provision has been
made for its perpetual care by payments to the
cemetery company. About ten thousand dol-
lars have been expended upon this work. The
bodies of all Confederate prisoners who died
in Baltimore are also buried in the lot, and each grave
is marked with a marble headstone, with the name, reg-
iment, and State, whenever known, of the soldier who
sleeps beneath. Since 1873 the society has always
arranged for the observance of Memorial Day, June 6,
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CONFEDERATE GRAVES IN LOUDON PARI I BBY, BALTIMORE.

In 1886 a .monument was erected on Culp’s Hill, Get-
tysburg, to the Second Maryland Infantry. It is a mas-
sive granite block, costly and imposing, and its inscrip-
tions testify the valor of the men who fought where it
stands.

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MABYLAND CONFEDERATE HOME AT 1’IKESVIU.E.

Iii 1888 the former United States arsenal buildings at
Pikesville were secured from the Legislature of Mary-
land as a Confederate Home, with an appropriation of
15,000 a year. The rooms have been furnished as me-
morial offerings, The Some shelters inmates from differ-
ent States, but all were citizens of Maryland at the time
of entry.

Prom time to time many addresses have been delivered
by distinguished Confederates, and numerous pamphlets
have been published by the Society.

The only stated public appearances of the Bociety are
at annual banquets and on Memorial Daj-s. It has made
no public parades except on (be occasions of dedications
of monuments at Richmond, Lexington, Winchester,
Front Royal, Staunton, Elagerstown, Fredericksburg,
ami Gettysburg, or at the funerals of distinguished
comrades.

The society now numbers above -mr thousand mem-
bers, and the annual dues are si. An accurate record of
each member, certified by commanding officers or com-
rades, is entered iii the Historical Register of the society,
and no unworthy soldier or deserter is permitted to be-
come a member.

The sons of Confederate soldiers and sailors are entitled
to membership in the society as ”male descendants”
upon arriving at the age of fifteen years.

All persons who are in sympathy with the Confeder.

ate cause, but who were not in the service of the Con-
federate States, are eligible to ‘• auxiliary membership.”
The Presidents have been successively: Maj. Gen.
[saac R/Trimble, 1871; Maj. John R. McNulty, 1875;
Lieut. McHenry Howard, 1883; Gen. Bradley T. Johnson,
iss:{. ti’eii. Johnson is still President.

The annual report for last year shows the good done:
. . . During the last year the committee expended
8’2.(<<>.*{.oS in relieving the necessities of the side and
destitute comrades and in burying the dead, Of this
amount, $2,509.38 was taken from the Confederate Relief
Bazaar Fund and $154 from the treasury of the Bene-
ficial Association of the Maryland Line.

During the year relief was granted to two hundred
and two persons, six less than the previous year. Of

this number, one hundred and ninety have been relieved
from the Confederate Relief Bazaar Fund and twelve
from the treasury of the Beneficial Association. Fifteen
comrades were buried during the year.

The members of the committee, with a few exceptions,
have shown great interest in the work, and eases of dis-
tresB are rare among ex-Confederates. The Confederate
societies have assisted the committee by acting as pall-
hearers at funerals and assisting in many other ways.

From the beginning at Harper’s Ferry,in 1861, to the
end at Appomattox, in 1SII5. they maintained the same
high character and bearing; and the record of their deeds
and the reputation of their commanders are held in ven-
eration and affection by all familiar with the military
history of the Confederacy, and have made for Mary-

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INTERIM! \ IF.W OF MARYI \\l> ‘

landers ;i name equal to any others in the admira-
tion of a heroic people Prom theearrj days of the war,
from Manassas to Malvern Bill, from the Valley to Gi I
tysbury, from the defense of Petersburg t” Appomattox,
was their valor and efficiency conspicuous.

The commandant of this Government Arsenal in I860,
juel preceding the commencement of the war, was thai
distinguished soldier, Maj. (afterward Lieut. Gen.) Hu
sjer The State, after taking possession of the property .
made no practical use of
it : in fact, it was an item
of expense for several
years, by reason of the
salary of a custodian No
repairs had been placed on
the property for :i period
of some tvt enty \ cur-, and
the condition at the time
of the transfer to the care
of the Maryland Line was
little short of that of ruin.
Work was at once com
menced to rescue it from
this sad plight in April,
1888, and in June, the same
year, it had so far pro-
gressed as to admit of the
formal opening and dedi-
cation. Appropriate exer-
1 isee were hold, with a
large attendance of citi-
zen- from Baltimore and
the neighboring country.
Every year Bince reunions
and like celebrat ions have
taken place, whirl) have
been frequently attended
by distinguished Confederates, many oi whom have
been prominent in the national councils of the country.

The administration of the Home rests with a Board
of Governors of the Association of the Maryland Line,
ami is under the immediate supervision of a Board of
Managers, who are largely aided in their duties by the
labors of a Board of Visitors, which is made up of well-
known ladies, who give the benefit of their counsel, and
are untiring in their efforts in caring for the sick and

ministering to their wants.
The command of the Home
is intrusted to a Superin-
tendent. Mr. W. 11. Pope,
a gallant soldier of the Ma-
ryland Line, v. ho, with his
devoted wife, have faithful-
ly given their entire service
to t he institul

It Was determined from
the first to make the insti-
tution in tact what it was
iii name — a home for those
who sought its sheltering
-and this view was
held in the furnishing ol
tic nd the rules

oil tor 1 lie government

of thi – Thee last

bat been tram. .1 -.. a- to

I rami

possible wiili the mainte-
TIh rooms have
been furnished in a substantial manner with many of the
irts ami . ,| in private homes at an

estimated cost of til 0, whicl ha- been de-

frayed by tin’ generous friends undertaking this im-
portant and interest ing feat

The total admissions from thi op< ning in Ji 1
to December 1 l~:»:i I 139 < >f thi- number

27 have died, three ha\ suspended or

nance of proper discipline

discharged; the number now home on the roster is 109.
The library is supplied with many valuable and inter-
g books and periodicals, the irit’i of friend-, sad
many newspapers regularly mail tin tree.

The total receipts of the’Home to September 30, 1893,
137,620.40, and the expenses $38,196. Of the re-
ceipt-, the State has contributed $27,500, and recently
appropriated 116,000 for the Home, to l.e expended dar-
ing the next two years

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HUMORS OF III i; M A RC1I.

IiY w. a. i ami-hkli., COLIMIHS, vii-~.

Too Much Crow. — A- my command, Perrin’e regiment,
Mississippi Cavalry, Ferguson’s brigade, was moving
from Mississippi to Georgia, spring of L864, :i soldier by
the name of Crow had a pass to L r ” by bis home and join

ammand as it came by. Crow’s house was immedi-
ate ly “ii the road by which the command marched, and

In- hail hi* family ami neighbors present i<> »•.■ the i i-

mand, al this time a large one, As we passed in front
of the house the boys of Company “D” recognized Crow,
ami they all began cawing, ami you would have thought
tin- crows of Mississippi had all gathered in council as
tin- rawiiiLT passed IV. .in company i” company of the regi-
ment. Our comrade, Crow, wisely beat a retreat.

The Side of Sis Head Shot Off. — A company of cav-
alry of this section of Mississippi was on duty on the
Tennessee River. Privates John W. ‘I’., and a man
named Gamble were on outpost picket. It was night,
dark and wet, and the reserve picket were making
themselves as comfortable as possible, when two shots
rang out, and following closely after the shots they heard
a horse coming rapidly down the road, and in a few mo-
ments Gamble retreated and reported that John W. T.
was sh.it and the enemy was advancing. But in a
minute or two another horse and rider came tearing
in. and John was the rider: He said: “Captain, I am
Bhot.” The Captain asked him where, and he said:
“The side of my head is torn oil.” The Captain put his
hand to John’s head and felt it and said: “It is true;

him hack to the hospital.” But when day came the
wound on the side of John’s head (.roved to he mud and
water. The facts, as developed afterward, were thai
John and his friend had tired at a farmer’s mule, and
John’s horse had thrown him. and as he went off his ear-
bine had slapped him on the side of the head, and as he
hit the ground his head went in the mud and the water.
lie never relished this story, hut it was true.

Stampede among Texas Horses at Rome, Ga. — A friend
of mine, now living here, in the drug business, was sta-
tioned during the war at Rome, Ga., and tells this inci-
dent: A Texas regiment of cavalry came in town and

hailed in fn ml of the hotel, and the officers and 111:111 \ of
the men scattered around town, hut the majority of
them remained mounted and took the easiest positions
they could in their saddles, many of I hem sitting side-
waye with One leg thrown across the saddle. It was
ahout dinner time, and the negro waiter came out with one
of those Chinese copper gongs, and giving it one tremen-
dous rap, made it rattle with that nerve-shattering noise
so well known to passengers at railway depots. The re-
sult was fearful. Horses reared, plunged, and, turning
like goats, stampeded in all directions, leaving many
riders on the ground, and creating more excitement, than
the fire of a Federal Lattery of six guns would have have
done. I’.ut after a few minutes the officer of the regi-
ment came up to see what was the matter, and, hearing
the cause, told the proprietor of the hotel to hide his ne-
gro out, as his men would surely kill him if they found
him. And sure enough in a few moments they came
on the hunt for him; but the negro had been safely hid
away, and was not seen any more during tho stay of
that Texas command. Any soldier who met Texas cav-
alry during the war knew that they wen’ superh riders,
and to throw them was no easy matter; but this Chi-
nes.’ gong dismounted more of them than a charge on
infantry would have done.

THE IJKHEL YK1.I,.

Many people think of the three measured hu/.zas given

iiowand then as “the rebel yell.” it is shocking to an old
Confederate to consider such deception. The venerable
widow of Rear Admiral Raphael Bemmes, in attending a
Confederate reunion at Mem]. his a couple of years ago,
modestly expressed her wish to hear “the rebel yell.”

Something of an old time cheer Came from the throats of
men who gladly tried to compliment the wife of the emi-
nent naval commander. Kellar Anderson, win. was of the
Kentucky Orphan Brigade and had heard the yell, wrote
a reminiscence for the Memphis Appeal. It is this same
Anderson, called Captain and again Gen. Anderson, who
honored {his native Kentucky, his adopted Tennessee,

[Miss Ida II . \ in- Shreveport, representative for Louisiana in Heunion

i.e. v. :.i Birmingham.]

and American heroism some months ago at Coal Creek,
in defying the miners who had captured him and de-
manded his head as a ransom, when it seemed only hope-
less to refuse their demands One thing is Bure: he had
heard ” the rebel yell.”

There is a Southern mother on this stand who says
she u ants to hear •• the rebel yell ” once more.

The a iincement t ransforms, and in an instant I find

myself acting the humble part of file-closer to Company
I, Fifth Kentucky Infantry, with pieces at the right
shoulder, the brigade in route column. With the active,
strong, swinging stride of the enthusiastic, trained sol-
dier, they hold the double-quick over rocks, logs, gullies,
undergrowth, hill, and vale, until amid the foliage of the
trees above them the hurt ling shell and hissing shot from
the enemy’s field guns give notice that, if retreating, they
have missed the way. Yet there is no command to halt.
Direct, on unchanged course, this battle-scarred and
glory-mantled batallion of Kentucky youths continues,
and as they reach the open woods, in clarion tones comes
the order, ” Change front, forward on first company,”
etc. The order executed found them formed on ground

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but recently occupied by a battalion of their foes, and
tew of these had left their position’-. The battalion of
Kentuckiane were in battle array where they once were,
but now the ground was almost literally covered with
the Federal dead, the entire length of our regimenl of
seven hundred men. Men, did 1 say? Soldiers i- the
word; there were few men among them, they being
youths, I. ni BoldierB indeed. The increasing spat, whirl,

and hi” of the minie balls hurrying by left loubt

of tlir fact among these soldiers They are about
ter again, ami forward is the ordi ady, men.

steady; hold your fire; not a shot without orders It i-
hard to Btand, but yon must nol return it. We have

friends in OUT front yet. They are being hard pi

and their ammunition is almost expended, hut they af”

of our proudest and best, and Humphrey’s Mississippians
will hold thai ridge while they have a cartrid

It is nearing sunset, and after two days of fearful

carnage — yea, 01 f tie- best contested haul.’- ,.f the

times— the enemy has been driven pellmel] from many

|Miss 1. 17.7.H’ larke, West Point, representative for Virginia in Reunion
r. c. Y. mi Birmingham.]

parts of the field. Our losses are numbered by thousands,
and we are now advancing in battle array, the little red
flag with hhie cross dancing gayly in the air over the
heads of those who were there to defend it. The last rays
of the setting sun had kissed the autumn foliage when we
stepped into open ground ami found that we were among
the wreck of what a tew short minutes ago had been a
superb six gun battery. The uniforms of the dead ar-
tillerymen ami the gaily caparisoned bodies of the main-
dead horses proclaimed this destruction the work of our
friends. We look upon the dead, pull our cartridge
hoxes a little more to the front, and resolve once more to
face the destruction we are now entering. The boom
of artillery increases. The rattle of musketry is steady
— aye. incessant and deadly. The sulphurous smoke has
increased until almost stifling. Only fifty yards of space
separate us from the gallant M ississippians we are there
to support. They have cdung to the ridge with a death-
like grip, but their last cartridge has been tired at the
enemy, and their support being at hand these sturdy
soldiers of Longstreef s Corps are ordered to retire.

Simultai naly the support was ordered forward. As

the Miss Bsippians retired, the deep-volumed shouts of the
enemy told us plainer than could words thai the en.
thought they had routed them. <> how differently
regarded the situation! If tiny could have seen them
as we — halting, kneeling, lying down, ranging themselves
in columns of tiles behind the large trees – to

nemy with an unbroken front, each man as
passed throwing rap high into the overhanging foli-
age in honor of our pn tgine their shot
would have been suppressed ly in the center I
Bold your fire I Hold the colors back I ” The center ad-
vanced too rapidly We are clear of our friends ,
only the enemy in front, and we meet far.’ to face on a
-pur of Mi— ion Ridge, which extends through tin Sn
grass farm, and « e are separated by eighty \ ards, Thud ‘
and down goes Private B II.- turned, smiled,
and died. Thud’ Corporal Gray shot through the m

Gel to the rear’ -aid [. Thud’ Thud’ Thl
Wolf. Michael, the gallant Thompson Thudl Thud’
Thud’ < !ourageous Oxley, the knightly Desha and duty-
loving Cummings \mi thus it goes. Tl in-
to be counted by the hui. The
pn fearful, hut the ” sand-digg
stay. ‘Forward’ Forward!” rang out along tic line.
W ■ ■ slowly to thi

There is H”« Bixty yards n as. Tic enemy

Lack a few paces; lie rel ires a li
more, hut -till faces us and load- a- hi backs away. We

an now in lie midst of his dead and dying, hut tie -lands

as do the Bturdy oaks about him. We nave all that i-
possible li.r human i – are fearful, and

each mom, ni some comrade passes to the ui At

la-t Humphrey’s Mississippian I boxes

ami are working around our right I rginians

uncovering to our left. I feel a -hock about my left
breast, spin like a ton in the air. and come down in a
leap. 1 know not how long be! the sounds,

lirward! Forward’ Forward’ [ rise on my elbow.
1 ool I I ookl There they go, all at breakneck -p.
the bayonel at charge, The firing appears to suddenly
cease tor about G Is. Then arose that do-or-die

expression, that maniacal maelstrom of Bound; that
penetrating, i shrieking, blood-curdling noise that

could l>e heard for mile- on earth, and whose volumes
reached the heavens; such an expression as never yet
came from the throats of sane men. hut from men whom
the seething blast of an imaginary hell would not check
while the sound lasted

The battle of Cbickamauga is won

Dear Southern mother, that wa- the rebel yell.” and
only such -eerie- ever did or ever will produce it. Even
when engaged, that expression from the Confederate

soldier always made my hair Stand on end. The young
men and youths who composed this unearthly “music
were lusty, jolly, Clear-voiced, hardened soldiers’, full of
oourage, and proud to march in rags, barefoot, dirty, and
hungry, with head erect to meet the plethoric ranks of
the best-equipped and best-fed army of modern times.
Alas! how many of them are decrepit from ailment and
age. and although we will never grow old enough to
36 being proud of the record of the Confederate sol-
dier, and the dear old mothers who bore them, we can
never again, even at your bidding, dear, dear mother, pro-
duce ” the rebel yell.” Never again; never, never, never.

The above story ha- thrilled thousands through the
Veteran. Kellar Anderson, of Memphis, has told it well.

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THE OLD \”Ii;<;iXl.\ TOWN, LEXINGTON.

WHERl ill ami BTONEWAL1 JACKBOS i /.•/ BURIED
III MNI8CEt)Cl 9 OF BTOSBW M.I. JACKBOK.

BY Mi. .1. \MI 1.1 \M rONl s,

Lexington V \.. ie the most interesting town of its
size in the South. The Washington and Lee University,
founded by the “father of his country,” and presided
over by Robert E. Lee when he surrendered life’s duties

i- the mos1 prominent and conspicuous instituti if the

place. Ii has a beautiful chapel across the campus from
the university main building, in which the body of Gen.
Lee rests, and over which is that lifelike work of Ed
ward V. Valentine, representing in white marble the sol-
dier and the Christian as if asleep on Ids couch. The

old mansion in which Gen. Lee resided is near by, and it
is the residence of Gen. Curtis Lee, hie son and successor
as President of the university. 1 1 is the family residence
as well, the daughters residing there.

The Virginia Military Institute grounds adjoin those
ofthe Washington and Lee University, and are entered
through iis campus. This old place, with its ancient

cat i ornamenting the grounds, was especially inter

esting on the occasion of the visit which induces tins

article, for it was in Ii ■ of its President, who went to

the front with its corps of cadets in 1861, and never re-
turned until he had “crossed the river,” honored second
to no soldier hero of any country or time.

Tins writing is from memory of an only visit made

there July 21. ls!>l. an account of whieh was written at
the time, hut never published, and the copy lost.

The Lees were all at home and cordially interested in
honoring the memory of Gen. Thomas .1 . Jackson. It
was the greatest day in the history of old Lexington, for
the attendance was much larger than that when the
Formal presentation of the recumbent figure of (ten. Lee
occurred.

A superb colossal bronze statue of Stonewall Jackson
had been provided, and his hody had Keen removed from
the original family lot to the central circle in the old
cemetery of the town, and the bronze figure (it is also by
Mr. Valentine) was in position.

The principal ceren iea were had under the broad

shades of the university campus, some half a mile away.

at the conclusion of which the great procession, number-
ing perhaps 20,000, passed through the main streets and

near the old church where Jackson taught Ins ne^ro
Sunday school. The military — infantry, cavalry, and
artillery — passed by the cemetery and formed on an ad-
jacent slope in t he rear.

By the statue, still under a white mantle, there was a
platform covered with white bunting, upon which -Mrs.
Jackson ascended, taking her two grandchildren with
her. She was dressed in black, her heavy black veil
thrown over her shoulders, and the noble face giving
cheer to the little children that were to pull the veil cord.
Both children were dressed in white, their white faces

and waxen curls producing the strongest contrast with
the devoted widow of Stonewall Jackson. The writer
occupied a position that could not have been improved
tor the Bight, and, meditating upon it all, he thought
much of whether he would not give his life, if by so do-
me- all the South could have the comfort of the scene.

At the signal, little Julia Jackson Christian pulled the
cord, and tin- magnificent figure of the Christian soldier
stood as if in life, mid the shouts of thousands wdio fol-
lowed him to the death, and other thousands of women,
maidens, and young men who had grown up in the faith
that a greater soldier than Stonewall Jackson had never
gone to I. attic. The bright child who exclaimed, “I un-
derveiled it, was frightened by the noise of cannon,
musketry, and human voices that followed her act.

The hospitality of the people was remarkable. The
pride and gratitude that t heir little town among the hills

was the home and the burial place of Lee and Jackson
was enough I” bestir the entire people to the utmost to
make every visitor a guest. The writer was fortunately

assigned to the delightful home id’ Mr. McDowell.

Every old soldier present must have wished that he
had served under Stonewall Jackson. The negro men of
tin’ town wdio had the honor of being taught by him in
his Sunday school when hoys were proud of it. One
practical old man ofthe town, in commenting on him as
teacher at the institute, said he was never proud of him
until the Sunday that he started for the war. Then,

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dressed in military uniform, with spurs and on horseback,
he seemed to be exactly in the proper place.

dr. .1. w. jones’s recollections of stonewall j m kson.

It seems tit ting in t bis connection to give reminisi 1
of Gen. Jackson, by Dr. J. William Jones, who was first
to write and commend the Confederate Veteran
through its prospectus, It was written at the time re-
ferred to above for the Atlanta Journal.

I have to-day, after a lapse of thirty yean, a very
vivid recollection of his appearance and how heimpr
me. Dressed in a simple Virginia uniform, apparently
abcmi thirty-seven years old, six feel high, medium
gray eyes thai seemed to look through you. lighl brown
hair, and a countenance in which deep benevolence bi
mingled with uncompromising Bternness, he impressed me
as having aboul him nothing at all of “the pomp and
circumstance” of war. but everj element which enters
into the skillful leader, and the indomitable, energetic
soldier, who was always ready for the fight.

At First Manassas Jackson won the $obriq\
” Stonewall,” which bas supplanted his proper name, and
will cleave to him forever.

“The chivalric and heroic Bee. who bad been steadily
borne back all of the morning, and bis little handful of

brave followers nearly swepl away b\ the blue waves
which i hreatened to overw helm every) bin
rode up to Jackson and exclaimed almost in despair
‘General, they are beating ih back No – > said
Jackson, bis eyes fairly glittering beneat b the rim of his
old cadet cap; ‘they Bhall no1 beat us back. We will
give them the bayonet.’

“It was then that Bee, about to yield up his nobl<
galloped back to the scattered remnant or his command
and rallied them by exclaiming Here stands Ja>
like a stone wall! Rally behind the Virginians! I et
us determine to die here, and we shall oonquei ‘

■ \ 1 1 1 i ilius was the name of the heroic Bee linked for-
ever with that of ‘ Stonewall ‘ —

” ‘ < hie of the few immortal na
That were not born to die.’

“But the sobriquet given was as inappropriate as
can be imagined. Jackson was more like a cyclone, a
tornado, a hurricane, than a stone Avail.

“Jackson was accustomed to keep bis |>lans secret
from bis stall’ and higher officers, a- well as from the
people, ami once said: • If 1 can deceive our own people,
I will be sure to deceive the enemy as to my plans.’

“It was a very common remark in bis corps: ‘If the
Yankees arc as ignorant of this move as we arc, old .lack
bas them.’ ”

Ills i.M UK DECISION \M> CRISP ORDERS.

“Jackson was noted for the quickness with which be
decided what to do. ami bis short, crisp orders on the
battlefield.

“I happened to be sitting on my horse near by, when

Col. A. 8. Pendleton, of .lack-on s Staff, rode U]> to Gen.

Early, at Cedar Run, and. touching bis bat, quietly said:
■ Gen, Jackson semis compliments to Gen. Early, and -ays
ad\ ance on the enemy and you will be supported by Gen.
Winder.’

•■ Gen. Early’s compliments to Gen. Jackson, and tell
him 1 will do it.’ was the laconic reply, and thus the
battle opened.

“On the eve of another battle a start’ officer rode op

to Jackson and -aid: ‘Gen, Ewell -ends his compliments
and says be i- ready.’ ‘Gen, Jackson’s compliments to
Gen. Ewell. and tell bim to proceed,’ was the quiet re-
ply. And soon the noise of the conflict was heard. At
(‘old Harbor, on the memorable 27th of June, 1861, after
be bad gotten bis corps in position, the great chieftain
spent a few momenta in earnest prayer, and tin

quiet ly to one of bis stall • Tell 1 II to drive the

enemy’ Soon t lie terrible shock was joined, and I
quietly on bis sorrel sucking a lemon and watching
through bi- glasses the progress of the fight. Presently
a staff officer of Gen. Ewell galloped up and exclaimed
‘Gen. Ewell Bays sir, that it is almost impossible for him
to advance farther unless the battery [pointing to it] is

silenced.’ ‘Go tell Maj Andrews to bring sixteen 1

of artillery to I, car on that battery ami silence it imme-
diately, wa- the prompt reply.

POD the battery wa- -ilcin , d \ OV

Gen Ewell to drive them,’ and right nobly did Ewell
and his gallant dcr. When on his .

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flank movement at Chanoellorsville, Gen. Fiti

for him t a bill from which he Could view the

enemy’s position, he merely glanced at it once, when he
formed bis ph m and -aid quickly to an aid ‘Tell my
column to cross that road.’

“Just before he was wounded at Chancellorsville be
gave to A. P. Hill the order: ‘ Press them and euf then
oil from the United Sta1 and as he was borne off

the field bleeding, mangled, and fainting, he roused him-
self to give, with something of his old fire, his last order:
‘Gen, Pendleton yon must bold your position.

HIS RIGID DISCIPLINE.

•• He was very stem and rigid in bis discipline and
would not tolerate for a moment the slightest deviation
from the letter of bis order-. lie put Gen. Garnet! un-
der arrest for ordering a retreat at Kern-town, alt
bis ammunition was exhausted and bis brigade was
about to be surrounded, preferred charges against him,
and was prosecuting them with utmost rigor, when the
Chancellorsville campaign opened. He insisted that

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Gen. Garnotl should have held bis position with the bay-
onet ; that the enemy would have rel reated ifhe had aot,
and that under no circumstances should Garnet) have
fallen back without orders from him (Jackson). After
the death of Jackson, Gen. Lee, without further trial of
the case, restored Gen. Garnett to the command of his
brigade, and this brave soldier fell in the foremost of
Pickett’s famous charge on the heights of Gettysburg.
A brigadier once galloped up to Jackson, in the midst of
battle, and said: ‘Gen. Jackson, did you order me to
charge that battery?’ pointing i” it. ‘Yes, sir, I did.
Eave you obeyed the order?’ ‘Why, no, General; I
thought there must be some mistake. My brigade
would be annihilated, literally annihilated, sir. it’ we

should move across that field.’ ‘Gen. ,’ said Jack

son. his eyes flashing fire and his voice and manner be-
rtraying excitement, and even rjii^c. I always try to take
car.- of my wounded and bury my dead. Obey that
order, sir, and do it at our,-.

” I heard one day, on the Valley campaign, a colloquy
between Jackson and a colonel commanding one of his

brigades. Jackson said, quietly: -1 thought, Col. ,

that the orders were for you to move in the rear instead
of the front of Gen. Elzey’s brigade this morning.’ ‘Yes,
1 know that, General; bul my fellows were ready before
Elzey’s, and 1 thought it would be bad to’ keep them
waiting, and that it really made no difference anyhow.’

‘J want you to understand. Colonel,’ was the almost
fierce reply, that you must obey my orders first and rea-
son about them afterward. Consider yourself under
arrest, sir. and march to the rear of your brigade.’
Jackson put Gen. A. P. Hill under arrest (for a cause

that was manifestly unjust) On the Second Manassas

campaign, and he probably pnt more officers under ar-
rest than all the other of our generals combined. There
is no doubt that Jackson was sometimes too severe, and
that he was not always just, and yet it would have
greatly increased the discipline and efficiency of our serv-
ice if others of our Confederate leaders had had more of
this sternness and severity toward delinquents.”

IIIS ATTENTION TO MINUTE DETAILS.

• lie was unceasingly active in giving his personal at-
tention to the minutest details. He had an interview
with his quartermaster, his commissary, his ordnance,
and his medical officer every day, ami he was at all times
thoroughly familiar with the condition of these depart-
ments. It is a remarkable fact that, despite his rapid
man lies, he rarely ever destroyed any public property,
or left as much as a wagon wheel to the enemy.

“Not content with simply learning what his maps
could teach him of the country and its topography, he
was accustomed to have frequent interviews with eiti
/.ens, and to reconnoiter personally the country through
which he expected to move, as well as the ground on
which he expected to fight. Being called to bin quar-
ters one dav to give him some information concerning a
region with which 1 had been familiar from boyhood, I
soon found out that he knew more about its topography
than I did, and I was constrained to say, ‘Excuse me,
General, I have known this section all my life, and
thought 1 knew all about it; but it is evident that you
know more about it than I do, and that I can give you
no information at all.’

“Often at night, when the army was wrapped in sleep.
he would ride out alone to inspect roads by which, on
the morrow, he expected to move to strike the enemy in
flank or rear.

•After all. the crowning glory of Jackson, as it was
also of Dee, was bis humble, simple-hearted piety, his
firm trust in Christ as his personal Saviour, his godly
walk and conversation, and his life of active effort for

the g 1 ot others. . . . Suffice it to say, thai as I

saw him frequently at preaching or at the prayer meet-
ing drinking in the simple truths ot’ the gospel, heard
him lead the devotions of his ragged follower.- iii prayers
that 1 have rarely beard equaled and never surpassed
in fervid appropriateness, knew of his active efforts
for the spiritual good of the soldiers, and conversed with
him on the subject of personal religion. I was fully satis-
fied that this stern soldier not only deserves a place be-
side Col. Gardner and Gen. Eancook and (‘apt. Vicars,
and other Christian soldiers ot’ the century, but that the
world has never seen an Uninspired man who deserves
higher rank as a true Christian.

• 1 recall here just two incidents. In the early spring
of 1863 I was one day walking from our camp to a meet-
ing of our chaplains’ association, when I heard the clat-
ter of horses’ boot’s behind me. and. turning my head,
recognized Gen. Jackson riding along as was bis fre-
quent custom. As he came up we saluted, and he asked
if I was going to the chaplain’s meeting, and. receiv-
ing an affirmative response, he at once dismounted and,
throwing bis bridle over his arm, walked with me about
t wo miles.

” I shall never forget that walk of the humble preach-
er with the great soldier. .Military matters were rarely
alluded to, and when I would introduce them he would
promptly change the conversation, We talked of the
recently organized chaplains’ association and how to
make it more efficient; of the need of more chaplains
and other preachers in the army, and how to secure
them; of the best way of procuring and circulating Bi-
bles and religious- literature; of certain officers and men
in whose salvation he felt a peculiar interest, and for
whom he asked that I would join him in special prayer
and effort; of the necessity of having chaplains stick to
the post of duty even more faithfully than other officers
and men, and other kindred topics. And then we got
on the subject of personal piety, the obstacles to its
growth in the army, and of the best means of overcoming
them, and as he quoted readily and aptly applied some
of the most precious promises of God’s word, I almost
imagined that I was talking, instead of to this grim son
of -Mars, to one of the grand old preachers of the olden
time who knew nothing about ‘ new theology.’ but was
content to follow implicitly the word of God, and to
sing with the spirit and the understanding.

” I may now barely allude to his glorious death, the
logical sequence to his noble life of simple trust and self-
sacrificing toil in the vineyard of the Lord. Cut down
in the execution of what he regarded as the most suc-
cessful military movement of his life, shot by his own
men, who would have died rather than willingly harmed
a button on his old gray coat, his brilliant career ended
in the full tide of his ambitions and hopes of future serv-
ice for the land and cause he loved so well, he could
yet calmly say to weeping friends who stood around : ‘ It
is all right. I would not have it otherwise if I could.
I had hoped to live to serve my country, but it will bo
infinite gain to be transplanted and live with Christ.’
And in his delirium, after saying with the old tire of
battle. Pass the infantry rapidly to the front;’ ‘Tell
A. P. Hill to prepare for action;’ ‘Tell Maj. Hawkins
to send forward rations for the men,’ a peaceful smile
passed over his placid countenance, and his last words

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were, ‘Let us cross over the river and rest under the
shade of the trees.’

“And this great man died! Nay, he did nol die!
The weary, worn man her went into bivouac — the hero
Of a hundred battles won his last victory, and went to
wear his ■ crown of rejoicing,’ his tad. less laurel- of
honor, and heaven and earth alike have echoed the plan-
III

rvant of God, well ‘lone!
Rest from thy loved employ;
The battle fought, the victry won,
Enter thy Master’s joy!

THE BARKSDALE-HUMPHREI BRIGADE

Dxab Vktkuan: I havejusl finished reading the June
number, some of it twice over. It grown “ii me — gets
better and better each issue. It ought to be, and I trusl
soon will be, in the hands of every man who wore the
gray, and thousands who didn’t. I am surprised at «
ine; so little in it from my native State I Mississippi 1, and
especially from membi ra of my old brigade, for I know
:i feu were left to tell the tale.

They carried this scribe to Johnson’s Island a Bhorl
time I., lore the close, or it is just possible you would nol
now l.e troubled with tin- sketch A- your journal is

sueh a happy medium through which t< mmunii

with each other, and a- yon have bo kindly thrown op
your columns to us, here goes.

I .all it the ” Barksdale-Humphreys ” Brigade, not
that it had no other commanders — and good ones, too —
Inn because it was under those two generals it made most
of its reputation.

lien. William E. Barksdale, of Columbus, Mi– Came
into the brigade a- colonel of the Thirteenth Regiment
just prior to the hattleof Ball’s Bluff. The brigade at
that lime Consisted of the Thirteenth. 8 th. and

Eighteenth Mississippi, and the Eighth Virginia, com-
manded respectively by Cols Barksdale, Featherstone,
Hurte. and Bppa Hunton The first two became gen
erals. the third was killed at Hall’s Bluff, ami the fourth
went to Congress a number of years after the war.
Gen. Evans, of South Carolina, commanded us in that

fight, and whether it was by accident or grit or good
generalship, or all three combined, I know not. hut any-
how we wiped up things BO .lean and got so many com-
pliments, both from home and everywhere else, and were
so feasted and toasted, and treated so kindly by the
good people of Leesburg, that we didn’t care how long
the war la-ted. So when the time came to reorganise at
theend of our volunteer term, one year, and ex-Governor
and ex-Senator A. G. Brown, and ex-Congressman 0. R.
Singleton, both captains of companies in my 1 the Eight-
eenth) regiment, told us that if we would reorganize im-
mediately they would “wager their heads to brass pins
the war would end in sixty days.’ (B.’s exact wor
They believed it and we believed it, and we -‘went in
for durin’ ” almost to a man

Alas’ alas’ vanity of vanities! Soon we were trans-
ferred on stock cars, reeking in mud, to Richmond, and,
huddled on a steamer like cattle, took our way to the
Peninsula. From the beautiful hills and fertile vail
the crystal springs and clear, running streams, the fresh
baker’s bread and clover-fed beef, and the milk and
honey of old Louden, to the marshes ami lagoons and
brackish water of the Warwick! These, with the rancid
bacon, the musty corn meal and rice, and the cool, damp
atmosphere, made us realize what war was. About that

time (March, 1862) the troops from the different States
wen- brigaded together, ami the Eighth Virginia was
exchanged for the Twenty-First Mississippi, Colonel
(afterward General) If «i Humphreys commanding.

During the Peninsula campaign, and up to the –
day-‘ fight in front of Richmond, Gen. Griffith, of .lack-
imanded the brigade. On the morning of
the battle ..1 Savage Station, while we were driving the
enemy before us along the railroad track, he was -truck
by a -hell from one of the enemy’s trims, tell from his
horse, and died ii) a few hours. IL od man. a

true patriot, ami a gallant offio

Barksdale— the ranking colonel, Peatherstone, having
been previously promoted ami placed iii command of an-
other brigade — took immediate command, was proi

.1 . Mi Murray, NaebTille, representative for Tennessee in Reunion
1 , . V.al Birmingham.]

to the rank of general in a few days, and continued in
command until he fell, leading his men, at Gettysburg.
The first verbal command that 1 recollect of his giving
to the brigade a- a body aid one that was characteristic
of the man, was at Malvern Hill, two days after . v
Station. The enemy had stationed his artillery so as to
sweep every spot of the open space, or farm. We had
been moved up by a circuitous route into a dense wood
bordering on the farm, concealed, a- we thought, lying
down, -..me crouched behind trees, all doing our best to
keep out of danger till we should be called into action
Every old soldier know- the suspense of such a moment.
The only available -pot for our own artillery was a small
elevated open space a little to our left, and every piece
that attempted to nnlimber there was knocked up almost
before it could be fired. 90 perfect was their range, and
so many were the guns bearing on it. I counted nine-
teen dead horses in that one place. Then when our
‘ artillery was silenced they began to feel for us. At first

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i In’ slu-ll- burst in the tups of the trees, then :i little
lower, and down came limbs mingled with pieces of
-hell. Then they began to burel in our midst, one shell
killing and wounding Beven men, setting the clothes of
one of the latin- on fire — a most horrifying Bightl It
was al this crisis that Gen. Barksdale mounted his horse
and yelled: “Attention I This brigade musl take that
battery.” Eewasa man of whom it could be truthfully
said: ” Bold as a lion, yel gentle as a lamb.” lie was
not a military man. hut a pure type of genuine Southern
chivalry, a s. nit hern gentleman or the I’M school; quick
to resent, ami a- quick t<> forgive; quick to punish ‘lis-
obedience in a subordinate, ami as quick to ask forgive-
ness; just a- tar removed from military hauteur a- our

c hi imagine. I cite one instance: We were in camp.

It was one summer evening. Gen. Cobb, of Georgia, his
old I’rieml ami former fellow-* longressman, had dined with
him. We were drilling, when the two generals, arm in
arm. coats oft”, came walking ou( to look on. It remind-
ed me very forcibly of two farmers in ante helium ‘lays
taking an afternoon stroll through the farm to look at
the crop. We loved Gen. Barksdale because we knew
he was proud of us and would do anything in his power
for our welfare. No truer patriot ever fell on the field
of battle.

(Jen. Humphreys was a Wesi Pointer — was there at
the same lime with Mi’. Davis, hut, unlike him. he chose
a more peaceful calling: that of a planter in the rich
bottom lands of the Mississippi, where he could enjoy (he
peace and quiel of home life and indulge in his favorite
-poll of hunting deer and hear. For the rank he held,
as a commander of infantry, I do not think he had a
superior in either army. He possessed all the qualities,
both natural and acquired. lie won the love of both
officers and men by his great kindness. He won their
unbounded confidence by his coolness and ability under
the most trying circumstances. He was approachable
on all occasions. His officers obeyed him implicitly,
not because they recognized his right to command them,
fill because to comply with an order from him was the
righl thine; to do. 1 cite one instance only to prove the
above, and to show what estimate Gen. Longstreet put
upon him. At midnight on the 6th of May, 1864, our
Longstreet’s) corps was twelve miles from the battle

field. Il was ordered to evt there in the quickest time.
We arrived on the ground about sunrise. Il happened
thai our brigade was in front, our regiment leading. As

we came up at a double -quick, in marching order, on

the plank- road, there were in a group, sitting on their
horses, the following generals: Lee, Longstreet, Rhodes,
Scales, Magowan, and, I think, A. P. Jlill (I am noi cer-
tain as to the latter). It was an extremely critical
moment. Mill’s men, who had been engaged the even

ing before and a porti f the night, were exhausted

and outnumbered, and were falling hack. Something
had to be dune, and done quickly. Gen. Lee turned to
Longstreet, and said: “General, you had better form
your line hack’ a half mile and bring il up.” Long-
street said: “] think- we can form here.” Turning -to

Humphreys, he -aid: ‘-Form your line. General.” We
had just halted and were panting like lizards, when (Jen
Humphreys straightened himself in his stirrups, and
said: “Battalion front. By company, right half wheel.
double-quick, march!” Wounded men and minie halls
were Coming through our ranks before we got loaded,
‘flu- enemy got within a few steps of us in the dense
cedar thicket, hut we stood it until they began to hack.
linn ii was our time to press. Our brigade had done

good fighting before, but 1 thought it reached thectimaz
on that occasion. My own company went in with two
officers and thirty-four men, and lost sixteen killed and
wounded in a very few minute-.

W. (i \in Johnson
Orlando, Fla., June 26, 1898. Co. “<‘.” lsti, Mi-.

Mr. Johnson, in a pencil note. sa\ –

1 am growing old now, and mv hand trembles so it
i- a very difficult matter to write with a pen. I tear my
article i- too long. I did not so intend it, hut having
begun couldn’t lulp it. I know the heart will stir many
a heart in Mississippi, and cause them to rally to the
help of the glorious enterprise you have SO nobly under-
taken. May abundant success attend your efforts!

OUE UNKNOWN DEAD.

ADDRESS 01 GEN. S. G. FRENCH TO THE U. C. \ . I \Ml\ 0R1 INDO, FLA.

Comrades: The solemn ceremony of Decoration Day

has been performed. The few graves, alike of the Coil-
federate and the Union Soldiers that rest in our cemetery.

have been decorated with Bora! offerings, and the cause

thai so few of Confederate dead Bleep where loving kin-
dred can care for thorn inclines me to say a few words
in regard to 1 he unknown dead.

There is evidence thai in the beginning of the late war
it was the intention of the Federal Government to con-
centrate their forces and form two or more grand armies
and wage war only on tin- enlisted troops of the Con-
federacy, and by sheer power of numbers overwhelm
their opponents and end the war by a second Sadowa or
Sedan victory. In this, however, they were mil success-
ful. McClelian, Pope, Burnside. and Hooker unavail-
ing ly encountered Lee, and in the West no great victory
was obtained.

During this time the Federal forces were largely in-
creased, and a navy, which in the end numbered four
hundred and seventy odd war -learner-, was created.
manned by thirty-four thousand seamen, and carrying
four thousand four hundred ami forty guns. This arma-
ment was -tat iot led along the Atlantic seaboard, the Gulf
coast, and on the water- of navigable rivers, occupying
sounds, inlets, hays, and harbors, supporting and protect-
ing, under cover of these guns, large detachments of
their land forces, in numbers estimated nearly equal to
a third of their troops in service. Now, whatever may
primarily have been the object of these many isolated
detachments, it soon developed into making raids into the
adjacent country, and afforded opportunity to pillage
when not met with opposing forces.

Prom Dalton down to Atlanta, and around that city.

there was one continuous conflict for one hundred days.

ainl not a day passed wit bout some 1 1 ps being engaged,

and so the dead were left throughout a hundred miles
on either side, resting where they fell.

It we turn to the Fast again, we find that Grant
crossed the Rapidan May I. 1864, and. taking the diroct

line lo Richmond, it ediately the battle of the Wilder-
ness followed, and he announced thai he was going “to
lieht it out on that line if it took all summer.’ A lew-
day- alter (aim- I he hat tie of Spot t sylvan ia. and on June
1 that of Cold Harbor, where the Federal troop- re-
fused to make a second at tack.

In these three great and sanguinary battles the com
mander of the Union forces did not meet with success,
and so on the first day of summer he left that line and
swung around, as McClellan did, to the .lames .River.

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After Cold Harbor it seems as if then- was do desire for
another general engagement, and the hammering away
mode of war commenced on Lee. On July 18, lsiit.
President Lincoln called for 500,000 more men, and so
the detrition process wenl on for nine months, mainly on
and near the picket line, being in all nearly eleven
months and a half that Lee confronted Grant’s hosts ol
men, and overall this extent of country lay the blue and
the gray side by side in death. Devastation, a- in the
Palatinate, had dene its work.

Now when the war ended, the Federal Government,
with commendable zeal, very humanely collected most

Of their dead and had their remains removed to their

beautiful cemeteries, and there keep greet the Bod and
fresh the flowers on their graves.

There was no Confederate Government to collect and
«are for the remains of tbe t lonfederate dead. Along the
banks of t he Father of Waters for nunc than a thousand
miles the inhabitants tread unawares over the unknown
graves of those wlm battled for the South. Uong the
ihores of the Potomac, the Rappahannock, and the

.lames wave the golden harvests “ii soil enriched by

their blood and moldering dust. From the capes of the
Chesapeake adown the stormy Atlantic, and trending
around the Gulf, rest thousands of our dead ; or no to the

heights nf Allatoona, to I kout’s lofty peak, or Kenne-

saw Mountain’s top, and yo ay seek in vain where

the dead rest. Time, with the relentless forces of the
elements, luis obliterated all traces of their graves from
human eye; they are known only to llim who can tell
where Moses Bleeps in “a vale in the land of Moab.” So
the forgotten are not forgot, the hand that made the
thunder’s home comes down every spring and paints
with bright colore the little wild flowers thai grow over
their resting places, and thej are bright on Decoration
Day. The rosy morn announces firsl to them that the
night is gone, and when the day is past and the landscape
veiled with evening’s shade, high on the mountain
the last rays of the Betting sun lovingly lingers lot
loth to leave the lonely place where the bright-eyed chil-
dren of the Confederacy rest in death.

And wherefore did they die? Thej fell
their homes, their families, their country, and those civil
rights arising from that liberty <io.l gave man as a herit-
age in the beginning. They furnished to their country
much that will be noble in history, wonderful in story,
tender in song, and a large share of that glory which
will claim the admiration of mankind. We can to-day
place no wreaths of immortelles on their unknown graves,
yet we can rest assured that the echoes of posterity will
render their deeds illustrious

And now, as 1 look hack on the past and recall to
mind your trials and sufferings — which will he forgotten
— I am sure the world will not forget that your valor
MERITED \ SUCCESS which is fetter now than lo have
achieved it.

The Mahv Washington Monument.— A Woman’s
Movement ” to erect a monument at the grave <<\’ Mary
Washington is not succeedingas it deserves. Mary Pall

Washington, the daughter of < !ol. Joseph Ball, Of Lancas-
ter, Ya.. was horn in 1706; married Augustine Washing-
ton, March 6, 1730; and died August 26, 1789, aged
eighty-three years. She was buried on the spot chosen
by herself on her own home plantation, “Kenmore,” on
the Rappahannock, near Fredericksburg, forty years
at’tcr. a patriotic citizen of New York, Mr. Silas E. Bur-
rows, presented a handsome marble monument tor the

spot, the cornel- BtOne of which was laid by President
Andrew Jackson in 1833, that was nearly hut not entire-
ly completed, and is now in such a state of dilapidation
and ruin as to be irrecoverable. Augustine Washington,
father of George, died in 1743. and his body was deposit-
ed in the family vault in Westmoreland County, Ya

Since the above was put in type, new from

Fredericksburg:

The small Mary Washington Association here is much
stirred U)i because they hear the National Association

has contracted for an $11, nonument of Vert

granite, to be commenced early in the Bpring. Thi \ i t
i the wom,! i of the country to do hitter than that

i < INFISC LTING PRIVATE PROPERTY.

i /,•/ i.’/ \ VD il; I \i

;•/ \ / i \ /’/.•/ w Jolit, ••

Tim late J B. White, of Tennessee, gives some ;

csliiiLT reminiscences Of war limes at Nashville. lie

vividly tl onfiBcation of Gen. Donelson’s

property at II iville, near Nashville, and bow

his application to restore it to the family after Gen.
Donelson’s death was treated. His petition for it-
toration was emphatically refused, with the comment
No -ir. we will ii u]i that property whilst the

government lasts.” lie refused to put in writing his
• u. until Judge Lawrem hut who

had enlisted in the Union ca I that he write

on the application, Refused,” which he did
.i inuing his letter. Mr Wh ‘

lie pal OCCUpied the home of John M BaSS. on

Church Street, now owned by I w Cole His head-
quarters were luxuriously furnished, and be was attend-
ed by a troop of handsome, well-dressed servants, both
men and women, He sustained the – and dig-

nity of the government in grand Btj lei
At’tcr leaving the headquarters of the ton. ral, I went
Mrs Donelson, and told her the result of my peti-
tion and the failure of my application. I handed her
the petition with the General’s indorsement, and advised
her to write to President Johnson, inclose the paper- to
him, and ask him to i i-k to give her the p08

i oi her honie. I told her to explain to the Presi
dent fully her condition and that of her family, and to
remind him of the former relations that existed he:
himself and her husband, and I her letter

before she mailed it. I called next day and she had her let-
ter ready. Ii wa- an admirable letter, well written, re-
minding the President that they were both natb
North Carolina and were residents of the same city. Ral-
eigh : that her fat her wa- Gov. Pram b, of Nort h ( arolina,
and w as Secretary of the Navy under Gen. Jackson; and
that he had lived in Washington City with her father’s
family, when she was married to Gen. Donelson,and had
removed with her husband BOOn thereafter to Tciii
and that Donelson had always been his personal and
political friend, and bad supported him for Goven
Tennessee against Col. Gentry, his own brother-in-law, a
man for whom he had the highest respect, yet Ids polit-
ical and personal friendship was stronger than family
ties: and now her husband being dead and his family
w ithout a home and dependent upon others for a shelter.

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Zbc Confederate IDetcran.

NASHVILLE, TENN.

S. A. CUNNINCHAM. Prop.

‘Tins Souvenir of the < *<>.m bderati Veteran n as de
Bigned to comprise the best articles in ii- issues of 1893,
the demand having continued long after thej were ex-
hausted.

The Souvenir is no1 exactly as planned, it being reun-
ion time for issue and there 1 • « ■ i 1 1 ^r so much of interest
pertaining to the reunion ; and as the numbers for ’94 so
lar. are also in: ii has Keen deemed besl to have

it contain the leading articles to date. There will be
found in its pages condensed historic sketches, thrilling
narratives of some of the greatest battles fought in the
Confederate war. and pathetic reminiscences.

Those who may Bee this and are not familiar with the
\ i 1 1. Han are commended to its investigation. TheYET-
eb \\ is published mont lily, al SI per year, and it is dis-
tributed throughout the South with singular regularity.

Til k gray and the blue arc significant term–. This
publication shall continue to he as gray as the century-
burned granite. It is impossible for it to be otherwise,
ll will control every influence possible in the way of
honor and good will to our fellows, our noble women in-
cluded, and it will stop short of nothing in declaring our
merit to the respect and the pride of all true Americans;
but it is entirely without bitterness toward the other
side, and it gladly honors their brave, true men.

Yes, we are far away now from any bitterness. The
VETERAN will vindicate the truth of history at all hazards,
but its mission is fraternal. Why. it is over thirty years
since Stonewall Jackson finished a career thai made his
name immortal throughout Christian civilization; and
we who finished the fight, even in defeat, and have per-
sisted all these intermediate decades in the maintenance
of good government, have no inclination to stir strife
again. True, we would “turn all rascals out,” but wc
Seek peace along with good to our common country.

PARTICULARS OF STONEWALL JACKSON’S DEATH.
A letter to Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, received in Rich-
mond May 6, 18(53, is the account given her of his
‘ wound. Many veterans will be surprised at the prom,
ise of his recovery.

‘ ,\l midnight of Saturday, his men being drawn up in
line of battle, a body of troops was seen a short distance
in advance of our line. It being doubtful whether they
were friends or enemies, lien. .lack-on and stall’ rode
forward to ascertain. Whilst he was engaged in reeon-
noitering, his men, being unaware of his movement, mis-
took him and his staff for enemies and fired a volley into
them, instantly killing one of his staff and severely
wounding Gen. Jackson and Maj. Crutchfield. One bul-
let passed through the General’s right hand, whilst an-
other struck’ his left arm below the elbow and. ranging
Upward, shattered the bone near the shoulder. lie in-

stantly fell to the ground. Hi- brother-in-law, who was

with him. laid down beside him to ascertain the nature
of his wounds. In a moment the unknown troops in
trout, who proved to be the enemy, advanced and cap-
tured two other staff officers who were -landing over

the General without noticing him. Soon after four of
our men placed him on a stretcher and were bearing him
to the rear, when i hey were all shot down. The injury
to his right hand i- severe, one of the bones having been
shot away, but il is believed he will ultimately recover

lis use. Ii is a source ofregrel to know that bis inval-
uable services must be lost to the country for a long

time. More than all. it is painful to know that he tell
beneath the arms of his own gallant follower-. While
t he malicious, angry bullet- of the Yankee- were unable
to reach him, “a chance volley and a mi-lake have laid
low the hero of the country and the age.”

This letter was published in Chattanooga May 10, and
the paper containing it was preserved by Hen. O. F.
Strahl, whose glorious career ended in the bailie of
Franklin.

EVACUATION OF JACKSON, MISS.

After a week’s siege the powerful forces that had
captured Viekshurg pressed Johnston at .lack-on until
his withdrawal became necessary. During the six suc-
cessive days of this great contest many prisoners were
captured by desperate Confederates, and we were suc-
cessful in securing various flags of regiments ; but rein-
forcements continued until they confronted us to Pearl
River, above and below, and were about to flank us across
thai river. My command was under severe fire of sharp-
shooters, who secured positions in palatial residences
near our lines, and which wc were compelled to burn to
get rid of them.

As one of fifty volunteers from my regiment, the For-
ty-first Tennessee, to advance our skirmish lines, I pay
high tribute to Spencer Kakin, I he officer in charge, for
his undaunted courage, which animated afresh our spir-
its while holding positions all that long August day on
the south side of a plank fence in open field. Fakin was
young, with face as fair as the maidens we left at home,
but he seemed to have no knowledge of fear, and to be
void of depression through our severest trials. We did
not till survive that awful day.

J wa- assistant to the officer in charge of the skirmish-
ers the night we stole away. My regiment covered the
retreat over a large part of the front. We were de-
ployed along the same line that Fakin’s volunteers had
established, not over three hundred yards in front of our
temporary breastworks, and though the stillness was as
death, our army moved away so quietly that our skir-
mishers, as a rule, knew nothing of it. It was my mem-
orable duty to crawl along Ibis skirmish line and whisper
to the men the instructions about how to move on the
retreat. Bach soldier was to follow the movement of the
man to his right .

My opportunity forjudging the characteristics of my
fellows on this occasion is utilized in the statement that

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while one man would be Bound asleep as ever he was in
the babyhood cradle, another would hardly breathe suf-
ficiently in his intense anxiety. This foci i- stated not
in praise of the one and in condemnation of the other.
The man with steadier nerves and less fear bad yielded
to natures demands and slept, bul he would have been
as valiant, if aroused, as Ins mosl watchful companion.

When we ‘_ r “‘ back to the works, each moving by the
man to his right, whether by the flank or abreasl i” the
“about face,” many were astonished to find the army
gone. We missel our way to the Pearl River bridge,
and when we finally reached it. near sunrise, the wo
structure had hem Bet on tire, but we arrived in time to
escape across it. s, \ 1

The splendid full page picture of Mr. I ‘avis on t he first
page of the Souvenir is copied from a large photograph
that he -cm to Mi-. Sarah E. Brewer, now of Nashville,

hut who lived in Havana when he was released from

prison, and entertained him and his family tor some time
afterward. When Mr Davis left Cuba he went to Balti-
more, where this picture was made. The following au-
tograph note is on the margin of the pii ture:

Mi– Sarah E Brewer, with the respecl an.l regard
of her friend, Jefferson Davis

Mrs. Brewer’s seal for the Da^s monument may he
realized in the fact that she subscribed (500 to it direct-
ly, ami has in addition secure! (300 through subscribing
?1,000 to a church in Nashville on condition that the

$300 he subscribed by members of that church to the
monument.

The venerable lady is zealous for the V 1 1 > 1: w as well.
She has secured many subscribers, although very feeble
and rarely able to leave her housi

be sympathy throughout the South. There are living
five of the six daughters to the General. Besides Ifisa
Zollicoffer, the four others are Mr- Wilson, of Nashville;
Mr-. Metcalf, of Fayettevillej Mr-. Sansom, of Knox-
ville; and Mrs. Bond.

The Daughters of the Confederacy in Missouri have
shown Bomething of what can be accomplished by a pa-
triotic people. Without State appropriation, or other
public aid, they have, by persistent zeal, erected a superb

Home The President. Mrs. M. A. E. Mel. lire, says:
” This monument to the energy of the women of M
ri must not be presented to the State Association hefore
it is paid for. To avoid the necessity of borrowing mon-
ey, we feel that it is only necessary to lay this matter
before the ladies of the South.” There was a balance
due of about $2,000.

The destruction of Miss A. M. Zollicoffer’s studio at
the home of her hrother-in-law. .1. B. Bond, Esq.. in
Maury count}’. Tenn., occurred at night, and she barely
escaped from the flames. She had about Sl.ono worth
of paintings on hand. The most valuable of them all, in
a historic sense, was a portrait of her father. Gen. Zolli-
coffer, which she had just completed for the room named
in his honor at the Tennessee Soldiers’ Home. It was a
contribution to the Home. In this calamity there will

Washington Ga., doe- well her part in keeping alive
the spirit of patriotism. At the dedication of Confeder-
ate graves there Capt. John T, Beater, a former citizen
of the place, delivered the address. In it he said:

Who does not love the home ol hi- birth? Who
not love the land of the m&gnOUS and the hoiuy-uek
Who does not love Georgia — her hill- and her valleys —
from mount* Who doc- not

love hi- whole country, from the granite hills of New
England t,. the prairies of the I ite,from •

shot Atlantic to the rocky cliffs of the Pacific?

But what mean- this large assemblage of your citizet
iv eye thai glistens a ■ y bosom that gra

cry flag that mark- the resting pis

hero, tell US that We are here to honor the memory

the men who struggled and wh reignty

Of the Stat.-. Miid who. for full tour J d as a

ne wall oi 1 1 In invad-

try 1

In speaking of individual achievements and
he paid this beautiful tribute to Robert Toombs:

He who wore the insignia of rank no more

of our flowers and our tears to-day than the gallant pri-
vates 111 the rank- and file of our army, who followed
wherever he dared to lead V. t there i- one who drew
hi- -word 01 • of his | and it 1

could usurp the m of the artist and wear the

chaplet of the gifted sculptor, 1 would claim to chisel Ins
name upon 1 1 .

he v pie

by education and association; hut I D the legisla-

tive halls of our country, when danger threatened, he
manifested the intrepidity of the warrior, the sagacity
ot the state-man. and the manliness of the Southerner.

On every grave was a card bearing the picture of a
ate flair in color-, and under it the lines:

( M’ liberty born of a patriot’s dream,
(If a storm-cradled nation that fell.

These card- were supplied by Mr. Henry Cordes. of
Washington, who 1 died.

Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln were horn in
Kentucky, in lsns and 1809, respectively; both left their
native State in childhood’s days; one emigrated North.
the other South: both served in the Indian wars of the
West; both commenced their political life about the
same time, being Presidential Electors in the election of
1844, Davis for Polk and Lincoln for Clay; both were
elected to I ongress about the same time, 1845 or 1846,
and were in the same year, and almost the same day,
elected to preside over their respective governments —
one as President of the United States, the other as Presi-
dent of the Confederate States of America.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

GEN. E. KII.T.Y SMITH.

The Last ftill general in the < lonfederate War, on either
-Me, died at lii> home in Sewanee, Tenn., March 28, l B93

Gen. Kirby-Smith was a native of Florida, and grad-
uated at Wesl Point in 1846. He was major in the
United States Army when he resigned lo go with his
own people in 186] lie was made a Confederate brig-
adier in June. 1861, and a major general in October ut’

thai year. In 1862 he was promoted to lieutenant
general, and in 1864 a full general. His achievements
in the war are an interesting pari of its history. Pres-
ident Davis is said to have told him, in assignment of
the Trans-Mississippi Department, in 1863, that he gave
him more authority than he dare pul in writing.

The funeral was an occasion never to be forgotten by
those who had the melancholy pleasure I” he present.
There was a special train from Nashville.

The Episcopal chapel at Sewanee was filled with
mourners, veterans having first seats after the family.
The usual service was interrupted, at the proper time,

by Rev. Thomas F. (Jailor, Assistant Bishop of Tennes-
see, who said :

There ale times when the reverent silence with which
the Church lays her dead to rest may be fitly broken,

and this is such a time. There are lives which stand

forth conspicuous above their fellows, occupying lofty
static r gifted with heroic qualities of soul, or illus-
trious with great achievement, and in the best way of

all these ways — in essential worth — this was Mich a
life. As the last full general of thai Con-
federacy which is becoming more and more
a tender and distant memory, our dear
friend in his death closed another genera-
tion (if men. As one by one the leaders
have passed over to the silent shore, some
of us have felt that the glory and sadness.
the hopes, the memories, the regrets of

that sublime but fruitless Struggle were
concentrated in him. lent new interest to
his Life, and crowned him with a crown
of honor. Surely all that was best and
truest and most worthy in that cause which

we call “Lost ‘ was imaged forth in this
‘pure and manful and unselfish life. And

when the recording angel shall unroll the
scroll on which are blazoned the names ot
those whose lives have been lives cd’ sac-
rifice for conscience sake, there will he
iioiu 1 that will shine with a purer luster
than thatfof Kirhy-Smith. For these qual-
ities of a great soldier were preeminent iii
him: courage, magnanimity, humility, un-
selfishness, and the fear of God. AH the
records of chivalry can disclose no truer
nor higher attributes of nobleness than
these. His strength was gentleness, his
gentleness was strong. Valiant ill tight, a
stranger to tear, a hero in many a conflict,
he was yet a little child in the genuineness
of his simplicity, the reality of that humility
Which he learned at the feet of Jesus Christ.

The magnanimity of great, majestic souls
was his. When he surrendered, the war

for him was over. No hitler accusal ions, no
vengeful reproach passed his lips. Though
ii were the very furnace of affliction, the
dread anguish of shattered hopes and a
career cut short, no darkness of thosed|ark
days could dim the cheerfulness of his
hope, the constancy of his faith. No temp-
la! ion of public fame, no attraction of
worldly advantage, no opportunity of self-
praise aver wrung from him one harsh or angry word in
poor and pitiful con I cut ion of reviews. Yes, over all and
I hrOUgh all and in all the impulses of his nature were that
love and fear of God which made his home a Christian
home and made his life a < ‘hrislian life. No stress of finan-
cial embarrassment, no privations of those com forts which

men hold dear templed him for a moment to forget his
honor. To toil even in his age, to suffer and to submit— *
these were small things to him compared to the Sting
of conscience. From the day when he deliberately
spurned the wealth which his command of the Trans-
Mississippi Department placed within his hands to the
Jay — only a few weeks ago — when he refused a princely
income as tho price of principle, he was always index-

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ibly anil grandly true to what he believed was his honor
as a soldier, li is duty as a citizen, his faith as a follower
of Jesus Christ. Thus was he brave. Tims was he
faithful. Thus was he a good soldier, tried and stead-
fast, amid the smoke and din and tumult of the blood-
stained field, Tims was In- a greater soldier on that
harder battlefield of iif’e, where those whom we expect
to be the bravest too often flinch and tail.

To-day, therefore, those ofua who are too you
have known him in the Btirring scenes of his military
career, but wbo have learned to love and reverence bis
character in the peaceful occupation and enjoyment of

this place, Come With sad bearls and glad devotion to

pay tribute to the beauty and the strength of his unique
personality. 1 1 is faith was strong, his hope was buoyant.
But above both of these and shining through t hem u a- a
greal and 1 end ei- human love, of which the apostle speaks
when he says: ” Now ahideth faith, hope, charity, these
three; bul the greatest of these ischaritj To us here this
was perhaps the most conspicuous quality of his nati

The most devoted Of husband– 1 The mOSl a!h<
of lathers’ To the trees, the flowers, the rock-ribbed
mountain and the starlit sky; to the creatures thai
crawl and creep and fly and run and leap around us is

the living world: to man and hrute. nature in all her

moods, and to natures God, ibis mans heart went out
in sweet, unselfish joy. God is love.

What nobler tribute to hi~ servant can there be than

Ibis? What crown of glory SO Unfailing! He loved
much. lie was much loved. And “whether there bo

prophocies, they shall fail; whether there be tongt
they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it ~hall
vanish away, but lo\ e m\ it faileth.

II- 1 navel h well w h ‘veil

Both man and bird and b
He pi ayet h best who loveth
All things, both great and small,
Fort he aeai I rod w ho loveth n-,
He made and lovetii all.

Col. Claiborne, a veteran of two wars, stepped to the

dais of the chancel and said

I thank the reverend clergy conducting the Bervioes

For the invitation to tl hi comrades of the deceased

hero to give some expression of their feelings on this

occasion. We Come hereto bury our friend, not to the
sound of cannon, for the roar of a hundred brazen-
throat ei I guns cannot sp ‘.ak the praises of the dead hero
as we estimate them, but we come to show our love and
respect for him.

This is not the plaoe nor the time for us to set forth
bis eulogy, yet we desire to say what we think of him
as a man and brother, tor he was one who fell the
brotherhood of mankind, and dealt in charity with all
men. 1. who have known him from his youth, can give

my testimony to the truth of all that the reverepd gen-
tleman has said of the life and characteristics of this
good man. He was always gay and cheerful, no matter
how darkly loomed the cloud of disaster, lie was most
courteous 10 every one. ami we feel a just pride that he
was a son of the South and an adopted son of Tennessee.
He is gone. 1 know that he sits not at the feast of the
heroes of Valhalla, for they were Moody. I rather see
him now in the communion of those who have been re-
deemed through the intercession of Jesus Christ

At the grave there were beautiful songs: and the Br-
ing of a salute by the military, largely sons of veterans,
was followed by “taps” from the bugler.

SECBET SERVICE FUND.

CONFEDERATE GOLD PAID TO UNCI I S 1 H III ONG1
I III 11; INS-MI88TB8IPP1 DEPARTMX

The editor of the Veteran called upon (‘apt Ernest

Cucullu, of New Orleans, and a conversation disclosed

the tact that the last official Confederate order was issued
to him. He had been on the staff of Gen. E. Cirby-
Smith from the time that officer was able to resume
command after his terrible wounds at Manassas

Mr Davis had communicated to Gen. Kirby-Smith the
tall of Richmond and the surrender of Gen, Lee, and

that he would cndca\ or to gel to < ‘uha. ami thence CrOSS

I Bzae, where, with 37,000 men west ,,f the

river, they would make a Stand at Hempstead. Tex. It

was understood that in this last rally the
Bible for capitulation would be made.

Capt, Cucullu was directed to take $10,000 in gold and

go to 1 ‘uba. bo as to aid Mi Davis in hie plane 1 1

■ that $5,000 in gold would be sufficient, and he

Only took that amount.

Kirby -Smith’s headquarti at Shrevcport,

but he had gOOe to G 1 with his aid. ami the

tnone\ satchel had b» n taken on hoard the Grayh I,”

which was ready to run the blockade.” While they
waded, a flag-of-trUCe hoat hove in sight. It brought
the news thai nrreiidei’ei | at

Shrevcport Then there was nothing to do by the man
whom Mr. Davis intrusted with than”

in writing ” but li r and turn

over the Confederate gold in hie possession. A plea was
made in behalf of several general ot ind it was

I that they he paid in tin- aggri – Toil The

general commanding had due him thousands of dollars

salary, bul declined to take any pari of it Here 1- the
order, which is certainly the last on<

1. \i,\ bbtoh II lrbor, .1 3 I86S When

you reach \cw Orleans you will, after deducting your

sary traveling expenses, turn over to Maj
Oanby, United states Army, commanding, el
being the secret service funds. Confederate States
mainingin your possession Respectfully, your obedient
-ervant. i: EtmBY-SifiTH General.

1 ‘apt. Ernest < hicullu

Alter taking the money – Canby and getting

eipt, Dr. David Tandell, of Louisville, and another
officer were found to be dest mby gave

them $270, and allowed £1, which was charged by Capt
Cucullu for a carriage in New- Orleans. Gen. Canby’e
receipt is as follows

Headquarters Departmeni of the Gulf, New Or-
ii ws, June ii. 1865. — Received of Capt. Ernest Cucullu,
aid-de-camp on the staff of Gen E. Kirby-Smith, the

sum of $3.1 II’! I in s|„., je, being the balance in his hands of

the ‘secret service fund” of the Trans Mississippi De-
partment. It R, s. Cahbt.

Gen. Canby seemed surprised that such a fund was
turned over to him. In speaking of it. he said: -It is
just like Kirhy. the soul of honor.” They were fellow-
students at West Point.

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C( )XFKDHRATE VETERAN.

CAENAGB AT

Till: CRATES,” NKAi: PE-
TERSBURG

I. in i i ‘”I.. William 11. Stewart, of the Sixty-tirst
Virginia, Mahone’s old brigade, gives a thrilling account
of tin- battle of the- Crater. He was asleep under his
little fly tent, when “a deep, rumbling sound, that
I to rend the very earth in twain.” startled him
from hi- -lumbers.

The whole camp had luni amused, and all were won-
dering from whence came this mysterious explosion. It
was the morning of Saturday, the 30th day of July,
L864. The long-talked-of mine had been sprung, a bat-
tery blown up. ami the enemy were already in possession
of eight bundled yard- of our int renehmente

Two hundred cannon roared in one accord, as if every
lanyard had been pulled by the same band. The gray
tog was floating over the fields, and darkness covered
the face of the earth, hut the first bright streak of dawn
was gently lifting the em-tain of night.

The sun rose brilliantly, and the great artillery duel
still raged in all its grandeur and fury.

Soon alter, Capt. Tom Bernard, Gen. .Mahone’s courier,
Came dashing up the lines on bis white charger to the
headquarters ofB rig. Gen. Weisiger. Then the drums
commenced rolling off the signals, which were followed
by “fall in” and hurried roll calls. We were required
to drive back the Federals, who had got ten almost, with-
in the very gates of the city of Petersburg. It was
startling new-, but our soldiers faltered not, and moved
off at quick step. ^ :2CHJ M rXIJLTXJ

Wright s Georgia Brigade and our \ irginia Brigade,
the latter numbering scarcely eight hundred muskets,
constituted the force detailed to dislodge the enemy,
who held the broken lines with more than fifteen thous-
and men, and these were closely supported by as many
more. I remember that our regiment, the Sixty-first,
did not exceed two hundred men, including the officers,
which I am quite sure was the strongest in the two
brigades. I suppose we had marched the half of a mile
when ordered to halt and strip oil all baggage except
ammunition and muskets. We then filed to the left a
short distance to gain the banks of a small stream, in
order to be protected from the shells of the Federal bat-
teries 1>\ placing a range of bills between, The enemy
were making dispositions to attempt their capture, for
they were the very keys to the invested city. When
nearly opposite the portion of our works held by the
Federal troops, we met several soldiers who were in the
works at the time of the explosion. Our men began
ridiculing them for going to the rear, when one of them
remarked: “Ay, boys, you have hot work ahead: they
are negroes, and show no quarter.” This was the first
intimation that we bad to fight negro troops, and it
seemed to infuse the little band with impetuous daring,
as the}’ jircssed onward to the fray. Our comrades had
been slaughtered in a most inhuman and brutal manner,
and slaves were trampling over their mangled and
bleeding corpses. Revenge must have fired every heart
and strung every arm with nerves of steel for the Her-
culean task of blood. We filed up a ditch, which had
been dug for safe ingress and egress to and from the
earthworks.

The “Crater,” or excavation caused by the explosion,
was about twenty-five feet deep, one hundred and fifty
feet long, and fifty feet wide. About seventy-five feet

in the rear of the supporting earthwork- there was a

wide ditch, with the bank thrown upon t be side next to
the fortification-. This was constructed to protect par-
ties carrying ammunition and rations to the troops.
Between this irregular and ungraded embankment and
the main line the troops bad constructed numerous
caves, in which they slept at night to be protected from
the mortar sheila The embankment from the bottom
of the ditch was about ten feet high, and commanded

the outer or main line. The space from the outside of
the fortifications to the inner edge of the ditch was
more than one hundred feel wide.

The “Crater” and the space on both Bides for some
distance were literally crammed with the enemy’s
troops. They were five lines deep, and must have num-
bered between fifteen and twenty-five thousand men.
Their historian- admit that their charge was made by
the whole of the Ninth Corp-, commanded by Cell. A.
E. Burnside. and that the Fifth and a part of the Second
Corps were massed in supporting distance.

Malioiie’- old brigade, after being deployed, covered
their front from the center of the “Crater” to the right.
Our little band were desperate, and reckoned not the
hosts that confronted them. I recollect counting seven
standards in front ot’ our regiment alone. Our column
was deployed in the valley before mentioned, in full
view of these hostile thousands. As the soldiers filed
into line, Gen. Mahone walked from right to left, com-
manding the met) to reserve their lu-v until they reached
the brink of the ditch, and after delivering one volley
to use the bayonet. Our line was hardly adjusted, and
the Georgians had not commenced to deploy, when the

division of negroes, the advance line of the enemy, made

an attempt to rise from the ditch and charge, -lust at
that instant Gen. Mahone ordered a countercharge. The

men rushed forward, officers in front, with uncovered
heads and waving hats, and grandly and beautifully
swept onward over the intervening space with muskets
at trail. The enemy sent into the ranks a storm of bul-
lets, and here and there a gallant fellow would fall; but
the files would close, still pressing onward, unwavering.
into the jaws of death !

The orders oi’ Gen. Mahone were obeyed to the very
letter, I he brink of the ditch was gained before a musket
was discharged, the cry of ” No quarter!” greeted us,
the one volley responded, anil the bayonet plied with
such irresistible vigor as insured success in the shortest

space Of time. Men fell dead in heaps, and human gore
ran in streams that made the very earth mire beneath
the tread of the victorious soldiers. The rear ditch be-
ing ours, the men mounted the rugged embankment and
hurled their foes from the front line up to the very
mouth of the “Crater.” In the meantime the Georgia
Brigade had charged, but were repulsed. Soon after-
ward it was reformed in column of regiments and again
charged, but was met by such a withering fire that it
again recoiled with a heavy slaughter.

Our bloody work was all done so quickly that I have
scarcely an idea of the time it required to accomplish it;
some say it was twenty minutes. It was over, I am
sure, about noon; and then, for the first time, we real-
ized the oppression of the scorching rays of that July
sun, and many almost sank- from exhaustion. The
brigade captured fifteen battle flags, and OUT own regi-
ment owned five of the seven that I had counted in its

li-onl .

The wonderful triumph had been won at the price of
the blood of the bravest, the truest, and the best. Old

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Company F, of Norfolk, had carried in twelve men,
all of whom were killed or wounded. The Sixth Regi-
ment, to which ii was attached, carried in ninety-eighl
men. and mustered ten tor duty at this time. The
sharpshooters carried in eighty men. and sixteen re-
mained for duty. Nearly half of our own regimenl had
fallen, and the Twelfth, Forty first, and Sixteenth Etegi
menu had suffered in like proportion.

During the charge, Capt. John W. Wallace, of Com
pany C, Sixty-firsl Virginia Regiment, was stricken
down with a broken thigh, lie lay upon his back, re-

fusing to allow his men to take him from the field till
the battle was over, waving hi- hat and urging his men

to “Go on . go forward.”

When May W. II. Etheredge, of the Forty-firel I
incut . jumped into the ditch, a bravo Federal in the front
line fired through the traverse and killed a Boldier at his
side. He immediately dropped his empty musket and
snatched another from a cowering comrade to kill Maj
Etheredge. \t this juncture the Major, with remarks
hie Belf-possessioD, caught up two Federals, who were
crouching in the ditch, and held their heads together be
tween himself and hi- determined opponent, swinging
them in and fro to cover the sight of the musket, the

federal doing his best to uncover it BO 88 to iinliartn his
friends Ly hi- hllllel. Peter Cihfs. of the forly-tir-1

Virginia Regiment, rushed to the assistance oi the Major,
and killed his foe. Gibbs was a gallanl soldier and
fought with great desperation. It was said at the time
that he -lew fourteen men that day.

The A lahaiuian- made a grand charge under a terrible
fire, reaching the crest of the Crater” without (a
ing, and here a Bhort struggle ensued They tumbled

musket-, clubs, clods Of earth, and cannon balls into the

excavation on the head- of the enemy with telling effect
This novel warfare la-ted only a few minute-, when
Bartletl ordered up the white Hag, and about five hun-
dred prisoners marched i rrear Thenegi b among

them were very much alarmed, and vociferously implored
for (heir lives. One old cornfield hand exclaimed M\
God, ma-sa. I never p’inted a gun at a white man in all
my life; dem nasty, -tinkin’ Yankees fotch us here, an
we didn’t want to come fuel

The appearance of this rough, irregular hole beggars
description. It was estimated that it contained six hun-
dred ho. lie-. The importance ot n this
broken line of earthwork- at once prevented the remov-
al of these bodies; therefore they were buried as they
had fallen, in one indiscriminate heap. Spades were

brought in, and the earth throw n from the -ides of the
•Crater until they were covered a sufficient depth.
By three o’clock in the afternoon all was over, ami we
were enjoying a welcome truce. [Here follows an ac-
count of the odor on that hot afternoon, that is omitted
from this account.]

There were thousands Of Captured arm- around US,

and during the night SOme of our men would -1 !

ramrods at the enemy just for t he fun of hearing them
whiz. One that was sent over drew from a federal
the exclamation : “Great God, Johnnie! you are throw-
ing turkey spits ami stringing us together over here.
Stop it!” ‘

A correspondent of one of the New York dailies, writ-

ing a description of this battle from accounts obtained
from wounded officers who had arrived at Washington,
uses the following language: “Often have the Confeder-
ates won encomiums for valor, hut never before did they

fight with such uncontrollable desperation. It appeared

:;

as if our troops were at their mercy, standing helpless
or running in terror, and shot down like dogs. No such
scene has heeu witnessed in any battle ot’ the war. The
charge of the enemy against the negro troops was ter-
rific. With fearful yells they rushed down against them.
The negroes at once ran back, breaking through the line

of white troops in the rear. Again and again their of-

– tried to rally them. Words and Mow- wei.
less Th.\ w ere victims of an uncontrollable terror, and
human agency could not Btop them.”

\ bright and beautiful Sabbath followed, and nothing
of moment occurred. At least three thousand ot the
Federal dead wale -till on tin- field, putrifying under the
scorching ray- of the sun. I remember a Degro be1 ween
the line-, who had both legs flown oil. crawled to the
out -id.- of our work-, -t ink three muskets in the ground,
ami threw a -mall piece of tent cloth over them t.. shel-
ter his head from tin hot BUnshine. Sonic ot our men
managed to shove up a cup of water to him. which he
drank, and immediately commei I frothing at the

mOUtb, and died in a very Bhort lime afterward. He

had lived in this condition tor marly twenty. four hour-.

On Monday morning a truce mted. and the

Federals sent out detail- to fury their dead between the

They dug a long ditch, and placed ti
Cross? ral layers up, and refilled the ditch, and

thus ended the trag sot three days in and around

the ‘

‘I’ll II I- SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE

I in -un had -et in ;ill hi- glory

i ii i a field of id unit -iinw,
i i ci : i in Id e!
With the lifeblo

a drift of -ti’.w transplant
Was the b
nting upward ■ ird,

hike t he cause it could i

The snow-white field fright red was dyed

With the lifclil ] ..( their country’s 1’riile :

Men v\ 1 1

\ow passed to

Tin

\ml three for the cause divine,
And three !• >i I ee’s brave soldier

Who fought, Imt all m vain.

\nd that bannei pointing upward,
– upward to the sky,

Bi . .ii w hite Ii

Shall be token of our Southern lai

• if that glorious band ot

[Tin g was written by a vouth when fourteen.

The author is the son of Mr. ( ‘ L Taylor, of Richmond,
Passenger agent 1.’.. F. ami P f R who, though

of gray hairs, is a Confederate veteran.]

.1. f. Cook, of Macon. Ga., -cuds the Vetbrah a
hatch of Confederate official papers, the Bight of which
revives pathetic memories, Conspicuous in the lot is
Voucher No. 9, paid July 9, 1863. It is a regular mus-
ter mil of Company I, Nineteenth Tenn •–•■• Regiment,
and for two months previous to May 1st. and is on ” < ‘mi
federate paper.

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A BRIEF SKETCH OF dES. R. E LEE.

BY J. WM. 10NK.S.

In complying with the request of the editor of the
CONFEDEEATE VETERAH to furnish a short Bketch of

our grand old chieftain, R. E. Lee, the difficulty

want of ample material, but to compress witnin the
required Bpace even a small part of the things which
crowd mind, memory and heart whenever we think of

“The knjgbtlieal <•( the knightly • ■■

Who Bince tie- da; a <>f n|,i.
Have kept the fires of chivalry,

A.gl0W i” liearts of gold.”

The eon of ” Light Horse Harry Lee” of the Revolu-
tion, and descended from a Long lint Jtrioua an-
cestors who played conspicuous parts in English His-
tory, a careful Genealogist l- i bis ancestry back
to Kins,’ Roberl tin Bi oce.

Bui Robert Edward Li i needs no royal linea§
fix his place ni history, “i account for hi- Btainless
character and noble deeds, for he was himself a born
leader, a very K ing of Men. and derives no lustre from
even myal ancest ry.

s.i bright, cheerful and manly as a boy hi

fully hi- obligations at BChool and heme that his

widowed mother exclaimed, when he was leaving for
tlir Military Academy at West Point, ” How can I do
wit limit Robert ‘ He is both son and daughter to me.”

lie passed through the academy and graduated
ond in a brillianl class without ever receiving a single
demerit. Of the bright galaxy of American officers in
the Mexican war. no other won greater fame, or per-
1 more distinguished service. He was covered
with ”brevets” for “gallant and meritorious
and General Scott did not hesitate to speak of him as
“the very best soldier I ever saw in the field.”

hi 1852 lie became Superintendent of the Military
Academy at West Point, and introduced a numl
changes, and reforms which abundantly showed his
capacity as Superintendent of the Academy, and man-
ager ni’ young men.

In 1855 the lain Second Cavalry” Regiment

was formed, and Hon. Jefferson Davis, then Secretary
of War appointed to it that splendid corps i
among whom were Albert Sidney Johnston, Colonel:
Roberl Edward Lee, Lieutenant Colo .. H.

Thomas, and Win. .1. Hardee, Major-. Earl Van Porn,
John 1!. Hood, E. Kirby-Smith, Stoneman, and others.
Captains: and Fitz. Lee. and others. Lieutenants

Happening at home on furlough he was Bent to
Harper’s Ferry to command the Marine- who captured
John Brown who was then “firing tin- first gun” of
the great war that was to follow.

In March 1861 he came from his regiment on the
frontier of Texas, in obedience to order- summoning
him to Washington, and was made full Colonel of
Cavalry. General Scott and other friends used all of
their influence to induce him to “stand by the old
Sag,” and he w as offered the supreme command of the
Federal army in the field. But although not a –
sionist, and ardently attached to the I’liion. and the
old flag and saying emphatically, ” If the millions of
slaves in the South were mine 1 would free t hem with
a stroke of the pen to avert this war.” he promptly
replied to Mr. Lincoln’s messenger, the olilrr Blair,
” 1 cannot hear arms against my state, my home, my
children.” He went at once to General Scott, told

him his decision, resisted all of his entreaties, and the
next day wrote his famous letter of resignation.

He was made Commander-in-Chief of the Virginia
forces by the “Virginia Convention.” and afterward
full General in the Confederate Army, Gens. Sidney
Johnston and Cooper ranking him. His servi< ■
organizing the new levees ‘in the West Virginia cam-
paign, where the failure was due to yond his
control), and in preparing theseacoastfortificatio
South Carolina ami Georgia for the magnificent de-
they afterward made, were all invaluable, but
may not he detailed hi

When den. I. E. Johnston was wound Seven

of May. 1862, ami Gen. Lee put in com-
mand of the Army of Northern Virginia, the situa-
tion wa- perilous in the i McClellan, with
105,000 men, was strongly fortified within Bight of the
spires of Richmond, with 10,000 more men at Fortress
Monroe, and McD ilumn of 10,000whicl
to have moved down from Fredericksburg, only de-

1 by the brilliant ” vallej
wall Jackson I • n formed and hril-

liantly executed. Sending Stuart on hi- ride

around McClellan,” hi I tin- information he

wanted a- to the enemy’s p kson to

join him. concenti iops which Bwelled his

numbers to 78,000 (tb com-

ind then, by uvera

and brill to cowi r un-

der tl

led John I’ope on the plain; if M drove

rmy into the fortifications at Washington, and
sent him to fight Indians in the W
gallant Fitz John Porter at Washington. Then fol-
lowed the advance into Maryland, the capture of llar-
Ferry, the battle – with

33,000 men, defeated even- efforl of McClellan’s 87,000
to drive him from the field: and the battle of
Fredericksburg, where those plains wen- ma
historic a- ” Burn

[n May, 1861 n, won over Hook-

plendid llorsville,

attacking Hooker in b chmente and driving

him pellmell across tin- nut. Then followed the
Pennsylvania campaign, in which Lee captured Mil-
roy’s garrison, artillery, wag le supplies

at Winchester, and with h.’.inni men fought Mi
105,000 at Gettysburg, where he won a decided vi
on the first day.gained important advai n the

d day, and v ted on the third day, only

because i as he alwaye – inti-

mate friend- of the failuri i y out

his orders.

In the campaign of 1864 Gen. Grant L than

275,000 men in four convi South-

western Virginia, the Valley, Cul] id up the

.lames i. which set out simultaneously to capture Rich-
world never -aw armies more splendidly
equipped. Tooppose this mighty hosl Gen. Lee could
muster, all told, durii impaign, scarce 7

men. destitute of every thin- -avo the heroic courage
and patient endurance of a- true soldiers as history
records. The result i ampaign was

that after losing more men than Lee hail Grant sat
down to t of Petersburg — a position which he

might have taken at first without firing a shot or losing
a man — while Lee made his line- impregnable to a di-
rect assault, and sent Early- Corp it Hunter

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and threaten Washington. He lia<l outgeneraled

(.rant at every point and defeated him in every bat-
tle. Then followed the siege of Petersburg and” that

Mow pr tss of “attrition” by which Lee’s army was

reduced to 33,000 half-starved men to hold over forty
miles of breastworks, and the thin lines were stretched

until they broke, the retreat to Ap] attoz begun,

and 7,800 ragged, starved heroes Btacked their bright
muskets, parked their blackened guns (nearly every
wrested from the enemy in battle— two of them
that very morning), and yielded to the ” overwhelm-
ing numbers and resources” which surrounded them.
But grand as be was in war. Lee was even grander
iii peace. R< fusing every offer of pecuniary assistance,
he only sought a place for honest work, and accepted
the Presidency of Washington College, Lexington,
Ya.. where, as he expressed it. he “could teach young
men to do their duty in life.” He was only spared
to fill this position five years, but even that brief time
(I do not hesitate to declare from personal observation
and careful study 1 he proved himself the greatest col-
lege President this country ever produced. It was my
privilege to follow his standard during the war, and to
see something of him during those stirring days, but
my prouder privilege to know him intimately during
the five years of his life in Lexington, and to have
had free”access to his private letters and papers. I
speak, then, from careful personal observation and full
study of bis character and career, when I unhesitat-
ingly pronounce him not only the greatest soldier but
the noblest gentleman, the truest patriot, the purest
man that ever figured in American history. And far
above all this, he was one of the humblest, sincerest,
most consecrated Christians whom I ever met. Taking
Christ as bis personal Savior, and fully trusting in
him alone for salvation, he was a constant reader and
student of God’s word, a man of prayer, an earnest
and efficient worker for the salvation of others, “an
Israelite Indeed, in whom there was no guile,” who
lived and died in the service of the <!reat Captain,
and now wears his glittering crown.

That crown with fadeless glories bright,
Which shall new luster boasl

Win ii victors’ wreaths and raonarchs’ gems
Shall blend in common dust.
University of Virginia, Nov. 28, 1893.

THE BATTLE OF ASTIETAM—SllARl’SBVRG.

Senator Ben Hill is credited with this tribute:
He posse–(d every virtue of the other great com-
manders without their vices. He was a foe without
bate, a friend without treachery, a. soldier without
cruelty, and a victim without murmuring. He was a
public officer without vices, a private citizen without
wronj lilioi- without reproach, a Christian with-

out hypocrisy, ami a man without guile. He was

Caesar withoul hi- ambition, Frederick without his
tyranny, Napoleon without his selfishness, and Wash-
ington without his reward. He was obedient to au-
thority as a servant, and royal in authority as a true
king. He was gentle as woman in life, modest and
pure as a virgin in thought, watchful as a Roman ves-
tal in duty, submissive to law as Socrates, and grand
in battle as Achilles!

DISLODGE the sentiment that this publication is only
for veterans. It should he more for those who were
not in the war, since it- contents will make them more
patriotic and prouder of their ancestry. The war was
not against the principles of our parent government.

(ien. II. Hcth. of the “Antietam Hoard.” War De-
partment, -end- a superb map of the battle ground
with this letter:

Washington, D. C, Nov. 29, 1893.— Editor Confed-
erate V i ■■[ i ram, Nasnville, Tenn. — Sir: Inclosed please
find map No. l. first of a series, illustrating the battle
of Antietam, or Sh&rpsburg, fought September 17,
1862. Working under an act of Congress we (the
Hoard! are engaged in marking the lines of battle of
the Union and Confederate Armies engaged in that
great battle, the bloodiest of the war. It was a breast
to breast fight, no breastwork- were used except the
natural breastworks that the field afforded. More men
were placed hors de combat on that day than on any
other one day of the war. At Gettysburg, Chancel-
lorsville, and Spottsylvania the fighting covered three
days, or more: at the Wilderness. Cold Harbor. Shi-
Ion, Stones River, Chickamauga and Atlanta the losses

were divided between two days, but the bloody work

at Antietam, or Sharjisburg, commenced at daybreak
and ended about 4 o’clock the same day. Gen. Lee,
in his report of this battle, says, page 151, Vol. NIX.,
War Records, “This great battle was fought by less
than ID, (H in men on ourside.” Gen. Lee displayed in
this battle wdiat a consummate master he was of grand
tactic-, absolutely necessary on this day, as he was out-
numbered more than two to one.

The Tennessee infantry regiments engaged in the
battle of Sharpsburg were the First Tennessee Provi-
sional Army), Seventh and Fourteenth. Jackson’s
Corps, Hill’s i A. P.) Division, Archer’s Brigade.

The splendid picture of the Daniel Boone Statue, ex-
hibited at the World’s Fair, was presented with pride in
the gifted daughter of a Kentucky Confederate, who
secured one of the three medals given to women by
the management of the great Exposition. The dedi-
cation of the statue was a most interesting event.
When Col. R. T. Durrett, who was selected to unveil
it, had given an interesting sketch of the life of Daniel
Boone be grasped the ropes and, giving them a vigor-
ous jerk, the American (lag which had enfolded the
statm; parted and fell to its feet. A great shout went
up, and there were calls for Miss Vandell, who ap-
peared for a moment on the balcony overlooking her
artistic creation.

Col. W. 0. Bradley, the orator of the day, while
speaking of eminent men of the State, said:

“From Kentucky came the two chief actors in our
last memorable struggle— Lincoln and Davis. The
one, imbued with the zealous faith of Peter the her-
mit, wielded the ax of Richard; the other, endowed
with the chivalry of Bayard, wielded the scimiter of
Saladin. It is not proper at this time that we should
enter into a discussion of the cause or merit of that
great conflict. Nature, with vines and flowers, has ob-
literated every mark that defaced the landscape, the
roar of cannon has been succeeded by the sad, sweet
notes of the dove, while time has healed every wound,
and with fingers kindly deft erased malicious hate
from every heart. ”

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THE BIRTHDAY OF LEE.

ANNUAL DINNER TN HIS BONOR
\,BYTIli:< ONFEDERATE VETER-
AN CA !//• OP .v/.;ir TOBK.

The < lonfederate Veteran < ‘amp

of New York gave its third annua]

banquet on January l!i. Gen

Lee’s birthday. Amon^ the dis-

tiDguished guests present were

Mrs. V. Jefferson Davis and daugh-
ter, Miss Winnie. The Camp

arose in h r of I he first wom

an ” and the ” daughter of the

Confederacy.” There was on

the stage a large oil painting of

< fen. Lee. May Bdward < >wen

managed the proceedings with

high credit,
Of the responses by guesl

vited w h uld qoI attend, M r

( Cleveland wrote “It « ould give

me great pleasure to accepl your

invitation if other engagements

permit ted, bu1 the cares ami du-
ties now pressing upon my time

are too numerous to permit of my

ai tendance.” Mr. Cleveland a

name was heartily cheered, and

so was that of T W. Topham,
commander of D. S. Grant Post,
G. A. I.’ .. who wrote ” I should
be glad to help honor the mem-
ory of one of A merica’s greatest
Boldiers.” A similar statement
from i on McMahon was also ap-
plauded heartily.

One of the leading speakers,
es Gov. Thompson, of 9ou1 h I !ar
olina, in Bpeaking of Lee, said
” lie was in ii misled by military
politicians. In one of liis letters
lie wrote : ‘ 1 can conceive of DO
greater evil than the dissolution
ofthe Union.’ When he returned
to Virginia all his pride and devo-
tion to the army inspired him to
remain with it. Ee was told he i
could have command of the Un-
ion army if he remained. This
was a dazzling offer. But he believed that his first duty
was to Virginia, and when Virginia called he felt it
his duty to answer without regard to personal i-oiisiil

derations.”
The speaker paid an£eloquen1 tribute to Gen. Lee’s

virtues, hi- Christian character, his resignation in the
hour of defeat, his courage and breadth of mind. In
dosing, Mr. Thompson said: “I deem it. fortunate that

kD pUAi ‘ i; -A.K.A

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( i EX . LEE S L A SI 1 1 R I ) EH ro ( 1

we have lived to see 1 1 1 i — day. never again r ither

arrayed against brother. Weare fortunate to have’ lived

what I. rant prayed tin- and LiCC labored for.”

The Veteran takes mueh pleasure in publishing that

the Southern Express Company, through itf ncy at
Nashville, has been unstinted in its liberality for the
promotion of the Davis n umenl and for the ad\

meiit of its interests.

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Written for the < <i\i i liKKATK VlTEB IV

LEE.

BY R. it. DYKEKs, WAYNEBVIU 1 . H ‘ .

He fought the fight to tini-h.

And his -oldier work is done;
Lee ever stands immortal!

Freedom’s model of B son.

We’ve tried to mold his featun s,
To clothe him with a form;

To hold him up for men to see
How much he can adorn.

II ■ came not home triumphant,

But a hero he did come ;
With honor pure, unsullied,

And a love excelled by none.

No pathway strewn with flowers

Welcomed Lee back from the war,
Bat an anguish for his country
Xii’l the ruined homes lie saw.

He who could stand undaunted
‘Midst the crash and clang of arms

( rrew grander when disabled,
Leading comrades to their farms.

For he trod the path of duty,
And he won respect and fame —

The proudest wreath of laurels
That a mortal man can claim.

‘Tis not the smoke of battle,
The carnage, or the flame;

But we hold our Lee close to us,
We love to call his name.

And we shall tell all we know of him.

And the nation yet unborn
Shall learn to know and love him

Like the fathers that have gone,

I’ATE O F TWO K I. A <; S.

I . II. SMAHT, NASIIVII.I.E, TEXN.

The younger generation can hardly realize the hor-
rors of war. They listen to t lie stories of the battles, of
how the bullets flew and the men dropped one by one,
but still they fail to realize the deadly execution of the
ininie ball or the shot from a squirrel rifle.

The post of honor, as well as danger, in a bal t le is thai
of the color guard. Attached to the right center com-
pany of a regiment, the guard is composed of a sergeant
and seven corporals, whose duty it is In carry the colors;
and as the colors are most frequently the point of attack,
it, makes them the place of danger, for to lose them is a
disgrace, to capture them an honor. In victory they
were the salient point of the enemy’s attack in their at-
tempts to dislodge the victors, regain their lost ground,
and capture the colors. In the repulse of a charge they
were the rallying point of those who came out wit h t heir
lives.

As an illustration of how dangerous is the position of

a color guard and bow badly a flag can be riddled with
bullets I present you with two specimens, one flag from
each army. The first is the battle flag of the Forty-
ninth Georgia Infantry. The spearhead is lashed to the
stall with B piece of rope, bullet-imbedded in the start”.
The tlag is inscribed with the names of the battles in
which it was borne — Frazier’s Farm, Cedar Run, Ma-

nassas. Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Seven Fines,
Mechanicsville. Cold Harbor, Ox Hill, Harper’s Kerry.
Shepherdatown.

The second flag is that of the Second Wisconsin In-
fantry, of the famous Iron Brigade. It bears no device

except the name of the regiment. This regiment, accord-
ing to ” Fox’s Regimental Losses in the Civil War,” sus-
tained the greatest percentage of loss of any in the entire
Union Army — 19.7 per cent. — and the brigade to which
il belonged, according to its numbers, the heaviest id’ any
of the war, the regimental loss being 238, and the bri-
gade loss 1,131.

These two flags were indeed where the bullets fell the
thickest.

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[Concluded from page 27.]

she applied confidently to him to see that Bhe w:is re-
stored to her home, as she was advised she had a right
to it. She had entertained him at her house, and her
husband had been his friend wlu-n lie needed friends.

This letter presented her case much better than I bad
presented it in my petition to Gen. Pisk. A woman oan
write much better than a man when her feelings are en-
listed. I told Mrs. Donelson that her letter was well con-
ceived and better executed. It was mailed to the Pres-
ident, and when he received it Judge Bast, of Tennest
happened to be at the White Houseon business with tin-
President. The Judge said that when the President re-
ceived Mrs. Donelson’s letter and read it begot into a tow-
ering passion, and swore that her tat her. Gov. Branch,
was the first public man thai ever noticed bini or Bpoke
a kind word to him : that one morning when he was out
very early sweeping the pavement in front of the Bhop
in which he was learning the tailor’s trade a tall, gray-
haired man ranie walking by and spoke kindly to him,
commending his industry, and said That i~ right, my

son : always be honest and industrious and you will ma

a man of yourself.” He told him he was Gov, Branch,

and pave liim a silver halt-dollar to keep in remembrance
of him and tin’ advice he had given. The President

said he had the ball’ dollar then with him at the White

House, and he ordered his private secretary, Browning,
to m(, and get it; he wanted to show it to Judge East
The President then ordered his secretary to send a

telegram to Glen. Pish (which was <j • that night) to

give up the farm to Mrs. Donelson. Gen, Pisk paid no

at tent ion to tin- dispatch, believing, as he told me. that it
was bogUB, Mrs Donelson waited some week- and re-
ceived no reply to her letter. 1 told her to write again,

as die letter might have miscarried Tin- was answered,
and a peremptory order made on < o n Pisk to give up the
place to Mrs Donelson, and report to the President im-
mediately why he had not complied with his first order;

and if his reasons were not entirely satisfactory, BOme

one would be put in his place who would obey orders.

Pisk came near losing his position, and be made up for

the delay in action by immediate restoration of every-
thing possible to the Donelson family.

The foregoing story is given simply as a reminiscence
ol war times. Judge Lawrence, who is referred to. was
connected with the Union forces through much of the
war, and made friendships for valiant services in behalf
of citizens who were maltreated by the army. The fam-
ily of the late Col. <i. A. Washington will ever remem-
ber his kindness to them when two sets of soldiers went
to Wessyngton and got into a quarrel over which should
take his life because he had killed a soldier while steal-
ittg one of his homes

THE CONFEDERATE UNIFORM.

A clever correspondent sends us the following:
“It is not generally known.” said Gen. Bufus Saxton,
in June last, at West Point Academy, “that the Confed-
erate uniform waB designed at West Point. It happened
in this way: I was an instructor of artillery at the aca-
demy from May 1, 1859, to September, 1860. My quar-
ters were in the east tower of the cadet barracks. Gen.
Simon B. Buekner, who was Adjutant General of Ken-
tucky, came here for the purpose of obtaining a new

uniform for the troops of that State. We agreed that
the handsomest uniform was the cadet gray. He and
I worked on it for several days. I remember suggesting
to him that there was a good opening in one of the de-
partments for a relative of his. and that he received the
information very coldly. Buekner went South, and the
uniform we had decided upon became that of the Con-
federate army

MY LOVE \M» 1.

Ic, K- \ IMIITZ. 1’to-usKK OP WAR.

My love reposes on a rosewood frame:

A bunk have I.
A couch “t feathery down tills up the same;

Mine’s Btraw, lmt dry.
nke to Bleep at night with scarce a i
With waking eyea l watch the hour- go by.

Mv love tier daily dinner takes in state,
A n. i BO do I

The richest viands Hank her silver plate;

Pure win. shi sipe at ea«e, bei thirst to slake;
I pomp iny drink from I

My love hat all the world at will to roam;

Thr. , m n – 1

Bhe goes abroad or quiet stays at home;

uinot 1.
Bright at h around her couch at night;

\ ‘^ ank with loaded gun keeps me in sight
A thousand weary miles now – tween

My love and I.
To her, this « inter night, calm, cold, serene,

I waft a sigh.
And ho|«> with all mv earnestness of soul

iw’a mail may bring me my parole.

There’s hope ahead’ Well boi lav meet again.

My love and 1 ;
We 11 wipe away all tears of sorrow then.

Her love-lit eve
Will all my many trochlea then beguile,
Lad keep tins wayward 1,’eh from Johnson’s Isle.
.inhnson’s island. February, tl

The above is published in compliment to a comrade
who coined this paper when written, and has kept it all

these year- It is not in g 1 spirit. The prisoner’s

“love’ was not in luxury. She gave many a “sigh,”
ami she had not “all the world at will to roam.” It will
be helpful to recall the errors in it.

\V. A. C, Columbus, Mi– < ompany B of the
Forty-third Mississippi Infantry, had a veritable camel,
belonging to Lieut. W. H. H- — , ami tic at
put to was to carry the baggage of the offi©
The horses of the command were afraid of tl

and the driver was instructed to stop just outside the
camp when it halted. But in a forced march toward
Iuka, Miss., the command had just halted after dark, and
the camel ami driver got in the line of march before he
knew it. The result was that a horse make a break with
a fence rail attached to his halter, and. running through
the camp, he stampeded men and animals in every direc-
tion. Many men took trees or any other protection, and
the panic spread through much of the brigade, and many
men and animals were badly hurt, and one or two hi
I think, were killed. The camel was in the sic
Vicksburg and was killed there by a minie ball from the
enemy. But none of the Forty-third have forgotten the
stampede near Iuka. Miss, just before the battle of
Corinth.”

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if i “HERMITAGE, RESIDENCE OF Of,D HICKORY, INDIIKU lAL’KSMS.

‘I’lll

L889, and the
State Legisla-
tare conveyed
ilic house and
twen i y – fi v e
acres of land,
thai th e y
might preserve
the property as
a perpei ua 1
mem oria) to
<i enera 1 A n-
drew Jackson.
I n ill e res i

1 1 1 ■ 1 1 ‘ ■ ■ – :tf<- ihe

portraits a ad
household fur-
niture belong
[jig to ( l-eneral
Jackson, quid-
be ri ng fo u i’
hundred pieces.
These have
bee n in i li e
1 1 ermil age ”
aearly I h ree-
ij ua ri e rs of a
cent u ry, and
they speak of
his life, and re-
ni i iid an ob-
server of the
times and char-
acter of the
greal hero.
The Ladies’

THE ■ HERMITAGE.’
Hern lit age Association was ore

nf finally raising

piring .1 uly 1 . of

anized in Mrs. Judge N

lermitaire Association lia- worked in-
defatigably to purchase these works,
u hich are the property of Col. Andrew
Jackson, and are now making a final
struggle to raise the purchase mon-
ey— viz., 117,600. They are making
constant appeals to the public for this
sum. should they fail, the ” Hermi-
tage,” the home of the old hero of New
Orleans, will be dismantled. “The
walls will testify, and. empty rooms
will speak of the lack of appreciation
of his countrymen. Tins,’ historic
works will !”■ scattered throughout
the country, their owners being com-
pelled by financial necessity to pari
with them for a moneyed value and the
State of Tennessee and the ‘ Hermi-
tage’ itself will lose those beautiful
mementos of the past.”
The Association, in redeeming its

trust tO the Slate, has put a new root’

upon the building, painted the exterior,
refenced the twenty-five acres, and re-
stored the old historic cabin from al-
most utter decay. ‘ >ther minor im-
provements have exhausted their
treasury as fast as the moneys were
accumulated, but they do not despair
this money. They hold an option ex-
this year,
ailianiel Baxter, President; and Mrs.

I.KAMI II ll.l.W \Y AT I’ll:: ” IIICRMl T \ IE, \ .: Ml \ \siivm.i.e, TENS.

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Duncan R. Dorris, the Secretary, have
worked with unremitting seal for this
cause The inscriptions on thetombare:
On the -luti

GENER \i. ANDREW .1 VCKSOM
Born March L8th,1767. Died June 8th, 1846

< in a slab, placed there evidently by
the < reneral :

Bere lie the remains of M 1 – B ichbi
Jackson, wife of President Jackson, who
died the 22d of December, L8S8, aged 81
years. Ber face was fair, her person 1 li
Lng, her temper amiable, irl kind;

she delighted in relieving the wants of her
fellow creatures, and cultivated that divine
pleasure by the most liberal and unpre-
tending methods; t” the poor she was a
benefactoi ; to the rich an example; t.i the
wretched a comforter; to the prosperous an
ornament; her piety went band in hand
with hei benevolence, and she thanked lier
itor for 1m ins: permitted to ‘1″ good. \
being bo gentle and so virtuous Blandi ; t!ifa ,T^a.

might wound but could not dishonor; even lc J ” i » ^£-~
deatb, when be bore her from the arms of 1
her husband, could lmi transport her to the
bosom “i hei 1 (od.

Andrew Jackson and the ” Hermitagi

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UJJJlll

may ni

II
ot

KJ -r in

in this < ‘Id

he Nullifier, w as a patri-

tlie Soul li honors his memory.

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A ONION \ I III; W COMMENTS

I 1 BJ ■ II m ;i Km. .fith

Sir A few days Bince, on my
way from Ch to this pit

I 1 1 )-<-< .\ ered on tl nt oi

a publication of some kind, and
upon examination I found it to bi
monthly entitled Confederate Vet-

\ to 1 .1 no. We of the North h
some \ ery handsome and at t ra< 1
looking persons of the opposite sex.

but I know ot 1 • i -e bo than Mrs.

.M:il 1 on

the front leaf of your publication. I met
Mis- Maggie Davis in Washington
with her father when a little gii

Your cut of shiloh Church ‘ looks as
natural as <>n January 1. L862, with the
exception of the “Sibley tents.” I
took very great pleasure in reading the
extract 1 if T M 1 1 – on

great battle ot shiloh.

With respect, Henri W lrhj ei

^l*a*&

“V

TOMB Ol ANDREW VND BACHB1 JACKSON.

The St. Louie ate, in

writing of the Veteran, says It
abounds with interesting facts and inci-
dents concerning men and things in the
late war and after the war. .Mention
is made of prominent actors on botis
sides. Imt always in a spirit of frater-
nity and good will. It may, then, be
read with interest and pleasure by ]’C0-
ple in all section- of the country.”

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WIIKX A.ND WIIKKi: FATHEB
BYAM DIED.

Tiik Poel Prieel of the South, Rev.
A. .1. Ryan, died ;it St. Boniface
Franciscan Convent, Louisville, Ky.
Winn a Borrow seemed to have veiled
the life and death of this Bweel bard
and true poet, so loved bythe people
of tin.’ Bouthl There is a breath of
Badness in every line of bis verse-, a~
there ever was :i shade of melan-
choly iii his face. As a prophet he
thus described with wonderful accu-
racy liis own saii last hours:

1 Ic was dying fast, and the hours \v ent by ;

All ‘ desolate hours were they.
Hi- mind bad hidden away somewhere
Back of a fretted and weaned brow,

Ere lie passed from life away.

He passed from this world away
at 9 r.M. on the -‘Id day of April,
lSSlJ. at the aire of forty-six. He
died among strangers who had never
known him, yet they were friends,
for they lefl nothing undone for him
that human sympathy or Christian
charity Could suggest. The ex-Con-
federates of Louisville escorted his
remains to the depot. He was buried
at Mobile, Ala. Few men possess
the power of so withdrawing from
the world around them, and living
within the realm of thought, as he
did; and it is a singular fact that to
the thousands who knew and loved
him his death was a surprise, and
that his funeral was comparately un-
attended. Edwin Drurt.

FATHEK RYAN’S GKAVE.

Father Ryan has a very handsome
monument; and though not very

elaborate, it is of the finest marble.
At the base of the cross is inscribed:
” Father Ryan; may he rest in peace.
Horn May’ 12, 1840; died April 22,
1886.’ At the head of the slab is a
circle, within which is carved the
Confederate Mag. and beneath is,
” Rev. A. I. Ryan, died April 22. Ism;.
Priest, Patriot, and Poet. B. T. P.”
While on a visit in the North last
year I heard the same statement,
thai Father Ryan’s grave was neg-
lected, and as a Mobilian, and a
daughter of one of the boys who
wore the gray, I felt some pride
about the matter, and when I gol
home I set to work to inform myself
on the subject, and found in the
little Catholic cemetery this beauti-
ful monument, instead of a lonely
grave covered with weeds.

Lulu Toomer.

In the January number of the
Confederate Veteran there is a
a statement that Father Ryan’s grave
is ” without even a stone to mark his
resting place.” This is quite an old
story. I here send you a sketch 1
have made from the ‘-lonely grave,”
to let the readers of the* iONFEDERATE

Veteran know that Father Ryan
has not been so neglected. The
flowers in the bowl and the nicely

clipped grass around the slab show
thai some one visits the place.

THE CONQUERED BANNER.

in’ FATHER AHKA.M J. KYAN.

Furl that banner, for ’tis weary;
Hound its stall’ ’tis drooping dreary;

Furl it, fold it, it is best:
For there’s not a man to wave it,
And there’s a sword to save it,
And there’s not one left to lave it,
In the blood which heroes gave it,
And its foes now scorn and brave it —

Furl it, hide it, let it rest.

Take the banner down— ’tis tattered,
Broken is its shall’ and shattered,
And the valiant hosts are scattered

Over whom it Boated high,
I) ’tis hard for us to fold it,
Hard to think there’s none to hold it,
I lard that those who once unrolled it

Now must furl it with a sigh.

Furl that banner, furl it sadly—
< inee ten thousand bailed it. gladly,
And ten thousand, wildly, madly,

Swore it should forever wave,
Swore that foeman’s BWprd could never
I [earte like theirs entwined dissever,
Till thai Hag would float forever

i Per their freedom or their
grave.

Furl it, for the I lands that grasper

it,
And the hearts that fondly

clasped it,
Cold and dead are lying low;

And the banner, it is trailing,
While around it Bounds Ihe wailing

Of its people in their woe.
For. though conquered, thev adore it,

Love the cold, dead hands that bore it.
Weep for those who fell before it.
Pardon these who trailed and tore it.

And <> wildly thev deplore it.
Now to furl and fold it so.

Far] that banner! true ’tis gory,
Yet ’tis wreathed around with glory,
And ’twill live in Bong and story,

Though its folds are in the dust;

For its fame on brightest pages,

Penned by poets and by sages,
Shall go sounding down the ages;

Furl its folds though now we must.
Furl that banner, softly, slow ly,
Treat it gently — it is holy —

For it droops above the dead;
Touch it not, unfold it never,
Let it droop there. /»Wo/ forever,

For its people’s In, /us are dead.

.-.V;,..

yfa-::-” >■■■ • “■’■ v .

^.,, r -?3liS

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43

BATTLE OF FRANKLIN.

THE CAHXAC1E AS BEEN FROM THE CENTER <iF THE
CONFLICT.

BY S. A. CUNNINGHAM, EDtTOB OF THE VETERAN.

The removal of Gen. Johnston and the appointment of
IIooil to succeed him in command of the Army of Ten-
nessee was an astounding event. 80 devoted to John-
Bton were his men thai the presence and immediate com-
mand of Gen. Lee would not have been accepted without
complaint. The} – were s< > satisfied that even in retreat
they ‘Mil not lose their faith in ultimate success They
were not reconciled to the change until the daj before
the hattle of Franklin. The successful crossing of
Duck River that morning at an early hour and the
march to Spring Hill, where the Federal retreat 1
111.11 K cut off (a failure for which it was understood
Hooil was not to blame), created an enthusiasm for him
equal to that entertained for Stonewall Jackson after his
extraordinary achievements. That night the ext<
valley east ol Spring Hill wa- lighted up by our thou-
sands of camp fires in plain view of and close proximity
to the retreating lines of the enemy. The next morning,
as We marched in quick time toward Franklin, we were
confirmed in our impressions of Federal alarm I count-
ed mi the way thirty-four wagons thai had been aban-
doned on the smooth turnpike. In some instances whole
teams of mules had been killed to prevent their capture.

A few miles soulli of Franklin the Federal lines of in

ten try were deployed, and our program was checked;

bill we pressed them without delay until they retired
behind the outer works ahout the town. Soon after

they withdrew from the range of the hills south, over-
looking the place, and we were advanced to it- crest. I

happenod, though in line of hattle 1 a- I was “right
guide ” to my regiment ), to be close to where < fen Hood
halted his stall and rode alone to the top of the hill, and
with his field glasses surveyed the situation. It wa- an
extraordinary moment. Those of us who were near
COUld see. as private soldiers rarely did. the position of
both armies. Although Franklin was some two miles in
the distance, the plain presented a scene of great commo-
tion. But I was absorbed in the one man whose mind
was deciding the fate of thousands. With an arm and a
leg in the grave, and the consciousness that he had not
until within a couple of days won the confidence which
his army had in his predecessor, he had now a very try-
ing ordeal to pass through. It was all important to act,
if at all. at once. lie rode back to the nearest of his
subordinate generals, and. shaking hands with him cor-
dially, announced his decision to make an immediate

charge. He said: ” We will make the fight.”

No event of the war, perhaps, showed a scene equal to
this. The range of hills upon which he formed offered
the best view of the battlefield, with but little exposure
to danger, and there were hundreds collected there as
spectators. Our ranks were being extended rapidly to
the right and left. In Franklin there was the utmost
confusion. The enemy was greatly excited. We could
see them running to and fro. Wagon trains were being
pressed across the Harpeth Fiver and on toward Nash-
ville. Gen. LiOWrey, of Cleburne’s Division, made a speech
to his men. Our brigadier general, Strahl. was quiet, and
there was an expression of sadness on his face. The sol-
diers were full of ardor and confident of success. They
had unbounded faith in Gen. Hood, whom they believed
would achieve a victory that would give us Nashville.
Such was the spirit of tho army as the signal was given

which set it in motion. I lur generals were ready, and
some of them rode in front of our main line. With a
quick step we moved forward to the sound of stirring
music. This is the only battle that 1 was in — and they
were many — where bands of music were used. I was
right guide to the Forty-first Tennessee. Marching four
paces to the front. I had an opportunity of viewing my
comrades, and I well remember the look of determi-
nation that wa- on every face. Our bold movement
caused the enemy to give up. without much firing, its
advance line. A- they fell back at double-quick, our men
rushed forward, even though they had to face the grim
line of breast works jUBt at the edge Of town.

Before we were in proper distance for small arms the
artillerj opened on both sides. Our gunB, firing over
our heads from the hills in the rear, used ammunition

without -tint, while the enemy’s batteries were at con.
-taut play upon our lines. When they withdrew to their
main line of work- it wa- as one even plain for a mile.
About fifty yard- in front of their breastworks we came
m contact with formidable chevaux-d* frise, over or

through which it was very difficult to pa-s Why half
of us were not killed yet remain- a mv-t.rv. fol

moving forward so great a distance, all the time under
tire, the detention immediately in their front gave them
a very great advantage. Wc arrived at the work- and
■ I our men. after a club fight af the trenchi S

The colors of my regiment were carried inside,

and when tin 1 arm that held them was shot oil tiny fell

to the ground and remained until morning. Cleburne’s
men dashed at the works: but their gallant leader wa«

-hot dead, and they gave way. so that the enemy re-
mained on our flank and kept up .1 constant enfilading
fire.

Our left also failed to hold the work-, and for a short
distance wc remained and fought until the ditch wa- al-
most full of dead men. Night came on soon after the
bard fighting began, and we fired at the flash 01
other’s guns. BoTding the enemy’s line-, as we continued
to do on this part of them, we were terribly massacred
by the enfilade firing. The work- were -,. high that

who tired the guns were obliged to get a footing in

embankment, exposing thei ddition to

their flank to a fire by men in house- < • 1 – . especially

was that from Mi Carter’s, immediately in my

front. I was near to Gen Strahl, who stood in the ditcn

and handed up 1,0111- to those posted to tire them. I had

] to him my -hort Enfield noted in the regiment 1
about the sixth time. The man who had been firing
OOCked it and wa- taking deliberate aim when he wa-
shot and tumbled down dead into the ditch upon those
killed before him. When the men so exposed were shot
down their placeswere supplied by volunteer- until these
were exhausted, and it was necessary for Gen. Strahl to
call upon others. He turned to me. and though I was
several feet back from the ditch, I rose up immediately,
and walking over to the wounded and dead, took posi-
tion with one foot upon the pile of bodies of my dead
fellows and the other in the embankment, and fired iruns
which the General himself handed up to me until he too
was -hot down. One other man had had position on my
right and assisted in the firing. The battle la-ted until
not an efficient man was left between u- and the Colum-
bia pike, about fifty yards to our right, and hardly
enough behind us to hand up the guns. We could not
hold out much longer, for indeed, but few of us were
left alive. It seems as if we had no choice but to sur-
render or try to get away, and when I asked the Gen-

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era! for counsel he simply answered, ” Bleep tiring.” But
just as the man to my right was shol and fell against
me with terrible groans, ‘ ren. Si rah 1 was shot. 1 1 «.- 1 brew
op his bands, falling on his face, and I thought him dead,
but in asking the dying man. who still lay against my
Bhonlder as he sank forever, bow he was wounded, the
General, who had Dot been killed, thinking my question
was to him, raised up saying that he was shot in the neck,
and called for Col. Stafford to turn over his command.
Ilf crawled over the dead, the ditch being three deep,
abont twenty feel to where Col. Stafford was. His staff
officers started to carry him to the rear, but be received
another shot, and directly the third, which killed him
instantly. Col. Stafford was dead in the pile, as the

FAMOUS n III. i III 1:1 II AT SHILOH, TENN.

morning light disclosed, with his feel wedged in at the
bottom, with other dead across and under him after he
fell, leaving his body half standing, as if ready to give
command to i he dead ‘

By that time only a handful of us were left on thai
part of tlie line, and as I was sure iha i our condition was
not known, I ran to the rear in report to Gen. John « ‘.
Brown, commanding the division, I me1 Maj. Hampton,
of his staff, who told me that Gen. Brown was wounded
and thai Gen. Strahl was in command. This assured
me that those in command did not know the real situa-
tion, so I went “ii the bunl for Gen. Cheatham. By and
by relief was Bent to the front. ‘This done, nature gave
‘.\a\ My shoulder was black with bruises from Bring,
and it seemed that no moisture was left in my system.
Iiierly exhausted, I sank upon the ground and tried to
sleep. The battle was over and I could do m> more; but
animated still with concern for the fate of comrades, I
returned to the awful spectacle in search of some who
year alter year had been at my side. Ah I the loyalty of
faithful comrades in such a struggle!

These personal recollections are all thai I can give, as
the greater pari of the battle was fought after nightfall,

and once in the midst of it, with hul the light of the

Hashing guns, I could see only what passed direct ly under
niv own eyes. True, the moon was Bhining, but the

dense smoke and dust SO Idled the air as to weaken its

benefits, like a heavy kill before t be rising sun, only i here
was no promise of the fog disappearing, Our spirits
were crushed. It was indeed the valley of Death.

This brief story has been published within five wars
in nearly every prominent daily paper in the South.

STOltY OF AN EPITAPH.

Boon after the fall of (ion. Albert Sidney Johnston at
the battle of Shiloh and the transfer of his remains to
Xew Orleans, a lady visiting the cemetery found pinned
to a rough hoard that rested nn the temporary tomb the
following beautiful epitaph, h was written in a deli-
cate hand with a pencil, and the rain had nearly ob-
literated the characters, but she made a verbatim copy
of i he manuscript and sent it to one of the New ( Orleans
papers with the request that if possible the name of the
author should be published. This was gladly done, and
the exquisite lines went the rounds of the press
of this ei m iii ry and England as a model of English

e. imposition. Lord I’alinerston pronounced ll “a

modern classic, Ciceronian in its language.” Pub-
lic curiousity being aroused, the authorship was
I raced to John Dimitry, a young native of New
Orleans, and a son of Alexander Dimitry, who be-
fore the war occupied a distinguished position in
i he Si ale Depart men t at Washington. Young Dim-
itry, though only a boy, served in Johnston’s arm]

at Shiloh. and on visiting New Orleans and the
grave of his dead chieftain wrote the lines on the
inspiration of the momenl and modestly pinned

1 hem on the head hoard as the only tribute he could
oiler. When the question arose concerning the
form of epitaph to he placed on the monument

erected to the memory of the dead Confederate

general the committee of citizens in charge, with
One voice, decided upon this, and it is now inscribed
upon the broad panel at the base of the slalue.

IX MEMORY.
Beyond this stone is laid,

For a season.

Allien Sidney Johnston,

i. General in the Army of the ( lonfederate states,

Who fell at Shiloh, Tennessee,

(In the sixth day Of April. A. I >..

Eighteen hundred and sixty-two:

A man tried iii many high offices

\ ad critical enterprises.

And found faithful in all.

His life was one long sacrifice of interest to conscience;

And even that life, on a woeful Sabbath,

Did he yield as a holocaust at his country’s need.

Not w holly understo »1 was he while he lived;

But, in bis death, his greatness stands confessed in a people’s tears.

Resolute, i mule rate, clear of envy, yet not wanting

In that finer ambition which makes men great and pure;

I n hi- honor Impregnable :

In his simplicity —sublime.

No country e’er had a truer son — no cause a nobler champion :

\o people a bolder defender— no principle a purer victim

Than the dead soldier

Who sleeps here

The cause for which he perished is lost
The i pie for whom be fought are crushed —

The hopes in which he trusted are shattered —
The Mae; he loved “Hides no more the charging lines,

But his fame, consigned to the keeping of that time which,

Happily, is not so much the tomb of virtue as its shrine,

shall, in i he years to emir, lire modest worth to noble ends.

In honor, now, Our great Captain rests;

A bereaved i pie mourn him,

Three commonwealths proudly claim him
And history shall cherish him

\iin m- those choicer spirits who, holding their conscience

unmixed with blame,

Have been, in all conjectures, true to themselves, their country,

and their God.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

45

THE BATTLE OF SHILOH.

11 V \\\ir. JOHNSTON, SA1 IKNAH, TKNN.

From its sources in the mountains,
Gushing forth from man; ■ glen,

With its many crystal fountains
Far beyond the haunts of men,

Swelling fast and roaring louder
In its mighty power and glee,

Sweeping on by lonely Shiloh,

Flows tin- gram I old Tennessee.

Sunshine beams in tender glory.
Springtime breezes softly Idow
( I’ei i lie spot that soon in story

\ bl lj name is doomed to know.

April shower-, fall like teardrops

Where men’s graves are BOOB to he.

On the grass-grow n sod ol Shiloh,
Near the snoree of!

-unset shed its parting splendor

i Per the landscape calm and still,

Start coi i and ga/e in tender

Pity o’er the death-doouied hill;

Midnight falls, and white-winged spirits,

Flitting o’er the world in glee,
Pause and ga/e on lovely Shiloh,
Near t he Bhores of Tenm

Bui with sunrise sounds a death note

E’en 1 1 annon clear and loud.

And in fierce and deadly combat

Face to face two ai mies crowd ‘
I ouder, hotter grows the battle,

\s the men on both sidei
They must light like men at Shiloh,

i in the short – of Tennea

\nd as noonday’s lui id glory

i ‘in, more gilds the Southern sky.

On the Bold, upturned and gory,
\l:in\ heart – ill pulseless lie!

.1 oh nsl on, with the rest, lies lying —
What a grand, good man was hel

His brave soul takes Sight at Shiloh,
Shiloh on the Tennessee ‘

Once again night’s peaceful curtain

Falls around the death-strewn place,

Until morn it is not certain
Which side victory’s bom

lint with dawn the battle

\nd it shortly proves to be

That her own are doomed at Shiloh,

Shiloh on the Tenm ssei

i tnce more midnight’s holy hie
Kiss the upturned fat 66 there,

As many a manly bosi in

Many a death groan cuts the air.

Many a \\ ife i- lelt a \\ idoW,
Man; a mother’s heart \\ ill he

Broken as the news from Shiloh
is wafted down the Tennessee.

Angels through the air seem wailing
tier the world that faints in tears.

For in blood and dust lie trailing
Hopes that once could feel BO ‘

And they droop their wings in Badness

Ls in blood they bend the knee.
Bow their heads and weep o’er Shiloh,

shiloh on the Tennessee

GEN. GEANT AT sill I. on,
.i XASHVir.i.i: i. aid <;n is v \i r inr.i-: HISTORIC n 8

T1MOXY

time mentioned, on the Tennessee River bluff at Savan.
nah, a few miles below where the battle of Shiloh was
fought:

I believe Gen. Grant was thoroughly sober, lie was
at my breakfast table when he heard the report from a
cannon. Holding, untested, a cup of coffee, lie paused in
conversation to listen a moment at the report of another
cannon, lie hastily arose, saying to lii- start’ officers
tlemen, the hall is in motion; let’s he off.” Mis
flagship I as he called hi- special steamboat i was lying at
the wharf, and ill fifteen minutes he, stall officers, order-
lies, clerks, and horses had embarked.

During the weeks of his occupancy of my housi be
always med himself as a gentleman; was kind.

dus, genial, and oonsidi id never appeared in

my presence in a state of intoxication, lie was uniform
ly kind to eiti. > jpet tive of politics, and wh<

the brutality to citisens so frequently indulged in by the
soldier- was made known to him. he at onee sent orders
for the release of the captives or restoration of the prop-
erty appropriated \- a proof of his thoughtful kind-
I mention that during the battle on Sunday he
wrote and sent to mj mother a safeguard to prevenl her

home being used a- a hospital Yielding to the ap-
peal- of humanity, -lie did, however, opon her home to
th, wounded ami sick tor three months mi succession,
often ministering to their want- and necessities in per-
son In such ‘ • em del Gen Grant hold such
magna the most aggravating circumsta

that lie thanked h ordialh her that.

lering the great losses and gross indignities she had
• d from the soldiers, her uobilitj of bouI was more
to he admired than the fame i ral leadit

army of victorious -old

t in l to he introduced to my

mother and family – 1 1 you h

introducing me, 1 will be much pleased. 1 I replied Not

ral, but because 1 belies e you
to be a gentleman, I will unhesitatingly introduce you to
them. In deference to the fact that I v them

lady, witli Southern proclivities, he attired himself in a
mm of citizen’s clothes, and, touching himself on the
shoulder, said. ‘I thoughl you would like- tin- best,
evincing gentlemanly instincts of which the hon
war or merited promotion had not deprived him

I feel that it i- due to the surviving members of Gen.
Grant’s family to menti evidences of his great-

heartedness a- Bbowrj in kindness to Southern people.

” Military n, e, s-ily ” was not to hon a term -vnonyinous

with unlicensed vandalism or approval of terrorism He

was to,, great ami too true to lii- manhood to he fi

by prejudice

<£” ” ; *r

/ Can’t £b

&ny -‘rtr,-/,,,.

Mns. W. II Cheery, of Nashville, Tenn.. pays fine
tribute to Gen. Grant. The home of the lady was, at the

J^ fj forrpj’

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GEN. A. P. HILL

PABTLAL SKETCH OF HIS TBBILUBQ CAMRRB, BY DR
WILL I A M JONBS,

Ik an intimate personal acquaintance, warm friend-
ship, and close association with him during the most
eventful period of liis life, an ardent admiration for his
character, a high estimate of his ability a- a Boldier, a
full knowledge of his career, a sincere love for the man.
and an honest desire to vindicate his name and tame at
the liar “!’ history constitute qualifications to speak of
A. P. Mill, then 1 think I may. without improper ego-
tism, claim that I have at least some right to he- heard
on this noble I bemi

I first mot A. 1′. Mill at his old home in Culpeper,
where the bright buttons, lithe figure, and manly bear-
ing of the W.–I Point cadet “at home on furlough ” at-
tracted my boyish fancy and excited my boyhood’s am-
bition that I, too, might go to West Point and be a
soldier.

I I seems bul yesterday that I saw in Culpeper and in
Washington the young artillery officer whom I so much
admired, or when I met him in Culpeper when he had
just broughl to his old home his bride, the beautiful and
accomplished sister of the afterward famous Confederate

ral, John II. Morgan.

When at Harper’s Perry in the spring of istil the
Thirteen! b Virginia Regiment was organized of volunteer
companies, who were among the first in Virginia to take
t he field, and which I had the high honor of being ” hieh
private in the rear rank,” it was with great joy that I nc

ognized in the new colonel my old friend. A. P. Hill. Pr

that day to the close of his life I watched his brilliant ca-
reer as he rose through the successive grades of brigadier
general, major general, and Lieutenant general. Since
the war 1 bare studied his history in the light id’ the
official records, and my admiration for the man and the
soldier has steadily increased as the years have gone on.

A. P. Mill was one of the mo-t thoroughly accom-
plished soldiers whom the war produced. Educated at
West Point in the palmy days of the academy, he had
graduated wit h honor; and devoted as he was to his pro.

cession, be had. as a young artillery officer iii the United
States army, earnestly studied the great campaigns of
the greal soldiers of history, and sought by every other
means in his power to perfed himself in all thai pertains
to the art of war, or the details of the duties of the sol-
dier. Me was. t herefore, considered by his fellow-soldiers
as high authority in everything pertaining to military
matters.

When appointed colonel of the Thirteenth Virginia
regiment at Harper’s ferry in the early spring of 1861,
be proceded at once to organize, equip, drill, and disci-
pline his regiment until it was soon pronounced one of the
finest in t he service.

NOT EVEN TIME TO PEE M II.

I well remember how rigidly be enforced his orders
for frequent drills. I had never myself been a member

of any volunteer company until the “Louisa Blues”
were called into service on the memorable 17th day of
April. 1861, and I fell it my duty to enlist s after-
ward in the ranks of that company. The first Sunday
I spent al Harper’s ferry I made several appoint uieiil s

to preach; bu1 I was put in the “awkward squad,”

drilled six hours that day, and sent on picket that night,
so that I did not get an opportunity of wedging in a
sermon.

I am sure your readers will pardon the natural pride
of an old soldier in his own regiment if I shall say that
there was no fetter regiment in the army than the old
Thirteenth Virginia, which gave to the Confederacy one

lieutenant general, one major genera! (.lames A. Walk-
er i, ami one brigadier general (J. E. B, Terrill) — a regi-
ment of which lien. R. B. Lee once said to me in Lcx-
ington, •■ It was one of the best regiments l ever saw in

the Held.” and which Jeb Stuart. Stonewall Jackson.

BEN. v P. mil..

Bwell, Early, and others mentioned in terms of high
praise in official reports. 1 would not detract from the
just meed ofpraiBe due to the other field officers, the

company officers, and the rank and tile, which was com-
posed of as splendid material as ever kept step to the
music of Dixie, yet it is hut simple justice to say that

the after efficiency of thai grand old regiment resulted
in no small measure from the impress left upon it by its
first colonel. A. 1″. Hill.

During (he winter at Manassas Gen. Mill was for most
of the time in command of the brigade, and so mingled

rigid discipline and kind consideration for the command
as to Win the respect, admiration, and love of the whole

brigade, as he had always had of his own regiment.

HADE isilli: UDIEB GENERAL.

In the early days of 1862 Gen. Mill received his wcll-
deserved promotion, and with his commission as briga-
dier general was put in command of the famous old
hrigade which Longstreet had commanded.

When Gen. Lee (with that far- reach ine; strategy and
bold determination which preeminently characterized
him) decided that instead of waiting for McClellan to
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his intronchraents anil drive him from before Richmond,
he assigned to A. P. Hill the important and delicate duty
of Grossing the Chickahomniy at Meadow Bridge and
moving down on the enemy at ICechanicsville to drive
him off, so that Longstreet and I>. II. Hill could i – 1-. .— — ; 1 1
that point and join in the further advance.

An important part of the plan was that stonewall
Jackson, fresh from his splendid Valley campaign, should
move from Ashland and flank the positional tfechan ii
ville and Eillerson’s MilL But Jackson was detained by
the burning of the bridges, the felling of timber across
the roads by which he move. I. etc., twenty-four hours
beyond the time that be told Glen. Lee that it would be
necessary for him to consume in making the march . and
fearing that the enemy might discover Gen. Huh
weakness below Richmond, and march over him into the
city, Gen. Lee decided that it was best to wail no longer
for Jackson, and ordered A. P. Hill to advance on the
enemy. This lie did in superb style.

1 shall never forget the thrilling scene in Jackson’s
corps as \ P. Hill’s guns opened at Mechanics ville on
that memorable afternoon of the 26th of June, 1862, and
i he “foot ca\ airy ” made the hills and valley* and woods
ring with their Confederate yells as they eagerly pressed
forvi ard with anticipation of coming victory. Hill moved
forward in fine style, and drove the enemy from their po-
sition a1 Meohanicsville, thus opening the way for Long
street and D. H. Hill, whose divisions were thrown
across the Chiekahominy at that point.

In the earl\ morning of the 27tb of June the Confed-
erate troop– on the north side were in motion, and the
Federal forces, under gallanl Fits John Porter, awaited
them in positions naturally strong, but which bad been
fortified with all the appliances of engineering skill and
ample material.

LITTLE row 111 L STRIKING HOI

It was my privilege to sec that day a number of our
leading generals: our grand old chieftain, R. V, I
clad in a uniform of simple gray and having the bearing

of a king of men; Stonewall Jackson, in hi* ding} Uni-
form, mounted on ” Little Sorrell.” Bucking a lemon ami

evidently very impatient at the delay in the advance of
his coin in n ; stern old Bwell, who impressed one a* being
every inch a soldier; Job Stuart, in his fighting jacket,
and with the bearing of the ” flower of cavaliers,’ and

others w ho were ” winning their spurs.” l?ut no soldier
whom 1 saw on that historic day impressed me n
than A. P. Hill. Dressed in a fatigue jacket of gray
flannel, his felt hat slouched over his noble brow, *iitiiiL;
his horse with easy grace, glancing with his eagle eye
along his column as it hurried past him into I. attic, and
vet taking time from his pressing duties to give me a
warm grasp of the hand and a cordial greeting as he in-
quired after “the boysoftheold Thirteenth.” I wasmore
impressed than ever before with his soldierly bearing,
and said to a friend as he rode off: ” Little Powell will
do his full duty to-day.” And right well was this proph-
ecy fulfilled Encountering the enemy in hi- strong
position and heavy intrenchments near Cold Earbor
afoul 2 o’clock r.M.’. Hill fore the I. runt of the fight for
about two hours, until Jackson got into position, and
Longstreet went to his assistance and then bore his full
share in the grand charge which swept the field along
the whole line of Cold Harbor and Gaines’s Mill, captur-
ing fourteen pieces of artillery and many prisoners, and
driving the enemy in greal confusion from every posi-
tion. I may not give in detail the further movements of

those seven day* of carnage and Confederate victory,

which raised the siege of Richmond and drove McClel-
lan’s splendid army to tic- cover of his gunhoats at Har-
rison’s Landing

THE BATTLE OF mv/lKR s FARM.

No soldier bore a more conspicuous part or won more
laurels in those greal battles than A. 1′. Hill. He espe-
cially distinguished himself and covered with glory his
■ Light Division in the battle of Frasier’s Farm, where
alone at first, and afterward supported by Longstreet, he

made a fight and won a victory which Gl D Lee had de
aigned to make complete by having Stonewall Jackson
Cross Wniteoak Swamp and Strike the enemy in flank
and rear — a movement which Jackson, tor once in his
brilliant career, pronounced “impracticable,” and tailed
. cecute I’ was during th< – that an in-

cident occurred of which President Davis told with evi-
dent gusto The President was reconnoitering at the

front when he im i < ■ I – on the -aim- I and

ren strated with him. Baying: ‘Tin- i* no place for

the commander of the army.’ Th J gently <

plained, aid i bat t hi- i- clearly

ie> place for 1 1 mmander in chief of all our an

“Just then.” said Mr Davis, in telling mi He ne idi
1 1 l:m t little A I’ Mill galloped up. and exclaim
What are \oii tWO doing here? Thi* i* no place for
• -it I > I a- commander of this part of the field

I order you both t- th We will obey youror-

ders,” wa* the laughing I’ply. and they moved a littll

the rear and became absorbed it iltation about the

situation, when Hill again galloped up and exclaimed:

hid I not order you away li and did you not

promise to obey me? Why. one -hot from thai battery
over there might deprive the Army of Northern Virginia
of its commander and the i lonfederacy of it* IV.

\ I lii-
After tie- brief rest buc< ■ eding the seven days around
Richmond, II ill « a- assigned h

to join him i He “a- an active partic-

ipant in the batt le of ( ledar Run w I ated

hi- old ” Quarti and led hi*

‘■ Light Divi just as soi t – 1

troops had been thrown ‘! confusion, and just

in time to turn the tide of battle and save the day.

A* I *aw him at the crisis, with coai off and saber
drawn, throwing out skirmishers to stop stragglers, tear-
ing off the bars of a lieutenant who was skulking to the

rear, and giving hi* clear, en-p orders a- he hurried hi*
veteran* into the fight and hurled back the blue lil
who were advancing flushed with victory, I I to

me the very per*oiiiticat ion of the genius of battle, the

very heau ideal of the soldier.

At Becond Manassas, during the crisis of the struggle
for the famous railroad cut, Hill Bent a at r to

impure of brave old Maxey Gregg how he wa* getting
on. ■■Tell him,” said the old that our ammuni-

tion i* exhausted, hut rock* are very plentiful, and we
will hold our position with them until we can gel ammu-
nition.” Sending his stall and couriers to till their hav-
ersacks and pockets with cartridges and distribute them
to the men. Hill himself galloped to the line and excited
the wildest enthusiasm as his clarion voice rang out:
“Good for yon. boys! Give them the rocks and the
bayonet, and hold your position, and I will soon have
ammunition and reinforcements for you.”

48

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capture of nAiti’Mi – rxaar.

Crossing with the army into Maryland, A P. Bill per-
formed a most important part in the capture of Elar-
Ferry, with its garrison of 11,000 troops, a large
Dumber of small arms, Beventy-three pieces or artillery,
and an immense supply of stores of every description.
He was left to parole the prisoners and Becure the stores,
while Jackson hurried to Sharpsburg, leaving him or-
ders to follow as rapidly as possible.

Hill’s forced march from Harper’s Perry to Sharps-
burg and his rush Into the battle al the critical juncture,
changing the whole fare of affairs, and converting
threatened disaster into Bplendid victory, are among the
most brilliant achievements of the war. With 2,000 of
the advance of his division be rushed on the field at
double-quick, and with the help of other troops, who ral-
lied at his coming, checked Burnside’s victorious legions,
and then drove them back in such confusion thai lie was
soon calling piteously for reinforcements, and McClellan
sent him thai famous message: “I have not a man to
Bpare you. If you cannot bold your advanced position,
then hold the bridge to the last extremity. The bridge!
The bridge to the last man! All is lost if the bridge
should be lost.” ……..

at Hamilton’s CROSS] WO.

A. I’. Jlill remained with Jackson in the Valley, led
dvance across the mountains to join Lee at Fred-
ericksburg, held the front line near Hamilton’s Crossing
on December L3th, and contributed his lull share toward
winning that great victory. 1 remember seeing him
the battle visiting, as was his custom, his field hos-
pitals, looking after the comfort of his wounded, and
with his own hands lifting some of (he poor fellows into
more comfortable positions.

I may add that I met no general during the war who
was more careful to make proper provision for his sick
and wounded, who save more personal attention to
ihein. or who was more tender ami sympathetic to the
Buffering.

He givatlv enjoyed the rest of the winter at his head-
quarters mar Moss Neck, enlivened as they were by the
Bunshine of the presence of wife and babies, bul he dili-
gently employed his time in preparing his ” Light Divi-
sion — now bronzed veterans id’ many a glorious tield —
I..I I he next campaign.

Willi Jackson on his march to Chancellorsville and
flank inarch to Hooker’s rear, he was moving his divi-
sion into line of hat tk- to take the advance when Jackson
was shot down by hie own men. and, after giving his
chief needed personal attention, Mill hurried to assume
command of the corps ami finish the brilliant movement
which .lack-son had so auspieiou-l y begun; hut he was
wounded himself soon alter, and compelled in relinquish
tin- command and leave to Jeb Stuart — dashing, glo-
rious Jeb Stuart — who was sent for and ]*it in com-
ma m I. the glory of carrying line after line of the enemy’s
breastworks, as he gave the old corps the watchword,
“Charge and remember Jackson,” ana rode at i he head
of the charging columns, singing in clear miles thai were
heard above the din of battle:

“Old Joe Hooker, won’t you come out of the wilderness?”

Soon after Chancellorsville A. I’. Hill was put in com-
mand of I he Second corps until the Army of Northern
Virginia was divided into three corps. Longstreef being
retained in command of the First, grim and gallant old
Ewell being promoted to the command of the Second,

and A. I’. Hill being made lieutenant general ami

placed in command of the Third corps, which was made

to consist of lleth’s. Anderson’s, and Pender’s divisions.

lien. James LongStreet, in an article written several

years ago fur the Century, severely criticises Glen. Lea

for the promotion of A. P. Hill, naming other officers
whom he considered his superiors in merit, saying that
Lee recommended ii because Hill “was a Virginian;”
bul Gen. I!. E. Lee, in his otlieial letter to President
I »a\ is recommending the creation of the three corps and
the officers to command them, Bays that he preferred A.
P. Hill because he regarded him as ‘upon the whole the

best soldier of his grade with me. ” That was a great
deal for Gen. Lee, always careful in his recommenda-
tions, lo say. and the world will take his judgment in
preference to that of Gen. Longstreet.

It may not be improper to add that I called the atten-
tion Of President Oavis to Gen. Lone-street’s criticism,

and asked him if Hill’s being a Virginian had anything

to with his promotion, and he wrote me very fully, say
in–, among other things: “So far from thai being true,
I should ai that lime have keen glad to have appointed

one of (he lieutenant generals from another State, as
i hen- had been complaint in certain quarters that Vir-
ginia was gelling more than her share of the promo-

i s. Put i he truth was that A. P. Hill was so clearly

entitled to the place, both on account of his ability as a
soldier and the meritorious services he had rendered,
that lien. Lee did not hesitate to recommend him. and 1
did not hesitate to make the appointment.”

And certainly Hill’s after career in command of his
splendid corps al Cet (yshurg, in the campaign of 1864,
and during the siege of Petersburg, fully justified the
good opinions of Pee and Havis.

Won. n Mil LEAVE Ills COMMAND.

I remember bow hard I tried to induce him to go to

the house of a friend when he lay in his ambulance near
Spottsvlvania C. IP, too sick to mount his horse, and
his Surgeons begged him to take a “sick leave,” but

he firmly and persistently replied: -No; [cannot leave

my Command, and just as soon as possible 1 shall take
charge of my brave fellows again.”

COURAGEOI s INT” DEATH.
Pill, alas! tin- end drew nigh. A. P. Hill had spent a
delightful winter at Petersburg, cheered by the presence

of his wile and children, but bis health was poor and his
surgeons had persuaded him to lake a -‘sick furlough”
ami resl for a season at the house of a relative in « ‘lies-
terfield County, bui be bad left strict injunctions with
his stall’ to be notified of any threatened movement, and
accordingly on Saturday, the 1st of April, he hastened
back to his headquarters, and when his thin line —
“Stretched until it broke,” as (Jen. Pee expressed it —
was cut in sunder in the early hours of Sunday, April -.
Hill at Once galloped to the scene and exerted himself
with even more than his accustomed gallantry tO reSs
tablisb his lines.

Finding ibis impossible, for the enemy outnumbered

him fully five to one, and he had no reserves, be deter-
mined lo reach and lake personal command of I he pari
of bis Corps which bad been cut oil’, and it was in Ibis
brave attempt that ho was shot down and instantly
killed by a squad of the enemy whose surrender he bad
demanded.

His body was recovered by a charge of the members
of his stall’ and the headquarters guard, and was tempo-

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rarity buried al the home in Chesterfield, whence he
came to take command of his corps.

No general orders announced his death, no guard of
honor attended his burial; for the grand old army of
which be bad been so conspicuous a member had taken
up its sad march to Appomattox C. II

But he has lived in the hearts of his old corps and
of loving comrades, he will live in life-speaking bronze
thai loving bands have reared, and he lias passed into
History as one of the noblest, truest, grandest sold
ill the bright galaxy thai made the infant Confederacy
Uie admiration of the world, and will extort froi
lerity an indorsation of the noble sentimenl of thi
isb bard :

No nation rose BO white and fair,

i ir fell po pure of crime,

Q] V BRADLEY T. JOHNSON”, BALTIMORE, Ml>.

BILL ALTS FACTORY YAK\

. . . The Bigns of the times are very hopi
Action and reaction is the law of human progress. We

make war and we make peace. We abuse one another,
and afterward comes the love feast. The pendulum is
always swinging. A few year- ago a Northern man
would hardly have ventured South to tell UB what he
thought of US. Now he goes and comes and sa\s wdiat
he pleases, and his utterance-, are courteously tolerated.

old Father Time is a wonderful doctor. 1 have been un-
der his treatment, and find myself better; better in
charity and hope .and humanity, with broader patriot-
ism and less prejudice, with more philosophy and less
bigotry and conceit. I think I am improving daily,
and will soon be ready to certify that old Doctor
Time is a wonderful man, and that his medicine is good.
4

( iiir A merican people are never as mad with one anoth-
er a- they think they are. It is a kind of surface enmi-
ty, while the heart beats warmer than they are willing

to admit. Lei a yankee and a Georgian meet together
in Egypt or Peru, or on if – anal, and they in-

stantly become friend-, and would defend each other to
the very death. The love of country make- us kin, and
kindred makes us kind.

Winn I was a merchant in a country town I managed,
somehow, to provoke the enmitj of my principal com-
petitor. To avenge himself he put out posters that he
would undersell anybody, regard! -i or profit, and

added a codicil that he would torj yarn ten

cent- a hunch cheaper than it could be boughl in the
village. Determined to keep up with the sensation, I
putout my posters to the effect that [wasg ell my

heap that Spence would have to aix>- In- away
or take down hi- handbill. The first day of the contest
a customer called for two bunches of yam 8s and 10s
I didn’t have the 10s, but I gave him a hunch of i
nothing, on condition that be would buy the lOfl at
Spence 6 Si went down forthwith, and asking the

nee looked Straight at him and said: ”What

ilid Arp charge you for that bunch?” “Nothing,” says
he i- giving it away.” With a spasmodic jerk
Spence threw down a bunch on the oounterand snapped
a dime by the side of it. ” There – youi

– your n y. I’ll -ec who Can play this little

game the 1 Well. I wasn’t foolish enough to play

it any longer, but from that day our intercourst
much more limited than our animosity. We never cume
to a pitched battle, but it was a regular skirmie
summer. Early in the tall Spence went to New York,
and I la few day- later. Arriving about mid-

night, the hotel . :
crowded, but it I didn’t mind bedding with a Georgian,

mi late mc. I was conducted to the

room, and a- the light a my bedfellow’s I

saw it was Spence. and saw it was me. There

was no time to calculate prayers, and we didn’t

want any, for no two broth i h other a

more earnest and cordial greeting From that day un-
til hi- unt me i v deal b we ids.

Rev Dh I”. E Hose litot of the i

t tin- M E. Church, South: “Nashville,
Deccml am : I

must he allowed to congratulate you on the greal -uc-
C6S8 that you have achieved with the CoHFEDl

Veteran, Iron, the beginning it has been a most in-
teresting; publication « >fbigb literary character, breath-
ing a noble spirit of patriotism, and without a tra

bitterness, it is worthy of the highest cot mdation.

That you should, in so short a time, have gotten :■
fide subscription list of nearly 7,000 copies in 42 differ-
ent States ami at 1,590 post offices is tin 1 best testimony

to the merit of the VETERAN.

An advertisement of the ■ Military Annals f Tennes-
see (Confederate)” i~ given on the back cover of this
Souvenir, This is doubtless the clearest record ofTen-
nesseeans in the < lonjfederate army that ever will be print-
ed. For accuracy and detail the author. l»r. Lindsley, was
Untiring. The great Publishing House represented by
Barbee & Smith is a credit to the country, and ii
servedly the pride of the South.

C< >NFEDERATE VETERAN.

CONFEDERATE BONl KENT, Ml’. OLIVET, NAslI VI l.l.i:. TENN.

CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS.

Monument at Nashville, Tenn. — This picture is a
lt’io’I one. The monument is of Vermont granite, and is
forty five feel six inches high. The first base is sixteen
feet Bquare; above it there are three gradations, then
the tall shaft surmounted by a private soldier of colossal
size. In bold let ters on upper base are the words, “Con-
federate Kiemorial.” Ii cost {10,500. The other in-
script iona are as follows:

Front. — “This shaft honors the valor, devotion, and
fice unto death of Confederate soldiers of Tennes-
see. The winds of heaven, kissing its Bides, hviiin an
everlasting requiem in memory of the unreturning
brav.

Rear. -“Erected through the efforts of women of the
State in admiration of the chivalry of men who foughl
in defense of home and fireside, and in t heir fall sealed a
title of unfading affect ion.”

Right. — “In the magnanimous judgment of mankind,
who gives up life under a sense of duty tn a public
deemed just is a hero.’

/. ft. “The muster roll of our dauntless dead is lost,
and their dnst dispersed “a many Gelds., This column
sentinels each soldier grave as a shrine.”

Monuments in South Carolina. — Concerning Con-
federate i nmeiits in Smith Carolina, William B,

Breese, President First National Bank, Asheville, X C,
writes: “I notice that you omit South Carolina so far
from pour list of memorial monuments. I know no
State so full of them, and i i as tine, except in Rich-
mond. In Charleston the Washington Lighl Infantry

have erected two, one SS. 0(111. the other S13,000j Irish

Volunteers, one for $15,000; Charleston Light Dragoons,
$14,000; German Artillery, 920,000; Ladies’ Memorial
Association, $25,000 ; one to John Mitchell, the Irish pa-
triot, $5,000; s. II. Anderson (« Fighting Dick”), $2,000;

Gen. Ripley, $2,1 The old Citadel A.oademy and all

the churches have on walls and vestibules memorial tab-
lets. Columbia has one. Camden, Cheraw, Greenville,
Anderson, etc. I write only from memory, being a for-
mer South Carolinian. 1 have always thought that

South Carolina headed the list. The Richmond i u.

meiits were from contributions all over the South. The
South ( ‘arolina monuments are all home affairs.”

Newberry, S. C: “The ladies have erected n monu-
ment to the Confederate dead from this county in the
courthouse square. Ii is of marble, and cost $1,300.”

Anderson, S. ( ‘. : “Our noble women have organized
a Confederate Memorial Association, and are now rais-
ing funds to creel a monument in OUT cit\ .

Mom mknt \t K now ii.i, k, — It is a graceful, well-pro?
portioned shaft, twelve feel square at the base, and
twenty-four feel high. It is surmounted with a heroic
statue of a private soldier, standing at parade rest.
The inscription “commemorates the heroic courage and
unshaken constancy of more than 1,600 soldiers of the
South, who. in the great war between the States, 1861 to
L865, were inspired by the holiness of a patriotic and
impersonal love, and in the mountain passes of Tennes-
see, whether stricken in tie’d of in hospital ward, gave
ungrudgingly their lives to their country.”

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.Muniment at Chicago. — In June, 1 S !U. Gen. John C.
Underwood was authorized by the ex-Confederate Asso-
ciation of Chicago to raise funds with which to erect a
monument at Oakwoods Cemetery, in that city. Start-
ing with a nucleus of (1,500 raised by thai association,
through a lecture previously given then- by Gen. .1. B.
Gordon, of Georgia, he, assisted by prominent members
of the association, succeeded in raising the
necessary funds, and lias had erected a
handsome monument over the Southern
dead in Oakwoods Cemetery.

Citizens of Chicago subscribed 110,000
for the purpose. There are Bis thousand
Confederate dead buried in Oakwoods.

The monument ie of “Pearl” granite
from Georgia. The memorial presents a
dignified and imposing app

The lower base or platform is tit
feet six inches square, upon whicb are
laid three other bases; and on the (ronl
of one of them, cut in raised and polished
letters of hold outlines are the words
‘Confederate Dead.” The upper base is
adorned with a series of rich moldings,
and on the front of this stone is placed an
enlarged model of the will. known Con-
federate seal, worked in bronze, repre-
senting in relief a mounted soldier
Washington) inclosed within a wreath
wroughl by entwining the foliage ot
products peculiar to the South.

The ” die ” of the monumenl is made of

one massive stone, the dimensions being

six feet square by two feel ten inches high.

< hi the front Bide, north thee, the R>]

lowing inscription is worked in ini

letters upon a polished panel: ” Erected
to the memory of the six thousand Con-
federate soldiers here huried. who died in
Camp Douglas prison, 1862-65.”

< > 1 1 the other three side– are placed ar-
tistic bronze panels: that on the east rep.
resents the “Call to Arms” at the begin-
ning of the Confederacy. It is a very
striking scene, ami relates the thrilling
story. Figures representing men in va-
rious conditions ot’ life — the laborer, ar-
tisan, and professional man — are depicted
as they are hastening from their avoca-
tions to enroll for tile war. The panel on
the west represents the ” Lost Cause.”
In tin’ foreground of the medallion is an
unarmed Confederate soldier in rude and
picturesque garb, leaning on a Btaff, His

attitude reveals deep dejection. lie is
gazing upon a dis-
mantled log cabin.
The broken door lies
extended across the

deserted threshold,

part ni t he root’ has
been carried away by

a round shot, and the house in which he was cradled is
a ruin. Near by lie a discarded cannon and war debris
ami the sun slowly descending in the west, by its de-
parting rays, furnishes an appropriate Betting to the
picture and lends completion to the idea sought to be

expressed by the deft hand of the sculptor.

Aii elaborate piece of masonry, ornamented with a
carved wreath on each of its four gables, forms the
crown to the “die” and completes the pedestal: and
from it as a fas, BpringS the shaft, two feet six
inches Bquare at the bottom and twelve feel in height,
surmounted with a finely designed battlemented cap
which supports a bronze statue of a typical Confed
toot s,, flier eight feet high.

This statue is true 1o nature and per-
il detail, even to the placing of the
trousers within the socks to guard againsl
dust, a common practice with Confeder-

1 ry.
In addition to the bronze panels, earv-
caimon balls piled as military
emblems in tb oud base

great] Th<

it of the monument, including the
statue, is thirty-si

The monument was
Underwood.

tnal dedication will take |
on llav 30, 1894, aid I atory ,,v:t

tion will he delivered by Senator Wade

Hampton, of South < Carolina.

Tin Latham Mom hent.— The bat ham

■ at Bopkinsville,

Ky . ted by John < ‘ Latham, the

head banking house of Latham.

■ 0., Of Wall Street Me left

Bopkinsville, his birthplace, to enter the
Confederate army as a private at seven-
aid continued in the

service until tb oreiider at Gn

boro, N. < !., in 1865 [n an unattended

field slept in eternal rest the dead war-
‘ confederate army who had
iiis townsmen and schoolmates The
unmarked graves of more than one hun-
dred ( lonfi lying ‘” the ” potters’
field ippealed to the tendi r
thought and Southern patriotism of Mr.
Latham The firsl Btep wt to re-
tins lo an eligible lot. and
ated

to their hallowed memory this hand-
shaft by their surviving comrade, a noble
Kentuckian. The monument i~ of Hal-
lowell granite. Th the structure

uare, supporting a pee
of two polished Btont \ – t he
1 in height, with tour pol-
ished panels*. The die is sur unted by

a Bquare obelisk with Corinthian capital,
crowned with a pyra-
mid of died
rA± cannon balls. Tie
whole structure is
thirty-seven feet
h i g li , e I e g a 11 1 I y
WTOUghl oft he ti

granite, marked for its (lassie taste and simplicity.

The monument 1o 12,000 Confederate dead in Holly.
wood Cemetery, Richmond, is a granite pyramid forty-
five feet Bquare and ninety feel high, erected by the :
ofHollywood Memorial Association. It cost ahoul 850,000.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

Monument at Alexandria, Va. — All honor to the
women and the men of Alexandria, Va., who close by
the capital of the nation have erected a Buperb monu-
ment to their own Confederate dead. It i- surmounted
by ;i soldier wit li hal in hand, his arms folded, and stand-
ing with his head a little dropped, as if he was prepar-
ing i” make another vigorous battle — a battle with
conditions which mean the recovery of fortune, and
redemonstrating merit t<> distinction as a patriot. An
old paper comes to the Veteran, which says: ” For all
time will Alexandria bear in her heart of hearts the man-
ner of those gallant men who, on the 24th day of May,
1861, left their homes at the call of public duty, for the
monument is inscribed with the names of those Alexan-
drians, whose homes never saw them again, but the
hearts of whose fellow-cil izena will enshrine t hem forever.

‘Yon marble minstrel’s voiceless -tone

In deathless Bong shall tell.
When many a vanished tear has Sown,

The story how you fell;
Xor wreck nor change nor winter’s blight

SToi time’s remorseless ‘loom
Can dim one ray of holy light

That gilds your glorious tomb.’
Name- of scores who went from Alexandria ami never
returned are engraved. The other inscription cm the
monument is: ‘Erected to the memory of the Con-
federate dead of Alexandria, Va., by their surviving
comrades, May 24, 1889.’ On the south face,.and on the

north lace, (he words: ‘They died in the consciousness

of duty faithfully performed,” will he cut after the un-
\ eiling of the memorial ” It eo»1 $ 1. 100,

Mom nikvis in New Orleans.— The Confederate mon-
umenl in Greenwood Cemetery, built by t he Lai lies’ Be-
nevolent Association, is of white marble, surmounted by
a figure of a Confederate infantryman “on guard.”

Around the pedestal are the husl- of I. re. Sidney John
Ston, Polk, and ” .Stonewall.” It was unveiled in 1867.
Value. $25,000

The monument of the Washington Artillery is a marble
shaft on mound, statue of an artilleryman on top. Bponge
stall’ in hand. < )ii the base are inscribed the names of

those members of the co tand who we’re killed or died

in service, also the names of Bixty engagements in
which the command participated, [JnveiTed February
2i’, 1880. Value, $15,000.

The monument of t he Army of Wost Virginia is a col-
umn fifty feet above the ground, or t hirty-eignt feet a hove
the mound on which it stands. On the summit is a
stone statue of Stonewall .lack- son. eight feel nine inches
high. Under the mound are vaults for the dead. Jef-
ferson Davis’s remains are deposited there at present.

Unveiled in May. 1881. Value. $25,000.

The monument of the Army of Tennessee is a mound
containing tombs for deceased members, Burmounted by
an equest rian statue of Albert Sidney Johnston in bronze.
At the entrance to vault- is a marble life-size figure of a
Confederal,- sergeant calling his roll. Value, $35,000.

The Robert E. Lee monument is a Doric column of
granite on a grassy mound, surmounted hy a bronze statue
of Lee fifteen feel high. Entire height, one hundred and
six feet eight inches. Column, sixty feet. Unveiled
February 22, 1884. It is in St. Charles Street. Value,
$40,000.

Natchez, Miss.: “We have built, a very handsome
monument to Our Confederate dead, costing $3,000. It
is a shaft with life-size soldier in marble. Statue made
in Italy.”

The Mom mi, vi \r Camden, S. C. — Dr. John W, Cor-
bett supplies this ,/,/f,/.- “The cornerstone of this mon-
ument was laid on the Huh of May. 1883, Memorial
Day, and it «a- completed in June. The railway- yard
was crowded with coaches and engines. Crowds went
in private conveyances from all portions of the county

and neighboring counties. The procession contained,
bl -ides the civic lodges, four hands of music, sixteen in-
fantry companies, three cavalry companies, and three
artillery corps, in all ahoul seven hundred men in uni-
form. The -land near the monument was richly and
profusely decorated with festoons of palmetto leavesand

jessamines, ami almost completely covering I he stand

was a great number of battle-scarred flags. Gen. Wade

IIatn]iton was the orator of the day. The monument is
a cylindrical shaft of marble, four feet in circumference
and eight feet high, on a marble base; under this base
are three large blocks of Fairfield granite; surmounting

the shaft i- an urn. on which is a dove; the dove has
its wings outstretched ami i- facing the south; the to-
tal height of the monument is twenty feet. The square
base to shaft is inscribed as follows: This monument is
erected by the women of Kershaw County, in memory
of her brave sons who fell during the Confederate War,
defending the rights and honor of the South:’ ‘ They
died for home and country, and are gratefully relneiii-
hered wherever they he.

Counties- heart- have conned their story:
i oiintle– heart- i:rown brave thereby;
Let us thank the God Of glory,
We had such to die.

It is situated at an important street crossing. An iron
fence incloses it.”

Monuments in’ Tennessee. — The monument at Clarks-
ville, Teiin., was const rui -ted from Barre granite ; its cost,
$7,500.

The Confederate monument in the grassy courthouse
yard at Bolivar, Tenn., is very beautiful, li cosl $2,700,
is of marble, about thirty feel high from ground to top,
urn on top, shaft draped with lag, The ornaments are
cannon, tents, drums, flags, etc, Inscription on south
3ide: ” To the Confederate dead of Hardeman County.”
West : ”Hardeman < lounty erects this monument to the
memory of her sons fallen iii the service of the Confed-
erate States.” Bast: ” In hope of a joyful resurrection.”
North:

Though men deserve,
They may not win success.

The brave will honor the hrave,

Vanquished none the less.

A movement was started for a Confederate monument
at Fayetteville, Tenn.. but it was abandoned on account
of a disastrous cyclone which swept the town.

Jackson, Tenn., has erected a tall shaft, including the
figure of a Confederate soldier at parade rest. Il is in
l he court house yard.

The people of Tipton County, Tenn., are raising funds
for a county monument, and have contributed more than
$50 to t he I >a\ is monument .

The ex-Confederate Association of Grayson County,
Tex., arc preparing to erect on the public square at
Sherman a 82.5011 monument to the memory of ex-Con-
federate soldiers.

Monuments in Richmond. — Monument to 12,000 Con-
federate dead in Hollywood Cemetery, a granite pyra-
mid forty-five feet square and ninety feet high, erected
by the ladies of the Hollywood Memorial Association at

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a cost of $50,000, now almost covered by thai beautiful
evergreen vine, the Virginia creeper.

Monuments over the grave of lien. .T. I’,. B. Stuart, in
Hollywood Cemetery, to the dead of Pickett’s Divisi
and the dead of < dry Bal tery — both on < Gettysburg Hill
in Bollywood — and to the Richmond Howitzers, on
Howitzer Place, juai weal of Monroe Park, represenl an
outlay of approximately $11,000.

The greatest monument to a I Confederate thai hae
been erected, size and quality of material considered, is
the Lee monument in Richmond. In the reference to it
elsewhere no idea of its magnitude can be had, except
that it cosl $75,000. A more accurate description may

be expected hereafter.

Monument to the Private Soldiers and Sailor- of the

Confederacy, in Marshall Park, overlooking the Bite of
Libby Prison, a copy ofPompey’s Pillar, surmounted by
a heroic bronze figure of the Confederate infantryman,
erected by private subscriptions at a oosl of about
$50,0(1(1.

Heroic statue, in bronze, of Gen T .1. Jackson, by
Foley, presented by admiring Englishmen to the people
of Virginia, erected in Capitol Square on a gran
at the expense of the State. Aggregate cost, abort
$15,000.

Bronze equestrian statue of Gen. R, !•’.. I by M<

ornamental granite pedestal, from designs by Pujot. ai
the western extremity of Franklin Street by

private subscriptions at .-i cosl ofal t $75,000.

Bronze heroic statue of Gen William C Wick-ham. by
Valentine, provided by private subscription, and
in Monroe Park on a granite base at the expense of the
city. Total cost, about $15,000

Bronze heroic statue of Lieut Got \. P. Hill, by
Sheppard, erected over Hill’s remains on the Hermits
road, just north of the city, by private subscriptions, at a
cost of about $15.(1(1(1.

Monument to seventeen thousand Confederate dead in
< >akwood ( Vmetcry. a massive granite obelisk, erected by

the ladies of the Oakwood Memorial Association, at a
cosi ofaboul $6,000.

Monuments are well advanced for an equestrian statue
of Gen. J. E, I! Stuart and a monument to Gen. John R

Cooke.

Ckmetkih ami Mommknt \i Ikkiiericksbubq.- Mrs
J. N. Harney, who raised $5.1(1(1 for the Confi

cemetery, with which marble headstone- rep laced rotting
wood, and a creditable statue of a private soldier was

placed in the center, in telling of the work. -aid: -|

received several shower baths of cold water thrown on
me by doubting people, who said the South was too imsy
trying to make a living to attend to putting headstones
to its dead soldiers, hut 1 did not mind a word they Said.
First 1 put a hox on my hall table for the babies to drop
pennies in. It was tine fun for the servants to make the
little fat hands unfold for the purpose. Then the chil-
dren brought me the five-cent pieces; boys and girls on
their way to school would contribute their money to put
tombstones to the soldiers who died to save their homes.
I succeeded in stirring my poor, little battle-scarred town
until 1 secured $250 from voluntary contributors. Then
I branched off into all the States. Simply by using my
pen and bringing the matter to the hearts of the dear
Southern people I raised $5,100, and you saw the re-
sult,” In conclusion she said: “We must have that
monument to Mr. Davis, and that shortly, while our
generation lasts. It is due our lost cause that we
should.”

Winchester, Va., has erected a $10,000 monument to

the unknown Confederate dead in Stonewall Cemetery.
It addition to this principal monument, different States

d shafts. There is one for Virginia that
$1,000. Maryland has a superh structure, capped with a
statue of a private soldier, by O’Brien, that cost $2,500.
The statue was made on an order thai failed, and tin
was secured at a small percentage of its value.

Portsmouth, Va., has honored her soldier dead in a
highly creditable way. It is in a monument thai
about |9,000, is fifty-five feel high, and has :I statu.- on
each corner of the base. The statues represenl the four
Irani hesof servici ii fantry, cavalry, artillery, and navy.

A HONUMEM d near Newport News.

Va.,to cost between one and two thousand dollars. It is
the work of the Lee Camp lerate veterans and

then- friends a1 Hampton, Va.

Woodstock Va. Subscriptions adeinthie

county for tin I ■ ■ nument ■■•ml. Jai

Lexington, and elsewhere.

Shepardstown, Va a Confederate tnonumenl has
been erected si a oosl of $2,500. It is a marble shaft.
pml \ \ . has a monument thai cosl $1,000

UNCLE” DAN EMMETT UJTHOB OF PIMP,,’

A writi Mi. Vernon, Va., during April,

Quel Dan Emmett, the composer of tin
ebrated a i irring song, 1 >ixie,’ is livin

the bounty oi I The Actors’ Fund of Ni •■• , i ork

rwarded sums of mon< ■ sup-

ply his wants I ‘in Ii I i.-in i- -e\ ei
and since he bi rk for ;i living

his life has been on i nd down

ventures and triumphs. And now, su from hard-

ships) ei ty. aged and forsi

a life ot Daniel Boone in poetry, which is almost com-
pleted, lie has received word to go to New Fork, that
bis friends may lemonstrate their kind remembram
him ai a benefit. Asked aboul the composition of
; Pixie. Mi Ei aetl said tn l B59 I was –
with Bryanl Brothers M astrels, of Mew York. < hie
Saturday night Jerry Bryanl came to me and
“Uncle Pan. can’t you write me a hurrah walk-around.
something to make a noise with, and bring it here for
rehearsal next Monday morning?” I told him I thought
I could. He -nd I »o bo. and bring it.” Going home,
Sunday being a rainy day, I composed “Pixie” for him,
and he was so delighted with it that he made us reh-
it all day Monday forth performance It was

a “go” right from the start. When the war broke out
Bryant Brothers’ Minstrels were forbidden to sing it.
It became so unpopular in the North that when the
band played it in the streets of New York they were
d and jeered at.'”

While giving a sketch of Dan Emmett, who wrote
”Dixie,” it seems fitting to say a word about “Yankee
Doodle.” The story I gel is that for one hundred and
thirty-five years it has been a historic air. Few. per-
haps, remember that to an English wit and musical gen-
ius we are indebted for the old tune. But true it is,
although it was composed in a spirit of rivalry, awaken-
ed by the sight of the “Yankee Doodles who came to
town” in answer to Gen. Amherst’s appeal to the colo-
nies for aid.

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

It was in the summer of 1776 thai the British army
was encamped on the east bank of the Hudson, a Little
below Albany. They were to open a campaign againsl
the French Canadians, and the well-disciplined ana uni-
formed troops awaited the arrival of the volunteers, tn
they came, a motley crowd — old men, middle-aged men,
and young men — but all with brave hearts beating and
strong arms ready to do battle. Some were mounted
on ponies, others on old farm horses, taken from the
plow, and many, with zeal which knew no fatigue, hur-
ried on foot. Bach carried his own outfit and provisions.
No two were dressed alike; there were long coats and
short coats, and no coats at all; there were high hats
and low hats, covering closely cropped heads or wigs
with flowing curls. In they marched, aid the regular
soldiers made merry at their expense. Even the officers
were nol better mannered, and the surgeon, Dr. Shack-
burg entertained his friends at mess by playing “Yan-
kee Doodle,” which he had composed m derision of the
volunteers.

Twenty years later “Yankee Doodle” cheered the
heroes of Bunker Hill; and later still, mure than ever
endeared t” American hearts, it was exultantly played
a- Lord Cornwallis’s army marched into Washington’s
camp at Yorktown.

MECHANICSVILLE AND GAINES’S Ml LI,.

/,•/ . 01 LEI PIOUS OF M. T. LBD3ETTSR, PIEDMONT, ,11. A.

The following story of Mr. Ledbettor’s experience is
Ion” even alter some condensation, hut it is a vivid illus-
tration of how it was. .Many young fellows may think
Strangely at the fear and depression of Confederate sol-
diers who made so grand a record. Occasionally some
heroic soul would seem destitute of fear, hut comrades
everywhere will recall the dread of battle. The /-eh

Vane,- story about the rabbit on the battlefield is apro-
pos. As it ran to the rear of our lines, the General said:
“Go it, Molly Cottontail! If I had no reputation to
sustain, 1 would run tOO.”

Dear Veteran: I wish to give your readers some of my
recollections of the “seven days’ battle” before Rich-
mond, especially t he first two daj 9 a1 Mecbanicsville and
Gaines’s Mill. I was a private of Company C, Fifth Ala-
bama Batallion, General Archer’s brigade. On the even-
ing of June 25, 1862, near sunset, our brigade received
orders to cook rations and be ready to march at a mo-
ment’s warning. On that order we boys began to hustle,
for we believed that a big battle was upon us. Wecould

gee it in tie- air. Before we had lime to start tires even

we received orders to “fall in! fall in!” You could
hear the order in every direction. We were directed

also to relieve ourselves of all baggage. Well ‘lid We

know that this order meant a battle. Our knapsacks,
blankets, etc.. were all soon tumbled into baggage
wagons, and we were quickly in line, with our guns glit-
tering in the light of the setting sun, ready to march or
do anyt hing else.

Starting on the march, our battalion was ordered to
“front face I” and the various company officers made
known the cause of the stir and CI infusion. We were
told that fighting would begin on to-morrow and that
we must he ” brave boys” and stand firm, be true to our
country, etc. That was a solemn time to me; 1 will
never forget it. After this another, thing was done thai

made me more solemn than ever, and it had the same
effect upon the other hoys. Our commander appeared

in our front, with our battle flag in his hand, and said:
• Boys, this ifl our flag; we have no regular color hearer;
who will volunteer to carry it’.’ Whoever will, let him
Bten out.”

>d of day” was now Betting; all nature seemed
1.1 he dressed in mourning. Every man seemed to real-
ize that it was a dangerous position to occupy. It was

only a moment though before 1 stepped out ami took it.
The oilier told me to stand still until he made another
call. He then said: ” 1 want live men to go with this
color hearer as guard.” It was not long before the re-
quired number volunteered. I knew that to stand under
it in time of battle was hazardous, but I was proud that
1 had the courage to take the position, for it was a place
of honor. The officer in charge ordered us to take our
places in line, and soon we were on the march.

We marched all night slowly, occasionally halting.
The entire army seemed to be on the move. Everything
indicated a great battle. Ah. mt noon the next day we
were halted, and lay down by the roadside. I dropped
down bv inv tlau’. and was so worn out that I was soon
asleep. Suddenly 1 was awakened from my sweet rest by

some of the boys i – pounding” me in the side. “Get Upl
Get upl A big battle is raging, and we are getting ready
to go into it.” I jumped up quickly, rubbed my eyes,
and was soon in my place. We moved off in the direc-
tion of heavy firing. Cannon were booming and small
arms could be heard distinctly. It was now about -I
o’clock P.M., and in less than one hour we had crossed
over the Chickahominy and were into the thickest of
the engagement at Mecbanicsville. The battle raged
furiously until about nine o’clock’ at night. The casualties
of my Old battalion were very heavy. We fought under
Very many disadvantages. The enemy had felled large
trees in their front, and it was with great difficulty that
we made our way through this entanglement of tree
tops, vines, and every other conceivable obstruction
under a heavy lire. Many of the boys were killed in
trying to gel through. I had to wrap my (lag around
the staff while crawling through this abatis.
M v Hag was riddled in this battle, having been pierced

with’ tell bullet holes through its folds, while a splinter
Was torn out of the stall’ about six inehesabove my head.

I came out, though, withoul a scratch, and was ready

for duty the next day. In these engagement some of
the boys were shot down by my side. Two of them.
Murphy and Lambert, were killed.

When the firing ceased, our lines tell back’ a short dis-
tance, in a thick woods, and huddled around, talking
Over the various incidents of the battle. I had escaped
unhurt, while many of my comrades were lying cold in
death, ami many others were badly wounded. Early
next morning the enemy furiously shelled the woods we
were in, cutting the branches of trees off over our
heads. We could do nothing but stand and take it.
The\ kept up this terrific cannonade about one hour.
The’ piece of woodland was full of troops. To our sur-
prise, t hi’ cause of all this heavy cannonading was to pro-
tect I heir retreat to the next line of fortilications at

Gaines’s Mill. About nine o’clock we moved out after
them, going over a considerable portion of the battlefield,
I well remember Meadow bridge, near which it was said
Gen. Leo led a charge in person. I saw many of our
soldiers near this famous bridge stuck in the bog up to
their knees and dead. We passed over this bridge and
pursued the enemy on to Gaines’s Mill. Here we found

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ilium strongly protected behind triple lines of heavy
earthworks, with head logs to protect them. It looked
like foolishness to undertake to move them but they had
to be moved. Our brigade crossed the bridge thai spans
the stream near Gaines’s Mill, and we were Boon in a
deep-cut road. We followed this road about tour hun-
dred yards, when we halted and fori i a line of battle

and moved off in the direction of an old apple orchard,
which was on the t • > j • of a little knoll about two hun-
dred yards in front. At the foot of this knoll our line
halted, and we we it ordered to lie down. This order was
obeyed quickly. The little knoll afforded very little pro-
tection, but we used it tor all it was worth. We buried
ourselves in the ground for an hour or so. Finally a
courier galloped up to Gen. Lrcher, delivered a inl-
and then galloped off. Then the General walked in ti

of us and gave the command, “Attention I” in a loud,
commanding tone. At iliis command the whole line
arose. The next command was “Forward, march.”

We moved ou1 in regular li >1 battle toward the en-
emy s impregnable lines of breastworks. Our Geni
was in front, leading the charge. Afoul the time we
gol to t he i ip of the little knoll, the command was gi
“Rigbl shoulder, shift arms, charge!’ An incessant
tire was being poured into our lines Young Jim (‘row.
of Company < ‘. was fere shot through the arm, right
by my side. The regular “rebel veil was raised, and
then across a level plain, through an old field, over di
gullies, for aboul bis hundred yard-, we charged the
enemy iii his Btronghold. We got to within about one
hundred and tift\ yards of their lines, when we deliv-
ered our tirst tire. At this time I kepi moving on toward
them, not thinking thai our lines would fall back or re-
treat after getting thai near, although the fire from the
enemy’s triple lines was furious and the boys began to
waver. Jusi then Gen. Archer waved his sword over
his head and gave the command: ” follow . That

command was ringing in my ears until 1 was shot. I
moved on — my color guard was near nie — until within
about fifteen or twenty paces of their trout line, when I
looked back to see if the hoys were coming; just then I
was shot through hi) right hip. I did not know how
badly I was wounded; I only knew that I was sh,,i

down. I raise. I up On my hands, like a lizard on a fence
rail, and took in the situation as best 1 Could. I Boon
decided if 1 COuld get up I had bettor do SO. It seemed
like death either way. hut I determined to make the
effort to get away. I gol up, hut I found I could not
walk, and if 1 made the trip at all I would have to drag
my lei;-. I grasped my wounded leg with my right
hand and started, .lust then I saw four of the boys ly-
ing down, hut I could not tell whether they were all
dead or not. I made my waj back, dragging my leg,

under a galling tire, when a minie hall struck my left
wrist and tore- it up and took my thumb at the same
time. 1 mended my gait a little toward a deep gully.

Before I reached it I looked hack’ to see if the -Yanks’
were Coming, ami just at that moment a hall cut a little
from under my chin. A few more hops and I tumbled
down into the deep gully. 1 wanted to stay then’, hut
the hoys insisted that as I was badly wounded 1 had
better try and get to the rear or | would he captured.
That seared me up. The though 1 of being .captured, and
lying in a Northern prison in my condition, was hor-
rific. I could not stand the thought of such a fate. So
I did not remain in the deep gully hut a minute or s,,.

Sergeant George Williams i who was afterward killed at
Gettysburg) assisted me out of the deep gully. I had

now about six hundred yards t,, go I” tore 1 could reach

the deep-cul r 1 mar the mill. I knew that if I could

make it there, I would be pretty sat’.-. My route was
strewn with the dead and wounded. They lay so thick
that it was with very great difficulty, under the wither-
ing fire of grape and canister, that I made it hack to
the deep-cul road. Over this entire route I my

helpless leg. 1 took shelter behind a large oak tree that
-i I by the roadside, in Bight of Gaines’s Mill. 1 lay

down and fell pretty sale, although the shells w

bursting till around me. I lay here an hour or more,
watching the great numb aforcements that w

passing By, going into the battle, thai was raging furi-
sly. Another charge was being made. I could hear
them yelling The wounded were carried hack to the
mill along this road. I kepi a steady watch fir our lit-
ter bearers. I was anxious to be removed farther to the 1
rear, and I was now in a helplesi on, and it seemed

I was dying of thirst, I would have I
the whole world for a drink of water Finally foul
our litter hearers can making their way hack- to

the field. I halted them. They had lost their litter in
the charge, and were using as a makeshift a bi I
blanket. They spread thi down and placed me

on it. In the darkness of the night they missed th
way, and I was carried t th Carolina battlefield

hospital, and on that account I failed i the at-

tention thai I should have had. I remained ai this bat.

lletield hospital from Friday .7. 1862,

until about four o’clock Sunday • -len I

placed in an ambulance, with a Dutchman, who had his
lei: cut oil. He died that night. We arri . , h-

mond about midnight. The hospil
all full, We were hauled around the city from hospital
to hospital, and failing to find any room, we wire then
carried oul to Chimborazo, a suburban hospital Here
I found a resting place in Ward No :;_• it was n w
about two o’clock \.\i Monday I was very hungry by

this time, having eaten nothing since | was shot l-‘ridav.
I called a servant to my hunk ” and told him 1 want-
i imel hing to eat . t hat I w as starvin ! i 1,

said • I am Borrj tor you, but you will have to do with*
out until regular breakfast.” I then called for the ward
master. I made an earnest appeal to him. hut without

1 le said : ■ It is positively against the r

etc. Breakfast came aboul set

wailed on me nicely, and brougbl me in plenty to

The foregoing is a rough recital of faeis ol He.-, try.
ing times — limes that will ■ in mv mem-

ory, and 1 trust you will give it space In the VETERAN,
and that it will lie in) matter to many ol’ the

dear old ci imrades.

i. eori e B. Lake, Bdgefii I was in

the tirst regimenl organized in the war — Gregg’s First
Regiment, S C. V. I saw tie- first gun tired on Fort
Sumter, and was continuously in the – I com-

manded the company immediately in rear id’ the four-
gun battery thai was blown up at Petersburg, Va., July
30, 1864, when myself and thirtj tour men were buried.
Thirty one men were killed by the explosion, and myself
and the other three live men were dug out by the enemy
after tiny captured the works. 1 was seni from there
to Fori Delaware, and released July 1, Isii.”). after the
war had ended, Gregg’s Firsl Regiment, S. C V.. was
a six months’ regiment, ‘fin company I commanded at
l’eterslmrir the da.v of I lie explosion was of the Twenty-
second, S C V., Co. If”

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O INFEDERATE VETERAN.

GEN. NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST

Born in Bedford County, Tenn., July 13, 1821; died
at Memphis, Tenn., October 29, 1^77. He removed to
Iln-naii’l”. Miss., in 1842, and was a planter until 1852,
when he removed t” Memphis.

Forrest was one of the most remarkable nun de-
veloped by the war. In fighting he was the Stonewall
Jackson of the WeBt. United States Senator John W”.
Daniel, of Virginia, in bis great speech as orator for the

THE CONFEDERATE \<>TE.

Written > >> Maj. B. \. Jonas, ol Aberdeen, aTfaa., an-l repabttahed in ttta

Vhikan nl. -ml’ with a reply.]

Rbpbebbnting nothing on God’s earth now

And naught in the waters below it:
A- a pledge of a nation that’s dead and gone,

bleep it. dear friend, and show it.
Show it t.i those h ho will lend an ear

To the tale that this paper can tell
Of liberty born of the patriot’s dream,

( >f a storm-cradled nation that fell.

T< u> i r ti i possess the precious ores,

Ami too much of a Btranger to borrow .

We isssned to day our promise to pay,

Soping to redeem on the morrow.
But days Hew by, weeks became years,

< lur ooffere were empty still;
Coin wa- so scarce our treasury ‘d quake

If a dollar would drop in the till.

We knew it had scarcely a value in gold,
Yet as gold the soldiers received it ;

It looked in our eyes a promise to pay,
And each patriot believed it.

But the faith that was in us was strong indeed,
And our poverty well we discerned :

And then little checks represented the pay
That our suffering veterans earned.

But our hoys thought little of prize or pay,

i ir of hills that were overdue;
We knew if it bought us our bread to-day

Twas the best our poor country could do.
Keep it, it tells our history over

From the birth of the dream to its last;
Modest, and horn of the angel hope.

Like our hope of success it passed.
Ric] I, Va., Jum ! I8i

l n ■:. \ VI li \\ BEDFORD F0BKB8T.

Qnited Confederate Veterans, at their reunion in New
Orleans in April, 1892, said: “Forrest, the ‘Wizard of
the saddle,’ what genius was in thai wonderful man!
He felt the field as Blind Tom touches the keys of a
piano. ‘War means killing,’ he said, ‘and the way to
kill is to gel there first with the most mem’ There is
military science — Napoleon, Stonewall, and Lee — in a
nutshell. He was not taught at West Point, but he
gave lessons to West Point.” Erroneous statements
have been published, even in encyclopedias, concerning
his illiteracy.

His lovely Christian wife died in Memphis only a year
or two since. Of his family now living, there are (‘apt.
William Forrest and his three children: Mary, Bedford,
and William.

A move nent was inaugurated at Memphis a few years
ago to build a monument to Gen. Forrest and promised
cooperation from members of his old command in vari-
ous sections give assurance that it will be accomplished
by and by.

IIKI’I.Y FROM ACROSS “THE CHASM.”

Thanks, worthy friend, most heartfelt thanks.

Both for the gift SO kindly sent:
\ 1 1. 1 for the lesson by it taught

( II w isdom and content.

Say not it represented naught,

For, to my mind, its worth

This dav exceeds the fondest hopes

t if those who sent it forth.

What thoughts of dangers bravely met,

( if hardships calmly borne,
Of hopes deferred, with sickened hearts.

Through winter and through storm.

Come to our minds while yet we gaze

i in ” promises to pay,”
Which ne’er were paid and ne’er shall be

Until the judgment day.

‘Tis ever thus with this world’s hopes.

We plan and work and pray ;
But God knows best, and blesses us

In his own time and way.

His way is best! Could we but feel

I low” sure his blessings are,
Our promises would be far less,

Our doing would be more.

Like foes we meet on hostile fields
When this money bought you bread;

Like brothers now we meet again,
Since the demon, war, has fled.

Warned by our sorrows in the past,

May we” like brothers stand
Shoulder to shoulder in resolve

To guard our native land.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

57

Invincible we then shall be,
Armed with truth and right,

Ready to help earh suffering soul
That aeeketh aid or liulit.

Then say not they are valueless,
For the Lessons they have taught.

May he of value greatei far
Than could with <_r<>l»l he boug

GEN. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CHEATHAM.

KEN. LEE AT GETTYSBURG

Born in Nashville October 20, L820; died September
1 1886 II’ Berved as captain of volunteers in the

hi War. and distinguished himself in the -. ■
battles i here. On returning from Mexico he was ap-
pointed major general of the Tennessee Militia.

In the Confederal be was at once made brig-

adier general, and soon afterward a major ireneral. He
was in many tierce battles, and always was the pi

It was on the morning of the 3d of July, 1863, at
Gettysburg. On the evening before, Eood and Mo
Law’s division- of Longstreet’s corps, on the right
wine;, had driven the enemy from all hi- positions
on the open plain to the stronghold of Cemetery
Ridge. My company (C, Eighteenth Miss

with others. WB8 occupying the extreme front picket

line in direct range of the sharpshooters We were
in the edge of an apple orchard. Adjutant Harmon,
of the Thirteenth Mississippi, and I were bugging a
pile of rubbish, anything to hide behind, thai we had
thrown together, when Gens Lee and Longsl reel — on
toot, no aid-, orderlies, or couriers, fifteen or twenty
steps apart, field glasses in hand — came walking past
us. stopping now and then to take observations.
The] weri arranging, a- we -non found ou1 foi
famous charge of Pickett’s division. \- Gen
halted in a few feet of us. knowing tic imminent
danger he was in. one of us -aid ‘ (o-n. Lee. you
are running a very greal risk.” At that moment the
searching minie was cutting close to him. showing
that he was the mark aimed at. He went on witli
his observations as calm and Berene a- it he were
viewing a landscape. A tew minutes afterward we
heard him -ay to Longstroet, in substance, ” Mass
\our artillery behind thai hill.” pointing t.. a >
just in our rear, -and at the Bignal bring your guns
to the top id’ the ridge and turn the in loose.’ It pul
us to thinking of what would become of us, the pick-
et line. We could not leave our posts; we W(
plain view of the enemy, without protection excepl
from small titans; we had no utensils with which to
throw up earthworks. We knew the -hell- from our
guns would go over us, hut those of the Well,

spades or no spades, we went into that ground quicker
than you would think. We were like the fellow after
the ground hog, a hat! to be done. Bayonets, pieces of
hoard, anything to get out of sight. Two or three to a
hole, and we went in like gophers.

Thai was the grandest and at the same time the most
terrible artillery duel I ever witnessed. Think of it.
There were sixty-rive (I was told) of our own pieces on
that one spot, and more on another portion of our line.
all firing as fast as they could, and the cannon of the
enemy replying. I don’t know how lone- it lasted.
When it stopped on our side, Fickett’s division charged I
They had to march over us. Doing nothing myself, 1
had time to look. It was one of the grandest sights
ever mortal eyes looked upon. It makes me shudder
now, as I see the shells plow through the ranks of that
gallant hand “W. Gart Johnson.

Orlando, Fla., July 18, 1893.

Mr. Johnson’s letters give much pleasure to his com-
rades, but ho is too feeble to write often.

Ski. IX I lIKVniAM.

ildiers. In the Hood campaign he commanded
one of the three oorps. No officer in the Confederate
army possessed more cordial friendship of his men than

Gen. Cheatham. He wa- careful in protecting them to
the Lest advantage, hut he and they alike shared any
peril when duty (tilled.

“Mars Frank” was the familiar term under which
any private soldier would address him. who hesitated
to ask the same things of their regimental commanders.
After the war he engaged in farming, and when he died
wa- postmaster at Nashville. The honor and affection
in which he was held was verified by his having “the
largest funeral that has ever been held in Nashville.”
The procession was more than a mile in length. His
faithful, lovely wife “crossed over the river” not long
after him. Their five children — three sons and two
daughters — are all doing well, and live in a good home
at Nashville, provided by their parents.

58

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

ilin IKAMATJG A BATTLEFIELD-
SNODGBASS RIDGE.

in I LOl !-. HO.

I \ the light furnished by official figures
we lincl that tin- battle of Chickamauga

\\ :i- “in- of tlir bl liest batl lea of 1 1 1 1-

war, if not the bloodiest, in proportion to
the number of troops engaged; that it
was far bloodier than even Gettysburg.

Of all tin- battles, none were so serious-
ly confused a- to where the various regi-
ts and brigades fought as at Chicka-
mauga mi t lie two ‘lays of the battle;
and of all thai confusion worse con-
founded, no other portion of the field
compares with what is known by tin- va-
rious names of Snodgrase, Horse Shoe,
Missionary, and Battery Ridge. In the
assaults upon ami defense “t I be ridge the

i pson both sides bo frequent ly changed

place**, ami were so often commingled
with other troops, that tin- various places
Cmii -hi over by any one command are still.
after thirty years, in doubt in the minds
of nearly all the participants.

Monuments marking where each com-
mand is supposed to have i lone its hardest
fighting are being located on the field:
Inn on account of the chaotic jumble of
the battle along and on the ridge on Sun-
day afternoon of September 20, 1863,
much of the allotment of place is mere
guesswork. 1 have for several years, as
time would permit, been endeavoring to
correctly locate every command that was
engaged in any pari of the battle, and c£.<r J 5TT
to aid in the work have made and sent “^j” .’
out very many maps of portions and the ^ » c
whole Held tor those engaged to mark on
where they fought, as nearly as possible,
ami to send the sane- to me.

I made a hurried survey of the ridge,
and from thai produced the map here-
with. I think it will In’ found near
enough to absolute correctness to enable

any our who look pari in that portion of
the faille, and who ean recall any of the
localities where he was. to mark the same
on the map.

I respectfully requesl every one who _|i;
was engaged on any part of the field eov- » *
ered by this map to please drop me a _»”‘
postal card, giving the command to which

he belonged, and present address. Stating
how many of the maps lie would like, and
I will mail them to him i’vrt- of charge.
I n ret urn I wish him to mark one -In .u
mg all the places’ he ean recall where he

was, stating ihe command with which he

was then connected, company or battery, regiment and

brigade, and give as nearly as possible the hour of the
day when le- was at each place. Also state, if po-silile.

the troops on eaeh flank at each time, and also the troops
be confronted at each position, if be knows, ami return

the map so marked to me. I will lie deeply grateful to
every one who will assist me in this manner to positively
determine how, when, and where each command was en-

gaged in that portion of the faille, and any thing I can
do in the way of furnishing information, etc., regarding
thai or anv ot her engagement id’ the war, I shall he most
happy to supply. See key lo this map following:

KKV To SKETCH ok BNODGEAS8 KlIiclE.

The parallel lines are 200 feet apart. At Figure 13
the ridge is afoul 200 feet ahove the bed of the creek,’

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

59

where the wood road crosses it at the Vidito bouse. It
is about the same height at Figures I. T, 9, ami in At
Figure 11 it is about 27.”> Gael high, ami at Figure 15 it is
fully 350 feet high.

At A, cm tin- ridge running north and south through
the Dyer farm, is where the Dine Union cannon were

captured in the tor.’ >f Sunday, September 20, when

Gob. Bushrod Johnson was scouring tin 1 Dyer field. At
about the must southern part nt that ridge shown is
where he captured the large pile of Federal knapsacks;
and jubI in the west of it is where he had “he .Minion
placed in the Vidito Geld which shelled the Union wagon
train then trying to pass through the gap at Yi.lii.i-. at
Figure It’., resulting in the capture of the train.

I i me 17 is the broad, high, long ridge on tie west
side “I the < Irawiish Spring road, over which Gen. Bind-
man’s men drove Gen. Sheridan, and on which Eindman
halted, and from which bis troops moved to the righl or
east and joined Gen. Bushrod Johnson in the assault of
Snodgrass Ridge.

Figure 13 is the largest spur of the ridge to the Bouth.
Across this (i en. I has’-, brigade was formed and advanced
toward Figure 11, where the Federal batter] of three
guns Btood.

Figure 12 is where the Twenty-second Alabama In-
fantry left its flag on one of its charges

Figure l” is the lowest portion of the ridge, and is

where the brigades Of Kelly and Trigg crossed at dusk

and passed to the east along the north side of the ridge
and then advanced up to the Bouth and captured the
Twenty first and Eighty-ninth Ohio and the Twenty-
see. hi. I Michigan Infantry. From Figure in to Figure
11. for a considerable distance to the south, the land is

almost level, so that the two si.les fighting on that pari

of the ridge were on nearly an equality as regards lay of

land; hut from Figure l’t around to near the Snodgrass

house, tie- ridge is very high, with considerable promi-
nences at Figures 9, 7. ami I. and depressions at Figures

*s and .”>. and troops thereon would have a decided advan-
tage over an attacking fore.

A i Figure 7 are some citizens’ graves that were a very
prominent landmark- for many during the battle.

The federal general, ti. II Thomas, was at Figure 2
the greater portion of the day. his headquarters being at
Figure 3.

Figure 1 is the extreme eastern ei 1. 1 of Snodgrass Ridge,
and slopes regularly and gradually to the level plain,
from t he Snodgrass house.

Figure 6 is where a body of Confederates wearing a
bluish uniform struck a regiment of Federals armed with
Henry rifles, and were the first Confederates to reach
Snodgrass Ridge. Who were th

At Figure 9 there was a body of about one hundred
Confederates lying on t he Bummit of t be ridge at t he time
that Gen. Granger’s Union reserve brigades, under Gen.
Sleedman. were advancing toward the wesl along the
wood road to the north of the ridge. When the column
was well abreast of these Confederates, they arose and
tired at the Federal column, the infantry of which im-
mediately formed line and began to charge up the ridge,
but were halted by Hen. Steedman before halfway up,
and were then led along to the west, forming line along
the ridge from Figures ltt to 11. placing two guns of a
battery near Figure If. three guns at Figure 11. and one
gUb a little to the east of Figure 11. What Confederate
troops were those mi the ridge at Figure !• that tired as

above stated

At Figure 18 is a spring of water. Near thi-. Gen,

Dias’s brigade bivouacked at night after the battle, estab-
lishing a picket post .’i about forty men on top of the

ridge near figure 15.

MTOTHBR LETTER.

too. B. Dolton, St. Louis. Nov. 27: ” I am very anx-
– ‘ine information regarding an accidi
the battle of Chickamauga, and know of no better place
1o apply than through the columns of the < loNl H>]

i\ Jue1 bi i.i’od Johnson began his

right wheel movement on the west end of Snodgrass II ill

.lay a ft en i. ion of September 20, 1863, a- the head

r’s Union reserve forces was moving along

Of the ridge toward the west end of it.

was a body .it perhaps a hundred Confedera

the third pron west “t S Igrass

house — the prominence on which the three Union
in. in- Twenty-second Michigan and Twenty-first and
Eighty-ninth Ohio, were captured after dusk \s the
1 column was inarching past these Confedi

if. \ rose up and fired down on the Union men. At
ile Federal infantry started on a charge up the i
hut wen- halted bj Gen. Steedman ami marched to the
end of tie The troops follow portion of

if. Federal column charged up and over the hill until
thej -iru.k the advancii in of Confederates, when

t bej were t berni I. up and o\ er t he hill.”

VlVlh W.\l; INCIDENT

• in the morning “t May t. 1865, after tin- Burn
of the Army of Tennessee by Gen. Johnston, at <■•

boro, \ ‘ . aftei being par i I and a t\\\ comi

w ere at Salisbury, \ . < . and left about i loch \ h .

for our hoiucs. all of US gmng westward, and all stepping
at a lively gait. W< srere p>ing toward Charlotte, N.
(‘.. and traveling parallel with the railroad. A few miles
out from Salisbury I r lots or lump- of blood

often in the road, and as the road was full or men, some
walking and others riding, I thought it probable that a
horse had been hurt and was bleeding. But soon I -aw
a man s,uing on some railroad wood with, as I thought.
I i. ..some. I shiii on, and upon getting close I” liiln I

saw he W8>8 I’d. hut with hi- own flood. As I li B

ready -aid. the road was full of men. hut no .me seemed
to give the unfortunate man any attention until 1 got
Opposite to him. when two men said something to him
i I did not understand, but 1 heard him say in a
distinct voici Ho, there is i… use trying to do
anything, for I am dying. But you can take that
which lay six or eight feet from him. to my wife,
in Augusta, ha. She is the daughter of Gen. I.’
During his talk he put hi- hand in ihe gaping wound.
which bad been made, as we supposed, by ho
and got out the blood and nil. fed it all over his arms
And the two men turned away from him and inove,l
on, and I did BO tOO.
He was an offiei
some rank, but 1 could
not tell t he rank. 1 1 1-
uniform was wdiat we
called E U glis h cloth,

t lion g b considerably
He was a line-
Looking man about thir-
ty years of age.

\\ K. Allison.

6o

C< iXFKDHRATH VETERAN.

Mi: STEPHENS’S PRISON 1.1 IT.

-■ I I •• 5.]

A deplorable iiii>lia j > occurred by omitting iIh’ second
of the three chapters from this diary in printing the first

form of this Souvenir. The omissio scarred on page

7, at the seventeenth line from (Ik- I • ■ > 1 1 >f the right-
hand column. At end of this chapter return to page ~
and read “The tide was coming right ahead of ub,” etc.

Gen Wheeler and four of his men were on tin’ boat.
They had been captured near A Ibany Borne days piv\ ions.
and had been Bent down to the boat Borne hours before
our arrival. The whole party were Mr. Davis and those
captured with hint. .Mr. and Mrs. Clay, myself, Gen.
Wheeler, ami his men. numbering over twenty. 1 don’t
know exactly how many were in Mr. l»avis’s party. 1

ui/.eil ( ion. and Col. William Preston Johnston,

of li is staff, Mr. Harrison, his private secretary, ami
Postmaster-general ,T. II. Reagan. Mr. Davis had with
him a man and woman, also colored servants, ami a little
hoy; his children, Jeff, Maggie, ami Varina; also Mrs.
Davis, Miss Howell, and her brother, J. D. Howell. A

young man. a grandson of Judge , of Kentucky, was

also with him. J did not 8ee him after we got on the
boat. Mrs. Davisand Mrs. Clay came on the deck where
we were. Our meeting was the first Mrs. Davis and
party knew of my arrest. Gen. Wheeler had not heard
of the arrest of any of Us. Mr. Clay told me he had
been on parole all the way. and that lie did not coim on
mi ill. procession with the rest of as; thai he had been
permitted to drive his carriage out in the city < Augusta)
and visit some lady acquaintances of his wife. He gave
me all the particulars of his surrender.

1 in taking leave of me, Gen. Upton turned me over to
Col. Pritchard, of the Fourth Michigan Cavalry, who
had captured Mr. Davis, and who then took charge of all
i he prisoners. The General told Col. Pritchard thai I
and Mr. < lay were on parole, and he allowed us the run
of the boat. I asked him to grant me permission to
write to my brother; and he -aid he supposed this per-
mission would not be denied whenever I got to a place
where I could write.

On the ears from 1 Sarnet t to Augusta 1 traveled with

Gen. FI/> (C. S. A..), who had been paroled. I requested

him to write to John A. Stephens at Crawfordvifle, and
say to him I wished him to remain with his mother un-
til he heard from I greatly and deeply regretted

that I did not, meet John at home to-day, as I passed

I here.

My feelings this night on this boat pass all description,
We were all crowded together in a small spaa the

l.oai’s de.k. covering over us. hut both sides open. The
night was coed and the air on t he water damp, and I was
suffering from a severe headache. No mention was made
of supper, but I thought not of supper. I had taken
breakfast at 12, and did not feel as if I should ever want
to eat again. Clay and I united our cloaks, coals, and
shawls. Gen. Wheeler sent us a blanket. Mrs. Davis
sent us a mattress, and we made a joint bed in I he open
air on deck. I put the carpetbags under our heads, and,
strange to stay, I slept sweetly and soundly and arose
much refreshed the next morning. The boat raised
steam and left the bluff — not wharf — about nine o’clock
at night. Reagan, Wheeler, and the rest, including the
servants, stretched themselves about on the open space
the best way they could. All had covering of some sort
but one little boy.

.1 u~t before 1 fell asleep I witnessed this scene: A lit-
tle black boy about fourteen war- old. ragged and woe-
begone in appearance, was stretched on deck right in the
passage way. Whose he was. or where he was going. I
knew not. An officer came along, gave him a shove, and
told him in harsh language to get away ft tl

The boy raised’up. waked from his Bleep, and replied in

a plantation m 1: “1 have no lodging, sir.” That scene

ami that reply were visibly on my mind when all my
present cares were most opportunely and graciously, it’
not mercifully, drowned in slumber aa 1 was being borne
away from home ami all that was most dear to me on
the broad ami smooth l.osom of the Savannah.

Mill/ 15. — Waked much refreshed, morning beautiful.

got a rough soldier breakfast, Mr. Davis came out on

our deck soon after I got up. It was our first meeting
since we parted the night after my return from the
Hampton Roads Conference to Richmond. Talked to-
day a g 1 deal with Clay. Reagan, and Wheeler, but

spent most of my time in silent, lonely meditation on the
side of the boat, looking out upon willows on the margin
of the sluggish, muddy, crooked stream. Most of my
thoughts were filled witli home scenes and Sparta scenes
and their kindred associations. Col. Pritchard intro-
duced to me Captain Hudson, of his regiment, and a Mr.
Stribling (?), who was a correspondent of the New Ynrk
Herald. We talked a good deal on the state id’ the coun-
try, etc. The entire day was clear, mild, and beautiful.

Miiy 10. — Went to sleep last night as the night before.
I omitted to note yesterday that we got dinner and tea
at the usual hours, potatoes (Irish) and beef stewed to-
gether for dinner; at lea a good cup of black tea that
suited me well. ‘I’ here was hard-tack- on the table; some
prefer that, but I chose the soft or what is known as
light bread or ••bakers” bread. The table was small;
only four could be seated at once. It took some time for
all to eat. We reached Savannah this morning at four
o’clock; did not land, but were transferred from the tug
to a coast -.tenner bound to Hilton Head — a much more
commodious boat. On il we got a good breakfast — beef-
steak, hot rolls, ami coffee

On the passage t” Hilton Head I took a berth ami
slept most of the way. Reached Hilton Head about 11
o’clock \.m. Theday wasclearand rather warm, though
not hot or Sultry; anchored Off in the harbor, and were

transferred to another steamer bound for Portress Monroe.
This was the “Clyde.” a new boat, a propeller of about

five hundred Ions. There were several good berths in the
cabin below, and quite a number of staterooms on deck
above. The ladies ami most of the gentlemen selected
Staterooms. 1 preferred a berth below, and chose my
place there, which I found on the voyage was a most ex-
cellent choice. A ft or we were transferred to the “Clyde,”
quite a Dumber Of officers and cither persons came aboard.
They brought New York papers, Harper’s Weekly, Frank
Leslie’s Illustrated News. It had been a long time since
1 had scon those prints. Here for the first time I heard
of the military commission trying the assassins of Mr,
Lincoln. The officers came down into the cabin where
I was, and talked some time of the state of the country.
The)* were all courteous and agreeable. Capt. Kelly,
formerly of Washington City, who knew me there, told
me he was now in the Quartermaster Department at
Hilton Head. He was pleased to speak kindly of his
former recollections of mo; alluded to my Milledgeville
Speech in November, IStiO; spoke highly of it, and ex-
pressed regret that 1 had not adhered to it. I told him
I had. In that speech I had, with all my ability, urged

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our people not to secede. The present consequei

then seriously apprehended, but in tin- s; speech I

told them that if in solemn convention the people of the
Stall’ should determine in resume their delegated powers
ami assert her sovereign ami independent rights, I
should I”‘ bound to go with tin- State To her I owed
ultimate allegiance. In thai even! her cause would be
my cause, and her destiny my destiny. I thought this
step a wrong “He perhaps fatal, and exerted my utmost
power i” prevent it; but when it bad been taken, even
though against my judgment, [,asa good citizen, could not
hut share the common Fate, whatever i1 might be. I did
a- .i patriot what I thought best before secession. I did
the same after. He did not seem to have recollected that
part oithe speech, which acknowledged my ultimate al-
legiance to be due to the State of Georgia. The whole

conversation was quite friendly. Be manifested a g I

deal of personal regard toward me.

\ i a hoi 1 1 three or four o’clock the “Clyde’ put out to
sea I’., lore leaving, Mrs l>a\is addressed a note to
Gen, Saxon ( ?), who had charge of colonization, in
tiding to him the little orphan mulatto hoy she had with
her. The parting of the hoy with the family was quite
a scene. Hewasaboul seven or eight years old. I should
think, lie was little JefFs playfellow; they wen
intimate, and nearly always together; it was Jeff and
Jimmy between them. When Jeff knew that Jimmy
was i” !”■ left he wailed, and so did Jimmy. Maggie
cried. Varina cried, and tic colored woman cried. Mrs
Davis said tlu’ hoy’s mother had been dead a number ot
years, and I In- woman had been as a mother I” hi in A-
the boat that was to take Jimmy away left our side, he

screamed and had to he held to he kepi from jumping

overboard. He tried his besl to get away from those

who held him. A I Ihis. Jeff and Maggie and Varina

screamed almost as loud a- lie did. Mrs. Davis also shed
tears, Mrs. Clay threw Jimmy some money hut i; had

10 effect. Sou ne on iiir deck of his boat picked it

up and handed it to him, hut he paid no attention to it.
tml kept scuffling to gel loose, and wailing as long as he
could be heard by us.

After all, what is life but a succession of pains
rows, griefs, and woes I PoorJimmyl He has just en
atvi\ upon its threshold. This will hardly he bis “orsl
or heaviest affliction, if his day- be many upon this
tarth.

The ” < lyde” is lone; and narrow, and rolls very much
at sea. The Purser on the “Clyde” is named Moore, a
son of I he captain of the I ma I . He expressed some kind
personal regard for me this evening: said he was from
Philadelphia: gave me a copy of Harper’s Weekly, and
-equested anything I could spare as a little memento. I

ihanced to have in my poeket a chess piece of a set

,hat was very prettily made. It was a bishop. I took it

nut ami asked him how that would do. He seemed higli-

y pleased with it.

May 19. — We enter Hampton [loads this morning; a
oilot boat meets us: we are asked where we wish to he

biloted to. “To Washington,” was the reply.

The “Tuscarora” leads the way. and we arrive al
Hampton Roads. Col. Pritchard goes to Fortress Monroe,
returns, and says we must await orders from Washington.

Before going ashore 1 asked him to inquire it 1 would he
permitted to telegraph or write home. He could, on re-
‘urning, give no information on that point. We anchor
in the harbor, and the ” Tuscarora ” anchors close by. We
lee near us the iron steamer “Atlanta,” captured at Sa-
rannah. Dinner at usual hour, and all hands at thetahle

except Mi– Howell; all with good appetil I my-

self. My throat is still – I continued hoar-‘

but much better than it was when 1 left Hilton I
I have, however, no relish for food.

May 20 – Still at anchor in th A. Pritch-

ard informs us he got a telegram last nighl informing
him that I. en llallcck would be at the fori at noon to-
day and give him further order-. The day is dull: noth-
ing to enliven it but the passing of steamboats and small
sails in tic harbor. A British man-of-war and a French
lie near 08.

Called Henry in the cabin; told him he won
there to Richmond; gave him sin. and told him to he a
ius, upright hoy. and me i imble.

Col Pritchard came to the cabin at eight o’clock at night
and t,,ld Judge Reagan and mya It that Borne offii
the captain’s room wished to -ee u- there We went
immediately, and found Capt. Fraley, of the’ Tuscai
and Capt. Parker, of the war steamer, in the cabin.

I’ra!,\ r i u- courteously, and told us thai

lie had ord.f- to take Reagan and myself aboard the
1 Tuscarora ” the next day at ten o’clock. He had come
over that night ice. thai we might he ready

In reply to the question of our destination, he told us Bos-
ton. 1 knew then that Fort Warren was my pla
confinement and imprisonment. I told him I feared the
climate would p for me ; I should

have greatly preferred to go to Washington, if the au-
t horities had so decid<

I’tain – oi’ , and

party came iii II W a- « ith ( ‘apt. P.

We learned from what passed that (‘apt. Parker w
take them in h t morning to Fort Don-

aldson. Reagan and I r in the office.

for Capt. M ly, who was i with

with Mr. Davis, and who had been a pi
oi War ai Fort Warren, to learn from him some of the
Mere lie -poke in very favorable

J of them ; -aid lie had -. and

he had I n fetter treated at Fort Warren than anv-
il t he suspense we had
in for several days, Reagan and I went to our berths at
i\ hour I slepi hut little, thought ot home, sweet
home: -aw plainly that I wa- not to l.e permitted
any one there. Th crushing thought

that tilled my mind. Heath I felt 1 could meet with
nation, if such should he my fate, if 1 could he per-
mitted to communicate with Linton and othei
while life should la-t.

May 21. — Anthony wa- not permitted to go with me;
gave Inni $5 and same advice I gave Henry [gave him
my leather trunk he had brought his clothes in. Saw
Mrs. Clay and requested herto win, to Linton and Mrs.
I> M I hi I!,.-, i he same thing — my destination and pres-
ent condition. We do not know what i- to he done with
Mr. Clay, or where lie is to he sent. After that shall he
made known, it is Mrs. < ‘lay’s intent ion to go North, if
allowed — that is, if her husband shall he confined, Yes-
terday evening we got New York papers; -aw the prog-
i the trial “f the assassins. Mr. Clay expressed to
me the fullest confidence that nothing could he brought
against him in such a crime. He spoke iii the strongest
terms of deepest regret at it; said how deeply he de-
plored it. and his explanation to that effect, when he first
heard ot President Lincoln’s assassination. We had a
lone; talk this morning.

Gen. Wheeler and those who went with him left at 6
a.m. I was up and took my leave of them ; the parting

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all around was Bad. At ten o’clock t !apt, Fraley came up
in atug; came aboard the “Clyde.” Seaganand 1 were
ready; wo took leave of all. Anthony and Eenry looked

\ -ci-v Bad : Anthony si 1 by me to the last. Mrs. Davis

asked Capt. Praley if he could not goj he said thai he
had inquired of the officer commanding the Beet, and he
had informed him thai his orders related to only two
persons. This closed the matter just as I had at firsl

looked for. I bade Anthony g l-bye, the last one. Mr.

and Mrs. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Clay, and Col. Harrison I
had before taken leave of. Upon taking leave of Mr,
Davis he seemed to be more affected than I had ever
seen him. lie Baid nothing but good-bye, and gave my
hand a cordial Bqueeze. The tone of the voice in utter-
ing good-bye evinced deep feeling and emotion. With
.nice. 1 descended the rope ladder to the deck of the
tog. All the baggage being aboard, off we steamed to
the ■ Tusearora.”

THEY WENT TO SLEEP OX DUTY.

This story is by one of Forrest’s Bcouts: On day in
1864 orders came to the regiment for a detail for scout
and picket duty, and the instructions accompanying the

orders were for the detail to proceed along a certain
road until the enemy was discovered, then stop, hold him
in check if possible, but under all circumstances to in-
form the general of the whereabouts and the strength
of the enemy. All know that when “Old Bedford”
(Forrest ) issued orders he intended them to be obeyed.
and promptly too. So, worn out as the men were, it was
not long before the party, under command of Lieut.
Garner, Btarted on what might prove a wild goose chase,
and was just as likely to prove a tiger hunt, with lots of
tiger in it. Of one thine; | ha men were sure : t hey would
go until the}- found the enemy if he was on thai road.

Every old soldier knows that on such expeditions he
always picked out a mate. One of the men. Burns, a
youngster in point of years, but an old soldier, and one
of the best that Forrest had. picked out Dick Townsend
for his chum. Townsend was riding a gray, almost
white horse. This part of it Burns did not like at all,

but decided he would rather risk Townsend with a
white horse than any other man there with a less objec-
tionably colored horse. But I’ll let Burns tell the rest.

■■ We had ridden ten or twelve miles when, just after
dark, we came up to an old fellow’s houseand asked him
if there were any Yanks about, and he told us they
were camped just across the creek, about half a mile
ahead. We wenl on quietly, keeping a good lookout.
and sure enough when we got near the creek we could
bear dogs barking. They always bad dogs about thoir
camps; why. we never could tell, unless il was because
the negroes followed them and the dogs followed the
negroes. We halted, and could distinctly bear them
talking, and after listening long enough to be sure that
we bad accomplished our mission, we fell back down the
road about a quarter, and put out a picket. It came
Townsend’s and my turn to go on late, and we went to

the top Of the bill with a lot Of orders, most I \ ts’ —

namely, not to talk, not to smoke, not to make the least

noise, and not to shoot if possible to avoid it, and not
under any circumstances to dismount, but to sit quietly
On our horses and watch. I do not know how long J
had been there when I got so sleepy il seemed In inc
I should fall off my horse. I leaned over, and in a
a whisper asked Townsend if he was sleepy too. He
said he was nearly dead. Finally we could stand it no

Longer, and got down otf our horses and began walking
back and forth in front of them as tar as the halters

would let lis. but this didn’t do any good. I king

around I saw that the road was raised, that is. it was
higher than the ground on either si,ie of it. I told
Townsend that I was going to sit clown on the ground
and rest. We both sat down, putting our feet in the
ditch. There were plenty of weeds growing close up to

the side of the road. I leaned over and put my head
down on niy hands as they rested on my gun. I did

not expect or intend to go to Bleep, but I was complete-
ly fagged OUt. I don’t know how long 1 bad been in
the position described, when something passed by t h rough
the weeds with a whisk, whisk, that waked me instant-
ly, It was right under my nose when 1 saw it. and 1
tell yon the truth when 1 say il nearly scared the life

out of me. It seared me so bad I yelled, ‘II lire.

what’s that?’ as loud as I could, and then I saw it was
nothing but a coon. Almost instantly we were on our
horses listening, but the Yanks never heard a word, or
if they did they made no sign. As soon :is we found we
hadn’t alarmed them we got to laughing, and really
after the scare was over it was about as funny an ad-
vent i. re as any that happened to me during the war. 1 1
shows how Little it takes to scare a fellow almost to
death when he is tired out and expecting to be scared
anyhow, .lust before day we withdrew, but Townsend
and I laughed all day over that terrible fright.”

A PLEA FOR HISTORY.

BY THE WIPE OF GOVERNOR NORTItr.N, or QEOBOIA.

I HOPE it may never be said of the South that she has

ceased to appreciate the sacrifices of her men or the pa

tient endurance of her women in her hour of darkness
and need. I saw the widow yield to her country her
eldest born, on whom she leaned to manage her estate;
then another and another son in quick succession until
her baby boy of sixteen was called. 1 saw the wife bid

g l-bye to the husband, and draw close to her breast the

Little ones who depended on him for bread, and looking
aloft cry; “find pity us.” How fondly do I remember

the contending emotions of fervent patriotism, love, and

pride in my own heart as 1 saw my young husband start
to the front arrayed in the suit of gray which my willing
hands had WOVen, CUt, and made. He who was mine

now yielded to God and bis country.

Shall the South ever forget these things? Never!

Sweep away the dusl of time! Let nothing dim their
lusters! As Ri/.pah, in sacred writ, stood guard over
the bodies of the dead whom Bhe might nol bury, and
drove away the vultures which would have fed on their

bodies, so we will resist and drive away the unholy
touch of every harpy who would drag down in the dust

the sacred me ‘ies of the past. It ennobles us to

write of noble deeds. It enkindles in our hreasls the
Sacred Same of heroism, and the hovering spirits of our
dead heroes shall inspire us lo emulation.

In Hollyw 1 Cemetery, Richmond, there is an irregr

ular-shapcd. small spoi of ground inclosed with a neat

il fence. On the gate is the name ‘-.lefltTson Davis.”

and on the marble headstone is engraved:

JOSEPH,

sun i if our Beloved Prea Ident,

JxrvKRROM Davis.

Erected bj the Little Boys and Girls of the Southern Capital.

The lad losl his life by falling from a window of the

( ‘on federate “White II oiise ‘ during the war.

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63

CARBBE OF GEN. LPuYH TILGHMAN.

During the memorable campaigns extending from the
constrnctioD and defense of Porte Benry and Done
to the final investment of Vicksburg but few < !onfed<
generals were more prominenl and more popular in the
Western army than was Gen. Lloyd Tilghman, of Pa-
ducah, Ky. As a West Point educated soldier and offi-
cer, his ability and bravery were soon recognized. IP-
skill and efficiency in the construction and his heroic de-
fense of Fori Benry — especially on the 6tb of February,
18(12 — marked him as an able commander and a brave
man. Be was in command of the troops in the fort
only, and when the unequal attack came on the land

forces made g I their escape, but he bravely held the fori

until nearly half his gunners were either killed or wound-
ed. And when the victorious Commodore Foote, with
his armada of Beven gun boats, took possession “t’ Fori
Henry he had as prisoners of war Gen. Tilghman and
stall’ and sixty men. But with this began a prominent
career of Gen. Tilghman. He did not remain a prisoner
hut a few months. and was exchanged most probably for
an officer of equal rank captured by the Confederates at

the battle Of Shiloh. At all events, in the fall

he rejoined the Army of the West, then i r • North M 1 –

sippi, and was put in command of the first Brigade of

Loring’s division. At the battle of Corinth, Miss., he
took- a prominenl part, Then in all the operations of
that Mississippi army, tirst under command of Gen. Van
horn and t hen Gen, lVml’crton. our Gen. Tilghman bore

a Conspicuous pari up to the time of his death, on the

ltith of May, 1863. During the retreat of the army from
Holly Springs to Grenada, Tilghman’s brigade was as
Bigned the responsible position of rear guard, and re].
edly gave battle to and held in check the advam
forces of Gen. Grant. It was during these days of try-
ing service that (Jen. Tilghman had the misfortune to
incur the displeasure of Gen, Pemberton, and which that
general continued to cherish, with jealous hatred added,

up to the very day that the brave Tilghman was kill
With these m mories so prominent and distinct to the

writer of these lines, it has always hen a matter of re-
gret that so little has hen known and Baid of the faith-
ful and gallant services, although short, of that grand
Specimen of the Southern soldier. and that so little notice
Of his death upon the battlefield has ever been given.
So tar as is known by the writer, no authentic or fair

statement of the death of Gen. Tilghman has been pub-
lished, and this sketch is given in the hope that a fuller
and more worthy notice of h 69 and his death

may he given by some one better informed and more
competent to the task.

(ien. Lloyd Tilghman was killed between 4 and 5
o’clock, on the evening of the I6tb of May, 1863, on the
battlefield of Baker’s Creek, or Champion Hill. Gen.
Loring’s division occupied the right of Pemberton’s line:
Tilghman’s brigade, composed of two Mississippi regi-
ments (the Fifteenth and Twenty-second), First Louis-
iana. Rayburn’s (Mississippi) battalion, and McLendon’s
battery, afterward known as Merrin’s (Mississippi) bat-
tery, occupied the extreme- right. The tirst guns of that
memorable battle were fired into this brigade early in the
morning, hut almost immediately the heavy fighting
drifted to the left of our line.

For hours the enemy seemed to he in full force and
ready to advance upon us. Howen’s division having been
driven from its position, our division dropped hack- to

keep in alignment with Howen’s. and soon after this.
which was then sometime after midday, the enemy ad-
vanced in force ami was there held in check by Loring’s
division until night came on. After repulsing the enemy’s
tirst as~auit they threw forward their line of sharpshoot-
ers, and with their artillery on the main line kepi up the
fight until dark. Ahout two hundred yards to the front,
and a little to the left of our battery, there was a large
farmhouse and a row of plantation cabins. These cabins
were taken possession of by the enemy’s sharpshooters,
and th y were picking our men off rapidly. Gen Tilgh-
man directed the gun-sergeant to train his gun. ;i twelve-
pound howitzer, and dislodge the enemy from the cabins.
II. dismounted from his horse and gave some directions
ahout sigh: gun. While this was being done, a

shell from otic of tic enemy’s guns on the line exploded
ahout fifty feel to the front A ragged fr t this

shell struck the General in the breast, p tirely

through him and killing the horse of his adjutant a lit-
tle farther to the rear. His death occurred, of course,
very Boon, and his remains wire carried to the rear.
That night they were started to Vicksburg, accompanied
by his staff and his son. Lloyd Tilghman, dr.. .and the
next • they were buried in thi metery in

\ okel

One more brief item, and I leave this subjeel for some
abler pen. Tin’ dislike and jealous treatment 01

Pemberton, to which I have alluded, annoyed Gen. Tilgh-
man very much all the spring of 1863 ‘■ n I. orimr was
the close friend Ol I aman, and stood as a Lreak-

watcr between the two men. Hut on the 15th of May.

the day before the’ battle of Bal >>. and not two

hour~ in advance of the fulsome order to “prepare to

il oemy,” came an order from tien. Peml

relieving Gen Tilghman of his command, and directing
the senior colonel of the brigade to take its command.

Here was B pretty kettle of tish The whole army
right (dose up, face to face with Grant’s army. t«
three tn and our officers all 111 a -tew.

Gen. Loring again cut the Gordian knot. The next
morning, 1 r the enemy had disturbed oar early

repast, th – squarely an to the

pompous Pemberton, and in langt ecible than

elegant, more caustic than (lever, informi
commanding thai unless he then and thei ed the

order of the day before in 1 irhman

he might dispense with Ins (Loring’s) services for that
Jay’s battle And then it was ‘hat an order was bas-
tilv written — on the pommel of a saddle. I believe —
restoring Gen. Tilghman to ids command .and to one
hful. bra r ‘In- < ionfederacy,

and before the sun went down on that day he yielded
up his life for the cause he believed just and holy.

It is a well-known fact of history that in the terrific
bombardment of Fort Benry bj 1 >n Foote with

his flotilla of seven gunboats, and altera large number
of the gunners within the fort bad been killed, either by
the enemy or the explosion of two heavy guns of our
own. (ien. Tilghman assisted with his own hands in
manning the guns of the fort. v ..true that the

last act of this brave man – ght .a field gun and

direct the cutting of a shell tu-

execution upon the invaders of his country. F. W II.
Plant City, Fla., July 13,

The figure on the front coi er page fairly represents the

manhood and solemnity ot the Confederate soldier.

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THK SOUTH’S GREAT BATTLE A.BBEY.

BY Miss (AMII.i.k wn.u \ IN, ii:n\.

< rather the sacred ‘lust

< (f the warriors tried and true,
Who bore the Bag of a nation’s trust
And fell in a cause, though lost, still just,

Aii’l died for me and you.

As :i nation progresses in civilization and enlighten-
ment, so will its reverence for its dead be Bhown. As
far back ;is the days ..I’ Edward the Confessor we find
in! of a national burying ground for England in
ill.- beginning of Westminster Abbey. In thai Bpot,
dear to tin- In -arts ..Call iii whose veins runs the blood of
the Anglo-Saxon, lie entombed the greatest and best thai
Englishmen as well as Americans bold dear. The tomb
of tin- monarch, statesman, poet, priest, and soldier lie
there, and DO Bpol Of that green island is so dear to the
hearts of her people as that which contains tin- gra
her honored dead.

It is tin- pride and glory of every Frenchman to point
to that s|„,t mad.- sacred by the resting place of the
greal Napoleon. And to no chvj in their history do they
point with greater tenderness than to that on which all

that i- mortal of the great world i [Ueror was depos-
ited beneath the lilies of his much-loved country.

I.l pt, once the seat of the world’s civilization, had
the tomlis of her Pharaohs. Scotland brought home the
heart of Robert Bruce and reverently entomhed it in

.Melrose Abbey. And so carefully did Spain preserve
the haughty figure and stern Lineaments of the Cid.
Campeador that at one time, when the enemies of his
count ry \\ ere about to prevail over her armies, the body
of th.- stern old warrior, placed iii front of the host he-
had once led to victory, spread confusion and dismay
throughout the ranks of the foe. It is to this principle
of reverence for the dead and their last resting places
that we Owe the deathless spirit of patriotism, that spirit
Which makes a mat) love his country next to his Cod.

and I. ids him welcome d.-ath in preference to dishonor,

‘I’he love of country itself is not more deeply inter-
twined with the most saired feelings of I he human heart
than that love which makes a shrine of patriot graves.
It is this feeling which for nearly One hundred years has

caused the hearts of Americans to turn reverent ly to that
-pot on i he gently flowing Potomac made holy by the
grave of the father of his country. And it is that feel-

ing which caused the South, only a few short months

ago. to witness the most solemn pa M.-anl that ever wound

her flower-decked hills and perfumed valleys. No

spectacle of the closing years of the nineteenth century
is more imposing than thai of carrying the dead chieftain
back to the spot where the most stirring scenes in the

great four years’ drama were enacted- that drama in
Which he was the most conspicuous figure, and which
ended wo tragically at Appomattox.

The leader in our glorious wars

Was now to glorious burial slowly borne.

And henceforth to all true Southern hearts, what Mel-
rose Abbey is to Scotland, Westminster to England, and
the glorious Pantheon to France, will he that silent city
of the dead where Jefferson Davis sleeps among 12,000
of his comrades, heroes of the lost cause. At last the
South has her Battle Abbey, and though she may not
gather within it all who laid down their lives for love of
her, the tomb of her chieftain will, in the slowly revolv-
ing years, be looked upon as the representative tomb

A Philosophic Darky. — Some time ago two colored
boys, between whom there was a feud, met and began
to quarrel. One of them became very abusive, and
called the other a great many hard names. The other
listened to him until his stock of vituperation was ex-
hausted, and then be said: •’ Is you done?” The first
intimated that he had no more to say. Then he replied:
“All dem tilings you say I is, you’s dem.”

Of that cause for which men poured out their life’s best
blood.

Listen to the South. Weeping for them still, her for-

gotten braves. Louisiana, who rocked him so tenderly
to her heart, fanning his brow with the perfumed breath
of her orange groves. And Mississippi, how she wepl to

give up her favorite son, the one who. above till others,
has -bed luster on her name I The soft swell of the Gulf

bUTBtS like a sol. from her bosom, the mighty roll of the
father of Water- joins in the sad refrain, and. pointing
to the green-covered mounds at Shiloh ami Vicksburg,

and a hundred Other Well-fought fields, She .ri.d in tones

t remuloue with sadness:

List, son-, your watch i> i-

soldier’s guard was brief;
Whilst right is right and wrong is wrong

Y. -a may not seek relief.

Go, wearing the gray of grief;

i …. watefa ..’er the dead in gray :
Go, guard the private and the chief.

And sentinel hi- clay.

Virginia, the grand old mother of the South, litis gath-
ered to her bosom the mightiest of the SOU- of valor. In
t he shadow of her lolly mountain | lines sleeps iiobert K.

Lee, the kingliesl soul thai ever drew sword in th.- cause
of truth and justice. In her arms also nestles the lofty

( ‘hristian hero, Stonewall Jackson, who murmured when
dying: “Let us cross over the river and rest under the
shade of the trees.” Here, too, sleeps the Prince Ruperl
of Southern cavaliers. Si uarl. 1 he gay and gifted cavalry-
man, one of Stonewall’s hand, in life and sleeping under
the same green coverlid in death, And what pen could
describe in fitting terms the number of green hillocks,
whose only designation are the mystic letters. “C.S. A,”
How wonderful, how passing strange, thai those letters.
so fondly worn and cherished once, should now repre-
sent only the shadow of an empire. What deeds of sac-
rifice, of valor, and of In ‘wrought for them, “C.S. A.”

It was no shadow to those who followed l.ee. and if.
Johnstons, and Stonewall Jackson, and Bedford Forrest,
for four long and bloody year-. It was no shadow lo

those who. living, blessed it with their latest breath, be-
lieving that victory, like an overshadowing halo, had

crowned the offering of their lives. It was n.. shadow,
that which floated over valiant armies, wasted at last by
disease, hardships, and death, overpowered by armies
recruited from the world’s enlisting grounds; audit is no

shadow to us to whom it is c molted to treasure up the

memory of those who died for us, who threw themselves,
for the sake of Fatherland, into the imminent deadly
breach, and instead of victory found a grave. Shall not
those graves be -a. red to Southern hearts’.’

We can- not whence they came,

I lear in their lifeless day.
Whether unknown or known to fame,
Their cause and country still the same,

Thej died wearing the gray.

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65

GEN. W. L. CABELL.

COMMANDER OF TRAW8-MT88I88IPP1
DEPARTMENT, V. <\ V.

His prominence in Con federate
matters makes this persona] and

official sketch all the more inter-
esting:

Gen. Win. L. Cabell was bom in
Danville, Va.. Jan. 1. 1827. Hewaa

the third child of Gen. I’.enj. \V.

s. and Sarah Eppes Cabell, who
lived to see seven sone ana two
daughters grown. >i\ Bona held
prominent positions in the Con-
Federate Army. The seventh, Dr.
Powhattan Cabell, died from the

effect of an arrow wound received
in Florida just before the Confed-
erate War began.

Gen. I label] entered the Military
Academy at West Point in June,
1846, graduating in 1850. He en-
tered the United States Army as
Second Lieutenant, and was as-
signed to the 7th Infantry. In
June, 1855, lie was promoted to
First Lieutenant and made Regi-
mental Quartermaster of thai reg-
iment. In .March. 1858, he was
made Captain in the Quartermas-
ter’s Department and ordered on
duty on (Jen. Pessifer F. Smith’s
Staff, who was then in command
of the Utah Expedition. After
Gen. Smith’s death Gen. Harney
assumed command, and Capt. Ca-
bell remained on Gen. Han

-t:iff until the close of the expe-
dition, when he was ordered to re-
build Fort Kearney. In the spring
of 1859 he was ordered to Fort Arbucklein the Chick-
asaw Nation, and in the fall of that year to build a new
post about 1< X ‘ miles west of Arbuckle, high up on
the Washita River in the [ndiac country.

When tin’ war hecame inevitahle Cant. Cabell re-
paired to Fort Smith, Ark., and from there went to
Little Rock and offered his services to the Governor of
the State. On receipt of a telegram from President
Davis he went to Montgomery, Ala., then the Confed-
erate Capital. Capt. Cabell reached Montgomery April
19th, where he found the acceptance of his resigna-
tion from the United states Army, signed by Presi-
dent Lincoln.

He was at once commissioned as Major under the
Confederate ( io\ eminent, and under orders from Presi-
dent Davis left on April 21st for Richmond to organ-
ise the Quartermaster Commissary and Ordnance De-
partments. He remained in Richmond attending to
all these duties until June 1, 1861, when he wa- or-
dered to Manassas to report t>> Gen. Beauregard as
Chief Quartermaster of the Army of the Potomac.

After the battles of the L8th and 19th of July Gen.
Joseph E. Johnston assumed command and Major
Cabell served on his staff until January 15. 1862, when
he was relieved and ordered to report to Gen. Albert
Sidney Johnston, then in command of the Army of
the West. He was assigned to Gen. Van Dorn in the

‘Fran– Mississippi Department, with headquarters then
at Jackson port, Ark.

IF wa- next promoted to the lank of Brigadier
i ill. and assigned to command of all the troops
on White River, where he ]u dil the enemy in check
until after the battle of Elk Horn. March 6th and 7th.
After that battle the army was transferred to tin east
side of the Mississippi. The removal of this army,
which included Price’s Missouri and McCulloch’s Ar-
kansas. Louisiana and Tex and his own com-
mand, devolved on (on. Cabell, and was performed
within a single week from points along White River.

Van Doras Army continued aching Mem-

phis, to Corinth, and Gen Cabell was assigned to a
Texas brigade with an Arkansas regiment attai
He commanded this brigade in several engagements
around Farmington and t ‘orinth, and commanded the
of Van I loin’s Army on the retreat from Corinth
to Tupelo.

ion. Bragg’s Army was ordered to Kentucky, and
Gen. Cabell was transferred to an Arkansas brii
which he commanded in the battles of Iuka and Sal-
tillo in September, and at < torinth on < (ctober ‘_’ and S,
1862, also at Hatchie Bridge on the 1th of October.
He was wounded leading the charge of his brigade on
the breastworks at Corinth, and also at Hatchie Bridge,
which disabled him from command. What wa- left

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of his command was temporarily assigned to the Lsl
ide under Gen. Brown. He was ordered
to the Trans-Mississippi Department to recuperate and
inspect the Staff Departments of that army.

When sufficiently recovered for duty in the field he
February, 1863, placed in command of all the
– in Northwest Arkansas, with instructions to
augment his command by recruits from every cart of
the State. He was very successful, and organized one
of the largest cavalry brigades west of the Mississippi.
He commanded this brigade in more than twenty bat-
tles. On the raid into Missouri under-Gen. Price he
was captured in the open field near Mmm- Creek inOc-
tober, L864, and was taken to Johnson Island i in Lake
Erie), and later to Fort Warren near Boston, until re-
leased August 28, 1865.

Gen. Cabell went from Boston to New York, and
thence to Austin. Texas. He subsequently lived at
Fort Smith. Ark., and engaged in the practice of law
until he moved to Dallas, Texas, in December, 1*72.
He was Chairman of the Democratic Executive Com-
mittee in Arkansas, and Chairman of the Arkansas
OCratic delegation that went to the Baltimore
Convention which nominated Horace Creelyfor the
Presidency. He was four times elected Mayor of Dal-
las; was a delegate from the State of Texas to the
Convention that nominated Mr. Tilden in St. Louis
and President Cleveland at Chicago in 1 .s.S-J and 1N!)2.
lie served as U. S. Marshal under President Cleve-
land’s tirst administration.

Gen. Cabell is Lieutenant General of the Associa-
tion of I’nited Confederate Veterans, commanding
the Trans-Mississippi Department, embracing all the
country west of the Mississippi Liver. He is ever
zealous in forwarding their interests.

Gen. Cabell married the daughter of Maj. Elias
Rector, of Arkansas..! woman of great intelligence and
courage, and noted for her ready wit. During the
war she followed her husband and did much to rer
lieve the sick and wounded. Her name was ” Shingo.”

an Indian name, meaning ” Little Bird,” and the sol-
diers thought no name so sweet or more appropriate

as she came from near or far to answer their cries for
aid when in distress. His oldest son Len. E.Cabell,
was Deputy C. S. Marshal under his father, and is
now She rill’ <.f Dallas County, Texas, being the young-
est man ever elected to that ollice in the county.
Three other sons, all noble boys, and one married
daughter, Mrs. .J. R. Currie. whose husband is a Mis-
sissippian, form his household and share his love
for the South, and prize her noble and wonderful
history.

TEXANS IN THE CONFEDERATE ARM).

Texas, 660 from Alabama, 540 from Mississippi, “>2:’>
from Tennessee, oil from Arkansas, 357 from Florida.
•_’ll from Missouri, 219 from Louisiana. 160 from Vir-
ginia, lb’. State- unknown. The next report will give
names of the (amps and number from each State, and
must then be dismissed.

Commanders and Adjutants in Texas have not re-
sponded as fully as was expected to the request for in-
formation of where their Camp members served in the
war. In the outset So. 20 was expended in postage to
secure the statistics. It would be a most interesting
table, but only about one third of the 131 Camps have
responded. The figures they furnish will be interest-
ing in the aggregate. One month more will be given.
The aggregate reports are as follows: Camps, 12; to-
tal membership, G,201. Of these 2,51′.) enlisted from

8. S. CRITTENDEN, MAJ QEN. U. C I’., 5. C.

Maj. Cen. Stanley S. Crittenden, commanding the
Division of South Carolina, United Confederate Vet-
erans, is a native of his State, and is sixty-three years
old. IDs father, Dr. John Crittenden, was one of the
early settlers of (ireenville. His grandfather, Na-
thaniel Crittenden, of Connecticut, was a Lieutenant,
and one of six brothers in the Continental Army.
The mother of Cen. Crittenden was Miss Stanley, a
member of that well known family in the old North
State. He was educated in Greenville and at Eliza-
beth, N. .1.

In 1855 Gen. Crittenden married Miss Eliza E.
Lynch, of Virginia, who died in 18(>X, leaving one son
and three daughters, lie afterward married Mrs. C.
A. bedell, of Columbia. S. C, a lady eminent for her
culture.

Gen. Crittenden was a planter. He volunteered at
the first call for troops, and was elected First Lieuten-
ant of a company that became part of the 1th South
Carolina regiment under Col. .1. 13. E. Sloan, and par-
ticipated prominently in the first battle of Manassas.
This regiment and Wheat’s battalion, forming Evans’
brigade, on our extreme left, commenced the great
battle and held the hosts of the enemy in check for
two hours before being reinforced. The regiment suf-
fered severely in killed and wounded. The day after
this battle Lieut. Crittenden received the appoint-

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nieiit of Adjutant in place of the gallant Samuel D.
Wilkes, of Anderson, who waa killed

In the great battle of Seven Pines, in May, 1862,
when many of this gallant regiment were killed. Adjt.
Crittenden was wounded by a minie ball in the left
breast while in front of bis command. During his
absence because of this wound Gov. Pickens appointed
him Lieutenant Colonel of the Ith Regiment of Re-
serves then forming for the defense of the Carolina
Coast. At the expiration of this service on the coast
he volunteered as a private in iry’s mounted

regiment, Hampton’s famous legion, for service around
Richmond. H> also served on t In- stafl of Gen. Gary.

m iss Delia Hayne, representative for s.mtii Carolina In Reunion

U. C. V. nt Birmingham.]

After the war Gen. Crittenden returned to planting,
but for ten year.- served in his State Legislature as
Representative and as Senator. He was Postmasl
Greenville fouryeare during Mr. Cleveland’s first ad-
ministration. He succeeds Gen. Ellison Capers, no^
Assistant Bishop of South Carolina, and has devoted
much time and attention to the interests of the broth-
erhood, and the number of Camps has increased from
six to more than thirty. He hopes to meet the repre-
sentatives of at least fifty Camps of United Coi
ate Veterans from the Palmetto state at Birmingham.

./. J. DICKISOX. 1IA.I. GEX. r. C. \.. FLORIDA.

Born in Monroe County, Va. At an early age he
was sent to South Carolina, and educated in that State.
When of age he engaged in business in Georgetown,
S. (‘.. and for several years did a large business
cotton merchant. While a resident of Georgetown he
was Adjutant and Inspector General of Cavalry, which

position he filled creditably to himself and his adopted
state. In 1856 he removed to Florida, was a sue©
planter until the secession of the State. Early in ’61 he

! an artillery company, and was elected First

Lieutenant Preferring cavalr ;zed a

cavalry company, was elected • aptain,and served un-
til near the 1 lose of the war, when he was promoted
to Colonel. Alter the war he Berved four years in the
State Legislature of Florida With the restoration of
the Democratic party to power, he waa appointed Ad-
jutant General of the State, and served four years.
As a Confederate officer he was, in the high’

■ faithful to duty.” His efficient and faithful
service- are recognized throughout Florida, and his
name is as a household word in every home, identi-
fied « ith that sacred can-.

The historical narrative of ” I lickison and his Men,”
or ” Reminiscences of the War in Florida.” is a tribute
of affection and gratitude, and a valuable contribution
to the history of the Confederate War. It portrays
many brilliant achievements and soldierly qualities
of that gallant command. True, “the bravest are the
tenderest,” a fact illustrated by his ever watchful in-
terest in the “soldier boys” confided to his care by
patriotic mothers. Hegav< In- own Bon, a noble youth
of eighteen, who was killed in an engagement with
the Federals near I’alatka. August 3, l s ‘i4. In dis-
tress of spirit the bereaved father and victor, though
dearly bought, carried on horseback the lifeless form
of his noble son. the blood still Sowing from the
wound, to the encampment six mile- distant. This
affliction was peculiarly trying, as this beloved bod
was the only surviving child of his. first marriaf

Other -ketches of Major Generals and young lady
representatives in last pages of this issue.

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

JOHS C. I’SDERWOOD. MAJ. GEN. V. C. V.

John Cox Underwood, eldest Bon of the late Judge

Joseph Rogers Underwood and his second wife Eliza-
beth Threlkeld Cox, was born September 12, 1840, in
in Georgetown, 1>. (‘.. while his father was a member
of Congress from Kentucky. His early instruction

Congress, in raising a regiment of Kentucky cavalry,
of which Hodge was to be Colonel, Underwood receiv-
ing the provisional appointment of Lieutenant Col-
onel, tie did not go with Buckner to the Trans- Mis-
sissippi Department, as hud been intended, hut re-
turned tn Tennessee early in 1863, and, having ty-
phoid fever he fell into the hands of the enemy on
Bragg’s retreat from Tullahoma. Alter Beveral months
he was taken by his father to Bowling Green, Ky., and
was paroled. Before he got well Yicksburg had fallen,
Gettysburg had been fought and lost to the Confeder-
ates, and the Federal Secretary of War. Stanton, refused
further exchanges.

Underwood played the “citizen dodge,” and was or-
dered through the military lines South, but Gen.
Granger, at Nashville, objected, and be was placed in

the military prison at Louisville. He was afterward
sent to Cincinnati, and several months later was sent

to Port Warren, near Boston. This was in October,

’63, and he was kept there until the fall of ’64.

Through the personal influence of I’nited States
Senators who had served in the Senate with his father,
President Lincoln directed that he he paroled, but
•’ not to enter an insurgent State without permission
from the Secretary of War.” He went to Washington
three times, the last in February, lS(i”), in attempts to
secure his exchange, hut was unsuccessful, and he was
a prisoner on parole at the close of the war.

He became a planter, and later followed his profes-
sion as a civil engineer and architect, lie was Mayor
of Bowling Green, State Commissioner, and Lieuten-

was from his admirable mother, from the schools of
Bowling Green, Ky., and at a high bc! 1 in Jackson-
ville, 111. Later he took a four years’ course at the
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, New York.
He graduated with distinction as a civil engineer in
in June, 1862. While a student at the Polytechnic,
through his relative, Maj. John Todd, U. S. A., then
on duty at West Point Military Academy, he secured
the military text Looks used at the “Point” and
studied the course in military engineering and the art
of attack and defense as taught there.

His emphatic Southern sentiments, boldly expressed,
got him into trouble with his Northern associates on
the fall of Fort Sumter. After his graduation he re-
turned to his home in Kentucky, but that section was
overrun with Federal soldiers.’ Resisting all appeals
to the contrary, for his father was a Union man, he
mounted his horse and, running the Federal pickets,
came farther South. Through his brother-in-law, Maj.
A. M. Rutledge, of Gen. Polk’s staff, he was given a
staff position by Gen. S. B. Buckner, and afterward
at Murfreesboro tendered another staff appointment
by Gen. Breckinridge. On Buckner’s written recom-
mendation he was appointed a First Lieutenant of
Engineers. He joined Hon. Geo. B. Hodge (after-
ward a General), then a member of the Confederate

[Miss Etta Mitchell, representative tot Mississippi to Reunion
CJ.C, V, a1 Blrminjfhm.l

ant Governor of Kentucky^ He was also a member of
the State Democratic Committee.

Gen. Underwood is one of the most prominent Odd
Fellows living, having been Grand Master of the Juris-
diction of Kentucky, Grand Sire of the entire Order
throughout the world, and for the past eight years the
General commanding the military branch thereof.

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He has resided in the Northern States for six or
seven years, and is the Major Qeneral commanding
the Division of the Xortli, I’. (‘. V. Through his
efforts the ten thousand dollar monument in Chicago
lias been erected over the 6,000 Confederate soldiers
buried in Oakw >ds Cemetery, It is the only Con-
federate memorial on Northern ground, and is a mosl
beautiful material tribute to the soldier dead of the
“lost cause.” The money was principally raised by
donations from the liberal citizens of Chicago. It will

be formally dedicated May 30.

In addition to his division command, he i- Com-
mander of the Northern Department, I . C. V., em-
bracing the States of Kentucky. West Virginia, Mary-
land, the District of Columbia, and all the Northern
State- east of the Mississippi River, He is collecting
data relating to the Confederate dead buried in the
North, lie organized the U. C, V. in Kentucky, se-
lected and appointed Gen. Boyd to command that
division, which has since grown so rapidly, and has
done much toward perfecting the federation ol *
federate veterans,

Gen. Underwood married Mies Drue Duncan, of
Warren County, Ky.. in 1867, and they have three
grown children, a boh and two daughters

OEN. CLEMEST A. EVANS,

Commander Georgia Division U. C. V., is one of the
most remarkable of living Confederal – \t • ighteen

he was a lawyer, at twenty-two a judge, at twenty-five

a State Senator, and at thirty-one a Major Genei

the Confederate Army. One of the most successful of

his heroic exploits was in leading the charge whereby
Marye’s Heights were recaptured. His deeds of valor
secured for him rapid promotion from Colonel to Major
General in the Army of Northern Virginia. Before

the end of the struggle his heart turned away from
for military conquest, and he said: “I deter-
mined to enter the ministry when the war should end,
for it was 1m 1 1 < 1 to save men than to destroy th(

Gen Evans is personally very popular with the best
peopli v Georgia paper, of the many thai praise
him, stal

“The people love Gen. Clement A. Evans be
they ri e in him all the elements thai ennoble

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M<m \ urn. McDougald, I olumbus, n pmentatlve f’>r Ge< >rrzla
In Reunion U. C V. al Birmingham.]

th( patriot, and all the instincts that consecrate the

( ln^tiaii gentleman. They love him because his
and liis pen are as eloquent and polished in ad-
vocating every thing that will build up the moral and
material greatness of the community, as his record of

service on the battlefield in behalf of his country and

on is spotless and glorious. They love him he-
cause he magnifies any position he occupies, and is
typed in the lines

“The braveHl are the tenden
Tbe loving are the daring.”

A Georgia private tells a thrilling story of Sergeant
Oakley, who “earned the colow of his regiment two
hundred yards in front of the line” at Murfreesboro,
December 31, 1862. He did this, and waved r
spicuously to determine whether a certain battery was
Confederate or Federal. After showing the colors to
assure the identity of his command he deliberately
returned with them to his line. In June of the next
year Gen. Leonidad Polk was on an inspection, and
when at the -4th Tennessee Regiment he called for the
Color-bearer, when he ungloved his hand and
“I must shake hand- with von.” Then raiding his
hat. the (ieneral continued with great feeling and real
martial eloquence: “I am proud to uncover in the
presence of so great a man.” The effect was fine, and
a great shout rent the air.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

II. .V. BUSH, MA.l- QEN. U. C. V.

\V. N. Bush. Major General commanding North-
eastern Division of the Texas U. C. V., i- a native of
Kentucky. He was born in Clark County. May ‘J7.
1833, and was married to Miss Bettie Raney, of the
same county, on April 17. 1856. Tiny removed soon
thereafter to Collin County, Texas, where he engaged

mand the Northeast Texas Division, U. C. V. That
division has increased to fifty-eight Camps from three
( lamps since his appointment. He has spared neither
time nor money in trying to get the old Confederates
in touch with each other. He is thoroughly devoted
to these interests.

(leu. Bush is nearly six feet high, weighs two hun-
died and ten pounds, and is .-till a very active man.

I. ate advices from Texas are that “(Jen. Bush will
attend the reunion at Birmingham with a full force
from all of the Camps in North Texas.”

in farming and stock raising. He enlisted as a private
:n Company c. Alexander’s Regiment of Cavalry,

which served in the Trans-Mississippi Department.
Tie- regiment was dismounted in L862, after doing
hard service in Arkansas, Missouri and the Indian
Territory. While in cavalry his horse was shot under
him. At the reorganization of the regiment in ’62, he
u.i- elected 1st Lieutenant of his company. Ere long
he was promoted to Captain. Early in ’63 his regi-
men! was removed to Louisiana and pul in Cell. Pol-
ignae’s Brigade, Mouton’s Division, where he served
until the close of the war. This division did efficient
service in meeting and repulsing Gen. Banks on his
expedition up Red Liver. The Alexander regiment
captured the Nims battery of Hanks’ army. It was
the first capture of cannon at Mansfield, and Gen.
Bush was the first man to reach the battery. In the
second day’s light at Pleasant Hill he received a wound
in the leg. In this engagement Banks was driven
back to the Mississippi, but with heavy loss to the
Confederates. He held the confidence of olfieers and
comrades as a man and commander. At the close of
the war he returned to his home in Collin County,
Texas, and with renewed energy rebuilt his interests.
In 1870 he was elected Sheriff of his county, served
faithfully and efficiently for four years,’ when he re-
turned again to his farm, where he has remained, be-
ing financially successful. In January. 1892, he was
commissioned Major General by Gen. Gordon to com-

MISS A. (‘. CHILDRESS,

OFFICIAL STENOGRAPH KK AXJi TYPEWRITER OF THE
I’SITEI) fiiXt EHERATE VETERANS.

The Veteran presents to its readers the picture and
a short sketch of this young lady, who has done so
much for the Veteran, and who is so prominently
identified with the great organization of the United

Confederate Association.

Miss Childress’ family are originally from Nashville,
Tcim. She was born in New Orleans, and is the
(laughter of a veteran. Her father, Mr. Geo. P.Chil-
dress, was a mem-
ber of Scott’s Cav-
alry, and served in
t he army fr the

beginning to the

e n d of t h e war.
Like many other
Southern women,
to whom the war
i- as a dream, she
is an ardent be-
liever in the sa-
cred p r i n e i pies
her fa t her a n d
friends fought for.
is a worshipper of
the memories of
the •• lost cause,”

and is devoted to
the story ol its
victories and de-
feats, and the val-
or of its brave sol-
diers and heroic
leaders.

Possessed of a good mind, well educated, being an

expert ill figures, a rapid and tireless worker, she is a
very valuable assistant in the organization of such a
great enterprise. She had exceptional advantages for
this peculiar work, having assisted Adj’t lien. Moor-
man through all his labors in the organization of the
Veteran Confederate States Cavalry Association, which
was his conception, and embraced a division in each
Southern State, commanded by a Vice-President, with
one President commanding the body. Miss Childress,
as Secretary, assisted in these memorable reunions, fa-
miliarizing herself with names and places of all lead-
ing veterans. Gen. Moorman secured her valuable
services, and to which duties she has applied herself
ever since with the devotion of an Eastern worshiper.
She reported the proceedings of our last great reunion
at New Orleans.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

SA}f. T. LEAVY, MAJOR GENERAL, U. C. V.

Sam. T. Leavy was horn near Lexington, Ky., in
1842; was raised on a farm and received a common
school education. He enlisted. July, L862, in I
pany I, of Gen. John H. Morgan’s Kentucky regiment.
In September of that year he was appointed 2d Lien-
tenant in Company G, 9th Kentucky Regiment, com-

manded by Col. W. C. P. Breckenridge. In 1863 the

9th Kentucky remained under orders with the Army
of Tennessee, while tie res! of Morgan’s cavalry were
on the Ohio raid. During the fall of l s <;”‘ the l-t. 2d
and 9th Kentucky were formed into the I’d Kentucky
Brigade, attached to Gen. Wheeler’s corps, and Berved
t<> the close of the war with tin’ Army of Tent”
< >n Sherman’s march to the -ea this brigade was very
active, and did much valiant sen

December 1. 1864. Capt. heavy was danerously
wounded while leading a charge in a cavalry fight
near Bethel Church, in Brock County, Ga. His was a
remarkable recovery, as he was shut through the how-
els and hip. There is only one other case on record
where a man received a similar wound and survived.

After the war he Btudied law and was admitted to
the bar, hut later followed his fancied occupation,
stock raising and tanning. In 1887 he was elected
State Senator for the 22d Kentucky Senatorial District,
composed of the counties of Woodford. Scott and Jes-
samine. He went to Oklahoma City and located in
April, 1890, and in June, 1890, was appointed Demo-
cratic member of Townsite Board, No. 4. He was
chosen as first delegate from Oklahoma Territory to
the National Democratic Convention at Chicago in
1892, and cast his ballot for Cleveland and Stevenson.

In October, 1S74, he was married to Miss Lizzie,

daughter of Col. Willis F. Jones, of Woodford County,
Ky, who was killed in 1 – r Richmond. Va.,

while serving on the staff of Gen. Chas. W. Field.
Capt. and Mr-. Leavy have three children, two hoys
and a little girl, and are now living in Norman, O. T.
Gen. Leavy is diligent for the wellheing of comrade-.

ROI’.r.RT COBB, V.I./. OES V C. V.

Robert Cobb, Maj. Gen. U. C. V. for Northwestern
I livision of Texas, is a native of Caldwell, now Lyons.
County, Ky. At the age of twenty-three lie joined
the 3d Kentucky Infantry. II. was Boon elected First
Lieutenant and then Captain of his company, which
tied temporarily to artillery duty. When
retransferred the 3d Kentucky was continued in artil-
lery service, and he was promoted by Gen. J. E.

Johnston to Major of artillery, and assigned to the
command of battalion with Breckinridge’s division.

He participated in the battl* – iloh, th>

of Vicksburg in 1862, Baton Rouge, then I
ville and Murfreeeboro. Tenn., and Jackson.
He was at Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, and that
great campaign of fighting every day between Dalton
and Jonesboro, Ga. When the war was over he was
married to Miss Virginia Walker, and after a few
of planting in Monroe County he removed to Ken-
tucky, and thence to Wichita Falls. Texas, about eight
years ago, where lie is engaged in the practice of law.
Gen. Cohh is very popular with comrades, and is
zealous for promoting the important interests of veter-
ans. His daughter, Miss Virginia Leoma, was alter-
nate with Miss Laura Gaston, of Dallas, in represent-
ing the great State at the reunion in New Orleans.

7 2

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

1

IM OWINE BACK TO DIXIE,

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U — Eliza
to represi

Laun ns I Ihlsolm, Bfi mlnebai
in i lolumbla in i tie Tabl aux.

I’m gwlne back to Dixie, no more tee gwlne t”

wander,
My heart’s turned back to Dixie, I ean’l stay

i iii j • — de ole plantation, m\ home and nn rela-
tion,
M\ heart’s turned back to Dixie, and I must go.

. n. . I : i -.

I’m gwlne back to Dixie, rni gwlne back to Dixie.

I in gwlne whei ei blosaon i o^ .

I i beai de children callln 1 , 1 Bee sad tears a

falliu’,
My heart’s turned back to Dixie, and l musl -“.

I’ve hoed in fields of cotton, I’ve worked upon

il«- rlbber,
I used in think if I got oil I’d go back dare no

nebber:
Bui time has changed de ole man, in- bead is

bending low,
His heart’s turned back to Dixie, and be must go.

I’m travelln’ back toTDlxie, my step 16 slow and
reeble,

1 pray ili • l.i. nl in help me, and lead me fnun all

e\ il:
Ami should m\ strength forsake me, den kind

friends coi tnd take me,

My heart’s turned hack to Dixie, and I must go.

Mrs. W. D. Gale, n* Mi« Mela Orr Jackson,
selected before her marriage to represent Ten-
nessee in Birmingham Reunion.

“GOI.XG BACK TO JESUS.’

Mrs Albert Akers.

“‘I HAD RATHER HAVK MY PICTURE IN THE VETERAN
THAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE.”

Mrs. Alice Pickett Akers, on greeting the founder of
the Veteran in the dazzle of the National Capital,
used the above language in a manner so natural and

The sweetest rendition of Dixie
ever heard is that which begins,
“I’m gwine back to Dixie.” The
following lilies, sung in the Taber-
nacle at Nashville in the presence
of thousands nf people recently, fur-
nished a treat that would please a
multitude of veterans.

i am going back to Jesus,

I can mi longer wander;
My heart’s turned back to Jesus,

i eannol grieve him Longer

i mis- tin sweet nmunlon,

The peace and heavenly anion ;

My heart’s turned back to Jesus,

And I musl go.

CHORUa

I’m going back to Jesus,
I’m going back to Jesus,

I’m going where the living waters flow –

Knr I hear nls sweel vol ailing,

Repentant tears are falling ;

My heart’s turned hark to Jesus,

And I must go.

I I i veil in sinful plt’iisuiv,

i n rini spenl Tuy i reasure :

i dreamed the world was loyful

Kor me without my Savior,
Bui ii when Baian found me,
With hitti-r rlnitns hi- hound me :

My heart’s turned back to Jesus,

And I must go.

I’m trav’lln’ back to Jesus,

My Btep is slow and feeble;
I pray the Lord to hud me

And keep me from all evil :
And should my strength forsake me,

Dear Jesus, come and take me j
My heart’s turned hack to Jesus,
\ ml I musl go,

sweet that her picture is given. Her handsome, elo-
quent, and courageous father gave his life to the Con-
federacy, and her husband, Maj. Albert Akers, was
shot many times, and twice entirely through the
body. They now reside in Washington City.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

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JOHN BOYD, MA.J. GEN. U. C. V.

John Boyd, Major Ceneral V. C. V. for Kentucky,
was born in Richmond. Ky., January 7. 1841. At
eleven years he emigrated to Texas and resided aboul
ayearin [ndianola, and afterward the same time in
Richmond, lie was at the latter place during the
yellow fever scourge in 1853, his family Buffering
great Loss, He returned to Lexington, Ky., in 1854,
where, with the exception of the war, he has
since resided. Ili^ education was limited, and ob-
tained wholly from the public schools. He j
the army of the I lonfederate States at the time it
pied Central Kentucky, in 1862, and served as a pri-
vate in the Buckner Guards of (del. nine’s di-
throughout the war. He participated in every battle
in which that illustrious division was engaged, and
was surrendered with the Army of T< nni Bsee by Gen.
Joseph E. Johnston ;« t Greensborough, N. C. His
parole is dated May 1. 1865, and he has preserved it.

In addition to being the commander of the Ken-
tucky Division, U. C. v., he is also the President of
the Confederate Veteran Association of Kentucky, an
organization which has done and is still doing ;i vast
amount of good in aiding the living and burying the
dead Confederates of his State. This Association has
a liberal admission fee, and its bank account has
hardly been under two thousand dollars at any time
for years. He has recently done a work for the South
that entitles him to the gratitude of every man who
honors the cause for which the Southern people sacri-
ficed so much. He has a complete list of the Confed-
erate dead buried in the Confederate cemetery at Lex-

ington, and has recently begged the money and erected
a beautiful monument over them. He has had their
names cut on the monument and numbered, and a
corresponding number at the head of every grave.

Every Southern State i< represent, il

n I.e. V

i*e foi Kentucky

I 1*1 r

ii inilitllmni.

• .in. Boyd is so diffident that the Veteran thnnk-
1 1 i in (or the sacrifice of allowing this prominence. He
rarely evi from home. He Btays there and

works for his devoted wife. and. as indicated above
for Confederates living and dead

DEDICATION <T CHICAGO MONUMENT.

John C. Cndeiw 1 write- from Washington

City, April 12. that the dedication “I the Confederate
Monument at < lakwoode < Jemetery, ( IhicagO, will take

on Mav30,1894 Gen. Wade Hampton, of South
Carolina, will deliver the dedicatory address, and Maj
Henry T Stanton, of Kentucky, will read a poem, and
other ceremonies will he announced in next
He adds Th< monument cost ten thousand ($10,000)
dollar-, and is the only Confederate monument erected
in a Norther] By authority of the United

Mat’- Government four cannon will he parked, and
piles of shot made on the Government plot in said

tery in additional ornamentation thereof, a n
nition which should he fully appreciated by the veter-
ans. 1 will announce railroad transportation rat’
circular, in the near future.”

The superintendent of transportation at New Or-
leans will give round trip ticket to Birmingham for
$7, and the Trans-Mississippi agents have promised
to meet any railroad rates madeeasl of the Mississippi.
This would make the round trip from I»allasto Bir-
mingham about 815. It is expected that an Alabama
State organization of Sons of Confederate Veterans
will he effected at time of the Birmingham Reunion.
Camp Clayton, of Birmingham, is sending many let-
ters to the Camps throughout Alabama, and is meet-
ing with most cordial responses. This is as it should
be. The Sons of Veteran- must he able to take up the
work as the older men lay it down.

Camp Clayton has chosen the Veteran for its or-
gan, and the State organization is expected to do so.

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

KEUXIOX OF TEXAS VETERANS AT HA*”.

The division of Texas United Confederate Veti
had an interesting and profitable gathering at Waco.
April 5th, 6tb and 7th. The parade was seriously
dampened by a shower of rain. but in the Assembly

Hall .spirit- revived. Rev. Frank Page, one of the
youngest Confederates, having been sworn in as a
cadet at the Virginia Military Institute, Chaplain of

Mi– Elizabeth Pasco, Montlcello, representative u>< Florida
in Reunion U. <‘. V. :it Birmingham.]

the Pat Cleburne Camp, al Waco, introduced the ser-
vice with this significant prayer:

Almighty God, the creator and governor of the
world, we ask thy blessing and direction upon this
issembly. We thank thee fur the love of country and
of home with which thou hast endowed mankind,
made in thine own image. We thank thee for the
noble men thou hasl given us in times past, and that
so many of their companions are with us to-day. May

the memory of our fallen heroes ever be dear to US.

Ma v we always honor these brave soldiers of our coun-
try who survive. ( Mir Father, comfort and bless them
in their declining years. Look with mercy upon them
and their families, and supply their wauls. We have
no bitterness against any. We pray for all the soldiers
of our common country, hoth North and South. HI ess
this country, especially this great commonwealth. 0,
Lord, save the State, and mercifully hear us when we
■call upon thee. Give peace iii our time, Lord, for it
is thou, Lord, only that maketh us to dwell in safety.
And as in times past these men have been faithful, so
may they be true soldiers of the cross in the great hat-
tie of life, following Jesus Chri-t, the great Captain of
our salvation, against sin. the flesh and the devil, and
may peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion
ami piety, flourish in our borders. We ask it all for

Christ’s sake.

The welcome by Judge George Clark so emphasized
the position taken hy the Veteran on the ” Lost
Cause” that it is given in full :

Comrades and Confederate veterans, I need not say

friends, I need not extend to you a formal welcome to
Waco, because you knew in your hearts that you had
that welcome before you came in our midst. The
pleasant hut unnecessary duty has devolved upon me
to open to you the hearts and the homes of this good
city, and I stand here, comrades, to bid you a royal
welcome to royal hearts that heat in the home of
Granbury and of Harrison and of Ross.

As I look upon this sea of faces, and hear the yell
that is not unfamiliar to my ears, my thoughts, fellow-
soldiers, go hack many, many years. Without hitter-
ness and without malice 1 stand here to claim the
proud honor which belongs to us all — that we were
( lonfederate soldiers.

It is sometimes said that our cause is lost. Some
causes are never lost. They may he crushed in defeat,
they may go down in seeming ignominy, hut in the
end, like truth crushed to earth, they rise again. The
Confederate soldier is always and under all circum-
stances true to principle. There was no selfishness in
his heart, no thought of the morrow with him. He
put all upon his country’s altar, and went forth ami
gave his time ami his heart and his life to the cause.
What did that cause represent? I said it was not lost,
and 1 repeat the assertion. It could not he Lost.

It stood first for the rights of the States. Upon its
solid foundation hangs the liberty and prosperity of
the whole of America. Inside of eleven years after
the surrender of our armies, before the grandest tri-
bunal that ever sat upon earth, it was decided that
the States were supreme in this nation. We are not
indebted to our friends, soldiers, for this decision, but
it came from those who had been our enemies.

They went upon record with the solemn declaration
that no matter what might he the action of a State in
the selection of a President its action was final. So
that part of our cause, instead ol’ being lost, is tri-
umphant throughout the north and the south, the
east and the west as the highest law in the land.
There was another great principle for which we stood,
and that is that we fought against the interference of
the government with the rights of the property of the
individual. Our contest was broad upon the idea of
individual rights of Life, Liberty and property. The
tight is still upon us. fellow-soldiers, the light for con-
stitutional guarantees in this country, the light for the
enjoyment of our lives, the right of the enjoyment of
our Liberty and that equal dignity of right to enjoy
the fruits of our Labor. Tell me not that the cause is
lost when hosts of Americans arc marshaling in de-
fense of these rights, and that Hag [pointing to a Con-
federate hanner], the Hag of the old Confederates,
typifies the tight. Turn it loose anil let them all see
it! [The man holding the Hag shook it out, and the
whole building rang with cheers. J Brave men have
followed it. patriots have died under it, lovely woman
has blessed it with her prayers and consecrated it with
her tears. It stood for the rights of life, liberty and
property from L861 to 1865. It didn’t tell a lie then.
It speaks no lie to day.

We stand today with our brethren of the whole
country, marshaled now under a different flag [taking
hold of the t’nion banner], and we will be as true to
this as we were to that. With our faces firmly set, fel-
low-soldiers, against the aggressions of government,
against the aggressions of anarchy, against the aggres-
sions of communism in every shape, come from what-
ever quarter it may, standing true to the Constitution

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

and the flag of our country, in defense of the rights
and liberties of this people, we would not join any
hand that would march upon Washington now. We
marched upon Washington once before in a manly
right and under the true tlag, and the next time we
march upon Washington we will take this tlag with
us [pointing to the United States tlag amid cheer-
ing] to cover us, and we will raise it against the hosts
of communism, let them be led by whom they may.
Am I not right when I say it’s a misnomer to call our
cause lost? It could not he lost. God, in his inscruit-
able wisdom, if we were untrue to principle for which
we contended, and of which we arc not ashamed, would
raise up another race that would prove better men
than we were. The cause is triumphant, and the
Confederate soldier will go down into history occupy-
ing the proud page he should occupy, and we every
year will turn aside one day at least to weep over our
dead and talk over the trying times of the nasi

We meet in no spirit of malice or of -trite, standing
as we have ever stood, true to the (lag of our country
and to the institution- of our government, and I
know we will ever stand true to tie’ principles of our
Cause, which arc eternal.

Now, welcome again to Waco . welcome to our
homes. Let enjoyment rule all of out but.

comrades, let us not forget in our moment of joy those

old heroes who have ClOSSSed the river, let us make
it a point, according to our means, to rear to theit
memories grand monuments, to -how to all future
eyes the deed- don. by them, the cause for which they
fought ami the cause (‘or which they died.

Gen. 1.. S. Ross, an honored ex-Governor of T< xas,
delivered a very interesting address upon that section
of Texas, remembering when tin’ first cal in was built,
and win ui the postoffice was in a ” bee gum ” hat lb’
paid beautiful tribute to his faithful comrades of the
war. Judge Ilea-‘” 1 – who was Postmaster i leneral, and
is the only member of the orignal Confedi abinet

living, gave an address, held over foi May Vi rERAN.

CHARLEY EERSST, <>F KESTC(K)

There was no uncommissioned Boldier in the Con-
federate Army more faithful and constant in all
duties than Charley Herbst, of the 2d Kentucky Regi-
ment, lie is worthy of high place in the Y i rERAN.
An intimai \ with its editor since prison Life at Camp
Motion in \SC>2 enables him to give this positive testi-
mony, and he does it with special pride and gratitude.
It was intended to surprise him with the picture and
sketch of himself. The hundred- yet living of the
four thousand fellow-prisoners at Indianapolis will
recall the cultured gentleman who was so quick and
-o accurate in his detail work at the little postoffii
Camp Morton during the spring and summer of 1862,
and how their hearts throbbed when he would call
their names on letters from home. Everybody knew
■”Charley.” The writer introduced himself, and after-
ward Charley’s unselfishness and friendly devotion
-cured many returns in hospital and in camp.

When he had four holes shot into his body at Dal-
las, Ga., on the Johnston-Sherman campaign, and was
located in a hospital, although lying on his back, he

sent this message: “Now that my opportunities
better for writing. 1 will send ywu two letters for one.”

Early after the war he was engaged for months in
marking graves ot Confederate dead between Dalton
and Atlanta, and wa- helpful in identifying many a
noble martyr who gave his life for l>ixie. A lettei of
Mr. Herbst to -<>nie niece- furnishes the following data :

At the opening of the war he was in the hardware
trade in New York City. He returned to Kentucky

in April, 1861, and joined Company H, 2d Kentucky
Regiment, the first regiment formed at Camp Boone,
Tenn. He was made Commissai : t. He v

captured with hi- regiment at Fort Donelson and

-cut to Indianapolis, Indiana. While in < amp Mor-
ton he u.i- mad< – it of Division 13. lb
appoint nt to Mr. Evans, the camp postmaster,
by Col. ((wen. commandant of the prism i
he was assigned to duty at the Surgeon’s headquar-
ters, lb was with hi- regiment in tie battle- of Mur-
freesboro, Jackson, Mi–.. Mission Ridge, Rocky face
Cap. Resaca, and Dallas, Ga., where he was severely

wounded, and w a- on crutches for about six months.

While convalescing was assigned to office duty under
Lieut. Battey, in Mai on. < >a. In V
ported to the regiment at Stockbridge, Ga., where he
saw Atlanta burning, and with his mounted regiment
retreated to Macon. Ga. Later lie was a bearer of dis-
patches to Dalton, Ga., for Col. Hiram Hawkins, of
the 5th Kentucky Infantry. Again he was assigned
to duty, under Col. John F. Cameron, who appointed
him Sergeant Major of tic detachment, with whom
he remained several months. Then he rejoined
regiment and remained with it up to the surrender
under Gen. Johnston, April 26, 1865.

For twenty-three year- he served as Librarian in
Atlanta and Macon. Ga., where he now lives. He has
lived in that State nearly ever since the war. but has
ever registered as “of Kentucky.”

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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

FOUNDER oy THE FIRST CONFEDERATE HOSPITAL.

Ml;-. (I.IIKTIHEIIKART BUCK, WASHINGTON, I’. C.

Among the Southern veterans residing in 1 1 1 * –
National Capital an’ some noble women, whose sacri-
fices and devotions t’> our cause have never been re-
corded in history. The frosts of time have whitened

their heads like tl Id soldiers, but the purity and

beauty of their hearts is nut marred. One of these,
Mr-. Letitia Tyler Semple, daughter of Ex-President
Tyler, established the first hospital in the South.
When tin’ war commenced Bhe was in New York with

her husband, who was Paymaster in the United States
Navy, stationed at New York. They immediately
came South ami cast their fortunes with our people

he taking a position on the Alabama and si o

another, and sometimes the more trying hattle ground.
In Philadelphia, on her way south Mrs. Semple met
a friend who suggested to her that more soldiers died
from sickness than the bullet, and that she inaugurate
a. movement for the establishment <>f hospitals, which
she did as soon as she reached Richmond, in May
1861. she arrived there the day the blockade set iii.
There she met her father who was a member of the
Confederate Congress, and he obtained permission of

Mr. Pope Walker, Confederate Secretary of War, to

establish a hospital at Williamsburg. .Sirs. Semple’s
appeal to the ladies of Williamsburg was heartily
responded to. Col. Benj. S. Ewell was in command of
the Peninsular, and with other gentlemen encouraged
and assisted the move. The Female Seminary which

stood upon the site of the Colonial Capitol, was selected
for the purpose desired. The ladies went to work dili-
gently, Mr.-. Semple making the first bed with her own
hands. \ cry soon -event v-tive cots were in place.
l»r. Tinsley. now a practicing physician in Baltimore,
and Dr. W. (‘. Shields were the surgeons in charge.
Very soon troop- t’rom different points were centered

there. About that time Mr«. Semple left Williams-
burg and returned. after the hattle of Bethel, June Hi.

There were then so many refugees from Hamilton ami
other places, and so many sick soldiers none wounded

as yet Deeding attention and comforts, that William
and Mary College, the Court House, and several
churches were taken for hospitals. Dr. Willis West-
moreland in charge. Dr. Westmoreland scut a mes-
sage to Mrs. Semple’s residence asking her to inspect

the situation, which she did. and when she found so
many needing more than the kind citizens could
immediately supplv, she went to Richmond the next

day for Supplies. Cell era I Moore rendered all the a–i.—

tance he could, and the people of Petersburg, Pittsyl-
vania and other places contributed liberally of food,
clothes and bedding. The first death in the hospital
was that of young Ball, Company A of Fairfax County.
Va. The young hero pave up his life for his country,
and that was all that was known of him there, hut the
lady who received the tender look from the soft blue-
eyes, and smoothed his golden hair for the last time-
never forgot bim. Tt is to be honed his family found
his remains. The New ( Orleans I French i Zouaves, and
Captain Zaeharv’s troops were stationed thereat that
time, and the ladies made and presented a Hag to
them, the address being made by Mr. Edwin Tallia-
ferro. General Magruder now took command of the
troops. Among them was a brigade from Georgia
under General McClaus. Colonel Ewell also was there
with his regiment awaiting orders. All of them gal-
lantly assisted the ladies in their work. Knowing the
part Mrs. Semple had taken in the noble work, Colonel
Ewellasked General McClaus if he had called upon
her. He answered. “No. but I’ll go directly-” When
he returned from his visit to Mrs. Semple and the Col-
onel asked him what he thought of her, he said, “Why
sir, I hadn’t been in that room five minutes when, if
she had said to me, ‘McClaus. bring me a bucket of
water from the spring,’ I would have done it.”

So the women of that day helped the cause by cheer-
ing the 1i ving and caring for the sick and wounded,
and the beautiful woman who inaugurated such a
glorious work still smiles encouragement to every gen-
erous and loyal deed for the good of our loved South-
land. The women of this generation also have a work
to do, and they are blinding together for the purpose.
In Washington, besides the soldiers and their families.
there are needy ones troni everv State who have been

shipwrecked on the sea of life. Our Southern Relief As-
sociation is composed of about three hundred women
who labor zealously in caring for this class, those who
have no friends to help them. It is refreshing to meet
with an organization so generous and loyal in spirit
and practice. When preparing for entertainments
wealthy women don their aprons and work by the side
of those who are poor, oft times without knowing each
others name. Every Southern heart that beats over a
well filled pocket should open it now. for soon our
veterans will “pass over the river.” There they will
neither want nor suffer. While honoring the dead let
us not forget the living.

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77

UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS.

CHANGES IN ORDER OF DEPARTMENTS CONSIDERED.

i.SS. JOHN C. UNDERWOOD, CHK \’.”.

In consequence of the rapid growth <>f tin- United
•Confederate Veterans, the department east of the Mis-
sissippi River, formerly commanded by the late Gen.
E. Kirby-Smith, will, at the Birmingham meeting of
the Federation, probably be divided into two, and may
be three, departments, and in view of Buch possible
legislation it may l>r well, and can certainly do no
harm, to consider the following suggestions. It seems
to me that the territory east of the Mississippi River
should be divided into three departments, as follows:

1. The “Atlantic” Department representing in the
main the Arm vol Northern Virginia, and comprising
the States of South Carolina. North Carolina, Vir-
ginia, West Virginia, Maryland, the District of Co-
lumbia, and the Northern States east of Ohio, to be
commanded by either of the distinguished Generals,
Wade Hampton, of Smith Carolina, or Fitzhugh Lee,
of Virginia.

•_’. The “Gulf” department, largely representing the
Army of Tennessee, and composed of the Stati
Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and
Louisiana, to be commanded bj one of the eminent
Generals, W. H. Jackson, of Tennessee, or Stephen D,
Lee, of Mississippi.

■\. The “Northern” Department, embracing Ken-
tucky and the Northern States east of the Mississippi
River and west ol Pennsylvania, to be commanded by
ton s. B. Buckner, of Kentucky.

At present 1 command the provisional department
of the North, comprising the States of Kentucky.
West Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia
and the Northern States east of the Mississippi River,
and having in a manner introduced and organized the
U. C. V. where possible therein. I think it propitious
to divide my department, and in fact all the territory
east of saiil river, as outlined ahove. and to pla
command the most distinguished and popular of the
living Confederate Cenerals, that the U. C. V. Federa-
tion may receive the benefit of their official connection
with it as members high in command.

The ” Trans-Mississippi ” 1 department should remain
as now organized, with its several divisions, in the
large State of Texas, where the U. C. V. membership
is so numerous as to make such an organization not
only possible, but advantageous and desirable: and
Gen. W. L. Cabell, who has done so much toward re-
cruiting the Federation and perfecting its organiza-
tion, should be made a full General in recognition of
his services; and besides retaining his departmental
command, he should be made second in command to
the illustrious Gordon, who, for the present, at least,
ought to be kept at the head of the Federation.

The reason for making a fourth permanent depart-
ment by adding Kentucky to the Northern States pre-
viously designated is, that thereby there will be em-
braced a first-class division of living Confederates
with the scattered Camps throughout Northern States;
and, all being under the command of the officer hav-
ing charge of the many thousands of dead Southern
soldiers buried at Indianapolis, Columbus, Johnson’s

Island. Chicago. Madison. Rock Island, Alton, etc,
he will, by such means, be the better enabled to care
for their graves and tie cemetery grounds in which
they are located.

The I’. C. V. Federation having become a great or-
ganization throughout all the Southern States and the
entire country where Confederate veterans arc resi-
dent, I believe the present to be tile proper time for

bringing to the front the greatest possible number of
the living Confederate heroes who, because of their
illustrious deeds, possess extraordinary military re-
nown, and thereby will 1m- enabled to work the ad-
vancement of the Federation mon fully than
if they were less distinguished per&onaf

Personally, I have lost Done of my enthusiasm
and willingness to labor for the advancement of the
movement, but, recognizing the advantage to be de-
rived by placing the Generals named in command, I
am perfectly willing to -urn nder nix- department com-
mand to the chivalric Buckner. 1 do not think that
the selection’– . commanders Should be made

alone on the basis ol the past honorable services and

the military renown of officers, but more particularly
on account of the availability of the men and I
activity and enthusiasm in recruiting ami otherwise
working for the Federation.

Again, the life of the organization is undoubtedly

annual meetings of the regular Council

of the Federation and general reunion of veterans
from all sections of the Southern country, and in fur-
therance of such necessity a centrally located and
thoroughly Southern city should be selected as the
permanent headquarters of the Federation. With
that object I would -iil’l” -i New Orleans as the most

advantageously locate. I point, and the week previous
to Mil- Gras” as the propitious time for holding
SUCh annual reunion-. By such a course the meetings

of the veterans would always take place in a large,

conveniently located city, comi lions in its appoint-

m< nt-. liberal in its hospitality, and lavish in its truly
Southern pulsations. By selecting the time named
for the reunions, the veteran- and their families could
enjoy the MardiGraa festivities, meet during the most
pleasant month of the year in the South, and i
avail themselves of the half rate for round transporta-
tion, always made for the New < Means Mardi (ira> “• –
casions throughout the whole South and larger por-
tion of the North, and thereby insure a greater attend-
than could possibly be obtained any other way.
1 trust that these suggestions will receive such favor
as to secure place in your valuable columns.

A BRAVE SOUTH CAROLIMA.X.

Notices of a few of the many brave men of the Con-
federate Army have appeared in your columns I
send you a record of one whose name 1 have forgotten.
if I ever learned it, in the burly burly of the day, and
I write with the hope that the recital of the incident
may recall it to some of the actors in the scene.

About eight or ten days before Cen. Lee evacuated
the lines at Petersburg he had been preparing for the
inevitable by throwing boards across the trenches,
covering them with earth and blankets, and quietly
withdrawing his guns from the lines. These were
parked near the reservoir at Petersburg, and the prepar-
ations would have been completed for a successful re-
treat if the judgment of the President had not over-

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rul<-<l that of the General. Deserters; however, reported
these preparations to the enemy, and they opened a
fire upon us t hat lasted some time before wi madi any
reply. When our batteries and mortars responded the
enemy concluded that they had been deceived. A
South Carolina battery was Btationed about where 1 1 » < •
plank mad crossed our Lines, and it did splendid serv-
ice. A Lieutenant was in command of the guns, and
in the heal of the 6ght a shell fell a Bhorl distance in
advance “t’ this officer, and plowed up the ground un-
der him, so that he Beemed to have had his Legs cut
off a- In- fell into the hole. As he sunk down he no-
ticed that one of his L’nii- hung fire; he gave the com-
mand which sent the proper man t<> the fronl of the
gun with his priming wire, and before In- touched tin’
vent the gun was discharged, and none of 1 1 1 * ■ gunners
were hurt. I have often told the story as an evidence
of tiic cool gallantry of an officer who Baved the lives
or limbs of his nun. when he thought himself to be
mortally wounded. He escaped, however, unhurt.
What is his name?

FLAG OF THE FIRST REGIMENT SOUTH CAROLINA
REG ULA R AR TI L I. Eli ) .

CLAUDINE R1IKTT, CHARLESTON, s. c.

One “f the most interesting incidents of the winter
i if 1892-93 to the veterans of Charleston has been the
recovery of the long lost regimental colors of the 1st
Regiment Smith Carolina Regular Artillery and their
presentation l>v the surviving officers of that command
to the city of Charleston.

In the early days of the civil war the ladies of
Charleston, by the hands of Mrs. Gen. R. S. Ripley,
gave a handsome silk flag to the artillerists who then
garrisoned Fort Moultrie. During the bombardment
of Fort Sumter the hot shot fired from Moultrie
caused Maj. Anderson’s surrender of Fort Sumter to
the Confederates, April 13, ‘I’d. A detachment of
these artillerists was then placed in charge of Fort
Sumter, and was thenceforth known as the 1st Regi-
ment South Carolina Regular Artillery. The flag
went with them, and was used daily on parade.

Iron-plated ships of war are now in use all over the
world, but they were first tried in Charleston harbor,
April 7, 1863, when Ericsson’s fleet of monitors at-
tacked fort Sumter. They were confident that they
would take Charleston, hut our artillerists gave them
such a warm reception that in the course of two hours
the much vaunted iron-clad fleet withdrew from the
contest badly worsted.

Fighting “for Charleston began again on July 10,
1863, and the guns of Sumter were employed by day
and by night until that fortress was reduced to the
condition of a silent, dismantled earthwork, when it
u as placed in charge of an infantry guard, and the
artillerists were withdrawn and sent to man other
batteries around the harbor, after forty-eight days of
continuous service, exposed to hungerand gnat fatigue.
Gen. Beauregard, in recognition of their services, issued
the following complimentary order:

Charleston, S. C, August 27, L863. General— The
Commanding General has witnessed with genuine
pride and satisfaction the defense made of Fort Sum-
ter by Col. Rhett, his officers and the men of the 1st

Regiment Smith Carolina Regular Artillery, noble
fruits of the discipline, application to their duties,
and the soldierly bearing 01 officers and men. and of

1 1 ‘ganizatioo of the regiment. In the annals of

war no stouter defense was ever made, and no work
ever before encountered as formidablea bombardment

as that under which Fort Sumter has been Mice. —
fully held. Respectfully your obedient servant.
Thomas Jordan, Chief of Staff.

To Brig. Cen. Ripley, C mending First Military

District Smith Carolina. Charleston, S. C.

When Charleston was evacuated in 1865, Lieut. Col.
Yates, who commanded the regiment (Col. Alfred
Rhett being in command of the brigade of regulars),
left the Hag in Charleston, no other flag than the
Confederate battle Hag being allowed in the field.
Cpon his return to that city, alter the surrender of
John-ton’s army, he was informed that the tlag had
been hidden in a garret tor safe keeping, and had been
destroyed by rats. Recently it was found in the
hands ot’ a relic seller, and was immediately bought
by two of the officers of the 1st Artillery for $100.

Col. Yates’ widow resides in Hessemer, Ala., with
her daughter, Mrs. Roberts, who was born on the b’.th
of April, l.X(51, and was baptized Relic Sumter, in
memory of her father’s participation in the capture of
Fort Sumter. No sooner did these noble women hear
of the finding of the old flag than they claimed the
right as Col. Yates’ representatives to bear the expense
of procuring it for the city of Charleston, and for-
warded the money for that purpose. The recovered
emblem of the 1st Regiment South Carolina Regular
Artillery was then formally presented to the City
Council, and has been placed alongside of tin full
length portrait of (Jen. Beauregard, and just above
Charleston’s proudest historical treasure, the sword of
Beauregard.

NEED OF A UNITED STATES HISTORY.

REV. J. II. M NEII.LY, NASHVILLE, TKNN.

One of the pressing needs of our whole country is a
history of the United States, for schools and for popu-
lar use, written from the Southern standpoint. We
do not want a prejudiced, partisan account of our po-
litical and social life, and of our civil war, but a clear,
vivid story of the difficulties, efforts and growth of
our people, in the light of those great ideas and prin-
ciples which controlled the actions of Southern states-
men from the origin of the Republic.

Hitherto Northern men have written the history,
and naturally in the light of Northern ideas and prin-
ciples. Of course our great civil war has been treated
as a “wicked and causeless rebellion,” as a war stirred
up by a few ambitious spirits for personal ends, and
for the maintenance and extension of the institution
of slavery. ( »ur children are taught to believe that we
were rebels and traitors against “the best government
the world ever saw.” Now, a movementso widespread,
so nearly unanimous, and which called forth the en-
thusiastic devotion and the heroic efforts of millions
of people for four years, is not causeless. But the
causes lie far back in our history. The contest was
between two different conceptions of the nature of our
government. The Southern people made their des-
perate struggle to maintain the government which

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79

they believed its founders established. When they

were defeated they accepted in g 1 faith the govern-
ment as it now is, and are loyal to it. but they ‘1″ not
believe thai it is the government according to the idea
of the f ram erB of the Constitution. It may turn out
to be better. Certainlj they have no idea of trying to
establish by force their idea oi Mate- rights. Bui
they will always contend that they foughl for the
Constitutional rights of the people, as originally guar-
anteed to them.

Now, the histories written by Southern mi
as I have seen, do not set forth clearly the idea and
purpose which animated the South in all the y<
before I860, when it controlled the government. <>ur
historians are usually content to give our Bide of the
civil war, with some of the causes that led up to it :
hut for all the period preceding that tearful contest
they differ little from Northern writers.

How few of our children know that Jamestown,
Virginia, was settled before the Pilgrim Fathers came

to this country, or that the va-t domain which forms

four-fifths of the United Stat.- was won by Southern
men. or that slavery was forced upon this country by
England, seconded by New England, or that in I860
one-tenth of theslaves were communicants in chut’ hi

What we need is a history of the country from the
beginning, which shall show the wonderful pari the
South had in its conquest and development, and the

patriotic spirit and great sacrifices made by the South
for the Union. It can only be written by one in thor-
ougn sympathy with the idea- of the South, as well as

with thorough knowledge oi the great facts of history.

The history of this country to the close of the civil
war is not the “History of the Rise and Fallot the
Slave Powef,’ ! as Vice President Wilson wrote it. but
the history of the overthrow of the Constitution a- it
was originally adopted. While giving hearty devo-
tion to the government as it now is. and while labor-
ing to make it a glory and a blessing to the world, we
yet owe it to our ancesteis. and to our dead, to show
in history that government, as we believe it was in-
tended by its framers, and as it made Buch wonderful
progress under our administration of it until the op-
posing idea triumphed.

Upon our Confederate veterans lies the duty of
securing this vindication of their cause from the facts
of all our past history. We owe it to our fathers, to
ourselves and to our children that the history of our
common country should not be left to be told by those
who are out of sympathy with our spirit and princi-
ples, and so are unable to do justice to our motives or
actions; and who therefore fail to record the glorious
part we had in winning and developing the country,
and fail to understand the meaning of the heroic strug-
gle we made, not to preserve slavery, but to preserve
our rights under the Constitution.

To Correspondents. — Accept profound thanks for
what you have sent to go in the Veteran. Be patient
for literal production or liberal extracts. Preference
has been given so far specially to those who had
written for publication. It is the greater compliment
for them to write, and they seem to remember better
than the educated. The Veteran does not intend
partiality toward any person or any section of our
own dear Dixie. It prays for long life in the faith of
doing great good. Write concisely, and only facts.

V. |i Hall, of Wilmington. Department Com-
mander of North Carolina, is very much thi
Old Hickory. He raised the first volunteer company
in that Bection, if not in tie md arrived at Ma-

nassas ju-t at the (dose of that memorable victory
July 21, ’61. Soon after this he was appointed Majoi
of the 7th North Carolina Regiment, and so acquitted
himself in the battle of New Berne that he was elected
Colonel of the pith North Carolina, although a per-
sonal stranger, even to its officers. His regiment was
put in Walker’s brigade, afterward lane I “ok’s

brigade, and it is said they were in every battle in
I ee’s army. Gen. Cools was wounded several tin i
that Col. Hall, being senior Colonel, had to take the
command. Tin- he did at Sharpsburg, Fredericks-
burg, Marv’s Heights, and BristOW Station. He de-
clined the appointment of Brigadier < reneral, although
A. P. Hill insisted upon it, in loyalty to his friend’s
Gen. Cook) approaching recovery. In December,
L864, he resigned activi ant of disabil-

ity. After his health improved he was elected to the

lie took strong ground, when try, in

behalf of his people in the period of reconstruction.
IP’ was nominated as Lieutenant Governor and

-I the State, but with 25,000 white people dis-
franchised and the ballol given to the negroes, there
was no chance for success. (Jen. Hall has ever been
zealous for the old veteran-, and may 1» credited with
getting pensions from the State. He was unanimously
elected President of the North Carolina Veteran Asso-
ciation. In their reunions Gen. Hall b ed re-
markable favors, so much so that veterans could at-
tend practically without money or price.

So

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CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS AT CHICK \M.\UQA.

J. V. Shipp, Quartermaster General U. (‘. V., writes
,i- follows to Maj. Eshleman, New Orleans, in reply to
inquiries concerning the cost of erecting monuments
on the battle-field of Chickamauga. Maj. Eshleman’e
letter was in regard to building monuments to Louisi-
ana troops who participated in that battle.

I have just had n long interview with oneof the
Ohio State Commissioners, who states that their Leg-
islature has made an appropriation to erecl a monu-
ment to each regiment, battalion and battery of artil-

,,/

Miss Carrie T. Cochran, Eufaula, representative For Alabama
in Reunion U. (‘. V. ; 1 1 Birmingham.]

Jery from Ohio who took part in the I Kittles around
Chattanooga, the cost not to exceed $1,500 each. That
amount, however, may be supplemented by friends of
the commands so that more expensive monuments
may be erected. The appropriation provides for pay-
ing the expenses of ihe Commissioners to locate the
lines and positions of the various commands engaged
in the great battles during each day and at various
hours during the progress of the battles.

All monuments erected at the expense of the States
must be submitted to the War Department for ap-
proval, the object being that nothing shall appear
upon the tablet or monument that is not strictly in
accord with the facts, nor anything that is offensive
in character.

I am informed that the Park Commissioners have
asked for authority to have the foundations of the
monuments, and the cost of installing the same, to be
done at the expense of the Government and under
their supervision. I think that authority will be
granted, as it is the proper thing to do.

I find, upon examining the records, that Louisiana
had at Chickamauga four infantry regiments, one cav-
alry regiment and three batteries of artillery ; at Mis-
sion Ridge, or Chattanooga, four infantry regiments,

one cavalry regiment and two batteries of artillery.
Therefore, to locate a monument to each Louisiana
command at both chickamauga and Chattanooga
would require fifteen monuments, say $1,000 each
slo.iHK); and say for the purpose of defraying the ex-
penses of the Commission, $1,000, making a total of
$16,000.
The foregoing are points in the letter of general

interest.

.Miss Ltllle McGee, Van Buren, representative ror
Arkansas in Ba union v. c. v. at Birmingham.]

Charles Todd Quintard, Bishop of Tennessee who has
ever been an honor to comrades at home and abroad:

Sewanbe.Tbnn., March 7. 1894. — Dear Mr. Cunning-
ham: The Confederate Veteran comes to me full of
good things, and I wish to thank you for your faith-
ful work in giving to the Confederate soldiers such an
admirable and accurate record of the days that “tried
men’s souls.” The typography, the illustrations, and
the whole “get-up” of the paper, leave nothing to be
desired. The editorials and letters of correspondents
are full of interest to one who took part in the strug-
gle to preserve the constitutional rights of the States.

I am yours with all good wishes.

The Other Side. — The letter from Mrs. V. Jefferson Pavis,
from which the following are extracts, was written last sum-
mer to .Mrs. Virginia Frazer Boyle, of Memphis. The title of
the book was lirst designated as “The Prisoner of State.”
That title, however, was afterward reserved as the second part
or division of the poem: “My Hear Young Friend — I have
often wished to utter the gratitude my heart lias so long
cherished toward you for your nolile poem, ‘The Prisoner of
State,’ which you kindly read to me in Memphis, while it was
yet unfinished. Then it gave rare promise of excellence,
randy attained, which, I understand, it has more than fulfilled
since that time. Could the dear Prisoner of State have lived
I” see it, it would have heeii a rich reward, after his protracted
sullerings, to know* that his noble patience, under wrong, had
inspired his young country woman, who was an infant when
he sull’ercd, to write so great a poem as a tribute to his memory
and to the truth of history. Your unfeigned desire to tell only
the exact truth, setting down nothing in malice, rather under
than overstating the circumstances attending the outrages
committed upon a helpless prisoner of State, touched me
greatly, and if possible, increased my respect for you, and I
can vouch for the exact accuracy of your narrative. In the
name of Mr. Davis’ descendants I thank you.”

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

8i

THE GALLAST GEN. LANE.

Gen. James H. Lane, of Alabama, is a Dative of Vir-
ginia — Mathews Court House. A “star” graduate
with distinction from the Virginia Military Institute,
he afterward took a scientific course at the Univi
of Virginia. He served as Assistant Professor of Math-
ematics at his alma mater, the Virginia Military In-
stitute. He was afterward Professor of Mathen
in the Florida University at Tallahassee. Winn the
war begun he was engaged as i in the V>rth

( larolina Military Institute at < ‘harlotte. He t < •< >k an
active part at once, and was made Major,.!’ the 1-t
North Carolina Regiment, and wa- in “the first battle

of the war,” according to D. II. Hill. Be was dubbed

i.- *

the “little Major ‘ of “the Bethel Regiment.” With a
handsome outfit of sword, bridle, saddle and stirrups
from this command, he left them to serve as Colonel
of the 28th North Carolina, of which he was unani-
mously chosen Colonel. This same compliment was
paid him by this regiment upon its reorganization and
volunteering for the war — the first twelve month- to
so enlist, according to Gen. Holmes. When Gen.
Branch was hastening to the right in the great battle
of Gettysburg, A. V. Hill dashed up to the command
and called out, “Who commands this regiment?”
Lane stepped forward and saluting, said. ” I do, Gen-
eral.” Hill replied: “Take your regiment, Colonel,
at a double quick, deploy it along that road, defend
that unsupported battery and drive back the enemy
advancing through that corn.” About dark Branch
ordered Lane to rejoin him, and that, doubtless, was

the last order of that brave officer; for, as Lane ap-
proached his line he recognized Maj. Englehard. and
asked, “When is ion. Branch?” Englehard. in a
voice which betrayed his emotion, replied, “He has
just been -hot: there he goes on that stretcher, chad,
and you arc- in command of the- brigade.” Two days
afterward Branch’s brigade, under bane, and the brig-
ades oi Gregg and Archer, ted the rearguard
of tin- Army of Northern Virginia, when Gen. 1 •
crossed the Potomac without the- loss of a wagon.

The brigade petitioned for Lane’- promotion, and
on the recommendation of Lee, Jackson and A. P.
Hill In- wa- appointed Brigadier I ed the la-

mented Branch, i lunded on the head

at the tir-t ( did Harbor at the same time that the no-
ble Campbell was killed in front of his regiment with
it- color.- in bis hand- lb received an ugly and very

painful wound a lew days afterward at Fra/ier’s Farm,
when hi- regiment was charging a battery, but he re-
fused to leave tin- field, though advised to do so by the

Division 8urgi At the second Cold Harbor he was

dangerously wounded, and was borne, profusely bleed-
ing, from the field.
This noted North Carolina brigade took an active

part in every important infantry battle fought by the

Army of Northern Virginia, and (Jen. Lane was in
active command from Sharpsburg to the surrender at

Appomattox Court II ibout two months

when confined by serious wounds.

After the- surrender Gen. Lane begged his way to
tin home of hi- i hildhood, which had been in tl
eiuy’s lines, to find his aged parents ruined in fortune
ami crushed in spirit at the loss of two noble -on-.
lb remained there huckstering and working his
father’s garden and ■> -mall lot in corn until he could
borrow 1150 to enable him to leave his old home again
in search of employment more congenial to his habits
and to the physical ability of a wounded soldier.

This “Little General” enjoyed the confidence and
t of President Ha vis. as is seen from the follow-
ing beautiful and touching tribute: ” I willingly bear
witness to his character and general capacity. En-
deared to me a- he i- by his services to the South
when he was the youngest Brigadier in the Confeder-
ate \riny. I admit that 1 feci a warm interest in his
-s. not foi himself only but al- ‘od exam-

■i the youth of the State 1 love so well.”

Cen. Lane married miss charlotte Randolph Meade,
of Richmond. Ya.. who died several years ago. He
ha- four daughters, and lives at Auburn. Ala., where
he i- Professor of Civil Engineering in the Alabama
Polytechnic Institute. The Veteran will print
an address of his about our women in war tine

Lowndesboro, Ala.. March 19, 1894. — At a meeting
of Camp T. .1. Bullock, No. 331, LT. C. V.. Adjutant C.
I». Whitman offered the following resolution, which
was adopted : That we heartily indorse the CONFEDER-
ATE Veteran, and accept it as our official organ, and
cheerfully recommend it to all soldiers, regardb
whether they wore (he gray or the blue. It is worth
the price, SI a year.

Graham Hughes, Secretary, Owensboro, Ky.. March
10: “Sir — I am commissioned by the Confederate
Association of this place to notify you that your mag-
azine has been indorsed by it as an able and tru<
resentative of Confederate interests.”

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

LIEUTENANT GENERAL S. V. LEE.

Born at ston, S. C, September 22, L833.

Graduated al West Point, in 1854 In the United
States Army until South Carolina seceded when he
ied in 1 S M. He was one of the officers who car-
ried Beauregard’s demand for the surrender of Fort
Sumpter, and afterward the order to open Bre on the
fort. He was < laptain of Artillery, Hampton’s Legion,
in Virginia, thru Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Colo-
nel of artillery, and was in the battles of the Peninsu-
lar campaign from Yorktown to Richmond, Seven
Pines, Savage’s Station and Malvern Hill. He did
gallant Bervice also in the battles of Second Manassas
and Sharpsburg. He was promoted to Brigadier Gen-

eral and -“lit from Virginia to Mississippi and
tnanded batteries and garris f Vicksburg under

M.L.Smith. He defeated Sherman at Chickasaw
Bayou, in the winter of 1862 and L863. Three horses
were -hot from under him at Baker’s Creek. After
the siege of Vicksburg he was made Major General to
command all the cavalry in Mississippi, Alabama,
East Louisiana and West’ Tennessee, lie was again
promoted to Lieutenant Gi ed in com-

otthat department. He organized cavalry regi-
ments, confronted Sherman’s army of 30,000 men with

avalry force of 2,500 men from Vicksburg to Meri-

fought with ( rem I he battle of Har-

risburg, M inst A. (i. Smith’s army, where the

odd- were 5,000 against 16,< Federals. The Latter

withdrew toward .Memphis. Later he wa- assigned

to command of Hood’s Corps, Army of Tennessee,

before Atlanta, and was in the battles of 28th of July
and alsei at Jonesboro. He was with Hood in his, Ten-

campaign, his corps was left at Columbia with

two divisions, artillery and wagon train- oi the army.

while II I made bis Bank movement at Spring Hill,

arrived at Franklin in time to take part with one
division in that terrible battle, having marched from
Columbia after the balance of the army had reached
Spring Hill; was in the battles around Nashville, and
repulsed the enemy in his assault on Overton Hill.
which was held until the left and center of our army
driven hack in disorder. He covered retreat of
the army, after its disastrous rout, his corps being
the only one witli organization intact. During the
next day after the rout, he presented a defiant front,
repulsing every effort of Wilson’s cavalry, from early
dawn to 1(1 o’clock at night. So successful was this
persist! nee that little or no effort was made for battle
afterward. On the second day of the battle, a real-
guard was organized under the command of Generals
Walthall and Forrest, the latter having arrived from
Murfreeeboro, hut the pursuit was feeble after the first
day. no fight of consequence occurred, and Hood was
allowed to recross the Tennessee River. Gen. Lee was
severely wounded while with the rear guard in the
afternoon of the day after the rout. He surrendered
with his corps, under Gen. .1. E.Johnston, in North
Carolina.

Since the war Gen. Lee has been a planter, and I ‘res-
ident of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical
College, which position he now holds. He has repre-
sented his county and district in the State Senate, and
u.i- a member of the convention which framed the
Constitution of his State. He was sixty years of age
September 1893. He is the third officer in rank of
living Confederates. Generals Longstreet ami A. 1′.

Stewart having older commissions.

\\ . 1.. GOLDSMITH, of MERIDIAN, Ml — .
He is too modest to speak of his own brilliant
achievements. 1 knew him in the Army of Northern
Virginia. The world knows what S. D. Lee did at
second Manassa. — how with eighteen guns he con-
tributed 80 largely to win that great victory, -lust after

the hi ly hattl’e of Sharpsluirg. in L862, when the

army had recrossed the Potomac, Gen. K. F. Le<
for Col. s. l ». Lee and told him he had recommended
him for promotion as Brigadier General, and that he
wished to place him in command of all the artillery
of the Army of Northern Virginia. A few days after
this Col. Lee was again invited to Gen. Lee’s head-
quarters. On arriving Ccn. I. ee handed him his com-
mission as Brigadier General, saving that President
F,i\ is had ordered him to select the moBt accomplished
artillerist in the Army of Northren Virginia and di-
rect him to report to Gen. Pemberton, who was then

at Vickshurg. Mis8. Gen. Fee told him that hi’ would

be compelled to select him for that duty, as he had
already made him his Chief of Artillery.

Confederate Cemetery Neab Resaca, Ga. — D. IF
Livermore, President of the hank at Calhoun, Ga.,
writes that about 835 has been subscribed for repairs
on the Confederate Cemetery of Resaca dead, and
an account will be kept of all names, and if a suffi-
cient amount for making the repairs is not raised all
sums will be returned. Through President Thomas
tin’ Nashville, Chattanooga A- St. Louifi Railway has

contributed 825. It is very desirable that repairs be
made on this hurial place of the noble men wdio fell
in the cause of the South at Resaca and vicinity:

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83

” Twin livt- in song and story,
Though it- foWfl are In toe dual ”

<ri x lllnitcb Confederate
Dctcrans.

“To chei – 1 such memories and recall such a past, whether crowned
wiili – led in defeat, is to idealize principle and

_ ■ !n-ii character, intH mntry, and convert defeat and

disaster into pillar- of Bapporl for future manhood and nobler woman-
hood. Whether the Southern people, under tlieir changed conditions,
may ever hope to witness another civilisation which shall equal that which

Xhe object and purpose of this organisation are
strictly social, literary, historical and benevolent;
t” ■ herish the ties of friendship that exist among
tin- men who have shared common dangers, com-
mon suffering and privations; to care tor the dis-
abled and extend a helping hand to the needy; to
protect the widow and orphan and to make and

preserve our record as fai as possible.

Neither discussion of political or religious suh-
jeets. nor any political action, will !>e permitted

in the organisation.
t .en. Jno. B. Gordon, Commander of the United

Confederate Veterans, makes this appeal: ,

” Comrades, no argument is needed to secure for
those objects your enthusiastic indorsement, Thi y
have burdened your thoughts for man] years ; > on

have cherished them in sorrow, poverty, and

humiliation. In the face of misconstruction you

have held them in your hearts with the Stn

of religious convictions. No misjudgments can

defeat your peaceful purposes f..r the future.

Your aspirations have been lifted by the mere
force and urgency of surrounding conditions

plane far above the paltry consideration of parti-
san triumphs. The honor of the American ■_
eminent, the just powers of the Federal govern-
ment, the equal rights of states, the integrity of
tin 1 institutional Union, the sanctions of law and the enforce-
ment of order have no elass of defenders mote true or d
than the ex soldiere of the South and their worthy descendants.
But you realize that a people without the memories of heroic
Buffering or sacrifice are a people without a history .

CEN. JNO. B. CORDON, COMMANDER U.C. V.

began with their Washington and ended with their Lee, it is cer-
tainly true that devotion to their glorious past is not only the

surest guarantee of future progress and the holiest bond of unity,

but is also the – laim tin J ■• at to th(

dence an I the ..tie of the Unii

At one nt’ the first of Confederate reunions then
:i Large gathering at Pulaski, Trim., ami the eminent
;il John 0. Brown, whose name is ever to he
honored in Tennessee ami at the South, was verj
active t’nr the success “1” the entertainment. It was
after his service as Governor. 1 wrote him a note
Sting that steps he taken there that day to desig-

nate our greal war, whereby the Southern people at
least would have the same expressive term. He did

not get the note in time to submit it. hut exp
Bincere regret at failure. ( hie of his most gallant regi-
mental commanders, Col. J. P. McGuire, who has since
died also, concurred heartily in the suggestion.

I et steps be taken without longer delay to abai
such term- ;i- -the Jate unpleasantness,” “the late
war.” Even “therivil war.” and ” the war hot ween the
” are terms hardly fittii ” The

lution ” characterizi s, vi t, the

struggle of mil I’Si- Mexican War.” recalls

history of which those who participated are proud.

The Vim i: \n proposes that we adopt ■• The Confed-
erate War” as our term, and exercise diligence for it.
All the world would accept it, and the “rebellion”
would not be remembered as a disloyal epoch when
the pride of the term ie understood hy new

generations.

8 4

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

FIRST CAPITOL BUILDING OF THE CONFEDERACY.

Montgomery will always enjoy the distinction of

having been the first Capital of the Confederate States,
for there, February 4, lS’fil, delegates from six seceding
States assembled to organize the Government of that
Republic; there its Constitution was adopted in the
same year, and there. February 18, 1861, on the steps
of the Capitol, Jefferson Davis was inaugurated Presi-
dent and Alex. Stephens Vice President of a power
which has passed from among the nations of the earth
forever; but whose brief existence was like some bril-
liant meteor, and the record of whose armies is marked
with a fortitude and daring unsurpassed by the trained
Napoleon, or the serried columns of the Iron Duke. —
Bemey’a Handrbodk of Alabama.

STACK ARMS, BOYS, ALL IS O’ER.

[Affectionately dedicated, April iith, to l lie Con federate Veterans, by
Mrs. v. ‘.. lie t’un uti tie. Head mi Memorial Day at Charles-
ton, 8. C]

Ab, yes! this is the saddest day of all the blessed year,
For still the echo of those mournful words 1 seem to hear,
“Stack arms, boys, all is o’er.”

Though three decades have passed since then, I hear them still,
As through the portals of the past they conic my soul to thrill,
“Stack arms, buys, all is o’er.”

They gave the death blow to our hopes, and left naught in

their stead
Save love fur those who guided us, and reverence for our dead.
” Stack arms, boys, all is o’er.”

As thus with heads lew hewed we stood, a mist came e’er our

eyes,
And something on our gray coats fell, that falls when loved

one dies.

“Stack arms, hoys, all is o’er.”

For through the vista of the future years looked grim despair.
And desolated homes, in which were vacant chairs stood there;
” Stack arms, boys, all is o’er.”

And now the old gray coat and hat must bang upon the wall,
For ne’er again Hhall wearer answer to the bugle call.
“Stack arms, hoys, all is o’er,”

Aye, yes! this is the saddest day of all the blessed year,
For still the echo of those fatal words 1 seem to hear,
“Stack arms, boys, all is o’er.”

9EN. FREDERICK S. FERGCSON.

Frederick S. Ferguson is a native of Huntsville,
Ala., was graduated at the VVesleyan University, Flor-
ence, Ala., in July, 1869, and until the war taught
school and studied law. In January, 1861, he was
with the expedition commanded by Col. Fornax,
which captured the navy yard and forts at IVnsacola,
Florida, and soon afterward was appointed Second
Lieutenant of artillery in the regular regiment raised
by Alabama and transferred to the Confederacy. Hav-
ing passed the examination lor a commission as an
ordnance officer, he served in artillery, and was staff
officer to Gens. Gardner, Higgins and Page. During
the seige of Fort Morgan he commanded one of its
batteries with the rank of Captain, and was captured
with its garrison in August. 1864, from which time
until June, l.S(>. r ), he was a prisoner at Fort Lafayette,
X. Y.. and Fort Warren, Mass.

Editob Henry Ci.av Fairmah, of the Sunny Smith,
will recite his poem, “The Veterans of the South,” to
tin’ 1’nited Confederates at Birmingham. Mr. Fair-
man has written a thrilling serial, entitled, “The
Third World; a Story of Romance and Strange Ad-
venture,” which will begin in the Sunni/ Smith with
the issue of April 21st.

Capt. B. F. Hai.i., Santa Ana, California, writes:
“I commanded Company A. 55th Tennessee Regi-
ment, Quarles’ Brigade, Walthall’s Division, in the
battle of Franklin. Every man of my company who
went into the fight was either killed or wounded ex-
cept myself. Most of them lay in front of the old
gin not far from where the brave Cleburne fell.

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HARVEY’S 8C0UT8.

FORREST’S CAPTURE OF WOOLFORD.

In 1886 the survivors of this company met at Can-
ton, Miss., and appointed a committee to raise funds
for a monument to their fallen comrades. This com-
mittee, a* then formed, and afterward employed, met
on the 26th of last February at the Hotel Royal, in
New Orleans, Present— George Harvey, Wiley N.
Na-h, W. II. Howcott, Wallace Wood, George Shelby,

Scott Field and .lames L. (ioodloe. These <_ r • ■ 1 1 1 1 < ■ 1 1 1 • ■ 1 1

hail from Texas. Louisiana. Mississippi and Tennes-
see. The committee has collected, principally from
the surviving scouts, $1,500, and accepted the di
of F. II. Venn, of Memphis. It will be of valley
granite, massive and classic, decorated with the Con-
federate battle flags, the Confederate States seal and
sabres in copper, with appropriate wreaths and inscrip-
tions; notably the names of those killed in battle. A
young daughter of one of these soldiers, Miss Evelyn
Nash, had collected copper cents since her early child-
hood, and donated five hundred to the fund. It is
now proposed to fuse these coins into medallion, and
fix it in the granite with wonls to indicate that it is
her memorial to her father’s comrades. This, proba-
bly is the only monument erected by one company to
its dead, and will hear record of undaunted bravery.
I think it is the only company especially mentioned

by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, and Gen. Claiborne de-
voted several chapters to it in his History ol MiBSU
sippi, the records of which were lost by fire ; but these
chapters were saved in the hands of Wiley N. Nash,
who, fortunately, had the proof sheets.

With from forty to seventy men. this command has
the record of 1,969 Federal soldiers killed and cap-
tured within less than two years. It does not seem
that these ever were ” buttermilk rangers.” as nearly
every one of the original forty-six were either killed
or wounded. The New Orleans Picayum gave accounts
of the deliberations of this committee in its issues of
February 27th and 28th, and March 1st, and the hril-
iant “Pearl Rivers” — Mrs. Nicholson — extended to
them numerous courtesies. The original command
was of picked men men from Wirt Adams’ brigade,
and served, mostly, under the heroic May Cen. Wm.
H. Jackson, Joseph E. Johnston, and Forrest. They
were young, venturesome and successful ; and the
dignified lawyers, hankers and planters, of the sur-
vivors, hardly remind us of that hardy looking, reck-
less hand of the fearful war time. The monument
will be unveiled at Canton. Miss., next August. The
survivors and their families will attend. J.

The Chattanooga Times: The CONFEDERATE VET-
ERAN is of concern to every one of the brave men who
were engaged in that great struggle between the North
and the South, and so fair, so honest, and BO impartial
is its conduct that one becomes deeply interested in
it. no matter whether he wore the blue or the gray.
The last two numbers of the journal have been un-
usually interesting, and it is pleasing to note the grow-
ing circulation of Mr. Cunningham’s paper.

The Woodville Miss., Camp, No. 49, U. C. V: Re-
solved, That this Camp approve the CONFEDERATE
Veteran, published by S. A. Cunningham, at Nash-
ville, Tann., and we hereby adopt it as the official or-
gan of this Camp. P. M. Stockett, Adjutant.

Geo. W. Youngblood, Golden City, Mo.: I saw in

the November Veteran how Woolford was <lri\ ■
the inch, as it were, from Loudon to Knoxville. Here
is what I want to say: I belonged to Forrest’s old bri-
gade. Company A. Ilth Teni avalry. After
the battle of 1 hie ka manga \\ e were camped at Cleve-
land. Tenn . and Woolford at Philadelphia, eight
miles south of Loudon We Btarted one morning,
and rode all day and all night. The next morning
irrounded Woolford. He wax ready for “the
fun.” The llth was in line behind the artillery, the
Ith in our rear, the s th on our right, the 9th and PMh
on the road between Philadelphia and Loudon to cut
off their retreat. Forrest hadn’t occupied a road run-
ning west, and when it got too hot for the boys in
blue they Btarted west, Forrest saw the gap, and
ordered our regiment ftbe llth) to dash across the
road. It was about half a mile from ns. At the same
time the Ith took our place in the line. We got in
about I’m yards of tie road when CM. Holman ordered
my company A and Company B to charge. We
went at them like wild men, tiring our revolvers, and
with the old Confederate yell we wenl through their
line, Still shooting and yelling. Col. Holman at the
san 11 tine coming down on the other side of the road.
Tiny whirled b& k tor town. With the old llth Ten-
■ still after tin in. they rushed through Phila-
delphia for Loudon. Here they met the 9th and 10th.
The only thing tiny could do was to surrender. We
got 500 prisoners. 7 pieces of artillery. 82 wagons, 600
stand of small arms, with all of their camp equipage.
This was before the seige at Knoxville. Longstreel
was tin 11 mi his march from Chattanooga, lb came
up in a few days. Then we drove them into Knox-
ville, when we cut their line in two. After the battle
1 saw sonic dead yanks in the branch and pulled some
of them out.

THE FUND FOR CAPT. SLOAN.

In receipting for the 877. 7″> so generously contributed
from El l’aso. Texas, and the other sums received and
forwarded since issue if the March VETERAN, (‘apt. J.
N. Sloan, of Pontotoc, Miss, writes: “What shall I
say to these good people’.’ Cod bless you, my friend,
and each contributor. I am proud that I was a Con-
federate soldier and did my duty in behalf of our
beautiful Southland. Please say to each that I do
most assuredly thank them for their generous contri-
butions.”

Judge Wyndham Kemp, Adjutant of Jno.C. Brown
Camp, El Paso. Texas. March 15: At the meeting of
Jno. C. Brown Camp, U. C. V., held the 2d inst., $10
was appropriated for the relief of Capt. J. N. Sloan, of
Pontotoc. Miss . whose appeal was published in the
Confederate Veteran, and a committee of two ap-
pointed to solicit aid from the people of El Paso. As
the result I inclose you New York draft, to your order
for Capt. Sloan’s benefit, of 177.75, receipt of which
please acknowledge. I also inclose a Mexican paper
dollar, which Capt. Sloan may wish to preserve as a
souvenir. It was contributed by a friend. We are
greatly indebted to Dr. W. M. Yandell and W. J.
Fewell for raising among outside friends the assistance
for Capt. Sloan contributed outside of our Camp.

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SEVEN PINES, OR FAIR OAKS.

BY B. II- I’KM’I

first is the Southern name, and the second the
Northern name for the battle fought May 31, 1862, by
McClellan against Joseph E. Johnston, in front of
Richmond, in the marshes of the Chickahominy.

A little incident will serve to show bow compara-
tive hiBtory has been written, and the value of some
history. When any man of ability ami abundant
resources for facts attempts to write history and fails
to reveal important facts, except by imputation, it is
equal to denial or ignorance.

-History of the United States.” by .1. A. Spencer,
I >. 1».. elaborately illustrated, four volume-, one of the

I Richmond, looking toward Petersburg, 186
Klvei Bridge,

Piers of James

liy our possession of tin- enemy’s works. a> well as by
the capture of ten pieces of artillery, four Bags, a la i
amount of Camp equipage, and more than one thous-
and prisoners.”

But neither telle the full and true story of the ten
guns. My present purpose is to supply the deficiency
by telling the balance and the whole truth of the
matter. I was at thai time Senior 1st Lieutenant of
the Williamsburg (Va.) Artillery Cant. John A.
Cok< — and was familiar with the battle-field. The
weather had heen almost destructive, to say nothing
about bullets. The roads were axle deep in mud and
slush, and the fields and even woods through which
men fought had to he trudged or waded through knee
deep. The ten guns rested between the lines all day.
The Confederate- could not hring them in. the Ked-
erals could not recover them. About 10 o’clock that
night, 1 remember well, was an order from my chief,
Col. John Thompson Brown, of the 1st Virginia Ar-
tillery, that I should take charge of a detail of otlicers
and men from his command and bring those guns
from the field. We did it. and the further relation is
simple. It required caution to get them off, even
in the night, and 1 was instructed to have all OUT har-
ness so wrapped as to avoid noise. I would he happy
to tell the name of every man in that solemn company,
but there were perhaps fifty. One thing is certain:
we went through the mud, found the guns, hitched
on to them and brought them safely into our lilies
before the break of iiay. rejoicing over them many
times afterward when turned in good effect against
the enemy. That was a time when the Confederacy
needed guns, ami we got those ten splendid brass ones.
Another little incident of this affair never to he tor-
gotten is the hold figure of D. II. Bill, whose troops
had done most of the t i lt 1 1 1 i 1 1 ir that won the iilins.
Gen. Hill, long after midnight, was between the picket
lines, ami sternly asked my business there threatening
a night attack. My mission was easily explained — an
order from lien. Longstreet to hring oil’ those guns —
and the 1st \’a. Artillery never disobeyed an order.

handsomest publications of our war. says as regards
the Losses at Seven Tines: ” McClellan reported a total
of .”i.7:’,7 : a few days afterward he reported that the

number would beat least 7,000. Teetotal ‘rebel’ loss

was, according to their re pint-, nearly 7,000 Pollard’s

statement for the rebels’ i-: ‘We had taken ten

of artillery ami 6,000 muskets, besides other

spoils: our total ioss was nnne thin l,(

When Dr. Spencer wrote history, BO-called, why
could he not have told the truth about those ten

– of artillery ‘.’ [f they were actually captured by
the rebels, why not tell the truth? This much for
I >r. Spencer’- history.

Me( ‘lellan’s own Story, pave 380, -a\ – : ” Some of the
guns in the redoubt were taken, and the whole line
was driven hack upon the position occupied by Gen,
(ouch. The brigades of Gens. Wessells and Palmer,
with the reinforcements which had heen sent them by
Gen. Couch, had also heen driven from the held with
heavy loss, and the whole position occupied by^Gen.
Casey’s division was taken by the enemy.”

Jefferson Davis, in his “Rise and Fall of the Con-
federate Government,” Vol. 2, page 128, says about
Seven Pines: “Our success upon the right was proved

couur.xH’ATioxs 1:1:1 \\i:i:.\ comrades.

Griffin, Ga., February 3, 1894.— His Excellency,
Peter Turney, Nashville, Ten n. – My Pear sir: 1 write
to ask if you are the Col. Turney who commanded a.
regiment in .lames Archer’s Brigade, and lit. hied and
died in the same, If von are not. excuse me for tres-
pa-.-ing upon your time, hut permit me to say that
you need not get a hump on your hack for being taken
‘for that Col. Turney. whether he is dead or alive, (or
no Turney was more gallant and honorable than whom
when I knew him. If you are, by any possibility or

livak of fortune, the same Col. Turney that I la-t -aw

in the chaTge upon Burnside’s Corps at the stone fence
at Sharpsburg, allow (‘apt. Flynt, of the L9th Georgia
Regiment, to shake your hand severely, and then
to shake and shake again, and congratulate you upon

the ho -s which you have achieved, or had thrust

upon you. If you are my old comrade of the war,
and would like to hear any thing about one bo hum-
ble and oliscure in the war and since, drop a line to
T. W. Flynt, Griffin, Ga., and he will endeavor to pro-
voke you into giving him an account of yourself since
those days, so that he shall have an excuse for horing
vmi with a short history of himself. But suffice it for
the present to say that he had a romantic adventure.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

HIMOKS OF WAR TIMES.

A. C. McLeary, Humboldt, Tenn. : A friend sent me
two numbers of the Vi n a w. I December and January,
and I read both of them through the Bret night, and

Was reminded of many funny things said and done

during tin- war. I was a private in Company G, 12th
Tennessee Cavalry, under Forrest. Th< part

of our company were boys Prom sixteen to twenty,
and we «ere a jolly set. German Tucker took a

federate cracker to show to BOme ladies living

camp, and they wanted to know how we ever got them
to pieces, lie told them that we put one corner “f
the cracker in our mouth, place the chin on a stump
and gel some one to hit us on top of the head with a
maul. Hill Combs, when discussing the crack

an article of food. said. “1 can get full of the ‘dad
gum’ things, hut can’t get enough.”

Late one night we were conking rations for 01
our Middle Tennessi i raids. Two of the hoy-, one in
the 1 1th Tennessee Regiment on another hill, and one
of my company, were ‘jawing ‘ at each other, when

tie I 1th man yelled out, ” You go to h — .” < »ur man
answered. ” There’s no way of getting there now. the
Yankee- have hurnt the bridge-.” Fourteenth an-
swered. “They did a good thing for you, then.”

While on that raid we marched and fought for day-
ami nights in succession. Late one dark night w<

on the inarch, it wa- raining, and W(
wet, cold, tired, sleepy and hungry. Wewere bunched
up in a creek bottom waiting for those in front to
cross the stream. Not a word wa- being spoken. Old
sore hacked horses were trying to nth their riders off
against pome other horse. We knew we would have
lighting to do as SOOn a- day broke, and we had the

blues. All at once Joe Leggetl said: “Boys, I have
become reckless; I’ve got so I don’t care for nothing.
I had just as soon he at home now a- to be here.”
The effect wa- magic. While the -kill and bravery of
our Generals and the fighting qualities of our soldiers
could not have been excelled, if it had not been for

those jolly -pirits to animate other- the war would
have come to a close much sooner.

let us have something more from (apt. Hord. I
laughed more while reading his Mike Kelly article
than anything 1 have seen concerning the war. It
reminded me of my experience when Hood’- army
left Nashville. Not in Mike’s charging qualities
in trying to mount a frightened horse when the
yankees and their bullets were coming fast. I wa- a
good rider, and when at myself could mount a horse
as quick as an Indian. But I had sprained my left
ankle so severely 1 could not stand on it to put the
other foot in the stirrup. Six oi eight of us were on
guard -I wa- a volunteer. Wewere at an old brick
house on the hank of the Cumberland river live or
six miles below Nashville. Our horses were over the
hill out of the range of the gunhoat- three or four
hundred yards from us, The tirst thing we knew our
hoy- were running the yankec*. our hoys in front.
down the Charlotte pike helow us. As they passed
they sent R. B. Bledsoe, one of our company, to tell
us to get away it’ we could. The rest of the guards
left me at once. Bledsoe saw me. run hi- horse some
two hundred yards to where I was, jumped from the
saddle, threw me the reins, and was gone like a flash,
hoping to get to my horse and then make his escape.

Well. I must close, a- 1 have already called for more
than I expi However, Mr. Editor, I

must tell of the uneasy ride this same old ankle caused
me to take. When we got hack to the Teni
River our time came to ero-s the pontoon hridge about
midnight, and it was very dark. Gen. Cheatham was

to -ee that every thii [ I on the blid

proper order. < irder- were to dismount and lead
across, hut there was no walking tor me. so I kept my
seat and was on the hridge when (Jen. Cheatham railed
out, “Why in the— don’t you dismount?” “I have
a sprained ankle. General, and can’t walk.”
right, if you are a mind to risk it I will.” When a
boy I rode bucking mules, jumping horses, young
steer>. and a railroad train with wheels jumping the
ties, hut all this was pleasure compared with that
pontoon ride. The river was hank full, the bridge in
a -wing, jumping up and down. My eyes being up
above the rest, the lights on the hank in front blinded
me like a hat. It -eemed | widest river in the

world.

1 l.TTER WRITTEN IN WAR TIMES

Tie following I’ tter wa- rect ntly – n< to the writer
with rec|Uest tor it- return. Tin company referred to
wa- B, list Tent gimcnt :

In tie Ditches near Atlanta. .Inly 30, 1864, 8 o’clock
a. m. M\ Dear Friend < . || \- I commence this
every thing is comparatively calm, though there was
“heavy” skirmishing all night, so n portt d, and it has
been intensi this morning on th< left. Ourbrigadi is
support” for tie cavalry on the right.

Day bet . i umh rstand, there *

“lively” engagement on the hit Wi did not
any thing • icept thi artillery. I suppose that our
loss wa- quite heavy, hut do not credit near all that I
n regard to it. We hear that th< yankees burned
tie BUpply train of mir <■<

The papers wen thankfully received that you _

L8 id bei n a late pap. r here in about
two w ,rk- W ■ get no in w s

I arrived safely to my command witli tie
The boys wen r them, and say I must get an-

other furlough. In the en its during my ab-

■ our trie and

dear friends, gave their lives for their country. One
of ne iy, a good Boldierand steady young

hot through tie head. Tie yankees nevei
ously weunded one of mv company, but have -hot
three through the leads, killing them instantly. Of
all that were killed in my regiment I fear that m
one was prepared to die. How that men will

go blindly into eternity, when a light is offered that
will show them the way. Mi di ir friend. I desire
VOU so live as that all may 1″ wall with you un-
der all circumstam

Tie onion- ref< rred to. : , two bushel sack full, were
bought in Macon for $60, and the purch lined

$300, and had tie pleasure of their distribution to com-
rades in his regiment.

Lt. Gen. S. I>. Lee. Agricultural College, Miss. : 1 con-
sider your last two i>-ue> a- splendid, and had made
up my mind to write you especially commending the
February number. The material is just what it ought
to he. and I wish you eminent success in your work.
I wish you had stinted such a monthly ten years ago.

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‘%&¥ »

The National Cyclopedia
of American Biography,
VoL •-‘, page ISO, says:

” H. W. Jennings, the
Founder and manager of
t’/k Jennings’ Bnaineas Col-

WK\ ‘ Lege, Nashville, Tenn., was

, wL. imrii in Edgefield, B. C,

v – March 19, 1838, where his

/i “‘ , father and grandfather had

.•^aaW </ . i been raised. U the age of

sixteen he com mm- need
clerking in a retail store,
ami in 185S 66 In- became
bookkeeper for the Tnon
Manufacturing Co., at Tri-
“H, i la. In January, 1857,
he came to Nashville and
secured a position as book-
keeper for the wholesale
house of Gardner & Co.,
there lie remained until
1861, when he entered the
Planters’ Bank as book-
keeper. In 1864 be filled
an important position with
the great house of A. T. Stewart & Co., New York, where he
was directed to overhaul and examine into the books of that
firm, running back for a period of nineteen years. In 1865 he
was teller of the Falls City Tobacco Bank, Louisville, Ky , re-
signing this in December of that year to accept a partnership
in the two firms of Evans, Gardner & Co., New York, and
Evans, Fite & Co., Nashville, the latter being the largest whole-
sale house which has ever been established in Nashville. With-
drawing from these firms in 1872 he was, until 1884, the senior
partner in the wholesale houses of Jennings, Goodbar A Co.,
Jennings, Eakin & Co., Jennings, Dismukes and Woolwine,
and K. W. Jennings & Co. Thus Mr. Jennings brings to his
work as a business educator the ripe experience of thirty years
in actual business.”

24 OUT OF 25.

A prominent citizen of Martin, Tenn., came to the city re-
cently to enter his son in some one of the business colleges
here. It was suggested to him that the best judges on that sub-
ject would be the business men of the city. Of these he in-
quired to the number of twenty-five, and he reported that
twenty-four of that number recommended Jennings’ Business
College as being the most practical, the other gentleman ex-
pressing no preference. Of course .Mr. Jennings got the young
man. “Straws always show how the wind Mows.”

From WHOLESALE MERCHANTS of Nashville-

Mr. R. II’. Jennings, Nashville, Trim.: We, the undersigned
merchants and business men of Nashville, desire to express our
approval of the methods you have adopted in conducting your
Business Oollege. Your long experience as a practical hook-
keeper and office man, your truly practical method of teaching,
and the fact that your examples are taken from books in your
possession which you have yourself heretofore kept, give you
advantages not possessed by other colleges, and we cheerfully
commend yourschool to all who can spare the money and time
to attend it. We speak from an observation and experience of
many years as business men when we say no commercial school
taught by men who have not themselves had an experience as

practical bookkeepers can compare with one where the exam-
pies are taken from transactions which have actually occurred

to the teacher.

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Phillips & Buttorll’ Manufacturing Co. ;
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The Bransford Hardware Co., Wholesale Hardware.
We could have gotten one hundred other prominent Nash-
ville business men if we had the room for their names.

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of the war, printed in Richmond in the winter of 1865; paper
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Also a book of “Southern Poems of the War,” collected by
Miss Emily V. Mason, printed (a limited number) in Baltimore
in 1866. At the time it was considered the best collection that
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DOMESTIC FRUIT and PRODUCE,

BANANAS and
COCOANUTS,

By Single Package or by Car Load.

FLORIDA ORANGES, in Season, A SPECIALTY.

77, 79 and 81 Market Street,

CHARLESTON, S. C.

It is worth anything t<> nave served in
the incomparable armies of the Southern
Confederacy, we would state that the
bead of the old firm of

WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL,

and the General Manager of the company

whivli succeeded it. was on duty when
the first gun of the war was fired at thfi

Star of the West, served during the entire war. shed

his blood on the soil of Georgia and North Carolina.

and finally surrendered at the end with Joe .Johnston,

at < l-reensboro, N. C.

If a record of faithful and continuous service to the

Southern Confederacy merits any consideration, in

giving your business patronage, bestow it upon the

present General .Manager of

WALKER, EVANS & COGSWELL CO,

Bank. County Officers’ and Commercial

STATIONERS, PRINTERS, BINDERS, AND LITHOGRAPHERS,

CHARLESTON, S. C.

Which is also Hie leading Mini mosl progressive boose, in this
line, in tin’ South.

Clyde Steamship Company,

Tri-Weekly Service between

NEW YORK, CHARLESTON, S. C, and
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

The Fleet Composed of the Following Elegant Steamers.

Steamer ALGONQUIN, Capt. S. C. Piatt.

IROQUOIS, …Capt. L. W. Pennington.

CHEROKEE, Capt. H. A. Bearse.

SEMINOLE, Capt. I. R. Chichester.

YEMASSEE, Capt. Jos. McKee.

tlim. Johnson ^ Go

CHARLESTON, S. C.

Unsurpassed Passenger Accommodation,
and Cuisine.

WM. P. CLYDE & CO. , Gen’l Agents, 5 Bowling Green. NEW YORK.
THEO.G. EGER. Traffic Mgr , New York. M. H. CLYDE. Ass’t Traffic Mgr., New York

JAS. E. EDGERTON,
General Ticket and Passenger Agent, CHARLESTON, 8. U.

DEALERS IN ALL BEST GRADES OP
HARD AND SOFT –

BY THE TON, CAR, OR CARGO.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

9i

William M. Bird & Co..

CHARLESTON, S. C

OILS for all Purposes. —

PAINTING MATERIAL of Every Description.
MILL SUPPLIES of All Kinds.
WINDOW GLASS.
SHIP CHANDLERY. Etc.

T. !’. McGAHAN.
A – BROWN.

EL P. EV WN8.

.1 l& DILLINGHAM.

McGAHAN, BROWN & EVANS,

JOBBERS OF

Dry Goods and Notions,

STATE AGENCY FOR

Howe Scales and Diebold Safes.

IMPORTERS OF

PORTLAND CEMENT,

” EAGLE'” Brand.

CLOTHING

AND

Boots and Shoes.

226, 228 and 230 MEETING STREET,
CHARLESTON. S. C.

Marshall, Wescoat & Co.,

OB

CHARLESTON. S. C.

Wholesale Dealers and Importers
of

Hardware

CUTLERY. GUNS,

AND-

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

Correspondence Solicited.

ESTABLISHED 1 831

William L Webb

IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE
DEALER IN

China, Glass and Earthenware,

No. 215 MEETING STREET,
Charleston, S. C.

&>

92 CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, ADVERTISEMENTS.

buy a HALLET & DAVIS, or
KIMBALL PIANO.

See the KIMBALL ORGAN.

Write for catalogue, prices and terms.

HALLENBERG MUSIC COMPANY,

317 Main Street. LITTLE ROCK. AF.K.

NEWTON’S

-■

LITTLE ROCK, ARK.

SAYLE & SHOLARS,

511 Main Street,

LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.

You can find anything you want
in the

BOOK AND STATIONERY LINE

AT

The Arkansas Book and Stationery Co.,

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

FURNITURE.
GARPETINGS.
•DRAPERIES.

ARKANSAS CARPET and FURNITURE CO.,

208 and 210 Main Street, LITTLE ROCK, ARK.

WALTER G. HALL& CO.

ARE THE

Leading Hatters and Men’s Outfitters in Arkansas

NO. 113 WEST MARKHAM STREET,

UNDER CAPITAL HOTEL.

LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.

CHAS. F. 8TIFFT,

Manufacturing Jeweler,

AND •

Notarial Seal Maker.
DIAMONDS, WATCHES, ETC.,

120 and 122 Main Street,

LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.

No. 307 Main Street, LITTLE ROCK, ARK.

SPECIAL TERMS made to

CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
desiring anything in the line ol

DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS and SHOES.

UpOD Introducing themselves as sneh to

SC. :m. oohn c*> oo.,

306 and 308 Main St.. Little Rock, Ark.

FALL IN.

JOIN THE ARMY OF PROGRESS.
BUY FOR CASH.

The only bouse in Little Rock relying on the good common
Dense of the people, advertise, and do a strictly CASH business,
thus saving the purchasers from ten to twenty per cent.

PARLOR MILLINERY STORE,

No. 309 Main Street.
###

• FASJJllDMS •

The best sixteen page illustrated Fashion Journal puUi&lied.
iiM.V FIFTY CENTS PER YEAR.

Address all communications to

W. F. SHELOW, Publisher,

309 Main St., LITTLE ROCK, ARK.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN. 93

©arret! /BMlitarv Hcafccmv,

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

W. R. GARRETT, A. M., Ph. D., Principal. CAPT. ALBERT BAYLESS, Commandant of Cadets. J. W. SEWELL, Teacher of Classics.

WITH A COMPETENT CORPS OF ASSISTANTS.

Prepares Boys for College. # Discipline, Kind and Firm.

Boarders Kept Under Military Discipline.

Located in a beautiful suburb <>f Nashville, on an elevated rite, overlooking the city. Electric railway. Telephone <

munication. For information or circular, addri RS,

W. R. GARRETT. Principal. Nashville. Tenn.

allege of Charleston?

CHARLESTON, S. C.

The College of Charleston, the oldest institution in South Carolina, devoted to tl <>f liberal culture,

aflords an excellent opportunity for obtaining a tir-t rate education at a merely nominal expei

During the first three years the essential features <>f the collegiate curriculum are maintained. In the senior
\ ear the elective system i> introduced and three distinct courses the literary, the cla s si c al, and the scientific
each of which leads to the degree of Bat belor of Art-, are offered to the students. The instruction in every de-
partment is thorough, accurate, and in accordance with the modern scientific spirit.

The Musi urn of Natural History and An haology is unequalled in the South.

The Library is admirably selected, containing many rare and valuable works.

The collegiate session begins on the tirst Monday in October and closes on the last day of June.

Tuition. S10.00 per quarter. Good hoard at reasonable rat.- ha- hern arranged for by the trustees.

For more explicit information -end for catalogue, or address

COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON,

CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

The ITJontcjornepg Bell Academg,

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

FOUNDED IN 1867.

The leading school in the city for hoys and young men. It occupies an entire square, all’ording ample room for outdoor
sports. Has a larger teaching force than any preparatory school in the State. Each teacher ie a specialist in his department.

The Business Course will lit a young man for business pursuits. A specialty is made of elocution. The instructor in Pen-
manship ranks at the head of his profession. The Scientific Course offers advantages superior to any preparatory school in the
State. Free access to library of Peabodv Normal College.

Vanderbilt University and University of Nashville receive students, who have completed the Classical Course in the Accademy,
without further examination. For catalogue or further particulars, address

S. M. D. CLARK, Principal, Nashville, Tenn.

94

>NFEDERATE VETERAN.

WARD SEMINARY For Young Ladies

idnrd.

In “-

J. D. BLANTON, president.

Iielmqiil College, ^1.^1,.

REV. R. A. YOUNG, D. D., Regent. MISS HOOD and MISS HERON Principals.

deal College Home ol the South, exceptionally superior advantages, influ-
■ and environs i oparatively limited numbi

i school in charge “f a -knio.! specialist.

. t.I in- to principle! ol famed European conservatories.
An. on plan “f beat design.

Se< Belmont, or send t” Miss Heron (••! beautifully illustrated blue and bronze
gue.

“NASHVILLE SADDLERY CO.,

•• Manufacturers ••

I5T«tlH»tD 1079.

J f ■

OLD HICKORY BUGGY HARNESS,

Nickel Mounted, Price $10.00
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. WRITE FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST.

SPECIAL DISCOUNTS TO THE TRADE.

■ ! commun I ‘”

NASHVILLE SADDLERY COMPANY,

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

SEVE^
UPER
CHOO

UPERIOR

CHOOLS

ATLANTA BUSINESS UNIVERSITY,

Whitehall and Alabama Streets.
“4” ATLANTA, GA.

Circulars and Catalo bo Any Address.

R.J. MACLEAN, sec. and tre as.

West <End Institute

CARURSVlLLE.GA.

Chartered Institution. High curriculum,
rborougb dlHcipliDe. Church pi
excelled. Moral mi. I healthy ell
eovers expenses In Llierarj mid Musical 1>. –
paiini.nl-. wild board, fuel and llgbta,

For further loformntlon, nnd catalogue,
address

MRS. I W.HARRIS. Sr.,Prin..

Cartersvllle, Barton I

THE •«
©TU€U IDE)!

BY VIRGINIA FRAZER BOYLE.

” These lines have a -sustained dignity and
n pi H- tic expression which make Iheui worthy
to he read by any lover ol good verse. The
gen ui n i reeling ol affection for the ‘ true, ten-
ner, proud “M south ‘ ougnl to appeal to anj
unprejudiced respectoroi the Impulses from
which art is bom.”—Mevi* w <•’ RevU w§,

>i’iit post paid on receipt of 91.00 bs S. A.
Cunningham, Nashville, Tenn. ; A. H. Taylor
& Co., and Hansford Company, Memphis,
Tenn.: Drew & Brother, Jacksonville, Kin.;
ki Onico. St Augustine, Fla,

4-HM-lt

W

ESTERN & ATLANTIC R. R.

Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis R’y

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN ROUTE. —^

sniid Vestlbuled tralne w iii Pullman
Palace drawing room Bleeping can be-

NASHVILLE and ATLANTA

The Western & Atlantic was Oen. Sher-
man’s line of march from Chattanooga
to Atlanta. Cblckamauga, Ringgold,

Resaca, RockyFaoe, Dal Vllatoona,

Big siiiiuiy. and Kennesaw Mountain
are points along the line “f great in*
torlc Interest. Be sure \<>ur tickets
read \ Is W..S a. R R.and N.C.ABt. 1..
R’y
108. I. BROWN, Tralf HRf- 0. F„ HARMAN, Gcn’l Piss. igt.

~#

RICHMOND & DANVILLE R. R.

The Greatest Southern System.
The route of the Great Washington and
Southwestern Vestlbuled Limited, composed
only of Pullman Vestlbuled Sleeping and
Dining Cars, solid to and from New York,
Including Through Vestlbuled Sleepers be-
tween New Orleans and New York \i;. Mont-
f:uiii.T\, Atlanta, Charlotte, Danville, ciiar-
ottesvlile and Washington. Also the “U.S.
Mail.” wiili Through Pullman
Sleepers, saving twelve hours between New
York and Montgomery, without change;
triple daily I lain- between Hi.* Kasl anil A1-
lanla.

THE GEORGIA PACIFIC R’Y,
via Birmingham, the short and dlreol route
Kast and West All Confederates going to
the Confederate Reunion, at Blrmlngl

should see that their tickets read n.’

Is Pacific Railway and Richmond &

Danville Railroad.

\V. A. Turk.

General Passenger Agent. Washington, D. C.

Asst. B. H. Hakdwick,

General Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

95

Genuine Confederate Veterans are preparing for :i
drill with the < Ihickasaw Guards at Memphis, May J<1 .
Mnj. W. W. ( arm.-, who won laurels in battle, is train-
ing these veterans, and Ins brother, < lapt. Sam ( ‘arm’s,
is putting in fresh trim his old company, named above.
The vi re very liberal in the arrangement, they

give the Guards all— hut the judges. All these are to
be selected in their interest.

BE L. Cowan, of Franklin, of the <
mittee to Improve Confederate Cemetery at Franklin,
will give special attention at the Birmingham reunion
in that inten

Nashville Christi in of the M. E,

Church, South. March 1″>: TheCONJ I DERATE Yi i I

Nashville, Tenn., 9. A. Cunningham, editor, is well on
the way into its Becond year. From the tirst number
it has been a pronounced – [1 is patriotic and

progressive, Cheerfully accepting the present, it at
in. -mie time loyally clings to the memoriae of the
past. * * * We do not see how any old Conf
ate can get along without this periodical.

Books Supplied by S. A. Cunningham,
Nashville, Tenn.

John listen Cook’s complete works, time pay mi
“The Southern i bj Mrs I B Messenger. $1.

” Four Years in the Stonewall Brigade,” by J. < ‘. I
‘•That olil Time Child Roberta,” bj Mre a,$l.

” Immortelles,” by Mnj. 8. K. Phillips, Cbattanoog
” The Other Side,” a thrilling poem of R00 lines, by Virginia
Frazier Boyle, Mi Davis being her theme. $1.

“How It Was, or Four Years With the Rebel Army.” a
thrilling story by Mrs. Irby Morgan, ot Nashville. This is a
charming book

“Sketch of the Battle of Franklin, ami Reminii
Oamp Douglas,” by John M. Copley. –

” llanc.ck- Diary, or History of the Second Teni •
airy. A largeoctavo book, with many portraits and biographic

sketches. The It out ispiece is a line steel engraving of i ,. n.

X. 1″.. Forrest –

jl it Skies ami Hark ShadoWB,” by Henry M. Field, D. I 1 .

(1.60. Tins 1 k comprises a series oi letters on the South.

Fifty pages are devoted to the battle oi Franklin, and the au-
thor is especially complimentary to this editor. The closing
chapters an- on Stonewall Jackson anil Robert E. 1

i i \ n; \ii.i

\ TED.

LEADING HOTEL
OF THE CITY.

el [SINE TJN-
I’ASSED

RATES. $2.50
to JS.00 per day

D. E.

A. O. MaoDonell. General 1″

icral Trav.

^Fosters Webb,

MAXWELL HOUSE, Nashville. Tenn. f

Printers,
Stationers,
Binders,
Blank Books,

211 CHURCH ST.,
NASHVILLE, TENN.

We o;. , specialty of printing for Confederate Camps and other
Veteran organisations.

The i oNFKPEKATK Vkteran is printed by on r establishment ami
Is submitted as a specimen of our work.

96

CONFEDERATE VETERAN.

Monteagle Hotel, HILL TRUNK COMPANY

MONTEAGLE. TENN.

Headquarters for Families of Con-
federate Veterans, for the
Season of 1894-.

ijultort, pur
i , ilru inn. dancing, b

to

Manufacturi re and Wbi
Deal.

CAPT. WM. MARK, C S. A.,

UOl | VS. –I I .

BERNEY’S HAND BOOK o’ Alabama

Second and Reused Edition, 650 Pages

most complete sad most reliable

•., :ii.- Stale, n- geography, rivers, pop-
ulation, in-t”r>. constitution, form ol gov-

ernmi nt, laws, educal .! n ■ ■ • I public Instt-

i, towns, railroads, tel-

nikh, newwpap. Indus*

l<\, ele., with the lull- 1 and best map of

of price, r –

WILLIAM BERNEY, Birmingham, Ala.

Trunks, Valises, and Traveling Bags,

200 COURT SQUARE.

NASHVI LLC,

TENNESSEE.

Dalton Female College,

DALTON, GEORGIA.

in three ive had over «lx hun-

dn-ti dl Stereo i pupils, aod there baa oever

• pi <>. who wi nt from

in ».. ;. milk rlgoroui climate. Our doctor’s
bllln have ool reached on* hundred ($100.00)
jn i be name i Ime,

Dalton i« a little city –f about four tbou-
■and *.<<“” people, a church going plaoi
( *i;i*> do laloonH.

A-ddrera.

REV. G. J. ORR,

DALTON. GA.

Factory In full operation manufacturing

,i all the grades.
We make from the common packlnv t<> the
■ Saratoga and dress trunks. Flal top
traveling and steamer 1 run ks a Rpeclalty, all
boss wood, covered with either canvas or steel.
Our due \ ‘■ r fiber covered t ranks are espe-
cially commended.
Bags, from the common rubber valise to
iiir-i grain and alligator leather, em-
braclnic all the styles, readies’ Satchels, Cabl-
nel Club and 1 1 lads tone.
Oui pi loefl on all are made to Bull the times*
Wholesale and retail.

Factory and Warerooms, 200 Public Square.

PRICt BOC.

E. W. AVERELL,

PRACTICAL . JI.WKI.ER,

m

216′ 2 Union SI . up stain.

NASI! VII. I. E, TENN.

RIVER SIDE MILLS,

sfai ■ ol

Old •

CORN MEAL,

01 Hi’- water ground type, and guaranty
to give satisfaction.

A,si I Bldi Mills Heal,

anil you Will I

CALVIN MORGAN. Proprietor.

Gilbert Carter & Co/s

■ Music Store ■

208-210 N. TWENTY-FIRST STREET.

Birmingham, Ala.

< nt thla mil and bring with you to the

reunion and call on u*.

References.- “(‘apt. K. \V. Averell Is a

member In g I standing of Cheatham Blv-

ouac. O.O, v., T. II. .Is… P. Hickman,

majr-lyr “Secretary.”

mi. ..iv I’ll ni, jr.
ii. i. \ ii \am.kk.

. H l\ I H \si ii

LATHAM, ALEXANDER & CO.

BANKERS,

16 18 Wai.i. stiikkt, NEW YORK.

.vm-ly

C. L. EDWARDS,

Attorney and Counsellor at Law,

DALLAS. TEX.

Invites corresponds from readers of

Hi.- Veteran having buslnest In this pari ol
the 81 Vat Exchangi Hani;.

IJ.’ii::-iimo.

CONFEDERATE SHEET MUSIC

Published … the Confederacy during

i he war. 86 oenta Bend tor list,

an., on., set complete to date, ninety vole.,

” omcial Records of tbe War or rue Rebellion.”

Will sell for 182.00, worth 170.00 I want Vol, I,
Confederate Vktkran. Write, state prioe.

W. P. AGEE, Hope, Ark.

AGENTSSIOsdaysthome

..ii. ut Lii.itiMM. run

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‘illr.l JeWPlrT j;.. -1 ft. .,. ■ ttlj

oaallktBdi

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InvnDrnD plftlv.hpflr*. tflbrt.
Oo,.l» nr— 1 plftiln. »’ ‘,-‘j
l.i.u.r. Outfll. ..:■
p.,1 tlip*. ftll w»rri
<»le lo »t-.iii. |:. i
n… .-
H. F. DelooiCo, Dept. No.O, Columbus, ©»

Laditi and

Gt nil, in, n:

If y.ui would live
tu a ripe old am
and be healthy all
the time, remember
this fact thai

Hodges Sarsapar ilia

makes I

arkareA-in.andgivee
you j„ r/ect I

Write for article
ontheblood.andte*
timoniala of cures.

HODGES SARSAPARILLA,

‘^g§afi j ^sjsf^sffsa aw Great Southern Blood Purifier.
$1.00 PER BOTTLE

For sale by all druggists or delivered upon
receipt ..f price.

SPURL0CK-NEAL CO.. Nashville.Tennessee

ONE COUNTRY, ONE FLAG

The BEST PLACE to purchase

Flags, Banners, Swords, Belts, Caps,

an. I ail kinds of Military l-°.i|ui|»lil«*iif . |fl it

J. A. JOEL & CO.,

88 Nassau St.. NEW YORK.

” We would ilk.- to see the r. 8. Begin every
c. v. Camp room, and carried by I tiem when
on parade.” A battle scarred veteran.

Send for price list.

Dental Department
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE.

Sixteenth Annual Session

Will ii.-o i ii October 2, 1898, and continue un-
til latter part of February,

Infirmary, Southeast corner Broad and Sign
streets, is now open for the reception of pa-
tients. Patients will be charged only for ma-
terial used in operations. Competent in-
structors always present todlreot t in- work.

Infirmary open from » a. m, to -I p. m,

n-8mos. R. B. LEES, M. D., D.D.S., Dean.

$12.00 to $35.00 a week can

I..- .1.’ working tar us. Parties preferred

Who can furnish a horse and travel throagb
the country ; a team, though, Is not necessary.

A few vacancies ill towns and cities. M.c

and women of g 1 oharaoter will timl this

an exceptional opportunity for protltahle

employment. Spare hours may he used to
good advantage.

B. F. JOHNS! iN A: CO., 11 tli and Main st-..
ricjimond, va. l-’91-ly

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