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Confederate  Veteran 


PUBLISHED  MONTHLY  IN  THE  INTEREST  OF 
CONFEDERATE  VETERANS  AND  KINDRED  TOPICS 


VOLUME  XVII. 


S.  A.  CUNNINGHAM,  EDITOR  AND  PROI'RIKTOR 


Nashville,  Tenn. 
1909 


INDEX-VOLUME  XVII. 


A  Confederate  Is  Grateful 148 

A   Confederate    Kidnaper    209 

After  th''   Surrender  at    Api tattox 4H7 

Ala.    Polytechnic    Inst.    Memorial    i"   Confed.    Students 316 

A   Memory  of  Pickett's   Brigade   538 

An    Adventurous    Trip    343 

An   Evening  with  a   "Copperhead" 563 

An    Incorrigible    Rebel    •"•  1  - 

An    Interrupted    Scouting   Expedition    29 

Annuity    fur    Confederates     222,515 

A     Reminiscence     524 

Argument    tin-   a    Christian    Life lor. 

Arlington   Confederate   Association    407 

Arlingt !onfederate   Monument   Fund.  .40,  52,  103,  181,204,267, 

:;:,:■..  408,  17::.  570,  618 

Armies   of   tin-   North   anil   the   South 125 

Ashby,   General,    in    the   Shenandoah    Valley 22* 

A   Unique  Trousers  Trade 454 

Autographs.   Remarkable  Collection  of 155 

Avoiding    Offense    I'm 

A    Woman's   Defense  "1    Her   Heine 342 

A    Worn  Suit  of  Gray 267 

A    Wounded    federal    Color   Bearer 169 

A    Young  Officer's  Masquerade   411 

Bade  Adieu  to   Yankees  withoui   Notice 447 

Bass.  John  M    105 

Battle   of   Centralia,    Mo    :'." 

Battle  of  Chickamauga,   Incidents  of 44 

Battle  of  CI.  .yds    Farm    D9S 

Battle   of    Franklin     14 

Battle  of  Franklin.  Anniversary  of r. 42 

Battle   of    Franklin.    Military  View   of 383 

Battle   of    Lexington.    Va 389 

Battle    "I'    Mine    Run 53S 

Battle   of   Munfordville,    Ky 84 

Battle   .if   Nashville    11-17 

Battle   of   Natural    Bridge,    Fla 7,220 

I  la  i  lb    of  Roanoke   Island 605 

Battle  of  Spottsylvania   3S1 

Beautiful  Proof  of  Patriotism   53 

"Big    Misery"    and    "Little   Misery'' 167 

Birthplace    of   Jefferson   Davis    51 

Birthplaces  <.f  Two  Men  in  Kentucky 59 

Bloody    Angle    43S 

BOJ     Memories    of    the    War 226 

Breathitt,   General,   Tribute   to 267 

Breekenridge,  Gen.  John  C,   Recollections  of 380,594 

Breech-Loadnig  Cannon  in  the  Confederate  States'   Army. 65, 234 

Brent,    Gen.    Joseph   Lancaster 345 

Bridges    Burned    Near   Columbia 553 

Bright.    Hon.    John    Morgan 392 

Broad-Minded    Patriotism     317 

Brown,     John,     and     Harrier's     Ferry — Execution — in     Kan- 
sas     80,  220,  392 

Burial     Ritual      214 

Burnett,    Col.    William   E    399 

Burning  of   Broad    River   Bridge 462 

Burning   of    Chambersburg 559 

Burning   of   Columbia    267.  350,  465 

1  turning  of  Richmond    474 

Butlerism   Revived    in   Massachusetts 124 

Cabin   John   Bridge.   Replacing   Name  of   Jefferson  Davis. ..  .123, 

235.  261.  374 

( 'ampbell,   Thomas    523 

.    imp    Chase    Memorial     360 

Cantzon,   Charles  E    23 

Catrons,  The,  in  the  Confedi  rati    Service 80 

Capture   of   Battery    at    Newmarket 119 

Capture  of  Colonel   Corcoran    333 

Capture   of   the    "Water   Witch" 604 

Cause   of    Deaths   at    Andersonville 581 

Children  of  the  Confederacy 171,  342 

i  ihivalry  in   Rags    349 

Cleburne   and    His   Command    475 

Cleburne's    Flag    348 

Coleman,  Col.  W.  0 212 


colli,,.    Peter   I-'   362 

Commendation   ol    The   Veteran- Ill 

Compulsory   Education   in   Georgia 373 

i  'in [federate     Choirs      7.  11.  138 

i  lonfederate   '  'ongress    514,  580 

Confed. in.     Dead    in    Nashville  Cemetery 547 

Confederal.'    Families.    Some    Noted 588 

Confederate   Flags  in  Ohio  Capitol 186 

Confederate   Half  Dollars    ' 171 

i  'on federate    liuerests 88 

Confederal.     Memorial    Building    5.81 

i  'on fed.  ia I !■  Memorial  for  Harvard 3 1  7 

Confederate  Monuments  505,  571 

Confederated    Southern    Memorial   Association 82,  261,  310 

Confederates    at    Columbia 486 

Confusion    of  Titles    516 

Corrections 550 

Correspond,  in-,     by    Confederates    224 

Courage  of  a   Virginia   Color  Bearer .    126 

Converted  by  a   Bible  Quotation 113 

Cross    of    Honor,    1  listory    of 4  51.17  1 


D.    A.    R.    of    South    Carolina 

Davis,    Jefferson,    Annual    Tribute    to 

Davis,  Jefferson,  Birthday  in  <  'alifornia 

I  >a\  is,  Jefferson,  Last  i  Official  Escort  of 

Davis,    Jefferson,    Likeness   on    Silver    Plate   for    the   Cruiser 

Mississippi    

1  •  avis,   Jefferson,  and   His  Dog  Traveler 

;  '  uis,   Jefferson,  Three  of  the  Name 

I>a\*is,  Jefferson,  Tribute  to  in  Texas 

I  'a vis.   Jefferson,  Visit  lo  Fairview 

I  lavis,   Jefferson,    Youthful   Romance  of 

1  lavis,   Jefferson    <  Hayes)    

Davis,    Recollections    of    Family 

Davis,  Sam.  A  Comrade  and  Associate  of 

Davis,    Sain.    A    Federal's    Interest   in 

Davis,    Sam,    Fither    of 

Davis,    Sam.    How    lb-    Procured   Certain   Papers 

I  lavis,    Sam.    Monument    33,38,151,264,280,364 

I 'avis,   Sam.   More   History   of 

Davis,   Sam.   The   Story  of  an   Old-Fashioned   Boy 

I  lavis,    Sam.   Th.     World's    

Davis,   Sam.   Union   Soldier  About 

I  lead    Angle    Tunneled     

I  lemurs   to    Masculine   Garb   and   Titles 

Dense  Ignorance  of  the  South 

I  lickinson,    Col.   A.    G 

I  'iekinson    College    

Dodd's,    David    O.,    Sacrifice    49S 

Horsey,    Col.    G.    W 

I  luckworth,    Colonel,    Record   of 

Duel  Between  Generals  Johnston  and  Huston 

Dumfries  on   the  Potomac    

I  nnilap.    Ma.j.    William  Watkins 


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601 
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614 
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Early    Experiences    in    Missouri    502 

Early  War    Days   at    Corinth.    Miss 442 

Editorial    S,  54.  104,  152.  200.  264.  312,  376.  440,  48S,  536,  584 

Education    in    Mountain    Regions 211 

Education    in   Virginia    before   the   War 297 

Efforts  to  Bar  Civil   War  Claims 415 

Elasticity  of  Confederate  Currency 172 

Evacuation   of   Richmond.  .Incidental   to 162 

Exchange   of   Prisoners    334 

Execution    Prevented   by   General   Forrest 168 

Execution  on  Johnson's  Island 335 

Experiences  at   Gettysburg  and  in  Prison 168 

Experiences   in    the    Enemy's    Lines 217 

Falkner,  J.   M.,    Monument   to    330 

Fall    of   Richmond    -1'' 

Father   Blemill   and   Captain   Gracie 186 

I'.  atln  rston's   Mississippi   Brigade    272 

Fifth  Virginia.  Cavalry    " 

Fight  at  Green's  Farm    *»* 

Fight  at   Harrisburg.  Miss !•*' 

Fighting  at   Spottsylvania  Courthouse 225 


Qopfedera 


Fighting   Confederate    Parsons    891,  5  1 1 

First   Georgia   Regulars,    Honor    Roll    Of Jl- 

l-'irst    Infantry  Fight  of  the   War 500 

Firsi   Te issee  Infantry,   Brief   History  of 543 

Flag  of  Maryland  Infantry    458 

Blag   Of   Ninth   Texas   Infantry 4.i.", 

Flag  "i"  Thirty-third    Virginia    Returned B46 

Florence   Guards,   The    '98 

[Florida    History,    Recollections    of 344 

Pooling   the   Enemy    ;iri- 

Fort  ress    Monroe    ;;s ' 

F in   Kentucky  Cavalry    375 

Fourth  of  July  Talk  with   I  lis  Hoys 450 

Forty  Men  Fought  Grant's  Army 319 

Franklin   Battlefield  as  National   Park 374 

Freeing    Prisoners    215 

From   Manassas  to  Appomattox    515 

From   Nashville  to  Tannery  on   Duck   River 164 

Fn.ni    the    Rapidan    to    Petersburg 383 

Gambler  at   Dalton   •''■"''' 

. ;    A.  R    Veterans  In  Reunion 4  14.  :.::i 

Georgia    Woman's   Monument    :; 

Getting  a    Horse  Undei    Difficulties 601 

Gloomy   View   for  the   Future 210 

Good  Haul  bj   Scouts  in  Virginia 

I ; i   Samaritans  tor  Two   Confederates 455 

•  Irani   as  the  Sou ih's  Friend 7  7 

Granl    as   to    Lee's   Sword ill 

Grant,    General,    Personal    Recollections   of 400 

Grant's   "Magnanimity"   a!    Appomattox 596 

Grant's   Narrow   Escape  al    Vlcksburg 213 

Gratitude   of   Veterans    iSI 

Qreal   Men  of  South  car,. I  ma        150 

Gregg,   Brig.  Gen.  John   168 

Hani   Fighting  by   Lookout   Moon  lain l  - 1 

Hard    Fighting.  .Franklin. . Munfordvllle    -21 

Hardships  of  Georgia   Regulars    130 

Hayes,  Mis    Margarel   1 1    D 371,  440,  481 

Hayne,   Miss  Mary,   Work  of 207 

Haynie,    John    271 

Healing    Malm    Among    Veterans 504 

Hickman,   Mrs..    Portrait    of 163 

Historic    Characters    197 

Historic   I'mis   562 

II i    Roll   ni    Firs!    Georgia    Regulars    112 

ii is  Tennessee  Campaign    t 3 

Houston's,   s.mi.   Separation    from   His   Wile 513 

Hot   .i   Confederate  Go!   Home   in   1865 58 

Hot    Bees  Saved  Sitting  Hens 7."i 

How  Jefferson   Davis   Was  Shackled 558,  583 

How    Jim    Malcolm    Saved    the   Steer i95 

How    Rags    Found    the    Uniform 274 

How    the    Bishop    Lost    His   Trousers Ill 

ii. .«    the  Confederates  Captured   Jacksonville 154 

Importance   ol    Wai    Record 202 

i lea    in    and     \i» .in     Veterans  78,118,271,329,593 

Inquiry    foi    ..    Gallant    Federal    Major 136 

Jackson's  Brlgadi    in  the  Battle  of  Nashville 1 1 

cl    on'i     March    '"   Rea i    .a    ' 'opi  'i     \ ion' i48 

r.  innette'a   Signal   Corps    iS  i 

erson  I  >a\  is  Home    \  - -. 5, 

V  1  in,  197.321     '     1.371      189.  435,  486     132     iSO.  Si; 

i  ...    .ni.i     in      3ecretarj  1  in 

I    v.. ok    I  >i\  i.l.     in.     I  [og      142 

nv    I  Impaneled  t..i    Ti  Inl   nf  Jefferson  Davl  I" 

n    Denou t       I  •    C    

Kentucky   Confederate   Cured   of   Chills -ll 

Key,    Francis   Scott,   Grandson   .a        

Kindness   .a    Yankees    near    Petersburg i32 

King.    Gen     ■  'i.  ii  i.         

Lack  ..f   Equipments  in    1861         12:: 

Landing  of  Pilgrims,  to  Celebrati  201 

I  >  '..I    John    i; ..  and    HI      Rei       enl    ..110 

I  .aiii.-r,    Ft  -iii.is    Rugeni  859 

i  Soldlere    lo    i..  ai  i     Richmond    

I.asi    Surviving    I .i.  hi.  ii. mi    General      61 

182 


t<(  Vetera,).  ;i 

l.asi    Survivor  of   the   Alabama... \ 601 

Lawrence,    Alfred    ' 

Lee   Banquet   bj    C.  V,  Camp  <•(  New   fork  City 136 

Lee,  General,    Beautiful  Life  of 298,  599 

Lee,   General     Federal   Tribute   to i;  i  s 

Lee,  and  Grade,  Generals,  al  the  <  Irater 160,  266 

Lee,  General,   New   Story  of 603 

Lee,   Gen.   R.    E      Under   Fire 333 

Lee's    Birthday    al     Beauvoir    136 

Lee's    Birthday   in    Minneapolis    352 

Lee's    Birthday   in   Philadelphia    139 

Lee,   Gen.   S.    D.,    Letter   from 270 

Lee,   Gen.   s.    D.,    Monument   to 308 

LeTellier,   Capt.   .1.    11 114 

Letter    from    "The   Other    Side" 375 

I. iir  Saved   i.\    Being    .    Mason 152 

Line. .in.    Presidenl    Abraham    L53 

Lincoln    ai    Target    Practice    374 

Lincoln's   Proclamation  .a    Amnesty   555 

I. ..I. i    Sanchez's    Ride    109 

Losses   in    Battle    ■'■ 

l... si   Slain.'  of  John  '  '-  i  '.I III.. nil I  I" 

Ma  i  \  lami.'i  s  in  Confederate  Army    266 

McDonald,    Col.    Angus    

Medal    lor    Paper    on    Jefferson    l>a\is 70 

Members    of    Confederate    Congress 580 

Memorial     Day,     Universal     392 

Memorial    l>av    al    Owensboro,    Ky ::7s 

Memorial    Day    in    Atlanta,    Ga :'.4l 

Memorial    Pars    a  I    Prairie  Grove,    Ark 9 

Memorial    Service   al    Mount    Hope   Cemetery 108 

Memorial    Service    In    Atlanta 

Memory  <>i   Dead  al    Alton      ■•  4t;i 

Me ri.s    ..i     Surrender    I    Journey    Home 172 

Messmate    al     Memphis    Reunion 320 

Mlles's,  General,   Part    In  Shackling  Mr.   Mavis .".v. 

Mllltarj.    Titles  in   U,  C.   V .".4 

Mississippi   an. I    Kentuckj    In    Drill    Contest 160 

Misslssippians    al    Chickamauga     334 

Minium,  in     al     Abingdon,     Va 193 

Monument    al    Aiken,    s.    G .17 

Monument    at     Bonham,    Tex 206 

M. .iuiiii.nl   ai   Candler,    N.  C 173 

Monument    m    Charlottesville,    Va 202,  390 

M. .iiiiin.  in    ;n    Edgefield,   s    C 117 

Monument    at    Franklin,    N,    C    ■!" 

Monument    al    Hawklnsville,    Ga    i39 

Monument    al    Jasper,    Ala :'.!*• 

Monument   at    Livingston,   Ala   161 

Monument    at     Montlcello,    Ga 262 

Monument    al     Moultrie,    ''..i 266 

Monument    at    Mulberry,    Tenn 587 

Monument  at  Prattvllle,  Ala 

Monutnenl    I'm'    1 1. .mi's   Texas    Brigade 523 

Hoi nt    lor   Valley    Head,   W.    Va ">24 

M. .iiiiin.  in     i..    Cheatham    Bivouac,    Nashville,    Tenn Mil 

Monument  to  Confederate  Women 199,  298 

Monument    t..   .1     M,    Falkner 330 

\i. .iiiiin.  ut   i..  Founder  <;    A.   i:    618 

Monument    t..   Gen.    Lloyd    Tilghman 211 

Monument    t"    Hood's   Texas    Brigade 

M. .iiimi. hi    i..   i Isiana    Soldiers  in   Vlcksburg   Park 583 

Monument    t..    Upson    C s    Georgians 351 

Moorman   Memorial   Association   ,; 

Morgan,   Capt.   Charles,   Vallance  of   163 

Morgan,   John    II.    Statue  .a 310 

Morgan's    Chrl   tmas    Raid.    Memories  of 79 

Morgan's   Men   at    HartsvlUe 

VIorgi Raid        ■"■:, 

M.. 1 1 1.  i  s  ..i    t  ti,    Confederacy    as  Sponsors 216 

N'a-ln  ill.    Battlcfli  I.l    Vssocl  ttlon       

X . i s 1 1 \  ill.'    Battlefield    Merits     attention 

National    Park    al     Franklin 15,136 

Negro    Probli  m,    Report    on    209 

Negroes    in    th"    Federal    Armj      266 

New    Officials    New     v..,i     Camp      

Ninth  K to   I  lavalrj   C    s    a    

Norfleet,    R     I ■:  .    Reminiscences  of 22 

Northerners   on    sii.iiil.iirs    Depredations 603 

Noted    Events   In   Tennessee   Journalism 168 

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Objects   to    Military   Garb   and    Titles 453 

Official  Notice  of  Reunion la? 

Old   Dominion    Rifles.   The    165 

Oldest    Confederate    605 

Old   Torpedo   Boat    from    Spanish    Fort 538 

(Joe   Hundred  and  Two    Years  Old 523 

i  m   the  Firing-   Line   with    Bragg 331 

origin    of   "Uncle    Sam" -2'.', 

Orr's   Regimenl    Rifles    603 

Owens,    Dr.    C.    J 373 

(iwens.  John  ('..   Grav 359 

Palmetto   Guard    Entertained    11- 

Pamphlets  by  Mrs.   Stone  and  Mrs.  Bell  an 616 

Parted    for    Forty    Years    160 

Patriotism    in    the    South    202 

Pennsylvania     Monument    at    Gettysburg 117 

Pennsylvania    Monument    in    Virginia    115 

Perilous  Service  at  Fredericksburg 236 

Personal    Bravery    on    Battlefield 456 

Personal   Recollections   of   General   Grant 400 

Petersburg   Mine,    The    457 

Piano   for  Georgia    Soldiers'    Home 535 

Picture   Made   at   Johnson's   Island 2K 

Pilgrim's   Progress   Put  to   Novel    Use 14  a 

Port   Hudson    Calamities    512 

Porter,    Hon.    James    D 509 

Price,    Gen.    Sterling,    in    Mexico 454 

Prisoners    on    Johnson's    Island 112 

Prison    Experiences    Ill 

Prize  Essay.  .An  Explanation  and  Criticisms 39. 

56.  100.  103.  104.  106,  137.  157,  180,  489 

Protest   of  Loyal    Legion 5S0 

Pruitt,    Uncle    Nath     461 

Rambling  Thoughts  of  the  Civil   War 227 

Rare   Confederate   Relics    562 

Recollections  of  Florida   History 344 

Recollections    of    the    Wytheville    Raid 535 

Reconciliation    Prophesied    399 

Reconstruction    Has    Not   Ttarnished 353 

Rei  ord    of    a    Confederate    Soldier 236 

Relics   of   Admiral   Semmes   at    Savannah on:; 

Religious    Services    at    Reunions 586 

Remarkable    Collection    of    Autographs 155 

Reminiscences  of  an   Arkansan    69 

Reminiscences  of  a  Private  Soldier 449 

Reminiscences    of    First    Battle 511 

Reminiscences  of  War  at  the  Close 504 

Report  on   Missouri   Confederate   Home 201 

Report    on    Pensions    61S 

Resources  of  Houston.  Tex 4S4 

Result    of    a    False    Alarm 384 

Reunion    at    Memphis    314 

Reunion    Official   Orders    261 

Reunion   of   the   Gray   with   Blue 298 

Reunion    of  Hood's   Texas   Brigade 390 

Reunions.     Rules    at     SO 

Return    of    the    Battle    Flag 207 

Reviving  Old   Scores    27 

Ring  Given  by  General  Lee  to  "Mrs.  Jack" 455 

Rock    Island  :    An    Incident    6S 

Rucker,    Amos,    the    Negro    Veteran 496 

Ruftiu    Dragoons    with    A.    S.    Johnston 597 

Rules   at    Reunions    So 

Running  the    Blockade    410 

Sam    Houston's    Separation    from    His    Wife 513 

School    Men    in    the   Camp 540 

Scouting   Expedition    by    Forrest's    Men 41 

Scouting  Experiences   in   Kentucky 66 

Search  of  a  Home  by  Soldiers  at  Night 121 

Secession   in   Putnam   County,    Tenn 170 

Second    South   Carolina    at    First    Manassas 28 

Semmes.   Raphael,    Centenary    445 

Semmes,   Raphael,   in   Honor  of 313,  485 

Semmes,   Raphael,    Relics  of 603 

Semmes  Rifles,  Record  of 57 

Shiloh    Monument    Committee    615 

Smith,   Col.  R.   A.,   Tribute  to 216 

Smith.    Victor.    "Bill    Arp,"    Jr 179 

Soldier   Sons   of   Governor   Patton 350 


South    Should    Remain    United 141 

Southern  Club  of  Chicago 353 

Southern   Cross  of    Honor 474 

Southern    Society   in    Philadelphia 223 

Son  1  horn   Women,   in    Honor  of    200 

Staff  to  General   Evans,  Commander  in  Chief 202 

State    Reunion    Dates     52  4 

Statistics   of   Soldiers   in    Both   Armies 179 

Stun,      for     Bishop     Galloway 524 

Statin-   of    Calhoun    for    Washington 380 

Statues   of    Washington    and    Lee   in   Capitol   at    Washington.  551 

Stewart.    Gen.    A.     P 5,485 

Stewart.   A.   P..   as   a   Cannoneer 160 

Stewart,   Gen.   A.    P.,   on   Strong  Topics 3  1 

Stirling.   Miss  Kittiebelle,   as   Sponsor   R.   Semmes   Camp....  139 

Stone.    Col.    A.    D 359 

Storming   Blockhouse    in    Greenland    Gap 499 

Story   of  the   "Harriet    Lane" 510 

Stuart's,  J.  E.  B.,   Last   Battle 76 

Suggestion  for  Meeting  of  Both  Army  Survivors 85 

Suppose   the    South    Had    Succeeded? 67.497 

Survivors  of  Company   F.  Thirty-ninth   Georgia 60 

Tail's    Administration     151 

Taft,    Judge,    and   Andersonville \!~ 

Tal't,    President,    on    Southerns 5S2 

Talks  with  the  Boys 264,  4'.>s 

Tennessee    Woman's    Historical    Society 44 

Testament   to   Be   Returned  to   Owner 262 

The    Florence    Guards     49S 

The   Men    of    the   Ranks 436 

The  Old  Dominion  Rifles    165 

The  Mount  Vernon  of   Kentucky    307,  326 

The    Song    of    "Dixie" 440 

"The  South  and  the   National   Government" 203 

The  States  in  the  Confederate  War 393 

Tin-  Tennessee  Valley  from  1S62   to   1865 165 

"The    Wilderness"    as    It    Is    Now 546 

Torpedo  Boat  at  Louisiana  Soldiers'    Home 459 

To    Survivors  of   the   Tenth   Alabama 233 

To   Survivors   of   the   Twenty-fouth   Georgia 297 

Trials  of  Our  Women   in   the   War 501 

Tribute    to    Major    Breathitt 414 

Tributes    to    Southern    Women 450 

Trigg,  Col.  Robert  C,  of  Kentucky 65 

Tunnelling  Out   of   Libby   Prison 114 

Tunnels    to   Release    Prisoners 554 

Twenty-Ninth  North  Carolina  Regiment,  History  of 271 

Twice    Received    Same    Flag 414 

Two  Gallant  Regiments,   Reminiscences  of    113 

Texas    Veterans,   Annual   Reunion   of 441 

U.    i'.    Y.,    General    Reunion 314 

r.    i '.   V.,  Mobile  Reunion  Committee 531 

U.  C.  V..  Comment  on  Georgia  Reunion 591 

U.   C.    V.,    Louisiana   Division 619 

U.  C.  V.,  R.  E.  Lee  Camp  of  Fort  Worth 5S5 

II.   C.  V.,   Membership  in 307 

IT.  C.  V.,  Military  Titles  in 54 

U.    C.    V..    Official    Papers 5,  6 

TJ.   C.    V..    Raphael    Semmes    Camp 415 

IT.  C.   V.,  Reunion  at  Clarksville 57" 

U.    C.    V..    Reunion    of    Virginia    Veterans 595 

U.   C.   V.,   Reunion    in    Arkansas 57S 

U.   C.   V..   Reunion    South   Carolina    Division 309 

IT.    C.    V.,    Sunday    Meeting    of    Camps 584 

U".  C.  V..  Texas   Veterans   in    Dallas 435 

U.  C.   V.,   Veterans  of  A.    S.   Johnston   Camp  at    Beaumont...  347 

U.  D.  C„  General  Convention 6,  588 

IT.  D.  C.  Alabama  Convention 331 

U.    D.    C,    Catechism    lor    Children 206 

U.   D.  ('..  Committees  in  Georgia 13S 

U.  D.  C,  Historical  Evening  of  Alabama   Division 3 

U.    D.    ('..    in    Minnesota 1' 

U.   D.   C,   Interest   in   Soldiers'    Homes 51 

IT.   D.   ('..    Kentucky   Convention 5" 

U.   n.  c..   Letter  of  President 151.205.317,3' 

U.   D.  c '..   Maryland  Division 

TJ.    D.    C.    Mississippi    Division 3. 

U.  D.  C,  Missouri  Division 205.  61 

U.   D.  C.  North  Carolina  Division 523.  51 


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Notice  i"  Chapters 

i  ifflcers  Texas  Division 

President    Alabama    Divis 

smith  <  larolina  i  »ivision 

State   Presidents   Bereaved 

Tennessee    Division 199 

Shllob    Monumenl    Committee 

The  Tar   Heel    Daughters    

Virginia    i  tivlslon 

Wi'si    Virginia    Division   in   Convention 

Scholarship   in    Mississippi 


5  4  ."> 
135 
'.i 
332 
118 
92 

61  I 

602 
169 


r.  s.  c.  v 

A    Plea   i"  Hi.    Smis  hi'   Veterans.  .  . 

Camp    Beam  ega  rd    

In   i  Council    

New    I  »l\  isinn    Commander    

i '    S    Monumenl    for  I  !onfederat<    I  lead 

I  'nil.    All  rk  .mil   I  lis  Mule 

I'm ommander    Lett,    '  Ine 

i  'iiinii   Soldiers   About    David  O    I  'odd 
Universal    Memorial    Day    


n 

184 

I  5  5 
.-.TV 
442 

41 
581 
591 
439 


Varied    War    Experiences     213 

Verifying    Lei    Rnd   Grade    Incident    266 

Veteran   of  Two    Wars 212 

v.  ti  i  ms  Want   in  'I"  i"  New   Jfork    

Visiting    Old    Vicksburg    Home 273 

\'isii    of  Gen     Fred   Granl    to    Nashville                  483 

Vlsll    i"    Havana     '56 

War-Tlmi     Romance    603 

Washington    Artfllerj    ol    Augusta,  Ga 14 

Washington,    Lincoln,    Lee    

Wedding   In   Confederate  Colors ■■'■<: 

Wh.it    Caused    the    War? 104 

i  r   tin'   i  'mill  ii.  i  acj    i  tad   Succeeded?   166 

What    if  the  South   Had  Won? 

What    Might    Have    Been,    Another  View    of    61 

Wh.u    Lincoln    Said    of    Oui     Lee 13S 

Whal    the    North    Did           459 

What    Veterans    \n    Mosl   Grateful    Foi      159 

Wheeler,  General,  al    Aiken,  S.   C 154 

Why   General    Anderson    Was   Called    "Tige" 160 

Why    immigrants   Shun    the   South    583 

win    Masculine   Garb   and    Titles?       

Who    Fired    Firsl    Gun    al    New    Market?      237,453 

Who    Gol    the    H ■             15! 

Who  Was   Right?  etc 

Widow    Deserving    Pension    318 

Wlggin                    iim    B.    I..    Death   of 377 

Wilcox's    Alabama    Brigade    al    Gi             rg    229 

Williams.    Colonel,    and    Lieutenant    Peter 210 

Williams.    Miss    Louisi      \    121 

Wilmer,    Bishop,   A   Story  "f 606 

Wit/..    Captain,    In    Vindication    of 200 

Wit/.    Monument,    Location     ind    Dedication 9  <;  I 

Woman's    Monument,    Southern    150, 

181,  .'     i,  312    36  1,  371,  380,  39  I.  514,  531,  596 

Woman's    Monument,    Tennessee    Appropriation    for 191 

Women    and    Men   "t    thi     South 537 

w i    ..I    tli..    Confederacy,    To    2:'.7 

Wo led    Boy's    Nighl    on     Battlefield I5C 

■'.v   .i.  ,i     i  .                    i .    ii n    Crutches                               .  .  162 

ill.     Raid     R Ilectlons    ol  -  


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II  1 


POETRY 


A    Dead    Soldli  i  

An   Old    Version   "t    Dixit    269 

A    Soldier's    Epitaph  

Backing,   Bui   Qritless         7". 

I'.aiil.    ,,i    Natural    Bi  ldg<      Fla  

i  ond         

Bury  Mi    oi i  Ii  Id    Boj  His 


..i    tin     Mn ban 
Florida,    My    Florida 


Greetings    to    0     D    C    'ill 

How    Stonewall    Jackson    Reached    Heaven 186 

Jefferson    I  "avis    :;ti 

Jefferson   Davis  Centennial    17" 

Jim    of    Biloxi -7 

Lord,    in    Thy    Ke<  ping    468 

Our   Comrades    in    Reunion 548 

Portraii    or   Jefferson    Davis 388 

The  Cadets  al    New   Market    159 

The    Confederate    Soldier    

The    Drummer    Boy     

Tin     Garb    of    Glory 172 

The   Immortal    Six    Hundred 551 

The    "Mocker"    and    the    "Jay"    169 

T i.l    Battle    Flag    232 

The    Ringing    Roll    of    Dixie    171 

The   Sword  ol    Lei         546 

There's  a    Beautiful    River 606 

To    Virginia    82 

Unknown     1 1 7 

Unto    Sunrise     611 

n.i.rsTi:  \ii.  >NS 

A    i  trammer   Boy    .",:,s 

Autograph    Collection    155 

Berry  Residence  near  Nashville   l .' 

ft i'i..    al   Spottsylvania    Battlefield 225 

Brig.   Gen    Sam     Porter,  of  Oklahoma,  and   Sponsors 201 

linns...   at    Franklin,  Tenn 14 

Cabin  John    Bridge:    Restoring   Name  of  Jefferson    Davis  174 

Certificati    Jefferson   Davis   Hi Association 51 

Cleburne's   Repulse  of  Sherman   at    Mission   Ridgt  249 

lerate   Relics   388 

Columbia   Pike:    Winstead's    Hill 13 

Crowd    at    Dedication   of   Sam    Davis    Monumenl    281 

Dedication    <•!"    Prattville    Monumenl ."..'. 

Design   La   John   1 1.    Morgan   Statue 310 

Design    for  Southern    Woman's    Monument 150,312 


i    i ;      \     R 


6 1  9 


J    Buckner's    Residence      m 

Gen.    l-'itz    Lee'i     Headquarter:     il     Mariano 156 

Group  ai   Alabama  Convention  U.   1 '.  C 332 

Group  ol   Veterans  at   Place  of  Sam  Davis's  Execution    2  7  7 


.liil'\     ill     I  1  ill    lit     li't't.  IS. Mi     1  tavis.  . 

Lake  in   Front   of  i  leneral   Bucknei ' 


ii 


Residi  in.'    83 


Map  •■!'  Bat  i.  field  ..i    Nash>  lile    

m    i      ..r   Fairvlew,   Ky 

Members  ol    A.   s    Johnston's  Camp  al    Beaumont,  Tex. 

1 1.        iii    Servici    al    Sam    Da\  Is's    Home    

Monument   al    Aiken,   s    C 

Monumenl    al    Bonham,    Tex 

Monumenl    al    Charlottesville,    Va 

Mm. inn. tit    at    Edgefield,    S.   C 


HI 


1 16 

.     J7N 
.    .".17 

190 
117 

Monument  al   Franklin,  N.  C 540 

Monumenl    al     Hawkinsvllle,    Qa 139 

tent    ai    Jasper,     Ua    348 


Livingston,    Ala                 161 

Mulberry,    Tenn 587 

I'.ntA  ill.  .    I..         139 

Thomaston,    Ga. .            ::."ii 

Ga    524 

i    ii,    Cheatham   Camp   ami    Bivouac,    N  i 

Ti  nn    311 

.n     m     \.  \v     i  HI.  ans 

ii  hi    to    Sa  n       ■             \.sii\  ill.               283 


Monumi 

Monumenl  at 

Monument  al 
Monumi 

Monumenl  at 

Monument  to 


4  1,-.       1 h  .a  inn    i  Nashville 

i  HI..  i     '    I  -nn    I  I     I  >.i  vis 

562        Restoring   Nun.    of  Jefferson   Davis  on  Cabin  John    Brldgi        374 


1S201K 


Qo^federac^  l/eterai) 


Shy's  Hill,  near  Nashville 19 

Statue  of  Gen.  S.   D.   Lee   309 

Statues  of  Washington  and   Lee  in  National   Capitol 551 

Tablet   ol    Alabama    Polytechnic  Institute   Memorial 316 

Tablet   on   Church  at    Fairview,    Ky 328 

Tablets  on  Sam   Davis  Monument 279,285 

The  Catron  Brothers   Ml 

The  Way  thi    Fighting  Was  Done 164 

View   "i    Fairview,    Ky    ■ ,:;- 

Views  of  Fori   Across  River  at    Franklin 1". 

Views  of  Home  of  Senor  Altuzarra  in   Havana 156,157 


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Allcorn,    \V.    S    

Allmond.    M.    B 

Armstrong,  Gen.  F.  C. 
Atkins,  H<>".  -1  D.  C. 
Austin,    Capt.    C.    A.  . . 


520  Cracraft,    Capt.    G.    K. . . 

606  Criss.   N.    B    

564  <  Irook,    Jerre   S    

607  Crosby,    Allen    C    

17  1  <  !unningham,    I  >r     W.    X  . 


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Bachelor,    Joseph     

Baker,   Capt.    I'-    E 

Bankston,   Capt.    A.    C. . 

Beale,    Dr.    A.    J 

Bell,    Capt.    P..    W 

Betterson,   Capt.   W.   .1.  . 

Bilbo,    Thomas     

Black,   .Mrs.  T.  C 

Bonner,  John  K 
Border,  Sidney 
Bragg,  II.  T  .  . 
Brewer,  PR.. 
Bridges,  Capt.  'I' 
Briggs,    Charles    E    . 

Brittain,    George    

Brock,    1  irew     

Brodnax,    I  >.   W    

Brown,  A.  G   

Brown,    James    T    ...  - 

Bryan,   Joseph    

Bryan.    J.    P    

Buck.     E.    G 

Bufkin,  J.   L   

Bunch,    W.    W    

Burkhardt,    Cart.   J-    P 
Burnett,    Mrs.    K.    W. 
Burrow.   Rev.  A.  G    ... 

Butler.    A.    W    

Butler,  Gen.  M.  C... 
Buzzard.  William  .... 


52« 
i',l  1 
293 
295 
127 
24" 
568 
4  3 
286 
564 
424 
472 
2  4  0 
204 
129 
241 
2S7 
L'4  7 
294 
606 
176 
607 
356 
129 
132 
293 
42  4 

23  o 
568 
296 


Cahal,   Miss   Dee    -124 

Calhoun,   CM    204 

Calhoun,   Col.   W.    L 
Callehan,    George     .. 
Campbell.    Maj.    C.    J 

Campbell,   K.   C    

Campbell,   W.  A   612 

Cannon,   J.    I    13° 

Cantrell,  H.  C   

Cap,  rion,    George 


90 

242 
355 
245 


290 


Carlton,  Mrs.  P.  C 131 

i  larpenter,    s.   S    607 

Carroll,   John    M    418 

Carwile,   Gen.   T.   W 91 

Cary,   Col.   George  W    ....  242 

Castleberry,   C.   C    609 

Call II.     H.    P 357 

i  'hapman.    James     286 

Cheairs,   Thomas  G    609 

Childress.   Dr.   W.   A 566 

Christian.    B.    W    416 

Clary.  James   E    124 

Clay.    Dr.    W.    C    52] 

Cohh.    Judge    Howell    ...  469 

Colbert,  John  A    LS3 

Collier,    Henry1    126 

Cook,  W.  L    354 

(  \,op,-i\    i  leurge    R 247 

Cosby,  Gen.  George  B    ...  42  5 

Cowan.  Dr.   J.   B    4  2  4 

Cox.    James       87 


12S 
133 
291 

:;5  0 


Dale,    William    L    202 

Dandridge,    Mrs     E     T.  42.",.  5  Is 

1 1  ividson.    William    51  '■< 

Darts,  W.   H   91 

DeLaughter,    George     2S7 

!'■  Vaughan,    Col.    J.    B...      s7 

1 1,  rlum.    J.    R    no 

I  lenliam,  James  s 421 

I  lii  kson.   i  !apt.    Barton  .  240.  J24 

I  lismukes,    John    1 41s 

Dowdell,    W.    C    473 

Drake,    II.    W        239,  291 

I  ink,  ,    Mrs.    B.    W    "I" 

Dunlap,    W.    N.    L 287 

East,    T.    J    5fi7 

Sdmondson,    II.   C    565 

Kllis,  S.  T>  131 

E\'ans,    B.    S 2,  4 

[Owing     Ma  i.    /■    W    4<!S 

Fannin.    Col.    J.    H    60S 

Karris.  O.   B 424 

Felps,    John    J     565 

Ferguson,  J.  D   133 

Finley,    Rev.   G.    W    291 

Fleming,    Hon.    F.    P 247 

Ford,     John     126 

Forrest,    Capt.    Car     356 

Frank,     Maurice     420 

Fraser,    Dr.    I.    K    128 

Frizell,    Dr.    \V.    H    .  .  .240.  290 

Garner,    M     C    SO 

Gaston,    A.    L    24'. 

Gibbs,    W.    W    472 

Gilky,    W.    M    170 

Gill,   W.   S    91 

Gilmore,    J.    M    472 

i  loode,    John     423 

Gore,    Col.    M.    1,    422 

Graham,   A.    K    4 

Graham.    M.    B    1 

Greening,   B.  s 
i  Irimi 


Capt.    C    . 
Gullett,  George   M 


I  iamilton,   Maj.    D.   H    

Handler,    Capt.    W.    A    ... 

1  [are,    Judge    Silas    

1 1,,  rgi  ove,  i  'apt.  W.  H.  .  .  . 

Harris,    John    G    

Harris.    James    H     

Hart,     Isaac-     

I  [arvey,    Morris    

Haskell,   Capt.   J.    C    

Hansell.    Cap!.    J.    B    

Hayes,    Mrs.   M.    II.    D.419 

Henkel,   Dr.  C.  C   

Henson,    G.    II    

Hewitt,  Gen.    Fayette 

Honour,    Fred    H    


sn 
122 

86 
567 
176 
291 

3  5.") 
132 

4  2 .", 
358 
612 

42 
565 
177 
567 


I  lorlon.    Joseph     ::    , 

House  .    Milton     289 

I  [uffington,    John    522 

Hurd.    L.    .1    41(1 

Hyneman,   E.   M    .  .    128 

Irwin,    l  ii'.    L.    B    565 

Jackson,   Capt.   G.    W. . .  17:, 

J<  IT is,   John    R    90 

Johnson.     Mrs.     E.    M 290 

Johnson,   <  leorge   w    507 

Johnson,  S.  W  202 

Johnson,  T.  B  90 

Johnson.  Capt.  W.  B  ...  291 

Jones,  D.  C  424 

Jones.    Eev.    .1.    William.  .  .  239 

Jones.     Miss     Sallie     ss 

Jones,    Samuel     133 

Jordan,    J.    1 126 

Kelley,    Rev.    D.    C    421 

Kelley,    Solon    175 

Kemp.     Judge     Wvndliain  1,7 

Kennedy,    John    C    244 

Kennedy.    Capt.    T.    .1  2H4 

Kentucky    Comrades     .  354 

Kinlow,    W.    A     52ii 

Kimbrough,    John    W    ...  521 

Knanss.    Mrs     W.     II 425 

King,  i  iwen  133 

I. .111, hum.    Dr.    C.    A     519 

Langston,    J.    B    126 

l.anliain.     GOV.     S.     W.     'I'.  .        42 

Lanier,  C.   A    1  ,'; 

Latham,   John   C    470 

Ledbetter,   M.  'I'    89 

Litchfield,    Capt    C.    T.472,  564 

Lloyd,    W.    W    358 

Locke,   Charles   G    ...  .238,  424 

I  .,,.1.11.  Frank  D  521 

Longley,    W.    J    410 

l.Ott.     .less,'     C      521 

Loveless.     W.     C     121' 

LuSly,    Janes     120 

Lynch.  Capt.   W.    B 422, 

Lyon.  Capt.   P.   II    564 

Lyon.    Mrs,    S.    W    568 

Magruder.  L.  W 246 

Malone.    .1.    M    612 

Maple,   Mrs.  J.  <'    248 

Marion.    Dr.    N.    P    ..     .292,  422 

Mashburn,    William     130 

Mason.   Miss   Emily    178 

Mason.    Rev.   .1.    M    ...  .135,290 

Maxwell.    Capt.    D.    10 417 

McBryde,    .lames    B     241 

McCaskill,   J.    L    128 

McClintic,    W.    S    89,  134 

McKay,   James  M    52  1 

McKinnon,  Dr.   W.   II    ....  133 
McKnight,  Ma  i.  M.  W   ...  507 
McLaughlin,  Dr.  J.  M   ...  174 
Memphis    Historical   Socie- 
ty   Comrades     520 

Meux,  .lane  s  S   28S 

Miller,  G.   W   124 

Miller.    William     175 

Minor.    George    W    244 

Mitchell.  John   566 

Mitchell,   William    170 

Moore.    J.    E    520 

Moore.    John    M     520 

Moore,  Maj.  S.  J.  C   127 

Moore.    S.    J     3,5s 

Moor,,.   Thomas  G    204 

Moore.  Roy.  W.  A    238 

Moore,    I  »r.    Warner    248 

Morton.  Judge  J.   R    SO 

Mulligan.    John    T    60S 

Myers,  W.  A   355 


X,  al.  R.  B 568 

Neel,  capt.  J.  1. 2 so. 

Nelson,   John   A    3,:.,, 

Nickell,  Capt.   II.  P 287 

Noble,  Mrs.  A.  II 24s 

Noble,   P.    II    2'.io 

North.   Capt.    11.    A    241 

Nunn,  Dr.  s.  A .   24, 1 

O'Gara,    Martin    41s 

Owen,  Capt.  F.  A 24s 

( »wen,  Richard  T  421 

Oxford,    J.    L    609  ' 

Park,    Capt.   R.   E    2  0  4 

Peaoo,  G.  W  204 

Person.    Maj.    R.  J    0m1 

Pettigrew,  Joseph    10    417 

Pettys,   Thomas    519 

Pickett,    Charles    522 

Pilcher,  Mis    M.    r.    610 

Pilcher,    Capt.    M.    I! 92 

Pitman.    Capt.    M.    I     129 

Pitts.    Dr.   T.    N    13,3 

Pointer.   Col.    Marcellus.  .  .  566 

Pope.    William    H    245 

Price,  Col.  Celsus   518 

Priest.     P..     E     2  4  5.200 

Rainer,  John  G    354 

Railley.  T.   G    204 

Ramsey,    C.    A    204 

Rawlings,    Capt.    B.    C. ...  126 

Rawings,   R.   J    12  4 

Ray.    Dr.    William    244 

Ray.    Capt.    William     52  1 

Rayner,    Mrs.    Kenneth    .  .  425 

Read,  W.  F  4i;o 

Reagan.    John    B    569 

Reddick,  C.   M    471 

Reed,    Dr.    James    II    .  .  174.  2ss 

Re,-d.    Monroe    50s 

Reeve,  Capt.  D.  J.  Burr.  .  .  203, 

Rdd.  Col.   L.   W    Bin 

Rhoads,   B.  L   2  4  0. 

Richards,    D.   M    4  10 

Rike,  E.  G   176 

Ritchie.   Dr.  J.  B    ....  .41s,  566 

Ritchey,    W.    H    293 

Rittenhbuse,    D.   G    424 

Roby,  Miss  L.  Davenport.  472 

Roby,  Judge  w.  A   170 

Robertson.   Gen.   F.    L    ....  134 

Robinson,    Dr.    S.    W    175 

Rogers,    John    J    522 

Rogers.    Thomas    L    170 

Ryall,   Dr.   A.  P    470 

Ryan,    .lorry    520 

Salt, install,   G.    F    243 

Sanders,    C.    C    425.  358 

Sanders.    H.    M    564 

Scoggins,    James    M    2  47 

Scurr,    W.    B.,    Sr 421 

Seidell.    M.    L    424 

S,  mines    Camp    Com 410 

S,  well,    John    B    100 

Shelby,  George  B 52  1 

Shows,   .1     K.    P On 

Simmons.   B.   F    Oil 

Sink.   W.    11    471 

Small.  Alex  S    472 

Smith,    10.  W    51  s 

Smith.    Capt.  J.    H    9ll 

Snowden,   Col.   R.   B    568 

Spencer.    John    M    242 

Stanford,    John    T     521 

Stanton.    Harris    5111 

Stanton.    W.    L    286 

Sterchi,   J.   H    -"21 

Stevens.   Benjamin    90 

Stevens,   John    Henry    ....  472 


C^opfederat^  l/eterap. 


Stout,    W.    E    241 

Strong,   L.  C   176 

Smart.    A.    J     131 

Summervllle,   W.  F   608 

Taylor.    Dr.   J.    N    'ill 

Terry,    P.    E    365 

Thomason,    Dr.    B,    R 522 

Thruston,    II     C    613 

Tllman,   S    S      2*2 

TInsley,    II.    Q     369 

Tiso'n,    Miss   W     10    s  564 

T apt.  .1    W   

Towli  r,   Ca.pt.  T.   .1    132 

Trlbblc,    It.    W    

Trussell,    James   'I'    130 

Tucker,   John    W    l'ss 

Turner,    Rei      M     ' I      170 

Turner,   Thomas    A  13 

Turney,    Capt.    .1     241 

Usher,    Dr.   John    D    172 

VanZandt,    Mrs.    r.    C  !43 

Veazey,    V    G    368 

Walker,   Ji is   A      286 

Walker,  Capl     W.   I!   292 

Wall,     R 11      I)     283 

\\  ai  n<  i       Leslie     171 


Wayne,   W.   A    519 

Weaver,  'P.  s    423 

Webb,  James   I 29  t 

Weeks,    John     194 

Wegner,    II     F    60S 

West,    A.    A     91 

Wheeler,     l  ihn    G       176 

White,    Mrs.    Modena     ...  131 

w .    Dr    R     U  C  . .        .  609 

White,    W     .1     245 

Whii.  head,    J.   J    . . .  194 

Whitfield,    I  >r.    George.  ...  116 

W  [ggins,   -J « .Jim    T    609 

Wiggins,    s     C    

Will ks,    W.    E    126 

Wilkerson,   W.  C    176 

Williams.     W      i  '                  1  26,  175 

Williams.    John     R  

Williams.    .1      W     194 

Willing,    W.    .1 

Willis,    Capl     A.   C      518 

Wilson,    Re\     .1     L 168 

Wilson,   Capl     N    I 

\\  illi.  is.     II,  in  x     M     SS 

w I,    Alex    l '    608 

Woolen,    Mar 126 

Wray,    W      I .    519 


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Black,   Mrs    A.  C      13 

Bn  ill,    Gen.    J.    M    3 16 

Brewi  r,    P    R      172 

Bridges,  Capl    T.  P  146 

Bright,   Hon    John   M  392 
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Cary,  Col    G     w       

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Cochran,    <  !apt    .1.    T 

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I  'avis.    Sam      Lath.  1     ..I 

Sam,    Mothi  r   ..i    .  .    277 

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I  >•  \  aughan,    I  !ol     .1     E    . .      87 
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Dickinson,    Hon    .1     M      . .    161 

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Dunlap,    W.    X     I..  . 


Hanlon    Capl.    John            .  30S 

i  larvey,     "A  irris                   .  132 

1 1  tyes,    Mrs     Mill'  119 
l-fayei       Mrs.     J.     A.      and 

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I  laynes,    Miss    Ma  a  201 
Hickman,    Mrs.     K.     l.    . 

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I  [orton,    Joseph     :'.-">  7 

House,    Milton    C 

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Johnson     M  rs     Joseph  161 

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Kinnes  .    Miss    Belle       ....  :: T 1 

K.  II.  r.    Col.    D,    C    421 

Kemp,    Judge   Wyndham  171 

Kennedy,    John    C  144 

I.aii.lrimi.    Dr.    C.    A     519 

i. hi.  .   ■  !ol    John   K 110 

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i.ani.  i.    Prancis   E    ','<9 

Latham.     John     C      470 

I.,  .n..  ii.  i      M      i  89 

Lee,     Bli  wvtt     

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Mas. .ii.    Rev.  .1.   M    135 

Maxwell,   Capl     D.    E    ....  417 

McBryde,    James    B    241 

Mil  'lint....    W.    S     134 

\iak am.  s .    Miss   Annie    1 t .  273 
McLaughlin,    Dr    J.   M      .174 

Moore,   Mai,   s.   J.   C    127 

Morton,    '  !apt.   John    W   . .  1 1 

Musgrove,   Mrs    E  349 

Noble,    P.    II    296 

X. nil. II,    R.    E    22 

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l  1,1.  nil. aim  r.     Mrs.     I-'.     (1.  .  Ill 

'  i'Tai.1,.    Miss   Juliette  315 

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Rogers,    Hon     John    II    .  .  .  .".7 

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Shaw.   Captain    J7n 

Shelby,   George    B          ...  520 

Simpson,    '  'aj.iain    :::;" 

Snowden,   Col,    R.    B    568 

Stanley,    James   S    41'" 

Stirling.    Miss    Kittiebelle.  139 

Thomason,    B.    1 1    522 

Thruston,    II     C    613 

TInsley,    l  lenry   ' :    359 

Trigg,   Col     Roberl    C    65 

Tucker,    John    W    288 

Turner,   Re\ .   M.  G    .">JJ 

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Warner,     Leslie    171 

Walls,    Miss    A.    C    579 

Wheeler,   Col.   J.   G    176 

White,    Mrs.    Modena     ....  131 

White,    W.    .1     291 

Willi,  i. s.,n.    W.    C    174 

Williams.    Joe     I''     86 

Williams.    Miss    LA     ...  4  J  7 

Winder,   .1     It    162 

Winstead,    Mrs.    It.   <  ■    ....  264 

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Warns,   D.   W   9 

\.l.  a      .latins     S         159 

Albright,    James    w  595 

Alderman,    Prea    E     A  101 

Aldridge    W     R  i  16 

Uexander,    E.    II  271 

\lli  a.    '  '.i|,i     T.    P  ' .    65 

. Mini. .n. I.     M       B     606 

Alvarez,     I  iucla     M       263 

Mii|.is..ii  Mrs  .1  I;  268 
Mi.l.ason.  I:  l:  52,  I  .  ' 
Andrews,   W.    II          . .    230,  412 

I'.air.l.    John    ('     159  I  ■  I 

Baker.    A.    I.    511 

Ball,    L.    M    541 

La]. list.    X.     W     185 

Barclaj  .11     G  370 

■  ,    E     T    165 

Hal.  111.111,    Mrs      W      M  310 

Bati  -.   X     w    I  19 

Baxtt  r.    Miss   Alice    206 

Baylor,   Col     G.  "R       219 

1       11,    1:     It    

1  li  '    ..11,    James       266 

B(  I, an.    Mrs.    W,    .1            .  139 

Bell,   '1.    W     1:  1  19 

Bill,    Ri  •       \      w                     .  284 

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I'.l.n   I...   1        h.lin     R  ..a  I 

i.  r.     Sam 

1 :. ..  ...  k.   ,\i rs.  Thomas  S  il5 

I : .    T     K       515 

Bond,   Capl     P.     *    I'.'i' 

Bowden,    .1     T    58 

Boyd,  Mrs.  E  G  386 
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Sradw.  II,    I     •  ;     161 

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Brown,    S     B    541 

I '.row  ii".     MISS    P.    F    Lis 

la  j  ant,    Prof.  George  s 

Buchanan,  Judge  .1     A  193 

Buck,    Capl     1     A            1:1s  383 

Buckner,    Dr.   M.  G   . . . .  II 

Bufkin,    .1     L    7s 

Bulloch,    I  it     .1     (1     B.  .  583 

Burgwyn,    Mrs     W     II     S  106 

1  'ah.   II.     '  mil       W.      L      135 

' ' aiiaw  .ii .    James       -7 

Callaway,    W.    A    504 

Campbell,    Capl     D.   A  53 

Campbell,    .1     A    514 

Campbell,    W.    A    109 

Cantzon,    C.    E    23 

Carlotta,  Sister  Esther.  . 

Carter,    Mis:     R     G    363 

Chappeil,    11     C    

Chisholm,    L.    C    165 

1  'I  irk.    Judge   1  hoi  gi 

Clark.    W.     A     1,1 

Clarke,   M.  .1    163 

Clarkson,    Dr.    II.    M    ::ss 

Coleman,   James  R   

Coleman,     Ruffle     136 

Collier,    Ai  mistead     ... 

1  Collins,  John   1 

k.  Judgi    11    1 1 

.  look,    J.    W       169 

'  Cox,  John   1    191 

Cressey,   E.  T     111 

Crouch,  Capt.   R    C   112 

1  Cummings    1      C        111,  441,  585 

1  Cunningham,    I  ir.   John  I  1 
1  Cunningha  m,   Rev.  J     w 

■  'unnlngham,  T.   W    1 38 

1  ■  'ho.  \.    r    G    ill 

Damon,   ll.  c    :;so 

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Danner,    s.   A    15 

Darden,    E.    B    460 

I  >avenport,  <  ten.  H.  T    ...  515 

I  lei  ring,  Kev.  Julm  R   ....  IT:' 

Derry,    Prof.   J.   T    459 

I  leupree,   J.    E    362 

Dickinson,  J.   M   202,  537 

Dodson,  W.  C   462 

I  (orsey,    I'"rank    76,  7  . 

Douthat,    K.    W    602 

I  lowdell.    -Mrs.    A.    L    43.". 

I  tozier,    Mrs.   X.   B    1 36 

I  iraper,    W.   W    213 

Dunlap,   Dr.   Fayette   509 

Earnhart,    T.    M    235 

Ellis,   Mrs.   E.  J    351 

Ellis,    P.    P    456 

Ellis.   J.    W    581 

Ellis,  Capt.  W.  T   311 

Emanuel,    S    541 

Evans,    Mrs.   N.   G    118 

Everett,   Mrs.  A.   R    5IJ1 

Ewing,    G.    D    234 

Fahrion,  G.  W   125 

Ferguson,  Gen.  F.  s,   399 

Field,  Al  G    360 

Finch,    Charles     392 

Finley,   J.   R    581 

Firebaugh,  R.  D 163 

Fitzgerald,   Charles    232 

Fitzpatriek,    Camille    71 

Fitzpatriek,    L.    A    272 

Forgraves,   L.   W    375 

Gaines,  J.   N    66 

Gambrell,    Robert 225 

i  lardner,   A.    E    166 

Gardner,    B.   C    266 

<  lardner,    Jacob    220 

Gary,    Henry     3.73 

Cant.   Mrs.   John   C    542 

Gold,   Rev.  .1.   II    Ill 

Grant,   C.    R    124 

i  (rizzard,  R.  W 558 

<  luernsey,   Jessie   E    Is" 

Hale,    Will   T    226 

Mall.    A.    N    269 

Hall.    Mrs.    M.    I-    -11 

llaman.    P.    A    200 

I  lamer.    F.    A    II:' 

Hamill,   Dr.    II.    M.  150,  3<i.7.  276 

Harbaugh,  T.  C    1  •". 

Hart,   R.   A    220 

Hart,   W.  O   155 

Harwell,  .1.   D   4  1^ 

Haskell,    W     10    3iil 

Haw.   .1.    R    4.73 

Hawkins.   W.   M    ::::  I 

I  hi  \  wa id,   lO.lwa rd    1 l 

I  [enderson,    Mrs.    L.    G    . .  1  SO 

Hendrix    4:is 

Hendricks,  Janus  M. .141, 549 

Henry,  li.  W  335 

Hickey,  Capt.  .1.  M 14 

Hicks.   R.   C    450 


i  tiggins,    Patrick    80 

Hodgkin,    Dr.   .1.    B    603 

II I.    J. .In.    M     54  1 

Hind,    H.    E    594 

Horrall,  Capt.  S.   F   450 

I  forsley,   W.   G    351 

I  [ouston,    Mis     Robert.  .  .  .  149 

Hubner,     Charles     W 233 

Hull.   Mrs.   A.  L 139,  51  5 

Hume,    Mrs.    William 350 

Humphries,    M.    W    598 

Humphreys,    Mrs.    W.    S.  .  266 

Hunt,   Miss  Sallie   S    1S1 

Hutton,  Gen.   A.   W   168 

Hyler,    .1.    C     56 

[nge,     Mrs.     F.    A     442 

Jacobs,    Elizabeth    207 

Jett,    W.     L    186 

Johnson,    Mrs.    Joseph ....  l  < « l 

Johnson.   Col.    P.   P    lid? 

Johnson.     Samuel     454 

Johnson,    V.    M    33.7 

Johnston,    Gen.    G.    D    ....  199 

rones,    Dr.   A.    B    340 

Jones,    Capt.    A.    C    .  .  .1"*.  269 

Jones,    C.    E    135 

Jordan,    A.    L    601 

Kaye,    Rev.    J.   W    55S 

Kennedy,  Capt.  J.  L  29 

Kerr,   Dr.   G.    W    5S1 

King,    B.    H    595 

King,    Gen.    Charles    593 

King,    H.    C     350 

King,   Gen.    W.   H    502 

Kohlheim,   Dr.  C.   F    447 

Lake,     E.    .1     L68 

Lawrence,    Mrs.    I..    H.  109,  IT::, 

209,  374.  387,  409- 

41 1,  451,  516,  ".:::: 

Leathers,   John    H    197 

Ledyard,    Mrs.    E.    S    ::4:: 

l.ee,      C.      G       !-•"' 

I.ee,     Gen.     S.      II      37" 

Dee,    W.    H    342 

Leigh,    Walkins    67 

Lester.    Capt.    J.    1 1 54 

Levy,    < Jordon    S    I  ■".!' 

Lewis,     I  >r.    John     A 4t>3_ 

Lively,    E,     II     539 

Lookingbill,    S.    E    125 

Love.    I  •      R    236 

Lozedon,    John    10    455 

Lyle,    Judge     --- 

Macbeth,    Mrs.    M.    L    ....  109 

Malloch,    I  louglas    173 

Mann,      Russell      233 

Marshall,    l  'ark    331 

Martin,    Charles    B     II 

Martin,    J.    R    591 

Martin.    R.    T    69 

Martin,    Thomas    T     167 

May,    R.    c    298 

Mayor,    Robert    P    359 


McCall,    T.    C    344 

McClure,    A.    K    115 

McClure,    Joseph    162 

Met  lonaughj .    X.   T 399 

McKinney,    .Mrs.    A.    B. . . .  273 

McKinney,    Mrs,    R.    W.  .  .  615 
M. -.Willy.    Rev.    J.    11     .  4114.  466 

Meadows,    A.    J    265 

Meriw.ih,  r.     M     583 

Merrett,   Charles  .1    375 

Minnieh.    J.    W    55  I 

.Minor.    J.    B    333 

Mitchell,    George    1 1     172 

Mitchell,    Herbert     4M 

Mitchell,    John    114 

Moore,    John    B    343 

Moore.    John    542 

M..ore,    John    T    213 

Moore,    M.    M    550 

Moore,    T.    E    209 

Morgan,   George   1 1    -17 

Morgan,    J.    M    IT" 

Morton.    M.    B    IT.  r.  1 

Mn. 1.1.  Joseph  A   265 

Mumll,    Dr.    D.    G    211 

Noble,    Dr.   E.    A    113 

Norfleet,    R.    E     ^J 

Norris,    Mrs.    C.   A    614 

Oliver,    C.    P    96 

Oltrogge,    .Mrs.    E.   T    21 

Orr,    Col.   J.   A    514 

Osborne,   Fred   D    557 

Overley,    Milford     211 

I  •arsons.    J.    W    I  1  9 

I  'atterson,    <  Jovernor    ....  28  l 

Pegram,    W.    M    504 

I'.nn 532 

Pickens,     Mrs.     M      A 342 

I  'ickering,  W.  A -  I 

Pickett,    Mrs.    L.   C    338 

Pinson,   W.   W    611 

Pittard,    .1.    T    461 

Pollard,  Judge   W.   M    ...  543 

Porter,    Rev.    I  >.    II    IKS 

Porter,    Hon.   ,1.    D.  485,  510-513 

I '..us,    J.    N    ).".:: 

Poulson,    W.    10    169 

Preston,    W,    10    348 

Price,   J.    M 198 

Pulliam,    Helen    F    200 

Purifoy,    John     210 

I  lace,   '  'ha  lies   X    ::T4 

Rainey,    I.    N    202 

Rice,     Mrs      .lames     I  i     ....  55 

Richards,    A.     P     7 

Riley.    L.   R    601 

Robinson,     Mrs      Enders.  .  I  "1 

Rogers,   Judge   .1.    II    5T 

Rogers,    W    T     473 

Roller.    A.    F    123 

Rose.    A.    Fontaine    223 

Rowland,  Miss  K.   M   ....  mri 

Rush.     Isaiah     216 

Ryan.    Father     546 


Sandell,    Rev.    .1.    W    269 

Santord,    D.     B     4T4 

San I. .1.1.     W.     L     33.7 

Saussey,     Cle nt.J'iT.  .7.73.  603 

Saussej .  Col.  G.  N.160,  266,  414 
Schumaker,  t !ol.  .1.  x.  .  .  ::i  T 
Schuyler.  Mrs.  D.  R  ....  :;:> 
Seay,   \V.   M    319 

Shaw,    W.    L    33  1 

Shearer.    Tom    X     4  7s 

Shepard,    Mrs.    M.    p 1.",:: 

Simpson,   R.  T    :::::: 

Sloan,    W.    W    .74s 

Si le.r,    K     :, v. 

Stanton,    Frank    L    171 

Stephenson.    Rev.    P.    I  > .  .  .  436 

Steiiari.    R.    1 1    662 

Stewart,    Gen.    A.    P 32 

Stewart.    Ma.i.    I  >.    P. 

St.wart.    Col     W.    II II 

Stone.     .Mrs.     C.     B.  .6.  lull.  1.71, 
_'"."..  ::i7.  377,  473 

Sua. Hey.     J.     H      371 

SI  renter,      Wallace      286 

Strother.    E.    Louise     114 

St  rouse,    Rev.    D.    B 586 

Sturgis,    H.    H     121,  474 

Sulivane,    Clement     602 

T .   W.    p   ::::n 

'Lift.    President     203,  582 

Tanner,    Linn     512 

Tardy.    Mrs.    C.    M 332 

Tarrant.    10.    W    160 

Thruston,    Gen.    G.    P 17» 

Trueman,    W.    L    60 

Truman,    Maj.    B.    C    .7".: 

Turner,    Joe     109 

rimer,    L.    I:    :.H7 

Vesey,    M.    1 167 

W,,     S.     R     1 3  I 

Waddell,   A.   A    •".•". 

Wa  If.. ril.    S.    C     16 

Walker,   Gen.   C.  1. 199,  37".  496 

Warner,    Charles    237 

Wat.hall.    10.    T    215 

Walkins,    S.    R     .",.",:i 

Webb,    A.    J    r.:n 

Whare.v.     Rev.     .1,      M 337 

While.     P.    J     72 

White,    Gen.    Robert    530 

Wilder.    E.    G     .".si 

Williams.      Walter      3" 

Wilson,    J.    M     4.74 

Winder.    J.    R     28,  !'■- 

Winchester,    Rev.    .1.    I;    .  385 

Wise.     George     LOB 

Wright,    Mis.    I  '.    Ciraud.  .  1"H 

Wright.    I  >r.    .1.    C    56 

Wright,    C.n.    M.    J 4"" 

Wright.    T.     A     3  3.7 

Verger,    Mrs.    L.    G    L07 

young,  B.  H  ...  .99,  I  1".  "- 1 
v.. inig.   Gen.    L.  G    591 


Appeal  of  Gen.   Clement  A.  Evans  in   Behalf  of  the  Jefferson   Davis 
Home  Association        .......  Page  5 

Report  of    Mrs.   Cornelia  Branch    Stone,    President    General    United 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy         ....  Pages  5,  6 

Editorials.      Texas  Division,  U.  D.  C.      Location  of  Wirz  Monument. 
Memorial  Park  at  Prairie  Grove,  Ark.    .  .  .  Pages  8,  9 

Last  Official  Escort  of  President  Jefferson  Davis.      Maryland  Division, 
United  Daughters  Confederacy  ....  Page  10 

The  Confederate  Choirs.      Accounts  of  Battles  of  Franklin  and  Nash- 
ville, from  Capable  Sources        .....  Page  11 

Battle  of  Natural  Bridge,  Florida — Reminiscences  by  R.  E.  Norfleet, 
also  by  C.  E.  Cantzon         .....  Pages  21-23 

Sketch    of   Washington  Artillery,   Augusta,  Ga.,  a  Most   Interesting 
Paper  by  W.  A.  Pickering,  "One  of  the  Boys"  Pages  24-27 

Second  South  Carolina   Regiment  at  First  Manassas     .  Page  28 

Prison-Made  Picture  on  Oyster  Can  (Illustrated)    .  .  Page  28 

An  Interrupted  Scouting  Expedition       ....  Page  29 

Battle  of   Centralia,   Missouri.     Gen.  A.   P.   Stewart's  Comment  on 
Historic  Events  ......  Pages  30,  31 

Sam  Davis  Monument  Contributors — A  List  of  Patriots,  Pages  33-38 

Account  of  Columbia  Prize  Story,  by  Mrs.  L.  R.  Schuyler       Page  39 

Jury   Impaneled    to    Try  Jefferson    Davis.      (Illustrated).      Twelve   of 
Them  Were  Negroes        ......         Page  40 

Last  Roll  and  Interesting  Miscellany  Throughout     .  Pages  42  44 


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ind  all  points  East,  inc'uding  Washington, 
Baltimore,    Philadelphia  and   New   York. 

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Double  daily  through  service  to  Knoxville, 
ronnecting  with  trains  for  all  points  East. 
Through  sleeping  car  service. 

For  further  information,  apply  to 

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NASHVILLE,  TENN. 

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MAKE  GOOD    MONEY 


BY  SELLING 

Acid  Iron  Mineral 


IT    IS  GOOD    FOR 

Rheumatism 
Indigestion 

AND   IS  A  GOOD 

Blood  Purifier 


Write  us  for  liberal  terms  to  agents. 

ACID  IRON  MINERAL  CO. 

RICHMOND,  VA. 


Charles  Edgeworth  Jones  writes  from 
Augusta,  Ga. :  "In  looking  over  back 
numbers  of  the  Veteran,  I  came  across 
an  inquiry  in  the  number  for  January, 
1898,  as  to  who  were  the  'Gwinnett 
Cavaliers.'  Although  more  than  a 
decade  has  passed  since  this  question 
was  asked,  I  will  venture  an  answer. 
The  Gwinnett  Cavaliers  were  a  com- 
pany which  went  out  from  Gwinnett 
County,  Ga.,  between  1861  and  1865,  and 
the  banner  which  was  captured  doubtless 
belonged  to  that  company." 


ifl0RE%ts  Dr.  l5A^-|fioMP30Nj  EYEWATER 


Mrs.  Margaret  S.  Akens,  of  Riesel, 
Tex.,  desires  to  hear  from  some  one  who 
served  with  her  husband,  J.  A.  Akens, 
in  the  Confederate  army.  He  went 
from  Port  Sullivan,  Milan  County,  Tex., 
in  March,  1862,  as  a  member  of  Capt. 
Alf  Johnson's  Spy  Company.  Mrs. 
Akens  will  greatly  appreciate  any  re- 
sponse from  surviving  comrades,  as  she 
is  old  and  feeble  and  wishes  to  get  a 
pension. 

Pat  Dooling,  of  Gilmer,  Tex.,  is  anx- 
ious to  hear  from  any  surviving  mem- 
bers of  the  1st  Missouri  Artillery,  as  he 
wishes  to  make  application  for  a  pen- 
sion and  needs  proof  of  his  record. 


C.  W.  Strother.  R.  F.  D.  No.  7, 
Athens,  Tex.,  was  a  member  of  Graves's 
Brigade,  23d  Alabama  Battalion  of 
Sharpshooters,  wishes  to  hear  from  some 
of  his  old  comrades  in  order  to  make 
proof  of  his  service.  He  enlisted  at 
Midway,  Ala.,  in  May,  1862.  Doubtless 
there  are  some  comrades  surviving  who 
can  testify  in  his  behalf.  He  mentions 
Maj.  Nick  Stallsworth  and  Capt.  J.  W. 
Daniels. 


W.  E.  Parham,  of  Benton,  Ark., 
writes  that  his  neighbor,  Sam  T.  Scott, 
has  in  his  possession  a  pair  of  gilt  epau- 
lets said  to  have  been  taken  from  the 
dead  body  of  General  Lyon  or  that  of 
Colonel  Mulligan,  who,  it  is  thought, 
fell  at  the  battle  of  Oak  Hill  in  1861  or 
1862.  Doubtless  some  rs'.atlvs  or  friend 
of  these  gallant  officers  would  like  to 
secure  these  relics. 


Confederate  Soldiers 

their  widows  and  children,  who  hive  claims  for 
horses  and  equipments  take  i  from  the  soldier  by 
Federal  troops,  in  violation  of  the  terms  of  his. 
surrender,  must  file  same  before  May  30,  1909. 
or  they  will  be  forever  barred.  The  undersigned 
prosecutes  th'-se  claims;  mikes  no  charge  unlets 
the  claim  is  allowed ;  25  per  cent  if  collected. 
Respectfully, 

W.  L.  JETT,  Attorney,  LranKfort,  Ky. 


Qo9federat^  l/eterap. 


Pettibone  Uniforms 


for  U.  C.  V.  and  U.  S. 
C.  V.  are  famous.  Be- 
ini>  made  by  expert  mil- 
itary lailors,  they  have 
the  true  military  cut. 
They  fit  well,  look  well, 
wear  well,  and  are  very 
reasonable  in  price. 
Each  one  is  made  to  in- 
t  i  d  u  a  1 

measure.     Send    for    prices 

and  samples  of  clntb. 

Beside^  Uniforms  we  have 

been    manufacturing    Flags, 

Banners,   Badges,  Swords.   Belts, 

Caps,  Mflitan  and  Secret  Order 

Goods  for  thirty -five  years. 

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TEXAS  THE  PLACE 


TEXAS  is  the  BEST  STATE  tor  the 
HOMESEEKEK.  q  Fertile  Lands.  Di- 
versified Crops,  Farming  all  (lie  year. 
1  lenllli.  Climate.  Schools  ana  Churches. 

The  Sa.rt  Antonio  and  Aransas 
Pass  R.&.ilw«ky  traverses  the  liest  portion. 
Send  2-ccnt  stamp  for  Folder  and 
Information. 

GEO.  F.  LUPTON,  G.  P.  A.. 

San   Ar\tor\lo,   Texa.s. 


For  Over  Sixty  Year* 

An  Old  and  Well-Tried  Remed) 

MRS.  WINSLOWS  SOOTHING  SYRUF 

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tns  tot  thr-ir  <  HI  I. PHI. \  WHILE  TEETHING,  WITH  PI 
SUCCESS  ii  SOUTH r>  l'"  CHILD  SOFTENS  Lha  HtTH!  . 
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a«t,  Jaat  10.  IMrt      Sana,  lumbir.  1091 


—  GUNSTON  HALL  — 

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MIoS   I.  M.  CL    RK,    L.L.A.,  »™.u.-    Principal 


OPPORTUNITIES  FOR  YOUNG 
WOMEN. 

Nursing  the  Best-Paid  Occupation. 

The  Philadelphia  School  for  Nurse-;. 
22IQ  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa., 
offers  Free  Scholarships  in  Trained 
Nursing  to  young  women  in  every  State 
in  the  Union.  The  Scholarships  cover 
the  full  Two  Years'  Course,  with  room, 
board,  uniforms,  laundering,  etc..  in- 
cluded, and  railroad  fare  paid  to  home 
town  or  district  upon  the  completion  of 
the  (  '  nit  se 

A  home  study  course  and  a  -hurt  resi 
dent  course  are  also  provided,  which 
quickly  open  the  door  to  opportunity  and 
enable  progressive  students  to  render 
a  noble  service  to  humanity  and  al  the 
same  time  acquire  for  themselves  a  sub 
stantial  income  from  the  be  i  paid  oc 
CUpatiotl  now  open  to  women;  besidi 
qualifying  ever)  student  to  deal  with 
i  in.  i  gem  i>s  in  tin  home  that  may  mr.ni 
the  -.o  ii"..  . .I  a  Ii ived  one's  life. 

I.ii  eeing  philanthropists  are  adding 
to  the  resources  of  tins  School,  with  the 
view  of  ultimately  extending  these  bene- 
fits to  earnest,  energetic  young  women 
in  all  country  districts  and  in  all  the 
smaller  towns  and   cities 

The    Institution    is   approved   and    in 
dorsed  l>\    leading  physicians  and  educa- 
ti  irs  of  the  entire  ci  mntrj      Si  ime  of  the 
leading  men  of  tins  State  are  its  strong 
supporters  and  indorsers,  as  will  be  seen 

by    the    catalogue    which    will    he    sent    to 
any  one  who  writes  to  the  School  for  it. 


\Y.  II.  Morris,  124  Main  Street, 
Johnstown.  Pa.,  seeks  to  ascertain  the 
regiment  in  which  his  father.  Ebenezer 
Morris,  enlisted  for  the  Confederate 
service      He   was  living  near   Pottsville, 

Pa  .  at  the  time  of  the  war.  and  went  to 
Baltimore    and     then-    enlisted.       It     w . 

reported  that  he  was  hilled  at  the  hat 
tie  of  Gettysburg.     Some  comrade  may 
he  able  to  give  some  information  of  his 
ervicc,  winch  the  son  will  appreciate 


sore  eyes  Dr.  I5A  AC-fHOMPiO^Jf  EYEWATER 


J.  N.  Ohlwine,  of  Cromwell,  [nd., 
wrote  recentlj  :  "For  many  years  1  have 
been   a    subset  iber   to    the   Confi  di  rati 

\\,  and  wish  to  renew  sami  .  1 1 
herewith  inclose  one  dollar  for  myself 
and  a  like  amount  for  .1  new  subscriber, 
J.  II.  Swigert,  of  Wawaka,  Ind.  Both 
of  us  were  Union  soldiers,  serving  more 
than  four  years  in  the  ranks  of  the  ,^oth 
Indiana  Regiment,  Army  of  the  Cum 
norland  " 


Watch  Charms 


Confederate 
Veterans 

"JACKSON"  CTTARM 
as  Illustrated,  $6.UO. 
Write  for  illustrations  of 
jk    other  styles.    List  No.  18. 
-4i     "Children  of  the  Onfed- 
1      eracy"  pins,  handsomely 
I     enameled,  regulation  pin, 
sterling  silver,  pold  plat- 
ed, 55c  each,  postpaid. 

S.   N.  MEYER 

Washington,      -      D.  C. 


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Baltimore 
Philadelphia 
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Through  Trains 
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A   beautifully  colored   work  of  art 

6'.  x  !)'...    "THE  CONQUERED 

BANNER."  with  poem.  Suitable 
lor  framing.  Even-  Southern  home 
should  have  one.  Only  10c.  with 
stamp.     Write  your  address  distinctly. 

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New  York  City. 


Admirable  for  Cotillion  Favora   and    Menu   Cards.      Lib- 
ral   allowance   on   quantities. 


LET  ME  DO  YOVR  SHOPPING 

No  matter  what  you  want  street  suit,  wedding 
trousseau,  reception  or  evening  g-own— IN  EX  PEN- 
SI  vk,  or  hamKome  ami  costly— send  for  my  sam- 
ples and  estimates  Iwfore  placing  your  order. 
With  my  years'  exixrieiuv  in  shopping,  my  knowl- 
edge of  styles— beblg  in  touch  with  the  leading 
fashion  centers— my  conscientious  handling  of  eacb 
and  every  order,  whether  large  or  small— I  know 
I  c*n  please  vou. 
«RS.  CHARLES  ELLISON.  Urban  Bldg..  Louisville.  Ky. 


Qoi)federa  t<?  l/eterap. 


Confidence  Is  Restored 

The  uncertainty  of  the  election  is  past. 

The  certainty  of  returning  prosperity  is  before  us. 

Now  is  the  time  to  establish  your  credit  by  opening  an  account  with 

The  American  National  Bank  of  Nashville 

"The  Only  Million-Dollar  National  Bank  in  Tennessee" 


is  much  like  gunning  for  birds.  You  must  have  a  definite 
aim,  because  indiscriminate  advertising,  like  indiscriminate  shooting, 
results  in  empty  pockets.  The  printer  furnishes  the  shot,  and  postage 
is  the  powder  that  carries  it  wherever  you  direct. 

And  you  ?nust  have  good  ammuni- 
tion. Foolish  indeed  the  sportsman 
who  would  use  pebbles  for  shot  to  save 
expense,  yet  equally  foolish  is  the  ad- 
vertiser who  wastes  energy,  postage 
and  opportunity  on  weak,  ineffective 
printing 

Thi  i  k  it  over;  then  let's  talk  it  over. 
Me  have  furnished  ammunition 
for  so  many  successful  cam- 
paigns that  we  know  you  will 
find  our  experience  of  value. 
Anyway,  let's  talk  it  over. 


BRANDON  PRINTING  CO. 


NASHVILLE, TENN. 


Confederate 
Veterans' 
and  Sons  of 
Confederate 
Veterans' 

UNIFORMS 

We  are  official  manufacturers  of 
uniforms  and  goods  you  need.  Send 
for  catalogue.  Our  goods  are  strict- 
ly military  and  guaranteed  to  give 
entire  satisfaction.  Send  for  cata- 
logue and  prices. 

THE  M.  C,  LILLEY  &  CO. 

Columbus,  Ohio. 


Positions 

Draughon  gives  contracts,  backed  by  chain 
Of  30  Colleges,  $300,000.00  capital,  and  19 
years'  success,  to  secure  positions  under 
reasonable  conditions  or  refund  tuition. 

DOni/l/CCDIUC  Draughon'scom- 
DUUftftttrlRU     Petltors.bynot 

— ^ ^— —  accepting   h  l  s 

proposition,  concede  that  he  teaches  more 
Bookkeeping  in  THKEE  months  than  they 
do  In  SIX.    Draughon  can  convince  YOU. 

SHORTHAND  ^rcs -iffft 

wwn  ■  nniii>  CourtKeporters 
write  the  system  of  Shorthand  Draughon 
teaches,  because  they  know  It  Is  THE  BEST. 
FOR  FREE  CATALOGUE  and  booklet  "Why 
Learn  Telegraphy?"  which  explain  all,  call 
on  or  write  Jno,  F.  Draughon,  President 

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(WE  also  teach  BY  MAIL) 

Raleigh,  Columbia,  Atlanta,  Nashville,  Montgom- 
ery. Jackson  ( Miss.),  Little  Rock,  or  Dallas. 


William  E.  Clinkinbeard,  804  P  Street. 
Sacramento,  Cal.,  writes  of  having  been 
in  the  fight  at  Dranesville,  Ya.,  in  De- 
cen  ber,  1862,  a^  a  private  in  Col.  Tom 
I  agan's  ist  Kentucky  Regiment.  While 
falling  back  through  the  woods  he  caught 
up  with  a  young  soldier  wounded  in  the 
arm  and  bleeding  dreadfully.  lie 
stanched  the  flow  as  best  he  could  with 
a  handkerchief  about  the  arm  and 
helped  the  soldier  to  a  small  branch  of 
water;  but  as  the  enemy  was  pre-  ing 
close  he  had  to  leave  him,  and  is  now 
anxious  to  learn  his  fate.  The  young 
soldier  belonged  to  the  6th  South  Caro- 
lina, but  he  did  not  learn  his  name. 


Caleb  T.  Smith,  of  Lansing.  Mich., 
who  was  of  the  qth  Michigan  Cavalry, 
notes  the  item  appearing  in  the  Veteran 
about  the  Confederate  veteran  aged  one 
hundred  and  three  years,  and  says: 
"During  the  last  days  of  the  Sixtieth 
Congress  Mr.  Sulloway  moved  an 
amendment  to  a  bill  granting  a  pension 
to  Henry  Dorman,  of  the  7th  .Michigan 
Cavalry,  'from  $30  to  $40  per  month,  as 
he  was  one  hundred  and  nine  years  old,' 
which  was  granted.  (See  'Congressional 
Record,'  p.  2864.  March  2,  1908. )  I  be- 
came acquainted  with  Mr.  Dorman  in 
1875.    Later  he  went  to  Missouri." 


W.  M.  Robinson.  Verona.  Tenn..  writes 
■  'f  seven  Confederates  buried  at  Betherie 
Church,  four  miles  northeast  of  Lewis- 
burg,  Tenn..  whose  names  are  sought 
for  the  purpose  of  placing  marble  slabs 
at  their  graves.  They  belonged  to  Gen- 
eral Walthall's  Brigade,  and  were 
buried  there  while  his  brigade  was 
camped  near  Lewisburg,  in  May  or 
June,  1863.  There  is  a  movement  on 
foot  to  have  this  place  well  cared  for. 


Put  on  Your  Badge. — E.  Scott  Car- 
son, of  Sumter.  S.  C,  urges  the  more 
general  use  of  badges  at  Reunion  time. 
saying:  "I  have  noticed  at  Reunions  a 
marked  absence  of  badges  showing  to 
what  command  one  belonged.  It  is  cus- 
tomary to  go  there  with  a  badge  of  one's 
Camp,  but  that  does  not  answer  at  all. 
The  badge  should  show  the  regiment 
and  brigade.  Without  a  badge  we  could 
not  expect  to  recognize  each  other  after 
the  lapse  of  forty  years.  A  badge  show- 
ing regiment  and  brigade  is  what  is 
needed. 


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Entered  at  the  post  office  at  Nashville,  Term.,  as  second-class  matter. 

Contributors  are  requested  to  use  only  one  side  of  the  paper,  ajid  to  abbrevi- 
ate as  much  as  practicable.     These  suggestions  are  important. 

Where  clippings  are  sent  copy  should  be  kept,  as  the  Vethran  cannot  un- 
dertake to  return  them.     Advertising  rates  furnished  on  application 

The  date  to  a  subscription  is  always  given  to  the  month  before  it  ends.  For 
Instance,  if  the  Veteran  is  ordered  to  begin  with  January,  the  date  on  mail 
list  will  be  December,  and  the  subscriber  is  entitled  to  that  number. 


The  civii  war  was  too  long  ago  to  be  called  the  late  war,  and  when  cor- 
respondents use  that  term  "  War  between  the  States"  will  be  substituted. 

The  terms  "New  South"  and  "  lost  cause"  are  object  ionable  to  the  Veteran. 


OFFICIALLY  REPRESENTS; 

United  Confederate  Veterans, 

United  Daughters  ok  the  Confederacy, 

Sons  of  Veterans,  and  Other  Organizations, 

Confederated  Southern  Memorial  Association 

The  Veteran   is   approved   and  indorsed  officially  by  a  larger  and 
elevated  patronage,  doubtless,  than  any  other  publication  in  existence- 

Though  men  deserve,  thev  may  not  win  success; 

The  brave  will  honor  the  brave,  vanquished  none  the  lesi. 


Pmicm,  fl.no  per  Year. 

SlKOLB  CopT.   10  *   BNTfl, 


[     Vol.  XVII. 


NASHVILLE,  TENN.,  JANUARY,  19011. 


No.  1. 


IS.  A.  CUNNINGHAM. 
I  Proprietor 


JEFFERSON   DAVIS  HOME  ASSOCIATION. 

To  All  (  amps  o\  the  U.C.  V.  and  -III  Confederate  Soldiers, 
Sons  and  Daughters:  I  write  earnestly  111  commending  the 
movement  to  establish  the  appropriate  memorial  as  set  forth 
in  the  appeal  of  the  Jefferson  Davis  Home  Association.  1 
sa>  emphatically  that  there  can  be  no  memorial,  however 
grand  it  may  he.  thai  can  have  greatei  significance,  nobler 
aims,  and  loftier  inspirations  to  stir  the  patriots  of  our  country 
than  that  which  is  novt  projected  by  the  Association  to  be 
founded  at  the  birthplace  of  that  great  American  citizen  who 
became  President  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America. 

I  he  institution  contemplated  by  this  movement  will  per- 
petually call  to  mind  the  characteristics  of  Jefferson  Davis, 
who  was  opportunely  reared  and  who  acted  throughout  his 
long  ht\   under  the  influences  of  the  rare  social,  patriotic,  and 

religious  conditions  existing  ill  our  Southland  during  the  nine 
teenth  centui j 

The  memorial  will  also  call  into  just,  generous,  and  fruit- 
ful contemplation  those  remarkable  virtues  possessed  by  the 
great  men  and  the  remarkable  people  of  our  lovely  South- 
land who  contributed  vastly  to  the  growth  of  the  United  States 
and  to  the  preservation  of  the  principles  of  our  constitutional 

1 1  nment. 

It  will  furthermore  he  a  lasting  memento  of  the  pure  and 
radiant  fame  of  the  people  who  bravely,  virtuously,  and  in- 
telligently sought  to  establish  and  confirm  for  themselves  and 
their  posterity  their  own  ideal  constitutional  government   with 

out  bringing  on  any  conflict  or  engendering  any  animosity  by 

their  peaceful  assertion  of  their  right. 

In  doing  all  this  valuable  service  to  the  people  and  times  of 
the  past  it,  voice  will  he  heard  in  inviting  solid  fraternity 
throughout    the    Union    and    Steadfast    devotion    to    all    the    in- 

1  s  m[  our  great  1 1  iuntry 
These  and  many  other  grounds  authorize  me  to  urge  ever) 
Camp,  every  Confederate,  and  all  people  to  carry  out  quicklj 
the  plans  pri  ipi  ised  by  the    Association. 
Faithfully  jroui  comrade,  Clement    \    Evans, 

1  ommander  in  (  hief  U   C.  V. 


REVIEW  OF  OFFICIAL    PAPERS  U.  C.  V. 
Gen    W.   E.   Mickle,   Chief  of  Staff   to   Gen    Clement   A. 
Evans    1  ndet    in   Chief   U    C    V.,   has   issued   various 

special  and  genital  orders  to  which  brief  reference  is  given. 


Col    George  C.   Porter,  who  commanded  the  6th  Tennessee 

Infantry,  C,   S.   A.,   was  made    Brigadier   General    to   till   the 

vacancy  caused  by  the  promotion  of  the  late  Clay  Stacker  to 
the  command  of  the  Division     a  most  worthy  appointment. 

Comrade  II  l\  Davenport,  of  Americus,  Ga.,  was  made 
Commander  of  the  \\  esi  Brigade  to  fill  the  vacancy  made  by 
the  death  of  Brig,  lien    James  E.  D,  Vaughn. 

1  Ifficial  notice  is  given  of  the  death  of  Gen.  Alex    P    Stewart 

He  was  horn  at  Rogersville,  Tenn.,  October  2,  1821,  and  had 
therefore  almost  reached  his  eighty-seventh  birthday.  His 
death  occurred  on  August  30,  rcjoS.  General  Stewart  was 
chosen   to   the  West    l'mi  1     Academy   ill    1838,  and  graduated   in 

the  class  of  [842,  in  winch  were  so  mam  distinguished  of- 
ficers iii  the  Southern  and  Northern  armies  He  was  made 
assistant  instructor  of  mathematics  at  West  Point.  Later,  on 
account  of  ill  health,  he  resigned,  and  was  chosen  professor 
of    mental    and    moral    philosophy    111    Cumberland    and    Nash 

ville   (Tenn.)   Universities,     I  lis  career  as  .1  Confederate  ol 

heer   has   heen    given    in    the    VETERAN        After    the   close   of    the 

war  he   returned  to  Tennessee  and   resum.-.i   his  educational 

work        lie    was   afterwards    nnanunouslv    .dieted    to    the   chan- 

cellorship  of  the  Universitj  of  Mississippi,  and  held  this  of- 
fice from  1874  to  [886,  He  had  for  several  years  heen  one 
of  the  Commissioners  of  the  Chickamauga   National    I'.nk.  a 

position  he  held  at  the  time  of  his  death,  although  he  had 
declined   to  accept   the   salarj    for   several   years — $12,000. 

Comrade  J.  T.  Evans,  of  Roswell,  X.  Mcv.  was  appointed 
Brigadier  General  of  the  New  Mexico  Brigade  on  October  5. 

Comrade  Charles   Patton,  of  Greenbrier,  W.   Va.,  was   ap 
pointed  on  October  j  1  Brigadier  General  of  the  First  Brigade. 
West   Virginia  Division. 

Responsive  to  request  of  the  L  M.  A.  a  General  Ordei  states: 

"Owing  to  lli.  fact  that  many  schools  were  closed  on  June 
,t.  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  birth  of  Jefferson 
Davis,    and    that    for    this    reason    the   Jefferson    Davis    Centen 

inal  was  not  as  generally  ohserved  hy  the  school  children  as  it 
would    have    heen    had    the    schools   heen    open;    and    as    one   of 

the  principal   objects  of   this   Confederation   is   to   impart   to 
the  children  of  the   South  a  true  and  impartial  historj   of  that 
cause    for   which    their   fathers    fought   and    their   mothers    suf 
Fered    and    to    instill    in    their   minds    a    love    and    reverence    fot 

the  memory  of  Jefferson  Davis,  the  only  President  of  the 
Confederate  Statc-s  of  America:  therefore  he  it 


Qopfederat^  l/eterag 


"Resolved :  I.  That  we  do  invite  all  Confederate  organiza- 
tions to  unite  with  the  Confederated  Southern  Memorial  As- 
sociation in  observing  the  6th  day  of  December,  which  date 
marks  the  nineteenth  anniversary  of  the  death  of  the  distin- 
guished leader  of  the  Confederacy. 

"2.  That  the  schools  be  asked  to  have  the  children  prepare 
sketches  of  the  life  of  Jefferson  Davis  as  soldier,  statesman, 
patriot,  and  Christian  gentleman  ;  and,  furthermore,  that  his 
picture  be  placed  in  all  the  -schools  of  the  South  on  this  sol- 
emn occasion. 

"3.  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  sent  to  Gen.  Clement 
A.  Evans  with  the  request  that  he  embody  it  in  a  general  or- 
der calling  upon  the  people  of  the  South,  and  the  school 
children  in  particular,  to  observe  the  day  with  appropriate 
exercises." 

The  General  commanding  most  heartily  indorsed  this  move- 
ment, and  he  most  earnestly  urged  all  the  Camps  of  the 
Federation  to  lend  their  aid  in  carrying  out  the  wishes  of 
these  noble  women  so  beautifully  expressed,  and  he  hoped  for 
a  ready  compliance  with  this  order. 

The  Jefferson  Davis  Home  Association. 

Special  Orders  No.  4  refer  to  the  Jefferson  Davis  Home 
Association  and  state  that  during  the  session  at  Birmingham 
June  10,  1908,  Gen.  S.  B.  Buckner  presented  resolutions 
adopted  by  the  Confederate  Veterans  of  Kentucky,  proposing 
the  purchase  of  the  historic  Davis  home  in  Kentucky,  which 
was  the  birthplace  of  the  illustrious  Jefferson  Davis.  General 
Buckner  favorably  urged  the  Convention  to  acquire  this  mem- 
orable spot  of  Southern  ground,  and  on  motion  of  Gen.  Ben- 
nett H.  Young  the  Convention  ordered  the  appointment  of  a 
committee  of  fifteen,  of  which  the  Commander  in  Chief  should 
be  chairman  ex  officio.  This  committee  was  charged  with  the 
duty  of  inquiring  into  the  feasibility  of  acquiring,  improving, 
and  preserving  the  Davis  home  site  and  making  suggestions 
concerning  the  great  objects  which  will  be  secured  by  its 
acquisition. 

The  following  committee  was  appointed :  S.  B.  Buckner, 
Bennett  H.  Young,  S.  A.  Cunningham,  H.  C.  Myers,  W.  A. 
Montgomery,  K.  M.  VanZandt.  V.  Y.  Cook,  Stith  Boiling, 
John  H.  Bankhead,  T.  W.  Castleman,  Basil  W.  Duke,  Julian 
S.  Carr,  Thomas  D.  Osborne,  J.  P.  Hickman.  John  H. 
Leathers. 

The  subcommittee  appointed  is  as  follows:  Gen.  S.  B.  Buck- 
ner ("Chairman),  Basil  W.  Duke,  Thomas  D.  Osborne,  John 
H.  Leathers,  Bennett  H.  Young,  John  P.  Hickman,  S.  A.  Cun- 
ningham. The  chairman  will  report  the  action  of  the  commit- 
tee to  the  ex  officio  chairman  of  the  general  committee  of 
fifteen. 

The  ex  officio  chairman  of  the  general  committee  will  call 
that  body  together  at  Nashville  as  early  as  practicable  after 
he  has  received  the  report  of  the  subcommittee,  and  after  due 
consideration  the  report  will  be  prepared  for  the  next  U. 
C.  V.  Convention. 


meeting  the  charter,  title  to  the  lots,  and  the  Weiblen  contract 
will  be  read  as  well  as  a  general  review  of  the  work  be 
considered.  Each  member  and  contributor  will  be  entered  on 
the  roll  of  those  enrolled  as  members,  and  a  prompt  response 
from  any  one  not  approving  will  be  invited." 


MOORMAN  MEMORIAL  ASSOCIATION. 

An  annual  meeting  of  the  Moorman  Memorial  Association 
is  to  be  held  on  Monday,  January  11,  at  Memorial  Hall,  New 
Orleans.  Contributors  will  be  pleased  that  an  early  comple- 
tion of  this  memorial  in  Metairie  Cemetery  is  expected. 

An  official  note  states:  "We  have  no  unpaid  bills  or  liabili- 
ties save  the  contract  with  the  Albert  Weiblen  Marble  and 
Granite  Co.,  $675,  against  which  we  have  in  the  Hibernia 
Bank  $234  and  uncollected  subscriptions  of  $25.     At  the  annual 


UNITED  DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  CONFEDERACY. 

FROM   PRESIDENT  GENERAL  MRS.  CORNELIA  IiRANCH  STONE. 

The  fifteenth  year  of  our  organization  was  completed  at  the 
General  Convention  held  in  Atlanta.  Ga.,  and  was  celebrated 
there  with  all  of  the  pomp  and  splendor  befitting  this  "Crystal 
Anniversary." 

The  reports  all  showed  gratifying  progress  along  all  lines 
of  work  both  in  the  General  Association  and  in  the  State  Di- 
visions. The  entire  corps  of  general  officers  were  reeelected 
and  three  new  offices  were  created.  These  were :  Third  Vice 
President,  Mrs.  L.  C.  Hall,  Dardanelle,  Ark.;  Historian  Gen- 
eral, Mrs.  J.  Enders  Robinson,  Richmond,  Va. ;  Registrar  Gen- 
eral, Mrs.  James  Britton  Gantt,  Jefferson  City,  Mo. 

"The  Revision  of  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws,"  which 
came  by  inheritance  from  the  last  to  the  present  administra- 
tion, was  carefully  reconsidered  by  the  Committee  on  Revision, 
to  which  membership  Mrs.  Alexander  B.  White,  of  Tennessee, 
had  been  appointed,  Mrs.  Nelson  Poe,  Jr.,  having  resigned. 
This  was  again  printed  and  sent  out  in  the  requisite  time  be- 
fore the  General  Convention,  and  was  acted  upon  by  that 
body  in  detail  and  adopted  in  the  form  recently  sent  out  to  you. 
Much  misconstruction  has  arisen  in  regard  to  the  clause  touch- 
ing the  eligibility  of  "Wives  and  Veterans."  This  remains  un- 
changed and  just  as  it  has  been  since  the  organization  of  the 
United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy.  An  amendment  was 
offered  on  the  rioor  of  the  Convention  restricting  the  eligi- 
bility of  the  "wives"  to  "wome.n  of  Southern  parentage,"  but 
this  was  lost  by  more  than  a  two-thirds  majority.  But  the 
clause  giving  eligibility  to  nieces  of  veterans  was  amended  so 
as  to  greatly  enlarge  the  collateral  membership  by  giving  it 
to  nieces  and  grandnieces  of  every  degree  not  only  of  veterans, 
but  of  "women  of  the  sixties"  whose  personal  service  and  ma- 
terial aid  to  the  Confederate  cause  can  be  proven. 

Change  was  made  in  the  date  for  payment  of  annual  dues 
to  the  General  Association,  U.  D.  C,  fixing  this  on  March  I 
instead  of  October.  Therefore  the  dues  for  1908  having  been 
paid  in  October,  1908,  the  dues  for  1909  will  be  paid  on  the  1st 
of  next  March,  and  on  that  date  for  each  succeeding  year. 

The  union  of  the  Indian  Territory  and  Oklahoma  Divisions 
was  harmoniously  accomplished  during  the  year,  and  this  mar- 
ried couple  now  takes  the  name  of  the  "Oklahoma  Division." 
A  Division  was  formed  in  the  State  of  Washington,  where  the 
requisite  number  of  Chapters  had  existed  for  some  time.  A 
new  State  was  entered  by  the  organization  of  a  Chapter  in 
Minneapolis,  Minn.,  by  Mrs.  Joseph  Johnson,  of  St.  Louis. 

Reports  were  made  of  the  widespread  observance  of  the  cen- 
tennial year  of  the  birth  of  President  Jefferson  Davis  and  the 
splendid  ceremonies  had  by  the  Chapters  on  June  3,  our  chief- 
tain's birthday,  together  with  the  earnest  study  in  the  public 
and  private  schools  and  by  the  people  at  large  of  his  life, 
service,  and  character,  all  giving  expression  of  the  love,  honor, 
and  confidence  of  the  people  of  the  South.  Portraits  of  Jeffer- 
son Davis  and  Robert  E.  Lee  were  placed  in  the  schools 
throughout  the  year,  and  it  is  again  urged  that  the  work  of 
so  placing  the  pictures  of  Southern  heroes  shall  be  continued 
during  the  coming  year  as  a  stimulus  for  the  youth  of  the 
South  to  nobility  of  character  and  patriotic  citizenship. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterar). 


The  Shiloli  and  Arlington  monument  funds  were  increased 
greatly,  notwithstanding  the  panic  in  financial  circles,  and  it 
is  hoped  and  believed  that  during  the  coming  year  these 
amounts  will  grow  into  much  larger  proportions. 

Portraits  of  Gen.  Robert  E.  Lee,  "Lee  and  His  Generals," 
and  a  beautifully  illustrated  booklet,  a  history  of  the  Confed- 
erate banners  by  Mary  Lynn  Conrad,  can  be  ordered  through 
the  State  Directors  of  the  Shiloh  Monument  Association,  and 
fifty  per  cent  of  the  amount  of  sales  will  be  given  to  the  Shiloh 
monument  fund. 

Another  standing  committee  on  education  was  provided  by 
the  Convention,  of  which,  it  is  needless  to  say,  it  will  be  the 
duty  lo  foster  all  educational  interests.  Your  President  would 
urge  that  such  effort  shall  take  practical  course,  such  as  in- 
fluencing manual  and  industrial  training  whereby  the  children 
of  our  land  may  be  equipped  with  the  knowledge  of  right  living 
and  the  means  of  making  an  honest  living.  State  Divisions 
not  having  a  committee  on  education  will  provide  for  this  by 
appointment,  so  as  to  cooperate  with  the  General  Committee 
in  this  work. 

A  great  impetus  and  interest  has  marked  the  year  1008  and 
the  organization  of  the  Children  of  the  Confederacy,  and  this 
work  should  be  earnestly  pushed,  for  the  perpetuity  and  prog- 
ress of  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  are  largely  dependent 
on  the  success  of  such  effort.  In  this  connection  it  is  well  to 
call  attention  to  a  booklet  by  Mrs.  C.  M.  Tardy,  of  Birming- 
ham, Historian  of  the  Alabama  Division,  "Programmes  for 
Children  of  the  Confederacy,"  which  also  contains  selections 
nf  patriotic  song  and  verse.  This  is  sold  at  thirty  cents  each 
copy,  and  the  proceeds  will  aid  in  placing  Alabama's  window 
in  Blandford  (Petersburg,  Va.)  Church.  Mrs.  Tardy  is  an 
active  worker  in  the  organization  of  children. 

In  direct  line  with  the  objects  and  purposes  of  our  organiza- 
tion we  heartily  indorse  the  efforts  of  the  United  Confederate 
Veterans  in  their  determination  to  preserve  the  truth  of  the 
history  of  the  Confederate  navy  and  its  commanders,  this  work 
having  been  inaugurated  by  Commander  A.  O.  Wright,  Con- 
federate navy  veteran. 

It  is  recommended  that  every  Daughter  of  the  Confederacy 
shall  promptly  become  a  member  of  the  "Jefferson  Davis  Home 
Association,"  which  is  formed  for  the  purpose  of  purchasing 
the  birthplace  of  President  Davis  in  Fairview,  Ky.  Such  mem- 
bership will  cost  but  one  dollar.  Send  this  at  once  to  Mr.  S. 
A.  Cunningham,  and  this  will  be  a  fitting  close  of  his  centen- 
nial year.  The  property  will  be  used  for  some  philanthropic 
purpose  connected  with  the  Confederate  cause.  In  view  of 
the  value  of  the  historic  work  already  accomplished  and  being 
done  by  Mr.  Cunningham  through  the  Confederate  Veteran, 
your  President  asks  that  you  will  give  this  publication  your 
support  by  annual  subscription. 

I  trust  that  each  of  my  "Daughters"  will  realize  the  great 
value  of  individual  responsibility  in  the  zealous  advancement 
of  our  endeavor,  remembering  that  it  is  the  unit  that  makes 
up  the  whole,  bringing  to  the  coming  year  fruitful  and  glorious 
results. 


BATTLE  OF  NATURAl    BRIDGE.  FLORll'.l 
The   battle   of    Natural    Bridge    was   fought   on    the   Oth    of 
March.  [865,  the  Confederate  forces  commanded  by  Brig.  Gen. 
William   Miller,   formerly  colonel  of  the   1st  Florida  Cavalry, 
and  the  Federals  by  General  Newton. 

Natural    Bridge    1^    located    about    ten    miles   south   of   Talla 
'.  Fla.,  the  capital,  on  the  St.   Marks  River.    (Tallahas- 
see holds,  so  I  have  been  informed,  the  unique  position  of  being 


the  only  Confederate  State  capital  that  did  not  surrender  until 
after  the  close  of  hostilities.)  The  Federals  landed  from  gun- 
boats near  the  lighthouse  on  the  St.  Marks  Bay  and  marched 
up  the  east  side  of  the  St.  Marks  River  and  attempted  to 
cross  the  river  at  Newport  on  the  evening  of  the  5th ;  but  the 
Confederates  had  burned  the  bridge  (Newport  is  about  five 
miles  from  the  Natural  Bridge),  and  during  the  night  they 
marched  to  the  Natural  Bridge,  where  they  were  met  by  the 
Confederates,  and  the  battle  commenced  about  six  o'clock  in 
the  morning.  The  cannonading  was  heard  distinctly  at  Talla- 
hassee. 

The  corps  of  cadets  of  the  Florida  Military  Institute  was 
commanded  by  Capt.  V.  M.  Johnson — a  graduate  from  the 
Virginia  Military  Institute — assisted  by  the  corps  captain,  J 
W.  Weathington. 

The  Federals  were  repulsed  and  driven  back  to  the  gun- 
boats, which  they  reached  during  the  night.      [See  page  21. 1 


Confederate  Choirs — Titles  and  Uniforms  of  Members. — 
In  printing  "The  Confederate  Choirs"  from  that  gifted,  charm- 
ing patriot  and  gentleman.  Colonel  Stewart,  the  Veteran  feels 
impelled  to  comment  briefly.  All  agree  with  Colonel  Stewart 
that  the  Confederate  Choirs  are  a  charming  addition  to  Re- 
union spirit  and  joy.  It  voices  gratitude  from  the  veterans 
and  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy.  But  while  the 
sentiment  is  widespread  in  favor  of  our  beautiful,  patriotic, 
and  enthusiastic  young  women  who  want  to  do  all  that  is 
possible  to  maintain  "the  story  of  the  glory  of  the  men  who 
wore  the  gray,"  there  is  revolt  against  women  dressing  as 
men  and  being  designated  as  Generals,  Colonels,  and  Cap- 
tains. Pray  induce  these  charming  girls  to  avoid  all  mas- 
culine costumes  and  see  if  other  titles  than  those  given  to 
Lee,  Jackson,  Forrest,  and  the  Johnstons  to  designate  rank 
cannot  be  used.  Colonel  is  a  sure-enough  colonel,  and  yet 
among  veterans  the  title  now  sounds  very  commonplace.  The 
Veteran  honors  every  comrade  who  labors  to  maintain  Con- 
federate organizations,  but  it  realizes  painfully  the  confusion 
that  is  coming  to  the  unborn  in  determining  who  were  the 
officers  in  service.  Then  to  place  these  titles  before  Mrs.  and 
Miss  So  and  So  cannot  add  to  the  dignity  of  Confederate 
official  characters. 


Judce  J.  M.  Wright,  of  Gainesville,  Tex. — A.  P.  Richards 
writes  from  Jack,  La. :  "On  page  655  of  the  December  Vet- 
eran is  notice  of  the  death  of  Judge  J.  M.  Wright,  of  Gaines- 
ville, Tex.,  which  contains  errors.  I  was  one  of  his  com- 
rades and  knew  him  from  boyhood,  and  we  served  in  the  same 
company.  J.  M.  Wright  enlisted  in  the  first  company  or- 
L.nii  i-d  in  St.  Helena  Parish,  about  April  1,  1S61.  which  be- 
came Company  F  of  the  4th  Louisiana  Regiment,  and  was 
mustered  into  the  Confederate  service  in  May,  1861,  at  Camp 
Moore  (now  I.  C.  R.  R.),  in  Tangipahoa  Parish,  La.  From 
the  ranks  Comrade  Wright  was  promoted  to  color  bearer  in 
1863.  In  a  night  attack  on  the  Federal  left  at  New^  Hope 
Church,  Ga..  May  27.  1864.  he  was  wounded  in  the  arm  near 
the  wrist,  from  which  wound  he  suffered  many  years.  After 
the  war  be  studied  law  and  practiced  in  his  home  town, 
Greensburg.  About  the  year  1878  he  removed  to  Amite  City, 
being  elected  attorney  for  that  district,  composed  of  St. 
Helena.  Livingston,  Tangipahoa,  Washington,  and  St.  Tam- 
many Parishes,  with  Judge  William  Duncan  on  the  bench.  His 
wife  was  Miss  Dilla  S.  Womack.  of  this  parish.  His  sister, 
Mrs   Jesse  Pitkin,  still  lives  in  bis  home  town  of  Greensburg." 


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Qopfederat^  1/eteran. 


Qopfederate  l/eteran. 

S.  A.  CUNNINGHAM,  Editor  and  Proprietor. 
Office:  Methodist  Publishing  House  Building,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

ThU  publication  Is  the  personal  property  of  S.  A.  Cunningham.  All  per- 
arm*  who  approve  its  principles  and  realize  its  benefits  as  an  organ  for  Asso 
dat ions  throughout  the  South  are  requested  to  commend  its  patronage  and  to 
aoAperate  in  extending  its  circulation.     Let  each  one  be  constantly  diligent. 


SIXTEEX   VETERAN   VOLUMES   COMPLETED. 

Gratitude  rather  than  vanity  prevails  in  recalling  sixteen 
years  of  succe-ssful  labor  under  the  banner  of  the  Confederate 
Veteran.  It  is  certainly  not  "love's  labor  lost"  and  in  no 
spirit  of  boasting  that  the  promoter  asserts  that  he  has  done 
what  he  could  in  every  issue  for  sixteen  years  to  tell  the 
truth  in  behalf  of  a  people  who  are  ready  for  the  eternal 
judgment  upon  their  deeds. 

A  large  majority  of  those  who  contributed  to  its  rectitude 
and  prosperity  have  answered  to  the  "last  roll,"  and  no  testi- 
mony has  been  left  behind  by  any  one  of  the  great  number 
of  regret  at  their  course.  Even  the  lukewarm  apparently  have 
asked  for  their  old  gray  coats  to  be  put  upon  them  and  that 
the  Confederate  flag  be  used  to  decorate  their  coffins. 

Comrades,  let  us  stand  together,  keeping  in  closest  touch 
to  the  end.  The  only  way — at  least,  the  best  way — now  is  to 
have  the  Veteran  in  every  home.  Many  can't  pay  for  it; 
but  the  management  will  cooperate  liberally  with  all  who  may 
undertake  to  aid  in  the  distribution. 


JEFFERSON  DAVIS  HOME  ASSOCIATION. 

The  address  of  Gen.  Clement  A.  Evans,  Commander  in 
Chief  of  the  United  Confederate  Veterans,  herein  published, 
is  commended  most  earnestly  to  every  Southern  man  and 
woman.  It  may  seem  small  that  so  little  is  asked  of  all  the 
South  as  the  procurement  of  the  small  area  at  the  birthplace 
of  the  man  who  honored  the  nation  in  which  he  was  born 
and  then  suffered  for  millions  of  the  people  who  dared  main- 
tain the  principles  inculcated  by  their  fathers,  while  in  the 
same  State,  Kentucky,  hundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars  are 
now  being  contributed  to  memorialize  the  birthplace  of  the 
other  distinguished  man  in  that  titanic  struggle. 

Do  let  us  cooperate  now  to  procure  the  small  area  of  land 
necessary,  believing  that  our  children  and  their  successors 
will  see  to  its  proper  memorial  character. 

The  men  in  charge  of  the  undertaking  are  worthy  of  public 
confidence.  They  are  not  only  doing  the  work  gratis,  but  are 
contributing  of  their  own  funds  to  the  procurement  of  what 
is  sought — some  twenty  acres  of  land  around  the  birth  spot 
of  Jefferson  Davis. 

Membership  certificates  will  be  forwarded  to  all  who  pay 
$i  or  more.  Address  this  office  or  Capt.  John  H.  Leathers, 
Treasurer.  Louisville,  Ky. 


AN  OLD-FASHIONED  CHRISTMAS  GREETING. 

The  following  letter  from  Kuoxville,  Tenn.,  December  24, 
1908,  and  addressed  familiarly  to  the  given  name  of  the  editor, 
will  entertain  and  encourage  thousands : 

"There  are  everywhere  cards  with  pleasant  greetings  for 
the  season  which  friend  may  post  to  friend;  but  I  pass  them 
and  send  you  a  line  from  my  own  faithful  pen, -inclosing  also 
best  washes  for  the  holiday  and  for  the  new  year. 

"Just  an  hour  ago  I  put  down  in  a  letter  to  an  old  friend 
at  Atlanta  some  thoughts  which  are  always  coming  to  me  now 


111  these  swift  years  which  I  find  comforting  like  this:  'Though 
we  miss  the  good  sought  in  youth,  yet  if  we  have  been  true 
to  self  and  have  not  suffered  the  failures  and  cares  of  life 
to  embitter  and  narrow  our  feelings,  we  have  nevertheless 
been  successful.' 

"It  is  a  most  helpful  reflection  and  in  accord  with  Scripture 
teaching  that  in  the  race  for  an  earthly  prize  not  all  may  win  ; 
but  for  the  higher  and  heavenly  we  may  all  so  run  as  to  ob- 
tain the  crown.  One's  faith  in  God  and  in  whatsoever  things 
arc  good  and  true  and  beautiful  if  held  fast  to  the  end  must 
bring,  and  'tis  the  only  thing  which  can  bring,  the  quiet,  calm 
mind  under  all  conditions  and  in  the  final  change.  So  I  strive 
to  stronger  things  and  higher  in  my  thought  and  reading, 
growing  day  by  day,  I  trust,  broader  and  more  all-embracing 
in  my  interest  and  sympathies.  I  can  well  believe  you  by 
your  life  and  work  likewise  so  grow. 

"I  saw  the  beautiful  lines  from  your  greatly  loved  and  noble 
boy,  Paul,  in  the  last  Veteran,  and  I  cannot  close  this  holi- 
day letter  without  saying  hitter,  more  bitter  than  pen  can 
tell,  was  his  loss  to  you;  but  you  have  hope  and  are  com- 
forted. Somehow  we  must  believe  that  good  is  the  final 
goal  of  ill." 


SAVE  YOUR  COTTON  STALKS. 
The  Veteran  commends  to  its  patrons  who  are  cotton 
planters  the  propriety  of  saving  cotton  stalks  for  use  in  the 
manufacture  of  paper.  The  demonstrated  value  of  the  cot- 
ton stalk  promises  rich  returns  for  the  expense  of  baling  and 
housing  this  valuable  product.  It  might  be  well  to  investi- 
gate the  value  of  the  cotton  stalk  for  this  purpose  and  be  con- 
vinced whether  the  probabilities  are  not  extraordinary  for 
compensation  at  an  early  day.  The  importance  of  this  is,  of 
course,  the  greater  to  cotton  planters  who  have  spare  barns 
and  easy  access  to  railroads.  Cotton  stalks  baled  and  housed 
could  be  held  until  the  demand  is  established.  Anyhow,  the 
project  is  worthy  of  attention. 


ADVERTISING  NOT  SOLICITED. 
The  small  amount  of  advertising  in  the  Veteran  causes 
the  business  public  to  underestimate  its  influence.  It  is  not 
from  lack  of  enterprise  that  this  department  has  been  ap- 
parently neglected.  There  is  an  erroneous  sentiment  that  its 
patrons  are  poor  as  a  class,  and  Northern  advertisers  are  dis- 
inclined to  strengthen  the  cause  for  which  it  is  published. 
They  know  not  what  they  do — they  are  not  censured  for  this. 

The  Veteran  has  always  prospered  by  its  subscriptions,  and 
there  is  pressing  demand  for  every  inch  of  space  in  every 
issue.  Its  advertising  rate  is  so  low  that  advertising  agencies 
do  not  seek  business  for  it.  Besides,  it  is  very  exacting  in 
the  character  of  advertising.  It  will  not  accept  much  that 
goes  into  reputable  journals. 

While  not  soliciting  business  for  paid-for  space,  it  will  con- 
tinue to  accept  at  $1  per  inch  such  advertising  as  it  can  com- 
mend to  its  patrons. 

DISCOUNTS  ON  SUBSCRIPTIONS. 

A  concession  is  made  to  subscribers  who  send  direct  to  the 
office  as  follows:  Three  years,  $2.50;  five  years,  $4.  This  re- 
duction will  be  made  to  any  in  arrears.  For  instance,  if  a 
patron  is  a  year  or  more  behind,  the  sums  indicated  will  ex- 
tend the  time  from  expiration  for  three  or  five  years. 

Friends  of  the  Veteran  would  often  place  neighbors  under 
obligations  by  calling  attention  to  it.     Sample  copies  free. 


Qor}federat<?  l/eterai?. 


9 


OFFICERS  ELECTED   TEXAS  DIVISION,  U.  D.  C. 

At  the  annual  Convention  of  the  Texas  Division,  U.  D.  C, 
held  in  Terrell,  Tex.,  the  Gen.  J.  S.  Griffith  Chapter  as  hostess, 
which  Convention  was  largely  attended  with  much  enthusiasm 
manifested,  the  following  State  officers  were  elected:  Presi- 
dent, Miss  Katie  Daffan  (reelected)  ;  Vice  Presidents,  Mrs. 
Mary  Hunt  Affleck,  Brenham,  Mrs.  J.  D.  Guinn,  San  An- 
tonio, Mrs.  Kate  Gerald  Weaver,  Waco,  and  Mrs.  J.  A.  De- 
Gaugh,  Terrell;  Corresponding  Secretary,  Mrs.  W.  A.  lias- 
sell,  Dallas  (reelected);  Recording  Secretary,  Mrs.  Beulah 
H.  Dimmitt,  Georgetown;  Treasurer,  Mrs.  M.  Wheeler,  Vic 
toria  (reelected);  Historian,  Mrs.  M.  L.  Watson,  Alta  Loma 
(reelected)  ;  Registrar,  Mrs.  R.  C.  Shindler,  Dalhart  (re- 
elected) ;  Custodian,  Miss  Nannie  Wilson,  Austin  (reelected). 
Mrs.  N.  P.  P.augh,  San  Antonio,  and  Mrs.  M.  Murdock,  Oak 
Cliff,  were  reelected  members  of  the  Executive  Board,  and 
Mrs.  J.  L.  Hazlett,  Hearne,  Recorder  of  Crosses  of  Honor. 

Chapter  U.  D.  C.  Named  for  Private  Ai.ex  B.  Poston. 

Alexander  Bosley  Poston,  a  private  in  Company  P.  8th 
Regiment  Kentucky  Infantry,  C.  S.  A.,  was  born  at  Cadiz, 
Ky.,  September  25,  1N44,  and  was  killed  on  the  field  of  Fort 
Donelson    February  15,  1862,  in  his  eighteenth  year. 

lie  was  descended  from  one  of  the  most  prominent  families 
in  Southern  Kentucky,  was  a  high-toned  Christian  young 
man,  and  -stood  high  in  the  esteem  of  his  neighbors.  He  was 
the  first  man  from  Cadiz,  and  perhaps  the  only  one.  t<i  be 
killed  on  the  field  of  battle;  and  when  the  local  Chapter  l\ 
D.  C.  cast  about  for  a  name,  none  so  appropriate  occurred  to 
them  as  his  ;  hence  the  Alex  Poston  Chapter,  No.  387,  U.  D. 
C.  But  few  of  his  family  are  now  living,  and  they  are  widely 
scattered.  This  tribute  is  offered  by  one  of  his  appreciative 
comrades,  of  whom  but  three  now  survive. 


LOCATION  OF  THE  WIRZ  MONUMENT. 

I  Vnother  change  is  undertaken  in  regard  to  the  place  of 
erecting  the  monument  to  Major  Wir/.  Happily.  Anderson- 
ville  was  abandoned;  then  Americus,  Macon,  and  Atlanta  were 
considered.  Then  Richmond,  Va.,  offered  a  place  for  it.  which 
v.  1  accepted,  Now  the  matter  is  up  again  in  Georgia.  The 
Constitution   reports :] 

A  number  of  the  officials  of  the  Georgia  Division,  United 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  together  with  prominent  mem- 
bers of  the  society,  have  issued  a  letter  to  the  Chapters  of 
the  State  requi  sting  that  they  join  in  a  call  for  a  special  con- 
vention to  reconsider  the  action  of  the  Savannah  Convention 
awarding  the  Wirz  monument  to  Richmond.  The  list  is 
headed  by  Mrs.  C.  Helen  Plane,  of  Atlanta,  Honorary  Presi- 
dent  United    Daughters   of  the   Confederacy.     The   letter  is 

as   follows  : 

v   Chapter,   Georgia   Division,    United    Daughters 
>>f   the   Confederacy:    At    the    recenl    session    of    the    Geor 
eia    Division,    United    Daughters  of  the   I  onfederacy,   in    its 
closing  hours,  when  the  representation  was  greatlj    depleted, 

olution  to  offer  to  the  city  of  Richmond  the  monument 

ptain  Wirz,  which  all  the  women  of  Georgia  had  helped 

to  build,  was  carried  by  a  majoritj  ol  only  two  of  the  voting 

So  much  dissatisfaction  is  expressed  at  this 

result  throughout  the  State  and  by  interested  delegates  from 

the  various  States  at  the  general  convention  in  Atlanta  that 

-I  impelled  to  protest  and  ask  you  t"  unite  with  us  in 
a  call  for  reconsideration  of  tin-  question,  which  can  bi    done 
only    by    a    request    from    two  thirds    "f    the    Chapters    in    the 
d  to  tin-  President  of  tin-  I  in  ision 

I* 


"The  representative  of  Richmond's  veterans  stated  at  At- 
lanta November  14:  'Richmond  and  her  veterans  will  offer 
a  site  through  chivalry,  hospitality,  and  loyalty  to  the  United 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  and  to  stamp  their  approval 
upon  the  purposes  for  which  the  Wirz  monument  is  erected ; 
but  they  stand  ready  to  withdraw  from  any  connection  with  it, 
believing  in  Georgia's  right  to  it,  if  Georgia  signifies  a  desire 
to  retain  her  own.' 

"In  order  that  this  question  may  not  again  swamp  other 
good  projects  of  our  Division  as  it  did  at  the  Savannah  Con- 
vention, we  ask  your  signature  to  the  accompanying  form, 
voicing  the  call  of  your  Chapter  for  prompt  action  in  this 
matter.  Respectfully,  Mrs.  Helen  Plane,  Honorary  President 
United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  Atlanta;  Mrs.  J.  K. 
( lltley,  Georgia  Chairman  Shiloh  Monument  Commission, 
Atlanta;  Mrs.  R.  E.  Park,  Georgia  Chairman  Richmond  Mu- 
seum Commission,  Atlanta;  Mrs.  J.  C.  Olmstead,  Atlanta; 
Mrs.  James  Jackson,  Atlanta;  Mrs.  A.  B.  Hull,  Chairman 
Committee  on  Arrangements  Wirz  Monument,  Savannah  ; 
Mrs.  Lee  Trammell.  State  Registrar,  Madison;  Mrs.  A.  O. 
Harper,  Elberton ;  Mrs.  R.  L.  Nisbett,  First  Vice  President 
Georgia  Division,  Marietta,  Ga. ;  Mrs.  P.  H.  Lovejoy,  1  law- 
kinsville ;  Mrs.  P.  H.  Godfrey,  Auditor  Georgia  Division, 
Covington,  Ga.,  Miss  M.  B.  Sheiblcy,  Recording  Secretary. 
Rome;  Miss  Ida  Holt,  Macon;  Mrs.  T.  O.  Chestney,  Macon; 
Mrs.  W.  D.  Lamar,  First  Vice  President,  Macon. 

"Forty  delegates  at  Savannah  offered  the  Wirz  monument 
to  the  city  of  Richmond.  The  city  of  Richmond,  in  acknowl- 
edgment, offers  them  a  site  at  Hollywood  Cemetery  " 


"To  the  President  Georgia  Division,  United  Daughters  <>/ 

the  Confederacy :  The Chapter  calls  for  an  extra  ses- 
sion of  the  Georgia  Division,  United  Daughters  of  the  Con- 
federacy, as  soon  as  practical  to  reconsider  the  site  for  the 
Wirz  monument,  believing  that  same  should  be  located  in  our 
State. 

"It  is  recommended  that  one  delegate  from  each  Chapter 
be  allowed  to  cast  the  full  vote  of  said  Chapter  at  proposed 
session." 

This  paper  should  be  signed  by  the  Recording  Secretary 
and   President. 


MEMORIAL  PARK  AT  PRAIRIE  GROVE,  ARK. 

1   1     a  WIU    W.    ADAMS.,   PRAIRIE   GROVE,   ARK. 

I  be  Prairie  Grove  Chapter,  U.  I).  ('..  has  undertaken  the 
establishment  of  a  Confederate  Memorial  Park  on  a  pari  of 
the  battlefield  at  this  place.  On  Sunday.  December  ~,  1862, 
this  village  was  the  scene  of  a  spirited  and  hotly  contested  en- 
gagement   between    the    Confederates   under   troops   of   Gen. 

Thomas    C.    Hindman    and    the    federals    under    llerioii. 

reenforced  by  Blunt  during  the  day.  It  is  maintained  that 
Hindman  carried  the  day.  his 'men  acquitting  themselves  with 
great  credit.  Although  they  took  up  their  march  southward 
during  the  succeeding  night,  they  withdrew  leisurely,  ami 
thei]  advet  aries  Showed  not  the  slightest  disposition  to  risk 
the  ha;  a;  d  of  pursuit. 

Our  people  are  determined  in  behalf  of  the  Prairie  Grove 
Confederate  Memorial  Park.  *  *  *  This  town  of  some 
twelve  hundred  souls  has  just  cause  for  self-gratulation  in 
the  fact  that  our  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  have  inaugu- 
rated this  park  scheme  and  are  meeting  with  remarkable  stic- 
l.a-t  \ugust  they  bought  nine  acres  of  the  battlefield 
at  $100  per  acre,  ami  they  have  mad.  and  paid  on  this  pur- 
chase all  but  $300,  more  than  one  half  of  the  purchase  price. 


10 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai). 


The  Prairie  Grove  Memorial  Park  Association  has  been 
chartered  by  the  State  of  Arkansas.  Its  Board  of  Trustees 
is  composed  of  Dr.  W.  B.  Welch  (Chairman)— this  grand  old 
man  was  in  attendance  upon  the  wounded  during  this  engage- 
ment, and  by  his  skill  and  zeal  made  everybody  his  friend,  and 
he  still  stands  humbly  yet  grandly  true  to  every  righteous  im- 
pulse— Hon.  R.  O.  Hannah  (Commander  Prairie  Grove  Camp, 
U.  C.  V),  Mrs.  Margaret  Mock,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Zellner,  Mrs.  M. 
Parks,  all  daughters  of  Confederate  soldiers.  The  officers  of 
the  Association  are:  President,  Mrs.  Laura  E.  Beeton  Hilde- 
brand;  Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  P.  Edmiston;  Custodian  of  the 
Fund,  Mrs.  W.  T.  Neale.    All  are  interested  and  zealous. 

All  the  officers  are  efficient,  the  Chapter  is  burning  with  zeal, 
sharpened  and  spurred  on  by  enthusiasm,  and  the  noble  work 
in  hand  is  sure  of  completion.  It  will  be  a  happy  realization 
of  the  lofty  aims  and  purposes  of  its  projectors. 

This  is  the  only  Confederate  Memorial  Park  west  of  the 
Mississippi  River;  and  when  enlarged,  improved,  and  embel- 
lished, as  it  surely  will  be,  it  will  be  a  consummation,  an  at- 
traction, a  hallowed  spot  like  unto  none  in  our  Western  South- 
land. The  movement  deserved  success;  its  managers  and 
helpers  will  wear  crowns  of  victory  like  as  the  ones  whose 
deeds  are  to  be  commemorated. 


There  is  a  large  Confederate  park,  it  will  be  remembered, 
near  Fort  Worth,  Tex,,  and  there  are  other  Confederate  prop- 
erties ;  but  the  correspondent  at  Prairie  Grove,  Ark.,  evidently 
claims  distinction  as  a  "memorial"  park. 


LAST  OFFICIAL  ESCORT  OF  PRESIDENT  DAVIS. 

The  escort  with  President  Davis  when  captured  in  May, 
1865,  was  composed  as  follows: 

Capt.  Given  A.  Campbell,  from  McCracken  County,  Ky. 
(not  captured),  now  living  in  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

First  Lieut.  Hazard  P.  Baker,  Trigg  County,  Ky.,  now  liv- 
ing near  Canton,  Trigg  County,  Ky. 

Private  Harvey  C.  Sanders,  Trigg  County,  Ky.  He  has  a 
$20  gold  piece  received  while  on  this  duty.  Post  office,  New 
Boston,  Tex. 

Minus  C.  Parsley,  Trigg  County,  Ky.  (not  captured). 

James  T.  Walbert,  McCracken  County,  Ky.     Dead. 

Harrison  Smith,  Lyon  County,  Ky.     Dead. 

W.  N.  Ingram,  Trigg  County,  Ky.     Dead. 

Tom  S.  McSwain,  Paris,  Tenn.   (not  captured).     Dead. 

W.  L.  Heath,  Corbin,  Ky. 

W.  A.  Howard,  Trigg  County,  Ky.  (not  captured).  Bir- 
mingham, Ala. 

All  of  the  above  were  of  Breckinridge's  2d  Kentucky  Cav- 
alry, Company  B. 

In  sending  the  above  from  Cadiz,  Ky.,  F.  G  Terry  writes : 
"I  have  seen  frequent  mention  by  various  comrades  of  Presi- 
dent Davis's  escort  from  the  vicinity  of  Charlotte,  N.  C,  to 
points  in  Georgia,  and  it  seems  to  be  the  generally  accepted 
statement  that  that  escort  dwindled  down  from  three  brigades 
to  a  selection  of  ten  men,  who  stayed  with  him  till  that  fatal 
morning  when  the  curtain  over  the  great  drama  was  finally 
rung  down.  I  have  never  seen  the  list  of  the  gallant  and 
devoted  men  who  composed  that  escort ;  but  now  I  have  from 
the  lips  of  the  gallant  young  (?)  lieutenant  who  was  with 
that  escort  the  names  of  that  illustrious  band,  their  places  of 
nativity,  etc.  It  will  be  seen  that  five  of  the  number  were 
from  Trigg  County,  Ky.,  which  county  furnished  something 
like  four  hundred  men  to  the  Confederate  service." 


MARYLAND  DIVISION,  U.  D.  C. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  Maryland  Division  of  the  Daugh- 
ters of  the  Confederacy  was  held  recently  at  Lehmann's  Hall, 
and  several  subjects  of  interest  were  considered.  Mrs.  F.  G. 
Odenheimer,  President  of  the  Division,  presided  at  the  meet- 
ing.    She  was  reelected  President  for  another  term. 


MRS.    F.    C.    ODENHEIMER. 

The  other  officers  elected  are :  Honorary  President,  Mrs.  D. 
G.  Wright ;  President,  Mrs.  Frank  G.  Odenheimer ;  Vice  Pres- 
idents, Mrs.  John  P.  Poe,  Mrs.  G.  Smith  Norris,  Mrs.  L. 
Victor  Baughman,  Mrs.  R.  A.  Hammond,  and  Mrs.  E.  T.  B. 
Egee;  Treasurer,  Mrs.  Winfield  Peters;  Corresponding  Sec- 
retary, Mrs.  Neilson  Poe;  Recording  Secretary,  Mrs.  August 
Weber;  Historian,  Miss  Mary  Hall;  Recorder,  Mrs.  Samuel 
T.  Brown. 

Mrs.  Odenheimer  made  her  report  on  the  session  of  the 
United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  at  Atlanta,  urging  that 
the  Division  make  a  large  appropriation  for  the  monuments 
which  are  to  be  erected  in  the  Confederate  division  of  the 
Arlington  Cemetery  and  in  the  cemetery  at  Shiloh.  Each 
monument  will  cost  something  like  $50,000,  and  $10,000  has 
been  raised  for  the  former. 

A  suggestion  also  indorsed  was  for  the  erection  of  a  Con- 
federate monument  on  Monocacy  battlefield.  Two  monuments 
to  the  Union  dead  have  been  placed  there;  and  as  the  battle 
was  a  Southern  victory,  it  was  thought  desirable  that  a  Con- 
federate shaft  should  be  placed  there. 

The  Harford  Chapter  is  also  endeavoring  to  erect  a  monu- 
ment at  Belair  in  memory  of  Harford's  soldiers  and  sailors. 


William  H.  Reading,  1228  Avenue  C,  Galveston,  Tex.,  de- 
sires information  of  Capt.  William  Ellis,  Company  A,  1st 
Regiment  Regular  Artillery  of  Louisiana.  Mr.  Reading's 
father  served  in  that  company  from  Terrebonne  Station,  La. 
Any  one  who  can  furnish  information  to  Mr.  Reading  will 
greatly  oblige. 


Qoqfederat^  l/eterap. 


11 


THE   CONFEDERATE  CHOIRS. 

BY    COL.    WILLIAM    H.    STEWART,    PORTSMOUTH,   VA. 

"The  sacred  hymns  of  the  Christian  nations  of  the  world 
have  been  one  of  the  strongest  forces  in  breaking  the  chains 
of  paganism  and  infidelity  and  in  enthroning  Christianity. 
The  highest  exaltation  of  the  soul  is  felt  and  the  clearest  con- 
ception of  God  is  borne  in  on  the  mental  vision  through  the 
divine  outbursts  of  poetical  inspiration  which  illumine  the 
pages  of  the  sacred  writings.  Every  land  has  its  native  airs 
and  songs,  which  are  more  effective  than  its  armies  and  navies 
in  guarding  the  liberties  of  the  people  and  which  more  than 
all  other  forces  fill  their  hearts  with  hope  and  courage."  So 
were  spoken  the  sentiments  of  a  distinguished  Mississippi, in, 
which  we  can  all  approve. 

As  the  "Marseillaise  Hymn"  inspires  the  Frenchman,  as  the 
"Watch  on  the  Rhine"  arouses  the  German,  as  "God  Save 
tin  King"  exalts  the  pride  of  the  Englishman,  so  the  old  songs 
of  Dixie  Land  bring  memories  of  love  and  joyful  emotions  to 
Southern  Americans. 

After  Appomattox  the  songs  and  airs  of  the  Confederacy 
wen  silent  for  many  years,  and  they  were  fast  fading  out  of 
the  memory  of  men.  On  the  19th  of  January,  1907,  a  little 
band  commenced  the  work  of  gathering  in  the  lost  songs  and 
singing  again  the  airs  of  Dixie  Land,  and  they  came  like  a 
vision  of  the  past  to  fill  the  hearts  of  the  veterans  of  the 
South  "with  hope  and  courage." 

I  heard  the  "Rebel  yell"  on  many  battlefields  when  victory 
came  to  the  star-set  cross  of  the  South.  I  heard  the  "Rebel 
yell"  when  Jackson  passed  his  troops  marching  to  the  front. 
I  heard  the  "Rebel  yell"  when  "Marse  Robert"  rode  in  review 
of  bis  "people."  I  heard  the  "Rebel  yell"  come  back  when 
the  "Girls  in  Gray"  sang  the  old  songs  in  the  auditorium  at 
Birmingham,  Ala.,  last  June  (190S)  from  five  thousand  throats 
of  veterans  with  the  same  zest,  vigor,  and  enthusiasm  as  that 
which  came  from  the  young  soldiers  who  whipped  Hooker 
at  Chanccllorsville,  drove  Grant  from  the  Wilderness,  and 
made  his  legions  disobey  his  orders  at  Cold  Harbor.  Who 
will  place  a  stumbling-block  in  the  way  of  the  sweet  singers 
of  the  South?  Five  hundred  patriotic  women  and  men, 
vocalists  of  the  South,  have  already  enlisted  "to  revive  the 
old-time  war  songs."  Shall  they  not  be  allowed  to  manage 
the  affairs  of  their  organization  in  their  own  way?  Shall  they 
net  be  invested  with  the  principle  of  self-government  for 
which  the  Southern  armies  fought  from  1861  to  April,  1865? 

If  1  can  judge  from  what  I  have  seen  and  heard,  the  work 
of  this  organization  is  an  invaluable  asset  of  history,  and  has 
touched  the  hearts  of  veterans  more  deeply  than  any  other 
feature  of  any  other  patriotic  organization  of  the  South! 
Where  are  the  veterans  who  disapprove  the  Confederate 
i?  Let  mc  as  a  humble  soldier  appeal  to  the  Daughters 
of  the  Confederacy  not  to  erect  barriers,  but  place  stepping- 
stones  for  the  talented  musicians  who  desire  to  revive  the 
old  songs!  Your  President  General,  Mrs.  Stone,  is  reported 
a-  approving  the  protest  of  "certain  influential  Camps  who  are 
opposed  to  the  wearing  of  Confederate  uniforms  by  Southern 
n  and  the  assumption  of  military  titles."  This  is  unfair, 
with    an   apparent    purpose   to   place    a    stumbling  block    in    the 

of  the  independence  of  the   federation   of  Confederate 
Choirs.     Do   let   these  soul-stirring  people  manage   their  own 
end  voices   in   the  way   which   tiny   deem  most  ef- 
fectual!   We  see  that  when  they  sing  the  old  songs  happiness 

Comes    to   the   hearts    and    the    highest    exaltation    of   the    soul 
is  fell  by  the  old  soldiers  who  stood  upon  the  firing  line  and 


made  the  rushing  charges  which  gave  glory  to  the  battle  flag 
of  the  South.  The  Grand  Camp  of  Virginia  welcomed  the 
Confederate  Choirs  at  Charlottesville  in  no  uncertain  sound, 
and  that  glorious  soldier  and  chivalrous  gentleman,  Gen. 
Thomas  T.  M  tin  ford,  commended  them  with  the  eloquence  of 
heart  inspiration.     He  said: 

"Ladies  of  the  Confederate  Uniformed  Choir:  It  is  with 
unfeigned  pleasure  that  I,  on  behalf  of  the  Grand  Camp  of 
Confederate  Veterans,  greet  you  with  a  soldier's  welcome  and 
thank  you  from  our  hearts  for  your  soul-stirring  music,  which 
recalls  scenes  when  our  hearts  throbbed  not  only  at  the  sight 
of  our  old  flag,  but  when  the  notes  of  the  shrill  bugle  or  the 
roll  of  the  kettledrum  was  echoed  from  regiment  to  regiment 
calling  us  to  arms,  and  the  pleasanter  hours  when  at  the  call 
of  the  sweet  tattoo  the  band  played  the  familiar  old  tunes  of 
'Home,  Sweet  Home,'  'Auld  Lang  Syne,'  'Then  You'll  Re- 
member Me.'  'The  Vacant  Chair,'  'Old  Folks  at  Home,' 
'Suwannee  River,'  and  'My  Old  Kentucky  Home.'  These 
were  household  songs  in  our  army,  and  with  good  voices 
music  rose  to  its  sublimity." 

I  wish  space  would  allow  all  of  the  beautiful  tribute  of  this 
gallant  cavalryman,  who  rode  with  Stuart  on  many  fields,  to 
be  printed  herewith.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  I  believe  he  echoed 
the  sentiments  of  more  than  nine-tenths  of  the  living  vet- 
erans who  have  heard  the  uniformed  Confederate  Choirs  sing 
"Dixie"  and  the  other  old  songs  dear  to  their  hearts. 

God  bless  the  uniformed  Confederate  Choirs,  and  may  the 
organization  live  as  long  as  the  Mississippi  flows  into  the 
Gulf  of  Mexico  ! 


JACKSON'S  BRIGADE  IN  BATTLE  OF  NASHVILLE. 

BY  CHARLES  B.    MARTIN    (FIRST  GEORGIA  VOLUNTEERS,  C.    S.   A.), 
SHUBUTA,    MISS. 

There  are  no  doubt  many  survivors  of  Hood's  army  who 
remember  that  forty-four  years  ago,  on  December  16,  1864, 
we  met  with  disastrous  defeat  in  front  of  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Gen.  H.  R.  Jackson's  Georgia  Brigade,  Bate's  Division, 
Cheatham's  Corps  (of  which  I  was  a  member),  was  part  of 
the  force  which  met  disaster.  I  give  a  short  sketch  of  the 
movements  of  the  brigade  from  our  discomfiture  in  front  of 
Murfreesboro,  Tenn.,  to  the  one  in  front  of  Nashville. 

After  the  battle  of  Franklin,  Bate's  Division  was  sent  to  co- 
operate with  General  Forrest  in  an  attack  on  the  garrison  at 
Murfreesboro,  which  resulted  in  failure. 

On  account  of  some  dissatisfaction  caused  by  a  speech  of 
General  Bate  the  day  after  the  attack  Jackson's  Brigade  was 
ordered  to  report  to  General  Hood  at  Nashville.  Our  march 
to  that  point  was  without  incident  except  that  we  halted  long 
enough  at  the  Tennessee  Insane  Asylum  to  cut  and  haul  eight 
or  tin  cords  of  firewood  for  the  inmates  of  that  institution, 
the  superintendent  having  reported  to  General  Jackson  that 
they  were  without  anything  to  make  fires  or  to  haul  wood. 

When  we  arrived  at  Nashville,  Cheatham's  Corps  was  on  the 
extreme  right  of  the  Confederate  line,  the  right  of  which  rested 
on  a  deep  cut  on  the  railroad  between  Nashville  and  Mur- 
freesboro. Our  brigade  was  assigned  a  position  about  a  quar- 
ter of  a  mile  in  the  rear  of  the  line  and  about  half  a  mile  from 
the  railroad,  a  small  hill  hiding  our  camp  from  the  road. 
This  position  we  occupied  for  several  days,  on  one  of  which 
Brig.  Gen.  Henry  R.  Jackson,  our  brigade  commander,  had  a 
narrow  escape  from  death,  lie  and  several  other  generals, 
their  staffs  and  escorts,  had  assembled  on  the  top  of  a  knoll 
just   in    front   of    Fort    Neglej    on    the   enemy's    fortifications. 


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^opfederat^  l/eterai?. 


The  group  were  viewing  General  Thomas's  works  and  pre- 
sented a  very  enticing  target  for  the  guns  of  Fort  Negley, 
which  the  gunners  took  advantage  of,  and  one  of  the  shells 
fired  struck  the  ground  under  General  Jackson's  horse,  ex- 
ploding as  it  struck  and  killing  the  horse  without  injury  to 
the  rider.    Of  course  the  group  quickly  sought  a  safer  position. 

A  day  or  two  after  this  event  the  enemy  commenced  mass- 
ing artillery  in  front  of  Cheatham's  Corps,  which  still  occu- 
pied its  position  on  the  right.  The  initiated  at  once  predicted 
an  assault  on  that  part  of  the  line,  and  began  to  prepare  to 
meet  it;  but  just  as  the  batteries  commenced  firing,  a  body 
of  troops  was  observed  on  our  right  moving  in  the  direction 
of  the  rear  of  our  position.  When  first  seen  the  distance  was 
too  great  to  tell  whether  they  were  white  or  black;  but  half 
an  hour  later  it  was  known  to  be  a  division  of  negro  troops. 
Every  man  was  on  the  alert,  as  this  was  the  first  time  our 
corps  was  to  come  in  contact  with  negro  soldiers.  Seeing 
that  their  route  of  march  would  bring  them  across  the  rail- 
road below  the  end  of  the  cut,  it  was  decided  to  make'  a  trap 
for  them,  and  they  were  allowed  to  come  on  unmolested. 
After  crossing  the  railroad  the  darkies  formed  a  line  of  bat- 
tle, and,  thinking  they  had  not  been  discovered,  prepared  to 
surprise  the  men  in  our  works  by  an  attack  in  the  rear.  Poor 
fools !  little  did  they  dream  that  every  step  they  took  toward 
the  breastworks  was  watched  by  angry  eyes  and  twitching 
fingers  on  gun  triggers,  men  only  awaiting  the  signal  to  ex- 
terminate them. 

When  they  had  moved  forward  far  enough  to  enable  our 
brigade  to  form  in  their  rear,  one  of  the  divisions  in  the  works 
about-faced,  and  the  other  did  likewise  and  wheeled  to  the 
left.  We  had  the  negroes  in  our  trap ;  and  when  we  com- 
menced firing  on  them,  complete  demoralization  followed.  All 
that  remained  on  the  ground  were  good  niggers.  Many  jumped 
into  the  cut,  and  were  either  killed  or  crippled.  We  took  no 
prisoners.  Not  a  single  white  man  was  seen  among  the  killed. 
Where  were  their  officers? 

About  the  14th  of  December  our  division  was  moved  (the 
other  brigades  having  joined  ours)  to  the  center  between  the 
Franklin  and  Granny  White  Pikes.  We  remained  in  this  posi- 
tion one  day  and  part  of  a  night.  Our  entire  corps  was  then 
placed  on  the  left  of  the  Granny  White  Pike,  Bate's  Division 
on  the  right  of  the  corps,  Jackson's  Brigade  on  the  right  of 
the  division,  his  right  resting  on  the  Granny  White  Pike,  and 
Gen.  Edward  Johnson's  Division  across  the  pike  on  our  right 
behind  a  stone  fence  as  breastworks.  Finley's  Brigade  was 
on  our  left,  with  a  small  hill  between  us. 

On  the  morning  of  the  16th,  being  in  need  of  some  blank 
reports,  which  were  in  the  headquarters'  ambulance,  I  was 
going  to  obtain  them  when  I  noticed  artillery  being  massed 
in  front  of  General  Johnson's  position.  I  had  just  started 
to  return  from  the  ambulance  when  fire  was  opened  on  John- 
son's Division,  many  of  the  shells  passing  to  the  rear  and  ex- 
ploding in  and  about  the  ambulance.  Our  driver,  named  Sig- 
mund,  went  to  the  top  of  the  hill  to  witness  the  fight,  when  his 
head  was  shot  off  by  a  shell. 

When  I  reached  the  front,  every  vestige  of  stone  that  was 
in  the  fence  in  front  of  Johnson's  men  had  been  knocked  down, 
and  the  line  had  sought  a  safer  position  a  little  to  the  rear. 

The  firing  had  by  this  time  become  general  along  our  entire 
line.  The  ground  in  our  front  was  so  rough  that  no  assault 
was  made  on  us,  but  our  pickets  had  a  lively  time  with  the 
enemy.  We  had  a  fine  view  of  the  different  assaults  on  our 
right,  but  had  no  idea  that  the  end  would  be  so  disastrous. 

About   four   o'clock   in   the  afternoon,   while   seated   on   the 


edge  of  the  ditch  in  the  rear  of  our  works  engaged  in  con- 
versation with  Capt.  Alfred  Bryant,  our  assistant  adjutant 
general,  and  very  near  to  General  Jackson,  a  loud  hurrahing 
was  heard  in  our  rear;  and  turning  to  see  what  it  meant,  we 
saw  a  large  body  of  bluecoats,  who  had  broken  through  our 
line  at  the  position  held  by  Finley's  men.  General  Jackson  at 
once  instructed  Captain  Bryant  to  go  down  the  line  to  the 
right  and  order  the  regimental  commanders  to  move  their 
men  out  by  the  right  flank,  at  the  same  time  sending  me  to  the 
left  with  the  same  instructions.  I  hurried  to  the  1st  Battalion 
Georgia  Sharpshooters,  who  were  on  our  extreme  left,  de- 
livered the  order  to  Lieutenant  King,  who  was  in  command, 
and  hastened  to  rejoin  General  Jackson.  Assisted  by  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Gordon,  of  my  regiment,  the  General  was  walk- 
ing to  where  his  horse  had  been  sent ;  but  the  ground  was 
thawing  and  the  walking  slow  and  tedious.  At  every  step 
our  feet  became  encumbered  with  two  or  three  pounds  of  stiff 
mud.  The  enemy  were  trying  to  cut  us  off,  and,  though  at 
some  distance,  were  firing  at  us  and  calling  out:  "Surrender!" 

The  General  was  becoming  exhausted,  and  requested  the 
colonel  and  myself  to  leave  him.  Being  near  the  pike,  Colonel 
Gordon  told  him  that  he  thought  we  might  get  away.  The 
General's  horse  was  in  the  edge  of  the  woods  just  beyond,  and 
we  felt  he  could  reach  the  animal.  I  remained  with  the  Gen- 
eral, however.  After  crossing  the  pike  and  while  getting  over 
the  stone  fence  it  rolled  from  under  him  and  threw  him  into 
the  ditch  beyond.  I  assisted  him  out,  and  persuaded  him  to 
pull  his  heavy  boots  off,  as  they  were  so  loaded  with  mud 
that  he  could  scarcely  walk.  He  got  one  off,  and  was  trying 
to  remove  the  other  when  we  heard  the  cry:  "Surrender, 
d —  you !"  Looking  up,  we  saw  the  muzzles  of  four  guns 
aimed  at  us  across  the  fence  not  more  than  seventy  or  eighty 
yards  distant.  "They  have  got  us,  General,"  I  said,  and  called 
out :  "We  surrender  !" 

The  General  commenced  to  pull  on  his  boot,  and  I  turned 
his  coat  collar  down  to  prevent  our  captors  from  discovering 
his  rank,  as  I  hoped  we  might  be  recaptured. 

The  men — one  corporal  and  three  privates — sprang  over 
the  fence  and  came  up  to  where  we  stood  just  as  General 
Jackson  succeeded  in  getting  his  boot  on,  and  in  pulling  at  it 
his  collar  assumed  its  natural  position.  The  corporal  walked 
around  the  General  once  or  twice,  then,  standing  in  front  of 
him,  said :  "You  are  a  general."  "That  is  my  rank,"  was  the 
reply.     The  corporal,  taking  off  his  hat,  waved  it  around  his 


THE    ELEGANT    BERRY    RESIDENCE   ON    BATTLE    LINE. 
The  Confederates  fortified  in.  its  front — about  the  nearest  point  to  Nashv  ille. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


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head  and  cried  out:  "Captured  a  general,  by  G — .     I  will  carry 
you  to  Nashville  myself." 

At  a  command  in  German  from  the  corporal  two  men  took 
charge  of  the  General,  and  with  the  corporal  crossed  the  fence 
to  the  pike  and  started  with  him  toward  the  city,  leaving  me 
in  charge  of  the  other  man,  who  in  very  strong  language  in- 
formed me  that  if  I  tried  to  run  he  would  -shoot  my  head  off. 
I  told  him  not  to  worry,  I  had  run  as  far  as  I  could.  Then 
he  started  with  me  toward  Nashville. 

We  were  on  the  edge  of  the  ground  over  which  Johnson's 
Division  had  fallen  hack,  and  blankets,  knapsacks,  etc.,  were 
scattered  very  liberally  over  it.  The  Dutchman  told  me  to  go 
lo  a  very  large  knapsack.  When  reaching  it  he  proceeded  to 
open  and  examine  the  contents.  In  kneeling  to  open  it  he 
let  his  gun  fall  into  the  hollow  of  his  left  arm,  the  muzzle 
almost  touching  my  body.  The  temptation  to  knock  him  in 
Ihc  head  took  hold  upon  me;  and  while  he  was  unbuckling 
the  straps  to  the  knapsack  I  jerked  his  gun  and.  whirling  it. 
struck  him  back  of  the  head.  He  fell  across  the  knapsack, 
wdien  I  stepped  over  him  and  made  off  in  the  direction  of  the 
Franklin  Pike. 

Just  as  I  entered  the  woods  I  met  Lieutenant  Colonel  Gor- 
don with  General  Jackson's  horse.  He  asked  me  for  Gen- 
eral Jackson,  and  I  reported  his  capture.  "Mount  his  hoi  .' 
said  the  Colonel.  "We  must  get  away  from  here,  as  the  Yan- 
kee cavalry  are  trying  to  gain  the  pike  in  our  rear."  We  rode 
to  the  Franklin  Pike,  where  we  saw  demoralization  in  the 
extreme.  Riding  down  the  pike  about  a  mile,  we  saw  Gen- 
eral Hood,  with  other  commanding  officers,  trying  to  rally 
the  men,  but  in  vain.  I  saw  one  man  who  bad  been  stopped 
by  General  Cheatham  dodge  beneath  the  General's  horse  and 
continue  on  his  way  while  the  General  was  trying  to  rally 
others. 

Mi,  Colonel  and  I  crossed  the  Harpetb  River  at  Franklin 
after  dark  that  night,  and  after  finding  the  General's  servant, 
Jim,  turned  the  horse  over  to  him  and  instructed  him  to  take 
the  other  effects  and  make  his  way  home  to  Savannah,  Ga., 
if  he  could  get  there. 

The  next  day  we  started  for  the  Tennessee  River,  which 
we  crossed  on  the  23d  of  December.  1864. 


The  VETERAN  has  been  complimented  with  a  piece  of  to- 
bacco preserved  from  war  days.  There  is  no  odor,  but  the 
color  is  good  still.  It  had  been  hidden  away  for  thirty  odd 
years. 


HOOD'S  TENNESSEE  CAMPAIGN. 
Attention  of  Government  Officials  Solicited. 

The  Nashville  Board  of  Trade,  a  splendid  business  and 
patriotic  organization  of  about  two  thousand  members,  is  con- 
sidering the  subject  of  marking  noted  places  on  the  battlefield 
of  Nashville.  The  great  battle  of  Franklin  is  so  connected 
with  this  historic  event  that  discussion  of  the  subject  here 
includes  both.  The  awful  blunder  at  Spring  Hill  and  the 
awful  defeat  at  Nashville  are  in  a  sense  redeemed  by  the 
heroism  displayed  in  the  awful  carnage  at  Franklin. 

Passing  from  Spring  Hill  on  the  morning  of  November  30, 
1864,  toward  Franklin,  the  Confederate  army  witnessed  evi- 
dences of  much  confusion.  The  editor,  marching  in  the  line, 
recalls  counting  thirty-four  wagons  abandoned  on  the  pike, 
and  in  many  instances  all  the  mules  attached,  usually  four  to 
a  wagon,  were  killed.  \\  hether  they  were  killed  by  the  Fed- 
erals to  avoid  their  capture  or  by  the  Confederates  fighting 
the  Federals,  be  does  not  know. 

The  first  show  of  resistance  appeared  on  the  south  side  of 
a  range  of  hills — prominent  among  which  is  "Winstead  Hill" — 
to  llu  right  of  the  pike,  as  may  be  seen  in  the  picture.  A  com- 
mand of  infantry  with  fixed  bayonets  appeared  as  if  intend- 
ing to  resist  our  further  advance,  but  it  soon  withdrew  to 
the  two  lines  of  works  in  front  of  and  near  Franklin.  The 
advance  line  of  temporary,  or  very  inferior,  works  was  held 
until  the  Confederates  were  close  enough  to  follow  close  after 
the  retreating  Federals  to  their  main  line.  But  tor  this  the 
broad  plain  would  have  been  covered  with  Confederate  dead, 
so  there  could  have  been  very  little  resistance  where  the  awful 
carnage  occurred. 

Survivors  of  the  battle  of  Franklin  who  were  in  the  midst 
of  the  carnage,  although  much  of  the  fighting  was  done  in 
the  night,  are  indelibly  impressed  with  the  dreadful  events 
that  occurred.  It  was  a  fight  to  the  death,  as  illustrated  by 
the  response  of  Gen.  O.  F.  Strahl  a  few  minutes  before  his 
death  to  the  editor,  posted  on  the  outer  slope  of  the  Federal 
breastworks,  who,  seeing  that  nearly  all  were  dead  and  acting 
upon  the  theory  that  there  was  no  rule  of  warfare  whereby 
all  men  should  be  killed,  asked,  "\\  bat  bad  we  bitter  do?" 
and  the  response  was  quick  and  emphatic,  "Keep  firing." 

But  it  is  not  intended  to  write  now  especially  of  the  battle, 
but  to  show  the  merit  of  the  appeal  which  should  be  made 
in  behalf  of  procuring  a  small  area,  including  the  cotton  gin, 
the   Carter    House,   and    extending   over    the    location   of   the 

: n 


ON    THE      RIi'.IIT.      WINSTEAD    HILL  IS  TO  THE  LEFT. 


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locust  grove,  for  a  national  park  and  the  erecting  of  a  monu- 
ment to  the  valor  of  the  men  who  fought  on  both  sides. 


BATTLE  OF  FRANKLIN. 

[Capt.  J.  M.  Hickey,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  writes  to  Mr. 
J.  K.   Mcrrifield,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.] 

I  notice  in  the  Confederate  Veteran  for  November,  1908, 
your  very  interesting  article  from  "The  Other  Side"  at  Frank- 
lin, which  reminds  me  so  forcibly  of  what  I  saw  and  heard 
myself  on  that  bloody  battlefield  November  30,  1864.  I  was 
captain  of  Company  B,  2d  and  6th  Missouri  Infantry,  General 
Cockrell's  Missouri  Brigade. 

In  the  famous  charge  made  by  the  Missouri  Brigade  I  was 
seriously  wounded  in  my  right  leg,  which  was  amputated  next 
day  on  the  field  near  the  Federal  breastworks  close  to  the 
cotton  gin  and  not  far  from  the  Carter  House.  My  wound 
was  so  serious  that  I  could  not  crawl  or  get  away,  and  while 
thus  prostrated  on  the  ground  I  was  shot  through  the  fore 
arm,  the  ball  shattering  both  bones,  and  a  few  minutes  there- 
after I  was  again  shot  in  my  left  shoulder. 

In  this  awful  condition,  with  my  clothing  saturated  with 
blood  and  with  hundreds  of  dead  and  wounded  Confederate 
soldiers  lying  almost  in  a  heap  about  me,  I  beheld  the  dead 
body  of  Col.  Hugh  Garland,  commanding  the  1st  Missouri 
Regiment  in  the  battle,  who  was  killed  by  a  second  shot  while 
prostrated  on  the  ground.  Many  other  Confederates  were 
•shot  all  around  me,  and  died  weltering  in  their  own  blood. 
I  was  within  six  feet  of  Colonel  Garland  when  a  Federal  sol- 
dier gave  him  water  from  his  canteen  and  straightened  him 
out  on  the  ground,  relieving  him  somewhat  from  the  weight 
of  other  dying  or  dead  comrades.  The  reading  of  your  narra- 
tive makes  my  heart  thrill  with  emotion  and  calls  to  mind  so 
vividly  the  awful,  heartrending,  and  bloody  scenes  witnessed 
by  me  and  other  wounded  soldiers  for  twenty  hours  prostrate 
on  that  bloody  battlefield,  where  ever  six  thousand  Confederate 
soldiers  were  killed  and  wounded. 

I  know  all  about  the  cotton  gin  and  the  Carter  House. 
About  ten  o'clock  at  night,  when  the  battle  was  somewhat 
over,  the  roar  of  cannon  and  small  arms  had  in  a  measure 
ceased,  and  nothing  could  be  heard  but  the  wails  of  the 
wounded  and  the  dying,  some  calling  for  their  friends,  some 
praying  to  be  relieved  of  their  awful  suffering,  and  thousands 
in  the  deep,  agonizing  throes  of  death  filled  the  air  with 
mournful  sounds  and  dying  groans  that  can  never  be  described. 


While  in  this  pitiable  condition  and  shivering  with  cold 
and  almost  dead  from  the  loss  of  blood  I  beheld  a  sight  that 
I  can  never  forget.  Colonel  Carter,  whose  home  was  at  the 
Carter  House  (as  I  afterwards  learned)  and  who  commanded 
a  regiment  in  the  Confederate  army,  was  shot  and  killed  in 
sight  of  his  own  home,  and  his  sisters  in  some  way  had 
heard  of  his  sad  fate  and  went  out  on  the  battlefield  about 
one  hundred  yards  from  his  home  with  lanterns  in  hand  and 
found  him  dying.  They  carried  him  to  his  own  sweet  home 
amid  the  groans,  the  weeping,  and  the  wailing  of  thousands 
of  wounded  Confederate  soldiers,  and  he  died  just  as  they 
reached  the  house.  The  battle  of  Franklin,  Tenn.,  November 
30,  1864,  was  the  worst  slaughter  pen  and  the  most  bitterly 
contested  of  all  of  our  battles,  with  greater  loss  of  life  on 
the  Confederate  side  for  the  number  engaged  than  any  battle 
of  the  Civil  War. 

Franklin  has  an  interest  that  no  other  battlefield  possesses 
in  the  record  of  the  carnage  which  raged  there  from  four 
in  the  afternoon  until  eleven  at  night.  The  heroic  Confed- 
eracy was  about  to  terminate  in  gloom  and  defeat  with  the 
surrender  of  General  Lee  at  Appomattox,  yet  the  battle  of 
Franklin  added  another  star  to  the  shining  crown  of  her 
achievements. 

Many  Confederate  and  Federal  soldiers  are  anxious  for  the 
government  to  erect  a  monument  to  the  valor  of  the  soldiers 
of  both  armies  in  the  battle  of  Franklin. 


Edward  Hayward  writes  from  Hayes  Center,  Nebr.,  his 
wish  that  a  national  park  be  established  on  the  battlefield  of 
Franklin.     He  says : 

"I  was  in  Colonel  Opdyke's  Brigade,  88th  Illinois  Infantry, 
and  was  in  that  charge  after  the  Johnnies  had  broken  our 
line.  The  left  of  our  regiment  was  by  the  cotton  gin,  and  the 
right  of  the  brigade  was  at  the  pike.  It  was  a  hard  old  fight. 
I  can  see  it  yet  as  if  it  had  occurred  but  yesterday. 

"I  helped  a  Confederate  major  over  the  breastworks  into 
the  cotton  gin  that  night  after  the  fight.  I  made  a  bed  of  cot- 
ton for  him  and  gave  him  a  drink  of  water.  He  expressed 
his  gratitude  beautifully.  I  would  like  to  have  a  talk  with 
that  Johnny  if  he  lived,  but  he  said  he  was  mortally  wounded. 
I  think  he  belonged  to  the  45th  Georgia. 

"I  have  not  been  South  since  I  was  discharged  from  the 
army.  I  had  rather  live  about  Franklin  than  any  place  I 
know." 


CARTER    HOUSE    AND    SMOKEHOUSE    AT    FRANKLIN.      COTTON    GIN   TO  THE  RIGHT  AND   LOCUST  GROVE   TO   THE  LEFT. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


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MAKE  A  NATIONAL  PARK  AT  FRANKLIN. 

T.    C.     HARBAUGH,    IN    NATIONAL    TRIBUNE,    WASHINGTON,    D.    C. 

I  have  just  returned  from  another  visit  to  the  battlefield 
of  Franklin,  Tenn.  I  found  much  there  to  interest  the  old  boys 
who  took  part  in  that  desperate  struggle  November  30,  1864, 
and  they  would  enjoy  visiting  the  place.  The  old  cotton  gin 
has  vanished ;  but  the  bullet-marked  Carter  House,  around 
which  the  tide  of  battle  rolled  with  varying  fortunes  that 
bloody  day  and  night,  is  still  extant,  and  mark*  a  historic 
spot.  The  ground  over  which  the  Confederates  charged  up 
lo  the  Union  breastworks  is  in  about  the  same  condition  as 
during  the  battle,  and  the  landscape  is  as  lovely  as  then. 

1  know  Ot  no  more  historic  battlefield  in  the  land  than 
Franklin,  with  the  quaint  Tennessee  town  for  its  setting 
I  talked  with  many  soldiers  of  both  armies  who  took  part  in 
the  battle,  and  they  gave  me  many  interesting  facts  concerning 
it.  An  attempt  was  made  Mime  years  ago  to  mark  the  spot 
where  Gen.  "Pat"  Cleburne  fell  at  the  head  of  his  men,  and 
a  small  tablet  tells  where  General  Adams  died.  The  heroism 
of  both  armies  at  Franklin  was  not  surpassed  in  any  battle 
of  the  war.  The  death  of  six  Confederate  generals  there 
shows  the  di  sperateness  of  the  fighting,  and  the  resistance  of 
the  Union  soldiers  is  a  halo  of  glory. 

I  cannot  see  why  the  national  government  has  taken  no 
steps  toward  marking  the  battlefield  of  Franklin.  This  is 
something  that  should  be  done,  and  done  before  the  last  of 
the  gallant  men   who   fought   there  have  passed  over  to  rest 


"under  the  shade  of  the  trees."  The  cost  would  not  be  great, 
as  not  much  land  would  have  to  be  secured,  and  I  understand 
that  the  necessary  area  could  be  purchased  at  no  exorbitant 
figure.  It  is  the  desire  of  every  Franklin  participant  whom 
I  met  to  have  the  field  marked. 

Other  battlefields  of  no  more  importance  than  Franklin 
have  been  tabletcd,  and  it  should  not  be  left  unmarked.  I 
understand  that  a  movement  is  on  foot  looking  to  the  proper 
marking  of  this  place,  but  it  must  be  pressed  before  it  is 
too  late.  The  bravery  displayed  there  should  have  a  monu- 
ment to  the  soldiers  of  both  armies;  not  a  costly  shaft,  but 
one  that  would  reflect  the  heroism  of  all  who  were  at  Frank- 
lin. It  was  the  last  desperate  battle  of  the  war,  fought  when 
the  (  Confederacy  was  without  hope  and  when  Appomattox  was 
in  the  near  distance. 

The  kindly  feeling  that  has  grown  up  since  the  war  by  the 
blue  and  the  gray  who  stood  on  the  "firing  line"  calls  for  a 
memorial  at  Franklin  that  would  forever  keep  green  their 
gallantry.  I  hope  something  will  be  done  in  this  direction. 
Let  the  Union  soldiers  take  it  in  hand,  and  I  am  assured  that 
their  old  foemen,  now  their  friends,  will  meet  them  half- 
way and  help  to  carry  out  the  project.  I  would  suggest  that 
every  Union  soldier  who  fought  at  Franklin  write  his  views 
on  this  matter  to  S.  A.  Cunningham,  of  the  Conff.iierate 
VETERAN,  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  see  if  Franklin  cannot 
have  its  memorial  to  American  heroism.  Mr.  Cunningham 
was  one  of  the  Confederates  who  charged  the  Union  works 
at  the  Carter  House,  and  will  do  his  part  toward  seeing  that 
this  great  battlefield  is  appropriately  marked,  as  it  should  be. 

[This  article  in  the  National  Tribune  has  created  much 
interest.    The  Veteran  seeks  accounts  by  Union  soldiers.] 


VIEWS  OF  THE  FORT  ACROSS    HARPF.TH    RIVER   FROM    FRANKLIN. 


From  "the  Other  Side"  at  Franklin. 

S.  C.  Walford  writes  from  Lone  Tree,  Iowa:  "I  served 
three  years  in  the  97th  Ohio  during  the  war,  and  was  in  all 
the  battles  from  Stone's  River  to  Lovejoy  Station  and  back  to 
Franklin  and  Nashville  except  Chickamauga.  I  consider 
Franklin  the  hardest  fought  of  any  I  was  in.  We  were  on 
the  advance  line  that  broke  and  made  a  hasty  retreat  for  the 
main  line.  I  am  in  favor  of  the  government  marking  the 
battlefield,  and  I  believe  that  every  Confederate  living  who 
was  in  that  battle  will  be  in  favor  of  it." 

S.  A.  Danner,  of  La  Cygne,  Kans.,  late  of  Company  D,  8th 
Iowa  Cavalry,  1st  Brigade,  1st  Division  Cavalry,  Army  of  the 
Cumberland,  also  writes : 

"Seeing  your  name  mentioned  as  a  committeeman  to  further 
the  effort  to  make  the  battlefield  of  Franklin  a  national  park, 
1  am  in  perfect  sympathy  with  such  a  move.  I  was  in  the 
battle,  stood  between  the  river  and  the  pike,  and  was  in  Crox- 
ton's  Brigade  of  Cavalry. 

"How  well  I  remember  forty-two  years  ago  (November 
I  1  when  we  were  at  Columbia,  on  Duck  River!  I  was 
1  in  of  ten  men  sent  down  the  river  from  Columbia  to  watch 
a  crossing.  We  were  ordered  to  stay  there  until  10  p.m.,  and 
then,  unless  informed,  to  come  in.  We  did  not  receive  orders, 
and  "ii  "in  way  hack  we  ran  right  into  Confederate  camps; 
and  when  we  got  to  the  pike,  it  was  lined  with  wagons,  so 
we  had  to  go  single  file. 

"You  can  put  my  name  down  as  one  who  wants  to  see  the 
battlefield  of  Franklin  made  a  national  park.  I  expect  to  see 
that  battlefield  again  and  go  over  the  same  road  on  which 
we  retreated  that  night  and  see  the  same  ground  on  which 
we  camped  at  Shoal  Creek." 


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Qoi>federat<?  1/eterag. 


"What  surprises  me  is 
why  Hood  did  not  capture 
the  whole  command  or 
drive  us  west  in  place  of 
letting  us  go  to  Franklin. 
That  is  surely  one  of  the 
most  remarkable  retreats 
ever  made,  for  we  passed 
the  Confederate  camps 
that  night  without  being 
molested.  The  8th  Iowa 
was  camped  on  Shoal 
Creek  between  Pulaski 
and  Florence  when  Hood 
crossed  his  army  over  the 
Tennessee  River.  *  *  * 
We  were  camped,  I  think, 
ten  miles  from  Florence. 
Four  companies  were  sta- 
tioned at  Florence.  The 
regiment  was  about  four 
hundred  strong.  How  well 
I  remember  when  the 
word  came  that  the  Con- 
federates were  crossing ! 
Major  Root,  in  command 
of  the  regiment,  dashed 
down  toward  the  river. 
Before  we  got  halfway 
there  we  met  the  Confed- 
erates in  full  force.  It  is 
needless  to  say  that  we 
only  tried  to  save  our- 
selves. 

"A  week  or  so  before 
Hood  crossed  the  river  we 
were  at  Florence.  A  squad 
of  ten  or  twelve  was  sent 
to  watch  a  crossing  on  the 
river.  It  was  a  beautiful 
Sabbath  day.  There  was 
not  a  building  at  the  land- 
ing; it  was  simply  an  open 
place  on  the  bank  of  the 
river.  We  tied  our  horses 
back  in  the  timber,  and 
were  just  lounging  around 
on  the  grass  when  two 
men  on  the  south  side 
went  down  to  the  river, 
got  in  a  skiff,  floated  out 
toward  us,  and  waved 
their  handkerchiefs.  Ser- 
geant Hoyt,  in  command, 
called  us  up  and  said  he 
had  no  orders  to  receive 
them ;  but  if  we  would 
promise  never  to  tell,  we  would  let  them  come.  They  rowed 
over,  got  out,  and  lounged  on  the  grass  with  us  for  nearly 
two  hours.  I  think  they  were  a  captain  and  a  lieutenant. 
They  said  they  were  sent  to  notify  us  that  a  certain  lady  was 
to  pass  up  the  river  and  to  come  inside  the  Union  lines  that 
afternoon;  but  we  never  saw  the  lady  referred  to.  With  the 
captain  and  lieutenant  we  had  the  most  agreeable  time  that 


could  be  imagined,  talking  all  our  difficulties  over  in  the  most 
friendly  manner.  I  would  like  to  meet  either  one  of  them, 
would  go  ever  so  far  to  do  so.  I  think  I  must  be  the  only 
one  surviving  of  our  party.  Florence  is  about  a  mile  from 
the  river.  I  stood  guard  several  nights  on  the  bank  at  the 
old  railroad  bridge.  There  were  some  old  buildings  there,  too, 
and  it  was  one  of  the  gloomiest  places  I  ever  stood  guard." 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


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BATTLE  OF  NASHVILLE. 

BY    M.   B.    MORTON,    MANAGING   EDITOR    NASHVILLE   BANNER. 

The  battle  of  Nashville,  which  marked  the  failure  of  the  last 
aggressive  movement  of  the  armies  of  the  Confederacy,  was 
fought  a  few  miles  south  of  this  city  December  15  and  16,  1864. 

Gen.  A.  P.  Stewart  wrote  to  Col.  A.  P.  Mason,  assistant 
adjutant  general  of  the  Army  of  Tennessee:  "I  deem  it  proper 
to  say  that  after  the  fall  of  Atlanta  the  condition  of  the  army 
and  other  considerations  rendered  it  necessary,  in  my  judg- 
ment, that  an  offensive  campaign  should  be  made  in  the 
enemy's  rear  and  on  his  line  of  communication.  It  is  not  my 
purpose  nor  does  it  pertain  to  me  to  explain  the  reasons  which 
prompted  the  campaign,  but  simply  to  express  my  concurrence 
in  the  views  which  determined  the  operations  of  the  army." 

For  the  details  of  the  battle  of  Nashville  contained  in  this 
article  the  Banner  and  the  writer  are  indebted  to  Gov.  James 
D.  Porter,  as  the  people  of  Tennessee  and  the  South  are  in- 
debted to  him  for  a  lifetime's  service  in  peace  and  war,  as  the 
generations  of  Tennessceans  yet  unborn  are  indebted  to  him 
for  his  volume  in  the  military  history  of  the  South  devoted 
to  the  Tennessee  soldier,  and  the  part  he  took  in  the  great 
Civil  War. 

And  just  one  word  for  the  private  soldier  of  Tennessee,  the 
private  soldier  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America.  No  bet- 
ter soldier  ever  shouldered  musket  or  marched  to  battle.  His- 
tory tells  of  no  braver  man,  none  with  greater  powers  of  en- 
durance, with  nerves  of  iron  and  sinews  of  steel,  none  with 
more  intelligence,  none  more  devoted  to  duty,  and  none  with 
i  higher  conception  of  Christian  manhood.  In  the  aggregate 
he  made  the  greatest  fighting  machine  the  world  has  known 
He  often  won  his  battle  under  the  most  adverse  circum- 
stances. Name  any  battle  in  which  he  participated  where  his 
force  came  anywhere  near  equaling  the  enemy  in  numbers, 
and  you  name  a  Southern  victory. 

Governor  Porter  is  particularly  well  fitted  to  tell  the  story 
of  the  battle  of  Nashville.  As  a  young  man  he  was  a  member 
of  the  Legislature  and  "helped  take  Tennessee  out  of  the 
Union."  He  at  once  enlisted  in  the  army,  and  remained  in 
the  field  until  the  end,  first  as  adjutant  general  and  chief  of 
staff  of  Cheatham's  Division  and  then  as  adjutant  general 
of  that  army  corps.  He  was  with  Hood  in  his  march  into 
and  out  of  Tennessee,  and  was  an  active  participant  in  the 
battle  of  Nashville  during  both  the  days  of  the  battle. 

The  map  on  page  16  gives  a  good  idea  of  the  fortifica- 
tions in  and  around  Nashville  at  the  time  of  the  battle  and 
the  disposition  of  the  forces  in  the  field.  The  position  of  the 
fortifications  and  lines  of  battle  and  troops  during  the  two 
days'  engagement  are  copied  from  a  map  made  by  Maj.  Wil- 
bur F.  Foster,  who  was  chief  engineering  officer  of  Gen.  A. 
P.  Stewart's  Corps,  serving  before,  during,  and  after  the  bat- 
tle of  Nashville  until  the  surrender  at  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

The  Federals  had  two  permanent  lines  of  breastworks,  the 
inner  line  running  from  Fort  Negley,  their  strongest  fortifi- 
Cation,  in  a  northeasterly  direction  to  the  river,  and  from  Fort 
Negley  in  the  other  direction  by  Fort  Casino,  on  what  is  now 
Reservoir  Hill,  to  Fort  Morton,  and  thence  in  a  northwesterly 
direction,  via  Fort  Gillem,  in  North  Nashville,  to  the  Cum- 
berland Rivor  not  far  from  the  present  Hyde's  Ferry  bridge. 
The  outer  line  began  at  Fort  Casino  and  ran  in  a  south 
westerly  then  westerly  and  then  northwesterly  direction  to 
the  Cumberland  River,  a  short  distance  below  the  present 
Tennessee  Central  Railroad  bridge.  This  line  included  part 
of    Belmont    Heights,    went    beyond    VanderbiH    University 

I** 


grounds,  and  crossed  the  Harding  Pike  near  the  present 
Acklen  Park.  Within  the  inner  line,  near  the  intersection  of 
Sixteenth  Avenue  (Belmont)  and  Division  Street,  was  Fort 
Houston,  on  the  present  site  of  Maj.  E.  C.  Lewis's  residence 
and  adjacent  lots.  Besides  the  permanent  lines  of  fortifica- 
tion, a  number  of  temporary  breastworks  were  built  south  of 
the  city  immediately  preceding  and  during  the  battle. 

Few  of  the  many  thousands  of  people  who  annually  visit 
Glendale  Park  realize  that  this  beautiful  and  peaceful  bit  of 
woodland  is  almost  the  exact  geographical  center  of  the  bat- 
tle of  Nashville  and  that  it  was  raked  by  shot  and  shell  when 
the  two  armies,  the  one  commanded  by  Gen.  J.  B.  Hood  and 
the  other  by  Gen.  G.  H.  Thomas,  met  in  deadly  conflict. 
General  Hood's  headquarters  during  the  battle  were  near  the 
present  palatial  residence  of  Mr.  Overton  Lea,  southwest  of 
Glendale  Park,  Previous  to  the  battle  General  Hood's  head- 
quarters were  at  Col.  John  Overton's  residence,  Travelers' 
Rest,  where  his  son,  Mr.  May  Overton,  now  lives. 

On  the  first  day  of  the  battle  the  Confederate  lines  extended 
east  and  west  near  what  is  now  the  northern  extremity  of  the 
Glendale  car  line  loop.  Going  east,  it  crossed  the  Franklin 
Pike  and  passed  on  near  the  A.  V.  Brown  residence  to  Rains 
Hill,  now  on  the  west  side  of  the  Nolensville  Pike.  From  there 
it  extended  in  a  northeasterly  direction  to  the  N.,  C.  &  St. 
L.  Railroad,  from  which  point  a  thin  line  of  cavalry  extended 
in  a  northeasterly  direction  to  the  Cumberland  River. 

On  the  left  wing  Chalmers's  and  Rucker's  Brigades  of  For- 
rest's Cavalry  were  thrown  out  in  a  line  of  observation  ex- 
tending in  a  northwesterly  direction  to  the  Cumberland  River. 
It  will  be  remembered  by  his  old  comrades  that  General 
Rucker,  who  is  now  a  prominent  capitalist  of  Birmingham, 
Ala.,  lost  his  arm  and  was  captured  south  of  the  Overton 
Knobs,  on  the  Granny  White  Pike,  after  the  battle.  Gen.  A 
P.  Stewart  commanded  the  left.  Gen.  Stephen  D.  Lee  the  cen- 
ter, and  Gen.  B.  F.  Cheatham  the  right. 

From  near  the  center  an  advance  line  was  thrown  out  at  an 
angle  with  the  main  line  extending  to  the  left  in  a  direction 
a  little  north  of  west  across  the  Granny  White  Pike  ami 
across  Belmont  Terrace,  then  the  Montgomery  homestead, 
and  on  across  Mr.  Walter  Stokes's  farm  to  the  Hillsboro  Pike 
near  where  it  is  now  crossed  by  the  Tennessee  Central  Rail- 
road belt  line.  For  several  days  before  the  battle  the  soldiers 
in  their  intrenchments,  which  were  only  a  few  hundred  yards 
from  the  Federal  outer  line  of  works  around  Nashville,  were 
constantly  under  fire.  The  old  Montgomery  homestead,  which 
occupied  the  crest  of  what  is  now  Belmont  Terrace  and  which 
was  right  in  the  line  of  the  Confederate  works,  was  destroyed 
by  Federal  shots,  and  the  old  overseer's  house  for  the  Mont- 
gomery homestead,  now  owned  by  Smith  Criddle,  was  riddled 
by  shot,  the  marks  of  which  may  still  be  seen.  It  was  at  first 
intended  to  make  this  the  main  Confederate  line  of  battle  on 
the  left;  hut  it  was  afterwards  determined  to  make  the  in. mi 
line,  as  already  described,  about  half  a  mile  south  of  the  crest 
of  Belmont  Terrace.  Just  before  the  battle  of  December  15 
the  troops  in  this  line  were  withdrawn  to  the  main  line,  the 
original  line  being  held  as  a  skirmish  line. 

During  the  light  December  15.  the  first  day  of  the  battle. 
tlu'  Kit  flank  of  the  Confederate  army  was  turned,  and  Gen- 
eral Stewart  re-formed  his  line,  now  augmented  after  night- 
fall by  Cheatham's  troops,  in  a  position  almost  parallel  to  the 
Hillsboro  Pike  on  the  east  side  of  the  pike. 

The  next  day.  December  16,  was  the  second1  and  main  day 
of  the  battle.     The  Confederate  army  had  been  formed  during 


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the  preceding  night  in  line  of  battle  extending  east  and  west 
from  a  point  in  the  hills  west  of  the  Granny  White  Pike,  ex- 
tending east  across  the  pike  and  through  the  northern  edge 
of  the  present  Overton  Lea  woods  pasture,  across  the  present 
Van  L.  Kirkman  farm  and  the  Franklin  Pike  to  Overton  Hill, 
a  short  distance  north  of  the  John  Overton  home.  The  line 
crossed  the  Franklin  Pike  a  few  hundred  yards  north  of  the 
present  Van  Leer  Kirkman  residence. 

On  the  second  day  of  the  battle  Cheatham's  Corps  was  the 
left  of  the  army,  General  Stewart  held  the  center,  and  Gen- 
eral Lee  the  light,  facing  General  Steedman  across  the  Frank- 
lin Pike. 

It  may  be  seen  by  reference  to  the  map  that  the  Confeder- 
ates were  faced  in  front  by  an  unbroken  line  of  foes  and  that 
the  Federals  had  effected  a  lodgment  in  their  rear  near  the 
Granny  White  Pike,  so  that  their  only  feasible  line  of  retreat 
was  by  the  Franklin  Pike.  The  advance  on  and  the  retreat 
from  Nashville  were  over  the  Franklin  Pike. 

After  the  battle  of  Franklin,  Gen.  William  B.  Bate  and  Gen. 
N.  B.  Forrest  were  detached  from  Hood's  army  and  sent  to 
Murfreesboro  with  five  or  six  thousand  men  to  take  that 
place  if  possible  and  to  destroy  the  Nashville,  Chattanooga 
&  St.  Louis  Railroad,  so  that  reenforcements  could  not  be 
brought  to  the  Federals  over  that  road.  They  performed  the 
latter  mission  with  reasonable  success,  but  were  unable  to 
take  Murfreesboro.  General  Bate  was  then  ordered  to  Nash- 
ville with  his  troops,  and  took  part  in  the  second  day's  fight; 
but  General  Forrest  and  some  of  the  infantry  that  had  been 
sent  to  Murfreesboro  did  not  again  join  Hood's  army  until 
Columbia  was  reached  on  the  retreat. 

When  asked  as  to  the  number  of  men  General  Hood  had 
at  the  battle  of  Nashville,  Governor  Porter  said :  "The  ord- 
nance officer,  who  had  charge  of  the  ordnance  stores,  used 
to  tell  me  we  had  fifteen  thousand  infantry  in  line.  Of  course 
we  had  more  troops  than  that:  we  had  some  at  Murfreesboro 
and  some  on  detached  service  that  did  not  participate  in  the 
action." 

"What  estimate  did  he  make  of  the  Federal  force  in  and 
around  Nashville  at  that  time?"  was  asked. 

"You  know,"  was  the  reply,  "they  had  between  eighteen 
thousand  and  twenty  thousand  men  in  line  at  Franklin,  and 
they  were  constantly  receiving  reenforcements.  There  were 
five  or  six  thousand  troops  in  Nashville  who  never  went  to 
Franklin.  We  were  in  front  of  Nashville  nearly  two  weeks, 
and  from  Rains  Hill  I  could  see  the  reenforcements  coming 
in  every  day  from  toward  Louisville.  I  could  see  them  cross 
the  river.  Gen.  J.  H.  Wilson  had  ten  thousand  cavalry  horses. 
Counting  all  sorts  of  men  under  arms,  the  Federals  had  at 
least  seventy-five  thousand." 

"How  many  do  you  estimate  they  had  actually  in  the  fight- 
ing?" 

"They  did  not  have  that  many ;  but  they  had  them  in  sup- 
porting distance,  and  that  is  the  same  thing  as  having  them 
there.  Their  fights  were  made  in  detachments.  For  instance, 
they  attacked  us  on  the  right.  Steedman  came  out  with  his 
division ;  he  was  feeling  us  to  see  what  was  there  and  to  see 
whether  he  could  turn  that  flank  or  not,  and  we  beat  him 
very  badly." 

Describing  the  first  day  of  the  battle,  Governor  Porter  said : 

"Cheatham's  Corps  was  thrown  across  the  Nolensville  Pike, 
with  its  center  at  Rains  Hill  (it  used  to  be  spoken  of  as 
Ridley's  Hill ;  we  called  .it  Ridley's  Hill  then,  but  it  belonged 
to   Rains,    and   we    got   to   calling   it    Rains    Hill).      Nixon's 


cavalry  was  on  our  right  in  open  order,  running  across  to  the 
river,  and  was  more  in  observation  than  anything  else. 

"On  the  15th  of  December  General  Steedman  came  out  with 
his  division  (and,  by  the  way,  he  had  with  him  Shafter,  who 
afterwards  made  such  a  conspicuous  failure  in  Cuba).  Gen- 
eral Shafter  was  commanding  a  negro  regiment.  General 
Corbin,  afterwards  commander  of  the  United  States  army, 
was  there  also  in  command  of  another  regiment  of  negroes. 
They  came  out  against  us  in  rather  handsome  style.  I  do  not 
suppose  they  had  ever  been  in  action  before.  We  fired  but 
one  volley.  We  knocked  down  over  eight  hundred  of  them, 
and  that  was  the  end  of  it — they  retired.  They  left  in  dis- 
order— a  bad  case  of  disorder. 

"We  had  no  serious  action  there  except  with  one  little  bri- 
gade. The  left  of  Cleburne's  Division  of  Cheatham's  Corps 
rested  on  the  east  side  of  the  Nolensville  Pike,  held  by 
Govan's  Brigade.  We  had  but  two  divisions,  and  the  other 
— Cheatham's  old  division — was  west  of  the  pike.  On  Govan's 
right,  east  of  the  pike,  was  Granberry's  Brigade,  General 
Granberry  having  been  killed  at  Franklin.  The  brigade  occu- 
pied what  the  soldiers  called  a  lunette — a  little  open  work — 
with  three  hundred  men.  They  were  attacked  by  the  Fed- 
erals and  gave  them  a  bloody  repulse,  though  themselves  sus- 
taining a  loss  of  twenty  or  thirty  men,  mostly  killed  and 
wounded  by  sharpshooters.  The  whole  line  opened  on  the 
Federals,  and  they  left  in  great  disorder,  and  that  was  the 
end  of  the  first  day's  fight  on  Hood's  right.  When  we  made 
that  fight,  we  were  already  under  orders  to  go  to  the  left  of 
the  line  of  battle,  where  General  Stewart's  left  flank  had  been 
forced. 

"When  the  enemy  turned  Stewart's  left  flank,  he  had  to 
drop  back  three-quarters  of  a  mile  and  make  a  second  forma- 
tion parallel  with  and  on  the  east  side  of  the  Hillsboro  Pike. 
He  was  in  this  formation  when  we  arrived  there  late  in  the 
evening  of  the  15th.  When  the  fight  began,  Gen.  Stephen  D. 
Lee  held  the  center  of  the  line  of  battle ;  but  when  Cheat- 
ham's Corps  was  moved  to  the  extreme  left  to  support  Stew- 
art, Lee's  Corps  became  the  right  flank  of  General  Hood's 
army. 

"So  far  as  that  day's  fighting  was  concerned,  Lee's  Corps 
sustained  itself  all  along  its  line.  He  beat  the  enemy  and 
drove  them  back.  In  fact,  there  was  but  little  vigor  displayed 
by  the  Federals.  There  was  no  enterprise,  no  push,  no  energy, 
and  Lee,  especially  Clayton's  Division  of  Lee's  Corps,  re- 
pulsed every  assault  that  was  made  upon  him.  Some  of  Lee's 
troops  were,  however,  loaned  to  Stewart  to  help  him  on  the 
extreme  left,  which  was  all  the  time  supposed  to  be  in  jeop- 
ardy, and  these  left  the  field." 

After  Stewart  made  his  second  formation  on  the  Hillsboro 
Pike,  where  he  was  joined  by  Cheatham's  Corps,  there  was 
practically  no  further  fighting  on  that  first  day  of  the  battle. 

During  the  night  the  Confederate  lines  were  withdrawn 
and  re-formed  in  front  of  the  Overton  Knobs,  as  already 
pointed  out,  extending  from  the  hills  on  the  west  side  of  the 
Granny  White  Pike,  across  the  pike  and  through  Overton 
Lea's  woods  pasture  and  Van  L.  Kirkman's  farm  and  across 
the  Franklin  Pike  to  Overton  Hill  on  the  extreme  right.  In 
this  new  formation  Cheatham's  Corps  was  on  the  left,  Stew- 
art's in  the  center,  and  Lee's  on  the  right.  Cleburne's  old 
division  was  the  extreme  left  of  Cheatham's  Corps  and  the 
extreme  left  of  the  Confederate  line.  Next  came  Cheatham's 
old  division,  under  command  of  General  Lowry,  and  then 
Bate's    Division    of    Cheatham's    Corps.      All    of    Cheatham's 


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Corps  was  on  the  left  flank,  except  Gen.  J.  H.  Smith's  Bri- 
gade of  Cleburne's  Division,  which  General  Hood  had  ordered 
to  support  Lee.  Walthall,  of  Stewart's  Corps,  came  next  to 
Bate's  Division  on  the  right,  Walthall  also  being  west  of  the 
Granny  White  Pike. 

On  the  afternoon  of  the  16th.  when  the  main  battle  was 
fought,  the  Federals  made  a  general  attack  all  along  the  Con- 
federate line.  There  had  been  constant  fighting  but  no  gen- 
eral attack  during  the  morning.  When  they  made  the  general 
attack,  they  received  a  bloody  repulse  from  Lee  and  all  along 
Stewart's  line,  part  of  which  was  protected  by  a  stone  fence 
on  the  northern  boundary  of  Overton  Lea's  farm.  On  the  ex- 
treme left  the  Federals  bunched  a  heavy  column  of  cavalry, 
and  there  they  pushed  Govan,  on  the  left  of  Cleburne's  Di- 
vision, from  the  field.  Speaking  of  this,  Governor  Porter  said  : 
"There  was  no  panic  about  it;  they  overwhelmed  him.  It 
was  in  a  little  pocket  down  there.  General  Cheatham  and  1 
were  standing  together  by  a  big  white  oak  when  a  ball  passed 
between  us,  coming  from  behind.  The  enemy  had  gone  m 
there  and  got  behind  us.  Govan  was  shot  down,  the  colonel 
next  to  him  was  shot  down,  and  the  command  devolved  on  a 
major.  Colonel  Field,  of  the  1st  Tennessee,  in  command  of 
what  was  formerly  Maney's  Brigade,  but  which  at  that  time 
was  known  as  Carter's  Brigade  (General  Carter  had  been 
killed  at  Franklin),  was  ordered  to  retake  the  position  on  the 
extreme  left  from  which  Govan  had  been  forced.  This  he 
did,  being  joined  immediately  by  Gist's  Brigade,  under  com 
mand  of  Col.  John  H.  Anderson,  of  the  8th  Tennessee." 

Thus  it  will  be  seen  tli.it  the  Federals  along  the  whole 
line  were  repulsed  and  the  ground  lost  on  the  extreme  left 
had  been  regained.  The  Federal  troops  had.  however,  passed 
around  the  left  wing  of  the  army  and,  until  Field  advanced, 
regained  and  held  the  ground,  reenforccd  by  Anderson, 
were  in  the  -.ear  of  Cheatham's  Corps.  Then  a  demon- 
stration was  made  on  Bate's  Division,  which  was  on  the 
west  of  the  Granny  White  Pike,  joining  Walthall  of  Stew- 
art's Division.  Bate's  Division  gave  way  on  Shy's  Hill, 
and  the  Federal  army  poured  through  the  gap  thus  made, 
cutting  Hood's  army  in  two  and  isolating  Cheatham's  Di- 
vision from  the  rest  of  the  army.  The  enemy  was  in  front 
on  both  sides  and  in  the  rear  of  Cheatham's  troops,  and  was 
in  the  rear  of  a  part  of  Stewart's  Corps.  It  was  then  that 
Cheatham's  troops  were  ordered  to  break  ranks,  each  man  to 
look  out  for  himself,  and  this  they  did  successfully,  and 
Cheatham's  Corps  assembled  that  night  on  the  Franklin  Pike, 
joining  l.ee  and  Stewart,  and  marched  in  order  to  Franklin. 
Stewart's  Corps  retired  in  like  manner,  as  did  part  of  Lee's. 


This  was  an  absolute  necessity,  as  it  was  impossible  to  lead 
an  organized  body  of  men  through  the  Overton  hills. 

Speaking  of  the  conclusion  of  the  action  on  the  extreme  left, 
which  practically  ended  the  battle  of  Nashville,  Governor 
Porter  said  :  "The  enemy,  seeing  our  army  cut  in  two,  poured 
through  the  gap  in  the  rear  of  a  part  of  Stewart's  Corps  and 
in  the  rear  of  Cheatham's  Corps.  It  required  very  prompt 
action  to  save  the  brigade  commanded  by  Colonel  Field,  of 
the  ist  Tennessee,  and  Gist's  Brigade,  commanded  by  Colonel 
Anderson.  They  held  the  extreme  left  of  our  army ;  and 
when  about  to  follow  the  stampede.  Cheatham  ordered  Colonel 
Field  to  resume  his  position  and  open  fire  on  the  enemy.  This 
was  done,  causing  the  enemy  to  fall  back,  and  then  the  order 
was  given  to  retire.  This  order  meant  for  the  men  to  climb 
the  hills  in  their  rear  and  reach  the  Franklin  Pike.  It  was 
done  promptly,  but  was  not  attended  by  anything  like  a  panic. 
If  our  retreat  had  not  been  forced  at  that  hour,  we  would 
have  retreated  that  night,  as  it  was  impossible  to  maintain 
the  position  we  occupied;  and  if  Grant  had  been  in  command 
of  the  Federals,  our  little  army  would  have  been  captured. 
Our  army  should  have  been  in  Georgia  lighting  Sherman;  but 
if  it  was  resolved  to  make  a  campaign  in  Tennessee,  the  fatal 
delay  of  a  week  on  the  Tennessee  River  should  have  been 
avoided." 

The  retreat  to  the  Tennessee  River  was  not  a  rout.  It  was 
well  conducted,  and  there  was  almost  constant  fighting  be- 
tween  the  rear  guard  and  General  Wilson's  cavalry,  which 
conducted  a  vigorous  pursuit  almost  to  the  Tennessee  River. 

"Wilson,"  said  Governor  Porter,  "had  organized  a  corps  of 
ten  thousand,  and  had  right  here  in  Nashville  the  best-ap- 
pointed cavalry  the  Federal  army  had  ever  had.  In  fact,  the 
Federal  army  never  had  a  cavalry  corps  that  amounted  to 
much  until  just  about  that   time." 

On  the  evening  of  the  last  day  of  the  battle  Lee  covered 
tht  retreat  of  the  army  on  the  Franklin  Pike  and  also  the 
next  day  to  Franklin.  An  incident  of  Lee's  defense  of  the 
army  is  given  by  Governor  Porter.  He  said:  "Lee  told  me 
about  the  attack  that  was  made  on  him  near  Brentwood.  Old 
Pettus  was  with  him  there.  The  Federal  cavalry  was  led  by 
a  colonel  whose  name  I  have  forgotten,  an  officer  of  the  regu- 
lar army  with  white  (lowing  beard.  Lee  formed  a  square  to 
receive  the  charge.  The  Federal  colonel  formed  his  troops 
in  column  the  width  of  a  company,  and  the  impetus  of  the 
rli. uue  earned  them  right  through  the  Confederate  square; 
but  tin j  never  got  back.  It  is  verj  difficult  ordinarily  to 
break  a  square  properly  formed,  and  thai  one  was  properly 
formed   by   fine   soldiers.      1    have   heard    Lee   and    Pettus   both 


SHY  S     HILL,    WES1     OF    CRANNY    WHITE    PIKE,    WHERE    THE    STAMPEDE  OF  THE   roNFF.HF.KAl  I  s    BEGAN 


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tell  about  it  as  a  magnificent  charge  and  very  magnificently 
led.     They  were  killed,  wounded,  and  disabled  in  every  way." 

The  weather  was  bitter  cold  during  the  stay  at  and  follow- 
ing the  battle  of  Nashville.  Preceding  the  battle  General 
Cheatham  and  staff  spent  the  nights  at  Wesley  Greenfield's 
home,  on  the  Nolensville  Pike  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  in 
the  rear  of  the  Confederate  lines.  The  soldiers  were  half 
clad  and  not  half  shod,  thousands  being  entirely  without  shoes. 
When  this  is  considered  and  the  rough,  rocky  ground  over 
which  most  of  the  fighting  took  place,  in  many  places  covered 
with  briers  and  a  thick  growth  of  prickly  pear  or  cactus,  some 
faint  conception  of  the  hardships  endured  by  these  heroes  of 
the  Southland  may  be  formed. 

"On  the  retreat,"  said  Governor  Porter,  "we  had  as  few 
desertions  as  was  ever  the  case  with  an  army  under  similar 
circumstances.  The  presumption  would  naturally  be  that  most 
of  the  desertions  would  be  on  the  part  of  Tenne-sseeans,  be- 
cause they  were  going  right  by  their  homes,  many  in  sight 
of  them ;  but  they  stayed  with  the  army. 

"A  private  soldier  got  permission  through  me  to  visit  his 
mother.  When  he  got  in  sight  of  home  and  saw  the  Yankees 
were  there,  he  turned  around,  came  back,  and  fell  in  line. 
That  illustrates  how  the  fellows  would  do.  Barring  our  real 
losses  in  battle,  we  were  as  strong  when  we  got  to  Tupelo  as 
when  we  crossed  the  river  going  into  Tennessee.  We  had 
practically  no  desertions. 

"General  Thomas  and  his  officers  promulgated  the  idea  that 
after  the  fight  our  army  was  a  mob  and  not  under  the  control 
of  the  officers ;  but  there  was  as  good  discipline  during  the 
retreat  as  I  ever  saw.  We  had  with  our  command  the  rear 
of  Cheatham's  Corps ;  we  skirmished  with  the  enemy  nearly 
all  day  before  reaching  Columbia,  and  our  soldiers  never  be- 
haved better  in  their  lives. 

"At  Columbia  General  Hood  put  Forrest  in  command  of 
the  rear  guard  and  ordered  Walthall  to  select  an  infantry 
command  to  support  him,  and  he  selected  two  brigades  from 
his  own  division,  two  from  Cheatham's,  and  two  or  three 
others.  He  had  fifteen  or  sixteen  hundred  men.  These  troops 
had  fierce  combats,  but  no  soldiers  ever  behaved  better  than 
they.  They  had  battles  on  a  small  scale,  they  punished  the 
enemy,  captured  prisoners  and  captured  artillery. 

"We  had  one  of  the  handsomest  little  combats  the  first  day 
out  before  we  reached  Columbia.  I  was  there  at  the  action 
of  the  artillery.  We  had  four  guns  with  the  rear  brigade. 
And  I  will  tell  you  what  we  did  have  too  (it  was  a  pitiful 
sight)  :  we  had  many  barefooted  men,  and  there  were  ice  and 
snow  and  sleet.  The  soldiers  would  kill  a  beef,  divide  the 
skin,  and  tie  their  feet  up  in  the  raw  hide. 

"A  little  story  will  illustrate  the  condition  of  things.  We 
had  reached  the  hilly  country  in  Giles  County,  beyond  Pulaski. 
It  had  snowed  and  sleeted  the  day  before,  and  the  ground  was 
as  slick  as  glass.  We  reached  a  steep  hill,  and  I  rode  on  to 
its  top  with  the  troops.  General  Cheatham  remained  at  the 
foot  of  the  hill,  and  he  knew  they  were  going  to  have  terrible 
times  with  that  train  of  his  approaching  with  ordnance  stores, 

•  quartermaster's  stores,  etc.  He  sent  word  to  me  to  pick  out 
a  hundred  well-shod  men  and  send  them  to  help  push  the 
wagons  up.  I  dismounted  and  gave  my  horse  to  the  courier. 
The  fellows  soon  found  out  that  I  was  after  men  with  shoes 

•  on,  and  they  were  highly  amused.  They  would  laugh  and 
stick  up  their  feet  as  I  approached.  Some  would  have  a  pretty 
good  shoe  on  one  foot  and  on  the  other  a  piece  of  rawhide 

■  or  a  part  of  a  shoe  made  strong  with  a  string  made  from  a 


strip  of  rawhide  tied  around  it,  some  of  them  would  have  all 
rawhide,  some  were  entirely  barefooted,  and  some  would  have 
on  old  shoe  tops  with  the  bottoms  of  their  feet  on  the  ground. 
I  got  about  twenty  or  twenty-five  men  out  of  that  entire  army 
corps,  and  we  got  the  teams  up  the  hill. 

"No,  we  did  not  use  oxen,  as  Dr.  Wyeth  says  in  his  life  of 
Forrest,  to  move  the  ordnance  from  Columbia  to  the  river. 
I  did  not  see  an  ox  during  the  entire  trip.  We  used  horses 
and  mules,  and  we  had  enough  to  do  the  work,  doubling  teams 
with  heavy  things  like  pontoons  for  bridges.  We  had  the 
worst  roads  ever  seen. 

"The  skirmishing  began  immediately  after  the  battle  and 
.  lasted  until  we  got  almost  to  the  Tennessee  River." 

"Did  the  negro  troops  figure  in  the  battle  after  the  attack 
upon  Cheatham  on  the  first  day  of  the  battle  of  Nashville?" 
was  asked. 

"No.  We  saw  no  negro  troops  after  that,  but  some  of  them 
were  with  General  Steedman  when  he  attacked  Lee  on  the 
second  day  of  the  battle." 

The  official  record  shows  that  December  10,  1864,  General 
Hood  had  an  effective  force  of  18,342  infantry,  2,306  cavalry, 
2,405  artillery,  making  a  total  of  23,053.  Two  brigades  of  this 
force   were   at   Murfreesboro   during   the  battle  of   Nashville. 


RESIDENCE  OF   MR.  OVERTON   LEA,  HOOD  S   HEADQUARTERS 
ON   THE  DAY  OF  THE  BATTLE. 

The  ordnance  officer  issued  ammunition  for  15,000  infantry 
in  line  of  battle. 

Governor  Porter  furnishes  the  following  list  of  Tennessee 
troops  as  participating  in  the  battle  of  Nashville: 

Cheatham's  Corps,  Maj.  Gen.  B.  F.  Cheatham;  James  D. 
Porter,  chief  of  staff  and  assistant  adjutant  general. 

Field's  Brigade,  Col.  Hume  R.  Field;  4th  (P.  A.),  6th, 
9th,  and  50th  Tennessee,  Lieut.  Col.  George  W.  Pease;  1st  and 
27th  Tennessee,  Lieut.  Col.  John  F.  House;  8th,  16th,  and 
28th  Tennessee,  Col.  John  H.  Anderson. 

Strain's  Brigade,  Col.  Andrew  J.  Kellar;  4th,  5th,  31st,  and 
38th  Tennessee,  Col.  L.  W.  Finley;  19th,  24th,  and  41st  Ten- 
nessee, Capt.  D.  A.  Kennedy. 

Gordon's  Brigade,  Col.  William  M.  Watkins;  nth  and  29th 
Tennessee,  Maj.  John  E.  Binns;  12th  and  47th  Tennessee, 
Capt.  C.  N.  Wade;  13th,  51st,  52d,  and  154th  Tennessee,  Maj. 
J.  T.  Williams. 

Bate's  Division,  Gen.  William  B.  Bate;  2d,  10th,  20th,  and 
37th  Tennessee,  Lieut.  Col.  W.  M.  Shy. 

Cleburne's  Division ;  35th  Tennessee,  Col.  B.  J.  Hill,  de- 
tached. 

Lee's  Corps,  Gen.  Stephen  D.  Lee ;  Palmer's  Brigade,  Gen. 
J.  B.  Palmer;  3d  and  18th  Tennessee.  Lieut.  Col.  William  R. 


Qor?federat<£  l/eterar). 


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Eutler;  23d,  26th,  and  45th  Tennessee,  Col.  Anderson  Searcy; 
32d  Tennessee,  Col.  John  P.  McGuirc   (at  Murfreesboro). 

Stewart's  Corps,  Quarles's  Brigade,  Brig.  Gen.  George  D. 
Johnston;  42d,  46th,  49th,  53d,  and  55th  Tennessee,  Capt.  A. 
M.  Duncan;  48th  Tennessee,  Col.  William  M.  Vorhies. 

When  the  Army  of  Tennessee  reached  Tupelo,  Miss.,  from 
the  5th  of  January,  1865,  to  the  12th  (the  last  date  was  the 
time  of  Cheatham's  arrival),  the  effective  total  of  the  in- 
fantry was  14,870.  Deducting  this  from  the  effective  infantry 
on  the  10th  of  December,  1864,  which  was  18,342,  the  result 
will  show  the  losses  sustained  at  the  battle  of  Nashville  and 
the  combat  in  front  of  Murfreesboro,  less  the  absence  of  the  4th, 
5th,  31st,  33d,  38th,  6th,  9th,  12th,  47th,  73d,  51st,  S2d,  154th, 
46th,  and  55th  Tennessee  Regiments,  furloughed  at  Corinth  by 
Cheatham  by  command  of  General  Hood.  Two  thousand 
covered  all  losses  at  Nashville.  This  includes  killed,  wounded, 
and  missing.  A  large  per  cent  were  slightly  wounded  and 
never  left  the  ranks,  and  many  of  the  missing  walked  across 
three  States  and  joined  their  colors  in  North  Carolina  and 
were  paroled  with  their  comrades.  General  Hood,  in  his  of- 
ficial report,  said:  "The  Tennessee  troops  entered  the  State 
witli  high  hopes  as  they  approached  their  homes.  When  the 
fortunes  of  war  were  against  us.  the  same  faithful  soldiers 
remained  true  to  their  flag.  and.  with  rare  exceptions,  followed 
it  in  retreat  as  they  had  borne  it  in  advance." 


BATTLE   OF  NATURAL  BRIDGE,  FLORIDA. 

Mrs  Estelle  T.  Oltrogge,  of  Jacksonville,  writes  a  historic 
poem  founded  on  fact  after  diligent  search  of  the  history. 
The  story  of  the  battle  so  cleverly  told  is  hardly  known  ex- 
cept by  those  who  participated  in  it  or  who  lived  in  that  sec- 
tion at  the  time.  The  poem  commemorates  the  heroism  of 
the  West  Florida  cadets  on  March  6,  1865. 

It  was  read  by  Miss  May  Kinney  in  a  particularly  pleasing 
manner  to  the  U.  D.  C.,  and  it  elicited  generous  applause. 

Tallahassee,  unprotected  town,  what  power 
Could  save  her  homes,  her  women,  and  her  children,  when 
One  day  in  March,  full  two  score  years  ago,  there  came 
The  word:  "The  enemy  is  near,  six  thousand  strong?" 

Age  extreme  and  tender  youth  were  there,  but  all 

The  gallant  strength  of  valorous  Floridian  arms 

Had  to  the  broad  Atlantic  and  the  western  Gulf 

Marched  to  defend  their  State's  remote  and  threatened  coasts. 

Brave   hearts,   brave   men,   brave   officers!     Their    names   we 

hold 
As  dear  and  proudly  now   as  then — McCormack,    Scott, 
Houston,  Daniel,  Dunham,   Miller,  Jones  commanded 
Troops,  some  hundreds  and  some  scores  of  miles  away. 

Dispatches  flashed  to  distant  ports  and  scattered  camps. 
The  nearest  of  defenders  summoning  in  haste; 
While,  scarce  one  hundred  strong,  a  squadron  rode  to  meet 
In  brave  but  hopeless  combat  all  that  blue-garbed  bust 

<  in  the  East  River's  bank  they  soon  were  put  to  flight 
And  back  to  Newport  fell  the  intrepid  little  band  ; 
A  bridge  they  guarded  there,  and  when  the  foe  advanced 
They  found  the  wooden  timbers  wreathed  in  smoke  and  flame 

Twilight  closing  in,  the  baffled  enemy 

Their  evening  meal  on  yonder  river  bank  prepared: 


On  hither  side  our  men  awaited  night  with  dread. 
And  scouts  to  reconnoiter  trod  the  darkening  woods. 

Pursued  and  faint,  our  jaded  horsemen  faced  alone 
The  exultant  army  camped  across  the  narrow  stream. 
No  organized  battalions  came  to  cheer  and  aid 
That  handful  of  devoted,  weary  men  and  youths. 

But  singly  and  in  groups  throughout  the  night  old  men 
And  loyal  overseers  into  the  trenches  came 
Straggling,  with  what  ancient  weapons  they  could  find — 
Shotguns,  old  squirrel  rifles,  pistols,  muskets,  swords. 

Foremost  amongst  those  resolute  but  aged  men 

Who  forth  to  desperate  conflict  brought  their  waning  strength 

Was  Bishop  Rutledge,  seventy  years  and  more  his  age, 

An  old  and  disused  shotgun  in  his  feeble  hands. 

And  now  the  enemy,  their  progress  balked,  essayed 

At  midnight  quietly  to  reach  a  favored  point 

Where  St.   Marks  River's  deep  and  rapid  tide  was  spanned 

By  Nature's  prank,  a  firm  and  graceful  natural  bridge. 

But  watchful  scouts  their  purposes  divined  and  brought 
The  rumor  quick  to  camp,  and  ere  the  night  had  passed 
Brave  Miller  pushed  his  little  band  of  horsemen  on, 
And  forty  armed  civilians  followed  silently. 

Before  the  dawn  of  day  they  halted  on  (he  west. 

While  on  the  eastern  bank  the  Federal  troops  appeared. 

But  when  did  danger's  summons  ever  die  unheard 

By  dauntless  Southern  souls?    Yea,  courage  spoke  that  day! 

For  see:  Before  the  rise   of  sun  who  hither  comes? 
A  corps  of  young  West  Florida  Cadets;  none  more 
Than  sixteen  years  could  boast,  and  some  eleven  were— 
Mere  children,  who  with  little  sisters  lately  played. 

Yet  gladly,  eagerly,  like  warriors  of  old, 
Those  heroes  young  with  gallant  Johnson  in  command 
That  morning  rushed  to  battle,  and  with  bayou  1 
And  unused  hands  an  excavation  quickly  made. 

Upon  a  slight  incline  throughout  the  day,  behind 
Their  shallow  trench  ensconced,  continuously  they  fired 
With  telling  shot  against  the  surging  foe,  and  held 
The  bridge  till  Dunham  and  bold  Houston  came  to  save. 

This  is  the  record  of  that  day  so  long  ago: 

While  Tallahassee's  women  heard  ten  miles  awaj 

The  cannon's  dismal  boom,  and  wept  and  prayed  for  those 

High-hearted  boys  who  dared  to  check  the  foe's  advance, 

Two  six-gun  batteries,  a  hundred  horse,  two  score 

(if  light-armed   volunteers,   and   seventy-five  cadets 

Dire  slaughter  made  of  those  six  thousand  seasoned  troops, 

While  of  our  men  but  valiant  Simmons  met  his  death. 

O  may  our  much-beloved  Southern  land  be  spared 
The  clash  of  war!  and  may  its  conflict-hallowed  soil. 
\\  here  peaceful  tillage  prospers  and  the  roses  bloom, 
He   never   redly   drenched    With   sacrificial   blood! 

But  to  their  country's  call  forever  may  there  be 
Courageous  souls  to  hearken  and  strong  hearts  to  swell, 
Like  that  undaunted  company  of  Southern  lads 
Whose  spirit  in  their  worthy  sons  shall  never  die. 


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^oijfederat^  l/eterai). 


R.   E.    NORFLEET. 


REMINISCENCES  Of  R.  E.  NORFLEET. 

An  incident  was  given  the  writer  during  the  summer  of 
1907  by  Mr.  R.  E.  Norfleet,  of  Suffolk,  Va.,  who  was  just 
seventeen  years  of  age  when  he  enlisted  in  Company  A  (R. 
O.  Whitehead,  captain),  16th  Virginia  Regiment,  Mahone's 
Brigade,  Anderson's  Division,  A.  P.  Hill's  Corps. 

I  listened  with  keenest  interest  to  his  thrilling  story,  the 
scene  of  which  was  in  the  old  historic  town  of  Suffolk,  on 
the  winding  Nansemond  River,  during  the  reconstruction 
period. 

Mr.   Norfleet  was   small    in  stature.     He  had   a   bright   in- 
tellect,  a   penetrating   eye ;    in    movement   and   action   was   as 
quick  as  an  Indian  trailer.    He  was  fearless  and  full  of  humor, 
which  gave  a   snap  to  all  of 
his    interesting   conversation. 
But,     alas!     ill     health     had 
robbed   him    of    that    elastic, 
military    step    and    the    good 
cheer  that  were  the  marked 
characteristics   of  his   earlier 
life. 

Reluctantly  he  began  his 
story  with  the  usual  pre- 
liminary "Well,"  looking 
straight  at  me  with  one  eye 
(he  lost  the  other  from  the 
effects  of  a  wound  in  battle). 
"I  went  all  through  the  war. 
I  was  wounded  at  Malvern 
Hill  and  in  the  second  bat- 
tle of  Manassas ;  was  in  the 
fight  at  Crampton  Gap,  Md„ 
in  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  the  battle  of  Chancellors- 
ville,  in  the  Crater  fight,  and  was  wounded  for  the  third  time 
in  the  battle  of  Spottsylvania  C.  H. 

"I  was  captured  in  Southampton  County,  Va.,  in  April, 
1865,  and  imprisoned  at  Old  Point  Comfort,  then  called  'Camp 
Hampton,'  and  released  the  following  June. 

"In  prison  I  was  covered  with  army  lice,  and  spent  much 
time  trying  to  free  myself  of  that  pest.  I  had  been  sentenced 
to  be  shot;  but,  thank  Heaven,  by  the  persistent  efforts  of 
one  of  God's  finest  women  I  was  saved."  When  this  was  said, 
his  eye  sparkled  and  showed  the  old-time  gleam  of  fire. 

"After  the  war  I  came  home  without  the  least  interest  or 
aim  in  life,  for  I  was  yet  young  and  a  little  wild ;  but  when 
I  looked  around  and  saw  the  devastation  of  the  country,  once 
palatial  homes  destroyed  by  the  torch,  and  those  carpetbag 
officers,  I  grew  desperate.  One  morning  during  the  summer 
of  1866,  after  I  had  been  to  the  courthouse  with  two  friends, 
Corbin  and  Andrew  Kerr  (I  should  like  to  know  what  has 
become  of  those  boys),  to  attend  the  reorganization  of  the 
militia  for  home  protection,  we  met  about  a  half  dozen 
negroes,  and  three  of  them  deliberately  shoved  us  off  of  the 
pavement.  Quicker  than  I  can  tell  you  a  fierce  battle  fol- 
lowed and  pandemonium  reigned,  for  we  rushed  through  the 
streets  after  them,  throwing  brickbats  and  yelling,  'Kill  them, 
kill  them,'  and  it  was  not  long  until  one  of  the  negroes  was 
pleading  at  the  bar  of  justice  and  another  left  in  a  very  pre- 
carious condition.  After  this  we  felt  apprehensive  of  the  burn- 
ing of  property.  That  was  uppermost  in  our  minds.  *  *  * 
Capt.  Al  Holladay  advised  me  to  arm  myself  because  there 
was  danger  of  being  attacked  at  any  moment.  The  whole 
town  was  excited,  and  no  one  could  tell  what  would  be  the 


outcome.  As  I  went  home  I  met  Major  Stone,  then  the  pro- 
vost marshal,  and  he  tripped  up  to  me  and  asked  if  I  knew 
any  man  who  had  insulted  a  'colored  gentleman'  on  the  street 
that  day.  I  feigned  indifference.  Then  he  braced  up,  shook 
himself,  pulled  the  lapels  of  his  coat  together,  and  brusquely 
said :  'I  repeat,  sir,  do  you  know  any  man  who  insulted 
a  colored  gentleman  on  the  street  to-day?'  'Well,  sir,' 
I  replied,  'if  you  are  referring  to  the  man  who  pelted  a  d — 
nigger  with  a  brickbat,  I'm  the  gentleman,  sir.'  'Consider 
yourself  under  arrest,'  he  said.  'Who  is  going  to  do  it?'  I 
asked.  'I  am,  sir,'  replied  the  Major.  With  profanity  and 
indignation  I  pulled  out  my  pocket  knife  and  gave  the  little 
carpetbag  Yankee  officer  a  lively  chase  to  his  office,  occa- 
sionally slashing  his  coat  tail. 

"It  was  then  growing  late  in  the  day,  and  I  went  home.  My 
sister  was  greatly  excited,  and  she  locked  me  in  an  upper 
chamber ;  but  I  made  my  escape  from  the  house  through  a 
window  and  slid  down  the  columns  of  the  porch.  My  uncle 
tried  to  detain  me  in  his  house  in  a  similar  manner,  but  I 
made  my  escape  and  went  on  up  the  street.  This  time  I  en- 
countered a  mob  of  about  fifty  negroes  armed  with  old  pieces 
of  railroad  iron,  butcher  knives,  old  pistols,  and  clubs.  Capt. 
Leroy  Kilby,  as  brave  a  soldier  as  ever  drew  breath  (God 
bless  him!),  came  to  me  and  said:  'Bob,  I  believe  they  will 
kill  you.  Will  you  stand  your  ground?'  'Yes,'  said  I,  'until 
I  lose  my  last  drop  of  blood.'  'All  right,  I  am  with  you,'  he 
said,  and  then  rushed  to  his  room  for  his  pistols  and  am- 
munition, and  each  of  us  with  two  pistols  in  hand  patrolled 
the  street  at  Kilby's  corner.  After  a  while  Captain  Kilby 
stepped  to  the  edge  of  the  sidewalk  and  in  the  most  per- 
emptory tone  said :  'Now  if  you  think  it  your  duty  to  take 
Captain  Bob,  come  right  on ;  but  remember  many  of  you  will 
bite  the  dust  before  you  do  so.  It  has  been  quite  a  while 
since  I  smelled  powder,  and  I  am  anxious  to  smell  it  again.' 

"It  was  like  casting  oil  upon  troubled  waters:  a  calm  after 
a  storm.  Things  became  intensely  quiet;  and  after  a  few 
words  from  the  leader  of  the  negro  mob,  the  crowd  dispersed. 

"Not  long  after  this  scene  I  spied  a  file  of  men  under  com- 
mand of  a  corporal  with  Major  Stone  coming  toward  me  to 
identify  the  man  who  had  insulted  a  'colored  gentleman.' 
Certainly  my  identification  was  not  difficult  after  my  previous 
altercation  with  the  Major;  so  I  instantly  stepped  out  to  the 
front,  drew  my  pistol  on  the  little  crowd  of  Yankee  officers, 
and  said :  'You  have  not  men  enough  to  take  me.'  In  his 
falsetto  voice  he  said :  'I'll  have  you  yet  if  it  takes  everything 
in  Norfolk  City.'     They  then  about-faced  and  marched  away. 

"That  night  Major  Stone  telegraphed  to  Norfolk  for  a 
company  of  cavalry.  I  knew  trouble  was  coming ;  so  in  one 
of  my  cooler  moments  I  decided  to  go  direct  to  my  mother's, 
five  miles  in  the  country  on  the  Providence  Road.  The  next 
morning  my  mother  sent  me  up  to  Newsom's,  a  small  station 
on  the  Seaboard,  then  the  Raleigh  and  Gaston  road.  A  few 
hours  after  bidding  my  mother  a  tender  good'-by  a  cavalry 
company  fifty  strong  were  in  the  yard  and  searched  resi- 
dence and  barn,  but  the  bird  had  flown.  I  then  went  to  the 
far  West,  where  I  spent  seventeen  years." 

On  September  24,  1908,  Mr.  Norfleet,  familiarly  and  fondly 
known  as  "Uncle  Bob,"  died  in  Nansemond  County,  Va.,  of 
which  county  he  was  Deputy  Sheriff  for  eighteen  years,  in 
which  office  he  won  the  esteem  of  all  law-abiding  citizens. 

He  was  a  member  of  Tom  Smith  Camp,  U.  C.  V.,  and  will 
be  greatly  missed  by  his  old  comrades,  for  he  was  genial  of 
nature  and  very  fond  of  association  with  his  comrades. 


Qoofederat^  l/eterai}. 


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"RECORD  OF  A  CONFEDERATE  SOLDIER." 

Being  That  Left  by  Lieut.  C.  E.  Cantzon,  Wharton,  Tex. 

A  volunteer  and  veteran  of  the  Civil  War,  Qiarles  E. 
Cantzon,  was  born  in  New  Orleans,  La.,  on  March  18,  1841, 
son  of  H.  F.  Cantzon  and  Eliza  Ann  Paxton.  lie  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  city  and  began  at  once 
a  practical  business  life.  His  first  position  was  with  Edwin 
Lewis,  a  prominent  notary,  for  ten  months.  Subsequently  he 
got  a  position  with  Speake  &  McCreary,  wholesale  grocers 
and  steamboat  agents.  He  left  them  for  a  more  lucrative 
position  with  James  H.  Dudley  &  Co.,  wholesale  grocers. 
Upon  the  death  of  Mr.  Dudley  Mr.  George  W.  Manson  con- 
tinued the  business  and  made  Mr.  Cantzon  a  bookkeeper, 
which  position  he  held  until  the  commencement  of  the  Civil 
War.  He  joined  the  Orleans  Cadets,  under  Capt.  Charles 
Drux.  This  was  Company  C.  Louisiana  State  National  Guard, 
which  took  part  in  capturing  the  United  States  arsenal  at 
Baton  Rouge  and  other  government  property.  His  paper 
states  : 

"On  June  19.  1861,  I  enlisted  for  the  war  in  the  Orleans 
Cadets  for  service  to  the  Confederate  government  In  Oc- 
tober, 1861,  it  became  a  part  of  the  iSth  Louisiana  Volunteer 
Infantry.  This  regiment  was  sent  in  February.  1862.  to  the 
relief  of  Fort  Donelson  ;  hut  as  the  fort  fell  while  en  route, 
we  were  detained  at  Corinth,  Miss.  On  February  28  we  were 
sent  to  the  Tennessee  River  to  watch  the  movement  of  the 
enemy,  who  was  massing  a  large  army  on  its  opposite  side  at 
Savannah.  Sherman  soon  moved  up  the  river  on  a  trans- 
port with  a  brigade  of  infantry  under 
convoy  of  two  gunboats,  the  Lexing- 
ton and  the  Tyler,  and  succeeded  in 
landing.  Soon  a  fight  took  place  in 
which  they  were  signally  defeated 
and  forced  to  retire  down  the  river,  fl 
For    this    victory    we    were    given    a  I 


C.    E.    CANTZON. 


battle   flag  and   highly   complimented  ' 
by  General  Beauregard 

"On  April  6  and  7  the  regiment 
took  part  in  the  memorable  battle  of 
Shiloh.  On  the  9th  of  May,  1862, 
we  fought  in  the  battle  of  Farming- 
Inn.  Miss  I  '').  defeating  Gen.  John 
Pope,  after  which  the  regiment  took 
part  in  the  defenses  of  Corinth, 
which  was  invested  by  a  very  large  army,  while  we  had  but 
thirty  thousand  troops.  This  investment  lasted  fifty-four 
days  (?>  When  General  Beauregard  evacuated  Corinth,  we 
fell  back  to  Tupelo,  Miss.,  forty  miles  in  the  interior  on  the 
Mobile  and  Ohio  Railroad.  At  Tupelo  Bragg  reorganized  the 
army,  consolidating  skeleton  regiments.  Col.  Marshall  J. 
Smith's  famous  crescent  regiment  was  consolidated  with  the 
18th  Louisiana,  after  which  it  was  sent  to  Pollard,  Ala., 
between  Montgomery  and  Mobile,  and  remained  there  until 
October,  1862,  when  we  were  sent  to  Louisiana  to  recruit. 

"We  were  next  under  Gen.  Alfred  Mouton  in  Dick  Taylor's 
army.  On  January  2,  1863,  we  fought  a  battle  on  Bayou 
Lafourche  at  a  little  place  called  Texana,  between  Donaldson- 
ville  and  Thibodauxville.  On  April  13  and  14,  1863.  we 
fought  the  battles  of  Bethel  and  Bisland.  on  BayOU  Teche 
In  August,  1863,  we  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Fordoche, 
capturing  a  battery  of  artillery  and  a  brigade  of  infantry. 
On  May  8,  1864,  we  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Mansfield, 
which    was    a    most    brilliant    and    signal    victory,    completely 


routing  Franklin's  Corps,  a  part  of  Banks's  army.  On  the 
9th  of  May  we  fought  the  battle  of  Pleasant  Hill,  which  was 
also  a  victory  for  the  Confederates. 

"After  burying  the  dead  and  taking  care  of  the  wounded 
from  both  battlefields,  we  resumed  our  pursuit  of  Banks's 
defeated  army,  which  had  fallen  back  to  Grand  Ecore  and 
fortified,  wdiere  he  remained  until  his  gunboats  reached  him. 
We  remained  at  Grand  Ecore  until  Banks  retreated  from 
there,  and  followed  him  down  the  river,  harassing  his  army 
and  gunboats  on  the  way  until  he  reached  Alexandria.  Banks 
remained  in  Alexandria  until  he  succeeded  in  damming  the 
river  up  and  getting  his  boats  over  the  falls.  Which  was  about 
the  middle  of  July.  In  the  latter  part  of  July  we  met  Banks's 
army  again  at  Marksville  on  their  retreat  from  Alexandria, 
and  fought  a  battle  on  the  open  prairie  in  which  we  defeated 
them  and  drove  them  toward  Simsport.  The  next  day  we 
fought  the  battle  of  Yellow  Bayou,  hastening  their  departure 
ilnun  the  river  a  thoroughly  whipped  army.  This  was  the 
last  battle  of  the  Civil  War  in  Dick  Taylor's  district  of 
Western  Louisiana. 

"Our  army  did  but  little  after  that  but  harass  and  annoy 
gunboats  and  transports  as  they  passed  up  and  down  the 
Mississippi   River." 


On  September  10,  1864,  Charles  E.  Cantzon  was  elected 
second  junior  lieutenant  of  his  company  to  fill  a  vacancy 
occasioned  by  the  death  of  his  captain,  John  T.  Livery,  who 
was  mortally  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Mansfield.  This  re- 
lieved him  of  carrying  a  gun,  which  he  had  carried  and 
fought  with  from  the  beginning. 

On  the  6th  of  June,  1865,  the  army  surrendered  to  Maj. 
Gen.  E.  R.  S.  Canby,  commanding  Department  of  the  Gulf. 
U.  S.  A.  Cantzon's  parole  was  signed  by  Brig.  Gen.  Joseph 
A.  Mower,  of  Canby's  Division,  at  Grand  Ecore  on  Red 
River.  After  the  surrender,  Cantzon  did  not  avail  himself 
of  transportation  to  New  Orleans,  which  he  could  have  done, 
but  footed  it  up  Red  River  to  Blair's  Landing,  the  battlefield  on 
which  Gen.  Tom  Green,  of  Texas,  was  killed.  It  was  owned 
at  the  time  by  his  cousin,  James  D.  Blair,  who  was  a  colonel 
of  the  2d  Louisiana  Cavalry,  and  who  was  there  at  that  time 
a  prisoner  on  one  of  the  Yankee  transports. 

Cantzon  took  up  the  avocation  of  a  cotton  planter,  and 
tried  to  solve  the  problem  of  making  free  negro  labor  profita- 
ble. He  remained  at  Blair's  Landing,  on  Red  River,  and 
continued  to  farm  until  December.  1873.  when  he  left  for 
rexas.  He  arrived  in  Matagorda  County  on  January  8, 
1S74,  and  in  1875  purchased  a  plantation  within  one  mile  of 
Hardeman,  on  Caney  Creek.  He  was  attacked  with  paralysis 
m  June.  iSqi.  which  rendered  him  incapable  of  att-endiflg  to 
his  place,  and,  finding  tenants  unprofitable,  sold  out.  iHe  was1 
living  in  Wharton,  Wharton  County,  Tex.,  September  27. 
100J.  at  which  time  he  wrote  the  foregoing.  He  was  plfoud 
of  his  record,  and  well  could  he  afford  to  be. 

Mr    Cantzon  died  January  17,  1908,  in  Wharton,  Tex. 


1  ii.n't  forget  that  the  best  New  Year's  present  to  an  old  Con- 
federate is  a  year's  subscription  to  the  Veteran.  Think  of 
how  much  satisfaction  to  send  to  five  or  ten  old  men  who 
can't  pay  for  it.  They  are  reminded  continually  of  the  favor. 
I  be  importance  of  Confederates  keeping  in  touch  with  each 
other  cannot  be  exaggerated,  and  the  Veteran  is  the  best 
medium  possible  for  this  service. 


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Qoijfederat^  Veterai). 


THE  WASHINGTON  ARTILLERY  OF  AUGUSTA,  GA. 

BY    VV.    A.    PICKERING,  TELFAIRVILLE,   GA. 

The  Washington  Artillery  of  Augusta,  Ga.,  was  organized 
in  the  year  1854  under  the  command  of  Capt.  Daniel  Kirk- 
patrick,  who  served  through  the  war  with  Mexico  as  a  cap- 
tain of  volunteers.  The  Washington  Artillery  was  one  of  the 
prides  of  old-time  Augusta,  and  its  monthly  parade  on  Broad 
Street  was  always  looked  upon  with  great  pleasure,  not  only 
for  the  handsome  display,  but  also  for  the  sweet  music  ren- 
dered by  the  company's  brass  band  under  the  leadership  of 
John  A.  Bohler.  The  command  was  composed  largely  of 
Germans  and  Jews.  The  ball  that  followed  the  parade  made 
an  event  of  pleasure  enjoyed  by  the  citizens  generally. 

In  those  days  Washington's  Birthday,  the  Fourth  of  July, 
and  all  other  public  days  were  remembered.  With  two  field 
pieces  the  regular  salutes  were  fired  morning,  noon,  and  night 
on  all  public  occasions. 

The  writer  of  this  article  joined  the  Artillery  in  June,  1857, 
and  went  with  it  to  the  grand  military  encampment  at  Mil- 
ledgeville,  Ga.,  then  the  capital  of  the  State.  This  display  is 
said  to  have  been  at  that  time  the  finest  volunteer  display 
ever  witnessed  in  this  country.  The  Artillery  came  in  for  a 
full  share  of  credit  for  our  military  bearing  and  handsome 
display  of  uniforms. 

In  i860  Gov.  Joseph  E.  Brown  presented  the  company  with 
six  beautiful  field  pieces.  When  South  Carolina  seceded  and 
Governor  Pickens  called  for  volunteers,  a  number  of  Augusta 
boys  crossed  the  Savannah  River  into  Hamburg  and  joined 
Captain  Spires's  Minutemen.  E.  A.  Nehr,  or  "Young  Rudler," 
as  he  was  called,  and  I  went  over  to  join  Captain  Spires's 
company;  but  finding  Captain  Meriwether's  company,  the 
Cherokee  Pond  Volunteers,  from  near  Edgefield  C.  H.,  S.  C. 
we  joined  with  them  under  the  proviso  that  if  Georgia  seceded 
we  were  to  have  a  transfer  to  the  Washington  Artillery. 

The  day  after  joining  the  Cherokee  boys  a  large  crowd  as- 
sembled to  bid  us  good-by,  and  amidst  tears,  hand-shaking, 
good  wishes,  and  the  roar  of  Col.  "Jeems"  Meredith's  "Baby 
Waker"  we  left  for  Charleston.  I  remember  one  old  lady 
shaking  a  man's  hand,  and  with  tears  running  down  her 
cheeks  she  said:  "John,  just  as  sure  as  you  all  go  down  there 
and  get  to  fighting  somebody's  going  to  get  hurt." 

We  got  to  Charleston  in  due  time,  and  the  next  morning 
just  as  the  sun  was  peeping  out  across  the  big  water  the  roar 
of  big  guns  was  heard,  which  proved  to  have  come  from  our 
batteries  at  the  Star  of  the  West,  which  was  trying  to  run 
into  Fort  Sumter.  We  were  just  in  time,  for  the  war  had 
begun.  After  a  hasty  breakfast,  we  were  marched  up  to  the 
arsenal  to  get  our  guns.  On  the  third  floor  we  got  our  ac- 
couterments,  picked  up  our  guns,  and  were  marching  in  single 
file  by  a  scuttle  hole  when  Private  Weeks,  looking  at  the  lock 
on  his  gun,  stepped  into  the  hole  and  went  down  the  three 
stories.  One  of  the  Sumter  guards  was  on  duty  on  the  ground 
floor,  standing  with  bayonet  fixed,  and  Weeks  fell  upon  the 
bayonet,  which  entered  his  mouth.     He  was  instantly  killed. 

Returning  to  the  dock,  we  were  ordered  to  slip  aboard  the 
boat,  for  fear  Sumter  would  fire  upon  us  in  passing  to  Sulli- 
van's Island ;  and  when  on  board,  we  were  told  to  keep  in 
hiding,  and  that  every  man  who  had  a  Bowie  knife  or  pistol 
should  put  it  in  his  boot  leg;  and  that  should  Major  Anderson 
fire  on  us  we  were  to  surrender.  As  on  we  went  we  kept  peep- 
ing out,  and  saw  the  enemy  upon  the  walls  of  the  fort  waving 
their  hats  and  handkerchiefs  at  the  brave  little  boat  crew  for 
daring  to  pass  by  after  having   fired   upon   the   Star   of  the 


West  while  floating  the  United  States  flag.  By  and  by  we 
came  out  from  hiding,  viewed  the  fort  and  surroundings,  and 
nobody  disturbed  us. 

Once  upon  Sullivan's  Island,  we  were  housed  in  an  old  ten- 
pin  alley  with  one  gutter  for  a  pillow,  the  other  for  a  foot- 
board. About  midnight  the  roar  of  a  cannon  was  heard, 
bugles  were  sounded,  drums  rattled,  and  we  got  up  in  a  hurry. 
We  were  double-quicked  here  and  there  along  the  sandy  beach, 
but  soon  all  was  still  except  the  roar  of  the  sea  and  the 
speech-making  of  our  officers.  Back  again  we  were  sent  to 
peaceful  slumbers  in  the  old  tenpin  alley.  We  were  there  for 
weeks,  drilling  and  filling  sacks  with  sand,  expecting  a  night 
attack  by  the  enemy. 

When  the  time  came  to  be  mustered  into  service,  Nehr  and 
I  were  refused  under  the  proviso  of  our  enlistment,  and  we 
returned  to  Augusta,  and  thus  it  was  two  members  of  the 
Washington   Artillery   had   seen   service. 

When  Georgia  seceded,  the  Washington  Artillery  offered 
their  services  to  Governor  Brown.  My  friend  Nehr,  fearing 
the  Artillery  would  not  get  into  service,  joined  the  Walker 
Light  Infantry.  In  a  short  time,  April,  1861,  we  were  ordered 
to  Pensacola,  Fla.,  being  the  first  field  battery  received  into 
the  Confederate  States  service.  But  Governor  Brown  would 
not  allow  us  to  take  our  battery  with  us,  claiming  that  to  be 
State  property.  The  company  officers  were  Capt.  I.  P. 
Girardy  and  Lieuts.  G.  T.  Barnes,  J.  J.  Jacobus,  C.  Speath, 
and  Augustus  Speliers.  The  latter  came  to  us  from  the 
Blodgett  Artillery  in  Virginia.  Our  officers  believed  in  making 
a  fine  appearance.  We  went  in  with  a  fine  dress  uniform ; 
but  as  it  was  of  dark  and  light  blue,  it  had  to  be  changed  to 
gray.  We  were  armed  with  light  artillery  sabers ;  and  when 
we  landed  in  Pensacola,  from  our  appearance  and'  all  having 
swords  the  natives  said:  "The  war  will  commence  here  now, 
for  here  is  a  full  company  of  officers  going  over  to  Fort 
Barancas  redoubt."  We  were  ordered  to  occupy  the  shanties 
then  occupied  by  a  company  known  as  the  "Gray  Eagles." 
They  vacated,  but  set  fire  to  the  shanties,  which  were  burned. 
We  preferred  tents  anyhow,  which  were  soon  supplied.  Gen- 
eral Bragg  gave  us  two  field  pieces,  and  we  tried  to  be  real 
good  soldiers.  Our  brass  band  was  a  favorite  among  all 
troops.  We  had  many  very  useful  men — blacksmiths,  ma- 
chinists, molders,  carpenters,  tailors,  bookmakers,  printers, 
butchers,  etc. — many  of  whom  were  detailed  to  work  in  and 
around  Warrenton  Navy  Yard.  The  writer  was  detailed  as 
beef  inspector  of  Bragg's  army.  For  a  long  while  we  were 
general  favorites,  and  we  were  continually  getting  in  re- 
cruits. We  wanted  a  full,  well-equipped  battery.  This  Gen- 
eral Bragg  would  not  consent  to  supply,  so  he  turned  us  into 
an  infantry  company,  issued  orders  accordingly,  and  sent  us 
arms  and  accoutermcnts.  The  wagons  drove  into  our  camp  at 
night  with  these  small  arms,  the  company  was  formed,  and 
we  were  told  to  take  them  out  of  the  wagons ;  but  we  refused 
to  do  it.  Our  officers  assisted  the  drivers  to  unload,  and  there 
they  remained  until  sent  for;  but  in  the  meantime  our  officers 
were  not  idle.  Lieuts.  George  T.  Barnes  and  J.  J.  Jacobus, 
both  lawyers,  had  written  to  Hon.  A.  H.  Stephens,  at  Rich- 
mond, Va.,  who  laid  our  case  before  the  Secretary  of  War, 
and  the  answer  was  that  if  they  had  no  use  for  the  Washing- 
ton Artillery  as  artillerists  to  send  them  at  once  to  Richmond. 
In  a  short  time  we  received  six  guns  and  all  the  horses  and 
equipments  we  wanted. 

At  that  time  we  were  only  twelve  months'  volunteers,  but 
most  of  us  reenlisted  and  received  a  thirty  days'  furlough. 
We  then  received  many  recruits  from  other  commands,  giving 


Qopfederat 


us  a  full  roll  and  some  to  spare  of  fine-looking  men.  Many 
of  them  were  six-footers.  Under  this  reenlistment  and  re- 
cruiting it  was  distinctly  understood  that  as  soon  as  we  re- 
turned from  furlough  we  should  reorganize  and  elect  our 
own  officers.  We  asked  for  this  election,  as  we  were  on  the 
eve  of  moving  to  Corinth,  Miss.;  but  we  were  put  off  with 
the  promise  that  we  should  have  the  election  in  Mobile.  There 
we  were  again  put  off  until  we  got  to  Corinth,  when  we  were 
again  hurried  on  to  Shiloh.  We  then  gave  up  all  thought  of 
electing  officers,  and  at  the  front  did  try  to  do  our  duty.  Our 
killed  and  wounded  showed  we  were  in  the  fighting  line. 
What  General  Beauregard  said  to  Captain  Girardy  and  to  our 
men  showed  that  he  thought  something  of  us  on  the  eve  of 
retreat.  Riding  up  with  his  staff  and  raising  his  hat,  he  said, 
"Captain,  you  have  acted  nobly,"  and  to  the  men,  "You  have 
fought  as  soldiers  never  fought  before."  Then,  speaking  to 
Captain  Girardy  again,  he  :n,!:  "I  have  a  request  to  make  of 
you.  There  is  a  battery  in  good  shape,  plenty  of  ammunition, 
and  I  wish  you  to  take  your  men  with  this  battery  and  help 
cover  the  retreat."  I  was  a  sergeant,  and  was  placed  in  charge 
of  our  guns  and  drivers  and  brought  them  to  Corinth. 

It  was  now  time  for  those  who  had  not  reenlisted  to  return 
home.  We  again  called  for  our  right  to  elect  officers.  The 
twelve  months'  men  were  then  discharged,  and  we  held  an 
election,  choosing  Spellers  as  captain  and  Pritchard,  Doscher, 
and  Roberts  as  lieutenants.  This  election,  for  some  reason 
unknown  to  us,  did  not  suit  General  Bragg;  so  he  appointed 
Lieut.  John  G.  Fraim  to  the  command.  It  was  said  that  lie 
had  been  a  sergeant  in  General  Bragg^  battery  in  Mexico. 
He  saw  the  situation  and  that  the  men  did  not  like  the  ap- 
pointment. For  a  few  days  he  was  all  smiles  and  goodness, 
trying  to  catch  the  favor  of  the  men.  Then  came  the  ap 
pointment  of  J.  R.  B.  Burtwell  as  our  captain.  Of  course 
there  was  some  high  kicking  against  him;  but  he  stuck  to  it, 
and  as  an  officer  and  a  man  the  company,  with  only  one  ex- 
ception, loved  him. 

While  at  Tupelo.  Miss,,  we  heard  of  the  death  of  our  loved 
Captain  Speliers,  which  occurred  at  West  Point,  Miss.  Joe 
Ridgeway,  John  Douglas,  and  T  took  Captain  Speliers'-s  body 
to  Augusta,  which  we  did  without  having  any  transportation 
granted  us  and  without  a  cent  in  money.  From  Tupelo  I 
went  home,  having  been  discharged. 

The  company  was  marched  from  Tupelo  to  Chattanooga, 
Tenn.,  of  which  march  I  only  know  as  it  was  told  to  me.  It 
was  made  in  midsummer;  and  when  the  company  reached 
Chattanooga,  the  battery  and  horses  were  condemned  and 
about  one-half  the  men  were  put  in  squads  and  detailed  to  fill 
up  other  batteries. 

Being  in  service  in  the  ordnance  department  at  Augusta,  I 
traveled  for  the  government;  but  soon  gave  it  up,  feeling  well 
enough  to  again  return  to  the  remnant  of  my  old  command. 
*  *  *  At  AllatOOna,  Ga.,  when  another  demand  was  made 
upon  Captain  Pritchard  for  men  to  help  fill  up  Capt.  W.  W. 
Cames's  Battery,  I  was  one  among  the  squad  under  Lieutenant 
Doscher  who  went  to  Dalton  to  join  Captain  Carncs.  From 
Dalton  we  marched  across  Walden's  Ridge ;  and  as  Pat  Glea- 
son  and  I  were  riding  a  short  distance  in  the  rear  of  the  bat- 
tery and  no  other  troops  near  us.  we  passed  a  beautiful  home 
farm  in  the  valley.  It  was  a  pretty  place,  and  surrounded 
with  all  the  home  comforts — cows  grazing,  chickens  in  plenty, 
sheep  in  the  pastures,  ducks  and  geese  near  a  little  pond.  We 
concluded  a  goose  would  go  very  nicely  roasted,  so  we  ap- 
propriated one.  There  seemed  to  be  no  eyewitness  to  this 
wrongdoing,   and    we   soon   rejoined    our   command    near   La- 


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NOT  LOANABLE. 

fayette,  Ga.,  where  we  camped  for  the  night.  I  was  detailed 
as  sergeant  to  guard  over  the  horses,  which  were  fastened  to 
picket  ropes ;  so  I  took  the  goose  to  a  little  fire,  and  the 
"roasting  went  on."  Just  after  daybreak  Gleason,  who  was  a 
bugler,  was  ordered  to  sound  the  morning  call.  He  was  eager 
for  bis  morning  meal,  which  was  looking  brown  and  nice ; 
but  O  how  old  and  tough !  We  divided  with  the  guard  of 
the  night,  and  were  pulling  and  sucking  bones  when  an  officer, 
in  company  with  a  citizen,  came  up.  The  latter  said  to 
the  officer :  "That  is  my  goose."  I  was  reduced  to  ranks 
and  Gleason  ordered  to  give  up  his  horse  and  bugle  for  the 
time  being.  In  a  short  while  we  were  moved  to  the  front 
some  distance  ahead  when  orders  came  to  double-quick.  Glea- 
son was  released,  given  his  horse,  and  nothing  more  was  said 
of  the  old  gander. 

The  next  morning  we  crossed  the  Chickamauga  River,  went 
into  a  wheat  field,  and  formed  line  of  battle,  Carnes's  Battery 
being  on  the  extreme  left  of  Cheatham's  Division.  We  lay 
there  in  the  morning  sun  for  some  time,  grouped  in  conversa- 
tion on  the  approaching  battle  we  were  sure  would  come.  The 
distant  front  told  the  tale— the  fight  was  on.  Finally  orders 
came  to  move  forward  as  we  had  formed,  then  for  a  quicker 
step,  then  by  the  left  Hank  at  a  double-quick.  We  were  sup- 
posed to  be  in  the  third  reserve  line,  and  on  we  went,  Carnes's 
Battery  leading  Cheatham's  Division  by  the  left  flank.  We 
passed  through  a  heavy  downpour  of  shot  and  shell,  in  which 
George  Neibling,  of  the  Washington  Artillery,  was  killed. 
Still  moving  forward,  we  ran  into  what  was  said  to  be  Gen- 
eral Thomas's  Corps  of  Regulars,  and  badly  did  they  do  us. 
I  have  always  thought  our  being  just  there  was  a  mistake. 
But  we  gave  them  the  best  we  could;  and  when  we  left  gun 
No.  i,  the  enemy  had  possession  of  gun  No.  4,  and  every  horse 
in  the  battery  had  been  shot  down  except  that  of  Captain 
Carnes.  which  was  wounded.  He  dismounted  at  gun  No.  1. 
drew  his  pistol,  and  shot  her.  Then  he  motioned  to  the  men 
around  him  to  go  to  the  rear,  but  many  of  them  never  moved 
again — it  was  a  "death  hole."  The  few  survivors  were  sent 
to  get  our  guns  away  the  next  morning,  and  found  that  the 
spokes  in  the  wheels  were  shot  away  and  the  limber  chest 
lids,  which  had  been  opened  to  get  out  ammunition,  were  per- 
fectly honeycombed  with  Minie  balls.  With  the  aid  of  wagons 
the  battery  was  removed.  Every  horse  of  the  battery  was 
dead  except  one,  and  one  of  the  men  killed  that. 

We  had  been  with  Captain  Carnes  only  a  few  days;  but 
had  we  known  him  a  lifetime,  we  could  not  have  known  him 
any  better.  He  was  a  true  soldier.  He  never  came  back  to 
his  battery,  being  promoted  and  sent  to  other  positions  of 
trust  and  honor.  In  the  second  day's  fight  at  Chickamauga 
Carnes's  men  with  our  squad  were  placed  in  Scott's  Battery 
We  remained  there  for  a  short  time,  when  four  beautiful 
guns  were  presented  to  Carnes's  old  command,  then  under 
command  of  Lieutenant  Marshall,  who  had  been  promoted  to 
captain.  The  enemy  had  captured  Carnes's  Battery,  but  did 
not  get  it  away.  That  spot  should  be  marked  for  Cheatham's 
Division  and  Carnes's  Battery.  Had  I  the  power,  I  would 
erect  lasting  monuments  to  these  two  commands. 

In  die  next  campaign  we  first  met  Sherman  at  Rocky  Face 
Ridge  and  Crow  Valley.  We  followed  General  Johnston  near 
to  Atlanta,  and  then  were  under  General  Hood.  Many  things 
were  said  and  done,  many  scenes  of  sorrow,  many  incidents 
for  laughter;  but  I  will  close  with  a  few  notes  on  our  ex- 
periences. 

In  the  afternoon  fighting  at  Resaca  Captain  Marshall,  who 
had  been  wounded  in  the  head,  had  gone  down  under  the  hill 


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to  a  field  hospital.  When  he  came  back  the  fighting  was  about 
over.  Anderson,  a  mere  boy  who  had  been  in  a  cavalry  com- 
pany (I  think  from  Tennessee),  and  not  being  able  to  remount 
himself,  was  placed  in  Marshall's  Battery.  When  Captain 
Marshall  returned  from  having  his  wound  dressed,  this  little 
Anderson  was  lying  near  one  of  the  guns,  shot  down,  and 
called  out :  "Captain  Marshall,  if  you  were  shot  and  lying 
here  and  I  were  up,  I  would  try  to  get  you  away."  Captain 
Marshall  turned  to  Sergeant  Allen  and  said :  "Sergeant,  where 
are  the  litter  bearers?  Call  them  up.  It  makes  me  feel  bad 
to  be  talked  to  in  that  way."  The  litter  bearers  carried  the 
boy  down  under  the  hill,  when  he  said,  "Put  me  down;  I  am 
dying;"  and  then  this  lad,  known  only  as  "Anderson,"  was 
dead. 

I  did  the  writing  in  making  application  to  be  returned  to 
our  command,  the  Washington  Artillery ;  but  Captain  Mar- 
shall would  disapprove,  and  so  matters  continued  until  we 
reached  Atlanta,  when  Sergeant  Peters,  ordnance  sergeant  of 
Marshall's  Battery,  said  to  me :  "I  was  at  headquarters  yester- 
day when  my  friend,  Maj.  Kinloch  Falconer,  told  me  to  tell 
those  men  of  the  Washington  Artillery  to  make  another  ap- 
plication to  be  returned  to  their  old  command,  and  he  would 
see  that  it  had  more  attention."  This  was  brought  about  by 
the  Major's  asking  Sergeant  Peters  how  things  were  getting 
on  in  the  battery,  and  he  told  the  Major  of  the  dissatisfaction 
of  the  men  who  were  serving  on  detail  duty,  who  did  not 
seem  to  feel  they  had  all  the  rights  to  which  they  were  en- 
titled, when  Major  Falconer  said:  "I  have  noticed  their  ap- 
plications; and  coming  all  the  way  disapproved,  they  received 
the  same  indorsement  here.  Tell  them  to  make  one  more, 
and  I  will  see  what  can  be  done  for  them."  So  it  was  written 
out,  giving  all  the  particulars ;  and  when  it  came  back  ap- 
proved, Captain  Marshall  called  me  to  him  and  said:  "Well, 
Pick,  you  have  won  at  last."  All  of  our  boys  were  called,  the 
decision  was  read  to  them,  and  Captain  Marshall,  with  tears 
in  his  eyes,  said :  "Well,  boys,  I  hate  to  give  up,  but  may 
you  live  and  do  well  wherever  you  go  I"  He  said  the  com- 
panies had  to  be  consolidated;  and  should  such  be  the  case 
with  our  command,  he  wanted  us  to  promise  him  if  we  had 
to  leave  our  battery  again  we  would  come  to  him,  and  each 
man  made  the  promise  and  shook  him  by  the  hand. 

Not  one  of  us  ever  had  a  word  to  say  against  these  brave 
officers  and  men.  All  we  contended  for  was  the  right  to 
choose  for  ourselves,  and  not  one  of  them  has  ever  said  a 
word  against  any  man  in  our  squad.  They  were  all  my  friends. 
Dear,  big-hearted,  brave,  and  noble  Lieut.  Jim  Cockrell  was 
always  my  friend. 

It  is  well  known  that  General  Bragg  was  opposed  to  his 
men  drinking.  Anyhow,  his  general  orders  pointed  that  way. 
While  in  Florida  all  of  our  boxes  and  packages  upon  arrival 
at  Warrenton  Navy  Yard  were  broken  into  and  all  liquors 
were  thrown  into  the  bay.  Private  Rumley,  whose  father 
lived  in  Augusta  and  who  did  not  object  to  his  son  Willis 
having  his  drink,  devised  the  plan  of  taking  large  bell  peppers, 
removing  the  seed,  scalding  the  pods,  putting  them  in  large 
glass  jars  and  filling  them  with  whisky,  and  these  passed  in- 
spection as  pepper  vinegar;  so  by  this  means  Willis  always 
had  his  drams  while  there. 

Many  laughable  incidents  occurred  with  all  the  hardships 
that  came  along.  One  night  while  yet  in  Florida  our  brass 
band  with  some  of  the  boys  had  been  out  serenading  some 
headquarters.  Now  little  Johnny  Hocter,  not  very  tall,  but . 
something  bigger  around  the  waist,  had  constructed  himself 
a  portable  berth   with   four  handles  projecting.     On   entering 

r.   •■  r/'ft.f. .  f.  :'f    i       i     i 


camp  the  serenaders  found  little  Johnny  fast  asleep  in  his 
berth.  It  was  soon  decided  what  to  do:  four  men  were  to 
take  hold  of  his  crib  and  carry  him  a  good  distance  from 
camp.  There  being  very  little  undergrowth,  he  was  put  down 
by  the  side  of  Big  Bayou.  It  can  only  be  imagined  how  he 
felt  and  what  he  said  when  he  awoke  with  the  morning  sun 
shining  brightly,  nor  will  I  attempt  to  describe  his  appear- 
ance, his  clothing  with  the  exception  of  what  he  had  on 
having  been  left  in  camp.  It  is  enough  to  say  that  he  was  in 
a  rage,  and  a  bad  one  too,  and  it  was  many  months  before 
Johnny  ever  found  out  who  was  connected  with  his  abduction. 
Well,  our  transfer  home  came  and  we  went  back  to  our 
own  battery.  In  justice  to  Captain  Pritchard,  it  can  be  said 
that  he  made  many  applications  for  his  men  to  be  returned ; 
but  all  he  ever  received  was  promises,  and  I  suppose  if  it 
had  not  been  for  that  visit  of  Sergeant  Peters  to  his  friend, 
Maj.  Kinloch  Falconer,  our  squad  would  have  been  with  Cap- 
tain Marshall  to  the  surrender. 


MISS    HALLIE  ELLIS,   ATLANTA, 
Sponsor  for  Georgia  Division,  Reunion  190S. 

REPLY  TO  STORY  OF  "JIM  OF  BILOXI." 

St.  Paul,  Minn.,  August  24,  1908. 

Miss  Alice  Graham,  Monroe,  La.:  I  have  a  loyal  friend  here 
in  the  city  by  the  name  of  William  Brown,  who  is  a  brick- 
layer by  trade,  belongs  to  the  Bricklayers'  Union,  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Trades  Assembly,  was  an  honored  member  of  our 
State  Legislature,  and  is  popularly  known  as  Billy  Brown. 

He  was  a  Confederate  soldier  and  is  a  subscriber  to  the 
Confederate  Veteran,  from  whom  I  got  the  April  (1908) 
number.  I  did  not  read  it  at  the  time  (some  two  months  ago)  ; 
but  last  Sunday,  August  16,  I  sat  down  and  devoured  its  con- 
tents and  drank  copious  drafts  of  the  sentiments  expressed  for 
both  Northern  and  Southern  soldiers.     On  the  last  page  but 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai). 


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one  your  poem  came  to  view,  and  I  was  impressed  with  the 
description  given  by  the  editor  of  the  place  and  the  even  flow 
and  pathos  of  your  pen  that  I  could  not  keep  back  the  tears 
that  would  flow,  and  the  following  is  my  compliment  to  you 
wi(ll  a  suggestion  therein  : 

Jim  and  Only  Jim. 

1  read  in  the  Confederate  Veteran 

Of  a  ragged  mountain  glen 
Away  down  in  old  Virginia 

From  an  accomplished  lady's  pen, 
And  about  a   Southern  hero 

Who  bad  no  cognomen — 
Known  to  his  comrades 

As  Jim  and  only  Jim. 

He  had  no  honored  name  at   home, 

Nor  rank  to  recommend 
To  her  such   inspired   sentiments 

As  expressed  for  him 
Who  sleeps  in  an  unknown  grave, 

Except  for  a  monument  grim. 
Where  all  the  rest  have  full  names — 

But  bis  is  only  Jim. 

Such  magnanimity  and  romance, 

With   tact  and  deft  acclaim. 
Y"ii  almost  see  the  picture 

Hiced  by  her  masterful  brain. 
And  it  should  be  placed  on  the  shaft  in  bronze 

To  show  we're  descendants  of  Cain, 
And  in  honor  of  t he  writer 

Who  composed  that  gem  on  James. 

And  let  us  all  contribute. 

All  strife  is  dead  and  dim  ; 
The  mistake  of  Mason  and  Dixon's  line 

lias  made  us  like  Siamese  twins. 
And  for  thousands  and  thousands  of  others 

Who  sleep  from  the  cruel  war's  din. 
And  were  not  even  recognized 

As  much  as  Biloxi  Jim. 

For  environment  made  us  what  we  were, 

Not  what  we  might  have  been, 
W  hen  we  went  into  battle 

And  fought  our  friends  and  kin  ; 
For  when  you  stop  and  think  of   it, 

How  sad  it  all  has  been 
To  not  compromise  instead  of  fight 

And  kill  many  Biloxi  Jims! 

Now  with  these  honest  sentiments, 

Although  they  are  bland  and  glim. 
They  are  expressions  from  the  heart 

Of  Uncle  Sam  for  Jim, 
Who  has  no  reputation; 

X'  i   has  he  got  much  tin. 
But  will  contribute  to  the  tablet 

In  memory  of  Biloxi  Jim. 


JUDGE   TAFT  AMD  ANDERSONV1LI.E. 

BY    JAMES   CALLAWAY,   MACON,   GA. 

President-elect  Taft,  in  his  recent  address  at  the  unveiling 
of  the  shaft  to  the  prison  ship  martyrs  of  the  Revolutionary 
War,  excused  General  Grant  for  issuing  his  order  on  the  13th 
of  August,  1864,  refusing  exchange  of  the  Andersonville 
prisoners  on  the  ground  of  military  necessity,  saying  General 
Grant  but  followed  the  example  of  Washington  in  not  ex- 
changing prison  ship  prisoners. 

But  Judge  Taft  should  remember  that  conditions  w'ere  en- 
tirely different.  The  Federal  government  had  millions  to 
draw  from  in  this  country  and  the  whole  outside  world.  But 
admitting  there  is  some  similarity,  why  was  parole  refused? 
Judge  Taft  never  explained  that. 

Stanton  issued  his  Order  No.  2og  on  the  23d  of  July,  1863, 
annulling  the  cartel  of  exchange,  which  had  been  in  operation 
for  a  year.  This  order  not  only  refused  exchange,  but  denied 
parole.  If  tin-  Confederacy  had  paroled  her  prisoners,  they 
by  Stanton's  order  would  have  been  returned  to  the  army  as 
soldiers  at  once.  Thus  the  South,  eager  for  exchange  and, 
failing  in  that,  willing  to  parole,  recognizing  our  inability  to 
care  for  the  prisoners,  was  forced  by  the  Secretary  of  War 
of  the  Federal  government  to  retain   the  prisoners. 

When  Stanton  denied  parole  to  the  Andersonville  prisoners, 
it  was  in  a  measure  passing  sentence  of  death  upon  them  ; 
for  he  knew  our  condition,  knew  we  were  without  medicines 
or  doctors.  James  Madison  Page,  a  prisoner  at  Andersonville, 
in  his  new  book  informs  his  readers  of  the  imprecations  ut- 
tered against  the  Federal  War  Department  when  Stanton  re- 
fused parole  and  when  General  Grant  later  on  issued  his  cele 
brated  order. 

The  reproach  belongs  to  the  North,  not  to  the  South,  for 
the  existence  of  Andersonville  cemetery  and  for  the  death  of 
those  twenty-seven  thousand  Confederate  soldiers  who  died 
at  Camp  Chase.  Camp  Battle,  Camp  Douglas.  Alton.  111..  Point 
Lookout.  Md..  Fort  Delaware.  Johnson's  Island,  and  Rock 
Island 


R.  D.  Galbraith,  Spartanburg,  S.  C,  writes:   "I   take   plea! 
urc  in  congratulating  you  upon  the  fact  that  the  Veteran  is 
worthy  of  all  the  indorsement  and  deserving  of  all  the  praise 
it  receives.     I  am  a  traveling  salesman,  but  I  always  want  my 
Veteran  " 


REVIVING  OLD  SCORES. 

The  following  amusing  experience  was  contributed  to  the 
Veteran  sometime  ago  by  Capt.  T.  F.  Allen,  of  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  who  is  well  known  to  Veteran  readers  by  his  intcr- 
esting  contributions : 

"I  recently  had  an  experience  which  brought  up  the  subject 
of  my  proposition  to  return  battle  trophies  in  an  unexpected 
manner.  I  do  my  banking  business  at  the  First  National 
Bank  in  Covington.  Ky.,  where  I  live  and  where  I  have  been 
well  known  these  past  thirty  years.  The  President  of  this 
bank,  Mr.  Frank  P.  Helm,  is  a  large,  portly,  middle-aged 
gentleman  whom  I  have  known  for  many  years.  He  for- 
merly had  a  fiery  red  head,  now  pretty  well  streaked  with 
gray.  It  is  necessary  that  you  should  know  this  particular 
of  his  physical  appearance  to  fully  appreciate  the  story. 

"Going  to  this  bank  to  have  some  paper  discounted,  not 
a  very  large  amount  (the  bank  had  previously  discounted  for 
me  without  objection,  and  I  felt  sure  they  would  oblige  me), 
I  presented  the  paper  to  the  President,  who  happened  to  be 
at  the  Cashier's  desk,  and  he  asked  me  to  step  across  to  his 
private  room,  which  I  did.  He  soon  followed  me;  and 
closing  the  door  behind  him,  he  said  in  a  very  serious  man- 
ner: 'Mr.  Allen.  I  am  in  doubt  as  to  the  propriety  of  dis- 
counting this  paper  for  you  ' 

"I   was   surprised   at   this   remark,   and   asked   him   what  he 


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had  on  his  mind  that  created  any  doubt  as  to  the  propriety 
of  discounting  the  gilt-edge  paper  I  offered  him.  He  said  it 
was  rather  a  personal  matter  than   a  business  consideration, 

and  explained  that  I  had  called  him  a  'd —  red-headed  .' 

I  told  him  that  I  was  a  dignified  business  man,  and  didn't 
allow  myself  to  use  language  of  that  kind ;  that  there  was  cer- 
tainly some  mistake,  and  it  must  be  some  other  Allen  he  had 
in  mind. 

"  'No,'  he  said,  'there  is  no  mistake  about  it.  It  is  not  on 
hearsay  evidence  that  I  am  speaking,  because  I  was  there 
and  heard  you  use  this  language,  speaking  in  such  great  dis- 
respect of  me  and  particularly  of  my  red  head.' 

"I  was  somewhat  nonplused,  and  began  to  think  that  I  had 
better  change  my  bank  if  I  could  not  be  accommodated  as  de- 
sired. Upon  further  consideration,  however,  I  asked  him 
to  state  the  time  and  place  of  this  remarkable  conversation. 
Up  to  this  time  he  had  carried  a  very  sedate  and  dignified 
air,  but  now  broke  into  a  hearty  laugh  and  said :  'It  occurred 
on  the  nineteenth  day  of  July,  1863,  at  Buffington  Island, 
Ohio.' 

"At  that  time  Helm  was  a  soldier  in  Basil  Duke's  com- 
mand, and  in  his  supreme  efforts  to  get  out  of  the  Ohio 
valley  he  said  that  some  Yankee  soldier,  following  him  at  a 
gallop   and   firing  at  every  jump,  called  upon   him  to   'Halt, 

you   d —   red-headed  !'  and  that  he  said  it  several  times 

and  shot  at  him  every  time  he  said  it.  He  felt  sure  I  was 
the  man,  and  it  was  his  chance  to  get  even  with  me. 

"  'But  now,'  he  added,  'since  you  have  proposed  that  the 
Confederate  battle  trophies  be  returned,  I  have  decided  to 
forgive  you.  Leave  your  paper  for  discount,  and  I  will  see 
that  it  goes  through  the  bank  in  good  shape  and  with  slight 
shaving.' " 

SECOND  SOUTH  CAROLINA  AT  FIRST  MANASSAS. 

BY   J.    R.    WINDER,    NEW   ORLEANS,    LA. 

The  2d  South  Carolina  Regiment,  under  Col.  J.  B.  Kershaw, 
went  from  Fort  Sumter  to  Bull  Run  about  April  10,  1861. 
The  writer  and  F.  M.  Crump,  both  of  Richmond,  Va.,  en- 
listed at  Columbia,  S.  C,  in  Capt.  J.  D.  Kennedy's  company, 
D,  and  were  sent  to  Morris  Island,  near  Fort  Sumter,  remain- 
ing there  till  the  State  of  Virginia  seceded,  when  the  regiment 
was  ordered  to  Richmond,  arriving  there  in  May,  1861,  and 
after  being  at  Camp  Lee  one  week  it  was  ordered  to  the 
front  at  Fairfax  C.  H.  Transportation  was  secured  over  the 
Virginia  Central  to  Gordonsville,  where  many  had  opportunity 
to  see  the  famous  J.  S.  Mosby,  colonel  of  cavalry,  brought  in 
wounded  from  the  Valley  of  Virginia.  Our  train  then  pulled 
out  for  Manassas  Junction.  At  Orange  C.  H.  it  collided  with 
a  passenger  train  from  Charlottesville,  killing  a  number  of 
soldiers.  Both  engineers  disappeared  and  did  not  return. 
After  some  delay,  we  reached  Manassas  and  marched  to  Fair- 
fax C.  H.,  where  we  found  a  number  of  refugees  from  Alex- 
andria, Va.  Kemper's  Battery,  also  from  the  same  place,  was 
attached  to  Bonham's  South  Carolina  Brigade,  and  did  splen- 
did execution  in  the  first  battle  of  Manassas.  Here  the  de- 
tached forces  were  being  concentrated  and  pressed  into  serv- 
ice in  anticipation  of  Federal  advance  from  Alexandria  or 
Fall's  Church.  During  the  interval  our  command  at  Fair- 
fax C.  H.  on  July  4,  1861,  invested  Fall's  Church  and  cap- 
tured the  outpost.  After  two  hours'  march  we  halted  about 
3  p.m.  in  close  proximity  to  the  Federal  camp  at  Junction. 
Some  of  our  men,  thinking  the  Federals  were  approaching, 
fired  on  our  scouts  returning  from   the   front,   and   wounded 


several.  This  also  exposed  our  design  and  caused  the  Fed- 
erals to  beat  the  long  roll,  which  broke  up  the  expedition. 

As  the  gray  of  morning  appeared  the  big  guns  at  Washing- 
ing  Navy  Yard  belched  forth  their  detonating  sound  in  cele- 
brating Independence  Day.  The  Confederates  returned  to 
camp,  and  on  July  17  at  sunrise  the  Federals,  under  Patterson 
and  McDowell,  appeared  in  our  front  at  Fairfax  fifty  thou- 
sand strong.  Their  glittering  bayonets  in  the  early  morning 
sun  were  convincing  proof  of  their  presence,  taking  our  troops 
by  surprise.  We  barely  had  time  to  form  line,  leaving  break- 
fast on  the  fire  cooking,  and  were  marched  and  counter- 
marched through  intervening  breastworks  till  the  Centerville 
road  was  reached,  which  maneuver  caused  the  Federals  to 
form  line  and  prepare  for  attack,  thus  giving  us  an  oppor- 
tunity to  retire  in  the  direction  of  Bull  Run,  which  point  was 
reached1  July  18  at  5  a.m.  The  Federals  came  up  two  hours 
later  and  opened  fire  on  our  right  at  McLane's  and  Black- 
burn's Ford ;  but  they  were  repulsed  so  completely  that  no 
further  attempt  was  made  to  penetrate  our  line  at  either  point 
any  time  during  Thursday,  Friday,  or  Saturday,  but  during 
this  interval  they  were  concentrating  their  forces  on  the  ex- 
treme left.  While  doing  so  no  attempt  was  made  to  open 
hostilities. 

On  Sunday,  July  21,  at  5  a.m.  the  Federals  opened  their 
batteries  from  a  commanding  position  in  the  vicinity  of  the 
stone  bridge.  This  change  of  base  lost  for  us  the  use  of  the 
Bull  Run  fortifications,  thus  subjecting  our  troops  to  a  long 
and  fatiguing  march  that  hot  day,  as  the  heavy  fighting  was 
in  the  vicinity  of  the  Henry  House,  Bethel  Church,  and  Stone 
Bridge,  and  it  continued  mostly  over  the  same  ground  without 
any  decisive  result  till  in  the  afternoon,  when  a  cloud  of  dust 
could  be  seen  rising  in  the  direction  of  Manassas  Junction. 
This  indicated  reinforcements  for  the  Confederates ;  but  some 
were  in  doubt  until  the  boys  from  the  Valley  of  Virginia  had 
double-quicked  to  the  battle  ground,  which  inspired  new  life 
in  the  rank  and  file  and  was  the  turning  point  in  our  favor. 
The  Federals,  seeing  the  fresh  troops  coming  up,  fell  back, 
and  several  attempts  were  made  to  rally  them  on  a  regiment 
of  United  States  Regulars,  but  in  vain.  The  tide  had  turned 
and  panic  ensued,  precipitating  a  complete  rout.  That  night 
it  rained,  but  next  morning  we  were  in  pursuit  as  far  as 
Mason's  and  Munson's  hill,  in  sight  of  Washington,  where 
we  were  halted  by  orders  to  proceed  no  farther.  Two  wooden 
guns  on  cart  wheels  were  mounted  and  left  standing  on  this 
hill  to  deceive  the  enemy. 

So  ended1  the  first  battle  of  Manassas.  We  went  into  win- 
ter quarters  afterwards  on  the  battlefield.  There  was  no  more 
fighting  until  the  next  spring  at  Yorktown,  Va. 


PICTURE  MADE  ON  JOHNSON'S  ISLAND. 

Comrade  Robert  C.  Crouch,  living  in  a  retired  way  on  his 
farm  in  the  beautiful  valley  of  East  Tennessee,  near  Morris- 
town,  cherishes  the  memory  of  a  lovely  daughter  who  was 
called  to  heaven,  leaving  her  parents  to  cherish  her  memory 
and  do  good  to  others.  Next  to  that  idol  of  affection,  he 
bears  in  fine  memory  the  things  that  were  and  are  of  the  Con- 
federacy. Of  a  multitude  of  relics  which  Comrade  Crouch 
possesses  is  a  tintype  of  high  merit  and  well  preserved.  The 
story  of  the  pictures  deserves  to  be  recorded. 

Lieut.  G.  B.  Smith,  of  Bristol,  Tenn.,  had  his  lens  with  him 
when  captured  and  taken  a  prisoner  to  Johnson's  Island,  Ohio. 
By  bribing  a  guard  he  procured  some  chemicals,  placed  his 
lens   in   a  tobacco  box,   and   with  this  crude   outfit   opened   a 


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"gallery"  clandestinely  in  the  garret  of  Block  3  of  that  prison 
The  material  used  as  plates  for  his  tintype  pictures  was  cut 
from  old  oyster  cans,  and  the  only  light  procurable  was  from 
one  8x10  glass  in  the  attic,  except  that  which   came  through 


ricture  of  robert  c.  crouch,  made  on  oyster  lan 
while  in  Johnson's  island  prison. 

the  cracks  in  the  walls.  The  original  of  this  picture  was  taken 
at  Johnson's  Island  in  1864.  and  is  in  good  condition,  having 
1  idi  d  but  little.     Few  artists  would  take  a  better  picture  now 


AN  INTERRUPTED  SCOUTING  EXPEDITION. 

BY   CAPT.    JOHN    L.    KENNEDY.    SELMA,    MISS. 

Sometime  about  the  latter  part  of  March,  1863,  a  detail  of 
twenty  volunteers  from  Hughes's  Battalion  of  Mississippi  Cav- 
alry, which  was  then  stationed  at  Troch's  Mill,  two  miles  be- 
low Port  Hudson,  La.,  was  made  up  for  a  special  daring  pur- 
pose under  command  of  Jay  Short,  from  Copiah  County, 
Miss.,  who  was  first  lieutenant  of  Company  D.  The  object  of 
this  detail  was  to  cut  off  and  capture  the  enemy's  pickets  two 
miles  out  from  Baton  Rouge,  Stationed  at  what  was  known  as 
Uontecino  Bayou  Bridge,  the  dead  line  between  the  two 
armies,  the  bridge  having  been  burned  by  the  enemy  to  retard 
the  approach  of  General  Breckinridge  when  he  fought  the 
battle  "l  Baton  Rouge  prior  to  this.  We  were  to  capture  the 
enemy's  pickets  quietly,  so  as  to  allow  our  battalion  a  chance 
to  dash  in  and  surprise  and  capture  a  big  lot  of  horses  and 
mules  that  were  corralled  in  the  suburbs  of  the  town.  The 
Federal  picket  post  was  about  three  or  four  miles,  by  the 
meanderings  of  the  creek,  from  the  mouth  of  the  bayou  where 
it  emptied  into  the  Mississippi  River  just  above  Baton  Unugc, 
and  at  this  season  of  the  year  (March)  the  bayou  was  backed 
up  by  high  backwater,  and  consequently  crossablc  only  bj 
skiff  or  foot  log.  In  order  to  quietly  capture  tin-  picket,  we 
went  about  a  half  mile  below  and  to  the  rear  of  the  picket 
post  to  cross  unseen  where  a  crossing  on  driftwood  had  been 
provided     Just  as   soon   as   we   crossed   this  bayou    we    were 


strictly  in  the  enemy's  territory,  and  our  work  had  to  be  done 
quietly  but  swiftly,  as  we  were  in  sight  of  the  Federal  army 
when  we  came  into  the  road  in  the  rear  of  the  picket  post. 

The  land  on  both  sides  of  the  bayou  was  covered  with 
switch  cane  so  very  dense  that  a  man  could  not  see  another 
five  feet  ahead.  When  we  struck  the  road,  feeling  our  way 
cautiously  through  the  cane,  we  accidentally  "butted"  into 
two  stylishly  dressed  and  superbly  mounted  officers,  on  an 
outing  to  the  front,  I  presume.  The  officer  of  our  command 
ordered  them  to  halt  and  surrender ;  but  instead  of  doing  so 
they  began  chawing  their  revolvers,  at  the  same  time  wheel- 
ing their  horses  around.  The  order  to  surrender  was  given 
the  second  time,  as  we  did  not  want  to  shoot  on  account  of 
giving  the  alarm  and  exposing  our  position  ;  but  they  heeded 
not  the  challenge  and  the  command  came  to  fire.  After  the 
smoke  died  away  somewhat,  a  hasty  examination  revealed  one 
desperately  wounded  and  one  dead  man.  also  one  dead  horse 
and  the  other  slightly  wounded.  Well,  this  firing  gave  the 
alartr  and  broke  up  our  scheme;  and  owing  to  our  perilous 
position  (being  between  the  picket  post  and  the  Federal 
army,  now  in  sight),  it  was  thought  best  to  recross  the  baj  iu 
at  once.  By  this  time  the  long  roll  was  beating,  and  ere  we 
reached  the  bayou  no  less  than  five  hundred  mounted  men 
were  upon  the  scene,  and  their  fear  to  follow  us  through  the 
cane,  on  account  of  the  uncertainty  of  our  strength  and  posi- 
tion, is  all  that  saved  us  from  capture  or  death. 

Before  leaving  the  place  of  encounter  it  was  decided  to 
take  the  wounded  horse  along,  as  well  as  the  arms  and  such 
of  the  accouterments  as  we  could  carry  in  our  hasty  retreat ; 
so  one  fellow  took  the  horse,  another  their  weapons,  etc., 
while  I  seized  the  saddle  on  the  dead  horse,  and  found  I  had 
all  I  could  pack  through  the  cane  and  vines.  The  last  fellow 
to  leave  stripped  the  dead  officer  of  his  coat  and  spurs.  After 
we  reached  our  horses,  a  letter  was  found  in  the  side  pocket 
of  the  coat,  with  a  photograph  inclosed,  addressed  to  his  wife 
away  off  in  Connecticut  and  signed  "W.  A.  Connelly.  Captain 
of  a  Connecticut  Battery."  The  coat  was  of  a  handsome  uni- 
form with  artillery  trimmings.  I  begged  the  man  out  of  the 
letter  and  picture,  and  nothing  would  give  me  more  pleasure 
than  to  return  them  to  some  of  the  family  or  friends  of  the 
dead  officer. 

We  succeeded  in  getting  the  horse  over  the  bayou  by  swim- 
ming him  over,  and  before  reaching  camp  it  was  unanimously 
agreed  to  present  the  horse  to  First  Lieut.  Miles  Martin, 
of  Company  A,  Joe  Magruder's  company,  of  our  battalion, 
as  his  horse  had  been  shot  from  under  him  only  a  few  days 
before  in  a  fight  on  the  plank  road  leading  from  Clifton.  La.. 
to  Baton  Rouge.  He  belonged  to  my  company,  and  was  ex- 
ceedingly popular  with  all  the  battalion.  Lieutenant  Martin 
was  very  proud  of  the  horse  and  named  him  "Old  Yank."  lie 
proved  to  be  a  fine  animal,  and  shared  the  sad  fate  of  his 
owner,  both  being  killed  in  the  battle  of  Harrisburg  about  a 
year  later.  1  prized  my  saddle  very  highly  after  1  had  been 
repeatedly  offered  a  thousand  dollars  (in  Confederate  money) 
for  it,  but  would  never  part  with  it  until  captured,  when  I 
had  no  choice.  It  was  the  handsomest  piece  of  workmanship 
1  have  ever  seen,  beautifully  trimmed,  and  was  built  upon  the 
style  known  as  the  Mexican  tree,  with  a  pommel  as  wide  as 
a  peck  measure,  a  very  different  saddle  from  the  Texas  tie. 
that  was  just  coming  into  use  about  that  period. 

At  the  time  of  this  scouting  expedition  I  was  a  sergeant  in 
Company  A  (Jo«  Magruder),  Hughes's  Battalion,  then  under 
Lieutenant  Colonel    Stockdale.  with   McLaurin    ("Old   Dad") 


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as  major.  Later  on  this  was  the  4th  Mississippi  by  the  con- 
solidation of  Hughes's,  Stockdale's,  McLaurin's,  and  Wil- 
borne's  Battalions,  forming  one  of  the  largest  and  best  regi- 
ments in  that  part  of  the  Confederacy,  and  under  command 
of  Colonel  Wilborne. 

I  was  born  and  reared  and  still  live  in  Adams  County, 
Miss.,  at  the  old  historic  village  of  Washington,  once  the 
capital  of  the  Mississippi  territory-  In  March,  1864,  I  was 
promoted  to  the  captaincy  of  a  company  composed  of  boys 
under  the  age  of  nineteen — forty-eight  of  them.  We  served 
for  a  while  in  Griffith's  nth  and  17th  Arkansas  Cavalry;  but 
the  boys  had  volunteered  with  the  understanding  that  the  com- 
pany was  to  report  to  General  Forrest,  which  we  did  in 
March.  1864,  and  their  first  fight  of  any  importance  was  at 
Harrisburg,  Miss.,  July  14.  (See  Confederate  Veteran  for 
November,  1903,  page  513,  for  a  better  introduction.)  My 
company  was  in  the  general  surrender  at  Crystal  Springs, 
Miss.,  while  I,  being  off  on  special  duty  hunting  absentees, 
surrendered  at  Woodville,  Miss.  I  should  be  very  glad  to 
hear  from  any  surviving  members  of  our  scouting  squad,  and 
also  hope  to  hear  from  some  one  interested  in  the  letter  of 
Captain  Connelly. 

BATTLE  AT  CENTRAL1A,  MO. 

WALTER   WILLIAMS,  IN    KANSAS  CITY  PAPER. 

The  most  terrible  conflict  of  the  Civil  War  took  place  on 
Missouri  soil.  More  lives  were  lost  in  proportion  to  the 
number  of  men  engaged  than  were  lost  on  any  other  battle- 
field in  American  history.  It  was  the  battle  of  Centralia, 
September  27,  1864.  On  that  afternoon  nearly  two  hundred 
Federal  soldiers,  commanded  by  Maj.  A.  V.  E.  Johnson,  of 
the  39th  Missouri  Infantry,  riding  out  after  guerrillas,  met 
there  Capts.  "Bill"  Anderson  and  George  Todd  with  two 
hundred  and  twenty-five  men.  Scarcely  a  dozen  of  the  Fed- 
eral soldiers  escaped  with  their  lives,  while  of  the  guerrillas 
only  two  were  killed  and  one  mortally  wounded.  There  is 
nowhere  in  the  history  of  the  world  record  of  a  charge  more 
destructive  than  that  made  on  that  fair  September  afternoon. 
Every  man  in  the  Federal  line  of  battle  perished,  and  only 
a  half  score  of  those  left  to  hold  the  horses  escaped. 

Centralia,  then  a  mere  hamlet,  now  a  thriving  town  of  two 
thousand  inhabitants,  was  on  the  morning  of  the  battle 
crowded  with  visitors.  There  had  come  up  from  Columbia 
on  the  way  to  a  political  convention  at  Macon  Maj.  James  S. 
Rollins,  James  H.  Waugh,  John  S.  Samuel,  James  C.  Orr, 
and  others.  They  only  escaped  by  pretending  to  be  Methodist 
ministers  on  their  way  to  a  Conference.  Col.  Turner  S. 
Gordon,  proprietor  of  the  Gordon  Hotel  in  Columbia,  is  one 
of  the  few  survivors.  He  had  gone  to  Centralia  on  the  early 
morning  train  from  St.  Louis  with  John  Kirtley.  another  Co- 
lumbian. Mr.  Gordon,  then  a  boy  of  sixteen  years,  was  travel- 
ing in  a  car  with  Federal  soldiers.  He  saw  the  massacre  of 
the  morning.  There  were  about  twenty-five  furloughed  United 
States  soldiers  on  board,  besides  some  sick  and  disabled. 

The  guerrillas  threw  ties  upon  the  track  and  concealed 
themselves.  The  engineer,  seeing  the  obstructions,  checked 
up,  when  the  guerrillas  closed  in  on  every  side  of  the  train, 
firing  their  pistols  and  ordering  the  engineer  to  stop.  Ander- 
son and  his  men  immediately  went  through  the  car,  killing  all 
the  Federal  soldiers  but  one.  Sergeant  Goodman,  whom  they 
kept  to  trade  for  one  of  Anderson's  men.  After  robbing  the 
train  they  set  fire  to  it  and  ordered  the  engineer  to  pull  the 
throttle  wide  open  and  jump  off.     These  orders  Clark  obeyed ; 


but  he  had  allowed  the  fire  to  go  out,  and  the  train  ran  only 
two  or  three  miles  west  of  town. 

After  attending  the  Columbia  Fair  recently,  Frank  James, 
with  two  or  three  residents  of  Boone  County,  visited  the 
battlefield.  It  was  the  second  time  in  his  life  that  James  had 
been  in  Centralia.  There  could  scarcely  have  been  a  con- 
trast more  striking  to  Frank  James's  eyes  as  he  drove  out  to 
the  battlefield.  The  weather  was  much  the  same  as  in  Sep- 
tember of  1864.  There  was  the  same  blue  sky  and  the  chill 
of  early  fall. 

"There  is  the  spot,"  said  Frank  James  when  two  miles  or 
more  from  Centralia  (before  the  main  road  was  left  for  a 
broad  lane  which  led  to  S.  L.  Garrard's  home).  "Yonder  on 
the  rise  near  the  hayrick  was  a  line  of  the  Federal  troops. 
Just  this  side,  toward'  Centralia,  stood  the  detachment  which 
held  their  horses.  On  the  edge  of  the  woods  beyond  our  men 
formed." 

His  memory  served  him  well.  He  remembered  accurately 
the  entire  surroundings.  "I  can  go,"  he  said  in  this  connec- 
tion, "to  any  battlefield  where  I  was  engaged  and  pick  out 
almost  instantly  the  location.  I  suppose  it's  the  closeness  to 
death  which  photographs  the  scene  on  one's  memory." 

A  few  moments  later  James  arrived  on  the  battlefield 
proper.  Corn  was  growing  rank,  and  there  was  a  herd  of 
cattle  feeding  on  the  pasture  land.  Where  the  Federals  stood 
was  the  golden  yellow  of  a  hay  field.  He  wandered  around 
for  a  few  moments  taking  in  his  surroundings  with  almost 
passionate  eagerness.     Then  he  told  this  story : 

"The  day  before  we  had  had  a  small  skirmish  down  in 
Goslin's  Lane,  between  Columbia  and  Rocheport.  I  don't 
know  what  day  it  was.  We  could  scarcely  keep  account  of 
months  and  years  at  that  time,  much  less  days.  We  killed  a 
dozen  Yankee  soldiers  in  Goslin's  Lane  and  captured  a  wagon 
train  of  provisions  and  stuff.  Out  in  the  Perche  hills  that 
night  we  joined  forces  with  Bill  Anderson.  I  was  with  Capt. 
George  Todd,  one  of  the  hardest  fighters  that  ever  lived,  but 
less  desperate  than  Anderson. 

"But  Anderson  had  much  to  make  him  merciless.  You  re- 
member the  treatment  his  father  and  sisters  received  at  the 
hands  of  the  Kansas  Jayhawkers.  That  night  we  camped  on 
one  of  the  branches  leading  into  Young's  Creek,  not  far  from 
the  home  of  Col.  M.  G.  Singleton.  There  were  about  two 
hundred  and  twenty-five  men  all  told  in  our  combined  com- 
mand. 

"Funny,  isn't  it?  I've  met  or  heard  of  thousands  of  men 
who  claimed  to  be  with  Quantrell  or  his  lieutenants  during 
the  war,  when  the  truth  is  there  never  were  more  than  three 
hundred  and  fifty  or  four  hundred  from  the  beginning  to  the 
end  of  the  war. 

"In  the  morning  Anderson  took  about  thirty  of  his  company 
and  went  into  Centralia,  where  he  captured  a  train,  carried 
off  a  lot  of  stuff,  and  shot  down  some  soldiers  who  were  on 
the  train.  In  the  afternoon  Captain  Todd  detailed  a  detach- 
ment of  ten  men  under  Dave  Pool  to  go  out  and  reconnoiter. 
We  had  heard  there  were  some  Yankee  troops  in  the  neigh- 
borhood. In  Pool's  crowd  were  Wood  and  Tuck  Hill,  Jeff 
Emery,  Bill  Stuart,  John  Pool,  Payton  Long,  Zach  Sutherland, 
and  two  others,  names  forgotten.  They  were  to  find  out  if 
any  Federals  were  around,  how  many,  and  if  possible  toll 
them  down  toward  our  camp.  Pool  did  his  duty  well.  He 
found  out  the  location  of  the  Federals,  rode  close  to  them,  and 
then  galloped  rapidly  away  as  if  surprised.  The  Federals  fol- 
lowed.   I  have  never  found  anybody  who  could  tell  how  many- 


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there  were  of  them.  Pool  reported  to  us  that  there  were 
three  hundred  and  fifty,  and  he  was  usually  very  accurate. 
On  they  came  out  from  Centralia.  Pool  and  his  men  came  in 
and  reported.     Todd  called  out:  'Mount  up!     Mount  up!'" 

The  piercing  eyes  of  James  flashed  as  he  continued : 

"I  can  see  them  now  yonder  on  that  ridge.  I  don't  care 
what  your  histories  say:  they  carried  a  hlack  flag.  It  ap- 
parently was  a  hlack  apron  tied  to  a  stick.  We  captured  it 
in  the  battle  that  followed.  We  had  no  flag.  We  had  no 
time  to  get  one  and  no  chance  to  carry  it  if  we  had  had  one. 
The  Yankees  stopped  near  the  rise  of  the  hill.  Both  sides 
were  in  full  view  of  each  other,  though  nearly  half  a  mile 
distant.  The  Yankees  dismounted,  gave  their  horses  into 
the  charge  of  a  detail  of  men,  and  prepared  to  fight. 

"John  Roger,  a  funny  fellow  in  our  ranks,  watched  the  Yan- 
kees get  down  from  their  horses,  am!  said:  'Why,  the  fools 
are  going  to  fight  us  on  foot!'  And  then  added  seriously: 
'God  help  'em !' 

"We  dismounted  to  tighten  the  belts  on  the  horses,  and 
then  at  the  word  of  command  started  on  our  charge.  The 
ground,  you  see,  rises  sharply,  and  we  had  to  charge  up  hill. 
At  first  we  moved  slowly.  Our  line  was  nearly  a  quarter  of 
a  mile  long:  theirs  much  closer  together.  We  were  still  some 
six  hundred  yards  away,  our  speed  increasing  and  our  ranks 
closing  up,  when  they  fired  their  first  and  only  time.  Only- 
two  of  our  men  were  killed — Frank  Shepherd  and  'Hank' 
Williams.  A  third,  Richard  Kinney,  was  shot  and  died  three 
or  four  days  later  from  lockjaw.  Shepherd  and  Kinney  rode 
on  cither  side  of  me.  Kinney  was  my  closest  friend.  We  had 
ridden  together  from  Texas,  fought  and  slept  together,  and  it 
hurt  me  when  I  heard  him  say:  'Frank,  I'm  shot.'  He  kept 
on  riding  for  a  time  and  thought  his  wound  wasn't  serious. 

"But  we  couldn't  stop  in  that  terrible  charge  for  anything. 
Up  the  hill  we  went,  yelling  like  wild  Indians.  Almost  in  a 
twinkling  we  were  on  the  Yankee  line.  They  seemed  ter- 
rorized, hypnotized  (  ?).  Some  of  the  Yankees  were  at  'fix 
bayonets,'  some  were  biting  oft"  their  cartridges,  preparing  to 
reload.  Yelling,  shooting  our  pistols,  upon  them  we  went. 
Not  a  single  man  of  the  line  escaped.  They  were  shot  through 
the  head.  The  few  who  attempted  to  escape  we  followed  into 
Centralia  and  on  to  Sturgeon.  There  a  Federal  blockhouse 
stopped  further  pursuit.  All  along  the  road  we  killed  them. 
The  first  man  and  the  last  were  killed  by  Arch  Clements.  He 
had  the  best  horse  and  got  a  little  the  start.  That  night  we 
left  this  neighborhood  and  scattered.  I  recrossed  the  river 
near  Glasgow  and  went  southward." 

The  dead  soldiers  were  buried  in  a  long  trench  on  the  south 
side  of  the  Wabash  Railroad  track,  east  of  Centralia.  The 
bodies  were  removed  after  some  months  to  the  National 
Cemetery  at  Jefferson  City.  Fngineer  Clark,  of  the  Wabash, 
says  that  there  were  about  one  hundred  and  seventy  five  killed, 
including  the  twenty-five  who  were  taken  from  the  train  in 
the  morning.  Other  authorities,  however,  put  tin-  number  at 
over  two  hundred  out  of  the  total  two  hundred  and  twent; 
live  Federal  ^Idur-  who  were  on  the  battlefield. 

Frank  James  continued:  "We  did  not  seek  the  tight.  John- 
Son  foolishly  came  out  to  hunt  us  and  lie  found  US.  Then 
we  killed  him  and  his  men.  Wouldn't  he  have  killed 
one  of  us  if  he  had  had  the  chance"'  What  is  war  for  if  it 
isn't  to  kill  people  for  a  principle'  1  he  Yankee  soldiers  tried 
to  kill  every  one  of  the  Southern  s,,],!j,-rs  ami  tin 
from  the  South  tried  to  kill  all  the  Yanks,  and  that's  all  there 
is  of  it.     We  wire  just  there  in  the  brush   not   molesting  any- 


body when  Johnson  and  his  men  came  out  after  us.  We  never 
took  prisoners.  We  couldn't  do  it.  We  either  killed  them  or 
turned  them  loose — and  we  didn't  turn  many  loose.  The  Cen- 
tralia fight  reminds  me  of  Macbeth  in  'Never  shake  thy  gory 
locks  at  me.'  " 


GEN.  A.  P.  STEWART  ON  STRONG  TOPICS. 

BY    T.    C.    DABNEY,   CLARKSDALE,    MISS. 

In  August  last,  being  for  a  brief  time  in  Biloxi.  Miss.,  1 
had  the  good  fortune  to  see  and  talk  to  Gen.  A.  P.  Stewart, 
just  five  days  before  his  death.  The  writer  had  no  previous 
acquaintance  with  him  personally,  and  had  served  in  the 
humble  capacity  of  sergeant  of  artillery  in  his  corps  under 
Generals  Joseph  E.  Johnston  and  Hood  in  1864.  The  writer 
was  brought  into  personal  contact  with  General  Stewart  once 
during  the  service.  When  near  the  Tennessee  River  in  De- 
cember, 1864.  being  then  sergeant  in  command  of  the  one 
remaining  gun  in  Hoskins's  Mississippi  Battery,  he  received  ;. 
personal  order  from  General  Stewart  to  proceed  with  Lieuten- 
ant Tomkins,  in  command  of  the  two  remaining  guns  of 
Cowan's  Vicksburg  Battery,  down  to  Florence,  Ala.,  five 
miles  below,  to  contest  the  passage  of  a  Federal  gunboat  up 
the  Tennessee  River  to  cut  the  pontoon  bridge  over  which 
Hood's  broken  army  was  retreating  from  the  Nashville  cam- 
paign. The  gunboat  was  engaged  by  the  three  field  guns,  and! 
the  pontoon  bridge  was  not  destroyed  by  her.  During  tin 
retreat  from  Nashville  the  writer  received  an  order  to  take 
his  gun  into  action  from  General  Hood  in  person,  and  several 
days  later  from  General   Stewart,  as  stated  above. 

But  to  return  to  General  Stewart.  When  calling  upon  him 
at  Biloxi  I  was  especially  desirous  to  learn  from  him  tin- 
particulars  of  two  episodes  that  occurred  during  the  war. 
both  of  far-reaching  importance.  One  was  the  circumstances 
attending  the  removal  of  General  Johnston  from  the  com- 
mand of  the  army  at  Atlanta,  Ga.,  in  July,  1864 :  the  other, 
the  escape  of  Schofield's  army  from  General  Hood  at  Spring 
Hill,  Tenn..  in   November  of  that  year. 

First,  concerning   the  removal  of  General  Johnston. 

On  July  16,  1864,  Stewart's  Corps,  which  had  occupied  the 
fortifications  immediately  in  front  of  Atlanta,  had  been  ad- 
vanced to  a  position  several  miles  out  toward  the  Chatta- 
hoochee River,  in  response  to  the  withdrawal  of  Sherman's 
troops  from  our  front.  In  the  afternoon  of  that  day  a  cir- 
cular battle  order  was  promulgated  among  the  troops  from 
General  Johnston,  which  stated  that  the  favorable  opportunity 
had  arrived  for  striking  the  enemy;  that  Sherman  had  thrown 
part  of  his  army  across  the  Chattahoochee  River,  and  that  we 
would  advance  at  daylight  next  morning  and  beat  him. 

The  soldiers  were  filled  with  enthusiasm  by  this  announce- 
ment. Next  morning  no  order  came  to  advance,  and  the  day 
wore  away  in  wondering  speculation  as  to  why  the  advance 
was  not  made.  Late  in  the  day  the  explanation  came  in  the 
announcement  of  the  change  of  commanders,  which  brought 
no  consolation  with  it. 

There'  was  always  in  the  writer's  mind  a  mystification  about 
thai  battle  order,  as  it  was  supposed  that  such  an  important 
impending  change  must  have  been  known  to  General  Johnston 
several  days  in  advance  of  the  event.  The  only  explanation 
led  was  that  the  battle  order  was  issued  by  Genera' 
Johnston  to  prepare  the  way  for  General  Hood  to  make  th< 
attack,  which,  however,  was  not  made  until  four  days  later 
In  this  connection  General  Stewart  made  the  following  state- 
ment :     Me    had    received    orders    from    General    Johnston    to 


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prepare  for  the  attack  at  daybreak,  and  after  making  proper 
disposition  of  his  troops  he  rode  to  General  Johnston's  head- 
quarters about  dark  to  report  and  receive  his  further  orders. 
He  said,  moreover,  that  he  had  been  ordered  not  to  throw 
up  breastworks  in  the  position  assigned  to  him. 

When  he  reached  headquarters  General  Johnston  met  him, 
holding  a  paper  in  his  hand,  which  he  handed  General  Stew- 
art to  read.  The  paper  was  a  telegraphic  order  from  Ad- 
jutant General  Cooper  directing  General  Johnston  to  turn 
over  the  command  to  General  Hood.  General  Stewart  was 
astounded,  and  asked  General  Johnston  if  he  had  been  ap- 
prised of  it  before.  He  replied  that  several  weeks  before 
the  President  had  given  him  to  understand  that  if  he  crossed 
the  Chattahoochee  River  he  would  be  removed  from  the 
command. 

General  Stewart  then  urged  General  Johnston  to  suspend 
the  execution  of  the  order  until  the  intended  attack  was 
made ;  but  General  Johnston  said  he  was  not  at  liberty  to 
do  so,  as  the  order  had  come  directly  from  Richmond  and 
was  peremptory. 

General  Stewart  then  rode  off  to  find  General  Hardee  and 
General  Hood,  to  ask  them  to  join  him  in  a  telegram  to  the 
President  recommending  the  suspension  of  the  order  until  the 
fate  of  Atlanta  was  decided.  He  went  first  to  the  headquarters 
of  Hardee,  who  asked  him  if  he  (Hardee)  was  mentioned  in 
the  order,  and  replied  that  he  was  not.  Hardee  told  him  to 
go  and  find  Hood,  and  hear  what  he  had  to  say.  General 
Stewart,  before  leaving,  told  General  Hardee  he  was  certain 
that  he  would  receive  a  copy  of  the  President's  order  very 
soon,  and  asked  him  not  to  give  it  to  his  troops  until  the 
three  corps  commanders  could  meet  in  the  morning  for  a 
conference.  But  General  Hardee  gave  out  the  order  before 
morning. 

General  Stewart  failed  to  find  General  Hood  that  night,  but 
he  and  Hardee  found  him  in  conference  with  General  John- 
ston the  next  morning  at  the  latter's  headquarters.  Failing 
to  get  the  concurrence  of  the  other  two  corps  commanders 
in  a  telegram  to  Richmond,  he  sent  one  on  his  own  respon- 
sibility, suggesting  a  suspension  of  the  order;  but  the  sug- 
gestion was  not  favorably  received. 


Gen.  Stewart  Explains  Schofield's  Escape  at  Spring  Hill. 

Hood  had  maneuvered  skillfully  and  had  completely  en- 
trapped Schofield,  and  then  allowed  him  to  escape. 

Schofield  at  Columbia  was  confronted  by  S.  D.  Lee's 
Corps,  who  menaced  his  front ;  while  Forrest  was  sent  to 
the  right,  and,  crossing  Duck  River,  drove  back  Wilson's 
Cavalry  to  a  point  beyond  Spring  Hill,  leaving  Schofield's  left 
uncovered.  Cheatham's  Corps,  followed  by  Stewart's,  crossed 
Duck  River  in  Forrest's  track,  and,  turning  Schofield's  left, 
inarched  toward  Spring  Hill,  thirteen  miles  north  of  Colum- 
bia, where  one  brigade  of  Federals  guarded  a  park  of  wag- 
ons. When  General  Stewart's  column  reached  Rutherford's 
Creek,  some  miles  below  Spring  Hill,  he  received  an  order 
from  General  Hood  to  halt  his  command  and  form  a  line 
facing  the  Columbia  and  Spring  Hill  Pike.  This  order  was 
executed ;  and  later  he  was  ordered  to  resume  his  march  to- 
ward Spring  Hill.  As  he  approached  that  place  he  encoun- 
tered General  Hood  by  a  small  fire  on  the  roadside,  with 
a  single  orderly  as  attendant.  As  soon  as  he  came  in  speak- 
ing distance,  General  Stewart  said,  General  Hood  began  to 
inveigh  against  Cheatham  for  not  making  the  attack  on  Spring 
Hill,  as  he  was  ordered  to  do. 

General  Stewart  said  to  the  writer :  "It  was  on  my  tongue 


to  ask  Hood,  'Why  did  you  not  see  yourself  that  your  order 
was  obeyed  and  the  attack  made?'  but  I  thought  that  would 
appear  disrespectful." 

General  Stewart  said  he  asked  General  Hood  why  he  had 
stopped  his  command  at  Rutherford's  Creek,  to  which  he  re- 
plied that  he  thought  Schofield  might  try  to  get  out  that  way. 

Hood  had  his  whole  army,  including  most  of  Forrest's 
command,  except  Lee's  corps,  assembled  about  Spring  Hill 
and  along  the  pike  leading  to  Columbia  during  the  afternoon 
and  night,  while  Spring  Hill  was  occupied  by  a  small  Federal 
force  and  Schofield  was  back  at  Columbia,  confronted  by 
General  S.  D.  Lee.  During  the  night  Schofield  marched  his 
whole  army  from  Columbia,  through  Spring  Hill,  passing 
along  the  pike  in  the  immediate  presence  of  Hood's  army ; 
and  by  morning  was  well  on  his  way  toward  Franklin,  with 
his  whole  wagon  train  practically  intact. 

In  the  writer's  opinion  General  Schofield  has  never  re- 
ceived due  credit  for  the  temerity  displayed  in  making  the 
attempt. 

General  Stewart  further  said  that  when  he  approached 
Franklin  next  day  he  again  encountered  General  Hood,  who 
was  reconnoitering  the  enemy's  position,  and  who  asked  him 
if  he  could  cross  the  Harpeth  River  with  his  command,  to 
which  he  replied  that  he  was  sure  he  could  do  so,  as  he 
knew  there  were  fords  on  the  river.  He  said  he  hoped  that 
he  would  be  ordered  to  cross  the  Harpeth  and  again  turn  the 
enemy's  flank,  saying  that  the  mistake  at  Spring  Hill  would 
have  been  retrieved.  But  he  was  ordered  to  attack  Franklin 
in  front.     The  result  the  world  knows  was  a  bloody  disaster. 


MRS.    ANNIE  PATEE, 
President  Sterling  Price  Chapter  No.  401,  U.  D.  C,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

The  women  of  St.  Joseph  have  ever  been  bold  and  zealous 
in  maintaining  all  that  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy 
stand  for. 


LIST  Oh    VCA'.sc  KIPTIOXS    TO    THE    SAM  P.  Wis    MONUMENT  Fi   VD 


The  United  Daughters  of  the  Confed 

eracy  at   the  San    Francisco  i  ntion 

contributed  $500  for  the  Fund. 

TENNESSEE  DIVISION    CONTKIB1 

'I'll  INS 

Through  Mrs.  B.  If.  Hatcher,  of  Co- 
lumbia, the  Tennessee  Chapters  of  the 
Tennessee  Division  made  contributions 
a  j  follows: 

1906. 

Na^hviilp  Chapter,   Nashville....) 
Waverly  Chapter,  Waverly 

Bate.    William    R.    Nashville 

Chattai ga  Chapter,  Chattanoo- 
ga    

Fifth  Tenn.   Rent.  Chapter.  Paris 

Knoxville  Chapter,  Knoxville.... 

Baker  Lemmon  Chapter,  Coving- 
ton     

Leonldas  Polk  Bivouac,  Columbia 

Maury    Chapter,    I  !ol  uinhta 

Winnie  Davis  Chapter,  Columbia 

Bigby  Gray  Chapter,  Mi.  Pleas- 
ant     

School   at    McMinnville 

Ah.  Dinwiddle  Chapter,  MeKenzie 

Louise    Bedford.    Collierville 

Sarah     Law.    Memphis 

ciarks\  ill,'  Chapter,  Clarksvllle.  . 

Kate  L.  Hickman  Chapter,  Nash 
ville 

Franklin  Chapter,  Franklin 

Mr   Julian  Gracy,  Clarksvllle.... 

Man'   Latham  Chapter,  Memphis. 

Shelbyville  Chapter,   Shelbyvllli 

Mrs.  J.  N.  Thomason,   Memphis. 

Mrs.  F.   ii,   i'|i.  inn  cii.   Memphis.  . 

<  lid  soldier,  <  Columbia 

<  tld  soldier,   t  Columbia 

i  »ld  Hickory  Chapter,  Dickson  .  . 
Johnson    City    Chapter,    Johnson 

I'itv      

Shell, >  v  ill,     Chapter.    Shelbyville. 
William    It.     Bate    Chapter,    Nash 

ville    

Maury  Chapter,  Columbia 

Nashville   chapter.    Nashville.... 

k  ,  He    Smith    <  'hapter.    Si-wm ,  . 

Roberl    E.   Lee  Chapter,   l'uryear. 

A.   J.   Williams 

Martin  Chapter   

.1    i '    i '    Aikin     ( lhapti  >    I'n 

Children's  Auxiliary,  Paris 

'  dd   Boldier    

,\      P.     Stuart     i  <'i,atta- 

: 

Mary  Leland  Chapter,  Spring  Hill 
Russell   inn  i  lhapter,  Trenton. . . 

tpter,   i  '"i  timbla 

Nashville  Chapter,   Nashville.... 

.Jeffcr-oii  1 1  ,  Che  pter,  '  lleve- 
land    

Clark   Chapter,   Qallatln 

lis  Polk  i  Union 
City    

Jefferson    I  >a\  i  -    <  Chapter,    <  Jlevi 

land    

Shiloh  Chapter,  Savannah   

Mary  Lai  ham  <  lhapter   

Sarah  i.au   Chapter 

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Sam  Davis  Chapter,  Morristown. 
Mrs.   Dozier's   two  daughters.... 

Lewisluirg  Chapter  No.    111.   Lew- 

Isburg   

Mary      Leland      I  [ume     I  !hapti  i 

Sluing    Hill     

Memphis  Auxiliary,  Memphis.... 

Mrs.    T.    B.    Neal,   Nashville 

S.    A.    Cunningham 

John  Lauderdale  Chapter,  Dyers- 
burg  

A.   B.   Ford   Chapter,    East   N.i 
ville    

Mrs.    J.    W     Clapp,    Memphis 

Mrs.  C.  E.  Trevathan.  Union  CitJ 

Joe  Gibson.   Jr..   Nashville 

J,  I  rarvey  Mathes  <  lhapter,  Mem- 
phis   .  .    

Mrs.    Ernest    Walworth,  Memphis 

T.    A.    Wharton,    Columbia 

i  '.ii>t.  w.  li.    llallum  Chapter.  .  .  . 

Miss  Jennie  Lauderdale,  Nash- 
ville     

Gallatin  Chapter,  Clark  Chapter. 

Geo.  W.  Gordon  Chapter,  Waverly 

Francis  N.  Walker  chapter.  St. 
Elmo    

Nashville  Chapter.   Nashville 

John  Sutherland  Chapter,  Riplej 

Dr.  Y.  R.  Le  Monnier,  New  Or- 
leans.  La 

Win.  B.  Hate  Chapter,  Nashville. 

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iors. Nashville 

Newnan   (Ga  i  Chapter 

Mrs.    Lucius   Burch,   Nashville,  . . 

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Miss  Kate  Fort,  Chattanooga.... 
Leonidas     Polk     Chapter,     Union 

City    

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i:    i :    Lee  i  !hapter,  Paris 

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ville    

Win     l:     Bate  I  lhapter,    Nashville. 

John  Sutherland  Chapter,   Riplej 

John  W.  Thomas  chapter,  Mont- 
eagle    

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fith   Tenn     Reg    i  lhapter,   Paris.  . 

J.  D.  i '.   Atkins  i  lhapter,   Paris  .  . 

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Clarksvllle   

Mrs.    F.    O.    Watts.    Nash\  ill" 

W.  G.  Ev<  no.-.  Na  'i\  llle.  . .  . 

ii.M  i  iott  I  iverton  <  lhapter,  Nash- 
\  llle   

Kate  L.  Hickman  Chapter,  Nash- 
ville     

K  irby-Smiih    i  lhapter,    Si 

Mary  Latham  '  lhapter,  Memphis  . 

snah  Law  Chapter,   Memphis... 

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although    CO!  to.lian    of    the    I  501 

uti  'i  bj  the  United  l  laughters  of  the 
Confederacj  Ul  of  1 1  e  sums  repoi  ti  d 
I.      Mrs.    Hatcher    are    from    Tenni 

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GENERAL  LIST  OF  CONTRIBUTIONS. 

\    Confederate,   Savannah,  Ga....$  3  00 
Mil.    Chaptei  i  Ihildren  of  the 

\iiii  i,  an    k"\  ol   it  ion,    .Memphis  . 

\ .ia  i ,is.  A.   A  „   Washington,  l  >.  C. . 

Adams.  J.  I.  J..  Erin,  Tenn 

A   Friend,  Nasht  ill".  Tenn 

Adcock,   M.   v..   Burns,  Ti  nn 

Adger,  Mis-  J.  A.,  ch.nl.  ston.  S.  C. 

\.i:'  i.  Miss  E.  J..  Charleston,  S.  C. 
Agnew,  W.  H..  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 
It,    !•:.    C,    &    Russell,    W.    ''. 
I sburg,   Va I    00 

Ul  en,    Mrs.   M     I :  .   i  mux  [lie,   Va  .  .      i    "" 

Akers,  E.  A.,  Knoxville.  Tenn i    00 

Akers,   Jack.   Cleveland,   t  Ihio 1 

Akers,  Jack,  Jr.,  i  !le\  eland,  t  Ihio   . 
Akers,  Gardner  F.,  Cleveland,  O...     5  00 
Akers.  Mrs.  Albert,  Washington....      I   00 

Wbertson,  W.  H.,  Lake  Charles,  La.  1  00 
Alio  Ight,  G    x  .  Stanton,  Tenn.  ...     3  00 

Alexander,  J.  '!'..  Lavergne,  Tenn..  1  00 
All  xand.  i .  Mrs.  T.,  ii.  nry,  Ti  nn.  .  .  l  00 
Alexander,   S.   J..   Macon,   Tenn....      2   00 

Allen,  Jos.  W.,  Nai  nvllle   I I 

Allen.  Mrs.  s    F„  LaGrange,  Mo..      1   00 

\lii   on,   Frank,   White  Fine.  Nov  .  .      i    no 
Almond,  R.   I >..   Roo3evelt,  Idaho.  .     1  00 
American  Valve  fi    Meter  Co.,  Cin- 
cinnati,   t  Ihio 25   oo 

Amis.  J.   T  .  I  'nil,  oka,   Tnill 1    00 

And.  ison.  Capt.  s.   i:  .  Gainesville, 

T'  x     '    00 

Anderson,  R.  P..  liriiimi.  Tev 5  00 

Anderson.  Mrs.    K.,    Memphis.  Tenn.  I    00 

Anderson.   Mr      m      New  Orleans.,  i    00 

Anderson.   W,   E..   Pi  ni  icola,  Fla  ...  I    oo 

And.  i   Mis  a  Sophronia,   i  Hckson, 

Tenn     '    00 

And.  is. .ii.    I  ir.   J.    M  .    Fa  s  etti  ville, 

Ti  nn                                  1  00 

Anderson,  I  ir.  s.  p. .  I  Colston  Bridge, 

Va     '    00 

Armstrong,  C     \.   Lewi  burg,  Tenn.  i    00 

Arm. hi.  Col.   Brent,  Cinclnn  itl 5  00 

Arnold,   J.   M.,   Ni  wport,    Ky    I    00 

\  i  n-ii.i.  i  llarence,  St,   Louis,   Mo.  ...  I    "" 

Arthur.   James   R  .    Roi  kdale,  Tex.  .  1   00 

Arli  dge,  G.   1...   Monl  i  fui     Tex 1   00 

Arrlngton,  '  ■.   w  .,  Canadian,  Tex  . .  1  00 

Ashbrook,   1 1  .  St.  i is.  Mo 

Asbun  .    V   K  .   1 I    ;gins\  Hie,   Mo.  ...  1   00 

\ikins.  Gen.  J     D.  C,   Paris,  Tenn.  l   00 

ion,   .Marsh.  Si  attle,   Wash ...  2  00 

on,     Mrs.    m.     B.,    Jack  on 

Miss 

Ask.  w,    II     G.,    Austin,  Tex 

Ay  res.   J.    A..    Nashville. 

Baber,   Mrs     H    M..  Junct.  Cy,  '  "  e 
Bachman,  J.   l. .  Swei  tw  iter,  Tenn  . 
■nail.  r.  I. .   Know  llle,  Tenn 
i.    Miss   An.ti. -na.   Nasht  llle.  . 

d,    Wilson,    Franklin,   Ky 

mi..  \in  .i  hi.  T.  nn.  . .  . 
Baldwin.  A.  B  ,  n.   Ky.  .  .  . 

B  ill'  noil.'.    Mil  P  I 

Mrs.  J.  G.,  Pulaski,  Tenn 

:     .ii,-'.    I  If     Is      A  .    Ni  w    York    CltV.  . 

s.  col.  J    1 1.,  Columbus,  Miss 

B  irker,  T    M.,   Kenni  dy,    Ky 

Rarlow,  i  'ol.  W    P..  SI    I.  iuIs,  Mo.  .  l  00 

\  .  Sadlersvllle,  Tenn.  .  8  00 

tt,  J,  J  .   Montague,  Ti  \ I  00 

Rarringei     G     E     Nei  ada,  Tex.  ...  I  00 

,   i '  ipl    T    H  .   '  Ixford,   Ala    .  .  I  00 

i  ■- i . .  \ ,   M's    Annie.    Dickson,  Tenn.  1  oo 

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Bascom,  A.  W-,  Owingsville,  Ky..$  1  00 

Baskett,  L.  T.,  Greenwood,  Miss.  ...  1  00 

W.   J.,   Chattanooga.   Tenn.  .  .  1   00 

Basye.  Cant.  E.,   Louisville,   Ky....  1   00 

Batters,   George,   London,   England  1  00 

Baughman,   G.   H.,   Richmond,   Va.  .  1   00 

Beale,   A.   J.,   Cynthiana,   Ky 1  00 

Beard.  Dr.  W.  F..  Shelbyville,  Ky..  1   00 

Beard,  W.  E.,  Ellis  Mills,  Tenn'...  1  00 

Beasley,  Geo..   Murfreesboro,   Tenn.  1  ou 
Heck,     \V.     M.,     Mathews     County, 

Oregon    1  00 

Beckett,  J.   W.,  Bryant  Sta..  Tenn..  1  00 

Bee,   Eugene  M.,  Brookhaven,  Miss.  1  00 

Bee,    Robert,   Charleston,    S.    C 2   00 

Beers,  B.  F.,  Roman,  S.,  and  Robin- 
son.  E.   T.,   Benton,   Ala 1  00 

Behan.  Mrs.  W.  J..  New  Orleans..  5  00 

Bell,   Capt.   D.,   Howell,   Kv 1  00 

Bell,  Capt.  W.  E.,  Richmond,  Kv..  1  00 

Bell,  D.  S.,  Pine  Bluff,  Ark 1  00 

Bell,  Hon.  J.  H.,  Nashville.  Ark 1  00 

Bell.  B.   H..  North  Harlowe,  N.  C.  1  00 

Bemiss,  J.  H.,  Tuscumbia,  Ala 1  00 

Bernard,  H.  B.,  Louisville,  Ky ,.  1   00 

Betty,  J.  M.,  Lancaster,  Tenn 100 

I'.il.  s,   J.   O,   McMinnville,   Tenn....  3  00 

Bishop,   Judge  W.   S.,   Paducah,  Ky.  1  00 

Bitzer,   J.    M.,    Leesburg,   Va 1  00 

Blalock,   G.    D..    Montague,    Tex....  1  00 

Blackman,  J.  M.,  Springfield,  Mo..  2  00 

Blackmore.  J.  W.,  Gallatin.  Tenn.  .  .  5  0  0 

Blackstock,  N.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal..  1  00 

Blaine,  Mrs.  W.  C,  Charleston 2  00 

Blake,  A.  J.,  Ellis  Mills,  Tenn 1  ml 

Blake,  Mrs.  M.  A.,  Ellis  Mills,  Tenn  1  00 

Blake.    Rodney,    Ellis  Mills,   Tenn..  1  00 

Blakemore,  Dr.  H.,  Saltillo,  Tenn.  .  .  1  00 

Blakemore,  J.  H,  Trenton 1  00 

Blocker,  J.  W.,  Jackson.  Tenn 1  00 

Bocock,   Mrs.   T.   S.,   Richmond,  Va  6  00 

Bohon,   W.    J.,    Danville,    Ky 2  00 

Bonner.  N.   S.,  Lott,   Tex 1  00 

Boon,  Capt.  H.  G„  Cleveland,  O 100 

Bowen,  A.  C,  Nashville,  Tenn 1  00 

Bowles,    Fred   Pope,    Louisville,   Ky.  1  00 

Boyd,  Miss  Blanche,  Tolu,  Ky 1   00 

Boyd,  Miss  Mamie,  Tolu,  Ky 1  00 

Boyd,  Gen.  John,  Lexington,  Kv...  1  00 

Bradford,   Col.   H.   P..   Cincinnati...  2  nn 

Bramson.  W.  L.,  Coffeeville,  Miss.  1  00 

Breckenridge,  Mrs.  L.,  Danville,  Ky.  2  00 

Brickett,  W.  E.,  New  Orleans,  La..  1  00 

Bridges,   R.  D.,  Leesburg,  Va 1  00 

Bringhurst,  W.  R.,  Clarksville,  Tenn  1  00 
Bronson,  Miss  W.  A.,  Estill  Sp'gs, 

Tenn 1  00 

Brookfield,  J.  F.,  Newark,  N.  J.  .  .  .  1  00 

Brooks,  J.  H,  San  Augustine 1  00 

Brooks  &  Co.,  E.  J.,  New  York  City.  10  00 

Browne,  Jos.  Emmet.  Kev  West,  Fla  2  00 

Browne,  Dr.  M.  S..  Winchester,  Ky.  2  00 

Browne,    E.    H.    Baltimore,    Md.  .  .  .  1  00 

Brown,  J.  C.  Camp.  El  Paso,  Tex.  .  5  00 

Brown,    H.    P.,   Ohio 1  00 

Brown,  H.  T.,   Spears,  Ky 1  00 

Brown,     Miss     Nannie     E.,     Neva, 

Tenn 5  00 

Brown,    P.    F.,    Blue  Ridge   Springs, 

Va     1  00 

Brown,    B.    R.,    Shoun's   Crossroads, 

Tenn     1  00 

Brown,  W.  A.,  St.  Patrick,  La 1  00 

Brown,  W.  O,  Gainesville,  Tex  ....  1  00 

Brown.  Joshua,  New  York  City.... 100  00 

Brown,  Mrs.  Susan,  Spring  Hill.  ..  .  1  00 

Brownson,  Mrs.  J.  M..  Victoria,  Tex  1  (»i 

Bruce,  J.  H,  Nashville    5  00 

Brunner,   J.    H..   Hiwassee,    Tenn..  1  00 

Brusle,   C.  A.,   Plaquemine,   La....  2  00 

Bryson,    Barrett.    Gallatin,    Tenn..  1  00 

Bryson,   Ford,  Gallatin,  Tenn 1  00 

Bryson,   Geo.    G..   Jr.,    Gallatin....  1  00 

Bryson,  Hattie  H.,  Gallatin.  Tenn.  1  00 

Bryson,  Richard  A.,  Gallatin.  Tenn  1  00 

Bryson,   Robt.  H.,   Gallatin,  Tenn..  1  00 

Bryson,  Tandy  A.,  Gallatin,  Tenn.  1  00 

Buchanan.  H.   F.,   Jackson.  Tenn...  1  00 

Bunnell,  T.  A.,  Woolworth,  Tenn...  1  00 

Burges,  R.  J.,  Seguin,  Tex 1  00 

Burleson,  E,  H,  Lake  Charles.  La.  .  1  00 

Bullington,  H.  N.,  New  York  City.  .  1  00 

Bullions,  O.  A..  Hope  Villa,  La 2  00 

Burney,   Dr.  J.   W.,   Des  Arc,  Ark..  1  00 

Burkhardt,  Martin,  Nashville 5  00 

Bush,   Maj.  W.  G.,  Nashville   2  00 

Butt.  J.  W..  Duck  Hill,  Miss 1  00 

Byars,  H.  C,  Riverton,  la 1  00 

Cabiness,  Mrs.  J.  Y..  Evansville,  Ind  1  00 

Cain,  G.  W.,  Nashville 3  00 

Calcote,  J.   L.,  Meadville,  Miss 1  00 

Calhoun.  Dr.  B.  F.,  Beaumont,  Tex.  1  00 

Calhoun,  F.  H,  Lott,  Tex 1  00 

Calhoun.  W.  B.,  St.  Patrick,  La.  ...  1  00 

Campbell,  John  E.,  Austin,  Tex 1  00 

Campbell,  J.  W„  Martinsburg,  W.  Va  1  00 


Campbell,  W.  A..  Columbus,  Miss.$    1  00 
Camp   J.    P.    Benjamin    (five    mem- 
bers),   Kaufman,    Tex 5  00 

Camp  Sam  Davis,   Rogers   Prairie, 

Tex 5  00 

Cannon,  Dr.  J.  P.,  McKenzie,  Tenn.  1  00 

Cannon,  T.  H„  Collierville,  Tenn...  1  00 

Cantzon,  A.  R.,  New  Orleans,  La.  .  1  00 

Cantzon,    C.    C,    Hardeman,    Tex..  1  00 

Cardwell,  G.  S„  Evansville,  Ind....  1  00 

Cargile,  J.   F..  Morrisville,   Mo 1  50 

Carman,  C.  H,  Union  City.  Tenn..  2  00 
Carman,  C.  H.  &  J.  S.,  Union  City, 

Tenn 5  00 

Carnahan,    J.    C,    Donnel's    Chapel, 

Tenn     1  0I> 

Carnes,  Capt.  W.  W..  Memphis,  Tenn  1  00 

Carpenter,  R.  W.,  Piano,  Tex 1  00 

Carter,  Capt.  Jno.  H,  Avon,   Kv...  1  00 

Carter.    J.    E.,    Brownsville,    Tenn..  1  00 

Carter,   T.   G.,   Deadwood,    S.    D....  5  00 
Carroll,     Capt.     J.    W.,     Henderson, 

Tenn     1  00 

Cary,   Maj.   G.   W.,   New   York  City.  2  00 

Cash    collection,    Tavares,    Fla 3  50 

Cash,   Leesburg,  Va 10 

i  'ass.-ll.   T.    \v„    Higginsville,    Mo.  .  .  I  00 

Cassell,  W.  H,  Lexington,  Ky 2  00 

Cate,  H.  M.,  Mineola,  Tex 2  50 

Cates,    C.   T.,    Jr.,    Knoxville,    Tenn.  5  00 

Cave,  H.  S.,  Atlanta,  Ga 1  00 

Cayce,  Newnan,  Columbus,   Miss...  5  00 

Cecil,  Loyd,  Lipscomb,  Tenn 1  00 

Chadwick,    S.   W.,   Greensboro,  Ala.  1  00 

Champion,   S.  A.,  Nashville 10  00 

Charles,   W.   W.,    Rogersville,    Tenn.  1  00 

Charles,    W.   W.,    Fry,    Tenn 1  00 

Charles,  L.  H.,  St.  Clair,  Tenn 1  00 

Chandler,   H.   T.,   Cleveland,   0 25  00 

Chase,    Sanborn,     Florence,    S.    C.  .  1  00 

Cheatham.    Maj.   J.  A.,    Memphis...  1  00 

Cherry,'   A.    G.,    Paris,    Tenn 1  00 

Chew.    Phil,    St.    Louis,    Mo 15  00 

Children    of    the    Confederacy,    Sam 

Davis   Chapter,   Camden,   Ala....  3  00 

Chipley,  Gen.  W.  D.,  Pensacola,  Fla  1  00 

Chipley,  Miss  Clara,  Pensacola,  Fla.  1  00 

Christy,   J.    H,   Odessa,  Mo 1  00 

Chisum,   W.   C,   Paris,   Tex 1  00 

Clayton,  Capt.  R.  M.,  Atlanta,  Ga.  .  1  00 

Clark.   L.   R..    Clarksville,   Tenn....  1  00 

Clark,   Mrs.  I.  M.,   Nashville,  Tenn.  1  00 

Clark,  M.,   Parkersburg,  W.  Va 1  00 

Clark,    Miss  Belle,   Covington,   Ga.  .  1  00 

Clark,  Miss  M.  E.,  Covington,  Ga.  .  1  00 

Clark,   S.  W.,  New  Orleans,  La....  5  00 

Clark,   E.   W.,   Roper,   N.   C 1  00 

Clark,   W.  L.,   Sweetwater,   Tenn...  1  00 

Clarke.  J.    S„   Owingsville.   Kv 1  00 

Clemens.  W.   H.,  Leesburg,  Va.  . .  .  1  00 
Cleveland      Copper      Ferrule      Co., 

Cleveland,    Ohio 10  00 

Cleveland,   W..    Sweetwater,   Tenn.  .  1  00 

Clore,  F.  L.,  Henderson,  Ky 2  00 

Coffey,    W.    A.,    Scottsboro,   Ala....  1  00 

Coffin.  Miss   E.,    Sweetwater,   Tenn.  1  00 

Coffin,  Miss  S.  M.,  Sweetwater,  Tenn  5  00 

Coffman,    Dan,    Kaufman,    Tex 1  00 

Cole,    Col.    E.   W.,    Nashville 25  00 

Cole,  Whitefoord  R„  Nashville 10  00 

Coleman,    Gen.    R.    B.,    McAlester, 

Okla 1  00 

Collins,   J.  A.  M.,   Keokuk,  la 2  00 

Colston,  Edward,   Cincinnati    5  00 

Coltart,    James,   Hoboken,    N.   J.  .  .  .  1  00 
Confederate    Veteraness,    Washing- 
ton,   D.   C 1  00 

Comfort,    James,   Knoxville,   Tenn..  5  00 

Condon,   Mike  J..  Knoxville,  Tenn.  .  5  00 

Coney,    W.   E.,  Savannah.   Ga 1  00 

Connor,  W.  P.,  Owingsville,  Ky.  .  .  1  00 

Confed.  Vet.  Ass'n,  Savannah,  Ga.  .  5  00 

Conklin,   E.,   Omaha,   Neb 1  00 

Cook,  Col.  V.  Y.,  Elmo,  Ark 5  00 

Cook.    H.    M.,   Belton,   Tex 10  00 

Cooper,    Judge   John    S..   Trenton...  1  00 

Cooper.   W.  C,   Bfllbuckle,   Tenn...  1  00 

Coleman.    J.    M.,    O'Bannon,   Ky....  1  00 

Cophin,   John  P.,   Owingsville,   Ky.  .  1  00 

Corrie,  Mrs.  W.  W.,  Florence,   S.  C.  1  00 

Couch,    Z.    T.,    Bellbuckle,   Tenn 1  00 

Cowan,   J.  W.,   Nashville,   Tenn....  1  00 

Cowardin,   H.   O,   Martin,   Tenn....  1  00 

Cox,  J.  P..  Gatesville,  Tex 2  00 

Crabb,  V.  S..  West  Point,  Tex 1  25 

Craig,  Rev.  R.  J..  Spring  Hill,  Tenn  1  00 

Craig,    E.    B.,    Nashville 10  00 

Crane,  B.   D..   Ft.    Smith,   Ark 1  00 

Crank,  Wm.  H,  Houston,  Tex....  1  00 

Crawford,  J.  A..  Greenwood.  S.  C.  .  1  00 

Crittenden,  H.  O,  Shellman,  Ga 1  00 

Crump,   M.  V.,   Brownsville,   Tenn..  1  00 

Cunningham,   Capt.  F.,   Richmond..  5  00 
Cunningham,    I.    W.,    Goodlettsville. 

Tenn     1  00 

Cunningham,   P.  D.,  Washington.  .  .  1  00 

Cunningham,  S.  A.,  Nashville 25  00 


Cuny,  Nicholas,  New  Orleans $    1   00 

Currle,    Miss  A.   E.,   Omega.   La....  1   00 

Currie,  Miss  H.  A.,  Omega,  La....  1   00 

Curry,   Dr.   J.    H.,    Nashville 1   00 

Curd.    Ed.    Franklin.    Tenn 1   00 

Curtis.  Capt.  B.   F..  Winchester.  Ky  2   50 

Cushenberry,    Eli,    Franklin,    Ky...  1   00 

Daggett,  C.  B.,  San  Diego,  Cal....  5   00 

Daily,  A.  S.,  Leesburg,    v'a 1   00 

Dailey,   Dr.  W.  E..   Paris,  Tex 5   00 

Dance,   J.    H.,   Columbia,   Tex 1   00 

Dargan,  E.   K.,  Darlington.   S.  C...  1   00 

Dargan.  Miss  A.  W.,  Darlington.  S.  C  1   00 

Daughters  of  Con.,  Franklin,  Tenn  5   00 

Daughter   of   Vet.,    Louisville.    Ky..  1   00 

Davenport,  J.  B.,  Augusta,  Ga....  2   00 

Davis,  Miss  R.  E.,  Knoxville,  Tenn.  1   00 

Davis,  Miss  Maggie,  Dickson,  Tenn.  1   00 

Davie,   Capt.  G.  X,  Nevada,  Tex...  1   00 

Davis,  Dr.  J.  W..   Smyrna,  Tenn...  1   00 

Davis,   J.    M.,   Calvert,   Tex 1   00 

Davis,   Lafayette,   Rockdale,  Tex...  1   00 

Davis,  Miss  Mamie,  Dickson,  Tenn.  1   00 

Davis.    R.    N.,    Trenton 100 

Davis,  J.  K.,  Dickson,  Tenn 2   00 

Davis,    Hubert,    Dickson.    Tenn 1   00 

Davis,  Miss  Hettie,  Dickson,  Tenn.  1   00 

Davis,  Miss  Bessie,  Dickson,  Tenn.  1   00 

Davis,  J.  E.,  West  Point,  Miss 1   00 

Davis,  W.  T.,   Nashville    1  00 

Davis,  Mrs.  M.  K..  Dickson,  Tenn..  1   00 

Davis,  W.  P.,   Moberly,   Mo 1   00 

Davidson.   N.   P.,  Wrightsboro,   Tex.  1   00 
Daviess    Co.    C.    V.    A.,    Owensboro, 

Ky    G   55 

Deaderiek,  Dr.  C,  Knoxville.  Tenn.  4   00 

Deamer,  J.  C,  Favetteville,  Tenn.  .  .  1   00 

Dean,  G.  B.,  Detroit,  Tex 1   00 

Dean,  J.  J.,  McAlester,  I.  T 1   00 

Dean.  M.  J.,  Tyler,  Tex 1   00 

Deason,   James   R.,   Trenton,    Tenn.  1   00 

Decker,  Mrs.  M.  E.,  Jackson,  La...  1   00 

Deering,  Rev.  J.  R.,  Lexington,  Ky  2   00 

Dennv,  L.  H,  Blountsville,  Tenn...  1   00 

De  Rosset,  W.  L.,  Wilmington,  N.  C  1   00 

Desha,  Mrs.  R.  R.,  Cvnthiana.  Ky..  1   00 
Des    Portes,    Col.    R.    S.,    Columbia, 

S.     C 1   00 

Dexter,  J.  F.,  Bryn  Mawr,  Cal 1   00 

Dial,  H.  C,  Greenville,  Tex 1   00 

Dlbrell,  J.  A.,  Little  Rock,  Ark 1   00 

Dickinson,   Col.   A.   G.,   New  York..  5   00 
Dickinson,     Judge     J.     M.,     Chicago, 

111 25   00 

Dickson,  Hon.  C,  Covington,  Ga...  1   00 

Dillard,  H.  M.,  et  al.,  Meridian,  Tex.  5   00 

Dinkins,  Lynn  H,  Memphis,  Tenn..  1   00 

Dinkins,  Capt.  James,  Memphis....  1   00 

Dixon,  Mrs.  H.  O,  Flat  Rock,  Tenn  1   00 

Dodge,  Gen.  G.  M.,  New  York  City.  10   00 

Dodson.   J.   D.,    Snringdale,   Ark.  ...  1   00 

Dodson,   W.   C,   Waco,   Tex 1   00 

Dodson-Ramseur  Chapter,  U.  D.  C, 

Concord,    N.    C 10   00 

Donaldson,     Capt.     W.     E.,    Jasper, 

Tenn     1    00 

Donnelly,     Mrs.     M.     A.,     Shouns, 

Tenn 1   00 

Dortch,  Nat.  F.,  Sr.,  Nashville 1   00 

Dorteh,    Nat.    F.,   Jr.,    Nashville....  1   00 

Dortch,  J.  R.,  Nashville 1   00 

Dortch,  Berry  W.,  Nashville 1   00 

Dortch,  Miss  Lela  B.,  Nashville....  1    00 

Dougherty,  J.  L,  Glendora,  Cal...  2   00 

Dougherty,  O.  F.,  Liberty,   Mo 1   00 

Dougherty,  W.  E.,  Glendora,  Cal...  1    00 

Douglas,  Mrs.  Sarah  C,  Nashville.  .  1   00 

Dowlen,   Harris.  Wattsville.   Tex...  1   00- 

Dovle,  J.  M.,  Blountsville,  Ala 1   00 

Drane,    Paul   Eve,   Nashville 1   00 

Drane,     Ed,     Nashville 100 

DuBuisson,  C.  J.,  Yazoo  City,  Miss.  3   60 

Duckworth,   W.    S.,    Nashville 1   00 

Duckworth,  A.,  Brownsville,  Tenn..  1   00 

Dudley,  Maj.  R.  H..  Nashville 25   00 

Ducloux,   Chas.,   Knoxville,   Tenn...  1    00 

Dugan,   Geo.    M.,   Chicago,    111 2   50 

Dulin,  G.   C,   Leesburg,  Va 1    00 

Duncan,  H.   H.,  Tavares,   Fla 1    00 

Duncan,    J.    W.,    Gadsden,    Ala 1   00 

Duncan,  Mrs.  H.  H.,  Tavares,  Fla..  1    00 

Duncan,  J.   C,   Knoxville,  Tenn....  5   00 

Duncan,  W.  R.,  Knoxville.  Tenn...  1   00 
DuPont    Powder    Co.,    Wilmington, 

Del 100   00 

Durrett,  C.  D.,  Bolivar,  Tenn 1   00 

Durrett,  D.  L.,   Springfield,  Tenn...  1   00 

Durrett,  D.  E.,  Bolivar.  Tenn 1   00 

Dwight,   C.   S.,   Columbia,   S.   C 1   00 

Dyer,   S.  B.,  Pond  Springs,  Ga 1   00 

Dyas,  Mrs.  Fannie,  Nashville 1   00 

Eastland,  Miss  J.,  Oakland,  Cal 2   00 

Eastman,    Frank,    Atlanta,    Ga....  5   00 

Eaton,    John,    Tullahoma,    Tenn....  3   00 

Edminston,   Wm.,   O'Neal,  Tenn....  1    00 


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Egbert    Jones    Camp,    No.    35,    U.    C. 

V.,   Huntsville,   Ala $  5   00 

Eldridge,  B„  Brenham,  Tex 1   00 

Eldridge,  J.  W.,   Hartford,  Conn...  6   00 

Hlrnzer,  S.  G.,  Coleshnrg.  Tenn....  1    on 

Elliott,  J.  M.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal...  1   00 

Elliott,  J.  M..  Pine  Blurt.  Ark 1    00 

Ellis,  Capt.   H.   C.  Hartsville.  Tenn.  1    00 

Ellis,   \V.    II     II..   Bozeman,  Mont..  1    00 

Ellison,  J.  W„  Ellison,  Ariz 2   00 

Ellis,   Mrs.   H    C.    Hartsville,  Tenn.  1   00 

Elmore,  C.  E.,  Leesburg,  Va 1   00 

Embry,  J.  W.,  St.  Patrick,  La 1   00 

Emmert,  Dr.  A.  C,  Trenton,  Tenn.  .  1   00 

Embry,   Glenn,    St.    Patrick,    La....  1    00 

Endlcott,  H.  B..  Boston.  Mass 100   00 

EnslOW,  J.  A.,  Jr.,  Jacksonville,  Fla.  1    00 

Erwin,   T.   G.,    Erwlnavllle,   La 2  00 

Eslick,    M.    S.,    Fayetteville,   Trim..  1   00 

Ewlng,  Hon.  Z.  W.,  Pulaski,  Tenn.  2  00 

Ewing,  P.  P.,  Owingsville,  Ky 1   00 

Fain,  Capt.  Ernest,  Rogersville,  Tenn  1  00 

p.   A.  S,  Asheville,   N.  C 5  00 

Fall,  J.   H.,   Nashville 10   00 

Fall.    Mrs.   J.    H..   Nashville 10   00 

Fai  rar,    Ed.    II.,   Centralia,    Mo 1    00 

Featnerston,     L.     C.     Featherston, 

I.   T    5   00 

Feeney,   R    E.,   Fayetteville,  Tenn..  1  00 

Felts,  Miss  C.  I...  Camden,  Ala....  5  00 

Ferguson,  Gen.  F.  s.  Birmingham..  1  00 

Field,   A.  C,   New   York  City 3   00 

Finegan,   Mrs.   Lucy  C,   Knoxville, 

Tenn 1  00 

Finney,  W.  D..  Wrightsboro,  Tex.,  l  00 

Fisher,  Capt  J.  Apalachlcola,  Fla.  5   00 

Fisher,   J.   F.,   Farmlngton,  Tenn...  1   00 

Kit.  .   I,.   B.,  Nashville 1    00 

Fletcher,   Mack.  Denison.  Tex 1   00 

Forbes  Bivouac,  Clarksville,  Tenn..    - 

Ford,  A.   B.,   Madison.  Tenn 1    00 

Ford,   J.   W.,   Hartford.   Ky 1  00 

Forney,   Mis.   C.   A..   Hope,  Ark....  1   00 

Forrest,  A.,  Sherman.  Tex 1   00 

Forrest.   Carr,    Forreston,   Tex 2  00 

Foster,  A.  W.,  Trenton l   00 

Foster,  N.  A..  Jefferson.  N.  C 1   00 

Foute,   w.   io..  Atlanta,  Ga 1  00 

Fowler,  Mrs.  J.  W.,  Stovall,  Miss...  2   00 

Fox.  J.,  Jr..  Bis:  Stone  Gap,  Va....  1  00 
Frank   A.    Bond   Chapter   U.   D.    C, 

Jessups,    Md 10   00 

French,    Miss   V..    Morristown 1   00 

Fry.  Jas,   M.   Will's  Point,  Tex 1  00 

Fuller,  Geo.,  Arkadelphia,  Ark 1   00 

Fussell,  J.   B.,   Dickson,   Tenn 1   00 

Gallor,  Bishop  T.  F„   Memphis 1   00 

Gailor,  Mrs.  T.  F„  Memphis,  Tenn.  1  00 
Gallor.      Charlotte     M.,      Memphis, 

Tenn 1   00 

Gailor,  F.  H.,  Memphis,  Tenn 1   00 

Gailor,  Nannie  C,  Memphis,  Tenn.  .  1   00 
Qalnes,   Vv\  A.,  Georgetown,  Ky.  .  .  .  1   00 
Gardner.  D.  B.,  Fort  Worth,  Tex.  .  .  3   00 
Gardner,     Hon.     Washington,     Al- 
bion.   Mich 5   00 

Gardner,   W.   II.,   1  nion  City,  Tenn.  1   00 

Garneti.  Miss  A..  Hot   Springs.  Ark.  2   00 

Garwood,   O.,    Belief ontaine,   0 1   00 

Garrett,  W.  C.  Pine  Bluff.  Ark....  l  on 

Garrett,  Capt.  W.  E.,  Leesburg,  Va  1   00 

Garrott,    Isaac.    Pemhroke,    Ky 1    00 

Gauche,  J.  A.   New  Orleans,  La...  1   00 

Cant,   J.   W..   Knoxville.  Tenn 5   00 

William.    Trenton     1    00 

George,  Capt.  J.   II..   Howell,  Tenn..  1    00 

Gentry.   Miss   s,.   Franklin,  Tenn...  1   00 

Gibbons,  .1.  R.  Bauxite,  Ark 1   00 

Gibson,  Capt.  Thos..  Nashville 1   00 

Gibson,  R.  B.,  Sweetwater,  Tenn...  2   nn 

Gibson,   H.  i',   Leesburg,  Va 1   00 

on,  w.  p.,  Warrensburg,  Mo...  1  00 

Gild. -a,  A.  M,  Del  Rio.  Tex 1  00 

Giles.   Mrs.    I,.   P..   Laredo,  Tex 1    00 

Gllfoll,  J    ii  .  I  imega,  I. a 2  00 

(  Mlman,  J.   w ..   Nash\  ill" 1    00 

Gilman.  Miss  Nellie.  Nashville 1   00 

Given.    Miss    Lucy    D.,    Knoxville. 

Tenn 1   00 

Godwin,    Col.    J.    W.,    Mossy    Creek. 

Tenn    1   on 

Gold,   Edward   ]•:.,   New  York  City.  10   00 

Goldsmith,  W.  I,.,  New  Orleans,  La.  1    en 

Q h.  Roland,  Nevada,  Tex 1  oo 

Qoodlet,   IV  Z..  Jacksonville,  Ala...  2  00 

i   tt.   Mrs.   M.  C..   Nashville.  ...  6  00 
oi  .   Rev.  A.  T.,  Station  Camp, 

Tenn 10  00 

G Iman,  Frank.  Nashville 1   00 

finer,    Dr.    D.    M..    Fayetteville, 

Tenn 1   00 

•  '■ Ipasture,  J.  B..  Owingsville,  Ky  1  00 

Goodrich.  J,   T.   Fayetteville,  Tenn.  1   00 

Cordon,   I">.   M..  Nashville 1   00 

Gordon.  A.  C,  McKenzie,  Tenn....  1   00 


Gordon,  Dr.  B.  G.,  McKenzie,  Tenn.}   1   00 

Gordon,   Mrs.   D.  M.,  Nashville 1   00 

Gourley,  M.  F.,  Montague,  Tex 1   00 

Grace,  L.   E.,  Sweetwater.  Tenn....  1   00 

Gn v.    Matt,    Clarksville.    Tenn...  1   00 

Graham,  J.  M.,  Pinewood,  Tenn...  5   00 

Granbery,   W.   L..  Jr.,  Nashville....  6   00 

Granbery,  J.  T..  Nashville 5  00 

Graves,  Col.  J.  M..  Lexington,  Ky.  .  1  00 

Gray,    S.    L.,    Lebanon.    Ky 1   00 

Or.iv.  Rev.  C.  M.,   Ocala,  Fla 1    25 

Green,    A.   B.,    Livingston.   Tex 1   00 

Green,  W.  J.,  Utica.   Miss 1   00 

Green,  John  R.,  Brownsville,  Tenn.  1   00 

Green.  Jim.   W..   Knoxville,  Tenn...  5  00 

Green,  Curtis.  Leon  Junction.  Tex..  1   00 

Green,  R.  H..  Covington.  Tenn 1    00 

Green,  Folger.  St.  Patricks,  La...  3   00 

i  In  er,   n.  C,   Let,  Tenn 1  00 

Gregory,  W.   II..  Smyrna,  Tenn 1   00 

Gresham,  W.  R..  Park  sta.,  Tenn...  1   00 

Griffin,  W.   II..  Union  City,  Tenn...  1   00 

Grifflng,  S.  J.,  Ada,  I.  T 1   00 

Griggs,   J.    L..   Macon,  Miss 5  00 

Grimes,   Dr,   J.   H.,  Baltimore,   Md..  5   00 
Grimes,  R.  W.,  Hadensvllle,  Ky....  1   00 
Grundy,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  A.,  Nash- 
ville, Tenn    2  00 

Gudgell,  D.  E..   Henderson,   Ky....  1  00 

ciest,  Isaac,  Detroit,  Tex 1  00 

Gwin,  Dr.  R.  D.,  McKenzie.  Tenn.  .  .  1   00 

Haley,  J    C,  College  Grove.  Tenn..  1   00 

Haley.    E.    K.    Jackson,    Tenn 1   00 

Hall,  Rev.  F.,  Murfreesboro.  Tenn.  1   00 

Hall,  I.    By  Dixon,   Ky 1   00 

Hall.   W.   E.,  Carthage,  Mo 1    00 

Hance,  Capt.  E.  S.,  Defeated,  Tenn.  1   00 
Hancock,      R.     J.,     Charlottesville, 

Va      2   00 

Hancock,    R.    R.    Auburn.   Tenn....  2    00 

Hancock,    Dr.    W.    H.,    IYiris.    Tex..  1    00 

Il.miiok.    E.    c,.,    Waco.    Tex 1   00 

Happel,  Dr.   T.   J.,  Trenton,  Tenn.  3   50 

Harder,    Geo.    B.,    Portland.   Oregon.  1   00 

Hardison,   w.  T.,  Nashville,  Tenn..  5  00 

HargiS,    J.    R..    Taylor,   Tex 1   00 

Harmsen,   Barney,   El   Paso,  Tex...  5  00 

Harper,  J.   R.,   Rosston.  Tex 1   00 

Harris,    Geo.    H.,    Chicago 5   00 

Harris,  MaJ.  R.  H.,  Warrington,  Fla  1   00 

Harris,    Weaver.    Nashville,    Tenn..  5   00 

Harrison,  J.  A.,  Purdon.  Tex 1   00 

Harrison,    W.    W..    Trenton,    Tenn..  1   00 

ll.nt.    L.    K.   Nashville,   Tenn 1    00 

Hartman,  J.  A.,  Rockwall,  Tex....  1   00 

Hartzog,    II.   C.   Greenwood,    S.   C.  .  1   00 
Hatcher,     Mrs.     E.     H.,     Columbia, 

Tenn.,    entertainment    115  00 

TIatler.    Bailey.    Bolivar.    Mo 1    00 

Hawling,   C.    T.,   Leesburg,   Va.  .  .  .  1   00 

I  In  dm.  J.  T.,   Chicago.   Ill 1   00 

Hayes,  C.  S.,  Mlneola,  Tex l  00 

Havs,   H.  C.  Rinevville,   Ky 1   00 

Havrde.   Capt    M..    Kaufman,   Tex..  1    00 

Heartsill.   W.   W.   Marshall,  Tex..  1   00 
Hedgeplth,    Mrs.    M.    E.,    Des    Arc, 

Ark     1    00 

Ileighe.   .Tno.    M„    Baltimore,    Md..  5   00 

Hemming,  C.  C,  Col.  Sp'gs.  Col...  10  00 

Henderson,   C.   K„   Aiken.   S.   C 1   00 

Henderson,    J.    H..   Franklin,   Tenn.  1   00 

Henry,    Mrs.   E.   M.,   Norfolk.  Va...  1   00 

Hi  Min.    J.    P..    Nashville,    Tenn...  1   00 

Herblln,  Mrs.  J.  D.,  Nashville.  Tenn  1    00 

Herbst.   Chas.   Macon.   Ga 1   00 

Hereford,  Dr.  T.  P.,  Elmwood.  Mo.  1   00 

Herndon,  Jno.  F..  Georgetown,  Ky.  3   00 

Herron,   W.    W.,    Mobile.   Ala 50   00 

Herron,    W.    W.,    McKenzie.    Tenn..  1   00 

Hlbbett,    Eugene,    Smyrna,    Tenn...  1   00 

Hickman.   Mrs.  T.  G..  Vandalia.  111.  1    00 

Hi,  km. in.  John  P.,  Nashville.  Tenn.  1    00 

Hicks,   Miss  Maud.   Finley,  Ky 1  00 

Hlgglns,   Miss   E.   B..   Los  Angeles, 

Cal 1    00 

Hlles,     Hon.     Ogden,     Salt     Lake 

City,    Utah    5  00 

Hill,    Dr.    I..    Covington,    Tenn 1   00 

Hill.   J.   T..    Beachvllle,   Tenn 1   00 

Hlllsman,   J.   C,    I  ■■  dbi  tter,   Tex.  . .  1  00 

Hinkle,    W.    F.,   SaltlllO,  Tenn 1    00 

Urn  -on.   W.   G..   Charleston,   S.  C. .  .  10   00 

Hitchcock,  L.   P.,  Prescott,  Ark....  1  00 

Hodges.    S.    B..   Greenwood.   S.   C...  1    00 

Holcomb,  P.  M..  Connecticut 1    00 

Holdc  r,    w.   l  I .  Jackson,   Miss 1   oo 

Holland,   l:    C,  Jackson,  Miss 2  00 

Hollenberg,  Mrs.  EC  G.,  Little  Rock  1  00 
Holman,    Col.    J.    H.    Fayetteville, 

Tenn    1  oo 

II. ilmcs,    C     w.,    Leesburg,   Va....  60 

Hoi  line,   Mrs,   r.  s..  Nashville 1  00 

Holloway,    Mrs.    J.   Q.    A.,   and    Miss 

Baltimore,    Md 25  oo 

lb, ,,n,   C.   H.,  Owingsville,   Ky 1  00 

Hooper,    Miss  J.,   Dickson,   Tenn...  1   00 


Hopping.  A.,  Wayne.  Ind $  1   00 

Home,    Will    B.    &    Warnick,    Los 

Angeles,  Cal 1    00 

Horton.    Miss   Fanny.   Belton,   S.   C.  1    nn 

Hoss,    Rev.    Dr.   E.   E.,   Nashville...  1   00 

Hough,   E.   S.,    Manchester,   Tenn..  5   00 

House,    A.    C,    Ely,    Nev 7   50 

House,    S.   J.,    Senatobia,    Miss 1   00 

Houston,    R.    A'..    Monroe,    N.    C 1   00 

Howell,  C  C.   Knoxville,   Tenn....  .">   00 

Howell.  R.  H.  Los  Angeles,  Cal..  1  00 
Howdeshell,     S.     S.,    Prathersville, 

Mo     1   00 

Hows.   S.    II.    Wwsom   Sta.,  Tenn..  1   00 

Hughes,   Louis.    Dversburg.    Tenn...  1    00 

Hughey,  .1.   I...  Greenwood,   S.  C...  l   oo 

Hull.   Miss  Anna,  Dickson.  Tenn..  1    00 

Hume,    F.   C  Galveston,  Tex 1   00 

Humphreys,  D.  G.,  Port   Gibson,  Miss  I    nn 

Humphries,    C,    Crystal    Springs...  1  00 

Hunlev,  Mrs.  S.  A.,  Baltimore,  Md.  1   00 

Hunt,  T.  A..  I'.lkin,  N.  C 1  OO 

Hunter,   Mrs.  J.   P.,   Nashville,  Tenn  1    00 

Hurt,    R,    A.,   Jackson,  Tenn 1   00 

Hutcheson,   W.  G..  Nashville,  Tenn.  1    00 

Hutch,  son.    Mrs.    W.    G..    Nashville.  1    00 

Hutch,  son.   Miss  K.  D.,  Nashville..  1   00 

i   sou.    Miss    D..    Nashville....  1   00 

Hutcheson,   Miss  N.   P.,   Nashville..  1    00 

Hutch.son.  W.  G..  Jr.,  Nashville...  I    00 

Hutchinson,  R.  H.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  2   00 

lkirt.  Dr.  J.  J..  East  Liverpool,  O.  .  1   00 

.    Capt.    .1.    L.,   Rockwell.    Fla.  5   00 

mi.  .1  .    Bivouac,  Jackson,  Tenn  5   60 

Irwin,  Capt.  J.  W.,  Savannah,  Tenn.  1   00 

Jackson,  c.  c...  Wetumpka,  Ala....  1  00 
Jackson,    Stonewall    Camp,    McKen- 

Zle,    Tenn     5   00 

Jackson,  W.  H.,  Effingham,  111 1   00 

James,  G.  >'•■.   Exeter,  Mo 1  00 

.bin,  it.  C.  V.,  Hopklnsvllle,  Ky....  1  00 
Jarrett,    Dr.    M.    L.,    Jarrettsville, 

Md 1   50 

Jasper,   T.   C,   Piano.   Tex 1  00 

.1.    I>,    M..    Mineola.    Tex 1   00 

Jenkins,   S.  G..   Nolensville,  Tenn..  1  oo 

Jennings.   T.   D.,   Lynchburg,   Va...  1   00 

Jennings,  W.   B..  Moberlv.   Mo 1   00 

Jett,  W.  A.   L.,  Murray  Hill,  N.  J. .  1    00 

Jewell,   W.   H.,  Orlando,  Fla 1    00 

.l,,l,,,-:, ,n,   I  ir.  T    I...  c  lr,  ,  iiln  i,  r,  Tenn  1    00 

Johnson,  Ike,  et  al.,  Nashville 7   50 

Johnson,   Miss   M.,    Pheba,   Miss....  2   25 

Johnson,   T.    J.,    Princeton,    Ky 1   00 

Johnson,  J.  W.,  McComb  City,  Miss.  1   00 

Johnson,  Leonard.  Morrisville.  Mo.  .  1  50 
Johnson    &    Co.,    Wm.,    Charleston, 

S.    C 5   00 

Jones,  A.  B.,  Dversburg.  Tenn 1   00 

Jones,   A.   Tillman.    Nashville 2   00 

Jours,    Master   c.rrv.    Franklin.    Ky .  1   00 

.lours.    II.    K.,   Dilworth,   Tex 5   00 

joins.  J.  M..  Sweetwater,  Tenn....  5  00 
Jones,   Mrs.   L.   H.  W..   Shreveport, 

La.    2   00 

Jones,  Dr.  L.  J..  Franklin.  Ky 1   00 

Jones.    Reps,    Know  ill,-.    Tenn 5   00 

Jones,  Russell,   Brunswick,  Tenn...  1   00 

Jours,    Sol.    Paris.   Trim 1   00 

Jones.   Hon    S,   c.   Rockville,  Md.  .  1   00 

Jones,  T.   S.   Macon.   Ga 3   00 

Joplln,   J.    B.    Gurley.   Ala 1   00 

Jordan.  M    F..  Murfreesboro,  Tenn.  1   00 

Jourolman,    Leon,   Knoxville,  Tenn.  5  00 

Jowell,   .1.   T„   Hereford,  Tex 2   00 

Justice,  Wm.,  Personville,  Tex 1   00 

Keerl,  G    w      Culpeper,  Va 3  00 

K,in  Camp.    Cowling  Green,  Miss..  1   50 

Keith,  w.    1 1     s    nil-.  Ark 1   oo 

Kelly,   Gen.   R..   Los   Angeles,  Cal..  1    00 

Krllv,  J.   O..  J, -IT,   Ala 1    00 

Kelso,  F.   M..  Fayetteville,  Trim...  1  00 

Kenan,  W.  R.  Wilmington,  N.  C...  1  oo 

Kendall,    R    A,   Balrd,   Tex 1  00 

Kenley,    F..    Kearney,    Mo 0  25 

Kennedy,   John   C.   Nashville.  Tenn.  5    00 

Kern,  Albert,  nayton,  0 2  30 

Kerr,   Jes         Era      Cex 1  00 

Kerr,  J    W.,  Cellna,  Tex 1  00 

K,  v.  .1    T  .    Baker,   Tenn 1   oo 

King,  Joseph,  Franklin,  Ky l  00 

Km:;.    I  lr.   .1.    C.    J  .    Waco.    Tex 1    00 

Kirkman,   J-    Washington.   D.  C .  .  .  .  1    00 

Klrkman,   V.    L..    Nashville 5  00 

Killebrew,  Col.  J.   B.,  Nashville 5  00 

KtlVlngtOn,    Miss    M..    Nashville....  5    00 

Kllvlngton,    Miss    N.,    Nashville....  5  00 

Klrby,    J.    L.,    Nashville.    Tenn....  1    00 

Kirbv,    Mrs.   J.   L,  Nashville 1   00 

Klrby-Parrlsh,   Mrs.   Loulie,  Nash- 
ville,  Tenn 1    0" 

Klugh,  T.  H.,  Quarry,  N.  C 1   00 

Knapp,    Dr.    W.    A.,    Lake   Charles, 

La     1  00 


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Knight.  Miss  H.,  Chestnut  Hill,  Ky.$   1  00 

Knoedler,   Col.   L.   P..  Augusta.   Ky.  1  00 

Knowles,  W.   H.,  Pensacola,   Fla.  .  5  00 

Knox,  R.  M.,  Pine  Bluff,  Ark 5  00 

Knox,  S.  T.  T.,  Pine  Bluff.  Ark 1  00 

Kollock,     Miss    Susie    M.,    Clarks- 

ville,   Ga 1  00 

LaBree,    Benj.,    Louisville,   Ky 1  00 

Lackey,  H.  L.,  Alpine.  Tex 1  nn 

Lackle,   T.   L..  Detroit,  Mich 1  00 

Ladies'    Confed.    Mem.    Association, 

Memphis,  Tenn    5  21 

Ladies    of     Baptist    Church,     Plant 

City,    Fla    3  00 

Landrs.  J.   M.,  Greene,   la 1  00 

Lankford.  A.   H.,  Paris,   Tenn 1  00 

La  Rue,  J.  N.,  Franklin,  Ky 1  00 

Lasley,    W.    W.,    Lewisburg,    Ky.  .  .  2  00 

Latham,  John  C,  New  York  City.  .  25  00 

Latta.    S.    R..    Dversburg,    Tenn....  1  00 

Lauck,  T.  H.,   Leander,  Tex 1  00 

Lauderdale,  Mrs.   J.   S.,  Llano,  Tex.  1  00 

Lauderdale,   J.    S.,    Llano,   Tex 1  00 

Lawrence,     Miss     Mary,     Bowling 

Green,    Ky    1  00 

Lawson.   A.   J..  Union  City,   Tenn..  1  00 

Lea.  J.  O..  Charleston,  S.  C 1  00 

Lea,   Judge  J.   M..   Nashville 10  00 

Lea,   N.  W.,   Clarksdale,   Miss 4  00 

Lea,   Overton,   Nashville 10  00 

Leachman,  C.  C„  Wellington,  Va...  1  00 

Learned.  R.  F.,  Natchez,  Miss 1  00 

Lebby,  Dr.  R.,  Charleston.  S.  C...  1  00 

Lee,    Blewett,   Chicago,   111 5  00 

Lee,  C.  H.,  Falmouth,  Ky 1  00 

Lee,  C.  H.,  Jr.,  Falmouth,  Ky 1  00 

Lee,  D.  P.,  Charlotte,  N.  C 1  00 

Lee,     Mildred,     Chapter    U.     D.     C, 

Fayetteville,   Ark    3  00 

Lee,   W.   R..   Charlotte,  N.   C 1  00 

Lehmann,    Joe,    Waco,    Tex 1  00 

Lemond,   R.   W.,   Hale  Center 1  00 

Lemonds.  J.  L.,  Paris,  Tenn 1  00 

Lenoir,  H.   L.,  Sweetwater,  Tenn...  1  00 

Lenoir,  W.  T.,  Sweetwater,  Tenn...  1  00 

Leslie,  J.  P..  Sherman,  Tex 1  00 

Letter,  J.  H.,  Deming,  N.  Mex....  12  00 
Letcher,     J.     R.,     Salt    Lake    City, 

Utah     5  00 

Lewis,  Maj.  E.  C,  Nashville,  Tenn.100  00 

Lewis,   Dr.   F.   P.,   Coalshurg,   Ala.  .  1  00 

Lewis,  Jack,  Glasgow,  Kv 2  00 

Lewis,   R.    F.,   Pittsburg,   Tex 1  00 

Lewis,  Virgil.  Bagdad,  Ky 1  00 

Lincoln.  H.  B.,  Thompson's.  Tenn..  1  00 

Linck.  Mrs.  Catherine,  Nashville..  1  00 

Lindsey.   A.,   Nashville,   Tenn 1  00 

Lipscomb,  Mrs.  M.  A.,  Athens,  Ga.  .  1  00 

Lipscomb,   Van,    Nashville,    Tenn...  1  00 

Litteral,  Jake,   Carterville,  Mo 1  00 

Little,     Elder     T.     C,     Fayetteville, 

Tenn     1  00 

Livesay,  J.  A.,  Baltimore,  Md....  1  00 

Livingston,  H.  J.,  Brownsville,  Tenn  1  00 

Livingston,  J.  L..  Brownsville.  Tenn  1  00 

Livingston,  L.  J.,  St.  Paul,  Minn..  1  00 

Locke,  C.  A.,  Nashville,  Tenn 8  00 

Lockett,    Mrs.   P.   Knoxville,   Tenn.  .  1  00 

Loftin.    Benj.    F..    Nashville 1  00 

Long,    Miss    Annie,    Mt.    Pleasant, 

Tenn 1  00 

Long,  Chas.  R.,  Jr.,  Louisville,  Ky.  25  00 

Long,  J.   M..   Paris.  Tpx 1  00 

Long,  Mrs.  Lemuel  Rix,  Mt.  Pleas- 
ant, Tenn 1  00 

Long.    Miss    Maude,    Mt.    Pleasant, 

Tenn 1  00 

Long,  P.  P.,  Wisconsin 5  00 

Long,  R.  J.,  Kansas  City,  Mo 1  00 

Love,  Maj.  W.   A.,  Crawford,  Miss.  1  00 

Love,   S.   B.,   Richland,   Tex 1  00 

Lowe,  Dr.  W.  A.,   Springdale,  N.  C.  2  00 

Lowe,  Mrs.  W.  A.,   Springdale,  S.  C.  2  00 
Lownsbrough.    T.    H.    C,    Woodland 

Mills,    Tenn    1  00 

Lowrance,    R.   M.,    Huntsville,    Mo.  .  1  00 

Lubbock,  Gov.  F.  R.,  Austin,  Tex...  1  00 

Luckey,   C.  E.,  Knoxville,  Tenn....  5  00 

Luttrell,  J.   C,   Knoxville,  Tenn 5  00 

Lyen,   E.  W.,   Harrodsburg,   Ky....  1  00 

Lynn,  Mrs.  E.  S.,  Buffalo.  Ill 1  00 

Lynn,  W.  F.,  Leesburg,  Va 1  00 

Lyons,   J.   A.,    Sweetwater,    Tenn...  1  00 

Macon,  Dr.  J.  S.,  Bell  Factory,  Ala.  1  00 

Magruder,   Wm.    T.,    Columbus,   O.  1  00 

Mahoney,   John.    Nashville,   Tenn...  1  00 

Majors,  J.   E.,  Charles  City,  Va...  1  00 

Malcom,    Miss   M..    Dickson.   Tenn..  1  00 

Mallory,   E.   S.,   Jackson,  Tenn 1  00 

Mangold,  A.,  Hazkhurst,  Miss 1  00 

Mansfield,  W.  C,  Sweetwater,  Tenn.  1  00 

Marshall,   J.   M.,    Lafayette,   Tenn..  1  00 

Martin,  Miss  B..  Sweetwater,  Tenn.  1  00 

Martin,  B.  M.,  Jackson,  Tenn 1  00 

Martin.  J.  H.,  Hawkinsville,  Ga.  ...  1  00 


Martin,   S.   C,  Pine  Bluff,   Ark $    1   00 

Martin,  W.  D.,  Jackson,  Tenn 1   00 

Massie,    E.   J.,   Taylor,   Tex 1   00 

Mast,  Capt.  D.  P.,  Winston.  N.  C.  .  .  1   00 

Matlock.  P.  M.,  Mason  Hall,  Tenn..  1  00 
Matthews,   Sam  Davis,  Ft.  Worth, 

Tex 1   00 

Matthews,  W.  W.,  Chenal,  La 1   00 

Mini].  J.  F.,  Elmore.  Ala 1   00 

Maxwell,   Jas.   R.,   Abilene,   Tex...  1   00 

Maxwell,  Miss  Mary  E.,  Nashville,  5  00 
Maxwell,    Mrs.    R.    F.,    Jacksonville. 

Fla     1   00 

Mayes,   Tom,    Cleburne,    Tex 1   00 

Mays,  P.  V.,  Franklin.  Kv 1   00 

McAfee,  H.  M.,  Salvisa,  Tex 1   00 

McAlester,  J.  J.,  McAlester,  I.  T.  .  .  1  00 
McAllister,     A.     H.,     Cotton     Plant, 

Miss     1   00 

McArthur,   Capt.   P..   and  officers  of 

Steamer   A.    R.    Bragg,    Newport, 

Ark     5   00 

McCall,  Miss  Emma,  Oak  Bluff,  Ala  1   00 

McCartv    Camp,    Liberty,    Mo 10   00 

McCaw,  David,  Columbia,  Tenn...  1   00 

McClung,   Hu  L..   Knoxville,  Tenn..  5   00 

McCulloch,   J.   P.,   Lamar,  Tenn....  1   00 

McDonald,  M.,  Palmyra,  Mo 1  00 

McDonald,  J.  W.,  Erin,  Tenn 1   00 

McDowell,  J.  H.,  Union  Citv.  Tenn.  1   00 

McFarland,  L.  B.,  Memphis.  Tenn.  .  1   00 

MeGinnis,   J.    M.,    Dyersburg,   Tenn.  1   00 

McGlathery,   J.    M„   Wilson,    La....  1   00 

McGovern,  M.  J.  Nashville,  Tenn..  1  00 
McGregor,     Dr.    R.     R.,     Covington, 

Tenn     2   50 

McGuire,     Dr.    C.     B.,    Fayetteville, 

Tenn     1   00 

Mcintosh,   Mrs.    S.   A.,   Nashville...  1   00 

Mcintosh.    A.    J.,    Nashville 1   00 

McKenzie,  J.  H.,  Versailles,  Ky.  ...  1   00 

McKinley,  J.  P..  Jr..  Montague,  Tex.  1   00 

MeKinney,   J.   W.,   Watt,   Tex 1   00 

McKinney,  R.  L.,  Columbia,  Tenn..  10   00 

MeKinney,  W.  R.,  Greenwood,  S.  C.  1  00 
McKinstry,  Judge  O.  L.,  Carrollton, 

Ala     1   00 

MeKnight.  W.  H..   Humboldt,  Tenn.  1   00 

MeLin,   perry,   Bolivar.   Mo 1   00 

McLure,   Mrs.   M.   A.   E.,  St.   Louis. 

Mo 5   00 

McPherson,  E.,    Louisville,   Ky 2   00 

McRee,  W.  F.,  Trenton,  Tenn 1   00 

McTeer,   J.   T.,   Knoxville,   Tenn....  5   00 

McVoy,  J.,  Cantonment,  Fla 1   00 

Meadows,  R.  B.,  Florence,  Ala 1   00 

Meek,  S.  W.,  Nashville,  Tenn 5   00 

Meek.    Master  Wilson    1   00 

Merchant.  Miss  Julia  H.,  Charles- 
ton, W.  Va 1   00 

Meriwether,    Hon.    M.,     St.    Louis, 

Mo 12   00 

Merrill,   Capt.,  U.   S.  A.,  Key  West, 

Fla     1   00 

Merritt,   P.  L.,  Hadensville,   Ky 1   00 

Messenger,   Mrs.   L.   R.,  Washington  1   00 

Meux,   J.   S.,   Stanton,  Tenn 1   00 

Meux,  T.  R.,  Fresno,  Cal 1   00 

Miles,  Dr.  C.  W.,  Union  Citv,  Tenn.  1   00 

Miles,  W.  A.,  Fayetteville,  Tenn...  1  00 

Miller.   T.   C,   Yellow  Store,   Tenn..  1   00 

Miller,  G.  F.,  Raymond,  Kans 1   00 

Miller,   Capt.  F.,   Mt.  Airy,  N.  C.  .  .  1   00 

Miller,   Sam  A.,   Paris,  Tenn 1   00 

Miller,  Tom  C,  Rogersville,  Tenn.  .  1   00 

Minis,  Dr.  W.  D.,  Cockrum,  Miss...  1   00 

Minor,   J.    B.,   Richmond,   Va 1   00 

Mitchell,    D.   T.,    Sunnyside,   Miss...  1   50 

Mitchell,  J.  A.,  Bowling  Green,  Ky.  7   00 

Mitchell,  A.  E..  Morrisville,  Mo....  1   00 

Montgomery,  W.,  Arrow,  Tenn....  1  00 
Montgomery,  Capt.  W.  A.,  Edwards, 

Miss     1   00 

Montgomery,     Victor,     Santa     Ana, 

Cal      1   00 

Moon,    G.    B.,    Bellbuckle,    Tenn....  1   00 

Moon,    J.   A..    Unionville,    Tenn 1   00 

Moore,   M.   P.,   Senatobia,   Miss 1   00 

Moore,    John,    Waco,    Tex 1   00 

Moore,   L.   M.,  Greenwood,   S.  C...  1   00 

Moore,    W.    E.,    Ashbv,    Tex 1    00 

Moran,  J.  W..  Dresden.  Tenn 1   00 

Morgan,   Calvin,   Nashville,   Tenn..  2   00 

Morgan.   Judge   R.   J.,   Memphis....  3   00 

Morris,   Mrs.  R.  L„  Nashville 1   00 

Morris,   Miss  N.  J.,  Frostburg.   Md.  1   00 

Morrison,  Mrs.  W.  J.,  Nashville.  ...  1   00 

Morrison,   R.   P.,    Allensville,    Ky.  .  .  1   00 

Morton,    J.    R.,   Lexington,    Kv 2   00 

Morton,   O.   S.,   Richmond,  Va 1    00 

Moss,   C.    C,   Dversburg,    Tenn 100 

Motes,    P.    A.,    Wingard,    Ala 2   00 

Mulcahev,   P.,   St.  Louis.   Mo 1   00 

Murtaugh,   J.  T.,   Pine   Bluff,   Ark..  5   00 

Muse.    B.    F.,    Sharon,    Miss 1   00 

Musidora   McCrorv   Chapter   U.    D. 

C,    Jackson,    Tenn 5   00 


Myers,  E.  T.  D.,  Richmond,  Va...*    1   00 

Myers,  J.  M.,  Fisherville,  Ky 1   00 

N.    C.    &    St.    L.    Rv.,    by    President 

Thomas     50   00 

Neal,  Col.  T.  W.,  Dyersburg,  Tenn.  1   00 

Neames,   M.   M.,   St.   Patrick,   La...  1  00 

Neilson,    J.    C,    Cherokee,    Miss....  1   00 

Nelson,   H.   J.,   Rogersville,   Tenn...  1   00 

Nelson,  M.   H.,   Hopkinsville,   Ky.  .  .  1   00 

Nelson,  Miss  K.   P.,  Shreveport,  La.  1   00 

Nettles,  T.  A.,   Kempville.  Ala 4   00 

Neuffer,   Dr.  G.   A..   Abbeville,   S.   C.  1   00 

Newman  &  Cullen,  Knoxville,  Tenn.  5  00 

Newton,  H.  H.,  Bennettsville,  S.  C.  1   00 

Newton,  Rev.  J.  C.  C,  Nashville...  1    00 

Nichol,     Bradford.     Nashville 1   00 

Nolan,  Geo.  N.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal..  1    00 

Nolen,   C.   L„    Huntsville,  Ala 1  00 

Norton,  N.   L„  Austin,  Tex 1   00 

Ogilvie,   J.   P..   Beasley,   Tenn 1   00 

Ogilvie,   W.    H.,   Allisona,    Tenn...  2   00 

O'Keefe,   Miss  M.   A.,   Nashville....  1   00 

Overton,    Col.    John,    Nashville 10   00 

Owen,  Allin  B.,  Bvansville,  Ind....  1  00 

Owen,    Frank  A.,    Evansville,   Ind..  1   00 

Owen.  Master  A.  M..  Evansville.  Ind  1   00 

Owen,  Miss  Ruth,  Evansville,  Ind.  1   00 

Owen,   U.    J.,    Eagleville.   Tenn 1   00 

Overbv,    N.,    Selma,    Ala 1   00 

Oxford,  A.   C,   Birmingham,   Ala...  1   00 

Oxford,   Miss  J.,   Birmingham,  Ala.  1  00 

Page,  Capt.  Thos.  G,  Glasgow,  Ky.  1   00 

Paget,  H.  H.,  Ridge  Spring,  S.  C.  1   00 

Palmer,   A.,   Bells,   Tex 1   00 

Pardue,  A.   E.,  Cheap   Hill,  Tenn..  S   00 

Parham,    B.    M.,   Richmond,    Va.  .  .  .  1   00 

Park,    J.   R.,    Lavergne.   Tenn 1   00 

Parks.    Hamilton.    Nashville 1   00 

Parks,  Mrs.  Hamilton,  Nashville.  .  .  1   00 

Parks,   Glenn    W.,    Nashville 1   00 

Parks,  Miss  Anna,  Nashville 1   00 

Parks.    Miss   Nell,    Nashville 1  00 

Parish,    J.    H„    Sharon,    Tenn 1   00 

Parr,  Dr.  H.  A.,   New   York  City...  1   00 

Patten,   Dr.   A.,   Mineola.   Tex 1  00 

Patterson,    Judge   E.    D.,    Savannah, 

Tenn     5   00 

Patterson,   Mrs.  E.   H.,   Seguin,  Tex.  1   00 
Patterson,   Mrs.   T.  L.,   Cumberland, 

Md    1   00 

Payne,  E.  S.,  Enon  College,  Tenn..  2   00 
Peabody,  H.  A.,   Santa  Ana,   Cal...  1   00 
Pearce,  H.  W„  Punta  Gordo,  Brit- 
ish Honduras    5   00 

Pease,  Verne   S..   Chicago,   111 2   00 

Peat,    Miss   Cora,   Tavares,    Fla....  1  00 

Peck,  Alexine  IC,  Nashville 1   00 

Peck,  Nannie  King,  Lynchburg,  Va.  1   00 

Peck,   Myron   K.,   Jr.,   Nashville....  1   00 

Peck,    Sadie   B.,    Nashville 1   00 

Peddicord,    K.    F..    Palmyra.    Mo...  1   00 
Peebles,  T.  H.,  Clarendon,  Tex....  1   00 
Peerless  Lodge  No.  73,   K.   P.,   Elk- 
ton,    Ky     5   00 

Pendleton,   P.   B.,    Pembroke,   Ky...  1   00 

Pepper,   W.  A.,   Stirling,   S.   C 1   00 

Perkins,   A.   H.   D.,    Memphis,   Tenn.  1   00 

Perrow,  H.  W..  Noeton,  Tenn 1   00 

Perry,  B.  F.,  Owingsville,  Ky 1   00 

Perrvman,    L..   Forestburg.   Tex 1   00 

Pettiis,    J..    Louisville,    Ky 1   00 

Pickens,    Mrs.    M.    G.,    Greensboro, 

Ala 1   00 

Pickens,   R.    E.,    Marion,    Ky 100 

Pickett,    J.    C,   Tuckahoe,    Ky 2   00 

Pickett,     Col.     W.     D.,     Big     Bear, 

Wyoming    10   00 

Pierce,  Dr.  T.  W.,  Knoxville,  Ala.  .  1   00 

Pierce,  Dr.   W.   H.,   Collirene,  Ala.  2   00 

Pigott,  Miss  E.  J.,  Harlowe,  N.  C.  .  1   00 

Pilson,  B.   F.,  Washington,  D.  C. .  .  10   00 

Pirtle,  Jno.   M.,  Dos  Angeles,  Cal..  1   00 

Pointer,   Miss   Phil,   Owensboro,   Ky.  1   00 

Polk,    M.  T.,    Nashville 1  00 

Pollock,    J.    D..   Cumberland,    Md...  1   00 

Porter,   J.    A.,    Cowan,   Tenn 1   00 

Pope,  Capt.  W.  H.,  Pikesville,  Md.  .  1   00 

Pope,    T.    B.,    Alvarado,    Tex 1   00 

Porch,    W.    T„    Bakerville,    Tenn...  2   00 

Portlock,  Tapley,  Knoxville,  Tenn.  1   00 

Powell,   E.  D.,   Rogersville,  Tenn...  1   00 

Powell,   H.  L.,  Leesburg,  Va 1   40 

Powell,  W.   C,  Baird,   Tex 1    00 

Price,    L.   C,    Lexington,  Ky ,  1  00 

Prince,   Mrs.   Polk,   Guthrie,   Ky.  ...  1   00 

Prunty,    Geo.,    Boston,    Ky 1   00 

Pryor,  J.  L„  Fayetteville,  N.  C .  .  .  .  100 

Prvor.   J.    T..    Belton,    Tex 1   00 

Purnell,  J.   C,  Winona,  Miss 1   00 

Putnam,  E.  H.,  Pensacola,  Fla 1   00 

Puttv,   F.    M.,   Celina,   Tex 1   00 

Pyro'n,  S.  B.,  Nashville,  Tenn 1   00 

Quinn.    M.    G.    Columbia,   Mo 5   00 


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Raines,  R.   P.,  Trenton,   Tenn $   1   00 

Ramer,  W.  R.,  Chewalla,  Tenn....  1   00 

Rand,  Mrs.  A.  B.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio  1   00 

Randall,  D.  C,  Waldrip,  Tex 1   00 

Rast,   P.   J.,   Farmersville,   Ala 1   00 

Ratlin*,  G.  N.,  Huntsville,  Mo 1   00 

Reagan,  Hon.  John  H.,  Austin,  Tex     1   00 

Reagan,  J.  A.,  Sweetwater,  Tenn...  1   00 

Reagan,    Lenoir,    Sweetwater,    Tenn.  1   00 

Redwood,   Henry,  Asheville,   N.   C.  .  1   00 

Reeves,  Dr.  N.  P.,  Longstreet,  La.  .  1    00 

Reeves,  Dr.  R.  H.,  Asheville,  N.  C.  .  2   00 

Reid.    W.    D.,    Holladav.   Miss 1    on 

Reid,   W.    H.,    Leola,    Ark 1   00 

Reid,   W.   H.,   Sandv   Springs,   N.   C.  1   00 

Relerson,  J.   H.,   Kaufman,   Tex 1   00 

Reunion  at  Hico,  Tenn 1   00 

Reynolds,   L.   P.,  Jacinto,   Miss 1   00 

Rice,   Dan,  Tennessee  City,  Tenn...  2   00 

Richards,  J  I.   H.,   Riverton,  Va 1   00 

Ki,  hards,   J.   N.,    Riverton,   Va 1   00 

Richards,    Sam,    Rockdale,    Tex 1   00 

Richards,    T.    W.    T.,    Los   Angeles, 

Cal 2   00 

Richardson,  B.  W.,  Richmond,  Va.  2  00 

Richardson,  Dr.  J.  D.,  Medina.  Tenn  1   00 

Richardson,   W.  B.,   Newton,   Miss..  1   00 

Ridings,  Dr.  E.  W.,  Dickson,  Tenn.  .  3   50 

Ridley,  Capt.  B.  L„  Murfreesboro..  60   00 

Rleves,   A.   B.,   Marion,  Ark 1   00 

Riley,    J.    M.,    Meridian,    Miss 1   00 

Hi  I.  v.  T.  F„  Greenwood,  S.  C 1   00 

Ritter,  Win.  L.,  Baltimore,  Md....  2   00 

Rivera,  Dr.  J.  J.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y..  3   00 

Rivers,   A.   B.,   Marion,  Ark 1   00 

Rhea.    John    L..    Knoxville.   Tenn...  2   60 

Roach,  B.  T.,  Favetteville,  Tenn...  1   00 

Bobbins,  S.  D„  Vicksburg,  Miss 2   00 

Robbing,  A.  M..  Rockdale,  Tex 1    00 

Robert,  P.  G.,  St.  Louis,  Mo 5   00 

Roberts.  P..  J.,  Martin.  Tenn 1   00 

Roberts,      Miss     Mamie,      Brooking, 

S.    D     1    00 

Roberts,   W.   S.,   Knoxville.   Tenn...  5   00 

Robertson,  C.  L.,  Cave  Springs,  Mo.  1   00 

Robertson,  J.  S.,  Huntsville,  Mo.  .  .  .  1   00 

Robinson,    E.   A.,   Kiowa,    Ind.  T...  1   00 

Robinson,  A.   H.,   Nashville 10  00 

Roblson,    H.    H.,   Wetumpka,   Ala...  1   00 

Rodes,  Capt.  Boyle  O.,  Danville,  Ky  1   00 

Rodgers,   Ed,   Hillsboro,  Tex 1   00 

Rodgers,  Miss  M..  Edgewood,  Tenn.  1  00 
Rqgan,    W.    R.,    Castalian    Springs, 

Tenn 1  00 

Rogers,  J.  R.,  Cane  Ridge,  Ky 1   00 

Rogers,    William   P.,    Chapter  D.   of 

C,   Victoria,    Tex 2   HO 

Rose,  S.   E.  F.,  West  Point,  Miss...  1   00 

Roseneau,    J.,    Athens,    Ala 1   00 

Ro     .   Dr.  J.  W.j  Clarksville,  Tenn..  1    no 

Rouss,  <'.   B„  New  York  City 25   00 

Routt.  Z.  D.,  Chapel  Hill,  Tex 1    nn 

Rowland,  Miss  K.  M„  Baltimore,  Md  1   00 

Roy.  G.   W.,  Yazoo  City,   Miss 1   00 

Rudy,  .1.  II..  Owensboro.  Kv 1  00 

Ruff,  Dr.  D.  E.,  June,  C'y,  Ore....  1  00 

Rumble,  Capt.  S.   I-:..   Natchez,  Miss.  1   00 

Russell,  T.  Ay  Warrior,  Ala 1  00 

Rutland.  J.   W..  Alexandria,  Tenn..  1   00 

Rutland.    W.    P..    el    ah.    Nashville..  5    00 

go.   111 5    00 

Ryan,   Frank  T,   Atlanta,  (3a 1   00 

Sadler,  w.  G.,  Nashville l  oo 

Sage,  Judge  G.  R.,  Cincinnati 5   00 

Scales,  Capt   W.    H..  Macon,   Miss..  1    00 

Schlc  j .    W.    A..   Gatesville,   Tex 1    en 

Sam    Davis    Chapter,    St.    Joseph, 

Mo 10   00 

Sam   I  >  i    i     i  h  ipter,   U.    1  >.   C,   Van 

Altstj  ne,  Tex 2  50 

Davis     Dramatic     Co.,     Mur- 

>i ii     •_•  r,   8 :, 

Samuel,  W.  n ..  Black  .lack,  Tenn.  .  I    00 

Col    .1     M.,   Bastrop,   La    .  I    00 

Sanford,  in.  .1.  p..  Covington,  Tenn.  5   00 

hi       .1     N       I'm i     Bluff,   Ark.  .  .  1    on 

lb,   .1     I,    Lai  irange,  Ga 1    00 

■  Satesville,   Tex.  ...  2   00 

C     i '  .    Arkadelphla,    Ark.  ...  1    "" 

Scott.  S.  P.,  Dr                      1    en 

Dr.    Z.    J.,    Crystal    Springs. 

Miss     1    mi 

!,   John,    Utamont,  Tenn. ...  2   00 

Si  all  .   r.     i   .   i:.  nchley,  Tex 1    "" 

Si  awell,  .1    i:  .   Atlanta,  ''.a 1    00 

i  ,•  hi.    S..   Jr.,    Nashville l    00 

T     II  .    X,  wton,    Miss i    00 

Si  Hi  i   .    i  'i.   \v.,   Summerfli  I, I,    La  .  .  i    00 

Settles,  W.  T.,  Los   Angeles,  Cal..  1  00 

T.    h  .   Sabinal,  Ti  \    .    .  I    00 

m,  E,  «'...   1  >ovi  r,  Tenn 1    00 

-.1.   .1.    S..    Hazlehurst,    Miss.  ...  l    00 
Shackelford-Fulton  Chapter,  Daugh- 
ters of  the  Confederacy,  Fayette- 

villi'.    Tenn    25    00 


Shannon,    Col.    E.    S.,    Clover  Croft, 

Tenn $   1   00 

Shannon,  Judge  G.  W.,  Lubbock,  Tex  1   00 

Shannon,  Thos.,  St.  Louis,  Mo 1   00 

Shearer,  John,   McCrorv,   Ark 1   00 

Shepherd,  Col.  N.  S.,  Columbia,  Ga  1   00 

Sheppard,  J.  H.,  Hayneville,  Ala...  1   00 

Shi,  his,  J.  K.,  Knoxville,  Tenn 5  00 

Shields,  S.  G,  Knoxville.  Tenn 6  00 

Shortridge,   J.    P.     Gainesville,  Tex.  1   00 

Shotwell,  F.  A.,  Rogersville,  Tenn.  2   00 

Shumate,  L.   M.,  Leesburg,  Va.  .  .  .  1   00 

Simmons,  J.  R.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  1   00 

Simmons,  Col.  J.   W.,   Mexia,  Tex.  .  2   50 

Simmons,  S.  M..  Denton,  Tex 1  00 

Simpkin,  Mrs.  A.  O.,  Racine,  Wis...  1    00 

Sims,  M.  P.,  Tiillahoma,  Tenn 3   00 

Sims.  T.  A.,   Springfield.   Mo 1   00 

Sinclair,  Col.  A.  H.,  Georgetown,  Kv  1   00 

Sum,, it.  If.  T.,  Nashville,  Tenn 1   00 

Sitmott,  Harry  M.,  Nashville.  Tenn.  1   00 

Sinnott,  Sidney  L.,  Nashville,  Tenn.  1   00 

Skeen,   R.   EL,   Pearl.   Mo 1  00 

Slatter,   W.  J.,  Winchester,  Tenn...  1    no 

Smith,    A.    H.,    Davidson.    Tenn 1    00 

Smith.  Frank  G.,  Marion,  Ark 1   00 

Smith,  Capt.  F.  M.,  Norfolk.  Va.  ...  1   00 

Smith,  Frank  O.,  LaCrosse,  Wis.  ..  .  1    00 

Smith,    F.    P.,   Seguin,  Tex 1    00 

Smith,  H.  C,  Hartsville.  Tenn 1   00 

Smith.  Capt  II.  I..  Mason  City,  111.  .  1   00 

Smith,  Capt  J.  F.,  Marion,  Ark....  1  00 
Smith.     Miss     J.     R.,     Henderson, 

N.   C 1    00 

Smith,  John  T.,  Austin.  Tex 1   00 

Smith.    Miss    M      A  .    Wa  i  r,  nton.   Va.  1    00 

Smith.    M.    J..    Austin.    Tex 1    00 

Smith,   Moab  S.,  Austin  Tex 1    00 

Smith,   (.,>.   C.,    Austin,    Tex 1   00 

Smith.    Sarad    10.    p..    Austin,    Tex..  1    00 

Smith.  Gen.  W.  G.,  Sparta,  Tenn...  I    00 

Smith,  Walter  Selon.  Austin,  Tex.  1   00 

Smythe,  A.  T.,  Charleston,  S.  C.  . . .  1   00 

Smyth,',  L.  C.  McC  Charleston.  S.  C  I    nil 

Snyder,  R.  J  .  Louisville,  Ky l  00 

Speissegger,  T.  J.,  St.  Augustine.  Fla  1    00 

Speier,  Miss  Effie,  Dickson.  Tenn...  1   oo 

Spencer,  B    F.,  Weston,  Tex 1    00 

Spradllng,  Robert,   Decatur,  Tenn..  I    00 

Spurlln,  T.  M.,  Tulip.  Tex 1    no 

Spnrr,   M.   A.,   Nashville,   Tenn....  1    00 

Staggs,  Col.  10.  S,.  Hustonville,  Kv.  .  1    oo 

Staley,    W.    S..    Marion.  Va 1   00 

Stark.  J.  W..   Bowling  Green.   Kv...  1    00 

Steele,    B.    P.,    Bristol,    Tenn 1    00 

Steele,    Francis    H.,    Los    Angeles, 

Cal 1   00 

Steele,  J.  Henry,  Carroll  Co.,  Mfl. . .  1    00 

St.'i'le,  Mrs.  P.  E.,  Donelson.  Tenn.  .  I    on 

Steger,  Dr.   J.  C.  Huntsville,  Ala.  1    00 

still.   M.   10..   Paris,  Tex 5  no 

St,  II.  W.  W..  Paris,  Tex 5  00 

Sterling   Price   Auxiliary,    Chapter 

250,  U.  D.  C.   Bozeman.   Mont...  2   50 

Sterling  Price  Camp.   Dallas,  Tex..  10    40 

si, nut.    R.    D.,    Baltimore,   Md 1    00 

Stewart,    Gen.    A.    P.,    Chattanooga.  5   00 

Stewart-Mowrj    Co.,  Chicago,  111..  10   00 

Stewart,  W.   n.  Portsmouth,  Va.  .  .  I   00 

Stinson,  Dr.  J.   IV.  Sherman.  Tex...  i    00 

St     I., mis  Camp,   No.  731,  U.  C.  V  25    00 

St, >n,'.    David,    Anchorage,    Kv 1    00 

SI, ,ii,'.   Judgi    .1.    B.,    Kansas   City,  Mo  5    00 

Storer,   w.   A.   Montague,  Tex....  1  00 

Story,  Col.  T.  I. .  Austin.  Tex i   00 

Stovall,   M,   B.,  Adairsvllle,  Kv 1    00 

Stovall,   W.   II..  Stovall,  Miss r»  00 

Stover  i 'ami'.  Strasburg,  Va 10  00 

Strain,  Capt.  J.  T.  Waco,  Tex 1  00 

Street,   n.  .1  .   Upton,   Ky 1  00 

Street,   W,    M  .    Murfreesboro.   Tenn.  1    on 

Strickland,  N.  M.,  Birmingham,  Ala  l   00 

Strong,  w.  c.  Montague,  Tex l   oo 

Stubblefield,  W.   I,..  Ri  Idsville,  X.  C.  l    00 

Sumter  Camp.  Charleston,  S.  C. ...      I 

Surratt,    w     P.,    Chewalla,   Tenn..  l   00 

Sutherland,   B.    i   .   I  lamp,  Ark 1  00 

Tait,  Mai.  Felix,  Nellie,  Ala 1    00 

Tului  tdge,   .1.    10..    Athens.   Ga 1    00 

Tarrh,  .Miss  M.  10.  Florence,  S.  <"   .  l   00 

Taj  Ii  me.   Miss  1 1 .   Brooklj  n,   X.   V  .  I    00 

i"  ,    lor,    10.    io..    vera,   Tex i   on 

Taj  lor,   1 1,   ii ..   Knew  Hie,  Tenn.  ...  5  00 

Taj  loi  .11     i. .   11,  i, I,, uia.   Miss 5   00 

Taylor,   R    /  .  Tr<  nton i    00 

Taj  lor,   s    M  .   Pine   Bluff,   Ark i    00 

Taj  lor,  T    \\  .  Morrlstown,  Tenn . 

i      lor,   w.    v.   i  ilckens,  Tex l  00 

Taylor,    Young.    Lott,   Tex i   00 

.  i  lapt.   B    II..  Aik.n.  S.  C.  . .       

Temple,   B.  M.,  G  Pex  

Ti  mple,  H.    B.,   I  »anj  Hie,   Va I    00 

Ti  iiiph  ton,  .1     A,  Jacksom  Hie,  Tex  i    00 

Templet, m.   .!..    Knoxville,   Tenn....       

i .  mi    Dlv.  U.  D.  C ]i 

Terry,  Capt.  F.  <;..  Cadis,  Ky l  oo 


Terry,  W.   C,   DeLeon,  Tex $   1   00 

Terry,  J.   C,   Tavares,   Fla 1    00 

Terry,  Mrs.  J.  C,  Tavares.  Fla....  1  00 

Theus,  T.   N.,  Savannah.  Ga 5  00 

Thomas,  A.  S„  Favetteville.  Tenn..  1  00 
Thomas,    W.    T.,    Cumberland    City. 

Tenn    l  00 

TI las,  J.    I...    Know  ille,  Tenn....  1  00 

Thomason,   Dr.  B.  R..  Era,  Tex....  1    00 

Thomson,  E.  O.,  Coleman,  Tex....  1   00 

Thornton,  D.  L.,  Versailles.   Kv....  2   00 

Thorpe,  S.   R„  Los  Angeles,  Cal....  1   00 

Threlkell,  Foster.  Tolu,  Kv 1  00 

Threlkell.    Mrs.    Sue.    Tolu,    Kv 1    00 

Thrust, ,n.   G.    P.,   Nashville,  T.-nn...  25    00 

Tihlen.    Mrs.   G.   I.,   Mobile,  Ala....  1    nil 

Tillman.   G.   N.,    Nashville,   Tenn...  1   00 

Timberlake,  T.  W..  Milldale,  Va...  1  00 
Tipton    Co.    Con  fed.    Mem.    Associa- 

tiim.   Covingion.  Tenn    10   00 

Tipton,    Mrs.    Jonathan,    Knoxville, 

Tenn 1   00 

Todd,  Dr,  C,  lh.  Owensboro,  Kv....  1   00 

Tollcy,  Capt    \V.  P.,  Rucker,  T,-nn..  1   00 

Tollvcr,  C.   W.,  Clarksville,  Tenn...  I    00 

Tondee,  Capt.  W.  H.,  Lumpkin. .Ga.  1    on 

Tredegar.    Frank,   Richmond,   Va..  25   00 

Trent.    Miss   A.   I!..    Martin,  Tenn...  1    00 

Trimble,    S.    V.,    Del    Rio,   Tex 1    00 

Triplett,  C.  H.,  Pine  Bluff,  Ark 1   00 

Trowbridge,  s.  F„  Piedmont  S.  C.  1   on 

Truesdale,    James.    Del    Rio.    Tex...  1   00 

Trnlnek.  J.  B..  Pine  Bluff.  Ark 5    00 

Tschiffely,    10.    L,    Rockville,    Md..  1   00 

Tucker,  J.   K„   St.    Patrick.   La 1    00 

Turner,    It.  s..   Ashland  Citv.   Tenn.  5   00 

Turney,    T.    E.,    Kaufman.    Tex 1    00 

Two   Tenn.    Confed.    Soldiers 2   00 

Tynes,  .Mrs.  Ellen.  Nashville.  Tenn.  2   00 

Tyree,    L.    II.,    Trenton.   Tenn 1   00 

V     C.   V.  &   U.   D.   C,  Wills   Point. 

Tex 

United   Daughters  of  Confederacy..  M  00 

U.   D.   C,    Kansas   City,    Mo '.  .  .  1    50 

U.  D.  C.  South   Pittsburg.  Tenn....    1 

U.  D.  C,   Sterling  Price  Chap.,   St. 

Joseph,    Mo 10   00 

Vanliibber,  Mrs.  G.  L.,  Bel  Air,  Md  2   00 

Vance,  Dr.  J.  I.,  Newark,  N.  J 6   00 

Vance,  R.  IT.,  Memphis,  Tenn 1   00 

Vanpelt   C.   B„   South  Bend.   Ind...  10   00 

Van   Pelt,  Miss  N.  C,  Danville,  Kv.  1    nn 

Vim    Pell.   S.    I  i..   Danville.   Ky 1    on 

Vaughn,  Gen.   A.   J.,   Memphis.  Tenn.  I    00 

Vaughn,  A.  J.   Edwards,  Miss 1   00 

Valentine,      Frederick.     Richmond, 

Va 10   00 

\  nt.  J.    10.,    Beard.    Kv I    00 

Voegtley,   Edwin   B.,   Pn  isburg.  Pa.  2  00 

Voegtley,   Mrs    E.   B.,   Pittsburg,  Pa.  2   00 

\ hies.   A.   II.,  s.ni   Francisco....      

Vaulx.   Maj.  J.,   Nashville,   Tenn....  5    00 

Wade,   S.    II..  Franklin.   Ky 1   00 

Wagner.   II.   II.,   Montague,  Tex....  l    00 

Waginr.  Dr.  .1.   P..  Selma,  Cal 1    nn 

Waginr.   W.    M.,   Newport,  Tex....  1    00 

Walk,  r,  John,    Page  City,    Mo _  00 

Waller,  C,  A.  C,  i  Srei  nwood,  S.  C. .  1  00 

Walk.i.   Mrs.   I  '    ' '  .   Franklin,  Ky.  .  l    00 

Walker.    Mrs.    J.    T.,    P.ass   Station..  1    00 

Walker,    Robert,   Sherman,   Tex 

Walker.   T.    M.,    Whitwell,   Ti  an.  ...  I    50 

Wall.    11.   ('.,    AugUSta,   Gs     1    nn 

Wall,   I  us.   w.   P.  Jackson,   La....  2   00 

Wall,   F,   I...  Abbeville,   La 1    00 

W  alier,    Mrs.  t '  ,    \ash\  ill".   T,  nn       .  I    no 

Wallis,  Mrs.  it,  s.,  Rockdale,  Tex.  1  00 
Ward.   John   Shirley,    Los   Angeli 

Cal     . .  . . .  l   00 

Ward's  Seminary,  by  J.  P    Blanton, 

President.    Nashville,    Tenn 10    00 

\\  are,  J     I .  .   i  lonham,  Tex i    00 

w  .ne.  .1    i. .  Honey  Grove,  Tex. ...  l    00 

Warren,  i  C,  Sweetwater.  Tenn...  1  00 
Warren,  .1.   M..   for  Lee  Camp,  Rich- 

ineini.  Va    l  oo 

Washburn.    W.    P..    Knoxville,  Tenn.  r,   00 

Washington,  C,  Galveston.  Tex....  1   00 

Ington,   I  ton.  J,   io ..  M.C.  Tenn.  2   00 
Waxahachie  (Tex.)  Camp,  r.  C.  v.. 

Dr.  II.  Cohen  &  Capl   Tom  Yates  n  00 
Wayland,     Mrs.     T.     J.,     Roosevelt, 

no      1    00 

'  '     '  I  .    '  'i  OCkett,    Tex 1    00 

Webb.  J, ,1ms, ,ii.   Winchester.  Kv....  I    00 

Webb,    Mrs.  T.   S.,   Knoxville,   Tenn.  1   00 

Webb,  T,   S.,   Knoxville,  Tenn .",   00 

'       Louis,    I  'mint.    Cal 1    20 

Webster,     A.     B.,     Cross     Bridges, 

Tenn 1    00 

Webster,  A.   P..  Walnut   Springs.  Tex  1    00 

Webster,  B.  T„  Louisville,  Miss....  l  00 


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Webster,  J.  S.,  Rogersville,  Tenn.  .$  1   00 

Weidemeyer,  J.  M.,  Clinton,  Mo....  1   00 

Welburn.  E.  H..   Nashville,  Tenn...  1   00 

West,  J.   C,  Waco,   Tex 1   00 

West,  Mrs.  Jno.  C  Waco,  Tex 1   00 

Wheeler,    Gen.   Jos.,   Washington...  1  00 
White,  Ann.  Chapter  U.  D.  C,  Rock 

Hill,  S.  C    •; f   00 

White,    E.    B.,   Leesburg,    \a 1   00 

White.   J.   H.,   Franklin,  Tenn 1   00 

White,  J.  S.,  Nashville,  Tenn 5   00 

White,   B.  V.,   Meridian,   Miss 5   00 

Whiteside,    Miss   A.    L..    Shelbyville, 

Tenn     •■  ••  1   00 

Whitfield,   Dr.   G.,    Old   Spring   Hill. 

Ala     i    00 

Whitman.  J.  B.,   Sweetwater,  Tenn.  1    on 

Whitmore.    M.    H„   Leesburg,   Va.  .  1    00 

Whitsitt,  W.   H..  Richmond,  Va.  .  .  1    00 

Wilburn.  J.   J.,  Chapel  Hill,  Tex...  1   00 

Wilcox,  W.  I.  A.,  Leftwich.  Tenn..  1    00 

Wilder,  E.  G.,   Socrum,  Fla 1    00 

Wilev,  Wade,  Union  City,  Tenn....  1   00 

Wilk'erson,    W.    A.,    Memphis,    Tenn.  1   00 
Williams,   Mrs.  D.   H.,   Gainesville, 

Ala  1    00 

Williams',' E.  G.,  Waynesville,  Mo.  10   00 

Williams,  J.  C,  Eagleville.  Tenn..  1   00 
Williams.    J.    J.,    for   Camp   Ashby, 

Winchester,    Va    1   00 

Williams,  Robert  H.,  Guthrie,  Ky.  .  1   00 

Williams,  S.  H.,  Euchee,  Tenn 2    00 

Williams,    T.   L.,    Knoxville,   Tenn..  5   00 

Williamson.  D.  W.,   Memphis.  Tenn.  1   00 

Williamson,  Jesse,  Dallas,  Tex....  1  OU 
Willingham,    Mr.    &    Mrs.     J.    W., 

Chattanooga,    Tenn 1   ou 

Willroy,  J.   W.,   Grange  City,   Ky..  1   00 

Wilson,  C.  B.,  Taylor,  Tex 5   00 

Wilson,  Col.  J.  D.,  Winchester,  Tenn  1   00 

Wilson,  J.  L.,  Sutherland,  N.  C 1   00 

Wilson,  Hon.  S.  F.,  Gallatin,  Tenn.  1   00 

Wilson.  Mrs.  S.  F.,  Gallatin,  Tenn..  1   00 

Wilson,  Dr.  J.  T.,   Sherman,  Tex...  2   00 

Wilson,  Jesse  P.,  Greensboro,  Ga.  .  .  1   00 

Wilson,  Capt.  C.  H.,  Norfolk.  Va.  .  .  1   00 

Winchester,    Dr.    J.    R.,    Nashville..  1   00 

Winston.    G.    A.,   Louisville.    Ky....  5   00 

Wise.    Chas.    J.,    Hollins,   Va 1   00 

Withers.   E.    I.,    Lamar.   Mo 1   00 

Wofford.  Mrs.  N.  J..  Memphis,  Tenn  1   00 

Wood,   B.   G.,   Nashville    1   00 

Wood.  R.  G.,  Cincinnati,  O... 1   00 

Wood,  Wm.  Dortch,  Nashville....  1   00 

Wood    Mrs.  W.  H.,  Nashville 1   00 

Woodward,     S.     K.,     Los     Angeles, 

Qaj l  ou 

Wri"ht    W."  H.  DeC,  Baltimore,  Md  1  00 

Wright'   W.   N„   Favetteville,   Tenn.  1   00 

Wright,  Geo.  W..  McKenzie,  Tenn..  1   00 

Wyatt,  H.   C,  Los  Angeles,   Cal. .  .  1   00 

Wvatt,   J.    S..   Arlington,   Tenn 1   00 

Wyeth    Dr.  J.  A.,  New  York  City..  50  00 

Wyhls.  Daniel,  Forestburg,  Ark....  1   00 

Vancv,  John  H.,  Louisville.  Ky .  .  .  1  00 
Yates.     Miss     Augusta,     Danville, 

Va !   00 

Yeatman,    Mrs.    Philip    T.,    Alexan- 

dria.   Va    •  •  •  •  •  J   00 

Yoeman,  Mrs.  J.  W.,  Billings,  O.  T.  1   00 

Young,   Col.   Bennett  H..    Louisville.  5   00 

Young  Co.  Camp,  Graham,  Tex 7    S5 

Young  D.  of  C,  Norfolk,  Va 10   00 

Young.   Evan,   Lexington,    Mo 100 

Young,  Jake,  Box,  Tenn .  2   00 

Young,  Maj.  J.  G.,  Winston,  N.  C.  .  1  25 

Yowell,  J.  A.,  Nashville,  Tenn 1   00 

Zimmerman,   J.    A..   Louisville,    Ky.  1   00 

Zimmerman,   W.   C,   Inverness 1   00 


By  Sam  Davis  Camp,  Milford,  Tex. : 

Allen,   H.   B $  0  25 

Brown,    A.    J 25 

Bundy,  Dr.  Z.  T 100 

Carter,  C.  L 1  00 

Dickson.   W.   T.   M 1  00 

Harmon,   W.   B 1  00 

Jones,  J.  W 1  00 

McFadden,   J.  K 1  00 

Morgan,  W.  J 50 

Powell,   B.   E 1  00 

Rutherford,   N.  R 1  00 

Webb,  J.   M 1  00 

Wright,  L.  C    1  00 

Total    $11  00 


FIFTY-CENT  CONTRIBUTIONS. 

Jas.  L.  Lockert,  C.  H.  Bailey.  J.  H.  and 
Emma  Balthrop,  C.  W.  and  Emma  Tyler, 


Clarksville,  Tenn. ;  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter 
Ethridge.  Tavares,  Fla. ;  O.  H.  Franklin, 
Indianapolis,  Ind. ;  D.  T.  Mitchell,  Mc- 
Nutt,  Miss. ;  F.  N.  Bowles,  Minter  City, 
Miss. ;  Capt.  L.  T.  Baskett,  Greenwood, 
Miss.;  Maj.  Califf,  U.  S.  A.,  Capt.  J.  R. 
Kean,  Surgeon  U.  S.  A.,  Key  West,  Fla. 
Total,  $7. 

J.  S.  Partlow,  Greenwood,  S.  C;  C. 
W.  Barber,  Edwards,  Miss.;  L.  Meyers, 
New  Orleans,  La.;  J.  J.  McCallan,  Rich- 
land, Tex.;  John  H.  Cook,  Washington, 
D.  C;  Miss  A.  M.  Lyons,  Little  Rock, 
Ark.;  W.  Raiburn,  W.  S.  Gudgell,  John 
S  Gavin,  Polk  Manly,  John  Webb,  Wm. 
Barker,  Owingsville,  Ky.;  Ed  Gillegan, 
County  West  Meath,  Ireland;  T.  W.  Con- 
yers,  'Cando.  N.  D.;  Tom  O'Donnell, 
Nashville,  Tenn.;  Lollie  C.  Kollock, 
Clarksville,  Tenn.;  J.  A.  Harden,  White- 
hall, Va.     Total,  $S.50. 

Capt.  W.  H.  May,  J.  W.  Fielden,  Benton. 
Ala. ;  E.  J.  Harwell,  Stonewall,  La. ;  Jno. 
W  Green,  Dyersburg,  Tenn.  ;  Cash,  Dyers- 
burg  Tenn. ;  Hugh  Heverin,  Nashville, 
Tenn. ;  Dr.  E.  Young,  W.  W.  Powers, 
Greensboro,  Ala.;  J.  K.  Cayce,  Hammond, 
Tex  •  M.  M.  Moblev,  Trenton,  Tenn.; 
Dr.  I.  C.  Morton,  Morganfield,  Ky. ;  Dr. 
R.  Y.  Dwight,  Pinopolis,  S.  C. :  J.  E. 
Brownlow,  S.  N.  Fleming,  Mt.  Pleasant, 
Tenn. ;  R.  E.  Grizzard,  John  Clark,  Tren- 
ton, Tenn. ;  M.  D.  Vance,  Springdale,  Ark. ; 
G  D.  Northcutt,  Grangeville,  Mo.;  T.  C. 
Lowe,  Springfield.  Mo.;  I.  G.  Douglass, 
Fulton,  Ky. ;  H  C.  Fowler,  North  Cedar, 
Kans.,  75c.     Total,  $10.75. 

Gen.  Geo.  Reese,  L.  M.  Brooks,  Pensa- 
cola.  Fla.;  Kit  Shepherd,  Al.  Shepherd. 
W  L.  Staton,  Tolu,  Ky.;  Master  Hiram 
Titcomb,  Columbia,  Tenn.  ;  Mrs.  Willis 
Johnson,  Florence,  S.  C;  Edward  C. 
Kollock,  Clarksville,  Tenn.,  75c.  Total, 
$4.25. 

W.  J  Manning,  Marietta,  Ga. ;  R.  Borg- 
nis  Nashville,  Tenn.  ;  Master  Lafayette 
Wilburn  Routt,  Chapel  Hill,  Tex. ;  C.  W. 
Moore,  West  Point,  Tex.;  H.  W.  Floyd, 
Irvin  Tenn. ;  T.  H.  Hastings,  Dillsboro, 
N.  C.     Total.  $3. 

W  G  Lenoir,  James  R.  Bachman,  C  L. 
Clark,  J.  H  Patton,  Sweetwater,  Tenn. ; 
S  H  Perkins,  P.  O.  Duffy,  J.  C.  Johnson, 
E  B.  Weathers,  Elkton,  Ky. ;  J.  C.  Ma- 
lone.  Elkton,  Ky.,  60  cts.     Total,  $4.60. 

A  A.  Lowe.  T.  S.  Cowan,  A.  T.  Foun- 
tain, N.  P.  Jelks,  J.  O.  Jelks.  P.  H.  Love- 
joy  R.  W.  Anderson,  Hawkinsville,  Ga. 
Total.   $3.50. 


TWENTY-FIVE-CENT    CONTRIBU- 
TIONS. 

Thos.  Jones,  Franklin,  Ky. ;  T.  H.  W. 
Barrett,  Edwards,  Miss.;  H.  H.  Sparrow. 
Jno.  B.  Lewis,  W.  A.  Ferguson,  C.  C.  Mc- 
Phail.  R.  H.  Vaughn,  Hawkinsville,  Ga^; 
Mr.  Porter,  Harmony,  Ga. ;  Mrs.  D.  F. 
Smver,  Kilbride,  Oregon;  Louise  B.  Kol- 
lock, Clarksville,  Tenn.;  F.  O.  Moore, 
Comanche,   Tex.      Total,    $2.75. 

E.  S.  Hughes,  Allisona,  Tenn.;  J.  T. 
Brvan,  Marianna,  Fla.;  C.  W.  Higgin- 
bothem,  Calvert.  Tex. ;  Mrs.  G.  C.  Collins. 
Mt.  Pleasant,  Tenn. ;  Mark  Roby,  Haw- 
thorne, Tenn. ;  Miss  Sue  Monroe,  Welling- 
ton, Va. :  J.  H.  Cook,  Washington,  D.  C. ; 
Mrs  F.  D.  Moore,  Milan,  Tenn.;  Chas.  L. 
and  Jas.  L.  Turner,  Clarksville.  Tenn.  To- 
tal. $2.50.  • 

S  T.  Burch,  Jr.,  Isadore  Sulzbacher, 
Florence,  S.  C. ;  C.  M.  Butt,  Portsmouth, 
Va  ;  J.  M.  Ewing,  J.  P.  Lenoir,  W.  A.  Le- 
noir W.  F.  Lenoir.  R.  E.  Lenoir,  Sweet- 
water, Tenn. ;  H.  R.  Roper,  J.  B.  Miller, 
C  A.  Denney,  J.  A.  Goodman,  W.  A.  Dick- 
inson, J.  T.  Penick.  Horace  Rutherford, 
T  L  Gaut.  J  B.  Perkins.  J.  M.  Weathers. 
C.  N.  Holmes,  H.  B.  McKinney,  H.  G. 
Boone,  Dr.  Rogers,  J.  A.  Thuss,  J.  P.  Hun- 
ter, John  Hardin,  L.  B.  Reeves,  Elkton, 
Ky.     Total,  $6.50. 

Mrs.  B  Jacobs.  Mrs.  I.  Sulzbacher,  Mrs. 
M.  L.  Kuker,  Misses  Jacobs.  Dr.  Mat- 
thews. E.  Rosborough,  S.  W.  Dixon,  J.  F. 
Stackley,  J.  W.  McCown,  Florence,  S.  C. ; 
also  Mrs.  W.  H.  Day,  20  cents;  Mrs.  W. 
R  Sanders,  20  cents;  Mrs.  R.  D.  Johnson. 
15  cents.     Total.  $2.80. 

N.  B.  Eison.  Jonesville,  S.  C. ;  Gaston 
and  Lewis  Meares,  Florence,  S.  C. ;  James 
Clark  Cabiness,  Asa  Bruce  Cabiness, 
Evansville.  Ind. ;  Mrs.  M.  C.  Goodlett,  Mrs. 
M.  Polk.  Nashville,  Tenn.  (special)  ;  P.  A. 
B.  Warren,  Forestburg,  Ark.,  20  cents.  To- 
tal,   $1.95. 


TEN-CENT    CONTRIBUTIONS. 

Morrisville,  Mo. — A.  E.  and  Hannah 
Mitchell,  Wm.  and  Sarah  Crennels.  Frank, 
Bettie,  Vernie.  Harris.  Wade,  and  Sallle 
Cargile;  Dock,  Rebecca,  Albert  S.,  Cora 
A..  Charlie  H.,  and  Ernest  Johnson.  To- 
tal.  $1.60. 

Florence.  S.  C. — From  Daughters  of  the 
Confederacy,  Mrs.  Jas.  Evans,  Mrs.  C.  E. 
Jarrott,  Mrs.  E.  W.  Lloyd,  Mrs.  T.  H. 
Harllee,  Mrs.  J.  B.  Douglas,  Mrs.  V.  C. 
Tarrh,  Mrs.  Zack  Nettles,  Mrs.  E.  O.  Sin- 
gletary.  Mrs.  J.  L.  Beck,  Miss  Julia 
Schouboe,  Miss  M.  E.  Tarrh. 

Mrs.  M.  H.  Beck,  Mrs.  C.  D.  Hutaff,  Mrs. 
F  Haines,  Mrs.  R.  H.  Farmer,  Miss  Helen 
Jarrott,  Mr.  Morgan  A.  Theine,  W.  C. 
Harllee.  John  D.  Jarrott.  M.  L.  Rhodes.  B. 
B.  Napier,  Dr.  P.  B.  Bacot,  Mr.  Altman, 
Earlv  Whitton,  Master  Willie  Williamson, 
W.  H.  Mallov.     Total.  $2.60. 

Clarksville.  Tenn. — Charles,  Robert, 
Stewart,  and  Alice  Bailey  ;  Florence.  S.  C. 
— J.  Muldrow,  Chas.  M.  White,  Harold  and 
Eric  Rucker;  John,  Chas.  E.,  Howard, 
Theodore,  and  Miss  Minnie  Jarrott,  T.  H. 
and  Mrs.  W.  C.  Harllee,  Capt.  J.  S.  Beck. 
T.  D.  Rhodes,  Jas.  Husbands,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  J.  R.  Wolfe,  Mrs.  John  Burringer. 
Mrs.  Makin.  Miss  Jul:  i  Shouboe,  Miss  M. 
E.  Tarrh.     Total,  $2.40. 

J  W.  Howard,  P.  B.  Jarrott,  Miss  Elvi- 
ra Rhodes,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Brunson,  Edward 
Burch,  Master  J.  McSween  Harllee,  Flor- 
ence S.  C. ;  William  H.  Hill.  Palo  Alto. 
Miss.;  C.  G.  Christian,  Elkton,  Ky.,  15 
cents.     Total,  S5  cents. 

John  D.  and  Sarah  Barnwell :  M.  Louise 
McMenaghan ;  Annie.  Joe.  and  Sam  Mc- 
Cown; Hazell  E.  Hutaff;  Marie  Gregory; 
Margaret  M.  Dixon  ;  Carrie  Lucas  ;  Willis. 
Waring,  and  Frank  Johnston  ;  Esther  Ses- 
sums ;  Charles  G.  Lucius,  Florence,  S.  C. ; 
Gaston  Meares,  Ridgeway,  S.  C.J  Tren- 
holm  McMenaghan,  Florence,  S.  C,  15 
cents.     Total.  $1.75.  „,_„„  _      . 

J.  Q.  Vickev,  T.  G.  Childers,  Spring- 
field, Mo.;  Masters  Ralph  and  Edgar 
Lowe.  30  cents;  Wm.  Ridley  Wheeler, 
Thomas  Clav  Wheeler,  Lillian  Lewis 
Wheeler,  Laura  Marie  Wheeler,  Win- 
chester,  Ky.,    50   cents.      Total,    $1. 


An  effort  has  been  made  with  much 
diligence  to  print  a  complete  list  of  paid 
subscriptions  to  the  Sam  Davis  monu- 
ment fund  herein.  An  examination  of 
this  list  will  show  contributors  from 
every  State  in  the  Union.  If  any  errors 
are  detected,  request  is  made  that  they 
be  reported  immediately,  so  that  copies 
may  be  perfected  absolutely. 


REPORT  OF  MRS.  E.  H.  HATCHER. 
Eight  years  ago  Mr.  S.  A.  Cunning- 
ham came  before  the  Daughters  of  the 
Confederacy  in  session  and  asked  help 
to  finish  the  Sam  Davis  monument.  I 
was  made  chairman  of  the  committee, 
and  the  following  year  permanent  chair- 
man until  the  monument  should  be  com- 
pleted. I  have  served  as  faithfully  as  I 
knew  how,  for  the  work  was  very  near  my 
heart;  and  though  the  fund  has  grown 
■slowly,  it  has  been  lovingly  given  by 
these  loyal  women.  With  those  in  Ten- 
nessee it  has  been  first  the  Soldiers' 
Home,  then  the  Sam  Davis  monument. 
Mr.  Cunningham  has  ever  been  the 
moving  spirit  of  this  work.  To  him  is 
due  the  spirit  of  faithfulness  which  has 
inspired  us  to  continued  effort.  The  re- 
sult of  our  labors  appears  in  my  report. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


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THAT   TEACHERS'  COLLEGE  PRIZE  ESSAY. 

BY    MRS.    LIVINGSTON    ROWE    SCHUYLER,   NEW    YORK    CITY. 

I  was  very  much  interested  in  reading  the  criticism  of  the 
Teachers'  College  prize  essay  on  General  Lee  which  you 
published  in  the  last  number  of  the  Veteran  because  it  gives 
me  an  opportunity  to  emphasize  the  importance  of  this  prize 
at  Columbia  University  and  what  we  hope  it  may  in  time  ac- 
complish. 

Before  taking  up  the  matter  of  the  essay  itself  let  me  make 
clear  to  you  the  difference  between  the  prize  and  the  scholar- 
ship. The  prize  is  given  by  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Con- 
federacy to  a  student  of  Teachers'  College,  Columbia  Uni- 
versity (irrespective  of  residence  or  previous  training),  who 
shall  write  the  best  essay  on  a  given  topic  relating  to  the 
S<  Dili's  part  in  the  War  between  the  States.  As  an  entirely 
different  matter  and  to  express  appreciation  of  the  spirit  of 
devotion  to  historical  truth  shown  by  the  women  of  the  South, 
the  dean  of  Teachers'  College  has  given  to  the  United  Daugh 
ters  of  the  Confederacy  a  special  scholarship  (remitting  all 
costs  of  tuition)  for  a  descendant  of  a  Confederate  veteran. 
to  be  eho«en  by  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  ac- 
cording to  any  method  they  may  adopt.  The  present  holder 
of  that  scholarship  is  from  South  Carolina  and  is  now  pur- 
suing her  studies  at  Columbia  University.  There  is  nothing, 
in  my  judgment,  better  indicative  of  the  drawing  together  of 
North  and  South  than  this  scholarship,  for  it  demonstrates 
that  great  progress  in  the  last  few  years  has  been  made,  and 
that  a  Confederate  veteran  is  a  man  whose  loyalty  to  his  State 
is  as  clearly  recognized  as  the  man  whose  loyalty  to  the  Union 
in  many  cases  brought  brothers  into  conflict. 

Now  let  me  speak  of  the  essay  itself.  On  my  first  readme 
of  it  I  loo  was  unfavorably  impressed  with  the  sentences 
which  you  quote;  but  after  a  second  reading  of  them  it  seemed 
that  what  at  first  jarred  upon  my  ear  was  capable  of  another 
and  more  just  interpretation.  It  is  always  a  most  difficult 
thing  to  speak  of  any  sentence  in  historical  writing  apart  from 
jtS  context,  It  is  to  the  context  that  we  must  go  in  order  to 
understand  the  author's  train  of  thought  which  finally  expresses 
in  the  written  words.  So  in  these  cases.  Your  first 
quotation  is:  "Intellectually  the  South  was  practically  dead. 
Most  of  the  people  were  densely  ignorant."  I  think  that  in 
i  to  these  sentences  all  Southerners  are  aware  to  whom 
the  writer  has  reference.  Undoubtedly  she  is  here  speaking 
of  the  people  in  a  mass — of  the  poorer  folk  and  those  in  the 
more  remote  districts.  Although  there  were  many  families 
sons  had  all  the  advantages  which  universities  at  home 
and  abroad  could  offer,  yet  the  fact  that  325,000  Southern 
mountaineers  fought  in  the  Northern  armies  is  proof  enough 
for  us  of  widespread   ignorance   in  our  midst. 

second  quotation  is:  "To  do  now  what  he  [General 
Lee]  did  then  would  be  treason,  for  the  Civil  War  has  since 
taught  what  is  right  in  this  regard."  Let  me  add  the  wands 
with  which  she  finishes  and  explain  the  thought:  "But  the 
matter  of  secession  had  purposely  been  left  open  by  the 
framers  of  the  Constitution,  and  in  the  minds  of  many  sincere 
loth  North  and  South  it  was  still  a  question.     The  real 

issue  was  not  between  patriotism  and  the  want  of  it.  but  be- 
tween two  forms  of  it.  and  the  poinl  to  be  borne  in  mind  is 
that  those  who  believed  in  one  conception  were  as  loyal  as 
those  who  clung  to  another."  What  she  is  striving  to  do  is 
:  iv    1l1.1t  the  question  of  secession  is  now   a  closed  ques 

tion  ;   that  while  at   the  tune  it   was  possible  for  men   to   differ 

as  to  what  they  ought  to  do.  yel  that  to  daj   there  would  be 


no  possibility  of  choice  for  a  man  wdio  was  faced  with  the 
question  of  loyalty  to  the  nation.  I  am  sure  that  the  regi- 
ments from  North  and  South  that  fought  and  suffered  side 
by  side  in  the  Spanish  War  never  questioned  each  other's 
loyalty  to  the  nation. 

Again  you  quote:  ''We  shall  have  come  to  think  of  Lee  as 
the  English  have  come  to  think  of  Washington,  whom  lately 
they  regarded  as  a  rebel ;  for,  indeed,  he  differed  from  the 
greater  Washington  only  in  choosing  the  wrong  side."  This 
comparison  with  Washington  only  means  that  Washington 
chose  the  side  which  came  out  victorious,  while  Lee  was  on 
the  side  of  defeat.  The  word  "wrong"  is  used  here  with  a 
meaning  synonymous  with  that  of  unsuccessful. 

Your  last  quotations  deal  with  matters  of  discipline  and  of' 
gani  ation.  This  is  a  part  of  history  where  authorities  will 
always  differ  because  their  facilities  for  obtaining  information 
of  this  kind  must  always  remain  incomplete,  and  their  deduc- 
tions in  consequence  must  always  have  in  them  the  personal 
element.  There  is  no  doubt  that  in  the  South  during  the 
war  there  were  different  opinion,  as  to  the  waj  in  which  com- 
manders conducted  their  operations.  I  he  besl  foreign  authori- 
ties on  the  campaigns  of  the  war  do  not  to  the  rela- 
tive abilities  of  the  Southern  leaders.  Why,  then,  should  we 
be  surprised  if  a  civilian,  who  is  also  a  mere  woman,  errs  on 
this  point  of  criticism?  "To  err  is  human;  to  forgive,  divine." 
We  should  rather,  I  believe,  respect  the  frankness  and  honesty 
which  led  her  to  express  views  which  she  knew  must  he  dis 
tasteful  to  the  Southerners  who  were  to  read  her  essay  in  com 
petition   with   others  and  award  the  pri 

I  believe  that  this  essay  in  its  main  features  (and  I  may 
say  that  the  unsuccessful  contestants  exhibited  the  same  char- 
acteristics in  their  writings)  struck  a  note  which  will  ring 
111  the  ears  of  thoughtful  men  with  great  significance  because 
then  is  in  it  a  tone  of  fairness  and  open-mindedness — of  will- 
ingness to  live  and  learn — which  would  have  been  deemed  .111 
impossible  thing  to  hope  for  but   a    few  years  ago. 

You  finish  your  criticism  with  the  words:  "It  is  consistent 
with  the  spirit  of  the  writer  to  use  the  term  'lost  cause'  Let 
all  Southerners  stop  using  the  term."  Indeed,  it  seems  to  me 
hardly  fair  to  censure  a  Western  girl  for  using  a  phrase  which 
was  in  common  use  among  ourselves  during  my  life  as  a  child 
and  young  woman  in  the  South.  Rut  herein  lies  the  useful- 
ness of  our  work  at  Teachers'  College,  for  it  is  by  this  very 
prize  that  we  shall  succeed  at  length  in  eliminating  from 
future  histories  of  the  war  all  phrases  which  we  have  conic 
to  consider  inappropriate  or  misleading.  I  wish  to  take  this 
opportunity  of  testifying  to  the  courteous  way  in  which  1 
reqtli  Si  made  by  me  to  the  dean  and  faculty  of  Teachers'  Col- 
lege. Columbia  University,  has  been  at  once  acceded  to  in 
respect  to  the  use  in  that  institution  of  words  ami  phrases 
distasteful  to  Southern  ears.  There  is  nothing  narrow  or 
prejudiced  in  their  position,  and  there  are  none  more  earnest 
in  their  search  for  the  truth.  And  it  is  critical,  honest  judg- 
ment in  historical  writing  that  we  should  always  Strivi 
and   most   heartily   welcome   when    found 

I    welcome  the  criticism   which   has   necessitated   this   letter 

because  I   believe  it   will  result  in  a   far  wider   reading  of  the 

1I1, in   it   otherwise  would  have  obtained,   and   with  the 

explanations   which    I    have   given    I    consider   the   essay    to   he 

eloquent   tributes  pi  our   dead   leader   that    the 

ccntcniM    1    lebration   has   brought    forth. 


Some   proti  -I-    against    the  pri    1     papei    are   made- to   appear 
later. 


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Qopfederat^  tfeterai). 


TWENTY-FOUR    JURYMEN,    TWELVE    OF    WHOM    WERE    NEGROES. 


JURY  IMPANELED  TO  TRY  JEFFERSON  DAVIS. 
(Collier's    Weekly.) 

Twelve  of  the  twenty-four  petit  jurors  were  negroes.  It 
was  unfortunate  that  the  first  mixed  jury  ever  drawn  in  the 
South  should  have  been  chosen  to  try  ex-President  Davis. 
The  fact  that  negroes  served  in  the  trial  of  the  fallen  leader 
roused  a  feeling  of  intense  bitterness.  After  his  capture,  in 
1865,  Jefferson  Davis  was  confined  at  Fortress  Monroe  a  little 
more  than  two  years.  The  trial  was  set  for  May,  1867,  and 
leading  attorneys  in  the  North  as  well  as  in  the  South  had 
pressed  their  services  upon  him.  It  was  finally-  determined 
that  he  should  be  represented  by  William  B.  Reed,  of  Phila- 
delphia, George  Shea  and  Charles  O'Conor,  of  New  York, 
John  Randolph  Tucker,  of  Loudon  County,  Va.,  and  Judge 
Robert  Ould,  of  Richmond.  For  the  government  were  L.  H. 
Chandler,  District  Attorney,  and  the  brilliant  William  M. 
Evarts.  Mr.  Davis  was  brought  from  Fortress  Monroe  to  the 
present  customhouse  building  on  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus. 
By  a  strange  fatality  he  occupied  at  this  time  the  same  suite 
of  rooms  in  the  Spottswood  Hotel  reserved  for  him  when  he 
came  to  Richmond  as  head  of  the  new  republic.  As  soon 
as  Mr.  Davis  appeared  in  court  Mr.  Evarts  announced  that  the 
government  did  not  wish  to  try  the  case  at  this  term  of  the 
court.  He  did  not  oppose  bail,  provided  the  sum  fixed  was 
large  enough  and  the  bondsmen  were  responsible  men.  There 
could  be  no  doubt  on  either  score.  The  amount  was  $100,000, 
and  the  bondsmen  included  Horace  Greeley  and  Cornelius 
Vanderbilt,  of  New  York ;  D.  K.  Jackman,  of  Philadelphia ; 
W.  H.  Macfarland,  Richard  Barton  Haxall,  Isaac  Davenport, 
and  Abraham  Warwick,  of  Richmond.  Mr.  Davis  was  never 
released  from  bail,  though  he  lived  more  than  twenty  years 
afterwards.  At  the  trial,  held  in  1868,  when  Chief  Justice 
Chase  sat  with  Judge  Underwood,  there  was  a  disagreement, 
Chase  maintaining  that  the  accused  was  innocent.  Under- 
wood held  out,  of  course,  that  the  prisoner  was  guilty,  and 
the  case  was  certified  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States.  There  it  remains,  even  to  this  day,  a  cause  undecided. 
The  indictment  of  Jefferson  Davis  for  high  treason  has  never 
been  quashed. 


ARLINGTON  CONFEDERATE  MONUMENT. 
Receipts. 

From  last  report  balance,  $7,261.22. 

From  James  D.  Phelan,  $20. 

From  Father  Ryan  Chapter,  No.  908,  U.  D.  C,  $20. 

From  Mrs.  Clementine  Boles,  Director  A.  C.  M.  A.,  for 
Arkansas,  $23.20.  Contributed  by  W.  L.  Cabell  Chapter,  No. 
248,  U.  D.  C,  $1;  Sterling  Price  Chapter,  No.  1158,  U.  D.  C, 
$1;  H.  G.  Bunn  Chapter,  No.  1032,  U.  D.  C,  $10;  Convention 
Arkansas  Division,  U.  D.  C,  $11.20. 

From  Mrs.  Florence  D.  Johnston,  Director  A.  C.  M.  A., 
for  California,  $6.25.  Contributed  by  Miss  Helen  McGowan, 
$1  ;  Miss  Marie  Norton,  $1 ;  Mrs.  Bodfish,  $1 ;  Mrs.  Fletcher, 
50  cents;  Mrs.  Lancaster,  $1;  Mrs.  Olmsted,  50  cents;  cash 
(source  of  receipt  not  given),  $1.25. 


From  Other  Directors  A.  C.  M.  A. 

From  Mrs.  John  W.  Tench,  Director  for  Florida,  $18.25. 
From  Mrs.  I.  W.  Faison,  Director  for  North  Carolina,  $360. 
From  Garland-Rodes  Camp,  No.  1521,  U.  C.  V.,  $29.25. 
From  Mrs.  T.  W.  Keitt,  Director  for  South  Carolina,  $30.25. 
From  Mrs.  J.  W.  Clapp,  Director  for  Tennessee,  $210. 
From  Mrs.  Elijah  Conklin,  Director  for  Nebraska,  $10.50. 
From  Mrs.  Chappell  Cory,  Director  for  Alabama,  $79. 
From  Mrs.  John  W.  Tench,  Director  for  Florida,  $25. 
From  Mrs.  D.  O.  S.  Vaught,  Director  for  Louisiana,  $40.25. 
From  Mrs.  S.  B.  Grommet,  Director  for  Illinois,  $5. 
From  Pickett-Buchanan  Camp,  No.  1182,  U.  C.  V.,  $5- 
Total  on  hand,  $8,143.67.     None  expended. 

It  is  proper  to  add  that  a  money  order  from  Illinois  to  the 
order  of  Mrs.  Cornelia  Branch  Stone  was  sent  to  Atlanta  by 
the  Director  for  that  State,  which  money  order  was  inad- 
vertently sent  to  me  without  indorsement.  As  soon  as  it  shall 
have  been  returned  by  the  payee  proper  credit  will  be  given 
the  Director  for  Illinois.     The  money  order  was  for  $15. 

Wallace  Streater,  Treasurer. 


Qo^federat^  l/eterar?. 


41 


SCOUTING  EXPEDITION  BY  FORREST'S  MEN. 

DATA   FROM    COL.   V.    V.    COOK,  HATF.SVIU.E.    ARK. 

During  the  last  days  of  August,  iK<>4.  an  expeditionary  scout 
of  what  had  been  forty  men.  rank  and  file,  constituted  oi  de- 
tachments from  Companies  C,  E,  and  II.  7th  Kentucky 
Mounted  Infantry,  Forrest's  Cavalry,  commanded  by  Capt. 
Charles  W.  Jetton,  of  Company  II.  an  officer  of  merit  and 
mettle,  was  returning  .southward  in  famishment  and  with  an 
impeditive  environment  of  several  wagons  laden  with  their 
wounded,  for  the  detachments  had  engaged  twice  one  morn 
ing  just  north  of  Parker's  Crossroads,  in  Carroll  County, 
Wesl  rennessee,  with  a  formidable  force  of  Federal  bush- 
whackers, losing  Lieut.  John  Heady,  Company  C,  Sergeant 
William  Smith,  Company  E,  and  Private  William  Brown, 
Company  11.  killed,  and  ten  others  more  or  less  severely 
wounded,  some  with  broken  legs  and  arms  and  others  other 

wise  mutilated,   whose   suffering-,   were  excruciating    in   the   e\ 
Ireine.  as    thej    were    transported    in    farm    wagon-    over    rough 

country    roads    without    surgical    aid    or    nourishment.       Hie 

country    through    which    they    passed    w.e.    entirely    destitute    of 

subsistence  for  man  or  beast,  and  encompassed  by  Federal 
bushwhackers  of  the  very  worst  type. 

On  a  Sundaj  afternoon  the  detachments  in  this  tired  and 
hungry    condition,    with    their    dust-covered     uniforms    now 

muddy  (for  it  had  rained  heavily  thai  d;i\  i.  reached  the  out 

skirts   of   Rienzi,   a   village   on    the    Mobile   and    Ohio    Railroad. 

ten  miles  south  of  Corinth.  Miss.  They  halted  near  the  hank 
of    a     small    but     muddy    and     swollen     creek,     allowing     their 

wounded  to  rest  and  their  horses  to  gia  e,  there  being  no 
other  food  for  the  animals.  Here  Privates  Chapman  Williams, 
of  Company  E,  and  the  writer  hereof,  ol  Company  II,  were 
ordered    out    in    minis   in   quest   of    the   much-needed    esculents 

ami  with  orders  to  bring  in  some  hog  meat.     Another  detail 

went    forth  in   search  of  bread,  which,  however,   failed,  and   the 

suilline  captured  by  the  first  detail  was  an  old  "razor-back"  sow. 

She  was  shot  and  dragged  to  the  improvised  camp,  skinned 
and  cut  into  pieces,  anil  put  into  a  wash  kettle  found  near  by 
when  SOm<  good  housewife  had  left  it  after  her  weekly  house- 
hold SCOuringS  of  it-  homely  homespuns,  I  he  kettle  was 
tilled  with  creek  water,  a  lire  was  kindled,  and  soon  all.  even 
the  wounded,  were  eating  this  morsel  without  bread  or  sal) 
and  with  a  relish, 

\tlir  a  few  hours'  rest  the  detachments  proceeded  south 
ward  via  Brice's  Crossroads  and  Tupelo,  keeping  details  ahead 
and  off  the  main  road,  gathering  apples  and  peaches,  tin-  onlj 
loo, I  procurable.  Later  corn  meal  was  obtained  and  added 
to  the  apples  and  peaches  upon  which  the  men  feasted.  The 
detachments  reached  their  command.  Buford's  Division,  in 
the  early  days  of  September  at   (  Kl'ord.  Miss.,  which  was  soon 

thereafter  put  in  motion  for  Middle   rennessee  and  Sherman's 

rear. 

Fording  the  Tennessee  River  at  Colbert's  Shoals,  the  di- 
vision immediatel]  entered  upon  a  senes  ,,f  battles  ami  skir 
tnishes   known    by    the    troopers    as    Forrest's    Pulaski    Raid 

Scptcmhei    10  to  October  to — during  which    Athens.  Sulphur 

le,  .iuA  other  Federal  strongholds  were  assailed  ami 
vanished  The  demolition  of  many  miles  of  railroad  in  Slier- 
man's  rear  was  the  mam  desideratum;  but  Sherman  had  then 
captured  Atlanta,  and  was  thereby  efficiently  able  to  cut  loOSI 
from  his  base. 

\t     latpley   Shop,  live  miles  south  of   Pulaski,    Dim.,  on  the 

morning  ol   September  27  the  7th  Kentucky,  in  the  advance, 

Suffered    severelj     in    a    ten    minutes'    skirmish    with    the    loth 


and  I2th  rennessee  Federal  Dismounted  Cavalry,  under  com- 
mand of  the  gallant  Col.  George  Spaulding,  and  a  battalion 
each  of  the  9th  and  iolh  Indiana  Cavalry  mounted,  in  which 
at  one  time  it  appeared  that  the  regiment  would  be  over- 
ridden and  sabered  ;  but  the  Commander  of  the  Indiana  Bat- 
talions, Maj  George  F.  Herriott,  hesitated  at  the  critical  mo- 
ment. In  the  meantime  the  7th  Kentucky  was  quickly  dis- 
mounted by  its  gallant 
commander.  Capt.  Joel 
I  .  Cochran,  and  the 
Other     regiments     of     the 

brigade,  coming  up,  im- 
mediately drove  the 
Federals       from       their 

strongly  selected  posi 
lion.  We  lost,  however. 
Captain  Cochran,  who 
was  in  command  of  the 
regiment.  Capt,  David 
I.  Nowlan,  Company  G. 
and  eight  enlisted  men 
killed,  three  of  whom. 
Sergeant  Jack  Waddell, 
Williams   Matheney,  and 

I  nomas    I  lancsbcrry,   be- 
longed    to     Company     1. 
James  I  latched  and  John   I  I  and  in  to  t  oinpany  E,  John   Wilson 

and  John  Oliver  to  Company    K.  and  a  Mississippian,  who  by 

chance    was    riding    with    the    Kentucktans    that    morning       1 111 
mediately   after   the    death   of    Captain    Cochran    Capt.    Charles 
W.  Jetton,  of  Company    I  I.  assumed  command  of  the  regiment, 
hut     almost     instantly    therewith     was    wounded    in     the    hand. 
Several    others    were    wounded   by   the    same    volley. 

([plains  Cochran  and  Nowlan  were  buried  in  the  same 
Superficial  army  grave,  where  their  remains  still  11  pose,  as 
also  the  bodies  of  the  other  seven  Kenluckians  and  the  Mis- 
sissj|,|>ian   rest   in  confidence  in  a  near-by  grave.      These  graves. 

we  ate  informed,  arc'  being  cared  for  ami  annually  decorated 

with    flowers   by   the  good    women    of   that    vicinity. 


■— * 


CAPT.    JOEL   T.   COCHRAN. 


Time  may  efface  the  record  of  the  Confederate  soldier  and 
obliterate  the  memory  of  the  confidence  with  which  he  went 
into  battle;  hut  never  will  the  sublimity  of  devotion  actuating 
these  ladies  and  the  womanly  women  of  the  South  every  day 
during  that  stupendous  struggle  to  deeds  of  unparalleled  self- 
sacrificing  consecration  to  the  needs  of  the  Confederate  sick 
and  wounded  and  to  tins  day  in  honoring .our  dead  comrades. 
be  expunged   from   that   imperishable  ledger  ot    glory. 


Uncle  Aleck  vnd  His  Mule.  -Uncle  Aleck,  a  venerable 
darky  with  an  old  gray  mule,  called  upon  a  verterinary  sur 
geon  with  tin  inquirj  ;  "Is  you  er  boss  doctor?"  "Yes,"  said 
the  surgeon,  "Well,  dis  here  old  mule  he's  sick,  and  I  doan 
wanter  lose  old  Pete.  Can't  yer  gimme  some  medicine  fur 
him'-'"  Writing  a  prescription,  the  doctor  said:  "'Take  this 
paper  to  the  drug  store  ■  <<>•]  gel  fifty  grains  of  calomel  and  a  ■ 

glass  tube  open  at  both  ends.  Put  the  calomel  in  the  tube, 
run    it    down    I'ete's    throat,   and   blow."      Some    days    later    the 

veterinarian,  meeting  Uncle   Meek,  much  bedraggled  and  ashy. 

asked:     "How's     Pete?"       "Pete    he's    all     right,    but     1     ain't." 

"What's  the  matter?"  "It's  disaway,"  said  Vleck:  "T  tuck 
de  calomel  an. I  de  glass  tube  as  you  tole  me,  and  I  stuck  it 
down  Pete's  throat,  I  did."  "Did  you  blow  ?"  asked  the  doctor 
"No,   sir."  said   the  darky;   "old   Pete  he  dun  blowed   fust." 


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"-^^wm^m 


HSW^fiiiU^ 


<  ,• 


re*ii\ei>n. 


Dr.   Casper  Coiner  Henkel. 

With  the  death  of  Dr.  C.  C.  Henkel,  of  Newmarket,  Va., 
ends  the  long  line  of  doctors  of  his  name  in  that  community, 
running  back  for  more  than  a  century.  It  closes  a  drug 
store  there  which  was  founded  in  1797  by  Dr.  Solomon  Hen- 
kel, and  which  had  been  continuously  owned  and  conducted  by 
his  descendants.  Before  this,  in  1793,  he  attended  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania.  The  family  was  distinguished  for 
its  ministers  and  physicians,  the  first  of  whom  in  America 
was  Rev.  Anthony  Jacob  Henkel,  a  German  court  preacher, 
who  came  to  Philadelphia  in  1714.  Some  of  its  physicians 
were  pioneers  in  certain  important  medical  discoveries,  such 
as  the  analyses  of  certain  diseases  and  in  the  use  of  anti- 
septics and  sterilizing  methods  in  the  practice  of  surgery. 

Dr.  C.  C.  Henkel  was  the  grandson  of  Dr.  Solomon  Hen- 
kel and  the  son  of  Dr.  Samuel  Godfrey  Henkel  and  Susan 
Coiner,  daughter  of  Casper  Coiner,  whose  name  was  bestowed 
upon  this  son.  He  read  medicine  with  his  father  and  uncle. 
Dr.  S.  P.  Henkel,  attended  lectures  at  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  graduated  therefrom  in  1857,  and  entered  im- 
mediately into  practice  with  his  father  at  Newmarket. 

In  July,  1861,  Dr.  Henkel  volunteered  in  the  Confederate 
irmy,  was  made  assistant  surgeon,  and  in  September  of  that 
year  received  commission  as  surgeon.  He  served  with  cav- 
alry and  artillery  until  April,  1862 ;  was  then  with  the  37th 
Virginia  Infantry,  Stonewall  Brigade,  until  September,  1862, 
when  he  was  made  surgeon  of  the  brigade  and  appointed  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  medical  examiners  for  General  Jackson's 
Corps,  in  which  he  served  to  the  surrender  at  Appomattox. 
He  was  acting  division  surgeon  during  March  and  April. 
(865.  During  his  army  service  Dr.  Henkel  had  ample  oppor- 
tunity for  observation  and  much  work,  performing  all  kinds 
of  operations  incidental  to  the  service  and  being  in  most  of 
the  battles  of  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  from  the  time 
of  his  enlistment.  Of  five  surgeons  who  entered  the  battle  of 
Gaines's  Mill  with  the  brigade,  he  alone  escaped  injury. 

After  being  paroled  at  Appomattox,  Dr.  Henkel  returned 
to  Newmarket  without  money  or  business,  but  with  much 
hard-earned  experience,  and  began  practice  anew  at  his  old 
office  in  partnership  with  Dr.  S.  P.  C.  Henkel,  who  died  in 
1882.  He  had  practiced  continuously  since,  devoting  himself 
largely  to  surgery ;  and  though  not  making  a  specialty  of  any 
department  of  medical  science,  he  occupied  the  foremost  rank 
of  his  profession.  He  had  been  a  sufferer  for  more  than  a 
year  with  the  disease  which  caused  his  death,  on  November 
[6,  but  gave  up  office  practice  only  six  months  before. 

As  a  citizen  Dr.  Henkel  was  public-spirited  and  generous, 
md  his  splendid  character  was  an  example  to  all  about  him. 
The  confidence  he  inspired  as  a  physician  was  not  greater 
than  the  affection  in  which  he  was  held  personally.  He  is 
survived  by  his  wife  and  daughter  (Mrs.  Frank  Rupert),  a 
brother  (Dr.  H.  H.  Henkel,  of  Staunton),  and  six  sisters. 
He  was  of  a  family  of  thirteen  children,  four  sons  and  nine 
daughters. 


Gov.  S.  W.  T.  Lanham. 

The  Tom  Green  Camp,  U.  C.  V.,  of  Weatherford.  Tex., 
submitted  by  a  committee  composed  of  R.  W.  Bonner,  R.  C. 
Tarkington,  and  L.  J.  Caraway  resolutions  upon  the  character 
of  the  late  Samuel  Willis  Tucker  Lanham,  who  was  Governor 
of  Texas  from  1903  to  1907.  Governor  Lanham  was  born  in 
Spartanburg,  S.  C,  July  4,  1S46. 

He  entered  the  C.  S.  A.  service  when  quite  a  boy  in  the  3d 
South  Carolina  Regiment.  He  was  married  at  the  age  of 
twenty  years  to  Sarah  B.  Meng  in  Union  County,  S.  C.  He 
removed  to  Texas  soon  afterwards,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1869.  He  became  District  Attorney.  In  1880  he  was 
made  a  presidential  elector.  He  served  the  Eighth  District  in 
Congress  from  1883  to  1893  and  from  1895  to  '9°3>  leaving 
Congress  to  become  Governor  of  his  great  adopted  State. 

The  resolutions  by  the  Camp  state : 

"In  the  death  of  Governor  Lanham  we  have  lost  a  true  and 
faithful  comrade,  a  brave  and  gallant  soldier.  He  volunteered 
at  the  age  of  sixteen,  joining  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia, 
and  surrendered  at  Appomattox.  He  participated  in  many 
bloody  battles,  and  while  yet  a  mere  youth  became  one  of 
Lee's  most  trusted  veterans.  He  did  as  much  if  not  more 
than  any  other  orator  in  America  to  present  and  preserve  the 
heroic  deeds  and  virtues  of  Confederate  soldiers  living  and 
dead,  and  we  the  survivors  and  our  children  owe  his  memory 
a  debt  of  lasting  gratitude.  We  shall  ever  keep  his  memory 
green,  and  we  will  teach  it  to  our  children  to  the  latest  gen- 
eration. 

"As  a  public  official  both  in  State  and  national  councils  he 


GOV.    S.    W.    T.    LANHAM. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


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was  faithful  to  every  trust.  His  career  among  us  first  as  a  hum- 
ble school-teacher,  then  as  lawyer,  as  State's  attorney,  then 
for  so  many  years  as  representative  in  Congress,  and  finally 
as  Governor  of  this  great  State  presents  to  us  a  glorious  and 
convincing  proof  of  what  a  resolute  spirit  moved  by  the 
highest  ideals  and  the  loftiest  purposes  may  accomplish  in  the 
brief  time  allotted  to  man. 

"His  pure  and  upright  walk  and  conversation  in  private  life 
among  us,  his  noble  and  kindly  life,  and  his  firm  belief  in  and 
steady  adherence  to  Christian  doctrine  constitute  a  rich  heri- 
tage to  his  children  and  to  us  his  friends.  We  attribute  much 
of  his  success  in  life  to  the  wonderful  helpfulness  and  wise 
counsel  of  his  estimable  and  faithful  wife.  We  sincerely 
mourn  their  demise.  In  life  they  were  united,  in  death  they 
are  not  divided." 

The  Tom  Green  Camp  resolved  as  a  further  tribute  of  re- 
spect to  the  memory  of  the  late  lamented  Gov.  S.  W.  T.  Lan- 
ham  that  the  resolutions  be  printed  in  the  CONFEDERATE  Vet- 
KRAN,  the  friend  and  supporter  of  all  old  ex-Confederates. 

|  Report  by  R.  E.  Bell.  Commander  of  Tom  Green  Camp.] 

Mrs.  T.  C.  Bi  u  k 

Mrs.  Addie  Caldwell  Black,  wife  of  Dr.  I.  C.  Black,  of 
Lewisburg,  Tenn.,  has  finished  her  work.  The  Lewisburg  Chap- 
ter, U.  D.  C.  of  which  <he  was  a  member,  took  formal  action 
in  regard  to  her  death.  A  committee  composed  of  Mrs.  C. 
A.  Armstrong.  Mrs.  T.  E.  Arthur,  and  Miss  Bessie  Stephens 
submitted  appropriate  resolutions.  Mrs.  Black  was  beloved 
by  all  who  knew  her;  she  was  sweet  and  gracious  in  social 
life,  a  source  of  comfort  to  those  in  need  of  sympathy.  Ready 
at  all  times  to  lend  a  helping  hand  to  the  unfortunate,  hei 
presence  was  like  blessed  sunshine.  She  was  a  true  type  of 
Southern  womanhood. 

The  Lewisburg  Chapter  recognized  in  her  life  "the  earnest, 
unselfish  zeal  of  the  true  Christian,  the  joy  of  service  as  ex- 
emplified by  her  loving  service  to  humanity  in   her  daily   life." 


MRS.    ADDIE   CALDWELL   BLACK. 

II"     i  hapter    -aid:    "To    know    her    intimatelj    was    to    be 

Strengthened   for  better  service  to  Christ   and  tO  the   world" 

In    i   paper  prepared  by  Mrs.  Black   (which  anothei    read 
to  the  Chapter,  as  Mrs,  Black  was  too  ill  to  attend)  she  wrote: 

"  1  be  brave  soldiers  who  fought   for  us  all  came  as  enthusi- 


astically from  the  homes  of  the  wealthy  as  from  the  log 
cabins.  How  proud  Tennessee  is  in  being  'the  Volunteer 
State !' 

"Our  heritage  from  our  women  of  the  Confederacy  is  al- 
most as  great  and  good.  What  grand  nurses  they  were,  how 
willingly  they  gave  their  homes  for  hospitals,  seeking  out  and 
giving  away  everything  to  the  poorest,  most  ragged  Confed- 
erate soldier  that  he  or  his  comrades  needed!  Many  had 
their  brass  and  bronze  possessions  melted  to  be  made  into 
cannon  ;  many  old  ladies,  confirmed  invalids,  proved  a  bless- 
ing to  the  army  by  untiringly  knitting  socks  and  gloves.  Then 
all  honor  to  the  patient  and  tried  woman  who  provided  for 
the  family  while  the  husband,  father,  and  brother  were  away! 
Mrs.  John  Law,  of  North  Carolina,  for  four  years  devoted 
her  life  to  nursing  in  hospital  and  field,  and  such  was  her 
worth  to  the  army  that  Gen.  Joseph  E.  Johnston  had  thirty 
thousand  soldiers  pass  in  review  before  her. 

"But  I  cannot  close  without  touching  on  one  unpleasant 
subject.  We  all  know  that  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy 
are  banded  together  to  keep  alive  the  memory  of  the  heroic 
deeds  of  our  fathers,  to  honor  their  names  and  their  glorious 
achievements,  to  minister  to  the  survivors — the  widows  and 
the  orphans.  They  are  doing  a  grand  work  that  will  live  in 
history  in  all  these  particulars;  but  how  sad  that  the  old  sol- 
diers seem  secondary  to  many  fashionable  women  whose  zeal 
seems  to  be  to  have  'a  fine  time'  themselves  at  the  Reunions ! 
Then  the  hot  fights  for  supremacy  in  the  election  of  officers. 
*  *  T  am  afraid  an  outsider  would  say  we  were  letting 
our  beloved  flag  trail  a  little  in  the  dust  by  such  contentions 
over  honors  that  should  come  to  one  unsolicited." 

Thomas   A.   Turner. 

Mr.  Thomas  Arthur  Turner  died  at  his  residence,  in  Ash- 
land City,  Tenn.,  on  Monday,  October  26,  1908,  at  the  age  of 
sixty-eight  years  and  seven  months.  In  his  death  that  com- 
munity has  sustained  the  loss  of  one  of  its  most  useful  and 
highly  respected  citizens.  A  native  of  Cheatham  County,  be 
spent  his  life  among  its  people.  "Tom"  Turner  was  a  man 
of  kind  and  generous  nature,  a  joyful,  sunny  disposition,  an 
unusually  winning  personality,  and  really  and  truly  "charitable 
to  a  fault."  For  many  months  previous  to  his  death  he  had 
been  in  declining  health,  and  had  retired  from  business  and 
public  life  to  spend  the  remainder  of  his  days  in  the  peace  and 
quietude  of  his  home. 

Though  scarcely  more  than  a  boy  when  the  great  war  be- 
gan, he  enlisted  in  Company  G,  42A  Tennessee  Regiment,  and 
for  four  years  followed  the  fortunes  of  the  Confederate  cause 
in  camp,  in  battle,  and  in  prison.  At  its  close,  like  most  others, 
he  returned  penniless  to  his  old  home.  For  a  number  of  years 
after  the  war  closed  he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business. 
In  1878  he  was  chosen  by  his  fellow-citizens  to  the  office  of 
Clerk  of  the  County  Court  of  Cheatham  County,  a  position 
which  he  filled  for  twenty  four  years,  when  he  voluntarily  re- 
tired. 

Mr.  Turner  was  for  many  years  an  honored  member  of  the 
Masonic  fraternity,  and  at  his  own  request  the  last  sad  rites 
of  Ins  interment  were  pronounced  in  the  beautiful  burial  cere- 
mony of  that  order.  The  services  were  conducted  by  the 
members  of  Ashland  Lodge  No.  604,  assisted  by  a  number  of 
visiting  brethren,  who  took  charge  of  the  remains  at  the  con- 
clusion of  a  brief  service  led  b>  Rev.  A.  T.  Goodloe,  one  of 
bis  old  friends  and  a  comrade  in  arms,  and  his  body  was  ten- 
derly laid  to  rest  in  the  cemetery  with  Masonic  burial  honors. 

["From  sketch  bj    P   II.  Duke,  Esq.,    Vshland  City.  Tenn.] 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterag. 


TEXXESSEE   WOMAN'S  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY. 

In  August,  1907.  this  Association  requested  Mrs.  Anna  Ir- 
win Woods  to  prepare  a  paper  on  the  "Old  C>t\  Cemetery"  at 
Nashville,  Tenn.  This  paper  brought  vividly  to  mind  the  de- 
plorable condition  of  this  old  landmark,  the  resting  place  of 
many  pioneers  of  Tennessee  and  the  South. 

The  city  of  Nashville,  through  its  Park  Commission,  has 
agreed  to  take  charge  of  and  keep  in  condition  the  walks  and 
driveways,  and  now  the  Woman's  Historical  Society  desires 
to  erect  a  handsome  memorial  gate  at  the  main  entrance  and, 
if  practicable,  refence  the  cemetery.     *     *     * 

lhe\'  are  asking  a  contribution,  large  or  small,  from  public- 
spirited  citizens  who  are  proud  of  "this  grand  old  State"  and 
who  realize  how  much  the  State  owes  the  men  and  women 
whose  mortal  remains  rest  in  this  sacred  soil — the  men  who 
blazed  the  way  in  the  wilderness  and  stemmed  the  tide  of  the 
revolution.  Mrs.  E.  W.   Foster, 

Chairman  Memorial  Gateway  Committee. 


WOODMEN  OF  AMERICA   AXD   TUBERCULOSIS. 

Most  worthy  work  of  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  is 
being  undertaken  for  the  care  of  those  who  suffer  from  tuber- 
culosis. At  the  December  meeting  of  the  Executive  Council 
of  the  Modern  Woodmen  Society,  held  at  the  headquarters 
of  the  Society  in  Rock  Island,  111.,  it  was  decided  to  conduct 
that  Society's  sanatorium,  located  at  Colorado  Springs,  Colo., 
for  the  treatment  of  members  afflicted  with  tuberculosis  free 
of  charge  to  members. 

The  Modern  Woodmen  Society  has  acquired  1,380  acres 
of  land  within  seven  miles  of  Colorado  Springs,  and  has  es- 
tablished thereon  an  up-to-date  sanatorium  on  the  tent  colony 
plan.  It  will  be  ready  for  the  reception  of  sixty  patients  on 
January  I,  1909. 

The  tents  are  octagonal  structures,  with  shingle  roofs,  can- 
vas sides,  hard-wood  floors  on  solid  cement  foundations, 
heated  by  a  central  plant,  equipped  with  all  modern  con- 
veniences, even  telephones,  and  each  tent  is  for  one  patient. 
An  administration  building  for  physicians,  nurses,  dining  hall, 
baths,  etc.,  stands  in  the  center  of  the  colony. 

Dr.  J.  E.  White,  the  medical  director  in  charge,  states  that 
only  those  consumptive  members  who  are  curable  or  whose 
lives  may  be  prolonged  for  a  considerable  length  of  time  will 
be  admitted  as  patients.     The  wisdom  of  this  rule  is  apparent. 

It  is  expected  that  another  colony  of  sixty  tents  will  be 
ready  by  July.  1909,  and  that  acceptable  patients  will  be  re- 
ceived by  that  time.  A  movement  is  already  under  way  to 
equip  the  second  colony  plant.  Each  tent  represents  an  ex- 
pense of  $250,  and  a  number  of  local  Camps,  or  lodges,  of  the 
Society  have  decided  to  donate  tents.  There  are  over  13,000 
Camps  of  Modern  Woodmen  and  over  1,000,000  members. 

Local  Camps  have  contributed  to  the  sanatorium  fund  over 
$70,000,  and  a  tax  of  ten  cents  per  member  was  voted. 


SETTLEMENT  OF  A   CONTROVERSY. 

Col.  and  Rev.  W.  L.  Duckworth,  who  has  had  some  con- 
troversy with  comrades  as  to  his  connection  with  his  regi- 
ment in  the  closing  days  of  the  war,  has  procured  a  copy  of 
the  "Record"  from  the  War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Hon.  Finis  J.  Garrett.  House  of  Representatives,  made  in- 
quiry of  Adjutant  General  Ainsworth,  who  w;rote  to  himr 

"Sir;  In  returning  herewith  the  letter,  received  by  your 
reference,  of  Mr.  W.  L.  Duckworth,  of  Brownsville,  Tenn., 
who  desires  to  ascertain  wdio  commanded  the  7th  Tennessee 
Confederate   Cavalry   during  the   last  twenty-five   days   of  its 


history  and  by  whom  it  was  surrendered  and  paroled,  and  in 
response  to  your  request  that  the  information  he  furnished,  I 
have  the  honor  to  inform  you  that  the  Confederate  archives 
in  this  office  show  that  the  7th  Tennessee  Cavalry.  Confed- 
erate States  Army,  was  commanded  during  the  month  of 
April,  1865,  by  Col.  W.  L.  Duckworth;  that  the  regiment,  ex- 
cepting Company  F,  was  surrendered  at  Citronelle,  Ala., 
May  4.  1865,  by  Lieut.  Gen.  Richard  Taylor,  C.  S.  A.,  to 
Maj.  Gen.  E.  R.  S.  Canby,  U.  S.  A.,  and  that  it  was  paroled 
at  Gainesville,   Ala.,  May   II.  1865. 

"Said  archives  also  show  that  W.  L.  Duckworth  was  paroled 
at  that  place  May  12,  1865,  as  colonel  commanding  the  regi- 
ment, and  that  Brig.  Gen.  E.  S.  Dennis,  U.  S.  A.,  was  the 
officer  who  paroled  the  regiment. 

"Very  respectfully,  F.  C.  Ainsworth,  Adjt.  Gen." 


INCIDENT  OF  THE  BATTLE  OF  CHICKAMAUGA. 
It  was  Capt.  John  W.  Morton's  twenty-first  birthday  on  the 
19th  of  September,  and  his  entree  upon  man's  estate  was  amid 
the  roar  of  tin-  tremendous  battle  of  Chickamauga.     He  had 

just  received  a  new 
suit  of  artillery  uni- 
form clothes,  which 
he  had  packed  away 
nicely  in  a  wagon ; 
but  a  hungry  mule 
bad  taken  a  fancy  to 
them  and  had  masti- 
cated the  treasures. 
He  had  three  horses 
at  dawn,  and  at  night 
one  had  been  killed. 
two  wounded  so  as 
to  be  unserviceable, 
and,  to  crown  his 
mishaps,  his  colored 
servant  "Bob"  had 
got  "scared"  of  the 
battle  and  run  off 
with  all  his  rations. 
To  add  to  his  mis- 
fortunes, he  was  a 
long  way  from  home 
with  not  a  dollar  in  his  pocket.  'Twas  thus  he  stepped  across 
the  threshold  of  manhood  — Exchange. 

Capt.  John  W.  Morton,  C.  S.  A. 
Of  Forrest's  brave  artillery  sons, 

John  Morton  was  the  chief, 
Who  in  the  thunder  of  his  guns 

Oft  sought  his  soul's  relief. 

As  Pelham  of  the  West,  may  he 
Be  hailed  throughout  the  South  ! 

His  war-time  eloquence,  most  free, 
Came  from  his  cannon's  mouth. 

In  him  our  Wizard  found  a  man 

On  whom  he  could  reply ; 
And  when  his  service  first  began, 
His  fame  was  made  on  high 
General   Forrest   I   have   always   regarded  as  the   untrained 
and  perhaps  the  most  remarkable  genius  of  our  Confederate 
war,  and  you  are  one  of  the  military  jewels  which  cluster  in 
his  diadem. — Charles  Edgeworth  Jones,  Augusta,  Ca. 


CAPT.   JOHN   W.    MORTON. 


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Mrs.  .1     I'    i  lame,  of  '  api    Gii  ti  deau, 
Wo.,   seeks   to   establish   the   war   record 
of   her    fathi  r,    Di     VV.    R.    I  lughi  s,    oi 
North  (  arolina,  and  asks  tli.it  any  sur 
viving  comrades  will  kindly  write  to  In  i 

He    wa      I ted    with    hospitals    at 

Petersburg,  Richmond,  and  Raleigh,  X 
( ' .  where  he  «  n  ite  fn  im  "Fail  Gri  mnd 
Hospital"  on  June  4.  1863  It  is  also 
thought  thai  he  was  al  one  time  in  the 
Army  of  East  Tennessee  under  General 
trbi 


William    E.    Anderson,    Box   63,    Pen- 

ai  1  ila,    Fla  .   w  ishes   ti  1   hear    from   any 

rades  of  William  Duncan  Maclay,  a 

im  ml  er    1  f    the   6th    Florida    Regiment, 

who    was    detailed    from    thai    regiment 


1  on  the  staff  of  Gen.  E.  Kirby 
Smith.  Proof  of  his  service  up  to  the 
surrender  is  sought  in  order  thai  his 
widow   1  n .  1  -  1     1   pension.     Such  in- 

formatii  m  w  ill  be  appreciat<  d 


T.  C.  Kelley,  Adjutant  I'  C.  V.,  Hall- 
wood,  Va.,  wishes  to  hear  from  any  one 
in  Alabama,  especially  in  or  near  Mo- 
bile, who  can  tell  of  William  II.  Shaw, 
a  member  of  Company  C,  8th  Alabama 
Infantry.  Herbert's  Brigade,  Vnderson's 
Division.  A.  N.  V.,  and  can  testify  that 
he  was  the  son  of  Samuel  Shaw.  Sr.,  and 
brother  to  John  Shaw  and  Samuel  Shaw, 

Jr.  If  there  is  a  comrade  or  friend  who 
has  this  knowledge  of  William  II.  Shaw. 
Mr    Kelley   will  appreciate  his  replying 


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to  that  effeel  [f  it  can  bi  In  >vt  n  that 
he  was  .1  brother  of  Dr.  John  Shaw,  of 
Killyleagh,  Countj  Down,  Ireland,  it 
will  prove  a  blessing  to  his  descend- 
ants 


B.  I'.  Smith,  ni  <  Ixford,  Fla.,  seeks 
the  address  of  anj  veteran  who  knew 
personalis  oi  1  lie  set  \  ice  of  J.  T.  La- 
Veigne,  a  volunteer  in  the  Vrmistead 
Rifles  from  Savannah.  Ga.,  and  who 
was  detailed  to  special  duty  in  the  ar- 
senal at  Macon.  Ga.,  where  he  was  cap- 
lured  by  Wilson's  Division  of  Sherman's 
01 1  m \  Information  is  desired  to  estab 
lish  pension  proof  for  surviving  widow. 


Ke\    \\  aldo  \\  .  Moore,  of  I  tomewood, 
Scott     County,     Mi--.,     writes     that     his 
fathet .  1  apt,    \    M.  Moore,  of  Company 
I,  40th  Alabama,  wa-  captured  at  Noon 
I  lay  t  '1  eek,  I  ..1  .  111  June.   iNo|      I  [is  cap 
tors  took  his  Sword,  winch  had  his  name 
and  company  and  regiment  engraved 
it.     Any  information  leading  to  the  re 
covery  of  the  sword  will  be  thankfully 
r<  ceived 


Miss    Mollie    Brown,    of    Keyser,    W 

\  a  .    wishes    to   hear    from    any    one    who 

knew  of  the  service  of  her  father,  James 

I       Brown,    for    the    Confederacy.        \-    a 

woolen  manufacturer  al  Winchester, 
Va.,  he  was  exempt    from  army  service, 

hut     f(  i\    week-    he    w.i-    lieu 

tenant  of  a  small  home  compam  \n\ 
survivors  of  that  company  will  confer 
.1   Favor  bj    writing  to  Mis-   Hrmvn 


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One  of  the  Important  Duties  of  Physicians  and 
the  Well-informed  of  the  World 

is  to  learn  as  to  the  relative  standing  and  reliability  of  the  leading  manufactur- 
ers of  medicinal  agents,  as  the  most  eminent  physicians  are  the  most  careful  as  to 
the  uniform  quality  and  perfect  purity  of  remedies  prescribed  by  them,  and  it  is  well 
known  to  physicians  and  the  Well-Informed  generally  that  the  California  Fig  Syrup 
Co.,  by  reason  of  its  correct  methods  and  perfect  equipment  and  the  ethical  character  of 
its  product  has  attained  to  the  high  standing  in  scientific  and  commercial  circles  which 
is  accorded  to  successful  and  reliable  houses  only,  and,  therefore,  that  the  name  of  the 
Company  has  become  a  guarantee  of  the  excellence  of  its  remedy. 

TRUTH     AND     QUALITY 

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living  with  all  the  term  implies.  With  proper  knowledge  of  what  is  best  each  hour 
of  recreation,  oi  enjoyment,  of  contemplation  and  of  effort  may  be  made  to  contribute 
to  that  end  and  the  use  of  medicines  dispensed  with  generally  to  great  advantage,  but 
as  in  many  instances  a  simple,  wholesome  remedy  may  be  invaluable  if  taken  at  the 
proper  time,  the  California  Fig  Syrup  Co.  feels  that  it  is  alike  important  to  present 
truthfully  the  subject  and  to  supply  the  one  perfect  laxative  remedy  which  has  won 
the  appoval  of  physicians  and  the  world-wide  acceptance  of  the  Well-informed  because 
of  the  excellence  of  the  combination,  known  to  all,  and  the  original  method  of  manufac- 
ture, which  is  known  to  the  California  Fig  Syrup  Co.  only. 

This  valuable  remedy  has  been  long  and  favorably  known  under  the  name  of — 
Svrup  of  Figs — and  has  attained  to  world-wide  acceptance  as  the  most  excellent  of 
family  laxatives,  and  as  its  pure  laxative  principles,  obtained  from  Senna,  are  well 
known  to  physicians  and  the  Well-informed  of  the  world  to  be  the  best  of  natural 
laxatives,  we  have  adopted  the  more  elaborate  name  of — Syrup  of  Figs  and  Elixir  of 
Senna — as  more  fully  descriptive  of  the  remedy,  but  doubtless  it  will  always  be 
called  for  by  the  shorter  name  of  Syrup  of  Figs — and  to  get  its  beneficial  effects  alwa3rs 
note,  when  purchasing,  the  full  name  of  the  Company  —  California  Fig  Syrup  Co. — 
plainly  printed  on  the  front  of  every  package,  whether  you  simply  call  for- — Syrup  of 
Figs — or  by  the  full  name — Syrup  of  Figs  and  Elixir  of  Senna — as — Syrup  of  Figs  and 
Elixir  of  Senna  —  is  the  one  laxative  remedy  manufactured  by  the  California  Fig  Syrup 
Co.  and  the  same  heretofore  known  by  the  name  —  Syrup  of  Figs  —  which  has  given 
satisfaction  to  millions.  The  genuine  is  for  sale  by  all  leading  druggists  throughout 
the  United  States  in  original  packages  of  one  size  only,  the  regular  price  of  which 
is  fifty  cents  per  bottle. 

Every  bottle  is  sold  under  the  general  guarantee  of  the  Company,  filed  with  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture,  at  Washington,  D.  C,  that  the  remedy  is  not  adulterated  or 
misbranded  within  the  meaning  of  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act,  June  30th,    1906. 

CALIFORNIA  FIG  SYRUP  CO. 


Cal. 


Louisville,   Ky. 


San  Fiancisco, 
U  S.  A. 
London,    England 


New  York,   N.  Y. 


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FEBRUARY,  1909. 


NO.  2. 


LEADING  ARTICLES  IN  THIS  NUMBER 


Birthplace  of  Jefferson  Davis,  and  (he  Words  of  Sam  Davis  Page  51 

Arlington  Monument.      Nashville  Battlefield  Association  Pages  52,  53 

Should  the  Solid  South  Be  Broken?      A  Talk  with  the  Boys  Page  54 

Monument  at  Prattville,  Ala.     Purpose  of  Morgan's  Ohio  Raid         Page  55 

Record  of  Semmes  Rifles,  hy  Judge  John  H.  Rogers       .  Pages  57,  58 

How  a  Confederate  Got  Home.      Birthplaces  of  Two  Men      Pages  58,  59 

Last  Surviving  Lieutenant  General — Simon  Bolivar  Buckner,  Pages  61-64 

Col.  Robert  C.  Trigg,  of  Virginia.      Breech-Loading  Cannon  Page  65 

Hard  Experience  by  Scouts  in  Kentucky,  by  J.  N.  Gaines      .  Page  66 

"What  Might  Have  Been."      Rock  Island— An  Incident  Pages  67,  68 

Reminiscences  of   an   Arkansan,  by  R.  T.  Martin.      Medal   for  Paper  on 
Jefferson  Davis      .......  Pages  69-71 

The  Fifth  Virginia  Cavalry,  by  P.  J.  White.      Gen.  J.  E.  B.  Stuart's  Last 
Battle,  by  Frank  Dorsey  .....  Pages  72-77 

Inquiries  by  and  about  Veterans.      Memories  of  Morgan's  Christmas  Raid, 
by  Rev.  J.  W.  Cunningham  ....  Pages  78,  79 

The  Catrons  in  Confederate  Service.      Right  Observance  of  Rules  at  Re- 
unions.    John  Brown  and  Harper's  Ferry       .  .  Pages  80-88 

Confederated     Southern     Memorial     Association—  Tribute     to     Jefferson 
Davis Page  82 

Last  Roll,  Including  Tributes  from  Pres.  Gen.  U.  D.  C.  Pages  86-92 


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S.  A.  CUNNINGHAM, 
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BIRTHPLACE  OF  JEFFERSON  DAVIS. 
The  growth  of  sentiment  in  behalf  of  procuring  the  birth- 
place of  Jefferson  Davis  for  a  permanent  memorial  is  most 
gratifying,  but  the  fear  is  that  too  much  tardiness  will  be 
exercised.  Desirable  options  are  to  expire  on  April  27.  1909, 
and  it  will  be  deplorable  if  the  time  shall 
elapse  before  sufficient  funds  are  procured 
to  purchase  it.  From  every  view-point  this 
patriotic  purpose  should  be  executed  prompt- 
ly. Within  the  next  month  or  so  it  is  in 
tended  to  publish  the  list  of  subscribers,  and 
let  us  make  it  a  credit.  The  contrast  that 
will  appear  between  contributions  for  Mr. 
Davis  and  Mr.  Lincoln  will  show  us  pain- 
fully poor,  but  let  every  one  contribute  his  or 
her  mite.  The  time  is  sure  to  come  when  a 
suitable  memorial  will  be  erected  tin  iron. 
and  the  place  promises  well  to  become  of 
easy  reach  by  rail.  See  to  it  that  you  do  your 
part  not  only  in  a  small  contribution,  but  in 
getting  others  to  join  you  in  it.  Contribute 
individually  and  by  Camps  and  Chapters 
Send  one  dollar  at  least  for  .1  certificate  of 
membership. 

There   is   no   subject    in   which   all   of  the 

Southern   people   should   be   more   into  1 
It    is    a    coincidence    that    the    first    group    of 
men   heard   to   comment    upon   the   suggested 
undertaking    at    a    Confederate    Reunion    in 
Kentucky    were    of    the    Union    side    in    the 
war.    and   they    said    cordially    that    they    intended   to    share   in 
the  worthy   memorial.     The  time  is   sure  to  come  when  every 
American  will  pay  homage  to  the  career  of  Jefferson  Davis. 
\Y    I     J.  it  makes  this  good  suggestion  from  Frankfort,  Kj 
"If  the  sale  of  certificates  for  the  Jefferson  Davis  Horn-     \ 
sociation  were  placed  in  the  bands  of  the   Daughters  of  the 
Confederacy,    the    money    would    roll    in    by    the    thousands 
When   a  man  sees  the   notice  and  wants  to  be  a    ON  inber  and 
has  to  leave  his  business  and  go  to  the  pi    I  offio    or  express 

office  to  buy  an  order,  he  just  puts  it  off  and  it's  never  done 
The  ladies  will  take  pleasure  in  seeing  the  men  and  getting 
the  money  and  delivering  the  certificates.  If  you  don't  believe 
"■  »cnd  a  hundred  to  Jo   II    Lewis  Camp  at  Frankfort,  Ky" 


Mr.  Jett  is  in  charge  of  Confederate  records  for  Kentucky. 

Concurring  with  his  suggestion,  the  Veteran  will  gladly 
send  membership  certificates  to  any  Chapter  that  will  under- 
take to  aid  in  raising  subscriptions  for  the  fund.  How  easy 
to  raise  this  money  if  Veterans  and  Daughters  cooperate! 


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THE  WORLD'S  SAM  DAVIS. 
Dust  away  sectionalism  and  sec  the  character  of  a  young 
man  who  stood  the  greatest  test  in  all  history.  Sam  Davk 
not  only  lion. mil  Ins  comrades  and  the  South,  but  he  stood 
.1  model  for  mankind  in  the  present  and  future  ages  and  in 
all  climes.  Examine  the  list  ol  contributors  to  the  monu- 
ment with  heroic  bronze  statue  of  him  soon  to  be  dedicated 
on  Capitol  Hill  of  Ins  native  Tennessee,  and  you  will  find 
the   nanus   ,,f   libera  otic   persons,   re- 

gardh  ility;  in   fact,  from  every   State  m   the   Union. 

Leaders   in   the   list   of  contributors  were  of   those  who  helped 

ecute  him     Some  more  money  is  needed,  and  the  sup- 
ntal  list  of  contributors  must  be  completed  verj   soon. 


Qoi)federat<^  l/eterap. 


A  COMRADE  AND  ASSOCIATE  OF  SAM  DAVIS. 

R.  B.  Anderson,  of  Denton.  Tex.,  writes  of  Sam  Davis. 
He  does  not  accept  that  General  Dodge  did  all  he  could  to 
save  Davis  after  conviction  by  the  court-martial.  He  thinks 
he  is  the  only  survivor  of  the  "Coleman"  or  Shaw  Scouts, 
but  he  is  mistaken.  Tom  Joplin,  now  at  the  Confederate  Sol- 
diers' Home,  Hermitage,  Term.,  is  one,  and  he  knows  several 
others.  Mr.  Anderson  protests  against  Sam  Davis  being  re- 
garded as  a  spy.     He  writes  : 

"Sam  Davis,  to  my  knowledge,  never  went  into  the  Federal 
lines  in  any  garb  other  than  that  of  a  Confederate  soldier 
but  once,  and  that  was  nearly  a  year  before  he  joined  Shaw's 
Scouts.  I  presume  I  was  as  intimate  with  Sam  Davis  as  any 
one  living.  I  rode  with  him,  we  were  together  day  and  night 
for  months,  slept  on  the  same  blanket,  and  he  told  me  every- 
thing. He  told  me  that  he  went  into  the  Federal  lines  in 
citizens'  clothes,  not  as  a  spy,  but  to  get  a  pair  of  pistols, 
and  he  procured  about  twenty  pistols  and  a  big  lot  of  ammuni- 
tion. We  communicated  with  men  inside  who  furnished  in- 
formation, but  we  never  knew  who  they  were.  Henry  Shaw 
knew,  and  I  suppose  he  was  the  only  one  who  knew  its 
nature.  We  went  to  certain  places  for  information;  but  we 
did  not  know  what  it  was,  as  it  was  all  in  cipher,  and  Shaw 
only  added  cipher  notes  to  it.  If  General  Dodge  had  pro- 
cured it,  he  would  have  been  none  the  wiser. 

"General  Dodge  and  those  in  command  before  him  had  tried 
hard  to  break  up  our  band  of  scouts.  He  had  secured  quite 
a  lot  of  communications  to  the  army,  such  as  its  various 
movements,  that  we  could  find  out  ourselves.  All  of  this  was 
signed  'E.  Coleman.'  He  employed  spies  to  try  to  find  out 
who  'Coleman'  was  and  where  we  operated.  We  caught  two 
of  them  and  took  them  to  the  woods  and  kept  them  all  day. 
They  at  last  told  us  that  they  were  spies  trying  to  locate 
Coleman's  Scouts.  We  released  them  with  the  promise  that 
if  they  ever  came  that  way  again  in  citizens'  clothes  they 
would  not  fare  so  well.  They  thought  we  were  bushwhackers, 
and  never  suspected  that  they  had  fallen  in  with  the  men  they 
were  looking  for.  Those  men  told  us  all  about  Sam  Davis's 
execution.  They  said  it  was  a  shameful  murder  of  a  Con- 
federate soldier,  and  that  Sam  Davis  was  hung  because  he 
would  not  tell  who  E.  Coleman  really  was  and  where  he 
could  be  found. 

"I  met  Capt.  Henry  B.  Shaw  on  the  9th  of  April,  1865,  at 
General  Wheeler's  headquarters  in  North  Carolina.  The  Gen- 
eral had  sent  for  me  and  told  me  that  he  wanted  me  to  go  in 
on  Sherman's  left  and  go  around  his  army  and  get  all  the 
information  possible.  As  he  concluded  his  talk  to  me  Henry 
Shaw,  who  happened  to  be  present,  grabbed  me.  He  had  just 
returned  from  prison.  I  had  but  a  short  time  with  him,  but 
nearly  all  of  our  talk  was  of  Sam  Davis.  Captain  Shaw  told 
me  that  for  several  days  they  were  in  the  same  prison,  and 
Sam  told  him  that  he  was  promised  his  life  if  he  would  only 
tell  who  E.  Coleman  was.  Shaw  begged  him  to  tell  General 
Dodge  who  he  was,  and  Sam  said  that  he  would  die  before 
he  would  do  it.  Shaw  said  that  for  two  days  before  the  exe- 
cution he  did  not  get  to  see  Sam. 

"Now  I  want  to  ask  in  all  candor  what  it  takes  to  make 
a  spy.  If  Sam  Davis  was  a  spy,  every  man  in  the  Confed- 
erate army  captured  inside  of  the  Federal  lines  was  a  spy. 
If  Sam  Davis  had  done  as  Dodge  wanted  him  to  do,  he  would 
not  have  been  worthy  of  a  place  in  the  Capitol  grounds  of 
Nashville.  Now  ask  your  friend  Dodge  to  make  public  the 
secret  dispatches  found  on  Sam  Davis.     He  never  found  any." 


ARLINGTON  CONFEDERATE  MONUMENT. 

Treasurer's  Report  for  Month  Ending  December  31,  1908. 

Receipts. 

Balance  reported  in  last  report,  $8,143.67. 

From  Mrs.  Olive  M.  Champion,  Director  for  Mississippi, 
$5.  Contributed  by  Vaiden  Chapter,  No.  978,  U.  D.  C,  Vaiden, 
Miss. 

From  Mrs.  Clementine  Boles,  Director  for  Arkansas,  $8. 
Contributed  by  R.  G.  Shaver  Chapter,  No.  999,  U.  D.  C,  Black 
Rock,  Ark.,  $3;  Captain  McConnell  Chapter,  No.  1037,  U.  D. 
C,  Lake  Village,  Ark.,  $5. 

From  Mrs.  Chappell  Cory,  Director  for  Alabama,  $5.  Con- 
tributed by  Sidney  Lanier  Chapter,  No.  777,  U.  D.  G,  Alexan- 
der City,  Ala. 

From  Mrs.  Thomas  W.  Keitt,  Director  for  South  Carolina, 
$22.  Contributed  by  Spartanburg  Chapter,  No.  54,  U.  D.  C, 
Spartanburg,  S.  C,  $2;  Ann  White  Chapter,  No.  123,  U.  D.  CJ 
Rock  Hill,  S.  C,  $10;  Mrs.  Louisa  McC.  Smythe,  Charleston, 
S.  C,  $10. 

From  Mrs.  Georgia  C.  Young,  Director  for  Montana,  $21.50 
Contributed  by  Mrs.  Jack  Burke,  $5 ;  Mrs.  H.  W.  Child,  $1 ; 
Mrs.  C.  B.  Hammond,  $5;  Mrs.  Alfred  Hampton,  $2;  Mrs. 
William  H.  Hunt,  $4;  Ex-Governor  Foote,  $2;  Dr.  T.  C. 
Hampton,  $2.50 — all  of  Helena. 

From  Mrs.  Thomas  S.  Bocock,  Director  for  Virginia,  $30. 
Contributed  by  Jefferson  Davis  Monument  Chapter,  U.  D.  C, 
Accomac,  Va. 

Total  to  be  accounted  for,  $8,235.17. 

Credits. 

By  faulty  checks  returned,  $35. 

Balance  in  bank  January  1,  1909,  $8,200.17. 

Respectfully  submitted.  Walter  Streater,  Treas. 


LAST  ROLL. 


In  this  department  of  the  Veteran  it  is  meant  to  record  the 
Confederate  service  of  comrades  as  they  pass  away,  and  the 
sketches  submitted  should  have  this  as  the  leading  feature 
and  be  concise  in  all  points.  A  charge  of  two  dollars  is  made 
for  engraving  picture  when  used.  Photograph  should  be 
marked  plainly  with  name  of  the  deceased,  and  also  give  name 
and  address  of  person  to  whom  it  is  to  be  returned. 


Page  yy  of  this  issue  should  state,  at  the  close  of  the  first 
complete  paragraph,  Gus  W.  Dorsey  was  made  lieutenant 
colonel  (September,  1864).  The  picture  following  it  is  from 
a  "tintype,"  and  was  made  when  he  was  twenty-six  years  old, 
on  April  20,  1865.  The  "War  Records"  volume  referred  to 
in  the  last  paragraph  of  that  column  should  be  Series  IV., 
Volume  III.,  page  572.  In  the  next  column  of  that  page  Gen- 
eral Grant's  order  should  be  stated  as  Monocacy  Bridge  in- 
stead of  Ridge.  Near  the  center  of  the  last  column  on  page 
76  General  Stuart's  words  should  have  been :  "I  am  shot. 
Dorsey,  leave  me  here  and  save  your  men." 


John  James  Allison  enlisted  in  Ashby's  Cavalry,  serving 
with  his  regiment  until  in  the  battle  of  Seven  Pines.  After 
that  engagement,  a  Federal  soldier  was  seen  on  his  horse. 
If  any  comrade  knows  of  Mr.  Allison,  he  will  confer  a  great 
favor  by  addressing  his  sister,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Clarke,  120  Eighth 
Avenue  North,  Nashville,  Tenn.  His  family  never  heard  of 
him  after  that  battle. 


Qogfederat^  l/eterap, 


53 


NASHVILLE  BATTLEFIELD  ASSOCIATIOS. 

An  address  recently  issued  contains  the  following: 

"The  Nashville  National  Battlefield  Association  is  organized 
for  the  purpose  of  locating  and  permanently  marking  the  posi- 
tions of  the  different  organizations  of  the  armies  of  both 
sides  during  the  progress  of  the  battle  which  took  place  near 
Nashville  on  December  15  and  16,  1864.  The  plow  and  the 
harrow  have  obliterated  much  of  the  earthworks  which  once 
stretched  across  the  fields,  woods,  and  hills  just  south  of  tin- 
city.  At  some  points  where  the  land  is  broken  the  intrcnch- 
ments  are  still  quite  distinct;  hut  in  open  fields,  yards,  and  gar- 
dens they  are  rarely  noticed. 

"Our  purpose  is  to  cause  the  positions  on  the  days  of  the 
battle  to  be  so  mapped  as  to  show  not  only  roads,  etc.,  as  they 
then  existed,  but  also  show  the  present  roads  and  objects,  old 
landmarks  to  be  distinguished,  however,  by  distinctive  mark- 
ing. It  is  desired  to  have  the  notable  positions  marked  by 
granite  or  bronze  markers. 

"The  Association  will  ask  the  United  States  to  put  up  these 
markers  and  also  to  construct  driveways  or  roads  connecting 
the  public  highways,  so  that  views  of  the  battlefield  can  be 
better  obtained.  The  government  will  also  be  asked  to  make 
a  national  park  out  of  at  least  a  part  of  this  battlefield. 

"All  persons  of  legal  age  may  be  members  of  the  Associa- 
tion, whether  residents  of  Tennessee  or  not,  upon  payment  of 
$5  for  one  year's  membership  to  Mr.  A.  H.  Robinson,  Treas- 
urer, American  National  Bank.  Any  one  will  be  qualified  to 
be  balloted  on  as  a  member.  It  is  desired  that  those  who  are 
Interested  in  this  object  will  so  apply  for  membership.  Ladies 
will  be  received  into  membership. 

"'I  he  battle  of  Nashville  was  the  decisive  battle  of  the  war. 
as  it  practically  destroyed  the  army  which  for  four  years  had 
defended  the  west  and  rear  of  Lee.  This  is  in  no  sense  to 
celebrate  the  defeat.  Many  feats  of  heroism  were  exhibited 
in  this  last  important  struggle.  It  is  the  history  of  the  bat 
tic  at  our  doors  that  we  wish  to  preserve. 

"The  land  upon  which  the  battle  of  Nashville  was  fought 
is  far  too  valuable  for  an  extended  park  ;  but  it  is  desired 
that  a  national  park  shall  be  made  out  of  some  central  or 
Otherwise  important  part  of  the  field,  that  driveways  be 
opened  and  built  so  as  to  properly  connect  the  system  of 
roads,  and  that  all  chief  points  be  durably  marked.  It  is  ex- 
pected that  different  State  organizations  may  erect  handsome 
commemorative  monuments. 

"The  $5  annual  dues  will  be  used  for  the  expenses  that  are 
necessarily  incident   to  the  undertaking. 

"It  is  hoped  that  a  large  number  of  men  and  women  will 
send  the  dues  to  the  Treasurer  and  apply  for  membership. 
They  will  not  be  asked  for  any  money  besides  the  membership 
fee  of  $5. 

"The  officers  of  the  Association  are:  President,  Ex-Gov. 
James  D.  Porter;  Vio  Pn  idi  til  Gen  <■  P.  Thruston  and 
Maj.  W.  F.  Foster;  Secretary,  M.  B.  Morton;  Treasurer,  \. 
11  Robinson  Executive  Committee:  Maj.  A.  W.  Wills,  Capt. 
John  W  Morton,  (i,  11.  Baskette,  S.  A.  Cunningham,  Leland 
Hume,  R.  L.  Burch,  and  Capt.  J.  L.  Hill." 


at  this  place.  Capt.  W.  M.  Chamberlin,  who  died  here  a 
year  or  so  ago  and  who  since  the  war  was  one  of  our  most 
esteemed  citizens,  appreciating  that  General  Bowen's  grave  in 
our  cemetery  was  unmarked,  began  a  subscription  to  build 
him  a  monument.  The  sum  is  about  $500,  which  is  now  here 
in  bank.  Efforts  were  made  sometime  ago  to  remove  Gen- 
eral Bowen's  remains,  and  by  his  son's  request  the  undertaker 
had  them  prepared  for  shipment ;  but  for  some  reason  they 
were  not  called  for,  and  wen    reinterred. 

I  In-  girls  want  to  make  some  disposition  of  this  money, 
and  with  the  prospect  of  changing  the  burial  place  of  General 
Boweii  they  now  believe  h  would  be  best  to  make  it  a  nucleus 
for  a  Missouri  monument  or  marker  in  our  National  Park. 
\  bi  autiful  circle  is  designated  on  the  Confederate  line  where 
the  Missouri  Brigade  held  position.  I  wrote  last  summer  to 
the  Confederate  Division  Commander  and  again  to  Adjutant 
General  Moore  at  Joplin  asking  them  to  take  interest  with  us, 
but  got  no  reply.  I  thought  they  might  take  it  up  with  their 
State  Division,  and  in  that  way  organize  an  interest. 

If  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  in  St.  Louis  or  else- 
where in  that  State  would  take  hold,  it  would  be  easy  to  raise 
enough  money  to  help  the  girls  build  a  suitable  shaft.  Of 
course  a  small  marker  such  as  thej  will  place  if  they  can't  do 
better  will  be  something  in  the  circle  filling  the  blank  in  com- 
memoration of  the  brave  men  who  under  Cockrell's  gallant 
lead  defended  this  city.  If  a  substantial  movement  is  made, 
the  young  ladies  will  place  what  they  have  at  the  disposal  of 
any  commission  having  for  its  purpose  a  completion  of  their 
project. 

No  more  gallant  man  than  General  Boweii  gave  his  life 
to  his  Confederacy,  no  more  chivalrous  commander  defended 
the  trenches  in  the  siege  here  than  was  General  Cockrell,  and 
the  brave  men  under  them  deserve  a  suitable  inscription 
here  that  will  speak  for  their  deeds,  their  sacrifices,  and  their 
dead. 


Tyler  P.  Jay,  of  Waldo,  Miss.,  writes:  "I  am  a  new  sub- 
scriber to  the  Veteran,  and  delighted  with  it.  I  enlisted  in 
the  Confederate  army  in  Pickens  County,  Ala.,  as  a  member 
of  Company  C,  known  as  the  'Dixie  Boys.'  -\itli  Alabama 
Regiment.  I  got  my  thigh  broken  in  the  battle  of  Missionary 
Ridge,  November,  1803,  and  was  captured.  About  the  1st  of 
February,  1804,  we  were  taken  from  Chattanooga  to  Rock 
Island  Prison,  where  1  remained  until  February,  18(15,  and  was 
paroled  in  Richmond,  Va.,  March  3,  the  day  I  was  twenty 
years  old.  I  was  in  Barracks  43  at  Rock  Island,  near  the  cen- 
ter of  the  prison,  and  went  on  crutches  nearly  all  the  time  1 
was  there.  I  should  be  glad  to  hear  from  any  of  my  old  com- 
rades who  may  chance  to  see  this." 


BEAUTIFUL  PROOF  OF  PATRIOTISM. 

BY  CAPT.  D.  A.  1  amit.i  1  1  ,  vi<  KSB1  BGj    MISS. 
Knowing  that  you  are   familiar  with  our   National   Military 
Park  in  Vicksburg,  1  ask  a  place  in  the  Veteran  that  w( 

t\\<>  or  threi    dear  little  girls  here,  daughters  of  one  of 
General   Bowen's  gallant    fellows   from  Missouri   in  the  siege 


In  renewing  his  subscription  for  another  year.  D.  W.  Rus- 
sell, of  Edinburg,  Miss.,  expresses  some  kindly  sentiment  in 
regard  to  the  Veteran,  which  is  a  welcome  visitor  to  his 
home,  and  adds:  "While  I  .1111  writing  1  want  to  say  that  I 
am  now  nearly  seventy  years  old,  and  one  of  seven  boys  that 
my  mother  furnished'  the  War  between  the  States.  She  gave 
,1  husband  also,  who  was  killed  by  lightning  while  drilling  in 
the  militia.  One  brother  died  in  the  hospital  and  one  was 
at  Peachtree  Creek,  but  three  of  the  seven  arc  still 
living.  I  was  badly  wounded  at  1'eaelitree  Creek,  and  nevei 
was  able  for  duty  any  more.  Now  if  there  is  another  mothci 
who  furnished  more  material  for  the  war  I  should  be  glad  to 
know.  1  think  the  mothers  of  the  war  deserve  more  praise 
than  any  others,  with  no  exceptions." 


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Confederate  l/eteran. 


Confederate  l/eteran. 

S.  A.  CUNNINGHAM,  Editor  and  Proprietor. 
Office:  Methodist  Publishing  House  Building,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

This  publication  is  the  personal  property  of  S.  A.  Cunningham.  All  per- 
sons who  approve  its  principles  and  realize  iis  benefits  as  an  organ  for  Asso- 
ciations throughout  the  South  are  requested  to  commend  its  patronage  and  to 
cooperate  in  extending  its  circulation.     Let  each  one  be  constantly  diligent 

SHOULD  THE  SOLID  SOUTH  BE  BROKEN? 
The  Veteran  is  not  in  politics.  President-elect  Taft  is 
an  admirable  man.  He  is  able,  and  it  is  believed  he  will  be 
conservative.  It  is  manifest  that  he  desires  to  learn  as  thor- 
oughly as  practicable  the  Southern  people  and  to  be  helpful 
to  them.  He  can  do  that,  but  the  way  to  accomplish  it  is  a 
profound  problem  for  which  he  will  share  lasting  gratitude  if 
he  succeeds  in  solving  it.  If  his  motive  be  to  break  "the 
solid  South"  for  party  purposes,  he  may  undertake  the  ap- 
pointment of  renegades  to  office,  a  plan  that  has  been  in  opera- 
tion for  forty  years,  and  it  has  had  much  to  do  in  keeping 
the  South  united.  If  Mr.  Taft  will  show  an  earnest  desire  to 
treat  the  South  as  he  will  other  sections  of  the  country,  yet 
let  them  manage  their  own  peculiar  institution — the  race 
problem  being  the  greatest  in  the  government — and  if  he  will 
consider  the  men  for  preferment  who  are  steadfast  to  prin- 
ciple, the  result  may  be  for  the  good  of  the  nation.  If  his 
purpose  be  to  obliterate  the  party  most  formidable  to  his  own 
and  succeeds,  then  some  other  form  of  party  issue  may  be 
evolved  that  will  he  good  for  the  South  and  the  country. 

The  dominant  party  has  not  at  all  been  considerate  of  the 
South.  The  issues  most  prominent  between  the  two  parties — 
such  as  the  tariff,  for  instance — are  as  vapor  compared  to  the 
great  questions  demanding  constant  watchfulness  in  the  con- 
quered section.  The  power  at  the  North,  practically  united 
as  it  mainly  is  against  the  South,  is  as  great  as  it  was  in  1865 ; 
so  that,  while  complaint  is  made  against  concentrated  South- 
ern sentiment,  "the  solid  South."  it  is  equally  clear  that  we 
may  say :  "You  are  another." 

As  one  who  has  always  voted  for  Bryan,  yet  not  admiring 
him  for  anything  especially  good  he  has  ever  said  of  or  for 
the  South,  it  may  be  well  now  to  appeal  to  the  powerful  North 
for  justice;  but  it  will  not  be  in  a  truckling  spirit.  The  ap- 
peal would  be  to  duly  respect  us,  and  in  the  promotion  of  men 
to  meritorious  positions  by  all  means  select  those  who  will 
not  betray  their  people. 

The  bed  rock  of  patriotism  in  the  South  is  exacting  in  mat- 
ters of  justice  and  integrity.  Our  plea  to  the  South  is  there- 
fore to  remain  solid,  whether  or  not  there  be  any  weaker 
party  in  affiliation.  Every  Southerner  should  be  proud 
of  the  loyalty  and  devotion  of  his  fellows  throughout  Dixie 
Land.  Devotion  to  our  common  interest  is  a  guarantee  of  dig- 
nity and  the  respect  with  which  our  people  will  be  possessed 
as  long  as  we  remain  united.  Let  us  be  true  to  each  other, 
therefore,  as  long  as  there  is  memory  of  sacrifice. 


A  TALK  WITH  THE  BOYS. 
Why  can't  there  be  conferences  in  the  Veteran  similar  to 
what  would  occur  about  camp  fires — seated  now  in  arm-chairs, 
the  feet  that  were  faithful  in  the  advance  and  especially  on 
the  retreat  resting  on  bright,  soft  druggets  in  front  of  genial, 
faultless  fires — or  maybe  in  cottages  or  cabins  with  less  at- 
tractive but  genial  surroundings?  The  editor,  who  has  had 
the  honor  of  talking  to  thousands  of  comrades  for  more  than 
sixteen  years,  often  meditates  upon  this  idea.       ^> 


As  a  starter  in  the  way  suggested,  he  will  ask  what  it  is 
for  which  comrades  are  most  grateful.  Who  will  answer  that 
concisely  and  clearly?  There  are  many  things  that  elicit  grati- 
tude from  each ;  but  to  every  one  there  must  be  one  feature 
above  others  that  is  ever  recalled  with  special  interest.  To 
the  writer  there  has  been  the  prevailing  sentiment  of  grati- 
tude upon  retiring  at  night  through  the  decades  that,  unless 
disturbed  by  fire,  he  may  rest  undisturbed  for  the  night.  Hor- 
rid memory  of  the  times  when,  weary  almost  unto  death,  turn- 
ing into  camp  at  night  and  ready  for  rest,  maybe  in  a  pile 
of  leaves  or  even  on  wet  ground,  the  summons  came  from  the 
company  sergeant  with  orders  to  "cook  three  days'  rations 
and  be  ready  to  march" — at  midnight,  or  perhaps  soonei  ! 
Many,  many  conditions  may  be  contrasted  with  the  present. 
The  writer  recalls  a  dry  cow  shed  at  Tuscumbia,  Ala.,  on 
Hood's  expedition  to  Tennessee,  in  which  he  slept  two  or 
three  nights,  after  being  nearly  a  week  on  the  march  in  rain 
on  muddy  roads,  and  how  grateful  he  felt  he  would  be  for 
the  privilege  of  signing  an  irrevocable  obligation  to  sleep  on 
that  soft,  dry  bed  every  other  night  of  his  life,  long  or  short! 

Discussions  of  these  subjects  would  be  good  for  us,  and  it 
would  be  instructive  to  those  who  know  not  such  experiences, 
yet  who  by  them  might  more  fully  realize  the  blessings  of  home 
and  civil  life.  At  any  rate,  let  us  keep  alive  as  fully  as  pos- 
sible our  fraternity.  Reminiscences  of  those  heroic  days 
when  principle  was  so  far  above  personal  comfort  that  even 
life  was  subordinate  ought  to  be  promulgated.  There  is 
nothing  that  we  can  do  in  these  closing  years  or  days  of  our 
lives  of  so  much  importance  as  maintaining  the  story  of  the 
glory  of  those  terrible  yet  great  years  in  our  history.  What 
a  pity  that  every  faithful  Confederate  is  not  in  active  co- 
operation to  keep  these  records  alive  in  vivid  example  to 
those  who  are  spared  the  unequaled  discipline!  Much  as  it 
cost,  full  compensation  may  be  had  if  we  will  be  properly  dili- 
gent. In  addition  to  our  meetings  in  Camps  and  going  over 
these  things,  every  gallant  man,  however  illiterate,  should  be 
invited  to  talk  to  younger  people.  In  this  the  Daughters  of 
the  Confederacy  could  do  incalculable  good  by  inviting  one  or 
more  of  these  worthy  veterans  to  be  at  every  one  of  their 
meetings  and  tell  some  story  of  the  war.  The  plain  old  man 
might  talk  from  his  seat  in  the  simplest  way.  There  is  not 
a  faithful  Confederate  veteran  who  could  not  edify  any  Chap- 
ter in  this  way.  Only  a  few  more  years  and  such  opportuni- 
ties will  be  gone.  The  hand  of  fate  is  on  every  veteran's 
head,  and  extension  of  grace  is  not  of  much  more  promise. 

Comrades,  respond  to  the  plea  in  the  beginning  of  this  ar- 
ticle and  send  something  of  your  experience,  especially  in 
gratitude  for  the  comforts  you  enjoy  in  contrast  with  the 
hardships  that  you  endured. 


Titles  in  the  U.  C.  V. — Capt.  John  H.  Lester  writes  from 
Rogersville,  Ala. :  "As  to  military  titles  being  given  to  officers 
of  the  U.  C.  V.,  I  believe  it  a  great  wrong  to  those  who  won 
their  titles  on  the  field  of  battle — a  wrong  that  should  be 
righted  at  our  next  General  Convention.  No  doubt  most  of 
the  comrades  who  bear  the  title  of  Colonel  or  General  in  our 
Association  are  worthy  of  honor  and  were  good  soldiers ; 
but  the  U.  C.  V.  Association  is  not  a  military  (although  com- 
posed of  ex-soldi<*rs)  Jjut  a  social  organization.  Besides,  it 
'has  created  and  will  continue  to  create  confusion  as  to  who 
were  officers  of  the  Confederate  army  and  perverts  history. 
I  hope  something  else  will  be  substituted  for  these  military 
titles  at  our  next  Convention." 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


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CONFEDERATE  MONUMENT  A'l   PRATTVILLE,  ALA. 

BY     MRS.     JAMES     0.    NICE.    HISTORIAN. 

\n  interesting  event  occurred  at  Prattville,  Ala.,  on  Oc- 
'I  i  _>6,  1908.  A  large  concourse  of  people  had  assembled 
to  witness  the  unveiling  of  the  Confederate  monument  erected 
by  the  Merrill  E.  Pratt  Chapter  of  the  United  Daughters  of 
the  Confederacy.  Work  was  suspended  in  the  shops  and 
ton  5,  fields  and  factories,  while  the  trains  brought  in  many 
veterans  and  visitors.  The  line  of  march  was  formed  on 
Main  Street,  consisting  of  many  veterans,  United  Daughters, 
and  pupils  of  the  schools,  together  with  gayly  and  elaborately 
decorated  traps  and  carriages,  while  liar's  and  U.  D.  C.  colors 
were  greatly  in  evidence.  This  long  line  marched  to  Court 
Square,    when    stood  the  monument   to  be  unveiled. 

The  exercises  were  impressive.  Siter  prayer  and  Scrip- 
ture leading  the  song,  "Shall  We  Gather  at  the  River'"  was 
sung.  Then  the  President,  Mrs.  J.  A.  Pratt,  presented  the 
monument.  Next  two  young  ladies,  Misses  Etta  Rice  and 
Delma  Foster,  stepped  forward  and  pulled  the  cords  thai 
unveiled  the  monument  amid  the  cheering  of  the  crowd.  As 
the  veil  was  removed  these  two  young  ladies  placed  on  the 
monument  beautiful  wreaths  of  white  roses  (the  Chapter's 
down  1  with  these  words:  "This  is  our  offering  of  reverence 
for  the  Con  1,  del  ate   soldier." 

I  h(    school  children  then  in  one  glad  chorus  sang  the  soul 
Stirring  "Dixie,"  while  all   the  veterans  clasped  hands  around 
the  monument. 

The  speaker  was  then  introduced,  and  after  an  eloquent   ad 
iress  thirteen  young  ladies  representing  the  Southern   State; 
each  carrying  a  Confederate  flag,   stood  on   the  base  of  the 
monument    and   sang   "Tenting  on   the   Old    Camp   Ground." 
This  with  the  benediction  concluded  the  ceremonies 

This  monument  is  the  result  of  the  concentrated  and  devoted 
of  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy.  For  we 
honor  the  South,  we  honor  her  veterans  not  only  for  their 
deeds  during  the  sixties — deeds  that  startled  the  whole 
world— not  only  for  the  hardships  and  privations  that  were 
endured  as  they  marched  many  weary  miles  footsore  and 
hungry;  but  far  above  these  we  honot  them  in  their  defeat. 
their  misfortunes,  and  their  calamities,  and  we  honor  the 
South  foi  her  dead  that  sleep  on  so  many  battlefields  ihi- 
tall  monument  is  surmounted  by  a  typical  Confederate  sol- 
dier On  panels  at  the  sides  are  the  inscriptions:  "Erected 
[go8   by   the    Merrill    E     Pratt    Chapter.    United    Daughters    of 


at  khiication  of  ru.viivii.ii-.   mommf.nt. 


the  Confederacy;"  "A  tribute  of  love  to  the  noble  Confed- 
erate soldiers  who  cheerfully  offered  their  lives  in  defense  of 
the  right  of  local  self-government ."  On  an  opposite  side  is  a 
quotation  from  President  Davis:  "It  is  a  duty  we  owe  to  pos- 
terity to  see  that  our  children  shall  know  the  virtues  and  be- 
come worthy  of  their  sires."  On  the  other  side  are  the 
simple  dates  "1861-1865." 

Thus  stands  another  evidence  of   Alabama's  loyalty  to  her 
Southland. 


n  Kt'OSE  OF  GEN.  J(>ll\    MORG  IN'S  OHIO  RAID 

A  C.  S.  A.  comrade  sends  from  Ohio  a  newspaper  clipping, 
dated  August  8,   [883,  to  Dr.  H.  L.    True,  which  states: 

"  i  he  usual  supposition  concerning  Morgan's  reasons  for 
nihil  rtaking  the  raid — i.  <\,  that  he  did  so  because  he  was  in 
danger  of  being  captured  in  Kentucky — is  absurd,  lie  was 
ordered  by  General  Bragg  to  make  an  expedition  into  Ken- 
tucky  to  make  a  diversion  in  his  (Bragg's)  favor,  who  was 
iust  on  the  eve  of  retreating  to  the  south  of  the  Tennessee 
River,  his  army  having  been  depleted  of  troops  which  had 
been  sent  to  reenforce  (leu.  Joseph  E.  Johnston,  then  trying 
to  relieve  Vicksburg. 

"Morgan  was  aware  that  a  raid  into  Kentucky  would  ac- 
complish very  little.  But  he  argued  that  if  he  went  into  In- 
diana and  Ohio,  especially  when  important  elections  were 
pending,  the  popular  clamor  would  be  so  great  that,  notwith- 
standing sound  military  reasons  to  the  contrary,  troops  would 
be  detached  from  Rosecrans's  army  and  sent  to  protect  those 
lie  was  restricted  by  Bragg  to  a  very  small  force — 
2,460  effectives — of  which  he  lost  in  Kentucky  in  killed, 
wounded,  and  detachments  which  did  not  rejoin  him  four 
hundred,  crossing  the  Ohio  with  a  little  over  two  thousand. 

"His  passage  of  the  river  was  in  direct  disobedience  to 
Bragg's  order,  but  in  the  belief  that  only  by  doing  so 
could  he  carry  out  Bragg's  purposes  and  afford  the  relief 
wished.  He  was  followed,  as  be  expected  would  he  the  case, 
by  the  troops  under  (icnerals  Rurnsidc  and  Judah,  aggregating 
forty-nine  thousand  men  :  and  by  prolonging  the  raid  and  not 
attempting  to  recross  the  Ohio  until  he  had  drawn  thi  se 
troops  far  up  the  river  he  prevented  the  bulk  of  them  from 
participating  in  the  battle  of  Chickamauga.  Ibis  was  the 
theory    and   intent   of  the  expedition" 


MORG  IN'S   MEN  AT  HARTSVI1  IE,  Tl 

\  \  Waddell,  Covington,  Tenn.:  "Referring  to  the  com- 
munication from  James  A.  McDonald,  of  Kansas  City.  Mo.. 
a<   !-•  tin    battle  of  Hartsville,  in  which   1  hat  the  6th 

and  9th  Kentuckj  Infantry  were  the  only  commands  with  Mor 
gan  on  that   raid.   I   wish  to  explain  how    it   was      Ransom's 
mposcd  of  the  2d,  4th,  6th,   and  otb   Kentucky. 
and     41st    Alabama    Regiments.      I    belonged    to    Company    B. 
\labama.      The    whole    brigade    went    with    Morgan    to 
Beard's    Mill,  having  left    Murfreesboro  at   eleven  or  twelve 
The   next   morning   the  brigade  was   formed  on   the 
pike    and    the   announcement    made    that    Morgan    wanted    two 
10  go  with  him  to   Hartsville      The  whole  brigade 
volunteered  to  e"  :  so  Morgan  chose  the  6th  and  9th  Kentucky. 

.u,-l   till  us    were   left    on    the   pike    10 

the  enemy's  forces  that  might  rom    Nashville  to  re- 

enforce   Hartsville.     *     *     *     I   hope    McDonald    will    find   the 
1  -km   11  girl  he  is  inquiring  about" 


Pat    Dooling,    of    Gilmer,     lex.,    desires    information    as    to 
any  mi  -  his  company,  tin-  ist  Missouri  Artillery. 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


THAT  PRIZE  ESSAY  CRITICISED. 

BY  DR.  J.  C.   WRIGHT,  SMACKOVER,  ARK. 

I  have  read  with  amusement  the  article  by  Miss  Christine 
Boyson,  of  Minnesota,  published  in  the  December  Veteran, 
on  "Gen.  Robert  E.  Lee — A  Present  Estimate."  I  have  no 
criticism  to  make  of  the  young  lady  authoress.  On  the  con- 
trary, it  does  credit  to  the  head  and  heart  of  a  Northern 
woman  who  has  learned  her  lesson  and  drawn  her  inspiration 
from  Northern  training  and  tradition  and  her  facts  from 
Northern  histories,  and  I  confess  (with  discredit,  perhaps,  to 
myself  and  the  vast  majority  of  the  relicts  of  the  Old  South) 
that  she  is  more  liberal  and  generous  in  her  judgment  of  the 
Southern  cause  than  we  of  the  motives  and  conduct  of  the 
North  in  the  period  of  which  she  treats.  I  will  not  find 
fault  even  with  her  manifest  and  gross  ignorance  of  conditions 
in  the  South  and  Southern  sentiment  and  standards  of  right. 

As  a  literary  production  it  is  above  criticism,  and  as  a 
tender  of  reconciliation  it  is  most  creditable  from  her  point 
of  view  as  to  General  Lee,  but  unconsciously  (how  could  she, 
a  Northern  woman,  know?)  an  insult  to  every  man  and 
woman  who  espoused  the  Confederate  cause.  The  impression 
conveyed  is  that  General  Lee  was  the  one  man  in  all  the 
South  who  represented  all  that  was  good  of  its  hereditary 
patriotism,  all  that  was  tolerable  or  excusable  in  its  peculiar 
institution,  the  only  one  who  knowingly  sacrificed  all  for 
principle,  the  only  excusable  rebel.  There  never  lived  a  man 
who  would  more  indignantly  have  repudiated  such  a  distinc- 
tion. Besides,  there  is  a  spirit  of  patronage  pervading  the 
whole  which  is  exceedingly  distasteful. 

This  paper  now  goes  out  to  the  world  sanctioned  by  the 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  indorsed  by  the  President  of 
the  University  of  Virginia,  the  offspring  of  General  Lee  and 
the  accepted  standard  of  Southern  thought,  and  by  Dr.  Smith, 
of  the  department  of  history  in  the  University  of  North  Caro- 
lina, through  the  medium  of  the  Confederate  Veteran,  the 
recognized  official  organ  of  every  organization  and  every  in- 
dividual who  holds  sacred  the  faith  and  the  traditions  of  the 
South.  With  such  indorsement  the  world  may  justly  accept 
it  as  the  reflection  of  Southern  sentiment.  True,  the  editor 
of  the  Veteran  repudiates  many  of  its  statements  and  de- 
ductions, yet  the  circumstances  giving  it  publicity  make  it 
official  and  we  are  bound  by  it.     [Not  at  all. — Ed.  Veteran.] 

Accepting  this  article  as  correctly  measuring  our  right  and 
justification  for  secession,  there  remains  for  our  complete 
renunciation  and  abject  submission  only  that  we  accept  the 
kindly  advice  of  Mr.  Taft  and  vote  the  Republican  ticket, 
thereby  confessing  our  sins  and  entering  a  plea  for  pardon 
in  the  hope  of  a  share  in  the  spoils  of  office  and  a  part  in  the 
government  which  the  President  elect  notifies  us  we  can  at- 
tain in  no  other  way. 

The  Cleburne  (Tex.)   Camp  Makes  Protest. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Pat  Cleburne  Camp,  Cleburne,  Tex., 
Adjutant  R.  W.  Ferrell  introduced  the  following  resolutions, 
which  were  adopted  by  a  rising  vote  of  twenty-three  to  two : 

"Whereas  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  of  New 
York,  Mrs.  Schuyler  being  chairman  of  the  committee,  of- 
fered a  prize  of  $100  for  the  best  essay  on  the  part  the  South 
took  in  the  War  between  the  States,  the  topic  chosen  by  the 
committee  being  Gen.  R.  E.  Lee;  and  whereas  the  judges  se- 
lected by  the  committee  to  pass  on  the  essays  written  by  the 
contestants  was  composed  of  three  so-called  eminent  scholars, 
being  presidents  of  different  universities  of  the  country,  and 


they  awarded  to  Miss  Christine  Boysen,  of  Minnesota,  the 
prize  offered  by  the  U.  D.  C.  committee,  which  essay  was  pub- 
lished in  the  December  number  of  the  Confederate  Veteran 
(page  657),  with  criticisms  by  the  editor,  S.  A.  Cunningham; 
therefore  be  it 

"Resolved,  That  this  Camp  denounce  the  aforesaid  essay 
as  a  bitter  partisan  tirade  and  misrepresentation  of  the  true 
personal  and  military  character  of  our  Gen.  Robert  E.  Lee 
and  all  of  our  leaders  and  people  generally  of  the  whole 
South,  and  that  this  essayist  is  or  was  so  blinded  by  partisan 
teaching  that  she  displayed  the  greatest  ignorance  of  the  com- 
mon history  not  only  of  our  country,  but  of  the  men  anil 
women  who  suffered  and  died  for  the  rights  and  freedom  in- 
herited from  their  fathers. 

"Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  sent  to  the 
Confederate  Veteran  with  a  request  for  publication." 

The  comrades  in  the  foregoing  are  rather  severe  on  the 
paper  in  its  relation  to  the  character  of  General  Lee  as  por- 
trayed. Perusal  of  the  paper  will  show  that.  Its  comment 
upon  the  teaching  of  the  essayist  is  more  a  subject  worthy 
of  criticism.  The  strangest  feature  of  the  event  is  that  the 
committee  accepted  such  a  paper  under  the  rules  of  the  U.  D. 
C.  on  the  condition  that  it  be  from  the  South's  view-point. 

The  Prize  Essay  Criticised  from  Missouri. 

J.  C.  Hyler,  who  served  in  Collins's  Battery  under  Gen. 
Joe  Shelly,  writes  severely  upon  that  prize  paper  from  Co- 
lumbia College.  He  refers  to  the  "sweeping"  assertion  that 
before  the  War  between  the  States  "most  of  the  people  of  the 
South  were  densely  ignorant  and  intellectually  dead,"  and 
defies  any  one  "to  incorporate  more  falsehood  and  a  greater 
insult  and  slander  on  a  people  in  so  few  words." 

Continuing,  he  asks :  "Is  it  not  wonderful  that  such  a  people 
should  until  the  period  of  reconstruction  of  infamous  mem- 
ory select  as  their  representatives  such  men  as  Washington, 
Jefferson,  Henry,  Madison,  Monroe,  John  C.  Calhoun,  Pendle- 
ton, Randolph,  Wirt,  Morgan,  Mason,  Macon,  Crittenden,  the 
Breckinridges,  etc.?  And  is  it  not  strange  that  this  same 
maligned  people  in  every  war  in  our  history  sent  forward  men 
whose  honor,  courage,  and  military  genius  elevated  this  coun- 
try to  the  present  proud  and  commanding  position,  and  sent 
the  best  and  ablest  men  to  represent  them  in  the  councils  of 
the  State  and  nation  and  defend  their  honor?     *     *     * 

"Every  statement  she  makes  touching  the  Southern  people, 
when  compared  with  actual  facts  and  conditions  as  related  to 
the  period  of  which  she  writes,  proves  that  she  is  not  in  the 
remotest  degree  acquainted  with  the  ideas,  manners,  customs, 
education,  and  traditions  of  the  people  whom  she  traduces. 

"It  would  be  interesting  if  this  critic  would  take  the  trou- 
ble in  future  articles  to  point  out  to  the  public  how  the  in- 
competent General  Lee  and  his  lieutenants  managed  with  a 
mere  handful  of  men  and  no  resources  worth  mentioning  to 
hold  at  bay  for  four  years  an  army  of  unlimited  resources 
and  numbers.  She  also  holds  General  Lee  responsible  for 
the  'starvation'  of  Northern  captives  in  Southern  prisons. 
This  proves  her  ignorance  touching  two  essential  points.  In 
the  first  place,  with  the  details  of  military  prisons  General  Lee 
had  nothing  to  do.  He  was  not  the  author  of  prison  rules 
nor  the  pretended  superintendent  of  military  prisons  in  the 
South  any  more  than  McClellan  and  Grant  were  in  the  North. 

"No  doubt  this  girl's  opinion  of  Southern  ignorance  has 
been  strengthened  by  the  awarding  committee,  composed  of 
Presidents  of  prominent  educational  institutions  in  the  South." 


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RECORD  OF  THE  SEMMES  RIFLES. 
It  Was  Company  H,  Ninth  Mississippi  Infantry. 

BY   JUDGE  JOHN    H.    ROGERS,  FORT   SMITH,  ARK. 

Out  of  one  hundred  and  three  members,  sixty-six  received 
distinguished  evidence  of  duty  bravely  performed  in  battle. 

The  lamented  Hugh  Love,  one  of  the  bravest  spirits  our 
country  produced  during  the  war,  was  captain. 

The  record  may  be  in  some  respects  imperfect,  as  it  was 
made  altogether  from  memory  after  consultations  had  at 
various  times  with  orderly  sergeants  and  others. 

The  Semmes  Rifles  were  attached  to  the  brigade  first  known 
as  Chalmers's  Brigade,  which,  on  account  of  the  spirit  and 
bravery  of  the  men  who  composed  it,  received  from  General 
Bragg  himself  the  distinguished  title  of  the  "High  Pressure 
Brigade."  After  the  battle  of  Munfordvillc.  Ky.,  it  was  com- 
manded successively  by  Gens,  Patten  Anderson,  of  Florida, 
and  Tucker  and  Sharp,  of  Mississippi.  In  the  Army  of  Ten- 
nessee until  the  end  came  this  brigade  maintained  a  character 
corresponding  to  that  which  its  sister,  the  dauntless  brigade 
of  Barksdalc,  afterwards  Humphrey's,  bore  in  the  Army  of 
Virginia,  and  the  Semmes  Rifles,  as  one  of  the  companies  of 
the  9th  Mississippi  Regiment,  participated  in  all  the  battles, 
skirmishes,  and  marches;  and  as  this  regiment  was  considered 
one  of  the  most  gallant  in  the  army,  that  company  was  re- 
garded by  the  officers  who  commanded  the  brigade  as  one  of 
the  most  reliable,  and  the  post  of  honor  was  often  assigned 
to  it  as  such. 

The  record  shows  that  out  of  one  hundred  and  three  men, 
the  maximum  of  its  muster  roll,  twenty  were  killed  and 
thirty-one  wounded  in  battle.  It  seems  that  wherever  Madison 
County  was  represented  we  have  always  received  accounts 
of  the  most  creditable  behavior,  and  we  doubt  if  there  is 
another  county  in  the  State  or  in  the  South  that  can  claim  as 
large  a  list  of  men   in   proportion  to  its  population   who   did 


HON.    JOHN    H.    ROGERS. 


their  duty  as  patriots  and  among  whom  there  were  so  few 
deserters.  And  what  county  can  boast  of  a  more  brilliant 
array  of  the  gallant  dead  than  that  which  claims  Henry.  Ward. 
Harvey,  McWilie,  Hugh  Love,  Cassel,  Luckett,  Balfour,  and 
Thomas  Griffin,  with  many  other  officers  of  less  rank,  and  a 
host  of  privates  who  were  none  the  less  gallant? 

Officers:  Hugh  Love.  Captain:  W.  J.  Mosby,  L.  D.  Pace. 
Reuben  Richards.  Lieutenants;  W.  O.  Baldwin,  John  Daw- 
son, J.  \V.  Bates,  W.  W.  Goodloe,  T.  T.  Dew.  Sergeants;  D. 
0.  Murphy.  S.  Garrett,  B.  Ailsworth,  William  Dyke,  Corporals. 

Privates:  A.  Alexander,  L.  Lee.  M.  T.  Alford,  D.  C.  Love, 
W.  J.  Adams,  Thomas  J.  Love.  .1  1..  Byrd,  B.  C.  Lipscomb. 
C.  T.  Brown.  George  Lewis.  F.  Byars,  I-'..  D.  Latham.  B 
Brown.  (',.  W.  Mosely,  V  D  Barlow,  J.  I.  Meek.  J.  II.  Blake. 
John  McKinney,  T.  Beasley.  Newell,  James  Caldwell,  I..  R. 
A.  Pearce,  John  Caldwell,  L.  11.  Pearce,  V,  A.  Caraway,  C. 
M.  Preston,  H.  C.  Cantrell.  J.  F.  Prichard,  C.  A.  Carter,  John 
Phelps,  James  Cahill.  Thomas  Phelps.  Abe  Dew,  George 
Powell,  1).  !■'.  Daiton,  I"  M,  Plumlee,  James  II.  Dunlavey,  W. 
J.  Rogers,  A.  Dennis,  John  II.  Rogers.  J.  E.  Dickerson,  J 
M.  Richards,  James  Kdwards,  Hugh  Saunders.  F..  II.  Ed- 
wards. James  Saunders,  Samuel  Estell,  John  Salmon.  R.  E. 
Graves,  C.  D.  Stone.  L.  M.  Garrett,  J.  E.  Smith.  Richard 
Goodloe,  J.  P.  Smith.  John  GofT,  George  W.  Smith.  T.  1. 
Holliday.  C.  C.  Smith.  L  Hirsh,  T.  P.  Smith.  James  Harrison, 
Richard   Scott,  Joseph   Hickman,   S.   S.   Shipp,   D.  G     Herron, 

C.  F.  Stokes,  B.  F.  Hicks,  Spratt  Simmons,  Charles  Handy. 
Charles  Troutman,  J.  I).  Hamilton,  I.  R.  Tucker,  A.  Har- 
groves,  D.  E.  Wood.  T.  W.  Harris,  George  A.  Wyse,  1'.  P. 
Hoy,  William  Wilson,  James  W.  Inman,  Winter  Walker. 
Wesley  Joyner,  T.  G.  Wallace.  L  A.  Jobe,  William  Walne, 

D.  C.  Landers,  W.  F.  Yancey,  C.  K.  Bradford.  William 
Whelan,  B.  F.  Mann,  and  Sam  Skidmore. 

Kll  LED    IN     P.  VTTLE. 

John   Phelps,  at   Corinth. 

Lieut.  L  D.  Pace.  V.  A.  Caraway,  A.  I  Dunns.  L  R  A 
Pearce,  am!   Richard   Scott,   at    Munfordvillc. 

Richard  Goodloe  and  D.  C  Lipscomb,  at  Murfreesboro, 
Tenn. 

William  Adams  and  Charles  Carter,  at  Chickamauga.  Ga. 

A.  D.  Barlow  and  T.  G.  Wallace,  at  Missj  mary  Ri 

Lieut.  C.  C.  Smith,  at  Resaca,  Ga. 

Tom  Phelps,  on  skirmish  line  near  New    Hope  Chinch.  Ga. 

James  Harrison,  E.  Edwards,  Capt.  Hugh  Love,  and  D.  E. 
Daiton,  at    Atlanta,  Ga..  July  22,  1864. 

I''.  Byars.  at  Franklin,  and  Ben  1  licks,  at    Nashville. 

John  Caldwell,  killed  bj  bushwhackers  in  Tennessee  in  1864. 

Win  \ inn  1  \   Battli 

Severely:    W.    J.    Mosby,    C     T.    Brown,   John    P.    Smith, 
C.    F.    Stokes.    J.    F.    Pricherd,    William    J.    Rogers.    M     T. 
Alford,    William    Dyke    I  hand    lost),    S.    S.    Shipp,   Jo«     I  lick 
man.    D.   G     llem.n     (died    from    wound),    George    Powell.    I. 

K.  Imker.  John  Goff,  Joe  Meek.  Singleton  Garrett  (both  legs 
■  ely),  Dan  Murphy,  t  V .  Stokes.  Lieut.  John  Dawson 
(face  and  breast  I.  Charles  I  routman  (head).  Sergeant  T.  T. 
Dew.  J  D.  Hamilton,  P.  F.  Mann  (arm  lost),  James  H.  Dun- 
lavey. Joe  Hickman  (  arm  broken),  and  Lieut.  J.  W.  Bates. 
Slightly:   John   II,   Rogers,  D.   C.  Love.  James   II.  Dunlavey, 

W.    W     1 Iloi        I    Ini    II     Rogers   and   James    II.    Dunlavey 

wounded   twice. 


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Qoi)federat^  tfeterai). 


Died  in  Army  from  Disease. 

Lieut.  R.  Richards,  C.  K.  Bradford,  J.  L.  Byrd,  James  Ed- 
wards, A.  Hargrove,  and  Spratt  Simmons,  at  Canton,  Miss. 

J.  L.  Byrd,  Joe  Dickerson,  and  Sam  Estell,  in  Madison 
County,  Miss. 

John  McKinney,  at  home. 

Newell  and  W.  F.  Yancy,  at  Corinth,  Miss.,  1862. 

T.  W.  Harris  and  Jas.  Caldwell,  Shelbyville,  Tenn.,  1863. 

Wesley  Joiner,  at  Kingston,  Ga.,  1863. 

William  Wheelen,  at  Griffin,  Ga.,  1864. 

Promoted. 

Ed  Latham  and  George  W.  Smith,  Assistant  Surgeon,  C. 
S.  A. 

W.  O.  Baldwin,  Captain  Company  H,  9th  Mississippi  In- 
fantry; W.  W.  Goodloe,  Captain  36th  Alabama  Infantry. 

Singleton  Garrett,  C.  C.  Smith,  John  H.  Rogers,  Lee  Pearce, 
J.  W.  Bates,  George  A.  Wyse,  and  John  Dawson,  First  Lieu- 
tenants 9th  Mississippi  Infantry.  C.  C.  Smith  was  also  pro- 
iroted  to  ensign  of  the  9th  Mississippi  Infantry,  rank  first 
lieutenant. 

Honorably  Discharged. 

The  honorably  retired  and  discharged  on  account  of  wounds 
and  disease  are :  Capt.  W.  O.  Baldwin  ;  Lieuts.  W.  J.  Mosby 
and  John  Dawson;  Corporals  D.  C.  Murphy,  B.  Ailsworth, 
and  William  Dyke ;  Privates  C.  T.  Brown,  L.  Hirsch,  D.  G. 
Herron,  Charles  Handy,  P.  B.  Hoy,  L.  Lee,  D.  C.  Landers, 
George  Lewis,  J.  F.  Prichard,  William  J.  Rogers,  James  Saun- 
ders, William  Walne,  Joe  Hickman,  S.  S.  Shipp,  Charles 
Troutman,  George  Powell,  J.  M.  Richards,  and  Sam  Skid- 
more. 

Honorary   Furloughs  for   Gallantry. 

Sergeant  T.  T.  Dew  and  Corporals  S.  Garrett  and  Hugh 
Saunders,  at  Missionary  Ridge. 

Captured. 
Lieut.  W.  J.  Mosby,  M.  T.  Alford,  C.  T.  Brown,  C.  A.  Car- 
ter, A.  Alexander,  J.  F.  Prichard,  W.  J.  Rogers,  John  Sal- 
mon, J.  P.  Smith,  C.  F.  Stokes,  James  Harrison,  and  Charles 
Handy,  at  Munfordville,  Ky. ;  Winter  Walker,  at  Murfrees- 
boro,  Tenn. ;  Corporal  R.  E.  Graves  and  J.  E.  Smith,  at 
Chickamauga,  Ga. ;  S.  S.  Shipp,  at  Missionary  Ridge;  Lee 
Pearce,  at  Sharon,  Miss.;  James  H.  Dunlavey,  near  Marietta, 
Ga.,  on  Hood's  march  to  Tennessee. 

Transferred  to  Other  Commands. 
J.  H.  Blake,  30th  Mississippi;  James  Cahill,  Pioneer  Corps; 
J.  D.  Hamilton,  Thomas  Phelps,  and  William  Whelan,  Sharp- 
shooters; T.  P.  Smith,  18th  Mississippi  Infantry;  D.  C.  Love. 
Quartermaster's  Department;  H.  C.  Cantrell,  Ordnance  De- 
partment; Thomas  J.  Love,  Loring's  Escort;  F.  M.  Plumlee, 
8th  Tennessee  Infantry;  William  J.  Rogers,  1st  Mississippi 
Cavalry;  J.  E.  Smith,  Signal  Corps. 

The  only  known  survivors  of  the  company  are :  Capt.  W. 
O.  Baldwin,  Canton,  Miss.;  Capt.  William  Winter  Goodloe, 
Austin,  Tex.;  Lieut.  J.  W.  Bates,  Baton  Rouge,  La.;  Lieut. 
John  H.  Rogers,  Fort  Smith,  Ark.;  Henry  C.  Cantrell  and 
James  H.  Dunlavey,  Fort  Worth,  Tex.;  George  W.  Smith 
(  Vaniz,  by  legislative  act),  and  Tom  Love,  Jackson,  Miss. 


"I  had  the  honor  and  pleasure  of  an  interview  with  Mr. 
Davis  and  spoke  to  him  about  Major  Wirz,  of  Andersonville, 
and  the  various  efforts  he  made  to  get  rid  of  the  prisoners 
and  to  save  their  lives.  I  at  last  suggested  that  he  issue  a 
proclamation  to  the  world  stating  all  the  facts  and  then 
release  the  prisoners  on  their  own  parole.  He  was,  I  think, 
willing  to  do  even  this,  but  hesitated  with  the  query:  'If  I 
do  this,  what  safeguard  have  I  for  our  prisoners  in  the  hands 
of  the  enemy  ?'  This  conversation  took  place  in  Macon,  Ga., 
at  the  house  of  General  Cobb  and  in  a  crowded  ballroom." 


Said  by  President  Davis  about  Andersonville  Prisoners. 
—Mr.   James   Ormond,   of   Atlanta,   wrote   in   January,    1876: 


HOW  A  CONFEDERATE  GOT  HOME  IN  1865. 

BY    J.    T.    BOWDEN,   AUSTIN,    TEX. 

My  experience  in  getting  home  from  Greensboro,  N.  C,  to 
Hardeman  County,  West  Tennessee,  will  perhaps  serve  to 
show  that  there  were  some  big-hearted  men  serving  in  the 
Yankee  army. 

I  belonged  to  Company  E,  of  the  12th  Tennessee  Infantry, 
with  which  the  22d  and  47th  Tennessee  Regiments  were  con- 
solidated. I  was  paroled  on  May  1,  1865,  near  Greensboro, 
N.  C.  During  the  negotiations  between  Generals  Johnston 
and  Sherman  I  "picked  up"  a  very  good-looking  mule  and  all 
the  feed  I  could  for  him,  picturing  in  my  fancy  a  nice  time 
riding  that  mule  home;  but  the  morning  I  was  to  start  some 
one  stole  my  mule,  so  I  walked  to  an  uncle's  sixty  or  seventy 
miles  away. 

I  learned  from  men  who  had  belonged  to  Lee's  army  that 
the  Federal  government  was  issuing  transportation  and  rations 
to  paroled  soldiers.  My  uncle  carried  me  back  within  easy 
reach  of  Greensboro,  where  I  would  take  the  train  to  go  home. 
There  I  found  "Billy  Yanks"  every  way  I  looked.  Going  to 
the  headquarters  of  the  commanding  general,  I  asked  for  the 
transportation  and  rations  to  paroled  soldiers,  but  was  told 
that  they  had  orders  from  Washington  not  to  issue  any  more. 

I  was  nearly  a  thousand  miles  from  home,  seventy  miles 
from  an  acquaintance,  and  penniless.  Walking  aimlessly 
along,  I  noticed  two  Yankee  soldiers  on  the  street  whom  I 
sought  to  avoid,  feeling  that  I  could  expect  no  comfort  from 
them  under  existing  conditions.  In  passing  one  of  them  hailed 
me  as  "Johnny  Reb,"  and  I  walked  up  to  him.  He  asked  me 
where  I  lived,  and  I  told  him  near  Memphis,  Tenn.  Then, 
reminding  me  that  I  was  a  long  way  from  home,  he  asked 
if  I  had  money.  After  telling  him  of  my  condition  and  in- 
ability to  get  any  transportation  home,  he  remarked  to  his 
comrade:  "I'll  be  d —  if  that  is  right."  He  then  asked  as  to 
my  command,  and  remarked  that  we  "were  good  ones" — that 
his  command  had  confronted  us,  and  he  could  testify  that  we 
didn't  do  all  the  running.  He  then  asked,  "Johnny,  what  are 
you  going  to  do?"  and  I  expressed  my  utter  loss  to  know 
what  to  do.  "Well,  Johnny,"  he  said,  "let  me  tell  you  what 
I'll  do.  My  regiment,  the  36th  Kentucky  Federal,  has  orders 
to  leave  here  to-morrow  or  next  day  for  Louisville,  Ky.,  to 
be  mustered  out  of  service.  Go  with  me  to  my  camp  and  I'll 
divide  my  grub  and  anything  else  you'll  need  till  we  get 
there."  I  thanked  him  and  took  his  name,  regiment  and  com- 
pany, and  where  he  was  camped,  as  I  hadn't  made  up  my 
mind  whether  to  accept  or  not,  knowing  that  there  were  al- 
ways some  insolent  men  in  a  camp  and  that  I  would  be  at 
the  mercy  of  the  entire  regiment.  He  called  my  attention  to 
the  blue  blouse  he  had  on,  and  said  that  he  would  dispose  of 
any  impositions  on  me. 

I  sauntered  around  until  near  sundown,  when  I  concluded 
to  look  up  the  regiment  and  my  strange  new  friend.     I  found 


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it  about  three-quarters  of  a  mile  from  town,  and  going  to 
the  tents  asked  an  officer  for  the  company  designated.  He  in- 
quired if  I  had  an  acquaintance  in  the  company,  and  then  wanted 
to  know  how  long  I  had  known  him.  I  said  two  or  three 
hours,  when  he  remarked :  "Very  short  acquaintance."  I 
walked  down  the  row  of  tents  and  found  my  new  and  untried 
friend.  The  big-hearted  man  threw  the  tent  flap  back  and 
said:  "Come  in,  'Johnny  Reb,'  and  make  yourself  at  home." 
Night  soon  came  on,  and  he  divided  his  supper  with  me  and 
provided  a  place  for  me  to  sleep,  and  next  morning  the  same 
way.  That  day  or  the  next  the  regiment  took  a  chartered 
train,  my  friend  telling  me  to  get  on  with  him.  We  hadn't 
gone  far  before  the  conductor  discovered  me  in  gray  mixed 
up  with  the  blue.  He  asked  if  I  belonged  to  that  regiment, 
and  of  course  I  said  I  did  not,  when  he  said  that  the  train 
was  for  that  regiment  and  I  would  have  to  get  off.  I  couldn't 
object,  of  course ;  but  my  new  friend  came  to  my  rescue,  tell- 
ing the  conductor  he  had  asked  me  to  come  and  go  as  far  as 
Louisville  with  him,  that  he  was  dividing  his  rations  with 
me,  and  that  if  I  were  put  off  he  could  be  put  off,  too.  The 
conductor  passed  on,  and  I  was  never  bothered  any  more. 

For  some  reason  we  had  to  stop  over  a  day  or  so  near 
Weldon,  N.  C,  where  we  camped  in  the  pine  woods.  My 
friend,  Jim  Sands,  suggested  to  the  company  one  day  that 
another  pile  be  made  from  the  company's  rations,  so  that 
"Johnny  Reb"  could  have  some.  This  was  agreed  to,  and 
the  company  commissary  sergeant  made  an  equal  division, 
including  me.  They  had  telegraphed  to  Baltimore  for  a  meal 
to  be  prepared  for  the  regiment.  After  landing  they  marched 
in  order  along  the  streets  I  went  to  the  sidewalks,  but  kept 
in  sight  of  the  regiment.  The  women  of  Baltimore  were  the 
strongest  (if  possible)  Southern  women  I  ever  met.  They 
soon  filled  my  haversack  with  the  best.  As  the  regiment  was 
tiling  into  a  large  budding  my  friend  called  me  to  come  in 
and  get  a  place.  As  I  wanted  some  coffee,  I  took  a  place  near 
my  friend  and  told  him  I  had  grub  enough  for  us  both  to 
Louisville.  He  said  he  was  glad  I  had  found  some  friends. 
W«  took  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  through  the  Alle- 
ghanies'  beautiful  scenery,  and  at  Pittsburg  we  took  a  steam- 
boat down  the  Ohio  River,  arriving  at  Louisville  without  a 
hitch  except  dragging  over  a  sand  bar  once. 

\t  Louisville  we  marched  to  the  barracks,  and  the  next  day 
I  told  my  friend  I  would  go  down  into  Louisville  and  see  if 
I  could  find  any  one  acquainted  with  my  people  from  whom 
I  could  get  money  to  go  home.  He  said  that  if  1  couldn't 
find  any  one  to  come  back  and  stay  with  him  until  they  were 
mustered  out  and  paid  off,  when  he  would  let  me  have  money 
■  home  on.  While  in  Louisville  one  merchant  gave  me  a 
dollar.  I  noticed  that  a  Mississippi  steamer  was  to  leave  for 
Memphis  and  New  Orleans  at  2  p.m.  that  day;  so  I  went 
on  the  vessel,  introduced  myself  to  the  captain,  and  told  him 
1  wanted  to  go  to  Memphis  with  linn,  that  I  bad  been  11 
ll  Johnston's  army,  had  no  money,  and  didn't  know  any 

lure,  and  that  I  had  a  parole  from  General  Sherman 
He  made  some  inquiries  as  to  my  home  and  acquaintances, 
then  told  me  to  go  and  register  and  the  clerk  would  show  me 
a  berth.  I  was  seven  days  and  nights  on  the  Steamer  St 
Francis   in   July.   1865,  and   it    was   delightful   traveling.     The 

in  of  llie  boat  was  named  Hart.  When  we  came  in  sight 
of  the  high  bluff  at  Memphis,  I  told  him  to  step  up  the  bluff 
to  a  large  building  1  pointed  out  and  I  would  get  him  his 
money  (I  bad  never  inquired  what  it  was),  lie  told  me  to 
go  on  ;  that  it  was  all  right. 


I  got  home  July  15,  1865,  the  day  after  the  burial  of  my 
youngest  sister,  knowing  nothing  of  her  death  until  I  got  home. 

I  was  wounded  eight  times  during  that  terrible  war.  Some 
of  the  very  best  friends  I  have  had  since  were  in  the  smoke 
of  battle  against  us.  I  wrote  to  my  Yankee  friend,  James 
Sands,  at  Ironton,  Ohio,  several  times.  The  moral  courage 
he  showed  under  the  circumstances  demonstrated  the  true 
brotherhood  of  man  as  I  had  never  known  before. 


BIRTHPLACES  OF  TWO  MUX  IX  KENTUCKY. 

I  he  contrast  in  preparations  to  honor  the  memories  of  Jef- 
ferson Davis  and  Abraham  Lincoln  is  consistent  with  con- 
ditions. Mr.  Lincoln  won  and  Mr.  Davis  lost.  The  patronage 
of  the  former  is  almost  beyond  computation,  while  the  latter 
and  the  millions  of  people  he  represented  fought  until  fam- 
ished utterly.  The  conditions  at  the  close  of  the  war  were 
consistent  with  what  now  are  illustrated  in  the  efforts  to 
make  memorable  in  history  the  fame  of  the  two  men,  but  this 
is  not  right.  More  herculean  achievements  have  never  been 
attained  than  by  the  men  of  the  South.  A  large  proportion 
of  the  more  successful  of  them  went  to  New  York  and  have 
prospered,  while  hundreds  of  thousands  in  the  South  have 
much  and  to  spare.  To  represent  the  conditions  correctly 
must  induce  them  (  for  they  all  have  pride  in  the  South)  to 
share  in  what  has  been  undertaken  to  preserve  a  memorial 
park  on  the  land  owned  by  the  father  of  Jefferson  Davis  when 
that  eminent  American  was  born. 

The  figures  are  not  now  given  as  10  what  has  been  con- 
tributed for  each  (the  contrast  would  acutely  hurt  the  pride 
of  Southerners  I,  but  they  will  he  given  ere  long.  Meanwhile 
the  plea  is  made  with  the  strongest  possible  emphasis  that  every 
man  and  woman  has  pride  in  what  they  have  achieved  to  co- 
operate promptly  in  providing  the  means  to  secure  the  prop- 
erty on  which  options  have  been  obtained  ai  actual  cash 
value  for  the  birthplace  of  the  Confederate  President, 

To  those  who  are  not  familiar  with  the  purposes  it  is  enough 
to  state  that  patriotic  Southern  men  who  have  led  in  the 
undertaking  have  contributed  much  time  and  liberally  of  their 
means  in  order  that  the  foundation — the  lands — maybe  secured. 
In  this  undertaking  not  one  penny  has  been  extravagantly 
expended,  nor  will  it  he  from  the  legitimate  purpose  indi- 
cated. Earnest  appeal  to  give  liberally  to  this  cause  is  made 
to  every  person  wdio  believes  that  the  South's  chosen  chief, 
the  only  Confederate  President  and  the  man  who  suffered 
manacled  in  prison,  was  faithful  to  the  end  of  his  life,  main- 
taining our  principles  in  the  most  exalted  Christian  way  under 
the  severest  trials.     All  are  interested  alike. 

The  editor  of  the  Veteran,  after  earnest  protest,  accepted 
the  management  of  the  undertaking,  and  he  bespeaks  tin  mi  I 
zealous  interest  from  the  great  body  of  Southern  people 
wherever  located.  Sentimentally  he  declares  that,  although 
lie  shared  prejudice  against  President  Davis,  especially  wiien 
serving  under   that   matchless   disciplinarian,  den.  Joseph   E. 

Johnston,   through    all    tin     decade*    Mine   the    war.    with    1 

lent    opportunity     to    learn     the     inner    characteristics    of     Mr. 

1  lavis,  he  is  humble  in  gratitude  [or  the  nobility  and  the  faith- 
fulness to  every  divine  instinct  of  that  marvelous   leader. 

No  honor  possible  to  his  memory  would  be  extravagant. 
This  undertaking  1*  a  common  cause;  therefore  please  take 
an  interest  individually  and  as  Camps  and  Chapters.  Let 
everybody  who  would  perpetuate  the  exalted  character  of  Jef- 
ferson Davis  personally  and  as  the  South's  Chief  Executive 
consider  this   important   Subject    now 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterai). 


Lincoln's  Own  Account  of  Himself. 

I  was  born  February  12.  1809,  in  Hardin  County,  Ky. 
My  parents  were  both  born  in  Virginia,  of  undistinguisbable 
families — second  families,  perhaps,  I  should  say.  My  mother, 
who  died  in  my  tenth  year,  was  of  a  family  of  the  name  of 
Hanks,  some  of  whom  now  reside  in  Adams  County  and 
others  in  Macon  County,  111.  My  paternal  grandfather,  Abra- 
ham Lincoln,  emigrated  from  Rockingham  County,  Va.,  to 
Kentucky  about  1781  or  1782,  where  a  year  or  two  later  he 
was  killed  by  Indians,  not  in  battle,  but  by  stealth,  when  he 
was  laboring  to  open  a  farm  in  the  forest.  His  ancestors, 
who  were  Quakers,  went  to  Virginia  from  Berks  County,  Pa. 
An  effort  to  identify  them  with  the  New  England  family  of 
the  same  name  ended  in  nothing  more  than  a  similarity  of 
Christian  names  in  both  families,  such  as  Enoch,  Levi,  Morde- 
cai,  Solomon,  Abraham,  and  the  like. 

My  father  at  the  death  of  his  father  was  but  six  years  of 
age,  and  he  grew  up  literally  without  education.  He  removed 
from  Kentucky  to  what  is  now  Spencer  County,  Ind.,  in  my 
eighth  year.  We  reached  our  new  home  about  the  time  the 
State  came  into  the  Union.  It  was  a  wild  region,  with  many 
bears  and  other  wild  animals  still  in  the  woods.  There  I 
grew  up.  There  were  some  schools,  so-called,  but  no  qualifi- 
cation was  ever  required  of  a  teacher  beyond  readin',  writin', 
and  cipherin'  to  the  rule  of  three  If  a  straggler  supposed 
to  understand  Latin  happened  to  sojourn  in  the  neighborhood, 
he  was  looked  upon  as  a  wizard.  There  wa-s  absolutely  noth- 
ing to  excite  ambition  for  education.  Of  course  when  I  came 
of  age  I  did  not  know  much.  Still  somehow  I  could  read, 
write,  and  cipher  to  the  rule  of  three,  but  that  was  all.  I 
have  not  been  to  school  since.  The  little  advance  I  now  have 
upon  this  store  of  education  I  have  picked  up  from  time  to 
time  under  the  pressure  of  necessity. 

I  was  raised  to  farm  work,  which  I  continued  till  I  was 
twenty-two.  At  twenty-one  I  came  to  Illinois,  and  passed 
the  first  year  in  Macon  County.  Then  I  got  to  New  Salem, 
at  that  time  in  Sangamon  (now  in  Menard)  County,  where  I 
remained  a  year  as  a  sort  of  clerk  in  a  store.  Then  came  the 
Black  Hawk  War,  and  I  was  elected  a  captain  of  volunteers — 
a  success  which  gave  me  more  pleasure  than  any  I  have  had 
since.  I  went  through  the  campaign,  was  elated,  ran  for  the 
Legislature  the  same  year  (1832),  and  was  beaten— the  only 
time  I  have  ever  been  beaten  by  the  people.  The  next  and 
three  succeeding  biennial  elections  I  was  elected  to  the  Legis- 
lature. I  was  not  a  candidate  afterwards.  During  this  legis- 
lative period  I  had  studied  law,  and  removed  to  Springfield 
to  practice  it.  In  1846  I  was  elected  to  the  Lower  House  of 
Congress,  but  was  not  a  candidate  for  reelection.  From  1849 
to  1854,  both  inclusive,  I  practiced  law  more  assiduously  than 
ever  before.  I  was  always  a  Whig  in  politics  and  generally 
on  the  Whig  electoral  tickets,  making  active  canvasses.  I 
was  losing  interest  in  politics  when  the  repeal  of  the  Mis- 
souri Compromise  aroused  me  again.  What  I  have  done 
since  then  is  pretty  well  known. 

If  any  personal  description  of  me  is  thought  desirable,  it 
may  be  said  I  am  in  height  six  feet  four  inches  nearly,  lean 
in  flesh,  weighing  on  an  average  one  hundred  and  eighty 
pounds,  dark  complexion,  with  coarse  black  hair  and  gray  eyes. 
No  other  marks  or  brands  recollected. 

Yours  very  truly,  A.  Lincoln. 

Any  one  proving  the  Confederate  ancestry  of  John  Green 
Lindsey,   deceased,   born    after   the   war  at   Macon,   Ga ,   will 


confer  an  appreciated  favor  upon  his  daughter.  Miss  May 
Lindsey,  1 1 13  McKinney  Avenue,  Houston,  Tex.,  who  desires 
eligibility  to  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy. 


YOUNG  LADY   OF   TUSCALOOSA,  ALA. 

BY   W.   L.    TRUMAN.  GUEYDAN,  LA. 

In  my  old  war  diary  I  find  the  following,  dated  Friday.  April 
29,  1864:  "Our  entire  division  was  reviewed  this  morning  on 
Pike  Street,  in  Tuscaloosa,  by  General  French  and  Colonel 
Hodge,  of  the  President's  staff.  As  my  battery,  the  1st  Mis- 
souri, entered  the  city  a  very  noted  incident  took  place  which 
did  us  battery  boys  so  much  good  that  we  will  never  cease  to 
remember  a  sweet  girl  there.  The  battery  had  halted  briefly 
in  front  of  her  home,  when  the  beautiful  blonde  young  maiden 
of  'sweet  sixteen'  came  out  to  the  street,  followed  by  two 
negro  boys,  one  with  a  large  silver  waiter  filled  with  wine 
glasses  and  the  other  a  basket  filled  with  eight  bottles  of  home- 
made wine.  She  pointed  the  servants  to  the  first  gun  at  the 
head  of  the  battery  and  ordered  them  to  start  there  and, 
going  along  the  line,  to  give  every  man  a  drink.  Our  officers 
were  all  in  a  group  at  the  head  of  the  column  in  conversation 
with  some  other  officers,  and  the  servants,  misunderstanding 
their  young  mistress's  orders,  passed  the  first  gun  and  made 
for  the  group  of  officers ;  but  the  young  lady  discovered  their 
error  in  time,  called  them  back,  and  made  them  commence  with 
the  privates  and  noncommissioned  officers ;  and  when  we  were 
served,  not  a  drop  was  left  for  our  officers.  The  servants 
soon  appeared  again,  bringing  their  arms  full  of  vegetables, 
which  they  distributed  to  us  privates.  Our  captain  soon  or- 
dered us  to  'forward,  march.'  The  young  lady  then  made  her 
servants  run  after  the  battery  until  every  one  of  us  got  some 
vegetables.  She  accomplished,  her  purpose  amid  the  joy  and 
praises  of  all  the  men  except  the  officers.  We  are  all  proud 
of  that  young  lady." 

I  am  writing  my  memoirs  of  the  1st  Missouri  Confederate 
Battery  and  of  the  1st  Missouri  Brigade.  I  want  to  learn  if 
possible  the  name  of  this  young  lady  and  family.  I  wisli 
the  Tuscaloosa  papers  would  help  me  to  learn  of  her. 


Twenty  Survivors  of  One  Company. — Douglas  Jarnagin 
gives  a  list  of  survivors  of  Company  F,  39th  Georgia  Regi- 
ment. It  is  doubtless  about  as  large  a  list  of  living  members 
of  any  company  as  can  be  found :  Wesley,  Robert  F,  Charley, 
I.  N.,  and  Lee  Smith,  D.  W.  Gilliland,  William  Keys,  Haney 
Fox,  Lon  Magill,  Hillyard  Taylor,  Wesley  Lee,  Jake  Baldorf, 
John  Farris,  James  A.  Park,  Terrell  Ramsey,  Douglas  Jarna- 
gin, Robert  Magill,  William  Graham,  Capt.  William  Evans, 
Cowan  Roddy,  William  Story,  Buck  Wells. 


Bitterness  of  Quinine.— An  old  negro  man  was  riding  on 
the  train  and  fell  asleep  with  mouth  wide  open.  A  mis- 
chievous drummer  came  along,  and,  having  a  convenient  cap- 
sule of  quinine  in  his  pocket,  he  uncorked  it  and  sifted  it 
well  onto  the  old  negro's  palate  and  the  root  of  his  tongue. 
The  old  darky,  awakening,  became  much  disturbed.  He  called 
for  the  conductor  and  asked:  "Boss,  is  dere  a  doctor  on  dis 
here  train?"  "I  don't  know,"  said  the  conductor.  "Are  you 
sick?"  "Yas,  sah,  I  sho  is  sick.  I  sho  is  sick."  "What  is 
the  matter  with  you?"  "I  dunno,  sir,  but  it  tastes  like  I 
busted  my  gall." 


^o^federat^  l/eterai?. 


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LAST  SURVIVING  LIEUTENANT  GENERAL. 
Visit  to  the  Hume  of  Gen.  S.  B.  Buckner. 
[It  is  ever  pleasing  to  find  nur  younger  men  interested  in 
the  greal  events  of  the  sixties.  One  of  these.  Marniadnke  B. 
Morton  (see  his  lengthy  article  on  the  battle  of  Nashville  in 
January  issue),  visited  the  last  surviving  lieutenant  general  of 
the  Confederate  army,  Simon  Bolivar  Buckner,  at  his  residence, 
near  MuniVirdville,  Ky..  for  a  historic  interview.  Mr.  Mor- 
ton, as  managing  editor  of  the  Nashville  Banner,  went  well 
equipped,    taking    stenographer    and   photographer    with    him 

It  was  ina.h  the  occasion  by  the  editor  of  the  VETERAN  for  a 
long  promised  visit  Mr.  Morton  wrote  an  article  which  with 
the  illustrations  occupies  three  of  the  large  pages  of  the  Ban- 
ner.     From  this  article  various  extracts  are  herein  made.] 

Forty-seven  years  ago  a  young  Kentuckian  in  the  strength 
and  (lower  of  manhood  donned  a  gray  uniform  and  marched 
away  from  home  and  friends  into  the  heart  of  Dixie.  He 
sacrificed  a  handsome  estate,  left  him  h\  a  successful  father. 
gave  up  a  life  of  ease,  and  went  to  join  the  sons  of  the  South 
to  risk  his  life,  as  he  had  already  risked  anil  lost  his  fortune. 
in  a  tierce  contest  for  their  homes  and  wives  and  children 
for   what   he  and    they   thought    was   right 

When  as  a  young  Confederate  officer  he  faced  the  first  great 

crisis  of  the  armies  of  the  West,  he  it  was  who  refused  to 
in  ike  better  terms  for  himself  than  for  his  soldiers  and  pre- 
Ferred   to   share   their   fate,   when   no  one   knew    what   his   own 

1  i'e    would    he-    who    st 1    hv    his    soldiers    when    his    superior 

officers  had  deserted  them — a  man  who  docs  justice  and 
loves  mercy,  and  when  sinned  against  is  the  first  to  huge! 
the   offense.      *     *     * 

"Young  men  dream  dreams  and  old  men  see  visions,"  ami 
sometimes  "the  dreams  come  true."  What  young  man  has 
no!  dreamed  of  the  time  when  he  shall  he  able  to  retire  from 
strife  and  turmoil  and  settle  down  on  a  line  farm,  well  stocked 
with  lloeks  and  herds,  producing  abundantly  from  meadow 
and  gram  field,  and.  surrounded  by  his  loved  ones,  among 
the  green  fields  and  sparkling  brooks,  spend  the  evening  of 
his  life  in  ease  and  happiness,  giving  comfort  to  the  distressed 
and  finding  pleasure  in  duty  done?  Capt.  Simon  Bolivar  Buck- 
ner is  an   illustration 

Xow  at  eighty-five  years  of  age.  strong  and  well,  in  the  full 
enjoyment  of  all  his  faculties,  the  last  Surviving  lieutenant  gen- 
eral of  the  armies  of  the  Confederacy,  the  ranking  surviving 
of  the  Civil  War  on  either  side,  he  is  blessed  with  a 
sufficiency  of  this  world's  goods  and  the  companionship  of 
his  queenly  wife  on  his  ancestral  estate  in  Hart  County,  Ky. 
\llcr  the  war  he  regained  possession  of  the  greater  part  of 
confiscated  property.  Twenty-one  years  ago  he  became 
Governor  of  Kentucky,  and  after  serving  his  Slate  faithfully 
and  with  distinction  for  four  years  retired  to  (dell  Lily,  his 
farm,  where  he  has  since  lived. 

I  he  Buckners  came  to  Kentucky  from  Virginia  one  hun- 
dred and  ten  years  ago.  Col.  Aylette  11.  Buckner.  the  Gen- 
eral's father,  purchased  tin-  property  in  l820.  Hen  he  built 
a  log  house,  which   has  been   added   to   from   time   to   time,   the 

in  which  General   Buckner  was  born  being  now    used 

as  his  library.  I  he  elder  Ihnkner  was  an  "iron  master"  and 
had  a  furnace  in  "The  (den."  the  remains  of  which  may  Still 
be  seen  as  the  traveler  passes  alone  the  load  hugging  the  sides 
of  the  heavily  timbered  hills;  for  no  man  is  allowed  to  dese 
1  rate  "  I  h<  ( lit  n,"  no  hunter  is  allowed  to  frighten  the  squirrels 
which  run  across  the  road  and  frisk  ami  scramble  among  the 
"The   Glen"   is   preserved   in    its   pristine   beauty  and 


GENERAL  BUCKNER   IN  THE  SIXTIES. 


grandeur.  Through  it  runs  a  limpid  stream  fed  by  crystal 
springs,  from  which  is  obtained  the  water  supply  for  the 
home,  for  pools  and  ponds  well  stocked  with  black  bass,  the 
gamest  of  all  game  fish.  After  passing  through  "The  Glen." 
one  follows  the  winding  read  along  the  bluff,  when  suddenly 
Glen  Lily,  the  Buckner  home,  bursts  upon  the  view  like  a 
vision    from    fairyland.      The   bouse    is    not    ostentatious,    the 

hewn  logs  are  not 
even  weathcrboarded. 
He  probably  never 
for  a  moment  con- 
sidered the  removal 
of  the  old  bouse  to 
make  room  for  a 
more  modern  struc- 
ture, and  every  addi- 
tii in  h..s  been  in  keep- 
ing with  lln  original 
architecture.  In  the 
distance,  a  mile  away. 
Green  River  may  be 
seen,  an  island,  and 
the  hills  beyond. 

After  indulging  in 
some  humor  on  gene- 
alogy, the  statement 
was  made  that  the 
Buckner  family  came 
from  Oxford.  En- 
gland, to  Jamestown, 
Ya..  in  1(140.  several 
members  of  the  family  having  been  Mayors  of  Oxford.  Com- 
ing from  such  a  literary  center,  it  is  not  strange  that  the 
immigrant  head  of  the  family  brought  to  the  colony  the  first 
printing  press  and  printery.  for  which  he  suffered  imprison- 
ment and  a  heav\  line,  old  Governor  Berkeley  having  declared 
he  "thanked  God  there  was  neither  printing  press  nor  pub- 
lic school  in  the  colony." 

General  Buckner  likes  the  farm,  and  nearly  everything  that 
is  consumed  on  the  farm  is  raised  there.  Though  Mrs.  Buckner 
takes  a  lively  interest  in  the  farm  and  all  her  surroundings, 
the  house  is  her  especial  domain.  I  he  house  is  equipped  with 
water  and  baths  and  gas  like  a  city  mansion.  Over  the  door 
of  the  General's  library,  the  room  in  which  he  was  born,  are 
deer  antlers  and  the  spreading  horns  of  a  bovine  that  once 
roamed  the  plains  of  Texas.  Within,  above  another  door, 
are  crossed  the  General's  swords,  above  them  the  sword  of 
his  father,  Colonel  Buckner,  himself  a  soldier  of  the  War  of 
1812.  Above  another  door  are  antique  pistols,  one  of  which 
is  said  to  have  been  used  by  Aaron  Burr  in  his  duel  with 
Alexander   Hamilton. 

It  has  been  the  General's  habit  all  his  life  to  read  much 
at  night,  and  he  does  this  -nil  IK'  is  a  strong,  forceful 
writer,  and  Mrs.  Buckner  hi-  often  urged  him  to  write  his 
memoirs;   hut    he   is    \it    to   he  convinced   that   he   has  achieved 

anything  worth}  oi  commemoration,  notwithstanding  the  prom- 
inent pari  he  has  taken  in  many  stirring  scenes  and  the  fact 
that  he  has  keen  personall]  acquainted  with  more  of  the 
prominent  nan  of  America  durum  the  last  three-quarters  of  a 
century  than  any  man  now   living. 

:  cadet  at  West  Point,  as  an  officer  in  the  regular  army 
loan    iNi|  55,   as    an   officer   in    the    Mexican    War.   as   a   briga- 

1    major   general,  and   a   lieutenant   general   in   the   Con- 


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federate  army,  he  knew  personally  most  of  the  prominent  com- 
manders of  the  Civil  War.  He  was  a  friend  of  General 
Grant,  and  was  a  pallbearer  at  his  funeral.  He  had  scores 
of  personal  friends  among  the  officers  in  both  the  Federal 
and  Confederate  armies.  Since  the  war,  though  he  has  not 
often  sought  office,  he  has  been  a  public  man  and  a  great 
traveler.  He  and  Mrs.  Btickner  spend  much  of  their  time 
away  from  their  beautiful  country  home.  They  go  often  to 
Washington,  New  York,  Boston,  and  other  large  cities,  and 
have  a  wide  circle  of  acquaintances  among  the  prominent  peo- 
ple of  the  present  day. 

Recently  a  little  party  of  Nashville  newspaper  workers — 
four  in  number — made  a  pilgrimage  to  Hart  County  to  pay  a 
visit  to  the  "Sage  of  Glen  Lily."  One  of  them  had  served 
under  General  Buckner  during  the  Civil  War ;  one  of  them 
was  a  native  of  Kentucky,  who  had  been  a  delegate  to  the 
convention  which  nominated  General  Buckner  the  Democratic 
candidate  for  Governor  of  Kentucky. 

General  Buckner  had  a  carriage  at  the  railroad  station  at 
Munfordville  to  meet  them;  and  when  the  party  drove  up  to 
Glen  Lily,  the  General  was  standing  on  the  front  porch  with 
his  silvery  locks  uncovered,  one  of  his  collies  and  his  two  pet 
peacocks  by  his  side,  awaiting  to  give  them  a  hearty  Ken- 
tucky welcome.  He  hugged  the  [old]  soldier,  shook  hands 
with  the  rest  of  the  party,  and  invited  them  into  the  coziest 
sitting  room  in  Green  River  Valley.  The  log  fire  was  blazing 
a  royal  welcome  after  a  drive  of  seven  miles  through  the  cold 
rain,  the  collie  wagged  a  welcome,  Mrs.  Buckner  came  in 
with  a  gracious  and  graceful  greeting,  and  the  visitors  were 
at  home. 

Just  a  word  as  to  Kentucky  hospitality :  All  have  heard  of 
Southern  hospitality — of  Kentucky  hospitality — in  fact,  so 
often  that  the  words  frequently  have  little  significance ;  but 
it  is  as  true  as  holy  writ  that,  whatever  else  he  may  lack,  the 
Kentuckian  has  a  brand  of  hospitality  that  is  all  his  own. 
All  hospitality  is  grateful.  Southern  hospitality  is  superb, 
but  Kentucky  hospitality  has  a  distinctive  flavor  and  no  other 
is  just  like  it.  It  is  not  effusive  nor  ostentatious;  it  is  not 
voiced  in  words,  nor  yet  in  deeds ;  it  is  an  intangible  some- 
thing in  the  atmosphere  that  surrounds  the  man.  You  are 
as  welcome  as  the  sunbeams ;  you  know  it,  though  nobody  has 
told  you  so.  You  can  get  closer  to  a  Kentuckian  in  half  a 
minute  than  you  can  to  any  other  man  in  a  week.  That's 
Kentucky  hospitality.  [A  word  not  in  the  Banner:  Editor 
Morton  is  a  Kentuckian.     Let's  pardon  his  pride. — Veteran.] 

The  day  with  Simon  Bolivar  Buckner,  one  time  a  captain 
in  the  regular  army  of  the  United  States,  one  time  a  lieutenant 
general  in  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America, 
one  time  Governor  of  Kentucky,  one  time  candidate  for  Vice 
President  of  the  United  States,  will  never  be  forgotten. 

As  his  guests  were  seated  the  General  handed  around  the 
pipes  and  cigars.  One  of  the  party  who  had  some  former 
acquaintance  w-ith  General  Buckner's  tobacco  took  a  pipe. 
The  General  mixes  his  own  tobacco — the  famous  Hart  County 
Yellow  Pryor,  a  little  light  Virginia  and  North  Carolina  leaf, 
and  a  dash  of  Turkish  to  give  the  finishing  touch.  He  gen- 
erally says  he  has  "missed  it  a  little  in  the  mixture,"  but  the 
smoker  would  never  find  this  out  from  the  smoking. 

One  of  the  visitors  asked  about  a  picture  of  General  Buck- 
ner and  an  old  negro  man  hanging  on  the  wall.  Mrs.  Buck- 
ner, who  had  just  entered  the  room,  explained  that  the  old 
negro  belonged  to  General  Buckner's  father  and  was  reared 
with   the   General.     "Shelburn   was   one   of  the   most   sturdv, 


respectable,  gingerbread  old  negroes  you  ever  saw.  You  got 
acquainted  with  him  and  were  good  friends  at  once.  He  had 
been  living  in  Arkansas  for  many  years  and  wrote  that  he 
would  like  to  come  to  see  the  General,  and  we  arranged  for 
him  to  make  the  trip." 

v  '.ts.  Buckner  said  she  expected  that  the  meeting  between 
the  two  old  friends  would  be  quite  demonstrative  and  that 
they  would  want  to  talk  to  one  another  all  the  time,  but  to 
her  astonishment  nothing  of  the  sort  happened. 

"So  Shelburn  came,  and  they  sat  for  about  an  hour  on  the 
porch  and  smoked  and  looked  at  one  another.  Both  were 
rather  quiet.  Once  Shelburn  said :  Young  Marster,  do  you 
remember  what  we  used  to  call  one  another  when  we  were 
children?'  The  General  replied  in  the  affirmative.  Then 
they  would  smoke  along  for  a  while,  and  the  General  said : 
'Shelburn,  do  you  remember  Jack,  the  old  dog  we  used  to 
have?'     'Yes,  sir,'  replied  Shelburn." 

She  said  they  were  the  most  unvivacious  pair  she  ever  saw. 
yet  they  seemed  to  enjoy  one  another  immensely. 

"Shelburn  spoke  of  the  General's  father,  Colonel  Buckner. 
as  'Old  Marster;'  he  spoke  of  the  General  as  'Young  Marster;' 
but  he  did  not  know  what  to  call  young  Simon  Bolivar.     He 


GENERAL    BUCKNER    AND    SHELBURN. 

would  get  terribly  mixed  on  his  various  masters.  After  Shel- 
burn went  home,  the  General  sent  him  one  of  the  pictures  of 
themselves  taken  together.  The  old  negro  wrote  and  thanked 
him  for  it  and  said :  'I  think  I  is  the  best-looking.'  " 

Asked  about  his  farm,  the  General  said  his  father  had  pur- 
chased it,  as  stated,  and  it  had  been  in  the  family  ever  since, 
and  that  it  contained  about  eight  hundred  acres. 

"Did  all  the  present  farm  belong  to  the  original  tract,  or 
have  you  added  to  it?"  was  asked. 

"Well,  I  have  added  to  it  and  subtracted  from  it  occa- 
sionally, but  I  have  got  it  in  the  shape  I  like  it  now." 


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When  General  Buckncr  was  a  boy  he  went  to  school  at 
Munfordville  and  then  to  "Old  Jim  Rumfey,"  a  noted  teach- 
er, at  Hopkinsville.  From  there  he  went  to  West  Point, 
graduating  in  1844  and  going  into  the  Mexican  War  with 
the  rank  of  second  lieutenant. 

In  interviewing  the  General,  Mr.  Morton  said:  "There  is  a 
little  story  I  desire  you  to  tell  me.  You  told  it  to  me  once, 
but  I  want  to  hear  it  again.  It  is  about  when  Scott's  army 
got  to  Vera  Cruz  and  the  report  was  circulated  that  Taylor 
had  won  a  great  victory  and  there  was  no  communication 
between  the  armies  and  no  way  of  finding  out  about  it." 

"It  was  more  remarkable  than  that,"  replied  the  General. 
"When  we  were  concentrating  at  Lobos  Island,  an  island  in 
the  Gulf,  the  vessels  were  collecting  the  troops  and  munitions 
and  supplies  of  all  sorts  at  that  place.  We  did  not  know 
where  we  were  going,  but  every  fellow  had  his  own  con- 
jecture. General  Scott  every  day  had  the  adjutants  of  the 
various  regiments  to  report  to  him  for  instructions  on  each 
vessel.  They  took  a  small  boat  and  rowed  to  every  vessel, 
and  in  that  way  save  out  all  through  the  fleet  information 
from  General  Scott  that  lie  chose  to  communicate.  One 
day,  on  the  22d  of  February,  a  rumor  got  through  the  fleet 
away  out  there  at  sea  twelve  miles  from  land  that  that  was 
the  day  Santa  Anna  was  going  to  attack  Taylor,  who  was 
just  then  in  front  of  Saltillo,  a  city  of  Northern  Mexico. 
Gill,  a  classmate  of  mine  on  the  same  vessel,  remarked : 
'Santa  has  chosen  a  mighty  bad  day  for  making  his  attack, 
the  22<1  of  February;  he  will  be  whipped'  We  sailed  in  a 
few  days  for  Vera  Cruz.  While  the  siege  was  going  on  we 
heard  of  this  battle.  How  the  rumor  started  that  reached 
the  fleet  the  very  day  the  battle  was  fought  nobody  knows." 

The  incident  is  the  more  remarkable  when  it  is  remem- 
bered that  there  were  no  telegraph  lines,  railroads,  or  other 
means  of  rapid  communication. 

"I  must  tell  you  another  little  incident,"  said  the  General. 

Vfter  we  had  captured  Chapultepec,  we  pursued  the  enemy 
along  the  causeway  toward  the  city.  The  Puerta  or  Garita 
of  Belen  is  the  gate  entering  the  city  of  Chapultepec.  We 
followed  right  along  that  causeway,  capturing  the  country 
and  then  the  works  at  the  Garita.  but  we  couldn't  go  any 
farther  because  we  were  then  in  rifle  range  of  their  citadel. 
Their  citadel  was  of  stonework,  with  high  walls,  with  a  ditch 
fifty  or  sixty  feet  wide  full  of  water.  We  couldn't  swim 
across  that  and  climb  the  perpendicular  wall,  so  we  waited 
there  until  a  turning  column  came  in  behind  and  took  them 
in  the  rear.  We  captured  the  place  about  two  o'clock  in  the 
afternoon.  Over  the  causeway,  on  either  side  of  the  aque- 
ducts which  ran  from  Chapultepec  on  to  the  city,  was  an 
arched  gateway  over  the  road,  under  which  all  vehicles 
passed  going  and  coming.  Our  troops  were  holding  the  outer 
*idc  in  front  of  this  arch.  The  enemy  directed  their  artillery 
fire  toward  the  springing  line  of  thai  arch  with  a  view  of 
throwing  it  down  and  crushing  our  men.  Presently  a  shot 
came  and  struck  the  springing  line  and  splintered  the  rock 
and  scattered  pieces  of  stone,  wounding  several  of  us.  Lieu- 
tenant Wilcox,  of  Quitman's  staff,  looked  up  and  said:  'Fel- 
lows, I'll  bet  you  anything  that  the  Greasers  will  fire  at  that 
arch  until  nightfall,  but  they  won't  knock  it  down.'  'Why?' 
was  asked.  'Don't  yen  sec  1776  on  it?'  And  we  sat  there 
for  hours  and  watched  them  firing,  and  the  arch  stood,  and 
they  didn't  get  it  down  af  all." 

"How  did  the  lighting  in  the  Mexican  War  compare  with 
that  in  our  Civil  War?"  was  asked  the  General. 


"It  wasn't  as  big  a  war.  of  course,"  replied  the  General; 
"but  there  was  some  close  fighting  there.  For  instance,  bayo- 
nets were  crossed  in  at  least  two  actions,  and  then  there  was 
Taylor's  fight  on  the  Rio  Grande.  At  Santa  de  Palma  peo- 
ple were  killed  with  bayonets,  and  again  at  Cerro  Gordo  the 
ine  was  terrific.  Of  course  we  didn't  have  as  good  arms 
then ;  we  had  the  flintlock  muskets — so  did  the  Mexicans. 
P.ut  to  show  that  it  was  terrible  work:  in  Worth's  Division, 
in  which  my  regiment  was,  at  Molino  del  Rey  in  half  an 
hour's  time  while  assaulting  that  work  we  lost  nearly  one 
third  of  our  men." 

"What  is  your  estimate  of  the  Mexican  soldier?" 

"lie  is  a  good  soldier  in  many  respects.  He  could  stand 
and  be  shot  at  long  range  better  than  our  people.  We  wanted 
to  go  one  way  or  the  other,  you  know,  but  they  couldn't  stand 
the  charge.     They  couldn't   resist    the  'Rebel  yell.'  " 

"What  is  your  estimate  of  the  comparative  number  of 
troops  on  either  side  in  the  fighting  in  Mexico?" 

"O,  they  had  three  times  as  many  nearly  all  the  time.  At 
Cerro  Gordo  they  had  nearly  double  our  force  ;  at  the  City 
of  Mexico  they  had  about  three  times  our  force." 

"To  what  did  you  attribute  the  universal  success  of  the 
American  soldiers?" 

"General  Scott  said  that  he  could  not  have  won  at  all  but 
for  the  training  his  officers  had  had  at  West  Point  Academy. 
Every  officer  nearly — I  mean  of  the  regular  army — was  an 
instructed  officer.  He  had  been  educated  as  a  soldier ;  lie 
had  pride  and  training." 

"Did  you  consider   Santa   Anna   a   good  commander?" 

"Santa  Anna  had  many  excellent  points  as  a  general.  I  will 
note  a  case  to  prove  it.  He  fought  General  Taylor  on  the 
22A  and  23d  of  February.  We  landed  at  Vera  Cruz  about 
the  1st  of  March,  which  was  at  least  eight  hundred  miles  dis- 
tant from  Buena  Vista.  Santa  Anna  of  course  knew-  that  we 
were  going  there.  He  retreated  from  before  General  Taylor, 
but  failed  in  his  object,  which  was  to  crush  him,  and  fell 
back  to  the  City  of  Mexico  to  meet  Scott.  In  the  meantime 
his  enemies  got  up  an  opposition  in  the  city,  and  he  sup- 
pressed a  revolution  against  himself  in  the  City  of  Mexico, 
and  on  the  18th  of  April  he  had  occupied  and  fortified  Cerro 
Gordo  and  met  Scott  there.  From  the  22d  of  February  to 
the  18th  of  April  he  had  failed  in  crushing  Taylor,  but  he 
had  come  back  to  check  Scott  and  had  suppressed  a  revo- 
lution and  met  Scott  at  Cerro  Gordo." 

General  Buckner  began  his  long  career  as  a  soldier  as  a 
second  lieutenant  in  the  infantry,  as  has  his  son,  Simon  Boli- 
var Buckner,  Jr.,  now  at  San  Antonio,  Tex.,  and  during  his 
long  term  of  service  in  the  regular  army  and  afterwards  in 
the  Civil  War  he  was  always  in  the  infantry.  After  the 
Mexican  War  he  was  ordered  to  West  Point,  and  remained 
there  as  an  instructor  in  infantry  tactics  for  two  years,  and 
was  then  ordered  to  join  his  company  on  what  was  then  the 
Western  frontier  at  Fort  Snelling,  Minn.  Here  he  was  pro- 
ted  to  in  3)  li  cut  hi,  mt  and  put  in  command  at  Fort  Atkinson. 

He  remained  on  the  frontier  for  a  little  over  a  year,  and 
then  going  back  to  civilization  on  a  leave  of  absence  was 
promoted  to  captain  in  the  subsistence  department  and  as- 
signed to  New  York,  where  he  remained  until  1855,  when  he 

ned  and  went  to  Louisville,  Ky.,  to  locate.     After  he  had 

been  there  for  a  short  while,  Governor  McGoffin  asked  him 
to  frame  a  militia  law  for  Kentucky  and  to  take  charge  of 
the  State  Guard.  Soon  after  this  the  Civil  War  broke  out, 
and  General   Buckner  joined  the  Confederate  army  with  the 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterar?. 


rank  of  brigadier  general,  having  previously  declined  the  same 
rank  offered  by  Mr.  Lincoln  in  the  Federal  army. 

He  served  a  term  in  a  Federal  prison  after  the  fall  of  Fort 
Donelson,  and  on  his  return  to  the  Confederacy  after  being 
exchanged  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  major  general. 
He  was  transferred  to  the  Trans-Mississippi  Department 
under  Gen.  Kirby  Smith  the  last  year  of  the  war,  and  was 
promoted  to  lieutenant  general  in  September,  1864.  He  was 
still  in  the  Trans-Mississippi  Department  commanding  an 
army  corps  when  the  war  closed. 

"Did  you  ever  have  experience  in  Indian  fighting?" 
"No,"  said  the  General ;  "but  I  came  to  the  conclusion  that 
I  was  a  diplomatist."  Then  he  laughingly  told  the  story  of  the 
self-styled  "diplomatist"  in  the  play  who  was  both  mysterious 
and  secretive  in  his  movements.  "We  were  among  the  In- 
dians all  the  time  I  was  on  the  plains,  and  wild  Indians. 
They  had  not  located  on  the  reservations  then.  I  had  one 
company — about  sixty  infantry,  with  about  a  dozen  horses 
for  scouting.  The  road  across  the  continent  was 
crowded  during  the  summer  and  spring,  especially  with  peo- 
ple going  to  California.  The  gold  diggings  had  been  dis- 
covered— it  was  in  '51.  There  were  several  hundred  lodges 
of  Indians  all  the  time  about  us.  some  migrating  with  the 
buffalo,  and  on  the  eve  all  the  time  of  plundering  these  emi- 
grants on  the  road  and  breaking  out.  I  had  to  use  great  care, 
and  had  to  assume  a  virtue  sometimes  whether  I  possessed 
it  or  not  and  appear  very  brave ;  but  I  managed  to  keep  peace 
with  all  of  them  and  made  treaties  with  the  Comanches.  I 
made  them  my  friends,  and  they  would  do  anything  for  me. 
Fort  Atkinson  was  built  of  sods  on  the  Arkansas  River  away 
out  on  the  edge  of  Colorado,  where  our  nearest  neighbor  was 
three  hundred  and  sixty-one  miles  away." 

"You  didn't  have  much  social  life  then,  did  you?" 
"No,  not  much ;  we  had  to  depend  on  ourselves.  When  we 
got  tired  of  each  other  at  the  fort,  one  or  the  other  would 
start  out  on  an  exploration  tour.  I  traveled  that  year  over 
the  plains  in  various  directions,  reconnoitering,  about  a  thou- 
sand miles.  I  took  one  particularly  severe  winter  trip.  I  had 
an  idea  in  those  days — an  idea  that  I  believe  Americans  have 
exploded  now — that  it  w-as  the  duty  of  an  official,  no  matter 
how  insignificant  his  place  might  be,  to  work  for  the  public 
interest.  Congress  had  appropriated  about  three  hundred  thou- 
sand dollars  to  build  two  forts  on  the  Upper  Arkansas  River. 
I  had  gone  out  there  from  Fort  Leavenworth  on  horseback 
with  a  couple  of  soldiers  and  a  wagon,  and  passing  through 
the  country  it  occurred  to  me  that  it  would  not  justify  that 
expenditure.  So  to  satisfy  myself  I  started  out  about  the 
middle  of  January  to  explore  the  country  and  look  into  its 
resources.  I  first  went  across  to  the  Pawnee  Fork  of  the 
Arkansas  and  went  down  that.  I  was  satisfied  that  there 
wasn't  wood  enough  there  to  support  a  fort.  The  other 
was  to  be  built  away  up  toward  the  base  of  the  Rocky  Moun- 
tains toward  the  sources  of  the  Arkansas.  I  went  on  that 
exploration  with  four  or  five  soldiers  and  a  wagon,  the  sol- 
diers mounted.  The  third  day  out,  going  up  the  Arkansas, 
we  struck  a  blizzard,  the  weather  turning  very  cold.  We 
camped,  and  next  day  we  started  again,  and  one  of  those 
terrific  snow  and  sleet  storms  came  upon  us  right  out  on 
the  plains,  with  not  a  tree  or  shelter  in  sight  and  not  a  hill 
high  enough  to  be  shelter.  It  got  so  cold  we  couldn't  ride 
without  freezing,  so  we  had  to  get  down  and  walk  and  lead 
our  horses.  We  hurried  on,  though,  until  toward  night.  The 
storm  was  so  terrific  that  we  were  in  danger  of  being  frozen 


to  death.  About  dusk  we  saw  in  the  distance  some  trees,  and 
we  hurried  on,  and  luckily  when  we  got  there  one  tree  had 
been  blown  down — a  Cottonwood — and  there  was  a  little  hill 
perhaps  thirty  or  forty  feet  high  pretty  abrupt  which  shel- 
tered us  from  the  north  wind,  and  we  camped  there.  I  had 
taken  the  precaution  to  have  some  iron  tent  pins  made  to 
drive  in  the  frozen  ground.  We  cut  off  the  timber  from  the 
dead  tree,  made  a  fire,  and  were  pretty  comfortable.  The 
night  was  so  cold  it  froze  the  river  over,  and  we  could  cross 
on  horses  the  next  day.  There  was  a  little  island  just  in 
front  of  the  camp.  I  went  over  that  island  on  the  ice  and 
broke  down  some  low  underbrush  and  weeds,  built  a  fire 
there,  sheltered  from  the  wind  in  every  direction,  wrapped 
my  buffalo  robe  about  me,  and  read  'David  Copperfield'  all 
day.  We  couldn't  travel,  so  we  waited  a  day  or  two  until 
it  moderated  and  went  away  up  the  river  on  the  ice  and 
examined  the  site  of  the  proposed  fort.  I  reported  to  the 
government  that  I  thought  the  expenditure  of  that  money 
would  not  be  justified;  that  it  would  be  wasted  and  thrown 
away;  that  the  temporary  forts  we  had  would  answer  every 
purpose  until  the  country  was  traversed  by  railroads.  On  the 
strength  of  my  report  they  didn't  expend  the  money,  so  that 
trip  saved  the  government  $300,000." 

"I  suppose,  General,  there  were  many  wild  horses  and  buf- 
falo on  the  plains  when  you  were  there?" 

"Yes,  I  saw  three  herds  of  wild  Mustang  horses  during  my 
•stay  on  the  plains.  They  were  very  wild.  Two  of  them  when 
I  first  saw  them  were  in  motion — they  saw  me  first.  The 
third  I  saw  on  the  Pawnee  Fork.  I  had  gone  on  a  recon- 
noissance,  and  as  I  climbed  a  little  eminence  I  saw  them 
grazing  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  stream,  about  three  hun- 
dred yards  distant.  As  soon  as  I  got  to  the  top  they  saw  me, 
and  off  they  clattered.  They  were  vigilant  and  seemed  to 
have  scouts  watching  who  gave  notice.  To  show  the  rapid 
disappearance  of  the  buffalo,  when  I  went  out  to  my  post  I 
went  on  horseback,  had  a  wagon  carrying  the  mail  and  two 
soldiers.  We  were  traveling  at  the  rate  of  forty  miles  a  day. 
Six  or  eight  days  out  from  Fort  Leavenworth  we  encountered 
the  buffalo.  Three  days,  traveling  at  the  rate  of  forty  miles 
a  day,  or  one  hundred  and  twenty  miles,  we  were  in  an  im- 
mense herd  of  buffalo.  There  was  not  an  hour  of  daylight 
that  I  could  not  see  from  five  thousand  to  six  thousand.  Now 
there  are  only  a  few.  They  killed  them  for  their  hides  and 
their  tongues — the  cows  mostly,  for  they  had  the  finest  robes." 

"General,  do  you  ride  horseback  now?'-  was  asked. 

"No,"  he  replied,  "not  now,  but  my  boy  is  a  good  horse- 
man. He  recently  tamed  an  unruly  horse  and  has  written  an 
interesting  account  of  it.  There  had  been  a  horse  at  the 
garrison  that  no  man  had  attempted  to  ride  for  a  year.  He 
was  turned  in  the  corral  with  the  other  animals.  The  last 
time  an  attempt  had  been  made  to  ride  him  he  threw  the 
rider  and  broke  three  of  his  ribs,  and  nobody  would  try  him 
after  that.  But  the  boy  said  he  had  about  three-quarters  of 
an  hour  to  himself  from  his  other  duties  and  thought  he 
would  undertake  the  horse.  He  had  him  saddled  and  bridled 
and  held  until  he  mounted.  The  horse  began  to  rear  and 
nearly  tilt  back,  and  then  his  head  would  suddenly  disappear, 
like  he  was  going  to  dive  into  the  earth,  and  he  kept  on  that 
way  for  some  time ;  but  the  boy  still  held  him  back.  Presently 
the  horse  seemed  to  gather  all  his  strength,  leaped,  twisted, 
and  fell.  Of  course  he  had  to  go  over  the  horse,  and  he  fell 
sprawling  on  the  earth.     But  he  got  up  and  remounted  him. 

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COL.  ROBERT  C.  TRIGG,  OF  VIRGINIA. 

Col.  Robert  C.  Trigg  was  born  in  Christiansburg,  Va.  He 
was  educated  at  the  Virginia  Military  Institute,  and  was  prac- 
ticing law  at  his  native  place  when  the  Civil  War  began.  He 
had  been  captain  of  a  volunteer  company,  the  Wise  Fencibles, 
for  a  year  or  more  before  the  war,  and  with  his  company 
was  mustered  into  service  in  April,  1861 .  His  company  be- 
came a  part  of  the  4th  Virginia  Regiment,  Col.  James  F. 
Preston.  Captain  Trigg  and  his  company  bore  an  honorable 
part  in  the  first  battle  of 
Manassas,  July  21.  1861. 

A  short  time  after  that 
battle  Captain  Trigg  was 
authorized  to  raise  a 
regiment  in  Southwest- 
ern Virginia.  It  was 
quickly  raised  and  or- 
ganized at  Christians- 
burg as  the  54th  Vir- 
ginia Regiment,  com- 
1  of  companies  from 
Carroll,  Pulaski,  Roa- 
noke. Franklin,  Patrick, 
Montgomery,  and  Floyd 
Counties.  This  regiment 
did  hard  service  in  East- 
ern Kentucky,  Eastern 
Tennessee,  and  around 
Suffolk,  Va.,  until  the 
campaign  of  1863  opened, 
when  it    wa-s  sent  to  the  col.  Robert  c.  trigg. 

Army  of  Tennessee. 

Colonel  Trigg  was  soon  placed  in  command  of  a  brigade 
composed  of  four  Florida  regiments  and  his  own.  No  brigade 
won  more  honors  than  did  his  at  Chickamauga.  The  markers 
now  on  that  field  tell  much  of  what  it  did.  General  Buckner, 
who  commanded  the  division,  strongly  recommended  him  for 
promotion  ;  but  he  had  no  "friend  in  court,"  and  in  a  reor- 
ganization of  the  army  his  regiment  was  assigned  to  Gem  ral 
Reynolds's  Brigade.  With  his  regiment  he  fought  all  along 
from  lookout  Mountain  to  Atlanta,  the  fight  at  Resaca  being 
■  m      1  1I1.    severest  for  the  number  engaged  of  the  war. 

His  regiment,  by  the  mistake  or  incompetence  of  some  sn- 
was  ordered,  against  his  protest,  to  charge  fortifications 
defended  by  many  times  its  numbers,  and  it  received  galling 
fires  from  both  flanks.  He  went  with  it  to  the  breastworks. 
His  adjutant,  Robert  Hammctt,  fell  on  the  breastworks  with 
the  enemy's  flagstaff  in  his  hand.  In  ten  minutes  more  the 
third  of  the  regiment  was  mowed  down,  and  what  had  been 
the  largest  and  one  of  the  best  regiments  in  the  army  was 
shattered. 

1  Atlanta  Colonel  Trigg  was  ordered  to  Southwest 
Virginia,  and  remained  in  special  service,  having  in  view  the 
Of  deserters  and  the  restoration  of  law  and  order  in 
that  section,  until  the  i-t  of  March.  Then  with  one-half  of 
his  regiment  he  joined  the  Army  of  Southwest  Virginia,  com- 
manded by  General  Echols,  and  was  with  it  when  disbanded, 
April  13.  at  Christiansburg.  Colonel  Trigg  was  a  strict  dis- 
ciplinarian, beloved  by  his  men  because  he  always  stood  for 
their  rights  and  because  they  knew  that  his  courage  was  of 
the  highest  otder  and  his  judgment  in  any  kind  of  danger 
was  unquestioned. 

Colonel  Trigg  resumed  the  practice  of  law  after  the  war 
closed,  and  continued  it  until  his  death,  January  2.  1872 


BREECHLOADER  CAXXOX  IX  C.  S.  ARMY. 

BY    CAr-T.    THEODORE   F.    ALLEN,   CINCINNATI. 

My  previous  communication  to  the  Veteran  in  relation  to 
Schoolfield's  Battery  of  Breech-Loading  Cannon  has  attracted 
much  attention  among  the  Confederate  veterans.  The  follow- 
ing from  H.  T.  Owen,  2601  East  Franklin  Street,  Richmond, 
is  in  relation  to  the  Williams  guns,  of  which  there  were  six 
pieces  in  the  battery  commanded  by  Captain  Schoolfield : 

"Dear  Captain  Allen:  On  Saturday  morning,  May  31,  1862, 
the  command  to  which  I  belonged  (then  Pickett's  Brigade,  of 
Longstreet's  Division)  moved  from  near  Richmond  down  the 
Williamsburg  Road  to  attack  the  Federal  forces  near  Seven 
Pines.  There  had  been  a  heavy  rain  the  night  before,  and  the 
roads  were  filled  with  pools  of  water  which  the  artillery  and 
wagons  soon  cut  up  into  slush  and  mire,  consequently  there 
wen  long  halts  and  delays  on  the  road.  About  a  mile  west 
of  Seveii  Pines,  while  waiting  for  some  other  command  to 
file  by  ours  and  take  position  in  line  of  battle,  a  small  can- 
non halted  in  front  of  us  for  some  time,  and  we  got  a  good 
look  at  it.  It  was  drawn  by  one  horse  in  shafts,  the  axle  was 
short,  the  wheels  very  low,  the  barrel  three  to  four  feet  long, 
and  it  was  about  the  size  of  a  man's  coat  sleeve.  It  carried 
a  round  ball  about  the  size  of  a  hen's  egg,  and  was  loaded 
at  the  breech  from  a  hopper  fixed  above.  It  was  to  be  fired 
by  a  crank,  and  its  range  was  stated  to  be  two  thousand  yards. 
Mr.  Williams,  the  inventor,  and  five  or  six  other  men  on 
horseback  were  with  the  gun,  and  this  was  its  first  experi- 
ment on  a  battlefield.  Mr.  Williams  readily  replied  to  all  the 
questions  asked  about  the  gun  by  some  of  our  officers  who 
gathered  around  it  while  halted  in  the  road.  There  was  a 
Federal  fort  on  the  Williamsburg  Road  about  one  mile  west  of 
Seven  Pines,  flanked  by  a  line  of  breastw-orks,  rifle  pits,  and 
abatis  in  front  of  them.  Our  breechloader  moved  on  with 
other  artillery  to  begin  the  attack,  while  our  command  was 
held  in  reserve  and  was  not  engaged  in  the  battle  of  that 
day;  so  when  the  uproar  began  we  were  silent  listeners,  and 
could  easily  distinguish  the  rapid  reports  of  the  little  breech- 
loader. They  were  much  louder  than  a  musket  and  less  than 
the  ordinary  cannon.  We  never  saw  the  gun  afterwards,  and 
wondered  what  became  of  it. 

"After  Gettysburg  Pickett's  Division  guarded  about  four 
thousand  prisoners  from  the  battlefield  to  Winchester,  and 
we  were  with  them  some  ten  or  fifteen  days,  and  the  Federal 
officers  among  the  prisoners  asked  us  many  questions  about 
the  rapid-firing  little  'gun  or  guns'  we  used  on  them  at  Seven 
Pines. 

"In  1880-81  I  became  acquainted  with  Capt.  George  W.  Wil- 
liams, Deputy  Clerk  of  the  Virginia  Senate,  who  had  served 
in  Gen.  John  II.  Morgan's  Kentucky  cavalry  command  dur- 
ing the  war.  In  swapping  reminiscences  I  mentioned  our 
little  gun  at  Seven  Pines,  and  he  informed  me  that  his  father 
was  the  inventor.  Trusting  to  memory,  I  am  under  the  im- 
pression that  he  told  me  that  there  was  only  one  of  these  guns 
made  at  the  Tradegar  Works  lure,  and  that  there  was  never 
any  patent  obtained.  1  presume  that  Mr.  I.  W.  Minnich,  of 
Grand  Isle,  La.,  saw  this  Williams  gun  at  Seven  Pines,  and 
that  Dr.  Gatling  got  his  first  idea  of  his  rapid-firing  machine 
from   it." 


From  the  foregoing  you  will  see  that  the  Williams  breech- 
loa'ding  cannon  began  their  service  in  the  early  part  of  1862, 
and  we  have  been  able  to  trace  these  guns  as  late  as  the  early 
part  of  the  winter  of  1864,  at  which  time,  I  am  informed  by 
Capt.   T.   M.   Freeman,   of    Houston.    Tex.,   who   was   the   ad- 


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jutant  general  of  Giltner's  Brigade,  the  battery  was  put  out 
of  commission  because  when  firing  the  guns  rapidly  the  breech 
expanded  and  refused  to  lock  for  retiring,  and  the  men  of  the 
battery  found  themselves  at  a  disadvantage  in  that  they  had 
to  take  the  fire  of  the  enemy  and  could  not  reply.  The  bat- 
tery was  then  disbanded,  the  men  entering  the  cavalry  or  the 
mounted  infantry  service  in  Maj.  Bart  Jenkins's  battalion. 


HARD  EXPERIENCE  BY  SCOUTS  IN  KENTUCKY. 

BY  J.    N.    GAINES,   BRUNSWICK,   MO. 

On  page  573  November  (1908)  Veteran  Comrade  W.  L. 
Ditto,  of  Ocala,  Fla.,  Scott's  1st  Louisiana  Cavalry,  tells  of 
"prisoners  charging  a  Kentucky  orchard."  I  belonged  to 
Quirk's  Scouts,  Morgan's  Command,  but  failed  to  get  across 
the  Ohio  River  with  him;  and  as  I  happened  to  get  with  Colo- 
nel S:ott  on  the  29th  of  July,  1863,  at  Winchester,  Ky.,  soon 
after  the  boys  charged  the  orchard,  I  will  take  up  the  "thread" 
and  relate  a  little  more  of  that  "hot  old  time."  We  marched 
to  Irvine,  the  county  seat  of  Estill  County,  Ky.,  that  night, 
much  of  the  time  in  a  torrent  of  rain,  arriving  there  early  the 
next  morning,  where  we  captured  a  small  garrison  and  valua- 
ble government  stores,  including  a  quantity  of  McClelland 
saddles,  together  with  United  States  bridles  and  halters  that 
had  never  been  unpacked.  I  appropriated  a  saddle,  bridle,  and 
halter  from  Uncle  Sam's  stores. 

The  sun  came  out  clear  early,  and  we  were  feeling  fine  until 
8  or  9  a.m.,  when  suddenly  from  our  rear  a  heavy  fire  of 
both  artillery  and  small  arms  opened  on  us  from  a  force  so 
strong  that  we  were  forced  to  move  on.  We  took  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Bighill  and  Richmond  Pike,  which  we  struck  that 
afternoon  perhaps  halfway  between  Richmond  and  the  hill. 
All  this  time  the  Yanks  kept  our  rear  well  closed  up.  About 
dusk,  I  think,  we  reached  the  foot  of  the  Bighill  and  com- 
menced climbing  it ;  but  when  our  advance  had  gotten  some 
distance  on  top  of  it,  they  struck  another  heavy  force  of  the 
enemy  (probably  from  Cumberland  Gap),  and  in  such  force 
that  we  were  compelled  to  retrace  our  steps  to  the  foot  of  the 
hill.  We  then  took  the  road  to  Lancaster.  This  consumed 
nearly  all  night.  By  the  time  we  got  straightened  out  toward 
Lancaster  next  morning  and  could  see,  there  seemed  to  be 
Yankees  all  around  us  in  every  direction  with  guns.  There 
were  none  in  front,  however,  and  we  pursued  our  march  in 
fairly  good  order  through  Lancaster  and  Crab  Orchard 
without  halting.  The  Yankees  appeared  to  become  thicker  all 
the  time. 

At  Crab  Orchard  I  remember  an  old  gray-haired  black 
mammy  was  out  in  a  yard  clapping  her  hands  and  shouting: 
"Glory  to  God,  the  Rebels  is  come  back !  And  have  you  come 
to  stay?"  "Yes,  Auntie,"  we  assured  her,  "we  are  going  to 
stay  this  time." 

A  few  miles  farther  on  a  squad  of  fifteen  or  twenty  of  us 
was  cut  off  at  a  road  crossing,  where  we  were  lost  from  the 
main  command,  and  made  our  way  out  by  Somerset.  We 
passed  through  Somerset  at  night  and  went  on  to  Stegall's 
Ferry,  on  the  Cumberland  River,  which  we  found  very  high, 
with  no  boat  to  cross  in.  So  we  hunted  up  an  old  Irishman 
and  a  young  fellow  who  had  a  canoe,  in  which  we  ferried  our 
saddles  and  equipments,  and  then  undertook  to  lead  one  horse 
and  swim  the  others  behind.  In  this  we  failed,  as  only  two  of 
them  followed  over,  the  others  turning  and  swimming  back. 
We  then  had  to  swim  them  over  one  at  a  time  beside  the 
canoe,  which  was  slow.  Two  of  our  crowd  were  doing  this, 
which  released  our  Irishman  and  boy.  As  day  was  coming 
on,  three  of  our  crowd  went  with  our  released  help  farther 


down  the  river,  where  they  claimed  they  could  get  them  over 
quicker.  They  set  the  Scott  boys  over,  telling  them  that  they 
would  swim  their  horses  over  to  them;  but  instead  they 
mounted  two  and  led  the  other  away  with  them,  leaving  three 
Rebs  afoot. 

Sikes  was  the  name  of  one  of  the  Louisiana  boys,  Turo 
another  (he  was  regimental  commissary,  I  think).  We  had 
the  bugler  boy  of  the  regiment  with  us  also,  and  had  con- 
siderable fun  at  the  little  fellow's  expense.  I  wonder  what 
ever  became  of  him.  We  got  on  very  well  from  here.  We 
struck  Forrest's  escort  at  Kingston,  Tenn.,  where  we  drew 
rations  and  fed  and  parted  with  the  Louisiana  boys.  Web 
and  I  and  the  two  Morgan  boys  went  on  to  Knoxville,  thence 
to  Morristown  alone,  where  we  'found  Captain  Quirk,  who 
had  been  wounded  and  was  left  in  Kentucky,  but  had  made 
his  way  out  and  was  there  with  a  little  squad  of  our  strays. 


MISS    NANNIE  BARBEE,   DANVILLE,   KY. 

Miss  Barbee  entertained  delightfully  the  United  Daughters 
of  the  Confederacy  at  the  Atlanta  Meeting  in  1908. 


Kind  Words  from  "the  Other  Side." — C.  J.  Merritt,  of 
Medina,  N.  Y.,  who  served  with  the  1st  Connecticut  Cavalry, 
when  renewing  his  subscription,  writes :  "It  is  only  fair  that 
I  should  tell  you,  although  I  am  one  of  the  'other  side,'  I 
have  been  very  much  interested  in  reading  the  Veteran,  and 
think  I  appreciate  to  some  considerable  degree  the  feelings  of 
your  companions  in  arms.  I  am  glad  for  all  of  the  good  that 
has  come  to  the  South,  and  trust  that  the  future  may  be  rich 
in  blessings  for  your  people,  as  also  for  'we  uns.'  The  general 
spirit  of  the  Veteran  is  making  for  good,  I  believe,  and  I 
would  not  want  it  to  cease  coming  to  my  hand  regularly." 


Qopfederat^  l/eterat}. 


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ANOTHER  VIEW  Of  "WHAT  MIGHT  HAVE  BEEN." 

BY   WATKINS  LEIGH,   MONROE,  LA. 

"Of  all  sad  words  of  tongue  or  pen, 
The  saddest  are  these,  'It  might  have  been.' " 

Ever  since  the  close  of  the  great  Civil  War  there  has  been 
shown  a  tendency  amongst  the  public  men  of  the  South  to 
applaud1  rather  than  deplore,  at  least  in  their  public  utterances, 
the  failure  of  the  South  in  that  Titantic  struggle;  and  espe- 
cially is  this  so  with  the  great  newspaper  and  magazine  writers, 
men  who  so  largely  mold  public  opinion,  and  whose  utterances 
are  accepted  by  the  young,  thoughtless,  or  inexperienced  as 
the  cold,  unsentimental  verdicts  of  history.  There  are  con- 
stantly pointed  out  by  these  gentlemen  with  forceful  pens  and 
vivid  imaginings  the  deplorable  consequences  which  might 
have  resulted  had  the  Southern  Confederacy  achieved  her  in- 
dependence, and  this  great  United  States  of  ours  been  divided 
into  two  sovereign  nations.  It  is  this  deceptive  light  which 
these  writings  will  certainly  reflect  on  the  history  of  the  Con- 
federacy, misleading  and  deluding  the  historian  of  the  future, 
justifying  largely  the  scornful  jibe*  of  our  opponents  that  we 
were  a  mere  rabble  of  deluded  Rebels,  wretched  victims  of 
a  self-seeking  leadership,  sycophants,  false  alike  to  the  United 
States  and  to  the  Confederacy,  which  makes  them  so  objec- 
tionable, and  it  is  to  this  that  I  would  draw  attention. 

The  writer  docs  not  wish  to  be  understood  as  entirely  re- 
gretting the  failure  of  that  great  attempt  at  disruption  ;  not 
the  only  one  whose  ugly  head  has  loomed  up  dark  and  threat 
ening  in  the  past  (nor  may  we  reasonably  doubt  the  revival 
of  the  hydra-headed  monster  in  the  future),  but  the  only  one 
ever  to  assume  tangible  form.  On  the  contrary,  he  is  willing 
to  admit  from  very  many  points  of  view  that  failure  was 
probably,  not  certainly,  the  more  fortunate  outcome.  It  i-^ 
the  object  of  this  paper  to  point  out  some  of  the  things  which 
would  almost  certainly  have  been  had  the  Confederacy  suc- 
ceeded, wherein,  in  his  estimation,  history  would  have  been 
improved,  and  many  ugly  blots  on  the  fame  of  a  great  people 
been  saved. 

For  any  man  to  say  what  would  have  been  the  policy  of  the 
South  in  the  event  of  her  success  is  mere  speculation, 
fancy.  As  well  might  one  prophesy  the  policy  of  the  North 
had  General  Lee  won  the  battle  of  Gettysburg  or  of  Napoleon 
victorious  at  Waterloo.  As  of  every  other  thing  which  never 
happened,  every  man  is  privileged  to  formulate  his  own 
theories,  one  man's  speculations  being  of  no  more  value  than 
Bnother's  save  as  one  may  excel  in  erudition  or  in  literary 
facility  <>f  expression.  The  fact  is,  these  gentlemen  become  so 
enamoured  of  their  own  creations  that  they  mistake  them  for 
genuine  beings  of  flesh  and  blond  instead  of  rating  them  at 
their  true  value  as  mere  air  castles — shadows  mistaken  for  the 
substance.  I  hese  speculations  are  based  upon  what  their 
authors  believe  would  have  been  the  course  of  the  older  gen- 
eration of  Southern  statesmen,  dogmatic,  illiberal,  and  con- 
firmed in  their  dogmatism  by  years  of  self-deluding  argu- 
ments, A  negligible  quantity  with  them  was  the  younger 
generation,  whose  minds,  broadened  by  a  more  liberal  if  less 
polite  education,  and  profiting  by  th<  l<  ons  of  the  terrible 
struggle  through  which  they  had  just  passed,  would  havi 
fruitful     lab  of    new    thoughts    and    liberal     policies 

These  men,  earnest,  patriotic,  intelligent,  would  in  a   few  years 
have  molded  and  dominated  public  opinion  in  the  South  along 

lines  no  -nio.  however  erudite,  can   infallihb    to"    ' 

Standing  as  we  do  to-day  upon  the  very  brink  of  history 
and  looking  hack  over   the  troubled   records  of  the   past   sixtv 


years,  the  ghosts  of  many  dead  policies  arise  shadowy  and 
pass  in  review  before  us ;  and  of  some  not  altogether  dead, 
as  the  protective  tariff,  which  so  nearly  precipitated  disruption 
when  South  Carolina  passed  her  celebrated  Nullification  Act; 
and  State  rights,  instinct  with  volcanic  fire  now  as  ever;  and 
slavery,  which,  far  from  being  settled,  has  only  assumed  a 
newer  and  uglier  garb,  masquerading  as  the  negro  question. 
Some  of  them,  like  the  fabled  Phoenix  of  old,  fanned  them- 
selves into  a  flame  which  was  self-destructive.  But  from  the 
dead  ashes  of  these  living  offspring  have  arisen  to  vex  the 
soul  of  modern  society  as  their  predecessors  vexed  the  bodies 
politic  and  social  of  their  day. 

It  is  plain  to  all  thoughtful  men  that  the  institution  of 
slavery,  mild,  benignant,  and  fraternal  as  that  institution  was 
as  it  existed  in  the  South  prior  to  the  days  of  Lloyd  Garri- 
son and  gentlemen  of  his  cult,  was  already  doomed,  and 
would  have  fallen  in  a  few  years  anyhow,  even  if  it  had  not 
been  drowned  in  the  blood  of  half  a  million  victims  in  the 
most  momentous  struggle  of  modern  times.  It  has  been  so 
in  Brazil,  in  Cuba,  in  all  the  South  American  republics,  and 
that  within  twenty  years  after  the  close  of  our  Civil  War. 
Some  one,  commenting  on  our  Civil  War,  has  remarked  that 
the  South  was  unlucky;  and  truly  has  she  been  unlucky,  be- 
fore the  war,  during  the  war,  since  the  war — before  the  war  in 
that  the  inevitable  institutional  revolution  which  must  have 
been  plainly  patent  to  the  thinking  men  of  that  day  could  not 
have  been  allowed  to  progress  peacefully  instead  of  eventuating 
in  a  fratricidal  strife  which  cost  her  the  lives  of  thousands 
of  the  flower  of  her  young  manhood,  only  to  end  in  a  miser- 
able fiasco,  for  the  negro  problem,  which  it  sought  to  solve, 
is  as  far  from  solution  now  as  then.  The  public  opinion  of 
the  Christian  world  as  well  as  the  fast-gathering  force  of  a 
strong  and  growing  and  thinking  minority  in  the  South  itself 
would  have  compelled  emancipation  in  a  few  years,  whether 
or  no  the  War  of  Secession  had  ever  been  fought  or  whether 
or  no  that  war  had  ended  in  her  triumph  or  defeat.  During 
the  war  in  that  a  larger  percentage  of  her  leadership,  her 
wisest  and  bravest  and  best,  laid  down  their  lives  for  her 
than  in  any  other  war  of  modern  times,  was  she  not  pitifully 
unlucky  in  the  loss  of  these  wise,  brave,  patriotic  leaders? 
After  the  war  she  was  more  than  unlucky  in  the  death  of  her 
truest  friend  in  the  North,  Abraham  Lincoln,  because  she 
herself  nurtured  the  assassin  who  wrought  this  fatal  murder; 
and  she  was  further  unlucky  m  that  this  murder  stretched 
her  helpless  and  friendless  at  the  feet  of  the  conqueror,  her 
destinies  to  be  decided,  her  history  written,  by  the  unrestrained 
passions   of   her   implacable   enemies. 

Had  she  been  victorious  and  disruption  been  accomplished, 
would  that  fact  have  been  an  unleavened  evil?  I  think  not 
It  seems  to  me  that  this  Union  of  ours  is  based  more  on  the 
force  of  reason  than  of  affection,  having  inherent  weaknesses 
in  the  diverse  interests  of  its  various  sections,  harmless  so 
long  as  angry  passions  are  not  aroused,  but  which  may  even 
tually  threaten  the  life  of  the  republic.  Ami  we  have  seen 
that  the  good  sense  and  steady  reason  of  the  Anglo-Saxon 
will  not  always  serve  as  a  protection.  The  probability  is  that 
long  ere  this  the  angry  passions  of  both  sections,  soothed  by 
the  sweet  influences  of  peaci  .  and  the  interchanges  inevitable 
hetw  eei i  two  peoples  so  nearly  akin  in  language,  blood,  and  habit 
of  thought,  would  have  subsided,  and  that  some  kind  of  work- 
ing entente  like  unto  that  which  existed  between  the  South 
African  republics  before  the  Boer  War  would  have  been  ar- 
ranged,  through  the  action  of  which  our  foreign  policies  would 


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have  been  in  unison  ;  while  many  of  the  economic  problems 
which  vex  to-day  our  domestic  policies  would  have  been 
avoided,  problems  which  threaten  the  life  of  our  civilization  if 
not  the  purity  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  race.  The  Fourteenth  and 
Fifteenth  Amendments  would  never  have  been  written.  The 
awful  nightmare  of  reconstruction  would  never  have  been 
suffered.  The  bitter  hatreds  growing  out  of  a  consciousness 
of  unmerited  injuries  suffered,  the  still  bitterer  ones  arising 
from  a  knowledge  of  vindictive  injuries  inflicted — these  would 
never  have  been  engendered  and  the  slavery  problem  would 
have  been  gradually  and  definitely  settled  by  the  South  her- 
self. From  her  education,  experience,  environments,  self- 
interest,  intimate  acquaintance  with  the  subject,  and  personal 
sympathy  and  affection  for  the  slave  -she  would  have  been  best 
fitted  to  cope  with  it,  under  laws  equally  in  the  interests  of 
both  races,  because  tempered  by  the  sympathy  which  then  ex- 
isted between  master  and  slave.  The  delusion  of  a  social  and 
political  equality,  with  its  long  train  of  evil  consequences ; 
discontent  of  both  races  with  the  existing  order  of  things; 
outrages  against  young  babes  and  aged  women,  crimes  re- 
volting to  the  very  demons  themselves ;  the  consequent  in- 
numerable lynchings,  debasing  to  our  civilization,  repugnant 
to  our  religion,  and  horrible  to  our  consciences,  but  which 
from  the  force  of  blunted  sensibilities  are  in  danger  of  becom- 
ing law ;  mutual  hatreds  and  animosities  degrading  alike  to 
■whites  and  blacks,  and  which  can  be  defended,  if  at  all,  only 
•on  the  plea  of  self-preservation,  and  which  replace  in  a  brief 
half  century  the  love  and  confidence  which  had  existed  be- 
tween the  races  for  generations  before;  a  saturnalia  of  venge- 
ance the  like  of  which  modern  times  has  never  beheld,  and 
at  the  memory  of  which  the  North  may  well  hang  her  head 
in  shame ;  the  demoniac  antipathy  of  the  races,  fast  hurrying 
us  along  a  path  the  distant  future  end  of  which  no  man  can 
foresee,  save  that  it  must  end  in  the  extermination  or  sub- 
jugation (probably  the  former)  of  the  weaker  race,  and  for 
which  the  North  will  be  directly  and  immediately  responsible 
— all  these  and  more  would  have  been  saved.  Christianity 
would  have  received  no  shock,  civilization  no  backset,  as  is 
now  threatened,  before  this  great  and  burning  problem  is 
finally  and  forever  settled.  Should  the  Northern  people  awake 
to  a  sense  of  their  own  moral  responsibility  on  the  one  hand, 
their  incapacity  to  cope  with  the  subject  on  the  other,  and 
be  prevailed  on  to  withhold  their  hands  from  further  inter- 
ference with  a  matter  of  which  they  have  no  practical  knowl- 
edge or  experience,  possibly  the  picture  might  be  brightened. 
Will  they  do  it?     Doubtful 


ROCK  ISLAND—AN  INCIDENT. 

BY    SEP   W.   ABBAY,  NASHVILLE,  TENN. 

My  old  comrade  and  fellow-prisoner,  Dr.  J.  B.  Foster,  now 
•of  Enzor,  Miss.,  relates  for  you  an  incident  that  occurred 
when  he  was  the  principal  actor  at  Rock  Island  Prison.  He 
would  give  his  only  loaf  of  bread  to  a  fellow-prisoner  whom 
he  thought  was  more  in  need  of  it  than  himself.  We  were 
always  hungry,  as  rations  were  very  scant.  Foster  undertook 
to  get  money  to  buy  rations  for  the  sufferers  of  Rock  Island 
Prison.  About  twenty-one  hundred  of  our  men  had  deserted 
and  joined  the  "Frontier  Service."  As  an  inducement  to  get 
the  prisoners  to  desert  and  join  the  United  States  army,  that 
government  offered  each  one  hundred  dollars  bounty.  Foster 
determined  to  try  to  get  some  of  this  money  for  the  use  in- 
dicated. 

These  deserters  were  allowed  to  come  in  to  the  main  prison 


to  get  water.  Foster  got  some  one  to  go  up  to  the  well  where 
they  were  and  see  if  he  could  not  find  some  one  who  had  re- 
ceived one  hundred  dollars  bounty  and  say  to  him  that  he 
had  a  friend  who  would  join  them  if  he  was  certain  they 
would  give  him  the  one  hundred  dollars  bounty.  Foster's 
man  was  successful,  and  he  told  the  deserter  that  he  would 
go  and  send  the  man  up  there  to  the  well  if  he  would  return 
bringing  the  money  with  him.  The  deserter  promised  to  do 
so.  Foster,  according  to  appointment,  went  to  meet  the  de- 
serter, who  said:  "I  have  five  of  the  prettiest  twenty-dollar 
bills  in  my  hand  you  ever  saw."  Going  behind  the  barrack 
and  opening  his  hand  to  show  his  money,  Foster  clasped  his 
left  hand  into  the  fellow's  open  hand  and  his  right  hand  went 
to  the  man's  throat,  and  he  choked  him  down  and  got  the 
one  hundred  dollars  and  ran  for  our  barrack,  where  he  be- 
longed. As  he  passed  me  he  said :  "Abbay,  there  is  going  to 
be  h —  to  pay  in  here  in  a  few  minutes."  He  never  stopped, 
but  kept  on  through  the  barrack,  and  in  a  little  while  he  re- 
turned in  an  entire  different  suit  of  clothes. 

Soon  a  lieutenant,  with  a  file  of  soldiers  and  the  owner  of 
the  hundred  dollars,  came  to  the  barrack  and  asked  for  the 
orderly.  I  responded,  when  he  ordered  me  to  call  my  men  in 
line.  Then  the  officer,  with  the  deserter  following  him,  came 
first  to  me  and  said:  "Is  this  the  man  who  got  your  money?" 
He  replied,  "No."  He  then  went  to  each  man  and,  placing 
his  hand  on  him,  asked  the  same  question,  the  fellow  answer- 
ing no,  until  he  came  to  Foster,  when  the  deserter  seemed 
to  be  puzzled.  At  last  he  said  no,  and  they  went  on  down 
the  line,  the  fellow  answering  no  to  every  man.  The  officer 
returned  to  Foster  and  asked  again  if  he  was  the  man  who 
got  the  money. 

Foster  by  this  time  became  angry.  He  always  twisted  his 
mouth  in  speaking  when  in  anger,  and  that  twist  of  the  mouth 
confirmed  the  man  who  had  lost  the  one  hundred  dollars. 
Shaking  his  clinched  fist  in  the  fellow's  face,  Foster  said: 
"Don't  you  say  I  got  your  money."  The  poor  fellow  said : 
"He's  the  man  because  he  twisted  his  mouth  that  way  when 
he  choked  me  down." 

The  officer  took  Foster  and  carried  him  out.  Foster  re- 
ported afterwards  that  they  stripped  him  nude  and  turned 
him  loose  in  the  prison.  The  snow  was  about  eight  inches 
deep,  and  a  north  wind  was  blowing,  with  the  mercury  nearly 
down  to  zero.  He  had  come  about  two  hundred  yards  in  the 
snow.  We  saw  him  coming,  and  he  was  nearly  frozen  and 
very  blue.  We  got  him  into  the  barrack  as  quickly  as  possible, 
and  it  was  but  a  few  minutes  before  we  had  him  clothed, 
sharing  our  scant  supply. 

Foster  was  kind-hearted  and  genial.  He  was  full  of  life 
and  fond  of  a  joke,  but  sometimes  carried  a  joke  too  far. 
On  several  occasions  when  he  drew  his  loaf  of  bread  he  would 
divide  it  and  go  without  until  the  next  day.  He  was  reck- 
less, therefore,  to  a  true  comrade,  but  he  despised  spies  and 
deserters.  He  was  born  near  Liberty,  Dekalb  County,  Tenn., 
and  studied  law  under  Col.  John  Savage.  He  went  to  Mis- 
sissippi about  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War.  He  joined  the 
15th  Mississippi  Infantry.  He  always  has  been  a  kind,  good 
fellow  and  a  true  friend.  He  read  medicine  several  years 
after  the  war  and  located  near  Meridian,  Miss.,  where  he  has 
been  practicing  medicine  for  about  i.'iirty  years. 


Report  of  Losses  at  Vicksburg — Flag  of  an  Illinois 
Regiment. — D.  W.  McMichael  writes :  "I  visited  Vicksburg  not 
long  ago  and  I  saw  on  the  tablets  as  well  as   I  can  remem- 


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ber  the  following:  'The  31st  Missouri  lost  at  Champion  Hill 
640  killed  and  wounded;  the  27th  Louisiana  lost  68  killed  and 
184  wounded.'  If  I  am  wrong,  the  tablets  will  correct  me.  I 
should  like  to  know  who  carried  the  44th  or  144th  Illinois 
regimental  flag.  We  got  a  beautiful  flag  at  Vicksburg  that 
belonged  to  one  of  these  two  Illinois  regiment-" 


REMINISCENCES  OF  AN  ARKANSTAN. 

BY    R.    T.    MARTIN,    HOWELL,   ARK. 

Some  incidents  of  my  experience  as  a  private  soldier  in 
Company  G,  18th  Arkansas,  would  perhaps  interest  the  read- 
ers of  the  VETERAN.  I  enlisted  at  Cotton  Plant,  Ark.,  in 
March,  1862,  before  I  was  sixteen.  We  marched  across  the 
country  to  Des  Arc,  on  White  River,  and  embarked  on  a 
small  steamboat,  the  Oker  Bell,  for  Pittman's  Ferry,  from 
which  place  we  were  ordered  back  to  Little  Rock,  and  landed 
at  Devall's  Bluff  on  March  9.  Rain  fell  in  torrents  thai 
but  we  pursued  our  journey  by  the  Memphis  and  Little  Rock 
Railroad  to  Argenta,  across  the  river  from  Little  Rock,  when 
we  were  -worn  into  service  by  Governor  Rector  and  ordered 
to  Cointh,  Miss.  The  order  was  countermanded  at  Memphis. 
and  we  were  sent  to  Island  No.  10.  on  the  Mississippi  River. 
Before  we  reached  that  place  the  Federals  had  possession  of 
it.  and  we  fell  back  to  Fort  Pillow.  1  remember  seeing  some 
of  our  unfortunate  comrades  floating  down  that  river  on  logs, 
who  were  rescued  by  members  of  our  company. 

From  Fort  Pillow  our  company  was  again  ordered  to 
Corinth,  where  we  remained  some  time.  We  engaged  in  the 
battle  of  Farmington,  between  Corinth  and  Shiloh,  our  first 
battle.  Shortly  afterwards  we  abandoned  Corinth  to  the  Fed- 
erals. I  was  left  with  others  as  a  detail  under  Maj.  John  G. 
Fletcher   to   burn    the   quartermaster   and   commissary   stores. 


R.   T.    MARTIN. 

We  remained  until  the  morning  after  the  army  had  gone, 
when  the  advance  of  1  Buell's  army  came  into  the  town; 

then  we  marched  for  alx>ut  twenty  mile-  to  Guntown,  a  point 
on  the   M.  &   <  ).   Railroad.     There  the   Fei  ld«   a    flank 

movement  and  raptured  a  train  load  of  our  sick  and  wounded, 
burning  the  train  with  a  few  of  our  sick  soldiers,  it  is  said, 
who  were   unable   to   get   off.  I      SOOtl      '   mdoned 

the  place,  leaving  our  sick  and  wounded,  who  wn<-  scattered 


around  under  bushes  and  sheds.  It  was  a  horrible  sight. 
Some  of  the  sick  were  lying  about  insensible,  covered  with 
flyblows.  We  administered  to  them  as  best  we  could,  then 
continued  our  march  to  Tupelo,  where  we  remained  until 
September  1. 

Under  the  commands  of  Generals  Van  Dorn  and  Price  we 
next  went  to  Iuka,  Mi>s..  where  we  engaged  in  a  desperate 
battle  for  several  hours,  after  which  we  continued  our  march 
to  Corinth  ;  but  on  our  way,  at  Chewalla,  we  met  the  enemy, 
and  had  quite  a  battle  on  October  3.  We  then  marched  on 
and  surrounded  Corinth,  lying  upon  our  arms  all  night,  while 
the  Federals  reenforced  as  many  as  four  deep  behind  their 
works.  On  the  morning  of  October  4,  with  Capt.  Charles 
Lynch  and  Lieutenants  Moore  and  Turner  commanding  the 
forty-six  men  present  in  our  company,  with  Colonel  Daly 
commanding  the  iSth  Arkansas,  and  General  Cabell  com- 
manding our  brigade.  Murray's  Division,  we  made  the  charge 
under  an  enfilading  tin,  over  fallen  timber,  until  we  reached 
the  breastworks  of  the  enemy.  Many  fell  upon  their  breast- 
works. 

When  the  smoke  had  cleared  away  and  we  were  forced  to 
retreat,  we  had  only  six  men,  leaving  the  others  killed  and 
wounded  on  the  field.  Our  colonel  was  killed,  the  horse  of 
General  Cabell  was  killed  under  him,  and  he  was  severely  in- 
jured by  the  failing  of  the  animal.  It  was  at  this  place  that 
be  almost  lost  his  entire  brigade,  and  here  1  saw  0111 
Colonel  Rogers,  commander  of  the  2d  Texas,  of  Moore's 
Brigade,  fall  from  his  horse  a  lifeless  hero.  His  bodj  rests 
where  he  fell,  under  a  monument  erected  to  his  memory. 

We  then  fell  back  in  the  direction  of  Ripley.  Mi--.,  and 
while  a  part  of  our  command  was  crossing  the  Hatchie  River 
Bridge  the  Federals  got  in  our  front  and  planted  their  bat- 
teries in  range  of  the  bridge,  opening  tire  upon  us.  It  was 
here  that  General  Price  took  command  and  carried  us  to 
Lumpkins  Mill,  on  the  Hatchie  River,  and  from  then-  we 
marched  through  the  little  town  of  Ripley  and  rested  the 
remnant  of  our  band  until  the  morning  of  October  5.  We 
then  marched  across  the  country  to  Holly  Springs,  remaining 
for  a  few  days,  and  then  we  were  sent  to  Jackson.  We  next 
marched  to  Tangipahoa,  La.,  across  the  country  by  way  of 
Clinton  to  Port  Hudson.  History  has  failed  to  give  justice 
to  the  valor  and  suffering  of  our  soldiers  in  the  battles  of 
Port  Hudson. 

We  were  consolidated  with  the  10th,  15th.  and  23d  Arkan- 
sas,  making  a  respectable  regiment,  with  Col.  O.  P.  Lyles  as 
senior  colonel  commanding.  We  were  put  to  work  building 
breastworks,  which  we  completed  for  five  miles  around  the 
fort  except  at  a  point  on  the  north  side,  which  remained  un- 
finished until  after  the  siege  opened  on  us  by  General  Banks's 
army.  It  was  then  completed  by  digging  rifle  pits  the  rest 
of  the  way.  We  were  unmolested  until  about  the  1st  of 
March,  1863,  and  it  was  then  that  Farragut's  tleet  came  up 
from  New  Orleans  and  anchored  below  the  fort.  It  bom- 
barded us  continually  until  the  night  of  March  14.  Then  they 
undertook  to  pass  up  the  river  by  our  batteries,  with  the  flag- 
ship Mississippi  leading.  The  Hartford  succeeded  in  pass- 
ing. The  Mississippi  was  fired  by  hot  shot  from  our  bat- 
teries,  and  her  officers  and  marine  soldiers  were  forced  to 
abandon  her,  leaving  her  to  float  down  the  river  on  fire.  It 
1-  said  that  the  entire  fleet  kept  ahead  of  the  Mississippi  for  a 
distance  of  fourteen  miles  to  avoid  the  danger  of  her  Mow- 
ing up.  On  the  morning  of  the  15th  we  picked  up  the  hero 
of  Manila,  Admiral  Dewey,  who  was  then  a  lieutenant  in 
[gut's    fleet,    with    nineteen    marine    soldiers.       The    fleet 


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then  returned  to  the  point  that  had  been  left  and  remained 
until  the  siege. 

It  was  on  the  evening  of  May  19,  1863,  that  our  out  pickets 
were  first  attacked  by  the  advance  of  Banks's  army.  We 
thought  it  was  a  part  of  Grayson's  Cavalry.  I  was  on  the  out- 
post at  the  time,  and  was  one  of  the  pickets  fired  upon.  We 
were  relieved  on  the  morning  of  the  20th.  Three  hundred 
men  were  called  as  volunteers  to  go  out  with  the  battery  of 
four  guns.  I  was  of  this  command.  We  went  four  miles 
east  and  lay  on  our  arms  until  the  morning  of  the  21st,  when 
we  heard  the  beating  of  drums  and  blowing  of  bugles  of  the 
advance  of  Banks's  army  coming  up  from  Baton  Rouge.  That 
capital  of  Louisiana  was  only  twenty  miles  below.  While  we 
were  in  line  of  battle,  with  a  crabapple  orchard  in  front  of 
us,  the  enemy  placed  their  batteries  in  position  and  opened 
on  us  with  grape  and  shell.  We  held  them  for  several  hours 
in  a  fierce  engagement,  and  then  fell  back  four  miles ;  but  con- 
tested every  inch  of  the  ground  until  we  received  a  fresh 
supply  of  ammunition.  Then  we  gained  the  ground  that  we 
had  fought  over  until  we  reached  the  position  we  had  held 
in  the  morning.  This  was  at  sundown.  We  then  marched 
off  the  field,  carrying  our  guns,  some  of  them  being  drawn 
by  two  horses  and  some  by  the  soldiers,  until  we  reached  the 
line  of  reinforcements  sent  for  our  rescue,  Miles's  Louisiana 
Legion. 

Banks's  army  soon  surrounded  us  with  forty  thousand  men, 
according  to  his  own  report.  We  had  in  the  fort  only  three 
thousand  men,  with  ten  days'  rations  of  meat  and  bread.  We 
had  plenty  of  sugar,  molasses,  and  salt,  and  a  few  peas,  which 
were  ground  for  our  breadstuff.  From  then  on  the  siege 
was  open  both  from  land  sources  and  Farragut's  fleet,  and 
there  was  not  the  snapping  of  a  finger  between  the  fire  of 
guns  and  cannon.  We  held  five  miles  of  works  day  and  night 
with  continual  loss  of  our  forces.  They  made  assault  after 
assault  upon  our  works,  but  we  repulsed  them  every  time. 
They  dug  up  to  our  works  so  close  that  they  could  throw 
hand  grenades  over  in  our  lines,  and  the  distance  was  so  short 
that  we  were  able  to  throw  them  back  into  their  own  lines 
before  they  would  explode.  They  attempted  to  blow  up  our 
works  at  many  points;  and  when  they  reenforced  a  weak  point 
to  get  into  our  works,  we  would  concentrate  at  that  point,  and 
we  defeated  them  every  time  with  great  loss  to  them. 

In  June  General  Banks  sent  in  a  flag  of  truce  to  General 
Gardner  demanding  unconditional  surrender,  saying  that  he  was 
in  position  to  open  on  us  the  next  morning  with  three  hundred 
pieces  of  artillery,  that  he  was  prepared  to  take  the  fort,  and 
that  as  his  men  had  suffered  so  much  since  they  had  engaged 
in  the  siege  he  would  be  unable  to  guarantee  to  our  soldiers 
the  protection  that  General  Gardner's  command  should  have. 
General  Gardner  declined  to  accept  his  demand,  saying  that 
if  he  could  take  the  fort  we  would  risk  the  result.  At  day- 
light the  next  morning  Banks  opened  on  us  with  his  artillery, 
and  made  a  general  charge  by  his  land  forces  on  our  fort. 
We  killed  twice  as  many  as  our  number,  still  defeating  them 
at  every  point. 

By  this  time  our  supplies  of  meat  had  been  exhausted,  and 
we  then  resorted  to  the  slaughtering  of  mules  and  horses, 
which  were  boiled  and  served  to  the  men  for  their  subsistence 
the  rest  of  the  siege.  On  July  4  they  threw  hand  grenades 
into  our  works  with  dispatches  stating  that  Vicksburg  had 
surrendered  and  we  had  as  well  give  up.  We  would  answer 
by  the  same  source  that  we  believed  the  statement  false.  We 
continued  fighting  until  the  8th  of  July,  when  the  condition 
of   the    capitulation    was    entered    into    whereby   the    privates 


and  noncommissioned  officers  were  to  be  paroled  and  the  of- 
ficers to  be  held  prisoners.  They  were  sent  to  Johnson's 
Island. 

On  the  morning  of  July  9  Banks  with  his  great  army 
marched  in  to  take  charge  of  the  fort.  On  marching  around 
us  at  the  point  on  the  bank  of  the  Mississippi  where  we  sur- 
rendered our  small  band  they  expressed  great  surprise 
at  the  small  number  of  soldiers  to  be  surrendered.  We 
were  treated  while  prisoners  as  kindly  as  could  be  expected. 
They  seemed  ashamed  to  think  that  they  had  been  held  at  bay 
so  long  by  the  handful  of  men  surrendered  to  them.  We 
were  paroled  in  a  few  days  and  sent  up  the  river  to  Natchez, 
where  the  few  of  us  left  returned  to  our  homes.  My  com- 
pany had  l'rst  and  last  one  hundred  and  forty-nine  men;  and 
when  we  returned  home,  there  were  only  nineteen  present. 

In  September  we  reported  to  the  Trans-Mississippi  Army 
for  duty,  I,  with  others,  joining  Captain  Anderson's  com- 
pany, 1  st  Arkansas  Cavalry,  Dobbin's  Regiment,  and  in  1864 
I  went  with  my  command,  under  General  Price,  into  Mis- 
souri. We  went  within  thirty  miles  of  St.  Louis  and  also 
up  the  Missouri  River  to  Kansas  City,  engaging  in  battle  at 
numbers  of  points  up  to  that  place,  and  there  we  met  our 
Waterloo.  A  strong  Federal  force  had  been  concentrated  at 
that  point.  At  one  time  we  were  entirely  surrounded,  but 
we  cut  our  way  out  with  great  loss.  We  were  forced  to  re- 
treat south  for  several  hundred  miles,  fighting  nearly  every 
day.  We  had  no  forage  for  our  horses  or  provisions  for 
our  men,  for  we  had  lost  our  train  and  all  the  supplies.  For 
several  days  we  were  with  nothing  to  eat  except  ears  of  corn 
from  occasional  fields  along  the  march.  Part  of  our  army 
went  on  down  into  South  Arkansas,  while  the  regiment  I 
belonged  to  came  back  to  Eastern  Arkansas,  where  we  en- 
gaged in  many  battles  around  Helena  and  other  places  until 
the  close  of  the  war. 

I  formally  surrendered  at  Helena  June  20,  1865,  since  when 
I  have  been  a  citizen  of  Cotton  Plant  and  Howell.  "Little 
Tom  Martin"  would  like  to  hear  from  any  of  his  comrades. 


MEDAL  FOR  PAPER  ON  JEFFERSON  DAVIS. 

The  President  of  the  Tennessee  Division,  U.  D.  C,  Mrs. 
M.  B.  Pilcher,  offered  to  the  students  of  the  public  schools  of 
Tennessee  under  seventeen  years  of  age  a  gold  medal  for 
the  best  paper  on  the  life  and  character  of  Jefferson  Davis. 
Competition  was  open  to  the  entire  State.  Each  principal 
was  to  select  the  three  best  essays  submitted  by  all  the  stu- 
dents and  send  them  to  the  County  Superintendent,  who  was 
to  select  the  three  best  from  all  of  his  schools  and  send  them 
to  the  State  Superintendent. 

Professor  Jones,  the  State  Superintendent,  selected  three 
college  professors  and  two  lady  librarians,  both  of  whom 
were  well  up  in  literature;  and  of  the  nineteen  papers  sub- 
mitted, that  of  Miss  Camille  Fitzpatrick,  only  thirteen  years 
old,  was  considered  most  worthy  of  the  medal.  She  is  the 
daughter  of  the  late  Hon.  Morgan  Fitzpatrick,  who  was  State 
Superintendent  of  Public  Schools  and  later  a  member  of  Con- 
gress, a  gifted  and  popular  Southerner,  who,  with  brief  ex- 
perience in  journalism,  revived  the  Hartsville  Vidette,  pub- 
lished at  Hartsville,  Tenn.,  under  direction  of  Gen.  John  H. 
Morgan  during  the  war. 

This  delightful  girl  is  not  content  to  rest  upon  the  honor 
achieved  by  the  prize  paper  on  the  South's  great  and  faithful 
advocate  in  her  struggle  for  the  principles  inherited,  but  she 
has  pursued  with  diligence  her  studies.     In  the  last  quarterly 


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examination  of  her  school  in  Gallatin  she  made  an  average  of 
99  11-12,  the  best  grade  made  in  the  school  and  the  second 
best  ever  made  in  the  twenty-two  years  of  its  existence. 

Jefferson  Davis. 

One  hundred  years  ago  a  boy  was  born  in  Qiristian  County, 
Ky.,  who  was  to  become  one  of  history's  most  honored  char- 
acters and  a  man  who  could  distinguish  himself  also  in  the 
time  of  peace.  This  boy  was  Jefferson  Davis.  Born  of  ob- 
scure parentage,  but  noble  blood,  he  attained  the  heights  which 
none  but  great  men  have  ever  attained.  He  studied  at  Tran- 
sylvania College  to  prepare  himself  for  the  duties  of  peace 
and  at  West  Point  to  gain  the  military  training  for  which 
he  afterwards  had  such  great  use. 

Prior  to  the  war  Mr.  Davis  married  the  daughter  of  Zachary 
Taylor  without  that  gentleman's  consent.  In  the  great  battles 
of  the  Mexican  War,  especially  Monterey  and  Buena  Vista, 
Mr.  Davis  was  equaled  by  none  for  the  deeds  of  heroic  chiv- 
alry which  few  but  him  could  have  performed  with  the  same 
manly  valor.  After  seeing  Mr.  Davis's  great  deeds  of  bravery 
and  chivalry,  Mr.  Taylor  sent  for  him  and  forgave  him. 

No  officer  before  or  after  Mr.  Davis  has  had  such  a  pe- 
culiar charm  over  his  men.  He  could  look  into  their  faces 
before  going  into  battle  and  see  the  trust  in  their  eyes  which 
seemed  to  say:  "Yea,  though  I  walk  through  the  valley  of 
the  shadow  of  death,  I  will  fear  no  evil:  for  thou  art  with  me." 

What  greater  tribute  could  Mr.  Davis  pay  to  the  noble 
women  of  the  South  than  after  the  war  when  he  wrote  the 
"Rise  and  Fall  of  the  Confederate  Government"  and  dedicated 
it  to  the  women  of  the  South  in  these  words :  "To  the  women 
of  the  Confederacy,  whose  pious  ministrations  to  our  wounded 
soldiers  soothed  the  last  hours  of  those  who  died  far  from  the 
objects  of  their  tenderest  love;  whose  domestic  labors  con- 
tributed much  to  supply  the  wants  of  our  defenders  in  the 
field;   whose  zealous  faith  in  our  cause  shone  a  guiding  star 


undimmed  by  the  darkest  clouds  of  war ;  whose  fortitude  sus- 
tained them  under  all  the  privations  to  which  they  were  sub- 
jected; whose  floral  tribute  annually  expresses  their  enduring 
love  and  reverence  for  our  sacred  dead ;  and  whose  patriotism 
will  teach  their  children  to  emulate  the  deeds  of  our  Revolu- 
tionary sires ;  these  pages  are  dedicated  by  their  countryman, 
Jefferson  Davis?" 

He  was  both  a  Representative  and  a  Senator  from  the  State 
of  Mississippi,  and  none  who  knew  this  man  can  question  as 
to  the  way  he  filled  these  offices.  Mr.  Davis  was  made  Presi- 
dent of  the  Confederate  States,  and  no  record  save  that  which 
history  records  of  the  war  of  1861-65  's  needed  to  tell  of  this 
great  responsibility  which  he  performed  so  well  and  the  love, 
respect,  and  esteem  bestowed  upon  him  by  all  the  world.  At 
this  time  among  an  era  of  great  men  Mr.  Davis  was  great 
among  the  greatest. 

After  Lee's  surrender,  Mr.  Davis  was  preparing  to  cross  the 
Mississippi  River  and  obtain  some  terms  from  the  Federal 
government  with  a  more  lenient  course  in  view  toward  the 
already  overtaxed  people  of  the  South,  when  he  was  cap- 
tured by  the  Federals.  At  the  time  of  his  capture  he  was  try- 
ing to  obtain  something  for  his  beloved  Southern  people ;  like 
all  great  men,  never  thinking  of  themselves,  but  only  trying 
to  do  more  for  the  cause  and  country  which  they  represent. 

The  greatest  blot  on  the  pages  of  American  history  is  Mr. 
Davis's  imprisonment  at  Fortress  Monroe.  Nothing  should 
hind  Southern  people  more  closely  to  the  Confederacy  than 
to  think  of  the  way  the  Federals  treated  our  greatest  patriot, 
most  cherished  and  distinguished  hero  an  J  martyr,  Jefferson 
Davis. 

After  remaining  in  prison  for  two  years,  encountering  the 
hardships  which  must  naturally  come  with  such  a  life,  he  was 
bailed  and  allowed  to  return  to  his  Mississippi  home.  There 
he  lived  quietly,  and  was  more  beloved  than  when  he  was 
President  of  the  ill-fated  Confederacy.  His  bitterest  political 
enemies  went  on  his  bail,  showing  that  in  the  last  even  his 
enemies  were  willing  to  admit  that  he  and  the  cause  which 
he  represented  were  in  the  right. 

How  sweet  must  have  been  the  songs  of  the  birds  to  our 
great  hero !  And  still  sweeter  and  more  beautiful  to  him 
must  have  been  the  noble-blooded  women  of  the  South,  who 
came  to  pay  little  tributes  of  love  and  kindness  and  to  brighten 
the  last  days  of  our  most  zealous  countryman ;  for  he  was  a 
true  American  now,  and  no  more  did  he  have  to  face  the  noisy 
tumult  of  war,  and  the  bugle's  call  came  to  be  to  him  only  a 
vague  dream  around  which  the  phantom  hopes  of  an  old  man 
lingered  and  played. 

None  but  the  truly  great  could  go  through  all  this  man  went 
through  with  and  come  out  with  the  stainless  character  and 
sublime  honors,  all  of  which  Mr.  Davis  so  richly  deserved. 

What  greater  honor  could  man  wish  to  have  bestowed  upon 
him  than  for  his  name  to  be  given  as  an  example  by  which 
the  footsteps  of  his  youthful  countrymen  should  be  guided  to 
lead  to  a  goal  of  fame  and  eternal  happiness  and  rest  ?  No 
more  could  possibly  be  required  to  make  a  man  great.  Mr. 
Davis  had  this,  and  much  more;  so  we  may  truly  call  him  one 
of  the  greatest  men,  if  not  the  greatest,  which  the  pages  of 
history  record.  Though  history's  pages  may  decay  and  be 
thrown  away,  Mr.  Davis's  good  deeds  will  remain  with  us. 

"You  may  break,  you  may  shatter  the  vase  if  you  will, 
But  the  scent  of  the  roses  will  cling  round  it  still." 


CAMIU.E   FITZPATRICK 


If  there  were  more  lives  like  his,  more  such  stanch  patriots 


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and  heroic  citizens,  what  a  grand  and  noble  republic  we  should 
have!  And  it  is  just  such  examples  as  he  has  left  us  that 
are  helping  to  make  honest  citizens  for  the  ruling  and  gov- 
erning powers  of  America — nay,  we  hope  to  say  in  a  few 
years  of  the  world.  Jefferson  Davis  is  stamped  upon  the  mind 
and  heart  of  every  young  American. 

On  this,  the  3d  of  June,  we  dedicate  within  our  hearts  mon- 
uments of  love  and  devotion  to  Mr.  Davis  and  the  noble  cause 
which  he  represented — monuments  not  made  with  hands,  but 
those  which  will  last  throughout  eternity.  And  we  know 
could  Mr.  Davis  look  back  a  moment  from  his  beautiful  home 
in  the  heavens  he  would  appreciate  these  monuments  in  our 
hearts  more  than  all  the  structures  earthly  hands  could  erect. 
But  as  he  cannot  come  back,  but  lies  sleeping,  sleeping  where 
no  earthly  voices  obtrude  to  break  the  stillness  and  quietude 
of  his  slumbers,  we  will  keep  dear  his  memory  and  that  of 
our  noble  forefathers  who  fought  for  us  under  his  guidance. 

How  proud  we  should  be  of  these  men !  and  few  of  us  are 
lacking  in  pride  for  them — not  vain  pride,  for  the  gold  which 
adorns  the  uniforms  of  great  men ;  for  our  heroes  wore  no 
such  clothes.  Our  men  said :  "Let  the  enemy  wear  the  rai- 
ment adorned  with  gold  now,  and  after  the  war  we  shall  wear 
it,  and  wear  it  honestly,  for  we  are  going  to  gain  this  land 
in  which  to  make  our  homes."  And  they  gained,  though  the 
losers.     "Gloria  Victis." 

When  they  went  to  sleep  'neath  the  mossy  sod  and  the  grass 
and  flowers  grew  over  their  heads,  who  of  us  could  walk 
silently  through  the  old  churchyard  and  come  away  without 
a  firm  resolve  in  our  hearts  to  keep  a  stainless  name  for  all 
this  land  they  left  in  our  care? 

Our  fancy  now  weaves  around  Mr.  Davis  a  warp  of  golden 
threads  as  he  sits  an  illuminated  vision  around  which  angels 
dance  and  sing.  He  knows  no  sorrow,  no  care,  but  lives  the 
life  he  deserves.  What  a  vivid  charm  and  magnetism  this 
man  possessed!  Not  like  the  fairy  stories,  the  imagined  hero 
steals  his  fair  prize  and  slips  away  into  the  dark  recesses  of 
the  descending  night,  our  hero  is  real  and  takes  his  bride  away 
to  prove  himself  worthy  of  her;  and  our  hero  did  not  have  to 
beg  forgiveness,  but  was  sent  for  and  forgiven  because  he 
had  proven  himself  worthy  of  any  man's  daughter. 

What  a  delightful  romance  the  story  of  this  great  mar's 
life  was !  All  kinds  of  stories,  in  fact,  can  be  gathered  from 
his  life — romance,  drama,  fiction — and  who  of  us  does  not  en- 
joy war  stories?  They  have  a  fascinating  charm  about  them 
which  stills  children  to  sleep,  and  told  by  an  old  warrior  kindle 
the  first  spark  of  enthusiasm  for  war  in  the  boys  of  our  coun- 
try. 

Long  years  after  our  boys  have  grown  to  be  men  they  will 
tell  their  children  stories  of  Jefferson  Davis,  always  adding  more 
until  by  his  two  hundredth  anniversary  the  American  people 
will  have  builded  about  him  a  story  that  will  penetrate  the 
skies  and  reach  down  into  the  lowest  recesses  of  earth.  But 
what  strange,  alluring  story  of  him  could  we  tell  that  would 
not  be  true?  for  he  was  a  wonderful  man,  and  wonderful 
things  always  happen  to  wonderful  men. 

So  taking  his  life  for  our  topic  we  might  write  on  and  on, 
and  still  there  would  be  something  unsaid  about  Jefferson 
Davis — always  more  to  tell  of  his  life,  of  his  character,  a 
never-ending  story  of  pathos,  love,  and  devotion  to  an  un- 
swerving cause  and  a  martyr  among  men.  Are  there  any  more 
men  like  Jefferson  Davis?  Will  there  ever  be  any  more  men 
like  him?  We  don't  know;  the  material,  the  foundation  is  here, 
and  we  have  only  to   shape  and  guide  these   lives   into   like- 


nesses of  our  loved  Davis.  Why  not  help  to  do  this?  And 
help  we  will  and  do  all  that  is  within  our  power  to  make  other 
men  approach  this  model  man. 


THE  FIFTH  VIRGINIA  CAVALRY. 

ITS  RECORD  BY   COM.   P.   J.   WHITE,  OF  R.  E.   LEE  CAMP. 

'Mid  the  ruin  and  destruction  that  followed  the  capture  of 
their  home  and  the  city  of  their  birth  Vergil  in  his  immortal 
epic  tells  us  of  an  interview  between  "the  shade  of  the  mighty 
Hector"  and  the  future  founder  of  the  Roman  line,  in  which 
the  immortal  hero  uses  these  words : 

"Think  not  of  home  or  country's  claims; 

Country  and  home,  alas !   are  names. 

Could  Troy  be  saved  by  hands  of  men, 

This  hand  had  saved  her  then,  e'en  then ; 

The  gods  of  her  domestic  shrines 

That  country  to  your  care  consigns; 

Receive  them  now  to  share  your  fate. 

Provide  them  mansions  strong  and  great." 
With  a  slight  paraphrase,  this  language  might  have  been 
used  by  that  greatest  of  all  leaders,  "who,  as  brave  as  Achilles, 
as  skilled  as  Ulysses,  and  as  faithful  as  Achates,  was  Caesar 
without  his  ambition,  Napoleon  without  his  cruelty,  and  Wash- 
ington without  his  reward."  Returning  from  fateful  Appo- 
mattox and  beholding  the  blackened  walls  and  desolated 
homes  of  our  modern  Troy,  Lee  was  still  the  wise  leader  and 
counselor  in  restoring  the  fallen  fortunes  of  our  common  coun- 
try. Of  the  men  who  followed  his  lead,  shared  his  fortunes, 
and  suffered  in  his  defeat,  history  will  take  due  account  in 
the  years  to  come.  It  is  our  pleasant  privilege  to  talk  of  that 
regiment  to  which  we  all  belonged  and  which  formed  no  in- 
considerable part  of  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia — the  5th 
Virginia  Cavalry. 

This  regiment  of  ten  companies  was  first  organized  at 
Green's  Farm,  near  Richmond,  Va.,  in  May,  1862,  though  sev- 
eral of  the  companies — A,  E,  and  F,  at  least — had  seen  serv- 
ice, Companies  A  and  E  being  organized  several  years  before 
the  commencement  of  the  war.  They  were  present  at  the 
battle  of  Bethel,  June  10,  1861,  nearly  a  year  before  the  or- 
ganization of  the  5th  Virginia  Cavalry.  Company  F  was  or- 
ganized in  May,  1861. 

The  regiment,  under  Lieut.  Col.  H.  C.  Pate,  moved  down 
on  the  Nine-Mile  Road  some  days  before  the  battle  of  Seven 
Pines,  May  31,  1862.  Gen.  T.  L.  Rosser,  a  graduate  of  West 
Point,  and  lieutenant  in  the  Washington  Artillery,  of  New 
Orleans,  was  made  colonel  of  the  same.  The  officers  were 
as  follows:  Colonel,  T.  L.  Rosser;  Lieutenant  Colonel,  H.  C. 
Pate;  Major,  Thomas  Eells;  Adjutant,  Willie  Abell ;  Com- 
pany A,  Captain  Puller ;  Company  B,  Captain  Windsor ; 
Company  C,  Captain  Wilson;  Company  D,  Captain  Bullock; 
Company  E,  Captain  Todd;  Company  F,  Captain  Miller;  Com- 
pany G,  Captain  Clay;  Company  H,  Captain  Allen;  Company 
I,  Captain  Crank;  Company  K,  Captain  Pannill. 

Only  one  of  these  officers  reached  Appomattox,  and  he  had 
been  several  times  wounded  and  promoted  to  another  com- 
mand. All  of  the  others  save  three  were  killed,  and  they  had 
left  the  regiment  and  had  been  wounded. 

The  regiment  numbered  probably  seven  hundred  men.  In 
the  battle  of  Seven  Pines  and  the  Seven  Days'  battles  around 
Richmond  the  regiment  did  scouting  and  picket  duty,  and  saw 
hard  service.  It  acted  as  advance  guard  for  Gen.  Stonewall 
Jackson  in  his  advance  to  attack  McClellan's  right  at  Gaines's 
Mill.  The  regiment  marched  with  the  army  to  Second  Manas- 
sas, at  which  battle  it  was  placed  on  the  right,  and  lost  sev- 


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eral  men ;  thence  to  Maryland,  and  in  the  several  cavalry 
fights  preceding  Sharpsburg  it  took  part.  In  that  battle  the 
regiment  was  on  the  Confederate  left,  and  supported,  with 
others,  a  battery  of  artillery,  losing  several  men.  On  the  re- 
tirement of  General  Lee's  army  on  the  second  night  after  the 
battle  the  regiment,  owing  to  the  darkness,  rode  over  many 
dead  and  wounded  men  who  had  not  been  removed  from  the 
battlefield. 

By  easy  stages  the  army  marched  to  Winchester,  whence, 
after  resting,  it  marched  to  Fredericksburg  to  oppose  General 
Burn^ide,  the  new  commander  of  the  Federal  army.  In  the 
battle  here  on  December  13,  1862,  our  regiment  was  present, 
though  not  actively  engaged. 

The  winter  of  1862  w^as  spent  in  watching  and  picketing 
General  Lee's  left  flank,  the  regiment  camping  a  portion  of 
the  time  near  Culpeper.  From  this  camp  early  on  the  morn- 
ing of  the  i/lh  of  March.  1863.  the  regiment,  with  the  balance 
of  Fitz  l.ee's  men,  was  hurried  down  to  Kelly's  Ford,  on  the 
Rappahannock  River,  to  repel  a  large  force  of  Yankee  e.n 
airy  who  were  crossing  there.  After  a  very  severe  tight,  the 
enemy  were  driven  back  across  the  river;  but  in  the  engage- 
ment the  regiment  lost  several  men  killed,  among  them  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Puller.  Here  also  Major  Pelham,  of  the  Stuart 
Horse  Artillery,  while  leading  a  cavalry  charge  was  killed 

In  the  battle  of  Chancellorsville,  which  occurred  soon  after- 
wards, the  5th  Regiment  accompanied  General  Jackson  on 
his  famous  flank  movement  against  General  Hooker's  right. 
and  was  very  near  General  Jackson  when  he  was  wounded. 
It  took  an  active  part  in  this  fight  and  in  the  lights  which  fol- 
lowed. 

From  Chancellorsville  the  regiment  accompanied  the  army 
to  Pennsylvania.  At  Aldie,  Loudoun  County.  Va..  the  5th 
Regiment  had  a  very  severe  and  disastrous  light,  losing  many 
mm.  including  Lieutenant  Boston,  of  Company  I.  who  was 
taken  prisoner,  and  who  was  afterwards  colonel  of  the  regi 
ment.  In  the  march  to  Gettysburg  and  in  the  battle  and  sub- 
it  events  the  5th  Regiment  bore  an  honorable  part. 
acting  as  rear  guard  for  the  army  on  its  return  to  Virginia. 

falland  winter  of  18(13  was  -pent  in  Culpeper,  Orange. 
and  Madison  Counties,  guarding  General  I  •  e's  flanks.  Many 
stirring  events  cannot  be  mentioned  here,  as  we  must  hurry 
on  to  that  most  terrific  campaign  which  commenced  about 
May  4.  1864,  and  did  not  let  up.  so  far  a-  the  cavalry  was 
concerned,  until  the  end  was  reached  at  Appomattox. 

Advancing  with  Lee's  army  into  the  Wilderness  on  May  5, 
1864,  the  regiment  came  tirst  into  contact  with  the  Yankees  on 
the  Plank  Road  on  our  right,  near  Todd's  Tavern.  On  the 
morning  of  May  (1.  Longstreet  having  just  arrived  when  lie 
1  orely  needed,  the  battle  was  joined,  and  from  the  Plank 
Road  to  pike  and  pike  to  the  Plank  Road  the  contending 
legions  wrestled  in  .1  ierci  death  grapple.  Longstreet  in  the 
midst  of  a  successful  flank  movement  was  shot  down 

Gordon  on  the  pike  had  made  a  successful  flank  movement, 
capturing  many  prisoners,  until  dark. 

The  cavalry  wi  llong  the  Brock   Road  to  cheek 

the  Yankee  advance  toward  Spottsylvania  C  II.  which  they 
successfully  did,  though  opposed  by  heavy  masses  of  infantry 
and  Sheridan's  cavalry,  yet  our  losses  were  severe.  The  cav 
airy  slowly  retired  from  Todd's  Tavern  toward  Spottsylvania 
1  II..  and  when  near  the  latter  their  places  were  taken  by  the 
infantry. 

On  May  9.  Sheridan's  men  having   |  ur  flank  on  their 

raid    toward    Richmond,    the    cavalry,    under    General    Stuart, 
st.irtnl    111    pursuit,    and    had    many    combat!    with    Sheridan's 


rear  guard  until  overtaken  near  Yellow  Tavern,  about  eight 
miles  from  Richmond,  on  the  nth  of  May,  1864.  There  oc- 
curred the  severest  and  probably  the  most  disastrous  fight,  so 
far  as  our  regiment  was  concerned,  that  took  place  during 
the  war. 

Sheridan,  finding  that  he  would  be  unable  to  enter  Rich- 
mond on  account  of  several  brigades  of  infantry  guarding  the 
city,  turned  back  upon  our  cavalry  with  his  overwhelming 
force. 

In  the  hasty  arrangement  of  our  lines  to  meet  them  the 
5th  Regiment  occupied  the  left,  and  after  changing  position 
once  or  twice  was  finally  massed  in  a  cut  in  the  road  about 
a  mile  or  so  beyond  Yellow  Tavern  with  orders  to  hold  the 
same  at  all  hazards  Here  were  killed  Colonel  Pate,  Captains 
Wilson,  Fox,  and  Clay,  and  many  men.  General  Stuart,  when 
he  saw  from  a  short  distance  the  gallant  defense  that  the  n  gl 
ment  was  making,  sent  Colonel  Garnett,  of  his  staff,  to  Colo- 
nel Pate  to  renew  his  request  to  hold  the  position.  This  was 
not  more  than  one  or  two  minutes  before  he  was  killed,  so 
Colonel  Garnett  himself  said.  When  Colonel  Pate  fell,  shot 
through  the  head,  General  Stuart,  seeing  him  fall,  said  to 
those  about  him:  "Pate  has  died  the  death  of  a  hero." 

Were  thej  not  all  heroes  in  that  fiery  ordeal,  whether  they 
suffered  cruel  death  or  whether  thej  escaped  to  tell  the  story! 
Unable  to  hold  the  position  and  with  so  many  officers  and 
men  either  killed  or  wounded,  the  remainder  of  the  regiment 
retreated  in  disordei     cro  widi      1  d  in  the  rear  of  their 

position. 

General   Stuart's   left,  being  thus  turned  and  pressed  heavily 
in   front,  also  fell  back  a  short  distance,  when  he  was  again 
charged  by  a  mounted  force  of  Yankees,  who,  though  sui  1  1 
ful  for  a  while,  were  finally  driven  back.     In  this  charge  Gen 
eral    Stuart   was   mortally   wounded,   and    died   the   next    day. 
May  12.  1864. 

The  losses  in  the  regiment  are  estimated  at  from  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  to  two  hundred  men  altogether  in  killed, 
wounded,  and  prisoners — about  one-half  of  our  number. 

Sheridan  moved  eastward  with  his  command;  and  after 
some  fighting  .1!  Meadow  Bridges,  he  crossed  the  Chioka- 
hominy  River  lower  down  at  Bottom's  Bridge  and  marched 
to  Haxall's  Landing,  on  James  River,  our  command  follow 
ing  him  some  ten  or  twelve  mile-  east  of  Richmond  on  the 
Darbytown  Road.  Returning  to  the  army  at  Hanover  Junc- 
tion,  the  cavalry  moved  bj  the  right  flank  and  took  part  in 
all  tin  1  1:  1  meiits  up  to  and  including  the  battle  of  Cold 
Harbor,  where  the  regiment  was  again  heavily  engaged  ami 
met  with  considerable  loss,  and  indeed  was  relieved  just  in 
time  to  avoid  capture  in  the  fierce  battle  of  June  3.  [864 
After  remaining  here  a  few  days  and  watching  Sheridan,  it 
was  learned  thai  he  wax  on  the  move  toward  Gordonsville  with 
his  large  force  of  cavalry. 

Stan  ce,  lie    command  marched  toward  Trevillian's 

Station  to  meel   tins  new   movement,  where  on  the  in 

12th   of   June,   after   heavy   lighting   and  On    both 

-id.-.  Sheridan  was  driven  back  •■<  1.  treated  aero--  the  North 
Anna  River  at  Carpenter's  Ford  He  then  fell  back  to  the 
White  House,  marching  from  that  place  to  cross  the  James 
River  on  the  pontoon  bridge  at  Bermuda  Hundred.  Sending 
a  portion  of  his  force  under  Gregg  to  St.  Mary's  Chinch,  in 
Charles  Citj  County,  to  protect  his  trains  during  the  crossing 
of  the  river,  thej  met  1  .en.  Fit?  lac  and  General  Hampton. 
and  after  a  stubborn  light  retreated  in  confusion,  and  were 
pursued  nearlj  to  Charles  City  Courthouse. 
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crossed  the  James  River,  our  command  crossed  also  at 
Drury's  Bluff  and  marched  through  Petersburg  to  Reams 
Station,  and  there  met  and  utterly  defeated  a  large  force  of 
Yankee  cavalry  under  Wilson.  They  had  been  on  a  raid 
against  the  railroads  on  the  south  side  and  were  returning 
with  a  great  many  negroes,  men,  women,  and  children,  whom 
they  were  carrying  off,  together  with  much  stolen  loot,  most 
of  which  was  retaken,  with  nearly  one  thousand  negroes, 
many  of  them  mothers  with  babies  in  their  arms.  I  was  told 
by  a  member  of  my  company  that  some  of  the  Yankee  officers 
when  marched  as  prisoners  to  Petersburg  with  the  negro 
women  were  made  to  carry  their  babies  in  their  arms  as  a 
punishment. 

On  this  battlefield  we  camped  during  the  hot  month  of 
July,  picketing  in  Prince  George  County  and  scouting  occa- 
sionally. In  the  last  days  of  the  month  we  were  hurriedly 
marched  through  Petersburg  and  across  James  River  at  Chaf- 
fin's  Bluff  to  meet  an  attack  at  Fussell's  Mill.  The  Yankees, 
having  succeeded  in  drawing  a  large  force  of  our  men  to  the 
north  side  of  James  River,  rushed  their  men  back  to  Peters- 
burg and  blew  up  the  Crater  before  we  could  get  many  of  our 
men  back,  yet  it  resulted  in  great  loss  to  themselves. 

About  the  1st  of  August,  1864,  we  had  welcome  news  that 
we  were  going  to  the  Valley  of  Virginia,  and,  together  with 
Kershaw's  Division  of  infantry,  our  division  of  cavalry  started. 
To  those  who  had  been  campaigning  in  the  swamps  of  the 
Chickahominy  and  James  River  and  along  the  fearfully  dusty 
roads  about  Richmond  and  Petersburg  this  news  was  most 
agreeable. 

After  a  long  march  to  Winchester  to  join  General  Early 
and  an  advance  to  the  vicinity  of  Harper's  Ferry  and  return, 
during  which  occurred  some  sharp  cavalry  fighting,  we  came 
to  the  battle  of  Winchester,  September  19.  Placed  on  the 
Martinsburg  Road  on  the  Confederate  left,  the  regiment  was 
severely  engaged  all  day,  and  lost  many  men.  Among  them 
two  of  my  own  company  were  killed,  one  a  noble  boy  and 
formerly  my  messmate. 

As  the  sun  was  slowly  approaching  the  horizon  the  last 
Confederate  army  ever  in  Winchester  passed  out.  Retreating 
in  good  order  before  overwhelming  odds  of  four  to  one, 
our  division  marched  up  the  Page  Valley. 

At  Luray  on  the  24th  of  September,  five  days  after  the  bat- 
tle of  Winchester,  our  little  brigade  was  turned  about  and 
marched  back  several  miles  to  meet  the  enemy,  who  were 
pushing  on  behind.  In  this  combat  our  regiment  suffered 
heavily,  losing  many  men,  one  of  my  own  company  being 
killed  and  another  left  for  dead  behind  a  pile  of  rails.  Many 
were  taken  prisoners,  one  escaping  through  refuge  up  a  chim- 
ney.    Our  adjutant  was  also  killed,  and  indeed  few  were  left. 

We  received  reinforcements  at  Bridgewater  after  a  long, 
tiresome,  and  circuitous  march.  We  advanced  again,  and 
Sheridan  began  to  retreat,  burning  mills,  barns,  grain,  and  in 
many  instances  dwelling  houses,  creating  scenes  of  desolation 
and  distress. 

Pressing  on,  we  had  many  combats  with  the  rear  guard 
and  saw  many  houses  in  flames  and  homeless  women  and  chil- 
dren in  tears.  Stopping  on  the  banks  of  Linville  Creek  to  rest 
for  a  few  minutes,  we  saw  White's  Battalion  of  Rosser's  Bri- 
gade engaged  in  the  pleasant  diversion  of  shooting  prisoners 
caught  in  the  act  of  burning  houses.  In  a  running  fight  with 
Custer's  rear  guard  we  pressed  them  so  closely  that  they 
dropped  many  chickens  which  they  had  stolen  from  the  farmers 
along  the  road. 

Still   pursuing   them   the   next   day,   we   drove   them   across 


Toms  Creek  beyond  their  infantry  support  on  another  road. 
In  this  affair  Captain  Brown,  of  Company  A,  was  badly 
wounded.  The  next  day  they  turned  on  us  in  overwhelming 
odds  and  drove  us  in  confusion  from  the  field  with  severe 
loss.  About  ten  days  afterwards  we  were  at  Strasburg  on 
picket,  and  then  advanced  in  front  of  Gordon  in  his  mem- 
orable night  attack  at  Cedar  Creek,  October  19,  1864,  where 
we  drove  the  enemy  from  their  camp  down  to  and  below 
Middletown,  capturing  many  prisoners  and  much  camp  equi- 
page, including  General  Sheridan's  servant  and  milch  cow  and 
General  Emory's  horses.  Owing  to  our  failure  to  push  the 
pursuit,  the  Yankees  rallied  and  came  against  us  with  such 
force  that  we  were  driven  from  the  field.  We  lost  some  good 
men,  among  them  the  last  survivor  of  two  brothers,  whose 
sad  face  I  recall,  killed  in  the  early  morning  while  entering 
the  enemy's  camp. 

Retiring  from  the  field  of  battle,  we  marched  to  New  Mar- 
ket, some  thirty  miles  distant,  where  we  rested  and  recruited 
for  some  days ;  and  on  November  10,  1864,  we  returned  to 
face  Sheridan  at  Newtown,  six  miles  below  the  battlefield 
of  Cedar  Creek,  and  to  offer  him  battle  again,  which  was  not 
accepted.  In  a  cavalry  charge  in  the  streets  of  Newtown 
one  of  our  men  was  killed,  if  not  more,  and  a  score  or  more 
were  wounded  or  captured  of  the  other  cavalry  regiments. 
The  Yankees  declining  a  general  engagement,  the  next  day 
we  returned  to  our  camp,  near  New  Market.  This  last-men- 
tioned movement  of  the  Army  of  the  Shenandoah  may  be 
said  to  have  terminated  the  Valley  campaign,  so  far  as  the  in- 
fantry was  concerned,  it  now  being  the  middle  of  November 
and  extremely  cold. 

For  us,  however,  it  was  not  so.  General  Payne,  our  briga- 
dier, in  a  letter  to  me  stated :  "The  cavalry  were  always  under 
fire.  Their  life  was  a  battle  and  a  march  never  ending.  I 
have  a  memorandum  showing  that  from  the  battle  of  Win- 
chester Fitz  Lee's  Division  was  for  twenty-seven  consecutive 
days  engaged  with  the  Yankees,  and  at  every  roll  call  there 
were  some  missing.  When  we  were  lucky  enough  to  capture 
some  form  of  spirits,  we  would  sing: 

'Stand  to  your  glasses  steady, 
'Tis  all  we've  left  to  prize; 
Here's  to  the  dead  already, 

Hurrah  for  the  next  man  who  dies !' 

We  sang  to  lighten  our  hearts  before  bowing  and  walking  be- 
yond the  stars."  Brave,  thrice-wounded  old  hero !  May  the 
clods  rest  lightly  and  the  grass  be  ever  green  upon  your  grave ! 

What  member  of  the  5th  Cavalry  can  ever  forget  the  severe 
winter  of  1864?  Passing  over  an  advance  of  Yankee  cavalry  to 
Mount  Jackson,  which  was  driven  back,  General  Rosser  with 
his  own  and  our  brigade  crossed  over  the  mountains  into 
Hardy  County  and,  aided  by  the  blue  overcoats  taken  from 
the  enemy,  rode  into  the  post  of  New  Creek  and  captured 
eight  hundred  prisoners,  many  horses,  four  pieces  of  artillery, 
and  large  quantities  of  supplies  and  brought  them  off  safely. 

Soon  after  the  return  from  this  trip  our  camp  near  New 
Market  was  broken  up,  and  the  brigade  moved  to  Swoope's 
Depot,  near  Staunton,  all  of  the  infantry  except  about  one 
thousand  or  twelve  hundred  men  being  sent  to  General  Lee 
at  Richmond.  The  Yankee  cavalry  under  Custer  advancing 
again,  our  two  little  brigades  left  camp  and  rode  through  snow 
and  biting  cold  to  meet  them,  which  was  done  at  Lacy  Springs 
after  a  march  of  forty  miles,  rudely  breaking  in  upon  their 
slumbers  in  the  wee  small  hours  of  early  dawn  and  starting 
them  upon  their  hasty  retreat. 


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Passing  by  a  trip  to  Beverly  and  the  capture  of  five  hun- 
dred prisoners,  a  hasty  summons  started  us  on  a  march 
through  drifting  snows  across  the  Blue  Ridge  to  meet  a  raid 
on  Gordonsville.  This  was  driven  off  before  we  could  arrive. 
Near  Charlottesville  we  were  turned  back  to  the  Valley. 

Stopping  near  Waynesboro  long  enough  to  eat  a  Christmas 
dinner  in  the  woods,  we  marched1  again  through  deeper  snow 
to  Lexington,  and  camped  some  miles  out  of  the  same,  spend- 
ing the  month  of  January  in  nightly  raids  among  the  bleak 
mountains,  arresting  deserters  from  General  Lee's  army. 

On  February  I  we  started  on  a  march  of  two  hundred  miles 
to  join  General  Lee  at  Richmond,  who  was  sadly  in  need  of 
troops.  Arriving  at  Richmond,  we  camped  near  New  Bridge 
Church,  on  the  Nine-Mile  Road,  and  picketed  the  various 
roads  from  the  east  at  Bottom's,  Crouch,  and  Grapevine 
bridges.  Here  our  lonely  vigils  were  kept  amid  hooting  owls. 
whose  performances  were  surprising. 

From  these  delightful  diversions  we  were  soon  summoned 
to  the  protection  of  the  High  Bridge  near  Farmville,  Va., 
from  the  ubiquitous  Sheridan.  As  he  was  unable  to  pass  the 
James  River  on  this  march  from  Winchester,  he  could  not 
get  to  the  bridge;  so  he  continued  on  his  raid  on  the  north 
side  of  the  river  until  near  Richmond,  when,  making  a  wide 
detour  by  Ashland,  he  then  crossed  the  Pamunkey  River,  and 
so  passed  in  behind  General  Grant's  lines  in  front  of  Rich- 
mond. We  returned  to  our  camp  on  the  Nine-Mile  Road  and 
to  our  tete-a-tetes  with  the  owls  of  the  Chickahominy.  so 
suddenly  interrupted. 

But  we  remained  here  only  a  few  days,  as  we  soon  received 
a  hasty  summons  to  march  to  General  Lee's  right  beyond 
Petersburg.  Placed  on  the  left  of  the  infantry  at  Five  Forks, 
the  regiment  suffered  severely,  and  had  many  men  captured 
in  this  disastrous  battle,  from  which  began  the  sad  retreat  to 
Appomattox.  At  the  High  Bridge  we  lost  our  second  colonel 
killed  on  the  field  of  battle,  the  gallant  R.  B.  Boston,  a  soldier 
without  fear  and  without  reproach. 

The  end  was  now  evidently  near  at  hand,  yet  the  faithful 
few  held  on;  and  finally  reaching  Appomattox,  the  remnant 
of  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia,  surrounded  by  countless 
foes  and  unable  to  pierce  the  living  walls  of  blue  confronting 
them,  cm  April  9,  1865,  ceased  to  exist,  surrendering  to  over- 
whelming numbers  and  resources. 

i"  iid.     Wrenching  their  battle-marked 

flag  from  its  staff,  the  survivors  of  the  5th  Virginia  Cavalry 
and  those  of  that  grand  army  whose  blood  bad  been  mingled 
with  their  own  on  many  fields  with  heavy  hearts  turned  their 
faces  toward  their  desolated  homes  to  bind  up  bleeding 
WOUnds,  I"  hush  the  orphan's  wail,  the  widow's  mourn,  and 
to  resume  again  the  peaceful  avocations  of  life,    *    *    * 

Sons  of  the  South,  they  battled  fiercely  and  long  for  the 
land  of  their  birth.  They  marched  through  heat  and  cold, 
li  storm  and  shine,  to  prison,  wounds,  and  death,  till 
scarcely  a  corporal's  guard  was  left.  They  sleep  on  a  hun- 
dred fields  "f  mortal  Strife  in  the  bosom  of  mother  earth, 
from  the  summit  of  the  everlasting  hills  to  the  spreading 
sands  of  the  ocean  ;  some  amid  scenes  they  loved  so  well,  some 
in  unknown  graves;  some  in  far-away  prisons  found  a  yawn 
ing  sepulcher,  and  there  sleep  the  sleep  that  knows  no  wak- 
ing, and  some  in  graves  kept  green  by  loving  woman's  hands 
and  watered  by  her  tears.  "They  did  not  achieve  success. 
1  hey  did  more:  they  deserved  it."  Virginia  owes  you  a  debt 
of  gratitude  she  can  never  repay. 


HOW  BEES  SAVED  SITTING  HENS. 

DY    H.    C.    CHAPPEU.    (CO.    F..  25TH    VA.    BAT."). 

My  father  lived  ten  miles  west  of  Amelia  Courthouse.  Gen- 
eral Griffin's  5th  Corps  and  some  of  Sheridan's  cavalry  in 
passing  his  home  took  all  the  fine  horses,  also  other  stock 
and  all  the  bacon,  and  everything,  in  fact,  they  could  find  of 
use  to  them,  and  many  things  they  did  not  need.  My  mother 
had  a  good  many  chickens  in  the  yard,  which  they  got;  but 
there  were  ten  in  the  henhouse  on  nests  with  eggs  under  them. 
The  beehives  were  very  close  by.  They  tackled  the  bees. 
Soon  every  Yank  quit  the  place.  My  father  was  standing  on 
the  porch  when  one  fellow,  tormented  with  the  bees,  said: 
"Old  man,  what  must  1  do?"  He  told  him  to  slap  the  spurs 
to  the  horse,  and  he  did ;  but  the  horse  was  covered  with  bees 

While  catching  chickens  one  of  the  Yankees  lost  a  new 
shaving  brush,  which  I  have  used  ever  since.  I  reached  home 
from  Point  Lookout,  Md.  I  and  a  younger  brother  passed 
in  three  miles  of  home  the  same  day,  April  6.  I  was  cap- 
tured and  he  was  killed  at  Sailor  Creek.  My  older  brother, 
Maj.  A.  M.  Chappell,  was  wounded  in  Pickett's  charge  at 
Gettysburg.  He  lived  to  be  seventy-nine  years  old,  and  died 
about  two  years  ago.  General  Grant's  army  did  not  commit 
the  lawless  things  that  Sherman's  did.  Most  of  Grant's  army 
passed  through  my  county. 

Everything  was  quiet  when  I  got  home  from  prison,  about 
the  middle  of  June.  Most  of  my  father's  negroes  went  to 
work  on  the  farm  and  made  a  good  crop.  I  rested  until 
the  next  year,  then  went  to  work  on  the  farm 


Have  you   interested   your   neighbor   in    the   VETERAN? 


BACKING,  BUT  GRITLESS. 

WRITTEN    BY    ONE    OF    M'CLELLAN's    MEN    NEAR    RICHMOND. 

We  have  the  navy,  we  have  the  men. 

We're  bound  to  go  to  Richmond  and  storm  the  Rebel  den. 

We'll  flank  them  on  the  North,  we'll  shell  them  on  the  South, 
We'll  storm  them  in  the  center,  and  run  the  Rebels  out. 

About  the  1st  of  June  the  balls  began  to  fly, 

The  Yankees  wheeled  about,  and  changed  their  battle  cry 

Lee  was  in  the  center.  Jackson  in  the  rear ; 

On  the  right  and  left  did  the  noble  Hills  appeal  . 

Longstreet  we  had  to  travel ;  a  Branch  we  had  to  cross ; 
Magruder  was  about  to  give  the  Yankees  Goss. 

Virginia  is  a-coming  with  her  death-dealing  steel; 

Georgia  comes  a-charging  through  the  swamps  and  the  field; 

The  Palmetto  Rebels,  look!  are  now  on  the  trail; 
The  North  Carolina  devels  will  ride  us  on  a  rail; 

The  Alabama  Rebels  are  bound  to  win  or  die, 
And  the  Mississippi  rifles!  fly,  hoys,  fly! 

Louisiana  legions,  Butler  is  the  cry  ; 
Texas  bloody  rangers  !  fly,  boys,  fly  ! 

Florida  is  a-h  Lin  ting  all  through   the  bush; 
()  the  Rebels  arc  in  earnest;  push,  boys,  push!, 

Never  mind  your  knapsack,  never  mind  your  gun, 
Fighting  with  the  Rebels  is  anything  but  fun. 

\   1. mil  they  have  promised,  and  to  each  man  a  slave; 
We'd  better  skedaddle,  or  we'll  soon  find  a  grave. 

Be  quick  away  from  Richmond  with  the  rising  sun; 
Come  faster,  down  aboard  the  gunboats  run,  boys,  run. 


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Qoi)federat<^  l/eterap. 


GEN.  J.  E.  B.  STUART'S  LAST  BATTLE. 

BY    FRANK    DORSEY,    BALTIMORE,    MD. 

From  time  to  time  there  have  appeared  in  various  papers 
and  magazines  accounts  of  the  wounding  of  Maj.  Gen.  J.  E. 
B.  Stuart  at  Yellow  Tavern  May  II,  1864,  these  accounts 
placing  him  in  different  parts  of  the  field  while  leading  differ- 
ent commands  and  doing  different  things,  and  of  what  he  said 
to  the  many  different  men  who  helped  him  when  wounded. 
Without  trying  to  account  for  these  many  statements,  I  will 
give  you  as  briefly  as  possible  a  true  account  of  that  great 
calamity  to  the  South — the  mortal  wounding  of  "Jeb"  Stuart. 

Late  on  the  morning  of  May  II,  1864,  General  Stuart 
reached  Yellow  Tavern  with  Fitz  Lee's  Division  (Lomax's 
and  Wickham's  Brigades),  numbering  about  twenty-four  hun- 
dred men,  with  ten  guns,  horse  artillery,  consisting  of  one 
section  of  Hart's  South  Carolina  Battery,  Breathed's  Battery 
(four  guns),  and  the  2d  Maryland  Battery  (four  guns)  — 
all  commanded  by  the  famous  Maj.  Jim  Breathed,  of  whom 
gallant  Tom  Munford,  the  usual  commander  of  Wickham's 
Brigade,  said  :  "He  was  as  brave  an  officer  and  the  hardest- 
fighting  soldier  that  the  war  produced." 

General  Stuart  posted  his  command  with  Lomax  on  the  left 
and  Wickham  on  the  right,  the  two  brigades  forming  an 
obtuse  angle,  with  an  interval  of  about  two  hundred  yards 
between  Lomax  and  the  prolongation  of  Wickham's  lines, 
both  brigades  facing  the  advance  of  Sheridan,  who  was  ap- 
proaching from  the  northwest  by  the  Mountain  or  "Three 
Notch"  road. 

The  Yankee  cavalry  consisted  of  Torbett's  Division,  com- 
manded by  Brigadier  General  Merritt,  with  the  brigades  of 
Custer,  Merritt,  and  Devins  facing  Lomax.  and  Wilson's  Di- 
vision, composed  of  Mcintosh's  and  Chapman's  Brigades, 
supported  by  Davies's  Brigade  of  Gregg's  Division,  facing 
Wickham,  with  the  usual  proportion  of  horse  artillery,  the 
very  best  artillery  in  the  Yankee  army.  This  force,  accord- 
ing to  General  Sheridan's  report  on  May  14,  1864,  after  the 
Yellow  Tavern  and  Meadow  Bridge  fights,  still  numbered 
twelve  thousand  men. 

About  3  or  4  p.m.  Custer  with  his  brigade  charged  and 
captured  one  section  of  the  Baltimore  Light  Artillery,  which 
was  unsupported  on  the  left  and  in  advance  of  Lomax.  Chap- 
man's Brigade  charged  at  the  same  instant  as  Custer,  and 
Lomax  was  broken  and  driven  back,  and  it  was  after  this 
charge  that  "Jeb"  Stuart  was  wounded. 

In  that  splendid  work,  "The  Campaigns  of  Stuart's  Cav- 
alry," by  Maj.  H.  B.  McClelland,  Stuart's  chief  of  staff,  there 
is  an  account  of  the  mortal  wounding  of  General  Stuart  as 
written  by  the  author  to  Mrs.  Stuart  shortly  after  the  Gen- 
eral's death,  which  was  published  in  Volume  VII.,  "Southern 
Historical  Society  Papers."  It  states  that  General  Stuart  when 
wounded  was  caught  and  helped  from  his  horse  by  Capt.  Gus 
Dorsey.  Company  K,  1st  Virginia  Cavalry,  and  that  while 
waiting  for  another  horse  General  Stuart  ordered  Captain 
Dorsey  to  return  to  his  command  and  drive  back  the  enemy, 
although  there  was  hardly  a  handful  of  men  between  that 
little  group  and  the  advancing  enemy.  This  was  old  Troop 
K,  commanded  by  Gus  Dorsey.  Lieut.  Col.  John  Esten  Cooke, 
of  Stuart's  staff,  says :  "Stuart  reeled  in  his  saddle,  and  would 
have  fallen  had  he  not  been  caught  by  Capt.  Gus  Dorsey." 
N.  W.  Harris,  Company  G,  1st  Virginia  Cavalry,  much  quoted 
for  coolness  and  courage  by  B.  B.  Vaughan,  one  of  G's  best 
troopers,  in  his  address  on  the  cavalry  campaign  of  May, 
1864,  before  the  A.  P.  Hill  Camp  in  Petersburg,  Va.,  said : 
"Our    company    was    resting    immediately    on    the    telegraph 


road,  Troop  K  to  our  right.  The  Yanks  were  advancing  along 
the  road.  Stuart  was  there  and  ordered  Captain  Hammond 
to  charge  with  his  squadron,  which  he  did  gallantly,  and  was 
killed.  We  were  ordered  to  dismount,  and  the  last  words  I 
ever  heard  from  'Old  Jeb'  were,  'Boys,  don't  stop  to  count 
fours.  Shoot  them!  Shoot  them!'  and  we  did  shoot  them. 
We  had  an  excellent  position.  There  was  a  deep  cut  in  the 
road  with  a  good  fence  to  the  left  and  in  front  of  us.  The 
Yanks  were  charging  with  sabers  and  slashed  at  us  over  the 
fences,  but  we  soon  piled  them  up  so  as  to  completely  block- 
ade the  road  with  dead  horses  and  men.  As  soon  as  General 
Stuart  saw  we  had  blockaded  the  road  and  stopped  their 
advance  he  rode  off  in  the  direction  of  Troop  K,  and  that 
was  the  last  I  ever  saw  of  him.  I  am  sure  Captain  Dorsey 
will  sustain  me  in  the  statement  that  there  was  not  a  member 
of  Stuart's  staff  with  him  when  he  was  shot,  not  even  a 
courier." 

Lieut.  Col.  Gus  W.  Dorsey,  then  captain  of  Troop  K,  1st 
Virginia  Cavalry,  says :  "I  was  stationed  on  the  right  of  our 
line  near  the  telegraph  road  with  my  company  (K).  num- 
bering about  seventy  men  dismounted,  and  the  first  I  knew 
of  our  troops  being  whipped  and  driven  back  on  the  left  was 
when  General  Stuart  came  down  to  my  position  to  order 
me  back,  and  just  as  he  rode  up  to  the  company  the  Yanks 
charged.  He  halted  a  moment  and  encouraged  the  men  with 
the  words  (his  saber  above  his  head)  :  'Bully  for  old  K.  Give 
it  to  them,  boys!'  And  just  as  K  had  repulsed  them  he  was 
shot  through  the  stomach,  reeled  on  his  horse,  and  said,  'I 
am  shot,'  and  then  said,  'Dorsey,  save  your  men !'  I  caught 
him  and  took  him  from  his  horse.  He  insisted  that  I  should 
leave  him  and  save  my  men.  I  told  him  we  would  take  him 
with  us ;  and  calling  Corporal  Robert  Bruce  and  Private 
Charley  Wheatley,  we  sent  him  to  the  rear.  No  other  troops 
were  near  General  Stuart  when  he  was  shot  that  I  saw.  When 
we  were  in  those  heated  battles,  a  fellow  had  not  much  time 
to  look  around." 

M.  J.  Billmyer,  the  gallant  captain  of  Company  F,  1st  Vir- 
ginia Cavalry,  Shepherdstown,  W.  Va.,  says :  "I  was  on  the 
extreme  left  of  the  1st  Virginia  (main  body),  K  about  one 
hundred  and  fifty  yards  to  our  left." 

W.  S.  Purnell,  Company  K.  who  when  captured  escaped 
from  Fort  McHenry,  Baltimore.  Md.,  back  to  K,  says :  "I  dis- 
tinctly remember  that  Captain  Dorsey  helped  General  Stuart 
from  his  horse  when  wounded,  and  that  Fred  L.  Pitts's  horse 
was  used  to  carry  General  Stuart  to  the  rear." 

Fred  Pitts  says :  "I  am  certain  that  when  General  Stuart 
joined  us  he  was  entirely  alone.  I  saw  him  speak  to  Captain 
Dorsey,  and  then  lost  sight  of  him  for  a  few  minutes  on  ac- 
count of  a  little  trouble  we  were  having  with  the  people  in 
front  of  us.  It  was  a  pretty  hot  place.  I  saw  him  reel  in  his 
saddle,  and  heard  him  tell  Captain  Dorsey  he  was  hit  or 
wounded.  He  either  dismounted  himself  or  was  taken  down 
by  Captain  Dorsey,  and  for  a  few  moments  was  left  on  the 
ground.  It  was  evident  we  could  hold  the  position  only  a 
few  moments,  and  Captain  Dorsey  directed  me  to  get  my  horse 
for  General  Stuart  to  ride,  because  he  was  a  quiet  animal,  and 
for  me  to  ride  the  General's,  which  had  become  very  restive, 
and  ordered  us  to  hurry  to  the  rear  while  he  held  the  position 
to  enable  us  to  get  away.  I  remember  meeting  the  ambulance 
just  as  we  got  to  the  main  road;  but  at  that  moment  we  re- 
pelled a  charge  of  cavalry,  and  the  ambulance  people  got 
away  with  General  Stuart.  Our  gallant  old  Captain  Dorsey, 
our  beau  ideal  of  a  dashing  cavalryman,  was  the  finest  soldier 
I  ever  saw.     But  for  his  prompt  and  gallant  action  we  could 


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not  have  gotten  General  Stuart  away,  and  I  believe  that  to 
accomplish  this  he  would  have  held  his  position  as  long  as 
he  had  a  man  left." 

By  an  order  from  our  War  Department  August  6,  1864, 
Troop  K,  all  Marylanders,  was  transferred  from  the  1st  Vir- 
ginia Cavalry  to  the  1st  Maryland  Cavalry,  of  which  Gus 
W.  Dorsey  was  made  lieutenant  commanding. 

On  April  9  the  "Old  Brigade"  was  composed  of  the  1st 
Maryland  and  the  1st,  2d,  3d,  and  4th  Virginia  Cavalry.  It 
was  the  brigade  that  cut  its  way  through  the  Yanks  at  Ap- 
pomattox, and  was  disbanded  by  Brig.  Gen.  Thomas  T.  Mun- 
ford,  Virginia's  greatest  living  soldier,  \pril  28,  1K65.  because 
of  Gen.  Joe  Johnston's  surrender  on  the  26th. 


LIEUT.    COL.    G.    W.    DORSEY. 

Gustavus  W.  Dorsey  was  of  that  prominent  Maryland  family, 
forty  of  whom  wore  the  gray,  all  descendants  of  Edward  Dor- 
sey,  who  settled  on  a  grant  of  land.  "Shepbush,"  in  1642.  He 
was  private,  first  -ergeant  Company  K,  1st  Squadron  Sharp- 
shooters, 1st  Virginia  Cavalry,  first  lieutenant  May  5.  1862. 
Led  K  in  every  tight  and  on  every  raid  after  that  date;  cap- 
tain July.  [863  At  Yellovi  ravern  May  11,  1864,  caught 
and  helped  General  Stuart  from  his  horse  and  sent  him  to  the 
rear  while  be  held  the  Yankees  in  check.  On  August  6,  1864, 
order  from  Secretary  of  War  transferred  him  and  his  com- 
pany, all  Marylanders,  from  1st  Regiment  Virginia  Cavalry 
to  ist  Maryland  Battalion  oi  Cavalry,  of  which  he,  though  the 
junior  captain,  was  made  lieutenant  colonel.  On  April  o,  [865, 
as  part  of  Munford's  Brigade,  made  the  last  charge  for  Vrmj 
of  Northern  Virginia.  Disbanded  bis  battalion,  the  last  or 
ganized  part  of  Gen.  R.  E.  Lee's  army,  alter  receiving  Gen 
Tom  Munford's  letter,  dated  Cloverdale,  Va,.  April  28,  1865 
\\  as  never  paroled  and  has  never  taken  the  oath 

"  1  in1  War  Records,"  Series  1.  V.,  Volume  III.  page  572, 

i-    in    Special    Orders    No.    183    from    Richmond    Captain 
(    and  bis  company's  transfer  to  the   1st   Battalion  Mary- 
land Cavalry. 


GRANT  AS  "THE  SOUTH'S  FRIEND." 

BV    FRANK   DORSEY,   BALTIMORE,   MD. 

Southern  speakers  and  writers  of  prose  and  poetry  almost 
invariably  mention  Sherman,  Sheridan,  and  Hunter  as  brutes 
and  vandals  ;  while  Grant,  who  issued  the  orders  for  all  that 
brutality  and  vandalism  which  as  soldiers  they  were  com- 
pelled to  obey,  was  "the  South's  friend."  The  sort  of  love 
Grant  had  for  the  South  is  clearly  set  forth  in  the  following 
extracts  from  orders  and  reports  that  cannot  be  disputed  as 
well  as  the  fact  that  Grant  as  long  as  he  was  President  kept 
the  South  with  the  Yankee  bayonet  under  the  rule  of  the 
negro,  the  carpetbagger,  and  the  scalawag  (the  native  Southern 
white  now  known  as  an  independent  or  reformer). 

"Headquarters  in  the  Field,  Monocacy  Ridge,  Md  . 
August  s,  1864. 
"Mai.  Gen.  P.  Hunter,  Commanding  Department  of  West 
Virginia:  In  pushing  up  the  Shenandoah  Valley,  as  it  is  ex- 
pected you  will  have  to  go  first  or  last,  it  is  desirable  that 
nothing  should  be  left  to  invite  the  enemy  to  return.  Take 
all  provisions,  forage,  and  stock  wanted  for  your  command  ; 
such  as  cannot  be  consumed  destroy. 

U.  S.  Grant,  Lieutenant  General." 

'City   Point,  August  16,  1864,  1:30  p.m. 
"Major  General  Sheridan,  (  ommanding  District   Winches- 
ter,  Va.:   When  any   of  Mosby's  men  are  caught,  hang  them 
without  trial.  U.  S.  Grant,  Lieutenant  General." 

"City  Point,  August  26,  1864,  2:30  p.m. 
"Majot  General  Sheridan,  Halltown,  Va.:  Do  all  the  dam- 
age to  railroads  and  crops  that  you  can.  Carry  off  stock  of 
all  descriptions  and  negroes,  so  as  to  prevent  further  planting. 
Tf  the  war  is  to  last  another  year,  we  want  the  Shenandoah 
Valley  to  remain  a  barren  waste. 

U.  S.  Grant.  Lieutenant  General." 

"City  Point,  July  14.  1864. 
"Major  General  Halleck,  Washington,  D.  C.:  If  the  enemy 
has  left  Maryland,  as  I  suppose  he  hass  he  should  have  upon 
his  heels  veterans,  militiamen,  men  on  horseback,  and  every- 
thing that  can  be  got  to  follow  to  eat  out  Virginia  clear  and 
clean  as  far  as  they  go,  so  that  crows  flying  over  it  for  the 
balance  of  this  season  will  have  to  carry  their  provender  with 
them.  U    S.  Grant,  Lieutennat  General." 

That  remark  about  the  crows  is  always  erroneously  at- 
tributed  to   Sheridan 

"City  Point.  July  15.  1864. 
"Major   General   Halleck,    Washington,   D.    C:    If    Hunter 
cannot  get  to  Gordonsville  arid  Charlottesville  to  cut  the  rail- 
road, he   should  make  all   the  valley   south   of  the   Baltimore 
ami  Ohio  railroad  a  desert  as  high  up  as  possible. 

C    S.  Grant,  Lieutenant  General." 

The  above  order  was  sent  by  Halleck  to  Hunter  on  July  17. 

"Headquarters   M 11    Military   Division,  Harrison- 

iu  rg,  Sep!  28,  1864,  10:30  p.m. 
"Brig.  Gen.  W.  Merritt.  Commanding  1st  Cavalry  Di. 
-General:  The  major  general  commanding  directed  that  you 
leave  a  small  force  to  watch  Swift  Run  and  Brown's  Gap. 
and  with  the  balance  of  your  own  and  Custer's  Division  to 
swing  around  through  or  near  Piedmont,  extending  toward 
and  as  near  Staunton  as  possible.  Destroy  all  mills,  all  grain, 
and  all  forage  you  can.  and  drive  off  or  kill  all  stock,  and 
otherwise    carrv    out    the    instructions    of    Lieutenant    General 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


Grant,  an  extract  of  which  is  sent  you  and  which  means  'leave 
the  valley  a  barren  waste.'  James  W.  Forsyth, 

Lieut.  Col.  and  Chief  of  Staff  to  General  Sheridan." 

"Harrisonburg,  Sept.  29,  1864,  7 .30  p.m. 
"Lieutenant  General  Grant,  City  Point:  Torbett  retired  via 
Staunton,  destroying  according  to  your  original  instructions 
to  me.  This  morning  I  sent  around  Merritt's  and  Custer's 
Divisions  via  Piedmont  to  burn  grain,  etc.,  pursuant  to  your 
instructions.  P.  H.  Sheridan,  Major  General." 

Note  this  letter  well. 

Brig.  Gen.  W.  Merritt  in  his  report  styles  his  having  to 
obey  these  brutal  orders  as  "the  far  from  agreeable  duty  for 
a  soldier  to  perform."  But  Abraham  Lincoln,  the  high  saint 
of  the  New  South,  though  President,  never  by  word  or  action 
sought  to  check  this  devilish  brutality,  nor  did  he  in  any  man- 
ner express  the  least  disapproval  of  it ;  and  never  having  done 
anything  for  the  South  while  alive  except  freeing  the  negroes 
with  every  prospect  of  bringing  on  all  the  horrors  of  a  servile 
war,  thus  forcing  our  men  from  the  front  to  protect  their  de- 
fenseless homes,  he  has  of  late  years  been  lauded  to  the  skies 
for  what  he  would  have  done  for  the  South  had  he  not  been 
killed.  Phil  Sheridan,  the  brute,  was  sat  upon  heavily  by 
Dana  and  Halleck  without  a  word  of  disapproval  from  that 
tender,  merciful-hearted  St.  Abraham  of  the  New  South  be- 
cause he  fed  the  starving  people  around  Winchester,  people 
whom  Sheridan  had  been  compelled  to  reduce  to  that  state 
of  misery  by  Grant's  orders. 


INQUIRIES  BY  AND  ABOUT  VETERANS. 

J.  L.  Bufkin,  of  Buckatunna,  Miss.,  makes  inquiry  for  three 
comrades  who  were  with  him  on  vedette  duty  west  of  Atlanta 
in  1864  soon  after  a  severe  picket  fight.  He  says  :  "We  took 
our  positions  before  day  within  a  short  distance  of  the  enemy 
by  a  chestnut  stump  with  sprout  in  an  old  field  with  no  other 
trees  near.  The  boys  we  relieved  had  dug  out  a  hole  there 
just  large  enough  for  the  four  to  get  into.  As  soon  as  day 
began  to  break  we  began  firing  into  the  enemy  as  they  walked 
carelessly  about,  and  they  returned  the  fire  from  a  rifle  cannon 
posted  near  by.  A  shot  soon  struck  the  stump  and  literally 
tore  it  out,  together  with  our  temporary  breastworks.  We 
were  then  so  exposed  that  we  planned  to  vacate  our  hazardous 
position,  which  we  did  by  crawling  away  as  near  the  ground 
as  a  snake  could  get,  except  one  of  the  boys,  who  ran  out  like 
a  deer  amid  the  shots  and  shouts  of  the  enemy  without  being 
injured.  I  was  lieutenant  in  command  of  the  vedettes  and  la-st 
to  get  away.  I  think  two  of  the  boys  were  named  Watts  and 
belonged  to  Company  B,  27th  Mississippi  Regiment.  I  was  a 
member  of  Company  H,  of  that  regiment,  Walthall's  Brigade. 
I  received  seven  wounds  during  my  service,  the  last  two  at 
Jonesboro,  Ga.,  August  31,  1864.  After  suffering  with  them 
for  forty-four  years,  on  the  26th  of  last  May  I  had  the  left 
leg  amputated  just  below  the  knee.  Though  I  am  now  nearly 
sixty-seven  years  old,  and  have  suffered  these  forty-four  years 
with  wounds  and  am  now  maimed  for  life,  I  have  never  re- 
gretted having  been  a  Confederate  soldier,  because  I  still  be- 
lieve, as  I  did  then,  that  we  were  in  the  right." 

Capt.  S.  L.  Crute  writes  from  Roanoke,  Va. :  "Please  aid 
me  in  locating  some  of  the  Tennessee  comrades  with  whom  I 
was  associated  during  the  war.  In  October,  1S62,  there  was 
organized  for  special  purposes  by  detail  from  the  commands 
composing  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  a  battalion  of  three 
companies,  with  headquarters  at  Rockbridge  Alum  Springs, 
Va.     It  was  called  Wright's  Battalion  in  honor  of  Dr.  Wright, 


then  in  charge  of  the  general  hospital  at  the  Rock  Alum 
Springs.  I  belonged  to  Company  A,  and  was  elected  first 
lieutenant  by  acclamation,  and  afterwards  was  brevetted  cap- 
tain. We  did  no  fighting  as  a  battalion,  and  were  finally  dis- 
banded, the  privates  going  back  to  their  original  commands 
and  the  officers  going  to  any  arm  of  the  service  they  chose.  I 
took  a  furlough  of  sixty  days  and  went  back  to  my  original 
command.  In  this  battalion  there  were  many  Tennesseeans 
from  Nashville,  perhaps  of  the  1st  Tennessee  Regiment.  I 
remember  meeting  Lieutenant  Colonel  Surveyor  and  Dr.  Quin- 
tard,  of  that  regiment,  and  the  last  I  ever  heard  of  Dr.  Wright 
he  and  Dr.  Quintard  had  traded  libraries.  Dr.  Quintard  was 
chaplain  of  the  1st  Tennessee  Regiment.  Any  survivors  of 
Wright's  Battalion  will  confer  a  favor  by  writing  to  me,  as 
I  wish  to  get  in  correspondence  about  this  command." 

Franklin  Perrin,  of  Batesville,  Ark.,  is  anxious  to  procure 
copies  of  two  old  war  songs,  of  which  he  can  recall  only  frag- 
ments. Any  subscriber  who  can  do  so  will  confer  a  favor  by 
sending  him  these  copies.     One  song  begins  thus: 

"I'll  sing  you  a  song,  ahd  it  won't  detain  you  long, 
Of  the  famous  'On  to  Richmond'  double  trouble; 
Of  the  half  a  dozen  trips  and  the  half  a  dozen  slips. 
And  the  very  latest  bursting  of  the  bubble. 

Chorus. 
O.O.O!  Oe,  Oe,  O! 

I  tell  you,  boys,  a  better  day  is  coming ; 
Then  buckle  on  your  cartridge  box  and  shoulder  up  your  gun, 

And  we'll  fight  for  our  happy  land  of  Canaan." 

The  other  song  is  something  like  this: 

"First  McDowell,  bold  and  gay,  set  forth  the  shortest  way, 
By  Manassas,  in  the  pleasant  summer  weather; 

But  he  quickly  went  and  ran 

On  a  'Stonewall,'   foolish  man, 

And  he  had  a  rocky  journey  altogether." 


SENTIMENT  OF  OUR  BELOVED  WOMEN. 
The  venerable  Mrs.  Thomas  S.  Bocock  writes  from  the 
Union  Theological  Seminary,  Richmond,  Va. :  "For  six  or 
seven  years  I  have  subscribed  for  the  Veteran,  and  feel 
that  I  must  see  it  as  soon  as  it  comes  from  the  press.  I  often 
wonder  how  Confederates  can  get  on  without  it.  Our  editor 
deserves  genuine  thanks  and  positive  support  for  this  noble 
work.  As  true  Confederates,  send  for  the  Veteran."  Mrs. 
Bocock  as  Director  of  Virginia  for  the  Arlington  Confederate 
monument,  it  may  be  seen,  is  doing  much  valuable  work. 


Mrs.  Belle  McLaurin  Knapp,  President  R.  E.  Lee  Chapter, 
Bolton,  Miss.,  writes  of  the  suggestion  to  build  a  monument 
at  Franklin,  Tenn.,  by  both  the  North  and  the  South,  which 
is  cordially  approved  by  that  Chapter.  She  says:  "They  who 
fought  and  died  there  were  brave  men,  giving  their  lives  for 
what  they  thought  right.  Gen.  H.  B.  Granbury  was  a  much- 
loved  cousin  of  mine,  and  a  braver  soldier  than  he  never  lived. 
He  was  born  in  Mississippi ;  but  his  father  moved  to  Texas 
before  he  was  grown,  and  it  was  from  that  State  that  he  went 
into  the  Confederate  army  and  gave  his  life  for  the  South. 
We  also  heartily  approve  of  the  plan  to  purchase  the  birth- 
place of  our  beloved  President,  Jefferson  Davis,  and  think  the 
idea  of  a  home  for  the  widows  of  the  old  soldiers  a  most  ex- 
cellent one,  and  will  do  all  that  we  can  to  aid  in  this  good 
cause.  We  are  sending  a  very  little  now,  but  hope  to  do  more 
later  on." 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai). 


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MEMORIES  OF  MORGAN'S  CHRISTMAS  RAID. 

BY   REV.   J.   W.   CUNNINGHAM,  ST.   LOUIS,    MO, 

111  reading  the  names  of  a  committee  of  men  appointed  in 
connection  with  the  Confederate  Veteran  movement  for  a 
Jefferson  Davis  Home  Memorial,  I  came  to  the  name  of  Basil 
Duke.  It  awakened  memories  of  the  first  and  only  time  I 
ever  saw  him.  I  have  yielded  to  an  impulse  to  commence  the 
writing  of  what  may  follow  concerning  that  occasion.  Then 
I  was  thirty-eight  and  a  half  years  old;  now  I  am  eighty-four 
and  a  half,  and  my  octogenarian  fingers  manipulate  the  keys  of 
an  old-time  Remington  Typewriter  in  putting  my  memories  in 
print  for  the  Confederate  Veteran.  I  lived  then  (December, 
1862)  in  Bloomfield,  Ky.,  twelve  miles  from  Bardstown  and 
forty  miles  from  Louisville. 

My  horse  that  I  had  used  for  a  while  in  "riding  the  circuit*' 
of  a  Methodist  preacher  was  dead,  and  I  borrowed  one  of 
Mrs.  Berkley,  the  wife  of  a  physician,  who  was  down  South  with 
the  Confederates,  and  I  rode  over  to  Bardstown.  At  noon  I 
was  at  the  dining  table  of  Dr.  Gus  Cox  and  family.  A  young 
man  servant  came  in  and  said :  "The  roar  of  cannon  is  heard 
in  the  distance."  All  at  the  dinner  table  went  out  on  the 
porch,  where  we  listened.  Dr.  Cox  said:  "That  sound  is  made 
about  the  crossing  of  the  Rolling  Fork  of  Salt  River."  We  had 
heard  of  the  coming  of  "Morgan's  men."  and  our  conclusion 
was  that  the  roar  of  cannon  meant  a  conflict  between  Mor- 
gan's riders  and  a  body  of  Union  soldiers.  Subsequent  in- 
formation was  to  the  effect  that  Morgan's  men  had  been  at- 
tacked by  a  force  of  Union  troops  under  Colonel  Harlan,  now 
and  for  a  long  time  a  judge  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  States.  I  spent  the  afternoon  and  night  in  Bardstown, 
the  guest  of  Dr.  Cox. 

About  dark  Morgan's  men  began  to  throng  the  streets. 
Among  the  arrivals  was  Brig.  Gen.  Basil  Duke,  of  Morgan's 
Division  of  Cavalry.  He  had  been  wounded  in  the  short  bat- 
tle whose  cannon's  roar  we  had  heard.  It  was  necessary  for 
him  to  be  helped  by  others  into  the  hall  of  Dr.  Cox's  two- 
story  brick  house  and  up  the  stairway  to  the  north  end  room, 
where  he  was  laid  on  a  thick  pallet  on  the  floor.  Dr.  Thomas 
Allen  (a  citizen  of  Taylorsville,  twenty  miles  away,  where  he 
had  a  wife  and  children,  a  surgeon  in  Morgan's  army  of  hold 
riders)  attended  General  Duke.  I  stood  by  and  witnessed  the 
treatment  of  the  distinguished  patient.  The  wound  was  on 
the  right  side  of  the  head;  and  when  the  doctor  had  washed 
the  blood  from  it  and  the  neck  and  dried  them,  I  was  invited 
to  examine  a  cannon's  work.  The  wound  was  supposed  to 
have  been  made  by  a  small  piece  of  hursted  shell  of  a  small 
cannon.  I  knelt  at  the  hack  of  the  wounded  man.  and.  bend- 
ing over  a  little,  I  had  a  distinct  view  of  the  wound.  A  piece 
of  the  skin  and  bone  behind  the  ear  were  gone.  If  the  direc- 
tion of  the  flying  bit  of  shell  had  been  directly  from  the  right 
of  the  victim,  it  would  have  passed  through  the  lower  part  of 
the  head  and  death  would  have  been  instantaneous.  As  I  bent 
over  the  prostrate  warrior  and  looked  at  his  wound  he  said 
to  me  in  a  somewhat  cheerful  tone:  "That  was  a  pretty  close 
call."  He  did  not  complain  or  in  any  way  indicate  that  In* 
wound  was  a  very  painful  one.  That  night  in  an  adjoining 
room  (I  was  the  bedfellow  of  Dr.  Allen)  the  groaning  that 
I  occasionally  heard  during  Ins  wakeful  moments  was  induced 
by  severe  neuralgic  pains  in  the  Doctor's  face. 

The  next  morning  I  went  over  early  to  look  after  my  horse 
at  a  neighboring  livery   stable.     My   horse  was  gone  and   a 
black   three-year-old   filly  had  been  left   in  his  place,     1 
to  a  neighlxiring  hotel,  wdicre  T  saw  General   Morgan  on  the 


sidewalk.  His  outer  garments  were  a  roundabout  and  pants 
of  greenish-looking  woolen  goods.  On  his  head  was  a  black 
low-crowned  soft  hat  with  broad  brim.  In  that  simple  equip- 
ment he  was  a  splendid-looking  man.  I  introduced  myself 
and  told  him  that  my  horse,  belonging  to  the  wife  of  a  doctor 
with  the  Confederates  in  the  South,  had  been  taken  by  one  of 
his  men.  He  promptly  said  :  "You  shall  have  your  horse  if 
he  can  be  found.  Go  out  on  the  Springfield  Pike  to  a  large 
white  house  on  the  left  in  the  rear  of  which  General  Duke's 
command  has  been  encamped.  Wait  there  till  our  men  are  on 
the  move.  If  you  discover  your  horse,  tell  the  rider  you  have 
my  command  for  his  surrender.  If  he  refuse,  procure  his 
detention  if  you  can  till  I  arrive,  and  the  horse  shall  he  re- 
turned to  you."  I  went  to  the  livery  stable,  and  was  soon  on 
the  public  square  astride  a  black  nickering  three-year-old 
animal.  What  made  it  "nicker"  was  the  sight  of  its  master, 
a  farmer  mounted  on  its  mother.  Morgan's  men  had  passed 
the  farmer's  premises  on  the  march  after  the  battle  of  the 
Rolling  Fork,  and  one  of  the  men  pressed  the  black  colt  into 
the  service  of  the  Confederacy,  and  in  the  livery  stable  swapped 
it  for  my  borrowed  horse.  The  owner  of  the  colt  saluted  me 
as  a  man  of  war  with  tin  words:  "How  do  you  like  the  colt. 
Captain?"  We  agreed  to  the  proposition  I  made:  that  I 
should  ride  the  colt  out  on  the  line  of  march,  and  when  I 
recovered  my  horse  the  eolt  should  be  returned  to  him. 

I    left   the  courthouse  square  thronged   with   mounted   war- 
riors  and   rode  out  the   Springfield   Pike   two   miles,   when    I 
came   in   front  of  the  aforementioned  white  house,  and   then 
was  my  horse  hitched  to   a   post   near  the  gate   to   the   front 
yard.     At   the   same   time   a   young  soldier  in  gray   came   out 
and  approached  the  horse.     I  said:  "Halt!     That  is  my  horse, 
and  I  have  the  order  for  his  restoration  to  me  from  General 
Morgan."     He  did  not  halt,  hut  mounted  the  horse,  galloped 
round  the  yard   fence,  and  down  a  hill.     I  rode  slowly  after 
him  and  saw  him  halt  in  front  of  a  few  soldiers  by  a  camp 
fire.     He  was  there  for  a  minute,  and  then  dashed  over  a  hill 
and  was  out  of  sight.     I   hitched  my  horse  close  to  the  yard 
fence,   walked  down  to  the  camp   fire,  and  saluted  the  young 
men  of  war.     I  told  them  about  my  being  on  a  search   for  a 
lost  horse.     They  seemed  to  enjoy  my  dilemma  and   lane 
heartily.     I  told  them  I  had  seen  the  rider  of  my  horse  halt 
before  them.     Again   they   laughed.     I  told   of  his  flight  over 
the  hill  beyond  my  sight.     Then   there  was  more  fun  for  the 
men  of  war.     One  man  looked  familiar  to  me,  and  I  ventured 
the  opinion  that   I   had   seen   linn  somewhere.     Then   they  all 
laughed,    I  asked  him  where  he  was  from.    He  said.  "Jefferson 
County.   Ky.,"  and  that  his   father  was  one  of  the  prominent 
physicians  of  that  region.     One  man  asked  me  to  describe  my 
lost   horse.     I   did   it   as   best   I   could  amid   merriment.     One 
asked  me:  "Do  you  think  you  would  know  your  horse  if  you 
should  see  him?"     I  replied:  "I  think  I  would."     Then  there 
was  more  humor.     One  said:  "Look  at  the  horse  behind  you 
and  see  if  he  looks  anything  like  yours."    I  looked  around,  and 
there  was  my  horse  within   six   feet  of  me.     Then  there  was 
eneral   Uproar  of  laughter   from  the  young  men  of  war.      I 
took  another  look  at   the  son  of  the  Jefferson  County  doctor 
and  said:  "You  arc  the  fellow  that  mounted  my  horse  at  the 
front    gati   "      He    confessed    that    he    was.      After    I    saw    him 
halt   .it   the  camp   fire  he  g.illopcd  over  the  little  hill   and  was 
back    with   his   companions   before    I    reached   them,   and   they 
were    .ill    n    id)     for    fun    at    my   expense    when    I    got    there.      1 
seemed  my  horse  and  the  farmer  got  his  black  colt. 

After   seven   years   I   met   a  bridal   party  of  several   men  and 
women  on  .111  Ohio  River  steamer.     Tiny  were  from  Jefferson 


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County.     I  learned   from  one  of  them  that  lie  was  a  son  of 

Dr.  ,  had  been  a  soldier  in   Morgan's  command,   was  in 

General  Duke's  Brigade,  and  at  Bardstown  in  the  Christmas 
raid.  Then  I  said  to  him  in  a  spirit  of  pleasantry :  "And  you 
are  the  fellow  that  stole  my  horse."  I  related  the  facts  to 
his  friends,  and  the  laugh  was  in  my  favor  and  at  his  ex- 
pense.   Possibly  he  is  yet  living  and  may  read  this  narrative. 


THE  CATRONS  IN  CONFEDERATE  SERl'ICE. 

The  Catron  family,  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  State  of  Mis- 
souri, recently  held  a  reunion  in  West  Plains,  Mo.,  at  the 
home  of  Gen.  O.  H.  P.  Catron.  There  were  present  four 
brothers,  all  of  whom  served  in  the  Confederate  army,  one 
brother-in-law,  who  also  served  the  Confederacy, 
two  sisters  and  their  stepmother.  This  was  their 
first  meeting  in  forty  years.  The  brothers  and 
-sisters  composing  the  party  and  their  ages  follow  : 
W.  J.  Catron.  75,  Kansas  City;  C.  C.  Catron.  73, 
Carthage,  Mo.;  R.  S.  Catron,  69,  Butler,  Mo.; 
■O.  H.  P.  Catron,  66,  West  Plains,  Mo. ;  Mrs.  George 
B.  Fletcher,  64,  Higginsville,  Mo.;  Mrs.  W.  D. 
Brown,  43,  Richmond,  Mo.  Mrs.  L.  C.  Catron, 
their  stepmother,  eighty  years  old,  who  makes  her 
liome  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Brown,  also  was 
present. 

Christopher  Catron,  grandfather  of  the  Catron 
brothers,  was  born  and  married  in  Wythe  County, 
Va.  He  was  a  cousin  of  Chief  Justice  John  Catron. 
He  moved  to  White  County,  Tenn.,  where  in  1810 
Stephen  Catron,  father  of  the  Catron  brothers,  was 
born.  In  1818  they  moved  to  the  Territory  of  Mis- 
souri and  settled  in  the  fertile  country  near  where 
Lexington,  Mo.,  now  stands.  There  Stephen  Catron 
grew  to  manhood.  In  1833  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Elizabeth  B.  Smith,  who  bore  him  six  children. 
She  died  in  1847,  and  three  years  later  he  married 
Miss  Lavinia  C.  Hill,  who  bore  him  four  children. 

All  four  of  the  Catron  brothers  and  their  brother- 
in-law,  George  B.  Fletcher,  served  in  the  Confederate  army. 
\Y.  J.  Catron,  O.  H.  P.  Catron,  and  George  B.  Fletcher  en- 
listed in  1861  in  the  Missouri  State  Guard.  In  1862  C.  C. 
Catron,  R.  S.  Catron,  O.  H.  P.  Catron,  and  George  B.  Fletcher 
enlisted  for  the  war  in  Company  C,  Gordon's  Regiment  of 
Shelby's  Cavalry  Brigade,  and  served  until  the  close  of  the 
war,  surrendering  at  Shreveport,  La.,  June  16,  1865.  W.  J. 
Catron  enlisted  in  1862  in  the  6th  Missouri  Infantry,  Cock- 
rell's  Brigade,  and  served  until  the  close  of  the  war,  sur- 
rendering at  Mobile,  Ala.  When  the  war  closed,  C.  C.  Catron 
was  major  and  assistant  commissary  on  General  Shelby's 
staff,  O.  H.  P.  Catron  was  lieutenant  in  Company  C,  Gordon's 
Regiment,  and  R.  S.  Catron  was  brigade  ensign.  C.  C.  Catron 
is  now  Adjutant  General  and  Chief  of  Staff  to  General  Halli- 
burton, commanding  the  Missouri  Division,  U.  C.  V.,  and  O. 
H.  P.  Catron  is  serving  his  second  term  as  Commander  of 
the  Eastern  Brigade,  Missouri  Division,  U.  C.  V. 

Gen.  O.  H.  P.  Catron  was  one  of  the  first  promoters  of  the 
Confederate  Home  in  Missouri,  located  at  Higginsville,  Mo. 
He  gave  largely  of  his  time  and  money  for  the  establishment 
and  support  of  the  Home,  and  was  one  of  the  Vice  Presidents 
until  the  Home  was  turned  over  to  the  State.  All  of  the 
Catron  brothers  are  stalwart  Democrats,  and  have  taken  part 
in  many  political  as  well  as  army  battles.  They  have  many 
descendants,  and  the  family  is  well  known  in  Missouri. 


RIGHT  OBSERl'ANCE  OF  RULES  AT  REUNIONS. 

Henry  Dillard,  of  Company  E,  31st  Georgia  Regiment, 
writes  from  Yellow  Pine,  La.,  a  complaint  that  at  the  Bir- 
migham  Reunion  he  went  to  headquarters  to  register  and  get  a 
badge,  and  was  told  that  he  must  go  to  his  camp  "commander," 
now.  dead,  as  are  most  of  the  others  of  his  camp.  He  re- 
fers to  the  Commander  in  Chief,  General  Evans,  and  to  Capt. 
"Tip"  Harrison,  of  Atlanta.  This  complaint  is  noticed  herein 
not  only  for  Comrade  Dillard's  benefit,  but  for  all  others  who 
may  have  been  inconvenienced  in  such  way  on  such  occa- 
sions. Of  course  in  the  declining  days  of  Confederates  much 
laxity  should  be  exercised.  Comrade  Dillard  wants  to  be  as- 
sured that  all  members  are  faithful  men;  and  it  is  impossible 


GEORGE  B.  FLETCHER.  R.   S.  CATRON. 

'.   J.   CATRON.  C.   C.    CATRON.  O.    H.    P.    CATRON. 

to  know  they  are  unless  proper  rules  are  observed.  The  safe 
plan  to  adopt  is  to  learn  the  rules  in  advance  and  be  pre- 
pared to  conform  to  them.  By  ignoring  this  important  sug- 
gestion embarrassment  and  unhappiness  are  likely  to  re- 
sult. There  is  no  organization  in  existence  which  meets 
more  strictly  to  renew  companionship  than  the  Confederates, 
and  every  veteran  ought  to  be  prepared  not  only  on  his  own 
behalf,  but  for  all  others,  to  conform  to  the  rules  of  the 
organization. 

JOHN  BROWN  AND  HARPER'S  FERRY. 

PATRICK    HIGGINS,    IN    AN    EXCHANGE. 

About  the  middle  of  March,  1858,  "Capt.  John  Smith"  came 
to  Harper's  Ferry  and  procured  boarding  accommodations 
over  at  Sandy  Hook.  I  was  at  that  time  employed  as  a  watch- 
man on  the  old  wooden  bridge  at  the  Ferry,  and  boarded  also 
in  Sandy  Hook,  a  few  doors  from  "Captain  Smith."  He  told 
me  he  was  a  prospector  who  had  come  to  Harper's  Ferry  in 
the  hope  of  discovering  valuable  minerals  in  the  surrounding 
mountains.  He  used  to  carry  a  pick  with  him,  and  would  fre- 
quently take  long  strolls,  and  I  remember  upon  two  different 
occasions  that  he  showed  me  manganese  which  he  claimed  to 
have  obtained  here,  and  also  some  silver  which  he  likewise 
said  he  found  in  the  vicinity. 

The  people  of  the  locality  were  very  much   interested   in 


Qo^federat:^  l/eterar). 


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"Captain  Smith's"  pretended  discovery,  and  lie  said  lie  in- 
tended opening  some  mines.  Later  he  rented  the  Kennedy 
farm,  over  on  the  Antietam  road  ahout  six  miles  from  Har- 
per's Ferry,  and  said  it  was  his  aim  to  start  at  once  on  his 
mining  venture.  Shortly  after  moving  into  the  Kennedy 
property  he  bought  a  horse  and  a  small  wagon,  and  pretty  soon 
"Captain  Smith"  began  receiving — almost  daily — boxes  from 
the  depot,  explaining  that  it  was  mining  machinery.  But  from 
the  length  of  those  mysterious  boxes  1  have  since  come  to  be- 
lieve they  contained  the  rides,  revolvers,  etc.,  which  he  after- 
wards used  in  his  attack  on  the  arsenal. 

During  the  summer  a  number  of  strangers  came  over  the 
bridge  and  inquired  whether  I  knew  where  a  "John  Smith" 
lived  in  the  neighborhood  and  asked  lo  be  directed  to  bis 
place  These  men  came  at  intervals  of  aboul  n  week,  and,  as 
I  later  learned,  were  the  men  who  comprised  "Captain 
Smith's"  following  in  his  attack  on  the  arsenal.  Historians 
have  repeatedly  written  that  the  insurrection  was  created  by 
negroes;  but  this  is  entirely  incorrect,  and  there  were  not 
more  than  three  negroes  in  the  party.  I  personally  saw  the 
men  who  made  the  attack,  and  recognized  nearly  every  one. 

Employed  with  me  in  watching  the  old  railroad  bridge  here 
at  the  Ferry  was  a  man  named  William  Williams,  and  we  re- 
lieved each  other  at  six-hour  intervals.  The  railroad  then 
had  a  time  clock  on  the  bridge,  such  as  is  m  use  in  the  large 
offices  to-day,  and  we  were  required  to  register  every  thirty 
minutes.  On  Sunday  night,  October  16,  1859  (  I  remember  it 
w'lli.   I    was   dm-   to   report  at   midnight;   but    Williams   and    I 

never  quarreled  with  each  other  if  one  happened  to  be  a  few 

minutes  late.  On  this  night  I  arrived  at  the  bridge  at  exactly 
12:20,  and  was  surprised  to  find  that  Williams  wasn't  there, 
and  had  not  registered  on  the  clock  since  10:30  1  immedi- 
ately started  back  across  the  bridge  in  search  of  him,  and  was 
accosted  on  my  way  by  two  armed  strangers,  this  being  the 
first  intimation  1  hail  of  the  siege.  I  was  commanded  by  the 
men  to  "halt;"  but.  not  being  familiar  with  military  life,  didn't 
obey.  After  my  failure  to  stop  upon  the  second  command,  I 
was  struck  in  the  side  by  a  bayonet  and  knocked  almost  un- 
conscious by  the  blow.  Regaining  my  feet,  I  asked  the  reason 
tor  linn'  molestation  and  told  them  I  was  the  watchman  on 
the  bridge.  "Well."  answered  the  man.  whom  1  afterwards 
learned  was  John  Brown's  son,  Oliver,  "we  will  watch  the 
hridge  to-night.     Von  come   with   US." 

As   we  started  back   across   the   bridge   I   saw   several   long 

spears,    and    was    almost    frantic    from    fear.      I    struck   young 

Brown  a  powerful  blow  with  my  fist,  knocked  him  down,  and 

made  my  escape.      In   those  days  I  was  a  swift   runner,  and, 

d    1-   I   was.  I   lost  no  time  in  getting  back  into  the  town. 

I  he  railroad  company's  agent  at  Harper's  Ferry  at  that 
time  was  Fountain  Beckam,  who  was  also  the  Mayor  of  the 
town     He  had  a  negro  named  Hayward  Sheppard,  whom  he 

had  freed  some  tunc  before  ami  employed  around  the  station, 
and   Sheppard  slept  in  the  building.     After  making  my  escape 

from  the  bridge  I  awoke  the  negro  and  told  him  what  had 

taken  place.  I  discovered  that  a  bullet  had  slightly  grazed 
my  head,  but  proceeded  to  Williams's  house  to  sec  if  he  had 
returned  home.     Mrs.  Williams  told   im    he   had  not. 

About   this   time    the    Western    express    was    due    from    Cin- 
cinnati, so  1   returned  to  tin-  station.     She  was  on  tine 
night,  1   remember   well,  and   reached   lie     I  'i1  6      The 

conductor  in  charge  of  her  was  "Jake"  Phillips,  and  I  cau- 
tioned  bun  no(  to  cross  the  bridge  with  his  train,  as  it  had 
been   '•  ind   such   action   would  he  dangerous.     "Jake" 


was  a  large  and  powerful  man,  a  typical  railroader  of  the  time, 
who  didn't  know  the  meaning  of  the  word  "fear."  He  took 
his  lantern  and  started  over  toward  the  bridge,  asking  me  to 
join  him.  While  I  was  terribly  scared,  I  didn't  want  to  be 
a  coward,  so  went  with  him.  We  were  fired  at  by  the  aboli- 
tionists, though  I  am  convinced  they  merely  wanted  to  scare 
us.  The  raiders  commanded  us  to  advance  no  farther,  saying 
they  wanted  liberty  and  that  it  was  only  some  negroes  fight- 
ing for  freedom. 

Together  Conductor  Phillips  and  I  returned  to  the  station, 
and  shortly  afterwards  Hayward  Sheppard,  the  negro,  ven- 
tured out,  and  was  mortally  wounded.  In  the  meantime  a 
farmer  named  Gist  and  his  sons,  who  had  been  attending  a 
religious  meeting  and  were  returning  home  by  way  of  the 
bridge,  were  taken  prisoners — the  sons  held  and  the  father 
dispatched  by  "Captain  Smith''  to  tell  Phillips  to  proceed  with 
the  train.  The  message  was  not  to  molest  the  railroad  or 
delay  the  United  States  mail.  Still  Phillips  refused  to  move 
his  train  during  the  night,  and  it  was  not  until  after  seven 
o'clock  Monday  morning,  when  "Captain  Smith"  himself  had 
come  and  assured  Phillips  that  no  harm  would  befall  the  train. 
that  it  resumed   its  journey  East. 

The  abolitionists  held  the  arsenal  all  day  .Monday.  October 
17,  and  kept  the  village  in  a  state  of  terror.  On  Monday 
afternoon  the  wounded  negro.  Sheppard,  appeared  to  be  dying, 
and  pleaded  with  me  to  get  him  a  drink  of  water.  The  poor 
fellow's  sufferings  were  so  agonizing  that  I  started  for  the 
Shenandoah  River  with  a  pitcher.  1  was  halted  by  a  son-in- 
law  of  "Smith's"  named  Thompson,  who,  on  learning  my  mis- 
sion, bade  me  get  the  negro  the  water.  As  I  returned  from 
the  river  with  the  water  Thompson  said:  "It  serves  the  nigger 
right;  and  if  he  had  taken  our  advice,  he  would  not  have 
been  shot."  From  this  I  am  certain  the  negro  was  asked 
to  join  in  the  uprising,  which  he  likely  declined  and  was 
threatened  with  death  in  the  event  he  told 

On  Tuesday,  October  18,  a  company  of  United  States  ma- 
rines from  Washington,  under  command  of  Col.  Robert  E. 
Lee  and  Major  Green,  arrived  at  Sand)  I  look  by  freight  train 
over  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  and  matched  to  the  Ferry,  pre 
pared  to  take  possession  of  the  government  arsenal.  Major 
Green  advanced  toward  the  fort  waving  a  white  handker- 
chief, went  inside,  and  had  a  consultation  with  the  raiders. 
Returning  from  the  fort,  he  came  over  to  where  I  was  stand- 
ing alongside  of  Colonel  Lee  and  said:  "Colonel,  those  raiders 
in  there  are  commanded  by  old  Ossawatomie  Brown,  of  Kan- 
sas, and  he  refuses  to  surrender."  Then  it  was  that  the  real 
identity  of  "Captain  Smith"  was  learned.  The  order  was 
given  to  charge  the  fort,  and  after  the  third  attack  Brown 
and  his  men  were  captured.  Eleven  of  these  were  killed  in 
the  encounter  and  were  Inn  led.  including  Brown's  oldest  son, 
Oliver,  by  the  Shenandoah  River.  I'.iown  and  the  remainder 
of  bis  men  were  taken  on  the  first  train  to  Charlestown.  the 
county   seal,  and    were    tried    and   executed 

I  -ball  never  forget  that  eventful  29th  of  December,  1859, 
when  Join,  Brown  was  hanged  up  at  Charlestown.  His  re- 
mains were  brought  here  and  met  by  his  widow  and  a  man 
natned  Tunl.de,  from  Philadelphia,  who  afterwards  came  to 
the    Ferrj    as    a    major    in    tin-   z8th    Pennsylvania    Infantry. 

Brown's  body  was  taken  back  to  his  old  home  in  Xew  England. 


I  lie    most    important    of   all    things    incumbent   upon   Confed- 
is    to   extend    the   circulation   of    the    VETERAN.      Be    dili- 
if  yi  inr  neighbor  takes   it. 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


CONFEDERATED  SOUTHERN  MEMORIAL  AS- 
SOCIATION. 

Before  the  expiration  of  the  Jefferson  Davis  centennial 
it  seems  most  fitting  that  our  friends  and  coworkers  should 
be  made  acquainted  with  the  success  of  the  movement  to  have 
the  portrait  of  Jefferson  Davis  placed  in  the  schools  of  the 
South. 

General  Order  No  4,  issued  by  Gen.  Clement  A.  Evans, 
Commander  in  Chief  of  the  United  Confederate  Veteran  or- 
ganization, shows  that  the  resolution  passed  by  the  Confed- 
erated Southern  Memorial  Association  received  the  hearty  in- 
dorsement of  our  distinguished  Commander. 

It  is  extremely  gratifying  to  report  that  in  compliance  with 
the  order  and  resolution  the  presentation  ceremonies  were 
very  generally  observed  in  a  large  number  of  schools  in  all 
the  Southern  States. 

In  reply  to  inquiries  concerning  the  movement  in  Louisiana, 
the  State  Superintendent,  Mr.  T.  H.  Harris,  writes :  "The 
distribution  of  the  portraits  of  Jefferson  Davis  was  very  gen- 
eral, as  I  have  found  one  of  the  pictures  in  practically  every 
school  in  the  State  visited  by  me." 

From  Alabama  comes  the  following  report :  "In  Marion 
the  Ladies'  Memorial  Association  presented  the  picture  of 
Jefferson  Davis,  handsomely  framed,  to  four  schools.  The 
ceremony  was  very  impressive.  Mrs.  Estelle  Lovelace,  the 
President,  presided,  and  a  Confederate  flag  was  given  with 
each  picture  which  bore  the  following  inscription :  'This  por- 
trait of  Jefferson  Davis  is  presented  to  this  school  by  the 
Ladies'  Memorial  Association  of  Marion  with  the  hope  and 
the  earnest  desire  that  the  young  people  who  yearly  gather 
within  its  walls  may  learn  to  know  and  honor  and  emulate 
the  character  of  the  great  and  good  man  it  represents,  who 
was  a  hero  not  only  as  soldier  and  statesman,  but  when  fallen 
from  his  high  estate  by  the  will  of  God  and  bearing  alone 
and  in  silence  injustice  and  calumny  for  his  people.  If  only 
the  forgotten  are  dead,  then  have  we  in  our  power  to  make 
the  name  and  life  of  Jefferson  Davis  immortal  in  history  and 
in  the  hearts  of  his  people  from  generation  to  generation.'  " 

From  the  Superintendent  of  the  Marion  Institute,  Mr.  H. 
0.  Murfee,  Mrs.  Lovelace  received  a  very  appreciative  letter, 
from  which  I  quote :  "The  portrait  will  be  hung  in  the  college 
chapel,  and  I  trust  that  all  the  young  men  who  behold  it  and 
read  the  words  you  have  penned  will  strive  to  emulate  the 
heroic  and  stainless  life  of  Jefferson  Davis.  The  Ladies'  Me- 
morial Association  is  rendering  a  service  of  the  highest  order 
in  these  memorials  to  our  heroes.  Their  lives,  as  the  lives 
of  the  men  of  to-day,  are  indebted  for  inspiration  to  our  noble 
women.  Your  imperishable  monument  will  be  found  in  your 
devotion  to  our  heroes  and  our  cause." 

Thus  will  it  be  seen  that  the  women  of  the  Confederacy, 
to  whom  President  Davis  dedicated  his  great  work,  "The 
Rise  and  Fall  of  the  Confederate  Government,"  are  still  in 
the  front  ranks  doing  honor  to  his  name  and  memory.  Though 
numerically  weak,  the  fire  of  enthusiasm  is  burning  as  brightly 
in  their  hearts  as  it  did  in  the  trying  days  of  the  sixties,  when 
their  loyalty  and  devotion  were  evidenced  by  their  untiring 
efforts  to  contribute  to  the  comfort  and  welfare  of  the  Con- 
federate soldier  in  the  field,  the  bivouac,  and  the  hospital. 
We  have  shown  that  "there  is  life  in  the  old  land  yet,"  and 
we  will  continue  to  care  for  the  graves  of  our  sacred  dead 
and  to  commemorate  their  memory  so  long  as  one  remains 
to  answer  "roll  call." 

And    from   Apalachicola,   Fla.,   comes   this   very   interesting 


programme,  showing  the  cooperation  of  the  Sons  and  Daugh- 
ters of  our  Confederate  heroes : 

Official  Programme  Nineteenth  Anniversary  of  the 
Death  of  Jefferson  Davis. 

Memorial  Exercises  at  the  Armory,  Sunday,  December  6, 
igoS,  at  3  P.M. 

Vocal  music  by  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy. 

Exercises  conducted  by  the  son  of  a  veteran,  R.  F.  Burdine. 

Prayer  by  the  Rev.  J.  D.  Rountree. 

Reading:  "Object  of  Meeting,  General  Order  No.  4."  By 
F  G.  Wilhelm. 

Vocal  music  by  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy. 

Reading:  "Sketch  of  Jefferson  Davis's  Life."  By  the  son 
of  a  veteran,  H.  A.  Ferrell. 

Vocal  music  by  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy. 

Reading  Confederate  prayer  by  Rev.  M.  H.  Norton,  As- 
sistant Chaplain  General. 

Vocal  music  by  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy. 

Exercises  concluded  with  prayer  by  Rev.  P.  Q.  Cason. 


TO  VIRGINIA. 

BY   ARMISTEAD   COLLIER,    MEMPHIS,   TENN. 

Ah,  sacred  soil  of  old  Virginia ! 

Thou  wert  ever  dear  to  me; 
Thy  lovely  hills,  thy  fertile  vales 

The  birthplace  of  sweet  liberty! 

No  work  of  art  may  yet  adorn 
Thy  fields  of  blood  and  bravery; 

But  still  there  struggles  to  be  born 
The  epic  of  thy  chivalry. 

No  marble  column  to  proclaim 

Thy  sorrows  to  posterity — 
We  build  thy  monument  of  flame 

In  words  of  living  poetry! 

No  crown  of  gold  or  gems  to  prove 

Thy  greatness  to  futurity — 
Be  thine  the  laurel  wreath  of  love, 

Immortal  crown  of  purity! 

The  golden  sun  of  truth  doth  gild 
The  cloud  of  thy  high  destiny ; 

Thy  patriot  soul  was  ever  filled 

With  dreams  of  peace  and  harmony. 

No  tomb  nor  abbey  yet  enshrines 

Thy  sons  who  shed  their  blood  for  thee ; 

But  round  thy  beauteous  brow  there  shines 
The  halo  of  their  memory. 

No  song  of  poet  to  impart 
Their  deeds  of  death  and  victory — 

Inscribed  on  every  Southern  heart 
The  bright  page  of  their  history. 

Virginia,  sacred  be  thy  name 

In  life  and  through  eternity; 
A  people's  love  attests  thy  fame, 

The  heart  of  all  humanity! 


Qopfederat^  l/eterar? 


s:; 


LAST  SURVIVING   LIEUTENANT  GENERAL. 
[Continued  from  pa^e  64.] 

The  animal  commenced  for  a  while  the  same  maneuvers,  and 
presently  found  be  couldn't  get  him  off  and  tamed  down  a 
little.  'When  he  got  through,'  wrote  the  boy,  'I  fed  him 
sugar  and  cakes.  Next  day  I  tried  him,  and  he  got  com- 
paratively lame.  I  fed  him  again,  and  now  he  follows  me 
ground  like  a  dog,  I  can  ride  him  anywhere.  He  is  not 
afraid  of  a  street  car,  a  locomotive,  an  automobile,  or  any- 
thing' " 

Questions   About  Confederate  Commanders. 

When  the  subject  of  the  Civil  War  was  broached,  the  con- 
versation became  mure  animated  on  account  of  the  presence 
Of  two  old  soldiers  who  bad  passed  through  many  of  the 
•lining  scenes  of  '01-V15  and  three  younger  men  who  took  a 
lively  interest  in  the  events  of  that  eventful  period. 

"Do  you  think.  General,  that  there  were  really  any  crises 
during  the  war  when  the  South  barely  missed  the  chance  of 
winning  her  independence:'' 

"I  doubt  it  :  the  odds  were  so  much  against  us." 

"Who  was   the  greatest  Confederate  general?" 

"Practically  Lee.  Albert  Sidney  Johnston  would  have  been 
his  equal  had  he  lived.  Johnston  was  highly  regarded  as  an 
officer  by  the  officers  on  both  sides.  Lee  certainly  became 
the  greatest  general  in  the  Civil  War  on  either  side." 

"Isn't  it  a  fact  that  there  was  not  a  battle  of  any  importance 
fought  during  the  Civil  War  when  the  forces  were  anywhere 
neat   equal  that  the  Confederates  did  not  whip?" 

II,  I  think  you  are  right.  If  Lee's  position  and  Grant's 
bad  been  reversed,  Lee  the  assailant  with  the  superior  forces 
that  Grant  had,  I  don't  think  Grant  would  have  lasted  forty- 
eighl  hours  before  Lee;  and  Lee  had  ten  months  of  operation, 
with  constantly  diminishing  forces,  and  Grant  all  the  time 
receiving  reenforcements  of  fresh  men." 

"What  do  you  think  of  General  Bragg'" 

eral   Bragg  had  sonic  merit,  a  good  deal  of  merit,  but 

balanced.      When    President    Jefferson    Davis    visited 

Chattanooga.    1    was   riding   with   him   up   Lookout   Mountain, 


LAKE   IN    FRONT    OF   GENERAL    BUCKNER'S    RESIDENCE. 

when  he  asked  me:  'What  do  you  think  of  Bragg?'  I  said: 
'Mr.  President,  1  will  tell  you  frankly,  General  Bragg  as  a 
military  man.  as  a  Commander  is  wanting  in  imagination. 
He  cannot  foresee  what   probably  may  occur.     When  he  has 


formed  his  own  opinions  of  what  be  proposes  to  do,  no  advice 
of  all  his  officers  put  together  can  shake  him;  but  when  he 
meets  the  unexpected,  it  overwhelms  him  because  he  has  not 
been  able  to  foresee,  and  then  he  will  lean  upon  the  advice  of 
a    drummer   boy.'  " 

"Where  do  you  place  Hood?" 

"Hood  was  a  gallant  tighter,  but  knew  nothing  of  the  greal 
art  of  war — a  gallant  fighter;  yes,  and  a  good  man." 

"How  about  Gen.  Joseph  E.  Johnston?  By  the  way,  be  was 
an  old  ante-bellum  friend  of  yours,  too?" 

"Joe  Johnston  was  an  admirable  officer  in  every  n 
Hi-  retreat  from  Dalton  shows  that.  He  fell  back  to  Atlanta 
without  'osiug  a  wagon  against  overwhelming  odds  He  I'll 
me  himself  afterwards:  'I  proposed  to  bid  Sherman  on.  re- 
sisting him  from  time  to  time.  In  the  actions  we  hail  be  lost 
main  more  men  all  the  time  than  1  did,  I  was  having  \i 
lanta  fortified.  My  object  was  to  lead  him  back  gradually 
until  he  got  to  Atlanta;  then  I  proposed  to  throw  Forrest 
with  his  whole  cavalry  force  to  bis  rear,  not  to  interrupt. 
but  to  destroy  bis  communication.  Then  Sherman  would  have 
been  compelled  to  attack  me  in  my  chosen  position  and  I 
would  lia\  e  whipped  him.'  " 

"If  Johnston  bad  been  permitted  to  carrj  Out  In-  plan, 
would   Sherman  have  been   destroyed   and   the   war  ended    " 

"I  doubt  the  latter."  replied  General  P.uckner  reflectively, 
"because  they  bad  millions  of  men." 

"Do  you  belu\e  Sherman  could  have  been  destroyed 

"Yes,   I  think  so." 

What   is  your  estimate  of  President  Davis,  Gene 

"He  was  a  statesman,  lie  had  a  most  difficult  position  to 
fill,  and  I  think  he  filled  it  about  as  well  as  any  one  could. 
He  perhaps  was  a  little  too  prejudiced  to  be  always  entirely 
|UStj  but  1  don't  think  any  one  else  could  have  filled  the  place 
any  better  than  he  did — or  as  well,  perhaps.  1  think  he  was 
really  one  of  the  great  men  of  this  country  " 

"You  know  we  Tcnncsseeans  love  old  Forrest,  I  ell  US 
about  bun  " 

'Will,  honest  had  a  genius  for  war.  He  was  a  man  of 
great  courage  and  had  inspiration.  Now  here  is  an  instance 
to  show  it.  lie  always  had  about  him  a  chosen  company 
which  was  his  bodyguard,  and  in  critical  moments  he  would 
charge  with  them  to  decide  a  case,  to  decide  the  fact;  but 
be  made  a  charge  one  time  through  the  enemy  and  found  him- 
self in  a  position  with  hostile  soldiers  between  him  and  his 
line  of  communications.  One  of  his  men  remarked  111  alarm  : 
'General,  the  enemy  is  in  our  rear.'  Said  he:  Ain't  we  in 
their  raver  too?'  He  saw  the  point  exactly,  lie  was  a  gallant 
fellow.  When  Forrest  captured  Streight.  bis  forces  were  in- 
ferior; but  be  maneuvered  them  in  such  a  way  as  to  convince 
St  1  right  that  be  wa-  going  to  overwhelm  him.  When  Forrest 
got  back  to  Huntsville,  Ala.,  the  people  were  so  gratified  that 
they  subscribed  and  got  him  a  tine  horse  that  was  presented 
to  him  by  tin  lull.,  of  Huntsville.  That  horse  was  brought 
out.  downs  adorning  it  everywhere,  richly  caparisoned,  and 
Hi-  1  made  a  speech  presenting  the  horse  to  him.  He  replied: 
.  I  am  much  obliged  to  you  for  this  present  I  certain- 
ly appreciate  it.  Put  take  them  roses  and  llowers  off  of  there; 
thai  1-  no  place  for  them — on  this  horse — take  them  away.' 
Looking  around  at  the  crowd  and  seeing  a  good  many  young 
men.  he  said:  '1  see  in  this  crowd  a  good  many  young  men 
who  ought  to  be  in  the  army  fighting  for  their  country.  For 
my  part,  1  have  lost  all  self-respect  for  any  young  man  that 
nt   not   in  the  army.'     Everybody  knew    what   he   meant 


84 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai}. 


He   wasn't  always  accurate  in  his   language,  but  they  always 
knew  what  he  was  aiming  at."     *     *     * 

Federal  Officers  Considered. 

After  dinner,  when  the  aroma  of  fine  tobacco  began  to  fill 
the  sitting  room,  the  General  was  brought  unceremoniously 
back  to  the  Civil   War. 

"Vim  knew  General  Grant — were  acquainted  with  him  be- 
fore the  war  and  a  personal  friend,  were  you  not?" 

"We  were  three  years  together  at  West  Point;  he  was  one 
year  ahead  of  me." 

"You  knew  personally  a  great  number  of  Federal  officers, 
did  you  not  ?" 

"O  yes,  I  knew  them  all." 

"What  kind  of  a  man  was  Grant  personally?  You  know  he 
was  called  the  silent  man.    Was  he  talkative  in  private  life?" 

"Yes.  he  was.  When  you  broke  through  the  reserve  which 
he  had  with  strangers,  he  talked  well.  He  was  not  much  of  a 
student,  but  had  a  good  mind.  He  got  along  well  in  his  class 
without  much  effort." 

"Did  Grant  seem  to  think  when  lie  was  a  young  man  in  the 
army  that  he  was  capable  of  great  things?'' 

"No,  I  don't  think  he  did." 

"Do  you  think  he  just  gradually  grew  to  his  place  without 
any  idea  that  he  was  going  to  attain  such  a  position?" 

"I  think  he  had  no  idea.  He  wanted  a  position;  he  was 
poor.  He  went  into  the  army,  showed  a  good  deal  of  merit, 
and  had  luck,  too.  Take  any  of  his  predecessors  in  command 
of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac — after  some  of  the  reverses  that 
he  had  when  he  advanced  on  Lee — the  other  commanders 
would  have  withdrawn,  but  Grant's  dogged  perseverance, 
you  know,  kept  him  going.  He  wouldn't  give  up.  And  the 
government  sustained  him  as  it  did  not  any  of  the  others. 
They  were  jealous  of  McClellan — wouldn't  support  him." 

"Whom  do  you  class  as  the  best  of  the  Federal  generals 
during  the  Civil  War?" 

"McClellan  was  one  of  the  best  that  they  had." 

"How  did  he  rank  or  compare  with  Grant?" 

"He  was  very  superior  to  Grant.  McClellan  formed  the 
army  that  Grant  commanded.  When  McClellan  took  it,  it 
was  a  green  army,  not  inured  to  hardship,  and  he  maneuvered 
it  handsomely.  Grant  had  some  admirable  qualities  as  a 
general — great  firmness  of  purpose,  bulldog  courage  and 
tenacity.  But  he  lost  more  men  killed  and  wounded  in  his 
Virginia  campaign  than  were  in  Lee's  army.  He  described 
himself,  I  think,  in  a  private  letter  he  wrote  to  a  friend  in 
Baltimore — I  think  it  was  after  the  fight  at  the  'Crater'  at 
Petersburg.  He  stated :  'It  was  a  regular  Kilkenny  fight ; 
my  cat  had  the  longest  tail.'     That  describes  it." 

"How  do  you  place  General  Sherman?" 

"General  Sherman  was  a  skillful  officer,  superior  in  many 
respects  to  Grant,  in  my  opinion.  McClellan  we  regarded 
as  one  of  the  best,  perhaps  the  best,  of  the  Federal  generals." 

"In  what  respect  was  Sherman  superior  to  Grant?" 

"Well,  he  could  maneuver  better;  he  could  handle  his  troops 
better.  Grant's  idea  was,  as  he  had  superior  forces,  just  by 
bulldog  courage  to  run  over  his  enemy.  He  had  very  little 
knowledge  of  strategy  or  taking  advantage  of  positions  and 
movements.     Sherman  had  that  in  an  eminent  degree." 

"Where  do  you  put  Meade?" 

"Well,  Meade  was  a  medium  officer — some  good  qualities. 
At  Gettysburg  by  rapid  movements  he  managed  to  concen- 
trate a  scattered  army  to  meet  Lee.  I  do  not  regard  him  as 
equal  to  either  of  the  others  I  have  mentioned." 


"To  what  do  you  attribute  Lee's  defeat  at  Gettysburg?" 

"Well,  it  is  bard  to  say.  I  haven't  studied  it  sufficiently  in 
the  detail,  and  I  wouldn't  like  to  venture  an  opinion  on  it. 
Some  consider  it  Longstreet's  slowness.  Whether  it  was  so 
or  not,  I  don't  know.  Longslreet  was  a  gallant  fighter.  He 
reminds  me  of  Marshal  Ney  in  his  character.  It  was  said 
of  Ney  that  out  of  sight  of  the  enemy  he  had  not  the  remotest 
idea  of  strategic  movements;  but  when  he  heard  the  sound  oi 
artillery,  he  woke  up,  and  on  the  field  of  action  he  was  su- 
perior to  almost  any  one  in  tactical  movements,  but  knew 
nothing  about  strategic  movement  before  he  came  in  contact 
Longstreet  reminds  me  of  Ney  in  that  respect." 

"Now,  General,  here  is  an  officer  that  the  Federals  have 
never  seemed  to  think  much  of,  but  that  the  Confederate's, 
so  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  judge,  thought  very  well  of — 
I  mean  Buell.  After  the  war  he  lived  and  died  here  in  Ken- 
tucky.    What  do  you  think  of  Buell  as  an  officer?" 

"He  was  a  good  officer,  and/  a  gentleman,  too." 

"Did  he  rank  with  the  best  of  the  Federal  officers?" 

"Well,  I  considered  him  a  good  officer." 

"Do  you  think  as  an  officer  he  was  equal  to  Bragg,  against 
whom  he  maneuvered  and  whom  he  fought  at  Perryville?" 

"Yes,  he  was  equally  as  good  as  Bragg." 

Battle  of  Munfordville. 

A  great  many  people  traveling  on  the  Louisville  and  Nash- 
ville Railroad  have  noticed  near  Munfordville  on  the  south 
bank  of  Green  River  a  lone  monument.  Comparatively  few- 
know  that  this  shaft  marks  the  last  resting  place  of  Col. 
Robert  A.  Smith,  a  gallant  soldier  of  the  Confederacy  and 
commander  of  the  10th  Mississippi,  who  fell  when  Chalmers 
and-  his  brigade  assaulted  the  Federal  works  at  that  place. 
Colonel  Smith  was  an  Englishman,  and  his  brother  came  here 
from  England  after  the  war  and  erected  the  lone  monument 
on  Green  River  to  his  memory. 

General  Buckner  threw  up  fortifications  at  Munfordville,  the 
remains  of  which  may  yet  be  seen  south  of  the  river  almost 
in  sight  of  his  home.     *     *     * 

"Tell  us  of  the  battle  of  Munfordville,  when  Colonel  Smith 
lost  his  life." 

"General  Bragg  was  at  Glasgow,  twenty-four  or  twenty- 
five  miles  south  of  Munfordville,  and  he  advanced  a  division, 
I  think,  of  about  twenty-five  hundred  men  in  command  of 
General  Chalmers.     The  latter,  though  his  force  was  inferior 


RESIDENCE   AT   GLEN    LILY. 


(^opfederat^  l/eterap. 


to  that  of  the  Federals,  assaulted  the  works.  He  was  dis- 
astrously beaten,  and  in  that  light  Colonel  Smith  was  killed 
When  T.ragg  heard  of  it,  he  was  very  much  incensed  and 
ordered  Generals  Polk  and  Hardee  (I  was  in  Hardee's  Di- 
vision )  1"  move  up  and  assault  the  works  to  avenge  hi-s  friend. 
1  heard  of  it  and  went  to  Hardee,  my  corps  commander,  and 
said:  'General  Hardee,  there  is  no  use  of  assaulting  those 
winks;  we  will  lose  men  unnecessarily.  As  a  schoolboy  I 
was  familiar  with  this  spot  and  its  surroundings.  Instead  of 
assaulting  the  works,  make  demonstrations  as  if  we  were 
going  to  assault,  and  come  back  around  the  north  side  of  the 
river  at  the  ford  at  Bohannon's  [which  I  described]  and  oc- 
cupy the  heights  from  Munford's  side,  which  will  command 
the  rear,  and  enfilade  the  Federal  works  on  higher  ground. 
I  know  that  perfectly;  I  have  been  in  Munford's  orchard 
many  a  time;  I  know  all  about  it.'  General  Hardee  said: 
'That  is  a  good  idea;  you  go  to  Bragg  and  tell  him.'  Hardee 
ought  to  have  gone,  but  I  went  to  General  Bragg  and  repeated 
it  to  him.  At  once  it  seemed  to  strike  him  as  a  good  sug- 
er^ti"U.  and  he  made  his  order  accordingly.  He  ordered  Har- 
dee up  in  front  and  ordered  Polk  to  make  a  turning  move- 
ment (that  was  Gen.  Leonidas  Polk),  crossing  the  river  at 
Bohannon's.  above  here,  and  moving  down.  The  first  tiling 
the  enemy  knew  of  the  movement  they  were  cut  off,  the 
heights  in  their  rear  were  occupied,  and  tiny  were  Surrounded. 
We  were  all  the  time  while  Polk  was  moving  around  making 
demonstrations  as  if  we  were  going  to  assault,  so  as  to  attract 
the  Federals'  attention.  And  the  first  thing  they  knew  they 
were  surrounded.  I  bivouacked  on  the  south  side  with  my 
division,  and  about  two  o'clock  in  the  morning  a  Federal 
officer  was  brought  to  my  bivouac  blindfolded.  He  was  in 
command    of    the    Federal    forces.      He    came    and    had    his 


bandage  taken  off.  He  said  after  telling  me  who  he  was: 
'General  Buckner,  I  come  to  you  for  advice,  though  I  don  t 
know  you  personally,  sir.  I  have  been  in  command  of  these 
troops  here  only  a  couple  of  days.  A  surrender  is  demanded. 
I  am  unused  to  military  matters;  but  I  love  my  country  and 
I  want  to  do  my  duty  as  a  soldier,  but  I  see  T  am  surrounded. 
There  are  a  good  many  Federal  officers  who  tell  me  they 
know  you,  and  you  are  a  gentleman  and  would  n.it  deceive 
me,  and  1  come  to  you  to  find  out  what  I  ought  to  do.'  Well. 
it  was  a  most  remarkable  thing.  It  appealed  to  me  at  once. 
I  wouldn't  have  deceived  that  man  under  those  circumstances 
for  anything.  'Well,'  said  T,  'Colonel,  I  cannot  advise  you 
about  that.  You  are  in  command  of  your  troops,  and  you 
must  decide  for  yourself  what  you  ought  to  do;  but  I  will 
give  you  some  facts  for  which  I  pledge  my  honor  as  a  sol- 
dier and  a  gentleman  :  At  this  moment  you  are  surrounded 
by  a  force  of  not  less  than  twenty-two  thousand  men  [there 
wire  about  twenty-four  thousand].  There  are  in  position 
about  eighty  to  one  hundred  pieces  of  artillery,  those  on  the 
south  side  commanding  your  position  iii  reverse;  they  have 
orders  to  open  lire  at  daylight.  It  is  for  you  to  judge  how 
long  your  command  would  live  under  tli.it  tin  '  He  looked 
very  solemn,  and  for  live  minutes  said  nothing.  He  then 
said:  'Well,  it  seems  to  me.  General  Buckner,  that  I  ought 
to  surrender.'  Said  I:  'No,  Colonel;  you  appealed  to  me, 
and  I  must  tell  you  frankly  everything  that  I  think  a  soldier 
ought  to  do.  Von  turd  n..t  tell  me  the  strength  of  your 
army;  1  know  what  it  is  [it  was  about  live  thousand  men]. 
You  need  nol  tell  me  that,  because  it  would  be  wrong,  hut 
I  know  pretty  well  what  it  is.  You  are  the  judge  of  whether 
you  could  live  under  the  fire  that  is  to  be  opened  on  you; 
but  if  you  have  information  that  would  induce  you  to  think 
that  the  sacrificing  of  every  man  at  this  place  would  gain 
your  army  an  advantage  elsewhere,  it  is  your  duty  to  do  it.' 
lie  said  he  didn't  have  am  information  of  that  sort,  and  added : 
'I  believe  I  will  surrender.'  I  said:  'If  that  is  your  con- 
clusion, 1  will  take  you  to  General  Bragg.'  \ml  1  took  him 
to  General    Bragg   and  the  arrangement    was   made." 

It  was  growing  late  and  the  Nashville  visitors  had  barely 
time  to  catch  their  train  as  they  reluctantly  took  leave  of 
General  Buckner,  his  accomplished  wife,  and  hospitable  home. 
I  he  day  li  id  passed  all  too  swiftly,  but  it  will  ever  be  foi 
them  one  of  the  bright  spots  in  the  vista  of  memory. 


GEN.    S.   B.    DL'CKNF.R    IN    THE   NINETIES. 


BOTH  ARMIES  .1/./)'  MEET  AFTER  FIFTY  YEARS 

(  Army  and    Navy   Life,  i 

Lieut.  Col.  J.  A.  Watrous,  I'.  S  \.  retired,  suggests  a 
joint  maneuver  encampment  of  the  ('..  A.  R.  and  the  United 
Confederate  Veterans  in  one  of  the  border  States  in  n,n, 
1 1 1 1  \  years  from  the  beginning  of  the  (nil  War,  ami  the  in- 
auguration at  such  encampment  oi  a  movement  for  the  build- 
ing of  a  joint  monument  at  Appomattox  in  memory  of  Gen- 
erals Grant  and  Robert  E.  l.ee  and  all  the  soldiers  who 
marched  and  fought  on  both  sides  in  the  War  of  the  Re- 
bellion      We    are   heartily    m    sympathy    with    this   suggestion, 

and  we  hope  that  the  idea  will  he  developed.     The  nation  is 

now  one,  and  it  is  einiiniitK  proper  that  to  the  long  list  of 
individual  memorials  erected  to  the  hemrs  of  th.it  war  111 
Section  of  the  country  there  should  be  added  one, 
grander  than  all  the  rest,  an  immortal  testimony  of  the  ce- 
menting  of  fellowship  which   has  followed   Our  colossal   eternal 

conflict 


8ii 


Qopfederat^  l/eterar? 


1' .-  *"  !*'.<' 

: —     "  ■>'"V'<?:'i 

**  *s*  TV  k^'V* : -r^ 

2BlCUS  '•'  J1    >   ■ 

Judge  J.  R.  Morton. 
Death,  the  common  enemy,  has  again  invaded  our  ranks 
and  another  loved  comrade  has  fallen,  another  Confederate 
tried  and  true  has  answered  the  last  roll  call  and  is  now  at 
rest  on  the  "eternal  camping  ground''  beyond  the  river,  where 
weary  soldiers  sleep  in  peace  when  life's  battle  is  ended, 
where  they  hear  no  more  the  growling  guns  nor  the  bugle's 
thrilling  blasts,  see  no  more  of  cruel  war — of  comrades  slain, 
of  desecrated  homes,  of  burning  towns  and  wasted  lands — 
for  they  are  dead,  sleeping  the  sleep  that  knows  no  waking 
till  the  angel's  bugle  sounds  the  great  reveille  to  call  them 
back  to  life. 

Thus  one  by  one  our  comrades  fall,  as  fall  the  withered 
leaves  in  autumn  time ;  one  by  one,  their  warfare  over,  they 
calmly  lay  their  armor  down  and  pass  away.  All  going, 
none  returning,  our  numbers  are  rapidly  depleting.  None  that 
yet  remain  are  young,  none  middle-aged,  but  all  are  far  down 
the  shady  slope  of  life,  and  soon  the  last  of  these  will  be 
under  the  sod.  All  die  true  to  the  principles  for  which  they 
fought  and  suffered  through  years  of  bloody  war — principles 
as  immutable  as  the  hills  and  that  will  yet  prevail,  for  "truth 
crushed  to  earth  will  rise  again." 

Judge  Jeremiah  R.  Morton  died  at  his  home,  in  Lexington, 
December  18,  igoS,  without  a  moment's  warning.  At  the 
usual  hour  in  the  evening,  about  6 130,  he  returned  from  his 
law  office  to  his  home,  on  East  Short  Street,  seemingly  in  fine 
health  and  spirits  after  an  unusually  busy  day  in  the  court 
room  and  in  his  office,  took  up  an  evening  paper  to  read  the 
daily  news,  as  was  his  custom,  when  the  hand  of  death  struck 
him,  and  in  a  moment  the  vital  spark  was  gone  forever. 

Soon  the  sad  news  spread  throughout  the  city,  and  there 
was  deep  sorrow  in  many  homes,  for  he  was  known  and  be- 
loved by  all,  rich  and  poor,  male  and  female,  white  and  black. 
He  was  a  Confederate  veteran,  a  Freemason,  and  one  of  the 
oldest,  ablest,  and  most  popular  members  of  the  Lexington 
bar;  and  as  a  token  of  love  for  their  comrade,  their  brother, 
and  their  associate  and  of  appreciation  of  his  many  noble 
qualities,  the  members  of  each  of  these  organizations  attended 
his  funeral  in  a  body.  The  great  heap  of  beautiful  flowers 
under  which  his  lifeless  body  rests,  placed  there  by  loving 
hands,  tells  the  story  of  his  worth  in  language  far  more  elo- 
quent rnd  forceful  than  tongue  or  pen  can  do.  It  tells  of  his 
gallantry  in  war  and  of  his  continued  loyalty  to  the  princi- 
ples for  which  he  fought  and  suffered,  of  his  devotion  to  the 
great  Masonic  order,  of  kindness  and  courtesy  shown  his 
fellow-members  of  the  bar,  and  of  his  love  and  affection  for 
his  family,  his  kindred,  his  friends,  and  his  countrymen. 

Judge  Morton  was  born  in  Clark  County,  Ky.,  February  10, 
1842,  and  here  he  received  most  of  his  education.  In  1862, 
when  twenty  years  of  age,  he  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  army, 
becoming  a  member  of  Colonel  Cluke's  8th  Kentucky  Cavalry, 
Gen.  John  H.  Morgan's  command.  He  served  gallantly  and 
faithfully  till  the  starry  cross  went  down  forever,  was  twice 
captured,  escaped  from  prison  once,  and  was  once  exchanged. 

The  war  over,  he  returned  home  and  entered  the  law  depart- 


ment of  Kentucky  University,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
due  time,  and  at  once  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in 
this  city,  and  here  he  remained  till  his  death. 

In  18S3  he  was  elected  Circuit  Judge  to  fill  a  vacancy,  and 
was  reelected  at  the  expiration  of  the  term.  After  a  service 
of  nine  years  on  the  bench,  he  resumed  the  practice  of  his 
profession  at  the  bar  over  which  he  had  so  long  and  so  ably 
presided. 

[Sketch  by  Milford  Overley,  Lexington,  Ky.] 

Judge  Silas  Hare. 

The  Mildred  Lee  Camp,  U.  C.  V.,  at  Sherman,  Tex,  held 
a  memorial  service  in  honor  of  Judge  Silas  Hare,  who  died 
November  26,  1908,  at  the  age  of  eighty-one  years.  In  reso- 
lutions after  a  biographic  sketch  given  by  Dr.  J.  B.  Stinson 
the  Camp  paid  high  tribute. 

Judge  Hare  served  in  Congress  for  two  terms,  beginning 
in  1886,  during  which  time  he  introduced  and  was  instrumental 
in  having  passed  the  bill  known  as  "The  Indian  Depredation 
Bill."  Judge  Hare  introduced  and  succeeded  in  having  passed 
the- bill  spoken  of  for  the  reimbursement  of  the  citizens  for 
their  loss.  He  then,  after  his  retirement  from  Congress,  as- 
sumed the  task  of  getting  up  the  evidence  in  these  cases  and 
seeing  that  each  one  was  paid  for  his  loss.  This  necessitated 
his  removal  to  Washington  City,  where  he  took  up  his  resi- 
dence and  where  he  continued  to  reside  until  his  death.  He 
was  married  the  second  time  in  1903  to  Mrs.  Louise  Kennedy, 
of  Washington  City,  who  survives  him. 

Joe  F.  Williams. 

Since  sending  the  article  which  appeared  in  the  Veteran 
for  September,  page  516,  Com- 
rade Joe  F.  Williams  has  passed 
into  the  great  beyond.  He  had 
never  been  well  since  having 
a  stroke  of  paralysis,  some  three 
years  since ;  and  after  days 
of  intense  suffering,  death  came 
to  his  release  on  the  6th  of 
August.  He  was  born  in  1846, 
and  "lived  and  died  a  stanch 
Confederate,"  being  buried  in 
the  gray,  at  his  request,  in  a 
suit  he  had  prepared  for  the 
Birmingham  Reunion.  His  ar- 
ticle had  been  ready  lor  publi- 
cation for  some  time,  but  the 
press  of  other  things  prevented 
earlier  publication.  A  devoted 
wife  survives  him.     Their  home  was  at  Walnut  Grove,  Miss. 


joe  F.    WILLIAMS. 


Garner. — Marcellus  C.  Garner  died  November  26,  1908.  He 
was  born  in  Alabama  in  1844.  He  was  taken  to  Kemper 
County,  Miss.,  when  a  child  and  there  reared.  He  enlisted 
in  the  Confederate  army  in  1861  in  Company  B,  nth  Mis- 
sissippi Regiment,  and  served  through  the  trials  and  hard- 
ships of  that  famous  Mississippi  regiment  until  March  29, 
1865,  when  he  lost  one  of  his  legs  in  one  of  the  trenches  at 
Petersburg.  After  reaching  home  he  went  diligently  about  re- 
building his  lost  fortune.  He  was  married  in  1874,  and  leaves 
a  family  of  three  sons  and  two  daughters  who  are  a  credit  to 
the  father  and  mother. 

[Data  supplied  by  E.  E.  Spinks,  of  Meridian,  Miss.] 


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Col.  James  Elijah  DeVaughn. 

In  his  posthumous  address  of  greeting  to  the  veterans  at 
the  Birmingham  Reunion,  Gen.  Stephen  D.  Lee  said  of  the 
Confederate  soldier :  "He  enriched  the  world  in  honor ;  he 
added  to  the  spiritual  riches  of  mankind !  The  memory  of 
his  deeds  is  the  treasury  of  his  people,  for  he  has  left  heroic 
memories  that  chasten  and  purify  the  hearts  of  all  who  shall 
come  after  him." 

These  words  recall  so  vividly  Col.  James  E.  DeVaughn, 
the  grand  old  Confederate  soldier  who  left  us  this  year  (in 
July)  to  spend  his  endless  days  with  those  heroes  who  have 
"crossed  over  the  river." 

James  Elijah  DeVaughn  was  born  near  Jonesboro,  Ga., 
December  20,  1840.  He  attended  school  at  Jonesboro  and  in 
Abbeville,  S.  C.  From  his  native  county  he  responded  to  his 
country's  call  for  defenders  against  invasion.  Enlisting  as 
a  private  in  October,  1861,  in  Company  F,  2d  Georgia  Cav- 
alry  Regiment,   he  rose   through   the   various   grades  of  pro- 


COL.  JAMES   ELIJAH  DEVAUGHN. 

motion  to  the  rank  of  captain,  and  was  in  command  of  his 
company  when  captured.  His  command  was  assigned  to  the 
Army  of  Tennessee,  under  General  Forrest,  and  was  later 
under  Generals  Wharton  and  Wheeler,  being  with  the  latter 
in  the  battles  of  Murfrcesboro  in  1862. 

The  2d  Georgia  Cavalry  made  an  admirable  record  >  a 
fighting  command,  and  Comrade  DeVaughn  remained  with  it 
to  the  close  of  the  war,  taking  part  in  many  notable  battles. 
including  Perryville,  Stone's  River,  and  Chickamauga.  lie 
was  taken  prisoner  at  Sugar  Creek,  Ala.,  while  with  General 
Wheeler,  and  remained  a  prisoner  to  the  close  of  the  war, 
bring  released  June  12,  1865,  after  nearly  two  years  on  John- 
v  Island. 


In  1866  Colonel  DeVaughn  removed  to  Montezuma,  Ga., 
where  he  married  Miss  Sallie  V.  McClendon,  and  to  them 
were  born  nine  children,  five  of  whom  survive  him.  He  was 
happily  married  the  second  time  in  1884  to  Miss  Mary  E. 
Porter,  of  Griffin,  Ga.,  who  survives  him. 

Colonel  DeVaughn  was  for  many  years  the  beloved  Corrr- 
mander  of  Camp  No.  65,  U.  C.  V,  at  Oglethorpe,  Ga.,  and 
two  years  ago  was  made  Brigadier  General  of  the  Western 
Division,  U.  C.  V.,  of  Georgia,  and  was  also  a  member  of 
Gov.  Hoke  Smith's  military  staff. 

After  the  war  Colonel  DeVaughn  was  a  leader  in  the  great 
work  of  restoration  and  rehabilitation,  and  overcame  all 
obstacles  by  oppressive  Federal  laws  and  Federal  interference. 
He  turned  disaster  into  triumph.  He  possessed  a  genius  for 
business,  and  was  successful  in  his  undertakings.  He  con- 
tracted a  violent  cold  while  at  the  Birmingham  Reunion,  from 
the  effects  of  which  he  never  recovered.  His  pallbearers 
were  his  old  comrades  in  arms,  and  he  was  buried  in  his  new 
uniform  of  Confederate  gray,  while  over  his  flower-covered 
coffin  was  draped  a  beautiful  Confederate  flag. 

He  was  a  man  of  exalted  character,  generous  in  his  bene- 
factions, charitable  in  thought,  and  firm  in  religious  princi- 
ples.    His  well-spent   life   is  over;  and 

"As  the  days  lay  down  their  brightness 
And.  bathing  in   splendor,  die," 
so  he  went  to  rest,  his  work  well   done,  his  career  complete, 
beloved  by  family  and  friend1;. 

J  \\ii  s  G.  Cox. 

James  G.  Cox  died  of  apoplexy  at  his  home.  Bluff  City, 
Tenn.,  on  December  8,  igo8. 

James  Gregg  Cox  was  bom  March  18,  1848.  at  Blountvillc, 
Sullivan  County,  Tenn.,  a  son  of  John  W.  Cox,  who  was  a 
leading  citizen  of  Sullivan  County.  He  was  Sheriff  and  Cir- 
cuit Court  Clerk  of  the  county  for  many  years.  His  grand- 
father was  Abraham  Cox.  whose  ancestors  helped  to  establish 
the  Watauga  settlement,  and  were  signers  of  the  Watauga 
Compact.  Abraham  Cox  married  Mary,  a  daughter  of  William 
Cox.  and  he  was  an  officer  in  the  Continental  army  in  the 
War  of  the  Revolution.  lie  came  from  the  Shenandoah  Val- 
ley and  settled  in  Cox  Valley,  Sullivan  County,  during  1783, 

James  attended  school  at  Jefferson  Academy.  Blountville. 
until  the  school  was  closed  by  reason  of  the  Civil  War.  Dur- 
ing one  of  Stoncman's  raids  through  that  section  young  Cox 
was  sent  by  his  father  along  with  some  farm  hands  to  hide 
out  with  negroes  and  horses  to  keep  them  away  from  the 
Federal  troops.  After  hiding  out  for  some  time,  James  went 
home  one  morning  early  and  said  :  "Father,  I  am  going  to  join 
the  Confederate  army!"  His  father  said  he  was  hut  a  child, 
and  he  replied  that  he  would  rather  light  the  Yankees  than 
hide  from  them.  After  this  bis  father  made  no  further 
objections,  and  at  the  age  of  fifteen  James  Cox  joined  the 
Confederate  army  and  fought  to  the  close  of  the  war. 

After  the  war  he  entered  King  College,  Bristol,  where  he 
remained  for  a  number  of  years  In  1873  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Virginia  Worley,  of  Bluff  City  Four  children — one  son 
and  three  daughters — were  given  to  them.  The  son  died  at 
the  age  of  eight,  but  the  daughters  all  survived  him  and  are 
happily  married. 

James  G.  Cox  was  of  a  positive  character  and  of  strong  in- 
tellect, yet  he  was  popular  with  all  classes,  and  had  a  kind 
word  for  all  whom  he  met.  lie  did  unto  others  as  he  would 
have  them  do  unto  him 

He  was  an  uncle  of  former  Gov.  lohn  I.  Cox. 


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C^opfederat^  l/eterap. 


Miss   Sai.lie  Jones. 

A  committee  composed  of  Mrs.  Sallie  Fairly,  Mrs.  Claude 
Hardy,  Miss  Bessie  Riley,  and  her  S.  S.  class  say  of  Miss 
Sallie  Jones,  who  was  a  pioneer  in  the  work  of  the  Daughters 
of  the  Confederacy,  working  from  her  home,  Camden,  Ala. : 

"On  the  8th  of  November,  1908,  death  robbed  us  of  one  of 
our  most  beloved  sisters,  Miss  Sallie  Jones.  Miss  Sallie  was 
one  of  our  most  faithful  and  efficient  workers  in  the  Baptist 
Church,  a  teacher  in  the  Sunday  school,  leader  of  the  Sun- 
beams, and  Secretary  of  the  Ladies'  Aid  Society  for  many 
years.  She  was  a  devoted  Christian,  and  possessed  those 
sweet  traits  of  character  which  rendered  her  lovable  and  loved 
by  all. 

"Whereas  it  has  pleased  Almighty  God  in  his  infinite  wis- 
dom and  mercy  to  remove  our  dear  loved  one  from  her  use- 
ful, diligent,  and  appreciated  labors  from  this  earth ;  be  it 

"Resolved:  1.  While  we  deplore  her  loss  to  us,  we  bow  in 
humble  submission  to  Him  who  doeth  all  things  well. 

"2.  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  sent  each  town  paper, 
the  Alabama  Baptist,  and  her  immediate  relatives. 

"3.  That  we  spread  a  copy  of  this  on  the  minutes  of  the 
Church,  Ladies'  Aid  Society,  and  Sunbeams. 

"4.  That  each  of  said  organizations,  the  United  Daughters 
of  the  Confederacy,  and  the  community  at  large  most  deeply 
deplore  the  loss  of  this  grand  and  noble  woman. 

"5.  We  are  thankful  to  have  been  associated  with  such 
a  one,  and  may  we  endeavor  to  emulate  her  example ! 

"6.  We  rejoice  to  know  that  one  of  earth's  most  appreciated 
flowers  has  been  transplanted  to  bloom  in  heaven's  rosary. 

'Why  should  we  weep  when  the  weary  ones  rest 

In  the  bosom  of  Jesus  supreme, 
In  the  mansions  of  glory  prepared  for  the  blest? 
For  death  is  no  more  than  a  dream.'  " 

Henry  M.  Withers. 

Another,  a  true,  brave  soldier,  whose  cause  for  which  he 
battled  sleeps  at  Appomattox,  has  crossed  over  the  river  and 
is  now,  let  us  pray,  united  again  with  Lee,  Jackson,  and  all 
the  valiant  host  who  have  gone  before  "beneath  the  shade  of 
the  trees"  to  rest  evermore. 

Henry  M.  Withers  was  born  at  Warrenton,  Va.,  in  1845  ; 
and  departed  this  life  at  Kansas  City  on  December  25,  1908. 

J.  D.  Shewalter,  of  Independence,  Mo.,  writes  of  him : 

"I  knew  him  as  a  soldier  and  afterwards  as  a  student  at 
the  University  of  Virginia.  At  the  close  of  the  war  we  were 
members  of  the  same  command,  Company  H,  43d  Virginia 
Cavalry  (Mosby's).  This  was  a  company  added  but  a 
short  time  before  the  surrender  to  the  command ;  but  its 
members  were  all  carefully  selected  because  of  supposed  spe- 
cial fitness.  Baylor's  Light  Horse  (Company  B,  12th  Virginia 
Cavalry,  Rosser's  Brigade)  were  probably  more  noted  than 
any  other  like-sized  force  in  the  army.  Recruited  in  the  val- 
ley, knowing  all  the  country,  under  the  lead  of  Capt.  George 
Baylor  (first  under  his  father),  they  became  widely  known 
for  daring  in  detached  service  on  the  flanks  and  rear  of  the 
enemy. 

"Afterwards  Baylor  was  commissioned  to  raise  a  new  com- 
pany of  select  men  for  Mosby's  command.  Most  of  these 
came  from  his  old  company.  Many  of  them  afterwards  be- 
came distinguished  in  civil  life.  Lieut.  J.  G.  Wiltshire,  as 
brave  a  man  as  ever  lived,  now  a  leading  physician  and  sur- 
geon of  Baltimore,  William  L.  Wilson,  Postmaster  General 
under    Cleveland,    Charles     Broadway     Rouss,    the    eccentric 


blind  multimillionaire  merchant,  and  many  others  were  of 
the  number.  Mr.  Withers  came  from  this  old  company,  I 
suppose.  With  him  and  others  near  Bull  Run  we  fought 
the  last  contest  on  Virginia  soil,  April  10,  1865,  the  day  after 
the  surrender.  Baylor  had  been  sent  to  a  station  near  Fairfax 
Station,  a  short  distance  from  Washington,  to  capture  a 
wagon  train  sorely  needed  by  General  Lee — the  evacuation  of 
Richmond  not  being  known.     *     *     * 

"At  the  University  of  Virginia  we  were  classmates.  I 
graduated  from  the  law  department  in  1868,  and  think  he  did 
in  the  succeeding  year.  And  thus  in  early  life  we  were  thrown 
closely  together. 

"When  all  the  'Rebels'  (the  designation  of  patriots  in  every 
age)  are  assembled,  those  of  1776-81  and  those  of  1861-65  will 
be  equally  honored — one  won  and  the  other  lost  in  the  same 
cause — it  will  'be  sweet  to  have  been  there.' 

"Capt.  George  Baylor  lived  a  few  years  after  the  war  in 
Kansas  City,  and  died  four  years  ago  at  Charlestown,  W.  Va." 

Eldridge  S.  Greening. 

Eldridge  S.  Greening,  who  died  on  October  31  at  his  home 
in  Hope,  Ark.,  was  born  in  Evergreen  County,  Ala.,  June  28, 
1842.  The  family  removed  to  Arkansas  about  1845,  when 
the  State  was  but  a  wilderness,  and  helped  to  cut  a  road  to 
their  temporary  home,  now  a  part  of  Nevada  County.  In 
1847  they  removed  to  Ouachita  County,  where  he  was  reared 
and  received  his  common   school  education. 

In  June,  1861,  young  Greening  enlisted  in  a  company  under 
Capt.    John    S.    Logan,    known    as    the    second    company    of 


ELDRIDGE    S.    GREENING. 

"Camden  Knights."  This  company  was  sworn  into  the 
Confederate  service  on  July  23,  1861,  and  became  Company 
G,  of  the  nth  Regiment,  Arkansas  Infantry.  It  was  sent 
from  Little  Rock  to  Memphis,  to  Fort  Pillow,  Island  No.  10, 
and   then   to   New   Madrid,    Mo.     The   brigade   was   with   the 


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89 


prisoners  of  Island  No.  io,  who  were  taken  to  Camp  Douglas 
at  Chicago,  from  which  prison  Comrade  Greening  was  ex- 
changed late  in  1862.  He  served  the  remainder  of  the  wai 
with  Wirt  Adams's  Brigade  in  Mississippi,  and  did  well  his 
part  as  a  brave  and  true  soldier.  He  was  always  among  the 
first  to  volunteer  for  any  dangerous  expedition,  and  was  in 
every  engagement  of  his  command,  yet  served  through  the 
war  unhurt. 

After  the  war  he  engaged  in  mercantile  business  in  Cam- 
den, and  in  his  later  years  was  one  of  the  leading  cotton 
buyers  of  that  city. 

He  removed  to  Hope,  Ark.,  about  two  years  ago.  He  was 
twice  married— to  Miss  Julia  Ritchie  in  1869,  and  to  Miss 
Hatlic  Matthews  in  1882 — and  of  these  unions  seven  children 
blessed  his  home,  lie  was  a  man  of  strong  convictions,  par- 
tisan in  -.  1 1  i  1- i t ,  a  kmd,  affectionate  husband  and  Father. 

M.  T.  Ledbetter. 

M.  T.  Ledbetter  died  in  Piedmont,  Ala.  on  November  26, 
1908,  aged  sixtj  seven  years.  He  was  one  of  the  oldest  citi- 
zens of  his  section  of  the  State,  and  had  lived  in  the  Pied- 
mont community  all  his  life.  He  was  highly  esteemed  by  a 
large  circle  of  friends  and  acquaintances.  He  was  a  Ma- 
son, and  was  buried  with  Masonic  honors.  He  was  an 
acceptable  member  of  the  Baptist  Church.  Comrade  Led- 
better was  color  bearer  of  the  5th  Alabama  Battalion.  He  was 
very  tall  and  slender,  a  suitable  ensign.  He  carried  his  colors 
through  many  battles,  but  was  only  twice  wounded. 

When  the  war  was  over,  like  all  true  soldiers,  he  accepted 
the  result  and  went  to  work.     He  ever  delighted  to  recount 


M.    T.    I.EIIBETTER. 


the  brave  deeds  and  heroic  devotion  of  his  fellow-soldiers 
on  fields  of  gory  strife.  For  many  years  he  diligently  col- 
lected and  preserved  war  history  that  he  regarded  as  v 
blc  in  its  bearing  upon  that  deadly  strife.  For  twenl 
he  had  searched  for  the  old  flag  that  he  carried,  which  was 
captured  in  battle,  and  to  this  •nil  had  carried  on  an  extensive 
correspondence  with  Union  veterans  in  the  vain  attempt  to 
find  it  among  the  captured  Confederate   flags. 

Comrade  Ledbetter  always  mel  bis  "id  comrades  at  their 
annual  Reunions  until  three  yeai  ago,  when  his  health  de- 
clined. This  deprivation  brought  hull  the  keenest  disappoint- 
ment and  sorrow,  which  followed  him  to  his  death. 

[From  sketch  by  M.  T.  Moody,  of  Piedmont.  Ala.] 

Mai,  Daniel  Heyward  Hamilton. 

Died   at   his   home,    in    llillshoro,    N.    C,    on    September    18, 
1908,   in  the  seventy-first  year  of  his   age.   Mai.    Daniel    I  ley 
ward    Hamilton,    son    of    the    lad     Col.    D.    H.    Hamilton    and 
Rebecca  Motto  Middleton,  both  of  Charleston. 

Major  Hamilton  was  educated  .it  the  Citadel.  Iii  1S59  he 
went  to  Hillsboro  as  a  member  of  the  faculty  of  Hillsboro 
Military  Academy,  established  by  Col.  Charles  C.  lew.  At 
the  beginning  of  the  war  he  entered  the  Confederate  service 
as  major  of  the  13th  North  Carolina  Regiment.  Later  la- 
served  on  the  staff  of  General  Ripley,  and  was  for  a  time 
adjutant  of  the  1st  South  Carolina  Regiment,  commanded  by 
his  father.  Seriously  wounded  at  Shepherdstown.  he  was 
incapacitated  for  active  service,  but  volunteered  to  serve  as 
provost  marshal  of  Columbia,  lie  was  later  captured  it  the 
fight  at  Catawba   Bridge. 

With  the  exception  of  two  years'  residence  111  Florida  im- 
mediately after  the  war.  he  had  resided  in  Hillsboro.  He 
studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  but  never  practiced 
For  many  years  he  was  an  able  and  successful  teacher.  For 
eight  years  he  was  Chairman  of  the  Boatd  oi  Commissioners 
of  Orange  County,  and  for  the  past  ten  year-  he  was  Clerk 
of  the  Superior  Court  of  Orange  County,  and  also  prominent 
in   his  Church. 

In  1859  he  married  Frances  Cray  Roulhac,  of  Hillsboro. 
who  died  in  1897.  They  are  survived  by  three  children:  Miss 
Elizabeth  R.  Hamilton,  of  Hillsboro,  N.  C,  Daniel  1  lev  ward 
Hamilton,  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  and  J.  G.  de  Roulhac  Hamil- 
ton, of  the  University  of  North  Carolina 

Hon    William  Shields  McClintic. 

William  S.  McClintic  u.is  bom  November  20.  [843,  hi  Rock- 
bridge County,  Va. ;  and  died  at  bis  home,  near  Monroe  City, 
Mo,  on  November  15,  1908,  after  a  prolonged  illness  As 
soldier,  statesman,  and  Christian  gentleman,  the  deeds  of  his 
life  were  an  inspiration  to  those  with  whom  he  eon.  in  contact. 
and  he  passed  to  his  reward  with  a  record  which  is  .1  sacred 
heritage  to  his  family. 

When  in  his  eighteenth  year  (  omrade  McClintic  enlisted  in 
the  Rockbridgi  Artillery,  Stonewall  Brigade,  and  took  part 
in  all  the  engagements  <>i  that  famous  command  up  to  the  sur- 
render at  Appomattox. 

In  1867  he  removed  to  Missouri,  where  success  smiled  upon 
bun  from  the  start  ;  and  ..1  hi  di  ath  he  was  on.-  oi  the  It  ading 
men  of  that  section,  prominent  in  business,  in  Church  affairs, 
and    in    public   life,   having    represented   his   comity    and    district 

in  both  branches  of  the  State  Legislature 

He  was  married  in  [869  to  Miss  Bertie  Arnold,  of  Camp- 
bell County.  Va  .  of  which  union  there  arc  six  living  children, 
four  daughters  and  two  sons. 


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Members  of  Hattiesburg  (Miss.)   Camp  Who  Died  in  1908 

J.  R.  Denham,  Company  D,  14th  Mississippi  Regiment. 
George  M.  Gullett,  Company  E,  27th  Georgia  Regiment. 
John  R.  Jeffcoats,  Company  D,  49th  Alabama  Regiment. 
T.  B.  Johnson,  Company  B,  19th  Mississippi  Regiment. 
J.  K.  P.  Shows.  Company  F,  gth  Mississippi  Cavalry. 
B.  F.  Simmons,  Company  G,  27th  Mississippi  Regiment. 
Benjamin  Stevens,  Company  E,  9th  Mississippi  Cavalry. 
Suitable  resolutions  in  each  case  were  adopted  by  the  Camp, 
and  a  day  is  set  apart  for  annual  memorial  services 
[Furnished  by   W.   P.   Chambers,   Adjutant.] 

Capt.  John   Holmes   Smith. 

A  committee  of  the  Garland-Rodes  Camp,  of  Lynchburg, 
Va.,  composed  of  Comrades  Jennings,  Seay,  and  Wray,  states: 

"This  Camp  has  often  been  called  to  mourn  'the  passing 
hence'  of  valued  and  esteemed  members.  Of  the  one  hundred 
comrades  who  have  been  taken  from  its  ranks,  no  one  was 
more  highly  esteemed  than  the  courageous  and  courteous 
comrade,  Capt.  John  Holmes  Smith,  who  on  the  14th  of  No- 
vember, 1908,  was  promoted  to  the  ranks  above. 

"To  his  surviving  comrades  the  recollections  of  the  deeds 
and  virtues  of  Comrade  John  Holmes  Smith  are  an  inspira- 
tion and  a  source  of  great  pride.  They  knew  him  on  the 
march,  in  the  bivouac,  and  upon  the  fields  of  many  battles, 
and  testify  that  he  was  ever  the  courageous  commander,  the 
courteous  comrade,  and  the  faithful  friend.  His  acts  and  his 
words  endeared  him  to  every  one  with  whom  he  was  as- 
sociated. 

"Captain  Smith  commanded  the  nth  Virginia  Regiment  of 
Infantry,  C.  S.  A.,  in  several  battles  and  for  many  months. 
At  Gettysburg,  despite  a  wound,  after  the  regimental  officers 
were  shot,  he  assumed  command  and  led  the  regiment  into  the 
works  of  the  Federal  army.  In  the  battle  of  Drury's  Bluff, 
where  his  senior  officers  were  again  wounded,  he  placed  him- 
self at  the  head  of  the  same  regiment  and  went  over  the  en- 
trenchments of  the  enemy,  where  were  captured  the  Federal 
General  Heckman  and  many  of  the  Massachusetts  Brigade 
with  several  stands  of  colors.  From  the  beginning  to  the  end 
lie  helped  to  make  that  history,  and  campaigned  and  fought 
in  four  States,  shedding  his  blood  more  than  once  and  being 
permanently  disabled. 

"Garland-Rodes  Camp,  Confederate  Veterans,  therefore 
with  just  pride  remembers  John  Holmes  Smith  as  a  splendid 
soldier,  as  a  beloved  comrade,  and  estimates  him  as  a  true 
man  and  an  honored  and  worthy  fellow-citizen.  He  was  a 
knightly  warrior  and  a  chivalrous  gentleman.  The  Camp 
dedicates  to  his  memory  a  page  of  its  records." 

Another  Account  of  Comrade  Smith. 

Gen.  J.  Holmes  Smith,  cashier  of  the  Lynchburg  (Va.) 
post  office  and  a  brother  of  Mayor  G.  W.  Smith,  of  that  city, 
died  suddenly  on  November  14,  1908.  He  was  a  captain  in 
Company  G,  nth  Virginia  Infantry,  in  the  Confederate  army, 
and  commanded  the  regiment  for  a  time  as  senior  officer. 
The  first  General  Assembly  after  the  Civil  War  made  him 
brigadier  general,  a  very  important  office  then.  He  is  sur- 
vived by  his  wife,  who  was  Miss  Norvie  Hobson,  of  Rich- 
mond, Va. 

R.  W.  Douthat,  of  Morgantown,  W.  Va.,  writes  of  him : 
"He  was  my  companion  as  an  officer  in  the  nth  Virginia  In- 
fantry ;  and  was  not  only  one  of  the  best  of  men,  but  was  one 
of  the   bravest   and   most   trusted  officers  of  the   Confederate 


army.  He  was  wounded  severely  at  Gettysburg,  and  was  one 
of  the  five  men  in  Pickett's  Division  who  remained  on  the 
firing  line  till  every  member  of  the  division  that  could  retreat 
had  gone  back  over  Seminary  Ridge.  It  was  my  privilege  to 
remain  with  him  on  that  bloody  field  until  all  hope  of  re- 
enforcements  was  gone,  and  then  after  ten  months  to  turn 
over  to  him  the  command  of  the  regiment  because  he  was  my 
senior  officer.     Honor  to  his  memory  forever !" 

Col.  W.  L.  Calhoun. 

Comrade  William  Lowndes  Calhoun,  one  of  Atlanta's  best 
citizens,  died  at  his  home  November  16,  1908.  He  had  been 
in  poor  health  for  several  years,  and  for  several  months  had 
been  confined  to  his  home. 

Judge  Calhoun  was  one  of  Atlanta's  most  substantial  citi- 
zens. His  father  moved  to  Atlanta  in  1852,  when  the  son  was 
fifteen  years  old.  He  was  identified  with  every  step  of  the 
city's  progress  through  that  eventful  period.  After  the  war 
he  lent  his  best  energy  to  rebuilding  the  new  Atlanta. 

Judge  Calhoun  is  survived  by  six  children :  Mrs.  Emma  Cal- 
houn Connally,  Miss  Mary  Calhoun,  Mrs.  Nettie  Calhoun, 
Lowndes  Calhoun,  W.  D.  Calhoun,  all  of  Atlanta,  and  J.  M. 
Calhoun,  of  Ennis,  Tex.  His  wife  died  in  1905.  Patrick  H. 
Calhoun,  of  Atlanta,  is  a  surviving  brother  of  the  deceased 
man. 

He  was  Mayor  of  Atlanta  in  1879,  County  Ordinary  of  Ful- 
ton County  from  1881  to  1897,  and  President  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  Confederate  Soldiers'  Home.  He  was  born 
at  Decatur  November  21,  1837.  His  father  was  James  M. 
Calhoun,  of  Calhoun  settlement.  Abbeville  District,  S.  C. 
He  married  Miss  Emma  Eliza  Dabney,  daughter  of  A.  W. 
Dabney,  of  Georgia,  and  moved  to  Decatur  in  1835.  Later,  in 
1852,  he  moved  to  Atlanta,  and  was  Mayor  of  that  city  from 
1862  to  1865,  during  the  most  trying  period  in  Atlanta's  history. 

Judge  Calhoun  entered  his  father's  law  office  in  1853  at  the 
age  of  sixteen,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1857.  In  that 
same  year  he  married  Miss  Mary  Oliver,  of  South  Carolina. 
He  was  his  father's  law  partner  till  the  father's  death,  in 
1875,  and  the  son  continued  the  practice  alone  till  1881,  when 
he  became  the  Ordinary  of  Fulton  County. 

Lowndes  Calhoun  enlisted  in  Company  K,  42d  Georgia  In- 
fantry, in  March,  1862.  He  was  commissioned  first  lieu- 
tenant, and  was  later  made  captain.  He  served  till  the  end  of 
the  war  with  conspicuous  gallantry.  He  was  in  the  fights 
around  Knoxville.  and  was  in  the  memorable  siege  of  Vicks- 
burg,  being  forty-seven  days  in  the  trenches.  He  fought  at 
Baker's  Creek,  and  shared  in  Johnston's  retreat  through  Geor- 
gia from  Dalton  until  he  was  wounded  at  Resaca.  Recover- 
ing, he  joined  Hood's  command  in  the  Tennessee  campaign, 
and  was  on  his  way  to  rejoin  his  own  regiment  when  the  sur- 
render took  place. 

Judge  Calhoun  was  elected  to  the  Georgia  Legislature  in 
1872  as  Representative  and  reelected  for  a  second  term. 

Judge  Calhoun  did  much  for  the  Confederate  Soldiers' 
Home.  He  lent  his  energies  toward  getting  the  funds  together 
for  building  the  home,  and  when  it  burned  he  started  his 
work  all  over  again.  He  and  the  late  Captain  Romare  are  said 
to  have  practically  kept  the  Home  going  during  several  years 
of  troubled  existence. 

Judge  Calhoun  was  President  of  the  Gordon  Monument 
Association,  and  worked  diligently  until  it  was  built.  He  was 
a  Master  Mason  and  an  Odd  Fellow.  He  served  as  lieutenant 
colonel  in  the  State  militia  for  three  years.  He  displayed  the 
highest  qualities  of  manhood  in  every  relation  of  life. 


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Gen.  T.  W.  Carwile, 

Widespread  sorrow  exists  by  the  death  of  Gen.  Thomas  W. 
Carwile,  of  Edgefield,  S.  C,  which  occurred  suddenly  at  his 
home  on  December  17,  1908.  This  gallant  soldier  and  good 
citizen  had  been  in  ill  health  for  several  months,  but  his  death 

at  the  time  was  a  great  shock.     On  the  aftern before  he 

read  the  Decembei  Veteran  and  discussed  various  topics  with 
his  wife. 

A  special  sent  to  the  Columbia  State  says:  "The  deceased 
had  fought  throughout  the  war  with  devoted  valor  and  patri- 
otism and  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  major  m  the  Confed- 
erate service,  llis  interest  m  Confederate  history,  records 
reminiscences,  and  celebrations  was  always  great  and  un- 
selfish, lie  was  sixty-five  years  of  age.  In  young  manhood 
he  married  Miss  Mary  Eliza  McClintock,  who,  with  five  son? 
and  one  daughter,  survives  him.  They  are  Mrs.  Rohm  \ 
M .11  li  and  Messrs.  Julian,  Waller.  Thomas.  Joseph,  and 
Baldwin  Carwile.  He  also  leaves  one  brother  and  four  sis- 
ters. He  will  be  buried  on  Saturday  morning  from  Trinity 
Episcopal  Church,  of  which  he  was  junior  warden  and  a  very 
active  and  genenms  membei   and  zealous  communicant." 

The  State  says  further  of  him: 

"The  news  of  the  death  of  Thomas  W.  Carwile  in  Edgefield 
caused  universal  regret.  General  Carwile  was  very  popular 
in  Columbia,  having  visited  here  many  times  both  in  business 
and  as  a  leading  member  of  the  South  Carolina  Division  of 
the  United  Confederate  Veterans,  of  which  he  had  been  the 
head  since  1903. 

"Thomas  \Y.  Carwile  was  a  gallant  Conlcderatc  soldier 
He  enlisted  in  the  14th  South  Carolina  Regiment,  under  the 
command  of  Col.  James  Jones,  and  afterwards  the  gallant 
W.  D.  Simpson,  who  was  later  a  member  of  the  Confederate 
Cot  irrl  Chief  Just  <  e  of  the  Stat 


/& 


GEN.     1      w      1   \KW  II  1 


"In  the  battle  of  Frayser's   Farm  General  Carwile  made  a 

:    Foi    gallantry,    and    advanced    m   one    day    from    private 
to  captain.      The  order  came  for  the  13th,  nth.  and  [3th  South 

Carolina    Regiments  to  carry  the  breastworks,  behind   which 


the  Union  soldiers  were  strongly  intrenched.  General  Mc- 
Gowan  wanted  some  one  to  carry  the  colors.  'The  man  who 
carries  these  colors  must  lead  the  way  and  must  stop  at  noth- 
ing. The  troops  will  follow.'  said  the  General.  To  carry  the 
Hag  in  that  hail  of  bullets  meant  almost  certain  death.  Thomas 
W.  Carwile.  then  a  beardless  youth,  stepped  forward  and 
grasped  the  flag.  A  headlong  charge  was  mafle  with  Car- 
wile in  the  lead,  the  breastworks  were  taken,  and  the  battle 
won.  The  next  day  the  young  man  was  made  a  captain  for 
conspicuous  gallantry.'  He  was  placed  in  charge  of _a 
pany  from  Darlington,  and  served  through  the  war.  always  at 
the  head  of  his  troops  and  winning  praise  from  his  superiors 
and  the  respeel  and  admiration  of  Ins  men. 

"After  the  war  he  returned  to  this  State  and  took  up  the 
work  of  upbuilding  the  Stale  and  in  redeeming  it  from  the 
rule    of    the    Radicals.      He    was    one    of    the    first    to    assist    in 

organizing  the  United  Confederate  Veterans,  and  his  work 
as  head  of  that  organization  is  too  familiar  to  the  people  of 
the  State  to  need  recalling.  Vftei  the  death  of  Gen  Wade 
Hampton,  who  was  the  head  of  the  Army  of  Northern  Vir- 
ginia, Gen.  C.  Irvine  Walker  was  made  the  head  of  that  sur- 
vivors' organization.  At  the  next  meeting  of  the  United  Con- 
federate Veterans,  South  Carolina  Division,  General  Carwile 
elected  to  succeed  General  Walker  as  the  General  com- 
manding the  Palmetto  Division,  and  remained  as  its  chief 
His  wise  counsel.  Ins  devotion  to  the  cause  and  to  all  of  the 
members  made  him  a  conspicuous  figure,  and  his  death  will 
be  universally  mourned  111  this  and  other   Southern  States. 

"On   hearing  of  the  death   yesterday  Governor    Vnsel   sent   a 
telegram  of  sympathy  to   Mrs.   Carwile   and  the   family.     Gov- 
ernor Ansel  and  General  Carwile  ware  warm  personal  friend 
and   when    the   news  of  the    death   of   General   Carwile    was   re- 
ceived,  the  Governoi    was   profoundly   shocked." 

In  his  report  of  the  battles  of  Gaines's  Mill  and  Frayser's 
harm.  No.  337,  Series  I  ,  Volume  II  ,  Pari  II  .  "Official  War 
Records,"  Col.  Samuel  McGowan  said:  "I  called  upon  Com- 
pany D  (the  flag  company)  for  a  Hag  bearer,  and  T.  W.  Car- 
wile. quite  a  youth,  volunteered  to  carry  it,  and  did  carry  it 
through  the  fight  with  great  gallantry,  li  was  struck  by  balls 
live  times  during  the  conflict,  and  yet  VOUng  Carwile  • 
unhurt.  I  recommend  young  Carwile  to  the  Eavorabli  con 
sideration  of  the  general  for  Ins  distinguished  gallantry." 

Augi  stus  \  W  EST. 
1  1  at  El  Dorado,  Wk..  December  27,  t'KiX,  Augustus  A. 
West,  who  served  in  the  Confederate  army  from  Georgia. 
1  [1  was  a  membei  of  the  5th  Georgia  Regiment,  1  Ipson  Guards, 
commanded  by  Captain  Vining  Comrade  West  was  the  only 
brother  of  Gen.  A.  J.  West,  of  Atlanta,  Ga.  A  good  man  has 
g'  aie  to  his  reward. 

Gill. — William    S.    1  .ill    died   on    November    1.    100S,   at   his 
.    near    Coral    Hill,    I  ounty,    Ky.,    in    his    sixty- 

seventh   year.     He   enlisted   in   the   Confederate   army   at   the 
age  of  eighteen,  and  became  a  member  of  the  famous  Orphan 
I;    Kentucky   Infantry.      The  brigade  was  mounted 
after   the   battk  boro,   and   Comrade   Gill   was   in   all 

the  mount  ments.     He   surrendered   with  Johnston's 

army    in    North    Carolina       He    is    survived    by    his    wife    and 
il  children. 

Davis.— W.  H.  Davis,  of  Columbus,  Miss.,  dud  on  October 
•ed  sixtj  lie   served  gallantly  through 

the  f. mi  1      1  est's  ( "avaln . 


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CAPT.   PILCHER  IN  6o's. 


Capt.  Matthew  Barrow  Pilcher. 

In  1859,  before  we  dreamed  of  war,  Capt.  Matt  B.  Pilcher 
was  a  member  of  Company  B,  Rock  City  Guards,  Nashville. 
When  the  war  came  on  he  was  made  sergeant  of  the  company 
and  mustered  in  the  1st  Tennessee  Infantry  on  May  10,  1861. 
After  the  regiment  had  reenlisted  for  the  war  at  Shiloh, 
Captain  Pilcher  was  made  quartermaster  and  in  later  years 
paymaster.  In  the  battle  of  Perryville,  Ky.,  October  8,  1862. 
he,  by  permission  of  General  Cheatham,  was  in  the  hottest 
of  the  fight,  and  in  the  desperate  charge  of  the  regiment,  which 
lost  some  four  hundred  men,  he  was  severely  wounded.  1 
nursed  him  for  six  months,  and 
twice  during  the  time  Dr.  J.  R. 
Buist,  our  surgeon,  said  he  could 
not  recover.  He  was  exchanged 
at  City  Point  in  April,  1863, 
and  when  en  route  to  the  regi- 
ment at  Shelbyville,  Tenn.,  the  car 
in  which  he  was  riding  jumped  the 
track  near  Bristol,  killing  and 
wounding  a  number  of  his  com- 
rades and  breaking  his  arm. 

While  on  parole  in  Louisville 
waiting  for  exchange  we  were  al- 
lowed to  attend  church.  At  the 
Baptist  Church  in  which  Dr.  Lorimer  was  then  preaching  Cap- 
tain Pilcher  was  called  on  to  teach  the  Bible  class,  in  which 
there  were  a  number  of  "boys  in  blue,"  while  he  was  in  the 
captain's  uniform  of  gray.  While  in  Louisville  a  young  lady 
gave  each  of  us  a  pocket  edition  of  the  New  Testament  with 
a  sentiment  written  on  the  fly  leaf,  but  I  lost  mine.  Captain 
Pilcher  kept  his  in  the  side  pocket  of  his  coat.  He  was  at 
the  front  again  in  the  battle  of  Franklin,  Tenn.,  when  a  bullet 
struck  the  Testament,  turned  from  his  heart,  and  plowed 
through  his  side,  giving  him  a  severe  wound  which  caused  him 
to  be  captured  again.  He  was  then  kept  in  prison  at  Camp 
Chase  until  the  war  ended. 

While  in  this  prison  Captain  Pilcher  led  the  singing  and 
prayer  service  while  Rev.  William  Stewart  Hawkins  preached 
to  the  boys.  I  recall  four  members  of  the  1st  Tennessee  who 
were  not  demoralized  by  the  war  and  who  maintained  their 
morality  throughout  the  struggle — viz.,  M.  B.  Pilcher,  J.  B. 
O'Bryan,  W.  M.  Pollard,  and  W.  L.  Danley.  They  would  not 
eat  rations  they  knew  were  stolen. 

After  the  war  Captain  Pilcher  was  actively  engaged  in  busi- 
ness; but  he  was  never  too  busy  to  do  the  Master's  work,  and 
I  do  not  know  a  minister  who  did  more  missionary  work  than 
he.  He  was  never  too  proud  to  go  into  the  slums  and  help 
lift  up  fallen  humanity.  Some  months  before  he  was  stricken 
with  paralysis  he  was  sent  for  to  minister  at  the  funeral  of 
one  of  the  unfortunates.  Chancellor  Wiggins  wrote  me  from 
Sewanee:  "We  regret  to  hear  of  the  death  of  Captain  Pilcher. 
We  shall  miss  him.  especially  at  Monteagle,  where  he  did 
such  excellent  work." 

We  shall  miss  him  from  our  Bivouac,  from  our  Reunions, 
from  the  Church  and  missions,  and  from  our  firesides. 


tions  to  his  memory.     There  are  three  sons  and  a  daughter, 
wife  of  Mr.  Reau  E.  Folk,  Treasurer  of  Tennessee. 


The  foregoing  is  from  Marcus  B.  Toney,  who  was  perhaps 
his  closest  personal  friend.  Because  of  Captain  Pilcher's 
prominence  in  the  ways  indicated,  his  wide  acquaintance,  and 
the  prominence  of  Mrs.  Pilcher  as  President  of  the  Tennes- 
see Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  there  were  many  tributes 
from  various   sections  by  persons   and  Confederate  organiza- 


THREE  STATE  PRESIDENTS  U.  D.  C.  BEREAVED. 

To  tlie  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy:  It  is  the 
painful  duty  of  your  President  to  report  to  you  that  in  a 
brief  space  of  time  three  of  our  State  Division  Presidents  have 
been  called  to  mourn  the  loss  of  a  life  companion,  and  each 
now  stands  alone  in  the  shadow  of  one  of  the  greatest  sor- 
rows that  can  come  to  woman.  The  first  to  "pass  under  the 
rod"  was  Mrs.  L.  P.  Lawrence,  President  of  the  Florida  Di- 
vision, and  then  Mrs.  Bushrod  W.  Bell,  of  Seattle,  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  recently  formed  Washington  Division,  and  next 
Mrs.  M.  B.  Pilcher,  President  of  the  Tennessee  Division. 

In  these  sad  bereavements  we  mourn  with  our  dear  widowed 
friends,  and  feel  that  their  loss  is  also  ours  in  that  these 
deaths  have  taken  from  our  midst  not  only  their  loved  ones, 
but  valiant  soldiers  of  the  Confederacy,  our  dear  Veterans, 
whose  passing  away  is  a  great  grief  to  us.  It  was  my  privi- 
lege to  have  known  one  of  these,  Capt.  M.  B.  Pilcher,  and 
learned  the  story  of  his  gallant  service  to  the  Southern 
cause  in  his  boyhood  and  early  manhood,  and  to  witness  the 
great  love  shown  for  him  by  the  children  who  ljave  assembled 
at  Monteagle  from  year  to  year,  and  the  far-reaching  and  im- 
measurable influence  of  the  "twilight  prayer"  and  song  service 


which  he  daily  held  with  these  little  ones  who  "came  unto"' 
him  each  evening  to  take  part  in  this  sweet  communion. 

There  is  rest  and  peace  for  these  faithful  soldiers  who  have 
"crossed  the  river;"  but  our  loving  sympathy  goes  out  to  the 
widowed  ones  who  will  so  sadly  miss  the  loving  care  and  com- 
panionship of  many  years  of  wedded  happiness. 

May  strength  to  endure  be  theirs !  and  may  they  be  sus- 
tained by  a  blessed  faith !  Cornelia  Branch  Stone. 


Qopfederat^  Ueterai}. 


93 


IMPORT  AN!  (  0NFED1  R  ill  i\  TEREST. 
This  publication  is  used  extensively  for  advancing  merito- 
rious undertakings  like  the  Sam  Davis  monument  (which 
movement  it  inaugurated),  like  the  Jefferson  Davis  Home 
Association,  and  many  other  Confederate  causes  which  are 
promoted  for  the  honor  of  a  cause  and  pedple  who  deserve  all 
that  can  he  done  in  the  spirit  of  patriotism  and  Christianity. 
The  editor  hopes  ere  long  to  secure  tlie  cooperation  of  friends 
in  erecting  a  memorial  in  Indianapolis  i"  the  memory  of  Col. 
Richard    Owen,    who   as   commander   of   the   Camp    Morton 

Prison  in  1862  endeared  himsi  111.,   every  Confederate  prisoner 
by  his   unstinted   and    unceasing   kindness.      Colonel   Owen    is 
of  a    family   which    every    American   will    honor   the   more   (he 
better  its  history  for  uplifting  mankind  is  known. 
The  Veteran  is  at  fault,  perhaps,  in  s,,  zealously  pressing 

these  enterprises  to  a  neglect  of  its  own  importance.  There  is 
no  periodical  in  the  country  the  prosperity  of  which  mean! 
as  much  to  as  many  deserving  people.  I  lie  heroes  and  the 
heroines  whom  it  represents  are  fast  passing  out  of  this  life, 
and  what  is  done  by  them  and  for  them  must  he  done  quickly 
The  hope  is  that  their  successors  will  perpetuate  the  prin- 
ciples for  which  they  suffered  (and  they  are  loyal  to  the 
sentiment)  ;  hut  unless  they  begin  their  cooperation  before  the 
principles  are  dead  they  cannot  possibly  do  as  well  afterwards 
For  every  reason  whereby  men  and  women  are  actuated  by 
high  motives  there  ought  to  he  Confederate  elannishncss. 
Those  who  can't  well  afford  to  continue  their  patronage  would 
do  well  to  considei  thai  it  is  bj  these  small  sums  that  the  ag- 
gregate of  many  thousands  of  dollars  necessary  to  perpetuate 
these  records  arc  supplied.  No  man  should  he  selfish  enough 
to  withhold  that  which  is  due  from  him.  yet  there  arc  such, 
and  the  fact  that  some  disabuse  confidence  makes  it  all  the 
more  important  for  the  faithful  to  he  diligent  unceasingly 

Let  all  Southerners  cooperate  in  giving  their  influence  to  its 
perpetuity.  It  is  a  mistake  that  "the  other  side"  is  not  more 
generally  interested.  Articles  by  Union  veterans  arc  read 
with  much  interest  by  Con-federates 


"LEGAL  AM)  HISTORIC.  II    STATUS  OF   IT1E  DRED 
SCOTT  DECISION." 

Doubtless  the  most  momentous  decision  ever  rendered  by 
the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  Stale-  was  that  del 
by  Chief  Justice  Taney  in  the  Drcd  Scott  case,  which  settled 
that  question  for  the  time  being  to  the  satisfaction  of  slave- 
holders, yel  tin-  more  firmly  fixed  the  opposing  element  in 
their  original  contention  Subsequent  events  proved  this,  and 
eminent  authorities  are  agreed  as  to  the  importance  of  the 
case  in  precipitating  the  Civil  War.  for  not  four  years  had 
the  i;uns  of  Sumter  had  sounded  the  first  note  in 
the  dn  isii  'ii  of  a  people. 

Undei  the  above  title  is  a  late  hook  by  E  W.  I\  Ewing,  a 
prominent  young  attorney  of  Washington,  D.  C,  well  known 
as   the   author   of    "Northi  ion    and    Southern    S 

sion."      Mr.    Fwing's    work    is   most    valuable   in    giving   a    full 
history  of  tin-   ma.,!  ease  with   a  thorough   examination   ol    the 

opinion  deli  the  Suprec  in   Man  h,  1857,     It 

has   required   exhaustive     hid)    and    research,   and   his    labor 

for   the    In  unit    of  our    history    should    bi  hi    the 

most  appreciative  way.     \  review  of  the  1 k  1-  promised  our 

rs  for  a  later  issue,  hut  in  the  meantime  gel  the  hook' 
Copies   of  1 1n-   firs)    edition   furnished   al   $1  1  :,   pi 
with   "Northern    Rebellion   and   Southern 

iid. 


TNI     IMERh    IA    BROA    1    FOX   VDRY  COMPANY. 

Attention  is  called  to  the  advertisement  of  the  American 
Bronze  Foundry  Company,  of  Chicago,  one  of  the  oldest  and 
most  reliable  linns  engaged  in  the  casting  of  bronze  statuary 
of  all  kinds.  This  Company  has  been  in  business  for  over 
twenty-five  years,  and  has  cast  some  of  the  most  important 
public  memorials  erected  in  the  country.  In  its  employ  are 
men  who  have  engaged  in  the  business  for  over  twenty  years. 
thus  guaranteeing  the  highest  class  of  workmanship  and  the 
best  results  obtainable. 

Its  equipments  are  of  the  largest  and  most  complete,  and 
some  of  the  largest  bronze  work  in  the  United  States  was 
cast  in  this   foundry. 

Officers  of  the  Company  give  their  personal  attention  to 
every  detail  of  the  business,  which  insures  high-class  work 
in  every  respect,  and  under  the  present  management  no  objec- 
tion has  ever  been  raised  to  any  of  their  monumental  work. 
The  prices  asked  are  lower,  considering  the  artistic  results, 
than  can  be  obtained  in  the  Fast,  while  the  work  is  guaran- 
teed to  he  of  the  highest  grade  of  material  and  the  models 
arc  designed  and  executed  by  some  of  the  best  sculptors  in 
the  country.  Orders,  large  or  small,  will  be  pushed  through 
lo  early  completion,  satisfaction  being  guaranteed  in  every 
1  espect. 

To  people  interested  the  highest  class  of  testimonials  from 
both  North  and  South  can  he  offered,  there  being  no  better 
guarantee  of  high-class  work  than  the  voluntary  testimonials 
1  >i  past  customers. 

Estimates  and  design-  for  special  work  will  be  submitted 
at  any  time,  and  the  services  of  high-class  sculptors  can  be 
secured  at  any  time      Write  them  before  ordering  elsewhere. 


Confederate 
Statues 


111 


Bio 


11  ze 


We   furnish 
Statues  for 

ALL  KINDS 

of  Monuments 

Write   Us  For 
Prices, 


Designs, 


"iNMKMipitiAM"  etc* 

American  Brcm/.o  Foundry  Co., 

73tl   mill   Wooillnwn    Aip.  •  •  Chicago,  111. 


94 


QoF)federat<^  l/eteran. 


The  above  cut  is  that  of  the  great  painting  of  "  Lee  and  His  Generals,"  by  George  B.  Matthews, 
of  Virginia.  <U  General  Marcus  J.  Wright  indorses  it  as  follows:  "I  regard  it  as  one  of  the 
finest  paintings  I  ever  saw.  The  truthfulness  of  feature  of  all  these  great  generals  is  most 
remarkable.  The  Lithograph  copy  is  a  most  striking  and  accurate  reproduction  of  the 
original.  I  hope  all  Confederates  will  procure  copies."  4f|  The  Lithograph  is  in  color.  Size, 
27  x  16  inches.  State  agents  can  make  most  liberal  contracts.  Agents  wanted  in  every  city  and 
town  in  the  South.  <j|  Sent  by  mail  on  receipt  of  55  cents.  Every  home  should  have  a  pic- 
ture.     It  will  make  a  nice  Christmas  gift.     Address 

MATTHEWS  &  COMPANY,  1420  New  York  Avenue,  Washington,  D.  C. 


Catarrh,  Asthma 

CUHED    WHILiE    YOU    SliEEP 
E.  C.  C,  Catarrh-Asthma  Cure 

Will  Cure  You.    Costs  Two  or  Three  Cents  a  day  if  you 
are  satisfied,  and  nothing  if  you  are  not. 

Is   perfectly    Harmless,    Convenient,  Agreeable,   and 
Marvelously  Certain. 

Succeeds  because  it  Combines  Common  Sense  Method 
with  Kiu'lii  Medicine. 

The  Medicine  is  the  discovery  of  an  Eminent  Physician, 
improved  by  us  through  years  of  study  and  experience. 
The  Instrument  of  its  application  is  the  best  ever  devised,  and  is  our  patent. 
Its  Cures  of  CATAKBH  won  tor  it  long  ago  the  name  of  "The  Little  Wonder." 
Its  Cures  of  ASTHMA  have  been  most  astounding. 

For  BRONCHITIS,  HAY  FEYEtf,  THROAT  AND  LUNG  TROUBLES  it  is  unrivalled. 
Cures  ('OLDS  and  prevents  Pneumonia. 

BAD  BREATH  it  has  never  failed  to  correct.  It  Cures  INCIPIENT  DEAFNESS  and  restores 
LOST  SENS*:  OP  SHELL.  It  lays  the  Healing  Balm  directly,  CONTINUOUSLY  on  the  sore  spot, 
whether  at  the  top  or  at  the  bottom  of  the  breathing  organs.  You  change  your  climate  without 
leaving  your  country. 
It  does  not  hinder  the  breathiDg,  and  con  be  regulated  to  any  force  desired. 
It  has  always  been  sold  under  S IRICT  GUARANTEE— a  Less  I  Paper  which  would  have  ruined 
us  long  ago  but  for  the  astonishing  Reliability  of  the  Remedy. 

We  offer  you  overwhelming  Testimonials,  but  you  will  need  none,  since  the  thing  will  speak 
directly  to  your  Common  Sense. 
AMPLE  TRIAL  to  all  that  ask.    Full  information  SENT  FREE. 
Write  to-day,  as  you  may  not  see  this  again.    Address 

E.  C.  C.  CATARRH-ASTHMA  CURE,  1344  Van  Buren  St.,  Chicago,  HI. 


Francis  Marion  Parks,  of  Telephone, 
Tex.,  who  was  of  Company  B,  loth  Ken- 
tucky, Johnson's  Regiment,  is  trying  to 
get  a  pension  and  wishes  to  be  identified. 


WANTED. 
The  loan  of  the  best  photograph  ex- 
tant of  the  following  Confederate  gen- 
erals :  John  B.  Hood,  Braxton  Bragg, 
E.  Kirby  Smith,  S.  D.  Lee,  W.  G.  Har- 
dee,   Richard    B.    Anderson,    Simon    B. 


Buckner,  I.eonidas  Polk,  James  Long- 
street,  N.  B.  Forrest,  J.  E.  B.  Stuart, 
J.  C.  Pemberton,  D.  H.  Hill.  I  would 
also  like  to  borrow  the  uniform  of  a 
lieutenant  general  to  use  in  a  painting 
I  am  now  engaged  on,  also  a  pair  of 
boots.  Particular  care  will  be  taken  of 
the  articles  loaned,  and  they  will  be  re- 
turned in  less  than  a  week  from  time 
of  delivery.  George  B.  Matthews,  1413 
H  Street,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 


A-l-M 

*—**  Confederate 


Veterans 


MAKE  GOOD    MONEY 


BY  SELLING 

Acid  Iron  Mineral 


IT   IS  GOOD   FOR 


Rheumatism 
Indigestion 

AND  IS  A  GOOD 

Blood  Purifier 

Write  us  for  liberal  terms  to  agents. 

ACID  IRON  MINERAL  CO. 

RICHMOND,  VA. 


Pettibone  Uniforms 

for  U.  C.  V.  and  D.  S. 
C.  V.  are  famous.  Be- 
ing made  by  expert  mil- 
itary tailors,  they  have 
the  true  military  cut. 
They  fit  well,  look  well, 
wear  weU,  and  are  Tery 
reasonable  in  price. 
Each  one  is  made  to  in- 
dividual 

measure.     Send    for    price* 

and  samples  of  cloth. 
Besides  Uniforms  we  ^r.Te 

been    manufacturing*     ,ags. 

Banner*,  Badges.  Swords-  Belts, 

Cats,  Hflitarr  and  Secret  Order 

Goods  for  thirty-five  years. 

The  Pettibone  Bros.  Mfgf.  Co. 
CmCINNATI,  OHIO 

Mention  thispaptr  when  writing.) 


For  Over  Sixty  Years 

An  Old  and  Well-tried  Remedy 

MRS.  WINSLOWS  SOOTHING  SYRUP 

has  been  used  for  over  SIXTY  YEARS  by  MILLIONS  of  BOTH- 
EBS  for  their  CHILDREN  WHILE  TEETHING,  WITH  PBRflCI- 
SUCCESS.  It  SOOTHES  the  CHILD,  SOFTENS  tha  fiTK,  AL- 
LAYS  all  PAIN,  CURES  WIND  COLIC,  and  is  the  bert  n-m**- 
for  DIARRHEA.  Sold  by  Druggists  in  erery  part  of  tk*  wcrli 
15  CENTS  A  BOTTLE.  Guaranteed  under  th»  Wmd  wi  tkm. 
Act,  Jaaa  K,  190*.     8«rial  aambar,  UNI. 

Confederate  Soldiers 

Iheir  widows  anil  children,  who  h.ive  claims  for 
horses  and  equipments  take  i  from  the  soldier  by 
Federal  troops,  in  violation  of  the  terms  of  his. 
surrender,  must  file  same  before  May  30,  1909,. 
or  they  will  be  forever  barred.  The  undersigned 
prosecutes  th^se  claims;  makes  no  charge  unle;S 
the  claim  is  allowed;  25  per  cent  if  collected. 
Respectfullv, 
W.  L.  JETT,  Attorney,   1  fankfort,  Ky. 

BROTHERS  IN  GRAY.  ^iS/i 

a  root  that  will  cure  tobacco  habit  and  indiges- 
tion. No  drugs.  Let  me  write  you  the  particu- 
lars of  its  discovery.   O.  H.  Stokes,  Mohawk,  Fla_ 


Qopfederatc?  Veterap. 


95 


NEW    ORLEANS 

The  Gateway  of  the  Mississippi,  The  Great  City 
of  the  Great  South,  The  Largest  Cotton,  Rice,  and 
Sugar  Market  in  the  World,  The  Most  Popular 
Winter  Resort  in  America.  Golf  Links,  Hunting 
and  Fishing.  Comfort,  Health,  Pleasure.  Eleven 
Theaters. 

The  New  St.  Charles  Hotel 

Modern,  Fireproof,  First-Class,  Accommodating 
One  Thousand  Guests.  Turkish,  Russian,  Roman, 
Electric,  and  Plain  Baths.  Luxurious  Sun  Baths 
and  Palm  Garden. 

Andrew  R.  Blakely  <&  Co.,  Limited 

PROPRIETORS 


TW  IE5T  fUCE  to 
parckut  all-vwt 

Bunting  or 
Silk  Flags 

.(  allkUit, 

Silk  Binners,Swords,Bdts,Caps 

—i  U  bat  tt  UtUrr  WrmtMi  ui  SkMi  *••*« 

U  at 

Teteraa  )'.  A.  JOEL  k  CO.,  31  Ifissi.  SU  , 
aroWKnUCEUST,  Hew  York  Otr. 


TEXAS  THE  PLACE 


TEXAS  is  the  BEST  STATE  for  the 
HOMESEEKER..  «fl  Fertile  Lands.  Di- 
versified Crops,  Farming  oil  the  year. 
Health,  Climate,  Schools  and  Churches. 

The  S.\n  Antonio  and  Aransas 
Pass  R  A  llwivy  traverses  the  hest  portion. 
Send  2-cent  stamp  for  Folder  a.nd 
Information. 

GEO.  F.  LUPTON.  G.  P.  A.. 

Sar\    Ar\tor\io,    Trxivs. 


—  GU^^ION   HALL  1 

1906  Florida  Ave.,  N.  W..  W*»hingIon.  D.  C. 

i-l  tot  Qlrll  m»l  Y'.uiiKlAfliM. 

t 

PW"      Nr«  1'    ■    Itm      i lis  plumed  '"i    th< 

Wa»hin|t1  -n  ...  |il ..)  opportUDitli      '■■ 

lilustrstad  i  rIami  ■!■    dd  n  qui  i  > 

M*.  and  MRS.  BtVCRL'Y  B.  MASON.   Principals 
MlaS   t.  M.  Cl     RK,    L.L.A.,  Associate    Principal 


I'    W     Ellis,  of   Mt    Pleasant,   Tex., 

from   some   of  his 

comrades    nf    Company    K.    4th    TenneS- 

Ke,    Maney's   Brigade,   Cheatham's    Di- 
vision, 


D- 


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The  Liverpool 

and  London  and  Globe 

Insurance  Company 


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Agencies  Throughout  the  World 


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THE  ALABAMA. 

BY    C.    P.    OLIVIER. 

Skip  on  beneath  the  waters,  noble  ship, 
\inl  take  thy  well-earned  rest; 
No  longer  o'er  the  billows, 
On  the  wild  waves'  crest, 
Shalt  thou,  the  champion,  though  alone 
Flying  the  Rag  oi  liberty,  be  borne. 

From  antic  oceans  to  the  sunny  south, 
From  eastern  seas  to  islands  of  the  west, 
I  hj  sii.ii  p  prow  has  clef!  the  waters  into 

Mill. 

ii   1 1  .it     oi   supei  human  toil, 
belter  but  the  open  seas  for  rt 
N"» .  at  rest  1.  iu  bast  found  a 

home. 


Full  many  a  fathom  deep  now  art  thou 
laid, 

And  on  thy  decks  those  men  who  nobly 
diet! 

Sleep,  resting  from  those  toils  of  for- 
mer  .lass. 

\\  bile  their  brave  deeds  remain  their 
countrj  's  pride, 

An. I  with  the  cannon's  breath  engraved 

thy  name 
I'pon  the  highest  monument  of  fame! 


John    I .   Rone,  of  Medina,  I  eun.,  R. 

R,     No.    1,    inquires    for    any  surviving 

members  of  Company  E,  5th  Ark. 

Volunti .        Govai       Bi  igade,  \imy  of 

Tennessee        lie     wishes    to    bear     from 
of  them. 


96 


Qopfederat^  l/eterarj. 


k 


,nxr    The  \^lue 

OF 

Persoisial  Knowledge 

Personal  knowledge  is  the  winning  factor  in  the  culminating  contests  of 
this  competitive  age  and  when  of  ample  character  it  places  its  fortunate 
possessor  in  the  front  ranks  of 

The  Well  Informed  of  the  World. 
A  vast  fund  of  personal  knowledge  is  really  essential  to  the  achievement  of  the 
highest  excellence  in  any  field  of  human  effort. 

A  Knowledge  of  Forms,  Knowledge  of  Functions  and  Knowl- 
edge of  Products  are  all  of  the  "utmost  value  and  in  questions  of  life  and  health 
when  a  true  and  wholesome  remedy  is  desired  it  should  be  remembered  that  Syrup 
of  Figs  and  Elixir  of  Senna,  manufactured  by  the  California  Fig  Syrup  Co.,  is  an 
ethical  product  which  has  met  with  the  approval  of  the  most  eminent  physicians  and 
gives  universal  satisfaction,  because  it  is  a  remedy  of 

Known   Quality,  Known   Excellence  and   Known   Component^ 
Parts  and  has  won  the  valuable  patronage  of  millions  of  the  Well  Informed  of  the  ^ 
world,  who  know  of  their  own  personal  knowledge  and  from  actual  use  that  it  is  the  first 
and  best  of  family  laxatives,  for  which  no  extravagant  or  unreasonable  claims  are  made. 

This  valuable  remedy  has   been   long  and  favorably  known 
under  the  name  of — Syrup  of  Figs — and  has  attained  to  world- 
wide acceptance  as  the  most  excellent  family  laxative.     As  its  pure 
laxative  principles,  obtained  from  Senna,  are  well  known  to  physicians 
and  the  Well  Informed  of  the  world  to  be  the  best  we  have 
adopted  the  more  elaborate   name  of — Syrup  of   Figs  and 
Elixir  of  Senna —  as  more  fully  descriptive  of  the  remedy, 
but  doubtless  it  will  always  be  called  for  by  the  shorter 
name   of — Syrup  of   Figs — and   to  get  its  beneficial 
effects,  always  note,  when   purchasing  the  full 
name  of  the  Company  —  California  Fig  Syrup 
Co.  —  printed  on  the  front  of  every  package,      M   |  M  \ 
whether  you  call  for  — -  Syrup  of  Figs 
or  by  the  full  name  —  Syrup   of 
Figs  and  Elixir  of  Senna. 


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SAN  FRANCISCO, GAU 
LOUISVILLE,  KY.  london?england.  new  YORK,N.Y: 


Tr'   ■■    ■  ■'    *'*■■ 


■^■■^^■■■■iBiBBBPP: 


Vol.  XVII. 


MARCH,  1909. 


No.  2. 


LEADING  ARTICLES  IN  THIS  NUMBER. 


Birthplace  of  Jefferson  Davis     .  

Prize  Essay  Considered,  by  Pres.  Gen.  U.  D.  C 

Fine  Argument  for  a  Christian  Life,  by  Rev.  Theodore  L.  Cuyier     .     .     .     . 
John  M.  Kass  (Deceased) ,  Secretary  and  Treasurer  Peabody  College     .     . 
Concerning  Prize  Essay,  by  U.  D.  C.  Maryland,  North  Carolina,  Mississippi, 

Virginia,  Florida,  Etc 

Col.  John  R.  Lane  and  His  Regiment,  by  Gen.  Bennett  H.  Young 

Vivid  Experiences  in  Prison 

Prisoners  on  Johnson  s  Island,  by  R.  C.  Crouch         

The  D.  A.  R.of  South  Carolina.     Monument  to  Revolutionary  Soldiers     .     . 

Reminiscences  of  Two  Tennessee  Regiments 

Tunneling  Out  of  Prison 

Pennsylvania  Monuments  in  Virginia.     Address  by  (apt.  A.  K.  McCIure     . 

Confederate  Monument  at  Edgefield.  S.  C 

Capture  of  Battery  at  New  Market.      "Jim  and    '    ,s  Secretary"       .      .      .      . 

Search  of  a  Home  by  Soldiers  at  Night 

Lack  of  Equipments  in  Twenty-Eighth  Virginia  Regiment 

The  Name  of  Jefterso.i  Davis  on  Cabin  John  Bridge 

Butlerism  Revived  in  Massachusetts        

Courage  of  a  Virginia  Color  Bearer.     Testimony  by  Fed-    als 

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|  S.  A.  CUNNINGHAM, 

j  I'K'TKIETOR. 


TEFFERSON   I  KIT  IS  HOME   ASSOCIATION 

[ At  a  meeting  of  the  Jefferson  Davis  Home  Association 
in  Louisville  on  February  15,  igoo.  Gen.  Bennett  H.  Young 
was  requested  to  prepare  an  appeal.] 

To  tlw  Confederate  Veteraru  \  year  since  there  was  or- 
ganized under  the  laws  of  Kentucky  a  corporation  known  as 
the  "Jefferson  Davis  Home  Memorial  Association."  the  pur- 
pose of  which  was  to  secure  the  plot  of  ground  in  Todd  and 
Christian  Counties  on  which  Jefferson  1 1 . 1  \  1  -  was  born,  and 
to  erect  thereon  a  memorial  of  some  kind  to  commemorate 
tin-  splendid  heroism,  patriotism,  and  devotion  of  the  only 
President  of  the  Confederacy  to  the  cause  of  his  people 


MRS.  J.   A.   II  wis,  COLORADO  SPRINGS,  COLO 
Margaret  Y.trh  ,t,  Gerald  Bertram,  ami  Roblna  Webb,  the  onl)  daughtei 
ant]  only  grea  Idrer.  "i  Presfdt  nt  Da 


Mr.  Davis  was  for  many  years  thi  object  of  widespread 
hatred  on  the  pari  of  the  people  of  the  North,  and  failure  to 
restore  his  citizenship,  in  which  he  stood  alone,  demonstrates 
the  intensity  of  the  prejudice  against  him  by  a  large  part  of 
his  countrymen.  He  thus  became  a  distinct  and  marked  sacri- 
fice of  the  great  struggle  tin.. ugh  which  the  South  had  passed 
from  1861  to  1865  and  the  long  and  dreary  days  of  recon- 
struction which  foil.. wed  the  war.  and  upon  hi-  devoted  head 
and  loving  heart  fell  heaviest  the  burdens  of  failure. 

Every  man  who  was  engaged  in  the  struggle  for  Southern 
independence  or  who  sympathized  with  the  South  should  feel 
a  sense  of  obligation  to  Mr.  Davis  to  make  proper  presenta- 
tion to  the  world  of  hi-s  magnificent  character  and  in  some 
form  to  give  recognition  of  the  services  which  he  rendered 
his  people;  for  whatever  may  be  the  judgment  of  men  about 
certain  matters  which,  in  their  opinion,  affected  the  destiny 
of  the  Confederacy,  no  man  ever  questioned  the  absolute  de- 
votion and  loyalty  of  Jefferson  Davis  to  the  people  of  the 
South,  and  none  can  honestly  depreciate  his  faithfulness  and 
consecration  in  that  mighty  conflict, 

A  popular  movement  has  been  inaugurated  successfully  to 
erect  at  the  birthplace  of  Mr.  Lincoln,  in  Larue  County,  .1 
splendid  memorial  hall.  To  those  of  us  who  were  associated 
with  Mr.  Davis  it  hardly  seem-  just  that  one  son  of  Kentucky 
should  be  thus  honored  and  the  other  son.  the  leader  on  the 
Southern   side,  not  be  equally  honored. 

In  the  furtherance  of  the  plans  to  erect  a  memorial  to  Mr 
Davis  options  have  been  taken  on  certain  property  covering 
the  birthplace  of  Mr.  Davis,  and  these  options  will  terminate 
on  the  27th  of  April.  Prompt  and  vigorous  action  is  required 
to  make  tin-  land  available  for  the  patriotic  and  noble  pur- 
poses propo-ed  by  the  Association,  and  1-  directors  of  the 
Association  we  are  sending  tins  appeal  to  every  organized 
Camp  .'i  I  ..Mi.. 1.1  it.  Veterans  and  to  individuals  who  will 
sympathize  with  the  objects  of  the  Association,  and  as  your 
comrades  we  beg  t.i  urge  upon  you  a  prompt  and  generous 
response  to  this  call.  An  average  of  ten  dollars  from  every 
Camp  and  a  -mailer  sum  from  individuals  who  honor  Mr. 
Davis  will  place  the  Association  in  such  position  as  to  prompt- 
ly  and   thoroughly    carry    forward  this   work. 

If  done  at  all.  it  must  be  done  now.  Delays  will  endanger 
the  acquisition  of  the  property.  Forty-four  years  have  passed 
since  th<    end  of  the  struggle  which  marked  the  greatest  crisis 


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in  the  life  of  Mr.  Davis;  and  if  those  who  were  associated 
with  him  in  the  great  war  would  enjoy  any  of  the  pleasure 
that  would  come  from  the  erection  of  this  memorial,  it  must 
be  accomplished  now. 

Now  that  he  is  gone  and  left  none  of  the  blood  upon  whom 
the  people  of  the  South  can  lavish  affection  except  one  daugh- 
ter, there  remains  only  the  privilege  of  commemorating  his 
virtues  and  recording  his  heroism  and  in  some  permanent 
form  to  declare  the  love  of  the  South  for  his  noble  life. 

We  are  not  unmindful  of  the  many  calls  now  made  for  simi- 
lar purposes  upon  the  liberality  of  the  South,  nor  do  we  forget 
what  the  Confederated  Southern  Memorial  Association  has 
done  or  proposes  to  do ;  but  we  feel  that  the  work  with  which 
we  are  now  charged  takes  such  form  and  becomes  so  urgent, 
in  view  of  the  conditions  which  surround  the  acquisition  of 
the  property,  that  we  are  not  trespassing  upon  the  plans  or 
efforts  of  others  when  asking  that  this  object  may  be  given 
earnest  thought  and  quickened  activity  in  its  consummation. 

To  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy. 

So  many  appeals  have  been  made  to  the  women  of  the 
South  which  demand  their  liberality  and  their  labors  that 
we  are  hesitant  at  this  time  in  bringing  to  their  notice  another 
call,  the  conditions  surrounding  which  demand  immediate  ac- 
tion. 

A  few  months  since  the  Jefferson  Davis  Home  Memorial 
Association  was  organized  with  the  intention  of  securing  the 
land  covering  the  birthplace  of  Jefferson  Davis  in  Todd  and 
Christian  Counties.  Ky.,  and  erecting  thereon  a  splendid  me- 
morial to  the  memory  of  this  great  and  good  man.  This  As- 
sociation will  be  under  the  control  of  the  Confederate  organi- 
zations of  the  whole  South,  and  its  sole  purpose  is  to  exalt 
the  motives  and  sacrifices  of  the  people  of  the  South  in  their 
great  struggle  for  independence  and  to  tell  the  world  of  how 
grand  and  noble  and  heroic  was  Jefferson  Davis  in  his  as- 
sociation with  the  people  of  the  Confederate  States. 

Recently  there  has  been  a  successful  effort  among  the  peo- 
ple of  the  whole  country  to  secure  the  land  covering  the  birth- 
place of  Abraham  Lincoln,  in  Larue  County,  and  in  erecting 
thereon  a  memorial  to  Mr.  Lincoln,  and  we  feel  that  Mr. 
Davis  should  have  equal  i  .;;;:iition.  and  that  he  who  stood 
for  the  South  in  its  confiV:,  and  its  sorrows  should  have  his 
birthplace  maintained  and  held  for  public  use,  and  so  marked 
as  to  declare  in  years  to  come  what  Jefferson  Davis  did  and 
what  he  suffered  for  the  people  of  the  South. 

Whatever  is  done  must  be  done  quickly,  as  options  on  the 
property  expire  on  the  27th  of  April,  and  it  is  not  likely  that 
they  can  be  renewed,  and  we  are  making  this  appeal  to  every 
Chapter  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  for  a  subscrip- 
tion of  at  least  ten  dollars.  The  trouble  is  in  the  shortness  of 
the  time  which  intervenes  between  this  and  the  expiration  of 
the  options,  and  we  earnestly  appeal  to  you  to  take  this  mat- 
ter up  and  tr>  show  your  interest  in  it  by  prompt  and  liberal 
response. 

Confident  that  the  people  of  the  South  will  not  forget  to  do 
homage  to  Mr.  Davis,  we  are  hoping  that  this  work  will  re- 
ceive such  impetus  that  on  his  birthday,  June  3,  we  will  be 
able  to  commence  operations  and  lay  the  corner  stone  for  this 
memorial  to  our  beloved  President. 

We  need  not  say  to  you  who  have  done  so  much  to  justify 
the  conduct  of  the  South  that  Mr.  Davis  is  worthy  of  all  that 
his  people  can  ever  do  for  him ;  and  that,  while  costly  monu- 
ments may  be  erected  to  his  memory,  there  is  something  pe- 
culiarly touching  in  this  consecrating  to  public  use  the  birth- 
place of  this  noble  patriot. 


With  the  land  secured,  we  will  proceed  more  leisurely  in 
the  erection  of  the  memorial ;  but  if  the  opportunity  to  secure 
the  site  be  lost,  it  is  feared  the  success  of  the  enterprise  will 
at  least  become  questionable. 

May  we  therefore  by  our  common  love  for  the  glorious 
memories  which  gather  around  the  Southland  and  its  heroic 
efforts  to  be  free  and  in  our  admiration  of  the  great  leader 
who  guided  us  in  those  dark  and  dreadful  days  hope  that  you 
will  secure  a  subscription  promptly  and  forward  it  to  Maj. 
John  H.  Leathers.  Chairman,  Louisville,  Ky.1 


THE  PRIZE   ESSAY,  COLUMBIA    UNIVERSITY. 

BY   MRS.   CORNELIA  BRANCH   STONE,  PRESIDENT  GENERAL   U.    D.   C. 

The  annual  prize  of  one  hundred  dollars  offered  by  the 
United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  to  the  students  of 
Teachers'  College,  Columbia  University,  has  been  awarded 
for  two  years  past.  The  first  award  was  made  to  Mr.  Her- 
bert T.  Coleman,  a  native  of  Canada,  the  subject  of  his  essay 
having  been  "The  Status  of  Education  in  the  South  Prior 
to  the  War  between  the  States ;"  and  the  second  was  given 
to  Miss  Christine  Boyson,  of  Minnesota,  for  an  essay  on 
"Robert  E.  Lee — A  Present  E-stimate."  The  same  committee 
of  three  distinguished  scholars  decided  upon  the  best  essay 
presented  in  both  instances.  The  first  award  gave  perfect 
•iatisfaction,  the  essay  having  met  all  requirements  as  to  lit- 
erary quality  and  structure  and  historical  accuracy  and  re- 
search. The  essay  of  Miss  Boyson  on  the  "present  estimate" 
of  "Robert  E.  Lee"  has  brought  forth  much  indignant  pro- 
test from  the  Chapters  of  the  organization  on  account  of  the 
historical  inaccuracies  contained  therein,  some  of  which  re- 
flect upon  General  Lee  as  a  military  commander  and  upon  the 
character  and  efficiency  of  his  subordinate  officers  and  the 
intellectual  condition  of  the  South  at  the  beginning  of  the 
War  between  the  States.  Such  indignation  is  the  natural 
expression  of  the  loyalty  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Confed- 
eracy to  their  own  people,  their  traditions,  culture,  and  re- 
finement, and  their  achievements  in  the  councils  of  State  as 
well  as  on  the  field  of  battle,  and  particularly  their  devo- 
tion and  self-sacrifice  to  the  principles  upon  which  this  govern- 
ment was  founded,  together  with  the  patriotic  motives  which 
actuated  the  course  of  the  people  of  the  South  in  the  War 
between  the  States  and  the  honor  and  integrity  due  to  their 
great  leaders,  who  were  scholars  and  statesmen  as  well  as 
great  military  commanders. 

In  zealously  guarding  the  precious  heritage  of  glorious 
names  and  achievements  let  us,  however,  endeavor  to  be  con- 
servative and  just  to  those  who  have  served  us  or  taken  part 
in  this  matter.  It  is  a  well-known  truth  that  misconception 
and  misunderstanding  is  prevalent  in  some  sections  of  this 
country  of  ours  as  to  the  true  attitude  of  the  people  of  the 
South  prior  to  the  War  between  the  States,  during  the  con- 
flict, and  in  the  still  more  trying  days  of  so-called  "recon- 
struction;" and  to  induce  an  unbiased  study  of  this  subject 
in  a  cosmopolitan  college  which  was  fitting  young  men  and 
women  to  go  out  as  teachers  of  the  truth  this  prize  was  offered 
by  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy — a  missionary  work 
for  which  time  must  be  had  for  full  fruition. 

Considering  environment,  text-books  provided  for  her  edu- 
cation, and  other  influences,  there  is  much  for  encouragement 
in  Miss  Boyson's  essay,  which  contains  many  generous  and 
beautiful  tributes  to  General  Lee;  while  her  objectionable 
statements  show  no  "malice  of  forethought,"  simply  a  lack 
of  correct  information.  This  is  largely  due  to  the  many  mis- 
leading  text-books    in   use    in    Northern    schools   and   largely 


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used  all  over  the  South  because  of  the  little  attention  paid 
to  the  contents  of  schoolhooks  introduced  into  Southern 
schools  by  publishers  offering  large  percentage  on  sales  if 
these  be  adopted.  The  Confederate  organizations  have  striven 
by  every  means  to  eliminate  such  books,  knowing  the  false 
and  erroneous  statements  contained  in  them ;  and  in  many 
States  the  State  Department  of  Education  has  taken  up  this 
matter,  and  it  is  important  to  look  to  it  that  our  children  do 
not  imbibe  some  of  Miss   Boyson's  impressions. 

To  declare  that  we,  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  are 
not  in  sympathy  or  accord  with  such  statements,  after  our 
years  of  labor  and  unselfish  devotion  to  the  preservation  of 
the  truth,  seems  unnecessary;  and  it  would  seem  strange  if 
any  mind  could  conceive  the  thought  that  we  sanction  'it- 
indorse  any  suggestion,  however  remote,  of  treason  in  the 
Southern  people,  who  State  by  State  resumed  their  delegated 
rights  by  seceding  from  the  Union  and  established  the  Con- 
federate States  of  America  and  maintained  it  for  four  long 
years  through  stress  and  storm  with  great  glory  and  honoi 
This  record  has  become  a  part  of  American  history  and 
should  have  truthful  record. 

Miss  Boyson  in  fairness  concedes  that  the  question  of  seces 
sion  "had  been  purposely  left  open"  by  the  founders  of  this 
republic,  and  that  "on  the  two  opinions  held  equally  sincere 
patriots  were  arrayed."  Hence  there  could  he  no  treason  in  the 
attitude  of  the  people  of  the  South,  and  so  well  was  this  und(  r 
stood  by  distinguished  jurists  of  the  North  that  after  the  in- 
dictment of  Jefferson  Davis  he  was  never  tried 

A  committee  was  appointed  by  my  able  predecessor  to  select 
the  judges  to  award  the  prize.     T!:r  '       ,   men  of  broad 

mind  and  attainment  consented  to  serve  us  in  this  capacity. 
Two  of  these  are  of  Southern  birth  and  both  descendants  of 
those  who  served  the  Confederacy.  The  love  and  loyaltj  of 
these  men  for  the  sacred  memories  of  the  South  cannot  be 
doubted,  their  statements  of  the  construction  entertained  bj 
them  as  to  the  duties  of  their  position  have  been  fairly  made, 
and  we  should  he  temperate  and  just  in  our  judgment  of  their 
action.  It  would  perhaps  have  been  wiser  when  making  a 
selection  of  what  they  considered  the  best  of  the  essays  pre- 
sented if  they  had  in  making  the  award  stated  that  in 
doing  this  they  could  not  indorse  some  of  the  statements 
made  by  the  writer.  Yet  this  must  have  seemed  unnecessary 
to  men  entertaining  such  different   views 

In  formulating  the  plan  for  tin  ward  of  this  prize  in 
Teachers'  College  there  was  no  provision  made  for  sub- 
mitting the  essay  to  the  final  indorsement  of  the  President 
General,  for  she  is  and  should  be  responsible  for  the  proper 
conduct  of  the  affairs  of  the  General  Association.  The  judges 
selected  the  best  offered;  but  whether  that  selection  merited 
the  prize  that  is,  if  it  met  the  requirement-,  of  "historical 
accuracy  and  literary  quality  and  structure" — is  a  matter  which 
should  have  final  arbitrament  bj  the  organization  through  the 
President  General  or  the  committee  appointed  by  herself  on 
which  she  should  pass  final  judgment 

In   the  award   of  the   next    pi  which    provision    was 

made  by  t lie  Atlanta  Convention,  every  safeguard  will  be 
observed,  tin  President  seeing  more  clearly  her  duty  in  this 
matter. 

So  let  us  cease  to 
that  constitute^   the   \  of   wrongdoing;  and   if  censure 

be  the   keynote  of  life,   who   shall   he   blameless;      We 
gaged   in  a  great   work       Let    us   bring   to   it    the   memory   of 
"the  spirit  of  Rob(  :t    I      Lee." 


Mks.   Enders   Robinson's   General   Circular. 

Mrs.  Enders  Robinson,  Historian  General  of  the  I".  D.  C, 
issues  a  general  circular  to  Historians  of  Divisions  and  to 
Chapters  where  there  are  no  Divisions  as  follows; 

"In  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  prize  essay, 
published  in  the  December  (1908)  CONFEDERATE  Veteran, 
Nashville.  Tenn..  these  statements  are  made:  'Intellectually 
the  South  was  practically  dead;'  'Most  of  the  people  were 
densely  ignorant;'  'Robert  E.  Lee  was  a  traitor  in  that  he 
sacrificed  all  to  aid  the  enemies  of  his  country;  but  [here  the 
writer  quotes  C  F,  Adams.  "Shall  Cromwell  have  a  statue?"] 
so  were  George  Washington.  John  Hampden,  and  William  of 
Orange.' 

"Such  contortion  of  Southern  history  defeats  the  purpose 
for  which  the  prize  is  given — a  truthful  referenc*   papei 

"The  per  capita  tax  should  not  be  used  to  encourage  falsi- 
fication of  history. 

"Therefore,  you  are  urged  to  use  your  influence  to  abolish 
the  prize  of  one  hundred  dollars  given  by  the  I*.  D.  C.  an- 
nually for  a  historical  paper. 

"Please  repeat  this  'General  Circular  No.  -•'  to  all  Chapter 
Historians  within  youi    jurisdiction." 


FROM  THE  JUDGES  OF  THAT  PRIZE  ESSAY. 

The  Veteran  is  in  receipt  of  copies  of  letters  from  Presi- 
dent C.  Alphonse  Smith,  of  the  University  oi  North  Carolina, 
and  President  Edwin  \.  Vlderman,  of  the  University  of 
Virginia.  These  are  two  of  the  three  men  by  whom  was 
awarded  the  prize  to  Miss  Boyson  for  her  essay  on  Gen.  R. 
E.  Lee.  This  essay,  published  in  the  Decembi  1  Vi  ieran, 
has  been  widely  read  and  almost  universally  condemned  in 
the  South. 

President  Alderman  -jy-  "1  understood  the  judges  were 
to  consider  literary  merit,  structural  ability,  and  general 
thoughtfulness  as  well  as  historical  honesty  and  fairness. 
Insomuch  as  the  prize  was  for  an  essay,  not  for  a  eulogy, 
and  has  been  established  at  the  most  cosmopolitan  American 
university,  where  it  might  be  Competed  for  by  young  men  and 
women  of  every  section  and  every  nation.  I  supposed  one 
would  be  expected  to  allow  for  differenci  ill  hi  torii  1'  view- 
points." I  Here  the  Veteran  calls  Dr.  Alderman's  attention 
to  the  fact  that  Mrs.  Schuyler's  original  request  was  for  per- 
mission to  establish  in  a  leading  Northern  prize 
scholarship  for  tin-  study  of  correct  history  "from  tin  South's 
view -point."  I 

Dr.   Alderman  writes:    "Miss   Boyson's   paper   unpi  \  --«  d   me 
as    preeminently    the    best,    though    here    and    then     wen     sen 
tences  of  unwarranted  generalization  or  which  embodied  wdiat 
I  thought  were  unsound  opinions,      [s  it  >le  that  the 

failure  to  conform  entirely  to  the  Southern  vii  hould 

operate    to    disqualify    the    paper:      1    did    not    1  ientific 

accuracy  nor  a   perfect   historical   point   of  view    from  youthful 
collegians,  male  or   female." 

[  1  las  it   occurred  to  the  it    their  aw  I  1    prize 

for  tin  pinions''  and  "scientific"  inaccuracies  will 

go  far  to  establish  the  "youthful  collegian  in  her  errors?"] 

President    Alderman  protests  against   quoting   detached  sen- 
ilis   must   he  considered   in   their  context   to  get   the 
true   meaning.     Yet   he  attaches   a  mi  t(     1    'Iocs   not 

seem  to  justify.      He  quotes  tin  ph    with   explanations. 

"He  was  a  traitor  insomuch  as  In  aid  the 

enemies    of    his    country;    but    so    were    George    Washington, 
John     Hampden,    and    William    of    0 


102 


Qoi)federat<?  l/eterap. 


Alderman   thinks  this  mean-   if  he  was  a  traitor,  etc.     Touch- 
stone says:  "There  is  much  virtue  in  an  'if.'" 

Again  Dr.  Alderman  says:  "Miss  Boyson's  use  of  the  phrase 
the  wrong  side'  and  'the  Civil  War  has  since  taught  what  is 
right  in  this  regard'  was  infelicitous  and  jarring:  but  I  came 
to  the  conclusion  that  the  context  showed  that  she  meant 
'unsuccessful'  by  the  first  quotation  and  'forever  settled'  by 
the  other.  [Beg  pardon,  may  the  Veteran  ask  what  dic- 
tionary of  definitions  Dr.  Alderman  uses?]  The  assertion 
that  most  of  the  people  of  the  South  were  'densely  ignorant' 
was  a  foolish  echo  of  an  erroneous  view  current  at  one  time 
in  her  section  and  in  many  Northern  minds  based  upon  un- 
analyzed  statistics  of  illiteracy,  and  the  further  statement 
that  'the  South  was  intellectually  dead,'  derived  from  the  same 
misunderstood  source,  was  as  offensive  to  me  as  to  my  critics : 
but  I  did  not  think  these  misstatements  disqualified." 

Though  Dr.  Alderman  protests  against  statements  without 
the  context,  he  gives  a  whole  flock  of  detached  sentences, 
which  he  seems  to  think  proved  the  essay  to  be  a  glowing  trib- 
ute to  Lee  instead  of  the  calumny  it  is  said  to  be. 

President  Alderman  adds:  "What  the  situation  needs  is 
more  light,  calmness,  and  justice— just  a  touch  of  the  splen- 
did tolerance  of  Lee  himself.  Let  Miss  Boyson's  essay  be 
printed,  let  it  be  read,  and  I,  one  of  the  judges,  will  abide 
the  public  verdict  with  serene  confidence." 

It  is  a  singular  comment  to  suggest  that  the  paper  be  printed 
and  read  when  Southern  women  are  almost  universally  con- 
demning the  judges  who   awarded  the  prize. 

President  Smith's  letter  is  to  the  same  purport,  only  less 
effusive,  less  exhaustive.  It  is  a  calm,  dignified  statement 
of  why  he  voted  for  the  essay,  which  he  regarded  as  the  best 
offered. 

An  Inquiry  About  That  Prize  Essay. 

The  Sterling  Price  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  of  St.  Joseph,  Mo.. 
sends  an  open  letter  to  the  Veteran.  It  is  addressed  to  the 
chairman  of  the  prize  essay  contest,  and  requests  Dr.  Alder- 
man to  explain  why  Miss  Boyson  was  chosen  when  her  only 
recommendation  was  good  English,  easy  diction,  and  rhetorical 
smoothness.  The  letter  says  hardly  a  paragraph  of  this  prize 
paper  but  contains  some  false  assertion  against  the  most 
sacred  principles  cherished  by  the  South.  She  has  positively 
left  us  nothing  as  a  people,  and  the  summing  up  of  her  paper 
is  that  we  were  engaged  in  treason,  the  only  palliative  circum- 
stance being  that  we  "were  too  densely  ignorant"  to  realize  it 
till  the  "results  of  the  Civil  War  showed  us  what  was  right." 
The  aspersions  against  Lee  the  Chapter  regards  as  so  silly 
as  to  be  best  met  by  a  dignified  silence. 

Wilmington,  N.  C,  Comments. 

Whereas  Cape  Fear  Chapter  is  one  of  the  first  of  those  or- 
ganized in  the  U.  D.  C.  and  the  largest  Chapter  in  North 
Carolina,  the  native  State  of  two  of  the  judges;  be  it 

Resolved:  I.  That  this  Chapter  deeply  deplores  and  is  un- 
willing to  accept  the  unfortunate  decision  of  the  judges  who 
awarded  to  Miss  Christine  Boyson,  of  Minnesota,  the  prize 
of  $100  offered  by  the  U.  D.  C.  for  the  best  essay  upon  General 
Lee.  This  essay  is  chiefly  notable  for  the  author's  dense 
ignorance  of  conditions  and  institutions  of  the  South. 

2.  We  desire  to  record  our  protest  against  the  action  of  the 
judges.  In  order  to  avoid  the  making  of  false  history,  we 
give  our  opinion  that  the  bestowing  of  prizes  should  be 
abolished  or  else  that  greater  safeguards  be  adopted  to  pre- 
vent the  happening  of  such  grievous  errors. 


Comment  by  Women  of  Charleston. 

After  explaining  the  history  of  the  movement  by  the  U.  D. 
C.  to  offer  a  prize  through  Columbia  College,  the  women  of 
the  Charleston   (S.  C.)  Chapter,  No.  4,  resolve: 

"South  Carolina  has  ever  been  justly  accused  of  striking 
the  first  blow  and  sticking  to  her  guns  to  the  last.  We  hope  in 
presenting  the  following  conservative  resolutions  she  will  be 
among  the  first  in  pouring  oil  on  the  troubled  waters. 

"1.  That  we  deeply  regret  the  controversy  over  the  essay 
written  by  Miss  Boyson,  of  Minnesota,  in  competition  for 
the  prize  offered'  in  Teachers'  College,  Columbia  University, 
New  York,  by  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy, 
also  recognizing  that  their  purpose.  'Historic  Truth,'  should 
have  been  emphasized  as  an  essential  qualification  both  to 
competitors  and  judges. 

"2.  That  we  would  in  no  wise  impugn  the  motives  of  the 
eminent  men  who  kindly  consented  to  act  as  judges  in  this 
contest,  but  regret  exceedingly  the  apparent  failure  to  ap- 
preciate the  true  purpose  of  the  U.  D.  C,  in  that  without 
qualification  or  criticism  they  awarded  the  prize  to  an  essay, 
however  well  written  or  whatsoever  its  other  merits,  which 
makes  mistaken  statements  regarding  the  South.  Had  the 
judges  but  qualified  their  decision  by  a  brief  statement  of 
'the  standards  which  guided'  them  in  awarding  the  prize  to  an 
essay  in  which  it  is  conceded  that  'some  of  the  critical  opin- 
ions are  inexact  and  irritating,'  the  whole  unpleasant  issue 
would  have  been  avoided.  Their  action  has  given  to  the 
world  with  the  apparent  sanction  and  indorsement  of  the  U. 
D.  C.  statements  which  it  is  the  very  object  of  that  organiza- 
tion to  controvert. 

"3.  Therefore  Charleston  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  deems  it  neces- 
sary by  these  resolutions  to  enter  protest  against  the  false  im- 
pression given  by  such  apparent  indorsement. 

The  paper  is  signed  by  Clelia  P.  McGowan,  Historian 
Charleston  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  Sallie  E.  Conner,  Mary  B.  Pop- 
penheim,  and  Louisa  McC.  Smythe,  President  Charleston 
Chapter,  U.  D.  C. 

Action  by  the  New  Orleans  Chapter. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  New  Orleans  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  a 
paper  was  submitted  by  Mrs.  D.  A.  S.  Vaught  reviewing  the 
history  of  the  offering  of  a  prize  by  the  U.  D.  C.  This 
was  established  in  1904  at  the  earnest  desire  of  Mrs.  L.  R. 
Schuyler,  of  New  York  Chapter,  U.  D.  C.  wdio  believed  that 
a  paper  on  the  war  prepared  by  a  pupil  of  the  Columbia 
Teachers'  College  would  cause  the  Southern  point  of  view  to 
penetrate  the  Northern  community.  It  has  been  distinctly 
understood  by  the  U.  D.  C.  that  such  a  paper  should  present 
the  Southern  point  of  view  with  strict  regard  to  the  truth 
of  history.  If  this  chief  condition  was  not  deeply  impressed 
upon  the  judges,  then  the  committee  failed  in  its  duty.  If  it 
was  made  clear  and  the  award  was  made  upon  literary  and 
structural  merits,  disregarding  the  prime  requisite  of  the 
Southern  view-point  and  truth,  then  we  have  less  cause  to 
complain  of  the  action  of  the  judges. 

In  either  case  the  "prize"  has  failed  in  its  object,  and  the 
objections  of  a  considerable  number  made  at  the  time  of 
passing  the  resolution  will  now  be  again  brought  forward  and 
probably  prevail. 

Mrs.  Vaught  added  that  reference  to  the  U.  D.  C.  minutes 
renders  it  uncertain  as  to  whether  the  judges  were  sufficiently 
instructed  as  to  the  Southern  view-point. 

This  constituted  the  report  of  the  historical  committee ;  and 


Qopfederat^  l/eterar? 


103 


after  it  had  been  read  by  Mrs.  M.  A.  Farwood,  Mrs.  P.  J. 
Friedrichs,  President  of  tlie  Chapter,  read  the  following  as 
supplemental  to  the  report: 

"The  statement  that  'most  of  the  people  of  the  South  were 
densely  ignorant'  was  a  false  statement,  for  our  wealthy  peo- 
ple educated  their  sons  and  daughters  in  Europe ;  they  re- 
turned home  highly  polished  examples  of  the  Old  World's 
high  ideals,  far  from  being  'intellectually  dead.'  They  were 
deep  thinkers,  cultivated  musicians,  and  trained  students  who 
did  not  worship  money  as  their  god  So  far  as  illiteracy  is 
concerned,  what  caused  the  South  to  drop  away  down  in  the 
scale  of  illiterates?  Was  ii  not  the  emancipation  of  3,000,000 
Degro  slaves  for  political  purposes?  These  were  the  illn 
forced  upon  us,  and  to  tins  day  they  .ire  a  burden  patiently 
borne  by  the  Southern  people 

"Condemnatory  quotations  she  selected  from  prejudiced  his- 
torians, and  refuted  their  statements.  So  many  of  these  villi- 
i.:  itions,  always  quoted,  detract  verj  materially  from  the 
article;  but  taken  as  a  whole,  it  can  be  regarded  in  no  other 
light  than  as  a  tribute  to  the  South's  greatest  leader,  more 
remarkable  from  the  fact  that  it  emanates  from  a  daughter 
of  the  North.  The  New  Orleans  Chapter  should  not  blindly 
follow  action  taken  by  others,  but  considei   die  matter  sanely." 

I  Mrs.  Friedrichs  might  have  added  another  reason  for  the 
illiteracy  in  the  South,  beginning  with  the  reconstruction 
period — that  the  Southern  people  in  their  poverty  were  obliged 
to  educate  negro  children  equally  with  white,  and  the  tendency 
was  against  public  schools  in  many  sections.— Ed.  Veteran.] 

Mrs.  Livingstone  Rowe  Schuyler  addressed  the  U.  D  I 
Convention  at  San  Francisco  requesting  permission  to  amend 
her  motion  of  the  year  previous  to  the  effect  that  the  U.  D 
C.  establish  an  annual  priz.  of  one  hundred  dollars  to  be  paid 
each  year  on  December  I,  beginning  with  December,  1905, 
for  white  students  only  at  Teachers'  College,  Columbia  Uni- 
versity, New  York  City,  for  tin  be  I  1  13  on  subjects  per- 
taining to  the  South's  part  in  the  War  between  the  States, 
tin-  U.  D.  C.  to  appoint  the  judges.  She  asked  to  amend  her 
previous  motion  to  read  "prize"  instead  of  "scholarship,"  he- 
cause  a  scholarship  would  necessitate  a  return  to  the  college 
in  order  to  use  it,  while  a  prize  was  open  to  all.  She  further 
explained  that  Teachers'  College  was  selected  because  it 
had  a  greater  percentage  of  Southern  professors  than  any 
college  in  the  North,  a  larger  percentagi  of  Southern  stu- 
dents ami  then  is  .1  Southern  club  numbering  over  a  hun- 
dred girls  Teachers'  College  is  coeducational,  and  in  estab 
lishing  this  prize  we  designate  the  college  that  has  done 
most  to  help  Southern  girls  in  New  York.  The  Presidi  nt 
al  on  motion  was  empowered  to  appoint  a  committee 
of  three  to  select  the  judges  for  the  prize  essay. 

\t  tin    (lulfport  Convention   Mrs.  Schuyler  reported  on   the 
i        1  of   Columbia    College,   and    moved    "that    the   corn- 

nil  tin-  prize  for  the  historical  essay  at  Columbia  Col- 
on of  judges   foi    -.line  be  continued  for 

this  coming  year."     She  also   gave  notici    that  at   the  next  an- 
nual Convention   she  would  offer  an  amendment    to   the 
that  this  committee  In-  madi    a     1  ending  committee 


comments  of  the  Veteran  on  that  article,  which  it  had  prom- 
ised to  publish  before  reading  it.  and  thanks  the  editor  in 
her  own  name  and  that  of  the  South  that  he  did  not  let 
the  offensive  paper  appear  without  a  protest. 

I  he  Richmond  Chapter  of  the  I  D.  C.  held  a  called  meet- 
ing to  discuss  Dr.  Alderman's  reply  to  its  resolutions  of 
censure  against  him  and  his  confreres  for  the  bestowal  of  the 
prize  on  Mi--  Boyson's  essay.  The  Chapter  unanimously  in- 
dorses the  part  taken  by  the  investigating  committee,  and 
I'  1  ed  additional  resolutions  of  censure,  stating  that  the  Chap 
ter  makes  these  protests  on  account  of  the  many  inaccuracies 
and  misstatements  in  the  essay,  notably  those  in  reference  to 
I  he  South's  condition  as  a  whole  and  the  reflections  cast  upon 
her  people,  her  private  soldiers,  ami  her  officers.  The  Chap 
ter  also  indorsed  the  comments  of  the  Veteran  on  the  essay 
in  the  issue  in  which  it   is  printed 


Mr-    Norman  V,   Randolph   write-  from  Richmond,  Va.,   111 

.  mti  -1      Shi    deplores 

the  unintentional    notoriet)    sin    ha-  brought    upon   herself,   but 

warmly  renews  her  protests  against  the  paper,  which  n 

ply  upon  the  South  and  :  She  commends  the 


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Office:  Methodist  Publishing  House  Building,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

This  publication  is  the  personal  property  of  S.  A.  Cunningham.     All  per- 
sons who  approve  its  principles  and  realize  its  benefits  as  an  organ  for  Assa 
cialions  throughout  the  South  are  requested  to  commend  its  patronage  and  to 
co6pi*rate  in  extending  its  circulation.     Let  each  one  be  constantly  diligent. 

SOUTHERN   WOMEN  STAND  FOR   PRINCIPLES. 

The  Veteran  is  gratified  with  the  widespread  indorsement 
of  its  comment  upon  the  $100  prize  essay  awarded  to  Miss 
Christine  Boyson,  of  Minnesota.  (One  poor  fellow  discon- 
tinued his  patronage  because  it  was  published  in  the  Veteran 
and  because  attention  is  given  to  "the  other  side" — to  men  who 
want  to  honor  Confederates  and  cooperate  with  him  in  veri- 
fying the  truth.)  It  gives  space  to  protests  from  all  sections 
of  the  South  against  the  essay,  which  compels  the  withholding 
of  much  from  this  number.  There  was  no  alternative  with  the 
Veteran  but  to  print  the  paper — the  promise  had  been  made 
while  the  convention  was  in  session  without  any  knowledge  of 
its  contents  until  days  after  the  adjournment.  In  all  that  is 
printed  it  may  be  seen  that  there  is  no  criticism  of  the  young 
lady.  Under  her  training  she  evidently  did  well.  If  she  will 
come  South,  a  new  conception  will  be  had  of  the  "ignorance" 
of  the  Southern  people  that  she  regarded  so  "dense"  as  to 
apply  that  qualifying  term.  Using  so  much  on  the  subject  in 
this  issue  will  disappoint  some  who  expected  other  articles  in 
this  issue,  especially  responses  to  "A  Talk  with  the  Boys." 


CONDITIONS  EXPLAINED  BY  MISS  BOYSON. 

The  author  of  the  Lee  essay,  which  has  aroused  so  much 
comment  and  criticism  of  Drs.  Alderman  and  Smith,  is  the 
present  head  of  the  English  department  of  the  University  of 
North  Dakota,  and  is  a  degree  graduate  of  Columbia.  In  justi- 
fication of  her  paper  Miss  Boyson  writes : 

"Dr.  Johnson,  one  of  the  professors  at  Columbia,  advised 
us  to  limit  our  discussion  of  Lee  to  some  aspect  of  his  life 
instead  of  trying  to  write  a  full  biography,  and  with  this  idea 
in  mind  I  began  to  browse  around  the  library  for  a  theme.  I 
soon  became  aware  that  the  Lee  centenary  had  recently  been 
celebrated,  and  that  one  of  its  striking  features  was  the  warm 
praise  of  him  which  it  had  called  forth  in  the  North. 

"I  attempted  to  lay  in  just  as  broad  a  background  of  facts 
in  explanation  of  Lee's  attitude  as  my  space  would  permit, 
and  from  these  facts  I  then  tried  to  explain  what  has  seemed 
to  me  of  the  North  an  idolatrous  admiration  for  Lee  on  the 
part  of  the  South.  The  more  I  read  and  wrote,  the  more  I 
was  surprised  to  find  how  truly  great  Lee  was. 

"It  is  only  in  the  more  advanced  schools  of  the  North, 
where  men  of  broad  culture  and  recent  training  are  teaching, 
that  the  thought  of  the  justice  of  the  South  in  the  war  is  ever 
dwelt  upon.  To  present  this  cause  from  the  Southern  stand- 
point— to  show  that  Lee  must  not  only  inevitably  but  justly 
have  taken  the  place  that  he  did,  and  that  he  was  in  himself 
a  greater  man  than  any  allegiance  to  the  one  side  or  the  other 
could  have  made  him — was  my  purpose. 

"My  Northern  friends  think  I  have  overdone  the  thing. 
It  seems  as  if  I  have  lost  out  not  only  with  the  North,  but 
with  the  South  as  well.  I  am  so  sorry  all  this  has  come  about. 
I  submitted  my  essay  only  as  one  of  many,  and  was  very 
much  surprised  when  the  award  was  made  in  my  favor.  I 
wanted  to  show  that  the  vast  majority  of  Americans  are  be- 
diming to  feel  that  Lee  is  fit  to  stand  side  by  side  with 
Washington." 


SAM  DAVIS  MONUMENT. 

A  little  unexpected  delay  has  occurred  in  connection  with 
the  marble  work  upon  the  Sam  Davis  monumental  structure 
through  the  discovery  of  a  dark  seam  in  the  marble,  which 
required  the  transfer  of  the  quarrying  machinery  to  a  new 
quarry.  It  is  believed  that  this  misfortune  will  be  overcome 
in  time  to  dedicate  it  while  the  Legislature  is  in  session.  The 
heroic  bronze  statue  is  at  hand,  and  very  soon  after  this 
marble  is  all  in  hand  it  will  be  ready  for  the  dedication. 

Meanwhile  the  liberal  spirit  of  contributing  increases,  and 
it  is  well.  For  the  $Soo  yet  to  be  raised  the  committee  be- 
comes responsible,  and  they  will  pay,  independent  of  their 
contributions — they  must  pay — what  is  lacking,  since  they  are 
responsible  for  all  contracts.  All  who  want  their  names  re- 
corded as  contributing  to  the  glory  of  Sam  Davis,  the  private 
Confederate  soldier  whose  life  was  of  less  value  than  his 
honor,  should  do  so  now.  Some  new  light  upon  his  unexcelled 
sacrifice  from  both  Confederate  and  Federal  sources  is  to 
appear  in  the  April  Veteran  along  with  the  names  of  re- 
cent contributors.  The  dollar  list  is  popular.  The  monument 
will  be  a  contribution  from  every  State  in  the  Union. 


PRESIDENT  ROOSEVELT'S  LOST  OPPORTUNITY. 

Reports  from  many  addresses  and  specially  prepared  papers 
from  esteemed  sources  have  come  to  the  Veteran  concerning 
President  Lincoln,  too  many  for  practicable  space  at  present. 

Notwithstanding  the  South  realized  the  great  calamity 
caused  to  it  by  his  death,  in  a  general  criticism  Mr.  Lincoln 
is  overhonored.  The  President's  speech  at  Lincoln  Farm,  his 
reputed  birthplace,  on  February  12,  1909,  was  entertaining. 
He  had  the  courage  to  bring  Washington  quite  on  a  level  with 
Lincoln.  Very  good  for  an  American  "half  Northern  and 
half  Southern;"  but  the  President  missed  an  oppor; unity  that 
can  never  come  to  him  again — to  stand  in  the  open  for  com- 
plete reconciliation.  Mr.  Lincoln's  fame  rests  upon  Lis  achieve- 
ments in  the  war  to  perpetuate  the  Union  as  a  whole.  It  was 
a  conflict  sharp  and  exact  between  the  North,  with  resources 
and  means  from  the  whole  world,  and  the  South,  depending 
entirely  upon  its  own  resources  save  from  blockade,  which 
was  practically  impregnable.  The  war  had  been  over  nearly 
half  a  century.  The  high  courts  of  the  United  States  had  not 
dared  to  put  the  legal  rights  of  the  South  to  a  test. 

The  President  was  in  the  South — in  Kentucky — in  the  State 
that  gave  birth  within  a  year  before  Mr.  Lincoln  was  born 
to  the  South's  leader  in  that  great  and  awful  struggle.  That 
which  has  caused  the  most  unrelenting  criticism  of  President 
Roosevelt  in  his  entire  career  is  his  discourtesy  to  that  man. 

This  occasion  was  in  less  than  a  month  of  Mr.  Roosevelt's 
retirement.  He  had  preached  peace  and  good  fellowship 
throughout  his  administration,  and  this  was  the  opportunity, 
now  lost  forever,  for  him  to  have  honored  an  American 
citizen  who  from  the  cradle  to  the  grave  pursued  with  mr.r- 
velous  courage  and  fidelity  every  duty  of  man.  He  was  not 
born  in  Lincoln's  poverty,  neither  was  Roosevelt ;  but  his 
career  is  as  worthy  of  praise  for  patriotism  and  Christian 
manhood  as  that  of  any  man  of  the  generations  through  which 
he  lived.  The  South  is  as  loyal  to  the  principles  for  which  the 
first  revolution,  under  the  lead  of  Washington,  was  made  vic- 
torious as  any  people  of  the  earth  to  their  country;  but  there 
are  principles  above  the  love  of  country  that  connect  man 
with  God,  and  to  these  principles  the  line  will  be  drawn  and 
maintained  until  and  even  after  proper  recognition  is  shown 
their  martyr — Jefferson  Davis. 


Qo9federat<?  l/eterar? 


105 


FINE   ARGUMENT  FOR  A   CHRISTIAN  LIFE. 

A  beautiful  illustration  of  the  Christian  life  is  given  by 
Rev.  Dr.  Theodore  L.  Cuyler,  of  New  York-Brooklyn.  In  a 
li  11  i  to  the  New  York  Observer  he  writes:  "As  the  eighty- 
Si  venth  milestone  of  my  life  is  heaving  in  sight,  I  approach 
it  with  a  jubilant  song  of  thanksgiving  from  my  grateful 
heart.  I  thank  God  for  this  long  lease  of  life  in  which  to 
pri  i  li  with  tongue  and  pen  the  glorious  gospel  of  redeem- 
ing love." 

The  first  article  Dr.  Cuyler  ever  wrote  for  a  religious  paper 
was  to  that  paper,  the  New  York  Observer,  in  1847.  The 
editor  of  the  Veteran  from  a  delightful  personal,  though  not 
extensive,  acquaintance  in  connection  with  the  late  Rev.  11. 
M.  Field,  D.D.,  author  of  the  charming  stories  in  "Bright 
Skies"  and  editor  of  the  New  York  Evangelist,  for  which  Dr. 
Cuyler  was  a  hading  contributor,  extends  greeting  and  joins 
him  in  gratitude  that  he  has  had  the  clearness  of  head  and 
goodness  of  heart  to  publish  over  four  thousand  articles  winch 
have  been  printed  in  native  and  foreign  languages  to  more 
than  two  hundred  million  readers. 


JOHN  M.  BASS. 
[John  M.  Bass  was  not  a  Confederate  soldier,  hut  \ears 
ago  he  told  the  editor  of  the  Veteran  that  he  regretted  more 
than  anything  of  his  life  that  he  had  not  been.  What  finer 
tribute  to  the  principles  than  that  a  man  in  the  mellow  years 
of  maturity  deplored  that  he  had  not  been  a  participant,  even 
though   the   cause   fonubt   for   had    failed?      He  had    deferred 


JOHN     M.    DASS. 

writing  tor  the  Veteran  because  he  could  not  claim 

comradeship  with  the  men  who  had   fought   for  his  home,  al- 
though he  was  quite  young  at  the  time  of  the   war.     The  fol- 
low 11. v.     ketch,    taken    from    an    address    bv    the    Chancellor, 
3* 


Gov.  James  D.  Porter,  will  he  read  with  much  interest  by 
the  alumni  of  the  Peabody  College,  Nashville.  Mr.  Bass  was 
known  and  esteemed  by  the  young  men  and  young  women  of 
every  Southern  State  who  attended  this  college.  This  fact 
and  the  splendid  model  of  a  gentleman  of  honor,  integrity, 
and  duty  faithfully  performed  make  its  use  here  all  the  more 
worthy.] 


John  M.  Bass  was  a  native  of  Nashville.  Tenn.,  horn  Oc- 
tober. 18.15.  He  bore  the  name  of  his  father,  long  a  leading 
citizen  and  business  man.  His  mother  was  a  daughter  of 
Felix  Grundy,  and  was  conspicuous  in  the  social  life  of  the 
city.  Mr.  P>asS  look  bis  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  at  Bethany 
College,  Virginia,  then  under  the  presidency  of  the  distill 
guished  Alexander  Campbell.  His  junior  year  at  a  law  school 
was  in  the  University  of  Virginia  and  his  senior  year  v 
the  law  school  of  Cumberland  University,  Lebanon,  Tenn.. 
where  he  received  his  diploma.  He  entered  upon  the  practice 
of  the  law-  with  encouraging  prospects.  A  man  with  his  high 
sense  of  honor,  with  his  industry,  good  sense,  intelligence,  and 
correct  habits,  commands  success  in  any  department  of  life. 
But,  his  father  requiring  his  services  in  the  care  of  large 
planting  interests  on  the  Arkansas  River,  he  abandoned  the 
law,  and  spent  the  best  years  of  his  young  manhood  on  the 
plantation  and  buried  his  ambition  in  the  unprofitable  cotton 
fields. 

On  the  death  of  his  father,  who  was  for  many  years  a  mem 
ber  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  University  of  Nashville, 
Mr.  Bass  was  elected  his  successor.  His  distinguished  grand- 
father, Felix  Grundy,  had  served  for  many  years  as  one  of  its 
trustees,  and  his  own  devotion  to  the  college  was  esteemed 
by  him  as  "the  best  part  of  his  inheritance."  On  the  death 
of  his  friend  and  my  honored  kinsman,  Edward  D.  Hicks, 
Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  University  Board,  Mr.  Bass 
was  made  his  successor,  and  soon  thereafter  was  assigned  to 
the  same  duty  with  the  Peabody  College  for  Teachers.  \l| 
expenditures  and  accounts  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Peabody 
Education  Fund  were  made  through  and  by  him.  The  ad- 
ministration of  Mr.  Bass  embraced  the  financial  affairs  of 
the  University  of  Nashville  and  all  of  its  schools — the  Pea 
body  College,  the  Medical  Department.  Montgomery  Bell 
Academy,  and  the  Winthrop  Preparatory  School.  It  was 
ever  exact  and  self-explanatory,  every  penny  was  accounted 
for,  and  proper  vouchers  were  tiled.  He  was  superintendent 
of  buildings  and  grounds  and  guardian  of  the  young  ladies 
and  young  men,  and  was  the  depository  of  their  troubles  and 
sorrows  and  always  their  intelligent  guide  and  friend.  In 
sickness  the  student  body  received  his  watchful  care,  and  in 
its  exercise  it  was  affectionate  and  paternal.  Who  can  for- 
get his  watchfulness  and  his  tenderness?  lie  was  a  student 
and  kept  in  touch  with  scholars  and  literary  men,  and  was 
himself  a  writer  of  last.,  and  judgment.  At  the  time  of  Ins 
death  he  was  preparing  a  historj  of  the  life  work  of  Felix 
Grundy.     His  death  is  a  distinctive  loss  to  the  State. 

Mr.  Bass  was  a  gentleman  born  and  by  education  ami  en 
viromnent.  He  never  had  an  associate  outside  of  his  class,  and 
he  combined  with  refined  qualities  practical  sense  and  judg- 
ment. M\  association  with  him  during  the  past  seven  years 
gave  me  a  better  opinion  of  men  Hi-  brother  was  my  school- 
fi  111  w  here,  and  his  father  and  my  Own  were  friends  and 
schoolfellows  at  Transylvania  University,  at  Lexington,  Ky. 
His  influence  will  be  lasting  and  fai  n  iching  Every  young 
man  and  young  woman  student  lias  fell  it.  and  it  will  be  an 
inheritance    as    fadeless    and    enduring   as   his   memory. 


10b 


Qoijfederat^  l/eterai). 


CONCERNING  THE  PRIZE  ESSAY. 
The  criticisms  upon  that  $100  prize  essay  awarded  through 
Columbia  College  to  Miss  Christine  Boyson,  of  Minnesota, 
are  the  subject  of  widespread  comment.  Happily,  the  young 
lady  is  properly  exonerated  from  blame.  With  her  environ- 
ment she  deserves  well.  The  mystery  is  as  to  why  her  paper 
was  chosen  by  the  distinguished  men  who  accepted  the  re- 
sponsibility of  judging  the  papers  as  "from  the  South's  view- 
point." 

Maryland  Daughters  Protest  Against  the  Prize  Essay. 

The  following  protest  was  offered  by  Airs.  D.  Giraud 
Wright,  Honorary  President  of  the  Maryland  Division  and 
of  the  Baltimore  Chapter,  United  Daughters  of  the  Confed- 
eracy : 

"The  Baltimore  Chapter  desires  to  enter  a  protest  against 
the  action  of  the  committee  who  awarded  the  $100  prize  of- 
fered by  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  for  the 
best  essay  on  the  South  in  our  War  between  the  States  to 
Miss  Christine  Boyson  for  her  paper,  'Robert  E.  Lee — A 
Present  Estimate.' 

"While  we  might  be  willing  to  acquit  the  writer  of  any  in- 
tention to  willfully  misrepresent,  and  while  the  whole  tenor 
of  the  essay  necessarily  manifests  a  desire  to  laud  the  South 
(as  she  was  competing  for  the  prize),  and  is,  of  course,  in- 
tended to  be  a  eulogy  on  General  Lee,  she  utterly  fails  to 
grasp  the  Southern  estimate  of  the  causes  that  led  to  the  war 
and  the  motives  that  animated  us  in  that  gigantic  struggle 
for  independence.  And  not  only  so,  but  in  attempting  to 
analyze  the  conditions  existing  during  the  war  the  essay  is 
filled  with  inaccuracies  and  misstatements,  of  which  only  a 
few  can  be  noted,  but  which  serve  to  emphasize  instead  of 
minimizing  the  fact  (as  was  probably  her  amiable  intention ) 
of  the  old  'irrepressible  conflict'  between  the  mental  attitude 
of  the  North  and  South  on  the  vital  questions  which  from  the 
beginning  have  been  a  'casus  belli'  between  the  two  sections. 

"A  Northern  schoolgirl  writing  an  essay  on  the  South  during 
the  War  between  the  States,  with  the  limited  knowledge  neces- 
sarily hers,  with  the  lack  of  experience  of  the  conditions  which 
confronted  us,  and  with  her  theories  evolved  from  her  North- 
ern education  and  environment  and  her  principal  guide  the 
one-sided  histories  from  which  she  seems  to  have  gleaned  her 
information,  could  hardly  be  expected  to  write  with  better 
knowledge  of  her  subject  or  to  succeed  in  her  pose  as  an  ex- 
pert military  critic  of  General  Lee's  campaigns  or  of  the  skill 
and  competency  of  his  generals!  The  essay  might  be  ex- 
cused as  an  immature  schoolgirl's  effort  at  composition  were 
it  not  that  it  received  the  prize  intended  by  the  Daughters  of 
the  Confederacy  for  a  different  type  of  article. 

"Therefore  the  Baltimore  Chapter  protests  against  this 
award  and  calls  attention  especially  to  the  following  mis- 
statements : 

"We  deny  absolutely  Miss  Boyson's  statement  that  'Robert 
*E.  Lee  was  a  traitor,  wdio  sacrificed  all  to  aid  the  enemies  of 
his  country.'  We  hold  that  Robert  E.  Lee  was  a  patriot  of 
the  highest  type,  who  sacrificed  all  to  defend  his  home  and 
State  against  the  enemies  of  his  country.  The  South  believed 
then  and  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  believe  now  that 
the  South  truly  interpreted  the  Constitution  as  granting  to 
the  States  the  right  to  secede  from  the  Union. 

"If  Robert  E.  Lee  was  a  traitor  aiding  the  enemies  of  his 
country  in  that  he  held  his  allegiance  due  to  Virginia  and 
drew  his  sword  in  her  defense,  then  it  must  be  conceded  that 
the  South  was  engaged  in  an  unlawful  struggle  and  that  our 


cause  was  unrighteous.  We  would  be  traitors  indeed  to  our 
sacred  past  did  we  not  repudiate  such  a  charge.  That  we 
failed  to  establish  the  right  to  secede  and  that  the  question 
was  settled  by  the  arbitrament  of  arms  does  not  alter  the  fact 
to  our  minds  of  the  righteousness  of  our  cause  or  the  pure 
and  exalted  patriotism  of  the  men  who  fought  or  the  women 
who  suffered  under  the  stainless  flag  of  the  Southern  Con- 
federacy !  Robert  E.  Lee  was  no  traitor  in  any  sense,  technical 
or  otherwise,  but  a  noble  patriot,  true  to  his  allegiance  to  his 
country,  the  State  of  Virginia — a  perfect,  gentle  knight  with- 
out fear  and  without  reproach! 

"We  protest  against  her  statement  that  'intellectually  the 
South  was  dead  and  most  of  the  people  were  densely  igno- 
rant.' The  negro  population  in  the  South  was  certainly  ig- 
norant;  a  small  portion  of  her  people  in  the  mountain  dis- 
tricts were  ignorant ;  but  the  people  in  her  villages  and  towns 
and  the  small  farmer  class,  as  distinguished  from  the  planters 
in  the  South,  were  men  and  women  who  well  compared  with 
the  same  grade  in  the  North.  Descended  as  they  were  from 
the  Scotch,  English,  and  Huguenot  settlers,  they  formed  a 
class  of  citizens  of  the  best  type;  while  the  aristocracy  of  the 
South  was  fully  the  equal  if  not  the  superior  of  anything  the 
North  could  produce  in  its  highest  civilization,  which  lias 
never  given  to  the  world  a  Washington  or  a  Lee ! 

"We  protest  against  the  contemptuous  mention  of  the  of- 
ficers of  our  Confederate  army  under  Lee  as  'his  ignorant  and 
inferior  assistants,  often  making  his  faith  in  them  a  cloak 
for  their  own  designs.'  And  it  would  be  strange  indeed  if  the 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  should  be  so  recreant  to  their 
trust  as  to  sit  tamely  by  and  silently  accede  to  a  prize  being 
given  in  their  name  to  one  who  so  asperses  the  fair  fame  of 
heroes  whom  we  hold  in  the  deepest  reverence.  The  luster 
of  the  fame  of  Stonewall  Jackson,  of  Johnston,  of  Beauregard, 
of  Forrest,  of  Gordon,  of  Hampton,  of  Stuart,  and  the  mighty 
host  of  other  great  Confederate  soldiers  will  hardly  be  dimmed 
by  her  criticism,  yet  under  the  circumstances  we  cannot  let 
it  pass. 

"It  is  difficult  to  understand  how  the  committee  of  award 
should  have  so  failed  to  comprehend  the  intent  of  the  United 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  in  offering  this  prize  as  to  be- 
stow it  upon  one  who  so  utterly  failed  to  attain  the  object 
for  which  it  was  offered.  Whatever  literary  merit  the  essay 
may  have  possessed,  her  mode  of  dealing  with  her  subject 
should  have  condemned  it.  Ordinary  reflection  should  have 
shown  that  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  would 
never  have  given  a  prize  for  an  essay  in  which  the  righteous- 
ness of  the  Southern  cause  was  denied,  the  mass  of  her  peo- 
ple contemptuously  declared  'densely  ignorant,'  her  leaders 
pronounced  'inferior,  ignorant,  and  designing.'  and  Robert  E. 
Lee  called  a  traitor!" 


North  Carolina  Protests  Against  the  Paper. 

In  her  protest  against  the  payment  of  the  prize  to  the  young 
girl  of  Minnesota  by  the  committee  for  the  U.  D.  C,  Mrs. 
William  H.  S.  Burgwyn,  President  of  the  James  David  Chap- 
ter at  Weldon,  N.  C,  writes : 

"The  memory  of  our  great  and  good  leaders  during  the  war 
for  State  rights  and  of  the  brave  men  who  cheerfully  and 
obediently  followed  them  was  the  solace,  the  pride,  and  the 
inspiration  of  the  Southern  people  in  the  midst  of  the  ruin 
which  confronted  them  after  the  war  was  over.  Those  mem- 
ories, handed  down  to  our  descendants,  will  be  the  history  of 
their  ancestors;  so  it  is  our  duty  to  preserve  them  faithfully 
and  truthfully. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai?, 


107 


'"Miss  Boyson  is  in  error  when  she  says  that  'Lee  had  to 
Struggle  with  ignorant  and  inferior  assistants,  who  often  mis- 
understood his  orders  and  often  made  his  faith  in  them  a 
cloak  for  carrying  out  their  own  designs.'  A  commander 
never  had  more  loyal  and  devoted  subordinate  officers  and 
soldiers  than  R.  E.  Lee.  While  Washington  had  his  Arnold, 
Ins  Gates,  and  his  Charles  Lee.  and  Napoleon  his  Bernadotti 
and  his  Mnrat.  Lee  had  his  Stonewall  Jackson,  his  J.  E.  B. 
Stuart,  his  A    P.  Hill,  and  his  Jubal  Early. 

"Robert    I      L»    was  SO  pure  and  noble  in  his  nature  and  his 

life  that  only  those  who  study  his  biographies  can  do  him  full 

justice.  He  was  so  far  above  the  ordinary  mortal  that  the 
successful  contestant  for  the  prize  doubts  tin  good  tint  is 
told  of  him.  It  has  not  been  her  fortune  to  know  any  one 
equal  to  him,  and  her  standard  is  not  high  enough  to  reach 
him.      She    tell-    US   that    Lee    is    fast    coming    to   take   his    place 

-nh    bj    side  with   Lincoln.     Many  of  the   Daughters  of  the 
Confederacy    object    to    Lee's    being    taken    down    from    the 
pedestal  on  which  the  world  generally  has  placed  him — above 
any  other  man  of  his  day. 
"Lincoln,  under  strong  pressure,  'failed  to  keep  faith  as  to 

Sumter,'  and  so  'war  was  declared  against  the  Confederacy 
I  ..  was  never  known  to  he  unfaithful  to  his  word.  When 
General  Butler  was  insulting  women  in  New  Orleans  during 
the  war,  he  was  allowed  to  remain  there  until  the  French 
Emperor  threatened  to  recognize  the  Confederate  States  un 
lis-  In  was  removed.  Lincoln  then  removed  him.  General 
I  -I    was  always  the  protector  of  the  weak. 

Vnother  poinl  to  he  ccntroverted  is  that  Lee  differed  from 
Washington  only  in  choosing  'the  wrong  side.'  The  differ 
ence  between  them  was  that  Washington  was  rebelling  against 
In-  mother  country,  though  under  just  provocation.  Lee's 
native  State  was  a  sovereign  Slate,  the  peer  of  any  of  the 
others  in  the  Union,  whose  right  to  secession  had  not  been 
debarred  by  the  Constitution.  The  result  of  the  war  has  been 
to  deprive  the  States  of  the  right  to  secede;  but  it  could  not 
i  alti  i  the  rights  of  tin-  Slabs  prior  to  that  time 
settle  the  moral  right  of  the  question. 

"Again  Mi--  Boyson  is  wrong  when  she  says:  'Intellectually 
the  South  was  practicallj  dead  Most  of  the  people  were 
densely  ignorant.'  At  tin  breaking  out  of  the  war  Southern 
-i.il'  -men  dominated  the  policies  of  the  country.  Previous 
to  that  time  the  South  had  furnished  more  Pre  identi  to  the 
I  States  than  am  <•  >n  of  the  Union.    The  two 

eminent  chief  justices  of  the  United  States  were  South- 
ern men.  John   Marshall  ami   Roger   1'..  Taney.      The  most  dis 
tinguished  military   men   of  the  country  were   from   the  South 

rgi    Wa  hington,    Andrew  Jacks. in,  Zachary  Taylor,  and 

Winfield  Scott.  The  South  needs  no  defense,  but  our  chil- 
dren should  be  taught  correct  history." 


Historian  of   Mississippi    Division  Comments 
| Mrs.  Lucj  Green  Yerger,  Greenville,  Miss.,  protests  against 

it] 

Not  onl  I  !  II     of    tin-    Divisions    of    iln-    I ' 

D  I     but  as  a  loyal  woman  of  the  South  and  a  lover  of  truth 

emnly  and  earnestly  p  gainst  tin-  -un  li   on  "Gen. 

R    I-    Lei     A    Present   Estimate."     It   is   full  of  false  state 

mellts, 

111    answer    In    In  r    monstrous    charge    that    the    South    Intel 
h  dually    was    practically    dead    and    most    of    tin-    people    were 

denseh  t,  let  a  witness  I"    heat  1  whosi    authority  will 

hardly    be    questioned    by    any    one    in    Mi--    BoySOn's    part    I't 

tin  countrj  and  who  would  scarcelj  be  accused  of  undue  par- 


tiality to  the  South.  "No  man  acquainted  with  the  history 
of  the  Union,"  said  Daniel  Webster  in  his  celebrated  - 
of  March  /,  1S50,  "can  deny  that  the  general  lead  in  politics 
of  the  country  for  three- fc  urths  of  the  period  that  has  elapsed 
since  the  adoption  of  the  Constitution  has  been  Southern 
lead." 

I  wonder  if  Miss  Boyson  knows  by  whose  brain  this  Con- 
stitution was  conceived  and  win,  were  the  framers  of  this 
l  i'11-titution,  and  if  she  knows  who  wrote  the  Declaration  of 
Independence,  who  threw  down  the  gage.  "Liberty  or  Death." 
who  wrote  the  bill  of  rights  copied  far  and  wide  by  free 
commonwealths?  If  she  would  read,  she  would  find  the  names 
of  Madison,  Jefferson,  Henry,  Marshall.  Mason,  and  George 
Washington — all  Southern  men— very  much  associated  with 
all  of  these  Manj  Southern  people  of  the  period  of  which 
Mi-s  Boyson  pyrites  were  descendants  of  these  great  and 
brainy    men        Others    there    were    whose    ancestors    were    as 

illustrious  \  fine  order  of  intellect  prevailed  over  all  the 
South. 

I'he  Smith's  history  is  grandh  glorious  just  as  it  is,  and 
50  we,  the  loving  Daughters  of  the  South,  intend  it  shall  be 
given  to  the  world.  Our  State  and  us  people  have  no  re- 
grets to  express  relative  to  [861-65  except  that  we  lost  We 
have  no  apologies  to  make,  no  pardons  to  ask.  We  knew  that 
the  movement  of  the  Southern  people  in  1861,  led  by  the  great 

Missis-, ,,,,,.  m.     Jefferson     Dim-,     was     within     the    Constitution 

of  the  United  States.  The  whole  country  knew  it;  for  while 
Jefferson  Dims,  a  vicarious  sufferer,  lay  in  chains  at  Fortress 
Monroe,  while  the  clash  of  arms  was  still  fresh  111  the  minds 
of  men  and  the  echo  of  the  last  "Rebel  yell"  had  scarcely 
died  out  in  the  valley,  and  while  the  frantic  nation,  mad  with 
rage,  was  rending  the  overburdened  air  with  wildest  impre- 
cations against  the  doctrine  for  which  the-  South  fought  - 
State  rights  -tlir  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  in 
December,  1865,  declared  in  favor  of  tin-  doctrine.  "The 
national  government  pos  esses  no  powers,  it  decided,  hut  such 
as  have  been  delegated  to  it.  The  States  have  all  powei  but 
such  as  they  have  surrendered." 

In  conclusion,  1  would  like  to  tell  Miss  Boyson  what  Irwin 
Russell,     Mississippi's    talented     and    inimitable     dialed 
makes    an    old    negro    preacher    say;    "An'    when    you    sees    me 

risin'  up  to  structify  in  ineetin',  ['se  just  clum  up  de  knowl- 

'  '!'''     Ire  an'   don.-    some    lppl(    ratin'  " 

Richmond  iY\  |   Chapter  Condemns  It. 
lh.    Richmond    t  \'a.  1    Chapter,    United    Daughters  of   the 

Confederacy,    has    indorsed    the    report    of     Mrs      Herman     V 

Randolph,   acting    for   the   investigation   committei    appo 

January    1.5.   in   protesting   against    the  i--;n    to   which   the  $100 

pi'  1    w;      awarded  by  the  Daughters  ami  strongh,   cen 
Dr.   Edwin    \.   Alderman,  of  the  University    of   Virginia,   Dr. 
use   Smith,  of  the   University   of   North   Carolina,  and 
Dr.  Finney,  of  New  York  College,  the  committee  making  the 
.award. 

The  attention  of  the  Richmond  (  haplcr  was  called  to  the 
prize  essaj  at  its  meeting  •'!  January  I,?,  when  a  strong  Kltei 
of  protest    was   read    from    ('apt,  John    E.    LaughtOn,  of   Wash- 

i  D  C.  win.  stated  that  the  prize  essa}  written  by  Miss 
Christine  Boyson,  Hi  Columbia  University,  published  in  the 
December  i-nr  oi   the  Confederate    Veteran,  abounded   in 

misstatements  and  vilification  of  the  Southern  cause.  At 
that   time'   ni..n\    nl    the   Daughters   had   not    seen    the  article   in 

the  Veteran;  and.  while  indorsing  Captain   Laughton's  pro 


108 


^oi}federat<^  l/eterap. 


test,  they  appointed  a  committee  to  look  into  the  matter  and 
report  more  fully  on  the  subject. 

Both  Mrs.  Randolph  and  Mrs.  J.  Enders  Robinson  spoke 
on  the  subject,  expressing  their  great  surprise  that  a  com- 
mittee composed  of  such  eminent  educators  should  give  their 
approval  to  so  incorrect  a  paper.  Mrs.  Robinson,  who  is 
Historian  General  of  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confed- 
eracy as  well  as  a  member  of  the  Richmond  Chapter,  stated 
that,  in  view  of  the  undoubted  qualifications  of  the  committee 
of  educators,  she  could  not  but  conclude  that  they  had  neg- 
lected their  duty  to  the  Daughters  by  not  reading  the  essay 
at  all. 

"They  have  shown  themselves  grossly  neglectful  of  the 
United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,"  she  said,  "a  body  of 
women  28,000  -strong,  and  ungrateful  to  them  as  workers  for 
the  cause." 

She  then  made  a  motion  that  every  Division  of  the  United 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  have  their  attention  called  to 
the  action  taken  by  the  Richmond  Chapter  in  this  regard. 

Calling  upon  the  committee  for  some  explanation  of  its  part 
in  making  the  award  to  this  paper,  the  report  of  the  com- 
mittee states :  "We  do  not  attempt  to  refute  the  charges,  vil- 
lainous as  they  have  been,  that  were  made  by  Northern  his- 
torians everywhere  within  the  last  forty  years ;  but  when  such 
charges  are  made  at  the  present  day,  when  every  true  Ameri- 
can is  using  his  efforts  to  reconcile  differences,  we  cannot 
understand  how  a  committee  of  such  distinguished  educators 
could  have  given  their  approval.  We  therefore  recommend 
to  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  that  some  ex- 
planation is  due  from  these  learned  historians  who  have  ap- 
proved this  'historical  essay.'  " 


A  Veteran's  Refutation  of  the  "Dense  Ignorance"  Charge. 

PROTEST   BY    CAPT.    A.    C.    JONES,  THREE   CREEKS,   ARK. 

I  was  very  much  interested  in  the  article  by  Mrs.  Living- 
ston Schuyler,  of  New  York  City,  in  which  she  endeavors  to 
explain  some  rather  offensive  sentences  contained  in  the  other- 
wise highly  creditable  essay  upon  General  Lee  written  by  Mis< 
Christine  Boyson,  of  Minnesota.  Her  interpretation  is  in- 
genious and  plausible,  and  I  am  disposed  to  accept  her  ver- 
sion with  one  exception.  I  quote  as  follows :  "Intellectually 
the  South  was  practically  dead ;  most  of  the  people  were  dense- 
ly ignorant ;  hence  the  great  religious  and  educational  move- 
ments which  in  the  North  had  built  a  church  and  schoolhouse 
at  every  crossroads  had  swept  by  them  unheeded." 

Now  this  is  a  question  of  fact  to  be  supported  by  evidence, 
and  I  know  of  no  better  way  of  refuting  the  above  state- 
ment than  by  a  brief  sketch  of  my  own  experience  in  the 
war,  which  I  take  to  be  fairly  typical  of  a  brge  majority  of 
Southern  soldiers. 

At  the  time  of  the  outbreak  of  hostilities  I  was  living  in 
South  Arkansas  in  what  is  known  as  the  pine  woods  or  hill 
country.  The  lands  were  not  rich,  but  fairly  productive,  and 
the  people  prosperous.  When  Mr.  Lincoln's  proclamation  had 
been  issued  and  the  war  seemed  to  be  inevitable,  I  conceived 
the  idea  of  raising  a  company  in  my  immediate  neighborhood. 
The  young  men  responded  freely,  and  in  a  short  time  we  got 
together  about  ninety  men,  afterwards  recruited  to  over  one 
hundred.  Now  as  to  the  character  of  these  men:  Physically 
they  were  stalwart  young  fellows  in  the  very  flush  and  vigor 
•of  their  young  manhood ;  mentally  they  were  alert  and  in- 
telligent, and  with  a  few  exceptions  they  were  well  educated 
in  English — at  least  sufficient  for  business  purposes.  The 
facilities   for  education  had   not  been   first-class;  but  a   good 


academy  was  located  in  the  township,  and  every  family  had 
access  to  a  school  of  some  sort.  There  was  but  one  college 
graduate,  a  young  physician,  who  afterwards  became  one  of 
the  most  distinguished  surgeons  in  the  Confederate  army. 

Nearly  every  occupation  in  life  was  represented,  but  the 
large  majority  were  farmers.  Newspapers  were  freely  cir- 
culated among  our  people,  and  the  men  were  well  informed 
as  to  current  events. 

We  elected  our  own  officers,  and  by  unanimous  vote  decided 
to  go  immediately  to  Virginia.  We  marched  on  foot  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  miles  to  a  point  on  the  Mississippi 
River,  where  we  took  a  boat  for  Memphis  and  then  went  by 
rail  to  Lynchburg,  Va.  There  with  nine  other  companies 
that  had  preceded  us,  of  about  the  same  personnel  as  our 
own  men,  we  were  organized  into  the  3d  Arkansas  Regi- 
ment. Our  company  became  G.  This  regiment  was  about 
a  fair  sample  of  similar  organizations  throughout  the  Con- 
federate army.  In  no  sense  of  the  word  could  these  men  be 
justly  stigmatized  as  "densely  ignorant." 

The  3d  Arkansas  was  afterwards  attached  to  the  Texas 
Brigade  of  Longstreet's  Corps.  We  remained  in  Virginia 
during  the  entire  four  years  of  the  war,  participating  in  nearly 
all  of  the  great  battles  fought  by  the  Virginia  Army,  when 
finally  at  Appomattox  I  as  senior  officer  in  command  sur- 
rendered and  signed  the  parole  papers  of  the  little  remnant 
of  the  regiment,  of  which  there  were  about  seventy-five  men. 
Nearly  all  of  these  men  bore  upon  their  persons  the 
marks  of  the  enemy's  bullets,  myself  being  severely  wounded 
in  the  battle  at  the  Wilderness.  We  laid  down  our  arms, 
accepting  in  good  faith  the  result  of  the  unequal  struggle, 
but  with  no  regret  whatever  for  our  part  in  it. 

The  question  as  to  whether  the  people  of  the  South  were 
"intellectually  dead"  may  be  better  decided,  perhaps,  by  the 
sequel.  Not  long  since  it  was  my  privilege  to  attend  a  re- 
union of  Confederate  veterans  at  McNeal,  Ark.  There  I  met 
four  veterans  of  Company  G,  3d  Arkansas.  Grizzled  old 
warriors  they  were,  wearing  their  weight  of  years  with  the 
dignity  and  ease  which  betokened  clear  consciences  and  well- 
spent  lives.  At  the  conclusion  of  the  great  tragedy  they  had 
returned  to  their  desolated  homes  and  taken  up  again  the 
broken  threads  of  life,  bearing  their  full  share  in  the  reha- 
bilitation of  their  homes,  their  fortunes,  and  a  reunited  coun- 
try. And  now,  surrounded  by  their  children  and  their  grand- 
children, they  are  living  in  the  peaceful  enjoyment  of  the 
sweet  amenities  which  belong  to  domestic  life.  They  are 
true  and  loyal  citizens  of  the  United  States ;  and  yet,  so  far 
as  the  principle  by  which  they  were  guided  or  the  motive  that 
influenced  them  to  serve  as  soldiers  in  the  Confederate  army 
is  concerned,  they  are  the  same  "old  Rebels"  as  when  with  the 
Texas  Brigade  at  the  head  of  Longstreet's  Corps  they  charged 
through  the  historic  peach  orchard  across  Devil's  Den  and  up 
the  bloody  slope  of  the  "little  round  top." 

I  wish  to  say  in  behalf  of  these  veterans  that  they  hold  no 
grudge  against  that  young  lady  who  writes  so  beautifully 
about  their  great  commander;  and  should  her  eye  ever  be  cast 
upon  these  lines,  we  send  her  greetings  across  the  intervening 
space  to  her  far-away  home  in  Minnesota.  But  we  wish  to 
give  the  assurance  that  General  Lee,  were  he  still  alive,  would 
accept  no  crown  of  laurels  the  bestowal  of  which  implied  the 
slightest  disparagement  of  the  men  whom  he  led.  For  no  one 
knew  better  than  he  that  the  principal  element  of  strength 
in  the  Confederate  army  which  enabled  him  by  skillful  leader- 
ship to  make  great  strategic  movements  and  win  great  vic- 
tories was  1  he  fart  that  practically  every  man  carried  within 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai). 


109 


his  own  bosom  an  intelligent  appreciation  of  the  cause  for 
which  he  fought,  and  was  in  his  own  person  the  embodiment 
of  that  lofty  principle,  patriotism,  which  since  the  creation 
of  man  has  prompted  him  to  his  noblest  impulses  and  inspired 
his  most  heroic  deed-;. 

[Captain  Jones's  modesty  is  worthy  of  mention.  He  raised 
the  company  and  he  surrendered  the  remnant  of  the  regiment 
at  Appomattox.  In  a  letter  from  Gen.  John  Gregg  dated  at 
Russellville,  Term.,  February  to.  iSO),  to  Hun.  M.  D.  Graham, 
a  member  of  Congress  from  I  exas,  the  General  mentions 
incidentally  that  the  brigade — Hood's  famous  Texas  Brigade — 
was  then  commanded  by  Capt.  A.  C.  Jones,  of  the  3d  Arkan- 
sas Regiment] 


Protest  prom  Pinopolis,  S.  C,  by  Mrs.  M.  L.  Macbeth. 
Please  give  me  space  in  the  Veteran  to  protest  against  the 
essay  of  Miss  Boyson  in  your  December  issue.  I  am  a  U.  D. 
1  an  old  lady,  who  lived  her  early  youth  during  the  War 
en  the  Slates.  Looking  back  to  those  times,  my  soul 
11-1,  111  revolt  that  our  beloved  chieftain,  Gen.  R,  E.  Lee, 
should  be  "damned  with  faint  praise"  by  the  pen  of  an  in- 
experienced girl,  .'ind  she  a  Northerner,  who  knows  nothing 
of  what  she  attempts  to  write  about. 

I  he  essay  is  absolutely  foreign  to  whal   we  Q.   I  >.  C.'s  of 

1I1.  South  expected  and  desired  -which  is  a  truthful  word  of 
ih.  war.  not  a  crying  down  of  our  leaders.  Our  lower  classes 
of  whites  were  not  more  ignorant  than  corresponding  classes 
at  the  North.  That  our  upper  classes  were  better  educated 
and  cultivated  than  corresponding  ones  at  the  North  is  a 
well-known  fact  except  where  111  large  cities  they  had  exeep 
tional  advantages.  It  is  true  we  had  very  few  public  libraries; 
but  each  home  had  its  own  library  of  many  of  the  best  books. 
The  right  In  secede  is  a  question  that  has  not  yet  been  set- 
tled. 1  wonder  if  Miss  Boyson  knows  that  Massachusetts 
threatened  to  secede  before  South  Carolina.  That  Lee  was 
cended  from  Revolutionary  ancestors  is  good  reason  why 
lie  should  take  up  the  cause  of  his  State.     They  fought    for 

liberty,   and    SO   did   he;    he    failed,   not  because   of   his   lack   of 

alship,   as    she    says,   but   because   of  overwhelming  odds 

1    us.      I    would   ask    Miss   Boyson   before  she   puts   Lee 

down  on  Lincoln's  plain-  to  read  the  book,  "The  Real  Lincoln  " 

In  conclusion.  I  would  suggest  that  Mrs  Schuyler  select  her 
Committee  who  decide  upon  the  prize  essay  a  little  more 
carefully.  I  can  say  mo  1  po  itively  that  the  decision  does 
not  ui.it  the  approbation  of  the  U.  1).  C.  here. 


I'l.oii  - 1  from  in     Ft  orid  \  Division,  U    I '.  C. 

I    have   carefully    read    Miss    Hoy: son's    prize    essay    on    Lee, 

and  in  the  name  of  the  Florida  Division  of  the  Daughter!  ol 

1  onfederacy    1    should    like    to    protest    against    its    ac- 

Ceptance   by   the   committee    m   charge   of   the   contest.      Such 

an  article,  with  the  supposed  stamp  of  approval  of  the  L    D 

calculated    to    do    untold    harm    not    only    in    the    South, 

but  in  tb.   North  as  well  Lulu  Hayes  Lawrence, 

1,/,-u/  Florida  I  division,  1     D.  1 

Mis,  k  m .    Mason  Rowland's  Criticism. 

Miss  Kate  Mason  Rowland  has  a  brilliant  paper  in  the 
Confc'  Limns   of   the   Richmond   Times-Dispatch   con- 

onabli    sentences  in  "that  prize  essay." 

With  the  [thuriel  spear  of  truth  Miss  Rowland  pricks  the 
glowing  bubble  of  Miss  BoySOn's  essay  ami  shows  how  little 
reality  she  has  to  back  her  arguments,     Like  a  skilled  surgeon, 


she  cuts  into  the  essay    with  clean,  firm  incisions,  then  raises 
upon  her  scalpel  the  obnoxious  sentences  for  all  to  see. 

She  quotes  the  entire  paragraph  in  Miss  Boyson's  essay 
beginning  "in  the  country  where  the  mass  of  the  people  ac- 
cepted ready-made  opinions,  misconceptions."  etc..  but  dis 
miss,,  it  with  courteous  sarcasm,  her  only  comment  being 
"the  right  to  secede  is  here  stigmatized  as  a  'false  maxim.' 
acted  upon  by  an  'ignorant  people'  who  never  thought  for 
themselves,  but  adopted  'ready-made  opinions!'" 

The  writer  is  especially  clear  and  just  in  her  discussion 
of  the  slave  question  and  State  rights,  and  she  handle.  .Miss 
Boyson's  statement  that  "he  was  a  traitor  in  so  much  as  he 
sacrificed    all    to    aid    the    enemies   of   his    country"    111    a    most 

masterly  manner. 

Miss  Rowland  takes  Miss  Boyson's  assertion  that  "doubt 
less  his  fine  presence  and  merry,  genial  manner  cast  an  ir- 
resistible spell  Upon  all  who  came  in  contact  with  him,  but 
for  the  historians  of  a  later  clay  to  represent  him  [Lee]  as  a 
man  of  stainless  virtue  is  to  make  him  ridiculous."  as  the  text 
of  a  magnificent  panegyric  to  Lee  and  almost  as  brilliant 
philippic  against  his  assailants,  who  are  such  under  the  mask 
of  friendship. 

Altogether,  Miss  Rowland  has  written  one  of  the  best  and 
most  logical  protests  yet  given  against  Miss  Boyson's  essay, 
and  her  paper  will  go  far  to  show  the  world  why  the  South 
so  vehemently  condemns  the  way  the  prize  was  bestowed. 


LEARNED  THROUGH  Till    VETl  l<  IV 

Capt.  W.  A.  Campbell,  of  Columbus,  Miss.,  writes  of  how 
lie  found  a  namesake.  He  tells  how  it  came  about  ;  "Some- 
time ago  there  was  in  the  Veteran  an  account  of  some  boys 
attacking  a  Federal  wagon  train  in  Northwest  Arkansas,  and 
in  the  party  was  Walter  Parks.  As  I  had  a  schoolmate  who 
went  to  Arkansas  in  the  forties  named  John  II.  Talks,  who 
had  a  younger  brother  named  Walter,  I  wrote  him  and  as 
certained  that  he  was  my  old-time  friend  and  that  he  had 
named  a  son  for  me.  So  much  for  the  Veteran  putting  sub- 
-.  ul..is   in  communication   with   old   friend-" 

The  Veteran  does  not  always  succeed  in  finding  persons 
s.  ughl.  Much  notice  was  given  in  its  columns  years  ago  of 
inquiry  for  a  young  Kentuckian  named  Grant,  who  was 
wounded  near  Spring  Hill  on  Hood's  advance  toward  Nash- 
ville On  the  retreat  he  and  the  editor  had  a  thrilling  ex 
perience  in  crossing  Duck  River,  but  nothing  has  ever  been 
lu  ard  from  inquiries. 

A  quarter  of  a  century  or  so  ago  Mr.  J.  W.  Cunningham, 
Agent  of  the  Mobile  an  1  Ohio  Railroad  at  West  Point,  Miss., 
had  a  friend  from  Nashville  who  traveled  with  him  much  in 
Texas.     Mr.  Cunningham  became  so  devoted  to  Mr.  Clarke 

George  S.  Clarke    that  he  named  a  son  for  him;  but  now 

for  many  years  he  has  bad  110  knowledge  of  Clarke.  Mr. 
Cunningham,  of  West  Point,  Mi-s.  desires  to  learn  of  his 
friend  whom  be  has  so  honored. 


Joe  Turner,  In.!..  Ok'..,  relates  this  incident:  "On  Sunday 
forenoon  at  Shiloh,  durii  .  nc  of  our  halts,  a  boy  about  six- 
teen  oi  31  venteen  broke  ,.,  .  .  tan  forward  about  thirty  yards 
to  a  large  tent,  pulled  down  a  large  United  States  Hag  from 
in  front,  and  amid  a  storm  of  bullets  waved  it  at  tin  enemy, 
1I1. -n  walked  quietly  back  to  his  line  and  handed  the  fiag  to  an 
with  as  little  concern  as  if  he  had  been  on  camp  duty." 
He  thinks  he  belonged  to  Cheatham's  Division,  but  wants  to 
know  who  he  was  and  to  what  command  the  flag  belonged. 


110 


Qo^federat:^  l/eterar). 


COL.  JOHN  R.  LANE  AND  HIS  REGIMENT. 

[From  sketch  by  Gen.  Bennett  H.  Voting  in  Courier- 
Journal  January  9,  1909.] 

The  battle  of  Gettysburg,  fought  on  July  I,  2,  and  3,  1S63. 
one  of  the  most  sanguinary  and  important  engagements  in 
the  world's  history,  marked  the  beginning  of  the  ebbing  tide 
of  the  Confederacy,  which  reached  the  limit  of  decadence  at 
Appomattox  in  April,  1865,  in  the  -surrender  of  General  Lee 
and  the  immortal  Army  of  Northern  Virginia. 

In  the  battle  of  Gettysburg  the  26th  North  Carolina  Regi- 
ment won  imperishable  glory.  In  that  fatal  conflict  it  suf- 
fered the  highest  percentage  of  loss  of  any  regiment  in  the 
Civil  War.  This  regiment  had  three  colonels,  all  comparatively 
young  men.  Zebulon  Vance  was  thirty-one  years  of  age  when 
he  assumed  command.  He  was  elected  Governor  of  North 
Carolina  in  1862,  and  resigned  to  enter  upon  the  duties  of  his 
new  position. 

Colonel  Vance  was  succeeded  by  Col.  Harry  G.  Burgwyn, 
not  yet  twenty-one  years  of  age.  General  Ransom,  command- 
ing the  brigade,  opposed  Burgwyu's  promotion,  saying  he 
"wanted  no  boy  colonel  in  his  brigade."  The  regiment  was 
transferred  to  another  brigade,  and  the  boy  colonel  was  pro- 
moted to  die  at  Gettysburg  in  July,  1863,  a  year  later,  with 
wreaths  of  immortality  encircling  his  youthful  brow. 

Maj.  John  R.  Lane  became  the  lieutenant  colonel.  He  was 
then  only  twenty-six  years  of  age. 

This  26th  North  Carolina  Regiment  went  into  battle  on 
July  I  eight  hundred  strong.  Of  this  number,  seven  hundred 
and  eight  were  killed  and  wounded — over  eighty-eight  per 
cent.  Thirty-nine  officers  went  into  the  battle,  and  of  these 
thirty-four  were  killed  or  wounded — eighty-seven  per  cent. 
It  was  part  of  Pettigrew's  Brigade,  and  its  commander  six- 
teen days  later  died  at  Bunker  Hill,  Va. 

Capt.  Romulus  M.  Tuttle,  of  Company  F,  afterwards  a 
Presbyterian  minister  in  Virginia,  led  into  battle  ninety  men, 
all  of  whom  were  either  killed  or  wounded.  Nineteen  were 
killed  outright,  twelve  mortally  wounded,  and  sixty  wounded, 
but  recovered.  In  the  charge  young  Burgwyn  was  shot 
through  both  lungs,  and  died  on  the  battlefield  the  glorious 
death  of  a  patriot.  Brilliant,  handsome  in  person,  brave  and 
heroic  as  man  could  be,  he  made  the  greatest  of  all  offerings, 
his  life's  blood,  for  the  independence  of  his  beloved  South- 
land. 

In  the  charge  the  colors  up  to  the  moment  of  Burgwyn's 
fall  had  been  down  ten  times,  only  to  be  lifted  up  by  men  who 
knew  no  fear.  The  assistant  inspector  of  the  brigade  then 
seized  the  colors  and  waved  them  aloft,  and  instantly  he  was 
killed.  Lieutenant  Wilcox  seized  them ;  he  fell.  Colonel 
Burgwyn  lifted  them  up.  When  Private  Honneycut  pleaded 
to  be  allowed  to  bear  them,  and  as  Colonel  Burgwyn  turned 
to  place  them  in  his  grasp,  the  fatal  shot  struck  him,  and 
he,  mortally  wounded,  sank  to  the  ground.  A  moment  later 
Honneycut  was  shot  through  the  head. 

The  colors,  now  stained  by  the  noblest  blood  heroes  can 
shed,  lay  between  the  dying  colonel  and  the  dead  gallant  pri- 
vate. When  Col.  John  R.  Lane  reached  his  expiring  friend, 
"the  boy  colonel,"  he  gave  him  a  look  of  love  and  a  tender 
grasp  of  the  hand.    These  brave  men  parted. 

Colonel  Lane  immediately  passed  along  the  line  to  make 
proper  dispositions.  Returning,  he  found  the  colors  still 
down ;  and  picking  them  up,  a  lieutenant  cried  out :  "No 
man  can  take  these  colors  and  live !"  Calmly  the  new  colo- 
nel with   a  wave  of  the  hand  exclaimed :    "It  is  my  time  to 


take  them  row.  Men  of  the  26th,  follow  me."  A  mighty 
shout  answered  the  call,  and  the  regiment  pressed  forward 
and  broke  the  last  line  which  opposed  its  charge,  now  made 
renowned  by  the  most  remarkable  death  roll  of  the  mightiest 
struggle  of  the  world. 

As  Colonel  Lane  turned  to  see  if  his  regiment  was  follow- 
ing Charles  II.  McConnell,  color  sergeant  of  the  24th  Michi- 
gan Regiment,  attracted  by  the  splendid  bearing  of  the  officer, 
rested  his  musket  against  a  tree  and  took  a  farewell  shot  at 
the  advancing  Confederates,  and  sent  a  ball  crashing  through 
the  neck  and  jaw  of  the  advancing  colonel.  The  flag  dropped 
from  Colonel  Lane's  nerveless  grasp,  and  for  the  fourteenth 
and  last  time  the  colors  of  the  26th  North  Carolina  fell  to 
the  earth. 

It  was  believed  that  Colonel  Lane  would  die  on  the  held  : 
hut  he  was  borne  away  by  the  small  remnant  of  his  illustrious 
command,  and  recovered. 

On  May  5,  1S64,  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  Colonel 
Lane  was  again  dangerously  wounded.  At  Vellow  Tavern  he 
suffered  a  third  mishap,  and  at  Reams  Station,  in  August, 
1864,  he  was  struck  by  a  fragment  of  shell,  two  ribs  being 
broken  and  the  flesh  torn  from  his  side.  After  recruiting 
continuously,  the  26th  North  Carolina  surrendered  at  Appo- 
mattox one  hundred  and  twenty  strong. 

Colonel  Lane  returned  to  North  Carolina  at  the  end  of  hos- 
tilities and  engaged  in  business  most  successfully  and  amassed 
a  complete  competence.  He  was  loved  and  honored  in  North 
Carolina,  and  at  Confederate  meetings  he  was  a  distinguished 
as  well  as  a  beloved  guest.  He  wore  at  Confederate  gather- 
ings the  gray  uniform  in  which  he  led  the  terrible  charge  at 
Gettysburg,  and  none  who  knew  his  history  could  fail  to  be 
touched  with  reverence  for  the  splendid  soldier  thus  clad  as 
in  the  days  of  dreadful  conflict. 

When   the    Confederates   held   their    Reunion    in    Louisville 


COL.    JOHN    R.    LANE. 


Qoi?federat<?  l/eterap. 


in 


in  moo,  I  thought  it  would  lie  a  pleasing  incident  to  have 
Colonel  Lane  as  the  guest  of  the  Louisville  Confederates, 
and  as  chairman  of  the  committee  on  arrangements  I  wrote 
urging  him  to  come.  Mr.  James  A.  Shuttleworth  cooperated 
with  me  in  entertaining  all  the  Confederates  from  the  Old 
North  State  who  wire  willing  to  receive  rough-and-tumble 
I  i  p  tality,  and  seven  hundred  came  to  he  our  guests.  Colonel 
Lane  was  assigned  to  the  home  of  Mrs.  Vincent  Davis,  and 
he  carried  with  him  '."  the  hour  of  1  ii v  death  delightful  mem- 
ories of  his  stay  here. 

I  presented  him  in  the  convention  hall  to  all  his  comrades, 
and.  -landing  in  his  worn  and  tattered  regimentals,  stain*  d  in 
many  places  with  his  blood,  he  received  an  ovation  that  is 
accorded  to  hut  few  men.  No  Confederate  oldiei  begrudged 
this  proud  old  veteran  one  single  shout  of  applause;  and 
when  the  magnificent  record  behind  him  and  his  regiment  were 
announced,  no  other  organization  and  tin-  men  of  no  othei 
State  felt  that  Colonel  Lane  received  even  as  much  as  he 
ed.  His  reception  and  the  recognition  of  his  sacrifices 
for  his  people  touched  the  innermost  depths  of  his  brave  soul, 
and  he  often  told  me  that  he  loved  the  people  of  Louisville 
with  the  same  warmth  with  which  he  loved  the  men  and 
Women  of  his  own  Stile,  and  that  he  considered  the  week- 
spent  here  as  the  happiest  anil  pleasantesl  memory  of  his 
whole  life. 

In  August.  1908,  the  North  Carolina  Confederates  asked  me 
to  come  and  he  their  guest  at  their  State  Reunion,  held  in 
Winston  Salem.  On  my  arrival  Colonel  Lane  was  there  to 
greet  me;  and  placing  his  arms  about  me  and  with  tears 
streaming  down  his  checks,  he  told  me  how  he  loved  Ken- 
tucky and  the  people  of  Louisville,  and  that  he  longed  to 
visit  the  State  once  more,  lie  then  promised  to  meet  the 
Kentucky  Confederates  at  their  Reunion  in  l'ewee  Valley  on 
I  ll  b  her    1.    [908. 

He  wrote  several   tunes  telling  of  the  joy  the  contempla 

tion  of  (I11-  visit  brought  to  his  mind.  With  his  valise  packed 
and  ready  to  leave  his  home,  the  hand  of  >u'liio<  was  laid 
upon  him,  and  he  wired  his  disappointment  that  this  year  he 
could  not  come,  1ml   that  he  would    Slirelj    he  with   us  in   1909. 

i  Thursday  the  death  angel  summoned  him  to  go  away 
.-mil  rejoin  his  illustrioui   comrades  in  war  and  glory  who  had 

over  .ih'.'. I   to  he  with  the  immortals. 
With  a  sublime  physical  courage  and  strong  Christian   faith 
1   1  onqueror  without  ,1  tremor,  and  with  the 
rting   words   on    his   lips.   "J   am   Hearing   the    shore,"    he 

dien   to   tin-   world    and   amid   tears  his    friends   laid   him 

to  resl 

I   never  knew  a   kinder,  braver,  or   more  knightly   man. 


Ill  in  1  \/7  /,■//  \i  /  v  IN  PRISON 

Rev.  John  II    Gold,  a  native  of  Montgomery  County,  Tenn. 

(horn    Novcmbei    9,    (839),  has   written     e    reminisi 

of  his  prison  experiences  to  an  Arkansas  paper,  lie  enlisted 
in  the  Confederate  armj  at  Lawrenceburg,  I'enn  .  Novem 
her  15.  1861,  and  served  east  of  the  Mississippi  under  Gen 
burnt  "ni  later  in  Walthall's  Division.  He  was 
captured  at  Nashville.  Tenn.,  December  16,  1864,  and  was  in 
prison  at   Nashville    from    Decembet     10   to  the  30th,   and   at 

Chase,  Ohio,  from  , >.    1.  1865,  to  the  time  of  the 

fall  of  the  Confederacy.  With  tins  exception  and  about  three 
months  in  the  hospital  Comrade  Gold  was  continuously  in  the 
service  from  the  date  of  his  enlistment  to  the  surrender. 

Speaking  of  his  pri  nee.  he  states;   "I    -pent  about 


a  week  in  the  State  penitentiary  of  Tennessee,  where  the  con- 
victs divided  rations  with  us.  We  were  then  sent  to  Camp 
Chase,  (duo.  where  we  suffered  for  every  comfort,  and  es- 
pecially from  cold  and  hunger.  A  Yankee  sergeant  came  in 
one  day  calling  for  volunteers  to  work,  the  reward  being  a 
Square  meal.  I  jumped  into  line,  and  with  others  was  marched 
outside  into  the  barracks  We  wished  dishes  and  swept  the 
dining  hall,  placing  the  sweepings,  scraps  from  plates,  and  dish- 
water in  barrels  in  the  yard  to  be  hauled  away.  Some  of 
in\  comrades  took  from  these  barrels  bits  of  bread,  potatoe  . 
and  pork,  carried  them  into  prison,  and  made  the  mass  into 
wli.it  mighl  be  called  'eu-h.'  and  this  thej  sold  for  one  dollar 
per  plate,  such  was  the  hunger  of  our  men.  I  did  not  see 
even  one  rat  after  my  arrival,  and  was  told  they  had  all  been 
killed  and  eaten  by  the  prisoners.  We  were  forced  to  let  out- 
fires  go  out  after  nine  o'clock  at  night  till  daylight  and  to 
hunk  on  a  plank  without  straw,  a  blanket  over  this  and  two  for 
cover,  and  this  with  the  thermometer  uniformally  ten  degrees 
below  ,110  My  first  bunk  mite  was  a  noble  boy  from  Mis 
sissippi  named  Madison  Carter,  who  was  soon  taken  sick.  I 
went  daily  to  the  physician  to  get  medicine  for  him.  After  he 
bad  suffered  for  a  week.  T  tried  to  get  the  physician  to  visit 
him,  as  he  was  very  ill.  The  physician  refused,  but  ordered 
me  to  bring  him  to  his  office.  With  the  help  of  a  comrade, 
I  succeeded  in  doing  so,  and  the  case  was  pronounced  small 
pox,  a  cart  ordered,  and  he  was  carried  to  the  pesthouse, 
wheie  be  died  a  Few  days  later  \fler  this  1  felt  that  I  was 
immune,  and  visit,.!  those  in  prison  who  had  smallpox  without 
fear  of  infection." 


FEXAS  HISTORIAN   COMMENDS    THE    VETERAN. 

BY  .irnc.E  C.    C.   CUMMINGS,   HISTORIAN    rEXAS    DIVISION,   U.   C.   V. 

1  have  just  succeeded  in  securing  complete  the  sixteen  vol 
limes  of  the  CONFEDERATE  V)  rERAN,  and  am  in  receipt  of  \'o 
I,  Volume  XVII.  I  consider  these  data  as  the  most  valuable 
collection  of  literature  m  out    -real  "War  between  the  States," 

as  aptlj    1 1  by  Alexander  Stephens.      \,,  other  publication 

can.  in  my  judgment,  begin  to  reach  your  valuable  work  in 
importance  not  only  to  the  present  generation  hut  to  those 
coming  on.  The  South  has  had  to  endure  a  crucifixion  of 
truth  since  the  war  equal  to  that  of  its  sufferings  under  tin- 
Southern  ('ross;  but  the  Wuhan  during  Ms  sixteen  years  of 
existence  ha     had  neithei   variableness  nor  shadow  of  turning. 

The  plan  was  ptomulgated  by  Sherman  at  the  end  of  the 
-tie""''  to  overwhelm  the  South  by  a  flood  of  frothy  un- 
truths and  I"  make  sure  of  conquest  of  mind  as  well  as  by 
cal  force.  The  Greeks  stand  in  history  as  the  fathers 
of  recorded  history,  and  their  Nemesis,  avenger  of  truth,  was 
pictured  lame   because    falsehood   ever   travels    faster   lb. 11 

SL  1WI3   I   11  '"ii  art    weaving  a  web  oi    facts  that  will 

when  preserved  be  a:  eamlcss  and  intact  as  the  inner  gar- 
ment of  the   Master. 

\    record    in    this    great    war    from    First    Manassas    till    shot 

out  ai  the  bloodj  angle  in  the  Peach  Orchard  at  Getti  burg; 
a  reenlistmcnl  in  tin  tment  after  being  ex 

'1  a-  a  prisoner  thei      ind  service  in  this  latter  till  the 

end  'i  the  war  though  exempt  by  wounds  of  disability;  a 
nee  111  I  ex, is  and  Fori  Worth  of  thirty-six  years;  since 
its  organization,  in  1890,  as  Historian  of  the  R  l  Lee  Camp, 
Fort  Worth,  one  of  tin  largest  in  the  South,  and  many  years 
Historian  of  the  Texas  Division,  V.  C.  V.-  this  gives  me  au- 
thority to  paj  youi  0  e  ran  this  deserved  trib- 
ute to  justice  and  truth. 


112 


Qopfederat^  l/eterag. 


PRISONERS  ON  JOHNSON'S  ISLAND. 

BY   CAPT.   R.   C.   CROUCH,   MORRISTOWN,  TENN. 

In  the  May  (  1908)  Veteran  appears  aii  article  from  Capt. 
H.  S.  Smith  (128th  Ohio  Infantry),  of  Cleveland,  Ohio.  It 
seems  that  a  Confederate  who  was  a  prisoner  of  war  at  John- 
son's Island  gave  some  of  his  experiences  there,  and  the  Cap- 
tain takes  issue  with  him,  having  spent  two  years  there  in 
command  of  a  company.  He  certainly  gives  a  bright  picture 
of  prison  life  as  he  saw  it  from  the  outside.  Peace  and 
plenty  reigned  supreme  inside  the  stockade.  All  that  stood 
in  the  way  of  its  being  a  veritable  Eden  was  that  the  men 
didn't  have  their  liberty.  The  Captain  closes  his  article  by 
saying:  "Quarters,  bedding,  and  rations  were  the  same  as 
the  army  had.  My  knowledge  of  prison  life  was  gathered 
from  the  inside ;  I  had  only  an  occasional  glimpse  of  the 
outside." 

The  Captain's  account  differs  very  widely  from  the  experi- 
ence of  any  prisoner  either  at  Johnson's  Island  or  elsewhere. 
He  is  not  in  accord  with  the  history  of  the  treatment  of  prison- 
ers written  by  historians  writing  with  Northern  prejudice. 
Mr.  James  Ford  Rhodes,  who  is  considered  authority  from 
a  Northern  standpoint,  says :  "It  should  perhaps  be  mentioned 
that  in  retaliation  we  reduced  the  rations  of  the  Confederate 
prisoners  one-fifth  and  deprived  all  but  the  sick  of  coffee, 
tea,  and  sugar,  and  of  all  supplies  by  gift  which  had  previously 
been  permitted.  While  the  reduced  ration  was  sufficient  to 
preserve  health  and  strength,  the  evidence  is  irrefragable  that 
at  some  Northern  prisons  during  the  year  1864  the  food  was 
insufficient,  and  suffering  from  hunger   ensued." 

If  Captain  Smith  was  at  Johnson's  Island  during  1864  and 
a  portion  of  1865,  he  certainly  knew  that  the  prisoners  there 
were  on  reduced  rations,  and  that  no  prisoner  had  a  tub 
filled  with  such  scraps  of  meat  and  bread  as  he  describes. 
Every  one  knows  that  even  crumbs  were  religiously  preserved 
and  every  scrap  and  crumb  eaten.  Men  accustomed  at  home 
to  every  luxury  ate  greedily  the  coarsest  food,  and  it  was  far 
from  satisfying  their  hunger.  Captain  Smith  ought  to  know 
that  the  grocery  in  the  bullpen  was  not  allowed  to  sell  eata- 
bles, and  the  prisoners  were  not  allowed  to  receive  them  from 
friends  on  the  outside.  During  those  memorable  days  of  re- 
taliation the  only  thing  that  I  call  to  mind  that  flourished  and 
seemed  to  grow  fat  were  the  rats,  and  they  were  in  abundance. 

In  our  mess  by  bribing  the  guard  we  purchased  some  flour 
and  bacon,  and  with  the  help  of  the  rats  we  had  an  old- 
fashioned  "chicken"  pie  stuffed  with  rats.  Hunger  is  a  fine 
sauce,  and  I  can  assure  the  Captain  that  there  was  none  of 
this  left  for  the  slop  tub.  Of  course  I  do  not  know  as  to  the 
water  furnished  United  States  soldiers  on  the  outside  at 
their  quarters,  but  on  the  inside  it  was  filthy.  I  know  too 
that  the  houses  were  poor,  that  we  were  crowded,  and  that 
we  suffered  from  cold.  How  can  I  ever  forget  it?  From  Cap- 
tain Smith's  article  it  is  evident  that  he  is  a  kind-hearted 
gentleman,  and  I  am  glad  to  read  his  kind  words  about 
prisoners.  He  was  powerless  to  change  things  and  had  to 
carry  out  his  orders.  He  has  '61  and  '62  mixed  with  '64  and 
'65.  I  remember  many  United  States  officers  kindly.  Many 
of  them  did  all  in  their  power  for  the  comfort  of  prisoners. 
What  I  have  written  are  facts,  as  I  experienced  them. 


that  evening  the  Camp  was  royally  entertained  by  Mrs.  Jennie 
Screven  Heyward  at  her  residence.  There  were  of  those 
present  Commander  R.  Heber  Screven,  Chaplain  Rev.  John 
Kershaw,  D.D.,  and  Comrades  R.  Bentham  Simons,  Charles 
Webb.  II.  C.  Mazyck,  Dr.  Joseph  Winthrop,  Julia  A.  Le 
Prince,  Robert  E.  Mellichamp,  and  A.  W.  Lanneau.  Gen. 
Zimmerman  Davis,  of  South  Carolina  Division,  U.  C.  V.. 
Capt.  N.  Ingraham  Hasell,  of  Camp  Sumter,  and  the  Rev 
S.  Carey  Beckwith  were  also  present  as  especially  invited 
guests. 

Business  being  disposed  of,  the  Camp  turned  to  pleasure, 
and  the  members  adjourned,  by  invitation  of  their  hostess,  to 
the  dining  room,  where  a  beautifully  decorated  table  spread 
with  a  most  tasteful  and  bountiful  repast  awaited  them.  At 
each  plate  was  a  card  with  a  member's  name  upon  it  and  a 
tiny  Confederate  flag,  making  a  very  pretty  and  appropriate 
souvenir.  There  was  a  "feast  of  reason"  and  a  constant  "flow 
of  punch." 

Commander  Screven  gave  the  origin  of  the  Palmetto  Guard, 
of  which  came  this  Camp,  Palmetto  Guard  Camp,  U.  C.  V., 
No.  315.     *    *     * 

Our  great  Captain  Cuthbert  organized  in  1851  the  Pal- 
metto Guard.  Obedience  has  been  its  rule  of  conduct. 
That  magnificent  soldier,  George  B.  Cuthbert,  taught  that 
obedience  to  the  mandate  of  the  orderly  sergeant  was  the 
first  and  last  law  of  the  soldier.  In  the  spirit  of  this  obedience 
they  responded,  and  in  the  spirit  of  this  same  obedience  they 
battled  on  many  a  blood}'  field,  leaving  their  dead  from  Warick 
Creek  (where  they  lost  their  first  martyr,  Allison)  to  Averys- 
boro  and  Bentonville.  They  went  into  Gettysburg  with 
twenty-seven  men  and  returned  therefrom  with  but  six  men. 
After  that  they  went  to  Chickamauga,  leaving  their  tribute  of 
blood  there.  Later  still  they  took  part  in  that  magnificent 
campaign  under  the  glorious  Lee  from  the  Wilderness  to 
Petersburg,  which,  of  course,  included  deadly  "Cold  Harbor," 
where  Captain  Elliott,  another  great  captain,  fell,  together 
with  "Green,"  a  valiant  private,  and  on  to  Sailor's  Creek  and 
Appomattox,  the  trail  of  their  patriotic  blood  marking  their 
line  along  the  path  of  glory. 

A  most  delightful  feature  of  the  evening  was  the  presence 
near  the  table  of  the  gracious  hostess,  who,  assisted  by  several 
of  her  young  lady  friends,  waited  upon  the  members  of  the 
Camp  with  all  of  that  grace  and  charm  which  is  the  inheritance 
of  our  Charleston  ladies,  and  their  lovely,  fresh  young  faces 
made  a  pleasant  contrast  to  the  gray  heads  of  the  veterans. 

After  the  feast  was  over,  the  young  ladies  gathered  at  the 
piano  and,  assisted  by  the  veterans,  sang  many  of  the  old,  old 
songs  so  endeared  to  memory,  bringing  back  to  the  Confed- 
erate soldier  the  time  when  hope  was  bright,  when  faith  was 
strong  and  love  was  young. 

As  each  honored  guest  passed  out  into  the  still  night  air 
under  the  stars  he  breathed  a  benediction  upon  the  heads  of 
the  fair  entertainers. 


THE  PALMETTO   GUARD  ENTERTAINED. 
(From  Report  in   Charleston  News  and  Courier.) 
A    delightful    occasion    was    the    meeting   of   the    Palmetto 
Guard  on  December  28,  their  regular  quarterly  meeting.     On 


T.  W.  Castleman,  Major  General  in  command  of  the  Louisi- 
ana Division,  U.  C.  V.,  suggests  a  meeting  in  New  Orleans  or 
Alexandria  on  May  13  and  14.  He  addresses  the  Camps 
for  their  desire  on  the  subject,  and  favors  a  date  prior  to  the 
General  Convention  U.  C.  V.  to  be  held  in  Memphis  June  1-3. 
If  a  quorum  of  Camps  approve  his  suggestion,  the  meeting 
will  be  held ;  otherwise  the  State  Reunion  will  not  be  held 
until  the  regular  time  in  the  fall. 


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THE  D.  A.  R.  OF  SOUTH  CAROLINA. 
Another  Cum  mission  to  Sculptor  Ruckstlmil. 

The  central  committee  on  the  monument  to  be  erected  by 
the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  on  the  State- 
house  grounds  met  last  Saturday  at  the  residence  of  the 
chairman,  Mrs  A.  I.  Robertson.  It  was  resolved  to  arrange 
with  Mr.  F.  Wellington  Ruckstuhl  for  the  contract  for  the 
proposed  monument  according  to  the  resolution  adopted  by 
the  State  Convention  in  session  at  Sumter  last  November. 
A  new  design  for  the  monument  was  submitted  by  Mr.  Ruck- 
stuhl and  accepted  by  the  State  Convention,  from  which  the 
broken  column  given  by  the  General  Assembly  to  the  D.  A.  R. 
"to  aid  in  the  erection  of  a  monument  to  the  three  partisan 
generals  and  the  soldiers  of  the  Revolution"  has  been  elim- 
inated. This  column  having  been  found  unavailable  accord- 
ing to  the  plan  adopted  by  the  State  Convention,  it  has  been 
resolved  to  sell  the  column  and  devote  the  proceeds  to  the 
erection  of  the  monument  proposed.  The  broken  column, 
while  being  entirely  unsuitable  for  a  monument  to  the  vic- 
torious soldiers  of  the  Revolution,  would  be  most  eminently 
fitted  for  a  symbol  of  the  Confederate  cause,  and  doubtless 
there  are  towns  in  the  State  which  would  be  glad  to  have  it 
for  a  Confederate  monument. 

Bids  for  the  column  and  inquiries  for  information  in  regard 
to  it  should  be  addressed  to  the  chairman.  Mrs.  A.  I.  Robert- 
son, in  Columbia.  The  designs  for  the  monument  will  be 
given  later,  and  when  completed  an  interesting  programme 
will  be  arranged.  Mr.  Ruckstuhl's  reputation  as  sculptor  of 
the  Hampton  monument  and  the  Calhoun  memorial  statue  is 
too  well  known  to  need  comment. — The  Columbia  Shite. 


CONVERTED   THROUGH  A  BIBLE  PASSAGE. 

The  Martinsburg  (W.  Va.)  Statesman  tells  a  story  by  Dr. 
E.  A.  Noble  which  pays  excellent  tribute  to  the  spirit  of  John 
Estcn  Cooke's  story  of  "The  Virginia   Comedians  :" 

"The  book  I  loved  most  before  I  was  twenty  was  entitled 
'The  Virginia  Comedians,'  and  was  written  by  that  notable 
Confederate  soldier,  John  Esten  Cooke.  My  relationship  to 
the  book  was  one  of  the  most  important  matters  in  my  whole 
life. 

"The  book  had  been  first  issued  a  number  of  years  before. 
hut  in  1882  the  publishers  issued  a  new  edition.  As  a  clerk 
connected  with  the  publishing  house,  my  attention  was  called 
to  the  republication  of  this  interesting  novel,  dealing  with  so- 
cial conditions  in  the  early  days  of  the  South.  I  was  expected 
to  know  at  least  a  little  of  the  books  which  were  being  pub- 
lished  by  the  concern  for  which  I  worked,  so  I  began  to  read 
'The  Virginia  Comedi 

"On  the  street  cars  and  ferryboats  between  my  home  in 
Brooklyn  and  the  office  in  New  York  I  went  through  the 
book  very  quickly.  It  was  finished  on  Friday,  and  the  most 
impressive  fact  about  the  book  was  that  the  author  quoted  a 
rom  the  book  of  Isaiah  in  a  very  striking  and  effective 
way.  '1  hat  passage  of  Scripture  kept  going  through  my  mind. 
It  w;i     ..  Mark    rwain's  famous  'Literary  Night- 

mare.' It  beat  itself  into  consciousness  at  every  turn.  All 
day  Saturday  I  was  impressed  .nid  oppn  sed  by  this  quota 
lion  from  the  Bible.  On  Sunday  morning  I  went  to  church: 
and  when  the  minister  arose  and  announced  the  text  for  the 
sermon,  much  to  my  surprise  and  astonishment  the  very  pas- 
sage of  Scripture  of  which  I  had  been  thinking  for  two 
had  been  selected  as  the  text. 

"I   left   the  church    and    went    to   my   home    with    a    special 
.1" 


sense  of  God's  presence  and  power.  That  gusty  March  Sun- 
day can  never  be  forgotten.  In  the  afternoon  I  went  to  an 
evangelistic  meeting;  and  when  the  invitation  was  given  to 
make  confession  of  Christ,  I  went  to  the  altar  as  a  penitent 
and  a  seeker.  At  the  close  of  the  meeting  I  was  reveling  11 
the  joys  which  belong  to  those  who  are  converted  to  God. 

"One  of  the  first  things  I  did  after  my  conversion  was  to 
write  to  Col.  John  Esten  Cooke  and  tell  him  what  had  hap- 
pened through  his  fortunate  quotation  of  a  passage  of  Scrip- 
ture in  his  book,  'The  Virginia  Comedians.'  I  have  a  letter 
in  reply  to  mine  which  I  esteem  among  the  treasures  of  my 
life.  It  is  needless  for  me  to  say  that  I  keep  a  copy  of  'The 
Virginia  Comedians'  by  me  all  the  time;  and  when  faith  gets 
cold  and  the  spirit  of  consecration  needs  renewal.  I  look  at 
that  singular  book,  which  in  the  providence  of  God  meant  so 
much  to  me  before  I  was  twenty." 


REMINISCENCE  OF  TWO  GALLAXT  REGIMENTS. 

1  \     JAMES    L.    COOPER,    NASHVILLE,   TENN. 

Referring  to  the  article  in  the  Veteran  for  December  giv- 
ing .111  old  veteran's  reminiscences  of  the  15th  Mississippi  and 
"Brave  Bob  Allison,"  of  the  20th  Tennessee,  I  must  call  at- 
tention to  some  errors.  The  15th  Mississippi  was  never  cap- 
tured at  Fishing  Creek  and  released  by  the  20th  Tenni 
but  the  20th  did  make  a  gallant  charge  to  the  right  of  the 
15th,  which  was  fighting  the  entire  Federal  command  alone 
at  that  time,  and  the  feeling  of  mutual  admiration  and  attach 
ment  that  resulted  lasted  during  the  war,  and  I  hope  yet  con- 
tinues among  the  few  survivors  of  those  famous  regiments. 
All  he  says  about  Bob  Allison's  being  a  brave,  gallant  sol- 
dier is  true,  and  no  one  knew  him  better  than  I ;  but  General 
Smith  never  saw  him  after  he  was  shot. 

General  Smith  commanded  a  brigade  in  the  battle  of  Jones- 
boro,  and  I  as  his  aid  was  with  him  during  the  whole  day. 
Bob  Allison  was  shot  down  near  the  Federal  works,  and  after 
our  repulse  was  carried  inside  their  lines.  The  shot  went 
between  the  hip  and  knee,  and  his  leg  was  amputated  a  few 
days  afterwards  by  Dr.  Deering  J.  Roberts,  surgeon  of  the 
20th  Tennessee,  who,  as  usual  with  that  fearless  young  "Saw- 
bones," bad  been  pushing  up  too  close  to  the  front  in  his 
attentions  to  his  "wounded  boys"  and  had  been  captured  with 
them.  His  captors  put  him  and  his  boys  in  a  church  near 
Jonesboro,  and  everything  possible  was  done  for  poor  Bob, 
hut  he  died  in  a  few  days.  After  the  Federal  army  retired 
from  Jonesboro,  I  saw  his  grave  in  the  churchyard,  plainly 
marked  with  his  name,  company,  and  regiment,  done,  I  sup- 
pose, by  Dr.  Roberts,  wdio  bad  been  his  lifelong  friend. 

Another  gallant  soldier  from  Nashville  who  was  killed  in 
that  battle  was  Colonel  Graccy,  of  the  Irish  10th  Tennessee, 
"the  bloody  I  null."  He  was  a  man  of  striking  personal  ap- 
pearance, being  considerably  over  six  feet  in  height,  and  every 
inch  of  him  a  man  and  a  soldier.  I  saw  him  soon  after  he 
received  his  mortal  wound.  I  think  he  was  shot  through  the 
bowels.  lie  was  staggering  from  the  field,  supported  by  a 
man  under  each  shoulder.  They  tried  to  get  him  to  take  my 
horse,  but  lie  was  unable  to  mount  him.  When  1  expressed 
my  sympathy  and  hope  that  he  was  not  badly  wounded.  I 
will  never  forget  his  despairing  look  as  he  replied:  "Yes, 
Lieutenant,   I   am   fatally  wounded"      He  died  that  night 

There  was  a  devoted  Catholic  priest  attached  to  the  10th 
Tennessee  who  was  killed  that  same  day,  I  think.  His  name. 
as  I  recall  it,  was  Father  Blemuel.  Dr.  Roberts  or  General 
Smith  will  remember  him. 


1H 


Qopfederat^  l/eteraij. 


TUNNELING  OUT  OF  LIBBY  PRISON. 

John  Mitchell,  of  Pomeroy,  Wash.,  claiming  to  be  the  last 
survivor  of  the  seven  men  who  dug  the  tunnel  from  Libby 
Prison,  thus  providing  means  for  the  escape  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty-five  men,  tells  the  story  of  the  desperate  struggle. 
Before  beginning  the  work  he  said  the  seven  men  took  an 
oath  of  secrecy,  fixing  death  to  be  the  penalty  of  violation. 
It  was  decided  that  if  any  of  them  revealed  the  plot  while 
they  were  digging  the  tunnel  the  others  were  to  take  him  to 
the  top  of  the  warehouse  at  night  and  throw  him  from  the 
highest  window.     Mr.  Mitchell  said: 

"After  we  had  spent  months  in  that  prison  we  conceived 
the  idea  of  digging  a  tunnel  under  the  warehouse,  under  the 
walls  of  the  prison,  and  far  enough  outside  to  give  a  start  to 
those  who  were  willing  to  take  the  risk  in  the  hope  of  gain- 
ing liberty. 

"It  was  a  desperate  undertaking,  as  we  fully  realized;  and 
although  believing  in  the  loyalty  of  every  prisoner  there,  we 
could  not  dare  to  take  them  into  our  confidence,  for  fear  the 
secret  would  become  known  to  the  guards.  There  was  one 
obstacle,  the  guard  inside  the  warehouse,  whom  we  could 
not  expect  to  escape,  and  we  bribed  him.  After  numerous  at- 
tempts we  succeeded  in  doing  this,  agreeing  each  of  us  to 
pay  him  one  thousand  dollars  after  we  had  regained  our  liberty 
and  our  homes. 

"It  was  slow  progress,  handicapped,  as  we  were,  by  the  fear 
and  danger  of  being  discovered,  and  having  to  work  with  the 
disadvantage  of  no  tools  but  our  hands  and  the  pocket  knives 
a  few  had  been  able  to  retain  when  imprisoned.  The  disposal 
of  the  earth  and  stones  as  we  loosened  them  was  a  hard  mat- 
ter. We  were  unable  physically  to  do  such  work ;  but  hope 
sprang  up  in  our  hearts,  and  the  prospect  of  freedom  buoyed 
us  up  in  a  manner  that  now  seems  miraculous. 

"The  days  and  nights  grew  into  years,  it  seemed,  as  we 
toiled,  but  none  of  us  became  discouraged.  We  grew  weaker 
as  the  task  neared  its  end ;  and  when  it  was  all  but  com- 
pleted, darkness  came  over  me  and  I  succumbed.  For  weeks 
I  knew  nothing.  That  I  lived  is  due  to  the  fact  that  I  was 
cared  for  by  a  prisoner  nurse  whom  I  hold  in  grateful  re- 
membrance. Ke  had  charge  of  my  case  half  the  time,  and 
frequently  when  coming  on  duty  found  me  lying  on  the  floor, 
unnoticed  and  uncared  for,  where  I  had  fallen  in  delirium. 
He  made  every  effort  to  find  out  my  name  and  where  my  home 
had  been ;  but  my  mind  was  a  blank,  and  it  was  days  before 
I  could  tell  him  anything.  I  remember  the  joy  with  which 
I  learned  that  the  plans  for  escape  through  the  tunnel  had 
been  successful  and  that  my  six  faithful  comrades  had  got 
away,  accompanied  by  one  hundred  and  sixty  other  prisoners. 

"Of  the  men  who  dug  that  tunnel,  I  am  the  only  one  living. 
The  last  of  the  other  six  has  been  dead  several  years." 


CAPT.  J.  H.  LE  TELLIER. 

BY  E.   LOUISE  STR0THER. 

Capt.  John  H.  Le  Tellier  was  born  in  Charlottesville,  Va., 
January  28,  1842.  He  was  educated  in  the  Albemarle  In- 
stitute under  Col.  John  B.  Strange,  who  was  killed  in  the  19th 
Virginia  Infantry.  Bethany  College  gave  him  training  while 
Alexander  Campbell  was  in  charge.  Captain  Le  Tellier  vol- 
unteered in  April,  1861,  in  the  24th  Virginia  Infantry,  Pickett's 
Division.  He  entered  as  a  private,  and  served  through  all  the 
grades  up  to  captain.  He  was  in  the  first  battle  of  Manassas, 
the  battles  of  Williamsburg,  Seven  Pines,  Frazier's  Farm, 
Gainesville,  Second  Manassas,  and  Fredericksburg. 


He  led  his  company  in  Pickett's  celebrated  charge  at  Get- 
tysburg in  1863  with  conspicuous  valor.  The  great  confidence 
and  affection  felt  for  him  by  his  men  were  demonstrated  upon 
that  occasion.  In  connection  with  the  battle  of  Williams- 
burg Captain  Le  Tellier,  with  the  assistance  of  two  others, 
captured  the  entire  company,  33d  New  York  Regiment,  May 
5,  1862,  under  A.  H.  Drake,  the  commander. 

There  were  three  Le  Tellier  brothers  in  the  War  between 
the  States,  the  others  being  Lieutenant  Bosher,  killed  at  Gettys- 
burg, and  Sergeant  Joseph  Carter,  killed  at  Petersburg.  Cap- 
tain   Le    Tellier   was    so    severely   wounded   in    the   battle    of 


CAPT.   J.    H.   LE  TELLIER. 

Plymouth,  in  April,  1864,  that  he  was  retired.  After  the  sur- 
render the  wound  was  still  painful,  and  even  yet  at  times  he 
is  conscious  that  a  Yankee  bullet  hit  the  mark  in  his  body 
for  permanent  remembrance.  The  Captain  has  some  interest- 
ing souvenirs.  A  bill  for  one  month's  provisions  is  amusing 
to  the  civilians.    Here  it  is  : 

12  lb  fresh  beef  @  18c $  2  16 

83  lb  bacon  @  35c 29  05 

37  tb  flour  @  3l/2c 1  30 

40  fb  hard  bread  @  4c 1  60 

J4  gal.  molasses  @  20c 05 


$34  16 
Company  K,  28th  Virginia,  paid  to   G.   E.  Dennis,   Captain 
and  Assistant  Commissary. 

All  through  the  stormy  days  of  marching  and  fighting  the 
favorite  instrument,  his  beloved  guitar,  accompanied  him.  He 
has  few  superiors  in  beauty  of  touch ;  so  when  the  camp  fires 
burned  after  the  strenuous  day  and  "the  boys  were  fed," 
music  tender  and  sweet  inspired  them  to  think  of  the  wives 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


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and  sweethearts  far  away ;  yes,  and  doubtless  renewed  their 
courage  to  light  more  bravely. 

A  most  dramatic  incident  is  related  by  Captain  Le  Tellier 
as  one  of  his  war  experiences.  He  had  been  four  months  in 
a  hospital  in  North  Carolina  and  desired  to  go  to  his  home 
hospital  in  Charlottesville,  Va.  The  surgeon  put  him  in  charge 
of  a  man  and  sent  him  on  a  supply  train  that  was  going  as 
far  as  Petersburg.  Grant's  army  had  almost  invested  Peters- 
burg, and  the  train  from  North  Carolina  could  only  come 
within  three  miles  of  Petersburg.  It  stopped  in  the  midst 
of  a  pine  forest.  His  assistant  took  him  off,  laid  him  on  the 
ground,  put  a  pillow  under  his  head,  and  sat  beside  him.  The 
train,  having  unloaded,  stole  silently  away  before  daylight, 
and  the  assistant  did  likewise,  leaving  the  wounded  man  alone 
in  the  woods.  It  was  impossible  to  move  from  there,  being 
crippled  and  extremely  weak.  Finally  he  thought  be  heard 
some  one  walking  and  called  aloud  for  help.  The  man  re- 
plied and  went  to  him.  He  was  very  large,  with  long,  Im,i\\ 
black  whiskers,  lie  was  very  sympathetic  and  volunteered 
to  carry  the  sufferer  on  his  back  to  Petersburg.  It  was  three 
miles,  and  the  journey  had  to  be  made  with  caution.  This 
providential  friend  took  the  baggage  first  and  then  returned 
for  the  wounded  man.  He  took  Captain  Le  Tellier  on  his 
back,  walking  steadily  without  stopping  until  he  put  him 
down  in  the  hotel  in  Petersburg. 

The  Captain  was  so  weak  that,  although  he  procured  the 
name,  it  did  not  remain  in  his  memory;  but  he  says  that  when 
bis  eyes  are  closed  he  can  distinctly  see  the  man  with  the  big 
black  whiskers  and  recalls  vividly  the  kiss  imprinted  upon 
his  forehead  in  the  good-by.  Although  he  has  written  to  a 
number  of  papers  trying  to  find  the  grand  man,  no  word  has 
ever  come  from  him. 

After  the  surrender  Captain  Le  Tellier  married  Miss  Fannie 
Christian,  of  Charlottesville,  who  lived  only  a  short  time. 
His  present  wife  was  Miss  Frank  Patton  Yoimge,  daughter 
of  a  noted  temperance  lecturer,  Rev.  James  Younge,  of  Texas, 
A  daughter,  Miss  Clifford  La  Hache,  is  the  only  surviving 
child.  Captain  Le  Tellier  has  been  proprietor  and  principal 
of  a  school  in  Sherman,  Tex.,  for  thirty-eight  years.  Promi- 
nent business  men  in  different  parts  of  the  United  States 
have  been  trained  by  the  Captain's  "rod."  No  person  in  the 
community  commands  greater  respect  and  affection  than  Cap- 
tain Le  Tellier. 


PENNSYLVANIA  MONUMENT  IN   VIRGINIA. 

[Address  delivered  by  A.  K.  McClure  at  Fredericksburg. 
Va.,  November  n,  1908,  at  the  unveiling  of  the  State  monu- 
ment to  the  Pennsylvania  soldiers  who  fell  in  assaulting 
Maryc's  Heights.] 

Mr.  President  and  Union  Veterans  of  Pennsylvania:  The 
world  has  ever  worshiped  the  heroic  alike  in  war  and  in 
peace.  It  is  the  heroic  who  achieve,  and  only  the  memories 
of  the  heroic  are  reverenced.  In  all  the  histories  of  the 
varied  peoples  of  the  world  the  decay  of  heroism  has  dated 
the  decay  and  final  destruction  of  government.  True,  heroism 
has  often  been  prostituted  to  the  infamy  of  wanton  conquest 
and  oppression  ;  but  none  the  less  heroism  has  given  the  world 
all  its  wonderful  and  beneficent  progress,  and  it  will  be  wor- 
shiped until  the  last  syllable  of  recorded  time. 

Forty-six  years  ago  the  sullen  thunders  of  the  Confederate 
artillery  proclaimed  the  disastrous  repulse  of  two  brigades  of 
Pennsylvania  soldiers  who  were  ordered  to  the  hopeless  task 
of  storming  Maryc's  Heights.     *     *     * 


The  advance  charge  was  made  by  Colonel  Allabach's  bri- 
gade, closely  follow-ed  by  the  1st  Brigade,  under  General  Ty- 
ler, the  whole  commanded  in  person  by  General  Humphreys. 
The  aggregate  number  of  the  two  brigades  engaged  in  this 
assault  was  about  four  thousand  men,  and  fully  one-fourth 
of  them  were  numbered  among  the  dead  and  wounded,  al- 
though neither  was  in  action  over  thirty  minutes.  Hopeless 
as  it  seemed  to  the  soldiers  who  made  this  assault  with  the 
officers  in  advance  of  the  men,  either  to  gain  the  heights  or  to 
hold  them  if  gained,  these  Pennsylvania  brigades  started  with 
hearty  cheers  to  face  the  grim  reaper  of  death.  Next  to 
Pickett's  charge  at  Gettysburg,  it  was  the  most  bloody  and 
disastrous  assault  of  our  Civil  War. 

We  are  not  here  to  discuss  the  wisdom  of  army  com- 
rnanders.  Only  what  were  accepted  as  supreme  military  neces- 
sities  made  Pickett's  charge  at  Gettysburg  and  Humphreys's 
charge  at  Fredericksburg;  but  they  both  stand  in  history,  and 
will  ever  so  stand  as  high-water  marks  of  the  heroism  of 
American  soldiery. 

There  is  eminent  fitness  in  Pennsylvania  erecting  a  monu- 
ment on  this  historic  field  to  the  unfaltering  heroism  of  her 
soldiers.  Other  Pennsylvania  regiments  were  engaged  in 
varied  conflicts,  notably  the  Pennsylvania  Reserves,  in  com- 
mand of  General  Meade,  who  attacked  the  Confederate  right, 
only  to  be  repulsed  with  considerable  loss;  but  all  the  other 
Pennsylvania  regiments  engaged  in  this  action  whose  heroism 
is  not  commemorated  on  this  field  have  or  will  have  monu- 
ments on  other  fields  in  which  they  had  been  in  the  flame  of 
battle,  and  their  omission  in  the  ceremonies  of  to-day  is  thus 
explained. 

There  is  also  eminent  fitness  in  giving  prominence  in  this 
lasting  memorial  to  the  heroism  of  Pennsylvania  soldiers  to 
Gen.  A.  A.  Humphreys,  the  division  commander  of  the  bri- 
gades which  made  the  assault.  He  was  one  of  the  most 
heroic  and  respected  of  our  Pennsylvania  officers.  When  his 
division  of  the  5th  Corps,  composed  chiefly  or  wholly  of  regi- 
ments with  short  terms  of  service,  was  discharged,  he  was 
assigned  to  the  command  of  a  division  of  the  corps,  com- 
manded by  General  Sickles,  and  displayed  distinguished  gal- 
lantry at  the  battle  of  Gettysburg.  He  became  chief  of  staff 
of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  under  General  Meade,  and  was 
promoted  to  major  generalship.  He  maintained  his  highly 
creditable  military  record  in  the  bloody  battles  of  1864  under 
General  Grant,  participating  in  all  of  them  from  the  Wilder- 
ness to  Petersburg;  and  when  General  Hancock,  by  reason 
of  his  wounds,  was  compelled  to  relinquish  the  command  of 
the  second  corps  in  the  closing  days  of  the  war,  General 
Humphreys  was  assigned  to  succeed  Hancock,  and  continued 
as  its  commander  until  the  war  practically  ended  by  the  sur- 
render at  Appomattox. 

Pennsylvania  made  the  most  lustrous  record  of  any  of  the 
Northern  States  in  our  Civil  War  Her  War  Governor, 
Andrew  Gregg  Curtin,  stood  single  and  alone  in  the  very 
forefront  of  the  war  executives  of  the  North;  and  he  is  crys- 
tallized in  history  as  "The  Great  War  Governor"  and  "The 
Soldier's  Friend."  I  was  by  his  side  as  a  State  Senator  rep- 
resenting the  Gettysburg  district  when  the  terrible  conflict 
began,  and  was  intimately  connected  with  the  State  govern 
ment  until  the  broken  and  decimated  armies  of  the  Confed 
eracy  finally  surrendered  because  they  were  compelled  to 
choose  between  the  surrender  or  dying  in  an  utterly  hopeless 
cause. 

Pennsylvania  was  ever  in  the  advance  in  effective  measures 


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for  the  prosecution  of  the  war  and  for  the  care  of  those  who 
offered  their  lives  for  the  unity  of  the  republic.  Although 
second  in  population,  Pennsylvania  organized  and  sent  to  the 
field  for  temporary  and  permanent  service  vastly  more  sol- 
diers than  any  other  State  in  the  Union;  and  next  to  furnish- 
ing troops  promptly  when  needed,  the  most  important  recog- 
nized duty  was  the  systematic  care  of  Pennsylvania  soldiers 
in  the  field.  These  soldiers  fully  appreciated  the  devotion  of 
their  Governor,  and  freely  communicated  with  him  in  relation 
to  their  wants,  many  of  which  were  impossible  of  attainment; 
but  no  soldier's  letter  ever  reached  the  executive  chamber 
at  Harrisburg  that  did  not  receive  a  direct  answer  from  the 
Governor.    *    *     * 

Pennsylvania  was  also  the  first  of  the  Northern  States  to 
send  efficient  commissioners  to  every  army  in  which  there 
were  Pennsylvania  troops  to  give  special  attention  to  taking 
care  of  the  sick  and  wounded,  and  the  law  of  the  State  pro- 
vided for  the  return  of  the  body  of  every  Pennsylvania  sol- 
dier who  fell  in  battle  or  died  in  hospital  for  sepulture  with 
his  kindred  without  cost  to  the  family  or  friends  of  the  fallen 
hero. 

Our  State  was  not  only  the  first,  but  has  been  immensely 
the  most  generous,  in  providing  for  the  orphans  of  Pennsyl- 
vania soldiers  who  fell  in  the  struggle.  On  Thanksgiving 
morning  of  the  first  year  of  the  war  our  Governor  on  his 
way  to  church  was  accosted  by  two  poorly  clad  and  evidently 
suffering  children,  whose  appeal  at  once  attracted  the  atten- 
tion of  the  Governor  when  in  trembling  voice  they  said : 
"Father  was  killed  in  the  war."  The  children  were  gener- 
ously supplied,  and  on  that  day  Governor  Curtin  began  an 
earnest  effort  to  make  generous  provision  for  the  orphans  of 
our  soldiers.  His  message  to  the  Legislature  on  this  subject 
was  not  at  first  heartily  responded  to ;  but  he  gathered  a 
hundred  or  more  of  the  little  orphans  of  our  State  and  brought 
them  to  the  capital,  where,  at  his  suggestion,  they  were  of 
course  accorded  a  hearty  welcome,  and  the  appeals  made  on 
that  occasion  to  the  Legislature  by  the  Governor  and  others 
cleared  the  way  for  what  now  stands  out  in  the  sublime  his- 
tory of  our  State  as  the  grandest  illustration  of  mingled  patri- 
otism and  humanity.  The  schools  were  maintained  in  every 
section  of  the  State  at  the  expense  of  many  millions  until  the 
orphans  of  our  soldiers  as  the  wards  of  the  commonwealth 
were  fitted  by  education  without  cost  to  enter  hopefully  into 
the  business  struggles  of  life. 

Such  is  the  record  of  Pennsylvania  in  providing  and  caring 
for  the  soldiers  of  our  Civil  War  and  for  the  children  who 
were  orphaned  in  the  struggle.  When  the  conflict  began,  our 
State  was  burdened  with  nearly  forty  millions  of  public  debt; 
but  with  all  the  many  additional  millions  paid  by  our  people 
during  the  war  Pennsylvania  is  to-day  one  of  the  very  few 
States  of  the  Union  that  are  practically  free  from  indebtedness. 

Veterans  of  the  blue  and  the  gray,  we  are  here  to-day  to 
unveil  a  monument  which  shall  for  all  time  commemorate  the 
heroism  and  sacrifice  of  Pennsylvania  soldiers  on  the  memora- 
ble battlefield  of  Fredericksburg.  The  Union  veterans  of 
Pennsylvania  meet  the  veterans  who  bore  the  stars  and  bars 
not  as  enemies  but  as  friends,  with  equal  interest  and  pride 
in  a  common  country.  When  peace  came  after  four  years  of 
bloody  conflict,  it  left  the  fierce  passions  of  fraternal  war 
in  a  tidal  wave  throughout  both  sections  of  the  country. 
Nearly  every  home  in  the  land,  North  and  South,  had  been 
shadowed  by  the  angel  of  sorrow,  and  it  was  hard  for  either 
section    to    make   the   advance    toward    a    reunited    American 


brotherhood ;  but  there  were  brave  men  in  both  sections  who 
earnestly  and  eloquently  pleaded  the  cause  of  peace  and  fel- 
lowship, and  among  the  first  was  the  great  War  Governor  of 
Pennsylvania.  Reconstruction  with  its  blotted  record  long 
hindered  the  restoration  of  sympathetic  relations  between  the 
North  and  South,  and  kept  aflame  what  should  have  been  the 
dying  embers  of  sectional  hate;  but  we  are  here  to-day  with  a 
restored  Union,  not  merely  a  Union  in  form,  but  a  union  of 
hearts,  of  sympathy,  and  of  patriotic  fellowship,  and  the  vet- 
erans of  the  blue  will  to-day  point  with  pride  to  the  monu- 
ments erected  to  the  heroes  of  the  gray  who  won  the  victory 
in  this  bloody  struggle. 

It  was  not  the  soldiers  of  either  side  on  the  front  of  the 
firing  line  who  hindered  the  restoration  of  our  common 
brotherhood.  Politicians  played  upon  the  prejudices  and  pas- 
sions to  serve  political  ends ;  but  the  veterans  of  both  sides 
were  the  faithful  advocates  of  generous  and  lasting  peace. 
The  veterans  of  the  gray  will  not  shudder  at  the  monument 
we  are  here  to  unveil.  There  are  like  monuments  on  every 
important  battlefield  of  the  Civil  War,  many  erected  to  the 
heroic  soldiers  of  Lee  and  many  erected  to  the  heroic  soldiers 
of  Grant.  They  no  longer  stand  as  monuments  of  triumph  for 
either  the  blue  or  the  gray,  but  are  accepted  by  every  veteran 
of  the  North  and  South  as  monuments  to  the  heroism  of  our 
American  soldiery. 

The  day  is  not  far  distant  when  the  statue  of  Lee,  the  most 
beloved  of  all  Southern  men,  who  stands  in  history  to-day 
abreast  with  the  few  great  soldiers  of  the  nineteenth  century, 
will  grace  the  streets  of  our  national  capital  along  with  that 
of  Grant  as  a  tribute  of  the  nation  to  the  greatness  of  Ameri- 
can commanders ;  and  I  hope  at  an  early  day  to  see  Virginia 
and  Pennsylvania  unite  in  placing  on  Seminary  Hill,  at  Get- 
tysburg, an  equestrian  statue  of  Lee,  with  the  right  conceded 
to  the  South  to  embellish  that  memorable  field  with  statues 
of  her  heroic  leaders.  A  few  years  ago  I  made  an  earnest 
appeal  to  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature  to  inaugurate  such  a 
movement,  and  it  was  delayed  rather  than  refused  for  the 
reason,  as  then  given,  that  it  was  not  yet  the  time  for  so  pro- 
nounced a  declaration  from  our  State  that  peace  with  sec- 
tional brotherhood  had  reached  its  consummation.  We  are 
here  to-day  unveiling  a  monument  to  Pennsylvania's  fallen 
heroes  on  one  of  the  many  Virginia  battlefields,  and  there  is 
welcome  on  every  hand  for  the  veterans  who  won  the  victory 
and  the  citizens  who  sympathized  with  the  gray;  and  I  would 
give  equal  welcome  to  the  statues  of  the  Confederate  heroes 
on  the  Gettysburg  battlefield,  and  thus  enable  the  visitor  to 
that  historic  ground  to.  read  by  the  statues  and  tablets  on 
both  sides  the  complete  history  of  the  decisive  conflict  of  the 
war. 

The  veterans  of  both  sides  have  long  been  teaching  the 
country  that  peace  and  brotherhood  have  been  restored  to  it. 
There  is  not  a  grave  of  a  veteran  of  the  gray  in  any  cemetery 
in  the  North,  where  the  graves  of  Union  soldiers  are  made 
beautiful  and  fragrant  on  Decoration  Day,  that  is  not  deco- 
rated with  equal  care,  and  the  veterans  of  the  Union  thus 
pay  equal  respect  and  honor  to  the  fallen  on  both  sides  of 
the  conflict ;  and  the  veterans  of  the  gray  never  fail  to  deco- 
rate the  graves  of  the  fallen  Union  veterans  when  that  tribute 
is  paid  to  their  fallen  brethren.  A  Confederate  soldier  was 
a  Cabinet  officer  under  Grant,  a  Confederate  soldier  was  a 
Cabinet  officer  under  Hayes,  and  a  Confederate  soldier  is  a 
Cabinet  officer  under  Roosevelt.  Surely  the  time  has  come 
after  forty-three  years  of  a  reunited  nation  when  all  the  ter- 


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rible  asperities  should  be  only  a  shadowed  memory  and  when 
all  the  grand  attributes  of  generous  and  affectionate  brother- 
hood should  be  visible  in  every  section  of  our  great  republic. 
Here,  standing  among  the  graves  of  the  heroic  dead  of  both 
the  great  armies  that  were  engaged  in  deadly  struggle,  all  will 
unite  in  the  patriotic  utterance  of  the  great  expounder  of  the 
Constitution  when  he  replied  to  the  early  advocacy  of  seces- 
sion by  one  of  South  Carolina's  great  statesmen  :  "Liberty  and 
Union  now  and  forever,  one  and  inseparable." 


VNSYLVANIA  MONUMENT  AT  GETTYSBURG. 

For  the  finest  design  in  the  competition  for  the  $150,000 
Pennsylvania  State  monument  at  Gettysburg  Samuel  Murray, 
a  sculptor  of  Philadelphia,  and  W.  L.  Cottrell,  a  New  York 
architect,  were   awarded  the  first  prize  of  $500. 

The  design  is  a  Renaissance  composition  showing  a  massive 
double  triumphal  arch.  The  monument  will  be  eighty  feet 
square  at  the  base  and  one  hundred  feet  high.  The  arches 
will  be  approached  by  granite  Steps  to  the  terrace  around  the 
monument  and  will  connect  with  stairs  leading  to  the  obser- 
vation platform  around  the  dome.  Around  the  parapet  will  be 
bronze  panels,  which  will  bear  the  names  of  about  twenty-one 
thousand  officers  and  privates  who  took  part  in  the  battle  of 
burg. 

EDGEFIELD,  S.  C,  ERECTS  A  MONUMENT. 
hi   Edgefield  (S.  C.)  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  has  completed  and 
dedicated  a  splendid  tribute  to  the  unknow  n  Confederate  dead 

This  work  has  been  on  hand  for  quite  a  time,  but  Daughters 
'if  the  Confederacy  know  no  such  word  as  fail;  and,  despite 
the  smallness  of  numbers  and  the  many  other  demands  for 
their  labor  and  their  funds,  they  have  dedicated  tins  beautiful 
tribute  to  unknown  men  who  gave  their  lives  to  the  Confed- 
eracy.    It  is  their  crowning  work  for  the  year  1908. 


1 111    1  I'.i  1  HI  I)    MONUMENT, 


On  the  day  designated  a  large  number  of  people  from  the 
town  and  vicinity  gathered  in  the  village  cemetery  to  witness 
the  unveiling  of  the  monument  over  the  graves  of  the  un- 
known Confederate  dead.  Rev.  T.  P.  Burgess,  master  of  cere- 
monies, opened  the  exercises  by  invoking  Heaven's  blessings 
upon  the  occasion.  Dr.  C.  H.  Burts  had  been  invited  to  make 
the  address,  and  his  beautiful,  patriotic  utterances,  delivered 
in  his  accustomed  vigorous  and  forceful  manner,  measured  up 
to  the  expectation  of  the  deeply  interested  and  responsive 
audience.  Dr.  Burts  referred  eloquently  and  feelingly  to  the 
gallant  and  faithful  service  rendered  by  the  unknown  and 
the  hitherto  unhonorcd  Confederate  dead.  He  commended 
the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  in  the  highest  terms 
for  the  splendid  service  they  are  rendering  in  preserving  the 
traditions  of  our  Southland  and  in  recording  its  history  on 
printed  page  and  marble  shaft.  In  closing  his  eloquent  address 
Dr.  Burls  appealed  to  the  young  ladies  and  young  gentlemen 
to  endeavor  to  lead  lives  worthy  of  their  fathers. 

Mr.  S.  McG.  Simkins  next  read  in  clear  and  measured  tone 
the  following  poem  to  the  "Unknown,"  by  Rev.  T.  P.  Burgess: 

"Unknown  !     A  nameless  slab  I  stand, 
Not  one,  but  many,  on  e\  ery  hand, 
To  mark  the  place  wdiere  heroes  rest 
Forever  on  their  country's  breast. 

Unknown  !     Silently  I  proclaim 
The  everlasting,  deathless  fame 
Of  those  who  gave  their  lives  and  fell 
Victims  to  canister  and  shell. 

Unknown  !      Here   soldiers   sleep, 
And  I  their  memory  keep 
In  sacred  care.     No  name  is  here, 
But  it's  in  the  book  'over  there !' 

Unknown  !     Some  mother's  darling  boy, 
Some  noble  father's  pride  and  joy 
Slumbers  here.     Sacred   duty  mine 
This  spot  in  memory  to  entwine. 

Unknown!     Did  no  one  see  him  fall? 
Yes,  God's  eye  watches  over  all! 
And  lie  who  does  the  sparrows  guard 
Will  keep  his  country's  son  and  ward. 

Unknown  !     Let  flowers  here  be  spread ; 
I  '  t  patriot's  tears  here  be  shed; 
Let  mothers  here  their  daughters  bring 
And  fathers  their  sons  an  offering. 

Unknown!     To  die  like  this  is  gain, 
To  die  like  this  is  not  in  vain ; 
For  he  who  dies  for  liberty 
\\  <ars  a  crown  of  immortality. 

Unknown!     On  that  bright  da)    ab 
I  hat  day  of  joy  and  peace  and  lo . 

111  'unknown'  graves  will  heroes  come 
To  hear  their  Master  say:  'Well  done.'" 

These  words  were  peculiarly  appropriate  for  the  occasion. 

Next  the  beautiful  shaft  was  unveiled  by  four  very  zealous 
and  loyal  members  of  the  Edgefield  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  Mrs. 
Julian  D.  Hi  1 1  -    N.  G.  Evans,  Mrs.  C.  A.  Griffin,  and 

Mrs     II      V    Smith.     This   honor  was   conferred   upon   these 


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ladies  because  they  were  instrumental  in  raising  a  large  por- 
tion of  the  monument  fund.  The  unveiling  exercises  were 
concluded  with  a  song,  followed  by  the  benediction  by  Rev. 
P.  P.  Blalock. 

On  the  western  face  of  the  monument,  which  is  presented 
in  the  cut  on  this  page,  a  Confederate  flag  is  carved,  also  the 
dates  "1S61-1865."  On  the  northern  face  are  the  words 
"Erected  1908."  The  inscription,  "Unknown  Confederate 
Dead,"  appears  on  the  eastern  face,  and  "Erected  by  Edgefield 
Chapter,  U.  D.  C,"  on  the  southern  face. 

All  honor  and  all  praise  to  the  members  of  the  Edgefield 
Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  for  their  splendid  achievement !  In  mark- 
ing the  graves  of  the  unknown  Confederate  dead  with  this 
beautiful  shaft  thev  have  honored  their  town  and  county. 


SOUTH   CAROLINA   DAUGHTERS. 

EXTRACTS  FROM  RESPONSE  TO  WELCOMES  AT  ABBEVILLE  CONVEN- 
TION   U.   D.   C.    BY   MRS.    N.   G.  EVANS,   OF   EDGEFIELD. 

The  names  of  Abbeville's  men  in  every  department  of  life 
are  household  gods.  Her  judges,  her  professional  men,  her 
legislators,  her  statesmen,  her  orators,  her  chieftains,  and 
other  heroes  fill  the  pages  of  our  history  from  Colonial  and 
Revolutionary  times  to  the  present;  and  let  us  not  forget  the 
great  rank  and  file  of  braves  who  as  private  soldiers  fought 
and  fell  on  the  battlefield  unknown  to  fame  by  name,  who  with 
dauntless  courage,  unspeakable  endurances  and  sacrifices  con- 
tributed the  largest  share  to  the  glory  and  honor  of  the  Con- 
federate arms. 

When  the  call  to  arms  was  made  for  volunteers  in  the 
cause  of  the  Confederacy  and  in  defense  of  our  altars  and 
firesides  in  the  great  Civil  War,  this  town  and  county  were 
among  the  first  and  foremost  to  respond,  and  sent  countless 
numbers  of  the  flower  of  her  youth  and  the  maturity  of  her 
manhood  to  the  firing  front,  and  constantly  recruited  their 
rapidly  diminishing  numbers  as  they  fell  on  blood-stained 
fields  facing  the  enemy  and  driving  back  the  invader  of  over- 
whelming numbers,  all  for  the  sake  of  home  and  loved  ones, 
for  manhood  and  constitutional  freedom. 

"Whether  known  or  unknown  to  fame, 
Their  cause  and  country  are  the  same; 
They  died  and  wore  the  gray." 

Sister  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  of  Abbeville,  let  me 
in  behalf  of  our  entire  State  Division  thank  you  for  your 
whole-souled  welcome;  and  may  I  avail  myself  of  this  occasion 
with  becoming  modesty  to  say  something  of  woman's  part 
in  this  great  struggle  and  of  her  holy  services  in  building 
monuments  to  perpetuate  the  glory  of  our  cause  and  in  keep- 
ing fresh  the  memory  and  the  graves  of  our  deathless  dead? 

Who  has  or  ever  can  record  the  achievements  of  our  wom- 
en in  the  war?  Which  of  her  many-sided  traits,  which  of 
her  many  tragic  situations  will  seize  first  the  imagination  of 
a  future  artist  or  appeal  strongest  to  the  inspiration  of  the 
poet  who  is  yet  to  write  the  South's  greatest  epic?  Where 
shall  her  story  begin?  Where  shall  it  end?  Was  it  her  un- 
speakable sacrifice  in  the  beginning,  when  she  first  buckled 
on  her  loved  ones  the  armor  of  that  holy  war  and  sent  them 
away  from  home  to  fight  for  their  country,  or  later  her  un- 
complaining endurance  of  untold  privation  and  loneliness  and 
desolation  or  her  divine  fortitude  and  resignation  when  father, 
husband,  son,  brother,  or  lover  fell  on  the  distant  battlefield 
and  came  back  to  her  no  more  forever,  or  when  she  moved 
like    an    angel   through    the   hospitals    or   in   the   rear    of   the 


firing  line,  watchful  as  a  Roman  Vestal  ministering  to  her 
wounded  soldiers,  cooling  their  fevered  lips,  soothing  their 
last  hours  with  her  gentle  words  and  soft  deft  hands,  or  when 
in  the  darkest  hours  of  our  blessed  cause,  when  our  brave 
heroes  in  front  were  being  crushed  by  overwhelming  num- 
bers, her  faith,  kindled  by  heavenly  fires,  kept  alive  the  waning 
hopes  and  drooping  courage  of  our  naked,  starving,  and  shat- 
tered armies,  and  she  met  with  her  smiles  the  ragged  rem- 
nants of  the  returning  soldiers  and  pledged  them  her  eternal 
faith  and  sympathy? 

We  who  were  born  since  the  bugle  sang  truce  at  Appomat- 
tox and  the  returning  soldier  brought  home  the  fate  of  the 
Confederacy,  reared  in  an  era  that  bartered  the  crimson  of 
the  dripping  sword  for  the  greener  blossoms  of  the  olive 
branch — we  have  come  together  in  the  spirit  of  the  younger 
South,  inspired  by  the  patriotic  zeal  and  love  we  have  for  the 
cause.  Unmarked  graves  of  our  reposing  heroes  are  scat- 
tered in  mournful  numbers  over  the  hills  and  ravines  of  our 
beautiful  Southland.  They  deserve  honor  at  some  one's  hands 
— at  whose?  The  women  of  the  South  accept  the  trust.  They 
who  laid  down  their  lives  with  Johnston  at  Shiloh,  who  fell 
in  the  wild  charge  with  Jackson  at  Chancellorsville,  who  went 
to  God  from  the  rocks  and  hills  of  Chickamauga — all  are  our 
dead.  No  government  gathers  up  their  bones  with  paternal 
care  and  preserves  the  records  of  their  glorious  lives  and  sub- 
lime deaths.    Their  government  is  dead.    *     *    * 

My  friends,  we  owe  it  to  the  hero  dead  who  fell  under  our 
flag  (St.  Andrew's  cross,  with  its  bar  and  star,  that  waved 
in  triumph  over  many  battlefields  ere  it  became  the  conquered 
banner).  We  owe  it  to  the  brave  survivors  of  the  cause  as 
well  to  show  to  the  world  our  appreciation  of  their  valor  and 
patriotism  by  these  votive  offerings  from  the  hands  of  the 
women  of  the  South — great  in  weakness,  noble  in  their  charity, 
beautiful  in  their  patience,  and  whose  devotion  at  the  cross  and 
sepulcher  was  but  an  earnest  of  their  high  and  holy  mission. 


INQUIRIES  FOR  AND  ABOUT  VETERANS. 
B.  E.  Evans,  of  Acorn,  Ark.,  hopes  through  the  Veteran 
to  hear  from  some  comrade  who  can  help  him  make  proof 
to  get  a  pension.  He  volunteered  at  Sumter,  S.  C,  in  the 
Palmetto  Regiment.  While  stationed  at  Charleston  he  was 
detailed  to  work  on  the  construction  of  a  bridge  across  Ashley 
River  under  Civil  Engineer  Henry  Haines.  Later  he  was 
sent  to  work  at  the  Pee  Dee  Navy  Yard.  When  orders  came 
to  vacate  that  place,  he  got  a  furlough  to  go  home,  the  first 
he  had  during  the  war.  Before  that  was  out  Lee  surrendered, 
and  he  did  not  get  a  discharge.  That  furlough  was  secured 
by  Lieutenant  Means. 

John  F.  Adams,  Gadsden,  Ala. :  "Company  A,  2d  Alabama 
Infantry,  Lieut.  T.  A.  Bowen,  of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  commanding 
detachment,  'manned'  the  four-rifle  sixty-pound  guns  on  the 
point  mentioned  in  the  November  Veteran.  General  Villi- 
pigue  commanded  the  post  then  and  surrendered  the  last 
fortified  place  on  the  Mississippi  above  Vicksburg.  The  2d 
Alabama  Infantry  (except  Company  A,  which  reenlisted  as 
a  whole)  was  mustered  out  of  service  just  before  the  evacua- 
tion of  Fort  Pillow.  Our  brave  and  gallant  old  captain,  Wil- 
liam H.  Hames,  is  still  living  at  Jacksonville,  Ala.  Our  com- 
pany, A,  was  afterwards  until  the  close  of  the  war  of  the 
51st  Alabama  Mounted  Infantry,  Col.  John  T.  Morgan  (Sena- 
tor from  Alabama)  commanding  under  Gen.  Joe  Wheeler  till 
the  surrender  at  Greensboro.  I  should  like  to  hear  from  some 
survivors." 


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Mrs.  M.  A.  Clark,  206  Veach  Street,  Orlando,  Fla.,  seeks 
information  concerning  her  husband,  Lewis  Clark,  who  fought 
throughout  the  entire  war.  He  enlisted  at  Lake  City,  Fla.,  in 
a  cavalry  company  under  Capt.  N.  A.  Hull.  He  returned 
home  at  the  close  of  the  war,  but  died  soon  afterwards  from 
hardships.  Mrs.  Clark  seeks  a  pension,  but  can't  find  any  of 
his  company.  She  is  in  need.  Any  one  who  can  furnish  proof 
of  his  service  will  greatly  oblige  her. 

Judge  L.  G.  Hopkins,  of  Liberty.  Mo.,  who  is  a  native  of 
North  Carolina  and  served  with  the  "far  Heels"  in  the  Con- 
federate army,  says  he  hears  so  little  of  them  nowadays  that 
In-  wants  to  know  what  has  become  of  them.  He  also  wants 
somebody  to  write  an  article  on  the  number  of  troops  fur- 
nished by  North  Carolina  to  the  Confederacy,  with  the  pel 
cent  of  casualties  in  that  and  other  States  compared.  A  very 
interesting  article  could  be  written  on  this  subject. 

Tobe  Rarham  belonged  In  either  the  4II1  or  6th  Texas 
(Ector's)  Brigade.  We  were  both  wounded  in  the  battle  of 
Murfrcesboro  and  were  taken  to  Camp  Morton.  We  were 
exchanged  the  following  April,  and  were  furloughed  from 
Peti  rsburg,  Ya..  to  go  to  our  homes  in  Texas.  Our  wounds 
got  so  bad  that  we  could  not  travel.  We  stopped  near  La- 
grange, Ga..  for  two  months.  I  never  saw  or  heard  of  him 
afterwards.  1  would  like  very  much  to  have  any  information 
of  him.  Address  T.  J.  Johnson  (Company  B.  nth  Texas 
Cavalry),  care  the  CONFEDERATE  Veteran. 


CAPTURE  OF  BATTERY  AT  NEW  MARKET. 

BY    J.    W.    PARSONS,    CAPTAIN    CO.    A,    [8TH    VIRGINIA    CAVALRY. 

Capt.  D.  H.  Bruce,  of  the  51st  Virginia  Infantry,  in  the 
December  (1907)  number,  and  Col.  George  H.  Smith,  of  the 
fed,  in  the  November  (1008)  number,  inquire  as  to  who  cap- 
tured the  battery  in  the  battle  of  New  Market.  I  have  waited 
to  see  if  the  nun  who  charged  and  captured  that  battery 
would  respond.  Captain  Bruce  says  on  his  left  two  hundred 
to  three  hundred  yards  he  saw  Colonel  Edgar's,  Colonel 
Clark's,  and  Derrick's  battalions  going  toward  the  enemy  and 
the  Yankees  running.  Just  in  front  of  where  he  says  he  saw 
them  is  where  the  batter]  was  captured.  They  fired  live  guns 
at  nnr  nun,  then  started  off  with  one  of  the  guns;  but  after 
going  a  few  steps  they  -truck  a  low  pine  stump  which  turned 
in  over,  throwing  the  barrel  on  the  ground.  The  gun 
bandoned  there. 

Col.  George  II.  Smith  says  Derrick's  and  Clark's  Battalion, 
Echols's  Brigade,  was  on  his  right,  which  would  be  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  Valley  Pike.  Colonel  Smith  says  the  Cadet 
Corps  and  the  right  of  the  51st  Regiment  were  much  cut  up 
by  the  heavy  lire  to  which  they  had  been  subjected.  Neither 
of  them  formed  on  our  left  when  we  advanced  with  Echols's 
ii  they  both  promptly  followed  the  movement;  and 
as  the  line  of  their  march  naturally  would  pass  over  the  posi- 
tion of  the  left  of  the  enemy's  artillery,  it  may  be  said  they 
red  the  guns  left  on  the  field,  But  this  was  after  the 
enemy  had  bun  put  to  rout  and  the  62d  and  22d  had  p 
beyond  the  position  that  had  been  occupied  by  them. 

1  was  with  Companj  A,  iSth  Virginia  Cavalry,  Capt.  William 
H.  Taj  lit  bank  of  Smith's  Creek, 

on  our  extreme  right,  and  could  sec  from  our  eminence  di- 
rectly over  the  entire  line  of  battle.  I  saw  the  troops  that 
charged  the  captured  battery.  When  they  got  within  per- 
haps ten  yards  of  the  guns,  thej  wavered  for  a  moment  like 
they   were   going   to    fall    back,    and    the   line    spread    out   or 


broadened,  and  looking  over  it  endways  it  looked  ten  feet 
wide.  There  was  just  then  a  very  heavy  rain  storm,  and  it 
was  very  dark,  yet  I  could  sec  the  blaze  of  fire  from  the  guns 
ten  feet  beyond  the  men.  The  picture  is  vivid  in  my  mind 
to  this  day.  Instantly  they  dressed  up  in  a  nice  line  of 
battle  and  went  over  and  silenced  the  guns.  The  whole 
Federal  line  of  battle  was  giving  way.  I  could  see  at  first 
,1  few  of  them  going  back,  and  soon  they  all  ran.  Therefore 
I  feel  justified  in  saying  that  the  men  who  captured  those  six 
guns  knew  it,  for  the  guns  were  fired  very  rapidly  through 
their  ranks  until  the  gunners  were  driven  away. 

I  rode  up  the  slope  after  the  battle  and  looked  the  place 
over,  and  saw  the  ground  well  covered  with  dead  men. 

Our  boys  had  a  lot  of  prisoners  near  where  the  guns  were, 
and  among  them  was  a  Lieutenant  Colonel  Lincoln,  of  the 
34th  Massachusetts,  who  was  very  indignant  at  being  a 
prisoner  in  the  hands  of  the  vile  Rebels.  He  walked  back 
and  forth  like  a  chained  bear.  He  said  he  was  a  cousin  of 
Abraham  Lincoln.  My  company  was  on  the  skirmish  line  all 
morning  before  the  fight.  When  the  cadets  marched  past 
us  going  into  the  battle,  they  moved  like  clockwork.  I  ad- 
mired them  very  much  ;  but  it  was  a  shame  to  put  them  in 
there.  I  had  always  given  them  the  credit  of  capturing  that 
battery  until  I  read  Col.  G.  H.  Smith's  statement;  but  from 
the  position  they  held  in  the  line  I  guess  Colonel  Edgar's  bat- 
talion did  the  work. 

General  Sigel  burned  the  bridge  at  Mount  Jackson  that 
evening  when  he  crossed  the  river.  The  next  morning  Captain 
Taylor  with  Company  A  forded  the  Shenandoah  River  where 
the  bridge  had  been  burned  bearing  a  flag  of  truce  with  dis 
patch  from  Gen.  John  C.  Breckinridge  asking  General  Sigel  to 
send  men  back  and  help  to  bury  the  dead ;  but  he  did  not  do 
it.  I  think  Colonel  Smith's  time  is  too  short  as  to  the  dura- 
tion of  the  battle.  Before  the  battle  I  had  ridden  up  to  where 
Gen.  John  D.  Imboden  and  staff  were  on  an  eminence  south- 
west of  the  town.  Just  then  General  Breckinridge  and  staff 
went  there  too.  I  think  he  was  the  handsomest  man  I  ever 
saw.  General  B.  looked  the  country  over  carefully,  took 
out  his  watch,  and  said:  "General,  we  will  have  to  attack 
them.  It's  now  eleven  o'clock,  and  we  can't  wait  any  longer 
for  them  to  attack  us.  Call  in  that  cavalry  skirmish  line." 
Ii  was  certainly  late  in  the  day  when  the  fight  was  over.  The 
18th  was  ordered  to  double-quick  across  Smith's  Creek  to 
press  their  rear  across  Means  Bottom;  but  they  were  over  the 
river  when  we  got  on  Rudes  Hill. 


JIM  AXD  HIS  SECRETARY. 

BY    F.    A.     IIAMER,    DARDENELLE,    ARK. 

A  few  years  before  the  Civil  War  the  negro  Jim  who  was 
my  nurse  when  a  child  became  enamored  of  a  dusky  dam- 
sel belonging  on  a  plantation  some  miles  across  the  Tennes- 
see River.  My  father,  notwithstanding  he  was  a  very  kind 
and  humane  master,  considerate  of  the  happiness  and  well- 
being  of  his  negroes,  didn't  want  to  take  the  chances  of  a 
ind-dollar  negro  being  eaten  by  fishes  in  the  blue  waters 
of  the  1  mi;,  see;  so  he  told  Jim  to  call  off  his  passion  from 
the  other  side  of  the  river,  feather  a  new  dart,  and  let  fly  at 
some  one  of  the  dusky  beauties  on  ins  own  or  neighb 
plantations.  But  this  proud  to  be  a  case  where  love  laughs 
at  locks,  rivers,  and  all  other  barriers.  My  father,  knowing 
Jim  to  lie  quite  shrewd,  notified  Mr.  Hill,  the  owner  of  the 
dark  beauty,  not  to  permit  the  marriage  for  the  reason  stated 
above. 


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All  this  diplomacy  occurred  without  my  knowledge,  yet  I 
had  often  written  Jim  passes  to  cross  the  river  and  visit 
plantations  on  Sunday,  all  without  my  father's  knowledge. 
In  fact,  I  was  so  much  attached  to  Jim,  having  my  life  inter- 
woven with  his  from  babyhood  up  to  that  time  at  least,  I 
considered  no  sacrifice  too  great  and  no  risk  too  hazardous 
to  make  for  him.  In  fact,  while  I  was  the  nominal  master, 
Jim  was  the  power  behind  the  throne.  Besides,  Jim  was  a 
diplomat ;  and  when  some  risky  favor  was  asked,  he  became 
very  assiduous  in  his  attention  to  me.  He  would  plan  and 
assist  me  in  my  boyish  pranks  and  escapades.  He  had  taken 
special  care  of  the  horse  my  father  had  allowed  me  to  claim 
and  use.  It  was  Henry's  business  to  look  after,  feed,  and 
curry  the  horses.  Jim  would  frequently  in  my  presence  ac- 
cuse Henry  of  neglecting  my  horse,  which  more  than  once 
brought  on  a  difficulty. 

Finally  Jim  concluded  he  would  go  over  a  certain  Satur- 
day night  and  be  married  to  the  girl  on  Mr.  Hill's  place.  He 
didn't  know  that  my  father  had  headed  him  off  by  his  order. 
So  when  he  made  his  appearance,  armed  with  a  pass  with  my 
father's  name  signed  to  it,  Mr.  Hill  informed  him  of  my 
father's  order,  and  of  course  forbade  the  interesting  ceremony. 
Jim  returned  wiser,  but  more  determined  than  ever. 

By  this  time  the  case  had  become  complicated  and  assumed 
a  serious  aspect  for  Jim  and  his  affiance,  and  it  called  for  more 
diplomacy.  After  the  proper  preliminaries,  Jim  unbosomed 
himself  to  me,  yet  keeping  me  entirely  ignorant  of  my  father's 
opposition.  The  order  of  my  father  to  Mr.  Hill  and  the  tangle 
he  got  into  were  all  wisely  kept  from  me.  He  "jes'  wanted 
me  to  write  him  a  little  order  to  Mr.  Hill  and  say,  Tze 
'eluded  to  let  Jim  marry  Viny  if  you'se  got  no  'jections  to  it.'  " 

So  I  readily  complied,  and  Jim,  armed  with  the  order  and 
other  passports  necessary,  all  bearing  my  father's  name,  in 
due  time  made  his  appearance  at  the  mansion  house  of  Mr. 
Hill,  accompanied  by  his  best  man.  With  the  politeness  of  a 
Chesterfield  and  the  dignity  of  a  Choate,  he  presented  his  pass- 
port and  "letters  of  credit,"  and  was  kindly  informed  by  Mr. 
Hill  in  his  usual  calm  and  quiet  way  that  he  was  glad  indeed 
that  his  master  had  reconsidered  the  matter  and  permitted 
him  to  have  the  woman  of  his  choice.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Hamer 
united  the  two  hearts  that  wanted  to  beat  as  one. 

The  next  scene  was  at  the  quarters  on  the  home  plantation, 
situated  a  respectful  distance  from  the  family  dwelling.  One 
Sunday  in  June,  all  unknown  to  the  master,  extensive  prep- 
arations had  been  made  at  the  quarters  for  the  coming  of  the 
bride  and  groom.  They  made  their  appearance  sometime  in 
the  morning,  attended  by  the  proper  number  of  the  elite  from 
the  neighboring  plantations,  specially  invited  guests  of  both 
sexes,  all  dressed  in  their  best  Sunday  clothes. 

Soon  after  the  secretary  (this  writer)  made  his  appearance, 
just  in  from  Sunday  school  with  that  hungry  feeling  that  always 
accompanies  a  healthy  boy.  He  made  for  the  dining  room ;  but, 
being  run  out  by  the  girl  preparing  the  dinner  table,  made  his 
way  into  the  kitchen  to  consult  Aunt  Sallie,  the  cook,  who  al- 
ways came  to  his  relief  in  such  emergency.  As  he  entered 
he  observed  that  Aunt  Sallie  didn't  wear  her  usual  pleasant 
smiie  and  greet  him  with  the  usual  salutation  of:  "What  does 
de  white-headed  sarpent  want  now  ?"  Noticing  her  trou- 
bled look,  he  asked  in  an  earnest,  sympathetic  way:  "Aunt 
Sallie,  what's  the  matter?"  "Deed,  chile,  dere's  nuff  de  mat- 
ter." "Why,  what  is  it,  Aunt  Sallie?"  "Dere's  gwine  to  be 
trouble  on  dis  plantation."  "How,  Aunt  Sallie?  What  about?" 
"Dat  smart  Jim  of  yours  done  gone  over  de  ribber  and  mar'd 


dat  Hill  gal  arter  old  Marser  done  tole  him  p'intedly  not  to 
and  p'intedly  tole  Mr.  Hill  don't  let  'em.  I  was  passin'  through 
de  house  arter  dey  come,  and  Marser  foun'  what  bin  done.  I 
heard  him  say  he  was  gwine  to  make  Mr.  Hill  smoke  for 
'lowin'  that,  after  he  p'intedly  tole  him  not  to." 

For  the  first  time  Jim's  secretary  realized  that  the  di- 
plomacy had  assumed  a  serious  shape.  His  knees  smote  each 
other,  his  hunger  in  a  manner  left  him,  and  it  now  dawned 
on  him  for  the  first  time  the  serious  consequences  likely  to 
follow.  Without  another  word  he  retired  from  the  kitchen, 
went  through  the  garden,  out  into  the  plum  orchard,  gathered 
up  a  lot  of  worm-eaten  plums,  and  meditated  on  his  doings 
Not  long  before  this  he  had  traded  for  an  old  hammerless 
five-  or  six-barreled  rusty  pepper  box  pistol,  ostensibly  for  the 
purpose  of  shooting  or  intimidating  old  Mr.  Givins,  his  Scotch 
school-teacher,  and  thereby  cause  him  to  ease  up  on  his  whip- 
pings, which  came  quite  often  and  were  heartily  sanctioned 
by  his  father.  After  having  made  a  woeful  failure  on  that 
line  and  paying  commensurate  penalty,  he  confided  his  trou- 
bles and  also  his  pistol  to  Jim,  who  was  the  custodian  of  most 
of  his  effects.  Soon  after  Jim  came  in  possession  of  this 
formidable  weapon  he  had  some  grievance  with  a  negro  on  an 
adjoining  plantation;  so  he  put  on  his  war  paint  and,  armed 
with  the  many-barreled  gun,  went  over  to  square  matters  and 
bring  his  adversary  to  time,  which  he  did  in  fine  style.    *    *    * 

Well,  considering  the  matter  seriously,  he  knew  there  would 
be  an  investigation ;  so  he  approached  the  house  with  heavy 
heart.  He  had  already  atoned  for  several  small  offenses  in 
a  bunch ;  but  here  was  one  so  serious  that  he  could  not  tell 
what  the  consequences  would  be.  He  wanted  to  consult  with 
Jim.  He  wanted  if  possible  to  learn  his  father's  mind;  but 
not  until  the  next  day  did  his  father  suspect  his  having  any- 
thing to  do  with  it.  So  well  had  Jim  and  he  managed  the 
affair  that  none  of  the  other  negroes  of  the  quarters,  not  even 
the  bride,  knew  the  facts. 

At  the  wedding  feast  joy  was  unbounded,  and  happy  laugh- 
ter rang  out  on  the  summer  air.  He  knew  the  crisis  would 
come  that  evening.  He  heard  a  conversation  between  his 
father  and  mother,  and  learned  that  Jim  would  be  permitted 
to  go  home  with  his  bride,  but  would  be  the  bearer  of  a  note 
to  Mr.  Hill  asking  an  explanation  of  his  conduct  in  permitting 
the  marriage  after  he  had  positively  refused  his  consent.  The 
secretary  was  in  deep  meditation  all  the  evening. 

At  the  proper  time  Jim  made  his  appearance  at  the  house 
and  informed  his  master  that  he  had  disobeyed  him  and  had 
married  Viny  and  wanted  to  know  if  he  could  accompany  her 
to  her  home.  The  secretary  was  not  present  during  this  im- 
portant interview,  but  was  saving  himself.  His  father  said: 
"Yes,  you  can  go,  and  I  want  you  to  carry  a  letter  to  Mr. 
Hill;  and  you  hurry  up  and  cross  that  river  before  night,  and 
wait  in  the  morning  until  good  daylight  before  you  recross." 
The  secretary  never  knew  the  full  contents  of  that  note  to 
Mr.  Hill,  but  it  dawned  on  him  that  he  would  soon  be  called 
on  for  an  explanation. 

Earlier  than  usual  next  morning  the  secretary  and  his 
sister  were  off  to  school.  He  fed  his  sister's  pet  lamb  for 
her  (something  unusual)  in  order  to  get  off  before  Jim  ar- 
rived. At  the  proper  time  Jim  arrived  with  this  correspond- 
ence : 

"Rev.  J.  H.  Hamer — Dear  and  Reverend  Sir:  In  answer  to 
your  passionate  note,  I  have  the  honor  to  inclose  you  a  copy 
of  an  order  with  your  signature  to  it,  reading  thus : 

"'Mr.  James  Hill — Dear  and  Honored  Sir:  If  agreeable  to 


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your  wishes  and  convenience,  you  have  my  permission  to  let 
my  man  Jim  marry  a  woman  on  your  place.'  " 

During  the  interview  that  followed  it  was  ascertained  that 
Jim  had  on  various  occasions  roamed  around  to  the  different 
plantations  with  a  permit  in  his  pocket  with  his  master's 
name  signed  to  it,  all  done  by  the  secretary  at  Jim's  sug- 
gestion. The  secretary  was  brought  into  the  presence  of  his 
father  and  there  confronted  with  that  formidable  document. 
It  was  read  to  him.  He  acknowledged  to  being  the  author  of 
the  order  and  that  he  had  signed  his  father's  name  to  the 
document  without  his  knowledge  or  consent.  Then  it  was 
that  his  father  revealed  to  him  the  awful  condition  be  had 
placed  him  in — that  he  might  land  in  the  penitentiary,  where 
old  man  Click  was  working  out  a  life  sentence  for  murder. 

He  had  now  committed  a  crime  for  which  he  could  be  sent 
there.  The  secretary  imagined  he  could  see  the  sheriff  with 
handcuffs  to  carry  him  to  jail  and  hear  the  groans  of  the  con- 
victs. He  had  at  last  placed  himself  beyond  the  reach  of 
father  and  mother,  and  must  now  suffer  the  penalty  of  the  law. 
His  father,  however,  volunteered  to  see  that  be  got  a  short 
i.  pile,  and  to  endeavor  to  keep  him  from  prison.  The  secre- 
tary was  so  distressed  that  be  wanted  in  sleep  in  his  mother's 
room  that  night.  He  then  and  there  promised  his  father 
and  mother  that  if  they  would  intercede  with  the  authori- 
ties and  save  him  he  would  never,  never  sign  bis  father's  or 
any  one  else's  name  to  any  document  without  proper  consent. 
The  crisis  bad  become  so  great,  the  enormity  of  the  crime 
bad  become  so  impressed  on  bis  mind,  that  his  parents  saw  it 
was  necessary  to  come  to  his  relief.  He  ever  after  regarded 
his  father's  name  as  very  sacred,  especially  on  paper. 

In  after  years  the  secretary  was  orderly  sergeant  of  Com- 
pany H,  49th  Alabama  Regiment,  was  made  prisoner  of  war, 
and  on  the  way  to  Camp  Chase  spent  one  night  in  the  Nash- 
ville penitentiary  before  he  was  twenty-one  years  old.  Jim 
was  never  separated  from  Viny.  The  last  time  he  saw  Jim,  in 
the  seventies,  he  was  a  prosperous  pastor  of  a  Colored  M.  E. 
Church  in  Nashville,  Tenn.  He  came  to  see  me  in  Alabama 
at  his  old  plantation  home,  brought  me  a  line  shaving  set.  and 
said  he  and  Viny  had  twelve  children,  all  living. 


HARD  FIGHTING  BY  LOOKOUT  MOUNTAIN. 

BY    H.    H.    STURt.IS,    COMPANY    H,   44TH    ALABAMA    REGIMENT. 

The  article  in  the  December  Veteran  entitled  "Battle  at 
Night  by  Lookout  Mountain"  brings  vividly  to  mind  the  scene 
as  I  witnessed  it. 

Part  of  Law's  Brigade  had  been  sent  as  skirmishers  down 
the  Tennessee  River  to  fire  into  the  wagon  trains  passing  on 
the  other  side  of  the  river.  We  were  in  position  behind  the 
rocks  and  trees ;  and  as  the  wagons  would  start  down  the  nar- 
row and  steep  mountain  road  we  would  shoot  the  mules. 
This  we  kept  up  all  day,  effectually  preventing  them  from 
making  a  single  trip.  The  river  being  narrow  and  the  bluff 
steep,  they  were  forced  to  abandon  the  effort  of  transporting 
supplies  by  that  route 

I-atcr  we  were  sent  back  to  the   foot  of  Lookout  Mountain. 

iikI  during  1I1.  afternoon  saw  the  enemy  pass  on  the  other 
side  of  Lookout  Creek.  Hood's  Division  was  sent  to  attack 
them,  three  brigades,  Hood's  (old  brigade).  Jenkins's,  and 
Anderson's,  1  think,  crossing  the  railroad  bridge  and  Ben 
mug's  and  Law's  crossing  the  bridge  by  the  dirt  road.  Law's 
and  Benning's  Brigades  formed  on  the  western  slope  of  Rac- 
coon Mountain  about  nine  o'clock  at  night,  They  Ibnw  up 
a  protection  of  logs  and  Mich  other  things  as  could  be  picked 


up.  We  were  not  allowed  to  cut  any  timber,  as  that  would 
have  disclosed  our  position. 

We  had  little  time  to  work,  for  soon  we  heard  the  battle 
raging  on  our  left  about  a  mile  distant.  Soon  the  Yankees 
came  hurrying  to  reenforce  their  line.  Our  pickets  fired  into 
them,  and  we  could  bear  their  orders:  "Halt!  Left  face! 
Forward!"  Then  we  had  a  regular  "Kilkenny  cat  fight,"  a 
very  bad  one.  Wc  got  mixed  sure  enough.  We  were  driven 
from  our  insecure  breastworks,  Law  and  Benning  failing  to 
connect  with  our  lines.  The  loss  on  our  part  of  the  line  was 
small,  but  we  were  greatly  outnumbered.  Twice  we  recovered 
our  works  and  drove  them  down  the  hill.  I  was  cut  off,  and 
found  myself  surrounded  with  men  calling  for  the  109th  New 
York.  I  quietly  made  my  way  around  till  I  heard  others  call- 
ing for  Law's  Brigade.  Our  lieutenant  colonel  was  twice 
stopped,  and  the  cape  of  his  overcoat  torn  off  in  an  effort  to 
stop  him.  Once  when  we  recaptured  our  works  a  Federal 
and  Confederate  were  seen  with  their  left  hands  in  each 
other's  collar,  grasping  their  .uun-s  with  their  right  hands, 
neither  being  willing  to  surrender.  A  lieutenant,  seeing  the 
predicament,  ordered  the  Yank  to  surrender,  which  he  re- 
fused to  do,  when  the  deadlock  was  broken  with  a  bullet. 

How  terrible  are  such  memories  now!  I  saw  a  man  roll 
down  the  mountain  side,  started  by  a  ball  from  my  gun  when 
only  a  tew  feel  distant  from  its  muzzle.  He  had  the  first  shot 
at  me,  his  ball  passing  through  my  hat.  We  quietly  drew 
back  with  the  loss  of  a  few  prisoners.  The  next  night  we 
crossed  under  the  frowning  brow  of  old  Lookout  by  a  narrow 
footpath  and  then  started  toward  Knoxville. 


SEARCH  OF  A  HOME  BY  SOLDIERS  AT  NIGHT. 

BY    S.   R.    W. 

"Won't  you  please  tell  me  a  story  of  the  great  Civil  War, 
grandmother  dear?"  said  my  oldest  grandson  as  we  sat  around 
the  brightly  lighted  table  on  which  were  scattered  school- 
books,  magazines,  letters,  and  other  evidences  of  the  even- 
ing's occupation.  I  was  busy  with  a  dainty  bit  of  embroidery, 
and  had  been  thinking  how  grandmothers  of  my  young  days 
spent  their  idle  moments  knitting  warm  yarn  stockings  for  the 
grandchildren,  whereas  those  of  the  present  generation  em- 
broidered while  lawn  shirt  waists  for  themselves,  as  I  was 
doing,  and  the  children  ran  around  with  bare  legs.  As  I  laid 
down  my  work  at  his  appeal  I  said :  "Listen  to  the  storm, 
children.  How  the  wind  and  rain  beat  on  the  windows!  It 
was  on  just  such  a  night  as  this  that  the  soldiers  searched  my 
house."  A  deeply  interested  crowd  of  youngsters  at  once 
gathered  around  me;  so  I  had  to  continue  the  story  which 
I  had  unwittingly  begun. 

"It  was  forty  odd  years  ago  and  about  this  time  of  the  year 
that  1  was  sitting  one  evening  in  my  own  pretty  home.  The 
youngest  child  was  in  bed,  and  Diana,  the  oldest,  was  sitting 
with  me.  The  room  was  as  bright  and  cheery  as  ours  is  now, 
with  the  lamp  and  firelight,  and  a  similar  dreadful  storm  of 
wind  and  rain  was  beating  against  the  glass,  Diana  was  but 
a  little  girl,  and  my  only  company  that  night,  as  my  husband 
was  in  the  Confederate  army.  Indeed,  one  could  count  on  the 
fingers  of  one  band  all  tin  abli  bodied  men  who  were  left  in 
Franklin.  The  war  had  been  going  on  for  over  two  years, 
and  it  had  been  more  than  a  month  since  we  had  seen  our 
soldier-,  as  the  enemy  in  considerable  force  held  the  town. 
1  was  living  just  outside  the  town  limit-  and  ju  i  inside  the 
picket  line,  and,  not  having  any  near  neighbors,  my  position 
was  verj   unsafe.     It  was  no  uncommon  thing  for  Federal  sol- 


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diers  to  enter  houses  to  search  for  Confederates  who  might 
have  slipped  through  the  lines ;  also  to  look  for  firearms,  and 
incidentally  to  take  any  articles  of  value  they  might  fancy. 
Knowing  that  my  turn  was  likely  to  come  at  any  moment,  I 
was  busy  that  night  putting  my  jewelry  and  small  silver  into 
parcels  to  be  put  in  a  bag  fitted  with  strings  which  I  could 
instantly  tie  around  my  waist  if  any  search  parties  came, 
the  large  crinoline  hoop  skirt  which  I  wore  effectually  con- 
cealing it. 

"When  I  finished  my  work,  I  gave  it  to  Diana  to  take  with 
her  to  my  bedroom,  and  started  myself  to  look  around  the 
house  and  see  that  it  was  secure  for  the  night.  When  I  found 
all  was  safe,  I  also  undressed  and  retired,  but  found  I  could 
not  sleep.  As  I  lay  thinking  I  heard  the  clock  strike  twelve, 
and  I  also  noticed  that  the  storm  had  abated.  Suddenly  I 
heard  another  sound  which  made  me  sit  up  in  bed  and  hold 
my  breath  to  listen.  I  heard  it  again  more  plainly ;  I  was 
not  mistaken.  It  was  a  human  voice,  a  man's  voice  speaking 
in  low  tones  under  my  bedroom  window,  and  if  he  was  speak- 
ing it  was  to  a  companion.  There  was  more  than  one,  and 
they  were  not  there  for  any  good  purpose  that  dark  and 
stormy  night.  My  heart  almost  stopped  beating  with  fright 
and  dread.  What  did  they  want?  and  what  could  I  do?  I 
arose  and  dressed  hastily,  not  forgetting  to  put  on  my  bag  of 
valuables  and  my  hoop  skirt. 

"While  I  was  thus  engaged  the  doorbell  rang,  and  before 
I  could  finish  dressing  it  rang  again  more  impatiently.  Hasten- 
ing down  the  hall,  I  asked  through  the  closed  door:  'Who  is 
there?  What  do  you  want?'  'Open  the  door!'  came  the  harsh 
answer.  T  refuse  to  do  so,'  I  said  with  some  spirit,  'unless 
you  tell  me  for  what  purpose  you  ask  admittance.'  'If  you 
don't  open  it  at  once,  we  will  break  it  down,'  was  the  com- 
forting answer  I  got.  'Won't  you  please  wait  till  I  am 
dressed  ?'  I  pleaded.  'You  won't  force  me  to  open  the  door 
till  I  am  properly  dressed:  Without  waiting  for  the  grudging 
assent,  I  ran  upstairs,  threw  up  the  window  of  the  bedroom 
which  faced  the  barn,  and  called,  'Pickets !  Pickets !'  as  loud 
as  I  could,  though  I  was  so  excited  that  my  voice  did  not 
seem  to  carry  very  far.  At  my  first  call  I  heard  the  tramp  of 
many  feet  rushing  together  below  me,  and,  looking  down,  I 
saw  a  crowd  of  soldiers — sixty,  at  least — looking  up  with 
their  bayonets  pointing  toward  me,  while  at  least  three  were 
guarding  every  window  and  five  every  door  on  that  side  of 
the  house.  'What  are  you  calling  the  pickets  for?'  some  one 
asked.  'To  help  me,'  I  answered.  'They  told  me  to  call  them 
if  I  was  ever  disturbed.  You  do  not  give  me  any  reason  for 
wishing  to  enter  my  house  at  this  hour,  and  I  can  only  sup- 
pose you  mean  no  good  to  me.  The  pickets  are  my  only  help, 
and  so  I  call  them !'  'We  want  to  search  your  house.  We 
have  been  told  that  your  husband  is  here,'  said  the  one  who 
appeared  to  be  in  command,  'and  I  promise  that  we  will  re- 
spect you.'  'In  that  case  I  will  open  the  door,'  I  answered, 
making  a  virtue  of  necessity,  for  I  put  small  faith  in  his  prom- 
ise. 'He  is  not  here,  but  you  can  search.'  So  I  went  down- 
stairs and  let  them  in. 

"The  first  person  to  enter  was  a  captain,  and  I  was  glad 
to  see  that  the  search  party  was  in  charge  of  a  regular  of- 
ficer, for  I  had  feared  that  it  was  an  unorganized  band  of 
robbers  such  as  were  only  too  common.  Following  him  came 
a  file  of  soldiers,  their  muddy  boots  and  dripping  garments 
making  a  sad  mess  of  my  nice  floor.  T  have  orders  to  search 
the  house,'  said  the  captain  briefly ;  'and  if  you  will  give  me 
the  light,  I  will  proceed  with  my  duty.'     'I  will  carry  the  light 


myself  and  show  you  the  way,'  I  responded.  T  want  a  house 
to  live  in  after  your  search  is  over.'  'You  may  possibly  be 
disappointed  in  your  hope,'  he  said  with  a  touch  of  sarcasm ; 
'but  we  will  see  what  we  can  find  first.' 

"I  led  them  from  room  to  room,  and  they  examined 
carefully  every  press  and  closet  in  which  a  man  could  be 
concealed  and  some  which  were  obviously  too  small  for  that 
purpose,  often  dropping  into  their  pockets  any  little  thing 
which  took  their  fancy,  with  seldom  a  reprimand  from  the 
officer.  By  the  time  we  came  to  the  living  room  the  captain 
was  beginning  to  feel  angry  and  baffled,  and  the  party  came  to 
a  halt  before  the  pleasant  warmth  of  the  fire,  which  was  now 
a  glowing  mass  of  embers.  I  still  carried  the  light,  and  took 
care  to  stand  before  the  panel  of  the  secret  hiding  place  in 
the  room.  They  rummaged  in  the  closet  at  my  side  and 
glanced  around,  but  found  nothing.  'Madam,  we  have  trust- 
worthy information  that  your  husband  has  come  inside  our 
lines,'  said  the  captain.  'Our  informant  was  a  negro.  The 
d —  guerrilla  must  be  hiding  in  this  house,  and  our  orders  are 
to  find  him,  even  if  we  have  to  burn  the  old  fox  out  of  his 
hole !  You  have  been  reported  to  the  general  as  a  dangerous 
Rebel  spy;  so  you  would  only  be  meeting  your  just  reward  if 
we  burned  your  house  and  turned  you  out  in  the  storm.  You 
can  save  yourself  by  confessing  that  your  husband  is  here.' 
As  he  spoke  he  stepped  directly  in  front  of  me  and  looked 
me  straight  in  the  eyes.  'Can  you  give  me  your  word  of  honor 
that  Captain  Royce  is  not  here?'  I  met  his  look  with  one 
as  steady  and  direct  as  his  own.  T  give  you  my  word  of 
honor  that  my  husband  is  not  here  and  that  I  have  not  seen 
him  for  more  than  a  month ;  but  as  I  am  not  a  "negro,"  my 
word  will  perhaps  not  have  much  weight  with  you.' 

"I  saw  that  the  evident  truthfulness  of  my  answer  impressed 
him.  He  motioned  me  to  proceed  with  the  light;  and  as  I 
complied,  the  rays  of  the  lamp  fell  for  the  first  time  in  the 
recess  on  the  other  side  of  the  chimney.  Here  my  two  girls 
had  been  playing,  and  before  they  went  to  bed  had  put  their 
large  china  dolls  to  sleep  each  in  its  bed  and  tucked  them 
in  for  the  night.  They  lay  there  now  with  their  stiff  kid 
arms  outside  the  cover  and  their  unwinking  blue  china  eyes 
staring  straight  up  at  the  captain.  He  paused  for  a  moment 
by  the  side  of  the  little  beds,  and  stood  looking  thoughtfully 
at  this  evidence  of  the  blessed  presence  of  children  in  the 
home,  then  followed  me  in  silence  to  the  next  room,  which 
was  my  bedroom.  He  looked  around  and  went  over  to  the 
bed  where  my  little  girls  were.  They  lay  with  their  curly 
heads  on  their  pillows,  looking  up  at  him  with  wide-open,  in- 
nocent eyes,  and  he  stood  silently  by  their  side  for  some  mo- 
ments. His  face  lost  its  eager,  alert  expression,  a  look  of 
deep  sadness  »x>ok  its  place,  and  I  knew  his  thoughts  had 
traveled  far  away  to  the  cold,  bleak  North  and  the  dear 
home  nest  in  which  his  treasures  lay.  Doubtless  his  were 
sweetly  sleeping  undisturbed  by  the  alarms  of  war,  but  mine 
lay  here  frightened  and  disturbed  by  him  and  his  rough  sol- 
diers. He  evidently  had  a  father's  heart,  which  responded  to 
the  appeal  of  their  helpless  innocence;  and  after  this  his  search 
became  perfunctory,  as  though  he  was  ashamed  of  his  errand 
and  wished  it  ended. 

"When  we  entered  the  next  room,  I  happened  in  passing  a 
mirror  to  glance  at  my  face,  and  was  astonished  to  see  how 
white  it  had  become.  All  my  usually  fine  color  was  gone, 
and  it  was  an  unfamiliar  face,  like  the  face  of  the  dead,  which 
mocked  at  me  from  the  depths  of  the  looking-glass,  although 
by  this  time  all  fear  had  left  me.     We  now  ascended  to  the 


Qor)federat<?  l/eterai}. 


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next  floor  and  entered  my  husband's  library  at  the  top  of  the 
stairs.  As  soon  as  the  captain  saw  the  books  he  went  to 
them  and,  jerking  out  some,  ran  his  arm  behind  those  that 
were  left.  At  that  I  laughed.  'It  was  there,  but  it  is  gone 
now,'  I  said,  for  I  knew  he  was  looking  for  a  pistol. 

"One  room  T  had  reserved  till  the  last  for  my  revenge  and 
their  humiliation  ;  and  when  we  advanced  toward  it,  I  turned 
to  the  captain  and  said,  'You  have  me  at  your  mercy,  and  I 
will  now  confess  that  the  only  prisoners  you  will  make  to- 
night are  in  this  room.  I  entreat  you  to  spare  them  for  the 
sake  of  my  little  children,'  and  T  pressed  my  handkerchief 
to  my  eyes.  'I  shall  do  my  duty,'  he  answered  harshly,  draw- 
ing his  pistol  and  motioning  the  soldiers  to  close  up.  1  ad- 
vanced to  the  door  and  flung  it  open,  holding  the  light  high 
that  all  might  see.  The  captain  rushed  in.  with  the  soldiers 
crowding  after  him  and  peeping  over  each  other's  shoulders 
to  see  the  Rebels  brought  to  bay  What  they  saw  was  only 
a  tiny  snow-white  bantam  hen  and  rooster  sitting  side  by  side 
on  an  improvised  roost.  They  were  the  clearly  loved  pets  of 
the  children,  and  I  kept  them  in  this  play  room  as  the  only 
iraj  I"  save  them  from  the  soldiers,  who  loved  poultry  maybe 
better  than  they  did  their  country. 

"When  the  captain  saw  how  I  had  tricked  him,  he  whi 
short  about,  angry  and  ashamed,  and  ordered  the  soldiers 
to  go  downstairs,  following  close  behind  them  in  as  dignified 
a  manner  as  he  could  command.  But  alas  for  his  dignity! 
the  rooster  was  very  tame,  but  the  hen  was  not;  and  now,  dis- 
turbed by  the  noise  and  light,  she  flew  wildly  about,  cackling 
loudly,  and  at  last,  making  a  swoop  toward  the  light.  lit  on 
his  shoulder.  He  was  startled  at  being  taken  so  unexpectedly 
in  the  rear,  and  Struck  savagely  at  her,  making  her  again  take 
(ring,  and  in  so  doing  she  brought  his  cap  to  the  floor.  The 
rooster  also  became  alarmed  by  the  loud  outcries  of  the  hen, 
and  added  his  note  to  the  general  confusion.  The  captain 
stooped  with  a  muttered  oath  to  pick  up  his  cap  which  had 
rolled  out  on  the  hall  floor,  and  I  thought  it  prudent  to  close 
the  door  as  soon  as  possible,  leaving  the  bantams  to  settle 
their  troubles  in  the  dark  the  best  way  they  could.  As  I  fol- 
lowed the  captain  down  the  stairs  I  made  a  slight  apology 
for  their  bad  behavior,  to  which  he  returned  no  answer 
Winn  he  reached  the  door,  he  marshaled  out  his  men,  also 
those  who  had  been  left  to  watch  the  downstairs  rooms,  and, 
turning  to  me,  thanked  me  for  opening  the  house  and  apolo- 
gized for  the  inconvenience  he  had  caused  me.  'When  you 
again  have  a  lady's  house  to  search,  please  let  it  I"1  in  the 
daytime.'  1  replied,  then  closed  and  locked  the  door,  made  a 
round  of  the  house  to  see  that  no  doors  or  windows  had  been 
left  open,  and  returned  to  comfort  the  frightened  children  and 
get  what  rest  I  could  for  the  troubles  of  the  coming  day  " 


/    li  QUIPMENTS  IX  '6i. 

r.Y  a.  F.  R01  i  i  R,  WEYERS  cave,  VA, 
known,  at  the  beginning  of  the  War  between  the  £ 
the  South   was  almost  without  war  material.     The  28th  Vir- 
ginia, being  made  up   from   the  counties   of   Roanoke,   Craig, 
Botetourt,    and     1  rendezvoused    at    Lynchburg,    Va., 

for  the  purpose  of  equipment.  On  receiving  our  flu 
muskets  (having  been  altered  to  percussion  lock)  we  were 
without  ammunition  or  cartridge  boxes,  but  were  equipped 
with  Bowie  knives  about  a  foot  long  made  at  convenient 
blacksmith  shops.  They  were  of  as  many  types  as  there  were 
types  of  men  in  the  command  Thus  equipped,  we  boarded  the 
cars  and  started  for  the  front.     On  our  way  we  were  halted 


at  Orange  C.  H.  and  formed  in  line  to  receive  news  and  or- 
ders. Our  major,  R.  C.  Allen,  said :  "It  is  reported  that  the 
Yankees  are  already  at  Manassas  Junction.  In  all  probability 
we  will  have  lighting  to  do  as  soon  as  we  arrive  there.  The 
eyes  of  your  country  are  upon  you,  and  we  expect  you  to  do 
your  whole  duty  and  quit  yourselves  like  men.  True,  you  have 
no  ammunition ;  but  you  have  bayonets  on  your  guns  and 
Bowie   knivi  They  will   strike  terror  to   the   hearts   of  the 

Yankees.  We  will  give  them  the  cold  steel.  Right  face, 
file  right,  march  I" 

We  again  boarded  the  cars  and  cautiously  proceeded.  As 
there  were  no  Yankees  at  Mana  sas,  we  were  agreeably  sur- 
prised. We  went  into  camp  undei  West  Point  tactics,  soon 
a  thing  of  tin  past.  In  about  ten  days  our  ammunition  came — 
nine  rounds  to  the  man.  It  was  distributed  at  dress  parade, 
after  which  Colonel  Preston  made  a  speech  somewhat  as 
follows:  "My  men,  keep  your  powder  dry.  Nine  rounds  will 
light  a  great  battle  If  you  take  good  aim  and  keep  cool, 
victory  will  perch  on  our  banner.  Right  face,  file  right  by 
companies,  to  your  quarters,  inarch!" 

For  cartridge  boxes  cotton   bags   with   a   strap   to  go  over 
the  shoulder   were   supplied.     Keeping  the  powder  dry  under 
such   circumstances   was  a  careful   task,   but   with   tents   when 
not  on  the  march  it  could  be  done.     Thus  equipped,  w 
Hired  a  little  closi  enemy,  perhaps  eight  or  ten  miles. 

\\  e  extended  our  picket  lines  to  within  sight  of  Washington 
City,  but  we  hardly  tired  a  gun  until  the  middle  of  July.  Then 
the  enemy  became  aggressive,  and  we  found  ourselves  grad- 
ually receding.  We  went  to  Centerville,  where  we  had  forti- 
fied and  where  we  expected  to  fight.  But  we  passed  by  those 
breastworks  and  left  them  in  our  rear.  "What  is  the  mattei  i 
Why  did  not  Beauregard  fight  at  Centerville?"  That  inquiry 
was  on  the  lips  of  the  rank  and  file  generally.  At  Bull  Run 
1  Manassas)  we  formed  line  of  battle  and  awaited  the  approach 
of  the  enemy.  Cartridge  boxes  containing  thirty  rounds  were 
supplied  us.  also  cant  1 


"JEFFERSO.X  DAVIS"  ON  CABIN  IOHN  BRIDt 

In  the  L'.  C.  V.  Convention  assembled  in  Richmond,  Va., 
June  t.  1907.  a  resolution  was  adopted  to  have  the  "Jefferson 
Davis"  restored  to  Cabin  John  Bridge,  Washington,  I).  C. 

The    President    was   authorized   to  appoint  a  committee   to 
1  lie   matter   to   the   attention   of   the   United   States   au- 
thorities.     This  The   committee    is    composed    oi 
heads  of  Confederate  associations. 

In  July,  1907,  the  President  placed  the  matter  in  the  hands 
of  lion.  Adolph  Meyer,  Congressman  from  Louisiana,  who  re- 
ported by  letter  that  he  had  had  several  conferences  with  lion. 
W.   II.  Taft,  Secretary  of  War.  and  was  confident  of  sin 

At  the  same  time  Gen.  Stephen  P.  Lee,  Commander  in 
Chief  I'.  C.  Y..  indorsed  the  movement  bj  giving  il  Ins  support. 

In   March,    [908,   by   the   death  of   lion      Vdolph    Meyer,  the 
President     referred    the    matter    to    Hon      Murphy     1.     I 
I  united  St  tor  from  Louisiana. 

In  May,   [1  I   of  General   Lie.  Ins  successor, 

Gen.  Clement   A.   Evans,  took  up  the  matter  with  enthu 
and  wrote  Mis.  Iuh.ui.  President  of  the  C.  S.  M.    \.  as  fol- 
lows:  "1    cannot   imagine   that    any   patriot   in   the   Union    will 
be  offended  when  it  is  done." 

Letters  have  been  written  by  members  of  the  committee  and 
the  President  to  the  Hon.  Secretary  of  War,  Gen.  Luke  E. 
Wright,  to  I!'-  Excellency,   I  lit  Roosevelt,  and  to  promi- 

nent citizens   in   the   North   and   South.     Several   newspapers 


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^opfederat^  tfeterai). 


North  and  South  have  published  strong  articles  in  favor  of 
restoring  the  name,  and  thus  obliterating  the  outrageous 
blunder  of  one  man  (Hon.  Caleb  B.  Smith),  who,  blinded 
by  passion  and  prejudice,  ordered  the  name  cut  off,  and  to-day 
his  unauthorized  act  stands  as  a  reproach  against  this  great 
American  people. 

The  Confederated  Southern  Memorial  Association  does  not 
wish  to  stir  up  strife  nor  to  take  it  before  Congress.  We  pre- 
fer to  have  the  wrong  righted  in  a  quiet,  dignified  manner 
without  any  "hurrah."  Our  object  is  to  preserve  to  future 
generations  the  true  and  accurate  history  of  the  great  and 
imposing  structure  known  as  the  Union  Arch,  which  was  con- 
structed while  Jefferson  Davis  was  Secretary  of  War. 


BUTLERISM  REVIVED  IN  MASSACHUSETTS. 
(From  the   Springfield  Republican.) 

Gen.  B.  F.  Butler,  of  Massachusetts,  occupying  New  Or- 
leans and  governing  it  under  martial  law  in  1862,  forcibly 
dispossessed  the  Citizens'  Bank  of  Louisiana  of  $215,820  and 
sent  it  to  the  United  States  treasury  as  spoil  of  war.  It  was 
very  like  Butler ;  but  the  money,  which  was  in  gold,  silver, 
and  United  States  notes,  was  really  the  private  property  of 
the  bank's  depositors.  In  effect,  the  government  confiscated 
private  property  without  compensation,  with  no  motive  save 
pillage,  and  that  is  contrary  to  the  rules  of  modern  war. 
Since  the  Forty-Seventh  Congress  Congressional  committees 
have  favorably  reported  bills  providing  that  the  money  should 
be  paid  back  to  the  original  claimants  or  their  heirs  through 
the  Citizens'  Bank  of  Louisiana,  but  not  until  last  week  did 
the  bill  pass  both  House  and  Senate.  The  President's  signa- 
ture is  taken  for  granted.  It  has  taken  over  forty  years  to 
provide  for  the  restoration  of  the  property;  and  the  con- 
clusion of  the  episode,  which  began  forty-six  years  ago,  serves 
to  illustrate  how  strange  General  Butler  was. 

C.  R.  Grant,  of  Akron,  Ohio,  replies  December  28,  1908: 

"Referring  to  an  editorial  article  in  your  issue  of  the  22d 
inst.,  I  wish  you  would  again  read  the  finding  and  order  of 
General  Butler,  sent  to  the  Citizens'  Bank  under  date  of  June 
13,  1862,  and  see  whether  you  then  think  your  statement  that 
'it  was  very  like  Butler'  and  the  inference  you  want  your 
readers  to  draw  from  it  are  quite  just.  You  can  find  this  in 
Volume  XIV.,  Series  I.,  of  the  'Records  of  the  Rebellion,' 
page  475.  *  *  *  The  money  was  sent  to  the  Treasury  De- 
partment, then  presided  over  by  Mr.  Chase,  and  by  the  time 
it  reached  Washington  Abraham  Lincoln  had  in  a  special 
message  to  Congress  approved  a  law  by  which  the  fund  would 
have  been  the  subject  of  confiscation  as  the  property  of  Rebels 
even  if  it  had  not  been  Confederate  money. 

"Do  you  think  under  these  circumstances  that  in  taking 
this  now  tainted  money  Secretary  Chase  and  Mr.  Lincoln 
and  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  should  be  made  to 
share  in  your  judgment  of  'pillage,'  and  that  the  transaction 
was  'very  like'  the  whole  Northern  people  as  well? 

"Besides,  as  to  a  part  of  the  fund,  it  appears  from  the  or- 
der that  it  had  itself  been  sequestered  from  a  Kentucky  bank 
as  the  property  of  Northern  alien  enemies  in  pursuance  of  a 
policy  adopted  by  the  Rebels  before  Mr.  Lincoln  had  called 
for  a  musket  to  be  used  against  them. 

"It  is  easy  to  abuse  a  dead  man,  and  General  Butler  has 
been  the  peculiar  subject  of  detraction  in  his  own  State  by 
the  men  or  their  immediate  descendants  who  were  once  glad 
to  have  his  services  in  a  cause  where  they  were  thus  relieved 
from    shouldering    arms    themselves    since    that    service    was 


ended.  I  was  on  duty  near  his  headquarters  during  all  the 
time  he  was  in  Louisiana,  and  the  safe  memory  of  boyhood 
has  kept  his  administration  there  pretty  clear  in  my  mind. 

"The  same  generation  which  has  made  Abraham  Lincoln 
the  saint  that  in  many  respects  he  certainly  never  was  has 
made  Butler  a  fiend  devoid  of  any  good  quality,  and  this 
is  peculiarly  true  of  his  own  State,  into  the  Brahmanism  of 
which  he  was  an  unwelcome  intruder.  This  denial  of  any 
merit  is  in  consonance  with  the  tone  of  the  press  of  to-day, 
which  in  regard  to  the  Civil  War  is  distinctly  apologetic  as 
to  the  part  taken  by  Mr.  Lincoln  in  it. 

"When  Judah  P.  Benjamin  made  his  last  public  firing  of 
the  Southern  heart,  he  showed  the  bitterness  of  the  dregs  his 
people  would  have  to  drink  in  the  event  of  their  subjuga- 
tion by  saying  that  in  that  case  the  Yankees  would  write  the 
history  of  the  war.  Time  has  shown  that  here  Mr.  Benja- 
min's usual  clear-headedness  had  deserted  him,  and  goes  to- 
ward proving  that  the  Southern  conception  of  Northern  char- 
acter— that  of  the  shopkeeper  and  trafficker — was  just;  the 
danger  now  seems  to  be  that  it  is  spreading  beyond  the  Yan- 
kee limits.  This  deprecatory  spirit  is  plainly  not  discernible 
in  the  South  as  to  its  part  in  the  great  conflict 

"One  great  Massachusetts  historian  has  taken  considerable 
space  in  a  preface  of  his  in  trying  to  show  that  he  has  used 
the  word  'Rebel'  as  a  compliment  which  has  not  been  re- 
ceived in  the  same  kindly  spirit.  I  use  the  word  because  it 
is  shorter  if  uglier  than  its  substitute  euphemism  and,  as  I 
think,  more  accurate." 

There  is  much  in  defense  of  Butler  omitted  from  the  above 
extracts.  The  Republican  states  in  reply  to  Mr.  Grant :  "Our 
correspondent  should  now  read  House  Report  No.  620,  Sixtieth 
Congress,  first  session,  on  the  'Case  of  the  Citizens'  Bank  of 
Louisiana,  the  seizure  of  whose  funds  by  General  Butler  the 
Republican  described  as  'very  like  Butler.'  We  did  not  charge 
him  with  corruption  in  that  case;  but  his  performance  cer- 
tainly justified  the  word  'singular,'  which  was  used  to  char- 
acterize it.  Not  only  did  various  Congressional  committees 
report  that  General  Butler  acted  without  warrant  or  right, 
but  Justice  Moody,  of  the  United  States  Supreme  Court, 
when  he  was  Attorney-General  of  the  United  States,  reported 
to  the  President :  'In  my  opinion  *  *  *  the  act  of  Gen- 
eral Butler  *  *  *  was  entirely  unwarranted  and  unau- 
thorized.' The  fact  that  Congress  has  now  voted  to  return 
the  money  in  itself  settles  the  legal  and  ethical  aspects  of  the 
case.  As  for  General  Butler's  general  record,  which  our  cor- 
respondent opens  up,  it  is  too  painful  a  subject  to  explore 
in  a  critical  or  controversial  spirit.  The  General  performed 
some  valuable  services  in  the  Civil  War,  for  which  he  will 
always  receive  credit ;  but  the  dark  side  of  his  record  must 
convince  any  one,  it  would  seem,  that  his  character  was 
strange  and  abnormal." 


Alexander  Webster  Robinson  enlisted  in  1861  in  Lexing- 
ton, Ga.,  with  the  first  volunteers.  He  was  taken  prisoner  at 
Gettysburg,  returned  home  after  the  war,  and  clerked  in  a 
store  for  George  Piatt.  His  friends  knew  him  as  "Web." 
His  widow,  Emma  Robinson,  of  Clifton  Station,  Fairfax 
County,  Va.,  would  like  to  hear  from  any  of  his  comrades, 
as  she  wishes  to  apply  for  a  pension. 


Mother  (in  a  very  low  voice)  :  "Tommy,  your  grandfather 
is  very  sick.  Can't  you  say  something  nice  to  cheer  him  up 
a  bit?"  Tommy  (in  an  earnest  voice)  :  "Grandfather,  wouldn't 
you  like  to  have  soldiers  at  your  funeral?" — Lippincotfs. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai}, 


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COURAGE  OF  A  VIRGINIA  COLOR  BEARER. 

T.\  LIEUT.   G.    W.    1  AI1KION,   C0LUMI5US,  OHIO. 

During  the  spring  of  1862  our  regiment,  the  62d  Ohio, 
formed  a  part  of  General  Shield's  Division,  and  on  March  23 
\vc  participated  in  the  battle  of  Kernstown,  Va.  In  the  after- 
noon we  were  subjected  to  a  lively  fire  from  behind  a  stone 
fence  in  our  front  We  struck  the  wall  obliquely,  my  company. 
which  was  on  the  extreme  right  of  the  regiment,  being  not 
more  than  thirty  yards  away,  while  most  of  the  regiment  was 
protected  by  limestone  ridges.  My  company  was  exposed  I" 
the  Confederate  fire  from  the  feel  up.  W'e  lost  about  twenty- 
five  per  cent  in  killed  and  wounded. 

We  had  been  fighting  about  half  an  hour  when  the  color 
sergeant  of  the  Confederate  regiment  which  I  have  been  told 
was  the  5th  Virginia  jumped  over  the  stone  wall  with  his  flag 
and  dared  us  to  come  on,  giving  us  a  closer  view  of  the  stars 
and  bars  than  we  had  yet  had.  So  astonishing  was  this  ex- 
hibition of  nerve  that  my  men  ceased  firing  and  sang  out, 
"Don't  shoot  that  man ;  he  is  too  brave  to  die,"  and  not  a 
shot  was  fired  at  him  for  several  minutes.  When  we  thought 
this  had  gone  far  enough,  we  ordered  him  back.  He  saluted 
us  and  jumped  over  to  his  side  of  the  stone  wall,  and  wo 
immediately  resumed  firing. 

1  doubt  that  this  could  have  taken  place  later  on  in  the  war, 
hut  this  was  our  first  battle.  Neither  the  picture  of  the  proud 
young  Virginian  nor  the  chivalrous  spirit  of  my  "Buckeye 
Boys"  will  ever  he  effaced  from  my  memory.  I  have  often 
desired  to  meet  him. 

The  time  is  ripe  wdien  we  call  glory  in  American  manhood 
and  chivalry  without  regard  to  sectional  lines,  and  I  hope 
that  the  patriotic  spirit  which  prompted  our  youngsters  to 
rally  under  "Old  Glory,"  showing  to  the  world  that  we  have 
a  united  country,  may  grow  Stronger  and  stronger  and  that 
we  may  continue  a  free  and  independent  nation  to  the  end  of 
time. 

Another  Quite   Similar  Occurrence. 

Account  by  Elder  S    E.  Lookingbill,  Metropolis,  111.: 

"About  November  25,  1863,  my  command  broke  camp  near 
Brandy  Station,  Va.,  crossed  over  the  Rappahannock  River 
at  Raccoon  Ford,  marched  about  eighteen  miles,  skirmishing 
occasionally  with  cavalry  and  infantry,  until  we  arrived  on 
the  26th  at  Mine  Run.  where  we  met  Confederate  soldiers 
too  numerous  to  mention.  We  went  in  on  the  right  flank  of 
the  road  about  a  mile  and  deployed  as  skirmishers.  The  next 
morning  at  daybreak  we  moved  to  the  left  about  a  quarter  of 
a  mile  in  the  woods  on  a  rise  of  ground  with  a  cornfield  right 
in  front.  The  corn  was  standing  in  shocks  about  a  hundred 
part. 

"Our  command  advanced  to  a  rail  fence  by  a  cornfield, 
where  we  laid  down.  About  a  quarter  of  a  mile  from  us 
were  corn  shocks  behind  which  were  Confederate  soldiers, 
and  just  back  of  the  cornfield  there  was  a  battery  that  did 
us  a  good  deal  of  harm.  After  fighting  in  this  way  perhaps 
half  ,111  hour,  suddenly  a  man  carrying  a  Confederate  flag 
walked  out  in  the  open,  waved  the  flag  at  us  about  seventy- 
five  feet  away,  shook  it  at  us.  and  then  stuck  it  in  the  gi 
Our  captain  -snicl,  'Don't  shoot  that  man;  he  is  too  bravi  to 
be  shot,'  and  we  ceased  firing  until  the  man  walked  back  to 
;n  shock  whence  he  had  come.  I  lute  was  nothing  be- 
tween us  and  the  soldiei  who  planted  the  flag  in  the  corn- 
field. It  was  about  three  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  of  Novem 
ber  27  or  28.  This  was  the  bravest  act  that  came  under  my 
notice  during  the  war." 


ARMIES  OF  XORTH  A.\'D  SOUTH. 

C.   G.    IFF,   IX    THE   I!AI.TIMORE    SUN. 

Mr.  Cassenove  G.  Lee,  of  Washington,  a  recognized  au- 
thority on  Civil  War  statistics,  has  prepared  an  interesting 
table  showing  the  enormous  numerical  superiority  of  the 
Northern  army  over  that  of  the  South  during  the  Civil  War. 
Mr  Lee's  figures  show  that  the  total  enlistments  in  the 
Northern  army  were  2,778.304,  as  against  600,000  in  the  Con- 
ite  army.  The  foreigners  and  negroes  in  the  Northern 
army  aggregated  680,917,  or  80,917  more  than  the  total 
strength  of  the  Confederate  army.  There  were  316.424  men 
of  Southern  birth  in  the  Northern  army.  Mr.  Lee's  figures 
are  as  follows  : 

Northern  Army. 

Whites   from   the    North 2,272,333 

Whites   from   the   South 310.  |_>  ( 

Negroes   186,017 

Indians    3.530 

Total     2,778,304 

Southern    army 600,000 

North's   numerical    superiority 2. i~ 

In  the  Northern  army  then    wen 

Germans    176.800 

Irish    144.200 

Bl  in  sh    Americans 53.500 

English     45.500 

Other  nationalities 74,900 

Negroes   186,017 

Total    680.917 

Total  of  Southern  soldiers 600,000 

Southern  men  in   Northern  army 316,424 

Foreigners    4114.000 

Negroes  186,017 

Total    998.613 

Armies  at  the  War's  End. 

Aggregate  Federal  army  May   1,   1865 1,000.516 

Aggregate  Confederate  army   Maj    1.  1865 133.433 

Number  in  battle : 

ConfecU  rates,  Federals. 

Seven   Days'   Fight 80,835  115.249 

Antietam    35,255  87,164 

Chancellorsville    57,212  131,661 

Fredericksburg    78,110  110,000 

Gettysburg  62,000  95.000 

I  ii  ckamauga    44,000  65,000 

Wilderness    63,987  141,160 

Federal  prisoners  in  Confederate  prisons 270,000 

Confederate   prisoners   in   Federal   prisons 220.000 

d  in  Federal  prisons 

lis  died  in  Confederate  prisons 22.570 


C.  D.  Eastland.  Louisville,  Miss,:  "If  the  Federal  soldier 
who  captured  the  Rag  of  the  13th  Mississippi  Regiment  Vpril 
o.  [865,  in  tin  battle  of  Harper's  Farm  or  Sailor's  Creek  will 
write  to  me.  1  shall  be  glad  to  tell  him  who  shot  him  through 
the  right  shoulder  as  he  ran  off  with  the  flag" 


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officer  of  the  Church,   he   was   faithful, 
and  helped  the  poor — a  good  man. 


He  visited   the   sick 


Where  God's  orders  are  obeyed, 
Now  the  last  sad  taps  are  sounded, 

Now  the  Rebel  shout  is  stayed ; 
Heaven's  the  happy  camp  unbounded 
Where  the  Prince  of  Peace  benignly 
Lulls  to  rest  the  soul   divinely. 


Members  J.  Z.  George  Camp. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  Camp  J.  Z.  George,  U.  C.  V., 
near  Carthage,  Miss.,  in  August,  1908,  the  following  members 
were  reported  to  have  "crossed  over"  within  the  year : 

Eld.  J.  B.  Langston,  Co.  B,  40th  Miss.  Regt,  age  74  years. 

W.  E.  Wilbanks,  Co.  E,  27th  Miss.  Regt.,  age  68  years. 

J.  L.  Jordan,  Co.  E,  27th  Miss.  Regt.,  age  67  years. 

Joe  F.  Williams,  Co.  K,  5th  Miss.  Regt.,  age  63  years. 

Henry  Collier,  Co.  H,  40th  Miss.  Regt.,  age  82  years. 

Marion  Wootan,  Co.  F,  33d  Miss.  Regt.,  age  68  years. 

Capt.  Benjamin  C.  Rawlincs. 

The  congregation  of  Mt.  Carmel  Church,  Augusta  County, 
Va.,  was  greatly  shocked  and  distressed  just  at  the  beginning 
of  services  Sunday  morning,  the  18th  of  October,  by  the  sud- 
den death  in  his  pew  of  Capt.  Ben  Rawlings. 

He  was  born  on  the  9th  of  January,  1845,  and  reared  in 
Spottsylvania  County,  Va.  He  went  to  Rockbridge  County 
as  a  contractor  on  the  Valley  Railroad  in  1872.  In  May,  1876, 
he  married  Miss  Florence  W.  Gibbs,  the  eldest  daughter  of 
the  late  James  E.  A.  Gibbs,  of  Raphine.  Va.,  and  became  a 
citizen  of  that  community. 

Captain  Rawlings  was  distinguished  as  a  Confederate  sol- 
dier in  many  ways.  Without  his  father's  knowledge  he  left 
home  December  24,  i860,  for  Charleston,  S.  C,  and  there  en- 
listed the  first  week  in  January,  1861,  in  the  1st  Regiment  of 
South  Carolina  Volunteers,  Col.  Maxey  Gregg  commanding. 
From  Morris's  Island  he  saw  the  flash  of  the  signal  gun  for 
opening  the  fire  upon  Fort  Sumter,  and  he  saw  the  white  flag 
go  up  when  that  famous  fort  surrendered.  When  his  regiment 
went  to  Richmond,  in  April,  1861,  he  was  transferred,  at  his 
own  request,  to  Company  D,  30th  Virginia  Infantry,  to  serve 
his  native  State.  In  his  eighteenth  year  he  was  lieutenant 
commanding  his  company,  and  was  soon  promoted  to  the  cap- 
taincy on  the  field  at  the  siege  of  Suffolk  for  gallant  conduct 
After  a  stay  of  eleven  months  in  prison,  he  joined  his  com- 
pany again  in  the  trenches  near  Petersburg,  and  was  on  the 
retreat  to  Appomattox,  surrendering  on  the  9th  of  April,  1865. 
He  was  the  first  Virginian  to  volunteer  in  the  service  of  the 
Confederate  States. 

As  a  citizen,  he  took  a  deep  interest  in  all  public  matters. 
He  was  a  genial,  high-toned  gentleman,  and  was  highly  es- 
teemed in  his  community. 

Captain  Rawlings  joined  the  Baptist  Church,  that  of  his 
ancestors,  in  early  life,  but  became  a  member  of  Mt.  Carmel 
Presbyterian  Church  afterwards,  and  was  elected  deacon  in 
1890.     As  a   Christian,  he  was  consistent;   as   a   member  and 


"Brave  soldier  heart!     Thy  work  is  done, 
Thy  glorious  crown  is  this : 
Thy  Master  calls  thee  home  to  realms 
Of  everlasting  bliss. 

Brave  soldier  heart!     The  fight  is  o'er; 

Life's  din  and  noise  of  strife 
Are  all  forgot  since  thou  art  come 

To  everlasting  life  !" 

John  Ford. 

At  Plantersville,  S.  C,  John  Ford  died  on  March  6,  1908. 
lie  served  as  first  sergeant  of  Company  A  (Capt.  J.  H.  Reed), 
21st  South  Carolina  Regiment  (Col.  R.  F.  Graham),  Hay- 
good's  Brigade,  A.  N.  V. 

Born  January  8,  1846,  John  Ford  was  only  fifteen  years  old 
when  the  great  struggle  for  constitutional  government  began ; 
but  that  did  not  deter  him  from  placing  his  young  life  at  the 
disposal  of  South  Carolina.     His  first  service  was  on  James 


JOHN    FORD. 

and  Morris  Islands,  near  Charleston,  and  in  the  sanguinary 
siege  of  Battery  Wagner.  His  command  was  then  transferred 
to  Virginia,  where  he  saw  much  service.  He  was  wounded 
several  times,  and  very  seriously  on  August  24,  1864,  by  a 
grapeshot,  which  shattered  his  right  leg,  necessitating  amputa- 
tion. In  after  years  it  was  twice  amputated  to  prolong  his 
life,  which  suffering  he  bore  with  Christian  fortitude. 

He  was  married  in  1878  to  Miss  Lizzie  Lucas,  daughter  of 
Simon  Lucas,  of  Florence,  S.  C.  He  was  a  rice  planter,  magis- 
trate, and  postmaster  in  turn. 


(^otyfederat^  l/eterai). 


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Maj.  S.  J.  C.  Moore. 

On  December  ig,  1908,  at  his  home,  in  Berryville,  Va.,  sur- 
rounded by  his  family,  whose  constant  care  and  nursing  com- 
forted and  soothed  his  last  hours  as  far  as  it  was  in  human 
power  to  do  so,  all  that  was  mortal  of  Clarke  County's  most 
distinguished  soldier,  S.  J.  C.  Moore,  passed  from  earth,  and 
his  brave  spirit  returned  to  the  God  who  gave  it.  As  gentle  as 
a  child,  with  the  courage  of  a  hero  and  the  faith  of  a  Chris- 
tian, he  ran  his  course  from  youth  to  hoary  age  as  a  soldier, 
a  lawyer,  and  a  citizen,  and  the  end  found  him  at  the  ripe 
age  of  eighty-three,  unembittered  by  the  stress  of  life,  but 
weary  of  the  journey  and  waiting  for  his  reward. 

Maj.  S.  J.  C.  Moore  was  the  son  of  Mr.  Thomas  Moore, 
who  was  for  more  than  half  a  century  Clerk  of  the  County 
Court  of  Jefferson  County,  W.  Va.  He  was  born  in  Charles- 
town  on  June  26,  1826,  and  was  educated  at  the  Charlestown 


maj.   s.  J.   C.    MOORE. 

Academy.  He  adopted  law  as  his  profession,  moving  to 
Berryville  from  his  native  town  in  1857.  He  was  made  Judge 
of  the  County  Court  in  1894,  serving  with  preeminent  satis- 
faction to  both  the  bar  and  the  people  until  the  County  Court 
system  was  abolished,  in  1902. 

or  Moore  was  first  married  to  Miss  Ellen  G.  Scollay, 
of  Jefferson  County,  W.  Va.,  in  December,  1850,  and  by  this 
union  had  one  son,  Rev.  S.  Scollay  Moore,  D.D.,  a  clergyman 
of  the  Episcopal  Church  at  Parkersburg,  W.  Va  He  sub- 
illy  married  Miss  Ellen  Kownslar,  a  daughter  of  the 
late  Dr.  Randolph  Kownslar,  and  by  this  latter  marriag 
one  son,  Dr.  Lawson  B.  Moore,  of  Natural  Bridge,  Va.,  and 
five  daughters. 

When  Major  Moore  went  to  Berryville  as.  a  young  man,  he 
identified  himself  with  a  military  company  there,  and  later 
as  first  lieutenant  took  part  in  the  occupation  of  Harper's 
Ferry  directly  after  the  passage  of  the  ordinance  of  secession 
by  the  Virginia   Convention.     When  the  inevitable  conflict  of 


1861  came  upon  the  South  and  Virginia  called  upon  her  sons 
to  defend  her  soil,  he  decided  that  his  allegiance  was  first  due 
to  his  State. 

Subsequent  to  the  capture  of  Harper's  Ferry  his  company 
was  assigned  as  Company  I  to  the  brigade  of  Gen.  T.  J. 
Jackson,  and  was  in  the  first  battle  of  Manassas.  Having 
been  promoted  captain,  he  led  his  company  through  the  cam- 
paign of  1862  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley,  receiving  wounds  at 
Kernstown,  and  taking  part  in  the  battles  of  McDowell,  Win- 
chester, and  Port  Republic,  and  then  at  the  engagements  of 
Cedar  Mountain  and  Second  Manassas.  In  the  latter  battle 
(at  Groveton)  he  was  seriously  wounded,  and  upon  recovery 
was  appointed  assistant  adjutant  general  of  Jackson's  old 
division  In  this  capacity  he  participated  in  the  battles  of 
Fredericksburg,  Chancellorsville,  and  Mine  Run,  and  entered 
the  Wilderness  campaign  of  1864,  being  again  severely 
wounded  in  the  first  day's  fighting.  On  recovery  he  was  as- 
signed to  the  staff  of  Gen.  Jubal  A.  Early,  and  served  with 
him  in  the  battle  of  Winchester,  where  he  was  promoted  to 
be  adjutant  general  and  chief  of  staff.  While  on  General 
Early's  staff  he  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Fisher's  Hill,  Cedar 
Creek,  and  Waynesboro. 

Hi  was  the  first  Commander  of  the  J.  E.  B.  Stuart  Camp 
of  Confederate  Veterans  of  Berryville,  and  the  Sons  of  Vet- 
erans similarly  honored  him. 

He  was  a  leader  of  his  men.  Even  in  the  jaws  of  death 
he  was  at  their  head.  He  fared  as  his  men  fared  ;  if  their 
haversacks  were  empty,  his  was  too. 

As  Mayor  of  the  town  of  Berryville,  as  Judge  of  the  County 
Court,  he  served  his  neighborhood  efficiently  and  well,  and 
he  was  loyal  to  his  Church  and  devoted  to  his  family. 

A  committee  of  the  J.  E.  B.  Stuart  Camp  composed  of  T. 
D.  Gold,  J.  R.  Shipe,  John  W.  Grubbs,  and  A.  Moore,  Jr., 
submitted  appropriate  resolutions,  which  were  adopted,  ex- 
pressive of  his  worth. 

Capt.  B.  W.  Bell. 

Capt.  B.  W.  Bell,  so  widely  known  through  his  connection 
with  the  United  States  Secret  Service  Bureau,  died  suddenly  at 
his  home,  in  Seattle.  Wash,  on  November  15  of  hemorrhage  of 
the  brain.  He  was  born  in  Talladega  Springs,  Ala.,  in  1842, 
and  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  recruited  a  company  at 
Selma,  Ala.,  which  was  assigned  to  the  4th  Alabama  Regi- 
ment. In  the  battle  of  Manassas  Captain  Bell  was  one  of  the 
eleven  uninjured  members  of  the  command,  though  his  coat 
was  riddled  with  bullets.  He  seemed  to  bear  a  charmed  life, 
going  through  the  war  as  a  Confederate  officer  unscathed 
and  since  as  a  special  agent  and  secret  service  operative  of 
tin    government,  having  been  in  many,  many  close  places. 

After  the  war  he  was  purser  on  a  steamer  plying  the  Ala- 
bama River,  and  then  in  the  cotton  business  until  appointed 
a  United  States  Court  Commissioner  some  twenty-two  years 
ago,  at  the  close  of  which  term  he  was  appointed  special  agent 
111  the  Department  of  Justice.  His  work  was  so  satisfactory 
that  in  1899  he  was  given  an  appointment  in  the  Secret  Service 
Department  and  stationed  at  San  Antonio,  Tex.  In  1901  he 
was  given  charge  of  the  Seattle  office,  which  he  held  till  1907, 
resigning  to  become  President  of  the  Puget  Sound  Wood 
Products  Company.  He  again  took  up  secret  service  work  in 
1908,  forming  the  Bell-Church  Company. 

tain  Bell  is  survived  by  his  wife,  two  son?,  and  a  daugh- 
ter. Members  of  the  G.  A  R.  Post  of  Seattle  joined  with  the 
U.  C.  V.  and  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  in  the  last  sad 
rites  of  friendship. 


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Hon.  J.  L.  McCaskill. 

Hon.  J.  L.  McCaskill,  Chancellor  of  the  Second  Chancery 
District  of  Mississippi  and  Adjutant  General  of  the  Missis- 
sippi Division,  U.  C.  V.,  died  at  his  home,  in  Brandon,  Miss., 
on  December  6,  in  his  sixty-ninth  year. 

He  enlisted  in  the  Burt  Rifles,  Company  K,  18th  Missis- 
sippi Regiment,  in  1S61,  and  participated  in  the  battles  of 
Manassas,  Leesburg,  Lee's  Mill,  Seven  Pines,  Seven  Days' 
Battle  at  Maryland  Heights,  Harper's  Ferry,  Sharpsburg 
(where  he  was  wounded),  and  Fredericksburg  (where  he 
-was  captured).  After  being  exchanged  he  was  at  Chickamauga, 
Missionary  Ridge,  Resaca,  New  Hope  Church,  Kennesaw 
Mountain,  Lost  Mountain,  Pcachtree  Creek,  and  Atlanta.  In 
the  latter  battle  he  was  again  captured  and  taken  to  John- 
son's Island,  where  he  was  kept  till  the  close  of  the  war. 

Returning  home,  he  located  at  Brandon  and  became  as- 
sociated with  the  late  Hon.  W.  B.  Shelby  in  the  practice  of 
law.  In  Cleveland's  first  administration  he  was  sent  as  Con- 
sul to  Dublin,  Ireland,  for  four  years.  He  was  a  graduate  of 
the  University  of  Mississippi,  and  was  a  trustee  of  the  in- 
stitution from  1877  to  1885.  In  1876  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Senate.  He  was  appointed  Chancellor  by  Governor  Varda- 
man  and  reappointed  by  Governor  Noel.  In  the  U.  C.  V.  As- 
sociation he  had  been  Adjutant  of  the  Mississippi  Division  for 
a  number  of  years  under  Maj.  Gen.  Robert  Lowry,  Command- 
ing Division. 

He  was  married  in  1869  to  Miss  S.  A.  McLaurin,  and  is 
survived  by  three  sons  and  a  daughter.  In  the  death  of  Judge 
McCaskill  the  State  lost  an  able  defender,  the  judiciary  one 
of  its  best  Chancellors,  his  community  a  true  citizen,  his  fam- 
ily a  kind  and  loving  protector,  and  the  U.  C.  V.  one  of  its 
stanchest  and  truest  comrades.  He  was  a  member  of  Camp 
Rankin  at  Brandon. 

Capt.  E.  M.  Hyneman. 

Capt.  E.  M.  Hyneman  died  at  his  home,  in  North  Corinth, 
recently,  aged  78  years.  He  was  born  in  Owingsville,  Ky., 
in  1830.  His  parents  moved  to  Mississippi  in  1833,  settling 
a  few  miles  east  of  Corinth.  He  had  spent  his  entire  life 
there  except  a  short  time  in  Texas  and  a  few  years  in  Flor- 
ence and  Sheffield,  Ala.  He  united  with  the  Christian  Church 
in  his  early  youth,  and  remained  a  faithful  member  At  the 
commencement  of  the  war  he  joined  the  26th  Mississippi  Regi- 
ment, and  served  with  it  until  the  battle  of  Fort  Donelson, 
where  his  regiment  was  captured.  He  escaped  and  joined  the 
32d  Mississippi  (Gen.  M.  P.  Lowery)  Regiment,  and  served 
as  lieutenant  of  his  company  until  the  battle  of  Perryville, 
Ky.,  where  he  was  seriously  wounded.  After  recovering  from 
his  wound,  being  left  a  cripple  and  unfit  for  further  infantry 
service,  he  joined  the  T2th  Mississippi  Cavalry,  and  served 
with  same  until  the  surrender.  He  died  as  he  lived,  a  Chris- 
tian gentleman. 

The  funeral  services  were  held  at  the  residence  of  Captain 
Hyneman's  niece,  Mrs.  Claudia  Sherman,  Corinth,  Rev.  W. 
O.  Wagoner,  of  the  Christian  Church,  officiating. 

Dr.  I.  K.  Fraser. 
Ross  Ector  Camp,  of  Rusk,  Tex.,  mourns  the  loss  of  one 
of  its  stanchest  members,  Dr.  I.  K.  Fraser,  who  died  Novem- 
ber 12,  190S.  Dr.  Fraser  grew  to  manhood  in  Cherokee 
County,  Tex.  He  was  a  medical  student  at  Rusk  when  the 
alarm  of  war  went  through  the  land,  and  volunteered  in  the 
first  company  leaving  the  county — Company  C,  3d  Texas  Cav- 
alry— and  was  assigned  to  duty  under  the  surgeon  of  the  regi- 


ment, Dr.  Wallace  McDougald,  who  had  been  his  preceptor. 
In  the  battle  of  Oak  Hills  Comrade  Fraser  was  so  shocked 
by  a  cannon  ball  that  his  right  lung  was  affected.  Ill  health 
followed,  and  he  was  discharged,  returning  to  his  home  in 
Texas.  Recovering  partially,  he  again  voluntered,  and  was 
assigned  to  duty  as  assistant  surgeon  at  Tyler,  Tex.,  where 
there  was  a  large  prison  for  Federal  prisoners  and  a  manu- 
facturing plant  for  Confederate  supplies,  and  here  he  served 
to  the  end  of  the  war. 

Dr.  Fraser  was  an  exemplary  Christian  gentleman — fifty 
years  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church,  superintendent  of 
Sunday  schools,  and  a  steward  in  his  Church.  He  commanded 
the  universal  esteem  of  all  who  knew  him. 

Capt.  George  K.  Cracraft. 

One  more  of  the  "Immortal  Six  Hundred" — leaves  but  forty- 
six — has  answered  the  last  roll,  since  Capt.  George  K. 
Cracraft,  of  Readland,  Ark.,  responded  at  his  home,  in  Chicot 
County,  Ark.,  on  November  19,  1908.  He  was  born  in  Wheel- 
ing, Va.,  where  he  was  educated  and  studied  law.  He  prac- 
ticed law  later  in  Lake  Village,  Chicot  County,  Ark.  He 
returned  to  his  native  State  and  enlisted  in  the  Richmond 
Howitzers  at  Yorktown,  Va.,  on  December  I,  1861.  He  was 
with  the  company  in  the  siege  of  Yorktown  and  at  Wynns 
Mill;  also  at  the  battle  of  Williamsburg,  on  the  Peninsula, 
where  he  was  taken  prisoner.  Upon  his  exchange,  and  learn- 
ing that  a  company  of  his  associates  at  Lake  Village,  Ark., 
had  been  formed,  he  joined  that  company  at  Tupelo,  Miss., 
and  upon  a  reorganization  of  the  regiment  (23d  Arkansas) 
he  was  elected  captain  of  Company  G,  which  he  commanded 
throughout  the  Iuka  and  Corinth  campaigns.  The  remnant  of 
the  regiment  was  sent  to  garrison  Port  Hudson,  where,  after 
a  siege  of  over  two  months,  it  surrendered  with  the  rest  of 
the  garrison. 

He   .was   sent  to   Johnson's   Island    Prison,  on   Lake   Erie, 


CAPT.    GEORGE    K.    CRACRAFT. 


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and  was  confined  there  for  over  eighteen  months.  He  was  one 
of  the  six  hundred  officers  sent  to  a  sand  bar  in  front  of  the 
Confederate  fortifications  at  Charleston,  S.  C,  to  be  exposed 
to  the  fire  of  our  batteries  in  retaliation  for  an  alleged  crime 
of  the  same  character  perpetrated  by  the  military  authorities 
at  Charleston  on  six  hundred  of  the  Federal  prisoners.  It  is 
a  matter  of  historic  honor  that  our  immortal  six  hundred 
remained  true  to  the  end  under  the  terrible  exposure  to  shot 
and  shell  from  the  batteries  of  their  comrades. 

Captain  Cracraft  was  later  sent  to  Fort  Delaware  and  from 
there  exchanged.  After  the  war  he  returned  to  his  home  in 
Arkansas  and  engaged  in  cotton-planting,  and  he  accumulated 
a  tine  property.  He  is  survived  by  a  devoted  wife,  one  son 
(named  for  him)  and  one  daughter,  by  whom  he  was  idolized 
as  husband  and  father.  He  was  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him. 
Mr  was  buried  in  the  Little  Rock  Confederate  cemetery.  His 
pallbearers  were  Gens.  B.  W.  Green,  A.  J.  Snodgrass,  and 
J.  Kellogg,  and  CaptS.  William  Watkins,  James  Colton,  and 
C.  II.  Gates. 

lame--    McMurray,   Luna    Landing, 


are    In  mi 


[Above   data 
Ark] 

Mrs.  Mary  Isabella  Pitman, 

ih)  the  night  of  December  i,  1908,  Mrs.  Mary  I.  Pitman 
died  at  the  home  of  her  son-in-law,  Dr.  J.  P.  Douglas,  at  Ar- 
lington. Tenn.  She  was  born  in  Mecklenburg  County,  N.  C, 
in  1823,  her  father.  YV.  T.  Alexander,  being  one  of  the  signers 
of  the  Mecklenburg  Declaration  of  Independence.  There  were 
five  Alexanders  who  signed  that  document.  YV.  T.  Alexander 
removed  his  family  to  Tennessee  in  1833,  and  died  in  Fayette 
County  some  years  ago.  His  daughter  Mary  became  the  sec- 
mid  wife  of  Capt.  Henry  Monger  Pitman,  a  Mexican  War 
111,  who  located  at  Withe  Depot,  near  Arlington,  in  1856, 
and  was  the  first  depot  agent  at  that  place.  The  two  sons  of 
his  first  marriage  served  gallantly  as  Confederate  soldiers. 
R.    W.    Pitman    entered    the    army    as   captain    of    Company    II. 


MRS.     MARY    ISABELLA    PITMAN. 


13th  Tennessee  Infantry,  and  became  lieutenant  colonel  of 
that  regiment ;  while  his  brother.  Sidney  Pitman,  served  as  a 
private  soldier.  The  husbands  of  his  daughters  were  also 
soldiers  of  the  Confederacy.  Of  the  second  marriage  there 
were  three  daughters  and  two  sons. 

Mrs.  Pitman  was  a  remarkable  woman,  noted  for  her  calm- 
ness, patience,  and  charity.  In  her  life  was  exemplified  the 
highest  type  of  womanhood. 

J  Mil  s  Li  SLY. 
James  Lusly  died  at  the  Confederate  Home.  Pikesville. 
Md..  December  5,  1908,  after  a  long  illness.  He  was  born  in 
Baltimore,  Md.,  in  1835;  and  at  the  beginning  of  the  war  left 
his  home,  in  Baltimore,  crossed  the  Potomac  River  into  Vir- 
ginia, and  cast  his  fortune  with  the  South,  enlisting  in  Com- 
pany b,  1st  Maryland  Infantry.  J.  Louis  Smith  captain  com- 
manding. At  the  end  of  the  year  for  which  he  had  enlisted 
lie  reenlisted  in  that  celebrated  battery  of  Stuart's  Horse  Ar- 
tillery, commanded  by  (apt.  James  Breathed,  that  magnificent 
and  peerless  commander,  afterwards  major  of  Horse  Artil- 
lery. With  faithful  and  well-performed  service  to  bis  credit 
in  this  battery.  Comrade  Lusly,  with  others,  wis  transferred 
to  the  Maryland  Line,  reporting  to  Capt  Aug  F.  Schwartz, 
commanding  Company  F,  1st  Battalion  of  Maryland  Cavalry, 
commanded  by  Lieut.  Col.  C.  W.  Dorsey,  of  Maryland.  He 
remained  in  that  command  until  Colonel  Dorsey  was  ordered 
to  disband  the  battalion  by  Gen.  T.  T.  Munford,  commanding 
the  division,  which  was  done  at  Cloverdale,  Botetourt  County. 
Va.,  April  28,  1865.  Comrade  Lusly  returned  to  his  home,  in 
Baltimore,  and  there  resided  until  compelled  by  reason  of  ill 
health  to  enter  the  Confederate  Home  at  Pikesville  April  1. 
1890.  He  was  laid  to  rest  in  Loudon  Park  Cemetery,  among 
the  comrades  there  n  sting  until  the  great  reveille  shall  sound 

W.  C.  1.'  vn  1  ss. 
William    C.    Loveless   was   born   in   Campbell    County.   Ga., 
January  15.  1840.     He  went  into  the  war  early  in  the  struggle, 
and   remained   until   the   surrender  at   Appomattox,   serving  as 
a  member  of  the  7th  Georgia   Infantry,   Longstreet's   Corps, 
A.   N.   Y.     lie   was   wounded   hut   once,  it  is  thought,  during 
ih.    Seven   Days'   Fight   around  Richmond.     He  was  converted 
in    .1    meeting   held   near    Richmond,    and   afterwards    lived   a 
consistent    Christian   life.      He   returned   home   after    the   sur- 
render, and  in   [866  was  married  to  MbS  Jennie  Hill,  who  -111 
vives  him  with  their  children      Comrade  Loveless  had  bei  n 
resident  of  Union  Comity.  Miss.,  since  1887      He  was  taken 
sick  soon  alter  returning  from  the  Birmingham  Reunion,  and 
lingered    till    October    11.    when    he    was   called    to   join    "com- 
rades across  the  river." 

MEXII    \.\     W    \k    AM)    CONFEDERAL      VETERAN. 
Gi   irg«    Brittf.ln.   eighty   years  old,   died  at  hi--   home,   near 
facksonville,    Ala.    in    September.      He    was    an    old    Mexican 

veteran,  going  West  with  Gen  William  II.  Forney  and 
others,  \t  tin  Confederate  Reunion  at  Sulphur  Springs  last 
August  In'  was  present  and  enjoyed  meeting  old  friends  and 
comradi  veteran  as  well  a-  a  Mexican 

■..  he  di  ew  tv.  1 '  pensii  >ns. 

1  11      William  W    Bunch,  the  last  color  bearer  of  Maxey 

3  isl   Regiment  South  Carolina  Volunteers,  died  at  his 

home,    in    Augusta.   Ga.,   on    November   6,    1908,   aged    sixty- 

ciejit  years. 


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James  T.  Trussell. 

James  Temple  Trussell  was  horn  in  Loudoun  County,  Va., 
February  4,  1830;  and  died  January  1,  1009.  Mr.  Trussell 
moved  with  his  family  from  Loudoun  County,  Va..  to  Jefferson 
County.  W.  Va.  (then  Virginia),  in  1S44.  During  the  Civil 
War  he  -served  from  1861  to  1S62  in  Company  A,  2d  Virginia 
Infantry,  and  from  1862  to  1S65  he  served  in  Company  B, 
12th  Virginia  Cavalry,  under  Stonewall  Jackson.  During  his 
latter  years  he  was  a  "retired  farmer."  His  quiet  Christian 
life  and  his  sterling  integrity  were  his  characteristic  traits. 
Very  few  knew  him  well  but  they  were  his  ardent  friends. 

He  was  an  intimate  friend  of  the  late  Hon.  William  L. 
Wilson,  Postmaster  General  in  President  Cleveland's  last 
Cabinet.  During  the  war  he  and  Wilson  belonged  to  the  same 
company,  and  frequently  in  crossing  streams  or  rough  places 
Mr.  Trussell  carried  Mr.  Wilson  over  in  his  arms,  as  Wilson 
was  a  small,  delicate  man  and  much  the  younger  of  the  two. 
Mr.  Trussell  gave  delightful  reminiscences  of  the  war.  They 
were  free  from  egotism. 

Mr.  Trussell  passed  peacefully  to  his  rest  after  a  short  ill- 
ness, being  confined  to  his  bed  but  a  few  hours.  To 
the  last  he  was  true  to  his  principles,  doing  the  right  as  he 
saw  the  right.  Above  all.  he  was  a  kindly  Christian  gentle- 
man. If  he  could  say  nothing  good  of  any  one,  he  said  noth- 
ing at  all.  He  was  laid  away  in  Edgehill  Cemetery.  Charles- 
town,  W.  Va.  It  overlooks  the  beautiful  Valley  of  Virginia, 
with  the  Blue  Ridge  he  loved  so  well  in  the  distance. 

Mr.  Trussell  left  a  wife  (who  was  a  Miss  Virginia  Garden, 
of  Loudoun  County),  two  daughters  (Miss  Sarah  J.  and  Miss 
Lynn  Granthan),  and  one  son  (James  E.  Trussell),  all  of 
Loudoun  County.  As  I  stood  beside  his  grave  these  words 
came  to  me:  "Let  me  die  the  death  of  the  righteous,  and  let 
my  last  end  be  like  his !" 

[From  sketch  by  his  friend,  Charles  C.  Lucas.  M.D.] 

J     I.   Cannon. 

J.  Irvin  Cannon  died  at  his  home,  near  Morgan  Springs, 
Ala.,  September  15.  He  was  born  in  the  same  community  in 
1846,  and  resided  there  continuously  with  the  exception  of  a 
few  years  in  Texas. 

He  enlisted  in  1863  in  Captain  McCaw's  company.  D.  (>2d 
Alabama,  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  and  served  with  this  com- 
mand to  the  close  of  the  war  as  second  sergeant  of  his  com- 
pany. The  regiment  was  made  up  of  boys  of  eighteen  years 
and  under,  and  did  valiant  service  at  Chehaw,  near  Tuskegee, 
and  at  Spanish  Fort  and  Blakcly,  near  Mobile,  in  a  sixteen 
days'  fight  at  these  places,  in  which  the  regiment  was  con- 
tinuously engaged. 

Comrade  Cannon  was  married  to  Miss  Hopkins  in  1867. 
and  to  them  ten  children  were  born,  five  boys  and  five  girls 
He  had  been  a  consistent  Church  member  from  boyhood,  and 
was  a  gallant  soldier,  a  kind  and  faithful  friend  and  consider- 
ate neighbor,  and  a  high-minded,  useful  citizen. 

Col.   Legh   Wilber  Rf.id. 

Col.  L.  W.  Reid.  who  had  been  in  failing  health  for  a  long 
time,  died  at  his  residence,  on  Duke  Street,  Alexandria,  Va., 
Thanskgiving  morning,  November  26,  1908.  He  leaves  a 
widow,  who  was  Miss  Jackson,  of  Fredericksburg,  and  three 
children. 

Colonel  Reid  was  a  son  of  the  late  James  H.  Reid,  who  for 
many  years  was  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  Orange  and 
Alexandria    (now    Southern)     Railroad    Company.      He    was 


born  at  P.rentsville,  Prince  William  County,  seventy-five  years 
ago.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  he  was  superintendent 
of  a  large  oil  company,  making  oil  from  coal,  in  Kanawha 
County.  W.  Va.  He  had  previously  graduated  at  the  Virginia 
Military  Institute,  standing  second  in  the  class  of  185S.  He 
entered  the  36th  Virginia  Regiment  as  lieutenant  colonel,  and 
served  gallantly  throughout  the  four  years'  conflict.  Colonel 
Reid  was  wounded  at  Fort  Donelson  and  lost  a  leg  in  the 
action  near  Woodstock  in  October,  1864. 

At  the  close  of  hostilities  Colonel  Reid  resumed  his  resi- 
dence in  Alexandria,  where  he  had  lived  from  his  sixteenth 
year;  and  at  the  death  of  his  father,  over  forty  years  ago, 
he  succeeded  him  as  Secretary  of  the  Orange,  Alexandria, 
and  Manassas  Railroad,  a  position  he  held  up  to  1885,  when 
he  became  Assistant  Register  of  the  Treasury  under  Grover 
Cleveland.  Previous  to  this  he  had  been  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Aldermen.  He  was  also  President  of  the  Charlottes- 
ville and  Rapidan  Railroad  and  a  director  in  that  company, 
and  for  years  past  had  been  a  vestryman  of  St.  Paul's  Church. 


COL.   LEGH    WILBER  KE1D. 

A  few  years  ago  failing  health  compelled  Colonel  Reid  to 
abandon  the  active  business  life  he  had  been  following,  and 
more  recently  he  had  been  confined  to  his  home. 

Colonel  Reid  was  the  true  type  of  the  Virginia  gentleman. 
Precise  and  methodical  throughout  life,  he  filled  every  posi- 
tion he  had  occupied  in  the  most  satisfactory  manner,  and 
enjoyed  the  esteem  of  all  who  were  associated  with  him. 

Mashburn. — William  Mashburn  was  born  in  Polk  County, 
Tenn.,  in  1840;  and  died  at  Hytop,  Ala.,  on  January  3,  1909. 
He  served  as  a  private  in  Company  E,  62d  Tennessee  Regi- 
ment Volunteers,  and  was  in  the  siege  under  General  Pem- 
berton  at  Vicksburg  in  July,  1863.  He  had  been  a  resident  of 
Jackson  County,  Ala.,  since  the  war. 


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Mrs.  Modena  White. 
Again  death  has  visited  us,  taking  this  time  our  respected 
and  dearly  loved  Second  Vice  President,  Mrs.  M.  A.  White. 
She  will  be  sadly  missed.  Her  independent  and  freely  spoken 
Sentiments,  her  generous  and  loving  cooperation  furnished 
strength  and  courage  to  us.  It  was  at  her  home  that  our  first 
mi  cling  was  held,  when  a  little  hand  of  women  secured  a 
charter  and  organized  the  Fitzhugh  Lee  Chapter.  Mrs.  White 
attended  our  October  meeting  after  an  absence  in  the  South, 
and  every  one  had  a  hearty  greeting  for  her.  A  week  later 
Bhe  became  ill,  and  in  less  than  a  month  she  was  gone.  One 
of  her  last  acts  was  to  make  some  badges  for  our  Chapter. 


MRS.    MODENA    WHITE, 

As  Mrs.  Fields'*  gift  of  the  Confederate  Hag  has  been  dis- 
played at  every  meeting  since  her  death,  I  earnestly  hope  the 
badges  made  by   Mrs.   White  may  he   similarly  honored 

Mrs.  White  was  buried  beside  her  husband  in  Trenton,  Ky  . 
on  November  z~,  the  date  set  for  our  November  meeting  and 
bazaar,  which  oul  of  respect  to  her  memory  was  postponed. 

[The  foregoing  sketch  is  by  Mrs.  Frank  A.  Owen,  President 
of  the  Fitzhugh  Lee  Chapter  of  Kvansvillc.  Ind.  Mrs.  White 
had  lived  with  her  son-in-law,  Ml  J,  V  Cabaniss,  for  nearlj 
a  quarter  of  a  century.  Her  recent  visit  in  Florida  was  to 
her  granddaughter,  Mrs.  James  Dobbin,  who  as  Miss  llallie 
Gray    '  was    maid    of   honor    for    the    Fitzhugh    Lee 

Chapter,  U.  D.  C  ,  at  the  Xew  Orleans  Convention.] 

A.  J.  Stuart. 

In  Denver,  Colo.,  on  the  3<1  of  November  Comrade  A.  J. 
Stuart  answer,  d  the  final  call  at  the  age  of  seventy-five 

He  was  born  and   rean  I   near  Nashville,  and 

served  with  the  intrepid  Forrest,  bearing  the  colors  of  his 
command  through  leaden  hail.  He  was  wounded  (lost  one 
arm),  but   i  to  the  command,  and  sounded   the  bugle 


charge  to  death  on  many  battlefields.  He  was  a  Southern 
patriot,  true  till  his  sun  went  down,  and  at  his  earnest  request 
his  body  was  laid  ill  Southern  soil — in  the  cemetery  at  Last- 
land.  Tex.  He  was  a  charter  member  of  John  C.  Upton  Camp. 
No.  43.  faithful  to  its  purposes,  and  loyal  to  his  comrades. 

Stephen  Decatur  Ellis. 

Stephen   D.  Ellis  was  born   in  Lincoln  County,  Tenn ,   De- 
cember 26,  1833;  and  died  at  bis  home,  near  Wanda.  Newton 
County,    Mo.,    September    17.    1907,   surrounded    by    his    family 
and  many  lifelong  friends.     The   funeral   services   were   con 
ducted  by  Rev.  W.  A.  Patton. 

He  was   married   October    17,    (855,  to   Mary    E.   Cummings, 
who   survives   him.     To  this   union   were   born   five  children: 
Mrs.   Hattie   Hale,  Wanda.  Mo.;    Mrs.   Frances   Lewis.   Sweet 
water.  Mo. ;  Frank  D.  Ellis.    Tulsa,  Okla. ;   Fredoria  T.  Ellis, 
who   died   in   infancy;   Mrs     Ida    While,   Wanda,    Mo       Bi 
these,  he  had  many  relatives  and   friend-. 

Comrade  Ellis  went  to  Missouri  in  1S57  and  settle. 1  in  Xew 
ton  County.  His  convictions  were  strong,  and  he  was  Strong 
for  what  he  conceived  to  be  right.  When  our  country  was 
at  war.  he  went  promptly  to  the  front.  At  the  close  of  the 
war  he  battled  with  depressing  financial  conditions;  but  he 
was  never  discouraged,  and  always  looked  upon  the  sunny 
1  life. 

He  united  with  the  M.  E.  Church,  South,  at  Wanda  in 
1866,  and  lived  the  con  ecrated  Christian  to  the  end.  lie  was 
preeminently  a  patient  man;  be  did  not  worry  about  the  things 
that  should  be  left  alone  with  Cod.  lie  accepted  that  God 
doeth  all  things  well  lie  was  a  strong  man  physically  and 
morally.      We   -ball  ever  cherish   his  memory. 

Mrs.  P.  C.  C  uh  ran 
"One  who  loved  her"  writes  of  the  wife  oi   I'    <     Carlton, 

member   01    the    U.    D.   C.    Chapter   at    Stale-Mile.    X.    C   :    "Yes, 

if  I  had  known  dial  the  angels  were  to  come  so  soon  and 
bear  her  pure   spirit   to  the  paradise  of  God,   1   would   have 

held  her  hand  at  parting  in  a  warmer,  tenderer  clasp,  and 
told  her  how  dear  our  friendship  had  always  been— if  I  had 
known.      Bul    now    it    is    to,,    late;    she    is    far    above    the    cold 

white    -tn-.  while  her   friend  of  long   year 

new  111  nli  live.  *  *  *  This  dear  friend  of  mine  was  a 
gentle,   refined,   womanly  woman,  and   the  quiet   dignity,   added 

to  mam  graces,  gave  her  a  charming  personality  that  drew 
to  her  many  admiring  friends.  The  little  world  where  she 
Was  best  known,  where  her  loyalty  and  love  -In 'lie  out  like 
some  guiding    star,    was    in    the    home.      Her    best    service    was 

gh  en  in  making  that  home  the  deai  e  1  spol  ■  m  earth  to  her 
children.  She  believed  that  motherhood  was  the  h 
most  sacred  trust  ever  committed  to  woman;  -be  believed  in 
the  old  fashioned  idea  that  the  successful  home  builder  must 
make  a  surrender  of  -elf  for  the  best  interests  of  those  given 
into  her  keeping.  She  lived  with  her  children,  this  patient, 
loving  little  mother,  and  now  her  children  rise  Up  and  call 
;,,  r  blessed.  Vnother  conspicuous  trait  in  the  life  of  this  dear 
friend  was  her  faith  in  the  loyalty  of  her  friends,  always  be- 
lieving them  true  until  reluctantly  compelled  to  distrust  theii 
sincerity  She  could  not  be  happj  until  by  a  heart-to-heart 
explanation  nil  barriers  were  removed  and  their  friendship 
Cemented  anew.  This  kind  of  friendship  allies  us  to  the 
angel-.  Upon  the  new  mad(  gravi  of  tin,  little  mother  and 
truest  friend  I  beg  to  lay  a  wreath  of  immortelles,  culled  from 
her  own  sw  e<  1   1  In  istian 


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Capt.  John  P.  Bukkhakt. 

On  January  12,  1909,  at  the  home  of  an  old  war  comrade, 
Capt.  H.  H.  Duff,  a  noble  son  of  the  South,  Capt.  J.  P.  Burk- 
hart,  C.  S.  A.,  answered  the  last  roll  call.  He  passed  over 
the  boundary  line  to  join  that  glorious  army  gone  before.  He 
faced  death,  as  he  had  faced  other  formidable  foes,  with  a 
smile  on  his  lips. 

Captain  Burkhart  was  born  in  Goliad,  Tex.,  in  1844.  His 
early  years  were  spent  in  his  native  State,  and  at  the  breaking 
out  of  the  War  between  the  States  he  enlisted  with  the  8th 
Texas  Cavalry,  Terry's  Rangers,  whose  record  is  well  known 
to  all  readers  of  history.  He  so  served  his  country  during  the 
four  years  of  bitter  strife,  and  at  the  close  of  the  war,  in 
1865,  he  went  West,  and  for  more  than  thirty  years  was  a  resi- 
dent of  Portland,  Oregon. 

His  faults  were  few,  his  virtues  many;  a  man  of  noble  im- 
pulses, a  ready  friend,  and  a  generous  foe;  a  man  of  strong 
prejudices,  but  tolerant  withal,  his  genial,  kindly  spirit  shed- 
ding sunshine  and  cheer  wherever  he  went. 

Captain  Burkhart  was  the  first  adjutant  of  the  local  Camp 
of  Confederate  Veterans,  being  instrumental  in  its  organiza- 
tion in  Portland.  He  assisted  also  in  the  organization  of 
Oregon  Chapter,  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  and 
his  sympathy  and  commendation  of  their  work  through  six 
years  of  struggle  because  of  the  unpopularity  of  the  move- 
ment makes  his  death  a  personal  loss  to  this  organization,  and 
the  memory  of  his  service  will  live. 

His  funeral  was  conducted  in  the  chapel  of  the  Sellwood 
Crematorium  January  14.  The  beautiful  and  impressive  burial 
service  of  the  Christian  Science  Church  was  read  by  Miss 
A.  Friendlich,  of  the  First  Church.  This  was  preceded  by  a 
short  service  in  charge  of  the  Confederate  Veterans,  at  which 
Col.  L.  C.  Garrigus  paid  an  appropriate  tribute  to  the  useful 
and  valiant  life  of  the  departed.  The  casket  was  draped  with 
General  Beauregard's  battle  flag,  which  is  owned  by  Mrs. 
Preston  Smith,  of  Portland,  Oregon.  A  number  of  beautiful 
floral  offerings  were  sent,  conspicuous  among  which  was  the 
Confederate  flag  reproduced  in  red  and  white  roses,  a  tribute 
from  the  Oregon  Chapter,  U.  D.  C. 

[The  foregoing  is  from  a  report  by  Miss  Nannie  Duff  Silva, 
Corresponding  Secretary  Portland  Chapter,  U.  D.  C] 

Capt.  Thomas  J.  Towler. 

Capt.  Thomas  J.  Towler,  a  citizen  of  Canton,  Tex.,  passed 
quietly  away  on  January  21,  1909,  honored  and  beloved  by  all 
who  knew  him.  He  had  iived  in  Canton  all  his  life  except 
during  the  time  of  his  active  service  in  the  war.  He  was  a 
member  of  Company  G,  Texas  Cavalry,  and  a  brave  and 
zealous  soldier,  bearing  wounds  and  deprivations  with  sol- 
dierly fortitude.  After  the  war,  he  returned  to  Canton,  and 
made  as  good  a  citizen  as  he  had  a  soldier,  always  upholding 
the  highest  interest  of  his  city. 

He  was  in  failing  health  for  several  months,  and  bore  his 
sufferings  with  all  the  quiet  endurance  that  had  marked  his 
soldier  life.  He  had  many  sympathizing  friends.  The  last 
services  were  conducted  by  the  Masons,  and  were  attended 
by  a  large  concourse  of  people. 

Morris   Harvey,  Fayetteville,  W.   Va. 

Morris  Harvey,  a  brave  and  faithful  Confederate  soldier 
and  a  distinguished,  successful,  and  useful  citizen,  died  at 
Fayetteville,  W.  Va.,  on  April  5,  1908.  Fortunate  in  all  busi- 
ness ventures,  the  benefactor  to  hundreds   of  his   fellow-citi- 


zens, the  proudest  of  all  his  life's  record  was  his  connection 
with  the  Confederate  army.  Full  of  honors,  full  of  years, 
he  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  cemetery  at  Fayetteville,  where  his 
life's  work  had  been  done. 

Entering  the  war  early  in  Capt.  Phil  Thurmond's  com- 
pany, he  did  service  in  Southwest  Virginia  and  West  Vir- 
ginia   under   General    Echols    until   the   end   of   the    struggle. 

In  connection  with  his  Confederate  service,  on  one  occa- 
sion he  captured  three  Federal  soldiers  alone  and  disarmed 
and  carried  them  into  the  Confederate  lines.  He  was  a  man 
of  high  courage ;  and  although  well  advanced  in  years  at  the 
time  of  the  war,  he  bore  all  its  hardships  and  passed  all  its 
dangers  without  complaint  and  with  the  proud  consciousness 
of  having  discharged  his  every  duty  as  a  soldier. 

After  the  war  he  engaged  in  business,  purchasing  a  large 
number  of  acres  of  coal  lands,  and  became  earnest  and  helpful 
in  building  the  Chesapeake  and  Ohio  Railroad  through  West 
Virginia.  Advance  in  his  coal  lands  made  him  a  man  of 
wealth,  which  he  used  to  splendid  purposes.  He  made  large 
contributions  to  Morris  Harvey  College,  at  Barboursville,  and 
during  his  life  gave  more  than  $75,000  to  this  institution.  He 
organized  many  business  enterprises,  including  the  Fayette 
National  Bank,  all  of  which  were  successful.  No  Confederate 
soldier  ever  asked  for  his  aid  or  assistance  in  vain.  To  the 
veterans  his  hand  was  open  as  "melting  day  to  charity." 

In  the  development  of  West  Virginia,  especially  in  the  sec- 
tion that  he  lived,  he  was  most  useful  and  distinguished.  His 
life  was  one  of  service  and  blessing  to  his  fellow-men. 

Loved,  honored,  trusted,  and  respected,  he  was  followed  to 
his  last  resting  place  by  hundreds  whom  he  had  assisted,  and 
his  memory  will  long  remain  green  in  the  community  in 
which  he  was  known. 

Stricken  with  paralysis,  he  lived  only  four  days.  He  re- 
tained his  consciousness  and  courage  to  the  end. 


MORRIS    HARVEY. 


Qor^ederat^  Veteran. 


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N.  B.  Criss. 
[By  R.  N.  Provine,  Commander  of  Camp  553,  U.  C.  V.] 
N.  B.  Criss  was  familiarly  known  as  Poly  Criss.  I  knew 
Poly  Criss  for  about  sixty  years.  He  was  an  orphan  boy,  his 
father  and  mother  having  died  when  he  was  quite  young.  He 
had  just  arrived  at  the  age  of  manhood  when  the  war  came 
cm.  and  he  enlisted  in  Company  D.  48th  Mississippi  Regiment, 
lie  participated  in  all  the  battles  around  Richmond  up  to  that 
of  Chancellorsville,  where  he  was  desperately  wounded  by 
his  thigh  being  broken,  which  disabled  him  for  further  mili- 
tary duty.     He  was  a  brave  soldier  and  a  good  citizen. 

lie  returned  home  penniless  and  severely  crippled.  He  en- 
gaged in  farming,  and  was  successful  in  that  occupation.  He 
raised  and  educated  a  family  of  which  he  was  very  proud, 
and  well  might  any  father  be  proud  of  such  a  family.  He  was 
a  fair  example  of  the  saying:  "The  tenderest  are  the  bravest." 
lie  was  as  tender-hearted  as  a  girl  and  as  brave  as  the  bravest. 


B.    CRISS. 


He  was  a  member  of  the  Coffeeville  Camp,  U.  C.  V.,  and  an 
honorary  member  of  our  Camp  at  Pittsboro,  and  one  of  the 
most  prompt  in  attendance  at  our  meetings.  So  farewell, 
my  boyhood  playmate,  soldier,  comrade,  and  lifelong   friend. 

Jones. — Capt.  Samuel  Jones,  of  Company  A,  Desha's  Bat- 
talion, Arkansas  Cavalry,  and  a  member  of  Tom  Hindman 
Camp,  No.  318,  of  Newport,  Ark,  died  at  his  home,  in  Jack- 
son County,  Ark.,  after  a  long  illness,  aged  eighty  years.  He 
is  survived  by  one  daughter. 

COLBEJO  Hon.  John  A.  Colbert,  of  Webster  Parish,  I. a., 
recently  answered  to  the  last  roll,  and  was  buried  by  In--  Ma- 
sonic  brethren  at  Homer,  La.  He  was  a  gallant  soldier  of 
Company  I,  9th   Louisiana   Regiment,   Dick    Taylor's   Brigade, 


A.   N.  V.     He  was  a  native  of  Noxubee  County.   Miss.,  and 
came  of  a  line  old  Southern  family 

Owen  King. 

The  Jack-on  (La.)  News  of  January  22  states: 
"The  soul  of  the  venerable  Owen  King  took  its  flight  10 
the  One  who  gave  it  birth  He  had  been  in  feeble  health  for 
several  years.  His  native  Irish  tongue  was  always  ready,  anil 
his  wit  caused  many  a  one  to  laugh.  He  belonged  to  Scott's 
Cavalry,  and  his  company.  1.  went  into  the  war  with  one  hun- 
dred men  and  came  out  with  one  hundred  and  one.  His  com- 
pany was  not  on  speaking  terms  with  the  Yankees,  and  seldom 
saw  them.  One  of  the  lieutenants,  having  been  captured,  was 
returned  to  his  company  in  exchange  for  a  turkey  gobbler. 
He  belonged  to  Feliciana  Camp,  Confederate  Veterans,  and 
was  presented  with  a  cross  of  honor  by  the  V.  D.  C. 

"Owen  King  was  a  saddler  by  trade,  and  is  said  to  have 
served  his  apprenticeship  with  U.  S.  Grant  at  Galena,  111 
He  was  seventy  nine  years  of  age  lie  leaves  two  «'ib  and 
three  daughters." 

J.  D.  Ferguson. 

At  his  home,  in  Pelahatchie,  Miss.,  on  November  2  oc- 
curred the  death  of  James  D.  Ferguson,  in  his  seventy-sixth 
\r;u  He  was  a  good  citizen  and  a  faithful  Confederate  soldier, 
having  been  a  member  of  Company  1.  Mb  Mississippi  In- 
fantry, Lowry's  Brigade,  Army  of  Tennessee.  He  was  in  the 
battles  of  Shiloh,  Second  Corinth,  Coffeeville,  Trough's  I  and 
ing,  Port  Hudson,  Port  Gibson,  Baker's  Creek,  Jackson, 
through  the  Georgia  campaign  under  J.  E.  Johnston,  after 
wards  at  Acworth,  Decatur.  Franklin,  Nashville,  on  the  dis- 
astrous retreat  of  Hood  out  of  Tennessee,  and  lastly  in  the 
battle  of  Bentonville,  N.  C.  He  was  surrendered  at  Greens- 
boro, N.  C,  under  General  Johnston.  He  was  a  member  of 
Camp  Rankin,  U.  C.  V.  His  wife  and  several  children  sur- 
vive him. 

Dr.  T.  N.  Pitts. 
T.  N.  Pitts  was  born  in  Georgia  in  1844.  going  with  his 
father  to  Texas  in  1854  and  locating  at  Pittsburg,  the  town 
taking  its  name  from  the  family.  In  1861  he  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany II.  3d  Texas  Cavalry  Regiment,  under  General  Ross, 
whom  he  followed  in  all  his  campaigns  until  captured.  He 
served  a  long  term  111  prison.  Returning  home  at  the  close 
of  the  war,  he  studied  medicine  and  practiced  in  his  home 
town.  He  married  Miss  Russell,  who  survives  him  with  three 
daughters.     Dr.   Pitts  was  a  consistent  Church   member. 

Dr.  YV.  IT  M.  Kinnon 
Dr.  William  Hugh  McKinnon,  a  member  of  Camp  Ryan, 
1'  C.  V.,  died  in  Fayetteville,  N.  C,  on  September  29,  age, I 
sixty  live  years.  lie  vvas  a  valiant  Confederate  soldier,  s,n 
ing  in  Starr's  Battery,  Company  B,  13th  North  Carolina  Bat- 
talion of  Light  Infantry.  After  the  war  lu  practiced  medicine 
in  Cumberland  and  Robertson  Counties.  He  married  Miss 
Ella   McNeill,  who  survives  him   with   their  six  children. 

Brewer.-    Died  at   Liberty,  Miss.,  September  4.  1908,  Lieul 
P    R,  Brewer,  who  was  an  officer  in  Company  I.  4th  Louisi- 
ana.     Comrade    Brewer   as   a    soldier,   a    citizen,   and    a    Chris- 
tian   gentleman    was    always    faithful    in    the    discharge 
duties,  and  was  beloved  by  every  one  in  this  community, 

[Data  supplied  bj  Georgi     \    McGehee,  Camp  Adjutant.] 


134 


Qopfederat^  l/eteraij. 


Gen.  Fred  L.  Robertson. 

Special  Orders  No.  8  from  headquarters  United  Confed- 
erate Veterans,  New  Orleans,  La.,  December  12,  1908,  stated : 

"With  a  keen  sense  of  personal  bereavement  the  General 
Commanding  announces  the  death  of  another  great  worker 
in  the  U.  C.  V.  Gen. 
Fred  L.  Robertson  was 
suddenly  summoned  to 
answer  the  last  roll 
call  on  Tuesday,  the 
8th  inst.  He  had  just 
passed  his  -sixty- fourth 
birthday,  having  been 
born  in  South  Carolina 
November  21,   1844. 

"At  the  breaking  out 
of  the  war  he  was  a 
cadet  in  the  South 
Carolina  Military 
School  at  Charleston, 
but  at  once  entered  the 
Confederate  service  in 
the  Columbia  Guards, 
2d  South  Carolina  In- 
fantry. Subsequently 
he  was  made  an  aid  on 
the  staff  of  Gen.  Wade 
Hampton.  How  well 
he  followed  his  leader 
and  how  faithfully  he 
served  the  cause  is  best 
evidenced  by  the  fact 
that  he  was  wounded 
ten  times,  twice  severe- 
ly. 

"Of  late  years  he 
had  been  a  member  of 
the  official  household 
of  the  various  Gov- 
ernors of  Florida, 
holding  positions  of 
great  trust  and  responsibility,  and 
ured  up  to  the  highest  standards. 

"After  the  formation  of  this  federation,  he  was  a  leader, 
occupying  places  of  importance  at  headquarters  and  render- 
ing most  efficient  service.  He  was  Assistant  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral of  the  Commander  in  Chief  and  Secretary  of  the  Finance 
Committee.  He  was  prominent  at  all  Reunions,  aiding  in  the 
entertainment  of  the  sponsors  and  maids  and  giving  pleasure 
to  all  by  his  kindly  and  amiable  disposition  and  his  delightful 
conversation.  Our  cause  has  suffered  a  crushing  blow  in 
being  deprived  of  his  services  and  these  headquarters  an  ir- 
reparable loss. 

Clement  A.  Evans,  General  Commanding. 

William  E.  Mickle,  Adjutant  General  and  Chief  of  Staff." 

It  is  a  coincidence  recalled  in  connection  with  Comrade 
Robertson's  integrity  that  at  the  Louisville  Reunion,  when 
collections  were  being  made  for  the  magnificent  badge  as  a 
testimonial  tribute  to  the  editor  of  the  Veteran,  a  purse  be- 
longing to  one  of  the  contributors  was  found,  and  upon  in- 
quiry as  to  what  to  do  with  it  some  one  said :  "Leave  it  with 
Fred  Robertson." 


CEN.    F. 

in   ; 


L.   ROBERTSON. 

11   transactions 


William   Shields  McClintic. 

William  S.  McClintic,  the  son  of  Shanklin  and  Margaret 
(  Shields)  McClintic,  was  born  in  Rockbridge  County,  Va., 
November  29,  1843;  and  died  at  his  country  home,  near  Mon- 
roe City,  Mo.,  November  15,  190b". 

He  volunteered  early  in  the  war  from  the  Virginia  Military 
Institute,  at  Lexington,  joining  the  Rockbridge  Battery  under 
Stonewall  Jackson  and  Lee,  and  was  an  active  participant  in 
the  many  great  battles  of  that  command  on  to  the  surrender 
at  Appomattox.  He  was  wounded  at  Dam  No.  5,  on  the 
Potomac  River,  in  the  fall  of  1861.  In  1862  at  Cedar  Moun- 
tain while  working  his  gun  he  was  stricken  down  with  sun- 
stroke, and  never  completely  recovered  from  its  effects,  though 
he  continued  in  the  service. 

In  October,  1869,  he  married  Miss  Bettie  Arnold,  of  Camp- 
bell County,  Va.  There  are  six  living  children  of  this  union. 
His  younger  brother,  J.  II.  McClintic,  who  was  a  gallant 
soldier  of  the  1st  Virginia  Cavalry,  survives  him.  In  the  wel- 
fare and  success  of  his  old  comrades,  no  matter  where  found, 
he  always  had  a  lively  interest.  He  was  President  of  the 
Board  of  Managers  of  the  Confederate  Home  of  Missouri, 
and  felt  it  a  pleasure  and  privilege  to  see  that  its  members 
had  every  comfort  and  attention  possible.  Of  the  Confed- 
erate Association  of  his  adopted  State  he  was  an  active  and 
honored  member,  filling  with  great  credit  the  position  of 
Brigadier  General  of  the  Eastern  Division 

Shields  McClintic  was  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
liberal  in  its  support,  active  and  influential  in  its  councils. 
He  was  a  Democrat  in  .^^8  1^^^. 

politics,  a  member  of 
the  Missouri  Legisla- 
ture in  1888  and  State 
Senator  in  1892.  In 
Masonry  he  w'as  a 
Knight  Templar,  and 
the  funeral  services 
were  conducted  with 
the  beautiful  and  im- 
pressive ceremonies  of 
the  Masonic  order  by 
Rev.  P.  D.  Weeks.  He 
was  carried  to  his  last 
resting  place — to  "that 
low  tent  whose  cur- 
tains never  outward 
swing" — by  two  mem- 
bers of  the  State  Con- 
federate organization, 
Thomas  I.  Cousins,  of 
Hannibal,  and  J.  William  Howson,  of  Shelbina,  two  members 
of  the  Masonic  Fraternity,  J.  L.  Lyon  and  W.  R.  P.  Jackson, 
and  two  of  his  Church  members,  Dr.  J.  N.  Southern  and  A. 
M.  Vaughn,  as  pallbearers.  The  funeral  sermon  was  de- 
livered by  Rev.  E.  McNair,  his  pastor,  who  was  a  Confederate 
comrade  from  the  Old  North  State. 

Thus  has  gone   from  us  one   who  gathered  about  him  pe- 
culiarly strong  ties  of   friendship   and  love.     He  was   manly 
and  true,  pure  gold  in  every  walk  of  life. 
"After  life's  fitful  fever,  he  sleeps  well — 
Not  dead,  but  sleepeth;  not  even  gone,  but  present  still 
And  waiting  the  coming  hour  of  God's  sweet  will." 

The  Paris  (Tex.)  Appeal  says  of  Comrade  McClintic:  "The 
life  of  this   rugged,   unassuming  old   soldier,  citizen,   farmer, 


M  CLIN  TIC. 


^oi^federat^  l/eterap. 


i:<5 


statesman,  and  Christian  gentleman  was  an  inspiration  to 
those  with  whom  lie  came  in  contact.  *  *  *  In  1867  he 
came  to  Missouri  to  locate.  With  five  silver  dollars,  a  stout 
heart,  and  two  willing  hands  as  his  sole  capital,  he  at  once 
laid  the  foundation  of  his  useful,  honorable,  and  successful 
career.  As  justice  of  the  peace,  member  of  the  Legislature. 
and  State  Senator  he  proved  himself  worthy  of  political  con- 
fidence. As  a  private  citizen  he  demonstrated  those  virtues 
which  count   for  integrity,  progress,  and  prosperity. 

Rev.  J.  M.  Mason,  D.D. 

Rev.  James  M.  Mason,  D.D.,  a  member  of  Camp  Lomax, 
U.  C.  V.,  at  Montgomery,  died  in  Opelika,  Ala.,  on  February 
3,  after  only  a  few  hours  of  illness.  When  but  a  boy  Dr. 
Mason  enlisted  in  the  4th  Alabama  Cavalry.  The  regiment 
was  at  an  early  day  attached  to  Forrest's  command,  and  fol- 
lowed that  great  leader  to  the  end  of  the  war.  Young  Mason 
shared  in  all  the  exploits  of  his  command,  and  deported  him- 


REV.    J.    M.    MASON,   D.D. 

self    with    such    gallantry    that    he    was    soon    promoted    to    a 
nancy.      He    had    many    thrilling    adventures    when    on 

More  than  once  he  with  a  few  of  his  comrad 

the  Tennessee  Rivet  n  the  rear  of  the  Federal  army. 

\ftei  the  war.  being  convinced  that  his  dutj   lay  that  way. 

h.   became   1  Methodist  minister,  ami  was  as  gallant  and  true 

a    tidier    of    the    cross    as    he    had    been    of    the    Con  fed 

He  rose   to  eminence   in   his   Church,   and    Idled   many  of  her 


most  responsible  positions,  among  others  being  a  member  of 
six  General  Conferences.  He  was  loved  and  honored  in 
Alabama  as  a  good  citizen,  a  faithful  and  able  minister,  and 
a  man  without  reproach. 

IK-  was  for  several  years  Chaplain  General  of  the  Alabama 
Division,  United  Confederate  Veterans,  ten  George  P.  Har- 
11 -mil  who  had  been  his  intimate  personal  friend  for  many 
years,  issued  the   following  General  Order  as  Circular  No.    1  : 

"Headquarters  Alabama  Division,  U.  C.  V.t. 

Opelika.   ALA  .    February   3,    1909. 

"It   is   with    profound   grief   and   heartfelt    sorrow    that  the 

Commanding    General    announces    the    death    of    Col.    J.  M. 

Mason,   the   Chaplain    General   of   tins    Division,    which  sad 

event   occurred    in    this   citv    at   6:30  this   morning. 

"Suddenly  and  with  little  warning  he  was  called  by  the 
God  he  loved  and  served  so  well  to  the  better  world  above. 
In  his  departure  the  Confederate  veterans  of  Alabama  have 
lost  a  comrade  that  all  loved  who  knew  him.  As  a  follower 
of  the  gallant  Forrest  he  won  honors  that  endeared  him  to  all 
who  served  with  him.  lie  was  devoted  to  our  cause  next 
t"  the  service  of  his  Cod.  and  always  loved  to  meet  with  the 
'boys  who  wore  the  gray.'  We  will  all  miss  him  at  our  Re- 
unions, where  his  prayers  and  benedictions  were  so  comfort- 
ing to  us.  In  his  death  the  Commanding  General  has  lost  a 
member  of  his  -staff  whom  he  loved  like  a  brother  and  to 
whom  lie  always  looked  for  counsel  and  advice. 

"While  we  shall  never  shake  Ins  genial  hand  again  on  earth, 
let  us  try  to  emulate  his  Christian  example  and  meet  him 
when  we  too  'shall  have  passed  over  the   rivei 

A  delegation  from  tamp  Lomas  attended  his  funeral  at 
Auburn,  Ala  ,  and  with  the  reading  of  their  ritual,  following 
the  solemn  burial  service  of  the  Church,  his  body  was  laid  to 
rest   in  the  sure  hope  of  a  glorious  resurrection, 

[The  foregoing  is  from  Rev.  V  J  Lamar,  of  Smith  & 
Lamar,  Agents,  Publishing  House  M.  E  Church.  South,  who 
participated  in  the  funeral  service.] 


HOW  STONEWAl  I-  J.  ft  KSON  "REACH!  !'  Ill    IVEN.' 

i:y   CHAR]  1       EDCEWORTH     |o\i  s.    VUCUSTA,  G  v 

When   Stonewall's  death   was  earnestly    discussed 
By   grieving    Southrons  and   by   all    who   must 

Respecl   grand  traits,  wherever  blessing  earth 
And  lending  human  lift   a  priceless  worth. 
A  Confed    membei   ol  his  glorious  hand. 
Whose  fame  historic  will  time's  grasp  withstand — 
'I  litis  bluntly  gave   his    views   on    Subjecl    dear: 

"When  news  of  Jackson's  death  did  first  appear 

In  heaven  above,  two  angels  Straight   were  sent 
In  bring  him  up;   >\h\  so  tins  escort  went 
To  Yank  and  Coni    1  camps,  but  failed  b  ■  find 
'I  he  man  whose  deathless  soul  thej  wei  1 

To  place  in   Paradise       ["hey  then  turned  back 
And  einplv    handed   sought    the    Shining    hack; 

Nil,1  orn  iv,  Eullj   made  report 

(  If   fruitle-s  quest   in  In.  n.il   court. 

I  ,, '  od'  Stoncw  all  of  tactician  gi  ip, 

Who'd   flanked  them  both  and  made  the  cherished  trip 

By  rapid,  stealth)  marching,  proving  well 

With. an  iid  he  could  excel, 

harked  bj  prayerful  prowess,  he  could  rise 
To  the  sublimes)  summit  of  the  skies." 


136 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


LEE  BANQUET  BY  THE  C.  V.  CAMP  OF  NEW  YORK. 

The  nineteenth  annual  banquet  of  this  Camp  was  held  at 
the  Waldorf-Astoria,  New  York  City,  on  January  27.  The 
banquet  hall,  as  usual,  was  elaborately  decorated  with  bunt- 
ing, the  flag  of  the  Camp  occupying  a  conspicuous  place  above 
the  table  reserved  for  the  speakers.  A  large  proportion  of 
those  present  were  ladies  who,  with  their  kaleidoscopic  color- 
ing of  gorgeous  gowns,  relieved  the  monotony  of  the  con- 
ventional evening  dress  of  the  weaker  sex.  The  principal 
toast  of  the  evening,  "The  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  and 
Its  Great  Commander,"  was  responded  to  by  His  Excellency. 
Governor  Swanson.  of  Virginia,  who  for  more  than  an  hour 
kept  his  audience  charmed  by  his  rich  oratory  in  portraying 
the  history  of  that  valiant  body  of  men.  The  tribute  that 
he  paid  to  the  Commander  of  the  Camp  won  well-merited 
applause.  He  said :  "In  responding  to  the  toast,  and  while  it 
is  impossible  to  recall  many  individual  cases  of  heroism  and 
valor,  it  is  proper  that  I  should  refer  to  your  Commander, 
Maj.  Edward  Owen,  a  soldier  who  won  his  laurels  on  the 
field  of  battle,  and  as  a  member  of  that  gallant  organization, 
the  Washington  Artillery,  lie  won  for  himself  imperishable 
honor  on  the  field.  He  is  mentioned  in  General  Orders  for 
his  bravery  on  the  field,  and  was  presented  for  his  command 
with  the  guns  he  had  wrested  from  the  enemy  in  recogni- 
tion of  his  valorous  deeds.  Major  Owen's  modesty  is  only 
equaled  by  his  devotion  to  the  memory  of  those  days  of 
glory,  for  it  was  of  such  that  the  Army  of  Northern  Vir- 
ginia was  made." 

Other  addresses  were  made  by  the  Hon.  John  W.  Vroo- 
man,  late  of  the  United  States  navy,  and  the  "silver-tongued 
orator  from  Georgia,"  John  Temple  Graves.  The  boxes  in 
the  galleries  around  the  hall  were  filled  with  fair  ladies  in 
evening  gowns  waiting  for  "taps"  to  be  sounded  that  they 
might  adjourn  to  the  ballroom,  where  dancing  was  the  order 
until  the  wee  sma'  hours. 

The  great  success  of  this  dinner  is  but  another  proof  that 
"peace  hath  her  victories  no  less  renowned  than  war,"  for 
Commander  Owen  was  never  more  honorably  mentioned  for 
his  deeds  on  the  field  than  he  was  for  his  great  victory  in  this 
the  nineteenth  anniversary  in  memory  of  Gen.  R.  E.  Lee. 
Among  the  prominent  guests  other  than  the  speakers  were 
Mr.  Henry  W.  Taft,  President  of  the  Ohio  Society  and  the 
brother  of  the  President  elect;  Hon.  John  J.  McCook,  of  the 
famous  "fighting  McCooks;"  Colonel  Cruikshank,  Commander 
U.  S.  Grant  Post,  G.  A.  R. ;  Dr.  Harrison;  Governor  Swan- 
son,  of  Virginia ;  Justus  N.  Williams,  Commander  Alex  Hamil- 
ton Post,  G.  A.  R. ;  Rev.  J.  Nevitt  Steele,  President  Maryland 
Society;  Mr.  Thomas  F.  Ryan,  Mrs.  Donald  McLean,  B.  N. 
Duke  and  wife,  John  C.  Calhoun,  W.  W.  Fuller,  Gen.  O.  O. 
Howard,  Hon.  William  McAdoo  (formerly  Assistant  Sec- 
retary of  the  Navy)  and  wife,  F.  R.  Pemberton,  Hon.  J. 
Hampden  Rolf,  Nathan  Straus,  Col.  W.  M.  H.  Washington, 
and  Jefferson  M.  Levy. 


ASKS  ABOUT  A  GALLANT  FEDERAL  MAJOR. 

EY    W.    R.    ALDR1DGE,    SALTILLO,    MISS. 

I  captured  a  major  at  Kennesaw  Mountain.  The  day  after 
we  had  fallen  back  to  Kennesaw  I  was  on  picket  duty  and 
out  to  the  front  as  a  vedette,  when  I  saw  this  major  trying  to 
find  our  picket  line,  so  he  could  establish  his.  He  was  crawling 
on  his  hands  and  knees  through  a  very  thick  clump  of  hazel 
bushes.  I  have  forgotten  his  name  and  regiment,  but  he  was 
from  Ohio  or  Iowa.     He  was  a  fine-looking  man.     I  was  only 


sixteen  years  old.  After  he  surrendered,  two  more  of  our 
boys  came  up,  and  one  of  them  wanted  to  kill  him ;  but  I 
said  no.  Then  he  demanded  the  major"s  watch  and  spurs ; 
but  I  told  him  the  major  was  my  prisoner  and  that  he  should 
not  be  robbed  of  anything  he  had.  I  had  his  sword,  and  that 
was  all  that  he  should  give  up.  If  that  major  is  living.  1 
would  be  glad  to  hear  from  him. 

I    belonged    to    Company    F,    31st     Mississippi     Regiment, 
Fiatherston's  Brigade,  Cowrie's  Division,  Polk's  Corps. 


NATIONAL  PARK  AT  FRANK  LIS. 

BY    MRS.   N.   B.  D0ZIER,  CHAIRMAN   FRANKLIN   NATIONAL  PARK 
COMMITTEE. 

It  is  not  my  purpose  to  discuss  the  battle  of  Franklin,  de- 
clared by  Gen.  S.  D.  Lee  to  be  the  bloodiest  of  the  War  be- 
tween the  States,  but  to  let  the  men  who  took  part  in  that 
fatal  battle,  both  those  who  wore  the  gray  and  those  who  wore 
the  blue,  know  that  the  members  of  Franklin  Chapter  U.  D. 
C,  Franklin,  Term.,  are  making  an  earnest  effort  to  per- 
petuate the  valor,  courage,  and  true  heroism  displayed  by 
them  on  that  fated  November  30,  1864.  That  we  may  do  this 
we  wish  to  have  at  Franklin  a  national  park.  At  one  time  we 
desired  to  have  included  in  this  park  a  greater  portion  of  the 
battlefield.  We  shall  be  happy  now  to  have  that  portion  on 
the  left  of  the  Columbia  Pike  on  which  was  the  old  cotton  gin 
and  that  part  of  the  Federal  breastworks  on  which  Gen.  John 
Adams  fell  and  near  which  brave  Pat  Cleburne  gave  up  his 
life  and  many  others  on  both  sides  breathed  their  last. 

On  the  right  of  the  pike  we  wish  the  Carter  place,  on  which 
still  stand  the  Carter  house  and  the  old  bullet-riddled  smoke- 
house, which  were  between  the  two  lines  of  battle.  We  wish 
to  connect  these  two  pieces  of  ground,  hallowed  by  the  blood 
of  brave  men,  sons  of  both  the  North  and  the  South,  by  a 
beautiful  memorial  arch,  a  monument  to  the  soldiers  of  1861- 
65.  We  wish  not  only  to  tell  them  of  our  plans  to  honor  them, 
but  also  to  ask  their  hearty  cooperation  in  this  work.  Will 
not  every  living  man,  both  Federal  and  Confederate,  who  took 
part  in  this  battle  write  at  once  to  the  Congressmen  and 
United  States  Senators  of  his  respective  State  and  urge  them 
to  work  for  and  to  vote  for  the  bill  asking  of  the  government 
an  appropriation  for  a  national  park  at  Franklin?  The  bill 
must  be  introduced  soon,  before  more  of  these  brave  men  have 
answered  their  last  roll  call. 

There  is  certainly  no  more  historic  battlefield  in  Tennes- 
see— nay,  in  this  country — than  that  of  Franklin.  No  battle 
was  ever  more  grandly  fought  than  was  Franklin.  Charge 
after  charge  was  made,  the  men  often  in  hand-to-hand  en- 
counter. As  fast  as  one  division  was  shattered  and  broken 
another  went  bravely  forward  into  the  very  jaws  of  death, 
until  six  Confederate  generals  lay  dead  on  or  near  the  breast- 
works and  many  in  the  ranks  on  both  sides  had  laid  down 
their  lives  for  their  country. 

We  were  pleased  to  see  in  the  Veteran  for  January  and 
February  letters  from  Federal  soldiers  favoring  a  national 
park  at  Franklin.  We  are  assured  of  Mr.  Cunningham's  great 
interest  in  our  national  park  and  of  his  hearty  cooperation 
in  this  work. 


The  Veteran  has  a  letter  from  Mr.  J.  W.  Stallings,  of 
Lafayette,  Ala.,  in  regard  to  the  "Flag  of  the  13th  Regiment," 
mentioned  in  the  November  issue.  Mr.  Stallings  states  that 
his  lieutenant  was  shot  in  both  legs  and  that  the  flag  of  the 
13th  Alabama  Regiment  was  lost.  Mr.  Stallings  would  be 
most  grateful  for  information  in  regard  to  the  lost  flag. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


137 


PRIZE  ESSAY  CONSIDERED  IN  RICHMOND. 

RETORT    SUPPLIED    THROUGH    RICHMOND    PAPER. 

The  Richmond  Chapter  entered  its  protest  as  soon  as  the 
article  appeared  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  draft  reso- 
lutions of  disapproval.  The  committee  has  carefully  read  the 
essay ;  and  while  it  contains  much  that  is  laudatory  and  truth- 
ful of  the  life  of  Gen.  Robert  E.  Lee,  it  also  abounds  in  such 
misstatements  and  even  vilification  of  the  South,  her  cause 
and  her  people,  that  it  would  seem  impossible  that  any  one 
could  have  regarded  it  just  to  General  Lee  or  to  them. 

We  do  not  attempt  to  refute  the  charges,  villainous  as  they 
have  been,  that  were  made  by  Northern  historian-  everywhere 
in  the  last  forty  years;  but  when  such  charges  are  made  at 
the  present  day.  when  every  true  American  is  using  his  ef- 
forts to  reconcile  differences,  we  cannot  understand  how  a 
committee  of  such  distinguished  educators  could  have  given 
their  approval.  We  therefore  recomrm  -id  to  the  United 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  that  some  xplanation  is  due 
from  these  learned  historians  who  have  approved  this  "his- 
torical essay." 

We  call  attention  to  only  one  point.  These  same  historians 
in  passing  on  last  year's  prize  essay  call  attention  to  the  fact 
that  in  1830  of  the  six  universities  in  America  live  were  in  the 
South.  Miss  Boyson  in  speaking  of  the  period  of  '61.  thirty 
years  after,  slates  that  intellectually  the  South  was  dead  and 
that  most  of  her  people  were  densely  ignorant,  without  schools 
or  churches.    How  can  we  reconcile  these  two  historical  essays? 

Mr-.  Schuyler,  in  the  defense  of  this  young  essayist,  says 
she  "deserves  credit  for  expressing  opinions  she  knew  would 
be  distasteful."  Statements  and  even  truth  are  often  dis- 
tasteful ;  but  if  correct  history,  we  would  make  no  objection. 
We  therefore  recommend  that  future  essays  be  passed 
upon  by  the  history  committee  of  the  United  Daughters  of 
the  Confederacy.  General  Lee  needs  no  eulogy,  the  South  no 
vindication  Verification  of  her  rights  will  come  in  time,  as 
so  beautifully  expressed  by  James  Barron  Hope  beginning: 

"In  the  future  some  historian  shall  come  forth  strong  and  wise 
\\  ith  a  love  of  the  republic  and  the  truth  before  his  ey< 
He    will    show    the   subtle   causes    of   the    War   between    the 

States ; 
He  will  go  back  in  his  studies  far  beyond  our  modern  dates: 
He  will  trace  our  hostile  ideas  as  the  miner  does  the  lodes; 
He   will   show   the   different   habits   horn   of   different      ocial 

codes. 

He  will  show  the  Union  divided,  and  the  pictures  will  de- 
plore ; 

He  will  show  it  reunited  and  made  stronger  than  before. 

Slow  and  patient,  fair  and  truthful  must  the  coming  teacher 
be 

To  show  how  the  knife  was  sharpened  that  was  ground  to 
prune  the  tree. 

He  will  hold  the  scales  of  justice,  he  will  measure  praise 
and  blame. 

And  the  South  will  stand  the  verdict,  and  will  stand  it  with- 
shame  " 

Rli  hmond  1  uapter  Still  Dispi.f  • 

The  Richmond  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  (  ■  v.  on 

February    i j   reaffirmed    its  position   in   regard   to   the   much- 

on  essay  on  General  Lee,  claiming  that  neither 

President  1"    A.  Alderman,  of  the  Univei  rginia,  nor 

President    ('.    Alphonso    Smith,    of    the    University    of   North 


Carolina,   had   answered   the   statements   made    in    the   official 
protest  filed  by  the  Richmond  Chapter. 

The  resolutions  adopted  were  directed  to  be  published  in  the 
Confederate  Veteran,  the  official  organ  of  the  Daughters  of 
the  Confederacy.  In  addition  to  the  former  resolutions,  the 
Chapter  on  February  12  passed  paragraph  by  paragraph  on  the 
following: 

"1.  That  Richmond  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy, 
holds  itself  responsible  as  a  whole  for  the  foregoing  resolu- 
tions. 

"2.  That  the  Chapter  indorses  the  protest  of  the  editor  of 
the  Veteran  when  he  says  in  its  December  issue  that  it  is 
unfortunate  that  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy 
gave  out  a  prize  to  a  paper  eulogizing  General  Lee  at  the  ex- 
pense of  nearly  all  thai  is  true  of  the  South  and  her  people. 

"3.  That  m.  mention  is  made  in  the  foregoing  resolutions 
of  the  oft-printed  and  quoted  clause  used  by  Miss  Boyson 
when  she  wrote  referring  to  General  Lee :  'He  was  a  traitor 
in  that  he  sacrificed  all  to  aid  the  enemies  of  his  country,  but 
so  were  George  Washington  ami  John  Hampden  and  William 
of  Orange.' 

"4.  The  Chapter  made  this  protest  on  account  of  the  many 
inaccuracies  and  misstatements  in  the  essay,  notably  those  in 
reference  to  the  South's  condition  as  a  whole  and  the  reflec- 
tions cast  on  her  people,  her  private  soldiers  and  officers 
Now  who  were  these  officers?  Stonewall  Jackson,  Beauregard. 
J.  F.  B.  Stuart.  Jubal  A.  Early,  Joseph  E.  Johnston.  Albert 
Sidney  Johnston,  Forrest,  Morgan,   and   many  others. 

"5.  Richmond  Chapter,  United  Daughters  of  the  Confed- 
eracy, feels  that  neither  Dr.  Alderman,  of  the  University  of 
Virginia,  nor  Dr.  Smith,  of  the  University  of  North  Caro- 
lina, has  answered  the  statements  made  in  its  official  protest 
on  January  28.  It  feels  that  a  grievous  mistake  was  made  by 
the  committee  of  award  and  the  history  committee  of 
the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  when  they  con- 
ferred the  prize  and  printed  the  Boyson  essay  without  pro- 
test in  the  official  organ  of  the  United  Daughters.  It  con- 
siders it  unfortunate  that  the  essay  did  not  appear  in  the  Con- 
federate Veteran  before  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Con- 
federacy Convention  in  November.  iqoS,  as  the  essay  had 
been  examined  in  May  of  that  year. 

"6  \mong  the  statements  in  the  essay  which  should  have 
elicited  protest  1-  the  following  paragraph:  'For  neither  as 
the  exponent  of  a  former  patriotism,  which  the  results  of  the 
war  have  made  treason,  nor  as  a  leader  of  a  lost  cause,  could 
he  [Lee]  attract  anything  but  sentimental  interest.  His  real 
worth  lies  in  the  spirit  of  the  man  himself,  the  loftiness  and 
dignity  of  his  character,  the  richness  and  fullness  of  the 
soul.'  In  the  next  paragraph  the  writer  sneers  at  Lee's  biog- 
raphers, of  whom  one  was  his  son,  the  other  his  nephew,  for 
endeavoring  in  portray  him  as  the  faultless  man.  and  says: 
'For  the  historian  of  a  later  day  to  represent  him  as  a  man 
of  stainless  virtue  is  to  make  him  ridiculous.' 

"Had  Drs  NM'iin.iii  and  Smith  and  the  essay  committee 
of  the  United   Daughters  of  the  G  protested   even 

in   the  slightest    way  against   tin-  historical   inaccuracies   and 
the  many  sneers  directed  against  the  South.  \  ••■ 

'the  literary  merits  and  structural  ab  general  thought- 

the  paper,  .1  cli  erstanding  might  havi 

gained  by  the   Richmond   Daughters. 

the  Chapter  requests  the  public  to  read  care- 
fully and  thoughtfully  the  whole  essay  and  judge  of  its  merits 
as  a  historical  paper  to  bi  plai  ed  in  the  archives  of  the  United 
Daughter'-  of  lb  racy  " 


138 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


GECr.JIA  U.  D.  C.  CALLS  EXTRA  SESSION. 

Miss  Alice  Baxter,  President  of  the  Georgia  Division,  U. 
D.  C,  in  compliance  with  a  request  of  sixty-six  Chapters  and 
of  the  Executive  Georgia  Board,  has  called  an  extra  session 
of  that  Division  to  convene  in  Atlanta  on  March  II,  1909, 
with  the  object  of  discussing  a  suitable  place  for  the  erection 
of  the  Wirz  monument.  Miss  Baxter  recites  in  her  call  the 
history  of  this  monument,  setting  forth  that  several  years  ago 
the  U.  D.  C.  decided  to  erect  a  monument  to  the  memory  of 
this  martyr  to  the  Confederate  cause.  The  money  was  col- 
lected and  it  was  decided  to  place  the  shaft  in  Andersonville. 
However,  the  inscription  committee  put  an  inscription  on  it 
which  was  not  accepted,  and  Andersonville  was  abandoned. 

The  rival  claims  of  two  Georgia  cities,  Americus  and  Sa- 
vannah, were  next  considered :  but  Richmond  was  suggested 
and  accepted.  However,  this  did  not  meet  universal  approba- 
tion, and  Mrs.  Walter  D.  Lemar  wrote  to  the  various  Chap- 
ters requesting  them  to  open  the  matter  again,  and  this 
called  meeting  of  the  Georgia  Division  is  the  result. 

Location  of  the  Wirz  Monument. 

The  meeting  on  March  11  is  a  special  call  by  the  Presi- 
dent, Miss  Alice  Baxter,  to  further  consider  the  location  of 
the  monument  to  Maj.  Henry  Wirz,  the  only  Confederate 
executed  by  the  United  States  government  authorities  soon 
after  the  close  of  the  war.  His  history  has  been  widely  pub- 
lished through  the  Veteran.  The  original  plan  was  abandoned 
happily  to  erect  it  at  Andersonville.  Americus,  Macon,  and 
other  cities  are  applicants. 

The  Veteran  suggested  the  propriety  of  placing  it  at  Fair- 
view,  Ky.,  the  birthplace  of  the  only  Confederate  President, 
and  which  is  to  be  made  the  Mecca  of  the  Confederacy ; 
but  it  did  not  have  that  intelligent  consideration  that  the  plea 
merited.  To  place  it  at  Fairview  in  the  Memorial  Park  that 
is  being  provided  by  the  Jefferson  Davis  Home  Association 
as  a  contribution  by  the  Georgia  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy 
would  be  far  more  creditable  to  them  than  it  could  possibly 
be  erected  on  Georgia  soil.  Fairview  will  evidently  become 
the  South's  Mecca  of  the  Confederacy.  Major  Wirz  deserves 
a  place — upon  the  testimony  of  Union  soldiers  who  were  uni  - 
him  in  the  Andersonville  Prison — in  such  Mecca.  To  loc;  • 
it  at  Fairview  now  would  give  fresh  impetus  to  the  work  cf 
the  Association. 


CONFEDERATE   CHOIRS— UNIFORMS  AND   TITLES. 

BY   T.    W.    CUNNINGHAM,   PRESIDENT  CUNNINGHAM    NATIONAL 
BANK,  JOPLIN,    MO. 

In  your  issue  for  January  your  article  under  the  caption 
of  "Confederate  Choirs,  Titles,  and  Uniforms  of  Members" 
has  attracted  my  attention  and  personal  interest.  It  is  not 
my  desire  or  purpose  to  engage  you  in  a  newspaper  con- 
troversy; but  believing  that  you  are  fair-minded  in  all  your 
dealings,  liberal  in  your  views,  and  unhesitatingly  concede  to 
others  the  privilege  of  expressing  their  views,  I  wish  to 
voice  my  approval  of  "the  titles  of  the  officers  and  uniforms 
worn"  by  the  members  of  the  Confederate  Choir. 

I  am  not  actuated  in  my  views  by  any  feelings  of  sentiment 
or  false  pride,  but  indorse  most  heartily  the  action  of  the 
Choir  from  a  standpoint  of  right,  justice,  and  liberality,  and 
for  my  part  cheerfully  given  and  most  cheerfully  rendered. 

As  far  as  my  knowledge  extends,  I  know  of  no  revolt  hav- 
ing broken  out  or  adverse  criticisms  having  been  made  as  to 
the  garb  worn  or  titles  given  by  the  members  of  the  Con- 
federate  Choir,   an  organization   which  creates   enthusiasm  in 


the  hearts  of  the  old  vets  who  wore  the  gray — stirs  their 
souls  to  the  very  depths  and  recalls  those  days  of  struggle 
for  rights  and  privileges  which  we  believe  to  be  ours,  or- 
dained by  the  Constitution  and  bathed  in  blood,  for  which 
patriots  fought.  There  is  no  detraction  from  the  bright  glory 
achieved  or  marring  the  undying  fame  won  by  the  Lees, 
Jackson,  Forrest,  and  the  Johnstons  in  their  struggle  for 
the  cause  they  espoused  by  complimenting  the  officers  of  the 
Choir  with  military  titles.  It  does  not,  in  my  opinion,  re- 
flect upon  them  in  the  least  or  detract  from  their  womanly 
virtues  in  bestowing  upon  them  the  titles  of  their  various  rank 
and  positions,  nor  does  it  unsex  them  or  call  down  upon  their 
heads  opprobrious  epithets  or  harsh  criticisms  from  the  male 
sex  because  they  appear  in  tidily  fitting  coats  or  jackets  of 
gray  and  brass  buttons  and  wearing  a  hat  which  was  recog- 
nized as  a  beacon  light  thrown  out  by  those  whose  right  it 
was  to  command,  whose  duty  it  w'as  to  lead. 

Let  the  vets  join  hearts  and  hands  in  extending  every  en- 
couragement to  the  members  of  the  Choir,  give  to  them  every 
possible  aid,  and  indulge  them  in  their  innocent  fancies  as 
to  garb  and  military  title,  and  in  the  future,  as  at  the  late 
meeting  at  Birmingham,  you  will  see  a  growth  in  the  en- 
thusiasm, a  stronger  tie  that  binds  the  present  to  the  past 
in  all  of  our  meetings,  and  there  will  not  one  be  found  who 
will  not  rise  up  and  with  soul  burning  with  warmth  and  holy 
passion  cry  aloud :  "God  bless  and  keep  our  Confederate 
Choirs !" 

Now,  Brother  Editor,  sit  thee  down  and  reflect,  and  after 
mature  deliberation  acknowledge  the  darkness  in  which  you 
have  groped  and  recognize  the  spirit  of  the  organic  law  of 
the  land,  "the  right  of  all  in  the  pursuit  of  happiness." 
I,  for  one,  do  not  believe  that  the  garb  worn  or  the  military 
titles  given  to  the  members  of  the  Confederate  Choir  de- 
tract from  their  dignity  or  reflect  in  the  least  upon  the 
rights  of  generations  past  or  cast  gloom  and  darkness  upon 
those  vet  unborn. 


WHAT  LINCOLN  SAID  OF  OUR  LEE. 

From  a  copyrighted  article  OS86)  by  Frances  F.  Browne: 

"It  is  something  to  be  ever  gratefully  remembered  that 
the  last  day  of  Mr.  Lincoln's  life  beamed  with  sunshine.  His 
cares  and  burdens  slipped  from  him  like  a  garment,  and  his 
spirit  was  Idled  with  a  blessed  and  benignant  peace. 

"Op  the  morning  of  that  fatal  Friday,  the  14th  of  April, 
the  President  had  a  long  conversation  at  breakfast  with  his 
son  Robert,  a  member  of  Grant's  staff,  who  had  just  arrived 
from  the  front  with  additional  particulars  of  Lee's  surrender, 
of  which  event  he  had  been  a  witness.  The  President  listened 
with  close  attention  to  the  interesting  recital ;  then,  taking  up 
a  portrait  of  General  Lee,  which  his  son  had  brought  him, 
he  placed  it  on  the  table  before  him,  where  he  scanned  it 
long  and  thoughtfully,  and  said:  'It  is  a  good  face.  It  is 
the  face  of  a  noble,  brave  man.  I  am  glad  that  the  war  is 
over  at  last;  Looking  upon  Robert,  he  continued:  'Well,  my 
son,  you  have  returned  safely  from  the  front.  The  war  is 
now  closed,  and  we  wi'.l  soon  live  in  peace  with  the  brave 
men  who  have  been  fighting  against  us.  I  trust  that  the  era 
of  good  feeling  has  returned,  and  that  henceforth  we  shall 
I've  in  harmony  together.' 

"During  the  afternoon  the  President  approved  an  applica- 
tion for  the  discharge  on  taking  the  oath  of  allegiance  of  a 
Rebel  prisoner,  on  whose  petition  he  wrote :  'Let  it  be  done.' 
This  act  of  mercv  was  his  last  official  order." 


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GENERAL   LEE'S  BIRTHDAY  IN  PHILADELPHIA. 

One  of  tlii-  most  interesting  celebrations  of  General  Lee's 
birthday  was  held  in  Philadelphia  on  January  19  by  the 
Gen.  Dabnev  II.  Maury  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  Corfed 
JBracy.  It  is  probably  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the 
Daughters  (and  it  is  worthy  of  record)  that  in  a  Northern 
pity  the)  were  addressed  by  the  Mayor.  Mayor  Reyburn,  of 
Philadelphia,  made  a  must  beautiful  address  and  paid  a  glow 
ing  tribute  to  Lee,  the  great  American  soldier.  A  beautiful 
oration  was  delivered  on  Lee  hv  Maj.  Mberl  Vkers,  of  Wash- 
ington. The  rooms  of  the  Belgravia  were  filled  by  a  brilliant 
audience  of  Northerners  as  well  as  Southerners.  A  very 
beautiful  silver  bowl  was  presented  to  the  beloved  President 
<  f  the  Chapter,  Josephine  Poe  Duer.  The  inscription  on  the 
bowl  reads:  "1897  to  1909  Josephine  Poe  Duer  From  the 
Gen.  Dabney  II.  Maury  Chapter,  Virginia  Division,  U.  D.  C. 
In  grateful  appreciation  of  your  arduous  work,  your  loyalty 
to  principle,  your  great  fighl  and  victory  won,  and  youi  re 
sponse  i"  die    bugle  rail  of  love,  patriotism,  and  country." 

\  reception  followed  the  ceremonies,  at  which  all  made 
merry  over  a  howl  of  Confederate  punch  and  the  birthday 
cake  of  the   Chapter.      I  his  being  its  twelfth   birthday,    ind 

Mrs      Duer    having    resigned    the    presidency.     Mrs      Henry    E. 
Bohnier  was   unanimously   elected   to  fill   her   placi 
[Reported  by  Mrs.  Janus    r    Halsey,  Honorary  President.] 


READING    M  I  i  PER  FOR   I  I  1  :  R  INS 

I  In  Executive  Board  of  the  Tennessee  Confederate  Sol- 
diers' Home  has  appointed  a  Librarian  and  Historian;  and  S. 
A.  Cunningham,  of  Nashville,  having  been  assigned  to  the  re- 
sponsible duties,  seeks  the  cooperation  of  friends  throughout 
the  Stale.  He  requests  the  publishet  "i  every  paper  in  Ten- 
nessee to  donate  a  copj  of  its  current  issue.  He  also  requests 
the  donation  of  hooks,  and  in  such  books  he  desires  to  add  a 
By  leaf  with  print  about  as  follow-  : 

"Contributed  to  the  Confederate  Soldiers'  Home,  of  Ten- 
nessee, by  ,  of  -     .     These  hooks  are  to  be 

the  propertj    of   the   Tennessee    Division.   United    Daughters 
■  if  the  Confederacy,   when   the   Home   for   Confederate   Vel 
erans  shall  have  been  discontinued." 

Mr.  Cunningham  solicits  the  friendly  cooperation  of  all  who 
can  contribute  to  the  entertainment  of  these  old  men.  a  good 
proportion  of  whom  are  venerable  gentlemen.  In  many  a 
home  there  is  some  good,  suitable  book  that  the  family  would 
be  glad  to  contribute  Such  hooks  will  be  properly  labeled 
With  the  donor's  name  inserted,  as  stated.  Newspapers 
should  be  addressed  to  "Tennes  ei  Confederate  Home,  Hei 
mitage,  Tenn."  Hunks  might  also  be  sent  there  direct  or  to 
Mr.  Cunningham,  at  Nashville,  who  will  arrange  for  their 
shipment.     He  should  be  informed  of  such  contributions. 

The  foregoing  is  given  to  the  readers  of  the  Veteran 
everywhere  in  the  hope  that  comrades  and  Daughters  in  other 

S'ate-  ne    such    movement.      The    old    sol- 

diers now   being  unable  to  work  would  thoroughly  appreciate 
attention  in  the  mam  ted. 


A  GOOD  PLAN  FO     CO  \TE  EXl  R<  ISl  J 

Mr,  A.  L.   Hull  writes  on  the  subject:  "On  last    Memorial 

Daj  in  Athens,  Ga.,  the  toadies'  Memorial  Association  instead 

">  ha>  ing  .in  1 11  in.  .11  invited     evei  al   1 1  tei  am    to  n  late  some 

brief  personal  experience  in  the  war  in  their  own  waj       ["he 

1  veterans  had  .  harg.   of  tin  f  their  number 

presided      [fa  icceeded   his   ten    minutes,   he    was 


called  down,  leu  or  more  responded,  and  the  occasion  was 
greatly  enjoyed.  The  departure  from  the  stereotyped  pro- 
gramme was  heartily  approved.  The  plan  is  a  good  one  to 
try.  It  brings  the  younger  generation  face  to  face  with  the 
very  man  who  did  the  fighting  and  awakens  a  new  interest  in 
the  celebration  of  the  day." 

SPONSOR  FOR  RAPHAEL  SEMMES  CAMP,  U.  C.  V. 

I"he   Raphael  Semmcs  Camp,  No    11.  U    C.  V.,  of  Mobile. 

has  repeatedly  designated  the  popular  and  gifted  Miss  Kittie- 

belle  Stirling  as  its  sponsor. 
She  represented  that  Camp  at 
the  New  Orleans  Reunion  in 
nio.  was  its  sponsor  again 
at  the  Alabama  State  Re- 
union that  same  year,  and  has 
been  retained  as  sponsor  by 
the  Camp  ever  since — at 
Richmond,  Birmingham  Gen- 
eral Reunion,  and  again  at 
Mobile  At  this  last  State 
Reunion  she  was  given  un- 
usual prominence  because  of 
the  Camp's  responsibility  in 
entertainments.  Miss  Stir- 
ling's family  gave  eleven 
members  to  the  cause  of  the 
Confederacy,  I'wv  of  whom 
came  from  Pennsylvania  to 
engage  in  the  services  of 
the  Confederate  States — a 
most    n  inarkable    record 


MISS    KITTIEBE1.LE    STIRLING. 


A  Year's  Contributions  by  the  W,  B.  Bate  Chapter. — 
From  a  report  by  Mis  \Y.  R.  Bryan,  its  efficient  President: 
Contributions  to  our  Soldier--'  Home  Ice.  $72.25;  hospital, 
nurse,  and  cook,  $48;  bed  hnen,  $30;  tableware,  $10;  window 
shades,  $4:  jellies  and  fruit,  $9;  expenses  of  veteran  to  Re- 
union. $6;  expenses  of  veteran  to  Mobile,  $6.  Contributions 
to  Memorial  Work  For  Sam  Davis  monument  (in  addition 
to  the  $80  already  given),  $75;  to  Shiloh  monument,  $50; 
to  Arlington  monument,  $10;  old  Blandford  Church  window, 

$5;  Sabine  Pass,  $1 ;  framing  Caul  pictures  in  History  Build- 
ing, $2;  pictures  of  Jefferson  Davis  and  General  lee  placed 
in  city  schools.  $30.      Total   for  these  purposes  only.  $338.25, 


Si  rvivors  of  Confederate  Companies.  John  \Y.  Woo.], ml. 
of  Shelbyville,  Tenn.,  refers  10  the  report  of  Douglas  Jarni- 
gan  upon  Company  F,  39th  Georgia  Regiment,  as  having  from 

an  enrollment  of  one  hundred  men  twenty  survivors,  and 
states:    "We    can    heal    that    number,      Company    G    of   tl 

Tennessee  Regiment,  commanded  by  Col.  Ed  C.  Cook  until 
be  was  killed  near  Marietta,  Ga.,  had  a  total  membership  of 
one  hundred  and  twenty,  of  whom  thirty-two  are  yet  living." 


\li-     \    J    Emerson,  3631   West  30th  Street,  Denver.  Colo., 
preparing  a  book  on  Confederate  monuments,  and  will  ap- 
Lte  any   in fnrni.it ion   in   regard  to  them:  also  anything  of 
Confedei  iti    cemetei  ies  and  the  mi  inuments  therein 


Dr.  A    (     Bennett,  of  Vinson,  Okla.,  desires  information  of 

the  vv.11      0  .1  of  John  Xel-on  Bennett,  who  enlisted  at  Quit- 
man, Van  Buren  County,   Vrk.,  early  in  1862,  and  it  is  thought 

was  in  Captain   II  ,    oi    \rkansas  troops. 


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Jefferson  Davis's  Name  to  Be  Restored  on  Cabin  John 
Bridge. — A  telegram  from  Mrs.  W.  J.  Behan,  President  C. 
S.  M.  A,  New  Orleans,  La.,  February  23.  1909,  states: 
"By  order  of  President  Roosevelt  the  name  of  Jefferson  Davis 
will  be  restored  to  Cabin  John  Bridge.  This  is  the  result 
of  a  resolution  passed  by  the  Confederated  Southern  Me- 
morial Association  in  Richmond  in   1907." 


William  L.  Ritter,  of  Baltimore.  Md..  writes:  "Will  Miss 
Boyson  please  explain  why  it  took  2,700,000  well-fed,  well- 
clad,  well-armed  Federal  warriors  four  long  years  to  subdue 
600,000  half-fed,  half-clad,  'ignorant'   Confederates?" 


A  letter  has  been  received  from  Mrs.  J.  G.  Broadnax,  of 
Greensboro,  N.  C,  asking  the  Veteran  to  voice  her  protest 
against  Miss  Boyson's  essay  on  General  Lee. 


Gratitude  of  John  A.  Sumner. 
I  am  glad  that  forty-four  years  after  the  Civil  War,  in 
which  I  participated,  I  am  still  hale  and  hearty  and  able  to 
enjoy  all  the  blessings  by  which  I  am  surrounded.  I  am 
grateful  that  after  these  forty-four  years  of  battles  by  ballot 
and  changing  administrations  the  South  can  still  live  up  to 
Jefferson  Davis's  motto :  "Be  slow  to  anger,  swift  to  forgive, 
ever  ready  to  help  the  lowly,  too  proud  to  stoop  to  the 
haughty." 

"This  is  my  glory,  this  is  my  song; 
This  is  my  gratitude  all  the  day  long." 


LAST  MEETING  OF  LEE  AND  JACKSON. 
Original  Painting  Owned  by  Mrs.  J.  B.  Richardson. 

The  widow  of  Col.  John  B.  Richardson,  1212  Seventh  Street, 
New  Orleans,  writes  of  the  famous  portrait : 

"The  picture  is  an  oil  painting  six  feet  one  and  a  half 
inches  wide  and  eight  feet  five  and  a  half  inches  high.  It 
represents  the  'Last  Meeting  of  Lee  and  Jackson,'  and  was 
painted  by  Julie.  A  certain  number  of  steel  engravings  were 
made  from  the  original,  and  these  engravings  bear  the  fol- 
lowing inscription :  'Entered  according  to  act  of  Congress  in 
the  year  1873  by  Everett  B.  D.  Julie,  of  Louisiana,  in  the  office 
of  the  Librarian  of  Congress  at  Washington,  D.  C 

"I  have  letters  from  Miss  Mary  Custis  Lee  and  Mrs.  T.  J. 
(Stonewall)  Jackson  stating  that  the  picture  is  an  excellent 
reproduction  of  the  features  of  these  two  distinguished  Con- 
federate generals.  At  present  the  picture  is  in  the  Washing- 
ton Artillery  Arsenal,  New  Orleans,  and  is  fully  insured.  I 
am  very  desirous  of  disposing  of  the  picture,  which  I  believe 
should  be  in  an  art  gallery,  where  it  could  be  appreciated  by 
the  lovers  of  the  high  and  noble  in  art. 

"Appleton's  Cyclopedia  of  American  Biography,  Volume 
III.,  states:  'Julio  B.  B.  D.  Fabrino,  artist,  was  born  on  the 
island  of  St.  Helena  in  1843 ;  and  died  in  Georgia  September 
15.  t879.  He  was  the  son  of  an  Italian  father  and  a  Scotch, 
mother.  After  a  careful  education  in  Paris,  he  removed  to 
the  United  States  at  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War,  and 
lived  in  the  North  several  years.  Removing  to  New  Orleans, 
he  established  himself  there  as  a  portrait  painter.  Revisiting 
Paris  about  1872,  he  entered  the  studio  of  Leon  Bonnatt,  and 
returning  to  New  Orleans  two  years  later  established  a  school 
of  art  in  that  city.  His  best-known  painting,  "The  Last  Meet- 
ing of  Lee  and  Jackson,"  is  a  composition  of  great  merit.' 

"I  will  be  pleased  to  give  further  information  about  it." 


A  Word  from  McNeel — 

TO  THE  DAUGHTERS  OF  THE  CONFEDERACY— 

In  regard  to  that  Confederate  monument  which  your  Chapter 
has  been  talking  about  and  planning  for  since  you  first  or- 
ganized. Why  not  buy  it  NOW  and  have  it  erected  before 
all  the  old  veterans  have  answered  the  final  roll  call  ? 

Why  wait  and  worry  about  raising  funds?  Our  terms  to 
U.  D.  C.  Chapters  are  so  liberal  and  our  plans  for  raising 
funds  are  so  effective  as  to  obviate  the  necessity  of  either 
waiting  or  worrying. 

During  the  last  three  or  four  years  we  have  sold  Confed- 
erate monuments  to  thirty-seven  of  your  sister  Chapters  in 
this  and  adjoining  States,  the  names  of  which  we  give  be- 
low. .  None  of  these  Chapters  have  experienced  any  difficulty 
in  raising  sufficient  funds  to  meet  their  payments  under  the 
liberal  terms  of  their  contracts  with  us,  although  only  a  very 
few  of  them  had  but  small  amounts  in  hand  at  the  time  they 
placed  their  order.  Another  fact  to  which  we  desire  to  call 
your  attention  is  that  the  experience  of  these  thirty-seven 
Chapters  in  each  and  every  case  has  been  that  it  is  much 
easier  to  raise  funds  after  you  have  bought  the  monument 
than  before. 

We  have  sold  the  U.  D.  C.  Chapters  in  the  following  cities : 
Jasper,  Ala.,  Eufaula,  Ala..  Gadsden.  Ala..  Monroe,  Ga.,  Wash- 
ington, Ga.,  Warrenton,  Ga.,  Lumpkin,  Ga.,  Union,  S.  C,  La- 
fayette, Ga.,  Prattville,  Ala.,  Clayton,  Ala..  Marietta,  Ga., 
Jonesville,  S.  C,  Ocala,  Fla.,  Cedartown.  Ga..  Bennettsville, 
S.  C,  Lumberton,  N.  C,  Thomaston.  Ga.,  Perry.  Ga.,  Hawkins- 
ville,  Ga.,  Hartwell,  Ga.,  Rome,  Ga.  Eatonton,  Ga.,  Sylvania, 
Ga.,  Moultrie,  Ga.,  Cartersville,  Ga.,  Chester,  S.  C,  Troy,  Ala., 
Madison,  Ga.,  Abbeville,  Ga.,  Statesboro.  Ga.,  Lawrenceville, 
Ga.,  Millen,  Ga.,  Madison,  Fla.,  Demopolis.  Ala..  Blakely,  Ga., 
Russellville,  Ala.,  the  General  John  B.  Gordon  monument, 
Capitol  grounds,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

The  above  Chapters  bought  monuments  ranging  in  price 
from  $1,250  to  $22,500.  A  majority  of  these  have  been  erected, 
and  in  every  case  we  have  received  letters  of  thanks,  and  in 
many  cases  committees  write  that  their  monuments  have  ex- 
ceeded their  expectations. 

Our  designs,  our  prices,  our  work,  our  business  methods 
have  pleased  them,  and  we  can  please  you. 

What  your  sister  Chapters  have  done,  you  can  do. 

Would  you  like  to  know  the  easiest,  the  quickest,  and  the 
most  successful  plans  for  raising  funds  for  Confederate  mon- 
uments?    If  so,  write  us. 

The  information   will   only  cost  you   the   price  of  a  postal, 
and  it  may  be  worth  a  monument  to  you.     Write  to-day. 
The  McNeel  Marble  Company, 
The  largest  builders  of  monuments 
in  the  Southern  States, 

Marietta,  Ga. 

Branch  House,  Columbia,  Ten.v. 


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141 


THE  SOUTH  SHOl  t  V  REMAIN   UNITED. 

BY     '  -.  -m        m      HENDRII  i  hi  PHERDSTOWN,    W.    \  \. 

I  prize  tin  \  i  in  IAN  most  highly.  It  is  true  to  our  prin- 
ciples. In  the  February  number  you  voice  the  sentiment  of 
the  entire  true  South  on  the  question:  "Should  the  solid 
South  be  broken?"  No.  The  North  is  as  solid  against  the 
South  to-day  as  when  the  war  ended.  National  legislation 
is  always  in  their  interest.      I  hey  always  control. 

We  ex  I  onfederates  want  this  government  to  he  the  best 
in  the  world,  i  lur  homes  are  in  it.  all  our  interests  are  here. 
W'c  would  n  1-1  interference  of  foreign  nations;  our  I03  tltj 
cannot  be  questioned  No  people  were  ever  truer  to  prin- 
ciples and  convictions  than  the  Southern  people.  None  of  US 
regret  what  we  did-  jusl  the  reverse.  I  am  prouder  of  my 
four  years'  service  in  the  Confederate  armj  under  Jackson 
than  of  all  else  in  life.  We  were  overwhelmed  by  numbers 
and  resources,  bit)  our  spirits  are  unconquered.  We  had  to 
submit  to  constitutional  amendments  passed  at  the  close  of 
the  war  when  prejudice  ran  high  They  forced  humiliation 
on  the  South :  they  antagonized  the  races,  and  it  will  end  in 
disaster  to  the  inferior  race.  There  is  only  one  remedj 
annul  the  fourteenth  and  fifteenth  amendments.  The  negroes' 
truest  friends  are  in  the  South  and  will  treat  them  right,  but 
will  not  make  them  equal  politically,  socially,  nor  will  they 
Worship  with  tin  m 

TRIBt  ■  ,VM<\    DAVIS   IN    TEXAS. 

A   delayed    m  aue   of   the    pamphlet   kindly   sent    in   by   Mr. 
F.  Charles  Hume,  of  Houston,  Tex.,  is  regretted.     This  pam- 
phlet contains  the  addresses  made  in  Austin  at  the  centennial 
birthday  celebration  of   President   Davis.     Major  Hume's  ad- 
dress on   "1  ife,  Character,  and   Services  of  President  Davis" 
is  a  masterly  piece  of  oratory.     He  dues  not  defend  Mr.  Davis, 
feeling  no  defense   necessary,   nor  praise  him.   for  praise  can 
add    nothing   to   his    character.      He    only    "speaks    forth    the 
words    of   truth."    and   offers   a    memorj    wreath    of   the   im- 
mortelles of  love  to  lay  upon  lii-s  grave. 
In    Hon    Thomas  .]     Brown's   address   the   women   of   the 
1  Confederacy   stood   out    against   the   dark   background  of  war 
■  like    the    sculptured    angels    from    the    reredns    of    a    church. 

Gentle    1    pity    were   these    women    who   southed   and 

I   comforted   the   wounded  and  dying,  and  angels  of  supphj    as 
1  the  wool  and  wove  the  cloth  to  clothe 
I   our  soldiers  and  tilled  the  ground  for  food  for  their  children 
and  to  give  to  the  lo                  in  the  field.     Mi     Brown  con- 
cludes   with   an   earnest    plea    for  the   Confederate   Woman's 
I,  Home — a  plea  that  these  women  who  bore  the  labor  and  heal 
I  of  war  shall  be  1  at  ed  foi   novi  il  1  ountry. 



"MISS    l//\;  KVA  AND  IVIL1 

This  is  a  very  bright,  readable  book  by   Frances  Boyd  Cal 

Ihoun,  bristling  with  fun  and  laughable  situations      "Billy"  is 

thcrlcss  small  boj  raised  on  a  plantation  of  darkies,  from 

whom    he    has    imbibed    bis    pronuni   ation    and      uperstition. 

1  is   an    old   maid    of   the   typical,    exti 

variety,  who  inherits  Billy  on  the  death  of  bis   father. 

I  he   combination    of   the    two    natures    leadi    to    - 1  1  ■■    unique 

Bill  .bums    are 

three  verj  hen.  and  their   funny  pranks  will  a 

to  ever;.-  child  lovci  Miss  '  Minn  not  only  thoroughly 
understands  child  nature,  but  darky  nature  as  well,  and  her 
charact  drawn  with  a  fine  humor  and  appreciation  of 

em  types 


Many  responses  have  come  to  the  idea  for  "A  Talk  with 
the  Boys"— all  held  over  until  April  In  the  meantime  let 
others  respond.  This  will  evidently  be  a  pleasing  and  profita- 
ble feature,  that  which  we  are  "most  grateful  for  predomi- 
nating." Publication  day  must  be  advanced,  and  contributors 
must  be  prompt  to  avoid  delay  of  articles. 


Confederate 
Statues 


in 


Bro 


11  ze 


We   furnish 
Statues  for 

ALL  KINDS 

of  Monuments 

Write   Us  For 

Prices, 
*yA  Designs, 

off* 

"IN  MKMOKIAM"  ^t-«->« 

American  Bronze  Foundry  Co., 

73d  and  Woodlawn    A\c.  -  -  CMcafco,  111. 


The  Wakefield  Indestructible  Harrow 

II  irrowa  built  with  the  tooth  bars  linked  together  always  give  good  results, 
.    1  '      r  Han  ted  aato  g"Ive  way  when  girt] 

teeth  remain  firm.    Steel  frame  Harrows  are  apt  to  break  and 

the  teeth  1  ose,    The  Wakefield  Harrow  may  be  w  i  Ighted  sufficiently 

■    c  work  thoroughly.     Ii   i    13   be  provided  with  a  riding  board  Of  a 

place  (or  wriKhts.  \   Mr.       n.  lT.  WAKEFIELD,  Cornersvllle.  Tenn. 


The  Vrtkran  commends  unstintedly  the  reliability  o£  Mr.  Wakefield  and 
1  it  intees the  return  of  money  if  results  an'  n>>i  satisfactory.    The  1  (arrows  are 
made  dl recti v  under  his  personal  supervision.     Write  to  him  for  particulars. 


142 


Qot^federat^  Ueterai). 


The  above  cut  is  that  of  the  great  painting  of  "  Lee  and  His  Generals,"  by  George  B.  Matthews, 
of  Virginia.  C  General  Marcus  J.  Wright  indorses  it  as  follows:  "I  regard  it  as  one  of  the 
finest  paintings  I  ever  saw.  The  truthfulness  of  feature  of  all  these  great  generals  is  most 
remarkable.  The  Lithograph  copy  is  a  most  striking  and  accurate  reproduction  of  the 
original.  I  hope  all  Confederates  will  procure  copies.'  ^Jf  The  Lithograph  is  in  color.  Size, 
27  x  16  inches.  State  agents  can  make  most  liberal  contracts.  Agents  wanted  in  every  city  and 
town  in  the  South.  •}[  Sent  by  mail  on  receipt  of  55  cents.  Every  home  should  have  a  pic- 
ture.    It  will  make  a  nice  Christmas  gift.     Address 

MATTHEWS  &  COMPANY,  1420  New  York  Avenue,  Washington,  D.  C. 


>:oooooo^o£h>o<xm**x^^ 


Health,  Wealth,  and  Happiness,  Pleasure,  Peace,  and  Profit 

On  the  Gulf  Coast  of  Texas.    "COME  AND  SEE" 

80,000  acres.  Staple  crops  in  summer,  and  truck  for  the 
North  in  winter.  $50  to  $  1,000  per  acre  made  on  land 
bought  at  $25  to  $50.  Oranges,  lemons,  grapes,  and 
figs.     Agents  wanted.     Ask 

W.  AMOS  MOORE,  C,  V„  Mackay  Building,  San  Antonio,  Texas 


The  Manufacturers'  Report  publishes 
an  article  by  Andrew  M.  Soule  on  the 
"Waste  of  Cottonseed,"  one  of  the  most 
valuable  productions  of  the  South.  By 
this  it  is  shown  that  5,912,646  tons  of 
seed  were  produced  in  1907,  of  which 
3,843,981  were  crushed.  Apparently 
over  two  million  tons  of  seed  were  con- 
sumed on  the  farms  where  they  were 
grown.  As  only  a  small  amount  of  this 
was  used  for  seed,  the  remainder  must 
have  been  fed  or  used  directly  as  fer- 
tilizer. Used  as  feed  or  fertilizer  seed 
has  not  half  the  value  per  weight  as 
cottonseed  meal.  Yet  each  ton  of  seed 
contains  forty  gallons  of  oil,  or  a  total 
wasted  of  $33,098,800  worth.  It  was 
worse  than  wasted,  as  oil  is  of  no  serv- 
ice in  plant  production,  being,  if  any- 
thing, a  detriment.  The  article  goes  on 
also  to  show  that  the  South  loses  $20,- 


000,000  a  year  by  exporting  its  cotton- 
seed meal,  since  it  is  of  more  value 
locally  as  a  food  stuff  and  fertilizer  than 
is  realized  on  it  in  direct  sale. 


Capt.  P.  A.  Blakey,  of  Mt.  Vernon, 
Tex.,  writes  of  visiting  the  school  a 
short  time  since  and  carrying  some 
relics  of  the  war,  which  he  exhibited 
and  explained  to  the  children  and  gave 
them  a  little  talk  as  to  where  they  were 
captured,  the  battlefields,  etc.,  and  they 
seemed  much  interested.  This  seems  a 
good  way  in  which  to  arouse  the  in- 
terest of  the  young;  so  it  is  given  as 
a  suggestion  to  others  who  would  like 
to  do  something  in  this  way.  It  is  very 
appropriate  also  that  the  children  have 
part  in  celebrating  the  anniversaries  of 
our  great  men. 


Coat  and  trou- 
sers with  regula- 
tion TJ.C.V.  but- 
tons. The  best 
uniform  at  the 
price  to  be  had 
anywhere. 

'iner  uniforms 
at  moderate 
prices.  Made  to 
order  and  guar- 
antee.! to  fit. 

Hats,  caps, 
wreaths,  cords, 
buttons,  stars, 
regains,  and  in- 
signia of  rank  of 
all  kinds. 

Write  for  catr 
alog  and  sam- 
pler, mentioning 
this  paper. 

LEVY'S 

Third  and  Market 
Louisville   -   Ky. 


Weekly  Courier-Journal 

HENRY  VLATTERSON,  Editor 

Is  a  National  Newspaper,  Dem- 
ocratic in  politics.  It  prints  all 
the  news  without  fear  or  favor. 
The  regular  price  is  SI  a  year, 
but  vou  can  get  the  WEEKLY 
COURIER -JOURNAL  aud  the 

Confederate  Veteran 

Both  One  Year  for  $1.50 

if  you  will  give  or  send  your 
order  to  this  paper— not  to  the 
Courier-Journal. 

Daily  Courier-Journal  a  year    -     $6.00 
Sunday  Courier  Journal  a  year    $2.00 


For  Over  Sixty  Years 

An  Old  and  Weil-Tried  Remedy 

MRS,  WINSLOW'S  SOOTHING  SYRUP 

has  been  used  f..r  <.ver  SIXTY  YEARS  by  MILLIONS  of  MOTH- 
ERS for  their  CHILDREN  WHILE  TEKTHINt),  WITH  PERFECT 
SUCCESS  It  SOOTHES  Hi.-  CHILD,  SOFTENS  the  CUM.-.  AL- 
LAYS all  PAIN.  IT  RES  WIND  COLIC,  and  is  the  best  remedy 
for  DIARRHEA.  Sold  hv  Druggists  in  every  part  of  the  world, 
25  CENTS  A  BOTTLE.  Guaranteed  under  the  Food  aud  Drugs 
Act,  June  30,  1900.     Serial  number,  1098. 


Rev.  A.  D.  Betts,  of  Greensboro,  N. 
C,  wants  the  name  and  address  of  each 
living  Confederate  chaplain.  He  was 
chaplain  of  the  30th  North  Carolina 
Regiment. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai). 


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NEW    ORUEAINS 

The  Gateway  of  the  Mi  sissippi,  The  Great  City 
of  the  Great  South,  The  Largest  Cotton,  Rice,  and 
Sugar  Market  in  the  World,  The  Most  Popular 
Winter  Resort  in  America.  Golf  Links,  Hunting 
and  Fishing.  Comfort,  Health,  Pleasure.  Eleven 
Theaters. 

The  New  St.  Charles  Hotel 

Modern,     Fireproof,    First-Class,     Accommodating 
W       One  Thousand  Guests.     Turkish,  Russian,  Roman, 
Electric,  and  Plain  Baths.     Luxurious   Sun   Baths 
and  Palm  Garden. 

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old  songs  which  will  live  for  all  time 
and  yet  never  grow  old,  with  the  words 
and  mnsio  specially  arranged.  The  book 
has  been  adopted  by  the  Chicago  Board 
of  Education,  and  thousands  of  copies 
have  been  sold  in  this  city,  although  it 
has  been  out  only  ten  days.  Sample  ox  >py 
and  terms  sent  upon  receipt  of  11)  cents. 

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Illu«tr»u-.i  cstAiinrup  on  taqueai 

MR.  and  MRS.  BCVCRLEV  R.  MASON.  Principals 
MISS  E.  M.  CL&RK,    L.L.A.,  Associate   Principal 


Confederate  Soldiers 

tlnir  widows  and  children,    who  have  clain       f   i 

i»>r  by 
violation    of  the   terms   <»f   bis 
tomnder,  must  file  same  before  Mav  30,  1909. 
ot  thr-y  will  be  foreTi  r  Ivun  .1.    '1  he  undersigned 
prosecutes  th*>se  claims;  makes  no  charge  unlers 
the  claim  Is  allowed;  35  per  cent  if  colli 
Respectfully, 
W.  L.JKTT,  Attorney,  Frankfort,  Ky. 


^ZsCMaaaVL 

THE  BEST  PLACE 
to  purchase  all'wool 

Bunting  or 
Silk  Flags 

of  all  kinds 

Silk  Banners,  Swords,  Belts,  Caps 

and  all  kinds  of  Military  Equipment  and 
Society  Goods  Is  at 

Veteran  J.  A,  JOEL  L  CO.,  38  Nassau  St. 
Send  for  Price  List              New  York  City 

I'  I'  Lewis,  of  Newark.  Tex.,  writes 
of  a  comrade  there  in  sad  circumstances, 
and  lie  wishes  to  t;et  proof  of  his  Con- 
federate service  so  as  to  get  a  pension. 
rhe  comradi  is  I  1 1  Tallant,  who  is 
also  a  Mexican  War  veteran,  and  his 
foi  the  Confederacy  was  in  Capt. 
\\  llliam  Gordon's  company,  Baskin's 
Battalion,  made  up  in  Chickasaw  Coun 
ty,  Miss.,  and  part  of  the  reserve  cups. 
bul  worked  in  lanyard  on  detached 
service  part  of  the  time.  Any  surviving 
comrades  who  can  help  him  prove  his 
record  will  confer  a  great  favor. 


Confederate  Widow  in  a  Chair  for 
Nineteen  Years.  Mrs.  E  I.  Freer,  of 
Clifton,    Tenn.,    widi  ne   of  our 

who   has    been    confined 
chair  for  nineteen  years,  writes  that  she 
is  building  a  hi  ioking  the 

i     River,   and   thai    shi    antii  i] 
delight  in  feasting  upon  the  view  of  that 
beautiful  stream  and  that  passing  steam- 
■  ill  he  a  i  for  her, 

r  is  agent  for  various  magazines, 
including  the  VETERAN,  and  is  grateful 
for  the  friendly  patronage  that  has  hecn 
very  helpful  in  her  aspirations. 


Pettibone  Uniforms 

for  P.   C.  V.   :m<l  V    B 
c  v.  are  fs 

itary  tailors,  they  bnve 

the  feme  militarV  i  at. 

It  well,  look  well, 

wear  well,  and  are  very 

r    i  "naljle  iu   price. 

Bach  on,,  la  made 

dividu- 
al measure,  Sendforprioea 
and  Bamples  ot  doth. 

B  isl  I1'- 1 " Hi i. n-iM m  we have 
been  manofaotaring  Flags, 
Banners.  Badges,  Swords,  Beits, 
Caps,  Military  and  Secret  Order 
Goods  for  thirt\ 
The  Pettibone  Bros.  Mfg.  Co. 

Cincinnati,  Ohio 

riling.) 


"Charlotte     in     Pictut  Prose," 

historical  and  descriptivi  l>ooklet  of 
Charlotte,  Mecklenburg  County,  N.  C, 
birthplace  of  American  independence. 
Seventy  illustrations  Fifty  cents,  post- 
paid  Address  Miss  J.  M  Alexander. 
|00  W*esl    Trade  Street.  Charlotte,  N.  C. 


Mrs.   E    A.   Bullard,  of   Natchitoches, 
I. a.  willies  to  communicate  with  some 
iving  members  of  the  company  or 
regiment  in  which  her  husband,  William 
Riley  Bull;  d      I  le  enlisted,  she 

thinks,  in  Shubuta,  Clarke  County.  M 
in    1863.     ^'rs    Bullard  is  eighty-seven 
years  old  and  wishes  to  apply  for  a  pen- 


To     inquiry     through     the     Veteran 
informal  tied  of  the 

late   Henry   Thornhill,  of  the   New   Or- 

I       1  1     li    1    e,    who.    it    serins,    was 

Iran  1     some     other    company. 

Ida   Maj     Thompson,  of  209  Canal 

New 
certain  the  com- 
pany with   which   he   surrendered.      Sur- 
viving comrades  will  confer  a  favor  by- 
replying  as  fully  as  possible. 


144 


Qopfederat^   l/eterar>. 


One  of  the  Important  Duties  of  Physicians  and 
the  Well-Informed  of  the  World 

is  to  learn  as  to  the  relative  standing  and  reliability  of  the  leading  manufactur- 
ers of  medicinal  agents,  as  the  most  eminent  physicians  are  the  most  careful  as  to 
the  uniform  quality  and  perfect  purity  of  remedies  prescribed  by  them,  and  it  is  well 
known  to  physicians  and  the  Well-informed  generally  that  the  California  Fig  Syrup 
Co.,  by  reason  of  its  correct  methods  and  perfect  equipment  and  the  ethical  character  of 
its  product  has  attained  to  the  high  standing  in  scientific  and  commercial  circles  which 
is  accorded  to  successful  and  reliable  houses  only,  and,  therefore,  that  the  name  of  the 
Company  has  become  a  guarantee  of  the  excellence  of  its  remedy. 

TRUTH     AND     QUALITY 

appeal  to  the  Well- Informed  in  every  walk  of  life  and  are  essential  to  permanent  suc- 
cess and  creditable  standing,  therefore  we  wish  to  call  the  attention  of  all  who  would 
enjoy  good  health,  with  its  blessings,  to  the  fact  that  it  involves  the  question  of  right 
living  with  all  the  term  implies.  With  proper  knowledge  of  what  is  best  each  hour 
of  recreation,  of  enjoyment,  of  contemplation  and  of  effort  may  be  made  to  contribute 
to  that  end  and  the  use  of  medicines  dispensed  with  generally  to  great  advantage,  but 
as  in  many  instances  a  simple,  wholesome  remedy  may  be  invaluable  if  taken  at  the 
proper  time,  the  California  Fig  Syrup  Co.  feels  that  it  is  alike  important  to  present 
truthfully  the  subject  and  to  supply  the  one  perfect  laxative  remedy  which  has  won 
the  appoval  of  physicians  and  the  world-wide  acceptance  of  the  Well-Informed  because 
of  the  excellence  of  the  combination,  known  to  all,  and  the  original  method  of  manufac- 
ture, which  is  known  to  the  California  Fig  Syrup  Co.  only. 

This  valuable  remedy  has  been  long  and  favorably  known  under  the  name  of — 
Syrup  of  Figs — and  has  attained  to  world-wide  acceptance  as  the  most  excellent  of 
family  laxatives,  and  as  its  pure  laxative  principles,  obtained  from  Senna,  are  well 
known  to  physicians  and  the  Well-informed  of  the  world  to  be  the  best  of  natural 
laxatives,  we  have  adopted  the  more  elaborate  name  of — Syrup  of  Figs  and  Elixir  of 
Senna — as  more  fully  descriptive  of  the  remedy,  but  doubtless  it  will  always  be 
called  for  by  the  shorter  name  of  Syrup  of  Figs — and  to  get  its  beneficial  effects  always 
note,  when  purchasing,  the  full  name  of  the  Company  —  California  Fig  Syrup  Co. — 
plainly  printed  on  the  front  of  every  package,  whether  you  simply  call  for- — Syrup  of 
Figs — or  by  the  full  name — Syrup  of  Figs  and  Elixir  of  Senna — as — Syrup  of  Figs  and 
Elixir  of  Senna  —  is  the  one  laxative  remedy  manufactured  by  the  California  Fig  Syrup 
Co.  and  the  same  heretofore  known  by  the  name  —  Syrup  of  Figs  —  which  has  given 
satisfaction  to  millions.  The  genuine  is  for  sale  by  all  leading  druggists  throughout 
the  United  States  in  original  packages  of  one  size  only,  the  regular  price  of  which 
is  fifty  cents  per  bottle. 

Every  bottle  is  sold  under  the  general  guarantee  of  the  Company,  filed  with  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture,  at  Washington,  D.  C,  that  the  remedy  is  not  adulterated  or 
misbranded  within  the  meaning  of  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act,  June  30th,    1906. 

CALIFORNIA  FIG  SYRUP  CO. 


Louisville,  Ky, 


San  Fiancisco,   Cal. 

U  S.  A. 
London,    England. 


New  York,   N.  Y. 


LEADING  ARTICLES  IN  THIS  NUMBER. 

PAGE 

Jefferson  Davis  Home  Association 14'; 

Monument  to  Women  of  the  Confederacy 150 

President  Tart's  Administration 151 

Editorial  Opposed  to  Proposed  Design  for  Woman's  Monument 152 

President  Abraham  Lincoln 153 

Remarkable  Collection  of  Autographs.      Camp  Beauregard,  U.  S.  C.  V.    .      .  155 

Visit  to  Havana,  Cuba 156 

Last  Words  about  the  Prize  Essay 157 

What  Veterans  Are  Most  Grateful  for 159 

Generals  Lee  and  Grade  at  the  Crater 160 

Confederate  Daughters  in  Minnesota 161 

Wounded  Texan's  Trip  from  Virginia  on  Crutches 162 

Valiance  of  Capt.  Chas.  Morgan,  of  Virginia 163 

From  Nashville  to  a  Tannery  on  Duck  River 164 

The  Tennessee  Valley  from  1862  to  1865.     "Old  Dominion  Rifles"     .     .     .  165 

About  the  light  at  Harrisburg,  Miss 166 

How  Sam  Davis  Procured  Certain  Papers 167 

A  Wounded  Federal  Color  Hearer 169 

St    1  ---i.iri  in  Putnam  County,  Tenn 170 

Children  of  the  Confederacy.     Confederate  Half  Dollars 171 

Memories  of  Surrender  and  Journey  Home 1-2 

Jefferson  Davis  and  His  Dog,  Traveler 173 

Statistics  of   Soldiers  in  Both  Armies,  Etc 179 

Arlington  Monument.      Women  Want  Building  for  Monument 1  S 1 

REUNION    VETERAN    FOR   MAY.    64    PAGES 


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Confederate  Veteran 


The  Neale  Announcements 


Miss  Daffan's 

WOMAN  IN  HISTORY 

Now   Ready 

Twenty-Eight  Illuminating  Biographies  in  One  Large  Volume. 

The  author,  Miss  Katie  Daffan,  a  daughter  of  Texas,  now  liv- 
ing in  Dallas,  is  prominent  in  patriotic  and  literary  circles 
thn  mghout  the  South,  and  especially  in  Texas,  where  she  is  m  >\v 
President  <>f  the  Texas  "Woman's  Press  Association  and  the  United 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  Texas  Division. 

••Woman  in  History"  is  a  charming  book.  Miss  Daffan  has 
done  her  work  well  and  effectively— well,  because  she  is  a  woman 
of  scholarly  attainments ;  effectively,  because  she  has  written  with 
spirit,  and  insight.  A  modern  club  woman,  intelligent,  cultured, 
thoughtful,  with  a  wide  knowledge  of  women,  writing  a  history  of 
the  women  of  the  past— one  should  expect  much  of  the  situation. 

And  here  they  are,  in  their  habit  as  they  lived — queens,  phi- 
losophers, courtesans,  soldiers,  sweethearts;  beautiful  women, 
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Tex.,  wishes  some  one  to  write  an  ac- 
count of  the  personal  encounter  between 
his  father,  Col  W.  A.  Johnson,  of  the 
4th  Alabama  Cavalry  (Roddy's),  and  the 
colonel  commanding  an  Illinois  regiment 
near  ('enter,  Ala.,  and  also  of  the  forced 
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any  surviving  members  of  his  Camp 
Chase  Prison  comrades,  Mess  10,  of 
1864  65,  of  whom  were  J  R.  Taylor, 
Cleveland,  Tcnn. ;  James  Morrow,  Ten- 
nessee; T.  B.  Collier.  McKinney,  Tex.j 
William  Oliver.  Athens,  Ga.,  wounded 
at  Knoxville;  Lieutenant  Sinclair,  of 
Uabama,  losl  a  foot  at  Knoxville.  A 
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Clark,  in  the  Confederate  army.  He 
enlisted  at  Lake  City,  Fla.,  and  served 
to  the  close.  Doubtless  some  surviving 
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W.  II.  Cleveland,  of  Temple,  Tex. 
wishes  to  secure  the  war  record  of  his 
grandfather,  William  Spencer,  of  Port 
Lavaca,  Tex.,  who  was  supposedly  with 
the  Texas  troops  when  the  war  began, 
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JEFFERSON  DAVIS  HOME   ASSOCIATION. 

The  funds  for  the  Jefferson  Davis  Home  Association  to 
purchase  his  birthplace  in  Fairview,  Ky..  arc  being  given  so 
cordially  and  by  Southerners  everywhere  that  the  officials 
are  sanguine  of  success.  The  close  proximity  of  the  expiration 
of  options  (April  27)  is  the  only  feature  of  special  concern  at 
present.  The  spirit  of  the  people  in  behalf  of  securing  all  the 
lands  desired  is  so  strong  that  the  management  determines 
upon  making  every  possible  effort  to  achieve  it. 

All  who  favor  this  undertaking  and  contemplate  aiding  are 
urged  to  have  their  reports  made  before  April  27. 

A  Hopkinsville  special  to  the  Nashville  Tenncs-sean  of 
March  23  states:  "The  options  which  are  now  held  on  the 
property  desired  will  expire  on  April  27.  and  the  chief  con- 
cern of  the  promoters  is  to  secure  the  necessary  funds,  so 
that  these  options  may  lie  closed  at  that  time.  The  only 
threatening  feature  of  the  case  is  that  the  people,  not  realizing 
the  brevity  .if  the  option,  will  be  slow  in  making  contribu- 
tions, and  thus  let  the  time  expire.  Should  the  land  not  be 
secured  under  these  options,  it  is  believed  they  could  not 
again  be  renewed  at  anything  like  the  low  prices  now  agreed 
-upon.  To  this  end  special  efforts  are  being  put  forth  to  get 
the  money  by  that  time  and  secure  the  property.  Col.  Ben- 
nett II  Young,  of  Louisville,  and  S.  A.  Cunningham,  of 
Nashville,  editor  of  the  Confederate  Veteran,  were  at  Hop- 
icinsville  last  week,  and  thej  Stated  that  the  sentiment  was 
growing  rapidly,  and  that  it  would  only  be  a  short  while 
until  Jefferson  Davis's  birthplace  would  be  the  scene  of  simi- 
lar ceremonies  as  those  which  took  place  at  Hodgenville  on 
the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  Abraham  Lincoln's  birth. 
Colonel  Young  addressed  a  meeting  of  citizens  at  Hotel 
Latham,  and  his  spcecli  aion-ed  much  enthusiasm  in  the 
project.  The  Jefferson  Davis  Home  Association,  the  or- 
ganization which  has  been  formed  and  duly  incorporated  for 
;rpose  of  raising  money,  serine. 1  options  on  the  desired 
land  for  carrying  out  the  memorial  park  project  " 

Colonel  Young  and  Mr.  Cunningham  visited  Fairview,  and 
the  former  was  delighted  with  the  property  selected. 

Chapters  of  the  U.  I  >.  C.  in  many  sections  are  raising  dol- 
lar subscriptions,  and  to  each  subscriber  a  certificate  is  given, 
an  engraving  of  which  has  been  published  in  the  Veteran  If 
other  Chapters  who  expect  to  cooperate  will  raise  the  funds, 
the  certificate  will  be  sent  promptlj  There  was  never  a 
better  occasion  than  this  to  show  how  tin-  Southern  people 
nd  to  an  appeal,  and  suitable  response  to  this  would 
have  a   remarkable    effect    morally.     Bi    idi        1    would   relieve 


the    necessity   of   some    great-hearted    Southerners    advancing; 
funds  to  secure  the  property,  as   it   must  be  done. 


R.  F  Vaughan  writes  from  Fairview.  Ky..  in  hearty  in- 
dorsement of  the  Jefferson  Davis  Home  Association.  He 
says  the  citizens'  of  Fairview  arc  highly  gratified  with  the 
work  being  done,  and  propose  to  aid  it  all  they  can  by  a  bar- 
becue to  be  held  on  the  3d  of  June.  Mr.  Vaughan  gives  all 
the  committei  a  most  hospitable  invitation  to  visit  his  city. 
promising  not  only  a  warm  welcome,  but  that  vehicles  will  be 
-cut  to  Hopkinsville  to  meet  them  at  any  time. 


W'a 1     1  s.s  of  Solicitous  IMPORTANT. 

Mrs.  Robert  Houston  writes  from  Meridian,  Miss.,  as  I 
dent  of  Winnie  Davis  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  to  Col.  Bennett   11. 
Young   and    Capt     .1     II     Leathers,   Louisville:    "Will    you   or 


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either  of  you  inform  us  whether  there  is  such  an  enterprise 
in  contemplation  as  a  Lincoln  and  Davis  memorial  at  Hodg- 
enville,  Ky.?  A  man  named  Shipman  has  been  -soliciting 
for  the  Lincoln  memorial,  but  has  changed  to  the  Davis  and 
Lincoln  idea,  and  is  soliciting  from  the  Chapters  U.  D.  C.  in 
this  State,  and  is  likely  to  get  money  which  would  otherwise 
go  to  the  Davis  fund.     Please  answer  immediately." 

Captain  Leathers  writes  the  Veteran  in  reply :  "There  cer- 
tainly of  course  is  no  contemplated  joint  memorial  to  Lincoln 
and  Davis  in  Kentucky.  Nobody  named  Shipman  has  been 
authorized  to  solicit  funds  for  the  Jefferson  Davis  Home  As- 
sociation. No  one  is  authorized  to  solicit  funds  for  the  Jeffer- 
son Davis  Home  Association  without  proper  credentials  from 
the  Executive  Committee  to  that  effect." 


Subsequent  to  the  above  correspondence  Mrs.  Houston 
writes  the  Veteran  of  a  man  who  lives  at  Meridian,  but  is 
not  a  native  of  that  part  of  the  country,  who  claims  to  be  an 
ex-Federal  soldier  and  is  a  Republican.  He  has  been  ap- 
pealing through  the  press  for  contributions  to  the  Lincoln 
memorial  at  Hodgenville,  Ky.  "When  my  Chapter  U.  D.  C," 
writes  Mrs.  Houston,  "met  on  the  2d,  the  President  read  a 
letter  from  Shipman  asking  for  aid  to  build  the  Davis  and 
Lincoln  memorial  at  the  same  place,  Hodgenville.  My  hus- 
band, Mr.  R.  M.  Houston,  has  seen  Shipman,  and  he  denies 
that  there  is  any  Davis  and  Lincoln  scheme." 


CONFEDERATE  WOMAN'S  MONUMENT. 

BY   DR.    H.    M.    HAMILL,    NASHVILLE,   TENN. 

I  was  a  boy  under  Lee  in  his  hardest  fighting  division  the 
last  year  of  the  war.  f  wear  with  pride  my  bronze  veteran's 
cross,  the  gift  of  the  U.  D.  C.  My  mother  was  a  Confederate 
woman,  and  therefore  of  that  worthy  company  whom  the 
"Confederate  woman's  monument"  is  designed  to  honor.  I 
can  well  remember  her  tireless  service  at  sewing,  nursing, 
cooking,  and  other  loving  ministry  to  sick  and  wounded  Con- 
federates, and  how  her  brown  hair  grew  gray  and  health 
failed  under  her  self-imposed  burden  during  those  dark  days 
of  war.  I  trust  this  will  be  my  warrant  for  timely  criticism 
of  the  proposed  woman's  monument  as  recently  pictured  in 
newspapers  and  exploited  as  the  accepted  symbol  of  the  wom- 
en of  the  Confederacy.  I  first  saw  the  design  a  week  ago  as 
I  sat  with  some  ladies  in  a  Florida  train,  and  f  think  I  express 
the  judgment  of  both  women  and  men  when  I  condemn  it. 
It  violates  every  canon  of  art  or  good  taste  or  historic  con- 
dition. In  brief,  it  presents  the  typical  woman  of  the  Con- 
federacy standing  in  defiant  pose  upon  a  pedestal  something 
after  the  manner  of  that  other  "I  Will"  Chicago  travesty  in 
symbolism  that  confronted  Exposition  visitors  except  that 
this  brawny  Southern  Amazon  in  her  right  hand  is  brandish- 
ing an  antique  sword  which  she  grips  by  the  blade  and  not 
by  the  hilt !  Beneath  her  feet,  as  the  text  of  a  stump  speech 
which  she  is  artistically  supposed  to  be  making,  is  carved  the 
sentence,  "Uphold  Our  State  Rights." 

Not  a  line  of  womanly  grace  or  modesty  or  tenderness,  not 
a  hint  of  the  dear  home  keeper  and  home  builder  of  the  South- 
land, not  a  reminder  of  the  sweet  and  gentle  minister  of  mercy 
and  comfort  who  bent  over  the  hospital  cot  and  soothed  the 
pain  of  the  wounded  soldier  and  left  in  his  heart  of  gratitude 
forever  a  true  picture  of  that  noblest  of  all  memories  of  the 
Confederacy,  the  patient,  self-sacrificing,  unwearied  helper  and 
comforter  of  the  boys  in  gray.  Nor  is  there  a  hint  in  the 
unsightly  figure  proposed  of  those  thousands  of  heroic  souls 


who  in  loneliness  and  dread  of  evil  tidings  from  the  front 
took  care  of  the  absent  soldiers'  home,  kept  in  order  the  serv- 
ants, taught  the  children,  made  lint  of  their  cherished  linens 
for  the  army  surgeon,  brewed  home  medicines  for  the  sick, 
watched  after  the  growing  crops,  wrote  brave  letters  to  the 
front  when  their  own  hearts  were  breaking,  and  thus  won 
imperishable  love  and  honor  from  every  soldier  in  gray  down 
to  the  latest  of  his  descendants.  Think  of  the  sweet  little 
home  body  of  the  Southland,  brandishing  a  big  sword  by  the 
blade  and  declaiming  like  a  candidate  for  the  Legislature  an 
oration  upon  State  rights  ! 

No,  I  am  not  an  artist,  but  I  think  I  know  a  work  of  art 
when  I  see  it,  and  I  am  tolerably  sure  that  the  Confederate 
woman  does  not  care  to  be  reincarnated  in  bronze  as  a  com- 
posite of  the  classic  Amazon,  the  Wagnerian  Brunehilda.  and 
Carrie  Nation !  That  old  picture  of  the  Carthaginian  women 
weaving  the  strands  of  their  hair  into  bowstrings  for  hus- 
bands and  sons  or  of  Cornelia  pointing  to  her  children  as  her 
jewels  or  even  the  little  brown  mothers  of  Japan  twisting  their 
braids  into  a  mighty  rope  to  sound  the  temple  bell  have  more 
art  and  beauty  and  pathos  and  truth  to  me  than  this  be- 
sworded  symbol  of  a  kind  of  Southern  woman  that  never 
existed  and  I  pray  never  may  exist  save  in  this  artist's  fancy. 


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151 


PRESIDENT    TAF1  'S    .  IDMINISTRATION. 

In  the  February  Veteran  there  was  expressed  deep  anxiety 
in  regard  to  the  methods  of  the  incoming  President,  especially 
in  their  relation  to  the  South.  There  seemed  to  he  but  one 
way  of  securing  cooperation  that  promised  good  to  this  sec- 
tion and  to  the  whole  country,  and  that  was  for  the  President 
to  select  representative  men,  in  so  far  as  he  favored  the  South. 
who  were  indeed  faithful  to  the  principles  for  which  Southern 
pei iple  will  ever  contend. 

President  Taft  seems  to  have  imbibed  correct  views  "ii  the 
subject.  He  is  duly  considerate  of  negroes,  and  desires  to  en 
courage  them  in  all  laudable  undertakings  and  to  have  them 
share  emoluments  in  proper  consistency.  At  the  same  time 
he  demonstrates  a  right  regard  for  his  white  fellow-citizens 
and  seeks  the  restoration  of  conditions  whereby  they  will 
feel  that  justice  is  being  done  them.  That  and  nothing  else 
can  restore  a  truly  fraternal  Union.  Nothing  can  secure 
the  true  restoration  of  sentiment  so  effectively  as  to  ignore 
renegades.  Hie  policy  of  the  dominant  party  has  for  many 
decades  been  seriously  injurious  to  thorough  restitution  in 
appointing  men  to  office  who  became  traitors  to  their  innate 
principles — if  they  had  any — for  the  spoils  of  office.  If  Presi 
dent  Taft  will  stop  this,  inexpressible  go.  id  will  result. 

The  most  significant  thing  in  this  direction  that  has  ever 
been  done  is  the  appointment  of  Judge  J.  M.  Dickinson  to 
the  responsible  place  of  Secretary  of  War.  President  Taft 
could  hardly  have  found  a  man  equally  as  efficient  and  suita 
blc  in  the  South.  May  Judge  Dickinson  be  as  useful  and 
creditable  to  the  government  as  was  Jefferson  Davis  in  that 
same  positii  m  ' 

Judge  Dickinson  was  horn  in  Columbus,  Miss,  a  few  years 
too  late  to  have  been  a  Confederate  soldier;  but  every  instinct 
of  his  nature  was  with  the  Confederates.  In  this  connection 
the  belief  is  expressed  that,  busy  as  he  has  been  in  grave  mat- 
ters, he  has  taken  occasion  nunc  frequently  perhaps  than  any 
comrade  has  to  suggest   suitable  articles  for  the  VETERAN. 

While    a    native   of    Mississippi,   Judge    Dickinson    has    ever 


been  deeply  identified  with  Tennessee,  his  maternal  grand- 
father. Jacob  McGavock,  having  been  a  leading  and  forceful 
man  of  Nashville.  His  uncle,  Col.  Randall  McGavock,  com- 
mander of  the  ioth  Tennessee  Regiment,  was  killed  in  the 
battle  of  Raymond,  where  a  small  brigade  of  Confederates  was 
overwhelmed  by  numbers. 

Judge  Dickinson  is  chosen  as  a  Democrat  without  com- 
promise of  principle,  who  never  voted  against  bis  party,  a  fact 
that  will  stand  to  the  breadth  of  President  Taft's  patriotism 
lli  accepts  a  position  at  perhaps  less  than  half  his  salary  as 
a  leading  railroad  counsel  and  man  of  large  business  affairs. 
I  his  sacrifice  indicates  the  truest  patriotism,  and  the  Veteran 
lias  no  fear  that  good  will  come  to  the  South  and  to  the 
country  through  his  appointment. 

The  foregoing  expressions  are  recorded  without  a  word  of 
conference  with  Judge  Dickinson  or  any  of  his  friends  who 
havi  authority  to  speak  for  him.  The  editor  of  the  Veteran 
cannot  conceive  of  "Mack"  Dickinson  in  a  role  other  than  that  of 
absolute  loyalty  to  the  people  of  the  South.  In  this  connection 
In  does  not  overlook  the  future  of  party  conditions,  but  con- 
siders rather  the  principle  which  should  prevail— that  when  the 
President  or  the  lowest  magistrate  assumes  the  responsibilities 
of  office  he  should  cease  to  he  a  partisan  and  serve  all  the 
people  and  all  of  their  interests  with  equal  concern  for  all. 


THE  SAM  DAVIS  MONUMENT. 

A  very  unexpected  suspense  occurs  in  the  speedy  comple- 
tion of  the  Sam  Davis  monument.  The  excavation  and  foun- 
dation work  has  been  completed  for  several  weeks,  and  the 
greal  bronze  statue  nine  feet  high  is  in  Nashville.  The  mar- 
ble company,  having  an  elaborate  order  to  fill,  was  making 
excellent  progress  when  unhappily  a  dark  seam  appeared  in 
the  quarry,  necessitating  the  removal  of  the  machinery  to 
another  place  and  delaying  the  completion  of  the  order. 

In  the  \  i  ni-'W  for  May  there  will  appear  a  most  interest- 
ing story  by  one  of  the  men  who  captured  Sam  Davis,  and 
the  finest  history  yet  written  of  the  young  man  and  his  deed; 
also  a  supplemental  list  of  contributors.  I  he  nanus  of  all  who 
have  contributed  are  to  be  placed  in  the  base  of  the  monument. 

Since  the  above  was  written  news  is  received  that  the  mar- 
ble will  be  re. i.lv  by  the  middle  of  April.  So  the  dedication 
may  be  expected  soon  thereafter. 


J,   M.   DICK 


WARNED    ABOl   /     MOVING    PI(  TURE   SHOWS. 

.      MRS.    CORNELIA    BRANCH    STONE,    PRESIDENT, 

To  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  and  All  S.nttli 
em  Mothers: 
By  Dick-  Dowling  Camp,  U.  C.  V.,  Houston,  Tex.,  my  atten 

tion  is  called  to  the  representation  of  battle  scenes  of  the  War 
between  the  States  by  the  now  prevalent  "moving  picture 
ihows,"  in  which  much  that  is  misleading  and  contrary  to  his- 
torj  i  repri  cnted,  thus  infecting  the  minds  of  Southern 
children   with  an  incorrect   idea  of  scenes  transpiring  in  the 

d.i)  -  of  the  sixties. 

There  is  nothing  more  impressive  to  the  mind  of  a  child 
than  pictures,  which  are  potent  object  lessons,  and  the  mothers 
of  the  South  should  see  to  it  that  the  minds  of  their  children 
.11,  not  filled  with  these  false  impression:  Hiese  pictures 
i  u  ed  to  portraj  partisan  prejudice  and  not  to  represent  the 
truth   of  histon      Ii.  .iii.I    bi  ded    more   strictlj    even   than 

the  misleading  In  torii  that  have  been  imported  into  South- 
ern schools.  In  both  we  ask  only  the  truth,  and  we  should 
tolerate  nothing  less. 

Mothers,  look  to  it  that  your  children  are  not  paying  tribute 
to  misrepresentation  i  them  from  such  impressions. 


152 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai). 


Confederate  l/eterarj. 

S.  A.  CUNNINGHAM,  Editor  and  Proprietor. 
Office:  Methodist  Publishing  House  Building,  Nashville,  Tenn. 


This  publication  is  the  personal  property  of  S.  A.  Cunningham.  All  per- 
sons who  approve  its  principles  and  realize  its  benefits  as  an  organ  for  Asso- 
ciations throughout  the  South  are  requested  to  commend  its  patronage  and  to 
cooperate  in  extending  its  circulation.     Let  each  one  he  constantly  diligent. 


CO-OPERATION  APPRECIATED. 
Occasionally  it  becomes  necessary  to  send  statements  of  sub- 
scription dues.  To  the  one  sent  out  early  in  March  gen- 
eral and  prompt  attention  was  given.  This  fact  is  gratifying, 
since  it  shows  a  heartiness  of  cooperation  that  should  have 
existed  all  the  time.  That  it  costs  hundreds  of  dollars  to  give 
these  notices  should  induce  immediate  attention.  Some  sug- 
gest that  they  are  not  necessary ;  but  a  prominent  business 
man  wrote  recently  his  thanks  for  the  notice,  and  added:  "I 
have  no  other  way  of  knowing  how  my  account  -stands."  It 
is  indeed  strange  that  each  one  doesn't  realize  from  the  date 
by  his  address  that  he  owes  from  that  date.  That's  what  the 
date  is  for.  The  expirations  of  subscriptions  average  not  less 
than  fifty  every  day,  and  friends  of  the  Veteran  could  render 
a  helpful  service  in  looking  to  the  dates  by  their  names. 

Again,  there  should  be  charity  exercised  in  regard  to  the 
issues.  Sometimes  a  mistake  occurs;  an  issue  is  not  printed 
as  well  as  it  should  be :  some  article  may  fail  of  the  spirit 
that  is  entertained  by  the  subscriber,  and  instead  of  becom- 
ing angered  he  should  exercise  patience,  judging  expressions 
as  a  whole.  A  good  plan  would  be  to  complain  directly  to  the 
editor  if  a  serious  error  occurs.  This  spirit  of  cooperation 
is  of  great  importance.  Let  us  stand  together  in  all  things 
for  which  the  Veteran  is  an  advocate. 

Responses  by  the  multitude  to  appeals  for  such  objects  as 
the  Jefferson  Davis  Home  Association  and  the  Sam  Davis 
monument  are  recently  most  gratifying.  The  appeal  is  to  all 
alike,  wherever  situated,  and  the  liberality  shown  creates  both 
humility  and  courage.  Of  one  thing  every  patron  is  assured : 
no  appeal  will  ever  be  made  through  the  Veteran  that  has 
not  for  its  purpose  a  motive  as  sacred  as  are  the  memories 
of  the  Confederate  cause  and  of  the  dead  who  gave  their  all 
in  its  behalf 

That  which  is  of  greatest  importance  is  to  extend  the  cir- 
culation. Ah,  the  time  we  have  to  work  for  it !  Please  do 
two  things :  First,  see  by  the  date  of  your  own  subscription  that 
it  is  paid  in  advance.  Remember  the  new  rate  of  three  years 
for  $2.50  and  five  years  for  $4.  Tben  think  of  the  people  you 
know  who  ought  to  be  subscribers  and  send  such  names.  Sam- 
ple copies  will  be  sent  unless  they  are  already  patrons.  At- 
tention!  This  request  is  to  you:  The  Veteran  will  send 
some  literature  if  you  will  write  a  postal  card  saying  that 
you  will  cooperate.  It  would  like  in  response  to  send  you 
postals  suitably  printed  to  be  addressed  to  such  persons  with 
your  commendation,  telling  them  a  sample  copy  would  be 
sent  to  them.  This  would  be  an  expense  of  only  one  cent  to 
you  and  the  little  care  to  address  the  cards.  The  Veteran 
would  gladly  spend  $1,000  on  a  trial  of  this  method. 


OF  INTEREST  TO  KENTUCKY  VETERANS. 
A  letter  from  W.  L.  Jett,  an  attorney  of  Frankfort,  Ky., 
asks  this  magazine  to  call  the  especial  attention  of  all  Confed- 
erate soldiers  and1  their  widows  and  children  to  his  advertise- 
ment in  these  pages,  for  all  such  claims  will  be  barred  after 
May  30,  igoo.  Any  claim  filed  before  that  time  can  be  proven 
later ;  but  the  statute  of  limitation  for  filing  is  the  time  stated. 


MONUMENT   TO   CONFEDERATE   WOMEN. 

Widespread  interest  is  being  taken  in  the  movement  to  erect 
uniform  monuments  to  the  women  of  the  South  who  through- 
out the  great  war  struggle  and  through  the  reconstruction 
period  were  invincible  and  who  have  been  zealous  through 
all  these  intervening  years  for  all  that  patriotism  and  Chris- 
tianity inspire. 

Gen.  C.  Irvine  Walker,  of  Charleston,  Commander  of  the 
Army  of  Northern  Virginia  Department,  U.  C.  V.,  was  chosen 
some  years  ago  to  cooperate  with  the  United  Sons  of  Con- 
federate Veterans,  who  inaugurated  the  movement,  and  have 
been  specially  represented  by  Col.  James  Mann,  of  Norfolk, 
and  recently  by  special  imitation  Mrs.  Mollie  R.  M.  Rosen- 
burg,  of  Galveston. 

These  representatives  in  their  zeal  to  accomplish  the  work- 
have  accepted  a  design,  and  are  asking  the  active  cooperation 
of  all  Confederates  to  secure  funds  whereby  this  monument 
may  be  erected  in  every  Southern  State.  As  the  Veteran 
understands  it,  the  cost  of  the  statue  and  the  bronze  tablets 
is  to  be  $5,000;  and,  the  sums  already  contributed  from  each 
State  being  deducted,  a  statement  of  the  sums  still  required  is 
published.  The  press  of  the  South  has  cooperated  beautifully, 
and  a  vigorous  campaign  is  on  to  secure  the  necessary  amount. 
When  the  statue  is  secured,  additional  funds  are  to  be  raised 
for  the  pedestals.  These  would  vary  in  proportion  to  size, 
quality,  etc.,  say  $1,000  or  more. 

The  Veteran  has  favored  some  movement  to  honor  our 
women  from  the  first,  and  after  a  long  and  intimate  friend- 
ship with  General  Walker  would  do  much  to  aid  him  in  the 
cause.  However,  the  design  submitted  is  so  painful  that  the 
Veteran  must  protest  against  its  adoption. 

The  defiant  expression  on  the  woman's  face  and  her  stern 
hold  on  the  flag  are  bad  enough ;  but  the  sight  of  her  clinched 
hand  around  the  blade  of  the  sword  instantly  pains,  and  alto- 
gether it  is  too  grievous  a  representation  of  what  is  de- 
sired to  permit  the  execution  of  the  project  to  go  on  without 
emphatic  protest. 

Monuments  of  this  design  would  certainly  reflect  so  seriously 
upon  the  divine  qualities  of  Southern  womanhood  that  if 
they  were  furnished  free  there  would  be  serious  objection  to 
exposing  them  to  public  view. 

The  war  is  certainly  over  and  our  women  are  not  in  politics ; 
so  the  demand,  "Uphold  Our  State  Rights,"  the  conspicuous 
line  at  the  feet  of  the  figure,  is  another  objectionable  feature. 

The  editor  of  the  Veteran  is  deeply  concerned  for  the  suc- 
cess of  the  worthy  object.  Many,  many  thousands  are  deep- 
ly interested,  and  he  may  not  comprehend  altogether  the  situa- 
tion. He  may  be  mistaken  in  this ;  but  he  has  not  heard  a 
single  commendation  in  talks  with  a  number  of  Confederates 
who  are  taking  pride  in  the  undertaking. 

Please  wait  until  the  U.  C.  V.  meeting  in  Memphis,  June 
8.  Then  let  there  be  appointed  a  large  committee  to  consider 
the  subject.  J.  W.  Apperson,  the  Commander  in  Chief  of  the 
Sons  of  Veterans,  and  General  Evans,  Commander  in  Chief 
of  the  Veterans,  could  request  comrades  who  might  suitably 
be  appointed  committeemen  in  advance  to  consider  this  sub- 
ject, so  that  they  might  have  the  matter  well  in  hand  when 
the  Convention  meets.  It  is  grievous  to  disapprove  the  action 
whereby  the  design  has  been  selected;  but  justice  to  all  who 
are  interested  impels  the  appeal  to  wait  for  conference  with 
the  Sons  of  Veterans  and  the  Veterans,  who  are  so  anxiously 
and  so  cordially  operating  with  them. 

This  is  purely  a  question  of  taste  and  judgment  as  to  pro- 
priety. Those  who  favor  are  as  patriotic  as  those  who  oppose 
the  design. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai). 


153 


1- RESIDENT  ABRAHAM  LINCOLN. 

The  comments  of  the  Veteran  upon  the  centenary  of  Presi- 
dent Lincoln's  birthday  are  different  from  what  was  originally 
■expected.  In  the  outset  brief  report  was  intended  of  the 
various  celebrations  and  the  tributes  to  his  kindness  to  in- 
dividuals, but  the  office  was  soon  so  surfeited  with  eulogies 
that  it  was  impracticable  to  print  them.  Then  there  were 
those  who  did  not  concur  that  felt  they  should  have  access 
to  the  Veteran.  In  what  follows  there  is  no  spirit  of  ill  will. 
but  a  desire  to  express  the  truth  concerning  Mr.  Lincoln. 

Comment  by  Mrs.  M.  P.  Sheparp. 

The  centenary  of  Abraham  Lincoln  !  What  a  flood  of  elo- 
quence, encomium,  and  praise  it  has  brought  forth  from  pen, 
pulpit,  and  after-dinner  speech !  He  has  been  set  upon  a 
pedestal  and  clothed  with  attributes  that  make  him  little  less 
than  divine.  Washington  has  Lccn  made  to  step  down  from 
his  long-approved  pinnacle  of  greatness,  while  one  enthusiast 
in  his  blind  fanaticism  has  compared  him  most  favorably  with 
Jesus  Christ  himself. 

He  has  been  placed  so  far  above  the  ordinary  mortal  that 
we  feel  justified  in  our  curiosity  to  know  how  big  he  really 
was  and  if  all  these  attributes  of  greatness  have  been  thrust 
upon  him  or  do  they  accord  with  facts  that  history  has  made 
indisputable? 

His  admirers  and  eulogists  have  claimed  for  him  supreme 
qualities  of  integrity  and  honesty.  How  do  these  comport 
with  his  treatment  of  the  peace  commissioners  sent  to  him  in 
March,  1S61  ?  These  commissioners  were  given  the  most 
positive  assurance  of  good  faith  on  the  part  of  the  govern- 
ment and  the  pledge  that  the  evacuation  of  Fort  Sumter 
(which  the  commissioners  demanded) 'would  most  surely  take 
place  very  shortly;  and  yet  while  these  men  were  kept  there 
day  after  day  on  the  strength  of  these  promises  Lincoln  was 
secretly  making  the  most  hostile  preparations,  and  on  the 
6th,  7th,  and  8th  of  April,  1861,  transports  and  vessels  of 
war,  troops,  ammunition,  and  military  supplies  sailed  from 
Northern  ports  bound  southward.  "Where  could  be  found 
in  all  the  annals  of  crooked  diplomacy  a  more  fiendish  act  of 
duplicity  and   insincerity?" 

He  took  the  oath  of  office  "to  preserve,  protect,  and  defend 
the  Constitution,"  and  yet  he  did  not  hesitate  to  violate  its 
principles  whenever  it  suited  his  policy  to  do  so.  Though 
"devoted  to  the  Union,"  yet  he  took  the  initiative  (utterly 
disregarding  the  usages  of  war  among  civilized  nations)  and 
precipitated  upon  the  unprepared  South  a  war  unequaled  for 
cruelty  and   barbarism   in   all   modern  history. 

He  is  called  "The  Great  Emancipator."  Yet  in  his  inaugu- 
ral address  in  1S61  he  said  :  "I  have  no  purpose,  directly  or  in- 
directly, to  interfere  with  the  institution  of  slavery  in  the 
States  where  it  exists.  I  believe  I  have  no  lawful  right  to 
do  so,  and  I  have  no  inclination  to  do  so."  His  subsequent 
actions  showed  how  little  regard  he  had  for  this  pledge. 
Like  Talleyrand,  the  most  unscrupulous  of  men,  he  "used 
words  to  conceal  his  thoughts." 

His  admirers  have  laid  special  force  upon  his  great  heart, 
pulsating  with  throbs  of  justice,  kindness,  and  humanity.  Did 
his  heart  pulsate  with  these  noble  qualities  when,  disregard- 
ing all  the  rules  of  civilization  and  humanity,  he  declared 
martial  law  in  the  States  of  the  South,  flooded  the  country 
with  violence  and  bloodshed,  and  legitimatized  the  most 
atrocious   form  of  irregular  warfare? 

He   was   commander    in    chief   of   the    army.      Yet   was   he 
ever  known  to  set  his  seal  of  disapproval  upon  the  actions  of 
4* 


his  generals  in  their  conduct  of  the  war?  General  Butler's 
treatment  of  the  people  of  New  Orleans  was  horrible  almost 
beyond  belief.  "Peaceful  and  aged  citizens,  unresisting  cap- 
tives and  noncombatants,  were  confined  at  hard  labor  with 
chains  attached  to  their  limbs,  were  held  in  dungeons  and 
fortresses,  and  Union  soldiers  were  encouraged  to  insult  and 
outrage  the  wives,  mothers,  and  sisters."  But  Lincoln  al- 
lowed him  to  remain  at  that  post  until  the  "French  emperor 
threatened  to  recognize  the  Confederate  States  unless  Butler 
was  removed." 

Destruction  and  devastation  became  synonymous  with  Sher- 
man's march  through  Georgia  to  the  sea,  then  the  Carolinas; 
while  Sheridan  over  a  hundred  miles  through  the  beautiful 
Valley  of  Virginia  so  obeyed  the  cruel  and  inhuman  orders 
of  his  superior  general  that  in  truth  "a  crow  flying  through 
its  desolated  wastes  would  have  to  carry  its  provisions  with 
it."  This  is  but  an  incomplete  picture  of  the  cruelties  in- 
flicted upon  helpless  noncombatants.  These  atrocities  were 
never  checked  by  a  word  or  command  from  the  President  of 
the  United  States.  His  emancipation  of  six  millions  of  slaves, 
his  exciting  them  to  insurrection,  his  placing  guns  in  the 
hands  of  negroes  to  murder  their  former  masters  exceeded 
in  atrocity  an3  cruelty  the  tyranny  of  any  despot  in  any  age. 
His  giving  the  ballot  to  ignorant  negroes  who  had  no  more 
knowledge  of  the  rights  of  suffrage  than  so  many  mules  is  but 
in  keeping  with  the  policy  pursued  by  him  from  the  be- 
ginning. 

Let  us  see  if  his  conduct  in  respect  to  prisoners  was  in 
accord  with  his  "great  heart  pulsating  with  kindness  and 
humanity  to  all."  The  Confederate  government  on  more 
than  one  occasion  sent  propositions  to  W.  Oiington  for  the 
exchange  of  prisoners.  No  answer  was  g.ven.  Mr.  Ould, 
the  Commissioner  of  Exchange,  offered  to  make  purchases  of 
medicine  from  the  United  States  authorities  to  be  used  ex- 
clusively for  the  relief  of  Union  prisoners.  He  offered  to 
pay  for  them  in  gold,  cotton,  or  tobacco ;  and,  moreover, 
agreed  on  behalf  of  the  Confederate  government  that  such 
medicines  might  be  brought  into  the  lines  by  United  States 
surgeons  and  be  distributed  by  them.  Incredible  as  it  may 
appear,  no  reply  was  ever  received  to  this  offer.  One  final 
effort  was  now  made  for  an  exchange. 

"A  delegation  from  the  prisoners  at  Andersonville  was 
finally  sent  to  Washington  to  plead  their  cause  before  the 
authorities  at  Washington.  It  was  of  no  avail.  Mr.  Lincoln 
refused  to  see  them.  They  were  made  to  understand  that 
the  interest  of  the  government  required  that  they  should  re- 
turn to  prison  and  remain   there." 

During  all  this  time  Northern  prisons  were  full  of  South- 
ern prisoners,  where  thousands  of  them  were  allowed  to 
freeze  to  death,  to  die  of  slow  starvation  and  disease  caused 
by  privation  and  want.  The  brutal  atrocities  practiced  in 
these  prisons  almost  exceeded  the  fiendish  cruelty  shown  to 
the  helpless  women  and  children  in  the  South.  And  yet  all 
this  was  in  the  midst  of  plenty.  The  official  reports  giving 
truth  to  the  statements  of  the  matchless  Ben  Hill  in  the 
Senate  of  the  United  States  prove  that  a  greater  number  of 
soldiers  died  in  Northern  prisons  than  in  Southern,  not- 
withstanding the  fact  that  Northern  armies  had  devastated 
the  South,  reduced  soldiers  and  people  alike  to  the  most 
straitened  conditions  for  food,  and  that  medicines  had  been 
made  contraband  of  war. 

Was  Mr  Lincoln  a  man  of  high  ideals?  Was  he  a  lover  of 
the  sublime,  the  beautiful?  Was  he  a  Christian,  a  gentle- 
man?    Facts  compel  us  to  say:  "He  was  a  hypocrite  in  re- 


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Qopfederat^  tfeterai?. 


ligion,  a  vulgar  buffoon,  indecent  in  his  anecdotes,  and  cruel 
in  his  instincts."  What,  then,  has  been  the  basis  of  all  this 
fictitious  greatness?  What  has  been  the  cause  of  thus  raising 
him  to  the  very  pinnacle  of  fame  accorded  no  other  American, 
not  excepting  even  the  great  Washington  himself?  We  an- 
swer :  "Assassination."  Assassination  placed  the  crown  of 
the  martyr  upon  his  brow.  Henceforth  "all  things  unclean 
became  divine." 

By  Another  Southerner. 

The  question  of  honoring  the  birthday  of  Abraham  Lincoln 
by  the  Southern  people  is  a  question  indeed.  At  first  blush 
it  would  seem  meet  and  proper  that  the  day  should  be  hon- 
ored inasmuch  as  it  is  generally  agreed  that  "the  war  is  over." 
That  Lincoln  was  a  fairly  good  man,  certainly  a  rare  genius 
in  a  way.  is  admitted  by  nearly  every  one  in  the  South  as  well 
as  in  the  North ;  this,  too,  despite  the  fact  that  he  unques- 
tionably violated  the  Constitution  and  willfully  assumed 
powers  not  rightfully  his  as  President  and  acting  upon  which 
he  plunged  this  country  in  a  bloody  war  the  like  of  which 
was  never  before  recorded  in  history.  Half  a  million  of  the 
flower  of  the  young  manhood  of  this  country  were  cut  down, 
and  their  bones  now  lie  bleaching  upon  every  hill  from  Get- 
tysburg to  the  Rio  Grande.  The  beautiful  Southland  was 
ruthlessly  overrun,  plundered,  and  devastated,  vividly  recall- 
ing the  atrocities  of  the  barbarous  Goths  and  Vandals  in 
Italy  a  thousand  years  ago.  Southern  manhood  was  prostrated 
and  crushed  and  Southern  womanhood  everywhere  outraged 
and  insulted,  and  for  what?     For  a  sentiment  called  Union. 

Southern  people,  in  my  opinion,  are  ready  for  the  olive 
branch  at  any  time  the  people  of  the  North  may  extend  it  in 
honesty  and  genuine  sincerity,  but  not  until  then.  Whenever 
the  people  of  the  North  are  ready  to  honor  June  3,  the  birth- 
day of  Jefferson  Davis — as  gallant  a  knight  as  ever  drew  a 
sword  and  as  pure  a  statesman  as  ever  championed  the  rights 
and  liberties  of  a  free  people — then,  but  not  one  hour  sooner, 
should  the  people  of  the  South  honor  February  12  as  Lin- 
coln's anniversary. 

Magnanimity  and  charity  are  all  right  and  proper  within 
certain  bounds;  but  I  respectfully  submit  that  it  is  ill  becom- 
ing a  high-minded  people  to  "bow  low  and  kiss  the  great  toe" 
of  the  idol  of  the  white  people  of  the  North  and  the  negroes 
of  the  South,  while  their  own  matchless  leader,  champion,  and 
hero  continues  to  be  denounced  as  a  "Rebel  and  a  bloody 
traitor."     Let's  maintain  our  self-respect  at  all  hazards. 

Differs   with  the  Lincoln  Eulogists. 

The  Lincoln  centenary  has  brought  forward  both  eulogists 
and  those  who  endeavor  to  show  the  clay  feet  of  the  idol. 
Among  the  latter  is  an  article  sent  in  by  J.  R.  Gibbons,  of  Buxite, 
Ark.,  who  tells  why  he  thinks  the  War  President  has  re- 
ceived too  much  praise.  He  says  he  lived  near  Rockingham 
County,  Va.,  just  eight  miles  from  Limeville  Creek,  the  home 
of  the  Lincoln  family.  Abe  Lincoln's  grandfather  moved  to 
Illinois;  but  the  rest  of  the  connection  remained  in  Virginia, 
espoused  the  cause  of  the  South,  and  made  good  records  in  the 
Southern  army. 

Mr.  Gibbons  says :  "I  would  not  do  anything  to  detract 
from  the  honor  really  and  truly  due  Lincoln  for  his  greatness ; 
but  I  do  say  that  Lincoln  was  the  only  man  in  America  who 
could  have  prevented  the  Civil  War.  Yet  he  not  only  did  not 
prevent  it,  hut  by  his  acts  he  precipitated  it.  Mr.  Davis  sent 
a  commission  to  try  to  arrange  any  difference  between  the 
Federal  government  and  the  seceded  States.  Seward,  Lin- 
coln's Secretary  of  State,  promised  Mr.  Davis  that  Fort  Sum- 


ter should  be  evacuated  right  away,  and  that  he  (Seward) 
would  notify  Mr  Davis  when  it  was  done  by  telegram  even 
before  he  could  receive  Judge  Campbell's  letter.  (Judge 
Campbell  being  then  in  Washington  negotiating  for  the  Con- 
federate States.)  At  this  very  time  an  expedition  to  re- 
enforce  and  provision  Fort  Sumter  had  already  sailed,  and  no 
orders  were  ever  given  by  Lincoln  to  evacuate  the  fort,  as  had 
been  promised.  Not  only  this,  but  he  sent  his  fleet  to  re- 
enforce  the  place.  I  believe  this  aggression,  together  with 
Lincoln's  avowed  intention  'to  hold,  occupy,  and  possess  the 
property  and  places  belonging  to  the  government,  and  to 
collect  the  duty  and  imposts,'  was  practically  an  avowal  of  an 
offensive  war,  and  was  the  match  that  touched  off  the  gun- 
powder.    Lincoln  coiild  have  put  out  the  match." 

"Sentiment  in  the   South   as  to  Lincoln." 
Request  coming  from  a  Chicago  paper  for  expression  on  the 
above,  S    A.  Cunningham,  editor  of  the  Veteran,  wrote : 

"As  the  authorized  representative  for  many  years  of  all 
Confederate  organizations — men  and  women — I  am  requested 
to  give  briefly  the  opinion  that  has  prevailed  at  the  South  in 
regard  to  President  Abraham  Lincoln. 

"Of  course  he  was  detested  in  the  outset.  Becoming  Presi- 
dent of  the  faction  that  was  committed  to  robbing  the  South 
of  its  hundreds  of  millions  in  slave  property,  there  was  gen- 
eral prejudice  against  him.  Soon,  however,  although  the  coun- 
try was  at  war,  when  he  declared  that  it  was  not  his  purpose 


PRESIDENT    ABRAHAM    LINCOLN. 

to  interfere  with  the  institution  of  slavery,  and  he  on  many 
occasions  showed  personal  kindness  to  Confederates  and  other 
Southerners  when  their  lives  were  at  stake,  there  grew  a 
kinder  sentiment  toward  him,  and  his  assassination  was  re- 
garded in  the  South  as  the  most  dreadful  event  that  occurred 
in  the  awful  days  of  the  sixties.  Renegade  Stanton  was 
blamed  for  much  that  is  charged  against  Lincoln  in  the  lat- 
ter days  of  the  war  especially.     It  seemed  that   Stanton  had 


Qopfederat^  l/eterar?. 


155 


such  influence  that  he  dictated  much  for  which  President  Lin- 
coln was  censured.  Stanton's  record  was  made  a  theme  in 
Congress  by  Gen.  Joe  Wheeler,  and  the  record  was  SO  had 
that  strong  effort  was  made  to  expunge  it  from  the  House 
Journal. 

"Southern  people  do  not  think  Mr.  Lincoln  was  a  great  man, 
but  that  he  was  indeed  sincerely  kind,  and  that  if  he  could 
have  lived  and  gotten  rid  of  Stanton  there  would  have  been 
no  reconstruction.  They  do  not  forgive  Mr.  Lincoln  for  his 
Emancipation  Proclamation  under  his  oath  of  office,  ready  as 
they  were  to  surrender  their  tremendous  interests  in  the 
negroes,  whom  they  had  on  their  hands  and  have  supported 
so  faithfully  much  of  the  intervening  period. 

"In  explanation  that  Mr.  Lincoln  was  not  a  great  man,  it  is 
believed  that  thousands  of  others  might  have  done  as  well  or 
better.  We  are  too  prone.  North  and  South,  to  exalt  a  man 
who  achieves  much,  posse-sing  great  power.  There  has 
not  been  a  President  in  the  history  of  this  country  when  there 
were  not  thousands  of  his  peers  who  would  with  the  same  op- 
portunities have  made  equal,  and  many  of  them  far  more  bril- 
liant, executives. 

"Let  us  he  just  to  Air  Lincoln  lie  was  an  eminently  kind 
man;  hut  his  mold  was  not  great,  and  we  believe  he  would 
have  been  too  honest  to  admit  that  the  mantle  of  greatness 
fitted  him  becominglj 


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containing  perhaps  the   I  in  iph  collection  of  very  dis- 

tinguished men  ever  written  up  I  he  signatures 

John   Fairfield,  Senator  from  Maine  during 


the  period  of  1825  to  1840,  when  these  men  were  conspicuous 
in  public  life  at  Washington.  John  Fairfield  was  Mr*.  Langs- 
ton's  great-uncle,  and  was  at  one  time  Governor  of  Maine 

Richard  M.  Johnson  was  Vice  President  from  1837  to  1841 
during  the  presidency  of  Martin  Van  Buren.  All  of  the  other 
characters  are  more  familial,  especially  to  Southern  readers. 

After  the  signature  of  Ben  Hardin  appeared  the  name  of 
his  State,  Kentucky,  which  was  erased  from  the  engraving 
owing  to  a   misunderstanding  of  instructions  bj    a    workman. 


CAMP  BEAUREGARD,  NO.   130,  U.  S.  C.  V. 

In  an  address  in  February,  1909.  Commander  W.  ().  Hart, 
New  (  li  leans,  says  : 

"My  Dear  (  oinrades:  On  assuming  for  the  second  time  the 
position  of  Commandant  of  the  Camp  I  do  so  realizing  not 
only  the  great  honor  conferred  upon  me,  hut  in  a  deep  sense 
its  responsibility.  Our  Camp  is  known  throughout  the  South 
as  the  bannei  (  amp  of  the  U.  S.  C.  V.  Confederation,  and  it 
should  be  our  aim,  individually  and  collectively,  to  increase 
11  s  1  fficiency  and  renown. 

"We  should  have  five  thousand  members.  The  material 
for  it  exists  in  our  city;  and  if  we  all  properly  work,  we  may 
add  to  our  rolls  many  hundreds  additional 

"Unless  we  are  true  to  the  memories  of  the  past,  we  can- 
not be  true  to  ourselves,  and  we  can  in  no  wise  show  greater 
1  .  \  1  rence  t"  •air  ancestors  and  their  brave  deeds  than  by  keep- 
ing  u])  our  organization,  increasing  its  power  for  good,  and 
extending  it~  influence. 

"It  shall  he  my  endeavor  to  have  at  every  meeting  if  po  1 
hie  something  of  special  interest  to  our  members.  You  will 
become  interested  in  the  work  of  the  Camp  if  you  attend  its 
neetings,  ami  in  addition  I  suggest  that  you  attend  the  exer- 
cises of  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  four  times  a  year, 
when  crosses  of  honor  are  bestowed  on  worthy  veterans  and 
their  descendants;  and  if  you  visit  the  Soldiers'  Nome  occa- 
sionally, your  visits  there  will  bring  comfort   and  cheer  to  the 

veterans.  Attend  entertainments  at  the  Soldiers'  Home;  for 
the  larger  the  attendance,  the  more  encouragement  then  is 
to  those  who  entertain.  The  Louisiana  Confederate  Choir 
will  visit  the  Home  during  the  year  at  least  once  a  month,  and 
I    trust   that  often  many  of  our  comrades  may  he  there  also. 

"The  General  Reunion  will  be  held  at  Memphis  June  8, 
9.  and  10,  and  I  hope  that  our  Camp  may  send  a  large  dele- 
gation    and     attend     the    meetings    of     the     Sons'     Convention 

I  egularly. 

"The  State  Convention  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Confed- 
eracy will  he  held  in  that  city  sometime  in  May.  and  we 
should  assist   that   organization    in   entertaining   visitors. 

"Visit   the   Memorial   Hall  at  your  earliest   convenience,  and 

II  \  io  get  your  friends  who  are  eligible  to  membership  in  the 
Camp  to  go  there  also.  There  is  no  historical  museum  in 
the  world  the  equal  of  it. 

"We  should  all  observe  Memorial  Hay,  June  t,.  when  the 
graves  of  our  departed  heroes  are  strewn  with  flowers,  show- 
ing that,  though  dead,  they   are  not  forgotten. 

"I  shall  be  glad  to  see  . 1 1 1  \  ol  you  at  .any  lime,  and  any  sug- 
gl  lions  that  you  may  have  for  the  betterment  of  the  Camp 
will  be  gladly  receh  ed  " 

Mr.  William  Way  Moore,  of  Mereta.  lex.,  champions 
Miss  Boyson's  statement  of  the  illiteracy  of  the  South  in  a 
humorous  manner.  He  s;n  s  :  "She  was  parti}  right,  as  most 
of  the  Southern  men  who  joined  the  Union  army  were  ig- 
norant and  illiterate,  and  1  suppose  the  North  judged  the 
entire  South   by  the  standards  of  these   men." 


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^opfederat^  Veterar?. 


I 'IS IT  TO  HAVANA,  CUBA. 

It  was  an  unexpected  event  even  to  the  day  of  starting  that 
the  editor  of  the  Veteran  took  a  week's  vacation  to  Havana, 
Cuba,  when  the  March  edition  was  fully  in  press.  Leaving 
Nashville  at  noon  of  Saturday,  he  joined  Maj.  J.  L.  Mc- 
Colluni,  his  wife,  their  daughter,  Miss  Elsie,  and  little  grand- 
daughter, Elizabeth  Mcll,  in  Atlanta— Major  McCollum  has 
been  Superintendent  of  the  Western  and  Atlantic  Railroad 
since  it  was  leased  by  the  N.,  C.  &  St.  L.  system.  He  went 
into  the  war  as  a  Raccoon  Rough  with  Gen.  John  B.  Gordon 
as  captain  of  the  company,  and  ever  looked  specially  after  the 
welfare  and  comfort  of  General  Gordon  at  Reunions,  and  con- 
tinues as  a  member  of  the  staff  to  his  successors. 

The  trip  was  by  the  "Dixie  Flyerj"  a  route  inaugurated  by 
the  N.,  C.  &  St.  L.  management  and  which  is  very  popular 
between  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  and  Jacksonville.  The  party 
when  all  together  comprised  the  above-named,  Mr.  W.  M. 
Camp,  Manager  of  the  Pullman  Palace  Car  Company  over  the 
territory  (having  headquarters  in  Atlanta),  Comrade  Rev.  J. 
W.  Bachman  and  Mr.  T.  H.  Payne  and  wife,  of  Chatta- 
nooga; also  Dr.  F.  P.  H.  Akers.  wife,  their  daughter,  Mrs. 
William  Percy,  of  Atlanta,  Mrs.  DeVoe,  of  Brunswick,  and 
Mr.  John  R.  M.  Dillon,  of  Clarkston,  Ga.  A  more  agreeable 
party  could  hardly  have  been  gathered. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred  F.  Wallace,  of  Chattanooga,  had  pre- 
ceded the  others  on  a  visit  to  Havana,,  and  Mrs.  Wallace  died 
there.  This  circumstance  was  the  only  thing  that  marred  the 
pleasure  of  the  trip.  It  changed  the  return  plan,  the  Chatta- 
nooga members  returning  with  the  wretched,  childless  hus- 
band. An  illustration  of  exacting  rules  by  the  Cuban  authori- 
ties is  given  in  the  fact  that  they  demanded  fifty  dollars  to 
transport  the  casket  of  Mrs.  Wallace  from  the  dock  to  the 
steamer.  The  United  States  government  boat  took  it  free  of 
•charge.  These  arbitrary  and  grafting  rules  are  making  much 
against  commingling  relations  with  Cuba.  The  docks  are 
suitable  to  receive  seagoing  vessels ;  but  the  authorities  re- 
quire everything  transferred  to  other  boats  for  the  revenue 
secured  thereby.  It  is  said  that  Mr.  Flagler  has  bought  docks 
at  Matanzas  and  will  make  that  the  landing  piace  for  his 
boats  to  connect  with  the  Florida  East  Coast  Railroad  line; 
so  there  will  be  over  fifty  miles  of  railway  travel  in  Cuba  to 
reach  Havana. 

Cuba  is  a  great  island,  and  its  annexation  to  the  United 
States  may  be  devoutly  desired.     It  would  add  much  to  the 


EXTERIOR   OF   FITZHUGH    LEE  S    HEADQUARTERS    AT    MARIANO. 

South's  interest,  while  a  benefit  to  all  the  country.  Annexa- 
tion cannot  be  brought  about  speedily,  although  the  largest 
property  holders,  especially  in  Havana,  favor  it  anxiously. 

The  most  desirable  thing  that  can  be  done  looking  to  this 
important  consummation  is  the  dissemination  throughout 
Cuba  of  the  English  language.  An  illustration  of  the  senti- 
ment prevailing  among  the  better  class  of  Spaniards  is  had 


in  Mr.  Nicolas  Altuzarra,  whose  beautiful  residence  is  on  the 
Prado  (66).  This  gentleman  purchased  a  home  in  Atlanta 
when  his  large  family  of  children  were  small  and  kept  his 
family  there  for  several  years,  so  they  would  instinctively 
learn  English.  The  youngest  of  seven  children,  a  bright  youth 
of  sixteen,  is  to  come  to  the  States  to  complete  his  education 
in  English.     This  would  seem  a  wise  course. 


REAR    VIEW    OF    THE    BUILDING. 

Mr.  Altuzarra  owns  the  great  house  occupied  by  Gen.  Fitz- 
hugh  Lee  in  a  suburb  of  Havana.  It  was  the  United  States 
government  headquarters  through  both  occupations  until  with- 
drawal of  its  forces  from  Cuba  this  April  I.     He  and  mem- 


INTERIOR   VIEW    NEAR   MAIN    ENTRANCE. 

bers  of  his  family  attended  our  party  on  a  visit  to  this  place 
and  showed  us  through  it.  His  great  desire  is  to  have  an 
American  college  established  on  the  property;  and  although 
its  construction  cost  $350,000  and  it  has  been  appraised  in 
adjustment  of  values  since  its  occupation  by  the  United  States 
at  $167,000,  he  volunteers  to  put  it  into  a  syndicate  for  Ameri- 
can educational  purposes  at  $100,000.  An  idea  of  its  mag- 
nitude may  be  had  in  the  fact  that  Mr.  Altuzarra  has  a  con- 
tract for  repainting  it  at  a  cost  of  $5,000.  More  of  this  later. 
The  time  is  opportune  for  the  South  to  make  favor  with 
the  people  of  Cuba.  The  M.  E.  Church,  South,  is  doing  much 
to  its  credit  in  this  respect,  but  the  interest  should  be  general. 
It  may  seem  a  great  undertaking;  but  take  Cuba  as  a  whole, 
and  its  population  would  certainly  be  superior  to  the  class 
of  emigrants  landing  in  Castle  Garden,  numbering  now  close 


Qopfederat^  Veterar? 


157 


to  a  half  million  a  year,  and  they  might  easily  enough  be  made 
an  adjunct  to  the  South  in  mutual  interests. 

Ugly  as  are  the  reports  of  the  people  in  morals,  as  a  whole 
they  are  doing  wonderful  things  in  charity  among  the  lowest 
of  their  population. 

With  the  Florida  East  Coast  Railway  completed  to  Key 
West  (and  that  is  soon  to  be  achieved),  the  sail  would  be 
but  six  to  seven  hours  to  Havana,  and  it  would  become  easily 
accessible;  while  boats  from  Tampa  would  compete,  so  as  to 
make  passage  economical,  and  the  South's  share  in  the  bene- 
fits would  well  repay  the  care  of  annexation. 

The  editor  will  be  pardoned  for  concluding  this  brief  re- 
port  with    sentimental    reference   to   the   marvelous   improve- 


SIDE    VIEW    OF    THE    WILDING. 

ment  in  the  beautiful  city  of  Havana.  That  city  will  be  re- 
called as  the  source  of  yellow  fever  that  caused  so  much 
anxiety  and  death  in  many  Southern  States  every  few  years. 
His  first  visits  there  were  in  the  beginning  of  the  great  sani- 
tary work  by  the  United  States  when  his  son  was  personal  as- 
sistant to  Col.  William  M.  Black,  United  States  Engineer, 
and  later  when  Colonel  Black  had  charge  of  sanitary  work  in 
all  of  Cuba.  His  son,  Paul  Davis  Cunningham,  chief  engi- 
neer  for   Havana,  with    from  3,000  to  4.000  laborers  had  the 


CUM!  ONE  01 

walls  of  ten  thousand  houses  scoured  and  inaugurated  plans 
for  taking  all  filth  far  out  to  sea  and  also  of  building  as 
fine  streets  as  1  nd  anywhere       '  1  1    many  people  in 


Havana   at   present    realize    the   prodigious    achievements    by 
our  government,  but  the  record  is  preserved. 

Colonel  Black  (ever  honored  be  his  name)  in  his  report  to 
Washington  of  the  work  done  in  Havana  stated:  "My  thanks 
are  especially  due  to  Mr.  P.  D.  Cunningham,  chief  engineer 
of  the  city,  who  has  assisted  me  in  all  of  my  duties,  which 
embraced  all  possible  classes  of  municipal  work,  even  that  of 
a  quasi  legal  character." 


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IN    THE    GROUNDS — MR.    ALTUZARRA   AND    SEVERAL'  OF 
HIS   CHILDREN. 

The  present  disturbances  in  the  government  of  Cuba 
threaten  the  necessity  of  the  reoccupation  of  the  island  by  the 
United  States.  If  the  strong  powers  of  this  government  were 
exercised  there  permanently,  the  people  would  adjust  them- 
selves to  the  conditions  doubtless  and  great  results  for  their 
good  would  follow.    The  South  should  be  alert  for  Cuba. 


LAST  1V0RDS  ABOUT  THE  PRIZE  ESSAY. 

A  number  of  interesting  articles  have  been  received  by  the 
Veteran  about  Miss  Boyson  and  the  judges  of  "that  prize 
essay" — such  a  number,  in  fact,  that  to  give  place  to  all  a  spe- 
cial edition  would  have  to  .be  issued.  Many  of  these  articles 
are  forceful  refutations  of  Miss  Boyson's  statements,  and  some 
have  espoused  the  cause  of  the  judges.  As  it  is  impossible 
to  publish  all  the  articles,  which  in  fairness  must  be  done  if 
any  is  given,  this  magazine  has  decided  to  close  the  incident 
as  far  as  its  columns  are  concerned. 

The  entire  South  agrees  in  its  condemnation  not  of  Miss 
Boyson  or  the  opinions  she  held,  but  of  the  acceptation  of 
these  opinions  by  Southern  judges.  Senator  Ben  Hill  said: 
"When  the  forthcoming  historian  shall  come  to  estimate  the 
character  of  Lee,  he  will  find  it  rising  like  a  huge  mountain 
above  the  undulating  plains  of  ordinary  humanity,  and  he 
must  lift  his  eyes  to  heaven  to  see  the  summit  " 

Now  Mi-s  Boyson's  schoolgirl  eyes  failed  to  gauge  thi 
lime  heights,  yet  she  very  earnestly  denies  any  "intention"  of 
offending  the  South  by  her  "estimate."  Dr.  Alderman,  using 
only  the  pocket  foot  rule  of  syntax  and  "structural  ability," 
failed  to  consider  the  glaring  historical  errors  that  marred 
the  euphemistic     entences  past  patient  acceptance:  yet  ' 

mist   any  "intent"  to  do  less  than   fill   his  post   of 
to  the  best  of  his  ability!     Dr.  Smith,  though  making  a 
ous  defense,  uses  the  same  self  justification. 

Mis.  Enders  Robinson,  Historian  General  U.  D.  C,  issues  a 

circular    urging    that    the    prize    be    discontinued.      This    pos- 

the  wisest  solution  of  the  matter,  and  will  prove  thi 

1  against  the  position  taken  by  the  judges. 

Further  attempts  to  defend  General  Lee  against  slurs,  an- 
tagonistic attacks,  and  misstatements  is  about  as  useless  as 
to  call  away  a  child   v,  ij    hands  arc  trying  to  overturn 

pitol  at  Washington  or  to  punish  an  iconoclastic  small 
hoy  for  his  futile  efforts  to  cover  the  pyramid  of  Cheops  with 
sand  poured  on  from  a  teaspoon! 


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Qopfederat^  tfeterai} 


XOTED  EVENT  IN  TENNESSEE  JOURNALISM. 

Mr.   Milton   Ochs   Buys  Nashville  American. 

The  removal  from  Chattanooga  to  Nashville  of  Mr.  Milton 
B.  Ochs  and  his  family  is  an  event  of  unusual  social  interest, 
as  it  commingles  relationships  among  the  best  Southern  fam- 
ilies in  the  two  sections.  Mr.  Ochs,  having  purchased  the 
Nashville  American,  the  oldest  and  most  noted  paper  in  the 
State,  becomes  prominent  in  every  public  interest.  Mr.  Ochs 
is  one  of  the  three  brothers  who  have  forged  to  the  front  in 
American  journalism  as  have  no  other  trio  in  the  history  of 
the  country.  The  senior  Mr.  Adolph  S.  Ochs,  who  bought  his 
first  newspaper,  the  Chattanooga  Times,  from  the  editor  of  the 
Veteran,  has  become  conspicuous  in  journalism  wherever 
English  dailies  are  printed  in  giving  "all  the  news  that  is  fit 
to  print  "     His  New  York  Times  is  second  to  no  daily  paper. 

Mr.  George  Ochs  is  in  charge  of  the  Philadelphia  Public 
Ledger,  while  Milton  has  remained  until  now  in  charge  of  the 
eminently  successful  Chattanooga  Times.  Elsewhere  Mr. 
Ochs  sets  forth  his  purposes  in  regard  to  the  American. 

These  distinguished  newspaper  men  are  sons  of  the  late 
Julius  Ochs,  noted  for  his  intelligence  and  philanthropy. 

Mrs.  Fannie  Van  Dyke  Ochs. 

Jeanette  Sterling  Greve,  of  the  Chattanooga  Times  staff, 
writes  of  Mrs.  Milton  Ochs,  who  is  to  live  in  Nashville: 

"Among  the  many  charming  young  matrons  of  whom  Chat- 
tanooga boasts,  none  is  deservedly  more  popular  than  Mrs. 
Ochs,  and  her  removal  to  Nashville  is  a  source  of  the  deepest 
regret  to  her  friends  in  Chattanooga.  Of  quick  wit  and  en- 
gaging manners,  she  pleases  on  first  acquaintance.  As  that 
acquaintance  ripens  and  the  rich  qualities  of  her  intellect  and 
her  heart  are  seen  the  feeling  deepens  into  admiration  and 
love.  It  is  scarcely  an  exaggeration  to  say  that  every  person 
in  Chattanooga  is  her  friend.  She  was  born  in  Chattanooga 
not  so  very  many  years  ago.  ( Since  she  says  she  has  ceased 
to  have  birthdays,  it  is  not  necessary  to  be  more  explicit.) 
There  she  grew  up  and  married,  and  there  her  three  children 
were  born.  When  only  a  schoolgirl  she  had  all  the  small  boys 
for  her  devoted  slaves,  and  later  as  Miss  Fannie  Van  Dyke 
she  was  one  of  the  acknowledged  belles  of  the  city. 

"Mrs  Ochs  is  of  distinguished  ancestry  on  both  sides  of  her 
family.  Her  people  were  among  the  pioneers  who  in  the  early 
days  of  Tennessee  helped  to  make  of  the  State  the  grand  old 
commonwealth  it  has  become.  Her  father,  Capt.  W.  D.  Van 
Dyke,  at  the  time  of  his  death  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Van 
Dyke,  Cooke  &  Van  Dyke,  was  an  attorney-at-law,  as  were 
his  father  and  his  grandfather  before  him.  He  was  a  son  of 
Judge  T.  Nixon  Van  Dyke,  of  Athens,  for  many  years  chan- 
cellor of  that  district.  Captain  Van  Dyke  served  the  cause  of 
the  Confederacy  throughout  the  four  years  of  the  great  con- 
flict between  the  States  as  an  officer  of  the  59th  Tennessee. 

"Captain  Van  Dyke's  wife  was  Miss  Anna  Mary  Deadrick, 
a  daughter  of  the  late  Chief  Justice  Deadrick,  also  one  of  the 
oldest  families  in  Tennessee.  Among  Mrs.  Van  Dyke's  an- 
cestors were  two  noted  surgeons — Dr.  Ephraim  McDowell,  of 
Kentucky,  who  was  the  first  in  this  country  to  perform  the 
operation  for  ovarian  tumor,  and  Dr.  William  Deadrick,  of 
Athens,  who  made  many  important  discoveries  in  medicine. 

"Captain  Van  Dyke  brought  his  little  family  to  Chattanooga 
in  December,  1866,  and  here  Mrs.  Van  Dyke  still  makes  her 
home.  There  are  four  children— one  son,  T.  N.  Van  Dyke, 
and  three  daughters,  of  whom  'Miss  Fan,'  as  she  is  still  af- 
fectionately called,  is  the  youngest. 

"On  April  26,  1893,  a  romantic  love  affair  culminated  in  the 
marriage  of  Miss  Fannie  Van  Dyke  and  Mr.  Milton  B.  Ochs, 


who  has  recently  become  the  publisher  and  editor  of  the  Nash- 
ville American.  Mr.  Ochs  is  a  son  of  the  late  Julius  Ochs,  a 
man  noted  for  his  intellectual  attainments  and  his  broad  spirit 
of  philanthropy,  and  a  brother  of  Adolph  Ochs,  the  wonder- 
worker of  the  New  York  Times. 

"It  may  be  said  of  her  now  as  when  she  was  married:  'Miss 
Fannie  Van  Dyke  embodies  in  her  personality  every  quality 
that  distinguishes  the  brilliant  belle  of  society.  She  is  fair 
of  face,  brilliant,  accomplished,  sparkles  with  wit.  is  ever  affa- 


MKS.    MILTON    R    OCHS. 

ble  and  cordial,  and  her  warmth  of  manner  and  sunny  disposi- 
tion illumine  every  gathering  she  graces.' 

"The  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ochs  are  two  sturdy  boys, 
Van  Dyke  and  Adolph,  and  a  daughter,  Margaret,  whose  vi- 
vacity and  charm  are  reminders  of  her  mother's  early  years. 

"In  giving  Mrs.  Ochs  to  Nashville,  wdiere  Mr.  Ochs  has  al- 
ready entered  upon  his  new  sphere  of  activity,  a  distinct  loss 
is  felt  in  Chattanooga.  In  the  Church,  in  charity,  as  well  as 
in  social  life,  she  will  be  greatly  missed,  and  many  feel  that 
her  place  here  can  never  be  quite  filled  by  any  one  else." 


Qopfederat^  l/eterar). 


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WHAl    VETERANS  ARE  MOST  GRATEFUL  FOR. 

Judge  James  S.  Aden,  of  Paris,  Term.,  responds  to  the  re- 
quest in  the  Veteran  .is  to  "what  it  is  for  which  comrades 
arc  most  grateful :" 

"I  was  orderly  sergeant  of  Company  G,  71I1  Tennessee 
Cavalry,  of  which  Gen.  W.  II.  Jackson  was  first  colonel.  The 
last  of  September,  i.%j,  our  company  was  picketing  and 
scouting  between  Holly  Springs  and  Corinth.  At  Corinth 
General  Rosecrans,  with  twenty  thousand  to  thirty  thousand 
troops,  was  intrenched.  Generals  Van  Dorn  and  Price  ("Old 
Pap")  concentrated  about  twenty  thousand  Confederates  at 
Holly  Springs  and  marched  against  Corinth.  On  October 
3  and  4,  1862,  was  fought  the  battle  of  Corinth.  A  Missouri 
brigade  charged  the  last  ditch  of  Rosecrans,  'stomping1  the  life 
out  of  many,  when  the  retreat  was  orderd  by  General  Van 
Dorn.  Company  G  was  rear  guard  cm  the  retreat,  and  'Old 
Pap'  came  out  from  behind  us  shedding  tears.  We  had  been 
scouting,  picketing,  and  lighting  for  ten  days  or  more.  At 
Chew  alia  Creek  our  regiment  was  camped   for  the  night. 

"For  five  days  and  nights  I  had  been  without  rations  of  any 
loud  when  1  was  ordered  into  a  -mill  patch  of  corn  to  get  feed 
for  my  burse  I  secured  ten  cars  of  corn  and  a  very  small 
pumpkin.  While  one  end  of  :m  ear  of  Com  was  heating  in 
the  fire  I  ate  raw  corn  off  the  other  and  of  the  raw  pumpkin. 
I  am  now  very  grateful  that  I  can  sit  down  to  my  own  table, 
Surrounded  by  mj  loving  wife,  eight  sons,  and  one  daughter, 
tad  eat  I"  my  heart's  content." 

BY  .1.  W.  COOK  (43D  .MISS.  INFANTRY).  HELENA,  ARK. 
Complying  with  your  request  in  the  February  VETERAN,  I 
make  notes  of  Hood's  expedition  into  Tennessee.  The  writer 
had  some  strenuous  experience  111  that,  and  was  devoutly 
thankful  for  escaping  the  awful  slaughter  at  Franklin,  and  per- 
haps more  so  a  little  later  in  the  battle  at  Nashville.  Adams's 
Brigade  of  Loriug's  Division  (commanded  by  Colonel  Lowry 
in  the  battle  of  Nashville)  occupied  the  line  just  to  the  left 
of  the  Franklin  Pike  and  I  believe  thi  division  covering  that 
thoroughfare.  I  be  Federals  attacked  us  about  10  a.m.,  but 
we  held  our  own  with  their  three  lines  of  battle  all  day.  Late 
in  the  afternoon  the  extreme  left  of  our  army  gave  way 
when  lb.  cm  my  began  rapidly  turning  our  left  flank.  To  pre- 
vent that  we  were  ordered  to  move  by  the  right  flank  double- 
quick.  A  soldier  was  shot  and  fell  out  of  the  column 
Thinking  it  was  a  messmate.  I  ran  back  some  one  hundred  and 
fifty  yards  and  found  it  was  Lieutenant  Berryhill,  of  tin  next 
company,  and  that  be  was  dead.  Retracing  my  steps  as  fast 
as  I  could.  I  found  the  command  rapidly  falling  back.  Just 
then  I. hui.  Pal  Henry,  ol  General  Adams's  staff,  came  along 
and.  taking  in  lb.'  situation,  Stopped  about  forty  of  us  and 
commanded  us  to  "deploy."  In  a  moment  the  little  skirmish 
line  was  formed,  lie  linn  commanded  "Forward,"  and  in 
r  minute  the  line  was  in  tin-  trenches  hotly  engaging 

the  three  long  blue   line-  of  tin    enemy,   who   were   trying  hard 

to  pass  .>ur  chevaux-de  frise.     We  held  them  long  enough  to 

re-form  our  main  line  of  battle,  when   we  were   run   over  and 
captured. 

We  v.  ire  sent  to  Camp  Douglas,  which  seemed  the  worst 
fate  that  could  befall  us.  To  tell  the  hardships  there  would 
take  too  much  space,  1  may  di.  si.  at  another  time.  1  saw 
the    Fci  ■    hit    climb    the    flag   mast    and    adjust    the    rope 

that  had  been  misplaced  while  lowering  t.>  half  mast   in  honor 
of  Lincoln,  and   in   coming   down    1    saw   him   fall   ninety    feet. 
1  a   pii-. uni    saj         I  a  messenger  to  I. inc. .In" 

I    thought    my   hardships  (here   were   great,   and    s, ,    ihe\    were; 


but  on  returning  home  after  the  close  I  found  that  only  a 
few  days  after  my  capture  my  messmates  and  bedfellows, 
Colonel  Sykcs,  Captain  Perry,  and  Will  Owen,  had  all  been 
killed  by  a  tree  falling  across  them  while  asleep  in  camp;  and 
had  I  not  been  captured,  I  would  doubtless  have  shared  their 
fate. 

BY    G.    W.    R.   BELL    (.WHEELER'S   CAVALRY),   GAVLESV1LLE,   ALA. 

Your  suggestion  in  the  current  number  of  the  Veteran 
meets  my  heaity  approval.  '1  here  are  so  many  things  tor 
which  to  be  thankful  that  1  find  it  hard  to  place  any  one  thing 
in  the  superlative.  I  think  the  one  gnat  thing  we  ought  to 
be  grateful  for  is  our  preservation  through  and  deliverance 
fn. in  the  many  perils,  hardships,  and  privations  we  suffered 
and  endured  111  defense  of  our  homes  and  firesides.  1  think 
the  most  frequent  reminders  are  comfortable  quarters  and 
a  lull  commissary. 

I  hese  cold,  rainy,  or  sleety  nights  when  after  family  devo- 
tions 1  can  undress  in  front  01  a  good  \\ I  tin    and  get  onto 

a  good,  soft,  warm  bed  with  no  fear  of  the  sounu  of  bugle  or 
drum  to  wake  me  from  my  peaceful  slumbers — O,  how  it  calls 
forth  my  sincere  gratitude!  'I  hen  how  memory  carries  me 
back  to  the  w  1111.1  ..1  [863-64,  that  most  severe  winter  of  the 
war  period,  the  tune  when  Burnsiae  was  at  Knoxvillc  and 
Longstreet  at  Morristown,  and  the  Federal  and  Confederate 
alternately  occupied  the  territory  between  the  two  armies! 
We  were  lighting,  picketing,  freezing,  etc,  with  not  a  cook- 
ing vessel  of  any  kmd  lor  the  whole  company  except  one 
small  tin  bake  pan  and  with  only  our  summer  clothes,  or 
such  as  we  had  at  Chickamauga.  1  do  not  know  how  1  would 
have  gotten  along  had  it  not  been  that  in  going  up  there  we 
went  by  way  of  Philadelphia,  and  there  General  Woolford 
(.thanks  for  his  fright  and  hasty  departure)  supplied  me  with 
a  lot  of  those  button-together  dog  flies,  which  my  cousin  and 
I  carried  under  our  saddles,  and  they  beat  no  protection 
badly. 

Several  years  since  a  man  who  wore  the  blue  in  that  cam- 
paign wrote  the  Veteran  that  he  wanted  an  expression  from 
our  side  as  to  the  severity  oi  that  campaign. 

Wheeler,  inn  know,  escorted  Sherman  to  the  sea,  and  I 
went  along  with  bun  and  blew  the  bugle  for  him  instead  of 
carrying  an  Enfield,  as  I  did  in  East  Tennessee.  Well,  as 
Bill  Arp  used  to  say,  the  big  thing  that  I'm  glad  of  about  the 
war  is  that  it  is  over,  and  my  prayer  is  that  the  peace  of  our 
country   may   never  again   be   so   disturbed. 

John  C.  Baird  fs  Gratei  i  i 

In  response'  t,.  your  request  m  write  "For  What  Are  Com- 
rades Mm  1  i,,  Lteful?"  1  will  write  for  the  VETERAN  a  little 
of  my  experience  1  was  a  private  in  Company  E.  1st  Ala- 
bama Cavalry,  General  Wheeler's  command.  Ask  one  of  the 
boys  wle.  io,l<  with  Wheeler  and  fought  the  Yankees  in  seven 
different  States  what  he  appreciates  most,  and  I  believe  he 
will  say:  "A  g 1  night'  leep."  I  be  suffering  of  the  in- 
fantry was  great  .it  times,  but  thej  sometimes  went  into  win- 
ter quarters;  but  the  cavalryman  had  his  winter  quarters  on 
the  picket  line,  and  sometimes  he  sat  his  horse  for  hours 
with  icicles  hanging  from  his  hat  and  his  horse  almost  cov- 
ered  with        :  1 1  1  1  of  ice. 

On  the  long  raids  we  rode  both  daj  and  night  for  two  or 

three  weeks   with   onlj     1   short   stop  ".,.1   tonally  to   feed   our 

faithful   horses.     Often  on  those   rides    I    would   sleep  on  my 

until   In-  would  break   ranks,  ami   I   would  be  awakened 

nil.  of  a  tree  striking  me  in  the  face.     Now  after  forty- 


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Qoijfederat^  l/eterai?. 


three  years  I  am  very  thankful  that  I  can  go  to  sleep  when 
the  sleet  is  falling  with  no  fear  of  being  ordered  to  "saddle 
and  mount"  for  a  long  ride. 

I  will  not  say  that  Wheeler's  men  did  any  harder  fighting 
than  many  other  troops;  but  I  do  not  believe  there  was  an- 
other body  of  troops  either  in  the  Federal  or  Confederate 
army  that  did  more  of  it  or  was  more  continually  at  it  than 
the  men  who  rode  with  Wheeler.  Our  regiment  was  in  the 
advance  at  Shiloh,  and  had  its  first  engagement  Friday,  April 
4,  1862,  and  its  last  one  mile  out  of  Raleigh,  N.  C.  When 
General  Johnston  surrendered  in  North  Carolina,  General 
Wheeler  disbanded  and  asked  all  who  would  to  join  him  in  the 
Trans-Mississippi  Department.  Some  of  us  made  the  effort; 
but  before  we  reached  the  Mississippi  River  we  learned  that 
the  end  of  the  war  had  come. 

I  am  now  sixty-four  years  old  and  these  are  the  first  lines 
I  have  ever  written  about  that  war.  Maj.  V.  M.  Elmore,  who 
died  in  Montgomery  last  year,  I  think,  was  the  last  surviving 
officer  of  our  regiment.  If  there  is  one  living,  I  do  not  know 
it;  but  if  there  is  and  he  should  see  this,  I  would  like  to  hear 
from  him  or  any  private  either. 


PARTED   FOR  FORTY   YEARS. 

The  Vetkran  has  received  a  strangely  pathetic  story  illus- 
trating again  that  truth  is  indeed  stranger  than  fiction. 

J.  M.  Cokely  at  the  beginning  of  our  great  war  lived  in 
Montgomery  County,  Tenn.,  some  ten  miles  from  Clarksville. 
He  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  service,  leaving  his  mother 
alone  in  the  old  farmhouse. 

He  served  gallantly  and  well  till  the  end  of  the  great  strug- 
gle ;  then,  weary  and  worn,  he  made  his  way  back  to  his  old 
home,  only  to  find  it  in  ruins  and  his  mother  gone.  Every 
effort  made  to  trace  her  was  in  vain.  Concluding  she  had 
sickened  and  died  somewhere  among  strangers,  he  settled 
himself  in  White  County  to  win  sustenance  and  forgetfulness. 

Forty  years  had  passed  when  he  heard  that  a  woman  bear- 
ing his  name  was  living  about  a  hundred  miles  away.  Investi- 
gation revealed  the  long-lost  mother.  She  had  thought  her 
boy  dead  and  maybe  buried  in  the  trenches  on  some  battle- 
field, and  had  mourned  him  all  these  years,  as  he  too  had 
mourned. 

The  mother  is  now  eighty  years  old  and  the  son  is  crowned 
with  the  silver  of  age;  but  their  joy  is  like  the  opened  gates 
of  that  paradise  where  there  will  be  no  parting  nor  any 
shadow  of  sorrow,  a  paradise  they  have  prepared  themselves 
for  by  earnest  Christian  living. 


GENERALS  LEE  AND  GRACIE  AT  THE  CRATER. 

BY   COL.   GEORGE    N.    SAUSSY,    SYLVESTER,   GA. 

At  the  last  Richmond  Reunion  it  was  the  writer's  good  for- 
tune to  meet  Comrade  Smith  Lipscomb,  formerly  of  the  18th 
South  Carolina  Infantry  and  now  a  resident  of  Bonham,  Tex. 
Comrade  Lipscomb  has  the  distinction  of  being  one  of  the 
three  survivors  of  his  company  at  the  Crater. 

"Elliott's  Salient"  constituted  the  fort  on  the  Confederate 
side,  while  the  heavy  works  across  the  narrow  valley  on 
Hare's  Hill  were  garrisoned  by  Burnside's  gth  Corps.  These 
works  were  in  easy  rifle  range  of  each  other.  Skilled  sharp- 
shooters made  targets  of  head  or  limb  when  exposed.  In  con- 
struction of  the  embankment  there  was  left  a  terrace  or 
ledge  around  the  inner  side  of  the  works  just  high  enough 
above  the  floor  level  of  the  fort  to  enable  a  soldier  to  ex- 
pose head  and  shoulder  above  the  parapet. 


A  few  days  before  the  Crater  explosion  General  Lee,  ac- 
companied by  Gen.  Archibald  Gracie,  of  Alabama,  went  to 
Elliott's  Salient  on  an  inspecting  tour.  General  Gracie  was 
conscious  of  the  peril  of  any  one  exposing  himself  above  the 
parapet  of  the  fort ;  but  General  Lee  seemed  to  have  for- 
gotten this,  and  mounted  the  ledge  for  an  observation  of  the 
opposing  works.  Immediately  General  Gracie  interposed  his 
person  between  General  Lee  and  the  enemy's  line,  placing 
himself  so  as  to  receive  any  fire  that  might  be  directed  at  that 
point. 

Standing  near  the  two  generals  on  the  floor  of  the  fort  was 
Comrade  Lipscomb,  who,  recognizing  the  imminent  peril  of 
both  officers,  without  any  formality  or  salute,  seized  the 
skirts  of  the  coats  of  each  general,  and  with  a  vigorous  jerk 
brought  both  of  them  to  the  floor  of  the  fort.  Instantly  the 
parapet  was  swept  by  a  fusillade  from  the  enemy's  sharp- 
shooters. A  moment  later  it  is  more  thah  possible  that  these 
two  officers  would  have  been  killed.  General  Lee,  realizing 
the  situation,  turned  to  Comrade  Lipscomb,  saluted,  and  said : 
"I  thank  you,  sir;  I  thank  you." 

The  quick  consciousness  of  the  danger  to  General  Lee  and 
the  delicate  heroism  of  General  Gracie  are  beautiful  examples 
of  the  self-sacrifice  that  animated  officers  and  men  of  the 
Confederate  army. 

General  Gracie  did  not  long  survive  this  handsome  but 
quiet  act  of  heroism,  as  he  soon  after  fell  in  action,  giving 
up  his  glorious  life  for  the  cause  he  had  espoused. 


Gen.  Alex  P.  Stewart  as  a  Cannoneer. — E.  W.  Tarrant, 
Superintendent  of  the  Texas  Orphan  Home  at  Corsicana, 
writes :  "Is  it  too  late  to  publish  another  incident  to  illustrate 
the  mettle  of  the  man,  Lieut.  Gen.  Alex  P.  Stewart?  As 
was  the  case  with  most  of  the  batteries  attached  to  Stewart's 
Corps  when  we  were  starting  into  Tennessee  in  November, 
1864,  Tarrant's  Battery  was  not  well  supplied  with  horses, 
even  mules  being  used  to  draw  our  caissons,  and  many  of  the 
horses  being  not  well  trained  for  battery  purposes.  As  we 
were  crossing  Shoal  Creek,  near  Florence,  Ala.,  the  horses 
to  one  of  our  guns  balked  in  the  middle  of  the  stream.  Every 
member  of  the  gun  detachment  was  at  the  wheels,  myself 
with  them,  and  with  our  united  efforts  we  were  unable  to 
push  forward  the  gun  upon  the  horses.  General  Stewart, 
riding  up  just  at  this  time,  saw  our  need  of  help;  so  without 
a  word  of  command  he  handed  his  bridle  reins  to  his  orderly, 
dismounted,  and  waded  into  the  stream,  taking  station  at  the 
right  rear  wheel  just  opposite  me,  and  said:  'Altogether,  men.' 
The  infantrymen,  passing  and  seeing  the  General  acting  as  a 
common  cannoneer,  put  their  shoulders  to  the  wheels,  and 
in  a  brief  interval  we  had  the  horses  in  a  run  to  get  out  of 
the  way  of  the  gun  carriage;  nor  did  they  check  up  until  they 
reached  the  summit  of  the  hill  on  the  east.  I  related  this 
incident  in  Jackson,  Miss.,  in  the  presence  of  General  Stewart. 
He  disclaimed  any  recollection  of  the  event,  and  was  evi- 
dently disconcerted  at  the  mention  of  it." 


W.  H.  Johnson,  of  Hickory,  Miss.,  makes  a  most  excellent 
suggestion.  He  says  that  at  every  Reunion  there  are  a  num- 
ber of  old  veterans  too  feeble  or  lame  to  walk,  but  who  want 
very  much  to  take  part  in  the  parade.  His  idea  is  to  ask  the 
electric  traffic  company  to  furnish  sufficient  cars  to  carry 
these  men,  have  them  gayly  decorated  with  flags  and  bunting, 
and  let  them  follow  the  main  body.  The  idea  is  a  good  one, 
and  such  cars  or  suitable  carriages  should  be  provided. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap, 


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CONFEDERATE  DAUGHTERS  IN  MINNESOTA. 

ADDRESS   BY    MRS.    JOSEPH    JOHNSON. 

We  have  been  brave  enough  to  invade  the  "North  Star 
State,"  the  home  of  the  Moccasin  flower,  and  where,  I  am 
told,  Minnesotans  never  sing  "There  is  a  better  land."  We 
come  not  to  arouse  antagonistic  feelings,  but  to  tell  you  of 
our  grand  and  glorious  work. 

During  my  two  years'  residence  in  the  "Twin  Cities"  I 
h.v.v  often  been  asked :  "What  is  the  object  and  origin  of 
your  association,  now  known  as  the  United  Daughters  of  the 
Confederacy?"  I  was  very  much  amused  when  on  one  occa- 
sion some  one  remarked  to  me:  "Why,  I  never  heard  of  the 


MRS.   JOSEPH    JOHNSON. 

Daughters  of  the  Confederacy.  What  are  you — a  lot  of  or- 
ganized anarchists?"  I  hope  the  good  people  of  Minneapolis 
and  St.  Paul  don*t  think  we  look  like  a  lot  of  anarchists, 
and  with  your  kind  indulgence  I  will  give  you  a  brief  history 
of  our  work,  which,  I  feel  sure,  will  meet  with  the  approba- 
tion of  every  intelligent  man  and  woman,  whether  of  the 
North  or  of  the  South. 

This  organization  is  composed  of  between  45,000  and  50,000 
women,  and  we  are  a  distinct  class,  inasmuch  as  we  are  work- 
ing for  and  giving  our  time,  money,  and  talents  to  a  cause  with 
no  thought  of  future  remuneration  whatever.  We  have  Chap- 
ters in  all  the  Southern  States,  including  Maryland,  West  Vir- 
ginia, and  Missouri.  We  have  Chapters  also  in  Washington, 
California,  District  of  Columbia,  Illinois.  Indiana.  Indian  Ter- 


ritory, Montana,  Nebraska,  New  York,  Ohio,  Oregon,  Utah, 
New  Mexico,  Minnesota,  and  Mexico. 

The  first  Southern  body  of  women  to  call  themselves 
"Daughters  of  the  Confederacy"  originated  in  my  own  grand 
old  State,  "Imperial  Missouri,"  in  the  year  1890.  "A  meeting 
of  St.  Louis  women  was  called  for,  and  a  society  was  organ- 
ized with  a  membership  of  one  hundred  and  sixteen  "  Their 
first  work  of  importance  was  the  Confederate  Home  at  Hig- 
ginsville,  Mo.,  built  by  the  united  efforts  of  the  women  of 
Missouri  in  1893,  and  standing  to-day,  supported  by  the  State, 
as  a  beautiful  monument  to  their  untiring  energy. 

The  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  are  banded  together  for 
mutually  preserving  to  posterity  facts,  loyal  deeds,  and  valor- 
ous acts,  embodied  in  or  intimately  associated  with  their  in- 
dividual lives  and  daily  experiences,  as  well  as  to  perpetuate 
through  all  generations  the  names  of  those  illustrious  families 
participating  in  the  great  cause.  Its  membership  includes  not 
only  those  original  daughters,  but  the  daughters  of  their 
daughters  unto  our  generation,  thus  perpetuating  this  glorious 
organization  for  all  time. 

The  motto  of  our  national  organization  is  the  beautiful 
words :  "Love  makes  memory  eternal."  The  objects  of  our 
association  are  historical,  educational,  memorial,  benevolent, 
and  social;  to  collect  and  preserve  the  material  for  an  im- 
partial history  of  the  War  between  the  States,  and  to  teach 
the  coming  generations  that  Jefferson  Davis,  Robert  E.  Lee, 
and  Stonewall  Jackson  were  not  traitors  to  their  country, 
but  high-minded  Christian  gentlemen,  statesmen,  soldiers,  and 
patriots.  In  our  great  loyalty  to  and  appreciation  of  our  or- 
ganization we  must  not  forget  these  eminent  Southern  gen- 
erals and  the  brave  soldiers  who  fought  so  valiantly  in  de- 
fending what  they  believed  to  be  their  perfectly  justifiable 
rights.  Their  names,  now  reverenced  by  all,  will  be  per- 
petuated through  all  coming  generations  for  the  hardships 
endured  and  sacrifices  made.  Their  careers  elicit  the  admira- 
tion of  the  world,  coequal  with  that  extended  to  the  names  of 
Napoleon,  Wellington,  and  Cromwell.  In  1889  at  the  Pied- 
mont Exposition,  held  at  Atlanta,  Ga.,  attended  by  the 
masses,  the  enthusiasm  which  greeted  our  beloved  and  only 
President  of  the  Confederacy,  Jefferson  Davis,  will  long  be 
remembered  by  those  present. 

The  Southerner's  valor  and  patriotism  is  known  the  world 
over,  and  who  ever  knew  a  Southern  woman  to  falter  where 
love  and  duty  called  her?  Southern  women  are  noted  for 
their  affability  and  refinement,  and  in  no  quarter  of  the 
United  States  is  more  hospitality  shown  than  in  the  South 

We  love,  honor,  and  cherish  tile  memories  of  those  who 
wore  the  gray.  Such  a  heritage  I  a::i  proud  to  own.  We 
come  not  to  fight  the  war  over  again,  ;  a  few  of  our  North- 
ern friends  think,  but  to  heal  the  vunds;  for  we  are  a 
united  country,  and  the  stars  and  stripes  are  dear  to  the 
heart  of  every  true  Daughter  of  the  Confederacy.    *    *    * 

Situated  as  you  are,  many  miles  from  Mason  and  Dixon's 
famous  line,  I  realize  that  the  work  will  be  hard  and  some- 
times may  become  irksome,  yet  greater  will  be  your  reward 
and  you  stand  as  a  living  monument  to  the  heroic  lives  that 
were  sacrificed  in  1861  to  1865. 

I  must  also  impress  upon  the  Executive  Board  the  neces- 
sity of  working  together  in  harmony,  remembering  the  beauti- 
ful motto  of  our  country,  "United  we  stand,  divided  we  fall," 
and  ever  bearing  in  mind  the  object  to  which  we  are  striving; 
and  while  this  is  also  a  social  organization,  my  great  desire 
is  for  this  Chapter  to  be  known  as  one  of  the  most  energetic 
Chapters  in  the  U.  D.  C. 


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^opfederat^  l/eterai). 


At  your  annual  election  of  officers  bury  all  personal  ani- 
mosity, if  any  should  ever  exist,  and  put  into  office  those 
women  whom  you  know  to  be  thoroughly  capable  and  who 
will  perform  accurately  the  duties  of  said  office,  for  without 
such  the  Chapter  is  powerless. 

I  cannot  refrain  from  saying  that  this  Chapter  will  always 
occupy  a  sacred  place  in  the  memory  of  my  home  Chapter — 
the  St.  Louis.  She  will  watch  with  pride  and  interest  your 
future  progress,  and  through  her  worthy  and  charming  Presi- 
dent, Mrs.  W.  L.  Kline,  she  desires  me  to  extend  to  the 
Robert  E.  Lee  Chapter  of  Minneapolis  her  cordial  greetings. 


INCIDENTAL  TO  EVACUATION  OF  RICHMOND. 

BY   J.    R.    WINDER,    NEW  ORLEANS,  LA. 

Four  years  of  consummate  skill  and  military  genius  spared 
Richmond  from  Federal  occupation.  Through  the  signal  de- 
feat of  General  Grant's  army  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  2  and  3, 
1864,  the  culmination  of  an  extended  engagement  practically 
changed  the  base  of  Federal  operations  to  the  south  side  of 
James  River.  Petersburg,  twenty-two  miles  south  of  Rich- 
mond, was  invested  and  subsequently  became  the  key  to  the 
strategical  point  of  operation ;  not,  however,  until  General 
Lee  had  exhausted  all  resources  for  recruiting  his  worn-out 
and  depleted  army.  To  maintain  a  line  of  defense  from  Rich- 
mond to  the  Weldon  road,  south  of  Petersburg,  was  an  addi- 
tional tax  upon  his  resources.  This  line  was  necessarily  a 
mere  skeleton. 

On  the  night  of  April  2,  1865,  the  men  below  Richmond 
were  withdrawn  from  the  trenches  near  Fort  Harrison.  Ar- 
tillery and  wagons  were  rumbling  over  Mayo's  bridge  through- 
out the  night  going  west.  On  the  morning  of  April  3  all  had 
passed  over  except  the  rear  guard  of  General  Ewell's  com- 
mand. The  bridge  was  burning — some  one  had  fired  it  be- 
fore the  rear  guard  reached  the  bridge. 

A  small  body  of  Federals  entered  the  lower  part  of  the  city 
at  an  ordinary  gait.  They  were  well  aware  that  it  was  an 
evacuation  of  the  city,  as  smoke  and  flame  were  greatly  in 
evidence,  together  with  an  occasional  explosion  that  rent  the 
air.  Many  buildings  had  been  fired  by  the  rabble,  who  were 
running  to  and  fro  bent  on  mischief.  They  engaged  in  break- 
ing open  stores,  robbing,  and  plundering. 

On  April  5  our  forces  arrived  at  Amelia  C.  H.,  where  it 
was  expected  that  rations  would  be  issued ;  but  we  were  sadly 
disappointed.  Numerous  raids  had  been  made  on  our  wagon 
trains  by  Sheridan's  cavalry,  bent  on  destruction  in  every  pos- 
sible way.  The  army  made  slow  progress  while  attempting 
to  protect  its  supplies,  as  General  Sheridan  had  more  cavalry 
than  General  Lee  had  men  c(  all  arms.  At  Sailor's  Creek  a 
hard  battle  was  precipitateu,  in  which  our  loss  was  severe  in 
killed  and  wounded  and  prisoners.  Farmville  was  reached 
and  considerable  artillery  was  destroyed,  as  we  had  no  horses 
to  remove  it.  Many  men  who  were  out  foraging  were  cap- 
tured.   We  had  nothing  to  eat  but  corn. 

Our  next  move  was  toward  Appomattox.  We  reached  there 
about  5  p.m.  Saturday,  April  8.  A  report  was  current  that 
two  trains  loaded  with  provisions  had  reached  there  from 
Lynchburg.  Requisitions  were  made,  and  different  commands 
were  on  the  way  to  the  depot  for  those  supplies  when  the 
Federals  opened  their  batteries  suddenly  and  made  the  place 
untenable ;  so  our  men  proceeded  no  farther  in  the  direction 
of  the  depot,  but  deflected  out  of  range  of  their  guns.  After 
that  we  lay  down  to  rest  at  midnight.  We  were  informed 
that  night  of  General   Lee's  intention  to  surrender  the  next 


morning,  and  that  any  who  wanted  to  get  away  and  join 
Johnston's  army  might  do  so  before  the  terms  of  surrender 
were  made.  We  were  not  completely  surrounded  by  the  Fed- 
erals, and  the  road  was  yet  open  to  Lynchburg.  Acting  under 
these  instructions,  at  2  a.m.  about  twelve  hundred  men  took 
the  road  to  Lynchburg,  reaching  there  about  twelve  that  day. 


j.  R.   WINDER. 

As  soon  as  we  arrived  we  were  told  that  General  Lee  had 
surrendered.  Our  next  move  was  to  Greensboro,  N.  C.  Ar- 
riving there  about  April  17,  we  reported  at  headquarters,  re- 
ceiving information  that  General  Johnston  would  also  capitu- 
late ;  that  there  were  plenty  of  supplies  on  hand  and  to  help 
ourselves.  At  Greensboro  there  were  provisions  enough  to 
last  the  army  for  months,  but  they  had  to  be  destroyed. 


WOUNDED  TEXAN'S  TRIP  HOME  ON  CRUTCHES. 

BY  JOSEPH    M'CLURE,  FORT  WORTH,   TEX. 

I  was  a  member  of  Company  A.  18th  Texas  Cavalry,  dis- 
mounted, at  Little  Rock,  Ark.  I  was  captured  at  Arkansas 
Post  January  13,  1863,  and  imprisoned  at  Camp  Douglas,  near 
Chicago,  and  was  exchanged  at  City  Point,  Va.,  in  April, 
1863.  We  were  for  some  time  recruiting  and  in  service 
around  Lynchburg,  Petersburg,  and  Richmond.  Remnants 
of  the  15th,  17th,  and  18th  Arkansas,  and  10th  Texas  were 
consolidated  into  one  regiment.  We  were  transferred  to  Gen- 
eral Bragg  at  Tullahoma,  Tenn.  We  were  placed  in  General 
Granbery's  Texas  Brigade,  under  Pat  Cleburne  and  Hardee. 
We  were  in  nearly  every  fight  from  Tullahoma,  Tenn.,  to  At- 
lanta, Ga.,  where  at  daylight  on  July  21,  1864,  the  enemy 
had  a   cross   fire  on   us,   and   I  was  wounded  twice  by  balls 


Qoi)federat^  l/eterap, 


163 


from  two  directions.  I  was  carried  to  the  Griffin  Hospital, 
where  I  lay  for  thirty-two  days.  Then,  using  crutches,  I  was 
granted  a  sick  furlough  for  sixty  days,  and  a  grand,  good 
lady,  Mrs.  John  M.  Garrick,  called  at  the  hospital  for  a 
Texan  that  she  could  take  out  and  care  for.  This  noble 
woman  cared  for  me  and  washed  and  bandaged  my  wounds 
and  supplied  me  with  good  clothes  from  August  24,  1864,  to 
July  14,  1865.  Then  she  gave  me  money  to  use  on  my  way 
home 

I  started  home  on  July  15,  using  crutches  much  of  the  way. 
The  railroads  were  destroyed  in  so  many  places  that  I  had 
to  walk  about  half  the  way  to  Vicksburg.  I  arrived  there  on 
Sunday.  Soon  a  nice  gentleman,  seeing  my  condition,  asked 
me  where  I  was  from  and  where  I  was  going.  He  kindly 
gave  me  a  five-dollar  United  States  bill  and  said  I  would  need 
it  on  my  way.  This  cash  came  in  good  time,  for  that  which 
Mrs.  Garrick  gave  me  was  Georgia  and  Alabama  State  money, 
and  was  not  good  for  my  needs  across  the  river.  I  walked  on 
my  crutches  from  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  to  Mount  Prairie,  Tex., 
where  I  rested  three  days  with  a  friend  who  furnished  me 
a  young  but  wild  mule  to  ride  home;  but  to  control  the  mule 
I  had  to  leave  one  crutch.  That  ride  almost  wore  me  out; 
it  was  very  hard  on  me.  The  mule  trotted  very  hard,  and  I 
kept  him  in  a  gallop  most  all  the  way  to  Alvarado,  where  I 
landed  at  home  on  August  15.  1865,  just  one  month  on  the 
trip.  1  found  all  good  things  waiting  for  me.  I  had  a  fine 
rest.  After  three  weeks  I  returned  to  my  friend,  J.  J.  Davis, 
his  mule  in  good  condition.  I  stayed  with  him  a  week,  and 
enjoyed  with  him   fine  deer-hunting. 

Well,  I  went  into  the  war  on  January  15,  1862.  I  was  born 
at  Duquoin,  Perry  County,  111.,  on  March  10,  1844;  and  by 
God's  will  I  wore  the  gray,  of  which  I  am  proud  to-day.  I 
read  the  Veteran  and  learn  of  the  old-time  places  that  we  so 
vividly  recall.  Just  think  of  Chickamauga,  where  we  slashed 
and  ran  over  each  other  for  almost  a  day,  and  of  New  Hope 
Church,  where  they  with  nine  solid  lines  went  at  us  and  so 
close  that  their  dead  and  wounded  would,  in  falling  forward, 
hit  us  with  their  guns,  and  of  that  dark  night  charge  Pat 
Cleburne  made  with  us  and  almost  caught  Hooker  and 
Thomas,  but  where  their  solid  line  of  battle  fired  at  us  not 
over  ten  yards  away!  I  thought  all  but  myself  were  killed; 
but  no  one  was  hurt,  as  old  Pat  told  us  they  would  overshoot 
us.  They  wheeled  to  run,  and  running  over  each  other  be- 
came demoralized.  General  Cleburne  told  us  that  they  would 
and  that  they  would  call  for  their  commands,  and  he  ordered 
us  to  answer  them  like  quails  answer  their  lbst,  saying  that 
they  would  come  to  us  tin  same  way.  and  mi  they  did.  as  well 
as  I  recollect. 


VALIANCE  OF  (APT.  CHARLES  MORGAN. 

BY   R.   D.    FIREBAUGH,  ROCKBRIDGE  BATHS,  VA. 

The  recent  death  of  my  old  friend,  Capt.  Charles  F.  Mor- 
gan, who  was  brigade  inspector  for  General  Imboden's  com- 
mand, reminds  me  of  an  incident  to  which  I  was  an  eye- 
witness and  which  I  feel  should  be  recorded. 

Captain  Morgan  was  the  son  of  Colonel  Morgan,  Superin- 
tendent of  the  Virginia  Penitentiary  at  Richmond  before  the 
war.  Captain  Morgan  was  a  gallant  soldier  of  the  Confed- 
eracy, and  was  never  happier  than  when  in  a  charge.  When 
the  surrender  at  Appomattox  took  place,  Imboden's  Brigade, 
hearing  the  news,  disbanded  near  Lynchburg.  I  was  detailed 
in  charge  of  broken-down  horses  near  Middlebrook,  Va  .  with 
two  comrades,  who  were  absent  from  their  horses  the  day  of 
the  occurrence  to  which  1  refer.  April   17. 


Gilmer's  Battalion,  an  independent  organization  of  Con- 
federates, was  retreating  south  through  the  Valley  of  Vir- 
ginia, believing  they  might  be  handled  roughly  by  the  Fed- 
erals, who  regarded  them  as  bushwhackers.  These  men,  num- 
bering some  sixty-five  to  eighty,  were  mounted,  some  without 
saddles,  some  even  without  bridles,  and  some  on  foot.  They 
picked  up  every  available  horse  with  a  C.  S.  or  U.  S.  brand, 
and  took  horses  belonging  to  private  individuals.  I  decided 
to  follow  them  in  the  hope  that  I  might  persuade  them  to 
relinquish  the  horses  belonging  to  private  soldiers.  When  I 
overtook  them,  I  told  the  leader  that  I  took  him  to  be  a 
gentleman  and  stated  my  business,  explaining  that  they  had 
the  private  property  of  my  comrades.  He  replied  that  if  I 
would  follow  them  until  they  got  better  mounted  I  might 
have  the  horses.  I  agreed  to  this,  and  rode  along  with  them 
until  in  sight  of  Brownsburg,  when  we  met  Capt.  Charley 
Holt,  of  the  62d  Virginia  Regiment.  I  told  him  my  trouble, 
and  he  instructed  me  to  pass  ahead  of  them  into  the  village, 
where  I  would  find  Captain  Morgan  at  a  certain  house;  that 
he  (Captain  Holt)  would  stay  with  these  men  and  see  that 
they  did  not  flank  the  village.  I  found  Captain  Morgan  as 
instructed  and  stated  the  case  to  him.  He  inquired  if  I  was 
armed,  and  to  my  reply  that  I  thought  it  best  to  go  unarmed 
he  stepped  back  into  the  house  and  armed  himself.  By  this 
time  the  men  were  coming  up  the  street,  and  Captain  Morgan, 
cocking  both  his  pistols,  halted  them  and  demanded  the  horses, 
saddles,  and  bridles,  telling  them  he  would  die  right  there  if 
they  did  not  give  them  up  without  any  parleying,  that  these 
horses  belonged  to  his  men.  They  obeyed  him  at  once,  com- 
plaining as  a  pretext  that  the  house  at  which  they  got  the 
horses  had  a  Union  flag  displayed. 

I  do  not  claim  any  credit  for  this  piece  of  bravery,  as  I 
was  unarmed.  It  was  simply  the  determination  of  Captain 
Morgan  that  secured  the  result.  They  knew  if  they  attempted 
to  pass  him  he  would  get  two  or  three  of  them  before  they 
could  fire  on  him.  Gilmer's  men  were  not  cowards;  they  did 
very  valuable  service  for  the  Confederacy.  This  shows  what 
grit  and  determination  sometimes  accomplished.  I  was  a 
member  of  Company  I,  62d  Virginia  Mounted  Infantry,  Im- 
boden's Brigade. 

Almost  under  the  brass  guns  captured  by  the  1st  Tennes- 
see Regiment  in  the  battle  of  Perryville,  Ky.,  a  Confederate 
officer  was  lying  desperately  wounded.  A  Federal  captain  of 
infantry  came  up  in  search  of  a  friend.  He  expressed  his 
sorrow  at  the  Confederate's  condition,  moved  him  into  a 
comfortable  position,  and  gave  him  water  from  a  canteen.  He 
said  that  nearly  all  his  regiment,  the  1st  Wisconsin,  were 
killed  or  wounded  in  defense  of  the  battery  the  Confederates 
had  captured.  That  Confederate,  Capt.  B.  P.  Steele,  Tulla- 
homa,  Term.,  is  anxious  to  learn  of  that  Federal  captain. 


R  J.  Hancock,  of  the  9th  Louisiana  Regiment,  writes  from 
Charlottesville,  Va.,  an  entertaining  article  containing  an  epi- 
sode of  the  war  when  Cupid  and  not  Mars  was  the  god  being 
worshiped.  Soldiers'  hearts  are  proverbially  soft  to  a  wom- 
an's charms,  and  Major  Hancock  gives  a  pleasant  account  of 
the  blarneying  Irishman  winning  over  an  aggressive  though 
beautiful  girl  to  the  Southern  cause  by  his  gift  of  words 
I  he  Major  says  the  episode  was  recalled  to  his  mind  by 
hearing  "Coming  through  the  Rye"  beautifully  sung. 


164 


Qopfederat^  l/eterag. 


FROM  NASHVILLE  TO  TANNERY  ON  DUCK  RIVER. 

BY    CAPT.    A.    C.    DANNER,    MOBILE,   ALA. 

When  Hood's  army  arrived  before  Franklin  in  November, 
1864,  it  was  by  reason  of  its  long,  hurried  march  from  Atlanta 
poorly  equipped,  especially  as  to  clothing  and  shoes.  Those 
who  went  through  and  survived  the  terrific  battle  of  Franklin 
were  indeed  ragged,  worn  out,  and  suffering  in  body  and 
mind,  but  still  had  the  spirit  of  fight  in  them. 

When  the  army  arrived  before  Nashville,  General  Hood 
learned  that  down  near  the  mouth  of  Duck  River  on  the  op- 
posite side  from  his  army  there  was  located  a  large  tannery 
and  shoe  manufacturing  establishment  operated  by  the  United 
States  government.  As  his  army  was  suffering  terribly  for 
the  want  of  shoes,  it  was  very  desirable  to  get  hold  of  this 
factory  and  any  leather  and  shoes  that  might  be  there  before 
the  Union  forces  abandoned  and  destroyed  it.  At  that  time  it 
was  expected  that  the  Confederate  army  would  capture  and 
occupy  Nashville. 

Immediately  on  learning  of  the  existence  of  this  big  tan- 
nery a  young  staff  officer  was  detailed  to  go  down  and  try 
to  secure  the  tannery  and  leather  that  might  be  there  and, 
if  possible,  start  to  making  shoes.  A  company  of  cavalry 
was  selected  to  go  on  this  expedition,  and  splendid  fellows 
they  proved  to  be — young,  but  veterans  in  service,  well 
mounted,  and  used  to  hardships. 

A  guide  was  procured  and  the  company  started  at  once; 
no  wagons,  no  artillery,  simply  what  they  could  carry  on 
their  horses  in  the  way  of  rations,  arms,  and  ammunition. 

Arriving  at  Duck  River  somewhere  near  its  mouth,  the  river 
was  found  to  be  greatly  swollen  by  reason  of  heavy  rains.  No 
ferryboats  or  means  of  crossing  could  be  found.  The  people 
living  in  the  neighborhood  welcomed  the  Confederates  and 
did  what  they  could  for  them.  They  told  the  young  men  that 
it  was  absolutely  impossible  to  cross  the  stream  in  its  present 
condition,  it  being  so  high  and  the  current  so  strong  and 
swift.  Their  advice  was  to  go  back;  but  the  Confederates 
were  not  going  to  do  that.  They  could  give  up  their  lives  in 
doing  their  duty,  and  the  young  staff  officer  in  charge  of  the 
expedition  proposed  that  they  swim  the  river  on  their  horses. 
The  natives  said  that  it  was  impossible,  that  they  would  be 
swept  out  through  the  mouth  of  the  river  and  drowned. 
Nevertheless,  volunteers  were  called  for  to  go  into  the  river, 
and  every  fellow  went.  It  was  a  perilous  undertaking;  but 
the  horses  as  well  as  the  men  were  used  to  dangers  and  dif- 
ficulties. 

Success  crowned  the  efforts  of  the  little  company.  They 
landed,  but  were  scattered  about  along  the  bank  of  the  river 
from  a  quarter  to  a  half  mile  below  where  they  went  in,  the 
swift  current  having  swept  every  horse  down  the  stream;  but 
at  last  all  landed  safe,  with  guns  and  cartridges  dry. 

The  tannery  was  soon  located.  Many  rumors  were  heard 
about  it,  such  as  it  being  strongly  guarded  with  a  large  force 
of  Union  troops,  while  other  reports  were  to  the  effect  that  it 
had  been  abandoned.  The  little  command  of  Confederates, 
however,  rushed  on,  really  hoping  to  find  some  troops  still 
there  on  guard.  It  was  believed  that  if  the  tannery  had  been 
abandoned  it  would  also  be  destroyed.  They  preferred  to  fight 
and  capture  it  rather  than  get  there  too  late.  It  was  but  a  few 
miles  to  the  tannery,  and  it  was  found  to  be  all  complete, 
having  just  been  abandoned.  No  shoes  were  there,  but  there 
were  many  pieces  of  leather,  and  steps  were  being  taken  to 
begin  the  manufacture  of  some  kind  of  foot  covering  to  answer 
as  shoes  for  the  barefooted  boys  in  front  of  Nashville.     Be- 


fore this  was  actually  begun,  however,  orders  were  received 
to  return  immediately  and  join  Hood's  army  as  it  fell  back. 
The  battle  of  Nashville  had  been  fought  and  lost,  and  the 
army  was  in  retreat.  With  grief  and  sorrow  we  prepared 
to  go. 

A  roll  of  leather  was  tied  to  each  saddle,  knowing  that  even 
this  would  be  of  immense  value  to  the  men  if  time  could  be 
found  to  turn  it  into  shoes  of  some  kind. 

The  company  went  back  and  joined  the  army  on  its  retreat; 
and  as  the  men  marched  down  the  pike,  many  of  them  bare- 
footed, with  feet  bleeding,  a  part  of  the  way  over  snow,  the 
regret  as  to  not  having  had  the  time  to  use  the  splendid  tan- 
nery grew  more  bitter.  But  those  were  days  when  Confed- 
erates had  to  meet  with  many  disappointments. 

This  episode  is  given  as  I  remember  it  after  these  many 
years.  I  have  not  met  since  then  any  one  who  was  on  that 
raid,  and  I  have  sometimes  wondered  as  my  mind  has  often 
dwelt  upon  it  if  I  were  not  dreaming.     I  do  not  know  what 


:  7  .;:"->".•  -     .    ■.',,•.     ...,,.   ... 


B 


THE   WAY   THE   FIGHTING   WAS   DONE. 

The  difference  being  that  we  fought  four  to  one.  The  above 
is  from  pictures  of  real  feathers — a  treasured  present  from 
Capt.  C.  A.  Dunn. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


165 


company  of  cavalry  it  was,  but  the  officer  in  command  of  it 
told  me  that  it  was  a  Tennessee  company,  recruited  from 
around  Memphis,  and  I  think  he  stated  that  it  was  Forrest's 
original  company. 

Now  is  there  any  one  alive  who  was  on  that  expedition  ? 
If  so,  will  he  (or  they)  write  to  the  Confederate  Veteran 
giving  his  address?  The  writer  of  this  would  be  glad  to 
correspond  with  and  meet  some  of  those  who  made  that  raid 
and  successfully  swam  that  swollen  river  with  him. 

By  the  by,  while  writing  about  Hood's  campaign  I  want  to 
take  issue  with  your  correspondent  (Mr.  J.  K.  Merrifield,  of 
St.  Louis)  who  in  his  interesting  article  printed  in  the  No- 
vember Veteran  says :  "General  Hood  allowed  his  army  on 
the  day  after  the  battle  of  Franklin  to  go  over  the  field,  and 
what  the  troops  saw  there  (1,640  dead  comrades)  took  all 
the  fight  out  of  them." 

I  am  sure  Mr.  Merrifield  is  mistaken  about  this.  The  bat- 
tle of  Franklin  almost  destroyed  the  Confederate  army.  Tt 
was  badly  disorganized  for  want  of  effective  men  and  still 
more  so  for  lack  of  officers,  but  not  demoralized.  For  in- 
stance, my  recollection  is  that  Cockrell's  Missouri  Brigade 
came  out  of  the  battle  of  Franklin  commanded  by  a  lieutenant, 
all  the  officers  of  higher  rank  having  been  killed  or  wounded; 
"but  those  left  were  ready  to  fight,  as  they  did  at  Nashville  and 
on  the  retreat  from  Nashville,  few  in  number  and  poorly 
organized  and  equipped  as  they  were.  They  were  used  to 
the  sight  of  dead  soldiers,  and  it  did  not  demoralize  or  take 
the  fight  out  of  them  to  see  their  dead  comrades  on  the  field 
of  battle.  The  retreat  from  Nashville  was  one  of  the  most 
heroic  and  orderly  of  which  history  gives  any  account.  The 
advance  of  the  Union  army  frequently  found  when  they  came 
to  our  rear  guard  that  there  was  plenty  of  fight  left  in  us. 


THE  OLD  DOMINION  RIFLES. 
Record  of  Company  H,   17TH  Virginia  Infantry. 

BY    GEORGE    WISE,    ALEXANDRIA,    VA. 

This  company  was  organized  in  Alexandria,  Va.,  on  the 
6th  of  December,  i860,  tinder  the  following:  "The  under- 
signed citizens  of  Virginia,  prompted  by  a  desire  to  contribute 
in  the  most  effectual  manner  to  the  vindication  of  the  honor 
of  our  State,  the  preservation  of  the  liberties  and  inaliena- 
ble rights  transmitted  to  us  by  our  patriot  fathers,  and  the 
protection  of  the  lives,  liberty,  and  property  of  our  fellow- 
citizens,  for  the  safety  of  which  we  pledge  our  lives,  our 
fortunes,  and  our  sacred  honor,  being  also  deeply  impressed 
with  the  truth  that  a  well-organized  and  disciplined  militia 
is  the  best  defense  against  foreign  invasion,  civil  commotion, 
and  lawless  violence,  in  order  to  further  and  cultivate  a  mar- 
tial spirit  amongst  our  people,  have  formed  ourselves  into  a 
military  corps,  and  do  hereby  ordain  and  establish  for  our 
government  constitution   and  by-laws  " 

Early  in  February,  1861,  the  Alexandria  Battalion  was  or- 
ganized, and  our  captain,  Montgomery  D.  Corse,  was  elected 
its  major. 

On  the  morning  of  the  24th  of  May,  1861,  the  enemy,  hav- 
ing taken  possession  of  Alexandria,  surrendered  to  them  by 
the  civil  authorities.  The  battalion  went  to  Manassas  on  fiat 
cars  and  were  carried  to  where  Southern  troops  were  con- 
centrating. 

On  the  10th  of  June  the  17th  Virginia  Infantry  was  or- 
ganized, with  M.  D.  Corse  as  colonel,  and  the  Old  Domin- 
ion Rifles  became  Company  H  therein.  It  occupied  this  posi- 
tion until  the  day  of  surrender  at  Appomattox. 


On  the  1st  of  June  the  captain  of  the  Warrenton  Rifles 
(Company  K,  17th  Virginia),  John  Q.  Marr.  was  killed  in  a 
skirmish  at  Fairfax  C.  H.,  being  the  first  Southern  soldier 
killed  in  the  war. 

Thirty-three  of  the  men  having  been  on  detached  service 
were  honorably  discharged  or  transferred  to  other  commands, 
thus  reducing  the  effective  strength  of  the  company  materially. 

During  the  war  one  officer  was  killed  and  five  wounded, 
seventeen  privates  killed,  and  the  same  number  wounded  ;  two 
privates  died  of  disease — making  a  total  of  twenty  killed, 
twenty-three  wounded,  and  two  who  died. 

Nine  of  the  company  were  commended  for  gallantry  on  the 
field  of  battle.  The  company  was  at  the  surrender  at  Ap- 
pomattox. 

This  band  of  patriots,  ranging  mainly  from  sixteen  to 
twenty-two  years  of  age,  were  of  the  first  order,  and  the 
regiment  gained  the  honorable  sobriquet  of  "The  Bloody 
Seventeenth." 

During  the  battle  of  Sharpsburg  the  regiment  lost  seventy- 
six  per  cent  of  the  number  carried  into  the  fight. 

Number  of  transfers  during  the  war,  8;  honorably  dis- 
charged, 10;  on  detached  service,  15;  number  of  known  liv- 
ing, 24. 

[Comrade  Wise  sends  list  of  the  members  of  the  company.] 


THE  TENNESSEE  VALLEY  FROM  1862  TO  1S65. 

BY   L.   C.   CHISHOLM,  SCOTTSBORO,  ALA. 

The  Tennessee  Valley  from  Corinth  to  Decatur  was  fre- 
quently occupied  alternately  by  both  armies.  The  disturbance 
caused  by  this  condition  induced  many  of  the  citizens  to  go 
to  Tuscaloosa,  Fayette  C.  H.,  and  to  Rome,  Ga.,  and  to  other 
points  away  from  the  Tennessee  River  and  the  Memphis  and 
Charleston  Railroad.  Schools  were  impossible  and  children 
greatly  neglected  in  the  general  menace  of  conflicting  armies. 

In  September,  1862,  we  moved  our  family  to  Fayette  C.  H. 
We  were  fortunate  in  finding  a  nice  little  school  conducted 
by  an  educated  teacher,  a  Northern  girl,  who  was  seeking 
her  fortune  in  the  sunny  South.  We  rented  land  on  the  river 
near  by  and  put  the  negroes  to  raising  provisions,  such  as 
corn,  potatoes,  and  vegetables  generally ;  but  no  cotton  at  all, 
although  it  was  and  is  the  chief  product  in  that  section. 

The  farmers  usually  grew  enough  feed  for  home  use,  but 
cotton  formed  their  chief  income.  The  refugees  from  the 
Tennessee  Valley,  with  their  negroes  and  stock,  greatly  re- 
duced the  supply  of  feed  and  provisions  of  every  kind.  This 
made  it  hard  upon  the  families  of  soldiers,  as  all  kinds  of 
provisions  went  up  to  fabulous  prices. 

Fayette  County  had  as  many  soldiers  in  the  army  as  any 
county  in  the  State  of  the  same  population,  and  their  families 
soon  began  to  feel  the  effects  of  the  high  price  of  provisions. 
Conscious  of  being  a  party  to  the  cause,  I  determined  to  do 
all  in  my  power  to  relieve  the  soldiers'  families.  Corn  was 
abundant  in  the  Tennessee  Valley,  but  it  was  a  hundred  miles 
off.  I  went  down  and  bought  three  thousand  bushels  of  corn, 
and  started  three  teams  to  hauling  and  delivering  it  at  the 
courthouse  in  care  of  Bedford  Williams,  Probate  Judge,  and 
John  Earp,  Circuit  Clerk,  for  free  distribution  to  needy  sol- 
diers' wives.  This  relieved  my  conscience,  but  it  did  not 
relieve  the  people  very  long.  The  utter  destitution  brought 
on  by  the  war  was  distressing  in  the  extreme.  Only  one  trip 
was  made  with  the  wagons  before  the  Federal  forces  came 
through  the  valley  and  burned  every  crib  of  corn  they  could 
find. 


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About  this  time  the  Confederate  authorities  at  Richmond 
began  to  send  money  to  the  soldiers'  wives,  which  gave  some 
relief.  But  other  matters  soon  developed  that  were  harrow- 
ing. My  service  in  the  army  required  me  to  move  back  near 
the  headquarters  of  my  command.  I  obtained  a  house  at 
Allen's  Factory,  on  Bear  Creek.  I  found  that  the  thieving 
bands  often  visited  this  section.  Young  men  of  honorable 
families  became  so  demoralized  that  they  acted  as  if  "might 
gave  right"  to  anything  wanted. 

Two  of  my  friends,  Charley  Price  and  Wat  Foster,  started 
from  Tuscaloosa  for  Florence,  expecting  to  stop  with  me  on 
their  way  home;  but  they  were  halted  on  the  road  by  three 
men  late  in  the  evening  and  robbed  of  their  horses,  watches, 
and  money,  and  left  in  the  road.  They  were  in  the  dark. 
When  the  moon  rose,  they  congratulated  themselves  on  being 
alive  and  able  to  walk  home.  Foster  started  a  vigorous  chase 
after  a  fat  possum  (?).  He  received  a  "shower  bath"  from  his 
supposed  possum  that  so  stifled  him  that  he  did  not  know 
what  "struck"  him.  Price  caught  on  to  his  mistake,  and  fell 
down  on  the  leaves,  laughing  till  Foster  recovered  from  the 
shock.  They  waded  the  creek  and  reached  my  house  a  little 
after  midnight. 

I  had  been  expecting  robbers,  as  they  had  gone  to  several 
places  not  far  off.  It  so  happened  that  night  that  Dr.  Cog- 
burn,  of  Tuscaloosa,  and  R.  L.  Ross,  of  Tuscumbia,  were 
spending  the  night  with  me.  I  had  often  said  that  I  believed 
a  little  killing  would  put  a  stop  to  that  work  of  roubery;  and 
while  I  had  no  desire  to  kill  any  one,  I  believed  I  had  men 
in  my  house  that  would  kill  rather  than  be  robbed.  So,  being 
backed  by  two  well-armed  men,  I  determined  if  robbers  came 
to  make  a  fight.  I  never  felt  so  brave  before.  I  really  hoped 
that  if  they  intended  to  rob  me  they  would  come  that  night. 
Everything  was  favorable,  as  their  work  was  usually  on  moon- 
light nights. 

But  while  all  were  asleep  I  heard  some  one  yell  out : 
"Hello!"  I  awakened  my  wife  and  said,  "The  robbers  have 
come,"  and  as  quickly  reached  for  my  double-barreled  gun, 
cocked  both  barrels  and  cailed  a  servant  to  open  the  door. 
I  believe  Charley  Price  heard  me,  for  he  yelled  out:  "It  is 
Charley  Price  and  Wat  Foster.  We  have  been  robbed  and 
want  to  stay  with  you  till  morning."  Ross  and  Cogburn  were 
up  with  pistols  drawn.  But  matters  were  soon  explained. 
The  boys  were  invited  in,  and  robber  talk  was  the  order  of  the 
hour,  Price  and  Foster  each  giving  his  version  of  their  mis- 
fortune. We  treated  the  boys  the  best  we  could  in  war  times ; 
but  the  windows  had  to  be  opened  that  night,  though  it  was 
cool  and  airy. 

Soon  after  this  in  a  mile  or  two  of  me  a  fight  did  occur  in 
which  one  robber  was  killed,  and  after  this  was  settled  I  heard 
of  no  more  robbing. 

ABOUT  THE  FIGHT  AT  HARRISBURG,  MISS. 

BY    A.    E.    GARDNER,    KOSSE,    TEX. 

In  "An  Interrupted  Scouting  Expedition"  in  the  January 
(1909)  Veteran  I  think  Comrade  Kennedy  is  mistaken  in 
saying  that  Jay  Short  was  first  lieutenant  of  Company  D. 
I  was  a  member  of  S.  D.  Ramsay's  company,  E,  and  Jay  (or 
A.  Q.)   Short  was  our  first  lieutenant. 

I  became  fully  initiated  at  Harrisburg,  Miss.,  Thursday, 
July  14,  1864.  I  was  just  eighteen  years  old.  After  the  battle 
on  Wednesday,  the  13th,  we  found  the  Yanks  at  Pontotoc, 
about  seven  miles,  I  think,  from  Harrisburg.  Gen.  A.  J. 
Smith  was  their  commander.  They  retreated  all  day,  and  we 
followed  them  closely  till  night,  when  we  slept  on  our  arms 


and  waited  for  daylight.  On  the  road  we  passed  several  army 
wagons  burning,  with  the  mules  killed. 

At  daylight  on  the  morning  of  the  14th  we  were  in  line  of 
battle  waiting  for  some  demonstration  from  the  Federals; 
but  none  came,  save  now  and  then  a  stray  shell  from  their  bat- 
teries, a  mile  or  more  distant.  By  and  by  the  report  came 
along  the  line  that  Gen.  Stephen  D.  Lee  had  taken  General 
Forrest's  place.  We  were  told  that  he  was  a  nephew  of 
"Marse  Robert,"  and  a  West  Pointer,  etc. ;  but  we  had  always 
"got  thar  first"  even  without  "the  most  men." 

About  ten  o'clock  we  were  ordered  to  advance  and  at  double- 
quick.  At  that  time  of  day  in  the  middle  of  July  in  Missis- 
sippi it  was  hot  under  any  circumstances.  We  soon  arrived 
in  full  view  of  them,  about  three  hundred  or  four  hundred 
yards  in  front  of  us,  and  men  began  to  fall  on  both  sides 
of  me.  I  took  an  ardent  notion  to  help  some  poor  fellow  off 
the  field;  but  the  loud  voices  of  those  in  the  rear  saying, 
"Close  up!  Close  up!"  reminded  me  that  I  had  no  crape  on 
my  arm  and  that  my  principal  business  was  to  fight.  I  was 
in  a  pickle,  for  I  wasn't  mad  a  bit.  I  always  was  a  poor 
fighter  when  in  a  good  humor. 

All  at  once  I  became  very  sick,  sure  enough  sick.  I  reckon 
the  heat  and  the  sight  and  smell  of  blood  caused  it.  The  spell 
lasted  about  five  minutes ;  and  when  I  recovered,  I  was  mad 
and  cool  as  a  cucumber.  I  started  in  with  forty  rounds  of 
cartridges,  but  up  to  that  time  had  shot  only  two  or  three 
times  and  somewhat  at  random;  but  my  old  Springfield  had 
done  some  good  work  for  about  one  hour  or  so  when  orders 
came  for  us  to  fall  back.  Mabry's  Brigade  was  on  the  ex- 
treme left  of  our  army  and  my  company  on  the  left  of  our 
brigade ;  so  we  did  not  suffer  as  most  of  the  boys  on  the  right. 

After  that  fight  I  was  detailed  on  a  scout  under  Lieut.  Dan 
Humphreys  to  watch  the  enemy  out  on  the  river  about  Friar 
Point,  Miss.  We  had  several  more  small  engagements,  the 
last  of  which  occurred  at  Selma,  Ala.  I  was  paroled  at 
Gainesville,  Ala.,  on  May  12,  1865.  My  parole  was  signed  by 
E.  R.  S.  Canby,  Major  General  U.  S.  A.  I  should  be  glad 
to  hear  from  any  of  my  old  company  or  any  old  friends. 


CONFEDERATE  FLAGS  IN  THE  OHIO  CAPITOL. 

In  the  Statehouse  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  are  a  number  of 
Confederate  flags  which  were  captured  by  Federal  troops 
during  the  war.  The  U.  D.  C.  of  Columbus  are  interested  in 
learning  something  of  these  flags,  and  through  Mrs.  Alice 
Rogers  Ulrey,  President  R.  E.  Lee  Chapter,  No.  49,  Avon- 
dale  Avenue,  Columbus,  Ohio,  the  request  is  made  for  any 
information  of  these  commands  and  the  incidents  of  their 
capture.     The  following  is  all  that  is  known  of  them  so  far: 

"Rifle  Scouts,"  captured  at  Selma,  Ala.,  by  4th  O.  V.  I. 

Chickamauga  Valley,  Ga.,  on  September  2,  1863,  22d  Ala- 
bama, captured  by  Solomon  Fish. 

Jackson  County  C.  H.,  W.  Va.,  July,  1863,  by  L.  C.  Latham 
and  Dan  Murphy,  nth  West  Virginia. 

The  9th  Texas,  battle  of  Corinth,  Miss.,  captured  by  O.  B. 
Gould,  of  Ohio. 

The  1st  and  4th  Florida  Infantry,  captured  by  17th  Ohio 
at  Murfreesboro,  Tenn.,  December  7,  1864. 

"First  Regular  Rebel  Regiment,"  captured  by  81st  Ohio  at 
Atlanta,  Ga. 

The  51st  Georgia,  captured  at  Kingston,  Tenn. 

The  22d  Georgia,  H.  A.,  captured  by  47th  Ohio  at  Fort  Mc- 
Allister. 

The  3d  Ohio  Infantry  captured  Confederate  flag  at  Fayette- 
ville,  Tenn. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


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HOW  SAM  DAVIS  PROCURED  CERTAIN  PAPERS. 

Mrs.  E.  S.  Payne,  of  Castalian  Springs,  Tenn.,  has  pro- 
cured a  statement  from  her  father,  Thomas  T.  Martin,  of 
Fountain  Creek,  Tenn.,  which  pertains  to  the  deeply  interest- 
ing theme  of  Sam  Davis  and  how  he  procured  certain  papers 
found  on  his  person  when  captured  hy  the  Kansas  Jayhawk- 
ers.  This  theory  has  been  advocated  from  time  to  sime  since 
the  wonderful  story  has  been  in  the  public  mind.  Mr.  Martin 
writes  in  regard  to  it  as  follows : 

"I  enlisted  in  Company  I,  nth  Tennessee  Cavalry,  and  was 
detached  by  General  Wheeler  as  an  independent  scout.  I 
worked  with  Sam  Davis,  Polk  English,  and  others.  I  was 
with  Davis  and  English  a  great  deal.  While  one  would  go 
in  to  report,  the  others  would  remain  and  watch  the  move- 
ments of  the  Federals. 

"We  made  our  headquarters  for  some  time  at  the  home  of 
Robert  English,  a  true  Southerner,  who  lived  on  Big  Creek, 
near  Campbellsville,  Giles  County,  Tenn.  He  was  an  uncle 
of  Polk  English.  Just  after  Sam  Davis  was  hanged  Polk 
English  and  I  went  to  the  home  of  his  uncle,  Robert  English, 
and  he  told  us  then,  with  the  injunction  never  to  reveal  the 
facts  while  he  lived,  that  one  of  his  young  negroes,  a  sprightly 
fellow,  was  in  General  Dodge's  headquarters  and  heard  (lie 
officers  discussing  Sam  Davis's  mission  and  the  contents  of 
some  papers,  after  which  they  laid  them  on  the  table.  The 
boy  watched  his  chance;  and  when  he  got  the  opportunity,  he 
stole  the  papers  and  made  tracks  for  home.  He  said :  'Marse 
Bob,  here's  some  papers  I  got  in  General  Dodge's  tent  and 
thought  they  might  be  of  some  use  to  Marse  Sam.'  Sam 
Davis  spent  the  night  before  he  was  captured  at  Bob  English's 


POLK   ENGLISH    AND   THOMAS    T.    MARTIN. 


home,  and  he  gave   Sam  the  papers.     If   Polk  English   or    I 
had  been  there,  one  of  us  would  have  been  given  the  papers. 

"As  soon  as  I  heard  the  sad  news  I  rode  that  night  from 
Mr.  English's  home  to  Sam  Davis's  father's  home,  about 
forty  miles,  and  told  the  family  the  sad  fate  of  their  son.  At 
that  time  the  Federals  had  out  a  reward  of  $too  for  my 
capture." 

"BIG  MISERY"  AND  "LITTLE  MISERY." 

BY  M.   L.  VESEY,   MEMPHIS,  TENN. 

I  suggest  through  the  Veteran  that  all  Confederates  who 
attend  the  Reunion  in  Memphis  next  June  wear  a  printed 
badge  showing  their  company  and  regiment.  Most  of  us 
were  young  and  many  beardless  in  1865 ;  and  as  all  of  us 
are  old  and  grizzly  now,  it  is  difficult  to  recognize  many  com- 
rades even  with  whom  we  were  intimate  during  the  war. 
These  badges  would  bring  about  pleasant  meetings  of  com- 
rades that  would  not  otherwise  occur.  The  following  in- 
stance will  illustrate  conditions  : 

When  the  Reunion  was  held  in  Memphis  in  1901,  as  a  mem- 
ber of  Company  I,  14th  Mississippi  Infantry,  I  had  met  but 
few  of  my  old  comrades.  I  met  a  veteran  with  a  band  on  his 
hat  on  which  was  printed  "Co.  E,  14th  Miss.  Inft."  I  told 
him  that  I  belonged  to  that  regiment  and  knew  most  of  his 
company,  as  E  and  I  were  from  the  same  county.  He  said 
his  name  was  Paine.  I  still  did  not  remember  him  until  he 
explained  that  he  belonged  to  the  color  guard  and  said :  "You 
remember  that  Andy  Paine,  of  Company  K,  from  Columbus, 
Miss.,  a  very  large  man,  was  color  bearer.  There  being  two 
Paines  in  the  color  guard,  Andy  Paine  was  'Big  Misery'  and 
I  am  'Little  Misery.' "  I  remembered  "Little  Misery,"  and 
we  had  a  pleasant  chat  about  old  times  and  comrades. 

Companies  E  and  I  of  the  14th  Mississippi  Regiment  were 
commanded  by  distinguished  men.  The  first  captain  of  Com- 
pany E  was  Judge  Frank  Rogers,  a  distinguished  jurist  and 
lawyer  of  Aberdeen.  He  was  killed  while  leading  his  com- 
pany in  a  charge  at  Fort  Donelson.  His  no  less  distinguished 
brother,  Judge  William  Rogers,  of  Texas,  has  a  monument  to 
his  memory  at  Corinth,  Miss.,  at  the  base  of  a  fort  against 
which  he  was  leading  a  charge  when  he  fell. 

Company  I  was  originally  commanded  by  Samuel  J.  Ghol- 
son,  who  resigned  a  prominent  judgeship  when  Mississippi 
seceded  from  the  Union.  Judge  Gholson  came  into  national 
prominence  back  in  the  forties  as  one  of  the  principals  in  the 
celebrated  election  contest  case  between  Gholson  and  Word  on 
the  one  side  and  Prentiss  and  Claiborne  on  the  other.  S.  S 
Prentiss's  speech  before  Congress  in  this  case  gave  him  a 
national  reputation  as  an  orator,  but  was  of  no  avail,  as  Ghol- 
son and  Word  were  seated. 

[The  editor  of  the  Veteran  is  pleased  to  commend  the  in- 
dication of  company  and  regiment  at  Reunions.  He  proposed 
it  in  an  early  issue  of  the  Veteran,  and  it  occurred  to  him 
when  as  a  boy  soldier  he  went  on  furlough  through  the  Caro- 
linas  and  Virginia  with  metal  letters  "Tenn."  on  the  lapel 
of  his  coat.] 

Miss  Emma  Gellenger,  a  bright  U.  D.  C.  of  Frederick, 
Md.,  sends  the  Veteran  a  vivid  picture  in  words  of  the  bat- 
tle fought  on  South  Mountain  September  14,  1862.  Mr.  James 
Peteat,  of  Yanceyvillc,  N.  C,  was  in  this  battle.  Recently  he 
visited  the  scene  of  the  struggle,  and  gives  a  graphic  account 
of  the  occasion.  Mr.  Peteat  pays  warm  tribute  to  Chalmers 
Glenn,  captain  of  Company  I,  and  Lieutenant  Colonel  Ruffi:i, 
commander  of  the  13th  North  Carolina  Regiment  in  that  fight. 


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EXPERIENCES  AT  GETTYSBURG  AND  IN  PRISON. 

PAPER  BY  E.   J.  LAKE  TO  THE  TOM   GREEN   CAMP,  LINDALE,  TEX. 

This  Camp  decided  to  have  a  historical  paper  at  each  meet- 
ing. The  subject  given  me  was  to  be  "My  Experiences  as  a 
Prisoner  of  War." 

I  was  born  in  South  Carolina,  and  joined  the  army  at  the 
Governor's  second  call  for  troops.  I  went  to  a  camp  of 
instruction  near  Columbia  and  joined  the  3d  South  Carolina 
Volunteers.  We  went  to  Richmond  and  thence  to  Fairfax 
C.  H.  My  first  battle  was  that  of  Bull  Run  and  my  last  at 
Gettysburg. 

The  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  in  the  battle  of  Gettys- 
burg was  divided  into  three  corps  under  Generals  Longstreet, 
A.  P.  Hill,  and  Ewell.  On  the  first  day  of  the  battle  Gen- 
erals Ewell  and  Hill  engaged  the  enemy.  General  Longstreet, 
with  whom  was  our  regiment,  was  at  Chambersburg,  eighteen 
miles  away.  That  night  we  were  double-quicked  to  the  battle- 
field. Longstreet  on  the  right  wing  was  to  begin  the  attack, 
A.  P.  Hill  in  the  center  to  follow,  then  Ewell,  who  commanded 
the  left  wing. 

Our  orders  were:  "Hold  your  fire  till  close  to  the  battery." 
We  were  under  the  side  of  a  hill,  but  charged  on  our  unseen 
enemy  to  find  not  a  battery,  but  a  battalion  of  eighteen  pieces, 
with  infantry  support.  They  were  driven  back ;  but  we  had  to 
follow  a  movement  of  Hood's  Division,  who  were  being 
flanked,  so  we  could  not  hold  our  captured  artillery.  I  was 
shot  in  this  charge  and  was  carried  to  a  field  hospital.  Too 
badly  wounded  to  go  with  our  army  on  the  retreat,  and  with 
all  the  wounded,  I  was  captured.  A  detail  of  surgeons  and 
men  was  left  to  care  for  us.  In  this  they  were  assisted  by 
ladies  from  Baltimore.  We  were  taken  to  David's  Island, 
near  New  York  City,  stripped  of  all  our  clothing,  and  given 
hospital  shirt  and  drawers.  We  were  very  kindly  treated, 
the  ladies  of  Baltimore  establishing  hospital  kitchens  and 
supplying  all  our  wants. 

Gangrene  got  into  my  wound,  and  I  suffered  severely. 
Later  we  were  sent  South  on  exchange,  one  hundred  and 
ninety-seven  of  us  being  placed  in  the  hull  of  a  freight  boat, 
with  no  sanitary  attention  even  to  our  wounds.  Many  were 
seasick,  and  our  condition  was  pathetic.  At  Richmond  we 
were  given  thirty  days'  furloughs  under  Lee's  orders.  I  had 
been  able  to  write  home  only  once  during  my  time  in  prison, 
but  I  managed  to  notify  my  father  of  my  coming.  He  met 
me  halfway  and  carried  me  home,  where  my  mother  greeted 
me  with  open  arms,  though  my  clothes  were  very  comical, 
the  coat  I  had  received  when  leaving  prison  being  for  a 
twelve-year-old  boy,  the  trousers  a  good  fit  for  a  three- 
hundred-pound  man. 


was  a  particular  friend  of  Haywood's.  A  mutual  friend  of 
theirs  died  in  prison.  His  wife  wrote  for  news  of  him,  and 
Freeman  and  Haywood  answered  her  letter,  begging  for 
money  to  keep  them  from  starving.  She  sent  them  thirty 
dollars,  which  they  divided.  They  afterwards  saw  her  in 
Arkansas  and  paid  back  this  sum. 


EXECUTION  PREVENTED  BY  GENERAL  FORREST. 

BY    AN   OLD  VETERAN. 

Twenty  prisoners  belonging  to  Forrest's  Cavalry  incar- 
cerated in  Fort  Delaware  were  ordered  to  be  shot  in  retalia- 
tion for  the  shooting  of  some  slaves  and  white  men  in  1864. 
Forrest  sent  in  a  flag  of  truce  with  a  message  that  he  would 
shoot  twenty  Federals  for  every  one  of  his  men  who  was 
executed.  The  execution  was  abandoned.  O'Neal,  one  of  the 
prison  guards,  was  accustomed  to  curse  and  mistreat  the  men 
under  his  charge.  One  day  he  kicked  one  of  our  soldiers, 
John  Haywood,  who  turned  and  gave  him  a  left-handed  lick 
in  the  face.  O'Neal  was  only  prevented  by  the  relief  guard 
from  killing  Haywood. 

Claibe   Freeman,   of  Brownsville,  Tenn.,  another  prisoner, 


"BURY  ME  ON  THE  FIELD,  BOYS." 

BY   GEN.    A.    W.    HUTT0N,   LOS   ANGELES,   CAL. 

In  Scribner's  Magazine  for  January,  1907,  Volume  XLI., 
page  80,  is  a  criticism  by  Gen.  E.  P.  Alexander  of  the  battle 
of  Bull  Run.  In  a  note  at  the  bottom  of  page  89  he  mentions 
that  Maj.  Robert  Wheat,  of  the  Louisiana  Battalion  (known 
as  the  "Louisiana  Tigers"),  was  seriously  wounded,  but  re- 
covered, and  that  Major  Wheat  in  the  battle  of  Gaines's  Mill, 
June  27,  1862,  just  before  starting  on  a  charge  upon  the  Federal 
lines  said  to  a  friend,  "Something  tells  Bob  that  this  is  his 
last,"  and  that  he  had  advanced  but  a  short  distance  when  he 
fell,  only  living  to  exclaim :  "Bury  me  on  the  field,  boys." 

This  article  was  read  here  in  Los  Angeles  by  Mr.  Clark 
Porter,  of  San  Francisco,  and  his  relatives  residing  here.  This 
reference  to  the  last  words  of  Major  Wheat  brought  to  their 
minds  a  poem  which  was  written  in  July,  1862,  by  their  father, 
Rev.  David  H.  Porter,  D.D.,  who  then  resided  in  Savannah, 
Ga.  On  looking  up  the  old  poem  pasted  in  a  scrapbook,  they 
found  from  a  footnote  made  by  their  father  that  he  had  based 
the  poem  upon  these  words  of  Major  Wheat. 

I  herewith  inclose  you  a  copy  furnished  me  by  Miss  Burney 
Porter,  of  this  city. 

Dr.  Porter's  Poem. 
Bury  me  on  the  field,  boys, 

Bury  me  on  the  field, 
Where  fearless  hearts  and  stalwart  arms 

The  weapons  of  freedom  wield ! 
Bury  me  on  the  field,  boys, 

Where  the  banners  of  liberty  wave ! 
'Tis  here  I  have  met  the  foe  in  death, 
And  here  would  I  have  my  grave. 

Bury  me  on  the  field,  boys, 

Bury  me  on  the  field ; 
For  though  we  die,  our  Southern  soil 

We  must  not,  will  not  yield! 
Bury  me  on  the  field,  boys, 

For  the  warrior  in  death  loves  to  lie 
Where  last  upon  earth  his  spirit  caught 

The  shout  of  the  battle  cry! 


Bury  him  on  the  field,  boys, 

Bury  him  on  the  field, 
Where  patriot  blood  in  crimson  flood 

His  scorn  of  the  despot  sealed! 
Bury  him  on  the  field,  boys, 

Where  he  won  the  proud  victor's  crown ; 
Where,  grand  and  sublime,  rose  the  sons  of  the  South, 

And  the  hireling  foe  went  down. 

Bury  him  on  the  field,  boys, 

Bury  him  on  the  field, 
Where,  stunned  as  if  by  thunder  shock, 

The  ranks  of  the  tyrant  reeled! 
Bury  him  on  the  field,  boys; 

Let  him  lie  where  he  gallantly  fell, 
Where  louder  than  all  the  battle's  roar 

Hosannas  of  victory  swell ! 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


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A    WOUNDED  FEDERAL   COLOR   BEARER. 

FROM    REPORT    OF    HIS    EXPERIENCE — SAM    BLOOMER. 

The  battle  of  Antietam,  or  Sharpsburg,  "one  of  the  dead- 
liest of  the  Civil  War,"  was  fought  September  17,  1862. 
Sharpsburg,  a  small  town,  is  on  the  Antietam  Creek,  near 
which  the  Confederate  army  was  posted  before  the  battle. 
Gen.  R.  E.  Lee  commanded  the  Southern  army,  and  the  Un- 
ion forces  were  under  the  command  of  Gen.  George  B.  Mc- 
Clellan.  General  Lee's  forces  were  "outnumbered  at  least 
two  to  one."  The  loss  in  killed,  wounded,  and  prisoners  ag- 
gregated not  far  from  25,000  men,  about  equally  divided. 

The  1st  Minnesota  Regiment  was  in  the  thick  of  the  fight 
all  day.  It  was  located  at  the  extreme  right.  Sam  Bloomer 
was  the  color  bearer  of  the  regiment,  and  early  in  the  fore- 
noon while  he  was  resting  the  flagstaff  on  a  fence  in  front 
of  him  a  Minie  ball  struck  his  right  leg  below  the  knee- 
cap, passing  straight  through.  At  the  place  of  egress  the 
bullet  left  a  ghastly  wound.  About  that  time  our  line  was 
broken,  leaving  its  faithful  color  bearer  to  his  fate.  Sam 
crawled  to  the  foot  of  a  big  oak  tree  for  protection  against 
the  Confederate  fire ;  but  as  our  men  fell  back  and  the  Con- 
federates occupied  the  place,  he  found  a  change  of  base  de- 
sirable. He  crawled  painfully  and  slowly  around  the  tree  to 
avoid  the  fire  from  his  friends.  Sam  had  ripped  away  his 
clothing,  dressed  his  wound  as  best  he  could,  and  kept  it 
bathed  with  water  from  his  canteen,  and  then  bound  his  leg 
above  the  knee  with  the  strip  from  his  blanket  to  prevent  a 
fatal  loss  of  blood.  Several  days  thereafter  when  the  injured 
leg  was  amputated  that  strip  was  out  of  sight,  enveloped  in 
the  swollen  flesh  on  either  side. 

"Not  far  from  noon,"  says  Sam,  "a  Confederate  soldier, 
whom  long  afterwards  I  learned  was  W.  H.  Andrews,  first 
sergeant  of  Company  M,  1st  Regiment  Georgia  Regulars, 
came  up ;  and  learning  my  condition  and  the  fact  that  I  was 
between  two  fires,  he  and  some  of  his  comrades  piled  cord 
wood  around  me  to  protect  me  from  the  shots.  I  have  no 
doubt  that  more  than  a  hundred  bullets  struck  that  barricade 
during  the  day.  Early  in  the  evening  Stonewall  Jackson  came 
riding  by.  He  halted  a  moment,  spoke  kindly  to  me,  asked 
to  what  regiment  I  belonged,  and  ordered  the  men  who  had 
charge  of  a  lot  of  Union  prisoners  to  supply  my  wants  and 
make  me  as  comfortable  as  possible.  A  captain  of  a  North 
Carolina  regiment  a  little  later  stopped  and  chatted  with  me, 
gave  me  a  drink  from  his  canteen,  and  spoke  kindly  and  en- 
couragingly. He  rode  away,  but  returned  during  the  night 
ami  replenished  my  canteen  with  cool  water.  Previous  to  this 
a  Confederate  officer  appeared  whose  conduct  was  unlike 
that  of  General  Jackson  and  the  North  Carolina  captain.  He 
reviled  me  with  bitter  words,  called  me  a  nigger  thief,  etc. 
I  bad  a  revolver  and  a  short  sword  under  my  rubber  blanket 
on  which  I  lay,  and  in  my  rage  I  attempted  to  get  at  the  re- 
volver, intending  to  shoot  the  fellow  ;  but  he  had  his  eyes  on 
me  and  shouted :  'Disarm  that  man !'  The  soldiers  of  course 
obeyed,  although  with  a  show  of  reluctance,  and  all  that  I 
could  do  was  to  protest  indignantly.  1  hated  to  part  with 
the  sword,  as  it  was  a  present  to  me  from  Capt.  Louis  Muller. 
I  asked  the  officer  to  let  me  retain  the  weapon ;  but  he  was  in- 
exorable, and  I  never  saw  the  sword  again.  This  was  long 
ago,  and  time  softens  our  animosities,  and  I  don't  know  that  I 
would  harm  that  fellow  if  I   should  meet  him." 

Sam  lay  there  on  the  ground  until  the  evening  of  Thursday, 
the  18th,  when  the  Confederates  carried  him  on  a  stretcher 
to   a   little   barn   surrounded   by   straw   stacks,   where   he   lay 


another  night.  He  was  not  alone,  for  there  were  more  than 
one  hundred  other  prisoners  in  the  hands  ©f  the  Confed- 
erates, whom  it  was  their  intention  to  parole. 

Sam  sent  word  to  the  officers  of  his  company  by  Minne- 
sota troops  telling  of  his  sad  condition.  He  and  three  others 
of  the  wounded  men  were  conveyed  in  an  ambulance  to  the 
Hoffman  barn.  Sam  was  obliged  to  sleep  on  the  ground 
another  night,  as  there  were  hundreds  of  others  ahead  of 
him  awaiting  treatment  by  the  surgeons.  The  next  day  Dr. 
Pugsley  amputated  the  injured  leg. 


THE  "MOCKER"  AND  THE  "JAY." 

BY    W.    E.    POULSON. 

A  boy  in  blue  and  one  in  gray 
Met  in  a  Southern  wood  one  day ; 
With  greeting  free  and  very  frank, 
'Twas  "Hello,  Reb,"  and  "Hello,  Yank." 
Said  Reb  to  Yank:  "At  what  look  you? 
You  gaze  as  if  at  something  new. 
Are  you  entranced  at  our  blue  skies 
Or  at  our  lovely  butterflies?" 

Said  Yank  to  Reb :  "  'Tis  very  true, 
I  do  see  something  to  me  new — 
That  lovely  bird,  a  fine  fellow, 
Song  so  sweet,  so  soft,  so  mellow, 
And  his  feathers  so  fine,  so  blue, 
So  like   my   uniform   in  him ; 
So  that  in  truth  I  say  to  you 
I'm  proud  I  am  a  boy  in  blue. 

Our  linnet  is  a  singer,  too, 
But  does  not  touch  that  bird  in  blue, 
Nor  does  compare  with  his  fine  form 
On  which   fits   well  his   uniform ; 
Nor  do  I  think  that  I  have  heard 
Or  ever  seen  another  bird 
That,  taking  all  things  together. 
Is  so  handsome  with  his  feather. 

In  fact,  his  color  and  fine  voice 
Have  made  me  take  him  as  my  choice 
To  represent  our  army  true, 
The  pride  of  every  boy  in  blue. 
He  takes  me  back  to  days  gone  by, 
When  in  the  strife  both  you  and  I 
Were  fighting  for  what  each  thought  right, 
Struggling  for  glory  day  and  night." 

Said  Reb  to  Yank :  "That's  our  blue  jay ; 
He  fills  our  hearts  and  souls  each  day. 
But  had  you  for  a  minute  heard 
The  notes  of  our  great  mocking  bird, 
That  bird  of  gray,  that  all  day  long 
Fills  the  woods  with  wondrous  song, 
Head  erect,  and  a  fighter,  too, 
You'd  soon  forget  your  bird  in  blue." 

Just  then  a  sound  that  startled  him 
Came  from  above,  from  an  oak  limb — 
A  song  so  loud,  so  long,  so  thrill 
That  did  the  woods  and  welkin  fill 
With  melody  so  grand,  so  sweet 
That  seemed  to  reach  the  mercy  seat. 
Then  Yank  knew  his  bird  of  blue  nor  linnet 
Beside  the  gray  just  wasn't  in  it. 


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Qor?federat<?  l/eterag. 


JEFFERSON  DAVIS  CENTENNIAL. 

BY    VIRGINIA   FRAZEE   BOYLE. 

How  turns  the  cycle,  Warder  of  the  Years, 
That  standeth  on  Ihe  eternal's  blinding  height? 

And  so  the  watching  Warder,  listening,  hears, 
And  flashes  back  his  answer  writ  in  light. 

Yea,  tell  us,  O  thou  Warder  on  the  peaks — 
Say,  shall  the  fame  of  him  endure  for  aye? 

And  so  the  listening  Warder,  answering,  speaks : 
"The  soul  of  truth  and  honor  cannot  die !" 

O,  know  ye  not,  proud  Southrons,  of  the  way 
That  men  call  new  that  life  is  always  old, 

And  all  the  splendor  of  your  golden  day 
Was  builded  on  the  principles  he  told? 

Your  eyes  were  blinded  in  the  aftermath 
That  followed  fast  on  war  and  blood  and  pain ; 

His  silent  finger  pointed  to  the  path 
Where  stern,  unbroken  spirits  meet  again. 

Your  hands  were  empty,  but  your  days  were  free 
To  gird  again  the  land  your  fathers  gave; 

His  days  ebbed  sadly  by  a  dreamless  sea, 
Reft  of  the  liberty  men  gave  the  slave. 

Your  voices  cried  for  bread  and  drove  the  plow 
With  unused  hands  and  forced  the  earth  to  yield ; 

His  voice  was  dumb  and  calm  the  eagle  brow — 
His  great  heart  broke  upon  your  bloody  field. 

Men  heaped  upon  him  calumny  and  spite — 
The  hissing  rage  of  erstwhile  friend  and  foe; 

He  only  kept  his  stern  face  to  the  light — 
Forgave  the  ruthless  tongues  that  gave  the  blow. 

And  so  he  passed — just  on  the  warder  stroke 
That  called  the  golden  hour  of  the  land — 

When  all  the  pulses  of  the  South  awoke 
To  claim  her  lilies  from  an  iron  hand. 

But  once  again,  O  Warder  on  the  peaks : 
Say,  shall  the  fame  of  him  endure  for  aye? 

And  once  again  the  Warder,  answering,  speaks: 
"The  soul  of  truth  and  honor  cannot  die !" 


SECESSION  IN   PUTNAM   COUNTY,   TENN. 

BY   J.    M.    MORGAN,   GAINESBORO. 

At  a  public  meeting  of  the  citizens  of  Putnam  County,  Tenn., 
held  in  Cookeville  April  22,  1861,  Hon.  E.  L.  Gardenhire  was 
unanimously  chosen  chairman  and  William  J.  Reagan  and  B. 
B.  Washburn  secretaries  of  the  meeting.  Enthusiastic  speeches 
were  made  by  Hon.  John  H.  Savage,  Hon.  S.  S.  Stanton,  Hon. 
E.  L.  Gardenhire,  Col.  S.  H.  Combs,  Col.  T.  B.  Murray,  Judge 
James  T.  Quarles,  W.  H.  Botts,  and  others  to  a  large  and 
eagerly  listening  audience.  The  subject  discussed  was  about 
the  crisis  in  our  government  and  the  course  to  be  assumed  by 
the  slave  States. 

The  chairman  appointed  H.  H.  Dillard,  Col.  John  P.  Murray, 
Benton  Marchbanks,  W.  Q.  Hughes,  Holland  Denton,  Tim  H. 
Williams,  and  J.  C.  Apple  a  committee  on  resolutions.  It  was 
perhaps  the  largest  meeting  ever  held  in  Putnam  County,  and 
there  was  great  enthusiasm.  Only  three  persons  in  the  as- 
sembly voted  against  the  resolutions.    The  preamble  stated : 

"The   antislavery   party   is   the    enemy   of   the   Union   and 


the  Constitution,  advocating  the  equality  of  the  negro  and 
the  white  races  and  the  abolition  of  slavery.  To  accom- 
plish this  the  antislavery  party  has  been  organized  and  now 
constitutes  the  dominant  party  in  all  the  free  States.  And 
now,  having  possession  of  the  Federal  government  in  all  its 
departments,  it  is  attempting  by  conquest  and  coercion  to  carry 
out  its  damnable  heresies  entertained  for  many  vears  toward 
the  South  and  its  institutions.  The  North  has  i  med  a  list- 
less ear  to  all  supplication  of  the  South  in  behalf  of  their 
cherished  constitutional  rights  and  treated  with  contempt  every 
proposition  for  the  honorable  pacification  of  our  difficulties. 
A  civil  war,  with  its  untold  horrors  and  consequences,  is  now 
commenced  by  the  sending  of  an  armed  fleet  by  the  Federal 
government  to  enforce  its  will  upon  the  Southern  Confederacy. 
Counsel  and  reason  having  been  in  vain  exhausted  in  an  hon- 
orable effort  to  secure  our  rights  under  the  Constitution,  we 
are  now  driven  to  the  deplorable  necessity  of  appealing  for 
the  defense  of  our  homes  and  our  institutions  to  the  stern 
arbitrament  of  the  sword  and  that  God  who  rules  the  battles ; 
therefore 

"Resolved:  I.  That  we  indorse  every  effort  that  has  been 
made  by  convention  and  otherwise  to  bring  about  a  peaceable 
settlement  of  our  existing  difficulties,  and  thereby  preserve 
the  Union  intact;  but  having  failed  and  all  reasonable  hopes 
of  pacification  being  extinct,  we  do  now  deem  it  the  wisest 
policy  in  Tennessee  to  unite  her  future  destiny  with  the  South- 
ern Confederacy. 

"2.  That  we  regard  the  war  now  waged  upon  the  Southern 
Confederacy  by  the  administration  as  unnational,  unwise,  and 
unholy,  without  authority  under  the  Constitution ;  that  we 
look  upon  this  act  of  the  President  of  the  United  States  in 
calling  out  troops  and  making  war  without  the  sanction  of 
Congress  as  an  unjustifiable  assumption  of  power. 

"3.  That  the  position  assumed  by  our  Representatives  in 
the  State  Legislature  to  use  all  means  to  speedily  get  Tennessee 
from  under  the  tyrannical  rule  of  Abraham  Lincoln  meets  our 
unqualified  approbation,  and  they  are  hereby  directed  to  use 
all  means  in  their  power  to  dissolve  the  connection  of  this 
State  with  the  general  government  and  unite  her  fortunes  with 
the  Confederate  States,  and  that  we  will  ratify  their  action 
when  submitted  to  us  for  approval. 

"4.  That  the  duplicity  of  Lincoln  has  our  contempt;  we  de- 
test his  tyranny  and  defy  his  power. 

"5.  That  we  will  resist  his  usurpation  unto  death ;  that  we 
have  no  compromise  with  tyranny  or  with  the  tyrant  who  has 
trampled  our  Constitution  and  now  seeks  to  enslave  us. 

"6.  That  we  are  opposed  to  Andrew  Johnson  for  any  place 
or  position,  and  think  him  unworthy  the  position  he  now  occu- 
pies, and  we  hereby  request  our  Senators  in  Washington  to  no 
longer  attempt  to  represent  us  in  the  Lincoln  Congress." 

The  foregoing  is  a  copy  of  the  preamble  and  resolutions  read 
at  Cookeville  April  22,  1861,  copied  then  by  me. 


In  a  personal  letter  Mr.  Morgan  writes :  "I  was  one  of  the 
three  who  voted  'no'  on  the  passage  of  the  resolutions.  I 
■was  then  a  law  student,  and  had  an  office  in  Gainesboro,  Jack- 
son County,  Tenn.  I  had  been  contending  earnestly  for  the 
Union  for  months,  and  was  sorely  mortified  at  the  firing  on 
Fort  Sumter.  I  thought  it  premature ;  but  when  coercion  came 
calling  for  Tennesseeans  to  fight  the  Gulf  States  of  the  South, 
I  gave  down  and  volunteered  for  the  South  and  went  as  a 
private  soldier  in  the  first  company  that  left  Jackson  County, 
leaving  home  on  the  14th  of  May,  1861,  and  returning  at  the 
end  of  the  war,  May  22,  1865." 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai). 


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THE  RINGING  ROLL  OF  "DIXIE." 

(Frank  L.  Stanton,  in  Atlanta  Constitution.) 

The  old  brigades  march  slower  now — the  boys  who  wore  the 

gray- 
But  there's  life  an'  battle  spirit  in  a  host  o'  them  to-day! 
They   hear   their   comrades   callin'    from   the    white   tents    far 
away, 

And  answer  with  the  ringing  roll  of  "Dixie!1' 

They  feel  the  old-time  thrill  of  it — the  battle  plains  they  see — 

Again  they  charge  with  Jackson  and  face  the  fight  with  Lee; 

And  the  shoutin'  hills  are  answered  by  the  thunders  of  the  sea 

When  they  rally  to  the  ringing  roll  of  "Dixie!" 

The  battlefields  are  voiceless — once  wet  with  crimson  rain; 
O'er  unknown  graves  of  heroes  wave  golden  fields  of  grain; 
But  phantom   forms — they   leap   to   life   and   cheer   the   ranks 
again, 

Far-answering  to  the  ringing  call  of  "Dixie!" 

Beat,  drums,  the  old-time  chorus ;  and,  bugles,  blow  your  best ; 
And  wave,  O  flags,  they  love  so  well  above  each  war-scarred 

breast ! 
Till  they  vanish  down  the  valley  to  their  last  eternal  rest. 
Still  answering  to  the  ringing  roll  of  "Dixie!" 


CHILDREN   OF   THE   CONFEDERACY. 

Year  by  year  the  ranks  of  the  Confederate  veterans  are 
thinning;  rapidly,  too,  the  mothers  of  the  cause  are  falling 
into  their  last  sleep,  and  the  time  will  be,  only  too  soon,  when 
at  no  convention,  no  meeting  will  there  be  left  any  who  wit- 
nessed the  great  and  wonderful  struggle  for  liberty. 

Rich  in  traditions  and  in  memories  of  mother  and  sire,  the 
"Daughters"  and  "Sons"  are  prepared  to  take  the  vacant 
places;  but  they,  too,  must  pass  on  with  the  great  majority. 
Shall  the  "cause"  die  with  them?  Shall  no  living  monuments 
record  the  gallant  dead? 

It  was  to  meet  this  need  that  the  brilliant  brain  of  Mrs. 
E.  P.  McDowell  Wolf,  daughter  of  Virginia's  Governor,  James 
McDowell,  conceived  the  idea  of  a  new  organization  to  be 
called  the  Children  of  the  Confederacy.  Mrs.  Wolf  is  born 
of  a  long  line  of  soldier  ancestors,  her  people  having  won 
many  laurels  on  battlefields  of  1812  and  1862.  With  such 
blood  in  her  veins  it  is  small  wonder  that  she  should  want  to 
preserve  her  Southland's  record,  and  that  she  saw  in  the  youth 
of  the  South  the  best  method  of  commemorating  the  stirring 
days  of  the  '-ixtirs  .ind  of  preserving  the  glorious  deeds  of 
Southern  men  and  women — deeds  that  should  "go  sounding 
down  the  ages,"  a  crystal  clear  chronicle  of  valor  and  patriot- 
ism. 

The  first  Children's  Chapter  was  organized  in  Georgia  by 
Mrs.  Marmelstein,  the  wife  of  the  brave  captain  of  the  battle 
ship  Alabama.  The  idea  once  accepted  was  rapidly  utilized. 
State  after  State  indorsed  it,  and  it  met  with  the  full  ap- 
proval of  the  President  General  of  the  Division.  Children's 
Chapters  arc  being  organized  everywhere,  for  the  States,  like 
wise  gardeners,  realize  the  importance  of  pruning  and  pre- 
paring plants  to  take  the  place  of  those  nipped  by  death's 
unkindly  frosts. 

While  all  the  States  have  accepted  the  Children's  Chapters 
as  auxiliaries,  Florida  alone  has  given  them  a  charter,  allow- 
ing through  this  charter  self-government  in  everything  that 
does  not  come  into  opposition  to  the  constitution  of  the  U. 
D.  C.  Division  of  the  State.     They  have  a  voice  in  State  ques- 


tions, and  participate  in  all  public  commemorative  days  and 
exercises.  Each  Chapter  has  a  directress  from  the  parent 
Chapter.  Under  her  care  parliamentary  laws  and  usages  are 
studied  and  historical  inaccuracies  are  prevented;  but  Chap- 
ter government  is  in  their  own  hands,  and  they  take  an  in- 
tense pride  in  its  proper  conduct  and  the  work  tfuy  do.  His- 
torical papers  are  prepared  and  read  by  members  of  the  Chap- 
ter, and  there  is  a  close  rivalry  among  the  Giapters  for  the 
banner  offered  by  Mrs.  L.  A.  Raines,  of  Savannah,  Ga.,  for 
the  best  work  done  during  the  year. 

The  Children's  Chapter  is  a  kindergarten  or  primary  de- 
partment of  the  general  organization  of  the  U.  D.  C,  and  a 
graduate   from   it   is   well    equipped   to   enter  the  larger  body. 

Too  much  cannot  be  said  for  this  work.  If  the  traditions 
are  to  be  preserved,  if  reverence  for  the  cause  is  to  be  taught, 
it  behooves  every  Chapter  of  the  U.  D.  C.  to  begin  now.  Let 
auxiliaries  be  formed  of  the  eager  children.  In  their  fertile 
minds  now  is  the  time  of  planting  if  a  harvest  is  to  be  reaped. 
Assure  a  future  to  the  U.  D.  C.  by  teaching  the  children  the 
truths  their  grandsires  died  to  preserve  and  a  love  of  country 
which  will  only  ennoble  thein  as  citizens. 


CONFEDERATE  HALF  DOLLARS. 
The  Confederate  money  issue  was  in  paper  and  bore  the 
relative  value  of  par,  yet  toward  the  last  a  bushel  basket  of  it 
was  given  for  a  pair  of  boots.  In  iS;g  B.  F.  Taylor,  of  the 
Louisiana  Board  of  Health,  wrote  E.  Mason,  Jr.,  a  celebrated 
Philadelphia  numismatist,  of  four  silver  half  dollars  minted 
by  the  Confederate  States,  one  of  which  was  in  his  possession. 
When  the  Southern  army  captured  the  United  States  mint 
in  New  Orleans,  it  was  intended  to  manufacture  silver  coins 
for  the  Confederacy.  A  design  was  submitted  to  the  authori- 
ties and  accepted.  This  bore  on  one  side  the  imprint  of  the 
regular  United  States  half  dollar  of  that  time— a  seated  God- 
dess of  Liberty  surrounded  by  thirteen  stars.  The  reverse 
side  was  entirely  original.  A  shield  in  the  center  bore  seven 
stars,  one  for  each  seceding  State.  Above  the  shield  was  a 
liberty  cap.  Around  the  central  design  was  a  wreath  com- 
posed of  sugar  cane  and  cotton.  Around  the  border  at  the 
top  ran  the  inscription,  "Confederate  States  of  America,"  the 
lower  part  of  the  coin  being  marked  "Half  Dol." 

This  die  was  cut  by  an  engraver  named  Patterson,  and  the 
coins  were  struck  by  the  foreman  of  the  coining  room,  Colo- 
nel Schmidt.  Only  four  coins  were  struck,  owing)  to  the 
scarcity  of  silver.  One  of  these  was  sent  to  the  Confederate 
government  at  Richmond,  one  to  Professor  Biddle,  of  the 
University  of  Louisiana,  one  to  Dr.  E.  Amas,  of  New  Orleans, 
and  one  kept  by  Mr.  Taylor,  who  was  at  that  time  in  charge 
of  the  mint.  Numismatists  have  offered  Mr.  Taylor  seven 
iiundred  dollars  for  this  coin,  but  it  was  refused. 

That  the  Confederate  government  also  planned  an  issue  of 
cent  pieces  was  accidentally  discovered  by  a  coin  dealer  in 
Philadelphia  who  was  given  a  small  coin  for  examination. 
This  was  about  the  size  of  the  United  Slates  cent,  but  bore 
on  one  side  a  head  of  Liberty  wearing  a  cap.  Around  the  bor- 
der of  the  coin  ran  the  "Confederate  States  of  America"  and 
the  date  1861.  The  reverse  had  "One  Cent"  stamped  in  the  cen- 
ter, with  a  border  of  Southern  products,  small  cars  of  corn 
and  wheat  and  tiny  hogsheads,  held  together  with  a  cotton 
bale.  Investigation  showed  that  this  coin  was  engraved  and 
struck  by  a  man  named  Lovett,  of  Philadelphia,  employed 
by  the  Confederacy  for  the  work.  Lovett  hid  his  die,  fearing 
the  Federals,  and  years  after  it  was  discovered. 


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Qo^federat^  l/eterap, 


MEMORIES  OF  SURRENDER  AND  JOURNEY  HOME. 

B.   GEORGE  H.   MITCHELL    ( JAILER),   NEW   CASTLE,  KY. 

I  have  seen  several  accounts  about  President  Davis's  escort 
in  the  Veteran.  I  as  one  of  them  write  you  a  few  reminis- 
cences of  that  time.  I  was  in  Col.  W.  C.  P.  Breckinridge's 
regiment,  Company  G,  9th  Kentucky  (Wheeler's)  Cavalry, 
when  Joseph  E.  Johnston  engaged  in  an  all-day's  battle  with 
Sherman  at  Bentonville,  N.  C.  At  night  after  the  battle  we 
began  a  march,  not  knowing  our  destination.  We  learned 
afterwards  that  a  detail  of  cavalry  was  ordered  to  report  at 
Salisbury,  N.  C,  by  forced  march. 

The  regiments  of  George  G.  Dibrell,  of  Tennessee,  and 
W.  C.  P.  Breckinridge,  of  Kentucky,  were  selected,  and  Gen- 
eral Dibrell  was  placed  in  command.  We  marched  day  and 
night.  The  second  day  citizens  said  they  heard  that  Lee  had 
surrendered.  We  did  not  believe  it;  but  the  third  day  we  in- 
tercepted some  of  Lee's  men  on  their  way  home.  Then  it 
was  that  gloom  seized  the  boys.  We  marched  as  silently  as 
a  funeral  procession.  It  was  the  first  time  I  ever  saw  the  9th 
Kentucky  march  for  one  hour  without  some  merriment  break- 
ing out  in  the  columns. 

We  marched  on  to  Salisbury,  and  there  we  met  President 
Davis  with  some  of  his  Cabinet  officials.  I  remember  the 
President.  Gen.  John  C.  Breckinridge  and  Judah  P.  Benja- 
min were  at  the  head  of  the  column  as  we  rode  into  the  town. 
We  remained  there  until  the  next  afternoon.  We  then 
marched  southward  to  Washington,  Ga.  There  we  were  issued 
twenty-six  dollars  apiece  in  gold  and  silver  on  the  8th  of  May, 
1865.    On  the  morning  of  May  9  we  were  disbanded. 

Generals  Cerro  Gordo,  Williams,  and  Dibrell  had  us  saddle 
and  form  in  line  near  the  town,  the  officers  in  front,  and 
the  oath  of  parole  or  allegiance  was  administered.  We  then 
broke  ranks,  bidding  each  other  good-by. 

Williams  taking  command  of  the  Kentuckians  and  Dibrell 
the  Tennesseeans,  we  started  for  home — a  sad  day  to  the  boys. 

President  Davis,  Benjamin,  John  C.  Breckinridge,  and  W. 
C.  P.  Breckinridge  with  others  started  for  parts  unknown. 
Mr.  Benjamin  and  John  C.  Breckinridge  made  their  escape. 
The  others  were  captured. 

I  enjoy  the  Confederate  Reunions.  I  was  at  Richmond, 
Va.,  at  the  last  Reunion  held  there,  and  had  the  pleasure  of 
shaking  hands  with  Mrs.  Hayes,  the  center  of  much  attrac- 
tion. Although  I  had  never  met  her  before,  it  did  my  soul 
good  to  take  her  by  the  hand  in  loving  remembrance  of  her 
father,  Jefferson  Davis. 


"ELASTICITY"  OF  CONFEDERATE  CURRENCY. 

A  neatly  typewritten  paper  with  the  signature  of  a  person  who 
gives  his  position  as  fourth  sergeant  of  Company  A,  4th 
Mississippi  Regiment,  tells  a  ridiculous  story  in  regard  to  the 
distribution  of  "elastic  currency"  at  Vicksburg.     He  writes: 

"While  the  writer,  in  company  with  his  colonel,  was  walking 
along  Washington  Street,  Vicksburg.  one  day  a  ten-inch  bomb- 
shell from  one  of  Grant's  mortar  guns  fell  with  a  crash 
through  the  roof  of  a  drug  store  just  on  the  opposite  side  of 
the  street  from  us.  It  passed  down  to  the  second  floor  and 
then  exploded,  blowing  out  the  whole  front  of  the  building 
and  setting  fire  to  the  store.  After  a  moment  of  excitement, 
we  rushed  into  the  house,  and  with  the  aid  of  a  few  citizens 
extinguished  the  flames. 

"While  doing  this  I  discovered  under  the  counter  a  box 
containing  about  one  bushel  of  Mustang  Liniment  advertise- 
ments printed  so  as  to  appear  very  much  like  five-dollar  bills. 


They  were  printed  in  green,  with  a  lame  horse  for  the  center- 
piece and  a  man  applying  the  liniment  to  the  wound  on  the 
shoulder  of  the  horse.  Taking  to  regimental  headquarters  our 
box  of  'new  money  just  received  from  the  Treasury  Depart- 
ment at  Richmond,'  we  opened  up  the  box  and  counted  far 
into  the  night,  and  found  that  according  to  the  face  value  we 
had  on  hand  six  hundred  and  eighty-nine  thousand  dollars. 

"On  the  next  morning  at  ten  o'clock  the  whole  brigade  was 
ordered  on  dress  parade,  and  each  man  was  paid  according 
to  his  rank  for  six  months'  service.  General  Vaughn  made 
a  nice  talk  to  the  boys.  We  saluted  him  and  gave  three 
cheers  for  Jeff  Davis,  and  were  ready  to  die  in  the  last  ditch. 
The  rest  of  the  money,  about  two  hundred  and  seventy 
thousand  dollars,  was  sent  under  strong  guard  to  General 
Pemberton's  headquarters  to  be  paid  out  to  the  other  sol- 
diers as  he  saw  proper. 

"Once  more  business  in  Vicksburg,  which  had  reached  low- 
water  mark  on  account  of  a  lack  of  currency  to  handle  the 
trade,  flew  open  like  a  nine-bladed  knife.  Pie  stands  started 
up  all  over  the  city,  Pine  Top  whisky  was  thrown  upon  the 
market  at  the  low  price  of  thirty  dollars  per  quart,  XXX 
sugar  cane  whisky  (exclusively  for  the  use  of  commissioned 
officers)  eighty-five  dollars  per  quart  net,  and  other  neces- 
sities, such  as  playing  cards,  poker  checks,  and  tobacco,  reached 
enormous  prices.  Everybody  was  happy,  the  banks  were  offer- 
ing a  premium  for  the  new  issue,  the  old  Confederate  issue 
of  1862  fell  thirty-nine  points  in  seven  days ;  but  at  last  the 
boys  had  spent  their  last  dollar  and  it  was  in  the  hands  of 
the  money  devil. 

"Such  is  the  power  of  an  elastic  currency  when  based  upon 
the  faith  of  a  patriotic  people." 


The  foregoing  may  be  classed  as  a  joke;  but  the  comrade 
might  have  sent  a  private  note  admitting  that  it  was  a  hoax. 
Surely  he  did  not  mean  for  anybody  to  listen  to  his  account 
of  the  "dense  ignorance"  of  the  true  South.  The  name  is 
not  given,  because  it  seems  so  out  of  reason  that  such  a  thing 
should  have  been  carried  so  far. 


THE  GARB  OF  GLORY. 
They  wore  the  gray  in  the  old,  old  day, 

And  blue  was  the  garb  of  these; 
They  felt  the  press  in  the  Wilderness 

When   thunders   shook   the  trees. 
They  felt  the  press  in  the  Wilderness 

When  the  ramparts  burst  to  flame ; 
They  gave  their  years  and  their  women's  tears 

With  never  a  thought  of  fame. 
Now  gun  is  still  and  sword  in  sheath, 
And  we  weave  for  both  the  laurel  wreath. 

They  wore  the  gray  in  the  ended  fray, 

And  blue  was  the  garb  of  these; 
But  the  sons  of  gray  wear  the  blue  to-day 

And   the  wood   sings  harmonies. 
The  sons  are  they  of  the  men  in  gray, 

But  blue  are  their  mothers'  eyes; 
And  the  skies  of  gray  are  blue  alway 

With  the  blue  of  Southern  skies. 
On  the  brows  of  the  men  in  blue  appears 
The  silver  gray  of  the  vanished  years. 

[Selected  by  Mrs.  R.   A.  Halley,   Chicago,  from   Douglass 
Malloch's  "In  Forest  Land."] 


Qor?federat<?  l/eterai?. 


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PRESIDENT  DAVIS  AND  HIS  DOG,  TRAVELER. 

BY    L.    H.    L. 

By  the  natural  hypnotic  suggestion  of  custom  one's  first 
thought  of  Mr.  Davis  is  of  his  courage  and  daring  as  a  sol- 
dier or  of  his  brilliant  career  upon  the  forum  and  before  the 
people.  Few  even  among  his  most  ardent  admirers  knew  of 
the  infinite  tenderness,  the  abiding  gentleness  and  courtesy 
that  formed  so  large  a  part  of  his  complex  character.  Yet 
the  home  life  of  Mr.  Davis  would  make  as  beautiful  a  book 
as  &A  the  account  of  his  life  written  by  his  devoted  wife. 

He  was  very  fond  of  animals  and  birds,  and  knew  a 
great  deal  about  their  habits  and  peculiarities.  Every  wan- 
dering in  the  woods  for  him  was  made  beautiful  by  his 
"feathered  pensioners  of  the  air;"  for  he  rarely  ever  went 
out  without  bread,  crackers,  or  seed  to  meet  the  eager  de- 
mands of  his  tiny  friends.  He  always  gathered  the  scraps 
from  the  breakfast  table  to  feed  his  peafowls,  and  his  dress- 
ing gown  pockets  were  heavy  with  grain  for  his  beautiful 
pets — "the  bird  for  kings,"  as  some  one  calls  thorn.  He  had 
a  large  flock  of  these  peafowls,  of  which  he  was  very  proud 
and  fond.  Every  morning  Mr.  Davis  would  take  his  exercise 
on  a  short  pavement  leading  from  the  back  steps  at  Beau- 
voir.  "It  is  just  the  length  of  my  exercise  path  in  prison," 
he  would  tell  his  friends.  Up  and  down,  up  and  down  this 
pavement  he  would  walk,  at  his  heels  and  all  around  him  his 
flock  of  peafowls.  One  old  cock  especially  would  spread  his 
gorgeous  tail,  droop  his  wings,  and  strut  after  Mr.  Davis  in 
the  most  comical  fashion.  Evidently  the  bond  of  friendship 
between  the  two  uncrowned  kings  was  a  close  one. 

Fond  as  Mr  Davis  was  of  his  peafowls,  his  especial  pet 
was  his  dog,  Traveler.  This  dog  had  a  very  wonderful  his- 
tory. Mr.  Dorsey,  husband  of  Mrs.  Sara  Dorsey,  from  whom 
Mr.  Davis  purchased  Beauvoir,  was  a  man  in  whom  the  wan- 
derlust was  predominant,  and  he  had  traveled  all  over  the 
world.  On  the  Bernese  Alps  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dorsey  purchased 
a  young  puppy,  whose  father  was  a  Russian  bulldog.  This 
puppy  they  named  Traveler,  and  the  story  of  his  life  reads 
like  a  romance.  They  carried  the  young  dog  everywhere 
with  them,  and  he  was  trained  for  Mrs.  Dorsey's  special 
bodyguard.  Once  while  camping  on  the  Arabian  Desert  Mr 
Dorsey  had  one  of  his  Arabian  servants  punished  severely 
for  theft.  The  next  day  Mr.  Dorsey  and  some  of  the 
Arabians  went  a  two  days'  journey,  leaving  Mrs.  Dorsey  and 
the  camp  in  charge  of  an  old  Arab  sheik.  That  night  while 
asleep  under  the  tent  Mrs.  Dorsey  was  awakened  by  a  spring 
and  a  growl  from  Traveler,  then  the  shriek  of  a  man.  She 
sprang  from  her  cot,  got  a  light  quickly,  and  found  the  Arab 
who  had  been  beaten  by  Mr.  Dorsey's  orders  pinned  down  to 
the  ground  by  Traveler,  a  huge  knife  lying  beside  him,  where 
it  had  fallen  from  his  hand.  He  had  cut  his  way  into  the  tent 
and  crept  in,  evidently  determined  to  wreak  his  vengeance 
upon  her  for  the  stripes  he  had  received. 

Mrs.  Dorsey  had  magnificent  diamonds,  which  she  wore  one 
night  to  a  reception  at  the  Tuileries.  On  her  return  to  the 
hotel  she  went  at  once  to  her  room,  while  her  husband  and 
some  friends  walked  out  to  smoke.  She  went  quickly  to 
sleep,  but  was  aroused  by  the  sound  of  a  desperate  struggle 
on  the  floor,  where  Traveler  had  succeeded  in  throwing  the 
thief  who  had  followed  her,  attracted  by  the  glitter  of  her 
diamonds.  This  man  was  one  of  the  worst  characters  in 
Paris,  and  the  gallows  was  cheated  when  he  died  of  the 
wound  in  his  throat  torn  by  Traveler's  teeth. 

After  Mr.  Dorsey  died,  Traveler  was  given  to  Mr.  Davis, 
and  became  his  constant  companion  and  guard.     He  allowed 


no  one  to  come  on  the  place  whose  good  intent  he  had  any 
reason  to  suspect.  The  entire  place  was  under  his  care; 
not  a  window  or  door  was  locked  or  barred,  for  everything 
was  safe  while  Traveler  kept  his  sentry  march  on  the  wide 
porches  that  surrounded  the  house  on  every  side. 

If  Mr.  Davis  wished  to  safeguard  the  coming  and  going  of 
any  one  and  give  him  the  freedom  of  the  place  day  or  night, 
he  would  put  one  hand  on  the  person's  shoulder  and  the  other 
on  the  dog's  head  and  say:  "Traveler,  this  is  my  friend." 
The  dog  would  accept  the  introduction  very  gravely,  would 
smell  his  clothes  and  hands,  and  "size  him  up"  generally; 
but  he  never  forgot,  and  henceforth  Mr.  Davis's  "friend"  was 
safe  to  come  and  go  unmolested. 

As  fierce  as  the  dog  was  (and  he  was  feared  from  one  end 
of  the  beech  to  the  other),  and  as  bloody  as  was  his  record, 
he  was  as  gentle  as  a  lamb  with  little  children.  Mrs.  Davis's 
small  niece,  a  child  about  two  years  old,  made  the  dog  her 
chosen  playmate,  and  the  baby  and  dog  would  roll  together 
on  the  grass  in  highest  glee.  She  would  pull  his  hair,  pound 
on  his  head,  or  ride  around  the  place  on  his  back,  the  dog 
trotting  as  sedately  as  a  Shetland  pony.  This  child  lived 
some  little  distance  down  the  beech  ;  but  it  went  home  day 
after  day  in  perfect  safety,  guarded  and  guided  by  Traveler. 

Mr.  Davis  was  very  fond  of  young  girls,  and  many  enjoyed 
his  hospitality,  and  these  girls  Traveler  seemed  to  regard  as 
his  especial  charge.  If  they  went  to  walk  on  the  beech,  he 
always  appointed  himself  for  escort  duty;  he  would  rush 
around  in  hot  pursuit  of  fiddler  crabs,  which  was  a  pet  diver- 
sion of  his,  and  would  bark  and  throw  up  the  sand  with  his 
paws  in  wild  glee  when  he  had  succeeded  in  driving  a  num- 
ber of  the  ungainly  objects  into  the  sea.  This  was  only  when 
the  beech  was  clear  of  intruders.  Let  a  strange  man  or 
woman  appear,  and  Traveler  was  instantly  at  the  side  of  his 
charges,  and  it  would  have  taken  a  brave  man  to  molest  them 
in  any  way  in  defiance  of  those  bristling  teeth. 

But  even  fiddler  crabs  had  no  attraction  for  Traveler 
when  he  went  to  walk  with  Mr.  Davis.  He  was  then  a  body- 
guard pure  and  simple,  and  had  all  the  dignity  and  watchful- 
ness of  a  squad  of  soldiers  detailed  as  escorts.  Mr.  Davis 
would  become  buried  in  thought  and  almost  oblivious  to  sur- 
roundings. Traveler  had  his  own  ideas  of  what  was  right 
and  proper;  so  if  in  absorption  Mr.  Davis  would  walk  very 
close  to  the  water  Traveler  would  gently  take  his  trousers 
leg  in  his  teeth,  or  by  bounding  between  him  and  the  sea  he 
would  manage  to  call  attention  to  the  big  waves  coming  in. 

One  day  Traveler  seemed  very  droopy  and  in  pain.  As 
ordinary  measures  did  not  relieve  him,  Mr.  Davis  wrote  a 
note  to  a  friend  who  was  the  most  celebrated  physician  in 
that  part  of  the  country.  The  doctor  came,  but  nothing 
seemed  to  relieve  the  dog's  suffering.  All  night  he  moaned 
and  cried,  looking  up  into  Mr.  Davis's  face  with  big,  pathetic 
eyes  as  if  begging  help  from  the  hand  that  had  never  before 
failed  him.  All  those  long  hours  Mrs.  Dorsey,  Mr.  Davis, 
and  the  doctor  kept  their  hopeless  watch,  for  the  work  of  the 
vile  poisoner  had  been  too  well  done  for  any  remedy.  Just 
at  daylight  he  died,  his  head  on  Mr.  Davis's  knee  and  his 
master's  tears  falling  like  rain  upon  the  faithful  beast.  As 
Mr.  Davis  gently  laid  the  dead  dog  upon  the  rug  he  said 
softly:  "I  have  indeed  lost  a  friend." 

Traveler  was  put  in  a  coffinlike  box,  and  all  the  family  were 
present  at  his  funeral.  Mr.  Davis  softly  patted  the  box  with 
his  hand,  then  turned  away  before  it  was  lowered  in  the 
ground.  The  dog  was  buried  in  the  front  yard  of  Beauvoir, 
and  a  small  stone  beautifully  engraved  marks  the  place. 


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^oi}federat<^  l/eterap. 


DEATH  OF  A  CONFEDERATE  SOLDIER. 

Just  as  of  old,  with  fearless  foot 
And  placid  face  and  resolute, 
He  takes  the  faint,  mysterious  trail 
That  leads  beyond  our  earthly  hail. 

We  would  cry  as  in  last  farewell 
But  that  his  hand  waves  and  a  spell 
Is  laid  upon  our  tongues,  and  thus 
He  takes  unworded  leave  of  us. 

And  it  is  fitting.     As  he  fared 
Here  with  us,  so  is  he  prepared 
For  any  fortuning  the  night 
May  hold  for  him  beyond  our  sight. 

The  moon  and  stars  they  still  attend 
His  wandering  footsteps  to  the  end; 
He  did  not  question,  nor  will  we, 
Their  guidance  and  security. 

So,  never  parting  word  nor  cry, 
We  feel  with  him  that  by  and  by 
Our  onward  trails  will  meet,  and  then 
Merge  and  be  ever  one  again. 

Dr.  James  H.  Reed. 

Dr.  James  H.  Reed,  one  of  our  Confederate  comrades,  re- 
, — i  -sided  for  a  long  while  at  Battle  Creek,  Mich.,  where  he  made 
lasting  friendships.  At  a  meeting  in  his  honor  the  physicians 
of  that  city  requested  M.  B.  Duffie,  a  personal  friend  (not  a 
physician),  to  speak  of  Dr.  Reed.  Mr.  Duffie  told  the  story  of 
his  acquaintance  with  the  deceased.  It  was  similar  to  the  feel- 
ing that  one  true  man  entertains  for  another  who  has  fought 
against  him.  Dr.  Reed  served  in  the  14th  Mississippi  In- 
fantry, while  Mr.  Duffie  was  a  member  of  the  19th  Michigan 
Infantry.  Both  were  prisoners  part  of  the  war.  The  latter 
was  captured  by  the  former's  command  in  an  engagement 
that  occurred  between  Spring  Hill  and  Thompson's  Station, 
Tenn. 

Dr.  Reed  as  a  resident  of  Michigan  conformed  carefully 
to  the  customs  of  the  people.  On  the  Fourth  of  July  his  home 
was  conspicuous  in  decorations.  When  the  Spanish  War  be- 
gan,  Dr.  Reed  "buckled  a  sword  belt  around  his  own  blue- 
coated  son"  to  serve  the  country.  He  was  popular  with  Un- 
ion veterans  generally,  and  by  the  service  held  in  his  honor 
he  was  evidently  a  worthy  representative  of  his  Dixie  land. 

"When  the  gray-coated  legions  went  down  in  defeat 
And  their  bugles   resounded  a  hopeless  retreat; 
When  their  battle-torn  banner,  the  stars  and  the  bars, 
Paid  obeisance  at  last  to  the  stripes  and  the  stars ; 
When  their  muskets  were  stacked  and  sabers  sheathed 
And  peace  to  our  country  at  last  was  bequeathed — 


Then,  then  came  the  time  when  hatred  should  cease 
To  welcome  the  dawn  of  an  era  of  peace. 
No  North  and  no  South,  no  East  and  no  West; 
We  stand  now  to-day  a  nation  most  blest. 

For  those  who  went  down  in  the  smoke  of  the  strife 
And  sacrificed  all — yea,  even  their  life — 
A  tear  and  a  cheer  are  justly  their  due — 
A  tear  for  the  Gray,  a  cheer  for  the  Blue." 

Dr.  James  Madison  McLaughlin. 

Dr.  J.  M.  McLaughlin,  who  died  at  Springville,  Ala.,  on 
October  23,  1908,  was  born  at  Leeds,  Jefferson  County,  Ala., 
in  March,  1838.  He  was  the  son  of  John  McLaughlin,  one  of 
the  first  settlers  of  Tennessee,  who  removed  later  to  Alabama, 
and  whose  father,  Alexander  Andrew  McLaughlin,  emigrated 
from  Scotland  to  Tennessee. 

James  McLaughlin  read  medicine  with  Drs.  Robertson  and 
Freeman  at  Springville,  and  then  attended  the  Atlanta  Medi- 
cal College  for  two  years.  From  that  place  he  enlisted  in  the 
Confederate  army  as  a  member  of  Company  C,  18th  Alabama 


1.           3ftfc    f 

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"IB  v 

DR.   J.    M.    M  LAUGHLIN. 

Regiment,  and  was  soon  made  captain  of  the  company.  In 
1864  he  was  appointed  lieutenant  colonel,  as  which  he  con- 
tinued to  the  close  of  the  war.  He  had  declined  the  appoint- 
ment as  assistant  surgeon  of  his  regiment. 

Dr.  McLaughlin  was  married  in  1877  to  Miss  Isadora  For- 
man,  and  their  one  child  is  Mrs.  Katherine  Burt  Forney, 
widow  of  the  late  Prof.  Jacob  Forney,  of  the  Alabama  State 
University.  Comrade  McLaughlin  was  a  loving  husband  and 
father,  a  good  citizen,  a  brave  soldier,  and  a  Christian  gentle- 
man. 

Rogers. — Capt.  Charles  Austin  Rogers,  for  many  years  a 
resident  of  Mexico,  Mo.,  died  at  the  hospital  in  Fulton,  Mo., 
on  January  5,  1909,  aged  about  eighty-two  years.  He  was  cap- 
tain of  Company  K,  1st  Missouri  Cavalry,  and  was  a  brave 
and  gallant  soldier.  He  was  also  a  soldier  of  the  war  with 
Mexico. 


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W.    C.    W1LKERSON. 


W.    C.    WiLKERSON. 

W.  C.  Wilkerson  was  born  in  Birr,  King  County,  Ireland, 
in  March,  1836.  He  came  to  America  in  1856,  and  lived  first 
in  Mississippi  City  and  later  in  New  Orleans.  He  became 
very  much  interested  in  the  burning  questions  of  the  times, 
and  very  earnestly  espoused  the  cause  of  the  South,  making 
it  his  own.  He  joined  the  Louisiana  Guards,  Walton's  Bat- 
talion, and  with  them  took  a  gallant  part  in  the  capture  of  the 

arsenal  at  Baton 
Rouge.  Later  Mr. 
Wilkerson  served 

with  Hays's  Brigade 
in  the  battles  around 
Richmond,  and  was  in 
Second  Manassas,  the 
Sharpsburg  campaign, 
and  at  Fredericks- 
burg. In  1863  he  re- 
ceived from  Mr. 
Davis  personally  a 
commission  as  lieu- 
tenant. He  was  cap- 
tured on  the  Gulf 
Coast  and  was  held  a 
prisoner  of  war  at 
Fort  Lafayette,  New 
York  Harbor,  and  at 
Fort  Delaware  until 
June,   1865. 

After  the  war  he 
settled  at  Silver 
Springs  and  devoted  his  time  to  mercantile  and  banking  pur- 
suits. He  was  a  devoted  member  of  the  Methodist  Church 
and  a  loyal  Pythian.  He  was  kind,  genial,  and  demonstrative, 
and  his  eyes  were  the  windows  of  his  soul  and  his  tongue  a 
silver  bell  that  rang  only  to  notes  of  truth  and  righteousness. 

Mr.  Wilkerson  married  Miss  Gabrielle  Berner,  and  one 
daugbler  came  to  bless  this  union.  In  tSq;  he  married  Miss 
Sara  Summers,  who  survives  to  mourn  the  loss  of  a  true  and 
devoted  husband. 

Capt.  G.  W.  Jackson. 

Capt.  George  W.  Jackson,  late  captain  of  Company  B,  2d 
Kentucky  Mounted  Rifles,  died  at  his  residence,  near  Nep- 
1  11  Renting  County,  Ky.,  on  the  gth  of  February,  1909,  in 
the  seventy- fourth  year  of  his  age.  He  was  a  native  of 
Fleming  County,  born  May  20,  1835. 

Captain  Jackson  enlisted  in  the  cause  of  the  Confederacy 
early  in  the  year  1861,  serving  as  a  private  in  the  State  of 
Georgia.  When  General  Bragg  advanced  his  army  into  the 
Stale  of  Kentucky  during  the  summer  and  autumn  of  1862, 
he  returned  to  Kentucky,  and  with  a  commission  of  captain 
recruited  and  organized  a  company  for  the  Confederate  serv- 
ice which  was  attached  to  the  2d  Kentucky  Mounted  Rifles 
of  Gen.  Humphrey  Marshall's  brigade.  It  was  then  operating 
in  Northeastern  Kentucky  and  Southwestern  Virginia,  and 
nod  to  serve  there  until  the  summer  and  autumn  of 
when  the  command  was  ordered  to  North  Georgia.  It 
there  participated  in  the  battle  of  Chickamauga  and  the  opera- 
tions immediately  succeeding  that  engagement,  including  Gen- 
eral Wheeler's  famous  raid  in  the  rear  of  General  Rosecrans's 
army. 

During  the  month  of  December,  1863,  Captain  Jackson  was 
ordered  with  bis  company  and  battalion  to  Jacksonville,  Ala  . 
with  a  view  to  going  into  winter  quarters  and  recruiting  their 


stock.  Soon,  however,  orders  were  received  (during  the  Christ- 
mas holidays)  to  move  by  way  of  Atlanta  through  Georgia, 
South  and  North  Carolina  to  Southwestern  Virginia. 

Attached  to  the  command  of  Gen.  John  H.  Morgan  during 
one  of  the  raids  of  that  gallant  chieftain,  he  was  captured  in 
the  engagement  of  Cynthiana,  Ky.,  on  June  12,  1864,  and  con- 
fined as  prisoner  at  Johnson's  Island  until  the  surrender  of 
the  Confederate  armies. 

Captain  Jackson  was  married  on  November  12,  1872,  to  Miss 
Luvenia  C.  Teagar,  who,  with  an  interesting  family  of  five 
sons  and  two  daughters,  survives  him.  So  has  answered  to 
the  last  call  another  of  the  Southland's  brave  and  steadfast  sol- 
diers to  join  the  hosts  that  have  gone  before.  "One  by  one 
the  sands  arc  falling." 

Solon  Kelly. 

On  the  17th  nf  June,  1908,  Solon  Kelly  answered  to  the  last 
roll  calling  him  from  the  battle  of  life  to  eternal  rest.  Early 
in  1861  he  enlisted  in  Company  A,  56th  Alabama  Regiment, 
(n  Huntsville,  Ala.,  and  participated  in  many  battles,  among 
which  were  those  of  Shiloh  and  Corinth.  He  was  captured 
and  paroled  at  Vicksburg. 

After  the  war  he  settled  near  Huntsville  and  successfulh 
engaged  in  farming.  In  March.  1879,  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Avie  Hohbs,  of  Huntsville,  who,  with  two  children,  Hub 
bard  Kelly,  of  that  place,  and  Mrs.  Ambrose  Grayson,  of 
Shawnee,  Okla.,  survives  him. 

He  was  a  member  of  Egbert  Jones  Camp,  and  was  buried: 
by  its  few  remaining  members.  He  was  a  subscriber  for  tin 
Confederate  Veteran  since  its  birth,  being  ever  zealous  ofi 
the  cause  set  forth  in  each  issue. 

[By  Mrs.  A.  L.  O.,  a  Confederate  soldier's  daughter.] 

Dr.   S.  W.  Robinson. 

Dr.  S.  W.  Robinson  was  born  in  Orangeburg,  S.  C. ;  and 
died  at  his  home,  in  Rankin  County,  Miss.,  in  November. 
1908,  in  his  seventy-third  year.  In  his  youth  he  removed  to 
Mississippi  and  settled  near  Pisgah,  which  continued  to  be  hi.' 
home.  He  prepared  himself  for  a  physician,  and  had  reached 
the  fronk  rank  in  the  practice  of  his  profession;  but  when 
the  war  came  on  he  enlisted  in  Company  G,  28th  Mississippi 
Cavalry,  as  a  private,  and  faithfully  did  his  duty  until  cap- 
tured and  sent  to  Camp  Douglas,  where  he  remained  till  the 
end  of  the  war.  Through  his  knowledge  of  medicine  Dr 
Robinson  was  detailed  as  assistant  to  the  prison  surgeon,  and 
became  as  a  ministering  angel  to  his  suffering  comrades, 
saving  their  lives  and  keeping  them  true  to  their  principles, 
for  he  dared  there  to  assert  and  maintain  the  principles  upon 
which  his  people  went  to  war.  As  a  soldier  he  was  ever 
true,  as  a  citizen  public-spirited  and  charitable,  as  a  friend 
ever  ready  to  serve,  and  as  a  physician  devoted  and  faithful. 

William  Miller. 
The  death  of  William  Miller  at  Lebanon  Church,  Va.,  on 
the  7th  of  January,  1909,  caused  general  sorrow  in  his  com- 
munity. He  was  born  there,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Nancy 
Claggett  Miller,  and  ever  lived  there  except  during  the  war 
He  served  in  Company  E,  nth  Virginia  Cavalry  (the  famous 
Laurel  Brigade),  and  he  faithfully  performed  the  duties  of  a 
soldier.  After  the  war  he  preserved  the  comradeships  thus 
formed  He  was  Chaplain  of  his  Camp,  and  always  enjoyed 
attending  Reunions,  to  which  he  was  generally  a  delegate 
He  was  a  strong  worker  and  officer  in  his  Church  as  well. 
He  was  twice  married,  and  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  chil- 
dren—two sons  and  a  daughter. 


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(^Otyfederat^  l/eteraij. 


Deaths  in  Camp  Lomax,  Montgomery,  Ala. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted  at  the  last  meeting 
of  Camp  Lomax,  U.   C.  V. : 

"Be  it  resolved  by  Camp  Lomax,  No.  151,  U.  C.  V.,  that  in 
the  loss  of  our  seven  comrades,  M.  B.  Graham,  W.  M.  Gilky, 
John  G.  Harris,  E.  G.  Rike,  C.  A.  Lanier,  J.  P.  Bryan,  and 
L.  C.  Strong,  the  United  Confederate  Veterans  have  lost 
loyal,  brave,  and  devoted  brothers,  the  State  faithful  and 
patriotic  citizens,  and  mankind  generous  and  unselfish  exam- 
ples of  lofty  patriotism  and  fearless  devotion  to  duty." 

Thomas  L.  Rogers. 
Thomas  L.  Rogers,  of  Pawhuska,  Okla ,  who  was  a  Con- 
federate soldier  under  General  Stanwatie,  died  on  the  1st 
of  January,  1909,  aged  seventy-one  years.  He  was  the  first 
lieutenant  under  Captain  Butler,  joining  the  Confederate 
army  at  Denmark,  Ind.  T.,  in  1861,  and  serving  throughout 
the  war  with  much  credit.  He  was  a  mixed-blood  Cherokee 
Indian,  and  very  prominent  in  Indian  matters  after  the  war. 
He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Masonic  Fraternity,  being 
a  thirty-second-degree  Mason,  and  his  funeral  was  conducted 
with  Masonic  ceremonies.  The  funeral  procession  was  led 
by  ex-Confederate  and  ex-Union  soldiers.  To  his  death  he 
retained  the  love  of  the  Confederacy,  and  it  was  his  pride 
to  don  the  suit  of  Confederate  gray  which  he  always  kept  on 
hand.  His  friends  were  loyal,  and  general  sorrow  has  been 
felt  over  his  death.  His  life  after  the  war  reflected  honor 
and  credit  upon  the  cause  for  which  he  fought. 

P  William   Mitchell. 

It  is  with  a  sad  heart  that  I  have  to  record  the  death  of 
my  old  comrade  and  lifelong  friend,  William  Mitchell,  who 
died  January  4,  1909,  in  Quincy,  Fla.  He  and  a  number  of 
boys,  including  myself,  under  the  age  of  sixteen  enlisted  in 
January,  1862,  in  Company  C,  6th  Florida  Regiment.  He 
was  taken  prisoner  in  one  of  the  battles  near  Atlanta,  Ga., 
and  was  confined  for  many  months  in  that  accursed  Camp 
Chase  (Ohio)  Prison.  Not  long  before  the  war  closed  he, 
with  a  number  of  others,  was  released,  and  on  returning 
South  he  rejoined  his  regiment  and  served  until  the  close 
of  the  war.  I  knew  this  man  intimately  for  fifty  years  both 
in  the  army  and  as  a  citizen,  and  I  don't  believe  that  Presi- 
dent Davis  had  a  braver  or  more  loyal  soldier  or  the  State 
of  Florida  a  better  citizen  than  Comrade  Bill  Mitchell.  In 
his  death  he  leaves  behind  him  the  thing  most  devoutly 
wished  for — a  blessed  memory. 

[Sketch  by  A.  S.  McBride,  Quincy,  Fla] 

John  G.  Wheeler. 

Col.  J.  G.  Wheeler  died  at  his  home,  in  Manor,  Tex.,  late 
in  February,  1909.  In  the  Veteran  for  September,  1903, 
page  393,  appears  an  account  of  Comrade  Wheeler  in  the  bat- 
tle of  the  Wilderness,  taking  General  Lee's  horse  by  the 
bridle  and  urging  him  to  go  to  the  rear  with  the  plea :  "Don't 
go,  General.  We  will  go  without  you."  [It  will  be  remem- 
bered that  the  time  and  place  of  this  occurrence  were  much 
discussed  in  the  Veteran  •some  years  ago,  and  it  is  quite  evi- 
dent that  at  two  places — perhaps  May  6  and  12 — quite  similar 
events  occurred.] 

"Colonel  Wheeler  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  a  retired 
merchant  and  banker.  He  was  a  man  of  unusual  originality, 
intellect,  and  culture,  a  strong  man  in  the  widest  sense,  a  man 
of  sterling  integrity  and  the  highest  ideals. 

"J.  G.  Wheeler,  born  in  Marshall  County,  Ala.,  March  13, 
1834,  came  to  Texas  in  1834  with  his  mother  and  brother  and 


settled  in  Hays  County,  Tex.  At  the  beginning  of  the  war 
he  was  editing  a  paper  at  La  Grange,  Tex.,  but  closed  the 
paper  and  went  with  the  Terry  Rangers  to  Kentucky.  He  was 
attacked  with  pneumonia  and  discharged  from  the  army,  so 
severe  was  his  illness,  and  came  home  and  remained  till  the 
following  June,  when  he  went  to  Virginia  and  joined  Hood's 


COL.    J.    G.    WHEELER. 

Brigade.  He  participated  in  many  battles  there,  including 
that  of  the  Wilderness,  in  which  he  lost  his  left  arm. 

"After  the  war  he  returned  to  Texas,  and  at  the  first  elec- 
tion in  Travis  County  after  the  war  he  was  elected  to  the 
office  of  County  Clerk,  from  which  office  he  was  removed 
under  the  reconstruction  laws,  shortly  after  which  he  built 
a  storehouse  where  Manor  is  now  located,  and  the  post  office 
was  known  as  Wheeler's  store.  He  lived  at  Manor  from  that 
time  until  his  death. 

"In  1867  he  was  married  to  Miss  Maggie  Brown,  of  Bexar 
County,  Tex.  By  this  marriage  they  had  ten  children.  All 
of  his  children  except  two  live  at  Manor. 

"His  brother,  ex-Lieut.  Gov.  T.  B.  Wheeler,  of  Arkansas 
Pass,  and  Governor  Wheeler's  son  and  all  of  Colonel  Wheel- 
er's children  were  at  the  funeral  except  Thomas  Benton 
Wheeler,  who  was  unavoidably  absent.  A  large  concourse 
of  friends  attended  the  funeral,  and  the  heartfelt  sympathy 
of  the  entire  community  goes  out  to  the  bereaved  children  of 
our  departed  friend  and  neighbor." 

Judge  William  A.  Roby. 

On  Friday,  February  19,  1909,  Judge  William  A.  Roby,  one 
of  the  best-known  and  best-loved  citizens  of  Ashley  County, 
died  at  his  home,  in  Hamburg,  Ark. 

He  joined  the  army  when  a  mere  boy,  but  he  was  so  delicate 
that  his  officers  insisted  upon  his  applying  for  a  discharge. 
The  boy's  spirit  was  stronger  than  his  body,  and  he  refused  to 
leave.  He  served  bravely  till  the  end  of  the  war,  and  was 
one  of  the  best-loved  and  esteemed  members  of  his  regiment. 

He  was  an  example  of  true  Southern  manhood,  with  patri- 
otic fervor  and  a  warm  devotion  to  the  best  interests  of  his 
State.  He  was  a  true  friend,  a  courteous,  Christian  gentle- 
man, and  a  noble  member  of  the  Lodge  of  F.  and  A.  M. 


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Judge  Wyndham   Kemp. 
Judge  Wyndham  Kemp,  a  Virginian  and  a  hero  of  the  bat- 
tle of  New  Market,  where  the  V.  M.  I.  cadets  distinguished 
themselves,  a  member  of  the  squad  that  fired  the  salute  over 
the  grave  of  Stonewall  Jackson  when  he  was  buried,  and  a 


^■k 

£      JO*, 

1 

"^-^r 

julx;e  wyndham  kemp. 

member  of  one  of  the  oldest  law  firms  in  Texas,  died  in  El 
Paso  recently. 

Wyndham  Kemp  was  of  old  colonial  and  English  ancestry, 
the  son  of  Anne  Louise  (Perin)  Kemp  and  Judge  Wyndham 
Kemp.  He  was  born  January  3.  1845,  in  Gloucester  County, 
Va.,  where  he  was  reared.  In  1S61  lie  was  a  student  at  the 
Virginia  Military  Institute,  at  Lexington,  Va.  He  went  to 
the  front  with  the  corps  of  military  cadets  from  that  insti- 
tution, which   distinguished  itself. 

On  account  of  their  extreme  youth,  the  cadets  were  mus- 
tered out  following  the  battle  of  New  Market;  but  Wynd- 
ham  Kemp  soon  afterwards  became  a  member  of  the  Rich- 
mond Howitzers.  He  was  one  of  the  few  soldiers  to  fire  the 
salute  over  the  grave  of  Gen.  Stonewall  Jackson,  who  was 
mortally  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Chanccllorsville.  In  the 
battle  of  Sailor's  Creek  he  was  captured,  and  remained  a 
prisoner  until  the  close  of  the  war. 

After  the  close  of  the  war,  when  admitted  to  the  bar,  he 
went  to  Texas  and  located  at  Calvert,  where  he  became  a 
member  of  the  linn  of  Ii.i\is,  Beall  &  Kemp,  and  this  firm 
continued  to  exist  until  the  death  of  the  late  Maj.  B.  II. 
There  was  an  interim  of  a  year  in  the  partnership, 
when  on  account  of  poor  health  Judge  Kemp  resided  in  Pales- 
tine, He  went  to  El  Paso  in  [884,  renewing  the  partnership 
with  Major  Davis,  brother  of  the  late  Capt  Charles  Davis, 
former  Mayor  of  El  Paso,  and  later  they  were  joined  by 
T    .1    Beall. 

Wyndham  Kemp  was  first  married  at  Concord,  N.  C,  to 
Mary  Lewis   Maury,   February   7.    1876.     Of  tins   union   two 


children,  Maury'  Kemp  and  Anne  Perin  Kemp,  survive.  On 
February  14,  1888,  at  Snyder,  Tex.,  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Mary  Samuel  Herndon,  the  widow  who  survives 
him  with  their  four  children,  John  Page,  Emily  Wyndham, 
Herndon  B.,  and  Roland  Kemp.  Judge  Kemp  is  also  sur- 
vived by  two  sisters,  Mrs.  Emily  Page  and  Mrs.  Joseph  E. 
Washington,  of   Wessyngton,   Tenn. 

On  December  31,  while  entering  a  carriage  at  Fort  Bliss, 
Judge  Kemp  wrenched  the  muscles  of  his  leg,  and  had  been 
confined  to  his  home  since.  His  condition,  however,  was  not 
considered  serious  until  a  few  days  before  his  death.  Death 
was  due  to  heart  failure  and  a  complication  of  the  lungs. 

Judge  Kemp  had  for  years  been  chairman  of  the  El  Paso 
bar  committee.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Sons  of 
the  Revolution,  also  a  member  of  John  C.  Brown  Camp,  Con- 
federate Veterans,  and  an  Odd  Fellow,  a  member  of  local 
Lodge  284.  The  deceased  was  a  vestryman  of  St.  Clement's 
Episcopal  Church.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was  City  At- 
torney of  El  Paso  and  a  member  of  the  Public  School  Board. 
He  was  also  chairman  of  the  County  Democratic  Committee. 
Flags  on  the  City  Hall  and  courthouse  were  at  half-mast  on 
the  day  of  the  funeral. 

Upon  receiving  word  of  his  death  Mayor  Sweeney  sent  a 
notice  of  his  death  to  the  Superintendent  of  the  Virginia 
Military  Institute,  at  Lexington,  Va. 

Attendance  at  Judge  Kemp's  Funeral. 
The  El  Paso  papers  show  the  high  esteem  in  which  Judge 
Kemp  was  held  by  his  people,  where  he  lived  for  many  years 
They  report  attendance,  official  organizations  of  Confederate 
Veterans  and  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  all  anxious 
to  show  their  regard  for  one  who  had  nobly  and  honorably 
worn  the  gray ;  then  the  bar,  to  which  he  belonged,  and 
the  Church,  of  which  he  was  a  humble  but  devoted  mem- 
ber. The  regular  army  was  represented  by  the  officers  from 
Fort  Bliss,  the  cadets  from  the  schools,  and  the  fraternal  so- 
cieties— old  and  young.  Judge  Kemp's  active  concern  for  the 
Veteran  was  coexistent  with  its  history,  while  his  personal 
interest  and  that  of  his  family  will  remain  a  sacred  comfort 
to  the  editor  of  the  Veteran. 

Gen.  Fayette  Hewitt. 

Gen.  Fayette  Hewitt,  one  of  Kentucky's  most  distinguished 
sons,  died  early  this  year  in  Frankfort,  and  was  buried 
in  Elizabethtown.  In  his  youth  he  was  a  close  student,  and 
at  an  age  when  most  boys  are  only  entering  college  he  had 
gone  through  the  usual  curriculum  in  languages,  mathematics, 
and  science.  His  close  devotion  to  his  library  told  upon  his. 
health,  and  he  went  to  Louisiana  as  an  invalid,  remaining 
there  several  years  and  receiving  appointments  of  high  honor 
not  only  from  the  government,  but  from  the  vote  of  the 
people  as  well.  Later  he  located  in  Washington,  and  was 
there  when  the  war  broke  out.  He  at  once  resigned  his  posi- 
tion under  the  government  and  went  to  Virginia  for  the  pur- 
pose  of  enlistment. 

The  newly  formed  Postal  Department  of  the  Confederacy 
wired  to  General  Hewitt  and  requested  his  assistance  in  or- 
ganization. He  remained  in  this  department  till  it  was  in  per- 
fect operation,  then  resigned  from  active  service.  His  record 
as  a  soldier  is  very  brilliant.  He  was  appointed  assistant 
adjutant  general  and  sent  for  duty  with  Gen  Albert  Pike, 
commanding  the  Department  of  the  Indian  Territory.  Later 
by  transfers  he  served  under  Generals  Hindman,  Holmes,  and 
Walker,  and  was  appointed  to  the  staff  of  General  Rreckin- 
ridgi  .      General    Helm    being    without    an    adjutant.    Genera' 


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Qoi}federat^  l/eterai). 


Hewitt  was  transferred  to  his  staff,  and  was  with  this  com- 
mand at  the  battle  of  Jackson.  Later  in  the  campaign  in  Ten- 
nessee he  was  in  the  battle  of  Chickamauga  and  all  the  subse- 
quent engagements  in  which  Helm's  command  took  part. 

His  courage  was  of  that  superior  kind  which  enables  a  man 
to  be  perfectly  collected  and  cool  and  not  to  be  thrown  off 
his  guard  or  unsteadied  by  the  most  imminent  and  trying 
danger.  Going  into  the  battle  of  Entrenchment  Creek,  he  saw 
a  soldier  throw  away  his  blanket  because  it  was  so  in  the 
way  while  fighting.  General  Hewitt  remonstrated  and  told 
the  man  he  would  need  it  if  wounded.  Then  he  tied  the 
blanket  behind  his  own  horse.  This  horse  was  shot  under 
him,  and  General  Hewitt  unbuckled  the  blanket  and  carried 
it  till  another  horse  was  procured.  After  the  battle  General 
Hewitt  restored  the  blanket  to  its  owner,  who  was  in  the  field 
hospital  badly  wounded.  The  man  said  he  had  seen  the  horse 
shot ;  and  if  it  had  been  him  he  would  never  have  thought 
of  that  blanket,  but  only  of  getting  away.  Besides  this 
horse,  he  had  two  others  shot  under  him,  but  was  never  in- 
jured himself,  though  balls  repeatedly  passed  through  his 
clothing  and  hat  and  once  through  his  hair. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  he  went  to  Elizabethtown,  Ky.,  and 
for  a  time  was  principal  of  the  Female  Seminary.  Then  when 
the  expatriation  law  was  repealed  he  resumed  his  practice  of 
law,  combining  with  this  many  years  of  hard  work  for  ques- 
tions of  State,  keeping  ever  what  was  best  for  his  people  be- 
fore his  eyes,  and  never  being  wearied  in  his  endeavors  to 
carry  out  all  laws.  His  private  character  was  as  noble  as 
his  public  character  was  grand  and  worthy  of  all  imitation. 
He  was  brave,  courteous,  unassuming,  generous  to  an  ex- 
treme, kind  and  obliging,  a  considerate  friend,  and  a  brave 
and  knightly  foe.  In  his  death  Kentucky  lost  a  splendid  citi- 
zen and  many  citizens  lost  a  perfect  friend. 

Miss  Emily  Mason. 

"Death  loves  a  shining  mark,"  and  yet  at  times  he  will 
leave  the  most  brilliant  untouched  for  years,  that,  like  tall 
church  spires,  they  may  point  a  guiding  finger  heavenward. 

Miss  Emily  Mason  was  born  in  Kentucky,  but  of  Virginia 
ancestry,  and  lived  in  the  latter  State  till  her  fifteenth  year, 
when  her  family  moved  to  Washington.  She  met  and  knew 
all  the  Presidents  from  Monroe  to  Roosevelt,  and  she  spent 
a  part  of  her  girlhood  as  the  guest  of  her  brother,  the  Gov- 
ernor of  Michigan. 

During  the  Civil  War  she  was  much  engaged  in  hospital 
work,  being  at  the  head  of  the  Georgia  division  in  Wynder 
Hospital  with  eight  hundred  men  under  her  care.  The  or- 
phans of  some  of  these  men  she  took  under  her  own  protec- 
tion. After  Lee's  surrender  she  had  thirty  of  these  depending 
upon  her,  all  of  whom  she  placed  so  well  that  they  became 
self-supporting  or,  marrying  well,  became  the  heads  of  pros- 
perous families. 

In  the  death  of  Miss  Mason,  on  February  16,  1909,  one  of 
the  most  notable  figures  of  Washington  society  has  passed 
away.  Tall,  erect,  with  her  abundant  white  hair  worn  in  the 
fashion  of  fifty  years  ago,  she  attracted  all  attention  at  once, 
and  her  sparkling  black  eyes  and  vivacious  manner  held  en- 
tranced all  who  were  so  fortunate  as  to  be  thrown  with  her. 

She  was  ninety-three  years  old,  yet  "time  could  not  wither 
nor  custom  state  her  infinite  variety."  By  the  right  divine  of 
intellect,  courtesy,  and  the  marvelous  charm  of  her  brilliant 
conversational  gift  she  held  a  social  sway  that  was  never 
questioned.  Her  afternoon  teas  were  veritable  salons,  and 
she  their  heart  and  the  center  of  attraction.     Like  Madam  De 


Stael,  she  was  the  empress  of  intellect,  and  like  her  too  she 
wore  her  crown  with  modesty.  She  was  the  honored  guest 
wherever  she  appeared,  and  to  the  end  of  her  life  men  burned 
incense  at  her  shrine. 

Miss  Mason  wrote  only  one  book,  but  was  a  constant  con- 
tributor to  the  best  magazines.  She  was  a  fine  linguist,  having 
crossed  the   ocean   fifty  times,  and  spent  many  years  at   for- 


M1>S    EMILY    MASON. 

eign  courts.  She  was  introduced  at  the  court  of  Alfonso  of 
Spain,  was  a  close  friend  of  the  Empress  Eugenie,  and  was 
presented  at  the  Austrian  court  and  received  on  the  most 
intimate  terms  by  the  Royal  Duke  and  Duchess.  Her  court 
dress  of  scarlet  velvet  and  gold  embroidery  was  given  by 
her  to  the  Catholic  Church  and  cut  up  into  vestments. 

Her  funeral  was  conducted  by  the  highest  Church  dignities, 
and  w'as  notable  for  the  marvelous  profusion  of  flowers,  the 
gifts  of  statesmen,  public  organizations,  and  of  the  friends 
who  were  so  tender  and  loving. 

John  Walker  Robinson. 
One  by  one  the  gallant  old  Confederates  are  being  gath- 
ered home.  The  one  now  to  answer  the  last  roll  is  John 
Walker  Robinson,  who  died  at  his  home,  near  Mansfield, 
Newton  County,  Ga.,  March  3,  1909,  aged  sixty-three.  He 
entered  the  service  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  and  was  rapidly 
promoted,  serving  at  last  on  the  staff  of  Gen.  Sidney  Morris. 
He  was  captured  in  January,  1864,  and  kept  prisoner  in  Camp 
Douglas  till  May,  1865.  He  was  a  brave  and  noble  gentleman 
and  soldier,  a  typical  knight  of  the  Old  South.  He  was  uni- 
versally beloved,  and  his  funeral  was  attended  by  a  large 
concourse  of  friends,  including  his  Camp,  the  Jefferson  Lamar 
of  Covington,  by  whom  he  was  highly  esteemed. 


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STATISTICS  OF  SOLDIERS  IN  BOTH  .  I  KM  IBS. 

BY    GEN.    GATES    P.    THKUSTON    ( U.    S.    A.),    NASHVILLE,    TENN. 

I  notice  in  the  excellent  March  number  of  the  Confederate 
Veteran  that  you  reprint  from  the  Baltimore  Sun  Mr.  Cas- 
senove  G.  Lce'.s  ancient  Civil  War  statistics  as  to  the  num- 
ber of  soldiers  in  the  armies  of  the  North  and  South.  There 
is  no  historical  foundation  whatever  for  the  statement  made 
by  him  that  the  "total  enlistments  in  the  Confederate  army" 
consisted  of  "six  hundred  thousand  men." 

A  much  more  distinguished  and  reliable  Southern  authority, 
Dr.  Woodrow  Wilson,  of  Virginia  (now  Presidenl  of  Prince 
ton  College),  in  his  admirable  "History  of  the  American  Peo- 
ple" states  the  number  of  Federal  and  Confederate  soldiers 
in  the  Civil  War  as  follows:  "In  the  North  four  men  out  of 
every  nine  of  the  military  population  had  enlisted  Foi  a  serv- 
ice of  three  years  in  the  field — in  all,  1.700.000  out  of  a  mili- 
tary population  of  .4.000.000."  (Volume  IV..  page  267  )  And 
again  (pace  267)  he  gives  the  numbers  in  the  Confederate 
armies  as  follows:  "The  total  military  population  of  the  South 
(the  seceding  States)  was  but  1,065.000.  Nine  hundred  thou- 
sand of  these  she  drew  into  her  armies  for  at  least  three  years 
of  service,  and  before  the  war  ended  mere  half-grown  hoys  and 
men  grown  old  were  included  in  the  muster."  The  Confed- 
rate  soldiers  in  the  border  States  were  not  included  in  Dr. 
Wilson's  statement. 

In  the  carefully  prepared  "History  of  the  United  States," 
by  Mr.  Waddy  Thompson,  of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  published  in  1004. 
after  its  Civil  War  chapters  had  been  received  by  that  prince 
of  gentlemen  and  soldier,  Gen.  John  B.  Gordon,  he  states  that 
"it  is  probable  thai  the  total  number  of  enlistments  in  the 
Confederate  armies  was  nearly  a  million."  (See  preface  ami 
page  406.) 

I  am  so  fond  of  the  editor  of  the  Confederate  Veteran 
and  read  the  magazine  with  so  much  pleasure  that  I  am 
anxious  that  it  shall  be  historically  accurate  in  its  statements 


1 iral   Thruston   has   been   studying   the   statistics   of  the 

two  armies  for  years,  and  there  can  he  no  question  of  his  ab- 
solute sincerity  in  seeking  to  have  the  truth  established:  but 
be  has  been  in  the  South  so  long  that  he  must  he  pardoned 
for  pride  in  reducing  discrepancy  of  numbers.  General  Thrus- 
ton is  one  of  the  best  citizens  in  the  South,  and  none  the  less 
good  for  having  married  twice  into  families  of  cultured,  ardent 
Southern  people.  True,  he  simply  quotes  in  the  foregoing 
from  cordially  accepted  Southern  authors;  yet  the  Veteran. 
while  having  due  esteem  for  him  and  them,  doe,  not  agrei  to 
quite  so  gnat  compromise  of  the  statistics  that  have  been 
so  long  accepted.  The  Union  army  reduced  from  J.S00.000 
to  [,700,000  and  the  Confederate  increased  from  000.000  to 
1.000,000  men  is  1-  0  great  a  difference.  Southern  authors 
should  be  very  careful  of  their  figures.  \  compromise  from 
both  sides  as  to  actual  three-year  soldiers  might  be  nearet 
the  truth. 

Amu  .111;    ESTIM  vie     \s     ro    FlGUl 

Rev.  Dr.  John  R  Deering,  of  Lexington,  Ky  .  refers  to  the 
article  (March  Veteran)  1>>  Mi  C.  t.  Lee  on  the  strength 
of  the  Northern  and  Southern  armies  in  the  great  war,  and 
expresses  the  opinion  : 

"It  is  correct,  1  believe,  save  that  it  does  not  include  as 
part  of  the  Union  strength  the  men  serving  on  the  Northern 
side  in  the  navy  of  the  I  nited  States.  The  author  of  'Lee 
and  His  Cause'  uses  the  same  figures  for  the  forces  of  the 
I  nited  States  engaged  on  land,  hut  increases  them  by  the 
number  of  men  in  the  naval   service  of  the   Union;   so  thai 


tlie  aggregated  strength  opposed  to  the  South  is  more  exactly 
represented  by  his  figures — namely,  2,087,776  men. 

"The  Encyclopedia  Britannica,  an  authority  of  high  reputa- 
tion for  fairness  and  accuracy,  gives  somewhat  smaller  num- 
bers— viz.,  2.759,049  men  'called  put'  by  the  Federal  govern- 
ment, and  as  in  actual  service  2,656,053  men.  The  difference 
is  not  great,  but  it  seems  to  me  that  fairness  requires  the  his- 
torian to  include  in  his  figures  the  thousands  of  hardy  and 
trained  seamen  who  fought  u-s  on  rivers,  coast-,  hays,  gulfs, 
and  high   seas  where  our  numbers   scarce  deserve   menti  in. 

"If  this  be  done  and  600,000  men  be  accepted  as  the  Con- 
federate strength,  it  will  he  seen  that  we  fought  a  good  fight. 
'0,  the  fearful  odds  of  that  unequal  fray' — almost  five  to  one! 
It  lacked  but  12,224  men  of  that — exactly.  \nd.  as  Mr.  Lee 
has  shown,  there  were  more  negroes  and  foreigners  against 
us  by  80,917  than  we  had  men  in  all  our  Southern  armies! 
Leaving  out  all  differences  in  supplies,  equipment,  transporta- 
tion, manufactories,  materials,  skilled  labor,  foreign  influence, 
national  credit,  and  the  like,  we  had  in  the  mere  mas,  of  men 
against  us  too  much  weigln  to  Overcome.  We  might  have 
done  more.   \et   could  not   have  been   successful" 


VICTOR  SMITH— "BILL   ARP,  IR." 

News  is  received  thai  Victor  Smith,  a  son  of  Mai.  Charles 
H.  Smith  ("Bill  Arp"),  died  at  his  home,  in  Bayonne,  N.  J., 
on  March  13.  Notice  is  given  herein  not  only  because  he 
was  the  son  of  a  Confederate,  but  through  personal  interest 
and  his     -.ill    rdinarj   careei    as  a  Southerner. 

Back  in  the  early  eighties  the  editor  of  the  Veteran  made 
a  most  strenuous  but  unsuccessful  effort  to  establish  Our 
Day,  "an  exponent  of  Southern  sentiment  in  New  York,"  and 
while  thus  engaged  he  received  a  letter  from  Major  Smith 
stating  that  his  son  Victor  was  in  that  city  and  he  had  writ- 
ten him  to  call.  The  bright  young  fellow  did  call,  and  an 
intimate  association  followed,  1  mtinuing  for  several  years 

His  romantic  experience  up  to  thai  time  from  his  leaving 
home  excels  fiction.  He  had  been  employed  on  construction 
of  the  railroad  line  connecting  Rome  and  Atlanta,  now  a 
part  of  the  Southern  system,  and  was  ambitious  to  become  a 
civil  engineer.  He  was  so  fine  with  a  pen.  however,  in  cor- 
respondence  and  drawing  thai  he  was  kept  at  clerical  work 
against  a  promise  made  by  his  chief,  so  he  determined  to 
quit;  and  knowing  it  was  against  his  fuller's  wish,  he  drifted 
North.  In  Cincinnati  lie  secured  employment  in  a  church 
choir,  having  a  fine  voice;  but  he  became  impatient  of  that 
and  moved  on  farther.  He  became  associated  with  a  young 
Canadian,  and  he  gave  his  last  forty  cents  to  sleep  in  a 
farmer's  barn.  The  farmer,  becoming  interested  in  him.  car- 
ried the  two  in  his  market  wagon  to  a  slaughter  house  in 
Baltimore  the  next  morning  and  made  a  plea  that  they  he 
given  work.  The  manager,  seeing  the  b"\  were  not  large 
and  strong  enough  for  the  work,  handed  them  a  couple  of 
doll, us  and  asked  them  to  trv  elsewhere.  Young  Smith  re 
sented  the  offer,  saving  he  was  not  a  beggar  hut  wanted  work 
lie  next  got  employment  on  a  farm  near  Baltimore,  and 
made  a  good  plow  boy.  He  forged  ahead  later  to  New  York, 
and  secured  a  clerkship  in  a  shoe  store  at  three  dollars  per 
week,  which  sum  he  shared  with  the  trilling  Canadian.  \  1 1  ■  r 
liaving  room  rent,  hifi  food  was  mainly  bread  and  water 
elapsed  before  his  family  knew  anything  of  him, 
.'lid  they  were  m  sore  distress,  ["he  joyous  news  reached 
gia  that  Victor  was  in  gooil  health  and  with  the  writer. 

\  ii  lor  Smith  was  ambitious  111  journalism  and  full  of 
nerve.  He  called  upon  Ballard  Smith.  Managing  Editor  of 
the  New  York   Herald,  who  gave  him  space   work       This   wis 


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precarious ;  but  he  was  getting  a  good  start,  when  one  day  his 
chief  spoke  rudely  to  him  and  he  instantly  resigned.  In  the 
meantime  he  began  to  write  stories  for  the  New  York  Ledger. 
He  would  go  to  the  Ledger  office  and  see  Mr.  Bonner  in  per- 
son, who  would  take  the  story  and  in  a  week  return  it  to  him 
or  give  him  ten  dollars. 

One  day  he  called  at  the  Tribune  office  and  sought  employ- 
ment. The  managing  editor  being  absent,  his  assistant,  Mr. 
Rhodes,  became  interested  in  the  youth  and  gave  him  work, 
and  he  got  on  quite  well  in  space  work;  but  he  resented  "cut 
of  copy"  and  resigned.  He  had  become  so  useful  to  the 
Tribune  that  differences  were  reconciled  by  his  copy  going 
direct  to  the  foreman  with  no  censor  upon  it ;  yet  he  was  the 
only  Democrat  who  wrote  for  the  paper  and  he  was  the  only 
writer  on  the  paper  so  trusted. 

During  his  connection  with  the  Tribune  the  owner  of  the 
paper,  Mr.  Whitelaw  Reid,  then  Minister  to  England,  cabled 
orders  to  have  Victor  Smith  write  its  anniversary  history. 
On  the  occasion  of  a  death  in  Mrs.  Reid's  family  at  the  home 
of  Mr.  Mills  (owner  of  the  great  Mills  Building)  Victor  Smith 
was  assigned  to  the  work  of  reporting  the  event,  and  he  was 
often  with  the  family  through  personal  esteem. 

The  racing  interests  were  of  so  great  pecuniary  concern 
that  the  Dwyers  and  other  famous  horsemen — "the  board  of 
control" — made  Victor  Smith  one  of  the  judges  "on  all  race 
tracks  within  the  metropolitan  circuit"  at  a  salary  (the  writer 
understands)  of  ten  thousand  dollars  a  year.  Later  the 
Jockey  Club,  which  had  superseded  the  board  of  control,  re- 
appointed him  as  judge. 

In  the  fall  of  1894  he  gave  up  the  race  course,  returning  to 
journalism,  and  became  a  member  of  the  editorial  staff  of 
the  New  York  Press.  He  established  its  strongest  feature, 
"The  Tip  of  the  Tongue."  During  its  existence  Victor  wrote 
for  Our  Day  some  good  articles,  prose  and  poetry,  as  "Bill 
Arp,  Jr." 

With  all  of  his  varied  experiences  Victor  Smith  remem- 
bered the  old  folks  at  home.  He  married,  and  is  survived  by 
his  wife  and  a  son. 


OFFICIAL  COMMENT  ON  THE  BOY  SON  PAPER. 

BY    MRS.    LIZZIE    GEORGE    HENDERSON,    FORMER    PRESIDENT. 

To  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy: 

Since  the  judges  for  the  U.  D.  C.  prize  paper  in  Columbia 
University  were  selected  at  the  beginning  of  my  first  term 
as  your  President  General,  and  moreover  since  I  as  a  member 
of  the  committee  to  select  those  judges  (appointed  by  my 
predecessor,  Mrs.  Smythe)  am  partly  responsible  for  the  se- 
lection of  these  judges,  I  deem  it  not  out  of  place  for  me, 
after  all  that  has  been  said  and  done  concerning  their  recent 
awarding  of  the  prize  for  1907  to  Miss  Boyson,  to  write  this 
communication  to  you  with  regard  to  the  committee's  action. 

Referring  to  the  minutes  of  the  St.  Louis  Convention,  you 
will  see  from  the  discussion  of  the  resolution  establishing 
that  prize  that  the  one  thing  which  controlled  us  in  that 
action  was  the  fact  that  we  could  in  this  way  stimulate  those 
from  all  sections,  and  particularly  from  the  North,  who  were 
preparing  themselves  to  teach  the  youth  of  the  country,  to 
study  authentic  histories  as  to  the  causes  leading  to  and  shap- 
ing the  South's  course  all  through  the  War  between  the 
States.  I  remember  that  in  the  discussion  some  one  said  she 
thought  it  would  be  better  to  establish  the  prize  in  a  university 
where  the  words  "white  pupils"  would  not  be  necessary. 

Those  of  us  who  appreciate  the  importance  of  using  every 
opportunity  offered  us  of  inducing  the  men  and  women  in  the 
North  who  were  to  teach  the  children  of  their  section  to  really 


go  into  a  thorough  study  of  all  connected  with  the  South's 
part  in  the  history  of  this  country  from  the  beginning  till 
after  the  reconstruction  period  was  passed  urged  that  as  our 
reason  for  putting  it  in  the  North.  For  well  we  knew  that 
when  the  people  of  the  North  knew  the  truth  of  history  with 
regard  to  our  actions  all  through  this  country's  history  we 
must  be  looked  upon  by  those  of  fair  minds  as  patriots  de- 
termined to  transmit  unshorn  to  our  children  the  rights  se- 
cured to  us  by  our  fathers  in  the  Constitution  of  these  United 
States  framed  by  them,  and  by  those  who  were  our  one-time 
enemies  as  at  least  honestly  mistaken  in  our  construction  of 
that  Constitution.  We  knew  also  that  when  once  the  truth 
of  history  with  regard  to  the  terrible  reconstruction  period 
was  known  the  bloody  shirt  might  wear  itself  into  tatters, 
waving  right  in  the  faces  of  the  people  once  so  ready  to  be- 
lieve all  accusations  against  us,  and  never  gain  for  itself  a 
hearing.  We  knew  that  the  time  had  come  when  for  these 
United  States  to  reach  the  destiny  mapped  out  for  them  by 
our  fathers,  North  and  South,  we  must  be  fair  to  each  other. 

We  must  remember  that  the  same  destiny  awaits  us  all ; 
that  what  affects  one  State  affects  all ;  that  we  are  the  same 
people  with  the  same  high  purpose  to  see  that  our  good  ship  of 
State  is  guided  safely  through  those  great  rocks  of  race  ques- 
tion, pauper,  immigration,  socialism,  anarchy,  and  other  vex- 
ing questions.  And  we  as  daughters  and  granddaughters  of 
as  great  patriots  as  the  world  ever  saw  wished  to  help  with 
this  "consummation  so  devoutly  to  be  wished."  We  knew  the 
country  had  been  flooded  with  so-called  histories  to  teach  the 
children  that  we  were  worse  than  barbarians,  and  we  believed 
then,  and  I  think  most  of  us  believe  yet,  that  the  prize  in 
Columbia  University  is  a  fine  thing  with  which  to  accomplish 
our  purpose.  And  when  we  know  what  damage  unfairness 
can  do,  shall  we  do  an  injustice  to  another  by  dividing  her 
sentences  and  making  it  appear  that  she  has  said  what  it  is 
evident  she  did  not  mean  to  say  when  the  whole  paper  is 
read?  Shall  we  invite  study  of  our  course  and  then  become 
offended  because  a  girl  who  has  been  taught  all  her  life  to 
look  upon  us  as  "traitors"  and  everything  else  unlovely  does 
not  change  all  her  opinions  after  just  a  few  months'  study 
in  the  right  direction?  Surely  when  we  think  calmly  and 
fairly  after  reading  for  ourselves  all  that  she  wrote  we  can- 
not be  so  unappreciative  of  the  result  of  our  prize. 

As  a  member  of  the  committee  it  will  not  be  thought  dis- 
courteous to  that  committee  for  me  to  admit  that  I  think  we, 
the  committee,  made  a  mistake  when  we  departed  from  our 
original  plan  to  begin  at  the  beginning  and  come  gradually 
up  to  and  through  the  reconstruction  period,  thus  bringing 
the  whole  history  of  the  South  before  the  eyes  we  wanted  to 
see  it.  But  we  gave  that  subject  on  General  Lee's  centennial 
year,  and  we  departed  from  our  plan,  thinking  to  honor  him 
thus.  And  so  Miss  Boyson  missed  the  opportunity  which 
otherwise  might  have  been  hers  of  being  encouraged  to  look 
deeply  into  history  for  the  part  taken  by  the  South  during  all 
the  time  before  the  War  between  the  States.  She  would  have 
found,  as  Mr.  Coleman  (the  gentleman  who  secured  the 
prize  the  year  before)  did,  that  the  South  was  not  so  ig- 
norant as  she  thinks,  and  she  would  have  found  that  General 
Lee's  belief  that  he  owed  his  first  allegiance  to  his  State  was 
taught  him  not  only  by  his  Southern  forefathers,  but  that  he 
learned  it  also  from  "Rawle's  View  of  the  Constitution," 
which  was  taught  him  in  West  Point,  the  United  States  Mili- 
tary Academy.  My  friends,  let  us  be  fair,  though  others  be 
unfair. 

Referring  again  to  the  St.  Louis  Convention  minutes,  you 
will  also  see  that  the  judges  were  to  be  selected  to  award  the 


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prize  for  the  best  essay  on  some  subject  connected  vvitli  the 
history  of  the  South.  This  is  what  they  were  asked  to  do,  and 
this  is  what  they  did,  and  I  must  say  that  I  cannot  see  where 
they  are  to  be  censured  for  their  action.  Do  we  appreciate 
the  fact  that  these  gentlemen,  with  hands  full  to  overflowing 
with  their  university  duties,  gave  us  their  time  and  the  benefit 
of  their  knowledge  because  they  were  such  loyal  Southern- 
ers that  they  with  us  wanted  to  get  the  facts  of  the  history  of 
the  South  before  the  people  of  the  whole  country?  Surely 
we  have  not  thought  of  how  they  were  trying  to  help  us  with 
our  purpose.  Conscious  of  the  South's  patriotism,  they  were 
not  easily  scared  by  the  word  "traitor"  when  used  in  con- 
nection with  such  names  as  Robert  E.  Lee,  George  Washing- 
ton, John  Hampden,  and  William  of  Orange.  Shall  we  be 
less  certain  of  the  verdict  of  the  world  as  to  the  character  of 
"traitors"  when  such  names  are  given  to  illustrate  the  writer's 
meaning?  1  am  writing  this  to  you  to  beg  you  to  read  for 
yourselves  each  of  you  just  what  she  said  and  then  see  if 
you  do  not  think  that  our  prize  had  been  wisely  spent  when 
a  girl  reared  and  educated  in  the  North  can  write  the  esti- 
mate of  General  Lee  which  she  has  given  us. 


WOMEN    WANT  BUILDING  FOR   MONUMENT. 

[Miss  Sallie  S.  Hunt,  of  Stonewall  Jackson  Institute,  Abing- 
don, Va.,  has  pictured  a  "Dixie  Home"  in  New  York  as  a 
"monument  to  Southern  women"  of  Confederate  times  where- 
in ambitious  but  poor  Southern  girls  may  live  under  the  best 
protection  and  economically  while  having  the  advantages  of 
that  great  city  for  students.     The  story  goes  on.] 

As  I  waited  the  figure  of  a  dear  old  Southern  mammy  in 
white  cap  and  apron  came  toward  me,  and  with  a  polite  bow 

she  said:  "Miss  says  she  will  be  down  in  a  minute.     Will 

you  have  a  fan?"  1  couldn't  resist  the  impulse.  "Where  do 
you  come  from,  way  up  here?" 

"I  followed  my  chile  from  Virginia.  I  never  leave  her. 
You  will  have  to  feel  at  home  in  this  house  if  you're  a 
Southerner,  for  everybody  here  is  chums." 

Right  readily  did  I  agree  to  this,  for  the  atmosphere  was 
pervading  me  and  making  me  feel  so  comfortable.  At  this 
point  my  hostess  appeared  with  a  "Warm  welcome  to   Dixie, 

MlS9  !     I'm   so  glad  you  are  here   at  last.     We've  been 

looking  for  you  a  long  while.  Will  you  go  upstairs  and  look 
around  and  choose  your  quarters?" 

We  found  ourselves  in  a  wide  upper  hall  with  doors  on 
either  side.  Over  the  doorways  were  such  familiar  names  as 
Virginia,  Tennessee,  North  Carolina,  Texas,  etc.,  desig- 
nating the  names  of  States  which  had  furnished  the  rooms. 
On  the  topmost  floor  was  one  very  long  room  with  cots 
down  each  side  and  partitions  separating  these.  On  peeping 
in  one  sees  in  each  of  these  compartments  a  press  in  the  wall 
for  wardrobe,  a  table,  and  chair,  all  spotlessly  clean  and  nice. 
The  front  cud  of  this  room  had  a  window  almost  across  the 
whole  width  for  ventilation,  and  at  the  rear  end  the  door 
opened  into  a  lavatory — ever  so  many  bath  tubs,  stationary 
washstands,  etc.— a  regular  dormitory  system. 

"What  is  this?"  I   inquired. 

"This  is  my  dream  realized."  the  house  mother  said.  "Here 
our  dear  Southern  girls  who  must  work  for  their  daily 
bread  come  to  get  their  preparation.  Some  cannot  afford  to 
have  separate  rooms  and  a  maid's  attention;  so  they  keep  the 
dormitory  themselves,  and  you  see  the  perfect  cleanliness  and 
comfort  here.  We  are  such  a  happy  family,  going  out  to  sec 
the  best  that  conies,  and  all  inspired  not  only  with  a  love  of 
study  and  improvement,  hut  with  the  inten  esl  loyalty  to  our 
beloved    Southland    and    its    traditions   and    a    burning    zeal    to 


hold  up  the  standard  of  pure  and  refined  Southern  woman- 
hood." 

Here  I  just  could  bear  no  more;  hot  tears  came  to  my  re- 
lief. This  has  been  my  soul's  desire  so  long!  You  don't 
know  how  I  have  agonized  over  our  poor  Southern  girl  stu- 
dents in  New  York.     *     *    * 

Friends,  this  is  all  a  dream  yet  to  be  realized— I  mean  the 
home  is.  Why  can't  we  make  it  real?  If  our  precious  dead 
could  speak — the  mothers,  wives,  and  daughters  of  the  South — 
would  they  not  say:  "Give  our  children,  wdio  have  to  hew 
their  way,  sharpened  instruments  with  which  to  work?" 

Our  girls  have  talent  and  ambition ;  their  hearts  grow  sick 
with  hope  deferred.  Build  them  a  home  where  they  can  get 
these  advantages.  When  the  home  is  bought  and  paid  for  and 
the  cost  of  boarding  in  New  York  thus  brought  within  their 
reach,  have  a  consecrated  house  mother  there  guarding  and 
directing  them,  one  wdio  has  power  to  interest  others  in  the 
work  and  can  interest  Camps  in  endowing  scholarships.  I 
believe  there  are  many  of  the  conservatories,  etc.,  which  will 
give  scholarships  to  the  most  talented  students. 

The  girls  could  give  entertainments  and  add  to  the  bene- 
ficiary  fund,  and  the  Dixie  Home  would  be  the  most  attractive 
place  in  New  York  City.  We  must  begin  this  work,  if  only 
in  a  small  way,  hoping  it  will  grow  into  a  thing  of  beauty. 

How  many  of  the  Camps  will  respond  to  this  cry?  The 
New  York  Camp  will,  I  am  sure.  All  the  States  will  do  a 
noble  part  by  their  children,  and  the  people  will  feel  when 
they  come  on  to  New  York  that  there's  an  old  Southern  wel- 
come awaiting  them  at  Dixie  Home. 


ARLINGTON  CONFEDERATE  MONUMENT. 
Report  of  Treasurer  for  Month  Ending  February  28,  1909. 

Receipts. 

Balance  on  hand  from  last  report,  $8,645.67. 

Mrs.  Thomas  S.  Bocock,  Director  for  Virginia,  $25.  Con- 
tributed by  Blue  Ridge  Chapter,  No.  917,  U.  D.  C,  Purcell- 
ville,  Va. 

J.  W.  McCarrick,  Norfolk,  Va.,  $25. 

Mrs.  Thomas  S.  Bocock,  Director  for  Virginia,  $36.15.  Con- 
tributed by  Old  Dominion  Chapter,  No.  67,  Lynchburg,  Va. 

Mrs.  Thomas  W.  Keitt,  Director  for  South  Carolina,  $22.11. 
Contributed  by  William  Lester  Chapter,  No.  104,  U.  D.  C, 
Prosperity,  S.  C,  $2;  John  Hames  Chapter,  No.  493,  U.  D.  C, 
Jonesville,  S.  C,  $5;  Graded  Schools,  Greenville,  S.  C,  $15.11. 

Lake  County  Camp,  No.  279,  U.  C.  V.,  Leesburg,  Fla.,  $10. 

Mrs.  W.  R.  Clement,  Director  for  Oklahoma,  $19.50.  Con- 
tributed by  Chickasaw  Chapter,  No.  299,  U.  D.  C,  Ardmore, 
Okla.,  $5;  Choctaw  Chapter,  No.  614,  U.  D.  C,  South  Mc- 
Alester,  Okla.,  $5;  Julia  Jackson  Chapter,  No.  554,  U.  D.  C, 
Durant,  Okla.,  $1 ;  Marion  W.  \fcil  Chapter,  No.  200,  U.  D. 
C,  Oklahoma  City,  Okla..  $2.50;  Stonewall  Jackson  Chapter, 
No.  40,  U.  D.  C,  McAlester,  Okla.  $1:  Mrs  Mary  High- 
tower,  Ardmore,  Okla.,  $5. 

Mrs.  Thomas  S.  Bocock,  Director  for  Virginia,  $12.50. 
Contributed  by  Black  Horse  Chapter,  No.  9,  U.  D.  C,  War- 
renton,  Va.,  $10;  Julia  Jackson  Chapter,  No.  9S2,  U.  D.  C, 
Clifton  Forge,  Va.,  $2.50. 

Mis.  Thomas  W.  Keitt.  Director  for,  South  Carolina,  $26.25. 
Contributed  by  Charleston  Chapter,  No.  4,  U.  D.  C,  Charles- 
ton, S.  C,  $15;  Williamsburg  Chapter,  No.  1031,  U.  D.  C, 
Kingstree,  S.  C,  $2;  Gibbcs  School.  Charleston,  S.  C,  $7; 
Public  School,  Stallville,  $1.25;  School.  Heriot,  $1. 

Mrs.  Oliva  M.  Champion.  Director  for  Mississippi,  $50. 

Balance  on  hand  March  1.  1909,  $8,872.18. 

Wallace  Streater,  Treasurer. 


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(^opfederat^  l/eterar?. 


"ROBERT  E.  LEE,  THE  SOUTHERNER." 

In  this  book  Thomas  Nelson  Page,  the  author,  has  given  a 
masterly  delineation  of  one  whom  he  aptly  terms  in  his  title 
"Robert  E.  Lee,  the  Southerner."  Mr.  Page  has  not  in  this 
written  a  history  of  the  war,  he  says,  nor  of  the  great  cam- 
paigns Lee  conducted,  only  of  Lee,  the  man ;  nor  does  he 
mean  his  book  to  be  a  eulogy,  lest  his  praise  be  like  white- 
washing a  statue  by  Praxiteles. 

The  book  can  practically  be  considered  under  three  heads — 
Lee  the  youth,  Lee  the  warrior,  and  Lee  the  defeated.  In  the 
first  the  author  deals  with  the  environments  that  entered  into 
the  character-building  of  the  immortal  commander.  He  draws 
a  vivid  picture  of  Stratford,  the  ancestral  home  of  the  Lees — 
its  wide  verandas,  stately  colonnades — and  the  magnificent 
forests.  Here  Lee  grew  up  in  close  touch  with  his  brave 
father,  "Light-Horse  Harry,"  whose  watchword  was  "honor," 
and  his  gentle,  tender  mother,  to  whom  the  boy  was  "both 
son  and  daughter."  Descended  from  a  long  line  of  cavaliers 
and  nurtured  on  precepts  of  charity  and  loyalty,  the  boy  be- 
came a  worthy  scion  of  the  home  in  which  he  was  born — a 
home  which  had  the  unique  distinction  of  having  also  wit- 
nessed the  birth  of  two  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence. 

During  his  life  at  West  Point  Lee  never  received  a  demerit, 
and  graduated  second  in  a  class  of  forty-six.  Page  makes 
special  mention  of  a  book  studied  by  this  class,  "Rawle  on  the 
Constitution,"  and  "which  taught  with  great  distinctness  the 
absolute  right  of  every  State  to  secede  and  the  primal  duty 
of  every  man  to  his  State."  That  this  book  had  its  influence 
is  shown  by  the  fact  that  of  the  three  hundred  Southern 
graduates  nine-tenths  followed  their  States  into  secession! 

Mr.  Page  shows  well  the  influences  brought  to  bear  on  the 
character  of  Lee  by  circumstances.  His  first  appointment  to 
the  engineer  corps  was  by  Andrew  Jackson.  His  quiet  de- 
termination to  obey  orders  in  spite  of  opposition  is  shown  by 
his  building  of  the  breakwater  at  St.  Louis.  The  dash  and 
bravery  and  quickness  to  grasp  opportunity  brought  him  out 
of  the  Mexican  War  covered  with  glory  and  a  marked  man 
before  the  world.  In  sharp  contrast  the  infinite  tenderness 
of  the  man  was  shown  by  his  writing  home  even  in  the  midst 
of  his  triumphs  for  news  of  a  horse  that  had  grown  old  in 
his  family  service. 

Lee  was  opposed  to  secession,  and  tried  in  every  way  to 
keep  intact  the  bond  of  union,  and  he  did  not  believe  in 
slavery.  Page  quotes  a  well-known  authority  to  prove  that 
Lee  manumitted  his  slaves  early  during  the  war,  while  Grant 
held  slaves  until  by  actual  emancipation  they  were  set  free. 
The  author  follows  Lee  in  anxiety  of  his  own  heart  and  brain 
before  he  reached  his  decision  to  follow  his  State  into  seces- 
sion. On  the  one  hand  was  the  country  which  had  educated 
him  and  whose  banner  he  had  borne ;  on  the  other,  his  State, 
with  whose  fibers  his  heartstrings  were  twined,  the  State  he 
had  been  taught  to  feel  must  come  first.  Lincoln  offered  him 
the  supreme  control  of  the  Linked  States  army;  but  in  his 
rejection  Lee  proved  the  man  by  saying  "his  sword  should 
never  again  be  drawn  save  in  the  defense  of  his  State." 

Mr.  Page  gives  Lee  as  a  leader  in  some  brilliant  descriptive 
stories  of  the  great  battles  in  Virginia.  Tender,  true,  com- 
passionate, suffering  every  ill  his  soldiers  suffered  and  hold- 
ing in  his  heart  every  man  as  his  brother,  shrinking  from 
narnage,  yet  bravely  leading  where  duty  called,  quick  to  grasp 
the  inspiration  of  the  moment  and  to  retrieve  disaster  even 
in  the  happening — a  conqueror  born,  yet  destined  to  defeat ! 

All  through  the  book  there  is  no  more  perfect  writing  than 


in  the  description  of  Lee  after  the  surrender  riding  among 
his  men  in  farewell,  for  Mr.  Page  dips  his  pen  in  his  own 
heart  and  every  Southern  heart  as  well.  Lee  in  his  defeat  is 
the  capital  of  the  column  of  a  perfect  character.  Page  tells 
of  the  rich  business  offers  made  him  both  here  and  abroad, 
and  of  his  reasons  for  rejection;  then  of  his  quiet  life  as  the 
president  of  a  boys'  college,  his  love  for  the  children  and 
animals  around  him,  and  liis  death  just  as  he  offered  the 
benediction. 

Page's  book,  "Robert  E.  Lee,  the  Southerner,"  is  well  writ- 
ten, bright  and  attractive  in  print  and  style,  one  of  the  best 
of  Scribner's  editions.  It  should  be  read  by  every  South- 
erner and  Northerner  as  well,  for  he  gives  a  true  history  and 
praise  where  it  is  deserved  to  North  and  South  alike. 


"ECHOES  FROM  THE  GLEN." 
The  doubt  as  to  the  authorship  of  the  poem  on  "Rodes' 
Brigade  at  Seven  Pines,"  as  expressed  in  late  contributions 
to  the  Veteran,  can  be  put  to  rest  by  a  recent  letter  from 
Capt.  William  Page  Carter,  of  Virginia,  who  states  that  he 
wrote  the  poem  after  the  battle  of  Seven  Pines  while  wounded 
and  in  Richmond.  In  those  days  his  pen  name  was  "Larry 
Lee."  This  noted  poem  will  be  found  with  other  verses  by 
this  pleasant  writer  in  an  artistic  little  volume  called  "Echoes 
from  the  Glen,"  issued  by  the  Grafton  Press,  of  New  York, 
and  of  which  a  leading  newspaper  of  the  North  has  this  to 
say:  "'Echoes  from  the  Glen,'  by  Capt  William  Page  Carter, 
author  of  'Pelham  of  Alabama,'  etc.,  brings  together  in  dainty 
form  a  strong  array  of  poems  by  this  popular  Southern  writes 
The  volume  is  divided  into  three  main  groups — Poems  of 
Sentiment,  War  Poems,  and  Dialect  Verse.  It  is  hardly  neces- 
sary to  say,  so  well  are  they  known,  that  Captain  Carter's 
love  poems  are  imbued  with  tenderness  expressed  in  most 
graceful  form,  and  that  his  poems  of  war  are  full  of  fire  and 
the  ring  of  truth,  because  they  are  an  expression  of  the  au- 
thor's own  experience  in  the  field  His  verses  in  darky  dia- 
lect are  classics  of  their  kind  and  full  of  the  real  old  planta- 
tion melody.     Some  one  should  set  them  to  music." 

This  is  but  a  sample  of  the  many  complimentary  notices  of 
Captain  Carter's  poems.  He  is  an  excellent  type  of  the  old- 
time  Virginian  and  a  cousin  of  Thomas  Nelson  Page.  While 
his  home  is  in  Virginia,  a  considerable  part  of  each  year  is 
spent  in  Washington  City. 


"WATERLOO,"  BY  THOMAS  E.  WATSON. 
Those  who  have  read  anything  from  the  pen  of  "Tom"  Wat- 
son have  enjoyed  his  vivid  style,  his  clear-cut  expressions, 
and  his  thorough  mastery  of  the  subject.  To  read  his  de- 
scription of  the  battle  of  Waterloo  is  to  be  a  living  witness 
of  it  in  detail,  to  experience  the  thrill  that  animates  in  an- 
ticipation of  victory  (for  of  course  we  are  with  and  for  Na- 
poleon), to  have  that  awful  fear  and  anxiety  when  reinforce- 
ments do  not  come,  and  to  feel  that  numbness  of  despair  which 
comes  with  the  realization  that  all  is  lost.  A  more  vivid  pic- 
ture could  hardly  be  painted  in  words,  and  the  impression 
does  not  soon  pass  away.  "He  analyzes  the  characters  of  the 
generals  in  command,  he  describes  in  detail  the  positions  oc- 
cupied by  the  various  bodies  of  soldiery,  and  compares  the 
relative  strength  and  advantage  of  the  several  positions.  He 
searches,  so  far  as  may  be,  into  the  motives  and  strategy  of 
the  two  opposing  generals  and  discusses  the  spirit  and  char- 
acter of  the  two  armies.  Step  by  step,  without  haste  and 
with  unflagging  interest,  he  resolves  the  confusion,  'the  shout- 


Qopfederat^  tfeterat). 


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ing  and  (he  tumult,'  to  an  orderly  sequence,  a  'clear-cut  study 
of  cause  and  effect.'"     The  creation  is  superb! 

There  is  much  in  the  battle  of  Waterloo  similar  to  our  own 
battle  of  Gettysburg — the  fate  of  the  Confederacy  hanging  in 
the  balance,  the  delay  in  taking  advantageous  positions,  the 
tardiness  in  moving  troops,  and  the  awful,  awful  slaughter  in 
vain.  The  soul  is  sickened  by  the  recital,  yet  we  read  and  read 
again  and  say  with  Napoleon  :  "Ah,  if  it  were  to  be  done  over 
again !" 

The  bonk  is  handsomely  bound  in  cloth,  with  decorations. 
Published  by  the  Neale  Publishing  Company,  New  York  and 
Washington.     Price,  $1.50;  postage,  8  cents. 


"BULL   RUN   TO  APPOMATTOX— A    BOY'S    VIEW." 

A  book  with  chevaux-de-frise  of  statistics  rarely  appeals 
to  the  normal  bay  ;  but  the  great  drama  of  the  war,  written 
for  boys  and  containing  a  boy's  view  of  the  events  themselves 
as  well  as  circumstances  relating  to  these  events,  will  win  and 
hold  all  readers 

L.  W.  Hopkins  was  a  boy  of  •seventeen  when  he  entered  the 
army,  and  his  book,  "From  Bull  Run  to  Appomattox."  con- 
tains a  clear  and  unprejudiced  account  of  the  great  struggle. 
He  had  lived  what  he  wrote  about,  and  he  111  d;es  us  see  things 
as  he  saw  them — a  soldier's  life  in  field  and  camp.  The  book 
is  well  written  in  a  pleasant,  readable  style;  it  is  not  without 
its  touch  of  humor,  as  is  shown  by  its  laughable  episode  of 
the  runaway  horse  carrying  him  into  the  very  midst  of  his 
enemies,  and  his  fright  when,  unmounted  against  orders  on 
picket,  he  heard  approaching  footsteps  and,  trembling,  awaited 
the  appearance  of  what  proved  a  black  cat  out  on  forage  duty 
for  itself,  and  the  amusing  account  of  the  efforts  of  "Company 
Q"  to  win  laurels  in  a  misdirected  manner, 

Hopkins  shows  the  life  the  soldiers  led  in  a  series  of  pic- 
tures that  are  very  vivid — the  camp  fires  burning  bright  with 
the  soldiers  lying  around  them  ;  the  bacon  frying  on  a  stick, 
the  grease  dripping  on  the  crackers  and  serving  for  butter;  the 
ti  thered  to  the  wrists  of  their  sleeping  masters,  and  the 
sudden  bugle  call  to  "boot  and  saddle;"  the  fierce  rush  to  bat- 
tle, with  slmt  and  shell  whizzing  all  around;  the  pursuit,  the 
retreat    and  the  dreary  roll  call  that  showed  the  absent. 

It  is  in  the  loving  delineation  of  the  character  of  Lee  that 
Hopkins  js  at  his  best,  and  the  description  of  the  death  of  Jack- 
son and  the  dashing  charge  of  Pickett  at  Gettysburg  rises  to  a 
height  that  should  give  the  book  high  rank  with  appreciative 
read. 


"////    LONl    STAR  DEFENDERS." 
In  this  book  S.   B.  Barron  has  given  his  personal  recollec- 
tions of  the  great   Ftruggle.      He  elms   not    call   it  a   history  of 
the  war.     It    is   well   written,   and   is  tilled   with   the   "moving 

accidents   bj    field   and    ll 1."   natural    to   a   chronicle   of   the 

stirring  times  "i   t86o 

Mr.  Barron  gives  a  soldier's  experiences  in  the  terse  lan- 
guage of  one  who  has  lived  what  he  writes  about,  lie  shows 
the  ^harp  contrasts  of  the  life — the  mingled  laughter  and 
pathos;  the  starvation,  exhaustion,  and  patient  endurance  of 
the  half-clad  army,  and  the  enthusiasm  and  love  with  which 
they   followed  their  leaders 

The  organization  of  Company  C,  [*exas  Cavalry,  just  after 
the  wild  excitement  of  Lincoln's  election,  when  the  fire  of 
secession  burred  bricbt.  was  very  easy;  but  its  equipment  was 
difficult,  almost  impossible.  I  bey  were  well  mounted,  but 
were  without  uniforms,  and  were  chiefly  armed  with  huge 
Vnives  with  wooden  handles      Barron  tells  how  these  tyros 


in  the  art  of  war  were  first  disciplined  and  then  became 
part  of  the  command  of  General  Ross.  Under  this  gallant 
leader  they  were  in  the  thickest  of  the  fight,  and  won  honors 
in  many  engagements,  notably  that  of  Franklin.  Tenn. ;  and  of 
this  fierce-fought  battle  Barron  gives  a  most  thrilling  ac- 
count. 

'1  he  company's  march  through  the  Indian  Territory  is  well 
described,  especially  the  incident  of  the  Indian  maiden.  She 
was  walking  in  the  middle  of  the  road  when  she  met  the  com- 
pany, and  with  the  stoicism  of  her  tribe  walked  straight  on, 
the  company  having  to  pass  on  the  right  and  left,  leaving  her 
to  pursue  her  way  through  the  center.  In  the  Indian  Ter- 
ritory the  company  was  recruited  by  Choctaws,  whose  war 
cries  became  almost  as  distinctive  of  Company  C  as  the  far- 
famed  Rebel  yell  was  .if  the  Confederate  army. 

A  magnificent  bit  of  bravery  is  well  told  by  Barron — Gen- 
eral Ross's  gallant  feat  of  carrying  guns  across  the  frozen 
Yazoo  in  the  teeth  of  the  enemy's  gunboats.  Barron  has  an 
appreciation  of  the  comedy  that  underlies  everything.  His 
description  of  the  old  patriot  who  went  on  his  long  march 
holding  an  umbrella  over  his  head,  a  negro  beside  him  carry- 
ing his  -1111.  is  rich;  and  equally  good  is  the  account  of  tin 
newly  joined  company  of  Mississippians.  This  company  boasted' 
a  soldier  seven  feet  high,  a  hoy  weighing  three  hundred 
pounds,  and  its  captain  carried  his  private  baggage  on  a 
camel ' 

The  honk   will   repay  a  close  and  careful   reading. 


THE  DRF.D  SCOTT  DECISION. 
Its    legal    and    hist.'ric    status,    by    Elbert    William    R.    Ewing, 

\ttorney    and    Counselor    United    States    Supreme    Court. 

Cobden   Publishing  Company,  Washington,   D.  C      By  J.  H. 

McNeilly,  D.D.,  Nashville.  Tenn. 

Here  is  a  book  both  needed  and  timely.  It  deserves  the  close 
study  of  every  one  who  would  know  the  real  nature  of  that 
notable  decision  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States, 
which,  according  to  Mr.  Justice  Miller,  "overshadowed  all 
others  on  the  subject  in  the  importance  of  the  principles  laid 
down  and  in  the  immense  influence  it  had  upon  the  history  of 
the  country." 

It  was  this  decision  as  contravening  the  teachings  of  the 
abolitionists  that  stirred  them  to  fury  and  that  hastened  our 
terrible  Civil  War.  No  decision  of  any  court  has  been  more 
widely  misunderstood  or  more  malignantly  misrepresented 
than  this  opinion  of  the  court  written  by  Chief  Justice  Taney, 
and  this  not  only  by  the  politicians,  hut  by  the  writers  of  the 
history  of  those  times.  Such  writers  as  Fiske,  Elson,  Schouler, 
ami  Hart,  who  claim  impartiality,  have  denounced  it  not  only 
as   false  in   law.  hut  as  made   for  political   effect. 

This  book,  by  a  lawyer  of  ability  who  lias  given  immense 
labor  to  its  preparation,  conclusively  vindicates  the  judgment 
of  the  court  and  also  vindicates  the  truth  of  history  on  every 
point  in  which  the  decision  is  called  in  question 

It  is  unfortunate,  especially  for  the  South,  that  the  history 
of  the  United  States  has  been  written  mainly  by  New  En- 
glanders,  who  have  not  only  glorified  their  own  section  as  the 
fountain  of  all  good  in  our  institutions,  but  have  done  it  at 
the  expense  of  other  sections,  especially  of  the  South. 

Ii  was  .,  doughty  old  Dutchman  of  New  York,  I  have 
heard,  who  said  that  the  Mayflower  that  brought  over  the  Pil 
grim  Fathers  brought  also  a  cargo  of  trumpets,  and  that  New 
England  bad  been  blowing  those  trumpets  ever  since  'Ibis 
witness  is  true.  New  England  was  the  mother  and  most 
strenuous    promoter    of   abolitionism;    and    not    content    with 


184 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai) 


falsifying  the  facts  of  history,  writers  of  that  section  have 
persistently  sought  to  blacken  the  character  and  malign  the 
motives  of  those  who  stood  with  the  South  in  her  contention 
for  her  constitutional  rights. 

The  historians  mentioned  and  others  influenced  by  them 
have  denounced  the  Dred  Scott  Decision  as  "infamous,"  "in- 
human," "cruel,"  and  "obiter  dictum,"  and  some  have  en- 
deavored to  "pillory  in  everlasting  infamy"  the  name  of  Roger 
Brooke  Taney,  one  of  the  purest,  gentlest,  kindest  men  who 
ever  wore  the  judicial  ermine.  The  Decision  was  concurred 
in  by  seven  out  of  the  nine  judges,  all  of  whom  except  one 
were  theoretically  opposed  to  slavery  and  were  loyal  to  the 
Union  during  the  war. 

It  would  take  too  much  space  in  this  magazine  to  go  into 
the  details  of  the  case  as  set  forth  clearly  by  Mr.  Ewing. 
Suffice  it  to  say  that  Dred  Scott,  a  negro  slave  belonging  to 
an  army  surgeon,  sued  in  the  Federal  Court  in  Missouri  for 
his  and  his  family's  freedom,  alleging  that,  his  master  having 
taken  him  into  the  free  territory  of  Illinois  and  also  into 
territory  north  of  the  line  of  the  Missouri  Compromise,  he 
became  free  by  virtue  both  of  Illinois  law  and  of  the  Missouri 
Compromise  forbidding  slavery  in  the  territory  north  of  that 
line. 

Dred  Scott  sued  as  a  citizen  of  Missouri  against  a  citizen 
of  New  York,  his  ostensible  owner.  The  Federal  Court  de- 
cided against  Scott,  claiming  jurisdiction  in  the  case.  On 
appeal  the  case  went  to  the  Supreme  Court,  with  the  record 
of  all  the  pleadings,  involving  the  merits  of  the  case.  The 
Supreme  Court  overruled  the  lower  court  and  decided  that 
it  had  not  jurisdiction;  but  also  on  the  pleadings  before  it 
gave  decision  as  to  the  points  involved,  as  all  the  judges, 
even  the  two  dissenters,  agreed  was  proper  to  do.  It  decided: 
First,  that  a  negro  was  not  a  citizen  of  the  United  States, 
according  to  the  Constitution  as  adopted,  and  so  was  not 
entitled  to  sue  as  a  citizen ;  second,  that  the  taking  of  a  slave 
into  a  free  State  or  into  any  territory  of  the  United  States 
did  not  make  him  a  free  man;  third,  that  the  Missouri  Com- 
promise, which  excluded  slavery  from  the  territory  north  of 
a  certain  line,  was  contrary  to  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
States. 

There  was  the  bitterest  denunciation  of  the  Court  with  the 
announced  purpose  to  disregard  the  Decision.  This  deter- 
mination to  rebel  against  it  was  put  on  various  grounds : 

i.  That  the  decision  against  a  negro's  citizenship  of  the 
United  States  was  wrong  in  morals  and  historically  not  justi- 
fied. 

2.  That  the  Decision  did  not  represent  the  opinion  of  the 
court,  but  only  of  the  Chief  Justice. 

3.  That  on  all  questions  except  that  of  jurisdiction  the 
opinion  was  merely  obiter  dictum — that  is,  an  opinion  that 
had  no  bearing  on  the  case,  and  so  was  of  no  binding  force. 

4.  That  the  opinion  on  the  Missouri  Compromise  was  es- 
pecially an  obiter  dictum,  a  needless  expression  of  individual 
opinion  and  made  simply  for  political  effect. 

On  all  these  points  Mr.  Ewing  answers  the  objections  fully 
and  conclusively,  and  he  shows  beyond  doubt  that  the  Court 
was  bound  to  decide  as  it  did  according  to  the  Constitution 
and  that  it  was  the  opinion  of  seven  of  the  nine  judges,  and 
that  what  are  denounced  as  obiter  dicta  are  necessary  and  es- 
sential parts  of  the  Decision;  and  especially  was  it  necessary 
as  to  the  Missouri  Compromise,  because  Scott's  counsel  urged 
that  as  the  ground  of  the  claim  of  citizenship. 

This  book  and  the  author's  other  volume,  "Northern  Re- 
bellion and  Southern  Secession,"  should  be  read,  studied,  and 


digested  by  every  man  who  would  know  the  truth  as  to  the 
history  of  that  fearful  conflict  which  destroyed  slavery  and 
also  overthrew  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  adopted 
by  the  fathers. 

"THE  SPIRIT  OF  THE  SOUTH." 

"The  Spirit  of  the  South"  is  a  compilation  of  orations,  es- 
says, and  lectures  by  Col.  William  H.  Stewart,  of  Portsmouth, 
Va.,  a  veteran  of  the  Confederate  service.  The  book  is  of 
rare  merit,  being  written  in  choice,  scholarly  English  and 
glowing  imagery.  Every  word  seems  to  fit  into  its  surround- 
ings with  the  perfection  and  beauty  of  a  Florentine  Mosaic. 

Most  of  these  essays  have  already  attained  wide  celebrity, 
especially  the  brilliant  tribute  to  Lee  and  the  close  and  clear- 
cut  delineation  of  the  character  of  Thomas  Jefferson,  whom 
he  terms  "the  largest  and  brightest  fixed  star  in  the  political 
firmament  of  the  United  States."  The  Jeffersonian  sim- 
plicity applied  only  to  outward  show,  for  his  grasp  of  cir- 
cumstances and  mighty  wielding  of  power  were  far  from 
simple.  His  advocacy  of  the  franchise  was  bestowed  only 
when  the  voter  could  read  and  write,  and  his  strenuous  ad- 
vocacy of  the  establishment  of  a  law  that  "no  person  shall 
be  capable  of  acting  in  any  office,  civil,  military,  or  ecclesias- 
tical," who  had  expended  money  to  attain  that  office  would 
appall  the  political  boss  of  the  present  day,  though  it  might 
serve  as  a  drastic  cure  of  the  body  politic. 

This  essay  on  Jefferson  might  be  incorporated  in  the  curricu- 
lum of  every  school  with  decided  advantage  to  the  scholars. 
Stewart's  fealty  to  his  country  is  embodied  in  his  poem. 

Both  Strong  and  Wise. 

In  the  future  some  historian  shall  come  forth  strong  and  wise, 
With  a  love  of  the  republic  and  the  truth  before  his  eyes; 
He  will  show  the  subtle  causes  of  the  War  between  the  States; 
He  will  go  back  in  his  studies  far  beyond  our  modern  dates; 
He  will  trace  our  hostile  ideas  as  a  miner  does  his  lodes; 
He  will  show  the  different  habits  of  different  social  codes; 
He  will  show  the  Union  riven,  and  the  picture  will  deplore; 
He  will  show  it  reunited  and  stronger  than  before. 
Slow  and  patient,  fair  and  truthful  must  the  coming  teacher  be 
To  show  how  the  knife  was  sharpened  that  was  ground  to 

prune  the  tree. 
He  will  hold  the  scales  of  justice,  he  will  measure  praise  and 

blame, 
And  the  South  will  stand  the  verdict,  and  stand  it  without 

blame ! 


Capt.  M.  S.  Cockrill  and  Dr.  W.  J.  McMurray,  of  the  Exec- 
utive Committee  for  the  Tennessee  Confederate  Soldiers' 
Home,  worked  together  constantly  and  gratuitously  for  many 
years  in  behalf  of  the  inmates  of  the  Home.  They  traveled 
thousands  of  miles  in  their  private  conveyances.  Besides  these, 
several  others  served — Maj.  R.  H.  Dudley,  ex-Mayor  of  Nash- 
ville; Mr.  J.  B.  O'Bryan,  who  so  efficiently  served  as  chairman 
at  our  first  great  Confederate  Reunion,  and  since  his  death  the 
place  has  been  filled  by  Mr.  Ed  R.  Richardson,  a  leading 
merchant  of  Nashville;  and  Dr.  McMurray's  place  has  been 
ably  filled  by  Mr.  Tim  Johnson,  who  resides  at  Antioch,  a 
few  miles  out  of  Nashville.  Capt.  M.  S.  Cockrill  said  in  a 
tree-planting  ceremony  recently:  "I  plant  this  tree  to  the  mem- 
ory of  Dr.  W.  J.  McMurray.  May  it  grow  as  straight  as 
his  character,  and  may  its  shade  be  as  comforting  as  his 
friendship !" 


Qor}federa  t^  l/eterar?, 


185 


MORE  HISTORY  OF  SAM  DAVIS. 

BY  HON.   N.   W.  BAPTIST,  COVINGTON,  TKNN. 

[A  letter  of  inquiry  was  sent  to  Mr.  Baptist,  and  the  fol- 
lowing facts  are  given  in  answer  to  that  letter.] 

Your  favor  of  the  6th  inst.  was  received  this  morning.  Of 
course  I  would  do  anything  to  serve  you  or  the  cause  you 
represent.  As  soon  as  your  letter  was  received  I  phoned 
Randal  and  had  him  come  to  my  office  at  once,  where  for  one 
hour  I  listened  to  a  story  full  of  interest  and  path", 

John  S.  Randal  was  horn  near  the  boundary  line  of  Canada, 
and  when  he  was  six  years  old  moved  with  his  father  to  the 
State  of  Michigan,  where  lie  lived  near  Benton  Harbor  until 
about  twenty-one  years  ago,  when  he  removed  with  his  fam- 
ily to  this  town  and  county  and  engaged  in  the  sawmill  and 
lumber  business.  He  has  lived  here  ever  since,  and  is  sixty- 
six  years  old.  He  served  nearly  four  years  in  the  66th  Illi- 
nois Regiment  during  the  Civil  War. 

Some  time  after  the  fall  of  Vicksburg,  while  at  Eastport,  on 
the  Tennessee  River,  he  was  sent  in  a  detail  of  twenty-five 
men  from  his  regiment  as  an  escort  to  General  Dodge.  He 
does  not  remember  the  name  of  the  captain  who  commanded 
the  escort.  He  knew  Capt.  W.  S.  Boyd  very  well,  and  state 
that  he  commanded  a  company  in  his  regiment,  hut  was  not  in 
command  of  the  detail  mentioned.  However,  he  recollects 
the  names  of  several  who  were  in  the  detail  of  twenty-five 
men,  and  will  furnish  them  later  should  you  de  ire 

While  in  Pulaski  as  an  escort  to  General  Dodge  he  was 
ordered,  together  with  four  or  five  other  members  of  the 
escort,  to  accompany  a  half  dozen  scouts  down  the  road  from 
Pulaski  toward  Lawrenceburg  for  some  special  duty,  the 
nature  of  which  was  not  communicated  to  him  or  the  other 
men  by  the  officer  in  command  until  later  on.  After  going 
down  the  Lawrenceburg  road  about  eight  or  ten  miles,  they 
came  to  a  crossroad,  where  the  officer  in  command  ordered  a 
halt  and  had  his  men  to  dismount  and  secrete  themselves  in 
the  bushes  near  In  Some  time  afterwards  they  discovered 
two  men  on  horseback  coming  up  the  road  toward  them. 
Both  were  dressed  in  Confederate  uniforms  and  one  of  them 
had  on  the  uniform  of  a  Confederate  captain.  As  soon  as 
two  men  had  approached  within  half  pistol  shot  under 
command  of  their  officer  the  detail  arose  from  their  conceal 
ment  with  their  yuns  leveled  upon  the  two  parties  and  com- 
manded them  to   halt   and   dismount,   which   they   did. 

The  man  who  appeared  in  the  Confederate  captain's  uni- 
form was  a  Federal  officer  and  Federal  spy  known  as  "Cap- 
tain Chickasaw."  The  other  man.  apparently  about  seventeen 
or  eighteen  years  old.  was  Sam  Davis.  He  was  searched,  but 
no  arms  were  found  upon  his  person.  He  had  over  his  shoul- 
der what  Randal  calls  a  hank  of  cotton  yarn,  and  in  a  cloth 
ack  he  hail  a  hall  of  cotton  yarn  about  the  size  of  a 
man's  double  list.  He  was  questioned  closely,  hut  refused  to 
talk  about  anything  connected  with  his  presence  there  or  his 
business.  In  searching  his  pockets  they  found  a  sheet  of 
paper  with  the  nanus  of  the  commands  and  the  officers  at- 
tached in  iin  same  then  in  Pulaski  under  General  Dodge. 
They  immediately  had  the  two  men  to  remount  and  the  de- 
tail took  them  back  that  evening  in  Pulaski.  Randal  says 
that  on  the  way  hack  he  was  impressed  with  the  manly  face 
and  demeanor  of  Sam  I  >avis.  and  before  the  direful  tragedy 
was  enacted  was  thoroughly  convinced  that  he  was  no  ordi- 
nary man. 

Either  that  evening  -  i  ilie  next  morning,  Randal  does  not 
now  remember,  he  ami  one  nther  comrade  were  ordered  to 
accompany  Captain   Chickasaw  hack  to  the  place  of  the  cap- 


ture of  Davis  and  bring  back  the  hank  and  ball  of  cotton 
yarn  which  they  had  thrown  on  the  ground  at  the  time  of  the 
capture.  They  found  it  and  returned  to  Pulaski.  On  opening 
the  ball  of  yarn  the  papers,  showing  disposition  of  troops,  etc., 
were  discovered. 

On  the  day  of  the  execution  of  Davis  Randal  was  on  his 
horse  within  six  feet  of  the  scaffold,  and  heard  distinctly 
every  word  uttered  by  the  officer,  who  promised  him  in  the 
name  of  General  Dodge  release  or  to  send  him  under  flag 
of  truce,  mounted  on  a  good  horse,  into  the  Confederate 
lines  if  he  would  disclose  the  name  of  the  party  who  gave 
him  the  information.  He  heard  distinctly  Sam  Davis's  reply 
when  he  told  the  Federal  officer  that  he  was  nothing  more 
than  a  private  in  the  Confederate  army,  that  the  man  who 
gave  him  the  information  was  w:orth  ten  thousand  times  more 
to  the  Confederate  cause  than  he  was.  and  that  if  he  had  a 
thousand  lives  he  would  give  them  all  rather  than  betray  the 
man  who  placed  confidence  in  him.  Randal  says  that  when 
the  officer  rode  up  to  the  scaffold  and  spoke  to  Davis 
they  both  sat  down  on  the  steps  of  the  scaffold,  and  that  the 
conversation  above  mentioned  occurred  while  they  were  both 
seated,  but  in  distinct  tones  of  voice.  He  states  further  that 
when  Davis  ended  his  speech  he  seemed  impatient  under  the 
importunities  of  the  Federal  officer  and  at  once  rose  and 
stepped  hack  upon  the  scaffold,  indicating  a  desire  if  they 
intended  to  hang  him  that  they  would  proceed  at  once. 

Randal  says  be  never  in  all  his  life  witnessed  such  a  pa- 
thetic and  heroic  scene;  that  he  sat  on  his  horse  with  the 
tears  streaming  down  his  face,  and  he  saw  many  other  Fed- 
eral soldiers  in  tears. 

Randal  is  a  good  citizen  and  much  esteemed  by  all  good 
people  here.  He  is  a  modest  man,  and  I  am  certain  that  the 
first  time  his  story  was  ever  told  was  in  my  office  this  morn- 
ing. When  T  approached  him,  he  freely  gave  me  the  facts, 
and  added  that  he  had  thought  many  times  during  the  past 
twenty  years  that  he  would  write  out  a  full  account  of  the 
win  ile  transaction,  culminating  in  the  death  of  Davis,  and 
publish  it;  hut  had  been  restrained  by  the  thought  that  per- 
haps as  a  Federal  soldier  he  had  better  not  mix  up  in  the 
matter. 


How   Chickas  \w   and  Sam  Davis  Happened  to  Be  Together. 

Subsequent  inquiry  of  Colonel  Baptist  as  to  what  Mr.  Ran- 
dal thought  of  the  conditions  that  placed  Chickasaw  and  Sam 
Davis  together  brought  forth  the  following: 

"Mr.  Randal  does  not  recall  any  conversation  he  had  with 
Captain  Chickasaw  with  reference  to  how  he  met  up  with  Sam 
Davis  on  the  morning  of  his  capture;  but  his  recollection  is 
that  he  heard  at  the  time  how  the  meeting  took  place  between 
Chickasaw  and  Davis,  and  that  he  got  the  information  from 
Davis  himself.  The  tacts  as  he  recollects  them  were  about 
as  follows:  Some  Confederate  had  made  his  escape  from 
prison  in  Pulaski,  and  Captain  Chickasaw  had  been  detailed 
to  search  for  and  recapture  him.  Sam  Davis  was  within  the 
Federal  lines  and  wished  to  get  hack  to  his  command  or  at 
leasl  to  the  Confederate  inn  somewhere  near  Decatur,  and 
had  been  told  by  some  citizen  or  citizens  in  the  neighborhood 
that  there  was  a  Confederate  captain,  possibly  a  conscripting 
officer,  also  within  the  Federal  lines  and  somewhere  near  Pu- 
laski whn  was  going  to  Decatur,  Ala.,  in  a  few  days,  and 
Davis  while  searching  for  that  officer  fell  in  with  Captain 
Chickasaw,  who  evidently  caught  on  to  the  situation  and  led 
Davis  into  the  trap  which  resulted  in  bis  capture. 

"Mr.    Randal,   although    not   one   of   the   guard    detailed    to 


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Qot)federat^  l/eterar}, 


guard  Davis  while  in  Pulaski,  and  several  other  young  Fed- 
eral soldiers  about  the  age  of  Davis  were  permitted  to  go  in 
and  talk  with  Davis  while  being  guarded,  and  they  were 
directed  to  ascertain  if  possible  from  Davis  in  general  con- 
versation and  in  an  unguarded  moment  while  jollying  as  boys 
who  the  person  was  that  gave  Davis  the  information  as  to 
the  military  situation  within  the  Federal  lines  around  Pulaski. 
Mr.  Randal  also  thinks  that  there  were  some  shrewd  de- 
tectives detailed  for  the  same  purpose,  and  that  these  de- 
tectives were  put  in  the  prison  with  Davis  apparently  as  cap- 
tured Confederate  soldiers. 

"Mr.  Randal  says  the  Federal  officers  at  Pulaski  showed 
the  greatest  anxiety  to  save  the  life  of  the  boy  and  get  the 
aame  of  his  informant;  also  that  the  opinion  prevailed  that 
his  informant  was  wearing  the  uniform  of  the  Federal  army, 
and  that  his  detection  and  capture  were  of  the  utmost  impor- 
tance to  the  Union." 


SAM  DAVIS  A  THEME  BY  JOSHUA  BROWN. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Southern  Society  and  "the  Dixie  din- 
ner" on  February  22  Joshua  Brown,  a  member,  talked  of 
Sam  Davis.  He  gave  the  scriptural  quotation,  "Greater  love 
hath  no  man  than  this,  that  a  man  lay  down  his  life  for  his 
friends,"  as  introductory,  and  added : 

"In  the  trying  days  of  our  Civil  War  it  fell  to  my  lot  to  wit- 
ness one  of  the  sublimest  acts  of  heroism  that  have  ever  been 
recorded  in  the  annals  of  the  world.  All  ages  and  in  great 
crises  all  races  of  men  have  produced  their  heroes  and  mar- 
tyrs ;  but  in  the  incident  I  propose  to  narrate  there  was  some- 
thing so  unusual,  so  much  more  than  ordinarily  pathetic  and 
sublime  that  I  cannot  but  believe  it  will  stand  apart  in  our 
history. 

"In  a  company  of  scouts  with  which  I  served  as  a  soldier  in 
1863  I  had  as  one  of  my  comrades  a  Tennessee  lad,  Samuel 
Davis.  We  had  been  sent  within  the  Federal  lines  to  obtain 
information  deemed  of  great  importance  to  General  Bragg, 
then  in  command  of  the  Confederate  army  near  Chattanooga. 
Plans  of  the  forts  about  Nashville  and  other  important  data 
had  been  obtained,  and  our  chief  of  scouts,  known  as  Captain 
Coleman,  intrusted  these  papers  to  Sam  Davis  to  convey  to 
General  Bragg.  In  the  effort  to  cross  the  Tennessee  River 
we  were  captured  and  the  papers  concealed  beneath  the  seat 
of  Davis's  saddle  and  in  his  boots  were  discovered. 

"Gen.  Grenville  M.  Dodge,  commanding  the  United  States 
forces  in  that  department,  was  very  anxious  to  discover  the 
source  from  which  Davis  had  obtained  these  important  docu- 
ments. This  distinguished  officer  says :  T  took  him  into  my 
private  office  at  my  headquarters  and  told  him  of  the  very 
serious  charge  against  him,  that  he  was  a  spy,  having  con- 
cealed upon  his  person  accurate  information  in  regard  to  my 
army,  and  I  must  know  where  he  obtained  it.  I  endeavored 
to  impress  upon  him  the  danger  of  his  situation,  fearing  that 
he  did  not  realize  it.  Up  to  this  time  he  said  nothing;  but 
when  I  made  this  remark,  he  said  in  the  most  respectful  and 
dignified  manner :  "General  Dodge,  I  know  my  danger,  and  I 
am  willing  to  face  it."  I  still  insisted  that  he  should  tell  me, 
and  that  there  was  no  chance  for  his  life  unless  he  gave  me 
the  source  of  his  information.  He  then  replied:  "I  know  that 
I  will  have  to  die ;  but  I  will  not  tell  where  I  got  the  infor- 
mation, and  there  is  no  power  on  earth  that  can  make  me  tell. 
You  are  doing  your  duty  as  a  soldier  and  I  am  doing  mine. 
If  I  have  to  die,  I  do  so  feeling  I  am  doing  my  duty  to  God 
and  my  country."  I  pleaded  with  and  urged  him  with  all  the 
power  I  possessed  to  give  me  some  chance  to  save  his  life, 
for  I  saw  he  was  a  most  admirable  young  lad  of  the  highest 


character.  I  offered  him  his  freedom,  a  pass  through  the 
lines  with  his  horse,  and  told  him  no  one  would  know  of 
this  but  myself.  His  one  reply  was:  "It  is  useless  to  talk  to 
me,  for  I  do  not  intend  to  do  it.  You  can  court-martial  me, 
but  I  will  not  betray  the  trust  imposed  upon  me."  He  thanked 
me  for  the  interest  I  had  taken  in  him,  and  I  sent  him  back 
to  prison.     I  immediately  called  a  court-martial  to  try  him.' 

"He  was  executed  on  November  27,  1863.  On  that  Friday 
morning  we  heard  the  drums  and  saw  a  regiment  of  infantry 
march  from  the  jail.  Sam  Davis  was  seated  on  his  coffin  in 
the  wagon  as  they  moved  to  the  gallows.  He  looked  around 
and  saw  us  at  the  window  of  the  prison  with  Captain  Shaw, 
our  commander,  known  as  'Captain  Coleman,'  the  man  who 
had  given  Davis  the  papers.  Davis  arose  from  the  coffin  and 
gave  us  a  last  farewell  salute,  which  was  the  most  dramatic 
act  I  have  ever  seen.  Captain  Shaw  with  great  feeling  and 
sorrow  said:  'If  Davis  tells,  we  will  all  be  hung;  but  he  will 
not  tell.'  The  officer  who  had  been  detailed  to  superintend  the 
execution  said  to  Davis :  'I  regret  having  to  do  this.  I  feel 
that  I  would  almost  rather  die  myself  than  do  what  I  have 
to  do.'  Davis  replied :  'I  do  not  think  hard  of  you.  You  are 
doing  your  duty.' 

"At  this  critical  moment,  with  the  noose  about  his  neck,  a 
member  of  General  Dodge's  staff  approached  the  boy  and  asked 
him  if  he  would  not  give  him  the  name  of  the  one  from  whom 
he  received  the  papers  found  upon  him,  adding:  'Davis,  it  is 
not  too  late  yet.'  Standing  there  with  the  rope  about  his 
neck,  with  perfect  composure,  this  heroic  lad  said  to  the  of- 
ficer :  'Thank  General  Dodge  for  his  efforts  to  save  me,  but 
say  to  him  that  if  I  had  a  thousand  lives  I  would  lose  them 
all  here  before  I  would  betray  my  friends  or  the  confidence  of 
my  informer.'  And  turning  to  the  provost  marshal,  he  said : 
'I  am  ready.'  Thus  passed  away  one  of  the  sublimest  and 
noblest  characters  in  history,  one  who  died  for  principle,  his 
duty  to  his  comrades,  and  a  patriot  to  his  country. 

"Proudly  may  we  of  the  South  hand  down  to  the  ages  the 
name  of  Sam  Davis,  for  'none  died  with  greater  glory  than 
he,  though  many  died  and  there  was  much  glory.'  " 


FATHER  BLEMILL  AND  CAPTAIN  GRACIE. 
W.  L.  Jett,  Frankfort,  Ky.,  writes:  "The  2d  Kentucky  In- 
fantry may  overlook  your  giving  the  6th  Kentucky  credit  for 
the  fighting  they  did  at  Hartsville;  but  when  you  undertake 
to  transfer  the  chaplain  of  the  4th  Kentucky  Infantry  to  the 
'Bloody  Tinth  Tennessee,'  the  4th  will  not  stand  for  it 
Father  Bleniill  lost  his  life  praying  for  a  mortally  wounded 
soldier.  He  was  ours;  no  other  shall  claim  him.  There  is 
only  a  handful  of  the  4th  Kentucky  left ;  but  there  will  be 
trouble  in  Tennessee  if  you  don't  give  up  the  gallant,  glorious, 
martyred  priest-chaplain  of  the  4th  Kentucky." 


Ed  Porter  Thompson's  "History  of  the  Orphan  Brigade," 
page  274,  credits  Thomas  Owen  through  the  Sunny  South 
with  the  following  in  regard  to  Father  Blemill :  "He  was  of 
French  extraction  and  a  priest  of  the  Catholic  Church.  He 
served  as  chaplain  of  the  4th  Kentucky  Infantry.  His  faith- 
fulness to  every  duty  endeared  him  to  Protestants  as  well  as 
Catholics.  He  knew  no  difference  in  his  ministrations.  In 
the  battle  of  Jonesboro,  Ga.,  he  was  killed  by  the  explosion 
of  a  shell.  General  Lewis,  as  our  forces  fell  back  from  an 
impossible  undertaking,  saw  Father  Blemill  kneel  by  a  wounded 
South  Carolinian,  Captain  Gracie,  and  raise  his  hands  in 
prayer,  and  at  that  instant  a  cannon  ball  from  the  enemy's 
gun  cut  off  his  head.  When  the  dead  were  gathered  from  that 
gory  field,  Captain  Gracie  and  Father  Blemill  lay  side  by  side." 


Qor?federat^  l/eterap. 


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A    WORD    FROM     McNEEL 


TJo  the  ^Daughters  of  the  Confecteraey 


IN  REGARD  to  that  Confederate  monument  which  your  Chapter  has  been  talking 
about  and  planning  for  since  you  first  organized.  Why  not  buy  it  NOW  and  have 
it  erected  before  all  the  old  veterans  have  answered  the  final  roll  call  ? 
Why  wait  and  worry  about  raising  funds?  Our  terms  to  U.  D.  C.  Chapters 
are  so  liberal  and  our  plans  for  raising  funds  are  so  effective  as  to  obviate  the  necessiiy  cf 
either  waiting  or  worrying. 

During  the  last  three  or  four  years  we  have  sold  Confederate  monuments  to  thirty- 
seven  of  your  sister  Chapters  in  this  and  adjoining  States,  the  names  of  which  we  give 
below.  None  of  thi'se  Chapters  have  experienced  any  difficulty  in  raising  sufficient  funds 
to  meet  their  payments  under  the  liberal  terms  of  their  contracts  with  us,  although  only 
a  very  few  of  them  had  but  small  amounts  in  hand  at  the  time  they  placed  their  order. 
Another  fact  to  which  we  desire  to  call  your  attention  is  that  the  experience  of  these 
thirty-seven  Chapters  in  each  and  every  case  has  been  that  it  is  much  easier  to  raise  funds 
after  you  have  bought  the  monument  than  before. 

We  have  sold  the  U.  D.  C.  Chapters  in  the  following  cities:  Jasper,  Ala.,  Eufaula, 
Ala.,  Gadsden,  Ala.,  Monroe,  Ga.,  Washington,  Ga.,  Warrenton,  Ga.,  Lumpkin,  Ga., 
Union,  S.  C,  Lafayette,  Ga.,  Prattville,  Ala.,  Clayton,  Ala.,  Marietta,  Ga.,  Jonesville, 
S.  C,  Ocala,  Fla.,  Cedartown,  Ga. ,  Bennettsville,  S.  C,  Lumberton,  N.  C,  Thomas- 
ton,  Ga  ,  Perry,  Ga.,  Hawkinsville,  Ga.,  Hartwell,  Ga.,  Rome,  Ga.,  Eatonton,  Ga.,  Syl- 
vania,  Ga.,  Moultrie,  Ga.,  Cartersville,  Ga.,  Chester,  S.  C,  Troy,  Ala.,  Madison,  Ga., 
Abbeville,  Ga.,  Statesboro,  Ga.,  Lawrenceville,  Ga.,  Millen,  Ga.,  Madison,  Fla.,  Demop- 
olis,  Ala.,  Blalcely,  Ga.,  RussellviU'e,  Ala.,  the  General  John  B.  Gordon  monument,  Cap- 
itol grounds,  Atlanta,  da. 

The  ah  >ve  Chapters  bought  monuments  ranging  in  price  from  #1,2 so  to  $22,500. 
A  majority  of  these  have  been  erected,  and  in  every  case  we  have  received  letters  of  thanks, 
and  in  many  cases  committees  write  that  their  monuments  have  exceeded  their  expectations. 

Our  designs,  our  prices,  our  work,  our  business  methods  have  pleased  them,  and  we 
can  please  you. 

What  your  sister  Chapters  have  done,  you  can  do. 

Would  you  like  to  know  the  easiest,  the  quickest,  and  the  most  successful  plans  for 
raising  funds  for  Confederate  monuments  ?      If  so,  write  us. 

The  information  will  only  cost  you  the  price  of  a  postal,  and  it  may  be  wo.th  a 
monument  to  you.     Write  to-day. 


McNEEL  MARBLE  CO. 


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NEW    ORLEANS 

The  Gateway  of  the  Mississippi,  The  Great  City 
of  the  Great  South,  The  Largest  Cotton,  Rice,  and 
Sugar  Market  in  the  World,  The  Most  Popular 
Winter  Resort  in  America.  Golf  Links,  Hunting 
and  Fishing.  Comfort,  Health,  Pleasure.  Elevea 
Theaters. 


The  New  St.  Charles  Hotel 

Modern,  Fireproof,  First-Class,  Accommodating 
One  Thousand  Guests.  Turkish,  Russian,  Roman, 
Electric,  and  Plain  Baths.  Luxurious  Sun  Baths 
and  Palm  Garden. 


Andrew  R.  Blakely  <a  Co..  Limited 

PROPRIETORS 


L.  Hall,  534  South  Harvvood  Street, 
Dallas,  Tex ,  who  served  in  Company 
C,  43d  Alabama  Regiment.  Gracie's 
Brigade,  commissioned  by  President 
Davis  as  first  lieutenant  of  the  regiment 
in  1864,  and  who  was  left  on  the  battle- 
field of  Sailor's  Creek  (or  High  Bridge), 
supposed  to  be  mortally  wounded, 
would  be  glad  to  hear  from  any  of  his 
old  regiment  who  may  be  living  in 
Texas.  He  was  carried  to  the  hospital 
at  City  Point  and  later  to  Lincoln  Hos- 
pital at  Washington,  and  reached  his 
home,  in  Greene  County,  Ala.,  in  July, 
1865.  _ 

Shortly  before  the  Civil  War  William 
I.  F.  Purnell  went  from  his  home,  in 
Maryland,  to  Jackson,  Miss.,  supposedly 
to  practice  medicine,  as  he  had  fitted 
himself  for  that  profession.  It  is  known 
that  he  entered  the  Confederate  army, 
and  his  daughter  now  seeks  to  learn 
where  and  how  he  served.  Any  infor- 
mation may  be  sent  to  A.  R.  Barrett,  42 
West  Coulter  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


A.  V.  Blondell,  of  Frederick  City, 
Md.,  wants  the  address  of  Watson  C. 
Morgan,  who  was  wounded  in  the  battle 
of  South  Mountain,  if  he  is  still  living. 
Write  Comrade  Blondell  in  care  of  J. 
L.  Mitchell. 


J.  Phipps,  1603  San  Jacinto  Street, 
Austin,  Tex.,  wishes  to  procure  Volume 
II.  of  "War  between  the  States,"  by 
Alexander  H.  Stephens,  and  the  same 
volume  of  "Rise  and  Fall  of  the  Con- 
federate Government"  in  any  binding. 
He  has  the  first  volumes  of  these  sets. 
They  must  be  in  good  condition. 


SK 


The  Confederate  Memorial  Literary 
Society,  of  Richmond,  Va.,  needs  sev- 
eral numbers  to  complete  its  file  of  the 
Veteran,  and  would  be  glad  to  hear 
from  any  one  who  can  supply  them.  The 
numbers  are  January,  February,  March, 
1893;  October  and  November,  1894;  and 
November,  1904.  Write  to  Miss  Susie 
B.  Harrison,  Assistant  House  Regent,  of 
what  you  can  supply. 


Rev.  Waldo  W.  Moore,  of  Homewood, 
Scott  County,  Miss  ,  writes  that  he 
wishes  to  secure  the  sword  of  his  father, 
Capt.  A.  M.  Moore,  of  Company  I,  40th 
Alabama  Regiment,  who  was  captured 
at  Noonday  Creek,  Ga.,  in  June,  1S64, 
and  his  sword  taken  from  him.  His 
name  with  company  and  regiment  was 
engraved  upon  it.  Any  information  of  it 
will  be  appreciated. 


Surviving  comrades  of  William  C. 
Wallace,  who  served  with  a  Kentucky 
regiment  in  Kirby  Smith's  command, 
will  confer  a  favor  by  writing  to  his 
widow,  Mrs.  William  C.  Wallace,  Pleas- 
ant Street,  Gainesville,  Fla.,  any  infor- 
mation of  his  service,  so  she  may  he 
enabled  to  get  a  pension. 


C.  W.  Bell,  Adjutant  of  the  Camp  U. 
C.  V.  of  St.  Petersburg,  Fla.,  reports 
its  good  condition,  with  twenty-nine 
members  after  having  been  organized 
less  than  two  years,  and  over  half  of 
these  being  live,  enthusiastic  workers 
Only  two  deaths  have  occurred  in  the 
membership  since  organization,  those 
being  E.  B.  Plunckett  and  N.  B.  Ellis. 
This  Camp  was  represented  at  Birming- 
ham in  1908,  and  expects  to  be  at  Mem- 
phis with  a  strong  showing. 


C.  S.  A.  VETERAN 
GRAVE  MARKERS 


Orders  recently  received  and  shipped  : 

Mrs.  n.  A.  Rugeley,  Bay  City,  Tex 1:.'  markers. 

Miss  Jam'  JIcKe.hau.Fayettevil.e,  N.C.  .60        " 

Mrs.  B.  D.  Lamar,  Augusta,  (ia tt        " 

Mr.  J.  S.  D'-akefm-d.  Tuskeeee.  Ala....  100 
Mrs.  L.  A.  Bergeron,  Calvert,  Tex 110 

Mrs.  Bergeron  says  these  markers  fill  a 
long-felt  want,  and  all  those  who  hare 
seen  sample  are  well  pleased  and  she  will 
recommend  them. 

Send  me  25  cents  in  stamps  for  sample 
big  star  by  mail.  I  don't  furnish  Hags. 
Price,  25  cents  each,  with  iron  rod  ready 
to  set.  Fifty  or  sixty  markers  will  go  as 
cheap  by  freight  as  twenty-five.     Address 

Win.  H.  BIRGE,  Franklin,  Pa. 


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Unusual  engagements  for  articles  in  this  issue  after  the 
first  forms  were  made  compel  the  postponement  to  May 
of  several  important  papers  intended  for  April.  In  the  Last 
Roll,  for  instance,  sketches  of  Chaplain  General  J.  William 
Jones  and  Mr.  John  C.  Kennedy,  who  was  of  the  Sam  Davis 
Monument  Committee,  and  several  others  are  delayed.  Con- 
tributors should  5end  what  they  desire  in  early  issues  as 
promptly  as  practical'!' 


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Blavecodeol  lllinoisto  ls:>;;  power  ol  Congress  at  time  of  deci- 
sion and  now  t"  legislate  for  Territory  not  yet  a  Stat  ■;  Northern 
sedition  in  repudiating  the  decision:  Northern  nullification  and 
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The  Wakefield  Indestructible  Harrow 

Harrows  built  with  the  looth  bars  linked  together  always  give  good  results. 
A  successful  Pr  ig  Harrow  is  so  constructed  as  to  give  way  when  striking  an 
obstacle,  and  the  teeth  remain  firm.  Steel  frame  Harrows  are  apt  to  break  and 
the  teeth  become  loos.-.  The  Wakefield  Harrow  may  be  weighted  sufficiently 
to  do  the  work  thoroughly.  It  may  he  provided  with  a  riding  board  or  a 
plat  ■■  for  weights.  Address  H.  U.  WAKEFIELD.  Cornersvllle,  Tenn. 


The  Vftfran  commrn.ls  unstintedly  the  reliability  of  Mr.  Wakefield  ami 
guarantees  the  return  of  money  if  results  an-  riot  satisfactory.  The  Harrows  are 
made  directly  under  his  personal  superyision.     Write  to  him  for  particulars. 

B.  W,  Witcher,  "I  Summit,  Ala.,  desires  to  hear  from  any 
one  who  belonged  to  Company  C,  ist  Confederate  Regiment, 
made  up  in  Atlanta,  Ga..  which  went  out  under  Capt.  J.  R. 
Rhodes,  and  was  afterwards  under  Capt.  Dan  Pittman.  Com- 
rade Witcher  was  wounded  at  Missionary  Ridge,  and  again 
at  Jonesboro,  Ga  .  and  then  sent  to  Macon,  Ga.,  where  he 
was  at  the  surrender. 


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Qoofederat^  l/eterar?. 


The  above  cut  is  that  of  the  great  painting  of  "  Lee  and  His  Generals,"  by  George  B.  Matthews, 
of  Virginia.  C  General  Marcus  J.  Wright  indorses  it  as  follows:  "I  regard  it  as  one  of  the 
finest  paintings  I  ever  saw.  The  truthfulness  of  feature  of  all  these  great  generals  is  most 
remarkable.  The  Lithograph  copy  is  a  most  striking  and  accurate  reproduction  of  the 
original.  I  hope  all  Confederates  will  procure  copies."  <J  The  Lithograph  is  in  color.  Size, 
27  x  16  inches.  State  agents  can  make  most  liberal  contracts.  Agents  wanted  in  every  city  and 
town  in  the  South,  if  Sent  by  mail  on  receipt  of  55  cents.  Every  home  should  have  a  pic- 
ture.    It  will  make  a  nice  Christmas  gift.     Address 

MATTHEWS  &  COMPANY,  1420  New  York  Avenue,  Washington,  D.  C. 


Health,  Wealth,  and  Happiness,  Pleasure,  Peace,  and  Profit 

On  the  Gulf  Coast  of  Texas.    "COME  AND  SEE" 

So,ooo  acres.  Staple  crops  in  summer,  and  truck  for  the 
North  in  winter.  $50  to  $  1,000  per  acre  made  on  land 
bought  at  $25  to  $50.  Oranges,  lemons,  grapes,  and 
figs.     Agents  wanted.     Ask 

W.  AMOS  MOORE,  C.  V.,  Mackay  Building,  San  Antonio,  Texas 


D.  M.  Cloud,  Adjutant  of  U.  C.  V. 
Camp  at  Benton,  Ark.,  wishes  to  get  in 
communication  with  some  comrades  of 
Amos  James,  who  was  a  member  of 
Captain  Griffin's  company  of  Spate's 
Texas  Regiment,  which  was  paroled  at 
Galveston  in  April,  1865.  This  infor- 
mation is  needed  in  helping  Comrade 
James  to  get  a  pension. 

Mr.  J.  Ben  Fuqua,  Clerk  and  Master, 
Waverly,    Term.,    wishes    to    procure    a 
copy   of   the    poem   on    General    Lee    in 
which  occur  the  lines: 
"He    did    not    die,    but    on    that    day    in 

Lexington 
Time  held  the  stirrup  while  he  mounted 

and  rode  the  streets  of  gold." 
Perhaps    some    reader   of   the    Veteran 
can  furnish  a  copy  of  this  poem,  which 
he  is  very  anxious  to  secure. 


1  he  known  survivors  of  the  "Coleman 
Scouts,"    of    which    Sam    Davis    was    a 

member,    are :    Moore,    Columbia, 

Tenn ;  William  Roberts.  Fosterville, 
Tenn. ;  A.  H.  Douglas  and  E.  M.  Pat- 
terson, Nashville;  Bob  Cotton,  Frank- 
lin ;  and  Thomas  Joplin,  Hermitage, 
Tenn. 


I.  S.  Standefer,  of  Roscoe,  Tex.,  seeks 
information  of  his  brother,  Abrnni  P. 
Standefer,  who  joined  Capt.  Adam  John- 
si  m's  company,  which  went  from  Bur- 
nett, Tex.,  and  was  attached  to  Gen. 
John  Morgan's  command.  This  brother 
was  with  Morgan  on  his  raid  into  In- 
diana, but  escaped,  and  was  afterwards 
lost  in  battle.  A  man  of  the  same  name 
was  a  prisoner  at  Rock  Island.  Any 
information  of  him  from  surviving 
comrades   will   be   appreciated. 


R.  D.  Reynolds,  of  Fort  Myers,  Fla., 
writes  that  Walter  S.  Turner,  who 
served  in  Company  I,  30th  North  Caro- 
lina Regiment  of  Infantry,  wishes  to 
locate  some  member  of  that  company 
who  can  testify  as  to  his  service  in  the 
Confederate  army.  He  has  had  financial 
reverses  and  wishes  to  apply  for  a  pen- 
sion. 


William  W.  Old,  Esq.,  of  Norfolk, 
Va.,  wishes  to  make  up  the  first  six  vol- 
umes of  the  Veteran,  and  those  having 
any  of  these  volumes  complete  or  in  part 
v\  ill  kindly  write  him  as  to  price  and 
condition. 


William  Love,  of  Greensboro,  N.  C, 
would  like  to  hear  from  W.  L.  Edwards, 
of  Company  K,  47th  North  Carolina 
Regiment,  or  any  of  his  children.  His 
last-known  address  was  Prairie  Home. 
Mo. 


Confederate  Soldiers 

their  widows  and  children,  who  have  claims  for 
horses  and  equipments  take  1  from  the  soldii-r  lu 
Federal  troops,  in  violation  of  the  terms  of  his 
surrender,  must  file  same  before  May  30  1909 
or  they  will  be  forever  barred.  The  undersigned 
prosecutes  these  claims;  makes  no  charge  unless 
the  claim  is  allowed;  25  per  cent  if  collected. 
Respectfully, 
W.  L.  JETT,  Attorney,  Frankfort,  Ky. 


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W&M-       Bunting  or 

fife]  of  all  kinds 

Silk  Banners,  Swords,  Belts,  Caps 

and  all  kinds  of  Military  Equipment  and 
Society  Goods  is  at 

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Send  for  Price  List  New  York  City 


TEXAS  THE  PLACE 


TEXAS  is  the  BEST  STATE  (or  the 

HOMESEEKER..  «J  Fertile  Lands.  Di- 
versified Crops.  Farming  all  the  year. 
Heallh,  Climate,  Schools  and  Churches. 

The  Sa.n  Antonio  and  Aransas 
Pass  R'A  ilwev.y  traverses  the  best  portion 
Send  2-cent  stamp  for  Folder  and 
Information. 

GEO.  T.  LUPTON.  G.  P.  A.. 

San   Antor\io,   Texas. 


Qopfederat^  Ueterap. 


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OF 

Personal  Knowledge 

Personal  knowledge  is  the  winning  factor  in  the  culminating  contests  of 
this  competitive  age  and  when  of  ample  character  it  places  its  fortunate 
possessor  in  the  front  ranks  of 

The  Well  Informed  of  the  World. 
A  vast  fund  of  personal  knowledge  is  really  essential  to  the  achievement  of  the 
highest  excellence  in  any  field  of  human  effort. 

A  Knowledge  of  Forms,  Knowledge  of  Functions  and  Knowl- 
edge of  Products  are  all  of  the'utmost  value  and  in  questions  of  life  and  health 
when  a  true  and  wholesome  remedy  is  desired  it  should  be  remembered  that  Syrup 
of  Figs  and  Elixir  of  Senna,  manufactured  by  the  California  Fig  Syrup  Co.,  is  an 
ethical  product  which  has  met  with  the  approval  of  the  most  eminent  physicians  and 
gives  universal  satisfaction,  because  it  is  a  remedy  of 

Known  Quality,  Known    Excellence  and   Known   Component  ^ 
Parts  and  has  won  the  valuable  patronage  of  millions  of  the  Well  Informed  of  the  $ 
world,  who  know  of  their  own  personal  knowledge  and  from  actual  use  that  it  is  the  first 
and  best  of  family  laxatives,  for  which  no  extravagant  or  unreasonable  claims  are  made. 

This  valuable  remedy  has  been  long  and  favorably  known 
under  the  name  of — Syrup  of  Figs — and  has  attained  to  world- 
wide acceptance  as  the  most  excellent  family  laxative.  As  its  pure 
laxative  principles,  obtained  from  Senna,  are  well  known  to  physicians 
and  the  Well  Informed  of  the  world  to  be  the  best  we  have 
adopted  the  more  elaborate  name  of— Syrup  of  Figs  and 
Elixir  of  Senna  - —  as  more  fully  descriptive  of  the  remedy, 
but  doubtless  it  will  always  be  called  for  by  the  shorter 
name  of  —  Syrup  of  Figs — and  to  get  its  beneficial 
effects,  always  note,  when  purchasing  the  full 
name  of  the  Company — California  Fig  Syrup 
Co.  —  printed  on  the  front  of  every  package,  Ml  I  U*  II 
whether  you  call  for  —  Syrup  of  Figs 
—  or  by  the  full  name  —  Syrup  of 
Figs  and  Elixir  of  Senna. 


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LEADING  ARTICLES  IN  THIS  NUMBER. 


An  index  to  the  articles  in  this  number  is  not  given  as  usual. 
There  are  too  many  subjects  for  the  space  on  this  page. 

The  Jefferson  Davis  birthplace  has  been  secured,  thanks  to  the 
patriotism  and  liberality  of  Comrade  Bennett  H.  Young  for  advancing 
the  balance  necessary.  The  Sam  Davis  Monument  has  been  dedica- 
ted.    Reunion  notices  are  given. 

In  the  sixty-four  pages  there  are  strong  articles:  "A  Mean  Re- 
port of  Our  Negro  Problem  ;  "  "  Varied  War  Experiences  ;  "  "  Grant's 
Narrow  Escape  at  Vieksburg;"  "C.  S.  A.  Soldiers'  Burial  Ritual;" 
"Fall  of  Richmond;  "  "Experiences  in  the  Enemy's  Lines;  "  "Duel 
between  Gens.  (A.  S.)  Johnston  and  Huston;"  "Battle  of  Natural 
Bridge,  Fla.;"  "John  Brown's  Execution  at  Charlestown  ;  "  "  The  Bat- 
tlefield of  Nashville;"  "Hard  Fighting  at  Nashville  and  Munford- 
ville ;  "  An  Annuity  for  Confederates''  ^suggested);  "Correspondence 
by  Confederates  ;  "  "Fighting  at  Spottsylvania  C.  H. ;  "  "A  Soldier's 
Epitaph  ;  "  '  Boy  Memories  of  the  War;  "  "Rambling  Thoughts  of 
the  Civil  War;"  "Wilcox's  Alabama  Brigade  at  GettyO. 
"  Hardships  of  Georgia  Regulars  :  "  "  Ninth  Kentucky  Cavalry,  C.  S. 
A.;"  "The  Williams  Breech-Loading  Cannon  ;  "  "Name  Replaced  on 
Cabin  John  Bridge;"  "  Perilous  Service  at  Fredericksburg;"  "Last 
Roll;  "  Etc. 


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The  business  of  this  company  is  growing  so  rapidly 
that  it  is  now  desirable  to  increase  the  capital  from 
5150,000  to  $250,000;  and  for  that  purpose  it  offers  all 
of  its  treasury  stock  ($100,000  worth)  at  par,  $10  a 
share,  the  proceeds  of  which  are  to  be  turned  into  the 
treasury  of  the  company  to  further  enlarge  the  scope  of 
its  business.  The  stock  is  issued  under  the  direction 
of  Mr.  Edward  S.  Munford.  Vice  President  of  the  Na- 
tional City  Bank,  of  Washington,  D.  C.  This  house 
was  established  by  its  present  officers,  has  been  contin- 
uously under  their  management,  and  they  will  continue 
to  direct  its  affairs. 

Eight  years  ago  (our  company  was  organized  in 
March,  1901)  the  South,  with  a  population  of  nearly 
twenty  millions,  was  almost  without  current  literature 
of  its  own;  now,  as  the  result  of  our  work,  there  are 
hundreds  of  Southern  writers.  We  have  hundreds  of 
Southern  books  in  active  circulation,  and  several  hun- 
dred Southerners  are  now  preparing  work  that  it  is 
probable  we  will  issue.  There  are  few  Southern  authors 
whose  work  is  of  value  that  do  not  publish  their  books 
through  us.  Ours  is  the  most  distinctive  house  in  the 
United  States,  and  in  building  up  our  prestige  as  the 
publishers  of  Southern  books  we  have  not  neglected  to 
develop  the  house  from  the  national  and  international 
aspects. 

The  company  has  met  all  of  its  obligations  to  the 
entire  satisfaction  of  all  that  it  has  done  business  with 
from  the  time  that  it  was  incorporated.  It  has  never 
been  sued,  hence  no  judgment  has  ever  been  rendered 
against  it;  and  in  the  few  suits  that  it  has  instituted 
each  has  been  decided  in  its  favor  in  the  lower  courts 
and  upon  appeal. 

In  these  eight  years  the  company  has  increased  its 
assets  out  of  its  earnings  by  more  than  $150,000,  be- 
sides having  paid  cash  dividends  on  all  outstanding 
stock,  the  last  of  which  was  ten  per  cent. 

Our  authorized  capital  stock  is  $250,000,  of  which 
$150,000  has  been  issued. 

In  listing  our  assets  at  more  than  $150,000  in  excess 
of  our  liabilities  we  do  not  include  copyrights,  plates 
of  publications  (which  plates  enable  us  to  produce  fur- 
ther editions  at  a  small  cost),  and  contracts  that  we 
have  made  for  the  publication  of  books  that  have  not 
been  issued  as  yet.  For  instance,  we  do  not  take  into 
consideration  our  contract  with  Ambrose  Bierce  for  the 
publication  of  his  collected  works  in  ten  volumes,  the 
initial  edition  of  which  will  be  two  hundred  and  fifty 
sets,  at  $100  a  set,  with  the  sole  right  to  us  to  publish 
in  book  form  all  of  his  writings  for  the  future,  as  well 
as  those  of  the  past — and  his  works  are  a  part  of  per- 
manent American  literature.  The  real  value  of  our 
assets — after  deducting  our  relatively  insignificant  lia- 
bilities, amounting  to  approximately  $12,500— is  much 
in  excess  of  $150,000. 

In  building  up  our  business  we  have  paid  in  cash 
for  advertising  alone  more  than  $50,000,  while  thou- 
sands of  columns  of  reviews  of  our  publications  have 
been  printed  in  the  leading  newspapers  and  magazines 
of  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain  without  cost  to 
us.  We  do  not  recall  any  newspaper  or  magazine  of  im- 
portance that  has  a  literary  department  that  does  not 
review  our  eou'us. 

We  have  established  a  clientele  that  we  estimate  to 
be  not  less  than  thirty  thousand  families,  and  includes 
every  dealer  in  books  in  the  United  States  that  we  deem 
responsible  and  some  of  the  leading  dealers  abroad.  Our 
customers  include  the  more  important  of  the  public 
libraries  in  the  United  States  (nearly  all  of  them  that 
have   funds   for  the   purchase   of  books).     About   eight 

Subscriptions  from  one  to  one  thousand  shares,  with  check 
Vice  President  of  the  City  National  Bank,  of  Washington,  D.  C 
City,  or  431  Eleventh  Street,  Washington,  D.  G 


thousand  customers  buy  our  publications  of  us  at  retail, 
constituting  our  Mail  Order  Department. 

Great  values  to  the  company  already  have  been  earned, 
but  are  yet  to  be  developed  to  their  fullest  from  year  to 
year.  This  is  the  only  publishing  house  that  is  distinct- 
ively Southern  while  national  and  international  in  its 
literature.  There  is  a  great  educational  awakening  in 
the  South,  and  the  twenty  millions  of  Southern  people 
in  that  section,  aside  from  the  Southern  people  in  other 
parts  of  the  United  States,  with  great  pride  are  develop- 
ing their  literature.  The  South  is  growing  rapidly 
through  the  influx  of  population  from  abroad  and  from 
different  parts  of  this  country,  and  the  new  settlers  are 
compelled  to  know  Southern  history  and  to  obtain  all 
of  the  literature  that  it  is  possible  for  them  to  secure 
that  bears  upon  their  new  home.  From  the  beginning 
we  have  had  the  future  of  our  house  in  view,  and  our 
publications  have  been  selected  because  of  the  perma- 
nency of  their  value.  Thus  "Four  Years  under  Marse 
Robert,"  a  two-dollar  book,  by  a  man  who  was  known 
only  locally  at  the  time  that  we  first  published  it,  five 
years  ago,  is  now  selling  at  the  rate  of  1,120  copies  a 
year. 

The  business  has  been  conducted  conservatively  from 
the  beginning,  and  this  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  of 
the  hundreds  of  publications  that  we  have  issued  we 
have  outstanding  less  than  two  thousand  dollars,  rep- 
resenting about  fifteen  books,  where  we  have  not  re- 
ceived as  yet  the  expense  of  production,  which  expense 
without  doubt  ultimately  will  be  received  by  us. 

We  opened  our  offices  in  New  York  City  in  the  Flat- 
iron  Building  in  1903,  and  we  are  now  in  our  sixth 
year  in  that  building.  We  still  occupy  the  building, 
431  Eleventh  Street,  Washington,  D.  C.  our  first  home, 
and  we  rent  two  other  places  for  warehouses — one  in 
New  York  City,  West  and  Hubert  Streets;  the  other, 
929  D  Street  N.  W.,  Washington.  Thus  our  stock  is 
scattered,   with  little  fire   risk. 

We  are  in  a  position — and  no  other  house  is  in  such 
a  position — to  issue  at  a  small  expense  relatively  a  mag- 
azine that  shall  be  devoted  to  world  literature,  in- 
ternational in  scope,  yet  distinctively  Southern  in  much 
the  same  sense  that  the  Atlantic  relates  to  New  England 
and  Harper's  to  the  Middle  Atlantic  States.  It  is  hardly 
possible  that  our  following  of  something  like  thirty 
thousand  wealthy  Southern  customers  alone  should  fail 
to  pay  three  dollars  a  year  for  such  a  magazine.  It  is 
our  opinion  and  that  of  those  well  informed  that  we  have 
consulted  that  the  magazine  should  have  a  circulation 
within  five  years  of  fully  one  hundred  thousand.  It 
would  have  a  clear  field  and  would  be  a  monopoly.  No 
one  could  enter  our  field  and  hope  to  compete  with  us 
in  the  publication  of  such  a  magazine. 

Upon  a  circulation  of  ten  thousand  our  magazine 
would  net  expenses,  and  all  over  that  circulation  a  net 
profit  to  us  upon  the  circulation  alone  would  be  one  dol- 
lar a  year  for  each  subscriber.  The  advertising  possi- 
bilities are  immense.  It  would  be  the  only  medium  in 
the  South  that  could  be  used  for  high-grade  illustrated 
advertisements.  In  our  opinion  the  magazine  within 
a  few  years  would  net  quite  as  much  as  Harper's  and 
the  Century— as  much  as  $250,000  a  year.  The  advan- 
tage to  our  book  publishing  business  from  such  a  mag- 
azine would  be  hard  to  compute. 

This  announcement  is  based  upon  the  record  that  we 
have  made  in  eight  years.  We  have  never  had  a  busi- 
ness secret,  and  our  books  always  have  been  and  are 
now  open  to  every  one. 

for  $10  a  share,  par  value,  should  be  addressed  to  Edward  S.  Munford, 
.,  or  to  the  Neale  Publishing  Company,  Flatiron  Building,  New  York 


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I*  A  BOTTLE.     (l,.«r,„loM..nrtprtb.rood»ndDrul!. 
Art,  June  W,  1906.     Serial  number,  1098. 


W.  W.  Prickett,  of  Allatoona,  Ga., 
who  served  in  Company  A,  ist  ( .c.h i;i.i 
ilry,  wishes  to  prove  his  record 
while  m  prison  at  Chattanooga,  linn. 
iii  July.  1864.  He  would  like  to  hear 
from  the  -(tyrant  in  charge  of  the 
prison  at  the  time  if  he  is  still  !  ng 
adc  who  remembers  hi  •  « '11 
please  write. 


James  A.  Phillips,  of  Hughes  Spri  gs, 
Cass  County,  Tex  (R  R.  No.  3,  Box 
'9),  would  like  to  hear  from  any  sur- 
viving comrades  of  the  1st  South  Caro- 
lina Regiment  who  can  testify  as  to  his 
ice  in  Fort  Sumter  with  that  regi 
ment.  He  is  in  distress  and  need,  and 
hopes  to  get  a  pension  if  his  service  can 
be  proved. 


J.  A.  Taylor,  Morton,  Miss.,  is  anxious 
to  get  any  information  of  F.  C.  Mc- 
Neily,  who  volunteered  from  Morton, 
Miss.,  in  Company  G,  28th  Mississippi 
Cavalry,  Armstrong's  Brigade,  Jackson's 
Division.  His  home  was  at  Charlotte, 
Tenn.  He  was  wounded  at  the  battle  of 
Franklin.  Mr.  Taylor  was  lieutenant  of 
Company  G,  28th   Mississippi  Cavalry. 


Dan  Coffman,  Kaufman,  Tex.,  wishes 
to  communicate  with  any  comrades  of 
William  P.  Knight,  who  was  of  For- 
rest's command  and  acted  as  a  spy  for 
General  Forrest  during  the  war.  Be- 
fore and  for  some  years  after  the  war 
he  lived  near  Nashville.  Tenn. ;  and 
wdien  he  died  in  Texas,  in  1901.  he  had 
about   reached  the  century  mark. 


Milton  M.  McLaurine,  of  Ballsvillc, 
Va.,  would  like  to  hear  from  any  surviv- 
ing comrades  of  the  18th  Mississippi  or 
17th  Alabama,  in  which  commands  his 
brothers  served.  He  and  two  other 
brothers  were  in  the  Powhatan  Troop, 
4th  Virginia  Cavalry,  and  another 
brother  (a  cripple)  in  some  reserve  com- 
mand in  Alabama.  His  father  gave  six 
sons  to  the  Confederate  army. 


L,  F.  Airheart,  of  Kemp,  Tex  ,  is 
anxious  to  hear  from  any  surviving 
member  of  Company  H  (commanded 
by  Captain  Dickey).  Thompson's  Regi- 
ment. Shelby's  Brigade.  He  was  cap- 
tured  at  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  in  September, 
1863,  and  sent  to  Camp  Morton,  where 
he  stayed  eighteen  months.  Anderson 
Boyd,  Sam  McAdams,  and  Will  Bowels 
were  with  him  in  prison,  and  he  would 
be  glad  to  hear  from  them  or  any  others 
who  knew  him  as  a  Confederate  sol- 
dier, as  he  wishes  to  apply  for  a  pen- 
sion. 


A  soldier  of  Terry's  Texas  Rangers 
named  Grable,  his  first  name  thought  to 
be  1  harles,  was  wounded  in  a  fight  near 
Woodburn,  Warren  County.  Ky..  and 
was  left  at  Henderson  White's,  on 
Drake's  Creek,  for  several  days.  He 
to  Miss  Relda  White,  a  young 
daughter  of  the  house,  a  silver  1<  xas 
star  which  he  wore.  He  was  afterwards 
carried  to  Louisville  a  pris  met  and  then 
to  Camp  Chase.  The  star  is  still  kept 
by  the  recipient,  now  Mrs.  F  A  Bell, 
who  lives  at  South  Union,  Ky..  and  she 
would  be  glad  to  know  if  the  sol 
boy  i-  stin  alive. 


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find  our  experience  of  value. 
Anyway,  let's  talk  it  over. 

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reading  to  hand  to  others  would  in  most  instances  be  ap- 
preciated. 


OFFICIAL   NOTICE  OF  THE  REUNION. 

Headquarters  United  Confederate  Veterans, 
New  Orleans,  La.,  February   t,   1909. 

I  RAL   (  IRDERS    No.    5. 

I.  The  General  Commanding  announces  that,  according  to 
the  custom  heretofore  in  force,  which  leaves  to  the  General 
Commanding  and  the  Department  Commanders  the  fixing  of 
the  date  of  the  Reunion,  the  nineteenth  annual  Reunion  of 
the  United  Confederate  Veterans  will  be  held  in  the  city  of 
Memphis,  Tenn  .  on  June  8,  9,  10,  1909,  Tuesday,  Wednesday, 
and  Thursday,  respectively,  those  days  having  been  named 
by  our  host  as  satisfactory.  For  the  fifth  time  in  the  brief 
life  of  this  order  the  people  of  Tennessee  throw  open  their 
doors  and  invite  the  survivors  of  the  glorious  armies  of  the 
deracy  I"  partake  of  their  hospitality,  while  the  noble 
and  patriotic  citizens  of  Memphis  a  second  time  beg  the 
wearers  of  tin-  gray  to  be  their  guests.  They  promise  that 
this  second  welcome  to  their  homes  and  hearts  shall  far  ex- 
ceed the  grand  reception  given  eight  years  ago.  No  city  in  the 
South  has  shown  such  marked  advances  in  every  respect  in 
lort  a  period  of  time;  and  while  the  cordiality  of  the  pres- 
ent entertainment  will  be  on  a  broader  and  wider  basis. 

nate  with  her  enlarged  condition  and  great  1  1  1  ommercial 
importance,  it  will  not  be,  cannot  be,  more  hearty  or  en- 
thusiastic.    *     *     * 

II     I  he  General  Commanding  with  much  pleasure  announces, 
at    the    request    of    its    most    energetic     President,    Mrs.    \Y.    J. 


Behan,  that  the  Confederated  Southern  Memorial   Association 

will  hold  its  meeting  at  the  same  time. 

TIL  The    General    Commanding    sincerely    hopes    that     the 
press   of  the  entire  country   will   endeavor  to  stir  up   interest 
in   the  coming  meeting,   and   t"   this   end   he   requests   that   this 
order  be  published  and  editorial  comment   made  thereon. 
Clement  A.  Evans,  General  Commanding 

VVm.  E.  Mickle,  Adjutant  General  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

JEFFERSON  DAVIS  HOME  SECURED. 

BY  t'AI'T.   .1011  N    H.  LEATHERS,   LOUISVILLE,   KY. 

The  Jefferson  Davis  Home  at  Fairview,  Christian  and  Todd 
Counties,  K\  .  comprising  about  sixteen  acres  of  beautiful 
land,  has  been  bought  and  paid  for  in  cash. 

The  acquisition  of  the  property  has  been  made  possible  by 
a  generous  Kentucky  Confederate  advancing  a  large  part  of 
the  money  needed  to  pay  the  cash  for  the  property,  and  it 
now  belongs  to  the  Jefferson  Davis  Home  Association. 

It  remains  for  the  people  of  the  South  to  furnish  the  funds 
to  erect  a  fitting  memorial  to  the  exalted  name  and  services 
of  a  man  who  deserves  the  love  and  affection  of  the  Southern 
people.  Mr.  Davis  stood  for  constitutional  liberty  for  which 
the  very  flower  of  the  youth  of  the  South  poured  out  their 
blood  on  a  thousand  battlefields,  ami  their  survivors  and  their 
descendants  should  see  to  it  that  there  is  erected  to  Mr 
Davis's  memory  on  the  soil  where  he  first  saw  the  light  a 
tribute  to  his  sacrifices  and  sufferings  and  labors  f~r  the  land 
and  the  people  he  loved. 

The  great  North  and  the  great  West  will  see  to  it  that  ,1 
large  fund  is  poured  out  freely  to  appropriately  honor  the 
name  and  fame  of  Abraham  Lincoln  at  his  birthplace.  I  Tie 
South  alone  by  voluntary  subscription  must  furnish  the  money 
to  equally  honor  our  beloved  President.  Let  every  Camp  of 
Confederate  Veterans,  every  Camp  of  Sons  ,>f  Veterans, 
every  Chapter  of  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  and  every 
patriotic  Southern  man  and  woman  lake  some  part  in  t!::s 
noble  work.  We  now  own  his  birthplace,  and  we  want  $50,000. 
and  will  get  it.  to  erect  a  lilting  memorial  to  Jefferson  Davis. 

A  list  of  subscribers  will  be  published  monthly  in  the  Con- 
federal Yiiii  w.  Send  subscriptions  to  the  Treasurer  at 
Louisville,  Ky..  or.  if  more  convenient,  to  the  Confederate 
Veteran  at  Nashville,  and  .1  beautiful  certificate  of  member- 
ship in  the  Jefferson  Davis  Home  Association  will  he  prompt- 
Ij  forwarded  to  you  The  sooner  the  money  1^  raised,  the 
si  inner  the  inniii  irial  will  be  erected 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterag. 


JEFFERSON  DAVIS'S  BIRTHPLACE  SECURED. 

The  Veteran  is  pleased  to  announce  to  the  people  of  the 
South  that  the  birthplace  of  Jefferson  Davis  has  been  scoured 
for  the  purpose  of  erecting  on  it  a  suitable  memorial  to  that 
great  and  good  man,  and  that  what  the  North  has  done  for 
Mr.  Lincoln's  birthplace  the  South  may  do  for  Mr.  Davis's. 

The  Veteran  has  worked  without  stint  for  the  consumma- 
tion of  this  object,  and  its  editor  attended  the  first  meeting 
of  the  Orphan  Brigade,  in  which  the  project  was  promulgated, 
nineteen  months  ago.  General  Buckner  and  his  associates 
took  up  the  project  promptly  and  secured  the  cooperation  of 
other  friends  in  Kentucky,  and  a  corporation  was  organized 
to  secure  and  hold  the  land  necessary  for  the  consummation 
of  the  plan.  The  conception  of  this  most  worthy  object  was 
by  Dr.  C.  C.  Brown,  now  of  Bowling  Green,  Ky. 

Options  were  taken  by  the  late  W.  B.  Brewer  April  27, 
1908.  good  for  one  year.  The  early  responses  to  the  call  for 
funds  to  purchase  the  required  ground  in  Fairview,  mainly  in 
Todd  County,  on  the  line  of  Christian  County,  were  not  suf- 
ficient to  give  the  management  of  the  enterprise  any  great 
hope ;  but  sentiment  has  grown  rapidly.  In  the  March  Vet- 
eran Gen.  Bennett  H.  Young  prepared  a  call  which  gave  re- 
newed impetus  to  the  movement,  and  there  has  been  collected 
about  $3,000.  The  options  could  not  be  extended,  however, 
and  it  looked  as  if  the  enterprise,  on  the  plan  espoused,  would 
fail.  Seven  thousand  dollars  was  the  least  that  would  buy 
the  land.  Great-hearted  and  prosperous  Gen.  Bennett  H. 
Young  offered  to  advance  the  amount  required  to  secure  the 
five  blocks  of  land  in  Fairview  needed  to  assure  sufficient 
space  for  nil  purposes.  The  erection  of  a  memorial  hall  or 
suitable  monument  and  park  area  was  thus  secured. 

General  Young  and  Mr.  Cunningham  went  to  Fairview  and 
closed  the  options,  making  the  payments  and  taking  deeds  to 
about  seventeen  acres  of  land,  which,  as  stated,  is  sufficient 
for  the  objects  of  the  corporation.  Friends  there  took  the 
most  active  interest  in  behalf  of  the  Association  purchases. 

At  seven  o'clock  in  the  morning  the  representatives  of  the 
Jefferson  Davis  Home  Association  had  driven  to  Fairview 
from  Hopkinsville  over  a  delightful  turnpike,  and  at  once 
began  the  preparation  of  the  papers.  W.  B.  Reeves,  Jr.,  an 
attorney  of  the  Association,  drove  over  from  Elkton,  the 
county  seat  of  Todd  County,  and  certified  that  the  titles  were 
all  right.  The  property  of  Dr.  C.  B.  Woosley,  containing 
nine  acres  with  a  handsome  two-story  house,  was  the  first 
parcel  conveyed.  General  Young  laid  down  a  $5,000  package 
of  legal  tender,  and  the  Doctor  executed  and  delivered  the 
first  deed  which  made  the  memorial  a  success 

General  Young,  with  the  assistance  of  Mr.  Reeves,  soon 
wrote  and  had  signed  all  conveyances,  and  by  ten  o'clock  the 
routine  work  was  completed,  and  the  birthplace  of  Jefferson 
Davis  was  secured  for  public  use. 

The  loyal  friends  in  Fairview,  Dr.  S.  E.  Stuart,  Messrs. 
Wiles,  Vaughan,  Yancey,  and  others,  were  overjoyed  at  the 
outcome,  many  of  the  people  in  the  village  having  predicted 
that  the  efforts  would  end  in  failure.  It  meant  much  to  Fair- 
view  and  to  the  devoted  friends  there  who  so  long  and  so 
earnestly  had  advocated  the  purchase  of  the  property,  and  had 
done  all  in  their  power  to  help  those  who  had  undertaken  the 
task. 

Quite  a  crowd  had  gathered  about  Mr.  Yancey's  store  to 
witness  the  closing  transactions ;  and  when  the  visitors  slipped 
into  their  buggy  to  return  to  Hopkinsville,  they  were  en- 
thusiastically cheered. 


Much  work  is  yet  before  the  Association.  The  most  dif- 
ficult task  is  yet  before  the  men  and  women  of  the  South 
who  sympathize  with  this  movement.    There  can  be  no  retreat. 


CEN      DENNETT    YOUNG,    WHO    SAVED    THE    HOME. 

Success  alone  will  justify  the  loyal  devotion  x>f  the  people  to 
their  great  leader.  The  place  where  Jefferson  Davis  was 
born  will  become  a  shrine  which  thousands  will  yearly  visit, 
and  Fairview,  where  this  memorial  is  to  be  erected,  will  be- 
come a  Mecca  for  those  who  feel  worthy  pride  in  the  glory 
and  splendor  of  Southern  womanhood  and  manhood. 

The  place  is  accessible  from  railways  at  Pembroke,  Hop- 
kinsville, and  Elkton,  and  the  richness  of  the  country  inter- 
vening would  justify  an  interurban  railway  via  Fairview. 

A  debt  of  gratitude  to  Gen.  Bennett  H.  Young  will  not  be 
forgotten.  To  him  the  South  is  indebted  for  securing  the 
beautiful  area  designed  as  a  memorial  to  President  Jefferson 
Davis.  Let  us  all  be  active  to  return  to  him  the  money  he 
so  generously  advanced. 


LIKENESS  OF  MR.  DAVIS  ON  CRUISER  PLATE. 

The  last  edition  to  the  United  States  navy  is  the  mag- 
nificent armored  cruiser  Mississippi.  The  name  State  will 
present  the  battle  ship  a  sixty-two-piece  set  of  silver  which 
will  cost  seven  thousand  dollars,  the  presentation  being  made 
at  Natchez.  The  set  is  very  artistic  and  is  the  work  of  a  Phila- 
delphia firm.  The  largest  piece  of  the  set  is  a  punch  bowl 
with  a  capacity  of  seven  and  a  half  gallons,  and  with  the  old 
wooden  gunboat  Mississippi  etched  upon  one  side  and  the  new 
war  ship  of  that  name  upon  the  other. 

The  centerpiece  is  a  fine  likeness  of  Jefferson  Davis,  the 
famous  Mississippian,  and  one  side  of  this  bears  an  etching  of 
Beauvoir,  his  old  home,  and  beneath  a  medallion  of  Mr. 
Davis  in  citizen's  clothes  as  he  appeared  in  the  last  days  at 
Beauvoir.  The  reverse  side  of  the  centerpiece  has  Jackson, 
the  first  capital,  and  beneath  this  a  medallion  of  De  Soto. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai). 


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A   VISIT  OF  MR.  DAVIS  TO  FAIRVIEW. 

Every  incident  in  any  way  connected  with  the  life  and  acts 
of  Jefferson  Davis  is  now  eagerly  sought.  Early  in  Octo- 
ber, 1875,  tne  Christian  County  Agricultural  and  Mechanical 
Association  secured  the  favor  of  Mr.  Davis  to  address  the 
Association  at  the  annual  fair  at  Hopkinsville,  Ky. 

The  citizens  of  Fairview,  being  apprized  of  the  visit,  deter- 
mined to  invite  Mr.  Davis  to  partake  of  a  dinner  at  his  natal 
home,  and  dispatched  a  messenger  to  confer  with  him,  who 
returned  with  his  acceptance,  the  following  Monday  being 
designated.  The  evening  previous  (Sunday)  Mr.  Nelson 
Wade  offered  to  the  committee  a  cane  made  from  an  old  black 
locust  which  formerly  stood  immediately  in  front  of  the  resi- 
dence of  Mr.  Davis's  father,  which  must  have  been  planted 
by  the  father  of  Mr.  Davis.  The  committee  of  citizens,  com- 
posed of  Dr.  E.  S.  Stuart,  Rev.  T.  H.  Shaw,  and  G  W. 
Braden,  at  once  secured  the  cane  and  with  equal  dispatch  hur- 
ried a  representative  to  Hopkinsville  with  orders  to  have  a 
gold  head  put  on  it  for  presentation  to  Mr.  Davis.  Their 
representative  returned  at  daylight  Monday  morning  with 
the  cane  ready  for  presentation. 

At  nine  o'clock  the  Fairview  brass  band  moved  some  three- 
quarters  of  a  mile  to  meet  Mr.  Davis  and  escort,  and  to  the 
soul-stirring  strains  of  "My  Old  Kentucky  Home"  escorted 
him  to  the  residence  of  Dr.  Stuart,  where  he  remained  for 
some  time.  Mr.  Davis  was  then  conducted  to  the  portal  of 
bis  natal  home,  where  a  stage  had  been  erected,  and  he  at 
once  addressed  the  citizens,  who  had  assembled  from  miles 
around,  closing  with  the  soul-stirring  sentence  :  "The  noblest 
work  of  man  is  to  do  and  suffer  for  his  fellow-man."  At  this 
junction  James  R.  Wiles,  an  old  Confederate  soldier,  stepped 
forward  and  in  a  few  appropriate  words  presented  the  cane  to 
Mr.  Davis  as  a  token  of  the  esteem  of  the  citizens  of  Fairview. 
\t  dinner  the  cane  seemed  to  be  in  Mr.  Davis's  way,  and 
a  lady  offered  to  take  care  of  it  for  him ;  but  he  declined, 
saying:  "I  prize  this  token  too  highly  to  permit  it  out  of  my 
hands."  The  band  continued  to  play  until  dinner  was  over. 
Thus  closed  one  of  the  pleasant  reminiscences  of  Fairview  in 
connection  with  the  visit. 

A  good  story  is  told  by  Comrade  Wiles  in  connection  with 
the  presentation.  He  had  gone  to  Hopkinsville  in  the  stress 
of  having  the  cane  ready  and  had  been  up  all  night.  Then 
1"  was  timid  besides,  and  when  called  upon  to  make  the  pres- 
entation said  he  could  not  possibly  do  it.  There  was  by  his 
side  the  little  woman  who  was  to  become  his  wife,  and  did, 
who  at  once  told  him  that  it  was  the  opportunity  of  his  life- 
time, and  that  he  should  not  miss  it  under  any  circumstances. 
That  gave  him  courage,  and  he  has  been  proud  ever  since  of 
bis  part  in  the  ceremony. 

The  Kind  of  Monument  for  Confederate  Women. 
An  old  paper  by  Gen.  George  D,  Johnston,  of  Tuscaloosa, 
Ala.,  is  concluded  with  these  words:  "Such  briefly  and  in 
part  is  the  record  of  the  Confederate  women.  They  deserve, 
and  I  rejoice  that  the  Sons  of  Confederate  Veterans  have  as- 
sumed the  duty  and  responsibility  of  erecting,  a  fitting  monu- 
ment as  a  public  testimonial  to  their  exalted  virtues  and 
ices  and  to  the  undying  reverence  and  gratitude  of  our  loyal- 
hearted  people.  Let  it  be  carved  of  purest  marble  from  the 
quarries  of  their  own  sunny  land,  crown  it  with  the  figure  of 
a  Southern  matron  draped  in  her  modest  and  becoming  garb, 
and  grave  upon  its  base  in  simple  script  this  faithful  tribute: 
'To  the  Women  of  the  Confederacy,  unconquered  and  uncon- 
querable.1 The  subject  seems  too  sacred  to  be  treated  other- 
wise." 


GEN.  WALKER  ON  THE  WOMAN'S  MONUMENT. 

Gen.  C.  Irvine  Walker,  Special  Representative  U.  S.  C.  V. 
and  Chairman  U.  C.  V.  Committee  on  Cooperation,  writes: 

"Editor  Veteran:  I  regretted  exceedingly  the  stand  you 
felt  obliged  to  take  as  to  the  bronzes  for  the  State  monu- 
ments to  the  Women  of  the  Confederacy,  and  thank  you,  feel- 
ing as  you  do,  for  your  very  kind  and  conservative  expressions. 
As  you  very  justly  say:  'This  is  purely  a  question  of  taste 
and  judgment  as  to  propriety.'  We  have  earnestly  and  honest- 
l\  liter  more  than  a  year's  thought  and  deep  consideration, 
weighing  everything,  had  these  models  made,  which  are  but 
imperfectly  presented  by  the  photographs.  We  think  they 
are  in  good  taste  and  appropriate.  But  be  assured  of  one 
thing — that  nothing  would  induce  us  to  urge  their  acceptance 
if  the  great  mass  of  Southern  opinion  is  opposed  to  them. 

"To  learn  whether  this  is  so  or  not,  it  is  proposed  on  the 
evening  of  June  8  at  the  Memphis  Reunion  to  present  by 
magic  lantern  slides  true  photographic  reproductions  not  of 
the  'sketch  models;  as  those  are  which  we  have  heretofore 
been  obliged  to  use,  but  of  the  full-size  completed  models. 
If  they  are  then  condemned,  which  I  cannot  think  possible, 
we  will  simply  have  to  make  another  trial.  But  we  do  not 
propose  to  give  up  our  aim  to  honor  these  noble  women  until 
we  have  presented  bronzes  worthy  of  the  glorious  subject  and 
of  the  godlike  heroines  and  satisfying  those  who  have  con- 
tributed and  will  contribute  to  their  erection." 


TENNESSEE  DIVISION,  U.  D.  C. 

The  Tennessee  Division  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy 
will  meet  in  convention  May  T2  at  Jackson,  Tenn. 

Preparations  for  a  great  convention  are  Hearing  completion, 
and  the  program  will  be  ready  for  the  printer  in  a  very  few 
days.  The  Division  has  grown  to  great  proportions,  largely 
exceeding  five  thousand,  and  there  never  has  been  so  general 
an  interest  in  the  annual  Convention,  most  of  the  Chapters 
having  signified  their  intention  of  being  represented. 

From  the  indications,  the  fine  old  town  of  Jackson,  where  so 
many  notable  conventions  have  been  held,  will  leave  noth- 
ing undone  to  make  this  meeting  brilliant  and  successful.  The 
freedom  of  the  city  will  be  tendered  by  his  honor,  Mayor  Polk  ; 
welcome  addresses  by  veterans  and  sons  of  veterans,  and  a 
welcome  from  the  Supreme  Court  by  Chief  Justice  Beard:  also 
addresses  of  welcome  from  Madison  Chapter,  D.  A.  R  ,  Mrs. 
Dancy,  and  from  the  Musidora  McCorry  hostess  Chapter  by 
the  President,  Mrs.  Holland.  The  State  President  will  be 
escorted  to  the  chair  by  the  Children  of  the  Confederacy  sing- 
ing. Luncheons,  receptions,  and  other  charming  features  have 
been  arranged  in  honor  of  the  U.  D.  C.  Rates  at  the  leading 
hotels  are  from  fifty  cents  to  one  dollar  per  day,  European 
plan,  and  the  railroads  have  given  special  rates,  which  are  one 
and  one-third  fare  plus  fifty  cents  (certificate  plan).  These 
are  only  rough  and  incomplete  notes  of  the  Convention. 

Mrs.  M.  B.  Pilcher.  Pres.  Tennessee  Division,  U.  D.  C. 

Mr.  John  S.  Randal  Makes  a  Correction.— Hon.  N.  \\. 
Baptist,  of  Covington.  Tenn.,  corrects  for  Mr.  Randal  (see 
page  185  April  Veteran)  :  "Captain  Boyd  was  in  command 
of  the  detail  of  twenty-five  men  who  left  Kastport  as  an  es- 
cort for  General  Dodge,  but  was  not  in  command  of  the  small 
detail  which  left  Pulaski  and  captured  Sam  Davis  at  the 
crossroads.  1  misunderstood  linn,  and  when  he  stated  that 
Boyd  was  not  in  command  id'  the  detail  1  thought  he  referred 
to  the  detail  of  twenty-five  men  sent  as  an  escort  to  General 
Dodge.  This  correction  is  not  perhaps  important,  but  Mr. 
Randal  wishes  to  be  as  near  exact  as  he  can  m  the  matter." 


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Confederate  l/eteran. 


Confederate  l/eteran. 

S.  A.  CUNNINGHAM,  Editor  and  Proprietor. 
Office:  Methodist  Publishing  House  Building,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

ThU  publication  Is  the  personal  property  of  S.  A.  Cunningham.  All  per- 
mit who  approve  its  principles  and  realize  its  benefits  as  an  organ  for  Asso- 
-datlons  throughout  the  South  are  requested  to  commend  its  patronage  and  to 
soflperate  in  extending  its  circulation.     Let  each  one  be  constantly  diligent. 

MONUMENT  TO  SAM  DAVIS  DEDICATED. 
April  29,  1909,  will  long  be  remembered  as  the  day  on  which 
the  superb  monument  to  Samuel  Davis  was  unveiled  in  the 
presence  of  many  thousands  of  people  on  Capitol  Hill  in 
Nashville,  Tenn.  A  picture  of  the  monument  and  a  brief  his- 
tory of  how  it  was  conceived  and  the  work  executed,  to- 
gether with  the  list  of  subscriptions  not  heretofore  published 
and  what  is  regarded  as  the  most  accurate  and  impressive 
sketch  of  the  matchless  hero  ever  written,  may  be  expected  in 
the  June  Veteran. 


THE  MEMPHIS  REUNION  DRAWS  NEAR. 

The  coming  Reunion  of  the  United  Confederate  Veterans, 
the  United  Sons  of  Veterans,  and  the  Confederated  Southern 
Memorial  Association  is  a  subject  of  widespread  interest 
among  all  who  are  members  of  or  are  interested  in  these  im- 
portant organizations.  There  is  pathos  of  conditions  in  this 
connection ;  for  while  many  vigorous  men  and  loyal  women 
will  be  in  attendance,  the  fact  can't  be  overlooked  that  a  large 
majority  of  the  original  members  have  answered  the  last 
roll  or  are  too  feeble  to  go.  While  good  cheer  and  much  joy 
may  be  expected  on  the  occasion,  it  behooves  the  survivors  to 
be  more  and  more  thoughtful  of  the  good  that  can  be  done  at 
this  and  the  few  remaining  gatherings. 

First  of  all,  the  memories  of  our  fallen  comrades  during  the 
war  and  since  should  have  consideration.  The  "story  of  the 
glory"  which  they  wrought  should  be  foremost  in  all  discus- 
sions. The  rapidly  growing  sentiment  among  those  who  fought 
at  the  front  on  the  other  side  is  worthy  of  a  special  praise 
service.  It  appears  now  indeed  that  Confederate  patriotism  and 
valor  may  be  intrusted  largely  to  the  men  who  won  in  the  end. 

The  time  has  come  when  there  should  be  no  bickering  or 
ill  temper ;  there  should  be  no  unseemly  scramble  for  place, 
for  there  is  no  higher  rank  in  the  world's  estimate  than  that 
of  the  PRIVATE  CONFEDERATE  SOLDIER.  Every 
member  should  hasten  to  perform  deeds  of  kindness,  and 
rivalry  should  be  to  honor  the  other  fellow  above  self. 

Veteran  headquarters  will  be  announced  in  June  issue. 

IN  HONOR  OF  SOUTHERN  WOMEN. 

BY    HELEN   F.   PULLIAM,  EUREKA  SPRINGS,  ARK. 

The  grand  idea  of  honoring  the  women  of  the  Confed- 
eracy is  now  before  the  people  of  the  South,  and  the  subject 
is  one  in  unison  with  the  high  ideals  and  chivalric  character- 
istics of  our  ancestry  and  Christian  civilization.  Then  as  one 
of  those  women  so  honored  (for  I  would  gladly  have  sacri- 
ficed my  life  for  the  great  cause)  permit  me  to  suggest  that 
no  mistake  should  be  made  as  to  the  form  of  the  memorial 
which  shall  show  to  the  world  how  a  nation  can  honor  woman, 
and  for  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  nations.  I  am  confident 
that  I  voice  the  sentiment  of  a  majority  of  the  South  when 
I  say  that  a  monument  to  correspond  in  many  respects  to 
that  of  our  honored  President  Jefferson  Davis's  monument 
would  prove  acceptable  and  grand  in  realization,  and  would 
indeed  be  a  fitting  tribute  to  the  noble  women  of  the  Con- 
federacy for  their  exalted  patriotism  and  patient  endurance. 

I  am  now  eighty  years  of  age  and  look  back  upon  the  trying 


scenes  of  the  days  of  '61  to  '64  with  proud  satisfaction,  be- 
lieving that  while  the  North  had  the  material  benefits  of  that 
great  struggle  our  beloved  Southland  had  all  of  its  glory 
and  military  fame.  I  wish  you  great  success  in  your  efforts 
to  preserve  the  truths  of  history. 


IN   VINDICATION  OF  WIRE. 

Col.  James  H.  Fannin  writes  an  article  for  publication 
Colonel  Fannin,  of  the  1st  Georgia  Reserves,  was  the  com- 
mandant of  the  post  at  Andersonville  (the  place  of  Wirz's 
work  and  of  his  martyrdom  through  duty),  and  he  was  in 
close  touch  with  all  that  occurred.  He  thoroughly  vindicates 
Wirz  from  the  charge  of  brutality,  and  he  gives  a  vivid 
though  concise  account  of  the  unavoidable  sufferings  of  the 
prisoners  and  of  Wirz's  unceasing  efforts  to  mitigate  them. 
Wirz  realized  the  crowded  condition  of  the  prison,  and  en- 
deavored to  induce  an  exchange  of  prisoners,  but  in  vain. 

A  detail  from  the  prisoners  themselves  were  the  cooks,  and 
to  them  was  given  all  food  for  preparation.  Food  was  very 
scarce ;  but  it  was  equally  divided  between  soldiers  and 
prisoners,  and  everything  sent  to  the  prisoners  from  the  North 
was  at  once  given  them.  The  fuel  question  was  a  serious  one, 
and  Wirz  met  it  as  best  he  could  by  sending  small  squads 
of  prisoners  out  under  guard  to  cut  and  bring  in  wood. 
Wirz  had  fifteen  thousand  prisoners  in  Andersonville,  and 
of  course  among  them  were  malcontents  and  belligerents, 
men  who  required  a  firm  hand  to  control ;  but  Wirz  was  never 
unnecessarily  exact  or  strict  in  his  rules  and  never  cruel. 
Colonel  Fannin  testified  at  the  trial  of  Wirz  and  protested 
against  his  execution. 

Wirz  Monument  at  Andersonville. 

Miss  Alice  Baxter,  President  Georgia  Division,  U.  D.  C, 
is  to  be  congratulated  in  having  the  worry  of  locating  the 
Wirz  monument  at  last  settled.  It  is  to  be  erected  at  Ander- 
sonville. The  most  spiteful  notice  seen  on  the  subject  is  from 
the  National  Tribune,  published  in  Washington,  D.  C. — viz. : 
"After  carting  their  nasty  little  monument  around  the  country, 
having  it  contemptuously  kicked  out  of  Richmond  and 
snubbed  by  Atlanta,  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  have 
at  last  decided  to  put  it  up  at  Andersonville.  It  will  do  as 
little  harm  there  as  any  place,  since  few  people  will  ever 
see  it.  Andersonville  is  a  trifling  little  village  of  only  245 
people,  on  an  out-of-the-way  railroad  and  about  a  mile  from 
the  site  of  the  prison  and  the  cemetery.  The  Daughters  did 
not  dare  put  up  the  monument  near  the  prison  grounds,  since 
the  government  will  undoubtedly  take  possession  of  these  and 
would  at  once  throw  the  stone  into  the  dump." 

The  Daughters  of  Georgia  dare  to  do  what  they  think  is 
right  under  all  circumstances,  and  the  government  is  not  apt 
to  throw  any  Confederate  monument  into  any  "dump"  any- 
where or  at  any  time. 


WEAR  THE  NAME  OF  YOUR  COMMAND. 

BY    P.    A.    HAMAN,   LEARNED,    MISS. 

I  wish  a  few  words  to  approve  the  suggestion  of  M.  L. 
Vesey  in  the  April  issue  that  comrades  who  attend  the  Re- 
union wear  badges  showing  their  company  and  regiment. 
Get  white  ribbon  three  inches  wide  and  have  the  figures  and 
letter  representing  number  of  regiment  and  letter  of  com- 
pany printed  in  red — Confederate  colors — one  inch  or  more 
in  length  and  attach  the  piece  of  ribbon  thus  printed  to  the 
front  of  hat  crown.  You  will  be  surprised  at  the  effect.  The 
writer  has  done  this  for  a  number  of  years,  which  has  brought 
him  again  to  the  knowledge  of  old  comrades  and  to  enjoy 
hours  of  sweetest  pleasure  he  would  otherwise  have  missed. 


Qoi)federat^  l/eterap. 


201 


AVOIDING   OFFENSE— ART   OF   DOING   IT. 

A  Church  paper  under  "Talks  with  Suhscribers"  in  advance 
of  sending  out  notices  of  subscriptions  due  says:  "Do  not 
feel  that  we  will  send  you  a  dun.  We  simply  in  a  business 
way  ask  you  to  send  us  the  amount  due."  This  reminds  the 
Veteran  of  a  lad  in  a  barber  shop  who  was  told  that  he 
must  have  his  hair  cut.  The  little  fellow  was  in  distress,  and 
after  being  seated  in  the  barber's  chair  decided  that  he  could 
not  stand  it  and  began  to  scream,  when  the  editor  happened 
to  conceive  the  little  fellow's  dread  of  being  "cut,"  and  he 
brought  peace  to  all  concerned  by  suggesting  that  to  trim 
the  hair  would  be  sufficient. 

A  statement  of  account  in  the  most  courteous  manner  nearly 
always  offends.  Occasionally  the  patron  responds  and  ex- 
presses gratitude  at  being  reminded  that  he  is  getting  behind 
with  his  subscription.  Some  say  the  only  way  they  have  of 
knowing  is  by  the  receipt  of  statement.  Strange  it  is,  how- 
ever much  a  man  may  be  absorbed  in  his  business,  that  he  lias 
not  curiosity  enough  to  consider  why  a  date  is  printed  with 
his  name  on  the  address,  lie  must  assume  that  it  is  for  some 
ro  observe  that  and  remit  when  the  date  is  behind 
tli.ii  of  his  calendar  would  save  the  \i  PERAN  more  than  a 
nid  dollars  each  year.  But  many  will  overlook  it,  and 
a  statement  or  a  "reminder"  must  he  sent  just  as  other  un- 
avoidable things  must  be  done  to  the  end  of  time.  An  ugly,  in- 
excusable thing  is  to  censure  the  publisher  for  seeking  to  col- 
lect that  which  is  not  due.  No  publisher  is  ungrateful  or  mean 
enough  in  iln  thai  intentionally. 

The  new  rule  of  the  Veteran  to  give  three  years'  subscrip- 
tion for  $2.50  or  live  years'  for  $4  is  working  delightfully. 
["hi   -  iunts  include  arrearages  as  well.    Don't  forget  this 

and  send  $2  or  whatever  the  amount  in  arrears  and  then  add 
the  reduced  rate  for  payment  in  advance.  Patrons  frequently 
send  $4.50.  for  instance,  in  this  way,  when  $4  would  pay  for 
the  same  time — five  years  The  most  unhappy  feature  in  sub- 
scriptions is  for  a  man  to  write  that  he  did  not  order  a  con- 
tinuance, and  therefore  will  not  pay.     For  sixteen  and  a  half 


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years  nearly  there  has  never  been  a  copy  of  the  Veteran 
sent  beyond  the  time  except  upon  the  presumption  that  it  is 
desired  and  that  pay  is  expected.  There  has  never  been  an 
illiberal  transaction  knowingly  by  the  management  of  the 
Veteran.  Its  purpose  and  spirit  are  on  the  opposite  line; 
therefore  let  us  all  be  liberal  and  cordial.  The  Veteran  has 
a  great  share  in  gratuitous  service  to  noble  men  who  can't 
pay,  and  it  depresses  the  management  to  be  accused  of  the  re- 
verse. Now  a  word  of  gratitude— no,  it  cannot  be  expressed : 
in  the  judgment  day,  when  the  intents  of  hearts  are  known, 
each  patron  of  the  Veteran  will  see  how  it  is. 


REPORT  ON  MISSOURI  CONFEDERATE  HOME. 

Comrade  E.  G.  Williams,  of  Waynesville,  Mo.,  sends  an 
official  pamphlet  containing  the  result  of  the  committee  in- 
vestigating the  condition  of  the  State  Confederate  Home 
in  Missouri.  This  committee— E.  B.  Fields  (Chairman),  Fred 
S.  Hudson,  and  Samuel  C.  Major— are  men  of  well-known 
probity  and  honor,  and  their  report  can  be  perfectly  relied 
upon. 

Charges  being  made  that  James  I.,  race,  the  Superintendent, 
had  been  guilty  of  immoral  practices  on  five  counts,  an  investi- 
gation was  ordered  by  the  Senate.  Count  by  count  the  com- 
mittee reports  upon  the  charge,  finding  most  of  them  entirely 
groundless. 

In  the  findings  tiie  committee  say  that  the  only  charge  that 
is  not  entirely  without  foundation  is  the  drunkenness  of  the 
inmates  Of  the  two  hundred  men,  a  few  get  drunk  when- 
ever they  can  get  liquor,  and  this  has  caused  one  or  two  fights; 
hut  the  majority  of  the  men  are  sober  and  peace-abiding. 

In  their  summary  the  committee  say:  "We  find  the  inmates 
well  clothed,  well  fed,  and  thej  have  comfortable  rooms  and 
good  beds,  and  are  well  taken  care  of.  That  some  complaints 
should  be  made  by  the  inmates  of  the  Home,  considering  the 
number  there  .ire  and  their  physical  and  mental  condition,  is  to 
be  expected.  A  great  many  of  the  complaints  set  before  your 
committee  we  find  to  be  trivial  and  without  reasonable  basis, 
and  some  were  imagination  pure  and  simple.  Your  committee 
therefore  find  the  charges  to  be  untrue  and  without  founda- 
tion and  that  the  Home  is  well  managed,  and  the  old  sol- 
diers are  being  well  taken  care  of." 


nm  GENERAL  SAM  PORTER,  sponsor  MRS.  A.  L.  BOND, 
MAIDS  of  HONOR  Miss  NELLIE  sentell  and  miss  FAN- 
MK   I1USDY — THIRD  BRIGADE,  OKLAHOMA    HIV  .   O.   C.  V. 

5* 


TO  CELEBRATE  THE  LANDING  Of  THE  PILGRIMS. 

BY    W.    E,    HASKELL,    I'l  :.:..     I1IH    OF   BOSTON    HERALD. 

I  ■-end  you  by  this  mail  a  copy  <-. '  *he  current  issue  of  the 
Boston  Herald  containing  the  fir:  ...nouncement  of  the  in- 
ception of  a  movement  to  commem  rate  the  three  hundredth 
anniversary  of  the  landing  of  the  Pilgrims  and  the  founding 
of  New  England  by  a  world's  tercentennial  exposition  in 
Boston  in  1920. 

New  England  alone  of  all  parts  of  the  Union  has  never  had 
us  world's  fair,  and  it  is  believed  that  the  national  and  uni- 
versal interest  in  the  historic  event  which  the  exposition  will 
commemorate  will  command  the  enthusiastic  approval  and 
support  of  the  American  people  of  all  sections  and  of  all 
classes. 

I  In  <■. oh  announcement  has  been  deemed  necessary  in  order 
that  the. world  shall  know  that  the  United  States  reserves  the 
year  nj-'o  foi  a  world's  fair,  and  that  Boston  and  New  England 
will  give  the  intervening  years  to  plans  and  preparations  for 
an  exposition  on  a  scale  and  magnitude  commensurate  with 
the  importance  of  the  event  which  was  the  birth  of  the  Ameri- 
can nation. 


202 


Qoqfederat^  l/eterar?, 


PATRIOTISM  IN   THE  SOUTH. 

The  following  is  from  an  address  made  by  Secretary  of 
War  J.  M.  Dickinson  before  the  Southern  Club,  Chicago. 
At  the  meeting  Judge  Dickinson  was  seated  between  Gen. 
Fred  Grant  and  Mr.  Robert  Lincoln.  The  story  was  told 
to  illustrate  the  renewed  good  feeling  between  the  North 
and  the  South  : 

"This  is  illustrated  by  an  experience  of  a  friend  of  mine, 
a  distinguished  Chicagoan,  who  was  South  shortly  after  the 
Spanish  war.  He  met  an  old  Confederate  soldier  and  said 
to  him  :  'There  is  one  thing  about  this  war  that  brings  me 
great  content,  and  that  is  that  it  has  brought  the  two  sections 
of  the  country  together.'  The  old  Confederate  with  great 
emphasis  startled  him  by  saying :  'No,  sir ;  you  are  entirely 
mistaken.  The  Spanish  war  has  not  brought  the  two  sections 
together.'  My  friend,  who  was  very  much  surprised  and 
thought  he  had  stirred  up  an  unreconstructed  'fire  eater,' 
answered :  T  beg  your  pardon,  but  I  thought  that  it  had.'  The 
old  soldier  said:  'No.  sir;  the  two  sections  of  the  country  have 
long  since  been  united  in  a  common  patriotism,  and  the 
Spanish  war  simply  demonstrated  that  fact.'  " 

Commenting  upon  the  incident,  Judge  Dickinson  said : 

"There  was  probably  no  period  succeeding  the  Civil  War 
when  the  South  would  not  have  joined  the  rest  of  the  country 
against  a  foreign  foe.  If  there  was  any  resentment  felt  toward 
the  people  of  the-  North,  it  did  not  go  to  the  extent  of  im- 
planting any  treasonable  sentiment  in  the  South  in  respect  to 
the  common  attitude  toward  the  outside  world. 

"If'the  North  was  surprised  that  there  should  be  Southern 
volunteers  for  the  Spanish  war,  the  South  was  unable  to  com- 
prehend the  occasion  for  such  surprise. 

"The  protest  of  the  South  in  reconstruction  times  was 
against  being  treated  as  conquered  provinces.  The  South  con- 
sidered that  secession  having  failed  by  the  arbitrament  of  arms, 
then  the  States  in  what  the  North  called  rebellion  having  laid 
down  their  arms  were  back  in  the  Union  with  all  the  consti- 
tutional rights  they  had  always  enjoyed.  It  was  the  anomalous 
view  of  the  reconstructionist  opposing  this  view  that  created 
more  sectional  hard  feeling  than  actual  hostilities  had  done. 
The  South  did  not  manifest  its  patriotism  in  the  Spanish  war 
for  the  purpose  of  showing  good  will  to  the  North,  but  be- 
cause that  patriotism  was  as  genuine  here  then  as  it  was  in 
every  foreign  war  in  which  the  nation  had  ever  engaged." 


IMPORTANCE  OF  IV AR  RECORDS. 

Mr.  I.  N.  Rainey,  Secretary  of  the  Confederate  Historical 
Association  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  sends  the  Veteran  a  copy 
of  his  Camp  roster,  in  which  is  given  the  name  of  each  mem- 
ber with  his  company  and  regiment  and  rank.  Confederate 
organizations  are  urged  to  prepare  such  records.  Comrade 
Rainey  writes  on  the  subject : 

"I  notice  and  read  with  interest  your  inquiry  column  con- 
taining earnest,  too  often  hopeless,  inquiries;  efforts  of  com- 
rade to  locate  comrade;  daughter,  son,  or  widow  to  obtain 
information  as  to  the  war  record  of  father,  husband,  or  other 
connection.  For  several  years  I  have,  had  the  honor  and 
pleasure  to  be  Secretary  of  the  Confederate  Historical  As- 
sociation, Camp  28,  of  Memphis.  Hardly  a  week  passes  that 
1  do  not  have  a  letter  asking  for  the  war  record  of  some  sol- 
dier of  the  great  war,  of  one  who  has  probably  been  dead 
for  years.  Sometimes  he  may  have  been  a  member  of  our 
Camp ;  if  so,  his  record  stands  on  our  books  and  an  answer 
can  be  promptly  given  to  the  anxious  inquirer.  Too  often 
his  record  cannot  be  given  and  it  is  impossible  to  obtain  it. 


"It  is  the  duty  of  every  Confederate  veteran  to  join  some 
Camp,  and  thereby  to  put  himself  on  record.  It  has  almost 
become  a  necessity.  The  farther  we  leave  1861-65  behind  us, 
the  more  difficult  it  will  be  to  get  the  record  of  those  who 
fought  in  the  great  war. 

"Comrades,  for  the  sake  of  your  dear  old  wives,  who  some 
day  may  want  pensions,  for  the  sake  of  your  sons  and  daugh- 
ters, their  children  and  children's  children,  give  them  some- 
thing to  be  proud  of — your  record.  The  best  and  surest  way 
to  do  this  is  to  join  your  nearest  Camp."    • 


R.  T.  Pryor  writes  from  Mayfield.  Ky. :  "In  the  article  about 
Morgan  and  his  men  at  Hartsville,  Tenn.,  which  appeared  in 
the  February  Veteran,  F.  II.  Waddell,  referring  to  the  com- 
munication from  James  A.  McDonald,  of  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
says  that  Hanson's  Brigade,  instead  of  Ransom's,  marched 
the  first  day  to  Beards's  Mill  and  went  into  camp,  and  the 
next  morning  the  brigade  was  drawn  up  and  General  Morgan 
selected  the  6th  and  9th  Regiments  to  go  with  him  to  Harts- 
ville. Comrade  Waddell  is  mistaken,  for  it  was  the  2d  and 
9th  that  went.  I  belonged  to  Company  D  of  the  2d  Kentucky, 
and  I  was  at  Hartsville,  for  I  caught  a  Minie  ball  that  morn- 
ing, December  7,  1862.  I  suppose  Comrade  McDonald  will 
remember  very  well  when  the  Yanks  blew  up  our  caisson.  I 
should  be  glad  to  hear  from  any  of  these  comrades." 


MONUMENT  .IN  CHARLOTTESVILLE,  VA. 

Captain  Micajah  Wood  sends  newspaper  accounts  of  the 
monument  to  the  Confederate  dead  at  Charlottesville,  Va., 
and  of  its  proposed  unveiling  on  May  5. 

The  basic,  stone  of  the  monument  was  laid  with  very  ap- 
propriate ceremonies  some  days  ago.  In  the  excavation  pre- 
pared for  the  huge  stone  was  placed  a  copper  box.  This 
contained  many  interesting  memorials,  Confederate  money, 
roster  of  soldiers  that  left  Charlottesville,  list  of  the  dead, 
lists  of  those  whose  untiring  efforts  made  the  monument  pos- 
sible, etc.  On  this  box  the  twelve-thousand-pound  stone  was 
laid,  and  upon  this  firm  foundation  the  beautiful  monument 
was  erected. 

This  is  of  blocks  of  solid  granite,  the  first  two  left  un- 
hewn to  signify  strength ;  next  a  block  highly  polished,  then 
a  die  four  feet  square.  This  is  surmounted  by  the  main  die, 
which  holds  the  pedestal  for  the  beautiful  bronze  statue  of 
a  Confederate  soldier.  Each  side  of  the  polished  stone  of  the 
base  is  beautifully  engraved  with  suitable  inscriptions,  and 
the  base  holds  three  bronze  tablets  of  handsome  repousse 
work.  The  entire  height  of  the  monument  is  twenty  feet  six 
inches  and  its  weight  forty-five  tons. 

Elaborate  unveiling  ceremonies  have  been  planned  for  the 
occasion.  These  will  embody  a  procession  of  all  the  military, 
civic,  and  scholastic  bodies  of  the  city,  as  well  as  the  secret 
orders,  with  bands  of  music,  and  addresses  by  Senator  John  W. 
Daniel  and  Capt.  Carlton  McCarthy. 


A  Second  South  Carolinian. — Brig.  Gen.  R.  R.  Poe,  com- 
manding the  Third  Brigade,  Arkansas  Division,  U.  C.  V., 
writes  from  Clinton,  Ark.:  "W.  J.  Crenshaw,  now  of  our 
town,  who  enlisted  at  Columbia,  S.  C,  in  1862  in  Company 
E,  2d1  South  Carolina  Infantry,  Capt.  Z.  L.  Lightburn's  com- 
pany, Canaday's  Regiment,  was  wounded  at  Fredericksburg, 
Va.,  and  discharged  in  December,  1863.  He  desires  to  secure 
the  address  of  comrades  who  can  assist  him  in  making  proof 
of  service  for  a  pension.  Mr.  Crenshaw  is  a  good  man,  but 
is  very  poor,  and  we  are  anxious  to  assist  him." 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai). 


203 


"THE  SOUTH  AND  THE  NATIONAL  GOVERNMENT." 
At  :i  dinner  given  by  the  North  Carolina  Society  of  New- 
York  Hon.  William  H.  Taft,  then  President  elect,  made  a 
speech  on  the  subject  of  "The  South  and  the  National  Govern- 
ment "  This  was  so  forceful,  logical,  and  of  such  wide  re- 
search into  existing  Southern  conditions  that  Andrew  Car- 
negie had  it  published  for  circulation  in  pamphlet  form,  for 
In  felt  thai  it  would  do  much  to  enlighten  the  South  as  well 
as  the  North  as  to  their  respective  duties  toward  each  other 
and  aid  in  bringing  about  a  stronger  allegiance  between  all 
good  citi  ens  who  arc  desirous  only  of  what  they  believe  to 
be  the  best  gi  od  of  the  nation  as  a  wholi 

Mr  Taft  is  a  man  of  large  heart,  of  warm  sympathies,  but 
cool  brain,   of   sound   judgment   and   lofty   purpose,   and  his 

speech  was  a  polished  and  brilliant  address  lie  handles  the 
negro  question  in  the  South  with  eyes  open  to  conditions  as 
they  air.  as  the)  were,  and  as  they  are  represented  at  the 
North.  He  says:  "It  is  to  no  purpo  i  I  i  point  out  that  early 
in  the  history  of  the  country  the  North  was  as  responsible 
for  bringing  the  slaves  here  as  the  South.  We  arc  not  con- 
cerned with  whose  fault  it  was  that  there  was  such  an  in- 
stitution as  shivery;  nor  are  we  concerned  with  the  proba 
hihty  thai  had  the  Northerners  bei  0  interested  in  slaves 
they  would  have  viewed  tin  institution  exactly  as  the  South- 
erner viewed  it.  and  would  have  fought  to  defend  it  because 
it  was  a^  -.acred  as  the  institutions  of  private  property  itself." 
lie  feels  that  slavery  in  itself  was  had.  that  its  abolition 
Was  wise,  and  that  the  South  is  fully  to  realize  it;  hut  he  says 
that    it    is    useless    to    stil    up    the    smoldering    embers    of      nil' 

by  discussions  upon  its  merits;  that  the  consequences  of  this 
institution  are  still  with  us.  and  should  be  the  problem  for 
on  rather  than  for  crimination  and  recrimination,  for  the 
excision  of  the  slave  cancer  hit  a  wound  that  will  he  long 
in  healing. 

Mr.  Taft  says:  'Nearly  five  million  slaves  were  freed.  Only 
five  per  cent  of  these  could  read  or  write,  and  a  much  smaller 
per  cent  of  them  were  skilled  laborers  save  in  the  agricultural 
field.  They  were  but  as  children  in  meeting  the  stern  reali- 
ties of  life  as  free  nun,  and  as  such  they  had  to  he  absorbed 
into  and  adjusted  to  Southern  civilization.  (How-  could  they 
have  anj  knowledge  of  responsibilities?  Hitherto  they  had 
been  cared  for  and  protected,  and  never  had  to  plan  what 
they  should  eat  nor  where  withal  they  should  he  clothed,  for 
as  children  the  master  r<  yarned  them  and  provided  for  them."  ) 

Farther  on  in  his  able  speech  Mr.  Taft  says:  "The  fear  that 
in  some  way  a  social  equality  between  tin-  races  shall  he  en- 
ht  about  by  political  measures  really 
has  no  foundation  in  fact.  1  h.-  Federal  government  has 
nothing  to  do  with  social  questions,  and  the  war  amendments 
do  not  declare  for  social  equality,  AH  that  the  Constitution 
attempts  or  can  attempt  to  secure  is  equality  of  opportunity 
the  law  in  the  pursuit  of  happiness  ami  the  enjoyment 

of    life,    liberty,    and    property.      Social    equality    is    something 
that    grows   out    of    voluntary    concessions    by    the    individual 
forming  tin 

ihlv  it  would  havi   been  wall  if  Mr   Taft  had  carried  the 
question  a  little  farthei    md    idded  that  tins  equality  was  dc- 
blai  1  ■ .  nn   tin   lu  s|  ;iin' ing  the  negro 
realize  ami  approve   the   question   of  class    distinction. 

It  is  because  of  the  courteous  sympathy  of  Mr,  Taft's  full 
compi  of  the  South's  view  point  that  In-  says:  "The 

Southern  pi  high-strung,  sensitive,  and  0  '     pol     n.  and 

considerations  'f  sentiment  are  frequent]  is  strong  as 


those  of  some  political  or  economic  character."  He  then  adds 
in  another  part  of  bis  speech  :  "The  Southern  people  are  homo- 
geneous  and  preserve  their  traditions.  They  are  of  the  purest 
American  stock,  and  the  faith  of  the  father  is  banded  down 
to  the  son  almost  as  a  sacred  legacy." 

Again:  "For  a  long  time  succeeding  the  war  the  South  con- 
tinued poor.  Its  development  was  much  slower  than  any  other 
part  of  the  country.  Prosperity  seemed  Northern  prosperity, 
not  Southern,  and  in  such  a  time  the  trials  of  life  in  the 
present  only  accentuated  the  greatei  trials  of  the  past,  and 
reminiscences  of  the  dreadful  suffering  and  privations  of 
war  weir  pi, -.ill  on  ever)  hand,  and  feelings  that  the  con- 
trovers)  had  given  ris<  t  remained  with  an  intensity  that 
hardly  seemed  dimmed  with  the  passage  of  time." 

In  speaking  of  the  marvelous  growth  anil  development  of 
the  South,  Air.  Taft  gives  many  statistics,  among  which  these 
1 1 1 . i \  In  quoted:  "the  manufacturing  capital  of  the  South  in 
l88o  was  $250,000,000;  in  1908  it  was  $_>.  100,000,000;  while  the 
manufactun  -  tin  m-i  Ives  increased  from  $450,000,000  in  1880 
to  $2,600,000,000  iii  1908.  lln  farm  products  in  1880  were 
$1 1(11-1.0111  i,i 'in  1,  while  in  100S  iii,)  reached  $2,220,000,000  ["he 
Southern  exports  in  1880  were  $260,000,000,  while  in  1908 
tln>  were  ^(  14N.000.000.  In  this  marvelous  growth  the  nianu- 
factur  .  far  exceed  the  agricultural  products,  thus  entirely 
changing  tin  character  of  Southern  industries.  Her  growth 
has  far  exceeded  the  growth  of  any  other  part  of  the  coun- 
try" 

Reverting  to  the  negro  question.  Mr.  Taft    says; 

"I  believe  that  the  solution  of  the  race  question  in  the 
South  is  largely  a  matter  of  industrial  and  thorough  edu- 
cation. 1  believe  that  the  best  friend  that  a  Southern  negro 
can  have  is  the  Southern  white  man,  and  tint  tin  mowing  in- 
terest that  the  Southern  white  man  is  taking  in  the  best  de- 
velopment of  the  negro  is  one  of  the  most  encouraging  rea- 
sons for  believing  the  problem  is  capable  of  reasonable  solu- 
tion. The  hope  for  the  Southern  negro  is  in  teaching  him  to 
be  a  good  farmer,  how  to  be  a  good  mechanic,  in  teaching 
him  how  to  make  his  home  attractive,  and  how  to  live  more 
comfortably  and  more  according  to  the  rules  of  health  and 
morality. 

"Some  Southerners  who  have  given  expression  to  their 
thoughts  seem  to  think  that  the  only  solution  of  the  negro 
question  is  his  migration  to  Africa,  hut  to  me  such  a  proposi- 
tion is  utterly  fatuous  The  negro  is  essential  to  the  South 
in  order  that  it  may  have  proper  labor.  An  attempt  of 
negroes  to  migrate  from  one  State  to  another  not  many  years 
ago  led  to  open  violence  at  white  instigation  to  prevenl  it. 
More  than  this,  the  negroes  have  now  reached  9,000,000  in 
number.    *    *    * 

"The  proposition  to  increase  the  supply  of  labor  in  the 
South  by  emigration  from  Europe,  11  seems  to  me,  insii.nl  of 
being  inimical  to  the  cause  of  the  negro,  will  aid  him.  As  the 
industries  of  South  continue  to  grow  in  the  marvelous  ratio 
already  shown,  the  demand  lor  labor  must  increase.  The 
presence  in  the  Southern  comnmn;; .  ol  white  European  labor 
from  the  southern  part  of  Europe  will  have,  I  am  hopeful, 
tin     same  effect   that   it   ha-   had   upon   negro  labor  on  the    [sth- 

"i  Panama.  It  has  introduced  a  spirit  of  emulation  or 
competition,  so  that  to-day  the  tropical  negroes  of  tin  West 
Indies  do  much  better  work  for  us  in  the  canal  construction 
iroughl  ovei  Spanish,  Italian,  and  Greek  laborers. 
"Ultimately,  of  course,  the  burden  of  negro  education  must 
fall  on  the  Southern  people  and  on  Southern  property  owners. 
Private  charitj   and  munificence,  except  by  way  of  furnishing 


204 


Qoi^ederat:^  l/eterap. 


an  example  and  a  model,  can  do  comparatively  little  in  this 
direction.  It  may  take  some  time  to  hasten  the  movement 
for  the  most  generous  government  appropriations  for  the  edu- 
cation of  the  negro ;  but  the  truth  that  in  the  uplifting  of  the 
negro  lies  the  best  welfare  of  the  South  is  now  being  ac- 
cepted by  all  the  far-sighted  Southern  leaders.  Primary  and 
industrial  education  for  the  masses,  higher  education  for  the 
leaders  of  the  negro  race,  for  their  professional  men,  their 
clergymen,  their  physicians,  their  lawyers,  and  their  teachers, 
will  make  up  a  system  under  which  their  improvement,  which 
statistics  show  to  have  been  most  noteworthy  in  the  last  forty 
years,  will  continue  at  the  same  rate. 

"On  the  whole,  then,  the  best  public  opinion  of  the  North 
and  the  best  public  opinion  of  the  South  seem  to  be  coming 
together  in  respect  to  all  the  economic  and  political  questions 
growing  out  of  present  race  conditions." 

Of  course  Mr.  Taft  touched  on  the  political  questions  of 
the  day,  but  did  not  go  into  them  very  deeply.  He  deplores 
the  persistent  solidarity  of  the  South  in  politics,  for  he  seems 
to  think  that  many  men  vote  with  one  party  and  rejoice  in 
the  success  of  the  other,  and  he  says  such  half-hearted  alliance 
is  the  bottom  of  the  non-success  of  the  Democratic  party. 

In  his  peroration  Mr.  Taft  says:  "The  recent  election  has 
made  it  probable  that  I  shall  become  more  or  less  responsible 
for  the  policy  of  the  next  presidential  administration,  and  I 
improve  this  opportunity  to  say  that  nothing  would  give  me 
greater  pride  because  nothing  would  give  me  more  claim  to 
the  gratitude  of  my  fellow-citizens  than  if  I  could  so  direct 
that  policy  in  respect  to  the  Southern  States  as  to  convince  its 
intelligent  citizens  of  the  desire  of  the  administration  to  aid 
them  in  working  out  satisfactorily  the  serious  problems  be- 
fore them  and  in  bringing  them  and  their  Northern  fellow- 
citizens  closer  and  closer  in  sympathy  and  point  of  view. 
During  the  last  decade,  in  common  with  all  lovers  of  our 
country,  I  have  watched  with  delight  and  thanksgiving  the 
bond  of  union  between  the  two  sections  growing  firmer.  I 
pray  that  it  may  be  given  to  me  to  strengthen  this  movement, 
to  obliterate  all  sectional  lines,  and  leave  nothing  of  differ- 
ence between  the  North  and  South  save  a  friendly  emulation 
for  the  benefit  of  our  common  country." 

The  South  is  infinitely  reasonable ;  and  if  the  policy  of 
Mr.  Taft  is  at  all  commensurate  with  his  speech,  there  will 
be  little  of  the  restiveness  under  Northern  rule,  Northern 
misunderstanding,  and  Northern  coercive  measures  that  has 
marked  many  previous  administrations.  The  wise  Greek 
Socrates  said :  "Measure  no  senator  till  he  be  dead,  lest  a 
morrow  find  that  measure  cut  short  by  acts."  Mr.  Taft  begins 
his  administration  to  a  good  "measure,"  and  the  South  unites 
in  the  wish  that  four  years  from  now  "that  measure"  will  not 
be  "cut  short  by  acts." 


"DENSE   IGNORANCE"   OF   THE   SOUTH. 

Under  the  caption,  "The  South  and  Education,"  the  Balti- 
more Sun  states: 

"In  his  speech  at  the  Harvard  banquet  in  Baltimore  the 
other  evening  Dr.  Eliot,  late  President  of  Harvard  University, 
spoke  of  the  stream  of  young  men  who  went  to  Harvard  from 
the  South  before  that  section  became  impoverished  by  the 
Civil  War  and  was  eaten  out  by  the  locusts  and  canker- 
worms  of  reconstruction.  'There  is  still  in  the  South,'  Dr. 
Eliot  said,  'an  embarrassment  of  finances  for  giving  young 
men  an  opportunity  for  procuring  an  expensive  education ; 
but  this,  I  think,  is  rapidly  disappearing,  and  I  believe  soon 
the  South  will  again  be  sending  her  quota  of  men  to  Harvard 


and  the  North.'  It  had  always  been  a  custom  in  the  South 
until  it  was  interrupted  by  the  war  tn  send  many  boys  to 
Northern  colleges;  not  because  there  was  not  an  abundance 
of  good  colleges  in  the  South,  but  in  order  perhaps  that  the 
boys  might  get  the  benefit  of  a  more  invigorating  climate  and 
opportunities  for  getting  new  ideas  by  mixing  with  the  people 
of  other  States. 

"The  Hon.  John  Prentiss  Poe  has  favored  the  Sun  with 
some  figures  and  statistics  taken  from  the  census  of  i860 
which  are  most  interesting  in  connection  with  Dr.  Eliot's 
remarks.  It  appears  that  in  i860  there  were  three  times  as 
many  collegiate  institutions  in  the  Southern  States  as  in  the 
Middle  and  New  England  States  combined,  about  twice  as 
many  teachers,  and  nearly  twice  as  many  students.  Of  public 
schools  New  England  had  15.738,  the  Middle  States  23.999, 
and  the  Southern  States  18,020.  Of  academies  and  other 
schools  New  England  had  S7S,  the  Middle  States  1,688,  and 
the  Southern  States  2,445.  Virginia  had  more  public  libraries 
than  any  other  State  in  the  Union,  but  not  more  volumes. 

"The  figures  as  to  colleges  and  college  students  are  as  fol- 
lows :  New  England  States — Collegiate  institutions,  21 ;  pro- 
fessors and  teachers,  222 ;  students,  3,506.  Middle  States — 
Colleges,  47;  teachers,  349;  students,  7,121.  Western  States- 
Colleges,  167;  teachers,  969;  students,  22,820.  Southern  States 
— Colleges,  194;  teachers,  1,045;  students,  18,999. 

"The  war  and  then  the  reconstruction  dealt  Southern  educa- 
tion a  blow  which  put  upon  an  impoverished  people  the 
cost  of  educating  millions  of  a  nontaxpaying  population  and 
which  deprived  two  generations  of  people  of  a  fair  opportunity 
to  obtain  an  education. 

"The  struggle  of  the  South  under  the  calamities  which  have 
been  put  upon  her  has  been  heroic,  and  the  other  sections  of 
the  Union  have  never  fully  comprehended  it  all." 


ARLINGTON  CONFEDERATE  MONUMENT. 

Treasurer's  Report  for  March  31,  1909. 

Receipts. 

Balance  on  hand  from  last  report,  $8,872.18. 

Mrs.  John  W.  Tench,  Director  for  Florida,  $30.  Con- 
tributed by  Dickison  Chapter,  No.  56,  U.  D.  C,  Ocala,  Fla., 
$20;  Jackson  Chapter,  No.  909,  U.  D.  C,  Stark,  Fla.,  $10. 

Mrs.  John  J.  Crawford,  Director  for  New  York,  $25.  Con- 
tributed by  Mrs.  L.  Z.  Duke,  New  York. 

N.  B.  Forrest  Camp,  No.  4,  U.  C.  V.,  Chattanooga,  Tenn., 
$11.50. 

Mrs.  Thomas  S.  Bocock,  Director  for  Virginia,  $42.  Con- 
tributed by  Pickett-Buchanan  Camp,  No.  21,  U.  D.  C,  Nor- 
folk, Va.,  $25;  M.  Levy,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  $2;  Wythe  Grays 
Chapter,  No.  136,  U.  D.  C,  Wytheville,  Va.,  $8;  Stonewall 
Chapter,  No.  176,  U.  I>  C,  Berryville,  Va.,  $5 ;  Gen.  Dabney 
H.  Maury  Chapter,  No.  177.  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  $2. 

Mrs.  Georgia  C.  Young,  Director  for  Montana,  $4.05.  Con- 
tributed by  Mrs.  John  Wade,  Helena,  Mont.,  $2;  Mrs.  Will 
Wood,  Helena,  Mont.,  $2.05. 

Mrs.  Cornelia  Branch  Stone,  Galveston,  Tex.,  $10. 

Mrs.  John  W.  Tench,  Director  for  Florida,  $5.  Contributed 
by  W.  H.  Milton  Chapter,  No.  1039,  U.  D.  C,  Marianna,  Fla. 

Total    receipts,  $8,999.73. 

Balance  on  hand,  $8,999.73. 

Wallace  Streater.  Treasurer. 

It  would  be  hard  to  exaggerate  the  importance  of  the  Ar- 
lington monument.  It  will  stand  as  the  special  evidence  of  the 
South's  patriotism  and  pride. 


Qo^federat^  l/eterap. 


205 


TIMELY  SUGGESTIONS  TO   UNITED  DAUGHTERS. 

BY    MRS.    CORNELIA   BRANCH    STONE,    PRESIDENT   GENERAL. 

Again  your  President  sends  greetings  to  you  with  all  good 
wishes  that  the  springtime  has  brought  you  health  and  happi- 
ness and  harmony  of  action  and  endeavor,  with  the  hopeful 
resurrection  lesson  that  nature  teaches,  that  if  fruition  shall 
come  to  us  later  this  is  the  season  of  labor.  Therefore  it 
becomes  my  duty  to  urge  you  to  summon  your  forces  for  the 
work  that  is  before  us  if  the  objects  of  our  organization  shall 
be  fulfilled. 

The  committees  of  the  General  Association,  U.  D.  C,  have 
fni  mulated  plans  for  this  purpose  and  ask  your  cooperation. 
The  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Education,  Miss  Mary 
B.  Poppenheim,  Charleston,  has  ably  outlined  this  work  in 
most  comprehensive  form,  and  it  is  requested  that  State  Presi- 
dents and  Chapter  Presidents  in  States  where  no  Division 
exists  will  appoint  a  State  Committee  of  Education  to  carry 
out  her  plan.  State  Division  Presidents  will  give  Mtpport 
and  aid  to  the  work  of  Mrs.  J.  Enders  Robinson,  Historian 
General  U.  D.  C,  for  without  such  support  she  cannot  execute 
the  excellent  plan  proposed  for  the  advancement  of  this  de- 
partment. State  and  Chapter  Registrars  arc  asked  to  respond 
promptly  to  the  request  of  Mrs.  James  Britlon  Gantt.  Regis- 
trar General  U.  D.  C,  for  data  and  records  of  their  offices. 

It  is  well  to  call  your  attention  to  the  near  approach  of  the 
annual  Reunion  of  our  dear  veterans  of  the  Confederacy, 
which  will  be  held  in  Memphis,  Tenn.,  June  S.  9,  and  10.  Let 
us  rally  to  their  banners,  which  will  be  proudly  unfurled,  and 
show  them  by  word  and  deed  that  we  cherish  their  service 
nnd  sacrifice,  thai  we  may  still  be  to  them  as  in  the  past  an 
inspiration  and  strength.  We  honor  ourselves  in  paying 
tribute  to  these  heroes  of  imperishable  fame, 

Since  my  last  open  letter  to  you  Dr.  J.  William  Jones,  chap- 
lain to  Gen.  Robert  E.  Lee  and  Historian  of  the  Confederate 
States,  noted  scholar  and  divine,  has  joined  the  ranks  of  that 
immortal  host  who  now  "rest  under  the  trees"  of  life  eternal — 
tin  men  who  followed  the  command  of  Lee.  Our  loving  sym- 
pathy goes  out  to  the  widow  and  sons,  who  are  called  to 
mourn  this  irreparable  loss,  for  their  sorrow  is  ours. 

The  chief  commemorative  work  of  the  General  Associa- 
tion U.  D.  C.  is  the  placing  of  two  monuments — one  on  the 
battlefield  of  Shiloh,  where  gallantly  fought  and  fell  many  of 
the  South's  bravest  defenders  led  by  the  great  chieftain,  Al- 
bert Sidney  Johnston,  who  fell  there  a  sacrifice  to  his  South- 
land, and  the  erection  of  a  monument  in  the  Arlington  Na- 
tional Cemetery,  where  sleep  some  of  our  Confederate  dead. 
has  a  triple  claim  upon  you;  for,  resting  as  it  will  on 
the  soil  of  the  home  of  Robert  E.  Lee,  it  will  be  a  memorial 
to  that  peei less  commander;  again,  it  will  typify  the  spirit 
"I  the  I  onfederati  State  .  which  was  the  defense  of  consti- 
tutional government;  and  it  will  further  mark  the  spot  where, 
!i  iIh  magnanimity  of  a  provision  of  Congress,  hon- 
is  given  to  some  of  our  Confederate  dead  and 
where  daily  care  is  shown  to  their  graves.  Shall  we  be  less 
thoughtful  of  these,  our  dead?  The  Executive  Committee 
of  the  Arlington  Confederate  Monument  Association,  Col. 
Hilary  A.  Herbert  Chairm;  ng  every  Chapter  through- 

out this  organization   to   si  I    aside   one   day   in   the  mar   future 
for    concerted    action    in    collecting    funds    for    this    purpose. 
lb'    committee's  plan  will  be  sent  out  to  you,  ami  youi    P 
dent   asks   your   earnest    and    activi     cooperation,    lli.it    a    large 
sum  may  be  realized  with  little  individual  cost. 

The  Veterans  arc  asking  your  assistance  in  the  purchase 
of  the  home  and  birthplace  of  President  Jefferson   Davis,  at 


Fairview,  Ky.  Send  contributions  to  Maj.  John  H.  Leathers, 
Louisville,  Ky.  Let  each  Chapter  give  something  to  this 
worthy  historical  object. 

Let  each  of  us  be  mindful  of  the  valuable  work  being  done 
by  the  Confederate  Veteran  and  show  appreciation  by  sub- 
scribing, for  it  keeps  us  in  touch  with  much  that  we  should 
know-.  Join  with  your  President  in  making  our  great  Associa- 
tion of  patriotic  and  historic  value.  By  so  doing  we  honor 
and  glorify  a  past  so  full  of  heroic  memories,  the  history  of 
a  chivalrous,  valiant  people. 


MRS.  END1  RS  KOBINSON'S  GENERAL  CIRCULAR. 
Mrs.  Enders  Robinson;  Historian  General  of  the  U.  D.  C, 
has  issued  a  circular  letter.  In  this  she  suggests  that  the 
Presidents  of  Divisions  unite  with  her  in  arranging  for 
the  preservation  of  all  historical  papers,  books,  etc.,  through 
the  establishment  in  her  State  of  exchange  libraries. 

She  urges  each  State  President  to  at  once  appoint  a  librarian 
and  ;issistant  librarian,  also  --Kit  a  library  city.  She  gives 
eight  artich  5,  each  consisting  of  several  sections,  forming  a 
constitution  For  the  library  system 


STEADFASTNESS  OF  THE  U.  D.  C.  IN  MISSOURI. 

B3  in;  taki  hi  out  of  date  article  is  in  type  concerning  the 
uri  Division,  U.  D.  C.  It  concerns  the  Jefferson  City 
annual  convention,  "the  most  successful  ever  held."  It  re- 
ferred to  Mrs.  Joseph  B.  Gantt,  the  President,  as  an  intelli- 
gent and  enthusiastic  leader  and  a  most  excellent  presiding 
ind  stated  that  she  was  the  inspiration  of  the  conven- 
tion. Part  of  Mrs.  Gantt's  address  is  tilting  now,  ami  it  is  as 
opportune  as  when  delivered. 

No  body  of  women  in  lln^  wide,  wide  world  is  so  rich  in 
heroes  and  in  glorious  memories  as  the  fifty  thousand  South- 
ern \\  omen  who  compose  the  great  organization  of  the  United 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy.  You,  the  members  of  the 
Missouri  Division,  have  done  well  your  part  in  wearing  not 
laurels  but  the  roses  of  peace  entwined  with  lilies  of  pure 
love  and  devotion  to  crown  the  heads  of  the  noble,  unselfish 
Confederate  soldier.  You  will  not  suffer  the  memory  of  his 
brave  deeds  in  defense  of  his  country  to  crumble  in  the  dust. 
On  the  other  hand,  each  year  you  hold  up  afresh  to  an  ad- 
miring world  the  unstained  banner  of  his  marvelous  courage, 
splendid  ability,  and  sublime  patriotism.  As  your  executive 
officer  I  am  glad  to  meet  with  you  and  rejoice  with  you  over 
any  success  you  may  have  attained  111  this  most-  glorious 
cause.  Like  the  children  of  old,  who  feared  the  Lord,  we 
will  speak  often  one  to  another  and  write  a  book  of  remem- 
brance which  shall  be  ours  when  we  make  up  our  jewels  of 
constancy,  faithfulness,  and  love  for  the  cause  we  have  es- 
poused. 

Father  Ryan  says:  "Twine  a  few  sad  cypress  leaves  around 
the  brow  ot  any  land,  and  be  that  land  beautiless  and  bleak, 
it  becomes  lovely  in  its  consecrated  coronet  of  sorrow,  and 
wins  the  sympathy  of  heart  and  history."  So  when  we 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  think  of  the  crown  of  thorns 
worn  by  our  dear  Southland  it  should  indeed  cement  our 
hearts  in  love  for  each  other  and  for  the  cause  which,  though 
in  ashes  and  defeat,  came  forth  so  pure  and  unsullied.  "The 
triumphs  of  might  are  transient;  they  pass  away  and  are  for- 
gotten."    *     *     * 

We  believe  in  the  prophecy  of  the  poet  priest  wdio  said: 
1    man)   mon    decade    have  passed  away 
I  he  graves  of  the  dead,  with  the  grass  overgrown, 
May  yet   form  the  footstool  of  Liberty's  throne, 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


And  each  single  wreck  in  the  war  path  of  Might 
Shall  yet  he  a  rock  in  the  Temple  of  Right." 

With  so  proud  a  name,  so  precious  a  heritage,  with  the 
grandeur  and  the  glory  of  our  Confederate  fathers  before 
us,  is  it  a  wonder  that  wc  are  here  to  consecrate  anew  our- 
selves and  all  that  is  within  us  on  the  altar  of  sacrifice  and 
service  that  we  may  add  our  little  fire  of  enthusiasm  to  the 
great  flame  of  love  which  burns  in  the  hearts  of  every  loyal 
daughter  of  every  true  Confederate  veteran?  *  *  *  In  the 
Missouri  Room,  of  which  we  arc  so  proud,  we  see  grand  old 
Sterling  Price,  superb  in  his  soldierly  bearing;  faithful,  pains- 
taking Francis  Marion  Cockrell;  patriotic,  devoted  Monroe 
Parsons,  w-illing  at  any  moment  if  necessary  to  give  his  life 
for  his  home  and  fireside;  courageous,  daring,  dashing  Joe 
Shelby;  undaunted,  fearless,  lion-hearted  Elijah  Gates,  who 
when  his  right  arm  was  shattered  in  battle  took  his  bridle  in 
his  teeth  and  led  his  men  on  to  a  victorious  charge  against 
the  enemy.  In  the  rooms  of  other  States  proudly  stand  the 
magnificent  Joseph  E.  Johnston,  the  gallant  and  chivalric 
Albert  Sidney  Johnston,  the  accomplished  Beauregard,  the 
superb  Bedford  Forrest,  the  self-sacrificing  and  patient  Jef- 
ferson Davis,  the  invincible  Stonewall  Jackson,  and  the  im- 
mortal gentleman  and  commander  in  chief,  Robert  E.  Lee. 

So  much  for  our  generals.  Time  would  fail  me  to  tell  of 
the  courage  and  fortitude  of  the  private  soldiers  who  endured 
the  cold,  the  hunger,  the  strife,  following  with  unquestioning 
faith  their  leaders  to  the  bitter  end.  Their  crown  was  fairly 
won  not  on  earth's  battlefields  but  in  heaven,  where  the  God 
of  justice  reigns. 

The  U.  D.  C.  Library  System. 

Mrs.  J.  Enders  Robinson,  Historian  General,  Richmond,  Va  , 
writes  April  9,  1909 ;  "The  Historian  General  takes  great  pleas- 
ure in  announcing  that  the  Missouri  Division,  U.  D.  C,  has 
installed  the  'U.  D.  C.  Exchange  Library  System'  in  St.  Louis. 
Address  the  Librarian,  Miss  Idress  Head,  care  of  the  Missouri 
Historical  Society,  1600  Locust  Street,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  The 
Missouri  Division  now  ranks  as  No.  1  in  this  system." 


"V.  D.  C.  CATECHISM  FOR  CHILDREN." 
Under  the  above  title  Mrs.  Cornelia  Branch  Stone  has  ar- 
ranged a  little  pamphlet  for  the  instruction  of  the  Children 
of  the  Confederacy.  In  this  small  book  she  has  practically 
taken  all  the  fundamental  principles  that  underlie  the  U.  D.  C. 
work  and  through  a  series  of  questions  and  answers  placed 
them  in  a  form  so  easily  understood  that  it  becomes  an  in- 
valuable assistant  to  every  Directress  of  a  Chapter  of  Chil- 
dren of  the  Confederacy. 

The  title  of  the  pamphlet  seems  rather  unfortunate.  "Cate- 
chism" in  Webster's  definition  is,  "A  series  of  questions  and 
answers ;"  but  he  further  defines  it :  "A  book  containing  ;i 
summary  of  principles,  especially  of  religious  doctrines,  re- 
duced to  the  form  of  questions  and  answers."  The  word 
"catechism"  has  been  so  long  accepted  in  its  religious  sig- 
nification that  it  seems  rather  out  of  order  in  the  connection 
in  which  it  is  used  here. 

There  are  few  Confederates  who  do  not  feel  their  cause, 
and  their  sacred  memories  of  the  past  are  next  to  their  re- 
ligion ;  but  there  are  few  who  would  assume  they  are  a  religion 
in  themselves,  and  yet  the  form  and  title  of  the  small  book 
rather  indicates  such  assumption.  "U.  D.  C.  Primer,"  "U. 
D.  C.  Instruction  Book,"  and  even  "U.  D.  C.  Tenets"  would 
serve  the  purpose  of  indicating  the  contents  of  the  book  with- 
out conveying  the  erroneous  impression  of  assumption  of  re- 
ligious forms. 


TREASURERS  U.  D.  C.  COMMITTEES  IN  GEORGIA. 
Miss  Alice  Baxter,  President  of  the  Georgia  Division,  U. 
D.  C,  keeps  well  to  the  front  in  important  work  for  her 
Division.  She  states:  "Your  President  is  anxious  to  make  a 
good  report  for  you  in  Houston,  and  therefore  begs  that  you 
remember  our  State  and  general  United  Daughters  of  the 
Confederacy  work.  Wc  were  so  rushed  in  Savannah  that  we 
could  not  give  full  time  to  the  dormitory  fund.  Please  send 
your  contributions  for  this  work  to  Mrs.  N.  B.  Harrison, 
Treasurer  Francis  Bartow  Memorial  Dormitory,  at  Rabun 
Gap,  Savannah,  Ga.  Do  not  forget  that  your  contributions 
for  Arlington  go  to  Mrs.  James  A.  Rounsaville,  Rome.  Re- 
member to  send  Shiloh's  fund  to  Mrs.  John  K.  Ottley  at  At- 
lanta ;  also  let  Mrs.  R.  E.  Park,  Merritts  Avenue,  have  your 
contribution  for  the  Georgia  room  at  Richmond.  Please 
remember  your  per  capita  dues  both  to  State  and  general 
United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy — Mrs.  C.  C.  Sanders, 
Gainesville,  Ga.,  State  Treasurer;  Mrs.  Eustace  Williams, 
Anchorage,  Ky.,   Treasurer  General." 

The  Georgia  Division  defers  its  annual  meeting  until  the 
first  Wednesday  in  November  in  order  that  delegates  may  at- 
tend the  General  Convention  U.  D.  C.  at  Houston,  Tex.,  the 
third  Tuesday  in  October. 


--: 


CONFEDERATE  MONUMENT  BON  HAM,   TEX. 

The  U.  D.  C,  aided  by  the  Veterans,  have  erected  a  very 
artistic  monument  at  Bonham,  Fannin  County,  Tex.  It  is  of 
granite  with  base  of  eight  feet  and  height  of  twenty-eight 
feet,  and  has  niches  on  the  pedestal  for  the  reception  of  the 
busts  of  President  Davis,  Gen.  R.  E.  Lee,  Gen.  Albert  Sidney 
Johnston,  and  Gen.  Sterling  Price. 

Each  side  of  the  shaft  is  suitably  engraved,  the  inscription 
being  especially  felicitous.     On  the  south  side  under  crossed 


Qopfederat^  1/eteraQ. 


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swords  arc  the  dates  "1S61   to   1865,"  and   the   words: 
fought  for  Liberty,  Home,  and  those  they  loved." 
"On  Fame's  eternal   camping  ground 
Their  silent  tents  are  spread, 
And  Glory  guards  with  solemn  round 
The  bivouac  of  the  dead  " 


Miss  Lizzie  Holmes  Hill,  T.  C.  Cain  Chapter.  U.  I).  C, 
Bastrop,  Tex.,  writes  the  VETERAN  a  pleasant  account  of  that 
Chapter  and  the  good  work  it  is  accomplishing.  Miss  Hill  is 
an  enthusiastic  U.  D.  C,  and  says  all  her  coworkers  are 
equally  as   anxious   for  the  advancement   of  the   cause. 


WORK  OF  MISS  MARY  HAYNE. 

BY   ELIZABETH    JACOBS. 

The  Veteran  for  October  contains  an  article  regarding 
some  O  nfedi  rate  prisoners  confined  during  a  period  of  the 
Civil  War  in  Fort  Warren.  Boston  Harbor.  There  was  also 
a  copy  of  their  pictures  taken  at  that  time,  now  the  property 
of  Miss  C.  M.  Davis,  of  Fernandina,  Fla. 

In  Washington,  1).  C,  there  resides  an  old  lady  who  during 
the  Civil  War  rendered  invaluable  services  to  the  Confederacy 
and  incidentally  to  the  United  States,  services  so  valuable 
that  they  arc  to-day  on  record  in  the  War  Department. 

In  1863  Miss  Mary  Ilavne.  then  a  charming,  beautiful  young 
lady,  was  solely  instrumental,  making  her  appeal  to  Mr.  Lincoln, 
in  having  one  hundred  and  sixty-three  Confederate  prisoners 
exchanged,  some  of  whom  were  condemned  to  he  shot  as  traitors 
to  the  United  States  government,  among  them  being  Charles 
M.  Reid,  noted  throughout  both  armies  for  his  gallantry  and 
daring,  Captain  Reid  was  a  nrtive  of  Mississippi,  a  graduate 
of  the  naval  school  at  Annap- 
olis, and  a  nephew  of  Presi- 
dent Davis. 

I  have  a  full  account,  pub- 
lished m  a  New  York  Sunday 
Herald  during  1863,  of  the 
ire  of  Captain  Reid  at 
New  Orleans,  with  his  boat, 
the  Ram.  and  the  following 
gentleman,  his  associate  f- 
:  Lieut.  W.  II  Wall 
(executive  officer),  Surgeon 
Addison,  Midshipman  J.  P. 
Blank,  II.  Scott  (pilot),  and 
others,  together  with  two  of 
her  crew.  They  were  brought 
t.i   New   York   "ii   the    1 

boat  Florida,  Lieutenant 
Commander  Webb,  sometime  in  the  spring  of  1863,  and  were 
sent  to  F'ort  Preble,  Maine,  and  from  there  transferred  to 
Fort  Warren,  Boston  Harbor.  After  thej  were  1  -xchanged  in 
1864,  Captain  Reid  went  into  active  service  again,  taking  com- 
mand of  the  1  onfederati  boal  Florida  No.  2.  As  before,  his 
daring  and  brave  spirit  led  him  to  many  deeds  of  valor.  lie 
was  a  prisoner  ami  returned  to  Fort  Warren,  where 

he  remained  until   near  the  close  of  the  war,  when,  through 
Miss  Hayne's  personal  appeal  to  President    Vndrew  Johnson, 

he   was   again    released,   this   time   to   return   no  more   to   fight 
for  the  beloved  republic  whosi   star  was  about  to  set 

In  1864  Samuel   Sterrett,  son  of  Commodore  Sterrett,  was 
incarcerated  as  a  political  prisoner  in  Fort  Warren.    Comma 
dorc    Sterrett    was   killed    in    a    naval    engagement    somewhere 


MISS    MARY    HAYNE. 


1  hi  wiin  the  Florida  coast  and  Cuba.  His  son,  Samuel  Ster- 
rett, who  was  with  his  father  at  the  time,  was  captured  with 
the  boat  and  all  on  board  and  imprisoned,  as  mentioned  above. 
Miss  Ilavne  went  to  the  President,  accompanied  by  Secretary 
Welles,  and  interceded  so  successfully  in  his  behalf  that  the 
Chief  Magistrate  telegraphed  to  the  authorities  at  Fort  War- 
ren, and  Mr.  Sterrett  was  released  the  following  day.  Miss 
ii.'."''  has  now  a  personal  letter  from  Mr.  Sterrett  thanking 
her   fi  r  what   she  did  for  him. 

At  the  solicitation  of  the  Sisters  in  charge  of  Kearney  Hos- 
pital, Boston,  Mi^s  Hayne  appealed  to  President  Johnson  in 
behalf  of  a  gentleman  from  Baltimore,  Md.,  a  Mr.  Mullen, 
lie  had  been  in  prison  for  some  time,  and  his  health  was 
deeply  impaired  and  his  eyesight  almost  gone.  The  Sisters 
had  succeeded  in  having  him  transferred  to  the  hospital,  and 
his  mother  in  great  grief  finally  appealed  to  Miss  Hayne  and 
she  to  the  President,  wdio  again  granted  her  request 

Miss  Ilavne  is  a  noble  woman,  actuated  by  sympathy  for 
1I1-  e  who  suffered  for  the  cause  they  deemed  just.  Her  deep 
interest  was  accentuated  by  the  Fact  ih.it  she  was  the  fiancee 
of  Captain  Reid.  Her  brother  was  Gen.  Barnwell  Hayne,  of 
South   Carolina. 

I  have  in  my  possession  a  photograph  of  Captain  Reid  and 
Ins  nun  taken  just  before  they  left  Fort  Warren,  with  the  re- 
quest that  it  he  sent  to  Miss  1  la\  tie. 

In  those  days  she  had  youth,  beauty,  wealth,  and  hosts  of 
friends;  to-day  she  is  in  Washington  bereft  of  home  and  for- 
tune and  the  friends  of  her  better  days.  Any  one  desiring 
further  information  about  this  noble  woman  can  address  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Jacobs,  1226  Twelfth  Street  N.  W.,  Washington 


hi  TURN  OF  THE  BATTLE  FLAG. 

I  luring  the  spring  of  1865  a  battle  flag  was  captured  by  the 
4th  Ohio  Cavalry  from  an  Alabama  regiment  of  Confederate 
soldiers. 

At  the  inauguration  of  President  Taft  the  Governors  of 
Alabama  and  Ohio  chanced  to  meet,  and  in  a  friendly  conver- 
sation this  flag  was  mentioned  and  the  possibilities  of  ii  re- 
turn discussed.  Governor  Harmon,  of  Ohio,  promised  his 
aid,  and  on  his  return  to  Ohio  the  matter  was  brought  before 
the  Legislature  through  a  bill  presented  by  a  member  of  the 
G.  A.  R ,  and  il  passed  with  only  one  dissenting  vote. 

Two  members  of  the  4th  Ohio  Cavalry,  Comrade  John  A. 
Pitts,  of  Cincinnati,  and  Captain  Shoemaker,  of  Dayton,  Ohio, 
were  appointed  to  return  the  flag,  which  will  be  done  with 
appropriate  presentation  ceremonies  in   Selma,  Ala.,  May   12. 

Gen.  J,  M.  Arnold,  to  whom  the  \i  rERAN  1  indebted  i"r 
the  above,  sends  a  letter  from  Comrade  Theodore  F.  Allen, 
7th  Ohio  Cavalry,  in  which  he  states  that  about  ten  years 
ago  Gen  B  il  W.  Duke,  of  Morgan's  men,  presented  to  the 
G.  A.  R.  Post  of  Noyes-McCook  the  flags  of  the  21st,  58th, 

a -.id  Oolh  1  lino  Infantry,  which  had  been  captured  by  the  Con- 

federates  at   Harper's  Ferry,  and  hi      tys  that  General  Duke's 
peech   oi    p  on   was   received  with   wild  enthusiasm. 


Anderson   P.  Cagle,  of  Konawa,  Okla.,  writes  the  Veteran 
of  a   very   livelj    engagement    between   a   company  of  Confed- 
and  a  company  of  Federals  near  Athens,  Ga.,  January 
5,  1865.     Mr,  Cagle  took  part  in  this  tight,  and  his  description 
of  it   is  vet  ic.     The  Confederates  captured  a  number 

of  prisoners;  and,  what  they  liked  much  better,  took  blankets, 
provisions,  and  several  mules  and   horses.     Mr.   Cagle's  own 

I i\    were   three   prisoners    and    as   many    pistols,   one   pcarl- 

handled  revolver  even  now  being  one  of  his  chief  treasures. 


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Qoi?feder3t^  l/eterai). 


Henry  H.  Wagner,  of  Mannsvillc,  Okla.,  writes  a  most  cor- 
dial and  eulogistic  letter  to  the  Veteran.  It  gives  many 
words  of  praise  for  the  work  the  magazine  has  done  and  for 
its  efforts  to  establish  a  knowledge  of  true  Southern  history. 


Jacob  V.  Wilmoth,  of  Montrose,  Va.,  writes  of  having  be- 
longed to  the  18th  Virginia  Cavalry,  Imboden's  command, 
which  participated  in  the  battle  of  Newmarket,  Va.  He  de- 
sires to  hear  from  some  of  the  surviving  comrades  of  that 
command. 


Col.  Winfield  Peters,  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  -sends  a  clipping 
headed  "Lecture  Saves  Historical  Society,"  which  is  just 
now  especially  interesting,  for  it  tells  of  the  work  done  by 
Rev.  J.  William  Jones,  the  famous  army  chaplain  whose  re- 
cent death  has  given  deep  sorrow  to  a  wide  circle  of  friends. 


'1  he  Page-Courier,  of  Luray,  Va.,  gives  an  account  of  the 
sudden  death  of  Mr.  N.  A.  Rust  of  that  city.  He  was  a  vet- 
eran who  served  with  the  Turner  Ashby  troop,  then  with 
Mosby,  making  a  brilliant  record  for  courage  and  daring 
under  each  commander.  Mr.  Rust  leaves  a  wife  and  four 
children  to  mourn  their  loss. 


Maj.  W.  W.  Draper,  of  Atlanta,  suggests  that  the  Veteran 
publish  where  deceased  Confederate  generals  are  buried.  This 
would  be  an  interesting-  and  valuable  history,  and  could  be 
easily  compiled.  Let  every  one  who  knows  the  burial  place  of 
a  Confederate  general  write  the  information  to  the  Veteran 
on  a  postal  card,  and  from  this  list  one  can  be  formed  for 
publication. 


W.  H.  Achord  writes  from  Jacoby,  La.  He  was  in  Com- 
pany G,  Louisiana  Infantry,  Taylor's  (afterwards  Hayes's) 
Brigade.  He  was  wounded  on  the  second  day  of  the  fight  at 
Gettysburg,  was  in  the  hospital  in  Montgomery,  afterwards 
was  sent  to  Augusta,  and  later  to  Guyton  Hospital,  thirty-five 
miles  above  Savannah,  Ga.  One  of  his  treasures  is  a  silk 
tobacco  pouch  which  was  presented  him  by  Miss  Georgia 
Elkin.     This  he  has  sacredly  preserved  in  his  family. 


T.  D.  Longino,  21  Century  Building,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  asks  if 
any  one  can  give  him  information  about  John  Brewster  Lon- 
gino (called  Bruce).  He  was  a  private  in  Captain  Green- 
berry's  company  of  Waco  Rifles,  Colonel  Gregg's  Regiment 
Texas  Volunteers.  He  was  in  the  hospital  at  Clarksville, 
Tenn.,  went  first  to  Newnan,  Ga.,  then  to  Campbell,  Ga.,  and 
from  there  to  join  his  regiment  in  the  Army  of  Tennessee. 
He  was  last  seen  in  September,  1863.  Any  information  will 
be  gratefully  received. 

A  veteran  from  Gulfport,  Miss.,  writes  this  magazine  that 
he  feels  that  all  Confederate  veterans  would  like  to  contribute 
toward  a  monument  to  be  erected  to  Southern  women.  He 
suggests  that  at  the  Reunion  in  Memphis  a  box  be  placed 
at  the  door  of  the  convention  hall,  and  that  each  soldier 
put  in  it  a  small  sum,  ten  or  twenty-five  cents,  to  go  toward 
this  noble  purpose.  He  also  suggests  that  all  veterans  who 
are  unable  to  attend  send  their  contribution  by  some  friend, 
so  that  the  box  may  be  filled. 


D.  W.  Drain,  of  Longview,  Tex.,  was  in  command  of  Com- 
pany G,  15th  Mississippi  Regiment,  in  the  battle  of  Murfrees- 
boro,  as  the  captain,  John  H.  Morgan,  had  been  shot  through 
the  head.  He  was  also  lieutenant  in  command  at  old  Shiloh 
Church  when  the  retreat  was  made  to  Corinth,  Miss.     After 


the  falling  back  to  Dalton,  Ga.,  a  third  of  his  company  was 
sent  to  Ringgold  Ferry,  on  Oostanaula  River.  He  was 
wounded  in  the  leg  at  this  place.  Captain  Drain  wants  some 
of  his  old  comrades  to  write  to  him,  addressing  Route  S- 


The  Confederate  Soldiers'  Home  at  Beauvoir,  Miss.,  the 
historic  residence  of  President  Jefferson  Davis,  now  has  one 
hundred  and  twenty-seven  inmates  and  a  waiting  list  of 
thirty-six.  The  capacity  of  the  Home  is  a  hundred  and  forty; 
but  the  appropriation  is  too  small  to  take  care  of  this  num- 
ber properly,  and  to  give  suitable  care  to  the  hospital,  which 
is  nearly  always  full,  a  petition  will  be  made  to  the  Legislature 
of  Mississippi  to  increase  the  appropriation,  so  that  the  full 
number  of  veterans  can  be  received  and  cared  for. 


A  friend  of  the  Veteran  sends  a  clipping  containing  the 
very  eloquent  address  delivered  by  Dr.  J.  M.  Huddleston  be- 
fore Pat  Cleburne  Camp,  U.  C.  V.  Dr.  Huddleston  was  born 
in  Gainesville,  Tenn.,  and  is  the  son  of  a  Confederate  soldier. 
He  received  his  love  of  the  South  as  a  precious  heritage,  and 
his  address  abounds  in  many  eloquent  tributes  to  the  soldiers 
and  the  Southern  women  who  were  equal  in  their  heroism  and 
in  the  quiet  endurance  of  hardships,  privations,  toils,  and 
dangers  which  were  so  nobly  borne  for  their  country's  sake. 


Mrs.  Lydia  G.  Dillon  tells  of  a  very  noble  work  under- 
taken by  the  Chapter  of  U.  D.  C.  in  Raymond,  Hinds  County, 
Miss.  In  a  lot  in  that  city  there  are  many  unmarked  graves 
of  Confederate  soldiers.  These  ladies  are  trying  to  raise 
enough  money  to  fence  in  the  lot  and  put  a  suitable  marker 
on  each  grave.  As  a  number  of  these  dead  heroes  are  from 
Tennessee,  the  ladies  thought  possibly  some  patriotic  Ten- 
nesseeans  would  like  to  help  in  the  work.  The  committee  in 
charge  is  composed  of  Mrs.  J.  R.  Eggleston,  Miss  Mary  Rat- 
liff,  Miss  Lillian  Beal,  Mrs.  Lydia  G.  Dillon,  and  Mrs.  F.  M. 
Price. 


J.  H.  Castles,  of  Houston,  Miss.,  who  was  a  member  of 
Company  H,  24th  Mississippi,  Walthall's  Brigade,  gives  an 
interesting  account  of  his  war  experiences.  He  joined  the 
army  when  only  sixteen,  and  was  in  all  the  battles  with  John- 
ston's army.  He  was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Atlanta,  and 
still  carries  the  ball  in  his  body.  He  gives  a  pleasant  episode 
of  the  defense  of  Lookout  Mountain.  He  says  that  the  pickets 
of  both  armies  were  so  close  together  that  there  was  much 
friendly  exchange  of  badinage  and  commissaries,  and  that  when 
the  orders  came  for  battle  the  Yankee  pickets  called  out  to 
the  Confederate  pickets  to  get  to  cover,  as  the  firing  was 
about  to  commence. 


Rev.  Mr.  Jones  was  long  connected  with  the  Historical  So- 
ciety of  Richmond,  and  to  his  untiring  efforts  is  due  the  great 
collection  of  Confederate  historical  papers  which  is  contained 
in  thirty-six  volumes  and  forms  the  finest  Confederate  library 
in  existence.  Some  years  ago  this  society  was  in  peril 
through  want  of  funds.  The  Rev.  Hugh  L.  McGerny,  of  St. 
Louis,  a  very  learned  and  eloquent  speaker,  hearing  of  the 
situation,  agreed  to  give  a  lecture  in  Baltimore  on  the  subject 
of  "Battlefield  Memorials,"  the  proceeds  to  go  to  the  His- 
torical Society.  It  was  remarked  that  no  such  assemblage  of 
Church  and  State  had  ever  attended  a  lecture  before.  The 
sum  realized,  $520,  was  sufficient  to  save  the  society,  which 
later  under  Rev.  J.  William  Jones  became  one  of  the  notable 
features  of  Richmond,  Va.  He  was  ever  zealous  in  securing 
correct  records  of  the  Confederates. 


Qopfederat^  l/eteraij. 


209 


A  ME. IX  REPORT  OF  OUR  NEGRO  PROBLEM. 

Mr.  T.  E.  Moore,  of  Lexington,  Ky.,  with  many  very  per- 
tinent comments  sends  to  the  VETERAN  a  page  from  the  Feb- 
ruary Literary  Digest  containing  an  article  written  by  an 
Englishman,  Sir  Harry  Johnson,  in  which  he  discusses  the 
"color  question"  of  the  United  States  in  a  way  to  arouse  all 
the  honest  indignation  of  every  Southern  man  and  woman. 

If  left  alone,  there  would  be  no  "color  question."  The  aver- 
age negro  never  thinks  of  the  line  of  distinction  drawn  be- 
tween the  whites  and  himself.  It  is  accepted  as  naturally  as 
one  accepts  blue  skies  and  green  grass.  It  is  only  when 
demagogues  and  ignorant  agitators  seeking  fame  not  at  the 
cannon's  mouth,  but  by  formulating  strife,  preach  the  doc- 
trines of  equality  and  subsoilation  that  there  is  even  a  so- 
cialistic ripple. 

The  negroes  of  the  South  have  accepted  and  worked  out 
the  race  problem  to  our  mutual  satisfaction.  Many  of  them 
are  hard-working,  self-respecting  citizens,  ambitious  to  im- 
prove every  opportunity,  no  more  desirous  of  social  affilia- 
tion with  the  whites  than  the  whites  are  to  grant  it. 

Sir  Harry  Johnson  thunders  out  to  an  English  public  that 
it  is  the  ignorance  and  prejudice  of  the  Southern  whites  that 
keeps  back  the  advancement  of  the  negro.  He  does  not  seem 
to  realize  that  every  dollar  of  school  tax  is  divided  pro  rata; 
that  in  places  where  the  number  of  whites  of  school  age  pre- 
dominate the  number  of  white  schools  are  greater,  and  vice 
persa,  the  legal  division  being  equal.  Possibly  Sir  Harry  has 
never  visited  the  South  at  all,  and  certainly  he  has  never 
studied  its  educational  outlook.  The  extreme  poverty  of  the 
South  just  after  the  war  left  the  question  of  education  a 
very  serious  problem.  The  school  tax  did  not  meet  the  re- 
quirements of  the  whites  alone,  yet  must  be  equally  divided 
with  the  tens  of  thousands  of  negroes  freed  and  made  of  equal 
rights  by  the  Northern  law.  This  division  has  gone  on  for 
over  forty  years.  The  result  we  see  everywhere,  in  educational 
cement,  in  increased  knowledge  of  the  duties  as  citizens, 
and  in  the  moral  and  sanitary  improvement  evinced  by  the 
ownership  of  homi  - 

In  Nashville  aloue  there  are  several  colleges  whose  cur- 
riculum blasts  the  Englishman's  assertion  that  Southern  "prej- 
udice" has  kept  the  negro  back  The  authorities  at  Wash- 
ington have  never  made  any  appropriation  to  meet  the  great 
increase  of  negroes  in  Southern  schools,  and  there  has  been 
no  assistance  given  in  this  work  save  by  individual  con- 
tributions; consequently  the  maligned  South  can  claim  all  the 
honor  for  the  wonderful  advancement  of  the  negro  race. 

The  Englishman  further  on  in  his  article  makes  the  slander- 
ous assertion  that  there  is  no  advancement  possible  for  the 
South  until  they  "close  down  all  stale  discussions  of  that 
indefensible  Civil  War."  The  causes  that  led  to  the  war 
are  too  widespread  to  permit  of  a  discussion  in  a  short  article. 
But  even  the  foes  that  fought  against  us  would  not  feel 
justified  in  the  use  of  such  a  term  as  "indefensible,"  and  com- 
ing from  an  Englishman  the  word  becomes  an  absurdity,  for 
even  the  most  "ignorant"  Southerner  has  studied  sufficient 
English  history  to  know  that  nine-tenths  of  the  bloodiest  bat- 
ties  England  has  engaged  in  had  their  cause  from  greed 
cither  for  money  or  the  acquirement  of  territory;  while  our 
fight  was  to  maintain  our  constitutional  rights,  the  same  mo- 
tive that  inspired  the  patriots  of  '76  when  they  faced  the 
armies  of  England  and  won  our  proud  independence. 

Sir  Harry's  whole  article  bristles  with  assertions  equally 
as  untenable  Certainly  he  is  no  logician,  but  there  is  one 
part  of  logic  be  is  an  adept  in — the  "Reductio  ad  adsurdum  I" 


A  CONFEDERATE  ACCUSED  OF  KIDNAPING. 

Capt.  Richard  H.  lived  in  San  Antonio,  Tex.,;  his  son,  Addi- 
son H.,  was  in  business  in  New  Orleans;  so  the  small  grandson 
grew  from  a  baby  of  one  to  a  boy  of  three  between  the  times 
of  the  grandfather's  visits. 

In  1906  the  Confederate  veterans  held  their  Reunion  in 
New  Orleans,  and  Captain  H.  in  his  worn  suit  of  gray  at- 
tended, reaching  his  son's  home  at  night.  He  found  the  city 
in  a  double  turmoil,  caused  by  the  arriving  veterans  and  the 
great  excitement  over  a  kidnaping  which  had  just  taken 
place.  The  three-year-old  son  of  wealthy  parents  bad  been 
stolen  and  was  supposedly  being  held  somewhere  for  a  ran- 
som. Captain  H.  heard  his  son's  family  discussing  the  kid- 
naping, and  his  daughter-in-law  said  she  had  impressed  on 
her  small  son  that  he  must  scream  for  a  policeman  if  any  one 
tried  to  carry  him  off. 

The  youngster  was  asleep  when  Captain  II.  arrived;  so  his 
first  view  of  his  grandson  was  when  he  was  brought  in  next 
morning  spick  and  span  in  his  blue  sailor  suit,  all  arrayed  to 
go  on  the  street  cars  with  his  father  and  grandfather. 

Baby  Addison  sat  on  his  father's  knee  all  the  ride,  and  did 
not  seem  to  notice  his  grandfather  at  all.  Later  Mr.  II. 
pleading  business,  had  to  go  to  bis  office  and  told  h'«  father 
to  take  the  child  home.  lie  sprang  on  a  passing  t  ,.nd  left 
the  other  two  to  wait  the  arrival  of  their  own  ear.  The  little 
fellow  was  so  absorbed  in  watching  a  bill  poster  that  he  did 
not  notice  bis  father's  departure.  The  right  car  coming  in 
sight,  Captain  H.  stooped  to  pick  up  the  child,  preparatory  to 
boarding  it;  but  he  reckoned  without  the  baby  and  his  feat 
of  kidnapers. 

Looking  around,  the  child  saw  that  his  father  was  oone  and 
that  he  was  with  a  strange  man,  who  was  apparently  trying  to 
carry  him  off.  Tearing  away  from  the  hands  that  held  him,  he 
threw  himself  on  the  pavement  and  began  to  scream,  and 
shriek  after  shriek  rent  the  air.  Captain  11.  tried  in  vain  to 
quiet  the  child,  but  every  time  he  touched  him  the  cri>  -  be- 
came louder  and  louder.  A  policeman  sauntered  over  from 
the  corner  and  asked  what  the  row  was  about  "1  am  only 
trying  to  take  the  little  fellow  home;  I  am  his  grandfather." 
said  Captain  If.  hopelessly. 

"lie  ain't  no  granfaver;  I  don't  know  him;  he  is  stealing 
111.  I  1,  1  wants  my  muver.  I  wants  to  go  home  to  my 
muver,"  was  the  baby's  staccato  cries,  and  he  held  tightly  to 
the  blue-coated  guardian  of  the  peace. 

"Stealing  you,  is  he?  Well.  I'll  see  about  that."  said  the 
policeman.  Then  his  eyes  began  to  shine,  for  surely  he  had 
found  the  lost  boy.  He  thought  of  the  description  published 
in  all  the  papers,  and  it  all  matched  exactly — three-year-old. 
yellow  curls,  blue  eyes,  blue  suit,  everything  all  correct — and 
here  was  the  kidnaper  caught  red-handed.  The  idea  of  that 
man  in  shabby  gray  with  the  soft  gray  hat  dented  and  worn 
claiming  this  handsomely  dressed  child  as  his  grandson!  Mr. 
Policeman  fairly  beamed  lb-  saw  promotion  before  his  eyes, 
and  in  anticipation  clutched  the  big  reward  offered  for  the 
boy  and  his  captor. 

"Here,  you  come  with  me  to  the  station  We  will  see  about 
this,"  he  said  roughly,  holding  the  man  with  one  hand  and 
the  child  with  the  other. 

"Indeed.  I  will  not  go  to  any  station,"  said  the  veteran  in- 
dignantly. "Are  you  such  a  fool  that  you  can't  see  I  am  a 
gentleman  and  telling  you  the  truth  ?  The  child  is  my  grand- 
son and  1  am  taking  him  home." 

"  "I'ain't  no  granfaver.  He's  steal  in'  me,"  wailed  the  boy, 
holding  on  to  his  blue-coated  protector. 


210 


C^opfederat^  l/eterap. 


"You  dolt,  don't  you  see  I  am  a  Confederate  veteran?"  cried 
the  captain  indignantly.  "Here,  look  at  my  cross,  if  you  don't 
know  my  uniform."  But,  alas !  the  cross  was  at  home  on  the 
table  where  it  had  been  laid  the  night  before  when  his  son  had 
examined  it. 

Captain  H.  tried  to  jerk  his  arm  from  his  captor;  but  a  tap 
of  the  billy  on  the  pavement  brought  another  policeman,  and 
he  thought  it  was  best  to  submit.  "You  had  best  go  quietly," 
said  his  first  captor  grimly,  while  the  second  man  took  the 
baby  in  his  arms. 

Most  children  are  afraid  of  policemen;  but  this  baby  loved 
them,  for  his  nurse's  lover  was  "one  of  the  finest,"  and  every 
one  of  his  visits  had  meant  fruits  or  candy  to  the  small  boy 
Quieted  by  the  familiar  blue  uniform,  so  dear  to  his  nurse's 
eyes,  the  child  ceased  to  scream  and  nestled  close  to  his 
friend,  his  small  form  shaken  by  the  violence  of  his  spent 
emotions,  as  the  sea  is  still  moved  by  a  storm  that  is  passed. 

"I  am  an  old  man.  I  served  with  Bragg  through  his  en- 
tire campaign,  and  I  brought  away  my  wounds  and  my  honor, 
and  yet  in  my  old  age  I  am  arrested  like  a  common  criminal 
and  dragged  to  the  station  house,  accused  of  kidnaping  my 
own  grandson,"  said  Captain  H.  bitterly. 

"'Tain't  no  granfaver,"  from  the  baby;  and  "Of  course  not. 
We  w...       ce  care  of  you  and  fix  him,"  from  the  policeman. 

Captain  H.  insisted  on  not  being  carried  to  the  station  in  the 
Black  Maria ;  and  as  he  was  willing  to  pay  for  a  carriage, 
that  compromise  was  agreed  upon. 

At  the  station  the  chief  examined  the  case ;  and,  not  having 
the  hoped-for  reward  dangling  before  his  eyes  to  blind  them, 
he  saw  the  gentleman  under  the  faded  gray  and  recognized 
the  Confederate  uniform.  So  his  questions  brought  out  Mr. 
H.'s  address,  something  the  policemen  had  been  too  stupid 
to  ask  and  the  veteran  too  angry  to  think  of  giving. 

A  telephone  to  the  office  showed  Mr.  H.  out  for  hours  on 
business,  and  one  to  the  house  found  Mrs.  H.  absent  on  a 
shopping  tour.  So  there  was  nothing  to  do  but  to  wait  there 
in  the  public  office,  where  every  comer  stared  at  the  white- 
haired  man  in  gray  who  was  accused  by  the  curly-haired  baby. 

Late  that  evening  Mr.  H.  went  back  to  his  office  to  find  a 
wildly  excited  wife  weeping  out  her  statement  that  neither 
father  nor  baby  had  returned,  though  it  was  hours  since  they 
had  started  home.  Mr.  H.  was  a  business  man,  and  of  course 
at  once  phoned  the  police  station,  and  as  quickly  as  a  motor 
could  carry  them  there  he  and  his  wife  were  in  the  dingy  old 
building,  the  wife  hugging  and  crying  over  the  baby,  the  hus- 
band expressing  to  the  policemen  his  opinion  of  the  whole 
affair  in  language  best  not  repeated. 

Captain  H.  says  he  loves  his  grandson,  but  is  not  anxious 
to  take  him  out  on  excursions. 


GLOOMY  VIEW  FOR  THE  FUTURE. 

BY   JOHN   PURIF0Y,   STATE  EXAMINER  OF  PUBLIC  ACCOUNTS, 
MONTGOMERY,  ALA. 

In  inclosing  herein  my  renewal  for  the  Veteran  I  avail 
myself  of  the  opportunity  to  say  that  I  have  been  one  of  its 
readers  for  sixteen  years.  I  have  noted  during  that  time  your 
efforts  to  keep  up  an  interest  in  the  publication.  I  have  noted 
the  decreasing  space  that  advertisers  take  with  you.  Having 
served  for  four  years  with  the  matchless  Army  of  Northern 
Virginia,  I  take  great  interest  in  the  Confederate  Vet- 
eran. I  sympathize  deeply  with  you  in  your  efforts  to 
promote  the  cause,  and  my  conclusion  is  that,  owing  to  the 
poverty  of  your  clientage,  advertisers  do  not  receive  the 
returns  they  wish.     The  class  of  people  your  journal  reaches 


is  conservative,  not  in  touch  with  present  conditions.  Then, 
too,  they  are  rapidly  thinning  out.  'Tis  sad  to  contemplate 
that  in  the  course  of  a  very  few  years  the  greater  part  of  your 
readers  will  have  entirely  disappeared.  Like  the  great  cause 
they  fought  for,  their  end  is  near.  No  recruits  are  coming  in. 
All  are  going  out.  In  contemplating  these  conditions  I  am 
constrained  to  exclaim  with  the  poet : 

"Mourn  not  the  dead  whose  lives  declare 

That  they  have  nobly  borne  their  part, 
For  victory's  golden  crown  they  wear, 

Reserved  for  every  faithful  heart ; 
They  rest  with  glory  wrapped  around, 

Immortals  on  the  scroll  of  fame ; 
Their  works  their  praises  shall  resound, 

Their  name  an  everlasting  name." 


Pathetic  sentiments  are  aroused  by  the  foregoing.  The  let- 
ter was  evidently  not  intended  for  publication,  but  it  is  used 
in  part  for  an  opportunity  to  explain  and  apologize  for  the 
failure  of  advertising.  It  is  largely  in  the  management.  The 
Veteran  makes  so  low  a  rate  that  it  has  not  interested  ad- 
vertising agents.  Then,  it  is  exacting  as  to  the  character  of 
advertisements,  and  the  space  already  occupied  does  not  stimu- 
late general  advertisers,  who  have  no  idea  of  its  character 
and  its  influence.  Those  who  test  its  drawing  qualities  in 
matters  of  high  merit  realize  its  merits.  In  truth,  its  patrons 
comprise  with  the  class  named  by  Comrade  Purifoy  a  large 
per  cent  of  active  and  wealthy  Southerners.  The  fault,  it  is 
here  readmitted,  is  largely  with  its  management. 


The  Perils  of  Colonel  Williams  and  Lieutenant  Peters 
at  Franklin. — An  able  writer  of  New  York  is  seeking  a 
clue  to  the  motives  of  Lieutenant  Peters  and  Colonel  Wil- 
liams, who  were  hanged  in  Franklin,  Tenn.,  in  June,  1863. 
He  desires  to  prove  that  they  were  not  spies  at  all,  but  secret 
service  men,  and  are  worthy  of  all  honor  as  heroes.  Any  in- 
formation sent  to  the  Veteran  as  to  their  motives  in  ventur- 
ing into  the  camp  of  the  enemy  will  be  much  appreciated. 
On  June  8,  1863,  Col.  W.  O.  Williams  and  Lieut.  Walter  G. 
Peters,  disguised  as  Federals,  rode  to  Fort  Granger,  near 
Franklin,  and  presented  forged  orders  from  the  Secretary  of 
War  for  an  immediate  inspection  of  the  Ohio  and  Cumberland. 
They  had  many  forged  orders  and  a  pass  signed  by  General 
Garfield,  chief  of  staff.  They  made  the  inspection,  and  were 
leaving  when  Colonel  Williams  was  recognized  by  Lieut. 
Louis  Watkins.  They  were  captured,  tried,  and  hanged  as 
spies.  That  they  were  on  some  secret  service  is  now  known, 
and  this  service  is  what  the  New  York  writer  asks  assistance 
in  tracing.  Colonel  Williams  is  said  to  have  married  a  Mrs. 
Hamilton,  formerly  Miss  Lane,  of  Chattanooga,  Tenn.  If 
she  survives  him  or  if  lie  has  any  relatives,  please  send  ad- 
dress to  the  Veteran.  This  gentleman  also  desires  to  hear 
from  any  relatives  of  Lieutenant  Peters.  Colonel  Williams 
was  formerly  with  Bragg,  but  was  on  Gen.  Joseph  Wheeler's 
staff  at  the  time  of  his  death.  If  any  of  his  former  officers  or 
comrades  in  arms  can  give  any  information  in  this  matter, 
it  will  help  justify  two  noble  men  if  they  will  now  come  for- 
ward and  explain  the  secret  motives  of  what  has  been  con- 
demned as  a  "foolhardy  act  of  spies." 


Mrs.  H.  S.  Reynolds,  of  Franklin,  Tenn.,  inquires  for  in- 
formation of  John  D.  Rook,  who  entered  the  Confederate 
army  from  Marshall  County  as  a  private  and  served  in  the 
17th  Mississippi  Regiment. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


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KENTUCKY  CONFEDERATE  CURED  OF  CHILLS. 

BY    M1LF0RD    OVERLEY. 

Reading  in  a  back  number  of  the  Veteran  of  how  a  soldier 
was  cured  of  chills  by  the  explosion  of  a  hot  shell  placed  to 
his  feet  to  warm  I  am  reminded  of  my  experience  on  that 
line,  which  I  give  for  the  edification  of  the  "boys"  and  for 
the  benefit  of  any  who  may  desire  to  test  the  remedy  that 
cured  me. 

About  the  middle  of  July,  1864,  General  Johnston's  army 
had  crossed  the  Chattahoochee  River,  and  the  Yankees  were 
advancing.  Gen.  John  S.  Williams,  who  commanded  the 
Kentucky  Cavalry  Brigade,  had  sent  me  to  Gainesville,  sixty 
miles  up  the  Chattahoochee,  on  business  relating  to  the  arrest 
and  imprisonment  of  three  or  four  of  his  dismounted  men  by 
an  officer  commanding  a  regiment  of  Georgia  State  troops. 
Old  "Cerro  Gordo"  was  furious  and  sent  the  Georgia  colonel 
an  ugly  message.  The  men  were  immediately  released.  They 
and  the  little  detachment  that  accompanied  me  to  Gainesville, 
excepting  Sergeant  Henry  A.  Pearce,  now  a  resident  of  Lex- 
ington, Ky.,  were  sent  back  to  Atlanta  by  a  different  road. 
Pearce  and  I  started  back  by  the  "river  road,"  on  which  we 
went  to  Gainesville. 

Halting  fnr  dinner  at  a  farmhouse  near  where  a  road 
branched  off  leading  by  a  circuitous  route  to  Atlanta,  the 
landlady  urged  us  to  take  the  branch  road,  saying  she  felt 
sure  the  Yankees  had  crossed  the  river  and  that  we  would 
meet  them  if  we  continued  on  our  course.  The  good  woman's 
advice  was  unheeded,  and  our  journey  was  resumed  on  the 
river  road.  When  within  fifteen  or  twenty  miles  of  Atlanta 
I  realized  an  approaching  chill.  Pearce,  who  was  riding  a 
very  slow  horse,  had  fallen  some  distance  behind,  and  I  had 
decided  to  stop  at  the  first  house  on  the  way  and  remain  till 
better  able  to  travel. 

I  had  been  wrestling  with  chills  for  many  months,  having 
contracted  the  disease  while  picketing  on  the  Tennessee 
River  (on  the  left  of  Bragg's  army  some  time  before  the  bat- 
tle of  Chickamauga).  It  was  a  very  stubborn  case  that  the 
doctor  and  his  quinine  could  not  cure.  The  disease  held  me 
from  camp  to  camp,  in  winter  and  in  summer,  day  and  night, 
though  I  did  duty  all  the  time  except  for  six  weeks  in  a  hos- 
pital. When  I  returned  to  the  army,  the  everlasting  chills 
returned  with  me. 

At  the  time  of  which  I  write  houses  along  the  Chattahoochee 
were  far  apart,  and  the  one  at  which  I  expected  to  complete 
my  chill  was  never  reached.     *     *     * 

I  was  riding  along  holding  to  the  horn  of  my  Texas  saddle 
for  support,  when  in  turning  an  angle  in  the  road  over  a 
Bfight  elevation  and  by  a  dense  thicket  of  bushes  I  met  face 
to  face  a  column  of  Yankee  cavalry,  the  advance  of  General 
MrPherson's  corps  that  had  crossed  the  Chattahoochee  that 
morning.  Thinking  to  get  in  the  first  shot,  I  drew  my  pistol; 
but  the  gentlemen  in  blue  were  too  quick  for  me,  and  the 
balls  from  their  carbines  buzzed  about  my  ears  like  mad 
bumblebees.  I  was  riding' probably  the  best  piece  of  horse- 
flesh in  the  Kentucky  brigade.  Little  Dixie  was  swift  as  the 
wind,  sure-footed,  and  intelligent,  and  she  seemed  at  once  to 
comprehend  the  situation,  for  she  wheeled  about  and  was  off 
like  a  shot.  My  hat  fell  to  the  ground  as  she  made  the  sud- 
den turn. 

After  discharging  their  carbines,  the  Yanks  drew  their  re- 
volvers, and  with  yells  charged  at  full  speed,  shooting  as  they 
advanced.  With  me  it  was  a  race  for  life  and  liberty.  One 
touch  nf  the  spur  sent  little  Dixie  forward  at  a  speed  that  no 
horse  in  that  blue  column  could  equal.     Looking  back.  I  found 


that  only  a  few  bad  joined  in  the  pursuit;  but  they  were  ad- 
vancing on  me  as  fast  as  their  horses  could  carry  them,  spur- 
ring, yelling,  and  shooting.  I  saw  that  unless  they  shot  me 
or  my  mare  my  escape  was  assured.  The  race  continued  for 
perhaps  a  mile.  I  turned  into  a  bridle  path  that  led  through 
a  dense  forest.  Soon  the  pursuit  ended,  and  the  chill  was 
gone,  chased  clean  out  of  me,  and  it  has  not  to  this  day 
returned. 

The  Yanks  were  evidently  between  me  and  Atlanta,  and  a 
flank  movement  would  be  necessary  to  avoid  another  meeting 
with  them.  A  hat  must  be  procured  to  shield  my  head  from 
the  scorching  sun.  The  hat  that  I  had  lost  cost  me  seventy- 
five  dollars  in  Atlanta.  The  broad  brim  was  pinned  to  the 
crown  with  a  silver  star  and  crescent,  the  gift  of  an  esteemed 
comrade.  I  should  like  to  hear  what  became  of  the  star  and 
crescent. 

Soon  after  dismounting  I  became  awfully  sick,  and  the  ac- 
companying fever  was  almost  unendurable.  The  road  upon 
which  the  Yankee  cavalry  was  then  passing  was  only  a  few 
rods  away,  and  so  completely  exhausted  was  I  that  one  big 
fellow  could  have  carried  me  off  with  case. 

When  able  to  travel  I  followed  the  path  to  a  cabin  in  the 
forest,  where  I  bought  a  hat,  giving  seven  dollars  for  it.  It 
was  old,  dilapidated,  and  about  two  sizes  too  large  for  me. 
I  very  much  disliked  the  thought  of  having  to  wear  it  to  camp. 
Information  obtained  from  inmates  of  the  cabin  enabled  me 
to  reach  a  rather  obscure  road  leading  in  the  direction  of  At- 
lanta. This  I  followed  till  dark,  and  then  left  the  road  a  short 
distance  and  went  to  bed  under  a  big  pine  tree.  Here,  with 
my  saddle  for  a  pillow,  heaven's  canopy  for  a  covering,  and 
my  faithful  mare  for  a  sentinel,  I  slept  soundly  till  morn- 
ing. The  cannons'  opening  roar  guided  me  to  the  Kentucky 
brigade,  which  I  found  engaged  in  battle.  So  ended  the  little 
adventure  that  rid  me  of  the  chills. 


MONUMENT  TO  GEN.  LLOYD   TILGHMAN. 

BY  DR.   D.   C.    MURRELL,   PRESIDENT   PARK   BOARD,   PADUCAH,    KY. 

On  May  15.  ioog,  there  will  be  unveiled  in  Paducah  in  a 
beautiful  park  a  handsome  Confederate  monument  that  will 
cost  over  twenty  thousand  dollars.  It  will  be  erected  by  the 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy.  The  figure  is  a  representative 
Confederate  officer,  and  the  statue  is  nine  feet  high  in  bronze. 
The  hero  honored  is  General  Tilghman,  from  Paducah,  who 
gave  his  life  at  Champion  Hill,  Miss.  The  pedestal  and  base 
are  fourteen  feet  in  height.  The  modeling  is  by  the  celebrated 
sculptor,  H.  H.  Kitson,  of  New  York  and  Boston.  This  figure 
of  Gen.  Lloyd  Tilghman  was  a  gift  of  his  sons  to  the  Daugh- 
ters of  the  Confederacy  and  the  Camp  of  Confederate  Vet- 
erans of  Paducah. 

All  Confederates  are  cordially  invited  to  be  present,  Rates 
have  been  arranged  for  of  one  and  one-third  round  trip  on  the 
railroads  in  Kentucky  and  Tennessee. 


Education  in  the  Mountain  Regions. — Mrs.  Maggie 
Lynch  Hall  writes  from  Plumtree,.  N.  C,  and  asks  for  the 
names  of  persons  interested  in  and  who  may  wish  to  help  Lees- 
McRae  Institute,  "a  Christian  industrial  school  for  boys  and 
girls  in  the  mountains  of  Western  North  Carolina."  She 
adds:  "Since  our  dormitory  was  burned  last  September  our 
boys  have  had  a  rather  rough  time,  but  have  shown  no  evi- 
dence of  discontent.  They  have  stood  the  test  bravely,  only 
one  boy  leaving,  and  the  success  of  the  school  under  such 
trying  circumstances  has  been  wonderful.  The  foundation 
for  a  much  larger  building  is  being  laid,  for  wc  have  never 
had  room  for  the  number  of  applicants." 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterar?. 


VALIANT  COLEMAN,  VETERAN  OF  TWO  WARS. 

Col.  W.  O.  Coleman,  who  was  a  distinguished  Confederate 
soldier,  is  now  living  at  Brownsville,  Tex.,  at  the  ripe  old  age 
of  seventy-two.  He  went  to  Brownsville  in  1905,  and  was  the 
first  land  agent  to  open  business  in  the  historic  city,  and  uy 
application  to  business  and  energy  has  amassed  a  comforta- 
ble fortune. 

Colonel  Coleman  was  born  January  12,  1837.  in  New  York 
City.  His  mother  was  one  of  the  Virginia  Maurys,  a  cousin 
of  Commodore  Matthew  Fontaine  Maury. 

When  the  Mexican  War  commenced,  W.  O.  Coleman  was 
only  in  his  tenth  year ;  but  this  tender  age  did  not  prevent  his 
aspirations  to  be  a  soldier.  He  ran  away  from  home,  going 
with  a  lot  of  Virginia  troops  from  Norfolk,  and  joined  Gen- 
eral Scott's  army.  The  lad  hid  in  the  hold  of  the  vessel 
until  well  out  to  sea,  and  thus  succeeded  in  getting  to  Vera 
Cruz.  Upon  arrival  there  he  got  with  the  2d  Mississippi 
Volunteers,  and  stayed  with  them  until  they  entered  the  City 
of  Mexico.  He  was  in  the  battles  of  Puebla,  Churubusco, 
and  other  important  fights  with  the  Mexicans.  He  was 
wounded  in  the  leg  at  Churubusco. 

In  1853  ne  joined  the  Quitman  filibustering  expedition  to 
Cuba ;  and  after  many  thrilling  experiences  and  enduring 
many  hardships,  such  as  working  on  a  sugar  plantation,  he, 
with  some  other  boys,  was  sent  back  to  New  Orleans.  In 
1855  he  went  to  Kansas  Territory,  and  was  with  Major  Bell, 
of  South  Carolina,  in  many  scouts,  skirmishes,  and  en- 
counters that  occurred  in  that  territory.  He  was  in  one  of 
the  fights  against  John  Brown's  forces,  and  at  Wakarusha 
Creek  saw  one  of  John  Brown's  sons  killed  as  he  was  lead- 
ing a  charge  across  the  bridge. 

When  the  Civil  War  broke  out  he  was  a  resident  of  Mis- 
souri. Upon  Lyon  and  Sigel's  invasion  of  the  State  he 
was  the  first  to  raise  a  company  in  defense  thereof.  This 
was  in  June,  1861.  His  company  was  in  the  battles  of  Dug 
Springs,  Wilson  Creek,  Oak  Hill,  Drywood,  and  Lexington, 
Mo.  In  1862  he  raised  the  4th  Missouri  Cavalry  and  became 
its  colonel.  In  many  hard-fought  battles  in  Missouri  and 
Arkansas  he  was  at  the  front.  He  led  his  regiment  in  the 
battles  of  South  Fork,  West  Plains,  Lick  Settlement,  Little 
Piney,  Ramsey's  Ferry,  and  Hartsville,  Mo. 

In  the  beginning  of  1863  he  was  put  under  arrest  by  Gen- 
erals McBride  and  Holmes  for  refusing  to  move  his  regiment 
out  of  Missouri  and  the  command  was  taken  away  from  him. 
Then  he  raised  a  battalion  of  men  and  began  a  guerrilla  war, 
and  by  his  bold  raids  was  a  constant  terror  to  the  enemy. 
He  also  cooperated  with  Quantrell's  forces  during  this  year 
against  Kansas  troops.  He  also  assisted  in  organizing  Free- 
man's. Burbridge  Campbell's,  and  Green's  Regiments. 

Early  in  1864  Colonel  Coleman  was  relieved  of  the  arrest 
under  which  he  had  been  laboring  by  Gen.  E.  Kirby  Smith, 
and  was  assigned  to  duty  with  General  Sheilby.  Under  Kirby 
Smith's  direction  Colonel  Coleman  organized  the  46th  Arkan- 
sas Mounted  Infantry  and  reorganized  the  old  4th  Missouri 
Cavalry,  and  was  in  the  battle  near  Lone  Oak,  Ark.,  in  which 
his  regiment  captured  Mitchell's  Volunteer  Regiment.  Two 
days  after  this  in  a  battle  at  Hazen,  Ark.,  his  regiment  cap- 
tured two  hundred  head  of  cavalry  horses,  and  ran  them 
through  the  Federal  lines  of  two  regiments  of  infantry  and 
cavalry  without  the  loss  of  a  man.  General  Shelby  then  sent 
the  Colonel  to  Missouri  to  organize  more  troops,  which  he 
did,  and  reported  to  General  Price.  Colonel  Coleman  and  his 
command  were  in  the  battles  of  Iron  Mountain,  Potosi,  Frank- 
lin, Jefferson  City,  and  Glasgow — all  in  Missouri. 


At  Glasgow  Colonel  Coleman  with  his  command  captured 
the  fort,  which  was  well  manned,  before  the  other  Confed- 
erate troops  arrived.  Then  followed  the  battles  of  Inde- 
pendence, Westport,  Merridazine,  and  Newtonia,  all  in  Mis- 
souri, in  which  Colonel  Coleman  bore  a  conspicuous  part 

In  1865  he  and  his  command  still  remained  in  Missouri  and 
Arkansas,  being  part  of  Shelby's  Division  of  Price's  army, 
until  the  surrender  came.  Colonel  Coleman  boasts  that  he 
never  did  surrender,  and  he  is  proud  of  his  record  as  a  Con- 
federate soldier.  He  has  always  a  hearty  handshake  for  the 
Union  soldier  whenever  he  meets  him  if  he  is  a  square,  honest 
man. 

Colonel  Coleman  is  a  member  of  the  celebrated  Dick  Dow- 
ling  Camp  at  Houston,  Tex.  He  lives  a  quiet  but  busy  life  at 
Brownsville,  and  is  a  substantial,  trusted  citizen.  His  ex- 
periences in  detail  would  make  a  large  book  and  read  more 
like  fiction  than  fact. 

Colonel  Coleman  has  two  daughters.  The  older  is  Mrs. 
George  B.  Poole,  of  Walnut  Hills,  Cincinnati.  This  daughter 
and  her  mother  were  taken  prisoners  in  1862  by  the  Federals, 
sent  to  Rolla,  Mo.,  and  guarded  by  four  Federal  soldiers 
night  and  day.  The  mother  was  allowed  to  go  anywhere;  but 
the  infant  daughter,  six  weeks  old,  was  held  in  the  hope  that 
they  would  capture  the  father  in  his  efforts  to  see  the  babe. 


COL.    W.    O.    COLEMAN. 

Colonel  Coleman  at  this  time  was  capturing  and  destroying 
many  of  the  enemy's  wagon  trains.  After  six  weeks  the 
mother  and  child  were  released. 

The  second  daughter,  Miss  Scottie  May  Coleman,  lives  at 
Cheneyville,  La.,  with  relatives. 

There  is  one  incident  we  have  omitted  to  relate.  In  1861  the 
Federal  army  was  camped  near  Fort  Scott,  Kans.  Colonel 
Coleman  with  his  command  was  sent  on  a  scouting  expedition, 
in  which  he  and  two  men  got  ahead  of  their  troops  and  found 
about  two  hundred   head  of  mules   belonging  to  the  enemy, 


Qopfederat^  Vetera^. 


213 


camped  near  Fort  Scott.  They  opened  fire  on  the  guards  and 
stampeded  the  mules,  and  before  the  Federals  could  take 
any  action  they  had  the  mules  going  straight  for  the  Confed- 
erate camp,  about  twelve  miles  distant,  where  they  succeeded 
in  taking  them. 

The  Colonel  could  give  the  Veteran  many  scenes  and  in- 
cidents of  the  war,  thrilling  experiences  and  adventures  which 
have  never  been  written,  and  it  is  hoped  that  he  will  find  the 
leisure  and  inclination  to  do  so. 


VARIED   WAR  EXPERIENCES. 

BY    JOHN    T.    MOORE,    WASHINGTON,    D.    C. 

The  writer,  a  native  of  Obion  County,  Tenn..  born  June 
24,  1845,  joined  Company  K  under  Gen.  John  H.  Morgan's 
division  at  Lebanon,  Tenn.,  in  the  summer  of  1862.  I  took 
part  in  every  battle  and  skirmish  in  which  my  company  was 
engaged,  including  Lebanon,  Tenn.,  Lebanon,  Ky.,  Green 
River,  Ky.,  Woodbury  and  McMinnville,  Tenn. 

My  horse  was  shot  while  I  was  on  picket  at  Woodbury, 
Tenn.  I  was  in  the  raid  made  into  Indiana  and  Ohio  in  July, 
1863.  We  crossed  the  Cumberland  River  on  July  1,  1863.  We 
had  a  skirmish  or  battle  every  day  afterwards.  On  July  3 
we  tried  to  capture  a  regiment  at  Green  River  Bridge,  but 
failed,  and  retired  after  four  or  live  hours  of  hard  fighting, 
losing  about  two  hundred  and  fifty  men,  including  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Chenault.  On  July  4  at  Lebanon,  Ky.,  we  captured 
Hanson's  9th  Kentucky  Infantry.  General  Morgan  told  us 
to  burn  the  town  rather  than  fail.  Capt.  W.  S.  Edwards  vol- 
unteered to  burn  the  place.  After  firing  three  or  four  houses, 
however,  the  Yankees  surrendered.  We  were  forced  to 
doublc-rjuick  our  prisoners  ten  miles  to  Springfield  before  we 
could  parole  them,  as  Hobson's  men  were  in  close  pursuit. 

We  captured  two  boats  at  Brandenburg,  Ky.,  and  crossed 
the  Ohio  River  there.  After  crossing  the  river,  wc  learned 
that  about  ten  thousand  Indiana  State  Militia  were  at  Cory- 
don.  Ind.,  to  give  us  a  warm  reception.  As  we  got  to  the  lop 
of  a  hill  in  sight  of  the  town  General  Morgan  ordered  us  to 
charge  and  give  the  Rebel  yell.  We  did  so,  and  the  militia 
scattered  in  all  directions.  Our  regiment  went  around  the 
town  to  head  them  off.  and  after  dismounting  we  formed  on 
the  brow  of  a  hill  and  moved  forward.  After  getting  over 
the  hill,  wc  saw  tin-  enemy  coming  toward  us  at  full  speed. 
I  saw  that  my  friend  Phil  (J.  P.)  Oliver  had  captured  about 
sixty  men,  whom  he  bad  to  come  up  to  him  in  single  file  and 
hand  him  their  new  Enfield  rifles,  which  he  broke  by  striking 
them  against  a  tree.  We  did  not  take  time  to  parole  our 
captives,  but  left  them  and  hurried  on. 

After  crossing  the  Ohio  River  on  July  9,  we  never  stopped 
to  eat  or  sleep  or  feed  our  horses.  When  a  horse  gave  out, 
we  rode  up  to  a  barn  and  exchanged  him  for  a  good  one.  The 
majority  of  farmers  were  in  hiding.  If  they  had  not  been, 
possibly  they  would  have  objected  to  the  arrangement  and  we 
might  have  gotten  "some  boot."  The  marching  was  fierce 
from  the  oth  until  the  17th.  I  was  captured  at  that  time.  I 
was  rut  off  while  we  were  burning  a  bridge  and  a  train  loaded 
with  government  supplies  .'it  Camp  Dcnnisoii.  which  was  a 
camp  for  invalids  about  one  hundred  miles  from  Cincinnati. 
I  was  kept  for  two  or  three  days  in  this  camp  am  1  in  Cin- 
cinnati about  the  same  time,  then  carried'  to  Camp  Chase,  at 
Columbus,  Ohio.  Willi  about  one  thousand  others  I  was  sent 
to  Chicago  I  Camp  Douglas),  where  I  remained  until  about 
uary  25  or  26,  1865.  I  arrived  at  Richmond  on  February 
29,  1865,  and  all  prisoners  delivered  there  by  March  1  were 
declared  exchanged. 


After  a  two  weeks'  furlough  we  were  ordered  to  report  at 
Lynchburg  for  the  defense  of  that  town.  I  think  the  officer 
in  command  was  General  Morgan's  adjutant  general,  Major 
Allston.  That  night  I  was  the  advance  vedette,  and  captured 
a  member  of  Company  A,  15th  Pennsylvania  Cavalry.  Next 
day  we  went  into  camp  at  Charlotte,  N.  C.  Here  we  rested  for 
a  few  days,  waiting  to  escort  President  Davis  to  Mexico 

While  at  Charlotte  we  were  ordered  to  take  five  men  on 
a  train  (an  engine,  one  box  car,  and  one  flat  car)  and  go  to 
Salisbury,  N.  C,  to  meet  President  Davis  and  his  Cabinet 
and  take  them  to  Charlotte.  The  train  was  captured  by 
General  Lee's  soldiers,  who,  not  knowing  the  purpose  for 
which  it  was  sent,  crowded  on  as  long  as  a  man  could  hang 
on.  and  then  they  opened  the  throttle  of  the  engine  and  "let 
her  go."  Mr.  Davis  and  Cabinet  were  left  at  Salisbury 
Another  lieutenant  was  ordered  to  take  five  men  and  make 
the  same  trip,  with  orders  to  shoot  any  soldier  who  got  on 
the  train  without  permission.  They  returned  with  President 
Davis  to  Charlotte. 

The  next  day  we  started  on  a  march  southward.  We  ar- 
rived at  Unionville,  S.  C,  near  midnight.  Some  member  of 
the  Cabinet  told  us  we  could  all  consider  ourselves  honorably 
discharged,  but  if  any  of  us  wished  to  accompany  President 
Davis  to  Mexico  wc  could  do  so.  I  was  then  only  nineteen 
years  old ;  but  my  heart  was  too  proud  to  bear  the  misfor- 
tune of  my  country.  1  determined  to  leave  her  and  seek  a 
home  on  some  hospitable  foreign  shore.  So  I  fell  in  line 
to  seek  refuge  in  Mexico.  The  next  div  we  crossed  the 
Savannah  River.  Arriving  at  Washing'  -•-.  C..i  ,  we  went  into 
camp.  It  was  there  that  the  Confederate  treasury  was  di- 
vided, some  of  the  Tennessccans  receiving  as  much  as  fifty 
cents.  I.  being  in  a  Kentucky  company,  received  twenty 
Mexican  dollars.  After  the  division  a  lieutenant  was  ordered 
to  select  five  men  and  take  three  wagons  loaded  with  bullion 
and  deliver  it  to  the  Georgia  State  authorities  at  Washing- 
ton. We  were  also  ordered  to  escort  Judge  Judah  P.  Benja- 
min to  his  home  or  until  he  released  us.  About  daylight  next 
morning  Judge  Benjamin  told  us  to  go  ahead  and  overtake 
our  command,  that  he  was  nearly  home  He  was  riding  in 
an  ambulance.  We  went  another  road,  and  at  about  sunrise 
stopped  at  a  house  for  breakfast  for  ourselves  and  horses. 
Strange  to  say,  the  man  of  the  house  said  he  had  never  been 
bothered  with  soldiers  from  either  army.  After  breakfast  we 
resumed  our  march  to  overtake  the  President  and  his  little 
coterie  of  patriots,  but  before  wc  bad  gone  five  miles  w< 
were  intercepted  by  the  Federals.  The  commander  said: 
"Boys,  I  have  you.    Go  back  to  Washington  and  get  paroles." 


GRANT'S    XARROIV  ESCAPE   AT    rhKSBURG. 

BY    W.    W.    DRAPER,    ATANTA,   C,.\. 

Maj.  Gen.  John  H.  Forney,  who  commanded  .1  division 
during  the  siege  of  Vicksburg.  gave  some  interesting  data 
in  regard  to  an  occurrence  during  thai   event. 

His  lines  had  to  be  changed  to  avoid  being  undermined 
and  blown  up.  The  contending  forces  were  so  close  to- 
gether that  they  frequently  used  hand  grenades  in  their  en- 
counters. Our  soldiers  often  returned  these  grenades  by 
seizing  them  and  throwing  them  back  before  they  exploded. 

General  Forney  had  fallen  back  to  the  extreme  limit,  as  the 
river  was  behind  him.  He  reported  the  condition  to  General 
Pemberton,  and  told  him  that  the  only  chance  lo  dislodge  the 
enemy  was  by  the  use  "i  1  mortar.  General  Pemberton  said 
there  was  one  mortar  available,  to  take  that  and  see  what 
could  be  done.     General   I    >rur\    found  the  mortar,  and  amidst 


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great  difficulties  moved  it  in  position,  manning  it  with  a 
company  of  French  artillerists  from  New  Orleans. 

General  Forney  was  a  graduate  of  West  Point,  and  thor- 
oughly understood  the  use  of  the  gun.  He  aimed  and  pointed 
the  mortar;  then,  instructing  the  artillerist  to  shoot  every 
thirty  minutes,  he  went  to  a  high  point  to  watch  results.  He 
had  cut  the  fuse  of  the  bomb  a  little  too  long;  so  it  failed 
to  explode,  and  this  one  shot  was  the  only  one  fired  from  the 
mortar.  This  shot  drew  the  fire  of  the  enemy,  and  many  of 
the  men  at  the  battery  were  killed  or  wounded 

After  the  surrender  General  Forney  and  General  Mc- 
Pherson,  who  was  in  charge  of  the  terms  of  parole,  met 
and  found  they  were  classmates  at  West  Point.  During  the 
conversation  that  ensued  McPherson  asked  General  Forney 
who  had  aimed  that  bomb,  saying  that  only  the  too  long  fuse 
had  saved  General  Grant  and  his  staff,  as  it  had  fallen  just 
beside  them  as  they  were  holding  a  council  of  war.  Had  it 
exploded  in  the  air,  as  was  intended,  nothing  could  have 
saved  them. 

General  Forney  after  his  parole  was  given  an  ambulance  and 
two  mules  by  General  McPherson  to  assist  him  in  getting 
home,  as  he  was  badly  wounded,  and  by  the  kindness  of  the 
same  general  the  ambulance  was  supplied  with  every  comfort 
the  Federal  commissary  afforded. 

General  McPherson  was  one  of  the  bravest  and  truest  sol- 
diers in  the  Northern  army,  his  treatment  of  his  prisoners 
was  very  kind,  and  he  was  never  known  to  mistreat  the  down- 
trodden or  oppress  the  helpless. 

Captain  Bigley,  Chairman  of  the  National  Park  Committee, 
says  that  no  general,  Northern  or  Southern,  was  braver  or 
more  self-sacrificing  than  General  Forney.  It  is  suggested 
that  a  monument  be  erected  to  this  gallant  officer.  There 
has  been  some  money  subscribed  for  this  purpose,  but  not 
enough.  If  any  who  knew  and  admired  General  Forney 
wish  to  contribute  to  this  noble  cause,  they  can  send  what 
they  like  to  Horace  L.  Stephenson,  chairman  General  Forney 
monument   fund,  Jacksonville,  Ala. 


BURIAL  RITUAL. 
Suitable  for  Confederates  Everywhere. 

At  the  hour  and  place  appointed  the  Camp  or  Bivouac  of 
which  the  deceased  was  a  member  will  meet.  The  President 
will  appoint  pallbearers,  marshal,  and  assistant  if  necessary. 
All  members  are  to  be  supplied  with  a  badge  of  crape  and  a 
sprig  of  evergreen  to  be  worn  with  the  badge  of  the  Associa- 
tion. The  Bivouac  will  pass  in  procession  from  the  place  of 
meeting  to  the  place  where  the  deceased  is  to  be  taken  for 
interment.     The  order  of  procession  will  be  as  follows : 

i.  The  Marshal  with  black  scarf  and  a  baton  with  black 
crape  and  ribbon  on  each  end  —  inches  wide  of  color  (blue, 
red,  or  yellow)  representing  that  branch  of  service  to  which 
the  comrade  belonged. 

2.  The  Sergeant-at-Arms  with  sword  draped  as  baton  of 
Marshal. 

3.  Members  in  double  rank. 

4.  Recording  and  Corresponding  Secretaries. 

5.  Financial  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

6.  Chaplain  and  Surgeon. 

7.  Second  and  Third  Vice  Presidents. 

8.  President  and  First  Vice  President. 

On  arriving  at  the  house  the  President  will  place  the  badge 
of  deceased  on  coffin. 

The  procession  in  above-named  order  will  precede  the  corpse 
to  the  place  of  burial.   On  arriving  at  such  place  the  members 


will  open  ranks,  stand  uncovered,  with  hat  in  left  hand  and 
with  right  hand  raised  as  if  making  a  military  salute,  and  allow 
the  corpse,  mourners,  etc.,  to  pass  between  the  two  lines, 
after  which  the  members  will  re-form  in  reverse  order,  the 
President  and  Vice  President  leading,  passing  through  to  the 
front,  others  following  to  the  grave,  opening  ranks  and  pass- 
ing around  both  right  and  left.  After  the  performance  of 
such  religious  service  as  desired  by  friends  of  deceased  and 
before  final  closing  of  grave,  the  members  will  silently  ap- 
proach as  near  the  grave  as  convenient,  the  President  at  the 
head,  the  Chaplain  at  the  foot,  all  uncovered,  hat  in  left  hand, 
when  the  President  will  read  the  following  address : 

Comrades  :  We  are  here  to-day  to  pay  the  last  tribute  of 
friendship  in  the  presence  of  our  honored  dead. 

Response.  Our  honored  dead. 

We  are  to  commit  to  the  grave  the  body  of  a  comrade 
whose  life — aside  from  its  other  ties  of  friendship  and  so- 
ciability— was  drawn  very  close  to  our  lives  by  a  bond  of 
love  which  was  formed  amidst  common  perils  and  hardships 
and  welded  in  the  fires  of  battle. 

Response.  The  fires  of  battle. 

Not  in  the  pomp  and  circumstance  of  war,  not  with  musket 
shot  and  roll  of  drum  do  we  bury  our  comrade.  The  roar 
of  the  cannon  and  the  din  of  the  conflict  are  hushed,  and  in 
this  time  of  solemn  peace  we  lay  the  citizen-soldier  in  his 
last  resting  place — an  honorable  grave. 

Response.  An  honorable  grave. 

He  was  a  veteran  Confederate  soldier,  true  and  tried. 
Freely  and  cheerfully  he  risked  his  life  in  defense  of  his 
home  and  his  people;  bravely  and  grandly  he  bore  himself 
amidst  all  the  dangers  and  privations  of  an  unequal  contest. 
He  answered  to  the  last  roll  call  that  summoned  him  to  duty 
as  a  soldier;  and  when  he  yielded  to  the  arbitrament  of  war, 
it  was  not  as  a  conquered  slave,  but  as  a  hero — one  of  the 
gallant  spirits  who  have  immortalized  the  Southern  arms.  He 
fought  a  good  fight  and  has  left  a  record  of  which  we,  his 
surviving  comrades,  are  proud,  and  which  is  a  heritage  of 
glory  to  his  family  and  their  descendants  for  all  time  to  come. 

Response.  A  glorious  heritage! 

With  equal  courage  and  fortitude  and  patience  our  com- 
rade accepted  the  fortune  of  peace,  made  arduous  by  losses 
and  reproaches,  and  as  a  citizen  of  a  reunited  country,  true 
to  his  innate  manhood,  he  evinced  a  loyalty  which,  making  no 
apology  for  the  past,  was  true  in  every  quality  of  patriotism 
and  which  none  can  question  without  aspersion. 

Response.  He  was  tried  and  true. 

Rest,  soldier,  rest!  Impartial  history  will  vindicate  thy 
motives  and  write  thy  deeds  illustrious.  Comrade  and  friend, 
we  give  thy  body  to  the  dust  and  commend  thy  spirit  to  God. 

Response.  Rest,  soldier,  rest ! 

(The  Chaplain  shall  pray  suitably  to  the  occasion.) 

If  it  be  desired  that  the  Bivouac  ceremony  be  performed 
at  the  residence,  the  members  will  at  the  proper  time,  after 
such  religious  services  as  may  be  held,  form  around  the  cof- 
fin, with  the  President  at  the  head  and  the  Chaplain  at  the 
foot,  and  stand  in  this  position  with  uncovered  heads  during 
the  responsive  reading,  which  will  be  the  same  as  that  pre- 
scribed for  the  ceremony  at  the  grave.  If  it  be  decided  to 
have  the  ceremony  in  the  church,  the  members  will  form  in 
like  order  about  the  coffin  after  the  religious  exercises  have 
been  concluded  and  proceed  as  prescribed  for  the  residence. 
If  the  ceremony  is  to  be  had  at  the  grave,  the  procession  in 
the  order  given  above  will  precede  the  corpse  to  the  church, 
if  it  be  taken  to  a  church,  and  thence  to  the  place  of  burial. 


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FALL  OF  RICHMOND,  APRIL  3,  1865. 

BY    E.    T.    WATEHALL. 

On  April  3  about  nine  in  the  morning,  while  on  my  way 
to  the  Baptist  church,  I  heard  the  bell  in  Capitol  Square  sound- 
ing the  "military  call"  for  the  local  forces  and  all  citizens, 
young  and  old,  to  prepare  for  duty.  It  was  a  beautiful  morn- 
ing, and  when  I  left  the  church  after  service  everything 
seemed  about  as  usual  until  I  entered  the  street  on  which  was 
President  Davis's  mansion.  The  President  and  Dr.  Hoge 
were  the  only  two  who  had  received  the  news  of  the  fall  of 
the  city  during  church  time. 

However,  it  did  not  take  long  for  the  news  to  spread,  and 
earthquakes  and  great  fires  faintly  resemble  the  result  of 
the  news.  On  the  street  every  one  was  calling  out :  "Rich- 
mond has  fallen!  What  shall  we  all  do?"  I  had  witnessed 
the  Pawnee  excitement  of  '61 ;  but  that  was  a  joyful  rush, 
while  this  was  a  heartbreaking  one. 

There  was  a  wild  rush  and  hurry  on  all  the  streets,  but  it 
was  magnified  in  the  crowd  that  seemed  going  to  the  Danville 
Depot.  Here  trains  were  leaving  every  few  minutes,  and  I 
saw  Confederate  soldiers,  men,  women,  and  children  among 
the  citizens  going  away,  and  a  quantity  of  gold  and  money 
and  all  sorts  of  household  articles  being  carried  off. 

The  commissary  storehouse  (where  now  stands  the  new 
Southern  Depot)  was  a  busy  place,  for  the  government  had 
given  permission  for  the  people  to  take  everything  that  could 
not  be  carried  away  by  the  authorities.  You  could  see  old 
men,  women,  and  children  snatching  for  something,  whether 
it  was  useful  or  not.  I  made  many  trips  back  and  forth  to 
carry  my  pick-ups  home,  and  there  were  any  number  who 
were  doing  as  I  did. 

On  Ninth  Street  were  great  piles  of  paper  burning,  and  by 
their  light  I  saw  some  men  wearing  Confederate  uniforms  break 
UltO  Antoni's  confectionery.  The  woman  inside  asked  them 
not  to  break  the  jars,  but  to  take  all  the  candy  they  wanted. 
As  this  was  private  property,  I  did  not  try  to  get  any  of  the 
candy,  as  much  as  1  wanted  it.  I  also  saw  a  jewelry  store 
and  one  or  two  others  broken  open,  but  this  was  not  by  the 
soldiers. 

As  I  was  standing  on  the  corner  of  Thirteenth  and  Main 
Streets  that  night  about  seven  o'clock  I  saw  the  last  Confed- 
erate cannons  come  thundering  down  the  street,  the  driver 
yelling:  "Is  this  Virginia  Street?  Which  is  the  way  to  the 
Danville  Depot?"  They  turned  into  an  alleyway  and  then 
across  the  bridge,  which  had  been  floored  over  for  this  very 
emergency. 

How  Richmond  was  burned  has  been  often  discussed;  and 
as  I  watched  with  all  the  interest  of  a  fourteen-year-old  boy, 
I  will  tell  exactly  how  it  occurred.  The  first  explosion  was 
from  a  boat  beside  the  bridge,  and  was  entirely  accidental.  I 
was  standing  right  by  General  Ewell  when  it  happened,  and  I 
heard  him  say  with  an  oath  :  "The  first  one  that  puts  a  torch 
to  this  bridge  except  by  my  orders  I   wish  shot  down." 

These  men  in  the  boat  bad  been  doing  as  every  one  else 
did,  helping  themselves  to  all  they  could  find.  They  threw 
a  box  of  powder  on  the  boat,  and  it  struck  against  something 
and  exploded.  The  men  in  the  boat  were  in  much  more 
danger  than  those  on  the  bridge.  General  Ewell  in  his  re- 
port says  the  boat  was  under  the  bridge,  but  it  was  not.  It 
was  too  dark  and  dangerous  for  a  boat  to  lie  under  the 
bridge  with  nil  that  commotion  going  on  above. 

General  Kershaw  says  these  boatmen  helped  extinguish 
the  fire  on  the  bridge,  so  that  he  and  his  command  could  pass 
over,  lie  also  said  he  saw  the  flouring  mills  burning,  but  it 
was  In,,  far   f,,r  him  to  go  to  help  extinguish   it. 


I  saw  the  Blockhoe  warehouse  burn  and  saw  the  crowds 
of  men  and  women  throwing  bags  of  flour  out  of  one  side 
while  the  other  side  of  the  warehouse  was  burning.  The 
Shochame  warehouse  was  officially  set  on  fire,  and  its  burning 
prevented  the  spread  of  the  fire  on  that  side  of  the  city.  I 
saw  a  large  coal  of  fire  fall  on  the  steeple  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  while  I  was  half  a  mile  away.  It  burned  so  slowly 
that  I  am  sure  it  could  have  been  put  out  if  any  one  could 
have  gotten  to  it.  This  church,  though  it  stood  in  a  thickly 
populated  part  of  the  city,  was  the  only  thing  that  burned  in 
that  neighborhood.  It  was  rumored  that  this  church  was  set 
on  fire;  but  it  really  caught  from  a  coal  thrown  on  the  steeple 
from  the  explosion  at  Cook's  Foundry.  It  was  reported  that 
the  burning  of  Richmond  was  the  work  of  an  incendiary,  but 
it  was  the  result  of  carelessness.  The  gas  was  cut  off  at  the 
works,  and  there  was  no  light;  so  people  burned  paper  to  see 
how  to  pillage,  and  threw  the  lighted  paper  on  the  floors.  I 
saw  as  many  as  ten  or  fifteen  of  these  lights  on  the  floors 
at  once.  I  read  a  story  that  a  spy  set  fire  to  the  War  De- 
partment and  received  a  reward  from  the  Federal  government 
for  destroying  it,  when  the  truth  is  the  building  was  not  de- 
stroyed at  all,  but  was  standing  till  a  few  years  ago. 

The  building  the  Confederates  used  as  the  War  Department 
was  built  for  a  mechanics'  institute,  and  the  rooms  were  used 
for  all  sorts  of  things.  In  one  room  I  saw  a  number  of  Starr 
pianos,  the  first  I  had  ever  seen,  and  it  was  from  one  of  these 
rooms  that  I  heard  the  salute  of  cannon  when  President 
Davis  entered  the  city.  I  stood  very  near  here  the  evening 
before  the  battle  of  Dairy's  Bluff  and  saw  General  Beaure- 
gard making  his  observations,  with  Fort  Washington  on  the 
right  and  Fort  Scott  on  the  left. 

The  burning  of  some  of  the  buildings  and  bridges  may  have 
been  incendiary,  but  most  of  the  fire  came  about  as  I  have 
stated.  The  fire  on  Petersburg  bridge  by  a  change  of  wind 
set  fire  to  the  arsenal.  I  remember  the  day  that  Mr.  Sedley, 
the  chemist,  was  blown  up  by  an  explosion  at  the  arsenal 
That  was  in  1861,  and  in  1865  I  saw  the  whole  roof  collapse 
from  fire. 

A  printer  now  working  on  the  News-Leader  had  about  the 
same  experience  with  paper  and  fire  that  I  did.  He  says  he 
lit  a  paper  and  by  its  light  went  into  a  cellar  and  brought  out 
a  live  pig  which  he  drove  down  the  street.  Some  one  yelled 
at  him  that  the  Confederates  always  went  the  whole  hog. 

About  eight  o'clock  on  the  day  that  Richmond  fell  I  saw 
the  first  Yankees  come  marching  in.  Some  women  and  boys 
stood  on  the  corner  and  waved  little  Union  flags.  The  Yan- 
kees put  the  negroes  to  work  pumping  with  the  hand  engines, 
much  to  their  disgust,  for  they  thought  that  now  that  the  Fed- 
erals were  there,  the  wdiites  would  have  to  work  while  they 
played.  I  believe  everybody  misunderstood  the  cause  of  the 
Richmond  fire.  The  Yankees  thought  the  Confederates  were 
burning  the  city  to  keep  them  from  getting  it.  and  the  Confed- 
erates thought  it  the  work  of  the  mob. 


FREEING  PRISONERS. 

BY   DR    JOHN   CUNNINGHAM,  RAVENNA,  TEX. 

On  one  occasion  during  the  latter  part  of  the  unit  war 
while  on  furlough  on  my  way  to  Trigg  County.  Ky.,  my 
horse  needed  rest.  I  was  stopping  a  few  miles  from  a  little 
war-deserted  village.  One  cold,  gloomy  evening  I  rode  down 
to  the  village  and  learned  the  news.  The  only  business  house 
there  was  run  by  a  discharged  soldier.  His  stock  in  trade 
was  "mountain  dew"  (homemade  booze).  That  being  the 
only  public  place  to  warm.   I   hitched  my  horse  close  by  and 


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went  in  by  a  red-hot  stove.  After  chatting  awhile  on  war 
topics,  a  long  black  bottle  labled  "mountain  dew"  appeared 
on  the  counter.  We  were  young  and  foolish  then ;  so  we 
sampled  the  dew.  The  dew  vendor  was  exploiting  its  su- 
perior virtues.  Just  at  this  moment  a  furious  pounding  came 
on  the  door,  accompanied  by  many  voices  swearing  that  if 
the  door  was  not  opened  immediately  it  would  be  broken 
open"  and  the  inmates  killed.  The  barkeeper  looked  out  the 
window  and  hurriedly  said :  "Captain,  the  house  is  surrounded 
by  Yankees." 

Things  looked  bad  for  me ;  so  I  grabbed  the  bottle  in  one 
hand  and  flung  the  door  wide  open  with  the  other.  Half  a 
dozen  navy  revolvers  were  aimed  at  me.  While  waving  the 
bottle  I  shouted  :  "Come  in,  gentlemen,  and  drink  mountain 
dew  to  your  heart's  content,  and  the  best  over  which  you  ever 
smacked  your  lips."  At  sight  of  the  bottle  and  my  speech 
every  pistol  instantaneously  sought  its  holster.  The  scouts 
belonged  to  Colonel  Bird's  East  Tennessee  Regiment  from 
the  mountains.  My  bottle  evaporated  faster  than  mist  before 
the  rising  sun.  "Salooney"  was  called  on,  and  he  supplied 
their  liquid  wants.  They  promoted  me  on  the  spot  and  called 
me  "Colonel  Liquor." 

By  this  time  two  small  squads  of  the  same  command  had 
loped  into  town,  each  having  a  batch  of  prisoners  that  had 
been  picked  up  on  the  scout.  Several  of  the  prisoners  claimed 
to  be  loyal  citizens  and  to  have  taken  the  oath  of  allegiance 
at  Fort  Heiman,  on  the  Tennessee,  and  were  clamoring  for 
release.  The  sergeant  in  command  was  uneducated  and  could 
not  read'.  He  called  on  his  men  to  see  if  any  of  them  could 
read  the  papers,  and  they  all  responded :  "No."  He  then 
asked  me  if  I  could  read  them.  I  told  him  I  could  read  any- 
thing. The  first  paper  passed  up  was  the  oath  of  allegiance 
to  the  United  States  taken  at  Fort  Heiman,  Tenn.  I  read 
it  the  second  time,  so  as  to  memorize  it.  The  second,  third, 
and  fourth  were  the  same.  The  Confederate  boys  somehow 
or  other  had  caught  on.  Then  came  two  or  three  Confederate 
discharges  from  the  army.  Then  a  regular  Dixie  soldier 
passed  up  his  furlough  from  General  Forrest.  I  read  between 
the  lines  and  gave  him  the  allegiance  oath  to  Uncle  Sam. 
The  sergeant  motioned  him  over  to  the  free  squad.  Im- 
mediately all  of  the  regular  Confederate  soldiers  began  a 
hurried  search  for  their  furloughs.  By  still  reading  between 
the  lines  I  made  each  one  a  loyal  citizen  to  Uncle  Sam.  I 
had  freed  every  one  but  myself. 

Of  course  I  felt  a  little  dubious  about  tricking  the  Yankees 
in  this  way;  but  I  argued  that  it  was  a  great  act  of  humanity 
and  kindness  to  the  Dixie  boys  and  that  all  was  fair  in  war. 
Besides,  it  was  no  violence  or  damage  to  my  new-made  un- 
lettered Federal  friends.  I  knew  that  if  I  was  caught  I 
would  be  punished ;  but  I  had  no  fears  of  the  Dixie  side,  and 
to  my  Federal  friends  I  argued :  "Where  ignorance  is  bliss, 
'tis  folly  to  be  wise."  Should  any  one,  either  blue  or  gray, 
who  was  present  read  the  above  sketch,  he  will  please  drop 
me  a  line  at  Ravenna,  Tex. 


Mothers  of  the  Confederacy  Suggested  as  Sponsors,  Etc. 
— Mr.  E.  W.  Blanchard,  of  Greenville,  Miss.,  suggests  that 
at  the  coming  Reunion  in  Memphis  the  Mothers  of  the  Con- 
federacy be  selected  as  sponsors  and  maids  of  honor.  He  feels 
that  the  honor  is  due  those  who  bore  so  bravely  the  many 
evils  of  war,  and  also  that  the  veterans  would  rather  be 
represented  by  the  noble  women  who  were  their  fellow-suf- 
ferers not  only  during  the  Civil  War,  but  in  those  years  that 
were  even  harder  to  bear — the  period  immediately  following 
the  surrender. 


TRIBUTE  TO  COL.  ROBERT  A.  SMITH. 

BY    ISAIAH    RUSH,    HUBBARD   CITY,   TEX. 

I  appreciate  more  highly  than  ever  the  Veteran,  since  by 
it  a  lost  comrade,  Col.  Robert  A.  Smith,  lost  for  forty-seven 
years,  has  been  located.  I  would  like  to  see  some  comrade 
who  could  tell  me  the  fate  of  Col.  Robert  A.  Smith,  of  the 
ioth  Mississippi  Regiment,  that  noble-hearted,  grand,  brave, 
patriotic  Scotchman,  who  espoused  the  cause  of  the  South 
in  its  effort  to  maintain  the  Constitution.  He  reminded  me 
of  the  noble  Lafayette,  of  Revolutionary  fame.  Both  of  these 
exponents  of  liberty  took  sides  with  the  oppressed,  and  both 
alike  possessed  the  same  noble  qualities. 

I  belonged  to  Captain  McKieffer's  Mississippi  Rifles  (Port 
Gibson),  Company  C,  ioth  Mississippi  Regment,  Col.  Robert 
A.  Smith  commander,  and  the  regiment  was  sent  to  Pensa- 
cola,  Fla.,  under  General  Bragg  in  1861.  Colonel  Smith  was  a 
strict  disciplinarian,  but  was  kind  and  good  to  all  his  boys. 

One  day  some  negroes  came  through  our  camp  with  a  load 
of  apples  going  to  the  gth  Mississippi  Regiment.  Our  boys 
(the  writer  was  one  of  them)  tried  to  buy  some  apples;  but 
the  negroes  said  they  were  to  take  them  to  the  9th  Mississippi 
Regiment.  No  offers  would  buy  the  apples ;  therefore  we  ap- 
propriated them  to  our  own  use.  The  negroes  went  to  Colo- 
nel Smith  with  their  complaint.  After  interrogating  them, 
Colonel  Smith  replied :  "The  boys  are  not  to  blame,  as  they 
offered  to  buy  your  apples." 

There  were  several  Irishmen  in  the  regiment,  noble-hearted, 
brave  soldiers,  two  of  whom  one  night  took  a  "French  leave 
of  absence,"  went  to  Pensacola,  got  two  gallons  of  whisky, 
and  returned  to  camp.  The  next  morning  there  were  five 
fist  fights  in  operation  at  the  same  time.  The  guard  were 
called  out,  using  their  bayonets  to  quell  the  disturbance.  The 
Irishmen  fought  the  guard  and  all  who  interfered  with  them. 
Colonel  Smith  ordered  the  guard  to  quarters,  took  hold  of 
some  of  the  men,  and  quelled  the  whole  trouble  in  a  few 
minutes.     Even  drunken  men  loved  and  respected  him. 

On  our  way  from  Pensacola  to  Corinth,  Miss.,  in  1862,  just 
before  the  battle  of  Shiloh,  we  camped  at  Montgomery,  Ala. 
Before  breaking  ranks  a  double  guard  was  placed  to  pre- 
vent the  soldiers  from  going  to  the  city.  That  night  about 
half  the  regiment  evaded  the  guards  and  went  to  the  city  any- 
how. Next  morning  files  of  men  were  sent  after  tnem  ("the 
writer  one  of  them).  On  Main  Street  three  of  us  found  one 
very  large  Irishman  of  the  regiment,  whom  we  tried  to  ar- 
rest. He  picked  up  a  club,  backed  out  into  the  middle  of  the 
street,  and  with  an  oath  said  he  would'  kill  the  first  man  who 
came  to  him.  We  surrounded  him  with  fixed  bayonets,  telling 
him  he  must  go  to  camp.  At  this  critical  moment  Colonel 
Smith,  seeing  the  trouble,  came  galloping  up  and  asked  the 
cause  of  the  trouble.  The  Irishman  said  he  would  die  before 
he  would  be  taken  to  camp  under  guard,  but  would  go  without 
a  guard.     When  we  got  back  to  camp,  Flanagan  was  there. 

When  I  read  that  Colonel  Smith's  last  resting  place  w^as 
in  a  lonely  grave  on  the  bank  of  Green  River,  near  Mun- 
fordville,  Ky.,  tears  unbidden  came  from  my  eyes.  I  then 
resolved  to  pen  this  tribute  to  the  fallen  hero. 

After  my  term  of  service  expired  with  the  old  ioth  Mis- 
sissippi in  1862,  I  returned  home  and  reenlisted  in  Captain 
McKay's  company,  B,  38th  Mississippi  Regiment,  and  lost  my 
left  arm  in  the  siege  of  Vicksburg. 


A  brother  of  Colonel  Smith  came  to  the  United  States, 
sought  the  death  spot  of  his  gallant  brother,  and  erected  a 
handsome  monument,  capping  it  by  a  broken  shaft.  His  visit 
and  tribute  were  highly  appreciated. — Ed.  Veteran. 


Qogfederat^  l/eterag 


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EXPERIENCES  IN   THE  ENEMY'S  LINES. 

BY    GEORGE    H.    MORGAN. 

In  May,  1861,  my  older  brothers,  Job  M.  and  Perry  F. 
Morgan,  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  army  in  the  first  com- 
pany organized  in  Jackson  County,  Tcnn.,  leaving  me  home  to 
help  care  for  the  family.  On  September  5,  1861,  the  day  1  was 
twenty  years  old,  at  Butler's  Landing.  Clay  County,  Tenn.,  I 
enlisted  in  Company  A,  Oliver  Hamilton's  Battalion  Con- 
federate Cavalry.  Being  a  delicate  hoy.  I  was  not  required 
to  do  hard  service.  T  was  sent  on  scouting  duty  occasionally 
and  permitted  to  go  home  frequently. 

About  the  time  of  the  battle  of  Fishing  Creek  T  was  ordered 
lort  for  duty  on  detached  service  to  Capt.    (afterwards 
Major)  John  S.  Bransford,  chief  transportation  quartermaster 
at  Nashville.     I  was  enrolled  as  clerk  in  his  office,  and  thus 
on  detached   duty.     My  principal   business  was  to   issue 
transportation  orders  or  tickets  to  soldiers  going  in  different 
directions  wherever  there  were  railroads  throughout  the  Con- 
\      Some  were  going  home  on  furloughs,  some  return- 
ing to  their  commands,  and  others  changing  service.     Soldiers 
required   to   have   papers   that    entitled   them    to   travel. 
Sometimes  we  shipped  men  by   regiments   and   even  brigades 
and  divisions;  but  it  was  with  the  individual  soldiers  that  we 
had  principally  to  deal.     I   also  served  as  a  shipping  clerk  in 
the    freight    office.      I    never    felt    my    importance   more    than 
when,  lantern  in  hand,  I   directed  railroad  men. 

Everything  went  well  with  us  till  the  falling  back  process 
began.  Gen.  Albert  Sidney  Johnston  came  back  from  his 
advanced  line  at  Rowling  Green,  Ky.,  anil  made  Nashville 
headquarters  for  a  while.  He  was  a  very  large,  fine-looking 
man.  solemn  and  commanding  in  appearance.  I  never  had 
business  with  him  but  once.  Near  the  last  days  of  the  evacua- 
tion of  Nashville  he  sent  to  Major  Bransford  for  three  hacks. 
1  think  he  wanted  to  go  out  as  far  as  Columbia.  Major 
Bransford  had  no  hacks,  and  sending  to  a  livery  stable  they 
declined  to  furnish  them.  As  messenger  I  appeared  before 
the  General  with  a  military  salute  and  a  polite  note  from 
rd  imparting  the  above  information.  With  a 
smile  and  a  frown  he  said:  "Tell  Major  Bransford  I  want 
three  hacks  at  once.     It  necessary,  impress  them  by  my  order. 

If  you  need  any  soldiers,  apply  to  Major  in  the  next 

Be   prompt,  please"      1   went  on   a   double-quick  back 

ior  Bransford's  office.     Armed  with  his  order  by  order 

of  the   commanding   genera],    I    repaired   again    to   the   livery 

and   got   the   hacks,   trams,   and   drivers,   and    delivered 

10  the  General.     Bowing  with  the  grace  of  a  knight,  he 

said,  "Thank  you,  Lieutenant,"  and  walked  into  the  next  room, 

and  that  was  the  last  1  ever  saw  of  Albert  Sidney  Johnston 

The  scenes   in    Nashville   that   and   succeeding  nights   were 
panicky   and   exciting   in   the   extreme.     The   Confederate   re- 
treat   was    nol    orderly    by   any   means.      Fort    Donelson    had 
fallen,  and  it  was  supposed  that  the  Federal  gunboats  would 
come  at  once  to  Nashville.    The  army  from  Bowling  Green — 
long    lines     of    cavalry,    infantry,    and     artillery — looked    big 
enough   to   whip   the   world.     It  was   long  passing   Nashville. 
It  required   a   whole   day   for   the  wagon   train.     The   people, 
who  were  not  used  to  seeing  vast  armies  and  were  nol  Strati 
gists,  felt  outraged  and  said  it  was  a   shame  to  give  up   Nash 
villc.     But  the  retreat  went  on,  and  it  was  not  as  orderly  as 
1    E.  Johnston's  retreat.     There  were  hundreds  of  slrag 
gling  soldiers  who  joined  mobs  as  occasion  suited. 

Vast  quantities  of  quartermaster  and  commissary  supplies 
had  been  collected  at  Nashville,  and  Major  Bransford  was 
ordered   to   ship   all    South,   but   could  not   get   cars   for   half. 


Later  mobs  were  formed  and  appropriated  vast  quantities  of 
clothing,  bacon,  flour,  blankets — in  fact,  stores  of  all  kinds.  I 
was  told  that  plenty  of  people  procured  a  whole  year's  supply. 

Major  Bransford  and  his  other  office  boys  took  the  last 
train  leaving  the  city  and  went  to  Corinth,  Miss.  Major 
Bransford  gave  me  a  furlough,  and  I  put  out  for  home,  in  the 
hills  of  Jackson  County.  Getting  in  with  some  other  soldiers, 
among  them  Col.  Paul  Anderson,  we  reached  Lebanon 'in  a 
heavy  rain.  The  creek  that  runs  under  the  town  overflowed 
it,  washing  down  the  courthouse  fence,  drowning  out  stores 
and  private  residences,  and  playing  havoc  generally 

The  transportation   office    stopped    first  at   Hunt  -\ 
then    moved   to   Corinth,    Tupelo,    Meridian,   and    was    finally 
established  at  Columbus,  Miss. 

In  the  haste  of  leaving  Nashville  some  important  vouchers 
connected  with  the  office  were  left  in  the  safe  of  Cooke, 
Settle  &  Company.  They  were  not  really  contraband  of  war. 
but  were  important  to  Major  Bransford  in  his  settlement  of 
his  accounts  with  the  Confederate  government. 

One  of  his  clerks.  W.  II.  Ilolman,  in  the  spring  of  1862 
volunteered  to  go  to  Nashville  after  the  papers.  He  got 
safely  into  Nashville  and  went  to  the  house  of  Col.  Anthony 
W.  Johnson,  where  he  stayed  too  long  and  was  arrested  by 
the  Federal  authorities  and  thrown  into  prison.  He  may  not 
have  been  arrested  there,  but  his  presence  there  was  ascer- 
tained. Miss  Mamie  Johnson,  afterwards  wife  of  Major 
Bransford,  wrote  to  Holman's  father,  near  Franklin.  Ky  , 
who  was  a  Union  man.  and  got  him  released.  When  caught 
his  clothes  were  full  of  letters.  It  was  afterwards  reported 
that  in  attempting  to  come  South  he  was  captured  and  killed 
by  Federal  soldiers. 

Holman's  failure,  of  which  we  heard  in  due  time,  whetted 
ii".   appetiti    to  Major  Bransford  doubted  the  propriety 

of  it.  but  decided  to  let  me  have  my  way,  leaving  it  to  me 
personally,    with    no    1  ility   attaching   to   any   one   but 

Armed  with  the  necessary  papers  to  take  me  beyond 
the  Confederate  lines,  T  left  Columbus,  Miss.,  about  the  tst 
of  August.  1862.  and  went  by  rail  to  Chattanooga.  I  then 
purchased  a  horse  that  suited  my  purpose  admirably.  Tt  was 
a  small  bay  taken  from  a  wagon,  had  a  worked-down  shabby 
appearance  like  a  scrub  pony,  yel  a  good  mover  under  the 
lash.     I  did   not    wear  spurs,  but  used  a  hush  switch. 

The  first  night  out  from  Chattanooga  1  went  to  Colonel 
Roberson's,  a  few  miles  below  Dunlap.  I  found  sojourning 
there  several  distinguished  Tenncsseeans  with  whom  1  be- 
acquainted  at  Major  Bransford's  office  in  Nashville 
Among  them,  as  I  now  remember,  was  Brig.  Gen.  S.  R.  An- 
derson, Hon.  John  Rell  (formerly  Unite. 1  States  Senator  and 
candidate  for  President),  lion.  Andrew  Ewing,  and  Col.  Mat 
Stratton,  of  Nashville. 

Making  an  early  start  from  there.  I  crossed  the  Cumber- 
land Mountains  by  "the  Pope  route."  and  stayed  that  night 
with  my  cousin,  George  P.  Hampton,  eight  miles  west  of 
Sparta  and  thirty-one  miles  from  my  father's  house,  in  Jack- 
son County.  It  was  an  easy  ride  next  day  to  my  home,  being 
less  than  half  the  distance  made  the  day  before.  Here  I 
tayed  two  nights  and  one  day,  and  left  with  the  blessing  of 
my  dear  old  father  and  mother  and  a  letter  from  him  to  Elder 
I. inn  s  Tompkins,  a  brother  Baptist  minister,  then  residing 
about  four  miles  south  of  Lebanon.  I  stayed  with  him  two 
days,  and  revealed  my  whole  plan.  Under  a  suggestion  from 
him  I  went  by  a  stillhouse  next  morning  and  procured  a  quart 
of  fine  brandy  for  use  should  I  need  it — and  I  did  :  but  we 
were  both  "teetotalers." 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


It  is  well  here  to  state  that  I  dropped  my  surname,  simply 
going  by  the  name  of  George  Hampton.  I  always  thought 
the  best  way  to  succeed  was  to  stick  to  the  truth  as  closely 
as  possible.  Besides,  Morgan  was  not  a  popular  name  among 
the  Federals  and  their  sympathizers.  I  told  no  lie,  however, 
using  my  Christian  name  simply. 

Leaving  Brother  Tompkins,  I  made  a  forced  march  toward 
Nashville.  I  rode  along  the  pike  as  a  green  countryman 
from  the  backwoods;  yet  it  was  not  a  very  favorable  time  for 
such  an  expedition.  General  Forrest  having  made  his  raid  on 
Murfreesboro  only  a  few  days  before  and  captured  several 
hundred  prisoners.  The  first  Federal  pickets  were  near  the 
first  tollgate.  About  two  miles  up  the  road  two  men  rode 
out  of  the  cedars  and  accosted  me.  I  put  on  an  air  of  country 
simplicity  and  asked  them  to  take  a  drink,  which  they  did 
very  lustily.  They  looked  about  half  soldier,  half  citizen. 
They  had  Morgan  saddles  and  other  cavalry  outfit  with  no 
weapons  visible,  but  plenty  concealed.  They  said  they  were 
Forrest  scouts,  and  seemed  satisfied  that  I  was  a  harmless 
individual.  They  talked  about  going  down  and  running  in 
the  pickets;  but  concluded  to  "ride  by  the  pickets,  as  they 
won't  stop  us."  My  brandy  had  done  its  work  on  one  of 
them,  and  he  had  to  dismount.  The  other  was  nearly  as 
helpless.  They  stopped,  telling  me  to  ride  on,  they  would 
overtake  me;  but  that  was  the  last  I  saw  of  them. 

The  sentry  on  the  road  asked  me  few  questions  and  told 
me  to  go  on  to  the  picket  post.  They  had  the  road  blockaded 
with  fence  rails  to  stop  a  charge  from  Forrest.  They  asked 
me  where  I  was  from  and  if  I  had  taken  the  oath,  adding  that 
I  would  have  to  do  that  before  I  got  out,  but  I  could  go  on 
in.  Though  I  passed  several  camps  of  Federal  soldiers,  I 
was  not  further  questioned. 

Going  in  on  College  Street,  I  found  it  heavily  barricaded 
at  several  points  as  against  a  charge.  Little  narrow  winding 
passages  permitted  a  person  to  go  through.  I  learned  that  an 
attack  from  Forrest  was  actually  anticipated — at  least,  pre- 
pared for.  Arriving  on  the  Public  Square,  I  found  all  the 
outlets  to  Nashville  across  the  river  heavily  guarded.  No 
one  could  go  to  Edgefield  without  a  pass,  and  no  one  could  get 
a  pass  without  the  recommendation  of  a  loyal  citizen.  I  had 
a  friend,  Charlie  Stringer,  a  clerk  with  Cooke,  Settle  &  Co. 
(boot  and  shoe  merchants)  Finding  Charlie  without  trou- 
ble, he  readily  recommended  me.  He  wrote  a  brief  note  to 
the  provost  marshal,  stating  that  I  was  a  countryman  friend  of 
his  and  desired  to  go  to  Edgefield,  and  that  he  would  vouch 
for  me.  Without  questioning  me  Col.  Lewis  D.  Campbell,  of 
Ohio,  formerly  a  member  of  Congress,  granted  the  "bearer, 
George  Hampton,  citizen,  permission  to  go  to  Edgefield  for 
twenty-four  hours  and  then  return  to  these  headquarters." 
I  took  this  and  told  him  I  did  not  want  to  return  to  the  city, 
and  asked  if  it  would  involve  him  in  any  way.  He  said  he 
guessed  it  would  be  all  right  and  to  "go  ahead."  I  have  not 
reported  to  Colonel  Campbell  yet. 

I  went  immediately  to  Mr.  Russell  M.  Kinnaird's,  Edgefield, 
where  I  delivered  to  Mrs.  Kinnaird  divers  letters  from  the 
South,  written  on  linen,  sewed  up  between  the  lining  and  out- 
side of  my  coat,  trusting  her  to  deliver  them  to  the  true 
owners.  The  most  important  was  to  Miss  Mamie  Johnson 
from  Major  Bransford.  They  were  married  shortly  after  the 
war  closed.  Mrs.  Kinnaird  was  Major  Bransford's  sister, 
and  a  very  talented,  far-seeing  woman.  It  was  then  late  in 
the  evening,  and'  she  informed  me  that  I  could  not  get  the 
papers  I  wanted  until  next  day,  as  they  were  locked  up  in 
Mr.  Kinnaird's  safe  in  the  city.     I  asked  her  if  I  could  stay 


there.  She  said  she  was  afraid  for  me  to  do  so,  as  there  was 
too  much  risk.  She  added :  "Poor  Holman !  he  was  un- 
doubtedly reported  on  by  some  servant.  Since  then  we  do 
not  trust  them  any;  nor  any  one  else  very  much  unless  we 
know  them.  But  I  will  fix  it.  I  want  you  to  wear  this  coat 
(it  will  be  necessary  for  yours  to  be  repaired)  and  this  hat, 
one  of  Brother  Tom's  old  ones.  They  will  not  materially 
change  your  appearance.  I  had  your  horse  fed  when  you 
came  and  want  you  to  leave  now  in  a  few  minutes."  Seating 
herself  at  a  table,  she  wrote  in  a  very  fine  hand  something 
like  this: 

"Mrs.  E.,  this  is  a  friend.     Keep  him  until  I  come. 

Matilda  K." 

Taking  the  scissors,  she  cut  this  in  a  very  narrow  slip  and 
stuck  it  in  my  vest  pocket  and  said :  "If  you  see  you  are 
going  to  be  captured,  put  it  in  your  mouth ;  and  if  necessary, 
eat  it.  Col.  William  B.  Ewing  lives  nine  miles  from  here 
on  the  White's  Creek  Pike.  There  are  no  pickets  on  that 
road,  and  there  have  never  been  any  soldiers,  not  even  scouts 
out  there  that  I've  ever  heard  of.  Take  that  note  to  Mrs. 
Ewing,  and  they  will  treat  you  like  a  prince,  and  I'll  go  out 
to-morrow." 

It  was  now  nearly  night,  and  I  rode  out  of  Edgefield  proud 
of  my  success  thus  far.  It  was  night  when  I  arrived  at  Colo- 
nel Ewing's,  forty  miles  from  where  I  had  stayed  the  night 
before.  A  hospitable-looking  country  mansion  with  several 
rooms  lighted  and  light  on  the  porch  greeted  me.  I  ventured 
the  usual  "Hello"  at  the  gate.  A  modest  girl  in  short  dress 
and  a  curly-headed  boy  about  the  same  size,  twelve  and  four- 
teen years  old  respectively,  met  me  at  the  gate.  I  told  them 
my  name  was  Hampton,  that  I  was  a  weary  traveler,  and 
wanted  to  stay  all  night.  They  said  their  father  and  mother 
had  gone  two  miles  to  see  a  sick  neighbor  and  would  not 
be  back  until  late,  and  very  naturally  seemed  to  hesitate, 
when  I  handed  the  little  girl  the  note  from  Mrs.  K.  She 
ran  back  near  enough  to  the  porch  light  to  read  it,  and  said, 
"He's  all  right,  brother ;  we'll  take  him  in,"  and  in  the  same 
breath  to  me:  "Mr.  Hampton,  you  are  from  the  South  and 
can  tell  us  all  about  the  war.  I  have  a  brother  there.  I  hope 
you've  seen  him.     He's  in  the  ist  Tennessee." 

I  was  at  once  at  home.  Marie  Lou  and  Willie  were  profuse 
yet  thoroughly  genteel  in  their  hospitality.  Willie  put  away 
my  horse  and  fed  him  in  a  far-back  stable.  His  sister  got 
a  supper  that  the  tired  soldier  enjoyed.  The  old  negro  cook 
had  gone  for  the  night.  After  supper  I  got  on  confidential 
terms  with  my  little  friends  and  told  them  all  I  knew  about 
the  South  and  the  war  and  brother  Charlie  in  the  1st  Ten- 
nessee. Thus  entertained,  the  hours  flew  by  until  about 
eleven  o'clock,  when  the  old  folks  got  home.  My  little  hostess 
introduced  me.  Near  midnight  she,  assisted  by  Willie,  brought 
in  cake,  wine,  and  other  refreshments.  Having  told  my  story 
to  Colonel  Ewing  and  his  wife,  I  retired  about  one  o'clock 
and  slept  till  the  sunbeams  came  in  at  my  window,  and  Colonel 
Ewing  knocked  at  my  door  to  announce  breakfast. 

By  nine  o'clock  several  Nashville  ladies  came  to  see  me. 
Speaking  from  memory,  I  could  not  be  expected  to  name  them 
all,  a  period  of  thirty-eight  years  having  marked  the  scroll 
of  time — Mrs.  Matilda  Kinnaird,  who  brought  me  Major 
Bransford's  vouchers  for  which  I  had  made  the  journey,  Mrs. 
Anthony  W.  Johnson  and  daughter,  Miss  Mamie  Johnson, 
Mrs.  Watson  M.  Cooke,  and  Mrs.  Mat  Stratton,  and  some 
of  the  family  of  Colonel  Smith,  then  a  prominent  citizen  of 
Edgefield.  The  business  of  the  day  was  being  interviewed 
and   receiving   and   sending  messages,   and   at  two  o'clock   I 


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started  for  Dixie.  Colonel  Ewing  piloted  me  across  the  Galla- 
tin Pike  at  a  point  known  to  be  free  from  pickets  and  directed 
me  to  cross  the  Cumberland  River  near  the  Hermitage,  the 
ferryman  being  a  Southern  sympathizer  in  whom  I  could  con- 
fide. He  directed  me  by  country  roads  to  Colonel  Ashworth's, 
a  short  distance  west  of  Lebanon,  where  I  spent  the  night. 
After  I  got  there  I  put  all  the  letters  in  my  pockets  and 
saddlebags  my  friends  wanted  me  to  carry  with  the  under- 
standing that  there  was  nothing  contraband  in  them.  I  was 
privileged  to  read  them,  and  if  I  found  any  wrong  to  destroy 
them  and  not  carry  them.  Considering  myself  safe  the  first 
night,  I  don't  remember  even  to  have  read  them. 

Only  one  incident  on  the  return  trip  is  worthy  of  particular 
mention.  I  had  been  assured  that  there  were  no  Federal 
pickets  on  the  road  I  was  traveling.  Somewhere  near  the 
Cumberland  River  on  the  north  side  a  sudden  turn  in  the  road 
brought  me  suddenly  in  the  very  edge  of  an  encampment  of 
bluecoats.  A  second  glance  showed  me  that  it  was  simply  a 
bridge  guard,  and  I  rode  on  unconcerned,  speaking  to  those 
playing  cards  near  the  road  and  giving  them  the  countryman's 
salute,  at  which  some  ci  them  smiled  and  others  grunted  a 
lazy  salutation. 

Leaving  Colonel  Ashworth's,  from  which  place  I  was  en- 
abled to  send  word  to  my  friend,  Mrs.  K.,  at  Nashville  of  my 
safety  thus  far,  I  went  on  through  Lebanon  and  up  the  pike 
to  Chestnut  Mound  to  the  hills  and  hollows  of  Jackson 
County,  where,  after  resting  a  few  days,  I  proceeded  South, 
and  arrived  safe  at  the  transportation  office,  having  accom- 
plished what  I  undertook.  I  carried  with  me  the  whole  trip 
a  belief  that  Providence  was  with  me  and  1  would  succeed. 

M\  little  friend.  Miss  Marie  Lou  Ewing,  grew  to  fasci- 
nating womanhood  and  became  the  excellent  wife  of  Mr. 
James  W.  Blackmoore,  one  of  the  leading  members  of  the 
Gallatin  bar.  I  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  her  and  her  husband 
when  in  Gallatin  in  1880  She  has  since  been  called  by  death 
to  the  angel  world.  "Willie"  is  now  Dr.  W.  G.  Ewing,  one 
of  the  leading  physicians  of  Nashville.  Charlie  was  one  of 
the  most  gallant  men  of  the  1st  Tennessee,  and  became  a 
g  lawyer  of  Dresden,  West  Tennessee,  and  died  some 
years  ago.  Mrs.  Ewing  died  at  the  residence  of  her  son,  Dr. 
\Y.  G.  Ewing,  recently. 


DUEL  BETWEEN  GENS.  JOHNSTON  AND  HUSTON. 

IiV  COU  GEORGE   WYTHE   BAYLOR,  OK  GENERAL  JOHNSTON'S 
STAFF,    NOW   OF  GUADALAJARA,    MEX. 

The  article  in  the  Veteran  for  September  giving  an  account 
of  the  duel  between   Gen.  Albert   Sidney  Johnston  and  Gen. 
Felix   Huston   during  the   war    for   Texas   independence   car- 
e  back  to  Bowling  Green,  Ky„  in  1861  and  brings  vividly 
before  me  Blackburn's  home,  our  headquarters,  and  the  mem- 
bers of  the  commander's  staff.     We  were  sitting  around  the 
fire  at  night  when  the  subject  of  the  duel  was  brought  up  by 
I    P.  Brewster,  who  was  also  an  old   Texan  and  a  warm 
id  of  General  Johnston. 
Speaking  of  the  duel,  the  General  said  there  was  no  cause 
el;  but  I  en    Felix  Huston  was  very  much 
chagrined   that   he   had  been   superseded   in   command   of   the 
Texans.     General   Johnston    said   that,   while   he  was   a   good 
shot  with  a  rifle,  be  knew  very  little  about  pistol  practice  ex- 
cept   with   the   old   Dragoon   holster  pistol   that  had   the  same 
cartridge   as   the    flintlock    musket,    an    tinner    ball    and    three 
buckshot,   and   did   not    r<  special    science,   but,   like 


"Bennic's  pistol,"  got  something  else  if  not  what  it  was  aimed 
at.  Men  who  expected  duels  or  hunted  up  duels  on  slight 
provocation  kept  and  practiced  with  regular  dueling  pistols. 
The  deadly  Colt's  six-shooter  was  unknown. 

General  Johnston  stated  that  the  challenge  was  a  great  sur- 
prise to  him ;  but  as  the  commander  of  the  army  and  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  custom  of  the  times  he  accepted  the  chal- 
lenge, as  a  refusal  would  lose  him  the  confidence  of  the 
troops.  He  knew  his  opponent  was  an  expert,  and  that  he 
would  have  to  use  his  dueling  pistols,  long-barreled  hair  trig- 
ger, and  his  only  show  was  to  disconcert  him  and  draw  his 
fire;  so  when  the  word  was  given,  "Are  you  ready?  Fire! 
1,  2,  3,"  he  did  not  wait  for  "1,  2,  3,"  but  threw  up  his  pistol 
and  blazed  away  without  trying  to  get  aim  in  the  direction  of 
his  man.  and  did  prevent  the  expert  from  more  than  "wing- 
ing" him  after  several  shots.  The  shot  in  his  hip  made  him 
limp  but  slightly,  and  unless  one's  attention  had  been  called 
to  it  it  would  never  have  been  noticed.  It  is  greatly  to  the 
credit  of  the  CONFEDERATE  Veteran  that  it  has  preserved  this 
along  with  much  other  valuable  data  for  the  historians. 

Referring  to  the  article  in  the  October  Veteran  by  John  P. 
Broome,  copied  from  the  Arkansas  Gazette,  as  to  his  being 
the  only  man  who  saw  A.  S.  Johnston  die,  I  have  a  very  dis- 
tinct recollection  of  leaning  over  General  Johnston,  his  head 
on  my  knees,  and  the  last  thing  he  saw  on  earth  was  my  tear- 
stained  face  bending  over  him.  I  was  his  senior  aid-dc-camp. 
and  wrote  an  account  of  his  death  for  an  early  number  of  the 
Veteran.  Mr.  Broome  was  undoubtedly  there;  but  my  ac- 
count, Governor  Harris's,  and  his  do  not  agree  except  as  to  the 
sad  fact  that  General  Johnston  was  wounded  in  a  desperate 
charge  and  lost  his  life  by  ordering  Dr.  Yandell  to  remain 
with  a  group  of  mixed  Union  and  Confederate  wounded.  No, 
Brother  Broome,  I  am  from  Arkansas  myself,  and  Fayettc- 
ville,  Washington  County,  is  full  of  my  kindred — Judge  David 
Walker's  descendants. 

In  the  November  Veteran  is  an  interesting  account  of  Con- 
federate breech-loading  cannon,  commonly  known,  says  Capt. 
Theo.  F.  Allen,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  as  Schoolfield's  Battery. 
It  see  1  that  this  arm  of  the  service  has  never  been 

mentioned  before,  and  that  it  comes  to  us  from  a  Yank. 

Until  I  saw  this  article  it  was  my  impression  that  my  brother, 
Gen.  John  R.  Baylor,  had  invented  the  first  breech-loading 
cannon.  Plis,  however,  was  a  smoothbore  and  was  loaded 
with  buckshot,  a  can  of  them  each  load.  Jim  Miliken,  of 
Weatherford,  Tex.,  told  me  he  had  fired  the  cannon  several 
times,  and  at  seventy-five  yards  the  load  could  be  covered  by 
an  ordinary  hat  where  it  hit  the  mark,  and  afterwards  the 
blue  whistlers  began  to  scatter  and  "sarch  for  the  inimy;"  and 
had  the  Williams  gun  been  so  loaded.  Captain  Allen  would 
have  heard  many  more  tunes  played  than  "Wliar  is  you?" 

Like  the  Williams  gun,  it   could  he  hauled  by  a  horse  and 
shafts,  and  also  placed  on  a  saddle  for  mountain  serv- 
ice.    Such  a  gun  battery  would  have  mo 
ment  at  close  quart 

Mr.  George  A.  Clark,  of  Montell.  Uvalde  County.  Tex  . 
put  up  this  gun  at  Cushman's  Foundry,  Houston,  for  the 
"Ladies'  K:  ndi  d  by  General  Baylor.     The  last 

one  we  heard  of  wa  1  iken  by  General  Marmadukc  across  the 
Rio  Grande  in  1865. 

Dr.   John   Cunningham,   of  Ravenna.  Tex.,   writes  an   inter- 
esting account  of  his  life  since  the   war.     He  has  had  many 
.    and    is    crowing    old.    loving    the    South    as    much    as 
when  he  served  under  her  banner. 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterar? 


BATTLE  OF  NATURAL  BRIDGE,  FLA. 

BY    JACOB    GARDNER,    l8    BROUGHTON    STREET,    SAVANNAH,   GA. 

In  the  January  Veteran,  page  21,  I  read  the  poem  on  the 
battle  of  "Natural  Bridge,  Fla.,  March  6,  1865."  Having  been 
one  of  the  participants,  I  wrote  my  sister  seven  days  after  the 
fight.  I  send  you  a  copy  of  this  letter,  particularly  as  so  little 
has  ever  appeared  in  print  concerning  this  fight  except  in 
the  "War  of  Rebellion  Reports,"  published  by  the  United 
States  government: 

"Chattahoochee,  Fla.,  March  13,  1865. 

"My  Dear  Sister:  Your  anxiously  looked-for  letter  of  the 
27  ult.  came  to  hand  on  Saturday  night  immediately  after 
our  return  from  a  short  campaign  which  did  not  last  one 
week.  I  suppose  you  have  seen  or  heard  long  before  this 
reaches  you  that  the  Yankees  had  received  another  good 
drubbing  down  here. 

"Our  battery  had  the  honor  of  participating  in  the  engage- 
ment. We  received  orders  here  Sunday  morning,  the  5th 
inst,  before  day  to  march  immediately  for  the  field  of  opera- 
tions. We  left  this  place  as  soon  as  our  horses  finished  eat- 
ing and  we  had  cooked  rations.  We  arrived  at  Camp  Ran- 
dolph, sixteen  miles  beiow  Tallahassee,  Monday  morning  be- 
fore day.  By  ten  o'clock  we  reached  the  field  of  battle,  about 
seven  miles  from  the  camp  and  about  twelve  miles  from  Tal- 
lahassee. Our  forces  skirmished  with  them  all  the  morning. 
We  had  several  killed  and  wounded,  and  at  eleven  o'clock  it 
began  in  earnest.     The  fight  lasted  three  hours  and  a  half. 

"It  was  a  warm  place  for  the  number  of  men  engaged. 
Three  guns  of  our  battery  and  two  guns  of  Captain  Houston's 
battery  were  there.  The  enemy  had  a  narrow  defile  to  pass 
through  of  about  forty  yards,  and  all  the  guns  played  on  this 
point.  We  played  havoc  amongst  them,  you  may  be  sure. 
It  was  mostly  an  artillery  fight.  Our  battery  had  one  man, 
George  Griffin,  severely  wounded.  He  lost  his  arm.  He  was 
struck  by  a  piece  of  shell.  Five  others  were  struck  by  bullets, 
but  were  not  hurt.  Our  gun — the  one  I  belong  to — was  in 
the  battery  within  two  hundred  yards  of  the  enemy  all  the 
time.  The  fight  took  place  at  the  Natural  Bridge,  across  the 
St.  Marks  River.  Capt.  Lee  Butler  was  wounded,  and  Samp- 
son was  struck  by  a  spent  ball  on  the  leg,  but  not  hurt. 

"The  2d  Florida  Cavalry  came  just  in  time,  made  a  charge, 
and  routed  the  enemy.  Our  loss  was,  as  near  as  I  could  learn, 
eight  killed  and  twenty-eight  wounded.  The  enemy  lost, 
from  their  account,  four  hundred.  They  had  some  citizens 
prisoners,  but  released  them,  who  said  the  Yankees  acknowl- 
edged that  they  were  badly  whipped,  and  that  was  what  they 
lost — four  hundred.  Every  field  officer  they  had  but  one  was 
either  killed  or  wounded.  Their  General  Newton  was 
wounded  in  the  hip  by  a  shrapnel  shot  and  in  the  shoulder 
by  a  limb  of  a  tree. 

"The  day  before  we  got  there  the  Yankees  captured  the 
gun  we  had  at  Camp  Randolph,  also  one  man.  It  was  done 
through  a  mistake  of  the  commanding  officers  at  that  point. 
Our  officers  were  cleared  of  all  blame  by  the  statement  of 
the  officer  in  charge  to  General  Jones.  The  support  they  had, 
which  was  only  sixty  men,  left  before  our  gun  fired  the  first 
shot.  The  enemy  advanced  on  it  twelve  hundred  strong. 
Our  men  were  ordered  to  fire  and  leave  the  gun,  which  they 
did  in  good  time. 

"Our  force  in  the  battle  at  the  bridge  was  about  one  thou- 
sand strong.  The  enemy  numbered  fifteen  hundred.  The 
day  after  the  fight  two  deserters  were  captured.  They  were 
caught  in  arms,  and  they  had  fought  us  the  day  before.  A 
drumhead   court-martial   was   held   immediately.      They   were 


condemned  and  were  shot  at  half  past  twelve  o'clock  last 
Tuesday.  One  of  them  stood  as  a  statue,  but  the  other  seemed 
to  be  affected  considerably.  They  were  the  first  deserters  I 
ever  saw  shot.  Their  eyes  were  bandaged  and  their  hands 
tied  behind  them  to  a  stake.  It  was  a  hard  sight,  but  just. 
All  the  forces  witnessed  the  execution.  I  picked  up  some  lit- 
tle plunder  off  the  field,  amongst  them  two  letters  and  two 
Yankee  postage  stamps.     Inclosed  I  send  one  of  the  letters. 

"I  hear  that  the  Georgia  Militia  have  all  been  furloughed 
indefinitely,  and  I  hope  that  uncle  will  be  able  now  to  remain 
with  his  family.  You  seem  anxious  to  knit  me  some  socks. 
I  have  no  objection.  If  you  have  an  opportunity,  you  may 
send  me  some.  I  am  in  excellent  health,  as  usual.  I  have  no 
idea  when  I'll  be  able  to  see  you,  as  furloughs  do  not  come 
'thick  and  fast.'  I  enjoy  myself  very  well.  You  must  try 
to  do  likewise.  It  is  useless  to  grieve.  Some  day  we  will 
all  go  home  again." 

[The  Veteran  sought  information  in  regard  to  this  battle 
to  go  with  the  poem.  It  is  a  coincidence  that  Mr.  Gardner's 
letter  has  been  preserved  these  many  years,  and  is  now  made 
historic  record.  Mr.  Gardner  served  in  Company  A,  Milton 
Light  Artillery,  Capt.  Joseph  L.  Dunham  commanding — Ed.] 


JOHN  BROWN'S  EXECUTION  AT  CHARLESTOIVX . 

BY  R.  A.    HART,  ADJT.   JOE  KENDALL  CAMP,  WARRENTON,  VA. 

I  notice  in  the  February  Veteran  an  article  about  John 
Brown  and  Harper's  Ferry  by  Patrick  Higgins.  Mr.  Higgins 
is  mistaken  as  to  the  time  of  the  execution  of  Brown.  I  be- 
longed then  and  throughout  the  war  to  a  company  of  cavalry 
organized  in  Fauquier  County,  Va.,  in  1858  by  Capt.  John 
Scott,  known  as  the  Black  Horse  Troop.  It  became  Com- 
pany H,  4th  Virginia  Regiment,  Wickham's  Brigade,  Fitz 
Lee's  Division.  The  company  was  commanded  in  the  early 
part  of  the  war  by  William  H.  Payne,  Captain  Scott  having 
resigned.     Payne  was  soon  promoted  to  brigadier  general. 

Early  in  November,  1S59,  we  were  ordered  to  Charlestown 
with  all  the  volunteer  soldiery  of  Virginia,  including  the 
cadets  of  the  Virginia  Military  Institute  (in  all  about  three 
thousand  troops),  by  Governor  Wise,  of  Virginia.  Our  com- 
pany formed  a  part  of  the  guard  having  John  Brown  in  charge 
from  the  jail  to  the  gallows.  He  was  hanged  on  December 
2,  1859,  at  Charlestown,  the  county  seat  of  Jefferson  County, 
then  Virginia,  now  West  Virginia.  Harper's  Ferry  is  in  the 
same  county. 

There  were  captured  at  Harper's  Ferry  by  our  beloved  Lee 
( then  Capt.  R.  E.  Lee,  of  the  United  States  army)  seven  of 
the  raiders — viz.,  Brown,  Cook,  Coppie,  Copeland,  Green, 
Stephens,  and  Hazlett — who  were  all  tried  and  condemned  by 
the  civil  court  at  Charlestown.  Cook  was  a  remarkably  hand- 
some young  man  and  a  nephew  of  Senator  Voorhees,  of  In- 
diana, who  defended  his  nephew  in  the  trial,  not  justifying 
Cook  in  his  actions,  but  appealing  to  the  sympathies  of 
the  jury.  It  is  said  to  have  been  the  finest  address  ever  made 
in  that  courthouse.  As  I  stated,  while  Brown  was  hanged  on 
December  2,  Cook,  Coppie,  Copeland,  and  Green  were  exe- 
cuted on  the  22d  of  the  same  month.  Stephens  and  Hazlett 
were  not  executed  until  the  following  March  (i860). 

Governor  Wise  held  the  troops  at  Charlestown  until  after 
the  second  execution,  threats  having  been  made  by  the  aboli- 
tionists of  the  North  to  release  the  prisoners.  We  reached 
home  (Warrenton)  on  Christmas  eve.  There  are  now  only 
five  survivors  of  the  Black  Horse  Troop  out  of  about  one  hun- 
dred men  who  were  at  the  execution. 


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NASHVILLE  BATTLEFIELD  MERITS  ATTENTION. 

BY    PARK    MARSHALL,    ESQ.,    NASHVILLE,    TENN. 

The  Nashville  National  Battlefield  Association,  recently  or- 
ganized in  the  city  of  Nashville  and  embracing  in  its  mem- 
bership many  of  the  city's  most  prominent  citizens,  is  an  or- 
ganization of  much  merit. 

The  battle  of  Nashville,  which  took  place  December  15  and 
16,  1864,  was  the  decisive  battle  of  the  great  War  between 
the  States.  For  four  eventful  years  the  brave  and  chivalrous 
Army  of  Tennessee  defended  the  territory  lying  between 
Virginia  and  the  Carolinas  on  the  east  and  the  Mississippi 
or.  the  west  against  the  vast  Northern  armies,  and  under 
Johnston,  Bragg,  and  Hood  fought  the  great  battles  of  Shi- 
loh,  Corinth,  Perryville,  Murfreesboro,  Chickamauga,  Vicks- 
burg,  Missionary  Ridge,  the  Hundred  Days'  Battle  from  Dal- 
ton  to  Atlanta  and  Jonesboro;  then,  swinging  northward,  en- 
tered Tennessee  and  fought  the  unfortunate  battle  of  Frank- 
lin and  advanced1  to  the  vicinity  of  Nashville.  No  more  heroic 
and  resolute  army  ever  marched  to  the  deadly  conflict  of 
arms.  Probably  eighty  thousand  fell  dead  or  wounded,  first 
and  last,  while  it  inflicted'  still  greater  losses  on  its  antago- 
nists. 

As  the  military  policies  of  both  sides  with  the  progress  of 
events  assumed  more  definite  shape  and  a  wider  scope  of 
operations  was  viewed  as  a  whole,  it  was  seen  that  this  heroic 
army  was  not  only  protecting  the  central  part  of  the  Con- 
federacy and  its  great  supporting  territory,  but  with  respect 
to  the  capital  was  protecting  it  from  the  rear  and  greater 
left  wing.  If  this  army  were  destroyed,  then  General  Lee 
would  probably  be  hemmed  in  from  all  sides  by  the  vast  forces 
of  the  enemy. 

The  Army  of  Tennessee  as  it  bivouacked  before  Nashville 
in  December,  1864,  was  but  the  shadow  of  its  former  self, 
having  only  about  twenty-one  thousand  men  and  some  three 
thousand  near  Murfreesboro,  while  the  enemy  numbered  some 
seventy  thousand  at  the  two  places.  It  was  certainly  a  mo- 
mentous cast,  and  the  Confederacy  lost — lost,  as  one  may  say, 
'through  sheer  exhaustion.  The  remnants,  though  still  later 
fighting  bravely  in  North  Carolina,  were  really  fighting  with- 
out reasonable  hope  other  than  of  honor.  This  is  why  Nash- 
ville may  be  deemed  the  decisive  battle,  if  any  one  was  such 
in  the  war. 

But  the  time  is  now  happily  past  when  cither  the  one  side 
or  the  other  has  any  disposition  to  mark  and  beautify  battle- 
fields with  any  view  of  celebrating  a  victory  or  triumph  as 
such.  The  idea  is  wholly  different  from  that  in  the  cases  of 
all  of  our  battlefields.  We  mark  and  decorate  the  tombs  of 
friends  and  kindred  and  the  places  of  struggles  and  great 
events,  and  even  for  the  side  upon  whom  physical  victory 
turned  her  back  there  arc  still  triumphs  left  along  with  mourn- 
ful memories. 

When  the  sun  now  looks  brightly  down  on  these  smiling 
and  hills,  the  memory  is  tinged  with  sadness  for  the 
Sufferings  that  have  been,  and  this  feeling  is  shared  by  the 
tottering  survivors  of  both  of  the  contending  armies.  The 
markings  that  now  in  many  places  still  attest  the  struggles 
I  ly-four  years  ago  may  still  be  traced.  Let  us  see  that 
they  arc  properly  marked  before  obliteration. 

Nashville  was  a  battlefield  of  more  real  interest  than  many 
others  whereon  larger  armies  contended  and  more  men  were 
lost;  therefore  the  government  should  the  more  readily  do 
the  work  suggested  by  this  Association. 

Secretary  of  War  William  11.  Taft  wrote  a  letter  to  a 
Missouri    battlefield    association    stating    that    $3,000,000    had 


been  spent  on  parks  and  that  the  government  would-not  create 
any  others.  It  is  no  doubt  well  that  the  government  does  not 
spend  in  the  future  any  such  large  sums  as  it  has  spent  in 
this  way  in  the  past.  But  the  Nashville  Association  have 
never  contemplated  asking  for  a  large  park.  In  fact,  they 
have  thought  that  anything  like  twelve  hundred  or  two  thou- 
sand acres  would  be  inadvisable.  Their  idea  is  to  have  some 
centrally  located  park  of  fifty  to  one  hundred  acres.  After 
considering  the  former  Secretary's  views,  however,  the  Asso- 
ciation are  not  now  asking  for  a  park  at  all ;  but  they  do  ask 
that  a  survey  and  map  of  the  battlefield  be  made  by  the  govern- 
ment and  that  durable  markers  be  placed  at  the  important 
points  and  that  certain  driveways  be  constructed  connecting 
with  the  present  roads.  A  bill  to  this  end  has  been  prepared 
and  will  probably  be  introduced  by  Hon.  Joseph  W  Byrns, 
M.  C.  The  cost  will  not  be  heavy  for  roads  and  markers  and 
survey,  and  Congress  should  pass  the  act. 

In  the  meanwhile  the  Association  will  have  some  expenses, 
and  they  desire  to  increase  their  membership  to  about  two 
hundred.  The  membership  fee  is  $5,  which  can  be  sent  to 
Mr.  A.  H.  Robinson.  Treasurer.  Men  or  women  residing  in 
any  part  of  the  United  States  are  eligible  for  membership. 


HARD  FIGHTING— FRANKLIN— MUNFORDVILLE. 

BY    W.   L.    SHAW    (PRIVATE    IOTH    MISS.   REGT.),    SHAW,   LA. 

It  gives  me  much  pleasure  and  satisfaction  that  an  effort  is 
on  foot  to  have  the  battlefield  of  Franklin,  Tenn.,  properly 
marked.  It  was  indeed  one  of  the  bloodiest  battles  of  the 
Confederate  war. 

I  entered  the  Army  of  Tennessee  at  Corinth,  Miss.,  before 
the  battle  of  Shiloh,  and  was  present  at  all  times  in  the  fol- 
lowing battles  and  skirmishes :  Shiloh,  Corinth,  Murfrees- 
boro, Shelbyville,  Munfordville,  Perryville,  Missionary  Ridge. 
Chickamauga,  Resaca,  New  Hope  Church.  Atlanta,  Jonesboro, 
Franklin,  Nashville,  and  Goldsboro.  N.  C,  besides  many 
hard  skirmishes  amounting  to  small  battles.  Now,  looking 
back  over  all  of  these  and  considering  what  we  went  through 
at  Franklin  by  charging  the  different  lines  of  breastworks 
over  fallen  trees  and  the  line  of  chevaux-de-frise,  where 
our  gallant  Cleburne  and  five  other  generals  died,  I  have 
always  thought  that  Franklin  without  doubt  was  the  bloodiest 
and,  for  the  time  we  were  engaged,  the  most  severe  and 
hardest  contested  battle  of  our  Tennessee  Army.  Our  gallant 
Cleburne  fell  while  cheering  his  men  forward  when  it  was 
so  dark  we  could  see  only  by  the  flashing  of  guns.  Our  men 
climbed  over  their  last  line  of  works,  while  the  Yankees 
fought  us  hard  and  well. 

"Chalmers's  Great  Blunder"  at  Munfordville. 

Nothing  to  my  belief  ever  equaled  that  battle  of  Chalmers's 
Brigade  at  Munfordville.  Ky.,  the  numbers  engaged  con- 
sidered. It  was  called  "Chalmers's  Great  Blunder."  His 
brigade  had  been  sent  in  advance  to  tear  up  the  railroad  track, 
so  we  might  intercept  Buell  at  Cave  City  on  his  retreat  from 
Nashville.  Failing  in  this,  Chalmers  went  to  Munford- 
ville and  undertook  to  capture  Colonel  Wilder's  command  of 
4,500  "raw  recruits"  ( ?)  in  a  stockade  at  the  river  crossing. 
Wilder  had  a  most  formidable  blockhouse,  with  portholes 
to  shoot  through  and  with  only  a  narrow  entrance  to  the  fort, 
which  was  protected  by  six   [2-pound  cannon. 

Chalmers,  leaving  about  two  hundred  men  at  Cave  City, 
took  the  rest  of  his  brigade,  not  over  eleven  hundred  rank 
and  file,  to  storm  this  stockade  and  fort.  After  their  pickets 
were  drawn  in.  he  ordered  us  to  charge,  and  we  advanced  to 


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within  sixty  or  seventy  yards  of  this  stockade  under  a  most 
severe  and  galling  fire  from  the  loopholes  in  the  logs,  with 
the  artillery  mowing  us  down.  Some,  getting  closer,  lay  down 
behind  logs.  Not  knowing  how  to  get  us  out  of  this  fix, 
Chalmers  hoisted  a  flag  of  truce  and  Wilder  ceased  firing, 
thinking  we  were  surrendering;  but  Chalmers  demanded  the 
surrender  of  Wilder,  saying  General  Bragg's  army  was  within 
a  day's  march.  Wilder  replied  that  he  would  not  surrender, 
but  would  give  us  three  hours  in  which  to  surrender  to  him. 
In  the  meantime  we  fell  back,  carrying  our  wounded  off  the 
field.  Bragg  arrived  the  next  day  and  surrounded  Wilder 
with  his  heavy  guns,  and  after  parleying  some  Wilder  sur- 
rendered. 

This  was  one  of  the  great  blunders  of  the  war.  Our  regi- 
ment lost  the  gallant,  brave,  and  courageous  Col.  Robert  A. 
Smith,  a  Scotchman,  and  many  other  officers  and  privates, 
leaving  lieutenants  to  command  regiments.  There  were  not 
over  eleven  hundred  men  engaged  all  told  on  the  Confederate 
side,  and  we  lost  two  hundred  and  thirty  killed  and  wounded 
in  less  than  two  hours'  fighting.  Wilder  had  forty-five  hun- 
dred men,  as  stated  before,  in  the  stockade  when  he  sur- 
rendered to  General  Bragg.  If  he  had  marched  his  men  out 
against  us,  he  could  have  captured  our  little  handful,  as  we 
were  so  cut  up.  The  only  reason  that  we  were  not  all  killed 
was  that  in  charging  up  the  hill  they  overshot  us.  Our  com- 
pany (what  was  left  of  it)  managed  to  get  up  to  within  sixty 
or  seventy  yards  of  the  stockade  and  we  lay  down  behind  a 
beech  log,  which  was  the  only  protection  we  had,  and  no 
telling  what  would  have  become  of  us  if  Chalmers  had  not 
hoisted  the  white  flag  in  demanding  their  surrender.  In  the 
meantime  we  ran  back  out  of  range  and  waited  for  Bragg's 
coining.  When  Bragg  arrived  with  his  army,  he  planted  his 
heavy  guns  on  the  hills  bearing  on  the  stockade  and  demanded 
Wilder's  surrender,  with  the  threat  that  if  he  refused  Bragg 
would  open  these  guns  on  him  and  take  no  prisoners.  Wilder 
at  first  refused,  and  Bragg  made  preparations  to  open  his 
guns  on  the  stockade  at  daylight  and  storm  it.  As  Chalmers's 
Brigade  had  so  "extinguished"  itself  in  this  charge,  they  were 
to  have  the  place  of  honor  in  leading  the  charge  against  the 
stockade.  After  marching  us  to  the  front,  we  lay  down,  none 
of  us  expecting  to  escape  out  of  the  next  day's  fight ;  but  late 
in  the  night  we  saw  a  white  light  moving  over  the  fort,  and 
then  such  a  shout  went  up  over  the  whole  army  as  I  had 
never  heard.     Wilder  had  surrendered. 

There  are  not  many  of  us  now  living  who  went  through 
this;  but  those  who  are  will  agree  with  me,  I  am  sure,  that  for 
the  little  time  we  were  engaged  there  was  no  fighting  to  sur- 
pass it.  So  little  mention  is  made  of  the  battle  of  Munford- 
ville,  Ky. ;  but  we  who  went  through  it  will  remember  it,  and 
hope  the  name  of  our  gallant  Smith  will  be  mentioned  in  his- 
tory. We  all  loved  him.  This  is  the  first  time  I  ever  wrote 
for  the  press  of  any  part  I  took  in  the  war. 

[Readers  who  have  not  done  so  may  read  with  interest 
General  Buckner's  account  of  the  battle  of  Munfordville  in 
February  Veteran,  pages  84  and  85.  Comrade  Shaw's  ac- 
count of  Chalmers's  raising  the  white  flag  to  demand  sur- 
render may  do  Chalmers  an  injustice.  Private  soldiers  were 
not  in  positions  to  understand  such  matters. — Editor.] 


AN  ANNUITY  FOR  CONFEDERATES. 

BY   JUDGE   LYLE,   WACO,  TEX. 

The  condition  of  many  Confederate  veterans  is  pitiable,  and 
becoming  more  so  every  year.  Helpless  and  decrepit,  without 
a  country  to  care  for  them  in  old  age,  their  case  is  a  sad  one. 
What  the  several  States  are  doing  for  them  is  niggardly  and 
an  insult.  The  amount  that  Texas,  with  her  two  billions  in 
taxable  values,  doles  out  to  each  on  her  pension  list  would 
about  subsist  a  goat  taught  to  feed  on  tin  cans. 

I  am  gratified,  however,  to  learn  that  the  hapless  fix  in 
which  the  old  heroes  find  themselves  is  attracting  attention 
and  that  at  the  coming  session  of  Congress  a  move  will  be 
made  for  their  relief.  This  will  not  take  the  shape  of  a  pen- 
sion, which  no  self-respecting  Confederate  soldier  would  ac- 
cept from  a  government  against  which  he  fought.  The  bill 
to  be  offered  will  be  supported  by  the  following  facts,  reasons, 
and  deductions : 

1.  Two  billion  dollars'  worth  of  slaves  were  taken  from 
citizens  of  the  United  States  by  proclamation  of  the  President 
to  save  the  Union. 

2.  This  private  property  was  theirs,  taken  for  public  use 
without  just  compensation. 

3.  The  Constitution  prohibits  the  taking  of  private  property 
for  public  use  without  just  compensation. 

4.  The  honor  of  the  government  and  the  good  name  of  a 
former  chief  magistrate  demand  that  compensation  be  made 
as  far  as  is  possible. 

5.  It  is  impracticable  at  this  late  day  to  remunerate  the  in- 
dividual owners  of  that  property. 

6.  Such  of  the  owners  as  are  living  and  heirs  of  those  dead 
are  willing  that  compensation  be  made  in  providing  annuities 
for  Confederate  veterans  and  their  widows. 

Based  upon  these  facts,  reasons,  and  deductions,  the  bill  will 
provide  that  each  State  of  the  Union  shall  return  to  Washing- 
ton a  complete  roll  of  all  Confederate  veterans  and  widows  of 
Confederate  veterans  living  within  its  confines.  Upon  re- 
ceipt of  such  roll  there  shall  be  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the 
State  a  sum  sufficient  to  pay  to  each  Confederate  veteran  and 
widow  of  a  veteran  dollars  as  an  annuity. 

This  plan  of  taking  care  of  these  deserving  people  strikes 
me  as  eminently  proper  and  honorable  on  all  sides  and  to  all 
parties.  The  United  States  government  is  appropriating  money 
to  care  for  the  graves  of  dead  Confederate  soldiers,  and  why 
not  for  the  support  of  the  helpless,  suffering  living  ones? 
As  the  Constitution  positively  says  that  private  property  shall 
not  be  taken  for  public  use  without  just  compensation,  there 
is  better  legal  warrant  for  the  objects  of  this  bill  than  for  the 
appropriation  yearly  made  for  graves. 

I  appeal  to  all  Confederate  veterans  as  individuals  and  as 
Camps  and  all  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  as  individuals 
and  as  Chapters  and  to  all  sons  of  Confederate  veterans  and 
upon  all  good  citizens  of  our  common  country  to  speak  out 
in  behalf  of  this  measure  and  uphold  the  hands  of  the  noble 
statesmen  who  will  champion  it. 


Mr.  A.  J.  Harrol,  of  New  Orleans,  a  soldier  of  the  sixties, 
sends  a  vivid  account  of  how  he  bore  the  flag  of  his  battalion 
on  to  victory.  He  tells  also  of  the  many  dangers  a  color 
bearer  will  endure  undaunted  in  order  to  keep  his  well-loved 
flag  unfurled  to  the  breeze. 


Mrs.  D.  J.  Broadhurst,  of  Goldsboro,  N.  C,  writes  this 
magazine  a  pleasant,  gossipy  letter  of  ante-bellum  days  and 
the  early  time  of  the  great  struggle.  Mrs.  Broadhurst  says 
she  is  "entirely  unreconstructed"  and  is  very  proud  of  her  stal- 
wart soldier  husband  and  the  seven  sons  they  have  reared 
to  be  as  good  Confederates  as  they  are  themselves.  She  has 
taken  the  Veteran  from  its  initial  number,  and  now,  "want- 
ing the  people  of  her  town  to  read  a  true  history  of  the  war," 
she  incloses  a  postal  order  to  supply  two  libraries  with  the 
magazine. 


Qo^federat^  l/eterar?. 


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HOW  THE  TERM  "UNCLE  SAM"  ORIGINATED. 
During  the  War  of  1812  the  United  States  entered  into  a 
contract  with  a  man  by  the  name  of  Elbert  Anderson  to  fur- 
nish supplies  to  the  army.  When  the  United  States  buys  any- 
thing from  a  contractor,  an  inspector  is  always  appointed  to 
see  that  the  goods  are  what  the  contract  calls  for  and  that 
the  government  gets  full  value.  In  this  case  the  government 
appointed  a  man  by  the  name  of  Samuel  Wilson,  who  was 
always  called  "Uncle  Sam''  by  those  who  knew  him.  He  in- 
spected every  package  and  cask  that  came  from  Elbert  Ander- 
son, the  contractor;  and  if  he  found  that  the  contents  were 
all  right,  the  package  or  cask  was  marked  with  the  Utters 
"E.  A.,  U.  S.,"  the  initials  of  the  contractor  and  of  the  United 
States.  The  man  whose  duty  it  was  to  do  this  marking  was 
a  jovial  sort  of  fellow  ;  and  when  somebody  asked  him  what 
these  letters  meant,  he  said  they  stood  for  Elbert  Anderson 
and  Uncle  Sam.  Everybody,  including  "Uncle  Sam"  Wil- 
son himself,  thought  it  was  a  good  joke ;  and  by  and  by  it 
got  into  print,  and  before  the  end  of  the  war  it  was  known  all 
over  the  country,  and  thus  the  United  States  received  the 
name  "Uncle  Sam."  The  originator  of  "Uncle  Sam"  died  at 
Troy,  N.  Y.,  in  1S54,  aged  eighty-four  years. 


A  GOOD  ■•HAUL"  BY  SCOUTS  IN   VIRGINIA. 

BY   A.   FONTAINE   ROSE,   WARRENTON,  VA. 

During  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness  two  scouting  parties 
were  sent  out,  crossing  Kelly's  Ford.  One  of  them  was 
commanded  by  Sergt.  C.  P.  Curtis  for  Gen.  Fitz  Lee.  with 
two  men.  Fitzhigh  and  Ruse;  the  other  by  Isaac  S.  Curtis, 
scout  for  W.  H.  F.  Lee,  with  one  man,  Tapscott.  Waiting 
until  night  and  getting  our  supper  at  Mr.  Granville  Kelly's, 
a  fine  old  Virginia  gentleman,  we  took  the  road  toward  the 
wilderness.  We  soon  caught  one  Yankee  (deserter,  I  think), 
who  took  us  for  his  own  men.  We  had  put  on  our  blue 
overcoats,  covering  our  gray  uniform,  which  we  wore  at 
night  when  in  their  lines.  Our  prisoner,  taking  us  for  his 
men  picking  up  deserters,  would  not  speak;  so  we  got  no  in- 
formation from  luni.     We  next  let  about  thirty  infantry  pass. 

The  order  then  given  by  Sergeant  Curtis  was:  "Fall  in  with 
the  company  of  cavalry  I  hear  coming;  and  wdien  we  get  to 
the  pine  woods,  I  will  whistle,  and  every  man  must  bring  out 
a  prisoner."  I  said:  "Sergeant,  suppose  they  take  us  out." 
He  replied:  "Shut  up,  Rose,  and  do  what  1  tell  you."  Well, 
I  rejoiced  at  the  size  of  that  company  of  only  three  men.  It 
was  the  best  haul  we  ever  made.  They  were  reporters  with 
three  mail  bags  filled  with  letters  and  valuable  information, 
much  of  it  from  Grant  to  Lincoln.  Of  the  three  horses,  one 
was  a  Kentucky  horse  ridden  by  Cadwallader,  reporter  for  a 
New  York  paper.  The  next  day  that  fine  horse  was  killed 
01  Lacey's  Heights,  opposite  Fredericksburg,  by  a  Yankee 
Sharpshooter,  whose  next  shot  scorched  my  nose  badly. 


U.  S.  MONUMENTS  FOR  CON  f  EDI  K.  /  /  /  DEAD. 
Marble  monuments  about  thirty  fei  1  in  height  and  suitably 
inscribed  are  to  be  erected  by  the  United  States  government 
to  mark  the  resting  places  of  the  soldiers  of  the  Confed- 
erate army  in  the  cemetery  at  North  Alton,  111.,  and  in  the 
Green  Lawn  Cemetery  at  Indianapolis,  Ind.  The  bodies  of 
li353  such  soldiers  were  buried  in  the  Alton  cemetery  and 
1,620  in  the  Indianapolis  cemetery  during  the  Civil  War  In 
these  cases  it  was  found  impossible  to  identify  the  bodies  of 
individuals  and  give  each  grave  a  separate  headstone,  as  pro- 
vided by  law.  The  Secretary  of  War  has  approved  an  allot- 
ment of  $6,000  for  each  of  two  monuments,  one  in  each  ceme- 
tery, to  take  the  place  of  individual  headstones. 


VETERANS  WANT  TO  GO   TO  NEW  YORK. 

"The  time  for  the  Reunion  in  Memphis,  Tenn.,  of  the  old 
Confederate  veterans  is  fast  approaching,  and  we  realize  that 
many  of  them  will  never  see  another  Reunion.  Several  years 
ago  the  Confederate  Camp  in  New  York  City  invited  the  old 
veterans  to  visit  that  city,  and  at  that  time  the  Commander 
thought  it  best  not  to  do  so;  but  as  the  old  veterans  have 
friends  in  that  city  wdio  shared  the  brunt  of  battle,  would  it 
no1  I-;'  a  pleasure  for  a  number  of  these  old  soldiers  to  visit 
that  city,  provided  the  railroads  would  give  them  a  very  low 
rate  for  the  round  trip  from  Memphis  to  New  York?  There 
are  a  number  of  old  veterans  in  this  section  who  would  go 
on  such  a  trip.  What  say  the  other  Camps  over  the  country? 
Lei  ns  try  and  see  if  we  can  get  up  a  company  to  go  to  New 
York  from  Memphis  in  June,  the  time  of  the  General  Re- 
union. We  hope  that  a  move  of  this  kind  may  be  consum- 
mated." 

The  above  appeared  in  the  Selma  Times  of  February  28,  and 
I  hope  that  you  will  publish  it  as  early  as  possible.  It  has 
created  a  good  deal  of  interest  among  the  old  soldiers  at  De- 
mopolis,  and  many  of  them  would  be  glad  to  see  an  excursion 
of  this  kind  gotten  up  for  the  occasion  of  the  General  Reunion 
at  Memphis  in  June.  George  D.  Campbell. 

A  movement  wis  started  to  go  on  an  excursion  to  New 
York  after  the  first  Richmond  Reunion  to  meet  and  parade 
with  Union  veterans,  but  their  Commander  would  not  have 
it.  In  a  plea  he  was  informed  that  they  were  not  to  parade 
11s  soldiers  with  guns;  but  he  was  inexorable,  and  said  the 
Grand  Army  veterans  should  not  march  with  them  in  their 
gray  clothes.  The  date  of  the  Richmond  Reunion  was  changed 
that  both  sides  meet  in  New  York  on  July  4,  but  of  course 
the  Confederates  did  not  make  any  concession. 


SOUTHERN  SOCIETY  IN  PHILADELPHIA. 

Southern  hospitality,  with  all  that  term  implies,  marked  the 
formal  opening  of  the  charming  new  quarters  for  the  Southern 
Club  in  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  for  here  dispensing  most  gracious 
courtesy  were  assembled  the  many  brilliant  Southern  women 
who  make  the  Quaker  city  their  home. 

The  new  clubhouse  is  ideal  not  only  architecturally  but  in 
the  atmosphere  that  breathes  about  it  of  high  culture  and  so- 
cial charm.  The  club  was  organized  in  1894  by  a  small  coterie 
of  Southerners  who  wished  a  meeting  place,  and  has  steadily 
mown  till  this  magnificent  structure  became  necessary.  At 
the  opening  reception,  though  a  perfect  blizzard  was  holding 
the  city,  the  house  was  crowded,  and  the  representative  so- 
ciety leaders  were  much  in  evidence. 

Nearly  coincident  with  these  opining  ceremonies  was  the 
annual  banquet  given  by  the  Philadelphia  U.  D.  C.  to  two  hun- 
dred and  seventy-five  guests.  To  the  stirring  strains  of  "Dixie" 
the  Chapter  and  its  guests  marched  into  the  banquet  room, 
which  was  most  elaborately  decorated  in  the  beloved  colors 
of  the  Confederacy.  The  banquet  was  followed  by  a  brilliant 
program  of  toasts,  music,  and  recitations,  participated  in  by 
some  of  the  leading  women  in  Pennsylvania. 


Widow  of  Jesse  Meeks. — In  order  to  help  prove  her  claim 
and  to  assist  her  in  getting  a  pension,  Mrs.  R.  A.  Meeks,  of 
Pine  Bluff,  Ark.,  would  like  the  name  and  address  of  some 
of  her  husband's  old  comrades.  Her  husband  was  Jesse 
Meeks.  He  was  a  member  of  Captain  Mooney's  company  of 
Saline  County.  Ark.  (does  not  remember  the  regiment),  and 
was  in  the  hospital  in  Panola  County,  Miss.  On  his  dis- 
froni  tin.  re  he  joined  Captain  Lindsey's  company.  He 
was  in  the  hospital  at  Little  Rock  suffering  from  paralysis. 


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Roofed  era  t^  1/eterai). 


CORRESPONDENCE  BY  CONFEDERATES. 

Mr.  Samuel  Moore  Caruthers.  of  Goldthwaite,  Tex.,  writes 
of  an  interesting  experience.  Mr.  Caruthers  is  a  native  of  Ten- 
nessee, but  moved  to  Texas  in  his  early  life.  He  volunteered 
under  Capt.  J.  R.  Hubbard,  and  his  company  was  sent  to 
Camp  Cheatham,  Robertson  County,  Tenn.  Here  they  were 
organized  with  the  42A  Regiment  Tennessee  Volunteers,  and 
did  guard  duty  at  Clarksville  until  the  battle  of  Fort  Donel- 
son.  The  regiment  was  carried  down  the  Cumberland  by 
transport  to  reenforce  General  Pillow,  who  was  hotly  en- 
gaged against  Grant. 

The  morning  of  the  memorable  13th  of  February  was  very 
close  and  sultry,  and  the  soldiers  threw  away  their  overcoats, 
blankets,  etc.,  before  placing  their  artillery  or  raising  their 
breastworks.  Later  in  the  day  it  rained,  then  followed  snow 
and  sleet  several  inches  deep.  Without  tents  or  covering  of 
any  kind  the  suffering  of  the  soldiers  was  extreme.  Comrade 
Caruthers  says  he  saw  a  tent  standing  near,  and  he  crawled 
into  it  for  protection,  but  left  at  once  when  he  found  it  filled 
with  dead'  men,  already  frozen  stiff. 

This  was  Thursday.  All  day  Friday  there  was  heavy  skir- 
mishing, and  on  Saturday  General  Pillow  left  his  breastworks 
and  threw  his  army  on  the  right  wing  of  Grant,  and  for  a  time 
drove  the  enemy  back;  but  they  rallied,  and  in  turn  pressed 
back  the  Confederates  and  captured  the  breastworks.  In 
this  retreat  Comrade  Caruthers's  company  was  surrounded 
and  all  made  prisoners.  He  says  General  Grant  spoke  most 
ikindly  to  the  captive  soldiers,  saying  that  they  had  made  a 
noble  fight,  and  that  they  would  be  well  cared  for  in  their 
Northern  prison.  The  company  was  carried  to  Camp  Douglas, 
and  received  very  kind  treatment  at  the  hands  of  the  guards, 
though  seven  men  of  the  company  died  in  prison  there.  In 
September,  1862,  they  were  exchanged  and  sent  South,  where 
they  again  joined  the  main  body  of  the  army. 


J.  M.  Dennison,  of  Conway,  Ark.,  writes  of  his  campaign 
under  Gen.  Joseph  E.  Johnston.  He  pays  most  loving  tribute 
to  his  great  commander,  whom  he  regards  as  "by  far  the 
greatest  general  who  fought  on  either  side."  Mr.  Dennison 
sends  a  clipping  taken  from  the  Memphis  Commercial-Appeal 
in  which  Dr.  W.  T.  Boiling  gives  some  interesting  camp 
memories  of  the  days  when  fighting  was  plentiful  and  food 
scarce.  He  was  with  Cleburne  and  Walthall  in  their  hot- 
fought  battles,  and1  draws  a  vivid  picture  of  war  at  short 
range.  

Lloyd  T.  Everett,  a  son  of  a  Confederate  veteran,  writes 
from  Charlotte,  N.  C.  He  wishes  to  protest  against  the  idea 
of  erecting  at  Spottsylvania,  Va.,  a  joint  monument  to  Lee 
and  Grant.  Mr.  Everett  says :  "The  war  is  long  since  over, 
and  the  people  of  the  South  are  generally  prepared  to  accept 
the  result  in  good  faith — to  make  the  best  of  a  bad  bargain. 
But  when  have  a  conquered  people,  if  worthy  of  liberty,  gone 
to  the  extent  of  raising  monuments  to  the  assassins  of  their 
governments  and  the  despoilers  of  their  firesides?  The  war 
on  the  South  was  a  war  of  invasion  and  conquest,  and  to  erect 
monuments  to  our  assailants  and  conquerors  is  to  stultify  our- 
selves and  dishonor  our  martyred  defenders."  True  veterans 
respect  each  other ;  many  oppose  such  tributes. 


J.  N.  Chamberlain,  R.  F.  D.  No.  4,  Oaks,  N.  Dak.,  who 
signs  himself  "an  old  comrade  who  wore  the  blue,"  asks 
for  information.  He  says :  "On  the  19th  of  September,  1864, 
the  battle  of  Opequon  Creek,  near  Winchester,  W.  Va.,  was 
fought,  the  principal  engagement  taking  place  the  afternoon 
of  that  day.  It  was  the  duty  of  the  members  of  the  band  to 
assist  in  caring  for  the  wounded  during  and  just  after  an 
engagement.  We  always  worked  in  pairs  carrying  off  the 
wounded  from  the  field.  Returning  from  one  of  these  trips, 
we  saw  a  fire  in  a  field,  and  on  investigating  found  several 
wounded  and  some  dead  Confederates  lying  near  this  fire, 
two  of  them  severely  wounded.  My  comrade  and  I  did  all 
we  could  to  make  them  comfortable,  bringing  wood  for  their 
fire,  etc.  The  wounded  feared  they  would  be  left  there  to 
die;  but  my  comrade  and  I  promised  that  the  ambulance  corps 
should  come  to  their  assistance.  I  was  especially  drawn  to 
the  two  wounded  Confederates,  and  would  go  any  distance  to 
grasp  them  by  the  hand.  I  will  be  very  grateful  for  any  in- 
formation." 

J.  K.  Merrifield,  of  St.  Louis,  writes  of  the  battle  of  Frank- 
lin, which  he  regards  as  the  hottest-fought  contest  of  the  war, 
considering  the  number  of  men  engaged.  He  says :  "When 
I  say  hand-to-hand  fight,  I  don't  mean  the  men  were  only 
where  they  could  see  each  other,  but  this  was  where  hatchets, 
picks,  shovels,  and  butts  of  guns  were  used  to  maim  or  kill." 
Mr.  Merrifield  thinks  the  place  of  this  battle  should  be  con- 
verted into  a  national  park,  and  urges  the  Veteran  to  use 
its  influence  to  this  purpose. 


Abraham  Bresler,  of  Tuscumbia,  Ala.,  would  like  to  hear 
from  some  of  his  old  comrades  in  camp.  His  company  was 
commanded  by  Capt.  Herman  Carolton,  and  became  a  part  of 
the  9th  Arkansas  Infantry,  which  were  stationed  twenty  miles 
above  Memphis,  Tenn.  His  messmates  were  all  Jews.  He 
remembers  the  names  of  three :  John  Bloom,  Reinart,  and 
Bernhard.  He  thinks  they  are  all  from  Pine  Bluff.  Mr. 
Bresler  gives  many  interesting  experiences  of  the  war. 


Mrs.  Kate  H.  Turner,  wife  of  Calvin  W.  Turner,  a  cavalry 
veteran  of  Texas,  writes  of  the  many  members  of  her  family 
who  suffered  and  died  for  the  Southern  cause.  Mrs.  Turner 
is  one  who  has  indeed  won  the  proud  right  to  be  called  a 
"mother  of  the  Confederacy." 


Mrs.  R.  A.  Doran:  "I  am  the  widow  of  John  Doran,  who 
was  a  private  soldier  in  the  21st  Louisiana  Infantry,  C.  S.  A. 
I  do  not  remember  his  company  or  the  names  of  any  of  his 
comrades.  I  reside  in  Cameron,  Tex.,  and  am  making  an 
application  for  a  widow's  pension,  and  would  be  glad  to  as- 
certain the  names  and  whereabouts  of  any  of  his  comrades.  He 
joined  the  army  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  and  was  wounded  and 
captured  at  Petersburg,  Va.  He  was  an  Englishman  by  birth. 
Any  information  as  to  the  whereabouts  of  his  comrades  would 
be  appreciated."  

They  Were  Not  Deserters. — W.  H.  Hane,  Company  H, 
10th  Florida  Regiment,  writes  from  Lakeland,  Fla.,  very  en- 
tertainingly of  what  was  supposed  to  be  a  desertion  by  a  lieu- 
tenant and  his  men  sent  out  on  picket  duty.  Though  General 
Lee  was  doing  all  possible  to  provide  for  his  army,  there  were 
still  many  hardships  to  be  endured  by  the  soldiers.  The 
Yankees  used  the  lure  of  food,  shoes,  and  clothing  to  entice 
deserters  from  our  lines.  Consequently  when  a  lieutenant  and 
his  men  disappeared  they  were  counted  as  deserters,  and  a 
posse  was  sent  out  to  hunt  them.  They  were  found  by  a 
camp  fire  warming  their  toes  and  drinking  hot  corn  coffee. 
Carried  before  Generals  Finnegan  and  Mahone,  the  stammer- 
ing lieutenant  excused  himself  by  saying  they  were  all  cold 
and  came  into  camp  to  warm.  They  escaped  with  only  a 
"cussing  out"  from  one  of  the  subordinate  generals. 


(^opfederat^  l/eterap. 


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FIGHTING  AT  SPOTTSYLVANIA  C.  H. 

BY   ROBERT   GAMERELL,   GUNTOWN,    MISS. 

I  inclose  a  photograph  of  a  section  of  a  red  oak  tree  that  was 
shot  down  on  May  12,  1864,  at  Bloody  Angle,  near  Spottsyl- 
vania  C.  H.,  Va.  McCabe  in  his  history  says  Willcox's  and 
Rhodes's  Alabama  Brigades  both  made  unsuccessful  attempts 
to  retake  the  works  lost  by  Johnson's  command  on  the  night 
of  the  nth. 

I  was  a  member  of  Company  K,  19th  Mississippi  Regiment. 
N.  H.  Harris's  Brigade,  which  brigade  was  composed  of  the 
12th.  16th.  19th,  and  48th  Mississippi  Regiments.  About  day- 
break of  the  12th  we  received  orders  to  move  to  the  right. 
We  marched  about  three  miles,  and  were  halted  in  an  old 
field  just  in  the  rear  of  the  works,  then  occupied  by  the  Yanks. 
In  a  few  moments  we  were  moved  by  the  right  flank,  entered 
a  strip  of  woods,  and  when  within  less  than  one  hundred  yards 
of  the  works  the  Yanks  gave 
us  a  broadside  shot  that  killed 
many  of  our  officers  and  men 
We  then  gave  that  kind  oi  a 
Rebel  yell  that  some  of  them 
must  remember  still,  and  into 
the  works  we  leaped,  captur 
ing  what  few  men  were  left. 
This  occurred  about  eight 
o'clock  in  the  morning.  I  do 
not  know  whether  all  the 
works  lost  by  Johnston  were 
retaken,  but  we  captured  what 
was  in  our  front. 

We  thought  then  that  the 
fight  was  over,  but  it  had  jusl 
1  1  gun  Line  after  line  came 
nst  us;  but  each  was  re- 
pulsed. Three  times  they 
planted  their  colors  on  our 
works  in  front  of  this  tree. 
About  four  in  the  afternoon 
I  counted  four  lines  coming 
against  us  at  once.  (At  this 
time  this  tree  fell,  falling  on 
Bill  Lang,  of  my  company, 
bruising  him  up  badly.)  The 
last  of  these  lines  passed  our 
breastworks,  capturing  fiftj  or  sixty  yards  of  them,  but  were 
unable  to  fight  in  so  confined  a  space,  and  finally  gave  up  and 
I  to  our  right.  Company  K  went  into  this  battle  with 
twenty-four  men  all  told,  and  as  well  as  I  remember  just 
three  of  us  got  out  unhurt.  Eight  were  killed,  seven  wounded, 
and  six  captured.     I  will  tell  of  an  incident. 

T  had  the  honor  of  being  a  corporal,  and  my  place  was  at 
the  left  of  the  company.  When  we  recaptured  the  works,  I 
was  cut  off  from  my  company  by  a  chevnux-de-frise  that  was 
thrown  up  across  the  main  line.  This  was  about  eight  feet 
thick.  The  works  had  bridged  the  ditch,  so  any  one  could 
pass  under  the  travels  and  not  expose  himself.  When  the 
Yanks  entered  our  works,  Bill  Pratt,  who  now  lives  at  Amory, 
crawled  through  the  hole  and  got  on  my  side.  Tim 
Shay,  who  now  lives  at  Ramer.  Tenn  .  started  through,  but 
the  Yanks  caught  him  by  the  heels  and  c  tptured  him. 

From  the  Reunion  at  Richmond,  Va.,  1  went  to  Washington, 
D.  C,  and  found  this  tree  in  the  National  Museum  and  had  it 
photographed.  It  is  twenty-two  inches  in  diameter,  cut  down 
by  Minie  balls.  This  tree  tood  ah  ut  Fifteen  feel  to  my  right 
and  just  in  the  rear  of  our   works 


"Honor  to  whom  honor  is  due."  It  was  Harris's  Missis- 
sippi Brigade  that  recaptured  those  works  and  held  them  until 
four  o'clock  the  next  morning,  when  we  were  withdrawn. 


BLOCK  FROM   THE  TREE. 


A  SOLDIER'S  EPITAPH. 

BY    W.    I..    SANPORD,    SHERMAN,    TEX. 

"He  fought  with  Jackson  and  with  Lee!" 
What  nobler  epitaph  have  we 

To  crown  a  soldier's  sepulcher? 
He  loved  the  South  with  love  far-brought, 
And,  loving,  quenched  all  selfish   thought, 
Girt  on  his  sword  and  bravely   fought: 

And,   fighting,   proudly   died   for   her ! 

He  fought  with  Jackson  and  with   Lee, 

The   fairest  pearls  of  chivalry 

That    gem   the  coronet  of   fame! 
The   bloodiest   knights   that   ever   led 
A  host  through   fields  blood  wet  and  red. 
Where  Freedom  knelt  beside  her  dead 

And  hid  her  weeping  eyes  in   shame. 

He  fought  with  Jackson;  swiftly  comes 
The  bugle  blast,  the  roll  of  drums. 

The  thunder  of  the  cannonade. 
We  hear   the   battle   lightning's   stroke, 
We  sec  rash  Banks's  columns  broke; 
While  down   the  valley,  filled  with  smoke, 

Comes   cheering  Stonewall's   old   brigade! 

He    fought   with    Lee.     In   memory 
The  swamps  of  Chickahominy 

Loom  up,  smoke  wreathed  and  damp  and  black 
And  loud  above  the  crash  of  shell 
Is  heard  the   South's   triumphant  yell, 
As    from    that   withering  breath   of   hell 

We   see   McClellan   falling   backl 

He  fought  with  Jackson  and  with  Lee! 
O.  glorious   epitome ! 

With   valor's  sword  and  honor's  shield 
Throughout    those    desolating    years 
Of  waste  and   want    and   grief  and   tears, 
With  glory   ringing  in  his  ears, 

He  stood  and  fought  on  freedom's  field. 

He  fought  with  Jackson  and  with   Lee 
To  death  and  immortality. 

And  left  a  priceless  legacy ! 
No  other  words  than  these  he  needs 
To  burn  the  record  of  his  deeds 
Upon   the  wistful  heart   that   reads: 

He  fought  with  Jackson  and  with  Lee. 

He  fought  with  Jackson  and  with   Lee. 
Who  stormed  the  heights  of  destiny 

And  sank  upon  the  highest   crest. 
He  fought  and  fell,  but  not  in  vain. 
The  mounds  that  scar  the  Southland's  plain 
Where   rest   her   sons   in    battle    slain 

Are  gleaming  jewels  on  her  breast! 

O  vestal  Spring,  through  all  the  years 
Go  strew  thy  blossoms   wet   with   tears 

O'er  him  who  died  for  duty's  sake ! 
Forever  chant,  ye  wind  and  wave, 
A  mournful   requiem  o'er   the  grave 
Where  sleeps  the  Southron  true  and  brave 

Whom  war  shall  nevermore  awaki  ' 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


BOY  MEM  OR  I  US  OF  THE  WAR. 

BY    WILL  T.    HALE,    NASHVILLE,   TENN. 

I  was  about  four  years  of  age  when  the  War  between  the 
States  began,  and  my  first  memory  relates  to  that  period. 
The  scene  that  impressed  me  was  in  the  spring  of  1861,  when 
Ex-Gov.  William  B.  Campbell  canvassed  the  State  in  opposi- 
tion to  secession.  He  spoke  in  our  village — Libert)',  Tenn. — 
and  the  crowds  must  have  been  largely  in  sympathy  with  his 
views.  I  recall  that  as  a  parade  passed  our  cottage  I  sat  on 
the  front  fence  waving  a  flag  and  shouting:  "Hurrah  for 
Campbell  and  the  Union  I" 

My  parents,  afterwards  entirely  in  sympathy  with  secession, 
had  given  me  the  flag  and  taught  me  the  cry.  But  senti- 
ment changed  swiftly.  It  seemed  but  a  few  days  later,  though 
in  reality  it  was  months  (maybe  about  June  8,  1861,  when 
the  election  came  off,  carrying  the  State  into  the  League  by  a 
vote  of  104,913  against  47,238),  when  I  again  sat  on  the  front 
fence.  There  was  another  parade ;  public  men  were  on  their 
way  to  the  place  of  speaking;  and  following  a  string  band 
playing  "Drive  That  Black  Dog  Out  o'  the  Wilderness"  came 
the  Auburn  Volunteers  or  militia  in  gorgeous  uniforms  of 
red.  This  time,  however,  I  was  -shouting  a  new  cry  taught 
by  my  parents:  "Hurrah  for  Jeff  Davis  and  the  Southern 
Confederacy !" 

Almost  as  plainly  recalled  as  the  fiddle  tunes  and  the  uni- 
forms of  the  Auburn  soldiers  were  the  performances  of  old 
Uncle  Frank  Foster,  an  enthusiastic  Southerner.  He  was  a 
saddler  by  trade,  perhaps  four  feet  six  inches  tall,  always 
neatly  dressed,  and  wore  a  stovepipe  hat — probably  to  sup- 
plement his  height!  His  two  sons,  Tilmon  and  Irving,  joined 
the  Confederates.  It  was  some  time  before  they  left  town, 
and  Irving's  big  bay  horse  was  kept  in  his  father's  stable. 
This  horse  Uncle  Frank  mounted  daily  (his  feet  hardly  reach- 
ing below  the  animal's  belly)  and  rode  defiantly  up  and  down 
the  streets.  "As  for  Yankees,"  the  little  man  roared  as  he 
passed  a  crowd,  "I  can  whip  a  half  dozen — and  outrun  a 
thousand !"  He  was  certainly  as  optimistic  as  a  youth  of  the 
same  neighborhood,  White  Turney,  who,  with  the  exaggera- 
tion of  the  time,  declared  that  before  Christmas  he  was  going 
to  be  one  of  the  Rebels  to  "eat  Abe  Lincoln's  ear  with  a 
cracker." 

It  took  time  and  a  few  battles  to  prove  that  the  Confed- 
erates had  something  more  than  fun  before  them  and  that  the 
Federals  would  not  end  the  war  in  six  weeks. 

Mr.  Foster  and  his  family  removed  to  Arkansas  at  the 
close  of  hostilities,  locating  at  Cincinnati.  Mr.  Turney,  who 
lost  an  arm  in  the  conflict,  located  in  East  Tennessee  and 
became  a  successful  lawyer.  He  died  many  years  ago.  I 
would  like  to  know  if  any  of  the  Fosters  are  yet  living. 

Col.  William  B.  Stokes  organized  a  regiment  for  the  Con- 
federacy, but  changed  his  mind  later,  and  made  up  a  Federal 
regiment  from  DeKalb  and  adjoining  counties.  The  South- 
ern sympathizers  who  had  enlisted  with  him  before  he  changed 
his  views  on  reaching  Lebanon  joined  the  gallant  Bob  Hat- 
ton  and  other  Confederate  leaders. 

Among  Stokes's  subordinate  officers  (Federal),  the  most 
conspicuous  were  Capts.  Bill  Hathaway  and  Joe  Blackburn. 
The  regiment  was  greatly  hated  by  the  other  side.  As  to 
whether  the  hatred  was  merited  or  not,  I  shall  express  no 
opinion  here.  History  will  get  that  right.  But  I  must  affirm 
that  as  far  as  our  family  was  concerned  (and  it  was  strongly 
for  secession)  Stokes,  Hathaway,  and  Blackburn  never  mo- 
lested us.  That  some  of  their  men  were  not  worthy  models 
by  any  means  it  would  be  unnecessary  to  say. 


In  "Hancock's  Diary"  one  gets  an  interesting  record  of  the 
Cannon  County  company  known  locally  as  "The  Auburn  Sol- 
diers" and  nicknamed  by  fellow-Confederates  as  "the  sang 
diggers."  I  am  sorry  no  one  wrote  a  history  of  "Allison's 
Squad,"  for  it  kept  up  a  continual  stir  around  Alexandria, 
Carthage,  and  Smithville.  The  number  of  this  band  of  Con- 
federates was  small.  It  was  made  up  from  portions  of  three 
counties,  and  was  on  the  go  all  the  time — sometimes  chased 
by  small  bands  of  Federals,  then,  getting  the  advantage  of 
position,  chasing  the  enemy  back  over  the  same  road.  Colo- 
nel Allison  died  in  Texas  about  1892,  at  the  age  of  ninety 
years. 

Liberty  was  an  inland  village,  but  it  was  on  the  fine  road 
between  Nashville  and  Sparta.  A  good  pike  also  led  from  the 
town  to  Murfreesboro.  The  land  was  fertile,  and  the  best 
cereal  crops  were  grown  there.  "Hog  and  hominy"  were 
plentiful,  which  may  account  for  the  fact  that  the  section  was 
not  wholly  avoided  by  the  soldiers  of  either  side.  It  was 
indeed  continually  occupied  by  one  or  the  other.  Quirk's 
Scouts,  belonging  to  Morgan's  command,  passed  a  part  of  one 
winter  there — a  jovial,  dashing,  friend-making  lot  of  Ken- 
tuckians.  I  once  saw  General  Morgan  there.  He  was  passing 
through.  General  Wilder  and  his  Ohio  troops  once  occupied 
the  town,  leaving  an  unpleasant  memory  by  burning  the  best 
mill  in  the  country. 

The  greatest  number  of  soldiers  I  had  seen  up  to  that  time 
were  the  celebrated  Wheeler's  Cavalry  and  small  parties  who 
followed  it.  A  Liberty  man  named  Goggin  spent  a  few  days 
near  Bowling  Green,  Ky.,  at  the  outbreak  of  hostilities. 
Probably  he  had  never  been  more  than  a  few  miles  from  home 
before.  It  was  a  surprise  to  him  to  see  so  many  men  in  one 
place  as  he  saw  about  the  fortifications  at  Bowling  Green. 
So  on  his  return  he  was  capable  of  infusing  hope  among 
secessionists.  He  stayed  overnight  at  Mr.  Welsh's,  east  of 
Lebanon,  on  his  route  home.  His  host  expressed  fear  for 
his  sons,  who  were  then  in  the  Kentucky  town.  Mr.  Goggin 
was  sitting  cross-legged  before  the  fire,  and  as  he  spat  into 
the  blaze  said:  "Suffer  no  uneasiness,  Mr.  Welsh.  I've  been 
to  Bowling  Green  and  seen  whereof  I  speak.  The  c-o-m- 
b-I-n-e-d  world  can't  take  that  town!"  I  wondered  if  Wheeler 
had  all  the  soldiers  of  the  South  bringing  them  through 
Liberty. 

For  two  or  three  days  and  nights  they  were  passing,  it 
seemed  to  me.  Perhaps  there  was  much  straggling.  At  the 
tail  end  came  Champ  Ferguson's  men.  They  had  been  an- 
noyed by  Stokes's  Regiment  in  White  County,  and  it  was 
feared  they  would  burn  Liberty  to  ashes,  it  having  been  the 
home  of  Stokes  and  many  of  his  followers.  However,  they 
destroyed  only  one  storehouse  and  a  barn.  They  wanted 
to  find  some  Union  men;  but  the  Southern  sympathizers  as- 
sured them  that  all  had  fled,  telling  a  fib  for  the  sake  of  their 
Union  neighbors. 

Speaking  of  Ferguson  recalls  the  "Battle  of  the  Calf-Killer," 
or  rather  the  tragedy.  Many  of  the  men  swooped  down  on 
and  killed  by  Ferguson  on  that  occasion  lived  around  Liberty. 
I  recall  seeing  them  brought  home  in  wagons  by  their  friends 
and  relatives  a  few  days  later. 

Another  tragedy  that  somewhat  affected  Liberty  was  the 
destruction  of  what  the  Union  people  called  "Pomp  Kersey's 
gang."  Kersey  lived  on  Short  Mountain,  ten  miles  in  the 
direction  of  Woodbury.  His  followers  were  mostly  young 
men  of  good  family.  They  had  taken  sides  with  the  South, 
and  frequently  raided  Liberty  and  the  surrounding  country, 
for    the    Federals    had    often    raided    their    homes    on    Short 


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Mountain,  sometimes  taking  innocent  lives.  Kersey's  last 
raid  was  made  one  night,  and  a  Union  citizen  of  Liberty  was 
killed.  The  next  morning  the  band  was  pursued  by  Black- 
burn's company.  The  latter  went  up  Clear  Fork  and  Canal 
Creek,  hearing  of  Kersey  from  time  to  time.  Early  in  the 
afternoon  they  tracked  their  prey  to  a  deep  hollow,  where 
«very  mountaineer  was  sound  asleep,  with  not  a  picket  on 
duty.  Doubtless  they  had  never  heard  that  the  Federals  were 
in  the  vicinity  when  they  made  their  raid,  or  they  would  not 
have  been  so  negligent.  Creeping  stealthily  to  within  gun- 
shot, Blackburn's  force  took  careful  aim  and  fired.  The  re- 
sult was  awful.  Only  one  of  the  hunted  men  escaped  death, 
and  he  was  not  the  leader. 

The  next  day  the  dead  men — perhaps  more  than  a  dozen — 
were  hauled  to  Liberty  in  an  ox  cart.  I  witnessed  the  un- 
loading. The  cart  was  driven  before  the  door  of  a  vacant 
store  and  the  gruesome  load  thrown  in  on  each  other,  as  if 
their  enemy  were  piling  rails.  Later  they  were  buried  in  an 
old  field,  and  after  the  war  their  bones  were  carried  by  friends 
back  to  their  native  mountain  and  reinterrcd. 

I  own  one  of  the  carbines  used  by  the  Federals  in  that  man 
hunt,  it  having  been  purchased  from  the  owner  after  the  war. 
[Tie  soldiers  were  often  quartered  on  the  citizens.  I  have 
seen  as  many  as  twenty  of  Quirk's  scouts  at  our  long  dining 
table  at  a  time,  our  family  eating  with  them.  One  evening 
I  heard  a  great  rumbling  as  of  continuous  thunder  west  of 
the  village.  The  scouts  jumped  up  from  the  table  in  much 
excitement.  Presently  some  of  them  returned,  greatly  pleased. 
A  number  of  the  scouts — or  it  may  have  been  another  body 
of  Confederates — had  captured  a  small  train  of  wagons  and 
were  having  it  rushed  to  the  village.  That  night  a  large 
box  filled  with  dry  goods  was  opened  in  our  house.  The  beau- 
tiful things  displayed  hurt  my  eyes  by  the  candlelight.  The 
capturcrs  were  liberal,  and  presented  many  things  to  their 
host  and  hostess. 

It  is  too  painful  to  dwell  on  the  individual  tragedies  that 
occurred  round  about.  I  shall  close  this  rambling  sketch 
with  a  somewhat  humorous  incident.  Colonel  Stokes  had 
married  my  mother's  sister.  He  owned  a  fine  farm  and 
negroes  three  miles  north  of  the  village.  As  shown,  he  was 
a  Federal.  My  mother's  brother,  who  was  a  "fire-eating 
Rebel,"  owned  a  fine  farm  and  negroes  two  miles  south  of  the 
village.  His  father  had  purchased  the  place  in  1810.  My 
uncle  had  been  a  Democratic  member  of  the  Legislature  twice 
before  the  war  and  Colonel  Stokes  had  been  in  Congress. 

These  brothers-in-law  were  friendly  despite  politics;  but 
Stokes's  men,  who  did  pretty  much  as  they  pleased,  were 
ever  on  the  hunt  for  the  fire-eater,  and  he  was  continually 
"skedaddling."  One  cold  winter  night  he  and  other  refugees 
were  sleeping  in  a  barn  some  miles  from  home,  among  them 
a  man  who  was  not  very  "bright."  About  midnight  the  crowd 
was  awakened  by  the  simpleton  "Git  up,  men;  git  up!"  he 
whispered  hoarsely.    "The  Yankees  is  comin'!" 

"How  do  you  know?"  my  uncle  asked,  rubbing  his  eyes 
and  listening  to  the  cold  wind  blowing  among  the  hills. 

"'Cause  I  hear  Patsy  Spurlock's  dogs  barkin'  away  down 
the  creek."  explained  the  man. 

"Now  if  you  can  assure  me  that  Patsy  Spurlock's  dogs 
bark  only  at  Yankees  I'll  be  willing  to  take  this  raw  January 
air!"  exclaimed  uncle,  and  crawled  back  under  the  hay. 


RAMBLING  THOUGHTS  OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR. 
I 'I  hose    scraps    of   memory    were    found    among    some    old 
manuscript  by  the  Veteran.    The  author  is  unknown! 


I  will  attempt  to  give  you  a  few  rambling  thoughts  and  re- 
membrances of  the  Civil  War  for  the  salvation  of  this  country, 
yours  and  mine,  in  which  I  participated. 

It  was  a  rude  beginning  in  life  for  us  young  men  when  we 
found  ourselves  inside  the  great  board  fence  with  a  line  of 
sentries  to  guard  us.  It  is  one  thing  to  meet  a  man  every  day 
on  the  street  or  even  at  work ;  it  is  quite  another  to  be  com- 
pelled to  bunk  with  him  and  take  your  breakfast  out  of  the 
same  camp  kettle.  We  learned  our  own  hitherto  unsuspected 
faults;  we  discovered  the  good  qualities  of  even  our  most 
faulty  comrades.     We  saw  human  nature  at  close  r 

There  are  none  of  you  but  have  your  idea  of  a  -■■  ::er,  and 
you  will  all  admit  there  exist  great  differences.  1  \..  .  not  at- 
tempt to  tell  you  the  difference  between  a  bad  a"  a  good 
soldier  It  often  occurs  that  the  wicked  and  profane  show  the 
most  actual  respect  ami  sympathy  for  associates  and  comrades. 

The  best  officers  were  those  who  without  sacrifice  of  dig- 
nity kept  a  lively  sense  of  comradeship  with  their  men.  The 
first  duty  of  a  soldier  is  to  obey  commands  promptly  and  sub- 
mit to  discipline.  Hence  there  must  be  much  and  continued 
drilling  from  first  to  Inst,  that  discipline  lie  maintained  in 
camp,  on  march,  on  the  skirmish  line,  in  battle,  on  a  charge. 
or  behind  breastworks. 

When  we  started  to  the  front,  it  is  amusing  to  think  of  the 
kindness  of  those  who  loved  US,  how  they  loaded  us  down  with 
all  sorts  of  knickknacks,  when  our  backs  were  our  only  store- 
house— patent  writing  cases,  extra  socks,  mittens,  ponchos  for 
the  shoulders,  haverlocks  for  the  heads,  Bowie  knives,  re- 
volvers, extra  blankets,  rubber  blankets,  etc.  But  in  a  very 
short  time  we  were  reduced  to  an  absolutely  socialistic  equality 
in  this  world's  goods.  Every  man  in  uniform  was  a  com- 
rade, though  each  company  was  a  family  by  itself. 

On  a  march  usually  two  men  tented  together ;  in  camp  four 
could  use  their  tent  pieces  to  better  advantage  than  two  or 
three.  Men  came  together  as  tcntmates  by  natural  process  of 
selection,  having  been  schoolmates,  workfellows,  perhaps 
brothers,  cousins,  etc. ;  so  at  first  some  new  associa- 
tions were  formed  of  kindred  spirits.  More  and  more  the 
company  became  a  great  family ;  unnoticed  attractions  of  af- 
finity drew  men  together  in  bonds  seldom  broken  save  by 
death.  Some  soldierly  friendships  bind  old  men  together  to 
this  day,  and  their  hearts  are  filled  with  love  when  they  say 
"comrade."  When  you  and  your  friends  have  slept  under 
one  blanket,  shared  each  other's  daily  bread;  when  you  de- 
pended on  him  and  he  on  you;  when  together  you  have  touched 
elbows  and  have  charged  into  the  hell  of  deadly  battle,  facing 
death  and  meting  out  death  to  your  fellow-men — if  you  are 
spared  from  death,  wound,  or  prison,  the  first  question  at  rally 
will  be:  "Is  John  safe?  Where  is  Bill?  Henry  is  killed? 
O  God,  is  that  so?  Well,  well,  too  bad!  He  was  a  good  fel- 
low! And  Jim  lays  on  the  field  wounded?  Who  will  join 
me  to  run  the  lines  and  save  him  by  bringing  him  in?" 

My  friends,  when  together  you  have  suffered,  hungered, 
thirsted,  endured  heartbreaking  battle  scenes  and  awful  trials 
of  weariness,  huddled  together  in  storm  and  cold,  long 
marches,  long,  dreary,  monotonous  camp  life  for  months  and 
years,  you  will  know  what  it  means  to  live  a  common  life  with 
a  fellow-man  ;  and  if  you  meet  the  test,  then  you  know  what 
real  friendship  means. 

One  thing  as  inevitable  as  day  and  night  was  roll  call.  In 
storm  or  sunshine,  in  camp  or  on  march,  before  and  after 
battle,  first  in  morning,  last  at  night,  it  was  roll  call.  It  told 
of  the  sick,  disabled,  wounded,  taken  prisoner  or  killed. 
Imagine  if  you  can  the  roll  call  at  night  after  a  battle,  again 


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after  the  second  day  of  battle,  sometimes  three,  four,  and 
even  seven  and  eight  continual  days  of  battle.  Each  night 
the  roll  call  proceeds ;  sometimes  it  -seemed  as  though  an 
unseen  presence  whispered:  "Here." 

There  are  no  funerals  on  the  march.  If  a  soldier  falls  out, 
stricken  with  mortal  sickness,  he  is  left  alone  to  be  picked  up 
by  the  ambulance  or  perhaps  to  die  alone  by  the  wayside. 
Columns  cannot  halt  after  battle ;  there  are  but  ghoulish 
burials.     In  camp  decencies  of  death  are  rudely  observed. 

If  you  were  to  ask  a  dozen  or  more  old  soldiers  to  tell  you 
how  they  felt  going  into  their  first  battle,  perhaps  no  two 
would  give  precisely  the  same  impression.  To  most  men 
going  for  the  first  time  into  the  fire  of  an  enemy's  guns  on  the 
field  of  battle  is  certainly  a  trying  ordeal ;  it  is  an  occasion 
attended  with  most  thrilling  sensations  of  dread  and  fear. 

A  volunteer  army  is  composed  of  varied  classes  of  men, 
and  in  the  variety  dangers  do  not  always  develop  the  same 
feelings  or  results.  Men  who  confront  death  on  a  battle- 
field from  a  sense  of  duty  are  affected  differently  from  those 
who  under  the  mere  thrill  of  excitement  rush  like  the  un- 
thinking horse  into  peril,  heedless  of  cause  or  result. 

Then  there  is  another  class  of  soldiery :  men  who  are,  they 
know  not  why,  utterly  indifferent  to  fate — men  who  are  un- 
consciously devoid  of  the  sense  of  danger  even  if  they  do  not 
possess  that  sublime  trait  of  character  called  valor.  Bravery 
does  not  always  consist  of  power  or  capacity  to  meet  and 
defy  danger,  and  men  are  often  cowards  when  there  is  really 
no  danger  to  face  and  overcome.  But  as  soon  as  the  soldier 
gets  up  under  the  enemy's  fire  and  is  being  shot  at  and  the 
opportunity  is  given  him  to  return  the  fire,  then  it  is  that  all 
the  trouble  and  all  the  dread  of  battles  are  over  with  that 
soldier  who  has  any  of  the  elements  of  manhood  in  him. 
Then  the  man  naturally  rises  to  the  need ;  then  comes  the 
spending  of  the  energies  for  the  assault  upon  the  foe,  then  the 
yearning  for  the  fire  and  the  advance. 

Once  in  the  din  and  flame  and  roar  of  the  conflict,  there  is 
no  time  to  think  of  consequences,  no  time  for  thought  of 
the  loved  ones  at  home  far  away.  The  only  consuming  pas- 
sion then  is  how  to  get  at  the  enemy  and  punish  him,  and 
hence  comes  the  rush  and  the  shout,  the  incarnation  of  re- 
solve that  always  characterizes  the  charge  that  leads  on  to 
victory  or  death. 

If  you  can  once  get  a  weak  man  into  the  fight,  he  is  no 
longer  a  coward.  The  white  liver  that  quails  and  carries  its 
possessor  from  the  field  before  the  enemy  is  in  sight  changes 
into  that  of  the  lion  when  the  man  is  face  to  face  with  the 
foe  in  the  struggle  for  life  and  victory  under  his  flag.  And 
it  is  the  truly  brave  man  at  times  who  can  turn  and  flee  when 
he  sees  there  is  no  longer  virtue  or  honor  in  battling  the  un- 
conquered  enemy  before  him. 


GENERAL  ASH  BY  IN  THE  SHENANDOAH  VALLEY. 
Dabney  in  his  life  of  Stonewall  Jackson  does  a  great  in- 
justice when  he  says  Genral  Ashby  went  on  an  independent 
expedition  toward  Berryville  from  Winchester  during  Banks's 
retreat.  My  recollection  is  that  General  Ashby  with  a  portion 
of  his  cavalry  command  followed  Banks's  retreating  army  to 
Martinsburg  and  on  to  Falling  Waters,  where  the  most  of 
Banks's  command  crossed  the  Potomac.  General  Ashby  aban- 
doned the  chase  and  returned  to  Martinsburg,  where  he  left 
Company  G  of  the  7th  Regiment  of  Virginia  Cavalry  to  do 
provost  duty,  with  First  Lieut.  Ben  Crampton  as  provost 
marshal  of  the  town.  Our  company  was  the  only  one  to 
guard  the  town  until  the  commissary  and  medical  stores  could 


be  removed.  I  think  General  Ashby  went  from  Martinsburg 
with  the  rest  of  his  command  to  Harper's  Ferry,  where  Stone- 
wall Jackson  was  with  his  command. 

Our  company  at  Martinsburg  was  instructed  to  picket  one 
mile  north  of  the  town  on  the  turnpike  road  leading  to  Falling 
Waters  and  to  scout  to  Falling  Waters  every  day.  On  the 
afternoon  of  May  29  S.  Clapham  Smith,  a  sergeant  of  Com- 
pany G,  7th  Virginia  Cavalry,  with  a  detail  of  eight  men,  in- 
cluding the  writer  (also  a  sergeant  in  the  company)  went  on 
a  scout  to  Falling  Waters.  Ascertaining  there  were  no  Federals 
on  the  Virginia  side  of  the  Potomac,  we  picketed  at  the  toll- 
gate,  about  one  mile  north  of  Martinsburg.  We  had  our  re- 
serve at  the  tollgate  and  a  vedette  some  two  or  three  hundred 
yards  down  the  turnpike  toward -Falling  Waters.  About  day- 
light on  the  morning  of  the  30th  of  May  the  Federals  drove 
in  our  vedette,  who  notified  us  that  the  Federals  were  coming. 
By  the  time  we  had  mounted  our  horses  the  Federals  were 
almost  up  to  us.  We  sent  a  courier  to  Lieutenant  Crampton, 
who,  with  the  company,  was  camped  about  one  mile  south  of 
Martinsburg.  We  emptied  our  revolvers  as  the  Federals 
charged  and  beat  a  hasty  retreat,  followed  closely  by  them 
through  the  town  and  to  where  our  company  was  camped. 
Lieutenant  Crampton  fell  back  south  from  the  camp  and 
formed  in  the  edge  of  the  woods.  The  Federals  charged  into 
our  camp  and  captured  our  company  wagon.  There  seemed 
to  be  about  a  regiment  of  them. 

Just  at  this  time  Lieutenant  Crampton  received  an  order 
from  General  Ashby  to  guard  Jackson's  wagon  train,  which 
was  coming  from  toward  Harper's  Ferry.  We  gathered  up 
some  straggling  infantry  and  formed  them  behind  a  stone 
fence,  and  showed  so  bold  a  front  that  we  kept  the  Federal 
cavalry  back,  and  they  did  not  discover  Jackson's  wagon  train 
with  no  guard  or  protection.  Jackson's  army  was  falling  back 
toward  Winchester.  After  the  wagon  train  had  passed,  our 
company  acted  as  a  rear  guard.  General  Ashby  and  General 
Ewell  pushed  on  to  Strausburg  and  met  and  checked  Fre- 
mont, who  was  coming  from  the  west  to  intercept  Jackson, 
who  had  Shields  on  the  south  of  him  with  Fremont  and  Mil- 
roy  north  and  west  of  him  and  Banks  in  his  rear. 

When  we  come  to  consider  the  vast  amount  of  picketing 
and  scouting  General  Ashby  had  to  do,  with  four  armies  to 
watch  and  keep  General  Jackson  posted  as  to  their  movements, 
there  is  no  wonder  his  cavalry  was  scattered.  With  so  many 
armies  to  watch  I  don't  think  the  criticisms  of  General  Ashby 
are  justifiable.  I  am  sure  he  did  his  whole  duty,  and  kept 
his  command  together  as  well  as  the  circumstances  would 
permit.  When  Jackson  fell  back  up  the  valley,  General  Ashby 
collected  his  men  from  each  side  of  the  valley,  where  they 
were  on  duty  as  pickets  and  scouts,  and  formed  a  rear  guard. 
General  Ashby  made  a  stand  at  the  bridge  over  the  north 
fork  of  the  Shenandoah  River  near  Mt.  Jackson  and  burned 
the  bridge  while  the  Federals  were  on  the  opposite  side  of  the 
river  trying  to  drive  him  off.  Here  he  delayed  the  army  of 
Milroy,  which  gave  Jackson  a  chance  to  get  ahead. 

The  day  General  Ashby  was  killed,  June  6,  1862,  he  was 
guarding  the  rear  of  Jackson's  army  with  his  cavalry  com- 
mand, when  Sir  Percy  Wyndham  charged  us  with  the  inten- 
tion of  bagging  Ashby  and  his  cavalry;  but  Ashby  bagged 
him  and  about  seventy  of  his  command.  I  am  sure  most  all 
of  his  cavalry  was  there  at  that  time  except  that  which  was 
sent  to  watch  Shield's,  who  was  coming  up  on  the  other  side 
of  the  Shenandoah  River.  You  will  see  it  was  impossible  to 
keep  Ashby's  Cavalry  together,  for  they  had  nearly  all  of  one 
hundred  miles  of  territory  to  watch  and  picket. 


Qppfederat^  l/eterar?. 


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WILCOX'S  ALABAMA  BRIGADE  AT  GETTYSBURG. 

BY  JUDGE  CEORGE  CLARK,  WACO,  TEX. 

After  Chanccllorsville  and  the  death  of  Stonewall  Jackson, 
the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  was  divided  into  three  corps 
instead  of  two,  as  formerly,  and  Longstreet,  Ewell,  and  A. 
P.  Hill  were  designated  as  corps  commanders  in  the  order 
named.  The  Alabama  brigade,  under  Brig.  Gen.  Cadmus  M. 
Wilcox,  was  taken  from  Longstreet's  ist  Corps  and  assigned 
to  the  3d  Corps,  commanded  by  A.  P.  Hill,  as  the  senior  bri- 
gade of  that  corps. 

Early  in  June,  1863,  the  movement  began  by  detaching  the 
two  corps  of  Longstreet  and  Ewell  and  moving  them  toward 
Culpcper  C.  H.  and  beyond,  leaving  the  3d  Corps  at  and 
near  Fredericksburg.  Immediately  after  the  departure  of  these 
two  corps  from  the  vicinity  of  Fredericksburg  and  Gordons- 
villc  the  enemy  crossed  a  force  over  the  Rappahannock  River 
and  took  position  at  or  near  Hamilton  Crossing",  below  the  city, 
evidently  for  purposes  of  observation.  Hill's  Corps  remained 
in  position  for  several  days,  perhaps  for  more  than  a  week, 
and  then  took  up  the  line  of  march  for  Culpcper  C.  H.,  mov- 
ing by  regular  stages,  and  arrived  there  just  as  General  Lee 
and  Staff  moved  out  to  cross  the  mountains.  The  march  was 
resumed  the  next  day  in  the  same  direction.  The  mountains 
were  crossed  at  Chester  Gap  and  thence  north  down  the 
valley,  through  Front  Royal  and  on  to  Shepherdstown,  where 
the  Potomac  was  forded  at  the  same  point  (about  opposite 
Sharpsburg)  which  the  army  had  crossed  in  its  retreat  from 
Sharpsburg  the  year  previous.  Passing  through  Funkstown 
and  Hagerstown  and  other  places,  the  division  reached  Cham- 
bcrsburg.  Pa.,  in  two  or  three  days,  and  marched  through  that 
place  in  company  with  General  Lee  and  staff  and  took  post 
at  a  small  village  several  miles  from  Chambcrsburg  called 
Fayctteville,  where  a  halt  was  called  for  two  or  three  days. 
There  were  many  incidents  connected  with  the  march  from 
Fredericksburg  both  amusing  and  interesting,  memories  of 
which  are  vividly  retained  to  this  day,  but  Space  forbids  their 
recounting  here.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  the  brigade  as  well  ns 
the  rest  of  the  army  were  in  the  best  of  spirits  and  ready 
and  more  than  willing  to  measure  results  with  the  enemy  at 
any  time  or  place. 

On  the  morning  of  July  1  the  brigade  took  up  its  line  of 
march  with  tin  division,  .and  about  noon  reached  the  little 
village  of  Fairfield,  just  east  of  the  mountains,  and  halted. 
Heavy  firing  was  going  on  some  distance  east  on  the  pike, 
and  it  was  soon  ascertained  that  an  engagement  with  the 
enemy  was  taking  place  at  or  near  Gettysburg.  The  march 
was  resumed  at  once,  and  upon  reaching  General  Lee's  head- 
quarters later  in  the  afternoon  the  cessation  of  the  firing  in- 
dicated that  the  engagement  was  over — at  least  for  the  pres- 
ent. The  nth  Alabama  was  soon  detached  and,  accompanied 
by  two  pieces  of  artillery,  took  position  on  the  extreme  right, 
or  rather  in  the  rear  of  what  afterwards  proved  to  be  our 
right,  and  after  throwing  out  a  strong  picket  force  rested 
for  the  night  without  disturb.:: 

About  sunrise  the  next  morning  (July  2)  the  brigade 
formed  line  and  moved  to  the  left  and  cast,  and  on  reaching 
the  proper  point  fronted  and  began  to  move  forward  in  line 
to  the  position  assigned  us  for  the  battle.  The  nth  Alabama 
occupied  the  left  of  the  line,  and  after  moving  forward  a 
short  distance  entered  a  valley  and  an  open  wheat  field,  and 
when  about  halfway  across  the  field  were  fired  into  by  a  bri- 
gade of  Federal  sharpshooters  in  the  woods  011  our  right  and 
rear,  which  produced  some  confusion  and  a  retreat  hack  to 
the  fence,  so  as  to  escape  the  fire  from  the  rear.     But  just  at 


this  time  the  10th  Alabama  came  up  on  our  right  and  im- 
mediately opposite  the  Federals  in  the  woods,  and  after  a 
brisk  musketry  drove  the  enemy  back  and  uncovered  the  right 
flank  of  the  nth  Alabama,  thus  enabling  the  brigade  to 
move  forward  in  line  and  take  position,  which  was  done  at 
another  fence  across  the  field. 

Llere  we  remained  almost  the  entire  day  and  until  4  r.M. 
The  sun  was  fiercely  hot,  and  there  was  no  shade  or  other  pro- 
tection for  the  men.  Here  they  sweltered  and  sweated  and 
swore  until  about  four  in  the  afternoon,  when  the  engage- 
ment began  on  the  right. 

Our  brigade  commander  during  the  morning  took  occasion 
to  explain  to  the  officers  the  general  plan  of  the  battle,  in  so 
far  as  our  immediate  front  was  concerned,  stating  that  the 
movement  forward  would  be  by  echelon,  beginning  with  the 
right  of  Longstrect's  Corps  and  extending  to  the  left  as 
each  brigade  came  into  action;  and  that,  owing  to  our  situa- 
tion, the  Alabama  Brigade  at  the  proper  time  would  move  bj 
the  left  flank  rapidly,  so  as  to  give  Barksdale's  Mississippi 
Brigade,  which  would  be  on  our  immediate  right,  room  to 
move  forward  in  proper  line. 

Thus  matters  stood  until  about  4  p.m.,  when  the  thunder  of 
cannon  up  on  the  right  announced  the  beginning  of  the  action. 
As    Lot  came   into   action    the    roar   of   the 

cannon  was  accompanied  by  the  rattle  of  musketry,  mingled 
with  the  yells  of  our  boys  as  they  moved  forward  on  the 
run,  and  the  scene  was  grand  and  terrific.  As  the  fire  and  the 
clamor  approached  the  Alabama  Brigade  Barksdale  threw 
forward  his  Mississippinns  in  an  unbroken  line  in  the  most 
magnificent  charge  I  witnessed  during  the  war,  and  led  by 
illant  Barksdale,  who  seemed  to  be  fifty  yards  in  front 
of  his  brave  boys.     The  scene  was  grand  beyond  description. 

The  order  was  then  given  our  brigade  to  move  rapidly  by 
the  left  flank,  and  the  movement  was  made  at  full  sp:ed  until 
space  was  cleared  sufficient  for  the  Mississippians,  and  then 
with  right  face  the  brigade  moved  forward  to  the  assault. 
Amid  showers  of  grape  an  r  and  dense  musketry  the 

first  line  of  the  enemy  in  front  gave  way  precipitately,  and 
then  the  reserve  and  supporting  line  of  the  enemy  was  struck, 
and  in  turn  broke,  leaving  111  our  hands  several  batteries  of 
artillery  and  many  of  the  killed  ami  wounded  Hut  no  stop 
was  made  even  for  re  formation.  On  Swept  the  line  swiftly, 
joined  by  Perry's  Florida  Brigade  and  Wright's  Georgia  Bri- 
gade, across  Seminary  Ridge  and  the  pike  and  down  the 
gradual  slope  toward  the  heights  occupied  by  another  line  of 
the  enemy,  a  distance  of  at  least  a  third  of  a  mile. 

By  the  time  the  small  brushy  drain  at  the  foot  of  the 
enemy's  position  was  reached  the  brigades  of  Barksdale, 
Wilcox.  Perry,  and  Wright  were  in  marked  confusion, 
mixed  up  indiscriminately,  officers  apart  from  their  men,  men 
without  officers,  but  all  pushing  forward  notwithstanding. 
Upon  striking  the  third  line  of  the  enemy  on  Cemetery  I 
and  while  some  of  the  officers  were  using  their  utmost  en- 
deavors to  get  the  men  in  order,  couriers  were  hurried  back 
to  the  division  commander  to  send  forward  quickly  the  two 
brigades  in  reserve  belonging  to  Anderson's  Division,  and  the 
battle  went  on  furiously  while  awaiting  their  arrival.  The 
enemj  began  concentrating  heavy  masses  in  our  front  and  on 
both  Hanks:  but  still  our  ground  was  held  awaiting  reinforce- 
ments for  another  assault.  The  air  was  thick  with  missiles 
of  every  character,  the  roar  of  artillery  practically  drowning 
the  shrill  hi^s  of  the  Mmies.  In  spite  of  every  obstacle,  the 
confused  and  practically  disorganized  mass  of  Confederates 
d  on  up  the  incline,  only  to  be  again  forced  to  sullenly 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterai?. 


drop  back,  until  at  last,  becoming  nearly  surrounded  and  no 
reinforcements  coming  to  their  aid,  the  retreat  was  sounded 
and  the  Confederates  withdrew,  many  being  captured  and  the 
others  barely  escaping  and  subjected  for  a  distance  to  a  de- 
structive fire  from  the  enemy. 

So  ended  the  second  day's  fight  on  this  part  of  the  line. 
The  Alabama  Brigade  lost  about  one-half  its  strength  in 
casualties  and  captures,  and  retired  practically  to  its  original 
position  of  the  previous  morning,  where  it  spent  the  night. 

At  an  early  hour  on  the  morning  of  July  3  the  brigade  vis 
formed  and  moved  up  somewhat  in  the  rear  of  Seminary  Ridge. 
The  artillery  was  beginning  to  form  on  our  front  along  the 
Emmetsburg  Pike,  and  the  brigade  was  halted  in  the  rear 
it  the  artillery  then  beginning  to  form  and  told  that 
this  would  be  its  position  during  the  bombardment  which  was 
to  take  place  during  the  day.  The  men  began  to  make  them- 
selves as  comfortable  as  practicable,  when  the  brigade  com- 
mander, unaccompanied  by  his  staff,  went  forward  on  foot 
to  the  crest  of  the  ridge  and  was  seen  to  be  surveying  the 
enemy's  position  opposite  on  Cemetery  Ridge  through  his  field 
glass.  After  a  short  while  he  returned;  and  forming  the  bri- 
gade in  line,  he  moved  it  forward  until  it  reached  a  space  of 
about  forty  yards  behind  the  artillery  which  was  being  planted 
near  the  crest.  When  this  was  done,  there  were  ominous 
shakes  of  the  head  among  the  boys  as  to  the  wisdom  of  such 
a  move,  and  expressions  were  heard  to  the  effect  that  "Old 
Billy  Fixin"  (the  brigadier's  nickname)  was  not  satisfied  with 
having  lost  one-half  his  brigade  the  day  before,  but  was  de- 
termined to  sacrifice  "the  whole  caboodle"  to-day.  The  wis- 
dom of  the  change  was  demonstrated  by  the  bombardment. 

Immediately  upon  our  advance  Pickett's  Division  came  up 
and  occupied  our  original  position  with  his  left  brigade,  the 
other  two  brigades  of  his  division  extending  farther  to  the 
right. 

After  hours  of  waiting,  the  bombardment  opened  with  a 
fury  beyond  description.  The  earth  seemed  to  rise  up  under 
the  concussion,  the  air  was  filled  with  missiles,  and  the  noise 
and  din  were  so  furious  and  overwhelming  as  well  as  con- 
tinuous that  one  had  to  scream  to  his  neighbor  lying  beside 
him  to  be  heard  at  all.  The  constant  roar  of  nearly  four 
hundred  cannon  on  both  sides,  with  the  explosion  of  the  shells 
and  frequently  the  bursting  of  a  caisson  wagon,  was  terrific 
beyond  description.  Men  could  be  seen,  especially  among  the 
artillery,  bleeding  at  both  ears  from  concussion,  and  the  wreck 
of  matter  and  the  crush  of  worlds  seemed  to  be  upon  us. 

After  an  hour  or  so,  or  perhaps  longer,  Pickett's  men  were 
ordered  up  and  began  their  forward  movement  to  storm  the 
enemy's  position  on  Cemetery  Ridge.  His  division  had  suf- 
fered considerably  during  the  bombardment,  especially  the 
brigade  which  occupied  the  old  position  of  Wilcox  in  our 
rear;  but  the  men  moved  forward  in  fine  order  and,  passing 
to  the  right  of  our  brigade,  mounted  the  crest  of  the  ridge 
and  started  down  the  gradual  incline  toward  the  enemy's 
lines  of  intrenchments  with  quick  pace  and  steady  step.  Just 
as  they  passed  our  right  flank  orders  were  given  to  our  brigade 
to  rise  and  move  rapidly  by  the  right  flank,  which  was  prompt- 
ly done,  and  then  the  brigade  faced  and  moved  forward  rapid- 
ly to  the  right  of  Pickett.  Just  previous  to  our  reaching 
Pickett's  right  his  division  seemed  to  take  somewhat  of  a  left 
oblique  and  soon  disappeared  from  my  view,  and  I  only  have 
its  brave  deeds  from  history. 

The  Alabama  Brigade  proceeded  to  charge  Meade's  army 
alone.  What  such  an  absurd  movement  meant  was  never 
known  to  the  officers  then,  nor  has  it  ever  been  satisfactorily 


explained  since.  It  was  rumored  afterwards  that  orders  had 
been  issued  to  stop  our  movement,  but  were  never  delivered ; 
but  the  whole  affair  is  involved  in  mystery  even  to  this  day. 
Be  that  as  it  may,  the  brigade  moved  forward  rapidly;  but 
one  could  hear  frequent  expressions  from  the  men  to  the 
effect:  "What  in  the  devil  does  this  mean?"  For  a  few  mo- 
ments practically  no  loss  occurred  in  our  forward  movement ; 
but  the  Federal  artillery  soon  got  their  range,  and  a  storm  of 
shot  and  shell  was  poured  upon  us.  Shrapnel  shot  would  burst 
in  front  of  us  and  great  gaps  be  made  in  our  ranks,  but  the 
ranks  would  close  and  the  line  move  forward. 

"Theirs  not  to  reason  why, 
Theirs  but  to  do  and  die." 

At  last  we  came  within  the  range  of  grape  and  canister, 
and  a  hurricane  of  such  missiles  seemed  to  burst  from  a  hun- 
dred cannon  on  our  little  line  of  about  eight  hundred,  rank 
and  file,  and  plow  their  deadly  path  through  our  ranks.  We 
finally  reached  a  scrubby  timbered  drain  just  under  the 
enemy's  position,  and  were  passing  through  it  as  rapidly  as 
possible  when  further  participation,  in  so  far  as  I  was  con- 
cerned, altogether  ceased.  A  grape  shot  struck  me  down,  and 
the  struggle  ended  in  so  far  as  I  was  concerned.  The  retreat 
was  ordered,  and  I  was  left  alone  to  contemplate  the  horrors 
of  war  and  the  reckless  and  criminal  folly  of  a  military  order 
which  was  subsequently  repudiated  by  every  officer  from  third 
lieutenant  to  the  commanding  general. 

What  happened  to  myself  subsequently  can  be  of  little  inter- 
est to  any  living  man.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  I  escaped  capture 
and  imprisonment  by  the  gallant  conduct  of  four  of  my  good 
comrades,  who,  when  the  brigade  was  re-formed,  ascertained 
my  absence  and  its  cause  and  gallantly  came  back  and  picked 
me  up  on  a  litter  and  carried  me  off  the  field.  These  four 
men  are  all  dead  now ;  but  the  memory  of  this  good  deed  will 
abide  with  me  so  long  as  I  am  capable  of  tender  and  grateful 
recollection. 

On  a  mound  on  Cemetery  Heights  there  has  been  erected  a 
monument  marked  "The  High-Water  Mark  of  the  Confed- 
eracy." It  was  designed  to  mark  the  farthest  point  reached 
by  the  Confederates,  and  glancing  at  the  inscription  one  can 
read  thereon :  "Wilcox's  Alabama  Brigade — Esto  Perpetua." 


HARDSHIPS  OF  GEORGIA  REGULARS. 

BY    W.    H.    ANDREWS,    SUGAR   VALLEY,    GA. 

In  reply  to  what  the  old  soldiers  are  the  most  thankful  for, 
I  state  first  that  a  good  place  to  sleep,  where  I  can  remain 
during  the  night  without  being  roused  to  cook  three  days' 
rations  and  be  on  the  march  before  twelve  o'clock.  I  am 
thankful  for  three  things  especially:  a  good  roof  over  my 
head,  three  appetizing  meals  a  day,  and  a  good  feather  bed 
on  which  to  stretch  my  weary  limbs.  I  don't  believe  that  any 
other  soldiers  ever  suffered  the  hardships  and  privations  of 
the  Confederates,  who  were  often  in  rags  and  marched  with 
bleeding  feet  over  the  rough  turnpike  roads  or  through 
mud  and  water  while  suffering  from  cold  and  hunger,  fighting 
with  fortitude  unsurpassed  by  any  soldiers  in  the  world. 

I  enlisted  in  the  1st  Regiment  of  Georgia  Regulars  at  Fort 
Gaines  February  26,  1861,  and  arrived  at  the  Oglethorpe  Bar- 
racks on  March  8,  and  I  never  ate  one  meal  that  I  relished 
until  we  went  to  Virginia  in  July,  1861.     *     *     * 

From  the  time  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  retreated 
from  Manassas,  on  March  S,  1862,  we  never  enjoyed  tents, 
except  for  a  few  days  at  Culpeper  and  a  few  days  during  the 
siege  of  Richmond,  until  after  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  iru 


Qoofederatc?  Ueterap. 


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December,  1862.  During  the  siege  of  Yorlctown,  in  April, 
1862,  the  line  of  breastworks  extended  from  the  James  to  the 
York  Rivers  and  were  occupied  by  a  line  of  battle  day  and 
night,  with  the  soldiers  at  times  knee-deep  in  water.  About 
nine  o'clock  one  night  at  Dam  No.  1  I  was  ordered  with  four 
others  to  cross  the  dam  and  establish  a  picket  post  at  the 
other  end.  Tt  was  light  enough  to  have  seen  a  rabbit  any- 
where on  the  dam,  while  the  Federal  pickets  were  Stationed 
at  the  other  end.  We  crossed  by  crawling  on  our  hands  and 
knees  in  the  mud  and  water  at  the  lower  edge,  crawled  to 
within  thirty  feet  of  the  Federals,  and  remained  there  all  night 
half  submerged  in  the  mud  and  water,  and  God  alone  will  ever 
know  what  we  suffered  through  those  long  hours.  A  little 
before  day  we  returned  in  the  same  way  to  the  breastworks, 
en  route  to  which  for  a  few  seconds  we  faced  grim  death,  as 
we  were  supposed  to  be  the  enemy  advancing.  As  we  were 
wading  through  the  water  at  the  end  of  the  dam  every  man 
in  the  works  brought  his  gun  to  bear  on  us,  and  I  thought 
as  I  glanced  up  the  gun  barrels  that  my  time  had  come. 
Some  one  explained,  however,  the  guns  were  withdrawn,  and 
I  tumbled  over  in  the  work?  as  limp  a-  a  rag. 

Johnston's  army  retreated  from  Yorktown  on  May  5,  1S62, 
and  after  Magruder's  command  passed  Williamsburg  it  com- 
menced  to  rain.  The  regulars  spent  the  night  assisting  a 
battery  of  artillery  on  a  country  road,  and  at  times  the  axles 
would  scrape  the  ground.  What  a  night  we  had  of  it — 
sleepy,  hungry,  tired,  and  drenched  with  rain  and  mud!  We 
caught  up  with  the  rest  of  our  brigade  at  sunrise  as  they 
were  marching  into  ihe  road  to  begin  the  day's  march,  which 
was  continued  until  sundown  When  we  went  into  camp  that 
night,  our  skillet  wagons  were  somewhere  in  the  rear,  stuck 
in  the  mud,  and  we  had  nothing  to  cook  in  and  but  little  to 
cock.  1  had  some  flour  that  I  drew  before  leaving  Yorktown 
and  made  it  into  dough  on  a  rag,  wrapped  it  around  my  ram- 
rod, and  baked   it   o>  ei    1  lie   fil  < 

During  the  campaign  in  Maryland  in  1S62  Longstreet's 
Corps  drew  two  days'  rations  at  Hagerstown.  This  for  Satur- 
day and  Sunday.  On  Tuesday  evening  following  while  in 
line  of  battle  in  front  of  Sharpsburg  a  cow  was  feeding  in 
front  of  the  line.  General  Anderson  ordered  her  killed  and 
divided  among  the  men  of  his  brigade,  and  I  received  a  piece 
a  little  larger  than  a  hen's  egg.  broiled  it  over  some  coals,  and 
ate  it  without  bread  or  salt.  On  Wednesday  was  fought  the 
great  battle  of  Sharpsburg.  Tt  continued  all  day.  On  Thurs- 
day morning  a  comrade  gave  me  two  crackers  and  a  small 
piece  of  bacon  that  he  had  taken  from  a  Yankee's  have 
By  that  time  the  pangs  of  hunger  were  becoming  very  acute. 
I  scaled  the  fence  to  an  apple  orchard,  where  I  was  seen  by 
General  Lee  with  my  haversack  and  pockets  bulging  with  ap- 
ples. I  was  arrested,  bul  1  gave  the  guard  the  slip  and  made 
my  escape.  Thursday  night  the  army  was  by  the  Potomac. 
We  marched  all  day  Friday  and  until  eleven  o'clock  at  night, 
when  we  halted  for  about  one  hour. 

Sergeant  W.  G.  Humphreys,  my  chum  and  companion,  one 
of  the  best  soldiers  in  the  Confederate  army,  had  secured 
some  Irish  potatoes  while  on  the  much,  and  we  cooked  them 
with  my  small  piece  of  bacon  111  a  tin  can.  Talk  about  a 
feast!  I  relished  those  few  potatoes  more  than  anything 
that  1  ever  ate.  'I  hey  were  so  good  that  we  debated  for 
a  while  whether  wc  should  invite  General  Anderson  to  partake 
of  our  feast.  The  march  was  continued  until  daybreak  Satur- 
day, when  we  reached  our  wagon  trains  and  secured  rations, 
ive  rlnys  I  had  not  eaten  as  much  as  one  square  meal. 
While  the  army  was  in  front  of  Fredericksburg  in  November 


and  December,  1862,  the  weather  was  extremely  cold,  the 
ground  being  frozen  for  about  twelve  inches.  We  built  log 
fires  and  at  night  slept  around  them  in  circles,  while  thousands 
of  soldiers  were  either  barefooted  or  destitute  of  blankets ; 
but  then  the  Confederate  soldier  was  a  strange  genus.  You 
could  not  starve  or  freeze  him;  he  fattened  on  marching  and 
fighting. 

One  morning  the  regulars  were  ordered  on  picket  duty  on 
the  Rappahannock  below  the  city.  When  we  left  camp  it  was 
raining,  then  it  sleeted,  and  the  sleet  was  covered  with  eight 
inches  of  snow.  The  wind  was  severe.  We  were  on  one  bank 
of  the  river,  while  "our  friends  the  enemy"  were  on  the  other, 
and  we  were  not  permitted  to  have  any  fire.  We  boys 
pulled  down  a  plank  fence  and  built  a  blind  between  us  and 
the  river  and  dug  a  hole  in  the  ground  beneath  it,  where  we 
kept  coals  of  fire  all  night,  while  our  teeth  chattered  and  the 
marrow  nearly  froze  in  our  bones.  The  next  evening  we  were 
relieved  and  went  to  a  hill  in  the  field,  where  we  remained 
in  the  snow  all  night  without  any  fire. 

In  the  spring  of  1863  the  regulars  were  stationed  at  the 
Chattahoochee  Arsenal  in  Florida,  when  a  drove  of  beef  cat- 
tle was  purchased  and  turned  into  an  old  broomsedge  field, 
where  they  remained  until  they  got  so  poor  from  starvation 
that  they  reeled  as  they  walked. 

In  the  fall  of  1S64  the  regulars  were  stationed  on  Whit- 
marsh  Island,  below  Savannah,  where  our  scanty  rations  were 
parched  acorns  and  rats.  The  rats  were  fried,  stewed,  or 
baked,  and  the  boys  claimed  that  they  were  fine,  equal  to 
squirrels.     I  took  their  word  for  it  and  stuck  to  the  acorns. 

On  the  Qth  of  December  the  regiment  left  the  island  for 
the  breastworks  in  front  of  Savannah,  and  my  head  was  not 
under  cover  again  until  I  reached  home,  on  the  17th  of  May, 
1865.  During  the  last  two  years  of  the  war  it  was  either  a 
feast  or  a  famine  with  the  soldiers.  They  would  draw  three 
days'  rations,  then  feast  one  day  and  fast  two.  During  the  siege 
of  Savannah  in  December,  1864,  the  5th  and  6th  Georgia  Re- 
serves were  in  the  trenches  to  our  right,  and  I  often  saw  them 
luiying  bread  from  the  regulars,  paying  one  dollar  a  pone. 
In  January,  1865,  the  regulars  were  with  Hardee's  forces  near 
Polecasc,  S.  C.  There  were  three  others  in  my  mess — Sergeant 
W.  G.  Humphn  ys,  I  lorporal  Orlando  H.  Harris,  and  Private  J. 
H.  Frasier—  all  good  foragers;  and  if  there  was  anything  to 
eat  near  our  camp,  they  were  sure  to  find  it.    I  was  cook. 

One  night  they  made  a  social  call  on  a  colored  gentleman, 
who  was  either  asleep  or  gone  from  home,  and  lifted  four 
large,  fat  hens  off  the  roost,  then  borrowed  his  ax  and  wash 
pot  and  brought  them  to  camp.  I  soon  had  the  hens  dressed 
and  in  the  pot  with  a  ham  of  pork  the  boys  had  "picked  up." 
When  I  finished  boiling  that  pot,  there  was  one  inch  of  gravy 
on  top,  and  we  had  some  freshly  baked  corn  bread  A  few- 
days  later  the  boys  met  another  hog  that  showed  fight,  and 
they  knocked  it  over  and  started  with  it  to  camp,  when  they 
were  arrested  by  General  McLaws's  escort  of  the  Texas  Cav- 
alry and  carried  to  headquarters.  If  they  had  stopped  at  that, 
we  would  not  have  felt  so  bad ;  but  they  took  the  hog  too. 
We  took  everything  that  we  could  find  to  eat  to  keep  Sher- 
man's soldiers  from  getting  any.  They  were  in  our  rear 
through   South  and   North   Carolina. 

One  day  Colonel  loser,  commanding  our  brigade,  took  3 
mpany  of  the  .'7th  Georgia  Battalion  and  General  McLaws's 
ort  of  the  Texas  Cavalry,  went  up  the  river  road  a  few 
miles,  then  entered  the  swamp  and  marched  down  the  stream 
on  the  lookout  for  the  enemy.  The  swamp  was  a  dense 
thicket,  and  the  rain  was  coming  down  in  torrents.  When 
they  came  in  sight  of  our  picket  line  on  the  right,  held  by  some 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterai). 


of  Colonel  Hardy's  North  Carolina  brigade,  each  party  took 
the  other  for  the  enemy  and  opened  fire.  Colonel  Fiser  sent 
a  courier  to  camp  with  orders  to  Colonel  Hardy  to  take  the 
regulars  and  charge  them  in  the  rear,  as  he  had  them  cut 
off.  Near  the  firing  line  the  regulars  were  halted,  and  the 
company  to  which  I  belonged  was  ordered  to  deploy  as  skir- 
mishers and  advance.  We  had  not  gone  over  thirty  yards 
when  we  received  a  volley  in  our  faces  and  fell  back  a  few 
yards  and  took  to  the  trees.  A  few  minutes  later  Colonel 
Hardy  gave  the  order,  "Charge  them,  boys,  and  give  them 
the  bayonet,"  but  I  saw  only  three  men  and  they  were  run- 
ning to  our  left.  Our  company  charged  through  the  swamp 
about  one-half  mile,  when  we  arrived  at  a  ditch  that  we  could 
not  cross.  I  was  blessed  with  health  and  a  constitution  that 
proved  to  be  proof  against  starvation,  and  the  bullets  passed 
me  by. 


THE   OLD   BATTLE   FLAG. 

BY  CHARLES  W.   HUBNER. 

Tattered  and  torn  and  limp  as  a  rag, 
Droops  from  its  staff  the  old  battle  flag; 
Dim  are  the  colors  or  faded  quite, 
Hard  'tis  to  tell  the  red  from  the  white 
Or  to  be  sure  of  what  it  was  made, 
So  worn  the  fabric,  so  thin  and  frayed. 
Yet  when  this  dear  old  banner  was  new 
Radiant  it  was  with  crimson  and  blue, 
And  as  it  moved  from  the  blazoned  bars 
Flashed  forth  in  splendor  its  thirteen  stars ! 

Ah !  as  we  gazed,  as  we  dreamed  and  dreamed, 
Not  only  fair  but  holy  it  seemed, 
A  sign  from  heaven  that  would  lead  us  on 
Till  all  we  battled  for  should  be  won. 
With   eyes   that   sparkled   and   footsteps   bold, 
'Mid  thunders  of  cheers  that  heavenward  rolled, 
Rattle  of  drums  and  the  fife's   shrill  note 
Under  the  flag  on  the  winds  afloat, 
Gayly  they  marched  to  the  front  away, 
These  heroes  of  ours,  the  Boys  in  Gray. 
What  count  a  wife's  tears,  a  mother's  prayer 
When  war  drums  thunder  and  trumpets  blare? 

Then  years  of  conflict  and  carnage  came; 
Sulphurous  smoke  clouds  and  battle  flame, 
Hot  rain  of  bullets  and  shot  and  shell 
Wrought  their  wild  work  on  the  old  flag  well, 
Splashed  it  with  blood  of  the  men  who  bore  it, 
Blackened  the  colors,  battered  and  tore  it; 
But  still  defiant,  steady,  and  free, 
Guiding  the  Gray  hosts  to  victory, 

Blazed   its   starred   splendor  a  beacon  light 
In  the  hell  gloom  of  the  fearful  fight; 
Then  by  the  battle  storms  slashed  and  torn, 
But  ever  proudly,  peerlessly  borne 
Four  years  afloat  on  the  fields  of  fame, 
Sadly  it  fell,  but  fell  not  in  shame ; 
Crowned  with  Fame's  halo,  the  old  flag  still 
Lives  on  in  glory,  and  ever  will ! 

Now  'tis  a  wreck  of  its  former  self; 
And  yet,  tell  me,  what  proffer  of  help 
Ever  could  lure  these  men  of  the  Gray 
To  part  with  this  old  flag?     Never!     Nay! 


Just  as  if  is,  so  let  it  still  stand; 
Touch  it  not  save  with  a  reverent  hand — 
Songs  in  its  scars,  a  voice  in  each  rent. 
In  its  mute  raggedness  eloquent. 

Let  the  old  relic  we  love  so  well 

Unto  the   future  its  story  tell — 

Epic  and  tale  of  the  Southland's  cause, 

Song  of  the  flag  of  the  starry  cross ! 

When  it  has  smoldered  (alas!  it  must), 

Tenderly  gather  the  sacred  dust 

And  let  it  mingle  at  last  for  aye 

With  that  of  the  Boys  who  wore  the  Gray. 


THE  CONFEDERATE  SOLDIER. 

BY    THE    LATE    CHARLES    FITZGERALD,    JACKSON,    MISS. 

[  1  his  poem  was  left  unfinished  when  its  author,  the  well- 
known  post  office  inspector,  was  killed] 

From  the  days  of  brave  Leonidas  adown  the  tides  of  time, 
In  all  their  glory,  pomp,  pride,  and  martial  deeds  sublime, 
Whether    Saxon,    Celt,    Teuton,    or    the    flower   of    La    Belle 

France, 
'Mid  the  blazing  belch  of  cannon,  where  the  war  steeds  madly 

prance, 
'Mid  scenes  of  death's  wild  carnage,  where  the  war  gods  hold 

mad  sway, 
Mortal  eyes  ne'er  saw  the  equals  of  those  glorious   ranks  of 

gray. 

O,  those  born  sons  of  freedom  on  the  pathless  scroll  of  fame 
Writ  heroic  deeds  of  daring  in  our  sunny  Southland's  name! 
Grand,  grim,  titantic  warriors  of  a  cause  forever  just, 
The  bards  of  coming  ages  will  deify  your  dust, 
And  the  cycles  of  the  centuries  no  grander  troops  will  see 
Than  the  vanished  hosts  of  Jackson  and  the  scattered  ranks 
of  Lee. 

Then  we  meet  you  and  we  greet  you  on  this  glad  Reunion 

day, 
Survivors   of  our   Southland's  cause!     Your  fame   can   ne'er 

decay. 
'Tis  the  heritage  of  freemen  and  your  deeds  were  not  in  vain, 
For  descendants  of  such  heroes  will  show  ancestral  strain. 
But  the  blood-baptized  Columbia  cast  in  heroic  mold 
Will  repeat  the  deeds  of  daring  of  their  fighting  sires  of  old. 

But  your  gallant  ranks  are  thinning  and  that  glorious  line  of 

gray, 
Like  mist  before  the  day  king,  is  fading  fast  away ; 
And  soon  a  sainted  memory  will  be  all  that  shall  remain 
Of  those  deathless,  dauntless  legions  who  marched  to  "Dixie's" 

strain. 
And  with  your  earth  life  ended  and  immortal  spirits  free 
You'll  rejoin  the  phantom  columns  of  your  Jackson  and  your 

Lee. 

We  love  you  grim  old  heroes  as  in  the  years  gone  by, 
When  your  courage  thrilled  the  world',  when  you  dared  to  do 

or  die, 
When  proud  stars   and  bars  of  Dixie  'mid  the  gonfalons  of 

earth 
Kissed  first  the  breeze  of  heaven  and  proclaimed  a  nation's 

birth. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai). 


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NINTH  KENTUCKY  CAVALRY,  C.  S.  A. 

BY    RUSSF.L    MANX. 

This  regiment  was  organized  in  December,  1862,  by  the  con- 
solidation of  the  battalions  of  Maj.  W.  C.  P.  Breckinridge 
and  Maj.  R.  G.  Stoncr.  Major  Breckinridge,  being  the  senior 
in  rank,  became  colonel,  and  Major  Stoner  lieutenant  colonel 
of  the  regiment.  The  regiment  was  composed  of  young  men 
recruited  in  the  blue  grass  region  of  Kentucky,  the  sons  of 
farmers,  mechanics,  and  professional  men,  and  many  young 
men  who  quit  college  to  enter  the  service.  From  its  organiza- 
tion until  the  close  of  the  war  this  regiment  was  engaged  in 
active  and  arduous  service.  No  other  cavalry  regiment  in 
the  Confederate  army  did  more  hard  fighting  and  important 
service,  and  none  was  more  distinguished  for  gallantry  and 
endurance.  It  was  a  part  of  Morgan's  command'  from  its  or- 
ganization until  he  started  on  his  famous  and  disastrous  Ohio 
raid  in  the  summer  of  1863.  At  the  time  of  this  raid  the  9th 
Kentucky  was  detached  from  his  command  and  placed  on  an 
important  post  in  the  barrens  of  Tennessee,  picketing  and 
scouting  a  large  territory  between  the  Confederate  and  Fed 
eral  armies.  General  Bragg  refused  to  relieve  the  regiment  ; 
hence  its  failure  to  accompany  Morgan  on  that  raid. 

After  Morgan's  capture,  the  qth  Kentucky  was  assigned  to 
the  command  of  Gen.  Joseph  Wheeler  and  placed  in  a  brigade 
composed  of  the  1st,  3d.  and  9th  Kentucky  Cavalry,  and 
served  with  this  command  until  the  close  of  the  war,  taking 
part  in  most  of  the  engagements  with  the  Army  of  the  Ten- 
nessee from  the  battle  at  Nashville  until  the  close  of  the  war. 
Two  companies  of  the  regiment,  C  and  G,  were  dismounted 
temporarily  to  do  important  picket  duty  in  front  of  Mission- 
ary Ridge  for  some  time  before  that  battle.  They  served  in 
this  battle  as  infantry  from  the  beginning  until  the  close,  and 
with  the  rest  of  the  regiment  assisted  in  covering  the  retreat 
of  Bragg's  army  back  to  Dalton,  Ga.  They  fought  in  all  the 
hundred  days'  engagements  from  Dalton  back  to  Atlanta,  and 
after  the  battle  of  Atlanta  they  assisted  in  the  capture  of 
Stoneman's  command  near  Macon,  Ga. 

The  9th  Kentucky  also  fought  Burbridge  at  Saltville,  Va. 
Its  action  at  Dug  Gap  and  Noonday  Creek  was  so  conspicuous 
and  gallant  that  this  regiment  became  known  throughout  the 
entire  army  for  its  bravery. 

At  Dug  Gap  the  small  brigade  to  which  this  regiment  be- 
longed  held  this  point  against  several  furious  attacks  of  a 
division  of  Hooker's  Corps  until  reenforced.  At  Noonday 
Creek  one  of  the  most  important  cavalry  engagements  of  the 
Atlanta  campaign  was  fought  between  eleven  hundred  of 
Wheeler's  command  and  Garrard's  Division  of  four  thousand, 
and  in  the  charge  and  rout  of  Garrard's  command  the  gallant 
oth  lore  a  conspicuous  part.  General  Wheeler  in  the  dis- 
position of  his  troops  in  this  engagement  formed  the  9th 
Kentucky  on  the  right  and  the  remainder  of  his  force  on  the 
left  of  the  road  on  which  Garrard's  Division  was  advancing, 
with  his  battle  lines  extending  on  each  side  of  the  road. 

In  this  engagement  the  9th  Kentucky,  with  Company  C  at 
the  head  of  the  column,  led  by  Col.  W.  C.  P.  Breckinridge 
Capt.  Fd  Taylor,  and  Sergeant  Major  William  A.  Gaines. 
made  one  of  the  most  gallant  charges  of  the  war.  The  regi- 
ment had  been  held  on  horseback  in  reserve  sometime  alter 
the  battle  commenced.  When  the  charge  was  sounded,  they 
-1  across  an  open  field  to  the  creek  under  a  heavy  fire  at 
shorl  range.  This  creek  on  account  of  recent  heavy  rains 
was  deep.  Some  few  of  the  horses  bounded  over  the  creek, 
and  the  rest  of  the  regiment  were  hurriedly  forwarded  into 
line  and  dismounted,  and  under  a  heavy  fire  renewed  the 
charge  on   foot,  wading  the  creek  waist-deep  and   forcing  the 


enemy  back  in  confusion  from  their  battery,  completely  rout- 
ing and  driving  them  back  two  miles  with  heavy  loss  in 
killed,  wounded,  and  prisoners,  and  captured  one  hundred 
horses  and  men.  Fifty  of  the  enemy's  dead  were  counted  on 
the  field.     Our  loss  was  fifteen  killed  and  fifty  wounded. 

The  9th  Kentucky  was  on  one  raid  -with  Wheeler's  com- 
mand into  Middle  Tennessee,  and  after  its  return  to  Georgia 
followed  and  fought  Sherman  from  Atlanta  on  his  march 
to  the  sea.  and  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Bentonville,  N.  C, 
the  last  battle  of  the  war  of  any  importance. 

This  was  one  of  the  regiments  sent  to  meet  President 
Davis,  his  family,  and  Cabinet  after  the  fall  of  Richmond 
and  to  guard  them  to  the  Trans-Mississippi  Department. 
They  guarded  them  across  North  and  South  Carolina  to 
Washington.  Ga.,  where  President  Davis  became  convinced 
that  it  would  be  impossible  to  reach  the  Trans-Mississippi 
Department  with  so  large  an  escort,  and  dismissed  the  regi- 
ment on  the  10th  of  May.  1X65,  about  our  month  after  the 
surrender  of  General  Lee's  army. 


TO  SURVIVORS  OF  TENTH  ALABAMA  REGIMENT. 

BY    JAMES    R.    COLEMAN,   RIVERSIDE,    ALA. 

I  have  just  returned  from  a  trip  over  the  old  battlefields 
in  Virginia,  and  while  there  I  visited  the  graves  of  our  loved 
ones  buried  at  Bristow  Station.  The  cedar  posts  that  were 
placed  there  as  a  directory  of  each  grave  were  so  badly  ob- 
literated that  1  was  unable  to  make  out  the  names.  A  num- 
ber of  cedar  trees  have  grown  up  over  tl  .  the  largest 
being  about  the  size  of  a  man's  thigh.  The  land  where  our 
dead  were  buried  is  owned  by  the  daughter  of  a  federal  sol- 
dier. I  pleaded  with  her  to  sell  me  the  small  space;  but  she 
refused  to  do  so,  assuring  me,  however,  that  the  s"il  over 
which  our  loved  ones  lie  shall  never  be  tilled  so  long  as  she 
is  spared  upon  the  earth.  I  wanted  this  spot  especially  to 
show  the  respect  I  have  for  my  brother,  Sidney  I..  Coleman, 
who  was  killed  at  Drancsville,  Va.,  December  20,  1861,  and 
for  my  comrades  who  so  gallantly  fought  and  gave  up  their 
lives  in  our  behalf.     1  desired  to  erect  a  monument  to  them. 

I  greatly  desire  that  all  surviving  members  of  the  10th 
Alabama  Regiment  furnish  me  with  the  number  of  and  name 
of  each  one  of  their  company  buried  at  Bristow  Station.  Va., 
also  a  list  of  all  who  died  or  were  killed  during  the  war;  also 
that  each  one  of  us  still  living  contribute  something  in  their 
memory  by  erecting  a  monument  in  their  honor.  Any  aid 
from  comrades  will  be  greatly  appreciated.  It  is  our  duty, 
comrades,  as  well  as  that  of  our  sons  and  grandson-,  to  show 
our  profound  respect  for  our  dead  who  sleep  beneath  the  sod 
in  that  lonely  spot  al  Bristow  Station. 

I  desire  to  know  of  Xat  Sims,  who  first  belonged  to  the 
10th  Alabama  and  later  joined  Mosby's  Cavalry,  served  with 
it  to  the  close  of  the  war,  then,  coming  back  to  old  Virginia, 
married  and  reared  a  family  there.  If  he  is  marked  as  absent 
without  leave  from  the  records  of  the  10th  Alabama,  11  should 
be  changed.  All  honor  is  due  him.  lie  is  now  supposed  to 
be  dead.  At  the  next  Reunion,  to  be  held  in  Memphis,  let 
every  member  of  the  old  10th  Alabama  display  on  a  card  his 
company  and  regiment.    All  comrades  should  do  tint. 


Mrs.  Frank  Anthony  Walke  writes  tin-  Veteran  a  very  in- 
ing  letter  from  Norfolk,  Va.  She  says  her  Chapter, 
Hope  Maney,  U.  D.  C ,  has  for  four  years  given  an  annual 
prize  in  the  high  school  of  that  place  for  the  best  essay  on 
Southern  subjects;  that  these  papers  are  so  good  that  it  is 
hard  for  the  judges  to  decide  between  the  contestants. 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


THE   WILLIAMS  BREECH-LOADING  CANNON. 

Their  Superb  Use  by  Gallant  Kentucky  Boys. 

by  g.  d.  ewing,  pattonsburg,  mo. 

In  some  recent  numbers  of  the  Veteran  I  have  noticed 
various  articles  in  reference  to  a  little  battery  of  breech- 
loading  guns  and  their  work  on  the  field  of  battle  during  the 
War  between  the  States.  This  unique  little  battery,  commanded 
by  Capt.  J.  J.  Schoolfield,  was  invented  by  a  man  named  Wil- 
liams, of  Covington,  Ky.,  who  went  to  Richmond  early  in  the 
war  and  induced  the  Confederate  government  to  cast  a  bat- 
tery of  six  guns.  During  much  of  the  war  it  was  attached 
to  the  brigade  first  commanded  by  Gen.  Humphrey  Marshall, 
then  by  General  Williams  (known  as  Cerro  Gordo),  and 
then  by  Col.  Henry  L.  Giltner.  This  writer  was  a  member  of 
the  4th  Kentucky  Cavalry,  the  largest  regiment  of  this  fine 
brigade. 

It  was  a  small  breech-loading  gun,  the  breech  being  thrown 
by  a  spring  when  the  gun  was  discharged,  thereby  permitting 
a  current  of  air  to  pass  through  the  long  barrel  which  had  a 
tendency  to  keep  the  gun  cool  while  being  actively  worked. 
It  carried  a  ball  of  perhaps  one  and  one-half  pounds,  but  it 
did  effective  service  at  short  range  when  loaded  with  buck- 
shot or  half-ounce  ball  cartridges.  The  gun  could  be  fired 
about  forty  times  a  minute ;  and  being  mounted  on  a  light 
carriage,  it  could  be  run  from  point  to  point  as  occasion  re- 
quired. 

About  twenty-five  men  composed  the  force  that  operated 
this  little  battery.  They  were  from  Maysville,  Ky.,  and  were 
all  comparatively  boys.  They  were  a  daring  set  of  Kentucky 
youngsters.  Captain  Schoolfield  was  well  qualified  to  be  the 
leader  of  such  intrepid  fellows.  Cool  and  deliberate  and  a 
fighter  to  the  last,  he  brought  his  men  and  guns  out  of  places 
where  capture  or  annihilation  seemed  certain.  As  has  been 
said,  these  guns  were  worked  with  a  crank,  which  in  its  revo- 
lution exploded  the  cap  which  was  placed  on  the  tube  by 
one  of  the  gunners,  and  he  was  called  "capper." 

I  give  one  incident  out  of  a  great  number  that  will  show 
the  fighting  qualities  of  the  men  who  manned  this  little  toy- 
like battery.  In  the  battle  of  Raytown,  Tenn.,  during  our  long 
retreat  from  near  Knoxville  to  Abingdon,  Va.,  we  were 
pursued  by  a  force  more  than  five  times  our  numerical  strength. 
It  was  almost  continuous  skirmishing  and  fighting.  At  Ray- 
town,  I  think  it  was,  the  enemy  were  pressing  us  hard,  and 
to  save  our  wagon  train  as  well  as  to  move  all  supplies  that 
we  could  by  railroad  with  two  old  engines  in  a  few  old  box 
cars,  disposition  was  made  of  our  little  force  across  the 
valley,  through  which  ran  the  East  Tennessee,  Virginia,  and 
Georgia  Railroad.  Schoolfield's  Battery  was  on  our  right, 
and  in  supporting  distance  was  Burrow's  Battery  of  six-  and 
eight-pound  guns.  These  two  batteries  were  supported  by  a 
thin  line  of  cavalry,  dismounted,  and  deployed  ten  feet  apart, 
so  as  to  prevent  the  enemy  lapping  our  lines.  The  Federals, 
taking  advantage  of  a  heavy  growth  of  timber,  massed  a 
heavy  force  and  came  with  great  fury  upon  our  right,  and 
for  a  time  it  seemed  that  they  would  crush  our  weak  line  and 
take  our  two  batteries.  But  Schoolfield's  men  and  their  cav- 
alry supports,  who  were  the  most  exposed,  had  built  barri- 
cades with  fence  rails,  and  at  short  range  these  little  guns 
were  worked  to  their  full  capacity,  and  their  supports  put  up 
a  furious  fight. 

At  this  juncture  the  squadron  to  which  I  belonged,  which 
was  the  left  of  the  4th  Kentucky  Regiment,  although  we  were 
suffering  a  galling  cannonade,  were  ordered  to  double-quick 


to  the  extreme  right  to  save  if  possible  the  turning  of  our 
right  wing.  When  the  companies  of  Ray  and  Gathright  ar- 
rived on  their  right,  pandemonium  was  reigning.  Never  in 
all  my  war  experience  did  I  see  a  more  unequal  fight  and 
more  determined  courage  than  our  boys  displayed.  Two 
batteries  were  in  position  and  at  short  range,  and  massed 
columns  of  infantry  were  bearing  down  upon  our  two  bat- 
teries and  their  supports.  The  Burrows  guns  were  aiding 
the  Schoolfield  Battery  all  they  could;  and  when  forced  to  fall 
back,  they  took  the  little  guns  back  with  them.  As  our  two 
companies  reenforced  them  the  little  guns  were  working  to 
the  limit.  Young  Brainard  Bayless,  the  son  of  a  Presby- 
terian minister,  was  capper  for  one  gun.  I  don't  think  he 
was  over  seventeen  years  old.  He  would  dexterously  place 
the  cap  on  the  tube,  and  at  every  charge  he  would  wave  his 
cap  above  his  head  and  give  the  "Rebel  yell."  Our  timely 
appearance  at  the  crucial  moment  saved  the  day,  and  our  thin 
line  was  withdrawn  without  the  loss  of  a  cannon.  But  as 
brave  men  gave  up  their  lives  there  as  ever  were  sacrified  on 
any  battlefield. 

Some  days  after  the  event  just  related  we  were  again  in 
line  of  battle  not  far  from  Watauga  River  (East  Tennessee). 
Schoolfield's  Battery  was  posted  with  our  squadron  as  its 
support.  We  were  at  this  time,  I  think,  under  the  command 
of  Gen.  George  B.  Crittenden,  who  was  a  fine  strategist  and 
an  able  commander.  The  Federal  forces  had  been  appearing 
in  our  front  often,  and  there  seemed  to  be  a  daring  leader 
who  rode  in  front  of  their  line  on  a  large  gray  horse.  His 
imposing  figure  was  seen  as  often  before  riding  up  and  down 
the  line  in  front  of  his  men.  The  General  asked  Captain 
Schoolfield  if  he  could  not  make  it  interesting  for  that  daring 
rider  on  the  magnificent  charger.  It  must  have  been  a  mile 
between  the  two  lines.  All  the  battery  was  trained  on  the 
intrepid  rider,  and  soon  we  could  see  commotion  in  the  Fed- 
eral lines,  and  the  horse  was  shot  and  fell;  but  whether  the 
brave  rider  was  hit  or  not  at  the  distance  we  could  not  tell. 

In  one  of  the  inconsequential  raids  from  Southwestern  Vir- 
ginia into  the  Kentucky  mountains  during  the  earlier  part  of 
the  war  one  of  these  little  cannon  was  taken  along  by  Lieut. 
Col.  Tom  Johnson,  who  commanded  the  10th  Kentucky  Con- 
federate Battalion  cavalry.  While  in  camp  near  the  town  of 
Louisa  the  men  who  had  charge  of  this  gun  ran  the  tongue 
of  the  carriage  into  an  old  house  in  which  the  soldiers  on 
guard  were  asleep.  A  scout  belonging  to  the  14th  Kentucky 
Infantry  (Federal),  commanded  by  Col.  George  W.  Gallup, 
was  then  at  Louisa.  This  scout,  Harvey  Patrick,  in  his  rounds 
came  to  these  sleeping  Confederates,  and,  seeing  that  the  gun 
carriage  was  on  the  outside  of  the  door,  conceived  the  idea 
of  stealing  it.  Assuring  himself  that  all  the  men  were  asleep, 
Patrick  unscrewed  the  taps  on  the  caps  of  the  trunnions, 
lifted  the  gun  off  the  carriage,  and  carried  it  some  distance 
and  placed  it  on  the  fence.  Then  mounting  his  horse,  he  got 
the  gun  up  before  him  and  carried  it  some  distance  and  hid 
it.  He  returned  to  camp  and  informed  the  colonel  how  he 
had  stolen  one  of  the  little  cannon.  The  colonel  would  not 
believe  him,  thinking  the  feat  an  impossibility,  until  Patrick 
showed  him  the  taps  which  he  had  in  his  pocket.  He  took 
some  of  his  comrades  and  went  back  with  a  wagon  to  bring 
the  little  gun  into  camp.  Upon  reconnoitering  he  found  that 
the  Confederates  were  gone,  and  that  they  had  left  the  gun 
carriage  behind  them.  Patrick  and  his  men  took  the  carriage, 
mounted  the  gun  on  it,  and  joyfully  returned  to  camp  with 
their  trophy. 


Qoi?federat^  Veterai? 


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I  think  this  gun  was  loaned  at  the  time,  and  that  none  of 
Captain  Schoolfield's  men  were  with  it.  Colonel  Gallup, 
being  ordered  to  report  to  General  Sherman  in  Georgia,  took 
this  gun  as  far  as  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  ordered  Lieut.  J.  M. 
Poage,  of  his  regiment,  to  take  it  to  the  Frankfort  arsenal, 
which  he  did.  Lieutenant  Poage  is  now  an  honored  citizen 
of  Pattonsburg,  Mo.,  and  a  neighbor  of  the  writer.  Often 
we  together  recount  many  of  the  escapades  of  army  life  as 
we  saw  it  from  different  sides. 

An  amusing  incident  is  related  of  this  captured  gun  when 
Captain  Schoolfield's  men  turned  the  laugh  on  Col.  Tom  John- 
son. Johnson  was  riding  through  the  camp  where  this  little 
battery  was  parked,  and,  seeing  a  soldier  standing  near  one  of 
the  guns,  Colonel  Johnson,  for  the  amusement  of  his  associate 
officers,  addressed  the  soldier,  whose  name  was  Fish,  saying: 
"Soldier,  you  had  better  watch  those  little  guns ;  a  woman 
might  come  into  camp  and  carry  one  off."  Fish  replied 
(not  recognizing  Col.  Tom  Johnson)  :  "I  don't  think  there 
is  any  danger.  Old  Col.  Tom  Johnson  is  not  in  command 
here  now." 

The  Breech-Loading  Cannon  in  Missouri. 

T.  A.  Wright,  of  Mobile,  Ala.,  refers  to  the  articles  appear- 
ing in  the  Veteran  about  breech-loading  cannon,  and  writes: 

"In  1861  I  belonged  to  Capt.  James  W.  Kneisley's  Battery, 
Green's  Regiment,  Harris's  Division,  Missouri  State  Guards, 
and  in  the  winter  it  was  camped  at  Springfield,  Mo.  While 
there  a  man  by  the  name  of  Harris  or  Harrison  came  to  our 
camp,  bringing  a  breech-loading  cannon.  It  was  about  four 
and  a  half  or  five  feet  long,  made  of  brass,  and  the  bore  was 
three-quarters  tn  one  inch  in  diameter  and  carried  a  one-pound 
ball,  very  like  a  Minie  ball.  The  powder  was  in  a  bag  at- 
tached to  the  ball,  and  this  was  fired  by  the  use  of  port  fire 
on  the  friction  primer,  the  same  as  an  ordinary  cannon.  The 
gun  was  mounted  on  two  very  light  wheels  and  required  only 
two  men  to  work  it.  When  we  left  Springfield,  the  captain, 
as  we  called  the  owner,  disappeared. 

"The  gun  was  invented  by  D.  W.  Hughes,  the  corn  planter 
man  of  Palmyra,  Mo.,  who  a  few  years  ago  was  living  in 
Quincy,  111.,  and  a  letter  addressed  to  him  there  might  gain 
some  information  worth  having.  About  a  year  ago  I  saw  an 
article  in  the  Palmyra  Spectator  written  by  D.  W.  Hughes  in 
regard  to  this  gun  and  other  patents  the  U.  S.  government 
confiscated  because  he  was  a  Confederate  sympathizer." 

Other  Confederate  Breech-Loading  Cannon. 

T.  M.  Earnhart,  of  Phoenix,  Ariz.,  writes  of  breech-loading 
Confederate  cannon  to  Capt.  T.  F.  Allen,  who  has  brought 
out  a  good  deal  of  information  on  the  subject.  Comrade 
Earnhart  states :  "I  served  in  Lee's  army  from  March,  1862, 
to  June  24,  1864,  when  1  was  so  severely  wounded  that  I 
was  retired  from  the  service.  I  was  a  private  in  Battery  D, 
10th  North  Carolina,  Army  of  Northern  Virginia.  During  the 
winter  following  I  returned  to  my  company  to  be  examined 
as  to  fitness  for  duty,  and  I  found  our  battery  completely 
equipped  with  breech-loading,  rifled  cannon,  twenty-pounders, 
I  think.  There  were  five  Whitworth  guns  and  one  Armstrong 
gun.  My  understanding  is  that  they  were  English  guns  that 
had  run  the  blockade.  At  all  events,  they  were  new  guns 
and  breechloaders.  If  Capt.  John  A.  Ramsey,  of  Salisbury, 
N.  C,  is  still  living,  he  will  be  able  to  give  full  particulars  in 
relation  to  these  guns." 

Captain  Allen  concedes  that  "these  breechloaders  of  English 
manufacture  came  on  the  battlefield  much  later  than  School- 
field's  battery  of  breechloaders,"  to  which  he  has  referred. 


THE  NAME  REPLACED  OX  CABIN  JOHN  BRIDGE. 

For  several  years  effort  has  been  made  by  prominent  South- 
ern men  and  women  to  have  the  name  of  Jefferson  Davis  re- 
placed on  Cabin  John  Bridge,  which  was  built  for  an  aque- 
duct to  convey  the  water  supply  into  Washington.  This  im- 
posing and  historic  structure  of  solid  stone  runs  east  and  west 
across  a  small  stream  at  a  considerable  elevation.  On  its 
south  side  at  each  end  are  two  abutments,  on  which  are  in- 
scriptions. 

The  tablet  on  the  east  abutment  reads  thus :  "Union  Arch, 
Chief  Engineer,  Capt.  Montgomery  C.  Meigs,  U.  S.  Corps  of 
Engineers.     Esto  Perpetua." 

The  tablet  on  the  west  abutment  originally  bore  the  follow- 
ing inscription :  "Washington  Aqueduct  Begun  A.D.  1853. 
President  of  the  United  States,  Franklin  Pierce.  Secretary 
of  War,  Jefferson  Davis.     Building  A.D.  1861." 

After  the  words  "Secretary  of  War"  there  is  now  a  blank, 
the  name  of  "Jefferson  Davis"  having  been  erased,  it  is  said, 
in  1862  by  order  of  Caleb  Smith,  the  then  Secretary  of  the 
Interior,  who  was  in  charge  of  the  aqueduct  system  of  Wash- 
ington. On  June  3,  1907,  while  in  Richmond  to  dedicate  the 
Jefferson  Davis  monument.  Mrs.  W.  J.  Behan,  President  of 
the  Confederated  Southern  Memorial  Association,  decided  to 
take  up  more  actively  the  efforts  to  have  the  name  of  Jefferson 
Davis  replaced  where  it  was  once  a  part  of  the  history  of  this 
old  bridge,  and  the  matter  was  placed  in  the  hands  of  Mr. 
Adolph  Meyer,  Louisiana,  member  of  Congress,  now  dead. 

A  bill  was  introduced  into  Congress  to  have  this  name  re- 
placed, and  Mr.  Taft,  now  President,  and  Mr.  Luke  E. 
Wright,  then  Secretary  of  War,  had  the  matter  investigated; 
but  on  the  report  of  Maj.  Spencer  Cosby,  Engineer  Commis- 
sioner of  the  District  of  Columbia  and  then  in  charge  of  the 
aqueduct  system  of  Washington,  the  matter  was  temporarily 
suspended.  It  was  supposed  that  an  act  of  Congress  would 
be  necessary  to  have  the  history  of  this  old  bridge  rectified; 
but  Mrs.  Cornelia  Branch  Stone,  President  General  of  the 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  was  informed  while  visiting 
in  Washington  last  fall  that  Congressional  action  was  not 
necessary,  and  that  an  order  from  the  President  to  the  Sec- 
retary of  War  would  accomplish  all  that  was  desired.  Mrs. 
Stone  applied  to  President  Roosevelt,  believing  that  such  a 
plea  would  appeal  to  him,  and  it  met  with  favorable  response. 

An  appointment  with  President  Roosevelt  was  courteously 
granted,  to  take  place  the  next  day.  In  Mr.  Roosevelt's  office 
Mrs.  Stone  presented  her  plea  on  behalf  of  the  preservation 
of  the  historic  record  of  this  old  bridge.  She  told  him  she 
had  been  informed  that  it  required  only  his  order  to  the  Sec- 
retary of  War  to  accomplish  this  result.  He  replied:  "Madam, 
this  is  an  extraordinary  request,  and  I  am  not  quite  sure  that 
I  have  such  authority.  You  had  best  see  Gen.  Luke  Wright 
and  ask  him  to  take  up  this  matter  with  me,  and  I  will  give 
it  consideration."  No  time  was  lost  in  seeing  General 
Wright,  who  received  Mrs.  Stone  and  Mrs.  Marion  Butler 
(who  accompanied  her  in  these  two  interviews)  with  marked 
courtesy,  and  said  he  would  take  up  the  matter  with  the 
President,  the  result  of  which  follows:  "The  Secretary  of 
War,  by  direction  of  the  President,  has  instructed  the  chief 
of  engineers  United  States  army  to  take  the  necessary  steps 
to  restore  the  name  of  Jefferson  Davis  as  Secretary  of  War 
to  Cabin  John  Bridge." 

An  exchange  states:  "All  who  love  and  revere  the  name 
and  service  of  Jefferson  Davis  will  feel  that  President  Roose- 
velt has  crowned  the  closing  days  of  his  administration  with 
a  just  and  noble  action  and  wrought  a  new  link  in  that  chain 
which  binds  this  reunited  country  in  fraternal  ties." 


2."G 


C^opfederat^  tfeterai). 


LEE'S  BIRTHDAY  AT  BEAU  VOIR. 

BY    RUFFIN    COLEMAN,    M.D. 

Beauvoir,  dear  to  every  Southern  heart  as  the  home  of 
our  only  President,  was  appropriately  and  beautifully  deco- 
rated by  its  veterans  and  the  Biloxi  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  in 
commemoration  of  the  birthday  of  the  immortal  R.  E.  Lee. 
Bright  evergreens,  magnolias,  holly,  and  palmetto  were  grace- 
fully entwined  with  the  patriotic  red  and  white,  which  showed 
beautifully  against  the  green. 

At  eleven  o'clock  the  Biloxi  Chapter.  U.  D.  C,  gave  a  very 
fine  program  of  songs  and  recitations,  which  was  perfectly 
carried  out  and  much  enjoyed.  Finishing  this  program 
was  an  address  by  Rev.  Mr.  Crawford,  rector  of  the  Church 
of  the  Redeemer,  of  which  Church  Mr.  Davis  and  his  family 
were  members.  The  subject  of  his  address  was  "The  Cross 
of  Honor,"  and  his  earnest  words  sank  deep  into  the  hearts 
of  all  his  hearers.  At  its  conclusion  Miss  Myrtie  Thefold,  a 
lovely  girl  from  the  Biloxi  Chapter,  pinned  a  cross  to  the 
coat  of  each  of  the  thirteen  veterans  qualified  to  receive  it. 
A  cross  it  was  their  proudest  honor  to  wear. 

Mrs.  Mary  Wallace,  the  charming  matron  of  the  Home,  in- 
vited all  the  visitors  and  inmates  to  a  delicious  luncheon,  the 
contribution  of  the  veterans,  which  was  gracefully  served 
by  the  ladies  of  the  Home. 

The  afternoon  vns  given  up  to  a  brilliant  program  by  the 
Beauvoir  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  from  Gulfport,  which  was  listened 
to  with  rapt  attention.  Rev.  Mr.  Snead,  rector  of  St.  Peter- 
by-the-Sea,"  was  master  of  ceremonies,  and  the  soldier- 
preacher  was  as  gracious  in  the  drawing-room  as  he  had  been 
valiant  in  the  field.  Daughters  and  veterans  joined  in  singing 
the  heart-stirring  songs  of  the  war,  "Dixie,"  "Bonnie  Blue 
Flag,"  and  "Maryland,  My  Maryland,"  and  the  veterans  fin- 
ished with  the  famous  "Rebel  yell." 

Mrs.  Wallace  made  a  graceful  speech  of  farewell.  When 
grouped  around  the  gates  of  Beauvoir,  the  Gulfport  Chapter 
sang  "Suwannee  River,"  "Annie  Laurie,"  "My  Old  Kentucky 
Home,"  and  "America."  Boarding  the  electric  car,  our  visitors 
were  whirled  away,  followed  by  the  ringing  cheers  of  the 
Biloxi  Chapter  and  of  the  grateful  inmates  of  the  Home. 


PERILOUS  SERVICE  AT  FREDERICKSBURG. 

BY   D.   R.    LOVE,   LIEUT.    CO.   G,   CjTH   VIRGINIA   CAVALRY. 

Daily  revelations  are  being  made  of  deeds  of  heroism  and 
intrepidity  on  the  part  of  private  soldiers  who  have  long  since 
gone  to  their  reward  after  lives  of  modesty  and  humility.  The 
half  has  never  been  told  of  such  events,  for  every  community 
has  its  unknown  hero.  If  cool  daring  and  uncalculating  de- 
votion to  a  cause  makes  a  man  a  hero,  then  such  was  Dr. 
Passmore  through  faithful  service  rendered  Gen.  R.  E.  Lee 
before  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg. 

Dr.  William  Tennyson  Passmore,  an  Englishman  by  birth, 
when  a  child  was  brought  to  Baltimore,  where  he  was  educated 
and  graduated  in  medicine.  He  removed  to  Lunenburg 
County,  where  he  married  and  lived  until  his  death,  in  1885, 
at  Pleasant  Grove,  a  useful  and  esteemed  citizen  and  a  skilled 
and  learned  physician. 

About  June,  1861,  Dr.  Passmore  enlisted  in  the  Lunenburg 
troops,  and  served  with  his  command  in  the  mountainous 
counties  of  Greenbrier,  Randolph,  and  others  beyond  Hunters- 
ville  (now  West  Virginia)  under  General  Loring. 

After  that  campaign  we  were  ordered  to  Fredericksburg, 
and,  uniting  with  the  9th  Virginia  Cavalry  on  its  organiza- 
tion, we  were  assigned  to  duty  in  Stafford  County  and  in 
camp  at  the  courthouse  for  the  winter  of  1862,  holding  the 
Potomac  River  as  our  line. 


The  ability  and  skill  of  Dr.  Passmore  as  a  physician  were 
too  well  known  among  the  men  for  him  to  remain  a  private 
soldier,  and  he  was  detailed  for  duty  in  the  medical  depart- 
ment. One  day  some  six  weeks  before  the  battle  of  Fred- 
ericksburg he  visited  me.  We  had  been  close  friends  and 
messmates  from  the  time  he  joined  the  army.  He  left  his 
horse  in  our  care,  explaining  that  he  was  going  to  "cross  the 
river  to  see  about  General  Burnside's  army,  as  General  Lee 
wished  information  in  regard  to  its  numbers,  plans,  etc." 
He  said  General  Lee  had  requested  him  to  go,  and  had  au- 
thorized him  to  select  and  take  a  friend1  with  him,  a  man  of 
courage  and  intelligence,  who  could  take  care  of  himself  in 
any  emergency  by  avoiding  suspicion  and  appearing  innocent  yet 
fearless.  This  precaution  was  to  make  sure  of  one  returning 
with  the  information  should  the  other  be  lost  or  taken.  He 
invited  me  to  be  his  companion.  I  respectfully  declined,  con- 
sidering him  crazy  toi  go  himself  on  such  an  undertaking,  as 
he  could  not  return  alive.  He  was  determined  to  go,  and 
after  much  persuasion  he  got  Mont  Chumney  to  go  with  him. 
They  at  once  started  in  the  direction  of  Fredericksburg  to 
the  Union  lines,  and  succeeded  in  getting  through.  Soon 
afterwards  they  met  and  were  recognized  by  a  Union  man, 
the  Rev.  Hunneycutt,  and  he  reported  to  the  Federals  their 
presence  within  the  Yankee  lines.  Chumney  became  alarmed 
after  meeting  Hunneycutt  and  returned  to  camp,  but  Dr.  Pass- 
more  went  on  and  into  Fredericksburg.  Soon  after  entering 
the  store  of  a  Mr.  Scott,  with  whom  he  engaged  in  a  conver- 
sation, five  Yankees  came  in  search  of  him.  He  quickly  got 
behind  the  counter  and  became  busy  with  the  account  books 
of  the  store,  and  was  not  suspected.  The  Yankees,  supposing 
he  was  a  clerk,  left  after  some  questioning  of  Mr.  Scott. 

Dr.  Passmore  remained  till  night,  when  he  crossed  the 
river  at  one  of  the  upper  fords  about  six  miles  west  of  Fred- 
ericksburg, in  Stafford  County,  where  he  stopped  at  the  house 
of  a  farmer  with  whom  he  had  previously  stayed  while  he  was 
using  the  house  for  a  hospital.  He  secured  from  this  man 
an  old  horse  and  a  cart  loaded  with  chickens,  butter,  eggs, 
milk,  and  vegetables,  which  he  promised  to  sell  in  Burnside's 
camp.  Disguised  as  a  ragged  and,  to  all  appearances,  half- 
witted noncombatant,  he  drove  to  the  General's  headquarters, 
was  kindly  treated,  and  given  dinner  for  himself  and  horse. 
After  selling  his  load,  General  Burnside  expressed  his  de- 
sire to  have  him  bring  fresh  supplies  for  his  men  every  day, 
and  urged  him  to  come  regularly.  But  he  appeared  uneasy 
and  expressed  fear  at  being  among  so  many  strange  soldiers, 
saying  that  nearly  all  the  folks  in  the  world  must  be  there, 
and  that  he  was  afraid  to  leave  home  any  more  lest  his  horse, 
wagon,  and  provisions  be  taken  from  him.  The  General, 
amused  at  his  simplicity,  allayed  his  fears  by  telling  him  that 
he  had  only  a  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  men  in  his  army, 
and  to  come  when  he  wished,  as  they  would  not  hurt 
him;  and  to  further  allay  his  fears  he  directed  his  adjutant 
to  give  him  a  pass  and  written  permission  to  bring  and  sell 
his  stuff  in  the  camp. 

He  continued  to  make  daily  trips  to  the  headquarters'  mess 
to  sell  his  produce.  He  was  so  well  liked  by  the  officers  that 
they  conversed  freely  with  him  about  the  different  command's 
and  the  officers  commanding,  as  well  as  of  their  confidence  in 
their  plans  to  attack  and  destroy  the  Rebel  army.  The  Yan- 
kees gave  him  enough  discarded  blankets  and  army  clothing, 
some  of  which  was  as  good  as  new,  to  fill  a  room  in  the  house 
of  the  man  with  whom  he  was  stopping;  but  he  continued  to 
wear  his  ragged  clothes,  and  from  his  daily  trade  made  much 
money  for  his  host  as  long  as  he  remained  to  get  the  infor- 
mation General  Lee  desired. 


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We  (his  messmatc-s),  ha\  ing  been  informed  by  Chumney  of 
the  discovery  of  their  presence  within  the  Yankee  lines  and 
that  Passmorc  was  being  pursued,  had  given  him  up  for  dead. 
After  some  weeks  we  saw  one  day  coming  up  the  hill  to  our 
tent  Dr.  Passmore !  He  would  only  tell  us  to  prepare  for  the 
battle  which  we  would  have  in  three  days.  He  went  prompt- 
ly to  General  Lee's  headquarters  and  gave  him  a  full  account 
of  all  he  had  learned  from  Burnside,  his  strength,  plan  of 
attack,  the  position  of  the  different  commands  of  the  army 
corps  and  their  positions,  and  the  names  of  the  generals  who 
commanded  them. 

He  remained  at  General  Lee's  headquarters  until  the  battle 
was  fought.  The  world  knows  the  result :  but  it  does  not 
know  that  General  Lee  selected  a  physically  frail  and  most 
gently  and  kindly  natured  man  from  Lunenburg  County,  Va., 
for  the  important  and  perilous  undertaking  of  securing  in- 
formation concerning  the  enemy.  That  trust  was  made  good 
to  the  satisfaction  of  General  Lee,  and  he  accepted  the 
report  with  such  confidence  as  on  it  to  fight  one  of  the  greatest 
battles  of  the  war. 

The  next  time  I  saw  my  friend  Passmorc  was  when  he 
called  to  say  good-by  to  us ;  and  to  show  that  he  and  General 
Lee  had  kept  faith  with  each  other,  he  exhibited  a  leave  of 
absence  and  an  order  from  General  Lee  directing  him  to  re- 
turn to  his  home,  in  Lunenburg  County,  ami  remain  there 
until  further  orders  from  him,  he  having  by  one  daring,  bold, 
and  effective  stroke  filled  the  measure  of  a  soldier's  duty  and 
earned  as  a  reward  the  plaudit  of  his  commander  and  his 
honorable  discharge  as  a  soldier,  lie  retired  to  his  pleasant 
and  comfortable  home  and  family  at  Pleasant  Grove,  in 
Lunenburg;  and  though  lie  became  completely  paralyzed  soon 
after  the  war  and  had  to  be  lifted  to  and  from  his  chair,  bed, 
and  carriage,  he  lived  twenty  years  a  life  of  great  usefulness 
in  his  community,  took  an  active  part  in  the  public  affairs  of 
those  trying  days  following  the  ruin  of  war,  and  his  counsels 
and  advice  were  always  esteemed,  and  to  the  time  of  his  death 
he  continued  to  administer  to  the  sick  and  the  distressed. 

He  had  a  large  family  of  children,  worthy  suns  and  daugh- 
ters of  the  father,  tlnir  mother  having  died  several  years 
after  the  war.  Two  of  his  sons  are  now  living  at  their  old 
home,  Pleasant  Grove,  and  are  leading  and  successful  men 

W.  T.  Passmore,  Jr.,  is  a  prosperous  farmer  on  a  large  scale. 
His  younger  brother,  lion.  George  E.  Passmore,  is  a  suc- 
cessful business  man  and  takes  an  active  part  in  public  affairs. 
He  represented  Lunenburg  in  the  House  of  Delegates 
of  1897-98.     Peace  be  to  the  ashes  of  William  Passmore! 


WHO  FIRED  THE  FIRST  GUN  AT  NEW  MARKET? 

BY   CHARLES    WARNER,   BUCHANAN,    KY. 

The  March  Veteran  contains  an  account  01  the  capture  of 
a  battery  at  New  Market.  1  don't  know  who  captured  it,  but 
we  got  it  after  it  was  captured.  In  your  articles  regarding 
the  battle  of  New  Market  1  have  never  seen  anything  in  re- 
gard to  Jackson's  Battery.  I  was  a  member  of  Jackson's 
Battery,  and  I  tired  the  first  shot  in  that  battle.  I  served  four 
years  in  the  Confederate  service,  and  was  in  several  sevefe 
battles,  including  Gettysburg,  but  New  Market  was  our  hottest 
fight  during  the  war. 

Gen.  John  C.  Breckinridge  was  commanding  on  our  side 
and  General  Sigel  on  the  Federal  side.  We  marched  all  the 
night  before  the  battle  and  went  through  Staunton,  where  the 
cadets  joined  us.  We  understood  that  it  was  against  the 
wishes  of  General   Breckinridge      We   went   down   the  valley 


to  New  Market  and  rested  about  one  hour  two  miles  above 
the  town  on  the  roadside. 

General  Breckinridge  was  sitting  on  his  horse  near  our  bat- 
tery when  a  courier  rode  up  with  a  message  from  Gen.  "Mud- 
wall"  Jackson  stating  that  he  did  not  think  we  could  tight 
them.  General  Breckinridge  replied  that  we  could  and  would, 
and  commenced  giving  his  orders  for  battle  formation,  and  the 
first  order  was:  "Thomas  E.  Jackson,  take  your  battery  to  the 
knoll  on  the  extreme  left  and  open  on  them  at  once."  Away 
we  went  in  a  gallop,  and  I  did  not  hear  his  further  orders. 

As  soon  as  we  were  in  position  we  opened  on  the  enemy, 
and  I  think  that  was  the  first  intimation  they  had  that  we 
were  near  them.  We  fired  right  into  their  camp,  and  I  think 
spoiled  their  breakfast.  We  soon  had  them  in  retreat.  Gen- 
eral Breckinridge  came  to  our  position,  which  was  a  good 
point  of  observation.  Soon  the  Yankee  battery  was  in  posi- 
tion and  replying  to  ours.  By  this  time  our  whole  army  was 
pressing  on,  and  we  soon  forced  back  the  enemy  and  followed 
them  until  they  burned  a  bridge  behind  them.  In  advancing 
we  passed  many  of  the  dead  and  wounded  of  both  sides. 
Among  them  many  of  the  brave  young  cadets  were  lying  with 
bayonet  thrusts  in  their  heads.  The  captured  battery  was 
turned  over  to  us  to  replace  our  inferior  one,  and  with  it  we 
did  hard  service  till  near  the  end  of  the  war. 


TO  THE   WOMEN  OF  THE  CONFEDERACY. 

Representative  John  G.  Richards,  of  Kershaw,  has  intro- 
duced a  bill  making  provision  for  a  monument  to  the  women 
of  the  Confederacy  of  South  Carolina.  And  when  one  pauses 
a  moment  to  think,  the  wonder  is  that  such  a  monument  is 
only  now  contemplated. 

Briefly,  the  Kershaw  Representative  proposes  that  a  com- 
mission shall  be  appointed  by  the  Governor  to  carry  out  the 
purposes  of  the  act,  that  a  monument  to  the  women  shall  be 
erected,  the  base  at  least  to  be  of  South  Carolina  granite,  and 
that  $",500  shall  be  available  from  the  State  treasury  when 
the  men  of  South  Carolina  have  availed  themselves  of  the 
privilege  of  contributing  $7,500  to  the  monument.  We  would 
increase  the  amounts  to  $15,000  and  $10,000  respectively,  or 
vice  versa,  if  the  General  Assembly  chooses, 

The  women  of  the  Confederacy  of  South  Carolina  have 
been  the  toasts  of  men  ten  thousand  times,  but  the  only  monu- 
ments to  them  are  the  monuments  the  women  have  raised  t'1 
Confederate  soldiers. 

The  women  of  the  Confederacy  endured  the  privations  and 
hardships  of  war  without  its  sustaining  excitements.  They 
waited  and  worked  :  theirs  was  the  torture  of  suspense. 

The  women  of  the  Confederacy  watched  the  slow,  certain 
transformation  from  plenty  to  poverty ;  they  wept  for  the 
dead,  they  nursed  the  sick,  and  they  ever  smiled  hope  and 
encouragement  to  the  living. 

The  women  of  the  Confederacy  met  the  disaster  of  con- 
quering, devastating  war  with  Spartan  fortitude,  and  at  its 
close  they  arose,  concealed  their  bleeding  hearts,  and,  taking 
by  the  hand  husband,  son,  and  father,  moved  forward  through 
desolation  toward  the  unknown  future  The  smiling,  prosper- 
ing, self-respecting  South  of  to-day  is  of  their  building. 

To  such  women  should  not  South  Carolina's  men  rear  a 
noble  memorial  ? 


M.  G.  Wilson,  of  Black  Rock.  Ark.,  wishes  to  locate  or  learn 
of  Capt.  J.  Peyton  Lynch,  who  commanded  a  battery  made  up 
in  East  Tennessee.  It  was  first  sent  to  Vicksburg,  and  after 
the  surrender  there  served  in  East  Tennessee  and  Virginia. 


C^opfederat^  l/eterai). 


Two  Members  of  the  Twelfth  Alabama  Regiment. 

Capt.  Robert  E.  Park,  State  Treasurer  of  Georgia,  writes 
of  two  members  of  his  company,  F,  12th  Alabama,  Army  of 
Northern  Virginia — Mr.  Robert  W.  Drake,  of  Laneville,  Ala., 
and  Rev.  William  A.  Moore,  of  Neches,  Tex. :  "They  were 
both  members  of  my  college  class  at  Auburn,  Ala.,  in  1861, 
and  both  were  members  of  my  military  company  during  the 
Confederate  struggle.  Both  were  gallant,  loyal,  and  true; 
both  were  splendid  citizens,  useful,  energetic,  honest,  and 
patriotic,  after  the  war.  They  were  popular  citizens,  and 
passed  away  within  a  few  weeks  of  each  other.  Mr.  Drake 
was  murdered  in  his  home  while  alone  by  several  negroes 
with  intent  on  robbery.  Rev.  Mr.  Moore  was  County  Sur- 
veyor of  Anderson  County,  Tex.,  and  a  local  minister  of  the 
Methodist  Church,  South.  He  was  a  rarely  gifted  speaker, 
and  eminently  useful  among  his  neighbors  and  friends." 

Charles  G.  Locke. 

Charles  G.  Locke,  a  lifelong  resident  of  Memphis,  son  of 
a  former  Mayor  and  well  known  in  that  city  for  the  past 
seventy  years,  died  alone  in  his  room  January  13,  1909,  from 
the  effects  of  a  fall  received  earlier  in  the  day. 

The  Appeal-Avalanche  of  the  following  day  states : 

"Seventy  years  of  age,  with  no  kind  hand  to  minister  to 
him  in  his  last  hours,  this  veteran  of  the  Civil  War  and  sur- 
vivor of  a  dozen  pitched  battles  passed  away  in  a  cold,  vacant 
room.  Mr.  Locke  died  from  blood  clot  on  the  brain,  caused 
from  a  fall.  The  body  was  discovered  by  George  Arnold, 
who  was  startled  to  find  a  one-armed  man  neatly  dressed, 
but  with  mud  splotches  over  his  clothes,  lying  face  down  on 
the  floor,  with  his  coat  folded  under  his  head  as  a  pillow.  A 
long  gash  extending  from  the  hair  to  the  right  eye  was  bleed- 
ing profusely.  Fearing  foul  play,  the  police  were  summoned. 
The  identity  of  the  man  was  established. 

"An  investigation  disclosed  the  fact  that  Mr.  Locke  had 
fallen  while  crossing  Front  Street.  His  forehead  struck  on  the 
inner  guard  rail  of  the  street  car  tracks.  *  *  *  Two  pedes- 
trians, seeing  the  man's  plight,  volunteered  to  take  him  home. 
He  roomed,  he  said,  in  the  Arnold  Building;  and  when  the 
steps  leading  to  his  room  were  reached,  he  refused  to  allow  the 
men  to  proceed  farther,  stating  that  he  could  get  along  very 
well  without  their  assistance.  The  men  left  Mr.  Locke  sitting 
upon  the  steps. 

"The  next  seen  of  him  was  when  he  was  found  as  stated 
above.  By  instructions  from  several  Confederate  veterans 
the  remains  were  turned  over  to  undertakers.  Dr.  M.  C. 
Knox  discovered  that  a  blood  chrt  had  been  formed  upon 
the  brain. 

"The  deceased  was  the  son  of  Gardiner  B.  Locke,  who  was 
Mayor  of  Memphis  from  1848  to  1849.  The  Lockes  came 
from  England,  settling  in  Virginia  in  1710.  Both  great-grand- 
fathers of  Charles  G.  Locke  were  attaches  on  General  Wash- 
ington's staff,  and  nearly  every  generation  of  the  family  has 
had  one  or  more  of  its  members  fighting  for  his  country. 

"When  the  call  to  arms  came,  in   1861,  Mr.  Locke  was  in 


Arkansas  on  business.  Being  eager  to  get  to  the  front,  he 
enlisted  in  the  Rector  Guards  of  Des  Arc,  15th  Regiment. 
He  was  later  transferred  to  Company  A,  6th  and  9th  Con- 
solidated Tennessee,  and  followed  its  varied  fortunes  to  the 
end  of  the  war. 

"It  is  said  that  Private  Locke's  bravery  won  the  respect 
and  affection  of  his  comrades,  so  that  upon  the  death  of  his 
commanding  officer  he  was  unanimously  chosen  to  succeed 
him.  This  he  refused  to  do,  preferring  to  remain  in  the  ranks. 
At  Perryville,  while  covering  a  battery,  he  came  so  close  to 
the  big  guns  that  he  became  deaf  as  the  result  of  the  can- 
nonading. At  Chickamauga  he  was  wounded  in  the  left  leg 
and  sent  to  the  hospital  at  West  Point,  Ga. 

"It  was  there  that  he  signally  distinguished  himself.  Al- 
though ordered  by  the  physician  in  charge  to  remain  in  his 
bed,  he  volunteered  with  ninety-nine  others,  wounded  and  crip- 
pled like  himself,  to  defend  a  near-by  fort  against  the  ap- 
proaching Union  army.  As  soon  as  the  fort  was  found  to  be 
inhabited  the  Union  commander  sent  a  company  to  dislodge 
the  defenders.  They  were  met  with  a  withering  fire,  and  re- 
tired in  utter  disorder.  Wilson's  whole  command  moved 
up,  but  all  day  long  the  brave  heroes  inside  the  stockade  held 
them  off.  Without  food  or  drink  and  suffering  much,  the 
little  force  just  as  the  sun  was  setting  compelled  the  enemy 
to  retire.  The  death  roll  on  that  memorable  occasion  was 
twenty,  and  late  in  the  day  a  bullet  lodged  in  Private  Locke's 
arm.     The  following  afternoon  it  was  amputated. 

"Among  Private  Locke's  treasures  was  a  certificate  com- 
mending him  for  personal  bravery  from  Capt.  T.  H.  Osborne, 
of  the  Des  Arc  company,  to  the  colonel  commanding  the  Ten- 
nessee regiment:  'In  every  battle  he  has  distinguished  him- 
self with  marked  bravery,  and  I  recommend  him  for  promo- 
tion as  having  been  a  dutiful,  patriotic,  and  gallant  soldier.' 

"Although  encumbered  with  his  injury,  Mr.  Locke  acted  in 
a  clerical  capacity  for  many  years  following  the  war,  and  was 
known  as  an  experienced  bookkeeper.  He  was  connected  with 
the  Memphis  Ledger;  and  when  the  Evening  Scimitar  was 
purchased  by  the  late  A.  B.  Pickett,  he  took  charge  of  the 
clerical  force,  serving  in  that  capacity  until  the  paper  was 
again  sold.  He  then  became  connected  with  a  local  lumber 
concern  as  collector,  and  was  with  them  at  the  time  of  his 
death. 

"The  deceased  was  the  last  of  his  immediate  family,  his 
nearest  relative  being  a  nephew,  Charles  L.  Andrews,  in  Jack- 
sonville, Fla.    Edward  McGowan,  of  this  city,  is  a  cousin. 

"Mr.  Locke  never  married.  Shortly  after  the  war  he  be- 
came an  honorary  member  of  Company  A,  Confederate  Vet- 
erans, and  an  active  member  of  the  Confederate  Historical 
Association,  attending  all  Reunions  held  since  the  Civil  War. 
His  life  as  a  soldier  was  a  hard  one  and  had  made  an  in- 
delible imprint  upon'  his  memory.  He  was  a  Past  Master  of 
Angeronia  Lodge,  Master  Masons,  and  was  Secretary  of  the 
lodge  at  one  time. 

"A  strictly  moral  man,  a  good,  conscientious  citizen,  and  a 
valiant  soldier,  Mr.  Locke  led  a  splendid  sober  life.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Unitarian  Church,  and  was  one  of  the  several 
who  pledged  their  support  to  raising  a  building  fund  for  that 
congregation." 

W.  J.  Willing. 

On  January  15,  1909,  the  grim  messenger  of  death  summoned 
another  from  the  thin  ranks  of  Confederate  survivors,  and 
the  spirit  of  W.  J.  Willing  was  numbered  with  those  who 
had  passed  over  the  river.  He  was  born  in  Crystal  Springs, 
Miss.,   some   seventy    years    ago      Upon    the   organization    of 


(^otyfederat^  l/eterag. 


239 


the  Dreaux  Battalion  in  New  Orleans  he  was  mustered  into 
the  Confederate  service,  and  went  with  his  command  to  Vir- 
ginia, where  he  served  until  the  breaking  up  of  that  splendid 
body  of  soldiers.  He  then  returned  to  his  home  and  re- 
enlisted  in  the  Zollicoffer  Rifles,  36th  Mississippi  Regiment, 
with  which  he  served  until  the  end,  faithfully  performing 
the  duties  of  a  soldier.  Returning  home,  he  entered  upon  the 
practice  of  law.     He  leaves  a  widow  and  two  daughters. 


Chaplain  General  J.  William  Jones. 

The  death  of  Rev.  Dr.  J.  William  Jones,  so  long  Chaplain 
General  of  the  United  Confederate  Veterans,  is  an  occasion 
for  widespread  sorrow.  He  died  at  the  residence  of  his  son, 
Dr.  W  Aslihv  Jones.  The  funeral  service  was  held  in  the 
Calvary  Baptist  Church,  Richmond. 

Dr.  Jones  was  born  at  Louisa  C.  H.,  Va.,  September  25, 
1836.  Educated  at  the  University  of  Virginia  and  the  South- 
ern Baptist  Theological  Seminary,  he  was  ordained  to  the 
Baptist  ministry  in  i860.  When  the  Civil  War  began  he  was 
under  appointment  to  go  to  China  as  a  foreign  missionary, 
but  instead  enlisted  in  the  Louisa  Blues.  He  was  afterwards 
chaplain  of  A.  P.  Hill's  Regiment,  and  then  served  under 
(,<ii.  Stonewall  Jackson,  remaining  in  the  army  until  the  sur- 
render  He  was  chaplain  of  Washington  and  Lee  University 
when  General  Lee  was  its  President. 

His  relations  with  General  Lee  were  very  close,  and  after 
the  latter's  death  he  prepared  his  hook,  "Reminiscences  of 
Robert  I  Lee,"  at  the  family's  request.  He  was  for  years 
Secretary  of  the  Southern  Historical  Society  at  Richmond, 
and  edited  fourteen  volumes  of  the  society  papers.  They 
consisted  of  contributions  by  Confederate  generals,  etc. 
Among  bis  books  were  "Christ  in  the  Camp"  and  "Life  and 
I  etters  of  Robert  Edward  Lee."  At  the  time  of  his  death 
he  was  Secretary  and  Superintendent  of  the  Confederate  Me- 
morial Association,  with  his  office  at  Richmond, 

Dr.  Jones  was  prominent  in  the  councils  of  the  Baptist 
Church.  lie  was  ardently  Southern,  and  was  perhaps  the 
most  tireless  advocate  of  the  merits  of  the  Southern  people 
that  the  South  had.  He  will  be  missed  at  the  Memphis  Re- 
union. 

Dr.  Jones  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  five  distinguished 
sons — viz.,  Carter  Helm  Jones,  Oklahoma  City,  E.  Pendle- 
ton Jones.  Hampton,  Va.,  Frank  William  Jones,  New  York, 
M    Ashby  Jones.  Columbus,  and  Howard  Lee  Jones,  Charles- 


ton— all  of  whom  are  Baptist  ministers  except  Frank  William 
Jones,  who  is  an  editor  for  the  American  Law  Book  Company. 

The  Lee  Camp  Soldiers'  Home  of  Richmond  held  a  meet- 
ing and  adopted  appropriate  resolutions  to  his  memory.  Dr. 
Jones  was  for  many  years  on  the  Board  of  Visitors  to  the 
Home,  and  the  inmates  had  become  much  attached  to  him. 

A  sketch  in  the  News-Leader  of  Richmond  states: 

"Immediately  after  the  secession  of  Virginia,  when  every 
locality  was  forming  its  volunteer  militia  for  the  defense  of 
the  State,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  soldier  in  Company  D,  13th 
Virginia  Infantry,  of  which  A.  P.  Hill,  afterwards  a  lieutenant 
general,  was  at  that  time  the  colonel.  He  served  in  the  ranks 
as  a  private  soldier  through  the  first  year  of  the  war,  being 
with  his  regiment  in  a  number  of  important  engagements. 

"In  1862,  following  an  aet  of  the  Confederate  Congress 
providing  for  army  chaplains,  he  was  appointed  chaplain  of 
his  regiment;  and  after  the  elevation  of  A.  P.  Hill  to  a  sep- 
arate command,  he  was  made  missionary  chaplain  to  Hill's 
army  corps,  in  which  capacity  he  served  until  the  close  of  the 
war,  conducting  the  funeral  of  his  chief.  General  Hill,  who 
fell  in  front  of  Petersburg  a  few  days  before  the  surrender 
at  Appomattox. 

"In  his  Confederate  career  Dr.  Jones  was  present  on  every 
great  battlefield  in  which  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  was 
engaged,  sharing  the  sufferings  and  privations  and  risk  of 
battle  with  the  soldiers,  ministering  to  those  in  hospitals,  en- 
couraging them  in  the  performance  of  duty,  ami  preaching 
with  effectiveness  and  fervor  as  opportunity  offered. 

"While  the  army  was  in  winter  quarters  on  the  Rappa- 
hannock, following  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  in  the  winter 
of  1S62-63,  he  took  part  with  other  chaplains  in  the  famous 
revival  services  which  swept  throughout  the  entire  army,  and 
as  a  result  of  which  thousands  of  Confederate  soldiers  pro- 
fessed conversion.  It  is  related  of  this  revival  that  it  was 
conducted  simultaneously  by  Dr.  Jones,  a  Baptist,  in  Hill's 
Corps,  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Beverly  Tucker  Lacy,  a  Presbyterian 
minister,  at  Jackson's  headquarters,  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Pendleton, 
himself  a  brigadier  general  of  artillery  and  a  minister  of  the 
Episcopal  faith,  at  Lee's  headquarters,  and  by  Father  Tabb, 
chaplain  of  a  Louisiana  regiment,  'poet  laureate  of  the  Con- 
federacy' and  a  priest  of  the  Catholic  Church. 

"Soon  after  the  war  Dr.  Jones  accepted  the  pastorate  of 
the  Baptist  Church  of  Lexington,  Va.,  where  General  Pen- 
dleton was  rector  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  where  Gen.  R.  E. 
Lee  was  President  of  Washington  College,  and  wdiere  in  the 
town  cemetery  Gen.  Stonewall  Jackson  was  buried.  He  re- 
tained that  position  to  1871,  conducting  successful  revivals 
both  at  Washington  College  and  at  the  Virginia  Military 
Institute,  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  college  students  joining 
his  Church,  about  thirty  of  whom  have  since  entered  the 
Baptist  ministry." 

Butler. — A.  W.  Butler  was  born  December  30,  1832;  and 
died  January  I,  iooo,  at  his  home,  in  Leola,  Ark.  He  volun- 
teered in  July,  1862,  joining  Company  G,  24th  Arkansas  Vol- 
unteers. He  was  captured  at  Arkansas  Post  and  was  sent 
to  Camp  Douglas,  and  after  being  exchanged  he  was  sent  to 
Bragg's  army,  transferring  to  Company  G,  19th  Arkansas  Vol- 
unteer Infantry.  He  served  under  General  Johnston  from 
Dalton  to  Atlanta,  and  remained  with  this  army  until  its  sur- 
render at  Bentonville.  He  was  wounded  at  the  battle  of 
Chickamauga  This  comrade  had  many  friends,  for  he  was 
true  and  worthy,  and  leaves  a  bright  record  of  duty  faithfully 
performed. 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterar?. 


Dr.  William  Henry  Frizell. 

Dr.  W.  H.  Frizell  was  born  near  Lexington,  Miss.,  June 
I3>  1838;  and  died  at  his  home,  Deasonville,  Miss.,  December 
5,  1908.  His  education  began  at  Milton  Academy,  Carroll 
County,  Miss  ,  and  he  graduated  from  Sharon  College,  Madi- 
son County,  Miss.  He  graduated  in  medicine  at  New  Orleans 
in  i860,  and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Acona 
the  same  year. 

Dr.  Frizell  was  among  the  first  from  his  section  to  enlist 
in  his  country's  cause,  and  served  in  the  Durant  Rifles,  Com- 
pany I,  12th  Mississippi  Regiment.  He  was  elected  lieutenant. 
After  the  organization  of  the  regiment  at  Corinth,  Miss.,  it 
was  soon  ordered  to  the  Virginia  Army.  He  was  made 
prisoner  in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg  and  imprisoned  in  Fort 
Delaware.  He  was  sent  as  one  of  the  "Immortal  600"  to 
Charleston  Harbor,  and  held  under  fire  of  our  own  guns  in 
retaliation  by  the  Federals. 

After  his  release  in  1865  and  a  long  and  tedious  journey 
home,  Dr.  Frizell  arrived  at  his  father's  house  in  July,  1865. 
Soon  he  took  up  the  practice  of  medicine  at  Poplar  Creek, 
Miss.  The  writer's  acquaintance  and  a  faithful  friendship 
began  with  him  in  the  fall  of  1865  His  practice  covered  a 
large  rural  district.  He  did  his  work  most  faithfully,  never 
refusing  to  go  because  prior  bills  had  not  been  paid. 

In  1907  his  own  health  gave  way,  when  he  sold  his  home 
at  Poplar  Creek,  Miss.,  and  moved  to  Deasonville,  Miss.  He 
had  many  friends  and  not  an  enemy  in  the  world.  He  was  a 
charter  member  of  Statham-Farrell  Camp,  No.  1197,  U.  C.  V., 
and  was  its  Surgeon  to  the  end.  He  was  devoted  to  the 
Veteran,  and  read  it,  as  he  did  the  Christian  Advocate,  from 
cover  to  cover.  He  professed  religion  in  the  army  and'  joined 
the  M.  E.  Church,  South.  He  was  ever  a  zealous  Christian, 
but  his  pocketbook  never  knew  to  what  Church  he  belonged. 
In  1866  he  was  married  to  Mrs.  Mary  Lloyd,  who  died  in 
1876,  leaving  four  sons.  Again  in  1879  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Ella  Horton.  Of  this  union,  four  sons  and  three  daugh- 
ters were  born,  and  all,  save  one  daughter,  survive  him  with 
his  devoted  wife.  His  memory  is  a  benediction  and  his  ex- 
ample an  inspiration.     A  good  man  has  gone  to  his  reward. 

[By  J.  B.  Simpson,  former  Commander  of  his  Camp] 

Capt.  Barton  Dickson. 

Barton  Dickson,  son  of  William  and  Elizabeth  Barton  Dick- 
son, was  born  in  October,  1836,  near  Tuscumbia,  Ala.,  in 
Franklin  County ;  and  completed  his  mortal  life  with  the  15th 
of  January,  1909,  after  having  been  stricken  with  paralysis. 
He  was  married  in  1863  to  Miss  Nellie  Mayes,  of  Courtland, 
Ala ,  who  survives  him  with  three  children. 

Barton  Dickson  was  descended  from  some  of  the  best  fam- 
ilies of  North  Carolina  and  Virginia,  well  known  in  Revolu- 
tionary history,  and  endowed  with  an  inheritance  of  chivalry, 
bravery,  and  endurance.  His  courtesy  of  manner  and  kindly 
feeling  for  all  made  him  friends  wherever  he  lived.  Reared 
in  affluence  and  possessing  a  collegiate  education,  he  entered 
in  early  manhood  upon  an  active  life  with  fairest  prospects. 

When  the  call  to  arms  was  sounded,  in  1861,  he  was  among 
the  first  to  respond,  ready  to  serve  in  any  capacity.  He  was 
elected  captain  of  Company  A,  16th  Alabama  Regiment,  Cle- 
burne's Division,  and  beginning  with  Shiloh  he  was  in  most 
of  the  hard-fought  battles  of  the  West.  He  was  seriously 
wounded,  the  second  time  at  Jonesboro,  Ga.,  in  August,  1864, 
unfitting  him  for  further  active  service,  and  he  always  suffered 
from  the  effects  of  the  wound. 

Returning  to  his  ruined  home  after  the  surrender,  he  was 
never  able  to  adjust  himself  with  any  great  degree  of  financial 


success  to  the  new  order  of  things;  yet  in  adversity  as  in 
prosperity  Captain  Dickson  was  still  the  same,  true  to  his 
family  and  friends — "the  sweetest-spirited  man  I  ever  knew," 
said  one  who  had  known  him  from  boyhood.  He  was  a  de- 
voted member  of  Company  A,  U.  C.  V.,  of  Memphis,  Tenn., 
his  home  for  some  years.  There  his  grave  was  heaped  with 
lovely  flowers  and  Confederate  emblems  by  comrades  and 
friends. 

Dr.   S.  A.  Nunn. 

Although  something  over  a  year  has  passed  since  the  death 
of  Dr.  S.  A.  Nunn,  of  Belton,  Tex.,  it  is  deemed  proper  to 
pay  this  tribute  to  one  who  stood  so  high  in  the  esteem  of 
his  friends  and  fellow-citizens. 

Dr.  Nunn  was  born  in  Perry  County,  Ala.,  in  May,  1829, 
and  in  1835  his  parents  removed  to  Noxubee  County,  Miss. 
At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  was  sent  to  Princeton  College, 
Kentucky,  where  by  intense  application  he  completed  a  four 
years'  course  in  two  years.  Here  he  acquired  a  love  of  the 
classics  and  literature,  and  to  the  end  of  his  days  he  read  and 
enjoyed  the  Latin,  Greek,  and  French  authors,  and  from 
Shakespeare  and  Byron  he  could  quote  by  the  hour,  his  mem- 
ory being  very  remarkable.  After  leaving  college  he  entered 
the  University  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  attending  lectures  and  tak- 
ing a  full  course  in  medicine.  At  that  time  he  met  Boone, 
Gross,  and  other  "Immortals."  The  winter  of  1852-53  he 
spent  at  Tulane  University,  New  Orleans,  taking  a  full  di- 
ploma in  1853. 

In  1861,  when  the  call  was  made  for  defenders  of  the  South, 
Dr.  Nunn  left  his  lucrative  practice,  his  wife  and  children, 
and  responded  to  the  call,  as  did  his  three  brothers,  Maj.  E. 
F.  Nunn,  Col.  D.  A.  Nunn,  and  Lieut.  Floyd  W.  Nunn.  Their 
father,  familiarly  known  as  "Squire  John  Nunn,"  of  Noxubee 
County,  a  Confederate  of  Confederates,  cheerfully  gave  all 
his  sons  to  the  Confederacy. 

Dr.  Nunn  raised  and  helped  equip  a  company  in  Smith 
County,  Miss.,  taking  part  in  the  battles  at  Corinth,  Chatta- 
nooga, and  Vicksburg.  His  health  failing,  he  returned  home 
for  recuperation ;  but  in  the  latter  part  of  1S63  he  raised  an- 
other company,  and,  receiving  an  appointment  as  surgeon, 
he  served  in  that  capacity  till  the  close  of  the  war. 

In  1878  he  removed  to  Belton,  Tex.,  practicing  his  pro- 
fession until  iiis  death,  in  December,  1907.  Of  the  four 
brothers  who  responded  to  duty's  call  in  1861,  only  Col.  D. 
A.  Nunn,  of  Crockett,  Tex.,  survives  him.  Dr.  Nunn  had 
spent  time,  strength,  and  money  for  the  Confederate  cause, 
so  dear  to  his  heart,  and  his  last  request  was  that  "Dixie" 
should  be  sung  at  his  funeral,  which  was  done  in  fitting  meas- 
ure. And  tenderly  borne  by  friends  and  comrades,  he  was 
laid  to  rest  in  that  last  long  sleep  awaiting  the  resurrection. 

Col.  W.  J.  Betterson. 

Col.  W.  J.  Betterson,  a  pioneer  citizen  of  Dallas,  Tex.,  died 
suddenly  in  that  city  January  15,  1909,  of  apoplexy. 

Colonel  Betterson  was  born  in  Campbell  County,  Va.,  in 
December,  1832.  He  had  four  brothers  in  the  Confederate 
army,  and  was  himself  a  member  of  Pierce's  company  of 
mounted  infantry,  Vaughn's  Brigade.  After  the  war  he  lived 
for  a  time  in  Bristol,  Va.,  then  in  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  later 
moving  to  Dallas.  He  married  Miss  Sue  Roach,  of  Virginia, 
and  with  their  three  children  resided  in  Dallas,  honored  and 
respected.  Some  years  after  the  death  of  his  first  wife  he  mar- 
ried Mrs.  Anne  McD.  Reagon,  of  Giles  County,  Tenn.,  who 
survives  him.  He  was  known  as  the  poor  man's  friend,  and 
many  recipients  of  his  charity  will  long  remember  him. 


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241 


James  Bonner  McBryde. 

James  Bonner  McBryde,  of  Nashville,  Tenn.,  was  stricken 
with  paralysis  on  Saturday  morning,  March  6,  1909,  and  lin- 
gered until  the  morning  of  the  l6th,  when  his  glorified  spirit 
passed  from  earth  into  heaven.  He  was  born  on  December 
27,  1835,  in  Wilcox  County,  Ala.,  where  he  spent  his  boyhood 
days  and  where  he  was  married  on  November  1,1,  1856,  to  Miss 
Eliza  Ann  Parker.  This  union  was  blessed  with  eight  chil- 
dren, six  of  whom  survive  and  were  with  their  father  at  the 
time  of  his  death. 

Mr.  McBryde  was  just  getting -settled  on  his  newly  acquired 
plantation  in  South  Alabama  when  the  War  between  the  States 
broke  out  ;  hut  the  spirit  of  loyalty  to  his  country  and  love 
for  home  and  liberty  made  of  him  a  patriot  true,  and  on 
March  1.  1862,  he  enlisted  in  the  3d  Alabama  Cavalry,  was 
mustered  into  service  in  Mobile,  went  from  there  to  Corinth, 
Miss.,  thence  to  Pittsburg  Landing,  where  he  was  for  some 
time  in  the  front.  He  was  with  Albert  Sidney  Johnston  in 
the  battle  of  Shiloh  on  that  fateful  day.  April  0.  1862,  when 
Johnston  received  the  wound  that  resulted  in  his  death.  Then 
he  went  with  Beauregard  down  into  Mississippi,  where  he 
was  captured  and  kept  a  prisoner  for  fifteen  days  at  Corinth, 
paroled,  and  about  sixty  days  later  exchanged.  After  being 
notified  of  his  exchange  he  rejoined  his  company  near  Stone's 
River,  and  was  in  constant  service  until  the  surrender.  lie 
had  six  brothers  in  the  Confederate  service,  all  of  whom  went 
through  the  war  and  returned  home  without  a  scar. 

Having  lost  the  most  of  his  property  through  the  ravages 
of  war,  in  1868  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Illinois,  where 
he  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in  the  towns  of  Kin- 
mundy  and  Casey  until  ten  years  ago,  when  he  retired  from 
active  business  and  came  to  Nashville  to  make  his  home  with 
a  daughter.     He  joined  the  Presbyterian  Church  early  in  life. 


I  BRYDK. 


but  transferred  his  membership  to  tin  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  when  he  established  his  home  in  Illinois.  He 
was  a  consistent  member  of  the  Church,  an  honored  Mason, 
and  a  valiant  soldier.  He  was  steward,  trustee,  and  Sunday- 
school  superintendent  for  more  than  twenty  years,  and  for 
twenty-two  consecutive  years  was  a  lay  delegate  to  the  Illinois 
Conference,  always  present  at  roll  call  and  serving  mi  various 
committees.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  General  Conferenci  oi 
hi--  Church  in  1878,  and  a  reserve  delegate  to  the  Confi 
of  1882.  He  was  loyal  to  his  Church,  loyal  to  his  country, 
and  loyal  to  his  friends.     He  was  one  of  nature's  noblemen. 

A  little  over  two  years  ago  Mr.  McBryde  and  his  good  wife 
celebrated  their  golden  wedding,  receiving  the  congratulations 
of  a  host  of  friends.  He  attended  the  Reunion  at  Birmingham 
last  May,  and  thoroughly  enjoyed  the  inciting  with  old  com- 
rades,  friends,  and  relatives.  Some  eleven  years  ago  he  suf- 
fered a  stroke  of  paralysis,  and  was  bedridden  for  several 
months;  but  finally  recovered,  and  was  in  apparently 
health  at  the  time  of  the  last  stroke,  from  which  he  never 
rallied.  He  lived  well  and  was  read;  to  answer  the  last  roll 
call.  He  is  survived  by  the  wife  of  his  youth,  four  sons 
(Richard  P.  McBryde,  of  Kinmundy,  111..  R.  J.  and  \V.  E. 
McBryde,  of  Chicago,  and  E  P.  McBryde,  of  Nashville),  and 
two  daughters  (Mrs.  William  G.  Hirsig  and  Mrs.  Curtis  B. 
Haley,  of  Nashville). 

CaI'i        i  1         \       \'<   Kl  II. 

\  membei  of  In-  company  writes  of  the  death  of  ('apt.  H. 
A  North,  of  Newnan,  Ga.,  who  was  born  in  [829.  lie  or- 
ganized a  company  in  April,  1862,  and  joined  the  ist  (ieorgia 
Cavalry.  He  was  one  of  the  officers  who  never  failed  to  re- 
port for  duty  en  all  1  Captain  North  was  with  For- 
resl  at  Murfreesboro,  Tenn.,  and  with  Gen.  John  II.  Mor- 
gan in  the  mountains  of  Kentucky,  impelling  the  rcti 
Gen.  George  H.  Morgan  (.Federal)  from  Cumberland  Gap. 
Afterwards  he  was  with  Gen.  Joe  Wheeler  to  the  close  of 
tin  war,  surrendering  at  Greensboro,  N.  C,  April  jo.  1865 
Hi  was  offered  promotion  on  two  occasions,  but  refused  In 
leave  the  boys  he  had  promised  to  look  after.  Faithful  in  all 
the  duties  Of  life,  his  name  is  written  high  as  a  faithful  Con- 
1.  derate  officer   and   Christian    gentleman. 

C  U'l.    J.     I  1   l:\i-V. 

Capt.  Jacob  Turney  died  at  hi--  home,  near  llughey.  Tenn., 
on  March  19,  1909,  aged  seventy-seven  years.  He  enlisted  at 
the  beginning  of  the  war  in  the  Boon's  Hill  Company.  Turney's 
Regiment,  and  faithfully  performed  the  duties  of  a  soldier 
and  officer.  His  intrepidity  carried  him  into  the  thickest  of 
the  fight  always,  and  he  received  everal  wounds  from  which 
he  had  suffered  for  nearly  half  a  century.  As  a  citizen  he 
showed  the  same  intensity  and  steadfastness  of  purpose,  striv- 

the  besl    in   all  things,  rendi 
Church  and  State.     He  is  survived  by  his  wife. 

W.  1 

Ben  McCulloch   Camp,   No.  300.  U.   C.  V.,  at  Mt.   Vernon, 

mother  member  of  the  Camp  with  the  fallen. 

ade  St. mt  died  at  Childress,  Tex.,  of  pneumonia  on  De- 

cembei     ■,.    too8      He  entered  the  Conn  as  a 

private    in     Comp |     K.    35th    Alabama    Regiment.     Buford's 

Brigade.     For  some  time  past  this  comrade  had  been  in  poor 

d  his  last  roll  call   and   now    "n    t 
under  the  shade  of  the  trees." 
|1'.\    P.    A     l'dakey,   Commander   Ben    McCulloch   Camp.] 


242 


Qoi)federat<^  l/eterap. 


S.    S.    TlLMAN. 

S.  S.  1  ilman  died  at  his  residence,  near  Mt.  Vernon,  Tex., 
February  10,  1909  Comrade  Tilman  was  a  member  of  Ben 
McCullocli  Camp,  No.  300,  U.  C.  V.  lie  was  born  in  Pike 
County,  Ala'.,  on  April  6.  1830,  and  emigrated  to  Upshur 
County,  Tex.,  in  1850.  His  parents  were  horn  and  reared 
near  Lexington,  Ky.,  and  were  married  in  Washington  County, 
Ala.  He  was  married  to  Miss  L.  S.  Saunders,  of  Collin 
County,  Tex.  on  September  8,  1858.  He  had  resided  in 
Franklin  County,  Tex.,  since  1865. 

He  entered  the  Confederate  service  at  Gilmer.  Tex.,  on 
February  1,  1862,  and  served  to  the  close  of  the  war.  He  was 
paroled  at  Meridian,  Miss  ,  by  General  Canby  as  a  member  of 
Company  C,  10th  Texas  Cavalry,  Ector's  Brigade.  He  par- 
ticipated in  the  battles  of  Murfreesboro,  Chickamauga,  Mis- 
sionary Ridge,  Lookout  Mountain,  Peach  Tree  Creek  (near 
Atlanta,  Ga.),  Altoona,  Franklin,  Nashville,  Spanish  Fort, 
and  Mobile.  He  was  severely  wounded  at  Stone  River  and 
Peach  Tree  Creek.  He  had  been  confined  to  his  bed  for  some 
time.  At  his  death  he  was  seventy-nine  years  old.  He  had 
been  long  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church.  He  was  a  good 
neighbor,  beloved  by  many  relatives  and  friends.  He  was 
devoted  to  the  Confederate  Veteran.     "Rest,  comrade,  rest." 

[From  P.  A.  Blakey,  Mt.  Vernon,  Tex.] 

Col.  George  W.  Carv. 
[From    sketch   by   Jack   Childers,   New   York.] 

Col.  George  Walton  Cary,  one  of  the  few  survivors  of  the 
44th  Alabama  Regiment,  died  suddenly  at  the  New  York  Hos- 
pital March  16,  1909.  in  his  seventieth  year.  He  had  recently 
been  under  medical  care  for  an  abscess  in  his  left  ear;  but  the 
suddenness  of  the  fatal  attack  may  have  been  Bright's  disease 
in  acute  form.  Colonel  Cary  was  perhaps  one  of  the  best 
known  and  most  popular  Southerners  in  New  York,  known 
and  respected  all  over  the  South. 

The  late  Gen.  W.  F.  Perry,  of  Bowling  Green,  Ky.,  who  in 
the  Civil  War  belonged  to  Field's  Division  of  Longstreet's 
Corps,  in  a  letter  to  Col.  George  W.  Cary  (he  was  major 
of  the  44th  Alabama  Infantry)  a  few  years  ago  said:  "To  the 
students  of  my  college  classes  to  whom  I  have  often  related 
war  stories  your  name  is  as  familiar  as  household  words — 
how  you  scaled  the  cliff  at  Devil's  Den  ahead  of  your  line 
and  with  flashing  sword  and  blazing  face  landed  among  the 
artillerymen  of  the  battery,  demanding  and  receiving  their 
surrender;  how  you  seized  the  flag  of  the  regiment  in  the 
battle  of  the  Wilderness  and  called  upon  the  men  to  follow 
you  as  you  ascended  the  hill  beyond  the  little  swamp  from 
which  we  had  driven  several  lines  of  battle;  how  you  re- 
peated the  performance  at  Frazicr's  Farm  and  received  what 
we  all  supposed  for  a  time  to  be  a  mortal  wound." 

Colonel  Cary  took  active  part  in  the  battles  of  the  Wilder- 
ness, Spottsylvania,  Cold  Harbor,  Gettysburg,  Richmond, 
Petersburg,  Chickamauga,  and  Appomattox.  His  daughter 
has  a  sword  that  he  captured  from  an  Ohio  officer  on  Sep- 
tember 20,  1S63,  which  he  used  after  that  time. 

Colonel  Cary's  genial  manner  made  him  particularly  popu- 
lar among  his  associates ;  and  while  a  man  of  positive  de- 
meanor, he  was  all  kindness.  He  had  the  happy  faculty  of 
being  able  to  administer  rebuke  without  leaving  a  sting.  As 
a  business  man  Colonel  Cary  became  a  member  of  the  whole- 
sale dry  goods  firm  in  New  Orleans  of  Wallace  &  Cary  at 
the  close  of  the  Civil  War,  and  later  he  accepted  responsible 
places  as  credit  man  and  salesman  with  E.  S.  Jaffrey  &  Co., 
with  Sw^artze,  Pembroke  &  Co.,  and  with  Claflin  &  Co. 


Colonel  Cary  was  a  member  of  the  last  Thaw  jury  in  the 
famous  murder  trial,  lie  was  "No.  3."  but  should  have  been 
designated  as  number  one,  as  he  evidently  dominated  the  jury. 


COL.   GEORGE    W.    CARY. 

Colonel  Cary  was  always  active  in  all  Confederate  Veteran 
matters,  and  his  funeral  was  largely  attended  by  the  Southern 
contingent  of  Confederate  veterans  in  New  York.  Colonel 
Cary  married  in  New  Orleans  after  the  war  Miss  Virginia 
Paxton,  a  Virginia  lady,  who  died  many  years  ago,  leaving 
two  children,  who  now  survive  their  father — William  Paxton 
Cary  and  Virginia  Cary  Fanning. 

George  Callehan. 
Doubtless  many  survivors  of  Chews's  Light  Horse  Battery 
will  remember  George  Callehan,  the  "Irish  boy"  member  of 
the  battery.  He  died  February  20,  1909,  at  Bluemont,  Va.,  aged 
about  seventy  years.  He  was  born  in  Ireland  and  came  to 
this  country  in  1853,  at  the  age  of  fourteen.  He  enlisted  as 
a  private  in  Chews's  Battery  when  it  was  organized,  and  par- 
ticipated in  all  its  battles,  among  the  severe  ones  being  Gettys- 
burg and  Brandy  Station,  Va.  He  was  at  Snickersville  (now 
Bluemont)  guarding  the  gap  with  one  gun  and  some  cavalry 
when  McClellan's  army  attempted  to  cross  there.  He  said 
he  cut  the  fuse  for  forty  seconds  and  it  burst  exactly  where 
he  wished  it  to,  and  "turned  the  whole  army."  He  made  a 
good  and  faithful  soldier,  always  at  the  post  of  duty. 

Spencer. — John  Meredith  Spencer,  who  served  as  a  lieu- 
tenant in  Pickett's  Brigade  of  the  Confederate  army,  died  in 
February,  1909,  at  Oakland,  Cal.  He  was  born  July  4,  1842,  in 
Buckingham  County,  Va.,  and  removed  to  California  ten 
years  ago  with  his  family.  He  served  with  conspicuous  gal- 
lantry through  the  war,  and  in  the  battle  of  Gaines's  Mill  he 
was  wounded  while  carrying  the  flag  up  the  ramparts  after 
five  color  bearers  had  been  shot  in  the  attempt.  He  leaves 
three  children — a   daughter  and  two  sons. 


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243 


Dr.  William   X.  Cunningham. 

Dr.  W.  \r.  Cunningham  died  March  12,  [909,  at  Mansfield, 
La.,  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him.  Dr.  Cunningham  prac- 
ticed dentistry  in  Mansfield  nearly  a  half  century,  beginning 
before  the  war.  He  was  so  skilled  in  his  profession  that  the 
people  who  had  depended  upon  him  from  one  generation  to 
another  would  not  allow  him  to  retire,  though  for  years  there 
had  been  no  necessity  for  his  continuing  work 

Dr.  Cunningham  was  horn  in  Pike  County,  Miss,  May  [2, 
1836,  his  parents  being  James  I'".,  and  Nancy  Eltzer  Cunning- 
ham, both  of  Carolina  stock.  His  grandfather,  Humphrey 
Cunningham,  had  ten  sons,  all  of  them  reared  in  Tennessee. 
(One  of  these  was  the  father  of  the  editor  of  the  Veteran.) 


DR.    W.    X.    CUNNINGHAM, 

In  1S44  Dr.  Cunningham  went  from  Mississippi  with  the 
family  to  Mansfield,  La.  In  April.  1861,  he  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany D.  2d  1  ouisiana  Regiment,  Pelican  Rifles,  the  first  com- 
pany that   1<  m    I'.    S>t..    Parish       He    was  soon   promoted   to 

a  lieutenancy,   and    latei    was   tmissioned   as  captain.     He 

idly  wounded  in  the  second  battle  of  Manassas,  a  Minie 
ball  passing  through  bis  left  leg  neat  the  inkle.  Being  un- 
rated 1  service  by  this  wound,  he  was  transferred  to 
conscript  duty  and  ordered  to  Sabini  Parish,  where  he  served 
over  a  yen    as  enlisting  offi 

Dr  1  unningham  was  .1  Mason  in  high  standing,  a  devoted 
piembci  nf  the  Methodist  1  liurch,  and  a  true  man  His  popu- 
larity was  will  attested  bj  the  masses  of  flowers  at  his  funeral, 
sent  by  public  organizations  and  loving  friends.  Dr.  Cun- 
1  in.  v  daughti  rs,  wives  of  Dr.  II.  J.  Parsons,  of 
Mansfield,  I  a.,  Rev.  K.  F.  Tredway,  ol  Camden,  Ark.,  and  J. 
C.  Si. .I,.  -.  . >i  Shreveport,  La  The  older  daughters  wen 
eatcd  at  Nashville  in  the  Nashville  and  Belmont  Colleges. 

After  In-  death  the  Methodist   Sunda;  1   Mansfield 

held    .1  al    service    in    his    honor    and    many   beautiful 

tributes   wire  paid   to  hi--   in. m 


Mrs.  I'.  C.  Van  Zaxht. 

Mrs.  !■'.  C.  Van  Zandt,  one  of  the  most  notable  women  in 
Texas,  died  in  Fort  Worth  April  S,  igoo,  aged  ninety-four. 
Mr>.  Van  Zandt's  maiden  name  was  Lipscomb,  and  she  was 
horn  in  Virginia,  moving  to  Tennessee  when  -ho  was  twelve 
years  old.  She  married  Isaac  Van  Zandt,  and  with  him  emi- 
grated to  Texas,  locating  in  Marshall.  Her  husband  as  Min- 
ister from  the  Republic  of  Texas  negotiated  the  treaty  of  an- 
nexation between  Texas  and  the  United  Slates,  lie  died  of 
yellow  fever  in  Houston,  and  Mrs  Van  Zand)  reared  her  five 
children  to  be  noble  men  and  women.  One  son,  Gen.  K.  M. 
Van  Zan.lt.  is  Commander  of  the  lexis  Division,  U.  <  V., 
and  lias  be<  n   for  se\  eral  years. 

Mrs.  Van  Vandt  had  twenty  eight  grandchildren,  thirty- 
eight  great  grandchildren,  and  five  great  great  grandchildren. 

Mrs.  Van  Zandt  bad  been  ill  since  last  Thanksgiving,  but 
never  regarded  her  condition  as  severe.  She  left  a  note 
penned  ill  a  hook  saying:  "I  want  neither  crape  nor  flowers 
at  my  funeral  nor  black  put  on  for  me  afterwards.  I  have 
always  wanted  to  live  so  as  not  to  set  a  had  example  to  any 
one  in  my  family  or  others,  and  still  want  to  add  my  mite  to 
putting  away  useless  practices." 

Gordon  FIowess  Saltonstall. 

(1.  F.  Saltonstall  was  horn  at  Tremont.  111.,  m  August, 
[839;  an.l  died  in  Pekin,  111.  February  ;.  [909.  He  was  of 
English  origin,  his  ancestors  having  emigrated  first  t.>  Ken- 
tucky, thence  to  Illinois.  The  early  years  of  Gordon  F.  Salton- 
stall were  passe, 1  on  the  large  plantation  111  Missouri  owned 
by  his  father  and  at  school  in  Virginia.  He  graduated  in 
Bethany,  Va.,  in  the  spring  of  l86l,  when  the  war  clouds  were 
fast   forming  in  the  sk  j 

He  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  Confederate  service  under 
On.  Sterling  Price.  The  captain  of  his  company  resigned, 
and  young  Saltonstall.  having  some  military  training,  was  ad 
vanced  to  till  his  position  He  was  in  command  of  his  com- 
pany during  the  winter  of  1861-62,  at  which  time  he  became 
quartermaster  general   under  General  Price. 

During  his  service  under  General  Price  he  made  many 
raids  for  the  purpose  of  getting  supplies  and  recruits,  lie 
was  in  many  battles  and  skirmishes,  and  was  taken  pri  Oner, 
but  escaped  by  bribing  his  captor,  reaching  Si  I  1:1  at  the 
end  of  the  war. 

After  the  surrender  Mr.  Saltonstall  read  low  111  the  office  of 
John  P..  Cohrs.  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  was  a  bril- 
liant speaker,  and  rapidly  made  bis  way  to  the  front  ranks 
of  his  profession,  foi  li.-  nut  all  obligations  with  fidelity, 
ability,  honesty,  and  steadfastness  of  purpose  He  filled  the 
offices  of  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Educati  n  and  Master  in 
Chancery,  and  for  eight  years  was  State's  Attorney,  tilling 
every  office  with  rare  ability.  \tt.-r  his  death  his  1 
members  of  the  bar  passed  glowing  resolutions  of  respect. 
Me  served  his  clients  faithfully,  diligently,  and  ably,  and  left 

a  memory  that  all  future  lawyers  will  do  well   to  emulate. 

[From  a  sketch  received  through  the  courtesy  of  Frederick 
M    Grant,  Canton,  111  I 

i,        i\       \     1     Gaston   was   born    in    September,    1845,    in 
anburg  District,  S.  C. ;  and  died  suddenly  at  Ins  home, 
near   Gainesville,    Tex.,    February    14.    1909.     He   entered   the 
Confederal.  .   en,  joining  Company  C  of  the 

Palmetto   Sharpshooters,   Si  nth   Carolina   Volunteers.     After 
the  battle  of  Chickamauga   he   was   under  Longstreet   to    Ap 
pomattOX,  walking  from  thai  place  to  his  home  iii  South  Caro- 
lina.    He  had  suffered  from  rheumatism  for  several  years. 


2Ai 


C^opfederat^  l/eterar> 


Drew   Brock. 

Drew  Brock  dropped  from  the  fast-thinning  ranks  of  *he 
Gray  on  August  13,  1908,  at  Stokes,  Term.,  in  his  sixty- 
eighth  year  He  was  born  in  Henderson  County.  Term.,  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1842. 

In  1S62  Comrade  Brock  joined  Company  L  of  the  6th  Ten- 
nessee Regiment.  He  made  a  good  soldier,  and  was  always 
at  his  post  of  duty.  He  was  once  captured  in  the  charge  at 
Chickamauga,  but  later  made  his  escape  and  rejoined  his 
command.  He  was  later  in  the  battle  of  Murfreesboro  and 
Missionary  Ridge.  He  followed  Bragg  in  his  campaign 
through  Kentucky,  and  was  in  the  battle  of  Perryville.  He 
was  in  many  other  minor  engagements  almost  throughout 
the  war. 

After  his  return  from  the  army  he  located  at  Stokes,  Dyer 
County,  Tenn..  where  he  reared  a  large  family  of  intelligent 
children.  He  was  a  man  of  a  kind  and  generous  nature,  a 
joyful,  sunny  disposition,  and  was  well  liked  by  all  who  knew 
him.  He  was  a  devout  Christian,  and  was  as  true  to  his 
Church  and  his  God  as  he  wag  in  the  field  of  battle.  He  was 
my  messmate  and  one  of  the  best  friends  I  ever  had. 

[The  foregoing  is  from  W.  H.  Kearney,  Trezevant,  Tenn  ] 

George  R.  Cooper. 
Having  nearly  completed  his  eighty-ninth  year,  George 
Robert  Cooper  died  at  the  home  of  his  daughter,  in  Van 
Alstyne,  Tex.  He  was  born  in  Pulaski  County,  Ky.,  June  20, 
1S20,  and  while  still  a  young  man  he  removed  to  Saline 
County,  Mo.,  later  on  going  to  Holt  County,  where  he  raised 
the  first  and  only  company  that  county  furnished  the  Con- 
federacy. This  he  gallantly  commanded  as  captain,  and  re- 
ceived a  severe  bullet  wound  in  the  leg.  His  oldest  son,  Sam 
Cooper,  also  served  in  the  Confederate  army.  His  wife,  who 
was  Miss  Elizabeth  Ferrell,  died  in  1863,  and  in  1866  Com- 
rade Cooper  removed  to  Texas  with  his  children  and  settled 
in  Collins  County.  There  he  married  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Ann 
Riggs,  who  died  sometime  ago.  A  long  line  of  posterity  is 
left — six  children,  thirty-three  grandchildren,  and  fifty-one 
great-grandchildren — ninety  in  all. 

Dr.  William   Ray. 

Dr.  William  Ray  died  in  Philipsburg,  Mont.,  on  March 
18,  1909,  from  injuries  received  while  on  a  professional  call 
a  week  before.  He  was  thrown  from  his  buggy,  falling  on 
his  head.  While  very  much  jarred,  the  fall  was  not  con- 
sidered fatal,  and  the  sudden  death  was  unexpected. 

Dr.  Ray  was  born  in  Natches,  Miss.,  in  January,  1S43.  He 
received  his  literary  education  in  that  city,  but  graduated  in 
medicine  in  McDowell  College,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  He  served 
with  honor  in  the  Confederate  service  as  surgeon,  locating  at 
Philipsburg,  Mont.,  after  the  surrender.  Dr.  Ray  was  a 
Mason  and  a  member  of  the  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men. 
Dr.  Ray  was  a  high-toned,  strictly  honorable  man,  and  leaves 
a  host  of  friends  to  mourn  their  loss. 

George  W.  Minor. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  last  meeting  of  DeWitt 
Clinton  Lodge,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  reports  the  death  of  George 
W.  Minor  at  his  home,  in  Cumberland  County,  Va.,  on  Jan- 
uary 17,  1909,  in  his  seventy-seventh  year.  He  was  a  son  of 
Rev.  Raymond  R.  Minor  and  of  Louise  Morris,  of  Louise 
County,  Va. 

"Comrade  Minor  entered  the  war  as  a  private,  was  pro- 
moted to  captain,  was  in  the  battle  of  the  Crater,  near  Peters- 
burg, and  after  the  fall  of  his  colonel  he  commanded  the  regi- 


ment. He  was  a  Christian  gentleman,  loved  and  honored  in 
every  position,  and  especially  was  he  appreciated  in  Masonic 
circles,  in  which  he  was  authority  on  almost  all  questions." 

John  C.  Kennedy. 

Mr.  John  C.  Kennedy,  who  was  Purchasing  Agent  for  the 
N.,  C.  &  St.  L.  Railroad  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
died  at  his  home,  in  Nashville,  March  17,  after  an  illness  of 
only  a  few  hours.  While  not  a  Confederate  veteran,  he  was 
closely  identified  with  them  on  one  point  of  interest,  being 
a  member  and  the  treasurer  of  the  Sam  Davis  Monument 
Committee  and  very  diligent  for  its  success. 

In  an  address  before  the  Tennessee  Historical  Society  in 
January,  1896,  Mr.  Kennedy  gave  a  strangely  pathetic  account 
of  his  going  to  Pulaski,  Tenn.,  for  the  body  of  Sam  Davis. 
The  mother  of  young  Davis  was  not  sure  that  the  dead  man 
was  her  boy,  and  gave  Mr.  Kennedy  a  piece  of  the  striped 
linsey-wolsey  of  his  jacket  lining  by  which  to  identify  him. 
Davis's  young  brother  Oscar  went  with  Mr.  Kennedy,  and 
they  carried  in  the  covered  carryall  a  coffin  in  which  to  bring 
back  the  body.  Everywhere  Mr.  Kennedy  found  that  the  name 
of  Sam  Davis  was  heard  with  the  deepest  reverence.  In  Pulaski 
the  Federal  provost  marshal  said :  "Tell  his  father  and  mother 
for  me  that  he  died  the  bravest  of  the  brave,  an  honor  to 
them,  and  with  the  respect  of  every  man  in  the  command." 


MR.  JOHN   C.  KENNEDY. 

The  Federal  soldiers  uncovered  their  heads  as  the  wagon 
passed  with  the  body,  or  with  a  silence  that  meant  more  than 
words  gave  all  needed  help,  honoring  one  who  suffered  death, 
but  never  dishonor. 

Mr.  Kennedy's  death  so  near  the  time  for  dedicating  the 
Sam  Davis  monument  was  pathetic,  as  he  took  so  deep  an 
interest  in  the  undertaking. 


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William  Henry  Pope. 

William  H.  Tope  died  at  li is  home,  in  Macon,  Ga.,  on  July 
25,  1908.  Bravely  lie  fought  during  those  historic  years  of 
his  country's  struggles  and  bravely  he  lived  after  the  smoke 
of  battle  cleared  away.  Although  he  had  been  in  ill  health 
for  a  year  or  more,  pneumonia  caused  his  death.  That  dread 
disease  laid  hold  upon  him  July  19,  1908,  and  he  died  on  the 
25th.  The  sorrowing  members  of  his  beloved  family  were 
with  him.  His  casket  was  draped  with  an  old  Confederate 
flag,  a  fitting  tribute  to  this  noble  soldier.  Many  floral  tributes 
were  sent  by  friends  and  admirers.  The  body  was  taken  to 
Butler,  Ga.,  the  family  cemetery,  for  interment. 

William  llcnry  Pope,  named  for  his  father,  was  born  in 
Huntsville,  Ala,  on  December  18,  1844.  His  mother  was 
Frances  Anne  Erwin,  of  Bedford  County,  Tenn.  The  senior 
W.  II.  Pope,  a  large  slave  owner  and  planter,  was  killed  by 
being  thrown  from  a  horse  in  1847.  His  widow  later  married 
Gen.  Lucius  J.  Polk,  of  Maury  County,  Tenn.  The  junior 
W.  II  Pope  spent  much  time  in  his  early  life  with  his  grand- 
father. Col.  Andrew  Erwin,  at  Beechwood,  his  famous  country 
home  near  Wartrace,  Tenn. 

In  1S59  he  entered  Lagrange  Military  Academy,  North 
Alabama,  and  was  a  member  of  the  famous  cadet  corps  of  that 
up  to  1862.  When  camps  of  instruction  for  volunteers 
were  established  by  the  Governor  of  Alabama  in  1861,  he 
v 'as  detailed  from  the  academy  as  drillmaster  for  the  camp 
at  Decatur,  Ala     In  this  capacity  he  served  for  several  months. 

In  [862  when  the  35th  Alabama  Infantry  was  organized 
young  Pope's  company  became  a  part  of  the  regiment.  He 
served  with  this  regiment  until  the  army  returned  from 
Corinth  to  Tupelo,  Miss.  Attacked  by  typhoid  fever,  he  was 
taken  to  a  hospital  at  Columbus,  Miss. 

Mr.    Pope   was   with    Bragg's   army   on    its    Kentucky   cam- 


paign, serving  on  General  Hardee's  staff  in  the  battle  of  Perry- 
ville,  Ky.  After  the  fight  at  Murfrecsboro  and  the  army  fell 
back  to  Tullahoma  he  joined  Capt.  I'M  P.  Byrnes's  battery  of 
Gen.  Basil  Duke's  brigade  in  Gen.  John  H.  Morgan's  com- 
mand. He  served  with  (his  battery  until  after  the  fatal  Ohio 
raid,  and  was  one  of  the  few  who  escaped  capture  at  Buffing- 
ton,  Ohio. 

After  his  return  to  Chattanooga,  through  the  influence  of 
Gen.  Leonidas  Polk,  Mr.  Pope  was  made  a  special  scout.  His 
operations  for  the  next  year  were  principally  in  Tennessee 
and  North  Alabama.  He  also  served  for  a  short  while  under 
General  Forrest.  He  was  in  the  entire  campaign  in  Hood's  ad- 
vance into  and  retreat  from  Tennessee.  Mr.  Pope  was  wounded 
three  times  during  the  war— in  the  breast  on  the  skirmish  line 
near  Corinth,  Miss.,  in  the  right  leg  in  Tennessee  in  a  fight 
between  Gen.  John  H.  Morgan's  command  and  General  Wil- 
der's  brigade  of  the  Federal  army,  and  again  while  scouting 
in  Tennessee  he  was  wounded  in  his  right  side.  He  sur- 
rendered at  Gainesville,    Via 

After  the  war  he  entered  the  mining  business  in  Tennessee. 
In  1869  he  engaged  in  the  wholesale  tobacco  business  in  At- 
lanta, Ga.  In  1873  he  went  10  Macon,  where  he  lived  until 
his  death,  being  then  engaged  in  the  wholesale  grocery  busi- 
ness, milling,  and   brokerage. 

Mr.  Pope  was  married  three  times,  His  first  wife  was  Miss 
Annie  Brock,  of  Lafayette,  Ala.,  and  one  child  of  this  union 
(Mis.  James  Timmons,  of  Vtlanta,  Ga.)  survives  him.  His 
second  wife  was  Miss  Elizabeth  Patton.  of  Columbus,  Ga., 
and  of  this  marriage  one  child  (  W.  II.  Pope,  Jr..  of  Waco, 
Tex.)  survives  him.  On  June  9,  1SS1,  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Olivia  J.  Montfort,  of  Butler,  Ga.,  who  survives  him  with 
four  children,  Misses  Matebil,  Tatum,  Erwin,  and  Edgar. 


White. — W.  J.  While  was  born  November  29,  1S37 ;  and 
died  on  the  17th  of  January,  1909,  at  his  home,  in  Eagleville, 
Tenn.  He  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  army  in  July,  1861,  and 
was  sent  to  Camp  Anderson,  near  Murfrecsboro,  where  he 
became  a  member  of  Company  1),  24th  Tennessee  Infantry. 
He  was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Atlanta.  July  22,  1864,  and 
left  in  the  hospital  lie  did  not  rejoin  the  army  until  after 
Hood's  retreat  from  Tennessee.  He  then  fell  in  with  Gen- 
eral Johnston,  and  was  surrendered  in  North  Carolina.  He 
was  married  in  1868  to  Miss  Josie  Rickman,  who  survives 
him  with  seven  children.  Comrade  White  was  a  man  of  feeble 
strength,  yet  was  always  at  the  post  of  duty  and  did  the  full 
duty  of  a  soldier. 


Priest. — At  the  home  of  his  sister,  Mrs  William  Grinstead, 
near  Sedalia,  Mo.,  B.  E.  Priest  died  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
one  years.  He  enlisted  with  General  Trice  at  Booncvillc.  Mo., 
in  1861,  but  was  transferred  to  the  roth  Kentucky  Cavalry. 
II.'  was  under  Gen    Basil   Duki  mmand,  ac- 

companied  Morgan  on  his  raid  through  Ohio,  and  after  cap- 
ture was  imprisoned  for  twenty  months  at  Camp  Douglas. 
He  was  paroled  in  1S65  a  few  days  after  Lee's  surrender. 
Three  children  survive  him. 


WILLIAM    HENRY   POPE. 


Campbell. — At  the  age  of  sixty-nine  years  K  C.  Camp- 
bell, a  native  of  Highland  County,  Va.,  has  joined  the  silent 
majority,  death  coming  on  February  6,  1009.  He  served  with 
Company  I  (  Churehville  Cavalry),  of  the  14th  Virginia  Cav- 
alry, of  which  he  was  orderly.  After  the  war  he  was  proctor 
in  the  University  of  Virginia,  Commonwealth's  Attorney  for 
Alleghany  County,  and  editor  of  the  Highland  Recorder. 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterai? 


Lawson  W.  Magrudek. 

Maj.  Lawson  W.  Magruder,  a  distinguished  Confederate 
veteran,  died  on  the  6th  of  July,  1908,  at  Crockett  Springs, 
Ya.,  whither  he  had  gone  in  the  hope  of  restoring  his  health. 

Major  Magruder  was  a  native  of  Madison  County,  Miss., 
and  joined  one  of  the  first  companies  to  leave  the  county,  in 
the  early  part  of  1861,  which  was  placed  in  the  iSth  Mississippi 
Regiment,  and  which,  with  the  13th.  17th.  and  21st  Mississippi 
Regiments,  composed  the  celebrated  Grirnth-Barksdale-Hum- 
phreys  Brigade  of  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia,  whose 
imperishable  renown  won  in  after  years  on  many  a  stricken 
field  has  rendered  forever  immortal  the  name  of  the  Mis- 
sissippi volunteers. 

Major  Magruder  was  severely  wounded  in  the  first  battle 
of  Manassas,  which  rendered  him  unfit  for  service  for  some 
time;  but  shortly  after  his  recovery  he  received  his  commis- 
sion and  served  on  the  staff  of  Gen.  W.  H.  T.  Walker,  and 
was  with  him  when  he  was  killed  at  Atlanta,  and  afterwards 
served  for  a  time  on  the  staff  of  Gen.  E.  C.  Walthall. 

Early  after  the  close  of  hostilities  he  married  and  removed 
to  Vicksburg,  where  he  soon  attained  high  rank  as  a  lawyer, 
and  at  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  regarded  as  one  of  the 
most  eminent  members  of  the  Mississippi  bar.  He  served 
several  terms  with  conspicuous  ability  in  the  State  Legisla- 
ture. 

Major  Magruder  was  a  graduate  of  the  University  of 
Princeton,  was  a  scholarly  man,  made  a  splendid  soldier,  was 
an  cxamplary  citizen  in  the  truest  and  best  sense  of  the  word. 

In  an  address  made  by  Mr.  R.  D.  Booth  at  a  meeting  of 
the  Vicksburg  bar  to  take  action  touching  the  death  of  their 
deceased  friend  and  brother  he  said :  "Lawson  W.  Magruder 
was  no  ordinary  man.  My  relations  with  him  had  been  most 
cordial  and  intimate  from  his  first  admission  to  the  bar,  and 
I  regarded  him  as  the  equal  of  any  man  with  whom  I  was 
ever  brought  into  close  touch.  In  his  power  to  grasp  great 
underlying  principles  he  had  but  few  superiors.  And  in  addi- 
tion to  his  splendid  intellectual  equipment  he  possessed  many 
of  those  charming  social  virtues  which  are  the  crowning  glory 
of  a  noble  manhood.  He  was  dignified,  generous,  and  affec- 
tionate in  his  family  and  devoted  to  his  friends,  and  was  an 
exemplar  worthy  of  our  imitation.  He  was  a  good  man,  a 
loyal  friend,  and  a  distinguished  citizen." 


Capt.  Thomas   P.   Bridges. 

On  Thursday  evening,  March  25,  1909,  Capt.  Thomas  P. 
Bridges  died  at  his  home,  in  Carthage,  Tenn.,  after  a  lingering 
illness  patiently  borne.  He  would  have  been  sixty-seven 
years  old  in  July  next. 

His  personal  friend,  Rev.  J.  H.  McNeilly,  writes  of  him: 

"In  Captain  Bridges's  departure  the  community  loses  one 
of  its  best  citizens  and  every  veteran  Confederate  soldier 
loses  a  true  friend.  He  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  army  while 
a  mere  boy,  and  he  followed  the  fortunes  of  the  Confederacy 
until  the  end  of  the  war.  He  served  in  Ward's  Tennessee 
Regiment  under  the  dashing  John  Morgan,  winning  his  rank 
of  captain  by  his  courage  and  efficiency.  He  was  captured 
in  that  ill-fated  raid  into  Indiana  and  Ohio,  and  remained  for 
some  time  in  prison.  After  the  war  he  engaged  in  business 
for  a  time  in  Nashville  and  afterwards  in  Carthage,  his  for- 
mer home,  where  he  organized  the  Smith  County  Bank,  with 
which  he  was  connected  until  his  death. 

"It  was  my  privilege  to  know  him  intimately,  having  been 
his  pastor  for  several  years,  and  I  have  never  known  a  higher 
type  of  noble   Christian  gentleman  true  to   every  relation  of 


life.  He  was  a  man  of  unbending  integrity,  yet  gentle  as  a 
woman;  of  dauntless  courage,  yet  modest  and  retiring.  He 
was  genial,  kind,  charitable,  generous,  the  very  soul  of  honor, 
and  beneath  all  a  sincere,  devout  Christian. 

"As  a  soldier  Captain  Bridges  was  one  'to  count  on.'  Brave, 
prudent,  faithful,  he  never  shirked  a  duty  nor  sought  an  easy 
place.  He  cherished  fondly  the  memory  of  those  glorious 
days,  and  enjoyed  the  companionship  of  old  comrades,  not 
one  of  whom  ever  appealed  to  him  in  vain   for  needed  help. 


CAPT.    THOMAS    P.    BRIDGES. 

With  intense  conviction  he  believed  our  cause  was  just,  and 
he  never  made  apology  for  his  course.  As  a  citizen  he  was 
a  stanch  advocate  of  law  and  order,  and  with  liberal  public 
spirit  he  strove  to  build  up  the  moral  and  material  interests 
of  his  section.  He  conducted  his  business  not  merely-  to  make 
money  for  himself,  but  to  benefit  those  among  whom  he  lived. 

"Captain  Bridges's  funeral  service  was  held  by  me  at  the 
Methodist  church  in  Carthage,  and  the  building  was  filled 
with  an  audience  every  member  of  which  appeared  to  feel  his 
death  as  a  personal  sorrow.  A  large  proportion  were  men 
from  out  of  town,  including  old  comrades  in  arms,  testifying 
their  high  regard  for  the  man,  soldier,  citizen,  and  Christian. 

"Captain  Bridges  was  twice  married,  and  he  is  survived  by 
one  son  of  his  first  wife,  Thomas  P.,  Jr.,  with  his  three  chil- 
dren. His  two  brothers,  Dr.  J.  N.  and  Mr.  H.  C.  Bridges,  of 
New  Middleton,  also  survive  him.  His  intimate  associate 
and  friend  was  Col.  John  A.  Fite,  of  Carthage." 


Rhoads'. — The  death  of  B.  L.  Rhoads  is  reported  as  oc- 
curring on  January  10  at  his  home,  near  Auburn,  Ky.  He 
was  born  June  19,  1841.  He  fought  through  the  war  until 
taken  prisoner  in  the  last  year  and  was  sent  to  Rock  Island. 
He  was  laid  away  with  the  cross  of  honor  pinned  to  his  coat. 


Qor}federat<2  l/eterar). 


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Hon.  Francis  P.  Flemming. 

Francis  Phillip  Flemming  was  essentially  Floridian  in  all 
his  interests,  though  through  his  paternal  grandfather,  George 
Flemming,  he  was  descended  from  the  Barons  of  Slade  in  Ire- 
land. George  Flemming  lost  his  title  and  estates  when  James 
Stuart  suffered  defeat.  He  emigrated  to  Florida  and  became 
a  man  of  great  prominence  and  influence  among  the  Spaniards, 
from  whom  he  received  a  captain's  commission  and  several 
grants  of  land  (the  largest  being  20,000  acres  on  the  Indian 
River)  given  in  "consideration  of  distinguished  and  extraordi- 
nary services." 

George  Flemming  married  Sophia  Fatio,  the  daughter  "i 
Francis  Phillip  Fatio,  a  native  of  Switzerland,  who  had  large 
plantations  upon  the  St.  Johns  River.  Of  this  marriage  Francis 
Phillip  Flemming  was  the  second  son.  He  was  horn  in 
Panama,  Duval  County,  Ma,,  in  September,   i S41 . 

When   only   a  hoy   of   t\\ i-nl \    he   enlisted    in    the    2d    Florida 


GOV.    F.    P.    FLEMMING. 

Infantry,   and    went   with    his    regiment   to   Virginia,   where   he 
Served   under   General    Magruder.     He   was  afterwards   with 
Lee  and  Johnston      lie    returned  to  Florida  as  first  lieutenant 
of  Company  D,    1st   Florida   Cavalry,   then  acting   as    infantry, 
and  with  this  company  served  both  under  Johnston  and  Hood. 
After  the   war   Francis   Flemming  studied    law,  and   com- 
1  d    the    practice    of    it    at    Jacksonville,    which    he 
wards  made  his  home.     In   1N71  he  married   Floride,  the  beau- 
tiful daughter  of  Hion.  Bird  M    Pearson,  of  the  Supreme  Court 
irida.     From  the  time  of  his  admission  to  the  bar  Mr 
'in est  in  politics,  particip 

brilliant  speaker   in   ii<  n.  and   it   was  largely 

1  fim  i  -  thai  ill'    I  lemocral  ii      n         in  tin  State  was  .in,-. 

In  1888  he  «.i  natorial  nominees  hefore 

the  Democratic  State  Convention  al  Si  The  con- 


test was  a  very  hot  one,  and  it  was  not  till  the  fortieth  ballot 
that  the  necessary  number  of  votes  wore  received,  resulting 
in  his  nomination. 

The  Republican  candidate  was  Col.  Volney  Shipman,  and 
(he  campaign  was  conducted  under  very  trying  circumstances, 
for  the  epidemic  of  yellow  fever  was  raging  and  even  means 
of  travel  was  much  impeded  1  iften  in  order  t  1  meel  appoint 
ments  long  trips  had  to  be  made  across  country,  ami  there 
were  man)  encounters  with  quarantine  guards  Notwith- 
standing these  drawbacks,  all  appointments  were  nut.  and  Mr, 
Flemming  polled  the  largest  majority  of  votes  ev<  r  rolled  up 
in   the  State. 

As  a  Governor  Ins  distinguishing  trait  was  conscientious- 
ness      lie   did   what    he   thought    was    right,  and   never  allowed 

personal  inclinations  to  influence  his  acts      No  one  who  knew 
Govt  mo,    1  |i  mming   evi  ,    ,  ■  p,  cti  d  .1   man   to  1    1    pe  punish 
"lent  because  of  the  friendship  of  the  Governor  nor  any  man 

to  fail  of  his  toward  on  ace.  unt  of  the  p  no,    oi    the 

chief  executive      Mo   was  an   able  public  officer,   .    .on 

lions  lawyer,  a  brilliant  soldier.  .1  man  to  whom  his  word 
«;is  as  his  bond,  a  tender,  loving  husband  and  father,  and 
a  friend  trustworthy  and  true,  never  self  seeking,  always  cour- 
teous,  brave,  fearless,  and  truthful— a  noble  man  whose  life 
was  rounded  out  by  a  patient  acceptance  of  the  lingering  p. mis 
1  death,  which  came  to  him  in  Jacksonville.  Hi.  December 
20,  1908.  1  ho  different  Confederate  organizations,  the  Board 
of  Trade,  and  the  Church  club  were  in  attendance  .11  Ins  fun- 
eral, and  the  long  line  of  sorrowing  friends  and  the*abundance 

Of  flowers  showed  the  respect  ami  honor  in  which  he  was  hold. 

A    ( i .  Brown. 
Mr.  A.  G.  Brown,  of  Cookeville,  Tenu.,  who  underwent  an 
operation  at  the  Crutcher  Sanitarium  recently,  died  from  the 
effects  of   it,   and   the    remains   were   taken   to   the  home  of  the 

family  for  interment 

Camp  Ben  McCullough.  V.  C.  V,  marched  behind  the  re- 
mains to  the  station  as  a  mark  of  respect  for  an  old  Confi  d 
eratc  soldier.  'I  he  deceased  was  nearly  sixn  eight  \cars  of 
age,  hut  had  been  a  man  of  very  strong  physique  and  robust 
health  until  the  last  six  or  eight  wrecks,  during  which  time  he 
suffered  from  an  abscess  oi  the  pleural  cavity.  Attending 
physicians  think  that  hail  the  operation  been  performed  earlier 
it  would  not  have  resulted  fatally. 

J\mes  McDonald  Scogciins. 

Janus  AM  ion. iM  S.o-.jjir  ».i-  loin  n,  1 '.  1 . , ,  1 1 ,  ■  \  (ounty. 
near  Cleveland.  I  enn.,  July  7,  1833  '>  a"d  died  in  Chattanooga 
April  0,  1909,  in  the  seventj  fourth  year  of  his  age  He  en- 
listed in  the  36th  Tennessee  Regiment  when  it  was  organized, 
and  was  in  ih,  battle  of  Cumberland  Gap.  After  this  battle 
he  joined  the  37th  Tennessee  and  took  part  in  the  battle  of 
fori  \  ville. 

In  the  spring  of  [863  Maj.  Campbell  Wallaci  d  him 

to  take  charge  of  a  switch  on  the  railroad  .11  <  loltewah,  where 
he  remained  until  (he  Federals  took  possession  of  the  road. 
lie  then  went  to  Georgia  until  the  war  cl 

When  the  smallpox  raged  in  1  liattanooga,  all  his  children 
died    of    it.      lie   and    In  lirvived,    hut    all    his    household 

effect    v    re  ordered  to  be  burned      in  this  way  his  discharge 

from  the  army  and  his  detail  for  railroad  work  were  destroyed, 
and   he  could  not  obtain  a  pension.     The  A     1'.    Si.  wait    Chap- 
ter,   Daughters    oi    tie     I  onfederacy,    famous    for    charitable 
work,  p    ■   ided  1.  ir  Mi    Scoggins  and  his  wife. 
II.    h  1    .1  soldiei   oi  tie  well  as  the  1  onfederacy, 

and   du  d  .1   triumphant    Christian    death. 


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Qoofederat^  l/eterap 


CAPT.   FRANK  A.   OWEN. 


Capt.  Frank  A.  Owen. 

The  death  of  this  gallant  comrade  is  the  occasion  of  much 
sorrow  to  the  Veteran  management.  Comrade  Owen  was  a 
devoted  Confederate,  reflecting  honor  upon  the  cause  he  had 
fought  for  on  all  occasions.  For  more  than  a  decade  he  had 
been  a  zealous  friend  and  sent  many  more  checks  than  any 
other  man.  He  was  zealous  for  the  Veteran  throughout  its 
history.  Ten  years  ago  a  prize  of  $100  was  awarded  his  daugh- 
ter Ruth  for  securing  the  largest  number  of  subscriptions  in  a 
given  time.  Although 
Captain  Owen  secured 
these  subscriptions 
largely  for  his  daugh- 
ter, he  came  in 
contact  with  so  many 
comrades  who  desired 
but  could  not  afford 
to  pay  for  the  Vet- 
eran that  he  applied 
the  prize  in  sending  it 
to  such  in  many  sec- 
tions of  the  country. 

Frank  A  m  p  1  i  a  s 
Owen  enlisted  at  the 
age  of  sixteen  years 
in  Company  A,  8th 
Kentucky  Infantry, 
early  in  the  war.  He 
was  captured  at  Fort 
Donelson,  and  es- 
caped from  Camp 
Morton  during  a  ter- 
rific storm  and  walked  through  the  country  to  his  Kentucky 
home  in  eight  days.  Soon  after  that  he  joined  Col.  Adam 
R.  Johnson  and  Lieut.  Col.  Robert  M.  Martin  in  raising  a 
cavalry  regiment.  He  commanded  the  remnant  of  John  H. 
Morgan's  old  regiment  as  the  rear  guard  in  Morgan's  great 
but  disastrous  raid  from  Cheshire  to  the  surrender  at  Zanes- 
ville,  Ohio.    He  was  a  gallant,  faithful  Confederate. 

Pallbearers  at  Captain  Owen's  Funeral. 

The  active  pallbearers  were  Confederate  veterans — viz., 
H.  R.  Williams,  Alexander  Cunningham,  M.  W.  McCoy, 
Charles  Woods,  P.  J.  Mann,  and  Lee  Howell. 

The  honorary  pallbearers  were  all  officers  in  the  Union  army 
— viz. :  Maj.  H.  A.  Mattison,  who  was  judge  of  the  Circuit 
Court  of  Vanderburgh  County,  and  now  a  prominent  practi- 
tioner at  the  Evansville  bar;  Maj.  O.  F.  Jacobi,  a  prominent 
business  man  at  the  head  of  the  Blount  Plow  Works  in 
Evansville;  Maj.  Will  Warren  (one-armed  veteran),  a  promi- 
nent banker  of  Evansville;  Capt.  Charles  V.  Myerhoff,  promi- 
ment  in  the  manufacture  of  stoves  and  hollow  ware  in  Evans- 
ville ;  Col.  S.  R.  Hornbrook,  since  the  close  of  the  war  a 
prominent  lawyer  in  Evansville;  Col.  C.  C.  Schreeder,  a  promi- 
nent business  man  and  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature. 
All  of  these  Union  veterans  were  close  friends  of  the  de- 
ceased and  solicited  the  opportunity  to  show  their  personal 
esteem. 

At  the  funeral  of  Major  Owen  his  pastor,  Rev.  M.  A.  Farr, 
said :  "The  youthful  days  of  our  brother  were  spent  in  the 
Southland,  and  the  characteristics  of  that  land,  its  honor, 
chivalry,  generosity,  hospitality,  sympathy,  and  appreciation, 
were  indelibly  stamped  on  his  life.     He  was  the  soul  of  honor; 


his  sense  of  right  and  wrong  was  acute;  his  standards  were 
the  highest;  duty  as  he  saw  it  was  never  debatable.  The  way 
it  pointed  was  the  way  he  went.  It  was  his  nature.  He 
walked  among  the  nobility ;  not  of  wealth  or  position  merely, 
but  the  nobility  of  blood  and  culture  and  heart.  His  character 
too  was  the  outcome  of  the  creative,  transforming  forces  of 
gospel  truth.  He  was  a  devout  man,  a  godly  man.  *  *  * 
Here  to-day  are  the  soldiers  of  the  Union  and  the  soldiers 
of  the  Confederacy.  Gulfs  once  impassable  have  lessened, 
until  to-day  men  reach  across  and  take  each  other  by  the  hand 
and  say  :  'Let  there  be  no  quarrel  between  thee  and  me,  for 
we  are  brethren.'  And  Brother  Owen  mingled  freely  for 
these  last  years  in  trade  and  society  and  religion  with  men 
who  had  once  been  foes,  and  the  constant  message  of  his  life 
was  one  of  'peace  on  earth  and  good  will  unto  men.'  " 

Dr.   Warner  Moore. 

Rev.  Warner  Moore,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Pulaski.  Tenn.,  in 
June,  1845 ;  and  died  at  Ripley,  Tenn.,  in  March,  1909. 

At  the  age  of  sixteen  Dr.  Moore  entered  the  Confederate 
army,  and  served  in  Stanford's  Battery  of  Light  Artillery  till 
the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  wounded  three  times.  While 
in  the  Confederate  service  he  was  converted  to  Christianity, 
and  decided  to  give  his  life  to  the  service  of  the  Church.  He 
was  licensed  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  the  Methodist 
Church,  and  was  ordained  deacon  by  Bishop  Paine  in  1866, 
and  a  year  later  was  ordained  elder  by  Bishop  McTyeire. 

He  had  many  Church  appointments,  which  he  filled  with 
ability,  and  was  pastor  at  Ripley  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

He  was  a  courteous  and  considerate  gentleman,  a  Christian 
in  every  act  of  his  life,  steady  in  his  friendships,  tender  as  a 
woman  yet  inflexible  where  principle  was  concerned,  charita- 
ble in  thought  and  deed,  modest,  never  given  to  self-seeking, 
a  pure  soldier  of  the  cross,  whose  life  was  free  from  guile. 

His  funeral  was  attended  by  a  large  concourse  of  people, 
including  many  members  of  the  Methodist  Church.  He  leaves 
four  sons  and  two  daughters  to  mourn  their  loss. 

Mrs.  J.   C.  Maple. 

A  committee  composed  of  Mrs.  Belle  Denny,  Mrs.  Mary 
E.  Brown,  and  Jee  Woodson,  of  Armstrong,  Mo.,  sends  the 
following : 

"Whereas  it  has  pleased  God  to  call  from  among  us  our 
dear  friend  and  coworker,  Mrs.  J.  C.  Maple ;  and  whereas  in 
our  association  together  as  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  she 
has  endeared  herself  to  us  by  her  wise  counsel  and  unflinching 
courage  in  devotion  to  duty ;  therefore  be  it 

-Resolved  by  the  T.  M.  Cockrell  Chapter,  No.  868,  U.  D.  C, 
That  in  the  death  of  Mrs.  Mapie  our  Chapter  has  lost  one  of 
its  most  faithful  and  efficient  members.  We  pledge  ourselves 
anew  to  the  work  she  encouraged,  and  her  memory  will  ever 
lovingly  linger  with  us. 

"Resolved,  That  we  extend  our  sympathy  to  the  bereaved 
husband,  and  pray  that  the  Holy  Spirit  may  comfort  and  sus- 
tain him  in  this  time  of  great  sorrow. 

"Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  sent  Dr.  .1 
C.  Maple  and  published  in  the  Armstrong  Herald  and  the 
Confederate  Veteran." 


Mrs.  Augusta  Hill  Noble  died  of  pneumonia  in  Athens,  Ga. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Maj.  Blanton  Hill,  a  veteran  of  the 
Mexican  War,  and  sister  to  Col.  Franklin  Hill,  of  the  Con- 
federate service.  Mrs.  Noble  was  a  member  of  the  Confed- 
erated Memorial  Association,  with  whom  originated  the  beau- 
tiful custom  of  decorating  the  soldiers'  graves. 


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249 


VISIT  FAMOUS  BATTLEFIELDS  EN  ROUTE  TO  AND 
FROM  THE  MEMPHIS  REUNION. 

By  far  the  most  interesting  route  to  the  Memphis  Reunion 
is  via  Atlanta,  thence  over  the  Nashville,  Chattanooga  &  St. 
Louis  Railway  by  way  of  Chattanooga  and  Nashville.  That 
portion  of  the  line  from  Atlanta  to  Chattanooga  is  the  old 
Western  &  Atlantic  Railroad  which  was  made  famous  by  the 
campaign  in  which  the  aggressiveness  of  Sherman  was  met  by 
the  skill  and  strategy  of  Joseph  E.  Johnston.  This  route 
passes  through  battlefields  almost  the  entire  distance  It  is  the 
delight  of  veterans  to  travel 
over  this  line  in  a  modern 
Pullman  car  or  a  comforta- 
ble day  coach  and  point  out 
i"  their  comrades  and 
friends  the  battlefields  of 
Atlanta,  Peach  Tree  ('reek, 
Smyrna,  Kennesaw  Moun- 
tain, Brush  Mountain,  Big 
Shanty,  Allatoona,  Adairs- 
ville.  Resaca,  Dug  Gap,  Mill 
Creek,  Rocky  Face,  Tunnel 
H'ill,  Ringgold,  Graysville, 
Chickamauga,  Missionary 
Ridge,  "Battle  above  the 
Clouds,"  Stone's  River, 
Nashville,  etc.  Von  will 
pass  through  all  of  these  battlefields  if  you  purchase  a  ticket 
reading  via  Atlanta  and  over  the  Nashville,  Chattanooga  & 
St.  Louis  Railway. 

Stop-overs  of  ten  days  within  limit  of  ticket  will  be  al- 
lowed  on  either  the  going  or  the  returning  trip  at  any  point 
between  Atlanta  and  Nashville;  also  at  the  following  points 
west  of  Nashville:  Waverly,  Johnsonville,  Lexington,  and 
Jackson.  Notify  the  conductor  of  your  desire  to  stop  when 
ticket  is  first  presented,  then  deposit  ticket  with  the  ticket 
agent    immediately   upon   arrival   at   the   stop-over   station    and 


.  LEBURNE  S    REPULSE 


secure  receipt.  When  the  journey  is  to  be  resumed,  sur- 
render receipt  and  secure  ticket  with  stop-over  paster  attached 
Chattanooga  is  one  of  the  most  interesting  points  in  the 
country.  l!->  Strategic  importance  from  a  military  point  of 
view  was  recognized  by  both  sides  during  the  Civil  War,  and 
nearly  every  good  general  which  the  war  produced,  especially 
on  the  Federal  side,  saw  service  in  the  shadow  of  Lookout 
Mountain.  Do  not  fail  to  stop  at  Chattanooga  and  visit  Look- 
out   Mountain.    Missionary    Ridge.    Chickamauga     Park,    and 

id vernment   Military   Post.     In  the  Union   Depot  may  be 

seen  the  old  "General."  the 
engine  which  was  captured 
by  the  Andrews  Raiders  in 
1862.  It  has  been  placed 
there  as  a  permanent  monu- 
ment to  American  valor. 

Nashville  is  another 
point  of  unusual  interest. 
It  has  always  been  so  par- 
ticularly  on  account  of  the 
great  political  influence  it 
has  wielded  in  the  affairs 
of  the  country.  It  was  the 
home  of  Presidents  Andrew 
Jackson  and  James  K 
Polk.  The  battle  of  Nash- 
ville was  fought  December 
f  Franklin   was   fought   a   few 


fc$  "V^H  0/- 


OF    SHERMAN    AT   THE    BATTLE   OF    MI 
S10NARY    RIDGE. 


15  and    16.    1804       I  he   battle 
miles  south   of   Nashville. 

The  Nashville,  Chattanooga  &  St.  Louis  Railway  has  pub- 
lished  for  free  distribution  several  historical  booklets  and 
folders,  as  follows :  "Southern  Battlefields,"  "Chickamauga 
Park  Folder."  and  "Story  "f  the  General."  It  has  also  just 
issued  a  beautifully  illustrated  folder  relative  to  the  Memphis 
Reunion.  Copies  of  any  of  these  publications  will  be  mailed 
free  to  any  address  upon  application  to  W.  L.  Danley,  Gen- 
eral Passenger    kgent,  Nashville.  Tenn.    Mention  the  Veteran. 


-BILL  POSSUM— HIS  BOOK." 

Mis-  Mary  Brent  Whiteside,  of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  has  celebrated 
Mr  I'aft's  late  visit  to  that  city  by  a  charming  little  booklet 
with  the  above  title  which  she  dedicates  in  his  honor. 

"Bill   Possum"  proves   Miss  Whiteside  an   adept  in  writing 
gro  dialect.    She  not  only  uses  their  quaint  expressions, 
but  the  very  trend  of  their  ideas  seems  conveyed  in  her  writ- 
ings 

Uncle  Isaac"  is  the  typical  old  Southern  darky  of  field 
and  woods.  Reading  of  him,  one  seems  to  see  the  old  planta- 
tion "quarters,"  to  hear  the  soft  twang  of  the  "banjo-picking" 
and  the  shuffle  of  dancing  feet,  and  to  catch  the  yelp  of  the 
"yallcr  dorg"  that  seems  so  necessary  a  part  of  the  picture. 
Through  the  whole  book  peeps  the  inconsequent  joy  of  the 
negro  race  and  the  strange  superstitions  that  wield  so  strong 
an  influence  over  their  lives. 

Nn  Southern  man  or  boy  who  has  ever  "been  out  possum- 
Inintin'  ad  one  1  hapti  r  of  this  book  without  a  reminis- 

11  lit  thrill,  for  all  the  factors  that  made  that  night  memorable 
to  lum  are  hen  depicted— the  blazing  torches,  the  hunters 
silhouetted  in  their  light  against  the  blackness  of  the  woods, 
the  yelping  pack  of  dogs,  each  having  the  reputation  of  the 
1  possum  dorg  dere  is"  to  sustain,  and  even  the  tree 
to  he  cut  ch.wn  111  whose  hollow  branch  the  wily  possum  lies 
concealed. 

"Bill   Possum"  is  humanized,  and  1  I  talks  tin-  1 


tongue,  foi  Miss  Whiteside  says:  "The  possum  language 
translated  into  speech  naturally  takes  the  form  of  the  negro 
dialect,  for  between  the  negro  and  the  possum  exists  a  pe- 
culiar affinity  which  to  the  white  man  is  unknown  and  unat- 
tainable." 

"Grandfather  Possum's"  stories  are  very  quaint,  and  abound 
in  that  odd  philosophy  that  seems  to  underlie  the  negro  char- 
acter Some  of  his  comments  to  that  question-loving  "young- 
est grandchild"  of  his  are  gems  of  negro  shrewdness. 

Each  chapter  of  the  book  is  introduced  by  jingling  rhymes 
that  seem  to  have  caught  the  very  spirit  of  negro  folk  songs, 
and  many  of  them  are  worthy  of  a  musical  setting.  Altogether 
the  book  is  one  of  the  best  negro  dialect  stories  that  has  ap- 
peared for  a  long  I  mi' 


THE  MARTIN  SAFETY  BUGGY  COMPANY. 
1  hi  page  250  there  is  a  description  of  these  vehicles — an  in- 
novation upon  any  heretofore  made.  The  "safety"  feature 
maj  be  as  good  as  that  ol  convenience,  in  which  event  these 
buggies  niu^i  have  .1  great  future;  and  while  the  sale  of  only 
1,000  will  give  $10,000  to  the  fund,  it  will  introduce  them  to  a 
multitude  who  will  evidently  consider  themselves  most  fortu- 
nate Let  all  who  may  be  inclined  to  help  the  fund  write  to 
the  ioiiip.no  it  llopkinsville  and  get  more  explicit  informa- 
tii  11  about  them. 


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C^opfederat^  l/eterag. 


THE  MARTIN  SAFETY   BUGGY. 
To  All  Confederate  Veterans  and  Daughters  of  the  Confcd- 

eracy,  also  All  Sons  of  Confederates: 

The   Martin   Safety   Buggy   is   the   invention   of   :i    Confed- 
erate   soldier,    and   the   Pre-ideut   of   the 
Martin     Safety    Buggy    &    Wagon    Com- 
pany is  also  a  Confederate.     His  wife  is 
an  official  member  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  and 
all  the  officers  are  either  Confederates  or  the  descendants  of 
Confederate  families. 

The  Martin  Safety  Buggy  is  the  best  and  safest  buggy 
for  all  purposes  ever  invented.  It  is  made  from  the  best 
material,  is  in  the  latest  style,  and  made  by  one  of  the  hest 


The  buggies  will  be  shipped  out  promptly,  and  each  pur- 
chaser will  get  the  best  buggy  he  ever  bought,  one  that  balky 
or  wild  horses  cannot  turn  over,  and  the  only  buggy  made 
f.ial   yon  can  turn  round  on  a  circle  of  less  than  six  feet. 


ggy  manufacturers   in   the  United   States.     The  buggy  is 


crated  and  delivered  F.  O.  B.  Evansville,  Ind.  A  bill  of  lading  is 
mailed  to  the  purchaser,  who  pays  the  freight  on  arrival  of  the  buggy 
at  his  railroad  or  river  station. 

We  sell  these  buggies  all  over  the  country  di- 
rect to  consumers  at  the  manufacturer's  prices. 
Well-recommended  persons  will  act  as  our  spe- 
cial sales  agents.     We  offer  the  following  most 


liberal  terms  until  they  have 
sold  10,000  of  these  unsur- 
passed buggies : 

Each  person  sending  us 
money  order  for  any  buggy 
named  on  the  opposite  page 
will  by  return  mail  receive 
a  cash  remittance  of  $5  for 
making  the  sale,  and  the 
Treasurer  of  the  Jefferson 
Davis  Park  Fund  will  re- 
ceive a  cash  remit- 
tance of  $10  to  be  in- 
vested in  the  me- 
morial  park  property. 


We  want  these 
10,000  special  agents 
to  cooperate  with  us 
in  the  sale  of  this 
new  buggy  until  it 
is  in  general  use  all 
r  the  country.  Our  sales 
commissions  of  $5  each  and 
park  donations  of  $10  will  have 
assisted  in  compensating  our 
salesmen  and  ladies  and  in  the 
completion  of  the  Jefferson 
Davis  Park,  Fairview,  Ky., 
making  of  it  an  ideal  attraction 
for  all  friends  and  patriots  of 
our  sunny  Southland  as  well 
as  tourists  from  every  part  of 
the  world. 

We  solicit  all  who  will  help 
us  in  this  great 
work.  Write  to 
your  friends  about  it, 
find  out  who  wants 
a  new  buggy,  get  his 
order  for  it,  send  in 
the  full  price  of  the 
buggy    wanted,    and 


4+ 


This  proposition  is  to  hold  good  until  10,000 
buggies  have  been  sold  by  these  special  agents. 
Through  this  cooperative  plan  we  will  have 
turned  into  the  park  fund  more  money  than  any 
other   individual  or  company. 


your  commission  of  $5  will  be  sent  by  return  mail  and  the  $10  donation  to 
the  park  fund  to  the  Treasurer,  Capt.  John  H.  Leathers,  Louisville,  Ky. 
Help  us  to  swell  the  sales  and  contributions  by  June  3.  By  the  cooperation 
of  all  who  are  interested  in  the  Jefferson  Davis  Memorial  contributions  to  the 
park  fund  will  enable  the  management  to  carry  forward  its  purposes. 

By  the  plan  proposed  all  of  our  profit  goes  to  the  completion  of  the 
great  memorial  park  project,  the  advantage  to  the  company  being  in 
patriotic  purpose  to  aid  it  with  the  resultant  advantage  of  distributing 
the  Martin  Safety  Buggy  throughout  the  South,  which  will  be  the 
company's  compensation. 

Upon  examination  of  its  construction  many  will  wonder  that  the 
invention  had  not  been  conceived  before. 

Hopkinsville  is  connected  with  Fairview  by  a  splendid  turnpike 
through  a  magnificent  section  of  Kentucky. 

Address    Martin    Safety    Buggy    &   Wagon    Co.,    Hopkinsville,    Ky. 
The  proposition  of  the  Martin  Safety  Buggy  Company  is  cer- 
tainly liberal.     Many  an  agent  may  do  nicely  in  making  sales, 
and  the  Association  for  the  Jefferson  Davis  Home  is  in  need 
of  all  the  funds  that  can  be  secured. 

A  feature  about  these  buggies  that  is  certainly  worthy  of  at- 
tention is  the  fact  that  the  gear  is  very  extraor- 
dinary. When  the  team  is  moved  to  make  room 
to  ascend  to  the  buggy,  the  hind  wheel  turns 
equally  as  far ;  so  there  is  good  room  at  once. 


Qopfederat^  Veterai). 


251 


PRICES.  TERMS  AND  ONE  YEAR.  GUARANTEE,  FOR.  BUGGIES  SHIPPED  DIRECT  TO  PURCHASERS  WITH 
$5.00  COMMISSION  AND  $10.00  TO  "JEFF  DAVIS  PARK  FUND." 

No.  1.  One  Martin  Safety,  Short  Turn,  Steel  Tire,  Auto  Seat  Runabout $   65  00 

No.  2.  Ouo  Martin  Safety,  Short  Turn,  Rubber  Tire,  Auto  Seat  Runabout 85  00 

No.  3.  One  Martin  Safety,  Short  Turn,  Steel  Tire,  Auto  Seat,  %  Leather  Top,  Storm  Cur- 
tain and  Boot . .  . '. 85  00 

No.  4.  One  Martin  Safety,  Short  Turn,  Rubber  Tire,  Auto  Seat,  \{  Leather  Top,    Storm 

Curtain  and  Boot.* 100  00 

No.  5.  One  Martin  Safety  Standard,  Steel  Tire,  Auto  Seat  Runabout 65  00 

No.  6.  One  Martin  Safety  Standard,  Rubber  Tire,  Auto  Seat  Runabout 85  00 

No.  7.  One  Martin  Safety  Standard,  Steel  Tire,  Auto  Seat,  ){  Leather  Top,  Storm  Curtain 

and  Boot '. 85  00 

No.  8.  One  Martin  Safety  Standard,  Rubber  Tire,  Auto  Scat,  }i  Leather  Top,  Storm  Cur- 
tain and  Boot 100  00 

No.  9.  Our  Automobiles  Range  in  Prices  from $500.00  to  $2,000  00 

And  arc  the  best  ami  cheapest  on  the  Market.      Write  for  Catalogue.    Commissions  and  special   donations  to  the 

'"  Davis  Park  Fund."  Our  lines  of  Buggies  are  made  from  the  best  male  rial,  and  are  of  the  best  and  latest  Styles  and 
finish  found  in  the  United  Slates.  All  orders  are  tilled  by  numbers,  crated  and  delivered,  F.  O.  B.,  Kvausville,  Ind. 
AVe  secure  and  mail  bill  of  lading  to  the  purchaser — ho  pays  the  freight. 

All  orders  must  be  accompanied  with  Post  Office  or  Express  Money  Order  covering  the  price  of  the  Vehicle  ordered, 

payable  to  the  Marl  in  Safety  Buggy  and  Wagou  Co.,  or  order,  and  on  receipt  of  sane  the  order  will  be  tilled  promptly. 

We  want  all  K\-(  Confederates,  Sons  and  Daughters  of  the  ( Confederacy,  and  all  others  interested  to  act  as  Special 

Sales  Agents  for  our  Buggies  and  Automobiles,  and  push  them  for  US.     We  will  pay  $5.00  cash  for  each  sale,  and  $10.00 

into  the  Treasury  of  the  ".JelT  Davis  Park  Fund"  out  of  the  proceeds  of  each  order,  by  return  mail.    We  want  to  sell 

10,000  Buggies  this  way  this  year,  ami  (urn  more  money  into  the  "  Bark  Fund  "  than  any  other  Company.  We  appeal 
to  all  interested  people  to  buy  our  Buggies  and  also  to  see  that  your  neighbors  and  friends  order  from  us  and  gd  the 
best  Buggy  or  Automobile  made.    Address 

MARTIN  SAFETY  BUGGY  &  WAGON  CO. 

INCIIlllMIHATCD 

Hopkins villc,  Iveiiiucky 


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The  above  cut  is  that  of  the  great  painting  of  "  Lee  and  His  Generals,"  by  George  B.  Matthews, 
of  Virginia.  <(j  General  Marcus  J.  Wright  indorses  it  as  follows:  "I  regard  it  as  one  of  the 
finest  paintings  I  ever  saw.  The  truthfulness  of  feature  of  all  these  great  generals  is  most 
remarkable  The  Lithograph  copy  is  a  most  striking  and  accurate  reproduction  of  the 
original.  1  1  >pe  all  Confederates  will  procure  copies."  ^fl  The  Lithograph  is  in  color.  Size, 
27  x  16  inches.  State  agents  can  make  most  liberal  contracts.  Agents  wanted  in  every  city  and 
town  in  the  South.  •![  Sent  by  mail  on  receipt  of  55  cents.  Every  home  should  have  a  pic- 
ture.    It  mil  make  a  nice  Christmas  gift.     Address 

MATTHEWS  &  COMPANY,  1420  New  York  Avenue,  Washington,  D.  C. 


C.  S.  A.  VETERAN 
GRAVE  MARKERS 

Orders  recently  received  and  shipped: 

Mrs.  H.  A.  Rugeley,  Bay  City,  Tex 12  markers 

Miss  Jane  McKechan.  Fayetteville,  N.C.tiO       " 

Mrs.  B.  D.  Lamar,  Augusta,  G-a 52 

Mr.  .1.  S.  Drakeford,  Tuskegee.  Ala....  100 
Mrs.  L.  A.  Bergeron,  Calvert,  Tex 110 

Mrs.  Bergeron  says  these  markers  till  a 
long-felt  want,  and'  all  those  who  have 
seen  samples  are  well  pleased  and  she  will 
recommend  them. 

Send  me  25  cents  in  stamps  for  sample 
big  star  by  mail.  1  don't  furnish  Haps. 
Price,  25  cents  each,  with  iron  rod  ready 
to  set.  Fifty  or  sixty  markers  will  go  as 
cheap  by  freight  as  twenty-five.      Address 

Wm.  H.  BIRGE,  Franklin,  Pa. 


Health,  Wealth,  and  Happiness,  Pleasure,  Peace,  and  Profit 

On  the  Gulf  Coast  of  Texas.    "COME  AND  SEE" 


So,ooo  acres.  Staple  crops  in  summer,  and  truck  for  the 
North  in  winter.  $50  to  $1,000  per  acre  made  on  land 
bought  at  $25  to  $50.  Oranges,  lemons,  grapes,  and 
figs.     Agents  wanted.     Ask 

W,  AMOS  MOORE,  C,  V„  Mackay  Building,  San  Antonio,  Texas 


J.  H.  Ogilvie,  104  Neil  Avenue  North, 
Nashville.  Tenn..  makes  inquiry  for 
Capt.  J.  II  Wiggins,  who  commanded  a 
battery  from  Arkadelphia.  Ark.,  of 
Cheatham's  Division.  He  was  captured 
by  Rosecrans  at  Shelbyville,  Tenn.,  and 
sent  to  prison, 


O.  P.  Foster,  of  Socn-m,  Fla.,  requests 
any  surviving  members  of  Company 
I,  63d  Georgia  Regiment,  to  write  to 
I  im.  He  also  wants  [~>  know  whether 
the  regiment  went  by  e  number  1st 
or  63d  Georgia  when  the  two  regiments 
were  consolidated  after  the  battle  of 
Nashville. 


Mrs.  W.  P.  Durhee,  415  North  40th 
Street,  Omaha,  Nebr.,  seeks  some  in- 
formation of  her  father,  Charles  Fred- 
erick Tripp,  who  was  in  the  Confed- 
erate army,  ard  she  thinks  from  Mary- 
land, of  which  State  her  mother  was 
a  native,  a  member  of  the  Eaton  fam- 
ily. She  will  appreciate  any  information 
from  or  of  the  two  families. 


Gen.  P.  C.  Carlton,  Commanding  First 
Brigade  North  Carolina  Division,  U. 
C.  V.,  at  Statesville,  N.  C,  wants  the 
following  copies  of  the  Veteran  to  com- 
plete his  file:  May  and  December,  1894; 
October.  1895;  June  and  July,  1902 
Write  him  in  advance  of  sending. 


Will  any  reader  of  the  Veteran  know- 
ing the  address  of  Joe  Winters,  of  Mary- 
land, who  was  on  the  color  guard  of 
the  62d  Virginia,  kindly  send  it  and  any 
information  concerning  him,  if  living, 
to  his  old  chum,  Thomas  H.  Neil- 
son,  302  Broadway,  New  York  City, 
who  desires  to  write  him? 


J.  B.  Nalle,  4117  Independence  Ave- 
nue, Kansas  City,  Mo.,  wants  a  copy  of 
the  book  giving  "History  of  the  Battle 
of  Brandy  Station,  Va.,"  written  by 
Major  VonBorck  and  Captain  Seibert. 
Any  one  krowing  of  it  or  where  it  might 
be  procured  will  confer  a  favor  by  writ- 
ing to  Mr.  Nalle. 


C.  L.  Wilder.  Jr.,  of  Tampa.  Fla., 
would  like  to  hear  from  or  of  a  young 
soldiers  of  the  18th  Indiana  Regulars 
whom  he  found  wounded — shot  through 
the  thigh— just  after  the  battle  of  Chick- 
amauga,  piled  up  by  an  old  oak  tree,  and 
whom  he  relieved  and  cheered  all  he 
could  He  remembers  telling  him  of 
having  met  the  18th  Regulars  at  Mur- 
freesboro. 


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San   Antonio,   Texas. 


Confederate  Soldiers 

their  widows  ami  children,  who  have  claims  for 

horses  and  equipments  taken  froni  Uie  eoldier  by 
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tin- .  lalm  is  allowed;  »5 per  cent  if  collected. 
Respect  fully, 
W.  L.JETT,  Attorney,  Frankfort,  Kv. 


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During  the  Confederate  Veterans'  Reunion 

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the  Well-informed  of  the  World 

is  to  learn  as  to  the  relative  standing  and  reliability  of  the  leading  manufactur- 
ers of  medicinal  agents,  as  the  most  eminent  physicians  are  the  most  careful  as  to 
the  uniform  quality  and  perfect  purity  of  remedies  prescribed  by  them,  and  it  is  well 
known  to  physicians  and  the  Well- Informed  generally  that  the  California  Fig  Syrup 
Co.,  by  reason  of  its  correct  methods  and  perfect  equipment  and  the  ethical  character  of 
its  product  has  attained  to  the  high  standing  in  scientific  and  commercial  circles  which 
is  accorded  to  successful  and  reliable  houses  only,  and,  therefore,  that  the  name  of  the 
Company  has  become  a  guarantee  of  the  excellence  of  its  remedy. 

TRUTH     AND     QUALITY 

appeal  to  the  Well- Informed  in  every  walk  of  life  and  are  essential  to  permanent  suc- 
cess and  creditable  standing,  therefore  we  wish  to  call  the  attention  of  all  who  would 
enjoy  good  health,  with  its  blessings,  to  the  fact  that  it  involves  the  question  of  right 
living  with  all  the  term  implies.  With  proper  knowledge  of  what  is  best  each  hour 
of  recreation,  oi  enjoyment,  of  contemplation  and  of  effort  may  be  made  to  contribute 
to  that  end  and  the  use  of  medicines  dispensed  with  generally  to  great  advantage,  but 
as  in  many  instances  a  simple,  wholesome  remedy  may  be  invaluable  if  taken  at  the 
proper  time,  the  California  Fig  Syrup  Co.  feels  that  it  is  alike  important  to  present 
truthfully  the  subject  and  to  supply  the  one  perfect  laxative  remedy  which  has  won 
the  appoval  of  physicians  and  the  world-wide  acceptance  of  the  Well-informed  because 
of  the  excellence  of  the  combination,  known  to  all,  and  the  original  method  of  manufac- 
ture, which  is  known  to  the  California  Fig  Syrup  Co.  only. 

This  valuable  remedy  has  been  long  and  favorably  known  under  the  name  of — 
Syrup  of  Figs — and  has  attained  to  world-wide  acceptance  as  the  most  excellent  of 
family  laxatives,  and  as  its  pure  laxative  principles,  obtained  from  Senna,  are  well 
known  to  physicians  and  the  Well-informed  of  the  world  to  be  the  best  of  natural 
laxatives,  we  have  adopted  the  more  elaborate  name  of — Syrup  of  Figs  and  Elixir  of 
Senna — as  more  fully  descriptive  of  the  remedy,  but  doubtless  it  will  always  be 
called  for  by  the  shorter  name  of  Syrup  of  Figs — and  to  get  its  beneficial  effects  always 
note,  when  purchasing,  the  full  name  of  the  Company  —  California  Fig  Syrup  Co. — 
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Figs — or  by  the  full  name — Syrup  of  Figs  and  Elixir  of  Senna  — as — Syrup  of  Figs  and 
Elixir  of  Senna  —  is  the  one  laxative  remedy  manufactured  by  the  California  Fig  Syrup 
Co.  and  the  same  heretofore  known  by  the  name  —  Syrup  of  Figs  —  which  has  given 
satisfaction  to  millions.  The  genuine  is  for  sale  by  all  leading  druggists  throughout 
the  United  States  in  original  packages  of  one  size  only,  the  regular  price  of  which 
is  fifty  cents  per  bottle. 

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Secretary  of  Agriculture,  at  Washington,  D.  C,  that  the  remedy  is  not  adulterated  or 
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Design  for  Woman's  Monument 285 

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Trial  and  Death  of  Henry  Wirz 

:  an  nr-niint  ,  f  tlio  execution  of  tlmt 
Confederate  officer,  containing  the  letter  of  bid 

lawyer  a  lull  h  ■ nr  ol  Anderson!  Llle  Prison 

letter  published  at  tmio  of  the  trial  by  » 
Federal  officer,  a  prlsonT  al  Andersonvllle, 
completely  exonerating  Wirz. 

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The  seventh  annual  Reun:  in  of  tlie 
Southwest  Arkansas  Confederate  Vet- 
erans' Association  will  be  held  at  its 
camping  ground  at  McNeil,  Ark.,  July 
26-29  inclusive,  commencing  on  the  last 
Tuesday  in  July.  By  order  of  C.  M 
Norwood,   Colonel   commanding;    0    T. 

BoggS,    Adjutant 


John  Doran  enlisted  from  New  I  ll 
in  the  21st  Louisiana  Regiment,  and 
».i  wounded  at  Petersburg  in  [864, 
captured,  and  carried  to  Nashville, 
Tcnit,  When  exchanged  he  worked  in 
the  navy  ships  at  Selma,  Ala.,  until  the 
close  of  the  war.  His  widow,  now  .it 
Cameron.  'I"e\-..  desires  to  make  neces 
sary  proof  of  his  service  in  order  to 
pension,  and  would  be  glad  to 
hear  from  any  of  his  comrades  who  can 
fun  ish   such   information. 


Mrs.  R  P.  Boyce,  111N  McKee  Street. 
Houston,  lex.  would  like  to  hear  from 
any  one  who  knew  her  brother.  Johnny 
I  [ogan,  w  ho  sen  i  d  in  the  2d  I  exat 
Regiment,  under  Captain  Simmons  II. 
was  paroled  at  Vicksburg  under  Colo 
ml  Smith.  Ilis  first  colonel  was  Colonel 
Rogers,  killed  at  Corinth.  Comrade 
Hogan  lost  his  life  in  the  burning  of 
the  Henry  Jones  steamboat,  after  sen 
ing  all  through  the  war  After  his 
parole  at  Vicksburg,  he  walked  all  the 
w.i  home  to  be  mustered  into  service 
again 


!  E  iTownsend,  of  Fort  Stockton. 
rex.,  writes  that  he  would  like  to  hear 
from  any  one  who  saw  or  heard  of 
Lieut.  Janus  Nance,  of  Company  D. 
Whitfield's  Legion,  a  Texas  cavalry 
command,  since  December.  1862.  Capl 
W.  V.  Townsend,  the  father  of  this  in- 
quirer, was  wounded  at  Davis's  Bridge, 
1  n  the  llatchie  River,  ami  when  leav- 
ing In-  command  a  short  time  after  tins 
he  lei  Lieutenant  Nance  have  his  sword. 
This  was  a  short  cavalry  officer's  sword, 
brass  mounted,  leather  scabbard,  and  on 
the  blade  was  engraved:  "W.  W.  Town 
send,  2d  Lieut.  Company  D,  Whitfield's 

On."  1  aptain  Townsend  heard  ol 
Lieutenant  Nance  once  during  the  war 
after  this,  but  does  not  know  whether 
be  was  killed  or  came  safely  through 
the  war  He  has  a  warm  place  111  his 
hearl    for   him   still,  and   would   like   to 

ir  hear  from  him 


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"  Sort ravaffanee  rots  character;  train  youth  aira if  from 
it.  On  the  other  hfimf.  the  habit  of  sariua  mom  if,  while 
il   stiffens    the   trill,   also    hrialiteus   the  energies.      If  ifou 

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a  self-registering  auxiliary  safe. 

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aim  because  indiscriminate  advertising,  like  indiscriminate  shooting, 
results  in  empty  pockets.  The  printer  furnishes  the  shot,  and  postage 
is  the  powder  that  carries  it  wherever  you  direct. 

And  you  must  have  good  ammuni- 
tion. Foolish  indeed  the  sportsman 
who  would  use  pebbles  for  shot  to  save 
expense,  yet  equally  foolish  is  the  ad- 
vertiser who  wastes  energy,  postage 
and  opportunity  on  weak,  ineffective 
printing, 

ThirJc  it  over;  then  let's  talk  it  over. 
We  have  furnished  ammunition 
for  so  many  successful  cam- 
paigns that  we  know  you  will 
find  our  experience  of  value. 
Anyway,  let's  talk  it  over. 


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A  Boarding  and  Day  School  for  Girls  and  Young  Ladies. 
Preparatory  and  Special  Courses.  Art,  Music,  and  Lan- 
guages. New  building,  specially  planned  for  the  school. 
Washington   offers  exceptional  opportunities  to  students. 

Illustrated  catalogue  on  request. 

MR.  and  MRS.  BEVERLEY  R.  MASON.  Principals 
MISS  E.  M.  CLARK,    L.L.A.,  Associate   Principal 

1 


For  Over  Sixty  Years 

.'An  Old  and  Well-Tried  Remedy 

,  MRS.  WINSLOWS  SOOTHING  SYRUP 

•  has  been  used  for  over  SIXTY  YEARS  by  MILLIONS  of  MOTH- 
,  ERS  for  their  CHILDREN  WHILE  TEETHING,  WITH  PERFECT 

•  SUCCESS.  It  SOOTHES  the  CHILD,  SOFTENS  the  GUMS,  AL- 
LAYS all  PAIN,  CURES  WIND  COLIC,  and  is  Hie  best  remedy 
f,,r  DIARRHEA.  Sold  by  Druggists  in  every  part  of  the  world. 
2.r,  CENTS  A  BOTTLE.     Guaranteed  under  tbe  Food  and  Drugs 

.  Act,  June  30,  1906.     Serial  number,  109S. 


Mrs.  W.  J.  Behan,  of  New  Orleans, 
has  back  numbers  of  the  Veteran  from 
1893  to  1906,  which  she  wishes  to  dis- 
pose of  for  the  benefit  of  the  Jefferson 
Davis  monument  in  New  Orleans.  Any 
one  wishing  to  fill  out  a  file  may  find 
some  of  the  needed  numbers  in  her  col- 
lection. Write  her  at  1205  Jackson  Ave- 
nue. 


Information  is  wanted  to  prove  the 
service  of  John  P.  Horton,  a  Missouri 
trooper,  whose  command  is  not  known. 
Me  was  eighteen  years  old  at  the  be- 
ginning of  the  war;  his  father  was  a 
circuit  judge  in  Missouri  before  the 
war.  The  widow  of  this  comrade,  Mrs. 
Sallie  Horton,  lives  at  Tull,  Ark.,  and 
desires  proof  of  his  service  in  order  to 
get  a  pension. 


S.  W.  Johnson,  of  Stacy.  Tex.,  who 
was  in  Company  C.  7th  Missouri  In- 
fantry, Parson's  Brigade,  wishes  to  cor- 
respond with  any  surviving  comrade  of 
his  regiment  to  prove  his  service  in 
order  to  obtain  a  pension. 


R.  T.  Coles,  of  Upton,  Ala.,  asks  that 
George   D.    Wilkinson,    of    Company    F, 

4th  Alabama  Volunteer  Infantry,  who 
wrote  him  a  short  time  since  without 
giving  address,  supply  that  as  stion  as 
possible,  and  he  will  endeavor  to  give 
the  information  desired. 


Mrs.  Mary  J.  McCloskey,  of  Pensa- 
cola,  Fla.,  wishes  to  hear  from  any  sur- 
vivors of  tbe  2d  Alabama  Cavalry,  under 
Capt.  F.  Glackmeyer.  who  can  testify 
as  to  the  record  of  her  husband,  James 
McCloskey,  and  enable  her  to  get  a  pen- 
sion. Write  her  in  care  of  T.  P.  Mc- 
Closkey, Riley's  Cigar  Store. 


Inquiry  about  23D  Mississippi  Regi- 
ment,— H.  A.  Meyer,  of  Van  Burcn, 
Ark.,  refers  to  the  death  of  Capt.  R.  B. 
Allen  at  that  place  some  time  ago.  and 
makes  requests  for  some  facts  about 
bis  regiment,  the  23d  Mississippi,  as  to 
its  colonel,  where  organized,  and  where 
disbanded.  Captain  Allen  served 
through  tbe  war,  and  doubtless  some 
comrade  of  the  regiment  can  give  the 
information   wanted. 


Thomas  J.  Hughes,  of  Fountain  Inn, 
S.  C,  seeks  information  of  the  following 
comrades  who  were  in  Rock  Island 
Prison  with  him,  Barrack  No.  35 :  F. 
McAuley,  Waterford.  Miss.;  Erastus 
G.  McAninch,  Elm  Grove,  Miss.;  Robert 
J.  Grimmett,  Roanoke,  Ala.;  J.  J.  Far- 
ley, Roanoke,  Ala. ;  James  K.  P.  Daill, 
St.  Clair,  Ala.;  A.  A.  Dillard.  Leba- 
non, Tenn. ;  J.  O.  Wise,  Arbacoochee, 
Ala.;  Alfred  V.  McLean,  Murfreesboro, 
Tenn. 


W.  C.  Wells,  of  Jackson,  Miss.,  makes 
inquiry  for  James  S.  Wells,  of  Company 
B,  22d  Mississippi  Regiment,  who  was 
wounded  and  captured  at  Shiloh  and 
taken  to  St.  Louis.  His  wound  was  a 
flesh  one  in  the  thigh,  and  two  weeks 
later  he  wrote  home  that  he  was  doing 
well,  and  requested  that  letters  be  sent 
him  in  care  of  Miss  Biddle.  He  would 
be  glad  to  hear  from  her  if  living  or 
from  any  one  who  was  with  him  at  the 
time. 


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Contributors  are  requested  to  use  only  one  side  of  the  paper,  ajid  to  abbrevi  - 
jj>  as  much  as  practicable.     These  suggestions  are  important. 

Where  clippings  are  sent  copy  should  be  kept,  as  the  Veteran  cannot  un- 
■*-(jkf  to  return  them.     Advertising  rates  furnished  on  application 

The  date  to  a  subscription  is  always  given  to  the  month  before  it  ends.  For 
jtttarue,  !f  the  Veteran  is  ordered  to  begin  with  January,  the  date  on  mail 
-  <<  will  be  December,  and  the  subscriber  is  entitled  to  that  number. 


The  cri'il  war  was  too  long  ago  to  be  called  the  late  war,  and  when  cor- 
•  pondents  use  that  term  "  War  between  the  States  "  will  be  substituted. 
The  terms  "New  South"  and  M  lost  cause"  are  objectionable  to  the  Veteran. 


OFFICIALLY  REPRESENTS; 

Uniteo  Confederate  Veterans, 

United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy, 

Sons  of  Veterans,  and  Other  Organizations, 

Confederated  Southern  Memorial  Association. 

The  Veteran   is   approved   and  indorsed  officially  by  a  larger  and 
elevated  patronage,  doubtless,  than  any  other  publication  in  existence. 

Though  men  deserve,  thev  may  not  win  success; 

The  brave  will  honor  the  brave,  vanquished  none  the  less. 


Price,  ^i.mrFR  Yf:ar. 
Single  Copy,  10Cext° 


Vol.  XVII 


NASHVILLE.  TENN.,  JINK,  19011. 


No.  (i 


JS.  A.  (TXXINUHAM, 
\  Proprietor. 


OFFICIAL  ORDERS  ABOUT  THE  REUNION. 

\  rding  to  the  long-established  custom,  tin-  Division 
Commander  of  the  State  in  which  the  Reunion  is  to  be  held 
will  he  the  chief  marshal  'if  the  parade,  M  i.i.  Gen.  J.  H.  Mc- 
Dowell  will  therefore  I"  chief  marshal  at  the  Memphis  Re- 
union. It  is  announced  by  Adjutant  General  Mickle  als  i  that 
a  memorial  si  Mice  will  be  held  for  une  hour  beginning  at  noon 
•  mi  June  9.  At  that  moment  tin  Convention  will  suspend  busi- 
for  this  sacred  purpose  without  further  notice  and  without 
regard  In  what  is  then  taking  place,  and  the  flags  will  lie 
draped  in  mourning  as  a  mark  of  respect  to  the  memory  of 
Hi  beloved  and  only  "Daughter  of  the  Confederacy,"  our 
commanders  in  chief,  zealous  chaplain  general,  and  of  all 
our  comrades  who  have  preceded  us  into  eternity.  In  order 
to  make  the  services  more  impressive  and  enlist  the  interest 
Of  all.  the  ladies  of  the  Confederated  Southern  Memorial  As- 
sociation will  have  no  separate  exercises,  hut  will  join  with 
tin'  \  rti  rails 

The  number  of  our  dead  has  been  greatly  augmented  dur- 
ing tin  past  year  by  the  following  distinguished  leaders:  Lieut. 
\l<  \  I'  Stewart.  C.  S.  A.  Rev.  .1.  William  Jones,  D.D., 
Chaplain  General  I'  C.  V.,  Brig  Gen.  Fred  1-.  Robertson, 
Assistant  Adjutant  General  C.  C.  V..  and  Mai.  Gen.  Thomas 
\\    Carwile,  Commander  South  Carolina  Division,  U.  C.  V. 

Sponsor   Foi    the  South.  Mi-s   Varina   Cook,  of   Batesville, 
Vrl 

1  hit  f  Maul  of  Honor,  Miss  Caroline  Dupree  Steele,  of  Ken- 
tucky. 

Associate   Maul  of   Honor,   Miss   Elizabeth   Donelson  Lake. 
of  Memphis,  Tenn. 

Matron  of  Honor,  Mrs.  R    II    Vance,  ol   Memphis,  Tenn. 

Honorary  Matron,  Mrs.  L.  Z.  Duke,  of  New   York  City. 

General   commanding   has   selected   as   orator    for   the 

:ns  Reunion  Gen.  Theodore  S.  Garnett,  of  Norfolk,  Va. 

As  an  office)   mi   the  staff  oi  Gen    Jet  Smart  he  had  many 

trying  encounters  and  hairbreadth  escapes,  and  this  will  en- 

nm  to  all  Confederates.  His  wonderful  oratorical  ability 
has  been  shown  on  numerous  occasions  to  the  delight  of  thou- 
sands, and  this  is  a  guarantee  that  his  oration  at  this  time 
will  hold  the  attention  of  hi-  old  comrades  I  his  address 
will  lie  made  ,,n   the  afterm     n  .  f  thi  y,   Tuesday,  June 

8,  at  .?  to  o'clock, 

W,  T,  Mn  km  it  General  mid  (  hief  0/  Staff. 


C.  S.  M.  A.  Mff.ts  June  7,  1009. 

The  Confederated  Southern  Memorial  Association  will  hold 
its  tenth  annual  Convention  in  the  city  of  Memphis,  Tenn.. 
June  7-10.  1909.  I  lie  Nineteenth  Century  Club  will  he  Con- 
vention headquarters.  The  first  meeting  will  he  held  at  2 
p.m.  on  June  7,    A  reception  will  he  held  mi  that  evening. 

On   June  S  at    9:30   a.m.   the  officers  and   delegates   will    as- 
semble at  headquarters  and  proceed   in  a  body  to  the  U.  (      V 
Reunion    auditorium.      A    business   meeting    will    be   held    at    J 
P.M. 

On   June  o   at   9:30   a.m.   a   business   meeting   will   be  held. 
At    12    M.    a    joint    memorial    service    will    he    held    under    the 
auspices   of  the   United    Confederate   Veterans   and    the   (  on 
federated    Southern    Memorial    Association.      At    j    p.m     then 
will   lie   a   business   meeting. 

The  delegates  are  earnestly  requested  to  he  in  Memphis  for 
the  first  meeting,  on  June  7  at  _•  P.M.  I  his  meeting  has  been 
arranged  in  order  that  the  officers  and  delegates  may  attend 
the  opening  session  of  the  United  Confederate  Veterans. 

The  foregoing  is  official  by  Mi's  \Y  J  Behan,  President. 
and  Mrs   George    \    Willi. mis.  Corresponding  Secretarj 


COMMITTEE  FOR  CABIN  IOHN  BRIDGI 

Official  orders   from  C.  C.  V.  headquarters  announce  with 

gratitude  tie  restoration  of  the  original  inscription  on  Cabin 
John  Bridge,  which  was  erased  in  the  hitter  partisan  period  of 
the  War  between  the  Slates  "Jefferson  Davis,  Secretary  of 
War."  again   appears   in   its   proper   place       Due  credit   is   given 

Ordet    1.;  recites  that  "the  Confederated  Southern   Memorial 

Association  started  the  work  in  1907.  and  Mrs.  J.  Knders 
Robinson,  of  Richmond,  and  Mrs.  \Y.  J.  Behan.  of  New  (  (r- 
leans,  .1-  isted  by  the  U.  I'.  C.  and  kindred  organizations, 
have  the  thanks  of  all  Confederates   for  this   wmk" 

The    committee    having    charge    of    this    worthy    object    wis 

composed  of  ( ,en  Clement  V  Evans  (vice  Gen  Stephen  D. 
Lee.  deceased),  Mrs  Cornelia  Branch  Stone  (vice  Mrs.  Liz- 
zie George  Henderson,  retired),  Mr.  John  W.  Apperson,  Mrs. 
George  S.  Holmes,  Mis.  J.  Enders  Robinson,  Mrs.  Alfred 
Gray,  Miss  M.  r,.  Poppenheim,  Senator  Murphy  J.  Foster 
(vice  lion.  Adolph  Meyer,  M  C,  deceased),  and  Mrs.  \\\  J. 
Behan  1  chairman  1 
i  if  great  importance  at  the  Convention  will  he  the  Jeffi 
i  ti  me    Association, 


262 


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STAFF  TO   COMMANDER   IX  CHIEF  EVANS. 

The  General  commanding  announces  the  appointment  of  the 
following  members   of  his  staff,   with   the  ranks   set   opposite 
their  respective  names,  to  date  from  June  11,   1908: 
Brigadier  Generals  on  Staff  of  Gen.  Clement  A.  Evans. 

Thomas  G.  Jones,  of  Montgomery,  Ala  ,  Inspector  General. 

J.  F.  Shipp.  of  Chattanooga,  Tenn..  Quartermaster  General. 

Thos.  E.  Davis,  of  New  Orleans,  La.,  Commissar}'  General. 

T.  M.  Hudson,  of  New  Orleans.  La..  Judge-Advocate  Gen. 

C.  H.  Tebault.  M.D.,  of  New  Orleans,  La.,  Surgeon  General. 
Bennett  H.  Young,  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  Chief  of  ('•  'nance. 
Page  M.  Baker,  of  New  Orleans,  La.,  Paymast-'   '   <*neral. 

D.  R.  Gurley,  of  Waco,  Tex.,  Assistant  Adjutaiu  General. 
H.  A.  Newman,  of  Huntsville,  Mo.,  As-st.  Adjt.  General. 
H.  W.  Graber,  of  Dallas,  Tex.,  Asst.  Adjt.  General. 

W.  C.  Stubbs,  of  New  Orleans,  La.,  Asst.  Adjt.  General. 

E.  G.  Williams,  of  Waynesville,  Mo.,  Asst.  Adjt.  General. 
Chas.  E.  Hooker,  of  Jackson,  Miss.,  Asst.  Adjt.  General. 
S.  W.  Ferguson,  of  Greenville,  Miss.,  Asst.  Adjt.  General. 
E.  D.  Willett,  of  Long  Beach,  Miss.,  Asst.  Quar.  General. 

Colonels  on  the  Commander  in  Chief's  Staff. 
Robt.  E.  Park,  of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  Asst.  Inspector  General. 
R.  P.  Lake,  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  Asst.  Quartermaster  General. 
J.  Thompson  Brown,  of  Richmond,  Va.,  Asst.  Quar.  Gen. 
Henry  Meyers,  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  Asst.  Quar.   General. 

B.  F.  Jonas,  of  New  Orleans,  La.,  Asst.  Judge-Advocate  Gen. 
J.  B.  Cowan,  M.D.,  of  Tullahoma,  Tenn.,  Asst.  Surgeon  Gen. 

C.  H.  Todd,  M.D.,  of  Owensboro,  Ky.,  Asst.  Surgeon  Gen. 

Colonels  Who  Are  the  Commander's  Aids-de-Camp. 
W.  A.  Montgomery,  of  Edwards,  Miss. ;  John  W.  Morton, 
of  Nashville,  Tenn. ;  J.  L.  McCollum,  of  Atlanta,  Ga. ;  John  W. 
Daniel,  of  Lynchburg,  Va. ;  S.  H.  Buck,  of  New  York  City; 
A.  J.  West,  of  Atlanta,  Ga. ;  Philip  H.  Fall,  of  Houston,  Tex.; 
V  Y.  Cook,  of  Batesville,  Ark. ;  John  B.  Pirtle,  of  Louisville, 
Ky. ;  John  W.  Faxon,  of  Chattanooga,  Tenn. ;  A.  A.  Lelong. 
of  New  Orleans,  La.;  W.  G.  Coyle,  of  New  Orleans,  La.; 
Tim  E.  Cooper,  of  Memphis,  Tenn.;  W.  J.  Crawford,  of 
Memphis,  Tenn. ;  Blayney  T.  Walshe,  of  New  Orleans,  La. ; 
J.  A.  Harral,  of  New  Orleans,  La.;  Paul  Sanguinetti,  of 
Montgomery,  Ala. ;  Frank  A.  Hervey,  Sr.,  of  Mobile,  Ala. ; 
Paul  A.  Fusz,  of  Philipsburg,  Mont. ;  J.  W.  Reed,  of  Chester, 
S.  C. ;  W.  D.  Pickett,  of  Lexington,  Ky. ;  S.  A.  Cunningham, 
of  Nashville,  Tenn.;  W.  B.  Haldeman,  of  Louisville,  Ky. ; 
Henry  Moore,  of  Texarkana,  Tex. ;  Henry  Moorman,  of 
Actnaville,  Ky. ;  N.  G.  Pearsall,  of  Covington,  La.;  B.  B. 
Paddock,  of  Fort  Worth,  Tex.;  R.  G.  Provine,  of  Coles  Creek, 
Miss.;  Thomas  Claiborne,  of  Nashville,  Tenn.;  C.  C.  Slaugh- 
ter, of  Dallas,  Tex.;  Abner  T.  Holt,  of  Macon,  Ga. ;  B.  F. 
Eshleman,  of  New  Orleans,  La. ;  E.  L.  Russell,  of  Mobile, 
Ala. ;  George  H.  Gause,  of  Slidell,  La. ;  T.  W.  Castleman,  of 
New  Orleans,  La.;  W.  J.  Behan,  of  New  Orleans,  La.; 
Robert  E.  Lee,  Jr.,  of  West  Point,  Va. ;  Lee  S.  Daniel,  of 
Victoria,   Tex.;    Thomas    Harrison,   of   Columbus,    Miss.;    E. 

D.  Cavett,  of  Macon,  Miss.;  Thomas  J.  Shaffer,  of  Franklin, 
La. ;  Nicholas  Weeks,  of  Galveston,  Tex. ;  John  W.  T.  Leech, 
of  New  Orleans,  La. ;  James  G.  Holmes,  of  Macon,  Ga. ;   W. 

E.  Poulson,  of  Chicago,  111.;  H.  C.  Hunt,  of  Calhoun,  Ga. , 
Charles  G.  Newman,  of  Pine  Bluff,  Ark.;  Walter  R.  Daniel, 
of  Dallas,  Tex. ;  C.  Frank  Gallaher,  of  Charleston,  W.  Va.  ; 
J.  Ogden  Murray,  of  Winchester,  Va. ;  Frank  Gaienne,  of 
St.  Louis,  Mo.;  Robert  E.  Lee,  Jr.,  of  Fairfax,  Va. ;  John 
Sharp    Williams,    of    Yazoo,    Miss.;   George   L.    Christian,   of 


Richmond.  Va. ;  W.  McK.  Evans,  of  Richmond,  Va. ;  James 
R.  Crowe,  of  Sheffield,  Ala.;  John  H.  Bankhead,  of  Fayette, 
Ala. ;  Joseph  F.  Johnston,  of  Birmingham,  Ala. ;  James  T. 
Harrison,  of  Columbus,  Miss.  ;  William  B.  Leedy,  of  Bir- 
mingham, Ala.;  G.  X.  Saussy,  of  Hawkinsville,  Ga  ;  W.  P. 
Manning,  of  Galveston,  Tex.;  D.  R.  Wagner,  of  Water  Valley, 
Miss.;  W.  T.  Blakemore,  of  New  Orleans,  La.;  Joseph  Hodg- 
son, of  Mobile,  Ala. ;  C.  W.  Anderson,  of  Murfreesboro, 
Tenn.;  Wallace  J.  Barnard,  of  San  Francisco,  Cal. ;  H.  M. 
Dillard,  of  Meridian,  Tex. ;  Joseph  Demoruelle,  of  New  Or- 
leans, La.;  T.  H.  Jones,  of  Atlanta,  Ga. ;  James  E.  Wood,  of 
Marianna,  Ark. ;  W.  B.  Woody,  of  Rockdale,  Tex. ;  W.  C. 
Jones,  of  Greenville,  Tex.;  Andrew  M.  Sea,  of  Louisville,  Ky. ; 
Thomas  D.  Osborne,  of  Louisville,  Ky. ;  Ed  H.  McDonald, 
of  Winchester,  Va. ;  Robert  McCulloch.  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.; 
M.  W.  Jewett,  of  Ivanhoe,  Va. 
They  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 

W.  E.  Mickle,  Adjutant  General  and  Chief  of  Staff. 


FROM  THE  REUNION  TO  I'lCKSBURC. 
It  is  expected  that  a  large  number  of  those  who  attend  the 
Reunion  at  Memphis  will  go  to  Vicksburg  to  witness  the  un- 
veiling of  the  bronze  statue  to  Gen.  Stephen  D.  Lee.  The 
ceremony  will  take  place  on  Friday,  June  11,  at  two  o'clock. 
Tlie  Illinois  Central  (Y.  &  M.  V.)  Railroad  will  sell  round- 
trip  tickets  from  Memphis  for  ¥3,  and  the  price  for  inter- 
mediate points  will  be  one  cent  per  mile.  Other  railroads 
will  give  a  corresponding  rate.     Let  the  attendance  be  large. 


Testament  Claimant  Requested — Book:  Lost  in  the  War. 
— Among  the  papers  of  Mrs.  Charles  Farnsworth,  of  Memphis, 
Tenn.,  was  found  a  small  Testament,  bound  in  black  cloth, 
which  was  given  to  me  at  the  General  Convention  U.  D.  C. 
held  in  Norfolk,  Va.,  by  Miss  Nellie  White,  of  Hernando, 
Miss.  I  write  this  notice  in  the  hope  that  some  relative  of 
the  Confederate  soldier  who  owned  it  may  be  found.  From 
the  inscription  on  the  fly  leaf,  which  is  almost  illegible,  it 
would  seem  that  the  name  "I.  A.  Dutton,  —  Texas  Regiment." 
was  written  by  the  owner.  Beneath  this,  apparently  by  an- 
other is  written  :  "Second  lot,  grave  293,  Elmwood  Cemetery." 
Reading  between  these  lines,  die  thought  occurs  to  me  that 
this  Texas  soldier  died  in  Memphis,  and  Mr.  Farnsworth 
may  have  made  this  record  of  the  place  of  his  burial,  intend- 
ing to  try  to  find  his  relatives.  If  this  should  meet  the  eye 
of  any  relative  who  is  interested  in  the  recovery  of  the  Tes- 
tament, it  can  be  had  by  addressing  Mrs.  Cornelia  Branch 
Stone,  President  General  U.  D.  C,  1421   Ave.  E,  Galveston. 


Monument  Ordered  for  Monticello,  Ga. — At  a  meeting 
of  the  monument  committee  at  Monticello,  Ga.,  the  design 
for  the  Confederate  monument  was  selected  and  an  order 
given  for  its  erection.  The  monument  is  said  to  be  a 
very  handsome  one  of  hammered  granite  in  shaft  design 
with  two  life-size  statues  of  Confederate  soldiers  in  Italian 
marble  and  will  stand  thirty-two  feet  high.  It  will  be  built 
by  the  McNeil  Marble  Company,  of  Marietta.  The  officers 
are:  Mrs.  A.  S.  Florence,  President;  Mrs.  Monroe  Phillips, 
Vice  President;  Mrs.  Oscar  Phillips,  Secretary;  Mrs.  Green 
F.  Johnson,  Treasurer.  The  Chapter  is  flourishing,  and  it  is 
achieving  much  of  importance. 


J.  L.  Griffin,  of  Cusseta,  Tex.,  wishes  the  address  of  any 
surviving  comrades.  He  was  in  Company  C,  1st  Georgia 
Volunteers,   Smith's   Brigade,  Pat  Cleburne's  Division. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


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FLORIDA  DAUGHTERS  DON'T  LIKE  MONUMENT. 

BY    LUCIA    M.    ALVAREZ,    COR.    SEC-.    FLA.    D1V.,    STARK,    FLA. 

The  Florida  Division,  U.  D.  C.  recently  assembled  in  St. 
Augustine,  carefully  examined  the  design  for  the  proposed 
monument  to  the  women  of  the  Southern  Confederacy ;  and 
while  we  appreciate  the  honor  you  wish  to  pay  us  and  would 
rejoice  in  this  recognition  of  the  loyalty  of  Southern  women, 
we  most  seriously  disapprove  of  the  committee's  design,  as 
it  is  in  no  wise  typical  of  the  women  of  the  sixties. 

We  trust  that  our  criticism  will  be  received  in  the  spirit 
that  we  give  it — in  all  kindness  and  with  a  desire  that  the 
coming  generations  may  have  a  correct  idea  of  what  the 
women  of  the  Confederacy  really   were. 


D.  M  Spence,  Chancery  Court  Clerk,  Dallas,  Tex.,  offers 
his  services  free  in  looking  up  war  records  for  old  Confed- 
erates or  their  widows  who  seek  a  pension  in  that  State.  He 
has  a  list  of  all  who  attended  the  Reunion  at  Dallas,  in  1002, 
and  in  several  instances  has  been  the  means  of  bringing  to- 
gether members  of  the  same  company  and  regiment  who  had 
been  living  in  Dallas  without  the  knowledge  of  the  other. 
By  inclosing  postage  he   will  answer  all  communications. 


Miss   VABJNA    cook, 

Sponsor  io  Chid   tor  the  South,  lT.  C.  V. 


UTIiZ  MONUMENT  DEDICATED— IN  KIND  SPIRIT. 

A  press  report  from   Andersonville,  Ga.,   May   \j  stat 

"Under  the  stars  and  stripes  and  the  Confederate  stars  and 
bars  there  was  dedicated  here  to-day  the  monument  to  Capt. 
Henry  Wirz,  commander  of  Andersonville  Prison,  and  exe- 
cuted at  Washington  at  the  end  of  the  war  on  order  of  a 
military  commission  which  tried  him  for  murder  and  flagrant 
cruelty — martyred,  not  executed,  said  the  Georgia  Daughters 
of  the  Confederacy,  who  unveiled  the  monument  to-day  in 
the  hope  that  it  will  stand  to  st-t.  W'irz's  memory  sometime 
considered  everywhere  in  a   friendly   light 

"The  national  significance  of  these  exercises  was  not  lost 
upon  the  throng  which  crowded  about  the  monument,  so  great 
111  numbers  that  not  all  of  them  could  hear  the  speakers' 
voices  distinctly.  A  blazing  South  Georgia  sun  looked  down 
upon  the  sce::i  .  the  sleepy  little  village  of  Andersonville  laj 
111  the  background,  and  the  national  cemetery  and  prison  park, 
where  thirteen  thousand  'boys  in  blue'  laid  down  their  lues, 
stood  in  impressive  silence  near  by.  Over  the  hushed  throng 
scarce!',  ,1  51  Hid  rippled,  and  tears  sprang  to  hundreds  . 
as  Mrs.  p  inn.  of  Natchez,  Miss,  daughter  of  the  dead  com- 
n -anncr.   I.osed  the  veil  from  the  tall,  straight  white  monolith 

"Springtime  flowers  wen-  heaped  upon  the  monument  and 
speakers  who  loved  and  respected  the  (  onfederate  cause  stood 
near  its  base  under  the  once  rival  flags  and  told  many  inci- 
dents in  the  career  of  Wirz,  stories  of  kindness  to  Northern 
prisoners     ami     of     attempts     to     secure     for     them     food     and 

shelter  which  he  could  not  get, 
"President    A    Stovall,  editor  of  the  Savannah   Press,  said 

that  the  dedication  was  not  intended  to  reopen  questions  long 
since  settled,  but  to  do  an  act  of  justice  too  long  delayed. 
Of  the  difficulties  under  which  Wirz  worked  he  said:  'Wirz 
was  commanding  many  desperate   men.  some  of  them  brave 

and  good:  but  others  were  recent  arrivals  from  abroad,  who 
barely  spoke  the  English  language,  who  wire  without  under- 
standing of  the  causes  of  the  war — merely  mercenaries  He 
was   hampered  by  the  exigencies  of  his  own  government' 

"Dr.  J.  C.  Olmstead,  of  Atlanta,  related  an  instance  of 
Wirz  going  personally  to  Macon.  Ga.,  to  solicit  food  and 
medicine   for   the   prisoners  at    Andersonville. 

"It  was  learned  that  a  report  had  been  spread  through  many 
sections  of  this  State  that  the  national  cemetery  and  the 
prison  park  would  be  closed  to-daj  Both  these  places  were 
open  as  usual,  and  there  was  no  Foundation  for  thi    r-p  irt 

"Scattered  among  the  three  thousand  or  more  Southern- 
ers, mostlx  Georgians,  from  ncai  by  towns,  was  a  sprinkling 
of  men  and  women  of  the  North,  some  of  w  bom  have  relatives 
at  rest  in  the  national  cemeterj  near  by  There  was  not  a 
single  incident  to  mar  the  exercises,  those  from  beyond 
Mason  and  Dixon's  line  looking  on  in  silence,  while  those 
who  gathered  to  paj  tribute  to  the  memory  of  the  prison 
commander  performed  that  service  with  enthusiasm  and  a 
spirit  of  marked  devotion. 

"The    invocation    at    the    opening    of    the    exercises    was    de 
livered  by  Re\     Father  McMahon,  of  Albany.  Ga.      The  sing- 
ing of    'Maryland,    M>    Maryland,'    by   the   large   chorus,   the 
firing  of  a   salute   b)    the   military   compan]    of     \mencus,  Ga., 
and  the  sounding  of  taps  brought  the  exercises  to  a  close. 

"Captain  Wirz  was  a  native  of  Switzerland,  born  in  [822 
After  the  close  of  the  Civil  Wat  he  was  tried  by  a  military 
commission  at  Washington.  D.  C,  on  charges  of  murder  and 
flagrant  cruelty  to  prisoners  in  his  care  contrary  to  the  cus- 
toms and  laws  of  civilized  warfare,  was  convicted,  condemned 
to  death,  and   executed   at   Washington   November   10,   1865." 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterai). 


Confederate  l/eterai). 

S.  A.  CUNNINGHAM,  Editor  and  Proprietor. 
Office:  Methodist  Publishing  House  Building,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

This  publication  is  the  personal  property  of  S.  A.  Cunningham.  All  per- 
sons who  approve  its  principles  and  realize  its  benefits  as  an  organ  for  Asso- 
ciations throughout  the  South  are  requested  to  commend  its  patronage  and  to 
cooperate  in  extending  its  circulation.     Let  each  one  be  constantly  diligent. 

So  great  is  the  press  for  space  in  this  issue  that  an  addi- 
tional sixteen  pages  would  have  been  given  except  that  the 
first  forms  were  -sent  to  press  before  such  demand  was  real- 
ized. They  will  be  added  in  the  next  issue.  Correspondents 
are  urged  to  rewrite  their  articles  when  it  is  possible  by  so 
doing  to  abridge  them,  telling  the  facts  only  in  the  briefest 
way.  In  the  July  issue  may  be  expected  the  list  of  subscrip- 
tions to  the  Jefferson  Davis  Home  Association  and  also  the 
supplemental  list  of  contributions  to  the  Sam  Davis  monu- 
ment. 

HOXOR  THE  SOUTH'S  CHIEF  EXECUTIVE. 

The  most  important  enterpri-e  yet  undertaken  to  all  Con- 
federates of  all  ages  and  to  all  friends  of  the  South  in  her 
heroic  struggle  to  defend  the  principles  upon  which  the 
union  of  States  was  founded  is  that  of  holding  and  main- 
taining the  birthplace  of  the  only  President  of  the  Confeder- 
acy, Jefferson  Davis,  located  in  Fairview,  Ky.  The  place  was 
originally  called  Davisburg  in  honor  of  Samuel  Davis,  the 
father.  He  was  evidently  the  most  prominent  citizen  of  that 
section  of  country;  but  after  he  removed  to  Mississippi,  the 
beautiful  surroundings  induced  the  change  of  name  to  that 
which   is   so  appropriate — "Fairview." 

This  land  has  been  purchased  and  deeded  to  the  Jefferson 
Davis  Home  Association.  It  has  several  houses  upon  it,  which 
are  rented  and  protected  by  insurance.  A  note  has  been 
signed  by  S.  A.  Cunningham,  Vice  President  of  the  Associa- 
tion, for  $4,600  to  Bennett  II.  Young,  who  furnished  the 
money  to  make  all  the  payments  beyond  what  the  Association 
had  collected.  Upon  this  sum  the  Association  is  to  pay  five 
per  cent  interest.  The  list  of  subscriptions  is  soon  to  be  pub- 
lished. The  money  must  be  paid,  and  the  Veteran  appeals 
to  all  persons  interested,  also  to  every  Camp  and  every  Chap- 
ter, to  do  their  part  promptly. 

THE  SAM  DAVIS  MONUMENT. 

People  grow  tired  of  almost  any  topic,  and  the  worthier  the 
theme  the  more  considerately  it  should  be  treated.  Two  ex- 
ceptions are  mentioned  in  this  connection.  Good  people  never 
grow  tired  of  praise  to  Gen.  Robert  E.  Lee.  It  is  good  com- 
pany to  study  his  character.as  boy,  soldier,  and  man. 

In  so  great  a  presence  the  world  can  afford  to  study  the 
marvelous  short  life  of  Samuel  Davis.  Only  a  little  is  known 
of  him  except  in  the  tragedy.  Just  a  word  illustrative  of  his 
sense  of  justice  and  fair  play  as  a  boy  is  given  in  the  notable 
fact  that  he  was  a  defender  of  the  weak.  A  large  boy  who 
would  take  advantage  of  a  little  fellow  before  being  aware  of 
it  \\"uld  have  to  consider  Sam  Davis  if  present.  Doubtless 
it  would  be  well  if  the  minute  life  of  this  young  man  were 
known.  Without  other  knowledge  we  may  assume  that  his 
sense  of  honor  was  the  keenest.  Well  may  the  spirit  of  his 
mother  and  grandmother — for  the  mother  trains  her  son — be 
considered  as  having  had  predominance  in  his  disposition. 

Whether  he  had  been  known  before,  the  scene  of  his  pres- 
ence under  guard  of  a  powerful  enemy,  when  every  character- 
istic of  honor  gleamed  as  the  light  of  heaven  upon  the  best 
that  earth  gives,  is  enough.     That  scene  was  matchless  in  all 


annals  among  men  of  all  the  nations  of  the  earth.  It  has  been 
surpassed  only  by  Deity. 

When  the  first  tribute  to  Sam  Davis  was  submitted  for  pub- 
lication in  the  Veteran,  it  was  not  accepted  in  appreciative 
spirit.  It  seemed  that  we  had  so  many  heroes  that  to  laud  one 
above  the  others  would  show  partiality  that  would  be  unfair. 
The  real  condition  as  to  Sam  Davis  was  not  comprehended 
until,  returning  on  a  steamboat  journey  from  a  Reunion  at 
Shiloh,  down  the  Tennessee,  one  of  the  Union  soldiers  at  Pu- 
laski when  the  execution  occurred  told  the  story  in  detail, 
concluding  with  the  remark  that  "the  Federal  army  was  in 
grief  about  it."  That  remark  induced  the  editor  of  the  Vet- 
eran to  let  his  comrades  know  about  it,  with  what  success 
thousands  know. 

When  it  was  resolved  to  accept  subscriptions  for  a  monu- 
ment, the  statement  was  made  that  "if  only  enough  be  con- 
tributed to  carve  his  name  on  a  curbstone  it  will  do  some 
good."  The  figure  in  bronze  it  will  be  remembered  is  ideal. 
The  sculptor — as  no  picture  of  the  hero-martyr  could  be 
found — was  obliged  to  depend  upon  the  statue  as  it  was  made. 
He  had  the  benefit  of  pictures  of  brothers,  and  a  sister  who 
was  said  to  have  features  much  like  him  posed  graciously ;  but 
her  modesty  was  so  excessive  that  she  could  not  be  induced  to 
have  a  photograph  made.  Now,  however,  in  response  to  an 
appeal  as  a  duty,  she  has  reluctantly  consented.  It  was  made 
under  circumstances  whereby  thorough  satisfaction  could  not 
be  expected.     Such  as  it  is  the  Veteran  herewith  presents. 


MRS.   R.   O.   WINSTEAP,   SISTER  OF   SAM    DAVIS. 

The  family  of  which  Sam  Davis  was  a  son  was  large,  and 
there  are  still  living  three  sons  and  three  daughters.  The 
other  daughters  than  Mrs.  Winstead  reside  in  Texas,  while 
the  sons  and  she  reside  in  Tennessee. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


265 


I.1LKS  WITH  THE  BOYS. 

Letter  by  Dr.  H.  M.  Hamill  from  Richmond,  Va.,  in  March  : 

"I  greatly  wish  you  could  have  been  with  me  to-day.  I 
wanted  the  bright  sunshine  and  pure  air,  and  I  put  aside  brain 
work,  which  pained  me,  and  wandered  around  among  the  old 
scenes  that  make  Richmond  so  dear  to  the  ex-Confederate 
heart.  I  sat  on  a  bench  in  Capitol  Park  under  the  old  tree 
beneath  which  I  slept  my  first  night  in  Richmond  en  route 
to  the  front  in  '64,  just  such  a  day  as  to-day.  I  had  but  one 
ambition  then-  to  get  something  to  cat  I  was  so  strong  and 
happy  as  a  soldier  boy  that  not  even  hunger  and  --canty  cloth- 
ing and  constant  hardship  could  dim  the  brightness  and  glory 
of  my  youth.  It  all  came  back  to  me  in  the  sunshine  and 
under  the  old  trees  of  the  park,  with  Washington's  statue 
and  the  Confederate  Capitol  building  overshadowing  me  as  I 
sat  and  dreamed  my  boyhood  over. 

"Then  I  could  hear  the  booming  cannon  and  at  times  tin- 
quick  tramp  of  hurried  soldiery  swinging  by  on  the  way  to 
the  front.  There  were  pale  young  fellows  then  hobbling  by 
on  crutches  and  wagons  loaded  with  the  dead  from  the  hos- 
pitals.    It  was  grim,  fierce  war. 

"It  came  back  to  me,  the  old  sullen  roar  of  the  gun-,  the 
tramp  of  the  soldiery  in  gray.  I  saw  Marse  Robert  on  old 
Traveler  and  little  Billy  Mahone  dragging  his  long  sword 
and  hurrying  us  into  the  charge.  My  old  comrades  rose  up 
out  of  their  quiet  graves  from  Richmond  on  to  the  Wilder- 
ness and  back,  and  I  took  them  by  the  hand  ;  and  then,  as  I 
did  in  the  old  days  when  they  made  me  orderly,  1  called  the 
roll  of  one  hundred  and  sixteen  brave  boys  from  Florida,  only 
to  find,  as  I  did  at  the  last,  myself  and  Corporal  Smith  wait- 
ing as  Company  I  to  receive  our  paroles. 

"1  went  again  to  the  Library  and  to  Davis  and  l.ee's  Church 
and  to  the  old  forts  still  standing  and  to  Hollywood's  great 
monument  to  dead  Confederates  and  to  the  noble  statin  of 
Lee,  and  last  of  all  to  read  in  the  Library  Stonewall's  last 
little  penciled  dispatch  written  in  the  saddle  a  few  short 
hours  before  he  died — and  then  I  remembered  you  and  bow- 
by  and  by  all  of  us  will  become  memories  here,  but,  thank  God, 
unchanging  comrades  in  that  bright  land  where  our  old  boys 
in  gray  arc  awaiting  us." 

For  What  A.  J.  Meadows,  Ripley,  Tenn.,  Is  Thankfi  1 
In  the  April  Veteran  I  notice  some  letters  from  comrades 
entitled  "What  Are  Veterans  Most  Grateful  for?"  They 
are  all  good.  Comrade  John  C.  Baird's  letter  on  a  "Good 
Night's  Sleep"  was  very  good,  and  doubtless  will  provoke 
many  hearty  "aniens"  from  the  "critter  companies  ;"  but  I  was 
a  webfoot,"  and  desired  above  all  a  "square  meal."  The  man 
on  the  horse  probably  enjoyed  less  good  sleep;  but  he  was 
extra  as  a  "forager,"  and  hence  Comrade  Baird  settled  on 
sleep, 

I  was  sixty-eight  years  old  September  13,  1908.  I  entered 
the  service  in  May,  1861,  in  Company  (J.  4th  Tennessee  In- 
fantry. Later  on  it  was  Strahl's  Regiment,  and  still  later 
Strahl's  Brigade — 0.  F.  Strahl,  from  Dyersburg,  Tenn.,  the 
invincible  soldier  and  prince  among  men.  I  was  on  furlough 
during  the  Missionary  Ridge  engagement,  which  is  the  only 
gap  in  my  war  record  from  Belmont  to  Franklin,  where  I  was 
knocked  "hors  de  combat."  I  received  flesh  wounds  at  Shi- 
loh  and  Franklin,  but  "not  a  bone  was  broken  "  I  am  truly 
thankful  that  I  have  survived  the  war.  enjoy  good  health. 
and  have    reared   a    large    family.      '  ,]    wife   and   one 

single  daughter  are  with  me  now.  and.  besl   of  all.  we  are  all 
"marching  on   to  Zion." 
6* 


Talk  with  His  Comrades  by  S.  A.  Cunningham. 

In  "Talks  with  the  Boys"  the  editor  gives  a  very  brief 
account  to  his  immediate  comrades  of  their  first  camp.  On 
Valentine  day  he  went  to  Mitchellville,  near  the  Kentucky 
line,  where  several  companies  arrived  from  their  homes  on 
October  28,  1861,  forty-seven  years,  three  months,  and  sixteen 
days  before.  This  was  his  second  trip.  Captain  Hester,  of 
Mitchellville.  who  had  many  thrilling  experiences,  drove 
along  the  old  line  of  inarch  to  what  was  the  Louisville  and 
Nashville  Turnpike,  reaching  that  highway,  as  will  be  re- 
membered, where  a  large  carved  stone  marks  the  State  line, 
and  then  bj  old  Mitchellville  to  Camp  Trousdale.  The  fine 
brick  house  that  was  near  the  junction  of  the  turnpike  and 
the  branch  along  which  the  soldiers  went  to  camp  hardly 
seems  a  day  older.  The  small  grove  of  cedars  in  the  yard 
has  grown  to  magnificent  proportions.  The  old  drill  field 
does  not  seem  as  large  as  then.  Besides,  there  are  well- 
grown  forests  where  then  were  tillable  fields.  That  branch 
of  crystal  freestone  water  was  muddy  from  rain.  The  old 
mill — by  which  there  was  then  a  brewery  at  which  we  got 
still  beer  that  looked  like  buttermilk  and  was  both  as  delicious 
and  as  harmless — is  still  there  and  well  preserved.  At  the 
station  where  we  spent  the  first  night  there  is  an  old-looking 
brick  bouse  that  was  erected  after  the  war.  How  near  we 
approach  a  half  century  since  becoming  soldiers  of  the  C.  S. 
V    and   how    few   we  be ! 

For  What  Joseph    \.  Mnm,  Hyattsvhxe,  Md.,  Is  Grateful. 

The  Veteran  came  last  night,  and  I  have  read  everything 
in  it  with  undiminished  interest,  and  with  not  the  least  "What 
Comrades  Are  Mosl  Grateful  for."  I  had  overlooked  your 
invitation.  What  Confederate  soldiers  as  a  class  should  be 
most  grateful  for  is  that  they  lived  m  a  day  when  the  most 
exalted  plane  of  human  feeling  and  human  emotion,  indorsed 
by  the  highest  standard  of  human  reason,  impelled  them  to 
make  a  complete  sacrifice  for  human  liberty,  and  that  the  occa- 
sion exhibited  to  the  world  the  glorious  heroism  of  the  South- 
ern women. 

Personally  what  I  felt  most  grateful  for  in  those  four  years, 
except  being  spared  when  so  many  of  my  comrades  were  not. 
was  a  drink  of  water  late  in  the  afternoon  of  Friday,  August 
2,  1861.  General  Price's  army  broke  camp  in  Southwest  Mis- 
souri at  two  o'clock  that  morning  and  marched  in  serried 
column  eight  abreast,  the  shoulder  blades  of  the  front  rank  men 
touching  the  breasts  of  the  rear  rank  men,  and  each  set  of 
front  and  rear  rank  men  four  inches  apart.  The  expectation 
was  to  strike  the  Federal  General  Lyon  sometime  during  the 
day;  but  the  latter  retired,  and  with  the  exception  of  a  part 
of  each  force  meeting  at  Dug  Springs  no  battle  occurred. 
The  march  continued  until  one  hour  before  sunset.  The  day 
was  intensely  hot.  The  road  was  nearly  a  foot  deep  with  dust, 
and  for  a  good  part  of  the  distance  lay  between  heavily  wooded 
hills  which  prevented  any  breezes  from  soothing  the  effect  of 
the  blistering  sun.  A  hundred  yards  in  advance  of  where  we 
halted  to  go  into  camp,  issuing  from  the  base  of  a  hill,  wa:  a 
spring  a  foot  deep  and  twenty  feet  wide.  A  guard  was  placed 
before  it.  and  men  were  admitted  in  in  turn.  Two  thousand 
cavalrymen  were  ahead  of  us.  Near  by  was  a  stagnant  pool 
covi  red  bj  a  thick  sheet  of  green  scum.  It  was  crowded  with 
cavalrymen  whose  horses  were  slaking  their  thirst  and  adding 
to  the  foulness  of  the  water,  if  such  a  thing  were  possible.  I 
thrust  my  tin  cup  between  the  hind  legs  of  a  horse  and  drank 
a  quart  of  water.  It  was  the  sweetest  taste  that  ever  touched 
my  lips.     The  recollection  of  it  I  enjoy  to-day. 


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Comrade  Gardner's  Spirit  of  Gratitude. 
B.  C.  Gardner,  Company  F,  27th  Alabama  Regiment.  J.  E. 
Johnston's  army,  writes  from  Quanah,  Tex.:  "I  saw  in  the 
Veteran  the  request  that  we  old  soldiers  write  of  what  we 
were  the  most  thankful  for.  I  will  answer :  First,  for  God's 
protecting  care  over  us  through  the  war  and  his  continuing  to 
provide  for  us  up  to  this  time  of  old  age ;  second,  that  we 
have  such  a  good  publication  as  the  Veteran  to  keep  us 
posted  as  to  our  ups  and  downs  and  of  the  many  battles 
fought  during  the  war.  Now,  comrades,  let  us  all  unite  in 
one  sentiment,  that  we  will  all  endeavor  to  live  close  to  the 
One  who  has  kept  us  so  long,  and  when  the  last  roll  is 
called  we  can  joyfully  answer:  'Here  am  I.'" 


MARY  LANDERS  IN  CONFEDERATE  ARMY. 

"How  many  Marylanders  served  in  the  Confederate  army?" 
is  an  inquiry  that  is  periodically  made. 

Maj.  Gen.  Isaac  R.  Trimble  in  a  prepared  address  delivered 
before  the  Society  of  the  Army  and  Navy  of  the  Confederate 
States  in  Maryland  on  February  22,  1883,  said:  "Gen.  S. 
Cooper,  adjutant  general  of  our  government,  told  me  in  Rich- 
mond that  over  21,000  Marylanders  enlisted  in  the  South- 
ern armies." 

General  Trimble  was  a  man  of  unquestioned  high  character 
and  integrity.  It  must  be  remembered  that  the  adjutant  gen- 
eral's office  contained  the  records  of  all  the  Confederate 
armies,  including  the  nativity  of  all  soldiers. 

General  Cooper  was  adjutant  general  of  the  United  States 
army  before  the  war,  and,  having  resigned  early  in  1861,  was 
given  the  same  position  in  the  Confederate  service.  This 
statement  therefore  may  be  regarded  as  official. 

General  Trimble  further  said:  "General  Lee  often  told  me 
that  he  had  much  at  heart  the  separate  organization  of  the 
Marylanders.  'They  are,'  he  said,  'unrivaled  soldiers;  and  if 
brought  together,  we  may  get  many  other  Marylanders  to 
join  us.'  " 

This  was  attempted  in  1863;  but  it  was  then  too  late,  as  the 
Marylanders  who  were  serving  in  other  organizations  were 
unwilling  to  leave  their  comrades  and  the  associations  formed 
through  the  ties  of  many  campaigns  and  battles. 

They  were  found  in  every  army  and  every  organization, 
and  were  specially  noted  for  their  refusal  to  desert,  although 
home  and  comfort  awaited  them. 

Of  the  1st  Regiment,  General  Trimble  said  that  they  "were 
the  dandies  of  the  army,  better  dressed,  better  shod,  better 
drilled,  and  in  gayer  spirits  than  any  in  the  whole  army,  and 
never  one  deserter." — C,  in  Baltimore  Sun. 


NUMBER  OF  NEGROES  IN  FEDERAL  ARMY. 

BY    JAMES   BEESON,    HYTOP,   ALA. 

A  mistake  in  Civil  War  history  has  been  repeated  so  often 
in  print  and  from  the  rostrum  that  otherwise  well-informed 
people  North  and  South  take  it  as  accurate  without  taking 
the  trouble  to  investigate  for  themselves. 

In  C.  G.  Lee's  computation  of  the  relative  forces  of  the  Fed- 
eral and  Confederate  armies  in  the  March  Veteran  he  says 
there  were  186,017  negroes,  whereas  there  were  382  organiza- 
tions of  negro  troops  in  the  Federal  army,  and  they  averaged 
about  1,000  to  the  organization.  My  knowledge  comes  from  my 
practice  as  a  pension  attorney,  and  can't  be  far  from  correct. 
There  are  Confederate  soldiers  in  Congress  who  have  access  to 
the  army  rolls,  and  I  wish  some  of  them  would  take  the  trouble 
to  examine  and  correct  this  common  error.  It  will  to  some 
extent  strengthen  the  first  calculation  of  the  Federal  enroll- 
ment to  be  3,000,000  instead  of  2,778,304,  the  present  estimate. 


VERIFYING   THE  LEE  AND  GRACIE  INCIDENT. 

The  article  by  G.  N.  Saussy  in  the  April  Veteran  calls 
forth  the  following: 

"Soon  after  General  Lee  returned  to  Petersburg  from  the 
north  side  he  reviewed  the  whole  line,  and  while  on  General 
Gracie's  front  he  very  imprudently  thrust  his  head  above  the 
parapet  and  commenced  inspecting  the  enemy's  works.  This 
was  one  of  the  most  dangerous  portions  of  the  lines.  A 
young  man  was  killed  there  a  few  days  previous  while  look- 
ing through  a  porthole.  He  had  received  a  sixty-day  furlough 
on  account  of  a  severe  wound,  and  previous  to  starting  home 
he  had  gone  out  to  see  some  of  his  friends  on  the  line.  He 
bade  them  all  good-by,  and  was  just  returning  to  Petersburg 
when  he  suddenly  turned  round  and  said  in  a  jovial  manner: 
T  must  take  a  look  at  my  friends  over  the  way  before  I  go.' 
He  put  his  eye  to  the  porthole  near  by,  when  a  bullet  came 
through  and  killed  him  instantly. 

"It  was  near  this  same  spot  that  General  Lee  was  so  im- 
prudently exposing  himself.  His  officers  stood  horrified,  ex- 
pecting every  moment  to  see  him  killed,  and  several  expostu- 
lated with  him.  Finding  all  entreaties  to  be  in  vain,  General 
Gracie  jumped  up  on  the  parapet  and  placed  himself  before 
General  Lee. 

"General  Lee  said :  'General  Gracie,  that  is  very  dangerous ; 
you  will  be  killed.'  General  Gracie  replied :  'It  is  better,  Gen- 
eral, that  I  be  killed  than  you.  When  you  go  down,  I  will.' 
The  noble  General  -Lee  smiled  and  got  down,  followed  by 
General  Gracie." 


CHILDREN  AT  DEDICATION  OF  MONUMENT. 

BY    MRS.   W.   S.    HUMPHREYS,  PRES.    MOULTRIE    (GA.)    CHAPTER. 

At  the  request  of  representatives  of  several  Chapters  I 
shall  endeavor  to  tell  something  of  the  program  of  Children's 
Day  observed  by  the  Moultrie  McNeill  Chapter  on  the  occa- 
sion of  the  completion  of  the  erection  of  the  Confederate 
monument  at  this  place. 

The  monument  was  completed  about  a  month  before  Me- 
morial Day,  which  day  was  selected  for  the  unveiling.  Chil- 
dren's Day  was  used  for  raising  funds  as  well  as  for  other 
ceremonies.  The  "Mile  of  Pennies"  slips  were  placed  in  the 
hands  of  all  the  children  and  the  ladies  and  others  who  would 
use  them.  In  fact,  the  raising  of  money  and  the  instilling  in 
the  young  hearts  of  the  children  a  love  for  the  brave  Con- 
federate heroes  were  the  main  objects  of  this  occasion.  Quite 
a  neat  sum  was  raised,  and  the  ceremonies  were  inspiring  and 
impressive. 

The  superintendent  of  the  Moultrie  public  schools  joined 
in  the  spirit  of  the  occasion.  He  marched  the  entire  student 
body  of  more  than  four  hundred  from  the  school  building  to 
the  depot,  where  the  children  joined  in  drawing  the  vehicle 
bearing  the  statue  to  be  erected  on  the  main  shaft  of  the 
monument.  Seventy-five  veterans  led  the  procession,  the 
U.  D.  C.  came  next,  and  then  the  children. 

At  the  base  of  the  monument  an  appropriate  program  was 
carried  out.  The  school  sang  patriotic  songs,  while  suitable 
addresses  were  made,  the  main  speaker  of  the  occasion  being 
the  school  superintendent,  who  is  a  loyal  son  of  a  Confederate 
veteran  and  an  eloquent  speaker. 

The  Children's  Day  ceremonies  were  both  profitable  to 
the  Chapter  and  beneficial  to  the  cause. 

Our  regular  unveiling  ceremonies  were  held  on  Memorial 
Day,  Governor  Smith  delivering  the  address. 

We  have  a  very  handsome  monument,  and  are  proud  of  it. 

This  Chapter  has  given  197  Southern  crosses  of  honor. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


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ARUNG1  ON  CONFEDER.  J  TE  MONUMENT. 

Treasurer's  Report  for  Month  En  him.  April  30,   1909. 
Receipts. 

Balance  on  hand  from  last  report,  $8,99973. 

Mrs.  F.  G.  Odenheimer.  Director  for  Mao-land,  $25.  Con- 
tributed by  Fitzhugh  Lee  Chapter.  No  279,  U.  D.  C,  Fred- 
erick. Md. 

Mobile  Chapter,  No.  193,  U.  D.  C.  Mobile,  Ala.,  $10. 

Mrs.  Thomas  S.  Bocock,  Director  for  Virginia,  $25.  Con- 
tributed  by  Fredericksburg  Chapter.  No.  [63,  U.  D.  C,  Fred- 
ericksburg, Va. 

Westmoreland  Chapter.  No.  — .  U.  D.  C,  $1. 

Thomas  S.  Ryan,  New  York  City,  $100. 

School  children,  Bedford  City,  Va.,  $10.84. 

Mrs.  Thomas  W.  Keitt,  Director  for  South  Carolina,  $9.50. 
Contributed  by  Palmetto  Chapter.  No.  638,  U.  D.  C,  Ander- 
son, S.  C,  $1;  Ridge  Spring  Chapter,  No.  1115.  U.  D.  C, 
Ridge  Spring,  S.  C  $7;  Dick  Anderson  Chapter,  No.  75, 
U.  D.  C,  Sumter.  S.  C.  $1;  Children  of  Calhoun  (S.  C.) 
Rural  School,  50  cent*. 

Mrs.   Thomas  S.  Bocock.  Director  for  Virginia,  $11      Con 
tributed  by  Hope-Maury  Chapter,  No.  S57,  Norfolk,  Va..  $10; 
a  friend,  $1. 

Mr*.  John  W.  Tench,  Director  for  Florida,  $5.  Contributed 
by  Pensacola  Chapter,  No.  208,  U.  D   C ..  Pensacola,  Fla. 

Mrs.  Lillie  F.  Worthington,  Director  for  Mississippi,  $40. 
Contributed  by  J.  S.  C.  Blackburn.  Governor  Canal  Zone.  $10; 
Mrs.  Lillie  F.  Worthington.  Wayside,  Miss.,  $10;  Dr.  T.  Flour- 
noy  Worthington,  Wayside.  Miss,,  $5;  W.  W.  Worthington, 
Wayside,  Miss.,  $5;  Miss  Lucy  Dancy,  Si  ;  Dr.  Gill.  $1;  "Lit- 
tle Lillie  F.."  $1  ;  "Eugenia,  Cora,  Pink,  and  Harry,"  house 
servants  of  Director  (each  fifty  cents),  $2;  Stonewall  Jack- 
son Chapter,  No.  975,  U.  D.  C.  Swan  Lake,  Miss.,  $5. 

Mrs.  Florence  D.  Johnston,  Director  for  California,  $53. 
Contributed  by  Los  Angeles  Chapter.  Xo.  277,  U.  D.  C,  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  $50;  Gen.  John  B.  Gordon  Chapter.  No.  739, 
U.  D.  C,  San  Jose,  Cal.,  $3. 

Father  Ryan  Chapter,  No.  431,  U.  D.  C,  Bartow.  Fla..  $25. 

Mi-.  John  W.  Tench,  Director  for  Florida,  $13.  Contributed 
by  J.  J.  Finley  Chapter.  No.  685.  U.  D.  C,  Gainesville,  Fla., 
$10:  Mildred  Lee  Chapter,  C.  of  C.  Gainesville.  Fla.,  $3. 

Marianna  Chapter.  C.  of  C.  Marianna,  Fla.,  $1. 

Total  receipts,  $9,329.07. 
nditures,  m  in 

Balance  1  in  hand,  $9,329.07. 

Respectfully   submitted.  Wallaci    Streater,    Treas. 


V  SUIT  OF  GRAY— TRIBUTE  TO   BREATHITT. 

In  Lexington,  Ky..  there  will  soon  be  a  representation  of 
Southern  Cross."  a  stirring  drama  of  the  war,  the 
proceeds  to  go  on  the  fund  for  the  monument  to  be  erected 
to  I'  hi  Morgan,  the  famous  Confederate  scout  and  general. 
In  this  drama  will  be  worn  a  suit  of  gray  so  battered  and 
torn  that  il  will  scarcely  hold  together.  Through  the  shoul- 
der 1-  .:  ii  ie  made  by  a  musket  ball  and  through  the  tro 
another  torn  by  shrapnel. 

This  uniform  was  worn  bj   Col.   P.   P   Johnson  during  the 
war,  and   in   speaking  of  it  Colonel  Johnson    told   a    St 
Wonderful  COOlneSS  and  bravery,  in   which   he 

"We  were  fighting  in  front  of  Richmond  in  the  Wilderness 
1  \\  1  roads  ran  almost  parallel,  and  the  two  armies  were 
marching  toward  Richmond  on  these  two  roads.  Had  there 
been  only  one  army,  that  armj  would  have  used  both  roads; 
but  we  bad  one  and  the  Union  army  had  the  other      In 


places  the  roads  almost  touched,  and  there  the  opposing  armies 
would  fight,  each  side  having  those  points  guarded  and  pro- 
tected from  sudden  assault.  My  battery  was  stationed  on  a 
hill,  with  the  road,  along  which  our  men  were  marching, 
behind  us.  The  hill,  which  extended  up  from  the  road,  was 
a  steep  one,  and  from  where  we  were  the  road  was  hidden. 
I  had  just  been  talking  to  a  fellow-officer  and  instructing  him 
what  to  do  in  case  I  should  fall,  when  suddenly  the  woods 
111  front  of  us  were  alive  with  Union  soldier-  They  had 
formed  their  line  of  battle  under  cover  of  the  woods  about 
half  a  mile  from  us,  and  we  had  not  seen  them  at  all  until  they 
burst  into  view,  charging  us. 

"In  battle  line  and  yelling  a*  they  came,  they  swept  aci 
the  field  and  toward  us.  They  were  pouring  in  volleys,  and 
it  soon  became  so  hot  where  we  were  that  we  had  to  leave 
We  retreated  from  left  to  right— that  is,  the  gun  on  the  left 
moved  first.  When  orders  wire  given,  the  gun  on  the  left 
was  limbered  up  and  moved  to  the  rear,  while  the  other  guns 
kept  firing.  Then  the  next  gun  moved  off.  My  gun  -third. 
and  by  that  time  things  were  getting  pretty  lively.  1  Yan- 
kees were  so  close  to  us  that  we  could  hear  them  curs.  .  us. 
but  the  third  gun  got  off  safely  That  was  mine,  and  as  we 
went  to  the  rear  a  musket  ball  struck  me.  I  was  able  to  sit 
on  my  horse,  although  the  ball  had  gone  almost  through  my 
left  shoulder 

"Then  happened  one  of  the  most  gallant  acts  that  were  per- 
formed during  the  war.  Major  Breathitt  was  in  command 
of  the  battery,  and  he  had  stayed  with  the  last  gun.  The 
Union  soldiers  were  coming  on  fast,  and  a  perfect  hailstorm 
of  bullets  swept  over  the  guns.  The  horses,  which  had  been 
stationed  in  the  rear  to  avoid  being  wounded,  were  brought 
up,  and  a  desperate  effort  was  made  to  get  out  the  last  gun. 
The  Yankees  were  trying  to  capture  it.  but  Major  Breathitt 
went  to  work.  As  the  horses  were  brought  to  the  gun  four 
of  them  were  instantly  killed,  and  it  looked  like  the  gun  cer- 
tainly would  be  taken.  Three  of  the  gunners  were  wounded 
in  as  many  seconds.  Major  Breathitt  jumped  off  his  own 
horse,  cut  loose  the  traces  of  the  dead  animals,  sprang  on 
the  back  of  one  of  the  gun  horses,  lashed  him  with  his 
and  started  to  the  rear,  with  hundreds  of  Union  soldiers  SO 
close  that  they  could  have  hit  him  with  a  rock.  They  were 
all  shooting  and  shouting  to  him  to  stop,  but  he  rode  on 
and  actually  took  the  gnu  out. 

"He  escaped  without  a  scratch;  and  as  he  rode  down  the 
hill  toward  the  infantry,  which  had  halted  at  the  firing,  he 
was  passing  through  a  storm  of  bullets.  How  they  missed 
him  is  a  marvel;  but  he  was  not  even  1  ratched,  and  he  saved 
the  gun.  The  infantry  in  the  road  had  begun  throwing  up 
small  breastworks  ami  were  waiting  for  the  charge  ["hej 
were  as  cool  and  placid  about  it  as  thought  it  were  nothing, 
["hey  showed  no  concern  whatever,  hut  waited  until  the 
Union  soldiers  were  only  about  fiftj  feet  iway,  and  then  thej 
fired.     They  mowed  down  I  men,  and  the  Union  sol- 

dier- retreated.  They  formed  again  and  charged  .main,  and 
our  infantry  again  crumpled  them  up,  and  did  it  a  third  time, 
when  the  enemj  1 1  tired,  having  had  enough.  I  lie  infantry 
never  showed  any  excitement,  and  went  through  it  all  with 
a  bored  air  and  expi essii in 

"I    was    taken    :  1    hospital    and    my    won:;',    dressed 

That   1-   where   the  hole   111   that    uniform   came    from" 


BURNING  01    1  01  UMBIA. 

BY  CLEMEN!    SAUSSY,  SAVANNAH,  GA. 

I   would   thank  you  to  correct   a   statement    I   recently  read 
m  "Campaigns  of  Wheeler  and   His  Cavalry,"  by  W.  C.  Dod- 


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son,  of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  concerning  the  capture  of  Columbia,  S. 
C,  by  Sherman  in  February,  1865.  He  states  on  page  328 
that  "General  Wheeler  in  person  directed  the  burning  of  the 
•covered  bridge  across  Broad  River  when  the  Yankees  had 
driven  in  our  small  forces  at  that  point  late  in  the  afternoon 
of  February  16." 

The  writer  of  this  article  was  a  member  of  Wheaton's  Bat- 
tery, which  at  that  time  was  attached  to  Butler's  Division  of 
Cavalry,  recently  sent  down  from  Virginia,  and  was  at  Co- 
lumbia with  that  division.  When  General  Butler  had  been 
•ordered  by  General  Beauregard  to  make  a  reconnoisance  down 
the  Charleston  road  with  a  part  of  his  division  and  two  bri- 
gades of  Wheeler's  command,  Wheaton'-s  Battery  was  not 
taken  along,  for  the  reason  that  the  movement  had  to  be 
made  very  rapidly;  and  our  battery  not  being  provided  with 
horses  for  the  cannoneers,  we  would  be  unable  to  keep  up 
with  the  cavalry.  After  a  sharp  encounter  with  Sherman's 
forces,  General  Butler  slowly  retired  toward  the  covered 
bridge,  ordering  Wheaton's  Battery  to  cross  over  to  Columbia, 
which  we  did  before  dark.  Soon  after,  about  dark,  General 
Butler,  with  a  detail  of  his  division,  set  fire  to  this  bridge, 
and  some  of  his  men  and  horses  were  scorched  by  the  flames 
in  passing  through  the  bridge.  Comrade  William  P.  Lake,  of 
Company  F,  Jeff  Davis  Legion,  Butler's  Division,  now  living 
at  Vidalia,  Ga.,  was  one  of  this  detail. 

Again,  Mr.  Dodson  on  page  329  uses  these  words :  "Thus 
fell  the  capital  of  South  Carolina.  Every  gun  fired  in  its 
defense  was  fired  by  Wheeler's  Cavalry.  Every  soldier  who 
fell  in  its  defense  belonged  to  Wheeler's  brave  command." 
When  Wheaton's  Battery  reached  Columbia,  we  were  ordered 
by  General  Butler  to  proceed  to  Granby  Heights,  two  miles 
south  of  the  city,  and  to  open  fire  on  Sherman's  army,  then 
encamped  just  opposite  and  across  the  river.  We  kept  up  the 
shelling  the  entire  night.  After  our  third  shot,  every  camp 
fire  was  out,  but  we  had  the  range  and  annoyed  them  all  night. 
At  daylight  the  next  morning  we  saw  them  putting  their  pon- 
toon bridges  on  the  river,  but  our  aim  was  so  accurate  that 
they  moved  these  pontoons  higher  up  the  river  out  of  the 
range  of  our  guns.  During  this  time  the  Yankees  had  de- 
ployed a  regiment  of  sharpshooters  along  the  river,  some  up 
in  the  trees,  and  made  things  hot  for  us.  Three  of  our  men 
and  fifteen  horses  were  wounded  in  a  very  short  time.  As 
the  Yankees  had  put  their  pontoons  across  and  their  men  were 
then  swarming  in  the  city,  General  Butler  sent  orders  to  Cap- 
tain Wheaton  to  retire;  and,  not  knowing  any  route  but  the 
one  by  which  we  had  gone  to  Granby,  we  went  back  to  Co- 
lumbia and  found  the  Yankees  so  busy  plundering  and  burn- 
ing that  they  actually  allowed  us  to  escape.  We  marched 
thirty-five  miles  by  a  circuitous  route  and  joined  our  division 
late  that  night  at  Kelian's  Mill,  eleven  miles  from  Columbia. 
General  Wheeler  and  his  brave  men  did  great  things;  but  Mr. 
Dodson  should  not  make  such  grave  errors,  as  there  were 
others  who  were  brave  and  did  their  full  duty. 

General  Butler  was  badly  wounded  on  June  9,  1863,  in  the 
great  Brandy  Station  cavalry  fight.  A  cannon  shot  passing 
through  his  horse  took  off  his  right  foot  just  above  the  ankle. 
The  same  shot  tore  off  the  leg  of  Captain  Farley,  of  Gen. 
Jeb  Stuart's  staff,  as  he  was  conferring  with  Butler,  who 
was  colonel  of  the  2d  South  Carolina  Cavalry  at  the  time. 
Farley  died  soon  after.  Butler  returned  to  duty  before  his 
stump  had  healed,  and  with  only  one  foot  to  handle  himself 
with  bravely  led  his  gallant  men  until,  forced  by  overwhelming 
numbers  at  Greensboro,  N.  C,  April  26,  1865,  he  with  others 
of  us  ceased  from  that  kind  of  service. 


WHY  MAS(  ULINE  GARB  AXD  TITLES? 

BY    MRS.    JEAN    ROBERTSON    ANDERSON,    MEMPHIS,    TENN. 

With  a  heart  full  of  love  for  the  Southern  Confederacy  and 
all  its  sacred  institutions,  customs,  traditions,  and  memories, 
may  I  ask  a  hearing  along  a  line  voiced  in  two  recent  articles 
in  the  Veteran  (in  the  January  and  March  numbers)  concern- 
ing "Confederate  Choirs — Uniforms  and  Titles?"  I  come  to 
you  with  nothing  but  praise  for  the  objects  and  purposes  of 
the  Confederate  Choirs — the  collection,  preservation,  and 
perpetuation  of  the  old  melodies  of  the  South.  But  with 
Mrs.  Stone,  the  President  General  of  the  United  Daughters 
of  the  Confederacy,  and  the  "certain  influential  Camps,"  United 
Confederate  Veterans,  quoted  I  stand  "opposed  to  the  wear- 
ing of  Confederate  uniforms  by  Southern  women  and  their 
assumption  of  military  titles"  as  unseemly,  unwomanly,  un- 
dignified, and  unbecoming  to  Southern  womanhood  and  South- 
ern ideals.  More  than  that,  its  inappropriateness  and  unpopu- 
larity with  the  better  thought  of  the  South  will  serve  to 
weaken  the  real  value  of  the  laudable  revival  of  Southern 
songs  and  melodies  which  they  seek  to  preserve. 

Not  many  of  our  representative  women  could  be  persuaded 
to  d'on  a  costume  or  title  which  would  place  them  in  a  ludi- 
crous light  or  be  willing  to  jeopardize  Southern  ideals  and 
standards  by  such  questionable  taste.  That  there  are  a  few 
such  already  in  the  lime  light,  I  do  not  deny;  but  they  are 
there  for  two  reasons — want  of  thought  and  because  the  dear 
old  veterans  (God  bless  them!)  applauded  the  first  daring  ven- 
ture in  that  direction.  (  But  what  can  a  Southern  woman  do  in 
the  name  of  the  Confederacy  that  Confederate  veterans  will 
not  applaud?)  What  has  become  of  the  old-time  ideas  of  a 
woman  unsexed  or  masquerading  in  man's  attire  or  assuming 
titles  belonging  exclusively  to  man?  What  has  become  of 
the  laws  of  the  land  which  prohibit  a  woman  appearing  in 
public  in  man's  attire  under  penalty  of  fine  or  inprisomnent  ? 
And  what  can  be  said  to  defend  or  to  recommend  the  donning 
of  military  uniforms  or  titles? 

With  all  respect  due  the  three  learned  gentlemen  who  voice 
their  views  in  the  aforesaid  articles  in  the  Veteran  in  their 
approval,  applause,  and  praise  for  the  Confederate  Choirs, 
yet  they  advance  not  one  logical  reason  or  argument  to  prove 
a  point  in  favor  of  military  uniforms  and  titles  for  the  patri- 
otic women  and  girls  composing  these  organized  Confederate 
Choirs.  Of  these  applauding  gentlemen  so  generous  in  com- 
pliment, so  meager  in  argument  I  would  ask :  "Is  the  woman 
militant  at  all  in  accord  with  the  Old  South?  Would  not 
the  value  of  the  organization  be  enhanced  tenfold  by  suitable 
appareling  and  titles?" 

Uniforms  for  schools,  for  societies,  for  clubs,  and  for  Con- 
federate Choirs  are  desirable  and  can  be  made  attractive  and 
imposing  if  chosen  with  taste  and  judgment.  For  the  latter 
it  might  be  white  or  gray  or  a  combination  of  both  following 
graceful  lines  suitable  to  girlhood,  to  womanhood,  and  appeal 
to  the  everlasting  sense  of  fitness !  How  very  effective  and 
beautiful  such  a  group  of  musicians  could  be  made  if  gowned 
in  white  with  overrobes  of  soft  gray  Oxford  gowns  and  gray 
Oxford  caps,  always  becoming  and  attractive,  on  the  band  of 
the  latter  the  lettered  symbols  of  the  organization !  Some- 
thing of  this  kind  would  be  far  more  becoming,  picturesque, 
and  comfortable  than  the  ones  now  in  use.  It  would  be  less 
expensive,  more  dignified,  and  more  impressive.  The  titles 
usual  in  musical  organizations  would  be  found  sufficient  for 
their  direction  and  control.  I  believe  the  whole  South  would 
welcome  and  applaud  the  change  and  more  heartily  commend 
and  indorse  their  admirable  efforts  for  the  preservation  of 
the    old    war-time    songs    and    Southern    melodies,    and    their 


Qoi)federat<^  l/eterar). 


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appearance  in  public  be  more  in  keeping  witb  the  best  ideals 
and  traditions  of  the  Old  South. 


BRIG.  GEX.  JOHN  GREGG. 

I:Y    COL.    A.    C.    JONES,   THREE    CREEKS,    ARK. 

Thanking  you  for  your  kind  mention  in  connection  with 
my  article  on  the  "Prize  Essay,"  I  must  be  allowed  to  correct 
a  mistake.  I  was  never  in  command  of  the  Texas  Brigade, 
but  did  command  the  3d  Arkansas  Regiment  for  about  eight 
months  before  the  surrender. 

Your  mention  of  it  affords  me  an  opportunity  of  paying  a 
tribute  to  the  memory  of  that  chivalrous  soldier  and  able 
officer,  Gen.  John  Gregg,  who  -succeeded  Brig.  Gen.  J.  B. 
Robertson  (known  by  the  soldiers  as  "Polly")  as  commatldei 
of  the  Texas  Brigade. 

General  Gregg  was  my  superior  officer,  and  1  am  proud 
that  he  was  my  personal  friend.  Like  General  Gordon,  of 
Georgia,  he  belonged  to  that  class  of  younger  general  officers 
whose  ability  and  courage  were  rapidly  developed  during 
the  closing  scenes  of  the  conflict.  But,  alas!  he  did  not  sur- 
vive to  render  his  country  good  service  in  more  peaceful 
times,  having  been  killed  while  leading  his  command  in  one 
of  those  desperate  fights  below-  Richmond.  Great  emergencies 
are  liable  to  occur  at  any  time  in  war,  and  111  these  the  true 
mettle  of  a  man  is  proved. 

I  shall  never  forget  that  strenuous  day  on  the  lines  when 
by  a  -sudden  and  unexpected  attack  the  enemy  captured  Fort 
Harrison,  one  of  the  strongest  and  most  important  positions 
in  our  works,  placing  the  city  of  Richmond  in  imminent  peril, 
when  General  Gregg  with  the  remnant  of  his  own  brigade  and 
Benning's  Georgia  Brigade,  in  all  about  one  thousand  men. 
having  just  repulsed  a  heavy  charge  on  another  part  of 
the  field,  was  rushed  to  the  breach,  and  by  skillful  maneuver 
and  desperate  fighting  held  an  entire  corps  of  the  enemy  at 
bay  from  early  morning  till  four  o'clock  in  the  evening,  when 
reenforcements  arrived.  He  undoubtedly  saved  the  city  from 
capture  several  months  before  it  actually  occurred. 

The  high  esteem  in  which  General  Gregg  was  held  both 
by  the  government  and  his  soldiers  was  manifested  when  his 
body  was  borne  from  the  battlefield  where  he  fell  to  the  city 
and  lay  in  state  for  several  hours  in  the  Capitol,  and  by 
special  permit  from  General  Lee  his  old  brigade  was  allowed 

to  leave  the  lines  and  escort  his  remains  to  Hollyw 1  Ceme 

his  last   resting  place. 


1  ral  Gregg  should  ere  this  have  had  recognition  in  the 
Veteran.  Along  with  Gen.  O.  F.  Strahl  the  editor  holds  his 
memory    in   gratitude   and   high    veneration.      It    was   General 

Gregg  who,  with  his  small  brigadi  I  rps  of  the 

enemy  in  check  nearly  all  day  at  Raymond,  Miss.  His  ma- 
neuver of  his  small  regiment  in  his  brigade  was  perhaps  as 
tactful  as  ever  was  known  in  military  affairs.  Until  the  news 
of  his  death  as  indicated  by  Colonel  Jones,  the  last  I 
of  him  befon  his  death  was  after  being  wounded  in  the  bal 
tie  of  Chickamauga  he  was  taken  to  the  rear  in  the  ambulance, 
arriving  in  Ringgold  on  Sunday  morning,  September  20,  [863 
just  at  sunrise. 


BY    REV.    J,    W.    SANDELL,    MAGNOLIA,    MISS 

In   the  VETERAN    for   March,  page   104,   1   notice   in   connec- 
tion with  Miss  Boyson'9  prize  essay  and    I 

address  on  Lincoln's  birthday  celebration  a  disposition  to  place 
these    three    names    together    in    the    roll    of    honor,      li 
names   are   to   go   into   histi  0   many   links    in    the   chain 


that  connects  the  parts  of  this  great  country  in  a  constitu- 
tional republican  government,  let  them  go  for  the  parts  the 
men  performed  whose  nanus  give  title  to  this  paper.  Let 
a  descriptive  word  go  before  each  name  as  follows :  Con- 
structive Washington,  destructive  Lincoln,  instructive  Lee. 
These  qualifying  words  open  the  door  for  a  study. 

It  could  be  clearly  demonstrated  that  the  true  place  of  each 
of  these  men  in  the  work  of  this  government  is  in  the  word 
before  his  name.  Our  young  people  are  reading  and  writing. 
and  there  is  always  danger  of  following  the  multitude  to  do 
evil.  It  was  the  father  of  our  Roberl  E.  Lee  who  wrote  the  fa- 
mous words  about  Washington:  "First  in  war.  first  in  peace, 
and  first  in  the  hearts  of  his  countrymen." 


AN  OLD  PAPER. 
[A  paper  time-worn  and  yellow,  bearing  date  of  1861,  is 
sent  the  Veteran.  On  it  in  almost  undecipherable  letters 
are  the  words  of  a  poem  written  by  Amos  X.  Hall.  Company 
F,  20th  Regiment  North  Carolina  Volunteers,  and  sung  by 
that  company  in  Fort  Caswell,  N.  C] 

Here   we   are   111  the    land   of  cotton; 
The  flag  once  honored  is  forgotten. 

Fight  away,  fight  away,  light  away 
For  Dixie  land. 

Carolina's    sons   are    ready. 
I  lurrah  !  hurrah  !  hurrah  ! 
With   heart  and  hand 
We  will  by  her  stand 
With  courage  true  and  steady. 
Hurrah!   hurrah!  hurrah! 

1    suppose  you  have  heard  the  news 
Of  Lincoln  and  his  kangaroos? 

With  millions  he  would  suppress  us, 
With  wai  and  bl  iodshed  he'd  oppress  us. 

He  says  we  have  no  ships  or  navy; 
We  put  mighty  faith  in  great  Jeff  Davis. 

Due  honor  too  we  will  award 
To   gallant   Bragg  and   Beaun 

The   Southern   St.ii>  -    were   only   seven, 
But  we  have  them  now-  up  to  eleven. 

From  the   land  of  flowers,  hot  and  sandy. 
From  Delaware  Bay  to  the  Rio  Grande. 

Hold  up  your  heads  and  have   no  fens. 
For  Dixie  swarms  with  volunt 

The  Old  Dominion  still   shows  plucky; 
The  in   Kentucky. 

Nou   hive  he. nd   ilie   noti      of  this  same  ditty 

in  the  right  and  l<  ft  oi  thi  ippi. 

• 

Vbe's  -1   in   a  twinkle 

Would  stir  the  blood   of  Rip  Van   Winkle. 

Our  ladies  cheer  with  heart  and  hand 
Our  men  who  fight  for  Dixie  land. 

The  stars  and  bars  are  waving  o'er  us; 
Independi  .  is  just  before  us. 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterar). 


LIKE  A  BENEDICTION  FROM  GEN.  S.  D.  LEE. 

[Part  of  a  letter  from  Gen.  Stephen  D.  Lee  written  while 
the  controversy  was  high  in  regard  to  the  Wirz  monument. 
It  was  written  when  he  expected  to  engage  in  a  prolonged 
controversy  with  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic] 

The  belief  is  universal  throughout  the  South  that  Captain 
Wirz  was  innocent  of  the  charges  on  which  he  was  con- 
victed by  a  military  commission :  the  charges,  first,  of  con- 
spiracy with  Jefferson  Davis,  Secretary  Seddon,  Howell  Cobb, 
R.  B.  Winder,  R.  R.  Stevenson,  and  others  to  kill  Union 
prisoners ;  and,  secondly,  of  murder  in  the  violation  of  the 
laws  and  customs  of  war.  None  of  Wirz's  alleged  co-con- 
spirators were  ever  put  on  trial.  The  evidence  upon  which 
he  was  convicted  was  in  part  based  upon  mistake  or  down- 
right perjury,  and  the  circumstances  under  which  he  was 
tried  made  a  fair  trial  practically  impossible  in  those  terrible 
times. 

All  things  considered,  charity  requires  at  least  that  either 
no  tablet  should  be  erected  charging  the  dead  man  with 
guilt  or  that  those  who  believe  him  innocent  should  be  ac- 
corded the  privilege  of  expressing  that  conviction  in  equally 
enduring  form.  If  evil  is  to  be  spoken  of  the  dead,  his 
friends  can  hardly  be  expected  to  remain  silent.  Bearing  this 
in  mind,  the  plan  has  been  proposed  by  certain  ladies  of  the 
South  to  erect  a  counter-tablet  bearing  a  proper  inscription 
to  record  an  enduring  belief  of  the  Southern  people  in  his 
innocence. 

Henry  Wirz  had  the  misfortune  to  be  a  foreigner,  friend- 
less, and  ill  fitted  to  defend  himself.  His  very  countryman, 
the  Swiss  Consul  General,  publicly  refused  to  accept  money 
for  defraying  the  expenses  of  the  defense.  In  time  of  peace 
Wirz  was  tried  by  a  military  commission,  and  all  his  lawyers 
except  Mr.  Schade  withdrew  from  the  case,  stating  that  the 
court  had  predetermined  the  case.  At  the  time  of  his  con- 
viction Wirz  was  broken  in  health  from  confinement  and 
from  wounds  received  in  battle.  He  refused  to  accuse  Jeffer- 
son Davis  on  account  of  the  treatment  of  prisoners  at  Ander- 
sonville,  although  he  (Wirz)  was  informed  by  persons  whom 
he  had  reason  to  trust  that  such  an  accusation  would  save  his 
life.     He  met  his  death  at  last  like  a  man  of  courage. 

Under  the  circumstances  it  seems  to  us  that  the  proposed 
action  of  these  ladies  is  not  such  as  to  call  for  any  inter- 
ference by  Southern  soldiers  or  as  justly  to  offend  the  sol- 
diers of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  who  should  per- 
haps treat  the  matter  as  the  Southern  people  have  treated  the 
erection  of  a  statue  to  John  Brown  at  Harper's  Ferry,  Va., 
and  of  the  many  tablets  at  Andersonville. 

In  this  connection  I  may  refer  to  the  resolution  of  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  adopted  at  the  same  time  re- 
questing the  Secretary  of  War  to  issue  statistics  as  accurate 
as  possible  of  the  mortality  of  Union  soldiers  in  Southern 
prisons,  and  may  suggest  that  if  he  should  do  so  he  should 
at  the  same  time  issue  statistics  even  more  readily  attainable 
of  the  mortality  of  Southern  soldiers  in  Northern  prisons.  It 
would  surely  be  best  for  the  veterans  on  both  sides  to  let 
such  controversies  sleep;  but  if  the  facts  on  one  side  are  to 
be  given  out,  justice  requires  that  like  facts  should  also  be 
given  on  the  other. 

Much  of  your  letter  is  devoted  to  a  discussion  of  the  sad 
conditions  at  Andersonville.  The  real  question,  however,  is 
rather  whether  Captain  Wirz  was  personally  able  to  alter 
these  conditions  and  was  justly  executed  on  account  of  them. 
The  destitution   of  the  Confederate  government  at  the  time, 


unable  to  provide  food  or  medicine  for  the  soldiers  in  the 
field,  must  be  taken  into  account.  When  you  speak  of  "the 
sad  story  of  unmatched  suffering."  it  is  fair  to  remind  you  not 
m  a  spirit  of  controversy  but  of  impartiality  that  the  death 
rate  at  Andersonville  was  24.63  per  cent.  On  an  official  tablet 
at  Andersonville  it  is  stated :  "Prisoners  at  Andersonville, 
52,345.  Number  who  died,  12,883."  Yet  in  the  prisons  where 
Confederate  soldiers  were  confined  the  death  rate  was  higher. 
At  Elmira  it  was  forty-four  per  cent.  As  against  your  citation 
at  Andersonville  for  August,  I  point  you  to  Elmira,  where  in 
February  with  8,996  prisoners  there  were  426  deaths,  and  in 
March  with  7.102  prisoners  there  were  491  deaths.  In  March 
alone  the  death  rate  was  more  than  five  per  cent ;  and  com- 
bining the  two  months,  there  was  a  death  rate  of  more  than 
ten  per  cent.  At  Point  Lookout  the  death  rate  was  27.77  Per 
cent;  at  Rock  Island,  2S.33  Per  cent,  according  to  the  best 
information  I  have  been  able  to  obtain  (Series  II.,  Volume  8, 
pages  991  to  1002,  "Official  Records  of  the  Union  and  Con- 
federate Armies,"  from  the  "United  States  Government  Re- 
port of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion"). 

The  story  of  these  prisons  where  Confederates  were  con- 
fined has  never  been  "officially  presented"  like  the  story  of 
Andersonville.  "Unspeakable  cruelty  and  suffering"  there 
were  in  prison  life,  North  and  South ;  but  let  us  be  slow  to 
believe  that  they  were  anywhere  deliberately  and  maliciously 
inflicted.  I  forbear,  therefore,  to  include  in  my  reply  state- 
ments similar  to  those  in  your  letter  accessible  to  us  both  in 
the  published  official  records  from  surgeons  in  the  United 
States  army  and  from  members  of  the  sanitary  commission 
showing  a  condition  of  affairs  in  the  Northern  prisons  which 
Americans  of  to-day  would  read  with  as  much  regret  as  the 
account  of  conditions  at  Andersonville.  It  is  better  to  forget 
than  to  remember  these  things.  Feelings  are  sensitive  in 
the  South  as  in  the  North,  and  agitation  is  likely  to  bring 
about  the  very  result  which  agitators  least  desire. 

Now  that  the  few  survivors  of  the  great  Civil  War  are 
Hearing  the  end  of  their  days,  we  had  better  spend  the  little 
time  which  remains  in  forgiving  and  being  forgiven  rather 
than  in  creating  new  occasions  for  the  exercise  of  charity. 
Our  memory  will  be  dear  to  our  children,  and  we  should  do 
nothing  to  cause  them  regret.  In  my  judgment  the  real 
enemy  of  our  reunited  country  is  the  man  who  tries  to  under- 
mine the  faith  of  Northern  or  Southern  youth  in  the  moral 
worth  of  their  ancestors.  For  old  men  to  engage  in  an  un- 
seemly strife  over  the  questions  and  with  the  passions  of 
forty  years  ago  which  our  country  hoped  had  passed  away 
would  not  be  an  edifying  spectacle.  For  these  reasons 
I  appeal  to  veteran  soldiers  everywhere,  North  and  South, 
Union  and  Confederate,  to  avoid  questions  which  inspire  sec- 
tional divisions  and  angry  disputes,  remembering  that  if  each 
soldier,  North  or  South,  knew  to  the  utmost  the  heart  of  the 
other  and  understood  to  the  utmost  the  circumstances  under 
which  he  acted  there  would  be  nothing  left  to  forgive. 

The  future  historian  will  deal  justly  with  our  actions,  but 
will  deal  with  them  kindly  as  well,  remembering  that  these 
were  the  deeds  of  brave  men  who  loved  their  country.  Per- 
sonally I  intend  to  have  no  part  in  recalling  matters  which 
can  do  no  good,  but  may  do  much  harm  to  the  patriotism  of 
our  reunited  country.  The  veteran  organization  over  which 
I  have  the  honor  to  preside  and  whose  servant  I  am  is  en- 
tirely free  to  consider  such  questions  as  it  seems  proper ;  but 
personally  I  do  not  mean  to  introduce  into  its  deliberations 
a  matter  which  might  be  used  to  destroy  much  of  the  patri- 
otic good  which  it  has  slowly  but  faithfully  accomplished. 


C^opfederat^  l/eterap. 


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HISTORY  OF   >9TH  NORTH  CAROLINA   REGIMENT. 

J.  H.  Stradley,  of  Asheville,  N.  C,  makes  inquiry  for  a 
relative  of  Adjt.  John  E.  Hooey,  of  the  29th  North  Carolina 
Regiment,  who  desires  to  ascertain  whether  Adjutant  Hooey 
left  any  papers  that  would  help  in  making  up  a  regimental 
history.     He  writes : 

"All  of  our  field  officers  and  most  of  our  company  officers 
have  answered  the  'last  roll'  call  ;  hut  we  arc  willing  for  the 
old  nth  Tennessee  and  the  rest  of  the  brigade  commanded 
by  the  gallant  James  E.  Rains  at  Murfreesboro  December 
31,  1862,  to  speak.  Our  brave  general  fell  in  sight  of  the  last 
broken  line  of  the  enemy's  infantry. 

"We  were  changed  about  considerably  in  the  service. 
From  Murfreesboro  we  went  with  Bate's  Brigade  to  Vicks- 
burg,  Miss.,  to  reenforce  Pemberton,  but  that  place  was  sur- 
rendered before  we  arrived.  The  29th  North  Carolina  Regi- 
ment was  left  with  Hoskins's  Battery  at  Yazoo  City,  forty 
miles  from  Yicksburg,  and  we  held  that  point  till  cut  off  by 
Johnston's  falling  hack  from  Jackson.  Miss.  As  soon  as  we 
realized  our  situation  our  lieutenant  colonel  determined  to 
cut  his  way  out,  and  we  had  to  march  about  two  hundred 
miles,  living  on  corn  and  watermelons.  I  have  often  thought 
it  strange  that  Uncle  Sam  did  not  set  his  coon  dogs  on  us, 
as  the  sign  of  our  passing  could  be  seen  in  many  a  corn  patch 

"The  29th  reported  all  right  at  Brandon,  Miss.  Our  lieu- 
tenant colonel  was  promoted  and  the  entire  regiment  got  a 
furlough  of  thirty  days.  We  joined  Ector's  Texas  Brigade 
at  Meridian,  and  w-ere  in  the  battle  of  Chickamauga.  We 
were  with  Johnston  in  Georgia,  Hood  around  Atlanta,  and 
we  charged  the  breastworks  at  Altoona,  Ga.,  having  a  hand- 
to-hand  fight;  our  colors  were  shot  down  three  times.  The 
lieutenant  commanding  the  color  company  was  killed  with 
the  colors  in  his  hands.  Mai.  E.  H.  Hampton,  finding  his 
antagonist  too  hard  for  him,  stepped  back  for  a  rock  and 
brought  his  enemy  dowm  with   that. 

"Our  brigade  was  in  the  rest  of  Hood's  campaign,  went 
back  to  Alabama,  and  surrendered  in  the  ditches  at  Spanish 
Fort,  near  Mobile." 


JOHN  HAYNIE,  OF  THE  EIGHTH  TEXAS. 

E.  II.  Alexander,  of  Houston,  Tex.,  writes: 

"I  notice  in  the  Dec.  mber  number  of  the  Veteran  an  ar- 
ticle from  (  W.  St. im\  of  Hondo.  Tex.,  asking  about  a 
Federal  colonel  captured  by  John  Haynie  (tint  I  lam  j  (,  of  the 
8th  Texas  Cavalry,  Terry  Rangers.  The  writer  of  this  was 
a  classmate  with  John  Haynie  prior  to  the  war  at  La  Grange. 
Tex.,  but  served  during  tin-  war  in  the  Trans-Mississippi  Dr 
partment.  My  brother  served  in  the  same  company  with 
Haynie  (Company  F)  through  tin  war.  and  I  have  heard  bur; 
speak  of  the  circumstance  related  by  Mr.  Stone,  and  it  is  my 
recollection  that  the  colonel's  name  was  Lagr. 

"The  death  of  John  Haynie  was  a  sad  affair.  When  John- 
ston's army  was  preparing  to  surrender  at  the  close  of  the 
war,  the  8th  Texas  was  near  Saluda,  S  C.  part  on  th<  01  1 
side  of  Saluda  River  and  part  on  the  west  side.  John  Haynie 
was  sent  with  a  dispatch  to  this  lasl  named  detachment  in 
order  to  concentrate  the  companj  that  tiny  could  surrender 
together.  When  he  delivered  the  dispatch,  the  men.  after 
discussing  the  matter,  determined  that  they  would  try  to 
cross  the  Mississippi  and  not  surrender,  as  they  believed  the 
war  would  continue  over  there.  John  left  them  to  return  to 
the  regiment,  bu(  was  never  seen  afterwards.  He  was  not 
missed  until  the  company  reached  home,  eacli  detachment 
thinking  he   was   with   the  other. 


"His  father  and  mother  went  to  Saluda  to  try  to  trace  him. 
There  they  learned  that  a  man  answering  his  description  had 
come  at  about  the  time  he  should  have  reached  there;  but, 
finding  the  bridge  on  fire,  he  had  plunged  his  horse  into  the 
river  to  swim  across,  but  before  he  reached  the  other  bank 
the  horse  turned  over  with  him  and  he  lost  his  hold  and  was 
drowned.     John  was  wearing  heavy  boots,  pistol,  etc. 

"Those  who  knew  John  Haynie  will  bear  me  out  in  saying 
that  the  Confederacy  never  had  a  braver  or  more  daring 
soldier  than  was  he.  He  was  about  twenty-one  years  old  at 
the  time  of  his  death,  had  served  through  the  whole  war.  and 
just  as  he  had  his  first  chance  to  go  home  lost  his  life." 


INQUIRIES  BY,  FOR,  AND  ABOUT  VETERANS. 
Mrs.  Mary  I.  McClosky,  of  Pensacola,  Fla.,  asks  the  ad- 
dress of  some  of  her  husband's  old  comrades,  as  she  is  seek- 
ing a  pension  ami  want-  assistance  to  prove  his  service.  James 
McClosky  served  in  Captain  Glackmeyer's  company,  2d  Ala- 
bama Cavalry.     Address  care  T.  P.  McClosky's  Cigar  Store. 

Mr.  L.  K.  Reed,  of  Arch  Creek,  Fla.,  inquires  of  his  father's 
company,  E,  2d  Battalion  Alabama  Light  Infantry.  The  cap- 
tains of  the  company  were  Thomas  P.  Gage  and  James  H. 
Hill,  and  James  H.  Hallonquist  was  major  of  the  battalion. 
Part  of  their  service  was  on  the  right  wing  of  defen 
'■I -bile.     Kindly   write  to  Mr.  Reed. 

W.  J.  Miller  writes  from  Burlington,  Iowa:  "I  have  seen 
in  the  St.  Louis  Post-Dispatch  that  you  are  one  of  a  party 
interested  in  the  Jefferson  Davis  birthplace.  I  would  like  to 
know  if  I  would  be  too  late  to  subscribe  to  the  said  fund. 
You  understand  that  I  am  a  Northern  man  and  a  great  lover 
of  Lincoln,  but  consider  you  of  the  South  just  as  good  as  we 
of  the  North,  and  would  be  pleased  to  make  a  small  sub- 
scription to  your  fund." 

W.  II.  Edwards,  who  was  captain  of  Company  A.  17th 
South  Carolina  Regiment,  writes:  "E.  T.  Campbell,  of  Hull, 
Ga.,  desires  to  communicate  with  members  of  Company  A, 
17th  Regiment  Mississippi  Volunteers,  Colonel  Featherstone's 
old  regiment;  also  with  any  member  of  Company  A.  35th 
Virginia  Cavalry.  Col.  E.  V.  White.  This  company  1  \> 
was  recruited  after  the  fall  of  Harper's  Ferry,  in  1862.  Quite 
a  number  of  soldier-  from  Maryland  served  in  it.  Comrade 
Campbell  belonged  to  Company  A.  17th  Regiment  Mississippi 
Volunteers,  until  after  the  capture  of  Harper's  Ferry,  then 
joined  G  mpany  A.  35th  Virginia  Cavalry,  and  served  in  that 
command  until  the  close  of  the  war." 

Who  Knew  \u.ii  iaxt  Buckmaster? — In  the  di  perati 
battle  of  Franklin,  Tenn.,  on  November  30,  [864,  a  Confeder- 
ate adjutant  named  Buckmaster  was  badly  wounded  at  the 
breastwork-,  and  some  time  after  dark  was  pulled  over  the 
breastworks  and  cared  for  as  well  as  the  circumstances  would 
permit.  Color  Sergeant  W.  II.  Taylor,  of  the  107th  Ohio, 
alth  iugh  linn-.  It  wounded,  talked  with  Buckmaster  and  thinks 
he  was  adjutant  of  a  Mississippi  regiment;  that  he  had  been 
,1  -indent  in  the  Slate  University  before  entering  the  army. 
I  I.  says  Buckmaster  claimed  to  be  a  Mason,  and  that  he  was 
rig  man.  not  much  over  age.  After  receiving  atten- 
tion. B  was  sent  to  the  rear,  and  was  doubtle--  left 
in  the  hospital  at  Franklin  when  the  Union  army  retn 
that  night.  Mr.  J.  A  William-.  Adjutant  of  Kennesaw:  Post, 
Xo  77,  (,.  A.  K.  jio  W.  Van  Buren  Street,  Danville,  III., 
writes  that  Mr.  Taylor  is  still  living  and  is  anxious  to  know 
what  became  of  the  gallant  Confederate  adjutant. 


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Qopfederat^  Ueterai?. 


Mr.  Charles  M.  Lewis,  1333  Bayard  Avenue.  St.  Louis, 
desires  information  in  regard  to  the  death  of  Sergeant  Jesse 
Gilliam,  who  served  in  the  47th  North  Carolina  Regiment. 
The  company  is  not  known,  but  its  officers  were  Capt.  Bob 
Faucett  and  Lieut.  Thomas  Taylor,  both  of  Alamance  County, 
N.  C.  He  was  last  heard  from  the  day  before  the  first  day's 
battle  of  Gettysburg.  Some  one  may  know  where  he  was 
buried. 

Mrs.  J.  H.  Biscoe,  310  Miller  Street.  Helena,  Ark.,  inquires 
for  comrades  of  her  father,  Charles  Keith  Bryan.  He  enlisted 
in  the  company  under  Capt.  (afterwards  Col.)  Van  Manning, 
of  Holly  Springs,  Miss.,  and  served  in  Virginia.  Comrade 
Bryan  died  when  Mrs.  Biscoe  was  a  mere  child,  and  she  knows 
nothing  of  his  comrades.     She  desires  a  record  of  his  service. 

The  Veteran  Finds  a  Man  in  Mexico. 

In  the  March  Veteran  appeared  a  brief  notice  of  the  de- 
sire of  one  friend  to  find  another  friend  who  had  been  lost 
sight  of  for  many  years.  The  notice  said  that  in  loving 
memory  of  this  friend  he  had  named  a  son  for  him.  In  far-off 
Oaxaca,  Mex.,  Mr.  George  S.  Clark  saw  the  notice  from  his 
friend,  Mr.  J.  E.  Cunningham,  and  wrote  to  West  Point,  Miss. 
Thus  through  the  agency  of  the  Veteran  two  long-separated 
friends  were  brought  once  more  into  communication.  Mr. 
Clark  writes  that  he  will  visit  the  States  this  summer  and  will 
seek  his  friend  and  his  own  namesake.  Neither  was  a  war 
veteran.  The  most  remarkable  feature  of  the  Veteran  in 
this  connection  is  its  efficiency  in  ascertaining  information 
about  Union  veterans.  Its  editor,  however,  has  been  great- 
ly disappointed  in  not  being  able  to  learn  of  a  cavalry- 
man named  Grant  from  Kentucky  who  was  wounded  in  Hood's 
advance  into  Tennessee  and  whom  the  editor  served  in  mak- 
ing his  way  South  after  the  defeat  at  Nashville. 

Featherston's  Mississippi  Brigade  to  Meet  at  Memphis 
Reunion. — L.  A.  Fitzpatrick,  of  Helena,  Ark.,  desires  a  re- 
union of  Featherston's  Brigade  at  Memphis  in  June.  He  re- 
fers to  the  regiments  comprising  the  brigade  in  the  battle  of 
Franklin  as  the  22d,  31st,  33d,  and  40th,  and  perhaps  the  3d 
Regiment  and  Alcorn's  Battalion.  He  adds :  "We  who  are 
left  are  scattered  from  New  York  to  San  Francisco;  but  I 
want  every  one  who  sees  this  to  write  me  at  Helena,  Ark. 
(P.  O.  Box  333).  I  was  a  private  in  Company  C,  31st  Mis- 
sissippi. Say  what  you  think  about  the  rally  and  if  you  will  be 
there.  I  think  Col.  M.  D.  L.  Stephen,  of  Water  Valley,  Miss., 
is  the  ranking  surviving  officer.  Colonel  Stephen  writes  me 
that  he  heartily  approves  of  this  rally  and  will  be  there  if 
health  permits..  He  is  quite  feeble,  over  eighty  years  old. 
If  he  is  the  ranking  officer  alive,  he  will  command ;  if  not, 
let  whoever  is  command  us.  We  can  have  a  hall  for  head- 
quarters and  other  accommodations  furnished  if  we  say  so. 
On  that  occasion  we  can  shake  once  more  and  honor  General 
Featherston  ('Old  Swet'),  also  those  who  have  passed  over 
'the  river'  along  with  him  and  who  fell  at  Franklin  and 
other  places.  If  any  of  General  Featherston's  staff  are  alive, 
they  will  please  write  me." 

An  Echo  of  the  Civil  War. — Mrs.  N.  S.  Donaldson,  of 
Georgetown,  Tex.,  writes :  "I  have  lately  been  shown  a  relic 
of  the  War  between  the  States  which,  were  it  endowed  with 
power  of  speech,  could  doubtless  tell  many  thrilling  stories  of 
the  war  as  any  other  veteran,  though  it  is  only  a  little  silver 
fork.     Picked  up  by  a  Union  soldier  named  Harris  somewhere 


in  the  course  of  Sherman's  march  to  the  sea,  this  mute  wit- 
ness to  the  tragedy  of  that  awful  march  later  came  into  the 
possession  of  Mr.  Charles  S.  Knowles,  of  Little  Hocking, 
Ohio,  who  gave  it  to  his  niece.  Miss  May  Knowles,  of  Llano, 
Tex.,  saying  that  he  took  that  method  of  returning  it  to  its 
native  soil.  The  fork  is  solid  silver,  engraved  with  the  name 
of  W.  M.  Utley  in  script,  and  the  name  of  the  manufacturers, 
Brown  and  Anderson,  is  stamped  on  the  stem.  Any  com- 
munications about  it  may  be  addressed  to  Miss  Knowles,  at 
Llano,  who  will  be  glad  to  assist  the  rightful  owner  in  estab- 
lishing his  claim." 

History  of  the  Fourth  Alabama  Regiment. — Capt.  Robert 
T.  Coles,  of  Upton,  Marshall  County,  Ala.,  who  served  as 
adjutant  of  the  4th  Alabama  Infantry  from  Bull  Run  to  Ap- 
pomattox, is  writing  a  history  of  that  regiment.  Dr.  John 
A.  Wyeth,  of  New  York,  writes  that  "Captain  Coles  would 
appreciate  any  information  which  would  enable  him  to  satis- 
factorily carry  out  this  work.  There  was  published  in  the 
Marion  (Ala.)  Commonwealth  (a  paper  issued  about  1865) 
a  series  of  wartime  sketches  by  an  officer  of  this  regiment. 
Captain  Coles  would  be  exceedingly  obliged  to  any  old  com- 
rade who  could  secure  and  send  to  him  for  his  perusal  a  copy 
of  this  issue." 

Error  in  Quoting  from  William  H.  Stewart's  Book. — 
All  the  poetry  in  "The  Spirit  of  the  South"  is  quoted,  and  it 
was  a  mistake  not  to  include  it  within  quotation  marks.  The 
beautiful  lines  in  your  notice  of  the  book  on  page  184  April 
number  are  not  original  with  me.  I  indorse  the  sentiment,  but 
it  belongs  to  Virginia's  poet  laureate,  James  Barron  Hope. 

William  H.  Stewart. 

Errors  in  Notice  of  Comrade  Barron's  Book. — In  the 
notice  of  "Lone  Star  Defenders,"  by  S.  B.  Barron,  of  Rush, 
Tex.,  as  published  in  the  April  Veteran,  two  errors  occur: 
one  in  naming  the  frozen  Yazoo  River  for  the  Mississippi, 
and  the  other  in  naming  the  regiment  several  times  as  a 
"company."    The  interesting  narrative  is  commended  cordially. 

Miss  Mary  Custis  Lee. — Miss  Mary  Custis  Lee,  daughter 
of  Gen.  R.  E.  Lee,  is  among  the  Americans  caught  in  Con- 
stantinople by  the  incursions  of  the  "Young  Turks."  She  has 
traveled  for  the  last  thirty  years  almost  constantly,  visiting 
every  known  portion  of  the  globe.  She  has  been  abroad  for 
the  last  year,  and  the  news  that  she  is  in  Constantinople  comes 
as  a  surprise,  as  she  was  last  heard  from  in  Egypt. 

Mrs.  E.  D.  Hornbrook,  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  read  a  bril- 
liant paper  before  the  Kansas  City  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  the 
topic  being  "Arlington  Monument."  After  a  full  discussion 
of  the  subject  and  a  comparison  of  the  delay  in  this  monu- 
ment and  the  expedition  with  which  the  one  for  the  Rough 
Riders  and  the  one  for  the  sufferers  in  the  Maine  disaster 
have  been  erected,  she  made  so  moving  an  appeal  for  the 
monument  fund  that  it  was  moved  and  carried  that  each 
member  of  the  Chapter  contribute  a  dollar  for  the  Arlington 
monument.  It  was  suggested  that  if  each  Chapter  of  the 
General  Division  made  a  similar  resolution  a  handsome  dona- 
tion would  be  at  once  assured. 


Ask  your  friend  to  take  the  Veteran.     A  word  will  often 
secure  a  permanent  and  a  grateful  patron. 


Qoi}federat<2  l/eterai). 


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VISITING  HER  OLD  VICKSBURG  HOME. 

BY   MRS.   ANNIE  B.    M 'KINNEY,  KNOXVILLE,  TENN. 

[Mrs.  Sam  McKinney,  whose  childhood  home  was  at  Vicks- 
burg, wrote  of  a  visit  there  in  November  which  will  be  in- 
teresting as  a  diversion  from  stories  of  mule  meat  and  living 
in  holes  like  pocket  gophers.] 

It  is  good  to  be  away  down  "in  the  land  of  cotton."  After 
many  years  spent  amid  the  bustle  and  bustle,  the  business 
and  rushing  progress  of  Knoxville,  which,  say  what  you  will, 
is  'alf  and  'alf,  as  much  \<  rth  as  South,  one  must  note  and 
be  impressed  by  the  unhurried,  leisurely  life  of  Vicksburg. 
Here  nobody  hastens  unduly;  if  one  makes  connection,  all  well 
enough,  but  it  is  no  crime  to  be  a  little  off.  One  drolls  on 
Cherry  Street  past  lovely  "Id  homes  resting  undei  Hers  thai 
stand  like  world-old  sentinels  keeping  guard  about  the 
threshold,  with  frequent  sti  ps  foi  handshakes  and  interchange 

of    greetings     and    bits    of    news,     while    overhead    shines    the 

goldenesl  sun  thai  ever  shone:  buds  split  their  little  throats 
in  sheet  rapture  of  living,  while  from  each  hedge  and  fence 
roses  nod  blithely,  spilling  their  fragrance  with  Southern  gen- 
erosity on  the  soft,  sweet  air— rosi  3,  ro  es  white  and  pink  and 
yellow,  roses  that  are  great  crimson  hearted  things  of  beauty. 
One  awaj  for  long  years  forgets  this  trick  of  the  queen  of 
flowers,  her  refusal  to  go  into  retirement  at  autumn's  ap- 
proach. Vi-.  mii,'  has  forgotten,  and  so  comes  the  joy  of  ever- 
recurring  surprise  at  each  visit.  Nothing  short  of  hoary- 
headed  winter,  panoplied   in   snow    and   ice  or  hoarfrost,  can 

drive  awaj  the  flowers  here;  and  then  at  the  very  first  faint, 
timid    knock   of    Spring,    SO    faint    and    far   below    the   brown    old 


MRS.    AN  N  It:    B.    M  KINNEY. 


earth  that  mortals  may  not  hear,  the  flower  fairies  prick  up 
their  ears  and  begin  to  preen  pretty  petals  for  their  annual 
debut.  Then  follows  the  long  afternoon  stroll,  and  after- 
wards wdien  the  sun  has  set,  blazoned  in  glories  of  radiant 
color,  behind  the  swamps  marking  the  sinuous  path  of  the  dear 
obi  Mississippi,  still  unhurried,  one  drops  on  the  top  step  of 
the  gallery  m  the  lender  gloaming  to  watch  night  come  down — 
night  with  her  myriad  voices,  tree  frogs  and  locusts  and  katy- 
dids; night  spangled  here  in  November  with  fireflies  (the 
lightning  bugs  of  old  plantation  daysi.  and  drenched  with  the 
intoxication  of  sweet  olive  and  night-blooming  jasmine,  "O, 
the  smell  of  that  jasmine  flower!"  Tt  is  good,  restful,  differ- 
ent, and  so  the  returned  prodigal  loves  it. 

Why,  0  why?  Why  chat  unholy  scramble  back  yonder  in 
Tennessee  to  make  connection  with  seven-o'clock  breakfast, 
twelve-o'clock  dinner,  and  six-o'clock  supper?  Is  it  worth 
while"  Does  it  pay?  And  the  business  men — why  should 
they  tear  like  mad  to  their  offices  and  stores  b\  6:30  to  -  ,\  \i." 
Do  they  conceive  it  to  he  classed  among  the  virtues  thus  to 
make  bay  which,  however,  can't  possibly  be  sold  or  delivered 
at  so  unholy  an  hour!  I  lire,  to  be  sure,  the  porters  have 
things  their  own  way  at  say  seven  01  .0;  hut  it  is  understood 
that  lawyer  and  doctor,  merchant  and  hanker  will  be  visible 
to  the  naked   eye  on   the  lookout    for  prey  at    nine,  ami  not    One 

minute  sooner.     The  onlj    resemblance  'twixt  Knoxville  and 

Vicksburg    is    in    the    hanks;    thej    do    begin    receiving    anil    dis 
pensing  at  the  same  la  iui 

You  may  say:  "Behold!  See  what  Knoxville  hath  done! 
Look  upon  her  80,0  o  pe  iple  ;  her  spreading  suburbs ;  her  smok- 
ing  manufactories;  her  busy,  tearing,  rushing,  automobilized 
pikes  and  Streets  All  because  she's  been  "up  and  doing." 
And  then  one  sighs  and  acknowledges  the  corn  perhaps,  but 
wonders  all  the  same  n  that's  really  it— whether  it's  \ 
burg's   unhurried   stride   that's  kept   her  down   to  40,000  or  so. 

One   wonders    and    then   answers   his    own   query   thus :    "Not 

so."  (  hi  tin  contrary,  Vicksburg's  rally  from  the  brutal  dev- 
astate n  of  that  never-to-be-forgotten  siege  is  matter  for 
wonderment  and  civic  pride.  She  suffered,  bore  the  burden 
of  the  conquered  unflinching,  then  raised  her  battle-scarred 
face,  alert  with  hope  and  faith  in  the  future,  and  is  now 
reaping  a  reward  in  unprecedented  prosperity,  despite  such 
minor  tragedies  as  the  boll  weevil  and  cotton  at  half  price. 

I  he  election  cast  a  sort  of  gloom  over  the  city  for  a  brief 
time,  but  already  the  golden   sun  of  ever-bubbling   optimism 

has    dissipated    the    clouds.      Vicksburg    w.i       foi     Billj     I'.,    not 
Billy  T.,  lo  be  sine;  hut   ibe  triumph  of  the  batter's  not   going 
to   upset   things    for  this   good   old   South,   not   be.      "God's    111 
bis  heaven;  all's  right  with  the  world." 
All.  alas!  but  the  king  staple  of  the  Southland  I     Cotton's 

mighty  wrong  this  autumn  of  100K  Plenty  of  it,  all  right 
enough;  but  the  miginlie.nl   prices  of  last   fall  are  being   sliced 

in  twain,  and  there's  prospect  of  yel  further  diminishment. 
Then  conies  in  his  majesty  the  boll  weevil,  who,  after  a  stately, 
somewhat  halting  progn  .  ha-  at  last  cleared  the  great  writh 
me.  tawny  Mississippi,  and  planted  his  loathlj  toes  shall  we 
a\  upon  the  1  istern  hoi,  Everybody  talks  l„,ll  weevil 
and    predicts    more    boll     weevil.       Doubtless     it's    pretty     bad, 

the  pesky  little  beast,  whose  utilit)  is  as  dark  a  secret  as  that 
of   the   much-tortured    appendix;   yel    we   predict,    though    it 

takes  iq,  ,;,  march  l,\  millions,  the  world,  even  the  Mississippi 
Valley,  will  siil]  wag  along  Already  the  optimists  are  finding 
the  silver  lining,  foi  11  -  verj  true  that  anything  almost  that 
can  induce  plant,!-,  great  and  small,  to  diversifj  crops  will 
prove  a  blessing  that  will  soon  shed  its  disguise. 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterar). 


This  is  the  season  for  letting  contracts,  changing  tenants, 
etc.,  and  the  lessees  are  wrestling  mightily  with  the  weight}' 
ignorance,  the  stolid  indifference  of  the  negro  tenant,  who 
lives  merely  in  the  present,  caring  naught  for  that  future 
against  which  all  men  and  women  should  store  something  for 
the  inevitable  rainy  day.  Like  a  certain  Irishman,  the  black 
man  listens  respectfully,  saying  nothing;  but  he  "keeps  up  a 
divil  of  a  thinking"  to  the  effect  that  he'll  keep  on  planting 
cotton  and  little  else  and  long  staple  and  no  other.  There  is 
a  chance,  it  seems,  of  circumventing  his  Satanic  Majesty,  the 
boll  weevil,  by  dropping  the  inferior  staple  seed,  which, 
maturing  early,  before  the  weevil  has  roused  from  its  sloth, 
may  verify  the  old  saw  :  "If  you  can't  get  puddin',  best  take 
pie."  But  the  darky? — not  he;  and,  poor  thing,  mayhap  next 
fall  he'll  wish  he  had.  For  good  old  Warren  County  to  turn 
aside  to  short-staple  cotton  is  indeed  a  blow  to  her  dignity, 
for  this  historic  burg  is  famed  as  the  greatest  long-staple  mart 
in  the  South.     But,  alas!  it's  a  case  of  "stoop  to  conquer." 

The  Wonderful  National  Park. 

And  now  to  touch  briefly  upon  the  wonderful  National 
Park,  that  grim  bulwark  encompassing  this  fair  old  city,  with 
its  present  matchless  driveways  and  plats,  and  the  gleam  of 
marble  carved  into  memorials  of  valor — this  where  once  the 
best  and  bravest  of  a  nation's  sons,  thrilling  with  kindred  im- 
pulses, though  garbed  some  in  blue  and  fewer  in  gray,  fought 
like  human  tigers,  glutted  with  the  passion  of  hate,  fired  with 
the  lust  for  blood.  Each  stone  and  monument  set  to  perpet- 
uate a  victory  for  the  blue  tells  for  the  gray  of  desperat" 
struggle,  of  hopes  defeated,  weary  falling  back,  closer,  yet 
closer  to  the  devoted  city  below,  where  women  and  children 
and  old  men  were  starving,  yet  undaunted,  huddled  like  rats  in 
grim  caverns  dug  out  of  old  mother  earth,  with  spirits  un- 
broken, hope  blazing  like  a  beacon  through  all  until  that  fatal 
July  3,  1863,  when  the  night  sank  into  silence  more  fearsome 
than  the  crash  of  cannon,  the  flash  of  shells,  for  it  meant — 
defeat. 

An  Indian  summer  day,  full  of  enchantment,  dazzle  of  sun- 
shine, breezes  coy  as  kisses,  and  the  radiance  of  a  Southern 
sky  arching  like  a  benison,  and  then  midway  the  eight  miles 
of  historic  driveway  we  come  to  that  exquisite  memorial  set 
by  Illinois  to  crown  the  high  place  that  commemorates  a  vic- 
tory for  the  North,  a  tragedy  for  the  South.  One  climbs  the 
steps  leading  to  the  noble  pile  and,  pausing  to  view  the  match- 
less scene  outspread,  holds  his  breath  in  sheer  wonder  of  de- 
light. Nothing  grander,  nothing  fairer,  naught  more  peaceful 
now  can  be  found  than  this  wonderful  outstretch  of  hill  and 
valley,  river  curving  like  a  silver  sickle,  and  arching  sky,  with 
the  ineffable  glow  and  balm  of  the  South  for  benediction,  to 
make  one  sigh  and  ponder  that  war's  brutality  should  ever 
have  befouled  a  world  so  fair. 

On  Wednesday  one  of  the  least  pretentious  yet  most  artistic 
and  effective  monuments  was  dedicated  by  the  Governor  of 
Rhode  Island.  This  design,  together  with  one  other,  Massa- 
chusetts' memorial,  is  full  of  significance.  The  Rhode  Island 
monument  represents  in  green  bronze  a  private  soldier  in  heat 
of  carnage,  all  unkempt,  rushing  to  the  front,  waving  aloft  the 
United  States  flag,  minus  all  but  a  bit  of  staff,  tattered  and 
fringed  in  battle,  but  still  proudly  borne.  The  effect  of  swift 
movement,  of  indomitable  courage  as  portrayed  by  the  eager, 
self-sacrificing,  triumphant  face,  remains  indelibly  impressed. 
A  rare  commentary  upon  the  oneness  recemented  between 
once  bitter  foes,  this  cordial  reception  by  Mississippi's  Gov- 
ernor and  staff  tendered  a  delegation  from  the  far  East  sent 


to  commemorate  a  victory  over  a  nation  and  a  section.  Truly 
is  peace  abroad  in  the  land.  A  little  child  listening  to  a  dis- 
cussion of  the  arrangements  for  this  occasion  inquired ;  "Is 
his  name  Mr.  Governor  Rhole  Island?     It's  a  pretty  name." 

Peace  now,  yet  War  was  once  here  in  all  his  hideousness. 
Standing  within  that  gracious  structure  of  exquisite  workman- 
ship, the  Illinois  monument,  the  eye  falls  first  upon  a  dado 
of  bronze  set  in  tablets,  whereon  are  blazoned  36,000  names. 
Think  of  it,  ye  prophets  of  peace,  in  this  year  of  our  Lord 
1908!  Illinois  alone  contributed  36,000  men  to  the  subjugation 
of  that  little  town  of  Vicksburg,  8,000  more  men  than  were 
represented  by  General  Pemberton's  entire  army.  And  read- 
ing aloud  from  an  inscription  overhead:  "The  people  of  Illi- 
nois, free  of  malice,  full  of  charity,  dedicate  this  monument  as 
a  memorial  temple  to  enduring  harmony  and  peace,  and  as  a 
shrine  at  which  all  may  again  and  again  renew  their  consecra- 
tion to  loyal  citizenship  and  gather  inspiration  to  the  most 
unselfish  and  exalted  patriotism."  As  we  read  the  marvelous 
echoes,  for  which  this  structure  is  famed,  rose  and  swelled 
and  reverberated  out  into  the  beautiful  autumn  morning  as 
if  the  voices  strangled  by  War's  cruel  fingers  were  rising  in 
one  grand  paean :  "Amen." 

But  as  we  turned  somewhat  wistfully  and  lingeringly  away, 
descending  to  the  superb  driveway  provided  by  a  munificent 
government,  the  dazzling  marble  temple  seemed  hovering 
like  a  dove  of  peace  above  the  fair  green  valley. 


HOW  "RAGGS"  FOUND   THE  UNIFORM 

BY   L.    H.   L. 

That  rainy  day  I  was  "rummaging"  in  the  drawer  of  Con- 
federate relics,  when  I  found  a  cavalryman's  glove.  It  was 
worn  and  soiled,  but  on  the  cuff  was  "G.  G."  carefully  erased 
and  as  carefully  restored  with  "R.  D."  underneath  in  letters 
evidently  etched  with  a  red-hot  nail.  "Miss  Jane  [for,  though 
a  grandmother,  she  was  still  "Miss  Jane"  in  Southern  fashion 
of  address],"  I  said,  holding  out  the  glove,  "this  looks  ro- 
mantic.    Hasn't  it  a  story?" 

The  dear  old  lady  laid  down  her  knitting  and  peered  over 
her  glasses,  then  she  laughed  heartily:  "That  glove?  Well, 
it  certainly  has  a  history,  and  a  very  funny  one,  and  this  is  the 
very  sort  of  day  for  story-telling. 

"When  Mississippi  seceded,  father  and  my  brother  Dick 
both  joined  the  tst  Volunteer  Regiment,  father  as  colonel  and 
Dick  as  captain.  Mother  was  left  with  us  girls,  and  Mammy 
Lucy  and  Daddy  Jim  took  care  of  us  all.  Dell  was  twenty. 
She  had  been  named  for  mother's  chum  at  college.  I  was 
two  years  younger,  and  ten  years  after  me  was  Bessie,  the 
greatest  monkey  that  ever  was.  Bess  had  a  mongrel  puppy 
she  was  devoted  to,  and  what  mischief  she  did  not  get  into 
her  head  Raggs  was  sure  to  think  out  and  drag  his  little  mis- 
tress into. 

"We  managed  to  get  on  fairly  well,  for  our  little  town 
seemed  out  of  the  line  of  march,  and  we  saw  few  soldiers, 
Confederate  or  Federal.  One  day  there  was  the  cry  that  the 
Yankees  were  coming,  and  a  regiment  marched  into  town  and 
camped  by  the  creek  at  the  foot  of  the  hill.  We  next  heard 
that  the  vacant  house  adjoining  us  had  been  'requisitioned' 
as  headquarters  for  the  officers.  Of  course  we  peeped  through 
the  windows  as  the  colonel  and  his  officers  rode  into  the  next 
yard ;  but  we  had  no  idea  of  ever  ~ven  speaking  to  any  of 
them,  for  we  were  red-hot  Rebels. 

"We  were  just  finishing  supper  that  night  when  the  bell 
rang,  and  Mammy  Lucy  came  back,  her  eyes  as  big  as  saucers, 
to  report  to  mother  that  'two  of  dem  Yankee  of'cers  was  'quiring 


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for  you.'  Mother  went  to  the  parlor  and  Dell  and  I  listened 
in  the  hall,  all  excitement.  After  a  long  time  mother  came 
and  called  us.  She  said  the  two  officers  were  lieutenants,  the 
twin  sons  of  her  old  schoolmate  for  whom  Dell  was  named, 
and  that  one  was  'Gerald'  after  mother's  name,  'Geraldine.' 

"We  expected  just  to  meet  and  speak  to  the  men  ;  but  'Gerrv' 
Gordon  took  possession  of  us  at  once,  called  mother  'Aunt 
Gerry,'  and  us  girls  by  our  own  names.  He  was  a  harum 
scarum  boy,  full  of  life  and  fun,  and  the  quieter  twin,  Albert, 
followed  him  everywhere.  Morning,  noon,  and  night  those 
boys  were  at  our  house,  till  Mammy  Lucy  used  to  say  they 
'for  sure  cluttered  around  under  my  feet  like  a  passel  of  young 
puppies.' 

"They  showed  grandma  a  new  game  of  solitaire,  petted 
mother,  taught  Dell  and  me  rollicking  college  songs  and  glees. 
and  filled  our  country  ears  with  stories  of  the  theaters  and 
operas  of  New  York.  As  for  Bess,  the  child  seemed  to  think 
they  were  her  especial  property,  and  she  and  Raggs  were 
never  so  happy  as  when  in  a  romp  with  them. 

"After  a  while  Gerry  begged  mother  to  let  him  bring  his 
captain  over  to  call,  backing  his  request  by  telling  how  awfully 
blue  and  homesick  the  poor  fellow  was.  Captain  Andrews 
came,  and  on  one  excuse  or  another  all  the  other  officers 
formed  the  habit  of  dropping  in  to  see  us,  and  we  had  gorgeous 
times  with  them,  if  thej   were  Yankees. 

"We  would  dance  (learning  new  dances  from  them),  pop 
corn,  make  molasses  candy,  and  sing.  Dell  and  I  knew  lots 
of  Rebel  songs,  and  we  sang  them  with  a  vim.  We  even  put 
the  hottest  Rebel  words  we  could  compose  to  'Yankee  Doodle,' 
and  used  to  sing  them  to  our  own  great  delight,  the  officers 
singing  with  us.  they  using  their  own  Yankee  words.  When 
ever  we  heard  of  a  Confederate  victory  we  illuminated  by 
putting  tallow-dip  candles  in  every  window. 

"Once  when  we  had  heard  of  one  of  Lee's  grand  victories 
we  were  illuminating  with  the  dips,  w-hen  Gerry  suggested 
that  we  should  light  a  huge  pile  of  leaves  Daddy  Jim  had  raked 
together  and  have  a  bonfire  instead.  We  were  all  young  and 
we  forgot  they  were  'Yanks'  and  we  'Rebs'  celebrating  a 
Confederate  victory.  So  we  joined  hands  and  danced  madly 
around  that  burning  pile  like  wild  Indians,  Raggs  jumping 
and  barking  after  us  and  making  enough  noise  for  a  dog 
twice  as  big.  ()  dear,  I  can't  believe  these  old  bones  ever  cut 
such  capers ! 

"About  this  time  mother  had  a  letter  from  father  telling  us 
that  their  baggage  train  had  been  captured  and  that  nick. 
having  lost  everything,  was  almost  naked.  We  talked  and 
planned  and  investigated  We  found  that  one  of  our  neigh- 
bors would  try  to  get  the  things  through  the  lines  by  floating 
them  down  the  creek  in  a  dugout  of  corn,  but  where  to  get 
something  to  send  was  the  question.  Grandmother  always 
had  a  supply  of  socks  on  hand  of  her  own  knitting.  Then 
Dell  and  I  cut  up  some  of  our  clothes  to  make  underwear; 
mother's  one  good  dress,  a  gray  silk  with  full  skirt,  made 
two  shirts;  and  Mammy  Lucy's  spinning  and  weaving  con- 
tributed some  cloth,  which  mother  dyed  a  fairly  good  imita- 
tion of  gray,  and  a  scrap  "f  this  same  goods  covered  an  old 
cap.  Mother  and  Mammy  Lucy  made  the  suit;  but  what  to 
do  for  boots  and  gloves— two  things  they  especially  wanted — 
we  did  not  know 

"I  suppose  Bess  must  have  told  Gerry  of  our  predicament, 
for  that  night  as  I  was  brushing  my  hair  I  heard  the  disjointed 
sort  of  whistle  by  which  the  two  boys  used  to  call  each  other 
and  then  a  soft,  mysterious  sort  of  knock.  I  ran  down  and 
opened  the  door,  when  a  pair  of  cavalry  boots  fell  into  it  ap- 


parently of  their  own  volition.  They  looked  like  Christmas 
stockings,  for  they  were  stuffed  to  the  brim,  and  one  of  these 
gloves  stuck  out  of  the  top  of  each  Besides  the  gloves,  there 
were  several  yards  of  gold  lace,  a  flannel  shirt,  and  some 
handkerchiefs  and  ties,  things  that  Dick  had  been  without  so 
long  that  he  would  scarcely  know  how  to  use. 

"Of  course  we  did  not  say  anything  to  Gerry  about  his  gift, 
for  if  he  'aided  and  abetted'  a  Confederate  soldier  he  must 
not  be  caught  at  it ;  but  1  guess  mother's  kiss  next  time  he 
came  told  our  gratitude.  We  kept  our  things  hidden  till  father 
wrote  that  he  would  have  a  man  at  a  certain  spot  to  receive 
them;  so  that  day  we  brought  them  all  down  to  the  sitting 
room  and  hid  them  under  the  couch,  for  Mr.  Prewitt,  the 
neighbor  who  was  to  carry  them,  said  he  would  come  over  in 
the  night  and  hide  them   in  his  sacks  of  corn. 

"That  night  Captain  Andrews  and  another  officer  came  over 
to  call,  and  we  were  all  at  the  piano  singing  when  Bess  and 
Raggs  came  tearing  into  the  room.  The  officers  were  play- 
ing with  Bess,  when  we  heard  Raggs  growling  and  tearing 
something,  and  turned  to  find  that  he  had  gone  under  the 
couch  and  pulled  out  everything  we  had  hidden  so  well. 
There  on  the  floor  lay  the  precious  uniform,  the  gloves  and 
shirts,  and  Raggs  was  gnawing  and  tossing  one  of  the  boots. 
Mother  gave  a  little  cry  of  despair,  then  picked  the  things 
up  and  threw  them  desperately  on  the  couch,  all  except  the 
boots,  which  stood  up  on  the  floor  in  the  most  comical  fashion. 
They  were  in  the  first  dancing  position  and  looked  as  if  they 
were  rather  proud  of  being  found  than  otherwise 

"None  of  us  said  a  word.  The  two  officers  turned  to  the 
piano  and  began  to  sing.  Just  then  we  heard  the  door  bell„ 
then  Mammy  Lucy's  opening  of  the  door  and  the  colonel's 
voice  inquiring  if  the  ladies  would  let  them  come  in  to  enjoy 
the  music.  In  an  instant  Captain  Andrews  rushed  across- 
the  room,  seized  mother  by  the  shoulder,  and  in  a  quick  voice 
of  command  said:  'Lie  down.'  He  almost  threw  mother  on- 
the  couch  on  top  of  the  things,  tossed  the  boots  back  of  her, 
covered  her  with  the  'lone  star'  quilt  that  always  lay  folded 
on  the  couch,  and  when  the  colonel  and  his  friends  came  in  he- 
was  turning  over  the  music  of  'Relle  Brandon'  for  us  to- 
sing. 

"The  officers,  thinking  in.  thrr  sick,  stayed  only  a  little- 
while,  then  all  left  together. 

"Mr.  Prewitt  took  the  things  through  safely,  and  we  were- 
very  grateful  to  Captain  Andrews  for  his  help.  Mother  and  I 
agreed  that  it  was  very,  very  good  of  him  till  about  a  week 
after  we  found  the  reason  of  his  goodness.  For  Dell  disap- 
peared, and  an  orderly  brought  mother  a  note  saying  she  had' 
run  off  and  married  Captain  Andrews.  Charlie  Andrews  was 
just  as  nice  as  he  could  be.  but  it  almost  broke  mother's 
heart  that  Dell  should  marry  a  Yankee. 

"Those  gloves  you  see  have  Gerry  Gordon's  initials,  and1 
under  that  Dick  put  his  own.  He  wore  them  till  the  sur- 
render, then  gave  me  one  for  my  souvenir  cabinet,  and  his. 
wife  has  the  other  Hers  has  the  marks  of  Raggs's  teeth 
where  he  tore  and  bit  it  that  eventful  night." 


Memorial  Day  at  Camp  Chase  Cemetery. — The  R.  E.  Lee- 
Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  sends  notice  that  Me- 
morial Day  will  be  observed  at  Camp  Chase  Cemetery  Satur- 
day, June  5.  Contributions  of  flowers  or  money  are  solicited' 
by  R.  E.  Lee  Giapter,  U.  D.  C  Flowers  should  be  sent  to 
Mrs.  D.  B.  Ulrey,  49  Avondale  Avenue,  and  money  to  Miss- 
Louise  Trabue,  124  South  Washington  Avenue.  Mrs.  D.  B. 
Ulrey  is  President  and  Mrs.  L   W.  Carl  Recording  Secretary. 


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[The  following  sketch  is  by  Dr.  H.  M.  Hamill,  of  Nash- 
ville. It  has  been  prepared  with  much  care  in  accuracy  of 
fact  and  literary  cult.  It  is  complete  in  essentials  and  will 
be  published  by  the  Veteran  ere  long,  together  with  all  pro- 
curable data,  for  a  history  of  the  incomparable  martyr.] 

SAMJ3AVIS. 

THE  STORY  OF  AN  OLD-FASHIONED  BOY. 


Sam  Davis  was  his  name.  He  was  born  on  a  farm  near  the 
little  town  of  Smyrna,  Tenn.  His  parents  were  old-fashioned 
people,  God-fearing,  simple-mannered,  neither  rich  nor  poor  ; 
and  Sam  grew  up  in  the  quiet  ways  of  the  Southern  country 
boy.  Just  as  he  had  passed  out  of  his  teens,  and  was  yet  a 
big  boy  in  face  and  spirit,  he  died  on  the  gallows  at  Pulaski, 
Tenn..  in  the  presence  of  Gen.  Dodge's  Corps  of  Federals. 

Sam  spent  his  boyhood  days  in  the  fields  and  under  the  great 
trees  of  his  father's  farm,  companion  with  mocking  bird  and 
bee  and  butterfly,  and  with  the  patient  brutes  that  serve  the 
farmer's  need.  There  was  no  hint  of  the  hero  to  come  in  the 
peaceful,  humdrum  life  of  the  farm.  True,  the  war  clouds 
were  gathering  above  and  the  air  was  becoming  electric  with 
exciting  speech  and  prophecy ;  and  in  every  village  was  spring- 
ing up  a  holiday  soldiery,  parading  in  glittering  uniform  to 
the  sound  of  fife  and  drum. 

Out  of  the  tenseness  of  these  stirring  years  that  ushered  in 
the  great  war  Sam's  strange  heroism  may  have  been  fashioned ; 
but  I  prefer  to  trace  it  back  to  the  old-fashioned  mother  and 
father  and  the  simple,  sincere  life  of  the  boy  of  the  Ruther- 
ford County  farm.  Somehow  the  old  fable  of  Antseus's 
strength  coming  back  to  him  only  when  in  contact  with  mother 
earth  is  often  confirmed  in  the  strength  and  heroism  of  the 
men  who  have  come  to  greatness  from  the  life  of  the  farm. 

When  the  war  finally  came,  and  drum  and  fife  and  soldier 
in  a  twinkling  were  transformed  into  the  machinery  of  real 
battle,  Sam  put  aside  his  schoolbooks  at  Nashville,  and  bade 
good-by  to  the  two  teachers  who,  as  Generals  Bushrod  John- 
son and  Edmund  Kirby  Smith,  became  distinguished  soldiers 
of  the  Confederacy.  He  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  1st  Ten- 
nessee Infantry,  and  soon  found  place  of  drudgery  and  danger 
in  the  army  of  General  Bragg. 

The  life  of  the  private  soldier  anywhere  or  at  any  time  in 
real  warfare  te  not  a  pathway  of  roses.  Least  of  all,  as  the 
writer  of  his  own  experience  can  testify,  was  it  a  place  of 
comfort  in  the  armies  of  the  South.  The  flags  that  flashed 
forth  their  stars  and  bars  so  bravely  were  soon  blackened  by 
smoke  and  rent  by  bullet.  The  bright  uniforms  soon  bore  the 
marks  of  the  clay  hills  and  the  camp  fires  and  grew  tarnished 
and  torn.  Even  the  martial  music  changed  its  note  from  the 
sparkle  and  rush  of  the  "Bonnie  Blue  Flag"  and  the  "Girl  I 
Left  Behind  Me"  to  the  minor  tones  of  "The  Years  Creep 
Slowly  By,  Lorena." 

General  Bragg,  whatever  criticism  may  be  put  upon  his 
generalship,  was  an  insistent  fighter,  and  his  men  were  used 
to  being  in  the  thick  of  battle.  It  was  so  with  our  boy 
Sam.  The  peace  and  beauty  of  the  Smyrna  farm  gave  place 
to  the  wearisome  tramp,  the  pangs  of  hunger,  the  cries 
of  the  wounded,  and  the  pale  faces  of  the  dead.  Those 
who  knew  the  boy  speak  much  of  his  courage  and  faith- 
fulness. "His  record  was  such,"  writes  one,  "that  when  Bragg 
ordered  the  organization  of  a  company  of  scouts  by  Gen.  B.  F. 
Cheatham,  Sam  Davis  was  chosen  as  one  of  the  number  be- 
cause of  his  coolness  and  daring  and   power  of  endurance." 


Capt.  H.  B.  Shaw  was  given  command  of  these  scouts,  and  the 

field  of  their  earlier  endeavor  was 

Middle  Tennessee,  which   in   1863 

was  practically  in  the  hands  of  the 

Federals. 

Captain  Shaw  assumed  a  dis- 
guise within  the  Federal  lines, 
posing  as  an  itinerant  doctor  and 
bearing  the  name  of  "Dr.  E.  Cole- 
man" among  the  Federals  and  of 
"Capt.  E.  Coleman,  Commander 
of  Scouts,"  among  the  Confeder- 
ates, even  in  his  official  communi- 
cations to  General  Bragg,  this 
double  deception  being  deemed 
necessary  to  the  prosecution  of  his  ^^•l 

dangerous   duty  as  a   spy.     Scout  captain   mi.wv 

or  spy,  whatever  the  term  applied, 

one  who  enters  the  lines  of  the  enemy  to  secretly  gather  infor- 
mation for  use  of  the  opposing  army  under  the  rules  of  warfare 
becomes  a  "spy,"  and  if  caught  is  executed  as  a  spy.  There 
is  no  mawkish  sentiment  in  war,  and  small  mercy  is  shown 
one  who  seeks  to  discover  the  secrets  of  the  enemy. 

But.  as  with  Major  Andre  of  the  Revolution  and  with  many 
others,  the  occupation  of  scout  and  spy  is  a  necessity  of  war- 
fare to  which  any  soldier  is  liable  and  upon  which  no  just 
odium  can  be  cast.  No  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  from  Wash- 
ington down,  condemned  the  gallant  young  officer  who,  under 
military  law,  died  bravely  as  a  spy.  On  the  contrary,  one  who, 
under  the  hard  usage  of  the  camp,  is  commissioned  as  a  mili- 
tary spy  is  usually  chosen  because  of  superior  intelligence, 
courage,  and  devotion  to  his  army  and  colors.  His  vocation 
is  full  of  deadly  peril  by  day  and  by  night.  If  caught,  he 
usually  dies  by  the  most  ignominious  death  under  conditions 
that  inspire  contempt  in  the  spectators,  to  the  end  that  swift 
judgment  and  odious  death  may  deter  men  from  seeking  the 
office  of  the  spy.  Over  his  supreme  self-sacrifice  the  epitaph 
is  commonly  written,  "Died  on  the  gallows  as  a  spy,"  without 
those  added  words  which  justice  demands:  "Under  military 
appointment  and  for  his  country's  cause." 

It  fell  to  the  lot  of  my  Tennessee  hero  to  be  assigned  to 
"Captain  Coleman's  Scouts"  and  given  a  place  of  peculiar  dif- 
ficulty and  danger,  soon  to  terminate  in  death.  The  appointing 
officer  said  it  was  the  "boy's  record"  that  gave  prominence  and 
promotion  to  one  so  young.  He  had  learned  as  a  country  boy 
two  hard  lessons  that  few  men  learn  in  a  lifetime:  to  fear 
nothing  and  nobody  but  God,  and  to  obey  orders.  He  had  a 
peculiarly  bright  and  winning  way  about  him,  an  utterly  fear- 
less eye,  a  frank  and  gentle  speech,  and  the  self-poise  of  a 
great  soul.  Next  to  his  God,  above  even  his  tender  love  for 
his  mother  and  home,  Sam  cherished  that  old-time  sense  of 
"honor"  so  sacred  among  the  traditions  of  the  old  South,  when 
one's  "word  of  honor"  meant  more  than  wealth  or  fame  or 
life  itself.  Do  not  confuse  this  honor  with  that  other  folly  of 
Southern  hotspurs — the  dishonor  of  the  code  duello,  long  ago 
in  disgrace  among  the  sons  of  those  who  condoned  its  bru- 
tality, the  one  thing  in  its  defense  being  that  by  sight  and 
sound  of  pistol  it  compelled  a  certain  class  of  men  to  be  more 
circumspect  in  what  they  said  and  did.  The  honor  which  gives 
my  hero  place  among  the  immortals  was  of  the  kind  that 
sought  not  the  life  of  another  in  revenge,  but  gave  one's  life 
in  devotion  to  duty. 

In  November,  1863,  the  16th  Army  Corps,  under  Gen.  G. 
M.  Dodge,  was  centered  at  Pulaski,  Tenn.,  not  far  from  the 


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Tennessee  River  and  the  Alabama  line.  General  Dodge 
had  started  from 
Corinth,  Miss.,  to 
Chattanooga,  Tenn., 
to  reenforce  General 
Grant.  On  all  roads 
his  cavalry  kept 
sharp  lookout,  espe- 
cially to  break  to 
pieces  the  Coleman 
band  of  scouts,  who 
were  here  and  there, 
\\  a  t  c  h  i  n  g  every 
movement  of  the 
Federals,  and  by 
persistent  and  accu- 
rate reports  to  Gen- 
eral Bragg  were 
making  havoc  of 
General  Dodge's 
peace  and  plans — 
so  much  so  that  the 
General  put  on  its 
mettle  the  famous 
Kansas  ~th  Cavalry, 
nicknamed  the  "Jay- 
hawkers,"  to  run  to  earth  and  capture  Coleman  and  his  scouts. 
So  active  and  alert  was  the  entire  corps  that  capture  was  at 
most  a  matter  of  a  few  days  only. 

Captain  Shaw,  alias  Coleman,  summoned  Davis  and  com- 
mitted to  his  care  certain  papers,  letters,  reports,  and  maps 
giving  late  and  important  news  to  General  Bragg.  In  his 
shoes  and  in  the  saddle  seat  were  hidden  the  dangerous  docu- 
ments; and  Sam,  with  Coleman's  pass,  started  southward  to 
Decatur,  thence  to  take  the  "scout  line"  to  the  headquarters 
of  General  Bragg.  His  last  route  began  and  ended  Thursday, 
November  19.  Run  down  and  arrested  at  the  Tennessee 
River  by  the  "Jayhawkers."  along  with  other  prisoners  he 
was  hurried  to  Pulaski,  and  by  night  was  in  jail.  Elsewhere, 
on  the  same  clay.  Captain  Shaw  himself  was  captured  and  im- 


SAM  S    MOTHER. 


G80I  P  1  1    VETERANS   WHERE  SAM    HAMS   WAS  EXECUTED. 

prisoned  also  in  the  town.  Davis's  papers  and  reports  were 
placed  in  the  hands  of  General  Dodge,  who  twice  had  him 
brought  to  his  headquarters,  urging  him  in  strong  but  kindly 
way  to  disclose  the  name  of  the  one  who  had  committed  to 
him  the  raptured  papers. 


It  is  worth  while  to  know  who  General  Dodge  was,  and  what 
he  thought  of  the  young  fellow  whose  life  was  now  in  the 
General's  hands.  Dodge  was  born  in  Massachusetts,  and  is 
yet  living  in  Iowa,  to  which  State  at  twenty  he  removed. 
At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War  he  was  made  colonel  of 
the  4th  Iowa  Infantry,  and  later  brigadier  general.  He  was 
a  close  and  trusted  friend  of  General  Grant,  and  was  chosen 
grand  marshal  of  the  Grant  monument  parade  in  New  York 
City  in  iNo"  For  many  years  after  the  war  he  was  a  resi- 
dent of  New  York  as  capitalist  of  large  affairs  and  citizen 
of  distinguished  ability. 

As  shown  throughout  the  Davis  tragedy.  General  Dodge  was 
proven  to  have  been  a  man  of  kindly  spirit.  Something  about 
the  Tennessee  boy  evidently  touched  the  General's  heart.  Only 
recently  he  wrote  at  length  to  the  Confederate  Veteran,  pay- 
ing long-cherished  tribute  to  Davis's  memory.  He  says  of 
him  that  "he  was  a  fine,  soldierly-looking  young  man,  dressed 
in  a  faded  Federal  coat,  an  army  soft  hat,  and  top-boots ;  he 
had  a  fresh,  open  face,  which  was  inclined  to  brightness;  in 
all  things  he  showed  himself  a  true  soldier;  it  was  known  by 
all  the  command  that  I  desired  to  save  him.  I  appreciate  fully 
that  the  people  of  the  South  and  Davis's  comrades  understand 
his  soldierly  qualities,  ami  propose  to  honor  his  memory.  I 
take  pleasure  in  contributing  to  a  monument  to  his  memory." 
And  with  it  came  the  General's  personal  check.  Of  Davis's 
arrest  and  trial  he 
further  writes:  "I 
was  very  anxious  to 
capture  Coleman  and 
break  up  his  com- 
mand." (General 
Dodge  did  not  know, 
nor  did  any  Confed- 
erate prisoner  in  the 
Pulaski  jail  give  the 
slightest  hint,  that 
the  "II.  B.  Shaw" 
captured  the  same  day 
as  Davis,  and  proba- 
bly prisoner  in  the 
same  building  with 
him.  was  the  verita- 
ble "Coleman"  him- 
self.) "I  had  Davis 
brought  before  me. 
His  captor*  knew  that  SAM's   father. 

he  was  a  member  of  Coleman's  Scouts,  and  1  knew  what  was 
found  upon  him,  and  deshvl  to  locate  Coleman  ami  ascertain, 
if  possible,  who  was  furnishing  information  so  accurate  and 
valuable  to  General  Bragg.  Davis  met  me  modestly.  I  tried 
to  impress  on  him  the  dangei  he  was  in.  and  as  only  a  mes- 
senger I  held  out  to  him  the  hope  of  lenient  treatment  if  he 
would  answer  truthfully  my  questions.  I  informed  him  that 
he  would  be  tried  as  a  spy  and  thi  evidence  would  surely  con- 
vict him,  and  I  made  a  direct  appeal  to  him  to  give  me  tin'  in- 
formation I  knew  he  had.  He  very  quietly  but  firmly  refused 
to   do  it.     I  pleaded   with   him   with   all  the  power   I   po-  ; 

i,,  give  in'    somi  ive   his   life.     I   discovered  that 

he  was  a  most  admirable  young  fellow,  with  the  highest 
character  and  strictest  integrity.  He  replied:  i  know,  Gen- 
eral, that  I  will  have  to  die;  hut  1  will  not  tell  where  I  got 
the  information,  ami  there  is  no  power  on  earth  that  can  make 
me  tell.  You  are  doing  your  duty  as  a  soldier,  and  if  I  have 
to  die  I  shall  be  doing  my  duty  to  God  and  my  country .'  " 


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There  was  nothing  more  that  General  Dodge  could  do.  A 
military  commission  was  convened  within  three  days,  which 
tried  Davis  and  sentenced  him  as  a  spy  to  death  on  the  gal- 
lows Friday,  November  27,  between  the  hours  of  10  a.m.  and 
2  p.m. — one  week  from  the  day  of  his  capture.  You  may  be 
sure  it  was  a  long  and  lonely  week  to  the  brave  boy,  especially 
those  last  three  days  that  intervened  between  his  sentence 
and  the  day  of  doom.  Somehow,  though  not  strangely,  there 
sprang  up  in  all  hearts  an  ever-increasing  interest  in  one  who 
by  a  single  word  could  open  the  door  of  his  prison,  yet  chose 
to  die  in  place  of  another  "for  duty's  sake."  With  "Coleman" 
probably  in  touch  of  his  hand  and  sound  of  his  voice,  he  gave 
no  sign  or  hint  of  his  identity.  "He  is  worth  more  to  the 
Confederacy  than  me,"  he  said.  I  doubt  it.  The  more  I  think 
of  it  after  so  many  years  have  passed,  the  greater  is  the  won- 
der that  Shaw,  alias  Cole- 
man, did  not  unmask  and 
save  the  life  of  one  who 
was  sacrificing  life  for  him. 
Hard  by  the  light  that  will 
ever  shine  upon  Sam's  pale 
face  is  this  shadow  that  lies 
heavy  on  the  face  of  his 
Captain. 

Again  and  again  Federal 
soldiers  sought  Sam  in  his 
cell,  pleading  with  him  to 
disclose  the  informer's  name 
and  save  his  own  life. 
Chaplain  James  Young,  of 
the  81st  Ohio  Infantry,  was 
his  constant  visitor  and 
comforter,  to  whom  the  last 
messages  and  tokens  were 
committed  for  delivery  to 
his  home.  On  the  last 
morning,  "for  remembrance' 

sake,"  Sam  gave  him  the  Federal  overcoat  that  his  mother 
had  dyed,  which  Mr.  Young  lovingly  kept  until,  in  his 
seventy-third  year,  not  long  before  his  death,  he  sent  it  to  the 
Confederate  Veteran,  saying:  "My  promised  remembrance 
is  fulfilled.  I  am  seventy-three  years  old,  and  could  not 
reasonably  expect  to  care  for  it  much  longer.  I  have  cut  off 
a  small  button  from  the  cape,  which  I  will  keep.     The  night 


SAM  S   GRANDMOTHER. 


MEMORIAL    SERVICE    AT    THE    DAVIS    HOME. 


before  he  died  we  sang  together  'On  Jordan's  stormy  banks 
I  stand,'  and,  as  he  desired,  I  was  with  him  constantly,  and  at 
the  end  I  prayed  with  and  for  him."  Dear  old  Chaplain!  He 
and  Sam  are  together  now  under  brighter  skies  with  the  Mas- 
ter whom  they  served. 

Provost  Marshal  Armstrong,  who  had  charge  of  prison  and 
gallows,  became  Sam's  ardent  friend,  and,  rough  soldier  though 
he  was,  could  scarcely  perform  his  painful  duty.  Captain 
Chickasaw,  Chief  of  Dodge's  Scouts,  also  took  a  strong  liking 
to  the  boy,  and  made  a  last  effort  to  save  him. 

I  have  at  my  side  a  copy  of  a  faded  little  war  paper  issued 
from  the  camp  of  Dodge's  Corps,  and  it  gives  the  Federal 
account  of  Davis's  last  hours  on  earth.  "Last  Friday,"  it 
reads,  "the  citizens  and  soldiery  of  Pulaski  witnessed  one  of 
those  painful  executions  of  stern  justice  which  make  war  so 
terrible;  and  though  sanctioned  by  its  usages,  it  is  no  more 
than  brave  men  in  their  country's  service  expose  themselves 
to  every  day."  Then  it  goes  on  with  its  generous  tribute  to 
the  young  hero  whom  the  bravest  soldier  might  look  upon 
with  pride  even  upon  the  gallows. 

I  do  not  like  to  draw  the  last  living  picture  of  my  boy. 
But  Friday  morning  came  all  too  swiftly,  and  at  ten  o'clock 
sharp  the  drums  were  beating,  the  execution  guard  under 
Marshal  Armstrong  was  marching  to  the  jail,  while  the  sol- 
diers of  the  16th  Corps  by  the  thousands,  with  muskets  in 
hand,  were  being  marshaled  in  line  about  Seminary  Ridge, 
where  the  gallows  was  upreared  in  waiting.  A  wagon,  with  a 
rough  pine  coffin,  on  which  Sam  Davis  sat,  headed  the  march. 
In  sight  of  his  fellow-prisoners  Sam  waved  his  good-by  with 
a  smiling  face,  and  at  the  gallows  dismounted  and  sat  under 
a  tree,  unfalteringly  looking  above  at  the  swinging  noose  and 
around  at  the  sympathetic  faces  of  the  soldiers. 

"How  long  have  I  to  live,  Captain  Armstrong?"  he  inquired. 

"About  fifteen  minutes,  Sam." 

"What  is  the  news  from  the  front?"  And  Armstrong  told 
him  of  General  Bragg's  battle  and  defeat.  "Thank  you,  Cap- 
tain ;  but  I'm  sorry  to  hear  it."  And  then,  with  one  last 
quaver  in  his  voice  of  loving  remembrance  of  his  comrades  in 
gray:  "The  boys  will  have  to  fight  their  battles  without  me." 

Captain  Armstrong  broke  down.  "Sam,  I  would  rather  die 
myself  than  execute  sentence  upon  you." 

"Never  mind,  Captain,"  was  the  gentle  reply.  "You  are 
doing  your  duty.     Thank  you  for  all  your  kindness." 

It  was  then  that  Captain  Chickasaw  came  swiftly  on  horse, 
and,  leaping  to  the  ground,  sat  himself  by  Sam  and  pleaded 
in  that  last  fierce  moment  of  youth  for  the  word  of  informa- 
tion that  would  send  him  to  his  home  in  freedom. 

Sam  arose  to  his  feet  and,  with  flashing  eye  and  uplifted 
face,  made  his  last  answer :  "No,  I  cannot.  I  would  rather 
die  a  thousand  deaths  than  betray  a  friend  or  be  false  to 
duty." 

A  Federal  officer,  who  was  looking  into  Sam's  face,  wrote 
of  him  long  after  in  the  Omaha  Bee:  "The  boy  looked  about 
him.  Life  was  young  and  promising.  Overhead  hung  the 
noose;  around  him  were  soldiers  in  line;  at  his  feet  was  a 
box  prepared  for  his  body,  now  pulsing  with  young  and 
vigorous  life;  in  front  were  the  steps  that  would  lead  him  to 
disgraceful  death,  and  that  death  it  was  in  his  power  to  so 
easily  avoid.  For  just  an  instant  he  hesitated,  and  then  put 
aside  forever  the  tempting  offer.  Thus  ended  a  tragedy 
wherein  a  smooth-faced  boy,  without  counsel,  in  the  midst 
of  enemies,  with  courage  of  highest  type,  deliberately  chose 
death  to  life  secured  by  means  he  thought  dishonorable !" 

The  steps  to  the  gallows  were  firmly  mounted,  and   Sam's 


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last  words,  "I  am  ready,  Captain,"  followed  the  Chaplain's 
prayer — when  in  a  moment  he  had  passed  through  the  gates  of 
death  to  take  his  place  forever  among  the  heroes  of  the 
Southland. 

In  his  memory  a  costly  and  beautiful  monument,  surmounted 
by  a  bronze  figure  of  the  boy,  is  being  erected  in  Capitol 
Park,  in  the  heart  of  Nashville.  From  every  State  in  the 
Union,  from  Blue  and  Gray,  from  rich  and  poor,  the  money 
to  build  the  monument  was  contributed  upon  the  plea  of  Editor 
S.  A.  Cunningham,  of  the  Confederate  Veteran,  whose  con- 
ception it  was;  and  many  thousands  will  bow  their  heads  on 
dedication  day  in  loving  memory  of  the  hero  of  Tennessee. 
Sometime,  when  you  are  passing  through  Nashville,  take  a 
moment  to  look  upon  the  noble  bronze  face,  and  then  visit 
the  old  Smyrna  home  and  in  the  garden  see  the  grave  of 
Sam  as  he  sleeps  by  the  side  of  his  mother  and  father.  And 
if  you  care  to  put  them  in  your  scrapbook,  take  the  words  of 
Ella  Wheeler  Wilcox  from  the  bronze  tablet  on  the  monument. 


S/\M  DAVIS 

WHEN  THE  LORO  CALLS  UP  EARTH'S  HEROES,. 

TO  STAND  BEFORE   HIS  FACE,- 

O.MANY  A  NAME,  UNKNOWN  TO  FAME 

SHALL  RING   FROM  THAT  HIGH   PLACE; 

THEN  OUT  OF  A  GRAVE  IN  THE  SOUTHLAND 

AT  THE   JUST   GOD'S    CALL  AND    BECK, 

SHALL  ONE  MAN  RISE  WITH  FEARLESS  EYES 

WITH  A  ROPE  ABOUT  HIS  NECK; 

0'  SOUTHLAND!  BRING  YOUR  .LAURELS, 

AND  ADD  YOUR  WREATH,  0  NORTH: 

LET  GLORY  CLAIM  THEHEFfO'S  N'AME 

AND  TELL  THE  WORLD  HIS    WORTH. 

ELL*    WHEELER  WILCOX 


LULL  tlli  DLL  I 


The  foregoing  by  Dr.  Hamill  is  to  be  part  of  a  booklet  is- 
by  the  Veteran  in  which  will  appear  an  account  of  the 
history  of  the  movement  to  erect  the  monument.  The  people 
"f  Tennessee,  and  especially  of  Nashville,  should  take  special 
l ■  t  i.l.  in  tins  tribute  to  the  most  conspicuous  private  soldier 
of  the  Confederate  army. 

bushed  in   Federai    Papeh    \i    I  i m e  of  Sam's  Death. 
[The  Nashville  American  copies  an  article  from  the  Pulaski 
Chanticleer  of  December  2,   1863      It  was  a  paper  edited  by 
1      W.  Ilildreth  and  devoted  to  the  interests  of  the  left  wing 
t  the  [6th    \rmy  I  '"i  ps  I 

I    Friday   thi  and   soldiers  of   Pulaski   witnessed 

one  of  those   painful  lis  of   stern   justice   which   make 

and  though  sanctioned  by  the  usages  of  war, 
it  is  no  len  in  the  servici   ol  their  country  expose 

themselves  to  every  day.  Samuel  Davis,  of  Coleman's  Scouts, 
having  been  found  within  the  Federal  lines  with  dispatches 
and  mails  destined  for  the  enemy,  was  tried  on  the  charge  of 
being  a  spy,  and.  being  found  guilty,  was  condemned  to  be 
hanged   between  the  houi  P.M.   on   Friday, 

November  27,  1863  I  he  prisoner  was  apprised  of  his  sentence 
by    Captain    Armstrong,    local    provost    marshal;    and    though 


somewhat  surprised  at  the  sentence  of  death,  he  did  not  mani- 
fest any  outward  signs  of  agitation. 

Chaplain  Young,  of  the  81st  Ohio  Infantry,  visited  the 
prisoner  and  administered  spiritual  consolation.  The  prisoner 
expressed  himself  resigned  to  his  fate  and  perfectly  prepared 
to  die.  He  exhibited  a  firmness  unusual  for  one  of  his  age, 
and  up  to  the  last  showed  a  lively  interest  in  the  news  of  the 
day.  expressing  regret  when  told  of  the  defeat  of  General 
Bragg. 

The  scaffold  for  the  execution  of  the  prisoner  was  built 
upon  the  ridge,  east  side  of  tewn,  near  the  seminary,  a  posi- 
tion which  could  be  seen  from  any  part  of  the  town. 

At  precisely  10  a.m.  the  prisoner  was  taken  from  his  cell, 
his  hands  tied  behind  him,  and.  accompanied  by  the  chaplain 
of  the  8i«t  Ohio  Volunteers,  was  placed  in  a  wagon,  seated 
upon  his  coffin,  and  conveyed  to  the  scaffold.  Provost  Marshal 
Armstrong  conducted  the  proceedings.  At  precisely  five  min- 
utes past  ten  o'clock  the  wagon  containing  the  prisoner  and 
the  guards  entered  the  hollow  square  formed  by  the  troops, 
111  the  center  of  which  was  the  scaffold.  The  prisoner  then 
stepped  from  the  wagon  and  seated  himself  upon  a  bench  at 
the  foot  of  the  scaffold.  He  displayed  greal  firmness,  glancing 
casually  at  his  coffin  as  it  was  taken  from  the  wagon.  Turn- 
ing to  Captain  Armstrong,  he  inquired  how  long  he  had  to 
live,  and  was  told  that  he  had  just  fifteen  minutes,  lie  then 
remarked:  "We  would  have  to  fight  the  rest  of  the  battles 
alone."  [This  awkward  expression  is  evidently  an  error.  A 
quotation  from  his  associates  is  as  follows:  "The  boys  will 
have  to  tight  the  rest  of  the  battles  without  me."— Editor.] 

Captain  Armstrong:  "I  am  sorry  to  be  compelled  to  per- 
form this  painful   duty  " 

Prisoner  with  a  smile:  "It  does  not  hurt  me,  Captain.  I 
am  innocent,  though  I  am  prepared  to  die,  and  do  not  think 
hard  of  it !" 

Captain  Chickasaw  then  asked  the  prisoner  if  it  would  not 
have  been  better  for  him  to  have  accepted  the  offer  of  life 
upon  the  disclosure  of  the  facts  in  his  possession,  when  the 
prisoner  answered  with  much  indignation  :  "Do  you  suppose 
I  would  betray  a  friend?  No.  sir;  I  would  rather  die  a  thou- 
sand times  first." 

He  was  then  questioned  upon  other  matters,  but  refused  to 
give  any  information  which  would  be  of  service. 

The  prisoner  then  mounted  the  scaffold,  accompanied  by 
the  chaplain,  James  Young,  whom  he  requested  to  pray  with 
him  at  his  execution.  The  prisoner  tlnn  stepped  upon  the  trap, 
the  rope  was  adjusted  about  his  neck,  and  the  cap  drawn  over 
Ins  head.  In  a  moment  the  trap  was  sprung,  and  the  prisoner 
fell  suspended  in  the  air.  For  a  few  moments  he  struggled 
with  his  hands  and  feet;  this  was  sui  |  a  slight  quiver- 

ing of  the  body,  which  ceased  at  three  and  one  half  minutes 
from  the  time  he  fell.  After  being  suspended  seventeen  and 
one-half  minutes,  the  officia  D.  V\    Voyles,  of  the 

6th  Indiana  Infantry  Volunteers,  pronounced  the  prisoner 
dead,  and  he  was  cut  down  and  placed  111  his  coffin  It  was 
supposed  from  the  protracted  animation  which  the  prisoner 
exhibited  thai  the  fall  had  not  broken  his  neck  and  that  he 
died  by  strangulation,  but  upon  subsequent  examination  his 
neck  was  found  to  he  complete^   broken 

So  fell  one  whom  the  fate  of  war  cut  down  early  111  youth 
and   who  exhibited   traits   of  character  which   under  Othi 
cumstances   might   have   made   him   a    remarkable    friend    and 
member  of  society 


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DEDICATION  OF  SAM  DAVIS  MONUMENT. 

Major  Lewis  Delivers  Trust  of  Monument  Commission. 

Governor  Patterson.  Members  of  the  General  Assembly, 
Old  Confederates,  FellowCitizens:  The  Fifty-First  General 
Assembly  of  Tennessee,  by  proper  legislative  enactment,  ap- 
pointed Joseph  W.  Allen,  John  W.  Thomas,  John  C.  Kennedy, 
G.  H.  Baskette.  John  M.  Lea,  John  W.  Childress.  R.  H.  Dud- 
ley, S.  A.  Cunningham,  and  E.  C.  Lewis  a  committee  to  be 
known  as  the  Sam  Davis  Monument  Committee.  The  Gen- 
eral Assembly  authorized  this  committee  to  select  a  -site 
within  the  Capitol  grounds  and  erect  a  monument  to  per- 
petuate the  memory  of  Sam  Davis  and  to  place  thereon  suitable 
inscriptions  commemorative  of  the  valor  and  deeds  of  this 
Tennesseean. 

The  resolution  was  approved  by  Benton  McMillin,  Governor, 
who  served  with  the  committee  and  approved  the  selection  of 
the  site. 

One  word  about  this  committee :  The  best  that  was  in  them 
they  individually  and  collectively  gave  to  this  work.  The  re- 
sult will  soon  stand  unveiled  before  you.  The  committee  was 
appointed  ten  years  ago.  The  first  to  leave  us  was  that  de- 
lightfully gentle,  generous,  and  appreciative  character,  Joseph 
W.  Allen,  who  died  in  1902.  A  year  later  the  venerable  John 
M.  Lea  died.  In  1906  John  W.  Thomas  died.  John  W. 
Thomas !  When  the  committee  came  to  vote  on  this  site  for 
the  monument,  Major  Thomas  walked  away.  The  chairman 
followed  him  and  asked  how  he  voted.  He  pointed  to  his 
residence  and  said :  "I  cannot  vote  on  this  site."  In  1908 
Judge  John  W.  Childress  went  the  way  of  everything  earthly, 
and  only  a  few  days  ago  John  C.  Kennedy,  the  treasurer  of 
the  committee,  followed.  The  day  after  his  burial  Mrs.  Ken- 
nedy sent  to  the  chairman  of  the  committee  Mr.  Kennedy's 
bank  book.  Every  dollar  he  had  received  had  been  deposited 
in  the  bank  the  day  of  its  receipt  to  the  credit  of  the  Sam 
Davis  Monument  Fund,  and  there  it  stood  on  the  book  and  in 
the  bank,  drawing  interest  all  the  time,  till  every  cent  of  the 
cost  of  this  monument  was  paid  in  full. 

Mr.  Kennedy  went  to  Pulaski  in  1863  and  brought  the  body 
of  Sam  Davis  home  to  his  people  in  Rutherford  County. 
From  that  moment  he  never  lost  interest  in  the  story  of  Sam 
Davis.  The  hope  of  seeing  this  monument  erected  was  dear 
to  his  heart.  Those  left  of  the  committee  especially  regret  the 
death  of  Mr.  Kennedy.  To  have  attended  these  ceremonies 
would  have  given  an  added  comfort  to  his  departing  soul. 

Mr.  S.  A.  Cunningham  conceived  the  idea  of  a  monument 
to  Sam  Davis.  He  has  worked  without  falter  for  many  years 
to  secure  what  he  has — a  worthy  monument  to  this  worthier 
character.  Mr.  Cunningham  has  been  tireless  in  his  labors 
and  his  devotion. 

Financial  Statement. 

Of  the  total  amount  of  moneys  collected,  Mr.  S.  A 
Cunningham  received  through  his  Confederate 
Veteran   from  more  than  2,000  subscribers $3,459  14 

There  came  to  Mr.   Kennedy  direct 1,595  79 

Mrs.  E.   H.   Hatcher  as  treasurer  through  all  of  the 

Daughters   of   the   Confederacy 1,62764 

Mr.  G.  H.  Baskette,  through  the  Children's  Chimes 
Fund,    brought 300  00 

Through  Air.  George  Julian  Zolnay,  of  St.  Louis.  ..  .      800  00 

Total    receipts $7,782  57 


The    preliminary    expenses    were $    289  41 

Foundation   and   preparation 122  95 

Marble    work    cost 2.70000 

Statue    4,000  00 

Erection    225  00 

Tablets    200  20 

Freight    bills    were 86  59 

Hauling     25  00 

Ceremonies    100  00 

Total    expenditures $7.75°  T5 

From  the  beginning  the  desire  of  the  committee  has  been  to 
make  the  monument  what  the  resolution  of  the  General  As- 
sembly desired  and  what  the  contributors  expected — a  presenta- 
tion to  the  youth  of  all  America  in  marble  and  in  bronze  of 
an  everlasting  example  to  stand  in  eternal  evidence  of  what 
one  American  soul  of  heroic  mold,  even  when  incased  in  the 
body  of  a  mere  boy,  would  do  and  did  do  when  the  occasion 
demands.  He  gave  his  life.  Mortal  man  never  did  more. 
Calmly  and  gently,  without  sound  of  drum  or  cheer  of  trum- 
pet, with  no  flag  flying,  with  no  comrade's  hand  in  his,  sur- 
rounded only  by  a  too  impatient  foe,  he  gave  his  life  for 
his  country. 

"The  boys  will  have  to  fight  the  battles  without  me."  That 
was  his  only  regret.  The  tablet  on  the  front  of  the  die  bears 
a  simple  epitome  of  his  youthful  life  and  his  heroic  death. 
The  western  tablet  gives  a  few  lines  from  that  soulful  and 
tuneful  poem  of  Ella  Wheeler  Wilcox.  On  the  east  the  tablet 
tells  how  national  the  monument  is.  There  are  more  than 
two  thousand  subscribers,  the  name  of  each  of  whom  with  the 


ELIZABETH    DAVIS, 
Grandnicce  of  S:im  Davis,  who  unveiled  the  monument. 


Qotyfederat^  l/eterai). 


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address  has  beer  placed  in  a  copper  1>  >\  under  the  die.  Con- 
tribution* have  been  made  by  citizens  from  every  State  in  the 
American   Union, 

The  statue  is  by  Zolnay.     When  love  and  work  join,  devd 
tion  leads  the  way  and  inspiration  -shapes  the  end 

Governor  Patterson,  the  Sam  Davis  Monument  Committee, 
having  concluded  its  labors,  presents  to  you  for  all  our  com- 
mon country  this  monument  as  a  tribute  to  Sam  Davis,  of 
Tennessee, 

Accepted  by  i  m    Govi  rnob 

Ladies  mid  Gentlemen  of  the  Commission,  Fellow-Citizens: 
When  .1  boj  in  school  at  Nashville  I  witnessed  the  ceremonies 

Of  the  dedication  of  another  figure  in  hron/e  on  the  other  side 
of  this  picturesque  hill,  and  well  do  I  recall  the  awe  and  rap- 
ture of  imaginative  youth  as  my  eyes  beheld  for  the  first  time 
a  heroic  figure  on   horseback    an   incarnate   force   of   action 

The   man   and   the  horse   seemed   horn   one   for   the   Other — the 
ni    i  mi  iir  wiiii  the  ereel  and  easy  grace  of  martial  bearing 

ami  conscious   pOWi  i    of  ruli,  the  other  as  if  proud  to  hear  his 

weight,  restive  Foi   action  and  breathing  the  very  lire  of  war. 

Little   did    1    think   then,   even    in   the   daydreams  of  youth, 

that    "in    da)    as  Govemoi    I    would  he  called  upon   to  accept  in 

the  name  of  the  State  anothei    figure  in  bronze  erected  on  this 

i  the  grounds,  not  of  a  man  on  horseback,  hut  of  a  young 

man  scarce!)   more  than  a  hoy,  who  belonged  to  another  and 

history,  who  stands  without  the  mirks  and  ac- 

rments  of  rank,  without   an)    othei   sign  save  that  of  a 

soldier   read'.    !••   fight   and    read)    to   die        I  he   name   and    fame 

"i  \ndow  Jackson  till  tin  mind  wnli  won, hi  ami  admiration; 
tin    memorj  of  Sam  Da   is,  with  infinite  love  and  tenderness 

llns  tablet   in   front   records  on   its  enduring   face  the   fact 

that  S.mi  I  ia ms  was  born  on  October  6,  1842,  near  Murfrees 

E01  d   i  ountj ,    I  enn,     1  lis  life   was  short     h 

1-  unfold  h  ioi  e  11   ended  on  the  scaffold  at 

Pulaski  on  il.i'  morning  of  November  --7.  [863     Sprung  from 


a  splendid  race,  he  was  of  a  large  family  of  children,  and 
grew  from  infancy  to  youth  in  the  purest  of  all  atmospheres, 
that  of  a  Southern  country  home,  presided  over  by  a  South- 
ern w-ife  and  mother. 

From  a  gentleman  who  knew  Sam  Davis  well  and  who  mar- 
ried one  of  his  sisters  1  have  this  information  as  to  his  ap- 
pearance and  some  of  his  characteristics,  lie  seemed  to  have 
filled  every  conception  of  the  flower  and  chivalry  of  young 
manhood,  and  his  very  presence  was  suggestive  of  romance 
and  valorous  deeds,  llis  habits  were  pure,  his  affections 
strong,  his  disposition  singularly  quid  and  reticent.  In  stature 
he  was  just  six  feet  tall,  slender  and  finely  proportioned,  with 
regular  features  and  an  expression  of  mingled  strength  and  re- 
finement. His  eyes  wire  dark  and  aglow  with  intelligi  111  1 
his  hair  almost  black,  his  figure  erect  as  if  it  scorned  the  low 
and  base,  his  manners  gentle  as  becomes  the  brave 

After   receiving    some    education    al    home    and    in    his    native 

county,  Sam   Davis  was  sen!   to  the  old   Military   Institute  at 

Nashville,  and  while  there  he  heard   the   sound  to  amis,   which 

reverberated  from  every  mountain  side,  swepl  ovei  ever)  plain, 

and  echoed  in  every  valley  as  the  South  called  for  her  sons 
to  rally  in  defense  of  home  and  native  land.  And  tiny  came. 
They  came  from  the  seaboard,  thej  came  from  the  (own-, 
from   the   fields,    from   the   hills   and   glades,    from   the   churches 

and  the  schools,  and  thej  were  tin  Ih.im  1  "i  i'k'  brave  and 
the  truest  of  the  true.  In  111  il  great  army  winch  gathered 
beneath  the  most  gallant  flag  that  ever  waved  in  the  breeze  and 
led  b)   the  greatest  soldier  who  ever  drew  a  sword  was  this 

Southern  boy,   the   product    of    Southern    s,,il   ami    Southern   en- 

\  ironmi  nt. 

He  enlisted  as  a  membei  1  I  Compan)  V  isi  Tennessee  Regi- 
ment, and  in  1863  was  assigned  for  dutj  to  the  scouting  party 
under  the  command  of  Captain  Shaw,  of  General  Cheatham'! 

Division.  Shaw  a  con  nandei  >i  the  scoul  went  by  the  name 
1  1  1  oleman.    We  can  well  understand  why  Davis  should  have 

had    such    a    duty    to    perform,     for    the    scout    must    be    self- 


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reliant  and  self-poised,  a  good  horseman,  intelligent,  and, 
above  all,  a  man  to  be  trusted  in  every  emergency  and  in 
every  peril. 

Tennessee  was  then  within  the  Federal  lines,  and  Captain 
Shaw  intrusted  to  Davis  certain  papers  and  maps  giving  im- 
portant and  accurate  information  of  the  movements,  strength, 
and  fortifications  of  the  enemy,  and  these  were  to  be  delivered 
to  General  Bragg,  whose  headquarters  were  at  Missionary 
Ridge.  The  mission  on  which  he  was  sent  was  full  of  hazard. 
The  chances  of  capture  and  death  were  many ;  those  of  suc- 
cess were  few.  But  the  stout  young  heart  never  quailed,  and 
boldly  he  entered  the  enemy's  lines  without  a  thought  of  per- 
sonal danger,  with  no  other  feeling  animating  his  bosom  save 
duty,  and  without  a  hope  save  to  perform  it  well. 

When  about  fifteen  miles  below  Pulaski  he  was  intercepted 
and  captured  by  a  detachment  from  a  Kansas  regiment,  and 
upon  being  searched  a  letter  to  General  Bragg  was  found  in 
one  of  his  boots,  maps  and  descriptions  of  fortifications  in  his 
saddle  seat,  and  other  papers  upon  his  person.  These  were 
delivered  to  General  Dodge,  commanding  the  Federal  forces, 
and  Davis  was  hurried  to  Pulaski  and  lodged  in  jail.  The 
papers  in  possession  of  Davis  were  so  accurate  and  the  infor- 
mation so  important  that  General  Dodge  suspected  they  had 
been  given  by  one  of  his  own  officers,  and  he  was  very  so- 
licitous to  know  from  Davis  himself  where  and  from  whom 
the  papers  had  been  obtained. 

He  was  taken  to  headquarters  and  closely  questioned  by  the 
commanding  general,  who,  failing  to  get  the  responses  he 
wished,  finally  said  to  him :  "You  are  a  young  man  and  do  not 
seem  to  realize  your  situation."  And  to  this  Davis  replied  : 
"I  know  my  danger  and  am  willing  to  take  the  consequences." 
Evidently  struck  with  the  lofty  and  intrepid  spirit  and  the 
manly  bearing  of  one  so  young,  and  wishing  if  possible  to 
save  his  life,  General  Dodge  explained  that  he  would  have  to 
be  court-martialed  under  the  laws  of  war  and  that  the  sentence 
of  death  would  certainly  be  inflicted,  but  that  he  would  save 
his  life  if  he  would  give  the  information  which  he  asked. 

Davis  never  hesitated,  for  to  his  knightly  soul  the  bargain 
was  a  dishonorable  one,  to  sell  his  honor  for  his  life.  With 
modesty,  but  with  decision  written  in  every  lineament  of  his 
face,  he  answered:  "I  know  that  I  will  have  to  die,  but  I  will 
not  tell  where  I  got  the  information,  and  there  is  no  power  on 
earth  that  can  make  me  tell.  You  are  doing  your  duty  as  a 
soldier  and  I  am  doing  mine.  If  I  have  to  die,  I  will  do  so 
feeling  I  am  doing  my  duty  to  my  God  and  my  country." 

General  Dodge  offered  still  another  chance  to  save  his  life, 
but  Davis  made  the  interview  final  when  he  said :  "It  is  useless 
to  talk  to  me ;  I  do  not  intend  to  do  it.  You  can  court-martial 
me  or  do  anything  else  you  like,  but  I  will  not  betray  the  trust 
reposed  in  me."  With  the  inborn  courtesy  of  a  man  whom 
promise  could  not  betray  or  danger  make  afraid,  this  young 
knight  of  the  South  thanked  General  Dodge  for  the  interest 
he  had  shown,  and  was  led  back  to  the  prison  to  await  his 
doom  A  court-martial  was  ordered,  and  under  its  stern 
mandate  the  sentence  of  death  was  passed  in  the  most  igno- 
minious form. 

Davis  had  expected  that  he  would  be  shot  as  a  soldier;  but 
the  sentence  was  that  he  be  hung  as  a  spy,  and  the  hours  of 
the  execution  were  fixed  between  the  hours  of  ten  in  the  morn- 
ing and  two  in  the  evening.  He  received  the  sentence  of  the 
military  tribunal  with  composure,  and  never  once  did  he  give 
way  to  lamentation  or  useless  grief.  His  thoughts  were  busy, 
though,  and  they  flew  back  to  home  and  mother.  The  invisible 
chord   was    touched,   whose   music    is    sweeter    than   any    lute 


touched  my  mortal  hand,  and  from  his  soul  came  one  last 
pure  tone  before  the  casket  which  held  the  jewel  of  an  im- 
mortal life  fell  and  was  broken  forever.  On  the  night  before 
his  execution  he  wrote  this  farewell  to  his  mother  from  his 
prison  cell : 

"Pulaski,  Giles  County,  Tenn.,  Nov.  26,  1863. 
"Dear  Mother:  O,  how  painful  it  is  to  write  you!     I  have 
got  to  die  to-morrow  morning — to  be  hanged  by  the  Federals. 
Mother,  do  not  grieve  for  me.     I  must  bid  you  good-by  for 
evermore.     Mother,  I  do  not  fear  to  die.     Give  my  love  to  all. 
"Your  son.  Samuel  Davis." 

This  breathes  the  love  of  his  heart,  and  is  in  full  accord 
with  his  fine,  manly  nature.  There  is  no  complaint,  no  brava- 
do, no  fierce  invective  against  his  captors,  no  storm  of  pas- 
sion against  his  accusers,  no  craven  fear  of  death.  In  simple, 
unadorned  statement  the  awful  fate  which  the  day  will  bring, 
in  forgetfulness  of  self,  in  the  last  wish  that  there  shall  be  no 


AT    THE    MONUMENT    AFTEK    THE    DEDICATION. 

useless  grief,  but  that  he  shall  not  be  forgotten  when  dead, 
this  boy  seems  to  have  been  endowed  with  a  spirit  above  mor 
tality,  and  an  angel  must  have  come  from  on  high  to  have 
guarded  him  that  night,  and  sweet  were  the  dreams  which 
came  to  the  soldier  boy. 

When  the  morning  sun  of  an  autumn  day  rose  above  the 
encircling  hills  in  one  of  the  most  entrancing  portions  of 
Tennessee  and  light  had  scattered  the  black  legions  of  the 
night,  the  boy  rose  even  as  a  son  of  light,  clear  as  its  rays, 
beautiful  as  its  myriad  forms.  Early  in  the  morning  the 
drumbeats  are  heard  vexing  the  air  with  ominous  and  baleful 
sounds.  Men  in  blue  uniforms  are  hurrying  in  rank.  The 
regiment  is  formed,  arms  are  shouldered,  the  bugle  is  sounded, 
the  march  is  begun.  It  was  not  necessary — only  a  useless  for- 
mality of  war — to  send  so  many  men  against  one  defenseless 
boy ;  but  all  the  soldiers  who  ever  trod  the  earth  could  not 
make  him  afraid,  for  his  heart  was  pure  as  Arthur's  of  the 
Round  Table,  his  courage  as  high  as  all  the  legions  of  Julius 
Caesar. 

A  wagon  was  driven  up  to  the  jail.  Davis  was  escorted 
from  his  cell  and  climbed  upon  it.  Standing  erect,  he  looked 
around  and  waved  his  hands  to  two  other  Confederate  prison- 
ers who  had  been  captured  and  who  were  confined  in  another 
part  of  the  jail.     This   alone  would  be   enough   to  show   the 


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utter  absence  of  fear,  the  cool  collection  of  all  his  faculties. 
And  when  the  curtain  has  rung  down  upon  this  act  in  the 
noblest  drama  the  world  has  seen  of  all  life's  tragedies,  we 
might  dismiss  the  two  Confederates  who  were  left  in  the 
prison,  as  they  do  those  characters  on  the  mimic  board  who, 
having  played  their  small  parts,  are  heard  and  seen  no  more. 
But  fate  has  woven  these  two  into  the  very  texture  of  the 
story  of  this  immortal  death. 

One  of  them  was  Joshua  Brown,  a  fellow-scout,  who  had 
also  been  captured  by  the  Federals  and  who  has  lived  to 
add  his  testimony  to  these  fining  events;  while  the  other  was 
Captain  Shaw,  the  chief  of  scouts,  the  very  person  who  had 
given  the  papers  to  Davis  with  instructions  to  deliver  them  to 
General  Bragg  Here  again  each  succeeding  scene  heightens 
in  human  interest,  the  color  becomes  deeper,  and  Davis  looms 
in  heroic  form  greater  and  greater  with  each  passing  moment. 
It  i-  said  that  Brown  and  Shaw  knew  of  the  terms  of  the  offer 
of  life  to  Davis;  and  when  the  salutation  came,  Shaw  ex- 
claimed as  if  answering  the  question  which  he  himself  had 
asked  and  upon  which  his  life  depend'  d     "He  will  never  tell." 

General  Do^ge  said  that  he  did  nol  know  until  after  Shaw 
had  been  sent  to  the  North  as  a  prisoner  <>f  war  that  he  was 
the  person  who  had  given  the  papers  and  information  to  Davis 
to  he  carried  to  Bragg,  and  that  if  Davis  had  told  him  his 
own  life  would  surely  have  been  saved  and  that  Shaw  would 
havi  met  Ids  fate.  But  why,  some  may  ask,  did  not  Shaw 
himself  cry  cut  when  he  saw  this  boy  led  to  his  death:  "I 
alone  am  responsible;  this  young  man  was  under  my  orders; 
he  only  obeyed  ;  if  any  one  is  to  die,  let  it  be  me?" 

Ah,  it  was  asking  too  much,  for  Shaw,  brave  as  he  was 
and  willing  as  thousands  are  to  meet  death  when  it  comes, 
like  millions  more,  would  avert  it  until  the  last  hour,  for 
his   life  was   more   precious   to  him   than   the   life  of  another 


HOW  t\<.     loe\Tlo\     in      MONUMENT. 


man.  But  if  Shaw  had  possessed  the  heart  and  soul  of  Davis 
he  would  have  been  hung  in  his  stead  and  the  story  of  Damon 
and  Pythias,  coming  down  to  us  from  the  mists  of  antiquity, 
would  have  been  repeated;  but  not  in  all  respects,  for  in  the 
ancient  story  both  the  friends  were  saved  and  in  the  modern 
one  must  surely  die,  for  Dionysius,  tyrant  though  he  was, 
could  spare  for  fidelity,  but  war  knows  neither  age  nor  youth 
nor  pity.    Shaw  acted  just  as  others  would  have  acted, 

Davis  acted  as  only  he  could  act.  He  sat  on  the  coffin  in 
the  wagon  which  was  to  hold  his  body  when  his  spirit  had 
fled,  and  no  king  in  the  robes  of  purple  was  ever  more  princely 
than  this  young  man  in  his  faded  uniform,  and  none  has  ever 
lived  to  rule  a  people  who  had  as  fine  a  soul  beneath  the  royal 
robe,  for  Davis  gave  his  life,  and  it  was  all  he  had  to  give 
To  -.i\.  it  was  worth  to  him  all  the  domains  of  all  the  rulers 
of  earth  It  was  above  the  price  of  all  the  jewels  that  ever 
glittered  in  coronets.  But.  precious  as  it  was,  it  was  not  worth 
his  honor  and  his  sense  of  duty.  When  the  scaffold  is  reached 
Davis  m. units  it  a-  if  he  is  ascending  a  throne.  lie  asks  with 
perfect  composure  how  long  he  has  to  live,  and  is  told  that 
fifteen  minutes  is  all  of  life  that  is  left. 

There  is  the  dangling  rope  that  is  to  strangle  the  fair  young 
throat  and  stop  the  parting  breath.  Davis  asks  for  news  of 
the  war,  and  is  told  of  the  reverses  of  the  Confederates  at 
Missionary  Ridge.  He  expresses  his  regret,  and  then  with  a 
tinge  of  sadness  says:  "The  hoys  will  have  to  fight  their  bat- 
tles without  me." 

The  hearts  of  his  executioners  were  melted  with  pity  that 
one  so  young  had  to  die,  and  the  duty  which  stern  war  had 
imposed  upon  them  could  not  prevent  the  signs  from  being 
manifested.  The  executioner  even  apologized  for  his  cruel 
work,  when  Davis  assured  him  that  he  did  not  blame  him. 
that  he  knew  he  was  only  doing  his  duty.  A  courier  was  sent 
from  the  headquarters  of  General  Dodge,  and  again  his  life 
was  offered  to  him  for  his  secret;  but  he  again  refused  to 
divulge  it,  and  finally  said:  "1  would  die  a  thousand  deaths 
before  I  would  betray  a  friend" 

How  sweet  it  is  to  live!  how  hard  it  is  to  die!  What  ef- 
forts do  we  make  to  ward  off  the  end!  How  we  struggle 
with  brain  and  hand  for  existence,  for  the  world's  triumphs 
and  its  joys!  How  we  ply  the  oar  blades  in  those  frail  barks 
which  hold  mortality  and  resist  as  long  as  we  can  the  onward 
sweep  of  the  waters  of  that  strange  river  which  poets  call 
the  river  of  life!  But  whether  we  will  or  not,  our  boats  sail 
nut  mi  the  mystic  sea.  vanish  from  sight,  and  from  out  of  the 
darkness  never  a  light  is  se<  u  Did  this  young  man  want  to 
live  as  he  stood  there  like  a  day  god  and  saw  the  dangling 
noose,  the  mark  of  infamy  and  civilization's  badge  of  bat 
barism?  His  mind  was  clear,  the  blood  of  youth  was  coursing 
and  leaping  in  his  veins      lie  had  built   Ins  castles  in  the  air. 

Life  was  before  him  and  earth  around  him.  with  its  tun 
ioys,  its  unknown  sormws;  mother  and  home  and  loved  ones 
were  nol  fat  away.  But  this  boy  gave  them  all  for  his  honor, 
and  looked  death  in  the  Eaci  without  a  murmur  and  without 
a  tremor.  'I  he  minutes  flew,  the  clock  struck,  the  noose  is 
adjusted,  the  black  cap  is  drawn,  and  tin-  slendei  figure,  un 
]  with  sin,  is  writhing  and  twisting  between  earth  and 
en  The  hells  ceased  ringing,  the  red  current  stopped 
and  congealed  in  their  courses,  all  motion  ceased,  death  had 
come,  the  bark  was  out  at  sea,  and  the  "breathing  miracle  into 
silence   passed." 

How  can  I  speak  of  this  man  and  his  death?  What  power 
can  come  to  me  to  tell  of  the  pathos,  the  deep  meaning  of  it 


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all?  It  is  above  and  beyond  the  power  of  words.  It  rises 
from  the  earth  and  reaches  heaven.  As  looking  upon  the  rest- 
less billows  of  the  ocean  or  the  blue  of  the  sky,  the  mind  can- 
not formulate  its  musings  or  express  the  thoughts  which  are 
stirred,  but  falls  back  weary,  dejected,  mystified,  and  all  the 
philosophers  of  the  world,  all  of  the  cults,  all  our  faith  cannot 
help  us  to  understand.  But  the  sea  and  the  sky  are  so  fa- 
miliar that  only  once  and  anon  do  their  mysteries  come  upon 
us  with  profound  and  conscious  force,  accentuating  our  small- 
ness  in  the  divine  plan,  leaving  us  like  children  in  the  dark, 
without  a  hand  to  guide. 

So  it  is  with  the  life  and  death  of  Davis.  They  are  familiar 
to  every  schoolboy  in  Tennessee,  the  theme  of  orators  and 
the  subject  of  verse.  But  at  last  when  the  mind,  chased  of  all 
fugitive  thoughts  and  purged  of  all  grossness,  views  the  scaf- 
fold and  the  rope,  we  see  at  our  very  doors  a  scene  which 
for  human  grandeur  and  sublimity  reaches  the  ultimate  of  hu- 
man conception,  and  in  the  sweep  of  years  will  grow  to  yet 
more  splendid  proportions.  No  one  with  brush  or  chisel  or 
pen,  with  thought  or  tongue  of  eloquence  is  able  to  reach  the 
heights  which  this  boy  trod  when  he  gave  his  innocent  life 
that  day.  Blind  Homer,  who  sang  the  story  of  Troy ;  Milton, 
who  told  of  the  loss  of  Paradise;  Shakespeare,  who  sounded 
every  depth  and  touched  every  shore  of  humanity,  nor  all 
the  other  masters  can  nothing  add  and  nothing  take  from 
the  simple  majesty  which  clothes  the  death  of  Davis. 

On  Calvary  the  Son  of  God  died  with  cruel  nails  driven 
through  his  quivering  flesh,  the  crown  of  thorns  pressing  down 
upon  his  agonized  brow,  and  since  then  the  cross  has  been  the 
Christian's  sign  in  every  land  ;  and  which  of  us  has  the  right 
to  say  that  He  who  created  the  earth  and  the  sky  and  every 
living  thing  on  sea  and  land,  whose  mysteries  baffle,  but 
whose  providence  is  over  all,  could  give  the  son  of  Mary  to 
teach  men  how  to  live  could  not  also  give  this  son  of  Ten- 
nessee to  teach  men  how  to  die  ? 

Before  concluding  I  wish  to  invite  your  attention  to  what 
seems  to  me  a  beautiful  and  most  appropriate  conception  of 
the  committee  who  have  had  charge  of  this  work  and  who 
have  so  unselfishly  and  patriotically  performed  their  labors. 
The  figure  of  Sam  Davis  when  the  veil  is  lifted  will  reveal 
the  genius  of  the  sculptor  and  will  stand,  as  will  be  observed, 
on  a  pedestal  and  surrounded  by  marble  quarried  from  the 
hills  of  Tennessee  in  the  center  of  a  heart-shaped  inclosure, 
suggesting  at  once  the  thought  that  his  name  and  memory 
live  in  the  great  heart  of  his  native  State,  from  whose  dust 
he  came  and  to  whose  dust  he  has  returned. 

This  spot  will  be  sacred  evermore  to  those  who  love  the 
pure,  the  true,  the  brave,  for  it  is  dedicated  to  the  knightly 
tenants  of  the  soul.  Let  mothers  bring  their  children  here  to 
learn  the  story  of  his  young  life  and  triumphant  death,  to  know 
that  brave  men  never  really  die,  that  truth  is  worth  more 
than  gold,  that  honor  is  more  precious  than  life.  Let  those 
of  us  who  have  put  on  the  armor,  met  in  the  shock  of  life's 
conflicts,  dealt  and  received  wounds,  now  gather  at  this  shrine, 
forget  the  petty  rivalries  which  gnaw  at  the  soul  and  fetter 
the  pinions  of  noble  aspiration,  and  at  the  feet  of  Sam  Davis 
remember  that  we  too  are  Tennesseeans  ;  that  here  we  meet 
on  common  ground,  and  from  this  holy  precinct  let  us  go  to 
forgive  and  forget.  With  his  memory  and  its  pervading  in- 
spiration let  us  face  the  future  and  bring  to  the  service  of 
our  State  and  our  country  a  higher  measure  of  responsibility, 
deeper  and  truer  conceptions  of  duty. 

In   the   name   of  Tennessee,   illustrious    in   peace   and   war, 


whose  star  has  shone  resplendently  in  the  glorious  canopy  of 
the  Union  for  more  than  a  century  of  time,  and  whose  luster 
is  undimmed  by  the  passing  years,  I  receive  this  statue  of 
her  soldier  boy. 

I  speak  for  every  living  man  who  wore  the  gray,  whose 
sands  of  life  are  running  swift  and  low,  on  whose  ears  soon 
the  last  command  will  come  to  pitch  their  white  tents  on  the 
silent  fields  and  wait  for  the  resurrection  morn  ;  for  the  dead 
who  sleep  and  molder  in  unknown  graves  from  the  Potomac 
to  the  Southern  Seas,  whose  names  may  be  forgotten,  but 
whose  deeds  will  live  in  song  and  story  until  the  waves  of 
time  shall  break  upon  the  deathless  shores ;  for  the  South, 
the  shades  of  whose  immortals  roam  the  earth  in  high  proces- 
sion— stronger  for  every  danger  she  has  passed,  richer  for 
every  son  whose  blood  was  shed,  dearer  for  every  tear  that 
has  fallen  from  the  eyes  of  love,  more  beautiful  for  every 
scar  that  war  has  made. 

But  when  I  speak  of  these,  let  me  recall,  for  we  should 
never  forget,  those  rare  women  of  the  elder  day,  who  bore 
the  bravest  sons  the  world  has  seen,  typified  by  the  sainted 
mother  who  brought  this,  her  firstborn,  into  the  world,  who 
heard  his  first  weak  cry,  who  nourished  him  at  her  breast  and 
crooned  the  lullaby  which  hushed  him  to  slumberland,  whose 
spirit  long  ago  joined  her  boy  in  Paradise  and  rests  with  him 
in  eternal  bowers  of  bliss  and  shares  with  him  the  smile  of 
the  living  God. 


Flowers  from  the  Nashville  Chapter,  U.  D.  C. 
Two  large  wreaths  of  carnations  and  ferns  were  placed  at 
the  foot  of  the  figure  at  the  unveiling.  One  of  these  was 
presented  by  Nashville  Chapter,  No.  I,  United  Daughters  of 
the  Confederacy.  The  other  was  larger  and  more  elaborate. 
It  was  presented  by  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy 
of  the  entire  State  through  Nashville  Chapter,  No.  I.  Both 
wreaths  were  very  beautiful.  Immediately  after  the  enveloping 
flags  fell  from  around  the  statue  and  pedestal  the  old  flag  of 
the  ist  Tennessee  was  placed  with  the  flowers.  It  had  been 
brought  to  the  unveiling  by  W.  L.  McKay,  who  keeps  it  in  a 
tin  box.  The  flag  shows  little  color,  having  been  blackened 
by  smoke  and  fire  and  age.  This  is  Chapter  I  in  the  great 
organization.  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  number- 
ing nearly  fifty  thousand  members. 


UNION  SOLDIER  ABOUT  SAM   DAVIS. 

BY   REV.  A.    W.   BILL,    MENOMINEE,    MICH. 

I  hope  it  will  not  be  an  intrusion  if  an  old  Presbyterian 
minister  expresses  his  satisfaction  that  a  monument  has  been 
erected  to  commemorate  the  fidelity  of  young  Sam  Davis  to 
what  he  considered  honor  and  duty. 

In  November,  1863,  I  was  on  duty  with  my  regiment,  the 
66th  Illinois  Infantry,  at  Pulaski,  Tenn.  I  was  a  private  serv- 
ing on  special  detail.  The  morning  of  November  27  In. ■Un- 
fair and  warm.  We  heard  that  a  spy  was  to  be  executed  and 
that  he  had  been  offered  freedom  if  he  would  divulge  the 
names  of  traitors  who  gave  information  to  the  enemy.  He- 
refused  to  do  this. 

Presently  the  assembly  was  sounded.  Men  fell  into  line 
and  marched  silently  into  town  and  to  the  brow  of  a  hill 
on  the  left  of  the  road.  There  stood  a  rude  gallows.  I  went 
near.  Over  at  the  guardhouse  a  detachment  of  men  with 
fixed  bayonets  began  to  move,  and  there  was  the  sound  of 
muffled  rolling  of  drums.  A  horse  and  wagon  was  in  the 
midst,   a  young   man,   his   hands  tied  behind   him. 


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At  the  scaffold  steps  Davis  got  out  and  met  a  man  and 
woman  who  J  supposed  were  his  father  and  mother.  They 
conversed  hrieily,  then  Davis  walked  quietly  up  the  steps  and 
stood  on  the  trap.  The  sergeant  approached  to  tie  his  feet 
and  blindfold  him.  Davis  seemed  to  speak.  The  sergeant 
paused.  Davis  lifted  his  face  and  gazed  long  and  steadily  at 
the  hills  and  fields  and  sky.  Then  it  was  that  I  saw  the  noble 
profile,  the  black  eyes,  the  close-pressed  lips,  the  white,  white 
face  of  a  young  man  only  two  years  and  a  little  older  than 
myself,  and  who  might  have  been  earlier  a  playmate  had  I 
lived  in  Tennessee,  and   then  my  heart  gave  way. 

Davis  made  a  sign,  the  sergeant  placed  the  cap  over  his 
face,  the  trap  was  sprung,  there  was  a  convulsive  drawing  up 
of  the  knees,  a  whirling  of  the  body — and  Davis  was  gone 

I  he  troops  marched  silently,  sadly  to  camp,  and  I  heard 
many  say  later:  "I  wish  that  man  could  have  gotten  away" 
So  did  1  wish  in  my  heart,  and  to  this  day,  after  all  these 
years,  the  tears  come  to  mj  eyes  when  I  think  of  young  Sam 
Davis.  I  am  glad  he  has  a  monument. 
Wli.it  an  ordeal  our  turn  nation  went  through!     T  suppose 

it  had  to  be.  The  God  of  your  fathers  and  mine  decided. 
brave  men  thrashed  out  the  issue  at  the  bayonet  point,  and 
we  abide  the  decision;  but  the  memorials,  South  and  North, 

attest  to  an  old  soldier  some  sorrow-  tli.it  no  one  knows  who 
was  1:0;  there  Von  know  ail  this,  but  it  does  my  old  heart 
gi  iod  to  W  lite  it. 

Dr.  A.  W  Bill  writes  in  reply  to  a  letter  from  the  Vi  1 
ERAN:  "I  will  to  thank  you  for  your  kind  letter  and  also 
the  sketch  bj  I  >i  1 1. mull  I  am  particularly  glad  to  get 
the  sketch,  as  it  gives  me  some  , lei, ills  ]  did  not  know;  and 
a-  I  1 1 1 . 1  \  have  mistaken  the  one-  whom  I  thought  to  be  a 
man  and  woman  at  the  scaffold,  I  am  glad  to  learn  other- 
wise     Probably   they   were   sonic   of   the   persons   mentioned 

in  the  sketch;  hut  my  memory  strongly  clings  to  the  vision 
of  a   man   and   woman   at  the    foot   of  the   scaffold   talking   with 

Mr    l).i\is      1   inclose  herewith   $5  which   1   will  ask  you   to 

place    to   my    credit    as    a    subscribe!    t  I    the  CONFEDERATI     Vl  C 

BRAN;    ami    if    there    is    a    little    balance.     I  would    he    pleased 

if  with  it  you  could  lay  a  little  bouquet  of  flowers  on  the 
monument  of  Sam   I  lavis  " 


AM  DAVIS   i860 


lri:i3fl:I*Y< 


>  WILL  HAVE  TO  FIGHT 
THE  BATTLES  WITHOUT  MEl' 

HE  CAVE  ALL  HE  HAD- 

LIFE; 

HE  GAINED  ALL  HE  LACKED- 
IMMORTALITY. 

■  IS  ERECTED 

BY  CONTRIBUTIONS  FROM    CITIZENS 

OF  EVERY  STATE  IN  THE  AMERICAN  UNION, 

ON  THE  SITE  AUTHORIZED 

BY  THE  BIst  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY 

OF  THE  STATE  OF  TENNESSEE. 

1909 


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FATORS   DESIGN    FOR    WOMAN'S    MONUMENT. 

BY    WALLACE    STREATES     (TREASURER    OF    Till-:    ARLINGTON 
MONUMENT,    C.    S.    A.),    WASHINGTON',    D.    (. 

In  the  April  issue  of  the  Veteran  I  noticed  the  picture  of 
the  principal  figure  selected  for  the  woman's  monument 
and  read  your  criticism  of  the  accepted  design  with  .1  great 
deal  of  interest. 

li  is  unfortunate  that  no  photograph  accurately  represents 
a  piece  of  sculpture  However  true  the  lines  of  a  picture  may 
he,  they  cannot  portray  the  action,  the  spirit,  the  aim  isphere 
which  surround  a  sculptured  figure.  It  is  likewise  unfor- 
tunate that  the  picture  published  is  that  of  the  sculptor's 
final  sketch  or  working  model,  that  from  which  the  heroic 
figure  of  the  completed  model  was  fashioned.  The  working 
model  is  not  perfect;  it  wis  not  expected  to  he.  It  simply 
illustrates  the  idea  of  the  sculptor,  while  the  complete. 1  model 
-how-  his   idea! 

I  have  visited  the  studio  of  Mr.  Amateis  several  times 
since  first  he  was  selected  to  design  the  woman's  monument, 
ami    have    seen    the    evolution    ol    the    accepted    model.      In    my 

judgment  the  committee  lit  acted  wisely  in  deciding  on  the 
present  design.  It  i-  an  expressive  work  of  art.  one  which 
docs  credit  alike  i  i  the  sculptor,  the  committee,  the  subject, 
ami   the   South. 

'I  he  beautiful  allegorical  Figure  1  lull  o!  spirit  and  action, 
["he  Face  and  head  are  singularlj  attractive  No  inscription 
or  legend  is  needed  to  translate  the  idea  winch  the  sculptor 
is   trying   to   convey       The    figure   admirably    expresses    the    im- 

1    nquerable  spoil,  the  dauntless  courage,  the  unfailing  devo 
Hon   winch   animated  the  women  of  the  Confederacy 

There   are    two   ha-   reliefs    which    form   a    part    of   the   monu 
ment,   and    in    these   as   in    the    dominant    figure   the    sculptor 
has  risen   to  the  occasion.     One  shews  the  Confederate  woman 
at   home;   the   other   as    .,    nurse   on    the   field   of   battle.      1'.   ill 
conceptions  are  well   executed 

In  conclusion,  it  may  he  said  that  Mr.  Amateis,  although 
Foreign-born,  is  an  American  citizen  who  his  pursued  his 
profession  111  this  city  and  ill  New  York  for  nearly  thirty 
years,   in    which   tunc  he   has   contributed    materially    to   the   art 

ot  our  country.  In  Galveston  the  stately  monument  to  the 
heroes  of  the  "1  exas  revolution  and  in  Houston  the  rental  ka 
bl  .  nception,  "The  Spirit  of  the  Confederacy,"  show  that 
hi-  ability  has  been  appreciated  in  the  South;  while  the  bronze 
doors  which  he  has  designed  for  the  Senate  wing  of  the  ~.  1 
tional  Capitol  demonstrate  th.it  his  genius  has  more  than 
local  appreciation.  I  know  that  111  his  work  on  the  design  for 
the  woman's  monument  Mr.  Amateis  has  given  the  l"-i  o( 
which  he  is  capable,  and  his  creation  is  not  only  a  work  of 
art.  but  an  accurate  presentment  of  the  spirit  and  the  people 
of  the  time. 


lhc  VETERAN  and  other  objectors  to  the  design  of  the 
woman's  monument  have  not  questioned  the  work  of  the 
sculptor,  but  the  design  itself  is  most  objectionable.  Even 
with  Genera!  Walker's  idea  to  put  the  sword  in  scabbard  10 
prevent  us  cutting  the  woman's  hand  the  conception  is  gravely 
objectionable  to  many  Southern  people.  Surely  such  a  statue 
will  not  he  placed  before  tin  public  of  the  Southern  States 
as  representing  the  Southern  woman  of  the  -i\ties 


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Capt.  J.  L.  Neel. 

Capt.  Joseph  L.  Neel  was  born  in  Jefferson  County,  Ala., 
on  September  22,  1826;  and  died  at  his  home,  in  Cartersville, 
Ga..  March  9,  1909.  He  moved  in  early  manhood  to  Georgia, 
where  he  resided  almost  continuously  afterwards 

Captain  Neel  organized  a  company  at  Adairsville,  Ga.,  which 
formed  a  part  of  the  40th  Georgia  Regiment,  which  regiment 
went  to  the  front  in  the  spring  of  1862  under  the  command 
of  Col.  Abda  Johnson.  The  regiment  participated  in  the  Ken-  . 
tucky  campaign  under  General  Bragg,  the  siege  of  Vicksburg, 
the  Atlanta  campaign  and  the  battles  leading  to  it,  Franklin, 
Nashville,  and  the  last  fight  at  Bentonville,  N.  C.  Captain 
Neel  was  badly  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Atlanta  and  also  in 
the  battle  of  Bentonville,  N.  C. 

Captain  Neel  was  a  brave,  true  soldier  who  always  did  his 
duty. ,  He  was  honored  and  beloved  by  his  men,  whom  he 
often  affectionately  called  "his  boys."  He  was  frank,  gener- 
ous, noble,  and  brave.  He  was  a  great  student  of  nature, 
loved  children,  and  had  a  pleasant  word  for  every  one  he  met. 
He  had  a  remarkable  constitution,  and  retained  his  mental 
faculties  to  a  wonderful  degree. 

In  politics  Captain  Neel  w:as  a  Jeffersonian  Democrat.  He 
served  his  county  for  two  terms  in  the  State  Legislature. 

The  end  came  quietly.  He  had  often  expressed  a  wish  to 
go  as  he  did.  "He  fell  asleep."  In  creed  he  was  a  Cumber- 
land Presbyterian.  He  died  in  the  hope  of  the  dawn  of  a 
"new  day."  The  funeral  was  largely  attended.  P.  M.  B. 
Young  Camp  Confederate  Veterans  attended  in  a  body. 

James   A.  Walker. 

James  A.  Walker  was  born  in  Jones  County,  Ga. ;  and  died 
at  Rome,  Ga.  From  his  earliest  childhood  he  evinced  the 
bravery  that  was  later  to  give  him  so  brilliant  a  career  as  a 
soldier. 

In  the  spring  of  1861  a  company  was  formed  in  Jones 
County  under  P.  T.  Pitts  as  captain,  and  on  the  list  of  privates 
J.  A.  Walker  was  enrolled.  The  company  on  reaching  Vir- 
ginia was  attached  to  the  gallant  12th  Georgia  Regiment  as 
Company  B.  At  the  time  of  his  enlistment  young  Walker 
was  in  the  full  glow  of  early  manhood,  a  typical  Georgia  sol- 
dier, with  all  ambitions  of  her  men  to  "wrest  fame  from 
the  cannon's  mouth." 

His  regiment  was  placed  under  Stonewall  Jackson,  and  was 
with  his  command  in  every  battle  fought  by  this  famous  gen- 
eral. His  regiment's  battle  record  is  a  notable  one,  consisting 
of  Battle  Green  River,  October  5,  1862;  Fort  Royal,  May  23, 
1862;  Winchester,  May  31,  1862;  Cross  Keys,  June  5,  1862; 
Port  Republic,  June  10,  1862;  Seven  Days'  Battle,  June  17, 
1862 ;  Cedar  Mountain,  August  9,  1862 ;  Chantilly,  Sep- 
tember 1,  1862;  Harper's  Ferry,  September  15,  1862;  Sharps- 
burg,  September  17,  1862;  Fredericksburg,  December  13,  1862; 
Chancellorsville,  May  3,  1862;  Gettysburg,  July  1,  1863;  Mine 
Run,  November  6,  1863 ;  Wilderness,  May  5,  1864 ;  Spottsyl- 
vania,  May  10,  1864.  In  this  last-named  battle  he  was  cap- 
tured and  kept  in  prison  until  June,  1865. 


He  was  promoted  to  be  sergeant,  then  in  turn  to  be  second 
and  first  lieutenant.  While  his  record  as  a  soldier  was  al- 
ways good,  he  was  conspicuous  for  gallantry  as  the  commander 
of  the  sharpshooters  of  his  regiment.  At  the  battle  of  Chan- 
cellorsville he  was  awarded  a  medal  for  distinguished  bravery. 


JAMES    A.    WALKER. 

After  the  surrender  he  returned  home  and  busied  himself 
in  the  trying  days  of  the  reconstruction.  When  the  Confed- 
erate Camp  was  formed,  he  was  elected  Commander ;  and 
always  cool,  brave,  and  self-possessed,  he  won  the  love  and 
confidence  of  all  his  comrades.  He  loved  to  have  the  veterans 
around  and  in  talk  to  live  over  the  days  when  they  carried  a 
half-empty  haversack  and  with  bleeding  feet  followed  Stone- 
wall Jackson  on  to  victory. 

W.  L.  Stanton. 

W.  L.  Stanton,  a  well-known  citizen  of  Atlanta.  Ga.,  died 
in  Los  Angeles,  Cal ,  after  an  illness  of  only  a  few  weeks. 
The  funeral  services  will  be  held  in  Los  Angeles  and  the 
interment  take  place  at  West  View  Cemetery,  Atlanta.  Mr. 
Stanton  was  a  Confederate  veteran,  having  served  with  great 
distinction  under  Wheeler.  He  founded  the  Southern  Baptist 
College  at  College  Park,  and  was  prominent  in  the  develop- 
ment of  College  Park  and  West  End. 

James  W.  Chapman. 

James  W.  Chapman  died  of  pneumonia  at  Martinsburg, 
W.  Va  ,  aged  seventy-four.  He  was  a  member  of  the  famous 
Stonewall  Jackson  Brigade,  and  served  with  honor  during 
the  entire  war.  He  was  a  consistent  Christian,  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  Church,  and  was  known  as  an  honest,  useful  citizen. 

Bonner. — John  E.  Bonner  was  born  in  Surry  County,  N. 
C.  In  1862  he  enlisted  in  Company  A,  2d  North  Carolina  Bat- 
talion, was  made  sergeant  of  his  company,  and  served  with 
conspicuous  gallantry  till  the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  one 
of  the  charter  members  of  Surry  County  Camp,  Mount  Airy, 
N.  C,  and  his  death  in  March,  1909,  will  leave  a  blank  not 
easily  filled. 


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Capt.   Holly  Power  Nickell. 

H.  P.  Nickell  was  born  in  Morgan  County,  Ky.,  March  6, 
1842;  and  died  at  Lee's  Summit,  Mo,  March  10,  1909,  having 
just  passed  his  sixty-seventh  year.  At  the  breaking  out  of 
the  war  Comrade  Nickell  helped  to  organize  the  5th  Ken- 
tucky Volunteers,  of  which  he  was  chosen  captain.  He  was  in 
many  engagements,  and  displayed  the  heroism  of  the  true 
soldier.  He  was  captured  and  sent  to  Johnson's  Island,  where 
he  remained  until  exchanged,  when  he  in  that  true  spirit  of 
devotion  returned  to  his  regiment  and  served  to  the  close  of 
tin'  war.  After  the  war  he  removed  to  Kansas,  then  1  > >  Mis 
SOuri,  finally  locating  in  Jackson  County,  where  he  died  He 
is  survived  by  li i ^  wife  and  --in  children,  Comrade  Nickell 
was  a  Mason  and  a  consistent  Christian  gentleman. 

James  S    Stanley. 

James  S.  Stanley,  Mayoi  of  Wilson,  La.,  dud  on  tin-  27th 
of  March  in  his  sixty  sixth  year.  He  was  a  native  of  Fast 
Feliciana  Parish,  and  had  long  been  prominent  as  a  planter 
and  busil  1  ss  man.  Inn  had  retired  from  active  business  on 
account  oi  failing  health,  lie  was  prominent  as  a  Church 
member  and  Mason,  and  was  buried  with  the  Masonic  cere- 
monies, lie  is  survived  by  his  wife,  three  sons,  and  two 
daughters 

Comrade  Stanley  served  the  Confederacj  as  a  member  oi 
Companj  E,  ist  Loui  in  1  ralry  He  was  wounded  in  an 
engagement  near  Clinton,  but  recovered  and  served  through- 
out   the  war 

Capt.  .1  u  kson  Kirkman, 

I  he  death  oi  Capt  Jack  Kirkman  at  the  Garfield  Hospital, 
\\  ashington,  is  1  ec  irded, 

Hi  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  army  at  the  age  of  fifteen 
and  served  under  Gen  John  11.  Morgan.  He  was  of  the 
"Immortal  600"  exposed  to  the  fire  of  Confederate  batteries  in 
1 1  1. illation. 

\  ft  or  the  war  he  was  two  years  in  the  German  University 

at    Heidelberg      He  was  later  a  journalist  in   Mississi^ni.     An 

appointment    was  given  him   in  the  Treasury  Department  at 

Washington,     He  held  clerkships  in  Washington   for  several 

l'.\    President   Cleveland's   successor   he   was   given   a 

lucrativi   position, 

\\     X.  1.   Dunlap. 

W,  N  1.  Dunlap  died  in  Humboldt,  Tenn.,  February  12, 
iqoq.  He  was  Commander  of  Camp  No.  974,  Bivouac  No.  35, 
U  C.  V..  and  was  so  devoted  to  the  Confederate  cause  that  he 
never  missed  one  of  the  Reunions  of  his  old  comrades. 

At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  enlisted  in  Company  G.  47th 
Kieni.Mit  Hi  i<  Infantry,  and  no  braver  soldier  ever 
fought  for  bis  country.  He  was  severely  wounded  in  the 
battles  of  Franklin  and  Murfreesboro,  and  received  a  slighter 
wound  dining  the  Georgia  campaign. 

His  life  as  a  soldier  was  typical  of  his  life  as  a  private  citi- 
zen, for  he  gave  his  State  and  fellow-men  the  same  warm 
devotion  and  clear-minded  service  that  he  did  his  regiment. 
He  was  Master  of  Chancery  for  twenty-five  years  in  the  same 
county  (Gibson,  Term.)  in  which  he  was  horn 

He  was  especially  strong  in  his  assistance  and  counsel  to 
the  Nathan  Bedford  Forrest  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  Humboldt, 
Tenn  ,  and  they  unite  with  a  wide  circle  of  friends  in  sor- 
row  over  their  loss. 


At  a  meeting  of  the  Humboldt  Camp,  No.  974,  U.  C.  V., 
April  3,  iqog,  the  following  committee  was  appointed  to  pre- 
pare resolutions  touching  the  death  of  Comrade  W.  N.  L. 
Dunlap:  C.  II.  Ferrell,  L.  K.  Gillespie,  and  N.  A.  Senter.  The 
committee  submitted  the  following  report:  "The  death  of  our 
esteemed  friend  and  comrade,  W.  N.  L.  Dunlap,  fills  us  with 
a  sadness  that  words  cannot  express.  In  every  sphere  of  life 
he  was  the  same  true  friend,  the  same  brave  man.  the  same 
honorable,  upright  citizen,  whether  in  the  domestic  circle, 
where  he  was  a  true  husband,  a  tender  father,  and  a  wise 
counselor,  or  in  the  Church,  which  he  loved  and  served  from 
his  young  boyhood,  loyal  to  his  Master,  true  to  his  vows, 
leading  a  life  of  true  piety  and  setting  a  worthy  example  to 
others.  On  the  field  of  carnage  he  was  a  brave  soldier  and  a 
stanch  comrade,  always  ready  to  do  his  part.  In  civic  life 
he  filled  main  positions  of  honor  and  trust  with  satisfaction 
to  Ins  constituents  and  credit  to  himself.  He  was  born  Oc- 
tober  5,  1843,  in  Gibson  County.  Tenn.  He  was  the  son  of 
'•'    and    Mai  \    I.     I  hinlap  " 

George  DeLaughter 

George  DeLaughter  died  in  Lincoln  County,  Miss.,  May  2, 
1000.  aged  seventy  five  years;  and  he  is  survived  by  his  wife 
arrd  a  daughter,  Mrs.  John  Houghton,  of  Philadelphia.  The 
burial  place  was  Fairfax  C.  H.,  Va. 

Comrade  DeLaughter  was  a  member  of  the  Confederate  Vet- 
erans' Association  of  the  District  of  Columbia  and  of  the  Tem- 
ple Baptist  (  liurch  He  served  in  the  Army  of  Northern  Vir- 
ginia throughout  the  Civil  War  His  regiment  was  of  Barks- 
dales  Brigade,  known  as  the  Mississippi  Riflemen,  which  par- 
ticipated 111  most  of  the  sanguinary  battles  in  Virginia.  Mary- 
land, and  at  Gettysburg.  Many  of  the  members  were  expert 
riflemen,  and  the  command  was  selected  by  General  Lee  to 
hold  the  army  of  General  Burnside  in  check  at  Fredericksburg 
while  the  Confederate  forces  were  taking  position  on  Marye's 
Heights  and  other  eminences  about  Fredericksburg. 

After  being  liberated  from  the  military  prison  at  Point 
Lookout,  Md.,  at  the  close  of  the  war,  Mr.  DeLaughter  went 
to  West  Virginia,  wdiere  he  married.  Soon  afterwards  he 
moved  to  Kansas.  His  relatives  at  Brookhaven,  Miss.,  learned 
that  he  was  in  West  Virginia  and  wrote  to  his  former  address, 
but  received  no  reply  and  gave  him  up  as  dead.  When  the 
Reunion  of  the  old  ex-Confederates  was  held  at  New  Or- 
leans ten  years  ago,  he  attended,  and  went  by  his  old  no: 
at  Brookhaven,  Miss.  When  confronted  by  his  brother,  a 
prosperous  planter,  the  latter  declared  he  could  not  recognize 
in  the  gray-bearded  stranger  his  brother  who  went  to  the  war 
with  Barksdale's  men  nearly  forty  years  before.  The  brother 
recalled,  however,  that  many  years  ago  George  while  splitting 
wood  had  cut  his  big  toe  in  two  by  a  stroke  of  the  ax.  He 
said  to  George :  "Show  me  the  scar  on  your  toe."  Off  came 
the  brother's  boot,  and  there  was  the  deep  scar  on  the  big 
toe. 

BRODNAX. — David  Walker  Brodnax,  an  old  and  highly  es- 
teemed citizen  of  Rockdale.  Tex,  died  there  on  the  11th  of 
February,  1909,  aged  sixty-seven  years.  He  was  a  Virginian  by 
birth,,  but  had  lived  in  Texas  since  the  fifties.  He  served 
through  the  entire  war  as  a  member  of  Company  D,  15th 
Texas  Cavalry,  Green's  Texas  Brigade,  and  his  loyalty  to 
the  cause  for  which  he  fought  never  wavered.  He  was  in- 
terested in  the  Confederate  Reunions,  and  at  the  time  of  his 
death  was  Commander  of  Sam  Davis  Camp,  U.  C.  V.,  of 
Rockdale.  Comrade  Brodnax  was  never  married,  but  leaves 
several  brothers  and  sisters. 


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James   S.   Meux. 

James  S.  Meux.  of  Stanton,  Tenn.,  member  of  Hiram  S. 
Bradford  Bivouac,  Brownsville,  Tenn.,  died  at  his  residence 
October  5,  1908.  While  yet  a  very  young  man  he  enlisted  in 
Company  I,  1st  Confederate  Cavalry,  April  15.  1862.  and 
served  faithfully  and  gallantly  until  the  surrender  of  Wheeler's 
Corps  at  Gainesville,  Ala. 

He  married  Miss  E.  J.  Somervell  on  the  31th  of  July,  1880. 
She  and  two  children  ( Miss  '1'.  S.  Meux,  of  Stanton,  and 
Dr.  George  W,  Meux,  of  Memphis,  Tenn.)  survive  him.  Mr. 
Meux  was  a  devoted  son  to  his  widowed  mother  and  an  ex- 
emplary husband  and  father.  By  his  earnest  efforts  and  sound 
judgment  he  acquired  a  large  estate.  It  was  a  great  pleasure 
to  him  to  talk  to  friends,  and  especially  to  Confederate  vet- 
erans, of  the  battles,  marches,  and  other  incidents  of  the  war. 
He  was  well  posted  in  the  movements  of  both  the  Army  of 
Virginia  and  the  Army  of  Tennessee.  Mr.  Meux  was  a  con- 
sistent member  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  South,  and  for  years  a 
member  of  the  official  board  of  his  Church.  He  was  a  great 
advocate  for  the  education  of  the  young,  and  served  at  great 
personal  inconvenience  a-  school  director  of  his  district  for  a 
number  of  years,  and  without  the  fact  being  known  to  the 
world  aided  young  men  in  their  college  course.  By  his  death 
our  State  has  lost  one  of  her  best  citizens  in  every  respect 
and  the  Confederate  soldier  a  true,  steadfast  friend. 

Rii];ert  B.  Wall. 

Robert  Bruce  Wall,  a  member  of  Stonewall  Jackson  Bivouac 
of  McKenzie,  Tenn.,  was  born  in  Dover  (Fort  Donelson), 
Stewart  County,  Tenn. ;  and  died  January  27,  1909  He  en- 
listed in  Gould's  company  D,  Forrest's  Regiment,  in  1861. 

By  some  mishap  Gould's  company  failed  to  receive  orders 
that  General  Forrest  was  going  out,  and  the  captain  ordered 
his  company  to  escape  if  possible  and  report  to  him  in  Texas. 
In  the  darkness  and  confusion  this  company  had  not  received 
the  order  or  failed  to  understand,  and  so  were  left  behind 
and  were  being  surrounded  by  the  enemy. 

Robert  Wall  looked  about  him  with  despair  in  his  heart  and 
with  a  prison  in  view.  Looking  to  the  right,  he  saw  that  the 
place  was  familiar  from  boyhood.  He  had  new  scenes,  how- 
ever. Long  lines  of  glittering  bayonets  were  rapidly  approach- 
ing. He  turned  toward  the  river  and  saw  the  approach  of  the 
gunboats.  Looking  down  the  bank,  he  saw  a  flatboat  con- 
taining Confederates  pushing  out  into  the  river.  With 
strength  born  of  despair,  he  leaped  far  out,  reached  the  boat, 
and  escaped  by  crossing  the  river.  At  a  farmhouse  he  found 
rest,  food,  and  friends.  Resting  by  day  and  traveling  by 
night,  he  reached  his  home,  in  Henry  County. 

After  a  few  days  he  mounted  a  splendid  horse  which  had 
been  presented  to  him  by  friends  who  knew  his  worth  as  a 
true  soldier  and  started  on  his  lonely  journey  to  a  distant 
Texas  town  to  join  those  of  his  company  who  had  escaped. 

A  letter  written  at  Atchafalaya,  La.,  and  dated  July,  1864, 
states :  "I  am  writing  by  the  light  of  the  camp  fire,  while 
my.  comrades  lie  sleeping  around  me.  The  first  dawn  of  peace 
will  see  me  on  my  w-ay  home.  The  thought  of  that  time  thrills 
me  with  feelings  beyond  description.  Yet  as  long  as  a'  man 
remains  in  the  field  I  too  will  be  there." 

John  W.  Tucker. 

J.  Ed  Murray  Camp,  U.  C.  V.,  of  Pine  Bluff,  Ark  ,  mourns 

the  loss  of  a  member.  Comrade  John  W.  Tucker,  whose  death 

occurred  on  October  27,  1908.     Comrade  Tucker  was  a  native 

of  Morgan  County,  Ala.,  born  February  22,  1845.     He  joined 


Company  I,  5th  Alabama  Cavalry,  in  Col.  Josiah  Patterson's 
regiment,  Roddy's  Brigade,  in  1862.  He  was  then  about 
seventeen  years  of  age;  and,  full  of  the  spirit  and  ardor  of  the 
Southern  youth,  he  went  to  the  defense  of  his  State  and  coun- 
try, serving  bravely  and  gallantly  to  the  close  of  the  war.  As 
a  favorite  scout  and  daring  soldier,  he  won  the  admiration  and 
confidence  of  his  commanders  and  fellow-soldiers.  In  scouts, 
skirmishes,  and  battles  in  the  mountains  of  North  Alabama 
and  in  forays  along  the  Tennessee  River  he  established  a 
character  for  skill,  bravery,  and  intrepidity  equal  to  any  of 
the  gallant  companions  of  his  brigade.  He  surrendered  with 
Forrest's  Cavalry  at  Gainesville,  Ala.,  in  May.  [805. 


JOHN    W.    TUCKER. 

Returning  home,  he  helped  to  reestablish  conditions  that  the 
enemy  had  left  dismantled  as  a  record  of  their  exploits.  Later 
on  he  went  to  Jefferson  County,  Ark.,  and  began  to  work  out 
the  new  problem  of  life.  Devoting  himself  to  farming  and 
planting,  by  industry  and  economy  he  won  his  way  to  a 
strong  position  in  the  affairs  of  his  county  and  in  the  con- 
'fidence  of  his  neighbors  and  fellow-citizens. 

A  brave  soldier,  a  loyal  friend,  a  devoted  husband  and 
father,  and  an  upright  citizen,  he  has  gone  to  the  reward  ot 
the  true  and  the  just,  where  such  as  this  comrade  will  receive 
recognition  of  the  Master  in  his  "Well  done,  good  and  faith- 
ful servant." 

[Extracts  fr^ni  tribute  by  the  Committee  on  Resolutions, 
O.  H.  Keadle,  Junius  Jordan,  W.  D.  Vance.] 

Dr.  J.  H.  Reed. 
Stephen  Cooper,  221  S.  Kendall  Street.  Battle  Creek,  Mich., 
sends  notice  of  the  death  of  Dr.  James  Hall  Reed,  who  was 
buried  there  November  28,  1908,  in  which  he  writes:  "He  was 
a  Confederate  soldier,  and  belonged  to  the  14th  Mississippi. 
He  was  buried  with  all  the  military  honors  by  a   delegation 


Confederate  Veteran. 


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of  Grand  Army  men.  The  casket  was  draped  with  the  Ameri- 
can and  Confederate  flags,  and  was  almost  completely  covered 
by  beautiful  floral  offerings.  The  remains  were  carried  from 
the  church  by  six  prominent  physicians  of  the  city.  Upon 
leaving  the  church  a  guard  of  honor  composed  of  eight  Grand 
Army  nun  marched  beside  the  hearse  to  the  cemetery.  Fol- 
lowing the  burial  service  at  the  grave  by  Rev.  Chester  Woods, 
Comrades  Cooper  and  Rogers  rendered  'The  Retreat,'  a  mar- 
tial selection  appropriate  to  the  solemn  occasion,  with  fife 
and  drum  over  the  remains  of  the  brave  soldier  and  loyal 
citizen.  The  boys  who  wore  the  blue  turned  out  loyally  to 
witness  and  participate  in  the  last  ceremonies  paid  to  the  de- 
parted comrade." 

Milton  C.  House. 

Comrade  Milton  C.  House,  son  of  John  W.  and  Mary 
House,  was  born  in  Cabarrus  County,  N.  C,  in  April,  1848. 
He  volunteered  in  the  Confederate  service  when  but  fifteen 
years  old,  enlisting  in  Company  H,  8th  North  Carolina  Regi- 
ment, Clingman's  Brigade,  Hoke's  Division,  then  located  in 
front  of  Petersburg,  Va.  In  a  battle  on  the  Weldon  Railroad, 
near  Petersburg,  he  was  captured  three  times  in  one  engage- 
ment. He  was  in  many  other  battles  in  Virginia  and  North 
Carolina,  and  surrendered  near  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

After  the  close  of  the  war  Comrade  House  returned  to  his 
home,  in  North  Carolina;  and  finding  nothing  but  desolation, 
he  went  West.  He  spent  several  years  in  Illinois,  Kansas, 
Texas,  and  other  States. 

He  was  married  four  times.  His  last  wife  was  Miss  Annie 
Carpenter.  Three  children  of  a  former  marriage  and  four  of 
the   last,  with   their   mother,  survive  him. 


1       HOUSE, 


Comrade  House  lived  twenty-eight  years  in  South  Bend, 
Lonoke  County,  Ark.,  where  he  had  the  confidence  and  es- 
teem of  his  neighbors.  He  was  several  years  school  director 
■  if  his  district,  and  later  was  postmaster  at  Panola.  He  was 
a  farmer,  and  made  a  comfortable  support  for  his  family. 
He  always  took  great  interest  in  public  affairs  and  in  the  up- 
building of  bis  community.  In  1891  he  organized  Troop  A, 
Arkansas  State  Guard,  the  only  cavalry  then  in  the  service 
of  the  State.  He  was  elected  captain  of  this  company,  and 
afterwards  promoted  to  major.  His  command  won 
uniforms,  furnished  at  their  own  expense,  refusing  to  wear 
the  blue  furnished  by  the  State  government.  In  1904  he  was 
elected  sheriff  of  Lonoke  County,  and  served  two  terms,  dying 
just  at  the  close  of  the  last  term. 

For  many  years  he  was  a  consistent  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Church.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  a  member  of 
Cabot  Lodge.  F.  and  A  M  .  and  of  James  Mcintosh  Camp, 
U.  C.  V.,  No.  862,  and  was  buried  by  these  tun  bodies.  He 
was  interred  at  his  request  in  his  gray  uniform  in  the  ceme- 
tery near  Jacksonville,   Ark. 

1 1 1  \ry  T.  Bragg. 

Henry  Talbot  Bragg,  who  died  Match  15.  1000.  at  his  home, 
near  Eads  Station,  in  Shelby  County.  Tenn.,  was  born  111 
Florence.  Ala.,  in  August,  1839  Mis  father,  Henry  A  Bragg, 
and  his  mother.  Frances  Armstead  Bragg,  were  Virginians,  the 
former  a  native  of  Norfolk  and  the  latter  born  in  Loudoun 
County.  They  moved  in  the  early  thirties  to  North  Alabama. 
where  Henry  T.  Bragg  was  born.  He  went  with  his  parents 
in  1848  to  Memphis,  wdiere  he  was  educated  in  the  private 
schools  of  that   city 

When  Henry  Bragg  had  just  attained  his  majority,  the  great 
Civil  War  broke  out  with  intense  fury.  The  young  man  was 
strongly  attracted,  being  chivalrous  in  his  nature,  though  quiet 
in  his  habits,  but  bold  to  the  point  of  rashness,  and  quickly 
determined  to  take  up  arms  in  behalf  of  his  country. 

At  that  time  a  cavalry  company,  the  first  organized  in  the 
Southwest,  was  being  recruited  by  ('apt  Thomas  H.  Logwood 
and  named  the  Memphis  Light  Dragoons.  While  it  was  the 
first  company  offered  by  Memphis  to  the  service  of  the  South, 
it  was  not  mustered  in  regularly  until  the  16th  of  May,  1861, 
with  several  other  commands.  Mis  company  became  A  of 
the  7th  Tennessee  Cavalry.  It  was  perhaps  the  most  splen- 
didly equipped  and  mounted  company  which  entered  first  the 
Si.ii.  and  then  the  Confederate  ervice  Young  Bragg  himself 
was  an  ideal  trouper.  Tall,  splendidly  formed,  with  massive 
shoulders  and  the  ercctness  of  an  Indian,  lie  added  more  than 
a  unit  to  the  splendid  aggregate  of  the  company.  And  hi-  sub 
sequent  career  proved  him  to  be  a  perfect  type  of  the  Con- 
federate cavalry  soldier  which  made  Forrest  famous  an 
abled  him  to  accomplish  such  grand   results. 

His  career  was  that  of  the  Confederate  private.  Under  the 
lead  of  W.  11  (Red)  Jackson,  Van  Dorn,  and  honest  his  com- 
pany was  in  the  forefront  ,.f  battle  throughout  the  war.  Be- 
ginning with  the  initial  engagement  at  Belmont,  Mo.  in  No- 
vember, 1861,  young  Bragg  look  part  with  his  company  in 
thirty-seven   heavy   engagements  and   battles,  and   was    more 

than  two  hundred  tine      undi  1  paign  alone  with 

nig  engaged  thirtj  tin.,  times  in  forty  days. 

In   all    these   emergencies   he    ■  ■■  ime   cool,   bravi      di 

termined  young  soldi  tering    when   danger  1 

and  never  lagging  when  the  wool  was  "Forward."  After  the 
war  he  was  married  to  Alls,  Sallie  S.  Star,  became  a  farmer, 
and  accumulated  a  handsome  c 


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Qoi)federat^  l/eterap 


George  Sylvester  Caperton. 

George  S.  Caperton  was  born  near  Lebanon.  Dekalb  County, 
Ala.,  February  17,  1841  ;  and  died  at  Shamrock,  Tex..  March 
4,  1909.  He  spent  his  early  life  in  Jackson  County,  Ala.,  and 
on  April  16,  1861,  enlisted  in  Company  A.  8th  Confederate 
Cavalry,  a  portion  of  Anderson's  Brigade,  Kelley's  Division, 
Wheeler's  Corps.  His  captain  often  said  of  him:  "He  at  all 
times  fully  performed  the  high  and  trying  duties  of  a  true 
and  gallant  Confederate  cavalryman  from  the  time  of  his  en- 
listment as  a  boy  of  twenty  in  Jackson  County,  Ala.,  to  the 
time  of  the  surrender  of  the  Army  of  Tennessee  by  Gen. 
Joseph  E.  Johnston  at  Greensboro,  N.  C,  on  April  26,  1865. 
He  saw  active  service  under  Gen.  Joseph  Wheeler  through 
all  his  cavalry  campaigns." 

G.  S.  Caperton  was  a  member  of  E.  C.  Walthall  Camp,  No. 
141 1,  Wellington,  Tex.,  having  his  membership  in  same  from 
the  time  of  its  organization,  and  was  always  present  at  its 
meetings  when  possible,  always  bringing  cheer  to  the  "boys" 
of  the  camp,  such  being  his  terms  of  addressing  and  speaking 
of  them. 

By  nature  Comrade  Caperton  was  genial  and  companionable, 
and  was  much  loved  by  all  who  knew  him.  He  moved  to 
Collingsworth  County,  Tex.,  in  February,  1893,  and  located 
at  Dozier,  where  his  congenial  companionship  and  his  hos- 
pitable home  made  his  place  a  resort  for  many  of  the  most 
prominent  Panhandle  citizens. 

He  was  a  true  and  faithful  soldier  and  comrade,  a  tender 
and  loving  husband  and  father,  and  a  widow  and  several  chil- 
dren survive  him. 

Dr.  William  Henry  Frizel. 

Dr.  William  Henry  Frizel  was  born  near  Lexington,  Miss., 
in  June,  1838;  and  died  at  Deasonville,  Miss.,  in  December, 
1908.  He  began  his  education  at  Milton  Academy  and  grad- 
uated from  Sharon  College.  Later  he  took  a  medical  course 
in  the  New  Orleans  school,  and  practiced  his  profession  at 
Acona,  Miss. 

He  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  Durant  Rifles,  and  soon 
after  was  elected  lieutenant.  His  regiment  was  ordered  to 
Virginia,  and  was  with  Lee  from  Manassas  to  Gettysburg, 
where  he  was  captured.  During  his  imprisonment  he  was 
one  of  the  "Immortal  600,"  who  were  held  in  the  fire  of  the 
Confederate  battle  ships  as  retaliation. 

After  the  war  he  resumed  the  practice  of  medicine,  and  con- 
tinued in  active  service  till  his  health  failed,  when  he  moved 
to  Deasonville  and  joined  his  son,  who  was  also  a  physician. 

He  was  married  twice.  His  first  wife,  Mrs.  Mary  Floyd, 
had  four  sons.  His  last  wife,  Miss  Ella  Horton,  had  four  sons 
and  three  daughters.  All  but  one  of  his  children  and  his  last 
wife  survive  him.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church 
and  a  charter  member  of  Stahlhane  Farrel  Camp,  U.  D.  C, 
of  which  Camp  he  was  Assistant  Surgeon. 

Mrs.  Eliza  Maddox  Johnson. 
There  died  in  Mayesville,  Ky.,  in  March,  1909,  aged  eighty- 
seven  and  with  all  her  faculties  clear,  a  most  remarkable  old 
"woman  of  the  sixties,"  Mrs.  Eliza  Maddox  Johnson,  the  soul 
of  kindness,  hospitality,  and  liberality,  whose  heart  and  hand 
were  ever  ready  to  help  those  in  need.  Her  generosity  was 
oftentimes  prodigal ;  and  when  her  friends  told  her  that  she 
would  impoverish  herself,  her  reply  was :  "The  Lord  will  re- 
pay me.  She  was  an  uncompromising  Democrat,  and  would 
always  defend  her  principle.  Equally  uncompromising  was 
her  dislike  for  everything  concerning  the  Yankee  and  his 
views  of  her  beloved  Southland.     In  the  sixties  she  was  pos- 


sessed of  ample  means,  and  not  only  her  heart  and  her  hand 
but  also  her  purse  was  at  the  service  of  her  enemy. 

The  number  of  men  she  assisted  to  enter  the  Confederate 
army  can  never  be  known.  Horses,  saddles,  and  outfits,  be- 
sides clothing  and  firearms,  were  her  almost  daily  gifts  to 
those  who  needed  them.  Boxes  of  clothing  she  sent  to  the 
"poor  boys"  in  the  Northern  prisons  whenever  the  opportunity 
occurred.  She  was  in  danger  of  arrest  and  imprisonment 
from  those  ever-watchful  home  guards,  but  she  always  suc- 
ceeded in  outtalking  them. 

In  after  years  she  liked  to  think  and  talk  over  those  trying 
days,  and  always  rejoiced  that  she  had  been  able  to  do  as  she 
had  done.  As  the  years  went  by  she  lost  her  means  and  be- 
came very  poor,  so  that  she  could  no  longer  give  freely ;  but 
there  was  never  any  change  in  her  devotion  to  Democracy  and 
the  South. 

When  she  died  a  Confederate  flag  was  placed  within  her 
coffin  next  to  her  heart  and  beautiful  red  and  white  flowers 
were  laid  upon  it.  Hers  will  always  be  one  of  the  honored 
graves  to  be  decorated  on  Memorial  Days. 

Mason. — Death  came  suddenly  to  the  Rev.  James  M.  Mason 
on  February  3,  1909,  at  his  home,  in  Opelika,  Ala.  He  was  an 
earnest,  zealous  minister  of  the  gospel,  ever  ready  to  give  aid 
and  comfort,  and  to  know  him  was  to  love  him.  As  a  soldier 
he  was  brave  and  true,  having  enlisted  in  Company  C,  4th 
Alabama  Cavalry,  when  about  fifteen  years  of  age  and  served 
through  the  war.  The  friend  who  writes  of  him  was  a  school- 
mate, and  the  two  ran  away  from  home  and  enlisted  with 
Capt.  Frank  B.  Gurley's  company,  C.  S.  A. 


BARTON    DICKSON,    MEMPHIS,    TENN. 

Fnr  sketch  of  Capt.  Barton  Dickson  see  page  240  May  Vet- 
eran. He  was  born  in  October,  1836;  and  died  January  15, 
1909.  Captain  Dickson  was  captain  of  Company  A,  16th  Ala- 
bama Regiment. 


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Capt.  W.  B.  Johnson. 

Report  of  the  deatli  of  Capt.  W.  B.  Johnson,  of  Matador. 
Tex.,  was  received  some  time  since,  but  for  some  cause 
lias  been  delayed  until  now.  He  was  born  in  January,  1S2S ; 
and  died  on  the  12th  of  March,  1907,  aged  seventy-nine  years. 
He  was  born  in  Alabama,  but  his  parents  removed  to  Mis- 
sissippi when  lie  was  a  child,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty  ytars 
he  enlisted  in  the  Mississippi  Rifles,  commanded  by  Capt.  W. 
J.  Davis,  which  was  mustered  into  the  U.  S.  A.  as  Company 
F,  zcl  Mississippi  Infantry  Volunteers,  commanded  by  Col. 
Jefferson  Davis  General  Wool's  Brigade,  and  Gen.  Zacbary 
Taylor's  Division,  in  the  Mexican  War.  As  for  bis  record 
in  that  service,  history  has  recorded  what  was  done  by  the 
Mississippi  Rifles  and  that  regiment,  with  Davis  as  its  colonel. 

In  the  War  between  the  States,  when  Mississippi  seceded. 
Comrade  Johnson  was  among  the  first  to  offer  bis  services 
and  assisted  in  raising  a  company,  of  which  he  was  chosen 
Captain,  and  which  was  mustered  into  the  Confederate  service 
as  Company  II.  3d  Regiment  Mississippi  Infantry,  and  served 
to  the  end  faithfully  and  with  honor.  After  the  war.  Captain 
Johnson  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business,  and  was  known 
as  one  of  the  representative  men  of  bis  community,  a  con- 
scientious Christian,  and  an  active  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity,  by  whom  be  was  buried. 


WIN      I      WHITE, 
There   was  a  brief   sketch   of  Comrade   W.   J.   White  in   the 
May  Veteran,  page  215.    Although  relieved  from  service  be- 
cause of   wounds,   be   rallied   again    and    was    paroled   in    North 
ilia  at   the  close. 


James   Henry   Harris. 

James  Henry  Harris  was  born  in  Selma.  Ala.,  in  January, 
■1842 ;  and  died  April  15,  1909,  at  Tullahoma,  Tenn.  He  was 
a  faithful  soldier  of  the  Confederacy  and  a  member  of  the 
Pierce  B.  Anderson  Camp,  U.  C.  V.  Comrade  Harris  was 
widely  and  well  known  for  many  years  as  a  conductor  on  the 
N..  C.  &  St.  L.  Railway. 

Mr.  Harris  leaves  a  wife  and  six  children.  The  interment 
was  at  Oakwood  Cemetery  in  Tullahoma  with  U.  C.  V.  cere- 
monies. 

Jerre  S.  Crook. 

On  March  15.  1909,  Jerre  S.  Crook  died.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Albert  Sidney  Johnston  Camp  at  Paris,    lex. 

Tribute  comes  from  a  committee  of  the  Camp,  composed 
of  J.  M.  Long,  W.  J.  Notley,  and  J.  W.  Dickey,  which  states: 

"Comrade  Crook  came  to  Texas  just  prior  to  the  battle  of 
San  Jacinto  and  grew  into  manhood  in  Lamar  County.  Being 
of  sturdy,  liberty-loving  pioneer  stock,  the  fibers  of  his  splen- 
did nature  were  enlarged  and  strengthened  by  association  with 
a  people  who  bad  wrested  an  empire  from  the  bands  of 
tyrants  Blood  of  race,  traditions,  circumstances,  and  the  en- 
vironments of  a  wild  and  romantic  country  went  into  the 
building  of  this  man  anil  comrade  whom  we  loved. 

"lie  bad  those  qualities  of  heart  and  soul  which  all  men 
admire.  Loving  peace,  the  amiable  qualities  of  his  nature  were 
strengthened  by  the  Christian  religion:  yet  he  was  a  soldier 
without  fear.  Comrade  Crook  enlisted  in  the  9th  Texas  In- 
fantry, commanded  by  the  distinguished  Col.  Sam  Bell  Maxcy, 
and  was  elected  first  lieutenant  of  Company  A.  Always  ear- 
nest and  whole  of  purpose,  no  finer  soldier  ever  went  to  war. 

"When  the  flag  be  had  followed  went  down.  Comrade  Crook 
went  back  into  the  ranks  of  peace  and  helped  to  rebuild  his 
war-torn  and  devastated  country. 

"As  soldier  and  citizen  he  was  of  the  highest  type,  and 
he  passed  from  us  old  in  years  and  rich  in  the  love  of  family, 
friends,  and  old  comrades.     Soldier,  rest,  thy  warfare  is 

Rev.  G.  W.  Finley. 

Rev.  ( 1.  W.  Finley  was  born  in  December,  1838,  in  Clarks- 
ville,  \'a  :  ami  died  in  April.  1909,  at  Staunton,  Va. 

In  Max.  t86i,  lie  entered  the  Confederate  service  as  captain 
of  the  Clarksville  Blues.  Company  E,  t.|th  Virginia  Infantry. 
lain  he  was  adjutant  of  the  same  regiment.  Resigning  for 
personal  reasons,  he  returned  home,  ami  while  there  was 
1  lected  as  lieutenant  of  Company  K.  56th  Virginia  Infantry, 
Pickett's  Division.  He  commanded  his  company  at  Gettys- 
burg, and  was  one  of  the  small  number  of  survivors  who 
crossed  the  stone  wall  that  the  Federals  used  as  a  breast- 
and  lie  was  near  when  General  Armistead  was  killed 
at  the  mouth  of  the  Federal  cannon.  Before  his  capture  in 
this  battle  G.  W.  Finley  had  won  an  enviable  reputation  for 
bravery.  He  was  in  Fort  Delaware  Prison  and  later  on  John- 
son's Island.  Ih  was  one  of  the  six  hundred  Confederate 
prisoners  who  were  carried  to  Charleston,  S.  C,  and  exposed 
to  the  fire  of  the  Confederate  guns. 

While  in  prison  and  conducting  religious  services  he  be- 
came inspired  to  preach  the  gospel.  Having  been  educated 
in  Hampden- Sidney  College,  he  at  oni  1  ntered  the  theological 
department  of  that  institution,  and  held  many  appointments. 

flis  wife  died  about  four  years  ago,  and  he  is  survived  by 
five  sons  and  four  daughters.  Next  to  bis  religion,  Rev.  Dr. 
Finley  held  the  Confederacy  and  the  welfare  of  his  comrades 
very  near  bis  lu art. 


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C^opfederat^  l/eterap. 


Df.  N.   P.  Marion. 

Dr.  X.  P.  Marion  was  born  at  Cokesbury,  S.  C,  February 
19,  1820,  and  was  a  grandnephew  of  Gen.  Francis  Marion,  of 
the  Revolutionary  War,  who  made  such  brilliant  onslaughts 
on  the  British  lines  that  he  was  called  the  "Swamp  Fox." 

Dr.  Marion  attended  the  schools  of  the  country  where  he 
resided  and  then  the  medical  college  of  Charleston,  S.  C, 
where  he  graduated  in  1842.  The  following  year  he  went  to 
Florida  and  purchased  a  body  of  land  in  Hamilton  County,  on 
the  Suwannee  River,  and  moved  there  a  large  number  of 
slaves.    He  resided  there  until  his  death,  March  20,  1909. 

After  the  War  between  the  States  commenced,  all  but  the 
old  men  and  the  boys  too  young  for  service  were  mustered  into 
the  army.  When  General  Seymour  invaded  the  State  as  far 
as  Olustee,  Dr.  Marion  raised  a  company  of  old  men  and  of- 
fered their  service  to  General  Finegan.  However,  he  had 
raised  a  sufficient  force  to  meet  the  enemy  and  advised  Dr. 
Marion  to  return  home  and  protect  the  women  and  children. 
General  Finegan  told  Dr.  Marion  that  his  service  at  home 
was  worth  far  more  to  the  cause  in  getting  supplies,  pro- 
visions, clothing,  shoes,  etc.,  for  the  army  than  he  could  pos- 
sibly be  as  a  soldier  in  the  field.  Besides,  he  was  needed  to 
aid  the  women  who  were  left  with  no  one  to  direct  and  provide 
for  them.  He  made  their  crops  for  them  and  also  furnished 
bread  to  the  destitute.  He  was  a  quiet,  peaceful  man,  a  true 
Southern  patriot,  having  the  respect  and  esteem  of  all  who 
knew  him.  A  kind  parent  and  a  good  citizen  has  crossed 
over  to  the  loved  ones  who  preceded  him. 

William   Lillaed  Dale. 

William  L.  Dale,  whose  death  occurred  on  December  10, 
1908,  at  his  home,  in  Anniston,  Ala.,  was  born  on  March  17, 
1841,  near  Jacksonville,  Ala.;  but  at  the  age  of  six  years  his 
parents  removed  to  Ellijay,  Ga.,  where  he  grew  to  manhood. 
He  was  twenty  years  old  when  he  enlisted  in  Company  D  of 
the  nth  Georgia  Regiment,  and  was  mustered  into  service  in 
June,  1861.  His  command  was  ordered  to  Richmond,  and  in 
the  Seven  Days'  battle  he  was  wounded  and  furloughed  home. 
Returning  to  Richmond,  he  was  made  ward  master  in  the 
hospital,  serving  until  March,  1864,  when  he  returned  to  his 
old  company.  He  was  captured  in  April,  1864,  and  remained 
in  prison  at  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  until  the  end  of  the  war.  He  re- 
turned home  June  1,  1865. 

Soon  after  the  war  he  moved  back  to  his  old  home,  in  Cal- 
houn County,  Ala.,  where  he  was  known  as  a  good  citizen  and 
a  devoted  Christian.  In  1870  he  was  married  to  Miss  Frances 
Mohorn,  who  survives  him  with  three  daughters  and  a 
son.  His  comrades  of  Camp  Pelham,  U.  C.  V.,  appreciated 
his  honorable  character  and  will  cherish  his  memory. 

The  Late  Lieut.  P.  R.  Brewer. 

I  see  in  the  March  Veteran,  page  133,  a  brief  notice  of  the 
death  of  Lieut.  P.  R.  Brewer  by  the  Adjutant. 

Comrade  Brewer  was  a  member  of  Company  F,  4th  Louisi- 
ana Infantry.  He  enlisted  at  Greensburg,  La.,  in  April,  1861, 
and  served  until  the  end.  In  the  organization  of  the  company 
he  was  elected  orderly  sergeant,  and  so  served  until  the  re- 
organization in  May,  1862.  .He  then  became  a  private  until 
September,  1863,  when  he  was  elected  to  a  lieutenancy.  He 
was  sergeant  of  the  company  at  Shiloh,  was  in  the  battle  of 
Baton  Rouge,  La.,  and  in  the  first  siege  or  abandonment  of 
Jackson,  Miss.,  and  at  Port  Hudson  in  the  first  attack,  in 
March,  1862,  with  the  Army  of  Tennessee. 


On  May  27.  1863,  our  regiment  was  put  in  General  Quarles's 
Tennessee  Brigade.  He  led  the  company  in  the  night  en- 
gagement on  the  right  of  the  army  on  the  28th  of  May;  but 
his  most  conspicuous  act  was  when  he  led  the  company  into 
the  attack  upon  the  Federals  at  Jonesboro,  Ga ,  on  August 
31,  1864,  where  twenty-four  men  and  officers  were  in  line,  and 
eleven  were  killed  and  nine  wounded.  He  was  not  hurt,  but 
his  brother  was  badly  wounded.  He  was  in  Hood's  Nashville 
campaign,  and  on  the  retreat  near  Hollow  Tree  Gap,  in  Ten- 
nessee, he,  with  the  greater  part  of  the  regiment,  was  cap- 
tured and  was  sent  to  Johnson's  Island  and  kept  a  prisoner 
until  June,  1865. 

Comrade  Brewer  was  born  at  Washington,  Miss.,  on  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1839,  and  was  sixty-nine  years  and  six  months  old. 
As  a  youth  he  learned  the  printer's  trade  at  Natchez,  Miss. 
He  came  to  Greensburg,  La.,  in  1859,  and  was  publishing  a 
paper  when  he  left  the  case  with  a  gun. 

After  his  release  from  prison  he  returned  to  Greensburg 
and  began  the  publication  of  the  Journal.  Early  in  1866  he 
and  his  brother,  A.  A.  Brewer,  removed  to  Liberty,  Miss  , 
and  there  for  twenty  years  he  was  editor  and  proprietor  of  the 
Southern  Herald,  and  later  he  engaged  in  merchandising. 
Comrade  Brewer  was  an  upright  Christian  gentleman. 

[Sketch  by  his  friend  and  comrade,  A.  P.  Richards.] 

Col.  W.  B.  Walker. 

Col.  William  B.  Walker  died  at  his  home,  in  Brandon, 
Miss.,  on  August  20,  1908,  in  the  sixty-second  year  of  his 
age.  He  was  born  in  Canton,  Miss.,  in  1846,  his  father  being 
the  Rev.  Dr.  J.  R.  Walker,  a  distinguished  Methodist  divine. 
At  the  age  of  seventeen  years  William  Walker  joined  the  4th 
Mississippi  Cavalry,  and  fought  under  Forrest  till  the  close 
of  the  war  as  a  private.  He  was  a  true  and  devoted  soldier, 
never  known  to  shirk  a  duty  nor  flinch  under  fire.  He  was  an 
efficient  soldier,  besides  doing  the  most  arduous  scout  duty, 
for  which  he  w:as  admirably  fitted. 

After  the  war  he  went  to  New  Orleans,  engaging  in  repor- 
torial  work  on  the  leading  papers,  becoming  later  editor  in 
chief  of  the  Picayune,  which  failing  health  forced  him  to 
resign,  though  he  retained  a  position  as  correspondent  for 
this  journal  up  to  his  death.  During  the  dark  days  of  re- 
construction his  trenchant  pen  was  a  power  in  the  land,  and 
his  influence  was  felt  in  the  highest  places.  Here  again  did 
he  render  conspicuous  service  to  his  country. 

In  1887  Comrade  Walker  married  Miss  Julia  Jayne,  of 
Brandon,  Miss.,  a  fitting  companion  for  this  brilliant  writer. 
In  1889  he  removed  to  Brandon,  and  had  resided  there  since 
that  time.  He  was  honored  and  respected,  and  he  was  recog- 
nized as  one  of  the  most  accomplished  scholars  of  his  State 
and  a  genial,  loving  gentleman  "of  the  old  school."  Though 
possessed  of  a  store  of  learning,  he  was  not  pedantic,  but  was 
modest  and  retiring.  He  was  wholly  unselfish,  and  wrought 
alone  for  his  family,  to  whom  he  was  devoted. 

Johnson. — The  community  of  Bamberg,  S.  C,  lost  a  good 
citizen  with  the  death  of  S.  W.  Johnson,  a  popular  citizen, 
who  had  served  two  terms  as  Mayor,  and  who  for  twenty- 
eight  years  had  been  the  hospitable  proprietor  of  the  Johnson 
Hotel,  of  which  he  made  a  great  success.  Comrade  Johnson 
served  in  the  Confederate  army  as  a  member  of  Company  E, 
1st  South  Carolina  Volunteers,  with  Haygood  and  Jenkins's 
Brigade,  Longstreet's  Corps.  He  was  wounded  several  times. 
His  death  occurred  on  the  31st  of  December,  1908,  and  sur- 
viving him  are  his  wife,  two  sons,  and  two  daughters. 


Qoi)federat<?  Veterap. 


298 


C   mi.   David  Juiison   Burk  Reeve. 

On  January  25,  1009.  in  Henderson,  Ky.,  his  home  for  forty- 
one  years,  Capt.  David  J.  B.  Reeve,  whose  heart  was  ever 
faithful  to  the  Confederate  cause,  answered  the  last  roll  call. 

D.  J,  B.  Reeve  was  born  in  Richmond,  Va.,  on  June  12, 
1838.  He  was  a  member  of  Company  1-'.  1st  Virginia  Infantry. 
before  the  great  war.  Upon  organization  of  the  _'ist  Infantrj 
Company  F  was  assigned  to  that  regiment. 

In  1862  he  w.'i-  elected  a  licntcnanl  in  Scull's  Cavalry  Bat- 
talion, and  served  as  adjutant  with  that  command  during  its 
existence.  In  a  brochure  entitled  "During  the  War  and  After 
the  War,"  written  a  few  years  ago  by  Colonel  Scott,  the  Colo- 
nel says:  "There  was  a  gentleman  in  the  battalion  who  merits 
a  more  particular  distinction.  The  adjutant  general,  Capt. 
D.  J  Burr  Reeve,  of  Richmond,  Va.,  was  an  officer  perfectly 
suited  to  thai  important  position.  He  was  a  brave,  cheerful 
Scotchman  with  untiring  attention  to  all  the  duties  which  ap- 
pertained to  his  office.  Intuitively,  it  seemed,  lie  Knew  every 
soldier  in  the  command  perfectly,  and  bj  a  kind  of  sorcery 
taught  them  to  respect  and  love  him.  Captain  Reeve  served 
Subsequent^  ,1-  clerk  in  the  commissary  department  under 
Mai.  William  II.  Ilarvie,  who  was  l;uh  1  ally  on  duty  with 
Captain  Coli  .it  General  Lee's  headquarters  until  tin-  end  of 
the  w.i  1 

After  the  war  Captain  Reeve  remained  a  few  years  in  Vir- 
ginia, hut  remii\ed  m  1N0N  to  Henderson.  Ky.,  where  he  and 
his  brother,  John  James  Reeve,  embarked  in  the  tobacco  busi- 
ness. He  was  married  there  in  1872  to  Miss  Lucy  II.  Hop- 
kins and  lived  in  his  Kentucky  home  till  the  day  of  his  death, 
loved  as  a  stanch  friend,  honored  as  a  business  man  of  abso- 
lute integrity,  and  revered  for  his  purity  of  character  and 
faithful,  conscientious  performance  of  all  life's  duties.     He  was 


l  APT.    I).    T.    I'.IKR   REEVE. 


a  prominent  and  devoted  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church,  of  which  he  was  first  elected  a  deacon  and  then  an 
elder,  and  was  a  zealous  worker  in  the  Sunday  school.  He 
will  always  be  remembered  as  a  noble,  dignified.  Christian 
gentleman. 

W.    H.    RlTCHEV. 

Died  at  Carpenter,  Miss.,  January  29,  1009,  W.   II     ("Tip") 

Ritcbey,  aged  sixty-nine  years.  He  was  one  of  the  oldest 
landmarks  of  Northwestern  Copiah.  He  had  been  a  suf- 
ferer  from   Bright's  disease  for  several  years. 

He  enlisted  at  the  beginning  of  the  war  in  Company  D, 
Wirt  Adams's  Regiment,  and  served  with  bravery  and  dis- 
tinction throughout  the  hostilities.  His  comrades  admit  that 
no  braver  nor  truer  soldier  wore  the  gray.  He  was  in  every 
battle  that  his  command  took  part  in,  and  came  out  without 
a  scratch,  though  holes  were  shot  through  his  clothing  a  num- 
ber of  times.  In  tin-  battle  of  Iuka  four  bullets  passed  through 
his  clothes.  He  surrenderd  at  Selma,  Ala.,  at  the  close  of 
tin    war. 

In  1866  Comrade  Kitchey  was  married  to  Miss  Agnes 
Strong,  of  Hinds,  whose  death  preceded  his  more  than  eight- 
een years,  leaving  him  with  a  large  family  of  small  children 
to  care  for.  He  was  a  member  of  Carpenter  Methodist 
Church. 

Kathrene  Wilson   Burnett. 

The  Robert  E.  Lee  Chapter,  1131,  of  Minneapolis,  Minn., 
has  suffered  an  irreparable  loss  in  the  death  of  its  Secretary, 
Mrs.  Kathrene  Wilson  Burnett,  who  entered  into  rest  on  Sun- 
day, April  25.  Mrs.  Burnett  bad  great  charm  of  manner  and 
rial  magnetism,  and  was  richly  endowed  with  all  the 
qualities  of  heart  and  intellect  that   mark  our  best  womanhood. 

Her  married  life  was  spent  in  Minnesota,  hut  she  was 
a  native  of  Kentucky,  and  she  brought  with  her  to  her  North- 
ern home  intense  loyalty  to  the  South  and  a  love  for  its  tradi- 
tions and  history  that  was  a  part  of  her  very  being. 

She  was  one  of  the  first  women  in  the  State  to  become  in- 
terested in  the  work  of  the  U.  D.  C,  and  very  largely  through 
hei  efforts  was  a  Chapter  formed  here  a  year  ago.  She  was 
untiring  in  her  work  for  the  U.  D.  C,  and  her  enthusiasm 
was  an  inspiration  to  her  fellow-workers. 

Mrs.  Burnett  was  the  Minnesota  director  for  the  Arlington 
Monuvrcnt  fund,  an  object  very  close  to  her  heart,  and  her 
last  1  lass  were  for  that  work. 

Her  consideration  of  others,  her  unselfishness,  and  her 
great  strength  of  character  are  shown  in  the  fact  that  for 
in' ue  than  a  year  she  kept  within  her  breast  the  knowledge 
that  she  was  the  victim  of  a  fatal  disease,  and  with  a  courage 
inherited  from  her  Confederate  ancestors  faced  the  inevitable 
alone  and  unflinchingly.  Her  evident  thought  was  to  spare 
her  loved  ones  as  long  as  possible,  and  not  till  the  very  end 
did  they  know  of  the  battle  she  had  fought.  She  is  survived 
by  her  husband,  Mr.  Frank  L.  Burnett,  whose  grief  is  shared 
by  a  host  of  friends. 

Bankston. — Capt.  A.  C.  Bankston,  was  horn  in  Georgia  in 
[828;  and  died  at  Poplar  Grove,  Ark..  February  15.  aged 
about  eighty-one  years.  He  removed  to  Louisiana  when  a 
man  He  enlisted  in  the  nth  Louisiana  Cavalry  as  a 
private  early  iii  [86l,  and  served  throughout  the  war.  He 
was  paroled  as  a  captain.  He  removed  to  Phillips  County, 
Ark.,  some  twenty  years  ago,  and  during  later  years  lived 
with  his  son  near  Poplar  drove.  His  U.  C.  V.  membership 
was  with  the  Camp  at  Helena. 


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Deaths  in  Camp  at  Greensboro,  Ala. 
W.  G.  Britton,  Commander  of  Camp  Allen  C.  Jones,  No. 
266,  of  Greensboro,  Ala.,  reports  the  death  of  members  during 
1908:  Charles  E.  Briggs,  Thomas  G.  Moore,  Capt.  J.  W.  Wil- 
liams, James  L.  Webb,  of  Company  D,  5th  Alabama  Regi- 
ment; C.  A.  Ramsey,  T.  G.  Rainey,  of  8th  Alabama  Cavalry; 
J.  J.  Whitehead.  B.  S.  Evans,  of  36th  Alabama  Regiment; 
John  Weeks,  C.  M.  Calhoun,  of  20th  Alabama  Regiment ;  R. 
\Y.  Drake,  of  12th  Alabama  Regiment. 

Joseph  Taliaferro  Brown. 

Joseph  Taliaferro  Brown  died  at  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  of  heart  disease  on  October  16,  1908. 

When  the  Civil  War  commenced  Joseph  T.  Brown  was  a 
boy  of  twelve  residing  at  his  home,  in  Mississippi,  and  naturally 
his  sympathies  were  with  the  South.  He  remained  at  home 
for  two  years ;  but  when  fourteen  years  of  age  he  shouldered 
a  gun  and  took  his  place  in  line  to  assist  in  repelling  the  fa- 
mous Grierson  Cavalry  raid  in  May,  1863.  On  that  occasion 
he  was  really  captured  by  some  Federal  soldiers ;  but  his  youth 
and  the  plausible  excuse  he  made  about  being  out  squirrel- 
hunting  saved  him  not  only  from  being  taken  into  custody 
but  the  gun  as  well.  When  but  fifteen  years  of  age  he  par- 
ticipated in  the  battle  of  Coleman's  Lane  with  the  command 
of  Gen.  Wirt  Adams  against  four  regiments  of  United  States 
colored  troops  and  a  regular  battery,  for  which  action  he  was 
highly  mentioned  in  the  dispatches  of  Lieut.  Col.  Calvit 
Roberts,  under  whose  immediate  command  he  served.  In 
February,  1865,  he  was  regularly  enlisted  and  mustered  into 
the  Confederate  army  in  the  4th  Mississippi  Cavalry,  under 
command  of  Gen.  N.  B.  Forrest,  in  which  command  he  served 
until  the  declaration  of  peace. 

In  1886  he  settled  on  Tongue  River,  in  Custer  County, 
Mont.,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  cattle  business  until 
mustered  into  the  United  States  Volunteer  Cavalry  May  iy, 
1898.  He  served  with  his  troop  at  Chickamauga  Park,  Ga., 
until  he  was  mustered  out  September  8,  1S98.  After  leaving 
the  volunteer  service,  Captain  Brown  returned  to  Montana, 
where  he  represented  Custer  County  in  the  State  Legislature, 
and  was  at  the  time  of  his  death  one  of  the  presidential 
electors  from  that  State. 

Capt.  T.  J.  Kennedy. 

Capt.  T.  J.  Kennedy  was  born  September  27,  1828;  and  died 
April  19,  1909,  having  attained  the  ripe  age  of  eighty  years. 
He  was  born  in  Tennessee,  but  was  living  in  Pontotoc  County, 
Miss.,  in  April,  1861,  when  he  entered  the  Confederate  serv- 
ice as  captain  of  a  company  which  made  a  part  of  the  41st 
Mississippi  Infantry,  and  which  served  under  General  Bragg. 
He  was  in  the  great  battles  of  Murfreesboro  and  Perryville. 
His  brother,  Capt.  William  Kennedy,  was  killed  in  the  former, 
while  he  himself  was  wounded  in  the  latter.  After  going 
home  to  recuperate,  he  resigned  his  position  in  the  infantry, 
raised  another  company,  and  again  entered  the  service  as 
captain  of  Company  H,  28th  Mississippi  Cavalry. 

Under  the  gallant  Forrest  he  was  in  the  bloody  battles  of 
Price's   Crossroads,   Harrisburg,  and   Fort   Pillow. 

Made  penniless  by  the  war,  and  thinking  he  could  do  better 
in  a  new  land,  in  1871  he  removed  to  Texas  and  settled  in 
Fannin  County,  near  Red  River,  where  he  opened  a  new- 
farm  and  prospered.  He  had  married  in  1859  while  living  at 
Pontotoc,  Miss.,  Miss  Josephine  Johnson,  who  survives  him 
with  their  six  children  and  twenty-seven  grandchildren,  who 


cherish  the  memory  of  him  who  has  fallen  asleep  at  the  end 
of  a  long  and  useful  life. 

[By  Capt.  J.  E.  Deupree,  a  comrade,  neighbor,  and  friend.] 

Capt.  R.   E.   Park. 

Capt.  Robert  Emory  Park  was  born  at  La  Grange.  Ga., 
January  13,  1844 ;  and  died  in  Atlanta  May  7,  1909.  He  was 
the  son  of  Maj.  John  Park,  a  teacher  and  officer  of  Georgia 
State  troops,  and  his  wife,  Sarah  T.  Robertson,  a  native  of 
Clarke  County,  Ga.,  and  daughter  of  John  S.  Robertson,  whose 
father  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution.  Her  mother,  Martha 
Brown,  of  Nottoway  County,  Ya..  was  a  daughter  of  Samuel 
Brown,  a  Virginia  soldier  of  the  Revolution.  One  of  Captain 
Park's  ancestors  was  Arthur  Park,  of  County  Donegal,  Ire- 
land, who  came  to  America  in  1720  with  his  wife,  three  sons, 
and  a  daughter.  He  founded  the  town  of  Parkesburg,  West- 
chester County,  Pa.,  and  was  founder  also  of  five  Presbyterian 
Churches  in  Chester  County.  His  grandson,  John  Park,  was 
a  lieutenant  of  Pennsylvania  continentals  and  was  wounded 
in  the  battle  of  the  Blockhouse,  Pa.  His  son  John  Park  was 
mortally  wounded  under  Gen.  Daniel  Morgan  in  the  battle 
of  Cowpens,  in  South  Carolina,  and  was  buried  at  Fair  Forest 
Church,  S.  C.  His  son  William  Park  moved  to  Georgia  in 
1799,  and  was  the  grandfather  of  Robert  Emory  Park. 

Captain  Park  was  reared  in  Greenville,  Ga.,  and  was  edu- 
cated at  Emory  College,  Oxford,  Ga.,  and  at  the  East  Ala- 
bama College,  Auburn,  Ala.,  now  the  Alabama  Polytechnic 
Institute. 

Leaving  college,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  on  June  12,  1861, 
in  the  Macon  Confederates  of  Tuskegee,  Ala.,  commanded  by 
Capt.  R.  F.  Ligon,  afterwards  Lieutenant  Governor  of  Ala- 
bama. The  Macon  Confederates  became  Company  F  of  the 
12th  Alabama  Infantry,  and  served  in  Rodes's  Brigade. 

This  company  served  throughout  the  war  in  the  corps  com- 
manded by  Stonewall  Jackson  and  his  successors,  Ewell  and 
Early.  The  members  of  this  company  owned  more  than  two 
million  dollars'  worth  of  property,  and  twenty-six  of  them 
became  commissioned  officers  in  the  Confederate  army. 

At  the  reorganization  of  the  company  in  April,  1862,  Private 
Park,  then  eighteen  years  old,  was  unanimously  elected  sec- 
ond lieutenant.  After  Seven  Pines  he  was  promoted  to  first 
lieutenant,  and  continued  to  serve  with  distinction  in  the  many 
great  battles  of  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia.  By  his  gal- 
lantry in  the  battle  of  South  Mountain,  Md.,  he  was  especially 
commended  by  Gen.  D.  H.  Hill  for  his  skillful  and  heroic 
leadership,  when  with  forty  men  deployed  as  skirmishers  he 
held  back  for  a  long  time  many  times  his  number.  In  one  of 
the  desperate  engagements  in  which  he  led  his  company  the 
order  came  to  fall  back.  One  of  his  men  who  had  just  re- 
ceived a  severe  wound  called  piteously  for  water.  Captain 
Park  started  to  his  help,  when  a  superior  officer  asked  him  if 
he  had  not  heard  the  order  to  retire.  He  replied:  "I  will  come 
as  soon  as  I  have  given  that  wounded  man  some  water." 
Though  exposed  to  a  terrific  fire  of  Minies  and  shell,  he  went 
to  the  soldier,  raised  his  head,  gave  him  the  water,  laid  him 
down  tenderly,  and  then  rejoined  his  retreating  comrades. 

Captain  Park  was  in  the  Valley  campaign  of  1S64  under 
General  Early  and  in  the  battle  of  Winchester,  September 
19,  1864,  in  which  his  division  commander,  General  Rodes, 
was  killed.  He  was  wounded  and  captured.  The  remainder  of 
his  Confederate  service  was  upon  crutches  in  Federal  prisons : 
first  at  the  Old  Capitol,  Washington,  D.  C,  then  at  Point 
Lookout,   Md.,  and   finally  at  Fort  Delaware,   Pa.     His   com- 


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mission  as  captain  was  announced  soon  after  his  capture,  a 
well-deserved  reward,  for  he  had  on  many  occasions  acted  as 
such  where  the  missiles  of  death  flew  thick  and  fast. 

Throughout  the  war  Captain  Park  kept  a  diary,  which  was 
published  in  1875  m  tnc  papers  of  the  Southern  Historical 
Society.  Returning  to  Georgia  after  the  war,  Captain  Park 
studied  law  and  taught  school  in  La  Grange,  where  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Stella  Swanson,  who  died  in  a  few  months. 
In  1872  he  accepted  a  position  with  a  large  publishing  house, 
and  held  it  for  twenty-five  years,  giving  also  much  attention 
to  agriculture  and  fine  stock-raising  at  Holton,  near  Macon, 
of  which  city  he  was  a  resident.  He  served  as  lieutenant  colo- 
nel on  the  staff  of  Governor  Northern,  and  was  for  many 
years  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Road  Commissioners  of 
Bibb  County.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee of  the  Georgia  Agricultural  Society  and  Vice  President 
of  the  Georgia  State  Horticultural  Society  and  of  the  Geor- 
gia State  Dairymen's  Association. 

In  1X05  he  was  President  >t  the  Macon  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce. He  was  for  many  years  a  trustee  of  Emory  College, 
at  Oxford,  Ga.,  and  of  Wesleyan  Female  College,  at  Macon, 
Ga. 

In  1900  Captain  Park  was  elected  Treasurer  of  the  State 
of  Georgia,  and  continued  to  hold  that  responsible  position 
until  his  death.     He  had  been  reelected  for  another  term. 

On  February  9,  1875,  Captain  Park  was  married  to  Miss 
Ella    H.,   daughter  of   Gen.   W.    S.    Holt,   whose   widow    mar- 


CAPT.    ROBERT   EMORY    PARK, 


ried  Hon.  L.  Q.  C.  Lamar.  Justice  of  the  United  States  Su- 
preme Court.  This  wife  died  in  1800,  leaving  two  children. 
William  Holt  and  Ella  Henrietta.  On  April  27.  1892,  he  mar- 
ried Mrs  Emily  Hendree  Stewart  at   Richmond,  Va. 

After  his  election  as  State  Treasurer,  Captain  Park  resided 
at  Ins  home  in  Atlanta,  though  still  holding  his  citizenship  in 
Macon  and  Bibb  County,  where  he  had  many  interests,  amon? 
them  his  farm  at  Holton,  where  several  years  ago  he  li;td  built 
a  handsome  church  of  brick  and  granite  in  memory  of  his 
second  wife.  Here  also  he  kept  his  membership.  On  April 
26,  1909,  Confederate  Memorial  Day.  he  acted  as  marshal  of 
the  day  and  introduced  the  orator.  He  looked  the  picture  of 
manly  vigor.  On  the  nexj  day  lie  started  with  his  wife  and 
daughter  for  a  pleasure  trip  to  New  York.  While  there  he 
was  taken  ill  and  all  returned  to  Atlanta  On  Friday.  May 
7,  he  was  taken  to  Dr.  McRae's  sanitarium,  where  an  opera- 
tion was  performed.  But  all  efforts  were  unavailing,  and  on 
Friday.  May  7.  he  breathed  his  last.  He  was  laid  to  rest  Sun- 
day afternoon  in  Oakland  Cemetery.  The  services  were  held 
at  First  M.  F.  Church,  South,  Gen.  Clement  A.  Evans,  Bishop 
Warren  A.  Candler,  and  Rev.  S.  K  Belk  officiating.  In  the 
funeral  procession  were  Gov.  Hoke  Smith,  the  Statehouse 
officers,  the  judges  of  the  Superior  Court,  State,  county,  and 
citj  officials,  the  boards  of  trustees  of  Emory  and  Wesleyan 
Female  Colleges,  and  the  Confederate  veterans.  The  members 
"i  Vtlanta  Camp,  150.  I".  C.  V.,  of  which  Captain  Park  was 
a  member,  formed  in  a  hollow  square  around  the  hearse  and 
51  rved  as  a  special  escort  from  the  house  to  the  church.  One 
beautiful  and  impressive  feature  was  that  each  one  of  the  large 
scorl  of  veterans  carried  a  floral  tribute.  A  gallant  vet  ran, 
a  liberal-hearted  Christian  gentleman  whose  charitable  deeds 
have  brought  joy  to  many  needy  persons,  a  noble  son  of  ( ,,  1 
gia  has  gone  to  his  reward. 

[Sketch  by   Mr    J.   T.   Deny,  of  Atlanta.] 

In  the  foregoing  lengthy  sketch  the  half  is  not  told.  While 
the  management  of  the  Veteran  is  profoundly  grateful  to 
many  comrades  and  friends  for  persistent  cooperation  in  its 
every  interest,  no  Other  is  recalled  whose  unremitting  zeal 
exceeded  that  of  Captain  Park.  As  a  practical  business  man, 
he  nearly  always  bad  public  attention  called  at  State  Reunions 
to  the  importance  of  advancing  the  circulation  of  the  \'i  m 
\'o\\  that  bis  work  is  ended  in  this  sphere  of  existence  active 
gratitude  remains  and  his  memory  will  not  cease  to  have  thai 
exaltation   that    he   SO   richly   deserved. 

Dr.  Andrew  Ja<  kson  Beale. 

I 'i    A.  J.  Beale  died  in  Cynthiana,  Ky..  on  January  j.    [1 

He  was  born  in  March.  [839,  the  son  of  Richard  E.  and  Mai 
garet  Seaton  Beale,  both  natives  of  Fauquier  County,  Va 
His  father  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812.  A.  J.  Beale  was 
d  on  a  farm  and  educated  in  the  schools  of  the  neigh- 
borhood until  1851.  when  he  began  tin-  studj  of  medicine  at 
Louisville  University,  graduating  in  1854  from  Transylvania 
University,  at  Lexington,  Ky.  II,  located  in  Cynthiana  t"r 
the  practice  of  bis  profi  01  and  there  was  married  to  Mrs. 
Man    A.   Elliott. 

In    1861    Dr.   Beale  enlisted  as  a   Confederate   soldier,  and 

was    mad nd   lieutenant   of   Company    D.   oth    Kentucky 

Infantry,  of  the  famous  Orphan  Brigade.  He  was  promoted 
I  1m  no  lunt  after  the  battle  of  Shiloh.  At  Murfiei  - 
boro  be  received  a  dangerous  wound.  He  was  captured  and 
sent  as  a  prisoner  to  Fori  Delaware,  ami  during  bis  imprison- 
ment be  was  made  captain  of  bis  company,  lb-  rejoined  bis 
command   in   May,   1863,  but   shortly  after  resigned  on  account 


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of  disabilities  r.'o:.i  ■  ■  '-.  and  was  made  surgeon  on  James 
Island,  where  he  re;.  ..  i  :  with  his  command  until  May,  1S64. 
He  then  rejoined  his  crr-pany  in  the  Virginia  campaign,  and 
was  in  the  battles  at  Gaines's  Mill,  Drury's  Bluff,  and  Peters- 
burg. 

In  July,  1864,  on  account  of  failing  health,  he  was  again 
assigned  to  hospital  duty  at  Harrisburg.  Ya.  He  was  cap- 
tured again  during  Sheridan's  raid,  and  was  detailed  to  take 
charge  of  the  sick  and  wounded  Confederate  prisoners.  Then 
after  exchange  he  was  assigned  to  duty  in  the  Lynchburg 
(Va.)  hospital,  where  he  remained  till  the  close  of  the  war. 
He  saw  service  in  Kentucky,  Louisiana,  South  Carolina,  Vir- 
ginia, and  Mississippi,  and  participated  in  the  battles  of  Shiloh, 
Vicksburg,  Hartsville,  and  Murfreesboro,  besides  many  lesser 
engagements  and  skirmishes. 

In  1865  he  returned  to  Cynthiana  and  resumed  the  practice 
of  medicine.     In  1868  he  was  elected  Circuit  Clerk  of  Harri- 


DR.    A.    J.    BEALE. 

son  County,  and  held  the  office  for  six  years.  In  1879-81  he 
was  a  member  of  the  General  Assembly,  and  from  1S83  to 
1889  served  as  sheriff  of  Harrison  County.  While  a  member 
of  the  City  Council  of  Cynthiana  he  was  the  author  of  the 
ordinance  which  gave  the  city  its  graded  schools.  He  re- 
moved to  Oklahoma  in  1889,  and  was  the  first  Mayor  of 
Oklahoma  City.  In  1896  he  was  elected  delegate  from  Okla- 
homa Territory  to  the  National  Democratic  Convention  at 
Chicago.  In  1899  he  returned  to  his  old  Kentucky  home  to 
spend  the  remainder  of  his  days  in  quiet  retirement,  and 
found  his  greatest  pleasure  in  ministerng  to  the  wants  and 
necessities  of  his  old  comrades.  At  the  time  of  his  death 
he  was  Colonel  on  General  Evans's  staff  and  Commander  of 
Thomas  H.  Hunt  Camp,  U.  C.  V.,  at  Cynthiana. 

Buzzard. — William  Buzzard,  a  veteran  of  the  Stonewall 
Brigade,  died  recently  at  his  home,  on  the  east  side  of  the 
Shenandoah  River,  aged  seventy-three  years. 


B.    E.    PRIEST. 


B.  E.   Priest. 
The  death   of  B.   E.    (Bud)    Priest  occurred  near   Hughes- 
ville,  Mo.,  September   13,  1908.     Comrade  Priest  was  born  in 
Logan  County,  Ky.,  December  14,  1836.     In  1838  he  removed 
with  his  parents  to  Pettis  County,  Mo.,  where  he  remained. 

In  1861  he  enlisted  in  Sterling  Price's  command.  A  year 
later  he  was  transferred  to  Company  A,  10th  Kentucky  Cav- 
alry, Morgan's  com- 
mand. He  was  cap- 
tured July  21,  1863,  and 
sent  to  Camp  Chase. 
Subsequently  he  was 
sent  to  Camp  Douglas, 
where  he  was  confined 
for  twenty-two  months, 
experiencing  all  the  hor- 
rors of  a  war  prison. 
On  March  7,  1865,  he 
was  sent  to  be  ex- 
changed ;  but  exchange 
was  not  consummated 
before  the  surrender, 
and  he  was  paroled  at 
Nashville,  Tenn. 

No  soldier  bore  the 
trials  and  the  hardships 
with  greater  fortitude 
or  with  more  zeal  and 
unremitting  love  for 
the      South      and     her 

cause  than  did  Bud  Priest.  Though  a  private,  he  bore  the 
crushing  blow  of  defeat  with  the  strength  and  stoicism  of  a 
Spartan.  At  his  death  no  military  salute  was  fired,  no  sad 
bugle  call  was  sounded,  no  flag  was  furled  in  honor  of  the 
fallen  brave,  and  yet  never  did  the  hand  of  death  still  a  heart 
more  true  or  the  cold,  unresponsive  bosom  of  earth  pillow 
a  head  more  devoted. 

As  a  parent  and  a  kinsman, 
he  was  revered.  As  a  citizen 
and  a  neighbor,  he  was  held  in 
universal  esteem  by  those  who 
knew  him  in  every  walk  of  life. 
As  a  soldier,  none  was  braver ; 
in  battle  he  stood  with  the 
strong  men  of  Troy.  Thus 
sleeps  a  soldier  whose  beautiful 
character  is  still  seen  through 
a  mist  of  tears  by  those  who 
loved  him. 

Pat  H.  Noble. 
P.  H.  Noble  was  born  in 
Abbeville  District,  S.  C,  in 
April,  1831  ;  and  died  Novem- 
ber 10,  1908,  near  Learned, 
Miss.  He  was  married  to  Miss 
Bettie  Brady  in  1856,  and  re- 
moved to  Hinds  County,  Miss., 
where  were  born  to  him  ten 
children,  of  whom  six  sons  and  two  daughters  survive.  Com- 
rade Noble  served  his  country"  in  the  trying  times  of  the 
sixties  as  a  member  of  Company  K,  45th  Mississippi  Infantry, 
coming  through  unscathed.  He  was  a  member  of  P.  A. 
Haman  Camp,  U.  C.  V.,  of  Learned,  Miss. 


p.  h.  noble. 


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EDUCATION  IN   VIRGINIA   BEFORE    THE   WAR. 

Mrs.  James  H.  Williams,  Presideni  Shenandoah  Chapter, 
U.  D.  G,  lias  an  interesting  article  on  before  the  war  educa- 
tion in  Virginia  She  says  that  after  the  Revolutionary  War 
schools  and  colleges  were  incorporated,  but  were  not  en- 
dowed, ami  occasionally  glebe  land  was  given  the  school  near 
which  it  lay;  hut  it  was  not  till  after  the  second  war  with 
I  ngland  that  any  permanent  fund  for  popular  education  was 
established.  For  a  long  time  the  populace  opposed  the  giving 
Of  even  th<  one  cent  tax  to  any  college  or  school  where  the 
sons  of  rich  men  were  received,  as  thej  fell  thai  the  education 
of  these  sons  should  come  entirely  from  the  fathers. 

However,  the  schools,  once  established,  rapidly  grew  in  pros 
perity.      In    quick    succession   William    and    Mary   College    was 
followed    by    Hampden  Sidney,    the    University    of    Virginia, 
Washington  College  (Washington  and  Lee  College),  and  lasl 

ly  the  Virginia    Military    Institute,  whose  cadets  did   such   noble 
service  in  the  battle  of  Xew  Market. 

rhese  colleges  have  had  some  brilliant  graduates  Of  the 
fifteen  Presidents  of  the  United  States  before  the  war.  nine 
were'  Southern  men,  and  seven  of  these  nine  were  from  Vir- 
ginia and  graduates  of  some  of  her  colleges. 


TO  SURVIVORS  OF  THE  stfH  GEORGIA  REGIMl  \i 
J,  A.  Jarrard,  of  Morrison's  Bluff.  Ark.,  asks  all  survivors 

of  this  regiment  who  Can  possihly  attend  the  Reunion  at 
Memphis  to  meet  him  there.  He  says:  "As  a  hoy  of  twenty 
years  it  fell  to  my  lot  as  senior  captain  commanding  to  sur- 
render  the  remnant  of  our  regiment  at  Appomattox  C.  II.  on 
the  Oth  of  April.  [865.  The  picture  below  was  taken  just 
forty  years  later.  1  would  he  pleased  to  know  just  how  many 
I  I  the  old  24th  arc  left.     <*,.  d  bleSS  them!     Write  to  me." 


J,   A.    TARKARD. 

\    Popular   Number.— The   December   Veteran,  though   it 

ran  the    full   twentj    One    thousand  edition,    has   been    exhausted 

for  nearly   a  month,  and  it  has  been  impossible  to  meet  the 
almost  daily  demand  for  a  copy,  as  there  an   noni   left. 


In  sending  a  contribution  to  the  Jefferson  Davis  Home  As- 
sociation, in  which  he  expresses  interest,  James  A  Pearce,  of 
Charlestown,  Md.,  writes:  "My  father.  James  Alfred  Pearce, 
was  a  member  of  the  United  States  Senati  Prom  Maryland 
from  March  4.  1K4.,.  to  December  20.  1857,  when  he  died.  He 
was  a  warm  personal  friend  of  Mr.  Davis  both  while  the 
latter  was  in  the  Senate  and  while  he  was  Secretary  of  War, 
and  from  him  1  learned  of  Mr.  Davis's  lofty  character  and 
charming  personality  when  1  was  a  hoy.  All  men  know  how 
heroically  he  hore  himself  while  President  of  the  Confederacy 
and  after  its  downfall.  If  this  movement  could  he  so  managed 
as  to  enlist  the  organized  interest  of  the  women  of  the  South. 
I    believe  the  fullest  object  would  he  attained  in  a   few  years." 


In  the  Veteran  for  November,  page  566,  appeared  a  poem 
entitled  "Night  in  the  South,"  which  was  contributed  by  Miss 
Isabella  Caldwell  Jones,  of  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  Some  inquiries 
having  been  made  as  to  the  battle  on  which  this  poem  was 
founded,  she  writes  that  her  informant.  Mr.  Will  H.  Trout, 
who  lives  in  Cincinnati,  mentioned  it  as  having  "occurred  in 
Lexington.  Va.,  June  ii.  1864,"  and  his  recollection  is  that 
the  Federals  were  iii  tlie  command  of  General  Crook,  while 
the  Confederates  were  under  John  C.  Breckinridge;  yet  she 
cannot  understand  from  his  letter  whether  the  tight  was  car- 
ried on  ],\  the  -oh  urs  under  command  or  by  their  own  voli- 
tion. His  information  of  the  affair  is  rather  vague,  yet  he 
reiterates  the  Statement  of  the  loss  of  life  among  the  young 
eaects  of  the  school,  and  says:  "History  says  nothing  about 
the  affair  " 

This  was  a  most  mysterious  affair,  it  appeals,  and  any 
reader  of  tlie  VETERAN  who  can  throw  any  light  on  it  will 
confer  a  favor  to  those  who  wish  to  know  where  such  a  light 
could  have  occurred. 


Comrades  o    Company  C— J.   Ed  Craig,  of  Clackstock,  S. 

C.  writes  that  some  of  the  survivors  of  Company  C  1  C'.tpt 
P.  W.  Goodwyn),  6th  South  Carolina  Cavalry,  desire  to  have 
as  many  of  that  old  company  meet  them  at  the  State  Reunion 
in  Chester,  S.  C,  June  2,?  ami  24.  moo.  as  can  possihly  do  so 
In  case  you   can't    attend   drop  a   line   to   Mr.   Craig   giving  him 

some  information  of  yourself  since  you  disbanded.  He  in- 
quires especially  tor  I.  R  Sanders,  who  was  last  with  them 
m  North  Carolina.  He  was  supposed  t"  have  been  captured 
by  Sherman's  army.     His  family    was  in    Xew    Orleans  in   1863. 


I  in  Kn, [mini  (Aril  RED  r.\  SERG1  \ni  J.  S,  I'.i'i  1  .  —  In  the 
unprecedented  capture  "single  handed"  of  more  than  a  regi- 
ment, as  reported  by  Captain  Maddox  in  the  Veteran  for 
September,  page  10,.  there  occurred  two  errors  which  are  coi 
rected  herein.  The  recapture  of  the  colors  was  at  Appomat- 
tox instead  of  Washington,  Va.,  and  the  command  that  sur- 
rendered to  Sergeanl  Hell  was  the  19th  instead  of  pith  Wis 
cousin  Regiment. 

To  Third  Company   Richmond  Howitzers.— John  IV  Boyd, 

who  served  m  the  3d  Company  of  Richmond  How  it  vis  under 
Captain  Taylor,  is  now-  living  in  Mobile,  Ala.,  in  indigent  cir- 
CUmstances  and  wishes  to  procure  a  pension  Any  ..tie  who 
can  testify  as  to  his  service  in  the  t  S  V  will  confer  a 
favor  by  writing  to  him  in  care  of   Neil    Mel  an  on.  25  26   Hank 

of  Mobile  Building,  Mobile,  Ala. 


Don't   forget  to  suggest  to  friends  a  trial  of  the  Veteran. 


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ABOUT  A   REV  SI  OX  OF  GRAY   WITH  BLUE. 

All  honor  to  Union  veterans  who  seek  a  joint  Reunion  with 
Confederates!  The  more  liberal  of  them  have  shown  great 
soul  in  such  matters  for  years.  To  such  Confederates  en- 
joy feelings  of  most  fraternal  regard.  Reasons  why  this  is 
not  brought  about  may  be  had  in  the  following  telegraphic 
correspondence : 

Minneapolis,  Minx.,  June  i,  1909. 

Editor  Confederate  Veteran,  Nashville,  Tenn.:  Judge  Ell 
Torrance,  former  Commander  in  Chief  G.  A.  R.,  to-day  sug- 
gests that  national  government  provide  for  joint  Reunion  of 
G.  A.  R.  and  United  Confederate  Veterans  in  Washington 
within  the  next  few  years.  Secretary  of  War  to  direct  ar- 
rangements and  the  government  to  make  appropriation  for 
the  entertainment  of  visiting  veterans,  idea  being  that  Re- 
union will  be  object  lesson  to  the  world  and  rising  generation 
in  America  that  Civil  War  wounds  have  been  entirely  healed. 
Will  you  please  wire  by  10  a.m.  Wednesday  at  the  Journal's 
expense  your  opinion   of  this   suggestion? 

The  Minneapolis  Journal. 

Reply  to  the  Journal. 

Your  telegram  to  me  as  editor  of  the  Confederate  Veteran 
asking  for  my  opinion  concerning  Judge  Torrance's  sugges- 
tion that  the  national  government  provide  for  a  joint  Reunion 
of  G.  A.  R.  and  United  Confederate  Veterans  at  Washington 
as  guests  of  the  government  is  carefully  considered.  Con- 
federates favored  this  years  ago,  and  the  Richmond  Reunion 
of  1896  was  changed  with  the  understanding  that  the  Con- 
federates go  from  there  to  New  York  to  meet  the  G.  A. 
R.,  and  the  veterans  of  the  two  armies  parade  on  Broadway. 
The  parade  was  to  have  been  on  July  4. 

Confederates  were  stunned  when  the  G.  A.  R.  Commander 
for  that  year  refused  to  cooperate.  Remonstrance  was  made 
by  parties  seeking  the  parade  with  explanation  that  Confed- 
erates would  not  carry  guns,  and  he  said  the  Grand  Army 
should  not  march  with  them  if  they  wore  Confederate  uni- 
forms. This  movement  was  headed  for  Confederates  by  their 
magnetic,  great-hearted  leader.  Gen.  John  B.  Gordon,  but  the 
Grand  Army  Commander  was  obdurate.  Had  Torrance  been 
in  command  then,  a  great  stride  might  have  been  made  for 
reconciliation. 

Corporal  Tanner  made  a  great  speech  at  that  Richmond 
gathering.  Confederates  have  not  considered  that  subject 
favorably  since.  All  veterans  of  the  war  on  battle  lines  have 
had  right  regard  for  antagonists  all  this  time.  Politicians  and 
religious  fanatics  have  caused  all  the  trouble.  President 
Roosevelt  in  his  speech  on  the  centenary  of  Lincoln's  birth 
never  mentioned  the  South's  Chief  Executive  during  the 
period  that  Lincoln's  fame  was  made,  although  he  was  born 
in  Kentucky,  also  within  a  year  of  the  same  time.  To-mor- 
row thousands  will  pay  tribute  to  the  memory  of  Jeffer- 
son Davis  at  the  place  of  his  birth,  Fairview,  Ky.  President 
Taft  at  the  dedication  of  the  soldiers'  monument  at  Gettys- 
burg last  Monday  extolled  Union  soldiers,  but  never  mentioned 
Confederates,  his  fellow-countrymen,  who  caused  the  glory 
to  Union  arms.  Then  our  devoted  Southerner,  J.  M.  Dickin- 
son, Secretary  of  War,  while  praising  Confederates  took  oc- 
casion to  tell  how  much  better  the  country  is  under  one 
government.     He  gave  them  only  merited  credit. 

Confederates  knew  that  all  the  while.  They  fought  not 
for  policy,  but  for  principle.  Many  of  our  people,  grati- 
fied with  the  expressions  indicated  by  President  Taft,  have 
been  hopeful  that  no  opposition  would  be  made  in  the  next  na- 
tional  contest.     Recently  a   Northern   Church,   after  years  of 


litigation,  criticising  the  Supreme  Court  of  this  State,  in  which 
the  Confederate  General  Reunion  is  to  be  held  next  week,  has 
aroused  antagonistic  feelings  which  would  deter  liberal  re- 
sponse  to  Comrade  Torrance's  suggestion. 

Confederates  gladly  greet  veterans  of  the  Union  Army 
They  believe  that  those  men  would  have  come  back  South  to 
their  rescue  had  they  realized  the  outrages  of  reconstruction. 
The  South  wants  peace  and  prosperity;  but  it  must  come,  if 
at  all,  with  thorough  recognition  of  such  motives  as  they 
would  have  in   facing  the  judgment. 


A  Tribute  by  President  General  D.  A.  R.  to  Sam  Davis. 
— In  a  personal  letter  from  Mrs.  Julia  G.  Scott,  the  President 
General  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  to  the 
editor  of  the  Veteran,  she  states:  "I  could  not  permit  a 
stenographer  to  tell  you  how  much  I  appreciate  your  letter. 
But  what  touched  me  most  and  brought  hot  tears  to 
my  eyes  was  the  little  leaflet,  'Sam  Davis,'  by  Dr.  Hamill.  I 
have  read  nothing  more  touching  than  the  pathetic  story  of 
this  heroic  boy."  

A  "MONUMENT"  TO  CONFEDERATE   WOMEN. 

BY    R.    C.    MAY,    MIAMI,   FLA. 

As  much  has  been  said  about  monuments  to  the  Confed- 
erate women,  I  suggest  that  each  of  us  who  receives  a  pen- 
sion apply  one-tenth  of  that  pension  as  an  endowment  fund 
for  a  training  school  for  the  girls  and. boys  who  are  our  lineal 
descendants  wherein  the  principles  for  which  we  fought  can 
be  perpetuated.  This  would  insure  our  posterity  being  taught 
correctly  and  these  schools,  if  managed  by  the  U.  D.  C,  would 
be  a  living  monument  to  those  women  of  the  Confederacy 
whom  we  desire  to  honor.  If  we  could  consummate  this,  then 
our  victory  would  be  complete  and  none  of  us  need  fear  for 
the  perpetuity  of  our  republican  institutions. 

Union   Veteran's   Opinion  of  the   Monument. 

Mr.  Fitz  Edward  Culver,  writing  from  Ingleside,  Lake 
County,  111.,  to  Dr.  H.  M.  Hamill,  of  Nashville,  states: 

"My  Dear  Sir  and  Comrade:  I  have  just  read  your  descrip- 
tion of  that  proposed  women's  monument,  and  what  you  say 
strikes  my  fancy  forcibly.  Also  from  it  I  have  decided  to  sub- 
scribe for  two  years  to  the  Confederate  Veteran,  although 
I  was  a  Union  soldier  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  (44th  New 
York  Volunteer  Infantry,  Company  A)— from  wooden  guns 
at  Centerville  to  Appomattox.  I  can  get  a  better  insight  of 
you  brave  men  1  so  often  met,  which  alone  I  prize  and  enjoy, 
as  I  am,  like  you,  marching  to  our  last  roll  call. 


THE  BEAUTIFUL  LIFE  OF  GENERAL  LEE. 
[Prof.  George  S.  Bryant  to  U.  D.  C,  Independence,  Mo.] 
Tapestry  is  woven  from  the  underneath.  The  artist  designs, 
but  the  worker  knows  not  his  figures.  When  the  work  is  fin- 
ished, the  weaver  is  surprised  at  the  beauty  brought  out  above. 
His  colors  have  disappeared  in  their  blending.  And  as  with 
tapestry  so  in  history  we  work  on  the  underside.  Uncon- 
sciously the  beautiful  figure  is  developing  above.  We  work 
ignorar.tly,  but  ideals  gradually  take  shape  and  remain  as 
the  permanent  possession  of  the  race. 

The  history  of  every  great  movement  is  summed  up  in  the 
name  of  one  man.  Alexander  stands  for  the  Macedonian 
Empire,  Copernicus  for  the  discovery  of  the  solar  system,  and 
John  Milton  is  an  epitome  of  the  Puritan  Revolution,  repre- 
senting every  phase  of  thought  from  Satan  in  rebellion  to 
God  overruling.  Nowhere  is  this  thought  better  illustrated 
than  wherein  George  Washington  was  one  mighty  compendium 
of  the  American  struggle  for  independence. 


Q09federat<?  Uererao. 


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THE  HISTORY  OF  FREDERICKSBURG,  l.l 
In  writing  this  history  of  Fredericksburg  G.  J.  Quinn  has 
practically  divided  his  work  into  three  subheads  hirst,  he 
tells  of  the  days  of  the  first  settlers,  when  Pocahontas  roamed 
free  with  Powhatan,  her  father,  and  the  fair  hills  and  valleys 
of  Virginia  were  an  unknown  land;  but  John  Smith's  explora- 
tion of  the  Rappahannock  is  followed  fast  by  many  other  ox- 
plorers  eager  to  see  the  marvels  of  this  new  world  and  to 
grasp  its  richness.  Quinn  gives  a  graphic  account  oi  the  ex- 
pedition of  Governor  Spottswood  and  his  parly  over  the  Bine 
Ridge  Mountains,  an  expedition  which  became  world-famous 
John  Fontaine,  one  of  the  gentlemen  in  the  party,  kept  a 
diary  of  its  daily  happenings,  which  diary  Quinn  gives  en- 
tire, and   this  alone   would   well   repay  a  careful   reading   of   the 

book.  Quinn  follows  Fredericksburg  from  us  naming  for  the 
Prince  of  Wales  through  all  its  vicissitudes  into  growth  in 
strength  and  importance.  And  clustering  around  this  statis- 
tical structure  he  has  given  much  rare  insight  into  the  manners 
and  customs  of  the  times,  its  employments  and  amusements, 
its   modes   of   punishment    and    its   award-    ol    merit 

(If  course  the  heart  of  the  book  is  the  account  'if  the  bloody 
days  of  the  sixties,  when  all  of  Virginia  was  a  battle  ground 
and  Fredericksburg  the  fulcrum  of  the  great  lever  >>f  the 
armies.  Quinn's  Story  of  the  march  and  countermarch,  tierce 
Onslaught  and  rapid  retreat  seems  l"  reek  with  the  smoke  of 
o  vivid  is  the  impression  it  conveys,  and  everj  Con- 
federate heart  will  heat  faster  at  reading  of  these  deathless 
di  eds  of  valor. 

Last  comes  Fredericksburg  after  the  war  in  two  pictures     a 

citj   ten  bj    shot  and   -lull,  deva  i. b)    two  armies,  twice 

laid  low  by  tire,  and  dragging  a  debt  seeminglj  too  hea 
lift;  then   Fredericksburg  as  it  is  now.  a  city  of  perfect   sanita- 
tion, tine  churches  and  public  buildings,  good  roads,  and  ex 
schools,   a   city   whose   government    is   by    tin-   people 

and   for  tin    people. 

'I  lie  hook  i-  excellently  pruned  In  the  Hermitage  Press. 
Richmond,  is  beautifully  illustrated,  and  will  form  an  ex- 
cellent  addition  to  any  library,  public  or  private 


LIFE  OF  GEN.   WILLIAM   B    BATE 
'I  he  Veteran   has  on   -ale  the  "Life  of  William    B    Bate, 
n,   Soldier,  and    Statesman,"    written   by    Park    Marshall. 
1    q    oi  Nashville,  Tenn.     Hie  Veteran  offers  this  interesting 

I  ■  ok    at    $1.25.       It    also    offers    the    hook    and    one    year's    sub- 
scription to  the  Veteran  for  $2  for  the  two 

General     Bate    was    a    lieutenant    in    the    Mexican    War.    and 

hi  d  ili'    ranks  oi  colonel,  brigadier  general,  and  majoi    g  n 
eral   in  the  (nil   War,  commanding  troops   from   Tennessee, 

Alabama,  rgia,  and    Florida      Mr  -.>i\'.l   before  the   war 

as  a  member  oi  the  Legislature  ,\i\A  a-  Districl  Attorney  Gen- 
eral; and  after  the  war  he   wa-  Governor   four  years,  and   was 
1    to   the    United    States    Senate    m    1XX7.    1893,    1S00,    and 

ii'    died    March   g,    1005      He   thus   held   high   publi< 

■us   longer   than    almost    any    one   else    ill    the    State's    his 

Mr.  Marshall's  book   is  verj    interesting  and  accurate,  and 
ieciall)    valuable   to   the   old    soldier-   and   their   children 
ill    the    Stall-    named.       It    is    divided    into    six    chapters    and 
an  appendix 

1-  a  sketch  "t  General   Hate'-  "Earl)   Life,"  and 

runs   from    tSjO  to    [861,  and  among  other   thing-   treat-  of  the 

p:oncer  times  of  the  earl)  settlement  of  Sumnei  1  ounty,  Tenn 

tpter   II    treat-   "I   the   "<  nil    War."  and  traces  the  move 

ii'    •■  of  the  Army  of  Tennessee  and  their  causes  and  ob 


The  battles  of  Franklin  and  Nashville  are  specially  described, 
though  somewhat  briefly  so  es  to  comport  with  the  limits  of 
the  book. 

Chapter  111.  is  "After  the  War,"  and  describes  that  period, 
including  General  Bate's  unsuccessful  races  for  the  Senate. 

Chapter  IV.,  "As  Governor."  gives  the  situation  up  to  1882. 
and  embraces  an  accurate  history  of  the  State  debt  and  the 
manner  of  its  settlement  under  General  P>ate  during  his  two 
terms  as  Governor,  from   1883  to  [887. 

Chapter  V.  shows  General  Bate's  election  to  and  service  in 
the  United  States  Senate,   1NN7  to  1905. 

Chapter  VI  is  the  "Conclusion,"  describing  his  death  and 
funeral. 

The  Appendix  consists  of  memorial  addresses  In  Senator 
Carmack,  General  Grosvenor,  and  Mr.  Stanley;  also  General 
Bate's  oration  "i  M.n  7.  1870,  at  Elmwood  Confederate  Ceme- 
tery, Memphis,  and  his  speech  of  September  20,  [895,  at 
Chickamauga  and  Chattanooga  National   P 

The  original  matter  of  the  hook  covers  two  hundred  and 
fifty-eight  pages.  Including  the  Appendix,  there  are  three 
hundred  and  sixty-three  pages,  making  a  compact  and  handy 
volume.     There  are  two  pictures  of  General    Bate 

Libraries,   public   and   private,   should  contain   this   volume. 


BELLES,  BEAUX,  AND   /-'A'  l/.Y.V  OF  THE  SIXTIES." 

I       G      Me     Leon's    1 k    Of    the    above    title     Is     from     tile    | 

of  G.  W.  Dillingham,  New  York,  and  1-  most  attractive  in 
its  dress  of  type,  with  elegant  binding  and  with  a  hundred  and 
fifty    half-lone    portraits    of    the    men.    women,    and    girl-    that 

made  up  the  select  circle  oi  societ)  in  the  ;  onfederate  capital 
and  "ther  cities 

Mr,  He  Leon  is  a  native  South  Carolinian,  but  has  lived 
in  many  cities,  and  has  had  exceptional  advantages  in  gather- 
ing the  social  'lata  necessary  to  his  work,  the  illustrations 
being  entirely  from  pictures  given  him  by  the  originals  or 
from  photographs  loaned  him  by  their  families.  The  facts. 
nanus,  genealogies,  and  incidents  aie  so  delightfully  woven 
together  by  the  author's  choice  language  that  the  hook  pre- 
sents  all   the  charm  of  a  prose  poem 

Though  the  principal  incidents  occurred  in  the  capitals, 
Washington,  Montgomery,  and  Richmond,  the  book  is  by  no 

means   confined   to   thes,.    ~ome  of    its   best    word  painting    find- 
nig    Us   -indies   in    Xew    Orleans,   Mobile,  and   Charleston.      The 
text  of  the  book  embraces  every  range,  from  the  formation  of 
Cabinets   to   amateur    theatricals   and   the   whirl   of   cotillions 
Price  of  the  hook,  three   dollars,   supplied   by   the  VETERAN 


For  Confederates  \i  rui  Alaska-Yukon  Exposition.— 
Mi.  committee  on  invitations,  composed  "i  W  L  Ga/zam. 
Dr.  A.  Jordan.  A.  J.  Park,  and  E.  W.  Blackwoi  d  1  rids  from 
Seattle.    Wash.,    the    following    to    "comrades    and    Daughti 

"The  John    P..  Gordon   Gamp   of   Confederate    Veterans,   the 
Robert  E    Lee  Chapter,  U   D  C,  and  the  Robert  E.  Lee  1 

U.  S  G  V.,  all  of  tins  city,  unite  ill  extending  to  your  ' 
a  most  cordial  imitation  to  attend  the  \laska- Yukon-Pacific 
Expo  ition  to  he  held  here  In  m  June  I  to  October  16.  1909. 
We  shall  endeavot  I  1  sec  that  you  an-  well  housed,  that  you 
will  be  protected  against  exorbitant  prices,  and  that  your  visit 
will  he  both  pleasant  and  instructive  Suitable  Southern  head- 
quarters will  be  established  on  the  Fair  Grounds,  where  all 
Southerner-  may  not  011K  find  a  resting  place  hut  a  true  South- 
ern   o  ngenial    atmosphere.      Information    relating    to    thi 

will  be  cheerfully  furnished  upon  application  to  Comrade   M. 

I"   1,  am  1    Secretary,  15  Maynard  Building,  Seattle.  Wash." 


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(^opfederat^  l/eterai). 


'■BIRD'S-EYE  VIEW  OF  AMERICAS  HISTORY." 

Possibly  the  best  criticism  of  this  very  remarkable  bo  >k  that 
can  be  given  is  to  quote  a  personal  letter  to  the  editor  of  the 
Veteran  by  its  author.  Mr.  Leon  C.  Prince,  a  member  of  the 
Pennsylvania  bar  and  of  the  faculty  of  Dickinson  College, 
Carlisle,  Pa.  Mr.  Prince  writes:  "I  am  taking  the  liberty  to 
•-end  you  a  copy  of  my  book,  "Bird's-Eye  View  of  American 
History.'  in  the  hope  that  the  rather  unusual  view  taken  of 
the  Civil  War,  reconstruction,  and  the  race  question  by  a 
Northern  man  may  commend  the  book  to  your  own  heart 
and  judgment  and  to  the  great  constituency  you  represent. 

The  manuscript  was  declined  by  one  publishing  house  in 
Philadelphia  because  of  its  strictures  on  the  methods  of  Thad 
Stevens  and  its  alleged  'pro-Southern'  character,  and  it  has 
been  turned  down  generally  by  Northern  school  boards  for 
the  --ame  reason.  My  motive  in  writing  the  book  was  simply 
to  tell  the  truth,  to  present  without  bias  or  partiality  the  true 
issues  of  the  war,  and  the  naked  reality  of  all  that  followed 
it.  If  I  have  made  out  a  better  case  for  the  South  than  the 
North  can  indorse,  the  fault  is  not  mine.  I  was  not  born 
till  ten  years  after  the  war  closed.  Perhaps  that  is  the  reason 
I  can  see  without  prejudice,  though  I  have  two  hundred  and 
fifty  years  of  New  England  ancestry." 

The  title,  "Bird's-Eye  View,"  shows  the  book  not  to  be 
an  exhaustive  historical  treatise.  Mr.  Prince  has  taken  all 
the  salient  points  of  history  and  all  the  prominent  questions 
and  treated  them  in  such  a  manner  a*  to  convey  a  clear  and 
definite  knowledge  of  everything  he  writes  about.  He  touches 
the  principal  points  of  interest  from  the  date  of  the  discovery 
of  America  through  its  colonizations,  its  early  wars,  its  rise 
in  prosperity,  the  influence  of  other  nations  upon  its  advance- 
ment, and  the  Revolution  and  the  establishment  of  the  re- 
public. Even  here  he  begins  gathering  up  the  threads  that 
showed  the  inevitable  outcome  of  the  burning  questions  that 
led  to  the  Civil  War. 

In  the  history  of  this  war  Mr.  Prince  has  showed  a  thor- 
ough comprehension  of  the  South  and  her  people,  and  gives 
unstinted  praise  to  the  noble  heroes  and  generals  that  the 
Southland  delights  to  honor.  In  speaking  of  Lee  he  says: 
"General  Johnston  was  wounded  and  for  a  time  was  forced 
to  leave  the  service.  He  was  succeeded  in  the  command  of 
the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  by  Robert  E.  Lee,  the  greatest 
of  all  the  Confederate  generals  and  the  most  chivalrous  figure 
in  the  history  of  the  South,  a  character  of  transcendent  purity 
and  worth,  in  whom  neither  friend  nor  foe  has  ever  found  a 
flaw." 

Mr.  Prince  has  one  chapter  on  "Reconstruction"  that  alone 
would  sell  the  book  to  Southern  people,  for  it  shows  with 
such  perfect  truth  the  situations  that  marked  those  days,  and 
his  treatment  of  the  negro  question  is  a  full  justification  of  his 
claims  of  an  "unbiased  history."  Rarely  has  any  book  treated 
the  questions  of  the  Civil  War  more  correctly,  and  certainly 
never  before  has  such  justice  been  given  by  a  Northern  writer. 


Life  and  Letters  of  Gen.  R.  E.  Lee.  By  Dr.  J.  William 
Jones,  D.D.  A  personal  friendship  between  General  Lee  and 
the  author  gave  valuable  material  in  the  preparation  of  this 
work,  which  is  a  revised  edition  and  contains  many  letters  of 
General  Lee  not  heretofore  published.     Cloth.     Price,  $2. 

Life  of  Stonewall  Jackson.  By  Col.  G.  F.  R.  Hender- 
son, C.B.  The  best  biography  of  the  great  general  ever 
written,  presenting  clearly  the  science  of  military  strategy  so 
successfully  followed.  Published  in  two  volumes.  Six  hun- 
dred memorial  edition  in  half  morocco,  $4. 


Service  Afloat.  By  Admiral  Raphael  Semmes.  A  new 
edition  of  this  standard  work  on  operations  of  the  Confederate 
navy  and  giving  the  history  of  the  Confederate  cruiser  Ala- 
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Messages  and  Papers  of  the  Confederacy.  Compiled  by 
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per  set,  half  morocco,  $io;  cloth,  $5. 

Military  Annals  of  Tennessee.  By  Dr.  J.  Berrien  Linds- 
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Morgan's  Cavalry.  By  Gen.  Basil  Duke.  The  history  of 
this  most  remarkable  command  by  one  who  participated  in  its 
many  adventures  under  dashing  John  Morgan  and  succeeded 
him.     Cloth.     Price,  $2. 

Pickett  and  His  Men.  By  Mrs.  LaSalle  Corbell  Pickett. 
An  entertaining  and  charmingly  written  history  of  the  gallant 
commander  and  the  men  he  led  up  the  heights  of  Gettysburg 
to  fame.     Cloth.     Price,  $2.50. 

Recollections  of  Thirteen  Presidents.  By  Col.  John 
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$2.50. 

Confederate  Operations  in  Canada  and  New  York.  By 
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Southern  States  of  the  American  Union.  By  Dr.  J.  L. 
M.  Curry.     Price,  $1.50. 

Story  of  the  Confederate  States.  By  Prof.  Joseph  T. 
Derry.     Price,  $2. 

Northern  Rebellion  and  Southern  Secession.  By  Maj. 
E.  W.  R.  Ewing.     Price.  $1. 

Four  Years  under  Mars  Robert.  By  Maj.  Robert  Stiles. 
Price,  $2. 

Women  of  the  Confederacy.  By  Rev.  J.  L.  Underwood. 
Price,  $2. 

Recollections  of  a  Lifetime.  By  John  Goode,  of  Virginia. 
Price,  $2. 

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SOUTHERN  MARATHON  RACES. 

During  the  last  days  of  May  or  the  first  week  in  June  a 
Marathon  race  will  be  held  in  Atlanta,  Ga.,  open  only  to 
Atlanta  Athletic  Club,  and  is  to  be  strictly  amateur,  and  rep- 
resentatives of  colleges,  schools,  athletic  clubs,  Young  Men's 
Christian  Associations,  and  any  strictly  Southern  organiza- 
tion may  enter  to  compete. 

Atlanta  is  an  ideal  place  for  such  a  race,  for  it  has  splendid 
roads.  If  the  Marathon  distance,>twenty-six  miles,  is  accepted 
as  the  test,  the  run  will  either  be  from  the  Roswell  bridge 
over  the  Chattahoochee  River  into  the  city  or  a  sufficient  de- 
tour around  the  city  and  through  the  parks  will  be  made  to 
make  the  desired  distance.  In  either  case  the  race  will  end 
where  thousands  can  assemble  to  see  the  finish. 


NEJV  EDITION— "LIFE  OF  FORREST." 
The  "Life  of  Gen.  Nathan  Bedford  Forrest,"  by  John  Allan 
Wyeth,  is  out  in  a  delightful  new  dress,  and  with  additions 
that  add  much  to  its  value.  Dr.  Wyeth  adds  a  voluminous 
postscript  to  his  book  containing  much  information  that 
reached  him  after  the  original  volume  was  published.  This 
book,  which  would  be  an  ornament  to  any  library  and  is  a 
necessity  to  all  Confederates,  is  furnished  by  the  Veteran 
office.     Price,  four  dollars. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


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The  above  cut  is  that  of  the  great  painting  of  "  Lee  and  His  Generals,"  by  George  B.  Matthews, 
of  Virginia.  *H General  Marcus  J,  Wright  indorses  it  as  follows:  "I  regard  it  as  one  of  the 
finest  paintings  I  ever  saw.  The  truthfulness  of  feature  of  all  these  great  generals  is  most 
remarkable  The  Lithograph  copy  is  a  most  striking  and  accurate  reproduction  of  the 
original.  1  hope  all  Confederates  will  procure  copies."  €J|  The  Lithograph  is  in  color.  Size, 
27  x  16  inches.  State  agents  can  make  most  liberal  contracts.  Agents  wanted  in  every  city  and 
town  in  the  South.  <U  Sent  by  mail  on  receipt  of  55  cents.  Every  home  should  have  a  pic- 
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treasurj  note,  issued  ;it  Mont- 
gomery, Ala.,  and  one  of  each  of  the 
Richmond  issue.  He  wishes  also  copies 
of  iln  Veteran  for  1903  with  the  ex 
-n  of  ( Ictober,  November,  and  I  '<-■ 
cember,  which  he  will  exchange  for 
others     He  also  wants  December,  1805 


Mr  Neil  McCarron,  of  Mobile,  Via., 
1-  -1 1  king  1  1  1  ;tablish  the  rei  rd  of  an 
old  veteran  tht  n  >o  hi  aj  secure  a 
ion.  I  his  veteran  is  John  Boyd, 
who  belonged  i"  the  second  compart}  of 
Richmond  Howitzers,  under  Captain 
Taylor,  A.  X.  V.  He  surrendered  a) 
Appomattox  Anj  surviving  comrades 
will  confer  a  favor  by  giving  anything 
of  his  sen  in-  thai  »  ill  aid  him 


I  .r  irgi  B  Vdams  (  "called  I'niu  \  "  i. 
who  enlisted  111  t'unipaiiy  (.'.  1st  Ceorgia 
Regulars,  at   Albany,   Ga.,   in    February, 

l86l,    wants    tn    hear    from    some    of    his 

comrades.  Any  one  who  can  testify  as 
to  his  services  will  please  write  to  him 
it  Davis  Biggs,  Jefferson,  Tex. 


William  L.  Thompson,  Commander  A. 
S  Johnston  1  lamp,  Beaum  mt,  rex., 
wishes  information  of  l\  M  Drinkard, 
who  enlisted  in  St.  Landry  Parish,  La, 
in  Captain  Offutt's  company,  which  be- 
came Companj  C  of  the  6th  Louisiana 
Regiment,  and  served  through  the  war 
in  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia, 
I  [aj  s's   Brigade,  Feathei  sti  m'    I  1 


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Nashville,  Tenn. 


C.  M.  Farrar,  of  Blacksburg,  W.  Va., 
wishes  to  locate  the  burial  place  of  his 
brother,  John  A.  Farrar,  who  was  killed 
near  Kcrnstown  August  25,  1864.  1  le 
was  a  member  of  Company  A.  36th  Vir- 
ginia Volunteer  Infantry.  He  will  ap- 
preciate  any   information   about   it. 


W.  F.  Clarke,  who  served  in  Com- 
pany K,  2d  Virginia  Cavalry,  now  liv 
ing  at  Merced,  Cal.,  writes  of  having  in 
his  possession  a  picture  supposed  to  be 
General  Reed,  which  was  found  at  his 
side  when  killed  at  the  high  bridge  in 
Virginia  a  day  or  two  before  the  sur- 
render at  Appomattox.  Some  member 
of  General  Reed's  family  can  get  it  by 
writing  to  Mr.  Clarke. 


Mrs.  M.  R.  Lanier,  of  Merkel,  Tex., 
the  widow  of  Oscar  Lanier,  who  served 
in  the  Confederate  army,  wishes  to  se- 
cure his  record  in  order  that  she  may 
get  a  pension.  She  is  in  indigent  cir- 
cumstances, and  will  appreciate  any  in- 
formation of  his  service.  He  enlisted 
at  Corpus  Christi,  Tex.,  in  Walker's  Di- 
vision, and  they  were  camped  at  Hemp- 
stead, Tex.,  when  she  married  him. 


Mrs.  S.  D.  Mitchell,  of  Jupiter,  Fla , 
inquires  for  any  comrades  of  her  hus- 
band. Samuel  Davis  Mitchell,  who 
served  under  General  Morgan.  When 
the  war  broke  out,  he  with  other  stu- 
dents ran  away  from  a  military  college 
in  Kentucky  and  joined  Morgan's  com- 
mand. His  wife  is  now  old  and  in  need, 
and  wishes  to  procure  his  war  record 
that  she  may  secure  a  pension.  He  was 
a  son  of  J.  W.  Mitchell,  of  Louisville, 
and  was  born  at  Salt  River,  Hardin 
County,   Ky. 


Benjamin  Walker,  of  Alexander  City, 
Ala.,  writes  for  the  Sidney  Lanier  Chap- 
ter, U.  D.  C,  to  secure  some  informa- 
tion of  the  birth  and  army  record  of 
Lieutenant  Braun,  killed  in  Tallapoosa 
County,  Ala.,  by  Rousseau's  raiders  on 
their  way  to  Auburn  and  Opelika,  Ala- 
in the  summer  of  1863.  This  being  the 
only  Confederate  killed  in  that  county 
during  the  war,  the  U.  D.  C.  of  Alexan- 
der City  wish  to  erect  a  suitable  monu- 
ment to  his  memory.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  some  Louisiana  regiment,  was 
wounded  in  the  fights  about  Richmond, 
and  assigned  to  post  duty  at  Dadeville. 
Ala.,  where  he  fell  in  the  performance 
of  his  duty.  This  information  will  be 
appreciated. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai?. 


One  of  the  Important  Duties  of  Physicians  and 
the  Well-informed  of  the  World 

is  to  learn  as  to  the  relative  standing  and  reliability  ot  the  leading  manutactur 
ers  of  medicinal  agents,  as  the  most  eminent  physicians  are  the  most  careful  as  to 
the  uniform  quality  and  perfect  purity  of  remedies  prescribed  by  them,  and  it  is  well 
known  to  physicians  and  the  Well-Informed  generally  that  the  California  Fig  Syrup 
Co.,  by  reason  of  its  correct  methods  and  perfect  equipment  and  the  ethical  character  of 
its  product  has  attained  to  the  high  standing  in  scientific  and  commercial  circles  which 
is  accorded  to  successful  and  reliable  houses  only,  and,  therefore,  that  the  name  of  the 
Company  has  become  a  guarantee  of  the  excellence  of  its  remedy. 

TRUTH     AND     QUALITY 

appeal  to  the  Well-Informed  in  every  walk  of  life  and  are  essential  to  permanent  sue 
cess  and  creditable  standing,  therefore  we  wish  to  call  the  attention  of  all  who  would 
enjoy  good  health,  with  its  blessings,  to  the  fact  that  it  involves  the  question  of  right 
living  with  all  the  term  implies.  With  proper  knowledge  of  what  is  best  each  hour 
ot  recreation  oi  enjoyment,  of  contemplation  and  of  effort  may  be  made  to  contribute 
to  that  end  an'  the  use  of  medicines  dispensed  with  generally  to  great  advantage,  but 
as  in  many  instances  a  simple,  wholesome  remedy  may  be  invaluable  if  taken  at  the 
proper  time,  the  California  Fig  Syrup  Co.  feels  that  it  is  alike  important  to  present 
truthfully  the  subject  and  to  supply  the  one  perfect  laxative  remedy  which  has  won 
the  appoval  of  physicians  and  the  world-wide  acceptance  of  the  Well-Informed  because 
of  the  excellence  of  the  combination,  known  to  all,  and  the  original  method  of  manufac- 
ture, which  is  known  to  the  California  Fig  Syrup  Co.  only. 

This  valuable  remedy  has  been  long  and  favorably  known  under  the  name  of — 
Syrup  of  Figs — and  has  attained  to  world-wide  acceptance  as  the  most  excellent  of 
family  laxatives,  and  as  its  pure  laxative  principles,  obtained  from  Senna,  are  well 
known  to  physicians  and  the  Well-informed  of  the  world  to  be  the  best  of  natural 
laxatives,  we  have  adopted  the  more  elaborate  name  of — Syrup  of  Figs  and  Elixir  of 
Senna — as  more  fully  descriptive  of  the  remedy,  but  doubtless  it  will  always  be 
called  for  by  the  shorter  name  of  Syrup  of  Figs — and  to  get  its  beneficial  effects  always 
note,  when  purchasing,  the  full  name  of  the  Company- — California  Fig  Syrup  Co.— 
plainly  printed  on  the  front  of  every  package,  whether  3-011  simply  call  for  —  Syrup  of 
Figs — or  by  the  full  name — Syrup  of  Figs  and  Elixir  of  Senna — as — Syrup  of  Figs  and 
Elixir  of  Senna  —  is  the  one  laxative  remedy  manufactured  by  the  California  Fig  Syrup 
Co.  and  the  same  heretofore  known  by  the  name  —  Syrup  of  Figs  —  which  has  given 
satisfaction  to  millions.  The  genuine  is  for  sale  by  all  leading  druggists  throughout 
the  United  States  in  original  packages  of  one  size  only,  the  regular  price  of  which 
is  fifty  cents  per  bottle. 

Every  bottle  is  sold  under  the  general  guarantee  of  the  Company,  filed  with  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture,  at  Washington,  D.  C,  that  the  remedy  is  not  adulterated  ot 
misbranded  within  the  meaning  of  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act.    June   30th,    1906. 

CALIFORNIA  FIG  SYRUP  CO. 


Louisville,    Ky 


Sail    Piancisco,    (  al 
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London,    England. 


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no  death  in  the  history  of  the  College.  Beautiful  highland  campus  of  twenty-live  acres. 
Athletics  and  physical  culture  emphasized.  College  garden,  dairy,  hennery,  water  plant, 
steam  heat  plant  and  laundry.  Chalybeate,  sulphur,  freestone  and  cistern  water.  Complete 
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MR.  E.  G.  BUFORD,  Regent 


MRS.  E.  G.  BUFORD,  President 


Vol.  XVII. 


JULY,  1909. 


No  7. 


LEADING  ARTICLES  IN  THIS  NUMBER. 


Membership  of  Camps,  V.  C.  V. 
The  Mount  Vernon  of  Kentucky. 


Mc 


nent  to  Gen.  S.  D.  Lee. 


Terms  as  to  Who  Was  Right,  etc 

Review  of  the  Memphis  Reunion 

Memorial  in  Old  East  Alabama  College 

Visits  of  President  General  U.  D.  C 

Forty  Men  Fought  Grant's  Army 

Dedication  of  the  Jefferson  Davis  Memorial  Home. .    

Information  for  and  about  Veterans 

Monument  to  J.  M.  Falkncr.     Alabama  Soldiers'  Home... 
Alabama  Convention,  U.  D.  C.  —  Flags  Returned 


Mis 


S133ipp 


ians  at  Chicka 


.iga. 


Recollections  of  the  Wytheville  Raid 

Monument  at  Il.iwkinsvillc,  Ga 

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Qor)fedei-3t:<?   l/e^rai), 


ANDREW  JACKSON  SAID 

••  Sarr  if  tut  r  money  and  thrive  or  pay  t/ir  price  in  poverty 
anil  disyrace." 

Did  you  ever  observe  that  the  man  who  is  thrifty  and  econom- 
ical is  generally  respected  and  stands  well  in  his  community, 
while  he  who  wastes  his  money  and  is  always  in  need  is  ridiculed 
and  shunned: 

You  desire  the  respect  of  your  community.     We  will  help  you. 

Start  right  by  opening  your  account  with  us  to-day.  As  it 
grows,  so  will  your  standing  and  self-respect. 

The   American   National  Bank  of  Nashville 

Under  Direct  Control  of  the  U.  S.  Government 

Capital,  Fully  Paid 51.0O0.nnn  00 

Shareholders'   Liability 1,000,000  00 

Surplus  and  Undivided  Profits  (earned) 676,000  00 

Security  to  Depositors $2,675,000  00 


is  much  like  gunning  for  birds.  You  must  have  a  definite 
aim,  because  indiscriminate  advertising,  like  indiscriminate  shooting, 
results  in  empty  pockets.  The  printer  furnishes  the  shot,  and  postage 
is  the  powder  that  carries  it  wherever  you  direct. 

And  you  must  have  good  ammuni- 
tion.    Foolish  indeed  the  sportsman 
who  would  use  pebbles  for  shot  to  save 
expense,  yet  equally  foolish  is  the  ad- 
vertiser who  wastes  energy,  postage 
and  opportunity  on  weak,  ineffective 
printing, 
Thitik  it  over;  then  let's  talk  k  over. 
We  have  furnished  ammunition 
♦or   so   many   successful    cam- 
paigns that  we  know  you  will 
find  our  experience  of  value. 
Anyway,  let's  talk  it  over. 

BRANDON  PRINTING  CO 

NASHVILLE,  TENN. 


, —  GUNSTON  HALL  — i 

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Washington   offers  exceptional  opportunities  to  students. 

Illustrated  catalogue  on  request. 

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50RE  EYES 


^DtBAAClpWEYEWATER 


"The  Causes  of  the  Civil  War,"  adver- 
tised in  this  issue,  is  a  history  in  a  nut- 
shell that  should  be  in  every  Southern 
home.  The  rising  generation  will  learn 
from  its  pages  the  facts  as  they  were, 
and  all  who  read  will  be  ready  with  a 
reason  for  the  faith  that  linked  their 
destinies  with  the  Southern  cause. 


If  there  are  any  survivors  of  Captain 
Glackmyer's  company,  2d  Alabama  Cav- 
alry, who  served  with  James  McClos- 
key,  his  widow,  Mrs.  Mary  J.  McClos- 
key,  will  appreciate  any  information  that 
can  be  given  of  his  service,  as  she  wishes 
to  procure  a  pension.  He  enlisted  at 
Montgomery,  Ala.,  in  1862.  Write  to 
her  in  care  of  T.  P.  McCloskey,  Riley's 
Cigar  Store,  Pensacola,  Fla. 


Foster  J.  Minis,  of  Henderson,  Tex., 
asks  that  any  survivors  of  Company  G, 
1st  Alabama  Regiment,  in  which  he 
served,  will  kindly  write  to  him  in  or- 
der  that  he  may  prove  his  record  as  a 
Confederate  soldier  and  secure  a  pen- 
sion. 


Mrs.  A.  G.  Parrish,  of  Selma,  Ala., 
writes  that  the  widow  of  the  soldier 
who  captured  the  sword  of  Ed  Frothing- 
ham,  who  was  killed  in  the  battle  of 
Seven  Pines,  wishes  to  return  it  to  his 
family,  and  asks  for  their  address.  It 
is  a  cavalry  sword. 


Mrs.  J.  Wesley  Stephens,  of  Lake 
City,  Fla.,  seeks  information  of  Dr.  John 
Bowden,  ranking  as  captain  and  belong- 
ing to  the  1st  South  Carolina  Volun- 
teers during  the  war,  or  of  Reuben 
Bowden,  his  son,  who  joined  two  years 
after  the  war  began,  being  too  young 
to  enter  at  the  beginning. 


Charles  V.  Wagner  ("Telsie"),  of  205 
W.  91st  Street,  New  York  City,  refers 
to  the  article  on  page  2S8  of  the  May 
Veteran  about  General  Ashby  in  the 
Shenandoah  Valley,  and  is  very  anxious 
to  get  in  communication  with  the  writer 
of  it,  as  he  was  a  member  of  the  same 
company,  G,  of  the  7th  Virginia  Cavalry. 
He  says:  "Who  are  you?  Drop  me  a 
line.  I  want  all  of  us  to  get  together  this 
summer  if  possible.  Of  those  left  about 
all  I  know  are  Dr.  Bernard  Browne, 
Baltimore,  Md. ;  Jack  West,  Joe  Trap- 
nell,  Clarence  Hillary,  Tom  Hillary, 
Frederick ;  Dr.  Charley  Russell,  Lou- 
don; Tom  Gatch,  Baltimore;  Blanch 
Philpot,  Frederick ;  John  Wakenight, 
Harrisonburg,  Va." 


Thomas  C.  Smith,  Adjutant  Pat  Cle- 
burne Camp,  Waco,  Tex.,  makes  in- 
quiry in  behalf  of  two  old  comrades 
there  who  are  trying  to  secure  pensions, 
and  will  appreciate  responses  from  those 
who  can  give  information  of  their  serv- 
ice. Thomas  Anderson  served  with  the 
Missouri  troops  as  first  lieutenant  in 
Company  A,  Capt.  W.  A.  Waddell,  in 
Colonel  McCowan's  Regiment  of  Mis- 
souri Infantry,  Little's  Brigade,  Price's 
Army.  He  enlisted  in  the  fall  of  1861 
at  Warrensburg,  Mo.,  and  was  in  the 
battles  of  Springfield,  Pea  Ridge,  and 
Carthage-;  was  discharged,  but  lost  his 
papers.  Thomas  Eagan  served  in  Com- 
pany F,  Captain  Austin,  of  the  Crescent 
Regiment  Louisiana  troops.  He  enlisted 
at  New  Orleans. 


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Vol.  XVII. 


NASHVILLE,  TENN.,  JULY,  1909. 


No.  T. 


|  S.  A.  (TXXINGHAM, 
/  Proprietor. 


(  ONI  ERNINi  ERSHIP  IN  THE  U.  C.  V. 

In  a  report  of  Adjutant  General  W.  E.  Mickle  he  states 
that  during  the  past  year  there  were  chartered  thirty-two  new 
Camps,  as  follows:  Oklahoma.  10;  Texas,  8;  Pacific,  3;  Arkan- 
sas, 2 ;  Mississippi,  2 ;  Georgia,  2  ;  Alahama,  Florida,  Louisiana, 
North  Carolina,  and  West  Virginia,  1  each. 

He  reports  a  summary  of  Camps  by  Divisions:  Texas,  212; 
Georgia,  118;  South  Carolina,  85;  Mississippi,  84;  Alabama, 
S-? ;  Arkansas.  71;  North  Carolina,  70;  Virginia,  69;  Tennes- 
see, 65;  Kentucky,  61;  Louisiana,  58;  Oklahoma,  57;  Florida, 
48;  Missouri.  47;  West  Virginia,  19;  Pacific,  16;  Northwest, 
15;  Maryland,  8. 

The  total  number  of  chartered  Camps  is  1,703.  This  shows 
a  falling  off  of  518  Camps,  or  about  thirty  per  cent,  since  the 
organization. 

////.  MOUNT  VERNON  OF  KENTUCKY. 
[This  title  originated  with  the  editor  of  the  Veteran.] 
Most  important  of  all  matters  with  the  U.  C.  V.  Convention 
at  Memphis  was  that  of  the  Jefferson  Davis  Home  Association. 
As  the  vice  president  and  general  manager  of  the  under- 
taking the  editor  of  the  Veteran  had  printed  three  thousand 
booklets  of  thirty-two  pages  each  for  distribution  at  the  Con- 
vention among  the  Veterans,  .Daughters,  Sons,  and  friends. 
Shipment  was  made  by  express  on  Monday  night,  and  the 
package  was  therefore  due  at  Memphis  on  the  opening  day. 
But  it  could  not  be  found.  The  editor  devoted  nearly  every 
hour  each  day  using  the  wire  for  tracing,  but  in  vain. 
There  was  a  kind  of  prostration  in  the   disappointment,  and 

uted  the  writer's  attention  to  the  business  of  the  Vet- 
eran. There  was  comfort,  however,  in  the  fact  that  he  did 
all  he  could  to  procure  the  package.  Announcement  was  made 
to  the  Convention   that   the  booklets   would   be  distributed  in 

<l>by  of  the  Pcabody  Hotel,  where,  through  the  cordial 
courtesy  of  the  Manager,  Mr.  Parker,  the  headquarters  of  the 

ran  had  been  established. 
The  fruitless  effort  w.i-  pursued  almost  to  the  ending  of  the 
parade  on  Thtirsdaj  (  >n<  lasl  determined  effort  was  made 
then  by  the  wr  ter  to  get  to  the  post  office,  working  his  way 
■\\  the  mass  of  people  from  our  express  office  to  an- 
other across  Court  S  nd  then  getting  to  tin-  line  of 
march  in  the  densest  part  of  the  croud  With  tin  hen 
task  performed  of  reachin  ide  line,  lie  was  halted  by 
a  large  officer  on   foot,  who  -oil.  "You  can't  cross  here,"  al- 


though the  line  was  standing  with  ample  space  between  the 
files.  "But  it  is  an  emergency,"  was  pleaded,  with  the  further 
remark,  "Do  you  know  who  I  am?"  "Yes,  1  know  you,"  was 
the  response.  "My  name  is  B  own.  an  1  this  is  the  R. 
E.  Lee  Camp  marching  in  honor  of  President  Davis."  That 
settled  it.     The  Appomattox  of  defeat  had  come 

The  man  whose  name  stands  officially  on  a  note  for  forty- 
six  hundred  dollars  to  Gen.  Bennett  H.  Young,  who  so  gen- 
erously advanced  that  amount  of  money  to  procure  the  lands 
purchased  for  a  memorial  to  President  Jefferson  Davis  at  the 
place  of  his  birth,  was  cut  off  from  the  very  important  effort 
to  disseminate  the  knowledge  it  was  so  important  to  make 
known  to  the  thousands  of  loyal  patriots  there.  That  U.  C. 
V.  officer  Brown  will  never  know  how  impressed  the  writer 
was  by  his  action.  The  Commander  in  Chief  would  have 
stopped  the  parade  in  the  interest  of  distributing  the  informa- 
tion. If  a  little  "Puck"  had  been  there  to  comment  upon  the 
situation,  he  might  have  commented  upon  mortals  to  Officer 
Brown's  disgust. 

The  worry  and  disappointment  caused  by  delivering  the 
package  to  the  wrong  person  came  near  causing  an  illness. 
It  occasions  more  space  in  this  issue  than  would  hav  I, .  ,  : 
given  otherwise,  and  it  is  the  greater  reason  for  action  on  the 
part  of  all  Confederates  to  make  this  cause  special.  (See  the 
list  of  contributors.) 

Subscription  of  $100  from    Indiana. 

The  project  of  properly  marking  the  birthplace  of  Jefferson 
Davis  in  Fairview,  Todd  County,  Ky.,  created  an  intense  in- 
terest among  the  Confederate  veterans  at  Memphis,  and  at 
the  request  of  General  Evans  and  all  concerned  Gen.  Bennett 
H.  Young,  Commander  of  the  Kentucky  Division,  was  asked 
to  make  a  statement  in  regard  to  the  enterprise  both  as  to 
what  had  been  done  and  the  plan*  for  the   future 

When  General  Young  asked  if  the  South  was  disposed  to 
do  less  for  the  birthplace  of  Mi  Davis  than  the  nation  had 
done  for  the  birthplace  of  Mr.  Lincoln,  more  than  a  thou- 
sand Confederates  arose  to  their  feet  and  cried  out:  "No, 
no,  no!"  Amid  tin  enthusiastic  applause  with  which  General 
Young's  address  was  received  Capt.  Thomas  Hanlon,  who  is 
on  the  staff  of  General  Young,  arose  at  the  rear  of  the  ball 
and  said:  "My  comrades,  this  enterprise  must  not  fail.  I 
am  from  Indiana,  but  1  hereby  subscribe  one  hundred  dol- 
lars to  the  fund  of  building  this  memorial  to  President  Davis." 

Deafening    applause    resounded    through    the    building,    and 


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Qor?federat<^  Ueterai). 


everybody  was  delighted  to  shake  the  hand  of  Captain  Han- 
Ion  and  thank  him  for  this  splendid  response.  He  had  served 
in  a  Louisiana  regiment  for  a  while  during  the  war.     For  a 


CAPT.    JOHN    HANLON. 

long  time  he  has  lived  in  New  Albany,  Ind.,  and  has  held  some 
of  the  most  responsible  offices  within  the  gift  of  the  people  of 
Floyd  County,  Ind. 

Captain  Hanlon  was  a  close  personal  friend  and  political 
adviser  of  Thomas  A.  Hendricks  and  Daniel  W.  Voorhees ; 
and  when  Cleveland  was  elected,  they  had  him  appointed  col- 
lector for  one  of  the  Indiana  districts.  He  was  an  ardent 
Democrat  partisan,  and  of  course  had  political  enemies.  The 
Republicans  aroused  opposition  and  his  confirmation  failed 
by  a  tie  vote,  and  Gen.  Benjamin  Harrison  cast  the  vote  that 
lost  Hanlon  the  place.  Captain  Hanlon  has  never  failed  of 
•election  to  any  office  to  which  he  has  aspired,  and  for  many 
years  he  has  been  an  earnest  leader  of  his  party  in  Southern 
Indiana. 

General  Young  tells  an  amusing  incident  in  connection  with 
Captain  Hanlon's  service  on  the  Louisville,  New  Albany,  and 
Chicago  Railroad,  where  he  was  conductor  when  General 
Young  was  president  of  the  road.  When  President  Arthur 
came  to  visit  the  Southern  Exposition  in  Louisville  in  the 
•early  eighties,  Captain  Hanlon  was  in  charge  of  the  train 
which  carried  the  President  from  Louisville  to  Chicago.  In 
the  presidential  party  were  W.  P.  Gresham,  Robert  T.  Lin- 
coln, Senator  Folger,  and  others.  President  Arthur  was  Gen- 
eral Young-'s  guest.  Indiana  friends  were  not  showing  due 
consideration  to  the  chief  magistrate  of  the  nation,  so  Gen- 
eral Young  wired  ahead  to  have  flowers  ready  to  be  pre- 
sented to  the  President  at  suitable  places.  He  had  the  train 
slowed  up  at  these  selected  towns  along  the  way  and  a  car- 
riage in  waiting,  so  when  the  President  arrived  he  would 
receive  a  fitting  reception. 


Captain  Hanlon  is  a  typical  Irishman,  and  enlisted  a  great 
deal  of  interest  among  his  Hoosier  friends  toward  President 
Arthur,  who  was  one  of  the  most  courteous  and  agreeable  of 
men.  He  sent  for  Captain  Hanlon,  who  had  the  political 
history  of  Southern  Indiana  at  his  tongue's  end.  and  for  more 
than  an  hour  the  President  inquired  about  people  and  things. 
As  they  neared  Chicago  the  President  invited  Captain  Hanlon 
and  General  Young  into  his  private  stateroom,  when  he  ex 
pressed  the  great  pleasure  his  trip  through  Indiana  had  gh  n 
him,  and  concluded  by  saying  to  Captain  Hanlon  that  there 
were  several  good  offices  in  Indiana  which  he  could  bestow, 
naming  them,  and  if  the  Captain  desired  any  one  of  these  he 
would  be  glad  to  appoint  him.  With  great  dignity  but  cour- 
teously the  Captain  said:  "Mr.  President  Arthur,  I  greatly 
appreciate  what  you  have  said  to  me,  but  you  must  not  forget 
that  I  am  a  Democrat."  There  was  no  office  that  he  as  a 
Democrat  was  willing  to  receive  from  a  Republican  President. 

Captain  Hanlon  attends  all  Confederate  Reunions,  and  the 
veterans  will  be  glad  to  know  something  of  the  man  who  has 
given  this  handsome  contribution  to  help  on  the  cause  and 
erect  this  memorial  at  the  birthplace  of  Mr.  Davis. 


MONUMENT  TO  GEN.  STEPHEN  D.  LEE. 

Early  June  was  replete  with  events  of  Confederate  impor- 
tance. The  Reunion  at  Memphis  was  of  national  interest,  and 
only  second  to  this  was  the  unveiling  of  the  beautiful  monu- 
ment to  Gen.  Stephen  D.  Lee  in  the  National  Park  at  Vicks- 
burg.  This  was  consummated  June  n  in  the  presence  of  a 
large  and  appreciative  assembly.  The  monument  stands  upon 
the  spot  on  which  General  Lee  stood  as  he  directed  his  troops 
at  the  siege  of  Vicksburg,  and  is  a  place  of  which  he  was  pe- 
culiarly fond. 

Vicksburg  was  elaborately  decorated  in  flags  and  bunting, 
and  at  the  appointed  time  every  business  house  in  the  city 
was  closed,  most  of  the  business  men  taking  part  in  the  great 
parade  which  formed  at  the  Carrol  Hotel  and  marched  out  to 
the  park.  All  the  contingent  counties  sent  in  large  deputa- 
tions, and  both  the  State  and  national  military  took  part, 
adding  a  fitting  martial  air  to  the  occasion.  Con.  Henry  Wat- 
terson,  of  the  Louisville  Courier-Journal,  was  master  of  cere- 
monies. He  first  called  upon  Rev.  H.  F.  Sproles,  who  was  a 
chaplain  in  the  Confederate  army,  for  an  invocation,  and  the 
prayer  was  earnest  and  deeply  touching  in  its  nature,  after 
which  the  choir  of  the  Vicksburg  school  children  sang  "Tent- 
ing on  the  Old  Camp  Ground."  Colonel  Watterson  made  a 
short  but  appropriate  address  preliminary  to  the  introduction 
of  the  other  speakers,  the  general  trend  of  his  words  being 
the  great  need  of  closer  bonds  between  the  reunited  States 
and  the  fast-growing  brotherhood  of  North  and   South. 

The  monument  was  then  unveiled  by  the  two  little  grand- 
sons of  the  dead  hero,  Master  John  Glessner  Lee,  son  of  Mr. 
Blewett  Lee,  of  Chicago,  and  Master  Lee  Harrison,  of  Co- 
lumbus, Miss. 

Gen.  Clement  Evans  was  then  introduced  and  made  an  elo- 
quent address  with  a  eulogium  on  the  character  and  life  of 
General-  Lee  that  was  a  glowing  tribute.  Of  Lee  the  man 
he  said:  "Not  a  cloud  lowers  around  his  name,  lie  was  brave, 
since  he  fought  without  malice;  his  courtesy  had  the  charm 
of  chivalry.  He  was  generous  to  the  opinions  of  others.  His 
tongue  did  not  falter  in  his  praise  when  merited  even  by  a 
foe.  He  will  take  his  place  in  the  biography  of  Americans 
as  the  type  of  the  true  citizen  and  noble  soldier,  the  ardent 
Confederate,  the  affectionate  husband  and  father,  and  the  hum- 
ble Christian  gentleman."     Of  Lee  the  soldier  he  quoted  from 


^opfederat^  Vetera^. 


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President  Davis:  "Stephen  D.  Lee  was  one  of  the  best  all- 
round  soldiers  we  ever  had.  I  tried  him  at  the  artillery,  and 
he  handled  the  guns  so  superbly  that  I  thought  we  could  never 
spare  him  from  that  arm  of  the  service.  I  tried  him  at  cav- 
alry, and  I  thought  he  was  born  for  that  branch  alone ;  and 
when  I  put  him  to  command  infantry,  he  was  equally  able 
in  that  position."  General  Evans  then  presented  the  monu- 
ment to  the  nation. 

Gen.  Frederick  D.  Grant's  speech  of  acceptance  was  eagerly 
watched  for.  and  was  enthusiastically  applauded.  Genera] 
Grant  said  that  he  "felt  himself  honored  in  being  selected  to 
represent  J  M.  Dickinson,  Secretary  of  War.  upon  this  oc- 
casion, and  still  more  honored  in  the  service  from  the  warm 
personal  friendship  and  admiration  that  he  had  always  felt 
for  General  Lee."  He  ably  gave  a  sketch  of  the  life  of  the 
gallant  leader  from  his  birth  in  Charleston  September  -'-\ 
1833.  to  his  death  from  apoplexy  in  Vicksburg  May  jS,  1908. 
He  touched  lightly  on  his  youth  and  young  manhood,  but 
paid  noble  tribute  to  his  genius  as  a  soldier  and  leader,  and 
under  his  admiring  words  the  picture  of  Lee  the  educator  and 
Lee  the  noble  gentleman  was  beautifully  revealed.  With  cour- 
arl  Gen  Frederick  Grant  then  received  the  beautiful 
statue  in  the  name  of  the  nation  and  the  National  Park. 

Col.  George  R.  Peck  in  Bowery  but  well-chosen  words  made 


an   address   dealing   with   the    life   and   character   of   General 
Lee.      Incidentally    he    dwelt    upon    the    fact    that   the    statue 


BLEWETT   LEE,   ONLY   CHILD   OF   GEN.    S.    D.   LEE. 

they  were  presenting  had  been  erected  by  almost  equal  con- 
tributions from  North  and  South;  also  that  oil  the  spot  where 
the  two  fathers,  Lee  and  Grant,  had  fought  so  noble  a  fight 
the  two  sons.  Blewett  Lee  and  Frederick  Grant,  were  stand- 
in.;  side  by  side  united  in  bonds  of  friendship. 

As  that  bond  spanned  the  chasm  between  them,  so  may  the 
rainbow  oi  reunion  cross  the  void  from  the  mi-t  of  war  to 
the  sunlight  of  peace ! 

SOUTH  CAROUNA  U.  C.  V.  REUNIOX. 

The  South  Carolina  State  Reunion  of  Veterans,  S  ins,  and 
Daughters  at  Chestei  was  well  attended.  Chester  was  in  gala 
attire,  and     .  ry   effort   to  make  the  meeting   a    - 

Gen.  Zimmerman  Davis,  Commander  of  South  Carolina,  made 
a  brief  but  earnest  speech,  which  was  followed  by  the  splen- 
did address  of  Hon.  George  Bell  Timmerman,  Commander  of 
the  Sons  of  Veterans.  Miss  Janie  Ford,  an  attractive  daugh- 
ter of  that  State,  representing  the  Daughters  of  the  Confed- 
eracy, read  a  poem  beautifullj  Senator  Weston  and  Dr. 
Mitchcl  made  eloquent  appeals  to  the  patriotism  of  their  State. 

In  the  annual  election  of  officers  General  Zimmerman  Davis 

was   again  chosen  as   Commander.      Proposed  changes  in   the 

11  law   were  referred  to  a  committee  with  authority  to  act. 

I  lie  band  from  the  battle  ship  Texas  played  during  tin    Ri 
union,  and  it   was  one  of  the  attractions  of  the  grand  parade 
which  marked  the  closing  of  the  Convention. 


THE   STATUE   OF   GEN.    STEPHEN    D.    LEE. 


The  Louisiana  Historical  Society  is  endeavoring  to  pro- 
cure the  ordinance  of  secession  of  that  State.  Hon.  R.  C. 
Wickliffe,  M  C,  and  Senator  Foster  have  the  matter  in  hand. 
It  is  in  the  archives  of  the  War   Department.   Washington. 


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Qopfederat^  l/eteraij. 


THE    CONFEDERATED   MEMORIAL   ASSOCIATION. 

The  tenth  annual  Convention  of  this  Confederation  was 
held  in  the  city  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  June  7-10,  1909.  The  first 
meeting  was  called  to  order  Monday,  June  7,  at  2:30  p.m.  at 
the  Nineteenth  Century  Club,  which  had  been  generously  do- 
nated for  the  Convention.  The  President  of  the  Ladies' 
Memorial  Association  of  Memphis,  Mrs.  C.  B.  Bryan,  pre- 
sided. The  opening  prayer  was  offered  by  Rev.  W.  M.  Long. 
Addresses  of  welcome  were  made  by  Mayor  Malone,  Gen. 
Clement  A.  Evans,  and  Gen.  George  W.  Gordon,  Command- 
ing the  Department  of  the  Army  of  Tennessee,  U.  C.  V.  Mrs. 
Bryan  then  delivered  an  address  of  welcome,  and  the  Conven- 
tion was  turned  over  to  Mrs.  W.  J.  Behan,  President  of  the 
Confederated  Southern  Memorial  Association. 

Mrs.  Behan  expressed  her  pleasure  at  being  again  in  Mem- 
phis and  returned  thanks  for  the  beautiful  sentiments  ex- 
pressed by  the  speakers  and  to  all  who  had  taken  part  in  the 
delightful  program  that  had  been  arranged  by  the  hostess 
Association,  under  the  leadership  of  Mrs.  C.  B.  Bryan. 

The  idea  of  having  the  Memorial  women  meet  on  the  day 
previous  to  the  opening  of  the  U.  C.  V.  Reunion  was  highly 
commended  and  recommended  for  future  Conventions,  as  it 
gave  the  delegates  an  opportunity  of  attending  the  opening 
meeting  of  the  Veteran  organization.  There  was  a  large  at- 
tendance at  the  first  meeting.  Among  those  present  was  Mrs. 
Cornelia  Branch  Stone,  who  was  a  delegate  from  the  First 
White  House  of  the  Confederacy  Memorial  Association, 
Montgomery,  Ala.,  and  she  was  invited  to  the  platform. 

On  Tuesday,  June  8,  no  meetings  were  held,  the  delegates 
attending  the  opening  of  the  U.  C.  V.  Reunion,  where  seats 
had  been  provided  for  them  on  the  platform.  After  the 
Commander  in  Chief,  General  Evans,  had  concluded  his  ad- 
dress, he  presented  in  turn  to  the  veterans  Miss  Lucy  Hayes 
and  Mr.  Billie  Hayes,  grandchildren  of  Jefferson  Davis, 
Mrs.  W.  J.  Behan,  President  of  the  Confederated  Southern 
Memorial  Association  (the  "Women  of  the  Confederacy"), 
Mrs.  Cornelia  Branch  Stone,  President  General  of  the  U.  D. 
C,  Mrs.  Virginia  Frazer  Boyle,  Poet  Laureate  of  the  C.  S. 
M.  A.,  and  other  women  prominent  in  Confederate  work. 

On  Wednesday,  June  9,  at  the  morning  meeting  reports 
were  read,  and  at  12  m.  the  meeting  adjourned  to  attend  the 
memorial  service  at  the  U.  C.  V.  auditorium.  This  service, 
which  was  held  as  usual  under  the  joint  auspices  of  the 
United  Confederate  Veterans  and  the  Confederated  Southern 
Memorial  Association,  was  most  impressive.  Rev.  James  R. 
Winchester  delivered  the  principal  address  and  Mrs.  Virginia 
Boyle  read  an  original  ode,  "To  Jefferson  Davis,"  which  is 
one  of  the  finest  of  all  the  compositions  of  this  gifted  daugh- 
ter of  the  South.  The  double  quartet  of  the  Ladies'  Memorial 
Association  rendered  the  hymn  "Day  unto  Day,"  written 
by  Mrs.  Boyle  and  set  to  music  by  Mrs.  Randolph.  The  en- 
tire Confederate  Choir  and  the  audience  united  in  singing 
"Nearer,  My  God,  to  Thee,"  and  the  benediction. 

At  the  afternoon  meeting  greetings  were  read  from  Mrs. 
J.  Addison  Hayes,  who  regretted  that  illness  prevented  her 
from  attending.  She  thanked  Mrs.  Behan  for  all  she  had 
done  for  her  dear  father's  memory,  and  said :  "To  you  I 
feel  is  due  the  restoration  of  my  father's  name  to  its  rightful 
place."  New  business  was  then  considered.  Among  other 
matters  was  the  adoption  of  a  badge  for  the  Junior  Memorial 
Associations  of  the  South.  A  strong  plea  was  made  for  the 
organization  of  Junior  Memorial  Associations  to  assist  the 
Women  of  the  Confederacy  on  Memorial  Day.  The  election 
of  officers  was  next  in  order,  and  resulted  as  follows :  Presi- 


dent, Mrs.  W.  J.  Behan,  of  New  Orleans,  La.,  reelected  ;  Re- 
cording Secretary,  Miss  Daisy  M.  L.  Hodgson,  of  New  Or- 
leans, reelected;  Corresponding  Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  Enders 
Robinson,  of  Richmond,  Va. ;  Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Moys- 
ton,  of  Memphis,  Tenn. ;  Historian,  Miss  Mary  A.  Hall,  of 
Augusta,  Va.,  reelected ;  Poet  Laureate,  Mrs.  Virginia  Frazer 
Boyle,  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  elected  for  life.  Vice  Presidents: 
Alabama,  Mrs.  J.  C.  Lee :  Arkansas,  Mrs.  Julia  Garside 
Welch;  Florida,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Chipley;  Georgia,  Mrs.  R.  L. 
Nesbitt;  Louisiana,  Mrs.  Alden  McLellan;  Mississippi.  Mrs. 
M.  A.  Stevens ;  Missouri,  Mrs.  G.  K.  Warner ;  North  Caro- 
lina, Mrs.  R.  H.  Jones;  South  Carolina,  Mrs.  W.  R.  Bach- 
man;  Tennessee,  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Frazer;  Texas,  Mrs.  Ster- 
ling Robertson ;   Virginia,  Mrs.  Shelton   Chieves. 

Resolutions. 

One  offered  by  Mrs.  C.  B.  Bryan  extending  the  thanks  of 
the  Confederated  Southern  Memorial  Association  lo  ox- 
President  Theodore  Roosevelt  and  to  ex-Secretary  Luke  E. 
Wright  for  courtesy  shown  to  the  Confederated  Southern 
Memorial  Association  in  restoring  the  name  of  Jefferson 
Davis  to  "Cabin  John  Bridge,"  an  act  of  justice  which  1 
appreciated  by  a  united  country,  was  approved. 

Resolution  offered  by  Mrs.  Virginia  Frazer  Boyle  asking 
the  Memorial  Associations  of  the  South  to  celebrate  in  a 
suitable  manner  the  centennial  of  the  birth  of  Admiral 
Raphael  Semmes,  which  will  occur  on  September  27,  1909. 

Resolution  offered  by  the  Committee  on  Resolutions  re- 
turning thanks  to  the  State  and  city  officials,  the  State  and 
local  Confederate  officers,  the  Ladies'  Memorial  Association, 
the  Junior  Memorial  Association,  the  Confederate  Choir,  the 
Chapters  of  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  and 
all  who  contributed  to  the  success  of  the  Convention  and  to 
the  pleasure  and  entertainment  of  the  delegates.  The  quar- 
tet of  the  Ladies'  Memorial  Association  sang  "God  Be  with 
You  till  We  Meet  Again"  and  the  doxology.  The  Conven- 
tion then  adjourned  to  meet  in  Mobile,  Ala.,  next  year. 


THE  JOHN  H.  MORGAN  STATUE. 
Mrs.  W.  M.  Bateman,  chairman  of  the  committee,  writes 
the  Veteran  from  Lexington,  Ky. :  "The  work  was  com- 
menced in  1906,  and  something  over  $5,000  has  been  raised. 
The  statue  completed  will  cost  $15,000.  It  is  located  in  the 
city  of  Lexington.     The   clay  model   has   been  accepted   and 


DESIGN   FOR  THE  JOHN    H.    MORGAN    STATUE. 


(^opfederat^  tfeterap. 


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pronounced  by  thousands  to  be  'handsome,  dignified,  pleasing 
to  the  eye,  and  artistic  in  design.'  The  horse  is  approved 
as  'perfect'  by  one  hundred  horsemen  of  national  reputation 
whose  signed  statements  we  bold.  This  statement  may  seem 
almost  incredulous.  The  mount  and  military  bearings  were 
most  favorably  criticised  by  three  United  States  generals, 
and  the  figure  and  features  are  pronounced  excellent  in  every 
detail  by  bis  two  brothers,  other  members  of  his  family,  and 
many  friends.  It  gives  me  much  pleasure  to  give  these  fa- 
vorable criticisms  to  the  work  of  Mr.  Pompee  Coppini,  the 
sculptor." 

i  apt.  W.  T.  Ellis,  of  Owensboro,  shows  lasting  grit.  He 
writes:  "Recently,  without  any  consultation  with  me  and  with- 
out my  consent,  I  was  elected  Commander  of  the  Rice  E. 
Graves  Camp  at  this  place.  Since  my  election  I  have  set 
about  to  see  what  I  could  do  in  recruiting  the  thin  ranks  of 
our  old  comrades.  But  my  chief  ambition  is  to  organize  and 
recruit  to  a  very  high  tide  sons  of  Confederate  veterans.  We 
want  to  inspire  the  sons  of  Confederate  veterans  to  take  an 
active  interest  in  organizing  Camps  to  perpetuate  the  mem- 
Ory  of  their  fathers  when  the  last  one  of  them  is  dead." 


The  Deceased  Rev.  Edward  Everett  Hale. — The  death, 
which  occurred  recently,  of  Rev.  Edward  Everett  Hale,  of 
Boston,  who  was  for  many  years  preceding  bis  death  Chaplain 
of  the  United  States  Senate,  recalls  an  interesting  visit  of  the 
editor  of  the  Veteran  to  Boston  in  the  early  seventies.  He 
attended  the  Unitarian  Church  on  Sunday  and  heard  Dr.  Hale 
preach  about  "a  city  whose  builder  and  maker  is  God,"  in 
which  he  described  how  the  wealthy  people  of  Boston  instead 
of  maintaining  the  very  poor  as  a  charity  made  ways  for  them 
to  earn  their  living  by  industry.  At  the  close  of  the  service 
the  Southerner  introduced  himself  to  the  minister,  who  took 
his  address  and  sent  him  several  copies  of  the  sermon. 

Error  in  Dates  of  Battles  Corrected. — Comrade  M.  H. 
Achard,  of  Baton  Rouge,  La.,  a  member  of  the  Louisiana 
volunteer  company,  G,  writes  of  errors  in  dates  as  given  in 
the  June  Veteran  concerning  the  battles  fought  by  the  12th 
Ge'orgia  Regiment  under  Gen.  Stonewall  Jackson.  He  states 
that  the  battle  of  Port  Royal  was  fought  on  May  22,  not  May 
-7,.  [861,  the  battle  of  Middlctown  on  May  23,  the  battle  of 
Winchester  on  May  24,  not  May  31.  1862,  and  the  battle  of 
Cross  Keys  mi  June  8.  1S62.  instead  of  June  5. 


MONUMENT    TO   FRANK    CHEATHAM    CAMP,   U.    C.    V.,   AND    BIVOUAC,    N  AM1V1I  l.F,   ON    DAY    OK    DLUICATION. 


\  monument  to  the  Frank  Cheatham  Bivouac,  No.  I,  of 
the  Tennessee  Confederate  soldiers,  ami  Camp  No.  35,  U.  C. 
V.  was  dedicated  in  Nashville  June  19,  1909.  It  is  called  the 
"private  soldiers'  monument,"  but  the  tablet  contains  the 
gadier  generals,  colonels,  and  staff 
officers — all  men,  whatever  their  rank,  who  happened  to  be 
members  of  the  two  organizations.  There  are  two  military 
organizations,  both  active,  under  the  laws  of  Tennessee — 
Troop  A  Cavalry,  under  Capt.  George  F.  Eiager,  and  Company 
B,  commanded  by  Capt.  I.  J.  Hewlett  There  are  on  the  bronze 
tablet  five  hundri  My  names,  and  of  the  number  there 

are  three  hundred  and  twenty-eight  survivors,  The  picture 
herewith  presented  shows  prominently  Troop  A  and  Com- 
pany  B  made  on   the  day  of   tin    dedication.     The  ceremony 


was  brut".  Rev.  R.  Lin  Cave,  Chaplain  General  l\  V"  Y.. 
made  the  invocation,  and  Judge  S.  F.  Wilson,  of  the  Ten- 
nessee Court  of  Appeals,  was  the  orator  of  the  o'ecasion.  Maj. 
I!.  M.  Hord,  chairman  of  the  committee  (since  the  death  of 
Mr.  Theodore  Cooley,  who  was  prominent  in  inaugurating  the 
movement),   was  master  oi  and  was  doubtes^  the 

most  grateful  member  present,  having  had  the  burden  of  rais- 
ing the  money  and  was  much  depressed  until  the  Daughters 
of  the  Confederacy  became  active  participants  and,  as  they 
do  when  they  undertake  an  enterprise,  carri.  d  it 
ediately  in  front  of  the  statue  are  the  little 
granddaughters   of    M  d,   who,   together   with    Master 

Winston  Pilcher  Folk,  grandson  of  the  late  Capt.  M.  B. 
Pilcher,  participated  in  the  unveilin 


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Qoi)federat<?  l/eterai}, 


Confederate  l/eterar?. 

S.  A.  CUNNINGHAM,  Editor  and  Proprietor. 
Office:  Methodist  Publishing  HoU!>e  Building,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

This  publication  Is  the  personal  property  of  S.  A.  Cunningham.  All  per- 
uana who  approve  its  principles  and  realize  its  benefits  as  an  organ  for  Asso 
Nations  throughout  the  South  are  requested  to  commend  its  patronage  and  to 
xaflperate  In  extending  its  circulation.     Let  each  one  be  constantly  diligent. 


Comrade  James  P.  Coffin  in  sending  a  Last  Roll  sketch  of 
a  true  and  tried  veteran  adds:  '*!f  there  be  any  charges,  and 
there  should  be,  I  will  remit  immediately  on  being  informed 
of  the  amount."    The  italics  are  his. 

That  note  is  used  for  a  text  to  comment  upon  the  policy 
of  the  Veteran.  No  charge  is  ever  made  for  anything  that 
appears  as  a  reading  notice.  Contributors  often  send  manu- 
script and  ask  the  privilege  of  paying  for  the  space.  The 
Veteran  columns  are  ever  so  crowded  that  the  liberty  is  taken 
to  condense  any  article.  This  is  done  generally  to  advantage, 
all  material  facts  being  given.  Last  Roll  sketches  are  some- 
times too  long,  but  it  can't  well  be  avoided.  The  Veteran 
demurs,  however,  to  the  presumption  that  pictures,  which  are 
very  expensive  to  it  in  the  aggregate,  should  be  paid  for  by 
the  publisher.  Frequently  gallant  men  who  died  penniless  de- 
serve this  expense,  and  it  becomes  a  tax  upon  the  publication. 

Some  unpleasant  memories  are  recalled  in  connection  with 
engravings.  A  rich  man  died  for  whose  family  there  had 
been  several  engravings  made;  and  when  it  was  delicately 
suggested  that  he  pay  the  expense  of  a  subsequent  one,  he 
demurred  stoutly,  claiming  that  the  "courtesy  due"  by  the 
owner  of  the  Veteran.  A  correspondent  who  esteemed  him- 
self as  a  gifted  writer  sent  an  article  demanding  that  if 
printed  at  ail  it  must  be  exactly  as  written.  He  proposed  to 
write  a  series  of  articles,  and  upon  the  assurance  that  all 
would  be  printed  verbatim  he  would  "proceed  to  send  a 
remittance  for  a  year's  subscription."  It  survived  his  failure 
to  remit  the  one  dollar. 

Regard  the  foregoing  as  outlining  conditions  with  which 
the  Veteran  has  to  deal.  Its  policy  has  ever  been  upon  the 
most  liberal  lines.  It  has  for  sixteen  years  and  six  months 
been  published  on  this  open,  generous  plan,  and  it  must  so 
continue. 

Now  with  this  successful  career  of  over  a  sixth  of  a  cen- 
tury, with  the  unstinted  official  indorsement  of  every  general 
Confederate  organization  in  existence,  it  is  as  true  as  are  these 
Confederates  to  principle  that  an  uprising  should,  occur  to 
treble  its  circulation,  its  power.  A  few  months  ago  the  good 
people  of  Nashville  undertook  to  procure  $200,000  in  dona- 
tions for  a  Y.  M.  C.  A.  building,  and  it  was  overdone  by  a 
few  thousand  dollars ;  then  with  harness  on,  and  without  wait- 
ing to  "rest  up,"  the  same  organization  said  they  would  raise 
$100,000  during  the  next  week  for  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.,  and  this 
they  did  with  an  addition  of  over  $10,000  to  the  building  fund. 

Why  can't  the  friends  of  the  Veteran  do  similar  work  for 
it?  They  can  do  so  by  each  friend  taking  part.  Will  you  do 
so?     Determine  so,  and  you  will  succeed. 

The  June  issue  of  the  Veteran  was  sent  to  more  than  a 
thousand  postmasters  in  the  South  to  which  no  copies  were 
being  sent  with  the  request  to  serve  as  agents  or  to  commend 
some  suitable  person.  Very  pleasing  reports  came  from  many 
of  them,  and  diligent  effort  will  be  made  to  increase  the  sub- 
scription list  at  these  plates.  Many  seemed  to  estimate  the 
prospect  of  additions  solely  to  the  Confederate  veterans  in 
their  localities.     This  should  not  be;  for  not  only  families  of 


Southern  sympathizers,  but  those  of  intelligent,  conservative 
sentiment  should  be  urged  to  cooperate  in  establishing  the 
principles  that  actuated  their  neighbors  who  made  incompara- 
ble sacrifices  in  the  sixties,  and  it  can  be  in  no  other  way  as 
well  as  through  the  Veteran. 


SOUTHERN  WOMAN'S  MONUMENT. 
One  of  the  most  interesting  subjects  for  consideration  at 
the  Reunion  was  that  of  the  Southern  woman's  monument. 
The  design  submitted  by  General  Walker's  committee  was  dis- 
approved. A  sketch  by  Miss  Belle  Kinney,  of  Nashville,  is 
described  briefly :  It  represents  Fame  supporting  the  wounded 
and  exhausted  Confederate  soldier  with  her  left  arm,  while 
with  her  right  hand  she  is  placing  a  wreath  upon  the  head  of 
the  Southern  woman,  whose  every  nerve  is  vibrating  with 
love  and  sympathy  for  the  soldier  and  his  cause,  as  expressed 
by  the  palm  she  is  trying  to  place  upon  his  breast,  thoroughly 
unconscious  that  as  her  reward  a  crown  is  being  placed  upon 
her  own  head.  In  strong  contrast  are  the  two  figures — Fame 
in   her  calm   expression  of  justice,   the  woman  typifying  the 


SKETCH   OF   WOMAN  S    MONUMENT,   BY   MISS   BELLE   KINNEY. 

sacrifices  made  by  Southern  women  in  those  strenuous  times, 
having  done  all  in  every  way  possible  to  relieve  the  soldier. 

Gen.   C.  I.   Walker,  chairman  of  the  committee,  in  writing 
of  Miss  Kinney's  sketch,  states :  "It  has  an  artistic  soul." 


Let  the  Cotton  Tax  of  Millions  Be  Returned. — Comrade 
J.  D.  Rinehardt,  of  Crowder,  Okla.,  writes  some  pertinent 
suggestions  in  regard  to  the  cotton  tax  of  about  $15  per  bale 
that  has  been  held  in  the  treasury  at  Washington  since  re- 
construction times — a  tax  on  the  South  when  in  sore  financial 
stress — which  was  held  by  the  Supreme  Court  to  be  an  illegal 
requirement  of  the  South.  It  is  indeed  strange  that  this  large 
sum  of  money  is  not  returned  to  the  people  from  whom  it 
was  collected.  Granting  that  the  just  return  to  individuals 
is  impossible  now,  it  might  be  proportioned  back  to  the  States 
to  be  used  by  them  as  they  deem  nearest  right. 


Meeting  of  Mosby's  Men. — The  annual  meeting  of  Mos- 
by's  men,  43d  Virginia  Battalion  of  Cavalry,  will  be  hi  Id  ft 
Front  Royal,  Va.,  on  Saturday,  August  28.  A  full  attendance 
of  members  is  requested. 


Qor?federat^  l/eteran 


■A\:\ 


TERMS  AS  TO  WHO  WAS  ■'RIGHT,"  ETC. 

Much  is  being  said  by  speakers  and  writers  on  issues  of  the 
sixties  as  to  who  was  "right."  Mr.  S.  D.  Van  Pelt,  a  Union 
win  in,  in  a  published  address  at  Danville,  Ky.,  on  last 
Memorial  Day  takes  to  task  those  who  use  the  t:rm,  "We 
know  we  were  right,"  and  disclaims  such  emphatic  declara- 
tion as  to  himself;  hut  he  states  that,  while  believing  he  was 
right,  he  does  not  declare  it.  He  "loves  and  honors"  the 
brave  Confederate,  than  whom  "no  braver  soldier  ever  lived." 
In  paying  such  tribute  it  is  assuring  that  he  saw  the 
Confederates  tested,  and  it  goes  without  question  that  such 
testimony  is  proof  that  the  author  was  a  good  soldier  in  his 
country's  service. 

It  i  hardly  worth  while  to  discuss  whether  belief  makes  a 
fact.  As  to  the  Confederate  soldier,  however,  whatever  may 
havi  been  his  faith  in  the  right  to  secede,  enlightenment 
through  studj  of  the  history  and  principles  of  the  government 
in  his  maturei  years,  he  is  amazed  at  how  fully  justified  he 
was  in  serving  the  powers  over  him  to  maintain  the  cause 
for  which  he  enlisted  before  he  really  knew  what  his  rights 
wen  Hence  the  declaration  that  he  knew  he  was  right  is 
emphasized  without  reserve  as  an  expression  that  he  would 
not  modify  il  even  to  perpetuate  his  own  life. 

For  years  the  Veteran  has  permitt  d  thi  expression  without 
protest  that  "we  arc  all  Americans."  This  submission  lias 
continued  without  demurring  because  it  lias  emanated  mainly 
from  Union   veterans  who  sought  to  influence  their  fellows 

that   Confederati  I    the   -. blood   and   were  actuated 

by  the  same  principles  for  which  tin    Union  soldiers  fought. 
But  how   unjust   to  truth1     Many  times  Confederates  fought 
in     m  which  the  English  lang  m  t   known.     It 

trni  be  claimed  thai  foreigners  who  had  come  to  the  countrj 
and  enlisted  at  once  in  the  Union  army  and  had  taken  the 
oath  of  allegiance  were  therefore  "Americans;"  but  natives 
to  the  soil  whose  homes  wen   d  \   thosi   hired  bounty 

men  cannot  anept  that  the)    were    Vmei 

It  is  not  so  easj  to  enthuse  ovei  "         I  "  either     True, 

it  is  our  country's  flag;  it  is  thi    flag  of  the  lathers  of  Con 
but   it    h  as  quit  i  d  bj    th<    inestimable  in 

i  ilds.      The    flag   is  all    right,  but 

on  is  not  increased  bj  excessive  comment  from  those 
who  make  so  much  ado  about  it  The  Confederates  in  all 
soberness  accept  it  and  will  ever  protect  it;  but  patriotism  is 
not  enhanced  by  the  gush  of  foreigners  and  those  who  dis- 
grace ed  origin  under  martial  law. 

The  term  "New  South."  started  and  pressed  bj  those  who 
came  South  after  the  war  and  wanted  our  successes  credited 
to  "Northern  brains  and  em  rgj  a  well  as  Northern  money," 
has  unwittingly  been  circulated  by  some  Southerners,  ["his 
should  not  have  been  Thi  Vi  her  an  has  protested  against  the 
•  this  term  for  years,  and  happilj  it  is  not  used  now  ex 
cept  in  i  ["he  editor  of  the  Veteran  pro. 

lUSlj    at    the   tune — and    that    was    long    before    this 

was  I 

Anothei  term,  the  most  objectionable  ol  all,  is  "lost  cause." 

Shame   upon   it!     If  any   article  of   questionable   availability 

to  thi   Veteran,  thi   usi  of  that  term  seals  its  doom    Let 

those  who  mil!  for  the  VETERAN  take  notice  i:i  his  beauti- 
ful peroration  f  his  admirable  address  at  the  Memphis  Re- 
union the  Commander  in  Chief,  Gen   I  lemenl    \    Evans,  said 

"Wc  have  the  divine  Word  for  a  saying  that  you  ma\  SOW 
a  field  with  wheat  and  bury  the  grain  beneath  the  ground 
so  that  the  external  shell  will  die,  but  the  wheat  is  not  lost 
*  *  *  No!  Nol  Our  cause  was  not  lost,  because  it  was 
7* 


not  wrong.  Our  cause  is  a  living  constitutional  principle  in- 
herent in  the  nature  of  our  wonderful  system  of  free  govern- 
ment which  shall  be  employed  as  a  power  for  peace  and  for 
our  common  national  glory.  No !  No !  Our  cause  was  not 
lost  for  the  reason  that  it  was  not  wrong!  This  bodj  of 
venerable  soldiers  now  speak  for  their  people  who  have  faith- 
fully fulfilled  all  the  obligations  of  citizenship  in  every  re- 
spect during  every  day  of  all  the  years  that  have  come  and 
gone  since  the  armies  were  disbanded  and  war  ended.  The 
South  should  have  and  enjoy  its  proper  share  of  all  the  true 
history,  the  true  glory,  with  all  other  advantages  of  a  true 
1  nion  1  he  whole  South  will  hail  a  genuine  nonsectionalism 
in  feeling,  politics,  legislation,  and  administration  of  thi 
eminent  " 

Pli  i  e  help  to  stop  using  these  reproachful  terms.  Comrades 
could  render  invaluable  aid  in  protesting  to  newspapers  using 
them.  Such  a  "campaign  of  education"  should  be  aided  bj 
every  Southern  man  and  woman. 


|  R  /i  /OUS  TRIBCI I    FROM   YORK.  PA 
The    following   letter   has  a   gracious  charm  all   it-  own 

the    contribution^    sent    will    be    much    appreciated    bj    both    the 

committees  i  f  the  Arlington   Monument  and  the  Davis  Home 

Association 
"S      I    Cunningham:  I  was  born  in  the  Valley  of  Virginia 

I  love  the  South,  its  traditions,  its  customs;  in  fact,  all  i 

Stood    for       My    feet  are  on   the  downward   steps  of  the 
and  before  1  too  i  I  the  river  I  want  to  add  my  widow's 

mite  to  the    Arlington  (  onfederate  Monument  and  the 
Home   Association      Will    you  kindly   help  me?     [nclosei 

my   cheek    for  $_>o   for   the    Arlington    Monument    and   $10    foi 

the  1  ).i\  is  1  lome    Association. 

Bi  i  in  closing  I  want  to  tell  you  how  much  1  enjoy  my 
Veteran,  and  thank  you  that  you  have  done  so  much  foi  so 
small  money  returns.  I  will  ask  that  my  name  be  not  madi 
known  to  the  public.  I  thank  you  in  advance  for  attending 
to  this  matter  for   mr." 


{OR  ADMIRAL  SEMMES. 
The    Confederate    Veteran    Association    ,,i 
sends  the  Veteran  a  paper  in  regard  to  the  appropria 
.servance  of  the  one  hundredth  aniversary  of  the  birthdaj    of 

Admiral     Raphael    Semmes.    which    occurs    this    year   on    -   p 
tembi  i    -7.     Southern  people,  realizing  the  gallant   part   taken 

in  the  war  of  the  sixties  by  the  great  naval  command'  i      

mend  the  idea  of  some  special  celebration  in  his  h r  at  the 

time  named 

The  Veteran  suggests  that  each  Camp  of  Veteran 
Chapter  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  give   the  matter 
cordial     import   and  earnest   attention. 

The  following  is  the  paper  received  from  Savannah:  "The 
one    hundredth    anniversary    of   the    birth    of    Rear     Admiral 

Raphael    Ninnies    will   occur   on    the    j;th     -I    S  nest, 

and    it    is    eminently    lilting    that    the    memory    of    the    loyal    and 

distinguish)  d  the  South  should  be  adi  quati 

Each  Camp   belonging  to  or  affiliating  with  the  Unitei 
federate    Veteran      i      urged    to   hold    appropriate    publii     ii    V- 
ices  commemorative  Of  the  centenary  of  our  great  sea  captain 

I  he  Commander  in  Chief  is  requested  to  issue  such  instruc- 
tions as  will   insure  the  carrying  out  of  these  suggestions." 

Widespread  interest  will  be  felt  in  the  foregoing  sugges- 
tions. The  career  of  the  Alabama  in  the  Confederate  States 
navy  has  a  large  place  in  the  "War  Records." 


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^oi?federat<?  l/eterag. 


REVIEW  OF  THE  MEMPHIS  REUNION. 

Memphis  en  fete  was  a  city  beautiful.  Main  Street  and  all 
the  artery  streets  that  lead  into  it — in  fact,  all  the  proposed 
route  of  the  grand  procession — was  a  mass  of  brilliant  bunt- 
ing and  fluttering  flags.  Everywhere  were  large  pictures  of 
war  heroes  enshrined  in  the  patriotic  colors  they  loved  so  well. 
The  resident  district  also  was  in  gala  attire,  nearly  every  house 
showing  the  stars  and  bars  with  masses  of  Chinese  lanterns 
and  bunting.  It  was  noticeable  that  the  star-spangled  ban- 
ner was  given  almost  equal  place  in  many  instances  with  the 
banner  that  was  furled  but  never  conquered,  the  mingled 
flags  preaching  their  silent  sermon  of  "peace  on  earth,  good 
will  to  men." 

Beautiful  as  the  gala  city  was  by  day,  by  night  it  was  a 
scene  of  fairylike  enchantment,  for  myriads  of  electric  lights 
lent  their  glow.  They  were  on  corners,  on  buildings,  and 
spanned  the  streets  in  glittering  archways. 

Excellent  Arrangements. 

Seldom  have  so  elaborate  preparations  been  made  for  any 
Reunion  as  were  made  for  this,  the  nineteenth  Convention 
and  the  -second  meeting  of  the  Confederate  veterans  in  the 
Bluff  City.  Aside  from  the  decorations  of  the  city,  which 
were  as  elaborate  as  an  unlimited  expenditure  of  money  and 
beautiful  taste  could  make  them,  the  general  arrangements 
were  well  conceived  and  thoroughly  carried  out.  The  entire 
city  seemed  resolved  into  a  ways  and  means  committee,  every 
third  man  or  woman  met  having  the  little  silken  badge,  "I 
live  here ;  ask  me,"  and  the  slightest  show  of  bewilderment 
or  hesitation  on  the  part  of  a  visitor  would  bring  one  of  these 
courteous  guides  to  his  assistance. 

Possibly  Memphis  realized  that  in  the  nature  of  things  this 
probably  would  be  the  last  Reunion  held  in  that  city,  so  made 
every  effort  to  make  it  the  Ultima  Thule  of  perfect  success. 
The  management  is  to  be  congratulated  on  the  wonderful 
smoothness  with  which  all  arrangements  were  carried  out,  and 
especially  complimented  upon  the  handling  of  the  enormous 
and  unexpected  crowds. 

The  most  conservative  summing  up  places  the  number  of 
visitors  at  ninety  thousand,  while  the  more  correct  estimate 
would  carry  it  to  the  hundred  thousand  limit.  They  poured 
into  the  city  from  every  State  in  the  Union  till  every  hotel 
and  boarding  house  was  crowded  to  its  utmost  capacity, 
hallways  and  parlors  being  filled  with  cots.  The  visitors  were 
a  jolly  set,  and  only  joked  and  laughed  over  their  sardine- 
like packing.  Many  people  slept  in  the  parks ;  and  as  the 
weather  was  sweltering,  they  felt  that  they  had  the  advantage 
of  those  at  the  highest-priced  hotels. 

Many  veterans  were  given  free  entertainment.  As  near  an 
approach  to  a  regular  barracks  as  could  be  arranged  was  pro- 
vided, and  here  the  beautiful  Memphis  ladies  served  their 
heroes  with  war-time  rations — bacon,  hard-tack,  beans,  and 
coffee — but  added  to  these  well-remembered  things  were  all 
the  luxuries  of  the  city  market. 

The  Bijou  Theater,  which  was  used  as  the  Convention  hall, 
was  most  beautifully  and  elaborately  decorated  in  the  red  and 
white,  interspersed  with  palms  and  ferns.  Grouped  around 
the  speakers'  stand  were  gray-clad  officers  of  the  old  Con- 
federacy, the  gold  insignia  upon  collar  and  coat  sleeve  gleam- 
ing as  brightly  as  their  memories  of  unforgotten  days.  Back 
of  these  sat  the  sponsors,  maids  of  honor,  and  chaperons,  all 
in  virgin  white,  a  field  of  Southland  lilies  sweet  and  beauti- 
ful, and  above  in  tiers  were  the  hundred  lovely  girls  who 
formed   the    famous    Confederate    Choir.      Gathered    from    all 


over  the  South,  these  sweet-voiced  young  women  in  the  uni- 
forms of  homespun  gray  and  soft  hats  formed  a  large  part 
of  as  beautiful  a  picture  as  was  seen  during  the  Reunion. 

Major  General  McDowell  called  the  meeting  to  order,  and 
was  followed  by  an  earnest  prayer  from  the  Chaplain  Gen- 
eral of  the  U.  S.  C.  V. 

Governor  Patterson's  address  of  welcome  was  next  in  order, 
but  was  delayed  on  account  of  his  absence  from  the  hall.  Mrs. 
J.  G.  Edwards,  of  Norfolk,  Va.,  Commander  in  Chief  of  the 
Choir,  sang  "Dixie."  Mrs.  Edwards  is  a  very  enthusiastic 
Confederate,  and  as  she  stood  before  them  in  her  uniform  of 
gray  with  its  colonel's  three  stars  upon  her  shoulder,  in  her 
hands  the  well-loved  flag  of  the  Confederacy,  the  audience, 
obeying  an  instinctive  thrill,  rose  and  stood  at  "salute."  But 
when  her  voice  of  wondrous  clearness  and  thrill  soared  in  the 
well-known  battle  hymn,  the  wildest  enthusiasm  prevailed. 
Men  threw  their  hats  in  the  air,  hugged  each  other,  or  broke 
into  tears  they  made  no  attempt  to  hide.  The  Convention  was 
a  mass  of  waving  flags;  and  as  the  last  sweet  note  sounded,  an 
old-time  "Rebel  yell"  arose. 

At  the  first  silence  Miss  Bingham,  wearing  a  military  blouse 
and  red  soldier's  cap,  rose  in  the  center  of  the  Choir  and  on 
her  bugle  sweetly  sounded  the  "assembly"  call.  The  enthusi- 
asm broke  out  again,  and  was  only  quieted  when  the  Governor 
made  his  s'peech  of  welcome.  He  paid  many  noble  tributes  to 
the  heroes  who  were  gone  and  the  heroes  who  were  still  wear- 
ing the  laurels  won  in  many  a  hard-fought  battle.  Mayor 
Malone  on  behalf  of  Memphis  told  the  Veterans  that  the  city 
and  the  fullness  thereof  was  theirs,  and  the  more  they  made 
themselves  at  home  the  more  the  citizens  would  be  pleased. 

General  Gordon,  on  behalf  of  the  Executive  Committee 
and  Memphis  Veterans,  welcomed  the  visitors  with  eloquent 
words,  and  the  chief  marshal,  General  McDowell,  turned  the 
hall  over  to  the  Veterans  for  their  convention  proceedings. 


miss  jeannette  falconer  rathbone, 

Sponsor  for  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  Department. 


Qoqfederat^  l/eterap. 


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Commander  in  Chief  Gen.  Clement  A.  Evans  gave  thanks 
in  the  name  of  the  Veterans,  and  his  patriotic  address  was 
beautiful   oratory,  for  his  words 

"Gushed  from  his  heart, 
As  showers  from  the  clouds  of  summer 
Or  tears  from  the  eyelids  start." 

Every  hearer  was  impressed  by  the  deep  tone  of  feeling  that 
underlaid  every  word  he  uttered.  In  his  peroration  General 
Evans  said  :  "We  have  the  divine  Word  for  saying  that  you 
may  sow  a  field  of  wheat  and  bury  the  grain  beneath  the 
ground  so  that  the  external  shell  shall  die,  but  the  wheat  is 
not  lost;  its  life  will  hear  the  voices  of  the  rain  and  sunshine 
calling  it  to  come  to  the  cry  of  hungry  humanity,  and  it  will 
respond  to  meet  the  need.  Thus  shall  all  the  virtues  of  cour- 
age, truth,  and  fidelity  to  the  cause  of  the  South,  though 
buried,  rise  up  in  a  thousandfold  increase  at  our  country's 
every  call." 

General  Evans's  hold  upon  the  hearts  of  the  Veterans  was 
well  shown  later  in  the  order  of  business  by  his  reelection 
to  the  post  of  Commander  in  Chief  against  his  protest,  he 
having  emphasized  his  opinion  that  the  honor  should  be 
passed  on.  not  held  too  long  by  any  one  man. 

The  afternoon  sesc:.-.i  was  marked  by  a  thrilling  address 
from  the  celebrated  orator  of  Norfolk,  Va.,  Gen.  Theodore  S. 
Garnett.  whose  glowing  periods  went  far  to  win  for  him  a 
reputation  as  the  Demosthenes  of  the  South.  He  was  followed 
by  Col.  Lewis  Guion,  of  New  Orleans,  who  made  a  strong 
appeal  for  the  Vicksburg  Park  and  the  Confederate  monu- 
ments there.  _    . 

Beautiful  Floral  Parade. 

The  floral  parade  was  one  of  the  finest  features  of  the 
Reunion.  Hundreds  of  automobiles,  carriages,  victorias,  and 
floats  gayly   decorated   were   in  line,  and  the   rarest  skill  had 


MISS    JULIETTE    OPIE   TABIt, 
Maid  of  Hoboi  for  Army  of  Northern  ^  Irglnla  Department! 


been  employed  to  make  each  more  beautiful  than  the  other. 
It  was  a  riot  of  color,  each  vehicle  claiming  some  special 
tint,  and  the  four  mounted  escorts  of  each  carriage  bravely- 
wearing  and  carrying  his  lady's  colors  in  sash  and  banner. 
Beautiful  as  were  the  carriages,  still  more  beautiful  were  the 
inmates,  for  here  rode  the  sponsors,  maids  of  honor,  and 
chaperpns  of  the  different  organizations.  Southern  chivalry- 
has  always  claimed  the  palm  for  Southern  beauty,  and  with 
this  galaxy  of  stars  to  aid  the  claim  was  more  than  won. 
The  whole  scene  was  more  like  a  poet's  dream  of  fair  women 
than  a  real  happening  of  this  workyday  world,  more  a  royal 
pageant  than  a  veritable  parade. 

The  Sons  of  Veterans. 

The  Sons  of -Veterans  held  several  sessions.  At  one  the 
question  of  a  change  of  name  was  discussed.  The  U.  S.  of 
the  U.  S.  C.  V  on  their  badges  led  many  outsiders  to  think 
it  stood  for  United  States,  and  this  caused  the  proposed 
change.  After  careful  consideration,  the  original  name  was 
retained  by  a  large  majority  vote.  The  gifted  and  patriotic 
Clarence  M.  Owen,  of  Abbeville,  Ala.,  was  elected  their  Com- 
mander in  Chief.  This  selection  means  well  for  the  Sons. 
Memorials  to  Mr.  Davis. 

Beginning  exactly  at  noon,  as  usual,  a  solemn  service  in 
tribute  to  the  dead  chieftain,  President  Davis,  was  held,  and 
the  vast  multitude  of  those  that  loved  him  stood  with  bowed 
heads  and  tear-dimmed  eyes  to  listen  to  the  soft  singing  of 
"Nearer,  My  God,  to  Thee"  by  the  Confederate  Choir  and 
the  many  eulogiums  pronounced  in  honor  of  the  chief.  Among 
the  group' upon  the  stage  were  five  State  Governors,  and  back 
of  these  were  the  sponsors,  the  Choir,  and  the  members  of  the 
Junior  Memorial  Association.  These  little  boys  were  all 
in  gray  and  carried  tiny  rifles,  the  replicas  of  those  their 
grandsires  bore  so  bravely  long  ago.  In  further  honoi  to 
President  Davis  a  tablet  had  been  placed  in  the  wall  of  the 
house  formerly  occupied  by  him  and  his  family  while  in 
Memphis.  This  tablet  was  unveiled  by  his  granddaughter, 
Miss  Lucy  White  Hayes,  youngest  daughter  of  Mr.  and  .Mrs. 
J.  Addison  Hayes,  of  Colorado  Springs.  Miss  Hayes  was  in 
Memphis  as  the  sponsor  of  Forrest's  Cavalry,  and  was  the 
recipient  of  many  honors  and  courtesies  from  the  veterans 
and  the  society  leaders  of  Memphis. 

Forrest's  Cavalry. 

Noticeable  even  amid  the  many  organizations  attending  the 
Reunion  Forrest's  Cavalry,  acting  as  escort  to  Gen.  Henrj 
A.  Tyler,  was  very  conspicuous.  Troop  A  from  Nashville  of 
this  brigade  has  the  distinction  of  being  the  first  Confed- 
erate cavalry  company  to  reorganize  after  the  war.  The 
average  age  of  this  troop  is  sixty-seven,  the  average  age  in 
their  first  enlistment  being  nineteen  years  I  lie  Mary  Latham 
Chapter,  U.  D.  C.  of  Memphis,  dedicated  the  beautiful  lamps 
surrounding  the  Forrest  monument  during  the  Reunion. 

Among  the  r i <  > t a  1 1 1  ■  events  of  the  great  Reunion  was  the 
introduction  to  the  audience  of  Nathan  Bedford  Forrest,  the 
great  grandson  of  the  celebrated  raider.  This  young  man  of 
four  years  was  dressed  in  the  full  uniform  of  a  general,  which 
had  been  made  from  an  old  uniform  worn  by  General  For- 
rest during  the  war. 

Immortal  Six   Hundred. 

The  remnants  of  the  Immortal  uio,  now  a  pitiful  handful 
(only  forty-two  in  number),  held  a  reunion  of  their  own; 
memorial  partly,  for  since  the  Reunion  in  Birmingham  seven 
members  have  answered  the  last  roll  call.  At  this  meeting 
Bender  Miller  was  an  honored  guest,  Captain  Miller 
being    the    commander   of    the    gunners    who    so    successfully 


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aimed  their  tire  that  none  of  the  six  hundred  Confederates 
were  touched,  though  exposed  by  the  brutality  of  General 
Foster  as  protection  to  his  men  to  the  deadly  missiles  from 
Fort  Moultrie,  Castle  Hickney,  and  James  Island. 

Although  the  bevy  of  beauty  that  honored  the  Reunion  is 
said  to  at  least  equal  that  of  any  previous  occasion,  none 
were  more  admired  nor  greater  social  favorites  than  the  two 
pretty  Indian  maidens  from  Oklahoma,  Miss  Juanita  Johnson, 
daughter  of  the  chief  of  the  Chickasaw  Nation,  sponsor  for 
the  Oklahoma  Veterans,  and  Miss  Floy  Muller,  her  beautiful 
maid  of  honor. 

Women's  Monument. 

The  design  for  the  proposed  monument  to  Southern  women, 
having  been  submitted  to  the  Reunion,  was  almost  universally 
rejected,  the  Amazonian  proportions  and  warlike  attitude  of 
the  figure  not  conforming  to  ideals  of  a  true  Southern  woman. 
Miss  Belle  Kinney,  of  Nashville,  submitted  a  model,  which  in 
pose  and  expression  seemed  to  meet  with  most  cordial  ap- 
proval. The  design  is  simple  and  impressive,  and  appeals  to 
all  as  typical  of  Southern  womanhood. 

Special  Social  Features. 

Besides  the  grand  ball,  with  its  many  "dancers  dancing  in 
tune."  and  the  great  parade  of  veterans,  who  kept  time  to  the 
martial  music  as  if  their  feet  were  as  young  as  in  the  sixties, 
there  were  many  special  features — a  regatta  on  the  Mississippi, 
automobile  races  and  fireworks  at  the  Tri-State  Fair  Grounds, 
a  steamboat  excursion,  magic  lantern  shows,  theaters,  etc. 
The  fair  sponsors  received  many  private  courtesies,,  the  social 
world  of  the  Bluff  City  vying  with  each  other  to  do  them 
honor. 

Humorous   Happenings. 

Of  course  there  were  some  very  amusing  incidents.  A  man 
from  Arkansas,  fearing  to  lose  some  member  of  his  family  in 
the  crush,  roped  his  wife  and  five  children  together,  and  with 
the  end  of  his  rope  in  hand  marched  triumphantly  through  the 
streets,  totally  oblivious  of  the  numerous  upsets  that  followed 
the  rope  in  its  journey.  Especially  amusing  was  the  plight 
of  an  old  veteran  from  Georgia  who,  confused  by  the  mys- 
teries of  a  sleeping  car,  in  which  he  had  never  traveled  before, 
threw  his  tousers,  containing  sixty-seven  dollars  in  money, 
out  of  the  window,  thinking  he  was  throwirg  them  into  another 
room.  The  man  had  no  other  trousers,  so  had  to  be  escorted 
to  the  veterans'  headquarters  bundled  up  in  bath  towels! 

Several  cities  contended  for  the  honor  of  the  next  Reunion, 
Nashville,  Chattanooga,  Mobile,  and  Houston  making  equal 
claim.  A  vote  put  Mobile  so  much  in  the  lead  that  the  other 
places  withdrew,  and  that  city  was  declared  unanimous  choice. 


ALABAMA  POL]  It Si  If  NIC  INSTITUTE  MEMORIAL 
TO  CONFEDERATE  SOLDIER-STUDENTS. 

At  the  recent  Alumni  Association  Day  of  the  Alabama  Poly- 
technic Institute  a  magnificent  bronze  tablet  was  presented  to 
the  college  by  the  Alumni  in  memory  of  the  many  students 
who  entered  the  Confederate  armies  during  the  war  of  1861-65. 

Dr.  H.  M.  Hamill,  of  Nashville,  Term.,  whose  conception 
the  beautiful  memorial  was,  was  invited  to  deliver  the  presen- 
tation address,  a  part  of  which,  together  with  the  photograph 
of  the  tablet,  we  give  a  place  of  honor  in  the  Veteran.  When 
shown  the  beautiful  souvenir  of  the  occasion  and  a  copy  of 
the  memorial,  Gen.  Clement  A.  Evans,  Commander  of  the  U. 
C.  V.,  expressed  his  sincere  appreciation  of  this  formal  col- 
lege commemoration  of  its  dead  and  living  soldier-students  as 
a  precedent  that  in  his  judgment  should  be  widely  followed. 


Extracts  from   Dr.   Hamux's  Address. 

Fifty  years  ago  near  this  spot,  encircled  by  a  reverent  mul- 
titude under  the  spell  of  a  great  orator,  the  corner  stone  of 
the  East  Alabama  College  was  laid.  Over  it  hung  ominously 
the  cloud  of  impending  war,  and  amidst  the  hush  that  pre- 
ceded the  storm,  with  a  noble  faculty  and  generous  patronage, 
the  college  began  its  brief  career.  Though  the  hearts  of  the 
people  were  tense  with  expectation  and  the  air  electric  with 
prophecy  of  war,  yet  among  the  hundreds  of  happy  students 
who  gathered  at  morning  chapel  there  was  little  sign  of  the 
great  tragedy  at  hand.  Down  the  peaceful  streets  of  Auburn 
and  a  thousand  other  villages  companies  of  holiday  soldiers 
were  passing  in  glittering  uniforms  to  the  music  of  fife  and 
drum,  and  on  every  train  the  leaders  of  the  young  Confed- 
eracy were  hurrying  to  the  new  capital  in  Montgomery. 

On  a  bright  April  day  in  1861  the  roar  of  cannon  shook  the 
college  building  as  a  signal  that  the  bombardment  of  Fort 
Sumter  had  begun.  War  was  upon  us,  and  the  trumpet  began 
calling  from  the  streets  for  our  student  soldiers.  For  a  time 
the  chapel  bell  continued  to  ring  and  class  rooms  to  open  for 
students  who  lingered  in  hope  that  the  war  would  soon,  close; 
but  by  and  by  came  an  afternoon  when  the  last  roll  was  called 
and  college  days  to  most  of  us  had  forever  ended.  There 
were  tender  partings  and  long  good-bys — so  long  to  many  that 


IN       J|       FROM     \ 
MEMORIAM  j|.  \  ALUMNI    1 
1861-1865    1]  ASSOCIATION 


TO  THE  STUDENTS  WHO  FOUGHT 
UNDER  THE  STARS  AND  BARS 

OF 

THE  CONFEDERACY 


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not  yet  has  word  of  home  greeting  come.  It  seemed  a  great 
thing  to  be  a  soldier  in  those  brave  days,  when  the  girls  decked 
the  parting  ones  in  flowers  and  sang  to  them  "The  Girl  I  Left 
Behind  Me,"  "Bonnie  Blue  Flag,"  and  "Dixie."  The  scarlet 
and  gold  and  gray,  the  flashing  sword  and  burnished  musket, 
the  bright  flowers  and  gay  song  marked  the  beginning  of  the 
death  struggle  of  the  South.  Soon  the  song  deepened  into  the 
hush  before  a  great  battle  or  rose  into  the  cry  of  the  stricken 
heart  over  the  long  lists  of  the  wounded  and  dead.  War 
grew  grim  and  fierce  and  relentless.  The  peaceful  town  be- 
came a  drilling  camp,  and  college  and  campus  a  great  hospital. 
On  another  April  day  in  1865,  as  a  boy  in  Mahone's  Division, 
I  looked  my  last  into  the  face  of  my  great  commander  as, 
seated  on  old  Traveler,  he  bade  us  good-by,  saying:  "Never 
mind,  you  have  done  your  best.  Go  home  and  be  brave  and 
true  citizens."  For  a  few  hard  years  of  poverty  we  tried  to 
open  again  the  college  doors  and  relight  its  torch  of  learning; 
but  not  until  the  State  laid  its  kindly  hand  upon  it  and  trans- 


Qoijfederat^  l/eterap. 


:?17 


ferred  to  its  roll  of  honor  the  student  boys  of  the  old  college 
who  had  worn  the  gray  was  the  present  stronger,  though 
not  nobler,  educational   era  begun. 

And  now  after  many  years,  by  grace  of  the  Alabama  Poly- 
technic Institute  and  in  behalf  of  its  Alumni  Association,  I 
present  to  this  later  institution,  in  care  of  its  trustee-.,  faculty, 
and  body  of  Students,  the  memorial  tablet  which  has  been  un- 
veiled before  you  in  remembrance  of  those  students  who  wore 
the  gray  and  fought  in  the  ranks  of  the  Confederacy.  Over 
their  lowly  graves  that  lie  Mattered  mi  many  battlefield*  and 
in  mam  peaceful  cemeteries  I  would  inscribe  that  exquisitely 
pathetic  epitaph  that  one  may  read  Upon  a  Confederate  monu- 
ment in  these  simple  words :  "To  the  memory  of  those  who  in 
giving  up  their  love  of  learning  and  their  ambition  for  lives 
of  honor  and  usefulness  gave  more  than  life  itself;  who  glori- 
fied a  fallen  cause  bj  the  simple  manhood  of  their  lives,  the 
patient  endurance  of  suffering,  and  the  heroism  of  death;  anil 

who  in  the  dark  hours  of  imprisonment,  the  hopelessness  of 
the    hospital,  and   the   sharp   agony   of   the   field,    found    support 

and  consolation  in  the  belief  thai  at  home  the)  would  not  bi 
forgotn  11  " 

BROAD-MINDl  I'   PATRIOTISM. 
Glimpses  oi    Somi   Delightful  Letters. 

The  following  extracts  from  letters  written  by  Col.  J.  M. 
Schumaker,  a  prominent  railroad  official  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  to 
Miss  Corinne,  daughter  of  Dr.  Tebault,  of  New  Orleans,  La., 
who  represented  the  South  as  sponsor  at  the  last  Reunion  in 
Nashville,  are  expressive  of  a  broad-mindedness  which  ig- 
nores any  sectional  lines.  The  first  was  dated  November 
26,  1006: 

"I  am  without  wordfe,  ray  dear  Miss  I  ebault,  to  express 
my  gratitude  and  thanks  for  yours  of  the  20th  inst.  inclosing 
General  fee's  delightful  invitation  to  attend  the  coming  Re- 
union of  Confederate  veterans  at  Richmond,  Va.,  next  spring, 

and  I  will  write  him  my  grateful  acceptance.  Indeed,  I  have 
no  greater  happiness  in  store  than  to  meet  with  my  fellow- 
men  who  had  the  courage  to  stand  up  and  tight  for  their 
convictions    as    Gi    I  e    them    the    right    to    see.      No    one 

knows  better  than  myself  ho«  thej  fought  for  it,  and  to 
actually   meet    and   take   them    by    the   hand    is    .111   honor   that    I 

lb    appreci 

He  wrote  again  in  reference  to  the  gift  of  a  St.  Joseph 
charm.  1    havi     beer     0    busy    since    my    wire   an- 

nouncing  Si    Joseph's  arrival  as  to  i,e  unable  to  find  a  mo- 
ment to  wi  full)   no    happiness   in  his  possession.     I 
don't  know  whether  01   not  hi    was  responsible  for  mj 
in   a    dream    a    picture    that   hung   on    my    father's    home   walls 
of   tWI                           and    a    child    between    them    with    a    hand    On 

each  shagg  -I  the  words  beneath,  'A  little  child  shall 

lead  th  I  as   I   looked  tin    lions,  child,  and  word! 

slowly  aw..  lowly  came  back  two   full-length  pictnns 

of   tie  modern     oldii  rs,    Lei    and    I  !i  ant,    ind 

standing  between  them  with  hand  on  each  shouldei 
beautiful  girl,  and  the  words  beneath  wi  n  t;  e  friends  on 
earth  as  we  are  in  heaven.'  Now-,  please  don't  rush  off  and 
be  an  angel,  for  w<  want  youi  hands  on  the  shoulders  of  the 
blue  and  the-  gra_\  on  earth;  and  if  you  will  let  them,  the 
blues   will   love   and  ou   with   the   same   di    oi  on 

the  grays.  I  shall  always  remember  the  reminiscent  talk 
with     1  I  ir  his  e. .iii- 

age  to  stand  for  ihe  right  as  God  gave  him  to  sec  it.  It's 
all  over  now.  a  and   he   i  to  see,  as   I   am, 


grandest  majestic  civilization  the  world  has  ever  known, 
made  possible  only  by  the  terrible  suffering,  sacrifice  of  lives 
and  property,  and  the  heartaches  that  still  exist  for  the  sacri- 
fices during  the  four  cruel  years  "I  our  (nil  War.  Never 
lose  your  interest  in  the  old  soldier,  gray  or  blue,  who  helped 
roughhew  our  magnificent  country.     It's  all  ours." 

Again,  on  June  1,  1908,  he  writes:  "I  hardly  know  how  to 
express  my  gratitude,  my  dear  Mi--  I  el.ault.  for  the  splendid 
work  done  for  me  in  my  tribute  to  General  Lee's  memory. 
It  had  always  been  my  earnest  desire  to  in  some  way  return 
Ins  kindness  to  me  at  Richmond,  but  never  seemed  able  to 
find  a  way  to  do  so;  and  when  announcement  of  his  death 
followed,  1  naturally  turned  to  the  dear  sweet  girl  who  put 
me  in  touch  with  General  lee  to  help  me  in  the  only  way 
left  open  to  pay  a  last  tribute  to  the  brave  soldier,  the  great, 
od  lieai  led    man    who    had   answered    to    the    call    of  the 

last  mustering  out  officer." 


1  Oh  I  1  Di  R  11  I     \tl  MORIAL  FOR  ll  IRVARD. 

i  from  ile    Han  .nd  Crimson.  > 

More  than  fortj  years  of  domestic  peace  have  healed  the 
wounds  left  by  the  Civil  War.  At  the  close  of  the  struggle 
many  who  had  left  Harvard  for  the  front  returned  to  com- 
plete their  course.  Others  there  were  who  did  not  return, 
but  died  on  ilu  battlefield — soldiers  of  the  North  and  SoW  1 
of  the  South.  Memorial  I  fill  was  limit  as  a  tribute  to  the 
gallantry  of  those  who  fell  tightiue;  for  the  Union  Probablj 
a  greater  number  left  Harvard  to  join  Confederate  ranks  than 
fought  in  the  war  with  Spain.  Would  it  not  be  a  fitting  token 
of  the  cessation  of  strife  and  the  knitting  of  severed  fen,!,  to 
establish  a  memorial  to  those  sons  of  Harvard,  no  li 
sons  for  having  joined  battle  against  the  majority  •'{  tie  ii 
classma 

I  be  university  receives  numerous  gifts,  from  which  a  sum 
might  be  devoted  to  a  small  number  of  scholarships  for  South- 
ern students.  An  appropriation  for  such  1  would  not 
only  provide  a  lasting  memorial  to  soldiers  who  died  for  the 
right  as  they  saw  it.  but  would  tend  to  increase  the  Southern 
representation   which  the  university                      lacks 


VISITS  OF  PRESID1  \  1    Gl  VERAL   V    D    > 

i;\      MRS     CORNELIA    BRANCH    STONE,    BLUE   RIDGE   SPRINGS,   \\ 

In  the  early  part  of  Ma\  I  attended  the  Conventions  of 
State  l>i\isions,  U.  D.  C,  the  first  being  thai  of  Florida, 
held  in  the  historic  city  of  St.  Augustine,  the  oldest  in 
America;  and  with  it-  quaint  old  fort  and  sea-wall  front, 
relies  of  Spanish  occupancy,  its  wealth  of  bloom,  beautiful 
old  bonus,  and  grandest  and  most  artistic  hotel,  the  Ponce 
de  I  eon.  it  made  a  pii  tui  1  sque  1  tl  ing  fi  n  thi  S  iti  ( 'onven- 
tion.     I  he  mi  eting  «  as  in 

1 .1 1.  ao  1  impli  hi  d    pai  ticularly  in  the  hist 
department,  and   in   the  .organization  and   enthusiasm   1 
1  'bib in  11  1  if  the  1  icy.    The  date-  of  tl 

vention   conflicted   with    those  of   Louisiana   and    Mississippi; 
and    ai  ing   been    made   with    Florida    some 

week-  befon    receiving  the  invil  1  the  latter  Divisions 

in  eh    me  wish   that  I  might   I  1  able  to  be  .it   three 

\t  St     lugustine   I   was    thi 
of  the  local  1  it  beautiful  Resthaven,  the  home  oi  - 

Esther-Carlotta,  who  was  elected  State  President  of  Florida, 
and  upon  menu  1  these  two  picture  homes  will  hang 

\  1 1  e r  spending  two  days  in  1  1  Via,  at  the  charming 


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home  of  the  Recording  Secretary  General,  Mrs.  A.  L.  Dow- 
dell,  she  accompanied  me  to  Huntsville.  Ala.,  where  we  at- 
tended the  annual  meeting  of  that  State  Division,  where  I 
was. the  honored  guest  of  Mrs.  Clay-Clopton  at  the  home  of 
her  friend,  Mrs.  Milton  Humes.  This  beautiful  old  Southern 
home,  with  its  stately  columns,  grand  old  trees,  Italian  and 
rose  gardens  so  well  kept,  it*  spacious  halls  and  high-ceiled 
rooms,  with  fine  old  paintings  and  statuary,  brought  back  the 
ante-bellum  days  of  matchless  hospitality.  The  sweet,  woman- 
ly kindness  and  thoughtfulness  of  Mrs.  Humes  and  the  gracious 
presence  of  Mrs.  Clay-Clopton  gave  a  warmth  to  the  welcome 
found  there  that  will  be  treasured  by  the  large  house  party 
that  enjoyed  it  during  those  May  days.  Even  "Pearl,"  the 
ebony  man  cook,  was  a  reminder  of  the  domestic  service  of 
the  olden  time,  and  with  the  freedom  of  those  days  urged 
upon  us  a  longer  stay.  Mrs.  B.  B.  Ross,  of  Auburn,  was 
unanimously  chosen  President  of  the  Alabama  Division. 

The  Alabama  Convention  was  marked  for  its  harmony  of 
action,  its  splendid  reports,  and  excellent  work  done.  The 
duties  of  this  meeting  were  the  same  as  those  of  the  Ten- 
nessee Division. 

I  left  Huntsville  for  Jackson,  Tenn..  to  be  present  at  the 
last  day  of  that  Convention,  and  was  again  the  guest  of  the 
local  Chapter,  of  which  Mrs.  Holland  is  the  efficient  President. 
Mrs.  L.  Z.  Sansom,  of  Knoxville,  will  guide  the  Tennessee 
Division  through  the  coming  year. 

The  State  President,  Mrs.  M.  B.  Pilcher,  showed  splendid 
work  done  in  her  Division,  and  the  closing  session  was  full  of 
beauty,  harmony,  and  good  feeling. 

On  my  return  to  Galveston  after  an  absence  of  a  little  more 
than  two  weeks,  having  covered  many  miles  in  my  journeying, 
there  was  an  accumulation  of  official  work  to  keep  me  busy 
until  the  time  came  to  meet  the  dear  veterans  of  the  South, 
and  "©n  to  Memphis'  was  my  watchword,  for  it  is  always  a 
privilege  to  be  present  at  the  annual  Reunions  of  these  re- 
vered and  honored  heroes.  It  is  a  grand  sight  to  see  them 
assembled  in  Convention,  a  host  in  gray,  with  those  fine  old 
types  of  Southern  manhood  on  whose  faces  are  written  the 
glorious  and  matchless  record  of  their  achievements  not  only 
on  the  field  of  battle,  but  on  the  no  less  victories  of  peace, 
in  which  reconstruction  and  rehabilitation  played  such  con- 
spicuous and  vital  part.  The  heat  was  intense ;  but  undaunted, 
as  in  days  past,  none  of  the  old  soldiers  would  admit  them- 
selves too  feeble  to  march  in  the  grand  parade  on  the  last 
day  of  their  meeting,  and  it  was  a  notable  scene  long  to  be 
remembered — that  line  of  gray  mounted  and  on  foot  march- 
ing to  the  music  of  many  bands  playing  "Dixie,"  the  "Bonny 
Blue  Flag,"  "Maryland."  and  other  strains  of  nearly  a  half 
century  ago. 

The  climax  of  this  great  spectacle  was  had  in  the  recogni- 
tion of  Gen.  Fred  D.  Grant  by  the  Confederate  soldiers  and 
their  warm  and  loving  greeting  to  the  son  of  the  great  leader 
of  the  hosts  that  they  had  so  often  met  in  battle,  sometimes 
in  victory,  and  by  which  at  the  last  were  overpowered  and  out- 
numbered. The  memory  of  the  great  magnanimity  of  Gen. 
U.  S.  Grant  as  the  victor  at  Appomattox  was  returned  a 
hundredfold  to  his  son  as  he  stood  on  the  reviewing  stand 
beside  his  wife  on  June  10  at  Memphis,  and  to  him  it  will  be 
and  must  be  one  of  the  treasured  incidents  of  his  life — this 
spontaneous  tribute  to  his  father's  memory.  As  I  took  his 
Land  when  my  carriage  was  brought  up  close  to  him  the 
light  of  this  new  fraternal  baptism  was  shining  on  his  face, 
and  there  is  assurance  that  in  his  heart  there  is  a  closer  tie 
for   the   people   of   the   South,   and  he   honors   the   reverence 


shown  for  her  old  soldiers,  which  is  broad  enough  to  pay 
tribute  to  all  great  Americans. 

May  God  bless  our  dear  old  veterans  and  keep  them  ever  in 
the  first  place  in  Southern  hearts,  that  they  may  be  ever  ten- 
derly cared  for,  as  their  great  service  deserves  and  their 
knightly  courage  demands ! 

Memphis  honored  herself  in  the  splendid  entertainment 
she  gave  in  such  full  measure  to  these  dear  "boys  of  the 
sixties."  These  Reunions  are  a  love  feast  to  the  old  sol- 
diers, free  from  all  antagonism  or  bitterness  and  full  of  joy 
and  pleasure  in  living  over  the  heroic  days  of  the  past,  the 
hardships  and  privations  so  faded  out  by  the  intervening  years 
that  only  pleasant  memories  abide  in  their  hearts. 


WORTHY   WIDOW   WHO  DESERVES   A   PENSION. 
(From  a  war-time  newspaper,  Milledgeville,  Ga.) 

At  twelve  o'clock  on  Friday  last  both  branches  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  by  resolution  attended  the  funeral  of  the  late 
Capt.  T.  George  Raven,  who  died  in  this  city  on  the  loth  inst. 
The  President  of  the  Senate  and  Speaker  of  the  House  acted 
with  the  pallbearers.  A  discourse  suited  to  the  occasion  was 
delivered  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Ridley  at  the  Episcopal  church, 
from  whence  the  remains  were  followed  to  the  cemetery. 

Captain  Raven  was  a  native  of  Lancashire  and  a  graduate 
of  the  military  college  at  Addiscombe,  England.  He  engaged 
in  commercial  pursuits,  which  brought  him  to  America  five 
years  ago.  Marrying  in  Charleston,  S.  C,  he  there  remained, 
and  in  the  autumn  of  i860  joined  the  Washington  Artillery, 
and  served  with  that  battery  through  the  fall  of  Sumter,  and 
subsequently  joined  the  South  Carolina  Rangers  as  an'  inde- 
pendent volunteer.  The  prospect  of  active  operations  near 
Charleston  being  remote,  he  tendered  his  services  in  the  spring 
of  1863  to  Adjutant  General  Wayne,  who  took  him  upon  his 
staff  as  a  military  engineer  and  placed  him  in  charge  of  the 
fortifications  at  Etowah  Bridge.  He  is  honorably  mentioned 
in  the  annual  report  of  the  Adjutant  General. 

The  works  at  Etowah  finished,  Captain  Raven  joined  the 
Adjutant  General  at  Resaca,  who,  in  addition  to  his  duty  as 
military  engineer,  appointed  him  inspector  of  fortifications 
While  on  duty  at  Resaca  he  contracted  a  severe  cold  which 
laid  the  foundation  of  his  disease.  He  came  to  Milledgeville 
as  bearer  of  important  information  to  the  Executive  re- 
specting the  Army  of  Tennessee.  His  journey  was  performed 
in  the  cold  weather  two  weeks  ago,  and  the  day  after  his 
arrival  he  was  prostrated  with  pneumonia,  from  which  he 
never  recovered.  His  young  and  interesting  wife  was  present 
to  soothe  his  last  moments.  Captain  Raven  was  a  Christian 
gentleman  in  the  true  sense  of  the  word,  and  d*ed  in  great 
peace  in  the  twenty-sixth  year  of  his  age.  His  nature  was 
chivalrous  and  noble,  and  a  bright  career  seemed  to  await 
him ;  but  he  died  in  a  cause  dear  to  his  heart.  Devoted  in  his 
friendships  and  faithful  in  every  trust,  the  generous  young 
foreigner  has  passed  away  under  circumstance;  \  \..J.\  will 
ever  endear  his  memory  to  the  Southern  people. 


The  above  extract  v.  as  sent  the  Veteran  by  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Gailor,  Bishop  of  Tennessee,  who  says  the  widow  of  this 
brave  soldier  is  living  in  Memphis  in  the  utmost  poverty.  He 
says  he  takes  pleasure  in  being  sponsor  for  this  lady,  and  that 
any  help  given  her  personally  or  in  assisting  her  in  obtaining 
a  pension  will  be  appreciated  by  him  as  much  as  by  Mrs. 
Raven.  Her  address  can  be  obtained  from  Rev.  Thomas  F. 
Gailor,  Bishop  of  Tennessee,  Memphis. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterar>. 


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FORTY  MEN  FOUGHT  GRANT'S  ARMY. 

BY    W.    MARION    SEAY,   LYNCHBURG,   VA. 

Mucli  has  been  written  of  the  big  battles  of  the  sixties; 
but  many  small  desperate  engagements  with  important  results 
have  been  overlooked  by  the  historians  or  mentioned  siviply 
as  a  "skirmish  with  pickets"  or  a  "brush  with  the  cavalry." 
Of  such  character  was  the  affair  of  which  I  write.  Although 
it  had  no  great  effect  on  the  general  results  of  the  war.  it 
saved  a  large  part  of  a  brigade  and  held  General  Grant's  en- 
tire army  in  check  for  about  half  a  day.  Only  about  forty 
men  and  five  commissioned  officers  were  engaged,  all  of  whom 
were  made  prisoners  save  one,  who  escaped.  They  were  parts 
of  two  companies — C  and  E  of  the  nth  Virginia  Infantry — 
will)  one  or  two  odd  men  from  other  companies  of  the  same 
regiment.  Capt.  T.  A.  Horton,  the  only  member  of  his  com- 
pany (B),  was  the  senior  commissioned  officer  present,  and 
assuim  ■!  o  minimi;  the  other  officers  present  were  Capt.  Wil- 
liam II.  Morgan,  Company  C,  Lieuts.  George  P.  Norvell  and 
James  W.  Wray,  Company  E,  and  Lieut.  Peter  B.  Akers, 
Company  A.  Of  these,  all  except  Captain  Horton  and  Lieu- 
tenant Akers  are  yet  living. 

In  early  May,  1864,  Kemper's  Brigade  of  Pickett's  Division, 
which  had  been  operating  temporarily  in  Pattern  North  Caro- 
lina, was  ordered  back  to  Virginia.  Grant's  large  army  was 
marching  on  to  Richmond  from  the  North,  and  Ben  Butler's 
army  and  gunboats  were  coming  up  the  James  River  and  were 
withm  a  few  miles  of  Richmond  and  Petersburg,  and  all  troops 
that  could  be  spared  from  less  important  points  were  ordered 
to  Richmond.  Kemper's  Brigade,  commanded  by  Gen.  Wil 
liam  R.  Terry  (General  Kemper  being  off  duty  on  account  of 
wounds  received  at  Gettysburg),  was  detrained  at  Petersburg 
and  marched  to  Chester,  midway  between  Petersburg  and 
Richmond,  where  they  skirmished  for  a  day  or  so  with  the 
enemy.  On  May  16  this  brigade  fought  Butler  at  Drury's 
Bluff,  capturing  General  Heckman  and  his  Massachusetts  bri- 
gade, after  which  they  were  ordered  to  Richmond,  arriving 
there  on  the  afternoon  of  the  20th  of  May.  They  stacked  arms 
on  Broad  Streel  to  await  cars  on  the  P.,  F.  &  P.  Railroad  to 
carry  them  to  meet  Grant's  invading  army. 

The  first  train  available  consisted  of  a  few  box  cars,  which 
were  quickly  filled  witli  the  first  men  who  scrambled  aboard, 
a  few  from  each  company  and  regiment,  probably  four  to 
five  hundred  or  less  in  the  entire  brigade.  The  ranking 
officer  was  Major  Norton,  of  the  1st  Virginia  Infantry.  The 
train  soon  pulled  out  in  the  direction  of  Hanover  Junction, 
its  destination  unknown  perhaps  to  any  officer  on  board.  The 
of  the  brigade  were  left  on  Broad  Street.  The  train 
was  stopped  at  Milford  Station  (Bowling  Green),  about  half- 
way between  Richmond  and  Alexandria,  and  our  Falstaffian 
army  was  detrained.  After  sending  a  few  skirmishers  or 
pickets  across  the  North  Anna  River,  the  small  force  biv- 
ouacked on  the  south  bank ;  and  after  our  strenuous  ordeal 
for  several  weeks,  we  gladly  dropped  on  the  ground  and  were 
soon  fast  asleep,  hardly  earing  what  the  morning  might  bring 
forth,  we  were  so  thoroughly  exliai 

In  the  twilight  of  the  following  morning  we  were  awakened 
by  the  firing  of  the  pickets  and  call  to  arms  and  we  were  soon 
in  line  and  were  double-quicked  In  the  bridge  crossing  the 
North  Anna  River.  Captain  Horton  took  command  Upon 
a  hill  across  the  river  the  Yankee  cavalry  were  plainly  visible. 
They  were  probably  a  half  mile  away  beyond  the  railroad  sta- 
tion. Our  orders  from  Major  Norton  w  :  to  "charge  the  hill, 
take,  and  hold   it  at  all   hazards."   which   we  thought  was  an 


easy  task,  as  from  our  experience  the  infantry  had  but  little 
fear  of  mounted  cavalry.  Our  advance  was  slow  until  we 
reached  the  railroad  station,  where  the  ascent  of  the  hill 
began.  On  the  platform  of  this  station  we  saw  several  of 
our  men  from  Company  A,  who  had  been  wounded  when 
the  pickets  were  driven  in.  Among  them  was  Capt.  R.  M. 
Mitchell,  shot  in  the  face,  and  we  then  thought  mortally 
wounded.  He  was  living  in  Atlanta  not  long  since.  These 
wounded  men  inflamed  our  little  squad  to  greater  determina- 
tion. Forward  went  our  little  band  up  the  hill,  emitting  the 
old  "Rebel  yell."  We  were  soon  in  the  midst  of  a  hail  of 
bullets,  but  not  one  fell  out  of  ranks;  and  when  we  reached 
the  top,  the  Yanks  were  skedaddling  for  the  tall  timber  and 
touching  only  the  high  places  on  the  ground.  We  had  obeyed 
the  first  order,  had  charged  the  enemy  and  taken  the  hill,  and 
now  we  were  to  "hold  it  at  all  hazards." 

With  a  breathing  spell  we  looked  around  and  located  our 
position.  Every  inch  of  this  ground  is  vivid  to  me  still ;  and 
were  I  an  artist,  I  could  make  a  sketch  which  would  fully  de- 
scribe our  position.  To  the  southeast  of  us  was  the  bridge 
across  the  river  over  which  we  had  come;  the  railroad  sta- 
tion (Milford)  was  between  us  and  the  bridge.  In  our  im- 
mediate front  our  friends,  the  enemy — how  many  of  them  we 
had  no  idea — were  dodging  about  behind  trees  in  the  wood 
that  commenced  about  thirty  or  forty  feet  from  us.  We  sup- 
posed there  might  be  a  regiment  or  possibly  a  brigade,  but 
what  did  forty  or  fifty  infantrymen  care  for  even  a  brigade 
of  mounted  cavalrymen? 

On  the  top  of  this  hill  there  had  been  an  ice  house,  but 
the  pit  luckily  remained.  From  this  pit  extending  toward 
the  river  was  a  gulley  three  to  four  feet  in  depth  and  parallel 
with  the  enemy's  line  of  battle.  We  utilized  it  as  a  breast- 
work. How  providential  that  it  was  there!  Otherwise  we 
would  probably  have  been  annihilated  quickly!  Ensconcing 
ourselves  in  this  ditch,  we  felt  very  comfortable  and  as  if  we 
could  whip  all  the  cavalry  in  the  Federal  army.  In  a  vary 
short  time  the  enemy  advanced  in  great  numbers,  but  not 
as  cavalry;  they  had  dismounted,  and  were  armsd  with  modern 
repeating  rifles  as  against  our  single-shct  muzzle-loaders. 
The  open  field  was  about  the  distance  our  guns  could  be  ef- 
fective. The  enemy  stopped  in  the  skirt  of  timber  and  opened 
fire  against  us  in  our  natural  breastworks.  We  could  see  the 
effect  of  our  shots  when  the  fight  began,  as  they  would  fall 
or  drop  their  guns  and  skedaddle  to  the  rear.  They  kept  up 
an  incessant  fire,  having  ammunition  to  spare;  while  we  sim- 
ply waited  for  targets  among  them,  and  we  made  nearly 
every  shot  count.  It  was  exciting  to  the  highest  degree.  We 
occasionally  had  a  man  struck,  but  our  casualties  were  few, 
none  being  killed  and  but  few  wounded.  The  Yanks  evidently 
did  not  realize  our  small  numbers,  and  musl  have  thought 
there  were  several  times  as  many  as  we  were.  At  any  time 
during  the  fight  had  they  charged  many  would  have  been 
killed ;  but  we  would  have  been  compelled  to  give  way,  and 
I  doubt  if  they  would  have  lost  as  many  men  as  they  did. 

This  fighting  had  been  kept  up  for  a  considerable  time, 
probably  two  or  three  hours,  when  some  one  exclaimed: 
"Where  is  the  bridge?"  It  caused  every  one  to  look  around 
in  that  direction,  when  lo !  the  bridge  was  not  to  be  seen. 
Our  troops  had  destroyed  it  and  withdrawn.  It  then  dawned 
upon  us  that  we  had  been  sacrificed  to  save  the  troops  across 
the  river.  Good  generalship,  I  suppose,  but  "tough  on  the 
frogs."  This  diversion  only  caused  an  instant's  hesitation  in 
the  firing.     The  enemy  was  being  constantly  reenforced,  and 


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their  firing  became  more  rapid,  while  our  little  army  replied 
in  kind.  On  our  right  we  saw  (but  out  of  range  of  our  guns) 
a  line  of  men  start  from  the  woods  in  single  file  at  first  and 
quite  a  distance  apart  and  looking  in  our  rear.  Then  we  saw 
the  same  movement  taking  place  on  our  left.  In  a  short  while 
this  force  quickened  their  march,  closing  up  to  the  front,  and 
soon  they  had  a  double  column  reaching  to  the  river,  form- 
ing a  horseshoe,  and  we  were  "it." 

Then  Captain  Horton  said :  "Boys,  you  see  our  position. 
There  is  no  escape;  we  will  probably  all  be  killed;  but  we 
will  make  them  pay  a  big  price  for  our  lives.  Be  careful  with 
your  cartridges  and  make  every  shot  count.  If  they  charge 
us,  it  will  soon  all  be  over."  One  of  the  other  officers  (prob- 
ably Lieutenant  W'ray)  said:  "Captain,  while  we  may  yet 
kill  many  more  of  them,  the  results  are  plainly  visible.  We 
can  probably  charge  them  through  their  right  wing  in  our 
rear,  cutting  our  way  out,  and  possibly  some  of  us  escape." 
Captain  Horton  replied :  "It  is  not  a  question  of  what  we 
might  do,  but  our  orders ;  these  were  to  'charge,  take,  and 
hold  this  position.'  We  have  taken  it  and  will  hold  it  as 
long  as  possible;  it  will  give  the  brigade  that  much  more  time 
to  save  themselves."  No  more  was  said,  and  both  officers 
turned  to  the  work  in  hand. 

The  enemy  were  getting  bolder  or  were  being  reenforced 
in  such  numbers  that  there  were  not  trees  enough  to  hide 
them,  and  there  was  now  a  solid  mass  of  them  in  front  of 
us,  and  no  occasion  for  us  to  throw  away  a  shot  unless  we 
aimed  too  high,  as  they  were  evidently  doing.  The  only  way 
to  account  for  our  small  list  of  casualties  is  that  we  were 
saved  by  the  gulley — our  "breastwork."  We  took  deliberate 
aim  and  made  every  shot  count ;  while  the  enemy  fired  from 
the  hip,  as  was  customary  with  cavalry,  and  consequently 
most  of  their  shots  went  over  our  heads.  When  we  were 
captured  and  marched  to  their  rear,  the  woods  in  our  front 
had  many  dead  and  wounded  men.  I  am  sure  I  saw  many 
more  dead  and  wounded  than  we  had  engaged  all  told  dur- 
ing the  engagement. 

We  had  had  nothing  to  eat  that  morning.  Yet  as  for  myself, 
I  really  enjoyed  it,  though  not  from  any  great  love  of  fight- 
ing, as  I  did  not  boast  of  physical  courage ;  but  we  were  in 
for  it  to  keep  and  hold  our  own,  and  in  the  excitement  of 
the  rapid  work  I  believe  the  words  "enjoyed  it"  express  the 
feeling  of  every  man  engaged  at  that  time. 

However,  there  had  to  be  an  end,  and  its  beginning  came 
when  some  one  said :  "This  is  my  last  cartridge."  Others  ex- 
amined their  boxes,  and  one  said,  "I  have  only  one  more;" 
another,  "I  have  only  two;"  and  so  on.  None  of  us  had  over 
forty  r.ounds  to  begin  with.  Captain  Horton  said :  "Then, 
boys,  we  had  as  well  end  it.  The  balance  of  the  brigade  are 
probably  safe  by  this  time.  Have  any  of  you  a  white  hand- 
kerchief?" White  handkerchiefs  were  scarce,  but  some  one 
said  :  "I  have  a  towel,  but  it  is  not  very  white."  The  towel  was 
produced  and  fastened  to  a  ramrod  while  we  were  still  keep- 
ing up  the  fire.  I  was  loading,  with  a  ball  halfway  down  the 
barrel  of  my  little  Enfield  sergeant's  rifle,  which  had  become 
foul  from  overuse,  and  both  ball  and  rammer  had  stuck,  so 
lli.il  1  could  not  move  it  down  or  draw  the  rammer.  "Cease 
firing"  came  the  command;  but  by  that  time  I  had  the  gun  to 
my  shoulder  and  pulled  the  trigger.  The  flag  of  truce  went  up 
and  I  went  down  against  the  rear  bank  of  the  breastworks.  In 
a  moment  I  was  up  with  (I  thought)  a  shattered  shoulder.  I 
had  fired  my  last  shot  for  the  cause  I  loved.  I  threw  my  gun 
over  in  the  pit  of  the  old  ice  house.  The  Yanks  were  stand- 
ing over  us  with  the  muzzles  of  their  guns  pointed  within  three 


feet  of  us.  They  seemed  as  we  looked  into  them  from  that 
distance  to  have  a  bore  about  the  caliber  of  an  ordinary  camp 
kettle,  and  right  there  what  little  courage  I  possessed  left  me 
and  I  became  good  and  scared.  One  poor  Yank  immediately 
in  front  seemed  to  leap  about  two  feet  from  the  ground  and 
fell  over  our  heads  and  down  into  the  ditch,  never  knowing 
what  struck  him.  He  was  shot  in  the  head  by  some  one  in 
our  rear.  One  of  their  men  said  we  had  shot  him  after  we 
had  surrendered,  and  I  thought  sure  we  would  now  be 
butchered,  but  their  officer  interfered  and  we  were  spared. 

We  were  marched  out  to  the  field  headquarters  of  General 
Torbett,  commanding  General  Grant's  advance  guard,  where 
we  learned  for  the  first  time  what  we  had  been  "up  against.' 
In  place  of  a  little  cavalry  foraging  party — as  we  thought  we 
had  come  across  the  bridge  to  drive  off  the  hill — we  were 
fighting  a  large  advance  force  of  Grant's  entire  army. 

After  surrendering  we  were  well  treated  by  our  captors. 
The  officers  and  men  in  the  field,  sure-enough  soldiers,  were 
exceedingly  kind — quite  in  contrast  with  those  we  met  later. 
The  Sunday  soldiers  who  came  out  of  their  bombproofs  at 
Washington  crowded  the  wharf  to  see  what  they  had  not 
seen  before — ;'.  e.,  a  live  Rebel — and  hurl  their  insults  and 
epithets  at  us.  Nor  did  we  fare  better  when  later  we  were 
carried  to  Point  Lookout,  Md.,  and  turned  over  to  Major 
Brady  and  Captain  Barnes  and  their  "coon"  brigade  of  guards, 
who  had  us  in  their  keeping  for  the  next  ten  months.  We 
were  paroled  at  Harrison  Landing,  Va.,  in  March,  1865,  about 
two  weeks  before  the  surrender  of  General  Lee  at  Appomat- 
tox, and  sent  home  living  skeletons. 

I  wish  to  dwell  a  moment  on  the  treatment  we  received  from 
our  immediate  captors,  officers  and  men.  I  especially  have 
a  pleasant  remembrance  of  a  Captain  Hess,  who,  I  think,  was 
on  General  Torbett's  staff,  and  was  exceedingly  kind  and 
pleasant,  dividing  and  distributing  rations,  tobacco,  etc.,  among 
us.  It  must  have  been  near  midday.  I  should  like  to  know 
if  Captain  Hess  is  still  living.  If  he  is,  he  may  remember 
the  incidents  here  related.  I  should  like  to  hear  of  or  from 
any  old  Yank  who  was  engaged  in  this  skirmish. 


Five  Messmates  at  Memphis  Reunion. —  Three  brothers 
and  two  cousins  all  named  Deupree,  survivors  of  the  same 
mess  and  company,  met  at  the  Memphis  Reunion  and  had  a 
good  time.  They  were  royally  entertained  and  cared  for  by 
their  kind  Memphis  relatives.  Three  brothers  were  T.  J.,. 
of  Texarkana,  Ark.,  J.  L.,  of  Mayhew,  Miss.,  and'  J.  W., 
of  Brooksville,  Miss.  The  two  cousins  were  J.  G.,  of 
Oxford,  Miss.,  and  J.  E.,  of  Ivanhoe.  Tex.  They  served  in 
Company  G,  1st  Mississippi  Regiment,  Armstrong' s  Brigade, 
Forrest's  Cavalry  Corps.  J.  L.  Deupree  had  a  finger  shot  off 
in  battle,  T.  J.  Deupree  had  a  horse  killed  under  him  at 
Shiloh,  and  the  tail  of  a  horse  ridden  by  J.  G.  Deupree  was 
shot  off  by  a  cannon  ball  in  the  same  fight.  Subsequently  a 
horse  was  killed  under  him  at  Holly  Springs.  J.  E.  Deupree 
was  captured  and  held  for  twenty-three  months,  when  iie 
escaped  from  prison  after  many  efforts  by  answering  at  the 
call  for  a  dead  man's  name.  These  veterans  met  for  the  first 
time  after  the  war  at  the  Memphis  Reunion  in  1901.  All  of 
them  have  been  fortunate  in  peace  as  they  were  in  war. 


Mrs.  S.  L.  Jordan,  705  S.  Maple  Street,  Pana,  111.,  requests 
information  in  regard  to  her  brother,  W.  A.  Beard,  who  en- 
listed from  New  Orleans  in  the  3d  Louisiana  Regiment.  She 
is  a  widow,  and  would  appreciate  any  information  that  his 
comrades  may  be  able  to  give  to  her. 


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DEDICATION   OF  DAVIS  MEMORIAL  HOME. 

June  3  was  a  memorable  day  at  Fairview,  Ky.  The  cele- 
bration of  the  birthday  of  Jefferson  Davis  after  one  hundred 
and  one  years  was  attended  by  many  thousands  of  people, 
despite  the  threat  of  rain  in  the  morning. 

The  day  was  really  ideal,  and  a  finer  assembly  of  people  is 
rarelj  seen.  While  all  the  roads  leading  to  Fairview  fur- 
nished a  liberal  quota,  the  magnificent  highway  "f  eleven  miles 
from  Hopkissville  exhibited  a  continuous  scene  each  way  of 
elegant  people  mainlj  in  privat<  carriages 

The  assembly  at  Fairview  was  in  the  beautiful  grove  owned 
by  tin-  Association.  The  stand  was  elaborated  decorated 
with  banners,  flags,  and  flowers,  and  photographers  used  a 
■  i  scenery. 
\  sumptuous  dinner  was  served  to  the  multitude.  After 
dinner  was  served,  (.'apt.  Charles  F.  Jarratt,  of  Hopkinsville, 
Who  had  diligently  looked  after  arrangements,  called  the 
assembly  to  order.  Then  was  pronounced  an  invocation 
i  aptain  Jarratt  then  introduced  the  most  venerable  man  of 
tlu  town,  Dr.  E.  S.  Stuart,  who  greeted  the  assembly  with 
profound  reverence  for  the  occasion.  He  recited  briefly  the 
events  of  Fairview  in  connection  with  the  Confederate  Presi- 
dent's  career,  and  concluded  with  an  appeal  for  perpetual 
zeal  in  making  the  Davis  Memorial  Park  all  that  it  should  he. 

At  tin-  point  in  the  proceedings  S.  V  Cunningham,  Vice 
Pn  idenl  of  the  Association,  took  charge  of  the  meeting.  He 
lettei  from  Mrs.  Buckner  expressing  regrel  from  Gen- 
eral Buckner  that  he  could  not  be  present  owing  to  an  attack 
oi  acute  rheumatism  Mr.  Cunningham  also  read  a  telegram 
frmn  Gen.  Bennett  H.  Voting  explaining  that  he  was  detained 
by  a  lawsuit  in  Chicago.  General  Young,  however,  had  pre- 
pared his  address,  and  it  was  read  by  Col.  \Y.  A.  Milton,  of 
Louisville,  Vice  President  Courier-Journal  Company. 

Address  oi   Gen.  Bennett  11    Young,  of  Louisville. 

(  m  the  sp nt  where  we  now  stand,  one  hundred  and  one 
fefferson  Davis  was  born.  Of  the  hundreds  of 
thousands  of  people  then  living  in  Kentucky,  we  can  count 
on  our  fingers  all  that  remain,  and  a  new  generation  gathers 
iln  iut  the  scenes  of  the  nativity  of  this  illustrious  man  and 
i  •  to  his  memory  forever  these  nineteen  acres  pur- 
chased by  the  Jefferson  l>a\is  Home  Association  and  which 
now  become  the  property  of  the  nation  as  a  memorial  to  one 
of  it-   t;  •}■    t   and  bravest  spirits. 

Two  -"ii-.  of  Kentucky  were  the  leaders  in  the  most  gigan 
tic  struggle  mankind  ever  witnessed.  They  were  born  within 
one  hundred  and  twenty-five  miles  of  each  other — Abraham 
n.  in  [809,  in  Larue  County,  and  Jefferson  Davis,  in 
1808,  in  Christian  County.  Neither  reposes  in  the  bosom  of 
live  commonwealth;  hut  Lincoln  sleeping  in  Illinois 
and  I  (avis  in  Virginia  are  still  the  sons  of  Kentucky,  and  both 
in  their  lives  magnified  and  glorified  the  history  of  the  State 
that  gave  them  birth. 

\  ii' -nt  popular  movement  has  secured  the  birthplace  of 
Abraham  Lincoln,  ami  a  grateful  nation  is  erecting  a  splen- 
did memorial  to  his  virtues  and  achievements.  That  he  was 
a    KentUCkian  only   makes  him  dearer  to  the   Kentucky   people. 

ili-  triumphs  over  a  humble  birth  and  his  victory  over  ad- 
versities  crown  him  with  praise,  and  every  Kentuckian,  what- 
ever his  views  or  position  upon  questions  which  were  involved 
in  the  war.  is  readj  to  accord  Mr.  Lincoln  a  distinguished  place 
on    tin     -.io]l    .if    i|»,     world's    heroes.      Stricken    down    by    an 

in's  h.md  at  the  moment  when  Federal  success  was  as- 
sured and  at  a  time  when  he  might  have  rendered  the  noblest 
7** 


and  grandest  service  to  the  American  nation,  for  the  men 
and  women  of  the  South  there  are  none  who  envy  Ahraham 
Lincoln  the  beautiful  structure  tit  the  place  of  his  birth,  and 
thousands  of  Southern  men  and  w  nun  have  willingly  con- 
tributed to  the  fund  collected  fr  m  the  American  people  to 
make  eternal,  in  so  far  as  stone  and  bronze  can  do  so.  the 
grandeur  of  private  life  and  public  servici 

But  we  are  here,  my  countrymen,  this  day  to  turn  over 
another  page  of  history  and  to  write  on  it  lines  which  will 
tell  the  world  of  the  Southland's  love  and  appreciation  of  the 
life  and  character  of  Jefferson  Davis 

To  my  mind  one  of  the  noblest  and  most  inspiring  scenes 
in  American  history  was  when  a  little  Southern  girl  pinned  a 
Confederate  badge  upon  the  lapel  of  William  McKinley,  and 
tin  softest  and  godliest  words  of  reconciliation  and  love  that 
ever  came  from  a  statesman  were  those  uttered  In  Mr.  Mc- 
Kinley when  he  pleaded  for  the  care  and  protection  of  Con- 
federate graves  by  the  republic.  I  challenge  all  political  his- 
tory to  produce  a  parallel,  and  this  act  of  him  who  also  died 
by  the  hand  of  an  assassin  will  go  sounding  down  the  ages 
as  the  sweetest  evangel  of  peace  that  ever  started  upon  an 
errand  of  harmony. 

The  time  has  come  in  this  nation  when  men  may  speak 
freely,  kindly,  and  truly  of  the  past.  The  war  with  it-  ai 
rifices  has  ceased  and  peace  between  sections,  with  its  en- 
nobling, refining,  and  uplifting  influences,  has  come  to  abide 
forever.  They  who  would  stay  its  marches  and  delay  its 
reign  are  the  enemies  of  the  nation's  happiness 

Jefferson  Davis,  misjudged  in  life,  disfranchised  until  death, 
is  finding  his  true  place  in  history,  and  as  sons  and  daughters 
of  the  South  we  are  here  to-day  to  declare  this  spot  - 
and  ever  to  remain  sacred  to  Southern  hearts,  to  declare  oui 
veneration  for  the  memory  of  Jefferson  Davis,  to  declare 
our  love  for  his  superb  sacrifices  at  the  call  of  duty  and  his 
devotion  to  truth,  and  to  bedeck  with  fresh  laurels  and  to 
glorify  with  renewed  praise  him  who  bore  the  crown  of 
sorrow  and  persecution  and  humiliation  because  of  his  stead- 
fastness, his  loyalty,  and  his  devotion  to  the  people  of  the 
South   in  their  titanic   struggle. 

It  fell  to  the  lot  of  Jefferson  Davis  to  be  the  leader  of  his 
people  in  the  combat  which  cost  untold  sacrifice  of  life  .and 
the  expenditure  of  almost  countless  millions  of  treasure. 

As  the  voice  of  reason  speaks  to  the  public  heart,  there 
are  many  sad  things  in  the  career  of  Jefferson  Davis  thai  the 
nation  regrets.  The  cruelties  inflicted  upon  him  at  Fortress 
Monroe,  the  indignities  pressed  upon  him  when  his  emaciated 
hands  were  manacled  by  force,  the  hardships  visited  upon 
him  in  his  long  confinement  all  well-thinking  American  citi- 
zens would  blot  out  if  they  could.  The  impartial  judgment 
of  mankind  will  fix  the  wrong  of  these  things  where  it  be- 
longs. It  is  a  memory  of  the  past,  regretful  and  sad  A 
prodigious  struggle  for  what  both  sides  believed  an  inalien- 
able right,  the  greatest  war  ever  waged  between  English- 
speaking  people,  prolonged  for  four  years  over  a  wide  area. 
was  bound  to  bring  its  sacrifices,  losses,  anguish,  ruin,  and 
desolation,  and  along  with  these  as  product  of  passion  and 
prejudice  there  ensued  many  things  which  in  the  light  of 
after  years  compel  universal  regret.     *     *     * 

Mr.  Davis  suffered  as  no  other  Confederate  could  suffer, 
lie  was  refuse. 1  the  right  of  citizenship,  and  he  steadily  de- 
clined to  ask  it.  I  he  -time  boon  had  been  refused  Robert 
E.  Lee.  and  with  this  before  him  there  was  no  hope  for  aught 
he  might  se<  k  American  justice,  we  believe,  would  expunge 
tin-  from  the  unchangeable  past  could  it  he  expunged,  and  it 


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^opfederat^  Veterai). 


ought  to  be  a  boast  of  our  common  country  that  only  here 
and  there,  widely  scattered  and  isolated,  can  be  found  an 
American  who  does  not  deplore  the  extremity  of  punishment 
meted  out  to  Mr.  Davis  after  the  war. 

These  words  are  not  spoken  to  awaken  a  single  emotion 
of  prejudice  or  ill  will,  but  to  emphasize  the  duty  of  the  South 
to  the  memory  of  Mr.  Davis.  In  every  Southern  State  there 
should  be  erected  an  imposing  monument  to  his  memi  iry. 
His  life  was  pure  and  his  career  upright,  his  integrity  beyond 
reproach,  and  his  patriotism  immeasurable.  He  became  the 
leader  of  his  people  over  his  personal  protest  of  unworthi- 
ness.  He  assumed  a  task  at  which  any  human  being  might 
hesitate.  The  South  had  no  resources,  no  factories,  no 
arsenals ;  it  had  a  vulnerable  seacoast  six  times  longer  than 
that  of  the  other  States ;  it  bad  no  standing  army  upon  which 
even  to  base  the  conflict.  Mr.  Davis  became  the  head  of  the 
Cm  federate  States,  and  no  responsibility  so  stupendous  was 
ever  laid  upon  human  heart,  no  burden  so  great  was  ever 
placed  upon  human  shoulders.  He  was  moved  only  by  a 
sense  of  duty.  Mistakes  he  was  bound  to  make.  He  was  to 
choose  generals,  agents,  and  aides  in  all  lines.  He  had  the 
chivalry  and  devotion  of  a  brave  and  patriotic  people  upon 
which  to  rely;  but  in  his  heart  was  pulsing  a  nation's  life 
beat,  and  its  throbs  and  agonies  both  sorrowed  and  strength- 
ened his  undaunted  soul.  Calm,  a  stranger  to  fear,  responsive 
to  every  call  of  duty,  he  occupied  a  position  never  before  as- 
sumed by  one  man  since  the  sunrise  of  history. 

At  home  he  was  sometimes  opposed  by  his  friends ;  criti- 
cized by  those  from  whom  he  had  a  right  to  expect  unques- 
tioning and  unqualified  support;  maligned,  misrepresented. 
misunderstood,  and  misjudged  by  his  enemies,  he  yet  bore  in 
his  soul  a  nation's  hopes,  ambitions,  and  woes,  and  his  mag- 
nificent spirit  did  not  quail  before  the  terrible  solemnity  of 
the  issues  involved.  He  never  hesitated  in  the  discharge  of 
all  that  honor  demanded,  and  he  refused  his  countrymen 
nothing  that  his  genius  and  his  courage  could  give. 

There  are  those  who  tell  us  that  when  near  the  end  Mr. 
Lincoln  said,  "Write  'Union'  at  the  top  and  fill  in  the  balance 
as  you  please;"  but  it  must  not  be  forgotten  that  Mr.  Davis 
was  at  the  head  of  the  Confederacy,  placed  there  by  his  peo- 
ple who  had  staked  their  lives,  their  liberty,  and  their  all  on 
success,  and  that  the  men  and  women  of  the  South,  who 
had  made  such  tremendous  sacrifices  in  their  efforts  to  main- 
tain a  nation's  life,  would  never  have  understood  or  appreci- 
ated the  conditions  which  enforced  submission.  The  Presi- 
dent of  the  Confederacy  day  by  clay  saw  and  felt  the  di- 
minishing power  of  the  Confederate  pulse  beat;  but  he  dared 
not  relax  his  efforts;  and  thus  surrounded  by  circumstances 
he  was  powerless  to  change,  he  beheld  his  people  bravely 
struggling  on  in  the  throes  of  anguish  and  death,  while  he 
stood  with  his  great  and  loving  heart  unable  to  allay  a  single 
pang  or  change  the  course  of  destiny. 

When  the  Confederacy  had  passed  the  period  where  suc- 
cess was  no  longer  possible,  when  the  struggle  was  wasting 
the  energies  and  lives  of  a  nation  dearer  to  him  than  his 
own,  he  stood  undismayed;  but  no  craven  spirit  of  fear 
touched  his  brave,  brave  heart,  and  lie  exhibited  the  highest 
and  noblest  courage  that  ever  filled  a  human  breast  as  he 
battled  on  without  hope  and  yet  without  fear.  In  a  dark  cell 
at  Fortress  Monroe  for  twenty-four  weary  and  wasting 
months,  with  scarcely  a  ray  of  sunlight,  with  few  to  minister 
to  his  wants  or  cheer  his  spirit,  he  sat  and  thought  and  re- 
membered and  suffered  for  the  Southern  people. 

With  the  conditions  of  captivity  steadily  ravaging  his  ener- 


gies  and  undermining  his  constitution,  be  reviewed  the  tragedy 
and  realized,  that  he  bad  endured  all  this  for  the  men  tnd 
women  of  the  South,  and  submitted  himself  to  his  surround- 
ings with  a  dignity  and  a  splendor  of  manner  that  at  least 
touched  with  tenderness  and  undying  love  the  hearts  of  his 
countrymen.  No  breath  of  criticism  dare  assail  the  conduct 
"f  Mr.  Davis  during  this  awful  ordeal  of  imprisonment. 
Threatened  with  prosecution  for  treason,  denied  bis  liberty, 
with  limited  opportunities  to  prepare  for  his  defense,  light 
was  none  the  less  slowly  reaching  into  the  cell  where  sat 
the  beloved  President  of  the  Confederacy.  Good  and  true 
men  throughout  the  nation  realized  that  his  incarceration. 
with  all  its  attendant  circumstances,  was  a  political  crime, 
and  that  it  was  a  discredit  to  the  people  of  the  greatest  na- 
tion upon  which  the  sun  has  ever  shone.  It  took  two  years 
for  public  sentiment  to  right  itself,  for  the  law  of  love  to 
overcome  the  law  of  hate  and  passion.  At  last  the  men  who 
had  opposed  him  became  his  bondsmen,  and  after  two  years 
of  confinement  he  again  saw  the  light  of  the  sun  and  breathed 
air  that  did  not  come  to  him  through  prison  bars.  In  these 
dreadful  hours  of  confinement  he  became  a  thousand  times 
dearer  to  his  people,  and  their  love  and  gratitude  went  out 
to  him  in  boundless  measure  and  with  resistless  force. 

Twenty  years  have  passed  since  he  died,  and  the  limelight 
of  history  has  only  brightened  every  spot  in  his  pure,  unsul- 
lied life.  He  stood  in  suffering,  humiliation,  and  imprison- 
ment for  the  South,  its  head,  its  chief,  its  representative.  He 
bore  in  his  body  and  soul  the  deepest  anguish  for  his  people. 
Now  that  he  is  gone  and  men  may  review-  the  past  and  weigh 
and  judge  his  life,  his  conduct,  and  his  motive,  slowly,  but 
surely  and  irresistibly,  Jefferson  Davis  is  coming  to  his  own. 
As  he  stood  for  the  South,  the  South  will  stand  for  him  and 
all  that  his  life  and  suffering  implied,  and  the  South  will  see 
that  he  shall  be  understood  and  appreciated  and  that  no 
shadow  shall  darken  his  fame  and  that  no  misrepresentation 
shall  scar  the  splendor  of  his  character  and  the  glory  of  his 
transcendent  heroism  in  the  dark  days  of  his  humiliation. 

We  are  here  this  day  upon  a  holy  mission,  one  of  peace 
and  good  will,  and  with  the  eyes  of  our  nation  turned  to 
Fairview,  and  all  men  rejoicing  that  the  South  is  doing  honor 
to  Jefferson  Davis.  No  American  history  will  be  just  that 
does  not  recognize  in  him  a  great  and  good  man.  Some  say 
that  he  was  a  misguided  leader  and  that  he  judged  wrongly 
in  the  conflict.  Let  it  be  answered  as  an  eternal  truth  that  he 
settled  every  issue  and  obligation  of  duty  according  to  the 
lights  before  him.  that  he  brought  to  the  solution  of  every 
confronting  problem  a  pure  heart  and  an  honest  desire  to 
know  the  truth  and  to  do  the  right  and  a  courageous  willing- 
ness to  follow  wherever  honor  and  fidelity  pointed  the  way. 
Never  did  he  falter,  never  did  he  hesitate  when  manhood  and 
patriotism  called  to  action.  He  knew  that  adherence  to  prin- 
ciple would  entail  sorrow,  sacrifice,  and  perhaps  death.  But 
consequences  had  no  terror  for  his  heart ;  once  assured  of  the 
right,  he  braved  every  storm  and  accepted  results  with  courage. 

A  Grecian  sailor  out  on  the  .Kgean  Sea.  in  the  darkness 
and  raging  of  a  mighty  storm  that  overshadowed  his  soul 
with  fear  of  destruction,  cried  out:  "O,  Neptune,  god  of  the 
sea,  you  can  destroy  me  if  you  will;  you  can  save  me  if  you 
will,  but  I'll  surely  keep  the  rudder  true."  Jefferson  Davis 
kept  the  rudder  true,  and  his  people  can  point  with  love  and 
pride  to  his  heroism  and  constancy  under  difficulties  and 
misfortunes  which  were  great  and  sweeping  enough  to  have 
alarmed  any  soul  ever  confined  in  mortal  form. 

We    should    carry    forward    this    work    to    a    splendid   con- 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


32a 


summation.  While  the  North  honors  Lincoln's  birthplace, 
the  South  will  do  as  much  for  Davis.  The  simplest  form  of 
gratitude  bids  the  men  and  women  of  the  South  go  on  to  a 
complete  fulfillment  of  this  enterprise.  If  it  is  clone  at  all, 
it  should  he  done  well.  Here,  this  day,  amid  these  sylvan 
scenes,  made  so  beautiful  by  the  generous  hand  and  lavish 
bounty  of  nature,  our  heart--  arc  -softened  by  memories  which 
arise  around  the  birthplace  of  the  only  President  of  the  Con- 

i .icy. 'and    we    pledge    for    all    the   people    of   the    South    a 

memorial   worthy   of  their  chieftain   and  their  leader. 

In  this  glorious  work  we  feel  sure  that  Christian  and  Todd 
Counties  will  lend  a  helping  hand  We  have  every  right  t  1 
ask  and  expect  and  to  know  in  advance  that  both  of  these 
counties  will  be  liberal  in  their  support  of  this  holy  under 
taking.  Kentucky,  grateful  mother  of  the  illustrious  dead, 
will  see  that  the  birthplace  of  Jefferson  Davis,  one  of  the 
1-  i  magnificent  of  men  that  ever  called  her  mother,  shall 
be  fittingly  recognized,  and  from  everj  point  of  the  South 
shall  come  prompt  ami  magnanimous  response  to  the  call  for 
tin-  great  cause.  These  people  will  not  be  slow  to  show  the 
world    their   veneration    of   tin-   spot    where    Jefferson    Davis 

Was  born  and  to  provide  beta-  a  ■.brine  to  which  in  affection 
and  gratitude  the  sons  and  daughters  of  the  Southland  in 
mi.  1  ages  1 1 1 . 1  \  come  and  shed  a  tear  and  lay  a  flower  where 
Jefferson  Davis  first  saw  the  light  of  day,  and  which  is  con- 
-I  in  their  hearts  ami  memories  as  the  home  of  his 
childhood  the  spot  "f  earth  which  he  himself  with  char- 
acteristic liberality  donated  to  the  cause  of  Almightj  God 
by  us  stands  the  church  marking  the  place  of  his  birth. 
which  be  gave  whereon  to  erect  a  memorial  to  the  Father 
of  all   and   from  which  towers  aloft   a   spire  pointing  always 

to    the    higher    and    nobler    life    which    some    day    we    hope    to 

in  tin-  home  above      Amidst  this  beautiful  environment, 

cli  >e  to  the  heart  of  nature  and  here  under  heaven's  blue 
and  upon  this  sacred  soil,  we  shall  build  an  enduring  structure 
i"  honor  him  who  honored  us.  who  loved  and  served  the 
South,  and  whose  name  is  a  priceless  heritage. 

We  send  to-daj   greetings  of  peace  to  all  the  world.     The 

•iw  fulness   of   war   is   past;    its   sacrifices   and    sufferings    are   a 

ry   id   days    that    are    gone,   and    out    of   these   and    from 

has  come  a   nation  the  splendor  of  whose  achievements, 

randeur  -  f  whose  destiny,  the  glorj  of  whose  principles, 

the  justice  of  whose  government,  and  the  breadth  and  power 

of  whose  liberty  challenge  the  admiration  of  all  tin-  peoples 

of  the  world.  Peace  reigns  where  mice  was  war.  and  it  is 
that  peace  which  guarantees  the  perpetuity  of  a  people's 
government  and  which  blesses  all  the  nations  of  the  earth. 


At    the   conclusion   of   General    Young's   address   the   band 

!   "Dixie."     Next   follow   d   a    spirited   addn    -   bj    ('apt. 

John   II,   I  ratlin-,    ["reasurer  of  tin     Vssociation.      Although 

hi    had  not  contemplated  an  address,  Captain   Leathers,  who 

I    \  irginia     oldier  lad   under   Stonewall   Jackson    was 
early    how    in    meet    emergencies,    was    so    imbued    with    the 
spirit  of  ib.      .1.;  ion   that   he   electrified   as    large  a   part    of 
the  assembl}    a-  could   get   in   hearing  distance. 
I  bai   1 1   II.  Kinchi  loe,       Mai        n  die.  was  the  ni 
r,  and   in  him   it    was  demonstrated   that   tin 
ol  Kentucky  are  alive  to  the  worthy  cause  for  which  the 
med. 
The  benediction  was  bj   Rev.  Mr.  Mitchell,  of  Pembroke. 
Vside   from  the  disappointment   01   the  absence  of  General 
•     i  1      i  -.  i  0    n         1    1  most 

n;  was  a  most  gratifying  success. 


LIST  OF  SUBSCRIPTIONS  TO  THE  JEFFERSON 
DAVIS  HOME  ASSOCIATION  TO  MAY  1.  1909. 

(Through  Capt.  John    II     I  1  tthers,  Treasurer.) 

Abraham,  J.  E.,  Louisville,   Ky f     1  00 

Armistead,   Gen.   H.   B.,   Fort   Smith.   Ark 1  00 

Arnold,   J.    M  .   Cincinnati,    Ohio 1  00 

Allison,  J.    S.,    Benton,   La 1  00 

Allen,   B.   G  .   DeWitt,    Ark 1  00 

Allen.    Elbert    P.,   De   Witt,   Ark too 

Allen,  John   \Y.,  De  Witt,   Ark 1  00 

Allen,  John   \\ '.,  Jr.,  De  Witt,   Ark 1  00 

All.  11.    Mildred,    De    Wilt.    Ark 1  00 

Allen,   Mora    I..   De   Will,    Ail, I   00 

Brown,    G.    G.,    Louisville.    Ky 25  00 

Boylston,  S.  C.  Jacksonville,   Fla 1  00 

Buckner,  den.  S.  I'..,  Glen  Lily.   Ky 2500 

Brusle,    Charles    A.    Plaquemine,   La 1  00 

Boggs,   S.    I  .  Jr.,  Catlettsburg,  Ky 1  00 

Brockenbrough,  Mrs.  S.  B.,  Tappahannock,  \a 1  00 

Bush,  S.   II       Eli     b   thtown,   Ky.    (62   names  1 6200 

Bell.    Benjamin,    Marshall.    Tex 1  00 

Bird.   J.   W.,   Louisville,   Ky 18  00 

Brown,  C.  C,  Bowling  Green.  Ky 7  34 

Collections  account   of   Association 47589 

Crane,  H.  L.   Dade  City,  Fla 1  00 

Crow,   B.   M.   St.   Louis,  Mo 1  00 

Cameron,  Miss   Rebecca,  Hillshoro,  N.  C 1  00 

Cainahan.  W.  O.  Marion.  Ky.   (with  10  others  at  $l)..  II  00 

Christy,  J.   11.,  Odessa.   Mo 2  00 

Creasy,   Charles   R.,   Odessa,  Mo 500 

Conner.   Mrs.  I.ydi.a,  Hartford,  Ky 500 

Carr.  Gen.  Julius  S.,  Durham,  N.  C 100  10 

Cullers.    Miss    S.    M.    llawarden.    Iowa I   00 

Cadiz.    Ky 1000 

Dickinson,    D.    K.,    Saratoga,    Ark 1  00 

Davidson.  T.  W..   Marshall,  Tex 1  00 

Duke.   Mrs.   L.   F  .   New    York 15  00 

Ellison,    Col,    R,    T..    Texas _'s  00 

Everett,  Lloyd  T.  Washington,  lb  C 1  00 

Effner,  Miss  Marion,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

Elgin,    Thomas,    Marshall,    Tex 1  1.0 

Fusz,  Paul    \..  St.  Louis,  Mo 100  00 

Ford,    C.   Y.,   Odessa,    Mo 5  00 

Ford.   Sallie  G.,  1  Idessa,   Mo 5  00 

Ford,   R.  O.  Middlesboro,   Ky 2500 

Fry,   E.   J..   Marshall.   Tex 1  00 

Fry,    F.    S.   Marshall.   Tex I   00 

Fleming.    F.    P.,    Jacksonville,    Fla 1   00 

Fleming,   F.    P.,  Jr..  Jacksonville,   Fla 1  00 

Gaillard,  Miss  Ellen  P.,  Pinopolis,  S.  C .}  00 

Griffith,  S.  C,  Dade  City.   Fla 1  00 

Givens,    T     W.    Tampa,    Fla 1  00 

Linger.   J.    A.   Savannah.   Ga 1000 

Huger,  J.  A.,  Savannah,  Ga    (second    ubscription) . .. .  1000 

I        on,    Miss    Sarah.    Denver,    Colo 100 

'  I                                   1          ido  Springs,  Colo  .  100  00 

II  ck,   R    J..  Charlottesville,   Va 200 

Hicks.  W.  C,  Springfield,  Mo 1  00 

I       1     Ki  gade,  Jr.  Houston.   Tex 500 

Hopkins.  Rev,    V  C  Charlestown,  W.  Va 5  00 

I  la  Id.  in  in,                     Milton,   Louisville,    Ky 1  00 

1 1.1!. bin, in.   Elizabeth   Aim.  Louisville,  Ky 100 

II  d.l. man.  Walter  N.,  Louisville,  Ky 1  00 


324 


(^opfederat^  l/eterai). 


Haldeman,  Annie   Bruce,  Louisville,   Ky $     I  oo 

Heartsill,  W.  W.,  Marshall,  Tex I  oo 

Heartsill,  Dr.   C.   E.,  Marshall.  Tex I  oo 

Hawley,   S.    S.,    Marshall.   Tex I  oo 

Hudgins,  E.  L.,  Marsha!!,   Tex i  oo 

Hall,  Dr.   R.,   Marshall,   Tex I  oo 

Harrison,  L.  V.,   Pilot   Point.  Tex I  oo 

Hayes,  J.  A.,  Colorado  Springs,  Colo ioo  oo 

Johnston,  Maj.   P.   P.,  Lexington,  Ky.    (self  and  chil- 
dren)       iooo 

Jordan,  Mrs.   S.  L.   Pana,  111 i  oo 

Keel,   George   W.,   Cnlpeper.   Ya I  oo 

Lewis,  O.  H.,  Lee's  Summit,  Mo 5  °o 

Leathers,  John   H.,   Louisville,  Ky io  oo 

Livingston,    Henry,    Falmouth,    Ky I  oo 

Lee,   C.   H.,   Falmouth,   Ky 500 

Lipscomb.    Smith,    Bonham,   Tex 1  00 

Lewis,  Mord,  Clarksburg,   W.  Va 1  00 

Lothrope,   M.,   Marshall,   Tex 1  00 

Lee,  Gen.  G.  W.  C,  Burke,  Va 100  00 

Labrot,  Miss  Irma,  Frankfort,  Ky 1  00 

Moss,   N.   C,   Falmouth,    Ky 1  00 

McKenney,  A.  J.,  Falmouth,  Ky 5  00 

McKown,  T.  C,  Lindsay,  La 5  00 

McMullen,  W.   A.  Largo,  Fla 1  00 

McCullough,  J.  C,  Grand  Saline,  Tex 400 

Mourning,  A.  H.,  Louisville,  Ky 1  00 

Martin,  W.  W.,  Conway,  Ark.  (forty-four  names)....  57  00 

May,   Stephen   S.,   Hartford,  Ky 1  00 

McDaniel,  R.  P.,  Jacksonville,  Fla 1  00 

Munnulyn,  J.  K,  Jacksonville,  Fla 1  00 

Miscellaneous     29  50 

Milton,    W.    A.,    Louisville,    Ky 1000 

May,  Mrs.  R.  C,  Miami,  Fla 1  00 

Norton,    George   C,   Louisville,    Ky 25  00 

Osborne,  Thomas  D.,  Louisville,  Ky 1000 

Owens,   T.    B.,   Marshall,   Tex 1  00 

Pryor,  Capt.  A.  J.,  East  Prairie,  Mo 10  00 

Purnell,  John  C,  Winona,  Miss,   (veteran) 1  00 

Perry,  Miss   Emily   B.,   Hopkinsville,  Ky I  00 

Pierce,  W.  C,  Marshall,  Tex 1  00 

Reduch,  J.  H.,  Dade  City,  Fla I  00 

Rogers,  John  H.,  Fort  Smith,  Ark 1  00 

Reid  &  Jett,  Lesla,  Ark 2  00 

Ratcliffe,  W.   H.,  Falmouth,   Ky 2  50 

Riley,  J.  C,  Hartford,  Ky 10  00 

Reynolds,   Dr.    Dudley   S.,    Louisville,    Ky 500 

Schoppert,   G.   A.,    Staunton,   Va 1  00 

Scott,  Joseph  Thompson,  Jr.,  New  Orleans 1  00 

Scanland,   W.   H.,  Benton,  La 1  00 

Spencer,  Dr.  H.  N.,  St.  Louis,  Mo 5  00 

Spencer,  Mrs.  H.  N.,  St.  Louis,  Mo 5  00 

Sexton,   R.    S.,    Marshall,    Tex 1  00 

Silver,  W.  H.,  St.  Louis,  Mo 1  00 

Twitchell,  Jerome,  Kansas  City,  Mo 5  00 

Taylor,  C.  D.,  Jacksonville,  Fla 1  00 

Tinsley,  A.  R„  Macon,  Ga 2  50 

Tinsley,  Mrs.   Ida,  Lancaster,  Ky 1  00 

Taylor,  Hancock,  Louisville,   Ky 5  00 

Trueheart,  H.  M.,  Galveston,  Tex 10  00 

Torrson,  Mrs.  C.  E.,  Berkeley,  Cal 1  00 

Twyman,  William,  Marshall,  Tex 1  00 

Valentine,   Mrs.   E.   S.,   Berkeley,   Cal 100 

Vincent,    Joseph.   Floydsburg,   Ky 5  00 

Watson,  J.  W.,  Roxton,  Tex 2  00 


Watkins,    Barbara.   Louisville.   Ky $     1  00 

Wells,   Elbert,   Marshall.   Tex 1  00 

Whaley,    Paul,    Marshall,    Tex 1  00 

Whaley,  T.  L.,   Marshall.   Tex 1  00 

Whittier,  Mrs.  Ella  D.,  Pilot  Point,  Tex S  00 

Wallace,  J.  G.,  Dade  City,  Fla 1  00 

Vorkley,  Sarah  E.,  Lynnville,  Term 1  00 

Young,  Bennett  H,  Louisville,  Ky 100  00 

Contributions  from   Camps,  U.   C.   V. 

Adam  Johnson,  1008,   Morganfield,  Ky 25  00 

Albert  Sidney  Johnston,   1164,  Corinth,  Miss 25  00 

A    Virginian 5  00 

Ben   Humphrey,   19,   Crystal   Springs,   Miss 1000 

Capt.  Thomas  McCarty,  729,  Liberty,  Mo 10  00 

George  B.  Eastin,  803,  Louisville,  Ky 10  00 

Jim   Pirtle,  990,    Fulton,   Ky 1000 

John   H.   Morgan,    1330.   Commerce,   Ga 500 

John  H.  Morgan,  1330,  Commerce,  Ga.  (later) 5  00 

Jones,  U.  C.  V.,  317,   Selma,  Ala 10  00 

J.  W.  Throckmorton,  109.  McKinney,  Tex 10  00 

Kansas  City,  80,  Kansas  City,  Mo 10  00 

London    Butler,   409,    Benton,   La 500 

Rice  E.  Graves,   1121,  Owensboro,  Ky 1000 

Sterling   Price,   1378,   Bozeman,   Mont 1000 

W.  R.  Barksdale,  189,  Grenada,  Miss 15  00 

W.   B.  Tate,  725,  Morristown,  Tenn 7  50 

Yazoo,   176,  Yazoo   City,   Miss 1000 

Contributions  from  Chapters,  U.  D.  C. 

Albert  Sidney  Johnston,  Oxford,  Miss 10  00 

Baldwyn,    Baldwyn,    Miss 10  00 

Beauvoir,  Biloxi,  Miss 10  00 

Ben  Hardin   Helm,   Elizabethtown,   Ky 1000 

Bowling  Green,  Bowling  Green,  Va 5  00 

Chapter  Chenowith,  Harrodsburg,  Ky 5  00 

Choctaw,  614,  McAlester,   Okla 10  00 

Emeline  J.  Pigott,  Newbern,  N.  C 5  00 

Emeline  J.  Pigott,  Morehead  City,  N.  C 1000 

Gen.  Joe  Wheeler,  919,  Wagoner,  Okla 1000 

Jefferson    Davis,    Guthrie,    Ky 2500 

John  L.   Owen,  Monroe  City,  Mo 11  00 

John  L.  Owen,  Monroe  City,  Mo.   (later) 5  00 

John   H.    Reagan,   Los    Angeles,    Cal 5  00 

Kansas  City,  Englewood,  Mo 50  00 

Lady    Polk,    Columbus,    Ky 500 

Lewisburg,   Lewisburg,   W.   Va 107  00 

Lexington,    Lexington,    Ky 25  14 

Lexington,    Sterling    Price,   213 500 

M.  A.  E.  McClure,  Bozeman,  Mont 10  00 

Marshall,    Marshall,    Tex 500 

Mary  Walker  Price,  Lancaster,  Ky 10  00 

Mildred   E.   Lee,    Spokane,   Wash 500 

New   York,  New  York  City 25  00 

Oregon,  742,  Portland,  Oregon 10  00 

Pollin   Anderson,   Palatka,   Fla 10  00 

R.   E.    Lee,   El    Paso,   Tex 500 

R.   E.   Lee,   Houston,   Tex 2000 

Richard  J.   Hancock,   Genton,   La 1000 

Robert  E.  Lee,  Conway,  Ark 10  00 

Robert  E.  Lee,  Lake  Charles,  La 10  00 

Robert  E.  Lee,  278,  Los  Angeles,  Cal 10  00 

Southern    Cross,    Miami,    Fla 5  0° 

St.  Louis,   St.  Louis,  Mo 10  00 

Winnie   Davis,    Brownwood,    Tex 1000 

Winnie  Davis,  263.  Moorefield,  W.  Va IS  00 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


326 


Contributions  through   the  Confederate  Veteran. 

Alexander,  Mrs.  J.  B.,  Cadiz,  Ky $    i  00 

Anderson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  M.,  Pickens,  Miss 2  00 

Asbury,  A.  E.   (first),  Higginsvillc.  Mo 1  00 

Asbury,  A.  E.  (second),  Higginsville,  Mo 1  00 

Asbury,  A.  E.   (third),  Higginsville,  Mo 1  00 

Behan,  Mrs.  W.  J.,  New  Orleans,  La 5  00 

Bell.  G.  W.  R.,  Gaylesville,  Ala 1  00 

Bell,  Perry  Lee  and  Virginia  Lee,  Charlotte,  N.  C 2  00 

Bicknell,  Miss  Margaret,  Loudon,  Tcnn 1  00 

Blackford,  Mrs.  H.  H.  B.,  Martinsburg,  Ohio 1  00 

Bohon,  W.  J.,   Danville.   Ky I   00 

Bolton,  Mrs.  B.  M.,  Bolton,  Miss 1  00 

Boyd,  Dr.  J.  N.,  Kerrville,  Tex I  00 

Bridwell,  W.  T.,  Canon  City,  Colo 2  50 

Brockenbrough,  Mrs    B    B.,   rappahannock,  Va 1  00 

Brosnahan,   G.    O.,    Pensacola,    Fla 250 

Brown,  C.  M.,  Fairview,  Ky 1  00 

Browse,  Robert  H  .  Grape  Island,  W.  Va 40  00 

Buck,  Mrs.  S.  H.,  Natchez,  Miss 1  00 

Burr,   R.   T.,   San    Pablo,   Cal 5  00 

Chapman.   Mrs.   L.   W.,   New   Orleans I   00 

Clarks,   Ed,    Burlington,   Kans 1  00 

Cook,  Col.  V.  Y.,  Batesvillc,  Ark 100  00 

■     es  B.,  Mathews  C.  II.,  Va 1  00 

Collier.  A.    \Y..   Brooks,   Tex 100 

Colvin,  J.  C,   Nokesville,  Va 1  00 

Cone,  John  W.,  Gomez,  Tex 2  00 

Cox,  T.  B.,  Waco,  Tex 1  00 

'  room,  J.  D.  Maxton,  X.  C 1  00 

Crouch.   R.  V.,   Fain  iew,  Ky 1  00 

Cullers,  Miss  S.  E.,  Hawarden,  Iowa 1  00 

Dawson,  G  M.,  Kansas  City,  Mo 1  00 

Doyle,  R.  A  ,  East  Prairie.  Mo 1  00 

Dunn.  Mrs.  R.  A.,  Charlotte.  N.   C 1  00 

Duke.  Mrs.  L.  Z.,  New  York  City 10  00 

Dwight.  Dr.  R.  Y.,  Pinopolis.  S.  C 2  00 

r  istland,  A,  T.,  San  Francisco,  Cal 2  50 

Lggleston,  J.   R.,   Raymond,   Miss 1  00 

Elam,  J.   E.,   Nashville,  Tenn 1  00 

Ewell,  Miss  Marianna,  Bertram!.  Va 1  00 

Fairview,    Ky 1  00 

Faison,  Mrs.  I.  W.,  Charlotte,  N.  C 1  00 

Farrar,  Rev.  C.  M.   Black   Betsy,  \Y.  Va 1  00 

Ferguson,  Mrs.  John  B,  New  Orleans 1  00 

Frazier,   T.    C,    Coffeyvillc,-  Kans 100 

French,   James   Wyatt,   Chattanooga,   Tenn 1  00 

French,  Junius   B.,   Chattanooga,  Tenn 1  00 

French,  Margaret  L.,  Chattanooga,  Tenn I  00 

Gaines,  J.  X,   Brunswick,  Mo 1  00 

Gaillard,  Miss  E.  P.,  Pinopolis,  S.  C 1  00 

Gardner,  D.  B„  Fort  Worth,  Tex 5  00 

1.    Sula  R.,   Fort   Worth,   Tex 500 

Gibbom  y,  A    1 1  .  Marion,  Va 1  00 

Gradick,  Mrs.   II.  P.,  Titusville,  Fla 1  00 

Griffin.  Genevieve,  Frank,  and  Watterson,  Tacoma....  1  00 

G      n,  L.   A.  Tacoma,  Wash 1  00 

Hamby.   \V.   I.,   Dawson    Springs,    Ky I  00 

Haraway,  Ben,  Rogersville,    \!a 1  00 

Hardaway,  Mrs.  E.  C,  Long  Beach,  Cal 1  00 

Harrell,  H.  W.,  Clarkson,  Ky 1  00 

Hart.  W,  O  .  Xew  Orleans,  La 1  00 

Henderson.  C.  K.,  Aiken,  S.   C 1  00 

Hill,  Capt.  A    R  ,  Memphis.    Tenn 1  00 

Hill.  Mrs.  O.  S.,  Kansas  City,  Mo 1  00 


1  [inson,  W.  ti .  Charleston,  S.  C $    5  00 

Holdren,  Mrs.   M.   E.,  Grape  Island,  \V.  Va 4000 

Holman,  W.  L,  Dawson  Springs,  Ky 1  00 

Hopkins,  G.   C.   Pittsburg,  Tex 1  00 

1  Cornbeck,  S.  A.,  Shepherdsville,  Ky 1  00 

Horton,  J.  E..  Belton,  S.   C 1  00 

Hough,  E.   S..  Manchester,  Tenn 5  00 

Howell.   Lee,   Evansville,   Ind 1000 

it.    William    E.,    Blacksburg,   \'a 1   00 

Humphries,  Charles.  Crystal  Springs,  Miss 1  00 

Humphries,  Cooper  Adair,  Crystal   Springs,  Miss 1  00 

I  [umphries,  Robert  Earle,  Crystal  Springs,  Miss 1  00 

Humlong,   George,   Germantown,   Ky 500 

Jackson.   W.  H..   Effingham,   111 1  00 

Jennings,  Mrs.  X.  F.  Cantonment,   Fla 1  00 

Jones,  Josiah  M  ,  Asheville,  X.  C 1  00 

Johnston,  Col.  .1    Stoddard,  Louisville,  Ky 1  00 

Johnson,  R.  V.  Guthrie,  Ky 1  00 

Keller,    V    M.   Temple,   Tex 1  00 

■■ .    I  .  D.  Blake,  1  »kla 2  00 

Kitching,    S.,    Nokomis,    Va 100 

Knox,  R.  M.,  Pine  Bluff,  Ark 200 

J.  Calvin.  Fairview,   Ky 1  00 

Lane,  J.  C,  New   Milfi  rd,  X.J 1  00 

Lanck,  T.   H.  Leander,  Tex 1  00 

Lauderdale.  J.  S..  Somerville,  Tex 200 

Lee,  Gen.  G.  W.  C.  Burke.  Va 100  00 

Lewis,  R.  F.,   Pittsburg,    lex 1  00 

Lyles.  Thomas,  Midway.  La 1  00 

Maffitt,  Mrs.  L.  <".  Charlotte,  N.  C 1  00 

Meriwether,  Hon.  Minor.  St.  Louis,  Mu 500 

Miller.   John.    Russellville,    Tenn 1  00 

Mitchell,  Herbert,  Houston,  Tex 1  00 

Molette.  Mrs.  W.   P.,  Orville,  Ala 200 

Moore,  E.  T.,  Columbus,  Miss 1  50 

Moore.   Percy    I,.  Two  Dot,  Mont 6  00 

Mrs  M.  E.  Bryan,  Mrs.  Jesse  Bryan.  Mrs.  Muir,  Mrs. 
Seabrook  Sydnor,  Mrs.  Philip  Fall,  Mrs.  A.  G. 
Henry,  Mrs.  J.  J.  demons,  Mrs.  Marion  Fuller.  Mis. 
0.  M.  Davis.  Miss  Lou  Salter,  Miss  Abbie  F.  Smith, 
Mrs.  R.  E.  Patterson,  Mrs.  Ernest  Saunders,  Mrs  .1 
D.  Woolford,   Mrs.   G.   R.   Cottingham,   Mrs.   Roche 

(  fi fty   cents    each ) 8  00 

Mrs.  D.  F.  Stuart.  Mrs.  J.  C.  Hutcheson,  Mrs.  H.  F. 
Ring,  Mrs.  Thomas  II  Franklin,  Mrs.  O.  T.  Holt, 
Mrs.  J.  K.  P.  Gillespie,  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grinstead,  Mrs 
J.  W.  Neal,  Mrs.  E.  J.  Brewster.  Mrs.  G.  L.  Black. 

Mrs.  M.  G.  Howe   (one  dollar  each-) 12  00 

Mullen.     Thomas    Q..    Colorado,    Tex 1  00 

McCown.   1  lampton.   Ashland,  Ky I  00 

McCown,   Hampton,  Ashland,   Ky 1  00 

McClintock,  John   S..   Deadwood,  S.   D 500 

McCuIlough,  J.  C,  Grand   Saline.  Tex 4  00 

McMullen,    M.   A.,    Largo.    Fla 1  00 

J.    F„    Lytic.   Tex 1  00 

Newman,  Ed,  New  Orleans  La 1  00 

Noble,  Mrs.  Sarah   V..  New   Orleans 1  00 

Norton,   Col.   George   C,   Louisville,   Ky 2500 

Xiinn.  Mi  -    D.    K.,  Crockett,  Tex 1  00 

Ollar,   Mrs    Kate  Griffin.   Tacoma,   Wash 1  00 

Opdeback,   E,   Charleston,    S.   C 1  50 

Oxford,  A.  C,  Birmingham.  Ala 1  00 

Palmer,  Mrs.  M.  T.,  Middletown,  Conn 2  50 

Park.   Capt.   R.   E.,   Atlanta.   Ga 200 

Park.   Mrs    R.  E.,  Atlanta,  Ga 2  00 


326 


Qopfederat^   l/eterai) 


Parker.  S.  H.,  Philadelphia,  Miss $    i  oo 

Patterson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  L..  Bozeman.  Mont 2  oo 

Pearce,  Hon.  James  A.,  Charlestown.  Md 5  oo 

Perkins,   \V.   C,   Fairview,   Ky I  oo 

Pickett,   Capt.  A.  J..   Shopton,  Ala 5  oo 

Pickett,    Fred    L..    Shopton,    Ala 500 

Pickett,   Hugh   F.,   Shopton,   Ala 5  00 

Pickett,  J.  C,  Dover,  Ky 3  00 

Pickett.  James  X.,  Shopton,  Ala 5  00 

Preston,   W.   E.,    Columbus,   Ga 1  00 

Pryor,  A.  J.,  East   Prairie,   Mo 1  00 

Purnell,  J.  C,  Winona,  Miss 1  00 

Pugh,  D.   P.,  Durant,   Okla 1  00 

Pugh,  Mrs.  D.   P.,  Durant,  Okla 1  00 

Ravenel,  E.,  Pinopolis,  S.  C 1  00 

Ray,  James  M.,  Asheville,  N.  C 1  00 

Redford,  Mrs.  A.  Lee,  Morganfield,  Ky 1  00 

Reed,  C.  A.,  Anderson,  S.  C 5  00 

Reeves,  Charles  Humphries,  Crystal   Springs,  Miss...  1  00 

Reeves,  Jane   McFlwain,  Crystal   Springs,  Miss I  00 

Reeves,  Mrs.  Evelyn  H.,  Crystal  Springs,  Miss I  00 

Reeves,  Phyllis  Evelyn,  Crystal  Springs,  Miss I  00 

Reilley,  Mrs.  L.  C,  St.  Louis,  Mo I  00 

Reynolds,  L.  P.,  Booneville,  Miss 5  00 

Rich.    G.   W.,    Kingston,   Fla 100 

Rowland,  J.    Stanley,   Louisville,   Ky 1  00 

Rogers,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  B.,  Glasgow,  Ky 2  00 

Russell,   H.   C,   Calvert   City.    Ky 1  00 

Sandwich,  M.   H.,   Thomaston,   Ga I  00 

Shanklin,  J.   Wesley,   Fairview.   Ky I  00 

Simmons.  Joe.  Westmoreland,  Tenn 1  00 

Smith,  Miss  J.  R.,  Henderson.  N    C 1  00 

Smith,  Miss  J.  R  ,  Henderson,  N.  C 1  00 

Smith,  W.  \Y„   Wellsville,   Mo 1  00 

Smithson,   C.   W.,   Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

Spencer,  Dr.   B.   F.,  Weston,  Tex I  00 

Stones,   Mrs.   Caroline  Branch,   Galveston,   Tex 1  00 

Sullivan,   J.    E.,    Richmond.   Va I  00 

Timberlake,  D.  \\\.  Clarksburg,  \Y.  Va 1  00 

Thigpen,  A.  N.,  Abbeville,  Ga 1  00 

Thomas,  Mrs.   E.  J.,  Dallas.  Tex 2  00 

Tschiffely,  E.  L.,  Rockville,  Mo 2  00 

U.  C.  V.,  Alex   Stephens  Camp,  Barnett,  Ga 2  00 

U.  C.  V.,  Ed  Murray  Camp,  Pine  Bluff,  Ark 5  00 

U.  C.  V.,  Joe  Kendall  Camp,  Waterloo,  Va 10  00 

U.  C.  V..  Winnie  Davis  Camp,  Van    Ustyne,  Tex....  .;  00 

U.  D.  C,  Bowling  Green  Chapter,  Bowling  Green,  Ky.  25  00 
U.  D.  C.  Chapter,  Cadiz,  Ky.,  reported  dollar  contribu- 
tions from  Judge  G.  B.  Bingham.  H.  P.  Baker,  Cul- 
len  T.  Bridges,  John  H.  Caldwell.  W.  L.  Dunn,  W. 
H.   Hooks,  Mrs.   W.  H.   Hooks,   A.   H.   Meyer,   Rev. 

Sam   Sumner,   H.   C.   Vinson 1000 

U.  D.  C.  Chapter,  Lewisburg,  W.  Va 142  00 

U.  D.  C.  Chapter,  Meridian,  Miss 10  00 

U.  D.  C.   Chapter,  Newnan,  Ga 1  00 

U.  D.  C,  Emmet  McDonald  Chapter.  Sedalia,  Mo....  1  00 
U.  D.  C.  Fifth  Tennessee  Regiment  Chapter,  Paris. 
Tenn.,  reported  dollar  contributions  from  O.  C.  Bar- 
ton, Mrs.  C.  M.  Hawkins,  Mrs.  J.  H.  McSwain,  Mrs. 
A.  B.  White,  Mrs.  Ben  Thompson.  Miss  Mary  Jerni- 
gan,   Miss   Georgia    Doty.   Mrs.   O.   C.    Barton,   Miss 

Woodie    C.    Barton 10  00 

U.  D.  C,  Hood\    Texas  Brigade,  Junior  Auxiliary  to 

R.  E.  Lee  Chapter,  Houston,  Tex 5  00 


L".  1).  C,  John  II.  Reagan  Chapter.  Ln>  Angeles,  Cal.  .$     1  00 

U.  D.  C,  Kate  Litton  Hickman  Chapter,  Nashville...  25  00 

U.  D.  C,  Lexington  Chapter.  Lexington,   Ky 100  00 

U.  D.  C,  Lady  Polk  Chapter,  Columbus,  Ky 5  00 

U.  D.  G,  Marshall  Chapter,   Marshall,  Tex 5  00 

LT.  D.  C,  Portsmouth  Chapter.  Portsmouth.  Va 10  00 

U.  D.  C,  R.  E.  Lee  Chapter.  Houston,  Tex 20  00 

U.  D.  C,  Van  Dorn  Chapter.  Holly  Springs,  Miss....  9  00 

Wyeth,  John  A.,   New  York  City 25  00 

Through  Dr.  C.  C.  Brown,  Bowling  Green,  Ky 475  So 

(The  list  by  Dr.  Brown,  where  the  amount  is  over  one  dol- 
lar, may  lie  expected  ill  the  Veteran  ere  long.) 


SUcV*U>  of 

Fairview,  Kentucky 

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THE  MOUNT  VERNON  OF  KENTUCKY. 
Historic  Sketch  of  the  Memor]  u .. 

The  birthplace  of  Jefferson  Davis,  at  Fairview,  Ky  .  lie- 
comes  historic  through  the  patriotic  zeal  of  Southern  people 
who  revere  his  memory. 

Dr.  C.  C.  Brown,  of  Bowling  Green,  conceived  the  idea  of 
founding  the  memorial,  and  he  has  been  ardent  for  its  suc- 
cess. The  undertaking  included  at  first  a  large  area  of  the 
land  long  ago  owned  by  the  father,  Samuel  C.  Davis,  at  Davis- 
burg  (now  Fairview)  ;  but  the  committee,  after  visiting  the 
premises,  concluded  that  a  smaller  area  would  be  preferable. 
LTpon  this  choice  ground,  including  several  residences,  options 
were  secured,  and  to  save  them  to  the  committee  Gen.  Ben- 
nett H.  Young,  commanding  the  Kentucky  Division,  United 
Confederate  Veterans,  advanced  the  cash  necessary  to  com- 
plete the  purchase.  The  Davis  Memorial  Home  is  therefore 
established,  and  it  is  to  be  a  Mecca,  the  Mount  Vernon  of 
Kentucky,  a  credit  to  the  South  and  the  country  at  large  in 
proportion  to  the  liberality  of  those  who  honor  the  memory 
of  the  Confederacy's  only  President. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai) 


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There  lived  to  an  advanced  age  in  Fairview  the  gentle- 
woman who  was  nurse  to  Jefferson  Davis  in  his  infancy,  the 
families  being  neighbors.  Her  nephew,  Dr.  E.  S.  Stuart,  yet 
a  resident  of  the  place,  recalls  his  aunt's  frequent  comment 
about  the  babe,  "little  Jeff,"  to  whom  she  became  much  at- 
tached Dr.  Stuart  is  now  venerable  in  years;  but  the  fire  of 
yi mih  enlivens  his  face  on  any  occasion  whereby  he  can  honor 
the  memory  of  President  Jefferson  Davis.  The  only  gift  to 
the  Association  of  realty  in  Fairview  was  by  Dr.  Stuart,  who 
owned  a  corner  lot,  long  his  office  location,  the  only  part  of 
the  land  selected  for  memorial  purposes  in  Christian  County 
practically;  and  he  not  only  deeded  that  most  prominent  cor- 
ner to  the  Association,  but  at  his  own  expense  is  having  im- 
portant improvements  made  on  the  property. 

I  he  citizens  of  Fairview  generally  show  their  deep  interest 
in  the  cause,  ind  the  committee  is  ever  delighted  with  their 
prompt  service  in  liberally  advancing  the.  project  as  fully 
as  is  practicable.  Hopkinsville  leads  in  whatever  tends  to 
the  advancement  of  the  memorial  cause.  The  committee 
never  asks  of  them  in  vain.  The  people  of  Elkton  and  Pem- 
broki  the  other  two  accessible  railroad  points,  show  patriotic 
interest.  If  the  spirit  prevails  throughout  Christian  and  Todd 
Counties  as  in  those  town-,  they  will  doubtless  make  liberal 
appropriations  to  an  endowment    fund  for  the  memorial. 

The  Davis  Memorial  Home  movement  was  inaugurated  at  a 
Reunion   of  the  Orphan   Brigade   in   Glasgow   September    12, 
I  hi    original  manuscript  has  been  retained  by  the  editor 
of  the  Veti  RAN  .  its  author. 

'  John  II.  Weller,  Commander  of  the  Orphan  Brij 

appointed  the  following  committeemen  at  the  Glasgow  meet- 
1  ien.  S.  B.  Buckner.  Capt.  George  C.  Norton,  Capt  J. 
T.  Gaines.  Thomas  D.  Osborne.  Dr.  C.  C.  Brown,  Gen.  Ben- 
nett 11  Young,  Gen.  Basil  W.  Duke.  W.  B.  Brewer,  and  S. 
A.  Cunningham,  editor  of  the  Veteran.  All  but  Mr.  C.  arc 
Kentuckians:  It  is  sad  to  relate  that  Mr.  Brewer,  who  re- 
-  w  and  who  excercised  the  greatest  diligence 
in  securing  options  on  the  properties,  died  soon  afterward5. 

In  the  outsit  it  was  set  forth  that  the  work  of  the  commit- 
tee was  preliminary  to  action  to  be  taken  by  the  United  Con- 
ns  at    the    Birmingham   Reunion.      That    Con- 
1    approved  the   report     and   the   Commander   in   Chief. 
Gen.  Clin  1  ni    \     Evans,  appointed  the   following  members  ad- 
lal  to  the  committee:   N  irth  Carolina,  J,  S.  Carr;   Ken- 
tucky, W.    A     Mi  Una,  T.   W.   Carwile;   Vir- 
ginia. T.  White:  Maryland.  A.  C.  Trippe;  Tennes 
W.  Gordoi       1  '       la,  F    P.    Fleming;    Alabama,   George    T. 
Harrison;  Mississippi,  Roberl  Lowery;  Georgia,  C    M.  Wiley; 
1         .  K.  M    Van  Zandt;  Missouri,  J.  Robertson;  Oklahoma. 
W.    M.   Cn      .    Montana,    Paul    \    Fusz;   California.   Thomas 
ingleton.     Of   these,   Robertson,    Carwile,    and    Fleming 
have  since  died     Sketchi  -  oi  ea  h  are  in  the  Veteran. 

I   xecuth  '■     (  "limn:  :  il     meetings     in 

Louisville.      General     Buckner,    being    unable    t  1    attend    the 
dutie-         i         dent,  has  been  madi    honorary  chairman  of  the 
Executive    Committee.      Gen.    Bennett     II     Young    has    been 
and    S.    A.   Cunningham   Vice    Pi  ■ 
1  nf  tin   committee.    Thomas  D   Osborne, 
of  Louisville,   is  the   Secretary    and   Capt.   J.    I.  Gaines   As- 
retary.     The  committee   is   most    fortunate  in   the 
selection  of  Capt.  John  11    Leathers  as  Treasurer.     The  mem 
bers  are   gratified    with   his   promptness   and   efficiency   in   the 
performance  of  his  duties,   which   are  very   unlike   the  duties 
generally  of  a  treasurer. 

While  deeds  are  not   pi  rify   the   report,  it   is 


understood  that  Samuel  C.  Davis,  father  of  the  distinguished 
son,  owned  six  hundred  acres  of  land  there  where  he  settled, 
having  moved  from  Georgia  in  1793. 

The  Memorial  Park  area  was  purchased  from  the  following 
owners  at  prices  named,  all  of  which  have  been  paid:  J.  W. 
Vaney.  $800;  W.  B.  Woolsey,  $5,000;  Miss  Darned.  $300,  a 
life  interest  and  John  Carroll  and  wife  the  residuary  interest, 
$300;  J.  W.  Hurt.  $300:  T.  II.  Combs.  $.1550.  The  lot  on  the 
corner  of  Main  and  Pembroke  Streets,  the  main  corner  in  the 
town  located  in  Christian  County,  is  added  to  the  area  se- 
lected  by  the  committee  and  is  Dr.  Stuart's  gift,  as  has  been 
Stated,  while  the  other  properties  are  in  Todd  County. 

First  praise  in  all  this  worthy  memorial  is  due  to  two  broth- 
ers. M.  II  and  Lewis  Clark,  of  Clarksville,  Tenn.,  who  with 
no  othei  project  in  view  than  to  memorialize  the  place  fur- 
nished $600  or  $Soo  to  President  Davis,  who  visited  Fairview 
and  participated  in  the  dedication  of  a  Baptist  church.  It  is  a 
coincidence  that  neither  Mr.  Davis  nor  the  Clarks  were  Bap- 
tists. Mr.  Davis  in  his  talk  at  the  dedication  on  March  to. 
[886,  -topped  suddenly  and  after  a  pause  exclaimed:  "Manx 
of  you  may  think  strangely  of  my  participation  in  this  51 
not  being  a  Baptist.  My  father  was  a  Baptist  and  a  I 
man." 

In  commenting  upon  his  birthplace  while  at  Fairview.  Mr. 
Davis  explained  that  the  Family  left  the  place  during  his  in- 
fancy, but  he  had  visited  the  place  once  before;  that  then  and 
now  he  felt  like  exclaiming:  "This  is  my  own.  my  native 
land."  After  a  tribute  to  tin  worthj  purpose  to  which  his 
birthpace  had  been  consecrated,  he  concluded  with  this  re- 
mark :  "I  come  only  to  tender  you  formally  the  site  upon 
which  this  building  stands."  Then,  raising  his  face  upward 
and  extending  his  hands  in  the  attitude  of  blessing,  he  lid 
with  t"i<  oi  deepest  51  lemnitj  :  "May  He  who  rules  in  In 
and  on  earth  bless  individually  and  collectively  tins  whole 
community,  and  may  his  benedictions  rest  on  this  house  al- 
ways !" 

Mr.  Davis  presented  the  congregation  a  solid  silver  salver 
and  chalice  for  the  communion  service.  Shortly  aftei  the 
.:i  dii  Mr.     Mavis    returned    to    Clarksville.      1  cnn..    and 

after  a  visit  to  M  II.  Clark,  his  secretary,  in  Richmond,  he 
returned  to  Beauvoir,  Miss  Chis  was  bis  last  visit  to  the 
scene  of  his  birth. 

Tl  c  li  ■•  In  n    e  in  which  Mr.  I  'avis  was  born  was  :  instn 
from  timbers  cut  in  the  neighboring  forest.    It  was  puri 
in    iX.)7  by  the  Rev.  J,  W.   Bingham  and   a  ind   re- 

ed to  the  Nashville  Centennial  m,  where  it  was 

placed  on  exhibition.     lis  location  now  is  unknown. 

While  Jefferson  Davis  was  born  in  Christian  County,  the 
place  of  his  birth  is  now  in  Todd,  the  latter  beit 
from  parts  of  that  countj  md  I  ogan.  Christian  is  one  hun- 
dred and  thirteen  years  old  and  ["odd  but  ninety.  The  land 
purchased  bj  the  Davis  Homi  \  ociation  is  in  Todd  County, 
with  tin  exception  oi  one  lol  in  Christian.  A  few  m 
there  was  3  proposition  which  met  with  1  ble  favor  to 

convert  the  W01  idence  into  a  home  for  Confederate 

women.     As  speedily  as  practicable  the  grounds  secured  will 
ired  and  the  work  of  beautifying  and  adorning  the  park 
will  b(  cat  1  iid  mi 

ery   incident   in   any   way   1  I    with   the  birthplace 

of  Jefferson    Davis   is   now    eagerlj    sought      Earlj    in   Octo- 
ber, 1875,  the  Christian   Countj     Agricultural  and   Mechanical 
iation    secured    an    address    from    Mr.    Davis    at    the    an- 
nual fair  at  Hopkinsville,  Ky. 

The  occasion  of  that   visit   induced   the  citizens   of   Fairview 


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to  invite  Mr.  Davis  to  partake  of  a  dinner  at  his  natal  home, 
and  they  dispatched  a  messenger  to  confer  with  him,  who  re- 
turned with  his  acceptance,  the  following  Monday  being  desig- 
nated. The  evening  previous  (Sunday)  Mr.  Nelson  Wade 
gave  the  committee  a  cane  made  from  an  old  black  locust 
which  formerly  stood  immediately  in  front  of  the  residence 
of  Mr.  Davis's  father,  which  must  have  been  planted  by  the 
father  of  Mr.  Davis.  The  committee,  composed  of  Dr.  E.  S. 
Stuart.  Rev.  T.  H.  Shaw,  and  G.  W.  Braden,  sent  it  to  Hop- 
kinsville  with  orders  to  have  a  gold  head  put  on  it  for  presen- 
tation to  Mr.  Davis.  It  was  returned  at  daylight  Monday 
morning  with  the  cane  ready  for  presentation. 

At  nine  o'clock  the  Fairview  brass  band  moved  some  three- 
quarters  of  a  mile  to  meet  Mr.  Davis  and  escort,  and  to  the 
soul-stirring  strains  of  "My  Old  Kentucky  Home"  escorted 
him  to  the  residence  of  Dr.  Stuart,  where  he  remained  for 
some  time.  Mr.  Davis  was  then  conducted  to  the  portal  of 
his  natal  home,  where  a  stage  had  been  erected,  and  he  at 
once  addressed  the  citizens,  who  had  assembled  from  miles 
around.  His  closing  words  were:  "The  noblest  work  of  man 
is  to  do  and  suffer  for  his  fellow-man."  When  he  had  finished, 
Mr.  James  R.  Wiles,  an  old  Confederate  soldier,  stepped  for- 
ward and  in  a  few  appropriate  words  presented  the  cane  to 
Mr.  Davis  "as  a  token  of  esteem  from  the  citizens  of  Fair- 
view." 

[A  good  story  is  told  by  Comrade  Wiles  in  connection  with 
the  presentation.  He  had  gone  to  Hopkinsville  in  the  stress 
of  having  the  cane  ready  and  had  been  up  all  night.  Then 
he  was  timid  besides,  and  when  called  upon  to  make  the  pres- 
entation said  he  could  not  possibly  do  it.  There  was  by  his 
side  the  little  woman  who  was  to  become  his  wife,  and  did. 
She  at  once  told  him  that  it  was  the  opportunity  of  his  life, 
and  that  he  should  not  miss  it  under  any  circumstances.  That 
gave  him  courage,  and  he  has  ever  been  proud  of  his  part  in 
the  ceremony.] 

A  correspondent  in  a  recent  issue  of  the  Courier-Journal 
says :  "It  is  not  doubted  that  the  great  Southland  will  gladly 
respond  to  the  appeal  of  the  Association  and  that  the  me- 
morial park  will  worthily  honor  the  fame  and  labor  of  the 
noble  chieftain  whose  eyes  on  this  spot  were  first  opened  to 
the  light  of  day." 

There  are  many  in  the  Fairview  region  who  recall  with 
delight  the  occasion  of  Jefferson  Davis  s  first  visit  to  the 
county  and  home  he  had  left  as  a  child.  He  was  greeted 
with  wild  enthusiasm  by  thousands  of  people  at  the  old  fair 
grounds  in  Hopkinsville  and  by  another  large  crowd  at  Fair- 
view.  He  came  on  Friday,  October  8,  1875,  driving  through 
the  country,  twenty-five  miles,  from  Clarksville.  For  three 
days  he  remained  in  the  city  as  a  guest  of  Mr.  Hunter  Wood, 
a  Confederate  veteran  and  prominent  citizen.  A  newspaper 
mentioned  his  visit  to  the  fair  grounds,  when  "cheer  after 
cheer  went  up  from  the  multitude  and  every  expression  of 
sympathy  for  him  was  manifested."  Another  writer  repre- 
sented his  appearance  as  follows :  "At  sixty-seven  he  is  still 
strong  and  erect.  His  face  is,  however,  a  sad  one,  and  tells 
the  whole  story  of  the  fate  of  the  Confederacy.  His  features 
are  small  and  the  lower  portion  of  his  face  a  little  shrunken 
with  age,  and  deep  lines  are  written  upon  it.  His  forehead 
is  large  and  broad;  but  it  is  plowed  with  furrows,  and  I  could 
not  but  think  how  much  suffering  and  mental  agony  every 
wrinkle  could  tell  if  it  had  a  tongue." 

There  was  deep  pathos  in  the  introduction  of  Mr.  Davis's 
address  on  this  occasion,  and  scores  of  people  wept  audibly : 
He  said: 

"Ladies  and  Gentlemen:    It  is   with   great   pleasure,   and   I 


may  say  with  equal  surprise,  that  I  find  myself  received  with 
this  cordial  demonstration,  which  speaks  much  for  your 
hearts  and  little  for  my  merit.  Never  before  did  a  people  rise 
up  in  such  majesty  to  show  their  affection  for  a  man  who 
happened  only  to  be  identified  with  their  misfortune  and  of 
whom  they  could  only  say:  'If  he  was  our  leader,  he  led  to 
disaster.'  Then  I  say  to  you,  good,  great,  grand  people,  that 
I  glory  to  have  suffered  for  you. 

"After  many  a  long  and  weary  wandering,  I  return  now  to 
the  place  of  my  birth,  and  I  come  with  those  feelings  which 
ever  cling  around  the  heart  of  every  man  who  feels  that  he 
treads  upon  his  native  soil.  My  friends,  my  condition  is  not 
unlike  that  of  some  tempest-tossed  mariner,  who,  turning  to 
his  home  with  high  hopes,  is  shipwrecked  upon  the  coast  and 
finds  himself  stranded  and  cast  helpless  upon  the  shore  to 
which  he  hoped  to  return  and  bear  rich  treasure  and  gifts  for 
his  loved  ones.  But  it  would  indeed  be  ungrateful  for  me  to 
dwell  on  such  sad  thoughts  when  before  me  is  presented  this 
grand  galaxy  of  happy,  friendly  faces." 

In  his  speech  he  dwelt  upon  the  needed  improvement  of  the 
Mississippi  River  and  touched  briefly  on  political  issues.  His 
peroration  follows :  "Kentucky,  my  own.  my  native  land, 
God  grant  that  peace  and  plenty  may  ever  run  throughout 
your  borders !  God  grant  that  your  sons  may  ever  rise  to 
illustrate  the  fame  of  their  fathers,  and  that  wherever  the 
name  of  Kentucky  is  mentioned  every 
hand  shall  be  lifted  and  every  head 
bowed  for  all  that  is  grand,  all  that  is 
glorious,  all  that  is  virtuous,  all  that  is 
honorable  in  men !  When  at  my  age  I 
come  among  you,  it  renders  it  less  than 
probable  that  I  shall  ever  look  upon 
your  faces  again;  but  if  I  never  do,  be 
assured  that  in  the  latest  hour  of  my 
life  I  shall  remember  the  kindness  I 
have  received,  and  in  that  latest  hour 
my  prayers  shall  ascend  for  all  the  pre- 
cious gifts  that  kind  Providence  can  bestow  upon  the  people 
from  whom  I  have  sprung." 

On  Sunday  Mr.  Davis  attended  divine  services  at  the  Epis- 
copal church  in  the  morning  and  at  the  Baptist  church  at 
night.  On  Monday  he  went  to  Fairview  and  spent  several 
hours  in  his  old  home.  There  he  made  an  informal  speech 
on  a  platform  erected  in  front  of  his  birthplace.  He  had  stood 
where  Shakespeare  was  born,  but  he  bad  never  been  on  a 
spot  that  so  deeply  impressed  him  as  this.  Here  he  was  sur- 
rounded by  those  who  in  childhood  were  his  neighbors. 


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The  last  visit  of  Mr.  Davis  to  Fairview  was  at  the  time  the 
church  was  dedicated.  That  evening  the  writer  (the  founder 
of  the  Veteran)  was  with  him  in  a  long  wait  for  the  train 
in  the  then  dingy  station  at  Pembroke,  and  was  charmed  with 
his  conversation.  He  returned  for  his  last  visit  to  his  friend, 
M.  H.  Clark,  of  Clarksville,  Tenn. 


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INFORMATION  FOR  AND  ABOUT  VETERANS. 
James  Argo,  Jr.,  writes  from  Oviedo,  Fla.,  July  22,  1908: 
"My  father  was  born  in  Lenora  County,  N.  C,  in  the  year 
1796,  enlisted  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  served  only  three 
months,  as  peace  was  made.  Later  he  moved  to  Georgia,  and 
on  May  15.  r86l,  lie  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  service  in  the 
8th  Georgia  Regiment,  served  two  years,  resigned,  anil  went 
home  to  straighten  up  his  business;  then  he  reenlisted  in  the 
26th  Georgia,  and  remained  in  that  regiment  until  the  close 
of  the  war,  after  which  he  returned  home  In  [866  he  was  al 
tacked  with  pneumonia,  which  ended  his  life.  He  had  nine 
nephews,  three  sons-in-law.  and  an  only  son  (myself),  making 
fourteen  in  all  in  service,  eight  of  whom  were  killed.  His  age 
eventj  years  when  he  died  I  was  bom  in  the  same 
Si. Mr  and  county  in  1833,  and  was  seventj  five  last  June.  1 
enlisted  with  my  father  on  May  15,  1861.  I  served  all  the 
time  until  captured  at  the  fall  of  Richmond.  1  was  in  Libby 
Prison  when  Lincoln  was  assassinated.  From  there  I  was 
carried  to  Newport  News  Prison,  and  remained  there  till  the 
3d  of  July.  [865,  when  I  was  paroled." 

John    Rawle,   of    Natchez.   Miss.,   Box   83.    writes:    "As   the 
time  is  approaching  when  1  may  expect  to  turn  up  my  toes  to 
the  daisies,  I   should  like  to  hear  from  some  of  my  old  com- 
rades   of    the    Confederate    war.      1    enlisted    as   a    private    in 
-    impany   A,  Louisiana   Guard:      erved  at   Pensacola  and  in 
nia;   afterwards  was   made  major  and  chief  of  artillery 
of    Lieutenant    General    Polk's    Corps,    Army    of    Tennessee; 
lie  battle  of  Murfrcesboro  was  assigned  as  chief  of  ar- 
tillery   to    Lieutenant    General    Forrest    at    Columbia,    Term., 
until  after  Chickamauga,  when   Forrest  was  ordered  to  North 
Mississ  ppi,  and  1   was  assigned  as  chief  of  artillery  of  Lieut, 
foe    Wheeler:   and   after   the   Tunnel   Hill   battle   I   was. 
at  my  request,  ral   Polk  at  De- 

mopolis,  Ala.,  who  ordered  me  to  the  command  of  the  ar- 
tillery in  the  Department  [quarters  at 
Clinton,  La.,  and  from  thi  is  made  chief  of  staff  and 
chief  of  artillery  of  the  Department  of  Alabama — and  then 
came  the  deluge!" 

W.  T.  Hardison,  of  Nashville,  Term.,  writes  of  a  rather  un- 
usual family  record  as  survivors  of  the  war,  saying:  "As  a 
few  words  of  something  uncommon  always  interest  the  few 
remaining  of  our  number,  the  following  will  doubtless  have 
some  attention.  There  is  living  near  llardison's  Mills,  in 
Maury  County,  Tenn.,  Joel  Clymon,  who  was  a  member  of 
Captain  Cundiff's  company,  Starnes's  Regiment,  now  eighty- 
fix  years  old.  He  served  in  the  Confederate  army  to  the 
end.  and  was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Thompson  Station. 
■iii  Monroe,  sixty-four  years  old,  went  out  early  in  the 
same  compajiy,  and  was  with  us  at  the  surrender.  Another 
son,  Joe  II.  Clymon,  now  sixty-two  years  old,  joined  some 
command  later,  and  was  at  the  surrender.  These  men  arc  all 
living.     Another  such  case  will  hardly  be  found." 

the  Louisiana  agent  for  the  Vet- 
eran, sends  a  \  -ting  letter  from  W.  C  House,  of 
Company  F,  Cobb's  Legion,  Georgia  Cavalry.  He  says  he 
reads  of  the  scenes  recounted  in  the  Yi  n  d  in  dreams 
lives  over  the  whole  panorama  of  the  war.  He  says:  "In  a 
few  years  the  last  who  participated  in  t!  truggle  will 
be  in  the  great  beyond,  and  our  own  children  and  grand- 
children  can   point    with    pride   to   t1                    a)    they   are   de- 


scendants of  the  men  who  fought  for  four  years  to  perpetuate 
the  liberties  of  the  Southland  and  maintain  the  constitutional 
republic  in  America." 

Mrs.  Justus  Danhower,  of  Osceola,  \rk..  asks  for  any  in- 
formation of  John  Harding,  who  lived  near  Lucy,  Tenn.,  and 
was  in  Forrest's  Cavalry  in  the  early  part  of  the  war.  He 
was  captured  and  imprisoned  in  the  Irving  Block  in  Memphis, 
Tenn.,  got  out  on  bond,  dressed  himself  in  a  Yankee  uniform. 
and  made  his  escape.  He  then  became  secret  agent  from  the 
eastern  division  to  the  western  division  of  the  Army  of  Ten- 
nessee to  that  in  Arkansas,  and  crossed  the  Mississippi  at 
Fort  Pillow  with   mail  and  information 

Miss  Mittie  Jennings,  of  Davenport,  Ala.,  pays  the  Vet- 
bran  some  very  highly  prized  compliments.  She  says  she  is 
one  of  the  "shut-ins"  through  deafness,  and  reading  is  her 
chief  pleasure,  this  magazine  being  her  especial  favorite.  She 
thinks  the  Confederate  Choirs  slum  if  it  gives 

them  any  pleasure,  but  suggests  instead  of  uniforms  that 
thej  dress  as  did  the  belles  of  the  sixties;  that  Southern 
songs  would  take  ni  vt  dignitj  sung  bj  women  gowned  as  they 
were  when  the  songs  were  new. 

I  E.  Fisher  writes  from  Port  Lavaca,  Tex.:  "There  is  an 
old  I  onfederate  veteran  in  our  town  that  has  become  unable 
to  work  for  a  living.  I  [e  1  entitled  to  a  pension,  but  he  does 
not  know  where  am  of  his  old  comrades  are  to  identify  him. 

His  name  is  Frank  Marsh.  Please  a-k  any  survivors  of  Com- 
pany D,  i-t  Alabama  Regiment  (Cap!  Julius  \  Law),  who 
knew   him  to  write  me  and  1  will  q  m  for  their 

trouble.      Mr     Marsh    is    a    fine    old    man.   and    I    want    I 
what    I   can   for  him." 

One  of  thi    Voungest  C.  S.   \    Veter/  \    1     Lake,  of 

Memphis,  Tenn.   (28  N.  Front  Strei  born  Feb 

2i,    1849,    1:  south    of   Memphis.     He   enlisted    Vlaj 

o.  [864,  in  Dobbit  ide,  Fagan  m,   Price's  Corps. 

He  was  taken   prisoner  Octob  I        ral   pickets 

two  miles  north  of  Fort  Scott,  Kans.,  and  escaped  from  Al- 
ton. Ill  .  April  3,  [865.  He  reached  Toronto,  Canada,  about 
April 

a   is   the   number   oi    '  monuments   in    the 

Stati  -  "  ha    ben  asked  several  times  lately,  and  the  Veteran 

like  t  1  form  a  list.    Will  somi    one  From  each  city  or 
town  in  which  a  monument  to  the  1  ad  has  been 

■1  write  thi  ine?     From  the  replies  thus  n  1 

\.  ill  be  made  a  tabula!  which  will  be  publisl 

S.   \\ .   Abbay,   who  has  "An   Incident"  of  Rock   Island  on 

8  of  the  February  1  information  of Gar- 

e  nickname  in  Rock  Island  w  I  ."  in  Bar- 

'ii  shared  the  $100  referred  to  in  the  a 
lie  was   from  Pontoti  His  health  was  poor,  and   his 

did  not  expect  him  to  survive  prison  hardsh 

F    llerron,  Adjutant  of  the  U.  C.  V.  Camp  at  Graham,  Tex., 
information    from    some  comrades  of   J.  J.   Johnson, 
who  was  a  member  of  Company   B,  oth  Georgia  Battalion  Ar- 
tillery, mustered  into  service  in  Fulton  County.  Ga.,  February 
62.    This  information  is  important  to  help  Comrade  John- 
son secure  a  pen 

Lieut.    Jan  '      Inllm.    of    Company    E,    12th 

ry,  was  sought  at  the  Memphi 
union,  but  in   vain.     I  1  ;h  Lock  Box 

S3,  S 


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MONUMENT  TO  J.  M.  FALKNER. 

BY    \V.    P.    T.,    MOUNTAIN    CHEEK,    ALA. 

October  22,  1908,  was  the  day  set  apart  to  dedicate  a  monu- 
ment here  to  Jefferson  Manly  Falkner.  It  was  the  most  in- 
teresting and  important  event  in  the  history  of  Mountain 
Creek.  The  occupants  of  the  Home  bearing  the  honored  name 
of  J.  M.  Falkner  Camp  had  anticipated  the  event  with  much 
concern. 

At  ten  o'clock  Captain  Simpson  ordered  the  bell  sounded, 
summoning  the  people  to  the  veiled  monument,  at  the  north- 
east  corner  of  the  Auditorium.  Captain  Falkner  was  the 
founder  and  manager  of  the  Home  until  ill  health  com- 
pelled him  to  surrender  the  loved  care  to  another.  The  shaft, 
twenty  feet  high,  was  draped  with  Confederate  flags. 

The  Commandant,  taking  charge,  announced  the  programme. 
Prayer   was   offered   by   Rev.   Charles    Culpepper,   in    which 
he  made  an  earnest  appeal  for  the  surviving  veterans  and  pay- 
ing high  tribute  to  the  deceased  founder  of  the  Alabama  Con- 
federate Home. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  prayer  "Auld  Lang  Syne"  and 
several  other  appropriate  songs,  led  by  Comrade  B.  M.  Wash- 
burne,  of  Montgomery,  were  rendered  in  an  impressive  man- 
ner, particularly  the  song,  "When  the  roll  is  called  up  yonder." 
Veterans  and  visitors  enjoyed  it  most  heartily. 

Comrade  Washburne  as  chairman,  after  brief  reference  to 
the  deceased  and  appropriate  tribute  to  the  orator  of  the  day, 
Col.  John  VV.  A.  Sanford,  of  the  60th  Alabama  Regiment, 
presented  him  to  the  assembly. 

Colonel  Sanford  dwelt  upon  the  many  good  traits  of  the 
deceased,  having  known  Comrade  Falkner  for  fifty  years. 
Inscription  on  Monument. 
Sacred — to  the  memory  of  Capt.  Jefferson  Manly  Falkner, 
of  Company  B  in  the  8th  Confederate  Regiment  of  Cavalry. 
He  was  the  son  of  the  Hon.  Jefferson  Falkner  and  of  Sa- 
mantha  Breed,  his  wife.  He  was  born  in  Randolph  County, 
in  the  State  of  Alabama,  on  the  14th  day  of  July,  1843;  and 
died  at  Mountain  Creek,  in  Chilton  County,  in  this  State,  on 
the  18th  day  of  May,  1907;  age  sixty-three  years,  ten  months, 
and  four  days.  Possessing  a  splendid  intellect,  he  was  en- 
dowed with  all  the  attributes  that  adorn  a  noble  manhood. 
Among  them  were  an  ardent  patriotism,  an  unwavering 
fidelity,  a  dauntless  courage,  a  Christian  humanity  and  gentle- 
ness, a  stainless  integrity,  a  broad  philanthropy,  whose  gener- 
osity induced  him  to  donate  land  and  to  establish  thereon  the 
Confederate  Soldiers'  Home  of  Alabama  for  the  protection 
and  benefit  of  his  disabled  and  destitute-  comrades,  and  thereby 
elicited  the  eternal  gratitude  of  his  fellow-countrymen. 

Colonel  Sanford  continued  his  eulogy  to  the  "only  private 
citizen  to  whose  memory  the  people  of  Alabama  had  ever 
erected  a  monument."  The  memorial  fund  was  contributed 
from  savings  out  of  appropriations  by  economy  on  the  part  of 
the  management  from  the  various  moneys  granted  by  the 
Legislature  for  the  maintenance  and  support  of  the  insti- 
tution. In  this  way  it  can  truly  be  said  that  the  shaft  was 
erected  by  the  people  of  Alabama. 

I  cannot  close  this  letter  without  mentioning  the  brave 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Troy,  who  was  •wounded  at  Hatcher's 
Run;  the  gallant  Major  Cook,  who  was  killed;  that  silent, 
good,  and  truly  brave  Captain  Clark,  of  old  Company  F,  60th 
Alabama,  who  while  leading  his  company  up  the  hill  front- 
ing the  Appomattox  Courthouse  building  had  a  foot  shot  off  by 
one  of  the  cannon  belonging  to  a  United  States  regular  bat- 


tery which  Sanford's  Regiment  captured  and  turned  on  the 
enemy  during  the  last  hour  and  the  last  charge  of  the  old 
60th.  I  cannot  forget  the  words  of  the  dear  dead  Captain 
Clark  when  he  -aid  to  me  and  one  other  of  Company  F  when 
we  proffered  help  to  him  there  with  but  one  leg  good  and 
the  other  bleeding  and  grape  and  canister  plentiful:  "Go  on, 
l.oys."  Forty-three  years  have  elapsed,  but  I  can  hear  that 
"Go  on.  hoys."  as  faintly  uttered  by  Clark,  to-day  as  plain 
as  on  that  morning  of  the  memorable  9th  of  April,  1865,  as 
he  encouragingly  urged  us  on  to  grasp  that  four-gun  battery 
which  the  eld  60th  Alabama,  with  the  never-flinching  John 
A.    Sanford  leading,  captured. 

Permit  me  space  to  mention  some  of  the  Daughters  pres- 
ent:  Mrs.  H.  E.  Jones,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Falkner,  Miss  Addie  Beau- 
mont, Mrs.  F.  H.  Elmore,  Mrs.  Snyder,  Miss  Kate  Lasiter, 
Airs.  Johnny  Pat  Bruno,  Mrs.  John  W.  A.  Sanford,  and  Mrs. 
McMasters.  A  splendid  barbecue  was  furnished,  and  old 
veterans  and  visitors  alike  were  sandwiched  together  at  the 
bountifully  supplied  tables,  where  all,  even  to  the  poorest  and 
humblest  backwoodsman  of  the  surrounding  country,  ate  until 
hunger  was  no  more. 

There  was  a  business  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Control, 
consisting  of  those  present :  W.  C.  Ward,  of  Birmingham,  as 
President  pro  tern,  who  served  in  the  stead  of  the  absent 
President,  Governor  Coiner;  J.  B.  Stanley,  Greenville;  S. 
T.  Frazier,  Union  Springs ;  C.  L.  Ruth  and  B.  M.  Washburn, 
Montgomery;  H.  W.  Caffey,  Verbena.  At  this  meeting  the 
Commandant's  vouchers,  accounts,  etc.,  were  carefully  can- 
vassed and  found  to  be  in  a  highly  satisfactory  shape. 

Commandant  Simpson's  Birthday. 
Captain    Simpson,    Commandant   of   the    Alabama    Soldiers' 
Home,   celebrated   his    seventieth   birthday   on    November    11. 
Captain  Simpson's  seven  daughters  and  one  son  were  all  pres- 
ent   on    the    interesting    occasion. 
The  family  by  name  and  seniority 
is  as  follows : 

Mrs.  Wade  Allen  and  two  chil- 
dren, Richmond,  Va. 

F.      Bush     Simpson,     hardware 
merchant,  Birmingham,  Ala. 
Mrs.   Carrie   McMaster,   Moim- 
j  tain   Creek,   Ala. 

Mrs.    M.   J.    Smollen,    Birming- 
I  ham,  Ala. 

Miss     Bessie     Simpson,     Mont- 
gomery, Ala. 

Mrs.     J.     Y.     Brame,     Jr.,     and 
daughter,   Cameron,   Montgomery. 
Mrs.    J.    N.    Bruner    and    son, 
Westminster,  S.  C. 

Miss  Lucy  Grenville  Simpson, 
attending  school  in  Birmingham. 
Captain  Simpson  may  well  con 
gratulate  himself  upon  being  the  head  of  so  exemplary  a 
family.  He  remarked  to  the  writer  that  the  birthday  reunion 
was  one  of  the  happiest  days  of  his  life.  Captain  Simpson  is- 
an  all-round  favorite  with  the  men  at  the  Alabama  Home. 
He  is  a  Christian  gentleman,  doing  all  in  his  power  for  his 
old  comrades.  He  served  during  the  Civil  War  as  captain 
of  Company  F,  13th  Alabama  Regiment,  until  April  9,  1865. 

Our  Adjutant,  Mr.  Frank  Snyder,  is  worthy  of  special  men- 
tion for  the  admirable  way  in  which  he  served  the  barbecue 
for  veterans  and  visitors  at  the  dedication  of  the  monument. 


CAPTAIN    SIMPSON. 


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ON   THE  FIRING  1.1. \ E  WITH  BRAGG. 

].\    A.   II.  BROWN,   MKMl'HIS.  TENN. 

As  a  member  of  that  "thin  gray  line"  now  rapidly  passing 
over  to  rejoin  their  comrades  lying  beneath  the  shades  in  the 
"silent  bivouac  of  the  dead"  it  is  a  source  of  much  pleasure 
and  comfort  to  me  to  read  the  Veteran.  We  realize  the  fact 
that  it  has  been  and  is  .1  wide  awake  vidette  on  the  firing  line 
and  a  power  for  good  in  crystallizing  and  maintaining  the 
true  record  of  the  motives  that  actuated  the  heroic  deed-  per 
formed  from   <>i  to  '65  by  the  Confederate  soldier. 

While  it  makes  me  feel  sad  to  recall  those  dark  day-,  yet  1 
like  to  muse  upon  them  and  tc  read  of  incidents  of  th<  war 
I  enlisted  in  Company  B,  13th  Regiment  Tennessee  Infantry, 
at  Corinth.  Miss,  about  Maj  1.  [862.  The  Federals  were 
gradually  advancing  their  lines,  and  about  the  latter  part  of 
May  General  Bragg  withdrew  his  forces  to  Tupelo,  Miss., 
where  we  remained  until  August,  when  we  moved  to  Ken- 
tucky. Our  regiment  was  commanded  by  Col.  A.  J.  Vaughan, 
Lieut.  Col.  William  E  Morgan,  Maj  Peter  Cole,  and  Adjutant 
R.  M.  Harwell  Our  brigade  was  commanded  by  Gen,  Pres- 
ton Smith,  of  Memphis,  and  it  belonged  to  Gen.  B,  F  1  heat 
barn's  division.  Gi  leral    P  ps.    Our  brigade  and  two 

Arkansas  brigadi  commanded  by  Generals  McNair  and  Rey- 
nolds, a  part  of  Hardee's  Corps,  were  detached  from  Bragg's 
army  and  sent  bj   railroad  to  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  to  reenforce 

Gen.  E,  Kirby  Smith.  Bragg's  main  army  went  by  the  way 
of  Sparta,  Tenn.,  crossing  the  Cumberland  Mountains  farther 
iv est  of  us 

When  we  arrived  at  Knoxville,  we  rested  about  twenty- 
foui  hours,  Orders  then  came  to  cook  ration-  and  be  ready- 
to  move  m  two  hours.  General  Smith's  object  was  to  cross 
;■•    1  umberland    Mountains  at    Big  Creek   Gap   and   get   in   the 

rear  of  the  Federal  General  Manson,  who  was  at  Cumberland 

with  1  Forci  Of  about  twelve  thousand 
Where  we  crossed  it  was  extremely  rough.  The  road  was 
like  a  worm  fence  all  the  waj  Up,  and  it  was  impossible  for 
our  wagon  tram  to  accompany  us.  We  managed  to  carry 
a  few  ambulances,  the  men  helping  at  the  wheels.  We  Crossed 
Several    spurs   of   mountains,  but    it   has    been   so   long   ago   that 

I  do  not  remember  what  time  we  were  in  crossing;  but  I  do 

remember  that  we  struck  camp  about   dusk  in  a  little  valley 

n   tbi    spurs,  and   nine-tenths   of  the   men   were   without 

.1    bit    of    f I    and    had   had    nothing    for    about    twelve    lenu. 

j    iva      1  field  of  late  com  of  good  roasting  ears.     Our 
1    in. in.     ,1    deal    with    the  old    farmer    for   his   eight   acres 

ii :  -1.  wc  had  roa  ting  ears  in  abundance,  but  no  grease 
11  of  -alt  io  season  with. 
About  daylight   the  bugh    called  to  fall   into  line.     Ike  Car- 
iin     in. lie.   -aiil :   "1  laptain    I  .ightte,   1-   if  pi  1     bli 
that  you  are  gome  to  leavi    me  here  sick?     If  I  get  well,  the 
bushwhackers    will    kill    me."      (The   bushwhackers    had   fired 
into  our  command   the  day  before,  wounding   several.      [*hej 
shot  from  the  cliffs  and   ledges.)      Captain  I. ightte  -aid:   "No, 
Carter,   we    will    not    have    von.      My    company    will    not    move 
until  there  i-  a  waj   provided  for  you  to  ride."    In  a  short  while 
an  ambulance  came  and  Carter  was  placed  111  it. 
That  morning  about  nine  or  ten  o'clock   we  were  in  Bar- 
die.  K\.      Ih,    Federals  had  beat   us   to   Barboursville 
three  or  four  hours,  but  we  pressed  on  after  them  and 

upon  them  about  two  miles   south  of  Richm I.     We 

hungry  and  mad,  and  felt  that  we  could  put  up  a  warm 
fight  1  It  took  only  a  short  while  to  put  the  Federals 

on   tin    run        I  he    second   and   la-t    -tand  wa-   SOUth   of  town   at 


the  cemetery.  They  fought  pretty  well  this  time  for  about  an 
hour   or    more;    then   there    was    a   complete   rout,   ami    w 

tured  4,500  prisoners;  killed  and  wounded,  about  1,800. 

We    re-ted    there    a    COUple    oi    days    and    the     |  were 

paroled.  We  then  went  to  Lexington,  Georgetown,  Paris. 
Cynthiana,  and  up  verj  near  Covington,  then  dropped  down 
to  Frankfort  and  went  to  Shelbyville,  where  we  remained  two 
days;  then  again  to  Frankfort,  thence  to  Harrodsburg,  where 
we   joined   Bragg  bi  fi  n  1    the  battle. 


ALABAMA  CONVENTION,  U.  D.  C. 
The   Alabama   Convention,   United   Daughters  of  the  Con- 
federacy,  held  at  Huntsville  May  u-14.  [909,  will  In     / 
i\    remembered  for  a   long  time  by  the   Daughter-,  by  the  citi- 

sens    and   guests   from   the   Grand    Vrmj    of   the   Republic— 

liberal-hearted  and  patriotic  gentlemen  who  went   from 

io    Alabama  a-  bearers  oi  flags  of  some  of  her  regiment-  who 

were    overpowered    in   battle. 

Ili.it    undying   spirit  of  hospitality  which  has  characti 
the  aristocratic  and  hospitable  people  of  that  section  foi   gen 
erations   was   found   a-    fervent   as  of  old.      lie     Mayo  1    and 
Council   gave   official   welcome  at    the -Huntsville    Hotel,  and 
on  Wednesday  the  Convention  opened.     Mr-.    \    \\ .   Newson 
gave  a  beautiful  messagi   "i  welcomi    from  the  hostess  Chap- 
ter, and  then  Mr-.  Virginia  Claj   Clopton  gave  a  characteris- 
eeting      These  wen    responded  to  feelingly  by   Mrs.  C 
M,  Tardy  for  the  State,  by  the  distinguished   President  Gen 
eral.  Mrs.  Cornelia  B.  Stone,  ami  by  the  Honorary  President 
General,    Mrs.    Helen    Plane,   of   Georgia,   who    were    present 
and  gave  advice  on  many  points  of  benefit  to  the   Division 
Mrs.  Tardy  wa-  especially  felicitious  .1-  -he  reviewed  the  happy 
days  oi  hei  young  girlhood  in  the  tine  old  town, 

The  afternoon  session  was  devoted  to  reports  of  officers 
and  committees.  The  President,  Mr-.  C.  G.  Brown,  gave  1 
line  report  of  work  accomplished  dining  the  year,  in  which 
-he  reported  the  organization  of  eight  new   Chapters. 

The  Thursday   morning   session   was  devoted   to   memorial 
ervices,  in   winch  the  loss  of  the   Honorary   President,   Miss 
Sallie  Joni  -.  wa-  recoi  'U-i\. 

lie  Stat'  Director,  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Pickens,  gave  a  g  "d 
report    of   the    efforts   Of   the  children   ami   the  great   work    they 

.mi    accomplishing  in  establishing  a  permanent  scholarship  at 
Auburn  for  a  worthy  descendant  of  a  veteran.     In  the  further- 
i   iin     auxiliary  work,  the  President,  Mrs,   Brown,  oi 

fered  a  gold  medal   for  excellence  in  historical   research,  which 

wa-    w<ni    iiv     \  1 1 1 1 1 .     l.iidv.   of   the    Pelham   Auxiliary.    Bir- 
mingham,      Mrs      Brown    also    presented    a    beautiful    banner. 

made  by  the  same  young  gnl.  to  the  Chapter  that  had  a> 

plished  the  best  work  financial!)    during  the  year       I  he   Emma 
mi    Auxiliary,    of     [TOy,    wa-    awarded    tin-    through    its 

repn   entative,  Mi--  Wilson. 

\   repi  ut   in  the   Mi  mi  g  unei  j     \dv  ertisi 
low  - :  "So  the  Convi  ntion  of  1901  d  w  itfa  di  • 

lion  at  tin    work  accomplished  and  ardent  trust  in  the  results 
to  come      We  realize   fully  that  much  of  the  success 
Convention  1-  due  to   Mrs.    V  W     Newson,  President  0 
hostess  Chapter,  on  whose  •boulder-  so  much  of  the  prelimi- 
nary   burden   of  the    I   1  'I    re-led.       \nd    In  i    -weel    -pint 

winch  opened  wid<  the  doors  of  her  stately  colonial  home  in 
a  gracious  reception  at  Oak  Lawn  1-  a  treasured  memory. 
From  Oak  I. awn  we  proceeded  to  Mr-.  F.  W.  Webster' 
Mill,  ii  Place,  another  gem  in  this  city  of  colonial  homes. 
The  wealth  of  entertainment  was  .ebb. I  to  h\  Miss  W'eeden 
and   Miss  Sarah  Lowe,  who  opened  their  home-  informally." 


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NEW  PRESIDENT  ALABAMA  DIVISION,  U.  P.  C. 
Mrs.  Letitia  Dowdell  Ross,  the  newly  elected  President  of 

the  Alabama  Division,  V .  D.  C,  is  a  native  of  the  State,  and 
is  a  daughter  of  the  late  William  Crawford  Dowdell.  of 
Auburn.  Her  mother  was  Elizabeth  Thomas  Dowdell.  Mrs. 
Ross  is  a  niece  of  the  late  Col.  James  F.  Dowdell,  who  com- 
manded the  37th  Alabama  Regiment,  C.  S.  A.,  and  for  sev- 
eral years  before  the  war  was  Representative  in  Congress 
from  the  East  Alabama  District.  She  is  a  first  cousin  of 
Chief  Justice  Dowdell,  of  the  Supreme  Court,  and  of  the  late 
Gov.  William  J.  Samford,  of  Alabama. 

Mrs.  Ross  possessed  the  best  educational  advantages  at  home 
and  abroad,  having  spent  a  student  year  in  Germany.  For  a 
number  of  years  she  has  been  actively  identified  with  patriotic 
societies  and  federated  club  work.  She  has  been  President  of 
the  Alabama  Federation  of  Women's  Clubs. 

Mrs.  Ross  has  been  prominently  associated  with  U.  D.  C. 
work  since  the  organization  of  the  Admiral  Semmes  Chapter 
of  Auburn,  the  third  Chapter  organized  in  the  State,  and  for 
several  terms  was  its  President.  She  has  held  the  positions  of 
Recording  Secretary  and  First  Vice  President  in  the  .  State 
Division,  and  has  frequently  been  a  delegate  to  the  General 
Convention,  U.  D.  C. 

Mrs.  Ross,  being  the  wife  of  Prof.  B.  B.  Ross,  Professor  of 
Chemistry  in  the  Alabama  Polytechnic  Institute  and  State 
Chemist,  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  all  movements  looking 
to  the  benefit  of  the  young  men  of  that  institution.  She  enters 
with  enthusiasm  and  interest  into  the  social  and  literary  life 
of  the  college  town  in  which  she  resides,  and  is  greatly  ad- 
mired by  her  many  friends  for  her  intelligence  and  her  many 
amiable,  womanly  qualities. 

Mrs.  Ross  Issues  Address  to  Alabama  Daughters. 

At  the  thirteenth  annual  Convention  of  our  organization, 
which  was  held  May  12-14  in  Huntsville,  I  was  made  your 
President.  For  this  high  honor  you  freely  and  unanimously 
conferred  upon  me  I  wish  to  express  my  deepest  appreciation 
and  to  pledge  the  best  service  of  which  I  am  capable  to  the 
administration  of  your  affairs  and  to  the  extension  of  this 
our  work,  so  ably  and  successfully  carried  on  by  my  worthy 
predecessors.  It  is  but  fitting  that  with  the  change  in  the 
administration  I  should  as  your  newly  elected  President  ex- 
tend to  you  a  greeting  and  ask  for  your  loyal  support  and 
helpful  cooperation  Having  served  for  two  years  as  your 
Recording  Secretary  and  again  for  two  years  as  First  Vice 
President,  I  am  not  unacquainted  with  the  responsible 
duties  incident  to  this  important  office;  but  if  the  Alabama 
Daughters  will  only  "keep  the  faith"  (and  I  believe  they  do 
realize  their  individual  responsibilities),  I  will  feel  encouraged 
to  go  forward,  nothing  daunted. 

The  time  for  active  work  in  the  Chapters  is  nearly  passed 
for  this  season,  yet  I  must  urge  the  Chapters  before  going 
into  summer  quarters  to  remember  their  pledges  to  the  Falk- 
ner  Soldiers'  Home,  and  especially  to  the  tuberculosis  ward 
in  the  Home.  The  Treasurer,  Mrs.  L.  M.  Bashinsky,  of  Troy, 
Ala.,  tells  me  this  appeal  is  most  urgent,  as  the  Division  treas- 
ury is  almost  depleted.  The  claim  of  the  old  soldiers  upon 
our  remembrance  surpasses  that  of  all  other  claims.  Shall 
we  fail  to  remember  the  few  that  remain  to  us? 

The  funds  for  Gettysburg  and  Arlington  were  greatly  in- 
creased by  voluntary  contributions  from  the  floor  of  the  Con- 
vention. It  was  decided  that  a  special  day  should  be  set  aside 
in  each  Chapter  to  be  known  as  Arlington  Day,  in  order  to 
awaken  a  greater  interest  in  the  proposed  monument  and  to 
secure  funds  for  the  same. 


The  president  of  the  univers  a   satisfactory   report 

of  the  young  man  who  has  received  the  Division  scholarship 
for  two  years.  The  placing  of  this  scholarship  for  another 
year  is  left  entirely  in  the  hands  of  the  committee. 

Every  Chapter  President  and  all  directors  of  Children's 
Chapters  are  urged  to  make  the  organization  and  strengthen- 
ing of  the  children's  auxiliaries  a  leading  feature  of  this  year's 
work,  as  the  perpetuity  of  our  organization  depends  on  the 
children  of  the  Confederacy. 

Mrs.  Pickens  confidently  expects  to  have  in  hand  before 
September  1  the  full  amount  of  $1,250  with  which  she  plans 
to  found  the  Lee  memorial  scholarship  at  Auburn  at  the  open- 
ing of  the  fall  term  of  the  college. 

The  chairman  of  the  Blandford  window  fund  has  collected 
the  necessary  amount  for  purchasing  the  window,  pledged 
by  the  Alabama  Division,  and  at  an  early  date  she  will  an- 
nounce through  these  columns  the  plans  for  placing  the  me- 
morial in  Old  Blandford  Church.  Petersburg,  Va. 

To  our  list  of  committees,  by  order  of  the  United  Daughters 
of  the  Confederacy,  will  be  added  a  committee  on  education, 
to  foster  all  educational  interests  in  the  State. 

From  many  Daughters  throughout  the  State  have  come 
messages  of  loving  appreciation  and  congratulation.  I  am 
most  grateful  for  these  expressions  of  confidence,  and  trust  I 
may  be  found  worthy. 

AN  EVENING  REPLETE  WITH  HISTORY. 

BY    MRS.   C.    M.   TARDY,  BIRMINGHAM,   ALA. 

"Historical  Evening"  has  long  been  a  most  important  and 
interesting  part  of  the  annual  Convention  of  the  Alabama  U. 
D.  C.  Never,  however,  has  there  been  an  occasion  which 
gathered  together  so  many  distinguished  people  and  was  so 
full  of  intense,  patriotic,  and  historical  interest  as  the  recent 
meeting  of  the  Alabama  Division  in  Huntsville. 

Less  than  a  year  ago  Mrs.  Charles  G.  Brown,  President  of 
the  Alabama  Division,  learned  of  a  flag  in  the  capital  of  Ohio. 
She  immediately  wrote  to  the  Governor  of  Ohio  requesting 
the  return  of  the  flag.  A  very  courteous  reply  was  received 
asking  that  she  write  again  the  following  January,  when  the 
Legislature  would  be  in  session.  Promptly  at  the  time  sug- 
gested she  wrote  again  to  Governor  Harmon,  who  had  just 
been  inaugurated.  His  reply  was  also  most  courteous  and 
encouraging;  but  it  was  only  after  much  correspondence  and 
the  official  indorsement  of  Governor  Comer,  of  Alabama,  that 
Mrs.  Brown  received  notice  early  in  April  that  the  flag  would 
be  returned,  and  the  details  were  arranged  which  culminated 
in  the  beautiful  program  of  May  12. 

The  exercises  took  place  in  the  Elks'  Theater.  Every  seat 
was   filled   and  the  aisles   were   crowded.     Flags   waved,  the 


FROM   PHOTOGRAPH   OF   THE  SCENE. 


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band  played,  and  the  very  atmosphere  seemed  permeated  with 
patriotism,  with  love  and  welcome  for  the  old  flag.  The  stage, 
with  its  bordered  decorations  of  battle  flags,  shields,  and 
drapery,  made  a  magnificent  setting.  On  the  left  of  the  stage, 
seated  beneath  the  stars  and  bars,  were  the  gentlemen  of  the 
Ohio  delegation,  who  had  come  so  far  to  honor  us  and  the 
cause  we  hold  dear.  On  the  ripht  were  seated  Mrs.  Virginia 
Clay  Clopton,  of  Alabama,  and  Mrs.  Helen  C.  Plane,  of  Geor- 
gia, Honorary  Presidents  of  their  State  Divisions;  Mrs. 
Cornelia  Branch  Stone,  of  Texas,  President  General;  Mrs. 
Charles  <  •  Brown,  President  of  the  Alabama  Division,  and  her 
officers;  also  Hon.  H.  L.  D.  Mallory,  of  Selma,  Hon.  William 
Richardson,  of  Huntsville.  Hon.  Winston  C.  Garth,  of  Gov- 
ernor Comer's  staff,  and  Hon.  Paul  Speake,  of  Huntsville. 

The  meeting  was  opened  with  prayei  and  a  beautiful  render- 
ing of  "Alabama"  by  the  Children  of  the  Confederacy, 
which  the  orator  of  the  evening,  Hon.   II    S.  D.  Mallo 
Selma,  was  introduced  by  Judge  Paul  Speake.     Mr,   Mallorj 
chose  for  his  subject  "The  Confederate  Soldier  and  Hi 
fluence  on  Historj  "    The  immense  audience  listened  with  con- 
centrated   attention    to   his    every   word,    interrupting  only   to 
show    their  appn  by   hearty  applause.     "Old   Kentucky 

i   then   sung  by   the   Confederate  Choir  of   1  I 
ville.    Many  of  the  audi  nee  joined  spontaneously. 

As  the  last  notes  died  away  Mr.  John  A.  Pitts  and  Capt. 
W.  W.  Shoemaker,  of  the  4th  Ohio  Cavalry,  were  introduced. 
As  they  came  forward  to  respond  the  orchestra  played  "Yan- 
1  ire  Ohio  delegation  arose  to  their 
feel  and  shout  after  shout  blended  with  the  "Rebel 
Right  here  occurred  an  incident  full  of  a  strange  significance. 
On  the  far  left  of  the  stage  draped  with  the  Confederate  red 
and  white  was  an  easel  bearing  a  portrait  of  Jefferson  Davis. 
As  the  notes  of  "Yankee  Doodle"  filled  the  air  a  small  Con- 
federate battle  flag  hanging  over  the  picture  dropped  so  as 
to  cover  the  face  of  tin  Southern  chieftain.  The  shrill  voice 
of  a  child  was  heard  :  "That's  too  much  for  Jefferson  Davis, 
manm 

When  the  audience  was  again  seated,  the  dear  old  flag  was 
brought  forward.  It  was  captured  by  the  4th  Ohio  Cavalry 
from  the  "Rifle  Scout-''  in  the  battle  of  Selma  during  the 
spring  of  1865.  Forty-four  years  later  it  is  returned  to  the 
daughters  of  the  State  whose  sons  gave  their  lives  for  it. 

Captains  Pitts  and  Shoemaker  were  very  happy  in  their  re- 
marks, expressing  true  loyalty  and  joy  in  the  united  country 
rendered   their  presence  and   their  errand  possible      A 
beautiful  tribute  was  paid  Mrs.  Brown,  the  State  President  of 
the  Daughters,  who  had  brought  about  this  happy  incident 

Winston  Garth,  of  Governor  I  omer'    staff  and  acting 

for  him.  then  presented  Mrs,  Brown,  who  in  the  name  of  the 

Alabama  Division  accepted  the  flag.     Her  words  were  simple 

and   womanly,   yet   replete   with   patriotism,  love,  and   loyalty 

<    Old  South  and  the  entire  country. 

It  was  a   pictin  remembered   long  after  the  princi- 

pal  actors  have  way   in   its   lessons  of  loyalty  and 

unit)-. 

Just  before  the  conclusion  of  the  exercises  Colonel  Mallory 
nted  Mrs    Brown,  on  behalf  of  Camp  Jones,  United  Con- 
e   Veterans,  of  Selma,   with   a   heavily   wrought  silver 
tray  as  a  token  of  th<  iation  of  her  untiring  efforts  in 

securing  the  return  of  the  flag,  Selma  was  the  childhood 
home  of  Mr-    Brown,  and  ly,  in  which  she  voiced  the 

thanks  of  the  "little  .Mary  Billingslcy  they  used  to  know," 
was  full  of  womanly  feeling.  Her  last  words  were  almost 
drowned   by   tin    strains  of  "Dixie,"   led   by   the   Confederate 


Choir.  The  blue  and  the  gray  clasped  hands  over  the  bitter- 
ness of  years  till  "Yankee  Doodle''  and  "Dixie"  were  merged 
into  the  strains  of  "My  Country,  'Tis  of  Thee." 


CONCERNING  THE  CAPTURE  OF  COL.  CORCORAN. 

BY   JUDGE   K.    T.    SIMPSON,   FLOWN.  I  ,     \l  A 

My  attention  was  called  to  a  newspaper  account  of  the 
capture  of  Colonel  Corcoran,  of  the  69II1  New  York  Regiment, 
at  the  battle  of  First  Mana--a-  by  Some  Virginia  regiment. 
I   write  what   we  cOmradi  ind   about  this   capture. 

so    many    of    our    comrades    having    passed 
over   the   river,  we  cannot  bring  definite  proof;  but   I   was   a 
private    in    McFarland's   company   of   the   4th   Alabama   Regi- 
ment at  the  battle  of  First   Manassas,  ami   I    remember  that 
our   company   regarded    it   as   a    fact    that    William   Oakley,    a 
i       1     company,  had  captured  Colonel  Corcoran,  of 
York    Regiment.      Oakley   claimed    it   himself, 
and  he  says  he  turned  some  prisoner  with  his  horse  over  to 
Mln  rities  whom  be  understood  to  be  Colonel  Corcoran, 
while  Oakley  retained  a  saber,  which  he  took  from  the  officer 
ent  home  to  his  relatives,  who  now  have  it. 
Oakley   is   dead,  and  the  few  of  us  who  remain  have  only 
this   general   recollection;   but  A.   C.   Chisholm,   who   was   in 
another  regiment  which  reached  Manassas  tin  after 

;ttle,  remembers  meeting  Oaki  told   him  that  he 

was    lying    in    a    pine    thicket     -  the   Union    fore' 

treating  when,  seeing  a  horseman  alone,  he  presented  bis  gun 
and  demanded  surrender,  and  Colonel  Corcoran  surrendered 
to  him.  We  think  this  should  be  published  to  the  credit  of 
hint  Vlabama  boj  ;  and  it'  there  1-  any  mistake  as  to  the 
of  the  officer  whom  he  did  capture,  we  will  he  glad  to 
rreai  from  any  comrade  who  has  a  more  definite  recollection 
of  the  incident. 

GEN.  ROBERT  E.   LEE   UNDER  FIRE. 

BY   J.    B.    MINOR,   5-    PERKY    STREET,    NEW   YORK    CITY. 

In  the  spring  of  [863,  when  Gen.  Joe  Hooker  made  hi 
eine  on  the  \im\  of  Northern  Virginia  at  Chancello> 
my  company,  1st  Richmond  Howitzers,  was  on  the  line  front- 
ing Sigel's  Corps.  During  the  fight  and  while  Stonewall  Jack- 
son was  flanking  our  friends  the  enemy  on  the  left  General 
Lee  rode  up  to  mj  battery,  dismounted,  and  stood  with 
McLaws  beside  a  medium-sized  pine  tree.  I  was  passing  back 
and  forth  with  the  ammunition  (being  No.  5)  when  a  10-pound 
shell  cut  the  tree  square  off  just  about  a  yard  above  their 
heads.  I  could  not  see  that  he  notic«d  it,  though  General 
McLaws  ducked  a  little.  After  a  few  more  words  with  him, 
General  Lee  mounted  and  rode  a  few  paces  to  my  right  and 
close  to  Capt.  E.  S.  McCarthy,  of  our  battery,  and  while  there 
a  shell  burst  immediately  in  front  of  old  Traveler,  who  reared 
up  and  stood  as  straight  as  ever  I  saw  a  man.  The  General 
sat  serene  until  he  came  down  on  his  fore  feet.  Captain  Mc- 
Carthy then  ran  to  General  Lee,  and  I  heard  him  say:  "Gen- 
eral, we  can't  spare  you;  go  back  under  the  hill."  He  rode 
and  in  a  few  minutes  there  was  a  lull  just  in  front  of 
lis;  but  there  was  heavy  lighting  some  three  hundred  yards  to 
our  right,  where  the  Persell  Battery  of  Richmond  lost  forty- 
three  killed  and  wounded  in  a  few  minutes,  and  whom  did 
e  sitting  on  his  horse  calmly  watching  the  fight  but 
General  I 

I  have  seen  all  kinds  of  bravery — the  reckless,  the  bravado, 
nthusiastic,  and  the  true  moral  courage — but  for  the  all- 
1  a  high  plane  I  think  General  -Lee  possessed 
it  10  an  eminent  degree.     God  bless  his  memory! 


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MISSISSIPPIAXS  AT  CHICKAMAUGA. 

JUDGE   \V.    M.    HAWKINS   IN   PENSACOLA    JOURNAL. 

I  belonged  to  the  iSlh  Mississippi,  of  the  "Old  Barksdale 
Brigade,"  as  we  were  known  throughout  the  war  from  our 
beloved  commander  in  Lee's  campaign  in  Virginia  and  who 
was  slain  in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg  while  leading  his  troops 
in  a  desperate  charge.  Colonel  Humphreys,  of  the  21st  Mis- 
sissippi, was  the  senior  colonel,  and  took  command  of  the  bri- 
gade on  the  battlefield  when  General  Barksdale  fell.  After- 
wards, while  in  winter  quarters,  we  elected  Colonel  Hum- 
phreys to  be  our  brigade  commander,  we  having  assumed  the 
privilege  of  electing  at  the  beginning  our  own  officers,  which 
was  never  denied  us. 

On  this  occasion  we  had  been  sent  under  Longstreet  to  re- 
enforce  Bragg,  of  the  Western  Army,  and  arrived  at  Ringgold 
Station,  Ga.,  on  Saturday  night.  We  made  a  forced  march 
that  night  out  to  the  front  some  eight  miles.  Arriving  on  the 
field,  we  were  ordered  to  relieve  Hood,  who  had  been  fighting 
all  day.  This  we  did.  and  Hood's  men  marched  out  to  the 
right.  As  they  left  they  informed  us  (hat  we  were  to  have 
a  tough  job  in  the  morning.  "Out  there  is  a  hill  with  a  bat- 
tery of  six  guns  on  top,  and  you  will  be  expected  to  capture 
it."  they  said. 

Our  position  was  in  a  skirt  of  woods  at  the  foot  of  said 
hill.  When  Sunday  morning  dawned,  a  dark  cloud  of  fog 
and  smoke  for  a  time  obscured  everything;  but  about  eight 
or  nine  o'clock  the  sun  revealed  to  us  the  hill  in  front,  the 
battery  crowning  its  crest,  with  three  lines  of  breastworks 
between  us  and  the  battery.  The  question  among  us  was: 
"Who  will  make  the  charge?"  But  soon  we  learned  that  that 
honor  had  been  assigned  our  brigade,  with  Kershaw's  South 
Carolina  Brigade  to  support  us.     Kershaw's  men  immediately 

oved  up  in  our  rear,  and  we  eagerly  awaited  the  signal  to 
advance. 

About  nine  o'clock  suddenly  three  shots  rang  out  in  our  rear, 
the  signal  to  advance.  We  moved  out  to  the  open  ground 
and,  dropping  down,  commenced  crawling  up  toward  the 
first  line  of  works.  The  enemy  attempted  to  impede  our  ad- 
vance by  firing  on  us.  but  their  balls  went  above  us;  and  also 
Kershaw's  sharpshooters  had  command  of  their  lines,  and 
made  it  very  unhealthy  for  a  Yankee  to  show  himself  above 
his  breastworks.  Thus  they  invariably  overshot  us.  Occa- 
sionally one  was  wounded,  but  I  don't  think  we  lost  a  single 
man.  We  advanced  steadily  up  the  hill  until  we  reached  the 
enemy's  line  of  works,  they  remaining  on  the  other  side. 
Stillness  reigned  for  a  moment.  Now  the  main  struggle  was 
about  to  commence,  and  thousands  of  eager  eyes  were  watch- 
ing us.  Suddenly  five  sho.s  in  quick  succession  rang  out  on  the 
morning  air.  and  the  noise  had  hardly  ceased  when  we  sprang 
up.  and  with  fixed  bayonets  we  swarmed  over  those  works 
in  a  moment. 

A  feeble  attempt  .at  resistance  was  made  by  some  of  the 
enemy,  hut  that  line  of  Confederate  -steel  was  too  much  for 
them.  They  broke  and  fled,  with  us  in  close  pursuit.  Up  the 
hill  they  went  pellmell,  and  we  followed  them,  with  our  bayo- 
nets punching  them  up  to  do  their  best  running.  Soon  we  cov- 
ered  the  intervening  space  between  the  first  and  second  lines, 
and  as  the  fleeing  Yanks  broke  over  the  works  we  were  right 
there  too.  Necessarily  this  wild  stampede  threw  the  second 
line  into  confusion,  and  before  they  could  rally  from  it  we 
were  on  them  like  a  western  cyclone,  and  they  also  broke  and 
ran.  Now  we  had  two  lines  of  the  enemy,  and  they  were  in 
full  flight  before  us.     From  the  time  we  routed  the  first  line 


the  enemy  couldn't  .dioot  us  without  shooting  their  own  men. 
All  this  time  we  hadn't  fired  a  gun ;  but  when  we  routed  the 
second  line  and  they  went  swarming  up  the  bill  like  a  drove 
of  blackbirds,  we  fired  into  them,  and  we  covered  the  ground 
with  dead  and  wounded  Yankees.  We  soon  reached  the  third 
and  last  line  of  breastworks.  They  didn't  wait  for  us.  hut 
joined  the  others  in  their  mad  flight  up  the  bill.  Occasionally 
we  poured  in  a  volley  while  still  in  full  charge,  and  we  never 
failed  to  stop  the  flight  of  numbers  of  them.  When  we  cap- 
tured the  third  line,  with  the  enemy  in  mad  flight  before  us, 
the  "Rebel  yell"  broke  loose.  Thousands  of  our  men,  eagerly 
watching  our  charge,  knew  we  had  them  when  that  line  was 
crossed,  and  from  center  to  right  and  left  and  all  along  our 
battle  line,  together  with  our  men,  raised  such  a  yell  as  I 
don't  think  I  ever  heard  before  or  since. 

We  charged  on  the  battery,  shooting  down  the  horses  to 
keep  the  enemy  from  carrying  off  the  guns,  and  before  the 
Yankees  could  get  a  chance  to  fire  on  us  we  charged  on  and 
into  the  battery,  firing  pome  of  their  own  guns  at  them  as 
they  got  farther  away,  'there  must  have  been  thousands 
killed  and  wounded  in.  that  charge.  It  was  after  we  had  made 
the  charge  and  captured  the  battery  that  I  remembered  seeing 
some  Kentucky  troops  on  the  field.  But  we  were  not  relieved 
temporarily  on  account  of  exhausting  our  ammunition.  We 
never  quit  the  front  until  we  had  captured  the  battery. 


EXCHANGE  OF  PRISONERS. 

Editor  National  Tribune:  Why  did  our  government  con- 
tinue to  keep  the  Rebel  prisoners  well  fed  and  clothed  in 
comfort  while  our  poor  soldiers  in  their  hands  were  so  brutally 
treated?  Was  retaliation  ever  tried?  It  looks  much  like  the 
government  did  not  care  for  the  prisoners  in  the  Rebels' 
hands  as  "they  should  have  done.  On  the  "evacuation  of  Rich- 
mond Libbey  Prison  was  found  empty  by  the  Union  army. 
What  had  they  done  with  the  prisoners?  I  have  read  with 
great  interest  your  account  of  the  different  campaigns,  and 
look  eagerly  for  what  is  to  come— C.  L.  Spielman,  Sergeant 
78th  Illinois,  Blondinville,  III. 

We  have  frequently  explained  the  reasons  for  the  stoppage 
of  exchange.  The  Confederates  insisted  that  all  the  prisoners 
held  in  our  bands  should  be  returned  to  them,  paroling  all 
over  the  number  required  to  exchange  those  Union  soldiers 
held  by  the  Confederates.  Our  government  stood  ready  to 
exchange  man  for  man,  hut  declined  to  parole  the  surplus,  as 
this  would  give  toward  the  end  of  1864  approximately  200,000 
well-rested,  well-fed,  well-clothed  men  to  swell  the  armies 
opposed  to  Grant  and  Sherman.  The  administration  was  per- 
fectly right  in  this,  as  it  knew  from  experience  with  the 
prisoners  captured  at  Vickshurg  and  Port  Hudson  how  little 
the  Rebels  would  regard  their  parole.  The  Confederate  gov- 
ernment had  previously  ordered  into  the  service  all  those  cap- 
tured by  Grant  and  Banks,  and  they  did  their  utmost  to  over- 
whelm Rosecrans  at  Chattanooga.  Retaliation  was  beneath 
our  government's   dignity. — Editor  National   Tribune. 

The  Veteran-  keeps  watching  the  course  of  the  National 
Tribune,  the  organ  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  hoping  it  may  relent  and 
try  to  publish  the  real  truth  about  such  matters  as  the  fore- 
going. If  General  Grant  were  alive,  he  could  hardly  allow 
such  statement  to  go  uncorrected. 

G.  C.  Ennis,  of  Comanche,  Tex.,  desires  to  hear  from  sur- 
vivors of  Company  E,  Wirt  Adams's  Cavalry,  C.  S.  A.,  with 
a  view  to  establishing  his  record  as  a  Confederate  soldier, 
being  in  need  of  a  pension. 


Qotyfederat^  l/eterap 


335 


EXCITEMENT  ON  JOHNSON'S  ISLAND. 

BY    H.    \V.    HENRY,    LAKE    WEIR,    FLA. 

Herewith  I  send  you  an  incident  which  nccurred  at  John- 
son's Island  when   President    Lincoln  was  assassinated. 

It  was  a  bright  and  balmy  day  in  April,  1865.  The  ice  had 
disappeared  from  the  lake,  the  green  grass  was  springing  up, 
and  everything  was  so  peaceful  and  lovely  thai  we  could 
hardly  realize  that  the  end  w  :4-  drawing  near  to  all  our  hopes 
and  that  our  hard  struggle  through  hunger,  nakedness,  priva- 
tions, and  dangers  was  .'11  in  vain. 

\  fellow-prisoner  called  my  attention  to  the  morning  boat 
coming  over  from  Sandusky  with  it--  colors  at  half-mast, 
Of  course  the  sorrows  of  our  enemies  were  our  joys,  and  wi 
at  once  began  Speculating  as  to  where  a  battle  had  been 
fought   and   who  of  their  military  leaders   had   fallen   in  battle 

While  we  all  were  expecting  some  g 1  news  for  our  side,  we 

1  id  n "  thought  of  the  great  traged]  that  bad  occurred,  and 
wen   gathered  in  groups  full  of  expectancy. 

Very  soon  we  noticed  an  unusual  stir  and  excitement  out-, 
["he  blockhouses  and  walls  around  the  prison  were 
lined  with  soldiers,  the  ports  opened  and  the  guns  run  out, 
while  the  gunners  stood  by  readj  to  sweep  the  streets.  Of 
course  we  could  not  understand  the  meaning  of  it  all.  as  we 
had  no  knowledge  of  anj   planned  outbreak. 

Very  soon  Colonel  Hill,  the  commandant,  came  in.  The 
prisoners  gathered  around  him  and  he  mounted  .1  stairway. 
lie  told  us  that  he  bad  some  very  bad  news  to  tell  us;  that 
President  Lincoln  had  been  assassinated,  that  the  Northern 
people  were  greatly  excited,  and  that  they  attributed  tin  act 
either  to  our  government  in  its  desperation  over  its  defeat  01 
i  ome  of  our  people  wreaking  their  revenge  upon  the  head 
of  the  nation  in  the  hour  of  its  rejoicing  over  its  victorj 
over  us.  He  warned  us  not  to  make  the  least  demonstration 
of  rejoicing,  as  his  men  were  wrought  up  to  such  a  pitch  of 
I  that  it  would  lie  hard  to  restrain  them  from  firing 
upon  us,  and  that  any  cheering  or  demonstration  of  ioj  bj 
ver  the  (vent  would  certainlj  expose  us  to  the  fire  oi 
his  men. 

While  he   was   speaking   a   one-armed   officer   with   flushed 

rid   i'1 1     hot    eyi    .  either  from  indulgence  in  drink  or 

grief,  pushed  bis  way  in  and  said  to  the  Colonel  in  a  very 
excited  manner:  "Tell  them  plainly  that  if  a  single  oni  1 
them  'cheeps'  v\e  will  fire  upon  them."  The  Colonel  replied: 
"Return  to  your  p>  >  -t  of  duty,  sir."  As  he  was  in  0  mmand 
of  the  guard  of  course  we  had  no  great  confidence  in  Ins 
prudenci   or  discretion. 

The  prisoners  assured  Colonel  Hill  that  they  could  not  be 
lieve  that  either  the  Confederate  government,  anj  of  its  of 
tiei.iK.   or    any    (     111.  Idier   had    anything    to    do    with 

planning  or  carrying  out  Mr.  Lincoln's  assassination;  that  we 
hi  hor.orabli   people  and  fought  fairlj  and  did  not  stoop 
1,   and   deplored   the   act   as   likely   to 
DS  in  out   defeat   to  harder  terms  and  conditions  on  ace. •nut 
of  the  vindictivi    feeling  aroused  in  the  North  against  us 

Oi  coui    ■   under   th<    suspensi    o)   our   own   apprehensions 
and  the  warning  of  Colonel   Hill   m    walked   very  carefully 
and  refrained  from  anything  that  might  hav<    been  construed 
by  our  guardians  ;i»  evidence  of  rejoicing    Most  1  1 
the  event  oi    the   inscrutable   orderings   of  a    Provi 

with  which  we  had  nothing  to  do  but  submit,  and 

Upon   it    as   a   til    crowning    of   a    foul    years'   terrible   tragedy   in 

which    the    principal    can-.  with    till     rest         Ibe    next 

morning  brought  us  the  dailj  Sanduskj  paper  giving  an  ae- 
count  of  the  assassination,  and  either  in  an  ed  1   com- 


munication calling  upon  the  people  to  arm  themselves,  come 
over  to  the  island,  and  join  with  the  garrison  in  massacring 
every    Rebel   prisoner   in    retaliation    for   Mr.   Lincoln's   death. 

A  committee  of  prisoners  inclosed  the  paper  to  Colonel  Hill 
calling  his  attention  to  the  article  and  suggesting  that  if  there 
were  any  probability  of  their  purpose  being  carried  out  he 
would  at  least  give  them  an  opportunity  of  defending  them- 
selves, and  solemnly  pledging  themselves  that  if  he  would 
supply  them  with  arms  they  would  use  them  only  in  defense 
of  their  lues,  and  as  soon  as  the  exigency  was  over  they 
would  return  the  arms  and  again  place  themselves  in  their 
proper  quarters.  To  this  Colonel  Hill  replied  that  the  com- 
munication was  uncalled  for,  as  he  was  fully  able  to  1 
them.  It  is  needless  to  Saj  that  there  was  no  love  lost  be- 
tween the  people  ol  Sandusky  and  the  country  around  and 
the  Confederate  prisoners;  and  bad  the  prisoners  been  armed 
and  the  attack  made  up  in  them,  the  holocaust  may  have  been 
given  bj   the  party  least  expecting  to  do  so. 


./(  flONS  OF  run   WYTHEVILLE   raid 

BY     V.     M.     JOHNSON,     Mill    NIV1LI.E.    VA. 

[Formerlj  captain  Company  D,  30th  Virginia  Volunteer  In- 

'    and  colonel   and  aid  to  his  Excellency,  John   Milton, 

War  Governor  of  Florida,  in  compliment  to  Wythe-Graj 
Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  of  Wytheville,  \  .1  | 

The  beautiful  town  of  Wytheville,  nestling  in  the  fertile 
vallej  between  the  Blue  Ridge  and  the  Mleghany  Moun- 
tains, in  the  county  of  Wythe,  was  the  scene  of  a  hostile  in- 
vasion in  the  latter  pari  of  July,  1863.  I  was  lefl  in  Wythe- 
ville by  Gen.  John  B.  Floyd  in  charge  of  the  post  to  fur- 
nish quartermaster  and  commissary  supplies.  There  wen 
no  trcops  stationed  at  Wytheville  at  that  time.  The  report 
came  oi  .1  cavalry  force  of  about  thirteen  hundred  men.  under 
the  command   of   Colonel   Toland,   which   bad   destroyed   the 

•alt    works   and    were    then    approaching    Wytheville   to    di 

11  1  depot  of  supplies  for  the  army.  Maj.  Joseph  F  Kent,  of 
the  4th  Virginia  Infantry,  was  at  home  on  furlough.  I  went 
1  >  see  him  to  consult  about  the  situation,  for  the  report 
eemed  to  be  well  founded  that  the  Yankees  were  coming. 
It  was  determined  best  to  telegraph  Gen.  John  B.  Floyd  at 
Gladi  Spring  and  also  Gen  Sam  Jones  at  Dublin  Depot  foi 
aid.  w  hich  w  e  did. 

1 ,1  neral  Floyd  set  t  Capt.  J    M   (  (liver  with  his  com  pa  in-  n  1  1 
instruction  to  bring  1  ito  action  two  pieces  of  artillery,  .1 
in  Wytheville,  and  to  cluck  the  raiders  if  possibli      Gen.  Sam 
Jones   5eni    up    Majoi    B  wyer   with   two  companies   of  office 
employees   and    volunteers   and    two   pnees  of   artillery; 
unfortunately   they  all  cam<    too    ate,  arriving   about   5   p.m., 

anil  at  tli.it  time  the  battle  had  alread)  been  fought  ami  won 
am!   then   1.  .si    Tor  the   waul    of   support. 

\l.i;     Joseph   F    Kent    and    I   bad  gathered  about   one  bl- 
and twenty  men,  composed  of  citizens  and  soldiers  who  wen 
going  through  the  town — some  going  to  theii   commands  and 
some    going    home   on    furlough.      With    this    small    force    we 
1  , need   about    where     I  .1    ewell    Pike    .liters   the   town,   near   the 

Methodist   church.     This  was.  as  my   mi  ne,  in 

the  forenoon,  perhaps  eleven  o'clock  Ibe  men  were  supplied 
with  muskets  and  ammunition,  and  all  things  were  made  read} 

as  to  ,i-  possibli  to  rei  ive  the  charge  of  the  thirteen  hun- 
dred cavalrymen  of  the  enemy.  The  undertaking  was  a  des- 
perate one   .uid   daring:   but    to   leave  the   citizens   yi  the   town 

to  iin    mere)    of  the  enemy   without  a   struggle  would  have 

been  degrading  and  shameful.  There  were  onlj  two  persons 
besides     Mann     Kent    present    oil    that    occasion    whom    I    can 


330 


Qoi)federat<?  l/eterar), 


now  recall.  One  was  the  Rev.  Mr.  W'harey,  stated  supply  to 
the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  the  other  was  a  one-armed  lieu- 
tenant whose  name  I  cannot  recall,  but  one  of  the  gamest 
men  I  ever  saw.    I  will  refer  to  him  later. 

Before  noon  the  approach  of  the  enemy  was  fully  realized, 
for  the  noise  of  so  many  horses  on  the  metal  road  was  un- 
mistakable, and  as  they  approached  the  town  they  increased 
their  speed.  The  clatter  of  hoofs,  the  clanking  of  sabers,  and 
the  yelling  of  the  men  sounded  like  perdition  turned  loose. 
Imagine  yourself  seated  on  a  keg  of  powder  with  a  slow  match 
attached  to  it  and  you  can  understand  our  position.  On  they 
came,  the  head  of  the  column  by  fours,  until  it  was  almost 
upon  us.  Men's  hearts  failed,  and  many  left  us  for  safer  places. 
Major  Kent  and  our  one-armed  lieutenant  and  others,  begged 
them  to  remain  and  fire  one  volley  into  the  head  of  the  column. 
But  with  all  we  could  say  our  one  hundred  and  twenty  men 
dwindled  to  one-half,  and  about  sixty  men  met  and  blocked 
the  way  of  thirteen  hundred.  Our  men  fired  upon  the  head  of 
the  column.  The  colonel  commanding  the  raiding  party  was 
killed,  and  the  head  of  the  column  went  down,  men  and 
horses  in  a  confused  mass.  We  had  time  to  load  and  fire 
other  volleys  before  the  column  could  extricate  itself,  and  this 
we  did  with  much  more  confidence  and  with  steadier  nerves. 
Our  execution  was  fearful. 

The  momentum  of  the  column  of  cavalry  carried  many  who 
were  near  the  front  over  the  dead  and  wounded  men  and 
horses.  It  was  death  to  them  to  remain  or  hesitate.  They 
spurred  their  horses  forward  over  their  dead  and  dying  com- 
rades and  passed  between  our  ranks  as  we  opened  out  to  the 
sidewalks.  While  they  dashed  by  us  firing  their  pistols  we 
continued  the  use  of  the  musket.  The  bugle  sounded  the  re- 
treat, and  the  column  of  cavalrymen  faced  about  and  retired, 
only  to  re-form  and  come  at  us  again. 

In  the  meantime  we  replenished  our  ammunition  and  looked 
after  our  wounded  and  the  wounded  of  the  enemy  and  also 
to  the  recall  of  some  of  our  comrades  who  had  taken  shelter 
behind  houses,  etc.;  we  had  a  cessation  of  hostilities  for 
probably  forty  minutes.  The  men  who  had  deserted  us  had 
not  been  idle ;  they  were  fighting  the  Yankees  who  had  broken 
through  our  ranks  and  dashed  on  toward  the  depot.  It  was 
due  to  these  men  that  many  captures  were  made.  A  Yankee 
was  shot  in  front  of  Mrs.  McGavock's  house  and  badly 
wounded.  She  sent  her  servant,  a  colored  man,  to  bring  him 
into  her  house;  and  when' in  the  act  of  raising  the  soldier  up, 
the  negro  was  shot  down  by  another  Yankee  soldier. 

While  these  encounters  were  taking  place  in  the  town  the 
men  assembled  to  meet  the  second  assault  of  the  thirteen 
hundred,  which,  if  anything  could  be  worse,  was  more  furious 
than  the  first  and  as  terrible  as  an  earthquake's  shock  or  the 
ocean's  storm.  Our  men  were  more  confident,  and  met  the 
charge  of  the  enemy's  cavalry  with  a  deadly  fire  that  mowed 
down  the  head  of  the  column.  Lieutenant  Colonel  Powell,  of 
West  Virginia,  now  in  command,  was  among  the  fallen,  and 
was  supposed  to  be  mortally  wounded.  To  describe  this  as- 
sault would  be  to  repeat  the  description  of  the  first  onslaught, 
except  that  more  Yankees  passed  through  our  line  than  at 
first  and  the  casualties  were  greater — more  killed  and  more 
wounded. 

The  Yankees,  supposing  that  they  could  not  force  their 
column  through  our  lines,  sounded  the  retreat,  and  a  second 
time  turned  about  and  marched  up  the  Tazewell  Pike.  They 
halted  about  three-quarters  of  a  mile  from  town,  dismounted 
their  men,  and  deployed  them  on  the  east  side  of  the  pike  and 
marched  on  the  town.     We  were  too  busy  to  note  the  move- 


ments of  the  main  column.  We  were  trying  to  dispose  of 
those  who  had  passed  by  us.  The  one-armed  lieutenant  and 
I  discovered  that  about  a  dozen  Yankees  had  taken  shelter 
behind  the  Methodist  church  near  the  pike,  and  we  got  into  a 
stable  lot  east  of  the  church  and  found  the  gate  leading  to 
the  street  half  open  and  supported  by  a  gatepost  of  good  di- 
mensions. The  crack  between  the  gate  and  the  post  afforded 
us  a  good  porthole,  and  we  shot  alternately  through  that 
crack  as  fast  as  we  could  load.  My  friend,  the  one-armed 
lieutenant,  had  lost  his  ramrod,  and  we  were  obliged  to  load 
and  fire  alternately.  There  was  not  a  horse  living,  and  the 
Yankees  still  surviving  were  lying  down  behind  their  horses, 
using  them  for  breastworks.  When  my  one-armed  lieutenant 
exclaimed,  "My  God !  look  at  the  Yankees !"  I  looked  in  the 
direction  indicated  and  saw  a  sea  of  Yankee  bluecaps  com- 
ing through  a  corn  lot  north  of  the  stable  lot  and  the  Meth- 
odist church.  We  turned  to  the  fence  east  of  us,  which  sep- 
arated %n  orchard  from  the  stable  lot.  The  lieutenant  was 
in  advance  of  me,  and  lie  threw  his  gun  over  the  fence  and 
bounded  over.  I  got  my  gun  entangled  and  fell  over  the 
fence.  We  were  fired  upon  by  what  appeared  to  be  a  whole 
company  of  Yankees.  They,  supposing  that  I  was  shot,  turned 
into  the  orchard  and  pursued  my  one-armed  lieutenant.  I 
scarcely  knew  myself  whether  I  was  shot  or  not.  I  was 
stunned  by  the  fall.  High  weeds  next  to  the  stable  lot  on 
the  orchard  side  protected  me  from  sight,  and  I  remained  in 
them;  but  I  saw  my  lieutenant  captured  by- the  Yankees. 
They  captured  the  town  and  burned  some  of  the  best  private 
residences. 

My  classmate  and  friend,  Capt.  John  M.  Oliver,  of  the 
V.  M.  I.,  was  killed  after  he  had  surrendered  and  his  body 
left  near  a  house  which  they  burned;  it  was  badly  charred. 
A  train  was  heard  approaching  the  depot,  and  the  Yankees 
asked  of  some  prisoners  what  that  meant.  They  replied  that 
reinforcements  were  coming.  The  commanding  officer,  being 
informed,  ordered  a  retreat,  and  the  column  was  soon  on  the 
march  again  on  the  Tazewell  Pike.  This  was  late  in  the  after- 
noon. They  took  off  about  forty  prisoners,  the  two  pieces  of 
artillery,  and  such  supplies  as  the  soldiers  could  find.  Our 
cavalry  was  in  pursuit  of  them.  The  Yankees  after  marching 
all  night,  being  hard  pressed,  paroled  their  prisoners  and 
abandoned  the  artillery.  The  Confederate  cavalry  overtook 
them  and  punished  them  severely. 

On  the  following  day  about  twelve  o'clock  the  paroled 
prisoners  reached  Wytheville,  and  were  heartily  welcomed. 
I  met  them  a?  they  entered  the  town.  My  one-armed  lieu- 
tenant exclaimed  as  he  rushed  up  to  me  and  grasped  my  hand : 
"I  thought  you  were  dead,  and  so  reported  to  the  men  here. 
I  was  sure  you  were  shot  when  we  jumped  that  lot  fence  and 
you  fell."    Rev.  Mr.  Wharey  was  among  the  prisoners. 

Many  of  the  out-of-town  men  went  to  Colonel  Boyd's  hotel 
at  the  depot  and  got  a  square  meal  free  and  then  went  their 
several  ways.  I  have  never  seen  my  lieutenant  from  that  day 
to  this,  nor  do  I  know  whether  he  is  living  or  dead;  but  a 
cooler  and  braver  man  I  have  never  seen  in  action.  God 
grant  him  his  reward! 

Major  Kent  and  I  rode  out  on  the  Tazewell  Pike  that  morn- 
ing; and  when  we  got  back  to  town,  I  turned  my  mare  loose 
and  got  a  gun.  My  mother  had  sent  me  a  birthday  cake,  and 
I  had  wrapped  a  portion  of  that  cake  in  a  piece  of  newspaper 
that  happened  to  have  my  name  and  address  on  it  and  placed 
it  in  my  overcoat  behind  my  saddle.  Some  of  our  deserters 
caught  my  mare  (Comet)  south  of  the  town  and  thought 
they  had  a  fine  Yankee  horse  and  outfit;  but  when  they  ex- 


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amined  my  overcoat  and  found  the  cake  (which  they  ate),  they 
examined  the  paper  in  which  it  was  wrapped,  finding  my 
name.  They  returned  my  mare  to  me  he  next  day  and  told 
me  how  they  had  identified  her.  I  .  as  pleased  to  get  her 
back,  and  made  no  complaint  about  the  missing  cake. 

I  wonder  if  that  church  is  still  standing  on  the  east  side 
of  the  pike  and  if  there  are  any  bullet  marks  on  its  brick 
walls  lo  tell  the  story  of  that  day  in  July,  1863.  The  lot  fence 
is  of  course  gone;  that  was  scarred  by  many  bullets  that  were 
otherwise  harmless. 

["he  records  of  the  War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C, 
show  that  this  raid  was  made  on  Wytheville  in  the  afternoon 
of  July  [8,  1863;  that  the  Federal  force,  consisting  of  the 
3d  Brigade  and  8th  Army  Corps,  was  composed  of  the  34th 
Ohio  Mounted  Infantry  and  the  2d  Wot  Virginia  Cavalry, 
all  commanded  bj  Col.  John  T.  'Poland,  of  the  2d  West  Vir- 
ginia  Cavalry. 


J.  M.  Wh:  i.D.,  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 

at  Statcsville,  N.  C,  makes  the  following  statement: 

"I  think  your  account  of  the  Wytheville  raid  is  quite  ac- 
curate as  well  as  I  can  remember,  The  only  thing  in  which 
my   recollectii  n    diffi  rs  is  as  to  the   interval  be- 

tween the  charges  of  the  enemy.  I  would  say  it  was  more 
nearly  ten  minutes  than  forty.  (Colonel  Franklin  in  his  re- 
port herewith  says:  'The  contest  of  the  most  obstinate  hand 
to-hand  fighting  lasted  about  one  and  a  half  hours.'  This 
evidently  refers  to  the  charges  they  made  and  the  resistance 
we  offered.  They  had  to  reorganize  after  each  charge,  which 
took  some  time,  as  their  1  was  left  in  our 

hands  dead  or  mortally  wounded.) 

"1  can  see  the  charge;  I  can  almost  feel  the  thumpings  of  my 
heart  at  the  sight;  I  can  hear  the  volleys  and  the  scattering 
shots  afterwards.  I  remember  pulling  down  on  several  of 
them,  but  I  am  happy  in  not  knowing  whether  I  killed  any  of 
them  or  not.  When  the  firing  ceased  and  the  enemy  dis- 
mounted, I  went  back  to  Main  Street  and  found  Major  Kent, 
who  told  us  to  take  care  of  ourselves.  I  emptied  my  musket 
at  a  Yankee  in  Major  Kent's  yard,  a  long  way  too  far  for 
that  musket  to  do  any  harm,  threw  the  gun  away,  and  con- 
cluded I  would  go  back  to  my  office  and  finish  writing  my 
little  sermon.  I  thought  perhaps  they  would  respect  'the 
cloth.'  I  was  within  ten  steps  of  the  gate  when  a  squad  of 
Yankees  led  by  a  lieutenant  came  down  a  lane  from  the  back 
street  and  confronted  me  with  muskets  aimed  directly  at  me 
not  more  than  twenty  feet  away.  1  thought  my  time  had 
I  threw  up  my  arms  in  token  of  surrender.  One  of 
them  said :  'Let's  shoot  him,  anyway,  a  d — n  bushwhacker.' 
The  lieutenant  commanded :  'Don't  shoot !  Here,  one  of  you 
men  take  this  man  to  the  rear.'  A  little  bit  of  a  shrimp  of  a 
spoke  up:  'Let  me  take  him,  lieutenant;  my  gun  won't 
shoot,  anyway.'  So  I  was  ingloriously  led  away  by  that  little 
picayune  of  a  Yank  that  I  could  have  picked  up  and  thrown 
over  the  fence.  I  thought  that  when  we  got  to  the  end  of  this 
lane  I  would  show  him  a  thing  or  two,  especially  comforted  by 
the  statement  that  his  gun  would  not  shoot.  I  had  made  up  my 
1  hat  I  would  give  him  my  fist  on  the  side  of  his  head 
with  all  the  force  I  had  and  then  take  to  my  heels.  But  lo 
and  behold  I  when  we  got  to  the  back  street,  cither  way  as  far 
as  I  could  see  there  were  Yanks  after  Yanks.  There  was 
nothing  for  me  to  do  but  obediently  and  meekly  run  the  gantlet 
of  that  mocking  and  jeering  crowd  at  the  coat  tail  of  my 
little  captor.  I  remember  one  fellow  cried  out:  'Hello,  Jim, 
where   you    taking   that    fellow'      He   has   not   been   fighting.' 


'Yes,  he  has;  don't  you  sec  the  powder  black  and  the  mark 
of  the  musket  on  his  shoulder?'  another  answered.  I  thought 
I  had  removed  all  signs  of  having  been  in  the  fight  when  f 
threw  my  musket  away;  but  my  hands  and  face  too,  I  sup- 
pose, betrayed  me. 

"On  the  whole,  it  was  a  good  stroke  for  the  Confederacy. 
If  we  had  not  given  them  that  blow,  there  is  no  telling  what 
damage  they  would  have  done.  Had  Colonel  Toland  lived,  the 
lead  mines,  the  salt  work-,  and  the  railroad  bridges  near 
ville  would  have  been  at  their  mercy.  So  our  little 
battle  disconcerted  their  plans  and  tin  raid  was  a  complete 
failure. 

"Well,  I  thank  God  the  cruel  war  is  over,  and  it  is  well  that 
the  passions  it  kindled  should  subside,  and  it  is  time  we  old 
re  thinking  about  and  preparing  for  the  cross- 
ing to  the  other  side.  May  God  guide  us  all  to  a  living  faith 
in  Jesus  Christ,  'the  only  name  given  under  heaven  whereby 
we   111:1  i\ed!'      You    must   allow    the   old   preacher    to 

preach  a  little." 

Rev.  Mr,  Wharey  left  Wytheville  soon  after  the  raid  above 
!  ribed  and  was  assigned  as  chaplain  to  Poague's  Battalion 
of  Light  Artillery,  and  served  with  it  until  the  close  of  the 
war.     He  was  in  most  of  the  big  battles  in  Tennessee. 

Report  of  Col.  F.  E.  Franklin,  U.  S.  A. 

1  i.r.   July  23,   1863. 

On  the  iSth  our  column  arrived  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Wytheville.  Colonel  Toland  immediately  sent  two  companies 
to  the  railroad,  ten  miles  west  of  the  town,  to  destroy  the 
track  and  wire-.  It  was  then  his  intention  to  divide  the  bal- 
ance of  his  force — one  part  for  the  bridge,  the  other  for 
Wytheville— but  for  the  want  oi  .  guide  he  could  not  do  that. 
He  therefore  marched  his  whole  remaining  force  on  Wythe- 
ville. But  the  town  was  occupied  by  about  five  hundred 
troops  concealed  in  the  houses,  besides  two  pieces  of  artillery. 
I  he  contest  of  the  most  obstinate  hand-to-hand  fighting  lasted 
about  one  and  a  half  hours.  We,  however,  carried  the  town 
by  storm  anil  with  a  perfect  rush.  As  the  soldiers,  citizens, 
11  1  1  ven  the  women  fired  from  their  houses,  both  public  and 
private,  wc  burned  the  town  to  ashes.  We  had  three  commis- 
sioned  officers  killed  and  four  wounded,  fourteen  men  killed, 
twenty-six  wounded,  and  thirty-eight  missing  and  prisoners. 

By  the  time  the  action  was  over  and  I  had  rallied  my  men 
the  enemy  had  received  seven  hundred  reinforcements  in  our 
and  three  hundred  cavalry  in  our  rear,  besides  which 
there  were  a  regiment  of  infantry  and  a  battery  of  artillery  at 
the  Long  Bridge.  We  therefore  concluded  it  would  be  mad- 
ness to  attempt  anything  more  except  the  destruction  of  a 
larg<  culvert  east  of  the  town,  which  we  effected.  The  loss 
1  f  the  enemy  in  killed  was  estimated  at  seventy-five,  the  num- 
f  wounded  unknown.     We  took  eighty-six   prisoners. 

Report  of  Gen.  Sam  Jones,  C.  S.  A. 
I  have  information  that  the  Federal  raiders  numbered 
twelve  hundred  or  thirteen  hundred  men  when  they  started 
to  Wytheville.  When  they  returned  to  Fayettcville,  they  had 
five  hundred  men,  of  whom  only  three  hundred  were 
mounted.  Our  loss  as  reported  to  me  was  one  captain  and 
two  privates  killed,  a  lieutenant  and  three  or  four  men 
wounded.     They  captured   about   twei  oi   our  men,  and 

I  believe  a  somewhat  larger  number  of  citizens,  and  carried 
them  some  ten  or  twelve  miles  and  paroled  them.  They  left 
the  artillery  they  attempted  to  carry  off  on  the  road.  They 
left  uninjured  a   few   boxes  of  muskets  and  a  wagon  load  of 


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ammunition  on  the  street  in  front  of  the  courthouse.  The 
only  damage  done  to  the  railroad  was  repaired  by  the  ordinary 
section  hands  in  less  than  an  hour.  A  feu  of  the  best  houses 
in  Wytheville  were  burned.   The  truth  is.  the  expedition  was  a 

complete  failure  

A  MEMORY  OF  PICKETT'S  BRIGADE. 

LA    SALLE   CORBELL   PICKETT,    IX    l  CToIlER    LIIU'INCOTTS. 

It  was  years  after  the  war.  and  some  veterans  of  both 
sides  were  exchanging  reminiscences  at  a  banquet  given  by 
the  Board  of  Trade  of  New  York.  It  was  presided  over  by 
the  first  president.  Col.  J.  J.  Phillips,  colonel  of  the  ath  Vir- 
ginia Regiment.  Pickett's  Division 

"There  is  nothing  else  so  terrifying  as  a  night  attack."  said 
Colonel  Phillips.  "The  imagination  works  witli  intense  ac- 
tivity in  the  darkness,  and  even  in  peaceful  times  adds  in- 
finitely to  the  fear  of  perils,  real  or  fancied.  How  much  more 
are  the  horrors  of  warfare  increased  when  the  opposing  forces 
are  hidden  from  sight,  when  the  first  announcement  of  hos- 
tile intention  is  the  thunder  of  guns,  the  crack  of  rifles,  the 
flash  through  darkness,  for  it  is  the  darkest  possible  night 
that   is  always  selected! 

"One  of  these  night  attacks  in  particular — on  the  Bermuda 
Hundred  lines  in  1864 — I  shall  never  forget;  not  because  of 
its  startling  horrors,  but  because  of  a  peculiar  and  sacred  cir- 
cumstance, almost  resulting  in  the  compulsory  disobedience 
of  orders  and  obeying,  as  it  were,  of  a  higher  than  earthly 
command. 

"The  point  of  attack  had  been  carefully  selected,  the  awaited 
dark  night  had  arrived,  and  my  command  was  to  fire  when 
General  Pickett  .should  signal  the  order.  There  was  that 
dread,  indescribable  stillness,  that  weird,  ominous  silence  that 
always  settles  over  everything  just  before  a  fight.  It  was  so 
thick  you  could  cut  it  with  a  knife,  so  heavy  it  weighed  you 
down  as  if  worlds  were  piled  upon  you.  so,  all-pervasive  that 
it  filled  creation  for  you  You  felt  that  nowhere  in  the  uni- 
verse wa-s  there  any  voice  or  motion. 

"Suddenly  that  awesome  silence  was  broken  by  the  sound 
of  a  deep,  full  voice  rolling  over  the  black  void  like  the  bil- 
lows of  a  great  sea,  directly  in  line  with  our  guns.  '  It  was 
singing  the  old  hymn,  'Jesus.  Lover  of  My  Soul.'  I  have 
heard  that  grand  old  music  many  times  in  circumstances  which 
intensified  its  impressiveness ;  but  never  had  it  seemed  so 
solemn  as  when  it  broke  the  stillness  in  which  we  waited  for 
the  order  to  fire.  Just  as  it  was  given  there  rang  through  the 
night  the  words : 

'Cover   my   defenseless  head 
With  the  shadow  of  thy  wing.' 
"  'Ready,  aim,  fire  to  the  left,  boys,'  I  said.     The  guns  were 
■shifted,   the  volley   that   blazed   out   swerved   aside,    and   that 
defenseless  head  was  covered  with  the  shadow  of  His  wing." 

A  Federal  veteran  who  had  been  listening  looked  up  sud- 
denly and,  clasping  the  colonel's  hand,  said  :  "I  remember  that 
night,  colonel,  and  that  midnight  attack  which  carried  off 
so  many  of  my  comrades.     I   was  the  singer." 

There  was  a  second  of  silence :  then  "Jesus,  Lover  of  My 
Soul"  rang  across  that  banquet  board  as  on  that  black  night 
in  1S64  it  had  rung  across  the  lines  at  Bermuda  Hundred. 

OLD  TORPEDO  BOAT  FROM  SPAXISH  FORT. 
In  the  early  part  of  1907  Mrs.  Paul  Israel,  member  of 
Chapter  72,  U.  D.  C,  who  was  then  Custodian  of  Relief  for 
the  Soldiers'  Home  of  Louisiana,  elected  by  the  State  U.  D. 
C.  Convention,  conceived  the  idea  of  getting  for  the  Soldiers' 
Home   the   old   torpedo   boat    which    had   lain   abandoned    for 


many  years  "ii  the  banks  of  Bayou  St.  John  at  Spanish  Fort. 
She  applied  to  Mr.  W.  O.  Hart,  who  w  then  the  Command- 
r.nt  of  Camp  Beauregard,  No.  130,  U.  S.  C.  V.,  and  enlisted 
his  aid  in  the  matter. 

Mr.  Hart  interested  Mr.  E.  H.  Farrar.  Jr.  a  member  of 
Camp  Beauregard,  in  obtaining  the  boat.  lion.  E.  H.  Farrar. 
the  father,  is  general  counsel  of  the  New  Orleans  Terminal 
Company,  which  owns  Spanish  Fort,  and  therefore  the  boat. 
Mr.  Farrar  obtained  a  gift  of  the  boat  from  the  New  Orleans 
Terminal  Company  to  Camp  Beauregard  through  Mr.  Hart. 
and  at  the  meeting  of  the  Camp  in  December.  1907,  the  boat 
was  turned  over  to  Mrs.  Israel,  who  presented  it  to  the  Sol- 
diers' Home.  It  was  accepted  by  Mr.  Charles  Smith,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board 

Considerable  difficulty  was  found  in  moving  the  boat,  owing 
to  its  unwieldy  character;  but  finally  through  a  committee 
of  Camp  Beauregard,  of  which  Mr.  Gordon  S.  Levy,  formerly 
Commandant  of  the  Camp,  was  chairman,  aided  by  the  Jahncke 
Navigation  Company,  the  boat  was  moved  from  Spanish  Fort 
to  the  Soldiers'  Home,  and  placed  on  a  suitable  foundation. 

By  resolution  of  Camp  Beauregard  a  plate  will  be  placed  upon 
the  boat,,  giving  the  names  of  the' officers  of  the  Camp  at  the 
time  it  obtained  the  boat  and  of  the  committee  which  placed 
the  boat  in  the  grounds  of  the  Soldiers'  Home  and  the  dates 
of  both  events. 

THE  BATTLE   OF  MINE  RUN 

BY    H.    M.    BROWN    (47TH    VA.    REGT.),    CHARLESTON,  VA. 

In  the  Veteran  of  March,  1909,  on  page  125,  Elder  S.  E. 
Lookingbill,  of  Metropolis,  111.,  gives  us  a  short  account  of 
the  battle  of  Mine  Run.  in  which  he  says  after  skirmishing 
occasionally  with  cavalry  and  infantry  they  arrived  on  the 
26th  of  November  at  Mine  Run,  where  they  met  Confederate 
soldiers  "too  numerous  to  mention."  Now  my  estimate  of 
the  Confederate  soldiers  in  that  battle  is  exactly  opposite  to 
his.  Longstreet  had  recently  been  taken  from  us  and  sent 
to  Tennessee,  and  the  great  gaps  made  in  our  ranks  during 
the  recent  terrible  summer's  campaign  had  not  been  filled  and 
could  not  be. 

1  was  not  in  that  part  of  the  army  which  fronted  Elder 
Lookingbill.  There  were  at  that  time  two  roads  running  from 
Orange  C.  H.  to  Fredericksburg — one  the  old  turnpike  and 
the  other  the  plank  road.  1  was  a  member  of  the  47th  Vir- 
ginia Regiment.  We  went  down  the  plank  road,  and  about 
two  or  three  o'clock  our  division  filed  off  the  road  to  the 
right  and  formed  line  of  battle.  We  had  not  gone  more  than 
a  hundred  yards  or  so  when  we  came  to  an  old  field  about  two 
or  three  hundred  yards  wide  and  full  of  tall  broom  straw  and 
young  bushy  pines  scattered  over  it.  for  which  I  had  reason 
to  be  thankful.  On  the  opposite  side  of  the  field  there  was 
an  old  pine  pole  fence  and  beyond  the  fence  thick  pine  woods. 
Just  as  our  line  readied  the  edge  of  the  woods  a  very  hot 
fire  was  poured  into  us.  It  happened  that  my  company  (B) 
was  thrown  out  as  skirmishers  with  orders  to  dislodge  the 
enemy  from  that  fence,  which  we  did  in  fine  shape.  But  for 
those  young  bushy  pines  I  don't  believe  a  man  of  us  would 
have  gotten  across  that  field.  It  has  always  been  a  mystery 
to  me  why  they  gave  back  from  that  fence.  On  into  the 
woods  we  went,  but  not  a  Yankee  was  in  sight,  though  we 
couldn't  see  twenty  steps  ahead  of  us.  Soon  after  that  a 
cannon  shot  passed  through  a  large  pine  in  front  of  me  and 
a  piece  struck  me  on  the  breast.  It  knocked  me  senseless ;  but 
fortunately  I  had  my  blanket  and  French  fly  so  rolled  across 
my  breast  that  I  was  not  seriously  hurt.     When  I  got  up  I 


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could  sec  neither  friend  nor  foe,  but  I  Rot  a  glimpse  of  the 
plank  road  to  my  left  and  started  for  that. 

After  going  a  few  steps  I  saw  a  Yank  standing  on  the  far 
side  of  the  plank  road.  I  drew  a  head  on  his  licit  Inickle, 
when  another  man  yelled  out:  "Don't  shoot  that  gun,  yon 
— !"  Right  there  my  career  as  a  soldier  ended.  In  a  moment 
four  Yanks  ran  up  from  behind,  each  one  claiming  that  I  was 
his  prisoner.  Finally  a  little  Dutchman  outswore  the  others 
and  took  possession  of  me.  With  an  oath  he  ordered  me  to 
run.  I  asked  him  which  way.  I  felt  something  pressing  me 
between  the  shoulders,  and  looking  hack  I  saw  it  was  a 
big  navy  pistol  cocked  and  the  man's  finger  on  the  trigger. 
You  ought  to  have  seen  me  run.  It  seemed  to  me  that  every 
tree  in  the  woods  big  enough  t<>  hide  a  Yank  had  three  or 
four  behind  it  After  a  while  we  passed  through  two  lint  ol 
cavalry  and  three  line-  of  infantry,  and  after  we  got  out  of 
tile  woods  and  came  to  the  plank  road  again  we  found  it 
crowded   with   cavalry,   infantry,  and  artillery. 

Well.  1   think  I  would  he  safe  m  telling  Elder  Lookingbill 

that    the)    had   at    least    ten  men   to   our   one.   even   though   ours 

were  "too  numerous  i"  mention."     We  were  taken  down  the 

plank  road  about  '.»"  mile-  to  a  church,  where  we  spent  the 

and    until    I    went    to    -hep   the    road    was    full   of   men 

marching  in  quick  Step  to  the  front.     1  think  there  wen    about 

two  hundred  of  us     I  don't  know  how  many  of  their  men  we 

ed.     1   remember  talking  to  an   intelligent   soldier  who 

asked  me  how  far  it  was  to  Gordi  nsville,  saying  thej  expected 

hen    in  a  few  daj 

They  kept  us  moving  hack  and  forth  behind  their  line,  and 

one  of  the  guard  explained  to  me  thai  it  was  to  keep  Mosb) 

from  getting  us.    It  kept  us  from  getting  much  to  eat;  but  the 

ds  fared  likewise,  and  they  were  very  kind  i  i  us. 

Well,  we   finally   got  to  tin    Old   Capitol   prison   in   \\';i 

ton.    where    they    fed    US    well    and    treated    us    well    for    about 

tin  ■  '    months,  and   then   they  Sent    us   to   Point    Lookout,   where 

we   had    to    submit    1"    negro   cruelty   and    insult-,    hunger   and 

with  no  fire  except  in  the  severest  weather.    Some  of  the 

tents  were  so  bad  1  believe  a  turkey  could  have  flown  through 

|  Would  the  comrade  have  stopped  the  turkey? — Ed.] 

thej  gave  us  raw-  codfish  with  no  way  to  cook  it. 

There  is  on<    bright   spot  in  my  memory,  however.     When 

ute  for  exchangi    the  surgeon  of  the  beat  -tood  on  the 

ig    i"   the   cabin   and    told   the  officer   in   command 

that  he  could  take  a   few  of  the  weakest  of  the  men  upstairs 

with  him,  and  1  was  oni   of  the  lucky  one-,  and  he  treated  us 

royally      His  first  act  was  to  give   us  a  drink  of  good  whisk) 


-.    \"i     Arkansas,    Regiments    Consolidated. — The 
Hug  account   of   a    "wounded    Texan's   trip   hon 
crutches"  in   the    Vprij    Veteran    i  m tains   an  error.     It   was 
m  the  first   paragraph,  and   refers   to   remnants  of  regiments 

ilidated  which  the  report  gave  as  Arkansas 
when    they   were    in    i  in         I  omrade    Mc 

n't   want  it   undersl 1  that   he  etful  of 

ommand  in  which  hi    served 


Mocking   Bird"   Stili    Remembered. — A  war 
i  given  at  Belchertown,  III.  recently  wa  dly  at- 

tractive  and   well   patronized      Mr    .1     1       Anderson,   of   the 
Post,  i .     \     R.,   madi    a    ver)     ini      pi  ech,   and  then 
illustrated    his    tonic    command    by    whistling    the    "Mocking 
Bird."  to  the  delight  \   young  man   on  the 

von   the  drummer  bo)  uniform  of  Mr    Undersoil 


HAWKINSVILLE  MONUMENT. 

The  engraving  below  illustrates  the  beautiful  Confederate 
monument  recently  unveiled  at  Hawkinsville,  Ga.,  which  is 
one  of  the  handsomest  in  the  Stati 

I  pen  a  granite  base  IOXI2  feel  Stand  the  shaft  and  two 
figures,  one  of  Lee  and  one  of  Jackson.  The  shaft  is  a  sym- 
bolic figure  of  a   Confederate  private   facing   east,   which   is 

life-size.  The  figure  of  Jackson  faces  north,  while  that  of 
I  i  faces  south.  These  last  two  statues  are  of  three-qi 
size,  were  cut  in  Italy,  and  are  of  white  marble.  The  block 
of  granite  that  supports  the  shaft  is  eight  tons  in  weight.  In 
the  eastern  face  of  this  block  is  cut  the  Confederate  flag  hang- 
ing from  a  broken  -haft.     On  the  west   face  are  the  stacked 

anus  of  the  I  li  i  a.  x 

The   ceremony  of   the   unveiling   was   very   impressive,      Miss 

Martin,  daughter  of  Judg<  Martin,  in  well  chosen  words  pre- 
sented  the   monument    to  the   veterans,  paying  them  special 

tribute.  Miss  Xit.i  Anderson  with  her  thirteen  beautiful  as- 
sistants  unveiled  the  monument,  and  the  fourteen  fair  maids 
covet  ed  the  base  w  ith  wreaths  ,  ,f  evergreen 

Speeches  were  made  b)  1  l.ii  George  W.  Jordan  and  II. 
F.  Law -on  on  behalf  i  f  Pulaski  County  and  the  city  of  Haw- 
kinsville.  and  Judge  John  II  Martin  accepted  the  monument 
on  behalf  of  the  veterans  in  a   soul-stirring  speech   of  some 


!?rah-  Monument,, 
Hawkinsville,  Ga. 


y.'jiia'U.  .E 


-«*£: 


length,  which   was   heard  with    much   .ippl.ui-e.     Judge   Martin 

is  a  brilliant  speaker;  and  having  his  heart  thoroughly  in  this, 

In-  words  were  beautiful  and  effective.     Several  original  poems 
of  great   merit    were    read,  and    Mrs.    D.  G     Fleming   sane 

ng  entitled  "He  Was  Brave  Enough  for  Lee." 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterar?. 


SCHOOLMEX   IN    THE   CAMP. 

DR.   A.   B.  JONES.,   IN    MIDLAND   METHODIST. 

Tlii-?  article,  which  I  am  sure  will  be  of  great  interest  to  all 
schoolmen  of  the  South,  is  not  written  entirely  from  my  own 
observation,  but  is  a  compilation  from  many  sources  of  in- 
formation. 

It  has  been  said  and  written  in  papers  printed  in  the  North 
that  the  Confederate  army  was  composed  of  illiterate  men 
who  were  persuaded  to  take  up  arms  under  great  excitement 
and  stress  of  circumstances,  and  that  many  of  them  were 
forced  into  the  ranks  from  fear  of  public  opinion.  This  is 
far  from  the  truth.  I  enlisted  in  a  regiment  of  as  brave  and 
patriotic  men  as  ever  drew  bead  on  an  enemy,  and  yet  they 
were  men  of  first-class  positions  in  the  social  circle.  There 
were  lawyers,  farmers,  merchants,  preachers,  schoolmen,  bank- 
ers, besides  men  from  almost  every  vocation  in  life  in  this 
regiment  alone. 

The  proclamation  of  Mr.  Lincoln,  which  definitely  declared 
the  policy  of  coercion  by  force  of  arms,  made  at  once  "a  solid 
South,"  and  all  classes  throughout  the  Southern  section  united 
for  the  common  defense. 

The  farmer  left  his  plow  in  the  furrow,  the  merchant  left 
his  merchandise  unsold,  the  mechanic  left  his  job  unfinished, 
the  lawyer  left  his  brief  unargued,  the  physician  left  home 
and  practice  to  render  service  in  the  hospital,  march,  and 
battle ;  the  professor  left  his  chair  and  the  teacher  his  school, 
the  preacher  gave  up  his  pulpit  in  the  church  to  minister  to 
the  imperiled  flock  in  the  field,  the  student  exchanged  the 
"midnight  lamp"  for  "the  camp  fires  of  the  boys  in  gray,"  and 
all  classes  rallied  around  the  "stars  and  bars" — not  neces- 
sarily, not  men  bought  up  with  "bounty  money,"  but  the  very 
flower  of  our  Southern  chivalry,  the  bone  and  sinew,  the  brain 
and  brawn,  the  wealth,  the  education,  social  position,  moral 
worth  of  our  Southern  manhood. 

From  the  very  large  mass  of  material  at  hand  a  volume 
could  not  suffice  to  do  the  subject  full  justice.     • 

Rev.  Dr.  Jenkins,  father-in-law  of  Stonewall  Jackson,  an 
able  and  admirable  man,  a  Northerner  and  a  Union  man, 
who  was  the  President  of  Washington  College,  at  Lexington, 
Va.,  called  his  faculty  together  and  asked  them  :  "What  are 
you  going  to  do  about  that  rag  on  the  dome  of  the  college?" 
(alluding  to  a  Confederate  flag  which  the  students  raised  as 
soon  as  they  heard  of  the  secession  of  Virginia).  Prof  James 
J.  White,  whom  Col.  William  Preston  Johnston  once  charac- 
terized as  "the  learned  head  of  the  Greek  Department  who 
combines  in  one  person  the  subtlety  of  Ulysses  and  the 
proportions  of  Ajax,"  at  once  replied:  "I  do  not  know  what 
the  other  gentlemen  propose  to  do  about  it ;  but,  for  myself, 
I  say  let  it  wave,  and  I  propose  to  fight  under  it."  Accord- 
ingly he  organized  that  day  among  the  students  a  company 
called  "The  Liberty  Hall  Volunteers,"  thus  reviving  and  as- 
suming the  name  of  the  company  from  the  academy  out  of 
which  Washington  College  sprang,  that  did  valiant  service  in 
the  Revolution  of  1776.  This  company  was  afterwards  attached 
to  the  famous  "Stonewall  Brigade,"  and  rendered  gallant  serv- 
ice from  the  First  Manassas  to  the  close  of  the  war. 

Hampden-Sidney  College  also  organized  a  company  of  stu- 
dents. In  the  expedition  which  moved  on  the  evening  of 
April  17,  1861,  the  day  on  which  Virginia  seceded,  for  the 
capture  of  the  arsenal  at  Harper's  Ferry,  there  were  two  com- 
panies of  students  from  the  University  of  Virginia;  and  of 
the  six  hundred  students,  fully  nine-tenths  of  them  enlisted  in 
the  Confederate  armies. 


The  President  of  Howard  College,  at  Marion,  Ah.,  Judge 
Porter  King,  organized  and  led  to  the  front  a  company  of 
students  of  that  college.  The  University  of  North  Carolina, 
the  University  of  Georgia,  the  University  of  Alabama,  die 
University  of  Mississippi,  South  Carolina  College  (the  citadel 
of  Charleston),  the  University  of  Louisiana,  and  the  colleges 
generally  throughout  the  South  sent  their  students  and  the 
flower  of  their  alumni  to  the  Confederate  armies. 

On  the  very  day  and  at  the  very  hour  designated  by  the 
Governor  a  quiet  professor  at  Lexington,  Va ,  marched  to 
the  front  the  whole  corps  of  cadets  of  the  Virginia  Military 
Institute,  and  came  not  back  again  until  he  was  borne  to  his 
burial  in  "Lexington,  in  the  valley  of  Virginia,"  while  two 
continents  were  ringing  with  the  fame  of  "Stonewall"  Jack- 
son. 

The  famous  Rockbridge  Artillery  was  organized  in  Lexing- 
ton, Va.,  and  drilled  by  Rev.  Dr.  W.  N.  Pendleton,  a  grad- 
uate of  West  Point,  but  the  rector  of  the  Episcopal  Church 
of  the  town.  It  was  recruited  from  young  men  all  over  the 
South.  Dr.  Pendleton,  Lee's  chief  of  artillery,  was  made- its 
first  captain,  and  it  won  fame  on  nearly  every  battlefield  from 
First  Manassas  to  Appomattox.  This  company  illustrated  the 
hold  which  the  Confederate  cause  had  on  the  intellectual  and 
moral  classes  of  the  South.  In  the  Rockbridge  Battery,  among 
the  private  soldiers,  were  seven  Masters  of  Arts  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Virginia,  twenty-eight  college  graduates,  twenty- 
five  theological  seminary  students,  and  among  the  others  many 
of  the  most  accomplished  young  men  of  the  South,  including 
R.  E.  Lee,  Jr.,  son  of  the  great  commander.  This  was  by  no 
means  an  isolated  example ;  for  many  other  companies  of 
artillery,  infantry,  and  cavalry  were  composed  of  similar  splen- 
did material. 

In  September,  1859,  there  came  to  Washington  College,  at 
Lexington,  Va.,  a  young  man  who  walked  from  near  Clarks- 
burg, in  Northwestern  Virginia,  and,  appearing  before  the 
President,  said :  "I  want  an  education.  I  have  no  money,  but 
I  am  willing  to  saw  wood  or  do  any  work  to  meet  my  ex- 
penses." He  was  received  into  the  college  and,  though  im- 
perfectly prepared,  soon  showed  real  genius,  and  by  hard  study 
took  a  high  stand  in  all  his  classes.  When  the  war  broke  out, 
he  at  once  enlisted  in  an  artillery  company,  displayed  the 
highest  qualities  as  a  soldier,  and  became  especially  distin- 
guished as  a  gunner  for  the  quickness,  accuracy,  and  cool  cour- 
age with  which  he  handled  his  piece.  He  was  made  sergeant, 
refusing  higher  promotion  because  he  would  not  leave  his 
loved  gun.  He  carried  his  Greek  classics  and  his  books  on 
higher  mathematics  in  his  haversack,  and  studied  them  around 
the  camp  fires,  frequently  teaching  classes  of  his  comrades 
when  in  camp.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  went  back  to 
Washington  College,  of  which  his  great  chief,  R.  E.  Lee, 
was  now  President,  sustained  himself  at  the  head  of  his 
classes,  won  the  "Cincinnati"  prize  for  the  best  scholarship, 
was  made  adjunct  professor  and  given  leave  of  absence  to  go 
to  Europe ;  won  at  a  German  university  his  degree  and  the 
highest  honor  ever  won  by  an  American  student;  was  made 
Professor  of  Greek  in  Vanderbilt  University  and  then  in  the 
University  of  Texas,  also  in  the  University  of  Virginia.  It 
is  conceded  by  scholars  generally  that  this  ex-Confederate, 
Prof.  M.  W.  Humphries,  is  one  of  the  first  Grecians  and  one 
of  the  most  thorough  scholars  in  this  country. 

There  was  also  another  private  soldier,  a  brilliant  Master 
of  Arts,  who  had  completed  nearly  the  whole  of  his  theological 
course   and   was   under   appointment   as   missionary   to   Japan 


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when  the  war  broke  out,  changing  all  his  plans.  During  the 
intervals  between  battles  or  while  in  camp  he  could  be  found, 
after  his  duties  were  performed,  with  book  in  hand,  which 
one  might  have  thought  was  a  volume  of  light  literature  that 
had  been  captured  from  the  enemy ;  but  he  was  amusing  him- 
self studying  Arabic.  After  the  war  he  spent  several  years 
in  study  at  one  of  the  German  universities,  was  for  many 
years  Professor  of  Hebrew  in  the  Southern  Baptist  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  and  was  for  some  years  the  able  and  ac- 
complished head  of  the  Department  of  Oriental  Languages  in 
Harvard.  When  President  Eliot  was  asked  why  they  had 
put  a  "Rebel  soldier"  in  a  chair  at  Harvard,  he  replied: 
"We  did  not  select  him  because  he  was  a  Rebel  soldier,  but 
because  Prof.  Crawford  11.  Toy  is  unquestionably  the  first 
scholar  on  the  continent  in  that  department." 

ly  other  individual  examples  of  the  intellectual  cast  of 
the  Confederate  army  might  be  put  in  evidence,  but  it  must 
suffice  to  state  that  a  correct  list  of  the  professors  in  our 
Southern  colleges  and  universities  that  served  in  the  Confed- 
erate armies  shows  that  at  least  nine-tenths  of  them  had  been 
i  onfederate  soldiers;  and  a  very  large  proportion  of  the  stu- 
dents in  universities,  colleges,  and  theological  seminaries  were 
"men  who  wore  the  gray"  during  the  four  years  of  war.  The 
witty  edito'r  of  the  Richmond  Christian  Advocate,  Dr.  Laf- 
Eerty,  said  of  a  certain  State:  "They  already  have  twelve  uni- 
versities, and  at  our  latest  advices  they  were  cutting  poles  for 
another"     We  do  not  call  our  schools  "universities;"  but  in 

<  chapels  and  log  huts  of  winter  quarters,  in  the  camp 
of  summer,  and  even  in  the  bivouac  of  active  campaign  there 
were  classes  taught  by  scholars  who  would  have  graced  the 
chairs  of  university  or  college,  and  a  high  grade  of  scholar- 
ship maintained  which  would  have  astonished  many  of  the 
so-called  "universities." 

It  w  i  all  of  our  Southern  colleges  and  universities 

that  the  classes  formed  just  after  the  war  were  the  most  bril- 
liant  they  evei    I  the  obvious  explanation  is  that    the 

i-   were  prepared    for  college  in  those  army  classes  by 
their    able    teachers    and    were    enabled    by    this    preparation, 
ind   hard   study,  to   take   the   very 
md  in  their  classes. 
These  instances  refute  the  cl  etc. 


D  MEMORIAL  DAY. 
Atlanta  paid  beautiful  tribute  to  Memorial  Day  when  in  its 
oi   'i  ide      '  re  closed  and  the  rush  of 
business  set  aside.     The  lust  for  gold  was  hushed  for  a  time 
by  the  tender  touch  of  sacred  memories.     April  26  found  At- 
lanta happy,  for  there  was  no  sadness  in  the  honors  given  the 
Confederate  veterans  both  of  dead  and  the  living.     The  streets 
gh   which   the   procession   passed   win     a    solid   mass  of 
people,  and  every  window  was  crowded  with  eager  spectators. 
gTand  marshal  of  the  day  was  W.  G.  Obear,  and  he 
.1  number  of  mounted  aids  in  scarlet  sashes. 
The   procession   consisted   of   the  military,   the    17th   Infantry. 
U    S    A.   with  their  famous  band;  next  the  brigade  of  the 
National  Guards  of  Georgia,  Battery  B  field  artillery,  Troop 
L  second  squadron  of  cavalry,  two  ambulances   with  medical 
officers,  and  hospital  corps  of  Georgia  National  Guard. 

In    striking  contrast   to   these   seasoned    regulars   were    the 
fresh-faced  cadets  of  the  Georgia  Military  Academy  and  the 
of  the  high  school  marching  to  the  music  of  their  band, 
which  was  one  of  the  best  in  the  parade. 

vortex  of  interest  centered  around  the  "boys  in  gray." 


The  old  veterans  marched  with  all  the  old-time  vim  and  en- 
thusiasm. Every  few  moments  the  well-known  Rebel  yell 
would  almost  drown  the  strains  of  "Dixie."  and  would  be 
answered  by  wild  applause  from  the  crowded  sidewalks.  Fol- 
lowing the  veterans  came  the  Southern  Express  wagons  con- 
taining inmates  from  the  Soldiers'  Home  and  old  warriors 
too  feeble  to  walk  so  far.  Closely  following  were  ambulances 
with  their  medical  corps  and  nurses'.  Next  in  line  were  the 
ladies  of  the  Memorial  Association,  the  Children  of  the  Con- 
federacy, the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  and  the  Daugh- 
ters of  the  Revolution.  These  rode  in  gayly  decorated  car- 
riages and  automobiles  and  carried  flags  and  wreaths  of  flow- 
ers. Then  came  the  pioneer  women,  the  Mayor  and  City 
Council,  and  last  of  all  were  many  wagons  loaded  with  flowers 
and  wreaths  to  lay  upon  the  graves. 

Dr.  Lansing  Burrows  was  the  orator  of  the  day,  and  his 
brilliant  speech  was  replete  with  gems  of  patriotic  thought, 
and  was  a  noble  tribute  to  the  gallant  dead. 

Mrs  E.  G.  McC.ibe,  President  of  the  Atlanta  Chapter 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  presented  the  crosses  of  honor 
*o  a  numl f  veterans.  The  two  especial  hymns  of  the  oc- 
casion were  "In  the  Sweet  By  and  By"  and  "God  Be  with 
\  "ii  till  We  Meet  Again." 

Just  as  the  sitting  sun  was  reddening  the  tree  tops  a  sa- 
vas  fired  by  Batti  B  I  the  Georgia  National  Guards, 
and  I  rumpeti  1  S,  R.  Broussat,  of  Troop  L,  sounded  the  long 
roll,  and  then  after  the  impressive  silence  came  "taps,"  and 
the  city  oi  the  dead,  the  beautiful  cemetery  of  Oakland,  was 
left  to  its  perfumed  silence.  Under  the  faint  light  of  the 
rising  moon  and  the  watchful  stars  rose  the  noble  shaft  and 
the  Lion  of  Lui  eir  guard  over  the  camp  where 

the  reveille  comes  only  with  eternity.  Atlanta  is  a  model 
city  in  training  the  yot 

The    I  is   out  of  season  as  news,  but  on  that  and 

Othei  occasions  Atlanta  has  proven  a  model  city  in  maintain- 
ing the  story  of  the  glory  of  Confederate  valor.  The  parade 
it  public  schools,  every  hoy  and  girl  carrying  a  flag,  is  a  les- 
it  guarantees  the  future  regard  for  Confederate  d 

V  II  Hull  1.  of  Westminster,  Md.,  writes  that  at  the  time 
of  the  visit  to  that  place  of  Stuart's  Cavalry  in  the  Gettys- 
1S63)  a  United  States  flag  was  removed  from 
the  fireproof  room  of  the  clerk's  office  in  the  courthouse  and 
ome  of  tin'  men  of  Stuart's  command.  "This 
flag,"  says  Mr  Huber,  "was  the  handiwork  of  a  number  of 
our  resident   Union   ladies,   one   of   whom   was  my  wife,  now 

1    star   bore    thi     name   of   a    lady   engaged   in 

the  work.  Until  removed  from  the  staff  and  placed  in  the 
M' |mi  hi  vault,  the  Mag  had  floated  from  the  cupola  of  the 
courthouse.  The  surviving  ladies  desire  to  say  that,  as  the 
survivors  on  both  sides  are  returning  captured  banners  to 
the   original  it   is  no  more  than   fair  that  the  banner 

taken  from  the  ladies  of  Westminster,  Md.,  he  returned  to 
them      \n>   information  will  be  gral  :ted." 

LiNn  1  ntrymen"    at    Gettysburg. — Dr.    C.     II. 

Todd,  of  Owensboro,  Ky.,  inquires  if  there  is  any  authority 
for  the  following  statement:  "July  1,  1864,  being  the  first 
1  s  irv  of  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  President  Lincoln 
visited  the  battlefield  and,  pointing  to  Cemetery  Ridge,  said : 
'I  am  proud  to  own  as  my  countrymen  the  men  who  charged 
those  heights.' "  Dr.  Todd  adds :  "Did  President  Lincoln 
make  such  or  a  similar  statement  at  that  time  and  place  or  at 
any  other  time  and   placi 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterai>. 


CHI  LORES   OF   THE   CONFEDERACY. 

BY    MRS.    MARY    A.    PICKENS,    DIRECTOR   AND  REGISTRAR    ALA.   DIV. 

I  read  with  much  interest  the  article  on  "Children  of  the 
Confederacy"  in  the  April  number,  for  I  do  not  think  too 
much  importance  can  be  placed  upon  this  branch  of  the  U. 
D.  C.  work.  In  1S98  the  first  children's  Chapter  of  Alabama, 
the  "Sam  Davis"  Auxiliary  of  Camden,  was  organized  by  Miss 
Sallie  Jones,  the  first  State  President  of  the  Alabama  U.  D. 
C.  now  dead.  She  wrote  me  that  it  was  the  second  children's 
Chapter  in  the  South,  the  first  being  the  Mary  Custis  Lee 
Chapter  of  Alexandria,  Va.  Alabama  now  has  twenty  odd 
children's  Chapters  and  over  live  hundred  Children  of  the 
Confederacy.  The  Director  of  each  auxiliary  is  a  member  of 
the  Parent  Chapter,  and  upon  her  interest  and  good  work 
depends  the  success  of  the  auxiliary. 

Lovely  little  booklets  of  historic  programs  have  been  ar- 
ranged for  their  monthly  meetings  by  Mrs.  C.  M.  Tardy,  of 
Birmingham,  Ala.,  Historian  U.  D.  C,  and  Alabama's  State 
President  awards  a  gold  medal  at  the  State  conventions  each 
year  for  the  most  correct  answers  to  historic  questions  she 
prepares  for  their  instruction,  and  this  year  our  State  Presi- 
dent. Mrs.  Charles  G.  Brown,  of  Birmingham,  will  also  award 
a  beautiful  silken  banner  to  the  auxiliary  with  the  best  re- 
port of  the  year's  work,  and  many  are  working  for  the  medal 
and  the  banner. 

These  children,  in  whose  keeping  the  future  U.  D.  C.  cause 
will  be  intrusted,  are  already  doing  splendid  work.  They  send 
money  and  boxes  of  things  to  the  old  Veterans'  Home  and 
help  with  memorial  exercises  and  in  every  good  work  of  the 
kind  in  their  homes;  but  their  crowning  work  which  they 
hope  to  complete  this  year  is  the  raising  of  tw:elve  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars  to  endow  a  memorial  scholarship  in  memory 
of  Gen.  Robert  E.  Lee  to  be  used  for  educating  Confederate 
descendants  that  need  help,  and  that  will  be  something  no 
other  Division  has  done. 

Alabama  gives  no  charter  to  her  children.  These  children 
make  out  their  application  papers  which  are  registered,  and 
then  they  receive  a  certificate,  and  as  they  become  of  age  the 
girls  are  merged  into  their  Parent  Chapters  by  right  of  in- 
heritance and  the  boys  into  the  Sons  of  Veterans.  They  have 
representation  at  the  State  Convention  and  a  special  time 
set  apart  for  their  reports,  etc. ;  but  children  are  not  capable 
of  self-government  and  should  not  have  a  "voice  in  State 
questions."  Every  U.  D.  C.  Chapter  in  every  State,  if  possible, 
should  have  its  auxiliary,  and  the  work  and  life  of  its  aux- 
iliary should  be  no  small  part  of  the  Chapter  work,  for  the 
success  and  future  of  the  Children  of  the  Confederacy  de- 
pend upon  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  and  their  guid- 
ance and  interest. 

For  four  years  I  have  labored  faithfully  in  this  work  as 
State  Director  and  Registrar,  receiving  every  help  and  en- 
couragement from  our  State  President  and  the  blessings  of 
our  dear  Pnesident  General,  Mrs.  Stone,  on  my  work,  and  I 
feel  much  encouraged  as  to  the  future,  for  I  believe  a  greater 
interest  will  be  taken  in  this  branch  of  work  from  now  on. 
Alabama  compares  well  with  any  other  Division  in  her  chil- 
dren's work,  which  is  growing  all  the  time. 


ress  guides  and  directs  Chapter  government,  but  the  con- 
ducting cf  all  meetings  is  done  by  themselves,  and  they  per- 
sonally assume  the  Chapter  work. 


"JOHNNIE"  AXD  "YANK"  DII1DE  THE  HOG. 

BY    W.    H.    LEE,    CO.    D,   8th    IOWA    CAVALRY,    SHICKLEY,    NEBR. 

You  may  think  it  rather  strange  to  get  a  letter  from  a  Yank 
away  up  North.  I  met  a  "Johnnie"  a  few  days  ago.  and  we  were 
talking  about  the  many  things  we  had  observed  during  our 
service,  and  I  told  of  experiences  on  the  Atlanta  campaign. 

A  short  distance  north  of  where  the  Confederates  made  the 
midnight  charge  on  General  Butterfield's  command  was  a 
picket  post  of  which  I  was  sergeant  in  charge.  One  of  our 
boys  went  out  in  front  of  our  post  prospecting.  He  soon  re- 
turned and  reported  that  he  saw  several  hogs,  but  failed  to  get 
one,  and  insisted  that  I  should  go,  as  I  was  a  pretty  good 
shot  with  a  revolver.  1  turned  the  command  over  to  him  and 
started.  I  went  perhaps  only  a  hundred  yards,  when  I  came 
on  to  Mr.  Hog,  and  in  trying  to  get  a  shot  at  him  I  was  stand- 
ing a-straddle  of  a  stump  about  knee-high.  Before  I  got  a 
chance  to  shoot,  "bang!"  went  a  gun  right  in  front  of  me,  and 
the  ball  hit  that  stump  and  knocked  it  to  kingdom  come.  I 
very  suddenly  made  a  right  turn,  but  went  only  a  few  steps 
when  a  fine  porker  came  running  across  my  path.  I  shot  at 
it  while  running  and  knocked  it  down,  and  I  know  that  hog 
squealed  louder  and  longer  than  any  hog  ever  did  before  or 
since;  but  I  ran  up  to  it  and  shot  it  again,  this  time  in  the 
head,  killing  it  instantly. 

Just  then  I  heard  some  one  say:  "Do  you  want  all  that 
hog?"  I  looked  up,  and  there  not  ten  steps  away  and  com- 
ing right  up  to  me  was  a  "Johnnie"  soldier  fully  armed.  I  told 
him  "No,"  and  he  said,  "Can  I  have  part  ?"  I  answered,  "Cer- 
tainly." He  laid  down  his  gun  and  accoutrements,  and  with 
our  pocket  knives  we  soon  divided  that  hog,  he  taking  part 
and  going  one  way  and  I  the  other  part  and  going  the  other 
way.  There  were  no  questions  asked  and  the  war  was  not 
mentioned.  Now  if  that  soldier  is  alive  nothing  would  please 
me  better  than  to  hear  from  him. 


The  writer  of  the  article,  "Children  of  the  Confederacy," 
in  the  April  number  would  like  to  say  that  unintentionally 
a  wrong  impression  was  conveyed  to  which  the  above  calls 
attention.  The  children  in  Florida  have  a  voice  hi  State 
questions  through  their  Directress,  but  do  not  personally  vote 
on  nor  discuss  questions  in  the  convention  hall.     The  Direct- 


A   WOMAN  DARED  DEFEND  HER  HOME. 

BY   JOHN   B.    MOORE,  COM.   CAMP  TRICE,   U.   C.   V.,   COLUSA,   CAL. 

I  am  well  pleased  and  entertained  by  stories  published  in 
the  Veteran  from  the  old  soldiers  who  saw  and  know  the 
things  they  write  about.  I  want  to  contribute  an  interview 
between  a  Virginia  lady  and  myself  and  make  inquiry  for 
the  woman  in  question  and  her  children,  if  any  are  living. 

On  the  night  before  Jackson  made  his  flank  movement  at 
Chancellorsyille,  between  dust  and  dark,  I  was  ordered  to 
take  my  company,  deploy,  and  forward  upon  the  enemy  until 
I  drew  his  fire.  I  had  advanced  but  a  short  distance  when 
I  came  upon  a  woman  with  a  gun  in  her  hand.  Standing 
around  her  were  three  or  four  small  children. 

Pointing  with  my  sword,  I  said :  "Take  your  children  be- 
hind the  hill  and  you  will  be  safe."  She  said :  "I  will  not 
leave  my  home."  To  my  right  a  short  distance  stood  a  log 
cabin.  I  said:  "Go  back;  I  am  ordered  to  draw  the  fire  of 
the  enemy,  and  their  bullets  will  come  upon  you."  She  an- 
swered:  "My  father  taught  me  to  defend  my  home  with  my 
life,  and  I  will  not  go  back."  With  my  men  I  passed  on  and 
drew  the  fire  of  the  picket  line  in  front. 

At  the  time  I  was  captain  of  Company  L,  Orr's  Regiment  of 
Rines,  South  Carolina  Volunteers,  McGowan's  Brigade.  This 
regiment  was  at  bottom  of  the  hill  on  the  old  turnpike  when 
Jackson  was  wounded  and  were  the  nearest  troops  to  him. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterar?. 


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AN  ADVENTUROUS   TRIP. 

EV    MRS.    EMILY    S.    LEDYARD. 

Memphis  was  in  the  hands  of  the  Federals,  and  a  cordon  of 
pickets  were  around  it  on  every  side.  Mj  sister-in-law  from 
Panola,  Miss.,  had  been  in  Memphis  for  some  time,  and  was 

very    anxious    1"    get    back    to    her    home    and    family;    but    YVC 

did  not  know  exactly  how  t"  manage  her  going      Finally  it 
was  decided  that  I  should  go  with  her.  and  the  nexl  qui 
was  onr  mode  of  conveyance.    The  Yankees  had  taken  every 
decent  carriage  or  horse  on  the  place,  and  the  only  attainable 

thing  to  carrj    US  was  a  dilapidated  buggy   with  rattling  wheels 

and  holes  in  the  top  big  enough  to  thrust  your  fist  thn 

To  draw  this  elegant  equipage  we  had  a  flea  bitten  gray  mule 

badly  wind-broken  and  SO  thin  that  every  hone  showed. 

My   father   was  a   Uicsterlieldian  old  gentleman   of   the   true 

Southern  school  who  <hd  not  believe  in  women  going  any- 
where unprotected  So  he  would  not  heat  of  our  leaving  till 
suitable   escort    was   provided.     Our   fairy   chariot   and   fiery 

steed  had  to  stand  in  the  stable  while  he  hunted  some  man 
going  S<  mil.  Finally  he  told  US  he  had  found  us  an  outrider 
in  a  gentleman  who  was  making  his  way  to  the  army  to  see 
his   boy,   who  was  wounded  and   in  the  hospital. 

We    started    next     morning    early,    our    escort,    who    looked 

like  "Sir  Knight  of  the  Rueful  Countenance,"  riding  a  very 

pretty  brown  horse.  I  could  not  blame  this  gentleman  much 
fi  r  his  impatience  over  the  delay.  His  horse  was  speed},  he 
nxious  to  get  on,  and  ours  could  only  go  fast  enough 
to  carry  us  a  little  over  fifteen  miles  that  first  day.  for  our 
broke  down  three  times  and  had  to  be  patched  up  with 
white  cotton  rope.  I  -aw  ins  impatience,  and  after  supper 
I  told  him  to  go  on,  that  we  could  manage  alone.  He  then 
told  me  that  he  had  made  a  mistake  and  had  brought  us  on 
to   the    Hollyrood    road,    which    was    infested    by    jayhawkers, 

and  that  we  must  get  off  of  it  and  on  to  the  plank  in.nl  ,i-   n 

as  possible. 

'I  he  next   morning  the   lady  with   whom   we   spent   the  night. 

knowing    ,iu     escort     bid    left     us.     suggested    that    we    en- 

SOldier,   who  had   also  spent   the  night    at   her   home,  to 

take    us    on    our    way.       This    man    said    he    was   a    member   of 

Wheat's    Division   of    Louisiana,    and    was    trying    to   get   hack 

to  his  command.     I   did  not   like   bis  looks   much,  ami  would 

rather    have    gone    alone;    bill    Jennie    insisted    that    we    sIlQuld 

engage    him.      He    managed    pretty    well    till    that    evening    we 

1    sight   of  a   party  of  men  on   a  distant    hilltop,  and   our 

soldier  told  us  to  wail   till  he  went  to  reconnoiter.     He  told 

US  to  stay  where  we  were,  but   1   did  not.  hut  drove  right  after 

him,  and  saw    him  meet   the  nun.  and  it   struck  me  that  it  was 

queer   the   waj    they   did.      When   the   man   came    back,   be 

ngi\     be. -ails,,    we    bail    not     wailed,    and    showed    it    so 

plainly  that  I  said:  "Maybe  I  bad  better  tell  you  that  I  will 
have  to  pay  you  with  Confederal    mom  orting  us." 

He  demanded  to  know  if  1  had  no  "good  money,"  and  I 
showed  him  one  dollar  in  uiiMili.uk-  and  a  roll  of  Confed 

crate    money.      He    snatched    the    dollar    and    turned    and    rode 

back  after  tin   men  as  hard  as  he  could  go. 

A   bule  while  after  this  the  whole  band   came   galloping   up 

and  surrounded  the  buggy  and  ordered  us  to  halt.    One  man 

where  we  wen^  from;  and  when  I  said  "Memphis."  he 

told  me  he  wanted  some  newspapers,     ["he  onlj   one  I  had 

was  wrapped  around   a   dob   babj    I    was  taking  my   little  niece. 
him   that,   and   tin  \    galloped   off.      l-'ive   minutes   after 
they  were  back,  and  again  halted   us  ami   asked   to  be   told  nil 
the    Ml  Id    them  everything    I    could    ibink   of, 

and  off  they   went,  only  to  come  tearing  hack.      Ibis   time  an- 


other man   came  to  the   buggy    ami   said:   "Here,  this   fooling 
won't   do;    1   want  to  ask  you  if  you  know  who  we  are" 

1  was  badly  frightened,  but  I  stood  up  in  the  buggy  and  said 
as  quietly  as  I  could:  "Of  course  I  know  who  you  are:  you 
are   Southern   gentlemen  and    si  ers,  and  we  are 

Southern  ladies,  who  expect  you  to  take  care  of  us." 

The    soldiers    -i 1   perfectly    -till,   then    the   first   one    who 

had  asked  for  tin  paper  cried  out:  "By  G— .  boys,  she  is 
right.  I  am  a  Southern  gentleman  if  you  an  not,  and  you 
shall   not  touch    them,      I  'ome   i\\  a      at    I 

The  p.-st  hesitated;  but  this  one  rode  right  among  them. 
ierked  one.  turned  another  around  till  they  were  all  riding 
slowlj  away,  and  he  wen;  behind  them,  making  us  a  low  bow 
with  his  hat  in  bis  hand  as  he   went  behind  the  trees 

Jennie  was  almost  fainting,  and  I  did  all  1  could  to  revive 
her,  when  !  heard  the  crash  of  thunder  and  found  a  Storm 
was  right  on  us,  0  dear1  how  it  did  ram  and  lighten! 
dbe  water  came  through  the  holes  m  the  buggy  top  till  we 
wen  both  drenched  ttgrew  so  dark  that  I  could  not  see  where 
driving  at  all.  I  just  had  to  depend  upon  the  mul<  and 
let  him  take  us  wherever  he  wanted  to  go  \boul  seven 
o'clock  we  saw  a  light.  I  climbed  ovei  a  fence,  and  after 
a  long  hum  found  the  gate  and  drove  to  the  guiding  light. 
It  was  in  a  cottage,  hut  the  lady  living  there  indignantly  re- 
fused to  let  us  in.  saying  she  had  bad  enough  oi  blockade 
runners.     I   begged   for  pel  to   enter,  told  her  how    wet 

we  were  and  that  mj  sister  was  sick,  hut  without  effect  Jennie 
by  this  time  was  ill  with  fatigue  and  excitement;  so  ]  helped 
her  from  the  buggy  and  forced  my  way  in  to  the  fire,  whose 
blaze  we  could  see  through  the  open  door,  dragging  my  weep 
ing  sister  after  me.  The  woman  stormed  and  abused  us,  but 
I  took  Jennie  to  the  cheering  blaze  and  began  to  take  off 
her  wet  thing  lhc  woman  flounced  out  of  the  room  and 
left  us  alone,  and  later  a  beautiful  little  girl  came  in.  I 
ni.i.  ,  friends  with  her  and  gave  her  a  doll  babj  ami  some 
candy  out  of  my  carpetbag.  When  the  mother  found  the 
child  so  happy  in  my  lap,  she  did  not  say  anything  more;  but 
sin  dnl  not  unite  me  to  supper  when  the  hell  rang.  However, 
I  followed  her  out  just  as  if  she  had  extended  a  most  cordial 
invitation,  praised  every  good  thing  on  the  table,  and  took 
some  of  it  to  Jennie.  I  had  been  in  the  room  only  a  short 
while  when  a  little  dark]  came  and  made  up  the  bed  in  the 
Corner,  saying  it   was    for   us.      I    was  tOO  delighted  at  even   this 

grudging  hospitaliti   to  be   inything  but  grateful. 

Xext  in  lining  I  was  just  dressed  when  I  heard  a  man's 
voice  say:  "I  hear  you  have  two  ladies  here  from  Memphis." 
"Ladies  nothing."  said  our  involuntary  hostess.  "They  are 
nothing  hut  female  jayhawkers  or  Yankee  -pic-"     ]   opened 

the   window    and   leaned  out    to   find    Dr     I  I  ai  -dale,  win  in    I    bail 

known  all  my  life,  shting  on  hi-  horse  undi  The 

woman  was  very  sorry  for  her  bad  treatment,  and 
giving  us  a   lunch   to  carry  with   us.     Dr.    tiarsdale   told   us 
that  onr  cousin,  Gen    James  Chalmers,  was  on  the  othei 
of  the  Tallahatchii   River,  and  if  we  could  gel  to  him  he  «  mid 
send  us  under  escort  home,  but  that  a  battle  was  expected  and 
Chalmers   !  rj   every    Confederate   soldier  and  able- 

bodied  man  at  i  port  at  camp. 

h  rained  all  that  day,  and  we  missed  our  way  trying  to 
take  a  short  Cut,  and  bj  dark  we  were  entirely  lost.  Trying 
to  ford  a  little  creek,  our  DUggJ  wheel  stuck  tight.  1  did  all 
1    could    to    uet    it    out,   but    could    int.      I    then  stepped    on    the 

off  whei  a  mj   weight  would  not  help,  but  missed  my 

footing  down    in    the   creek.      It    was   cold,   and    the 

watei   was     lied  with  floating  bits  of  ice.    1  called  and  called. 


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then  Jennie  and  I  called  together,  and  soon  we  heard  a  dog 
bark,  then  a  crash  of  footsteps  through  the  underbrush  and 
"Who  dar?"  in  unmistakable  negro  tones^  I  begged  him  to 
come  to  our  aid,  and  he  said  he  would  go  and  get  a  light. 
When  he  returned,  his  wife  was  with  him.  They  proved  to 
be  caretakers  of  a  large  house  whose  master  and  mistress 
were  away.  The  old  darkies  opened  the  house,  made  a  big 
fire,  supplied  us  with  dry  clothes  from  the  mistress's  wardrobe, 
and  prepared  us  a  delightful  supper.  I  never  enjoyed  any- 
thing more  than  I  did  that  night's  sleep  in  the  four-post  bed, 
so  high  we  had  to  climb  into  it  on  steps,  and  piled  up  with 
feather  beds  halfway  to  the  ceiling,  it  seemed  to  me. 

Those  darkies  were  genuine  good  Samaritans.  She  cooked 
us  a  good  breakfast  and  sent  us  on  our  way  with  many  smiles 
and  courtesies  and  good  wishes.  He  said  he  "would  go  wid 
you  past  dat  long  hill  on  de  road,  for  dar  is  sho  some  pow'ful 
bad  places  dar  in  it."  It  was  well  he  went,  for  halfway  up 
the  hill — crack,  and  our  buggy  broke  half  in  two.  The  front 
part  stayed  on  the  hillside,  fastened  to  a  very  much  as- 
tonished mule.  The  back  part,  with  Jennie  and  me  sitting 
up  in  it,  went  rolling  down  the  hill,  and  bumped  right  into  a 
tree !  Our  good  Samaritan  went  off  across  the  field  to  the 
house  of  a  neighbor,  who  came  back  with  him,  each  armed 
with  cotton  rope.  By  the  time  they  finished  tying  up  that 
mud-spattered  buggy  with  white  rope  it  was  a  sight  that  would 
have  made  a  sphinx  laugh.  Taking  together  the  ties  our  first 
escort  had  made  in  the  harness  and  the  knots  our  last  escort 
made  in  the  buggy,  there  was  not  much  of  our  outfit  that  was 
without  its  decorations  except  the  mule's  tail,  which  he  needed 
to  flap.  This  he  did  constantly,  except  when  he  got  it  over  the 
reins,  when  I  had  to  lean  over  the  dashboard  and  lift  it  to 
freedom.  This  interesting  proceeding  occurred  every  mile  or 
two,  and  effectually  prevented  any  monotony. 

That  day  we  reached  the  Tallahatchie,  and  after  riding 
along  a  short  time  saw  a  pontoon  bridge  with  soldiers  guard- 
ing it  on  the  other  side  of  the  river.  They  called  to  us  to 
halt  and  told  us  not  to  cross.  "What  will  happen  if  we  do?" 
I  called.  "You  will  be  arrested,"  they  replied.  I  did  not  say 
a  word,  but  drove  right  on  across.  As  soon  as  we  reached  the 
other  side  ^  dozen  men  came  around  us  and  told  us  we  were 
under  arrest.  "Thank  goodness  for  it,"  I  said.  "I  don't 
know  where  to  turn  nor  where  to  go.  We  are  lost,  and  now 
that  you  have  arrested  us  you  will  have  to  take  care  of  us." 

The  sergeant  sent  two  men  to  guard  us  with  orders  to 
carry  us  to  General  Chalmers,  who  was  in  camp  in  the  woods 
about  three  miles  off.  General  Chalmers  (or  "Bun  Chalmers," 
as  his  family  called  him  on  account  of  his  being  so  small)  was 
not  only  our  cousin  but  my  brother's  best  friend,  and  we 
knew  we  would  receive  every  courtesy  from  him.  One  of  our 
guards,  a  bright-faced  young  boy,  said  he  knew  me  very  well, 
as  he  had  played  often  in  our  yard  in  Memphis  when  he  was 
a  child.  He  suggested  that  he  should  go  to  General  Chalmers 
and  report  our  condition  and  get  his  orders,  so  as  to  save  us 
the  long  ride.  He  galloped  off;  and  when  he  returned,  he 
brought  orders  from  the  commander  that  we  should  be  freed 
and  that  he  should  escort  us  on  our  way,  which  he  did,  carry- 
ing us  entirely  to  Jennie's  home,  in  Panola.  We  had  been  five 
days  on  the  road,  and  were  certainly  glad  when  we  heard 
the  noisy  welcome  of  dogs,  darkies,  and  children  when  we 
turned  into  the  long  lane  that  led  "home." 


who,  under  General  Hindman,  was  in  command  at  that  bat- 
tle. Mr.  Barker  was  in  this  fight,  and  has  unstinted  praise 
for  the  courage  and  daring  exhibited  by  both  soldiers  and 
officers  in  the  Confederate  lines. 


Thomas  S.  Barker,  of  Yuba,  Okla.,  writes  an  account  of 
the  battle  of  Prairie  Grove,  Ark.,  in  which  he  pays  many  de- 
served compliments  to  the  soldierly  qualities  of  General  Frost. 


RECOLLECTIONS   OF  FLORIDA    HISTORY. 

BY    T.    C.    M'CALL. 

My  recollection  of  Florida  history  begins  with  1861,  when 
the  men  who  were  then  prominent  in  State  affairs  generally 
gave  place  to  others  better  fitted  for  the  different  and  more 
stirring  events  of  the  war,  though  I  cannot  remember  very 
definitely  as  to  all  measure?. 

The  State  was  politically  divided  between  the  Whig  and 
Democratic  parties.  The  Democratic  party,  led  by  John  Mil- 
ton, of  Marianna,  was  in  favor  of  secession;  the  Whig  party 
was  opposed  to  disunion.  A  convention  was  called  in  January, 
1861,  and  by  a  large  majority  it  was  in  favor  of  secession, 
making  Florida,  I  think,  the  second  State  to  secede.  Milton 
was  elected  Governor,  and  remained  in  office  until  Lee's  sur- 
render, when,  for  what  motive  I  know  not,  he  committed  sui- 
cide. By  virtue  of  his  position  as  Speaker  of  the  Senate 
Gen.  A.  K.  Allison,  of  Quincy,  became  Governor,  but  when  the 
Federals  obtained  possession  he  was  arrested  and  confined  for 
several  months  in  Fort   Pulaski,  near   Savannah,  Ga. 

All  the  people  accepted  the  action  of  the  convention,  and 
except  at  some  points  around  the  coast  were  united  for 
State  rights.  Immediately  the  State  began  to  arm ;  and  as 
there  were  many  volunteer  companies  trained  beforehand, 
Florida  soon  had  some  fine  regiments  ready  for  service  under 
command  of  men  who  afterwards  rose  to  high  rank  in  the  war. 
Col.  J.  Patton  Anderson,  of  the  1st,  became  major  general 
in  the  Western  Army.  Col.  George  F.  Ward  was  killed  in 
the  battle  cf  Williamsburg,  Va  ,  while  making  a  gallant  and 
successful  charge.  Col.  J.  J.  Finley,  of  the  3d  Brigade,  was 
in  the  Western  Army,  and  many  other  of  Florida's  sons  kept 
fully  abreast  of  the  bravest  from  other  States. 

Florida-  gave  at  least  one  son  of  high  rank  and  distinction 
whom  all  the  South  knew  and  honored — Gen.  E.  Kirby  Smith. 

On  account  of  Florida's  twelve  hundred  miles  of  Atlantic 
and  Gulf  Coast,  which  was  constantly  menaced  and  raided 
by  vessels  of  war,  it  was  necessary  for  the  State  to  keep  many 
bodies  of  cavalry,  who  did  arduous  service  in  patroling  the 
long  coast  line  and  many  rivers.  Many  of  the  sons  of  Florida 
nre  waiting  where  they  fell  in  the  West  or  Virginia,  and  there 
are  mourners  who  have  not  forgotten  them,  but  are  trying  to 
show  by  building  monuments  to  them  that  they  are  still  re- 
membered, honored,  and  loved. 

The  great  battles  of  the  war  were  not  fought  on  Florida  soil, 
and  not  often,  save  at  Ok'stee  and  Newport  Bridge,  were  the 
roar  of  camion  and  rattle  of  musketry  heard;  but  the  quick 
raid  and  fierce  cavalry  attack  at  unexpected  times  and  places 
showed  that,  though  on  a  smaller  scale,  the  men  who  rode 
with  Stewart  and  Hampton,  with  Forrest  and  Wheeler  had 
worthy  compeers  in  those  who  guarded  the  "Land  of  Flowers." 

It  would  take  too  long  to  tell  of  Perry  and  Finnegan,  of 
Lang  and  Lamar  and  Brevard,  and  many  others  who  led 
the  Florida  boys  to  battle  and  death  under  the  South's  princely 
leader,  Gen.  Robert  E.  Lee,  or  of  Anderson,  Finley,  Keenan, 
Stockton,  Davidson,  and  others  who  loyally  followed  the  great 
leaders  of  the  Army  of  the  West.  In  1861  Florida  had  n,my 
young  men,  but  in  1865  many  did  not  answer  to  roll  ca.'. 
In  1009  the  line  is  nearly  all  gone.  Just  a  few  old  men  remain, 
in  whose  eyes  there  is  a  far-away  look  as  across  the  gulf 
they  are  looking  to  the  future. 


C^otyfederat^  l/eterap. 


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(  .  / REER  OF  GEN.  JOSEPH  LANCASTER  BRENT. 

The  late  Gen.  Joseph  Lancaster  Brent  was  a  superb  soldier, 
a  distinguished  lawyer,  an  incorr  iptible  legislator,  a  success- 
ful planter,  and  a  peerless  gentleman.  He  was  descended 
from  "the  noble  and  ancient  family  of  Brent"  existing  at  the 
time  of  the  Norman  Conquest,  of  which  Odo  de  Brent  was 
then  Lord  of  Cossington.  In  1254,  in  the  reign  of  Henry  I, 
the  manor  of  Cossington  was  possessed  by  Robert  Brent,  the 
first  to  assume  the  surname  of  Brent.  From  this  ancient  and 
noble  family  of  Cossington  in  the  County  of  Somerset  came 
Giles  to  .Maryland  in  1637.  His  brother  Fulke  and  his  sis- 
Margaret  and  Mary  followed  in  1638.  Fulke  Brent, 
after  serving  in  the  Assembly  in  1639,  returned  to  England, 
and  died  there  in  1656  without  issue.  Giles  received  the  grant 
of  the  manor  of  Kent  Fort,  on  Kent  Island,  was  a  membei  of 
the  Assembly  in  1639,  commander  of  Kent  Island  in  1639-40, 
member  of  1  ouncil  in  1642,  and  appointed  in  [643  lieutenant 
general,  admiral,  chief  captain,  and  commander  of  Maryland. 

Gen.  Joseph  L.  Brent  was  bom  in  Charles  County,  Md.,  on 
November  30,  1826,  while  his  father  was  in  Congress,  lie 
was  educated  at  Georgetown  College,  where  he  also  studied 
common  and  civil  law.  He  first  practiced  nis  chosen  pro- 
fession in  the  Attapakas  section  of  Louisiana    but    1  moved 

to   1         ingeles,  Cal.,  where  he  acquired  a  lucrative  pn 
and  considerable  real  estate.     His  popularity  was  .us  ited   bj 
his  election  to  the  California   I  egislature,  in  which  he  served 
two  terms. 

When  the  tocsin  of  war  sounded,  in  1861,  he  turned  his 
face  to  the  South  "to  live  or  die  in  Dixie.''  His  only  route 
home  was  by  ship  from  San  Francisco  via  Panama  to  New 
York.  He  sailed  in  company  w  itli  General  Sumner  and  three 
hundred  Unite. 1  States  troops.  His  sentiments  were  well 
known,  and  on  arrival  in  New  York  be  and  United  States 
tor  Gwin  and  United  States  District  Attorney  Benham 
were  arrested  and  incarcerated  in  Fort  Lafayette  on  the  charge 
of  treason.  Failing  to  confirm  the  charge,  they  were  released, 
and  General  Brent  made  his  way  to  Baltimore,  and  from  there 
crossed  the  Potomac  and  came  through  the  lines  to  Richmond, 
where  he  proffered  his  services  to  the  Confederacy.  He  was 
given  the  position  of  major  and  assigned  to  the  staff  of  Gen. 
John  Bankhead  Magruder.  with  whom  lie  served  in  tin  Penin- 
sula and  Richmond  campaigns,  After  the  Seven  Days'  battle. 
he  was  ordered  to  report  to  Gen.  Dick  Taylor  in  Louisiana, 
!  a  .li'  1  of  artillery  and  ordnance  until  pro- 
moted and  placed  in  charge  of  a  brigade.  After  reaching 
Louisiana,  President  Davis  appointed  him  colonel  of  artillery, 
111  which  position  he  won  fame  and  a  brigadier's  wreath. 
Colonel  Brent  participated  in  the  battle  of  Mansfield  and  all 
other  important  engagement?  in  this  section.  General  Taylor 
in  his  book.  "Destruction  and  Reconstruction,"  has  filled  manj 
with  the  m  .  it  il  oi  in,  uoi  Hi  and  deeds. 

General    faylor  in  his  concise  waj   of  writing  said  of  Gen 
eral  Brent:  "Ruggedlj  built,  although  not  a  particularly  large 
man,  hi    lool  1  d  the  part  oi  a  commander  of  men  " 

Of  their  first  meeting,  General  rayloi  says:  "Returned  to 
Alexandria  and  met  u\\  chief  of  artillerj  and  ordnance,  Maj. 
J.  L.  Brent,  just  arrived  from  the  Last  with  some  arms  and 
munitions,  which  be  bad  remained  to  bring  with  bun  A  law 
ycr  by  profession,  Majoi  Brent  knew  nothing  of  military  ai 
fairs  at  the  outbreak  of  tin  war.  but  speedily  acquainted  him- 
self with  the  technicalities  of  his  new  duties  |)e\oted  to 
work,  his  energj  and  administrative  ability  were  felt  in  every 
directum      Batteries  wen    equipped,   disciplined,   and   drilled. 


Leather  was  tanned,  harness  made,  wagons  built,  and  a  little 
workshop  established  at  New  Iberia  by  Governor  Moore  be- 
came important  as  an  arsenal  of  construction.  The  lack  of 
paper  for  cartridges  was  embarrassing,  anil  most  of  the  news- 
papers were  stopped  for  want  of  material.  Brent  discovered 
a  quantity  of  wall  paper  in  the  shops  at  Franklin.  New  Iberia, 
and  used  it  for  cartridges,  and  a  journal  published  at  Franklin 
w  as  printed  on  this  paper." 

Of  the  capture  of  the  Indianola,  General  Taylor  saj 

"Major  Brent  b  ok  command  of  the  expedition  with  Captain 
McCloskey  staff  quartermaster  on  the  Queen  and  Charles 
Pierce,  a  brave  steamboatman,  on  the  Webb.  On  February 
im  Brent  went  down  to  DeRussj  with  the  Queen,  mechanics 
still  working  on  repairs,  and  there  called  for  volunteer  crews 
from  the  garrison.  These  were  furnished  at  once — sixty  for 
the  Webb,  under  Lieutenant  Handy,  and  seventy  for  the 
Queen,  on  which  boat  Brent  remained.  It  was  a  curious 
Feature  of  the  war  that  the  Southern  people  would  cheerfully 
-end  theii  on  into  battle,  but  kept  their  slaves  out  of  dan- 
ger. Having  exhausted  his  powers  of  persuasion  to  no  pur- 
pose, Major  Brent  threw  some  men  ashore,  surrounded  a 
gang  of  negroes  at  work,  captured  the  number  necessary,  and 
departed  \  Eamous  din  was  made  by  the  planters  and  con- 
tinued until  the  negroes  were  safely  returned 

"On  the  night  of  February  22  the  expedition,  followed  by 
a  tender,  entered  the  Mississippi  and  met  a  steamei  from  Port 
Hudson  with  two  hundred  men  sent  bj  General  Gardiner  to 
destroj  the  Queen  of  the  West,  not  knowing  tli.it  it  bad  been 
captured.  Arriving  in  the  afternoon  of  the  -'4th  at  a  point  sixty 
miles  below  Vicksburg,  Brent  learned  that  the  Indianola  was 
but  a  short  distance  ahead  with  a  coal  barge  lashed  on 
side.  He  determined  to  attack  in  the  night  to  diminish  the 
chance  of  the  enemy's  lire.  It  was  certain  that  a  shell  From 
one  of  the  eleven-  or  nine-inch  guns  would  destroy  either  of 
his  boats. 

\t  10  P.M.  the  Indianola  was  seen  near  the  western  shore, 
some  thousand  yards  distant,  and  the  Queen,  followed  by  the 
\\  ebb.  was  driven  with  full  head  of  steam  directly  upon  her. 
The  momentum  of  the  Queen  was  Si  to  cut  through 

the  coal  barge  and  indent  the  iron  plates  of  the  Indianola, 
disabling  by  the  shock  the  engine  that  worked  her  paddles 
\s  the  Queen  backed  out  the  Webb  dashed  in  at  full  speed 
and  tore  away  the  remaining  coal  barge.  Both  the  forward 
guns  tired  at  the   Webb,  but  missed  her. 

"Returning  to  the  charge,  the  Queen  struck  the  Indianola 
abaft  the  paddle  box.  crushing  her  frame  and  loosening  some 
plates  of  armor,  but  received  the  lire  of  tin-  guns  from  the  rear 
casemates.  One  shot  carried  away  a  dozen  bales  of  cotton  on 
the  right  sidi  .  the  other,  a  shell,  entered  the  forward  porthole 
on  the  left  and  exploded,  killit  en  and  disabling  two 

held  pieces  \g.iin  the  Webb  followed  the  Queen,  struck 
near  the  same  spot,  pushing  aside  the  iron  plates  and  crushing 
timbers.  Voices  from  the  indianola  announced  tin-  surrender 
and  that  she  was  sinking.  As  she  was  near  the  western 
not  far  bebuv  Grant's  army.  Major  Brent  towed  her  to  the 
opposite  side,  then  in  our  possession,  where  some  distance 
the  bank  she  sank  on  a  bar.  her  gun  deck  above  water. 

"  I  bus  we  regained  control  of  our  section  of  tin    Mis-, 
Succeeding  events   at   Vicksburg  and  Gettysburg  so  obscured 
this  one  that,  in  justice  to  the  officers  and  men  engaged,  it  has 
seemed  to  me  a  duty  to  record  it. 

"Brent  returned  to  Red  River  with  his  boats  much  shattered 
l\    thi    fray,  and  before-  we  could  repair  them   Admiral   Farra- 


U6 


Qoi)federat^  Veterar? 


gut   with  several  ships  of  war  passed    Port   Hudson,  and  the 
it  ion  of  the  great  river  was  permanently  lost  to  us." 

Col.  Charles  Schuler,  the  efficient  Louisiana  Commissioner 
■  if  Agriculture  and  Immigration,  commanded  one  of  the  guns 
on  the  Webb,  and  is  specially  complimented  for  his  coolness 
.  mi  gallantry  in  this  light  by  General  Brent  in  his  official  re- 
port to  General  Taylor.  One  particular  incident  in  this  light 
i-  in  it  recorded  by  General  Taylor.  When  the  steamers  went 
nun  the  fight,  Genral  Brent  was  standing  on  a  pile  of  cotton 
hales  on  the  front  of  the  Queen  ;  and  when  this  boat  struck 
the  [ndianola,  it  was  with  such  force  that  Brent  was  precipi- 
tated in  the  river  and  the  cotton  bales  on  him.  He  was  injured 
by  the  falling  cotton,  but,  removing  his  coat  and  shoes,  swam 
as  best  he  could.  In  the  excitement  prevailing  no  one  had 
missed  him.  In  the  noise  and  confusion  existing  his  screams 
for  help  were  unheard.  Several  times  ]v-  attempted  to  get 
into  the  boat  from  the  water,  but  failed.  Finally,  as  if  by  the 
special  dispensation  of  Providence,  the  cook  was  attracted  to 
the  rear  of  the  steamer,  and  looking  down  saw  a  man  strug- 
gling in  the  water.  Quickly  he  threw  him  a  rope  and  by  dex- 
terous action  drew  him  aboard.  Reaching  the  deck  without 
hat.  coat,  nr  shoes,  ami  finding  the  Indianola  had  surrendered, 
he  rushed  forward  and  demanded  of  Lieutenant  Brown,  the 
commander  of  the  Indianola.  his  sword.  Brown  looked  with 
amazement  upon  the  man  before  him  and  hesitated  to  deliver 
ln~  sword.  General  Brent  turned  to  Colonel  Brand  and  said: 
"Colonel,  explain  to  Lieutenant  Brown  who  I  am."  This 
being  done.  Lieutenant  Brown  readily  complied.  General 
Brent  suffered  for  some  time  from  this  injury,  but  always 
claimed  the  providence  of  God  rescued  him  from  drowning. 

In  the  latter  part  of  1864,  in  recognition  of  his  splendid  serv- 
ices, be  was  commissioned  brigadier  general  of  cavalry  and 
assigned  to  the  brigade  consisting  of  the  2d,  5th.  7th.  and  18th 
Louisiana  Regiments.  This  brigade  performed  picket  service 
from  tin   Arkansas  line  to  the  Gulf  and  westward  to  Texas. 

Vfter  the  defeat  of  Banks  at  Mansfield,  the  entire  Trans- 
Mississippi  army,  under  Gen.  E.  Kirby  Smith,  remained  prac- 
tically inactive  Both  President  Davis  and  Gen.  R.  E.  Lee 
1  rged   its   transfer   to   the   Last,   where   troops   were   so  badly 

eeded.  Vicksburg  and  Port  Hudson  had  surrendered,  and 
the  entire  Mississippi  River  from  Cairo  southward  was  filled 
with  gunboats  doing  patrol  duty  and  making  the  crossing  1  1 
the  river  even  in  skiffs  exceedingly  hazardous.  Many  schemes 
■.•  ere  proposed  for  the  crossing  of  these  troops,  but  all 
were  rejected.  The  writer  has  before  him  a  paper  presenting 
in  great  detail  a  plan  by  which  General  Brent  proposed  a  suc- 
cessful crossing  Mail  boats  were  engaged  in  transporting 
the  mails  up  and  down  the  river.  The  gunboats  were  about 
twenty  miles  apart,  each  patrolling  its  assigned  beat.  These 
mail  boats  went  from  gunboat  to  gunboat  unarmed  and  un- 
protected. General  Brent's  plan  was  to  capture  one  or  more 
of  these  mail  boats  and.  secreting  a  force  of  men  aboard,  ap- 
proach the  gunboat  as  usual,  and  on  arrival  to  overpower  the 
crew  and  capture  the  gunboat.  By  this  means  several  gun- 
boats might  be  captured.  With  these  gunboats  and  already 
prepared^  pontoon 'imat-  he  proposed  to  cross  hurriedly  the 
er.lne  aiTh.  R88P\''-'  Inr  a  careful  consideration  of  his  plan. 
but  it  was  ret««H(e%not  approved."  Brent's  experience  in 
capturing  the  Ir.di..  1  had  convinced  him  that  this  plan 
would  work,  and\he  asked  to  be  permitted  to  try  it.  Who  can 
say  now  that  it  would  have  failed?  Had  it  succeeded,  twenty- 
live  thousand  fresh  troops  could  have  been  used  in  reenforcing 
the  depleted  ranks  of  Lee  and  Johnston. 


When  the  reus  of  the  surrender  of  the  armies  of  the  Last 
reached  the  Trans-Mississippi  Department,  both  officers  and 
men  realized  that  a  prolongation  of  the  war  was  futile.  I 
•  •nil  Brent  and  General  Bagby  were  appointed  commissioners 
to  visit  the  enemy  and  to  secure  satisfactory  terms  of  surren- 
der. This  they  successfully  accomplished;  and  after  issuing 
/.miles  to  the  army,  General  Brent  returned  to  private  life 
with  the  proud  consciousness  of  having  fully  and  honorably 
discharged  every  duty  assigned  him. 

General  Brent  returned  to  the  practice  of  law  in  Baltimon 
in  partnership  with  his  brother,  Hon.  Robert  J.  Brent.  In 
[870,  yielding  to  earnest  entreaties,  he  returned  to  Louisiana 
to  take  charge  of  large  estates,  which  his  recent  marriage  had 
given  him  an  interest  in.  On  his  return  to  that  State,  the 
theater  of  his  military  achievements,  he  was  lovingly  wel- 
comed by  hundreds  of  his  old  soldiers. 

In  1870  General  Brent  married  Miss  Rosella,  the  youngest 
daughter  of  the  Hon.  Duncan  Farrar  Kenner  and  his  wife. 
Nanine  Bringier,  the  daughter  of  Michel  Douradon  Bringier 


-       .^.. 


■> 


GEN.    T.    M.    BRENT. 

The  latter  was  possessed  at  his  death  of  many  large  sugar 
plantations,  an  interest  in  which  passed  to  his  daughter,  Mrs. 
Kenner.  The  management  of  these  estates,  111  addition  to  a 
large  estate  of  his  own  and  extensive  interests  in  Xew  Orleans, 
devolved  upon  Mr.  Kenner.  Soon  after  the  above  marriage 
General  Brent  gave  up  his  law  practice  and  assumed  control 
Of  these  estates,  which  he  successfully  managed  until  the  death 
of  Mr.  Kenner.  in  1SS0.  which  required  a  division  among  his 
heirs,  when  he  disposed  of  Hermitage,  Houmas,  Ashland,  Bow- 
den  and  Texas,  and  the  historic  residence  on  Melpomene 
Street  in  New  Orleans. 

After  returning  to  Louisiana.  General  Brent  served  two 
terms  in  the  State  Legislature  and  had  passed  several  laws 
looking  to  the  advancement  of  the  agricultural  interests  of  the 
State.  He  was  President  of  the  State  Agricultural  Society 
until  he  left  the  State.  It  is  believed  that  had  he  remained 
in  the  State  he  would  have  been  placed  in  the  gubernatorial 
chair  and  perhaps  finished  up  his  remarkable  career  in  the 
United  States  Senate. 

After  returning  to  Maryland,  he  took  an  active  interest  in 
public    affairs    and    occupied    several    positions    of   honor.      He 


(^opfederat^  l/eterai). 


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was  iU) hi t >  governor  general  from  Maryland  of  the  Society 
of  Colonial  Wars,  and  was  President  of  the  Maryland  Sons 
ui"  the  American  Revolution.  On  Maryland  Daj  at  the  St. 
Louis  Exposition  he  delivered  an  interesting  address  on  the 
par)  Maryland  had  played  in  colonial  history.  General  Brent 
died  in  Baltimore  November  27,  1905,  leaving  his  widow  and 
inn  children,  Duncan  Kenner  Brent,  a  lawyer  in  Baltimore, 
and  Miss  Nanine  Brent. 

He  was  noted  for  his  modesty,  his  gentleness,  his  purity  of 
character,  and  Ins  devotion  to  principle,  lie  published  several 
small  works,  the  results  of  his  profound  study,  written  in  hours 
of  leisure,  no!  for  general  distribution,  but  simply  to  record 
his  view  -. 

He  has  bettered  the  world  by  living  in  it.  and  in  the  grand 
evolution  nt  the  human  family  has  certainly  added  a  decided 
ditYerenli.il  to  pi   igl  1 

"His  life  was  g(  ntli  .  and  the  elements 
So  mixed  in  him  that  Nature  might  stand  up 
Ami  sav  tn  all  Hi.'  world:  'Tin-  was  a  man."" 


CALIFORNIA  CELEBRATED  BIRTHDAY  IUN1    \ 

The  three  Chapters  ui  the  l\  1>.  C  located  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, Oakland,  and  Berkeley,  Cal.,  united  in  celebrating  the 
birthday  of  the  Smith's  gallant  leader.  Jefferson  Davis,  the 
place  selected  being  fdora  Park,  oni  of  the  most  beautiful 
resorts  on  the  Pacific  Slope  ruder  fair  California 
amid  tin'  fragrant  roses  and  lilies  of  that  favored  land,  a 
large  crowd  gathered  to  listen  p.  the  words  in  honor  of  the 
dead  leader. 

The    commemorative    program    consisted    of    eloquent 
dresses  from  the  brilliant  orator,   Fathei   Callahan,  and  Cali- 
fornia'- gifted  daughter,  Mrs.  W.   K    Hicks.     Both  addresses 
were  replete  with  gems  ol  thought  and  warm  with  Southern 
enthusiasm. 

After  an  open-air  luncheon  -innl  by  the  ladies  beneath 
the  drooping  willow-  of  the  park,  a  musical  program  was 
rendered.  Ihi-  consisted  of  several  numbers  from  Conway's 
Band  ami  mam  songs  b)  the  ladn-.  principally  those  of  the 
1  lid  South  and  the  ringing  songs  of  the  army  with  then 
-tii  ring  elu  iruses. 


F   VI       R.I  .■  :a  1;  1     -  ui  ■.  1 1      ST0N    CAMP,   C. 


.      1  \ 


i.  A.  <      Bozi  man,  '  0    I.  35th  Miss.  Inft.    2.  L  A.  Pattillo, 
1  0    I     Speight'     Bat.    .?.  L.  K.  Billingsly,  Co    E,   17th    ["exas 
Inft.    4.  II    II.  Sandi  rs.  Co.  I,   10th   Mo.   Inft      5    .1     \     \n 
drews,  Co    F,  4th   Ala    Ca^      6    Imn  .1    Russell,  Co    E,  Mo. 

1  roops     7.  T.  .1.  I'.i-  th,  I  11    F,  3d  Ark.  Cav     sue 
1 1,  rrenkind,  Co.  E,  i8th  Ti     ■     [rift     o    \\ .  \\    \\  illiam     1 
I),  t-t  Texas   Inft      ro   .1    K.  P    Byrne,  Co.  1.  tsl   Miss.  Cav. 
ti.  Don  Longnecker,  Co    B,  3d  Ky    Ca\       u .  W.   1 1     Pope, 

Terry'-    Se..ut-.    W'li  ill       WaSSOn,    Co     K. 

14.  S.  L.  Townsend,  Willis's    1  Bat      15 

Dt    I'.    I     I  alhoun,  G     E.  1st  S.  (     Inft      16.  W    II    Albert- 
Bon,    I  ■  ;  ■         1  1  \a-   Rang<  1  -      17.  \\     I       ["hi  mp    m,   Co     B, 


Pi  Coupe,  La,  \n  [8.  R.  N  Webber,  Co.  B,  ;th  La.  Inft. 
m,  j  1  .  obb,  Co  B,  [6th  Bat  N  '  Ca\  20.  1.  L.  Tanner, 
Co  F,  35th  Texas  Cav.  21.  J.  A  Brickhouse,  Co.  C,  21st 
t  .  II  daw  fur. 1.  Co  M,  ist  l  exas  Leg  tnft. 
23,    Rev.    A.   .1     Anderson.   Co.    I,   51-1    Tenn     Inft.     24.   \\      1 

Co.  A,  Speight's  Bat    Ca\      25.  C.  H.  Met, ill.  S; 
C    S     \      26    I     C    McReynolds    Major  2isl   Texas  Inft.    27. 
1 ,    w     Kidd,  1  lo    B,   Speight's    Bat     \n      28    \    G    Virden, 
Co.  II.  32d  Ga    Inft      29    B    F.  Wortham,  Co    C,  [5th  Texas 
tnft.    30.  T.  W    Red  nan,  I  0    B,    ,  C.  S.  A.  I  Via  I. 

(  \  column  engraving  of  Commander  W.  I..  Thompson  (17) 
appeared  in  the  Vt  new   in  mo,!,  page  375  I 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


COL.    H.   G.   EVANS. 


FACTS  ABOUT  "THE  CLEBURNE  FLAG." 
YV.  E.  Preston,  of  Columbus,  Ga.,  who  was  of  Company  B, 

33d  Alabama  Regiment,  writes  that  the  three  old  brigades  of 

Cleburne's    Division    carried    "bonny   blue    flags,"    and    wants 

to  know  the  reason  why.     He  says :  "The  33d  Alabama  Regi- 
ment, carrying  a  Confederate  battle  flag,  was  placed  in  Woods- 

Lowrey's  Brigade  at  Corinth, 

Miss.,   in   May,    1862,  and  at 

Tupelo  in  June  drew  one  of 

Cleburne's  bonny  blue  flags, 

with    about    an    inch    and    a 

half   of    white   border   about  J 

it,    a    white    new    moon     in  J 

the    center,    with    "33d    Ala-1 

bama    Regiment ;"   drew   an-B 

other    like    it    at    Wartrace, 

Tenn.,    about     March,     1863,  I 

with    "Perryville,    Murfrees- 

boro"   on   it,  and   another  at 

Dalton    about    March,    1864, 

with      "Chickamauga"     also. 

We    sang   the    "Bonny    Blue 

Flag"   more   than   any   other 

song,    possibly    "Dixie"    ex- 
cepted, and  the  division  band  played  it  more  than  any  other. 
Govan's    Brigade   from   Arkansas,   Granbery's    from   Texas, 

and   Woods-Lowrey's    16th,  33d,  and  45th   Alabama,  and  3-?d 

and  45th  Mississippi  Regiments  carried  these  flags.     Why? 

The  foregoing  was  submitted  to  Col.  H.  G.  Evans,  of  Co- 
lumbia, Tenn..  who  served  under  General  Cleburne  and  has 
taken  much  interest  in  the  flag.  Colonel  Evans  received  the 
following  letter  on  the  subject  from  Capt.  Irving  A.  Buck,  of 
Front  Royal,  Va.,  who  was  assistant  adjutant  general  to  Maj. 
Gen.  P.  R.  Cleburne : 

"My  Dear  Colonel:  In  reply  to  yours  of  the  8th  inst.  will 
say  that  in  my  book,  'Cleburne  and  His  Command,'  now  in  the 
hands  of  the  publishers,  there  is  the  following  in  reference  to 
our  division  battle  flag:  'At  Wartrace,  Tenn.,  new  flags  were 
ordered  to  be  issued  to  the  troops.  When  they  learned  that 
their  old  battle  flag — blue  and  white — was  to  be  displaced  by 
the  newly  adopted  regulation  one,  a  hurricane  of  protests  was 
heard,  a  demand  that  they  should  retain  their  old  flags  or  have 
new  facsimiles  of  them.  Their  requests  were  heeded,  and 
they  were  allowed  to  retain  their  distinctive  colors.  General 
Hardee  is  authority  for  the  statement  that  this  was  the  only 
command  in  the  Confederate  service  permitted  to  carry  into 
action  other  than  the  national  colors.  This  was  a  high  com- 
pliment to  the  division,  but  carried  with  it  penalties,  and,  like 
all  luxuries,  was  costly,  for  the  enemy  soon  learned  to  whom 
it  belonged,  and  where  it  appeared  there  was  concentrated 
the  heaviest  firing." 

"Your  recollection  as  to  the  history  of  this  flag  is  entirely 
correct.  It  was  not  designed  by  General  Cleburne,  but  by 
General  Hardee  after  the  battle  of  Shiloh,  in  which  the  colors 
carried  by  various  organizations  caused  confusion.  He  adopted 
this  flag  as  distinctive  of  his  old  division.  It  was  retained 
by  General  Buckner,  General  Hardee's  successor,  and  by 
General  Cleburne,  who  succeeded  General  Buckner  in  com- 
mand of  the  division.  The  flag  was  between  four  and  five  feet 
square;  the  field  was  blue  with  a  large  white  circle,  or  moon, 
in  the  center,  and  the  edges  were  bordered  with  white  about 
two  inches  deep.  In  my  book  will  be  an  exact  reproduction  of 
this   famous   flag  in  colors.     One   of  them,   that  of  the  45th 


Alabama,  was  captured  by  Colonel  Belknap  (afterwards  Sec- 
retary of  War  in  President  Grant's  Cabinet),  15th  Iowa  Regi- 
ment, on  the  22A  of  July,  1864,  in  front  of  Atlanta.  This  flag, 
which  I  have  seen  and  handled  since  the  close  of  the  war,  is 
now  in  the  Statehouse  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  The  foregoing 
statement  may  be  relied  upon  as  absolutely  correct. 
"Very  truly  yours,  Irving  A.  Buck." 

In  a  personal  letter  to  Colonel  Evans  Captain  Buck  states : 
"To  you  more  than  to  any  single  individual  I  am  under  obli- 
gations for  data  in  regard  to  some  special  orders,  etc." 


JASPER'S  BEAUTIFUL  MONUMENT. 

The  people  of  Jasper,  Ala.,  are  justly  proud  of  the  beautiful 
Confederate  monument  recently  dedicated  there  and  which  is 
said  to  be  one  of  the  handsomest  in  the  State. 

From  a  base  of  ten  feet  square  rises  a  central  shaft  of  Geor- 
gia granite,  culminating  in  a  statue  of  white  Italian  marble, 
representing  a  beardless  youth,  a  Confederate  infantryman, 
standing  at  attention,  his  gun  in  hand  to  meet  any  emergency. 


THE    MONUMENT    AT    TASTER,    ALA. 


Qopfederac^   l/eterap 


349 


Beside  this  central  shaft  stand  two  other  figures  of  life  size 
sculptured  in  Italy  and  all  of  the  finest  white  marble.  That 
on  the  right  is  a  typical  cavalryman,  the  gun  across  his  shoul- 
der and  his  hand  upon  his  saber  mutely  telling  the  story  of 
the  watchword  "Duty."  The  other  figure,  again  an  infantry- 
man, but  of  one  grown  old  in  years,  has  the  watchful  look  upon 
the  face  that  tells  of  life's  lessons  well  learned.  His  ready 
gun  in  hand  shows  that  he  too  stands  true  to  the  calls  of  his 
country  and  cause. 

The  inscription  upon  the  shaft  i-  especially  attractive— 
"Comrades!"  The  mere  word  tell-  of  the  closeness  of  the  tie 
between  the  heroes  who  sleep  beneath  the  grasses  and  the 
living  heroes  who  gather  near  to  do  them  honor — a  tie  that  is 
the  bugle  call  winch  earth  ^m-  and  heaven  answers. 

This  monument  is  the  outcome  of  tin1  unremitting  work  of 
the  Jasper  Chapter,  V.  D.  C,  organized  only  three  years  ago, 
hut  which  at  once  began  those  untiring  efforts  which  crys- 
tallized this  poem  in  granite  and  marble.  Mrs.  Musgrove, 
President  of  the  Chapter,  ha-  been  especially  active,  and  in 
honor  of  her  noble  work  the  dedication  of  the  monument  was 
postponed  last  November,  a-  -he  was  i « ••  ■  ill  t.i  attend  at  the 
time. 

On  this  occasion  there  was  gathered  in  Jasper  the  largest 
crowd  ever  seen  in  that  place,  a  crowd  that  had  assembled 
through  the  noblest  motives  winch  actuate  humanity,  the  de- 
sire to  honor  man's  highest  attributes';  bravery,  and  patri- 
otism 


MRS.    I      M  i   5GRI  i 

In  loving,  moving  words  Mrs.  Mii-grove  presented  the  mon- 
ument to  Jasper,  and  the  speeches  of  acceptance  from  Senator 
John  11.  Bankhead,  Hon  W.  C.  Davis,  and  Gen.  George  P. 
Harrison  were  brilliant  and  appropriate  The  beautiful  ad- 
dress of  Mr-.  Musgrove,  which  -he  was  too  feeble  to  deliver, 
w.e-  i, .ill  by  Mr-  John  A  Gravlee,  and  some  very  tine  \ 
composed  for  the  occasion  bj  Mr.  Will  Gunter,  entitled  "The 
Southern  Dead."  were  i  ely  read  by  Miss  Propst. 


'I  he  inscriptions  on  the  monument  an 
South    -ide  : 

l86l-U 
1  Furled   11.  inn. 
Furl  that  Banner!     True,  'tis 
Yet   'tis   wreathed  around   with   glory, 
\n<l  'twill  live  in  song  and  story, 
Though   its   folds  are  in   the  dust 


Father  Rv  t  1 


North     idi 


Wi 


1 1. 
Bj 
di 


I-  a-l    side  : 


1   OMRADES 

To  Our 

Confedi  rate  Soldiers 

E  rected  1>\ 

Jasper  Chapter.  U    I ).  C  . 

rg.07 

1S01    [865 

1  Uabama's  1  rreat  Seal  1 

w   -leep  the  brave  who  sink  to  rest, 

all  their  country '-   wishes   blest  ' 

C.  S.  A. 
(Cri  issed  Swords  1 
'Their   shivered    swords 
\n    red   with  dust. 
Their  plumed  heads  at  e   1"  >w  ed  : 
Their  haughty  banner, 
I  railed  in  dust, 
I-   now   their   martial    shroud." 

C.  S     \ 

(  Crossed  ( .un-  1 

In   Memory  of 

Our  Brave  Soldiers 

Who  \\  ore  the  Gray. 

They  Fought  for  You  and  Me. 


(  RIVALRY  IS   RAGS. 
'I  he    scene   of    this   story   was    Brownwood,    Tex.,    January 
-'.-.    [897,   with  the  thermometer  eighteen   degrees   below    frei 
ing  and  a  blizzard  blowing.    There  came  to  me  at  my  office  a 
Confederate    veteran,    thinly    clad,    a    member    of    the    Con- 
federate Soldiers'  Home  at  Austin.  Tex.,  with   his  oniin.it 
of   go.nl    deportment    duly    signed   by   Gen     (Gotch)    \\      P 
Hardeman.  Superintendent  of  the  Home.      I  he  veteran  stood 

at  a  "present."  every  movement  showing  the  -oldier,  the 
gentleman,  the  hero,  and  slated  that  he  had  been  on  a  visit  to 
hi-    daughter-,    both    married,    at    San     Vntonio,     lev 

lie    had    left    the    Soldier-'    Home    with    a    view     of    remain- 
ing with  them,  but   found  their  condition  such  that   it   would 

work  a  hard-hip  upon  their   families    for  bun  to   remain    long! 
than    a    few     days.       So    he    resolved    to    return    to    the    Home. 
lb     was    on    his    way   and    out    of    funds 

I    supplied    bun    with    some    change;    and    a-    it    was    the 

middle  of  the  afternoon  and  no  train  for  many  hour-.  1 
invited  him  to  go  to  my  hotel  and  stay  till  morning  or  until 
the  weather  cleared  off.  lie  replied  that  he  could  not  think 
of  such  a  thing,  and  would  not  impose  upon  my  generosit} 
to  SO  great  an  extent,  and  left  the  office  with  grateful  thanks 
for  the  favor  bestowed  and  the  tendered  hospitality,  with  a 
hearty  handshake  and  an  earnest  "God  bless  you.  Major." 
F.vcn  in  his  destitution  the  man  was  a  gentleman,  and  would 
not  intrude  himself  upon  my  hospitality  save  as  far  a-  was 
absolutely  necessary. 


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C^opfederat^  l/eterap. 


SOLDIER  SONS  OF  EX-GOVERNOR  PATTON. 

A  name  beloved  anil  revered  in  Alabama  is  that  of  Ex- 
Gov.  Roberl  M.  Patton.  His  home  was  at  Florence.  Before 
the  great  war  he  supported  the  Union  ardently,  but  alter  the 
ordinance  of  secession  was  passed  he  threw  every  energy  into 
the  cause. 

\-  Confederate  commissioner  he  collected  large  sums  of 
money  to  clothe  and  feed  the  army.  His  two  grown  sons 
joined  the  army.  The  elder.  J  Brahan  Patton.  was  elected 
captain  of  the  first  company  to  leave  Florence,  April  i.  [861. 
The  company  was  sent  to  Mobile,  where  the  7th  Alabama 
Regiment  was  organized,  and  the  regiment  was  sent  to  Fort 
Barrancas,  Fla.,  to  protect  the  Gulf  Coast  It  remained  there 
ten  m.  nth-,  when  it  was  sent  to  Fast  Tennessee  to  protect 
tin    people  from  the  Tories,  who  were  devastating  the  country. 

At  the  disbanding  of  the  7th  Alabama  Captain  Patton 
joined  the  35th  Alabama,  and  shared  its  hardships  and  fought 
in  many  hattles  until  at  Franklin,  Terin.,  November  30,  1KI4. 
In  was  wounded  and  off  duty  a  few  weeks.  He  returned  to 
In-  command,  and  was  with  Gen.  Joseph  E.  Johnston's  army 
at  the  surrender  in  North  Carolina.  He  died  in  Florence  in 
June.    1905 

The  second  son.  William,  went  in  May.  1861,  to  the  La- 
Grange  Military  College  and  took  a  three  months'  course  in 
military  tactics.  After  this  he  returned  to  Florence  and  or- 
ganized a  company  of  recruits  from  Lauderdale  County,  and 
kept  them  in  camp  in  Florence  several  weeks,  drilling  them 
many  hours  each  day.  At  the  request  of  Lieutenant  Patton, 
A.  D.  Coffee  was  made  captain  of  this  company,  and  it  was 
put  into  the  1 6th  Alabama  Regiment,  under  General  Zolli- 
coffer's  command.  This  command  fought  in  the  battle  of 
Fishing  Creek,  in  Tennessee,  and  from  there  went  to  Shiloh. 
On  Sunday  morning.  April  6.  at  eleven  o'clock,  while  leading 
his  company  in  a  charge  upon  a  battery,  he  said  to  his  men, 
"Follow  me,  hoys."  when  his  brain  was  pierced  by  a  Minie 
ball,  which  killed  him  instantly.  His  body  and  that  of  Gen. 
Albert  Sidney  Johnston  were  the  only  two  of  the  slain  al- 
lowed to  be  brought  from  Corinth,  as  orders  had  been  given 
that  the  cars  must  be  used  for  removing  the  wounded  only. 
He  was  buried  at  the  Sweet  Water  home  of  the  family,  near 
Florence. 

Robert,  the  third  son,  at  eighteen  years  of  age  was  sent  to 
the  University  of  Alabama  to  prepare  for  service.  He  was 
among  the  one  hundred  cadets  taken  from  there,  and  given  as 
escort  to  Gen.  Gideon  Pillow  and  later  as  escort  to  Gen. 
Dan  Adams.  He  was  killed  111  Sehna,  Ala.,  on  April  6.  1K05, 
the  same  day  three  year-  after  his  noble  brother  was  killed 
at  Shiloh.  The  bodies  of  the  two  brothers  were  afterward- 
placed  side  by  side  in  the  cemetery  at  Huntsville  near  those 
of  their    illustrious   father   and    devoted    mother. 

Governor  Patton  was  the  first  elected  Governor  by  the  peo- 
ple after  the  war.  When  all  was  in  ruin  and  the  State  im- 
poverished, by  his  ability  and  unswerving  energy  he  again  set 
the  wheels  of  progress  in  motion.  He  secured  financial  credit 
for  the  State,  and  "Patton  money"  wa-  above  par  in  the  af- 
fair- of  the  Stale.  Ik  served  as  chief  executive  of  the  State 
three  years,  when  a  military  Governor  was  appointed  by  the 
President,  forcing  upon  us  Republican  rule. 


ladie-  1  f  that  State  Cor  it  erection  was  preserved  by  the 
treasurer  I  I  do  not  recall  her  name),  who  hid  it  in  Columbia 
at   the   time   Sherman   burned   that   city. 

Sherman  did  not  burn  Columbia.  The  conflagration  was 
caused  by  the  Confederate  cavalry  under  Wade  Hampton 
setting  tire  to  the  depot-  and  the  bales  of  cotton  in  the  streets. 
There  was  a  high  wind  blowing,  the  bales  bur-t,  and  the  burn- 
ing cotton  wa-  carried  all  over  the  city.  Logan's  troop-  were 
among  the  fust,  if  rot  the  first,  to  arrive,  and  set  to  work 
to   save  wdiat   they  CI  uld  of  the  city. 

This  whole  matter  wa-  adjudicated  by  a  mixed  commission 
on  American  and  British  claim-  in  the  cases  of  Wood  & 
Hyworth  vs.  the  United  State-  and  of  Cowlam  Gravely  vs. 
the  United  States  and  twenty-one  other  cases — all  for  cotton 
1  laimed  to  have  been  owned  by  British  subjects  and  alleged 
to  have  been  burned  by  United  States  troop-. 

'I  be  commission  was  composed  of  Count  Conti,  of  Italy, 
the  Hon.  Russell  Gurney,  ALP.,  of  London,  and  the  Hon. 
James  S.  Fraser,  of  Indiana.  Over  three  hundred  pages  of 
testimony  were  taken,  including  that  of  Gen.  Wade  Hampton 
and  other  Confederate  officers  and  of  Generals  Sherman, 
Logan,  Howard.  Woods,  and  other  Federal  officers.  All  the 
commissioners  agreed,  and  the  simple  issue  was:  "Did  the 
United  States  troops  burn  Columbia?"  And  yet  in  spite  of 
tin-  adverse  judicial  decision  by  two  foreign  umpires  of  great 
distinction,  concurred  in  by  an  American  umpire  of  note,  a  ma- 
jority of  the  Southern  people  still  persist  in  believing  that 
our  troops  burned  the  city.     The  error  should  he  corrected. 


THE  BURNING  OF  COLUMBIA. 

BY    HORATIO   C.    KING,    BRI  oki.YX,    X.    Y. 

On  one  face  of  the  monument  in  Charleston  erected  to  the 
in.  mory  of  the  great  South  Carolina  Senator.  John  C.  Calhoun, 
is    a    statement    in    substance    that    the    money    raised    by    the 


SOUTH  CAROLINA— HER  GREAT  MEN. 

BY    MRS.    WILLIAM    HUME,    SPRING    HILL.TENN. 

South  Carolina  was  first  called  Albemarle  Point.  The  early 
settlers  were  thoroughly  imbued  with  the  Carolina  spirit. 
From  the  very  beginning  they  took  decided  ground  for  con- 
stitutional rights  of  the  highest  order,  the  lords  proprietors 
being  leaders  of  the  Carolinas  and  adherents  of  the  Stuarts. 

In  1671  the  first  Parliament  of  South  Carolina  was  held  in 
Charleston.  This  meeting,  together  with  evidence  of  his- 
torical works  of  value  and  repute,  showed  a  number  of 
scholarly  and  scientific  persons.  There  was  Nicholas  Trott, 
chief  justice  under  the  proprietors,  one  of  the  most  scholarly 
men  of  his  time;  there  was  also  Thomas  Dale,  one  of  the 
early  botanists  in  America,  who  was  LL.D.  from  a  great 
English  university.  The  oldest  college  in  the  South  was  es- 
tablished in  Charleston  in  1785.  As  far  back  as  16S0  St. 
Phillips  Church  was  built  and  had  many  eminent  ministers, 
wdiose  influence  for  good,  education,  morality  was  far-reaching. 

I  he  charter  of  South  Carolina  was  given  as  a  Church  of 
England  province.  The  greatest  religious  freedom  was  al- 
lowed. The  first  settlement  of  the  Huguenots  was  in  1670, 
and  their  influence  ha-  been  handed  down  the  ages.  After 
the  revocation  of  the  "Edict  of  Nantes,"  great  number-  of 
Huguenots  docked  to  South  Carolina,  and  settled  in  Charles- 
ton, Orange  quarter,  and  on  the  Santee.  At  each  place  they 
established  a  Church.  The  Huguenot  Church  situated  on 
Queen  and  Church  Streets  is  the  only  Church  in  America 
which  retains  the  liturgy,  form  of  government,  and  confession 
of   faith   of  the   Huguenot    fathers. 

Coming  down  the  ages,  we  find  one  of  South  Carolina's 
sons  taking  the  front  place  in  America  as  a  statesman,  John 
C.  Calhoun. 

Robert  T.  Hayne.  the  statesman  (grandfather  of  the  poet, 
Paul  Hamilton  Hayne),  and  William  Gilmore  Simms,  the 
]n  iet.  were   South   Carolinians. 


Qoi}federat^  tfeterap. 


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The  eminent  lawyer,  Gen.  Mordecai  Gist,  was  Continental 
•  ii  >\  ernor. 

Gen,    Charles    Cotesworth     Pinckney,    our    own    chivalrous 
Wade  Hampton,  and  James  L.  Pettigrew  were  gallant  soldiers. 

In    1775  Charleston,   S.  C,   was   the  first   city  of   America. 
Tin.-  inherit  nice  of  royal  cnmniiusrlini;  "I   Huguenot   and    Eng 
1  i  -li    blood    produced    a    people   highly   educated,    finished    in 
ever}    way,   courteous    and    refined     born    of    gentle    breeding 
For  generation  after  generation. 


APOSTROPH1      TO  UPSON  COUNTY  GEORGIANS. 

In     llll     CONFEDERATl      \l"\l    MEN!     UNVEILED    l\     M.\Y, 

[<)08,     \1      I  11.  iM  \S    "\  ,   Ga. 

BY    W.   G,    HORS]  1  >,  ,   GRE1  Willi  .    n-  \ 

Ye  spotless  monumental  stones, 

I111   high  your  pi  erless  I  ead 
\    i  in  ,     weep    "ii      In  eai  nesl  tones 

Proclaim  your  gallant   <l>  ad, 
Whose  bones  are  scattered  far  and  widi 

On   distant   hill   and   plain 
Ami  deep  beneath  tin'  1  icean  1  ide. 

Speak  "t  iln    bra\  e  in  battle  slim  ; 
Raise  their  banner,   float   it   high, 
\  i  11.  in-    deeds    that    will    not    dii   . 

Tell  all  strangers  to  your  clime 
I  lie-e   men   died    lor   their   loved   homes; 

lill  all  people  m  all  lime 
Historic  truths  in  Life's  greal   tomes; 
Tell  in  strains  of  deathless  s,,no 

Sturdy    heroes    did    no    w  ri  ing  ; 

Thej  gave  up  all  at  1  luty's  call 

And   died    like    valiant    men. 


TENN1  SSI  1    DIVISION,  U.  />.  C. 

I  in     thirteenth    annual    Convention    of   the   Tennessee    Di 
vision,  United  Daughters  of  the  G  nfederacy,  held  in  Jackson, 
T'enn  .  May   12-14,   inclusive,   was   m  everj    respect   unusually 
pleasant   and  harmonious.      The   State   President,   Mrs.   M.   B. 
Pilcher,  though  in  the  shadow  of  .-,  great  sorrow,  presided 

Mi'  good  people  1  1  Jackson  vied  with  each  other  in  show- 
ing attention  to  the  visiting  delegates.  I  hue  receptions,  ele- 
gant in  every    feature,  were  tendered  the   Daughters.       I  he  first 

was  given  by  the  Musidora  McCorrj   Chapter,  of  Jackson,  at 

the  home  of  Mrs    Charles   Harris;  the  second,  given  by  the 

Jackson    D      \     l\  .   was   held   at    the   home   of    Mis     |',     [\    Can- 

trell;  ami  the  third  ua.  tendered  bj  the  local  Order    >f  Elks 
at  their  hands,. me  clubhouse.      \i  all  three  there  were  hand 
somely  gowned  and  enthusiastic  women.     The  daily  husmess 

sessions    were    held    at    the   attractive    Mallow      I  In  iter,   and    al 

everj    set   ion    tin     Confederate    Choir    rendered    war    songs, 
■  I  ili    little    r.irk    Balch,  a   gallant   scion   of   1  Confederate  an 
ce  try,  charmed  the  audience  with  his  sweet  voice  and  grace 
ful  acting. 

I  he  historical  meeting  was  held  Thursday  night  Though 
Bishop  1, ail.  1  «  is  prevent  d  by  sickness  from  delivering  the 
historical    address,    the    placi     was    pleasinglj    idled    by    Mrs. 

Eleanor    Molloj     Gillespie         \    paper    on    "Forrest    at     line.' 

tiess  Roads"  was  read  bj    Mi      Octavia  Zollicoflfei   Bond,  and 
iin   rest  oi  the  evening  was  given  over  to  song,  poetry,  read 
ings,  and  the  beautiful  Southern  '  ross    Drill  by  Confederate 
veterans  in  their  uniforms  of  graj    an. I   Daughters,  their  locks 
just  beginning  to  show  the  Frost  oi  matui  e  age 

Friday,  the  last  daj  of  the  s,s,Mi,  Was  a  busy  one.  The 
President  General,  Mi  1  n  lia  Branch  Stone,  was  present, 
and  by  her  judicious  rulings  ably  assisted  the  State  President 
m  the  settlement  of  complicated  matters. 

The  two   nominees    for   Stale    President    wen     Mi       II     E 

Holland,    of    Jackson,    and    Mrs.    I.uhe    Zollicoffer    Sanson,    of 

ECnoxville,    I'enn.      Mrs.   Sanson   was   elected      Bj    an   estab 

lished    rule    she    is    to   serve    for  the   nest    two   years.      She    was 

escorted  to  the  stage  bj  tin   defeated  candidate.  Mrs.  Holland, 

amid   much   enthusiasm   and   applause. 

rhough  the  hiisin,  ss  Ua.  managed  as  expeditiously    1-  pos- 
ible,  "the  shades  of  night   were  falling  fast"  when  the  dele- 
gates   wended    their    weary    wa\     homeward    to    get     read; 

the  Elks'  reception. 

I  la-  Convention  was    1   success  in  everj   way,  partisan   feel 

ing   was  buried,  and  a   h'W   feast   was  the  result. 


1  '  ""i  ide  I  lorslej   1-  a  1  gi  in   n.  im  <  psi  m  1  1  >untj      I  le 

nix   from  that  1  ountj   into  the  1  lonfeder 
ervice.     He  has  lived  in  Texas  for  many  years  and  has 

passed    folll    -core   and   1111  11 


MISSISSIPPI  DIVISION,  U.  D    < 

BY    MRS.    E.  J.  ELLIS,      El       I       m      STONE  CHAPTER,  Wl      i     P01 

The  thirteenth  annual  Convention  of  the  United   Daug 
of  the  Confederacy  of  the    Mississippi    Division  was  held  in 

West  Point,  Miss.  Ma;,  |i,  loi)  Ilii  u  a  -  pioiionnccd  the 
most  successful  and  delightful  meeting  in  the  history  of  the 
Division,  and  man.  words  of  praise  wen  received  by  the 
John  M.  St  en  1  hapter,  Wi  1  Point,  F01  the  splendid  manner 
ni  winch  she  played  the  role  of  "toastess."  The  meetings 
wen    i'  ivei    bj    Mrs.   Daisy   McLaurin  Stevens,   Presi- 

dent Mississippi  Division,  I     D.  (       Shi  1-  the  talented  daugh- 
Si  nan  ir    \  .J       1    1        in,  of    Mississippi,  and  hei    a  ' 
mini  tration     1      Pn    di  m    oi    the    Mississippi    I  livision,    U     D. 
C.  for  two  years  ha        ■  11       tli  brilliant  and  successful 

1  listOI   ■     I    1  reph  te    w  ith    interest.      A    pi 

had  been  arranged  with  great  care,  and  the  numbers,  musical 

and   literary,  delighted   tin        \   piper  on   "The   Ku- 

klux   Klan."   bj    Mrs    S    E    F.   Rose.   Historian  of  the  John 


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^opfederat^  i/eterat). 


M.  Stone  Chapter,  was  received  with  great  enthusiasm.  The 
Mississippi  Division,  U.  D.  C,  voted  to  print  this  paper  in 
booklet  form  to  be  sold  and  the  proceeds  to  go  to  erect  a 
monument  at  Beauvoir,  Miss.,  the  home  of  Jefferson  Davis, 
in  memory  of  Confederate  veterans. 

Mrs  S.  E.  F.  Rose  is  the  granddaughter  of  Mr.  Thomas 
Martin,  of  Pulaski,  Tenn.,  the  birthplace  of  the  splendid  or- 
ganization, the  Kuklux  Klan.  Born  in  Giles  County,  where 
the  "Knights  of  the  Invisible  Empire,"  shrouded  in  mystery, 
were  first  organized,  Mrs.  Rose  has  had  exceptional  oppor- 
tunity to  learn  of  the  Klan,  its  purpose  and  part  in  the  re- 
construction era,  and  her  paper  is  a  valuable  contribution  to 
history  and  contains  absolutely  correct  information  in  regard 
to  the  Kuklux  Klan. 

There  were  but  two  changes  in  the  roster  of  officers,  the 
President  and  Historian  having  served  two  years,  the  con- 
stitutional limit.  Mrs.  Lucy  Green  Yerger,  of  Greenville, 
Miss.,  was  elected  President,  and  Mrs.  S.  E.  F.  Rose,  of  West 
Point,  Miss.,  Historian  of  the  Mississippi  Division,  U.  D.  C. 

The  thirteenth  annual  Convention  of  the  Mississippi  Di- 
vision, U.  D.  C,  is  now  a  thing  of  the  past,  but  its  memory 
will  remain  a  bright  spot  through  the  days  to  come. 


FOOLING  THE  ENEMY—A  NARROW  ESCAPE. 

BY  HENRY  GARY,  M.D.,  BERLIN,  PA. 

I  was  a  member  of  the  4th  Mississippi  Cavalry  and  have 
wished  some  one  would  write  of  it  and  of  what  occurred 
while  we  were  at  Spring  Hill,  Tenn.  After  General  Van  Dorn 
was  killed  by  Dr.  Peters,  we  were  placed  under  General  Jack- 
son. Our  company  was  detailed  for  picket  duty.  Captain 
Hagan  sent  me  to  where  Captain  Smith  with  his  company  was 
on  picket  to  deliver  the  order  to  withdraw  his  men  and  re- 
turn to  camp. 

I  had  just  reached  Captain  Smith  when  there  was  an  attack 
on  the  picket  post  on  our  right,  and  a  brigade  of  cavalry  from 
Nashville  charged  down  the  road  at  full  speed,  cutting  us  off 
entirely  from  our  command.  There  were  only  about  twenty 
of  us,  and  to  cut  our  way  out  was  impossible  They  were 
upon  us  so  quickly  that  they  did  not  realize  we  were  Con- 
federates. So  we  turned  our  horses  and  dashed  along  side  by 
side  with  their  columns.  We  gradually  forged  ahead  about 
fifty  yards  in  advance ;  and  when  we  reached  the  woods 
through  which  we  must  go,  1  suggested  to  Captain  Smith  that 
he  have  his  company  fire  in  the  face  of  their  column.  This  we 
did,  and  they,  thinking  there  was  an  ambush  ahead,  deployed 
to  the  right,  which  left  us  the  entire  woods  to  our  left.  We 
utilized  our  advantage  and  escaped  to  our  command. 


PETER  F.  COLLIER. 

The  sudden  death  of  Peter  Collier,  the  owner  and  founder 
of  Colliers  Weekly,  shocked  the  literary  world.  Mr.  Collier 
had  dined  with  friends  at  the  Riding  Club  in  New  York,  and 
later  attended  the  annual  horse  show.  On  leaving  the  club  at 
midnight  he  was  stricken  with  apoplexy  and  fell  dead. 

Few  men  have  had  more  influence  over  current  literature 
than  Peter  Collier.  His  Weekly  stood  for  what  he  thought 
was  right,  with  little  regard  to  outside  opinion.  He  catered 
to  the  best  intellects,  and  did  much  to  educate  and  elevate 
through  his  columns.  He  was  ever  abreast  of  events,  and 
spent  most  liberally  to  give  the  news  first-hand  and  of  the 
most  reliable  quality  both  editorially  and  pictorially.  Few 
magazines  had  the  extensive  circulation  of  Collier's  Weekly 
and  still  fewer  the  literary  sway  it  possessed. 


LEE'S  BIRTHDAY  IX  MINNEAPOLIS. 

Airs.  F.  L.  Burnett,  of  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  Recording  Sec- 
retary of  the  U.  D.  C.  Chapter  there,  reports  a  successful 
event.  She  reports  that  the  papers  there  were  anxious  for  the 
proceedings.  She  sends  several  clippings,  one  of  which  states : 
"The  Southern  cross  of  honor  is  to  be  conferred  upon  a 
Minnesota  man,  Theodore  Marquise,  of  Faribault.  Never  be- 
fore has  this  decoration,  which  means  as  much  (perhaps  more) 
t . >  the  Confederate  veterans  as  the  G.  A.  R.  button  does  to 
the  old  Union  soldiers,  been  presented  in  the  State  to  any  man. 
The  cross  is  conferred  by  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy. 
and  the  Robert  F.  Lee  Chapter  of  Minneapolis,  which  was 
organized  just  about  a  year  ago,  has  planned  to  honor  Mr. 
Marquise  with  the  much-coveted  emblem  of  his  service  for 
the  South.  *  *  *  Mr.  Marquise  is  an  old  man  and  feeble, 
but  the  hope  of  receiving  the  decoration  has  given  him  a  new 
interest  in  life.  He  said :  'I  will  die  happy  if  I  once  have  the 
Southern  cross  of  honor  for  my  own.'  He  served  with  Com- 
pany I  of  the  2Sth  Mississippi,  and  was  taken  prisoner  at  the 
close  of  the  siege  of  Vicksburg  and  not  paroled  until  the  end 
of  the  war.  The  cross  which  he  hopes  to  possess  is  of  bronze, 
similar  to  the  Victoria  Cross  which  rewards  the  English  sol- 
dier for  deeds  of  great  valor,  only  in  the  center  it  has  the 
Confederate  stars  and  bars.  It  can  be  worn  by  no  one  but  the 
veteran  on  whom  it  is  confer;  ed,  and  he  dons  it  only  on 
special  occasions,  holding  it  too  sacred  for  everyday  wear. 
Papers  concerning  Mr.  Marquise's  war  record  and  his  claims 
to  the  cross  have  been  received  by  the  local  Chapter  and  sent 
to  Mississippi,  where,  according  to  the  rules  of  the  Daughters, 
they  must  be  authenticated  by  some  member  of  his  company 
and  then  sent  to  the  national  recorder  of  crosses,  who  will 
forward  the  emblem  of  military  service  that  will  mean  so 
much  to  its  recipient,  who  is  counting  the  days  until  the  iron 
cross  is  pinned  to  his  breast." 

Another  account  of  the  occasion  says :  "In  commemoration 
of  the  birthday  anniversary  of  Robert  E.  Lee,  the  Robert  E. 
Lee  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  gave  an  after- 
noon programme  at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  Eugene  C.  Garwood, 
3317  Calhoun  Boulevard.  The  colors  of  the  Daughters  of 
the  Confederacy,  red  and  white,  showed  in  large  bouquets  of 
roses  against  the  American  and  the  Confederate  flags  which 
were  held  by  big  bows  of  white  and  red  ribbons.  The  mem- 
ory of  the  Southern  hero  was  honored  in  a  number  of  papers 
which  dealt  with  his  life  and  his  character.  The  Historian, 
Mrs.  George  W.  Redmon,  spoke  on  'The  Life  of  Robert  Lee  ;' 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Van  Ness,  the  President,  read  a  paper.  'Lee  in 
Defeat ;'  Mrs.  Richard  Paul's  paper  was  on  'Lee,  the  South- 
erner;' and  Mrs.  W.  A.  Christian  recited  one  of  Father  Ryan's 
poems,  'The  Sword  of  Lee.'  *  *  *  The  programme  was 
given  in  the  presence  of  twenty-five  Chapter  members." 

Still  another  paper  reports:  "The  rooms  were  hung  with 
the  American  and  Confederate  flags,  and  red  and  white,  the 
Confederate  colors,  were  displayed  through  the  rooms.  In 
the  dining  room  were  bowls  of  red  and  white  carnations,  and 
in  the  hall  and  dining  room  red  and  white  roses  were  used, 
while  immense  red  and  white  bows  were  caught  on  the  chan- 
deliers and  draperies.  *  *  *  Miss  Florence  E.  Greaves 
sang.  Miss  Greaves  is  to  be  a  bride  of  the  month,  and  she 
was  presented  by  the  Chapter  with  a  volume  of  Father  Ryan's 
poems,  a  collection  of  Southern  poems,  as  a  wedding  gift. 
A  group  of  other  Southern  women  attended  the  tea.  Presid- 
ing at  the  tea  table  were  Mesdames  W.  A.  Christian,  G.  H. 
Reeves,  and  Harry  Bibb." 


Qopfederat^  l/eterarj, 


35:? 


ARLINGTON  CONFEDERATE  MONUMENT. 

Report  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Association  for  the 

Month  Ending  May  31,  1909. 

Receipts. 

Balance  oil   hand,  $9,329.07. 

Mrs.  Lillic  I-'.  Worthington,  Director  for  Mississippi,  $78.50. 
Contributed  by  Mississippi  Division,  U.  D.  C,  $50;  Jeff  Davis 
Chapter,  No.  216,  U.  D.  C,  Ya7o,.,  Miss.,  $5;  Goyer  Company, 
Greenville,  Miss.,  $10;  Shields  &  Boddie,  Greenville,  Miss., 
$2.50:  Nelras  &  Blum  Company,  Greenville,  Miss.,  $5;  Ho"d 
&  Sharkey  Company,  Greenville,  Miss,  $2  ;  J.  A.  Mann,  Green- 
ville, Miss.,  $2;   Mr    and   Mrs.   (,    and  Mr.   II.   (each  $1),  $.,. 

Mrs  M  Wheeler.  Treasurer  Texas  Division,  $43.50.  Con- 
tributed  by  Mrs.  Mollie  MacGill  Rosenberg,  Galveston,  Tex., 
\lrs.  W.  B.  Battgh,  San  Antonio,  Tex..  $1  ;  Mrs.  Cates, 
Terrell,  Tex.,  $2.50;  Mrs.  Fannie  Ilalhert,  Crsieaua.  lex.,  $5; 
Navarro  Chapter,  No.  108,  U.  D.  C.,  Corsicana,  Tex.,  $5;  Julia 
Jackson  Chapter,  No.  141,  U.  D.  C,  Fort  Worth.  Tex.,  $5. 

Alabama  Charter  Chapter,  No.  36,  Camden,  Ala.,  $2.50. 

Mi-  Thomas  S.  Bocock,  Director  for  Virginia,  $60.  Con- 
tributed by  Portsmouth  Chapter,  No.  30.  U.  D.  C,  Ports- 
mouth,  Va.,  $50;  Mr.  E.  D.  "Taylor.   Richmond,  Va.,  $10. 

R.  E.  Rodes  Chapter,  No.  64.  U.  D.  C.  Tuscaloosa,  Ala., 
$71. 

Marshall  Boys'  Chapter,  No.  1118,  lT.  1'.  C,  Guntersville, 
Ala..  $3. 

Lamar  Fontaine  Chapter,  No.  33,  U.  D.  C,  Alvin,  Tex..  $10. 

Walter  Barker  Chapter,  No.  242,  U.  D.  C,  Macon,  Miss, 
$20. 

Mrs.  Thomas  W,  Keitt.  Director  for  South  Carolina,  $25. 
Contributed  by  Drayton  Rutherford  Chapter,  No.  152,  U.  D. 
C.  Newberry,  S.  C  .  $20;  Greenville  Chapter,  No.  51.  I*.  D. 
c  .  Greenville,  S.  C,  $5. 

George  W.   Keerl.  Culpeper,  Va.,  $1. 

Mrs.  Florence  Johnston,  Director  tor  California,  $5  Con- 
tributed by  Albert  Sidney  Johnston  Chapter.  No.  79,  San 
Francisco,  Cal. 

The  Willi.1  '*  Harris  Chapter,  No.  mo.  V.  D.  C,  Karnes 
City.  Tex.,  $9.25. 

Mr-.  Thomas  S  B k,  Director  for  Virginia,  $17.  Con- 
tributed by  Stonewall  Jackson  Chapter,  No.  176,  U.  D.  C, 
Berryville.  Va.,  $15;  Scottsville  Chapter,  No.  1167,  U.  D.  C, 
Scottsvillc,  Va..  $2. 

K  T  Rodes  Chapter,  No.  64,  (J.  IV  •'..  Tuscaloosa,  Ala., 
$10.07. 

Dirk  Dowling  Chapter,  No.  404.  I7,  D  C,  Beaumont,  Tex., 
$10. 

Mr-    (      I     McGary,  Beaumont,  Tex.,  $4. 

Mrs    Hal  W.  Greer,  Beaumont.  'Tex.,  $1. 

Mrs.    Clem  Boles,    Director    for    Arkansas,    $5.      Con- 

tributed   li      1  Chapter,    No.    408    (T.    C.    Hindman), 

\rk. 

Mrs.    Thomas  W.    Kent.   Director    tor   South   Carolina.  $25 
Contributed  by  Chestet   Chapter,   No.  2,\j.  I'    1 1.  1   .  Chester, 
John   D    Kennedy  Chapter,  No.  308,  Camd 

-t   Chaptei ,  No     148,  U.    I '    < ' .    I  lem 
Mi--.  ,  $10.75. 
Tni!    CI    pter,  No   .t;.  CJ.  D.  C,  x.,  $10 

<  lhapter,  No    1 134.  1      I  I    C,    Monte- 
$10. 
Hon.   I.  M.   Dickinson,   E  of  War,  \  m,   D. 

C,  $5. 

$9,76S  7  I 
u-ct  fully    -ill milt  t .  .1  \\   M  I   \.  1 


RECONSTRUCTION  HAS  XO  I    TARNISHED. 

I'.V    MISS    REBECCA  G.   CARTER.    M  IIUiLF.SHVRC,  VA. 

I  am  so  disgusted  with  seeing  in  the  papers  how  pleased  we 
U  1>  C  are  at  the  restoring  of  President  Jefferson  Davis's 
name  to  Cabin  John  Bridge  that  I  want  the  world  to 
know  there  is  "lie  old  I*.  D.  C.  who  heartily  disapproves  of 
it.  I  don't  see  how  Southern  women  ever  stooped  to  ask 
such  a  thing.  I  consider  it  superlatively  humiliating  to  South- 
ern pride.  'The  disgrace  was  theirs,  no(  President  Davis's. 
This  consigns  the  wltole  transaction  to  oblivion  and  puts  it 
out  of  history  to  all  coming  generations.  None  will  stop  to 
ask  why  his  name  is  there.  He  was  far  .more  famous  and 
hoiicred  in  the  breach  than  by  the  restoration. 

If  I  were  an  official  of  the  U.  D.  C.  (but  I  am  not),  I 
should  bitterly  oppose  raising  memorials  in  Washington  to 
1 'in  cause,  li  looks  like  forcing  the  enemy  to  share  in  our 
glorj  There  is  but  one  spot  in  all  Washington  that  1  should 
1"  willing  to  adorn  as  a  memorial,  and  that  is  the  Pension 
Bureau,  for  it  truly  is  a  monument  t"  the  glorj  and  prowess 
of  our  men  and  one  which  no  human  being  can  now  steal  from 
ii-  or  even  take  by  force  of  aim-      We  paid   [01    it   with  lives 

nop  precious  than  all  the  Yankee  gold  between  heaven  and 
earth  ;   so  that   I  should  love  to  emblazon  the  outer  walls  with 

in  epitaph  telling  the  world  how  General  Lee  held  the  Yan- 
kee nation  at  bay  for  four  years  with  000,000  men  all  told 
against  2,850,000. 

'//;     SOUTHERN  CLUB   OF  CHICAGO 

A  number  of  Southern  men  residing  in  Chicago  and  vi- 
cinitj  have  established  a  "club  home"  tor  Southerners  and 
mi  H  of  Southern  affiliations  in  that  city,  a  place  where  South 
crners,  whether  residing  there  or  temporarily  in  the  city,  maj 
meet  socially  anil  enjoy  club  life  in  an  atmosphere  of  in- 
formality and   fellowship. 

Sectional  restrictions  are  placed  011  eligibility  to  member- 
ship. Men  of  Southern  birth,  or  wdio  have  even  one  parent 
or  grandparent  of  Southern  birth,  or  who  have  lived  five  years 
m  the  South,  or  who  are  in  the  opinion  of  the  Membership 
'  1  immittei  1  d  Southei  n  affiliations,  are  1  ligible  to  mi  rnbi 
Commissioned  officers  on  the  active   list  of  the  army,  navy, 

and    revenue  cutter   service   and    the    public   health    and    marine 

li"  pital  service  are  eligible  for  nonresident  membership  if 
otherwise  eligible. 

The    eluli    is    not    in    any    sense    political.      Men    of    every    P" 

litical  faith  ai  e  em  dially  welcomed. 

Tin  Southern  Club,  Philadelphia,  is  conducted  on  this  Hue. 
and   is    having   an   honorable    and   successful   career. 

I.     Southern    Club   of    Chicago    was   chartered    according 
ni  Illinois  on  November  i*.  kotS.    It  alreadj  has  a 
mi ■  1 1 1 1 . ■  1   ii  p  oi  about  two  hundred,  among  win  m  an   man]   of 
iln     in..  1     prominent    Southerners  I  50.      ("nil. 

are  in  ill.-  Press  Club  building.  [16-118  I1  irborn  Street,  and 
will  be  openi  .1  Jim.    1      I  he  membership 

I    dues.    $25,    payabli  I  be    non- 

$10;  annual  dues  the  same. 

0  will   become  a   favorite  meeting  place  not  only   for 

'-...nili.    11.  1  -   residi  nt   in  I  In.  i bu  n    the  largi     ind 

inci .  asing   numb.  1    -1'   Southc  n  men   who  \  isit   1 
and   business. 
(  in  1  in    Club    entertained    Judge    .1.    M. 

of  War.  at  a  reception 
given  m  the  Gold  Room  at  the  Auditorium  Annex,  to  which 
mair.  prominent  men  of  the  country  were  invited 

William   P    Daw  son  is  Secretary. 


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Deaths   Reported  from   Kentucky. 

There  has  been  no  report  from  the  necrology  committee 
this  year,  various  obstacles  preventing  action ;  so  this  list  is 
for  the  year  and  is  a  long  one.  The  Secretary  of  the  Interior 
reports  50,676  deaths  of  Union  soldiers  during  the  year,  of 
whom  34,333  were  soldiers  and  sailors  of  the  Confederate 
war.  Based  on  this  it  is  estimated  that  8,583  Confederate  sol- 
diers died  last  year,  and  yet  it  is  figured  that  veterans  will 
not  be  extinct  until  1950.  There  will  be  three  hundred  and 
forty-seven  alive  in  1930  and  twenty-three  in  1940;  the  last 
survivor  will  die  in  1950. 

Of  the  thirty-four  generals  from  Kentucky  in  the  Confed- 
erate army,  all  are  dead  save  three — namely,  Lieut.  Gen.  S. 
B.  Buckner,  of  Rio,  Ky.,  Brig.  Gen.  B.  W.  Duke,  of  Louisville, 
and  Brig.  Gen.  George  B.  Cosby,  of  Sacramento,  Cal. 

Those  who  died  were :  General,  Albert  Sidney  Johnston, 
killed  in  battle;  Lieutenant  Generals,  John  B.  Hood  and  Rich- 
ard Taylor;  Major  Generals,  John  C.  Breckinridge,  George 
B.  Crittenden,  Edward  Johnson,  Thomas  J.  Churchill,  Charles 
W.  Field,  and  Gustav  W.  Smith ;  Brigadier  Generals,  William 
N.  K  Beal,  A.  Buford.  J.  B.  Clarke,  R.  M.  Gano,  R.  L.  Gib- 
son, S.  J.  Gleason,  J.  M.  Hawes,  Ben  Hardin  Helm,  George 
B.  Hodge,  Claibon  F.  Jackson,  Joseph  H.  Lewis,  Hyland  B. 
Lyon,  Humphrey  Marshall,  Sam  Bell  Maxey,  John  H.  Mor- 
gan, William  Preston,  Joseph  O.  Shelby,  Lloyd  Tilghman,  and 
J.  S.  Williams. 

Among  other  Kentuckians  who  have  died  are  the  following: 

A.  J.  Gross,  9th  Ky.  Inf.,  June  17,  1908,  Cloverport,  Ky. 

H.  M.  Bullitt,  Morgan's  Com.,  June  17,  1908,  Louisville. 

A.  K.  Gregory,  Morgan's  Com.,  June  19,  1908,  Louisville. 

H.  M.  Smith,  4th  Ky.  Inf.,  July  7,  1908,  Louisville. 

Emanuel  Adler,  4th  Ala.,  September  26.  1008,  Louisville. 

Maj.  W.  H.  Thomas,  Gen.  Kirby  Smith's  Staff,  October  5, 

1908,  Louisville. 

John  Aubry,  2d  Ky.  Inf.,  October  9,  1908,  Louisville. 

Lieut.  Norborne  G.  Gray,  9th  Ky.  Inf.,  Orphan  Brigade, 
Louisville,  October  18,  1908. 

Thomas  McMichael,  Morgan's  Com.,  Dec.  I,  1908,  Louisville. 

Capt.  Ed  F.  Speer,  2d  Ky.  Inf.,  Orphan  Brigade,  January 
4,  1909,  Paris,  Ky. 

Gen.  Fayette  Hewitt,  Adit.  Gen.  Orphan  Brigade,  January 
26,  1909,  Frankfort,  Ky. 

Phil  B.  Bate,  Morgan's  Com.,  January  27,  1909,  Louisville. 

Richard  Hays,  2d   Ky.   Inf.,   Orphan  Brigade,  February   12, 

1909,  Louisville. 

Sam  F.  Johnson,  Morgan's  Com.,  March  23,  1909,  Louisville. 

Capt.  Frank  Hagan,  Marmaduke's  Com.,  March  28,  1909, 
Louisville. 

In  connection  with  this  report  it  may  be  of  interest  to  note 
the  deaths  for  the  year  at  the  Confederate  Home.  Colonel 
George  thus  reports  them : 

W.  L.  Calmes,  1st  Ky.  Cav.,  Co.  A,  Jan.  27,  1008. 

Daniel  Hodges,  3d  Ky.  Cav.,  Co.  C,  Jan.  30,  1908. 

J.  W.  William,  46th  W.  Va.  Reg.  Inf.,  Co.  F,  Jan.  31,  1908. 

Willis  Cassity,  5th  Ky.,  Co.  E,  Feb.   12,  1908. 


C  W.  Perkins,  3d  Ky.  Inf.,  Co.  I,  April  10,  1908. 
J.  W.  Burnett,  9th  Ky.  Inf.,  Co.  G,  April  13,  1908. 
Maj.  J.  H.  Bowman,  3d  Ky.  Inf.,  Co.  B,  May  14,  1908. 
Thomas  Howell,  8th  Ky.  Cav.,  Co.  A,  May  19,  1908. 
Henry  F.  Coldiron,  5th  Ky.  Inf.,  Co.  I,  May  6,  1908. 
George  W.  Miller,  4th  Ky.  Cav.,  Co.  A,  June  19,  1908. 
George  M.  Rudd,  10th  Ky.  Cav.,  Co.  D,  June  2,  1908. 
James  Lyon,  4th  Ky.  Cav.,  Co.  G,  July  18,  1908. 
S.  O.  Peyton,  9th  Ky.  Inf.,  Co.  C,  August  18,  1908. 
B.  C.  Rhodes,  6th  Ky.  Cav.,  Co.  A,  September  18,  1908. 
John  P.  Aubrey,  2d  Ky.  Inf.,  Co.  I,  October  8,  1908. 
O.  T.  Kennady,  3d  Ky.  Inf.,  Co.  C,  October  9,  1908. 
W.  H.  Miles,  9th  Ky.  Cav.,  Co.  G,  October  26,  1908. 
John  H.  Triplett,  1st  Ky.  Inf.,  Co.  G,  October  27,  1908. 
Mike  Heady,  8th  Ky.  Cav.,  Co.  C,  November  4,  1908. 
Y.  B.  Jones,  38th  Va.  Reg.,  Co.  H,  November  5,  1908. 
James  A.  Hindman,  6th  Ky.  Inf.,  Co.  C,  November  26,  1908. 
A.  J.  Crafton,  4th  Ky.  Cav.,  Co.  A,  December  4,  1908. 
James  H.  Hoggins,  5th  Ky.  Cav.,  Co.  D,  January  1,  1909. 
Henry  A.  Pearce,  5th  Ky.,  Co.  F,  January  5,  1909. 
Richard  Hayes,  2d  Ky.  Inf.,  Co.  C,  February  20,  1909. 
Peter  B.  Adams,  John  H.  Morgan's  Old  Squadron,  Co.  A, 
February  23,  1909. 

Natt  C.  Offutt,  5th  Ky.  Cav.,  Co.  E,  March  3,  1909. 
George  Prunty,  9th  Ky.  Inf.,  Co.  B,  March  7,  1909. 
J.  O.  Cosby,  2d  Mo.  Cav.,  Co.  C,  March  10,  1909. 
J.  G  Martin,  March  15,  1909. 
P.  F.  Crook,  1st  Ky.  Bat.,  Co.  A,  March  21,  1909. 
John  Henry  Spillman,  4th  Ky.  Cav.,  April  4,  1909. 


There  were  also  many  other  deaths  of  Confederate  soldiers 
throughout  Kentucky  and  the  South:  Lieut.  Gens.  Stephen  D. 
Lee  and  A.  P.  Stewart,  Maj.  Gen.  Eppa  Hunton,  and  #Brig. 
Gens.  John  R.  Lane  and  Ellison  Capers. 

Of  the  notable  Confederate  literati  were  James  R.  Randall, 
writer  of  "Maryland,  My  Maryland;"  Joel  Chandler  Harris, 
author  of  "Uncle  Remus ;"  Dr.  J.  William  Jones,  Chaplain 
General  and  Historian;  Col.  J.  H.  Estill,  Savannah  News. 

It  might  be  allowable  in  concluding  this  list  to  mention  some 
of  the  noble  Confederate  women  who  have  departed  to  the 
paradise  of  God  since  our  last  roll  call.  Among  them  were 
Mrs.  Eliza  Bragg,  widow  of  Gen.  Braxton  Bragg,  September 
29,  1908;  Mrs.  Ruth  Early  Nash,  sister  of  Gen.  Jubal  A. 
Early,  October  12,  1908;  Miss  Emily  Virginia  Mason,  sister 
of  John  Mason,  February  17,  1909;  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Robinson, 
widow  of  Dr.  Stuart  Robinson,  April  9,  1909. 

No  other  army  ever  had  such  guardian  angels  who  inspired 
the  soldiers  and  who  have  made  immortal  their  memories. 
In  Kentucky  alone  they  have  built  monuments  in  forty-one 
localities,  and  will  have  one  in  every  county.  May  God,  who 
is  love,  bless  them  in  their  labor  of  love — bless  them  now  in 
every  way  and  for  evermore! 

Committee :  Bennett  H.  Young,  A.  E.  Richards,  Thomas 
D.  Osborne. 

Deaths  in  Hattiesburg  Camp,  U.  C.  V. 

Three  more  members  of  the  Camp  at  Hattiesburg,  Miss., 
have  recently  "passed  over  the  river." 

John  G.  Rainer  was  born  in  Sumter  County,  Ala.,  Novem 
ber   11,   1846;  and  died  near  Hattiesburg  April  25,  1909.     He 
served  in  Company  C,  9th  Alabama  Regiment  of  Cavalry.     He 
married  Miss   Davis,   of   Choctaw   County,   Ala.     Three   sons 
survive  him. 

W.  L  Cook  was  born  at  Cooksville,  Miss.,  in  1843;  and 
died    suddenly    in    Hattiesburg,    Miss.,    April    25,    1909.      He 


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served  under  Gen.  Sterling  Price  during  the  war,  having  been 
a  member  of  Shelby's  Scouts.  His  wife  was  Miss  Fannie 
Nettles,  of  Choctaw  County,  Ala.,  who.  with  eight  children, 
survives  him. 

\Y.  A  Myers  was  born  in  Wythe.  Va.,  December  22,  1843; 
and  died  in  Mattiesburg,  Miss.,  April  28,  1909.  He  served  in 
Company  I,  6th  North  Carolina  Regiment,  and  was  in  many 
of  the  memorable  battles  fought  by  the  Army  of  Northern 
Virginia.  He  was  twice  married.  His  last  wife,  to  whom 
he  was  married  in  1S80,  was  Miss  C.  L.  Douthat,  of  Wythe 
County,  Va.,  and,  with  ten  children,  survives  him. 

Mat.  C.  J.  Campbell. 

[In  a  paper  for  the  Montgomery  Advertiser  Col  W.  W. 
Screws  writes  of  Maj.  C.  J.  Campbell,  who  died  in  that  city 
early  in  April] 

In  the  death  of  Major  Campbell  Montgomery  loses  one  of 
its  most  loyal  and  most  lovable  citizens.  He  had  been  in  com- 
paratively good  health  until  stricken  about  four  weeks  ago 
with  illness  which  proved  fatal. 

Major  Campbell  was  born  at  Galena,  111.,  September  2". 
1836,  the  son  of  John  and  Catherine  Campbell.  They  were 
members  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church,  and  he  was  always 
of  tin  same  faith,  and  in  bis  last  illness  received  the  last 
offices  of  the  Church. 

When  the  troubles  which  led  to  the  war  in  1861  arose, 
M.ni  Campbell  was  a  warm  sympathizer  with  the  Southern 
cause.  He  had  moved  \><  Memphis,  Tenn.,  in  i860,  and  wa- 
il in  business  there.  Among  the  first  to  enter  the  Con- 
fed  ,  he  joined  the  4th  Tennessee  Regiment  as  a 
private,  and  was  promoted,  becoming  major  on  the  staff  of 
General  Cheatham,  who  was  ever  his  true  and  devoted  friend 
He  saw  much  service. 

After  peace  was  concluded,  Major  Campbell  arranged  to 
join  with  a  number  of  other  Confederates  under  General 
Gordon,  the  great  English  general  in  Egypt ;  but  a  visit  to 
a  friend  in  Cairo,  111.,  changed  the  whole  current  of  his  life. 
There  he  met   Miss   Mattie   R     Remington,  to  whom  he  was 


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married  in  Pomeroy,  Ohio,  January  7,  1867,  and  she  was  his 
devoted  wife  of  forty-two  years.  He  selected  Montgomery 
as  his  place  of  residence,  when  offered  a  high  position  with 
the  New  York  Equitable  Life  Association,  going  there  soon 
after  his  marriage.  *  *  *  No  one  in  Montgomery  has 
been  more  universally  esteemed  during  all  the  years  of  his 
residence  here. 

When  the  First  National  Bank  was  organized  with  the 
late  Dr.  W.  O.  Baldwin  as  president,  he  was  elected  cashier, 
and  ably  filled  the  difficult  position  for  a  number  of  years 
During  Mr.  Cleveland's  first  term  Major  Campbell  was  ap- 
pointed a  bank  examiner,  bis  duties  taking  him  over  a  large 
territory.  He  gave  up  this  place  after  a  number  of  years' 
service  and  entered  the  cotton  business  here,  in  which  he 
continued  as  long  as  he  was  actively  in  business.  He  was 
faithful  to  every  trust  committed  to  his  care;  kind.  just,  and 
generous.  He  was  proud  of  his  record  as  a  Confederate  sol- 
dier, and  all  veterans  who  knew  him  will  have  a  tender  place 
in  their  hearts  for  his  memory.  He  was  devoted  to  his  fam- 
ily, although  the  fortunes  of  war  divided  them  in  sentiment. 
He  often  said  that  he  never  entered  an  engagement  without 
tender  thoughts  of  a  dear  brother  who  was  an  officer  in  t.ie 
Federal  army.  The  three  children  of  Major  Campbell  dud 
when  quite  young,  and  his  wife  alone  survives  him. 

Major  Campbell  was  a  member  of  the  Memphis  Bivouac, 
U.  C.  V.  He  was  also  connected  with  the  Knights  of  Honor 
and  Knights  of  Pythias. 

Capt.  J.  W.  Todd. 

Capt.  James  W.  Todd  died  at  Jefferson,  N.  C,  January  28, 
1009,  aged  seventy-five.  His  death  from  a  lingering  illness 
bad  long  been  expected,  and  his  five  children  were  with  him 
when  the  end  came. 

Captain  Todd  was  a  fine  old  Southern  gentleman,  and  had 
held  many  positions  of  public  and  private  trust.  He  was  a 
leader  in  all  that  was  good,  and  was  greatly  beloved.  Of 
Irish  descent,  he  was  heart  and  soul  with  the  South  He 
entered  the  Confederate  army  in  the  beginning  of  the  war,  and 
served  with  the  famous  9th  Regiment,  1st  North  Carolina 
Cavalry,  till  the  surrender.  He  was  in  all  the  battles  fought 
by  this  regiment,  and  won  high  commendations  for  his  gal- 
lantry. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  he  resumed  the  practice  of  law, 
and  held  many  positions  of  honor.  Later  he  was  elected 
in  turn  to  the  House  of  Representatives  and  the  State  Senate, 
serving  in  hoth  with  most  distinguished  ability. 

Captain  Todd  was  a  courteous,  sunny-hearted  Christian, 
living  his  religion  in  daily  life,  generous  to  the  poor  and 
thoughtful  and  considerate  always  of  the  rights  of  others. 

Terry. — Another  loss  in  the  membership  of  J.  H.  Lewis 
Camp  at  Glasgow,  Ky.,  is  reported  in  the  death  of  P.  E. 
Terry,  which  occurred  at  his  home,  near  Hiseville,  on  the 
7th  of  May,  in  his  seventieth  year.  He  leaves  a  wife,  two 
sons,  and  a  daughter.  Comrade  Terry  served  as  a  member 
of  Company  K,  3d  Kentucky  Cavalry,  under  John  II.  Mor- 
gan, through  the  four  years.  He  was  laid  to  rest  by  his  old 
comrades  in  the  Hiseville  Cemetery. 

Isaac  Hart. — His  sad  death  occurred  late  in  February  by 
the  taking  of  an  overdose  of  some  opiate.  He  is  reported  to 
have  served  with  Morgan's  Cavalry.  After  the  war  be  was 
for  a  time  a  successful  cotton  planter  in  Georgia,  but  was 
later  unsuccessful  and  had  been  in  ill  health. 


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J.    L.    BUFKIN. 

J.  L.  Bufkin  was  born  November  8.  1841.  in  Jasper  County, 
Miss. ;  and  died  at  his  home,  in  Buckatunna,  Miss.,  March 
27,  1909,  after  much  suffering  from  his  old  wounds.  He  was 
wounded  severely  in  the  left  leg  at  Jonesboro,  Ga.,  in  August. 
1864,  and  as  he  grew  older  this  wound  gave  him  much  trou- 
ble, until  it  was  necessary  to  amputate  the  leg.  It  was  hoped 
that  this  operation  would  prove  successful ;  but  the  trouble 
manifested  itself  again  after  a  few  months,  and  nothing  could 
be  done  for  his  relief,  until  death  mercifully  intervened. 

Comrade  Bufkin  served  during  the  war  as  a  member  of 
Company  H.  27th  Mississippi  Regiment,  under  General  Wal- 
thall, and  those  who  stood  in  ranks  with  him  know  of  his 
courage  and  faithfulness.  He  was  wounded  seven  times  in 
battle;  and  though  a  sufferer  for  nearly  all  the  years  since 
the  war,  he  uttered  no  regret  or  repining.  The  concluding 
words  of  an  inquiry  he  made  for  comrades  through  the  Vet- 
eran recently  expressed  his  continued  loyalty :  "Though  I  am 
now  nearly  sixty-seven  years  old  and  have  suffered  for  these 
forty-four  years  with  wounds  and  am  now  maimed  for  life. 
I  have  never  regretted  having  been  a  Confederate  soldier, 
because  I  still  believe  that  we  were  in  the  right." 

In  1841  Comrade  Bufkin  was  married  to  Miss  Nancy  C. 
Heidelberg,  of  one  of  the  most  prominent  families  of  Jasper 
County,  and  of  their  nine  children  eight  are  surviving — four 
sons  and  four  daughters.  He  was  a  consistent  Christian, 
living  true  to  his  obligations. 

The  inquiry  made  by  Comrade  Bufkin  was  for  three  com- 
rades who  shared  a  thrilling  experience  with  him  near  At- 
lanta in  1864.  In  command  of  videttes,  Lieutenant  Bufkin 
took  position  with  three  comrades  by  a  chestnut  stump  in  an 
old  field,  with  no  other  trees  or  cover  near.  A  hole  about 
large  enough  to  accommodate  the  four  venturesome  men  had 
been  dug  by  the  stump,  and  in  it  they  got.  When  day  broke, 
the  sight  of  groups  of  the  enemy  walking  carelessly  about  in 
plain  view  presented  an  opportunity  for  fighting,  which  the 
little  band  eagerly  accepted,  not  counting  the  odds.  Their 
fire  was  promptly  returned  by  the  enemy,  who  used  a  rifled 
cannon  to  dislodge  their  assailants.  In  a  few  moments  the 
chestnut  stump  was  literally  torn  out  of  the  ground,  and  the 
four  daring  men  were  forced  to  retire,  which  they  did  by 
crawling  flat  on  the  ground  amidst  a  hail  of  Yankee  bullets. 
Lieutenant  Bufkin  was  the  last  to  leave  the  position. 

And  now  he  who  through  four  terrible  years  followed  un- 
falteringly the  flag  of  the  stars  and  bars  and  for  more  than 
forty  years  was  true  to  the  banner  of  King  Immanuel,  his 
term  of  service  ended,  has  been  called  home  by  the  Great 
Commander. 

Capt.  Car  Forrest. 

The  death  of  Capt.  Car  Forrest  at  Waxahachie,  Tex.,  on 
May  5  has  removed  one  of  Ellis  County's  most  highly  re- 
spected pioneer  citizens.  He  was  born  in  Marshall  County, 
Tenn.,  in  1S26,  and  removed  to  Texas  in  1855,  settling  in 
Ellis  County,  near  where  is  now  the  town  of  Forreston.  The 
first  court  ever  held  in  Ellis  County  was  under  a  pecan  tree 
on  his  farm,  Judge  John  H.  Reagan  presiding.  In  1861  he 
assisted  in  organizing  Company  C.  of  the  19th  Texas  Cavalry, 
enlisting  as  a  private,  but  was  soon  advanced  to  the  command. 
His  company  saw  service  in  Louisiana,  Arkansas,  and  Mis- 
souri. He  was  with  Marmaduke  in  his  raid  through  Missouri, 
where  for  six  weeks  the  saddles  were  never  taken  from  the 
horses,  and  he  was  also  in  the  Red  River  raid  after  General 
Banks.  Returning  to  Texas,  the  regiment  was  disbanded  and 
all  returned  home. 


After  the  war  Captain  Forrest  turned  his  attention  to  agri- 
culture and  invested  largely  in  real  estate.  His  wife  was 
Miss  Virginia  Sims,  whose  father  was  also  a  Texas  pioneer. 
A  son  and  a  daughter  of  their  five  children  survive  him. 

Captain  Forrest  had  a  most  attractive  personality,  and  in 
his  death  the  State  has  lost  a  noble  citizen.  He  was  a  cousin 
of  Gen.  N.  B.  Forrest. 

John  A.  Nelson. 
In  the  death  of  John  A.  Nelson,  which  occurred  at  his  home, 
near  Siloam  Springs,  Ark.,  February  10,  1909,  another  Con- 
federate comrade  has  passed  from  earth.  He  was  born  in 
Spartanburg  County.  S.  C.  April  29,  1829.  When  the  war 
broke  out,  he  joined  General  Wheeler's  cavalry,  and  was  after- 
wards transferred  to  Burk's  Battalion  and  made  first  lieutenant. 
He  was  twice  captured,  and  served  in  all  fifteen  months  on 
Johnson's  Island,  reaching  home  many  months  after  the  sur- 
render, bankrupt  in  property,  but  rich  in  patriotism,  ambition, 
and  energy.  Proud  of  his  services  to  his  country,  he  remained 
a  loyal  Confederate  to  the  end.  He  was  twice  married,  and 
is  survived  by  his  wife  and  five  children.  For  over  sixty 
years  he  had  been  a  devout  Church  member. 

Allen  B.  Crosby. 
Allen  B.  Crosby  was  a  native  of  York  County.  S.  C,  hav- 
ing been  born  at  Blairsville  in  1844.  He  died  at  Russellville. 
Ark.,  in  January.  1909.  He  received  his  military  training  in 
the  King's  Mountain  Military  School  at  Yorkville,  under  that 
illustrious  educator,  Col.  Asbury  Coward,  and  was  a  cadet 
of  that  institution  at  the  breaking  out  of  the   war,  when  he 


ALLEN    P..    CROSBY. 

became  a  volunteer  of  Company  B,  6th  South  Carolina  In- 
fantry. As  he  was  only  fifteen  and  a  half  years  old  when 
entering  the  service,  he  was  discharged  on  account  of  his 
youth.  He  returned  home  and  remained  a  few  months,  then 
volunteered  again,  entering  Hampton's  Cavalry  of  M.  C.  But- 
ler's Brigade,  and  served  to  the  close  of  the  war.     Upon  his 


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second  enlistment  his  father  sent  a  negro  servant   with  him, 

and  faithful  was  Uncle  Dan  to  his  young  master,  staying  with 
him  to  the  close.  Many  a  nice  meal  he  prepared  for  "Marse 
Allen,"  bidding  him  sit  down  and  eat  and  "ax  no  questions." 

Comrade  Crosby  engaged  in  different  menpations  after  the 
war,  finally  settling  down  on  his  farm  near  the  old  home, 
leading  a  peaceful  and  prosperous  life,  lie  was  married  in 
[873  '"  Miss  Mary  B.  McCullough,  of  Georgia,  daughter  of 
the  late  Judge  William  McCullough,  the  well-known  jurist 
nf  Rome,  Ga.,  who  survives  him  with  seven  daughters,  only- 
two  of  whom  are  unmarried,  lie  was  faithful  to  all  trusts 
imposed  in  him.  and  was  honored  and  respected  by  all  who 
knew  hint. 

JOSl  i-ii    1  tORTON. 

This  son  nf  the  Confederacj  was  born  al  the  family  home, 
near  Nashville,  jusl  before  the  outbreak  "f  the  War  between 

the  States.  His  youth  was  passed  within  sight  of  the  gri  il 
battlefield,  and  in,  earliest  recollections  woe  of  hearing  tales 
of  the  great  conflict  of  which  lie  nevei  tired,  and  thus  almost 
from  infancy  he  was  fired  with  enthusiasm  for  the  Confederate 
cause,  and  his  love  of  country  and  of  the  beautiful  Southland 
grew  with  his  growth  and  strengthened  with  In-  strength. 

Always  "i  3   studious  nature,  Joseph.  Horton  made  a  studj 
of  the  strenuous  events  which  marked  the  first  period  ol   his 
life,  and  no  other  knew  perhaps  the  history    of  the  (  mile 
better  than  he.     1 1  i  —  education   ■•  ired  al   the  University 

of  Nashville,  a  sacred,  historic  spot,  when  his  father  and 
grandfather  had  preceded  him.  all  hearing  the  same  name,  lie 
graduated  at  the  Cumberland  Universitj  Law  School,  Lebanon, 
Tenn  .  before  attaining  his  majority,  and  at  the  time  nf  his 
1.  lime  4,  timo,  in  Washington.  1>  C.  he  was  engaged 
in  tie    pi   1   ici   "f  his  profession 

Hi-  earthly  life  was  cut  short,  ending  in  the  midday  of  his 
career.  "His  sun  went  down  whili  n  was  yel  day,"  for  the 
future  was  to  him  full  nf  daylight  and  promise.     Succeeding 

a  period   of  unusual   g 1   health,  he   was   suddenlj    stricken 

down:   and   after  an   illness  nf  sixteen   days,  attended   by  the 

ministrations  of  a  devoted  wife  and  sympathetic  friends, 

»ed  peacefully  away,  where  in  the  years   nf  eternity  his 

uncompleted  tasks  may  he  finished,  his  labors  rewarded,  and 


the  fulfillment  of  his  desires  accomplished.     He  was  brought 

hack  to  his  heloved  Tennessee,  where  in  beautiful  Mount  Olivet, 

under  a  towering  shaft  marked  with  the  names  of  loved  ones 

"fere,  lie  was  assigned  to  a  last  resting  place.   Touching- 

\  beautiful  were  the  services  at  the  home.  A  pathetic  figure 
was  that  of  his  old  nurse.  Aunt  'Liza,  now  a  rare  relic  of  ante- 
bellum  days,  who,  faithful  to  the  end.  had  walked  far  ami  long 
in  take  a  last  look  upon  him  who  still  was  to  her  "as  a  little 
child"  and  whose  tender  years  had  been  intrusted  1 
motherly  and  watchful  care. 

To  comfort  those  left  to  mourn  this  less  1  would  saj  that  so 

i|iiiet   and  peaceful   was   the  transition   that,  as  he  hoped,   when 

ill  came  there  was  no  "sadness  nf  farewell,"  and  almost 

In-  l.i-i   words,  spoken  steadily  and  bravely,  were:  'T  hop<    to 

ei    mj   Pilot  lie  to  face  when  1  have  crossed  the  bar." 


JOSEPH    1I0RT0N. 


The  fin  oning  tribute  is  from  one  who  dearly  loved  him. 
By  his  profound  knowledge  the  Veteran  had  fondly  expected 
mine  articles  from  his  gifted  inn.  Many  nf  the  United  Daugh- 
tei  nf  the  Confederacy  who  attended  'he  Convention  in  San 
Francisco  will  recall  hi-  interested  presence  in  their  mei 
and  niitings  accompanied  h\  hi-  wife,  a  daughtei  nf  Col. 
George  W.  Polk  and  a  nieci  nf  the  bishop-general  wh 
his  life  for  the  Confederal 

Oliver  Hazzard  Perry  Catron. 

In  Februarj  nf  tin-  yeai  tin  Veteran  presented  a  -ketch 
with  picture  ..f  the  four  Catron  brothers  nf  Missouri,  all  of 
whom  had  served  in  the  Confederate  army.  Ih  :  picture  was 
taken  at  the  reunion  of  the  brothers  at  the  home  of  O.  H.  P. 
Catron  at  West  Plains,  Mo.,  after  a  separation  of  fortj 
It  1-  s.i.l  that  the  group  1-  so  soon  broken  by  the  death  il 
t ).  II.  P.  Catron,  for  years  an  ardent  friend  and  patron  of  the 
Veteran.  Always  interested  in  matters  pertaining  to  the 
Confederate  cause  and  in  its  survivors,  he  was  one  of  the 
first  to  assist  in  establishing  tin  1  onfederate  Home  of  Mis- 
souri, and  for  yen  wa:  a  member  of  the  Hoard  of  Trustees 
\t  the  tun.  H  in-  death  he  was  Brigadier  General  command- 
ing the  Eastern  Brigade,  Missouri  Division,  U.  C.  V.,  and 
was  also  Commander  of  Jo  0.  Shelby  Camp.  .11  West  Plains. 
He  was  a  man  of  strong  mind,  determined  will,  and  untiring 
energy;  he  was  public-spirited  and  charitable  in  dispensing 
that  with  which  his  efforts  had  been  blessed. 

Comrade  (  atron  was  born  near  Lexington,  Mo.,  Decembei 
27,  [842,  In-  parents  having  been  among  the  first  settlers  ol  that 
section  lie  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  the  county  and 
Shelbj  College  In  t86i  he  enlisted  m  the  Missouri  State 
Guards,  and  in  August  of  die  following  year,  when  nineteen 
ol  age,  he  joined  tin  Confederate  armj  1  .1  member 
<t  (milium  C,  Gordon's  Regiment.  Shelby'  !; 
served  with  that  command  to  the  close  He  participated  in 
many  battles— Carthage,  line  Springs,  Wilson's  Creek,  Lex- 
ington,   Newtonia,  Prairie  Grove,  Sp  Hartville,  Cape 

Girardeau,  Brownsville,  Little  Rock,  Bayou  Meter,  Booneville, 
Marshall,  Westport,  and  main  battle  of  the  Price  raid  into 
Missouri.  He  was  lieutenant  of  his  company  when  the  war 
closed,     Me  was  paroled  al   Shreveport,  La.,  June  15,  1865. 

Returning  to  his  home,  at   VVaverly,   Mo.,  I  omrade  Catron 

up  the  duties  of  civil   life  untiringly.     He  was  married 

in  [86/  In  Mi-  Mam.    F    Good,  and  in   1XN1   with  his  wife  and 

son  he  removed   to  West   Plains,  which  had  since  been  his 

home  and  where  he   was  One  of  it-  leading  eili   .11-,  always  in- 

terested  in  the  advancement  ^\  his  town  and  people.  He  is 
survived  by  hi^  son,  Lee  Catron,  his  wife  having  died  in  1901. 


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Capt.  Benjamin  Cunningham  Yancey. 

Benjamin  C.  Yancey,  born  in  Greenville,  S.  C,  July  30, 
1836,  was  the  son  of  Hon.  William  L.  Yancey,  one  of  the 
most  brilliant  orators  of  the  South  and  a  historical  character 
in  the  great  struggle  between  the  North  and  the  South.  This 
son  was  reared  in  Montgomery,  Ala.,  and  graduated  from  the 
University  of  Alabama  in  1856  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts,  and  later  received  his  law  degree  from  Cumberland 
University,  at  Lebanon,  Tenn.,  and  in  the  same  year  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  Montgomery.  He  served  throughout  the 
war  as  captain  of  artillery.  At  the  close  he  removed  to 
Brazil,  where  he  resided  fourteen  years.  In  1873  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Lucy  Cairnes  Hall,  who  survives  him  with  five 
sons,  all  fine  business  men  of  unimpeachable  integrity,  and 
one  daughter,  Mrs.  Lucy  Yancey  Fuller,  of  Baltimore. 

Returning  to  the  United  States,  Captain  Yancey  settled  in 
Florida,  where  he  became  a  part  of  the  best  citizenship  of 
the  State.  After  a  painful  and  lingering  illness,  he  fell  asleep 
in  Jesus  on  the  17th  of  March,  and  was  buried  in  Glendale 
Cemetery  among  the  orange  groves  he  had  planted. 

Hansell.- — Capt.  J.  B.  Hansell  was  born  in  Moulton,  Ala., 
October  5.  1839;  and  died  May  19,  1909,  at.Jakin,  Ga.  His 
aged  wife  survives  him  with  two  sons  and  four  daughters. 
He  was  a  faithful  soldier  of  Company  B,  9th  Mississippi  Cav- 
alry, Ferguson's  Brigade,  with  which  he  served  until  de- 
tailed as  sergeant  major  of  the  regiment. 

Moore. — Stephen  J.  Moore  died  at  his  home,  in  Crowley, 
La.,  on  April  23,  1909,  aged  eighty  years.  He  was  a  native 
of  North  Carolina,  and  early  enlisted  for  the  Confederate 
cause,  being  assigned  to  the  31st  Mississippi  Regiment,  with 
which  he  served  throughout,  participating  in  many  battles. 
He  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  two  children.  Comrade 
Moore  was  a  lifelong  Church  member  and  a  Mason  of  fifty 
years,  and  was  buried  with  Masonic  ceremonies. 

William   W.   Lloyd.- 

William  W.  Lloyd  was  born  in  Grainger  County,  Tenn.,  De- 
cember 20,  1835 ;  and  died  near  Sipe  Springs,  Tex.,  May  28, 
1909,  in  his  seventy-fourth  year. 

Comrade  Lloyd  was  one  of  the  first  men  to  enter  the  Con- 
federate service  from  his  native  county  and  the  first  man  of 
his  company  to  reenlist  for  the  war.  He  was  mustered  into 
service  at  Mossy  Creek  (now  Jefferson  City),  Tenn.,  with  the 
"Peck  Light  Dragoons"  May  26,  186 1.  This  company  be- 
came Company  E  of  the  3d  (Branner's)  Battalion  Tennessee 
Cavalry,  and  later  Company  I,  2d  Regiment  Tennessee  Cav- 
alry, Col.  H.  M.  Ashby.  Comrade  Lloyd  was  elected  and 
served  as  its  first  corporal  from  its  organization  until  the 
surrender  under  Gen.  J.  E.  Johnston,  April  28,  1865,  and  was 
well  known  in  the  regiment  as  "The  Corporal,"  on  account  of 
his  long  service  in  that  position.  He  was  frequently  offered 
promotion ;  but  his  ambition  was  to  be  "the  ranking  corporal 
of  the  Confederate  army,"  and  it  is  probable  that  he  was.  No 
man  in  his  company  rendered  more  continuous  or  faithful 
service  than  Corporal  Lloyd,  and  he  escaped  with  only  one 
wound,  as  now  remembered  by  the  writer. 

Returning  to  his  home  after  his  surrender  in  North  Caro- 
lina, he  remained  there  but  a  short  time,  when  he  emigrated 
to  Texas,  settling  near  Sipe  Springs,  where  he  engaged  in 
farming  as  his  life  work.  On  February  26,  1876,  he  was  hap- 
pily married  to  Miss  Emily  Nugent,  and  of  this  union  there 
were  born  six  sons,  five  of  whom,  with  their  mother,  sur- 
vive.    Years  ago  Corporal  Lloyd  publicly  professed  his  faith 


in  Christ  Jesus  and  united  with  the  Presbyterian  Church,  in 
which  he  served  many  years  as  a  ruling  elder. 

No  truer  heart  ever  beat  in  the  breast  of  man  than  that 
of  Corporal  Lloyd.  An  obedient  son,  a  faithful  soldier,  a 
good  citizen,  a  loyal  husband,  a  wise  father,  and  a  humble 
Christian  make  up  the  life  record  of  Corporal  Lloyd.  "Well 
done,  good  and  faithful  servant;  enter  thou  into  the  joy  of 
thy  Lord." 

[Sketch  by  James  P.  Coffin,  Batesville,  Ark.] 

Lieut.  Pryor  Gardner  Veazey. 
At  a  meeting  of  Alex  Stephens  Camp  at  Barnett,  Ga.,  Hon. 
S.   N.   Chapman  paid  tribute  to  the  memory  of  Comrade   P. 
G.  Veazey,  who  died  on  November  3,  1908.     He  was  among 


LIEUT.   P.  G.   VEAZEY. 

the  first  to  take  up  arms  for  the  South,  and  faithfully  served! 
as  a  member  of  the  15th  Georgia  Regiment.  Those  who  were 
with  him  can  testify  that  he  never  shirked  a  duty  or  flinched! 
in  battle.  In  the  Seven  Days'  Fight  around  Richmond,  Second 
Manassas,  Sharpsburg,  Gettysburg,  and  many  other  battles,, 
including  bloody  Chickamauga,  he  was  found  in  the  front 
line,  ever  firm  and  steadfast.  Duty  was  his  watchword  in, 
civil  life  as  well  as  when  a  Confederate  soldier,  and  in  all 
positions  he  set  an  example  of  faithfulness.  As  a  loving  and" 
devoted  husband  and  father,  a  kind  friend  and  benevolent 
man  he  is  remembered  by  those  who  knew  him  and  profited1 
by  his  kindliness.     He  was  born  April  6,  1832. 

Christopher  C.  Sanders. 

Christopher  Columbus  Sanders  died  at  his  home,  in  Gaines- 
ville, Ga.,  August  3,  1908.  His  father's  people  were  English, 
his  grandfather  being  Moses  Sanders;  his  maternal  grand- 
father was  Thomas  Smythe,  a  native  of  Dublin,  Ireland,  and 
a  man  distinguished  for  his  great  learning. 

He  was  only  a  boy  when  Georgia  seceded,  but  he  at  once 
enlisted  in  the  Confederate  service ;  and  having  received  & 
fine  military  training  at  the  Georgia  Military  Academy,  he  was 


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made  colonel  of  the  24th  Regiment  of  Georgia  Volunteers, 
and  served  with  distinguished  bravery  in  the  many  battles  his 
regiment  took  part  in. 

[From  a  sketch  by  A.  W.  Van  Horn,  of  Gainesville,  Ga.] 

Henry  G.  Tinsley. 
Henry  G.  Tinsley,  of  Lauderdale,  Miss.,  died  on  February 
[i,  1909,  in  his  seventy-third 
year.  He  was  reared  in  Kemper 
County.  Miss.,  and  in  i860  was 
married  to  Miss  Mary  Ellen 
Crouther,  who,  with  four  daugh- 
ters, survives  him.  He  served 
in  Company  A,  35th  Mississippi 
Infantry,  during  the  four  years 
of  war.  Returning  home,  he  took 
up  the  battle  of  civil  life  again. 
By  strict  integrity  and  close  at- 
tention to  his  work  he  succeeded, 
and  was  of  .those  who  stood  in 
the  front  rank.  He  was  a  Chris- 
tian gentleman,  well  known  at 
home  and  throughout  the  sur- 
rounding country.  Of  him  it  can  truly  be  said :  "He  was  one 
of  nature's  noblemen." 


HENRY    G.    TINSLEY. 


GRAVE  OF  JOHN  C.  O W ENS. 

Near  the  battlefield  of  Gettysburg  there  is  a  little  mound 
of  earth  in  the  center  of  a  triangle  of  greensward  shaded  by 
waving  trees  and  watered  by  a  rippling  stream.  The  rumbling 
sounds  of  Bream's  Mill  and  the  rustling  leaves  from  the  tall 
trees  above  are  the  only  sounds  that  disturb  the  deathlike 
quiet  of  this  sacred  spot.  A  plain  board  at  the  head  of  the 
sleeping  grave  tells  the  passer-by:  "Here  rests  Col.  John  C. 
Owens,  of  the  9th  Virginia  Infantry,  who  died  on  July  4, 
1863,  of  wounds  received  in  the  charge  of  Pickett's  Division." 

The  plain,  quiet,  unassuming  gentleman,  the  sturdy,  firm, 
unostentatious  soldier  now  sleeps  almost  upon  the  very  field 
where  Virginia  sealed  her  devotion  to  liberty  forever,  and 
comes  forth  white  and  pure  and  glorious.  Rest  there,  be- 
loved Colonel,  in  thy  glorious  grave.  Your  little  regiment 
would  gladly  bear  you  back  to  the  bosom  of  your  dear  old 
Virginia,  whose  honor  you  died  to  maintain.  To  Colonel 
Owens's  children  he  left  a  heritage  for  the  protection  of  all 
who  love  our  Southern  land;  to  his  comrades  a  noble  example, 
and  to  his  friends  a  memory  hallowed  by  purity  and  patriotism. 


COLONEL  ROBERT  DILLARD  STONE. 

BY   ROBERT    P.    MAYO,    PARIS,   TEX. 

Col.  Robert  Dillard  Stone's  first  enlistment  was  in  Company 
II.  of  Col.  Robert  Taylor's  Regiment  of  Texas  Partisan 
Rangers,  with  the  rank  of  second  lieutenant.  In  the  reor- 
ganization under  the  conscript  law  he  was  elected  to  the  of- 
fice of  major.  For  his  valor  and  merit  he  was  promoted  to 
the  colonelcy  during  the  Red  River  campaign  against  Gen- 
eral Banks  In  February.  1864,  he  was  made  brevet  brigadier 
general  on  account  of  extraordinary  gallantry  and  superior 
military  skill.  His  command  was  in  the  foremost  of  the 
charge  at  Mansfield.  La.,  April  8,  and  Pleasant  Hill.  La.,  the 
next  day.  During  his  brief  career  as  the  commanding  officer 
of  Polignac's  old  brigade  he  won  much  honor. 

Colonel  Stone  had  a  premonition  that  death  was  coming  to 
him.    On  the  march  to  battle  he  hummed  a  line  of  the  song, 

"lie  sleeps  his  last  sleep;  he  has  fought  his  last  battle," 


and,  turning  to  his  aid,  he  said  :  "I  feel  that  this  will  apply  to 
me  before  the  day  is  ended." 

Colonel  Stone  was  in  command  of  General  Polignac's  bri- 
gade, as  stated,  the  day  of  the  last  fight  with  General  Banks's 
army,  and  as  he  sat  on  his  horse  making  his  report  to  the 
general  commanding,  John  A.  Wharton,  a  Minie  ball  from  a 
Federal  gunboat  some  distance  away  struck  him  in  the  head, 
killing  him  instantly.  His  friends  found  him  and  carried  him 
from  the  field.  A  nice  coffin  was  made,  and  he  was  buried  in 
the  yard  of  the  little  church  on  the  banks  of  Yellowstone 
Bayou,  about  three  miles  from  the  battlefield.  Colonel  Stone 
was  a  lawyer,  and  came  from  Missouri  just  before  the  war. 


FRANCIS  E.  LANIER. 
Francis  Eugene  Lanier,  the  son  of  Capt.  and  Mrs.  \Y  H. 
Lanier,  of  Savannah,  Ga..  met  his  untimely  death  on 
June  12,  1907,  just  as  he  had  reached  his  twenty-second  year. 
In  this  brief  span  of  life  he  had  filled  many  places  of  honor 
and  responsibility  with  credit  to  himself  and  satisfaction  to 
his  associates.  He  was  an  enthusiastic  member  of  Francis  S. 
Bartow  Camp,  U.  S.  C.  V,  of  which  he  was  Adjutant,  as 
also  for  the  State  Division,  and  Assistant  Inspector  General 
for  the  Southern  States  and  Chairman  of  the  Monumental 
Committee.  His  love  for  the  South  was  deep  and  pure,  his 
pride  in  her  achievements  great,  while  the  veterans  of  her 
great  war  were  objects  of  his  deep  affection.  His  grand- 
father, father,  and  three  uncles  served  the  South  as  Confed- 
erate soldiers.  

Annual  Meeting  of  Forrest's  Escort. — Gen.  N.  B.  For- 
rest's Escort  Company  will  hold  the  annual  meeting  of  its 
members  in  Shelbyville,  Term.,  September  7,  1909.  It  is 
understood  that  there  are  surviving  about  thirty  members, 
half  of  whom  were  at  the  Memphis  Reunion.  W.  F.  Buch- 
anan, of  Shelbyville,  is  President  for  this  vear. 


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CAMP   CHASE  MEMORIAL  EXERCISES. 
From  Address  of  Al  G.  Field,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

On  a  monument  erected  to  the  memory  of  those  who  gave 
up  their  lives  for  the  cause  of  the  South,  located  in  a  South- 
ern city,  is  this  inscription:  "This  monument  perpetuates  the 
memory  of  those  who,  true  to  the  instincts  of  their  birth,  faith- 
ful to  the  teachings  of  their  fathers,  constant  in  their  love  for 
the  State,  died  in  the  performance  of  their  duty ;  who  have 
glorified  a  fallen  cause  by  the  simple  manhood  of  their  lives, 
the  patient  endurance  of  suffering,  and  the  heroism  of  death  ; 
and  who  in  the  dark  hours  of  imprisonment  and  the  hopeless- 
ness of  the  hospital,  in  the  short,  sharp  agony  of  the  field, 
found  support  and  consolation  in  the  belief  that  at  home  they 
would  not  be  forgotten." 

Was  ever  epitaph  more  appropriate  or  more  pathetic?  The 
significance  of  the  last  sentence,  "Found  support  and  consola- 
tion in  the  belief  that  at  home  they  would  not  be  forgotten." 
appeals  to  all  humanity.  To  those  who  were  familiar  with  the 
home  life  of  the  people  of  the  South  in  the  days  before  the 
war  the  words  convey  a  pathos  so  tender  and  sweet  they  seem 
sacred. 

The  writers  of  current  literature  pertaining  to  the  early 
days  of  the  South  constantly  refer  to  the  aristocracy,  at- 
tributing to  them  all  the  vices  and  few  of  the  virtues  of  this 
life.  They  had  vices,  and  we  find  that  even  the  Puritans, 
who  are  generally  referred  to  as  perfect,  had  them.  As  Lin- 
coln once  said :  "Those  who  have  no  vices  have  few  virtues." 
Their  vices  were  as  peculiar  to  the  times  as  ours  are  to-day. 

The  latter-day  historian  who  obtained  his  knowledge  of  the 
South  through  political  publications  assures  us  that  the  war 
between  the  men  of  the  North  and  South  was  inevitable.  We 
will  grant  this  is  true  and  rejoice  that  contentions  that  would 
have  perplexed  this  country  to  the  end  were  all  decided  by 
that  war.  We  may  rejoice  that  we  are  one  people,  North  and 
South,  reunited  as  one  great  family  under  one  flag. 

Again  we  are  assured  by  these  latter-day  historians  that  the 
lessons  and  benefits  which  have  come  to  us  through  that  war 
are  so  great  that  they  outweigh  all  that  was  endured  of  sorrow 
and  suffering  and  financial  loss.  All  this  may  be  true,  yet  1 
regret  that  in  all  the  benefits  and  blessings  that  have  come  to 
us  we  have  lost  the  most  beautiful  and  enchanting  page  in  the 
history  of  this  fascinating  country — the  home  life  of  the  peo- 
ple of  the  South  before  the  war. 

To  have  lived  that  life,  that  simple  home  life,  is  to  more 
fully  appreciate  the  tender  sentiment  contained  in  the  last 
sentence  of  the  inscription  quoted :  "Found  support  and  con- 
solation in  the  belief  that  at  home  they  would  not  be  for- 
gotten." 

You  can  search  history  in  vain  to  find  a  country  and  its 
people  the  counterpart  of  the  Old  South.  The  domestic,  the 
home  life,  the  social  life  of  the  people  of  the  South  was  one 
of  singular  beauty.  Arcadian  in  its  simplicity,  ideal  in  its 
hospitality,  the  bonds  of  love  between  men  and  families  em- 
braced the  most  charming  features  of  ancient  feudalism. 
Nothing  but  dishonor   sundered   them. 

We  will  admit  that  there  was  an  aristocracy  in  the  South 
created  by  the  social  and  trade  conditions  of  the  times.  It 
was  a  natural  inheritance  descending  from  ancestor  to  son. 

I  offer  no  defense  of  feudalistic  subjection  of  the  many  to 
the  few.  I  do  not  believe  in  caste  excepting  as  to  respecta- 
bility. I  hold  the  respectable  man  or  woman  above  all  others. 
I  do  not  now  and  never  believed  slavery  right.  I  deny  the 
right  of  any  human  being  to  hold  another  in  bondage.  Yet  on 
this   one  theme  the  latter-day  historians  generally  base  their 


most  cruel  criticisms  of  the  aristocracy  t>£  the  South  on  the 
suffering  of  the  slave  and  the  cruelty  of  the  slaveholder. 

Senator  Bob  Taylor,  of  Tennessee,  has  proposed  a  monu- 
ment symbolical  of  slavery  days  carved  from  a  single  block  of 
Southern  marble,  in  the  center  a  courtly  old-time  Southern 
planter  high-born  and  gentle  with  a  kindly  face,  on  the  right 
the  old  plantation  negro  "uncle"  and  slave,  and  on  the  left 
the  shiny-faced  black  "mammy,"  the  helper  of  every  living 
thing  in  the  big  house  of  the  white  folks  and  in  the  cabin  of 
the  "pickaninny." 

I  hope  the  monument  will  take  form.  I  should  crave  the 
privilege  of  inscribing  it.  Under  the  central  figure,  the  old 
master,  I  would  carve  the  word  "honor;"  under  the  slave,  the 
old  faithful  Uncle  Remus,  I  would  carve  the  word  "homage;" 
under  the  black-faced,  broad-bosomed  mammy,  whose  breasts 
often  succored  the  children  of  the  whites,  I  would  carve  the 
word  "humanity." 

There  is  nothing  in  the  history  of  the  South  before  the  war 
more  interesting  than  the  ties  of  affection  and  respect  that 
bound  the  slave  to  his  master  and  master  to  slave.  Neither 
prosperity  nor  ruin,  decay  nor  disaster  has  changed  this  feel- 
ing. Find  them  where  you  will,  they  will  bear  witness  to  this 
statement.  Hunger  and  want  never  disquieted  the  slaves' 
constant  good  nature.  Good  humor  and  laughter  distinguished 
their  lives.  The  politeness  and  civility  of  the  Uncle  Remus 
of  slavery  days  was  only  outdone  by  his  master  In  those  days 
the  mind  of  the  negro  was  not  disturbed  by  Brownsville  af- 
fairs nor  his  fears  excited  by  the  tariff  on  razors. 

The  aristocracy  of  the  South  (we  must  call  it  by  that  name 
to  designate  it,  but  do  not  class  it  with  that  which  we  as- 
sociate in  our  minds  as  aristocracy  to-day)  gave  to  this  coun- 
try men  whose  memories  every  American  reveres.  Washing- 
ton was  of  this  aristocracy.  His  sword  and  army  gave  us 
freedom.  Chief  Justice  Marshall,  of  Virginia,  who  reenforced 
the  victories  of  war  with  the  laws  of  peace,  was  of  that  aris- 
tocracy. 

For  more  than  fifty  formative  years  of  the  life  of  this  re- 
public the  men  of  the  so-called  aristocracy  of  the  South  fur- 
nished the  dominating  influence  in  the  halls  of  Congress. 
The  extension  of  the  geographical  limitations  of  this  coun- 
try from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific,  the  acquisition  of  Texas 
and  Louisiana,  was  brought  about  by  those  of  the  aristocracy 
of  the  Old  South. 

Fifteen  Presidents,  covering  the  period  from  the  establish- 
ment of  this  government  until  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War, 
were  born  of  this  aristocracy.  The  first  note  of  warning 
sounded  to  Great  Britain  was  by  the  aristocracy  of  the  South. 
The  first  Congress  before  the  formation  of  this  republic  was 
presided  over  and  guided  by  one  of  the  aristocracy  of  the 
South,  and  that  declaration  that  freed  us  from  Great  Britain's 
tyranny  was  conceived  by  the  mind  of  one  of  the  South's  im- 
mortal sons  and  of  her  aristocracy. 

That  so-called  aristocracy  was  the  ancestry  of  a  race  of  men 
that  has  made  the  bravery  of  the  American  the  pride  of  the 
world.  If  there  was  an  aristocracy  of  wealth  and  blood  in  the 
Old  South,  it  was  theirs  by  right  of  inheritance  and  environ- 
ment. That  it  was  open  to  criticism,  all  will  admit ;  that  it 
had  its  virtues  is  a  truth  none  can  deny.  There  was  another 
aristocracy  in  the  South  in  those  days,  an  aristocracy  of 
honor  born  of  truth,  strong  and  noble.  Extending  beyond 
the  people  of  wealth,  regulating  public  matters,  it  became  the 
unwritten  law  of  the  land.  Honor  was  the  supreme  test  of 
every  man.  It  was  the  pride  of  every  man,  and  was  held  as 
sacred  as  life  itself.     It  was  based  upon  truth. 


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It  was  bred  in  the  bone  and  instilled  in  the  mir.d  that  upon 
the  word  of  hint  who  passed  it  was  the  seal  of  faith;  and  no 
math  r  what  the  sacrifice,  no  matter  what  the  self-denial,  he 
must  make  his  word  good  even  unto  death.  With  the  men  oi 
the  Old  South  truth  and  respectability  came  first,  wealth 
afterwards. 

There  w i  i  e  no  vasl  fortunes  in  tin   South  of  those  days  ac- 
cumulated bj    processes  tolerated  now.     There  were  no  law- 
defying  corporations.     The   wealth   of  the   people   was   in   the 
land,  and   this   descended   from   father   to   son,  as   did   the  cus- 
toms  and  habits  "f  their  domestic  lives. 

Piety  and  patriotism  were  the  dominant   trails   m  the  make 
up  of  the  people      Their  churchgoing  and   reverence   spread 

an  atmosphere  nl    rclig  mi  o\ei    all       Even  the  dusky  slave   felt 
its  influence.     Every  Church  had  its  black  worshipers — in  the 
same  church,  mind  you.  black  and  white  worshiping   to 
rhis  strain  of  religion  must  have  come  from  their  Hugue 
Scotch-Irish  ancestors.    It  has  left  its  influence  on  the 
peoph  of  the  South  even  unto  this  day.    Nowhere,  no)  even  in 
puritanical  New  England  or  staid  Canada,  do  the  people  show 
their  reverence  For  (.ml  and  his  Word  in  a  more  marked  man- 
ner,   hi  no  land  is  the  Sabbath  so  strictlj  observed  as  in  the 
South,  and  In  no  land  is  there  more  of  religious   tolerance. 
Ilir  Jew,  ih''  Protestant,  and  the  I   itholic  vie  with  each  other 
in  their  reverence    ind  n  spec!   for  all  who  worship  Cod.     But 
in  me  the  chief  charm  of  the  people  of  the  old  South   was 
the  beauty  and  simplicity  of  their  home  life,  the  genuine  hos 
pitality,    their    dominating    love    for   their    fellow-man.     The 
open  sesame  to  their  hospitality  and  home-  was  respectability. 
were  hut  few  divorces      Marriage  was  sacred.     There 
i     but  little  personal  litigation  and  no  suits   for  alienation 

ffection  There  were  bu(  few  scandals  in  those  days 
My  recollection  of  the  people  who  made  the  Southland  a 
Utopian  dream  is  as  pleasurable  as  any  I  revive,  and  thai 
1  was  pern  itted  as  a  youth  to  touch  the  hem  of  their  garmi  el 
has  ever  been  an  inspiration  to  me.  Would  thai  1  could  hut 
turn  tl  e  hands  of  time  hack  again  to  a  particular  Christmas  in 
the  (ild  South,  yet  only  our  oi  umio  '     It  was  the  lasl  Christ 

the  war.  I  have  often  tried  to  repeat  the  joys  of 
that  occasion,  hut  somehow  instead  of  increasing  happiness 
something  of  sorn  «  creeps  in  and  I  am  sad  to  he  disturbed  in 
tin    cherisl  ed  1  eo  Elections, 

If  there  is  one  within   the  hearing  of  my  voice  who  has   nO( 
1   I   inspiration   and   help   from   social   intercourse,   he   has 
been  divested  of  one  of  the  chief  charms  of  humanity.    Christ- 
mas chei  r   1  nun  -   Inn   once  a  year   in   these  prosaic  days,  hut  it 

1  hristmas  cheer  all  the  year  in  the  days  of  the  Old 
Smith.  Christmas  began  a  week  before  the  calendar  date, 
and  they  forgot  the  date  "I  its  ending  in  SO  fai  1-  cheer  was 
ned. 
The  Christmas  1  refei  to  was  in  i860,  a  few  months  Inf. ire 
the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War.  We  all  went  hack  to  the 
old  home— to  grandfather's — to  celebrate  Christmas,  That  old 
stone  housi    was  (he   Mecca   for  all  the  relations  of  the  family. 

! brought    111    neighbors    for   a    radius    of    miles 

All  who  came  were  entertained.    Well  do  I  remember  that  all 

of    us    fm.r   youngsters    slept    in    one    Ind.    lli.it    one    would    not 

lie  advantage  of  the  other  in  catching  the  older  mem- 

of  flu-  household   with   the   salutation.  "Christmas   gift!" 
1     .oil  slept   in  one  bid,  but  should  havi      lid  laj   awake  in 

one  bed,  for  none  of  US  slept  At  three  o'clock  in  the  morn- 
ing we  nen  .ill  up.  creeping  stealthily  along  the  wide  hill. 
knocking  on  each  door,  shouting,  "(  hristmas  gift!"  and  were 
always    welcomed    from    within       Fathei    pretended    1 Id 


that  we  awakened  the  household.  Mother  got  up,  although 
pretending  to  protest.  The  entire  household  was  up,  the  big 
dining  room  was  crowded,  (he  big  table  full  of  presents. 
Every  one  was  remembered,  white  and  black  alike.  There 
was  no  more  sleep  that  night.  Soon  the  neighbors  began 
pouring  in,  and  cannon,  old  ■shotguns,  and  any  combustible 
that  could  add  noise  announced  the  joyful  day.  1  can  see  that 
courtly  old  Southern  gentleman  receiving  the  guests,  ladling 
out  the  apple  toddy  to  the  visitors.  I  will  never  get  the 
aroma  oi  that  toddj  out  of  my  sense  of  smell — that's  as  near 
.1      I     "i 'I   to  it  in  those  days.      [And  he  has  seldom  been   umih 

since. —  Editor  Veteran.] 

I  endeavored  to  make  some  of  this  toddy  lasl  Christmas,  but 
those  who  had  acquired  a  taste  for  the  beverag<  in  the  old 
days  shook  their  heads  dubiously  when  they  sampled  it.  All 
tgreed  that  it  was  good,  but  the  flavor  that  distinguished  that 

made  m  the  old  days  was  lacking.  I  finally  made  up  my 
mind  that  it  was  the  government  tax  that  destroyed  the  flavor. 
For  be  it  admitted  that  the  people  of  those  days  did  not  feel 
thai  they  were  in  danger  of  damnation  because  they  made  a 
little  homemade  brandy  ami  wine.  I  do  not  remember  that 
\m  had  Kcclcy  cures  or  saloons.  Anti-Saloon  Leagues,  or  kin- 
dred or- 11  1  ations  peculiar  to  this  advanced  age;  bm  we  gol 
all  mg  w  ithoul  them  all  right. 

I  fear  I  should  not  have  mentioned  this  apple  toddy;  it 
might  tempt  Some  who  never  sampled  it.  The  big  punch  bowl, 
with  its  mellow  juice  of  apple  fermented,  with  spues  and 
mi  led  Kauiho  apples  floating  mi  lis  surface,  might  tempi 
the  most  anient  of  temperance  advocates, 

1  have  i"  ih -in-  to  lay  temptation  before  any  person.  I 
have  sympathy  and  respect  for  the  good  people  who  n 
strenuously  laboring  to  alleviate  and  eliminate  the  evils  of 
intemperance,  although  1  have  no  faith  in  their  methods  01 
1I1  e  practicability  of  the  workings  of  their  plans.  It  is  not  the 
recollection  of  thai  apple  toddy  that  inclines  my  judgment, 
luii  observation  and  experience;  therefore  I  would  not  make 
it  harder  for  the  advocates  of  temperance 

Boston  has  discovered  a  process  by  which  you  can  distill 
brandy  from  sawdust.  Now  what  chance  will  a  prohibitory 
law  have  when  people  can  make  brandy  mashes  with  the 
Shingles  off  their  houses"  All  the  old  toper  will  have  to  do 
is  to  saw  the  legs  off  the  kitchen  table  to  get  delirium  tremens. 
The  farmer  can  take  a  ripsaw  and  go  out  to  his  rail  fence 
and  get  a  jag  that  will  last  while  bis  barley  is  growing.  The 
boys  will  make  pony  brandies  .ait  of  baseball  bat-  Surely 
we  had  best  have  a  dangerous  product  handled  legally  and  not 
tempt  the  illegal   sale  of  it  with  its  subsequent  consequences. 

You,  Colonel  Johnson,  will  go  back  to  your  home  city  on 
the  falls  of  the  Ohio  to  meet  .111  earnest  band  of  men  who 
will  invade  your  city  the  coming  week,  members  of  the  Im- 
perial Council  of  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  an  institution 
promoted  for  the  betterment  of  mankind  in  general.  You 
will  meet  a  number  of  its  membership  there  in  Louisville, 
good  friends  of  mine,  workers  in  the  Anti-Saloon  League, 
among  whom  1  will  mention  Hon.  Alvah  P.  Clayton,  Mayor 
of  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  Hon.  George  H.  Green,  of  Texas,  Judge 
Louis  I',.  Windsor,  of  Michigan,  and  William  Brown,  of 
Pittsburg.  IK-  has  escaped  tin  dragnet  or  is  out  on  parole 
To  those  gentlemen  pie,;  1  carry  my  regards  and  regrets  that 
1   cannot  be  with  you  and  them. 

I   sincerely  mist  you  will  excuse  the  digression  in  mj    re 

marks.  They  come  to  my  mind  for  the  reason  that  the  gentle- 
men mentioned  should  be  with  us  here  to-day,  for  the  reason 
that   thej   are  moi   who   look  upon  life  as  did  those  of  the  old 


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days  in  the  South.  They  love  those  days  when  life  was 
simpler,  when  men  took  life  less  seriously,  when  the  holi- 
days and  social  occasions,  while  permeated  with  piety,  meant 
not  pain  but  took  the  highest  and  noblest  forms  of  pleasure. 

It  will  be  argued  that  in  the  days  I  speak  of  the  new  world 
was  smaller;  we  had  not  attained  the  forms  of  education  and 
cultivation  we  now  enjoy;  the  nation  was  in  its  childhood. 
But  I  regret  that  we  have  passed  that  childhood.  When  we 
look  back  to  the  days  before  the  war  and  compare  the  people 
and  times,  it  seems  to  me  that  we  have  passed  our  childhood, 
passed  our  manhood,  and  grown  prematurely  old  in  our  home 
life,  in  our  social  life,  and  our  friendships ;  it  seems  to  me 
that  we  have  forgotten  the  child's  smile  and  lost  the  happi- 
ness of  long  ago  in  so  doing.     *     *     * 

There  is  no  use  talking  about  the  blessings  of  life  unless 
we  look  and  act  as  if  we  really  were  blessed.  It's  no  use  in 
believing  in  a  cloudless  heaven  if  we  live  in  the  shadows  of 
the  world,  picking  up  its  lead  and  despising  its  gold.  The 
home  life,  the  love  of  home  and  family  and  friends,  was  the 
life  of  the  people  of  the  Old  South.  It's  the  kind  of  life  that 
will  bring  happiness;  and  happiness  is  earth's  heaven.  It's 
the  kind  of  life  in  which  we  learn  larger  faith  and  love  for 
man ;  it's  the  kind  of  life  in  which  we  feel  the  thrill  of  the 
broad  and  upward  way ;  it's  the  kind  of  life  that  cements 
friendships  and  propagates  love.  It  is  in  the  simple  life  that 
friendships  are  strongest  and  sweetest. 

It  should  be  a  source  of  happiness  to  all  who  have  con- 
tributed to  these  services  to  feel,  to  know  they  have  honored 
those  who  died  for  a  cause  in  which  they  implicitly  believed. 


SOUTHERN   WOMAN'S  MONUMENT. 

BY    J.    E.    PELTREE,    IVANHOE,   TEX. 

The  writer  saw  the  magic  lantern  exhibits  of  the  design  for 
our  monument  to  the  women  of  the  Confederacy.  There  was 
great  disappointment  at  the  hasty  manner  in  which  this  very 
important  subject  was  disposed  of.  After  the  rejection  of 
said  model  by  the  Convention,  the  whole  matter  was  referred 
back  to  General  Walker's  committee,  supplemented  by  a  vet- 
eran from  each  Southern  State,  without  naming  any  date  for 
said  committee  to  report.  This  indefinite  postponement,  how- 
ever, affords  ample  time  in  which  to  mature  our  plans  and 
guard  against  another  mistake 

In  the  meantime  we  can  give  our  views  on  this  all-absorbing 
subject  through  the  Veteran,  the  official  representative  of  all 
Confederate  organizations.  But  for  the  patriotic  kindness  of 
Southern  women  the  writer  feels  sure  that  he  would  not  be 
alive  to-day;  hence  his  active  interest  in  this  matter.  While 
I  heartily  indorse  the  editorial  and  the  article  of  Dr.  H.  M. 
Hamill  on  this  subject  in  the  April  Veteran,  it  is  far  from 
my  purpose  to  censure  General  Walker  or  other  members 
of  that  committee,  but  thank  them  for  their  laudable  labors. 

In  all  ages  women  have  been  noted  for  their  devotion  and 
zeal  in  times  of  distress  and  danger ;  but  to  the  women  of  the 
South  clearly  belongs  the  honor  of  excelling  those  of  any 
other  age  or  clime  in  this  respect.  How  to  adorn  those  monu- 
ments is  the  question.  In  order  to  solve  this  problem,  it  is 
only  necessary  to  decide  in  what  particular  respect  woman  was 
most  potent  and  useful  during  <  ur  Confederate  war.  They 
did  much  menial  service,  but  not  for  this  do  they  most 
deserve  immortal  honors  at  our  hands.  The  good  Book  tells 
us  that  in  the  hallowed  arms  of  woman  was  first  found  the 
Babe  of  Bethlehem,  the  Redeemer  of  the  world ;  also  that  she 
was  "last  at  the  cross  and  first  at  the  sepulcher  of  our  Lord." 
Did  not  the  cause  of  Christianity  prosper  and  was  it  not  most 


conspicuously    and   constantly   upheld    and    exalted    by   them: 
We  know  that  every  living  Confederate  will  answer  yes 
"O  woman !  in  our  hours  of  ease 
Uncertain,  coy,   and  hard  to   please, 


When  pain  and  anguish  wring  the  brow, 
A  ministering  angel  thou !" 
And  it  was  in  her  divine,  angelic  nature  that  the  Southern 
woman  appeared  in  her  most  conspicuous  refulgence,  and  with 
the  Bible  she  was  far  more  potent  and  useful  than  in  all  other 
ways  during  the  war.  How  many,  many  brave  boys  were 
given  Bibles  on  leaving  home,  and  how  many  were  cheered  in 
battle,  on  the  march,  in  camp,  in  prison,  and  in  the  hospital 
by  knowing  that  they  were  the  objects  of  constant  prayer  by 
Christian  mothers,  wives,  sisters,  and  sweethearts! 

Mr.  Editor,  the  most  impressive  picture  I  ever  beheld  was 
that  of  the   "Burial  of  Latane,"   which   long  ago  appeared   in 
the  Veteran.    In  that  picture  a  noble,  lovely  Christian  woman, 
Bible  in  hand,  filled  the  place  of  a  preacher  at  the  burial  of  the 
gallant  soldier.     I   suggest  that  a  plain  picture  of  a  Christian 
Southern    woman    with    Bible    in    hand    and    her    eyes    lifted 
toward  heaven  would  be  a  most  suitable  symbol   for  all  our 
monuments    to   the   women   of   the    Confederacy.      Surely   no 
other  symbol  can  more  fully  and  more  happily  portray  the  di- 
vine qualities  of  Southern  womanhood. 
"I  hold  it  a  religious  duty 
To  love  and  worship  woman's  beauty. 
She  has  least  the  taint  of  earthly  clod  ; 
She  is  freshest  from  the  hand  of  God. 
With  heavenly  looks  she  makes  us  sure; 
The  heaven  that  made  her  must  be  pure." 
On  one  of  the  sides  or  panels  of  our  woman's  monuments 
this   whole  picture  of  the  burial  of  Latane   should  appear  in 
bas-relief.      As    our    good    women    were    so    often    useful    as 
spies  and  guides,  it  would  be  but  proper  for  another  side  of 
our   monuments   to    portray   that   brave    Southern   girl    riding 


LATEST   PICTURE   OF  GEN.    CLEMENT   A.    EVANS. 


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behind  General  Forrest  to  show  him  the  way  around  that  in- 
vading army,  while  another  side  might  show  a  woman  in  the 
act  of  bathing  the  brow  of  a  sick  or  wounded  soldier.  And 
last,  but  not  least,  on  one  side  of  our  monuments  there  should 
be  engraved  the  exact  words  in  which  President  Davis  dedi- 
cated his  great  war  history  to  "The  Women  of  the  Confed- 
eracy." The  writing  of  that  history  was  the  crowning  act 
in  the  eventful  life  of  our  great  and  glorious  chieftain,  and 
the  dedication  of  that  book  honors  the  women  of  our  South- 
land in  a  manner  more  lasting  and  effective  than  we  can  ever 
hope  to  achieve  by  the  erection  of  monuments,  be  they  ever 
so  numerous  and  grand. 

PORTRAIT  OF  MRS.  HICKMAN  PRESENTED. 
Lately  the  trustees  of  the  Confederate  Home  Association 
were  the  recipients  of  an  unusually  fine  portrait  of  Mrs.  John 
P.  Hickman,  which  is  to  be  placed  in  one  of  the  Kate  Litton 
Hickman  rooms  of  the  Home.  A  prominent  Nashville  Chap- 
ter of  the  U.  D.  C.  is  named  for  this  lady,  who  has  been  its 
President  since  its  organization,  and  it  is  this  Chapter  that 
supplied  the  portrait.  The  gift  will  be  much  appreciated  by 
the  old  soldiers,  for  they  are  all  devoted  to  the  original.  Miss 
Grace  Handly,  of  Nashville,  made  the  presentation  in  elo- 
quent words  and  with  deep  feeling.  She  said  that  they  be- 
lievi  '1  in  giving  the  flowers  of  appreciation  while  the  recipient 


on  horseback  to  Tennessee  with  the  flag  of  the  2d  Tennessee 
Regiment  concealed  beneath  her  skirts.  This  flag  is  now  in 
the  Nashville  State  Capitol. 


FROM    PHOTO    USED   BY    PAINTER    OF    PORTRAIT. 

was  living  to  enjoy  their  perfume,  not  in  covering  the  cold 
dead  with  the  frail  blossoms.  She  felt  that  the  fairest  flower 
that  could  be  given  the  old  veterans  was  a  picture  of  their 
beloved  fi  i 

the  war  days  of  old  when  the  mother 
of  Mrs.  Hickman  was  driven  from  home  by  the  Yankees  and 
of  the  four  months  the  family  spent  in  an  old  box  car.  Mrs 
Hickman  at  that  time  was  ;i  iiii-i  i    slip  of  9  girl,  yet  she  rode 


CHARACTERISTIC  OF  SAM  DAVIS'S  FATHER. 
M.  J.  Clarke  writes  from  Mobile,  Ala.:  "Tn  reading  of  the 
capture  and  execution  of  Sam  Davis  in  the  June  Veteran  I  call 
to  mind  an  incident  that  occurred  near  Smyrna,  Tenn.,  during 
Hood's  campaign  which  satisfies  me  that  I  saw  Davis's  father 
at  his  home.  With  a  member  of  my  company  I  went  out  on 
a  foraging  expedition,  and  near  Smyrna  we  rode  up  to  a 
house.  An  elderly  gentleman  came  out  and  greeted  us  and 
told  of  bis  son  being  hanged  by  the  Yankees.  He  seemed  to  be 
very  much  grieved  about  it.  Addressing  me,  he  said :  'Young 
man,  you  see  in  that  lot  yonder  a  nice  young  bay  horse  with 
a  rope  around  his  neck?  You  may  have  him.  Go  and  get 
him.  But  I  will  pretend  that  f  don't  want  you  to  take  him ; 
for  if  the  negroes  around  the  house  were  to  know  that  I  gave 
him  to  you,  they  would  tell  the  Yanks  when  they  came,  and 
it  u'tild  go  hard  with  me.'  I  thanked  him,  caught  the  horse, 
and  took  him  to  camp.  I  am  satisfied  that  this  was  the  father 
of  Sam  Davis.    He  bad  a  nice  home  and  grounds." 


DICKINSON  COLLEGE— HISTORICAL  STATISTICS. 
The  Veteran  is  in  receipt  of  a  very  interesting  letter  from 
Prof.  Leon  C.  Prince,  the  author  of  the  "Bird's-Eye  View 
of  American  History."  After  some  much-appreciated  words 
commendatory  of  the  Veteran  and  its  work,  Professor  Prince 
gives  some  historical  statistics  that  are  very  important  and 
interesting  pertaining  to  the  standing  of  Southern  men  in  the 
college  of  which  he  is  professor  of  history  and  economics. 

Dickinson  College,  Carlisle,  Penn.,  in  ante-bellum  days 
drew  a  large  part  of  its  clientele  from  the  Southern  States, 
and  of  the  class  of  1858  eleven  men  entered  the  Confederate 
armj  to  the  five  that  joined  the  Federals.  President  James 
Buchanan  was  a  Dickinson  man  of  the  class  of  1809.  Chief 
Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  Roger  B.  Tarn,  whose  Dred 
Scott  decision  is  world-famous,  was  of  the  class  of  1795. 
South  Carolina's  secession  ordinance  was  drawn  up  by  her 
distinguished  son.  Supremo  Judge  John  A.  Inglis,  who  grad- 
uated from  Dickinson  College  with  the  class  of  1829.  ["he 
Democratic  leader  in  the  United  States  Senate  after  the 
eci  sion  was  Willard  Saulsbury,  of  Delaware,  a  Dickinson 
man  who  gave  honor  to  his  Alma  Mater.  He  was  of  the 
class  of  1842.  The  United  States  attorney  who  presented  the 
case  against  the  so-called  Lincoln  conspirators  was  also  of 
tins  college. 


An  interesting  story  in  the  "ole  mammy"  dialect  has  been  re- 
ceived, and  only  lack  of  space  prevents  publication.  Miss 
Ewing  treats  oi  the  war  days  in  Tennessee,  giving  vivid  pic- 
tures of  things  as  seen  from  the  darky  standpoint.  She  con- 
cludes with  a  glowing  tribute  to  the  faithful  mammies  and 
daddies  so  fast  passing  away. 


Confederate   Associations   arc  bound  to  each   other  by   the 
most  sacred  tics  that  ever  united  a  patriotic  people.    Thi 
united  in  the  spirit  of  pi  1  iotic  allegiance  to  our  own 

country  as  the  union  of  great  States,  and  our  aims  and 
ts  are  worthy  of  our  best  and  purest  purposes  to  keep 
good  faith  with  all  the  prime  principles  which  distinguish  our 
government  ;  while  we  will  be  equally  faithful  to  our  own  Con- 
federate history,  our  memories,  and  our  present  obligations 
to  the  dead  and  the  living  actors  in  the  Confederate  struggle. 


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Doss  Transfer  Co.,   Nashville $  5   00 

Hunter,  William,   Nashville 1   00 

Gardner,   G.   N,   Nashville 1   00 

Young,   Amzi,  Marion,  111 1   00 

Shroff,  B.  F„  Leesburg,  Va 1   00 

Orr,  Dr.  W.  C.  Leesburg.  Va 1   00 

Daniel.  J.  O.,  Leesburg,  Va 1   00 

Gaiines,   W-,   Leesburg.   Va 1   00 

Harrison,  H.  P.,  Leesburg,  Va.  .  . .  1   00 

Thomas.  O.  I..  Leesburg,  Va 1   00 

Fairfax,    Henry,   Leesburg,   Va.  .  .  .  1   00 

Lipscomb,    D.   S.,  Visalia.   Cal 1   00 

Sims,  J.  M.,  Charlotte,  N.  C 1   00 

Castleman.  T.  W..New  Orleans.   La.  2   00 

McCabe,  W.  Gordon,  Richmond,  Va.  1   00 

Reed,  C.  A.,  Anderson,  S.  C 3   00 

Tucker,  W.  P.,  Houma,  La 1   00 

Wilson,    Mrs.    J.    B.,    Waxahachie, 

Tex   4   50 

Williams.  R.  E..  St.  Louis,  Mo 2   00 

Thompson,  R.   M.,  Culpeper,  Va...  1   50 

Colvin,  J.  C,  Nokesville,  Va 1   00 

Chichester,   Capt.   D.   M.,   Leesburg, 

Va     2   00 

Murray,    Maj.     Stirling,    Leesburg, 

Va     1   00 

Wildman,  R.  B.,  Leesburg,  Va 1   00 

Fray,    W.    H,    Culpeper,    Va 1   00 

Gatewood,   Col.  A.   C.  L.,   Linwood, 

Va     1   00 

Lipscomb,   Smith,   Bonham,  Tex ...  100 

Clark,   Ed..   Burlington,   Kans 1   00 

Frazier,  T.  C,  Coffeyville,  Kans.  .  1  00 
Hardie,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   Joseph.   Los 

Angeles,  Cal 5   00 

Wilder,  C.  L.,  Sr.,  Tampa,  Fla 1   00 

Cooke,   Col.  G.   B.,   Mathews  C.   H., 

Va     1   00 

Ellison,    Mrs.    R.    L.,    Fort    Worth, 

Tex     1   00 

Gardner,  Sula  R„  Fort  Worth,  Tex.  1   00 

Park.  Capt.  R.  E.,  Atlanta,  Ga.  ...  1   00 

Frazier,  W.  M.,  Wichita,  Kans....  1  00 
Trundle,    Mrs.    Hartley,    Leesburg, 

Va     1   00 

Vigis,  Thomas,  Hamlin,  Va 1   00 

Pickett,  Capt.  A.  J..  Shopton,  Ala.  1   00 

Pickett,  Fred  L.,   Shopton,  Ala.  ...  1   00 

Pickett,  Hugh  F.,  Shopton,  Ala.  ...  1   00 

Pickett,   James  N.,   Shopton,   Ala..  1   00 


Dozier,  Mrs.  T.  P..,  Franklin,  Tenn.$  1   00 

U.  D.  C.  Chapter,   Santa  Anna,  Tex.  5   00 

Abraham.  J.  E.,  Louisville,  Ky.  ...  1   00 

Brusle,  C.  A..  Plaquemine,  La 1   00 

Thompson,    C.    L.,    Huntington,    W. 

Va    1   00 

Cooper,  C.  L„  Fosterville.  Tenn...  1   00 

Lee.  M.   L..  Goldsboro.   N.  C 1   00 

Milward,  W.  R.,  Lexington,  Ky.  ...  1   00 

Vaughan,  Mrs.  W.  M.,  Selma,  Ala.  1  00 
Lauderdale,     Mrs.     James,     Selma, 

Ala     1   00 

Vaughan,  Mrs.  P.  T.,  Sehna,  Ala..  1  00 
Vaughan,    Mrs.    Henry    A.,    Selma, 

Ala   1   00 

Weaver.  Mrs.  Edith  V.,  Selma,  Ala.  1  00 
Harlan,  Mrs.  A.  L.,  Alexander  City, 

Ala   1   00 

Birge,  William  H..   Franklin.   Pa.  .  1   00 

Watson.  J.  W..  Roxton.  Tex 1   00 

Monk,  W.  D..  Mobile,  Ala 1   00 

Holmes,        Francsi,        Whitehaven, 

Tenn     1   00 

Goodwyn,  A.  V.,  Robinson  Springs, 

Ala   1   00 

Coleman,  D.  T..  Wright  City,  Mo.  .  1   00 

Christy.  J.  H.,  Odessa,  Mo 1   00 

Ford,  C.  Y.,  Odessa,  Mo 1  00 

McCullough,    J.    C,    Grand    Saline, 

Tex     1   00 

Hill,  A.   B.,  Memphis,  Tenn 1   00 

McCorkle,  C.  C,  Van  Alstyne,  Tex.  1   00 

Sullivan,   J.   E.,   Richmond,   Va.  ...  1   00 

Greer,  W.   H..   Lexington,   Mo 100 

Hicks.  W.  I.,  Springfield,  Mo 1   00 

U.  C.  V.,  Camp  Jones.  Selma.  Ala.  5  00 
Wilcox,    Dr.    J.    F.,    Charleston,   W. 

Va     1   00 

Furniss,  Dr.  J.  P.,  Selma,  Ala 1   00 

Rogers,  J.  M..  Winston,  N.  C 1   00 

Brown,  Maj.  J.  T..  Winston,  N.  C.  .  1   00 

Vaughan.   R.   T..   Selma,   Ala 1   00 

Nelson,  W.  R.,  Selma,  Ala 101 

Callaway,  D.  M„  Selma,  Ala 100 

Wise,  Frank,   Selma,  Ala 1   00 

Duke,  Mrs.  L.  Z.,  New  York  City.  5   00 

Cone,  John  W.,  Gomez,  Tex 2   00 

Hutton,  A.  W.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal..  2   00 

Steele,   F.   H..   Los  Angeles,   Cal ...  100 

Stanton,  W.  L„  Los  Angeles.  Cal.  .  1   00 

Sloan,  W.  L.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  ...  1   00 


Wilson,    Mrs.    S.    McN.,    Lewisburg, 

W.   Va    $      100 

Wilson,    Bruce    C,    Lewisburg,    W. 

Va     1  00 

Wilson.   Roy  G.    McN.,    Lewisburg, 

\V.   Va    1  00 

Allen,   John  W.,   Jr..   DeWitt.   Ark.  1  00 

Lyles,  Thomas,   Midway,   La 1  00 

Worthington,   Mrs.  L.  F.,  Wayside, 

Miss    1  00 

Boggs.  S.  D.,  Jr..  Catlettsburg.  Kv.  1  10 

Parker,   S.   H,   Philadelphia,   Miss.  1  00 
U.  C.  V.,  Alex  Stephens  Camp,  Bar- 

nett,    Ga 1  50 

Linton,   J.  W.  Oakville.  Ky 1  00 

Jones,   Joe,   Mnrfreesboro.   Tenn...  1  00 
King,  C.   H.,  Murfreesboro,  Tenn..  1  00 
King,     Miss    Jeannette,     Murfrees- 
boro,   Tenn     1  00 

King.   Joe   Johnston,   Murfreesboro, 

Tenn     1  00 

McHenry,  Mrs.  L.  H.,  Nashville...  1  00 

Children's  Centennial  Chimes  Fund  300  00 

Howell,  Lee,  Cincinnati.  Ohio 5  00 

Robertson.    A.    S.,    St.    Louis,    Mo..  1  00 
U.   D.   C.   R.  E.  Lee  Chapter,   Bol- 
ton. Miss   1  00 

DeWitt.  John  H.,  Nashville 5  00 

U.    D.    C,    Winnie    Davis    Chapter, 

Moorefield,   W.   Va 5  00 

Castle  Heights  Sohool  Boys,  Leba- 
non, Tenn    . 10  00 

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Litteral.   Jacob,   Cartersville,   Mo..  1  00 

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Dr.  R.  Y.  Dwight,  Pinopolis,  S.  C.  ;  Miss 
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son, N.  C. :  Elizabeth  Renfroe  Cooper.  Lew- 
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The  Veteran  lias  on  hand  remittances 
from  the  following  which  have  not  been 
credited  through  lack  of  proper  address, 
etc.,  and  asks  that  any  other  subscriber 
who  can  help  in  locating  them  will  kind- 
ly respond,  as  the  remitter  has  not  so 
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mi   the    subject: 

\\    G.  Willis,  Barton,  . 

Mrs,  Carrie  B     I  ate,    I  errell,    I  ex 
I      I     Swann,  Watertown,  Tei  n 
J.  K.  Baber,  Craigville,  W,  Va 

Miss  Edith   Ross,  . 

<  leorge  M.  Joslin,  M  iral     .  Tex. 
\.  \l.  Robinson,  I  lano,    I  ex. 
\\     III  nb, ink.   I  [ouston,  La. 
B    I  I    Allen,  Berryville,  Va 
\\     1 1    Denson,    \  Ita  I    ima,    I  i  x 

I    M.  Case,  . 

b.    11    Miller.  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Addison   B.   Bywater,  . 

\    C,  Wheeler,  Churchroad,  Va. 

\\  illiam  Curl,  . 

S.  E.  Spurgin,  . 

T.  T.  Butler,  Jr.,  825  Market  St., . 

N.  K.  Registry,  Natchez,  Miss. 
John  Moley,  Lynchburg,  \  a 

J.  R.  Overman,  . 

Mrs,  D.  C  Puryear,  Lebanon.  Va 

Some  gave  address,  but  no  name: 

Maxton  or  Red  Springs.  N.  C,  $-'. 

I  [<  reford,  Tex.,  $3. 

Dayton,  Wash..  $1. 

Newport,   Ark  .  $2, 

Ji  ihnston,  S    C,  $1.50. 

( ialvcston,    rex.,  $1. 

Anniston,  Ala..  $1. 

El   Paso,    I  ex  .  $2. 

Shelbyville,  Tenn.,  $1. 

Paris,  Tenn.,  $1. 

Kansas  City,  Mo  .  $1. 

Baltimore,  Md.,  $1    (two  letters). 

Memphis,  Tenn.,  $1. 

Camden,  Ala.,  $r. 

Pulaski,    Va.,    $1. 

i  hese,  there  are  several  other 

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Mrs.  Emma  Magarvy,  of  Trenton, 
Tenn.,  R.  R.  No.  5.  Box  72,  seeks  to 
ascertain  her  husband's  war  record  in 
-.I si.  1   that     li(  1       sistance  in 

her  need.  J.  W.  Magarvy  went  out  from 
Kentucky,  probably  with  Morgan,  and 
was  in  the  Orphan  Brigade,  Breckin- 
ridge's Corps.     She  does  nol  know  the 

company  lb  was  afterwards  trans- 
fern  .!  ilry.  1  .inn  ,.  ..ml  was 

with  the  Tennessee  troops 


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The  above  cut  is  that  of  the  great  painting  of  "  Lee  and  His  Generals,"  by  George  B.  Matthews, 
oi  Virginia.  'Genera!  Marcus  J.  Wright  indorses  it  as  follows:  "I  regard  it  as  one  of  the 
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remarkable.  The  Lithograph  copy  is  a  most  striking  and  accurate  reproduction  of  the 
original.  1  V»ope  ail  Contederates  wili  procure  copies.''  ^fl  The  Lithograph  is  in  color.  Size, 
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Among  the  graves  of  Confederates 
buried  at  Clinton,  Miss ,  is  one  which 
has  lost  a  part  of  the  headstone  bearing 
the  name;  and  as  markers  have  recently 
been  placed  at  the  other  graves  there,  it 
is  desired  to  ascertain  the  name  of  this 
soldier,  so  his  grave  can  be  properly 
marked  also.  On  the  footstone  are  the 
letters  "W.  J.  R.  H.,"  while  on  a  piece 
of  the  headstone  is,  "In  memory  of  our 
Brother,"  and  on  another  piece,  "Co.  E, 
42d  Regiment,  Tenn.  Vols."  Some 
member  of  the  family  may  see  this  and 
will  confer  a  favor  by  writing  to  Mrs. 
Carrie  Lewis,  of  Clinton,  Miss.,  giving 
the  name  of  the  soldier  referred  to. 


Caspar  Ernst  Ploch,  now  of  Min- 
neapolis, ASinn.,  was  a  private  of  Captain 
Hart's  company,  Hampton's  Legion 
South  Carolina  Volunteers,  enlisting  in 
1861  and  being  honorably  discharged  be- 
cause of  permanent  disability  in  Novem- 
ber, 1862,  from  the  South  Carolina  hos- 
pital at  Petersburg,  Va.,  under  Dr. 
Walker,  of  Richmond.  He  is  now  seek- 
ing to  prove  his  record  that  he  may  se- 
cure the  cross  of  honor.  He  was  born 
in  Germany,  and  his  name  is  given  as 
E.  Ploch  on  his  discharge,  but  he  now 
uses  his  full  name.  Any  surviving  com- 
rades will  confer  a  favor  by  writing  of 
him  to  Mrs.  Richard  Paul,  Vice  Presi- 
dent R.  E.  Lee  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  at 
2012  Irving  Avenue  S.,  Minneapolis, 
Minn. 


Any  veteran  who  served  in  the  13th 
Tennessee  Infantry  during  1863  or  1864 
will  confer  a  favor  by  sending  his  ad- 
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H.  C.  Proctor,  of  DeKalb,  Tex., 
would  like  to  hear  from  any  of  the  heirs 
of  Granville  Porter,  who  served  in  Com- 
pany K,  nth  Texas  Cavalry,  from 
Bowie  County,  Tex.  It  is  thought  that 
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John    P.   Gill,   of   Winchester,   Term., 

writes    of    having    in    his    possession    a 

mission    found    in    a    camp    on    his 

ler's   place  after   the   army   fell   back 

from     Nashville.      The    commission     is 

de  out   in   tin    name  of  Leonidas    I'. 

lagan,    of    the    County    of    Davidson, 
second  lieutenant  in  Captain  Anderson's 
in.     (C),    10th    Regiment,    Colonel 
il   inman   commanding,  as  appears  from 
the  power  of  attorney  made  ""t  to  his 
i.    William    II.     1  lagan,    Esq.,    also 
i    Da      :  "it    County,    dated   October  g, 
|86i,    and     witnessed    by    Isaac    Litton. 
'I  In'  commission  is  dated  September  13. 
[861,    and    signed    by    [sham    (J.    Harris 
as  Governor  and  J.  E.  Ray  as  Secretary 
of  Stale.     Mr,   (nil  would  be  glad  to  re- 
turn   the   paper   to    the   owner   or   some 
member   of    his    family.      Write    him    in 
care  of  T.    1 1    Erw  in. 


John  P.  Bennett.  37  Legarc  Street. 
Charleston,  S.  C,  asks  if  there  is  a 
surviving  soldier  in  the  Valley  of  Vir- 
ginia or  elsewhere  who  remembers  "Lit- 
tle Jack  Trimble,"  Gen.  John  D.  Imbo- 
1I1  n\  courier  and  scout.  He  would  be 
grateful  for  any  information  of  "Little 
Jack's"  services.  He  had  relatives  near 
Staunton,  in  Augusta  County,  Va.,  it  is 
thought,  but  lu-  died  in  Hillsboro,  Ohio, 
shortly  after  the  close  of  the  war,  about 
(868  He  is  said  to  have  been  a  boy  who 
•  in. H  bed  many  to  him  by  his  courage 
anil  personal  attractiveness,  to  have  been 
very  daring,  anil  very  efficii  m 


D.  W.  Adrian,  of  Longview,  Tex., 
K.  K.  No  5.  wlin  belonged  to  Company 
G,  5th  Mississippi  Regiment,  wishes  to 
hear  from  some  of  his  old  comrades.  It 
will  be  remembered  that  he  commanded 
tin  company  in  the  battle  of  Murfrees- 
boro.  the  captain,  John  II.  Morgan,  hav- 
ing been  shot  through  the  head.  He  was 
lieutenant  in  command  at  old  Shi- 
lob  Church  when  the  retreat  was  made 
to  Corinth,  Mi^s  After  falling  back  to 
Dalton,  Ga.,  a  third  of  his  company  was 
sent  to  Ringgold  Ferry,  on  the  Oosta- 
naula.  lie  was  wounded  in  the  leg  at 
[his  pi 


John  I),  Gill,  who  served  in  Company 

G,  '>|tli   Georgia    Regiment,   is   desirous 

etting     into     communication     with 

as  to 

make  prooi  oi  In-  service  in  order  that 
he  may  get  a  pension,  lie  is  seventy- 
id  very  poor.  Write 
him  in  care  of  J  J  Sprars,  2016  Albany 
Street.  Brunswii  1 


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NEW  YORK.N.Y 


AUGUST,  1909. 


No.  8. 


LEADING  ARTICLES  IN  THIS  NUMBER. 


PAGE 

Concerning  Southern  Woman's  Monument 371 

United  Sons  of  Confederate  Veterans 372 

Franklin   Battlefield  for  National  Park 374 

Urgent  Need  by  Jefferson  Davis  Home  Association 376 

Letter  from  President  General  U.  D.  C 377 

Memorial  Address  at  Owensboro,  Ky 378 

From  the  Rapidan  to  Petersburg,  by  Hon.  George  Clark 381 

Military  View  of  the  Battle  of  Franklin 383 

Fortress  Monroe — Its  Remarkable  History 384 

Articles  on  Jeflerson  Davis 385 

Recollections  of  the  Davis  Family 386 

Reunion  Hood  s  Texas   Brigade 390 

Monument  at  Charjottesville,  Va 390 

Fighting    Confederate   Parsons 391 

Tennessee's  Contribulion    to   Woman's  Monument 391 

Universal  Memorial  Day 392 

The  States  in  the  Confederate  War,  by  Hon.  John  M.  Bright 393 

Personal  Recollections  of  Gen.  Grant,  by  Gen.  M.  J.  Wright 400 

What  Caused  the  War,  by  Rev.  J.  H.  McNcilly,  D.D 404 

Lola  Sanchez's  Ride.      L.  H.  L 409 

Running  the  Blockade.      L.  H.  L 410 

Honor  Roll  ol  First  Georgia  Regulars 412 

Gen.  Grant  as  to  Gen.  Lee's  Sword 414 

Effort  to  Bar  War  Claims 415 

Last  Roll 416 

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No.  8 


JS.  A.  crxxixuHAJl 
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MR.  DAVIS,  SOLDIER,  STATESMAN,  MARTYR. 

in     II.    (,.    BAR!  I  M  .    MOBILE,    ALA. 

<i  hearts  of  men,  how  can  I  make  you  feel  the  thrill 
(  ii  enei  gii     thai   held  the  w  i  irld  aghast  ? 

How   can  a  poet's  pen  transfer  from  vale  and  hill 
I  ii.    'ii. iv n       .  nes  thai   fi amed  < mi    hei oes'  pa  I 

ii  bred  in   peril,  nurtured   in   distrust, 

\\  In  se  <\rrv  lui  .'ill     inci    manhood  crowned  In-  youth 
Was  "iic   deep-drawn   inspiration   "t   ancient    dust, 

( (f  -.'<  i'il  'in.    "i  freedi un,  1  ive  'if  truth ; 

Whosi    ever}    prayei    at    mother'     ki r  altai    shrine 

\\  ,i     whispered  v.  nil  th<    reven  nl   1'  ive  of  hi 

Who  read  in  sun.  in  moon,  in  stars  n  deathless  -iun 
Of  glory,  I"  ml, i   and   fadeless,   sure  t,'  come — 

gloi  y,  in  ii'lii  and   fadeless  for  In-  pi  >  iple's  land, 
Inherited  and  bought  with  patriot's  bio  d. 

it  men,  how   can  I  make  you  undi  i  stand 
The  deep  heart  dreams  but  tew   have  underst I? 

i  h  ii  i   I;*  ipeless  now  ;  but  in  the  Ear  i  ifl 
Win  n  prejudii  i    and  h  iti    1i,i\  e  died,  and   Right, 
Once  arisen  from  hei   bed  of  fruitless  tears, 

Shall  stand  uncovered  in   the  clear,  cold  light 

( >f  history,  that  i  uthlef  ■   i< »   ot  vain  pi  i  ti  nse, 
Then   shall  our  valiant   I  aptain'     itainless  name 

h  late,  that  rich  and  gi  ai  i  nee 

I  hat   bi  ing      it  lasi   th<    real  heri  i  fame. 


us  to  M  irg   iii    1 1  ,',  i     Haves      Pi  ivate  let- 
ters  fi         i      orado  Springs   state  that   floral  tributes   to  the 
tei    "i    i1!!    South'!    gn  n    ■  iii  [tain    were   sent   from  all 
thi    I  nited   Siat.-.   from  the  North  as  well  as  the  sor 
mli       I  hese   wen    sent    b)    express   oi    oi  di  i  ed   I >> 
loving  friends  until  all  the  house  was  a  mass 

of  bl i  rists   in   Colorado   Springs   and 

i  ni  ted      1'inii   :  irgi   automobi  were 

the  .Ii  -.mi-  to  the  cemeti  ry,  where  deft  and 

the   iiauilc   bios  som     that   the  vault 

ntirely  hidden  and  thi    mound  around  n  as  well,  so  that 

'1  to  rest  in  bowers  of  perfumed  bloom.     I  hese 

offerings    were    sent    from    individuals,    State    officials, 

bodies,  and  the  various  i  rgani    itions  of  U    D.  C,  U.  (     V., 

and  U.  S.  C.  V.  froi  State, 


CONCERNING   SOUTHERN    WOMAN'S   MONUMENT. 
Gen.    I".    Irvine   Walker,  of   Charleston.   S.   C,  chairman    i  t 
the  committee  on  the  Confederate  woman's  monument, 

tin  Veteran  responses  of  sculptors  and  others  in  reply  to 
In-  request  for  suggestions  on  the  subject,  lie  make-  per- 
sonal comment  on  some  of  them.  In  regard  to  that  sub- 
mitted by  Miss  Relic  Kinney,  of  Nashville,  he  says: 

"The  ideas   embodied   in   her   sketch    seem   to   be   mosl      i 
propriate,   poetic,  and  artistic.     Mi-s   Kinney  is  a  bright   and 
talented   daughter   of  Tennessee,   whose    intim  ociation 

with  the  Southern  people  eminently  qualifies  her  to  grasp  their 
genius  and  to  picture  those  attributes  of  the  Confederate 
woman  as  we  would  like  to  perpetuate  her  glorious  memories. 


MISS    BELLE    KINNEY.    NASHVILLE,    TENN. 

[See  Veteran  for  September,   [904,  page  454-] 


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Qor?federat^  l/eterap. 


"The  group  of  bronzes  for  the  State  monuments  to  the 
women  of  the  Confederacj  designed  by  Miss  Belle  Kin- 
ney, of  Nashville,  Tenn.,  is  particularly  artistic  and  appropri- 
ate. She  has  emb  'died  in  this  magnificent  conception  the 
idea  of  woman's  loyalty  to  the  Confederacy  and  how  uncon- 
sciously she  is  being  rewarded  for  what  she  did.  Our  good 
women  have  persistently  claimed  that  they  wanted  no  monu- 
ments, that  they  had  only  done  their  duty.  The  thought  of 
the  artist  to  make  the  crowning  of  the  Confederate  woman 
'unconscious'  to  her  most  happily  accords  with  the  high  posi- 
tion thus  taken  by  our  noble  women. 

"The  group  depicts  Fame,  the  impartial  judge,  seated,  sup- 
porting with  her  left  arm  a  dying  Confederate  soldier,  claim- 
ing him  as  her  own,  while  kneeling  at  her  right  side  is  the 
Confederate  woman.  The  woman  of  the  Confederacy,  self- 
forgetful  and  completely  absorbed  in  her  purposes,  reaches 
out  to  rest  the  emblem  of  Iter  loving  appreciation  on  the  dying 
soldier,  who  has  given  life  and  all  that  life  holds  dear  for 
her  and  her  beloved  cause ;  she  thus  honors  the  brave  and 
yi\e~  him  the  tribute  of  her  devoted  heart.  Meanwhile  she 
is  unconsciously  being  crowned  by  Fame  for  this  and  all  her 
devotion,  suffering,  sacrifice,  and  heroism. 

"It  is  a  beautiful  idea  and  most  happily  symbolized.  The 
artist  is  most  happy  in  her  depictment  of  the  Confederate 
woman.  It  is  a  figure  of  great  beauty,  while  innocence,  love, 
ami  beauty  beam  from  her  face,  contrasting  most  vividly 
with  the  lofty  impersonal  countenance  of  the  Goddess  of 
Fame.  The  positions  of  all  the  figures  are  easy  and  graceful, 
and  together  combine  to  make  a  most  harmonious  group.  The 
outlines  and  form  of  the  group  are  most  entirely  artistic. 
The  whole  represents  a  most  appropriate  and  poetic  idea,  most 
artistically  and  graciously  modeled  in  truthfully  perpetuating 
the  glory  of  the  women  of  the  Confederacy. 

"The  monument  is  ten  feet  wide,  six  feet  deep  at  the  base, 
and  nine  feet  high  to  the  top  of  the  woman's  head,  making 
the  figure  measure  eight  feet.'' 

The  eminent  sculptor,  F.  YV.  Ruckstuhl,  author  of  "Gloria 
Victim"  in  Baltimore  and  other  fine  Southern  monuments,  de- 
scribes  his  design  briefly  as  follows  : 

"It  shows  a  Southern  woman  of  about  forty-five  with  a 
face  full  of  the  beauty  and  aristocracy  and  the  refinement 
and  strength  of  the  perfect  type  of  the  Southern  woman,  a 
synthesis  of  the  woman  of  the  South,  seated  in  a  splendid 
Greek  chair  in  a  simple  dress  of  the  period  of  1860-65.  with 
her  hair  worn  in  the  beautiful  style  of  those  days.  Her  feet 
will  rest  on  a  low  Greek  footstool,  her  left  arm  will  rest 
carelessly  on  the  arm  of  the  chair,  her  right  hand  will  hold  a 
Louis  XIV.  fan,  symbolizing  the  elegance  of  the  period  to 
which  she  had  belonged,  and  rest  listlessly  on  a  book  lying 
on  her  lap  and  which  she  has  been  reading;  around  her 
shoulders  will  be  a  light  fichu.  She  will  be  looking  straight 
ahead  of  her  in  a  mood  at  once  listless  and  pensive  with  a 
tinge  of  sadness  as  she  reflects  over  the  events  of  the  past 
and  as   if  saying  with  the  poet : 

"  'How   fondly  memory   wanders 

Where  the  feet  no  more  may  tread 
Into  vistas  dim  and  haunted 

By  the  past's  unquiet  dread, 
With  familiar  phantoms  trysting, 

Sad  to  stay,  yet  loath  to  part 
From  spots  o'errun  by  broken 
Trailing  tendrils  of  the  heart !' 

"Back  of  her  will  be  a  splendid  winged  figure  of  Fame  hold- 


ing in  her  left  hand  a  palm  branch  and  a  trumpet,  anil  with 
her  right  hand  holding  over  the  head  of  the  seated  v. 
a  wreath  of  laurel.  By  her  wings  widespread  and  thrown 
forward  and  by  her  drapery  full  of  motion  it  will  be  easily 
seen  that  she  has  just  come  down  from  the  skies  to  honor 
the  noble  woman  seated  before  her. 

"By  the  left  side  of  this  figure  of  Fame  will  be  a  boy  Cupid 
eagerly  striding  forward  with  an  armful  of  roses  which  he 
will  offer  to  the  seated  woman ;  by  the  right  side  will  be  a 
girl  Cupid,  more  timidly  walking  along  and  bearing  in  her 
left  arm  a  lot  of  flowers  and  in  her  right  hand  an  open  scroll 
with  the  State  seal  upon  it  and  showing  the  name  of  the 
Governor  who  signed  the  bill  passed  by  the  Legislature  or- 
dering the  erection  of  this  monument.  Everything  about  the 
seated  woman,  oblivious  of  what  is  going  on  behind  her.  is 
calm  and  quiet,  while  behind  her  all  is  movement  and  commo- 
tion, the  whole  symbolizing  the  genius  of  the  South,  accom- 
panied by  her  children.  Love  and  Sympathy,  come  to  honor 
the  Southern  woman.   This  group  will  be  about  ten  feet  high." 

The  suggestions  by  Comrade  J.  E.  Dupree  as  published  in 
the  July  Veteran  are  given  out  for  their  special  merit. 


U KITED  SONS  OF  CONFEDERATE  fETERANS. 
The  Organization  to  Take  on  New  Life. 

The  Memphis  Reunion  marks  an  epoch  in  the  history  of 
the  United  Sons  of  Confederate  Veterans.  In  the  Conven- 
tion were  loyal  Sons  determined  to  put  the  Confederation  on 
a  higher  plane  of  activity  and  power. 

The  constitution  was  revised  and  amended,  and  already 
there  is  evidence  of  the  wisdom  of  the  changes  which  are 
made.  The  Sons  have  awakened  to  a  fuller  realization  of 
their  duty  as  outlined  in  the  commission  from  Gen.  Stephen 
D.  Lee  to  the  Sons.  He  said :  "To  you,  Sons  of  Confederate 
Veterans,  we  will  commit  the  vindication  of.  the  cause  for 
which  we  fought.  To  your  strength  will  be  given  the  defense 
of  the  Confederate  soldier's  good  name,  the  guardianship  of 
his  history,  the  emulation  of  his  virtues,  the  perpetuation  of 
those  principles  which  he  loved  and  which  you  love  also,  and 
those  ideals  which  made  him  glorious  and  which  you  also 
cherish." 

Executive  Council  Created. 

Section  13,  Article  V.,  of  the  constitution  provides  for  the 
election  of  an  Executive  Council  to  be  composed  of  the  Com- 
mander in  Chief  as  ex  officio  chairman  and  four  other  mem- 
bers— viz.,  one  from  each  department  and  one  at  large — and 
said  Executive  Council  is  charged  with  the  performance  of 
the  duties  prescribed  in  the  constitution  and  shall  have  other 
necessary  power  in  the  administi.-.tion  and  regulation  of  the 
affairs  of  the  Confederation  not  specially  delegated  to  or  made 
a  part  of  the  duties  of  some  other  official  or  committee. 

The  Executive  Council  is  composed  of  the  following  com- 
rades— viz. :  Clarence  J.  Owens,  Ex  Officio  Chairman,  Abbe- 
ville. Ala.;  Fontaine  W.  Mahood,  Secretary,  Washington,  D. 
C. ;  W.  W.  Old,  Jr.,  Norfolk,  Va. ;  E.  N.  Scudder,  Vicksburg, 
Miss.;  Thomas  E.  Powe,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Permanent  Headquarters. 

Section  115,  Article  XIX.,  of  the  constitution  as  amended 
is  as  follows:  "The  general  headquarters  of  the  Confedera- 
tion shall  be  located  in  some  city  in  the  South,  to  be  selected 
by  the  Executive  Council." 

The  Executive  Council  directed  the  Commander  in  Chief 
to  give  publicity  to  the  fact  that  the  Confederation  desires 
permanent   headquarters   in    some   city   of   the   South    and   to 


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detail    the  character  of  the   accommodations   desired   and  ask 
for  invitations. 

The  Council  will  be  called  to  meet  October  II  at  some 
p< lint  to  be  designated  by  the  Commander  in  Chief.  Pending 
the  selection  of  permanent  headquarters  and  the  election  of 
a  permanent  Adjutant  General,  the  Council  selected  Memphis, 
Tenn.,  as  temporary  general  headquarters  and  Nathan  Bed- 
ford Forrest  as  temporary  Adjt.  Gen.  and  Chief  of  Staff. 

Arrears  Canceled. 

The  Convention  canceled  all  arrears,  and  this  gives  the  de- 
funct Camps  throughout  the  Confederation  an  opportunity  to 
qualify  again  with  the  organization.  A  strenuous  campaign 
has  been  inaugurated  for  the  reorganization  of  dead  Camps 
and  the  organization  of  new  Camps.  Under  the  direction  of 
thi  Commander  in  Chief  from  his  headquarters  (the  tem- 
porary general  headquarters)  a  vigorous  effort  i-  being 
made  to  infuse  new  life  into  the  Confederation  Members 
of  the  Executive  Council,  Department  Commanders,  Division 
nanders,  tin-  Historian  General,  and  prominent  com 
.ire  making  activi  effort  to  have  the  organization  reach 
[hi    high  ideals  for  which  it  was  brought  into  existi 


PR.  CLARENCE  JULIAN  "II  I  VS. 
Dr.  Clarence  Julian  Owens,  of  Abbeville,  Ala.,  was  elected 
Commander  in  Chief  of  the  United  Sons  of  Confederate  \  i  I 
at  the  Reunion  held  in  Memphis  June  8-10,  1909. 
I  >r.  Owens  has  experienced  rapid  promotion  through  all  the 
of  rank  in  the  Confederation.     He  has  served  in  the 
ing  offii  1  s :  Adjutant  of  Camp  Olin  M.  Dantzler,  Orange- 
S.  C. :    Adjutant   of   Camp  John   II.   Caldwell,   Anniston, 
Ala.:    Division    Inspector,   Alabama   Division;    Brigade   Com- 
mander,  Fifth  Alabama   Brigade;   Division  Commander,  Ala- 


bama Division;   Department  Commander,    \nn\   if  Tennessee 
I  h  partment. 

Commander  in  Chief  Owens  has  been  active  in  the  work  of 
the  Confederation,  lie  has  served  on  important  committees, 
and  has  been  a  worker  in  the  Conventions  for  nearly  a  decade. 

ecured  the  funds  for  the  erection  of  a  m  nument  to  the 
gallant  Pelham  at  Anniston,  Ala,  and  he  has  written  the  life 
of  this  brave  officer.  Dr  1  iwens  has  delivered  scores  of  ad- 
dresses  on  patriotic  themes,  lie  was  chosen  as  orator  of  the 
■  I.  for  the  celebration  in  Montgomery.  Ala.,  of  the  centenary 
"t  the  birth  .if  Gen.  Robert  E.  Lee.  lie  has  conducted  an 
aggressive  effort  to  remove  the  extract  from  Ingersoll's  speech 
the  walls  of  Arlington,  where  it  was  placed  by  military 
i>nler  of  Gen.  M.  C.   Meigs  in   e8; 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Augusta.  Ga..  July 
4.  1877.  lie  is  a  Master  of  Arts  graduate  of  the  George 
Washington  University,  Washington,  1 1.  C.  He  is  Pre 
of  the  Southeast  Alabama  Agricultural  College,  located  at 
Abbeville,  Ala.,  and  President  1  t  tin  Department  of  Industrial 
Arts  of  the  Uabama  Educational  Association.  He  is  a  Past 
1  1      nmander  Knights  of  Pythias,  Past  Nobli  Grand 

I.  O.  O.  I-'.,  a  member  of  Zainora   Temple,    \     \    i>    \     \1 
Shrine,  and   President  of  the   Henry   County    Interdenomina- 
tional  Sunday   Schi  "1   1  .invention. 

The  temporary  headquarters  of  the  United  Sons  of  (  on 
federate  Veterans  have  been  established  at  Memphis,  with 
1  Bedford  Forrest  as  Adjutant  General  and  Chiei  oi 
Staff.  The  Executive  Council  of  the  Confederation  will  meet 
in  October  and  establish  permanent  headquarters  and  elect  a 
permanent  Adjutant  General,  who  will  devote  bis  entire  time 
to  the  work  of  the  organi; 


DESIRES    TO  HEAR  FROM  SONS  0  ERANS. 

'I  he  Veteran  is  asked  why  it  i-  that  so  little  is  ever  heard 
from  the  Sons  of  Veterans  Its  columns  are  filled  with  acts 
of  the  other  organizations;  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacj 

ver  weary  with  well-doing,  and  even  the  little  Children 
of  the  Confederacy  report  much  progress,  and  only  the  Sons 
are   silent      Are  they  idle? 

Mir  veteran!  are  fast  gi  me  away.  Will  Southern  ranks  be 
empty?  Let  the  -mi  till  the  -ire'-  place,  and  prove  the  merit 
of  "the  -tone  which  the  builders  rejected."  These  Sons  of 
Veterans  must  have  a  place.  It  will  be  to  honor  the  fathers 
ur  reproach  their  memory. 

In  reply  to  the  foregoing  the  Veteran  voices  a  hopeful 
outlook   for  the  Sons  in  the  near   future  despite  the  di 

i      ol      0    many   years    of    disappointment.     The    Sons 
are    devoted    In    the    principle-    of    their    fathers,       lb    -e    who 

are  honored  with  positions  of  importance  should  realize  their 
responsibility. 


(  OMMANDER    IN     I   Hit  1  .    DR. 


"■    I  .  i  i  ■  i  ion  in  < .  being 

agitated  in  the   Geoi    ia    Legi  lature  winch   pi  .  impul 

sory  education  in  the  Stat.'.     Ever)  child  of  must 

attend    for    sixty    days    during    tin  which    is 

al  ..in   tin  .  e  in  mths.     \\  hei  e  i  hildren  live  in 

-\  stem    is   to   bi       dopted       A    vehicle    is 

bi    p  Inch  will  gather  up  the  children  in  the  morn- 

them   at   night.     The   failure  of  anj    parent    t  i 
-i  n.i  the  child  t 

i  for  all  sub  equenl    mes     Realizing  fully  that  child 
advancement   m   education    i-   the    fundamental   resourci 
d 1       '    ■  "■  ''"I 


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Qopfederat?  l/eterap, 


FRANKLIN  BATTLEFIELD  AS  NATIONAL  PARK. 

The  fitness  of  such  action  as  making  the  battlefield  of  Frank- 
lin a  national  park  has  often  been  urged  by  the  Veteran.  No 
place  has  more  historic  interest  with  more  suitable  conditions. 
It  was  as  severely  a  contested  battle  as  ever  was  fought,  and 
greater  carnage,  time  and  area  considered,  is  not  known.  This 
battlefield  should  be  fittingly  memorialized.  Tennessee  should 
determine  to  memorialize  it.  The  general  government  should 
make  it  a  national  park.   Letters  on  the  subject  are  here  given  : 

f.  C.  Harbaugh,  of  Casstown,  Ohio,  earnestly  advocates 
the  movement,  and  has  written  an  appeal  for  the  National 
Tribune.  He  states  that  the  matter  should  be  taken  up  with 
Senators  and  Congressmen,  as  unity  of  effort  means  success. 

Capt.  John  M.  Hickey,  now  of  Washington,  believes  the 
government  would  be  glad  to  take  the  matter  in  hand  if  the 
veterans  of  both  sides  would  manifest  the  interest  they  really 
feel  and  earnestly  push  it  to  conclusion.  He  thinks  a  joint 
monument  to  the  soldiers  of  both  sides  should  be  placed  near 
the  Carter  house  or  the  old  cotton  gin.  Captain  Hickey  was 
in  command  of  a  company  of  the  2d  and  6th  Missouri  In- 
fantry, C.  S.  A.,  near  the  Carter  house  in  the  memorable 
charge,  and  was  terribly  wounded. 

M.  M.  Heaver,  of  Sherwood,  Ohio,  who  belonged  to  Com- 
pany I,  100th  Ohio  Regiment,  says  that  it  was  the  hottest 
fight  he  was  ever  in,  and  that  he  hopes  it  will  be  erected. 

H.  B.  Talbert,  Postmaster  of  Hillister,  Tex.,  states  that  he 
was  in  the  Union  army,  and  also  was  in  the  100th  Ohio  Regi- 
ment; that  they  were  on  the  left  of  the  Columbia  Pike;  and 
when  the  Confederates  filed  in  behind  them,  they  had  to 
strike  a  two-forty  gait  to  get  away,  as  the  place  was  hotter 
than  that  mentioned  in  the  Revised  Bible.  He  thinks  two 
monuments  should  be  erected,  one  to  the  blue  and  another 
to  the  gray,  and  that  he  would  give  his  mite  to  both  alike.  He 
believes  all  his  comrades  will  do  likewise. 

John  E.  Butler  writes  from  Franklin,  Pa.,  referring  to  the 
National  Tribune  article  by  T.  C.  Harbaugh:  "As  a  humble 
participant  I  certainly  think  that  all  who  took  part  in  that 
battle,  fought  more  than  forty-four  years  ago,  should  urge 
their  Representatives  in  Congress  to  act  on  this  commendable 
object.  I  see  that  your  part  of  the  Confederate  line  was  im- 
mediately in  front  of  the  Carter  house.  Ours  was  on  the  ex- 
treme left  of  the  Federal  line.  Some  distance  to  our  rear  in 
a  small  brick  dwelling  lived  Mrs.  Nichols  and  her  little  daugh- 
ters. Should  either  of  these  be  still  living,  they  will  doubt- 
less recall  the  efforts  of  the  little  Yankee  drummer  boy  to 
lessen  the  danger  to  their  household  that  day." 

Mrs.  A.  J.  Hamill,  the  venerable  mother  of  distinguished 
men,  who  had'  six  brothers  and  two  sons  in  the  Confederate, 
army,  manifests  much  anxiety  for  a  joint  monument  to  both 
armies.  She  wants  to  contribute  ten  dollars  to  it.  She  favors 
the  memorial  arch  across  the  Columbia  Pike  near  the  Carter 
house  equal  in  tribute  to  the  valor  of  both  sides.  Mrs.  Hamill 
is  ninety  years  old.     May  she  live  to  see  such  arch  created ! 


STORY  OF  MR.  LINCOLN  AT  TARGET  PRACTICE. 

Mr.  Charles  N.  Race,  formerly  of  Owasso,  Mich.,  now  of 
Atlanta,  Ga.,  who  was  a  private  in  the  Berdan  Sharpshooters, 
tells  a  story  in  the  Georgian  of  Mr.  Lincoln  at  a  target  prac- 
tice, which  is  here  given  in  substance: 

"While  the  Berdan  Sharpshooters  were  encamped  at  Alex- 
andria President  Lincoln  would  go  over  with  Secretary  Stan- 
ton every  few  days  to  watch  us  at  drill  and  target  practice. 
It  was  in  1861,  not  long  before  we  were  ordered  to  the  front. 
President  Lincoln  was  very  fond  of  watching  the  target  prac- 


tice, and  rarely  paid  us  a  visit  without  firing  a  few  rounds 
himself.     He  was  an  excellent  shot,  too. 

"Our  favorite  target  at  that  time  was  the  life-size  figure  of 
a  Zouave,  his  uniform  painted  in  gaudy  colors,  the  distance 
ranging  from  two  hundred  to  six  hundred  yards.  On  one 
occasion  our  range  instructor  had  prepared  a  target.  It  was 
painted  to  represent  a  man  in  civilian's  attire  and  labeled 
in  big,  plain  letters  'Jeff  Davis.'  This  target  was  to  be  run 
up  when  the  President's  time  came  to  fire. 

"Mr.  Lincoln  stepped  up,  selected  his  rifle,  and  indicated 
his  readiness  to  fire.  Then  with  the  rifle  half  raised  he  looked 
full  at  the  target  for  the  first  time. 

"'We  want  to  see  you  take  a  crack  at  that.  Mr.  President,' 
said  the  instructor. 

"Mr.  Lincoln  lowered  his  rifle  and  turned  from  the  target 
to  the  instructor.  He  didn't  say  a  word.  He  simply  looked 
at  him  with  an  expression  full  of  surprise,  of  disappointment, 
and  of  sorrow.  Then  he  laid  the  rifle  down  gently  and  went 
a  little  way  off  from  the  group,  walking  up  and  down  by 
himself  with  folded  arms  and  bowed  head  for  several  min- 
utes. After  a  time  he  came  back  and  fired  several  shots  at 
the  regular  target — that  unlucky  new  one  had  vanished — but 
he  was  unusually  silent  and  soon  went  away." 


Restoring  "Jefferson  Davis"  to  Caein  John  Bridge. 
J.  B.  Home  writes  from  Washington,  D.  C :  "Dr.  Samuel 
E.  Lewis,  of  this  city,  gave  me  a  copy  of  the  Confederate 
Veteran,  and  I  enjoyed  reading  it.  Dr.  Lewis  prescribed 
for  me  and  has  given  me  strict  orders  to  remain  in  the  house. 
I  have  been  sick  since  I  finished  the  work  of  restoring  the 
name  of  Jefferson  Davis  on  Cabin  John  Bridge.     It  was  the 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap 


375 


most  trying  work  I  ever  did,  and  only  my  sentiment,  love  of 
justice,  and  high  regard  for  Jefferson  Davis  kept  me  up  till 
my  task  was  finished.  But  it  is  done,  and  well  done,  even  if 
I  am  suffering  now.  The  Doctor  thinks  it  is  only  temporary. 
I  have  the  satisfaction  of  doing  something  that  1  have  been 
wanting  to  do  for  years.  I  send  you  a  souvenir — a  picture  of 
the  bridge  inscription.  It  is  ml  much,  but  it  means  a 
deal  to  me.  1  wish  you  and  your  good  periodical  all  the 
pro  perity   that   llii-s   selfish    world   allows" 


I  III  hnl  Kill  hi  \  TUCKY  CAVALRY. 
Some  one  has  sent  pictures  of  the  4th  Kentucky  Cavalry 
made  in  the  war  period,  and  such  pictures  are  so  rare  thai 
they  have  been  engraved,  li  is  desired  thai  some  member  of 
that  regiment  write  a  brief  sketch.  Together  with  those 
photos  an  individual  picture  was  Sent,  and  is  printed  herewith 
in  the  hope  of  procuring  data  about  him.  lie  may  have  been 
.111  officer  in  that  regiment.  The  picture  recalls  that  of  Brig. 
Gen,  J.  I.    Hogg     See  page  379  of  Veteran  for  August,  [897. 


WHO  KNEW    HIM?     PICTURE  WITH    MEMBERS  41II    KV.  CAV. 


A  FEDERAL  HEARD  GLADLY  OF  SAM  DAVIS. 

BY    I  .    \\.    FORGR  wis.    M     J0S1  I'll.    MO. 

1  was  a  musician  at  the  headquarters  of  Gen.  (i.  M.  Dodge 
at  Pulaski,  Tenn.,  and  helped  to  play  the  dead  march  at  the 
murder  of  Sam   Da\  is 

With  foui  years  of  service  in  the  Union  army  (I  was  in  the 
4th  Division,  15th  Army  Corps)  1  never  witnessed  such 
bravery  as  was  portrayed  bj   bun  at  the  time  of  bis  killing. 

'Ibis   I  in  j     Davis    was    ,.n,  ,,,|    -,    reprieve    b\    .1    chief    of    51    lUtS 

i  (  hickasaw  at  headquarters  if  he  would  tell  where  bis 
11   was.     As  1   could   bear,  he  told  them   he    would    die   a 

thousand  deaths  first.     The   judgi    idvocate  at  this  trial  was 
econd  lieutenant  oi   Company   K.  ;tb  Iowa   Infantry,   who 

was  ncvet    in  a  fight  or  batik'  during  the  war.     He  is   dead 

now  .     Pi  ace  to  bis  ashes  ' 

in  never  obliterate  the  expression  ,,f   Davis's  face,  as  he 

Was  a  boj    about   my  own  age       He   wore  at  that   tune  a  round 

about  or  pea  jacket  and  a  black  slouch  hat.  I  have  woni 

who   his    folks    wen     verj    often,   and    was    glad    to    know    that 
he  was  not  forgotten      Davis  is  in  heaven,  1  trust 


/'.  /  TRh  H  h    II  TTER  I  hi  M/    /  HE  "OTHER  SIDE." 

Charles  J.  Merritt  1  First  (  onnecticut  Cavalry),  of  Medina, 
X.  Y  ,  writes  to  Mrs.  Cornelia  Branch  Stone: 

"Dear  Madam:   It   is  with   hesitation  that   I   write  to  you, 
because  1  do  not  wish  to  seem  officious  regarding  the  organi 
10.11  over  which  you  preside.     Since  first  reading  your  article 
in   the   March   Veteran   on   the   'Prize   Essay'   an   impul       oi 
mj  heart  has  led  me  to  write  a  few   words. 

"Though  a  subscriber  to  the  Veteran,  I  am  one  of  the 
'other  side.'  You  will  be  able  to  understand  my  feeling,  as 
Stated  above,  and  1  trust  you  will  accept  what  I  write  in  the 
spirit  that  prompts  it.  I  have  read  your  article  three  times, 
and  have  been  much  impressed  with  its  conservatism,  its 
kindly  consideration,  and  the  praiseworthy  spirit  in  which 
you    gave    expression   to  your  views.      Different    opinions    must 

of  necessity  result  from  varying  environment  and  view  point. 
The  time  for  recrimination  is  past;  the  future  of  our  people 
and  nation  calls  for  the  best  effort  we  can  give  to  make  its 
unification  perfect. 

"We    veterans   on    both    sides    are    Hearing    rapidlj    the    great 

white  throne  of  God;  and  when  we  shall  stand  at  last  in  its 
cleat  light,  we  shall  knmv  the  right  of  all  things.  I  have  an 
earnest  desire  thai  even  Daughter  may  find  it  possible  in  bel- 
li, hi  to  take  unto  herseH  the  spirit  which  your  wor. 
press  so  well,  and  especiallj  the  terse  summary  contained  in 
the  closing  paragraph  thereof,  •''"I  b  led  therebj  Pardon 
me,  please,  if  1  remark  that  all  of  us  may  well  do  -so  'with 
malice  toward  none,  with  charitj    for  all.'" 

[Mr.  Mcintt's  letter  was  sent  to  Houston  instead  of  Gal 
veston,  Tex.,  and  the  foregoing  is  a  copy  sent  recently. — En.] 


inii'M  Soldiers  at  Memoriai  Service  in  Atlanta. — The 
United  States  troops  located  at  McPherson  Barracks,  Atlanta, 
participated  in  the  memorial  exercises  to  Confederat  dead 
The  Atlanta  Camp.  No.  iso.  passed  resolutions  of  gratitude 
in  which  11  was  stated:  "We  highly  appreciate  the  courtesy 
paid  to  the  Ladies'  Memorial  Association,  the  Daughters  of 
the  1  1  infederacy,  and  the  United  Confederate  Yetcrans  on  our 
last  Memorial  Day,  April  26,  100.1.  by  Col.  John  T    Van  Ors- 

dale  and  bis  command  from  Fort  McPherson  We  were  glad 
to  see  the  uniforms  of  the  United  States  army  and  the  tars 
and  stripes  of  our  reunited  country  in  the  procession  with  us 
to  do  honor  to  our  comrades  who  gave  their  lives  for  the 
cause  of  the  South.  We  rejoice  in  every  new  evidence  that 
of  fraternal  strife  are  ended  never  to  return,  and  we 
unite  with  all  our  brethren  of  every  section  of  the  Union  in 
the  prayer  that  henceforth  peace  and  love  may  unite  all  our 
Stati  as  tli.  \  move  harmoniously  in  their  orbits  around  the 
central  sun  of  liberty."  John  W.  Woodruff,  of  the  Vtlanta 
Camp,  writes:  "This  is  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the 
Confederate  Veterans  that  we  have  been  honored  by  an  es- 
cort   of  a    regiment  of  Unite. 1   States  regulars  at  our  Memorial 

Daj    exei  cises  " 

Georgia's  Monument  to  the  Women  of   rat    South. 

I     \\     Ruckstuhl,  who  is  a  great   favorite  as  .,   sculptor  in 

the    South,    especially    in    South    Carolina,    is    at    work    on   a 

statue  to  the  women  of  tb.    Confederacj    for  Georgia.     It  is 

nbodj     ideal    Southern    womanhood.      The    figure    repre 

SentS    a    woman    as    seated,    her    work    done,    with    her    children 

her,  and  back  of  her  is  hovering  the  form  of  an  angel 
who  holds  poised  above  her  head  the  laurel  wreath  of  fame. 

It  would  be  fortunate  if  all  the  Southern  States  could  co 
operati  lo  a  woman's  monument. 


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Qopfederat^   l/eterar? 


Confederate  l/eterai). 

S.  A.  CUNNINGHAM,  Editor  and  Proprietor. 
Office:  Methodist  Publishing  House  Building,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

This  publication  is  the  personal  property  of  S.  A.  Cunningham.  All  per- 
sons who  approve  its  principles  and  realize  its  benefits  as  an  organ  for  Asso- 
ciations throughout  the  Smith  an-  requested  to  commend  its  patronage  and  to 
cooperate  in  extending  its  circulation.     Let  each  one  be  constantly  diligent. 

NEED  FOR  PROMPT,  UNITED  ACTION. 

The  most  imperative  and  the  most  pressing  demand  upon 
Confederates  at  this  time  is  the  repayment  of  the  amount 
advanced  upon  the  birthplace  of  Jefferson  Davis.  A  generous- 
hearted  comrade,  realizing  that  owners  of  property  very 
necessary  to  the  area  to  be  procured  would  not  renew  their 
options,  advanced  the  money,  and  perfect  titles  are  recorded 
to  all  the  lands  necessary.  He  furnished  the  money  at  five 
per  cent  interest.  Now  let  us  show  our  appreciation  of  that 
patriotic,  generous  deed  by  a  generous  response.  The  Daugh- 
ters of  the  Confederacy  have  so  far  exceeded  the  veterans 
except  in  individual  caces,  and  we  can  depend  upon  them 
as  a  bod}'.  Appeal  is  made  to  small  Chapters  wherever  lo- 
cated, to  Veteran  Camps,  to  the  United  Sons  of  Confeder- 
ate veterans,  and  to  the  Confederated  Memorial  Association. 

By  a  prompt,  united  effort  of  all  these  organizations  and 
the  kind  of  response  that  patriotic  men  and  women  could 
easily  make  the  result  would  be  of  high  credit  to  the  South- 
ern people — to  all  who  revere  the  character  and  the  noble 
life  of  Jefferson  Davis — a  life  that  is  creditable  to  mankind. 
In  his  boyhood,  in  the  tragic  trials  of  his  manhood,  and  to  a 
grand  old  age  he  was  faithful  in  all  things. 

Report  all  subscriptions  to  the  Veteran,  and  remit  either 
to  the  Veteran  or  to  Capt.  John  H.  Leathers,  Treasurer, 
Louisville,  Ky. 


Additional  Contributions  to  Capt.  J.  H.  Leathers. 

John  W.  Green,   Louisville,   Ky $     5  00 

C.   M.   Wiley.   Macon.  Ga I  00 

G.   P.   Harrison,  Opelika,  Ala 1  00 

Rev.  W.  E.  Boggs,  Atlanta,  Ga 5  00 

Gen.  J.  F.  Shipp,  Chattanooga,  Tenn 5  00 

Gen.  T.  W.  Castleman,  New  Orleans,  La 10  03 

R.  B.  Rankins.  Louisville,  Ky 10  00 

Mrs.  G.  T.  Fuller,  Mayfield,  Ky 1  00 

Dr.  George  T.  Kemp,  Champaign,  111 1  00 

Col.  J.  Mizell,  King's  Ferry,  Fla 100  00 

John  Hugh  McDowell,  Union  City,  Tenn 1  00 

P.    McRoberts,  Louisville,   Ky 1  00 

W.   J.  Thomas.  Louisville,   Ky 2  00 

Miss  Kate  Mason  Rowland,  Tappahannock,  Va 1  00 

Contributed  by   Chatters. 

Reginald  H.  Thompson,  La  Grange,  Ky 2  00 

Tom   Barrett,    Ghent,    Ky 10  00 

Jefferson   Davis,   San   Francisco,   Cal 10  00 

Texas   Chapter    (name   not   known) 9  00 

Stonewall  Jackson  Chapter,  Kansas  City,  Mo 25  00 

Contributed  by  Camps. 

M.  J.  Ferguson,  H  urricane,  W.  Va 5  00 

Tom   Hindman,   Newport,   Ark 5  00 

A1  ie  Buford,  Versailles,  Ky 10  00 

Dick    Dowling,    Houston,    Tex 10  00 

Sam   Davis.   Rockdale,   Tex 9  00 


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sociation as  published  in  the  Veteran  for  July  should  have 
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that  list,  as  well  as  in  the  additional  list  of  subscribers  to  the 
Sam  Davis  monument,  be  having  given  one  dollar  to  each. 


Attention  is  called  to  the  many  articles  in  this  issue  of 
the  Veteran.  Some  persons  in  speaking  and  writing  of  it 
say  "paper."  If  they  will  read  this  one  issue  with  care,  tliej 
will  find  more  interesting,  concisely  written  articles  than 
can  be  found  in  any  other  magazine  published.  This  bold 
assertion  is  made  without  doubt  as  to  its  accuracy.  There  is 
more  carefully  prepared  reading  than  can  be  found  anywhere 
for  the  money.  Indeed,  while  not  so  bulky  as  some  of  the 
high-priced  magazines,  it  deserves  first  place  among  them. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterag. 


:i77 


LETTER  FROM  PRESIDENT  GENERAL    U.   D.   C. 

BY   MRS.  CORNELIA  BRANCH  STONE,  BLUE  RIDGE  SPRINGS,   VA. 

To  keep  in  touch  with  you  and  to  remind  you  that  the  six- 
teenth year  of  our  united  effort  is  nearing  its  close  and  that 
the  days  between  will  rapidly  pass  and  that  there  is  still  much 
to  be  done  before  our  annual  report  must  be  made  is  reason 
for  this  appeal. 

The  General  Convention  U.  D.  C,  as  you  know,  will  be 
held  in  Houston,  Tex.,  October  19.  1909,  and  the  local  Chap- 
ters, Camps,  and  citizens  are  full  of  plans  for  your  enter- 
tainment and  pleasurable  anticipation  of  your  coming.  The 
population  of  Texas  is  largely  made  up  of  immigration  from 
each  of  the  United  States,  but  largely  the  Southern  States, 
and  all  of  the  countries  of  Europe,  and  many  of  you  will 
have  this  opportunity  of  meeting  relatives  and  friends,  thus 
renewing  old  ties  while  forming  new  friendships,  all  of  which 
goes  to  make  up  the  sum  of  human  happiness. 

Since  attending  the  Conventions  of  three  State  Divisions 
your  President  met  with  our  dear  veterans  at  their  annual 
Reunion  in  Memphis,  Tenu.,  and  enjoyed  the  blessedness  of 
greeting  the  large  number  in  attendance.  In  bearing  your 
message  to  them  of  loving  loyalty  and  service  to  the  glorious 
cause  which  they  represent  and  the  principle-,  and  character 
for  which  they  stand  in  our  national  history,  and  above  all 
the  assurance  of  your  devotion  to  our  dear  old  guard  and 
watchfulness  of  their  needs,  hearty  response  was  given,  show 
ing  their  I  rust  and  confidence  in  our  pledges.  This  involves 
much  of  individual  responsibility  and  continued  effort;  but 
my  faith  in  your  readiness  to  meet  all  requirements  is  so  full 
that  there  is  no  room  for  fear 

Of  Division  Presidents  I  would  ask  zealous  and  close  al 
tention  to  the  work  of  the  General  Association  on  the  me- 
morials at  Arlington  National  Cemetery  and  on  the  battle- 
field of  Shiloh ;  urge  the  Chapters  of  your  respective  Di- 
visions to  assist  the  State  Directors  of  these  Monument  As- 
sociations in  the  collection  of  funds.  A  ready  response  is 
asked  to  the  plans  of  the  Committee  on  Education  as  outlined 
by  the  Chairman,  Miss  Poppenheim,  and  also  an  earnest  co 
operation  with  the  Historian  General,  Mrs.  Robinson,  and  the 
Committee  on  History  in  this  important  department  of  our 
labor  with  a  faithful  compliance  to  all  requirements  of  dues 
to  Stale,  Chapter,  and  General  Association  U.  D.  C.  without 

which    a    creditable    and    full    representation    cannot    be    had    111 
our  next  General  Convention. 

It  i-  expected  that  favorable  railroad  and  hotel  rates  will 
be  secured,  of  which  as  soon  as  possible  information  in 
detail  will  be  sent  to  you  by  the  Recording  Secretary  Gen 
eral,  and  it  is  earnestly  hoped  that  the  attendance  will  be 
large  at  this  annual  meeting,  where  new  inspiration  and  en- 
thusiasm  maj  be  found  for  future  advancement  and  progress. 

Divisions  and  Chapters  are  requested  to  take  active  meas- 
ures  to  organize   auxiliary   Chapters  of  children   during  these 
vacation    months,    when    the    young    people    are    fri 
thought    to    SUCh    work,    enlist   the   boys   and    Mirls   in    lin< 

the  perpetuation  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  and 
Sons  of  Confederate  Veterans  may  be  assured  and  the  me- 
morial, historical,  and  educational  work,  now  so  well  in  hand, 
he  continued  for  all  time.  This  is  urged  in  110  spirit  of 
antagonism,  but  in  the  interest  of  a  higher  patriotism  and 
nobler  citizenship  in  which  selfish  ends  and  graft  can  find  no 
place;  for  men  and  women  cannot  recall  the  heroic  deeds 
of  the  past  which  involve  so  much  of  -elf  sacrifice  and  ad- 
herence to  the  purest  principles  without  an  inspiration  and 
stirring  impulse  to  love  of  country  and  devotion  to  its  service. 
8* 


From  day  to  day  your  President  is  with  you  hand  in  hand 
in  this  supreme  effort  for  the  uplifting  of  our  citizenship  and 
the  preservation  of  our  great  treasury  of  precious  memories 
in  which  we  know  no  shame. 


DEATH  OF  VICE  CHANCELLOR  B.  L.  WIGGINS. 

The  death  at  Sewanee  of  Chancellor  Wiggins  gave  universal 
sorrow  throughout  the  South.  The  Sewanee  school  has  drawn 
its  clientele  not  alone  from  the  South,  but  from  many  Northern 
States  as  well ;  and  wherever  these  boys  have  gone,  they  have 
carried  a  loving  homage  of  Chancellor  Wiggins  in  their  hearts, 
and  the  sad  news  of  his  death  brought  sorrow  to  many  house- 
holds widely  divided  by  miles  of  space. 

Chancellor  Wiggins  was  intensely  individual,  his  acts  and 
thoughts  being  tinged  by  his  personality.  He  was  keen  in  his 
conceptions  and  quick  yet  accurate  in  his  judgments  not  onlyof 
men  but  of  events.  Tenacious  of  purpose  and  opinions  when 
his  active  brain  was  convinced  that  he  was  right,  he  was  quick 
to  acknowledge  error  when  his  heart  showed  the  fault  He 
ever  exhibited  the  highest  ideals  of  noble  living  and  thinking. 
He  set  his  standards  among  the  stars,  and  was  never  weary 
of  helping  his  students  climb  up  to  them.  He  was  patient  with 
those  who  fell,  yet  in  falling  tried  to  rise,  and  was  never  chary 
of  his  praise  of  those  climbers  whose  progress  knew  no  fall. 
He  was  a  character  builder,  teaching  all  his  "architects  of 
fate"  to  build  for  eternity,  helping  them  always  to  choose 
carefully  their  building  material  so  that  God  himself  "could 
call  the  completed  structure  beautiful,  entire,  and  clean." 
Though  dead,  Chancellor  Wiggins  lives  in  his  students,  and 
his  influence  in  ever-widening  circles  will  go  on  and  on  till 
the  vanishing  ripples  are  lost  in  the  vast  and  unknown  future. 

Hie  funeral  rites  over  the  dead  Chancellor  were  marked  by 
the  simplicity  and  beauty  that  characterized  the  man.  There 
was  noil  ing  added  nor  nothing  omitted  that  a  full  knowledge 
oi  the  loved  leader  could  have  suggested.  Bishop  Gailor,  of 
Tennessee,  assisted  bj  Bishop  Weed,  of  Florida,  and  Bishop 
\\  ilson,  of  Georgia,  read  the  grandly  impressive  ritual  for  the 
dead  used  by  the  Episcopal  Church,  and  from  the  solemn 
"1  am  the  resurrection  and  the  life,  whoso  believeth  in  me, 
though  he  be  dead,  yet  shall  he  live"  to  the  end  of  the  service 
was  a  hushed  silence  in  the  crowded  audience. 

The   body    lay   in    state    for    a    day.    with    the   cadets    in    full 

uniform    serving  as  a   bodyguard.     Through   the   wish   of  the 

l.iinih    there   were  neither   Masonic   nor   military   honor-,   but 

the  cadets  were  allowed  to  attend  in  a  body  .1-  a  token  of  re- 

10  their  bi  1  hancellor. 

Deeply  impressive  was  the  long  procession  that  wound 
through  the  sun-  and  shadow-flecked  paths  from  the  chapel 
to  the  cemetery.  In  the  long  Inn-  thai  followed  the  dead 
Chancellor  to  hi-  last  resting  place  were  Church  dignitaries. 
college  professors  with  their  insignia  of  rank,  cadets  in  full 
uniform,  and  friends  who  had  been  such  for  years.  Among 
the  distinguished  company  were  Bishop  Gailor,  of  Tennessee, 
Hi-hops   Weed  and   (day.   of  Florida,  Bishop   YVil-on.  of  Geor 

gia,  Bishop  Bratton,  of  Mississippi,  Bishop  Guerry,  of  South 
Carolina.  Bishop  Rei  e,  of  Georgia,  and  Bishop  Beckwith,  of 
Alabama,  and  many   prominent  clergy  of  different  States. 

The  bier  on  which  were  laid  the  remains  of  Chancellor  Wig- 
gins was  covered  with  masses  of  (lowers,  and  later  the  grave 
was  hidden  in  the  quantities  of  blossoms  which  had  come 
from  Maine  to  Texas — from  Churches,  societies,  and  individ- 
uals. 

Dr.  Wiggins  was  a  son-in-law  of  Bishop  Quintard.  dee. 
who  was  a  beloved  Confederate  chaplain. 


878 


^oi)federat^  l/eterar?. 


MEMORIAL  DAY  ADDRESS  AT  OWENSBORO.  KY. 

BY    DR.    MONTGOMERY   GANO   BUCKNER.    I'ASTOR   FIRST 
CHRISTIAN    CHURCH. 

Mr.  Chairman,  Ladies,  and  Gentlemen :  This  is  an  extraor- 
dinary occasion,  one  worthy  of  a  far  better  service  than  I  can 
hope  to  render.  Memorial  days  are  for  the  recall  and  proper 
perpetuation  of  such  incidents  as  a  noble  mind  would  cherish. 
Charity  weaves  a  web  of  forgetfulness  over  ignoble  acts  and 
lives  of  shame.  We  are  here  to-day  because  we  have  a 
chapter  in  our  history  worthy  to  be  commemorated — a  chap- 
ter replete  with  deeds  of  valor  wrought  in  the  supreme  hour 
of  strife  for  conscience'  sake.  Such  events  and  lives  have 
ever  held  securest  place  in  human  sentiment  and  have  called 
most  commanding])-  for  memorial  observances.  To  forget 
them  exposes  a  shameless  degeneracy  in  the  passing  genera- 
tion and  robs  the  unborn  of  his  most  priceless  legacy.  What 
but  a  nation's  history  can  make  a  nation  great?  Naught  can 
so  inspire  a  youth  as  the  life  story  of  his  country's  heroic  men. 
The  ministry  of  a  national  song  cannot  be  overestimated : 
"My  country,  'tis  of  thee. 

Sweet  land  of  liberty, 
Of  thee  I  sing: 

Land  where  my  fathers  died, 

Land  of  the  pilgrims'  pride, 

From  every  mountain  side 
Let   freedom  ring!" 
Pardon  a  grandson  of  Virginia  for  adding  these  lines : 
"Land  where  the  cavalier, 

Undaunted  by  a  fear, 

On  every  far  frontier 

His  altar  raised!" 
Such  songs  are  worthy  to  be  crooned  above  every  cradle, 
and  so  sung  will  bear  their  fruit  in  a  generation  of  uncon- 
querable patriots.  The  Fourths  of  July,  with  their  old-fash- 
ioned observance — singing  national  airs,  reading  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence,  recounting  the  causes  which  led  to  the 
revolt  of  the  colonies,  and  the  stirring  and  graphic  story 
of  those  heroic  battles  which  made  our  country  free — have 
been  the  bulwark  of  American  liberty.  This  policy  of  me- 
morialization  was  outlined  by  the  all-knowing  God  when  he 
ordained  for  Israel  her  great  feast  days  and  caused  to  be 
written  an  imperishable  record  of  the  most  thrilling  events 
and  daring  deeds  of  all  her  history.  Take  from  the  Israelitish 
people  their  Passovers  and  Pentecosts,  silence  their  songs  of 
Zion,  burn  their  scroll  of  Holy  Scriptures,  and  you  rob  the 
world  of  one  of  her  most  ancient  and  most  useful  peoples. 

Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  Sons  of  Confederate  Vet- 
erans, and  you  who  come  to  join  in  these  acts  of  loving  re- 
membrance, I  tell  you  that  we  do  well  to  honor  and  un- 
yieldingly memorialize  those  noble  sires  of  ours  who  wore 
the  gray  and  fought  beneath  the  ensign  which  bore  the  stars 
and  bars.  As  an  American  citizen  I  love  this  Union ;  my 
heart  pulses  and  thrills  at  every  added  distinction  which  comes 
to  that  already  glorious  emblem  of  the  stars  and  stripes.  I 
love  it  more  because  it  floats  over  an  undivided  and,  I  believe, 
indissoluble  federation  of  States.  I  would  not  take  one  jot 
or  tittle  from  the  praise  accorded  to  those  strong,  brave  men 
who  wore  the  blue.  They  have  played  a  splendid  part  in 
the  past  of  this  the  greatest  republic  of  all  history.  They  are 
worthy  to  be  memorialized  on  special  days,  in  granite  shafts, 
and  to  have  their  figures  carved  in  marble.  They  fought  for 
a  principle  which  time  has  perhaps  proved  to  be  wise  and 
expedient.  Give  their  leaders  the  honor,  if  you  please,  ac- 
corded to  the  far-seeing  statesman;  but  do  not  trv'to  honor 


them  by  defaming  fact,  perverting  history,  and  degrading  our 
fathers  and  mothers  by  calling  the  cause  of  the  Confederacy 
"a  rebellion." 

If  secession  was  a  stroke  at  the  government,  then  the  Con- 
stitution needs  revision  and  colonial  history  is  at  variance 
with  fact.  If  that  revered  and  fundamental  document  were 
even  subject  to  double  construction,  no  one  has  a  right  to 
insult  the  memory  of  our  noble  fathers  by  calling  them 
Rebels ;  nor  should  one  question  the  real  virtues  of  the 
Northern  soldier  by  building  his  pedestal  on  the  unstable  and 
disastrous  support  of  a  gross  injustice.  No!  No!  These 
were  not  Rebels!  If  ever  man  fought  for  sacred  vested  right, 
if  ever  heart  revolted  against  encroachment  upon  these  guaran- 
teed rights  of  the  governed — in  short,  if  life  was  ever  for- 
feited at  the  stern  call  of  a  liberty-loving  conscience — then 
these  so  revolted,  fought,  and  gloriously  died. 

Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  it  falls  to  you,  a  beautiful 
ministry  and  an  unalterable  duty,  to  breathe  into  the  heart 
of  your  child  a  challenge  to  this  dreadful  wrong.  It  becomes 
your  high  privilege  to  take  your  boy — in  mind  if  not  in  fact — ■ 
to  Lexington,  Va.,  and  standing  within  that  modest  chapel, 
your  eyes  and  his  fixed  upon  the  august  recumbent  marble 
figure  of  that  unblemished  gentleman,  that  spotless  Christian 
man,  that  greatest  military  chieftain  of  his  time,  there  and 
then  tell  your  boy  that  Robert  E.  Lee  was  no  Rebel  and  that 
he  led  no  Rebel  band  when  victory  after  victory  marked  his 
genius  and  rewarded  their  deeds  of  splendid  valor.  Tell  him 
of  that  dark  night  when  the  honor  of  our  country  was  at 
stake,  when  General  Scott,  far  from  his  base  of  supplies,  was 
struggling  to  gain  entrance  to  the  City  of  Mexico.  Tell  him 
how  a  captain  suggested  the  move  which  won  the  victory  and 
threaded  the  darkness  over  a  trackless  mountain  way  through 
the  enemies'  lines  that  the  order  might  be  conveyed.  Tell 
him  that  this  intrepid  patriot,  this  daring  and  gifted  soldier 
was  the  Confederacy's  stainless  hero,  Capt.  Robert  E.  Lee. 

Point  then  to  the  grim  walls  of  old  Virginia  Military  In- 
stitute. Tell  your  boy  of  the  gaunt  major  who  gave  ten  years 
of  his  life  with  such  devotion  to  stern  duty  in  teaching  young 
men  and  such  fidelity  in  following  the  highest  ideals  of  life 
that  his  name  became  proverbial  for  honor  and  inflexible  in- 
tegrity. Tell  your  child  that  when  that  battle  of  the  City 
of  Mexico  was  at  its  crisis  a  lieutenant  of  artillery,  deserted 
by  all  his  men  who  were  not  slain,  shells  shrieking  about  him, 
was  calmly  loading  and  aiming  and  firing,  and  that  he  per- 
haps more  than  any  one  man  in  the  fighting  line  contributed 
to  the  honor  of  our  arms  that  day.  Tell  him  that  Lieut.  T. 
J.  Jackson,  promoted  to  major  for  gallantry  on  the  field,  had 
not  in  him  the  material  for  a  Rebel,  and  that  stone  walls  of 
patriotism  are  built  of  such  hearts  as  his. 

Just  here  let  me  quote  to  you  the  words  of  an  English  army 
officer,  certainly  an  impartial  observer.  He  writes :  "When 
in  the  process  of  time  the  history  of  secession  comes  to  be 
viewed  with  the  same  freedom  from  prejudice  as  the  history 
of  the  seventeenth  and  eighteenth  centuries,  it  will  be  clear 
that  the  fourth  great  revolution  of  the  English-speaking  race 
differs  in  no  essential  characteristic  from  those  which  pre- 
ceded it.  It  was  not  simply  because  five  members  were  il- 
legally impeached  in  1642,  the  seven  bishops  illegally  tried  in 
1688,  men  shot  at  Lexington  in  1775,  or  slavery  threatened  in 
1861  that  the  people  rose.  These  were  the  occasions,  not  the 
causes,  of  revolt.  In  each  case  a  great  principle  was  at  stake: 
in  1642  the  liberty  of  the  subject ;  in  1688  the  integrity  of  the 
Protestant  faith ;  in  1775  taxation  only  with  the  consent  of 
the  taxed;  in  1861  the  sovereignty  of  the  individual  States." 


^or>federat<?  Ueterai). 


379 


We  may  all  deplore  1  lie  hasty — perhaps  impetuous — act  of 
South  Carolina  in  seceding;  we  should  all  deplore  the  un- 
bridled utterances  of  a  small  party  of  the  abolitionists  of  the 
North,  because  these  two  unhappy  occurrences,  coming  a-  the) 
did  at  the  nation's  crisis,  made  amicable  adjustment  impossible 
and  enforced  sober-minded  patriots  both  North  and  South  to 
take  their  stand  for  or  against  secession.  Many  and  grave 
were  the  differences  existing  between  the  agricultural  sec- 
tion lying  on  the  one  side  and  the  industrial  section  lying  on 
the  other  side  of  Mason  and  Dixon's  line.  Widely  were 
their  commercial  interests  divergent,  and  Hum  social  ideas 
were  positively  antagonistic;  yet  the  careful  and  patriotic 
student  of  history  is  led  to  believe  that,  bad  there  been  no 
extravagant  zeal  on  the  one  band  and  no  extreme  sensitive- 
ness and  impetuous  haste  on  the  other,  our  unfortunate  civil 
strife  might  have  been  averted  and  all  the  ends  of  justio  and 
morality  conserved  by  peaceable  adjustment.  After  Fort  Sum 
ter  bad  been  fired  upon  and  President  Lincoln  had  called  for 
75,000  militia,  the  honor  of  the  flag  called  true  men  to  rally 
from  the  North,  and  the  certain  encroachment  upon  tb 
ereign   rights  of  their  several   States  stirred  the  genuine  old 

liberty-loving  spirit  of  the  Southerner,  and  the  bl liesl   con 

flict  of  all  the  ages  was  inevitable. 

The  great  leaders  of  the  Confederacy  loved  the  Union,  and 
it  was  with  a  desperate  inward  struggle  that  they  yielded  the 
gorgeous  vision  of  their  country's  mighty  future  and  deter- 
mined to  tight  for  a  principle  which  they  loved  better  than 
life — a  principle  which  was  whispered  through  all  the  tradi- 
tions of  their  English-speaking  ancestors  and  poured  mi" 
their  being  from  their  nursing  mother's  breast.  Well  might 
these  Southerners  love  the  Union,  for  in  her  Hall  of  Fame 

most  honored  places  wen  held  by  names  of  men  whose  blood 
was  the  Southland's  offering  to  that  Union's  splendid  place 
ami  'ng  the  nations. 

Here  arc  some  words  to  indicate  the  feeling  of  the  Con- 
federate as  he  saw  the  war  cloud  blackening  above  hi  head 
They  are  the  words  of  Stonewall  Jackson,  and  worthy  to  be 
li\  cverj  child  oi  a  Southern  soldier  Hear  them: 
"If  the  general  government  should  persist  in  the  measures  now 
threatened,   there   must   be   war.      It    is   painful   enough    to   di 

with  what  unconcern  they  speak  of  war  and  threaten  it. 
The)  do  not  know  its  horrors.  1  have  seen  enough  of  it  to 
make  me  look  upon  it  ;i>  the  sum  of  all  evils."  This  intrepid 
Of  nun  and  -taluail  patriot  through  education  and 
training  had  been  led  to  look  upon  Virginia  as  never  having 
surrendered  her  right  to  the  final  word  in  any  gnat  question 
which  confi  nted  her.  Coercion  from  without  her  borders 
he  viewed  as  foreign  invasion,  Whether  it  came  from  North 
'i  South,  "i  East  or  West,  it  mattered  not;  he  was  willing 
to  give,  and  he  did  give,  his  life  in  an  effort  to  maintain  her 

I  liable    fact    that   he   ever   spoke  of    the 

war  of  Secessii  COnd  war  of  independence.     Closing 

his  speech  to  the  old  tst  Brigade  when  he  was  about  to  bi 
transferred  to  the  command  of  the  Shenandoah  Vallej  Dis 
trict.  he  said:  "You  an  thi  First  Brigade  in  the  affections  of 
your  general,  and  I  hope  by  your  futun  deeds  and  bearing 
you  will  be  banded  down  to  posterity  as  the  first  brigade 
of  this  o  war  of  independence      Farewell!" 

They  tell  us  that  the  pictures  which  adorn  our  walls  and 
impress  themselves  upon  the  susceptible  mind  of  a  child  are 
very   important    factors    in    moldini  ei        \      plendid 

painting  of   the   sea    is   said    to   have  on     ol    a 

mother  out   upon  the  highways  of  the  deep      Shi 
how  her  boys  could  havi    been    •  d  of  the  distant 


ocean.  Then  she  contemplated  the  picture  which  had  hung 
before  their  gaze  through  all  those  forming  years  and  said 
in  sadness:  "I  know  now  it  is  that  picture  which  has  robbed 
me  i  if  my  boys." 

There  is  a  picture  which  1  am  glad  hangs  in  clear  light 
on  the  walls  of  my  memory.  As  a  little  child  1  stand 
with  a  group  of  children  looking  upon  the  quiet,  strong  face 
of  a  bearded  man.  In  hushed  whisper  one  of  the  older  of 
the  group  is  saying:  "That  is  a  picture  of  Gen.  Stonewall 
Jackson.  lie  was  a  brave  man,  and  he  was  a  good  man.  and 
he  was  killed  in  the  war."  We  knew  what  war.  Our  um  le's 
crippled  arm  told  the  Storj  of  battle.  I  never  went  into  what 
we  called  "the  room  over  the  parlor"  that  I  did  not  look  long 
at  that  picture  and  remember  that  "he  was  a  brave  man  and 
a  good  man.  and  that  he  was  killed  in  the  war."  I  know- 
more  of  his  life  now,  and  in  the  light  of  that  added  informa 
tion  I  know  that  the  words  of  my  childish  instructor  were 
accurately  and   literally  'rue.      lie  was  brave  and  be  was  good. 

Brave  1  As  long  as  tin  record  of  the  battle  of  Bull  Run  lues 
bis  bravery  -hall   be  known. 

That  was  a  dreadful  moment  when  General  Bee,  dust)  tnd 
worried,  bis  horse  covered  with  foam,  came  galloping  up  and 
said:  "The)  are  beating  us  back,  General."  "Then  wi  will 
give  them  the  bayonet."  was  the  quiet  reply.  The  firm  thin 
lips  set.  the  order  was  given,  and  the  tst  Brigade  slowly 
climbed  to  the  eastern  edge  .if  Henry  Hill  and  took  position, 
there  to  remain  under  the  devastating  fire  of  the  enemy,  with 
their  cool,  imperturbable  commander  moving  slowly  back  and 
forth  before  them,  the  most  expo  ed  to  danger  of  them  all. 
II.  was  saying  as  he  rode.  "Steady,  men  I  Steady,  men!" 
until  tin  w  \  center  of  the  onrushing  army  of  the  enemy  was 
in  full  view:  then  the  quiet  voice  was  heard  again:  "Wait, 
boys,  until  they  are  within  fifty  yards  of  you,  then  fire  and 
chargi  bayonets,  yelling  with  all  your  might  as  you  charge." 
No  wonder  General  Bee  pointed  to  bun  and  said  to  hi 
confu  ed  men:   "Fall  in  behind  the  Virginians  and  organize. 

Don't  pou  ei  Jackson  standing  like  a  Stone  wall'"  The 
pictures  of  these  noble  heroes  and  the  story  of  their  lives  of 
Faith    and    fortitude   and    valiant    deeds    will   bless    our   children. 

But  our  wn  iil.s  are  nol  alone  for  the  great  leaders  of  the 

if  secession.      \11  over  this  fair  Southland  and  mar  us 

here    tO-daj    are   marble    shafts    and   -labs    and    blocks   ,,f    stone 

to    mark    the    -lerping    chambers    of    men     who    dared    to    die 

for  what  the)   held  as  right.     Theirs  was  the  spirit  which  has 
never  cowered  before  a  despot's  frown  or  brooked  a  tyrant's 
rule.     All  that  America  I1. 'Ids  dearest   to-da)    was  purchased 
at  the  cost  of  just  such  lives  as  theirs,  and  our  best 
the  future  is   in  the  possibilit)    that   ever)    citizen   may   g 
with    just    such    self-forgetting    zeal    the   inalienabh    n 
local  self-government.    If  there  be  a  rock  looming  in  thi    path 
of  our  ship  of  Slate,  that   rock  i-  n  It  there  be  a 

storm  to  drive  us  upon  that  rock,  it  is  the  storm  of  untem- 
pered  passion  raised  by  the  unthinking  agitator  who  strives 
to  make  the  laboring  man  look  upon  the  employei  as  his  natural 
and  m  i  i  nemy.    If  ib'  si   p  -tin  rous  fell  i 

cessful   as  that    small   party  of  rabid  abolitionists   in   causing 
men  of  impetuous  last,   to  attack  the  flag,  we  shall  no  doubt 
find    iiioilu       tep   toward   imperialism   inevitable.     The   prin- 
ciple of  individual  rights  might  one.    more  bee  me  in. 
and   made   to   play   with   telling    effect     igainst    thi 

ni   tin    flag      I  lowi  •  ei    ii   all  ma)    !       Gi  id  grant   that 

:    nine    in   tins   great     \nniiean    republic 

when    an   emperor    ma)    ascend    the    throne   and   a    freeborn 
n    gi\  e   place   to  ill      ubieel    « ithoul    a    stubboi  n, 


380 


^orjfederat^  l/eterai). 


unyielding  revolt  on  the  part  of  some  section  or  some  party 
somewhere  and  somehow !  The  spirit  of  1775  which  revived 
in  1861  is  worthy  to  live ;  it  does  live  and  must  continue. 

If  these  veterans  were  great  in  war,  they  are  greater  still 
in  peace.  No  civil  strife  could  come  to  our  State  while  those 
grave  old  men  who  wore  the  blue  and  the  gray  have  places  in 
the  councils  of  Cabinet  and  Congress.  Their  lesson  was 
learned  at  vast  expense,  but  it  will  save  us  so  long  as  they 
shall  live.  Their  bravery  was  amply  attested  in  the  recent 
sixties;  but  I  believe  an  evidence  more  eloquent  of  genuine 
manhood  is  manifesting  itself  to-day.  About  a  year  ago  up 
in  Northern  Ohio  I  was  asked  to  speak  to  a  men's  Church 
club  one  night.  Somehow  the  subject  and  the  occasion  chal- 
lenged my  Southern  blood.  I  took  advantage  of  the  oppor- 
tunity to  place  my  humble  wreath  upon  the  Confederate  sol- 
dier's brow.  And,  however  awkwardly  it  was  done,  I  can 
assure  you  it  was  done  with  all  the  glad  fervor  of  a  sincere 
purpose.  After  the  meeting  was  over,  an  old  man  clad  in  a 
faded  blue  coat  addressed  me.  His  face  bore  marks  of  life's 
stern  struggle ;  but  his  steady,  honest  eyes  revealed  the  sterling 
manhood  of  his  being.  This  is  what  he  said :  "Young  man, 
you  did  right  to-night,  and  you  will  ever  do  well  to  honor 
the  memory  of  those  noble  men  who  went  before  you  in  our 
Southland.  I  fought  for  the  Union,  and  I  rejoice  that  it  re- 
mains as  it  does;  but  I  tell  you  there  never  was  a  nobler, 
braver  band  of  men  nor  truer,  purer  women  than  those  we 
fought  to  overcome.  They  believed  they  fought  for  the  right, 
and  they  would  have  belied  their  real  character  had  they  sub- 
mitted without  that  dreadful  struggle."  As  I  looked  into  his 
calm  face  I  knew  that  this  veteran  was  never  a  coward  in 
battle ;  but  I  tell  you,  whatever  his  honors  then,  he  was 
never  so  honorable  as  in  this  attitude,  maintained  in  the  hour 
of  peace,  toward  his  erstwhile  foe.     *     *     * 

There  is  a  great  Commander  there  whose  legions  are  formed 
of  those  who  have  loved  the  truth  and  hated  a  lie.  He  knows 
his  own  by  name  and  they  know  his  voice.  God  grant  that 
the  noble  men  of  the  gray  and  the  noble  men  of  the  blue  and 
all  their  sons  and  daughters  may  one  day  rally  under  his 
banner,  for  he  was  and  is  and  ever  shall  be  the  mightiest  of 
all  the  mighty  captains  over  angels  or  over  men. 


South  Carolina's  Statue  of  Calhoun  for  Washington. 
— Mr.  F.  W.  Ruckstuhl  will  shortly  complete  the  statue  of  John 
C.  Calhoun.  It  will  be  unveiled  in  the  Hall  of  Fame  early  in 
December,  as  soon  as  Congress  meets.  It  will  be  not  only  a 
work  of  art,  but  a  good  portrait  of  the  distinguished  states- 
■man.  John  Ross  Key,  the  Washington  artist,  who  in  his 
youth  saw  Mr.  Calhoun  and  remembers  him  well,  declared 
that  the  photographs  had  "the  very  look  and  expression  of 
the  man."  Miss  Eliza  Calhoun,  who  lives  in  the  Louise 
Home  and  is  the  niece  of  Calhoun,  said :  "It  is  the  best  like- 
ness I  have  ever  seen  of  Uncle  John."  A  replica  will  be  or- 
dered by  South  Carolina  for  the  Statehouse  there.  Mr.  Ruck- 
•stuhl  has  become  a  citizen  of  South  Carolina  and  has  con- 
stituted himself  a  sculptor  almost  exclusively  of  the  South. 
He  has  just  received  the  order  from  South  Carolina  for  the 
monument  to  the  women  of  the  Confederacy  to  be  erected 
by  the  people  of  the  State  and  will  make  it  while  in  Europe. 
From  the  photographs  of  the  model  it  will  be  beautiful,  em- 
bodying, as  it  does,  the  idea  of  a  Southern  matron  seated  in 
repose — her  work  accomplished.  Beside  her  are  her  children, 
•one  on  each  side,  and  behind  her  is  the  winged  figure  of  the 
genius  of  the  South,  who,  all  unconsciously  to  her,  is  about 
to  place  on  her  head  .the  laurel  wreath  of  fame. 


THE  EYES  OF  GENERAL  BRECKINRIDGE. 

BV    H.  C.  DAMON,  CORSICANA,  TEX. 

I  never  saw  Gen.  John  C.  Breckinridge  but  once,  the  occa- 
sion being  his  farewell  speech  to  the  remnant  of  Duke's  Bri- 
gade near  the  village  of  Woodstock,  Ga.,  where  we  disbanded 
about  May  7,  1865.  We,  with  Vaughn's  and  Dibrell's  Bri- 
gades, had  escorted  President  Davis  and  his  Cabinet  from 
Charlotte,  N.  C,  to  Washington,  Ga.  On  the  banks  of  the 
Savannah  River  we  were  halted.  Each  private  was  paid  $28 
in  silver  and  then  we  took  up  our  march  to  Washington,  from 
which  place  we  proceeded  to  Woodstock. 

Up  to  that  time  we  thought  we  were  on  our  way  to  the 
Trans-Mississippi  Department,  where  we  expected  to  con- 
tinue the  fight;  but  Breckinridge's  speech  dissipated  that  idea. 
He  told  us  the  war  was  over,  and  there  was  nothing  to  do  but 
go  home  and  accept  the  situation.  He  was  followed  by  Gen- 
eral Duke.  Both  spoke  with  great  emotion,  and  the  eloquence 
and  pathos  of  it  brought  tears  to  the  eyes  of  nearly  every  man 
there.  I  believe  General  Breckinridge  was  the  finest-looking 
man  I  ever  saw.  What  struck  me  most  forcibly  were  his  eyes, 
clear,  penetrating,  magnetic,  and  commanding,  the  sort  that 
would  search  the  recesses  of  your  soul. 

Within  three  hours  we  separated,  the  Kentucky  boys  taking 
the  back  track,  and  I,  with  Henry  Worrell,  another  Florida 
boy,  going  South  to  my  home,  in  Tallahassee. 

Sometime  afterwards  in  conversation  with  Sampson  Butler, 
who  had  seen  service  with  the  Florida  troops,  I  spoke  of  these 
incidents,  and  in  mentioning  General  Breckinridge  told  'how 
the  General's  eyes  had  impressed  me.  Sampson  said :  "Soon 
after  the  surrender  some  other  Confederates  and  I  were 
stopping  with  old  Captain  Tucker,  who  lived  in  the  country 
about  four  miles  from  Madisonville.  The  Captain  was  the 
soul  of  hospitality,  and  took  care  of  every  Confederate  who 
came.  General  Breckinridge  arrived  about  that  time  and 
stayed  with  us  several  days.  All  the  boys  knew  who  he  was ; 
and  if  any  Yankees  had  tried  to  take  him,  there  would  have 
been  some  trouble.  One  day  we  went  into  town.  A  company 
of  Federal  troops  was  stationed  there,  and  one  of  their  num- 
ber, a  little  lieutenant,  no  sooner  saw  Breckinridge  than  he 
recognized  him  as  a  man  of  distinction.  This  man  followed 
us  all  over  town.  No  matter  where  we  went,  that  little  Yan- 
kee was  on  our  footsteps.  Finally  he  confronted  us,  and  then 
Breckinridge  showed  what  stuff  he  was  made  of.  He  turned, 
drew  himself  up  to  his  full  height,  and  without  saying  a  word 
gave  him  a  look.  The  effect  was  magical.  The  man  turned 
and  went  away,  and  we  did  not  see  him  again." 


Regarding  Memorial  to  Confederate  Women. — Mrs.  Har- 
riet P.  Lynch,  of  the  Cheraw  (S.  C.)  Chapter,  U  D.  C,  sends 
the  Veteran  a  brilliant  article  on  the  subject  of  the  form 
that  the  memorial  to  Southern  women  should  take.  She  says 
that  the  women  who  bravely  suffered  in  the  sixties  would 
never  have  selected  a  monument  of  stone  or  bronze  to  be 
raised  in  their  honor ;  that  they  would  have  chosen  instead 
a  living  monument.  Mrs.  Lynch  eloquently  advocates  the 
building  of  a  college  or  colleges  for  the  education  of  South- 
ern children.  

St.  Louis  Wants  the  G.  A.  R.  Encampment. — St.  Louis 
twenty-two  years  ago  held  one  of  the  largest  G.  A.  R.  En- 
campments ever  held,  and  efforts  are  now  being  made  to  se- 
cure the  1910  meeting  in  that  city.  Governor  Hadley  and 
Mayor  Kriesman  join  in  their  invitations,  which  are  ably 
seconded  by  the  Confederate  Camps  of  Missouri. 


^or?federat<?  l/eteraij. 


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FROM  THE  RAPIDAN  TO  PETERSBURG. 

Wilcox's  Alabama  Brigade  in  That  .Memorable  Campaign. 

by  hon.  george  clark.  waco.   i  i  x 

Tlie  last  year  of  the  Confederacy  opened  with  an  air  of 
gloom  which  gave  little  prospect  of  ultimate  success.  The 
Mississippi  River  had  heen  opened  from  its  source  to  its 
mouth,  thus  cleaving  the  Confederacy  in  twain,  the  enemy  was 
concentrating  heavy  masses  at  Chattanooga  preparatory  to  an 
advance  through  Georgia,  and  Grant  as  commander  in  chief 
of  all  invading  forces  was  concentrating  heavy  masses  on  the 
Rapidan  to  begin  his  movement  of  "on  to  Richmond."  The 
Confederate  States  already  gave  indications  of  exhaustion 
both  as  to  men  and  material,  and  every  thinking  soldier  in 
Lee's  army  foresaw  readily  the  serious  work  ahead  of  them 
and  the  desperate  undertaking  they  were  soon  to  enter  upon. 
But  there  was  no  lack  of  enthusiasm  on  the  part  of  the  army, 
and  every  man  acted  as  if  the  result   rested  upon  him. 

Early  in  May  the  active  operations  began,  and  the  United 
States  forces  crossed  the  Rapidan  and  the  Rappahannock. 
Promptly  Ewell's  Corps  and  Heth's  and  Wilcox's  Divisions 
Of  Hill's  Corps  were  hurried  clown  the  turnpike  and  the  old 
plank  road  that  led  to  Fredericksburg  to  attack  them,  while 
Longstreet's  Corp-  was  ordered  from  Gordonsville  to  the 
scene  of  action. 

Anderson's  Division  was  left  behind  at  or  near  Orange 
C  H.  The  Alabama  Brigade  (now  called  Wilcox's  Old 
Brigade)  was  a  part  of  that  division,  and  Brigadier  General 
Perrin  then  commanded  the  brigade,  composed  of  the  8th, 
Oth.  ioth.  nth,  and  14th  Alabama  Regiments  In  the  after- 
noon of  May  5  the  division  took  up  its  line  of  march  down 
the  old  plank  road  toward  the  scene  of  action,  and  marched 
until  late  at  night,  when  it  was  bivouacked  in  some  timber 
on  the  side  of  the  road.  At  daylight  or  just  before  the  com- 
mand was  roused  and  formed  and  took  up  its  line  of  march 
for  the  scene  of  action  ;  but  in  a  short  while  came  up  with 
Longstreet's  Corps,  which  had  come  from  Gordonsville  and 
filed  into  the  plank  road  in  front  of  us.  The  firing  in  our 
immediate  front  indicated  that  active  operations  had  already 
begun,  and  soon  the  roar  of  musketry  told  us  that  some  of 
Longstreet's  Corps  were  already  heavily  engaged.  This 
proved  to  he  that  part  of  the  action  in  which  General  Lee 
Attempted  to  lead  the  Texas  brigade. 

Marching  rapidly,  tin  Alabama  Brigade  soon  reached  the 
immediate  vicinity  of  the  conflict,  which  was  raging  furiously, 
led  off  to  the  left  and  took  position  on  the  left  of  the 
Texas  Brigade,  but  not  actually  joining  that  brigade.  Here 
the  line  was  formed  and  further  orders  awaited.  The  enemy 
had  precipitated  heavy  masses  upon  Heth's  and  Wilcox's  Di- 
visions, both  of  winch  were  practically  exhausted  by  the  bat- 
tle of  the  afternoon  previous,  and  was  driving  them  rapidly 
back  toward  our  line.  The  musketry  was  dense  in  our  im- 
mediate front  and  hundreds  of  the  wounded  were  passing 
back  through  our  lines,  Just  at  this  juncture  General  Lee 
rode  up  on  Traveler  and  halt  d  only  a  few  feet  from  my  '"in 
pany.  His  face  was  flushed  and  he  bore  evident  marks  of 
strong  excitement,  though  he  seemed  to  be  perfectly  self-pos 
sesscd.     Longstri  up   to   him,   and   the   General 

began  to  give  directions  as  to  movements  on  the  fight 

Just  at  this  juncture  two  soldiers  om  the  front  on 

their  way  to  the  rear,  and  one  of  them  was  evidently  wound'  d 
The  General  stopped  in  his  conversation  with  Longstreet 
and  said  to  the  wounded  soldier,  "My  friend.  I  hope  you  are 
not  badly  hurt,"  to  which  the  soldier  replied:  "No,  General; 
my  arm   is  broken;  but    I   hope  to  be  ready   for  duty  soon." 


The  General  then  replied  :  "Go  back  about  a  mile  on  the  plank 
road  and  you  will  find  two  tents  and  an  ambulance  on  the 
right-hand  side.  That  is  the  quarters  of  Dr.  Guild,  my  medi- 
cal director.  Tell  him  I  sent  you  to  him  for  treatment." 
Then  the  General  turned  to  the  other  soldier  and  said  some- 
what sternly,  "Go  back  to  the  front,"  waving  his  band  in  that 
direction.  The  soldier  replied,  "General,  my  cartridges  have 
given  out,"  to  which  the  General  replied:  "Never  mind  that. 
A  brave  soldier  never  leaves  the  field  as  long  as  be  has  his 
bayonet;  go  back,  go  back."  The  soldier  turned  and  the  boys 
commenced  on  him  at  once  with  jeers  and  promiscuous  pro- 
fanity, yelling  and  hooting  at  him  and  saying  among  other 
things:  "O,  yes,  d — n  you,  old  Bob  caught  you."  The  Gen- 
eral, waving  his  band,  said:  "Hush,  boys;  let  him  alom 
maybe  we  will  make  a  man  of  him  yet  " 

Soon  the  order  was  given  to  advance  our  line;  and  after 
moving  forward  two  or  three  hundred  yards  through  the  dense 
undergrowth,  our  line  rested  and  awaited  the  attack.  The 
enemy  came  upon  us  in  heavy  masses,  and  the  firing  was  in- 
tense; but  no  cannon  were  used  on  either  side.  After  con- 
tinuous infantry  fire  for  some  time,  a  charge  was  ordered  and 
the  enemy  broke,  and  our  pursuit  began  through  the  bushes 
and  timber.  In  this  engagement  Col.  Hilary  A.  Herbert,  who 
gallantly  commanded  the  8th  Alabama,  was  severely  wounded 
and  incapacitated  for  further  field  service  during  the  war. 

All  day  long  the  battle  went  on  without  cessation,  and  our 
lines  continued  to  advance  through  the  brush.  Frequently 
one  could  not  see  twenty  yards  ahead,  and  more  than  once  our 
brigade  was  fired  into  from  the  rear  and  was  forced  to  about 
Ian  and  meet  the  enemy.  Late  in  the  afternoon  and  after 
we  had  advanced  perhaps  a  mile  the  lines  were  formed  for  an 
assault  on  the  intrenebments  of  the  enemy,  and  the  brigade 
lay  awaiting  almost  breathlessly  the  order  to  assault.  Every 
moment  the  skirmish  shots  from  the  enemy's  side  indicated 
their  close  proximity,  but  the  dense  undergrowth  prevented 
our  seeing  anything.  Suddenly  and  quietly  the  order  came  to 
retire  quietly,  which  was  done,  and  it  was  understood  after- 
wards  that  our  retirement  was  caused  by  the  wounding  of 
General  Longstreet  and  the  necessity  of  reorganizing  the 
movement.  We  retired  to  a  point  near  our  original  position 
of  the  early  morning,  where  we  spent  the  night. 

On  the  next  morning  about  ten  o'clock  the  enemy  advanced 
upon  us.  but  were  easily  and  quickly  repulsed,  as  the  move- 
ment was  evidently  made  to  discover  our  position.  Here  we 
remained  all  the  day  of  May  7,  and  after  dark  were  moved 
about  a  mile  to  the  right.  On  the  next  morning  early  (May 
8)  a  detachment  was  sent  forward  to  ascertain  the  where- 
abouts of  the  enemy  ;  and  failing  to  discover  their  lines,  the 
march  was  resumed  toward  Spottsylvania  C.  II..  where  we 
arrived  on  May  9,  and  at  first  took  position  on  the  right. 
Late  in  the  afternoon  the  brigade  was  ordered  to  the  extreme 
left,  as  the  enemy's  movements  indicated  an  attack  on  our 
left  Hank;  and  the  next  day  a  portion  of  the  army  under 
1:  ral  Early  moved  up  the  little  river — a  prong  of 
the  Mattapeni,  1  believe-  crossed  over,  and  attacked  the  force 
of  the  enemy  in  our  immediate  front,  in  which  altaek  our  bri- 
gade and  others  joined  and  swept  the  enemy's  lines  back  to 
their  original  position.  All  day  long  on  May  11  we  occupied 
this  line  on  tin-  extreme  left,  skirmishing  heavily,  hut  mak- 
ing no  active  movement  until  the  12th,  when  occurred 

i    Battle  of  Spottsylvania  C.  H. 
This  in   some   respects   was  one  of  the  most  desperate  en- 
gagements of  the  war.     At  about  the  break  of  day  the  heavy 
firing  across  the  river  on  our  right  indicated  a  determined  at- 


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^opfederat^  l/eterap. 


tack  of  some  sort,  and  in  a  few  moments  an  order  came  di- 
recting us  to  move  rapidly  to  the  scene  of  action.  With  hur- 
ried march  the  little  stream  was  forded,  and  the  brigade  soon 
reached  the  scene.  The  appearances  were  appalling.  The 
field  was  covered  with  fugitives,  -some  of  the  artillery  was 
rushing  headlong  to  the  rear,  and  it  looked  as  if  some  dread- 
ful catastrophe  had  happened  or  was  about  to  happen  to  the 
army.  General  Lee  was  riding  around  endeavoring  to  restore 
order,  but  was  met  everywhere  with  the  cry,  "Lee  to  the 
rear !"  and  it  was  soon  ascertained  that  Gen.  Edward  John- 
son's division  line  had  been  assaulted  and  broken  and  prac- 
tically captured  and  destroyed.  The  brigade  and  others  were 
formed  into  line  promptly,  and  at  once  moved  forward  to  the 
attack.  Advancing  with  a  rush,  the  enemy  were  soon  en- 
countered and  the  rattle  of  musketry  began.  The  lines  of  the 
enemy  were  broken,  and  the  chase  continued  to  Johnson's 
works ;  but  in  the  rush  through  the  woods  our  line  became 
so  mixed  that  we  entered  the  works  without  regard  to  or- 
ganization, but  every  man  for  himself.  To  add  to  the  con- 
fusion, the  rain  poured  down  in  torrents,  and  continued  its 
downpour  without  cessation  during  the  entire  day. 

Upon  reaching  Johnson's  works  we  found  ourselves  in  a 
serious  condition.  Those  works  had  been  constructed  without 
.much  regard  to  the  essentials  of  military  engineering  or  the 
proper  protection  of  those  standing  behind  them,  and  that  por- 
tion occupied  by  us  was  subject  to  a  direct  cross-fire  from 
right  and  left.  True,  there  were  traverses  and  cross-sections ; 
but  they  afforded  little  or  no  protection,  and  we  soon  ascer- 
tained that  we  were  in  the  middle  of  a  bad  fix.  The  fire  of 
the  enemy  never  ceased  during  the  entire  day,  and  I  could 
not  undertake  to  say  how  many  assaults  were  made  upon  us 
by  the  enemy.  The  cannons'  roar  was  continuous,  and  many  of 
the  brave  boys  with  us  were  killed — shot  in  the  back  of  their 
heads.  Our  ammunition  gave  out  several  times,  and  some  of 
our  boys  sent  back  for  fresh  supplies  were  killed  in  the  at- 
tempt to  reach  us.  No  man  faltered,  but  kept  steadily  at  his 
post,  with  full  determination  to  hold  the  line  at  all  hazard. 

Probably  this  was  the  most  depressing  day  of  the  war  to 
the  small  command  thus  huddled  up  in  small  pens,  with  the 
enemy  furiously  assaulting  us  at  frequent  intervals  during 
the  entire  day  and  with  no  hope  of  relief  for  us ;  but  there  was 
a  fixed  determination  not  to  yield  our  position  or  surrender 
to  the  enemy,  no  matter  what  else  might  take  place.  So  the 
contest  went  on  until  the  darkness  of  night  brought  a  cessa- 
tion to  a  drenched  and  famished  crowd,  absolutely  worn  out 
with  complete  exhaustion.  With  the  shades  of  night  men 
dropped  asleep  in  the  water  which  filled  the  pits  a  foot  deep, 
and  with  difficulty  only  a  sufficient  number  could  be  kept  awake 
for  watch  purposes.  The  night  was  extremely  dark,  and  the 
watch  was  kept  up  from  hour  to  hour,  and  no  orders  came 
until  about  one  o'clock  the  next  morning,  when  the  men  were 
directed  to  creep  out  quietly  in  small  squads  of  two  or  three 
and  take  position  beyond  the  new  line,  which  had  been  pre- 
pared about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  in  the  rear,  which  consumed 
the  most  of  the  night,  and  on  reaching  the  rear  the  poor  fel- 
lows fell  to  the  ground  and  forgot  everything  in  blissful  sleep. 

The  next  morning  the  brigade  was  retired  to  a  point  a  mile 
in  the  rear  and  were  notified  that  a  rest  of  three  days  was 
granted  us  unless  some  contingency  occurred  not  then  antici- 
pated. Here  we  rested,  as  the  name  of  the  State  implies.  The 
brigadier  general  (Perrin)  had  been  killed  in  the  assault  early 
in  the  morning,  and  we  mourned  many  of  our  brave  comrades 
who  gave  their  lives  to  the  cause  on  this  bloody  field. 

In  the  course  of  a  week  or  so  Grant  slid  by  his  left  flank 


down  to  Hanover  Junction,  and  Lee  did  the  same  by  his  right 
flank,  and  here  the  forces  came  into  collision  again.  And  then 
the  same  movements  occurred  down  at  Totopottomy  Creek 
and  Cold  Harbor,  and  at  the  latter  point  bloody  collisions  oc- 
curred. Then  Grant  crossed  the  James,  and  the  race  began 
for  Petersburg,  where  the  forces  again  came  into  active  colli- 
sion, and  the  siege  began  which  culminated  nearly  a  year 
later  in  the  downfall  of  the  Confederacy. 

The  limited  space  afforded  me  does  not  admit  of  detail 
as  to  these  movements,  although  much  occurred  of  decided  in- 
terest in  each  movement ;  hut  I  cannot  pass  silently  the  sad 
loss  of  John  C.  C.  Sanders,  our  young  and  gallant  brigadier, 
who  gave  his  life  to  the  cause  on  August  21,  1864.  Suffice  it 
to  say  that  the  army  entered  the  lines  at  Petersburg  undis- 
mayed and  ready  for  action ;  but  no  one  who  had  given 
thoughtful  attention  to  the  situation  felt  any  doubt  that  the 
end  was  approaching,  but  with  cheerful  hearts  the  ranks  stood 
firmly  for  nearly  a  year  amid  want  and  starvation  and  went 
forward  to  numerous  battles  incident  to  the  investment  with 
defiant  hearts  and  steady  and  unfaltering  steps. 

Starvation  did  the  work  during  the  winter  following,  leading 
to  desertion,  and  the  end  came  at  Appomattox,  when  a  mere 
handful  laid  down  their  arms.  But  the  tears  shed  on  that 
occasion  gave  evidence  that  the  army  of  Lee  was  still  uncon- 
quered  in  spirit,  and  yielded  only  in  its  fragments  to  the  in- 
evitable. That  they  have  made  good  citizens  ever  since  mani- 
fests their  devotion  to  duty  and  to  their  conscience  and  merits 
the  splendid  eulogium  pronounced  upon  them  by  Charles  A. 
Dana,  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War  under  Mr.  Lincoln,  as 
"Lee's  Magnificent  Infantry."  Most  of  them  have  already 
"crossed  over  the  river;"  but  their  deeds  are  still  with  us, 
and  their  comrades  still  left  behind  calmly  await  the  sound 
of  "taps"  which  will  call  them  from  labor  to  refreshment. 


HON.    GEORGE   CLARK,    WACO,   TEX. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterar? 


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MILITARY   VIEW  OF  BATTLE  OF  FRANKLIN. 

BY    MA.J.    IRVING   A.    BUCK,  FRONT   ROYAL,  VA. 

On  my  return  from  the  Memphis  Reunion  I  indulged  tin- 
opportunity  long  cherished  to  visit  the  field  of  Franklin,  Tenn., 
in  which  battle  my  old  chief.  Gen.  Patrick  Cleburne,  was  killed. 
This  wish  was  all  the  greater  from  the  fact  that,  in  conse- 
quence of  a  wound,  I  was  not  with  him,  the  only  great  battle 
from  Mnrfrn  Imro  to  Franklin  in  which  I  was  absent  from 
his  side.  My  visit  was  especially  favored  bj  meeting  there 
Col.  H.  G.  Evans,  of  the  48th  Tennessee  Regiment,  and  the 
editor  of  the  Confederate  Veteran,  who  participated  in  the 
fight,  and  hut  for  which  I  could  have  obtained  hut  a  slight 
idea  of  the  line  of  defense,  as,  "with  the  exception  of  marks  of 
missiles  still  visible  on  the  Carter  mansion  and  outbuildings, 
all  evidences  i>f  the  fierce  struggle  have  been  obliterated. 
Where  the  ditch  ran  in  front  of  the  intrenchments  is  now-  the 
raised  bed  of  a  street;  but  by  a  pear  tree  still  standing  the 
exact  spot  is  marked  where  Mr.  Cunningham  was  postal  in 
the  trench  near  General  Strahl  firing  guns  as  handed  bj  the 
General,  being  loaded  by  the  men  who  were  fast  being  killed 
by  an  enfilade  from  across  the  pike  in  the  celebrated  ginhouse 
From  the  point  looking  some  fifty  yards  to  a  little  ea  1  oi 
south  a  pretty  accurate  idea  could  be  formed  as  to  where 
Generals  Cleburne  and  Granbury  fell  and  to  the  east  where 
General  John  Adams  and  his  horse  were  killed.  The  animal 
sprang  upon  and  so  near  across  the  works  that  its  rider  fell 
mortally  wounded  over  them 

It  is  singular  that,  while  this  wis  t  1  the  forces  engaged  one 
of  the  most  desperate  and  sanguinar}  conflicts  of  the  war, 
around  which  clusters  such  inter!  1  inti  n  31  and  historic  value, 
there  is  not  a  stone  or  post  to  mark  the  spots  where  thi  fivi 
general  officers  gave  up  their  lives,  and  it  will  soon  be  too  late 
for  authentic  identification.  The  U  I1  C  (  hapter  at  Frank 
tin  is  active  111  these  matters,  and  yet  it  appears  strange  that 
such  an  important  work  in  preserving  records  of  Confederati 
valor  and  hnoism  should  have  been  delayed  so  ],. 

I  am  puzzled  to  know  why  as  skillful  a  general  as  Scho- 
field  should  have  elected  to  make  a  stand  south  of  the  town 
with  a   stream  a<   his  back,  an  element  of  danger  in  case  of 

disaster,    instead    of    retiring   to   the   high    ground    north    Of    the 
river,   and    thus    converting   the    latter    into    a    strong    di 
and  an  equally  serious  impediment  to  the  assailants      Disaster 
to  him  nearly  occurred,  as  his  line  was  penetrated  by  the  Con- 
federates.     Some  of   his    troop,    were    routed,   and    would   have 

become   demoralized   fugiti  aptured   or   destroyed 

when  they  reached  the  rivet  in  their  rear  with  very  inferioi 
crossing  facilities      The  conceal  of  Opdyke's  brigade 

of  brave  and  sturdj  veterans,  however,  arose  from  the  slight 
slope  of   land  and   seemingly   ap  rom  out   of  the 

and  poured  a  fire  into  the  exultant  O  tes,  whose  losses 

in  carrying  the  works  were  unprecedented     Much  as  ma 

dound  to  Confei  1  lose  \  Inion  \  et<  1  an 

were  of  thi  ttle  of  the   . 

pt    for   the   naked    l<  in   its    front.    I    could    not 

sec  that  the-  position    |  any   natural   advantages  to  the 

Federals  comparable  to  those  on  the  north  side,  and  I  believe 
Scholi  i.  .    were    faulty        1    can  of    but    two 

ii  a  plan  "i  di  fensi  :  First,  thai  h  id 
he  made   the  battle   north   0!  of  tin- 

town  and   ■-  I    life  to  the  inhabitants  would  haw    bi  -  n 

inevitable;  but  in  such  a  crisis  as  he  found  himself  such  hu- 
manitarian considerations  would  have  had  little  if  any  weight 
with  Xapoieon,  Wellington,  or  other  great  commanders;  so 
this  thi  I  he  next  thought  is  that  the  Federal 


wagon  tram,  fourteen  miles  long  in  single  line  or  seven  miles 
in  double,  actually  moved  too  slowly  to  get  across  the  river 
in  time,  as  Hood's  pursuit  from  Spring  Hill  was  most  vigor- 
ous. The  Federal  troops  were  so  located  as  to  simply  delay 
the  Confederates  and  gain  time.  It  was  ;1  great  risk,  of  course, 
but  certain  hazards  are  inseparable  from  all  battles.  Yet  this 
theory   was   not   entirely   satisfactory. 

While  pondering  over  these  matters  after  my  visit  it  is  a 
coincidence  that  the  true  solution  was  found  in  Rev.  Dr.  H. 
M.  Field-  admirable  book,  "Bright  Skies  and  Dark  Shadows," 
which  indicates  clearly  that  General  Schofield  had  not  ex 
pected  or  planned  for  a  battle  at  Franklin,  as  he  was  under 
orders  from  General  Thomas  to  continue  his  march  from 
Spring  Hill  to  Nashville,  which  he  would  have  done  had  he 
found  sufficient  crossing  of  the  Harpeth  River.  Disappointed 
at  not  being  able  to  do  this  with  celerity,  he  was  forced  to 
meet  the  sudden  rush  of  Confederates.  His  soldierly  instinct 
taught  him  that  a  front  attack  upon  his  fortified  position  by 
advance  over  unobstructed  and  level  ground  for  nearly  two 
miles  was  not  to  be  expected,  and  that  a  flank  movement  by- 
crossing  the  river,  which  was  fordable  on  the  east,  was  the 
only  proper  course  for  Hood,  so  as  by  a  wide  circuit  he  might 
take  the  Federal  army  in  the  rear  and  cut  off  its  retreat  to 
Nashville,  especially  as  he  had  successfully  executed  such  a 
movement  two  day-  befori    at  Columbia. 

Accordingly  Schofield  in  anticipation  of  this  ordered  one 
division  of  the  4th  Corps,  to  be  followed  by  others  if  necessary. 
to  cross  the  river  to  the  bluff  on  the  north  side.  As  a  pre- 
cautionary measure  and  for  any  emergency  that  might  arise. 
he  left  General  Cox  with  the  2,?d  Corps  to  hold  the  strong 
hue  of  fortifications  which  had  been  hastily  constructed  and 
i-t  any  attack  which  might  be  made  upon  them,  or  in 
1  ase  of  the  Hank  movement  to  retire  and  join  the  forces  upon 
tin  north  bank;  this,  however,  without  any  idea  that  an  assault 
would  be  made  from  the  front  upon  the  heavily  intrenched 
line.  The  fact  thai  General  Schofield  did  not  expect  this  is 
evidence  thai  I  lood  should  not  have  made  it.  In  the  game  of 
wu.  as  in  whist,  never  do  that  which  your  adversary  wishes 

Hood's    front    movement    was    made    against   the   advice   and 

t  of  at  least  tw  1  of  his  generals.  Cheatham  and  Forrest, 

the    latter   offering  to    undertake   the   flanking  and   promising 

to  drive  the  enemy  from  his  works  on  the  north  hank;  and  to 

do   this   he   only  asked  a   reasonable   infantry   support   to   his 

\.      But    stung    into   madness   when   he   fully  realized    the 

golden  opportunity  he  had  losl  the  afternoon  before  at  Spring 

Hill.    Hood   determined,   despite   the    wise   I    unsel    of  his  com- 

rs,  to  make  the  desperate  att(  nipt  to  retrieve  his  error 

by    hurling   his   troops   against   the    formidable    intrenchments 

plainly   in    view.      Rarely   in   the  annals  of  war  can   there  be 

a  more  forlorn  attempt  or  a  greater  military  blunder. 

It  was   1  alleyrand  who  said  of  an  error  "that  it  was  worse  than 

a  crime,  tor  it  was  a  blunder."     Had  General  Schofield  the 

to  have  directed  ■>  movement  to  destroj   his  assailants, 

ild  not  have  done  so  ni'  ely  than  did  General 

What  followed   is   history,  ami  it  is  needless  to  dwell 

upon  the  horrible  details  of  the  shambles  of  Franklin. 

In   writing  of   i  irding   Cleburne's   Division   General 

Hardee's  words  might  well  apply  to  that  army — viz.:  "It  was 
there  that   Cleburne   and   his  division    found   their  gra\  1 


tow   01    7111   Georgia  at  Stom    Mountain, — The  -th 
Georgia    Regiment   ol  Anderson's   brigade    will    hold 

their  annual  Reunion  at  Stone  Mountain.     This  regiment  cap- 
tured the  fir-t  battery   taken  in  the  war,  and  still  have  it. 


3&4 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


FORTRESS  MONROE— ITS  REMARKABLE  HISTORY. 

Many  people  think  of  Fortress  Monroe  only  in  connection 
with  the  imprisonment  of  Mr.  Davis:  but  the  place  is  in- 
tensely interesting  not  only  from  a  military  but  a  historical 
standpoint.  It  guards  the  western  approaches  of  the  Chesa- 
peake and  all  the  broad  waters  leading  to  the  James  River. 
It  is  the  outside  defense  not  only  of  the  nation's  capital,  hut 
also  of  Baltimore,  Richmond,  and  Norfolk. 

In  Fortress  Monroe — or  Fort  Monroe,  for  the  military  au- 
thorities have  lately  decided  upon  the  latter — is  gathered  the 
latest  improvements  in  gunnery,  every  scientific  invention  to 
make  the  art  of  war  more  sure  and  certain:  but  while  curious- 
ly lingering  around  the  big  guns  the  interest  centers  in  the 
trophies  of  the  past,  the  priceless  relics  of  the  Revolution, 
the  guns  captured  by  Washington  from  the  British  General 
Cornwallis  at   Yorktown. 

Fort  Monroe  was  built  more  than  a  century  ago:  but  time 
has  sapped  none  of  its  strength,  and  it  looks  as  if  it  had 
been  lifted  bodily  from  some  mediaeval  European  principality. 
It  is  one  mile  around  the  ramparts,  and  the  five  hundred  ar- 
tillerymen have  room  for  parade  and  drill  in  its  court.  Big 
trees  of  live  oak  grow  in  native  luxuriance.  In  old  times 
every  porthole  bristled  with  armanent ;  now  they  are  used 
only  to  give  light  and  air  to  the  casemates ;  while  the  big 
guns  are  stationed  up  the  beach  behind  high  stone  protec- 
tions, over  which  they  peep  while  being  fired,  being  lowered 
at  once  after  the  missile  has  winged  its  way.  The  casemates 
are  used  as  barracks  for  soldiers  and  petty  officers.  Those 
on  one  side,  which  are  connected  by  archways,  form  the  of- 
ficers' club.  The  walls  of  this  are  very  interesting,  for  they 
are  filled  with  pictures  of  historic  value  and  with  various 
trophies  from  many  battlefields — the  bows,  spears,  and  ar- 
rows of  the  Sioux,  the  Kiowas,  and  the  Apaches,  the  Moro 
bolo,  the  ancient  Chinese  field  pieces  taken  at  Tien-tsin,  and 
the   Spanish   Mauser  from   Santiago. 

There  are  about  eighty  officers  at  Fortress  Monroe,  only 
about  a  fifth  of  these  appearing  on  the  list,  the  rest  being 
the  postgraduate  artillery  class  sent  there  by  the  United 
States  for  instruction. 

The  big  guns  are  sighted  by  scientific  calculations,  very 
different  from  the  old  days,  when  a  gun  was  loaded  by  a 
charge  being  rammed  in  by  the  gunner  and  shot  by  what 
was  practically  guesswork.  The  actual  firing"  is  not  often 
done,  for,  aside  from  the  cost  of  ammunition,  the  life  of  the 
gun  is  only  about  five  score  shots.  The  old  guns  are  sold 
for  scrap  iron  and  for  only*  about  as  much  as  it  would  cost 
to  haul  them  away.  They  have  many  gun  drills  and  other 
drills  that  are  unique.  In  order  to  perfect  the  men  in  locating 
and  disabling  sunken  mines  in  a  harbor,  sunken  traps  or 
mines  are  laid  by  the  soldiers  of  the  fort,  and  a  party  is 
then  sent  out  to  locate  them  and  tear  them  up  by  the  process 
of  grappling  with  hooks.  If  the  huge  search  light  at  the  fort 
succeeds  in  "picking  up"  the  mining  party,  the  discovered 
men  are  declared  losers,  as  a  gun  shot  would  naturally  follow 
the  discovery  of  the  party  if  the  drill  was  real  war  and  not 
mimic.  If  they  escape  the  search  light  and  tear  up  the  hid- 
den mines,  they  are  the  victors.  The  drill  has  all  the  attrac- 
tion of  a  game  of  skill  and  is  very  popular  at  the  fort. 

There  is  some  talk  of  building  another  fort  near  Fortress 
Monroe,  as  it  is  thought  that  the  water  guard  is  inadequate 
for  such  important  towns  and  waterways.  It  has  lately  been 
demonstrated  that  ships  possibly  may  steal  through  the  har- 
bor on  a  dark  night,  as  even  the  great  search  light  does  not 
cover  the  entire  water. 


RESULT  OF  A  FALSE  ALARM. 

A  Virginia  soldier  told  a  funny  story  of  the  well-known 
characters  of  "Uncle  John"  Penbaker  and  his  wife,  "Aunt 
Bettie."  They  owned  an  old  darky  who  thought  "Marse  John 
and  Miss  Bettie"  were  always  right.  Both  husband  and  wife 
were  stanch  Rebels  and  hated  the  Yankees  intensely. 

The  Penbakers  had  done  so  much  for  the  Confederacy  and 
against  the  Federals  that  more  than  one  direful  threat  reached 
them  as  emanating  from  the  Yankee  camp.  Imprisonment 
was  the  mildest  punishment  promised  them,  and  hanging  by 
their  thumbs  was  threatened. 

The  crossing  of  the  Sperryville  Pike  over  the  Shenandoah 
River  was  watched  by  both  Confederates  and  Federals,  and 
frequent  foraging  parties  were  seen.  Sometime  in  1862  Cap- 
tain Rose  with  a  small  posse  while  on  scout  duty  near  this 
place  captured  a  Yankee  whom  he  thought  was  a  spy. 

All  the  Confederates  were  dressed  in  blue  (trophies  of  the 
raid  of  a  few  days  before),  and  as  they  were  riding  down  the 
pike  "Aunt  Bettie"  caught  sight  of  them.  Only  that  morning 
she  had  heard  of  some  awful  things  the  "Yanks"  had  said  they 
were  going  to  c' N  t  3  her  husband  and  her;  so  home  she  hur- 
ried at  sight  of  1  '  oncoming  party,  crying  as  she  reached  the 
house:  "John,  John,  run  quick;  the  Yankees  are  coming!" 

Her  husband  was  sitting  cleaning  his  gun.  Lock,  stock, 
and  barrel  were  separated  and  lying  on  the  floor.  Without  his 
faithful  rifle  he  was  helpless.  Certainly  "discretion  was  the  bet- 
ter part  of  valor."  The  rest  of  the  story  is  in  Aunt  Bettie's 
own  words :  "Thar  sot  John  a-cleaning  of  his  gun,  and  I 
knowed  in  reason  them  Yanks  were  bound  to  git  him.  So 
I  just  yelled  to  him,  'Run,  John,  run,'  and  he  said :  'They'll 
git  you  too,  Bet.'  ,  So  he  tuck  me  by  the  hand,  and  out  of 
that  back  door  we  rushed  as  if  the  devil  was  after  us.  Through 
the  cornfield  we  went  scooting.  Old  Jim  saw  us,  though  we 
didn't  see  him.  When  he  saw  us  running,  he  thought  sure 
the  Yanks  were  right  thar,  and  he  took  after  us.  We  heard 
him,  of  course ;  but  we  thought  it  was  the  Yanks  after  us,  and 
we  run  the  harder.  Both  John  and  I  were  getting  old  enough 
to  be  turned  out  to  grass,  and  here  we  were  running  like  two- 
year-old  colts.  The  faster  we  got  over  the  ground,  it  'peared 
like  to  us,  the  faster  the  Yankees  followed  after  us.  After 
a  while  we  came  to  a  fork  of  the  river.  I  always  was  part 
fish  ;  so  my  old  man  and  I  struck  out  together.  When  we 
reached  the  bank,  however,  both  of  us  were  pretty  exhausted, 
and  we  hid  in  the  bushes  to  rest.  Soon  we  heard  the  flop  of 
somebody  jumping  in  the  river:  but  as  there  was  but  one 
pusson,  I  was  not  so  scared,  and  I  peeped  round  the  bush,  and 
thar  was  old  Jim  swimming  toward  us,  hand  over  hand.  Of 
course  we  were  mad ;  but  we  had  to  laugh  anyway,  and  we 
thought  we  had  better  stay  where  we  were  until  the  next 
morning,  because  Jim  said  all  them  Yankees  was  coming  to 
the  house  when  he  left.  Next  day  we  went  back,  and  there 
on  the  door  was  a  paper  from  Captain  Rose  saying  he  had 
brought  his  prisoner  to  our  house  to  get  something  to  eat;  and 
as  we  were  not  at  home,  they  helped  themselves  to  butter- 
milk from  the  spring  house  and  to  all  the  corn  bread  they 
could  find.  Of  course  all  our  soldier  boys  and  our  neighbors 
laughed  at  us,  and  we  laughed  too,  for  it  was  awfully  funny 
at  the  time." 


A  Hundred-Dollar  Gift. — Mrs.  Gilbert  De  Wolf  has  pre- 
sented one  hundred  dollars  to  the  U.  D.  C.  Chapter  in  Ella- 
ville,  Ga.,  as  the  nucleus  of  a  proposed  Confederate  monu- 
ment. This  Chapter  has  placed  headstones  at  all  graves  of 
Confederate   soldiers  in  that  place. 


Qor^federat^  l/eterai}, 


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ANNUAL    TRIBUTE    TO    PRESIDENT   DAVIS. 

DELIVERED  BY  REV,   JAMES  R.   WINCH]     0    '     D.D.,  AT  TIIF. 

MEMPHIS    i'i  I 

This  gathering  of  Confederate  veterans  is  the  greatesl  event 
in  the  history  of  the  Queen  City  of  the  Mississippi,  because 
ii  is  the  high-water  mark  in  the  reunions  of  our  soldiers  who 
won  tin-  gray.  The  success  of  this  occasion  is  largely  due  to 
the  Ladies'  Memorial  Association  and  the  United  Daughters 
of  the  Confederacy.  The  one  we  may  call  Mary,  the  other 
Martha.  These  women  have  been  instrumental  in  placing 
memorials  here  and  there  in  our  Southland,  and  we  feel  as- 
sured that  their  hands  shall  never  lose  their  cunning  until  all 
the  acred  sentiments  pertaining  to  the  Confederacy  shall  be 
enshrined  in  artistic  stone,  authentic  literature,  or  philan- 
thropic institutions,  for  these  principles  in  the  Southern  heart 
must  find  material  expression  among  the  blooming  flower: 
and  singing  birds. 

This  occasion  suggests  two  mountain  view-  with  their  sym- 
bolic lessons:  first,  the  beautiful  island  of  Madeira;  secondly, 
tin  in . i-si\o  rock  of  Gibraltar.  From  a  distance  it  is  difficult 
to    distinguish    One    rock    from    another    on    the-    tin  ideal    island 

of  Madeira,  so  blended  is  the  island  mas-  But  having  ap- 
proached thi  shores,  every  object  and  every  point  stands  out 
distinctly,  the  terraced  mountain  -ides  covered  with  vegeta 
Hon.  fruits,  and  flowers.  The  separate  peaks  and  crags  have 
their  own  individuality,  all  culminating  in  a  central  snowcap, 
tin  emblem  of  purity,  refreshment,  and  beauty.  Such  is  the 
ederacy.    To  appreciate  tin    grandeur,  we  must  come  into 

cl mart    with    this   Southern    sentiment       Every   soldier 

m  the  ranks  constitutes  a  pari  of  that  wonderful  picture,  and 
everj  Southern  woman  gives  some  enchantment  and  fragrance 
to  the  view  Bui  in  this  memorial  service  our  attention  is 
fixed  upon  the  great  mountain  whosi  uplifted  head  is  re- 
splendent  with  chivalry,  patriotism,  and  couragi  is  exempli- 
fied in  our  cherished  heroes.  As  the  snowcap  is  composed 
of  man)  flakes,  so  our  Southern  heroism  is  made  up  of  many 
names  \\\  shall  not  pause  to  mention  them,  knowing  that 
doing  x\i  should  omit  some  of  the  most  illustrious,  like 
Sam  Davis  and  "Little  Giffen,"  of  Tennessee,  whose  charac- 
I  o  lofty  thai  tiny  ton  rise  and  are  blended  in  this 
I  ,ee  and  Jackson. 
( >ur  attention  to-day  is  fixed  upon  the  President  of  the 
Southern  Confederacy,  the  commander  in  chief  of  the  South- 
ern armies,  the  mountain  peak  of  the  transfigured  splendor. 
standing  as  a  sentinel  keeping  watch  over  the  fragrant  flowers 
of  Southern   wonianb 1   and   the   beautiful    fruits   of    Southern 

ii    not  onlj   respli  ndi  nt  as  the    m  >w  )    i  ap  of  Mad<  ira, 
but  massive  like  the  mountain  of  Gibraltar.    And  as  that  rock 

like  a  crouching  lion  p  the  entrance  of  the  Mediter- 
ranean, s..  does  our  great  chieftain's  character  as  expressed 
m  "The  Memorial"  volumes  of  his  life  by  Mrs  Davis  and  in 
"The  Rise  and  Fall  of  the  Southern  Confederacy,"  b)  Ins 
own  pen.  protect  the  entrano  to  thi  acred  pie-  of  our 
Southern  histoi 
1  see  in  him  first  the  representative  Southern  gentleman. 
Hi>    high    i\i"    of   Christian   mini 1.   and    thirdly   the 

1.  -I    .if     \nu  i  lean    statesmen. 

It.. in  in  Kentucky,  with  Georgia  heritage    Mr    l>a\is  grew 

up  full  of  sunshine.     At   sixteen  years  of  age  we  look   upon 

Mr.  haw-  mi.    from  his  Kentucky  collegi  :  .it  twenty 

the   gi. i. lii.ii.     from    West    Point,    ever)    inch    a    soldier   and 

high  ideal.     His  Wesl    Pi  mi   a  sociates  were 

among  those  who  were  to  beco >f  our 

country,   not    only    m    the    Mexican    war.   but    also    in    that   bc- 
8** 


tween  the  States.  lie  became  the  hern  of  three  wars — the 
Indian,    the    Mexican,    and    the    War    between    the    States— -and 

tve  the  sear-  ..f  the  Mexican  campaign     We 
see  him  with  his  Mississippi  regiment  a'  j      The  In- 

diana soldiers  havi    retreated.     Colonel  Davis  in  the  front  of 
hi    column  says:  "Mississippians,  stand  firm."     And  they  did 
-land    firm    under   his    leadership   at    Monterey,   as   the    whole 
South  has   -i 1  since,  with   implicit   confidence  in  bis  judg- 
ment.    No  on.'  exhibited  greater  bravery  in  thi    great   coun 
cils  of  our  nation  than  the  Congressman,  Senator,  and   Sec 
retary  of  War.  Jefferson   Davis,   of  Mississippi,  the  pi 
any    man    in    cither    House    or   in   the    Cabinet    of    Mr.    I' 
He    labored    perseveringly,    patiently,   and    faithfully    for    the 
i  ition     -I    the   Union   a-   based  upon   the   constitutional 

principles  of  State  rights,  and.  like  the  great  Robert  F.  Fee. 
nil  constrained  to  east  in  bis  lot  with  In-  State  after  Mssis- 
sippi  passed  the  i irdinance  ol    i<  o  ssion. 

Called  to  bi  President,  he  unhesitatingly  a, ..-pied  the  re- 
sponsibility as  a  true  patriot  and  remained  unwavering 
throughout  life  to  bis  trust.  We  find  him  in  the  city  of  Rich- 
mond the  Christian  worshiper  regularly  at  his  church,  with 
his    family   and    friends   issuing    his   orders    for   days    oi     ' 

and  recognizing  I's  hand  in  all  events.    As  a  Christian  man 

it   was  my  privilege  to  see   something  of  his  faith.     Shortl) 
before  his  death   I   spent  an  evening  in  his  company,  and  his 
implicit    trust    in   the    Bible   as   the   inspired    word    of   God    has 
been  ■<  sheel   anchor  to  m\   own  faith      His  character  n 
IF     ili.it  ..f  William   M  Gladstone,   England's  greatest     tab 

man.    who   has    been    described    as    having    the    judgment    of    a 

Nestor,  the   genius   o)    a    Socrate  .   and  the  art  of  a  Virgil. 
There  was  no  detail  when  in  highest  office  thai   escaped  his 
attention.     It  was  recorded  that  be  went  to  the  scene  of  batik 
at  White  Oak   Marsh  and   there   numd  Lee  near  the  enemy' 
front  studying  the  conditions,      lie  asked  ,1.  what  arc 

you  doing  here?     You   are  in   t langerous  a  position   for 

the  commander  of  the  army."  "I  am  trying."  replied  General 
I  ...  "to  find  out  something  about  the  movements  and  plans 
of  those  people  Bu1  you  musl  excuse  me,  Mr.  President,  for 
asking  what  yon  are  doing  here  and  for  suggesting  that  this 
is  no  place  for  the  commander  in  chief  of  all  our  armii 
"O,  I  am  on  the  same  mission  that  you  are."  replied  the 
President.  The  gallant  A  B,  Hill  came  forward  and,  over- 
hearing their  conversation,  said  :  "This  is  no  place  for 
of  you,  and  as  commander  of  this  part  of  the  field  I  order 

yi  .11   both   to   the   rear." 

In  this  we  get  a  picture  of  Southern  heroism,  willingness 
to  jeopardize  life  in  the  high  places  of  the  field,  and  a  readi 
ii.  to  obey  the  officer  in  command  Lee  and  Davis  went 
through  those  dark  days  of  war  hand  in  band  and  came  out 
with  heart  beating  to  heart,  the  cross-bearers  of  the  Southland. 
lo  the  da)  of  In-  death  Mr.  Mavis,  deprived  of  his  fran- 
chise as  an  Vmerican  citizen,  not  granted  the  privilege  ac- 
corded the  Southern  sla\es.  surrounded  b)  his  devoted  family 
,in.l  loving  friends,  astonished  all  who  came  in  contact  with 
him    by    the    Strength  character,    the    versatility    of    his 

mind,   and  the  loftiness   of  hi,   soul,   always  calling  the  p 
of  the  South  "tm   people." 

His  litis. .n  hfe  at  Fortress  Monroe  for  nearly  two 
drew  from  In  bitten  i  enemies  highest  commendation,  as  ex- 
pressed in  Dr.  Craven's  book.  Vfter  all  the  discussions  of  the 
question,  "Was  Jeffei  on  Davis  i  traitot  "  the  conclusion 
.1  is  that  Fee  was  a  traitor  and  George  Washington 
was  a  train  was  ever)   patriot  who  has  stood  out  in 

defense  of  bis  country  and  tirc-i.i.        It   is  sufficient  to  give  the 


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(^oi?federat^  l/eterap. 


answer  of  Mr.  Charles  Adams,  of  Massachusetts,  in  his  eulogy 
i  f  i  ieneral  Lee  two  years  ago  at  Lexington.  Va. — that  if  he 
had  been  in  General  Lee's  place  he  trusted  he  would  have  had 
the  courage  to  act  as  General  Lee  acted.  We  can  imagine 
no  man  acting  more  conscientiously  and  consistently  than  Jef- 
ferson Davis,  the  Christian  patriot,  whose  statesmanship  will 
live  in  his  monumental  book,  "The  Rise  and  Fall  of  the  South- 
ern Confederacy."  There  is  a  touch  of  divinity  in  his  char- 
acter. In  that  prison  life,  where  he  was  dumb  and  opened 
not  his  mouth,  false  witnesses  did  rise  up  and  testify  against 
him.  They  laid  to  his  charge  things  that  he  knew  not.  These 
charges  wire  twofold:  first,  that  he  was  implicated  with 
Captain  Wirz  in  the  ill  treatment  of  Federal  prisoners  at 
Andersonville.  One  of  the  foulest  spots  on  Federal  history 
was  the  execution  of  the  gallant  and  noble  Wirz,  whose  exe- 
cution was  nothing  less  than  licensed  assassination.  He  was 
offered  his  liberty  upon  condition  that  he  would  implicate  Mr. 
Davis,  and  his  reply,  worthy  to  be  inscribed  on  a  plate  of 
gold,  was:  "Mr.  Davis  had  nothing  to  do  with  me  and  with 
what  was  done  at  Andersonville.  I  will  not.  even  to  save  my 
life,  give  false  testimony  against  an  innocent  man."  Such  a 
sentiment  as  herein  expressed  is  sufficient  evidence  that  this 
officer  at  Andersonville  did  for  his  prisoners  all  that  w'as  in 
his  power.  They  shared  the  scanty  rations  of  the  Confederate 
soldier — a  treatment  very  different  from  that  of  the  Immortal 
Six  Hundred  at  Charleston,  wdio  w-ere  starved  in  the  midst 
of  plenty. 

Mr.  Davis's  enemies  tried  hard  to  implicate  him  in  the  as- 
sassination of  Lincoln  and  impeach  him  for  treason.  He  de- 
manded time  and  again  a  trial  in  order  that  he  might  lay  be- 
fore  the  high  courts  of  the  world  a  statement  vindicating  the 
South.  It  was  never  granted  him,  and  we  can  attribute  this 
to  but  one  fact,  and  that  was  his  accusers  knew  that  his  logical 
•statesmanship,  like  the  rock  of  Gibraltar,  would  be  immova- 
ble. It  was  a  great  loss  to  the  cause  of  the  South  that  this 
trial  was  denied,  for  then  multitudes  would  have  read  what 
comparatively  few  ever  take  the  time  to  consider — his  logical 
reasonings  as  embodied  in  the  book  referred  to  above,  "The 
Rise   and    Fall  of  the   Southern   Confederacy." 

In  his  domestic  life  Mr.  Davis  stands  as  an  example  for 
all  people.  A  gentleman  from  Massachusetts,  a  special  friend 
of  Mr.  Lincoln,  told  me  that  he  knew  James  Jones,  the  body 
servant  of  Mr.  Davis,  in  Washington,  and  it  was  difficult  for 
him  to  understand  the  devotion  of  that  slave  to  his  master — 
long  after  the  war  was  over  an  affection  that  impelled  him 
if  possible  to  attend  the  funeral  service  of  Mr.  Davis  and  to 
honor  the  memory  of  the  old  master  whom  he  loved.  This 
was  also  embodied  in  the  resolutions  of  the  servants  of  the 
Davis  family,  and  this  relationship  of  faithful  servant  to  kind 
master  in  the  South  suggests  the  appropriateness  of  a  monu- 
ment the  opposite  of  that  in  Boston,  where  Mr.  Lincoln  is 
striking  the  shackles  from  the  hands  of  a  slave,  on  whose 
face  is  the  expression  of  despair.  We  want  in  our  Southland 
the  figure  of  Mr.  Davis  sitting  at  his  desk  with  pen  in  hand 
looking  up  kindly  at  his  servant,  whose  face  is  wreathed  in 
smiles,  awaiting  directions  for  the  day — this  servant  whose 
one  thought  while  free  from  care  is  the  protection  of  the 
widow-  and  orphan  of  the  Southern  home ;  a  slave  whose 
emancipation  would  have  taken  place  in  the  natural  course 
of  events  in  the  South  in  accordance  with  the  judgment  of 
Christian  gentlemen,  and  we  would  have  to-day  a  class  of 
servants  unequaled  in  the  world,  knowing  their  position  and 
respectful  to  their  masters.  The  old  slave  monument  as  here 
indicated,  which   our   Southern  artist,   Mr.   Ezekiel,  of  Rome, 


can  easily  design  and  execute,  may  when  erected  send  out  a 
musical  note  when  touched  by  the  morning  sun  to  cheer  the 
laborer  through  his  daily  toil. 

In  conclusion,  from  whatever  standpoint  we  view  the  life 
of  Mr.  Davis,  there  is  a  beautiful  sentiment  worthy  "f  poetic 
expression  that  flashes  out. 

"Like  the  snows  cm  the  mountain,  all  stainless  ami  pure, 

His  name  and   his  fame  shall  ever  endure; 

Like  the   rock  of  the  ocean  swept  by  the  tide, 

His  courage  and  faith   shall   ever  abide." 


RECOLLECTIOXS  OF   THE  DAVIS  FAMILY. 

BY    MRS.   E.  G.   BOYD,    MORGANTOWN,    W.   VA. 

The  details  of  Jefferson  Davis's  life  are  given  in  Mrs. 
Davis's  memoir  and  in  other  books,  but  there  are  some  points 
of  interest  to  me  which  may  be  of  interest  to  the  Morgantown 
Daughters.     [This  paper  was  read  before  that  Chapter. — Ed.] 

Jefferson  Davis  was  the  youngest  of  the  ten  children  of 
Samuel  and  Jane  Davis.  Old-fashioned  names,  which  in  our 
day  are  again  becoming  favorites,  were  selected  for  several 
at  least  of  this  family.  The  father's  name  was  Samuel;  of 
the  sons  there  were  Isaac,  Joseph,  and  Benjamin;  and  there 
was  Polly,  whose  name,  I  suppose,  was  Mary.  Jefferson  Davis 
was  probably  named  for  Thomas  Jefferson,  as  Mr.  Jefferson 
was  President  of  the  United  States  from  1S01  to  1S09.  Mr. 
Davis  was  horn  in  Kentucky,  hut  during  his  infancy  his  father 
removed  to  Bayou  Teche,  in  Louisiana,  and  finally  to  Wood- 
ville,   Miss. 

It  is  a  matter  of  interest  to  me  that  some  years  after  the 
Davis  family  left  Bayou  Teche  my  father.  Jesse  D.  Wright, 
owned  a  sugar  plantation  there.  But  in  spite  of  the  fertile 
soil  and  beautiful  orange  groves,  the  malaria  probably  caused 
the  removal  of  both  families. 

Mr.  Davis  afterwards  wrote  of  his  home  in  Mississippi: 
"The  population  of  the  county,  in  the  western  portion  of  it, 
was  generally  composed  of  Kentuekians,  Virginians.  Ten- 
nesseeans,  and  the  like;  while  the  eastern  part  of  it  was 
chiefly  settled  by  South  Carolinians  and  Georgians,  who  were 
generally  said  to  be  unable  to  live  without  "lightwood,"  which 
is  fat  pine.  The  schools  were  kept  in  log  cabins,  and  it  was 
many  years  before  we  had  a  'county  academy.'  My  first  tui- 
tion was  in  the  usual  log  cabin  schoolhouse." 

Among  the  South  Carolina  colonists  at  Woodville,  Miss., 
was  my  grandfather,  Paul  Grimball,  with  his  family  and  rela- 
tives and  friends,  who  had  made  the  hard  overland  journey 
from  South  Carolina  to  Mississippi  about  1807.  These  South 
Carolina  colonists  were  Baptists ;  and  as  Mr.  Samuel  Davis 
was  a  Baptist,  the  two  families  met  each  other  at  church. 

It  was  probably  in  one  of  the  log  schoolhouses  spoken  of  in 
the  "Memoir"  that  Jefferson  Davis  had  a  schoolmate,  a  little 
blue-eyed  girl  three  years  older  than  himself.  This  little  girl, 
Sarah  Robert  Grimball,  then  about  nine  years  old,  became 
some  thirty  years  later  my  own  mother.  During  the  Civil 
War  she  told  us  about  the  day  school  near  Woodville  that 
she  and  her  brother  and  sisters  attended  and  about  the  little 
Jeff  Davis,  who  was  now  President  of  the  Confederate  States. 
1  remember  that  she  said  he  was  a  good  boy.  The  teacher, 
she  told  us,  was  Benjamin  Davis,  Jeff's  brother. 

After  spending  a  few  years  at  Woodville,  my  Grandfather 
Grimball  with  a  portion  of  the  South  Carolina  colony  passed 
over  the  Mississippi  River  and  settled  in  Middle  Louisiana. 
One  of  our  neighbors  there  was  Mrs.  Helen  Davis  Keary,  the 
niece  of  Jefferson  Davis.  Her  husband  went  into  the  Civil 
War  as  captain  of  a  company  in  the  9th  Louisiana  and  was. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


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sent  to  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia.  Thej  had  no  chil- 
dren, and  this  beautiful  and  accomplished  woman  followed 
her  husband  wherever  the  fortunes  of  war  sent  him.  Much 
of  her  stay  in  Virginia  was  spent  at  President  Davis's  home. 

and    I    have    heard    her    speak   of    Mrs.    Davis    as    "Yarinu."    for 

I  think  they  were  near  the  same  age  She  is  still  living  al 
her  Louisiana  home,  a  widow  with  one  adopted  daughter,  who 
will   find  it  hard  to  repay  the  love  and  tenderness   lavished 

upon  her  childh 1  and  youth.    This  girl  is  the  orphan  daugh 

ter   of  a   gallant   young   Confederate   officer,   George   Waters 

Stafford,  who   wa-   my  nephew 

\i  Baton  Rouge,  La.  I  have  often  walked  through  the 
grounds  of  the  barracks  where  (leu.  Zachary  Taylor  once 
lived.  Over  the  same  grounds  Jefferson  Davis  and  his  lady 
love  doubtless  often  walked  together.  She  was  Sarah  Knox 
Taylor,  who  survived  their  marriage  hut  a  short  time. 

When  the  corner  -tone  of  the  Confederate  monument  was 
laid  at  Montgomery,    \la  .  on    April  29,  [886,  Mr    Davis  passed 

through  Auburn,  Ala.,  where  I  was  then  living.  At  the  rail- 
road Station  the  train  halted  for  a  few  minutes  and  Mr  Davis 
made  a  short  address  to  the  great  crowd  that  surrounded  the 
building        1     was    Standing    near    the    car    and    -aw     the    noble 

figure  ,md  heard  thi    impassii  mi  d  addi  ess 

Mr.  Davis  died  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  at  the  home  id'  Mr. 
I  1  Payne,  Mr.  Payne  was  a  wealthy  commission  merchant 
who  had  transacted  business  for  Mr,  Davis,  and  who  had  also 
11.111  acted  mi  mother'  cotton  business  for  man)  yeai 
Afterwards,  when  the  bods  of  \i:  Davis  wa-  removed  from 
the  vault  at  New  Orleans  to  Richmond,  Va.,  I  was  at  the 
-1  hi. ai    at    Auburn,    Ala.,    once    more,   and    1    saw    the    glass 

I    car,    which    permitted    a    last    view    of    the    remain-    •■!" 

tnd  beloved  friend. 
Mr    Davi  ieen   more  misrepresented   than  any  one   1 

ever    known.      lie    wa-    pictured    a-    a    fiend    who    plotted 

and  abetted  the  murdei   "i  the  good  and  wise    Abraham  1  in 

coin.  The  world  knows  now  that  this  1-  false;  hut  it  wa-  be- 
in  1865,  and  he  and  in-  family  suffered  in  body,  mind. 
and  soul  on  account  1  it.  The  pictures  in  the  illustrated 
papers  of  that  period  showing  the  perfid)  ••)  tie  South  and 
thr   blackness     if   "He'   arch-Rebel   Jeff    Davis"   were   enough 

1  use  tie'  horn  ir  of  mo  g 1  and  I  .■  id  i'  11  me  people,  and 

nnot  be  surprised  that  dear  Mr.  Davis,  dear  Roberl   E. 

nid    all    of    us    were    cordially    detested    by    mam    of    lie 

tit  reader;  of  tin-  sectional  literature.  1  can  remembei 
when  I  myself  looked  at  the  .  trtoons  in  Harper's  Weekly 
enting  tin  Southerner  a-  a  plotting  scoundrel,  a  dagger 
in  hi-  bosom,  a  pistol  and  a  dark  lantern  in  hi  linn!  .  a  soft 
wool  hat  pulled  down  over  hi-  murderous  features,  and  I 
wondered  if  such  a  chai  tctei   could  he  a  nation's  conception 

iw  n  hi I  and  kindt  ed. 

Mr.  Davis  wa-  not  onl)   g 1  and  honorable;  he  was  a  de 

In    1862,   in   the  midst   of  tie      tress   of   war 

which  tried  men'-  souls,  he  wa-  baptized  by  Dr.  Charles  Min- 

de,  rector  of  Si    Paul's  Church  at   Richmond.     During 

the    anxious    year-    after    the    war    he    wa-    often    WOUllded    by 

unjust  criticisms  at  home  and  abroad;  leu  unjust  criticisms 
must  I  .  d  1.'.    all   i'  1  '"I-   bearing  heavj    responsibili- 

1  1  ...  a  ge  Washington  was  abused  bj   1  uemies  bi  ah 
tish  and    American. 

Wi    ma)  1"    glad  that  the  Lord  gave  Mr.  Davis  a  lone  life, 

and  that,  in  lead  of  dying  under  thr  weight   of  his  and  our 

sorrows  and  grief  ived  to  the  agi      I   eighty,  and   that 

and  love  crowned  In-  days.      \t   "evening  time  it  was 

light"   for  him. 


YOUTHFUL    ROMANCE    OF   JEFFERSON   DAVIS. 

BY    L.    II.    L. 

The  life  ed'  President  Davis  ran  the  gamut  of  all  emotions; 
he  wa-  swept  on  by  Fate  till  he  mounted  the  highest  pinnacle 
of  .fame  and  wa-  tOSSed  hack  till  for  years  save  anion;;  his  own 
people  there  were  few  SO  poor  1-  to  do  loin  reverence,  and  now- 
in  death  once  again  he  has  taken  his  place  among  thi 
immortal-.  In  his  earl)  youth  the  golden  glow  of  romance 
lit  his  life  into  divine  radiance  lie  wa-  only  twenty-five 
when  he  fell  in  love  with  Susan  KnOX  lay  lor.  the  daughter 
of  General   Taylor,  called  by  hi-   many    friends  "old   X.aek"  and 

"Rough  and   Ready."    General  Taylor  wa-  lea  tempered,  and 

bitterly    resented    In-    daughter's    engagement    to    the    young 

lieutenant,  though  he  had  no  further  reason  for  hi-  opposition 
than  hi-  being  a  soldier,  and  he  wa-  opposed  l"  a  military  life 
1.  a     In-    child 

For  nearly  two  year-  the  young  people  kept  faithful  I"  each 
other,  though  meeting  hut  seldom.  Then  as  the  altar  fires 
of  love  -till  burned  a-  brightl)  a-  ever  Mi--  Taylor  went  to 
her  father  and  told  him  if  he  could  advance  no  better  reason 
for    Ins    Opposition    than    the    one    he    had    already    given    -he 

had  decided  to  cast  in  her  lot  with  young  Davis,  and  they 
would  he  married  at  the  ancestral  home  of  lie     [a) 

With    the    full   knowledge   that    -he   wa-    giving   up  home  and 

father    forever,    Mi-s    Taylor    had''    him    g I  by.    and    on   the 

Steamet  made  her  way  to  Louisville,  where  her  young  lover 
was    to    join    her.      Here    she    was    met    by    her    father' 

sister,  Mrs  Gibson  raylor,  who  took  her  to  the  beautiful  old 
Taylor  home  on  the  Brownsboro  road  mar  I  ouisville,  Ky. 

Lieutenant    I  taxi-  arrived   in   Louisville  a    Few    days  before 
tin    wedding,  and  on  June    17.    1835,   visited   the   courthouse 
with    Hancock    raylor,  a  brother  of  Zachary.  and  obtained  a 
license  to  marry   "Susan   ECnox    l.ol   '.  'a  lawful  age,  a-  testi 
lied  io  by  I  [ancock  Taylor." 

I  in  wedding  wa-  set  for  the  afternoon  of  the  18th,  and  as 
the  happ)  gridegroom  wa-  riding  in  In-  bugg)  through  the 
shady  roads  he  wa-  hailed  b)  Patrick  Pope,  the  1  ount)  Court 
Clerk,  who  had  issued  the  license,  who  -aid:  "Lieutenant,  will 
you   let    me   see  that    license!      1    want    to   look   at    ii   again." 

When    he    took    the    license    m    hi-   hands,    he    deliberately    tore 

u  mi. 1  lei-  and  threw  them  in  the  road.  Dumfounded,  the 
bridegroom,  whose   wedding   wa-  not   three  hours  off.  stared 

al    the  man  and   demanded  an   explanation   of   what    seemed  the 
act  of  a   madman.     The  clerk   said,  be  bad  been   informed  that 
Mi--    raylor  wa-  under  age  and  that  hei   father  wa-  me 
antagi  en  tic  to  the  marri; 

I  In  1  r  was  no  time  for  arguments  So  Lieutenant  Davis 
drove  quickly  to  the  house  oi  the  bride's  relatives  and  told 
hi-  story.  Hancock  Taylor  wa-  very  indignant,  and  called  his 
sister,  \li-  Gib  on  raylor,  to  the  conference.  She  -aid  -In- 
bad  la  tidy  received  .1  1  ttei  From  her  brother  Zachary.  in  which 
he  -lated  that  he  still  opposed  the  marriage  for  tie 
11-.  but  that  In-  daughter  «  ■  ;  and  if  she  persisted 

in  her  intention,  the  wedding  had  hi  -1   take  place  in  the   family 

home  This  wa-  enough  for  Hancock  raylor,  who  with  his 
ni  ph.  w-elect  drovi  1  apid  ;  ti  thi  1  ourthouse.  I  lei  1  he  won 
Io  the  bride'-  age.  twent)  two,  and  demanded  of  Clerk  Pope 
a  reissuance  of  the  license  With  this  they  returned,  the  horse 
covered  with   foam    from  the  swift  drive,  and  within  a  few 

moment-    of   their    return    the   bride  m    St 1    side    b) 

.1.     in    .    room    made   beautiful    with    the    fullness   of  June 
blooms,  listening  to  the  grand  words  of  the   Episcopal  mar 
iven  b)    R<  \     Mi     Ashe,  at  that  time  the  only 
pa!   clci  g)  man   111    1 .1  >uis\  illi 


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Qopfederat^   l/eterao 


Mrs.  Robinson,  who  was  one  of  the  Taylor  children  present 
at  the  wedding,  says:  "My  Cousin  Knox  Taylor  was  very 
beautiful,  slight,  and  not  very  tall,  with  brown  wavy  hair  and 
clear  gray  eyes,  very  lovely  and  lovable  and  a  young  woman 
of  decided  spirit.  She  was  dressed  in  a  dark  traveling  dress 
with  a  small  hat  to  match.  Lieutenant  Davis  was  dressed  in 
the  conventions  of  the  time  in  a  long-tail  cutaway  coat,  bro- 
caded waistcoat,  breeches  tight-fitting  and  held  under  the  in- 
step with  a  strap,  and  high  stovepipe  hat.  He  was  of  slender 
build,  had  polished  manners,  and  was  of  a  quiet,  intel- 
lectual countenance." 

Lewis  Taylor  and  Sallie  Taylor  (afterwards  Mrs.  Jewett). 
first  cousins  of  the  bride,  were  groomsman  and  maid  of  honor. 
None  of  Lieutenant  Davis's  people  could  be  present,  and  the 
guests  were  entirely  of  the  bride's  relatives.  Mrs.  Robinson 
says  she  distinctly  remembers  how  she  shared  the  other  chil- 
dren's disgust  because  Mr.  Davis  was  the  only  person  present 
who  did  not  cry. 

The  bride  and  groom  left  at  once  on  the  steamboat  for 
Natchez,  Miss.  July  and  August  were  spent  in  honeymooning 
at  the  different  plantations  of  his  people  in  Mississippi  and 
Louisiana.  In  September  at  Locust  Grove,  the  plantation  of 
his  sister,  Mrs.  Luther  Smith,  near  Bayou  Sara,  both  were 
stricken  with  malarial  fever.  From  the  first  her  case  was 
hopeless:  and  though  desperately  ill  himself.  Lieutenant  Davis 
nursed  her  day  and  night.  On  September  5  as  the  afternoon 
shadows  were  gathering  softly  she  began  to  sing  in  her  beau- 
tiful voice  "Fairy  Bells,"  her  favorite  song.  He  soothed  her 
to  quiet  with  fond  words  and  caresses,  and  nestling  in  the 
arms  of  her  young  lover  like  a  tired  child  she  fell  asleep,  a 
sleep  that  knew  no  waking. 

(It  is  a  singular  coincidence  that  so  many  years  after,  years 

filled  with  triumphs  and  defeats,  joys  and  sorrows,  he  should 

have   contracted   again   this   fever  in  this   same  place  and  be 

■  carried  to  New  Orleans  to  fall  asleep  in  turn.     "Life's  fitful 

fever  over,  he  rests  well.") 

When  Zachary  Taylor  heard  of  the  death  of  his  young 
daughter,  like  the  prophet  of  old,  he  refused  to  be  comforted; 
but  he  did  not  forgive  the  bridegroom  who  had  taken  her 
away  from  him.  Fourteen  years  passed  on,  and  in  the  war 
with  Mexico  the  young'  lieutenant  won  many  laurels,  and  his 
name  became  a  synonym  for  valor  and  patriotism;  but  the 
grim  general  made  no  sign.  It  was  only  when  in  the  battle  of 
Buena  Vista  and  Colonel  Davis  by  his  brilliant  generalship 
practically  saved  the  day  to  the  Americans  that  he  relented 
and  sent  for  his  son-in-law,  and  across  the  chasm  of  years 
peace  was  declared  between  them. 

The  old  house,  the  scene  of  the  golden  romance  of  Jeff 
Davis's  youth,  has  passed  into  other  hands.  The  Taylor 
family  has  drifted  away,  and  no  one  cared  for  the  house  with 
its  poetic  ghosts  of  memory.  One  story  has  been  removed 
from  the  house,  and  the  other  part  is  rapidly  falling  to  decay. 
The  room  in  which  that  day  in  joyous  June  was  held  the  fairy- 
like marriage  is  now  used  for  a  bedroom  by  a  farmer  boy 
whose  toil-deepened  slumbers  are  never  disturbed  by  dreams 
of  that  long-ago  romance.  The  pigs  and  chickens  feed  at 
the  doorstep  once  crossed  by  the  fair  bride,  the  daughter  of 
one  future  President,  the  wife  of  another.  Only  the  locust 
trees  are  faithful.  Year  by  year  they  offer  their  burden  of 
blossoms  as  snowy  and  sweet  as  when  the  wedding  bells  rang 
their  joy  peals.  They  alone  whisper  together  of  the  marriage 
that  they  saw-  the  joy-crowned  woman  who  so  soon  would 
fall  asleep  to  dream  no  more. 

[For  part  of  this  data  credit  is  given  the  Louisville  Herald.] 


Federal  Surgeon  Esteemed  President  Davis. — During  the 
war  Dr.  W.  M.  Wright  was  surgeon  of  the  79th  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers,  under  Col.  M.  Hambright.  Later,  while  Presi- 
dent Davis  was  confined  at  Fortress  Monroe,  Dr.  Wright  ex- 
tracted a  tooth  for  him,  which  Dr.  Wright  preserved,  together 
with  the  gold  dollar  that  Mr.  Davis  gave  him.  With  the  dol- 
lar was  this  note :  "For  Dr.  Wright  with  Mr.  Davis's  compli- 
ments and  thanks."  The  tooth  and  dollar  are  in  the  posses- 
sion of  Dr.  Wright's  daughter,  Miss  Gretta  L.  Wright,  1900 
Bolton  Street,  Baltimore,  Md. 


PORTRAIT  OF  PRESIDENT  DAVIS. 
[The   U.    D.   C.   of    Manassas,   Va.,   have   presented   to   the 
school   board  of  that  place  a  portrait  of  President  Jefferson 
Davis,  upON  which  occasion  the  following  poem  by  Dr.  H.  M. 
Clarkson  was  read :] 

Draw  near,  Confederate  friends ;  come,  contemplate 

This  valued  gift,  this  wondrous  work  of  art, 
True  type  of  one  we  hold  both  good  and  great. 

Draw  near ;  behold  his  perfect  counterpart. 
So  looked  he  when  with  lofty  brow  he  led 

His  forlorn  hope  up  Buena  Vista's  height, 
Charging  o'er   Santa   Anna's   mangled   dead, 

A  very  Mars  incarnate  in  the  fight. 

'Twas  thus  men  saw  him  in  the  Senate  stand, 

With  head  high-poised,  when  on  that  fateful  day, 
While  clouds  of  war   were  lowering  o'er  the  land 

And  North  and  South  were  waiting  for  the  fray. 
With  every  colleague's  gaze  upon  him  turned, 

Unruffled  as  a  statue,  stood  he  there 
Invoking  friend  and  foe  in  words  that  burned 

Till  every  eye  was  holding  back  a  tear. 
So  seemed  he  when  as  Richmond's  honored  guest 

In  Spottswood's  lighted  halls  we  saw  him  pause, 
While  Southern  men  and  matrons  round  him  pressed 

To  greet  the  chosen  chieftain  of  their  cause. 
Thus  looked  he,  too,  that  day  when  Beauregard 

Had  piled  Bull  Run  with  rash  McDowell's  dead, 
Then  showed  him  Jackson's  men  still  pressing  hard 

The  boastful  foe  till  every  soul  had  fled. 

As  trusted  pilot  at  the  helm  of  State, 

As  tried  commander  on  contested  field, 
No  defter  hand  e'er  steered  'gainst  sterner  fate, 

No  braver  soul  did  fate  e'er  force  to  yield. 


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Too  high  a  mark  for  envy's  vulgar  shaft. 

Too   lofty  target   for   malignant   spleen, 
Let  foul  or  favoring  wind  around  him  waft; 

His  face  was  Godward  and  his  faith  serene. 

Methinks  I  see  the  Muse  of  history  turn 

Unwillingly  to  pen  a  shameful  page — 
A  page  she  would  not  that  the  world  should  learn 

As  faithful  annals  of  a  Christian  age. 

Methinks  I  see  a  man  whose  honored  name 
In  every  home  was  once  a  household  word, 

The  story  of  whose  deeds,  whose  shining  fame 
The  nations  of  the  world  with  wonder  heard. 

I   see  this  high-souled  man  in  silent  mood 

Pacing  tin-  limits  of  a  felon's  cell 
Like  one  who,  sorrowing   in  his  solitude. 

Has  hid  his  hopes  and  all  tin    world  farewell. 

And  now  I  see  his  prison  guards  draw  near; 

With  iron  chains  tiny  bind  his  feeble  frame. 
While   from  lii-   parted,  pallid  lips   I   hear 

His  murmur:   "O,   the  shame,  the   shame,   the     liami  !" 

Comrades,  can  ye  who  fought  so  well,  so  long, 
Who  dared  do  all  that  nun  could  do  or  dare. 

Can  ye  recall  that  rude,  dishonoring  wrong, 
And  yet  withhold  the  tribute  of  a  tear? 

Would   that    such    memories   might   cease   to    live. 
That  time  might  blot  them  out  forever !     Vet, 

Thou  God  of  nations,  teach  us  to  forgive ; 
Thou  knowest,  Lord,  we  never  can  forget. 

O,  precious  gift  from  woman's  helpful  hand, 

Thou  priceless  proof  of  woman's  wealth  of  heart, 

May'st  thou  forever  through  the  cycles  stand 
A  constant  token  of  the  wondrous  part 

By  woman  borne  through  all  those  tragic  year-. 

Which   watched  a  young  and  struggling  nation  rise — 
A  people  pouring  out  its  blood  and  tears 

And  woman's  heart  a  ceaseless  sacrifice! 

Thou  model  of  a  statesman,  world-renowned, 

As  wise  in  war  as  in  affairs  of  State, 
Beloved  by  all,   with   every  honor  crowned. 

Great  in  victory,  in  defeat  as  great. 

Like  thine  own  sentries  on  their  silent  posts, 
Do  thou,  their  chief,   perpetual  vigil  keep; 

Guard  thou  the  laud  where  thy  Confederate  h"  i 
All  waiting  for  their  resurrection  sleep. 

Dr.  Clarkson,  the  author  of  the  foregoing,  was  born  in 
Charleston,  S.  C.  Mi  received  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts 
in  the  South  Carolina  College,  attended  lectures  in  the  Medi- 
cal College  of  South  Carolina,  and  graduated  at  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania  as  Ml  >  in  1859,  In  a  published  sketch  of 
Dr.  Clarkson  by  Dr.  Lyon  C.  Tyler,  President  of  William  and 
Mary  College,  he  relal 

"In  1859  Dr.  Clarkson  began  the  practice  of  medicine  in 
Richland  County,  S.  C,  about  a  year  before  the  State  se- 
ceded from  the  Union.  Dr.  11  M.  Clarkson  joined  the  volun- 
teer military  forces  of  South  Carolina  on  Christmas  day  of 
i860.     On  March  24,  [862,  hi-  v.  assistant  surgeon  and 

a  year  later  full  surgeon.  Most  of  the  time  he  was  attached 
to  the    13th    Alabama    Regill 


'I'r.  Clarkson  had  the  honor  of  firing  one  of  the  first  three 
shots  of  the  war.  While  serving  as  a  corporal  of  heavy  ar- 
tillery in  Fort  Moultrie  January  9,  1861,  he,  under  0 
fired  a  ball  in  advance  of  the  Star  of  the  West  as  it  was  -ail 
ing  to  reenforce  Fort  Sumter.  At  Seven  Pines  Dr.  Clarkson 
had  a  horse  shot  under  him,  though  be  was  serving  as  a  medi- 
cal officer  at  the  time.  He  had  put  some  stragglers  into  line 
of  battle.  He  then  went  \>!t!l  them  and  helped  to  take  the 
enemy's  works. 

"After  the  war  Dr.  Clarkson  taught  a  private  school.  In 
[870  he  settled  near  Haymarket,  Prince  William  County,  Va., 
to  practice  medicine.  However,  a  literary  Ills  was  far  mure 
.  nial  to  him.  and  he  wrote  much  for  the  press,  and  in 
i  it  years  he  has  devoted  himself  to  the  superinten 
of  schools  for   Prince  William  County,  Va. 

"In  1S71  Dr.  Clarkson  published  'Evelyn,'  a  romance  of  the 
war.  in  verse,  in  1S98  'Songs  of  Love  and  War.'  and  in  [902 
'Katie  and  Carl.'  Of  his  various  volumes  of  poetry,  the  New 
1  Irleans  Picayune  said:  'They  ring  true  and  sweet,  and  are  of 
simple  things  that  go  to  the  heart  and  stick  in  the  in 
like  the  melody  of  an  old  song  and  are  of  notable  beauty.' 
The  Raleigh  News  and  Observer  said:  'They  are  the  produc- 
tion of  a  man  of  real  poetic  instinct,  who  went  about  his  affairs 
and  wrote  when  the  Mu  moved  him  to  write.  His  poems 
combine  a  delicate  fancy  with  a  genuine  human  quality  that 
should  make  them  popular  alike  with  the  cultured  and  tin- 
less  discriminative.'  Dr.  Clarl  1  ilyn'  is  replete  with 
poetic  beauties  and  patriotic  fire,  graphic  in  description,  full 
of  the  glory  of  victory  and  of  the  pathos  of  defeat." 


Suggested  Memorial  to  .Mr.  Davis  at  Fairview. 
Locate  base  of  memorial  monument  011  county  line  divid- 
ing Todd  and  Christian  Counties,  in  the  town  of  Fairview,  near 
to  the  north  boundary  line  of  Memorial  Park,  to  be  sur- 
mounted by  Mr.  Davis's  statue  holding  a  scroll  in  his  right 
hand  in  the  act  of  presenting  title  to  his  birthplace  to  Bethel 
Baptist  Church:   "A  thank  offering  to  God." 


Sentiment  North  about  the  Memorial. 
On-  Columbus  (Ohio)  Dispatch,  after  explaining  that  the 
birthplace  of  Jefferson  Davis  had  been  purchased  for  me- 
morial purposes,  commended  as  follows:  "It  will  not  mean  that 
the  Southern  people  are  any  the  less  loyal  or  that  there  is  a 
lingering  thought  of  disunion.  It  will  mean  simply  that  in 
the  Southern  memory  there  is  a  spot  of  living  green  for  those 
who  risked  their  all  to  make  those  beliefs  a  reality.  Such  a 
sentiment  of  personal  gratitude  is  not  at  all  inconsistent  with 
loyalty  today.  It  is  human  nature,  and  we  who  practice  it 
to-day  with  regard  to  our  dead  ought  to  look  without  dis- 
approval on  the  corn  ponding  practice  by  survivors  of  the 
lost  cause,  now  our  fellow-Americans,  as  truly  as  the. 
inn-   "I 

[The  quotation  of  the  kind  of  causi    the   Southern  people 
11.  a  meant  offensively.     Our  own  people  are  large- 
ly to  blame.     No  Southerner  should  ever  use  the  term, 
cause." — Ed.  Veteran.] 


Battle  of  Lexington  ,  Va.  D.  D  Brooks, 
of  Thomasville,  Ga.,  answers  the  query  of  Mis-  Isabella  ' 
well  Jones  in  the  June  Veteran  by  saying  that  she  can  find 
a  full  description  of  tins  battle  (Gen.  J.  C  Breckinridge,  Con- 
federate; General  1  rook,  I  ederal)  on  page  527  of  "'I  he  Rise 
and  Fall  of  the  Confederate  States,"  bj  Jefferson  Davis. 


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Qoofederat^  l/eterap. 


REUNION   <>1:  HOOD'S   TEXAS   BRIGADE. 
Monument  to  Be  Erected  at  Austin,  Tex. 

The  annual  Reunion  of  Hood's  Texas  Brigade.  A.  N.  V.. 
was  held  at  Jefferson.  Tex..  June  25  and  26.  About  seventy- 
five  of  the  old  comrades  were  present,  all  of  whom  greatly  en- 
joyed the  meeting.  For  many  years  these  Reunions  have  been 
held  m  the  27th  of  June  each  year  in  commemoration  of  the 
battle  of  Gaines  Mill,  June  27.  1S62.  The  original  organiza- 
tion of  the  brigade  was  composed  of  the  1st.  4th.  and  5th 
Texas,  tSth  Georgia,  and  Hampton's  South  Carolina  Legion  ; 
but  afler  the  battle  of  Sharpsburg,  September.  1862.  the  18th 
Georgia  and  Hampton's  Legion  were  transferred  to  other  bri- 
gadi  -  c- imposed  of  troops  from  their  own  States,  and  in  their 
stead  the  3d  Arkansas  was  transferred  to  the  Texas  Brigade. 
They  were  the  only  troops  from  Texas  and  Arkansas  that 
were  in  the  Virginia  Army,  and  were  always  known  as  the 
Texa-s  Brig  ide 

The  Texas  Brigade  participated  in  every  battle  fought  by 
the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  except  Chancellorsville,  and 
made  up  for  that  by  the  part  it  took  in  the  battle  of  Chicka- 
mauga  and  in  the  siege  of  Knoxville. 

The  brigade  d'uring  the  war  lost  598  killed  and  3,734 
wounded,  amounting  to  more  than  eighty  per  cent  of  their 
total  enrollment. 

At  the  recent  Reunion  at  Jefferson  the  contract  was  made  for 
the  erection  of  a  handsome  monument  in  the  capitol  grounds 
at  Austin  as  a  memorial  to  the  dead  of  the  Texas  Brigade. 
It  will  be  a  $25,000  monument,  sixteen  feet  at  the  base  with 
a  marble  shaft  forty-four  feet  high,  which  will  be  surmounted 
by  a  bronze  private  soldier  of  heroic  size. 

The  next  meeting  of  the  Brigade  Association  will  be  held 
in  Austin  May  6,  1910.  which  will  be  the  anniversary  of  the 
battle  of  the  Wilderness,  where  General  Lee  wanted  to  lead 
the  Texas  Brigade  in  a  charge,  but  they  refused  to  move  a 
step  until  he  retired  to  the  rear.  Then  they  advanced,  took, 
and  held  the  position  which  bad  given  General  Lee  so  much 
concern  at  that  time.  The  statue  will  be  unveiled  May  7,  the 
anniversary  of  the  battle  of  Elthams  Landing,  which  was  the 
first  battle  in   which   the  brigade  was  engaged. 

Interesting  features  of  the  Reunion  were  the  election  of  Mrs 
Cartwright,  of  Cass  County.  Tex.,  and  Mrs.  E.  P.  Smith,  of 
Austin,  Tex.,  honorary  members  of  the  Brigade.  At  the  be- 
ginning of  the  war  Mr;.  Cartwright.  presented  the  flag  to 
Company  A  of  the  1st  Texas  Regiment,  while  Mrs.  Smith  per- 
formed a  like  service  for  Company  H  of  the  tst  Texas.  Mr-, 
Cartwright  and  Mrs.  Smith  were  both  young  ladies  in  those 
day-.  Miss  Doris  Young,  daughter  of  Dr.  S.  O.  Young,  of 
Galveston,  was  elected  baby  of  the  Brigade. 

Judge  J.  B.  Polley,  who  lost  a  foot  in  front  of  Petersburg. 
October,  1864,  and  who  is  probably  one  of  the  oldest  living 
native  Texan-,  was  presented  with  a  handsome  walking  cane 
cut  from  the  old  family  burying  ground  in  Brazoria  County 
and  appropriately  carved.  The  gift  was  from  Mrs.  Bryan,  the 
daughter  of  Comrade  F.  B.  Chilton,  to  whom  is  due  much 
honor  fur  tin-  success  of  the  monument  committee,  a-  he  has 
been  its  chairman  since  the  organization,  two  years  ago,  and 
he  ha-  labored  unceasingly.  But  for  bis  zealous  work  the 
monument  would  not  likely  be  erected  for  several  years  yet 

The  officers  of  the  Brigade  Association  are:  President. 
Capt  William  R.  Ilamby,  4th  Texas  Regiment;  Vice  Presi- 
dent-. Capt.  W.  T.  Hill.  5th  Texas  Regiment,  Col.  R.  J,  Hard- 
ing, i-t  Texas  Regimen!,  and  Col.  A.  C.  Jones,  3d  Arkansas 
Regiment:  Secretary  and  Treasurer.  Capt.  E.  K.  Goree,  5th 
I  1   ,.i-  Regiment. 


MONUMENT  .IT  CHARLOTTESVILLE,  VA 

As  the  great  torch  in  the  hand  of  the  Goddess  of  Liberty 
illumines  the  waters  of  Xew  York  Harbor,  so  Confederate 
monuments,  those  lighthouses  of  patriotism,  like  huge  torches. 
throw  the  light  of  history  on  all  the  event-  of  the  war:  and. 
unlike  Liberty's  torch,  the  light  they  give  remains  forever  to 
guide  the  footsteps  of  the  seeker  after  truth. 

An'  tber  torch  has  been  lighted  with  the  handsome  monu- 
ment lately  erected  in  Charlottesville.  Va.  Although  the 
idea  of  this  memorial  was  promulgated  over  ten  years  ago, 
the  real  work  of  raising  the  fund  has  taken  less  than  two 
years,  and  is  the  result  of  the  united  efforts  of  the  Daughters 
of  the  Confederacy,  the  Camps  of  the  Veterans,  and  Son-  of 
Veteran-,  with  Captain  Micajah  Woods  as  chairman. 

The  Kyle  Granite  Company,  of  Washington.  D.  C.  did 
most  effective  work  upon  the  monument.  'The  beautiful  pedes- 
tal, with  its  graceful  surmounting  figure,  is  very  artistic. 
and  the  dies  and  inscriptions  attest  alike  the  good  taste  and 
the  patriotism  of  the  committees  in  charge. 

A  parade  of  all  the  patriotic,  civic,  military,  and  secret  or- 
ders of  Charlottesville  preceded  the  unveiling.  At  this  -cv- 
eral  bands  gave  martial  music,  and  over  two  thousand  school 
children  in  white  with  scarlet  sashes  marched  to  the  strains. 
The  streets  through  which  the  procession  passed  were  thronged 
with  people  whose  shouts  showed  that  the  fire  of  patriotism 
still  glowed  warmly  in  their  hearts. 

The  charming  daughter  of  Capt.  Micajah  Woods,  Miss 
Sallie  Stewart,  drew  the  cords  attached  to  the  shrouded  figure. 
and  as  the  beautiful  statue  stood  revealed  the  Monticello 
Guards,  drawn  up  in  double  file,  fired  a  salute,  and  the  two 
Napoleons   answered   with   a   salvo   of   thirteen   rounds.     This 


CONFEDERATE    MONUMENT    AT   CHARLOTTESVILLE. 


Qor?federat<?  Ueterai). 


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was  followed  by  brilliantly  patriotic  speeches  from  Capt. 
Carlton  McCarthy,  Senator  Daniels,  and  others.  These  ad- 
dresses were  replete  with  many  soul-stirring  periods  and  were 
listened  to  with  close  attention  that  broke  into  frequent  bursts 
•  ii  applause. 

Vfter  the  unveiling,  the  visiting  U  D.  C.  Veterans,  Sons  of 
Veterans,  and  distinguished  peopli  were  entertained  at  a  de- 
lightful banquet,  for  which  two  thousand  covers  were  laid. 

"FIGHTING  <  ONFED1  RATE   PARSONS." 

Many  ministers  of  tin  go  pel  attained  high  military  honors 
in  the  Confederate  army.  Linn.  Gen.  I  .eonidas  Polk,  who  was 
killed  at  Lost  Mountain,  near  Marietta,  Ga.,  was  a  bishop  in 
ilii  Episcopal  Church.  Gen  I  lemenl  \  1  va>ns,  Commander 
in  Chief  U.  C.  V.,  is  a  Methodist  minister,  and  Bishops  Stevens 
and  Capers,  both  of  South  I  arolina,  were  prominent  Confed 
erate  officers.  Bishop  Steven  i  aid  to  have  had  chargi  ol 
tin  battery  that  hud  thi  fit  I  gun  oi  tin  wat  While  neithet 
Robert  E  Lei  noi  Stonewall  Jackson  was  an  ordained  minis 
in,  both  conducted  services  in  their  churches  when  neci  try, 
and  the  religious  influence  thej  wielded  in  their  armies  w 
aim.  ist  as  great  as  their  military  pi  • 

Scarcel)   a  regiment  was  without   it-  "fighting  parson,"  who 
stood  side  bj   side  with  the  men  in  battle  and  led  them  in  re 
services   With   equal   ardor.     On   man)    priestlj    garbs 
now    i-   found  the  tiny  cross  of  bronze  side  by   side  with  the 
that  mark-  the  soldier  of  the  Church. 

Rev.  I)   (',  Kelley,  vh"  was  an  able  Methodist  minister, 

the  chaplain  for  Gen.  Bedford  Forrest  and  his 
cavalr)    corp      and   was  very  conspicuous   in   many  battli 
commander  of  a  cavalry  regiment 

The  foregoing  Facts  art  too  ivell  known  foi  record  except 
as  pointing  t"  what  the  Veteran  would  like  on  this  line— 
\  i  .  to  have  data  in  regard  to  gallant  Confederates  who  were 
chaplains  during  the  war  or  who  were  worth)  soldiers  in  the 
war  and  have  I ii  e  •  mini  nt  in  the  ministr)  sini  i 

Will  CMini   d  data  on  thi-  line:    Such  a  record  would 

irise  mam   win.  have  not  considered  tin-  subject. 


//  \  VESSEL   Gil  ES    TO  WOMAN'S   MONUMENT. 
In  advocacj      i   a   bill   to  appri  pi  iate     ix   tin  ius  md   dollars 
toward  a  Southern  woman's  monument   Senator  John   I    <  ox 
I  i  mi,  --r,    St.it'    Legi  '  iture  said  : 
\\ '     in    told   that   the   Daughters  "i   the  Confederac)    an 
his  appropriation,  but  prefer  that   the  money 
lie  applied   to  the  payment   oi   pensions  to  disabled,  indigent, 
and  deserving   ex  <  onfederati    soldiers      This  is  but   another 
:  "ii    of    the    unselfish,    undying    devotion    of    these 
nobli    women  to  the   fortunes  of  the   fairest    land   for  which 
fought.     That    is   the   strongest    reason   that 
could  bi      f)     ed  why  this  appropriation  should  be  made     The 
world  can  nevet   know   the  sacrifice's  made  and  the  privations 
endured  b)  thesi    di  voted  women 

!  -aw  a  father  go  i"  the  conflict  of  the  sixties  and  la) 
down  his  life  for  the  cause  of  tin  South,  While  he  t  a 
righting  for  the  land  In   loved  I  -aw  the  little  wife  and  mothei 

at  home  go  i"  the  field  and  plow, sow, and  reap  to  produci  I 

for  her  children      I   --aw    her  cultivate   the   sorghum  cat 
produce  her  sugar.     I  -aw  d  dr>  the  briei  leaves 

to  make  coffee  and  tea     I  boil  tin  ashes  of  the  hickor) 

la.     I   saw       •  the  flax   seed;   I    saw   her 

pull  the  flax,  break  it.  scutch  it,  -pin  it  into  thread  and  weave 
it  into  cloth.  1  saw  her  shear  tin  sheep,  aw  her  wash  and 
pick  the  wool,  eard  it  into  roll-,  spin  it  into  tl  i  id,  and  weave 
it  into  clcth,     1    saw   her  peel  the  bark   from  the   I 


with  which  to  dye  the  fabrics  manufactured  of  this  raw  ma- 
terial with  her  own  hands.  I  saw  her  take  the  tow  linen,  the 
flax  linen,  the  linsey,  and  the  jean-,  ami  sew  them  into  gar- 
ments to  cover  the  form-  of  her  helpless  children  left  to  her 
oil  '  ire  and  protection  I  -aw  her  take  the  wheat  that  she 
had  induced  the  earth  to  yield,  carry  it  to  the  mill,  tak<  the 
flour,  make  it  into  bread  and  pies,  ami  carry  them  t"  tin-  camp 

to  help  find  the  half-starved  Confeihr.it.    soldier 

"What  this  little  woman  did  is  a  sample  of  what  ten-  of 
thousands  Of  the  women  of  thn  South  did.  and  of  such  are  the 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy.  When  that  cruel  war  had 
ended,  these  fair  daughters  ioined  the  brave  sons  of  the  South 
in  its  rehabilitation.  They  helped  to  preserve  the  civilization 
of  the  South      They  helped  t"  produce  n-  wealth      We  have 

imt   shown  our  appreciati f  the  noble  deeds  of  thi 

voted  women  by  erecting  a  monument   t"  their  memory,  and 
tin   i mi,   ha-  ci mie  w heii  w e  sh< mid  do  so. 

"  \  land  without  hemes,  a  land  without  monuments,  without 
memories  is  a  land  without   a  hope  and   without  a   future 

"Wi    have   erected   monuments  and  marker-  on   the  batth 
fields  of  the   South  to  commemorate  the   deeds  of  our  brave 

m  We  hav<  just  erected  on  Capitol  llill  a  monument 
dedicated  to  the  memory  oi  Sam  Davis,  one  of  the  grandest 
characters  in  the  military  annals  of  the  world. 

"After  all  tin-,  after  forty-four  long  years  havi  transpired 
since  the  clost  of  that  blood)  conflict,  shall  we  be  told  by 
tin  representatives  of  the  great  State  oi  ITennes  ee,  with  its 
hundreds  of  millions  of  taxable  wealth,  that  we  are  not  abli 
to  givi  th  pun nun  of  six  thousand  dollars  to  erect  a  monu 
ment  to  the  memor)  of  these  noble  women'  Ah.  sir,  I 
would  Favor  this  appropriation  if  it  were  many  huh-  greatet 
than  it  i-.  1  would  favot  the  appropriation  oi  a  ■  im  sufficient 
to  lay  deep  ami  broad  a  foundation  upon  which  to  erect  a 
mighty  shaft  of  purest,  whitest  marble,  lifting  its  head  toward 
Southern  skies,  forever  commemorating  the  died-  of  the 
grandest   women  this  world  has   vet   produced." 

Iln    "miscellaneous  appropriation  bill"  in  the    Vt-  ol    [909 
reads  as  fi  illi  iw 

'Sei  riON  o  Be  it  further  enacted  that  whenever  the  United 
Confed.  i  .in    Veterans   and   the   United    Sons   of   Confederate 

'lih.'i  -    shall    pi.  \  ni.-    n     -ni', .1.1.     In.  'ii    .      figut  .'    .  a     'inures    to 

-  |,ooo  to  commemorate  the  devotion  of  tin    women 
Confederal    States    $6,ooo,   or    so   much    thereoi    as   ma)    be 
necessary,  he  and  the  same  i-  Inn. In    appropriated   to  pi 
a    suitable    pedestal,    foundation,    etc.,    upon    which    to    place 
-an!  bronze  figure  or  figures  and  foi   the  erection  oi  tin 

"Section    to.   Be  it    further  enacted  that  the  Governor,  the 
Comptrolli  i .  th.    Secretar)    ol   State,  and   the    Vdjul  ml    i 
era!  of  the  Tennessee  Divi      n,  United  Confederate  Vetei  in 
be  and  the)  are  hereb)  appointed   i  commission  and  shall  have 

r,    of  all   matti  i     neci      iry  to   the   lot  ation   and   ei 
..1      ml  pedi     ml    mil   of  ]'l  i.  ing   mem. .rial   m   position,  till 

to  be  placed  on  the  Capitol   llill  in  the  citj  of  Nashville." 
The  amount  was  appn  priated  on  the  conditions  specified. 


\  \ .  i  \  am  act  ivi   n  p. .in.  .1  iln  pi . 

t i.  oi.  and  Judgi    I  et<  In  i  madi  a  ver)    im     pei  •  h 

abounded  not     no    in  choi  <  gems  of  thought,  hut  contained 
man)  thme-  il.ni  were  of  t  test  interest  to  the  veti  i  an 

;inil  all  who  wen     o  fortunate  a    to  In  ai  him     Hi    vein  mi  ntlj 

repudiated    the    ii  the    South    iii    tin 

great  ad  Ii  .1  t"  In  r  ultimati    adi  am  .ment      Hi 

n  fine  .  mini    histor)  ""'  his:  p  i 

li    n    w  .i-    lim    and    w  i-    nmeh  applaud.. 1 


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Qoofederat^   l/eterai). 


UNIVERSAL  MEMORIAL  DAY. 

It  seems  strange  that  there  has  never  been  a  universal  Me- 
morial Day  in  the  South,  each  State  observing  the  one  that 
seems  the  best  and  most  fitting.  In  a  country  where  uni- 
versal brotherhood  is  the  tie  that  binds  such  divergence  is 
singularly  inappropriate.  Throughout  the  entire  United  States 
the  30th  of  May  is  set  apart  by  the  Federals  in  which  to 
honor  their  dead.  The  mother  in  Maine  knows  that  the 
daughter  in  Florida  on  this  day  will  unite  with  her  to  keep 
sacred  the  memories  of  her  soldier  dead,  and  that  knowledge 
strengthens  the  tie  between  the  mother  and  daughter. 

Are  the  Southern  people  less  close  in  sentiment  ?  Would 
it  not  add  to  the  solemn  beauty  of  the  service  to  know  that 
from  New  York  to  Texas  all  Southern  hearts  were  uniting 
in  these  observances?  Could  we  not  feel  more  pride  in  our 
own  beautifully  decorated  cemeteries  if  we  knew  past  all 
doubting  that  every  Confederate  grave  in  the  length  and 
breadth  of  the  land  also  bore  its  honor  chaplet  of  flowers? 
Would  not  our  heart  requiem  mass  sound  the  sweeter  for  its 
echo  in  every  State?  What  is  more  appropriate  than  to  select 
the  birthday  of  our  President,  the  3d  of  June,  as  Memorial 
Day?  These  dead,  in  whose  name  the  day  is  kept,  died  under 
his  banner.  They  were  the  children  of  his  love  and  care.  It 
is  eminently  fitting  that  his  natal  day  be  chosen  to  make  the 
graves  of  dead  heroes  blossom  in  crimson  and  white  and  be 
crowned  with  the  laurel  wreath  of  memory. 

Let  the  Daughters  take  up  this  idea  in  their  next  general 
assembly,  for  to  the  women  of  the  South  naturally  falls  the 
honor  of  decorating  Southern  heroes.  Then  let  the  Veterans 
in  council  discuss  the  matter,  so  that  some  wise  agreement 
can  be  reached  through  which  a  universal  Memorial  Day 
may  be  appointed.  We  surely  want  the  little  children  to  grow 
up  with  the  feeling  that  one  certain  day  in  the  year  will  be 
set  apart  for  the  brotherhood  of  the  Confederacy  to  renew 
their  own  fealty  through  the  honoring  of  their  dead  heroes. 


JOHN  BROWN'S   CAREER   IN   KANSAS. 

Charles  Finch  in  the  Lawrence  Gazette  makes  this  com- 
ment on  John  Brown  in  the  Philadelphia  Star : 

"Some  misguided  people  are  trying  to  purchase  the  old 
John  Brown  battlefield  at  Ossawatomie  as  a  memorial  to 
Brown.  Before  becoming  so  patriotic  these  enthusiasts  should 
inquire  of  the  settlers  who  were  in  Kansas  when  John  Brown 
was  here  what  ice  he  cut  and  what  kind  it  was.  Brown 
would  have  been  chased  out  of  Kansas  by  the  free-soil  peo- 
ple in  order  to  rid  themselves  of  the  worst  disturber  and  the 
most  dangerous  man  in  the  territory  if  they  could  have  taken 
time    from    their    troubles    with    the    border    ruffians    to    do 

1  +•  *T*  *f*  4- 

"Brown  was  a  coward,  and  seldom  went  where  there  was 
any  danger  until  he  became  crazed  with  his  fanaticism  and 
undertook  the  insane  act  that  led  to  his  death.  In  Kansas  he 
was  a  nuisance  to  the  men  who  were  fighting  to  make  Kansas 
free.  It  is  now  admitted  that  he  killed  harmless  and  inno- 
cent men  merely  because  they  did  not  agree  with  him.  This 
charge  made  by  Governor  Robinson  with  the  proof  behind  it 
has  never  been,  we  believe,  controverted.  He  was  a  blood- 
thirsty, insane  old  man,  and  the  mantle  of  charity  should  be 
used  instead  of  a  monument  for  him.  He  never  did  anything 
to  entitle  him  to  a  monument,  and  his  presence  in  Kansas  was 
the  worst  thing  that  could  have  happened.  It  caused  directly 
and  indirectly  the  deaths  of  many  brave  men  and  the  loss  of 
a  great  deal  of  property." 


GEN.   JOHN  MORGAN   BRIGHT. 

It  is  a  rare  occasion  for  any  publication  to  have  so  venerable 
a  contributor  as  the  Hon.  John  M.  Bright,  now  in  his  ninety- 
third  year.    He  writes  vividly  of  the  sixties  and  reconstruction. 

John  Morgan  Bright  was  born  January  20,  1817,  in  Fay- 
etteville,  Tenn.,  which  town  has  ever  been  his  home.  His 
father  went  when  a  lad  of  ten  from  Virginia  to  Kentucky, 
and  in  a  few  years  came  to  Tennessee.  His  mother  was  a 
daughter  of  Capt.  John  Morgan,  of  Revolutionary  fame. 
This  son  was  educated  at  the  old  Bingham  School,  Hillsboro, 
N.  C,  and  at  the  Nashville  University.  He  chose  the  law  for 
his  profession,  and  became  eminent  at  the  bar  in  early  life. 

In  1844  as  a  Democrat  he  made  a  canvass  for  Janus  K 
Polk  in  his  race  for  the  presidency.  His  first  political  speech 
was  at  Shelbyville,  and  he  so  charmed  his  friends  that  in  that 
early  day  they  urged  that  as  soon  as  eligible  he  run  for  Con- 
gress, but  he  declined.  He  served  in  the  Tennessee  Legis- 
lature through  the  session  of  1847-48.  He  was  urged  to 
make  the  race  for  Governor  in  1849,  1851,  and  1853,  but  he 
persistently  declined.  In  his  speeches  for  some  time  preceding 
the  war  he  foretold  the  horrors  that  were  later  realized. 

General  Bright's  career  during  the  war  and  through  recon- 
struction is  ably  told  in  his  narrative  on  the  following  pages. 
In  1870  he  was  elected  to  Congress  by  ten  thousand  majority. 
His  congressional  career  was  brilliant.  His  first  speech  in 
Congress  was  on  the  terrific  Kuklux  bill,  in  which  he  "mel- 
lowed the  bitterness"  that  many  entertained  for  the  South. 


HON.   JOHN    M.    BRIGHT. 

General  Bright  wrote  in  his  ninety-third  year :  "The  Vet- 
eran has  been  brought  up  to  a  high  standard  by  indefatigable 
industry  and  marked  ability.  It  is  a  most  valuable  repository 
of  Confederate  history.  It  is  replete  with  interesting  and  in- 
structive information,  and  it  ought  to  be  a  welcome  visitor 
in  every  Southern  home." 


^o^fede rar<?   l/eterai). 


803 


THE  STATES  IN  THE  CONFEDERATE   WAR. 
Inside  Information    \bout  the  Army  of  Tennessee. 
by  hon.   rohn    u    bright,  fa yettev1lle,  ten  n. 
For  tlic  want  of  proper  records,   the  general  liistorian  has 
overlooked  many   facts  connected  with  the  Confederate  serv- 
ice, and  these  facts  will  soon  bi   lo  I  under  the  hardening  crust 
of  time  unless  brought  to  light  by  the  historian, 

The  power  of  the  Confederate  government  was  drawn  from 
the  elements  of  strength  of  the  States.  As  a  general  rule, 
when  the  Stair  developed  a  distinct  element  of  military 
strength,  il   was  absorbed   in   the  Confedi  /ice;  hence 

we  find  there  were  but  few  militia  headed  bj  State  officers 
v  In  i  gained  rem  iw  n  on  the  field. 

While  this  is  -  of  the  Stales  by  acth  fur- 

nished valuabli  si  >tan  e  to  the  (  nfi  di  i  ite  i  ause  I  filled 
the  office  of  Inspectoi  General  oi  fennessee  on  Governor 
1  i.i  i ;  '  i  ■  i.i ii  Foi  Foui  /ears  and  two  months  of  tlie  Civil  War, 
with  the  rank  of  brigi  eral,  From  about  March,  t86i. 

\tn  r  the   fall   of  Fori    D  and   the   retreat   oi    G 

Albert   Sidnej   Johnston,  causing  tin  hville, 

ii   1 me  evident  that  all  the  military    strength  ol   thi    Stati 

would  be  required  to  cooperate  with  the  i  onfederate  armj  to 
thi     invaders.     Governor    Harris,   brave   and    patriotic, 
an  arm}  of  ["ennessee  troops,  head  them,  and 
t.il  i    the  field. 

I  iin  n  treat  ol    Mb  1 1  Sidm  j  Ji  ihnston  I  was  ordered 

by   tin    Governoi    to   enroll    thi    State   troops   of    West    Ten- 
and  collect  them  in  camp  near  Grand  Junction  and  have 
them    organi  ed   and    drilled     md    il    tin     same    time    to    co- 
operate with  the  Confederate  troops  in  defending  large  mili- 
that  had  beet  ted  at  that  place.     Before  the 

battle  of  Shiloh  the  most  ol  the  Confederate  troops  at  the 
Junction  were  withdrawn  for  service  at  the  front.  This  or- 
thi  Governor  wa  promptly  executed;  but  as  a  matter 
ol  court  j  1  called  on  General  Beauregard  at  Jackson  and 
informed  him  of  nu  contemplated  operations,  in  respon  i  I 
which  he  i  xpn  ssed  his  unqualified  approbation. 

Uter  the  battle  of  Shiloh   I  was  directed  bj  Governoi    Hai 
ii    to  pel  mil  Confederati  it  the  State 

ind  enlist  thi    Stat<   troops  to  supply  the  losses  of  Ten 
troops  in  that  battle,  and  1   was  directed  to  turn  ovei 
to  the  Confederati    servio    anj    troop      n  our  camp  who  did 
olunteer.    The  causi   i  irdei    was  that  the  Confed- 

,  i  ,n    was   ;  1 1  - '  1 1 1   to  evacuati     renin     ee   and  the   State 
troop;  i  lie  marched  out  of  the  Stale.     These  military 

ces,    though    of   a   subordinate    character,    were    valuable 
1  by  taking  the  place  •  ii  thi  ise  i  in  guard 

duty  and  sending  them  to  the  front  and  by  throwing  open  the 
camp  to  furnish  recruits  to  fill  the  depleted  ranks  of  Ten- 
,    troops  in  the  battle  oi   Shiloh.     The  State  worked  up 
to  its  limited  opportunity. 

\mr  the  breaking   up  of   thi    camp   at   Grand  Junction.   I 

eded   to   Chatl  am  oga,   i    tablished    i   i  imp,  •  i  illected   the 

Stati   troop    ■  'i  1  a  I    fenni     ei    and  i    operated  w iih  the  I     n 

oops  in  Chattam 

Before  entering  upon   my  work  at  Chattanooga    I   went  to 

Knoxville  and  called  on  General   Kirbj   Smith,  informing  him 

of  my   instructions,    when    he    requested    me   to    suspend   my 

operations,  as  hi  .ik<>\  in  enlisting  volunteers  foi    the 

war,    and    lie    though)     my    enlistment     for    the     Si 

'  counteract  his  operations      1   reported  the  interview  to 
Covernor  Harris,  and  he  rcadilj  consented  to  wait. 

'I  he  I  i  li.m  .in, ,  iga  bi  ing  inadequate,  the  Govi  rnoi 

8*** 


resorted  to  the  expedient  of  raising  troops  in  Middle  Tennes- 
see. By  arrangement  with  the  Confederate  authorities  a  suf- 
ficienl  force  was  to  1"'  employed  in  Middle  Tennessee  to  keep 
back  the  Federal  forces  while  I  should  enter  and  enlist  the 
State  troops  General  \daiu».  who  with  his  cavalry  was  then 
encamped  in  Sweeden's  Cove,  in  Marion  County,  v 
for  the  dui\ 

I  promptlj  started  for  the  camp  of  General  ^dams  Sev 
eral  gentlemen  (citizens)  who  wished  to  visit  their  homes 
accompanied  mi  ^mong  them  were  Hon.  Andrew  Ewing, 
Rev.  Dr.  A.  J.  Baird,  and  Mr  Sharp,  of  Winchester.  When 
within  a  mile  oi  two  of  the  i  amp,  we  mel  a  number  of  \< finis's 
troops  fleeing  in  the  wilde  I  di  rder  and  crying  and  motion 
ing  with  their  hands  "Go  back,  go  back;  thej  are  coming." 
w  mid  nol  halt  them  long  em  ugh  to  tell  what  was  up  i 
gallop  mile  or  two  and  waited  until  some  retreating 

in  up,  and  they  informed  me  that  General  Adams's 
camp  had  been  surprised  bj  a  large  force  which  the)  estimated 
at   seven  tin  usand  oi   eight   thoi  sand. 

1  believed  the  movement   «  i     against   Chattancoga      Ii   was 
then  md  I  with  a  small  squad  rode  nearlj  all  night  ovei 

the   mountain,   through    drenching    rain    part    of    the    time,    to 

reach   Chattai a      Wi    reached   thet  e  befon    daybn  ak  and 

haliooi  d  aero      the  i  h  ei    to  lei   our  forces  know    of  tin 
proach  of  the  en<  mj       \  fter  much 

the  river.  1  went  to  General  Ledbetter's  headquarters,  where 
I  found  Governor  II. irri  .  General  Whitthome,  and  Col.  E 
W.  Cole  (President  of  the  X.  &  C.  Railroad).  I  reported 
whal  I  knew,  and  upon  leaving  1  jocularly  remarked  that  I 
had   been   madi    to  "skedaddle"  and   I   hoped   we   would  give 

them    a    warm    reception.      Colonel    Cole    followed    me    out    and 

me  what  1  thought  aboul  surrendering  Chattanoo 
expressed  surprise  and  replied  "Nevei  "  He  then  said  that 
ill  tin  militarj  stores  were  on  the  train  read}  for  movement. 
■  d  what  the  Governor  and  Whitthorne  thought  of  it.  lie 
-.ml  thai  thej  were  opposed  to  it,  The  state  of  affairs  wa 
iphed  in  Gen.  Kirby  Smith  at  Knoxville  and  he  replied: 
"Hold  the  place.    1  will  be  there  t  -night  with  reinforcements." 

About  noon  the  Federal  General  Neglej  with  an  army  of 
six  thousand  or  seven  thousand  men  appeared  on  the  north 
hank  of  the  Tennessee  Rivet  opposite  <  hattanooga  and  soon 
commenced  bombarding  the  city.  A  battle  was  waged  ... 
the  river  until  night  Governoi  Harris  and  staff  proposed  I" 
arm  the  citizens,  who  wen'  willing  to  engage  in  defense  ol 
the  -  ity,  from  an  inferior  Si  tte  armorj  at  that  place,  and  manj 
of  the  citizi  ii-  "  lined  in  the  battle. 

Gen.  Kirby  Smith  arrived  about  mght  with  reinforcements 
The  Federals  opened  lire  early  next  morning.  Governor  Hai 
lis.  General  Whitthorne.  and  I  aeted  as  aids  to  Gen  Kirby 
Smith.  About  noon  the  federals  ceased  the  fight  i\ii\  re- 
treated to  Shelbyville.  I  hus  ended  my  first  experiment  to 
inarch  into  Middle  rennessee  to  enlist  State  troops  1  verily 
believe  that  but  for  my  night  ride  through  the  mountains  and 
timelj  warning  of  the  approach  of  the  enemy  and  the  protest 
of  Governor  Harris  and  his  stafl  against  the  evacuation  of 
i  hatiai ga  the  city  would  have  been  surrendered 

11-    weakness  of  th(  of  ('hattanooga  made  it   neee- 

sarv   that    the   post    should   be   strengthened.      Governor    Harris 

secured  the  servii neral  Forrest  to  lead  an  expedition, 

and    i  command  ini  ed  foi    the  purpose.     The  design 

of  this  movement  was  foi  General  Forrest  to  occupy  and  hold 
any  available  territory  in  Middle  Tennessee,  while  I  should 
enlist  the  needed  troops  and  encamp  mar  Chattanooga. 


39i 


^opfederat^  l/eterap 


In  obedience  to  Order  Number  4  I  organized  all  tbe  facili- 
ties, transportation,  commissary  stores,  arms,  etc.,  for  the 
campaign  and  moved  across  the  mountain  to  meet  General 
Forrest,  who  was  to  go  in  advance  to  Rock  Martin,  about  ■-ix 
or  eight  miles  from  McMinnville.  I  had  been  delayed  some 
hours  by  the  breaking  down  of  a  wagon  loaded  with  arms 
coming  down  the  mountain.  When  I  reached  his  camp.  Gen- 
eral Forrest  was  in  his  saddle  ready  to  march  on  Murfrecs- 
boro.  I  expressed  surprise  about  his  contemplated  movement, 
and  stated  that  from  the  activity  of  the  Federal  forces  I 
would  be  in  a  perilous  condition,  and  I  was  fearful  I  would 
not  be  successful  in  enrolling  volunteers.  He  thought  there 
was  no  danger  and  said  he  wanted  to  leave  with  me  for  the 
time  being  his  wagon  trains  and  army  stores.  I  told  him  that 
he  would  have  to  leave  some  force  to  protect  them.  He  re- 
plied that  he  would  leave  a  company. 

Colonel  Law  ton  with  a  Georgia  regiment,  under  command 
of  General  Forrest  at  the  time,  was  lacking  in  arms,  and 
General  Forrest  ordered  me  to  turn  over  to  them  about  sixty 
muskets,  which  I  did.  When  I  took  charge  of  the  camp,  con- 
sisting of  seventy-five  or  eighty  Confederate  wagons  and  about 
ten  Tennessee  wagons,  I  found  only  about  fifteen  men  instead 
of  a  company,  which  he  said  he  would  leave.  I  detained  all 
straggling  troops  that  came  up  afterwards,  armed  them  and 
the  teamsters,  and  prepared  to  make  the  best  defense  pos- 
sible in  the  event  of  an  attack. 

I  had  the  country  around  well  scouted  and  captured  four 
Federal  soldiers  clothed  in  citizens'  garb.  I  inquired  why  they 
had  put  on  citizens'  dress.  They  said  they  had  heard  of  a 
contemplated  move  into  Middle  Tennessee  by  the  Confed- 
erates and  they  had  been  sent  out  as  scouts  to  ascertain  the 
facts,  and  they  had  put  on  citizens'  clothes  to  keep  from  being 
bushwacked.     I  turned  them  over  to  General  Forrest. 

1  put  out  notice  of  my  presence  at  Rock  Martin  Camp  as 
secretly  as  I  could  and  that  my  object  was  to  enroll  Ten- 
nessee troops  for  State  service.  Quite  a  number  came  to  me, 
and  I  commissioned  them  to  raise  companies,  furnishing  them 
subsistence  for  troops  in  State  service.  I  had  heard  of  For- 
rest's great  victory  at  Murfreesboro  and  his  capture  of  about 
eleven  hundred  prisoners  and  that  he  expected  to  return  to 
McMinnville.  I  had  been  informed  that  there  was  a  con- 
siderable force  of  Federal  infantry  and  cavalry  at  Tullahoma 
and  the  railroad  in  full  operation  between  Tullahoma  and  Mc- 
Minnville. I  saw  that  they  might  strike  General  Forrest  in 
the  flank,  and  in  the  disordered  condition  of  his  troops  might 
deprive  him  of  the  fruits  of  his  victory.  I  therefore  ordered 
Captain  Brewster,  of  the  Tennessee  troops,  to  take  a  squad  of 
men  the  following  night  and  destroy  the  railroad  bridge  at 
Manchester,  and  he  executed  the  order.  I  was  ordered  by 
General  Forrest  through  Colonel  Wharton,  of  Texas,  to  move 
the  train  up  to  McMinnville,  which  I  did,  and  met  General 
Forrest  in  the  vicinity  of  McMinnville  with  his  prisoners,  and 
they  were  all  impounded  in  Judge  Marchbanks's  yard. 

I  found  great  confusion  in  General  Forrest's  command. 
Troops  were  scattered,  and  I  was  informed  that  quite  a  num- 
ber loaded  with  plunder  were  on  their  way  to  Chattanooga. 
I  spent  the  night  in  the  room  with  General  Forrest  in  company 
with  Hon.  Andrew  Ewing,  of  Nashville.  I  mentioned  to  For- 
rest the  capture  of  four  prisoners  in  citizens'  dress.  I  asked 
what  I  should  do  with  them,  and  he  replied :  "Try  them  as 
spies."  I  said  I  was  not  willing  to  do  that,  and  remarked 
that  Colonel  Ewing  and  I  were  in  citizens'  dress  and  we  were 
not  spies,  and  our  motive  was  to  avoid  recognition  by  bush- 


whackers, and  according  to  my  theory  it  was  the  office  that 
made  the  spy  and  not  the  dress.  He  just  remarked  that  they 
were  my  prisoners  and  to  do  what  I  pleased  with  them.  They 
were  paroled  next  morning  with  other  prisoners. 

1  told  him,  apprehending  danger  from  the  force  at  Tulla- 
homa striking  him  in  the  flank  about  McMinnville,  I  had 
sent  a  squad  of  Tennessee  troops  and  had  the  bridge  destroyed 
the  night  before.  He  said  he  thought  there  was  no  danger ; 
but  I  differed  with  him.  Early  the  next  morning  I  asked  him 
about  the  parole  of  his  prisoners,  and  he  replied  that  he  had 
spoken  to  some  clerks  in  McMinnville  to  come  out  that  morn- 
ing and  parole  them.  I  remarked  that  I  thought  haste  was 
expedient;  that  I  had  an  adjutant,  Col.  Robert  McKee.  who 
was  a  fine  scribe,  and  wdio,  with  myself,  would  change  the 
caption  on  the  muster  rolls  of  Tennessee  into  parole  lists.  He 
agreed  to  it,  and  in  a  little  while  the  parole  lists  were  ready, 
and  one  was  handed  to  each  officer  highest  in  command  of 
the  prisoners  to  take  the  names  of  the  members  of  his  com- 
mand. In  a  very  short  time  the  prisoners  had  all  signed  the 
parole  lists,  and  they  were  immediately  supplied  with  rations 
and  sent  back. 

'1  he  prisoners  had  not  left  more  than  an  hour  perhaps  be- 
fore Colonel  Shedd,  of  Coffee  County,  rode  up  to  General 
Forrest's  headquarters  and  informed  him  that  a  large  force 
of  Federal  cavalry  had  passed  his  house  early  in  the  morning 
on  their  way  to  .McMinnville,  and  that  a  considerable  force 
of  Federal  infantry  was  to  come  by  railroad  to  unite  with 
them  at  McMinnville.  General  Forrest's  men  were  scattered 
and  in  confusion,  and  some  of  them  loaded  with  captured 
spoils  on  their  way  to  Chattanooga.  General  Forrest  mounted 
his  horse  and  dashed  through  his  troops  giving  his  rallying 
command,  and  soon  brought  order  out  of  confusion.  He 
marched  his  command  some  three  or  four  miles  out  and 
formed  them  into  line  of  battle  and  waited  the  most  of  the 
day  for  the  coming  of  the  enemy.  The  Federal  cavalry  came 
up  within  live  miles  of  McMinnville  and  waited  nearly  all 
day  for  the  Federal  infantry,  but  they  got  no  farther  than 
the  demolished  bridge.  The  wreck  of  the  bridge  probably 
saved  the  fruits  of  Forrest's  victory.  I  requested  General 
Forrest  not  to  insert  my  name  in  connection  with  the  wreck 
of  the  bridge  in  his  report,  as  I  did  not  wish  it  known  that 
I  was  in  that  section  at  this  juncture. 

I  then  left  General  Forrest  and  proceeded,  with  some  dis- 
advantages, to  the  enlistment  of  Tennessee  troops.  I  com- 
missioned some  twelve  or  fifteen  captains  and  sent  them  out 
in  the  work.  The  following  are  some  if  not  all  of  the  names 
of  those  receiving  commissions :  O.  F.  Brewster,  William  E. 
Lynn,  W.  W.  Lillard,  B.  J.  Tarver,  G.  B.  Campbell,  Col.  Bax- 
ter Smith,  and  John  R.  Davis.  There  may  have  been  others 
whose  names  I  cannot  now  recall.  I  then  went  to  Chatta- 
nooga and  reported  the  condition  of  affairs  to  the  Governor. 
Learning  of  General  Bragg's  march  into  Kentucky,  I  was  in- 
structed by  Governor  Harris  to  turn  over  the  State  troops 
to  the  Confederate  service,  which  I  did,  with  the  consent  of 
the  troops,  in  September,  1862. 

I  made  two  trips  to  Middle  Tennessee  in  the  recruiting 
service.  The  second  trip  was  intended  to  mobilize  the  re- 
cruits and  get  them  east  of  the  Cumberland  Mountain,  that 
they  might  join  General  Bragg's  army  on  its  march  into  Ken- 
tucky. 

I  accompanied  the  army  of  General  Bragg  across  the  Cum- 
berland Mountain  and  separated  from  it  about  Carthage,  pass- 
ing through   Lebanon    on   my   way   to   my   home,   not  having 


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seen  my  family  at  Fayetteville  since  the  ist  of  March.  1862. 
After  the  retreat  of  General  Brags  from  Kentucky  upon  Mur- 
freesboro,  I  was  ordered  by  Governor  Harris  about  the  iotli 
of  October,  1863,  to  proceed  to  the  following  counties,  Ruther- 
ford, Williamson,  Maury,  Marshall,  Giles,  Lincoln,  Franklin, 
Coffee,  and  Bedford,  and  have  the  laws  fm-  Tennessee  for 
the  enrollment  and  mustering  into  service  of  conscripts  en- 
forced. The  order  was  executed  with  all  dispatch  and  the 
conscripts  sent  to  the  trout.  My  visit  to  Williamson  County 
was  attended  with  much  peril,  a-  the  Federal  troops  at  this 
time  had  a  picket  station  at  the  neari  1  depot  on  thi  lailroad 
toward   Nashville. 

In  the  fall  of  [863  there  was  an  abundant  crop  of  grain  in 
!  11  County,  and  il    furnished  ample   subsistence  to  recruit 

the  horses  of  several  regiments  of  Confederate  cavalry,  and 
Fayetteville  and  vicinity  were  crowded  with  the  sick  and 
wounded  soldiers  aftei    the  battle  of  Murfreesboro. 

\iirr  the  retreat  of  General  Bragg  from  rennessee,  I  left 
the  State  and  remained  in  Northern  Alabama  for  some 
mouths,  and  then  I  took  my  young  son  John  and  Charlej 
Fulton  to  the  liingham  School,  in  North  Carolina.  When  I 
returned  from  North  1  arolina,  General  Bragg  was  concen- 
trating his  tro<  ps  for  the  battle  of  Chickamauga. 

\  1 1 .  1  the  Confederate  armj  fell  back  upon  Dalton  and  'en 
eral  Joseph   E.  Johnston   was  placed   in  command,   1  accom 
panied   his   armj    during   hi:    masterlj    retreat    upon   Atlanta, 
and  then  I  accompanied  General  Hood  on  his  retreat  in  Geoi 

gia    and    .111    bis    advance    into     lrnn.--.e    and    on    bis    1    Meal 

from   I  ennessee  in  the  cold  winter  of  1864  65 

On  General  Johnsl  m':  retreat  from  Dalton  General  Sher- 
man pressed  him  with  great  vieau    111  the  front  and  in  the  llank. 

and  kepi  Join,  ton   with  bis  inferior  command  constantlj    on 

the  move,  and  many  of  his  soldiers  suffered  from  the  beat 
and   dust    and   fatigue.      To   disencumber   his    armj    of   prostrate 

soldiers.  General   John  ton  sent   them   to  distanl   hospitals  in 

at       \    an  emergencj  rernedj  .1  numbei  1 0    I  ennes  eean 

formed    the    rennessee    R<  ociation,   of   which    I    was 

dent,  the  object   of  which   was  to  take  care  of  the  sick, 

wounded,  and  exhausted   soldiers  b)   placing  them  in  hospitals 

in   the  vicinitj    of  the   army  and   providing    for  them  suitable 

.in    and   fi  od   and  couches  for  needed  rest,     The  commit- 

nt    out    agents    1 icil    contributions    of    groceries    and 

i  ions.     Dr.   •      I1     Elliott,  of   Nashville,  was  one  of  the 

1      recuperation  of  the  prostrate  soldier  under  this 

reinvigorating  treatment  was  simply  magical.     In  a  few  days 

of  them  were  ready  to  return   to  their  commands.     I 

heard  thai  General  Johnston  said  the  Relief    Association  was 

win  lb  much   ti  1  his  army. 

While     Johnston's     army     was     encamped     near     Kennesaw 

Mount. on.  in  the  vicinity  of  Marietta,  several  events  of  lns- 

interest  occurred.     Ibeie  was  constant  skirmishing  on 

the  line  and  cannonade  tiring  between  the  enemy's  batteries 
and  ours  planted  on  old  Kennesaw.  The  night  scenes  of 
flying  and  bursting  shells  were  picturesque  and  sublime. 

What    was   known    as    the    "Dead     \nglc."    ,1    breastwork    con- 
structed bj   the  Confederates,  was  some  five  or  six  milei    w<    1 
Of   Marietta,  and   in  the  assaults   of  the   Federals  the  thunder 
tillery    anil    roar    of    musketry,    offensive    and    del. 

was  indescribably  terrific,  I  he  results  oi  the  assault  were 
awaited  w  ith  intense  anxi<  iy. 

Mm     1  .  Tiii.  -   .,-  Relief  Association   was  stationed   at    Marietta 
and    had    secured    a    large    warehouse    as    a    hospital    foi     the 
tided   and    sick    soldier-,       I  he    wounded    Federal    pi 


who  fell  into  our  hands  were  placed  on  one  side  of  the  hos- 
pital and  the  Confederates  on  the  other  side,  both  receiving 
equal  attention.  The  surgeons  had  an  operating  room  sep- 
arate from  the  room  of  the  Relief  Association.  On  one  occa- 
sion I  was  at  the  surgeon's  operating  room  and.  looking  out 
of  the  back  door,  saw  at  least  ,  cut  load  of  dissevered  bands 
and  feet  and  arms  and  legs.  Such  were  the  gruesome  tributes 
to  the  cause  of  freedom. 

'I  he  most  lamentable  i.h. dm  of  this  vicinity  was  the  death 
of  lien.  Leonidas  folk,  the  bishop-general,  lie  ami  bis  son- 
111  law.   Mai.   William   D    (.ale.  were  reconnoitering  on  Lost 

Mountain  when  be  was  pierced  through  the  chest  by  a  can- 
non ball.  lie  was  brought  into  Marietta,  where  I  -aw  ins 
noble  form  still  in  his  military  dress  1  was  profoundly 
moved  at  the  sight,  lie  and  his  father.  Col.  William  Polk, 
of  North   Carolina,   were  my   father's   and   my    friend-. 

When  a  youth  1  had  accompanied  Col.  William  Polk  by 
privati  conveyance  from  Tennessee  to  North  Carolina  to  be 
placed  at  the  liingham  School,  in  Hillsboro.  1  spent  one 
season  of  Christmas  holidays  with  Co!  William  Polk  in  Ra- 
leigh It  wa-  the  home  of  genuine  hospitality,  refinement, 
and  elegance.  He  possessed  a  large  landed  estate  111  Middle 
Tennessee  of  baronial  magnificence. 

1  bad  also  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  bis  son  in  Maury 
County.  Though  oi  great  wealth  and  the  highest  social  stand- 
ing, there  was  nothing  in  the  Polk  Eamilj  of  arrogated  su- 
periority. I  hey  were  all  kind,  generous,  hospitable  brave, 
and  patriotic.  The  bishop-general  -band  the  privations  and 
hardships    of    his    soldiers    and    gave    bis    life    to    the    en     1     0! 

his  beloved  S.,utb.  President  Davis  (Volume  11 
"Rise  and  Fall  of  the  Confederate  States")  bears  thit  limb 
testimony  to  his  memorj  :  "Our  army,  our  country,  and  man- 
kind at  large  sustained  an  irreparable  loss  on  June  [3,  1SO1, 
in  the  death  of  that  noble  Christian  and  soldier,  I  leiilenant 
General    Polk.      *  Since    the   calamitous    fall    of   Gen, 

Albert  Sidnej  Johnston  at  Shiloll  and  oi  Gen.  T.  J.  Jackson 
at  Chancelloi  sville  the  countrj  sustained  no  heavier  blow 
than  in  the  death  of  General   Polk." 

After   the   battle  of   Peach   Tree   Creek   and   that  of  the   jj.I 
of  Jul)-,  the  services  of  the  Relief  Association  were  inestima 
ble.    On  the  latter  day  I  took  my  wounded  son.  W,  C.  Bright, 

and   other    wound,  d     I  ennessee    soldi,  rs    to   Griffin.    Ga. 

I  will  note  here  an  important  fact  in  the  history  of  ( i.-n.  1  d 
Johnston'-  retreat.  When  his  army  was  located  between  the 
Chattahoochee  and  Atlanta.  General  Johnston  with  three  of 
Ins  staff  passed  neat  mj  relief  camp  at  full  speed  on  horse- 
back going  up  the  river.  Some  two  or  three  hours  after  he 
returned  with  onl\  one  staff  officer.  About  sundown  Gi 
Cheatham  rode  up  to  my  tent  and  asked  me  if  I  0  uld  give 
him  a  cup  oi  coffee  and  something  to  eat,  and  said  1  I1.1t   he 

pected  to  be  up  all  night  and  would  w  i!  ha>  e  a  cha     el     gel 

any  thing   to  eat    elsi  wbei . 

While  at  lunch  1  told  him  of  Johnston's  flying  trip  and  then 

asked    him    what     was    up.       He    replied:    "Johnston    keeps    Ills 

own  counsel;  but  I  havi  heard  thai  Sherman  has  divided  his. 
army  and  one  part  has  cro  ..1  th<  I  hattahoochee  al  Sand 
town  and  the  1  th.  1  1. 111  is  •  rossiug  at  Roswell's  Factory .  >om< 
thirty  miles  apart,  and  General  Johnston  is  moving  two  corps 
..f  his  army  to  attack  Sherman's  forci  al  Roswell  al  daylighl 
whili  th.  j  are  disorgaiii  ed,  and  that  1  ieneral  Stewart's  I  orp 
will  resist  the  advance  of  Sherman's  force  at  Sandtown." 
Soon  after  (ieneral  Cheatham  Lit  Gen.  George   Mane)    rode 

up  to  in\    tent   and  confirmed    tl  ent   of  (ieneral    1 


H'.Ki 


QoQfederat<?  l/eterar). 


ham.  I  asked  General  Cheatham  before  he  left  if  I  could  be 
of  any  service  to  him  as  an  aid.  He  replied  that  I  could  and 
to  report  to  him  next  morning  on  the  right  of  the  line. 

That  night  General  Johnston  was  removed  and  General 
Hood  placed  in  command.  Fatal  blunder!  Victory  snatched 
from  the  grasp  of  the  great  commander.  Joseph  E  Johnston! 
I  rode  out  to  the  Confederate  army  about  noon  and  went  to 
the  division  of  Tennessee  troops  and  found  many  of  them 
sitting  about  on  stumps  and  logs,  dispirited  and  dejected. 
They  said  they  had  unbounded  confidence  in  Johnston  and 
that  they  distrusted  the  ability  of  Hood  to  take  his  place. 
The  sequel  verified  their  belief.  Instead  of  fighting  on  John- 
ston's plan  of  battle  the  next  day.  he  let  slip  the  greatest  op- 
portunity of  the  war. 

A  distinguished  individual  suggested  the  epitaph  of  the 
Confederacy:  "Died  of  Braxton  Bragg."  It  is  a  significant 
fact  that  General  Bragg  visited  the  camp  of  General  Johnston 
only  a  short  time  before  his  removal. 

While  at  GrifHn  nursing  my  wounded  son  the  battle  of 
Jonesboro  was  fought  and  Gen.  Patton  Anderson  was  brought 
to  Griffin  badly  wounded  in  the  mouth.  I  called  to  see  him, 
and  amongst  other  things  he  wrote  on  a  paper  that  the  Con- 
federate army  had  lost  its  "esprit." 

In  the  same  battle  General  Govan  was  captured  and  taken 
to  General  Sherman's  headquarters.  After  Govan's  exchange, 
General  Cheatham  told  me  that  Govan  informed  him  that 
Sherman  conversed  with  him  quite  freely  and  told  him  that 
if  General  Johnston  had  attacked  him  the  day  after  he  crossed 
the  Chattahoochee  at  Roswell  Factory  he  might  have  ruined 
him,  and  if  he  had  attacked  him  the  second  day  after  cross- 
ing his  force  would  have  been  in  peril,  but  he  might  have 
extricated   himself. 

General  Sherman  did  not  know  that  at  the  time  the  up- 
lifted arm  of  Johnston  was  about  to  hurl  the  bolt  it  fell  from 
his  palsied  arm  by  an  order  from  Richmond.  President 
Davis  evidently  did  not  know  of  the  crossing  of  three  corps 
of  Sherman's  army  at  Roswell's  Factory  and  the  impending 
blow  of  General  Johnston,  or  he  would  not  have  issued  the 
fatal  order  for  the  removal  of  Johnston,  at  that  time,  anyhow. 

President  Davis  knew  the  danger  of  changing  commanders 
in  the  presence  of  the  enemy,  and  he  was  the  last  member  of 
his  Cabinet  to  consent  to  the  removal  of  General  Johnston, 
and  then  he  yielded  only  to  the  great  pressure  of  delegations, 
letters,  and  petitions  from  Georgia.  A  fight  for  Atlanta,  the 
"Gate  City,"  was  the  imperious  demand. 

Prophetic  of  the  speedy  downfall  of  the  Confederacy!  On 
the  night  of  the  17th  of  July,  1864,  General  Johnston  was 
removed.  I  learned  from  an  unofficial  source  that  he  in- 
formed General  Hood  of  the  projected  battle.  General  Hood 
assumed  command  on  the  18th  of  July,  the  very  day  that 
General  Johnston  was  to  have  turned  all  his  thunders  loose 
upon  Sherman's  army ;  but  he  did  not  take  advantage  of 
the  situation. 

It  is  most  remarkable  that  President  Davis  in  his  "Rise 
and  Fall  of  the  Confederate  States"  fails  to  mention  the  cross- 
ing of  three  corps  of  Sherman's  army  at  Roswell's  Factory 
and  that  General  Johnston  was  ready  to  strike  and  ruin  Sher- 
man's army  in  its  disorder. 

General  Hood  assumed  command  of  the  Confederate  army 
(48,750  strong)  on  July  18.  He  remained  inactive  until  the 
20th,  when  he  attacked  the  advancing  lines  of  Generals 
Thomas  and  Slocum  at  Peachtree  Creek.  I  understand  his 
attack  was  with  one  part  of  his  army,  perhaps  a  division. 


With  the  Tennessee  Relief  Association  I  was  at  the  field 
hospital  caring  for  the  Confederate  wounded  soldiers,  who. 
with  the  dead,  were  unofficially  estimated  at  about  five  hun- 
dred. General  Hood  by  his  attack  had  "developed"  the  Federal 
army,  under  the  command  of  Generals  Slocum.  Thomas,  and 
McPherson,  encompassing  the  doomed  city,  McPherson's 
Corps  passing  on  to  Decatur,  eight  miles  from  Atlanta  on  the 
Augusta  Railroad,  to  cut  off  supplies  from  the  city.  Gen- 
eral Hood  resisted  the  advance  of  the  Federal  lines  by  the 
desperate  but  unavailing  battle  of  the  22d  of  July. 

Alter   Sherman  had  captured   Atlanta  he  moved  on  Jones- 
boro, and  there  he  was  met  by  the  Confederates  under  Gen 
eral    I  [ardee,  and  another  unsuccessful  battle  was  fought  with 
demoralized  troops.     Sherman  had  not  only  captured  Atlanta. 
but  he  had  well-nigh  inclosed  our  forces  in  his  dragon  coils. 

These  successive  disasters  produced  consternation  in  the 
Confederacy.  General  Hood  fell  back  to  Lovejoy  and  Sher- 
man fell  back  to  Atlanta.  Seeing  the  demoralization  and  dis- 
integration of  his  army  from  various  causes,  General  Hood 
made  known  the  lamentable  condition  of  his  army  to  the 
President,  which  brought  him  to  the  scene. 

General  Hood  had  moved  his  army  to  Palmetto,  some 
twenty-five  miles  west  of  Atlanta,  and  about  the  same  distance 
as  is  Lovejoy,  wdiere  he  was  recruiting  and  resting  his  army. 
The  President  inspected  the  men.  Many  of  them  gathered 
around  headquarters  at  night,  where  Howell  Cobb,  Governor 
Harris,  and  other  distinguished  speakers  addressed  them  with 
words  of  encouragement.  1  was  called  for,  but  declined  to 
speak.  An  amusing  feature  of  applauding  the  speakers  was  the 
growl  of  a  New  Orleans  company  of  "Tigers,"  who  imitated 
to  perfection  the  veritable  animals. 

The  army  here  rested  and  was  renovated.  The  soldiers 
indulged  in  the  more  hopeful  policy  of  fighting  Sherman  in 
the  rear  than  in  the  front — to  tear  up  the  railroads,  burn  the 
railroad  bridges,  capture  garrisons  and  supplies,  and  to  force 
Sherman  to  fight  under  disadvantageous  circumstances,  and 
thus  open  a  way  through  East  Tennessee  to  Lee's  army.  These 
certainly  were  great  if  not  unreasonable  expectations. 

But  I  cannot  leave  Atlanta  without  notice  of  the  calamity 
of  which  it  was  the  victim.  On  the  2d  of  September  Mayor 
Calhoun  surrendered  the  city  to  General  Sherman  on  condition 
that  "noncombatants  and  private  property  should  be  pro- 
tected." On  the  5th  of  September  Sherman  issued  his  order 
that  within  five  days  from  that  date  all  the  citizens  of  Atlanta 
should  be  removed  from  the  city.  In  burning  words  the  Mayor 
protested  against  this  order,  stating  that  "the  woe,  the  horror, 
and  the  suffering  are.  not  to  be  described  by  words."  Sher- 
man's reply  was:  "I  give  full  credit  to  your  sentiments  of  the 
evils  which  will  be  occasioned  by  it,  and  yet  will  not  revoke 
my  order  because  my  orders  are  not  made  to  meet  the  humani- 
ties of  the  case." 

This  infamous  order  ejected  from  the  city  the  whole  non- 
combatant  population,  and  whatever  valuables  they  may  have 
taken  along  were  subject  to  the  robbery  of  Sherman's  rapa- 
cious soldiers.  This  perfidy  of  Sherman  was  on  a  line  with 
that  of  the  ancient  general  who  secured  the  surrender  of  a 
garrison  by  promising  that  no  blood  should  be  shed,  but  he 
buried  them  alive.  Sherman  has  been  characterized  and 
anathematized  as  a  Duke  of  Alva  for  his  atrocious  cruelties 
in  the  lower  countries.  The  corrosion  of  time  can  never  re- 
move the  stain  of  dishonor  from  his  memory. 

But  to  return  to  Palmetto.  President  Davis  and  others 
high    in    command    were    opposed    to    the    expedition    against 


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Nashville,  and  it  seemed  that  General  Hood  was  not  satisfied 
to    fight   the   tail   end   of   Sherman's  army   by   destroying  his 
facilities   For  supplies.     He  wished  to  strike  a  great  blow  for 
victory  and  glory  in  the  capture  <>f  Nashville.     But  time  was 
too   short   and   military   equipment    and    transportation    means 
not  adequate   for  a  prompt  and  rapid  movement. 
The  progress  of  Hood's  arm)    was  greatly  impeded  by  un- 
avoidable  delays.     On   the  31st   of   October  he  crossed   the 
1    Rivet    il   I  lorei        and  was  there  delayed  perhaps 
two  week-  before  taking  up  the  line  of  march.    On  the  evening 
of  the  27th  of  November  our  army  held  position  in   fi 
Columbia.     The  night  following  the  enemj   evacuated  the  city, 
crossing    I  hick    River,  and  occupied  a  strong  position   a    few 
north  of  the  citj . 
Our  army,  as   stated  bj    President    Davis,   lost    one   of  the 
golden  opportunities  of  the  war  by  failing  to  cut  off  the  re 
treat  of  the  enemj   .it   Spring  Hill.     For  this  default  of  our 
army   1    Ei  1  1><  .11    any  criticism. 

1  in  Novembei  30  our  arm}  attacked  the  enemy  in  his  strong 
fortifications  at  Franklin,  which  resulted  in  one  of  the  blood- 
.   1   battli     of  tin'  war,  oui   armj    sustaining  .1   loss  of  about 

five  hundred,  including  the  gall  int  and  efficient   ol 
Major  General  (  leburne  and  Brig    Gens    John    Vdams,  O.  F. 
Strahl,  Gist;  I    hut.  and  Granberry.     \i  this  battle  there  were 
gi    displayed   unsurpassed  in  any  of  the  great 
battles  of  the  war. 

Our  armj   took  position  before  Nashville  on  the  2d  of  De- 

cember,      ["he    enemy    had    anticipated    the    approach    of   our 

army  with  breastworks  and   formidable  forts  and  the  concen- 

ln    nas  and   Slocum's  Corps  and  fifteen  thousand 

men   from   Mississippi.     It   would   have   required  prodigies   of 

valor  to  have   achieve*  against   the  fearful   odds,  and 

thi    1  onfederates   gave    waj    before   the   impossible   task.     In 

the  freezing  blasts  of  winter  our  ill  clad  soldiers  were  marched, 

crossing  the  Tennessee  River  .it   Bainbridge  from  the  23d  to 

the  26th  of  December  to  I  upelo,  Miss.,  where  General  Hood,  at 

vn   request,  was  relieved  of  command.     His  army  then 

consisted  of  18,500  infantry  and  2,306  cavalry,  a  loss  of  10,000 

1  In-  expedition  against  Nashville. 

T  have  no  censure  for  General   II 1      He  was  a  brave  and 

gallant  officer,  and  his  failure  was  the  fate  of  forbidding  cir- 
cumstances.    Governor   Harris  accompanied  General   Hood  in 
pedition,  and  said:  "I  regret  to  say  that  if  all  had  per- 
1  their  parts  as  well  as  General  Hood  the  results  would 
have   been    different."      President    Davis    added    that   bis    re- 
moval "was  in  no  wise  a  want  of  confidence  on  my  part" 
ral   Forrest   with  bis  cavalry  gallantly  covered  thi 

■  1  out   army  from  Nashville.     Aftei   the  | toon  bridge 

had  been  thrown  '        !  ei    River  and  before  the 

di    1  is,   a    Federal    steamboat   came 

puffing  up  within  three  or  four  hundred  yards  of  the  bridge, 
when  from  the  high  bank   made  it  wheel  as  on 

a  pivot  and  flj   like  a  frightened  bird  down  the  river. 

\t'n  .■    tin     liiii  id    Atlanta   and   at   Jonesboro,   Sher 

man   pursued  his   "march   to  the  sea,"   while    Hood   ma 
upon    Nash\  ille.     [a  ed  Hood 

the    Tcmii  I      ief     Vssociation    on    the    march, 

all  possible  relief  to  the  needy.     Two  weeks'  delay  at 

with  foreboding  1  1  di  ti  die  armj  took  up  the  lim  ol 
march  from  Florence  about  the  28th  of  Novcmboi  with  the 
snow  beating  in  the  fai  11    soldiei  s, 

On  Octobei   28,  1864,  i   was  assigned  to  dutj    bj 


Harris  with  the  Tennessee  troops  of  the   Army  of  Tennessee 
to  perfect  the  records  of  the   Tenni  ops  according  to 

Act  of  Confederate  Congress  of  February  10,  1863.  1  was 
with  Hood's  army  at  the  date  of  this  order  as  he  was  on 
bis  march  upon  Nashville.  I  had  to  seek  a  more  favorable 
Condition  to  enter  upon  the  duties  imposed  by  this  order.  On. 
in\t  -ligation  I  found  that  th<  ["enni  se<  troops  were  not 
only  on  the  hue  but  were  scattered  by  details  in  the  me- 
chanical, hospital,  and  general  service,  and  that  it  would  be 
to  write  up  the  annals  ol  the  Armj  of  the  West  as 
to  perfect   the  muster  rolls  of  the  Tennessee  troops.     1   sug- 

it  to  GoverilOl  Harris  and  he  fully  concurred  in  it, 
and  1  entered  upon  the  duty  accordingly  I  laid  my  plans- 
and  designs  before  some  of  th<    commanding   officei     of  our 

army   in   reach   and   the   work   was   cordially   indorsed,  and  they 
promised    to    furnish    all    proper    facilities    for    the    accomplish 
nun t   of   the   proposed   object.      1    entered   at   once    upon   the 
duty.     I   visited  Selma,  Montgomery,  .   Macon.  Talla- 

dega, and  other  pomt-.     I  collected  a  large  quantitj   of  \  ilua- 
ble  information  and  bad   it   packed  in  .1   largi    pair  of 
bags,  so  as  to  make  it  portable  mi  horseback. 

lie.    subject   to  be  in   mj    annals   was  "God   in  the  Army." 

I  sought  the  aid  il  able  divines  who  accompanied  the 

army    as    chaplains.      Amongst    them    was    l>i     John    1'..    Mc- 

n,  who  was    1  great   power  in  the  Methodist  Church      He 

gavi    me  his  enthusia  ration  and  manifested  tin    fei 

-  :d  and  energy  01  1  ap  Stle.  His  name  will  ever  shine 
as  a  luminary  in  the  annals  of  his  Church.  He  collected  much 
valuable  information  which  would  have  greatly  enriched  the 
contemplated  annals  of  the  Army  of  Tennessee,  the  sub 
of  which  information  was  published  in  several  numbers  of  the 
Christian  Advocate  after  the  war. 

In   tin'    spring   of    [865    1    was   in    the   vicinity    of    Talladega, 
Ala.     Sherman  bail  performed  his   march   to  tin    sea,  leaving 
rack  of  his  march  as  desolate  .1     .t     wept  bj   a  forest  lire. 
1  as   a   man   with   falling   walls  all  around  him.     1    was 
stopping   at    the    quiet,    retired    home    of    Enos    Truss,    on    the 
Coosa,   on   an    adjoining    farm    to    In      William    Bonner.      The 
alarm  was  given  tint  the  Federal  General  Wilson  was  cross- 
ing the  Coosa  with  a  large  force  at    Truss's   Terry,  a  few  miles 
distant.       1    watted    until    thej     were    nearly    in    sight,    and    then 
made   .1    bonfire   ol    ni>    papei      and    document-   that   the>'   might 
not    tall    mto    the   hands   of  the   enemy.      Col.  James    B     Lamb 
and   A.  J.  Carlo-  wen    present   and   we  mounted  horses  and 
at  a  rapid  gait  up  to  Lonnegan's  Bend,  on  the  Coosa. 

111.)     followed   us.  but    the   dense   undergrowth    baffled    tie  in. 

Wi  wire  now  within  the  lines  of  the  enemy,  and  e\ 
proclaimed  the  doom  of  the  Confederacy.  Alter  a  few  days 
nan)-  of  us  projected  a  homeward  tnp.  Mi--  (  lem  and 
\i  Lou  Marshall,  refugee  daughters  of  Re;  I1'  M  M 
Marshall,  went  in  the  carriagi  of  Dr.  William  Bonner,  and  J. 
B.  Lamb,  Dr  M  1).  Hampton,  John  McKinney,  Jan 
and  1  formed  the  rest  of  the  company  on  horseback.  As 
wril  a-  1  1.  I  the  Tennessee  River  at  Gun- 

Land  I  oled  bj  a  I  ederal  officer.     We 

mght       The  tavern  was 
bj    Federal    troops,   Captain    Cason    in   command.     We    were 
not  interrupted  the  night  of  our  arrival,  but  early  next  morn 
ing     I  oil    and    taken  I  I   ason.       He 

treated   im    with    meat    rudi  onal   in  po- 

litical   abuse    and    denounce. 1    in-  b  a  Rebel.       1 

ed  'o  discuss  the  issues  of  the  war  and  claimed  the  pro 

role,  which   be   111   llOHOl    was  bound  I"   1 


3i<8 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


He  insisted  that  the  parole  was  not  in  the  way  of  punish- 
ment. Just  here  an  officer  who  had  been  asleep  in  the  room 
roused  up  and  asked  Cason  if  I  was  his  prisoner.  He  replied 
that  I  was  and  that  I  was  a  noted  Rebel.  The  other  officer 
said  :  "You  have  no  right  to  treat  a  prisoner  of  war  as  you 
are  doing."  Cason  said:  "Do  you  take  it  up?"  "I  do,  so  far 
as  his  right  as  a  prisoner  of  war  is  concerned."  Cason  ad- 
vanced toward  him  and  I  stepped  between  them  and  said  that 
I  hoped  they  would  have  no  contention  on  my  account.  Cason 
then  said:  "I  will  send  him  to  General  Milroy  at  Tullahoma  " 
The  i  ther  officer  then  asked  me  who  I  was,  and  I  briefly  told 
him  and  showed  him  my  parole.  He  replied  that  he  was  Cap- 
tain Mohler,  of  the  staff  of  General  Milroy.  In  the  meantime 
a  number  of  persons  had  collected  at  the  windows  of  the  room, 
some  of  them  Union  men  and  my  personal  friends.  Some  of 
them  privately  conferred  with  Captain  Mohler  and  indorsed 
me  as  a  gentleman  of  honor.  There  was  a  suspicion  of  a 
conspiracy  to  start  me  to  General  Milroy  and  assassinate  me 
on  the  way.  Captain  Mohler  promptly  sat  down  and  wrote 
an  order  signed  in  the  name  of  General  Milroy,  with  his  own 
name  as  adjutant,  requiring  me  to  report  at  the  provost  mar- 
shal's  quarters  in  Fayetteville  from  day  to  day  until  further 
ordered,  and  handed  it  to  Cason  and  asked  him  if  he  would 
obey  it.  "Yes,  but  I  will  prefer  charges  against  you  at  head- 
quarters." Mohler  replied:  "Yes,  and  I  will  prefer  charges 
of  conspiracy  against  you  to  assassinate  a  prisoner  of  war." 
The\'  both  sent  messengers  the  next  day  with  statements,  and 
prosecutions  were  ignored  on  both  sides. 

I  was  feeling  some  sense  of  relief,  when  Mr.  J.  B  Lamb 
sent  me  word  during  service  at  the  Presbyterian  church  that 
Major  Billings,  the  savage  and  bloodthirsty  provost  marshal 
of  Tullahoma,  was  in  town  and  was  threatening  vengeance 
against  me,  and  that  I  had  better  leave  the  church  immediately 
and  go  to  Nashville  and  make  some  accommodation  for  my 
peace  and  safety  at  home.  He  further  said  that  Miss  Ella 
Bonner  was  about  to  start  in  her  private  carriage  for  Shelby- 
ville  and  that  I  could  intercept  the  carriage  and  go  with  her. 
I  did  so.  On  reaching  Shelbyville  1  was  arrested  by  Colonel 
Stauber  and  taken  before  the  provost  marshal ;  but  through 
the  influence  of  friends  I  was  released  and  permitted  to  pro- 
ceed to  Nashville. 

(  In  reaching  Nashville  I  made  my  way  to  the  provost  mar- 
shal's office,  and  after  much  delay  I  got  an  audience  with  him, 
and  with  the  assistance  of  Hon.  Lewis  Tillman  I  got  the  pro- 
vost tc  lay  a  statement  of  my  case  before  General  Thomas  as 
the  commander  of  the  military  district.  The  result  of  my 
application  was  an  order  to  "go  home  and  stay  there." 

On  my  return  from  Nashville  I  fell  in  with  Dr.  C.  A.  Crunk, 
now  of  Fayetteville,  and  on  reaching  Wartrace  about  dark 
found  every  place  of  accommodation  filled  to  overflowing  and 
no  train  to  Shelbyville.  We  determined  to  walk  the  railroad 
track  to  Shelbyville,  which  place  we  reached  about  midnight. 
We  went  to  Dr.  Barksdale's  residence,  and  were  cordially  re- 
ceived and  hospitably  entertained. 

In  the  morning  I  went  upon  the  public  square  of  the  town, 
and  while  negotiating  with  Wash  Akin  for  passage  on  his 
truck  wagon  which  he  was  running  between  Fayetteville  and 
Shelbyville  I  saw  three  soldiers  advancing  toward  me  with 
guns  half  drawn.  They  took  position,  one  in  front  and  one 
on  each  side  of  me,  Stauber  standing  some  ten  or  fifteen  steps 
i  li  on  the  corner  of  the  pavement.  One  of  the  three  asked: 
"Is  there  a  man  here  by  the  name  of  Bright?"  "That  is  my 
name,"   I   replied.     "Where  is  Governor  Harris?"     "I   do  not 


know."  "Did  you  not  know  that  it  had  been  said  that  Gov- 
ernor Harris  nor  any  of  his  staff  should  live  in  Tennessee? 
And  I  have  said  so  myself."  I  quietly  replied:  "I  have  a 
parole  in  my  pocket  and  am  ordered  to  Fayetteville.  I  can 
be  found  there."  I  then  stepped  into  Mr.  B.  L.  Russell's  store, 
told  him  of  the  design  to  assassinate  me,  and  asked  him  to  tell 
Wash  Akin  that  I  had  gone  on  and  would  fall  in  with  him 
on  the  way.  and  stepped  out  of  the  back  door  and  took  the 
pike  for  Fayetteville.  Evidently  the  soldiers  were  so  discon- 
certed by  my  reply  that  they  did  not  fire.  Dr.  Crunk  and 
others  were  witnesses. 

I  was  apprehensive  that  Stauber  would  send  a  detachment 
of  troops  after  me  When  about  four  miles  from  Shelbyville 
I  looked  back  and  saw  a  squad  of  Federal  cavalry  coming  and 
within  a  hundred  yards  of  me,  too  near  for  me  to  attempt 
escape.  I  stepped  to  the  edge  of  the  pike,  walking  on,  and 
they  passed  me,  every  one  looking  at  me,  but  saying  nothing. 

I  went  on  and  stopped  at  W.  W.  Gill's,  about  seven  miles 
from  Shelbyville,  where  I  met  the  venerable  Gen.  William 
Moore,  to  whom  I  related  the  menacing  proceedings  in  Shelby- 
ville and  stated  to  him  that  I  thought  Stauber  had  sent  the 
cavalry,  which  had  just  passed,  to  take  my  life  on  my  way 
home,  and  I  told  him  that  if  I  was  missing  he  might  pre- 
sume what  my  fate  was. 

At  this  point,  however,  Wash  Akin  came  up  with  his  wagon, 
and  I  accompanied  him  to  Fayetteville  without  being  molested. 
The  cavalry  turned  out  to  be  Captain  Galbreath  and  his 
company  going  to  relieve  the  garrison  at  Fayetteville.  It 
was  a  gratifying  solution  of  apprehended  danger.  It  was  well 
known  that  before  the  outbreak  of  the  war  T  had  been  very 
active  in  upholding  the  constitutional  rights  of  the  Southern 
States  in  the  stand  they  had  taken,  and  I  had  made  several 
public  speeches  bitterly  denouncing  the  designs  of  the  North. 
Governor  Harris  had  been  very  aggressive  in  his  resistance 
of  Lincoln's  call  for  troops,  and  his  defiant  stand  had  made 
him  odious  to  certain  Federal  officers  and  Northern  sympa- 
thizers in  the  State.  My  close  association  with  him  only 
added  to  the  prejudice  against  me  which  my  speeches  and 
work  had  engendered,  causing  the  determination  to  "dispose" 
of  both  the  Governor  and  myself  by  assassination  if  neces- 
sary. 

My  home  and  farm  presented  a  scene  of  desolation.  Every 
horn  and  hoof  was  gone  except  an  old  blind  horse  which 
had  been  turned  out  on  the  common  and  which  my  wife  had 
taken  up.  I  had  a  large  family  of  children  to  support  and 
educate,  and  I  had  been  disbarred  from  practicing  law.  I 
entered  the  circuit  court  room.  Judge  W.  P.  Hickerson  was 
on  the  bench.  Many  of  the  court  records  had  been  destroyed 
by  ruthless  soldiers;  but  I  had  been  on  one  side  or  the  other 
and  knew  nearly  every  case.  1  was  well  acquainted  with 
Judge  Hickerson  (who,  I  think,  was  an  appointee  of  Gov- 
ernor Brownlow).  To  him  the  business  was  inextricable 
confusion,  and  I  was  legally  dumb.  After  the  adjournment  of 
court  Judge  Hickerson  told  me  that  it  was  impracticable  to  run 
the  court  without  my  assistance  and  that  if  I  would  appear 
at  the  bar  he  would  make  no  objection.  Next  morning  I 
was  in  court  without  objection.     I  was  soon  prosperous. 

If  my  recollection  is  not  at  fault,  my  friend  when  in  need. 
Captain  Mohler,  was  appointed  Attorney-General  by  Governor 
Brownlow.  There  was  some  criticism  of  his  official  conduct, 
hut  no  criminal  conduct  was  charged.  He  removed  from  the 
State,  and  I  lost  sight  of  him  for  several  years.  When  I  was 
a  member  of  Congress,  a  gentleman  entered  the  hall  and  took 


Qoofederat^  l/eterag. 


399 


a  vacant  scat  beside  me.  He  said:  "Probably  you  do  not 
know  me."  I  replied:  "1  will  never  Forget  the  face  of  Captain 
Mohler."  After  a  few  personal  remarks,  lie  told  me  that  lie 
was  practicing  law  in  one  of  the  Western  Territories  and  that 
he  was  an  applicant  for  appointment  to  a  territorial  judgeship, 
and  if  consistent  with  my  sense  of  propriety  he  would  like  to 
have  my  recommendation  to  President  Grant.  1  replied  that 
1.  being  a  Southern  Democrat,  would  have  no  weight  with 
the  President.  Me  --aid  :  "Yes,  you  would,  lie  knows  of  you, 
and  will  implicitly  believe  anything  you  say."  1  told  him  to 
call  the  next  morning  and  1  would  see  what  1  could  do.  After 
he  left  I  stepped  over  to  the  other  side  of  the  hall  and  saw 
tie  d<  legate  from  Ins  Territory,  and  he  told  me  that  he  knew 
Captain  Mohlei  and  that  he  was  an  able  lawyer  of  irreproacha- 
ble moral  character  and  would  make  a    -  od    ind  acceptable 

indue   as    any   lawyer    m    the     I  el  i  il    i\       Oil   the  next    morning 

1  handed  Captain  Mohler  an  unsealed  recommendation,  lie 
thanked  me  and  left.  Next  daj  he  called  to  see  me  and  told 
me  that  he  had  his  commis  ion,  and  said:  "It  was  through 
your  recommendation  that  1  got  it."  Judge  Mohlei  after- 
wards ent  me  several  printed  opinions  of  his  which  evinced 
high  judicial  ability. 

I  n  i  Lewis  Tillman  "a  friend  in  need"  and 

a  humane,  generou     and  magi   inin  gentleman. 

'I  he  I  Ion  Lewis  Tillman  while  a  member  of  Congress  from 
Tennessee  had  my  disabilities  removed  by  act  ol  Congress 
1  wish  to  record  my  grateful  acknowledgments  for  his  gen 
erositj  and  kindne  -  lo  me  and  to  hear  testimony  to  his  hn- 
md  magnanimous  treatment  of  those  who  differed  with 
him  on  (lie  ubjeel  of  the  (  nil  War.  lie  was  (he  father  of 
Hon  lames  D,  Tillman,  now  a  citizen  of  Lincoln  County,  who 
■a    -ee  ol  the  youngest  and  bravest  colonels  in  the  Confed 

army,   and   who   is   highlj    i    I ed   and   respected   and 

has  been  distinguished  with  legislative  and  diplomatic  honors. 
1  was  glad  oi  expn  ing  mj  gratitude  for  his  unsolicited 
favors  bj  appointing  on,  ol  In-  sons  i  Edward,  I  believe)  as  a 
cadet  to  the  Naval  Vcademy  at  Annapolis  while  1  was  a  mem- 
ber of  I  ongress 

t  Captain  Cason  pi  in  a  i  ailroad  train  and 

he  voluntarily    tddr    sed  me:  "General  Bright.  I  once  did  you 

wrong  and   1   wish  to  ask  your  pardon."     1   replied:  "As  a 
nan  man  1  ha\  e  forgiven  you 

Somi  fi  in  <  ii  .iii'  t  ile  i  ivil  War  I  was  walking  on  the 
Public  Sqttaie  in  Nashville  and  saw  that  good  and  great  old 
man.  Dr.  John  I!  McFerrin,  rapidly  approaching  me.  Greeting 
me.  he  said:  "1  want  about  fifteen  minutes'  conversation  with 
you."  I  remarked  thai  1  was  hurrying  to  catch  a  train,  when 
he  replied:  "I  have  been  up  Vain  and  have  been  making  con- 
irj  and  friendlj     i I     tin    people,  and  my  brethren 

at    home    have   been    pinching    me."      Said    I:    "Fake    this    little 

on      I  wo  | 1  Christian  people,  husband    <<<^  wife,  had  a 

falling  out  and  wen-  in  a  pouting  mood  I  a  several  d.e,  -.  when 
the  wife   went    to  the   husband   and.  taking  him  by   the   lapel   of 

band,   1  hi  wrong,  so  have  you, 

I    forgive  you,  and    I    want  you    I  me       Yon   know    you 

arc  going  I  e  me,  and  I  want  you  to  d  now 

I   was   four  yeai  -   and  two  months   in  si  lisp 

d  in  the  State  with  the   I  ti     irmj       I   generally 

ed  with  lie  the  privations  of  the  camp  and  the 

hard  i  if  the  inarch. 

The  course,  is  only  an  outline  of  events  con- 

nected with  my  office  of  inspector  general,  Mended  with  remi- 
niscences that   1   continue  to  cherish 


GALLAN1   COL.  WILLIAM  E.  BURNETT. 

BY    .V   T.    m'CONAUGHYj   PARKERSB1  li,    w,   v.\. 

Col.  William  Burnett,  chief  of  artillery.  Department  of  the 
Gulf,  was  inspecting  the  fortifications  near  Spanish  Fort,  la. 
and  ordering  such  changes  made  a  seemed  wise  in  view  of 
a  Federal  advance.  Ever}  few  moments  a  Minie  ball  would 
whiz  uncomfortablj    near  out    i  irs,  but   we  could  no)  see  the 

marksman.  ,\l  last  some  one  Spied  the  man  sitting  in  a  tree 
about   forty  feet  up  and  some  live  hundred  from  us. 

Colonel  Burnett  decided  to  give  him  a  shot,  so  he  borrowed 
some  guns  from  a  Texas  regiment  near.  These  he  crossed, 
then,  taking  a  third  gun.  he  knelt  down  and  took  deliberate 
aim;  but  lie  hoi  deflected  mt\  went  wide  of  the  mark.  The 
Yankee  all  the  time  kepi  up  a  constant  lire,  which  it  was 
hard   to   ,  -rape       Just    a      Colonel    Burnett    was   about    to  touch 

off  the  triggei  fot  anothei  shot  a  Texas  soldiei  farther  down 
the  hue  tiled  and  knocked  the  Yankee  out  of  the  tree. 

eo  hours  from  this  time  a  shot  fn  m  near  this  tree  struck 
Colonel  Burnett  mar  the  left  eve,  ami  before  we  could  get 
him  tei  the  transport,  which  was  only  a  little  distance  off,  he 
expired  \i  the  time  he  was  struck  by  the  ball  he  was  making 
a  reci  .    e  with  Gen    Randall  I .   <  libs  in 

Colonel  Burnett  was  from  Texas,  i  graduate  of  West  Point, 
and  a  most  gallant  officer  He  was  chiel  oi  artillery,  Depart- 
ment    of    the     Gulf,     on     the       I'll        I     Maj      Hen      lldmey     II. 

Maury,  commanding  that  department      He  was  a  man  of  quiet, 

unobtrusive  mailers,  ami  was  endowed  with  courage  anil  great 
militarj  genius  He  was  very  popular  in  the  service  both 
among  office]     and  men.  greatly  honored  and  respected 


A7  (  ON*  ILIATION   PRi  '/'///  SIED 
In  an  address  at  a  memorial  meeting  in    ["uskegee,    Ua  .  Gen, 
Pred   S    Ferguson   quoted   from  a   speech  he  made   in    Mont 
gomerj    thirtj      i>  go      "I    trust    yon    will    not    deem    me 

vain  Or  boastful  when  I  furnish  you  with  one  instance  of  the 
abiding   faith    which    was    tie      olac<    and    support    of  all    in   that 

darkest  day  of  our  history.  On  tin  26th  of  April,  iS;.s.  at 
Montgomery,  while  the  reconstruction  laws  were  in  full  force 
and  aliens  and  enemies  held  sway  in  the  State,  it  was  my 
privilege  to  address  a  great  audience  on  that  Memorial  Day, 
when  1  attempted  I  i  picture  the  future  and  said:  '1  may  he 
ui.ee  in  judgment  or  loo  sanguine  in  hope;  hut  I  believe 
there  are  children  here  to  daj  who  will  live  to  see  a  recon- 
ciliation  between    the    lately    warring   sections     0    complete   and 

generous  that  the  descendants  of  Confederate  soldiers  will 
share  the  same  governmental  benefits  that  an  extended  to 
tli  i  e  of  tin  soldiei  ol  the  Union;  that  all  unfriendly  legis- 
lation will  I"    blotted  from  the  statute  1 ks;  that  the  terms 

"Yankee."   "Rebel,"   "Traitor"    will   he   used   in    anger  no   more; 

that  the   swords  of  Southern  officers  now  held  as  trophies  in 

ington   will  he  returned  to  theii    owners  to  he  used  as 

heirlooms   in   their    families;   that    the   ensign   of   the    Union 

omewhere  upon  il     ample  folds  will  proudly  b  ar  the  starry 

a    ile     South;    and    that    the    uniform    of    the    arm)    and 

navj   of  a  reunited  country  will  he  a  harmonious  blending  of 

the  blue  ami  gray.      I   know    the-  is    far  in   advance  of  the   hope 

of  the  South  oi  thi   pn   ent  temper  of  the  North.' " 

In  confirmation  of  that  prophecy  he  referred  to   President 

Roosevelt's   order   that   the  name   of  Jefferson    Davis  he   re- 
Secretary    of    War    on     Cabin    John     Bridge,    and 

then    paid    tribute    to   the    late    Secretarj    of    War,    Luke   E. 

Wright,  and  Judge  J    M.  Dickinson,  his  successor 

[Reconciliation  mu  I  he  on  hues  equally  honorable  in  everj 

way  -  -I'm  mi;  Vetes  \n.) 


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PERSONAL  RECOLLECTIONS  OF  GENERAL  GRANT. 

BY  GEN.    MARCUS   J.    WRIGHT. 

I  first  met  General  Grant  soon  after  the  battle  of  Belmont, 
N  \  ember  7.  1861.  General  Grant's  headquarters  were  at 
Cairo,  and  I  was  stationed  with  my  regiment,  the  154th  Senior 
Tennessee,  of  which  I  was  lieutenant  colonel,  at  Columbus, 
Ky.  I  was  also  at  that  time  military  Governor  of  Columbus. 
Col.  J.  C.  Tappan  (afterwards  brigadier  general)  commanded 
the  13th  Arkansas  Regiment,  and  was  stationed  at  Belmont  at 
the  time  of  the  battle.  Colonel  Tappan  was  sent  by  Maj. 
Gen.  Leonidas  Polk,  commanding  the  Confederate  forces  in 
and  near  Columbus,  under  flag  of  truce  to  General  Grant.  I 
was  also  sent  at  the  same  time  with  some  prisoners  for  ex- 
change. 

Colonel  Tappan's  cook,  a  negro  man,  had  been  captured  by 
<  ieneral  Grant's  forces  in  the  battle.  Among  the  prisoners 
captured  was  General  Grant's  hostler,  a  white  man,  whom 
General  Polk  directed  Colonel  Tappan  to  deliver  to  General 
Grant  without  exchange,  but  suggested  to  Colonel  Tappan  that 
General  Grant  might  return  his  cook.  General  Grant  said  he 
was  not  authorized  to  exchange  a  negro  for  a  white  man  ;  but 
if  the  cook  desired  to  return  to  Colonel  Tappan,  he  would 
have  permission  to  do  so.    He  did  not  return. 

The  business  of  the  flag  of  truce  having  been  finished,  Gen- 
eral Grant  invited  the  officers  who  accompanied  it  into  the 
cabin  of  his  boat.  I  was  introduced  to  him  and  the  officers 
present,  and  then  we  were  offered  refreshments.  After  a  feu 
minutes  spent  in  pleasant  conversation,  the  Confederate  truce 
boat  returned  to  Columbus. 

Subsequently  I  was  sent  by  General  Polk  as  bearer  of  a  flag 
of  truce  to  General  Grant  regarding  some  Federal  prisoners 
and  officers  of  an  Iowa  regiment  who  were  severely  wounded 
and  whom  the  Confederate  surgeons  thought  would  be  en- 
dangered by  being  moved.  One  of  these  officers  had  requested 
that  his  own  -surgeon  be  sent  down  to  attend  him,  and  Gen- 
eral Polk  gave  his  consent  and  so  wrote  General  Grant,  and 
the  surgeon  accompanied  me  back  to  Columbus.  General 
Grant,  after  the  business  was  dispatched,  invited  me  into  the 
cabin  and  made  many  inquiries  about  officers  in  our  army 
whom  he  had  known,  and  especially  mentioning  my  division 
commander,  Gen.  B.  F.  Cheatham,  with  whom  he  had  served 
in  the  Mexican  War  and  for  whom  he  expressed  a  high  re- 
gard. General  Cheatham  had  accompanied  a  flag  of  truce  to 
( Ieneral  Grant  a  few  days  previous,  and  they  talked  over 
their  recollections  of  service  in  Mexico.  Altogether  the  meet- 
ing of  these  two  men,  fighting  against  each  other,  was  more 
like  the  meeting  of  neighbors  who  had  been  long  separated 
than  that  of  foes.  In  the  battle  of  Belmont  I  (as  lieutenant 
colonel)  commanded  my  regiment,  and  my  colonel,  afterwards 
Brig.  Gen.  Preston  Smith,  commanded  the  brigade. 

My  regiment  reached  Belmont  after  the  main  engagement 
had  been  fought,  and  we  were  ordered  in  pursuit  of  the  Fed- 
erals, who  were  moving  toward  their  transports  and  gunboats 
a  few  miles  above.  As  we  approached  a  cornfield  in  front  of 
which  the  boats  had  anchored  I  noticed  two  men,  who  were 
evidently  Federal  officers,  making  their  way  to  the  landing. 
The  front  file  of  my  command  drew  their  guns  upon  them ; 
but  General  Cheatham,  who  was  by  my  side,  ordered  the  men 
not  to  fire  lest  it  should  draw  the  fire  of  the  gunboats  in  our 
advancing  column,  and  the  Federals  make  their  escape  safely 
to  the  transports.  In  after  years  General  Grant  told  me  that 
the  two  men  were  himself  and  his  quartermaster,  Colonel 
Hatch,  and  that  the  latter  reached  the  boat  before  he  did.     He 


says  he  saw  our  column  of  troops  and  expected  every  mo- 
ment to  be  fired  on,  and  that  when  he  reached  the  landing  he 
found  a  plank  run  out  from  one  of  the  boats  and  rode  his 
horse  on  it  from  a  high  bank  which  was  so  precipitous  that 
it  seemed  dangerous  to  descend.  His  horse,  however,  took  in 
the  situation  and  glided  down  the  plank  and  walked  safely 
over  to  the  boat. 

It  may  be  well  here  for  me  to  correct  a  popular  error  which 
obtained  wide  circulation  and  was  repeated  in  Horace  Greeley's 
history  of  the  war  and  also  in  the  book  by  Hon.  S.  S.  Cox 
entitled  "Three  Decades."  My  brother,  Col.  John  V.  Wrighi, 
commanded  the  13th  Tennessee  Regiment,  and  was  engaged 
in  the  battle  of  Belmont  during  its  fiercest  moments.  Col. 
Philip  B.  Fouke,  who  commanded  an  Illinois  regiment  in 
General  Grant's  forces,  was  also  engaged  in  the  battle.  My 
brother  had  served  with  him  in  Congress,  and  they  were  both 
'if  the  same  political  party  (Democrats)  and  fast  friends.  As 
1  led  my  regiment  down  the  line  between  two  cornfields  front- 
ing the  landing  place  of  General  Grant's  army,  within  about 
one  hundred  yards  of  the  landing  of  the  boats  I  saw  an  officer 
waving  his  sword  and  urging  his  men  aboard.  The  front  file 
of  my  command  drew  their  guns  to  fire;  but  I  at  once  ordered 
them  to  shoulder,  as  1  knew  their  firing  would  draw  a  fire 
on  my  command.  Colonel  Fouke  saw  the  movement  and  heard 
the  command,  and  he  inquired  of  the  Confederate  prisoners 
the  name  of  the  officer  commanding  that  column.  They  told 
him  Colonel  Wright.  He  knew  that  his  old  familiar  friend 
and  associate  in  Congress  was  on  the  field,  for  he  had  con- 
fronted him  that  day,  and  supposed  it  to  be  Col.  John  V. 
Wright,  and  that  he  had  recognized  him  and  spared  his  life. 
I  dislike  to  spoil  so  pretty  and  credible  a  story  as  this,  but 
tint  glad  to  know  that  Colonel  Fouke  lived  on  and  died  with 
this  belief.  However,  it  is  my  opinion  that  had  Col.  John  V. 
Wright  led  that  command  and  recognized  his  old  friend,  Colo- 
nel Fouke,  he  would  have  ordered  his  men  not  to  fire,  and 
on  the  grounds  which  Colonel  Fouke  placed  it. 

On  General  Grant's  return  from  his  famous  trip  around  the 
world  and  just  as  he  returned  from  Mexico  I  happened  to  be 
in  Memphis,  Tenn.,  the  day  he  visited  there.  Memphis  had  been 
my  home  for  many  years,  and  I  was  glad  to  see  preparations 
made  to  give  General  Grant  a  grand  reception.  I  called  upon 
him  at  the  Peabody  Hotel  soon  after  his  arrival.  He  met  me 
very  cordially  and  invited  me  to  join  him  next  morning  in 
his  car  from  Memphis  to  Little  Rock. 

I  was  en  route  on  business  for  the  War  Department  to  the 
Indian  Territory.  His  reception  in  Memphis  was  a  fine 
ovation.  I  joined  him  in  the  Pullman  car  the  next  morning 
at  nine  o'clock,  and  found  no  other  occupants  than  the  Gen- 
eral and  Mrs.  Grant  and  Mr.  Byron,  a  new  spaper  correspondent 
of  Chicago,  and  his  wife,  and  General  Grant's  Japanese  serv- 
ant. At  every  station  on  the  route  to  Little  Rock  there  were 
crowds  of  people,  and  at  the  principal  towns  there  were 
speeches  of  welcome.  I  introduced  the  General  at  these  places, 
and  he  made  brief  and  appreciative  responses  to  the  speeches. 
At  many  places  ladies  crowded  around  the  car  with  flowers 
asking  for  Mrs.  Grant.  I  also  introduced  her  on  such  occa- 
sions. Her  seat  in  the  car  was  banked  with  beautiful  flowers. 
Mrs.  Grant  met  the  ladies  with  great  cordiality  and  expressed 
her  thanks  in  the  kindest  words.  On  this  trip  I  had  much  un- 
interrupted conversation  with  General  Grant,  and  I  made  notes 
after  leaving  him  of  the  many  points  of  his  conversation  from 
which  I  give  this  brief  statement. 

There  is   an  impression  that  General  Grant  was  a  reticent 


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and  silent  man.  He  was  neither.  He  was  a  very  patient  and 
attentive  listener,  fond  of  hearing  what  others  had  to  say,  and 
took  in  thoroughly  every  idea  advanced.  He  talked  to  his 
friends  with  great  freedom,  and  was  a  fine  conversationalist. 
IK'  never  seemed  to  endeavor  to  conceal  anything  regarding 
;i  subject  on  which  he  w  as  conversing.  He  talked  to  me  as  if 
talking  to  a  member  of  hi--  own  military  family.     We  occupied 

the    sai al    in    the   car.   he    silting  next   the   window,      'lite 

-■.it  in  front  was  turned  down  toward  US,  and  on  this  he  had 
everal  boxes  of  Mexican  cigar-   repri  tenting  different  brands 
and  qualities.    Mrs.  Grant  sat  immediately  behind  us  en 
in   some   sort   of  needlework,  and  occasionally  joined  in  the 
com  ei  sation 

General  Grant  expressed  the  deepest  interest  in  the  future 
of  Mexico,  and  predicted  that  it  would  become  a  prosperous 

nation    and    he    .an    excellent    example   to  other    I  .atm-Amcrican 

countries      He  thought  the-  war  waged  by  the  United  States 
against   Mexico  in   1846-47  unjust.     I   did  not  attempt  to  ex- 
on  tin-   subject,  although   I   held  exactlj    the 
oppositi    opinion— that    if   there    ever   was   a    just    cause    for 
war  between  nations  the  United  State-  had  this  cau  1    in  its 
war    with    Mexico.     General    Grant    in    his    memoirs    n 
this  opinion.     He  predicted  the  building  of  railroads  connect- 
ing tin  two  countries  and  the  development  of  the  mineral  and 
agricultural  1  esources  of  Mexico  and  of  cordial  relations  which 
1  develop. 
I  questioned  him  about  his  travels   in  the   East.     He   was 
impressed    with    the    great    resources    and    possibilities    of    the 
Chinese    Empire,  hut   feared   theii    adhesion   to   old   customs 
world  impedi   their  progress.    As  to  Japan,  he  was  verj  opti 

He   thought  they  were  rapidly  imbibing  Western  ideas 

and  were  greatly  in  advance  of  other  Eastern  or  Mon| 
nations,     lie  stated  that  they   were  inquisitive  and  seemed  to 
be  on  the  lookout   for  new  and  advanced   ideas      Me  particu- 
lar^ dwelt  upon  the:;  nd  attention  to  old  people. 

Here  Mi  Grant  gave  an  incident  of  a  Japanese  prince 
win. 111  she-  saw  step  out  of  his  way  to  allow  an  aged  beggar 
n  to  pa  ovei  1  muddj  crossing.  General  Grant  dwelt 
with  much  feeling  on  the  devotion  of  the  Japanese  to  their 
parents,  to  whom  he  said  on  almost  all  occasions  they  showed 
on  and  respect.  He  predicted  the  change 
of  government  which  alterwards  occurred  111  Japan,  hut  which 
lie  did  not  livi    to    ei 

He  impressed  me  very  much  by  his  close  observation  of  the 
country   through   which    we   were  passing,  and   made  many  in- 
he  soil,  climate,  products,  etc. 
In  Arkansas  in  -pe.d.mg  of  the  future  status  of  tin 
d  it   was  a  verj    serious  question  and  one   whicl 
him  much  concern.     He  stated  that  his  reason  for  urging  the 
of  San  I  lomingo  while  hi     va     Pn    idi  nl   was  that 

:   such  of  the  m 
as   might   wi 

or  not  thej  had  capacit)  for  self-government.  He  had  doubted 
the  p.  the  iati  Ij  1  nam  ght  to 

li  in.   )  1  1    In'   -.ml  after 
i\  eminent  hnl  emancipated  thi  tnd  enfrai 

him  let      ighl         .:     ■     of  had  faith  n  him  proper 

support  and  def  1  hat  ci  iticised  1 

lion  ol  ding  Ri  publicans     I  fpon  his  mention  oi   S  in 

Domingo   I  couli  frain  from  telling  him  that  I   heard 

that  a  friend  of  his  had  to  him  i"  tell  him 

Charles  Sumner  denied  the  authenticity  V  and  that 

he  replied    "That  is  not  surprising;  Sumner  did  not  wri 

lie  simply  smiled  and  said     "Mr    Sumnet   was  a  man 


of  great  intellect  and  much  culture,  hut  he  was  oppressed  with 
a  great  deal  of  vanity."  He  said  that  he  hoped  and  believed 
that  the  good  sense  of  the  Southern  people  would  lead  them 
to  do  justice  to  the  negro,  whom  he  said  must  for  many 
generations  be   dominated  by   the    white   race. 

General  Grant  said,  as  he  afterwards  wrote  in  his  memoirs, 
that  there  was  no  offer  of  General  Lee  at  Appomattox  to  sur- 
render In-  sword,  nor  had  he  any  intention  to  demand  it.  I 
told  him  that  the  Southern  people  had  always  regarded  him 
with  the  greatest  admiration  and  gratitude  for  the  terms  which 
he  gave  General  Lee.  and  especially  in  allowing  the  men  to 
retain  their  horses  lie  replied  that  this  appeared  to  him  not 
only  an  act  of  kindness  to  the  men.  hut  one  of  solemn  duty. 
1  mentioned  this  conversation  to  Governor  Fletcher,  of  Mis- 
souri, a  lifelong  friend  of  General  Grant,  and  he  told  me  that 
I  ('.rant  hail  OllCi  aid  to  him  that  when  he  looked 
upon   those   men.   tired,   worn   out.   1  -1    nearlj    d 

thing,  and  remembered  as  he  did  theii  courage  and  devo- 
tion to  the  cause  for  which  they  fought  and  thought  of  their 
return  to  their  desolated  homes,  In  i'lt  that  lie  would  n  I 
only  allow  them  to  retain  their  horse*  in  order  to  enable 
them  to  make  the  crops,  but  that  if  he  had  had  the  power  he 
would  have  dismounted  tin  cavalry  of  his  own  army  and  let 
them   take  the  horses   in    older   to  aid    them. 

He  expressed  gnat  interest  in  the  work  of  the  publication 
of  the  records  of  the  war  and  asked  a  number  of  questions 
as  to  the  manner  of  the   work   and   the   p  11  ing    made, 

and  said  that  the  publication  mi  the  plan  proposed  would  a  r 
reel   man)    errors  and   enable   the   future  historian  to 
true  account  of  the  war. 

While   he    was  ,,    readj    ,  on  m  i  -,i  I  i,,na  li  -t .   lie    showed   ,ii 

He  hesitancy  about  conversing  in  regard  to  the  war.  How- 
ever, he  answered  pleasantly  my  numerous  inquiries  with  ap- 
parent  frankness.  He  expressed  verj  high  admiration  for 
Gen.  X.  E.  Forrest,  and  spoke  of  him  as  a  "natural-born  sol- 
dier." He  dwelt  upon  Forrest  as  a  commander  of  cavalry 
capturing  gunhoats  on  the  Tennessee  River  as  a  joke. 

I  mentioned  that  it  h.el  bei  n  claimed  that  he,  and  not  Gen- 
eral Sherman,  was  the  projector  of  "Sherman's  March  to  the 
Sea"  01  march  from    Atlanta  to  Savannah,     He  very  promptly 

replied  that  this  was  a  mistake;  that  the  whole  credit  of  the 
origin  and  success  of  the  movement  was  due  solely  to  Sher- 
man lie  said  the  authorities  at  Washington  were  doubtful 
oi  its  success,  hut  that  he  was  not.  having  full  confidence  in 
Sherman.  He  asked  about  hi-  friend  Josiah  Deloach,  of  Mem- 
phis, .and  he  repeat..!  to  me  what  he  afterwards  wrote  in  his 
memoirs  that  Deloach  had  saved  him  from  capture  by  Brig. 
1  ,,  1  w  H.Jackson's  cavalry.  When  President,  he  ippointed 
Deloach  Postmaster  at  Memphis,  ami  retained  him  in  office 
against   the  proti     -   'i    e  tig    Republicans.     Replying 

t,,  .,  query  in  regard  to  Genet  il  Belknap,  he  stated  that  he  ac- 
1  e  in  ml    Belknap's    resigi  ol    W  at 

when    he    knew    that    it    would    subject    him    to    much    en; 

from  tin'  public  generally  and  many  of  his  best  friends,  lie 
-.ml  that  I'..  il. nap  we  nan  and  .1  fim    soldier,  but  fell 

which  he  was  ni  t  able  to  resist   and  w 
1      Mrs,  ( ,  ,  had  heard  thi 

lion. 

I  frequentlj  met  Genera]  Grant  at  the  lion-.-  of  In-  friend. 
General  Beall,  on  Lata;    tt     Square,  in  Washington,    He  often 

sent    me    his    card    with    .1    1     ;;  all,    and    1    always    re- 

ded, altho;  -  tllj    he   was   surrounded  by  others. 

In   November,   [884,  General  Grant   wrote  me  that  he 

the  Century   Magazine  to  write  so, ue  articles,     lie 


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referred  to  my  connection  with  the  War  Records  Office,  and 
said  I  might  aid  him  in  furnishing  data  and  information  in 
general  from  Confederate  sources.  I  offered  my  services,  and 
from  this  resulted  considerable  correspondence  between  us. 
Afterwards  I  received  a  letter  from  him  dated  November, 
1884  (Sixty-Sixth  Street,  New  York),  in  which  he  stated': 
"I  wrote  during  the  summer  four  articles  for  the  Century 
Magazine  on  as  many  battles  or  campaigns  of  the  war.  This 
gave  me  the  idea  of  writing  up  not  only  all  the  battles  in 
which  I  took  part,  but  also  a  brief  biographical  sketch  of  my 
life  up  to  the  Rebellion.  It  will  be  some  weeks  yet  before  I 
reach  the  beginning  of  the  late  war.  When  I  do,  and  par- 
ticularly after  getting  beyond  what  is  published  in  the  'Rebel- 
lion Records,'  I  will  no  doubt  have  to  call  upon  you  in  regard 
to  the  Vicksburg  campaign.  Chattanooga,  and  the  Wilderness 
if  it  is  not  too  late  for  me  to  use  it.  The  publication  of  the 
Shiloh  article  is  probably  too  near  at  hand  to  make  any  ma- 
terial changes  in  it.  All  that  I  have  written  for  the  magazine 
will  no  doubt  be  changed  (  for  the  better,  I  hope)  when  it 
goes  into  the  book.  The  articles  were  taken  up  separately 
and  treat  of  events  occurring  in  the  middle  of  a  series,  and 
naturally  will  be  presented  differently  from  what  they  would 
be  if  taken  up  at  the  beginning  and  presented  in  the  order 
of  their  occurrence." 

In  reply  I  sent  him  a  copy  of  a  letter  from  Gen.  John  C 
Pemberton  to  Col.  John  P.  Nicholson,  of  Philadelphia,  which 
General  Pemberton  authorized  Colonel  Nicholson  to  make 
public  if  he  chose.  Colonel  Nicholson  authorized  me  to  send 
a  copy  to  General  Grant.     The  letter  is  as  follows: 

"Philadelphia,  July  12,  1875. 
"Col.  John  P.  Nicholson — Dear  Sir:  I  give  you  with  great 
pleasure  my  version  of  the  interview  between  General  Grant 
and  myself  on  the  afternoon  of  July  3,  1863,  in  front  of  the 
Confederate  lines  at  Vicksburg.  If  you  will  refer  to  the  first 
volume  of  Badeau's  'Life  of  Gen.  U.  S.  Grant,'  you  will  find  a 
marked  discrepancy  between  the  author's  account  of  it  and 
mine.  I  do  not  fear,  however,  to  trust  to  the  honest  memory 
of  any  officer  there  present  to  confirm  the  statement  I  shall 
make  Passing  over  the  preceding  events,  I  come  at  once  to 
the  circumstances  that  brought  about  the  personal  interview 
referred  to,  feeling  assured  that  it  was  useless  to  hope  longer 
for  any  assistance  from  General  Johnston  either  to  raise  the 
siege  of  Vicksburg  or  to  rescue  the  garrison.  I  summoned 
division  and  brigade  commanders  with  one  or  two  others  to 
meet  in  my  quarters  on  the  night  of  the  2d  of  July.  All  the 
correspondence  that  had  taken  place  during  the  siege  between 
General  Johnston  and  myself  was  laid  before  these  officers. 
After  much  consideration,  it  was  advised  that  I  address  a  note 
to  General  Grant  proposing  the  appointment  of  commissioners 
to  arrange  terms  of  capitulation.  The  following,  having  been 
read  to  the  council  and  approved,  was  sent  to  General  Grant 
under  a  flag  of  truce  by  Maj.  Gen.  John  S.  Bowen  on  the  3d: 

"'Major  General  Grant,  Commanding  United  States  Purees 
Near  Vicksburg — General:  I  have  the  honor  to  propose  to 
you  an  armistice  of  —  hours  with  a  view  to  arrange  terms  of 
capitulation  of  Vicksburg.  To  this  end,  if  agreeable  to  you. 
I  will  appoint  three  commissioners  to  meet  a  like  number  to 
be  named  by  yourself  to  meet  at  such  place  and  hour  to-day 
as  you  may  find  convenient  I  make  this  proposition  to  save 
further  effusion  of  blood,  which  must  otherwise  be  shed  to 
a  frightful  extent,  feeling  myself  fully  able  to  maintain  my 
position  for  a  yet  indefinite  period.  This  communication  will 
he  handed  to  you  under  a  flag  of  truce  by  Maj.  Gen.  John  S. 
Bowen. 


"  i  am,  General,  very  respectfully  your  obedient  servant. 
John  C.  Pemberton,  Lieutenant  General  Commam 
"In  due  time  the  following  reply  was  handed  to  me: 

"'Headquarters  Dept.  of  Tf.xx.,   Near 
Vicksburg,  July  3,   1S63. 
"'Lieut.   Gen.  John   C.  Pemberton — General:   Your  note  of 
this   date  is  just  received  proposing  an  armistice  for  several 
1  our-  for  the  purpose  of  arranging  terms  of  capitulation  through 
commissioners   to  be  appointed,  etc.     The  useless  effusion  of 
blocd  you  propose   stopping  by   this  course  can  be   ended   at 
any   time  you   may   choose  by  an  unconditional   surrender   of 
the  city  and  garrison.     Men  who  have  so  much  endurance  and 
ci  urage  as  shown  in  Vicksburg  will  always  challenge  the  re- 
spect of  an  adversary,  and,  I  can  assure  you,  will  be  treated 
with  all  the  respect  due  to  prisoners  of  war.     I  do  not  favor 
the  proposition  of  appointing  commissioners  to  arrange  terms 
of  capitulation  because  I  have  no  other  than  indicated  above 
"  'I  am.  General,  very  respectfully  your  obedient  servant. 
U.  S.  Grant,  Major  General.' 
"I  at  once  expressed  to  General   Bowen  my  determination 
not  to  surrender  unconditionally.     He  then   stated  that  Gen- 
eral Grant  would  like  to  have  an  interview  with  me  if  I  were 
so  disposed  and  would  meet  me  at  a  designated  spot  between 
the  lines  at  3  p.m.  that  day.     I  was  not  aware  that  the  sug- 
gestion  had   originated   with   General  Bowen,   but  acceded   to 
the  proposed  meeting  at  the  joint  request  of  my  four  division 
commanders.     On   reaching  the  place  appointed,  accompanied 
by    Major    General    Bowen    and    Colonel    Montgomery,    then 
temporarily  serving  on  my  staff,  I  found  General  Grant  with 
a  number  of  his  generals  and  other  officers  already  arrived  and 
dismounted.    To  the  General  himself,  with  whom  my  acquaint- 
ance  dated  as   far  back  as   the  Mexican  War,  as  well  as  to 
several  of  the  group  wdio  surrounded  him,  I  was  formally  in- 
troduced by  General  Bowen.   After  a  few  remarks  and  inquiries 
on  either  side,  a  pause  ensued  which  was  prolonged  on  my  part 
in   expectation   that  General  Grant  would   introduce  the   sub- 
ject, the  discussion   of  which   I   supposed  to  be  the  object  of 
our  meeting.     Finding  that  he  did  not  do  so,  I  said  to  him: 
'I  understand  you  expressed  a  wish  to  have  a  personal  inter- 
view with  me.'     He  replied  that  he  had  not.     I  was  surprised, 
and  turning   to   General    Bowen    remarked:   'Then   there   is   a 
misunderstanding.     I   certainly   understood   differently.'     The 
matter  was,  however,  satisfactorily  explained  to  me  in  a  few 
words,   the   mistake  no   doubt  having  been   entirely   my   own. 
Again  addressing  General  Grant,  I  said :  'In  your  letter  this 
morning  you  state  that  you  have  no  other  terms  than  an  un- 
conditional  surrender.'      He    answered    promptly:    'I   have  no 
other.'     To  this  I  said:  'Then,  sir,  it  is  unnecessary  that  you 
and   I   should  hold   any  further   conversation ;   we  will   go  to 
fighting  at  once.'     I  added  :   'I   can   assure  you,  sir,  you   will 
bury  more  of  your  men  before  you  enter  Vicksburg.' 

"General  Grant  did  not.  as  Badeau  represents,  reply.  'Very 
well,'  nor  did  he  turn  off.  He  did  not  change  his  position, 
nor  did  he  utter  a  word.  The  movement  to  withdraw  the 
forces  any  moment  was  made  on  my  part,  and  was  accom- 
panied by  the  remark  that  if  he  (General  Grant)  supposed 
I  was  suffering  for  provisions  he  was  mistaken ;  that  I  had 
enough  to  last  me  an  indefinite  period,  and  that  Port  Hudson 
was  better  supplied  than  Vicksburg.  General  Bowen  made 
no  suggestion  whatever  in  regard  to  a  consultation  between 
any  parties  during  the  interview,  as  he  is  represented  to  have 
done  by  Badeau ;  but  the  General  did  at  this  time  propose 
that  he  and  I  should  step  aside,  and  on  assenting  he  added 
that  if  I  had  no  objections  he  would  take  with  him  Generals 


^or?federat^  l/eterap. 


403 


McPherson  and  A.  J.  Smith.  I  replied,  'Certainly.'  and  that 
General  Bowen  and  Colonel  Montgomery  would  accompany 
me.  General  Grant  then  suggested  that  these  gentlemen 
withdraw  and  see  whether  on  consultation  they  could  arrive 
at  some  satisfactory  arrangement,  It  will  he  readily  under- 
stood that  1  offered  no  objection  to  this  course,  as  it  was.  in 
fact,  a  withdrawal  of  General  Grant  from  the  position  he  had 
s.i  substantially  assumed  to  me  in  his  unconditional  surrender. 
and  it  really  submitted,  as  I  had  desired  it  should,  the  dis- 
cussion  of  the  '!  of  terms  to  a  commission,  although 

thai  commission  was  nol  necessarilj  an  impromptu  one 

"Pending  the  interchange  of  views  of  the  officers  named. 
General  Grant  and  1  remained  aparl  From  them,  conversing 
only  upon  topii  i  that  had  no  relation  to  the  important  subject 
which  had  brought  us  together.  The  term-,  which  this  com 
to  propose  were  in  the  main  those  that  were 
afterwards  offered  bj  General  Grant  and  eventually 
me.  During  this  di  cussion  1  stated  to  him  that,  as  he  declined 
to  appoint  commissioners  when  invited  to  do  so  bj  me,  it  was 
now  his  pari  to  propose  the  terms  He  agreed  t  »  this  and  said 
i  uld  hi  'i  from  him  by  io  p.m.  When  about  to  depart, 
I  notified  Gen  ral  Grant  that  I  held  myseli  in  no  mannet 
1  to  anj  agreement,  but  should  consult  my  division  and 

Hi'     replied     that     1     must     understand 

him  in  liki    manner  and  that  he  too  should  consult  his  corps 
commanders.     With  this  our  interview  ended 
"Mi    Badeau't   statement  is  a  misrepn   entation  of  the  facts 
urred,   and.  whether  intentional   or   otherwise,  con- 
.  false  impression  to  Ins  readers,     If  he  was  present  at 
the  interview,  he  knows;  if  hi  mid   readily 

havi    ascertained   that     iftet    General    Grant's    verbal    declara- 
tion he  had  no  terms  to  offet   other  than   unconditional  sur- 
\!1    suggestions  and   all   overtures   looking   to   terms 
directly    from    General    Grant    himself,  and   neither   di 
not   indirect!)   from  me  or  my  subordinates.     The:, 
no  displ   .  of  indifferenci    a    to  thi    r<   ull  of  the  interview  by 
General   Grant,   nor   did   he   feel   indifferent    on   the  night  of 
the  3d  of  Julj    when   a   dispatch   was  intercepted  by  my   signal 
From   Admiral    Porter  to  General   Grant.     The  former 
inquired  as  to  the  chances  of  surrendet   on  the    |th.     General 
Grant    replied    through    the    same    medium,    mentioning    in   a 
general   way  the  terms  offered,  stating  that   the  arrangement 
gain  t  hi-  Feelings,  but  that  hi-  officer:  advised  it  on  the 
ground  that   it  would   free  his  river  transportation   for  other 
import. mi  No  doubt   both  of  these  gentlemen   rc- 

member  the  circumstam 
"1  am,  « lolonel,  verj   n    pect  Eullj  youi  s, 

John    C.    I'i  MB1  kio\." 

Gem        G  oi rig        op     of  the  letter  of  General 

1\  leln  rton  wroti    to  mi 

:  i ,  New  N  ori    i  itv,  Nov.  30, 
Marcus  J.  Wright — lh-nr  General     Herewith    I 
'  leni  ral   Pi  account  ol  ender  of  Vicks 

burg.      A«    the    written    tnattei  ,.     and    supposing    you 

have  what  n  lie-  been  copied  from,  1  do  not  return  it,  though 
I    will   if  you   inform  me  that    you  want   it   also. 
"A  gentleman  from   Philadelphia  sent  me  thi     ana    matter, 

1   return   herewith,   last    summer.      1    probablj     left    the   paper   at 

Long  Branch,  but  do  n  1  know  certainly. 

"All  thi  re  1-  of  im|  ;   1   of  the  -una  ndi  1 

of    Vicksburg    1-    contained    in    th 

l  he  fart  is,  t  ieneral  P 
ton,    being    a    Northern    man    commanding    a    Southern    army. 
was  not  at  the    ami    liberty    to  surrender  that  army  as  a  man 


of  Southern  birth  would  he.  In  adversity  or  defeat  he  became 
an    object    0  licion    and    felt    it.      Bowen    was    a    Southern 

man  all  over,  and  knew  the  garrison  of  Yickshurg  had  to  sur- 
render or  he  captured,  and  knew  it  wa.s  hut  to  stop  further 
effusion  of  blood  to  surrender.  lie  did  all  he  could  to 
bring  about    that    result.     Pemberton    is   mistaken   in   several 

It  wans  Bowen  that  proposed  that  he  and  A.  1.  Smith 
should  talk  over  the  matter  of  the  surrender  and  submit  their 
views.  Neither  Pemberton  nor  1  objected,  hut  wen  not  will- 
ing to  commit  ourselves  to  accepting  such  term-  as  they 
might    pro] 

"In   a   short   time   thi  turned       Bowen   acted   as 

man.    and    what    In     -aid    was    substantially    this:    'The 

Confederati    arm)    •  i    to  bi    permitted  to  march  out  with  the 

up, a-  of  war.  conveying  with  them  their  anus,  colors,  and 
field  batteries  The  national  troops  were  then  to  march  in 
and  occupy  the  city  and  retain   the     ii  ami  small  arms 

not  in  the  hands  ,.f  the  men.  all  public  propert)    remaining.' 

"Of  course  I  rejected  the  term-  at  once      I  did  ague,  how- 
ever, befori    we  separated  to  write  Pemberton  what   terms  I 
The   correspi  mdi  nee   i-   public 

I   held  n unci!  of  war.     Hostilities  having  ci  i  ''1. 

officers  and  men  soon  became  acquainted  with  the  reason  why. 
Curiosity  led  officers  of  rank,  most  all  of  the  general  ofl 

I   no.   la  tdquarti  I     with  the  hope  of  getting 
I   talked    with   them   very    freely   about   the   meeting   between 
General  Pemberton  and  myself,  out   correspondence,  etc..  but 
m  no  sense  was  u  a  council  of  war 

"I  was  glad  to  give  the  garrison  of  Vicksburg  tin  term-  1 
did.  There  was  a  cartel  in  existence  at  that  time  which  re- 
quired either  party  to  exchange  ot  parole  all  prisoners  either 
at  Vicksburg  or  at- point-  on  tie  James  River  within  ten  days 
after  capture  oi  n  thereaftet  a-  practicable.    This  would 

used  all   the   transportation    we   had    for   a  month 
"The  men  had  behaved   SO  well   that    1   did  not   care  to   hu- 
miliate them,     1  believed  that  consideration  for  their  feelings 
would  maki    them  less  dangerous   foes  during  the  continuance 
of  hostilities  and  better  i  Eter  the  war  was  ovi 

am  much  obliged  to  i       eral,  For  youi   courtes)    in 

ing  mc  these  papers. 

"Very  truly  your-.  U.   S.  Grani 

Correspondence  between  General  Grant  and  mysel 
up  at  intervals  until  the  serious  turn  in  his  health  occurred. 
I  could  mention  many  courtesies  and  acts  of  kindness  he  did 
me   voluntarily   and    without   suggestion   from   any   source,  but 
1  forbear.    Mr.  Jefferson  D  asked  when  Genera: 

tricken    with    impending    death    at    Mount    McGregor   to 
write   a    criticism    on    his   military    career       He    replied 
lows:  "General  Grant  is  dying     ["hough  he  invaded  our  coun- 
try  with   a   ruthless   yet    it   was   an   open   hand      He  abetted 
neither  arson  nor  pillagi       l!'   has  shown  no  malignity  to  '  on 
iti  s;   ii"  i  efi  ire,  inst  i  king  to  disturb  hi-  dying 

!    contribute    peace    to   his    mind   and   comfort    to 
his  bod) 

The    i  a  di  i    issui  d   b)    i  ii  m  ral    <  Irant    at    thi 
Vppomattox  was  evidence  of  In-  kindm      and  humane  feeling. 
Itv  t  ot  di  i  bj  both  commanders  : 

"Special  Order  No.  :  All  men  and  officers  oi  the  Confed- 
erate servici  paroled  at  Vppomattox  C.  II.  who  to  reach  their 
h>mcs  are  compelled  to  pass  through  the  lines  of  the  Union 

armies  will  and  to  pass  free  on  all  govern- 

ment   transports    and    military    railo 

It  was  signed  b)  the  adjutant  gem  tch  commander. 


404: 


C^opfederat^  Ueterai). 


WHAT  CAUSED   THE    WAR* 

BY    KEV.    JAMES    H.     M*NEILLY,    D.D.,    NASHVILLE,    TENS. 

Historians  have  been  busy  assigning  causes  for  the  terrible 
war  of  1861-65,  which  desolated  the  southern  section  of  the 
United  States  and  destroyed  an  institution  which  had  become 
a  part  of  its  domestic  life.  The  war  is  attributed  to  ig- 
norance of  each  other  in  the  two  sections  of  the  Union,  to 
sectional  prejudice,  to  conflict  of  economic  interests,  to  dif- 
ferent interpretations  of  the  Constitution,  to  ambitious  rival- 
ries for  supremacy  in  the  government. 

No  doubt  each  of  these  factors  contributed  to  bring  about 
the  linal  outbreak  of  hostilities  and  to  the  bitterness  of  the 
struggle.  But  in  reality  it  was  a  war  of  conscience  against 
conscience — a  conflict  of  moral  ideals.  Each  side  believed  it 
was  contending  for  righteousness  against  iniquity.  The  North 
thought  it  was  fighting  against  an  order  of  society  unjust 
and  oppressive;  the  South  believed  it  was  fighting  for  a  so- 
cial order  in  the  main  kindly  and  beneficent.  The  North 
fought  for  a  theory  of  human  rights ;  the  South  for  a  con- 
dition, the  best  conserver  of  actual  rights  of  two  races  widely 
different  yet  forced  to  live  together. 

It  is  frequently  said  that  if  the  Northern  people  had  known 
the  actual  condition  of  the  slaves  in  the  South  and  the  kind 
feeling  which  in  general  subsisted  between  master  and  slave, 
then  all  bitterness  of  feeling  would  have  disappeared  and  the 
radical  demands  of  the  abolitionists  would  have  been  so  modi- 
fied that  the  questions  could  have  been  settled  without  war. 

But  the  chief  obstacle  to  settlement  was  that  these  aboli- 
tionists, with  their  active  propaganda,  would  not  accept  any 
fact  that  would  controvert  their  theory  of  human  rights.  In- 
tensely prejudiced  and  partisan  writers  with  very  limited 
opportunities  to  know  all  the  facts  went  through  the  South  to 
observe  conditions.  They  reported  the  exceptional  cases 
of  cruelty  and  oppression,  and  their  statements  were  accepted 
as  gospel,  which  no  amount  of  evidence  could  invalidate  as 
to  the  terrible  condition  of  the  slaves  and  the  tyranny  of  the 
masters.  Thus  the  conscience  of  the  Northern  people  was 
aroused  against  a  system  for  which  they  felt  the  nation  was 
responsible.  At  the  same  time  the  conscience  of  the  South- 
ern people  resented  what  they  felt  was  an  injustice  to  them 
and  a  false  judgment  of  their  institutions. 

When  conscience  is  involved  in  any  great  question,  com- 
promises are  only  temporary.  At  length  it  has  to  be  settled 
by  force,  the  appeal  to  arms,  that  ultima  ratio  rcgum.  Al- 
though the  result  of  the  appeal  is  not  necessarily  just  and 
righteous,  war  never  settles  the  right  or  wrong  of  anything. 
It  often  only  establishes  some  giant  wrong.  One  of  the 
mightiest  agencies  of  oppression  and  injustice  in  this  world 
has  been  a  perverted  conscience.  Our  Saviour  warned  his 
disciples  that  their  persecutors  would  think  they  did  God 
service.  And  the  horrors  of  the  Inquisition  were  inflicted 
by  conscientious  ecclesiastics.  No  doubt  many  of  those  who 
accomplished  the  emancipation  of  the  slaves  in  the  South  at 
such  fearful  cost  of  blood  and  treasure,  of  life  and  suffering 
have  the  approval  of  their  own  consciences,  and  congratulate 
themselves  on  their  success  as  agents  of  God's  righteousness. 
Yet  we  of  the  South,  who  were  the  victims  of  that  conscience, 
believe  that  it  was  blinded,  perverted,  and  unjust.  And  our 
consciences  do  not  reproach  us  for  having  resisted  to  the  ut- 
most of  our  power. 

It  was  essentially  the  Puritan  conscience  which  forced  on 
the  war.  And  inasmuch  as  the  Southern  conscience  was  as 
firm  in  its  conviction  as  to  the  duty  of  resistance,  the  war  was 


inevitable.  My  observation  of  the  Puritan  and  my  reading  of 
his  history  leads  me  to  think  that  when  he  has  made  up  his 
mind  as  to  what  is  right  no  amount  of  fact  is  allowed  to  in- 
terfere with  his  course.  Every  one  must  admire  his  stern  de- 
votion to  principle  as  he  sees  it,  his  firmness  of  purpose,  his 
self-sacrificing  zeal,  his  energy,  his  independence  of  thought, 
and  his  brave  assertion  of  that  independence  at  any  cost. 

But  on  the  other  hand  I  have  noted  an  intolerance  of  op- 
position, an  assumption  of  infallibility  in  judgment,  a  self- 
confidence  which  would  denounce  the  Almighty  if  he  differed 
from  the  Puritan  idea,  a  willingness  to  deny  or  to  pervert 
and  misrepresent  facts,  to  sustain  a  theory  which  have  led  to 
persecution  and  oppression  in  order  to  establish  a  certain 
theory  or  course  of  conduct.  So  in  the  early  days  of  New 
England  Baptists  and  Quakers  were  banished  because  their 
consciences  could  not  conform  to  those  of  the  Puritan. 

In  the  course  of  nearly  half  a  century  as  a  minister  of  the 
gospel  I  have  had  various  illustrations  of  this  peculiarity  of 
the  Puritan  conscience  which  will  not  accept  any  fact  that 
would  contradict  its  moral  ideals.  And  let  it  be  said  that 
the  Puritan  has  been  so  masterful  in  the  realm  of  higher 
thinking  that  he  has  molded  and  controlled  the  ideals  of  the 
whole  northern  section  of  our  country.  He  has  claimed  liberty 
to  his  own  opinions,  also  liberty  to  force  them  on  others. 

Starting  my  ministerial  life  with  the  highest  admiration  for 
the  Puritan,  I  fear  I  shall  close  it  with  a  feeling  of  utter 
revolt  against  his  character  as  an  enemy  of  true  liberty  of 
conscience.  This  feeling  applies  only  to  the  English  Puritan, 
from  Cromwell  down,  until  I  sometimes  wonder  whether  to 
class  the  great  Lord  Protector  as  hypocrite  or  saint. 

But  my  purpose  in  this  paper  is  to  give  some  illustrations 
of  that  stubborn  prejudice  in  the  North  which  misrepresented 
and  misjudged  the  South  and  which  refused  to  listen  to  any 
facts  that  might  correct  or  modify  opinions  that  rested  on 
theory  and  not  fact. 

The  theory  was  that  all  slavery  was  wrong,  a  violation  of 
inalienable  rights  ;  that  it  must  necessarily  oppress  and  mal- 
treat the  slave,  and  also  it  must  brutalize  the  master  and 
make  him  cruel ;  therefore  Southern  slavery  must  be  a  sys- 
tem of  cruel  oppression,  and  that  any  facts  to  the  contrary 
were  only  exceptional.  So  the  system  was  denounced  as 
"the  sum  of  all  villainies,"  and  conscience  was  invoked  and 
cultivated  to  destroy  it.  The  abolitionist  gloried  in  the  war 
of  emancipation  as  a  righteous  war.  The  true  Southerners 
looked  upon  it  as  an  unrighteous  attack  upon  a  social  order 
which  was  forced  on  them  largely  by  the  Puritan  and  whose 
overthrow  would  bring  dire  consequences. 

The  first  illustration  I  shall  give  was  related  to  me  by  the 
late  Col.  John  McGavock,  of  Franklin,  Tenn.  He  was  a 
typical  gentleman  of  the  old  school,  brave,  gentle,  upright, 
scorning  a  lie  or  any  hypocrisy  with  utmost  contempt.  In 
his  boyhood  days  he  spent  a  good  deal  of  his  time  in  Wash- 
ington with  his  relative,  Hon.  Felix  Grundy,  Senator  from 
Tennessee.  He  heard  frequently  the  discussions  in  the  Senate 
between  the  great  leaders,  Clay,  Calhoun,  Webster,  Benton, 
and  their  peers.  It  was  my  privilege  to  enjoy  the  friendship 
of  Colonel  McGavock  for  a  number  of  years  before  his  death, 
and  his  reminiscences  of  those  days  were  exceedingly  interest- 
ing. As  he  sat  in  his  great  arm-chair,  which  had  belonged  to 
General  Jackson,  and  talked  of  those  old  days  of  strenuous 
debate,  I  felt  that  his  memories  ought  to  be  recorded  as  a 
valuable  contribution  to  the  history  of  the  time. 

Among  other  things,  he  told  me  that  several  years  before 


Qoq federa  t<?   l/eterao- 


405 


tin-  war  a  prominent  United  States  Senator  visited  Tennessee 
ami  was  the  guesl  of  Gen.  W  II  Harding  at  Belle  Meade,  the 
celebrated  slock  farm  near  Nashville.  He  spent  several  days 
observing  closely  the  life  of  the  place,  and  all  wire  plea  ed 
with    his   agreeable   manners  and   his   brilliant   conversation, 

revealing  the  treasures  of  a  wide  culture.  Me  asked  General 
Harding  if  there  would  be  objection  to  his  talking  with  the 
negroes  on  the  place,  as  he  wished  hi  know  the  facts  of  our 
Southern  life,  lie  was  told  to  make  himself  perfectly  at 
home  and  to  speak  In  am  of  them  freely  mi  any  subject  he 
chose.  Of  course  it  was  understood  that  In'  wished  to  hear 
tlie  lave's  version  id'  In-  condition.  The  guest  was  a  gentle- 
man, .md  had  nn  such  thought  a-  stirring  disaffection  among 
the  laves,  lie  went  into  the  quarter-  iinl  saw  them  at  their 
meal-  and  ml  to  the  farm  and  saw  them  at  work.  lie  talked 
with  nun  ami  women  lie  was  impressed  w  it  1 1  the  intelli- 
gence  and   answers  of  one  .   win.   became   afterwards 

the  iinied  "Uncle  Bob."  in  cl  arge  of  the  thoroughbreds.  He 
ted  that  Bob  knew  who  he  was  and  that  he  had  been 
pnsted  as  in  hi-  an-weis.  50  he  -.ml  after  a  long  talk:  "Do 
you  know  who  I  am?"  Bob  answered  promptly:  "Yes,  sir: 
you  are    Maise    I',  n\    Cheatham"       i   man   whom    Bob  had   seen 

at   Belli    M i  .mi    and  who  bore  some  n   <  mblance  to  him. 

When  In     visit   ended.  Mr.  S.  was  ver>    cordial   in  his  thanks 

to  General  Harding  for  the  opportunity  of  seeing  foi  himself 
the  life  of  a  large  Southern  plantation.  Colonel  McGavock, 
who  had  it  from  General  1  larding,  said  that  the  gue-t  re- 
marked  in    substance:   "Well,   sir,   the   institution   is   entirely 

different  from  what    I  had  supposed.     Sir,  this  is  teallx    l' 

patriarchal  system  of  thi    Earn  ly,  liki   that  of   U>ral 

Vet   this    man    went    home    and.   disregarding   his    own   ob- 
servations,  was  induced  to  listen  to  the  statements  of  partisans, 
and  was  driven  bj  the  ■  xigencies  of  partj  to  become  the  most 
bitter  in  his  denunciations  of  the  South   and  its  institu 
Mi    theorj  of  the  wn  ivery  must  be  maintained 

\i  other  illustration  of  this  peculiarity  of  the  New   England 
mind  was  given  to  me  by  one  of  my  teachers  in  '.'"liege. 

In  the  years  i*5i  to  [856  1  was  a  student  al  Jackson  College, 
in  Columbia,  Tenn.,  which  was  burned  by  the  Federal  forces 

111    is'i,|       1    was    fifteen    years    nld    when    I    entered.      The    stu- 
dents were  a    igned   rooms  in   the  1  illege  building — four  to 
a  room — for  study   by   daj  :   and   as  the  rooms   were   all   OCCU 
pied,  Me   profi  ssor  of  Latin  and  Greek  took  nn-  in  room  with 
hint.     1  an  old  bachelor,  and  treated  me  as  a  son.     He 

was  a  native  of  Maine,  a  graduate  of  Bowdoin  College,  the 
Aim  a  Mater  of  Longfellow,  Hawthorne,  and  Franklin  Pierce. 

He  was  a   man   of  broad   and    liberal   culture,   who   bought    and 
read  many  books.     One  day  in  the  late   fall,   when   we  hid   be 
gun  to  havi    fire  in  "in   room,  he  came  in  with  a  new  book  and 
sat  down  I"  11   id       \  Iter  .1  while  he  gut   up  and  thrust  tin    b  '"1. 
into  tie  t  )f  course   1   was   surprised,  and  asked  why  he 

(lid  it.  lie  said:  "That  hook  is  Mr-  Harriet  Beechei  Stowe's 
'Sunny  Memories  of  Foreign  Lands.'  1  thought  1  had  a 
of  travels,  which  I  know  Mrs  Stowe  could  write  well 
Instead,  it  i-  only  an  abolition  document."  1  afterwards 
1  rieni     of  abolitionism,  which  was  in  substance 

that  after  his  graduation  be  determined  t"  be  a  teacher  S" 
lie  looked  for  a  place  which  would  yield  him  a  living.  There 
was  a  better  prospi  Ct  in  the  South  then  than  in  bis  own  borne. 
Although  h  [ainsl  slavery  and  was  prejudiced 

the  South,  hi    for  the  sake  of  the  salarj    1"  iwed  bis 

prejii'l  .  .mi.   i"  Pulaski,  in  Giles  (  ounty,  Tenn.,  where 

he  se.  ol  of  boys,  twelve  .a   fifteen   son    of 


the  neighboring  planters.  He  thought  lie  could  stand  ir 
for  a  few  years  until  he  could  make  enough  money  t 
turn  to  God's  country,  and  there  spend  the  rest  of  his  life  as 
a  teacher  amid  congenial  surroundings.  \fur  a  little  while, 
as  he  became  acquainted,  he  was  invited  nearly  every  week 
i"  go  home  with  one  or  other  of  the  boy-  to  stay  from  Friday 
evening  until  Sunday  morning,  when  the  family  came  to  the 
town  to  church.  At  the  end  of  six  months  he  wrote  home  to 
eople  m  Maine,  telling  them  that  thej   were  mistaken  as 

to  slavery;  that  it  was  not  the  cruel  system  they  imagined  it 
was  I  hey  answered  that  lie  had  not  bad  a  chance  to  see  the 
\t  the  end  of  a  year  he  wrote  again,  urging  them 
to  revise  their  judgment.  They  replied  that  the  slave  In 
knowing  that  be  was  from  the  North,  had  concealed  the  cruel 
Features  of  then-  treatment  oi  the  slaves,  and  that  he  did  not 

know    the    real    Cl  l  olil 

inn  concluded  to  writ  ■  no  more  on  the  subject,  but  to 
take  ut  ms  to  inform  himself  on  the  general  treatment 

.  i   negroi  -  bj    white  masters.     At  the  end  of  three  years  be 

return  to  Maine,  and  then  in  personal  talk  with 
inly  and  friend-  lie  would  convince  them  of  their  error, 
f'.ut  he  was  sadly  disappointed  lb-  went  back  1"  spend  three 
months  before  returning  to  linn.--'',  where  lie  had  made 
up  his  mind  to  spend  the  rest  of  his  life  lie  had  been  al 
li  ei.  onhj  a  short  tune  when  the  subject  "i"  slavery  was 
brought  up.  lie  told  them  simply  what  he  had  seen,  no 
cealing  the  occa  ional  crueltii  not  apologi  ing  for  the  real 
evil  of  the  system,  He  told  of  the  contentment  of  the  slaves, 
their  freedom  from  care,  the  provision  I'm    i I  and  clothing. 

the    attention     m    sickness,    tin-    kind     feelings    of    masti 

slave  for  each  other.    He  onlj  asked  thai  they  recognize  facts 
and  the  difficulties  in  the  way  of  carrying  out  theit   theories 

I  lis    friends    were    impatient   with   his     Story,    and    finally    inti- 
mated   in    plain    term-    that    he    was    in    the    pay    for    the 
holders,  hired  to  make   false  statements;  that  they  knew  that 
conditions   were  different    from  his   representations. 

At    the   end    of   three    weeks    he    had    enough    of    Maine,    and 

he  packed  his  trunk  and  came  back  t"    ["ennessee.     I   under- 

-1 1  that   he  never  went  back  to  his  old  home  until  after  the 

war.   when  he  married  and  took  hi-  bride  to  see  In-  people 

Me   did   what   he  could   for  the   Confederacy,  serving   in   ho, 
pital    and  in  such  positions  a-  hi-  strength  would  permit,   lli- 
last  years  were  -pent  in  the  ministrj  of  the  gospel, 

Another  incident  involving  two  ministers  of  the  gospel  will 
show  how  thoroughly  thi-  prejudice  existed  in  the  Churches 
of  the  North.  It  was  related  to  me  several  years  ago  by  the 
late  Mr-  Marj  rhompson,  the  mother  ..i  lion  John  rhomp- 
snii.  Commissionei  oi  Agriculture  of  fennessee,  and  of  Mr. 
Jo  .  pli   II     rhompson,  a  prominent  banket  of  Na  hville     She 

..ne  of  the   loveliest  and   samtliest   characters    |    ever   knew. 
and  also  most  charitable  in  her  judgment   of  everybody. 

I  he  General    Vssemblj   of  the  Presbyterian  Church  met  in 
1.    First    Presbyterian   Church   in   Nashville,   Tenn.,  in   May, 
1855.      Dr    Ldgar.  the  pa-tor.  and  hi-  committee  of  entertain- 
ment   received    two    letters,    one     from    a    minister    in     New 
iid.  the  "ther   from  a  minister  in  the  West.     These  men 
were    brothers,    who    had    ii"l    met    for    twenty   years,   being    in 
such   wideb    separated   fields       Each   was  appointed  a  commis- 
sioner t..  the    Assembly.     They  asked  that  if  possible  they  be 
iied  to   the  same  home   during  the   Assembly's   meeting. 
Mrs    Thompson's   husband.    Mr.   John    Thompson,   was   very 
much    interested   in   these   letters,   and   asked   that   the  brothers 
be   -ent    io   hi-   home       lie   lived   on   a   large   plantation   a    few 


406 


C^opfederat^  1/eceraQ. 


miles  from  the  city.  He  promised  to  put  a  comfortable  buggy 
and  a  gentle  horse  at  their  disposal,  so  that  they  could  go  and 
come  at  their  pleasure. 

On  the  afternoon  before  the  meeting  of  the  Assembly  Mrs. 
Thompson  went  to  meet  her  guests  and  brought  them  to  her 
home.  It  was  a  pleasant  May  day,  and  they  were  delighted 
with  the  freshness  and  beauty  of  the  country.  While  they 
were  sitting  in  the  parlor  for  a  few-  minutes  before  going  to 
their  room  the  house  maid  came  in  to  make  some  inquiry  or 
announcement,  and  she  and  her  mistress  had  some  little  talk 
aside.  As  she  left  the  room  the  ministers  looked  after  her 
with  evident  surprise.  At  length  one  of  them  said  to  Mrs. 
Thompson :  "She  didn't  seem  to  be  afraid  of  you."  Her  re- 
ply was:  "Afraid?  Why  should  she  be  afraid  of  me?"  He 
said:  "Why,  we  had  understood  that  the  black  people  do  not 
dare  to  speak  to  the  whites  without  permission,  and  they 
usually  get  down  on  their  knees."  Of  course  Mrs.  Thompson 
ridiculed  his  foolish  and  false  ideas. 

The  work  on  the  plantation  interested  them  very  much. 
It  was  the  season  of  planting,  and  everybody  was  up  early 
and  everything  was  moving  from  morning  until  night.  The 
ministers  were  busy  too,  seeing  as  much  as  they  could  in  the 
intervals  of  the  Assembly's  sessions. 

When  the  Assembly  adjourned.  Mr.  Thompson  invited  them 
to  remain  with  him  as  long  as  they  could,  that  they  might 
see  more  of  Southern  life  and  the  condition  of  the  slaves. 
They  gladly  accepted  his  invitation,  and  spent  several  days 
in  going  over  his  place  and  in  visiting  the  neighboring  plan- 
tations. They  were  shown  the  storerooms  with  bales  and 
bolts  of  cloth  to  make  up  into  clothing  for  the  negroes,  with 
boxes  of  boots  and  shoes  and  hats  and  caps ;  the  work  rooms, 
where  Mrs.  Thompson  directed  the  sewing  women ;  the  smoke- 
houses, with  the  great  supply  of  cured  meats;  the  mills  for 
grinding  the  corn;  the  nursery  for  the  babies  while  the 
mothers  were  at  work  ;  the  cabins  in  which  the  negroes  lived, 
each  with  its  garden  spot ;  the  barns  and  stables  and  tool 
houses — in  a  word,  all  the  necessary  equipment  of  a  large 
plantation,  with  its  many  slaves  forming  a  village  in  itself, 
clustered  about  the  "big  house"  of  the  "white  folks." 

They  visited  Colonel  Overton's  and  General  Harding's  plan- 
tations and  several  of  the  farms  of  the  neighborhood.  They 
seemed  much  surprised  at  the  general  air  of  content  and  hap- 
piness which  prevailed  among  the  negroes,  to  whom  they 
spoke  freely,  asking  many  questions. 

"Mr.  Thompson  told  them  that  several  of  these  gentlemen 
owned  plantations  in  Arkansas  and  Mississippi,  where  they 
raised  cotton  and  where  the  life  was  much  the  same  as  here, 
under  the  direction  of  a  trusted  overseer  and  his  family.  He 
told  them  that  what  they  had  seen  was  a  fair  sample  of  the 
treatment  of  the  slaves  generally  by  their  owners ;  that,  while 
there  were  no  doubt  cruel  masters,  they  were  the  exception, 
and  public  opinion  as  well  as  self-interest  restrained  them 
from  excess  of  harshness. 

The  brothers  were  very  thankful  for  the  attentions  which 
they  had  received,  and  said  to  Mr.  Thompson :  "We  have  had 
our  eyes  opened.  Now  how  can  we  repay  your  kindness  and 
show  our  appreciation  ?"  He  replied  in  substance :  "Gentle- 
men, I  foresee  great  trouble  for  our  country  in  the  near  future 
to  come  from  the  agitation  of  this  question  of  slavery.  Your 
people  are  denouncing  us  with  great  bitterness  as  the  op- 
pressors of  a  helpless  race.  They  do  not  know  the  actual 
condition  and  treatment  of  the  slaves  nor  the  difficulties  that 
beset   their   demands.     This   is   with   us   not   a  question   of  a 


theory  of  human  rights,  but  of  actual  facts  with  which  we 
have  to  deal,  and  we  are  trying  to  give  the  negroes  all  the 
rights  which  they  are  fit  to  exercise.  Surely  if  your  people 
but  knew  the  truth,  they  would  cease  their  agitation  of  a 
question  which  they  are  incompetent  to  deal  with.  The  South- 
ern people  cannot  be  expected  to  submit  patiently  to  abuse 
which  they  feel  to  be  unjust.  Now  I  ask  of  you  gentlemen 
that  when  you  go  home,  one  to  the  East,  the  other  to  the 
West,  you  tell  your  people  just  what  you  have  seen  of  the 
treatment  of  the  slaves.  Use  your  position  and  influence  to 
get  facts  before  them.  I  do  not  wish  you  to  apologize  for  us 
nor  to  cover  any  unfavorable  facts  which  you  have  noted. 
You  have  seen  a  fair  example  of  the  way  the  large  proportion 
of  the  negroes  are  treated.  You  also  can  judge  of  the  dif- 
ficulty in  the  way  of  freeing  such  a  mass  of  an  utterly  dif- 
ferent and  inferior  race  from  the  restraints  of  slavery  and 
having  them  live  among  us.  And  you  might  at  least  help  to 
stop  this  agitation." 

Mrs.  Thompson  heard  the  whole  conversation  of  which 
I  have  given  the  substance.  She  said  that  as  her  husband 
ceased  speaking  both  ministers  threw  up  their  hands  and  said: 
"Mr.  Thompson,  if  we  were  to  tell  our  people  exactly  what 
we  have  seen  just  as  we  have  seen  it,  we  could  not  keep  our 
pulpits  a  month.  We  would  be  set  down  by  public  opinion  as 
liars,  bribed  by  the  slaveholders.  Our  people  are  so  set  in 
their  views  of  slavery  that  they  would  not  believe  a  word  we 
spoke  and  would  refuse  to  hear  us  preach." 

Mr.  Thompson  loved  the  Union  with  his  whole  heart.  His 
father  was  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Tennessee.  He  bade 
his  guests  "good-by"  with  a  heavy  heart,  feeling  that  if  they 
judged  their  own  people  aright  there  was  no  escape  from  a 
bloody  conflict  of  the  sections. 

Several  years  ago  I  spent  some  weeks  in  Edinburgh  and  Bel- 
fast, and  met  some  of  the  most  intelligent  and  fair-minded 
Scotchmen  and  Irishmen.  Of  course  they  asked  me  about 
the  life  of  the  South,  and  seemed  astonished  that  Christian 
people  could  defend  the  institution  of  slavery.  I  became  con- 
vinced that  for  years  the  abolitionists  of  the  North  had  sys- 
tematically carried  on  a  propaganda  of  misrepresentation  and 
falsehood  for  the  purpose  of  prejudicing  the  minds  of  the 
European  peoples  against  us,  and  to  a  large  extent  they  had 
succeeded.  I  was  enabled  to  correct  some  of  these  false  im- 
pressions. But  while  some  were  willing  to  hear  our  side, 
others  refused  to  believe  me.  These  two  classes  of  foreigners 
were  represented  directly  after  the  war  by  two  different  dele- 
gations that  visited  this  country. 

"The  circumstances  were  given  to  me  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Thom- 
as V.  Moore,  for  many  years  pastor  in  Richmond,  Va.,  and 
afterwards  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Churh  in  Nash- 
ville, where  he  died,  and  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  E.  T.  Baird,  Pres- 
byterian Secretary  of  Publication.  Two  or  three  years  after 
the  close  of  the  war  a  delegation  from  the  Free  Church  of 
Scotland,  consisting  of  the  Rev.  Drs.  Patrick  Fairbairn  and 
Edgar,  visited  this  country  ,to  bear  greetings  to  the  Presby- 
terian General  Assembly  North.  Dr.  Fairbairn  was  a  dis- 
tinguished professor  and  author,  and  had  edited  in  Scotland 
a  volume  which  Dr.  Moore  had  issued  in  this  country. 

On  landing  in  New  York,  some  days  before  the  meeting  of 
the  Assembly,  they  were  cordially  welcomed,  and  in  their 
speeches  they  were  effusive  in  congratulating  the  pious  North 
for  its  glorious  work  in  breaking  the  fetters  of  four  millions 
of  bondmen.  They  were  equally  effusive  in  condemning  the 
South  for  her  effort  to  rivet  those  same  fetters  more  firmly. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


407 


As  there  was  time  to  spare,  they  visited  Richmond,  as  Dr. 
Fairbairn  wished  to  visit  his  friend,  Dr.  Moore.  They  wished 
to  see  something  of  how  the  negroes  lived  in  slavery.  Drs. 
Moore,  Moses  Hoge,  and  Baird  took  pains  to  show  them 
some  of  the  old  homes  around  Richmond  and  visited  several 
of  the  old  plantations  down  the  Jam.-  River.  They  pointed 
out  the  negro  quarters,  with  their  cabins  and  gardens,  and 
also  the  various  buildings  in  which  provision  was  made  for 
their  comfort.  They  told  of  the  life  and  work  not  only  on 
the  large  plantations  but  on  the  smaller  farms  and  in  the 
villages  and  cities  and  in  die  bonus  of  the  ni.i  1.1-  Thej 
told  id'  the  religious  instruction  of  the  slaves,  of  the  buying 
and  selling  of  them,  and  of  their  family  life.  The  whole  story 
wa-    told  honestly,  not  concealing  the  harsher  features. 

When  the  delegation  was  received  by  the  i.enei.d  Assembly, 
the  <  flfort  was  made  to  have  them  repeat  their  speeches  madi 
on  their  arrival.  Bui  thej  evaded  the  subject  of  slavery  and 
emancipation,  and  their  references  to  the  war  were  slight  and 
guarded.  Dr.  Fairbairn  intimated  that  he  had  found  that 
they  did  not  Know  enough  to  talk  wisely  on  the  subject. 

After  his   return  to  Scotland,   Dr.   Fairbairn   wroti 
letters   to    Dr.    Moon     expres  ing    deep    sympathj    with    the 
Southern  people  and  Churches  in  the  verj   difficult   pro 
forced   upon   them   bj    emancipal  on      1    peciallj    did   he   de- 
plore the  giving  the  ballot  to  the  negro.     Dr.  Moore  gave  me 

three  of  these  letters,  but  in  moving  my  librarj 
I  have  lost  them 

Xow   for  the  othei   i  oreign  critics.      I'm    next  yeai 

another  delegation  came  from  Scotland  on  a  similar  mis- 
sion. It  consisted  oi  Mi  Jami  Met  osh,  afterwards  the  dis- 
tinguished and  able  President  of  Princeton  University,  and 
Dr.  William  Arnot,  a  ministei  and  author  of  great  talent  and 
I  bey  aho  went  to  Richmond,  anxious  to  see  for 
themseh  i  s  the  i  I  o  mrteous 

treatment  from  the  same  gentlemen,  who  took  them  on  a 
steamer  running  to  Norfolk,  that  thej  might  see  something 
of  thi  old  \  i  finia  mansions.  But  Dr,  Baird  told  me  ti  at 
i  ponse  to  these  courtesii   .  especially  bj   Dr.  Amot.  was 

so  rude  as  to  be  positively  insulting.  Whenever  any  state- 
ment was  madi  indicating  that  the  negroes  were  well  treated 
and  happy,  Dr  Wn..t  would  dispute  it  in  the  most  offensive 
manner:  "No,  sir  I  1  know  better  than  that;  you  can't  de- 
iiie.  I  have  investigated  this  matter,  and  know-  that 
was  not  a  redeemin  .  stem."     This  in 

substance  was  bis  replj  to  anything  that  did  not  com  , 
to  his  opinions,  until  at  last  1  h  I  logi  .  most  courteous  of  men, 
■  tience  and  said  to  them;  "As  you  seem  to  have 
no  <  nfidence  in  ns  as  Christian  gentlemen,  we  shall  leavi  vo  i 
to  yourselves."  So  the  Richmond  gentlemen  withdrew  into 
the  boat  and  had  no  more  to  do  with  the  visitors.    Dr.  Baird 

said    that    he    could    not    explain    such    boorishness    in    men    of 

such  unqui  tioned  ability  and  high  position  except  on  the 
ground  of  inveterate  prejudice  with  boundless  self-conceit 
I  suppose  all  who  know   anything  of  Dr.  McCosh  know   bow 

n  bis  ,,u  11  opinii ins.     I  was  told 
that  when  lb.    visitors   returned  to   Richmond  they   were  en 

tertained  bj   a  pron :nl  negro  family.     If  it  were  so,   I  can't 

see  how  any  Southern  man  could  attend  Princeton  under  his 
presidency. 

lifficull   it   wa  -  i"  gi  i   thi    facts 
the  Northern  and  the  British  people     In  Great  Britain 

lavery   sentiment    expressed   itself   in   self-right 

I  English  freedom  in  contrast   with  the  sla 


darkened  United  States.  It  was  their  boast  that  as  soon  as 
the  foot  of  a  slave  touched  English  soil  one  breath  of  English 
air  made  him  a  free  man.  They  sneered  at  our  flag  as  having 
stars  for  the  white  man,  but  stripes  for  the  negro.  These 
complacent  censors  seemed  utterly  oblivious  to  the  terrible 
conditii  ns  of  large  sections  ,,f  their  laboring  population  held 
in  bondage  to  an  oppressive  service  far  more  exacting  than 
a  Southern  slave  ever  knew.  They  seemed  also  to  forget  that 
negro  slaverj  was  imposed  on  this  country  by  the  British 
government,  which  was  ably  seconded  by  the  traders  of  New 
England  trading  rum  to  Africa  for  slaves  to  be  sold  in 
America. 

We  arc  told  that  our  Civil  War  was  the  result  of  ignorance 
of  each  other  in  the  two  sections  of  our  country.     Hut  there 
was   mi  chance   to   relieve   the   ignorance   when   prejudii 
intense  and  inveterate  was  cultivated  in  the  North  by  pulpit 

and    press— a    prejudice    which    was    founded    on    conscientious 

n    to    a    thcorj    and    which    refused    to    believe    anything 

contrary     to    the    theorj       The    abolitionist    thought    he    was 

d g    "God's   service"   by   his   crusade   against   an    institution 

which  le  regarded  as  the  "sum  of  all  villainies."  \ml  so  he 
demand  d  "an  anti  slaverj  constitution,  an  ami  sla  ; 

and  .in  anti  slaverj  God  '  It  was  not  the  first  lime  that  con- 
science has  trampled  on  justice  in  the  name  of  religion. 

I  be  uat  was  bound  to  come.  The  abolitionist  won  the 
victory.  To-day  he  boasts  of  the  achievement  as  a  gli 
triumph  of  righteousness.  No  Southern  man  would  restore 
tin-  institution  oi  slavery.  But  the  end  is  not  yet  \\  i  are 
confronted  bj  the  most  difficult  problem  that  evei  a  nation 
bail  to  solve.  Can  the  relations,  social,  political,  economic, 
of  two  races  as  widely  differing  as  Caucasian  and  negro  liv- 
ing under  the  same  government  be  so  adjust'  d  to  give 
justice  and  propei  development  to  both  races?  1'hus  far  we 
have  had  only  an  experiment.  It  remains  to  he  seen  whether 
emancipation  has  been  a  blessing  to  our  country,  and  es- 
pecially to  the  negro,  or  has  introduced  evils  that  in  the  end 
will  be  tin  re  ti  rrible  than  slavery. 


ARLINGTON    II  I /RAX  ASSOCIATION, 

W  1.  Horsley:  "In  1904  Comrade  William  Kay  and  I  in- 
stituted an  independent  organization  of  veterans  from  the 
1  .<  rgia  counties  of  Calhoun,  Clay,  Randolph,  Early,  Baker, 
ami  Milbr.  known  as  the  Arlington  Veteran  Association,  with 
a  membership  of  a  hundred  and  eighty.  We  meet  annually. 
usually   the    Tin  1    July  4,  at   some   selected    place  in 

"tic  or  the  othei  counties.  These  meetings  are  delightful,  for 
it  is  a  reunion  of  brotbeis  who  enjoy  their  talks  together  and 
the  battles  tin  j    fight    iver  in  memory." 


\   I  11   1    S  vow). — M.  C.  Roward,  of  Springfield,  I 

to  locate  1I1,  sword  of  bis  uncle,  William  George  Richardson, 
who  was  sergeant  major  of  the  16th  Louisiana  Volunteers, 
Me  was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Shiloh  and  earned  from  the 
field  by  I  ieutenanl  Stagg  Major  Richardson  died  the  next 
ami   bis   sword   was   lost. 


0   Soldier  Found. — While  grading  a 

m  Atlanta  near   West   View  Cemetery  in  1892  two  skeletons 

tin    In  .os   buttons    found   with   them    showing 
1  1    nfederate  and  the  other  a  Federal,     I  bey  are 
cd   t"   have   been   killed   in  the  battle  of  July  22,   1864. 
Interment  was  made  in  West  View. 


408 


Qopfederat^  Ueterar? 


MEMORIAL   SERVICE   AT  MT.   HOPE   CEMETERY. 

The  animal  memorial  services  of  the  Confederate  Veteran 
Camp  of  Now  York  were  held  this  year  on  Sunday,  May  30, 
at  its  plot  hi  Mount  Hope  Cemetery.  About  two  hundred  and 
fifty  ladies  and  gentlemen  attended.  The  Camp  and  its  friends, 
the  New  York  Chapter.  U.  D.  C,  Dixie  Club,  and  comrades 
of  the  U.  S.  Grant  Post,  Alexander  Hamilton  Post.  Lafayette 
Post,  and  Sumner  Post,  G.  A.  R..  went  to  the  cemetery  in  a 
special  train  in  the  afternoon.  On  arrival  at  the  Mount  Hope 
Station  the  Veterans  and  associate  members  of  the  Camp 
and  the  (.  V  R.  Veterans  formed  in  column  under  command 
of  Mai,  Edward  Owen,  and  with  flags  flying  and  with  the 
music  of  1  drum  and  bugle  marched  to  the  monument.  Tt 
was  an  imposing  sight  to  see  those  old  veterans  "brace  up" 
at  the  sound  of  the  bugle  and  drum  and  hear  the  word  of 
command  once  more. 

The  exercises  consisted  of  the  hymn,  "God  Bless  Our  Na- 
tive Land."  Then  a  prayer  was  offered  by  our  Chaplain,  Rev. 
George  S.  Baker.  Miss  Margaret  Dunlap  sang  a  solo,  "The 
Holy  City."  Rev.  John  Wesley  Hill  delivered  the  oration, 
followed  by  the  benediction. 

Graves  were  decorated  with  flowers  by  the  Daughters  of 
the  Confederacy,  and  then  the  solemn  but  beautiful  taps  was 
sounded.  Wreaths  were  presented  and  placed  upon  the  graves 
by  the  G.  A.  R.  Veterans.  There  are  now  some  eighteen  vet- 
erans buried  in  the  Camp  plot  resting  under  the  shadow  of 
a  grand  monument  -sixty-two  feet  high. 
Outing  to  West  Point  by  the  New  York  Camp,  U.  C.  V. 

On  Saturday,  June  5  last,  the  Confederate  Veteran  Camp  of 
New  York  had  its  annual  outing  to  West  Point,  under  the 
charge  of  Maj.  Edward  Owen,  Commander  of  the  Camp.  Al- 
though the  day  was  rainy,  between  four  hundred  and  five  hun- 
dred ladies  and  gentlemen  were  aboard  the  iron  steamboat 
Sirius,  chartered  for  the  occasion,  when  it  left  Pier  1  N.  R. 
at  12:30.  Arriving  at  West  Point  about  five  o'clock,  it  met 
with,  a  cordial  welcome.  At  six  o'clock  a  special  dress  parade 
was  ordered  by  Col.  Hugh  L.  Scott,  Superintendent  of  West 
Point,  for  our  benefit.  It  was  a  grand  sight  and  most  highly 
appreciated  by  all  present. 

Leaving  West  Point  at  seven  o'clock,  we  reached  the  upper 
landing  in  the  city  at  10:30  p.m.,  all  having  enjoyed  the  occa- 
sion greatly.  On  the  way  up  and  the  return  those  who  de- 
sired enjoyed  the  dancing  to  splendid  music  furnished  by  the 
Twelfth  Regiment  Band.  The  younger  element  kept  that  part 
going  all  the  time. 

Some  veterans  of  the  U.  S.  Grant  Post,  Alexander  Hamil- 
ton Post,  Lafayette  Post,  and  Sumner  Post  were  our  guests  on 
this  occasion,  and  they  enjoyed  every  moment. 

Among  those  present  were:  Mrs.  James  H.  Parker  (Presi- 
dent New  York  Chapter.  U.  D.  C),  Mrs.  J.  D.  Beale  (ex- 
Vice  President  U.  D.  C).  Mrs.  W.  W.  Dunklin  (ex-Presi- 
dent Dixie  Club),  Col.  and  Mrs.  C.  C.  Wilson  and  the  Misses 
Wilson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Temple  Graves,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J. 
C.  Rivers,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  J.  Ellis.  Percy  Pickrell,  Mr.  and 
Mrs  J.  E.  Graybill,  R.  W.  Gwathmey,  E.  Selvage,  Col.  J.  B. 
Wilkinson,  Mrs.  Florence  A.  Lopez. 


Mrs.  J.  B.  Gantt.  Director  for  Missouri,  $217.  Contributed 
by  Winnie  Davis  Chapter,  No.  626.  U.  D.  C,  Jefferson  City. 
Mo.,  $100;  Stonewall  Jackson  Chapter,  No.  639,  U.  D.  C, 
Kansas  City.  Mo.,  $25;  Moberly  Chapter.  No.  1125,  U.  D.  C, 
Moberly.  Mo..  $5;  M.  L.  Dalton  Home  Chapter,  No.  1106,  V. 
D.  C.  Wentzville.  Mo.,  $2.50;  Confederate  Home  Chapter,  No. 
203,  U.  D.  C,  Higginsville,  Mo,  $10;  R.  E.  Lee  Chapter.  No. 
525,  U.  D.  C.  Marshallville,  Mo.,  $25;  Sterling  Price  Chapter, 
No.  213,  U.  D.  C.  Lexington,  Mo.,  $50. 

Beauregard  Chapter,  No.   1102,  Washington,  D.  C,  $50. 

Mrs.  Lillie  F.  Worthington,  Director  for  Mississippi,  $206. 

Mrs.  Clementine  Boles,  Director  for  Arkansas,  $70.05.  Con- 
tribute.1  by  Memorial  Chapter.  No.  48,  U.  D.  C,  Little  Rock, 
Ark.,  $69.05;  Mrs.  H.  F.  Sloan,  lmboden,  Ark,  $1. 

Mrs.  Marie  Burrows  Sayre,  Director  for  Washington,  $23.50. 
Contributed  by  Mildred  Lee  Chapter,  No.  967,  U.  D.  C,  Spo- 
kane. Wash.,  $5;  Dixie  Chapter,  No.  1103,  U.  D.  C,  Tacoma, 
Wash.,  $1;  R.  E.  Lee  Chapter,  No.  885,  U.  D.  C,  Seattle, 
Wash.,  $10;   miscellaneous  contributions,  $7.50. 

Benavides  Chapter,  No.  452.  U.  D.  C,  Laredo,  Tex.,  $10. 

Charles  J.  Gawler,  Washington,  D.  C,  $1. 

Mrs.  Kate  A.  Murray,  Alexandria,  Va.,  $1. 

Sidney  I.  Besselievre,  Washington,  D.  C,  $1. 

Dr.  L.  W.  Eugster,  Washington,  D.  C,  $1. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Keblinger  and  baby,  Washington,  D.  C,  $1  50. 

Mr.  S.  and  Mr.  \\\,  Washington,  D.  C.  (each  50  cent-).  $1. 

Unknown,  Washington,  D.  C,  $1. 

John  T.  Morgan  Chapter,  No.  356,  Talladega,  Ala.,  $10.70. 

Shenandoah  Chapter,  No.  32,  U.  D.  C,  Woodstock,  Va.,  $6. 

Mrs.  Frank  G.  Odenheimer,  Director  for  Maryland.  $200. 
Contributed  by  Baltimore  Chapter,  No.  8,  U.  D.  C  ,  Baltimore, 
Md.,  parent  body,  $185;  branch  at  Annapolis.  Md..  $15. 

Mrs.  Thomas  S.  Bocock,  Director  for  Virginia,  $6.  Con- 
tributed by  Mrs.  Joseph  Bryan,  Richmond,  Va.,  $5;  Mr.  Con- 
rad. Winchester,  Va.,  $1. 

Wythe  Grays  Chapter,  No.   136,  Wytheville,  Va.,  $57.57. 

Mrs.  M.  J.  Wells,  Washington,  D.  C,  $1. 

Mrs.  R.  S.  J.  Peebles,  Richmond,  Va.,  $3. 

Mrs.  Lillie  F.  Worthington,  Director  for  Mississippi,  $25. 
Contributed  by  Private  Taylor  Rucker  Chapter,  No.  913,  U. 
D.  C,  Greenville,  Miss.,  $20;  personal  contribution,  $5. 

Mrs.  John  W.  Tench,  Director  for  Florida,  $5.  Contributed 
by  New  Smyrna  Chapter,  No.  825,  New  Smyrna,  Fla. 

Mrs.  Martha  Cabaniss,  Evansville,  Ind.,  $21.25. 

Wallace  Streatek,  Treasurer. 

[This  worthy  cause  should  not  lag.— Ed.  Veteran] 


ARLINGTON  CONFEDERATE  MONUMENT. 
Report  of  Treasurer  for  Month  Ending  June  30,  1909. 

Receipts. 
Receipts  reported,  $9,765.74. 

Mrs.  Thomas  S.  Bocock,  Director  for  Virginia,  $6.  Con- 
tributed by  Rawley  Martin  Chapter,  No.  68,  U.  D.  C,  Chat- 
ham, Va..  $5:  a  friend,  $1. 


"THE  OLD  SOLDIERS'  STORY"— A  MARCH  SONG. 

This  song  of  the  South,  written  by  Mrs.  Carlos  Dinkins,  of 
Macon,  Ga.,  herself  the  daughter  of  a  veteran,  is  dedicated  to 
the  "Boys  in  Gray  and  their  sons  and  daughters."  It  is  pub- 
lished with  the  desire  of  giving  aid  to  Southern  needs. 

The  song  will  never  become  a  classic,  nor  is  it  written  in 
the  rag-time  measure  that  will  set  every  street  gamin  to 
whistling  or  singing  it.  It  is  a  song  of  the  heart,  and  appeals 
entirely  to  the  tenderest  emotions.  The  words  are  very 
pretty,  and  are  wedded  to  an  air  in  every  way  suitable  to 
them.  It  has  a  haunting  melody  that  lingers  in  the  heart,  and 
the  short  strain  of  "Dixie"  in  the  chorus  is  attractive. 

Mrs.  Dinkins  is  anxious  that  the  U.  D.  C.  and  Veterans 
everywhere  should  take  up  the  sale  of  her  song.  The  selling 
price,  twenty-five  cents,  will  be  equally  divided,  the  sellers 
to  use  their  portion  for  the  Veterans'  Home,  monument-build- 
ing, or  any  similar  cause. 


Qor?federat<?  l/eterap, 


409 


LOLA  SANCHEZ'S  RIDE. 
Wnw    \   Cuban   Girl  Dm  for  Confederates. 

BY   L.    H.    L. 

The  daring  ride  of  Paul  Revere  is  told  in  song  and  story ; 
but  very  few  have  known  of  ;i  ride  much  more  daring  and 
equally  as  thrilling  of  which  a  beautiful  young  Cuban  girl 
was  the  heroine. 

Long  before  the  War  between  the  Statu  Mauritia  Sanchez 
left  the  West  Indies  and  settled  on  the  east  bank  of  the  statelj 
St.  John's  River,  opposite  Palatka,  Fla.  His  ill  health,  which 
had  caused  his  removal  from  Cuba,  continued  to  mow  worse 
till  when  the  war  broke  out  he  was  a  feeble  man.  worn  and 
aged.  His  family  consisted  <>f  an  invalid  wife,  a  son  in  the 
Confederate  service,  and  three  attractive  daughters,  who  were 
only  prevented  by  their  womanhood  from  also  joining  the 
army.  In  lieu  of  this  they  gave  every  aid  and  assistance  pos- 
sible to  the  cause  of  the  Confederacy. 

Information    concerning    the    Yankees    percolated    tin 
the  lines  and   reached   the   Confederates,    and  after   watching 
j    the    Yankees    decided    that    \l  imitu    Sanchez    was    its 
Source,   and  the   feeble   old   man    was   arrested   as   a   spy   and 

1  off  to  prison  in  what  was  then  called  San  Marc 
is  now  Fort  Marion,  St.  Augustine. 

This  left  the  three  girls,  Panchita,  Lola,  and  Eugenia,  mi- 
ni, for  their  invalid  mother  was  their  care,  not  their 
guard.  Often  in  the  night  their  place  was  surrounded  bj 
Yankee  troops,  both  whites  and  blacks,  and  the  house  searched 
for  concealed  spies;  for  the  information  still  reached  the  I  tl 
tes,  and  the  Yankees  did  not  suspect  the  truth — that  the 
girls  themselves   were  the  informers. 

The  three  Cuban  girls  were  beautiful  and  had  all  the  attrac- 
tion and  charm  of  tropic  girlhood;  so  the  Yankee  officers  were 
very  fond  of  spending  their  evenings  at  the  hacienda  listen- 
ing to  their  merry  chatter  and  their  liquid  singing  to  the  soft 
accompaniment  of  the  guitar.  The  talk  seemed  light  and  airy 
enough,  but  from  it  the  girls  managed  to  glean  the  informa- 
tion that  kept  the  Confederates  posted. 

1  'i      Saturdaj    ing    threi    Yankee   officers  came   to  the 

ida.  I  he  light,  bantering  conversation,  the  quips,  and 
the  laughter  made  the  evening  pass  delightfully,  and  liter  the 
three  girls  withdrew  to  prepan  the  Cuban  supper,  to  which 
they  had  bidden  tin    officers  remain  as  guest-. 

A-    Lola    Sanchez    flitted    from    pantry    to    dining    room    as 
softly   as    wind  Mown   orange   petals   on    the   grass   she    found 
that  the  officers  on  the  porch  had  fallen  into  earnest  com 
tion,  Hi  ord   that    she   heard  convinced    her   that   trouble 

for  her   beloved   causi    was    brewing;    so    she    silently    crept 
beneath  the  window  and  listened.     Two  plans  were  Spoki 

on  the  morrow.     One  was  a  gunboat  raid 
up  the  river  in   I  n   when  the  Confederate  camp 

ter,  i  fi  raging  party  to  go  south- 
ward from  St.  Augustine,  pillaging  and  capturing  all  they 
could  find. 

The  trembling  girl  crept   away   from  the  window      Si 
thing  must  be  di  me,  and    il  once,  foi  it   wa    ah  <  adj   1  ite  and 
.  vouli 

i   I  lickinsi  m   (ai  I  tickin- 

uly  a  mill  i  rt   them   and 

her  lay  the  -low  current  of 

the  St.  John's. 

Such  women  as   I  ola  Sanchez  think  rapidly.     She  bade  her 

Panchita    return    to    their    quests    and    with    song    and 

laughter  to  keep  tin  in  entertaim  nia  must  prepare  the 


supper,  while  she  sped  upon  her  mission  of  warning.  Her 
pet  horse  was  quickly  saddled,  and  she  plunged  into  the  dark- 
ening forest.  High  overhead  rode  the  moon,  and  where  the 
branches  of  the  trees  spread  wide  apart  threw  golden  lances 
of  light  that  made  the  shadows  of  leaf  and  swaying  moss 
quiver  and  dance  upon  the  sand;  but  the  bay-head  was  thick 
and  water  oak  and  pine  grew  close  together,  and  here  the 
darkness  gathered  black  and  shadowy.  The  scrub  palmetto 
met  in  a  tangle  that  held  back  her  horse,  and  the  yellow  jas- 
mine vines,  with  their  incense-bearing  burden  of  bloom,  were 
everywhere,  and  to  penetrate  them  was  to  tear  hands  and 
clothes  and  to  force  her  horse  forward  with  her  -pin-  Now 
and  then  a  long  vine  would  clasp  her  around  her  neck  with 
snaky  folds  that  made  her  shuddei   and  almost  shriek  aloud. 

There  was  the  real  danger  of  wild  beasts  fresh  from  their 
lairs,  .Did  ih,  wind  in  the  pine  trees  made  eerie  cries,  sob- 
bing like  the  wail  of  a  lost  soul,  and  the  girl,  like  most  tropic- 
nurtured  women,  was  very  superstitious,  Blindly  stumbling 
on  and  guided  more  by  instinct  than  by  sight,  she  reached 
the  river  and  the  ferry  she  was  seeking.  The  ferryman  was 
gone  with  his  boat.  His  wife  "could  not  row.  but  the  lady 
could  have  the  skiff  if  she  could  paddle  herself  over." 

The  girl  w  i  i  practiced  oarswoman  and  could  paddle  like 
an  Indian   maiden;   s,,  her  swift  strokes  carried  hei    fa 

oonlit  river.  The  St.  John's  was  dimpling  and  sparkling 
a-  the  wind  stirred  its  waters;  every  wave,  gold-tipped,  bad 
its  individuality,  and  where  the  moonlight  lay  upon  the  water 
a  golden  ladder  that  seemed  to  reach  from  river  to 
heaven.  Hut  the  fairy  scene  was  lost  upon  Lola  Sanchez, 
beauty  lover  though  she  was,  for  her  every  effort  was  given 
to  driving  the  light  skiff  over  the  water. 

The  Confederate  picket  was  just  across  the  river,  and  as 
soon  as  she  stepped  from  the  shadows  a  sharp  "Halt!  who 
goes  there?"  stopped  her  progress.  Her  answer,  "A  friend," 
brought  the  mounted  picket,  who  proved  to  be  an  old  friend 
and  neighbor.  The  soldier  could  not  leave  his  post  even  to 
carry  such  news  as  this,  and  the  relief  guard  had  just 
But  he  could  pass  her  into  the  lines  even  without  the  password, 
and  she  could  have  his  horse,  rules  or  no  rules  on  the  subject 
of  dismounting  ' 

Miss  Sanchi  found  Camp  Davis.  and  Captain  Dickinson 
close  attention  to  her  breathless  story.  And  now  she 
must  ride  for  her  own  liberty,  for  to  be  suspected  and  caught 
meant  imprisonment,  possibly  death!  A  short,  swift  ride  to 
the  waiting  picket,  a  rapid  pull  across  the  moon-kissed  waves 
of  the    St.   John's,   the   welcoming    whinny   of  her   horse,   then 

there  were  only  the  fear-haunted  shadows  of  the  « 1     and 

baj  head  bi  tw  ecu  her  and  sat 

lo    Lola    Sanchez   the   time   of   her   absenci 
yet  the  old  clock  had  registered  only  an  hour  and  a  half  in 

actual    minutes    when    she    softly    entered    the    kitchen.       l'an- 

chita's  audience  had  not  yet  tired  of  her  sparkling  roulades 
and    her    languisl  genia's    chicken    olla 

catalina,  olla  p  .  and  Cuban  coffee  were  just  tilling  the 

air  w  ith  appetizin lors  I 

l  In    next   morning   in  thi  iwn   the  gunboat 

crept  silentlj  up  the  river,  the  transport  full  of  soldiers  fol- 
lowing as  silently;  but  where  the  river  makes  its  bend  the 
Confederate  battery  lay  in  wait!  "Stormed  at  with  shot  and 
shell,"  taken  by  surprise,  the  transport  was  captured,  the  gun- 
boat disabled,  and  the  Yankees  were  all  instead  of 
taking  the  Con                  captive  ! 

South  ol    St.  Aug  the   forage  party   too  was   prepared 


410 


^oi}federat<^  l/eterai). 


for.  Here  the  ambushed  Confederates  awaited  the  enemy,  and 
in  the  hot  light  that  toll. .wed  many  brave  lives  were  lost  ..n 
both  sides.  The  Yankee  General  Chatfield  was  killed  and 
I  olonel  Nobles  was  wounded  and  the  larger  part  of  his  com- 
mand made  prisoners.     They  also  lost  their  wagons  and  mules. 

Panchita  Sanchez  determined  to  effect  the  release  of  her 
father  from  prison.  She  made  her  way  to  St.  Augustine,  and 
after  untold  labor  and  suffering,  even  an  offer  of  herself  as 
ge,  brought  the  old  man  home  with  her  in  triumph. 

Lola  Sanchez  married  a  Confederate  soldier  of  the  St. 
Augustine  Blues.  Eugenia  married  Albert  Rogers,  of  the 
same  company,  and  Panchita  wedded  John  K.  Miot,  of  South 
Carolina. 

Eugenia  Sanchez  still  lives  in  St.  Augustine,  the  same  true, 
brave,  patriotic  woman  as  of  old.  She  and  her  daughter  are 
honored  members  of  the  Anna  Dummet  Chapter,  U.  D.  C. 
Iln  granddaughters  of  Lola  Sanchez  and  Panchita  Sanchez 
are  members  of  the  St.  Augustine  Chapter  of  the  Children  of 
the  Confederacy,  which  is  named  in  honor  of  Gen.  W.  W. 
Loring.  At  the  State  Convention  of  the  U.  D.  C.  lately  held 
in  that  historic  old  city  by  the  sea  these  two  children  of 
their  noble  ancestry  were  pages   during  the  entire  meeting. 


RUNNING  THE  BLOCKADE. 

BY   L.    H.    L. 

Memphis  was  well  picketed,  and  it  was  hard  to  get  in  and 
ten  times  harder  to  get  out  again  ;  and  if  you  were  trying  to 
steal  through  the  lines  with  contraband  goods,  the  effort  was 
well-nigh  impossible. 

Two  ladies  living  in  Mississippi  decided  to  try  all  these 
things  at  once,  though  Mississippi  was  under  especial  taboo, 
and  the  authorities  had  made  their  orders  very  strict  against 
the  whole  State.  Mrs.  White  and  Mrs.  Turner  were  young 
and  giddy  and  ready  for  any  escapade,  and  they  had  extra 
incentives  to  the  trip  in  the  hope  of  getting  some  "store 
clothes"  and  a  new  hat,  things  that  their  youth  had  tirade  them 
specially  desirous  of  obtaining. 

They  took  old  Uncle  Lem  to  drive  their  carriage,  with  its 
span  of  fine  black  horses,  and  made  their  way  across  the  coun- 
try, not  going  on  the  roads  at  all  where  it  could  be  prevented, 
for  there  was  always  danger  of  meeting  Confederate,  Federal. 
or  jayhawking  soldiers,  and  these  horses  were  prizes  they 
wanted   to   retain 

About  ten  miles  from  Memphis  a  friend  lived,  and  they 
made  their  way  to  her  house  on  foot,  the  horses  and  car- 
riage being  concealed  in  the  woods. 

Next  day  they  started  int.)  Memphis  amid  the  shouts  of 
laughter  of  the  family,  for  the  two  pretty  young  women  had 
turned  into  "country  jakc-"  of  the  most  pronounced  variety. 
liny  u..re  faded,  skimp  calico  skirts  and  "Garibaldi  waists" 
and  sunbonnets  that  flapped  down  over  their  face-,  and  each 
had  a  huge  "dip  stick"  in  her  mouth  ! 

Their  friend  lent  them  an  old  wagon  and  horse.  They 
plastered  both  well  with  mud.  and  the  horse  they  further 
adorned  with  cocklelmrs,  and  the  wagon  itself  they  filled  with 
turnip  greens. 

They  came  to  the  picket  station  just  outside  of  Memphis, 
and  the  sergeant  told  them  they  could  pass  in  and  asked  them 
to  take  their  greens  to  his  mess,  giving  exact  directions  how 
t..  get  there. 

I  hey  faithfully  delivered  their  turnip  greens,  and  Mrs.  White, 
acting  the  simple  country  woman,  begged  the  soldiers  to  tell 
her  how  to  get  home  again  the  next  day,  as  she  "didn't  want 


them  picket  gentlemen  to  say  she  shouldn't  pass  thar."  The 
soldier  called  the  captain,  who  told  the  two  country  women  to 
come  to  the  camp  when  they  were  ready  to  leave  Memphis 
and  he  would  pass  them  through  the  lines. 

A  cousin  was  much  surprised  to  find  the  two  forlorn  coun- 
tryites  turn  into  their  madcap  relatives.  She  provided  them 
with  dresses,  and  all  three  had  a  carnival  of  shopping,  for 
the  gayly  decked  stores  of  Memphis  were  very  beautiful  to  the 
Mississippi  ladies. 

When  they  surveyed  their  purchases  that  night,  they  were 
appalled,  and  the  question  of  how  to  get  them  out  of  the 
lines  grew  big  before  them.  Mrs.  White  said  she  was  going 
to  take  the  natty  new  suit  to  her  husband  if  nothing  else 
went.  So  she  dressed  herself  in  the  full  uniform  of  Confed- 
erate gray,  and  over  it  went  the  faded  calico  dress  of  the 
country  women. 

Bustles  were  worn  those  days;  so  theirs  were  soon  filled 
with  small  articles,  and  the  "rats"  and  "mice"  in  their  hair 
gave  place  to  bits  of  gold  lace,  and  even  some  gold  buttons 
found  lodging  in  their  soft  tresses. 

But  the  rose-covered  hats  refused  to  be  hidden,  yet  were 
entirely  too  pretty  to  leave.  "I  believe  I'll  just  take  mine  and 
beg  that  captain  to  let  me  take  it.  I  don't  believe  hats  are 
contraband  anyway."  said  Mrs.  White,  and  her  cousin  agreed 
to  make  the  same  trial. 

The  captain  laughed  when  the  innocent-looking  country  las- 
sies petitioned  to  take  their  finery  beyond  the  lines.  He  ex- 
amined the  airy  structures  of  straw  and  flowers  and  con- 
trasted them  in  his  mind  with  the  girls  that  wanted  to  wear 
them,  but  said  he  would  see  what  he  could  do.  He  was  gone 
a  long  time,  but  came  back  with  passes  for  them  and  their 
bonnets.  He  told  them  their  turnip  greens  were  very  good 
and  that  they  must  bring  some  more.  This  they  promised  to 
do.  They  then  returned  to  their  cousin's  house,  where  they 
took  up  the  floor  of  the  old  wagon  and  hid  bundles  and  pack- 
ages between  the  planks. 

Mrs.  White  driving,  they  made  their  way  out  of  the  city  by 
all  the  byways  and  alleys,  for  they  did  not  wish  to  come  in 
contact  with  the  pickets  if  they  could  help  it.  for  these  had  a 
little  way  of  searching  for  contraband  goods  even  when  a  pass 
was  carried.  The  only  picket  they  could  not  dodge  laughed  at 
the  country  girls  and  their  fine  hats,  and  let  them  go  on  after 
reading  their  passes. 

Next  morning,  with  all  their  packages  transferred  to  the 
carriage,  they  were  just  about  to  start  off  triumphantly  home 
when  a  Yankee  officer  came  from  behind  the  bushes  and  with- 
out a  word  to  them  stepped  into  the  carriage  and  gathered 
up  the  reins !  The  two  ladies  gasped,  and  the  man  turned 
and  said:  "Don't  be  alarmed,  ladies;  I  am  only  going  to  take 
you  for  the  finest  ride  you  ever  had  in  your  life." 

(  hie  glance  at  his  face  showed  that  he  was  drunk!  Clinging 
to  each  other,  the  two  ladies  were  carried  on  the  wildest  race 
across  tin  country  ever  had  since  the  days  ot  John  Gilpin  <.r 
Tain  O'Shanter.  The  carriage  swayed  and  bumped  over  every 
root  and  hillock,  and  their  many  escapes  from  striking  the 
trees  were  a  marvel.  The  horses,  maddened  by  the  constant 
lashing  of  the  whip,  would  have  been  past  control  of  any 
one;  but  to  the  drink-crazed  officer  they  were  as  impossible 
to  handle  as  a   whirlwind. 

They  dashed  from  the  woods  into  the  road  and  met  a  posse 
of  Yankees,  who  sprang  to  one  side  to  let  them  pass.  These 
Yankees  happened  to  be  part  of  the  officer's  command;  and 
when  they   saw  him   on   the   front   seat   swaying   and   shouting 


Qopfederat^  l/eterar> 


411 


as  he  beat  the  horses,  they  started  in  pursuit.  The  horses 
again  rushed  into  the  woods,  and  the  carriage  struck  a  tree 
with  such  force  that  the  door,  which  had  blown  open,  was 
torn  from  its  hinges  and  the  officer  thrown  violently  from 
his  seal  The  ladies  -aw  him  fall  all  in  a  heap,  then  lie  still; 
hut  they  were  helpless  to  go  to  ins  assistance,  for  the  horses, 
still  mure  frightened  by  the  noise,  plunged  wildlj  along,  drag- 
ging the  carriage  after  them. 

Mis,  White  climbed  over  the  front  seal  and  picked  up  the 
lines,  which  had  fortunately  fallen  in  the  carriage.  She  guided 
the  horses  as  besl  she  could,  but  u  was  impossible  to  stop 
them.  For  some  distance  farther  they  continued  to  run. 
though  providentially  they  had  entered  a  well-defined  road. 
Then,  thoroughly  exhausted,  they  sti  pped,  panting  and 
trembling,  at   the    font   of  a   long   hill. 

The    frightened    women    held    .1    council    of    war.      They    were 

afraid  to  go  back  and  did  not  know  the  way  to  go  forward, 

gh   the  latter  course  seemed  less  dangerous  and  wises] 

Winn  the  horses  were  rested,  the)   drove  on.  and  finally  came 

to  a  house,    Thej  told  their  tale  to  the  lady,  who  look  them  in 

till  she  Id  c  I    1   back  to  th<    friend  at  whoso  house 

old  Uncle  1 .1  ni  had  been    0  summarilj  left.     !  he\  stayed  with 
dj   three  days,  when  Uncli    1  em  1  vertook  them  on  foot, 
and  their  journey  home  wa    without   further  disaster 
They   learned    afterwards   that    the   officer  was   badlj    hurt, 

that  his  nun   found  him  and  earned  him  to  the  hospital,  where 

allj  got  will;  leu  1I1.  \  nevei  did  find  out  how  he  came 
to  Pe  hiding  behind  that  bush  from  which  In  prang  oul  and 
into  their  carriage.  Mrs  White  and  Mrs  dinner,  old  ladies 
now,  an   verj   fond  of  telling  how  they  ran  the  blockade  with 

all    their    goods    and    of    the    terrible    ride    through    the     . 

behind  the  drink  crazed  Yankee  and  the  fright  crazed  1 


/1  >H     i  ///    BAST/i  >P  I  1  >S  1    HIS    1  ROUSERS 

People  in  Florida  arc  laughing  ovei   a  g 1  joke  on  om    oi 

thi  best-known  and  bi  1  loved  men  in  thai  Stati  Bishop  G 
is  big  in  body,  brain,  and  heart,  and  his  absent  mindedness 
is  onlj  another  lovabh  quality  added  to  the  manj  others  he 
"I  In  Bishi  ip  is  a  devoted  G  >nfi  di  rati  \  eteran, 
having  served  during  the  entire  war.  and  no  bravei  soldier 
i\'i  faced  the  Yankee*  from  the  Southern  lines  IK  was  ;, 
prisoner  for  months,  and  his  uncomplaining  acceptanci 
privation  and  suffering  helped  his  fellow  prisoners  almost  as 
much  as  his  noble  word;  oi  Christian  cheer  and  courage 

Bishop  M  .  Bishop  G.'s  confren   in  Fl   rida,  is  1  imparatively 

small  in  body,  while  intellectually  he   1-  a   Goliath,  and  holds 

lie    -way    in    his    dj through    thi     four    of   his    vivid 

pel  sonality. 

Latel)  Bishop  G.,  traveling  on  ifficial  bu  im  pa  sed 
through  Jacksonville  and  stopped  overnight  with  Bi  hop 
\\  Mi-  -mi  .  ,  1  In  id  only  hi-  vestments  and  neci  ir)  t  lilet 
artic! 

In   the  earl)    morn  p  G    awakened  and   began  to 

make  hasty  preparati  train   in  order  to  fill  his 

appointment      Bui  an  obstruction  to  quick  dn  from 

the  absence  of  tie    ^ 1   Bishop's  trousers,  thosi    ver)    neces 

sary   articles   being    conspicuous   b)    their    absence!      And   to 
0  iln    trouble  all  his  monc)    wa-  in  tie    pockets  oi  tin 
missing    liabilimi  nts,    and    In-    trustei 
ticking  away  on  his  fob,  which  ..  . 
The  bewildered   Bishop  hunti  d  even  ivhei  1    For  the  lo  I 

nient.      In  on    he    called    thi  thi     maid 

Servant,   and   together   tin  j 
hut   Hi  were   disi 


Evidentl)  sonn  rogue  with  a  predilection  for  clerical  gar- 
ments had  visited  the  room  while  the  Bishop  slumbered  and 
slept  and  had  escaped  with  lus  booty.    Bishop  \\ '..  being  called 

P.  the  conference,  realized  that  his  own  trousers  were  u 
so  phoned  to  a  merchant  tailor  to  come  quickly  and  bring 
in  .1  i.iiiiniii  a  garments  mar  the  Bishop's  size  From  these 
Bishop  (i.  was  enabled  to  get  something  usable.  Bishop  W 
supplied  the  money  needed,  and  the  delayed  start  was  made 
by  the  bewildered  owner  of  the  missing    trousers. 

Naturally  what  had  become  of  the  Bishop's  garment   > 
question  much  discussed  thai   day  in  the  W.  household;  but 
their   wonder   changed   to   laughter    when    the   nexl    day's    mail 
brought  a  Utter  from  the  absent-minded   Bishop  G.,  for  it  said 
that  in  a  conversation  with  a  drummer  a  few  days  befon   th< 

Bishop   had   been   told    that    a    mosl    excellent   way    to  keep   the 

trousers  looking  well  pressed  and  .  to  la)  the  gar- 

ment under  the  mattress  when  the  owner  wenl  to  bed     This 
the  Bishop  had  .lone  and   forgotten  all  about  ill 

Those  who  laugh  over  tins  g 1  stor)  laugh  with  the  Bishop, 

noi    it   him.   for  he  enjoys   lb.'   joke  on  himself  very  much. 


A   YOUNG   •  "  >  /1  1  R'S  I  1  A'  IDE. 

r.N     1      HI 
Inn    and    Katie    Posl    were    twin-,    and    so    much    alike    that 
their  neaicst   relatives  could  not  tell  them  apart  in  their  child- 
It 1      As   they   grew   older    Katie's   long   hair    was   a    distin- 
guishing  mark:   lull    a    severe   spell   of   lexer   reduced   tin 
curly  crop  like  her  brother's  and   accentuated  the   liken. 

l.nii  I-.  1  w.i  1. in  of  the  earliesl  volunteers  in  Ins  town. 
going  to  tie  iioiit  with  the  ist  Georgia  Regiment,  lie  we-  a 
wild,  daring  boy,  with  the  hot.  quick  emotions  of  the  South 
II.  was  d<  peratel)  in  love  with  the  daughter  of  a  Union 
man.  who  would  not  even  allow  Tom  to  visit  her.  But  love 
laugh-  at  parents  a-  well  as  at  locksmiths,  and  the  two  saw 
each  oth,  1-  1  iften. 

Later  m  the  war.  while  hi-  compan)  «;i-  in  camp.  Tom  heard 
thai    his    sweetheart    was    visiting   a    Union    family    in    the    next 

county  and  was  being  much  toasted  by  the   Federal   officers. 
lie  determined  to  see  her,  and  his  colonel   granted  him 

Tom  l.oirowed  some  toggery  from  a  girl  cousin,  and 
Weill  to  the  little  town  as  Miss  Post.  Kate's  reputation  as  a 
in .mi.  was  Stati  w  i.l.'.  .mil  rom  received  much  courtes)  M. 
wa-  united  to  a  military  hall,  and  here  met  bis  sweetln  mi. 
and  the  two  girl-  ,  1  Wer<  con  tantl)  1  gethei  in  Yankee 
■  Hi.  1  1  were  delighted  with  the  beautiful  young  Rebel,  who 
made  herself  SO  charming  to  them  all.  She  danced  .111. 1  tinted 
with  them,  and  the  captivated  colonel  of  the  Federals  united 
her  and  her  friend  to  a  camp  dinner.  Afterwards  the  part) 
visited   the   entire   encampment,  and    Tom   took   many   mental 

of   the    soldiers    and   their   condition,    much    to    the   future 
ntage  of  hi-  own  army. 

1    the    war   the    madcap    yOUIlg    soldier    married    till 
and    their   descend. nil-    now    live   in    Florida        loin's   mother   is 

1 


i     e.    Wn  1 1  \  m  Smith   \\n  "Jack"  i\  ! 

1   M.i     William    Smith    i~   well   known   and   !  .round 

Christianburg,  Va.,  ami  a  ill)    well  known   is  1m-  ..Id 

servant    "Jack."       The   two   havi     beet 

1."    fift)  eighl    years,   though    the   line  between   master 
and  man   is  wall   pn  been  pictured  in  the 

papers.     1  aptain   Smith   1-   proud   oi   bis   war   record,  and  is 
never  tired  of  telling  thrilling     f  the  sixties 


412 


^opfederac^  i/eceraf> 


HONOR  ROLL  OF  FIRST  GEORGIA  REGULARS. 

BY    W.    H.   ANDREWS,   EDGEW00D,   CA. 

After  Georgia  seceded  from  the  Union,  in  1861,  Gov.  J.  E. 
Brown  decided  to  raise  two  regiments  of  regulars.  He  first 
appointed  the  officers  who  opened  recruiting  stations  through- 
out the  State,  and  as  fast  as  the  recruits  were  secured  they 
were  sent  to  Augusta  and  Savannah,  Ga.,  where  they  were 
thoroughly  drilled  and  formed  into  twelve  companies.  Maj. 
William  J.  Hardee  was  appointed  colonel,  but  never  took  com- 
mand. He  rose  to  the  rar.-!c  of  lieutenant  general  in  the  West- 
ern Army  and  surrendered  his  corps  at  Greensboro,  N.  C., 
on  the  26th  of  April,  1865. 

Capt.  W.  H.  T.  Walker  was  appointed  lieutenant  colonel, 
and  served  with  the  regulars  a  short  time  at  Augusta.  He 
rose  to  the  rank  of  major  general,  and  was  killed  in  the  bat- 
tle of  Atlanta  on  the  22d  of  July,  1864. 

Capt.  Lafayette  McLaws  was  appointed  major,  but  never 
reported  for  duty,  being  elected  colonel  of  the  10th  Georgia 
Regiment.  He  rose  to  the  rank  of  major  general,  and  sur- 
rendered with  his  division  at  Greensboro,  N.  C,  on  the  26th 
of  April,  1865. 

As  volunteer  military  companies  were  forming  in  every 
county  in  the  State,  it  gave  recruiting  a  black  eye,  and  the 
officers  were  called  in.  The  recruits  at  Augusta  were  ordered 
to  the  Oglethorpe  Barracks,  in  Savannah,  where  they  were 
formed  into  one  regiment,  the  1st  Georgia  Regulars,  about 
eight  hundred  strong,  under  the  command  of  Col.  Charles 
J.  Williams,  of  Columbus,  Ga.  During  the  last  days  of  March 
the  regiment  went  to  Fort  Pulaski,  Ga.,  then  to  Tybee  Island 
on  the  1st  of  June  and  to  Manassas,  Va.,  in  July,  1861.  Some- 
time in  September  Colonel  Williams  returned  to  his  home  on 
sick  leave  and  died. 

Capt.  William  D.  Smith  was  the  senior  captain  in  the  regi- 
ment, and  deserved  a  great  deal  of  credit  for  its  thorough 
organization  and  splendid  discipline.  He  was  promoted  to 
major  in  April  and  elected  colonel  of  a  North  Carolina  regi- 
ment in  June,  and  later  on  appointed  a  brigadier  general, 
dying  in  the  service. 

Capt.  William  J.  Magill  was  promoted  to  lieutenant  colonel 
in  July,  1861,  and  to  colonel  in  September,  being  in  active 
command  of  the  regulars  until  the  battle  of  Sharpsburg,  Md., 
September  17,  1862,  where  he  lost  his  left  arm  at  the  shoulder 
and  was  left  in  the  hands  of  the  enemy.  In  the  fall  of  1863 
he  resigned  his  commission  in  the  regulars. 

Capt.  William  Martin  was  promoted  to  lieutenant  colonel 
in  September,  1861,  and  left  the  service  in  January,  1863. 

Capt.  John  D.  Walker  was  promoted  to  major  in  July,  1861, 
and  was  killed  at  the  second  battle  of  Manassas  on  the  30th 
of  August,  1862. 

Capt.  R.  A.  Wayne  was  promoted  to  major  in  the  fall  of 
1S63  and  took  command  of  the  regiment.  In  1864  he  was 
promoted  to  colonel,  and  surrendered  with  his  regiment  at 
Greensboro,  N.  C,  in  1865. 

Capt.  Miller  Grieve  served  with  the  regulars  during  the 
war,  and  was  promoted  to  lieutenant  colonel  in  February,  1865. 

Capt.  John  M.  Patton  was  killed  at  the  second  battle  of 
Manassas  on  the  3th  of  August,  1862. 

Captain  Cannon  was  killed  while  in  command  of  the  regu- 
lars in  the  battle  of  Olustee,  Fla.,  on  February  20,  1864. 

Capt.  Louis  Kennan  was  desperately  wounded  in  the  battle 
of  Waterloo,  S.  C,  in  July,  1864,  and  incapacitated  for  further 
service. 

Capt.   S.   P.   Hamilton  served  with  the   regulars  until   July, 


1861.  He  was  then  placed  in  command  of  Company  D,  which 
was  changed  from  infantry  to  light  artillery. 

Captain  Wallace  served  with  the  regulars  until  July,  1861, 
and  then  resigned. 

Capt.  Frank  T.  Cullins  served  with  the  regulars  until  De- 
cember, 1861,  and  then  resigned. 

Capt.  Jacob  Reed,  commanding  Company  A,  was  stationed 
at  Fort  Jackson,  near  Savannah,  and  remained  there  when 
the  regiment  went  to  Virginia.  They  were  afterwards  changed 
from  infantry  to  light  artillery. 

Capt.  W.  G.  Gill  was  appointed  colonel  and  chief  of  ord- 
nance on  the  staff  of  Gen.  Braxton  Bragg. 

Captain  McConnell  served  in  1861  as  commissary  of  the 
regulars,  but  resigned  early  in  1862. 

Capt.  Louis  De  L'Aigle  served  as  quartermaster  of  the  regu- 
lars until  November,  1861 ;  he  was  then  appointed  major  in 
the  quartermaster's   department. 

Dr.  Cherry,  of  Augusta,  was  surgeon  L,i  the  regulars,  and 
held  that  position  during  the  war. 

Lieut.  Whit  Anderson  was  promoted  to  captain  in  1S61,  and 
resigned  in  1862. 

Lieut.  James  D.  Anthony  was  appointed  in  August,  1861, 
and  was  shot  through  the  body  in  the  battle  of  the  Peach 
Orchard  during  the  siege  of  Richmond,  in  1862.  In  1S64  he 
was  promoted  to  captain. 

Lieut.  James  S.  Armstrong  was  promoted  from  the  ranks  in 
1861,  and  was  killed  by  a  Federal  sharpshooter  near  Dam  No. 
1  during  the  siege  of  Yorktown,  in  April,  1862. 

Lieut.  Robert  H.  Atkinson  was  promoted  to  captain  in  1864. 

Lieutenants  Berrian,  Barrow,  Burdell,  Mcintosh,  and  Wade 
resigned  before  the  regiment  left  Georgia,  in  July,  1S61. 

Lieut.  Thomas  C.  Beall  was  promoted  from  the  ranks  in 
1861.  During  the  summer  of  1862  he  went  home  on  furlough, 
and  while  returning  to  his  command  either  jumped  or  fell 
from  the  train  and  was  killed. 

Lieut.  John  Bass  served  until  November,  1861,  and  resigned. 

Lieut.  Cecil  Berrien  served  with  the  regulars  in  1865. 

Lieut.  Joe  Blanche  served  with  the  regulars  until  the  30th 
of  August,  1862.  He  lost  an  arm  in  the  second  battle  of 
Manassas  and  resigned. 

Lieut.  John  Branch  served  a  short  time  with  the  regulars 
at  Savannah,  Ga.,  in  1861.  He  resigned  and  went  to  Virginia 
as  the  adjutant  of  the  8th  Georgia  Regiment,  and  was  killed 
in  the  first  battle  of  Manassas. 

Lieut.  Seaborn  Benning  served  with  the  regulars  until  Sep- 
tember, 1862,  when  he  was  appointed  captain  on  the  staff  of 
his  father,  Gen.  Henry  L.  Benning. 

Lieut.  James  Blunt  was  promoted  from  the  ranks  in  1861 
and  resigned  in  1862. 

Lieut.  Ed  Bowdre  was  promoted  to  captain  in  1861. 

Lieut.  Horace  P.  Clark  while  adjutant  of  the  regiment  had 
his  horse  shot  from  under  him  in  the  battle  of  Waterloo,  S.  C, 
in  July,  1864. 

Lieutenant  Dancy  reported  to  the  regulars  for  duty  in  the 
fall  of  1863,  and  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  Olustee,  Fla.,  on 
the  20th  of  February,  1864. 

Lieut.  Marshal  De  Graffenreid  served  with  the  regulars 
until  September,  1862.  He  was  then  assigned  to  duty  with 
the  commissary  department. 

Lieut.  Washington  Desseau  served  for  a  time  in  1864. 

Lieut.  James  R.  DuBose  was  appointed  in  August,  1861, 
and  was  promoted  to  captain  in  1S64. 

Lieutenant  Griffin  served  for  a  short  time  with  the  regulars 
in  Virginia  and  Maryland  in  1862. 


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Lieut.   Tomlinson    Fori    ,va«    promoted   to   captain   in   July. 

1861,  and  was  wounded  a1   Malvern  Hill  on  the   1st  of  July. 

1862,  and  in  the  second  battle  of  Manassas  on  August  30,  1862. 
I  ii  nt.  John   P.  Fort  reported  to  the  regiment  for  duty  in 

the  1. ill  of  [863,  and  served  until  the  surrender  at  Greensboro. 
N.  C  ,  in  1X1,5 

Lieut.  George  P.  Harrison  erved  with  the  regulars  until 
October,  1861.  He  was  then  elected  colonel  of  the  32d  Geor- 
gia Regiment,  and  was  later  on  appointed  .1  brigadier  general. 

Lieut.  A.  A.  Franklin  Hill  was  promoted  to  captain  in  July, 
1861.  and  was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Waterloo.  S.  C,  in 
July.  [864.    He  'a.i-  promoted  to  major  in  [865. 

I  ieutenants  Hearn,  Maddox,  Davi  Smith,  and  Jack  Wells 
were  promoted  from  the  rank-  in  1862,  and  resigned  after  re- 
ceiving their  0  immissions 

Lieut.  John  Howard  served  with  the  regulars  until  De- 
cember,  1861,  and  resigned. 

Lieut  Pearce  Horn  erved  with  the  regular-  until  the  fall 
of  [862. 

Lieut.  Ben  Hudson  served  with  the  regulars  until  Septem- 
ber. 1862 

Lieut.  I.  Floyd  King  served  with  the  regular-  until  Decern 
her.  1861.     He  was  then  appointed  major  in  the  artillery -serv- 
ice. 

Lieutenant  Kirklin  served  with  the  regulars  a  short  time 
at  Savannah  in  [861.  I  saw  him  in  Virginia  in  r862  with  an 
empty   sleeve  and  the  wreath  of  a   brigadiei    general   on  his 

collar, 

Lieut.  Gasaway  B.  Lamar  served  with  the  regulars  until 
after  the  battle  of  Sharpsburg,  September  17,  [862.  He  was 
then  appointed  captain  on  the  -tail    of  General  McLawS 

Lieutenant  Lane  served  with  the  regular-  until  June,  1861. 
He  was  then  appointed  captain  of  a  battery  of  artillery. 

Lieut.  Robert  J.  Magill  -erved  throughout  the  war  with  the 
regulars. 

Lieut.  John  Milledge  erved  with  the  regulars  until  the  fall 
of  1861.  lie  was  then  appointed  captain  of  a  battery  of  ar- 
tillery. 

Lieutenant  Montgomery  was  promoted  to  captain  in  July, 
1861,  and  was.  shol  in  the  head  in  the  battle  of  Sharpsburg, 
on  the  17th  of  September.  [862,  being  rendered  unfit  for 
further  service. 

Lieutenant  Morel!  served  a  short  time  with  the  regulars  at 
Savannah  in  1864 

Lieut  F.  M.  Myers  served  throughout  the  war  with  the 
regulars,  and  was  promoted  to  captain  in  1864. 

Lieut.  W.  W.  Payne  was  promoted  to  captain  in  the  fall 
of  1861,  and  served  throughout  the  war  a-s  quartermaster  of 
the  regimen! 

Lieut  bred  B.  Palmer  was  promoted  from  sergeant  major 
in  1861,  and  was  wounded  at  South  Mountain,  Md.,  on  Sep- 
tember   14.    [862.      lie    was    captured    by    Sherman's    forces    at 

Cheraw,  S   C,  on  March  3,  1X05.  and  carried  North  to  prison. 
I  i   ill  11. ml    Portei    had   been   with    the   regiment   only   a    few 
when  he  was  killed  in  the  second  battle  of  Manassas,  on 
the  30th  of  Augu-t. 

i    Anderson  \\     !  rved  throughout  the  war  with 

the   regulars. 

Lieut  \  C  Sorrel  reported  to  the  regulars  for  duty  during 
the  siege  of  Richmond,  in  June,  [862,  After  the  battle  of 
Olustee.  l-'l.i  .  on  the  zoth  of  February,  [864,  1  ppointed 

captain  on  the  staff  of  Gen,  Joseph  1     Johnston. 

1  ieul    Robert  Rutherford  imoted  to  captain  in  July, 

1861.  and  resigned  in  August,  [862 


Lieut.  Gus  Rutherford  was  wounded  in  the  second  b  ttle 
of  Manassas,  on  the  30th  of  August,  1862. 

Lieut  II.  lb  D  Twiggs  was  promoted  to  captain  in  July. 
[861,  and  in  August,  [862,  he  accepted  a  position  on  the  staff 
of  General  Hoke.  In  April.  1865,  he  returned  to  the  regi- 
ment at  Smithfield,  X.  C.,  and  was  promoted  to  lieutenant 
colonel. 

Lieut.  Peter  Williams  served  with  the  regulars  during  the 
w  ar. 

Lieutenant  Willi-  served  with  the  regulars  at  Savannah, 
Ga.,   in    1861.      lb-   wa     elected  colonel   of  the   12th   Georgia 

Regiment   and  later  on    ippointed  a   brigadier  general. 

Lieut.    David    G.    Wyley    wa-    promote. 1    from   coin-   ],. 
and    served    with    tin-    regular-    until    December.    1N01        IK-    wa- 
then    elected  captain   in   the  gallant  4-'d   Georgia    Regiment  in 
the   Western  Army. 

lieu;    Charles  S.  Wyle}    was  promoted  t"  captain  in   [862, 
and  was  desperate^   wounded  m  tin-  battle  of  Second  Manas- 
1  thi   30th  of   August,  [862. 

I  have  only  given  a  short  sketch  ol  the  officers  who  held 
.1  commission  in  the  i-t  Regiment  of  Georgia  Regular-.  I 
should  like  to  give  a  more  extended  sketch  of  a  number 
of  them,  bin   can't  for  the  want   oi   -pace.      It  wa-  my  privilege 

' a   number  of  them  under  lire,  and   I  can   truthfully   say 

that  I  never  heard  of  or  saw-'  but  one  of  them  -bow  tin-  while 
feather.  Forty-four  years  have  come  and  gone  since  they 
sheathed  their  bright  -words  for  the  last  time,  and  old  Father 
Time  with  his  relentless  scythe  has  been  very  busy  garner- 
ing them  in,  as  most  of  those  gallant  Georgians  have  p 
over  the  river,  while  those  who  are  left  are  awaiting  the 
final  summons  to  join  those  on  the  other  shore.  The  once 
smooth  cheek,  bronzed  by  sun  and  weather,  is  furrowed  with 
the  wrinkles  of  time,  the  glossy  locks  are  fast  whitening 
with  the  snow-  of  winter,  the  erect  form  is  bending  with  the 
weight  of  year-,  and  the  firm  military  step  has  changed  to  a 
tottering  gait  as  the  boys  of  '01  march  past  in  search  of  that 
much-needed  rest  to  i„-  found  on  fame'-  eternal  camping 
ground,  the  bivouac  of  the  dead  (  hie  h\  one  they  are  going 
home,  and  soon  the  last  one  will  have  crossed  over  the  river, 
and  we  may  never  see  his  like  again;  but  his  fame  as  a  soldier 
will  go  ringing  down  the  ages  to  generations  yet  unknown. 

Of  the  above  list  of  officers  there  are  but  thirteen  now  living. 

Comrade  Andrews,  the  author  of  the  foregoing,  enlisted  in 
Company  M.  1st  Georgia  Regulars,  at  Fort  Gaines,  <  la  .  in 
February,  [861,  and  served  in  the  same  company  and  regiment 
until  April  26,  1865.  lie  was  promoted  to  corporal  in  May, 
iKoj,  sergeant  in  June,  1S62,  and  orderly  sergeant  in  July. 
18(13,  which  latter  position  he  held  until  the  surrendei  lie 
kept  a  diary  during  the  war  and  can  tell  where  his  command 
wa-  ever\  day  during  the  war.  He  has  kept  in  touch  with  a 
number  of  his  old  regiment  since  the  war,  so  that  he  is  ex- 
ceedingly  well  posted.  In  a  personal  note  Mr.  Andrews 
States:  "I  love  war,  its  pomp  and  glories,  like  a  duck  does 
water.  Yes,  1  would  be  willing  to  risk  my  old  gray  scalp 
to  be  in  one  more  desperate  charge.  But  the  war  is  over  and 
I   am  one  of  Uncle   Sam'-  most  law-abiding  citizens." 


An  inquiry  from  Pea  Ridge.  Ark.,  asks  for  Zelph  Gamblin, 
John  Cabe,  and  William  Lcdford,  who  belonged  to  Company 
F,  15th  Arkansas  Infantry,  ami  surrendered  with  that  regi- 
ineni  at  Vicksburg  July  4.  1863.  They  enlisted  from  Benton 
County,  Ark.     (Neither  the  name  nor  the  address  is  given.  1 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterai). 


TWICE  RECEIVED  THE  SAME  FLAG. 
Judge  Letcher,  of  Staunton,  Va..  presented  in  the  name  of 
Mrs.  C.  T.  Arnall  the  historic  old  flag  of  the  5th  Virginia  to 
Camp  Stonewall  Jackson,  of  Staunton.  It  was  a  singular  co- 
incidence that  the  Camp  Adjutant.  Capt.  James  Bumgardner, 
Jr.,  who  received  the  flag,  was  receiving  it  for  the  second  time. 
The  flag  was  originally  presented  to  the  regiment  by  Judge 
Letcher's  father.  John  Letcher,  the  war  Governor  of  Virginia, 
and  was  received  by  James  Bumgardner,  who  was  adjutant  of 
the  regiment. 


Ml  CHIC  AX  G.  A.  R.  REUNION  AT  KALAMAZOO. 

The  "Grand  Army"  at  Kalamazoo  in  June  was  one  of  the 
best-attended  Reunions  in  the  history  of  that  organization. 
There  were  upward  of  three  thousand  five  hundred  veterans 
present,  and  the  visitors  ran  this  number  up  to  five  thousand. 

The  line  of  march  was  especially  tine.  It  was  headed  by 
Gen.  Fred  Grant,  who,  in  full  uniform,  was  received  with 
shouts  of  greeting.  A  notable  feature  of  this  parade  was  the 
living  flag  formed  from  five  hundred  school  children,  whose 
dresses  of  red,  white,  and  blue  made  the  flag,  which  as  they 
marched  in  perfect  time  seemed  to  be  waving  in  the  breeze. 
The  flags  the  Michigan  regiments  carried  during  the  war 
were  again  unfolded,  and  the  old  veterans  marched  proudly 
uniler  their  shadow. 

A  famous  trio  of  musicians.  \Y.  H.  Billiard,  J.  J.  Bullard, 
and  A.  \Y.  Cummings,  were  present  and  attracted  much  atten- 
tion, for  the  three  had  played  together  during  the  entire 
war,  and  the  fife,  snare  and  bass  drums  were  the  same  then 
used. 

A  waving  flag  of  electric  lights  was  much  admired  as  it 
spanned  the  street  and  with  quivering  colors  seemed  to  feel 
each  passing  touch  of  air.  Every  corner  held  a  phonograph 
playing  patriotic  music,  and  at  the  park  moving  pictures  of 
battles  were  the  attraction.  The  art  students  were  on  the 
streets  in  numbers  with  block  and  pencil  seeking  studies.  One 
feature  of  the  Reunion  especially  enjoyed  by  the  veterans  was 
the  automobile  rides   which  encompassed  the  beautiful  city. 


GEXERAI.  GRANT  AS  TO  GENERAL  LEE'S  SWORD. 

The  erroneous  opinion  continues  to  prevail  in  regard  to 
the  surrender  of  the  "sword  of  Lee."  Careless  writers,  or 
those  whose  euphemistic  instinct  exceeds  their  historical  knowl- 
edge, are  fond  of  referring  to  Gen.  Fred  Grant  as  the  son  of 
the  man  to  whom  Lee's  sword  was  surrendered.  The  truth 
is,  Lee  never  surrendered  his  sword  at  all !  The  cartel  of  sur- 
render signed  by  both  Lee  and  Grant  plainly  states  that  all 
Southern  officers  were  allowed  to  retain  their  side  arms,  which 
of  course  included  their  swords ;  but  there  is  nothing  to 
the  silly  story  about  Lee's  sword  being  offered  to  Grant. 

In   ancient  warfare  conquest  gave   almost  unlimited  rights. 
History    is    filled    with    stories 
of  Greek  or  Roman  armies  re- 
turning   in    triumph    with    the 
long  line  of  conquered  follow- 
ing  to   slavery,   and   the    great 
kings       and       generals       were 
chained    to    chariot    wheels    of  Jy^  ^ 
victors,    etc.     The   greater   the  r 
humiliation     of     the     defeated, 


the  greater  was  the  triumph  of  the  conqueror  and  the  more 
numerous  the  laurel  crowns  placed  upon  his  brow. 

In  Lee's  surrender  there  was  no  humiliation,  no  bowing 
of  his  proud  head  in  submission  to  a  dictatorial  conqueror. 
Lee  had  about  live  thousand  worn-out  soldiers  on  that  fatal 
yth  of  April,  1865;  he  was  surrounded  by  Grant's  army  aggre- 
gating many  times  his  number.  There  wras  no  choice  but 
surrender,  but  it  was  surrender  with  honor.  Grant  met  Lee 
as  an  equal,  not  a  defeated  subject.  He  honored  his  general- 
ship, his  steadfastness  to  duty,  his  love  for  his  men.  and  the 
radiant  purity  of  his  character.  So  the  terms  of  the  surrender 
demanded  every  consideration  possible  for  the  Confederate 
army. 

This  autograph  note  of  General  Grant  ought  to  satisfy  every 
sane  person  and  stop  the  silly,  sentimental  discussion  of  the 
subject.  General  Lee  made  record  that  he  told  General 
Grant  in  regard  to  the  horses  in  his  army  that  they  belonged 
to  the  soldiers,  wdien  the  latter  said :  "The  boys  will  need 
their  horses  to  make  crops." 


TRIBUTE    TO   MAIOR  BREATHITT. 

BY   COL.   G.    N.    SAUSSY. 

On  page  267  of  the  June  Veteran  Col.  P.  P.  Johnson  gives 
a  heroic  account  of  Major  Breathitt's  rescue  of  one  of  his 
guns  at  Spottsylvania.  While  Colonel  Johnson  does  not  men- 
tion the  place  definitely,  that  was  the  location. 

Stuart  and  his  cavalry  had  been  swung  by  General  Lee  to 
his  right  in  anticipation  of  Grant's  night  march  to  seize  the 
key  point  at  Spottsylvania,  and  with  bulldog  tenacity  Stuart 
was  holding  this  all-important  post.  Warren's  Corps  was  in 
the  advance  and  was  pressing  the  cavalry  very  hard.  Stuart, 
while  doing  his  best  to  hold  the  key  and  finding  his  forces 
overwhelmingly  outmatched,  had  personally  dashed  up  the 
road.  Meeting  Dick  Anderson  leading  Longstreet's  veterans, 
he  urged  them  to  hasten.  Nor  were  they  any  too  soon,  for 
they  just  had  time  to  form  battle  line  when  Breathitt  was 
forced  from  his  position. 

The  incident  was  related  to  me  by  a  former  Federal  sol- 
dier, a  member  of  a  Massachusetts  regiment.  He  told  me 
the  story  in  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  in  the  early  nineties.  He  had 
come  South  and  was  employed  in  the  general  freight  office 
of  a  Florida  railroad.  He  said  it  was  the  most  heroic  act  he 
ever  witnessed  during  the  fierce  War  between  the  States.  The 
gun  had  been  bared  by  cannoneers  when  Major  Breathitt 
dashed  up  and  hitched  the  two  horses  to  the  prolonge  and, 
throwing  himself  upon  the  near  horse,  gave  him  the  go.  This 
Federal  soldier  said  they  were  almost  near  enough  to  put  their 
hands  upon  the  gun.  They  demanded  his  surrender,  but 
Breathitt  just  put  his  thumb  to  his  nose  and  wriggled  his 
fingers  in  derision  and  dashed  off  with  the  gun.  "It  was  the 
most  surpassing  act  of  cool  nerve  I  ever  witnessed,"  he  re- 
peated. His  story  so  fully  confirms  the  narrative  related  by 
Colonel  Johnson  that  it  should  be  in  the  Veteran.  We  rarely 
find  an  incident  of  such  heroism  confirmed  by  both  sides. 


THIS   AUTOGRAPH    SHOULD   SETTLE   THE  SURRENDER  OF  THE  SWORD  QUESTION. 


Qoi)federat<^  l/eterag 


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EFFORl  l(>  BAR  (  II  IL  WAR  CLAIMS. 
Senator  Burnham,  of  New  Hampshire,  recently  introduced 
a  hill  which  if  passed  «ill  nullify  the  Bowman  and  Tucker 
acts  and  prevent  the  payment  after  1911  of  any  war  claims  for 
property  used  or  destroyed  during  tin-  sixties.  Senator  Burn- 
ham's    hill    proposes    to   amend    Section    4   of    the    Bowman    act. 

entitled  "An  act  to  afford  assistance  and  relief  to  Congress 
and  the  executive  departments  in  the  investigation  of  claims 
and  demands  against  the  government,"  so  as  to  read:  "The 
jurisdiction  of  the  court  of  claims  shall  not  extend  to  or  in- 
clude any  claims  against  the  United  States  growing  out  of 
the  destruction  of  or  damag<   to  property  by  the  army  or  navy 

during    the    Civil    War   or    for    the    use    and    occupation   of    real 

estati  h\  01-  foi  stores,  subsistence,  or  supplies  taken  by  or 
furnished  to  am    pari   of  the  militarj   or  naval   forces  of  the 

United  States  in  the  operations  of  said  forces  during  the  aid 
war  at  the  seat  of  war;  nor  shall  the  said  court  have  jurisdic 
tion  of  any  claim  against  the  United  States  which  is  now 
barred  by  virtue  of  the  provisions  of  any  law   of  the  United 

Stales  " 

However,  to  this  amendment  there  is  a  proviso  that  will 
permit  the  admission  of  claims  under  the  present  law  up 
until  the  15th  of  January,  1911.  This  proviso  reads  .is  follows: 
"That  all  claims  for  supplies  or  stores  taken  bj  or  furnished 
to  an\  part  of  the  military  or  naval  forces  of  the  United  States 
for    their    use    during    the    Civil    War    heretofore    referred    or 


n  INEWALL  .1  U  KSON. 

transmitted  to  tin   court  of  claims  In   virtue  of  and  pursuant 

to  the  provisions  of  the    Bowman  act   or   winch    shall   he   so   re- 
ferred  prior   to   the    15th    day   of  January,    loll.   ma\    he   prose 
m   and   shall    he   heard,  determined,   and    reported    by    the 

f  claims  in  all  respects  as  fully  and  completely  as  if 
sai.i  Section  1  oi  the  act  had  not  been  repealed  or  said  section 
had  not  been  amended  by  this  act." 

It  may  he  will  to  ti\  a  limit  to  this ;  so  Southern  1  longressmeii 
wdl  get  busj  abi  matters  that  have  long  needed  per 

sistent  attention  |!nl  the  nine  designated  is  entirely  too 
•hort,  and  thi  monej  in  the  treasurj  that  was  exacted  as  ., 
Cotton  tax  .ind  .ill  other  taxes  levied  on  the  South  should  be 
returned  to  tin    Southern  States  in  equitabli    proration. 


RAPHAEL    si  l/l/f  s   <  AMP,    SO.   11.  l\  C.   V. 

Adjutant  Robert  E.  Daly,  Sr.,  of  the  Mobile  Camp  named 
as  above,  reports  officers  elected  for  the  current  year  as  fol- 
lows: A.  < ',.  Lew.  Commander;  John  R.  Malone,  Joseph 
Cady,  Sr.,  and  F..  T.  Toomer,  Lieutenant  Commanders;  Robert 
I  Daly,  Sr.,  Vdjutant;  John  M.  Niolon,  Treasurer;  M.  T. 
Fudge,  Sergeant    Major;   L.  D.  Gibson,  Color  Sergeant;  John 

1  lark  and  F  P.  \ndrew.  Color  Guards;  W.  II.  Bancroft, 
1   U   todian;   Dr.   William   T.   Hamilton,  Surgeon;    II     A.   Lock- 

« I,  Chaplain;   Emile   Erbecke,   Drum   Major;   William    IL 

Johnston,  '  ifficer  of  the  Day. 

This  Camp  will  have  much  to  do  during  the  yeai  ahead — 
in  entertaining  the  U  C.  V.  Reunion,  etc.  The  Adjutant 
writes:  "The  lamp  meets  regularly  the  third  Thursday  night 
of   each    month    in    the    Armory    of   the    Alabama    National 

Guards,    where    we    have    .1    room    nicely    furnished    and    where 
our   books,    maps,   papers,   pictures,  and   relics   are   kept," 


Appointed  U.  D.  C.  Editor  of  Constitution.— Mrs.  George 
C.  Ball,  who  recently  succeeded  Mrs  B.  D  Cray  as  U  D.  C. 
editor  oi  lie  \1l.1nta  Constitution,  is  well  known  111  the  ranks 
oi  Southern  journalism.  In  making  her  how  in  her  new- 
sphere  Mrs.  Ball  begs  the  active  cooperation  of  all  the  Geor- 
gia Division.  Mis.  Cray's  resignation  was  caused  bj 
ing  domestic  duties. 

1  ol.  W.  B.  1 1. up.  1  was  living  in  New  York  City  when  the 
Civil  War  broke  out.  He  came  South  and  joined  a  company 
which  was  formed  at  Reelfoot  Lake.  Tenn.  The  name  of 
tin  company  is  not  known.  He  was  under  Jeff  Thompson, 
General  Buckner,  and  Forrest.  In  [864  he  resigned  and  ran 
.-.  blockade  on  the  steamei  Blenheim  from  Wilmington  to 
Na  in.  \t  the  close  of  the  war  he  went  to  Alabama,  where 
he  remained  until  his  death,  in  1007.  \d.li<  Graci  Lyon 
Kevil,    Priii  eton,   Ky  .   who   seeks  information  of  him. 


To  assist  her  in  filling  out  a  U.  D.  C  application  Miss 
Eli  abeth  Loftin,  of  Nashville,  Tenn.,  would  like  information 
of  the  militarj  reo  rd  of  Jesse.  Benjamin,  and  Peevy  Stewart 
and  Samuel  Loftin,  who  enlisted  either  in  Sen  01  Newton 
County,   Miss.     Samuel    Loftin   died   in  service. 


\  Brighi  Soi  rHERN  Child.-  R.  L.   ["hompson,  of  St.  Louis, 

Mo,,  writes  "Our  small  daughter  Marx  attended  a  kinder- 
garten   school    m    SI     Louis,  and   one   of    the    SOngS    taught    her 

class    w  a-  : 

1  1     ee  me  sh.  i.'t   my  big  gun, 

And    don't    you    see    the    Rebels    run?' 

Mary  changed  the  words  to  'don't  you  see  the  Yankees  run?' 
As  she  was  singing  in  chorus,  the  change  made  discord,  and 
her  teacher  asked  why  she  did  it.  The  little  girl  replied  that 
her  papa  was  ,1  Confederate  oldier  and  she  was  not  going 
to  sing  about  his  running  away.  The  matter  was  finally 
adjusted  by  the  suppression  of  the  kindergarten  song." 


Gri  \ii    1    Freight  Haul  Ever  Recorded     Oni    freight  en- 
gine on  the  Virginia   Railroad,  which  mad  was  built  by  the 

late  II.  II.  Rogers,  hauled  a  train  of  mini,  cars,  each  con- 
taining liftv  t.ais  of  coal,  from  Roanoke  to  Norfolk,  a  distance 
of  two  hundred  and  forty-three  miles,  which  is  said  to  he  the 
heaviest  tram  ever  hauled  bj  one  engine  for  such  a  distance. 
Ii  was  of  the  Mikado  type.  Think  of  nine  million  pound-; 
and   the    weight    of  ninety    ears   hauled  by  one    locomotive  I 


410 


C^opfederat^  Ueterat} 


1-'  ■■*"  \ 

/  MB 

■  •  :?'i'.'-'j3, 

ffffiSN^ 

[Lino  by  Mrs.  Mary  Pinckney  Outz,  Grand  Worthy  Matron 
of  the  Eastern  Star,  of  South  Carolina,  a  daughter  of  Archi- 
bald Adams,  of  Marshall,  Tex.] 

Listen,  Daughters !   hear  the  signal ! 

'Tis  the  muffled,  measured  tread 
Taken  to  the  sound  of  music — 

Music  played  for  our  soldier  dead. 
Why  this  chord  upon  the  breezes? 

Why  this  hush  upon  the  air? 
Why  around  the  somber  casket 

Gather  heads  grown  white  with  care? 

'Tis  another  of  our  heroes 

Who  his  last  farewell  has  said, 
And  that  casket  holds  his  body; 

But  his  martial   soul  has  fled — 

Fled  to  meet  his  dear,  loved  generals 

Where  the  camp  fires  ever  burn 
And  where  springs  the  living  water 

That  old  age  to  youth  will  turn. 

Closely  wrap  the  shroud  around  him. 
Form  the  mound  with  greatest  care, 

And  upon  its  sacred  surface 

Scatter  flowers  of  perfume  rare. 

In  the  garden  spot  of  memory 
Plant  a  pearl  of  richest  hue, 

Tell  with  song  and  pen  and  story- 
Deeds  of  valor  great  and  true ; 

For  we  love  those  locks  of  silver 

And  the  shrine  round  which  they  bow. 

Precious  hearts  and  dearest  treasures, 
Blessings  on  them  then  and  now. 


Year's  Death  Roll  of  Raphael  Semmes  Camp. 
A.  B.  Jones,  Co.  D,  4th  Ala. 
J.  A.  Tagert,  Co.  I,  24th  Ala. 
Thaddeus   Partridge,  Sr.,  Co.   K,  21st  Ala. 
S.  A.  Byrd,  Co.  E,  36th  Ala. 
A.  G.  Ward,  Co.  G,  5th  Ala. 
Charles  S.  Kimball,  Pelham  Cadets. 
Jesse  G.  Harwell,  Co.  G,  4th  Ala. 
Samuel  J.  Ryan,  Co.  G,  4th  Ala. 
F.  M.  Bradley,  Co.  C,  40th  Ala. 
Michael  Hansen,  Co.  A,  —  La. 
George  W.  Spotswood,  Co.  A,  2d  Fla.  Vol. 
H.  R.  Crichton,  Co.  F,  47th  N.  C.  Troops.   '  : 

James  Byrnes,  Co.  I,  12th  Ala. 
Paul  A.  Boulo,  Co.  E,  21st  Ala. 
Patrick  Leary,  Co.  I,  Sth  Ala. 
Simon  Klosky,  C.  S.  N. 
Rudolph  Dykes,  Co.  A,  9th  Miss.  Cav. 
George  Metzger,  Co.  A,  21st  Ala. 
John  S.  Holmes,  Co.  B,  3d  Ala. 
John  R.  Williams,  Co.  A,   12th  Ala. 


L.  W.  Christian. 

Lewis  Woodville  Christian  was  born  in  Tuscumbia.  Ala., 
during  August.  1847 ;  and  died  in  Weatherford,  Tex.,  in  De- 
cember, 1909.  His  parents  were  Virginians  of  Irish  ancestry. 
His  great-great-grandfather  was  the  first  white  settler  in 
Augusta  County,  Va. 

L.  W.  Christian  entered  the  Confederate  army  at  the  age 
of  sixteen,  enlisting  in  Company  C,  3d  Alabama  Cavalry,  under 
Col.  Jeff  Forest,  and  served  with  him  in  every  battle  till  the 
one  at  Prairie  Mound,  where  Forrest  was  killed.  Company  C 
then  became  a  part  of  Major  Warren's  battalion,  and  partici- 
pated in  many  hard-fought  battles.  Later  L.  W.  Christian  was 
made  chief  courier  of  Gen.  W.  A.  Johnson.  He  was  severely 
wounded  in  the  battle  of  Pulaski  and  sent  home.  On  his  re- 
turn his  company  had  been  consolidated  with  Williams's  Bat- 
talion, under  command  of  Col.  John  Burthwell,  where  they 
remained  till  their  surrender  at  Selma,  Ala.  Comrade  Chris- 
tian was  a  brilliant  soldier  and  a  true,  noble  gentleman. 

W.  J.  Longlkv. 
W.  J.  Longley  was  born  in  Tennessee  in  1836;  and  died  in 
Dalton,  Ga.,  in  June,  1909.  In  the  beginning  of  the  war  he 
enlisted  in  the  39th  Georgia  Infantry,  and  was  a  brave,  true 
soldier  to  the  cause.  He  was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Mis- 
sionary Ridge  by  a  ball  striking  him  in  the  forehead  and 
plowing  its  way  across  his  head.  He  was  disabled  by  this 
wound  from  active  service  for  months;  but  on  his  recovery 
he  returned  to  the  army,  and  served  till  the  surrender.  He 
was  a  member  of  Joseph  E.  Johnston  Camp,  U.  C.  V.,  anc 
was  highly  respected  by  all  who  knew  him. 

Richards. — Dulany  M.  Richards  was  born  in  Fairfax 
County,  Va..  in  1844;  and  died  in  Brunswick,  Mo.,  in  1909. 
In  1863  he  enlisted  in  the  43d  Virginia  Cavalry,  Company  A, 
under  Col.  John  S.  Mosby.  Here  he  distinguished  himself 
as  a  brave  and  dashing  soldier,  as  became  a  true  follower  of 
his  gallant  leader.  He  was  captured  in  1864  and  placed  in 
the  Old  Capitol  Prison.  Washington,  D.  C,  where  he  re- 
mained for  months,  being  then  transferred  to  Fort  Warren, 
Boston,  in  which  prison  he  remained  till  his  parole  at  the  end 
of  the  war.  He  was  an  upright  man  and  an  honored  citizen 
of  Brunswick.  He  -leaves  a  wife  and  six  children,  and  his 
mother  also  survives  him. 

Whitfield. — Dr.  George  Whitfield  was  born  in  Spring  Hill, 
N.  C,  in  1831 ;  and  died  in  old  Spring  Hill,  Ala.,  in  1909.  He 
was  educated  at  Chapel  Hill,  N.  C,  and  graduated  in  medi- 
cine at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania.  He  volunteered  as  a 
private,  but  was  promoted  to  brigade  surgeon  in  Rodes's 
(afterwards  Battle's)  Brigade,  where  he  served  till  the  end 
of  the  war,  ministering  to  the  sick  and  wounded.  He  was 
wounded  at  Bunker  Hill,  Va.  In  his  life  as  a  country  prac- 
tioneer  Dr.  Whitfield  won  many  friends.  He  leaves  a  wife 
and  children. 

Hurd. — L.  J.  Hurd  in  the  seventy-sixth  year  of  his  age 
died  at  his  residence,  on  Hunter  Street,  Atlanta,  in  July, 
1909.  He  was  an  honored  citizen.  He  was  as  well  a  true  sol- 
dier of  the  Confederacy,  serving  in  Company  E,  5th  Alabama 
Infantry.     He  is  survived  by  two  sons  and  one  brother. 

Peaco. — At  the  funeral  of  G.  W.  Peaco,  of  Staunton,  Va., 
the  Confederate  veterr.  '.  f  Stonewall  Jackson  Camp  acted  as 
pallbearers,  and  almost  the  entire  body  followed  their  old 
comrade  to  the  grave. 


Qor?f ederat^  l/eterap. 


417 


Capt.  David  Eiavell  .Maxwell. 

The  memory  of  her  heroes  is  a  State's  richest  legacy.  David 
Elwell  Maxwell  was  born  in  Tallahassee,  Fla..  February  25, 
1843;  and  passed  into  his  reward  September  16,  1908.  As  a 
friend,  he  was  loyal ;  as  a  citizen,  his  idea  of  patriotic  duty 
was  sublime;  as  a  soldier,  he  was  distinguished  alike  for  his 
fearless  daring  and  his  acute  intelligence;  as  a  comrade,  he 
was  full  of  that  tender  solicitude  that  sought  the  comfort  of 
his  men,  soothed  the  anguish  of  the  sufferer,  and  comforted 
the  last  hours  of  the  dying.  As  manager  of  great  business 
trusts  and  administrator  of  vast  interests,  lie  won  the  respect 
alike  of  capitalists  whose  investments  be  managed  and  the 
most  humble  employees.  Yet  loyalty  of  friendship,  patriotic 
citizenship,  courageous  soldiery,  gentleness  of  spirit,  .mint  ad- 
ministrative capacity — all  these  fail  to  picture  the  man  at 
his  best  and  in  bis  truest  type.  His  real  greatness  was  found 
in  the  sacred  circle  of  his  domestic  relations.  One  of  a  twain 
whose  lives  were  blended  in  the  rosy  young  days  of  life's 
springtime  and  whose  pledge  at  the  altar  was  only  a  formal 
confirmation  of  ties  that  were  registered  in  heaven,  he  was 
a  devoted  husband  and  an  ideal  father.  There  was  a  comrade- 
ship between  parents  and  children  beautiful  to  behold. 

Enlisting  in  his  eighteenth  year  in  the  2d  Florida  Infantry, 
his  career  as  a  soldier  began  in  May,  [861,  in  the  Virginia 
Army.    His  splendid  physique  made  him  a  conspicuous  soldiei 


CAPT.    DAVID    E.    MAXWELL. 


The  history  of  the  Virginia  Army  as  an  aggregation  of  battling 
activities  was  the  personal  record  of  this  young  hero.  Wil- 
liamsburg on  the  Peninsula,  Seven  Pines,  a  wound  at  Fraser's 
Farm,  the  capture  of  Harper's  Ferry,  the  battles  of  Sharps- 
burg,  Fredericksburg,  Chancellorsville.  Deep  Run,  Gettys- 
burg, Falling  Waters,  Culpeper  C.  H.  were  all  events  in  his 
personal  history.  In  1863  he  was  promoted  for  distinguished 
services,  and  with  the  rank  of  captain  was  assigned  to  the 
1st  Florida  Cavalry,  dismounted,  serving  in  General  Bragg's 
army,  lie  served  gallantly  in  the  battles  of  Chickamauga, 
Missionary  Ridge,  Dalton,  Resaca,  Dallas,  Kennesaw  Moun 
tain.  Peachtree  Creek,  and  that  of  Atlanta,  July  22,  1864.  In 
the  last  battle  mentioned  (  \tlantai.  while  in  a  hand-to-hand 
fight  for  possession  of  the  intrench ments  held  by  McPherson's 
Corps,  Captain  Maxwell  was  desperately  wounded  and  dis- 
abled for  regular  field  service  A  cripple  at  his  hi  >me,  in  Tal- 
lahassee, when  a  body  of  the  enemy  landed  at  St  Mark's  Light- 
house in  March,  1865,  he  mounted  his  horse  and  went  to  the 
front  and  engaged  in  the  battle  of  Natural  Bridge,  Fla. 

Gen.  William  E.  Bates  used  to  tell  a  story  of  Captain  Max- 
well when  ordered  to  perform  a  very  perilous  service.  General 
Bates  had  instructed  Captain  Maston,  of  his  staff,  to  convey 
an  order  to  Captain  Maxwell  while  the  brigade  was  under 
fire  to  take  fifty  men  and  occupy  a  certain  post  of  danger. 
Turning  to  the  messenger,  the  boy  captain  said:  "Give  me  this 
order  in  writing."  Captain  Maston  responded:  "And  why?" 
The  answer  was:  "That  I  may  send  it  to  my  people  at  home, 
so  they  may  know  that  I  gave  up  my  life  and  the  lives  of  my 
men  in  obedience  to  the  command  of  my  general."  Upon 
closer  investigation  General  Bates  withdrew  the  order. 

The  great  honors  paid  the  memory  of  Captain  Maxwell  at- 
test the  high  standing  of  the  man.  The  great  system  of  the 
Seaboard  Air  Line  Railroad  showed  its  exalted  official  respect 
by  ordering  a  brief  cessation  of  work  and  the  stoppage  of  all 
trains  at  the  hour  of  his  funeral,  and  the  State  Legislature 
spread  upon  its  minutes  resolutions  attesting  their  appreciation 
of  a  man  in  whose  death  "the  State  of  Florida  lost  a  distin 
guished  citizen,  a  devoted  friend,  and  a  true  type  of  glorious 
manhood." 

[From  a  tribute  by   B.  W.   Partridge,  of  Monticello,  Fla] 

Joseph  E.  Pettigrew 

Joseph  Edward  Pettigrew.  third  son  of  James  A.  and  Eliza- 
beth Blackwell  Pettigrew,  was  born  in  Darlington  District, 
S.  C,  September  7,  1841.  In  1859  he  entered  the  Furman 
University,  and  there  remained  a  student  until  the  call  to 
arms  in  1861,  when  he  enlisted  "for  the  war"  in  the  "Pee 
Dee  Rifles."  1st  S.  C.  V.  This  company  was  soon  changed 
into  the  Pee  Dee  Light  Artillery,  and  became  a  part  of  Col. 
W.  J.  Pegram's  famous  battalion  of  artillery,  in  which  he 
served  through  all  the  Virginia  campaigns  up  to  and  includ- 
ing June  7.  1864.  Then  owing  to  greatly  reduced  numbers 
the  company  was  sent  to  South  Carolina,  served  under  Gen- 
eral Hardee's  command,  and  was  subsequently  surrendered  by 
Gen.  Joseph   E.  Johnston   at  Greensboro,   N.   C. 

\s  a  soldier  his  ideals  were  high.  Always  cool  and  self- 
possessed,  bis  splendid  moral  courage  sustained  him  in  all 
the  trying  crises  of  the  main  bloody  battles  in  which  he  took 
part,  and  none  11101,  fully  realized  or  strove  more  earnestly 
and  faithfully  to  perform  his  full  duty  to  his  country.  In 
the  battle  of  Harper's  Ferry  the  gun  to  which  he  belonged 
for  some  cause  had  not  been  placed  in  action.  The  detach- 
ment, however,  served  as  a  reserve  to  draw  from  in  replacing 
killed  or  dis;  bled  on  the  firing  line.    The  writer,  whose 


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initial  letter  came  early  in  the  alphabet,  was  the  first  recruit 
called  for,  when  Pettigrew  sprang  to  his  feet,  exclaiming: 
"You  must  not  go ;  you  are  too  sick  to  fight.  I'm  going  in 
your  place."  The  generous  proffer  was  not  of  course  ac- 
cepted, but  can  never  be  forgotten,  nor  the  nobility  of  soul 
which  prompted  it  cease  to  be  admired  and  gratefully  ap- 
preciated. 

In  1866  he  was  married  to  Miss  Fannie  Tillman,  of  North 
Carolina.  She  possessed  a  strong  character,  coupled  with 
admirable  amiability  and  feminine  gentleness,  and  she  was  of 
much  strength  and  comfort  to  her  husband  in  the  trying  or- 
deals of  that  stormy  period,  during  which  reconstruction 
period  he  was  a  pillar  of  strength  to  his  community.  He  rep- 
resented Darlington  County  in  the  Legislature,  and  after  the 
formation  of  Florence  County  represented  that  in  both  Houses 
of  the  General  Assembly.  He  also  served  as  Superintendent 
of  Education. 

As  a  citizen  he  was  public-spirited,  generous,  self-sacrificing, 
and  ever  loyal  to  the  interest  of  his  people.  An  ardent  be- 
liever in  the  brotherhood  of  man,  his  heart  went  out  to  the 
toiler,  his  active  sympathy  to  the  sick  and  the  sorrowing,  and 
his  hand  was  ever  ready  to  help  the  victim  of  adversity.  As 
a  friend  he  was  loyal  and  true  and  ever  ready  to  make  any 
needed  sacrifice  for  those  he  loved.  His  religious  life  began 
in  his  boyhood,  and  his  faith  shone  unwavering  like  a  beacon 
light  until  the  end,  undimmed  by  the  temptations  and  de- 
moralization of  soldier  life  and  unshaken  by  adversity  and 
suffering.  The  highest  ideals  and  aspirations  seemed  to 
govern  his  whole  life,  and  he  died,  as  he  had  lived,  a  Chris- 
tian gentleman. 

[From  sketch  by  his  comrade.  Joseph  W.  Brunson.] 

Martin  O'Gara. 

Born  en  the  Emerald  Isle  May  29,  1829,  Martin  O'Gara 
died  at  his  home,  near  Kenton,  Tenn.,  on  May  15,  1909,  hav- 
ing nearly  reached  his  fourscore  of  years.  He  joined  the 
first  company  organized  for  the  Confederacy  in  Weakley 
County,  Tenn.,  the  "Old  Hickory  Blues,"  afterwards  Com- 
pany G,  9th  Tennessee  Infantry,  Maney's  Brigade,  Cheatham's 
Division,  Army  of  Tennessee,  and  served  faithfully  with  this 
company  to  the  close  of  the  war  in  North  Carolina. 

After  the  war  he  returned  to  Tennessee,  where  his  first 
work  was  to  throw  down  the  fortifications  left  by  the  Federals 
along  the  line  of  the  Mobile  and  Ohio  Railroad.  At  Ruther- 
ford, in  Gibson  County,  he  found  his  life  companion,  who  sur- 
vives him,  with  several  children,  to  mourn  a  faithful  husband 
and  affectionate  father. 

R.  J.  Dew,  of  Trenton.  Tenn.,  writes:  "Brave,  noble  old 
soldier,  his  last  roll  call  is  answered.  He  was  my  comrade 
for  four  long  years  of  bloody  war  and  my  personal  friend  to 
the  end  of  his  life.     Peace  to  his  ashes  " 

Ritchie. — Dr.  James  B.  Ritchie  was  born  in  Marion  County, 
Tenn.,  in  1830;  and  died  in  McMinnville  March  24,  1909.  At 
the  beginning  of  the  war  he  enlisted  and  served  four  years  in 
the  medical  and  quartermaster's  department  of  the  16th  Ten- 
nessee. In  McMinnville  he  was  prominent  in  all  business  and 
Church  relations,  and  he  had  many  warm  personal  friends,  who, 
with  his  wife  and  two  children,  will  feel  their  loss  deeply. 

Carrol. — John  M.  Carrol  was  born  in  Staunton,  Va.,  in 
1839 ;  and  died  in  that  city*  in  1909.  He  enlisted  in  Company  L, 
5th  Virginia  Infantry,  ahebtater  was  appointed  sergeant  major, 


acting  in  that  capacity  till  after  the  battle  of  Kernstown.  He 
was  conspicuous  in  the  battle  of  Appomattox  Camp  Stone- 
wall Jackson,  of  which  he  was  an  honored  member,  took 
charge  of  the  funeral.     His  wife  survives  him. 

John  L.  Dismukes. 
John  L.  Dismukes  was  born  in  Nashville,  Tenn.,  in  1830; 
and  died  in  Mayfield.  Ky.,  in  1909.  He  received  his  literary 
education  in  the  University  of  North  Carolina,  and  graduated 
in  medicine  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania.  He  moved 
at   once   to   Mayfield   and  began   his   career   as   physician   and 


DR.    J.    L.    DISMUKES. 

surgeon,  winning  a  wide  reputation.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Tri-State  American  Medical  Association,  and  was 
their  First  Vice  President,  and  he  was  President  of  the  South- 
western Kentucky  Medical  Association.  He  was  a  brilliant 
writer  in  medical  magazines,  and  kept  in  touch  with  all  the 
advancement  of  his  profession. 

During  the  war  Dr.  Dismukes  was  surgeon  in  charge  of 
various  hospitals  in  the  Confederate  army,  especially  the  field 
hospital  of  Cleburne's  Division,  Hardee's  Corps.  He  was 
wounded  at  Chickamauga  and  again  at  Franklin,  Tenn.  He 
was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  Tennessee  River  and 
Cumberland  Gap  Railroad. 

In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  He  was  of  aristocratic 
descent,  being  descended  through  the  father's  side  from 
French  nobility  and  through  the  mother's  from  Thomas 
Lynch,  one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 
He  is   survived  by  his  four  children. 

Mayfield  Camp,  U.  C.  V,  at  a  called  meeting  in  honor  of 
Dr.  Dismukes  passed  glowing  resolutions  of  respect. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai). 


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MARGARET  HOWELL  DAVIS  HAYES. 

In  the  death  of  Margaret  Howe!!  Davis  Hayes  the  last  link 
of  the  family  of  Jefferson  Davis  is  broken.  One  by  one,  like 
beads  slipping  from  a  chain,  they  have  passed  away,  and  in 
the  cemetery  of  Richmond  is  gathered  what  was  once  a  large 
family — father  and  mother,  four  sons  and  two  daughters,  and 
tin    tiny  grandson  who  only  came  to  bloom  and  fade. 

Margaret  Hayes  was  the  oldest  child  of  Jefferson  Davis 
and  In-  wife,  Varina  Howell,  and.  aside  from  the  claim  of  the 
first   child    to   an    especial    love,    she    was    doubly    dear    to    Mr. 


M  VRG  VKl  1     HOWKL1     DAVIS    HAYES. 

g  his  mother's  name     The  tie  between  the  two 
■.i      m  unusuall]  rising  from  similarity   of  tastes 

and  the  trend  of  thought      "Polly,"  as  was  Ins  pel  name  for 
her,    was    ever   his    companion,    and    when    together    neither 

Margaret  l  >av  is  wa  i  convent  in  Paris,  > 

iv   and    Princess    Margaret   of   Bavaria  were 

her  closest  friends.     D>  distinguish  hei   in  this  iii lame 

i  P<  at  i.  thi  meaning  of  her  nanu  .  and 
ili  it  jewel  entered  largel)  into  her  life  pleasures  I  In-  friend- 
ship for  the  two  Margarets  n<  v<  r  was  lost  not  i  tid  aside  Dur 
ing  the  tunc  of  hei   absenci    in  Mi     Davis  said  there 

ii  in-  heart  that   nothing  could  fill,     lie 


was  a  man  who  took  bright  views  of  circumstances;  but  some- 
times even  to  him  the  horizon  darkened,  and,  like  Saul  with 
the  harp  of  David,  nothing  could  soothe  nor  comfort  him  like 
his  daughter's  singing.  She  had  a  voice  never  powerful,  but 
of  unusual  sweetness  and  pleading  pathos — a  deep,  velvety 
contralto,  haunting  in  the  tenderness  of  melody  that  won  its 
way  into  all  hearts,  swaying  the  listener  to  nobler  deeds  and 
truer  aspirations. 

After  graduation.  Miss  Davis  returned  to  Memphis,  where 
her  father  and  mother  were  living  at  the  time.  Here  she 
became  at  once  a  leading  social  favorite.  She  was  very  young, 
only  eighteen;  but  even  then  she  possessed  the  wonderful  mag- 
netic charm,  the  gracious  personality  that  marked  her  ma- 
turer  womanhood.  In  Memphis  Miss  Davis  met  Mr  J.  Addi- 
son Hayes,  the  second  son  of  J,  Addison  Hayes,  of  Nashville, 
and  grandson  of  Oliver  Bliss  Hayes,  om  of  the  pioneers  of 
the  capital  of  Tennessee. 

The  first  view  Miss  Davis  had  of  Mr.  Hayes  was  at  Calvary 
Church,  where  as  vestryman  Mr.  Hayes  took  up  the  offering. 
On  her  return  from  the  service  Margaret  said  to  her  m  ther 
that  she  had  seen  the  man  she  felt  sure  she  should  marry. 
Her  premonition  was  amply  justified,  for  an  ideal  love  affair 
followed  the  introduction,  and  the  first  of  the  January  follow 
ing  the  wedding  took  place  in  Calvary  Church.  The  world 
was  clad  also  in  bridal  white,  and  the  joy  bells  thai  wel 
corned  the  newborn  year  rang  in  one  of  the  happiest  married 
lives  possible  to  humanity;  for  with  these  two,  lovers  always, 
duality  ceased  to  exist  and  unity  of  love  and  purpose  took  its 
place.  Miss  Davis  went  to  the  altar  on  the  arm  of  her  noble 
father,  and  Winnie,  then  a  child  of  eleven,  was  maid  of  honor, 
while  young  Jeff  Davis,  then  in  bis  earlj  twenties,  was 
groomsman.  A  grand  reception  followed,  where  all  of  Mem 
phis  society  came  with  good  wishes  for  the  fair  bride  and 
noble  groom.  At  this  reception  the  wedding  cake  served  was 
brought  from  England,  and  had  been  buried  in  hermetically 
sealed  tins  for  fifty  years.  The  remnant  of  the  caki 
iln  ii  sealed,  and  was  opened  again  for  tin  wedding  ol  Varina, 
the  oldest  daughter  born  to  the  young  coupb 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hayes  lived  for  man)  years  in  Memphis, 
where  Mr.  Hayes  was  very  prominent  in  banking  circles 
Here  were  born  the  tiny  boy  who  bore  the  name  of  Jefferson 
Davis,  but  who  lived  only  three  months;  Varina  Howell,  who 
is  named  for  the  maternal  grandmother;  Lucy  White,  who 
bears  the  name  of  her  father's  mother;  and  Jefferson  Davis 
.  who  by  the  act  of  the  Legislature  of  Louisiana  became 
Jefferson    Davis,   receiving  the  name  in  baptism  over   the   coffin 

containing  the  bodj   of   President   Davis. 

Mr.  Hayes  developing  throat  trouble,  the  doctors  ordered  him 
to  Colorado,  which  climate  prove,  1  -  i  ittractive  that  the  fam- 
ily moved  there,  making  their  residence  in  I  olorado  Springs, 
where  Mr.  Hayes  became  the  leading  banker  of  the  State, 
Their  home  on  Cascade  Avenue  was  one  of  the  show  places 
of  the  city,  and  was  fitted  with  every  luxury  money  could  buy. 
Here  was  born  the  youngest  box.  Billy,  named  for  the  pas 
sionately  loved  and  never-forgotten  brothet  who  was  killed 
fall  over  the  balustrade  on  to  the  stoi  i    n  the  White 

House  of  Richmond  during  President  Davis's  term  of  office. 
\t  this  home  was  solemnized  the  marriage  of  Varina  How 
.11  Hayes,  who  wedded  Dr.  Gerald  Bertram  Webb,  a  de- 
scendant of  an  English  ducal  family.  To  this  marriage  have 
been  born  three  children— Margaret  Varina.  for  her  grand- 
;.  Mr-  Hayes,  and  great-grandmother,  Mrs  Davis 
(this   little   lady,  self-styled    Marko,   was    the   pet    ind   constant 


420 


C^opfederat^  Vetera^. 


companion  of  Mrs.  Hayes),  Gerald  Bertram,  the  only  great- 
grandson  of  Mr.  Davis,  and  Robina,  named  for  her  English 
grandmother.  Dr.  Webb  is  a  specialist,  and  has  more  than 
a  national  reputation. 

Mrs.  Hayes  impressed  her  vivid  personality  upon  all  who 
were  so  fortunate  as  to  know  her.  She  was  brilliant  in  con- 
versation, gracious  in  manners,  and  of  so  intense  a  magnetism 
that  even  without  her  great  beauty  she  would  have  been  ob- 
served in  any  assemblage.  In  person  she  was  tall  and  built 
upon  grand  lines.  Her  face  was  almost  pure  Greek  in  outline, 
with  large,  dark  velvet  eyes  that  could  flash  and  sparkle  in 
conversation,  soften  to  winning  tenderness  to  a  child,  or  brim 
over  with  tears  at  some  tale  of  suffering,  for  she  had  the 
brain  of  a  statesman  united  to  the  tender  heart  of  a  child. 
Her  complexion  was  the  creamy  richness  of  a  magnolia  petal, 
and  was  framed  in  masses  of  dark  hair  that  her  fifty-four 
years  never  touched  with  silver. 

Mrs.  Hayes  had  never  been  strong  since  her  mother  died — 
nothing  organic,  nothing  the  wisest  doctors  could  grapple ; 
but  within  the  last  six  months  the  want  of  vitality  crystallized 
into  a  general  implication  of  the  functions.  Like  a  flower 
fading,  she  gradually  wasted  away.  Her  room  was  a  floral 
bower  with  love  tokens  from  many  friends  sent  day  by 
day,  and  everything  in  the  power  of  humanity  to  aid  or 
comfort  was  at  her  bedside.  Her  sufferings  were  past  words 
to  express,  but  even  her  nurses  never  heard  a  groan  nor  mur- 
mur. Her  husband  and  all  her  children  were  around  her,  and 
her  little  grandchildren  made  her  room  their  play  place.  To 
them  "Mamie."  as  they  called  her,  was  only  another  and 
more  delightful  child,  one  to  be  amused  with  blocks  and  to 
be  interested  in  their  pet  puppy  and  kitties.  They  brought  to 
her  bed  the  wild  flowers  they  gathered,  the  flowers  that  faded 
from  their  little  hot  hands  as  the  human  flower  was  fading 
from  the  fever  heat  of  disease. 

On  Sunday,  July  18,  1909,  as  the  sinking  sun  was  touching 
Pike's  Peak  into  golden  splendor,  death  came  with  healing 
touch  and  tender  claspings,  and  she  fell  quietly  into  that  sleep 
whose  wakening  was  to  be  with  her  loved  ones  in   Paradise. 

Tribute  from  the  C.  S.  M.  A. 

In  a  tribute  to  the  memory  of  Mrs.  J.  A.  Hayes  Mrs.  W. 
J.  Behan,  President  of  the  Confederated  Southern  Memorial 
Association,  wrote  from  New  Orleans,  La. :  "In  the  passing 
of  this  noble  daughter  of  President  Davis  the  last  tie  that 
united  the  women  of  the  Confederacy  with  the  parent  branch 
of  the  Davis  family  has  been  severed.  Mrs.  Hayes  was  in 
every  sense  a  true  daughter  of  the  South  and  a  worthy  de- 
scendant of  a  grand  sire.  Her  life  was  replete  with  the  splen- 
did traditions  of  a  brave  people,  and  as  sister,  daughter,  wife, 
and  mother  she  fulfilled  all  the  obligations  of  a  true  woman. 
She  will  be  deeply  mourned  by  her  associates  in  the  Con- 
federated Southern  Memorial  Association,  and  her  name  will 
be  held  in  loving  and  sacred  remembrance  for  all  time  to 
come." 

Expression  for  U.  D.  C. 

In  an  official  notice  of  Mrs.  Hayes's  death  Mrs.  Cornelia 
Branch  Stone,  President  General  U.  D.  C,  states :  "It  is  re- 
quested that  Chapters  of  our  Association  recognize  the 
great  loss  by  holding  memorial  services  in  honor  of  our  dis- 
tinguished dead.  With  deep  pain  we  realize  that  in  her  life 
the  last  link  is  broken  that  bound  us  to  that  dear  household 
in  the  White  House  of  the  Confederacy.  We  can  no  more 
stand  in  her  gracious  presence;  but  we  can  recall  with  pride 


that  in  her  personality  she  nobly  represented  the  exalted  char- 
acter and  splendid  qualities  of  heart  and  mind,  the  heritage 
of  her  illustrious  lineage,  for  she  lived  and  died  a  worthy 
daughter  of  our  great  chieftain,  Jefferson  Davis,  and  Varina 
Howell  Davis.  She  has  left  to  us  a  precious  legacy  in  her 
children — two  sons  and  two  daughters.  These  we  will  cherish 
in  our  hearts  and  memories  as  representing  all  that  is  left 
to  us  of  the  descendants  of  that  great  man,  scholar,  states- 
man, and  soldier,  Jefferson  Davis.  Our  loving,  tender  sym- 
pathy goes  into  the  home  now  so  desolate." 

Official  notice  and  a  devoted  tribute  were  sent  by  the  As- 
sociated Press  from  the  headquarters  of  the  United  Confed- 
erate Veterans  the  day  following  the  beloved  woman's  death. 

The  United  Sons  of  Confederate  Veterans  by  their  Com- 
mander in  Chief,  Dr.  Clarence  M.  Owens,  pay  tribute  to  Mrs. 
Hayes  in  a  worthy  manner. 

Mrs.  S.  E.  F.  Rose,  Historian  of  the  Mississippi  Division, 
U.  D.  C,  sends  a  carefully  prepared  and  pathetic  tribute  to 
this  last  child  of  Jefferson  Davis. 

Maurice  Frank. 

Maurice  Frank  was  born  in  Georgia,  from  which  State  he 
was  one  of  the  earliest  volunteers  for  the  Confederate  army, 
enlisting  at  the  age  of  eighteen  in  Company  C,  Georgia 
Regiment,  Benning's  Brigade.  He  was  with  the  Army  of 
Northern  Virginia  in  all  the  hard  campaigns.  He  was 
wounded  in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  but  would  not  leave  the 
field ;  for,  though  helpless  to  fight,  he  could  load  the  guns 
for  his  comrades,  which  he  did  till  dark  relieved  them. 

After  the  war  ended,  he  moved  first  to  Alabama.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Ellen  Dillon,  and  established  a  home  in  Salt 
Creek  Valley,  Kans.  He  devoted  his  energies  to  beautifying 
his  home  town  and  in  aiding  in  the  development  of  the  State. 


JAMES   S.   STANLEY. 


[Sketch  of  Comrade   Stanley,  who  was   Mayor  of  Wilson, 
La.,  in  June  Veteran,  page  287.] 


Qor)federat<?  Ueterap. 


421 


James  Si    i  I   !  'en  ham. 

James  Scott  Denham  was  born  in  Monticello,  Fla..  in  1845: 
and  died  in  that  city  in  1009.  Between  these  two  dates  lies 
the  history  of  a  noble  life,  a  true  Christian  character,  and  a 
generous  and  devoted  friend. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Patton  Anderson  Camp  the  memorial 
committee  read  resolutions  of  re-spect  to  their  dead  comrade 
and  Capt.  T.  G.  Bott  made  an  address.  He  said:  "Before 
moving  the  adoption  of  the  resolutions  just  submitted  I  am 
constrained  to  express  in  a  few  words  the  high  personal  rc- 
p  I  have  always  entertained  for  him  whom  to-day  we  meet 
in  In  nor.  All  around  me  are  comrades  who  have  known  him 
from  boyhood  and  who  will  indorse  the  Strongest  tribute  that 
winds  of  nunc  can  pay.  1  recognized  in  him  a  man  pure  in 
heart  and  clear  of  mind  whose  opinions  of  moral  ethics  and 
of  business  were  worthy  of  the  most  careful  consideration 
On  Thursday.  April  29,  when  it  was  learned  that  James  Scott 
Denham  had  suddenly  answered  the  last  roll  call,  the  entire 
city  was  clouded  with  sorrow,  and  the  silent  look  of  sympathy 
with  which  friend  met  friend  was  a  tribute  greater  than  word 
each  feeling  that  one  of  the  noblest  of  friends  bad  passed 
from  him.  He  lived  his  religion,  and  bis  beautiful  influence 
rests  like  a  benediction  upon  those  who  knew  and  loved  him." 

Commander  B.  W.  Partridge  spoke  eloquently  of  Comrade 
Denham,  and  he  was  followed  by  Comrades  George  N.  Foot- 
man. W.  II.  Wright,  John  Dean,  and  W.  A.  l.indsey.  who  paid 
high   tribute  in   their  earnest  word*  of  praise. 

Rev.  D.  C.  Kb  i  i  s 
Ri  D.  C.  Kellcy,  D.I',  was  born  in  Leesville,  Wilson 
County.  Tenn.,  in  1833 ;  and  died  in  Nashville  in  1909.  He 
v. a^  suit  as  .1  missionary  to  China  by  the  M.  E.  Church,  South, 
and  for  years  did  very  noble  work  in  propagating  Christianity 
in  that  far-off  land.  On  his  return  to  America  he  organized 
a  company  of  cavalry  which  was  called  Kelley's  Troop  and 
which  served  under  Gen.  N.  B.  Forrest,  and  was  with  that 
gallant  commander  during  the  war.     D.  C.  Kelley  so  distin- 


guished himself  for  coolnc-ss  in  action  and  bravery  in  face  of 
danger  that  he  was  rapidly  promoted,  being  made  major  of 
battalion.  He  was  elected  lieutenant  colonel  of  Forrest's 
Regiment  the  day  before  the  battle  of  Shiloh.  and  took  the 
duty  of  colonel  in  the  battle  of  Murfreesboro.  He  was  on 
Forrest's  staff  as  chaplain  and  aid.  Afterwards  be  commanded 
a  regiment,  then  a  brigade  till  the  end  of  the  war.  winning 
a  brilliant  reputation  as  "Forrest's  fighting  preacher." 

At  the  end  of  the  war  he  was  made  pastor  of  several  of 
the  largest  Methodist  Churches  in  Tennessee.  Here  his  in- 
fluence for  good  was  widely  felt,  as  in  his  upright  life  and 
true  Christianity  he  was  an  example  of  what  a  noble  man 
should  be. 

Richard  T.  Ow  i  n 

Lieut.  Richard  T.  Owen  was  bum  March  1.5.  1837;  and  died 
in  Shelbyville,  Ky.,  May  J4,  1900.  aged  seventy-two  years.  For 
a  long  while  he  was  Adjutant  of  John  II.  Waller  Camp,  No. 
237,  U.  C.  V.     Here  is  an  outline  of  "Dick's"  soldier  life: 

He  left  Kentucky  for  the  Confederate  army  in  Virginia 
July  28,  1861,  and  enlisted  as  a  private  on  the  famous  battle- 
field of  Manassas  in  Company  K,  12th  Regiment.  Mississippi 
Volunteer  Infantry.  On  September  to.  1862.  he  was  pro- 
moted to  second  lieutenant  of  bis  company.  He  fought  at 
Kelly's  Ford,  Second  Manassas.  Harper's  berry.  Sharpsburg, 
in  the  Wilderness  from  the  6th  to  the  I2th  of  May.  1864,  at 
Spottsylvania  C.  H.,  and  Concord  Church.  In  Mississippi  he 
engaged  in  a  number  of  skirmishes  while  serving  in  a  bat- 
talion of  scouts  commanded  by  his  brother,  Capt  K.  A.  Owen. 
In  the  desperate  battle  of  Sharpsburg  he  was  wounded  in  the 
hip.  foot,  and  shoulder,  and  at  Spottsylvania  in  the  leg.  In 
August,  1864,  "Dick"  was  retired  from  active  service  in  in- 
fantry because  of  wounds  and  assigned  to  duty  in  a  Confeder- 
ate scout  corps  operating  in  Mississippi  under  Mai.  Jeff  D. 
Bradford. 

He  surrendered  at  Jackson  May  1.1.  1865,  to  Gen.  E.  R.  S. 
Canby.  This  was  the  last  organized  body  east  of  the  great 
river  to  surrender,  and  one  that  had  been  held  in  readiness  to 
see  President  Davis  safely  across  should  be  escape  to  its 
banks.     He  was.  however,  captured  on  May  10  in  Georgia. 

Lieutenant  Owen  was  a  handsome  man  and  a  fine  soldier. 
il.    was  bearing  the  colors  and  leading  his  company  when   so 
Severely   wounded.      Few  soldiers   were   so   intelligent   and   en- 
thusiastic;  not  many  were  so  widely   known  and  greatly   ad- 
mired.   He  was  repeatedly  elected  to  office  in  his  home  county, 
and  served  long  as  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court.     His  b<" 
County  Assessor  are  mentioned  .1-  models.     The  regiment  in 
which   be  held  so  honorable  a  place   was   remarkable    I 
record,   and   it   had   perhaps   no   bravei      fficer.      His    fi 
was   conducted  by  his  old   messmate,  and   hundreds    foil 
the  flag-covered  casket  to  the  flower-decki  God  bless 

his  brave  brother  and  loving  sister, 

[Sketch  by  bis  friend.  Rev.  J.  R.  1  leering,  Lexington,  Ky.] 

Scurr. — W.    B.    Scurr,   Sr..   died   on    May    27,    1909,   at    his 

home,  near  Torrance.  Miss.,  in  bis  sixty-ninth  year      He  was 

a  good  citizen  and  a  faithful  soldier  in  Companj   1 ',.  15th  Mis- 

ipi    Regiment.     He  had   but   few   faults.     He   was   genial 

and  kind — a  ray  of  sunshine  and  cheer  to  his  surroundings. 

[From  W.  A.  Carr.  postmaster  at  Coffeeville,  Miss.] 


COL.  REV.   Ii.WH)  CAMPHEI.L   KELLEY. 


There  are  several  engravings  for  "Last  Roll"  where  the 
names  are  omitted.  Parties  interested  will  oblige  by  writing 
description  of  pictures  that  have  been  sent  and  that  have  not 
appeared.     It  is  very  desirable  that  this  be  done. 


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Qoj>federat^  l/eterar). 


Dr.  N.  P.  Marion. 

Dr.  N.  P.  Marion,  born  at  Cokesbury,  S.  C,  in  1820,  was 
a  great-nephew  of  Gen.  Francis  Marion,  of  Revolutionary 
fame.  After  finishing  the  country  schools,  he  graduated  from 
the  Medical  College  of  Charleston,  S.  C,  in  1843,  and  then 
went  to  Florida  and  purchased  a  large  body  of  land  in  Hamil- 
ton County  lying  along  the  Suwanee  River,  and  with  a  num- 
ber of  slaves  he  commenced  farming  on  a  large  scale.  He 
remained  on  that  old  homestead  until  his  death,  in  March, 
1909. 

When  the  War  between  the  States  began,  all  but  the  men 
and  boys  too  old  or  too  young  for  service  were  mustered  into 
the  army;  but  when  the  State  of  Florida  was  invaded  as  far 
as  Olustee,  Dr.  Marion  raised  a  company  of  old  men  and 
offered  his  service  to  General  Finegan.  But  he,  having  raised 
a  sufficient  force  to  meet  the  enemy,  advised  the  company  to 
return  home  and  protect  the  women  and  children  and  in- 
terests there  left  without  protection.  He  also  told  Dr.  Marion 
that  his  service  at  home  was  worth  far  more  to  the  cause  in 
securing  supplies  of  provisions,  clothing,  and  shoes  for  the 
soldiers  than  he  could  be  as  a  soldier,  besides  he  aided  the 
women  who  were  left  behind  without  any  one  to  direct  and 
provide  for  them,  making  their  crops  and  furnishing  bread  to 
the  destitute.  Dr.  Marion  had  the  respect  and  esteem  of  all — 
a  true  Southerner. 

Capt.  William   A.  Handlev. 

Capt.  William  Handlev,  a  native  of  Georgia,  died  in 
Roanoke,  Ala.,  June  23,  1909.  He  had  been  in  delicate  health 
for  several  years,  yet  the  immediate  cause  of  his  death  was 
from  a  severe  fall  received  several  weeks  before  from  which 
he  never  recovered.  Though  born  in  Georgia,  his  parents 
moved  to  Alabama  while  he  was  a  small  child,  and  he  re- 
mained a  citizen  of  Randolph  County  from  that  time.  He  was 
devoted  to  the  State  of  his  adoption,  from  whom  he  received 
many  offices  of  trust  and  honor. 

He  served  gallantly  through  the  war,  and  at  its  close  was 
elected  to  Congress,  and  served  his  district  with  honorable 
distinction.  He  served  in  both  branches  of  the  Legislature, 
and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  President  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  Roanoke  Normal  College. 

He  was  a  man  of  wide  charity,  and  many  poor  young  men 
and  worthy  girls  owe  their  start  in  life  to  his  generosity. 
Captain  Handlev  is  survived  by  a  wife  and  two  children,  two 
brothers,  and  a  large  circle  of  relatives  and  friends. 

G'L.   M.  L.  Gore, 

Mounce  Lauderdale  Gore  was  born  July  16,  1840,  in  Jack- 
son County.  Tenn.,  on  Roaring  River,  and  was  reared  on  a 
farm.  He  went  to  Gainesboro,  five  miles  distant,  in  1866  and 
engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  for  several  years.  He 
was  elected  Circuit  Court  Clerk  in  1874,  and  served  with 
credit  for  four  years  In  December,  1897,  he  moved  back  to 
his  farm  on  Roaring  River,  where  he  remained  until  his  death, 
on  June  18,  1908.  On  March  22,  1868,  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Mary  Susan  Cassetty,  who  survives  him.  She  was  ever  as 
a  ministering  angel.     To  this  union  five  children  were  born. 

Comrade  Gore  gave  his  life  to  Him  "who  doeth  all  things 
well."  He  was  made  a  Master  Workman,  being  in  Tannehill 
Lodge,  No.  133,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  and  was  later  exalted  to  the 
august  degree  of  Royal  Arch  Mason.  He  filled  all  the  im- 
portant offices  in  the  Lodge,  and  was  High  Priest  of  Gaines- 
boro Chapter,  No.  86,  R.  A.  M.,  of  which  he  was  a  charter 
member.     He  was  an  ardent  admirer  of  the  principles  of  the 


ancient  order,  and  never  faltered  in  his  faith  in  the  "lion 
of  the  tribe  of  Judah." 

Colonel  Gore  enlisted  as  a  private  soldier  on  May  14,  1S61, 
in  his  brother  William's  company,  K  (Col.  A.  S.  Fulton), 
8th  Tennessee  Infantry  Regiment,  going  with  his  regiment  to 
Virginia  in  July,  1861.  Because  of  a  long  illness  he  was  dis- 
charged in  September.  1S61,  and  returned  home.  As  soon  as 
he  regained  his  health  he  reenlisted  in  the  cavalry  service, 
and  was  elected  captain  of  Company  G  in  Gen.  George  G. 
Dibrell's  splendid  Tennessee  cavalry  regiment,  and  he  often 
commanded  the  regiment.  Captain  Gore  was  in  command  of 
Dibrell's  Regiment  at  the  time  of  the  surrender  in  May,  1865. 
Recommendations  had  been  sent  to  Richmond  for  his  promo- 
tion to  colonel,  and  he  is  on  record  as  such,  though  he  never 
received  the  commission. 

A  man  of  conspicuous  courage,  he  never  boasted  of  his 
individual   achievements.     He  ever   seemed   to  have  at  heart 


COL.    M.    L.    GORE. 

more  the  comfort  of  others  than  of  himself.  His  rule  was 
strict  obedience  to  orders.  General  Dibrell  was  heard  to  say 
that  Colonel  Gore  always  brought  to  him  more  satisfactory 
reports  than  any  other  officer  he  could  send  out.  He  was 
never  wounde-i  or  captured ;  but  in  a  cavalry  fight  near 
Franklin,  Tenn.,  in  the  latter  part  of  1862  his  horse  was  killed 
under  him.  Another  horse  was  shot  under  him,  though  not 
killed,  near  the  close  of  the  war.  Colonel  Gore  was  in  that 
"hundred  days'  fighting"  from  Dalton  to  Atlanta.  Near  the 
end  of  1864  he  was  in  the  battle  of  Saltville,  Va.,  when  the 
Confederates  saved  the  salt  works  from  Burbridge's  forces. 
He  was  in  the  battle  of  Bentonville,  N.  C,  the  last  engage- 
ment between  Johnston's  and  Sherman's  armies.  He  com- 
manded the  remnant  of  his  regiment  as  escort  to  President 
Davis  from  Abbeville,  S.  C,  to  Washington,  Ga. 

The  funeral  services  were  conducted  by  Elder  Marion  Har- 


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ris  and  the  Masonic  Order  from  the  family  residence,  and  the 
burial  was  in  the  family  cemetery. 

[The  foregoing  is  from  an  elahorate  sketch  by  a  commit- 
tee :   Henry  P.  Loftis,  N.  B.  Young,  and  J.  A.  Williams.] 

Capt.   Nicholas  Wilson. 

Capt.  Nicholas  Wilson  was  horn  in  St.  Charles  County, 
Mo.,  in  1833;  and  died  at  his  home,  in  Pilot  Point,  Tex.,  on 
May  16.  1909.  At  the  ace  of  nineteen  he  went  to  Texas, 
teaching  school  in  Tarrant  County.  When  the  war  broke  out, 
he  organized  a  company  of  cavalry,  and  as  captain  of  this 
company  ( B,  DeMorse's  Regiment  of  Cavalry)  he  served 
throughout  the  war. 

After  the  war  Captain  WSlson  lent  his  aid  toward  building 
up  the  community  of  Pilot  Point.  He  built  the  first  brick 
building  there  in  1873.  He  retired  some  years  ago  from  active 
commercial  business.  Captain  Wilson  was  twice  married.  .111. 1 
is  survived  by  his  wife  and  a  daughter  of  the  first  marriage 
He  was  a  man  whose  strong  convictions  and  candid  expression 
united  with  sound  judgment  He  was  a  man  of  the  strictest 
integrity,  and  was  guided  by  a  high  sense  of  duty. 


WILLIAM    L.    DALE. 

[A  sketch  of  Comrade  Hair  appears  on  page  292  of  the 
June  Veteran.  Il<  was  an  Elmira  prisoner  at  the  closi  .if  the 
war] 

I      <i      \\       I!     Li  NCH, 

Capt.   William    B.    Lynch    was   born    in    Frederick    County, 

Mil  .  in  1827;  and  died  in  Leesburg,  \'.i  .  in  i<joo  II.  moved 
to  Leesburg  in  1849  and  became  owner  and  editor  of  the 
Washingtonian,  which  he  continued  except   during  the 


of   the   war   till    mo.?,    when    his   paper   consolidated   with    the 
Minor,  he  remaining  editor  in  chief  of  the  two   papers. 

He  ser\e<i  during  the  entire  war  as  captain  of  Company 
C.  17th  Virginia  Infantry — the  Loudoun  Guards.  While  this 
company  was  in  winter  quarters  he  represented  Loudoun 
County  in  the  Legislature,  returning  when  his  company  again 
took  the  field.  He  succeeded  Col.  E.  V.  White  as  Commander 
of  Camp  Clinton  Hatcher.  U.  C.  V.  He  was  a  brave  sol- 
dier, a  true  Christian,  a  consistent  gentleman  in  all  that  term 
signifies,  and  his  charities  were  wide-reaching  and  continuous. 
He  was  twice  married  and  leaves  three  children,  and  his 
seci nid  wife  survives  him. 

'Film an    S.   Weaver. 

Tilman  S.  Weaver,  a  private  in  Company  K,  10th  Virginia 
Infantry,  died  recently  in  Page  County,  Va.  I  knew  him  in 
the  days  when  the  test  of  (rue  manhood  was  to  bare  the  breast 
and  face  the  danger  of  shot  and  shell,  and  I  can  bear  witness 
to  having  seen  him  move  steadily  and  unfalteringly  forward 
until  cut  down  by  a  shrapnel  shell  in  the  battle  of  Cedar 
Mountain.  August  0.  [862,  which  took  a  leg  from  himself  and 
also  two  others  of  the  same  company. 

Tilman  Weaver  was  born  of  humble  parentage  and  did  not 
p0SSeS5  much  education;  lie  followed  a  humble  avocation 
and  had  no  prospective  inheritance,  yet  when  his  State  called 
for  defenders  he  was  prompt  to  respond,  inspired  by  as  pure 
patriotism  as  ever  Mined  the  bosom  of  a  true  citizen.  Fidelitj 
to  principle  and  loyalty  to  his  country  were  the  cardinal  vir- 
tues of  hi-  life  and  service.  Vs  a  soldier  he  was  brave  with 
out  braggadocio:  as  a  friend,  true  without  cant  or  hypoi 
In  camp  or  on  the'  march,  in  sunshine  or  rain,  unless  exempted 
from  duty  because  of  sickness,  his  place  in  the  ranks  was 
nevei  vacant  Always  obedient  to  every  command,  he  was  .1 
typical  Confederate  soldier,  and  no  man  ever  reflected  greater 
honor  on  the  cause  for  which  he  fought.  He  has  left  a  proud 
heritage  to  his  descendants  which  tiny  should  cherish  and 
which  will  evei  be  ,m  honoi  to  them  1  .mi  glad  as  his  com' 
mander  to  testify  to  his  high  sense  of  honor  and  his  faithful- 
to  everj    dutj       II.'   never   shirked  or   faltered   in   duty. 

[Sketch  by  his  commander,  D.  C.  Grayson,  Washington. ] 

John   <  li 

John   Goode  was  horn   in    Bedford   County.  Va.,  in    [828,   and 

was  educated  at  the  College  of  Virginia,  taking  the  college 
degrees  of  M  \  and  LL.D.  IK-  represented  Bedford  County 
in  the  General  Vssembl)  in  1S57  and  again  111  1807.  He  was 
also  a  member  of  the  Secession  Convention  in  1861.  In  the 
winter  of  1S01  <..?.  while  Mill  jn  the  army,  he  was  elected  to 
■  oufederate  I  ongress,  and  reelected  in  [863.  In  1X71  he 
lected  to  1  ongress  from  Norfolk  and  rei  d  in  1S70. 
He  was  presidential  elector  in  1852,  [856,  and  [884,  and  was 
State  President  of  the  Democratic  Convention  in  1872  and 
[887.  He  was  a  member  of  the  National  Democratic  G  nven 
n.  hi  in  [868  and  (876  He  was  on  the  1..  ...id  of  visitors  of 
tlie  colleges  of  William  and  Mary.  University  of  Virginia, 
and  Virginia  Polytechnic.  He  was  appointed  solid  to  1  general 
of  the  United  States  in  (885,  and  in  iShj  was  ,1  member 
.I  Hi-    International  1  ommission  to  adjust  claims  between  the 

United    Stati        ind    I  hill        He    served    one    term    as    President 

of  the  State  Bar  Association,    While  a  membei  of  the  1 
lature    he  in    committees    of    the    whole, 

.111.1  once  was  appointed  Speaker  pro  tern.     He  presided  with 
gn  ..i    ibilitj  ovei   th<    O  institutional  1  a  mvi  ntion  in  igoi. 


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Deaths  in  Confederate  Historical  Association,  Memphis. 

I.  N.  Rainey,  Secretary  of  the  Confederate  Historical  As- 
sociation, Camp  28,  Bivouac  18,  reports  the  following  list  of 
members  who  died  between  January  1  and  July  1,  1909: 

O.  B.  Farris.  January  1.  captain  of  Co.  K,  2d  Tenn.  Inf. 

James  E.  Clary,  Jan.  7,  private  Co.  H.  154th  Sr.,  Tenn  Inf. 

C.  G.  Locke.  Jan.  13.  private  Company  H.  15th  Ark.  Inf. 
Barton  Dickson,  Jan.  15,  captain  Co.  A,  16th  Ala.  Inf. 

D.  C.  Jones,  March  11,  lieut.  Co.  A,  38th  Tenn.  Inf. 
H.  T.  Bragg.  March  16.  private  Co.  A,  7th  Tenn.  Cav. 
Rev.  A.  G.  Burrow,  March  19,  chaplain  22d  Tenn.  Inf. 
A.  K.  Graham,  April  12,  private  Co.  A.  7th  Tenn.  Cav. 

D.  G  Rittenhouse.  April  14,  private  "West  Rangers,"  Mc- 
Culloch's  Texas  Reg. 

M    L.  Selden,  May  9,  Co.  A,  7th  Tenn.  Cav. 

R.  J.  Rawlings.  May  15.  private  Co.  B,  Forrest's  (old)   Reg. 

G.  W.  Miller,  May  18,  lieut.  Co.  D,  1st  Tenn.  Art. 

The  old  soldier  is  going  fast.  The  above  shows  two  deaths 
per  month  out  of  a  membership  of  two  hundred.  We  have 
had  two  deaths  already  in  July.     I  will  report  them  later. 

Miss   Dee   Cahal. 

Miss  Dee  Cahal,  a  well-known  teacher  of  Nashville,  died 
on  July  23,  1909.  Miss  Cabal's  father  was  a  Virginian.  He 
emigrated  to  Tennessee  in  his  young  manhood,  and  after  sev- 
eral years  at  the  bar  he  became  eminent  as  a  chancellor.  Her 
mother  was  Miss  Ann  Saunders. 

Miss  Cahal  was  born  at  Columbia.  Tenn.  After  the  death 
of  her  father  and  mother  she  lived  with  her  sister,  Mrs.  Hog- 
gatt,  on  Clover  Bottom  Farm,  in  the  neighborhood  of  Old 
Hickory.  She  was  educated  at  Nazareth,  Ky.,  and  Patapsco 
Institute,  Maryland.  She  traveled  much  abroad,  was  a  con- 
stant student,  and  possessed  a  remarkable  mind.  She  was 
a  woman  of  brilliant  attainments.  A  brother,  Lieut.  Terry 
Cahal,  served  in  the  Confederate  army,  and  was  assigned  to 
dangerous  scouting  duty  on  many  occasions.  The  deceased 
is  survived  by  an  only  sister,  Mrs.  William  Osborn,  of  Atlanta. 

Gen.  S.  G.  French  wrote  of  Lieutenant  Cahal :  "He  was  ever 
ready  for  a  fight,  and  found  recreation  in  the  excitement  of 
a  bout  with  the  enemy."     (See  Veteran  for  1896,  page  359.) 

Proof  of  Miss  Cahal's  devotion  to  principle  is  given  where- 
in by  a  family  disagreement  she  took  a  position  whereby  she 
was  left  practically  penniless  when  in  going  with  the  other 
side  she  would  have  been  abundantly  supplied  perhaps  for  life. 
This  last  note  is  simply  to  show  how  willingly  she  sacrificed 
for  her  convictions  of  right  whatever  the  real  merit  was. 

Dr.  J.  B.  Cowan. 

Dr.  J.  B.  Cowan,  chief  surgeon  of  Forrest's  Cavalry 
throughout  the  war  and  one  of  the  best-known  men  of  the 
great  Confederate  organization,  his  appearance  being  of  high 
distinction  and  his  service  in  the  medical  association  ever 
being  active  at  Reunions,  died  in  Tullahoma,  Tenn.,  July  24, 
1909.  He  had  never  missed  a  general  Reunion  until  the  last, 
at  Memphis.  He  had  been  in  ill  health  for  several  months; 
but  on  the  day  of  his  death  he  was  on  the  street  with  his 
youngest  son,  and  remarked  a  little  while  before  the  end  that 
he  felt  unusually  well.  A  little  later,  however,  he  went  into 
a  drug  store  for  some  medicine;  but  the  prescriptionist  being 
busy,  he  went  to  another  drug  store,  and  ere  he  could  be 
waited  upon  he  fell  on  his  face  dead. 

Dr.  Cowan  was  a  graduate  of  the  medical  colleges  of  Phila- 
delphia and  New  York,  and  had  attained  a  high  rank  in  his 
profession.    When  the  war  began,  he  took  an  important  place 


in  the  Confederate  army.  He  was  made  chief  surgeon  of 
Chalmer's  Regiment  of  Mississippi,  and  was  later  transferred 
to  the  command  of  N.  B.  Forrest,  and  under  that  notable 
chief  served  with  distinction  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He 
was  on  the  staff  of  General  Forrest  nearly  all  the  war.  and  he 
was  the  last  survivor  except  Capt.  John  W.  Morton,  of  Nash- 
ville, who  was  General  Forrest's  chief  of  artillery.  Dr.  Cowan 
took  part  in  all  the  big  battles  of  that  famous  command,  win- 
ning great  distinction  for  daring  while  attending  to  his  duties 
as  surgeon.     More  of  Dr.  Cowan  and  Forrest's  staff  later. 

As  "the  bravest  are  the  tenderest,  the  loving  are  the  daring," 
Dr.  Cowan  was  ever  conspicuous  by  his  courtly  bearing  and 
his  courtesy,  which  marked  him  as  one  of  nature's  nobility. 

He  married  Miss  Lucy  Robinson,  and  for  fifty  years  lived 
with  her  in  the  holy  ties  of  wedlock.  He  leaves  his  wife  with 
seven  children  and  many  grandchildren,  together  with  a  large 
circle  of  friends,  to  mourn  their  loss. 

The  funeral  of  Dr.  Cowan  was  largely  attended,  quite  a 
number  of  army  officers  and  personal  friends  going 
from  a  distance — the  veterans  and  a  large  number  of  Odd 
Fellows  attending  and  officiating.  A  large  number  of  the 
townspeople  were  present  also  to  show  their  sorrow  and  esteem 
for  the  most  distinguished  man  of  that  section.  The  Cum- 
berland Presbyterian  Church  could  seat  but  little  more  than 
half  of  the  attendants.  Dr.  Cowan  was  a  loyal,  devout  mem- 
ber of  that  Church,  while  his  father  had  been  one  of  its  emi- 
nent ministers  for  a  half  century  or  more.  He  was  first 
cousin  to  General  Forrest's  wife,  and  was  perhaps  his  most 
intimate  friend  for  many  years.  Dr.  Cowan  was  born  in 
Lincoln  County,  and  had  resided  in  that  section  all  of  his  life 


DR.   JAMES   B.    COWAN. 

Comrades,  let  us  build  a  modest  monument  to  Dr.  Cowan. 
For  instance,  use  a  granite  pedestal  and  on  a  bronze  tablet 
give  his  name,  etc.,  and  say:  "Chief  Surgeon  of  Forrest's 
Cavalry."  The  Veteran  will  contribute  $1  or  $10  to  it.  A 
dollar  or  so  from  his  personal  friends  would  build  it.  This 
suggestion  is  from  the  Veteran.     Help  to  honor  his  memory. 


^opfederat^  l/eterap. 


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( .1  \.  George  B.  Cosby. 

Gen.  George  B.  Cosbj  was  bom  in  Kentucky  in  1830:  and 
died  in  California  in  1909.  He  was  of  a  distinguished  Ken- 
tucky family,  the  son  of  Fortunatus  Cosby,  Jr.,  and  grandson 
of  the  celebrated  judge  of  th;  same  name.  His  brother  was 
Rear  Admiral  Cosby,  of  the  United  States  navy.  He  entered 
the  military  academy  at  West  Point,  and  graduated  from 
there.  He  at  once  became  an  officer  of  the  regular  army,  and 
was  serving  as  such  when  the  Civil  War  began  Hi  n 
signed  promptly  and  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  army.  Here 
he  i"-'  1  1  the  position  of  brigadier  general,  serving  under 
Gens.  Stephen  I).  Lee,  Van  horn,  and  Buckner.  lie  took  the 
cartel  of  surrender  to  the  lines  of  General  Grant,  and  was 
with  Gen  John  Morgan  when  thai  celebrated  soldier  was 
killed.    His  was  1-1  Cavalr}  Brigade,  W.  II   Jackson's  division 

lie  was  severely  wounded  during  the  war  and  never  re 
covered  from  the  effects  of  it.  onlj  keeping  the  unbearable 
pain  in  limits  by  the  use  of  drugs.  These  losing  their  efl 
the  intrepid  General  prepared  i"  face  death  in  his  own  home 
a>  bravely  as  he  had  evei  done  upon  the  field,  for  he  felt  that 
even  suicidi  was  pn  ferable  to  the  utter  helplessness  thai  had 
accrued  from  a  paralytic  stroke,  lie  was  1  nu.l  past  all  aid 
from  medicine  or  surgery,  and  the  open  valve  oi  a  gas  pipe 
told  its  mute  si. .1  j 

The  bodj  was  cremated  after  the  simple  funeral  services 
and  the  ashes  placed  in  an  urn  Only  the  immediate  family 
and  closest   friends  went  to  the  crematory. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth    ["aylor  Dandridge. 
Mr-,    Elizabeth    Tayloi     Dandridge,   the    last    daughtei    of 
lent   Zachary  Taylor,  died  at  Winchester,  Va.,  July  25, 
1909,  in  the  eighty-sixth  year  of  her  age.     Until  a  mouth  ago 
she  had   enjoyed   remarkably  good  health.     She  became   un 
conscious  suddenly,  and  died   within  a  few  minutes. 

Mrs.  Dandridgi  was  horn  near  Louisville  April  20,  1824. 
She  was  married  to  Col.  William  Wallace  Bliss,  of  her 
father's  staff,  in  Texas  during  the  Mexican  War.  When 
General  raylor  becami  President,  she  took  the  place  of  her 
invalid  mother  as  mistress  of  the  White  House.  Her  mother 
dad  during  her  father's  term  of  office.  Her  husband,  Colonel 
died  of  yellow  fever  in  New  Orleans  not  long  after  the 
death  of  her  father.  Some  years  later  she  was  married  to 
Philip  Pendleton  Dandridge.  a  noted  Virginia  lawyer,  of 
Winchester,  who  died  in   [88] 

Mrs.   Dandridge  was  a  sister  of  the  first   wife  of  Jefferson 

and  also  of  the  wifi  eon  General  W 1.  of  the 

Stati  army.  For  many  years  sin  hid  lived  quietly 
at  In  r  homi  with  her  niece.  Miss  Sarah  Wood,  who  urvive: 
her.  [It  i-  not  ibli  in. 1'  thi  death  1  f  the  last  child  of  Zachary 
Taylor  and  of  Jefferson  Davis  should  appear  in  tin    -mi    issm 

Co     FEDERATl     VeTERAI*         Ed ;  I 

Dandridg  ed    much    younger   than    she    really 

was.    Shi    retained  much  of  her  gi  1     the  end. 

Mi       1  i  Rayner 

In    I  exa  ■  on  July   to.   191  ed  awaj   an  eminent 

ci  nnected  with  the  m  si  illustrious  families 
in  the  I  nited  Sen.  -.     Mis.  Rayin  r'    dist  nguished  father  was 
in  th>    \\  ar  for  Independence      I  Ine  1  1  hi  r  si  \  eral 
'oik,    the   heroic    hishop 
us    lif    to    the    Cot  Her  two 

and   1  ol 
mon   I  lawkins,  1  f  Warren,   w  -  juishi  d   p 

Mrs.   Rayner  was  born   in   [822,  and   n  ocial 

and  educatn.n.,1  ,e  ci  il   promi 


nence  could  bestow.  She  became  one  of  the  great  belles  of 
the  South.  After  her  marriage  with  Mr.  Rayner,  she  spent 
much  of  her  time  in  Washington,  and  was  there  during  the 
administration  of  her  kinsman.  James  K.  Polk.  Upon  his 
retirement  from  Congress  Mr  Rayner  returned  to  Raleigh, 
lie  was  one  of  the  commissioners  who  surrendered  that  city 
to  Sherman  in  [865.  The  latter  years  of  Mrs.  Rayner's  life 
were  spent  with   her  son.   11.   P.   Rayner,  in  HI  Paso,  Tex. 

Wife  of  Col.  W    II.  Knauss. 

Deep  sorrow  has  come  into  the  home  of  Col.  W.  H.  Knauss, 
of  t  olumbus,  Ohio,  in  the  death  of  his  wife  after  much  sevi  re 
affliction.  It  will  be  recalled  that  his  daughter,  Mrs.  John 
T.  Gamble,  died  several  months  ago.  Mrs.  Gamble  attended 
the  last  Richmond  Reunion  with  her  husband,  and  both  were 
greeted  as  cordiallj  as  if  of  Confederate  families,  and  even 
more  so,  for  they  had  given  hearty  sympathy  to  Colonel 
Knauss  in  his  untiring  labors  to  show-  worthy  regard  for  the 
1  derate  '\i.u]  in  Camp  Chase  and  other  cemeteries  in  the 

North.  Indeed,  he  has  done  more  than  any  man  who  served 
in  the  Union  army  to  show  worthy  respect  to  the  men  of  the 
Southern    States   who   fought    for   their   principles. 

The   Veteran   in   behalf  of  a   multitude  in  the  South  ex- 
ceresl  sympathy  for  him  in  his  sorrow.     In  a  letter 
to    the    editoi     just   before   the    end    came    Mr.    Gamble      aid 
"The  Colonel  will  gather  strength   for  the  final  blow  and  rally 
to  years  of  future  usefulni 

I  01  .   J    C.    I  Iaskell. 
Col.  John  Cheves  1  Iaskell,  who  died  recently  m  Columbia, 

v  '  .  was  widely  known  as  the  one  arm  quartermaster  who 
never  knew  when  he  was  whipped.  He  was  one  of  the  ar- 
tillery officers  of  Longstreet's  Corps,  and  fought  his  four  bat- 
teries of  eighteen  guns  in  all  the  hard  battles  from  the 
Rapidan  to  Antietam  and  the  gory  field  of  Gettysburg.  It 
was  lure  that  this  battery  with  Hood's  Texas.  Law's  Ala- 
ham.  1.  and  Benning's  Georgia  Brigades  swept  forward  and 
captured  three  rifle  guns  from  Smith's  New  York  Battery. 
lie    1    guns    were  carried  down  the  hill  by  hand. 

Colonel  Haskell  lost  his  arm  through  an  act  of  bravery. 
Once  in  battle  he  saw  a  regiment  of  infantry  almost  de- 
moralized by  the  swift  action  of  cannon.  Colonel  Haskell, 
mounted  on  his  magnificent  sorrel,  stopped  tin-  tale  of  retreat, 
.nnl,  bidding  the  regimenl  follow  him,  dashed  forward  to  vic- 
tory— a  victory  which  cost  him  his  right  arm.  Hood  being 
short  of  staff  officers,  Haskell  offered  lus  services,  even  with 

his  arm  hanging  shattered,  hut  was  ordered  to  reporl  to  the 
hospital   instead. 

Iii   the   -ketch   of   Col.   Christopher   C.   Sanders    m   the   July 
359,  h>    A.   \\  .   Yanllorn.  of  Gainesvill 

th.  1 1    w. titti  d   l.\    accident   p  irl   of  the   report,     1 

Sanders   aftci    the   surrender  oi     Appomattox    was   eminentlj 

■ful   in   business.      In    (871    lie   was  married   to   Mi- 

Si  ,0  hi  rough,  who  -ni  vives  him.     11  a  very 

charitable  man.  ami  was  always  willing  to  assist  the  old  vef 
erans,  a   anj   who  were  in  sorrow   or  trouble,  and 

in    his   death    many    felt   tin  \    had    lo-t    a    true    friend.      II 

,     and     the     litei  aim  e     and    en  ih/aliou     of 

Europe,    Egypt,    and    the     11    1  >     land    were    deeply    imp 
upon  him.     IK  erj    earnest   Christian,  and   made  the 

Bible   and   ii-   tenets   In-    1  dy.     His   funeral   was  the 

-t  e\  er  held  in  ( iainesville,  1  la 


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Qopf edera t<^  l/eterar?. 


INDESTRUCTIBLE    GRATE    MARKERS. 

Capt.  A.  P.  Stults,  of  Zanesville,  Ohio,  has  invented  and 
patented  a  marker  for  soldiers'  graves.  It  is  manufactured  of 
thorough!}-  vitrified  clay  or  porcelain,  perfectly  enameled  and 
white.  It  is  impervious  to  moisture,  unaffected  by  the  natural 
elements,  including  atmospheric  changes,  and  is  practically 
imperishable.  The  name  of  the  soldier,  the  company  and  regi- 
ment or  other  command  to  which  he  belonged,  the  date  of 
the  war,  and  if  de-sired  the  year  of  his  birth  and  death  will  be 
inscribed  upon  the  marker,  burned  in  under  the  enamel,  and 
will  be  as  durable  as  the  marker  itself.  These  distinguishing 
markers  for  soldiers'  graves  are  enduring  records  of  their 
personal  identity  and  army  service.  These  markers  will  not 
be  furnished  for  others  than  soldiers  and  their  wives. 

The  inventor  of  this  marker  is  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  War. 
He  is  a  patriot  and  a  gentleman,  and  he  realizes  the  great 
need  of  a  means  for  permanently  marking  the  resting  places 
of  soldiers  and  of  preserving  their  identity  by  these  records. 

The  marker  will  soon  be  upon  the  market,  and  the  low 
price  at  which  it  will  be  so'd  ($2)  places  it  within  easy 
reach  of  all.  Those  who  desire  additional  information  rela- 
tive to  it  are  requested  to  address  Capt.  A.  P.  Stults, 
Zanesville,  Ohio,  or  the  Veteran,  Nashville,  and  a  circular 
letter  with  minute  description  and  price  will  be  sent.  Captain 
Stults  was  a  visitor  at  Memphis  during  the  Reunion,  and  was 
well  pleased  with  the  cordial,  soldierly  reception  and  enter- 
tainment accorded  him  by  the  Confederates. 

The  Hazlett  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  of  Zanesville,  Ohio,  of  which 
Mr.  Stults  is  a  member,  commends  the  grave  marker  above 
described  and  requests  its  member  of  Congress,  Mr.  Joyce, 
to  vote  for  bill  Xo.  10023  The  passage  of  this  bill,  it  is  ex- 
pected, will  be  urged  by  the  National  Encampment  G.  A.  R. 
at  its  meeting  in  Salt  Lake  during  August  next. 

Hon.  R.  B.  Brown,  of  Zanesville,  Ohio ,  who  was  Com- 
mander in  Chief  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  and  conducted  that  high- 
toned  correspondence  with  Gen.  S.  D.  Lee  in  regard  to  the 
Wirz  monument,  wrote  Captain  Stults : 

"I  have  made  an  especial  study  of  a  marker  for  the  graves 
of  soldiers  and  sailors  as  contemplated  by  the  laws  of  Ohio. 

"The  price  of  bronze  is  prohibitive.  Your  pottery  marker, 
with  the  development  of  which  I  have  been  familiar  during 
the  series  of  experiments  conducted  by  you  and  others,  is  un- 
questionably indestructible.  It  cannot  be  injured  by  the  ele- 
ments. Any  desired  form  can  be  made;  and  when  vitrified 
in  any  desired  color,  the  inscription  under  the  glaze  will  re- 
main indefinitely. 

"Pottery,  the  oldest  art  in  the  world,  has  never  been  em- 
ployed to  better  advantage  nor  in  a  more  practical  way  than 
by  you  in  the  ideal  grave  marker. 

"I  commend  this  marker  as  especially  worthy  the  careful 
consideration  of  all  organizations  which  have  to  do  with  the 
marking  of  graves  for  the  future.  Once  set  and  kept  in 
place,  it  will  continue  for  all  time." 

Captain   Stults   Writes  of  the  Grave  Marker. 

This  marker  is  manufactured  of  clay,  is  white,  thoroughly 
vitrified,  and  perfectly  enameled.  It  is  impervious  to  moisture, 
unaffected  by  the  natural  elements  and  atmospheric  changes. 
The  material  used  in  this  marker  is  equal,  if  not  superior,  to 
that  in  ancient  pottery  tablets.  This  material  is  equal  to 
porcelain,  and  practically  indestructible,  except  by  Accident 
or  design. 

These  markers  are  not  only  distinguishing  marks  for  sol- 
diers'  graves,   but   are    enduring   records   of   their   service   to 


their  country.  They  are  designed  to  be  placed  on  the  top  of 
the  grave,  but  may  be  located  at  the  head  of  the  grave  as 
other  monuments  and  tombstones  are  and  can  be  in  addition 
to  other  monuments. 

Upon  the  oval  top  are  inscribed  the  name  of  the  soldier, 
the  company  and  regiment  or  other  command  in  which  he 
served,  and  the  date  of  the  war.  The  lettering,  which  can 
be  of  almost  any  color,  is  burned  in  under  the  enamel,  and  is 
as  durable  as  the  marker  itself.  In  well-kept  cemeteries  the 
oval  top  only  of  the  marker  should  stand  above  the  surface 
of  the  sod,  permitting  a  lawn  mower  to  easily  pass  over  it; 
but  in  situations  where  lawn  mowers  are  not  used  the  entire 
head  may  protrude  above  the  ground  and  not  be  obscured 
by  grass  and  weeds.  The  shape  of  these  markers  prevents 
them  from  settling  too  deep  into  the  ground,  being  raised  by 
frost,  or  being  easily  removed  by  miscreants. 

As  almost  any  person  can  place  this  marker  in  position,  the 
cost  of  setting  it  is  practically  nothing,  and  the  low  price  at 
which  it  is  sold  brings  this  distinguishing  mark  and  enduring 
record  of  the  services  of  every  soldier  within  easy  reach. 

The  importance  of  these  distinguishing  monuments  and 
ever-enduring  records  of  the  services  of  the  soldiers  to  their 
country  may  not  be  so  apparent  at  present,  but  they  will 
grow  in  appreciation  in  the  hearts  of  the  descendants  of  the 
soldiers  as  the  years  and  ages  go  by. 

May  it  not  be  a  comforting  thought  to  nearly  every  soldier 
to  know  that  after  his  death  a  grateful  government  or  loving 
friends  will  place  one  of  these  markers  upon  his  grave? 
Law  Requiring  Soldier  Grave  Markers. 

William  H.  Birge,  of  Franklin,  Pa.,  writes  the  Veteran: 

"I  sent  a  copy  of  a  Pennsylvania  law  to  Col.  Bennett  H. 
Young,  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  which  law  requires  the  county  com- 
missioners to  furnish  grave  markers  for  all  deceased  soldiers 
when  a  petition  is  presented  in  proper  form  asking  for  a  cer- 
tain number.  In  his  reply  Colonel  Young  states  that  he  will 
call  the  attention  of  members  of  the  Kentucky  Legislature  to  it 
when  they  convene  next  January. 

"The  first  law  on  this  subject  was  enacted  in  1903.  It 
states,  'They  may  upon  petition,'  etc.,  and  in  1905  this  law 
was  amended  to  read,  'They  shall  upon  petition,'  etc. 

"Ohio  has  a  similar  law,  and  so  has  Michigan.  I  hope  the 
Southern  States  can  have  such  laws  enacted,  so  the  Con- 
federate veteran  can  have  these  markers." 


"MRS.  WALLACE,  CAT." 

The  Children  of  the  Confederacy,  Auxiliary  of  the  E.  B. 
Bates  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  of  Houston,  Tex.,  are  trying  to  erect 
a  monument  to  Terry's  Texas  Rangers.  They  have  a  con- 
siderable sum  in  bank,  and  to  further  their  purpose  are  sell- 
ing a  book  with  the  above  title  at  seventy-five  cents  each. 

"Mrs.  Wallace,  Cat"  is  a  bright  child's  story  of  some  at- 
tractive children  and  their  pets.  It  is  in  the  form  of  an  auto- 
biography, and  the  impressions  of  the  cat,  Mrs.  Wallace,  are 
very  well  told.  The  doll's  wedding  is  especially  good,  and  will 
be  read  with  interest  by  every  little  girl. 

The  Director  of  the  Children's  Chapter,  Mrs.  Wharton 
Bates,  has  decided  to  open  a  competition  among  the  young 
readers  of  the  book,  the  following  being  the  terms:  Cash 
prizes  ranging  from  $2.50  to  $1  are  offered  for  letters  of  not 
more  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  words  telling  about  Mrs. 
Jefferson  Davis.  Contest  open  to  all,  the  only  condition  being 
that  the  name  "Mrs.  Davis"  must  be  cut  from  the  book  and 
pasted  on  the  letter  sent  to  Mrs.  Wharton  Bates.  President  0. 
M.  Roberts  Chapter,  Houston,  Tex. 


Qor?federat^  l/eterar?, 


427 


PRESERVING  AMIABILITY  OF  BLAt  K   MAMMY. 

Miss  Louise  A.  Williams,  -if  Augusta,  Ga.,  a  vigorous  and 
ambitious  worker  in  whatever  she  undertakes,  was  in  Nash- 
ville recently  and  gave  an  entertainment  which  was  well  at- 
tended,  in  spile  of  the  hot  weather,  bj  a  highly  representative 
class.    The  Nashville  Banner  said  of  it: 

"'An  Evening  in  the  Old  South' — a  glimpse  into  the  dead 
past,  when  white-columned  mansions  stood  beneath  sheltering 
trees  in  the  midst  of  broad  acres,  and  big-hearted,  whole- 
souled  men  rode  over  their  plantations,  and  high-born  dames, 
with  the  grace  of  kings,  presided  over  tlie  homes,  and  the 
soothing  of  a  negro  melody  was  lifted  from  the  fields  and 
floated  over  the  hills  that  echoed  hack  the  strains  in  mystic 


Ml.--     LOUISE     \ .    w  1 1  I  I  \  M  S . 

glory  in  the  midst  of  a  civilization  the  like  of  which  the  world 
will  never  know  again— such  was  the  good  fortune  of  those 
who  attended  the  entertainment  given  last  night  at  Watkins 
Hall  by  Miss  William-,  of  Augusta,  Ga.,  impersonator,  as 
Bisted  by  Miss  VhC  I  owe,  soprano,  and  Mr.  Guy  McCullom. 
pianist,  both  of  Nashville. 

"As  .in  interpreter  "f  negro  stories  thosi  stories  that  have 
a  pathos  separati  and  aparl  from  all  other  pathetic  things  oi 
the  earth  Miss  William-  is  entitled  to  rank  among  the  most 
artistic  of  the  many  artists  Nashville  people  have  heard 

"And  now   and  again  while  she  read  there  floated  oul 
tin    audience  a  bar  of  real  old-time  plantation   melody — not 

the  mutation  kind  that  has  become  50  plentiful  and  even  popu- 
lar, but  the  genuine  sort,  the  sort  thai  has  nevei  been  v 
and  never  can  1".  the  sorl  thai  can  1"  li  uned  only  from 
hearing  a  credulous  black  minium  or  a  tale  telling  uncle  of 
the  olden  times,  die  sorl  thai  has  about  il  a  quaintness,  a  sense 
of  something  nol   bel  oi    place     something 

that  fills  the  unfamiliar  listener  with  a  sensation  of  pity." 

Subsequent    to   thai    entertainment    and   at    the    SUg 


the  Veteran  Mi--  Williams  visited  the  Confederate  Soldiers' 
Home,  eleven  miles  from  the  city,  and,  aided  by  the  band 
from  the  Tennessee  Industrial  School  through  the  courtesy 
of  Mr.  W.  R.  Cole,  president  of  that  great  institution  for 
Tennessee  founded  by  his  deceased  father  (Col.  E.  W.  Cole), 
a    joyous   time   was   given   to  "the  old  hoy-." 


ERRORS  IX  JULY   VETERAN  CORREl  TED. 

Mr.  T.  C.  Thompson  (son  of  Cuvernor  Thompson,  de- 
ceased, Of  South  Carolina),  of  Chattanooga.  Tenn..  writes: 
"Permit  me  to  call  attention  to  page  350,  Volume  XVII.,  July 
issue  oi  iIh  Confederate  Veteran.  I  never  heard  before  of 
thi  commission  referred  to  by  General  King,  and  I  did  not 
believe  thai  there  was  a  single  intelligent  living  American 
who  believed  that  Wade  Hampton  burned  Columbia.  Gen- 
eral Sherman  in  his  'Memoirs'  admitted  that  he  burned  Co- 
lumbia and  gave  his  reasons  for  putting  the  blame  on  General 
Hampton.  Surely  this  must  be  known  by  a  man  of  General 
King's  standing  and  intelligence  V.  on.  there  are  several 
errors  in  the  notice  of  great  men  of  South  Carolina.  The 
grandfather  of  Paul  Hamilton  Ilayne  was  Isaac  Hayne.  Paul 
Hamilton  Hayne  being  the  nephew  of  Robert  Y.  Ilayne. 
There  was  never  a  Governor  of  South  Carolina  named  Mot 
decai  Gist.  James  L.  Pettigrew  was  never  a  soldier  He 
was  a  New  Englander  and  strong  for  the  Union." 


If  all  Confederates  tnd  friends  to  their  principles  would 
be  as  diligent  for  the  increased  circulation  of  the  Veteran 
as  it  merits— if  diligenl  effort  be  considered  of  merit — there 
would  be  il"  publication  in  existence  of  equal  power.  Don't 
forget  the  "drops  of  water  and  grains  of  sand." 


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Etc. 


"  IN    MKMOHIA.M  " 

American  Bronze  Foundry  Co., 

73d  and  Woixllawn  Ave.  •  •  Chicngo.  111. 


428 


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Watch  Charms 


Gonfederate 
Veterans 

•■JACKSON"  O^ARM 
as  Illustrated.  $6.00. 
Write  for  illustrations  of 
other  styles.  List  No.  18. 
"  Children  of  the  Confed 
eracy  "  pins,  handsomely 
enameled ,  regulation  pin, 
sterling  silver,  gold  plat- 
ed, 55c  each,  postpaid- 

S.  N.  MEYER 

Washington,      •     D.  C. 


The  Direct  Route  to 

Washington 
Baltimore 
Philadelphia 
New  York  and 
all  Eastern  Cities 
from  the  South 
and  Southwest 
is  via  Bristol  and  the 

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Western  Ry 

Through  Trains 
Sleepers,  Dining  Car 

Best  Route  to 

Richmond 
Norfolk,  and  all 
Virginia  Points 

VWRREN  L.  ROHR,  Western  Passenger  Agent 
Chattanooga  Tenn. 

W.  B.  BEVILL.  General  Passenger  Agent 
Roanoke,  Va. 


KU    KLUX    KLAN 

This  booklet  is  published  by  order  of  Mississippi 
Division,  U.  D.  C,  to  be  sold  and  proceeds  to  go  to 
the  erection  of  a  monument  at  Beauvoir,  Miss.  (  home 
of  Jefferson  Davis),  to  the  memory  of  Confederate 
Veterans.  It  contains  absolutely  correct  history  of  the 
origin  of  this  famous  Klan.  Copies  can  be  secured 
by  addressing  "The  Leader  Office,"  West  Point, 
Miss.  Price,  25c.  each,  plus  postage  :  single  copy, 
Ic.  ;   6  copies,  3c. ;   12  copies,  5c. 


LET  ME  DO  YOVR  SHOPPING 

No  matter  what  you  want— street  suit,  wedding 
i trousseau, reception  or  evening  g own — INEXPEN 
SIVE,  or  handsome  and  costly— send  for  my  sam 
pies  and  estimates  before  placing  your  order 
With  my  years'  experience  in  shopping,  my  know* 
tdge  of  styles — being  in  touch  with  the  leading' 
Lashion  centers — my  conscientious  handling  of  each 
tnd  every  order,  whether  large  or  small— I  know 
^  can  please  you. 
9RS.  CHARLES  EILISOH    Urban  Bide..  Louisville.  Ki 


Harry  B.  Wootcn,  of  Huntland,  Tenn., 
is  very  anxious  to  locate  some  member 
of  Company  I,  50th  Tennessee  Regi- 
ment. 


J.  K.  P.  Saylor,  R.  R.  No.  1,  Box  20, 
Mosheim,  Tenn.,  wishes  to  secure  the 
poems  of  A.  B.  Meek  and  Albert  Pike. 
Write  him  if  you  have  them. 


Mr.  P.  A.  Haman,  of  Learned,  Miss., 
would  like  to  have  the  names  and  ad- 
dresses of  the  comrades  who  were  bap- 
tized with  him  by  Elder  W.  M.  Lea  on 
May  1,  1864.  in  a  creek  at  Montevallo, 
Ala.  He  remembers  R.  R.  Norvel,  now 
of  Stanford,  Ky.,  as  one  of  them. 


In  the  many  thousands  of  subscribers 
which  constitute  the  Veteran  patron- 
age it  is  not  possible  to  know  who  is  the 
sender  of  a  dollar  bill,  even  though  the 
postmark  may  give  the  place  from  which 
it  came.  Subscribers  should  be  careful 
to  give  full  name  and  address  always. 

Capt]  John  A.  Hutcheson,  14th  and 
Dock  Streets,  Richmond,  Va.,  needs  the 
following  numbers  of  the  Veteran  to 
complete  his  file :  June  and  November, 
1897 ;  January,  February,  and  Decem- 
ber, 1898;  May,  June,  August,  Septem- 
ber, and  October,  1905.  Write  him  if 
you  can  furnish  them. 


Mr.  White  Calfee,  of  Bozeman,  Mont., 
writes  of  having  met  a  Union  veteran 
who  captured  a  sword  from  the  colonel 
of  the  7th  Louisiana  Regiment  at 
Marye's  Heights,  Fredericksburg,  and 
now  wishes  to  return  it  to  the  owner  or 
any  of  his  descendants.  Inquiries  may 
be   sent   to    Comrade    Calfee   at   address 


A  number  of  our  subscribers  have  re- 
cently renewed  their  subscriptions  by 
placing  a  dollar  bill  in  an  envelope  ad- 
dressed to  this  office,  but  containing  no 
name  or  directions  by  which  the  sender 
could  be  identified.  Of  these  letters, 
there  are  two  from  Maysville,  Ky.,  one 
from  Pensacola,  Fla.,  one  from  New- 
tonia,  Miss.,  one  from  Yorktown,  Tex., 
two  from  Baltimore,  Md.,  one  from  Kan- 
sas City,  Mo.,  Paris,  Tenn.,  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  Camden,  Ala.,  and  Memphis, 
Tenn.  If  these  subscribers  will  kindly 
write  us  now,  we  shall  take  pleasure  in 
giving  them  credit  for  their  remittances. 
We  also  have  a  bank  check  from  Hum- 
boldt,  Tenn.,    not   yet    identified. 


Confederate 
Veterans' 
and  Sons  of 
Confederate 
Veterans' 

UNIFORMS 

Wt-  are  official  manulacturers  of 
uniforms  and  goods  you  need.  Send 
lor  catalogue.  Our  goods  are  strict- 
!'■  military  and  guaranteed  fo  give 
rpitire  satisfaction.  Send  lor  caia- 
unc  and  prices. 

THE  M.  C.  LILLEY  &  CO. 

Co. umbos,  Ohio. 


Trial  and  Death  of  Henry  Wirz 

Bring  an  ae"ount  of  the  execution  of  that 
Confederate  officer,  containing  the  letter  of  his 
lawyer,  a  full  account  of  Andersonville  Prison, 
and' a  letter  published  at  time  of  the  trial  by  a 
Federal  officr,  a  prisoner  at  Andersouvilie, 
completely  exonerating  Wirz. 

This  compilation  deserves  to  be  preserved  in 
permanent  form.    It  will  be  read  with  breath- 
less interest.— Die  Christian  Observer,  Septem- 
ber '.'.  1908     Price.  35  certls.    Address 
S.  W.  ASHE.  628  Hillsboro  St..  Raleigh.  N.  C. 


For  Over  Sixty  Years 

An  Old  and  Weil-Tried  Remedy 

MRS.  WINSLOWS  SOOTHING  SYRUP 

has  been  used  for  over  SIXTY  YEARS  by  MILLIONS  of  MOTH- 
ERS for  their  CHILDREN  WHILE  TEETHING,  WITH  PERFECT 
SI<  <  i:ss  It  sonTIIKS  the  CHILD.  SOFTENS  the  GUMS,  AL- 
LAYS nil  PAIN.  CURES  WIND  COLIC,  and  is  the  best  remedy 
for  DIARRHEA.  Sold  by  Druggists  in  every  part  of  the  world. 
25  CENTS  A  BOTTLE.  Guaranteed  under  the  Food  aud  Drugs 
Act,  June  30,  1906.     Serial  number,  1098. 


Rev.  E.  L.  Shettles,  of  Calvert,  Tex., 
wishes  to  get  the  copies  of  the  Veteran 
for  June,  1904,  and  all  of  1902,  1900,  and 
back  of  that  year.  It  is  hoped  that  some 
subscriber  can  supply  him  these  at  a 
re  lsi  liable  price. 


D.     B.     Coulter,     of     Folmina,     Ark , 

writes  that  an  old  comrade  there  wishes 
to  hear  from  any  survivors  of  Company 
C,  1st  Confederate  Georgia  Volunteers, 
under  Col.  George  II.  Smith. 


In  the  Veteran  for  March,  page  119, 
appeared  an  inquiry  from  T.  J.  Johnson, 
of  Company  B,  nth  Texas  Cavalry,  re- 
plies to  which  were  to  be  sent  to  the 
Veteran  office.  Unfortunately  Mr. 
Johnson's  address  has  been  lost,  and  re- 
quest is  made  that  it  be  given,  as  a  reply 
to  that  inquiry  has  been  received  and 
cannot  be  forwarded  for  lack  of  the 
address. 


Confederate  Veteran, 


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The  above  cut  is  that  of  the  great  painting  of  "  Lee  and  His  Generals,"  by  George  B.  Matthews, 
ol  Virginia.  <fl General  Marcus  J.  Wright  indorses  it  as  follows:  "I  regard  it  as  one  of  the 
finest  paintings  I  ever  saw.  The  truthfulness  of  feature  of  all  these  great  generals  is  most 
remarkable.  The  Lilhograph  copy  is  a  most  striking  and  accurate  reproduction  of  the 
original.  I  *>ope  all  Confederates  will  procure  copies."  <J  The  Lithograph  is  in  color.  Size. 
27  x  16  inches.  State  agents  can  make  most  liberal  contracts.  Agents  wanted  in  every  city  and 
town  in  the  South.  <ISent  by  mail  on  receipt  of  55  cents.  Every  home  should  have  a  pic- 
ture.    It  will  make  a  nice  Christmas  gift.     Address 

MATHE.WS  (8L  COMf^AY,  141>  H  St..  N.  W..  Washington.  D.  C. 


4  ♦ 

Martin  College 


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Pulaski,  Tennessee 

An  endowed  Institution  for  the  train- 
i  girls  and  young  women.  Faculty 
of  specialists.  Health  record  unsur- 
pe  Bed.  Equipment  modem.  Enroll- 
ment doubled  under  present  manage- 
ment. "  The  Best**  is  our  motto. 
Next  session  begins  Sept.  14,  1909 

Write  for  catalogue  and  additional  in- 

In!  inatiou  to  the  President, 

W.  T.WYNN.  Pulaski.  Tenn. 


V.  R.  J.  Chapman,  of  Monrovia.  Cal., 
would  be  glad  to  receive-  a  letter  from 
any  of  the  members  of  the  otli  Texas 
Cavalrj    I  land  ol    Ro  s's   Brigade. 


Patrick  Morris,  of  Eureka  Springs, 
Ark.,  would  like  to  hear  from  some 
member  ol  <  lap!  iin  Vndei  i  m'  1 1  impanj 
i  \  i.  Colonel  Marmadnke's  regiment, 
Hindman's  Legion,  in  which  he  enli  ted 
in  [861.  lie  was  captured  in  [862  nd 
imprisoned  at  Alton  until  the  end  1  f  the 
war. 


M^M^M- 


1 —  GUNSTON  HALL  — 1 

I'M'.  Florida  Ave..  N.  W..  Washington,  D.  C. 
a  Boarding  and  Div  8chool  for  Qirla and  VonnaLadlai 

fr.puriit.if  v    Mill   ^i 

timiif.       Now  liuililuik-.  epaelallj  |.t.iine.l  for  thi-  nl ] 

Wii.Iiiii,-!  ,  tional  opportaDltlai  t"  Itl i 

Dlartratod  oatal. 

MR.  and  MRS.  BEVERLEY  R.  MASON.  Principal. 
MISS   E.  M.  CLARK,     L.L.A.,  A.aoclala    Principal 


Birmingham  Seminary 

Birmingham,   Ala. 


fg  best    home   and   ricp   school 
for  girls  In  Alabama  <=st  <=«> 

Far  Catalog,  _f1<l>ln  as 
LOULIE  COMPTON,   Principal 

'*    ninfilmm,  Aln. 


1722  Kilil.    \>r. 


Itir 


B.  <  1  ib(  rthier,  of  Comp  inj  1 1,  [4th 
Texas,  Ector's  Brigade,  French's  Di- 
vi  mii.  Stewart's  Corps,  Army  of  I  1  n 
nessce,  makes  inquiry  for  a  pair  of  ad 
dlebags  lost  during  the  war.  Thej  were 
■  ■I  red  leather  and  had  his  name  on  the 
seat.  \\  In  n  < !(  neral  1 1.  iod  started  into 
Tennes  see,  th<  ordi  r  n  as  to  put  the 
crippled  nun  to  driving  the  ambulances, 
and  the  man  who  took  Comrade  Ober- 
thii  1  's  plai  '■  as  drn  ei  threw  aw  ay  the 
addlebags  which  he  now  seeks  to  lo- 
cate. 


T^mWmwism 


Academy  for  Boys 

ROCKVILLE.    MD, 

[deal  training  school.  Home  life, 
individual  care  and  instruction.  Fits 
for  college  or  life.  Address  \V.  P, 
M  isoK,  I  .  S,  > i.  A..  Principal. 


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THE  BEST  PLACE 
to  purchase  all'wool 

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Silk  Flags 

of  all  kinds 

Silk  Banners,  Swords,  Belts,  Caps 

and  all  kinds  ol  Military  Equipment  and 
Society  Goods  Is  at 

Veteran  J.  A.  JOEL  L  CO.,  38  Nassau  St. 

Send  for  Price  List             New  York  City 

TEXAS  THE  PLACE 


TEXAS  s  the  BEST  STATE  to,  the 
HOMESEEKER.     f  Fertile  Lands    D. 

Versified     Imps.      Farming      ali     the       ,rnt 
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Pass  Railway  traverses  the  best  portion 
Send  2-cent  stamp  for  Foldei  and 
Information. 

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Sar\   Arvtorvio,   Texixs. 


The  name  of 

JEFFERSON   DAVIS 

together  with  entire  legend  on  the  re-cul 
Btoneat  CABIN  .MUX  BRIDUE  w:is  i.lx. 
tographed  just  before  workmen's  scaffold 
was  turn  (low  11.  Stone  is  thirty  feet  al»  ve 
gorge  Bpanned  by  bridge.  Genuine  photo 
graph  in  post  card  form,  mailed  in  sealed 
envelope,  for  TEN  CENTS.  Also  contains 
brief  authentic  history  oJ  removal  and  res- 
toration of  PRESIDENT  DAViS'S  name 
mi  st. me. 

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terms  tu  agents, 

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Paris,  Ky. 
MISS  KATE  EDGAR,  Proprietor  and  Mcr. 
This  valuable  agency  gives  prompl  ami 
reliable  taformaraon  to  Presidents  oi  Col- 
leges and  Superintendents  ol  Bcht  "Is  with 
reu'ard  to  teachers  suitable  for  their  vacan- 
cies. 


W»  fti-rrrv  Bookkeepers, 
AIM  I  T  I  1— Stenographers, 
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MORE  BANKERS  In  the  17  States  in 
which  Jno.  F.  Draughon's  31  Colleges 
are  located,  indorse  these  Business  ( Sol- 
leges  than  indorse  ALLothers.  If  YOU 
want  EVIDENCE  and  want  to  RISK  to  the$10-a-day 
class,  ask  for  FREE  catalogue.  Lessons  BY  MAIL  if 
preferred.  Draughon's  Practical  Business  College: 
Raleigh,  Atlanta,  Naflhville,  Montgom- 
ery, Jackson  (Miss.),  or  Dallas 


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SELECT  SCHOOL 
FOR  YOUNG  LADIES 

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Quality  is  the  first  consideration  and  the  number  of 
students  is  limited.      Beautiful  location.      Regular  college  course,  leading  to  four  degrees. 

FINE  MUSIC  AND  ART  DEPARTMENTS.    SUPERIOR  ATHLETIC 
AND  AMUSEMENT  FACILITIES 

•I If  you  have  a   daughter  to  educate,  write  for  catalogue  to-dap  to 

MRS.  J.  0.  Rl'ST,  Principal,  Nashville,  Term. 


FOR  GIRLS  AND  YOUNG  WOMEN 
Nashville,  Tenn. 


Ward  Seminary 

The  purpose  of  Ward  Seminary  is  to  do  serious  and  honest  work  in 
the  Christian  education  of  girls  and  young  women. 

The  work  of  the  Literary  Department  is  of  the  highest  order,  and 
receives  the  recognition  and  indorsement  of  the  leading  institutions  for 
higher  education. 

In  music  the  opportunities  are  unsurpassed.  The  aim  is  to  develop 
intelligent  musicians  as  well  as  finished  performers.  The  atmosphere 
is  stimulating  and  helpful,  Nashville  furnishes  an  ideal  environment 
for  music  study. 

Every  opportunity  is  afforded  for  outdoor  exercise  and  recreation. 
Accessibility  to  the  leading  churches,  lecture  halls,  concert  halls,  libra-' 
ries,  etc.,  a  notable  feature, 

The  Boarding  Department  is  limited  to  175,  Early  application  is  dc 
sirable,     45th  year  begins  September  23, 

For  catalogue  and  full  particulars  regarding  Ward  Seminary,  address 

J.  D.  BLANTON,  LL.D.,  President,  Nashville,  Tenn. 


The  Tennessee  Central  Railroad 

Offers   lot**  excursion  rales  as  follows 

TO^^'MAYVTT  T  F     TFNN      Account   Summer  School  of   the   South. 
IllNUAVlLLX,    IL-mt.   TicketB  on  sale  June  20th>  aist(  22d>  26th, 

27th,  July  3d,  10th,  nth,  21st  ;  limited  to  leave  Knoxville   15  days  from  date 
of  sale  with  privilege  of  extension  to  September  30th,  on  payment  of  fee  of  $1. 

TA      A^WFVTT  T  F       N       f      National  Association  T.  P.  A.  of  America. 
i\)     A  JILL  V  1LLX,     l\.     I.    Tickets  on  sa]e  May  2sth,  29th,  and  30th; 

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International  Convention  Baracaand  Philathea.  Tickets  on  sale  June  17th 
and  iSth;  limited  to  June  25th  returning. 

Dramatic  Order  Knights  of  Khorassan  Meeting.  Tickets  on  sale  July  8th, 
9th,  loth,  ixth;  limited  to  return  July  26th,  1909. 

Low  summer  rates  to  all  principal  resorts  in  the  United  States. 

For  further  information  call  on  your  nearest  agent,  or  write 


THEO.  A.  ROUSSEAU,  Gen.  Pass.  Agt. 


Nashville,  Tenn. 


James  Godwin,  of  Fincastle,  Ya.,  re- 
fers to  an  inquiry  appearing  in  the  Vet- 
eran a  year  or  so  ago  as  to  the  Hatton 
family  living  in  Richmond  during  the 
war  on  Mayo  Street,  next  door  to  the 
synagogue,  and  refers  the  inquirer  to 
Mr.  James  E.  Harrell,  of  Manassas,  Ya.. 
who  married  one  of  the  girls. 


R.  F.  Shaw,  of  Company  E,  26th  Ala- 
bama, living  at  Denison,  Tex ,  wishes  to 
secure  proof  of  his  service  in  order  to 
apply  for  a  pension.  He  was  at  Camp 
Douglas  when  the  war  ended,  and  was 
paroled  on  the  17th  of  June,  1865.  His 
company  was  first  commanded  by  Capt. 
Hugh  Reed,  then  by  Capt.  Sid  Smith. 


Mrs.  A.  J.  Emerson.  3631  \V.  Thirtieth 
Avenue,  Denver,  Colo.,  needs  the  fol- 
lowing back  numbers  of  the  Veteran 
to  complete  her  file  :  1899.  January  and 
February ;  1898,  September  and  Octo- 
ber ;  1897,  June  and  December ;  1896, 
January,  February,  March,  April,  May; 
also  all  of  1895,  1894,  and  1893.  Write 
her  in  advance  of  sending. 


Mr.  T.  B.  Patton,  of  Huntingdon,  Pa., 
is  anxious  to  locate  a  sword  taken  from 
his  brother-in-law  when  captured  at 
Petersburg,  Ya.,  in  June,  1864.  On  the 
sword  was  the  inscription  :  "Capt.  H.  B. 
Duff,  Company  D,  184th  Penn.  Regt." 
It  had  been  presented  their  captain  by 
the  members  of  the  company.  Write 
him  care  of  the  State  Reformatory. 


Thomas  Weathers  served  in  the  29th 
Alabama  Regiment.  He  went  from  Bar- 
bour County,  Ala.  His  daughter,  Mrs 
Sallic  L.  Hill,  7432  Underwood  Avenue, 
East  Lake,  Ala.,  wishes  to  learn  the 
company  of  the  39th  Regiment  with 
which  he  served,  and  any  surviving 
comrades  who  can  give  this  informa- 
tion will  confer  a  favor  by  doing  so. 


Mrs.  Janie  Thompson  Patrick,  of 
Woodward,  S.  C,  is  anxious  to  secure 
information  of  the  service  of  her  father, 
William  Banks  Thompson,  for  the  Con- 
federacy. She  has  records  that  show 
he  was  a  quartermaster  with  the  rank 
of  captain;  that  he  volunteered  in  Lit- 
tle Rock,  Ark.,  in  the  3d  Arkansas  Cav- 
alry, was  in  Wheeler's  command,  and  was 
honorably  discharged  in  Chester,  S.  C, 
at  the  surrender.  Any  surviving  com- 
rades who  can  give  any  information  of 
his  service  will  confer  a  favor  by  writ- 
ing to  her. 


A  Bird's-Eye  View  of  American  History 

By  LEON   C.  PRINCE 

A  book  for  Southern  homes  and  Southern  schools 

WHAT  THE  SOUTH  THINKS  OF  IT.  " Mr.  Prince  shows  a  thorough  comprehension  of  the  South  and  her  people.  .  .  .  Ills 
chapter  on  Reconstruction  alone  would  sell  t  lie  book  to  Southern  people,  for  u  slums  with  such  perfect  truth  the  situations  that 
marked  those  days,  and  his  treatment  of  the  negro  question  Is  a  full  Justification  ol  his  claims  to  an  unbiased  history.  .  .  .  Cer- 
tainly never  before  has  such  Justice  been  given  by  a  Northern  writer." — Confederate  Veteran. 

"T  heartily  indorse  a  Birds-Eye  view  of  American  History,  not  only  as  :i  southern  text-book,  but  as  delightful  reading  matter." 
—L«lu  Hayes  Lawrence,  President  Florida  Division  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy. 

"  l  read  tin-  chapter  on  Reconstruction  with  keen  Interest.  It  is  Indeed  a  notable  event  In  the  development  of  a  veal  Union  to 
read  such  a  clear  and  merciless  statement  by  a  descendant  "i  New  England  Puritans  of  the  Injustice  'lone  i  he  .south.     4s  a  loyal 

American  of  loyal  Southern  blood  let  thank  you  for  the  service  yon  have  rendered  the  cause  ol  truth  m  this  fearless  statement  of 

facts.    1  trust  your  book  will  take  the  place  at  once  where  11  deserves  to  stay— in  front."— Tims.  Dixon,  ■!>•. 

"No  Northern  writer  has.  to  our  knowledge,  achieved  the  sueress  In  writing  Impartial  history  that  Mr.  Prince  has  won.  Though 
a  Northerner  and  a  teacher  in  a  Northern  college,  Professor  Prince  has  been  able  to  stale  the  side  of  the  South  In  such  wise  thai  his 
text  book  will  be  as  welcomi — probably  more  so— south  of  the  Mason-Dixon  line  as  north  of  n.  lie  has,  with  a  breadth  of  view  and 
an  intimate  knowledge  of  fact,  so  brought  together  the  Important  data  ol  history  that  we  have  In  this  small  volume  what  we  may 
well  rail  the  best  history  of  Its  size,  scope,  and  purpose  which  lias  yet  been  published."— Baltimore  Sun. 

NORTHERN  OPINION  OF  THE  BOOK  IS  DIVIDED.  T!tr  Xeu>  York  Tlmrs  in  condemning  the  author's  treatment  of  civil  War 
Issues  said:  "It  Is  not  a  good  book  to  put  Into  tii"  bands  ol  students  whom  n  Is  desired  to  Inst  run  in  the  tacts  and  principles  of 
America n  history.  .  .  .  Mr.  Prince's  statement  that  the  desire  of  the  south  to  perpetuate  negro  slavery  was  not  the  main  cause 
oi  i  he  Civil  War  is  scarcely  tenable." 

'■  Brief,  Interesting,  and  prejudiced,"  is  the  descriptive  caption  In  the  Chicago  Vuhlir.  which  goes  on  to  say:  "  The  author  takes 
a  strictly  Southern  partisan  view  ol  the  civil  War,  in  -  chapter  on  Reconstruction  ending  Ignomlnlously  in  a  passionate  denuncia- 
tion of  the  negro." 

On  the  Other  hand,  the  Outlook  declares-  ■«  There  Is  a  complete  absence  of  prejudice  In  tin-  discussion  of  such  highly  contro- 
versial subjects  as  the  struggle  over  slavery  and  the  methods  of  Reconstruction." 

The  Philadelphia  itwnnl  calls  It  "an  amazingly  complete  summary  of  the  principal  facts  In  the  olstorj  of  this  country,  marked 

bj  a  freshness  of  style  and  vigor  of  treatment  thai  make  it  unique  in  tt ana  character.    Mr.  Prince,  with  patriot  Ic  fervor,  deals 

candidly  wilh  all  sections,  and  there  is  not  a  trace  of  prejudice  in  any  part  of  the  book." 

The  Providence  Journal  remarks  •■  Some  readers  may  consider  his  discussion  of  the  Civil  War  too  favorable  to  the  South,  but, 
as  a  matter  of  fact  It  Is  remarkably  Impartial  In  all  essential  points.'' 

The  l.iiiriiiuii,  tut. I  Talent  expresses  Its  approval  thus:  "It  Is  patriotic  without  being  partisan.  Interesting  without  being  super- 
ficial, Informing  without  being  tedious— an  excellent  example  of  how  eloquent  facts  maj  become.  This  book  will  be  read  and  re-read 
by  'o  er\  i  in.-  who  conic-  to  know  lis  spirit." 


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LIMITED.  SELECT,  HOME  COLLEGE  FOR  THE  HIGHER  CULTURE  OF  WOMEN 


IDEAL location,  excellent  equipment, 
splendid  opportunities.  Sanitation 
practically  perfect;  no  death  in 
iiif  history  <>f  the  <  "liege.  Beautiful 
highland  campus  of  twenty-five  acres. 
Athletics  and  physical  culture  empha- 
sized. College  garden,  dairy,  hennery, 
water  plant,  si  '-au\  heat  plant  and  laun- 
dry. Chalybeate,  sulphur,  freestone  :in<l 
cistern  water.  <  Ytmpleteeomprehensh  e 
<  lurriculum  of  fourteen  schools— viz. : 
English,  Mathematics,  History,  Natural 
Science,  Philosophy,  Religions,  An  sient 
Languages,  Modern  Languages,  Musi.-. 
Expression  Art  Practical  <  '"in  bo,  Jour- 
nal sm  ;m«i  Library  Training,  leading  to 
corresponding  degrees.    I"  u  i  \  ersil  v 

■  e.   <  kmservaton  :"i  ■  anl  ■ 
i  i  Art.  Music  and  Expression.    I  acuity 
of  experienced  University  and  Conserva- 
Lll&ts,  su  pplemented  by  a 
lecture  corps.    Patronage,  na 
ti  >n:ii  and  foreign,  representing  twenty- 
States  and  five  nationalities. 
Term  opens  September  lh,  1909. 

Yearbook  free. 


ENROLLMENT  STRICTLY  ONE  HUNDRED.     EARLY  APPLICATION  NECESSARY  FOR  ADMISSION 


MR.  E.  G.  BUFORD,  Regent 


MRS.  E,  G.  BUFORD,  President 


432 


Qoi^federat^  l/eterai). 


One  of  the  Important  Duties  of  Physicians  and 
the  Well-informed  of  the  World 

is  to  learn  as  to  the  relative  standing  and  reliability  ot  the  leading  manufactur- 
ers of  medicinal  agents,  as  the  most  eminent  physicians  are  the  most  careful  as  to 
the  uniform  quality  and  perfect  purity  of  remedies  prescribed  by  them,  and  it  is  well 
known  to  physicians  and  the  Well-informed  generally  that  the  California  Fig  Syrup 
Co.,  by  reason  of  its  correct  methods  and  perfect  equipment  and  the  ethical  character  of 
its  product  has  attained  to  the  high  standing  in  scientific  and  commercial  circles  which 
is  accorded  to  successful  and  reliable  houses  only,  and,  therefore,  that  the  name  of  the 
Company  has  become  a  guarantee  of  the  excellence  of  its  remedy. 

TRUTH     AND     QUALITY 

appeal  to  the  Well- Informed  in  every  walk  of  life  and  are  essential  to  permanent  suc- 
cess and  creditable  standing,  therefore  we  wish  to  call  the  attention  of  all  who  would 
enjoy  good  health,  with  its  blessings,  to  the  fact  that  it  involves  the  question  of  right 
living  with  all  the  term  implies.  With  proper  knowledge  of  what  is  best  each  hour 
of  recreation  oi  enjoyment,  of  contemplation  and  of  effort  may  be  made  to  contribute 
to  that  end  an1  the  use  of  medicines  dispensed  with  generally  to  great  advantage,  but 
as  in  many  instances  a  simple,  wholesome  remedy  may  be  invaluable  if  taken  at  the 
proper  time,  the  California  Fig  Syrup  Co.  feels  that  it  is  alike  important  to  present 
truthfully  the  subject  and  to  supply  the  one  perfect  laxative  remedy  which  has  won 
the  appoval  of  physicians  and  the  world-wide  acceptance  of  the  Well-Informed  because 
of  the  excellence  of  the  combination,  known  to  all,  and  the  original  method  of  manufac- 
ture, which  is  known  to  the  California  Fig  Syrup  Co.  only. 

This  valuable  remedy  has  been  long  and  favorably  known  under  the  name  of— 
Syrup  of  Figs — and  has  attained  to  world-wide  acceptance  as  the  most  excellent  of 
family  laxatives,  and  as  its  pure  laxative  principles,  obtained  from  Senna,  are  well 
known  to  physicians  and  the  Well-informed  of  the  world  to  be  the  best  of  natural 
laxatives,  we  have  adopted  the  more  elaborate  name  of — Syrup  of  Figs  and  Elixir  of 
Senna — as  more  fully  descriptive  of  the  remedy,  but  doubtless  it  will  always  be 
called  for  by  the  shorter  name  of  Syrup  of  Figs — and  to  get  its  beneficial  effects  always 
note,  when  purchasing,  the  full  name  of  the  Company  —  California  Fig  Syrup  Co. — 
plainly  printed  on  the  front  of  every  package,  whether  you  simply  call  for-  Syrup  ol 
Figs — or  by  the  full  name — Syrup  of  Figs  and  Elixir  of  Senna — as — Syrup  of  Figs  and 
Elixir  of  Senna  —  is  the  one  laxative  remedy  manufactured  by  the  California  Fig  Syrup 
Co.  and  the  same  heretofore  known  by  the  name  —  Syrup  of  Figs  —  which  has  given 
satisfaction  to  millions.  The  genuine  is  for  sale  by  all  leading  druggists  throughout 
the  United  States  in  original  packages  of  one  size  only,  the  regular  price  of  which 
is  fifty  cents  per  bottle. 

Every  bottle  is  sold  under  the  general  guarantee  ot  the  Company,  filed  with  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture,  at  Washington,  D.  C,  that  the  remedy  is  not  adulterated  ot 
misbranded  within  the   meaning  of   L.e  Food  and  Drugs  Act.   June    30th.    1906. 

CALIFORNIA  FIG  SYRUP  CO. 


Louisville,  Ky, 


San  Francisco,  Cal. 

U  S.  A. 
London,    England, 


New  York,   N.  Y. 


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SEPTEMBER,  1909. 


No.  9. 


LEADING  ARTICLES  IN  THIS  NUMBER. 


General  Orders.     Davis  Home  Association.     Confederate  Day  at  Dallas  Fair. 

U.  D.  C.  Convention  at  Houston 435 

The  Men  of  the  Ranks.     An  Address 436 

Bloody  Angle 43S 

Universal  Memorial  Day 439 

The  Song  of  Dixie.     Lost  Statue  of  John  C.  Calhoun 440 

Annual   Reunion  of  Texas  Veterans 441 

Early  War  Days  of  Corinth.  Miss 442 

Raphael  Semmes — Centenary  of   His  Birth 445 

Reminiscences  of  a  Private  Soldier 449 

Tributes  to  Southern   Women 450 

History  of  Crosses — The  Cross  of  Honor 451 

Fight  at  Green  Farm,  Near  Richmond 452 

"  Who  Fired  the  First  Gun  at  New  Market?  "      453 

Good  Samaritans 455 

Wounded  Boy's  Night  on  a  Battlefield 456 

The    "  Petersburg  Mine" 457 

Torpedo  Boat  at  Louisiana  Soldiers'   Home 459 

The  Cadets  at  New  Market  (Poem) 459 

Mississippi  and  Kentucky  in  Drill  Contest 460 

Monument  at  Livingston,  Ala 461 

Burning  of  Broad   River  Bridge 462 

Burning  of  Columbia 465 

What  if  the  Confederacy  Had  Succeeded? 466 

After  the  Surrender  at  Appomattox 467 

Last  Roll 468 

Arlington  Confederate  Monument 473 

Southern  Cross  of  Honor 474 


434 


Qoofederat^  l/eterau 


CREATING  A  RESERVE 

Is  not  difficult  once  you  start  to  save  money 
systematically.  But  if  you  eyer  expect  to  be 
independent  financially  through  your  own  ef- 
forts you  must  make  a  start. 

Money  sayed  and  put  away  safely  will  pro- 
tect you  from  misfortune  and  prepare  you  to 
take  advantage  of  opportunities  that  will  surely 
come  to  you. 

Funding  the  capital  of  your  working  years 

Insures  Your  Future 

But  choose  the  right  place  to  put  your  capital, 
or  the  hard-earned  sayings  of  a  lifetime  may 
be  swept  away  in  a  day. 

This  big  bank  is  one  of  the  State's  foremost 
financial  institutions.  The  largest  capital  and 
surplus  and  profits  of  any  National  Bank  in  the 
State,  together  with  able  management  and  a 
strong  Buard  of  Directors,  explain  our  high 
standing. 

We  handle  batiking  in  all  its  departments, 
and.  in  our  savings  department,  pay  3  per  cent 
interest,  compounded  quarterly. 

The  American  National  Bank  of  Nashville 


The  Direct  Route  to 

Washington 

Baltimore 

Philadelphia 

New  York  and 
all  Eastern  Cities 
from  the  South 
and  Southwest 
is  via  Bristol  and  the 

Norfolk  & 
Western  Ry 

Through  Trains 
Sleepers,  Dining  Car 

Best  Route  to 

Richmond 
Norfolk,  and  all 
Virginia  Points 

WARREN  L.  ROHR,  Western  Passenger  Agent 
Chattanooga  Tenn. 

W.  B.  BEVILL.  General  Passenger  Agent 
Roanoke,  Va. 


|^DrJ5AA»WEYEWATER 


MOR.PHINE 

Liquor,  and  Tobacco  addictions  cured 
in  ten  days  without  pain.  Uncondi- 
tional guarantee  given  to  cure  or  no 
charge.  Money  can  be  placed  in  bank 
and  payment  made  after  a  cure  is 
perfected.  First-class  equipment. 
Patients  who  cannot  visit  sanitarium 
can  be  cured  privately  at  home.  References  :  Any  county  or  city  official,  any 
bank  or  cit.zen  of  Lebanon.     Large  booklet  sent  free.     Address 


Dept.  V. 


CEDARCROFT  SANITARIUM.  Lebanon.  Tenn. 


is  much  like  gunning  tor  birds.  Von  must  have  a  definiU 
urn,  tircause  indiscriminate  advertising,  like  indiscriminate  shooting, 
results  in  empty  pockets.  The  printer  furnishes  the  shot,  .nd  postage 
is  the  powder  that  carries  it  wherever  you  direct. 

And  you  must  have  good  ammuni- 
tion. Foolish  indeed  the  sportsman 
who  would  use  pebbles  for  shot  to  save 
-xpense,  yel  equally  foolish  is  the  ad- 
vertiser who  wastes  energy,  postage 
ind  opportunity  on  weak,  ineffective 
ormting. 

Thiink  it  over;  then  let's  talk  it  over. 
We  have  furnished  ammunition 
(or  so  many  successful  cam- 
paigns that  we  know  you  will 
find  our  experience  of  value. 
Anyway,  let's  talk  it  ovet- 


BRANDON  PRINTING  CO, 

NASHVILLE, TENN 


W.  P.  Lassiter,  of  Fort  Pierce,  Fla., 
wishes  to  hear  from  any  of  his  old 
comrades  who  can  vouch  for  his  serv- 
ice in  the  army.  He  enlisted  in  1863  in 
the  2d  Alabama  Regiment,  Company  A, 
at  Mount  Sterling,  Ala.,  and  his  com- 
mand was  attached  to  Ferguson's  Bri- 
gade. He  was  in  service  from  January, 
1863,  until   April,   1865 


Mrs.  L.  A.  Blackwell,  2612  Prospect 
Avenue,  Fort  Worth,  Tex.,  seeks  to  es- 
tablish her  husband's  Confederate  rec- 
ord tbnt  she  may  secure  a  pension  in 
her  old  age.  J.  D.  Blackwell  enlisted 
in  Company  E.  1st  Tennessee  Cavalry, 
in  1861,  at  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  under  Col. 
J.  E.  Carter,  and  served  to  the  close  of 
the  war.  In  the  fall  of  1865  he  went  to 
Texas,  where  he  died  in  August,  1903. 
Surviving  comrades  will  kindly  respond. 


Miss  Ellen  P.  Gaillard,  of  Pinopolis, 
S.  C,  wishes  to  procure  a  copy  of  the 
song,  "The  Dear  Old  Flag  of  the  South," 
and  will  appreciate  information  as  to 
where  it   can  be  gotten. 


Attention,  Georgia  Soldiers  ! — E.  E. 
Noel,  of  Green  Sulphur  Springs,  W. 
Va.,  writes :  "We  have  two  Georgia  sol- 
diers buried  at  this  place,  and  I  feel 
sure  that  their  friends  would  be  glad 
to  know  of  their  graves.  These  sol- 
diers were  left  here  suffering  with 
fever,  and  both  died  in  a  few  weeks. 
The  grave  of  one  is  plainly  marked  'W. 
L.  Terel.'  The  other  has  no  mark,  and 
the  name  of  the  soldier  cannot  be 
learned,  as  the  people  they  were  left 
with  have  been  dead  a  number  of  years. 
If  I  can  aid  the  friends  of  either,  I  shall 
be  glad  to  do  so." 


Confederate  l/eterap. 


PUBLISHKD    MONTHLY    IN     THE    INTEREST    OF    CONFEDERATE    VETERANS    AND    KINDRED    TOPICS. 


Entered  at  the  posi  office  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  as  second  class  matter. 

Contributors  are  requested  to  use  only  one  side  of  the  paper,  and  toabbrevi- 
tte  is  much  as  practicable.    Thi  Lions  are  Important. 

Where  clipping's  are  seni  copy  should  be  kept,  as  the  Veteran  cannot  un- 
dertake tn  return  them.     Advertising  rates  Furnished  on  application. 

The  date  to  a  subscription  is  alw.i\  s  ^i\  m  tn  tin*  mi  in  th  far  fur  i-  it  ends.  Foi 
Instance,  if  the  Vi  w  ran  is  ordered  t>>  begin  with  January,  the  date  on  mail 
Ii:>t  will  be  December,  and  the  subscriber  is  entitled  to  that  number. 


The  civil  war  was  too  long  ago  to  be  called  the  fate  war,  and  when  cor- 
respondents use  that  term  "  war  petween  the  States"  \\  ill  be  substituted. 
The  terms  "New  South"  and  "losl  cause"  are  objectionable  to  the  Veteh  vn. 


OFFICIALLT  Rl  PRESENTS: 

UnII  ED   CON!  KDERAT8     VETER  INS, 

i  mii  u  Daughters  of   rHE  Confederacy, 

Sons  of  Veterans,   uro  Other  Organizations, 

CONFl  "i  R  \ti  n  SOUTHERN    Mi  MORI  \i     ASSOI   i  tTION, 

The  Veteran  is  approved  and  Indorsed  official!)  by  a  larger  and  more 
elevated  patronage,  doubtless,  than  any  other  iniMicati.ui  in  exist*  n  i 

Though  men  deserve,  they  may  not  win  success; 

Tin-  brave  will  honor  the  bra.-  e,  \  anquished  none  the  less. 


Price.  11  m  ran  Tear.   * 
Single  Copy,  hi  .  !ek  i  b   * 


Vol..  XVII. 


NASHVILLE.  TENN.,  SEPTEMBER.  1909. 


No.  9. 


J  S.  A.  CUNNINGHAM. 
/  Proprietor. 


OFF-h  IAL  ABOl  T  THE  DAVIS  HOME  ASSOCIATION. 

Gen.  William  Afickle  sends  out  from  headquarters  United 
Confederate  Veterans  General  Orders  No.  23  as  follows: 

"There  is  not  a  member  of  our  Federation  who  does  not 
feel  tile  Keenest  interest  in  any  movement  tending  to  honor 
tlic  name  of  Jefferson  Davis,  our  great  leader  and  vicarious 
sufferer,  and  .ill  will  read  with  feelings  of  pride  the  following 
resolution  unanimously  adopted  by  the  Convention  held  in  the 
city  of  Memphis,  Tenn..  June  8,  9,  and  10,  1009: 

"'Resolved,  That  this  Association  has  heard  with  greatest 
pleasure  of  the  efforl  to  purchase  and  suitably  mark  the  birth- 
place of  Jefferson  Davis,  and  hereby  unreservedly  approves 
the  said  movement  and  pledges  it  all  possible  support,  and 
urges  all  who  honor  and  appreciate  the  memories  and  glory 
of  the  Southland  to  contribute  to  this  holy  cause.' 

"The  money  needed  to  purchase  the  'Davis  Home  Farm' 
has  been  advanced  by  one  of  the  most  liberal  and  public- 
spirited  of  cur  leaders;  hut  it  should  be  the  privilege  and 
pleasure  of  each  member  of  the  order  to  make  some  contribu- 
tion toward  this  purchase,  so  that  each  may  have  the  satis- 
faction of  feeling  that  in  this  matter  he  has  done  his  full 
duty.  The  General  commanding  sincerely  hopes  that  the  re- 
es  may  be  liberal  and  prompt. 

"By  command  of  (lenient  A.  Evans.  General  Commanding" 


VETERANS  TO  MEE1   IN  DALLAS. 
Getl    W.  L.  Cabell  issues  an  invitation  from  Dallas,  Tex.: 
"A  number  of  our  old  comrades   living  in  different   Stale- 
and    territories   of   the    Trans  Mississippi    Department    report 
that  they  were  unable  to  attend  the  great  Reunion  at   Mem- 
phis. Tenn.,  this  year,  and  are  anxious  to  meet  their  old  com- 
onci    more.     Therefore,   1   have  requested  the  manage 
mi  m  "f  the  greal  State  Fair  to  designate  a  'Confederate  Day,' 
and  they  have  kindly  given  us   ["uesday,  October  19,  1909. 

('"invades    of   the    Trans- Mississippi    Department,    although 

the  camp  fires  are  now  burning  brightly,  they  will  do  so  but  a 

Few  years  1  nger.    (>ur  old  comrades — unpaid  soldiers  of  im- 

I  principli        an    grow  1111;  older  and  fewer  each  year.     We 

should  therefore  meet   as  often  as  possible  to  renew  old  ties 

and  old  friendships  formed  when  nothing  was  to  be  heard  but 

attle  of  mn     1  :    ■       :1  the  thunder  of  cannon 

"I  then  fore  announce  Tuesday,  October  19,  1909,  as  Con- 

fedt  rate  Day,  when  our  comrades  from  every  State  and  Terri- 
tory in  the  Trans  Mississippi  Department  may  attend  and 
unite  in  a  great  love  feast.     *     *     * 


"Sons  of  the  Confederacy,  sons  of  those  grand  and  noble 
heroes,  you  arc  invited  to  be  with  us  and  to  join  us  on  that 
day  in  our  love  feast. 

"Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  we  extend  you  an  invita- 
tion, for  no  Confederate  gathering  is  complete  without  the 
noble  women  of  the  South  who  in  our  dark  days  were  our 
strength  and  comfort,  and  to-day  are  the  angels  of  mercy,, 
bringing  help  to  the  needy  and  the  feeble. 

"Come  on  October  19,  19C9,  and  unite  with  us  and  help  us. 
to  make  this  the  greatest  day  of  the  Fair. 

"Gen.  K.  M.  Van  Zandt,  Commanding  Division  of  Texas,  is 
appointed  grand  marshal,  and  will  have  command  that  day. 
He  will  call  to  his  assistance  the  Division,  Brigade,  and  Camp. 
Commanders  throughout  the  Department.  Then,  my  old  com- 
rades,  come,  and  let  us  keep  in  touch  with  each  other  the  few- 
days  left   us  here" 


NOTICE  TO  CHAPTERS  U.  D.  C. 

BY    MRS.    A.    I..    DOWDELL,   OPELIKA,    ALA..   REG    SEC.    GEN.    U.    D.    C. 

The  sixteenth  annual  Convention  of  the  United  Daughters, 
of  the  Confederacy  will  be  held  in  Houston,  Tex.,  October 
19-23,  inclush  e 

By  the  new-  constitution  adopted  at  the  last  Convention  in 
Atlanta  the  time  of  this  meeting  comes  nearly  one  month 
earlier  than  usual.  This  change  was  made  with  a  view  to 
convenience  for  all,  and  a  large  Convention  is  wished  for. 
It  is  hoped  that  all  Chapters  will  recognize  the  importance  of 
being  represented  I  y  a  dulj  elected  representative  or  a  proxy. 

Our  Corresponding  Secretary  General  has  mailed  a  circular 
of  information  and  three  credential  blanks  to  the  President 
of  each  Chapter,  taking  the  usual  precaution  to  have  these 
reach  the  Chapters  promptly.  Your  Recording  Secretary  has 
sent  to  the  President  of  each  Division  copies  of  this  circular 
and  credeiiti.il  blank  with  the  request  that  she  have  them  pub- 
lished in  the  official  organ  of  her  Division  and  in  two  or  three 
of  the  leading  newspapers  of  her  State,  adding  a  note  request- 
ing the  Chapters  of  her  Division,  in  the  event  these  credential 
blanks  and  circulars  of  information  are  not  received,  to  se- 
cure them  at  once  by  applying  to  the  Cor.  Sec.  Gem.  Mrs  R 
C.  Cooley,  335  East   Forsythe  Street.  Jacksonville.  Fla. 

It    is    important    that    these    lilled-in    and    signed    credential 
blanks    be   sen!    to   5  iur    Recording    Secretary   General.    Mrs 
Dowdell,  Opelika,  Ala.,  or  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Credentials 
Committee.  Mrs.  William  Christian,  the  Savoy,  Houston,  Tex.,, 
at  least  ten  days  before  thi    Convention. 


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Qopfederat^  Ifeterai) 


THE  MEN  OF  THE  RANKS. 
From   an   Address  at  Hollywood  Cemetery. 

In  a  strong,  truthful,  and  beautiful  address  made  at  Holly- 
wood Cemetery,  Richmond,  sometime  ago  Rev.  Dr.  P.  D. 
Stephenson  with  his  subject,  "The  Men  of  the  Ranks,"  gave 
some  illustrations  that  ought  to  be  remembered  now  and  will 
be  known  by  future  historians.  Dr.  Stephenson  averages  the 
men  of  the  ranks  as  between  eighteen  and  twenty  years.  He 
refers  to  a  book  of  war  poetry  with  contributions  largely 
from  these  "men  of  the  ranks."  He  averages  the  men  of  the 
ranks  as  higher  in  educational  lines  than  those  of  any  other 
army  that  ever  engaged  in  war.  On  the  subject  of  morality 
and  manly  courage  he  said  : 

"These  'men  of  the  ranks'  were  as  a  rule  upright  men  and 
manly  men — men  actuated  by  the  finer  virtues  of  the  heart. 

"Of  course  army  life  with  us,  as  everywhere,  was  demoral- 
izing. It  was  a  school  of  vice  to  many ;  it  was  the  wreck  and 
ruin  of  many.  But  I  speak  comparatively  and  I  say  that,  com- 
pared with  other  armies  of  equal  size,  the  moral  tone  of  our 
army  was  exceptionally  high.  Thousands  came  out  of  Chris- 
tian homes  and  retained  their  integrity;  thousands  became 
Christians  in  the  army. 

"Regular  religious  services,  prayer  meetings,  protracted 
services,  revivals  were  features  of  our  army  life.  Stonewall 
Jackson  attending  his  men's  prayer  meeting,  Elijah  Paxton, 
commander  of  the  Stonewall  Brigade  at  Chancellorsville,  step- 
ping aside  to  a  private  spot  during  a  lull  in  the  firing  and  draw- 
ing forth  his  Bible,  then  when  the  firing  began  anew  spring- 
ing to  the  front  and  meeting  death  at  the  head  of  his  men — 
these  instances,  friends,  were  not  incongruities  in  the  life  of 
our  armies.  Nay,  a  moral  tone  existed  and  had  power  in  re- 
straining, correcting,  elevating,  transforming  the  men  of  our 
ranks. 

"These  men  were  also  manly  men.  I  cannot  dwell,  but  let 
me  single  out  two  traits  only  of  these  manly  men — viz.,  hero- 
ism and  humanity !  Fine  blend  those  two  traits  make  and 
found  inseparable  in  your  typical  Confederate  soldier. 

"Yes,  I  have  heard  of  the  saying,  'War  is  hell,'  and  of  the 
author  also.  But  it  was  not  the  creed  nor  in  accord  with  the 
custom  of  the  'men  of  our  ranks.'  Young  Kirkland  at  Fred- 
ericksburg jumping  over  the  breastworks  strung  around  with 
canteens  and  braving  the  enemy's  fire  to  go  to  their  wounded 
and  cool  their  parched  tongues  with  water;  Colonel  Martin, 
of  the  1st  Arkansas  Infantry,  Cleburne's  Division,  jumping 
on  the  few  logs  behind  which  they  had  repelled  repeated  as- 
saults of  the  foe  on  Kennesaw  Ridge  until  many  thousands 
of  killed  and  wounded  lay  in  the  burning  woods  before  him, 
and  jumping  up  and  waving  a  handkerchief  to  the  enemy  to 
stop  firing,  then  shouting,  'Come  on,  boy-s,'  he  led  his  men 
without  guns  down  to  their  wounded  enemies  and  carrying 
them  to  places  of  shelter;  Private  Sam  Davis,  of  Tennessee, 
a  monument  to  whom  has  just  been  unveiled  at  Nashville, 
Term.,  caught  within  the  enemy's  lines  with  plans  of  their 
fortifications  and  other  incriminating  papers  upon  him  and 
going  to  the  scaffold  rather  than  expose  the  man  who  gave 
them  to  him ;  that  seventeen-year-old  Arkansas  boy  Dodd  suf- 
fering death  in  a  similar  way  and  for  a  similar  cause;  Hiram 
T.  Smith,  that  twenty-three-year-old  Missouri  boy  from  Pal- 
myra, who  when  told  he  must  die  in  place  of  another  man  who 
was  a  husband  and  a  father  said  he  was  ready  and,  going  to 
a  bucket  of  water,  declared  in  his  homely  yet  immortal  words 
that  he  was  'as  willing  to  die  in  such  a  cause  as  that  as  he 
was  to  drink  a  dipper  of  water  when  he  was  thirsty' — such  was 
the   stuff  of   which   the   typical   Confederate   was   made.      Sir 


Philip  Sidney  stands  out  in  English  history  glorious  for  all 
times  as  the  paragon  of  medieval  chivalry;  but  here  are  na- 
ture's noblemen  from  rustic  Southern  homes,  and  verily  their 
excellency  excelleth  his !  Yea,  and  there  were  hundreds  like 
them !  Where  when  the  record  is  fully  made,  as  it  will  be 
surely  made,  where  in  all  the  annals  of  all  time  will  you  find 
so  many  illustrations  of  that  rare  blend  of  heroism  and  hu- 
manity that  marked  so  generously  and  peculiarly  the  'men  of 
our  ranks?' 

"These  men  of  the  ranks  were  soldierly  men.  True,  not  so 
as  to  dress !  Ah,  comrades,  shall  I  set  you  forth  before  the 
people  as  you  were  in  '65?  The  crown  of  your  dingy  old  cot- 
ton-felt hat  had  an  ample  hole  at  the  top  through  which  a  tuft 
of  hair  waved  gently  to  the  breeze,  and  its  limp  rim  generally 
(lapped  down  along  your  cheeks;  your  gray  jacket  was  dirty, 
brown,  and  ragged,  likewise  your  trousers  which  were  also 
burned  or  worn  to  frazzles ;  your  shoes  were  often  minus,  and 
instead  thereof  your  feet  were  wrapped  in  rags !  Ah,  I  see  you 
now!  And  ought  not  you  to  be  ashamed  of  yourself?  No! 
O  no,  my  comrade!  A  man's  a  man  for  all  that!  And  you 
were  men  those  days,  and  you  have  been  men  ever  since ! 

"So,  too,  as  to  drill  and  discipline!  Alas!  those  three  'd's,' 
drill,  dress,  and  discipline,  they  were  not  our  strong  points ! 
Nevertheless,  we  were  not  a  mob !  We  had  enough  drill  and 
discipline  for  battle  purposes,  and  I  make  bold  to  declare  that 
not  a  single  battle  of  any  great  importance  was  lost  through 
the  fault  of  the  'men  of  the  ranks,'  Missionary  Ridge  not  ex- 
cepted !  But  what  were  the  positive  and  distinctive  traits  that 
made  the  'men  of  our  ranks'  'soldierly  men  ?' 

"A  singular  elasticity  of  spirit  which  no  hardship,  no  priva- 
tion, no  suffering,  no  reverses  could  break!  'A  fellow  of  in- 
finite jest'  was  our  private  soldier!  Volumes  could  be  made 
up  of  his  wit  and  humor !  Irrepressible,  too,  whether  in 
advance  or  retreat,  in  victory  or  defeat!  Defeat?  Look  at 
that  snowball  battle  in  the  Army  of  Tennessee,  after  the  de- 
feat at  Missionary  Ridge,  when  one  would  think  the  men  would 
have  had  no  heart  for  anything  but  desertion  or  surrender ; 
thousands,  during  a  March  blizzard  under  their  officers,  lining 
up  against  each  other  in  a  'pitched  -snowball  battle  !'  And  in 
rags  and  nakedness  many  were!  Patient,  faithful  physical  en- 
durance, almost  now  past  our  own  belief  as  we  look  back  on 
it !  Hunger,  thirst,  cold,  heat,  exposure,  fatigue,  increasing, 
ever-increasing !  In  trench  or  battle  or  picket  line  or  march 
doing  two  or  three  men's  work  day  and  night  against  two-fold, 
three-fold,  four-fold  our  numbers!     Is  this  exaggeration? 

"Patriotism,  loo,  was  one  of  their  soldierly  traits.  O  tell 
it  not  that  anything  but  patriotism  sustained  those  unpaid, 
half-fed  country  boys  with  their  homes  burning  or  ravaged 
behind  them,  their  loved  ones  suffering  and  scattered,  sus- 
tained them  on  the  firing  line  those  four  long  and  fierce,  fe- 
rocious years !  What  else  can  explain  that  scene  on  Tunnel 
Hill,  Ga.,  after  the  Missionary  Ridge  defeat  when  one  bitter 
January  moonlight  night  in  1864  a  roaring  mob  of  thousands 
from  other  camps  beside  themselves  with  a  frenzy  almost 
holy  broke  in  on  our  snow-clad  winter  quarters,  yelling  to  us 
to  come  out  and  reenlist  for  the  war?  Was  there  anything 
more  moving,  more  pathetic?  It  was  a  revival  of  patriotism 
among  the  'men  of  the  ranks,'  and  it  burst  out  among  you  also, 
men  of  Virginia,  and  spread  throughout  the  Confederacy. 

"But,  above  all,  the  men  of  our  ranks  had  the  soldier's 
chiefest  trait  of  courage.  The  courage  of  the  typical  Confed- 
erate was  peculiar.  It  was  not  dependent  on  discipline,  on 
numbers,  on  success.  It  was  personal  and  independent  and 
individually    self-reliant.      See   them    at    Gettysburg    charging 


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rn 


Up  great  heights  and  breaking  through  the  heavy  breastworks 
held  by  equal  numbers;  see  them  at  Franklin,  17,000  in- 
fantry, charging  across  that  mile-wide  level  plain  on  works 
held  by  almost  double  their  number  and  holding  the  outside 
until  the  enemy  fled  in  the  early  morning!  But  Confederate 
courage  was  not  mere  dash,  like  the  French;  it  was  the  bull- 
dog English,  also  for  defense.  It  was  as  good  for  one  as  for 
the  ether  ;   i(   was  French  and  English   both 

"Two  great,  impressive  facts  attest  the  peculiar  quality  of 
Confederate  courage:  The  vast  territory  they  defended.  The 
map  of  the  Confederacy  shows  that  its  northern  border  line 
was  an  irregular  crescent,  its  horns  pointing  upward,  the  east- 
ern horn  being  practically  Virginia;  the  western,  Missouri! 
Those  two  horns  were  a  thousand  miles  and  more  apart.  'The 
thin  gray  line'  bad  to  stretch  itself  from  point  to  point  and 
along  the  dip  of  the  crescent  in  the  center.  As  we  look  upon 
it  now.  that  four  years  of  defense  seems  incredible.  The 
Center  crumbled,  but  the  two  horns  never  crumbled.  Those 
two  horns  glowed  with  the  white  heat  of  unconquerable  re- 
sistance to  the  last!  Virginia  had  three  times  as  many  con- 
flicts on  her  soil  as  am  other  Stale,  and  her  far-separated 
daughter.  Missouri,  with  thi  exception  of  Tennessee,  comes 
next  to  her.  Men  of  Virginia,  allow  a  little  boasting  from  a 
stranger  Missourian  born  of  Virginia  parents,  not  for  himself, 
but  for  the  Jittle-known  record  of  his  native  State.  One  or- 
ganized company  of  Missourians  fought  on  Virginia  soil  in 
the  battle  of  New  Market.  'I  hey  lost  sixty  out  of  sixty-five 
men  killed  and  wounded.  I  his  is  a  well  authenticated  fact. 
Missouri,  abandoned  early  in  the  war  by  the  Confederacy, 
maintained  an  army  of  her  own  to  the  last  of  from  twelve 
thousand  to  twenty  thousand  men,  and  thej  never  formally 
surrendered.  Thousands  of  her  sons  fought  elsewhere  in  al- 
most every  other  battle  of  the  war.  1  sax  these  few  things 
to  show  you  thai  Missouri  was  no  unworthy  daughter  of  her 
mother.  The  men  of  the  ranks  there  were  worthy  of  the  men 
of  the  ranks  lure  in  old  Virginia.  The  other  great  and  iin- 
ivi  facl  about  Confederate  courage  is  that  their  huge 
and  four-fold  foe  was  as  much  worn  out  as  they  were  at  the 
To  illustrate,  the  Democratic  platform  in  the  North 
in  1864  during  the  war  declared  for  a  cessation  of  hostilities, 
and  the  campaign  between  George  B.  McClellan  and  Presi- 
dent Lincoln  for  bis  second  term  was  on  that  issue.  A  trans- 
Eel  of  250.000  votes  would  have  given  McClellan  a  majority 
of  the  popular  vote,  and  that  too  despite  the  polls  in  many 
place*  being  garrisoned  by  thousands  of  intimidating  bayonets. 
Mark  you,  that  was  jn  November,  1X04,  and  after  Sherman  had 
Fai  on  in  his  exterminating  march  to  the  sea.  If  the 
Army  of  Tennessee  had  not  been  removed  from  his  front,  who 
ffect  their  continued  and  impending  opposition 
would  have  had  upon  that  vote?  As  it  was.  it  shows  well 
how  tired  thi    Northern  peopli   even  then  were  of  the  war. 

"My  aim  has  been  to  bow  the  typical  Confederate  soldiers 
as  the  men  of  the  ranks.  I  deem  it  not  loo  much  to  say  that 
diers  ibex  were  in  many  respects  unique  and  incompara- 
ble Tin  world  probably  will  nevei  see  their  like  again,  for 
the  reason  that,  like  their  incomparable  leader  lee.  tiny  were 
the  product  1  i  a  civilization  that  ha-  passed  awaj  ;  they  were 
the  product  of  the  'Old  South'  civilization. 

"It  remains  now  to  show  the  'place  in  history'  of  this  unique 
and  in  some  respects  incomparable  charactei  From  a  dozen 
sources  the  evidences  increase  that  his  place  in  history  will 
be    high    and    well    assured.      I    can   cite   only    a    few,    but    they 

will  all  be  significant  and  weighty  facts. 

"There    is   a    'New     North'    disposed    to    justice    and    magna- 


nimity and  to  search  dispassionately  into  Southern  claims  and 
Southern  records  as  to  the  war  of  [861-65.  Says  a  Northern 
writer,  Hamilton  Mabie :  'A  more  radical  reversal  of  opinion 
and  feelings  on  many  points  than  that  which  has  taken  place 
in  the  North  during  the  last  decade  is  hardly  afforded  in  any 
other  period  or  section.'  A  multiplicity  of  proofs  bears  out 
this  strong  assertion.  The  busts  of  Robert  E.  Lee  and  Com- 
modore Maury  are  on  the  chief  dishes  of  the  silver  service 
1  f  the  United  States  Battleship  Virginia,  and  the  bust  of  Jef- 
leison  Davis  1,  011  the  chief  pieces  of  the  silver  service  re- 
cently presented  the  United  States  Battleship  Mississippi. 
When  the  name  of  our  President,  Jefferson  Davis,  once  chis- 
eled off  of  Cabin  John  Bridge,  is  officially  ordered  to  be  re- 
stored, who  can  doubt  that  the  name  of  the  typical  Confederate 
soldier  will  also  lie  restored  one  day  to  its  proper  place  in 
histi  iry? 

"The  Smith  is  now  neb  and  prosperous  instead  of  a  poor, 
despised,  and  prostrate  South,  as  the  decimating  armies  left 
it.  Riches  and  prosperity,  comrades,  bring  pow:er.  They 
bring  much  courting  and  caressing  also,  ami  doubt  it  not  the 
South  will  wisely  use  hei  p  iwer  and  once  more  come  into  her 
own  again.  The  great  center  of  the  earth's  storehouse  of 
wealth  is  the  South.  'Think,'  says  the  Manufacturers'  Record, 
'think  of  lis  coal  area,  three  times  as  great  nearly  as  the  com- 
bined coal  fields  oi  Great  Britain,  Germany,  and  Pennsyl 
vania  ;  of  its  iron  ore,  far  surpassing  in  quantity  that  which 
made  the  fortunes  of  Carnegie  and  Krupp;  of  its  oil,  prom- 
1  ing  to  exceed  in  yield  all  that  went  to  make  the  Rockefeller 
fortunes;  of  its  sulphur  phosphates,  cement-making  material. 
copper,  and  other  higher  forms  of  minerals  in  like  mammoth 
proportii  ms.' 

"<  omrades,  was  our  record  writ  in  water?  Were  all  our 
sufferings,  sacrifices,  blood,  and  tears  but  in  vain?  Did  those 
dear  dead  boys  lying  there  in  their  dusty  beds  around  that 
monument  die  in  vain?  Is  this  path  of  glory  that  leads  out 
to  their  graves  from  your  historic  city — is  it  to  be  grass 
grown  in  the  coming  years  for  want  of  feet  to  tread  it?  No! 
Ten  thousand  times  no!  'The  King  will  come  into  his  own 
again.'     'The  uncrowned  king,  the  typical  Confederate  soldier!' 

"Suffer  another  line  of  thought.  Explain  it  as  we  may,  it 
is  nevertheless  an  impressive  fact  that  the  struggle  of  the 
Southern  soldier  for  self-government  in  1861-65  seemed,  fail- 
ure though  it  was,  to  be  the  signal  for  a  wave  of  popular  up- 
risings that  for  the  half  century  since  intervening  has  been 
sweeping  over  the  world.     True,  in  two  instances  the  wheels 

of  time  seemed  to  reverse  themselves.     In  this  land  it  ha-  1 

focusing  more  and  more  upon  a  centralized  government  ol 
abnormal  Federal  power.  And  in  England  too  we  saw  a  few' 
years  ago  a  similar  misuse  of  power  to  crush  the  gallant  little 
free  republic  of  the  Boers  for  the  sake  of  'modern  progress' 
and  some  diamond  mines.  But  with  these  two  exceptions  the 
whole  world  tendency  since  our  effort  in  1861-65  has  been 
toward  free  institutions.  In  i8;o  France  became  a  republic 
;  soon  after  Brazil  became  a  republic,  thereby  making 
all  South  America  solidly  self-governing.  The  various  English 
colonies  have  since  our  war.  while  still  tied  to  the  mother 
countrj  b\  an  attenuated  thread  of  allegiance,  become  every 
one  of  them  practically  self-governing.  In  Europe  every  nation. 
although  nominally  a  monarchy,  has  a  constitution,  and  the 
people  practically  rule,  as  the  conscientious  autocrat,  William 
oi  Germany,  found  out  to  his  humiliation  only  the  other 
day.  Nay,  at  thi-  very  moment  we  hear  the  mutterings  of 
popular  uprisings,  even  though  incredible  to  relate,  even 
through  all  the  petrified  East.     Russia,  Persia,  India.  Turkey, 


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and  China  are  waking,  moving,  starting  into  life  under  the 
breezy  visitatibns  of  the  fresh  air  of  freedom.  Verily  the 
living  God  of:  nations  seems  once  more  saying:  'Come  from 
the  four  winds,  O  breath,  and  breathe  upon  these  dead  that 
they  may  live.'l '  And  they  are  living  more  and  more. 

"Now  all  this  vast  and  mighty  movement  toward  freedom 
and  self-go venrtment  dates  in  its  new  impetus  from  1861-65. 
Nay,  even  in  this  land,  where  it  for  the  moment  seems  under 
a  partial  reverse; itihere  are  signs  of  promise  of  its  restoration 
in  its  purity  Fori  what  else  is  the  meaning  of  the  rise  again 
of  the  agitation  1  far  State  rights,  an  agitation  limited  to  no 
party  nor  sectiaiii  land  increasing  more  and  more — for  the 
restoration,  in  atllier  words,  of  that  nice  equilibrium  of  power 
between  State  audi  (Federal  government,  the  gift  of  our  far- 
seeing  fathers  audi  itiir  only  guarantee  for  the  perpetuation  as 
well   as   possession!  wf:  self-government  ? 

"Truly  as  thisi  aliasing  half  century's  history  is  written  and 
great  influences  arei  traced  to  their  true  sources  it  may  well 
be  found  that  the 'typical  Confederate  soldier  was  one  of  the 
forces  of  the  world. 

"I  have  now  given  some  reasons  for  believing  that  the  men 
of  our  ranks  will  some  day  come  to  their  proper  place  in  his- 
tory. There  is  but  one  more.  Bear  with  me,  for  it  must  not 
be  left  unspoken.  We  look  to-day  upon  a  monument  to  the 
Confederate  dead.  For  fifty  years  nearly  we  have  been  in 
mourning,  and  the  keenest  pang  in  all  of  our  grief  has  been 
the  thought  that  'they  died  in  vain.'  But  did  they  die  in 
vain?  Comrades,  the  days  of  our  mourning  are  ended.  Light 
is  breaking.  We  see  now  that  they  did  not  die  in  vain.  We 
see  now  how  wise  our  women  were.  To  whom  are  we  in- 
debted for  this  monument?  And  all  through  the  South  what 
see  we?  Monuments,  monuments,  monuments!  And  to  our 
children's  children  and  to  the  children's  children  of  strangers 
from  afar  what  will  they  teach,  what  will  they  stand  for? 
They  will  stand  for  the  men  of  our  ranks,  the  soldiers  of  our 
Confederacy,  that  flaming  four  years'  meteor  whose  blaze, 
though  brief,  has  left  in  its  wake  a  path  of  glory  that  will 
never  fade  away.  And  what  will  coming  generations  learn  ? 
They  will  learn  of  men  who  fought  for  constitutional  liberty, 
who  died  that  they  might  live  in  freedom's  ways  forever.  To 
whom,  I  ask  again,  are  we  indebted  for  this  hope?  We  are 
indebted  to  our  women.  Who  was  it  that  encouraged  us,  nerved 
us,  revived  us  on  to  the  battle's  frowning  front?  Who  was 
it  that  placed  her  hands  on  her  fifteen-year-old  boy's  shoulders 
and  dedicated  him  to  liberty  or  death  ?  Who  was  it  that  after 
the  war,  when  our  own  hearts  were  ashes,  with  crushed  but 
still  unconquered  spirits,  organized  into  memorial  associations 
to  keep  alive  the  memories  and  the  honor  due  us  and  our 
fallen  comrades?  Who  is  it  that  gathers  around  us  still, 
though  all  the  world  beside  seems  scarce  so  poor  as  to  do  us 
reverence?  It  is  the  woman  of  the  South.  In  that  monument 
to  her  that  is  coming  I  would  have  the  design,  like  that  of 
a  monument  in  Baltimore,  an  angel,  colossal,  majestic,  with 
spreading  wings  and  countenance  lit  with  lofty  beauty,  her 
right  arm  supporting  the  fainting  form  of  a  dying  Confederate 
boy,  her  left  raised  high  in  the  air  bearing  a  wreath.  Just 
below  on  the  pedestal  the  words  are  'Gloria  Victis' — 'glory  to 
the  vanquished!'  For  has  not  that  been  the  woman  of  the 
South  all  through  these  years?  But  I  would  add  words  more. 
Still  lower  down  let  these  words  come : 
'Faithful  unto  death  ! 
Yea,  faithful  after  death ! 
Faithful  forever !' 

"Comrades,  let  us  close  up  the  ranks.     The  sun  is  setting. 


Behold,  the  shadows  lengthen  !  O  let  me  sink  into  the  breach 
just  a  moment!  Dost  thou  believe  on  the  Son  of  God?  Does 
any  one  ask,  'Who  is  He  that  I  might  believe?'  The  answer 
is :  'Follow  your  leader,  glorious  Lee,  and  he  will  show  thee !' 
The  march  is  long  and  dusty,  and  we  are  weary ;  the  river  is 
not  far  off.  Hear  that  voice  of  the  long  ago:  'Come,  let  us 
cross  over  the  river  and  rest  under  the  shade  of  the  trees.' 
Who  will  pilot  you  over?  The  One  that  Stonewall  Jackson 
trusted.  He  will  pilot  you  safely  through,  and  you  shall  'rest 
under  the  shade  of  the  trees.'  " 


THAT  BLOODY  ANGLE  BATTLE. 

BY   D.    I.    HENDRIX,   CO.   C,    1ST   REGIMENT,   S.   C.   V. 

On  May  12,  1864,  at  the  Bloody  Angle,  Spottsylvania  C.  H., 
Va.,  was  fought  one  of  the  great  battles  of  the  war.  After 
the  lapse  of  forty-five  years,  we  would  scarce  expect  the  few 
remaining  private  soldiers  who  took  part  in  that  sanguinary 
contest  to  agree  as  to  all  the  details.  Gen.  E.  M.  Law  in  writ- 
ing of  this  battle  said :  "The  very  mouth  of  hell  seemed  to 
have  opened,  and  death  was  rioting  in  the  sulphurous  flames." 

Comrade  Robert  Gambell,  of  Guntown,  Miss.,  in  the  May 
Veteran,  page  225,  interests  the  old  veterans  who  took  part 
in  that  fearful  mix-up.  With  his  closing  sentence,  however, 
we  do  not  all  agree.  Therein  he  states:  "Honor  to  whom 
honor  is  due.  It  was  Harris's  Mississippi  Brigade  that  re- 
captured those  works  and  held  them  until  four  o'clock  the 
next  morning,  when  we  were  withdrawn." 

Now  we  know  those  grand  Mississippians  were  there,  for 
we  touched  elbows  with  them ;  but  there  were  others.  And 
there  was  honor  and  glory  enough  achieved  on  that  bloody- 
field  to  give  each  participant  a  full  share.  We  wish  here  to 
record  that  others  besides  Harris's  Mississippi  Brigade  were 
conspicuous  on  that  field  and  are  equally  entitled  to  honor. 

Gen.  E.  M.  Law,  above  quoted,  after  describing  the  capture 
of  the  works  with  Johnson's  Division,  states:  "Three  brigades 
from  Hill's  Corps  were  ordered  up.  Perrin's,  the  first  to 
arrive,  rushed  forward  through  a  fearful  fire  and  recovered 
a  part  of  the  line  on  Gordon's  left.  General  Perrin  fell  dead 
from  his  horse  just  as  he  reached  the  works.  General  Daniel 
had  been  killed,  and  Ramseur,  though  painfully  wounded,  re- 
mained in  the  trenches  with  the  men.  Rodes's  right  being 
still  hard  pressed,  Harris's  (Mississippi)  and  McGowan's 
(South  Carolina)  Brigades  were  ordered  forward  and  rushed 
through  the  blinding  storm  into  the  works  on  Ramseur's 
right." 

So  there  were  others ;  and  when  Comrade  Gambell  refreshes 
his  memory,  he  will  be  able  to  testify  that  McGowan's  five 
regiments  of  South  Carolinians  and  Harris's  four  regiments 
of  Mississippians  went  into  and  came  out  of  the  Bloody  Angle 
together. 

As  to  the  oak  tree,  the  stump  of  which  is  preserved  at 
Washington,  my  recollection  is  that  it  fell  about  midnight, 
which  agrees  with  the  official  report  of  Gen.  Samuel  Mc- 
Gowan — viz  :  "To  give  some  idea  of  the  intensity  of  the  fire, 
an  oak  tree  twenty-two  inches  in  diameter  which  stood  just 
in  the  rear  of  the  right  of  the  brigade  was  cut  down  by  the 
constant  scaling  of  musket  balls  and  fell  about  twelve  o'clock 
Thursday  night,  injuring  by  its  fall  several  soldiers  of  the 
1st  South  Carolina  Regiment.  *  *  *  The  trenches  on  the 
right  in  the  Bloody  Angle  ran  with  blood  and  had  to  be 
cleared  of  dead  bodies  more  than  once." 

The  1st  South  Carolina  Regiment  was  on  the  right  of  Mc- 
Gowan's Brigade  and  Company  C  on  the  right  of  the  regiment 
during  the  fight. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


439 


OCA'   UNIVERSAL   MEMORIAL  DAY. 

BY    MRS.    W.    J.    BEHAN,    I'liES.   C.    S.    M.    A.,    NEW   ORLEANS. 

The  article  entitled  "Universal  Memorial  Day,"  page  392 
August  Veteran,  is  most  timely  and  should  commend  itself 
to  all  who  desire  to  honor  the  memory  of  the  beloved  chief- 
tain of  the  Southern  Confederacy.  What  day  could  be  more 
appropriate  than  June  3,  the  anniversary  of  his  birth?  June 
is  the  month  of  roses,  which  flower  is  known  to  have  been 
Mr.  Davis's  favorite.  In  this  connection  I  call  attention  to 
the  fact  that  in  1895  at  the  Houston  Convention,  U.  C.  V.,  and 
the  Tennessee  Division,  U.  C.  V.,  Col.  John  P.  Hickman  pre- 
sented a  resolution  to  the  Committee  on  Resolutions  which 
received  the  unanimous  recommendation  of  the  committee. 

As  time  went  on  there  was  negligence  in  observing  June 
3  as  universal  Memorial  Day.  The  subject  was  afterwards 
taken  up  by  the  Ladies'  Confederate  Memorial  Association 
of  Xew  Orleans.  The  resolution  was  adopted  by  the  Con- 
federated Southern  Memorial  Association  at  its  Convention 
at  Dallas,  Tex.,  in  1902,  and  then  presented  by  Gen.  A.  T. 
Watts,  of  Texas,  to  the  U.  C.  V.  Committee  on  Resolutions 
for  approval  and  recommendation  to  the  Convention.  It  wa* 
unanimously  recommended  by  the  committee,  and  General 
Order  No.   2S7  was  enacted  which  states: 

"The  General  commanding  announces  the  adoption  of  the 
resolution  which  was  passed  at  the  Dallas  Reunion  on  April 
23,  1902,  fixing  June  3.  the  birthday  of  Jefferson  Davis,  the 
only  President  of  the  Confederate  States,  as  the  universal 
Memorial    Day   throughout    the   South.     *     *     * 

"A  resolution  to  fix  the  3d  of  June,  the  anniversary  of  the 
birth  of  Jefferson  Davis,  as  Southern  Memorial  Day  was 
adopted  by  the  Ladies'  Confederated  Memorial  Association 
of  New  Orleans  at  a  meeting  held  March  19,  1902,  and  the 
matter  was  presented  to  all  the  Camps  through  a  circular  let- 
ter. The  adoption  of  the  resolution  was  vigorously  advocated 
bj  Mrs.  W.  J.  Rehan,  the  patriotic  and  splendid  President 
of  the  Ladies'  Confederated  Southern  Memorial  Association 
of  Xew  Orleans  and  President  of  the  Confederated  Southern 
Memorial  Association,  and  also  by  her  able  associates 

Resolution    Vdopted    \t  the  Dallas  Reunion. 

"'In  order  that  our  children  may  be  fully  instructed  in  all 
that  pertains  to  the  rise  and  fall  of  the  Confederate  govern- 
ment and  that  the  date  of  the  birth  of  its  only  President  may 
be  indelibly  impressed  on  their  minds  and  hearts  and  gen- 
erally observed  with  appropriate  ceremonies;  be  it 

"'Resolved,  That  the  United  Confederate  Veterans  in  Con- 
11  assembled  at  Dallas,  Tex.,  do  ratify  and  adopt  the 
resolution  as  passed  b\  tin-  Ladies'  Confederated  Memorial 
Association  of  New  Orleans  making  June  3  the  universal 
Memorial  Day  throughout  the  South,  said  resolution  to  g. 
into  effect  on  June  .?.   1903.' 

"The  following  amendment  was  offered  by  Lieut.  Gen 
S.  D.  Lee:  'I  move  that  the  State  of  Georgia  and  any  other 
State  which  so  desires  shall  be  exempt,  and  that  the  resolu- 
tion s,,  .|ln, ,,,],  (|  he  adopted.' 

"After  further  discus, ion   the  resolution  as  amen. led  by  Gen 

Lei   hjs  almost  unanimously  adopted  by  a  rising  vofo 
"The  order  is  signed  by  J.   B.  Gordon,  General  Command- 
ing,  and   by   George   Moorman.   Adjutant    General   ana    Chief 
of  Staff."   ' 

e    1902   three    States    have   adopted   June   3   as   min 
or    Confederate     Memorial    Day — viz,    Louisiana,    Tennessee, 
and   Mississippi — by  legislative  enactment   through  the  efforts 
of  the   Confederated    Southern    Memorial     VsSOCiatlOn 


Please  keep  the  subject  of  Confederate  Memorial  Day 
before  the  minds  of  our  people.  It  will  make  the  day  and 
the  ceremonies  more  impressive  and  significant  to  know  that 
in  every  other  Southern  State  our  people  are  engaged  in 
the  same  holy  task.  In  what  way  can  we  more  beautifully 
observe  the  natal  day  of  our  martyr  President  than  by  mak- 
ing pilgrimages  to  the  shrines  where  are  laid  to  rest  the 
men  who  followed  their  fearless  and  intrepid  leader  in  the 
struggle  for  constitutional  rights?  What  matters  it  if  the 
flowers  of  spring  have  withered,  has  our  sentiment  died  with 
them  ?  No,  our  hearts  are  still  beating  with  love  and  rev- 
erence. Duty  calls  us ;  and  if  flowers  are  not  to  be  found, 
let  us  take  evergreen,  whid»Psiili&-i.-;u}ra"h»iJi-itiful  nature,, 
is  always  fresh  and  green.  Let  us  take  the  evergreen  and 
weave  it  into  wreaths  bound  together  with  undying  love. 
This  work  should  be  intrusted  to  the  children  of  the  Junior 
\li  in  .rial  Associations,  and  let  it  be  imparted  to  our  school 
children  as  a  lesson  in  patriotism.  With  the  seniors  leading 
the  way,  the  children  will  follow  and  place  these  tributes 
with  their  own  dear  little  hands  upon  the  graves  of  our  hero 
dead.  The  great  historian  Macaulay  says:  "A  people  which 
take  no  pride  in  the  noble  achievements  of  remote  ancestry 
will  never  achieve  anything  worthy  to  be  remembered  by  re- 
mote descendants." 

Mr.  Editor,  do  not  let  the  matter  drop;  keep  it  alive.  We 
know  that  by  careful  pruning  a  tree  will  grow ;  so  will  this 
movement  become  a  law  if  brought  constantly  to  the  atten- 
tion   of   all   Confederate   organizations. 


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Qopfederat?  1/eteran. 


Confederate  l/eterai). 

S.  A.  CUNNINGHAM,  Editor  and  Proprietor. 
Office:  Methodist  Publishing  House  Building,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

This  publication  is  the  personal  property  of  S.  A.  Cunningham.  All  per- 
sons who  approve  its  principles  and  realize  its  benefits  :is  an  organ  for  Asso- 
ciations throughout  the  South  are  requested  toco-  i  its  patronage  and  to 
cooperate  in  extending  its  circulation.     Let  each  i               constantly  diligent. 


ILLNESS  OF  MR.   CUNNINGHAM. 
The   lack  of  an  editorial   in   this   number   of  the   Veteran 
is  due  to  the  serious  illness  of  the  editor.     Improvement  in 
his  condition  is  noted  from  day  to  day,  and  our  readers  may 
expect   something  from'  him  in  the  next  number. 


ERRATA. 

By  an  oversight  a  paragraph  was  omitted  from  the  article, 
"History  of  Crosses,"  page  451;  and  as  it  is  necessary  to  the 
coherency  of  the  article  in  question,  it  is  given  here.  The 
omission  occurs  between  the  next  to  the  last  and  last  para- 
graph in  the  first  column :  "Closely  following  the  custom  of 
the  triumphant  pageant  came  the  period  when  military  suc- 
cess was  acknowledged  by  largesse  of  coin,  accompanied  -by 
a  jewel  to  be  worn  as  a  badge.  Then  the  jeweled  badge 
alone  was  used,  and  the  custom  once  established  was  rapidly 
adopted  by  other  countries  and  became  the  guerdon  of  re- 
ward for  the  most  daring  acts  of  gallantry." 


THE  SONG   OF  "DIXIE." 

Whenever  and  wherever  a  band  strikes  up  "Dixie"  in  the 
South,  applause  follows ;  and  it  is  not  only  in  "de  land  ob 
cotton"  that  this  occurs,  but  in  Northern  States  the  spon- 
taneous applause  comes  to  greet  the  ringing  strains.  Inquiry 
was  made  of  the  editor  of  the  Cincinnati  Times-Star  for  a 
solution  of  this  popularity,  which  has  ceased  to  be  sectional, 
and  he  replied : 

"Why  is  it  that  'Dixie'  when  played  by  a  band  always  gets 
more  applause  than  anything  else?  There  are  several  reasons. 
The  snap  and  catchiness  of  the  tune  have  much  to  do  with 
it. 

"The  enthusiasm  for  'Dixie'  probably  has  in  it  something 
of  a  tribute,  half  unconscious,  but  still  a  tribute,  to  the  gal- 
lant losing  fight  of  the  South  during  the  Civil  War.  Fact 
or  fiction  has  given  the  South  an  air  of  romance  that  appeals 
to  the  man  in  the  street.  One  of  our  friends  was  mean 
enough  to  suggest  that  a  Northern  belief  in  the  'aristocracy' 
in  the  South  has  something  to  do  with  the  popularity  of 
'Dixie.'  When  that  tune  is  played,  according  to  this  pessi- 
mist, some  people  in  the  average  Northern  audience  always 
applaud  in  the  hope  that  the  people  next  to  them  will  be  struck 
by  the  idea  that  in  their  veins  runs  the  best  blood  of  Vir- 
ginia or  the  Carolinas. 

"Perhaps  again  the  popularity  of  'Dixie'  in  the  North  is 
in  part  a  tribute  from  the  vanishing  Anglo-Saxon  of  the 
Northern  States  to  the  still  dominant  Anglo-Saxon  of  the 
South.  There  is  no  purer  Anglo-Saxon  people  in  the  world 
to-day  than  the  whites  in  the  Southern  States  of  the  Union. 
Lee's  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  was  more  purely  Anglo- 
Saxon  than  the  army  which  Marlboro  commanded  at  Blen- 
heim, than  Wellington's  'thin  red  line'  at  Waterloo,  or  than 
the  troops  which  followed  Roberts  and  Kitchener  in  South 
Africa.  In  the  North  and  East  the  Anglo-Saxon  is  being 
swallowed  up  in  the  rush  of  the  newcomers  .from  the  Old 
World. 


"No  American  of  the  North  objects  to  the  popularity  of 
'Dixie.'  The  'bloody  shirt'  long  since  lost  its  popularity  north 
of  the  Ohio.  'Dixie'  itself  is  an  inspiring  battle  song.  Its 
music  is  less  impressive  but  more  American  than  the  music 
of  'The  Star-Spangled  Banner'  or  'America.'  It  has  earned 
part  of  its  popularity  and  the  rest  comes  from  causes  to  which 
no  believer  in  the  Union  can  make  reasonable  objection." 


LOST  STATUE  OF  JOHN  C.  CALHOUN. 

The  Charleston  News  and  Courier  asks : 

"What  has  become  of  the  handsome  marble  statue  of  John 
C.  Calhoun  which  was  brought  to  Charleston  from  Italy  in 
1854  or  1855  and  placed  in  the  City  Hall  here?  The  statue 
was  very  much  admired  by  all  who  saw  it,  and  has  been 
practically  forgotten,  it  appears,  by  all  except  a  handful  of 
people,  none  of  whom  know  certainly  its  fate. 

"The  statue  was  made  in  Rome  by  the  American  sculptor, 
Powers.  It  represented  Calhoun  standing  wearing  a  Roman 
Senator's  toga.  In  his  left  hand,  which  was  uplifted,  was  a 
scroll  representing  'Truth,  Justice,  and  the  Constitution ;'  the 
right  hand  of  the  figure  was  pointing  toward  the  scroll.  The 
cost,  it  is  stated,  was  $10,000. 

"The  statue  was  shipped  from  Rome  to  New  York.  In 
transit  the  ship  foundered.  It  is  said  one  of  the  arms  was 
broken  just  below  the  shoulder,  and  was  repaired  under  the 
direction  of  Mr.  Powers  by  a  stonecutter  named  Walker. 

"One  story  has  it  that  the  statue  was  placed  in  the  City  Hall 
and  remained  there  until  the  Civil  Wiar ;  that  it  was  then 
packed  and  shipped  to  Columbia  for  safe-keeping ;  that  upon 
reaching  Columbia  the  boxed  statue  was  placed  in  the  court- 
house ;  but  that  when  Columbia  was  burned  the  statue 
perished  in  the  flames.  There  are  other  accounts  given  as  to 
the  fate  of  the  statue,  one  of  which  is  that  it  was  taken  from 
the  Columbia  courthouse  by  Northern  soldiers  and  may  still 
be  in  existence." 


Memorial  Services  to  Mrs.  Hayes. — The  Episcopal 
Churches  of  Colorado  Springs  held  special  memorial  serv- 
ices on  the  Sunday  after  her  death,  July  25,  in  honor  of 
Mrs.  Hayes,  whose  many  charities  and  noble  assistance  to 
people  and  strangers  of  her  city  made  her  much  loved.  The 
churches  were  beautifully  decorated  with  quantities  of  white 
flowers  and  potted  plants,  the  pew  set  aside  for  the  family 
being  also  decorated.  A  beautiful  memorial  choral  was  sung 
by  the  choir,  and  the  entire  congregation  united  in  her  favorite 
hymns,  "Art  Thou  Weary"  and  "Paradise."  The  pastor  took 
for  his  theme  "Home  and  Bedside  Saints,"  and  in  his  sermon 
told  the  story  of  the  brave,  bright  spirit  that  met  death  with 
a  smile.  

Mississippi  Camps  Honored  Mrs.  Hayes. 
Maj.  Gen.  Robert  Lowry,  commanding  the  Mississippi  Di- 
vision, U.  C.  V,  issued  a  general  order  for  all  Camps  in  that 
State  to  meet  on  July  25  and  hold  memorial  services  in  honor 
of  the  dead  daughter  of  the  chieftain,  President  Davis. 


Presbyterian  Church  at  Culpeper  C.  H.,  Va. — Mrs.  T. 
G.  Tate  writes  from  Brandy  Station,  Va.,  that  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  at  Culpeper  C.  H.  are  trying  to  pro- 
cure from  the  government  pay  for  damages  to  their  church 
property  during  the  war.  She  seeks  information  of  sur- 
vivors from  either  side  who  remember  the  church  and  can 
give  any  evidence  on  the  subject.  Such  information  might  be 
of  much  help  to  that  Church. 


^OQfederat^  i/eterai). 


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ANNUAL  REUNION  OF  TEXAS  VETERANS. 

Mount  Pleasant,  Tex.,  had  the  pleasure  of  entertaining  the 
great  Texas  Division  of  the  United  Confederate  Veterans  and 
the  Sons  of  Veterans  this  year  The  meeting  was  held  July 
29  and  30.  The  procession  to  the  park  was  headed  by  the 
Cadet  Corps  under  command  of  Dr.  <i.  V.  Ridley.  Next  in 
line  was  the  Dudley  \Y.  Jones  Camp,  No.  121,  of  Mount  Pleas 
ant,  about  three  hundred  in  number  and  in  uniform.  Follow- 
ing tlv.se  veterans  was  a  long  procession  of  citizens  on  Eool 
and  in  every  imaginable  kind  of  vehicli 

\t  the  park  Rev.  N.  A  Seale,  Chaplain  of  the  local  Camp. 
made  the  opening  address  of  welcome  on  behalf  of  the  Camp 
and  the  citizens  of  the  county.  He  said  in  part:  "I  assure 
the  veterans  that  no  place  in  'Texas  accorded  them  a  more 
heart}  and  sincere  welcome  than  Mount  Pleasant,  'the  metrop 
<ilis  of  Northeast  Texas.'  You  will  find  no  prettier  women 
.hi   Texas  soil.     We  have  an   ideal   place  in    Dellwood   Park. 

We  have  good  taters  and  possums,  but  you  arc  too  early  foi 
them  Our  big  watermelons  raised  111  this  county  will  tempt 
your  appetite  In  inviting  you  to  Mount  Plesant  at  the  Wills 
Point  Reunion  last  year  1  did  so  at  the  urgent  request  of  our 
City  Council,  Commercial  Club,  and  citizens  in  general.  The 
keys  I"  the  homes  of  Our  city  we  turn  over  to  you.  Use  them 
at  your  pleasure  and  make  yourself  at  home.  We  are  not 
here  to  discuss  politics,  Iml  In  mingle  as  one  common  people." 
S,  I'.  Pounders,  Commander  of  the  Sons  of  Mount  Pleas- 
ant tamp,  in  welcoming  the  veterans  in  behalf  of  that  or- 
ganization, said:  "I  extend  1..  you  a  most  heartfelt  and  cor- 
dial welcome.  Our  doors  are  always  open  We  have  n<>  keys 
t.i  our  homes  " 

Report  cf   int.  HtsTiwAN,  Judge  C   C    Ci  mmings. 

|  Addressing  Mai.  Gen    K.  M.   Van  /.unit.  Commander  of 
the  Division,  Judge  Cummings  made  the  full. .wing  report.] 

I  have  th.'  honor  t.>  submit   this  my  yearly   report  as  1 1 i- 
i. .11.111   nf   the    Division   at    tin--  the   eighteenth   annual   Reunion 
of  tin-   Division      The   Legislature  set    August   .*  as  the  time 

t"  \ ii  .hi  amendment  t.i  tin    Constitution  for  authorizing 

tli.  appropriation  ..I"  funds  sufficient  d>  support  the  Woman's 
Home  at  Austin,  which  had  been  so  generously  donated  by 
the   Daughters  of  the  Conf  leracj       ["he   failure  of  this  act 

.:l    i'ii     I w , .   previous   sessions   of   the    Legislature   i-   at 

tributable  t..  the  fart  that  the  bill  was  unfortunately  in  com- 
pany with  some  others  not  acceptable  to  tin-  majority.  The 
persistency  with  which  tin-  people  demand  that  justice  shall 
be  done  the  helpless  widows  equally  with  the  veterans  in  the 
Home  argues   that    it   will  carry  this  time. 

I  In    report  ot   I  omi  tdi    John   I'.    Reagan,  in  charge  i  i   thi 
Home,  n.  Adjutant  General  Col.  W.  T.  Shaw   gives  the  I   tal 

number    in    the    II. .me    at    three    hundred    and    thirty-seven    and 
the  deaths   for  -jN    months  in    imi  as   eleven,  or  at  tin    rati 
id  mx  per  cent      The  general  condition  is  good  and  the  ex 
penditures  arc  within  thr  appropriation 

The    last    Legislature    aided    material!}     the    pension    law 

in  doing  away  with  tin-  pauper  clause  ami  in  allowing  a  bene- 

to  own  not   exceeding  $l,ooo   worth   nf  property  and 

an  income  not   to  exceed  $150  a  year,  also  in  advancing  the 

age  d.ii.   ..i  1  onfederate  widows  from  March  1,  1866,  to 

March   1.   [880      Diese  two  clauses  will  add  considerably  t.. 

the  8,200  pensioners   now    on   tin'   rolls      Our   new    Pension 

missioner,  1  1  mi  ide  1      \    Bolmes,  who  has  so  long  held 

the  position  nf  chief  examiner  under  the  law  of  1X00.  is  an 
excellent    eh. dee   by    tin     Governor    I"    serve    iiinlci    the    law    of 

I9C0. 

o» 


Colonel  Shaw  in  his  report  suggests  that  the  date  of  our 
annual  Reunion  shall  be  put  off  till  the  latter  part  of  August. 
s.i  as  nut  to  conflict  with  many  of  the  leading  Camps  in  their 
dates  nf  meeting,  which  change  is  essential  to  uniformity  in 
our  annual  deliberations  General  Van  Zandt  favors  ad 
vancing  the  date  to  a  time  when  all  the  local  Camp  Reunions 
have  been  held,  so  as  t..  gel  linn  influence  tin. .ugh  their  at- 
tendance. Colonel  Shaw  notes  an  increase  in  the  numbei  oi 
Camps,  am]  states  that  .111  encouraging  spirit  of  patriotism  is 

manifest    among  the   rank    and   file   and   officers  nf   ('amps. 

Before  Colonel  Shaw  informed  me  nf  the  increased  in 
terest  tin-  Camps  nf  Texas  arc  taking  I  bad  noted  this  yam 
along  the  line  not*  only  in  Texas,  but  all  over  tin  South  in 
monument  building  and  in  the  rivalry  nf  local  towns  In  make 
each  annual  gathering  a  little  better  than  the  one  preceding  it 
1   also  in. ted   that   the  last   Reunion  at    Memphis  showed  tin 

Southern      ehivalric      spirit      t..      be      more      intense      than      at 

any  previous  gathering      In   1007  we  thought   the   Bowie   Re 

union    was    the    limit    nf   perfection,   hut    last    year    Wills    Point, 

an  old  time  Southern  locality,  was  even  better  Comradi 
Steele,  of  Mount  Pleasant,  carried  the  selection  of  tin-  place 
over  competitors  by  his  eloquence. 

The     Daughters    ,.|"    the     State    of      I'exas    are    a     long     wa\ 
ahead    nf    cither    the    Veterans    or    Sons    in    regular    Systematic 

labor  for  advancing  the  good  of  the  cause.  Che  Daughters  in 
general  Reunion  assembled  arc  equally  enthusiastic  over  the 
causes  that  can  never  be  lost — home  rule  and  local  self- 
government,  The  Daughters  and  Snns  are  auxiliaries  I.,  tin 
1     I     V.  by  the  wording  of  our  constitution 

Why  is  ii   that  the  farther  we  recede  from  the  titanic  Strug 
gli     of   the    sixties    the    greater    grows    the    Southern    devotion 
to   .mi-  cause?      For    the    last    twenty   years    I   have   made   this 
subject   a    study    and    have    gathered    every    fact    tending    t..   .\ 
plain    the    cause. 

Let  us  go  back  to  the  Richmond  Reunion  of  iX^i  and  recall 
the  intensity  of   (Federal)   Corporal  Tanner's  appeal  to  that 
body   for   the   union   of   the   gray   and   blue   in    fraternal   bond 
Remember    his    proposition    was    that    we    meet    in    general    re 

union  of  both  colors  at  New  York  tin-  following   Fourth  of 

July  and  march  together  side  by  side,  so  as  to  prove  to 
the  world  that  there  is  no  lunger  a  Mason  and  Dixon's  line. 
.1  he  peerless  Gordon  was  out  leader  and  was  in  hearty  ae 
c  'id  with  Tanner:  hut  when  the  proposition  was  put  to  tlv 
Commander  n|"  the  I,  A.  R.,  he  refused  to  allow  the  blue  to 
march  by  the  side  of  the  graj  So  ended  the  first  lesson. 
Win  was  this0  The  taxpayers  have  ponied  their  issues 
Rhode  Island,  imt  as  big  as  an  average  Texas  county  nf  the 
Panhandle  variety,  commands  the  taxing  situation,  and  has 
tnr  years,  and  winks  while  all  the  taxpayers  nod 
How  well  drilled  the  politicians  up  there  are  in  tins  matter 

was    exemplified    tins    year    when    two    of    the    palaverers    ovei 

:be   South,  vowing   eternal   love  and  friendship  to  us.   dat 
not    mention    the   Smith   in    the   two   speeches   made    by   them 

R velt      in     declaiming     at     the     Lincoln     centennial     never 

dared  to  once  mention  Jefferson  Davis,  and  President  'Lift, 
so  much  concerned  in  dissolving  the  solid  South,  in  his 
oration  dedicating  tile  monument  at  Gettysburg  never  men- 
tioned the  (onfederate  soldier  Compare  the  caliber  of  this 
man  with  Lincoln  mi  the  occasion  nf  his  dedicating  this  battle 
ground  mi  the  19th  "\  November  following  the  battle  in  July. 

Said  he:  "The  world  will  little  note  what  we  saw  but  can 
never  forget  what  the  brave  men.  living  and  dead,  did  in 
struggling   here." 


442 


^oofederat<?  l/eterai). 


The  prints  give  to  President  Taft  a  smile  that  will  not 
come  off;  but  as  an  expert  I  am  compelled  to  pronounce  him 
wholly  void  of  humor,  else  he  would  not  seriously  propose 
to  dissolve  the  solid  South  without  in  any  way  essaying  to 
change  solid  New  England.  He  readily  homologates  with 
Little  Rhody  as  his  ideal  of  the  way  the  government  should 
be  run— by  the  few  against  the  many.  Little  Rhody  stood 
out  for  two  years  and  refused  to  come  in  till  1780,  when 
Congress  made  ready  to  put  the  tariff  on  her  as  a  foreign 
State,  and  then  she  rounded  to,  and  "the  stone  which  the 
builders  rejected"  has  become  chief  in  cornering  the  raw 
material  for  themselves. 

The  sixteen  volumes  of  Cunningham's  Confederate  Vet- 
eran contain  more  true  history  to  the  square  inch  than  a 
library  of  Northern  prints  on  this  subject.  The  boys  he  went 
shooting  with  during  the  war  shot  it  out  to  a  frazzle,  and 
now  he  has  rallied  them  and  is  writing  it  out. 

When  Cunningham  passes  over,  let  the  Sons  and  Daugh- 
ters of  the  South  succeed  him  and  incorporate  it  as  Cunning- 
ham's Confederate  Magazine,  and  thus  perpetuate  the  memory 
of  the  man  who  has  done  more  for  the  truth  of  history  than 
any  other  single  publisher  North  or  South. 

How  to  tell  "back  numbers:"  If  a  fellow  says  "ex-Confed- 
erate," you  may  know  he  has  laid  down  on  his  job.  The  pre- 
fix marks  him  as  a  quitter,  and  the  Lord,  who  is  busy  day 
and  night  working  the  world  for  our  benefit,  hates  a  quitter. 
If  he  whines  we  fought  for  what  we  believed  to  be  right, 
you  may  know  he  is  either  a  coward  or  an  ignoramus.  If 
he  calls  it  a  lost  cause,  he  may  be  put  down  as  one  who 
never  would  be  able  to  recognize  it  if  he  should  meet  it  in 
the  road.  If  he  prates  about  the  New  South,  tell  him  Henry 
W.  Grady  called  it  that  to  tickle  the  fancy  of  the  Bostonians 
in  his  great  speech  there  and  borrowed  it  from  them  for 
the  occasion.  If  he  doles  out  he  is  glad  we  lost,  watch  him 
and  see  if  he  has  not  got  a  job  under  a  corporation  or  a  fat 
place  under  Uncle  Sam. 

"If  such  there  breathe,  go,  mark  him  well! 
For  him  no  minstrel  raptures  swell ; 
High  though  his  titles,  proud  his  name, 
Boundless  his  wealth  as  wish  can  claim, 
Despite  those  titles,  power,  and  pelf. 
The  wretch,  concentered  all  in  self, 
Living,  shall  forfeit  fair  renown. 
And,  doubly  dying,  shall  go  down 
To  the  vile  dust  from  whence  he  sprung. 
Unwept,   unhonored,   and   unsung." 


NEW  DIVISION  COMMANDERS  U.  S.  C.   V. 

C.  B.  Emanuel,  of  Sulphur,  Okla.,  succeeds  Brant  H.  Kirk 
as   Commander- -of' the   Oklahoma   Division: 

llallum  Goodloe,  of  Nashville,  succeeds  John  A.  Collings- 
worth (who  has  removed  to  Houston,  Tex.)  as  Conrnander 
of  the  Tennessee  Division. 

A.  L  Cox,  of  Raleigh,  is  reappointed  Commander  of  the 
North  Carolina  Division. 

A.  M.  Lea,  Jr.,  of  Louisville,  succeeds  himself  as  Com- 
mander of  the  Kentucky  Division. 

In  General  Orders  No.  4  Commander  in  Chief  Dr.  Clarence 
M.  Owens  pays  tribute  to  Margaret  Howell  Davis  Hayes,  in 
which  he  states:  "The  Commander  in  Chief  saw  her  last 
when  her  carriage  was  stopped  in  front  of  the  great  monu- 
ment in  Richmond  erected  to  the  memory  of  her  distinguished 


father.  It  was  but  a  few  minutes  before  the  unveiling  cere- 
mony. A  hundred  thousand  loyal  Southerners  were  there  to 
pay  tribute  to  the  man  who  'died  without  a  country'  save  tie 
Southland,  which  he  cherished,  but  of  whom  it  might  be  said: 
'What  he  did,  he  did  in  honor,  led  by  the  impartial  conduct 
of  his  soul.'  As  Mrs.  Hayes  stood  in  her  carr'agc  and  sur- 
veyed the  monument  a  veteran  placed  a  tattered  Confederate 
flag  above  her  head.  She  grasped  it  and  kissed  its  folds 
again  and  again  as  the  tears  gushed  from  her  eyes." 


«" 


BEDFORD    FORREST,    GREAT-GRANDSON    OF    THE    FAMOUS    CON- 
FEDERATE   OFFICER. 

CORINTH,  MISS.,  IN  EARLY  WAR  DAYS. 
[Extracts  from  a  paper  by  Mrs.  F.  A.  Inge.] 

There  were  two  companies  of  Confederate  soldiers  formed 
in  Corinth,  Miss.,  in  March,  1861— one  of  infantry  and  the 
other  of  cavalry.  Each  company  consisted  }f  about  one  hun- 
dred soldiers — defenders  of  our  rights  and  of  our  homes. 

Capt.  W.  H.  Kilpatrick,  a  lawyer  and  a  Christian  gentle- 
man, was  elected  captain  of  the  infantry  company.  Ibis  was 
the  first  company  to  leave  Mississippi.  The  first  Confederate 
flag  that  unfurled  its  silken  fold-s  to  the  breeze  in  our  town 
was  made  by  the  ladies  of  Corinth  and  presented  to  this  com- 
pany by  Miss  Lydia  Mitchell,  Captain  Kilpatrick  himself  re- 
ceiving it  in  a  beautiful  tribute  to  the  loyalty  and  patriotism' 
of  the  ladies  of  Corinth.  After  some  weeks  of  drill,  they 
were  mustered  into  service  and  ordered  to  Pensacola,  Fla. 

We  can  never  forget  that  sad  morning  in  April,  1861,  when 
good-bys  were  taken  of  our  gallant  soldier  boys,  looking  so 
handsome  in  their  new  uniforms  of  Confederate  gray,  bugle. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterar?, 


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fife,  and  drum  making  sweet  music.  A  large  number  of  citi- 
zens and  relatives  saw  them  off. 

Rev.  J.  W.  Wells,  minister  of  the  M.  E.  Church  in  Corinth, 
who  had  been  chosen  chaplain  of  this  company,  offered  up 
a  touching  and  feeling  prayer,  after  which  the  troops  were 
marched  single  file  into  the  cars,  bearing  aloft  the  beautiful 
flag;  and  as  the  cars  moved  off  slowly,  our  very  heartstrings 
were  at  their  utmost  tension — loved  ones  were  being  borne 
away  from  home  and  all  they  held  dear  in  life  save  their 
con n try's  honor.  Strong  men  shed  tears  and  women  wept  softly. 
We  lingered  to  catch  a  last  glimpse;  and  as  the  banner  faded 
from  view,  we  turned  with  heavy  hearts  to  vacant  homes, 
little  dreaming  that  there  could  ever  come  darker.  Saddet 
days  into  "in-  lues  Tins  company  was  the  first  t"  reach  Pen- 
sacola  from  Mississippi,  and  was  mustered  in  as  Company  A, 
utli  Mississippi  Regiment. 

The  company  of  cavalry  elected  W.  M.  tnge  captain,  lie 
was  a  West  Pointer,  and  EOOn  had  his  company  well  drilled 
m   cavalry    tactics.     The  company  was   being  drilled  one  after- 

i ii  on  the  large  lawn  of  the  Corona   Female  College  when 

a  silken  hand-painted  banner  was  presented  to  it  by  Miss 
Lucy  Irion,  now  Mis  Nelson,  i  I  Columbia,  Miss  it  was  a 
contribution  from  the  principal  and  the  college  girls  of  the 
college.  Capt  W.  \1  tnge  received  it  in  behalf  of  his  corn- 
pan]  Mrs.  Jennie  Henderson,  then  a  maiden  scarce  in  hei 
teen  .  and  several  of  her  companions  held  the  staff  steady 
during  the  presentation.  She  is  now  Presidenl  of  the  Corinth 
Chapti ..  U    1'.  C. 

Rev.  I..  B.  Gaston,  a  Presbyterian  minister,  was  President 
of  this  college,  and  his  wife.  Susan  Gaston,  was  Principal.  As 
an  educator  she  had  no  superior  and  few  equals  in  all  our 
Southland.  Many  bright  young  ladie-  as  graduates  went  from 
tin-    institution    into   the   great,   busy   world.      Some   have    risen 

t<>  distinction. 

I  here  being  no  call  for  cavalry  early  in  the  action,  Cap- 
lain  Inge  resigned  and  joined  the  I2th  Mississippi  Regiment 
of  Infantry,  commanded  by  Col.  Richard  Griffith  Me  was 
appointed  adjutant  of  that  regiment,  then  in  rendezvous  at 
Union  City.  Vftei  a  few  weeks  they  win  ordered  t"  Vir 
ginia,  and  were  in  several  severe  engagements.  Colonel 
Griffith  was  promoted  to  brigadier  general  only  a  short  time 
1"  Fore  he  was  killed  at  Savage  Station. 

I  <  until  furnished  and  sent  out  the  following  companies: 
i  n m  company  in  the  pth  Mississippi  Regiment,  commanded 
1  iit  on  Kilpatrick;  one  company  in  the  26th  Mississippi 
Regiment,  commanded  by  Captain  Hyneman.  win  was  killed 
at  hurt  Donelson  (the  company  was  afterwards  in  the  com- 
mand of  Capt.  Phil  I  lay.  who  was  killed  at  Lynchburg,  Va.,  and 
who  was  an  uncle  of  Miss  Elizabeth  Kilpatrick.  our  Historian)  ; 
"Hi-  company  in  tin-  326  Mississippi  Regiment,  commanded  by 
1  apl  William  Irion,  who  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  Perry 
villc:  one  company  of  the  12th  Mississippi  Cavalry,  in  com- 
mand of  C.   B.    I  lyneman. 

1  orinth    furnished    four   colonels:    Col     M,    P.    Lowry,   Col. 

Eugene  Whitfield,  Col.  A    E.  Reynolds,  and  Col.  \Y.  M.  Inge. 

Capt  David  Hyneman,  of  Corinth,  at  the  age  of  sixum  went 

a    scout    111   Captain    Baxter's  company,   which   rendered 

invaluable  service   to  this  division  of  the  army. 

Other  companies  from  the  count)  contained  Corinthians 
In   Company   A,  2d   Mississippi   Regiment,  Colonel   Faulkner 

commander,   there    were    siN    brothers    named    Lyniuii.   and   one 

brother  was  in  tin  Trans  Mississippi  Department,  making 
seven  brothers  in  the  Confederate  service  at  one  time.  Lieut 
Col     F.    M.    Boone   was   killed    ill    the  battle  of  the   Wilderness. 


Several  Corinthians  were  in  Company  P.  and  in  Company 
F,  26th  Mississippi,  and  with  Captain  Xelms  under  Gen.  Bed- 
ford Forrest.  Major  Bynum,  of  Corinth,  carries  the  scars 
of  four  wounds  received  in  four  different  battles. 

In  a  few  months  sickness  and  death  invaded  the  ranks  of 
Company  A  at  Pcnsacola.  and  some  of  our  soldiers'  bodies 
were  brought  home  on  their  biers.  Among  the  number  was 
J.  W.  Wells.  Dr.  George  C.  Inge  lost  his  life  while  attend- 
ing the  wounded  in  the  first  battle  of  Manassas. 

In  April,  May,  June,  and  July  of  1861  Corinth  was  the 
rendezvous  for  the  Mississippi  troops.  Regiments  were  formed 
and  officers  elected  and  fully  equipped  for  warfare.  Daily 
drilling  was  witnessed  by  citizens  and  visitors,  and  much  in- 
terest was  taken  in  the  proficiency  of  the  troops,  As  many  as 
ten  regiments  were  sometimes  drilling  on  the  field  at  one  time. 
!  lie  social  feature,  the  brighter  side  of  life,  had  attention 
Many  entertainments  were  given  the  troops.  There  might 
have  been  some  married  men,  but  no  tales  were  told. 

May  it  be  said  of  the  chaplains  and  of  the  religion-  element 
among  the  troops  that  preaching  and  prayer  service  were 
never  omitted,  dying  soldiers  were  never  neglected.  In  camp 
singing  the  dear  old  familiar  songs  of  Zion  was  a  great  joy 
to  the  men.  "Jesus.  Lover  of  My  Soul"  and  "Mow  Firm  a 
Foundation"  would  be  snug  in  ringing  ilia-  al  almost  every 
service.  Ere  taps  the  sweet,  pathetic  strain-  ,.t  "Home,  Sweet 
Home"  from  different  commands  in  concert  would  come  in 
waves  of  melody. 

In  April,  1862,  1 1 1 . '  1 1  \  engagements  bad  taken  place  between 
the  two  armies.  Brave  men  bad  fallen  on  both  sides.  The 
rallying  point  of  the  Southern  army  was  at  1  ninth,  ami  large 
bodies  were  arriving  daily  for  the  impending  battle  between 
Grant  and  Johnston. 

Captain  Inge,  who  had  reached  home  on  a  furlough  from 
Virginia,  met  Gen.  Albert  Sidney  Johnston  at  the  depot  and 
extended  our  home  to  him  as  headquarters,  which  was  ac- 
cepted for  himself  and  staff,  and  four  days  were  passed  in 
that  home.     It  is  now  the  residence  of  Mrs    Maggie  Johns. 

On  Friday,  April  4,  1K02.  ere  dawn  there  was  unusual  ac- 
tivity; the  measured  tramp,  tramp  of  moving  troops,  the 
bugle,  fife,  and  drum  were  heard  Ah.  the  armj  was  moving 
out  to  meet  the  foe!  One  wing  of  the  forces  marched  north 
on  Filmore  Street,  and  as  they  passed  headquarters  in  1 
of  General  Johnston  and  staff  battle  flags  were  given  those 
who  were  without  them.  General  Johnston  himself  in  some 
instances  giving  them  into  the  hands  of  the  ensign  bearers. 

On  and  out  they  pr  sed  regiments,  brigades,  divisions,  cav- 
alry and  infantry,  and  then  battalions  of  artillery.  The  line 
was  interspersed  with  music,  such  as  "The  Mocking  Bird," 
"Her  Bright  Smile  II  units  Me  Still,"  "Lorena,"  "Annie 
Laurie."  The  favorite  seemed  to  he  "The  Girl  I  Left  Be- 
hind Me;"  but  the  depth  of  pathos  was  reached  when  from 
the  cornet  soloist  was  heard  the  Sweet  strains  of  "Then 
You'll  Remember  Me." 

The  last  command  passed.  Leave-taking  with  General 
Johnston  and  his  military  family  was  tender  and  assuring. 
We  had  learned  to  know  our  great    general  as  .1  humane  man. 

Mounts  were  soon  made.  General  Johnston,  Colonel  Breckin- 
ridge, Colonel   Preston,  and  others  waving  farewells. 

Captain  luge  had  accepted  a  position  on  Gen.  Charles 
Clark's  staff  with  a  brigade  of  Mississippi  troops,  leaving 
mother,  wife,   and  three   little   children    for   the   held   of  battle. 

he  darker,  sadder  days  had  come.  How  often  the  sweit 
1  hristian  assurance  in  the  -till  small  voice  would  come.  "Be 
still,  and  know  that   I  am  God'" 


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Qoi?federat<?  l/eteratj, 


Saturday.  April  5,  1862,  dragged  its  weary  length  along  in 
much  exnectar.cy.  No  engagement  took  place.  On  the  next 
day  very  early  in  the  morning  the  roar  of  cannon  was  heard. 
Then  we  knew  the  two  great  armies  were  in  conflict;  it 
seemed  that  the  ground  was  vibrating  with  the  shock  of  the 
missiles  of  death  from  cannon.  The  agony  of  that  day  can 
never  be  written.  Couriers  at  nightfall  brought  in  news 
of  a  glorious  victory  for  Southern  arms.  Three  thousand 
prisoners  had  been  taken.  Then  hospital  flags  (yellow)  were 
run  up  at  most  of  the  private  residences  and  all  public  build- 
ings, churches,  and  hotels.  Physicians,  sisters  of  charity, 
sisters  of  mercy,  and  nurses  from  Memphis,  New  Orleans, 
Mobile,  and  other  points  had  been  assigned  to  these  places 
ready  to  receive  the  wounded  on  their  way  from  the  battle- 
field of  Shiloh  to  Corinth.  Ambulances  soon  brought  in 
precious  burdens,  and  the  work  of  alleviating  bodily  suffering 
began  and  continued  all  night  long.  Rain  set  in  which  caused 
the  wounded  much  discomfort  while  coming  in  from  the  field 
of  carnage. 

You  ask  how  we  stood  the  strain.  It  was  only  through  the 
divine  grace  granted  by  our  Heavenly  Father  in  forgetting 
self  and  helping  the  helpless. 

On  Monday.  April  7,  a  courier  brought  the  writer  a  mes- 
sage to  have  Gen.  A.  S.  Johnston's  room  in  readiness  for  his 
remains,  and  in  a  short  time  our  fallen  chieftain's  body,  es- 
corted by  a  cavalcade  of  -soldiers  and  his  staff,  was  at  the 
door,  his  body  wrapped  in  army  blankets.  It  was  lifted  ten- 
derly and  carried  to  his  room  and  placed  on  an  improvised 
bier  amid  silence  and  tears.  Three  days  before  he  had  left 
this  room  in  all  the  vigor  of  mature  manhood;  now  he  was 
asleep  in  the  same  room,  a  martyr  to  his  country's  cause. 
After  his  body  w^as  prepared  and  laid  in  a  white  pine  coffin 
(as  no  other  could  be  procured),  Mrs  .Ellen  Polk,  Mrs.  Re- 
becca Inge,  and  the  writer  draped  the  ensign  of  the  Con- 
federacy, the  stars  and  bars,  around  his  body,  securing  some 
hair  for  his  far-away  loved  ones.  He  lay  in  state  for  several 
hours  in  the  parlor.  Many  comrades  and  citizens  came  with 
tear-dimmed  eyes  to  look  upon  all  that  was  mortal  of  him 
they  loved  so  well.  General  Johnston's  body  was  taken  to 
New  Orleans  for  interment  that  afternoon  by  bis  staff,  and 
afterwards  taken  to  Houston,  Tex.,  and  later  to  Austin  for 
final  rest.  Much  depression  took  hold  of  the  troops  at  the 
fall  of  their  chieftain  and  so  many  brave  men  left  on  the  field 
of  battle 

"They  sleep  their  last  sleep,  they  have  fought  their  last  battle; 
No  sound  can  awake  them  to  glory  again  !" 

Captain  Inge  returned  late  at  night  almost  helpless.  His 
horse  was  killed  under  him.  and  he  was  caught  in  the  fall 
and  severely  bruised,  but  was  back  at  bis  post  in  ten  days. 
After  the  battle  of  Malvern  Hill,  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank 
of  colonel  and  sent  back  to  Mississippi  to  raise  a  regiment  of 
cavalry  in  North  Mississippi,  which  he  did  This  regiment 
followed  in  the  flank  of  Sherman's  army  from  Atlanta  to 
Savannah.  It  was  doing  picket  duty  at  Macon,  Ga.,  on  the 
fateful   day  at  Appomattox. 

On  Wednesday,  April  9,  the  citizens  were  ordered  to  leave 
Corinth,  to  fall  back  for  safety,  as  the  Federals  were  follow- 
ing up  their  victory,  and  a  fight  in  or  near  Corinth  was  im- 
minent. We  fell  back  to  our  old  home  in  Aberdeen,  from 
there  to  Enterprise,  Miss.,  and  returned  in  1864  to  find  our 
house  a   shell,  with   desolation   reigning  supreme. 

The  women  of  Corinth  were  truly  loyal  to  the  South,  giving 
attention  to  the  sick  and  wounded  in  our  hospitals — Federals 
as  well  as  our  own  soldiers.     As  Confederate  money  was  de- 


creasing in  value,  a  bank  was  organized  by  three  of  our  lead- 
ing citizens,  Col.  C.  P.  Polk.  Col.  W.  G.  Campbell,  and  Col. 
W.  D.  Duncan,  which  never  went  into  bankruptcy  as  long 
as  soldiers'  widow's  were  in  need  of  assistance  or  wounded 
and  sick  army  men  without  means.  In  addition  to  the  bank, 
they  had  full  charge  of  quartermaster's  supplies,  a  very  im- 
portant trust  in  an  army.  These  gentlemen  were  the  pioneers 
of  Corinth,  or  Cross  City,  as  at  first  named,  truly  loyal  and 
sacrificing.  Each  beyond  the  age  in  army  regulation,  each 
gave  sons  for  service  in  the  army,  and  all  have  children  and 
grandchildren  who  are  an  honor  to  our  community  to-day. 


Pi 

y? 

/^•isgy^^.. . 

y(    ^gf^1 

W*     1 

GEN.    ALBERT    SIDNEY    JOHNSTON. 

In  the  lapse  of  forty-seven  years  memory  may  have  proven 
treacherous  and  slight  inaccuracies  crept  in,  but  all  is  sub- 
stantially correct. 


Desires  to  Return  a  Saber. — E.  T.  Cressey  writes  from 
Sioux  Falls,  S.  Dak. :  "A  cavalry  saber  came  into  my  posses- 
sion in  the  battle  of  Mill  Springs,  Ky.,  January  19,  1862,  which 
has  these  words  cast  in  the  hilt :  'Nashville  Plow  Works,' 
'C.  S.  A.'  Rudely  scratched  with  a  sharp  point  are  these  in- 
itials, 'A.  T.  M.  R,'  on  the  back  of  the  belt  plate.  Attached 
to  the  weapon  are  the  belt  and  shoulder  strap  of  leather ;  on 
the  belt  is  the  regular  U.  S.  A.  brass-plated  clasp  for  fasten- 
ing All  these  are  in  good  order.  I  have  had  these  for  forty- 
seven  years  and  shall  be  delighted  to  return  them  to  the 
proper  claimant.  I  have  no  desire  to  keep  them  any  longer. 
A  brief  notice  in  the  Veteran  might  enable  you  to  find  rela- 
tives of  the  brave  fighter  who  wore  them.  You  had  no 
cowards  in  that  war.  Thank  God  that  those  days  can  never 
return  and  that  we  who  carried  the  guns  no  longer  hate 
each  other !" 

[Private  Cressey  served  in  the  2d  Minnesota  Infantry.  He 
gives  with  moving  pictures  a  description  of  "the  mystery 
battle"— Chickamauga.  He  claims  that  Thomas  won  the 
victory,  or  rather  that  "God  Almighty  did  it;  the  Yankees 
couldn't,"  to  use  his  own  words —Ed.  Veteran.] 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai). 


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RAPHAEL  SEMMES— CENTENARY  OF  HIS  BIRTH. 

On  September  27,  i8og,  in  Piscataway,  Prince  George 
County,  Md.,  was  born  Raphael  Scmmes,  the  subject  of  tins 
sketcb.  The  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  birth  of  the 
famous  admiral  will  recall  to  the  memory  of  the  patriotic 
men  and  women  of  the  South  the  remarkable  career  of  the 
world-renowned  Alabama  and  the  great  services  <>f  her  il- 
lustrious captain,  Raphael  Semmes.  in  obeying  so  literally 
the  orders  of  his  chief,  the  Secretary  of  the  Confederate 
Slates  Navy,  to  "do  the  enemy's  commerce  the  greatest  in 
jury  in  the  shortest  time."  Never  in  naval  history  has  such 
a   significant  order  been  so  signally  obeyed. 

In  the  words  of  the  Solicitor  of  the  United  States  Navy 
I  lepartment  who  was  charged  with  the  duty  of  securing  evi 
deuce  upon  which  to  try  Captain  Semmes  before  a  military 
commission:  "Never  has  there  occurred  so  striking  an  ex 
ample  of  the  tremendous  power  of  mischief  possessed  by  a 
single  cruiser  acting  upon  this  destructive  plan  as  that  fur- 
nished b)  tin  Sumter  and  her  successor,  the  Alabama,  under 
the  command  of  Semmes,  whose  untiring  activity,  r<  tie  - 
energy,  and  fiery  zeal  found  no  voyage  too  long,  no  movi 

incut   tOO   prompt  or   too    rapid,   no  danger  too   great.   HO   labor 

1 ivearisome  in  the  accomplishment  of  the  Confederate  pur- 

i"'  1  i"  ruin  our  commerce  by  destroying  our  ships."  Such 
testimonj  from  the  "enemy"  will  well  serve  as  introductory 
to  a  brief  resume  of  the.  life  and  services  of  the  man  Semmes 
so  characterized. 

Raphael  Semmes  was  by  birth  of  an  illustrious  Maryland 
family  of  French  and  English  descent.  I  lis  immediate  pro- 
genitors were  Richard  Thompson  Semmes  ami  Catherine 
II Middleton,  bis  wife.     By  adoption  Raphael  Semmes  was 

an    Alabamian, 

He  ".1-  appointed  a  midshipman  in  the  United  States  navy 
by  President  John  Quincy  Adams  in  1826,  and  in  the  ensuing 
winter  be  made  In-  first  cruise  in  the  sloop  of  war  Lexing 
ton,   under   Captain   Shubrick,  dispatched  to    Brazil   to  bring 
home  the  remains  of  Commodore  Perry. 

In   1832  he   passed   his   examinations  in   Baltimore,  coming 


ADMIRAL    SI  \1  Ml  S. 


out  first  in  mathematics  and  second  in  seamanship.  While 
waiting  orders  as  a  passed  midshipman  he  studied  law  with 
In-  onlj  brother,  Samuel  Middleton  Semmes,  of  Cumberland, 
Mil.,  and  was  admitted  to  the  practice  of  the  law 

In  iX.v  he  married  Anne  E,  Spencer,  of  a  family  distin- 
guished in  Colonial  and  Revolutionary  annals.  Being  com- 
missioned a  lieutenant  in  this  year  (1837),  he  was  employed 
m  the  routine  of  professional  duty  for  several  years.  In 
[841  he  was  ordered  on  a  survej  of  Ship  Island  and  the 
adjacent  waters  of  Mississippi  Sound,  and  in  1842  took  his 
Family  to  reside  near  the  mouth  of  Perdido  River,  in  Via 
lama. 

In  the  war  with  Mexico  he  was  on  dutj  as  first  lieutenant 
of  the  bug  Porpoise,  but  was  soon  after  transferred  to  the 
frigate  Cumberland,  and  subsequently  to  the  Raritan,  the 
flagship  of  Commodore  Connor,  then  commanding  the  Gulf 
Squadron      In   November  he  was  assigned  to  the  command 

of  the  brig   Somers,  Of  ten   guns.      While  pursuing  a    suspected 

vessel  in  a  heavy  northei  December  8,  [846,  the  Somers  cap 
sized,  sinking  in  ten  minutes  ami  losing  half  of  her  crew  of 
a  hundred  men.  Alter  clinging  to  a  portion  of  the  wreckage 
for  two  hours.  Semmes  was  rescued  b\  an  English  war  ves- 
sel in  port.  A  court  o)  inquiry,  called  at  his  request,  not 
only  acquitted  him  of  all  blame,  but  highly  commended  him 
lor  meritorious  conduct  on  this  occasion  Rejoining  the 
Raritan  as  Hag  lieutenant,  be  assisted  in  planning  and  super 
intending  the  landing  of  General  Scott's  troops  at  Vera  Cruz 
March  o.  1847.  During  the  siege  of  that  city,  March  27,  he 
had  charge  for  a  while  of  the  heavy  guns  placed  on  shore  by 
the  Raritan.  which  rendered  efficient  service  in  breaching  the 
walls  and  hastening  the  surrender.  In  the  following  April 
Semmes  was  ordered  on  a  special  mission  to  the  City  of 
Mexico  to  effect  the  exchange  of  certain  naval  prisoners  wdio 
were  held  as  suspected  spies  Joining  the  army  of  General 
Scott  at  Jalapa.  he  became  attached  as  volunteer  aid-de-camp 
to  the  military  family  of  General  Worth,  in  which  capacity 
he  look  an  active  part  in  all  the  battles  of  the  Valley  of 
Mexico,  his  services  being  repeated!}  acknowledged  with  high 
commendations  in  official  dispatches  The  Legislature  of 
Marx  land  passed  a  series  of  special  resolutions  complimenting 
him  for  distinguished  gallantry  and  recommending  bun  for 
promotion. 

\tt.r    the    Mexican    War,    Lieutenant    Scinmes,    still    a    hen 
tenant     (for    the    United    States    had    not    then    entered    on    a 
career   of   expansion.  1    was    Inspector   of   Lighthouses    for   the 
Eighth    District,   with   residence  in   Mobile.      Later  he   was  pro- 
moted  to   the   rank  of  commander  and  assigned   to  dun    in 

Washington,    I).    C. 

It  was  then  that  be  underwent  the  severe  trial  ot  severing 
the  ties  that  bound  him  to  bis  life's  profession.     For  in  those 

eventful    days    of    [860-61     the    country    was    burning    as    with 

fever,   and   the  air   was   hot   with   contending  passions.     The 

animosity  long  smoldering  between  the  two  sections  burst 
into  the  flame  of  civil  war.  All  men  were  taking  sides.  The 
1  - n  State  of  \labaina  withdrew  from  the  Union.  With 
Semmes  was  the  question,  the  United  States  or  bis  State- 
to  choose  either  meant  acute  pain.  The  attachment  ot  of 
ficers,   soldiers,  or   sailors  to  the  llag   is  greater  than   a  civilian 

can    realize       \ud    yet    Commander    Semmes    felt   that     Via 

1 1 . 1 1 1 1 . 1 ' -  ..dl  was  paramount.  lie  must  follow  her  fortunes 
and  do  bis  part  in  defending  her.  lie  resigned  his  commis- 
sion in  the  United  States  navy,  and  iii  a  few  days  reported 
at    Montgomery,    in   Obedience   to    a   telegram    from    the    Chan 

111.111  of  th.    Committee  on   Naval   Affairs      lie  was   immedi- 


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^oofederat^  l/eterai). 


ately  commissioned  in  the  Confederate  States  navy  with  the 
same  relative  rank  thai  he  had  held  in  the  United  States 
navy  and  was  sent  North  on  the  perilous  mission  of  pur- 
chasing material  and  munitions  of  war  for  the  Confederate 
States   navy. 

Upon  the  fall  of  Fort  Sumter  he  applied  for  and  received 
orders  to  fit  out  a  vessel  at  Xew  Orleans  for  sea  service. 
The  little  Sumter  ran  the  blockade  at  the  mouth  of  the  Mis- 
sissippi in  the  face  of  a  strong  blockading  fleet  and  put  out 
to  sea. 

Then  commenced  that  brilliant  and  romantic,  almost  fabu- 
lous, career  on  the  high  seas,  before  which  sank  into  com- 
monplace the  .boasted  deeds  of  Jean  Bart,  Duguay,  Tromir, 
Tromp.  De  Ruyter,  and  Drake,  with  their  fleets  issuing  from 
the  marshes  of  the  Zuyder  Zee,  from  the  rock-bound  fast- 
nesses of  Cherbourg,  from  the  white  cliffs  of  Albion  to  spread 
terror  on  ocean  and  inland  seas! 

Emerging  from  the  delta  of  the  Mississippi,  the  twenty- 
year-old  craft,  the  Sumter,  with  Raphael  Semmes  as  com- 
mander, soon  asserted  its  mastery  of  the  Gulf  of  Mexico, 
and  swept  from  off  its  waters  the  merchant  marine  of  the 
United  States.  After  compassing  much  destruction,  this  gal- 
lant sea  captain  boldly  shot  across  the  ocean,  and  upon  en- 
tering Gibraltar  he  abandoned  its  hull  and  worn-out  boilers. 

Repairing  to  England,  Captain  Semmes  prepared  for  an- 
other cruise,  this  time  in  the  light,  fast,  shrewd  craft  on 
which  has  been  bestowed  the  glorious  name  of  his  adopted 
State,  Alabama.  It  was  in  her  Clyde-built  ribs  and  with  the 
few  and  gallant  spirits  who  had  joined  him,  notable  among 
whom  was  the  distinguished  John  Mcintosh  Kell.  that 
Raphael   Semmes  now  winged  his  way. 

After  a  most  glorious  cruise  of  twenty-two  months  con- 
tinuously, sweeping  all  the  seas  and  all  the  oceans,  and  which 
left  the  commerce  of  the  United  States  prostrated  and  over- 
come, the  wayworn  and  weary  Alabama,  finding  no  rest  for 
her  hitherto  swift-moving  wings  other  than  a  reluctantly  per- 
mitted stay  of  twenty-four  hours  in  neutral  ports,  again 
sought  the  Atlantic  Ocean.  After  many  a  bold  and  des- 
perate escape  from  tenfold  superior  forces,  she  entered  the 
harbor  of  Cherbourg  for  repairs,  whither  in  three  days  the 
Kearsarge  followed  her. 

A  battle  followed.  Both  vessels  were  apparently  about 
equally  matched  in  armament  and  size ;  but  the  hull  of  the 
Alabama  was  foul,  her  seams  gaping,  her  machinery  impaired, 
and  her  powder  weakened  by  two  years'  constant  exposure 
to  the  sea  air.  The  Kearsarge  was  practically  iron-clad, 
protected  by  chain  armor  skillfully  concealed.  When  the 
Alabama,  shattered  by  shot  and  shell,  slowly  sank,  Captain 
Semmes  flung  his  bright  sword  into  the  sea  and  then  plunged 
into  those  famous  Norman  waters,  from  whose  depths  he, 
with  forty  of  his  officers  and  men,  was  rescued  by  the  crew 
of  the  British  pleasure  yacht,  the  Deerhound. 

In  February,  1865,  Raphael  Semmes  was  commissioned  a 
rear  admiral,  being  then  in  command  of  the  Confederate  fleet 
in  the  James  River. 

When  Richmond  was  evacuated,  April  2,  he  blew  up  his 
ship  and  organized  his  officers  and  seamen  into  a  brigade 
with  which  he  joined  the  army  of  General  Johnston,  and  was 
paroled  on  the  26th  of  April  at  Greensboro.  N.  C,  when 
Johnston's  army   surrendered. 

Admiral  Semmes  returned  to  his  home,  in  Mobile,  and 
opened  a  law  office.  On  Christmas  eve  of  1865  he  was  arrested 
and  carried  to  Washington,  where  he  was  confined  in  the 
Marine   Barracks  for  nearly   four  months   and   then   released. 


No  charges  upon  which  to  try  him  were  ever  preferred,  and 
no  official  statement  was  ever  made  of  the  ground  of  his 
arrest. 

A  few  weeks  after  his  release  Semmes  was  elected  judge 
of  probate  for  Mobile  County ;  but  was  prohibited  by  the 
War  Department  from  exercising  the  functions  of  his  office, 
his  political  disabilities  not  having  been  removed.  They 
never  were  removed.  He  devoted  the  remainder  of  his  life 
t.>  the  practice  of  law.  and  the  great  admiral,  whose  fame 
had  "lice  filled  the  four  quarters  of  the  globe  and  had  given 
rise  to  the  great  international  question,  settled  in  the  Geneva 
Arbitration,  plodded  over  legal  points  and  argued  cases, 
petty  and  large,  doing  his  duty  right  nobly  and  so  living  his 
life  as  to  leave  his  memory  as  a  rich  heritage  to  bis  children 
and  to  his  people. 

He  died  at  Point  Clear,  Ala..  August  30.  1877. 

Mrs.  Virginia  Frazer  Boyle's  "Dream  of  the  Alabama." 
The  July  Veteran,  page  313,  has  an  article  in  regard  to 
the  centenary  of  Raphael  Semmes,  admiral  in  the  Confed- 
erate States  navy.  Subsequent  to  its  publication  Mrs.  W.  J. 
Behan,  President  of  the  Southern  Confederated  Memorial 
Association,  sent  a  copy  of  the  resolution  on  the  subject 
setting  forth  that  the  Confederated  Southern  Memorial  As- 
sociation set  apart  September  27  for  a  special  commemora- 
tion of  the  centenary  of  Admiral  Semmes  by  its  respective 
Associations ;  also  that  all  Associations  hereunto  belonging 
shall  be  informed  of  such  resolution  by  .the  Corresponding 
Secretary. 

Mrs.  Behan  sends  the  beautiful  poem  by  Mrs.  Virginia 
Frazer  Boyle  on  this  subject,  which  is  designated  "The  Dream 
of  the  Alabama :" 

"What  spirit  stirs  'neath  her  sunless  keel 
And   wakes   in   her   silent   shrouds, 
O  Hearts  of  Oak,  with  the  grip  of  steel? 
Or  was  it  the  passing  clouds? 

She  has  lain  so  long  by  a  foreign  shore. 

With   never  a   watch   on   deck, 
With  her  sunken  bells  sounding  o'er  and  o'er 

To  the  dead  men  in  her  wreck. 

And  the  tides  sweep  over  her  mizzenmast 
Through  the  sails  that  the  channels  laved, 

And  the  seaweed  clings  to  the  thing  of  the  past, 
Where   the   stars   and  bars  once  waved. 

But,  Hearts  of  Oak,  with  the  grip  of  steel, 

Wherever  ye  are,  what  reck? 
For  the  spirit  of  chivalry  stirs  the  keel 

And    truth    treads   the   quarter-deck. 

Full  twenty   fathoms  below   she  lies. 

But  she  wakes  to-night  from  the  dead ; 
Through  her  ghostly  rigging  the  night  wind  flies. 

Or  was  it  a  cloud  that  sped  ? 

Yea,  come  from  your  graves,  ye  tars  that  have  shared 

Her  glory,  her  anguish,  her  pain ! 
For  the  mystical  moment  of  time  is  bared 

And  she  sweeps  the  ocean  again  ! 

Nor  port  nor  harbor  nor  home  is  hers 

As  she  breaks  from  her  silent  lair ; 
But  the  mighty  heart  of  the  great  South  stirs, 

For  the  spirit  of  Semmes  is  there. 


^opfederat<?  Ueterap. 


417 


Yea.  corsair  or  viking,  pirate  or  king? 

Let   History,   answering,    speak! 
For  out  of  the  years  shall  her  record  ring. 

While  honor  stands  at  her  peak! 

'I  he  day  breaks  soon  and   the  night   winds  sleep 

And   the  moon  goes   down  blood-red: 
The  mists  <>f  the  years  have  veiled  the  deep 

And    shrouded   the   deathless   dead 

For   the   night    is   done   and   the   mellowed    age 

Of  the  past  breathes  out  its  tune; 
But  the  truth  of  History  holds  its  page, 
["hi  mull  ilir  sea  takes  back  its  i  .w  n  !" 

BADE  ADIEU   l<>   YANKEES  WITHOUT  NOT1C1 

HV   DR,  C.   I      K0HLHE1M    (C    IT.  in    G,    I  nil    MISS.  CAVA. 

Gt  n  row  i*,  miss. 
\ln  mt  November  21,  1863,  (apt.  Felix  W.  Flood,  now  livii  g 
in  Columbus,  Miss.,  and  I  were  with  a  portion  of  Bragg's 
army  -■  >m >■  twenty  miles  east  of  Chattanooga.  That  night  in 
camp  1  "as  seized  with  a  must  violent  attack  i.if  pneumonia. 
The    next    morning    1    was    assisted    mi    my    horse,    and    almost 

fainted,  hut  kept  in  the  saddle  until  1  reached  the  house 
of  an  old  gentleman  named  Robert  Elder,  who  had  a  wife, 
a  young   widowed  daughter,  and  Miss  Minerva 

When  Captain  Flood  was  leaving  me,  1  told  him  th.it  he 
had  better  take  my  horse  t<>  the  command;  hut  he  said  I 
WOUld    1"     better    soon    and    would    need    the    horse.       1    have 

nevei      iM   1    1 1 1 1  iiii    II 1   -Hi,,-,   though  of  late  years  several 

letters  have  passed  between  us.  Sunn  after  that  the  battle 
of  Missionary  Ridge  was  fought  and  our  arm,  fc'l  hack. 
A  night  in  -11  after  Mr.  Elder  told  me  the  Yankees 
were  nut  al  the  barn.  The  weather  wa-  col  1  and  he  made 
a  large  fire  in  my  room,  which  was  used  as  a  general  sitting 
room  Presentl)  I  heard  the  rattle  of  -alK-rs  and  jingling 
of  spurs,  and  the  door  was  opened  and  the  Federals  entered. 
The  lieutenant  who  was  in  command  came  up  to  my  bed, 
shook  hands  with  me.  and  asked  how  I  was.  I  told  him  that 
Mr.  Elder  and  Dr  Tarnell,  my  physician,  were  Union  men; 
lie  hould  allow  them  to  have  tnj  horse  for  their  serv- 
ices,  as    I    hid   nothing    else   to  pay    them.      lie    replied    that    he 

had  no  discretion  in  the  matter.     I  lis  colonel   (1  think  named 

Byrdl    knew    I    was   there   and    had    told    him    to    get    my   horse. 
of   the  men    laughingly   said:    'A  on    have   0n<     of   mil'   sad 

dies''  1  had  borrowed  it  from  a  Michigan  captain  at  Chicka- 
mauga    Sundaj    night   while  on   picket    line       I  hese    Federals 

I  emu  -seeatis 

Soon  after  tin-   1   became  unconscious,  and  the  ladies  toll 

me  that   I  continued  so  for  fourteen  days.     During  tin-  time 

some  Union  soldiers  went  to  a  house  about  a  mile  off,  took 

mi  sick  soldiers  from  lied,  and  shot  him  to  death.    It  is 

thai    lin    summer  before  he  ami  others  had  taken  their 

father   out    and    whipped   him.       I  he    ladies   told    me    afterwards 

that  they  feared  the)   would  do  me  the  same  «  tj      In  two  or 
weeks   I   was  better  and  could   speal     tbovi    a   whispei 
1  11  1  '  11 .  ..I  1  Ihio,  and  staff  -pent  a  da\  at  Mr    Elder's 

The  ladies  prepared  dinner  for  them.     His  surgi  m  told  me 

that   my  lung-   were   so  badly   involved    I    would  have  consuiup 

lion.    I  asked  General  Hazen  if  .1-  soon  as  I  was  well  enough 

he  would  send  me  in  an  ambulance  to  Chattanooga  and  give 

in  Northern  Kcntuck)  to  visit  some  relatives 

I  had  then       lie  assured  me  he  would,  but   1   never  called 

in  for  it 

'Ihis    was    in    Savannah    Valley,    Hamilton    County,    Tenn. 

Sherman's    Division    was    then    ramping    around    us.      On    the 


thirtieth  day  I  tottered  to  the  0001  and  looked  at  the  moun- 
tains.   One  Sabbath  evening  three  young  ladies  came  in  and 

introduced  themselves  as  Misses  MoUlltcastle.  I  felt  like 
angels  hail  come.  I  gave  them  my  name  and  my  father's. 
also  his  post  office  address;  so  in  time  they  might  write  if  I 
did  not  live.  The  eldest  one  of  them  came  to  my  bedside  and 
told  me  they  had  a  scheme  by  which  I  could  escape  through 
picket  lines  as   soon  as   I    was  well   enough 

One  day  one  of  Sherman's  lieutenants  came  in  and  brought 
a  quantity  of  coffee  in  his  haversack.  He  told  Mr-  Elder 
that  he  wanted  "this  lieutenant  to  have  it."  I  told  him  he 
might  be  scarce  of  it:  that  1  was  not  accustomed  to  it  He 
replied:  "It  is  for  you  in  your  debilitated  condition.  You  must 
have  it."  lie  was  one  of  the  handsomest  men  I  ever  saw.  lie 
was  from  Ohio.  I  have  many  times  regretted  that  I  did  not 
know    In-   name       I   hope  be  passed  through  the  war   unhurt. 

A-  im  strength  increased  I  made  an  effort  one  night  to 
get  oil  I  gOI  to  the  hous,  of  Mr  Kenner.  all  uncle  of  the 
Mis-e,  Mountcastle.  That  effort  failed.  About  this  time  the 
wife  of  a  Union  soldier  who  lived  in  the  neighborhood  cum 
to  see  me.  She  said  she  had  one  of  her  husband's  uniforms, 
that  we  were  about  the  same  size,  and  she  would  give  it  to 
me.  1  explained  thai  tin-  would  mean  certain  death  if  1  was 
arrested  with  il  on     She  was  sincere  in  wanting  to  help  me. 

One  day  a  Federal  captain  who  was  a  provost  marshal  eanie 
into  mv  room.  He  said  there  ware  two  of  our  captains  at  the 
gate  who  bad  come  over  and  taken  the  oath,  and  that  our 
whole  army  would  soon  do  it.  1  asked  him  whj  the)  did  not 
come  in  and  see  me;  I  was  helpless.  Mr  said  he  did  not 
know.  What  I  said  about  them  would  not  be  appropriate  in 
a  Sunday  school.  1  thought  1  was  hilled  for  Johnson's  Is- 
land.    Me  laughed,  shook  hands  with  me,  and  passed  on, 

About  a  week  later,  during  an  intensely  cold  spell.  Miss 
Mmera  Elder  and  Miss  Montgomer)  started  with  me  on  horse- 
back two  or  three  hour-  before  daylight  We  evaded  the 
federal  picket  Inn-  near  Ooltewah  Gap,  going  some  miles 
south   of   these,  and   stopped   at    the   house   of  a    Mr.    Phillips,   a 

relative  of  Mi--   Montgomery      We  had  dinner  there.     This 

was    the    last    1    ever    saw   of   these    young    ladies       Mi--    Mont 
gomery   was   thoroughly   familiar   with   the   country;  hut   if  it 
had  not    been  for  tin-  extremely  cold   weather.    I    doubt    that   we 
would  ha\  i'  gotten  out. 

At  Mr.  Phillips's  it  chanced  just  at  dinner  that  one  of  our 
Vicksburg  paroled  soldiers  came  in.  Me  carried  me  on  fool 
over     mountain-,     through     forests,     away     from     any     llOUSeS 

While  on  n.p  ,.i  a  mountain  he  pointed  out  Red  Clay,  Ga  Hi 
had  heard  that  our  picket-  were  a  mile  or  so  soiuh  of  then 
Me  hade  me  good  by.  telling  me  to  avoid  houses.  I  finally 
reached  the  railroad  track.  About  an  hour  before  -unset  on 
turning  a  curve  I  saw  a  gray  figure  on  horseback  about  three 
bundled  yards  distant.  Teal's  came  to  my  eyes  When 
m  sixty  oi  i  ight)  yards  of  him.  he  halted  me.  and  1  told  him 
I  was  an  escaped  prisoner  lb  told  me  where  his  camp  was. 
I    went    there    and    learned   thai    the)    were    Alabaniians       They 

loaned  me  a  horse  and  one  of  them  took  me  to  their  head 
quarters,  and  all  were  very  nice  to  me. 
The  next   da)    I    saw    inn.   Joseph    E    Johnston      Me  had 
upei  'Hi'i    in  mi. il    Bragg       I    gave   him   a    package   of   late 
Northern  papers      I  was  worn  out.  very  weak  and  debilitated. 

Mis   chief  mid    have   to    -end   me   to   a    hoi 

pital   down   in   Georgia,  and   would   semi  a   leave  of  absence 

W-hen  he  thought  1  could  use  it.  which  he  did  about  two 
week-    later       I    bail    not    been    home    in    two    years       When    I 

got   home.  General   Gohlson   was  organizing  a   new   brigade 


448 


C^opfederat^  l/eterai). 


under  General  Forrest  at  Tupelo.  Miss.  I  was  elected  cap- 
tain of  the  company  that  became  G  of  the  nth  Mississippi 
Cavalry.  I  got  my  parole  at  Gainesville,  Ala.,  then  being  in 
General  Armstrong's  brigade.  General  Gohlson  had  lost  an 
arm  and  had  been  retired. 

After  the  war  and  mails  had  been  restored,  my  father  had  a 
letter  from  one  of  the  Misses  Mountcastle  from  Cornersville. 
Tenn.,  inquiring  about  me.  I  responded  at  once,  but  never 
heard  any  more  I  also  wrote  Miss  Minerva  Elder.  She  had 
married  a  Union  soldier.  He  wrote  me  that  he  was  under 
Gen.  W.  Sorey  Smith,  and  rode  on  ahead  of  Forrest's  Cavalry 
all  the  way  from  West  Point,  Miss.,  to  Memphis.  He  spoke 
of  his  wife  "helping  me  off  that  cold  day."  I  had  gotten 
quite  chummy  with  some  of  the  Yankees  who  camped  close 
around.  They  would  bring  me  their  latest  papers  every  day. 
The  Sunday  after  I  left  some  of  them  camping  in  a  church 
about  a  mile  off  were  to  send  a  horse  for  me  to  ride  down  and 
spend  the  day  with  them.  They  were  to  have  something  extra. 
I  tender  my  apologies  now  for  not  attending  that  dinner.  I 
should  be  glad  to  hear  from  any  one  I  have  named  above. 
They  were  kind  to  me  when  I  needed  it  most.  I  hope  God 
has  blessed  them  all       

A   CONFEDERATE  IS  GRATEFUL. 

BY   J.    1).    HARWELL,    MERIDIAN,    MISS. 

Responding  to  your  request  for  old  comrades  to  tell  "what 
they  are  most  grateful  for,"  I  state  that  I  was  a  private  in 
Company  I,  20th  Alabama  Infantry.  There  are  three  things 
for  which  I  am  deeply  grateful :  First,  that  God  spared  my  life 
through  many  dangers  and  hardships.  I  have  passed  my 
sixty-fifth  milepost  and  ant  still  strong  and  h'ealt'.iy.  Second, 
during  Hood's  last  campaign  in  Tennessee  I  had  scurvy  on 
both  feet  nearly  up  to  my  knees,  contracted  after  the  battle 
of  Jonesboro,  Ga.  When  we  reached  Gadsden,  Ala.,  I  was 
barefooted ;  and  although  we  waited  there  some  days  for 
shoes,  clothing,  and  blankets,  we  did  not  receive  them,  and 
I  started  into  Tennessee  barefooted.  My  only  covering,  a 
blanket,  had  been  cut  to  pieces  by  a  cannon  ball,  tearing  it 
from  my  back  as  I  made  my  way  from  a  charge  after  being 
wounded  in  my  left  shoulder  by  a  grapeshot. 

Though  handicapped  by  my  condition,  I  kept  with  my  com- 
pany until  the  eve  of  the  battle  of  Nashville,  when  my  com- 
mand, having  to  move  to  right  and  left  several  times,  broke 
me  down  and  I  fell  out  of  the  ranks;  but  I  followed  as  best 
I  could.  The  brigade  surgeon,  seeing  me,  ordered  me  to  et 
in  an  ambulance.  I  tried  to  find  the  ambulances,  but  they 
were  gone.  I  made  my  way  to  the  Franklin  Pike  and  followed 
it  toward  Franklin.  I  requested  wagon  and  ambulance  drivers 
to  let  me  ride,  but  as  I  was  not  wounded  they  refused  me. 

I  reached  the  hospital  at  Columbia  by  using  two  palings  as 
crutches,  but  left  bloody  tracks  behind  me  in  the  snow,  for 
the  rocks  had  cut  my  bare  feet  to  pieces  and  my  legs  were 
bleeding  considerably.  At  Columbia  the  doctors  wanted  me 
to  remain  (and  be  captured),  as  they  said  to  go  out  in  the 
snow  would  certainly  rot  my  feet  off.  I  started  and  met  my 
old  brigade  surgeon,  Dr.  Murphy,  who  took  me  to  his  office 
and  put  a  pint  of  good  whisky  in  my  canteen,  telling  me  not 
to  take  it  unless  I  felt  very  drowsy  or  benumbed.  I  started 
for  Pulaski  and  that  whisky  kept  me  awake,  for  at  times  the 
snow  looked  as  tempting  as  a  fine  feather  bed. 

At  Pulaski  the  doctors  wanted  me  to  remain  at  the  hospital, 
but  I  started  for  the  Tennessee  River.  It  was  half  a  mile 
wide  beyond  the  bridge.  In  despair  I  turned  back.  When  the 
supply  train  came  across  the  bridge,  I  asked  permission  !o 
ride,   and   the    sergeant    asked   if   I    was   wounded.      I    said   I 


was.    and    he    told    me    to    get    ii 
loaded   with   wet   s?.cks   of  salt, 
around  me  and  fell  on  the  sacks, 


the  wagon.  1  found  it 
[  wrapped  my  wet  blanket 
and   knew  1.0   more  until  I 


waked  up  several  miles  from  there,  with  the  wagons  in  park 
and  a  chestnut  wood  fire  popping  behind  our  wagon.  I  felt 
that  I  would  freeze  if  I  ;tayed  where  I  was,  but  was  sa.isficd 
that  the  sergeant  (named  Covington)  would  have  the  provost 
guard  arrest  me  for  faking  a  ride  as  wounded ;  but  I  risked 
it  to  get  to  that  fire.  He  made  the  guard  stand  aside,  shared 
his  supper,  and  gave  me  the  best  ph.ee  to  sleep  by  the  fire,  ami 
he  and  his  men  (God  bless  them!)  treated  me  as  a  brother, 
taking  me  across  the  Tennessee  River.  Nor  would  they  let 
me  help  them  in  any  way.  I  can  never  think  of  their  kindness 
even  to  this  day  without  feelings  of  gratitude. 

We  reached  Barton  Station,  on  the  Memphis  and  Charles- 
ton Railroad,  and  there,  believing  it  my  duty  to  report 
to  a  hospital,  I  left  them  after  much  argument  on  their  part 
for  me  to  stay,  as  their  route  led  south  through  Alabama  and 
they  would  take  me  home.  I  caught  a  train  for  Corinth  and 
arrived  there  at  midnight.  A  wounded  Texan  with  an  oil- 
cloth and  I  with  my  scraps  of  a  blanket  slept  together  until 
daylight  in  a  room  with  no  weatherboarding  on  one  side 
and  a  freezing  wind  blowing  on  us. 

Now  comes  the  third  item  of  my  gratitude.  Next  morn- 
ing we  found  the  hospital  near  by  and  several  hundred  boys 
standing  in  several  inches  of  snow  waiting  for  the  calling  of  their 
names  before  going  in  to  breakfast.  My  name  not  being  on 
the  roll,  my  hope  for  breakfast  was  forlorn  indeed.  I  gave 
up,  and  was  just  turning  away  to  move  on  when  the  steward 
opened  the  door  and  began  to  call  the  roll.  My,  my,  how  my 
heart  jumped  when  I  recognized  in  him  my  own  brother-in- 
law  !  I  squeezed  through  that  crowd  to  the  door.  He  saw 
me  and  told  me  to  go  to  the  back  door.  I  was  soon  seated 
in  the  kitchen  with  plenty  of  hot  beef  soup  and  genuine  coffee. 
Ah  me !  I  will  never  forget  the  taste  of  that  breakfast.  I  was 
furnished  a  tub  of  hot  water,  soap,  and  clean  clothes.  My 
feet  and  legs  were  a  sight  to  behold,  not  having  been  dressed 
since  leaving  Columbia,  Tenn. ;  but,  thank  God,  they  were  not 
rotten.  After  a  good  scrubbing,  I  fell  on  a  cot,  and  knew 
no  more  until  four  o'clock  that  evening,  when  my  brother- 
in-law  waked  me,  saying  the  Yanks  were  reported  to  be  in 
twelve  miles  of  Corinth.  He  had  had  my  clothes  washed  and 
thoroughly  boiled  and  had  them  ready  and  a  good  pair  of 
shoes.  I  dressed,  and  he  filled  my  haversack  with  crackers 
and  a  piece  of  bacon  and  my  canteen  with  pure  coffee  (sweet- 
ened too).     I  felt  I  could  walk  a  hundred  miles  farther. 

Well,  I  reached  Rienzi  that  night  through  a  fierce  sleet  and 
rain,  and  two  nights  later  landed  at  Guntown,  forty  miles 
south  of  Corinth,  where  I  caught  a  hospital  train  which 
brought  me  to  within  fifteen  miles  of  home  the  next  evening. 
I  walked  this,  arriving  at  midnight. 

Now  with  my  wife,  four  boys,  and  two  girls,  with  two 
daughters-in-law  and  one  son-in-law  and  five  little  grandchil- 
dren around  my  knees  or  in  my  lap,  and  with  a  comfortable 
home  to  shelter  me,  should  I  not  be  grateful  to  the  Giver  of 
all  good  for  his  merciful  kindness  and  bountiful  gifts  to  me? 

Lincoln  Pennies  to  Be  Withdrawn  from  Circulation. — 
The  pennies  issued  from  the  Treasury  Department  com- 
memorative of  the  hundredth  anniversary  of  Abraham  Lin- 
coln's birth  are  being  withdrawn  from  circulation,  their  thick- 
ness preventing  them  from  being  used  in  the  "penny-in-the-slot" 
machines,  and  their  weight  making  them  cumbersome.  They 
are  being  eagerly  bought  up  by  professional  numismatists 
and  souvenir  collectors. 


C^or>federaC^  l/eterap. 


U\) 


REMINISCENCES  OF  .1  PRIVATE  SOLDIER. 

BY   A.    II.    BROWN,    MEMPHIS,  TENX. 

Iii  my  letter  on  "Firing  Lin*  with  Bragg,"  page  331  of  July 
Veteran,  I  left  off  at  where  we  joined  Bragg  at  Harrodsburg 
the  night  before  the  battle  of  Pcrryvillc,  which  was  a  hard 
old  light,  the  enemy  contesting  every  inch  of  ground. 

A  member  of  the  48th  Tennessee  in  P.  R.  Cleburne's  di- 
vision  said  "Old  Pat"  was  riding  his  favorite  battle  horse, 
Dixie.  The  animal  was  struck  by  a  cannon  ball,  when  horse 
and  rider  went  down.  They  thought  "Old  Pat"  was  killed; 
bul  in  an  instant  be  scrambled  to  bis  feet,  spitting  the  dirt 
Out  of  his  mouth,  and  began  to  wave  his  sword,  exclaiming, 
"line  'em  h — ,  boys,"  and  repealed  the  command.  Then  with 
a  yell  (hey  advanced  and  sustained  their  fame  for  courage. 

Going  back  to  my  previous  letter,  I  mention  some  incidents 
thai  I  recall  distinctly.  (  In  Sunday  evening  before  we  with- 
drew from  Corinth  the  Federals  were  shelling  our  position. 
A  half  dozen  or  more  negro  men  we  boys  had  taken  out  with 
us  for  camp  drudgery  were  congregated.  One  of  these  darkies. 
old  Wash  Carter,  said:  "Lord  sakes,  did  yer  see  dat?  If  dat 
ball  had  hit  a  nigga,  it  wouldn't  er  left  a  greasy  spot  of  him. 
Mils,  [ke,  you'll  have  to  'sense  me.  I'll  come  back  when  dey 
<iuiis  shootin'  dem  t'ings." 

\i  Tupelo  about  the  middle  of  August,  [862,  we  took  a 
freight  train  for  Mobile.  The  cars  were  full  inside  and  on 
top.  The  train  Stopped  at  seme  station  down  111  Mississippi 
for  ah, mi  ien  or  fifteen  minutes,  and  quite  a  number  of  the 
boys  jumped  off  to  bunt  for  something  to  drink.  They  were 
buying  baj  rum,  gin,  brandy,  whisky,  etc.  When  the  engineer 
blew  the  whistle,  some  who  had  not  been  waited  upon  grabbed 
two  "i    three  bottles  and  made  for  the  train. 

When  we  got  i"  Mobile, several  of  the  boys  had  too  much  of 
I  iverjoyful."  Their  condition  was  a  sore  disappointment  to 
lanl  brigadier  general,  Preston  Smith,  who  had  just  re- 
cently donned  the  uniform  thai  marked  his  rank,  lie  wanted 
In  march  11s  through  the  principal  streets  "i  the  city,  as  we 
wen  going  to  the  wharf  of  Mobile  Baj  to  lake  a  steamer  on 
iln  Vlabama  Kim:  foi  Montgomerj  I  he  next  morning  at 
about   seven  o'clock  we  marched  through  the  city  with  ban- 

lying  to  the  tune  of  "Dixie"  and  "The  Girl  1   Lefl    Bi 
bind   Me"     The   Alabama   River   was   ►, ,  low   that  we  had   to 
it.  so  it  could  pull  over  the  sand  bars. 

I  think  our  brigade  acted  as  real  guard  to  the  arm)  on 
Bragg's   withdrawal   from   Kentucky.     We  reached   Knoxville 

about    the   jSth    of   I  letoher.    iXlu       That   night    three   inches    of 

snow    fell      Our  heavj    United   States  blankets  that   we  cap 
tilled    at    Richmond,    lx>  .    were    of    much    service.      We    next 
went  to  Mm  frcesboro,  and  got  well  rested  befon    the  battle. 
A  night   or   >o  before  Christmas  two  of  our  company  per- 
suaded  me   to   go   with    them    OUt    about    one   and   a   half   miles 
from  camp  to  captun    a  fat  bog.    The  boys  said  the  old  man 

had   ten    hue    killing    hog-    in   his    pen.  and    thai    if    I    would    go 

and  stand  watch  they  would  do  the  rest,  It  was  about  eleven 
when  0  got  there,  and  lights  were  out  I  took  a  posi- 
tion about  thirtj  puis  from  the  house,  while  the  hogpen  was 
fifty  paces  farther  away.  ["hi  tars  were  bright,  but 
there  was  no  moon  M>  thoughts  worked  rapidly.  1  recalled 
in\  promise  to  mj  widowed  mother  when  she  kissed  me 
g,.od  b\  I  resolved  upon  my  course,  ami  went  running  with 
all  possible  speed  bj  the  boys,  idling  them  that  the  old  man 
■  Oming  with  bis  gun  The  plan  worked  like  a  charm. 
1  pretended  to  he  greatly  scared.  I  often  laugh  now  when 
1  think  how  the)  knocked  down  fences  and  rushed  over  brush 
and    everything    in    their    route       'I  bat    was    the    only    lime    in 


iiiy  soldier  career  that  1  ever  attempted  to  steal  anything,  and 
I  am  proud  that  I  saved  the  old  man's  hog  for  his  family, 
lie  had  two  sons  in  Lee's  army. 

On  December  31.  1862,  we  met  Rosecrans's  army  on  the 
north  bank  of  Stone's  River.  At  daybreak  we  bad  formed 
our  line  of  battle.  Our  division  (Cheatham's)  was  held  in 
reserve  to  support  General  Withers's  Alabama  Division.  Be- 
fore the  sun  was  up  Hardee  on  our  left  was  whooping  them 
up  with  old  Pat  Cleburne's  and  Patton  Anders  ,n's  divisions. 
In  a  little  while  Withers  opened  on  them:  but  bis  men  were 
met  with  such  stubborn  resistance  that  they  failed  to  dis- 
lodge the  enemy,  and  they   fell   back  badly   demoralized. 

We  were  lying  down  until  Withers  gave  way.  Then  Gen- 
eral Cheatham  gave  order  to  rise  and  advance  in  line  of  bat- 
tle, which  was  speedily  executed.  Our  men  would  guy  and 
jeer  the  Alahanuans  for  taking  the  back  track  as  they  passed 
through  our  line  1  hie  tall  fellow  said  ill  reply  to  one  of  our 
boys:  'Acs.  and  you'll  find  it  the  hottest  place  that  ever  you 
struck  in  a  little  while."  His  remark  was  about  right.  They 
were  United  States  regulars  commanded  by  General  Sill,  who 
was  killed  that  morning. 


•■PILGRIMS  PROGRESS"  PU1    I"    VOVEL   CSE. 
■   Noel   Wesley    I'.ahs   reports  a   story   which   was   told  him  by 
the  keeper  of  a  second-hand  bookstore  in  Savannah.  Ga. : 

"I  luring  the  war  a  man  came  into  my  store  and  asked  to 
see  some  religious  books,  as  his  .111111 .  for  whom  they  were 
intended,  would  read  nothing  ebe.     He  selected  several,  and 

asked  permission  to  tike  them  to  his  aunt,  who  would  pa\ 
for  those  slK.  kept,  lie  returned  in  a  short  time  ami  paid  me 
for  all  the  rest,  but   returned  the  'Pilgrim's   Progress.' 

"Shortly    after    this    an    old    darky    called    u  ith    a    papi 

which   was   written   'Pilgrim's    Progress.'     This  he   said   was 

the  name  of  the  honk  his  mistress  had  sent  linn  to  buy.  He 
asked  me  if  there  were  an)  pictures  in  it.  I  -bowed  him 
1.1. mt    Despair,'   'Apol  etc.;   and  a-   these   were   the   pic- 

lurc-    by    which    bis    mistress    told,    bun    to    identify    the    I I, 

las    he    said    he   could    not    read),   he   took    it    and    paid   me   ten 
in    1   mil,  ,1,1  ,il,     ,  \         hi        .in,     ,,  ,1,     I    ,    mid    not    he- 
hex,     in    that   old    darky.      lie    seemed    more    like    a    while    man 
dressed   up  than   the  genuine  article. 

"There  were  a  few  Yankee  prisoners  confined  in  the  Savan- 
nah   jail.      Capt.    Dan    Mahry    was    in    charge,   and    he    said    if 
any    Yank    could    break    jail    and    gel    away    from    him    h,     w3 
welcome  to  his  freedom. 

"One  morning  the  guard  found  that  all  the  prisoner-  had  es 
caped  in  the  night.     The  bars  had  been   sawed  through   and 
twisted,  showing  the  method  ,,f  their  going  verj   plainly.     X,, 
trace  of  how    the  implements  used  could  1„    found,     Nothing 

bad  been  sent  into  the  prison  but  some  food,  which  had  been 
well    examined,   and   a   pious   old   lady   had    sent    the    pri 

a    COD)    of   the   'Pilgrim's    I' '    which,    singular    to    relate. 

the)    had    taken   away    with    tie  m 

"As  soon  as  I  heard  thi-  I  thought  of  that  extraordinary 
cop)  of  the  'Pilgrim's  Progress'  which  had  been  returned  as 
too  heavy  for  an  old  lady  to  handle,  then  the  very  -u- 
picioUS  old  negro  that  ha, I  bought  il  alter  its  return,  and  I 
knew  al  ,11,  ,■  that  the  cover  had  been  prized  open.  Idled  with 
saws  and  tiles,  and  sent  into  the  prison.  \-  the  gift  came 
from  an  old  lady,  il  passed  with  only  a  casual  examination. 
1  learned  afterwards  thai  the  'darky1  was  the  sou  of  Tom 
Clark,  a  well-known  Union  man  of  Savannah,  and  that  the 
iwo  had  engineered  the  scheme." 


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^opfcderac^   i/ecerar/ 


INCIDENTAL    TRIBUTES   TO  SOUTHERN   WOMEN. 
S.   C.  Hicks,  of  Water  Valley,  Kv.,  Is  Grateful. 

You  ask  what  veterans  are  most  thankful  for.  First,  I  am 
thankful  to  God  for  sparing  my  life  through  the  trying  ordeal 
of  the  war  to  this  date  and  for  the  hope  of  a  home  in  heaven, 
and  I  am  thankful  for  the  true,  patriotic,  and  kind-hearted 
women  of  the  South  in   1861-65. 

I  was  a  private  in  Company  G,  9th  Tennessee  Infantry, 
although  I  was  a  Kentucky  boy.  In  the  battle  of  Dead 
Angle,  on  Kcnnesaw  Mountain,  June  27,  1864,  a  Minie  ball 
penetrated  my  left  eye,  passing  out  just  in  front  of  my  right 
ear.  Among  the  first  things  I  remember  after  regaining  con- 
sciousness were  the  kind  words  and  tender  hands  of  ladies 
bandaging  my  wound  at  Marietta.  I  was  taken  to  Atlanta, 
and  spent  an  awful  day  lying  between  the  railroad  tracks  in 
that  old  car  shed  waiting  for  transportation.  I  think  it  was 
the  4th  of  July.  O,  it  seemed  as  if  my  head  would  burst 
from  the  jar  of  trains  and  the  terrible  fever.  But  kind  ladies 
came  to  my  relief,  giving  me  something  to  eat,  dressed  my 
wound,  bathed  my  head  with  cold  water,  and  spoke  words  of 
cheer.  I  was  at  that  time  perfectly  blind.  Soon  after  I  par- 
tially recovered  the  sight  of  my  right  eye. 

From  Atlanta  I  was  carried  to  Covington,  Ga.,  where  the 
good  women  treated  me  royally.  They  seemed  to  make  a 
pet  of  me,  a  boy  of  twenty  years. 

■  Gangrene  raged  in  the  hospital,  and  clothing  was  scarce. 
To  prevent  the  spread  of  the  disease,  an  order  was  issued 
to  put  on  other  clothes,  so  that  those  then  worn  could  be 
washed.  I  had  no  other  clothes ;  so  the  ward  master  gave  me 
a  dead  man's  pants,  shirt,  hat,  and  shoes,  all  considerably 
worn.  The  pants  had  holes  in  each  knee  and  were  otherwise 
badly  worn,  besides  being  six  inches  too  short,  and  I  had 
no  socks. 

Just  about  the  time  I  had  donned  the  dead  man's  clothes 
orders  came  to  the  chief  surgeon  to  furlough  every  man  that 
could  walk,  as  a  force  of  the  enemy  would  strike  Covington 
in  three  hours.  I  could  walk,  but  could  not  guide  myself,  my 
brain  being  somewhat  affected.  I  wanted  to  go  to  another 
hospital,  but  the  surgeon  said  he  had  his  orders.  So  I  was 
put  on  the  train  with  a  sixty  days'  furlough. 

I  did  not  know  any  one  in  the  South,  so  had  nowhere  to 
go.  On  the  train  my  wound  bled  freely,  and  I  became  sick. 
I  lay  down  on  a  seat  lengthwise  the  coach.  At  stations  wom- 
en would  go  in  and  feed  the  wounded  soldiers.  I  was  very 
sick,  weak,  and  bloody,  and  I  stayed  in  that  coach  three  days 
and  two  nights.  On  the  third  evening  I  asked  some  one  to 
help  me  out.  I  asked  the  name  of  the  city,  and  was  told  that 
it  was  Macon.  I  was  so  sick  that  I  asked  to  lie  down  on  the 
platform,  and  I  thought  I  would  die  there;  but  some  ladies 
had  me  taken  to  a  wayside  hospital.  I  spent  a  terrible  night. 
The  next  morning  the  surgeon  dressed  my  wound,  the  first 
dressing  it  had  had  for  three  days.  The  flies  had  gotten  to 
it,  and  the  doctor  said  when  he  took  the  bandage  off :  "My 
God,  boy,  it  is  a  wonder  you  are  not  dead ;  the  maggots  are 
crawling  clear  through  your  head."  This  almost  made  me 
faint.  About  the  time  he  got  my  wound  dressed  a  lady  sent 
a  carriage  with  a  request  for  two  soldiers  that  needed  a  home. 
The  doctor  said,  "Hicks,  this  is  a  chance  for  you ;"  but  I  re- 
plied that  I  wanted  some  clothes  before  going.  He  said  he 
knew  the  people  and  to  go  on,  as  I  was  in  a  very  critical  con- 
dition. ; 

With  a  soldier  named  Hays,  from  North  Georgia,  I  got  in 
the  carriage,  and  we  were  taken  out  two  miles  to  Judge  Wil- 
burn's.     O,  I  felt  so  bad!     When  we  arrived,  Mrs.  Wilburn, 


her  sister,  and  daughter  met  us  at  the  gate.  My  bloody  shirt, 
worn-out  pants,  and  run-down  shoes  made  me  feel  worse 
than  my  wound.  We  started  into  the  house,  but  I  staggered 
and  headed  up  in  some  rosebushes.  These  good  women 
helped  me  up  and  led  me  into  the  house.  After  breakfast, 
by  the  help  of  Hays,  I  took  a  bath,  and  they  furnished  me  a 
new  suit  of  clothes.  Mrs.  W.  sent  for  their  old  family  phy- 
sician, and  they  nursed  me  so  tenderly  that  I  improved  right 
along.     My  own  mother  could  not  have  treated  me  better. 

After  a  long  stay  at  Judge  Wilburn's,  I  went  to  Americus 
or  Oglethorpe  and  then  out  near  Ellaville  and  stayed  at  old 
Brother  Cheny's,  and  the  people  were  very  kind  to  me,  es- 
pecially the  women.  The  men  were  mostly  at  the  front.  I 
next  went  to  Uniontown,  Ala.,  and  stayed  at  Albert  Hud- 
son's ;  thence  to  Greensboro,  Ala.,  and  stayed  at  Mrs.  Wil- 
liams's ;  and  next  to  Plantersville,  and  was  with  Mrs.  Peoples. 

God  bless  the  children  of  those  good  women !  for  I  presume 
they  themselves  have  gone  to  their  reward.  I  remember  the 
Southern  women  not  with  unsheathed  sword,  but  with  band- 
age, lint,  spoon,  and  nourishments. 


FOURTH  OF  JULY  TALK  WITH  HIS  BOYS. 

BY  CAPT.   S.    F.    HORRALL,   WASHINGTON,   IND. 

Your  suggestion  about  talks  with  the  boys  is  very  attract- 
ive, and  I  respond.  As  I  sat  on  my  front  lawn  I  told  my  sons 
that  fully  forty-five  years  ago  I  was  in  the  biggest  Fourth  of 
July  celebration  ever  pulled  off  on  the  American  continent. 
It  was  less  than  a  dozen  miles  from  Atlanta  and  on  the  north 
side  of  the  Chattahoochee  River.  The  Federal  army,  with 
General  Sherman  commanding,  had  closely  followed  the  Con- 
federate army  under  General  Hood.  Sherman  had  about 
sixty  thousand  men  and  Hood  almost  as  many. 

At  sunrise  on  the  4th  of  July  both  armies  opened  artillery 
fire  with  about  twenty-five  or  thirty  hundred  guns,  ranging 
from  six  to  twenty-four  pounds.  On  that  day  there  was  no 
charging  except  by  a  blunder.  On  our  left  center  the  22d 
Michigan  Infantry  was  cut  to  pieces  in  the  vain  attempt  to 
charge  the  Confederate  fortification.  The  42d  Veterans,  who 
were  supporting  the  Michigan  troops,  witnessed  the  slaughter. 
About  two  in  the  morning  I  was  in  command  of  the  pickets, 
and  I  heard  a  voice  say,  "Hello,  Johnny  Rebs ;  we  are  com- 
ing to  get  you  at  daylight,"  and  another  voice  answered :  "If 
you  wait  till  then,  you  will  never  get  us,  for  we  are  on  the 
jump.  I  guess  we  will  jump  in  the  river  next.  How  many 
men  have  you  got  anyway,  Yank?"  "O,  about  a  hundred 
thousand.  How  many  have  you  ?"  answered  Yank.  "O  Lord, 
just  about  enough  for  another  killing." 

It  may  not  be  out  of  place  to  say  that  in  the  start  from  Chat- 
tanooga the  two  armies  were  about  equal ;  but  the  Confeder- 
ates, noting  that  Sherman's  campaign  was  aggressive,  placed 
theirs  on  the  defensive,  and  by  retreats  from  place  to  place 
hoped  to  gain  great  advantage.  This  they  would  have  done, 
but  the  Union  army  was  reenforced  by  a  number  of  cavalry 
regiments.  While  Sherman  engaged  the  Confederates  on  the 
line,  he  threw  these  regiments  on 'their  flank  and  rear,  com- 
pelling retreat,  often  with  great  loss;  hence  the  Johnny  Reb's 
reply  about  another  killing. 

I  told  my  sons  they  should  understand  on  the  Fourth  of 
July  particularly  why  the  Confederates  should  join  in  that 
day's  celebration ;  that  they  were  Southern  men  and  prac- 
tically their  ancestors  were  the  founders  of  this  great  govern- 
ment, for  it  was  Virginia,  the  Carolinas,  together  with  Rhode 
Island,  that  whipped  King  George  and  made  this  country 
a  nation.     There  were  not  a  great  many  Yankees  then. 


Qor?federat<?  l/eterap 


451 


HISTORY  OF  CROSSES— THE   CROSS  OF  HONOR. 

BY   L.    H.    L. 

The  first  conception  of  a  cross  came  from  one  of  the  com- 
mon modes  of  executing  criminals  in  ancient  times.  These 
were  fastened  to  trees  by  spears  thrust  through  arms,  legs, 
and  abdomen.  As  it  was  not  always  convenient  to  find  trees 
with  the  necessary  outstanding  branches  for  the  arms,  other 
branches  were  often  lashed  or  fastened  to  the  trunks  in  the 
required  position.  From  these  trees  to  crosses  of  wood  was 
a  short  transition.  The  execution  through  being  nailed  to 
the  cross  continued  till  the  time  of  Constantine  the  Great, 
who  abolished  the  custom. 

Christ  suffered  death  upon  a  rude  cross  made  of  four  kinds 
of  wood — palm,  cedar,  olive,  and  cypress — which  the  faithful 
accepted  as  typical  of  "the  four  quarters  of  the  globe"  the 
gospel  should  reach.  The  cross  on  which  the  Saviour  died 
was  found  near  the  place  of  execution  by  the  Empress  Helena, 
the  mother  of  Constantine.  Tart  of  the  cross  she  placed  in 
a  chest  which  was  afterwards  carried  to  Rome,  and  is  now 
pontifical  property  in  the  Vatican. 

The  original  form  of  the  cross,  the  long,  upright  piece  with 
the  short  bar  crossing  it,  has  had  many  modifications,  pro- 
ducing the  cross  of  St.  Andrews,  St.  George,  the  cross  of 
Malta,  and  their  ramifications  and  combinations. 

The  cross,  aside  from  its  religious  significance,  has  en- 
tered largely  into  the  history  of  nations.  The  Carthaginians 
and  Phoenicians  used  it  in  their  sacrifice  to  Baal ;  Persians 
wear  it  as  a  charm  against  death;  with  the  Gauls  it  was  an 
emblem  of  the  solar  system  and  endowed  with  fructifying 
and  creative  powers;  and  the  early  South  Americans  wor- 
shiped it  as  the  god  of  rain. 

The  graceful  lines  of  the  cross  appealed  alike  to  artists, 
artisans,  and  architects.  Some  of  the  most  celebrated  pic- 
tures of  the  old  masters  are  of  the  cross  either  as  a  central 
figure  with  various  groupings  of  the  human  figures  on  the 
canvas  or  of  some  holy  group  with  the  shading  outlines  of 
the  cross  high  in  air.  Many  of  the  finest  cathedrals  are  built 
upon  the  plan  of  the  cross  either  in  the  sublimity  of  the  sim- 
plest form  or  on  some  of  the  varieties  of  form  arising  from 
its  many  combinations.  The  earliest  work  of  the  jeweler's 
art  was  along  the  beautifully  simple  lines  of  the  cross,  and 
the  resultant  work  largely  refuted  Hogarth's  celebrated  dic- 
tum that  "the  curve  is  the  line  of  beauty." 

The  early  Greeks  and  Romans  welcomed  their  returning 
generals  when  victorious  in  war  with  "triumphs,"  crowned 
them  with  wreaths  of  laurel  and  the  blossoming  bay,  and  be- 
stowed large  gifts  of  gold  and  silver  upon  them,  for  in  those 
days  the  war  god  was  most  worshiped. 

1  hese  badges  of  merit  have  been  given  by  every  nation, 
and  for  many  causes,  the  chief  being  for  distinguished  bravery 
in  deed.  The  crosses  bestowed  for  valor  are  many.  Austria 
has  "The  Maria  Theresa,"  given  to  generals  who  have  served 
thirty  rears,  and  "The  tron  Crown"  for  civic  or  military  dis- 
tinction; Baden  "Charles  Frederick  Cross"  and  Belgium  "The 
African  Star,"  both  given  for  distinction  by  bravery  in  the 
army;  Brunswick  "The  Cross  of  Henry  Lion"  and  Bulgaria 
"  I  he  Cross  of  Alexandria,"  the  former  the  reward  of  bravery 
to  be  given  either  to  soldier  or  civilian,  the  latter  to  soldiers 
alone  Hanover  has  the  civic-military  cross  of  "Ernest  Au- 
gustus," li.il>  the  military  order  of  "Savoy,"  Parma  "The 
of  St.  Louis"  for  military  bravery,  and  Prussia  recog- 
nize- her  heroes  by  "The  Cross  of  Hohenzollern"  for  civilian 
and    soldier,    and    "The    Iron    Cross."    a    military    decoration, 


Prussian  soldiers  think  life  well  lost  to  obtain.  Spain  offers 
three  orders  to  her  brave  sons:  "The  Cross  of  Charles  the 
Second"  for  civilian  and  soldier,  "The  Military  Order  of 
Merit,"  and  "The  Maria  Christine  Cross,"  which  Spanish  sol- 
diers dream  of  as  their  highest  earthly  reward. 

The  two  crosses  best  known  are  those  given  by  England 
and  France.  "The  Cross  of  the  Legion  of  Honor"  was  es- 
tablished by  Napoleon  in  1802  and  is  given  for  distinguished 
merit.  The  highest  perfection  in  any  direction  may  be  re- 
warded by  this  cross.  It  is  open  to  civilians,  soldiers,  for- 
eigners, and  even  women.  Rosa  Bonheur  won  this  cr  -  i 
by  her  wonderful  skill  as  an  animal  painter.  It  is  estimated 
that  nearly  60,000  Confederate  crosses  have  been  bestowed. 

The  cross  par  excellence  of  military  distinction  is  the 
English  "Cross  of  Victoria,"  which  is  given  only  for  some 
daring  act  of  courage  by  a  soldier  or  civilian  who  was  serv- 
ing under  military  rule.  This  cross  is  made  from  the  cannon 
captured  in  the  Crimean  War,  principally  in  the  battle  of 
Sevastopol.  On  one  side  is  the  royal  coat  of  arms  and  the 
prized  inscription,  "For  Valour."  The  blue  ribbon  on  which 
it  is  worn  shows  that  the  gallant  deed  that  won  it  was  done 
by  one  in  the  navy,  the  red  that  a  soldier  was  the  hero.  This 
cross  is  to  the  English  soldier  the  Ultima  Thule  of  ambition. 
Only  gallantry  united  to  opportunity  can  win  it,  and  its  win- 
ning is  so  difficult  that  only  five  hundred  Victorian  crosses 
have  ever  been  given. 

All  of  these  crosses  are  given  for  one  brave  deed  of  dar- 
ing, one  gallant  action!  Fired  by  the  wild  enthusiasm  of  bat- 
tle, swept  on  as  the  leader  of  a  forlorn  hope,  drunk  with  the 
wine  of  excitement,  some  deed  is  done  that  rings  through 
the  country  and  wins  the  Cross  of  Honor — one  deed!  For, 
excepting  when  the  Maria  Theresa  is  given  the  general  for 
thirty  years'  service,  there  is  no  cross  given  for  endurance. 

There  is  one  little  cross  that  marks  endurance  to  the  end — 
bravery  that  plucked  fame  fromj  the  blazing  cannon's  mouth 
not  once,  but  often ;  a  scorn  of  the  paralyzing  fear  of  death ; 
that  accepted  hourly  danger  for  love  of  a  cause — and  that 
is  the  bronze  cross  worn  by  Confederate  veterans. 

In  Southern  skies  blazes  a  cross  seen  in  no  other  portion 
of  the  world — a  cross  whose  two  bright  stars  of  almost  the 
same  inclination  point  out  the  south  pole  and  serve  to  guide 
the  storm-tossed  marines  across  the  pathless  seas — a  cross 
unique,  mystic,  beautiful,  it  is  alone  in  the  order  of  its  gran- 
deur. So  on  Southern  hearts  rests  the  tiny  cross  of  bronze 
that  too  is  alone  in  the  story  that  it  tells.  No  one  deed  of 
daring  won  it  for  its  wearer.  It  whispers  of  patient  bearing 
of  unnumbered  hardships,  of  long  service  in  camp  and  battle- 
field  bravely  done,  of  hunger  accepted  gladly  for  the  sake  of 
a  cause,  of  courage  that  never  flinched,  though  the  deed 
meant  death  or  endurance  to  the  end.  Unseen  upon  that 
tiny  cross  Fame  has  written  in  Utters  of  fire:  "Fidelity, 
bravery,  patience,  and  patriotism!"  Not  oni  deed,  but  con 
tinuous  bravery  lias  won  it;  not  to  one  man  was  it  given,  but 
to  almost  an  entire  army — ah,  this  is  the  cross  of  honor! 


An  Old  Soldier. — The  Rome  (Ga.)  Tribune  has  a  pitiful 
account  of  an  old  soldier  wearing  his  tattered  suit  of  gray 
and  proudly  pointing  out  his  cross  of  honor  to  interested 
spectators  who  is  making  a  precarious  living  by  exhibiting 
his  camp  outfit  of  cups,  pans,  and  :nt.  en,  and  telling  of  the 
battles  in  which  he  was  in.  He  lives  with  relatives  who  can 
give  him  only  food  and  house  room,  and  he  takes  this  method 
of  adding  to  his  comfort. 


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Qopfederat^  Veterai). 


THAT  FIGHT  AT  GREEN'S  FARM,  NEAR  RICHMOND. 

BY   J.   R.    HAW,  /00  ARM1STEAD  AVENUE,    HAMPDEN,   VA. 

In  the  August  (1908)  Veteran  I  read  with  much  interest 
Col.  Clement  Sulivane's  criticism  of  Miles  Cary's  report  on 
the  fight  at  Green's  Farm. 

Colonel  Sulivane  was  adjutant  general  of  the  brigade  at 
that  time,  and  for  a  private  to  differ  with  him  may  seem  pre- 
sumptuous ;  nevertheless  his  account  differs  so  materially  with 
my  article,  "The  Armory  Battalion  at  Green's  Farm,"  pub- 
lished in  the  April  Veteran  previous,  that  I  must  answer 
some  of  his  statements. 

He  says  the  Armory  Battalion  was  commanded  by  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  Ayres.  and  that  it  was  in  line  on  the  left  of 
Henley's  Battalion  at  Green's  Farm,  describes  the  final  charge 
of  Dahlgren  and  his  repulse,  and  disposes  of  the  fight  by 
saying  "that  was  the  whole  of  it." 

As  I  stated  in  my  article,  Major  Ford  was  commander  of 
the  Armory  Battalion  and  led  it  to  battle,  commanded  it  in 
the  fight,  and,  seeing  that  we  were  outnumbered,  outflanked, 
and  unsupported,  ordered  us  to  "cease  firing  and  fall  back." 

But  to  estab;ish  this  point  I  quote  from  the  commander 
in  chief  of  the  Confederate  armies,  Jefferson  Davis,  who  says 
in  his  "Rise  and  Fall  of  the  Confederate  Government:"  "The 
first  resistance  met  was  by  a  battalion  of  G.  W.  C.  Lee's 
force,  consisting  of  about  two  hundred  and  twenty  of  the 
Armory  men  under  command  of  their  major,  Ford.  This 
small  body  was  driven  back  until  it  joined  a  battalion  of 
the  Treasury  Department  clerks,  who,  in  the  absence  of  their 
major  (Henley),  were  led  by  Captain  Mcllhenny,"  etc.  (I 
spell  the  name  as  he  spells  it,  but  it  should  no  doubt  be  Capt. 
John  C.  McAnerney.) 

Captain  Ayres  commanded  Company  A,  of  which  I  was  a 
member  at  this  time,  and  was  not  promoted  until  sometime 
after  this,  but  was  then  called  "Major"  by  the  men.  I  never 
heard  him   spoken   of  as   lieutenant  colonel. 

On  visiting  the  scene  of  the  fight  in  November  I  discovered 
that  it  had  become  a  suburb  of  Richmond  called  "West  Hamp- 
ton Park,"  and  is  reached  by  an  electric  line,  which  crosses 
the  Three  Chop  road  between  the  positions  occupied  by  the 
two  battalions  and  very  near  the  old  Green  mansion.  The 
grove,  or  "woods,"  from  which  the  Armory  Battalion  fired 
on  and  fought  the  enemy  is  still  standing,  just  across  the 
road  from  the  Green  mansion  on  the  Three  Chop  road. 

The  position  of  Henley's  Battalion,  a  mile  and  a  half  in 
the  rear  of  the  Green  mansion  on  the  river  road,  is  well 
marked  by  a  hole  very  near  the  road  which  was  an  ice  house 
and  figured  in  the  fight.  In  the  charge  a  Yankee  and  his 
horse  fell  in,  the  horse  being  killed.  A  Confederate  fell  in 
about  the  same  time,  when  they  both  surrendered,  not  knowing 
how  the  battle  overhead  was  going.  This  incident  was  re- 
lated immediately  after  the  fight,  and  has  been  told  numbers 
of  times  since. 

The  affair  takes  its  name,  "Fight  of  Green's  Farm,"  from 
the  position  the  Armory  Battalion  held  at  Roselawn,  the 
Green  mansion,  Henley's  Battalion  not  having  reached  that 
paint  at  all. 

There  were  two  distinct  fights ;  and  when  Colonel  Sulivane 
reached  the  scene,  the  fight  was  not  "just  on,"  as  he  says, 
but  the  second  fight  was  over. 

All  the  circumstances  indicate  that  the  Armory  Battalion 
inflicted  as  much  if  not  more  damage  on  the  enemy  than  did 
Henley's.  First,  it  was  twilight  on  a  very  cloudy,  rainy  day, 
.and   the  former  battalion  had   some   daylight   when   the   fight 


began  and  saw  the  enemy  they  were  shooting  at,  and  fired 
repeatedly  into  his  rank^  When  the  enemy  reached  Henley's 
Battalion,  it  was  very  dark,  and  their  handsome  volley  went 
wild.  It  has  been  stated  that  the  Yankees  left  many  of  their 
wounded  at  the  Green  mansion,  which  was  on  the  scene  of 
the  first  fight,  and  the  wounded  must  have  been  mainly  from 
that  fight. 

A  celebrated  military  writer  has  said:  "It  is,  in  fact,  in- 
separable from  all  attacks  in  column,  whether  on  sea  or  land, 
that  the  leading  ships  or  men  take  the  brunt  of  the  punish- 
ment ;  while  their  followers,  coming  in  fresh  upon  the  havoc 
wrought  or  sustained,  reap  the  fruits  of  the  victory  of  which 
the  seeds  have  been  sown  by  the  former." 

This  was  literally  true  in  our  case.  The  brigade,  hurrying 
to  man  the  breastworks,  was  strung  out  over  several  miles  of 
road.  The  first  or  Armory  Battalion,  meeting  the  enemy  in- 
side the  works,  fought  him  unsupported,  checked  his  advance, 
killed  and  wounded  a  number  of  his  men,  and  were  them- 
selves severely  punished  in  the  fight.  Dahlgren,  learning  for 
the  first  time  from  prisoners  captured  of  Kilpatrick's  defeat 
and  that  the  road  in  his  front  was  filled  with  troops,  had  lit- 
tle heart  to  push  his  advance  farther;  and  when  Henley's 
Battalion  emptied  all  of  its  guns  at  them  in  the  dark,  he 
retreated,  although  our  muzzle-loading  guns  were  empty. 

The  number  of  the  enemy  given  in  my  article  is  taken  from 
the  war  records,  and  is,  I  think,  very  nearly  correct. 


LIFE  SAl'ED  BY  BEING  A   MASON. 

An  interesting  story  is  told  by  John  Grim,  of  the  Columbus 
(Ohio)  City  Engineering  Department.  Mr.  Grim  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  7th  Ohio  Independent  Battery,  U.  S.  A.,  and  in  a 
fight  at  Guntown,  Miss.,  was  taken  prisoner  with  his  battery. 
As  he  rode  beside  his  captor,  a  handsome  lieutenant  in  the 
Confederate  gray,  Grim  noticed  the  Masonic  square  and 
compass  on  the  Confederate's  watch  chain,  and  immediately 
made  himself  known  as  a  Mason.  Grim  then  asked  his  cap- 
tor if  there  was  not  some  way  for  him  to  escape,  as  he  ab- 
horred being  shut  up  in  prison. 

After  long  meditation,  the  lieutenant  said  that  on  the  road 
they  were  traveling  they  would  come  to  a  river  bank,  and  on 
this  was  a  sycamore  tree  that  had  fallen  with  its  roots  in  the 
water;  that  if  Grim  would  make  a  dash  for  liberty  just  here 
the  lieutenant  would  try  to  help  him  to  escape ;  and  that  the 
Yankees  were  just  over  the  river. 

The  lieutenant  managed  to  fall  behind  the  entire  squad 
with  Grim  beside  him.  When  the  tree  was  reached,  Grim  made 
his  dash  for  liberty,  but  was  seen  by  the  Confederates,  and 
a  shower  of  bullets  followed  him.  Some  of  these  struck  the 
tree  and  the  splinters  flew  in  his  face,  wounding  him  till  the 
blood  came  in  streams.  Blinded  by  the  blood,  Grim  slipped 
and  fell.  A  man  was  right  beside  him  before  he  could  rise. 
and  he  heard  a  quick  whisper :  "Lie  still ;  pretend  you  are 
dead."  Grim  took  the  hint  and  lay  rigid,  and  the  lieutenant 
called  out:  "You  fixed  him  that  time,  boys.  Go  ahead;  we  will 
leave  him  here.     We  have  no  time  to  bury  Yanks  anyway." 

Grim  managed  to  cross  the  river  and  soon  found  a  regi- 
ment of  bluecoats.  He  says  he  never  knew  the  name  of  his 
fellow-Mason,  but  would  dearly  love  to  find  him,  for  he  feels 
that  he  owes  him  his  health  if  not  his  life,  for  the  long  mouths 
in  prison  disabled  many  who  were  captured  at  the  same  time 
with  him. 

[The  foregoing  story  is  given  with  doubt  as  to  its  accuracy.] 


Qopfederat^  l/eterag. 


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■■WHO  FIRED  THE  FIRST  GUN  AT  NEW  MARKET?" 

BY  J.    N.    POTTS,   HUNTINGTON,    \V.   VA. 

On  page  .237  in  the  May  (1909)  Veteran  there  is  an  article 
by  Charles  Warren  Buchanan,  who  seems  to  have  been  a 
gunner  in  Jackson's  Hattcry.  By  "first  gun"  he  probably 
means  the  first  shot  fired  from  his  battery,  which  did  splen- 
did service  on  that  occasion.  He  could  not  have  meant  the 
first  shooting  of  any  kind  or  even  the  first  artillery  firing, 
fur  there  had  been  much  skirmishing  and  several  shuts  from 
McClannahan's  Battery  fired  before  Jackson's  Battery  was  in 
position. 

Gen.  J.  1>  Imboden.  with  the  1N1I1  and  23d  Virginia  Cavalry 
Regiments,  numbering  about  eight  hundred  effective  men,  to- 
gether  with  the  remaining  portion  of  the  o~d  Virginia  In- 
fantry, under  Col.  George  H.  Smith,  and  McClannahan's  Bat- 
tery of  four  twelve-pound  rifle  guns  (in  all  about  One  thou- 
sand men),  had  been  lighting  General  Sigel's  advance  for  two 
<:  before  the  engagement  called  "the  battle  of  New  Market" 
"it  the  15th  of  May,  [864.  For  corroboration  of  this  state- 
ment reference  is  had  to  the  "War  Records,"  Series  ].,  Volume 

(in  the  i.uh  we  charged  the  ist  New  York  Cavalry  and 
Cole's  Battalion,  commanded  by  Colonel  Boyd,  and  drove 
them  into  Massanutten  Mountains,  capturing  nearly  the  en- 
tire detachment.  We  sent  the  prisoners  up  the  valley,  but 
ki  pt  their  splendid  horses  to  take  the  place  of  our  badly  jaded 
stock.  (At  this  time  1  was  a  lieutenant  of  Company  G,  l8th 
Virginia  Cavalry,  and  now  refresh  my  memory  from  a  diarj 
\\  ritten  at  the  time,  t 

About  noon  on  May  14  our  brigade  encountered  Sigel's  ad- 
vance forces  at  Rude's  Hill,  about  four  miles  below  Xew  Mar- 
ket, and  we  understood  at  the  time  that  the  enemy  was  about 
twi  Ive  thousand  strong.  They  gave  us  a  very  hard  afternoon's 
work.  At  dark  Sigel  went  into  camp  at  the  lower  end  of 
New  Market  and  we  occupied  the  upper  end  of  the  town. 
About  nine  o'clock  at  night  1  was  called  to  headquarters.  I 
found  General  Imboden  on  his  horse,  and  we  rode  a  few  rods 
down  the  road,  when  in  a  low  tone  of  voice  he  told  me  he  had 

g 1   news;   that  General   Breckinridge  had   arrived  with   re- 

enforcements  and  was  in  camp  at  Lacey  Springs,  four  miles 
above  us,  and  had  just  ordered  him  to  call  off  his  forces  and 
fall  back  to  that  place  to  avoid  the  danger  of  a  night  attack. 
"And  now,"  said  he,  "I  want  you  to  hunt  up  Captain  Stump 
and  his  company  and  bring  them  in.  They  are  somewhere 
left  of  the  town.  At  dark  they  were  deployed  as  skir- 
mishers." It  was  raining  and  very  dark.  I  said:  "General, 
you  know  Sigel  occupies  the  hill  just  in  front  of  us."  He  re- 
plied: "Yes,  I  know  that,  and  that  your  mission  is  both  dif- 
ficult and  dangerous;  but  Stump  must  be  found  and  called 
in.  It  will  require  courage  ind  discretion,  and  that  is  why  I 
sent  for  you." 

1  thanked  him  for  the  compliment  and  rode  off  in  the  dense 
darkness;   but    failing  to   find   Captain   Stump.   I  came  back   to 

the  main  street  1  E  thi    town  and   -' 1  -till  to  listen,  and  in  a 

few    minutes  i  heard  a  horseman  coming  toward  me,  but   it 

0  dark  that  neither  of  us  could  see  the  other.     I  sat  still 

until  hi    came   within   about   two   rods  of  me,   when  I   said: 

"Haiti    Who  comes  there?"    Eft  rec  >gnized  my  voice  and  told 

'■  i    Col.  C.  T.  O'Ferrell,  of  the  23d  Virginia  Cavalry 

(afterwards  Governor  ol    Virginia)      Eft   was  on   a  similar 

on    lookmg  for  som<   skirmishers  of  bis  regiment.    After 

talking  for  a  few   minutes,  he  went  to  the  tight  and   I  to  the 

left.      1'i.n       n    tin    horse    -tumbled   over    some    rocks   and 

1  noisi    i!i  ed  th<    attention  oi   th<    1  nemj .  and 


they  fired  a  volley  of  perhaps  from  fifty  to  one  hundred  shots 
in  that  direction.  Captain  Stump's  company  at  once  returned 
the  fire,  and  the  blaze  from  their  guns  showed  that  they  were 
only  a  few  rods  from  me.  I  delivered  my  message  and  we 
moved  up  the  road. 

It  was  after  ten  o'clock  when  we  reached  camp.  I  was  so 
worn  out  that  after  giving  my  horse  some  corn  that  the 
had  drawn  and  saved  for  him  I  lay  down  on  the  ground  with 
my  head  on  my  saddle  and  went  to  sleep  without  supper, 
thinking  I  would  be  all  the  more  ready  for  breakfast.  Instead 
of  breakfast,  however,  our  brigade  was  ordered  to  the  front 
just  at  day  dawn  to  bring  on  the  engagement,  and  I  was  given 
command  of  the  advance  guard.  We  met  the  enemy  about  two 
miles  above  town.  They  were  stubborn,  but  we  drove  them 
back  until  we  occupied  the  position  we  had  at  dark  the  even- 
ing In  fore. 

Met  lannahan's  four  twelve-pound  guns  (.pelted  up  with 
vigor,  and  this  seemed  to  cause  the  enemy  to  believe  that 
there  was  nothing  ill  their  front  but  Emboden's  Brigade,  and 
the)  started  to  throw  a  heavy  infantry  column  against  us. 
But  just  at  this  juncture  Jackson's  Battery  came  dashing  in, 
and  from  an  elevation  on  our  left  sent  a  24-pound  shot  scream- 
ing   into    the    enemy's    ranks.      I    don't    think    I    ever    heard    a 

1  that  seemed  to  mean  so  much,  and  it  caused  General 
Sigel  to  realize  that  he  had  foemen  worth}  of  bis  steel  From 
this  moment  the  fight  raged  with  unceasing  fury  until  late 
in  the  afternoon,  when  the  enemy  escaped  across  the  swollen 
Shenandoah  and  burned  the  bridge 

General  Breckinridge's  short  report  of  this  fight  will  be 
found  in  the  "War  Records,"  Series  I.  page  37,  as  above 
stated,  as  follows:  "This  morning,  May  15,  1864,  two  miles 
above  Xew  Market  my  command  met  the  enemy,  under  Gen- 
eral Sigel,  advancing  up  the  Valley,  and  defeated  him  with 
heavy  loss.  The  action  has  just  closed  .it  Shenandoah  River. 
Enemy  fled  across  North  Fork  of  Shenandoah,  burning  the 
bridge  behind  him." 

Comrade  Buchanan's  memory  is  at  fault  in  regard  to  Gen- 
eral Breckinridge  receiving  a  message  Erom  "Gen.  Mudwall 
Jackson,"  for  Jackson  at  that  time  was  in  Southwest  Virginia, 
and  on  the  day  before  be  in  conjunction  with  Colonel  French, 
met  and  repulsed  General  Avcrcll  at  Newport.  Va.  See  dis- 
patch from  C.  S.  Stringfellow,  assistant  adjutant  general,  in 
the  same  volume. 

In  closing  I  state  that  no  Confederate  soldier  should  refer 
to  William  L.  Jackson  as  "Mudwall"  Jackson,  for  there  was 
not  .1  m  u  polished  gentleman  nor  a  more  gallant  and  com- 
pel, nt  officer  in  the  Confederate  army  than  this  same  Gen. 
William  L.  Jackson. 

OBJECTS  W  MILITARY  GARB  AND  TITLES 
Comrade  Edward  S.  Lathrop,  of  Decatur,  Ga.,  writes  the 
\  mi  \\  of  bis  Objections  to  the  use  of  military  garb  and 
.  .  assumption  of  military  titles  by  the  ladies  of  Confederate 
Choirs:  "I  have  read  the  article  bj  Mrs  Jem  Robertson  An- 
derson, of  Memphis,  l'enn..  and  1  call  particular  attention  to 
very  womanly  warning.  I  gave  all  for  the  cause  of 
Southern  womanhood,  and  four  years  of  service  I  do  not  re- 
gret; but  if  you  take  away  their  distinctive  attribute  the 
modesty  that  avoids  the  conspicuous,  their  sensitiveness  and 
11.. hi.  hiss  of  purpose,  which  the  assumption  of  masculine  uni- 
form and  lb''  use  of  Soldier  titles  Suggest  then  indeed  we 
old  veterans  will  feel  that  "in  privations  ami  sufferings  were 
in  vain." 

[There  is  much  discontent  with  this   feature  at  Reunions  I 


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Qo[?federat<?  l/eterap. 


GENERAL  WHEELER  AT  AIKEN,  S.  C. 

BY   JOHN    C.    BAIRD,   ARCADIA,   LA. 

[Rev.  J.  H.  Wharton,  pastor  of  the  Baptist  Church,  Homer, 
La.,  has  asked  me  to  write  f.ir  the  Veteran  something  of 
the  little  cavalry  fight  we  had  al  Aiken,  S.  C.  Brother  Whar- 
ton was  too  young  to  be  a  soldier  at  the  time ;  but  he  is  a 
great  friend  to  those  who  were  and  also  a  strong  supporter 
of  the  Confederate  Veteran,  and  he  never  fails  to  attend 
the  meetings  of  our  Camp  and  make  a  plea  in  its  behalf] 

I  write  what  I  remember  of  the  Aiken  (S.  C.)  fight;  but  at 
that  time  fighting  had  become  almost  an  everyday  occurrence 
with  General  Wheeler's  command,  and  but  for  the  part  the 
fair  ladies  of  that  town  took  in  it  we  would  have  long  since 
forgotten  the  greater  part  of  it.  On  that  day  (the  date  is  not 
recalled)  we  marched  into  town,  our  regiment,  the  ist  Ala- 
bama, in  advance,  and  we  could  see  General  Wheeler  riding 
in  our  front.  Kilpatrick's  Cavalry  was  coming  on  behind 
us,  and  we  could  hear  firing  as  we  rode  into  town. 

The  ladies  from  the  windows  and  balconies  were  waving 
their  white  handkerchiefs,  and  I  heard  some  of  them  say: 
"Don't  let  the  Yankees  come  into  this  town."  I  suppose 
General  Wheeler  heard  the  same,  for  at  once  we  were  about- 
faced  and  in  line  ready  for  the  charge.  We  went  straight 
at  the  Yankees  as  they  advanced.  I  don't  think  we  checked 
up  until  we  had  driven  them  some  distance  from  the  town. 

I  was  a  boy  then,  but  I  don't  think  I  ever  felt  as  large  be- 
fore or  since  as  I  did  when  we  rode  down  that  street  amid 
the  cheers  of  those  beautiful  women. 

I  hope  that  of  all  those  brave  women  who  witnessed  that 
charge  and  cheered  us  on  by  the  waving  of  white  hander- 
chiefs  some  are  still  living  and  will  write  for  the  Veteran 
what  they  remember  about  this  fight  and  tell  if  the  Yankees 
came  to  that  town  after  we  left. 


martial.  The  whole  army  cheered  for  General  Price  for  the 
way  in  which  he  handled  the  young  bloods.  We  thought  he 
was  a  bigger  man  than  General  Scott  or  General  Taylor." 


GEN.  STERLING  PRICE  IN  MEXICO. 
Samuel  Johnson,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  an  ex-Federal,  writes 
of  his  interest  in  the  Veteran,  to  which  he  contributes  an 
incident  of  his  service  in  the  Mexican  War :  "During  the  war 
with  Mexico  I  was  under  Gen.  Sterling  Price,  then  colonel  of 
a  Missouri  regiment  which  crossed  the  plains  for  Santa  Fe, 
N.  Mex.,  in  the  spring  of  1846  and  returned  in  the  spring  of 
1847.  He  was  made  brigadier  general  and  took  command  of 
all  the  forces  in  that  territory  in  the  fall  of  1847.  About  this 
time  Lieuts.  John  A.  Logan  and  Kinney  had  it  circulated  in 
camp  and  city  that  they  would  fight  a  duel  the  next  morning 
at  sunrise  just  north  of  our  drill  ground,  and  all  the  soldiers, 
as  well  as  hundreds  of  Mexicans,  were  on  the  ground  in  time 
to  see  the  brave  and  gallant  young  officers  with  their  seconds 
arrive.  They  at  once  took  their  places,  thirty  feet  apart,  and 
were  given  pistols  by  their  seconds.  At  a  given  signal  both 
took  deliberate  aim  and  fired;  but  as  neither  was  killed  or 
wounded,  their  seconds  reloaded  and  returned  the  pistols  for 
a  second  round.  I  remember  how  quiet  and  breathless  we 
stood  while  they  fired  the  second  shot,  and  no  one  killed  or 
hurt.  Then  their  seconds  succeeded  in  having  the  duelists 
compromise  their  trouble  without  the  loss  of  life.  How  glad 
we  were  that  it  was  settled  this  way!  But  before  sunset  of 
that  day  General  Price  had  the  whole  bogus  outfit  under  ar- 
rest. They  were  loud  to  declare  that  they  were  the  best  of 
friends  and  there  was  no  lead  in  their  guns.  The  General 
kept  them  on  the  anxious  seat  for  several  days,  saying  their 
conduct  was  unbecoming  officers  and  gentlemen;  but  upon 
their  faithful  promises  he  ordered  them  on  duty  without  court- 


A  UNIQUE  TROUSER  TRADE. 

BY  J.    MONT  WILSON,   SEDALIA,   MO. 

In  the  fall  of  1864  General  Price  made  a  raid  through  Mis- 
souri. After  continuous  marching  and  fighting  for  weeks,  a 
great  many  of  the  boys  had  trousers  only  in  name.  Kenneth 
Monroe,  a  short  little  Scotchman  about  five  feet  two  inches 
high  (but  a  good  soldier  all  the  same),  orderly  sergeant 
of  a  company  in  Col.  D.  C.  Hunter's  regiment  of  Missouri 
cavalry,  w-as  one  of  the  boys  whose  trousers  did  not  permit 
him  to  go  into  polite  society.  He  went  to  Colonel  Hunter 
and  said:  "Colonel,  I  want  a  furlough."  "What  for?"  "To 
get  me  a  pair  of  trousers.  I  have  the  money  to  buy  them ; 
and  if  I  cannot  buy  them,  I  will  beg  them."  The  Colonel 
asked:  "If  }'0U  do  neither,  will  you  steal  them?"  Kenneth 
replied  quickly:  "Yes,  sir."  The  Colonel  said:  "Hand  me 
those  saddlebags."  He  pulled  out  a  fine  pair  of  new  blue 
trousers  made  for  a  man  over  six  feet  high.  These  he  was 
holding  as  a  reserve  for  his  own  wardrobe.  Handing  them  to 
Kenneth,  he  said :  "Sergeant,  put  these  on  till  you  can  get 
you  a  pair." 

In  three  minutes  Kenneth  was  in  the  brush  getting  into 
his  new  possession.  When  dressed  he  had  the  "dude"  roll  at 
the  bottom  of  his  trousers  and  the  waistband  buckled  up  close 
under  his  arms.  He  quickly  hid  that  by  buttoning  his  jacket 
close.  One  of  the  new  recruits  who  had  on  a  nice  brown  pair 
saw  Kenneth  strutting  around  in  his  good  clothes  and  con- 
ceived the  idea  that  if  he  just  had  those  blue  trousers  he 
would  look  like  a  soldier.  This  was  the  snap  Kenneth  was 
watching  for.  In  five  minutes  after  the  trade  was  proposed 
they  were  in  the  brush  changing  clothes. 

A  short  time  after  this  Colonel  Hunter  was  badly  in  need 
of  his  reserve  trousers.  Meeting  Kenneth,  he  said  to  him: 
"Orderly,  if  you  are  through  with  my  trousers,  I  would  like 
to  have  them."  "Your  trousers?"  he  replied.  "I  haven't  got 
your  trousers."  The  Colonel,  seeing  he  had  brown  ones  on, 
said:  "You  did  not  trade  mine  off?"  "I  certainly  did,  Colo- 
nel," Kenneth  answered  and  marched  on.  The  joke  was  one- 
sided and  all  on  the  Colonel;  but  he  accepted  it  and  the  inci- 
dent closed.  Kenneth  and  the  Colonel  were  both  well-known 
citizens  of  Vernon  County,  Mo.,  after  the  war. 


How  the  Confederates  Captured  Jacksonville. — After 
the  St.  John's  Bluff  was  surrendered  by  the  Confederates, 
Jacksonville  was  occupied  by  Sherman's  troops,  sent  there 
from  Hilton  Head,  and  they  were  supported  by  a  gunboat. 
The  Confederates  had  a  correct  map  of  the  city  and  surround- 
ings, with  the  position  of  the  soldiers'  quarters  and  the 
anchorage  of  the  gunboat.  General  Finegan  and  Captain 
Buckman  conceived  a  plan  to  surprise  the  bluecoats  by  select- 
ing the  largest  gun  ever  used  in  Florida.  They  mounted  it 
on  a  flatcar,  pushed  it  as  far  as  prudent  by  a  locomotive,  which 
was  backed  out  of  danger,  and  then  the  car  was  pushed  to 
the  desired  point  by  hand.  When  that  gun  was  turned  loose, 
it  dropped  (as  the  boys  said)  a  whole  blacksmith  shop  with 
all  of  its  equipments  into  the  midst  of  the  bluecoats,  killing 
and  wounding  several  and  damaging  the  gunboat.  There  was 
a  hasty  consultation,  a  general  moving,  and  Jacksonville  was 
relieved. 


Qoqfederat^  Ueterai? 


GOOD  SAMARITANS  FOR   TITO  CONFEDERATES. 

BY   R.   B.   ANDERSON,  DENTON,  TEX. 

I  read  in  the  Veteran  a  story  headed  "How  I  Got  Home 
from  the  Army,"  and  it  recalled  a  story  told  me  just  after 
the  war  by  one  of  the  two  heroes  to  it.  Crutcher  and  John- 
son were  at  Alton,  111.,  and  were  paroled  after  the  surrender. 
Crutcher  said : 

"Johnson  and  I  were  so  glad  to  get  away  from  that  hole 
and  those  Yankees  that  we  never  thought  about  how  we  were 
going  to  get  home.  I  suppose  if  we  had  waited  they  would 
have  provided  transportation,  but  we  were  in  a  hurry.  We 
went  to  the  river  and  saw  a  boat  going  to  St  Louis.  The 
mate  agreed  to  let  us  ride  if  we  would  help  to  load  the  boat. 
They  did  not  give  us  anything  to  eat,  and  the  next  morning 
we  were  ravenous.  A  negro  gave  us  part  of  his  food,  four 
crackers  and  a  slice  of  bacon  each,  and  it  was  the  largest  meal 
we  had  had  for  six  months. 

"We  helped  to  unload  the  boat,  carrying  great  barrels  and 
bales  up  the  bank:  but  as  they  Still  did  not  give  US  anything 
to  eat,  we  decided  to  run  away.  We  crept  behind  the  piles  of 
barrels  till  we  came  to  a  man  who  seemed  to  be  a  merchant, 
as  he  was  checking  things  up.  We  asked  for  any  sort  of  work 
by  which  we  could  earn  some  food,  and  told  him  we  were 
paroled  Confederate  soldiers  making  our  way  home  to  Texas. 
He  looked  all  around  as  if  afraid  to  be  seen  talking  to  us, 
then  told  us  to  follow  him  at  a  distance.  He  left  us  at  a  bar- 
ber shop  after  saying  something  to  the  man.  The  barber  told 
us  to  get  in  chairs.  Just  as  he  finished  shaving  us  a  young 
man  carrying  a  huge  bundle  came  in  the  room  and  told  us 
to  follow  him.  He  took  us  to  the  bath  room  for  a  hot  bath. 
In  the  bundle  was  a  full  outfit,  even  to  ties  and  handkerchiefs, 
and  we  fitted  everything  except  the  shoes,  which  were  too 
big.  When  we  left  that  room.  I  said  to  Johnson  that  he  was 
not  the  same  man  who  went  in  with  me,  and  he  said:  'No,  I 
am  leaving  that  man  with  the  rags  in  the  corner.' 

"The  young  man  who  gave  us  the  clothes  was  waiting  out- 
side, and  took  us  in  a  carriage  to  a  very  nice  house  Here 
we  were  met  by  a  young  lady,  who  talked  to  us  till  the  man 
we  had  met  on  the  wharf  arrived,  when  we  had  the  finest  din- 
ner I  ever  ate.  We  told  them  all  about  our  prison  life  and 
of  the  army,  and  they  were  deeply  affected.  After  supper 
(for  they  kept  us  there  all  the  evening  talking  to  theml  the 
young  lady  said  she  was  going  to  take  us  to  the  theater.  We 
told  her  we  had  no  money  and  could  not  trespass  upon  their 
kindness;  but  she  insisted.  After  the  theater  she  carried  us 
in  the  carriage  to  the  wharf,  where  was  a  boat  which  she 
said  would  leave  at  six  the  next  morning  She  gave  us  two 
tickets  and  a  purse  with  a  hundred  dollars  in  it.  We  begged 
her  to  tell  us  the  name  of  the  people  who  had  been  so  good  to 
us,  but  she  said  that  was  no)  necessary.  I  said:  'If  this  is 
not  all  a  dream.  I  will  pray  for  you  as  long  as  I  live.'  And 
Johnson  said  he  hoped  it  was  a  dream  and  he  would  never 
awake."  

RING  THAT  GEN.  R.  E.  LEE  GATE  MRS.  JACK. 
Mrs.  E.  A.  Chambliss  sends  the  Veteran  from  Manitou 
Springs,  Colo.,  a  very  bright  sketch  of  Mrs.  Jack,  "the  mining 
queen  of  the  Rockies."  who  lives  alone  on  her  ranch.  She 
has  fought  mountain  lions  at  close  range  Mrs  Jack  dis- 
covered one  of  the  best-known  gold  mines  and  is  better  ac- 
quainted with  the  mountains  than  any  of  the  guides.  She 
writes  poetry  and  songs,  and  is  soon  to  have  a  book  leave  the 
pri^  But  her  claim  to  interest  for  veterans  is  the  ring  she 
wears 


Capt.  Charles  E.  Jack,  of  Farragut's  navy,  U.  S.  A.,  was  in 
1862  in  command  of  the  Penobscot,  of  the  blockading  squadron. 
In  the  capture  of  the  Kate  Captain  Jack  found  himself  in  a 
position  where  he  could  do  a  favor  to  General  Lee,  who  was  a 
fellow-Mason.  There  was  something  on  the  Kate  (what  it 
.1  Captain  Jack  refused  to  tell  any  one.  even  his  wife)  that 
General  Lee  was  very  anxious  to  obtain,  and  Captain  Jack 
assisted  him  in  this.  A  few  months  after  this  Mrs.  Jack  re- 
ceived  from  General  Lee  a  diamond  ring  beautifully  set  It 
was  carefully  packed  in  a  small  pasteboard  box  in  cotton,  and 
under  it  a  paper  on  which  General  Lee  had  written: 

"Please  accept  from  an  officer  and  a  gentleman  who  wears 
the  gray.  Robert  E.  Lee." 

The  diamond  is  about  one  carat,  is  mounted  in  eighteen- 
carat  gold,  and  is  in  an  old-fashioned  setting  of  many  prongs. 
The  band  is  round  on  its  edges,  and  inside  is  inscribed  the 
well-worn  date  1314. 

Soon  after  she  received  the  ring  Mrs.  lack  went  to  Rome; 
and  attending  one  of  the  big  ceremonies  of  the  Catholic  Church. 
she  w.i-  seized  with  the  desire  to  have  something  that  was 
blessed  by  the  pope.  She  took  off  this  ring  and  placed  it  on 
top  of  the  solid  gold  box  that  contained  the  ashes  of  St. 
Peter,  where  it  received  the  pontifical  blessing.  Mrs.  Jack 
calls  the  ring  her  "mascot."  and  feels  that  if  has  had  much 
to  do  with  bringing  her  the  great  success  she  has  had  in  life. 
She  has  willed  the  ring  and  note  to  the  Richmond  Museum. 


FLAG  OF  SIXTH    TEXAS  INFANTRY 

BY    JOHN    E.    LOZEDON,   GAINESVILLE,    TEX. 

The  April  Veteran  gave  a  list  of  Confederate  flags  captured 
during  the  Civil  War  and  held  at  the  capitol  in  Ohio.  One 
of  these  is  said  to  have  been  captured  from  the  9th  Texas 
It  may  have  been  captured  from  the  9th  Texas  Cavalry  Regi- 
ment, but  I  am  sure  it  was  not  captured  from  the  9th  Texas 
Infantry,  as  our  regiment  did  not  lose  a  flag  during  the  war. 

1  he  9th  Texas  Infantry  was  not  in  the  battle  of  Corinth. 
but  was  in  Bragg's  army,  then  in  retreat  out  of  Kentucky 
after  the  battle  at  Perryville.  All  of  the  members  of  the 
9th  Texas  Infantry  who  stayed  with  it  until  the  close  of  the 
war  are  proud  of  the  record  the  regiment  made,  and  we  do 
not  want  the  readers  of  the  Veteran  to  think  that  we  lost 
our  flag  when  we  know  that  such  was  not  the  case. 

I  was  with  the  regiment  in  every  battle  during  the  four 
years  of  the  war.  I  was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Murfrees- 
boro,  in  December,  1862,  and  wounded  again  in  the  battle 
of  Nashville,  in  December,  1864.  Both  were  flesh  wounds, 
and  I  was  able  to  report  for  duty  in  time  to  be  with  my  com- 
rades in  the  next  fight.  I  was  in  the  Fairground  Hospital  at 
Atlanta  six  weeks  nursing  the  wound  received  at  Mlirfreesboro. 

At  the  final  surrender  when  Ector's  Texas  Brigade  stacked 
arms  the  color  bearer  stacked  the  flag  with  the  guns.  A  com- 
rade, C.  P.  Matthews,  of  Paris,  Tex.,  went  to  the  old  flag, 
cut  it  from  the  staff,  crammed  it  into  his  shirt  bosom,  and 
brought  it  home  with  him.     Charlie  has  the  old   flag  yet. 


Soldiers'  Clothes  Too  Hot. — The  United  States  War  De- 
partment has  taken  up  the  question  of  suitable  cloth  for 
the  army  uniforms.  The  khaki  cloth  has  the  double  objec- 
tion of  fading  and  being  very  warm.  Secretary  of  War  I  >ick 
inson  has  written  to  all  the  large  factories  requesting  a  com- 
petition in  the  making  of  suitable  material  of  the  desired 
olive  drab  color,  holding  in  abeyance  an  order  for  825,000 
yard*,  of  cloth  until  the  best  obtainable  is  selected. 


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WOUNDED  BOYS  NIGHT  ON  A  BATTLEFIELD. 

BY    F.    P.    ELLIS    (  I3TH    MISS.,    CO.    i),    BELLS,    TEX. 

As  the  roar  of  musketry,  the  boom  of  cannon,  the  bursting 
shells  and  hissing  grapeshot  slowly  subsided  the  shrieks  of 
the  wounded  could  be  heard  on  every  hand.  Fervent  prayers, 
bitter  swearing,  pitiful  calls  for  water  and  for  comrades  by 
name  or  company  were  among  the  cries  distinguishable.  As 
the  dense  smoke,  which  had  obscured  everything,  slowly 
lifted  the  setting  sun  as  red  as  blood  could  be  seen,  and  the 
surface  of  the  earth  as  far  as  I  could  see  appeared  to  be  cov- 
ered with  a  mass  of  wriggling,  writhing  men,  some  vainly 
endeavoring  to  regain  their  feet,  others  seeking  less  painful 
positions.  Intermixed  with  the  wounded  everywhere  lay  the 
silent  forms  of  the  dead,  men  of  the  gray  and  of  the  blue. 

The  Federals  had  yielded  the  ground  only  after  desperately 
contesting  every  foot  of  it ;  and  both  armies,  having  fought 
to  exhaustion,  slowly  withdrew  from  the  central  part  of  the 
field  and  had  placed  their  videttes.  Those  of  us  on  the 
ground  could  outline  the  shadowy  forms  of  these  vigilant 
sentinels  as  they  kept  watch  while  their  worn-out  comrades 
slept  on  their  arms.  Night  had  now  spread  her  mantle  over 
the  horrid  scene.  The  last  spiteful  rifle  crack  had  ceased,  the 
sky  became  overcast,  and  soon  a  gentle  rain  was  falling  as 
if  nature  were  weeping  because  of  human  slaughter.  The 
louder  cries  of  the  wounded  had  either  been  silenced  by 
death  or  had  given  place  to  the  low  moaning  of  the  helpless 
sufferer  as  the  feeling  of  chilly  numbness  came  over  one 
who  had  bled  profusely  and  was  now  wet  to  the  skin  by  the 
falling  rain.     We  had  no  means  of  determining  the  hour. 

Far  in  the  night  I  outlined  against  the  sky  the  form  of  a 
half-stooped  man  who  was  gliding  silently  and  swiftly  about 
the  field,  halting  a  moment  here  and  there.  I  became  very 
much  interested ;  but  when  he  stopped  he  stooped  below  my 
line  of  vision,  and  I  did  not  learn  his  object  until  he  came 
quite  close  to  me,  when  I  discovered  that  he  was  robbing 
the  dead,  turning  pockets  wrong-side  out  and  stripping  the 
rings  from  cold  and  stiffened  fingers.  Turning  my  eyes  from 
him  after  several  minutes,  I  saw  four  or  five  others  similarly 
engaged.  I  was  satisfied  that  they  were  soldiers,  but  for  the 
life  of  me  I  could  not  tell  to  which  army  they  belonged. 

A  feeling  of  utter  loneliness  overcame  me  as  I  lay  there 
unable  to  lift  my  head,  an  eighteen-year-old  boy  more  than 
a  thousand  miles  from  home.  My  comrades  who  were  near 
me  were  either  dead  or  as  helpless  as  myself.  My  command 
was  gone,  I  knew  not  where,  and  I  in  the  midst  of  a  band  of 
thieves ! 

After  a  seemingly  interminable  time  I  saw  a  dim  light  at 
quite  a  distance  in  the  direction  from  which  we  had  come  on 
the  field.  I  greeted  this  light  as  the  shepherds  of  old  did 
the  star  of  Bethlehem.  I  saw  that  it  moved,  and  I  knew  it 
was  the  light  of  the  litter  bearers  gathering  the  wounded  and 
conveying  them  to  the  field  hospital.  O  how  I  watched 
that  light,  and  how  impatient  I  became  at  their  apparent  de- 
li -.ration!  Then  I  remembered  that  this  was  the  seventh 
day's  battle,  and  every  night  and  part  of  every  day  for  a 
week  those  litter  bearers  had  been  on  duty.  The  light  now 
appeared  closer  and  then  farther  off,  so  that  my  hope  for 
relief  rose  and  fell  accordingly. 

Finally  gray  dawn  came,  and  as  daylight  appeared  both 
lines  of  outpost  pickets  quietly  retired  and  the  robbers,  like 
wolves,  slunk  out  of  sight.  I  now  had  quite  a  clear  view  of 
my  surroundings.  I  was  on  top  of  Malvern  Hill  in  an  open 
field  and  could  see  quite  a  distance  in  nearly  every  direction. 


There  was  a  much  greater  number  of  dead  on  the  field  than 
I  thought,  and  from  the  number  of  wounded  between  where 
I  lay  and  where  the  litter  bearers  were  at  work  I  calculated 
that  it  would  be  two  o'clock  that  evening  before  they 
reached  me,  and  subsequent  events  proved  its  correctness. 


PERSONAL  BRAVERY  ON  THE  BATTLEFIELD. 

A  member  of  the  nth  Mississippi  Regiment  contributes 
this  as  an  incident  of  heroic  bravery  on  the  battlefield  and 
under  terrific  fire  from  the  enemy.  The  hero  was  a  member 
of  Company  K,  Carroll  Rifles,  of  the  nth  Mississippi: 

"I  do  not  believe  a  braver  set  of  men  ever  lived  than  those 
of  the  old  nth  Mississippi,  and  especially  was  this  true  of 
the  'Carroll  Rifles,'  named  for  the  county  in  which  the  com- 
pany was  raised.  In  this  company  were  the  Hugheses,  Kim- 
broughs,  Ourys,  Stanfords,  Talberts,  Arnolds,  and  many  other 
brave  spirits. 

"The  incident  referred  to  occurred  in  the  battle  of  the  Wil- 
derness. The  two  men  appointed  from  Company  K  to  do  the 
sharpshooting  were  James  H.  and  T.  A.  Kimbrough.  men 
especially  fitted  for  this  dangerous  work,  and  it  suited  these 
two  boys,  as  they  always  volunteered  when  volunteers  were 
called  for  to  do  hazardous  work. 

"It  was  the  second  day  of  the  fight  in  the  Wilderness,  and 
the  line  of  sharpshooters  had  been  sent  out  under  Lieutenant 
McMurry,  as  brave  an  officer  as  ever  gave  command.  By 
some  means  we  had  advanced  down  a  ridge,  flanked  by  two 
ravines,  so  far  that  the  enemy  was  about  to  cut  us  off,  when 
the  order  came  to  fall  back.  These  two  boys,  eager  to  get  in 
a  few  more  shots,  were  slow  to  fall  back,  and  the  enemy  was 
almost  upon  them  before  they  began  to  retreat.  Just  as  they 
turned  a  Minie  ball  struck  a  tree,  glanced,  and  struck  Jimmie 
Kimbrough  in  the  back,  the  effect  of  which,  while  not  dan- 
gerous, for  the  time  paralyzed  his  back  and  almost  prevented 
him  from  walking.  Tommie  Kimbrough,  seeing  him 
wounded,  made  a  hasty  examination  and  saw  it  was  not  fatal. 
In  the  face  of  the  enemy's  fire  he  pushed  his  kinsman  along 
ahead  of  him,  while  loading  and  firing  all  the  time,  assuring 
him  that  he  would  hold  the  enemy  in  check.  Jimmie,  be- 
lieving his  wound  to  be  fatal,  begged  to  be  left,  as  they  both 
must  soon  be  killed  under  such  a  fire.  With  indomitable 
courage  Tommie  pushed  him  along  in  front  of  him  and  'held 
the  enemy  in  check'  until  he  had  gotten  him  to  a  place  of 
safety   within   our   lines. 

"How  many  instances  of  such  daring  were  performed  by 
the  men  of  the  rank  and  file  of  our  Southern  armies!" 


Name  of  Stonewall  Jackson's  First  Wife's  Father. — 
Rev.  Wi.  W.  Morrison,  of  Statesville,  N.  C,  corrects  an  error 
in  the  July  Veteran,  wherein  it  is  stated  that  Rev.  Dr.  Jen- 
kins was  Stonewall  Jackson's  father-in-law,  when  the  name 
should  have  been  "Junkin."  General  Jackson  married  Mbs 
Eleanor,  the  second  daughter  of  Dr.  Junkin,  and  she  lived 
only  a  few  months.  His  second  wife  was  Miss  Mary  Anna 
Morrison,  the  daughter  of  Rev.  Dr.  R.  H.  Morrison,  the 
founder  of  Davidson  College  in  North  Carolina.  Miss  Mor- 
rison was  a  sister  to  the  wife  of  Gen.  D.  H.  Hill,  and  General 
Jackson  met  her  when  she  was  on  a  visit  to  the  home  of 
Mrs.  Hill,  in  Lexington,  Va„  General  Hill  at  that  time  being 
professor  of  mathematics  in  Washington  College,  of  which 
Rev.  Dr.  Junkin  was  president.  Dr.  Junkin  was  an  ultra 
Union  man.  but  his  two  sons-in-law  were  gallant  Confed- 
erate officers. 


QoF}federat<?  l/eterar). 


4.77 


THE  "PETERSBURG  MINE." 

BY    WILLIAM    R.    I).    BLACKWOOD,    BREVET    BRIGADIER  GENERAL 
UNITED  STATES  VOLUNTEER  ENGINEERS. 

When  the  siege  lines  of  the  Federal  army  had  been  estab- 
lished in  front  of  Petersburg,  it  w-as  seen  that  a  direct  frontal 
attack  on  the  Confederate  positions  could  not  result  in  their 
capture  unless  at  a  loss  of  life  which  would  be  unjustifiable 
even  if  successful.  The  alternative  was  to  block  the  route  of 
supplies  by  way  of  the  Southside  Railroad  and  to  make  the 
matter  one  of  endurance  on  both  sides — a  long  and  tedious 
method.  I  do  not  use  space  as  to  what  was  done  in  other 
directions,  but  will  come  at  once  to  the  mine. 

While  looking  at  the  Confederate  defenses  near  the  so- 
called  "Elliot  salient"  Lieut.  Col.  Henry  Pleasants,  of  the 
48th  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  saw  that  if  thai  pari  of  the  de- 
fenses W'as  destroyed  the  whole  line  for  about  a  mile  around 
must  be  untenable,  because  it  dominated  the  works  on  eithet 
side  for  that  distance.  Tin-  Colonel  and  myself  win-  close 
friends;  and  as  we  had  hut  three  engineers  in  the  Qth  Corps — 
Captain  Toe,  of  tin  Regulars,  Colonel  Pleasants,  of  the  48th, 
and  myself,  also  of  tin  48th — he  and  I  were  naturally  in- 
terested in  anything  of  that  nature.  He  di-scussed  the  problem 
with  me  long  before  talking  with  others.  Although  surgeon 
of  the  48th  and  brigade  surgeon  at  the  time,  I  had  been  for 
a  year  prior  the  engineer  of  the  second  division  work,  the 
regimental  medical  work  being  in  charge  of  my  two  assistant 
surgeons.  I  agreed  with  the  Colonel  that  the  plan  was  not 
■  inly  feasible,  but  just  the  thing  we  needed  to  break  the  Con- 
federate Inns  at  that  vulnerable  and  important  position,  and 
then  he  interviewed  some  of  the  higher  officers  of  the  army, 
all  of  whom  except  General  Grant,  who  was  noncommital, 
decried  the  ability  of  any  one  to  successfully  mine  the  works 
at  such  a  distance,  giving  varied  and  illogical  reasons  there- 
for. The  main  difficulty  in  the  mind  of  the  engineers  was 
the  problem  of  ventilation,  which  was  really  no  difficulty  at 
all.  We  never  had  trouble  of  that  nature  after  we  entered 
lb.    drift. 

\II11  great  delay  we  gut  permission  to  go  ahead,  and  we 
did.  The  men  of  the  regiment  wen  with  very  few  exceptions 
practical  coal  miners  from  Schuylkill  County.  We  began  the 
proximal  end  in  a  cut  which  afforded  cover  from  the  view  of 
the  Confederates,  and  it  gave  us  the  valuable  assistance  of 
1  covered  waj  through  which  to  carry  away  the  excavated 
drift.  Ten  triangulations  gave  us  the  actual  distance  of  five 
hundred  and  thirty  eight  feet.  The  tunnel  was  originally  in- 
tended lo  run  in  a  Straight  axial  line  till  under  the  salient;  but 

difficulties  cropped  up  as  we  progressed,  compelling  us  to  .]< 

part  from   the  direct  course,  one  of  which   was   a  sand   slip 

which   obliged   US   to  turn   the  drift   upward  at  an   angle  of   sis 

'stance   of  sixt)    feel,   when   we   again   resumed 

lirecl    COUrse,      Much    of    the    tunned    was    lined    with    logs 

p  up  tin  roof,  ami  the  height  of  the'  drift  was  between 
three  and  four  feet— the  width  always  four  Eeet, 

1  in  following  statement  will  give  some  idea  of  the  problem 
i"  ].,    :n.  1  :  Height  of  Confederate  terreplein  above  our  w orks, 

32  fori;  drop  into  ravine-  he-hind  Federal  works,  jq  feet;  level 
of  excavation    from    ravine-  bottom,    12    feel  ;    ultimate  elevation 

■  tiding  slopi  .  17  i.  - 1  .  angh-  of  sections  1.  2,  .?  relatively, 
15  digree-s,  42  degrees,  and  11  degrees;  extreme  length  of  tun- 
nel, as  state-d.  538  feet;  length  of  laterals,  151  feet;  deviation 

angle-  between  sections  1  and  J.  12  degrees;  number  of  trian- 
gulations, 10  control  or  proving  triangulations.  4;  amount 
of  powder  used  in  magazines,  4]  ■  Puis;  energy  in  fe.ot  pounds 
of  powder,  27,852,000;   measured   height  of  impulse,  498  ver- 


tical feet;  cubic  feet  of  earth  removed  from  tunnel,  91,89s; 
c-stimated  cubical  displacement  of  earth  in  crater,  456,000  tons. 
The  mine  was  begun  on  June  25.  18(14.  ami  completed  on  July 
27.  The-  powder  was  installed  on  July  28  and  the  mine  ex- 
ploded on  the  30th  at  5:20  a.m. 

The  ventilation  of  the  tunnel  was  obtained  by  running  a 
due  eight  inches  square  along  the  floor  of  the  drift  extending 
from  the  outlet  to  the  breast  where  the  men  were  working 
which  carried  fresh  air  from  the  exterior  10  tin-  breast  m 
this  manner.  A  lire  was  constantly  burning  in  a  chamber  just 
outside  the  entrain,  of  the  drift,  and  the-  flue  referred  to  was 
Connected  with  the  ash  pit.  .11  nl  thus  feel  the  tire-  with  air 
brought  from  the-  extreme  end  or  breast  of  the  tunnel.  So  that 
fresh  air  flowed  in  through  the  exterior  opening.  I  lie-  dirt 
removed  was  principally  heavy  clay  of  many  colors  and  was 
called  "Powhatan  Clay."  The  men  maele-  various  articles 
from  this  clay,  such  as  pipes,  miniature  mortars,  etc.,  and  one 
very  elaborate  pipe  was  given  to  General  Grant,  which  he 
prized  highly.  The  dirt  removed  was  ultimately  placed  on  the 
parallels  far  from  the  mine-,  and  was  taken  from  the  ravine 
only  at  night. 

Nobodj  except  tin-  nun  of  the  48th  was  permitted  P.  work- 
on  the  mine.  Since  the  close  of  the  war  a  considerable  num- 
ber of  fakirs  have  claimed  to  be  the  originators  of  the-  mine-, 
but  they  are  impostors.  Colonel  Pleasants  alone  conceived 
the  idea,  and  as  his  assistant  engineei  I  know  all  about  it 
Pleasants  was  .,  gentleman  of  high  extraction,  a  soldier  of 
extreme  bravery,  and  a  man  of  the  highest  honor,  lie-  did 
what  never  was  done  in  the  history  of  war  before  or  since 
till  this  day — conceived  and  carried  to  a  successful  end  the 
:ii  atest  mine  ever  built  in  the  annals  of  military  engineering — 
and  to  him  alone  is  due  the  credit.  The  mine  was  ten  times 
longer  than  tin-  longest  previous  mine  ever  built. 

I  feel  that  tins  small  contribution  te>  the  items  of  the  war  of 
1S01  65  is  (inn,-  inadequate  to  do  justice  to  so  important  a 
subject:  but  I  trust  that  it  will  givt  to  m\  Confederate  frienels 
some  idea  of  the  wonderful  work  done  before  Petersburg  on 
that  memorable  occasion. 

The  mine  was  successfully  exploded  on  Julj  30,  [864,  but 
tin-  conflict  after  this  was  a  dreadful  defeat   for  our  armj    - 

no  blame-  to  us  of  the-  48th;  we-  did  our  work  (  ).  K.  Had 
Mini,  sent  in  the-  men  at  once  after  the  explosion,  Peters- 
burg must  have  fallen;  hut  he  waited  for  half  an  hour  unelcr 
a  bombardment  till  tin-  Confederates  were-  prepared  for  an 
assault,  ami  all  was  confusion. 

It  will  be  remembered  by  my  friends  of  the-  Southern  army 
that  the  explosion  did  not  eventuate  at  the  time-  expected,  as 
cve-ry  obstacle-  that  could  be  thrown  in  our  way  by  the  higher 
authorities  was  done.  We  actually  began  the  mine  and  it 
was  well  under  way  be-fore-  tin-  commanding  officers  knew  anj 
thing  about  it.  When  we  began  to  run  the-  fuse  from  the 
entrance  to  the  magazines  where  the  powder  was  stored,  the 
stuff  was  given  us  in  small  lengths,  the  longest  about  twenty 
feet.  Of  course  we  had  then  to  splice  the  fuses  four  parallel 
lengths,  and  one  of  the  splices  failed  about  .1  hundred  and 
thirty  feet  from  lln-  entrance.  Knowing  that  a  new  splice- 
was  imperative,  volunteers  to  enter  the-  drift,  renew  the-  splice-, 
light  it.  and  In-  down  to  elu-  wen-  calh-el  for.  Crowded  around 
the  entrance  wen  our  mi  n  Everj  one  rushed  t e>  the  opening 
when  Ph-asants  called  for  some  one-  to  do  the-  weirk  of  death. 
The  two  nearest  the-  opening  were-  Sergt.  Harry  Reese  ami 
Lieut.  Jacob  Douty,  and  they  flew  to  the  job  and  tin  rest 
wen    in  1.1  back     These  gallant  heroes  found  the  defect,  re- 

the    error,   lit    the    fine,    and    -at    elown    to    perish    in   the 


458 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai). 


tunnel ;  but  the  others  called  to  them  to  try  an  escape,  and 
they  just  got  out  when  the  powder  went  up  in  a  blaze  of 
dazzling  light.  The  growing  sunrise  was  blackened  by  the 
mass  of  earth  thrown  up  amid  the  smoke,  and  the  trembling 
ground  shook  for  miles  around  in  the  awful  cataclysm.  Con- 
gress gave  to  these  gallant  boys  the  "Medal  of  Honor,"  and 
their  names  will  go  down  to  glory  till  the  history  of  war  will 
die.  I  am  told  that  in  Petersburg  the  men  of  the  Confederate 
army  speak  of  these  heroes  often  in  their  sessions. 

When  the  tunnel  had  reached  a  point  just  beneath  the  Con- 
federate lines,  we  projected  the  "laterals"  at  about  right 
angles  on  either  side  of  the  drift,  and  in  these  laterals  were 
placed  the  magazines  containing  the  powder.  These  were 
square  chambers  of  eight  by  ten  feet,  six  on  each  side.  The 
powder  was  principally  in  small  kegs ;  but  a  quantity  of  am- 
munition from  batteries  was  also  added,  and  the  fuses  were 
run  inside  the  duct  formerly  employed  to  carry  the  ventilating 
air  from  the  outside  fireplace  to  the  breast  of  the  tunnel. 
The  last  hundred  and  fifty  feet  of  the  duct  was  filled  with 
loose  powder  together  with  the  fuses ;  and  when  the  fire 
reached  the  powder  thus  lying  in  the  tube,  of  course  the 
flame  ran  quickly  to  the  magazines.  The  point  where  the  fuses 
failed  was  within  a  hundred  feet  of  the  beginning  point  of 
the  loose  powder ;  hence  it  will  be  seen  what  a  risk  the  two 
brave  men  ran  in  entering  the  mine  to  relight  the  failing 
fuses.  The  crater  formed  by  the  explosion  was  one  hundred 
and  eighty  feet  long,  thirty  deep,  and  from  fifty  to  eighty  wide. 
The  noise  of  the  rising  and  falling  mass  was  heard  ten  miles 
away,  and  the  earth  tremor  was  distinctly  felt  twenty-nine 
miles  distant,  according  to  a  report  made  to  me. 

Thank  God  for  the  fraternity  which  thus  distinguishes  real 
soldiers,  though  they  fought  bitterly  against  each  other  in 
the  long  ago !  To  me  it  is  a  thought  of  great  pride  that 
through  my  mother's  side  I  am  related  to  the  two  grand  sol- 
diers of  the  Southland — Stonewall  Jackson  and  John  B.  Gor- 
don. I  also  had  a  cousin  in  the  Confederate  army.  For  many 
years  before  it  came  to  pass  I  did  my  best  to  cement  a  bond 
of  friendship  between  the  Confederate  Veterans  and  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  in  which  I  have  the  honor  to  be  a  Past 
Post  Commander  and  the  Past  Medical  Director.  God  grant 
that  the  gallant  men  of  your  sunny  South  who  fought  so 
gloriously  and  grandly  against  almost  overwhelming  difficul- 
ties may  be  held  in  highest  esteem,  and  that  all  of  us  on 
either  side  may  never  be  forgotten  by  our  descendants  as 
men  who  fought  as  their  convictions  led  them  to  do  in  de- 
fense of  their  fair  land !  I  feel  it  an  honor  beyond  descrip- 
tion to  be  asked  to  give  in  my  humble  and  altogether  un- 
worthy manner  anything  that  can  unite  in  bonds  of  fra- 
ternity and  sympathy  the  men  of  the  Confederate  and  Fed- 
eral armes.  Let  me  assure  you,  my  dear  friends,  that  nobody 
holds  in  higher  respect  the  fame  and  name  of  the  men  of  the 
Confederate  army. 


where  we  heard  the  sound  of  axes  and  went  toward  the 
sound.  We  saw  that  a  large  hollow  poplar  had  been  cut  down 
in  which  was  a  beehive  full  of  honey.  We  bought  several 
dollars'  worth  of  honey  and  started  back  to  camp.  On  the 
way  we  were  halted  by  one  of  the  guards  and  told  that  he 
would  have  to  carry  us  before  the  commanding  officer.  I 
replied  that  I  had  no  haversack  and  Alex  said  he  had  none. 
The  guard  saw  Alex's  and,  pulling  it  lower  down,  said: 
"What  the  devil  do  you  call  this?"  Alex  said:  "Ding  the 
thing,  I  thought  I  hid  it." 

We  were  carried  before  the  commanding  officer  and  ques- 
tioned by  him.  We  told  him  our  names  and  where  from, 
and,  being  told  we  were  Mississippians  from  Chickasaw 
County,  the  officer  said :  "I  will  be  light  with  you,  boys. 
Turn  the  honey  over  to  the  guard  and  go  back  to  your  com- 
mand."   Colonel  Orr  is  now  living  in  Columbus,  Miss. 

Comrade  Orr,  poor  fellow,  was  killed  in  front  of  Atlanta 
during  the  second  battle  we  fought  on  Peachtree  Creek,  on 
July  28.     I  have  always  wondered  who  got  the  honey. 


WHO  GOT  THE  HONEY? 

BY    TOM    N.    SHEARER,    STARKVILLE,    MISS. 

During  the  war,  while  we  were  in  camp  and  enjoying  life 
as  best  we  could,  no  enemy  being  near  to  break  our  rest,  a 
comrade  and  I  decided  to  make  a  short  trip  to  try  to  find 
fruit  or  something  to  eat,  as  we  were  tired  out  on  tough 
beef  and  army  rations.  Col.  A.  G  Orr  was  in  command  of 
the  brigade,  and  his  orders  had  been  issued  to  arrest  all  sol- 
diers caught  outside  the  guard  line  with  their  haversacks. 
Just  before  leaving  camp  Alex  Miles  tucked  a  haversack 
under  his  jacket.     We  went  into  a  low,  flat  skirt  of  woods 


FLAG  OF  THE  MARYLAND  INFANTRY. 

On  the  occasion  of  the  restoring  of  the  flag  of  the  2d  Mary- 
land Regiment  by  the  Ohio  Legislature  Rev.  Randolph  Mc- 
Kim  made  a  strong  and  earnest  address.  He  began  with 
an  explanation  of  the  division  politically  in  Maryland.  The 
State,  he  believed,  would  have  seceded  if  allowed  to  follow 
its  inclination.  Taking  the  2d  Regiment,  he  followed  their 
military  record  and  their  brilliant  achievements  which  won 
them  such  distinction. 

Dr.  McKim  said  the  condition  of  the  Maryland  soldier  was 
peculiarly  pathetic,  for  practically  when  he  cast  his  fortunes 
with  the  South  he  erected  a  wall  bristling  with  camps  and 
armed  men  between  himself,  his  home,  and  his  kindred. 

Dr.  McKim  paid  beautiful  tribute  to  the  Maryland  soldiers 
and  their  love  of  the  stars  and  bars,  a  banner  which  he  says 
"is  no  longer  a  national  flag  or  a  political  symbol,  but  the 
consecrated  emblem  of  the  heroic  epoch — the  sacred  memento 
of  a  day  that  is  dead,  the  embodiment  of  memories  that  will 
ever  be  tender  and  holy." 

Dr.  McKim's  great  Reunion  speech  at  Nashville  was  in  the 
issue  of  March,  1905.      

"PRACTICAL    TIME   SAFER"— NOT   COMPLETE. 

"I  built  my  fortune  on  the  dial  of  my  watch ;  seconds  be- 
came pennies,  minutes  became  dimes,  hours  became  dollars. 
I  gave  a  money  value  to  every  tick  and  took  advantage  of 
everything  that  economized  time.  I  never  procrastinated;  I 
never  waited  for  other  people  to  get  ahead  of  me.  I  kept  my 
eyes  and  ears  open  for  opportunities ;  I  looked  well  into  what 
seemed  good  to  me;  when  my  judgment  approves,  I  act 
promptly  and  with  decision.  I  don't  know  that  there  is  any 
particular  rule  or  law  of  success,  but  I'm  pretty  sure  that  one 
of  the  foundation  principles  is  'Don't  lose  time.' " 

The  foregoing  is  from  one  whose  reputation  is  that  of  a 
most  successful  American.  It  is  good  from  a  business  view 
and  is  cordially  commended.  But  is  it  all  of  life  to  live?  The 
"success"  of  such  a  man  is  worthy,  but  is  not  his  philosophy 
short-sighted?  Let  us  all  in  the  race  for  thrift  remember  that 
"it  is  not  all  of  life  to  live."  The  wise  man  keeps  all  of  his 
accounts  in  hand.  His  duty  to  his  fellow-man  requires  sec- 
onds, minutes,  and  hours  of  time  and  its  accumulations. 

Just  after  the  foregoing  had  been  written  it  was  observed 
that  Mr.  Roosevelt  had  made  the  same  kind  of  argument  in 
Africa. 


Qo9federat<?   l/eterap. 


ir.it 


THE  CADETS  AT  NEW  MARKET. 
[In    the   fifth   book  by    Prof.   J.   T.    Derry,   "The   Strife   of 

Brothers."  he  pays  tribute  to  the  young  heroes  of  the  noted 

Virginia   Military  Institute.] 

Flower  of  Southern  youth   from  college  hall 

Where  once  had  lived  and  taught  our  great  Stonewall 

They  marched  away  with  knightly  courage  bright, 

Those  handsome  youths,  of  many  a  home  the  light. 

When  Breckinridge  would  hold  them  in   reserve, 

Their  claim  that  they  a  better  place 'deserve 

Obtains  permission  that  they  share  the  front 

With  elders  trained  to  breast  tbe  battle's  brunt. 

And  ne'er  did  boys  upon  the  diamond  play 

With  lighter,  happier  spirits  than  had  they 

When  in  the  headlong  charge  they  forward   went 

'Gainst  routed  foes  who,  in  confusion  blent. 

Fled   from  the  field   where  youthful   valor  vied 

With  that  of  bearded  men  in  battle  tried. 

And  as  victorious   Southern  banners   wave 

None  than  the  Institute's  more  proud  and  brave 

Floated  o'er  truer  hearts  or  nobler  band 

Than  those  brave  lads,  tbe  pride  of  Dixie's  land. 

Ah!  lovely  Shenandoah!  how  rich  thou  art 

In  all  that  thrills  and  stirs  the  patriot's  heart! 

By  many  a  sacred  drop  though  sanctified, 

Distilled  from  hearts  that  for  the  Southland  died, 

No  holier  blood  in  Freedom's  battles  shed 

Ever  for  home  and  bleeding  country  plead 

Than  that  of  generous  youth  that  stained  thy  sod 

And  from  that  crimsoned  field  appealed  to  God. 


TORPEDO  BOAT  AT  LOUISIANA  SOLDIERS'  HOME. 

BY   GORDON    S.    LEVY,   NEW   ORLEANS,    LA. 

During  the  years  1861-62  Captain  Hunley,  Capt.  James  Mc- 
Clintock.  and  Baxton  Watson,  marine  engineers  and  machin- 
ists, built  this  torpedo  boat.  About  February,  1862,  before 
the  boat  was  completed,  tbe  city  of  New  Orleans  fell  into  the 
hands  of  tbe  Federals  and  the  boat  was  sunk. 

The  Confederate  engineers  went  to  Mobile,  where  they  of- 
fered their  plans  to  the  Confederate  authorities,  and  were  or- 
dered to  build  a  torpedo  boat  in  the  shops  of  Park  &  Lyons. 
The  first  boat  sank  while  it  was  being  placed  in  tbe  water  for 
the  initial  trial.  The  second  boat  was  built  out  of  an  old 
boiler  with  both  ends  tapered.  After  several  successful  at- 
tempts in  Mobile  Bay,  General  Maury  ordered  tbe  boat  sent  by 
rail  to  Charleston,  where  it  could  do  more  good  than  in  the 
harbor  of  Mobile. 

The  boat  was  given  in  charge  of  Lieut.  John  Payne,  C.  S.  N., 
who  had  volunteered  with  eight  men.  Just  as  they  were 
getting  ready  to  start  the  boat  was  swamped  and  tbe  eight 
men  were  drowned.  A  second  crew  was  secured,  and  again 
the  boat  was  swamped.  Lieutenant  Payne  and  two  of  the  men 
escaped,  while  the  other  six  men  were  drowned. 

The  boat  was  then  turned  over  to  a  volunteer  crew  from 
Mobile  in  charge  of  Captain  Hunley  and  Thomas  Park,  and 
with  a  crew  of  seven  men  they  made  several  successful  trials 
with  the  boat,  practicing  the  crew  in  diving  and  rising  again, 
until  one  evening  in  the  presence  of  a  number  of  people  on 
the  wharf  she  sank  and  remained  under  water  some  days, 
drowning  her  entire  crew  of  nine  men.  making  a  total  of 
twenty  three  fatalities  up  to  that  time. 

Captain  Alexander  and  Lieut.  George  E.  Dixon,  both  of 
Alabama,   mechanical   engineers,   after   discussing  tbe   matter 


together,  decided  to  offer  their  services  to  General  Beauregard 
to  raise  the  boat  and  operate  it  in  guarding  the  harbor.  On 
account  of  the  former  misfortunes  General  Beauregard  did  not 
desire  to  have  any  further  attempts  made,  but  finally  yielded 
to  their  persuasion.  They  secured  another  crew  after  explain- 
ing the  former  unsuccessful  tests,  giving  all  particulars,  and 
tbe  number  of  men  drowned.  They  managed  the  boat  well, 
though  no  decided  results  were  obtained,  owing  to  the  bad 
weather.  Captain  Alexander  and  Lieutenant  Dixon  decided 
to  sink  the  boat  and  test  how  long  they  could  remain  under 
water,  stating  to  the  crew  that  the  boat  would  be  raised  at 
will.  Aftfr  they  had  gone  to  the  bottom,  one  of  the  water 
pipes  for  discharging  water  from  the  ballast  became  choked 
with  seaw'eed ;  and  when  it  bad  been  removed,  they  managed 
to  bring  the  boat  to  tbe  surface.  It  had  been  under  water  for 
two  hours  and  a  half.  They  were  in  darkness  for  one  hour 
and  ten  minutes.  The  boat  had  been  given  up  for  lost,  and 
was  SO  reported  to  General  Beauregard. 

This  torpedo  boat  sank  the  Housatanic  on  February  '.7, 
1864,  at  8:45  p.m.  It  had  been  sighted  by  a  battle  ship,  and 
Lieutenant  Dixon  sank  the  boat  to  avoid  being  seen.  The 
Housatanic  had  undoubtedly  slipped  her  chains  and  was  ad- 
vancing upon  tbe  torpedo  boat,  when  the  compact  from  the 
momentum  rammed  the  torpedo  boat,  so  that  her  men  were 
unable  to  extricate  themselves,  and  all  tbe  crew  were  drowned. 
When  the  divers  were  investigating  the  Housatanic.  they  found 
the  torpedo  boat  at  the  bottom  rammed  in  the  wreck,  and  the 
battle  ship  sank  five  minutes  after  being  struck. 


"HE  HAS  RUINT  ME"— WHAT  THE  NORTH  DID. 

A  grandiloquent  Senator  was  emphasizing  on  tariff  discus- 
sion how  much  the  North  has  done  for  the  South — the  great 
debt  of  gratitude  the  South  owes  the  North.  Senator  Bob 
Taylor  rose  in  his  place  and  asked  permission  to  tell  a  story; 
he  would  interrupt  the  gentleman  only  a  few  moments.  Then 
Senator  Bob  said  that  in  a  certain  village  there  was  a  man 
who  rivaled  Job  in  his  afflictions.  He  had  had  rheumatism 
till  be  was  twisted  all  awry,  had  valvular  trouble  with  his 
heart,  asthma  till  he  could  scarcely  breathe,  and  lastly  was  al- 
most totally  paralyzed.  There  was  a  big  revival  in  the  town  and 
Mr.  Jones  hobbled  to  it.  The  minister  in  impassioned  utter- 
ances cried:  "Brothers  and  sisters,  we  must  all  tell  to-night 
what  the  Lord  has  done  for  us.  We  must  each  testify  to  his 
goodness  and  his  power.  Now  there  is  Brother  Jones ;  he  has 
not  been  able  to  be  with  us  before  during  the  meeting 
Brother  Jones,  tell  us  all  the  Lord  has  done  for  you." 

The  old  man  rose  up.  trembling  and  almost  helpless  He 
looked  wistfully  around,  then,  leaning  on  bis  cane,  he  said: 
"He  has  mint  me!"  Momentary  silence  was  followed  by 
peals  of  laughter.  The  eloquent  Senator  did  not  further  dis- 
CUSS  what  the  North  has  done  for  tbe  South. 


U,  D.  C.  Scholarship  in  Mississippi. — Mississippi  U.  D. 
C.'s  announce  that  the  award  of  a  scholarship  at  Millsaps  Col- 
lege, Jackson,  will  be  made  this  year,  and  that  the  event  is 
open  to  young  men  of  good  moral  character  and  of  lineal 
Confederate  descent.  Examinations  for  this  event  will  be 
held  at  the  various  county  seats  August  14  under  tbe  direc- 
tion of  the  county  superintendents.  The  committee  in  charge 
are  Mrs.  Dunbar  Rowland,  Jackson.  Mrs  A  V.  Aven,  Clin- 
ton, and  Mrs.  Julia  layne  Walker,  Brandon.  The  papers 
of  competition  will  be  forwarded  to  Prof.  J.  E.  Walmsley,  of 
Millsaps  College,  who  will  grade  them  as  quickly  as  possible. 


460 


^ogfederat^  Veterap. 


MISSISSIPPI  AND  KENTUCKY  IN  A   COXIEST. 

BY    JOHN    L.   COLLINS,    COFFEEV1LLE,    MISS. 

It  was  in  the  winter  of  1862-63,  while  sojourning  in  and 
around  the  quiet  little  city  of  Canton,  Miss.,  that  a  spirit  of 
rivalry  arose  between  two  crack  regiments  composed,  in  the 
main,  of  men  from  the  first  families  of  the  two  States  they 
represented.  This  rivalry  was  upon  the  ground  of  their  su- 
periority in  the  manual  of  arms  and  drill  movements.  In 
order  to  settle  the  controversy,  a  challenge  was  passed  be- 
tween the  respective  colonels  commanding,  each  for  a  public 
exhibition,  Col.  M.  Farrell,  of  the  15th  Mississippi  Infantry, 
and  Colonel  Thompson,  of  the  3d  Kentucky  Infantry,  being  the 
officers  referred  to. 

As  an  incentive  toward  heightening  the  ambition  and  in- 
spiration of  the  contestants,  some  society  ladies  of  Canton, 
headed  by  Mrs.  D.  Lattimer.  proposed  to  present  the  victorious 
regiment  with  a  fine  silk  flag.  The  weather  was  auspicious 
for  a  prompt  and  excellent  display,  and  the  troops  beat  time 
defiantly  to  the  fife  and  drum,  and  in  the  manual  of  arms  did 
fine  work  at  the  word  of  command.  Every  environment 
throughout  the  weeks  of  training  was  favorable  indeed  for 
a  satisfactory  demonstration  of  both  the  mental  and  physical 
forces  of  the  two  regiments. 

An  agreement  was  made  that  each  regiment  was  to  have, 
in  addition  to  its  commissioned  officers,  three  hundred  picked 
men  for  the  test.  As  no  enemy  threatened  an  advance,  the 
contest  would  take  place  without  risk  of  interruption.  Excite- 
ment ran  higher  and  higher  as  the  time  approached,  till  the 
"field  day"  came,  and  then  a  buoyancy  and  expectancy  occu- 
pied the  minds  and  the  hearts  of  soldiers  and  civilians  as  well. 
Great  crowds  arrived  upon  the  drill  grounds  early  in  the 
mi  Tiling,  selecting  good  locations  to  witness  the  grand  dis- 
play. They  did  not  have  to  wait  long  before  in  came  from  the 
west  Gen.  John  Adams  and  staff,  followed  by  his  brigade  of 
Mississippians,  with  Col.  M.  Farrell's  regiment  in  front,  step- 
ping briskly  to  the  time  of  a  quickstep  rendered  by  the  band 
of  the  15th,  a  few  minutes  after  which  the  Kentuckians,  headed 
by  the  3d  Kentucky,  came  in  from  another  direction.  A 
parade  rest  was  ordered  until  the  preliminaries  could  be  com- 
pleted. 

The  judges  were  Gen.  William  H.  Jackson,  of  Tennessee, 
Gen.  Thomas  M.  Scott,  of  Louisiana,  and  Colonel  Forney,  of 
Alabama,  a  brother  of  Maj.  Gen.  John  H.  Forney,  who,  with 
his  command,  was  transferred  to  the  Army  of  Virginia  and 
fell  in  his  first  battle  there.  These  three  officers,  taking  their 
stand,  were  soon  surrounded  by  most  of  the  generals  in  that 
portion  of  the  Tennessee  Army.  Conspicuous  among  them 
was  Lieut.  Gen.  Leonidas  Polk.  The  arena  as  a  whole  made 
a  magnificent  picture. 

The  15th  Mississippi  Regiment  took  the  lead,  going  through 
many  movements.  Then  the  Kentuckians  moved  out  and 
went  through  about  the  same,  each  without  a  jostle.  Thus 
they  alternated  for  hours  without  any  apparent  advantage  to 
either  side.  Both  regiments  moved  like  machinery,  and  their 
performances  were  marvelous  indeed.  However,  Colonel  Far- 
rell had  several  fancy  movements  in  both  the  drill  and  manual 
of  arms  not  to  be  found  in  Scott's  or  Hardee's  tactics  which 
he  said  he  had  gotten  from  General  McClellan,  who  had 
learned  them  in  some  of  the  European  armies  while  on  an 
official  visit  over  there  prior  to  the  war.  They  were  unique 
and  captivating,  and  the  regiment  of  Mississippians  by  this 
advantage  carried  the  day.  As  soon  as  the  decision  was  given 
by  the  judges  Mrs.  Lattimer,  who  was  mounted  upon  a  stylish 


trooper,  unfurled  the  magnificent  flag  and  galloped  over  to 
Colonel  Farrell  and  his  regiment,  announced  the  decision  of 
the  judges,  and  very  gracefully  turned  it  over  to  him.  Colonel 
Farrell  very  courteously  acknowledged  the  honor  conferred. 
He  promptly  moved  his  command  up  in  front  of  the  3d 
Kentucky,  presented  arms,  and  gave  three  hearty  cheers  for 
Colonel  Thompson  and  his  gallant  regiment.  Colonel  Thomp- 
son, without  the  least  air  of  jealousy,  in  a  very  complacent 
manner  acknowledged  the  demonstration  of  respect,  and  thus 
ended  a  display  that  "has  rarely  ever  been  seen. 

The  keys  to  Canton  were  that  night  turned  over  to  Colonels 
Farrell  and  Thompson,  and  the  elite  of  this  fair  little  city 
made  it  a  memorable  finale  to  the  grand  display  they  had  given 
in  the  contest. 

The  brave  and  gallant  colonel  of  the  3d  Kentucky  was  after- 
wards transferred  to  cavalry  with  his  regiment,  and,  it  is  said, 
fell  at  Paducah  in  his  own  yard  by  a  missile  from  the  ranks 
of  the  Federals  in  an  engagement  there. 

Colonel  Farrell  lies  in  the  McGavock  Cemetery  at  Franklin, 
Tenn.,  where  he  fell  upon  that  day  fatal  to  Confederate  arms. 
Although  a  Northern  man  by  birth  and  education,  be  it  said 
to  his  honor  that  no  Spartan  was  ever  more  loyal  or  braver 
in  intention  and  purpose  than  Col.  M.  Farrell.     Peace  to  him ! 


Why  General  Anderson  Was  Called  "Tige." — E.  B. 
Darden,  Company  I,  nth  Georgia  Volunteers,  explains  how 
Gen.  George  T.  Anderson  came  to  be  called  "Tige."  The 
nth  Georgia  Volunteers  were  mustered  into  service  on  Peach- 
tree  Street  in  Atlanta,  Ga.,  and  were  there  drilled  for  serv- 
ice. Among  these  was  a  company  dressed  in  uniforms  of 
yellow  jeans.  One  of  these  offered  to  escort  a  young  lady 
to  her  home,  and  she  replied  that  she  did  not  wish  a  yellow 
dog  to  accompany  her.  This  nickname  clung  to  the  com- 
pany. Later  in  the  war  as  they  were  marching  Colonel  An- 
derson called  out :  "You  three  men  in  the  rear  of  the  Yellow 
Dog  Company  bring  your  guns  to  your  shoulders."  Their 
captain  took  offense,  and  said  if  his  company  were  yellow  dogs 
Colonel  Anderson  was  Tige.  As  Colonel  Anderson  was  a 
splendid  fighter,  the  name  "Tige"  seemed  to  suit. 

[That  term  is  more  generally  applied  to  Gen.  W.  L.  Cabell, 
of  Texas,  to  whom  too  much  honor  or  distinction  could  hard- 
ly be  given,  for  immediately  upon  the  secession  of  the  South- 
ern States  he  was  second  to  no  other  officer  in  resigning 
his  position  in  the  United  States  army  to  fight  for  the 
South,  and  his  devotion  to  her  principles  and  her  cause 
has  been  as  steadfast  as  that  of  the  Southern  women. 
Without  knowing  General  Cabell's  religious  faith,  deference 
to  his  favorite  text  grows,  which  is  that  the  absolutely  faithful 
Confederate  soldier  who  stood  to  his  duty  throughout  the 
war  is  safe  for  a  better  clime.  LTpon  much  meditation  his 
assertion  does  not  seem  as  sacrilegious  as  when  he  first 
made  it. — Ed.  Veteran.] 


Reunion  at  Tracy  City,  Tenn. — The  Confederates  at 
Tracy  City,  Tenn.,  had  a  large  gathering  at  that  place  in  July. 
Rev.  J.  P.  Luton,  Col.  J.  H.  Holman,  of  Fayetteville,  and 
Gen.  J.  H.  McDowell,  Commander  of  the  Tennessee  Division, 
U.  C.  V.,  made  appropriate  addresses.  Commander  Mc- 
Dowell made'  his  address  largely  a  feature  of  reminiscences, 
and  he  gave  an  interesting  account  of  a  visit  to  the  Grand 
Army  Post  in  the  North  and  the  return  of  a  captured  gun. 
When  the  gun  was  returned  to  a  son  of  its  former  owner,  in 
intuitive  gratitude  he  said  :  "I  am  glad  they  didn't  kill  you." 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai). 


4(51 


MONUMENT  AT  LIVINGSTON,  ALA. 

On  June  17,  1909,  the  monument  to  "Our  Confederate 
Heroes"  was  unveiled  at  Livingston,  Ala.  There  was  a  large 
attendance,  estimated  at  from  fifteen  hundred  to  two  thou- 
sand. Nearly  all  the  old  veterans  from  the  county  were  pres- 
ent. A  brass  band  from  Meridian,  Miss.,  furnished  music 
for  the  occasion,  playing  "Dixie."  "Bonnie  Blue  Flag,"  and 
other  war-time  pieces.  The  exercises  were  opened  with 
prayer  by  Rev.  W.  C.  Clark,  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Livingston.  The  address  of  welcome  was  made 
by  Hon.  John  A.  Rogers,  of  Gainesville,  Ala.  The  monument 
Was  then  presented  to  the  veterans  by  Mrs.  C.  J.  Brockway, 
President  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  of  Livingston. 
It  was  accepted  by  Judge  S.  11.  Sprott,  who  was  a  captain 
in  the   40th   Alabama  Regiment 

Judge  James  A.  Bilbro.  a  veteran  from  Gadsden,  Ala  .  was 
the  orator  of  the  day.  After  Judge  Bilbro's  address,  on  mo- 
tion by  one  of  the  veterans,  it  was  unanimously  requested 
that  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  of  Livingston  be  re- 
quested to  take  charge  of  and  care  for  the  monument.  This 
they  readily  agreed  to  do.  accepting  the  trust  through  Hon. 
John  D.  Mclnnis,  who  was  a  member  of  Company  A.  36th 
Alabama.  Mr.  Mclnnis,  by  the  way.  was  with  Bennett  H. 
Young  in  tin-  celebrated  raid  on  St.   Mbans,  Yt  .  in  1864. 


circled  with  a  retaining  wall  twenty-live  feet  in  diameter, 
with  marble  posts  and  vases  at  the  entrance.  On  this  monu- 
ment are  1,125  names;  of  these,  one  hundred  and  thirty-two 
are  in  panels  on  the  shaft,  showing  company  and  command. 
These  are  the  names  of  soldiers  from  Sumter  County.  Ala., 
for  the  war  of  1861-65. 

It  was  the  purpose  of  the  Daughters  to  have  the  name  of 
every  soldier  who  went  to  the  war  from  Sumter  County  on 
the  monument;  but  lapse  of  time  and  difficulty  in  getting 
complete  rosters  of  the  different  commands  rendered  this  im- 
possible, as  quite  a  number  were  left  off.  Sumter  sent  out 
during  the  war  nearly  fifteen  hundred  men. 

While  all  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  of  Living- 
ston deserve  praise  for  their  unselfish  labors  in  the  erection 
of  this  monument,  to  Mrs.  C.  J.  Brockway.  President  of  the 
Daughters,  a  daughter  of  Capt.  Ben  B.  Little,  who  fell  at 
Jonesboro,  Ga.,  is  entitled  to  and  receives  unstinted  praise  t'ot- 
her earnest  and  untiring  labors  in  the  erection  of  this  beau- 
tiful monument.  

IN  MEMORY  OF   THE  DEAD  OF  ALTON  PRISON. 

BY    J.    T.    PITTARIl.    WINTERS  Mil.    GA 

The  government  has  made  an  appropriation  with  which  to 
build  a  monument  on  which  will  be  inscribtd  the  names  of 
all  who  died  in  the  Confederate  prison  at  Alton,  111.  (it  being 
impossible  to  identify  any  of  the  graves,  so  as  to  mark  each 
one  with  a  marble  headstone,  as  originally  contemplated  by 
Congress,  under  the  movement  inaugurated  by  the  lamented 
President  McKinlc_\  I,  and  to  inclose  the  grounds  with  a  neat 
and   substantial   iron    fence 

I  be  credit  of  getting  this  work  under  waj  is  due  to  the 
untiring  zeal  and  energy  of  the  Sun  Davis  <  liapter.  I'.  I  >.  C, 
of  Alton.  111.,  composed  of  seven  heroic  women.  Now  these 
patriotic  women  are  trying  to  raise  sufficient  funds  with  which 
to  i  reel  a  handsome  entrance  to  the  grounds.    To  earn  OUl  I  lu!  1 

plans,  they  will  require  considerable  outside  help,  and  the)  re 
<|uest  all  who  are  interested  in  this  work  to  write  either  Mrs. 
Sad. 1  Blake  Grommet,  1503  Henrj  Street,  Secretary,  or  Mrs 
Pauline  Davis  Collins,  1104  Henry  Street.  President  of  Sam 
Davis  Chapter,  P.  D.  C.,  both  of  Uton,  111.,  inclosing  as 
liberal  a  subscription  for  this  noble  purpose  as  they  can  afford 
It  is  desirable  to  have  this  work  completed  commensurati 
with  the  government  part  by  November,  1909 


"Uncle  Nath   Pruitt." — One  of  the  "characters"  of  Geoi 
gia  1-  "Uncle  Nath   Pruitt,"  who  is  known  extensively  in  the 

South,     lie   has   attended   ever)    Reunion,   where   his   hearty 
laughter  and  merry  ways  are  as  well  remembered  as  Ins  Geor 
gia    mountain   garb   of   slouch    bat    and    hickory    shirt    e 
with    many    medals   and    bis    wooden    leg    thai    is    slapped   on    at 
the  knee.      He   was  one  of   the  guards  ,,|"  honor  at    the   reunion 

oi  1  ompany  B  of  the  29th  Georgia  Veterans,  winch  was  held 
in   Redwine   earl)    in    August.     The    bayonel    from   the   gun 

"Uncle    Nath"    used    during    the    war    will    be    burnished    and 

usi  .1  on  the  musket  in  the  hands  of  a  soldier  to  form  pa 

a  monument  soon  to  be  erected  b)  thi    l     D.  C.  in  Gainesville. 


Description  of  the  Monument. 
The  height  is  twenty-six   feel   six  inches;  base,  eight  feet 
square;  weight,  40,000  pounds.     It   is  built  of  white  Georgia 
marble,   mounted    with    an    imported    Italian    marble    statue   of 

a  Confederate  soldier  on  picket  duty.     The  monument  1-  en 


Dalton,   Ga.,   Wants    a    Monument  to  Gen.   Joseph    E 
Johnston.     Patriots  of   Dalton,  Ga.,  are  enthusiastically  en- 

:    Upon    the    work    of   collection    for    a   monument  to    Gen 
J.    E.    Johnston,      The    efforts    Of    the    committee    are  meeting 
with    such    success   that    Dalton   jubilantly   anticipates  a    hand- 
some monument  at  a  very  earl)   date.     It   is  expected  that  the 
Legislature  will  assist  with  an  appropriation 


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BURNING   OF  BROAD   RIVER   BRIDGE. 

Reply  to  Clement  Saussy's  Criticism. 

by  w.  c.  dodson,  atlanta,  ga. 

In  the  June  Confederate  Veteran  there  appeared  an  article 
from  Mr.  Clement  Saussy,  of  Savannah,  Ga.,  denying  the 
statements  made  in  "Campaigns  of  Wheeler  and  His  Cav- 
alry" in  regard  to  the  capture  of  Columbia,  S.  C,  in  February, 
1865.  On  page  268  of  the  book  referred  to  assertion  is  made 
that  "General  Wheeler  in  person  directed  the  burning  of 
Broad  River  bridge  near  Columbia  when  the  Yankees  had 
driven  in  our  small  forces  at  that  point  late  in  the  afternoon 
of  February  16,  1865,"  and  that  "thus  fell  the  capital  of  South 
Carolina.  Every  gun  fired  in  its  defense  was  fired  by  Wheel- 
er's Cavalry,"  etc.  Mr.  Saussy  contradicts  both  these  asser- 
tions, claiming  it  was  a  part  of  Butler's  Division  of  Hamp- 
ton's Cavalry  which  fired  the  bridge  over  Broad  River,  and 
that  Wheaton's  Battery,  also  of  Butler's  command,  and  of 
which  he  was  a  member,  assisted  in  the  defense  of  Columbia. 

Now  I  had  not  the  honor  of  being  the  author  of  "Cam- 
paigns of  W"heeler  and  His  Cavalry,"  my  connection  there- 
with being  only  that  of  editor  of  the  manuscript  prepared  by 
others.  But  as  the  manuscript  for  our  book  was  furnished 
by  General  Wheeler  and  prepared  by  members  of  his  staff 
just  after  the  close  of  the  war,  while  the  knowledge  and 
memory  of  events  were  still  fresh  in  mind,  and  as  General 
Wheeler  and  the  authors  are  no  longer  in  life,  I  assume  the 
responsibility  for  the  substantial  accuracy  of  every  material 
statement  made,  including  those  referred  to  in  Mr.  Saussy's 
criticism.  Of  course  I  have  no  desire,  as  the  authors  of  our 
book  had  none,  of  doing  injustice  to  any  other  command  by 
claiming  for  ours  credit  to  which  it  was  not  justly  entitled. 

Usually  the  official  records  are  the  best  authority  for  set- 
tling disputed  matters  of  history ;  but  owing  to  the  confusion 
incident  to  the  closing  scenes  of  the  great  drama,  reports  of 
officers  are  quite  meager.  I  can  find  no  report  from  General 
Butler  in  regard  to  the  matters  under  discussion,  and  there 
is  unfortunately  a  gap  in  the  reports  of  General  Wheeler 
between  February  13  and  March  1,  1865. 

However,  there  are  living  witnesses  as  to  what  occurred, 
and  below  I  introduce  my  first  one  in  a  letter  from  Dr.  J. 
A.  Lewis,  of  Georgetown,  Ky.,  who  as  adjutant  of  his  regi- 
ment (the  grand  old  9th  Kentucky  Cavalry)  had  exceptional 
opportunities  for  personal  knowledge  of  the  events  about 
which  he  writes.  Dr.  Lewis's  letter  will  be  found  intensely 
interesting  to  even  those  who  feel  no  direct  personal  interest 
in  its  subject-matter,  for  no  better  account  of  the  defense 
of  Columbia  has  been  written,  and  his  description  of  the 
passing  through  the  burning  bridge  is  so  graphic  that  in 
imagination  one  can  almost  hear  the  battle  raging  and  see 
the  men  rushing  into  the  crackling  flames. 

,  Letter  of  Dr.  John  A.  Lewis. 

Dear  Sir  and  Comrade:  In  the  June  Veteran  I  read  the 
contradiction  by  Lieutenant  Saussy,  formerly  of  Butler's  Di- 
vision of  Hampton's  Cavalry,  of  certain  statements  made  by 
you  in  the  published  volume  entitled  "Campaigns  of  Wheeler 
and  His  Cavalry"  as  to  the  defense  of  Columbia,  S.  C,  and 
the  burning  of  the  bridge  over  Broad  River  at  that  point. 

Now  I  trust  you  may  pardon  my  seeming  intrusion  into  the 
controversy  between  yourself  and  Mr.  Saussy,  and  I  am 
sure  you  will  view  it  leniently  when  you  consider  that  the 
matter  in  controversy  vitally  concerns  the  military  record  of 
the  division  of  Confederate  cavalry  with  whom  I  had  the 
honor  to  serve  during  the  last  year  of  the  war,  and  who  as 


a  part  of  General  Wheeler's  corps  practically  made  the  only 
defense  which  was  made  for  the  capital  of  South  Carolina 
against  Sherman's  army  in  February,  1865. 

Mr.  Saussy  requests  that  the  Veteran  correct  the  ob- 
jectionable statements  made  by  you.  Allow  me  to  say  that 
as  a  Confederate  soldier  who  bore  a  humble  part  in  the  de- 
fense of  the  city  of  Columbia  and  as  one  who  is  fairly  fa- 
miliar with  the  military  operations  which  transpired  for  the 
defense  of  the  city  from  the  15th  to  the  17th  of  February, 
1865,  I  must  enter  my  earnest  protest  against  the  Veteran 
attempting  to  make  the  corrections  asked  for. 

In  my  humble  judgment  and  from  my  personal  knowledge 
of  the  facts  under  controversy  I  must  say  that  your  state- 
ments are  substantially  correct,  and  in  the  interest  of  truth 
and  fair  dealing  ought  not  to  be  materially  altered.  I  should 
be  false  in  my  duty  to  my  comrades  of  Wheeler's  Corps,  and 
especially  to  the  brave  Kentuckians  and  Tennesseeans  of 
Dibrell's  Division,  who  so  courageously  opposed  General 
Sherman's  occupancy  of  Columbia,  did  I  not  enter  most  ear- 
nestly protest  against  Mr.  Saussy's  statements.  Truth  de- 
mands the  record  that  practically  all  the  resistance  that  was 
made,  except  perhaps  some  service  rendered  by  the  artillery, 
was  done  by  soldiers  belonging  to  General  Wheeler's  cavalry 
corps.  And  I  must  add  that  General  Dibrell's  division  of 
Wheeler's  Corps,  composed  of  his  (Dibrell's)  old  brigade, 
commanded,  I  believe,  by  Colonel  McLemore,  and  Williams's 
Kentucky  Cavalry  Brigade,  commanded  by  Col.  W.  C.  P. 
Breckinridge,  took  a  very  active  part  in  those  operations.  I 
was  a  soldier  in  the  9th  Regiment  of  Kentucky  Cavalry  of 
Williams's  Brigade,  and  personally  took  part  in  the  engage- 
ments with  Sherman's  army  which  occurred  in  the  defense 
of  Columbia  on  the  15th,  16th,  and  17th  of  February,  1865. 

As  every  one  knows,  there  was  no  general  engagement  made 
by  all  the  troops  General  Beauregard  had  collected  in  Colum- 
bia for  the  defense  of  the  city.  I  suppose  he  clearly  saw  it 
would  be  a  hopeless  conflict.  But  if  there  were  any  other 
troops  actively  engaged  on  any  of  these  days  in  the  conflict 
which  occurred  on  Congaree  Creek  on  the  15th  or  at  the 
fight  in  front  of  Broad  River  bridge  on  the  afternoon  of  the 
16th  or  in  the  suburbs  of  Columbia  on  the  morning  of  the 
17th  after  Sherman  had  crossed  the  Broad  River  and  was 
on  his  march  to  occupy  the  city  except  members  of  Wheeler's 
Cavalry  Corps,  I  never  saw  them  nor  heard  of  them.  There 
may  have  been  some  of  Butler's  Division  or  other  troops  en- 
gaged »n  the  roads  approaching  the  city  from  the  east  and 
south;  but  if  so,  I  never  heard  of  it. 

Mr.  Saussy,  however,  states  that  General  Beauregard 
ordered  General  Butler  with  part  of  his  division  and  two 
brigades  of  General  Wheeler's  corps  (certainly  not  Dib- 
rell's Division)  to  make  a  reconnoissance  down  the  Charleston 
road ;  and  after  a  sharp  encounter  with  Sherman's  forces, 
General  Butler  slowly  retired  toward  the  covered  bridge, 
which  he  set  on  fire,  etc.  Now  I  cannot  see  how  a  recon- 
noissance down  the  Charleston  road  had  any  connection  with 
or  led  to  the  burning  of  the  covered  bridge  over  Broad  River, 
which  is  situated  northwest  from  Columbia  on  the  other  side 
of  the  city.  I  take  it  the  Charleston  road  runs  east  and 
south  from  Columbia ;  the  Broad  River  bridge  was  fired  at 
its  west  end  across  the  river  from  Columbia  by  Wheeler's 
men,  who  retired  before  Sherman,  advancing  from  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Saluda  across  to  the  Broad  River  bridge. 

The  statement  that  General  Butler  and  his  cavalry  set  fire 
to  the  Broad  River  bridge  late  in  the  afternoon  of  the  16th 
of  February  and  that  some  of  his  men  were  burned  in  pass- 


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ing  through  the  bridge  is  preposterous  to  any  one  who  was 
present  and  passed  through  the  burning  bridge  and  was  per- 
sonally acquainted  with  the  facts  connected  therewith.  I 
passed  through  the  bridge  with  quite  a  number  of  the  Ken- 
tucky brigade,  many  of  whom  were  severely  burned,  more 
than  twenty  of  them  so  badly  that  they  had  to  be  sent  to 
hospitals  or  private  homes  to  be  cared  for,  and  many  of  them 
were  never  able  for  service  again  during  the  remaining 
months  of  the  war.  I  can  truthfully  say  that  if  General  But- 
ler or  any  of  his  division  were  present  at  the  burning  of  the 
Broad  River  bridge  or  had  anything  to  do  with  it  then  1 
never  saw  them  nor  heard  before  of  their  being  there  or 
taking  any  part  in  it.  1  believe  I  can  substantiate  this  state- 
ment to-day  by  a  number  of  soldiers  now  living  in  Kentucky 
and  who  personally  bore  an  active  part  in  the  affair  at  the 
I'.i  i   nl  River  bridge. 

I  saw  General  Butler  on  February  14  late  in  the  evening 
when  he  made  a  reconnoissancc  in  front  of  our  outposts  on 
the  State  road.  I  saw  him  again  on  February  16  in  the  after- 
noon as  our  commands  fell  back  to  Columbia  after  the  battle 
of  Congaree  Creek;  but  I  never  saw  him  at  the  Broad  River 
bridge.  I  did  see  General  Wheeler  there  sitting  on  his  horse 
at  the  east  end  of  the  burning  bridge  as  we  emerged  from 
the  smoke  and  flames.  The  bridge  was  fired  by  General 
Wheeler's  men  and  evidently  by  his  order,  as  the  bridge  had 
been  prepared  for  burning  in  anticipation  of  our  defeat  by 
Sherman,  which  was  a  foregone  conclusion.  General  Wheeler 
was  present  when  it  was  fired  and  says  that  he  passed  through 
the  bridge  after  it  bad  been  set  on  fire.  (See  biographical 
sketch  of  W.  T.  Ellis  in  "History  of  1st  Kentucky  Brigade," 
by  Ed  Porter  Thompson, )  General  Wheeler  must  have 
passed  through  the  bridge  soon  after  it  was  fired,  be- 
cause he  was  sitting  on  his  horse  at  the  east  end  of  the  bridge, 
as  above  stated,  when  we  of  the  rear  guard,  or  rather  of  the 
delayed  detachment,  came  oul  of  the  burning  structure.  It 
is  apparent  that  General  Wheeler  and  his  rear  guard  did  not 
know  that  we  were  still  behind  when  they  applied  the  torch. 
'Ibis  rear  detachment  halted  and  made  a  stand  on  the  hill 
about  one  hundred  yards  or  more  from  the  bridge,  voluntarily. 
without  any  orders,  and  the  fault  in  our  being  overlooked 
and  i.ot  notified  that  the  bridge  was  about  to  be  fired  was 
partly  ours.  Thirty  men  or  more  of  the  Kentucky  Brigade 
(and  there  may  have  been  some  from  among  the  Tennes- 
Seeans,  though  I  did  not  sei  anj  of  them)  came  very  nearly 
being  burned  alive.  The  gth  Kentucky  Cavalry  had  not  less 
than  ten  men  burned,  some  badly,  and  I  could  give  the  name 
and  company  of  each. 

I  do  not  at  all  doubt  that  Mr,  Saussy  is  sincere  in  his 
statements  in  regard  to  this  affair,  but  I  am  sure  he  is  mis- 
taken.     He  was  not  present  and  has  been  misinformed. 

As  I  have  previously  stated,  the  conflicts  between  General 
Sherman's  army  and  Wheeler's  Cavalry  in  defense  of  the  city 
of  Columbia  occurred  upon  three  distinct  days  and  at  three 
different  points.  The  Inst  battle  occurred  on  the  morning  of 
February  15,  1S05,  at  and  in  front  of  Congaree  Creek,  about 
five  miles  from  the  city  on  the  State  road  The  second  oc- 
curred on  the  afternoon  of  the  16th  of  February  in  the  tri- 
angular space  between  the  Saluda  and  Broad  Rivers,  formed 
by  the  junction  of  these  rivers,  and  included  the  burning  of 
the  Broad  River  Bridge,  which  was  burned  late  that  afternoon. 
The  third  conflict  was  a  skirmish  with  Sherman's  advance 
I  ifter  it  had  forced  a  crossing  over  Broad  River  on  the 
morning  of  February  17  and  took  place  between  the  Broad 
River  and   the  city  as   Sherman  advanced   to  take  possession 


of  the  place.  A  short  account  of  these  engagements  in  the 
order  in  which  they  occurred  will  lead  to  a  clearer  under- 
standing of  the  defense  of  Columbia. 

The  battle  at  Congaree  Creek,  which  occurred  on  the  morn- 
ing of  February  15.  was  brought  about  in  this  way:  On  the 
night  of  the  14th  of  February,  1865,  Dibrell's  Division  of 
Wheeler's  Corps  went  into  camp  on  the  State  road  about 
eight  miles  from  Columbia,  with  General  Sherman  in  their 
front  and  the  doomed  city  in  their  rear.  On  the  morning 
of  the  15th  at  an  early  hour  General  Wood's  division  of 
Logan's  Corps  of  Sherman's  army  moved  forward  toward 
the  city,  engaging  our  outposts  hotly.  Without  waiting  to 
complete  even  our  scanty  breakfast,  which  we  were  preparing 
when  the  firing  began,  we  were  ordered  to  move  out  of  camp 
rapidly  on  foot  by  companies,'  not  waiting  for  the  entire 
regiment  to  form.  We  went  to  the  front  at  double-quick, 
going  into  line  of  battle  on  the  edge  of  a  wood  confronted  by 
a  cornfield  through  which  Wood's  Division  of  Logan's  Corps 
advanced.  They  came  in  a  heavy  line  of  battle  with  skir- 
mishers thrown  out.  The  conflict  became  at  once  stubborn 
and  sharp.  Our  men  took  shelter  as  best  they  could  and  re- 
fused to  be  driven.  They  held  their  ground  firmly  until 
overwhelming  numbers  forced  them  to  retire.  Our  loss  in 
killed  and  wounded  here  must  have  been  quite  heavy.  I  re- 
call that  Colonel  Breckinridge's  acting  adjutant  general,  James 
W.  Stoner,  was  mortally  wounded;  his  aid.  Lieutenant  Hill, 
was  seriously  wounded,  and  never  again  was  able  for  service. 
The  Yankees  with  their  superior  numbers  drove  us  steadily 
back  for  about  one  and  a  half  miles,  when  we  again  went 
into  line  of  battle  at  the  bridge  over  Congaree  Creek,  about 
five  miles  from  the  city  of  Columbia. 

We  reached  this  point  probably  by  o  a.m.  of  the  15th. 
Here  the  fight  was  renewed,  our  troops  occupying  temporary 
breastworks  of  logs  and  rails.  Our  line  of  battle  was  about 
half  a  mile  long,  running  parallel  with  Congaree  Creek,  and 
about  fifty  yards  from  the  creek.  The  center  of  our  line  of 
battle  was  the  bridge  over  that  creek.  This  line  of  battle 
was  formed  alone  by  men  of  Wheeler's  Corps  and  was  com- 
posed alone  of  Dibrell's  Division,  as  I  remember.  Artillery 
was  used  on  both  sides  freely.  The  conflict  was  carried  on 
with  great  determination.  Our  lines  held  their  ground 
until  about  2:30  in  the  afternoon,  when  the  Yankees  suc- 
ceeded in  turning  our  right  and  crossed  with  pontoons  over 
the  Congaree  above  us.  This  forced  us  to  fall  back  across 
the  creek  under  a  heavy  artillery  fire  directed  at  the  bridge. 

In  retiring  we  endeavored  to  burn  the  bridge,  but  its  tim- 
bers were  so  wet  and  covered  with  mud  that  we  found  it 
impossible  to  do  so.  We  occupied  for  a  short  time  some 
earthworks  which  had  been  constructed  on  the  north  side  of 
the  Congaree ;  but  these  works  were  untenable,  as  they  were 
enfiladed  by  General  Wood's  troops,  who  had  reached  the 
Congaree  above  our  right.  We  now  abandoned  these  works, 
mounted  our  horses,  and  fell  back  in  the  direction  of  Colum- 
bia. Dibrell's  Division  was  really  mounted  infantry;  we 
rarely  fought  mounted.  We  were  armed  with  Enfield  and 
Springfield   rifles  and  navy  revolvers. 

Vs  we  fell  back  slowdy  in  front  of  Sherman's  advancing 
army  we  witnessed  on  the  clear  plain  between  Congaree 
and  Columbia  one  of  the  grandest  pageants  of  arms 
that  it  was  my  privilege  ever  to  see.  Several  thousand  men 
of  Sherman's  army  advanced  over  this  plain  in  line  of  battle, 
artillery  thrown  out  in  front,  with  long  lines  of  skirmishers 
in  front  of  the  artillery,  and  bands  were  playing  and  flags 
flying.     It  was  a  scene  so  impressive  as  never  to  be  forgotten. 


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"\\"li il e  Dihrell  was  lighting  Sherman  at  Congaree  Creek  Gen- 
eral Wheeler  with  the  other  divisions  of  his  corps  was  at- 
tacking Sherman's  army  in  flank. 

This  ended  the  first  day  in  defense  of  Columbia  by  Dib- 
rell's  Division  of  Wheeler's  Cavalry  Corps.  That  night 
our  division  crossed  Congaree  River  into  Columbia.  We 
marched  through  Columbia,  crossed  the  Broad  River  bridge, 
and  went  into  camp  about  one  mile  from  the  bridge  on  the 
Atlanta  road,  I  believe.  Here  we  remained  in  camp  until 
about  two  o'clock  on  February  16,  1865.  when  we  were  put 
in  motion  to  meet  General  Sherman's  army  advancing  on  the 
Broad  River  bridge,  he  having  crossed  the  Saluda,  although 
opposed  by  General  Wheeler's  men,  on  the  night  of  the  15th 
and  the  morning  of  the  16th  of  February. 

It  must  be  remembered  that  Columbia  is  situated  on  the 
Congaree  River,  the  Saluda  and  the  Broad  Rivers  uniting 
just  above  Columbia  to  form  the  Congaree.  Now  General 
Sherman  did  not  advance  on  Columbia  in  its  front  across 
the  Congaree.  but  turned  around  the  city,  and  marching 
somewhat  west  he  forced  a  crossing  over  the  Saluda  above 
the  junction  with  the  Broad  River.  He  then  marched  across 
from  the  Saluda  to  the  Broad  River  bridge,  which  we  burned 
lo  prevent  his  getting  possession  of  it.  He  then  on  the  night 
of  the  16th  forced  the  crossing  of  the  Broad  River  below  the 
burned  bridge,  marching  into  Columbia  early  on  the  17th 
of  February.  The  city  was  perhaps  a  mile  away.  About 
two  o'clock  on  the  16th  we  were  hastily  mounted  and  marched 
to  a  point  near  the  Broad  River  bridge.  We  were  here  dis- 
mounted and  sent  on  foot  down  into  the  triangle  formed  by 
the  junction  of  the  Saluda  and  the  Broad  Rivers  and  placed 
in  line  of  battle  to  meet  General  Sherman's  forces,  who  were 
advancing  to  their  objective  point,  the  bridge  over  Broad 
River.  Their  aim  evidently  was  to  surprise  us  and  capture 
the  bridge  by  their  heavy  forces  advancing  rapidly  on  the 
position. 

The  Kentucky  Brigade  was  placed  in  line  of  battle  a  full 
half  mile  from  the  Iridge  on  the  extreme  left  of  Dibrell's 
Division.  Howard's  Corps  advanced  upon  us  in  heavy  force 
and  the  fighting  was  getting  pretty  active,  when  a  courier 
came  very  hurriedly,  ordering  us  to  retire  before  the  ad- 
vancing enemy  and  to  return  to  the  Broad  River  bridge  just 
as  quickly  as  possible,  as  the  left  of  Howard's  advance  was 
now  close  to  it  and  would  cut  of?  our  only  means  of  escape. 
Heavy  firing  near  the  bridge  told  us  more  forcibly  than 
words  that  we  were  in  great  danger  of  capture.  We  at  once 
made  for  the  bridge  as  fast  as  our  legs  would  carry  us,  and 
we  went  in  considerable  disorder.  Those  of  us  who  were  on 
the  extreme  left  retreated  right  up  the  bank  of  the  Broad 
River,  and  encountered  a  good  deal  of  rough  and  hilly  ground 
over  which  we  had  to  march ;  hence  we  were  very  much  de- 
layed in  reaching  the  bridge.  The  right  of  our  brigade  and 
those  who  moved  more  rapidly  had  already  arrived  at  the 
bridge  before  we  did  and  passed  over. 

When  our  delayed  detachment,  composed  of  men  from  the 
extreme  left  of  the  line  of  battle,  came  in  view  of  the  bridge, 
to  our  astonishment  there  was  considerable  confusion  at 
the  entrance  of  the  bridge,  and  men  and  horses  commingled 
were  being  passed,  rapidly  through.  The  advance  of  the 
enemy  was  only  a  few  hundred  yards  away  and  was  firing 
upon  our  retreating  men.  This  delayed  detachment  at  once 
took  in  the  situation  and  constituted  themselves  into  a  r;ar 
guard,  and  without  orders  took  possession  of  a  high  hill  about 
one  hundred  yards  from  the  bridge  on  the  left  of  the  road 
as  we  faced  the  enemy  and  opened  fire  on  the  enemy  in  our 


front.  We  at  once  saw  that  it  was  hopeless  to  try  to  pass 
the  bridge  while  it  was  so  jammed.  This  rear  guard  was 
composed  of  a  few  men  and  officers  from  all  the  regiments  of 
the  Kentucky  Brigade  and  were  under  the  command  of  no 
particular  officer.  General  Wheeler,  I  am  sure,  did  not  know 
we  were  in  the  rear,  and  hence  the  trouble  arose  in  regard 
to  notifying  us  that  the  bridge  had  been  fired.  I  suppose  we 
held  this  position  on  the  hill  ten  or  fifteen  minutes,  when 
we  noticed  dark  clouds  of  smoke  issuing  from  the  top  of  the 
bridge  and  from  the  entrance.  The  bridge  was  perhaps  four 
hundred  feet  long,  was  built  of  pine,  weatherboarded  on  the 
sides,  making  it  a  closed  bridge  from  end  to  end.  The  bridge 
was  divided  through  the  middle,  thus  making  a  double  pass- 
way.  We  fully  expected  that  some  one  wo  Id  notify  us 
when  the  bridge  was  fired :  hence  we  lingered  in  its  defense 
longer  than  we  should  have  done.  But  no  one  appeared  to 
give  us  notice  because  they  evidently  were  n  it  aware  that 
there  were  any  soldiers  still  on  that  side  of  the  river  The 
increasing  smoke  and  evidence  of  fire  at  the  bridge  convinced 
us  that  longer  delay  would  be  fatal ;  so  without  waiting  for 
orders  we  started  on  a  run  for  the  bridge.  Every  man  seemed 
to  feel  that  the  time  had  come  when  his  salvation  depended 
on  his  own  personal  effort  and  that  he  could  not  help  his 
comrade  by  delay.  We  rushed  down  to  the  entrance,  saw  the 
situation,  and  began  a  wild  rush  for  life  through  the  fired 
bridge. 

It  has  been  stated  that  the  bridge  was  fired  all  the  way 
through  and  that  the  men  rushed  through  this  fiery  furnace. 
This  is  a  mistake.  If  such  had  been  the  case,  no  living  mor- 
tal could  have  passed  through  the  ordeal  alive.  The  bridge 
was  fired  in  both,  passways ;  fired  from  the  west  end,  the 
end  from  which  we  entered  it.  again  about  twenty  steps 
farther  on,  then  again  about  halfway  the  length  of  the  bridge. 
There  was  no  fire  from  the  center  of  the  bridge  to  the  eastern 
end  or  outlet  on  the  Columbia  side.  But  these  fires  were 
about  fifteen  feet  wide,  and  were  rapidly  enveloping  the  en- 
tire bridge  both  on  top  and  sides.  The  air  was  superheated 
and  the  smoke  was  dense  and  stifling,  making  a  fearful  place 
through  which  to  run  the  gantlet  for  life.  If  we  had  hesitated 
for  a  moment  at  the  end  of  the  bridge  or  realized  the  danger 
before  entering  the  fire,  I  doubt  if  any  of  us  would  have  at- 
tempted it.  I  remember  distinctly  that  when  starting  I  pulled 
my  hat  down  over  my  face,  grasped  the  cylinder  of  my  navy 
pistol  with  my  hand,  and  rushed  through  the  first  conflagra- 
tion at  the  west  end  of  the  bridge.  I  was  horror-stricken 
to  see  another  blaze  just  as  bad  a  short  distance  ahead  of  me. 
I  involuntarily  shuddered  and  shrank  and  felt  an  impulse  to 
retreat ;  but  in  a  moment  recovered  my  nerve  and  dashed 
into  the  next  fire,  hoping  this  would  be  the  last.  When  I 
went  through  this  fire,  I  felt  as  if  I  were  almost  burned  up 
and  as  if  my  eyes  were  blistered.  When  I  saw  still  another 
conflagration  ahead  of  me,  I  summoned  my  strength  and 
courage  and  rushed  with  all  possible  speed  for  my  lite. 
As  I  went  cut  of  this  fire  I  fell  flat  over  some  one  who  had 
stumbled  and  fallen.  I  arose  to  my  feet  and  ran  for  quite  a 
distance  and  found  that  I  was  still  in  blinding  smoke  and 
hot  air.  I  pushed  on  through  this,  hardly  seeing  anything, 
but  feeling  an  impulse  to  push  for  daylight,  which  I  finally 
reached,  almost  overcome  with  heat  and  suffocated  with 
smoke.  My  hands  and  face  and  ears  were  blistered,  my 
hat  jnd  clothing  were  scorched,  and  my  brow  and  eyes  felt 
as  if  they  were  on  fire. 

As  I  emerged  from  the  bridge  the  first  men  I  saw  were 
General   Wheeler   and   Colonel    Breckinridge   sitting  on   their 


Qopfederat^  l/eterat}. 


4<r> 


horses  peering  anxiously  into  the  smoke  of  the  bridge,  from 
which  the  men  were  emerging  at  short  intervals.  The  first 
thing  Colonel  Breckinridge  said  to  me  was:  "Are  there  any 
more  men  behind  you?"  I  answered:  "Yes,  Colonel;  but  I 
do  not  believe  any  living  mortal  can  pass  through  those 
flames  after  me  and  live."  But  as  I  spoke  here  came  another 
run  of  men  who  were  behind  me  nearly  burned  up.  Tt  was 
pitiable  to  see  these  men,  some  with  the  skin  burned  entirely 
off  their  bands  and  necks  and  faces,  clothes  scorched,  eyelids 
blistered.  Many  of  them,  as  stated,  had  to  be  sent  to  the 
hospitals  or  to  private  houses  out  in  the  country  where  thej 
could  be  cared  for.  A  few  of  them  were  never  able  for  serv- 
ice again  before  the  war  closed,  and  many  of  them  wore  scars 
to  their  death.  No  description  of  that  terrible  rush  through 
those  flames  can  do  it  justice.  It  is  simply  a  marvel  that  we 
were  not  all  cremated  alive.  One  lived  a  lifetime  in  the  few 
minutes  which  transpired  in  passing  through  that  fiery  ex- 
panse. The  bridge  was  consumed  entirely  in  a  half  hour  and 
fell  into  the  river.  The  burning  of  this  bridge  occurred  about 
4  p.m.  Our  men  were  very  soon  compelled  to  fall  back  from 
the  bank  of  the  river,  a^  the  Yankees  kept  up  a  fire  of  small 
arms  across  the  stream 

During  the  night  of  the  16th  General  Sherman's  advance 
crossed  in  boats  to  an  island  in  the  Broad  River.  A  pont  k  n 
bridge  was  made  to  the  island.  Early  the  next  morning  they 
crossed  to  the  mainland  on  the  Columbia  side  of  the  river 
under  cover  of  their  artillery  By  eight  o'clock  they  began 
their  march  for  the  city  of  Columbia,  a  mile  or  so  away. 
Williams's  Kentucky  Brigade  formed  a  line  of  mounted  skir- 
mishers in  front  of  Sherman's  advancing  lines,  and  we  fell 
back  slowly  to  the  city  limits.  A  man  in  our  line  of  skir- 
mishers was  killed  just  outside  the  city  limits  and  was  left 
there 

.lust  beyond  the  city  limits  we  met  the  Mayor  with  a  white 
flag,  accompanied  by  a  deputation  of  citizens,  going  out  to 
meet  the  advancing  foe  with  the  purpose  of  surrendering  the 
city.  Near  the  city  limits  our  brigade  turned  to  the  left  and 
took  up  our  line  of  march  on  the  Winnsboro  road,  moving 
out  of  the  range  of  the  enemy.  Lieut.  Milton  Overly,  of 
the  9th  Kentucky  Cavalry,  commanding  the  rear  guard, 
passed  out  through  the  city,  clearing  it  of  straggling  Confed- 
erate soldiers,  and  joined  us  later  That  night  we.  having 
learned  of  the  burning  of  Columbia  during  the  day,  sent 
scouts  back  into  the  city  to  learn  the  fate  of  our  wounded 
who  were  left  in  the  hospitals  there.  Fortunately  the  hospital 
in  which  they  were  placed  escaped  the  flames,  though  it  was 
very  much  endangered,  and  the  wounded  men  were  ordered 
out   of  the   building. 

In  closing  what  I  have  written  in  regard  to  the  defense 
of  Columbia,  I  desire  to  saj  thai  no  comrade  can  have  a 
higher  respect  for  Gen.  M.  0.  Butler  and  bis  heroic  soldiers 
than  I.  As  a  part  of  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  they 
won  imperishable  renown;  and  if  opportunity  bail  been  af- 
forded  them   of   meeting   General    Sherman's   army   before   the 

of  Columbia,  without  doubt  they  would  have  given 
gimd  account  of  themselves;  and  I  will  further  add  that  it 
was  in,  fault  of  theirs  that  ih<  \  were  not  at  the  forefront  in 
the  defense  of  the  city,  but   such   was  not  the  case 

B)    the    fortunes   of   war   it    fell   to   the   lot   of  other  no    less 
Soldiers  belonging  to  the   Army  of  Tennessee  t  I  occupy 
that  position.     I  shall  ever  be  proud  that  the  Kentucky   Bri 
gade  was  of  the  In  ops  chosen    for   that  purpose,   anil    we   were 
but  t""  glad  i if  tin    oppi ir t unity  of  striking  a  blow  at  our  Com 
Hum  enemy  in  defensi   of  thi   capital  of  Smith  Carolina.     \ml 


I  am  quite  sure  when  Mr.  Saussy  shall  have  known  the  facts 
he  will  not  for  one  moment  claim  for  his  division  honors 
which   rightly   belong   to   Others 

[The  foregoing  is  of  such  length  that  other  protests  have 
necessarilj   been  abridged  — Editor  Veteran.] 

BURNING  OF  COLUMBIA. 
A  contributor  from  Chester,  S  t'  :  "In  the  July  Veteran 
1  notice  that  Mr.  Il<  ratio  C.  King,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  V.,  says 
Sherman  did  not  burn  Columbia;  that  the  conflagration  was 
caused  by  the  Confederate  cavalry  under  Wade  Hampton  set- 
ting   Ine    In   the    depots    1    bales    ol    cotton   in    the   street-.      If 

tins  statement  he  true.  1  should  like  for  Mr  King  to  inform 
us  if  this  same  cotton  burning  in  the  streets  of  Columbia 
fired  anil  burned  the  towns  of  Winnsboro,  Blackstock.  Cam- 
den, and  all  of  the  private  residences  along  Sherman's  entire 
mishers  was  killed  just  outside  the  city  limits  and  was  left 
bia,  and  don't  you  forget  it  " 

!•'..  T.  Basye  Writes  from  Si  mtle,  Wash 
I  wish  to  call  attention  to  an  article,  "The  Burning  of  Co- 
lumbia." 1>\  Horatio  C  King,  of  Brooklyn,  in  July  \"i  iikan. 
Mr.  Kit1"  takes  exception  in  the  lines  on  the  monument  to 
John  C.  Calhoun  at  Charleston,  setting  forth  the  fact  that 
Sherman  burned  Columbia,  and  says:  "Sherman  did  not  burn 
Columbia.  I  be  conflagration  was  caused  by  the  Confederate 
cavalry  under  Wade  Hampton  setting  fire  to  the  depots  and 
the  bales  ,  f  cotton  in  the  streets."  He  informs  us  that  "the 
whole   matter   was   adjudicated    bj    a    mixed   commission    on 

American  and   British  claims   in  the  case  of  Wood  &    Hyworth 

vs.  the  United  State-."  etc.,  and  that  "the  commission  was 
composed  "i  Count  Conti,  of  Italy,  the  Hon.  Russell  Gurney, 
M.  P..  of  London,  and  the  Hon    James  S.  Fraser.  of  Indiana." 

Mr.  King  concludes  as  follow-     "And  yet  in  spite  of  this   ad 
verse    judicial    decision    by    two    foreign    umpires    of   great    dis- 
tinction, concurred  in  by  an   American  umpire  of  note,  a  ma- 
jority of  the  Southern  people  still  persist   in  believing  that   our 
troops   burned   the  city,      The   error   should   be   corrected." 

While  Wade  Hampton  maj  have  burned  cotton  belonging 
to    British    subject-    to    prevent    it    from    falling   into   the   hands 

of  the  enemy,  "the  majority   of  Southern  people"  know  that 
that  disgrace  t..   Northern  soldiery  under  Sherman   did  burn 
Columbia,  as  he  himself  admits      Read  on  page  287  ol   Vol 
time    II.   "Sherman's    Memoirs:"   "In   my   official    report   ot    the 
conflagration     of    Columbia     I     distinctly    charged     it     to    Gen. 

Wade  Hampton,  and  confess  I  did  so  pointedly  to  shake  the 

faith    of   his    people    in    him."      He    "confessed"    the    lie   after    it 

had  been  so  thoroughlj   impressed  upon  the  Northern  people 

that    some   of  them   are   still   using    it 

I  write  to  you  on  this  subject  because  the  article  by  Mr 
King  was  published  without  editorial  comment,  which  might 
lead  one  to  believe  the  Veteran  give-  u  its  indorsement. 


Diamond-Sti  nut  n  Gold   Medal  for    \   Confederate     Maj 

B  M.  Hord.  of  Nashville,  who  had  much  care  and  respon- 
sibility 111  raising  supplemental  funds  to  complete  the  private 
soldiers'  monument  at  Nashville,  was  surprised  and  gratified 
at  a  subsequent  meeting  of  the  Frank  Cheatham  Bivouac  and 
1  amp  in  being  presented  with  a  handsome  diamond-studded 
gold  medal  by  th<  organi  ation.  The  presentation  was  made 
bv    Mr    Hamilton  Parks,  an  active  and  useful  member 


The    Missouri    State    Reunion    for    1909   is    to    be    held    in 
Mexico    September   28,    29,    1909. 


466 


^oofederat^  i/eterai; 


WHAT  IF   THE  CONFEDERACY  HAD   SUCCEEDED? 
Rev.  J.   H.   McNeilly.  D.D.,  of   Nashville,  was  one  of  the 

"fighting"  parsons  of  the  war,  and  he  holds  close  to  his 
heart  the  needs,  deeds,  and  customs  of  his  beloved  Southland. 
He  has  written  a  very  careful  article  on  the  subject  of  what 
would  have  been  the  resultant  effect  of  the  South  succeed- 
ing in  its  fight  for  independence.  Demagogues  in  politics  claim 
to  their  Northern  auditors  that  the  South  has  attained  pros- 
perity only  through  defeat ;  that  success  would  have  meant 
only  defeat  in  another  form — loss  of  prosperity.  Some 
pour  libations  to  the  god  of  mammon  and  political  advance- 
ment by  saying  that  the  most  advanced  thinkers  of  the  South 
are  fast  becoming  converts  to  this  idea. 

Dr.  McNeilly  demurs  to  the  claim  that  defeat  is  advan- 
tageous to  the  South.  He  admits,  of  course,  "that  they  ac- 
cepted defeat  with  manly  fortitude  and  patient  resignation 
to  divine  will ;"  but  he  has  never  felt  it  was  best  that  they 
failed.  He  divides  the  reasons  the  demagogues  give  for  such 
assertions  under  three  heads :  The  abolition  of  slavery,  the 
overthrow  of  the  doctrine  of  State  rights,  and  the  material 
increase  of  prosperity  in  the  South. 

Dr.  McNeilly  with  logical  arguments  has  taken  each  of 
these  heads  in  turn  and  shows  with  clean-cut  words  the  fallacy 
of  each.  He  shows  why  the  negro  of  to-day  is  not  as  far 
advanced  morally  as  his  slave  ancestor,  and  how  the  care- 
free days,  when  the  master  was  responsible  for  the  negro's 
physical  well-being,  were  ahead  of  this  time  as  far  as  the 
prosperity  of  the  negroes  is  concerned.  He  shows  what  the 
failure  to  establish  State  rights  is,  how  the  power  is  taken 
f i  jm  the  individual  State  and  placed  in  the  hands  of  the 
government,  and  in  case  of  a  suit  between  State  and  govern- 
ment the  Supreme  Court  would  have  power  to  decide  the 
question  and  the  State  be  helpless  to  resist. 

Dr.  McNeilly  also  shows  very  clearly  how  the  refusal  to 
accept  State  rights  and  the  war  that  followed  this  refusal 
are  in  direct  contradiction  to  the  Declaration  of  Independence 
as  established  by  our  forefathers.  He  says :  "If  there  is  ■ 
anything  true  beyond  question,  it  is  that  the  founders  of  this 
republic  and  the  authors  of  the  Constitution  intended  to 
strictly  limit  the  powers  of  the  central  government  and  to 
guard  most  carefully  the  rights  of  the  States.  The  govern- 
ment was  only  to  exercise  such  powers  as  were  granted  by 
the  States."  But  the  failure  of  State  rights  makes  the  power 
almost  supreme.  Dr.  McNeilly  treats  very  carefully  the 
question  of  the  influx  of  prosperity  claimed  by  demagogues 
to  be  the  result  of  the  failure  to  establish  the  Confederacy. 
He  shows  statistically  that  the  Southern  increase  is  from  the 
inner  force  in  the  States  themselves  and  not  from  any  outer 
assistance  through  government  help. 

Comrade  McNeilly  says:  "This  may  well  make  us  hesi- 
tate to  say  that  this  wealth  is  recompense  sufficient  to  repay 
the  cost  of  preserving  the  Union.  I  confess  that  to  my  mind 
no  amount  of  material  prosperity  can  justify  the  methods 
by  which  the  jiegroes  were  freed.  The  States  were  deprived 
of  their  rights,  and  the  whole  nature  of  our  government  was 
changed  from  a  republic  to  a  centralized  nation,  a  prize  for 
contending  factions.  I  do  not  say  that  the  evils  that  have 
come  to  the  South  as  the  results  of  our  defeat  have  reached 
their  full  development  nor  that  they  are  irremediable.  The 
main  body  of  our  people,  rich  or  poor,  are  honestly  seeking 
to  make  the  United  States  a  great  nation.  1  do  not  refute 
this.  I  am  only  pointing  out  the  dangers  that  threaten  this 
noble  endeavor,  dangers  which  I  believe  are  the  legitimate 
outcome  of  a  war  which  violated  the  fundamental  principles 


of  our  government,  and  a  victory  which  enthroned  brute  force 
above  right  and  justice — a  victory  for  which  I  for  one  am 
not  called  on  to  be  thankful.  I  believe  if  the  Confederate 
States  had  succeeded  the  result  would  have  been  to  accom- 
plish all  the  benefits  the  Union  forces  fought  for.  but  without 
the  attendant  evils  that  are  now  upon  us !  It  is  legitimate  to 
inquire,  in  view  of  the  facts  in  the  case,  what  would  have 
been  the  result  upon  our  condition  and  our  institutions  if 
the  Confederate  States  had  established  their  independence. 
I  can  only  give  my  opinion.  There  would  have  certainly 
been  the  emancipation  of  the  slaves.  First,  the  sentiment  of 
the  civilized  world  was  opposed  to  slavery;  and  though  our 
system  was  misunderstood,  yet  no  nation  can  hold  out  against 
a  universal  moral  sentiment.  Second,  there  was  a  feeling  all 
through  the  South  favorable  to  emancipation  as  soon  as  it 
could  be  done  without  danger.  If  the  abolitionist  propaganda 
had  not  aroused  opposition  by  its  bitterness  and  misrepresenta- 
tions, the  border  States  would  have  brought  about  the  free- 
dom of  the  slaves  several  years  before  the  war.  Third,  the 
conduct  of  the  slaves  during  the  war  entitled  them  to  freedom, 
and  all  the  South  thought  so.  General  Lee  freed  his  slaves 
in  1863,  and  all  the  other  slave  owners  would  have  followed, 
and  the  freeing  would  have  been  brought  about  in  such  a 
way  as  to  have  avoided  the  evils  that  have  resulted  from 
emancipation.  The  slave  would  not  have  been  given  the 
right  of  franchise,  for  which  he  was  not  fitted.  He  would 
have  been  given  liberty,  however,  and  the  right  to  develop 
the  best  that  was  in  him,  and  he  would  have  received  the 
hearty  help  of  every  Southern  white  man.  There  would  have 
been  a  treaty  of  amity  between  the  sections,  offensive  and 
defensive.  This  treaty,  in  spite  of  the  bitterness  engendered 
by  the  war,  would  have  been  necessary  to  the  common  in- 
terests of  the  two  sections,  as  the  corn  of  the  Northwest  and 
the  cotton  of  the  South  were  each  a  necessity  to  the  other. 
This  treaty  of  amnesty  would  have  prevented  any  need  of 
a  long  line  of  forts  to  guard  our  border,  which  is  one  of  the 
needs  the  demagogues  contend  would  have  arisen  if  the  South 
had  succeeded.  There  would  ultimately  have  been  a  restora- 
tion of  the  Union  on  well-defined  lines  that  could  leave  no 
ground  for  a  misunderstanding  as  to  the  sphere  of  the  Fed- 
eral and  State  authority.  State  rights  would  have  been  well 
guarded.  The  only  republic  possible  to  be  efficient  in  so  wide 
and  diverse  a  territory  as  ours  would  have  been  assured — 
that  is,  a  federated  republic  with  State  sovereignty  coordi- 
nate with  Federal  sovereignty — and  the  questions  that  are  con- 
stantly occurring  between  State  and  government  which  lead 
to  bickering  would  have  been  eliminated  and  the  limits  of 
the  two  sovereignties  well  established.  Instead  of  State 
sovereignty  being  a  disintegrating  factor,  it  would  have  been 
the  strongest  safeguard  to  liberty,  as  John  C.  Calhoun  re- 
garded it,  for  the  tendency  to  usurpation  of  rights  by  the 
Federal  government  would  have  been  checked  by  the  fact 
that  a  State  could  withdraw.  The  new  Union  would  have 
been  the  Union  as  our  fathers  :ntended  it  to  be.  The  new 
Union  would  have  so  safeguarded  the  taxing  powers  of  the 
Federal  government  that  it  would  not  have  been  possible  for 
its  tariffs  to  build  up  one  section  at  the  expense  of  another. 
I  believe  that  if  we  had  won  in  our  struggle  some  of  the 
most  difficult  and  dangerous  problems  confronting  us  now 
would  have  been  set  right.  The  race  problem,  that  of  labor 
and  capital,  the  social  relations  involving  marriage,  woman's 
suffrage,  public  education,  and  government  of  the  people,  by 
the  people,  and  for  the  people,  would  have  been  settled  on 
this  continent   forever." 


Qopfederat^  l/eteraq 


467 


AFTER  THE  SURRENDER  AT  APPOMATTOX. 

BY    I.    G.    BKADWELL,    BRANTLEY,   ALA. 

I  was  .1  member  of  General  Gordon's  Georgia  brigade  and  re- 
late only  that  which  came  tinder  my  observation  and  in  which 
1  took  part.  The  night  before  l.ee's  surrender  we  bivouacked 
in  a  wooded  place  after  a  hard  day's  travel  and  continued  con- 
flict with  the  enemy,  who  were  trying  to  cut  us  off  in  front, 
while  pressing  us  hard  both  on  the  left  Rank  and  in  our  rear. 

Very  soon  the  camp  was  lit  up  by  hundreds  of  little  fires, 
and  for  some  reason  we  all  felt  a  relief  as  if  something  were 
about  to  happen.  Hungry  and  tired,  we  divested  ourselves  of 
our  aceouterments  and  were  soon  seated  around  our  camp 
fires.  Among  us  were  some  from  other  commands  who  had 
escaped,  their  regiments  having  hern  captured,  I  hese  were 
relating  their  experiences  of  the  inarch,  when  suddenly  in  the 
direction  of  the  courthouse  we  heard  the  sharp  rattle  of  small 
arms  and  the  boon)  of  cannon.  We  were  soon  on  the  road 
toward  the  battle.  The  night  was  dark,  but  our  men  seemed 
to  he  in  good  spirits  and  ready  for  any  duty  P.eforc  we 
reached  the  village  the  tiring  ceased,  and  we  found  the  place 
deserted  Several  pieces  of  artillery  were  standing  in  the 
Stri  i  I-  of  the  little  town.  Remaining  here  for  a  while  and  not 
seeing  the  enemy,  the  brigade  was  ordered  to  camp,  and  we 
remained  there  until  four  or  five  in  the  morning,  when  we 
were  again  marched  over  the  same  road  to  the  courthouse 
In  the  heavy  fog  we  could  see  only  the  outlines  of  an  ar- 
tillery  company  standing  at  their  guns.  Their  position  was 
jusl  i"  the  right  of  the  public  road  leading  south  and  almost 
in  the  edge  of  the  village.  Beyond  them  was  General  Rhodes's 
old  di\  ision  drawn  up  in  line  of  battle.  Our  line  extended 
from  tie  road  where  the  artillery  was  posted  to  the  left. 

The  battle  was  opened  that  morning  by  Rhodes's  men,  sup- 
ported by  the  battery  to  our  right.  The  infantry  advanced 
into  the  thick  fog.  and  soon  we  could  tell  by  the  Rebel  yell 
that  they  had  struck  the  enemy  and  were  driving  them  back, 
and  the  artillery  were  throwing  shells  into  the  enemy's  ranks. 
Our  brigade  was  ordered  forward,  and  advanced  two  or  three 
hundred  yards,  which  drew  the  fire  of  the  enemy.  We  im- 
mediately opened  upon  them  in  a  trot  and  advanced,  shooting 
ami  shouting  all  the  time,  as  was  our  custom.  Their  lines 
hi' ike  ami  they  abandoned  a  battery  which  our  men  captured 
and  turned  on  them.  The  guns  were  elevated  by  the  Yan- 
kcrs  when  they  abandoned  them,  so  that  the  shells  pa!  ed 
over  the  heads  of  the  fleeing  enemy  and  burst  far  in  their  rear 
nit  McReery,  of  Company  G.  31st  Georgia,  fired  the  last 
cannon  discharged  at  the  enemj  h>   Lie's  armj 

\l  this  moment,  when  we  had  captured  a  battery  ami  the 
enemy  in  our  front  was  fleeing,  orders  came  to  cease  tiring 
and  return  to  the  rear.  We  suspected  what  it  meant,  and 
si. me  1  if  our  brave  men  wept  as  we  marched  .back.  The  col- 
umn halted  1  moment  to  rest  when  we  saw  a  Federal  general 
'  1  1.  ler)  galloping  toward  us  mounted  on  a  lean  bay  horse, 
lie  sbook  a  red  handkerchief  as  he  approached  us  and  in- 
quired who  was  in  command  A  soldier  standing  with  tear? 
trickling  down  his  cheeks  threw  up  his  rifle  in  position  to 
shoot,  when  a  comrade  knocked  up  his  gun  and  said:  "No, 
John,  you  had  better  not;  may  be  General  l.ee  has  sur- 
red."  If  John  Thursby  had  fired  that  gun  that  morn- 
ing, Custer  would  never  have  fought  the  Indians  at  the  mas 
Bacn  on  the  Big  1  lorn. 

I  .11  toward  the  north  we  could  see  1,1  men  scattered  about, 
and  were  told  thai  General  I  ee  was  there  and  had  surrendered 

the    army.      Our    men    were    heartbroken       Some    of    the    nun 


resolved  to  make  their  escape  to  the  mountains,  where  they 
would  fight  or  force  the  enemy  to  better  terms.  So  in  the 
darkness  the  soldiers  took  the  regimental  colors  and  tore 
them  into  pieces  and  the  men  hid  pieces  in  their  bosoms  as 
a  memento 

General  Gordon  found  what  was  going  on  and  made  a  speech 
to  his  soldiers  and  advised  them  not  to  attempt  to  cut  their 
way  through,  hut  to  return  to  their  homes  and  take  up  the 
life  of  peaceable  citizens.  He  commended  them  for  their  bravery 
and  begged  them  not  to  ,1,,  anything  rash;  since  General  Lee 
had  surrendered,  it  might  cause  him  (Gordon)  trouble.  This 
last  remark  had  its  effect,  and  we  waited  to  be  paroled. 

We  had  had  little  to  eat  from  the  time  we  left  the  works  at 
Petersburg  until  now.  and  were  nearly  starved.  We  were  kept 
in  camp  five  days  surrounded  by  Yankees  and  not  allowed  to 
hunt  anything  to  cat.  The  next  day  after  the  surrender  Grant 
sent  us  two  pounds  of  fresh  beef.  This  was  all  we  had  to  eat 
while  we  were  at  Appomattox.  Finally  when  we  were  almost 
too  weak  to  stand  we  were  ordered  to  take  our  arms.  The 
brigade  was  inarched  to  the  public  road  and  formed  in  front 
of  a  long  line  of  Yankees.  Here  we  stood  for  some  time 
awaiting  orders.  At  first  the  enemy  looked  at  us  in  silence. 
but  after  a  while  began  to  curse  and  abuse  us.  Our  men  were 
too  hungry  to  have  much  spirit,  and  knew  they  were  not  in 
any  position  to  take  notice  of  this  vile  abuse.  In  rear  of 
tins  line  the  officers  sat  silently  on  their  horses  listening  to 
what  was  said.  Finally  a  major  could  stand  it  no  longer  and 
spoke  to  them  in  very  forcible  language  and  told  them  that 
they  were  cowards,  that  these  Confederate  soldiers  were  brave 
men,  and  that  if  they  had  been  as  brave  as  "these  ragged  men 
before  them  they  would  have  defeated  us  long  ago."  He 
wound  up  his  address  by  telling  them  that  if  he  beard  another 
one  curse  a  Confederate  soldier  he  would  strike  him  down 
with  his  sword.  Our  men  raised  a  genuine  Rebel  yell  for  the 
major 

Colonel  Lowe,  of  the  ,;is!  Georgia,  who  was  in  command  of 
the  brigade,  now  sp  ike  to  the  men  and  told  them  to  stack 
arms.  "Now,"  said  he,  "if  any  of  you  have  anything  that 
belongs  to  the  Confederacy,  put  it  on  the  stack  of  guns." 
Then  Captain  Walker,  our  efficient  commissary,  sitting  on 
bis  horse  in  the  rear  of  the  line,  told  the  men  to  follow 
him  and  Dr.  Butts,  our  regimental  surgeon,  to  wdiere  they 
eon  id  get  corn  meal  and  that  on  the  next  day  he  would 
take  them  to  where  they  could  gel  both  meal  and  meat.  We 
uiie  then  ordered  to  break  ranks. 

At  first  we  were  too  weak  to  go  more  than  a  few  hundred 
yards,  as  we  were  exhausted,  and  we  had  to  sit  down  and  rest: 
but  as  the  day  advanced  we  felt  better,  and  kept  in  sight  of 
our  officers,  who  led  us  to  a  mill.  Late  in  the  evening  they 
had  the  miller  to  start  the  mill.  I  had  a  new  frying  pan 
which  some  one  had  thrown  away  a  day  or  two  before  and 
a  tin  cup  and  spoon.  1  soon  had  my  cup  under  the  spout  and 
a  few  minutes  later  had  a  cake  of  bread  which  was  the  sweet- 
est morsel  1  ever  ate  My  frying  pan  did  duty  that  night  for 
man;  of  my  comrades.  Why  we  were  kept  at  Appomattox 
four  or  five  days  after  the  surrender  when  all  the  other  I  on- 
federates  were  gone  has  always  been  a  mystery  to  me. 


Dixit:    Da\     \i     Alaska-Yukon    Exposition.— Dixie    Day 

w.i,     appointed     with     elaborate     ceremonies     at     the     Alaska 
Yukon  Exposition   for  August   -'4.  with  Thomas  Nelson  Page 
and   Henry    Watterson   a,   guests  of  honor  and   with  elaborate 
plans  by  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  for  reception-,  etc. 


4(58 


C^opfederat^  Ueterap. 


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pr  |JHj?*St<d 

LOtfZ),  /.V  THY  KEEPING. 

Now  the  laborer's  task  is  o'er ; 

Now  the  battle  day  is  past; 
Now  upon  the  farther  shore 

Lands  the  voyager  at  last. 
Father,  in  Thy  gracious  keeping 
Leave  we  now  Thy  servant  sleeping. 

There  the  tears  of  earth  are  dried  ; 

There  its   hidden   things   are  clear ; 
There  the  work  of  life  is  tried 

By  a  juster  Judge  than  here. 
Father,  in  Thy  gracious  keeping 
Leave  we  now  Thy  servant  sleeping. 

There  the  penitents  that  turn 

To  the  cross  their  dying  eyes 
All  the  love  of  Jesus  learn 

At   his  feet  in   Paradise. 
Father,   in   Thy  gracious  keeping 
Mere  we  leave  Thy  servant  sleeping. 

"I  here  no  more  the  powers  of  hell 

Can  prevail  to  mar  their  peace; 
Christ  the  Lord  shall  guard  them  well, 

He  who  died  for  their  release. 
Father,  in  Thy  gracious  keeping 
Here  we  leave  Thy  servant  sleeping. 

Earth  to  earth,  and  dust  to  dust, 

Calmly  now  the  words  we  say ; 
Left  behind,  we  wait  in   trust 

For  the  resurrection  day. 
Father,  in  Thy  gracious  keeping 
Here  we  leave  Thy  servant  sleeping. 

Mat.  Z.  W.   Ewinc. 

Although  Maj.  Z.  W.  Ewing  had  been  in  failing  health  for 
the  last  two  years,  the  notice  of  his  death  in  Pulaski,  Tenn., 
August  9,  1909,  was  a  shock  to  his  friends,  who  are  found 
from  one  part  of  Tennessee  to  the  other.  He  was  in  his  sixty- 
sixth  year,  and  in  his  death  the  State  loses  one  of  her  most 
useful  and  influential  citizens.  He  was  a  lawyer  of  great 
ability,  and  his  whole  life  was  characterized  by  devotion  to 
bis  State  and  her  people  and  the  keeping  of  a  clean  legal  rec- 
ord that  had  never  a  spot  or  a  stain. 

lie  gave  up  the  active  practice  of  his  profession  when  his 
health  began  to  fail,  but  continued  in  his  trusteeship  of  the 
University  of  Tennessee  and  his  presidency  of  the  State 
Bivouac  of  Confederate  Veterans.  His  war  record  was  marked 
by  distinction  throughout.  He  enlisted  in  1861  in  the  17th 
Tennessee  Regiment,  under   Albert   S.   Marks,  was  appointed 


second  lieutenant,  and  rose  steadily  in  his  command  till  he 
was  captured  at  South  Petersburg  while  serving  under  Gen- 
eral Beauregard  and  was  carried  a  prisoner  to  Fort  Delaware. 

At  this  time  the  Federals  were  firing  on  Charlestown  in- 
discriminately, not  confining  their  cannonading  to  the  military 
portion.  The  Confederates,  in  order  to  protect  the  city,  placed 
a  number  of  Federal  prisoners  there,  feeling  sure  the  Yan- 
kees would  not  fire  where  their  men  would  be  injured.  The 
Federals  in  retaliation  took  six  hundred  prisoners  from  Fort 
Delaware,  among  whom  was  Major  Ewing,  and  placed  them 
where  they  were  directly  exposed  to  the  Confederate  guns. 
These  were  kept  there  three  months  half  starved  and  less  titan 
half  clad. 

After  the  war  Major  Ewing  returned  to  Pulaski  and  began 
the  practice  of  law,  soon  having  a  large  clientele.  He  was 
made  President  of  the  People's  National  Bank  and  was  elected 
to  the  State  Senate  by  a  large  majority.  Here  he  was  made 
Speaker,  and  his  ruling  that  a  man  should  be  counted  as  pres- 
ent who  did  not  answer  to  his  name  was  afterwards  accepted 
and  used  in  the  United  States  Senate,  Speaker  Reed  giving 
Major  Ewing's  ruling  as  his  precedent  in  his  own  ruling  on 
the  same  subject. 

Major  Ewing  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
and  had  charge  of  its  Sunday  school.  He  was  a  Mason  and 
Knight  of  Pythias  and  the  head  of  the  U.  C.  V.  of  the  State. 
He  leaves  a  wife,  a  daughter,  and  several  brothers  and  sisters. 

Rev.  J.  L.  Wilson,  D'.D. 

Died  in  Abbeville,  S.  C,  July  9,  1909,  in  the  seventy-first 
year  of  his  age,  Rev.  John  Lowrie  Wilson,  at  the  manse  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  he  had  been  the  beloved 
pastor  for  more  than  twenty-three  years.  He  was  a  man 
greatly  beloved  and  honored  by  all  who  knew  him,  of 
widely  extended  usefulness,  and  singularly  gifted  as  a  loving 
and  lovable  man,  a  true  and  sincere  Christian,  and  a  princely 
preacher  of  the  gospel. 

Born  at  Allahabad,  North  India,  on  the  banks  of  the  Ganges, 
as  the  son  of  missionary  parents,  he  was  brought  to  this  coun- 
try as  a  child  to  receive  his  education,  and  grew  up  under  its 
beneficent  influences.  When  duty  called,  he  responded  to  the 
summons  of  his  country  and  voluntered  in  her  service.  He 
was  living  in  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  at  the  time.  His  compay,  of 
which  he  was  made  one  of  the  lieutenants,  formed  part  of  the 
63d  Tennessee  (Grade's)  Brigade,  and  served  at  one  time 
under  Bragg  and  afterwards  in  Virginia  under  Gen.  Bushrod 
Johnson.  He  served  faithfully  and  efficiently  until  disabled 
by  the  loss  of  a  foot  in  a  battle  near  Drewrys  Bluff,  Va.,  in 
May,  1864.  In  the  same  battle  he  received  two  other  wounds, 
either  one  of  which  would  have  been  fatel  had  not  the  bullet 
in  both  instances  been  providentially  turned  aside.  But  God 
had  other  work  for  him  to  do  in  the  army  of  the  cross,  and 
for  forty  years  he  carried  aloft  with  unfaltering  zeal  and  cour- 
age "the  royal  banner"  which  under  him  never  "suffered  loss." 

He  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  as  well  as  most  beloved 
ministers  in  the  Synod  of  South  Carolina.  Few  men  in  that 
State  were  better  posted  than  he  in  everything  pertaining  to 
the  history  of  the  great  Civil  War,  and  none  maintained  to  the 
very  last  a  more  unswerving,  unfaltering  devotion  to  that 
cause  than  did  this  loyal  son  of  the  Confederacy.  His  regi- 
ment, with  which  he  remained  until  the  loss  of  his  foot,  served 
gallantly  at  Cumberland  Gap,  Chickamauga,  with  Longstreet 
in  his  East  Tennessee  campaign,  and  finally  under  Beaure- 
gard and  Bushrod  Johnson  in  the  battle  near  Drewrys  Bluff, 
when  his  connection  with  it  ceased. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterar?, 


4',9 


lie  never  married,  and  leaves  behind  him  but  two  brothers, 
one  older  and  the  other  younger  than  himself,  both  of  whom, 
like  himself,  served  in  the  Confederate  army.  His  life's  work 
is  done,  yet  many  a  long  year  will  pass  away  before  his  loving 
memory  will  fade  from  the  recollection  of  men.  It  was  a  life 
given  to  God's  service  and  to  the  uplifting  and  saving  of  his 
fellow-men,  and  such  a  life  can  never  fade  away  from  the 
remembrance  of  mankind,  fie  now  sleeps  among  bis  people 
in  the  old  cemetery  of  Upper  Long  Cave  Church,  near  Abbe- 
ville, where  so  many  of  his  beloved  people  had  already  pre- 
ceded him.  "And  thou  shalt  rest  and  stand  in  thy  lot  at  the 
end   of   the   days," 

|  Several    beautiful    poems    have    appeared    in    the    VETERAN 
from  Dr.  Wilson,  and  during  many  visits  to  relatives  in  Nash 
ville  he  was  a  frequent  visitor  to  the  Veteran.     It  would  be 
difficult  to  exaggerate  his  virtues  and  exalted  characteristics.] 

\Y.   b".  Read. 

W,  I'.  Read  died  at  Lampasas,  Tex.,  July  4.  1909,  in  his 
sixty-first  year.  He  was  born  near  Edwards.  Miss,  on  March 
JO.    iN|. 

I  lis  three  older  brothers  having  enlisted  in  the  Confederate 
service,  he  was  left  at  home  with  his  widowed  mother  and 
young  sister  When  Grant's  army  went  to  Raymond,  he  went 
out  to  see  the  battle;  and  finding  a  gun  in  the  clutch  of  a 
dead  Confederate,  he  took  it,  fell  into  ranks,  and  engaged  in 
the  fight.  He  retreated  with  the  army.  Being  familiar  with 
the  country,  lie  was  given  a  horse  and  acted  as  guide,  lie 
participated  in  the  severe  battle  of  Champion  Hill  or  Baker's 
Creek  His  horse  was  -shot  under  him,  but  he  was  remounted 
and  went   with  the  retreating  army  as  far  as  Big  Black  River. 


w.    r.    READ. 


where,  with  a  number  of  others  whom  he  guided,  he  imde  his 
escape.  He  returned  to  his  home,  which  was  near  by.  After 
the  surrender  of  Vicksburg,  he  rejoined  and  went  with  Cock 
rell's  Missouri  Brigade  to  Mobile  and  back  to  Mississippi  to 
meet  Sherman's  raid  from  Vicksburg  to  Meridian,  acting  as 
courier  to  General  Cockxell,  lie  continued  with  Cockrell's 
Brigade  as  courier  under  the  personal  guardianship  of  the 
General,  who  treated  him  as  a  son,  sharing  his  tent  and  ra- 
ti] s  with  him  during  the  whole  Georgia  campaign. 

Young  Read  was  only  sixteen  years  old  when  the  war  ended. 
After  the  war  he  spent  a  year  at  school,  and  then  went  to 
work  on  the  farm  for  a  short  time,  then  he  entered  a  drug  store 
as  clerk,  lie  went  to  Carrol!  County  in  1S71.  and  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Kate  Trotter  in  tX;j,  In  1X79  he  moved  to 
Texas,  and  after  fanning  several  \cars  he  again  embarked  111 
the  drug  business.  In  September,  1SS5,  he  became  a  drum- 
mer for  Thompson  &  Ohmsteade,  of  Galveston,  wholesale 
druggists,  traveling  for  them  and  other  firms  up  to  June  30. 
iomi.  when  he  was  stricken  with  paralysis,  and  died  four  days 
later. 

He  is  survived  by  a  wife  and  four  children — two  married 
daughters  and  one  married  s,,n,  James  J.  Read,  and  one  single 
s  'ii  aged  sixteen,  both  of  Lampasas,  Tex.  One  brother.  Dr 
J.  D.  Read,  of  Sherman,  survives.  The  oldest  brother,  ('apt 
C.  W.  Read,  was  conspicuous  in  the  Confederate  navy,  and 
another,  Rev.  J.  J.  Read,  was  for  many  years  a  missionary  to 
the  Choctaw  and  Chickasaw  Indians.  These  two  have  been 
dead    for  several   years. 

Comrade  Read  was  a  Royal  Arch  Mason  and  a  Christian. 
Many  were  recipients  of  his  charity.  He  was  a  noble,  brave, 
and  generous  man.     Those   who  knew   him  loved  him 

John   B    Si  weli 
John    B    Sewell  was  born   in  Gallatin,   Tenn.,   in    1828;   and 
died  111    \il.nit.i  in    August,   1000 
When  quite  young  bis  familj  in  ived  to  I  eban  in,  Tenn..  and 

lie   was   plaeed   at   the   law   school;   but   he  manifested   a  decided 

inclination  tow  aid  mechanics.   I  le  made  the  acquaintance  of  J  >e 
["ravis,  a  master  machines t,  who  gave  him  all  the  facilities  for 
learning   this  trade,      binding  that  his   family  insisted  upon   his 
becoming  a  lawyer,  young  Sewell  ran  aw.o    to   Nashville,  tak 
ing  the  name  ol  Joe  Travis  to  prevent  being  discovered      He 

remained    in   the  machine   shops   till   the    war.   when   he   enlisted 

under  his  assumed  name  in  the  4th  Tennessee  Cavalry,  and 
served  with  bravery  through  the   war  m  this   regiment. 

Ai  the  close  of  the  war  la-  went  10  Atlanta,  Ga.,  and  rose 
rapidly  in  the  machine  sho)>s  there  till  he  was  given  control 
lie  was  foreman  at  the  [nman  Yard  at  the  tune  of  his  death, 

which  took  place  suddenly  on  August  14  lie  was  talking  to 
a  friend  who  was  telling  him  of  the  death  of  a  mutual  friend, 
win  11  he  fell  to  tbe  ground,  and  was  dead  before  help  could 
reach   him.      He  was  a    Mason,  a  member  of  the  (.'amp  of  1  oil 

ie. hi, ue  Veterans,  and  a  member  of  the  Brotherhood  of  Loco 
motive  Engineers,  and  these  three  organizations  attended  the 

funeral  in  a  body,       I  he  interment   took  place  at    Marietta,   I  '.1  . 

and  the  six  sons  of  Captain  Sewell  were  bis  pallbearers      His 

w  lie    .ilsi,    sun  l\  es 

Cobb.  Judge  Howell  Cobb,  son  of  Hen  Howell  Cobb,  died 
in  Atlanta.  Ga.,  August   u.   1909,  from  a  stroke  of  paralysis 

He  was  born  in  1842,  and  married  Miss  McKinlcy  while  he 
was  verj  young  lie  attained  great  celebrity  as  a  jurist,  and 
was  distinguished  for  his  bravery  during  the  war.  in  which  he 
served  as  a  Confederate  soldier. 


470 


Qoi}federat^  i/eterar). 


John  C.  Latham. 

John  C.  Latham  was  born  in  Hopkinsville,  Ky ..  in  1844; 
and  died  in  New  York  City  August  iS,  1909. 

At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  enlisted  with  Gen.  N.  B.  Forrest, 
and  received  his  baptism  of  fire  at  Fort  Donelson.  where  he 
proved  his  worth  as  a  soldier.  Later  he  was  transferred  to 
General  Beauregard's  command,  in  which  he  served  with  dis- 
tinction. After  the  war  lie  went  into  business  in  Memphis; 
but  moved  first  to  Hopkinsville,  then  to  New  York,  where  he 
organized  the  Wall  Street  banking  firm  of  Latham,  Alexander 
&•  Co. 


JOHN    C.    LATHAM. 

Being  a  natural  financier,  and  conducting  his  business  with 
unswerving  honor  and  on  the  highest  principles,  lie  rapidly 
acquired  great  wealth,  which  he  used  as  a  vehicle  for  doing 
good  or  giving  pleasure  to  others.  He  ever  retained  his  love 
for  his  native  city,  and  in  Hopkinsville  he  kept  up  the  family 
homestead  in  princely  style.  His  many  donations  to  the  wel- 
fare of  this  city  caused  him  almost  to  be  regarded  as  its  patron 
saint.  When  the  good  roads  movement  in  Christian  County 
began,  Mr.  Latham  subscribed  fifty  thousand  dollars.  Later 
lie  caused  the  bodies  of  about  a  hundred  and  twenty-five  Con- 
federate soldiers  who  were  interred  in  various  parts  of  the 
graveyard  to  be  reinterred  in  a  triangle  in  the  center  of  the 
cemetery,  and  had  a  ten-thousand-dollar  shaft  erected  over 
them. 

Mr.  Latham  invested  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  in  the 
first  tobacco  warehouse  of  Hopkinsville,  thus  establishing  the 
beginning  of  an  industry  that  has  made  that  city  famous.  He 
gave  five  thousand  dollars  to  the  Episcopal  Church  for  an 
organ  and  seven  thousand  dollars  to  the  Methodists  for  a 
church.  He  fitted  out  the  military  company  with  arms  and 
accouterments,  and  erected  at  the  cost  of  fifty  thousand  dollars 


a  family  mausoleum,  where  he  will  be  buried.  Mis  private 
charities  were  numerous  and  far-reaching.  His  first  wife  was 
Miss  Mary  Allen,  of  Memphis,  and  his  second  wife,  who  sur- 
vives him,  was  Miss  Elsie  Gaylor,  one  of  Louisville's  social 
favorites  and  a  reigning  beauty.  Of  this  marriage  two  children 
were  born,  a  girl  and  a  boy.  of  whom  the  girl  alone  survives. 

Rev.  M.  G.  Turner. 

Rev.  M.  G.  Turner  died  at  the  family  residence,  in  Ellisville, 
Miss.,  on  June  26,  1909.  He  was  born  in  Alabama  November 
T,  1838,  but  moved  to  Mississippi  early  in  life,  and  lived  a 
true  and  loyal  son  to  his  adopted  State  as  well  as  to  the  whole 
South. 

On  May  28,  1861,  Mr.  Turner  enlisted  in  the  Confederate 
cause,  becoming  a  member  of  the  famous  "Jasper  Grays," 
under  the  command  of  Capt.  (later  Col.)  J.  J.  Shannon.  He 
fought  bravely  for  the  Confederate  cause  throughout  the  four 
horrid  years  of  the  Civil  War.  He  participated  in  the  battles 
of  Cross  Keys,  Fredericksburg,  Chancellorsville.  Gettysburg, 
Winchester,  Battle  of  the  Wilderness,  Spottsylvania  C.  H.,  and 
several  other  minor  engagements.  He  was  wounded  in  the 
thigh  at  Cross  Keys,  June  8,  1862.  He  was  captured  at  Fort 
Gregg,  near  Petersburg,  and  was  taken  to  City  Point,  from 
thence  to  Point  Lookout.  Md.,  and  was  kept  there  a  prisoner 
from  April  6  to  June  21,   1865. 

He  reached  his  home,  in  Jasper  County,  Miss.,  on  July  6, 
1S65.  On  September  15,  1864,  while  at  home  on  sick  furlough. 
he  was  married  to  Miss  Susan  M.  Thompson,  who  survives 
him  with  their  children. 

For  several  years  after  the  war  Comrade  Turner  labored 
as  a  licentiate,  and  in  1874  he  was  ordained  to  the  full  work 
of  the  Baptist  ministry.  The  remainder  of  his  life  was  de- 
voted to  a  sincere  and  earnest  effort  to  spread  t lie  doctrine 
of  faith  and  good  works  not  only  from  the  pulpit  but  in 
practice  and  example  as  well. 

The  war  record  of  Mr.  Turner  was  conspicuous  for  his 
bravery  and  loyal  defense  of  the  Confederate  cause.  During 
bis  whole  life  he  stanchly  defended  the  right  as  he  saw  it  and 
just  as  stanchly  condemned  that  which  he  conceived  to  be 
wrong.  He  was  not  only  true  to  the  Confederacy  but  to  his 
friends,  true  to  justice  and  honor,  true  to  his  God.  He  was 
an  enthusiastic  Confederate  veteran,  attending  all  of  the  local 
and  State  Reunions  and  most  of  the  general  Reunions.  He 
was  Adjutant  of  the  Jefferson  Davis  Camp  of  Confederate 
Veterans  in  Ellisville,  and  always  took  a  lively  and  active 
part  in  its  affairs.  A  large  number  of  his  comrades  in  arms 
attended  his  funeral  as  honorary  pallbearers 

Dr.   Albert   Prentiss  Rvai.l, 

Dr.  A.  P.  Ryall  enlisted  in  the  26th  Tennessee  Infantry, 
C.  S.  A.,  and  served  as  assistant  surgeon  for  more  than  a 
year,  when  he  was  detached  from  his  regiment  as  surgeon  in 
the  hospital  at  Montgomery,  Ala ,  for  nearly  another  year 
He  was  then  sent  for  hospital  service  in  Columbus,  Ga. 

After  the  war  he  entered  the  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  graduated  in  1875.  He  located  for  the  practice  of 
medicine  in  St.  Augustine,  Fla. ;  but  after  two  years  he  re- 
turned to  his  native  county  of  Bedford,  Tenn.,  where  he  con- 
tinued the  practice  of  medicine  until  his  death,  June  19,  1909. 

When  the  fatal  illness  came,  he  was  sweetly  resigned,  say- 
ing: "I  will  never  get  up  from  this  sickness;  my  time  lias 
come.  I  am  not  afraid  to  die.  God  put  me  in  this  world  for 
some  purpose.  I  have  tried  to  meet  it,  and  am  now  ready  to 
go.  The  Lord  has  been  good  to  me,  and  I  feel  that  he  is 
with  me  and  will  take  care  of  me." 


^oofederat^  Ueterai) 


471 


Leslie   Warnf.k. 

Mr.    Leslie   Warner   was    born    in    Chattanooga,    Tenn.,    in 
August,  1853;  and  died  August  16,  1909. 

Though  he  had  been  in  delicate  health  for  several  years, 
the  news  of  the  death  of  one  so  well  known  and  loved  as 
Leslie  Warner  came  as  a  shock  to  the  entire  city,  and  brought 
heart  throbs  of  pain  to  many  households  in  Nashville.  With 
Mrs.  Warner  he  had  spent  the  summer  at  Atlantic  City  ;  but 
wearying  for  home,  they  returned,  reaching  Nashville  early 
in  the  evening  of  Sunday,  the  15th  of  August.  Many  friends 
and  relatives  were  assembled  to  welcome  him,  and  he  gave 
I  hem  cordial  greeting,  lovingly  embracing  his  mother,  t<> 
whom  he  sent  a  message  a  short  time  later  that  he  was  com 
fortably  in  bed  and  she  must  go  home  and  return  in  the 
morning  for  a  long  talk;  but  the  coming  of  morning  found 
the  great,  true  heart  of  Leslie  Warner  silent  forever.  Death 
came  so  softly  and  gently  that  the  passing  was  as  one  who 
sweetly  falls  asleep. 

Mr.  Leslie  Warner  was  a  son  of  James  C.  Warner,  one  of 
Nashville's  metal  magnates,  and  he  early  showed  a  great 
aptitude  for  business.  He  was  largely  connected  with  his 
father  in  the  Tennessee  Coal  &  Iron  Company  and  enthusi 
astic  in  tin  metallurgic  development  of  Tennessee.  He  was 
secretary  of  the  company  and  an  officer  in  the  Whorley  Fur- 
nace Company,  as  well  as  in  the  Southern  Iron  Company,  lie 
owned  the  Chattanooga  Street  Railroad,  and  its  rapid  ad- 
vance in  prosperity  was  due  to  his  untiring  efforts  ami  cleat 
brain. 

Uxmt    twenty   years    ago    failing   health   cut    short   his    bril- 


LF.SL1E    WARNER. 


liant  business  career,  and  since  that  tune  he  has  traveled  ex- 
tensively, bringing  from  many  lands  and  climes  priceless 
treasures  of  art,  which  showed  the  highly  cultured  taste  of 
the  collector  and  his  insight  into  the  world  of  beauty.  Many 
of  his  pictures  and  objects  of  virtu  are  rare  gems,  and  his 
cases  contain  mam  perfect  specimens  of  ceramic  art.  mini- 
atures, and  bric-a-bric  so  valuable  that  they  are  duplicated 
oiih  in  national  museums.  The  highest  productions  of  the 
genius  of  art  and  science  were  exhibited  in  his  home;  but 
even  above  their  wonderful  power  to  attract  was  the  spirit 
oi  hospitality  that  met  and  welcomed  one  at  its  threshold, 
for  Leslie  Warner  was  the  embodied  soul  of  hospitality. 
Everj  pleasure  to  him  was  an  added  pleasure  if  shared  with 
friends  lie  seemed  endowed  with  some  inner  power  to  put 
self  entirely  aside  and  to  live  for  the  happiness  of  other! 
Even  suffering  could  not  quench  this  spirit  light,  which 
seemed  to  burn  the  brightei  foi  the  enshrouding  darkness  „t 
pain. 

lie  was  married  in  [880  to  Miss  Katherine  Burch,  the 
beautiful  elder  (laughter  of  John  C.  Burch,  editor  of  the 
American,  a  man  who  was  foremost  in  the  advancement  of 
Tennessee  and  the  South  The  marriage  took  place  in  Wash 
ington  while  Colonel  Burch  was  Secretary  of  the  Senate.  .1  1  | 
was  an  exceptionally  happy  one.  the  death  of  their  three  little 
children  being  the  only  cloud  to  its  sunshine,  and  this  grjef 
only  drew  husband  and  wife  closer  together.  Their  home  he 
came  the  center  of  Nashville  culture,  and  many  prominent  iii 
an  and  science  have  been  the  recipients  of  its  gracious  hos- 
pitality. 

Mr.  Warner  was  an  active  member  of  the  Nashville  Art 
Chili,  and.  aided  by  his  wife,  he  did  much  to  insure  its  pros- 
perity: he  was  also  a  member  of  the  Nashville  Historical 
Society,  and  took  a  warm  interest  in  its  work.  The  \\  a 
tauga  Club  had  him  on  its  roll,  and  he  was  the  only  man  in 
Nashville  who  was  a  member  of  the  Order  of  Cincinnati, 
which  was  established  by  George  Washington  and  his  officers 
IK-  was  a  man  of  wide  charity,  giving  freely  of  his  abundance, 
tender-hearted,  considerate,  courteous,  a  true  friend,  a  loving 
husband,  a  noble  citizen,  and  a  bumble,  devout  Christian. 

W.    II     Sink. 

The  J.  II.  Lewis  tamp,  of  Glasgow,  Ky.,  has  lost  another 
of  its  worthy  members.  Adjt.  W.  Wood  writes;  "Comrade 
W.  It.  Sink,  of  near  Cave  City,  died  on  July  ->,},  1909,  aged 
seventy-one  years.  Comrade  Sink  was  a  member  of  the  6th 
Kentucky  Infantry.  Orphan  Brigade.  A  good  man  has  gone. 
Me  was  horn  in  Franklin  County.  Ya..  and  came  to  Kentucky 
in  early  life.  He  leaves  one  child.  Mrs  l.etia  King,  with 
whom    he    had    lived.       Two   brothers    survive   him.      He   was  a 

life-long  member  of  the  Christian  Church,  and  was  beloved 
by  all   who  knew   him.      lie   was  3   man  of  sterling   integritj 

lie   was   bin  led  by  his  old  comrades  at   his  home." 

1      M     Reddii 

1      M    Reddick  was  born  in  February,  1842;  and  died  sud 

lenii  m  Laurel.  Miss,  m  July,  ntoo  He  volunteered  early 
in  the  wai  ind  served  till  the  end,  being  in  several  severe  bat- 
tles ||e  was  a  devout  Baptist,  and  was  largely  instrumental 
in  establishing  that  Church  in  Ins  hone  town  lie  was  an 
enthusiastic  veteran  and  attended  many  Reunions.  He  died 
just  after  his  return  from  the  last  one  in  Memphis.  He 
leaves  a   wile  and   nine  children 


472 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


Lorraine    Davenport-Roby. 

Miss  Lorraine  Davenport-Roby  died  at  the  "Retreat  for  the 
Sick,"  Richmond,  Va..  August  14,  1909,  and  was  buried  in 
Hollywood  Cemetery  two  days  later.  Miss  Davenport-Roby 
was  the  sister  of  Sister  Esther  Carlotta,  the  President  of 
the  LT.  D.  C.'s  in  Florida,  and  the  two  ladies  were  enthusias- 
tic workers  in  the  Confederate  interests.  They  were  at  the 
head  of  Resthaven,  an  orphanage  they  organized  in  St. 
Augustine,  Fla.,  and  managed  alone,  and  which  was  supported 
entirely  from  contributions  obtained  by  these  two  ladies  or 
by  their  untiring  personal  efforts  to  make  money  for  the  lit- 
tle children  whom  they  had  taken  to  rear.  Many  of  the 
children  have  obtained  good  homes  through  adoption,  some 
have  married,  while  all  are  given  a  lucrative  trade. 

Miss  Roby  was  very  delicate;  but  even  ill  health  could  not 
make  her  relax  her  efforts  for  her  little  charges,  and  she 
denied  herself  all  luxuries  and  many  necessities  in  order  that 
the  children  might  be  cared  for.  In  character  Miss  Roby 
was  so  modest  that  few  realized  the  wonderful  moral  and 
mental  strength  that  was  behind  the  frail  physique.  Her 
gentleness  of  life,  her  purity  of  soul,  and  charity  of  word 
and  deed  endeared  her  to  all,  and  many  others  besides  the 
little  children  of  her  orphanage  and  the  little  Children  of  the 
Confederacy,  who  were  her  charge,  will  call  her  blessed,  for 
many  are  the  better  for  having  known  her.  Like  the 
perfume  of  heliotrope  that  lingers  after  the  flower  is  taken 
from  the  room,  her  sweet  influence  will  be  felt  in  her  home 
Hid  among  her  friends,  even  though  in  person  she  is  gone. 

Dr.  John  Dudley  Usher. 

Dr.  John  Dudley  Usher,  born  January  1,  1839,  graduated 
at  the  Military  Institute  of  Kentucky,  and  enlisted  in  the  Con- 
federate army  in  September,   1861,  as  lieutenant  in  the  Black 

Hawk  Rifles.  Company  G. 
_>2<1  Mississippi  Infantry.  He 
served  in  the  Army  of  Ten- 
nessee,  and  was  severely 
wounded  during  the  siege  of 
Vicksburg.  He  was  captured 
at  the  battle  of  Franklin  and 
confined  for  nine  months  at 
Johnson's  Island.  After  the 
war  he  remained  a  few  years 
on  his  plantation,  then  con- 
tinued his  practice  as  a  phy- 
sician until  a  short  time  be- 
fore his  death,  on  July  10, 
19C9,  at  his  residence  on 
Sicily  Island.  La.  He  had 
been  in  that  section  since 
1872,  and  during  the  recon- 
struction period  he  was  ever  regardless  of  self  in  his  efforts 
to  redeem  his  State.  As  a  citizen  he  was  public-spirited  and 
useful,  and  in  matters  pertaining  to  the  Confederate  element 
most  prominent,  being  an  aide  on  the  staff  of  the  General 
Commanding. 


IiR.    JOHN    U.    USHER. 


LIEUT.     P.    R.    BREWER. 


Stevens. — John  Henry  Stevens,  a  prominent  planter  and 
a  veteran  Confederate  soldier,  died  at  his  home,  near  Blevins, 
Ark.,  July  28,  1909,  in  his  sixty-seventh  year.  He  was  born 
in  Hempstead  County,  Ark.,  and  had  spent  practically  all  of 
!  is  life  there.     His  wife  and  eleven  children  survive  him. 


Lieut.  P.  R.  Brewer. 

Lieut.  P.  R.  Brewer,  whose  death  occurred  recently  at  his 
home,  in  Liberty,  Miss.,  was  a  member  of  the  first  company 
organized   in   St.   Helena   Parish,   La.,  in   November,   i860,  of 

which  he  was  elected  orderly 
sergeant.  This  company  was 
known  as  the  St.  Helena 
Rifles,  and  in  April,  1861 , 
went  to  New  Orleans  and  was 
attached  as  Company  F  to 
the  4th  Regiment  of  Louisiana 
Volunteers.  Later  on  he  was 
elected  lieutenant,  and  served 
as  such  throughout  the  war. 
He  was  in  the  battles  of  Shi- 
loh,  Jackson,  Miss.,  New 
Hope  Church,  Allatoona. 
Kennesaw  Mountain,  Peach- 
tree  Creek,  Jonesboro,  Frank- 
lin, and  Nashville.  Lieu- 
tenant Brewer  was  a  quiet, 
peaceable  man,  brave  and  cool  in  battle,  for  which  his  com- 
pany all  loved  and  admired  him.  He  was  married  in  1872  to 
Miss   Fannie  Dixon,  who  survives  him. 

W.  W.  GlBBS. 

\V.  W.  Gibbs,  one  of  the  famous  Gibbs  triplets,  died  at 
his  home,  in  Atlanta,  Ga.,  August  4,  1909.  The  triplet  broth- 
ers were  Confederate  soldiers.  They  were  born  in  Wilkes 
County,  N.  C,  in  May,  1833.  At  the  beginning  of  the  Civil 
War  the  three  brothers  enlisted  with  Wade  Hampton's  legion, 
and  served  with  distinction  till  the  surrender  of  that  army. 

After  the  war  W.  W.  Gibbs  moved  to  Atlanta,  his  two 
brothers  remaining  in  North  Carolina,  where  they  still  reside, 
hale  and  strong.  Comrade  Gibbs  is  survived  also  by  his  wife 
and  six  daughters. 

Capt.  Connally  T.  Litchfield. 

Capt.  C.  T.  Litchfield  passed  into  the  great  beyond  recently 
at  Abingdon,  Va.  He  commanded  Company  D  of  the  1  st 
Virginia  Cavalry,  A.  N.  V.,  up  to  the  fateful  9th  of  April, 
1865.  He  was  a  gifted  officer  and  beloved  by  all  his  com- 
mand, and  some  fifteen  of  his  old  company  followed  his  re- 
mains to  the  cemetery.  The  casket  was  wrapped  in  the  regi- 
mental flag  of  the  1st  Virginia,  which  was  brought  home  by 
one  id'  his  men  who  was  color  bearer.  He  had  reached  a 
ripe  age,  having  entered  on  his  eighty-first  year. 

J.  M.  Gilmore. 

James  M.  Gilmore  was  born  in  Giles  County,  Tenn.,  m 
1846;  and  died  at  his  home,  in  Lawrenceburg.  Tenn.,  August 
2,  1909.  At  the  beginning  of  the  war  he  joined  the  C  nip- 
bellsville  company  of  the  3d  Tennessee  Regiment,  and  setved 
with  it  till  the  surrender.  After  the  war  he  moved  to  Law- 
renceburg, and  there  filled  many  positions  of  trust  both  c  vie 
and  business.  As  a  soldier  and  a  citizen,  he  was  alwajs  at 
his  post  of  duty,  and  his  death  is  a  loss  to  many  besides  his 
wife  and  two  children,  who  survive  him. 


Small. — Alex  S.  Small,  who  served  in  Company  A,  i-'th 
Virginia  Cavalry,  died  in  Allegany  County,  Md.,  in  February. 
1909. 


Qo^federa t<?  l/eterar). 


473 


MfiS.  W.  C.  DOWDELL. 

BY    MRS.    CORNELIA    BRANCH    STONE,    PRES.    CEN.    U.    D.    C. 

One  of  the  most  noted  women  of  Alabama  passed  away  at 
Dovedale,  her  home  in  Auburn,  Ala.,  on  August  16,  thus 
rinsing  a  long  and  useful  life  of  nearly  eighty  years.  Mrs. 
Dowdell  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Woman's  Foreign 
Missionary  Society  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 
South,  and  was  for  thirty-one  years  President  of  this  Society  in 
the  State  of  Alabama.  In  the  prosecution  of  this  work  Mrs 
Dowdell  showed  herself  a  fluent  and  forceful  writer  and 
speaker.  Her  home  has  long  been  renowned  as  one  of  the 
hospitable  centers  of  her  State,  and  many  men  and  women 
of  prominence  have  gathered  there  and  enjoyed  the  benedic 
lion  and  bounty  of  her  entertainment. 

Her  death  has  come  as  a  shock  to  some  of  the  prominent 
members  of  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy.  These 
are:  Her  daughter,  Mrs.  B.  B.  Ross.  President  of  tin  Via 
bama  Division,  U.  D.  C.,  of  Auburn,  and  Mrs.  Andrew  T. 
Dowdell,  her  daughter-in-law,  the  Recording  Secretary  Gen- 
eral U.  D.  C,  of  Opelika.  Seven  children,  four  daughters 
ami  three  sons,  are  left  to  mourn  their  loss,  with  a  large 
family  of  grandchildren   and   great-grandchildren, 

The  Dowdell  family  have  long  been  prominent  in  Alabama 
in  Church  and  State.  The  present  Chief  Justice  of  the  Ala- 
bama Supreme  Court,  Judge  Tames  R.  Dowdell.  and  the 
Hon.  William  J.  Samford,  former  Governor  of  Alabama,  are 
nephews  of  Mrs.  Dowdell's  husband.  Col.  W.  C.  Dowdell. 

On  behalf  of  the  General  Association  U.  D.  C.  the  deepi 
sympathy  is  extended  the  sadly  strickened  family. 


MONUMENT  AT  CANDLER,  N.  C. 

BY    W.    T.    ROGERS,    KNOXVILI.E,    TENN. 

Al  Candler,  Buncombe  County,  N.  C,  I  gathered  some 
Statistics  worthy  a  place  in  the  VETERAN.  Candler  is  a  small 
station  on  the  Southern  Railway,  about  ten  miles  from  Ashe- 
ville.  It  has  a  unique  cemetery.  Crowning  a  hilltop  near 
the    village   stands  a   neat,   handsome   little   brick   church  of  the 

M.  E.  Church,  South.    The  cemetery  is  "the  churchyard."    In 

the  center  of  this  churchyard  there  is  a  pl.it  of  ground 
twenty-five  feet  square  in  the  center  of  which  stands  a  beau- 
tiful  shaft  of  East  Tennessee  marble  fifteen   feet   high. 

This  S(|tiare  and  monument  are  dedicated  to  the  memory 
and  heroism  of  Company  I,  25th  North  Carolina  Volunteers, 
'  S  A.,  and  it  was  erected  by  private  subscription.  It  is  in- 
cidentally a  tribute  to  the  gratitude  and  patriotism  of  the 
good  souls  who  put  up  the  money.  On  it  are  inscribed  the 
of  the  members  of  the  company  mentioned  with  their 
rank  ami  servici  I  hey  were  mustered  in  at  Harmony  in  a 
Baptist  church  July  22,  1861,  and  stacked  their  arms  at  Ap- 
pt  mattox  April  q.  1865. 

The  ground  upon  which  this  monument   stands   was  donated 

bj  \\ .  (■.  Candler  and  Mr.  J.  11.  Courtney,  the  latter  a  Con- 

1       Mr.  Courtney  lost  a  leg  at   Malvern  Hill. 
There  are  one  hundred  and  seventy  names  on  the  shaft,  in 
'lulling   Capts.    G.    W.    Howell.    \Y.    Y.    Morgan,    and    A.    B 
Thrash. 


\  Hundred  Thousand  Dollars  for  Georgia. — Georgia  is 
soon  to  introduce  a  bill  favoring  the  appropriation  of  a  hun- 
dred thousand  dollars  for  a  monument  to  the  Confederate 
Head.  It  will  be  a  close  copy  of  the  Jefferson  Davis  monu- 
ment in  Richmond  It  will  be  erected  on  the  Capitol  grounds 
at  Atlanta 


ARLINGTON  CONFEDERATE  MONUMENT. 
Report  of  Treasurer  lor  Month  Ending  July  31.  1909. 

Receipts. 

Receipts   reported,  $10,601.81. 

Menefec  Chapter.  No.   177.  U.  D.  C.  Waverly.  Ala  .  $5. 

Mrs.  Thomas  W.  Keitt,  Director  for  South  Carolina,  $5. 
Contributed  by  Marion  Chapter.  No.  ^8,  U.  D.  C,  Marion,  S 
C. 

Mrs.  Frank  G.  Odenheimer,  Director  for  Maryland.  $30. 
Contributed  bj  Mrs  Robert  Bowie,  Annapolis,  Md..  $6;  fete 
of  June  3,  Maryland  Line,  $14;  Maryland  Line  Confederate 
I  [1  'in,-.  $10. 

Mrs.  I.  W.  Faison,  Director  for  North  Carolina.  $17;  So 
Contributed  by  Monroe  Chapter,  No  766,  Monroe,  N.  C, 
$3.87;  Statesville  Chapter.  No,  276.  U.  D.  C.  Statesville,  N. 
C,  $14;  Brierfield  Chapter.  No.  1171.  U.  D.  C,  Thomasville, 
X  C,  $1  [6;  Cleveland  Guards  Chapter.  No.  443,  V.  D.  C, 
Shelby,  N.  C,  $20;  R.  E.  Lee  Chapter,  No.  324  C.  D.  C, 
Lexington,  N.  C,  $3.25;  Rockingham  Chapter,  No.  586,  U.  D. 
C,  Reidsville,  X  I  .  $1  19;  Cape  Fear  Chapter.  No.  3,  U.  D. 
C.  Wilmington,  X.  C,  $20;  Frank  M.  Parker  Chapter,  No. 
1090,  U  n  C,  Enfield,  X  C.  $1.88;  Perquimans  Chapter.  No. 
789,  U.  D.  C.  Hertford,  N.  C,  $1.70;  Graham  Chapter.  No. 
044.  U.  D.  C,  Graham,  N.  C.  $19;  W.  G.  Quackenbush  Chil- 
dren's Auxiliary.  Lawrenceburg,  N.  C,  $20;  Johnston-Petti- 
grew  Chapter.  No.  05.  U.  1'.  C.  Raleigh,  N.  C,  $9.20;  Roanoke 
Minute  Men  Chapter,  No.  928,  U.  1).  C.  Littleton,  X.  C.  $5; 
Asheville  Chapter,  No.  104.  U.  D.  C,  Asheville,  N.  C,  $5; 
Thomas  Ruffin  Chapter.  No.  349,  U.  D  C,  Goldshoro,  N.  C, 
Si  'so:  An-'ii  Chapter,  No  357.  U.  D.  C.  Wadesboro,  N.  C, 
Si  50;  Southern  Star  Chapter.  No.  477.  U.  D.  C,  Lincolnton, 
N.  C,  $2;  Gen.  Geort;.  I;  Anderson  Chapter,  No.  335,  U.  D. 
C.  Ilillsboro.  N  C.  $21.50;  Mrs.  [.  \V.  Faison,  Charlotte,  X. 
C.  $12.74. 

Van  Dom  Chapter,  No.  682,  L  D.  C,  Holly  Springs,  Miss, 
$40. 

Mrs  Thomas  S.  Bocock,  Director  for  Virginia,  $40.  Con- 
tributed by  Mildred  Lee  Chapter.  X"  7  |.  U.  D.  C.  Martins- 
ville. Va. 

T.  C.  Hindman  Chapter.  No  408,  I  D,  C.  Lonoke.  Ark., 
$10. 

J.  D.  Barnett.  Montgomery  City,  Mo.,  $5. 

Mrs.  G.  J.  Grommct,  Director  for  Illinois,  $2.  Contributed 
by  lion.  Campbell  S.  Hearn,  Alton.  111. 

W,   Marion   Sca\.   Lynchburg,  Va..  $1. 

Mrs.  J.  W.  Clapp,  Director  for  Tennessee,  $75.  Contributed 
by  1st  Tennessee  Regiment  Chapter,  No.  10(14.  I'  D.  C.  Nash- 
ville, Term,  $25;  N.  B.  Forrest  Chapter,  No.  926,  U.  D.  C, 
Humboldt,  Tenn.,  $10;  Kate  !..  Hickman  Chapter,  No.  596, 
U.  I'.  C,  Nashville,  Tenn.,  $10;  John  Lauderdale  Chapter. 
Xo.  350,  U.  I)  C.  Dyersburg,  Tenn.,  $15;  John  W.  Morton 
Chapter,  No.  1171,  U.  1>.  C.  Camden.  Tenn.,  $5;  John  R.  Neal 
Chapter,  No.  1153.  I'.  I).  Q,  Spring  City,  Tenn.  $5:  Junior 
Memorial  Association.  Memphis,  Tenn.,  $5. 

Miss  Caby  M.  Froman,  Director  for  Kentucky,  $105.50. 

Mrs.  F,  G.  Odenheimer,  Director  for  Maryland,  $10.  Con- 
tribute.! 1".    I  in  t.nt  1  hapter,  No.  114,  U.  D.  C,  Belair,  Md. 

Mrs.  Clenientin.  Boles,  Directoi  t"i  Arkansas,  $71.13.  Con- 
tributed  bj  Mildred  Lee  Chapter,  No.  498,  U.  D.  C.  Fayette- 
ville.  Ark 

Balanci   on  ban. I    Vugusl   1.  [909,  Sit.  207  33. 

W  M.LACE    STREATER,    7V«W, 


474 


Qopfederat^  1/eterap, 


SOUTHERN  CROSS  Oh'  HONOR— ITS  SIGNIFICANCE. 

[The  following  paper  upon  the  significance  of  "The  South- 
ern Cross  of  Honor,"  prepared  by  Mr.  Walter  A.  Clark  at  the 
request  of  the  U.  D.  C.  Chapter  in  Augusta,  Ga.,  was  read 
on  Memorial  Day  by  Hon.  H.  C.  Roney.] 

I  have  been  asked  by  these  fair  women  whose  gentle  hands 
have  done  so  much  to  rescue  and  preserve  the  sacred  mem- 
ories of  the  past  to  voice  for  them  as  truly  as  I  can  the  real 
import  and  significance  of  this  bronze  emblem  with  which 
they  are  to  honor  these  old  veterans  to-day,  to  say  as  best 
I  may  what  this  Confederate  cross  of  honor  means  to  me  and 
to  my  comrades  of  the  old  war  days.  It  is  a  little  thing,  and 
in  the  great  marts  of  trade  it  would  not  count  for  much,  and 
yet  to  him  who  wears  it  worthily  it  has  a  world  of  meaning. 
What  is  it? 

It  means  that  eight  and  forty  years  ago  there  came  into 
this  life  a  stern  and  stubborn  duty,  that  he  dared  to  face ;  that 
under  the  clarion  call  of  a  newborn  flag  and  with  the  tear- 
wet  kiss  of  mother,  sister,  wife,  or  all  of  them  upon  his  brave 
young  lips  he  left  the  comforts  of  his  home  to  suffer  hard- 
ship, peril,  and  privation,  to  feel  the  bitterness  of  cold  and 
weariness  and  hunger,  to  tread  the  lonely,  shivering  path  of 
midnight  picket  with  no  companions  but  the  stars,  to  face  the 
thunder  of  belching  cannon  and  the  music  of  hissing  Minies, 
and  to  meet  if  need  be  a  soldier's  death  with  no  complaint 
upon  his  loyal  lips. 

It  means  that  during  those  four  years,  in  infinite  self-denial 
and  supreme  self-sacrifice,  in  loyal  and  sublime  devotion  to 
patriotic  duty,  he  reached  a  higher  plane  of  moral  manhood 
than  had  ever  touched  his  life. 

It  means  that  he,  if  any  mortal  could  be,  was  worthy  of 
the  glorious  Southern  womanhood,  who  wrought  with  tire- 
less fingers  at  their  hearthstones  or  ministered  with  glad  and 
willing  hands  in  wayside  homes  or  trod  with  angel  step  and 
angel  heart  the  fevered  aisles  of  ghostly  hospitals,  where  pain 
and  death  held  cruel  sway — the  radiant  womanhood,  wdiose 
patient  heroism  amid  the  dread  suspense  that  came  between 
the  battle  and  the  published  list  of  slain  and  wounded,  amid 
the  wearing  agony  of  a  separation  that  seemed  so  endless, 
amid  the  weary  watching  for  footsteps  that  never  came  again, 
glorified  the  loneliness  of  their  battle-shadowed  homes. 

It  means  that  he  was  part  and  parcel  of  that  immortal  gray- 
clad  host  whose  uncrowned  valor  won  the  homage  of  the 
world,  and  that  "through  its  shifting  fortunes  of  victory  and 
defeat"  he  fought  beneath  a  flag  whose  crimson  folds  were 
never  stained  by  cruelty  or  wrong. 

It  means  companionship  with  glorious  John  B.  Gord<~-". 
whose  hero  heart  and  brave  right  arm  made  him  "the  man  .  i 
the  12th  of  May,"  and  a  fellowship  with  Nathan  Bedford  For- 
rest, the  "Wizard  of  the  Saddle,"  whose  untrained  genius 
revolutionized  the  art  of  war.  It  means  a  brotherhood  with 
Albert  Sidney  Johnston,  with  Hill  and  Stuart  and  Long- 
street,  with  Walker  and  Polk  and  Cleburne,  with  Hampton 
and  Wheeler  and  Butler,  with  all  that  radiant  band  whose 
gleaming  swords  flashed  always  and  only  in  the  forefront  of 
battle.  It  means  a  comradeship  with  that  strange,  saintly 
soldier  who  dazzled  with  his  genius  the  camps  and  cabinets 
of  both  the  continents  and  then  went  down  to  death  "with  the 
love  of  the  whole  world" — Stonewall  Jackson. 

It  means  a  glorious  kinship  with  the  noblest  knight  of  all 
the  generations,  kinship  with  him  within  whose  royal  soul 
there  bloomed  the  fairest  flower  of  Southern  grace  and  South- 
ern chivalry — yes,  thank  God,  kinship  with  the  courtesy  and 
the  courage,  the  virtue  and  the  valor,  the  goodness   and  the 


greatness,  the  world-crowned  grandeur  of  Robert  Edward  Lee. 
And,  meaning  this,  my  comrades,  I  adjure  you  to  cherish 
it  in  your  heart  of  hearts  as  a  priceless  heritage,  and  when 
the  eternal  bugler  sounds  the  "taps"  that  end  your  waning 
years  transmit  it  to  your  children  and  your  children's  chil- 
dren for  all  the  years  to  cofne.  For  well  I  feel  assured  that 
when  posterity,  unblinded  by  prejudice  or  passion,  shall  give 
to  all  the  claimants  in  the  Pantheon  of  fame  their  just  and 
proper  meed,  as  high  in  purest  patriotism  as  any  Rebel  that 
fell  at  Lexington  or  starved  at  Valley  Forge,  as  high  in  lofty 
courage  as  any  hero  that  rode  with  Cardigan  at  Balaklava  or 
marched  with  Ney  at  Waterloo  or  died  beneath  the  shadow 
of  the  Persian  spears  at  old  Thermopylae,  will  stand  the  Rebel 
soldier  of  the  South  clad  in  his  tattered  gray  beneath  whose 
faded  folds  is  shrined  the  stars  and  bars  of  an  invisible  re- 
public that  lives  in  history  only  as  a  memory. 


ABOUT  THE  BURNING  OF  RICHMOND. 

BY   H.   H.    STURGIS,   SANF0RD,  FLA. 

At  the  evacuation  of  Richmond  I  was  on  duty  at  the  Sol- 
diers' Home,  more  generally  known  as  the  Crow's  Nest,  in 
charge  of  Sergeant  Crow.  The  Home  was  a  stopping  place 
for  soldiers  going  on  furloughs  or  returning  to  their  com- 
mands, and  also  a  place  to  keep  any  soldiers  who  were  in 
Richmond  without  leave.  Rations  were  furnished,  and  also 
guards  for  city  police  duty. 

I  returned  from  a  trip  as  escort  to  Danville  with  some  sol- 
diers on  Sunday  morning  and  found  that  preparations  were 
being  made  to  evacuate  the  city.  About  10  p.m.  I  was  given 
the  keys  to  a  large  tobacco  warehouse  with  instructions  to 
burn  the  tobacco,  which  was,  I  suppose,  government  property. 
Another  soldier  was  detailed  to  assist  me.  We  knocked  in  the 
heads  of  three  hogsheads,  pulled  out  the  hands  of  tobacco, 
and  my  comrade  shaved  up  some  splinters  and  I  struck  the 
match  and  saw  the  fire  well  started.  We  went  out  and  locked 
the  door,  returning  the  key  to  the  officer  in  charge,  from  whom 
1  had  received  it.  The  responsible  source  of  the  order  I 
know  not. 

The  city  was  in  great  confusion.  No  one  seemed  to  be  con- 
cerned about  it.  Barrels  of  whisky  had  been  emptied  into  the 
street  drains,  while  many  dipped  it  from  the  gutters  and  drank 
it.  After  crossing  the  Mayo  bridge,  it  seemed  that  the  entire 
city  was  ablaze.  The  magnificent  flouring  mills,  the  Gallagher 
and  the  Haxall,  were  ablaze,  and  there  was  apparently  no  effort 
to  extinguish  the  flames.  No  pen  can  adequately  portray  it. 
I  don't  like  to  discuss  it,  and  give  the  foregoing  as  record 
for  history.  

Last  Confederate  Command  to  Leave  Richmond. 
D.  B.  Sanford  writes  from  Milledgeville,  Ga. :  "There  seems 
to  be  some  dispute  as  to  what  soldiers  or  command  of  soldiers 
was  the  last  to  leave  Richmond  on  the  morning  of  the  3d  of 
April,  1865.  My  recollection  is  that  Phillips's  Georgia  Legion 
Infantry  were  the  rear  guard  and  the  last  soldiers  to  leave 
that  city  on  that  day.  When  this  command  crossed  the  bridge 
over  the  James  River,  the  bridge  was  on  fire  in  many  places 
on  each  side,  and  we  had  to  run  with  all  our  might  and 
shinney  from  side  to  side  of  the  bridge  to  keep  from  being 
burned  to  death.  No  other  soldiers  could  have  crossed  this 
bridge  after  we  did.  This  command  left  camp  near  Drury's 
Bluff  about  twelve  o'clock  Sunday  night,  April  2,  1865,  and 
reached  Richmond  a  little  after  daylight  Monday  morning. 
I  was  captain  of  the  Greene  Rifles,  Company  A,  Phillips's 
Georgia  Legion  Infantry.  Does  any  other  old  veteran  re- 
member differently  ?" 


Qogfederat^  l/eterap. 


475 


CLEBURNE  .IX D  HIS  COMMAND. 

Irving  A.  Buck,  a  former  captain  and  assistant  adjutant 
general  to  Pat  Cleburne's  division,  has  written  a  fine  history 
of  this  command  and  the  important  part  it  took  in  the  War 
between  the  States.  He  gives  a  careful  estimate  of  Cleburne 
the  man  and  of  Cleburne  the  soldier.  It  is  a  keen-sighted 
but  just  estimate  of  circumstances,  success  and  failure,  and 
the  part  they  piny  in  military  affair*.  Captain  Buck's  book 
is  well  written  and  is  a  valuable  contribution  to  our  war  his- 
tory. Such  men  as  Pat  Cleburne  adorn  any  times  or  places, 
and  this  book,  which  has  all  the  minutiae  of  a  biography, 
well  portrays  the  man  and  glowingly  recounts  the  events  of 
the  war  and  Cleburne's  part  in  it.  The  book  is  well  printed 
and  illustrated,  and  is  the  output  of  the  Neale  Publishing 
House,  New  York.   (  It  is  supplied  by  the  Veteran,   Price,  $3.) 

Gr.N.    I'.vi    Cikbium 

History  demonstrates  the  fact  that  in  every  fight  in  which 
he  engages  an  Irishman  is  pretty  sure  to  be  in  the  front 
ranks.  This  fact  is  well  exemplified  in  the  story  of  the  life 
and  deeds  of  Pat  Cleburne  as  told  by  Captain  Buck  in  his 
excellent   book,  "Cleburne  and  His  Command." 

Patrick  Ronayne  Cleburne  was  the  third  child  of  Joseph 
and  Mary  Anne  Cleburne,  and  was  born  ten  miles  from  the 
city  of  Cork  in  March,  TS28.  His  father,  Joseph  Cleburne, 
was  a  physician  of  much  eminence,  a  graduate  of  the  Royal 
College  of  Surgery  in  Dublin.  Mary  Anne  Cleburne,  his 
mother,  was  a  daughter  of  Patrick  Ronayne.  of  Annebrook; 
so  that  on  both  sides  Patrick  Cleburne  was  descended  from 
1I1.  besl  old  stock  of  Ireland.  His  having  been  born  on  St. 
Patrick's  Hay  gave  him  his  name. 

Pat  t'U  Inure  had  a  tutor  till  he  was  twelve,  then  was  sent 
to  school.  He  was  fond  of  literature,  history,  and  travels; 
but  in  -oiin-  way  failed  to  acquire  any  taste  for  Latin  or 
Greek.  He  desired  to  follow  his  father  in  the  profession  of 
medicine,  and  as  a  stepping-stone  to  this  apprenticed  himself 
to  .1  lirnuuM  preparatory  to  standing  a  medical  examination. 
Had  chemical  tastes  or  pharmaceutical  knowledge  been  the 
only  requirements  foi  the  diploma  he  wished,  Gen.  Pat  Cle- 
burne would  have  been  a  doctor  and  never  attained  his  great 
celebrity  in  the  profession  of  arms.  In  his  examinations  his 
Greek  and  Latin  were  so  faulty  that  he  failed  to  pass.  This 
seemed  such  a  disgrace  to  the  high-spirited  boy  that  he  de- 
termined his  family  should  never  know  of  his  humiliation. 
So  he  immediately  enlisted  in  the  41st  Regiment  of  Infantry 
(Dublin)  which  he  supposed  was  under  marching  orders  for 
India.  For  a  year  none  oi  his  family  heard  from  him  at  all, 
til  only  through  the  son  of  a  neighbor  whose  regiment  was 
red  near  the  41st.  Cleburne  served  three  years  with 
tlii-  regiment,  then  quit  the  army,  and  with  one  brother  and 
emigrated  to  America,  He  brought  letters  of  introduc- 
tion to  New  Orleans;  but,  acting  upon  his  life-long  principle 
tli.it  ever}  man  should  depend  upon  himself,  he  went  to  Cin- 
cinnati, where  lie  bad  a  position  in  a  drug  store,  later  moving 
to  Helena,  Ark.,  where  he  took  his  degree  as  a  lawyer.  He 
remained  here  till  the  beginning  of  the  war.  when  lie  volun- 
teered .1-  .1  pi  ivate  in  the    1 1 11  Rifles. 

As  a  'in  in  of  Helena  Cleburne  won  distinction,  for  he 
was  scrupulously  honest,  enterprising,  and  public-spirited.  At 
110  time  in  his  life  did  lie  display  more  heroism  than  when  in 
1855  Helena  was  Stricken  with  yellow  fever  and  the  public 
in  .1  pan;,  fled  '"  i  1 1  n  direction  Cleburm  remained  in  the 
plague-tortured  city,  and  went  daily  his  rounds  among  the 
fevet  patients,  nursing  them  and  helping  to  bury  the  dead. 


Personally  Cleburne  was  of  striking  appearance,  lie  was 
six  feet  in  height,  spare  in  build,  and  with  broad  shoulders 
and  erect  carriage.  In  his  large  gray  eyes  was  ever  seen  the 
twinkle  of  humor,  save  when  they  grew  black  in  the  face 
of  danger  or  in  the  smoke  of  battle.  He  was  a  man  of  great 
endurance  and  unswerving  tenacity  of  purpose;  but  in  society 
he  was  awkward  and  embarrassed,  and  he  was  very  sensitive 
to  the  opinion  of  others.  He  was  not  a  good  conversationalist 
save  in  the  presence  of  intimate  friends,  when  his  fluent  lan- 
guage and  vivid  imagery  held  all  spellbound.  He  was  dreamy 
and  absent-minded  save  in  the  presence  of  need  or  in 
defying  circumstances;  then  he  was  indeed  tireless  and  sleep- 
less, for  the  earnestness  of  the  occasion  obliterated  all  thought 
of  self  and  concentrated  his  energies,  showing  the  true  no- 
bility of  his  nature.  The  predominant  trait  in  his  life  was 
courage,  as  one  of  his  strongest  characteristics  was  the  sense 
of  justice. 

An  incident  which  occurred  in  the  first  days  of  the  war  in- 
fluenced his  life  to  the  end.  He  was  holding  some  prisoners 
in  a  house  in  Greenville.  Miss  Among  these  prisoners  was 
a  citizen  who  was  the  victim  of  somnambulism.  Walking  in 
his  sleep,  this  man  made  his  way  to  Cleburne's  room  and  as- 
saulted the  sentry.  Cleburne,  hearing  the  noise  and  thinking 
it  an  attack  of  the  enemy,  sprang  to  his  feet  and  with  his  re- 
volver shot  the  man,  mortally  wounding  him.  Cleburne  was 
entirely  exculpated  for  this  act,  but  all  his  life  was  tinged 
with  the  melancholy  of  remorse. 


"R.  E.  LEE  AND   THE  SOUTHERN  CONFEDERA\   I 

It  would  seem  that  nothing  new  could  be  found  to  write 
about  Gen.  R.  E.  Lee.  Vet  in  Henry  A.  White's  book, 
"Robert  I'..  Lee  and  the  Southern  Confederacy,"  he  has  writ- 
ten an  account  that  is  vivid,  personal,  and  new  in  form.  It 
will  prove  a  joy  to  genealogists,  for  in  this  he  has  given  an 
exhaustive  tracing  of  the  house  of  Lee  back  to  its  founder 
in  Stratford.  England,  down  to  the  present  time.  Richard 
Lee  was  the  first  to  cross  to  America  and  establish  his  line 
in  this  country.  Two  generations  after  him  was  Thomas 
I  ei  Queen  Caroline,  to  show  her  love  for  this  distinguished 
family,  gave  him  money  sufficient  to  build  a  beautiful  man- 
sion befitting  the  dignity  of  the  President  of  the  Colonial 
Council,  which  Thomas  Lee  was  at  that  time.  This  spacious 
home,  with  lofty  ceilings  and  rambling  porticoes,  was  built 
of  brick,  which  at  that  p.  no. I  was  very  rare.  Between  the 
tall  chimneys  were  laid  platforms  from  which  a  wide  survej 
of  the  surrounding  country  could  be  obtained.  These  plat- 
forms were  strongly  suggestive  of  the  battlements  of  mediae- 
val castles  and  the  strongholds  of  ancient  barons. 

I  he  students  of  heredity  will  also  find  the  book  especially 
attractive,  as  the  wonderful  military  genius  of  R.  E.  Lee  is 
distinctly  traceable  through  the  line  of  his  ancestry  as  well 
as  is  his  broad  grasp  of  subjects  to  Ins  progenitors,  who  were 
brain-carrying  statesmen  and  Governors. 

Mi  White  has  carefullj  investigated  all  the  motives  that 
influenced  Lee's  actions,  and  the  history  of  his  life  is  un- 
usually well  portrayed,  for  Ins  character  stands  out  from  its 
setting  like  the  line  lines  in  a  cameo.  The  author  has  gathered 
his  data  from  the  widest  and  most  authentic  sources,  and 
accepted  facts  only  after  careful  research.  Lor  instance, 
speaking  of  the  slavery  question,  he  says:  "I  have  read  nearly 
all  the  literature  on  this  subnet  from  T'ncle  Tom's  Cabin' 
and  Wilson's  'Slave  Power'  to  the  most  recent  biography  of 
W  illiam  LI03  -1  I  iai  1  ison." 


476 


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The  book  is  well  written  and  forcefully  word-pictured, 
being  excellent  from  a  literary  standpoint  and  most  excellent 
historically,  for  it  contains  many  things  explanatory  of  the 
war  and  its  causes.  Putnam  &  Sons,  of  the  Knickerbocker 
Press,  New  York  and  London,  are  the  publishers,  and  the 
book  is  well  up  to  the  standard  of  their  publications  in  fine- 
ness of  paper,  clearness  of  print,  and  general  finish.  The 
book  will  be  supplied  by  the  Veteran  for  $3  net.  It  will  be 
sent  free  postpaid  for  a  club  of  eight  subscribers  at  $1  each. 


"THE  LURE  OF  THE  INDIAN  COUNTRY." 
This  little  pamphlet  by  Oleta  Littleheart,  daughter  of  the 
Chickasaw  Chief  Littleheart,  deals  with  the  Indian  Territory 
at  the  date  of  transition  into  Statehood,  the  men,  whites  and 
Indians,  whose  influences  were  most  potent  in  its  develop- 
ment. It  treats  exhaustively  of  the  natural  medicinal  springs, 
"medicine"  and  "bromide,"  and  tells  of  the  cure  for  all  ills  that 
flesh  is  heir  to  which  is  found  in  their  waters.  One  chap- 
ter is  devoted  to  Piatt  National  Park  and  its  advantages — 
natural,  acquired,  and  assumed.  The  fortunes  that  have  been 
amassed  through  real  estate  deals  are  logically  accounted  for 
by  Miss  Littleheart,  who  wisely  leads  one  on  to  the  thought 
of  fortunes  still  to  be  made  by  her  deft  handling  of  her  sub- 
ject. She  writes  in  good  English  with  an  occasional  lapse 
into  odd  sentence  construction  that  is  the  only  trace  of  her 
Indian  ancestry  to  be  observed  in  the  book.  It  is  beautifully 
illustrated  with  half-tone  engravings  of  the  natural  beauties 
of  the  State  and  of  towns  and  places  showing  unprecedented 
growth.  Through  the  book  is  woven  a  sweet  little  romance 
of  which  Donald  McDonald,  one  of  Flagler's  henchmen,  and 
Anthula,  a  highly  educated  Indian  princess,  are  hero  and 
heroine,  Flagler  being  the  "god  in  the  car"  of  the  story.  For 
sale  by  Oleta  Littleheart,  Sulphur,  Okla.     Price,  25  cents. 


KUKLUX    KLAN — THE   TRUE   AND   THE   FALSE. — Mrs.    S.    E.    F. 

Rose,  State  Historian  of  the  Mississippi  Division,  U.  D.  C, 
has  written  a  most  entertaining  pamphlet  on  the  subject  of 
the  organization,  uses,  and  abuses  of  this  klan.  The  true 
klan  was  composed  of  the  best  men  of  the  States  for  the  pur- 
pose of  assisting  the  South  in  the  trying  period  of  recon- 
struction. The  false  klan  as  depicted  by  Dixon  was  engaged 
in  all  the  evils  of  the  times.  Mrs.  Rose  quotes  two  letters 
which  were  written  her  by  the  only  two  survivors  of  the 
famous  klan  of  which  Nathan  Bedford  Forrest  was  Grand 
Wizard  of  the  Invisible  Empire.  The  booklet  is  to  be  sold  for 
the  benefit  of  the  Jefferson  Davis  Soldiers'  Home  in  Missis- 
sippi. Price,  25  cents.  Address  Mrs.  S.  E.  F.  Rose,  West 
Point,  Miss.  

Gen.  Bob  Toombs's  Plea  for  "Jim." — The  story  is  told  that 
a  negro  under  the  charge  of  murder  was  beuig  tried  in  a 
Georgia  court.  Much  testimony  had  been  taken,  and  it  seemed 
to  be  very  serious  for  the  defendant,  whose  plea  was  self- 
defense.  An  old  man  in  the  court  room  arose  and,  addressing 
the  court  and  jury,  said:  "Please  your  honor  and  gentlemen 
of  the  jury,  years  ago  my  only  brother  fell  wounded  on  the 
battlefield  of  Gettysburg.  He  lay  there  bleeding  to  death, 
with  no  one  to  help  him.  Shot  and  shell,  the  fierce,  fiery 
stream  of  death  were  sweeping  the  earth  about  him.  No 
friend  dared  go  to  him,  no  surgeon  would  approach  him. 
The  singing  of  bullets  and  the  wild  music  of  shells  were  his 
only  requiem.  My  brother  had  a  body  servant,  a  negro  man, 
who  waited  on  him  in  camp.  The  negro  saw  his  master's 
danger,  and  straight  out  into  that  hell  of  battle  and  flame  and 


death  he  went.  A  cannon  shot  tore  the  flesh  from  his  breast; 
but  on  he  went,  and  gathering  my  brother  in  his  arms,  the 
blood  of  the  man  mingled  with  the  blood  of  the  master,  he 
bore  him  to  safety  and  to  life.  Jim,  open  your  collar."  He 
did  so,  and  the  jury  saw  on  his  breast  long,  jagged  scars 
where  the  shell  had  ripped  its  way.  Continuing,  General 
Toombs  said:  "Jim's  skin  is  black;  he  is  a  negro;  but  the  man 
that  would  do  what  Jim  did  for  my  brother  has  a  soul  too 
white  ever  to  have  killed  a  man  except  in  defense  of  his  own 
life."   Jim  was  cleared.    

Burial  Place  of  Col.  Robert  A.  Smith. — A  correction  by 
Luther  Manship,  of  Jackson,  Miss.:  "It  seems  that  in  a  recent 
article  in  the  Veteran  it  was  stated  that  'Col.  Robert  A. 
Smith,  of  Mississippi,  killed  at  Munfordville,  Ky.,  was  buried 
on  the  banks  of  Green  River,  Ky.,  and  sleeps  in  an  unmarked 
grave.'  Col.  Robert  A.  Smith's  remains  were  removed  to 
Jackson,  Miss.,  a  few  years  after  the  war  by  his  brother,  Mr. 
James  Smith,  of  Glasgow,  Scotland.  A  stone  shaft  marks 
the  place  where  he  fell  on  the  battlefield,  near  the  track  of  the 
Louisville  and  Nashville  Railroad,  and  a  magnificent  Scotch 
granite  monument  was  erected  over  his  grave  at  Jackson 
years  ago  with  great  honors,  and  another  monument  was 
erected  by  this  devoted  brother  to  his  memory  in  his  native 
city  of  Glasgow,  Scotland.  Colonel  Smith  left  Jackson  at  the 
opening  of  the  war  in  command  of  a  company,  and  was  soon 
advanced  to  the  command  of  the  10th  Mississippi  Regiment 
as  its  colonel.  His  brother,  James  Smith,  who  had  once  been 
a  citizen  of  Jackson,  but  returned  to  his  native  Scotland  be- 
fore the  war,  presented  the  Mississippi  Rifles  with  their  first 
equipment  of  rifles."      

J.  A.  Cox,  of  Kathleen,  Fla.,  writes :  "I  was  a  lieutenant  in 
Company  C,  14th  Mississippi  Infantry,  and  in  the  battle  of 
Fort  Donelson  of  Buckner's  command.  On  Saturday  morning 
we  were  moved  from  the  right  to  the  left  of  our  lines,  just  in 
the  rear  of  Graves's  Battery.  While  there  Captain  Graves 
called  for  volunteers  to  go  to  the  front  and  unmask  a  body 
of  men  concealed  a  little  to  the  left  of  his  position.  I  sprang 
to  his  side  as  he  stood  on  the  breastworks,  and  he  called  for 
five  men  to  go  with  me.  They  came  promptly,  and  after  ad- 
vice from  Captain  Graves  we  went  forward  and  found  the 
concealed  men  to  be  Federals.  We  gave  the  designated  sig- 
nal, got  out  his  line  of  fire,  and  had  a  little  fight  on  our  own 
hook.  Of  these  five  men,  I  can  recall  the  names  of  but  three 
—viz.,  G.  G.  Dillard,  John  Moseley,  and  —  Weathersby.  The 
latter  was  shot  in  the  army ;  Moseley  was  killed  afterwards  in 
front  of  Atlanta.  If  any  of  the  other  boys  are  living,  I  should 
be  glad  to  hear  from  them.  Dillard's  commission  as  Consul 
at  Guyaquil  was  the  first  one  signed  by  Cleveland  after  his 
first  inauguration."         

Another  Remarkable  Family  Record. — F.  M.  Mumford, 
Commander  of  West  Feliciana  Camp,  St.  Francisville,  La., 
responds  to  W.  T.  Hardison  in  the  July  Veteran,  page  329: 
"We  have  here  three  old  veterans,  William  Town,  aged 
eighty-eight  years,  and  his  two  sons,  William  M.,  aged  sixty- 
five,  and  Thomas,  aged  sixty-three  years.  They  all  served  in 
Scott's  Louisiana  Cavalry  Brigade,  surrendering  at  Gaines- 
ville, Ala.,  on  March  5,  1865.  They  are  all  members  of  my 
Camp."  

Sam  G.  Duffie,  of  Gatesville,  Tex.,  inquires  for  the  address 
of  any  surviving  members  of  Buster's  Battalion,  Company  D, 
Arkansas  Cavalry,  or  of  John  B.  Clark's  9th  Regiment  Mis- 
souri Infantry. 


A  BircPs-Eye  View  of  American  History 

By   LEON   C.   PRINCE 

A  book  for  Southern  homes  and  Southern  schools 

WHAT  THE  SOUTH  THINKS  OF  IT.    "Mr.  Prince  shows  a  thorough  comprehension  oi  the  South  and  her  people.    .    .    .    Ills 

chapter  on  Reconstruction  alone  would  sell  the  book  t"  Southern  i pie,  for  II  shows  with  such  perfect  truth  the  situations  thai 

marked  those  days,  and  ols  treatment  of  the  negro  question  Is  a  mil  Justification  of  Ills  claims  loan  unbiased  history.  .  .  .  Cer 
talnlj  never  before  has  such  Just  Ice  been  given  i\v  a  Northern  writer." — Confederate  VeU  ran, 

■•  i  heartily  Indorse  A  tllrd's  I  ye  View  ol  American  History,  not  only  as  a  Southern  text -book,  but  as  delightful  reading  matter." 
—Lulu  Hayes  Lawrence,  President  Florida  Division  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy. 

"Tread  the  chapter  on  Reconstruction  with  k>  ■.  -n  Interest,  n  Is  Indeed  a  notable  evenl  In  the  de^  elopment  of  a  real  Union  to 
read  sucli  a  clear  and  merciless  statement  i>y  i  descendant  ol  New  England  Puritans  of  the  Injustice  done  the  South.  \  -  ;i  loyal 
American  of  loyal  Southern  blond  lei  me  thank  you  for  the  service  you  have  rendered  the  cause  ol  truth  In  this  fearless  statement  ol 
facts,    it  rusl  your  book  will  take  the  place  at  once  where  It  deserves  to  stay— In  front. " — Thou.  ;*;..•../..  ./,-. 

"No  Mori  in -in  writer  has,  to  our  knowledge,  achieved  the  success  in  writing  Impartial  history  thai  Mr.  Prince  has  won.  Though 
;i  Northerner  and  a  teacher  in  a  Northern  college.  Professor  Prince  has  been  able  to  state  the  side  ol  the  Si  uth  in  such  wise  thai  his 

text-book  will  be  as  wel ni — probablj   more  so— south  "i  the  Mason- Dixon  lino  as  north  of  It.    He  has,  with  a  breadth  ol  view  ami 

an  in  1  iniii"  knowledge  "t  fact,  so  broughl  together  the  Important  data  ol  nlstorj  thai  we  have  in  this  small  volume  what  we  y 

w.'ii  rail  the  best  history  of  Its  size,  scope,  ami  purpose  which  has  yet  been  published." — Baltimore  Sun, 

NORTHERN  OPINION  OF  THE  BOOK  IS  DIVIDED.  Thr  Keu>  York  Times  in  condemning  the  author's  treatment  of  Civil  War 
Issues  said:  "  11  is  not  a  good  book  i"  put  Into  the  bands  of  students  whom  it  is  desired  i"  Instruct  in  thefacl  ami  principles  of 
American  history.  .  .  .  Mr.  Prince's  statement  that  the  desire  of  tin'  South  in  perpetuate  negroslaverj  was  not  the  main  cau  e 
.n  the  (  nil  War  Is  scarcely  tenable." 

'■  Brief,  Interesting,  ami  prejudiced,"  Is  the  descriptive  rapt  inn  In  the  Chicago  Public,  whirl  1  goes  on  u>  saj  :  "  Tim  am  In  a-  takes 
a  strictly  Southern  partisan  view  of  the  Civil  War.  his  chapter  mi  Reconsl  ruction  ending  tgnomlnlously  in  a  passionate  denuncia- 
tion ol  iim  negro." 

1  ni  1  he  other  hand,  the  Outlook  declares:  "There  Is  a  complete  absen r  prejudice  In  the  discussion  of  such  highly  ci 

verslal  subjects  as  the  struggle  over  slaverj  ami  the  methods  of  hi -con si  ruction." 

The  Philadelphia  Record  calls  it  "anamazlnglj  complete  summary  of  the  principal  facts  In  the  history  of  this  country,  marked 
by  a  freshness  ol  style  ami  vigor  of  treatment  ihai  make-  it  unique  in  tone  an  1  character.    .Mr.  Prince,  with  patriotic  fervor,  deals 

r  1  1  Ll  I  l<ll  y  wild  all  Sections,  ami  I  here  Is  not  a  trace  Of  prejudice  111  a  11  \    pari  Ol  I  he  I 1.  " 

iin  Providence  Journal  remarks  "  snme  readers  may  consider  his  discussion  of  the  Civil  War  too  favorable  to  the  South,  but 
as  a  mall'  rol  lac:  It  Is  remarkably  Impartial  in  all  essent  1.1 1  points." 

The  liueeumite  and  Talent  expresses  its  approval  thus:  "  it  Is  patriotic  without  being  partisan,  Interesting  without  being  super- 
ficial, informing  without  being  tedious— an  excellent  example  of  bow  ei'.<  1  u  en  1  facts  maj  become.  This  book  will  he  read  and  re  read 
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Mason,  U.  S.  N.  A.,  Principal. 


Col.  Rcbert  D.  Smith,  of  Columbia, 
Tenn..  needs  the  following  numbers  of 
the  Veteran  to  complete  his  file:  Jan- 
uary. February,  March,  April,  Novem- 
ber, 1S03;  May,  1898;  January,  1900. 
Write  him  in  advance  of  sending. 


C.  M.  Farrar,  of  Black  Betsy,  W.  Ya  . 
wishes  to  locate  the  burial  place  of  his 
brother,  John  A.  Farrar,  who  was  killed 
near  Kernstown  August  25.  1864.  He 
was  a  member  of  Company  A,  36th  Vir- 
ginia Volunteer  Infantry.  He  will  ap- 
preciate ary  information  about  it. 


Dr.  J.  O.  Hardin,  of  Spring  Hill, 
Tenn.,  seeks  to  ascertain  where  Com- 
rade Joe  W.  Alexander  was  at  the  close 
of  the  war.  He  belonged  to  Company 
F,  3d  Tennessee  Regiment,  and  was 
badly  wounded  at  Jackson,  Miss.,  which 
wound  probably  incapacitated  him  for 
further  service.  His  widow  is  entitled 
to  a  pension. 


\V.  C.  Spinks  writes  from  Cameron, 
Tex.:  "I  belonged  to  Company  H,  62d 
Alabama  Infantry,  organized  at  Selma, 
Ala.,  in  January,  1864.  J.  J.  Alston 
commanded  our  company  and  Colonel 
Huger  the  regiment.  I  would  be  glad 
to  know^  the  whereabouts  of  any  of  my 
company  or  regiment.  T  was  captured 
at  Fort  Gaines  and  taken  to  Ship  Is- 
land. Address  me  as  above,  R.  F.  D. 
No.  3.  Box  95." 


The  graves  of  two  unknown  soldiers, 
supposed  to  have  belonged  to  Giltner's 
Brigade  and  who  died  of  smallpox  111 
1863,  are  at  Jonesville,  Lee  County,  Va. 
As  the  hospital  record  has  been  lost  and 
those  who  waited  on  them  are  long  since 
dead,  their  names  cannot  be  ascertained; 
but  they  were  from  Kentucky.  Mr  J. 
F.  \V.  Sadler,  of  Jonesville,  R.  F.  D. 
No.  5,  Box  49.  will  be  glad  to  communi- 
cate with  any  whose  relatives  or  friends 
these  unknown  soldiers  might  be. 


Mrs.  M.  R.  Kevil,  President  U.  D.  C, 
Princeton,  Ky.,  wishes  to  secure  the 
war  record  of  a  Col.  W.  B.  Harper, 
who  went  to  Missouri  when  the  war 
broke  out  and  joined  a  company  formed 
at  Reelfoot  Lake.  He  was  under  Jeff 
Thompson  and  Generals  Buckner  and 
Forrest;  but  in  1864  he  resigned  and 
ran  a  blockade  on  the  steamer  Blen- 
heim from  Wilmington  to  Nassau.  The 
information  requested  will  be  appreci- 
ated. 


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H.  L.  Tomkinson,  of  Cape  May,  N.  J, 
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to  make  link  cuff  buttons.  He  wants; 
those  that  have  seen  service. 


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The  above  cut  is  that  of  the  great  painting  of  "  Lee  and  His  Generals,'*  by  George  B.  Matthews. 
ol  Virginia.  <J  General  Marcus  J.  Wright  indorses  it  as  follows:  "I  regard  it  as  one  of  the 
finest  paintirgs  I  ever  saw.  The  truthfulness  of  feature  of  all  these  great  generals  is  most 
remarkable  The  Lithograph  copy  is  a  most  striking  and  accurate  reproduction  of  the 
original.  I  iope  all  Confederates  will  procure  copies."  iJI  The  Lithograph  is  in  color.  Size, 
27  x  16  inches.  State  agents  can  make  most  liberal  contiacts.  Agents  wanted  in  every  city  and 
town  in  the  South.  CJI  Sent  by  mail  on  receipt  of  55  cents.  Every  home  should  have  a  pic- 
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A  LIBERAL  PROPOSITION. 

The  Dixie  Book  Shop,  41  Liberty 
Street,  New  York  City,  will  forward 
with  pleasure  and  without  ci  st  to  the 
parties  interested  the  following  docu- 
ments : 

1.  Recommendation  of  Capt.  — .  — . 
Bcrger,  Company  K,  Wirt  Adams's  Cav- 
alry, to  transfer  Private  William  Burns 
to  Captain  Richard's  company,  3d  Louis- 
iana Regiment.  Indorsed  "Approved" 
Wirt  Adams      Camp  near  Saltillo. 

2.  Application  by  D.  F.  Pouder,  sec- 
ond lieutenant  Company  K,  Veil's  Regi- 
ment Arkansas  Infantry,  for  leave  of 
absence.  Approved  by  I  .  J.  Churchill, 
brigadier  general,  February  7,  1864. 

3.  Application  of  Capt.  J.  B.  Bowles, 
9th  Regiment  Missouri  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, for  have  of  absence.  Approved 
bj  order  of  Major  General  Price  Octo- 
ber 6,  1863. 

4.  Letter  of  introduction  for  Capt.  T. 
M.    Turner  from  Maj,  Gen    M.   M.  Par- 

to  Maj.  Gen.  Sterling  Price,  Cam- 
den. Ark..  November  17,  1864. 

5.  Order  No.  41,  appointing  First 
1  1     1     Otis     M.     Messick,    nth     Texas 

neiit,  to  be  major  of  said  regiment 
by  order  of  Brigadier  General  Cabell, 
May  26,  tStu  Headquarters  Mc<  ron's 
Division   Army  of  the  West. 


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6.  Certificate  of  disability  for  dis- 
charge to  Private  Thomas  C.  Potter, 
Company  B,  2d  Regiment  Texas  In- 
fantry. Approved  by  D.  H.  Maury, 
brigadier  general  commanding,  August 
31,  1S62. 

7.  Application  for  furlough  to  F.  L. 
Thompson,  first  lieutenant  and  adjutant 
31st  Mississippi  Regiment,  August  25, 
1862.  Granted  by  order  of  Major  Gen- 
eral  Price. 

S.  Application  for  furlough  to  First 
Lieut.  J.  D.  Gassaway,  Company  A, 
Bell's  Regiment,  A.  V.  J.  Granted  by 
Brig.  Gen.  J.  F.  Fagan  April  17,  1863. 

q.  Letter  of  Brig.  Gen.  Louis  Herbert 
to  Brig.  Gen.  H.  Little  recommending 
that  Capt.  J.  S.  Brooks,  1st  Texas 
Legion,  2d  Brigade,  Army  of  the  West, 
be  promoted  to  rank  of  maior,  July  21, 
r862 


Mrs.  R,  A.  Adams,  of  Dublin.  Tex, 
wishes  to  hear  from  any  comrades  of 
her  husband,  John  A.  Adams,  who 
erved  in  Company  K.  8th  Kentucky 
Regiment.  Morgan's  command,  as  she 
wishes  to  i   1  ure  his  record 


Mrs.  Sallie  L.   McCandler,  of  Merid 
ian,    Tex.,    makes     inquiry     for    J.     M 

Muss,  who  enlisted  in  the  Confederate 
army  from  Lanton,  Scotl  County,  Mo., 
under  .Lit  i  liomson  in  Price's  command. 
Hi     full  name  wa^  James  Milton  Moss. 


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Trial  and  Death  of  Henry  Wirz 

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lawyer,  a  full  aroounl  of  Andersonville  Prison, 
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Personal  knowledge  is  the  winning  factor  in  the  culminating  contests  ol 
this  competitive  age  and  when  of  ample  character  il  places  its  fortunate 
possessor  in  the  front  ranks  of 

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highest  excellence  in  any  field  of  human  effort. 

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edge of  Products  are  all  of  the  utmost  value  and  in  questions  of  life  and  health 
when  a  true  and  wholesome  remedy  is  desired  it  should  be  remembered  that  Syrup 
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gives  universal  satisfaction,  because  it  is  a  remedy  of 


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world,  who  know  of  their  own  personal  knowledge  and  from  actual  use  that  it  is  the  first 
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laxative  principles,  obtained  from  Senna,  are  well  known  to  physicians 
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adopted  the  more  elaborate  name  of — Syrup  of  Figs  and 
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but  doubtless  it  will  always  be  called  for  by  the  shorter 
name  of  —  Syrup  of  Figs — and  to  get  its  beneficial 
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No.  10. 


LEADING  ARTICLES  IN  THIS  NUMBER. 


Visit  of  Gen.  Fred  Grant  and  Col.  Goethels 

Plea  to  the  Sons  of  Veterans 

Gen.  Alexander  P,  Stewart 

In  Honor  of  Admiral  Semmes 

Contributors  to  Davis  Home  Association 

From  Very  Low  Depths — Editorial 

Another  Prize  F'ssay,  Columbia  College 

Monument  Dedication  at  Abingdon,  V'a 

More  about  Confederates  ill  Columbia 

Suppose  the  South  Had  Succeeded 

Sacrifice  of  David  t).  Dodd — "Talks  with  the  Hoys' 

Storming  Blockhouse  in  Greenland  Gap 

First  Infantry  Fight  of  the  War 

Trials  of  Our  Women  in  the  War 

Early  War  Experiences  in  Missouri 

Reminiscences  of  War  at  the  Close 

Concerning  Confederate  Monuments 

Concerning  George  Peabody's  Bequest  to  the  South. 

Porl  Hudson  Calamities 

Sam  Houston's  Separation  from  His  Wile 

Confederate  Congress — Members 

Annuities  for  Confederates 

Story  of  the  Harriet  Lane 

M  on  uncut  at  Aiken,  S.  C 

Last  Roll 

Hale  and  Strong  at  102  Years  of  Age 

Tar  Heel  Daughters 

I  ).in  s  ol  State  Reunion! 

Monument  at  Vienna,  Ga 


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Is  not  difficxilt  once  you  start  to  save  money 
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forts you  must  make  a  start. 

Money  saved  and  put  away  safely  will  pro- 
tect you  from  misfortune  and  prepare  you  to 
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financial  institutions.  The  largest  capital  and 
surplus  and  profits  of  any  National  Bank  in  the 
State,  together  with  able  management  and  a 
strong  B,>ard  of  Directors,  explain  our  high 
standing. 

We  handle  banking  in  all  its  departments, 
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Contributors  arc  n  qui  ■  u  d  to  u  -  01  h  one  sine  o(  the  paper,  and  to  abbrevi- 
ate sis  much  as  practicable.    These  suggestions  nre  important. 

Where  clippings  are  senl  copy  should  be  kept,  ;is  ihc  Vi  1 1  i<  w  cannot  un- 
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list  w  ill  be  December,  and  tin-  subscriber  is  entitled  lo  that  number • 


The  civil  war  was  loo  long  ago  i<<  be  called  the  late  war,  and  when  cor- 
espondents use  thai  term  "  war  between  the  States"  will  be  substituted. 
The  (crms  "New  South"  and1'  lost  cause"  are  objectionable  to  the  Vi  1 1  R  ^n. 


OFFICIAL  LT  REPRESE  \  TS  : 

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I'm  1  in  Dai  ghters  ot   tin   Com  edi  r  icy, 

Sons  of  Veterans,    vnd  Other  Organization's, 

Confederated  Southern  Memoriai  Association. 

The  Veteran   is  approved  and  indorsed  officially  by  a  larij 
•  li  ■  tied  patronage,  doubtless,  than  any  other  publication  in  ex  stencc. 

I  hough  men  deserve,  they  may  not  win  success; 

The  bra*  e  \\  ill  honor  the  brave,  vanquished  none  the  less. 


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No.  Id 


i  S.  A.  CUNNINGHAM 
I  Proprietor. 


VISIT  I  I'  (./  \    FRED  (-/v  /\  /   AND  COL.  GOETHELS. 

Among  man]  incidents  in  which  ii  seemed  desirable  to 
show  partiality  for  the  editor  of  the  Veteran  after  his  se- 
ven illness  the  President  of  the  ureal  Tennessee  State  Fair 
\  ociation,  Mr.  Robert  L.  Burch,  selected  him  as  one  of  a 
committee  to  meet  Gen.  Fred  Grant  and  Col  George  W. 
Goethels  upon  their  arrival  in  Nashville  and  attend  them  to 
the  Hermitage  and  to  the  Confederate  Soldiers'  Home 
Upon  being  introduced  to  Colonel  Goethels  that  gentleman 
spoke  of  a  young  engineer  of  Nashville  h\  the  same  name 
whom  he  had  "slated  to  take-  to  the  Canal  Zone,"  and  he 
seemed  pleased  to  have  met  the  father  of  one  who  was  so 
highlj  capable  and  a  general  favorite  in  the  profession  Paul 
D.  Cunningham.  Colonel  Goethels  succeeded  several  others 
who  were  given  charge  of  the  great  Panama  (-'anal  and  failed 
in  quick  succession.  He  was  assigned  to  the  work  in  March, 
1907,  from  which  time  the  enterprise  was  at  once  successful, 
and  11  is  now  the  most  prodigious  undertaking  of  man  He 
has  at  work  34,680  nun  without  friction,  and  he  has  improved 
sanitary  conditions  in  the  Panama  region  marvelously. 

The  trip  to  the  Hermitage,  twelve  miles  from  Nashville, 
over   a   splendid   turnpike  in   automobiles   was  made  in  little 

more   than   half   an   hour       Mr.    1. eland    llmne.   one   of  the  most 

active  and  progressive  men  of  Tennessee,  had  for  his  guests 
in  a  superb  cat  Gen  Fred  Grant,  Gen.  (I  P  Thruston,  and 
the  editor  of  the  Veteran.  Better  conditions  could  not  have 
existed  for  tin    journej 

Gen.  Fred  (Irani,  now  a  majoi  general  of  the  United  States 
army,  and  who  will  become  second  in  rank  during  this  month. 
1^  a  ime  man.  He  i^  evidently  very  much  like  his  father  in 
simple,  rugged  honesty,  and  is  net  in  the  least  egotistic.  He 
was  greatl)  phased  with  the  visit,  as  he  found  much  more 
preserved  aboul  the  Hermitage  than  In  expected  and  an  cle- 
ganci  in  the  home  that  showed  true  aristocracy  in  Jackson's 
day.  At  the  Soldiers'  Home  there  was  a  most  cordial  greet 
ing,  and  in  a  public  talk  to  the  unfortunate  veterans,  who  are 
under  th  neci  sitj  of  accepting  State  upport,  he  showed  his 
■ppi  1 1  iati i   «  liat  tin  \   h  et  e  in  the  sixties. 

Returning  to  the  city,  the  partj  was  met  l>\  Secretary  of 
W.ii  Judge  Dickinson  at  Greenwood  Park,  where  the  negroes 
were  having  their  annual  fair.  J.  C  Napier,  President  of  the 
Fair,  and  other  officials  were  in  readiness  to  extend  everj 
courtesy.  After  viewing  the  handiwork  ol  the  negroes  and 
their  beautiful  stock,  then    was  a  m  the  pavilion  and 

speeches  were  made  bj  Judge  Dickinson  and  General  (Irani 


They  were  remarkable  talks.  Judge  Dickinson  poke  to 
them  as  a  Southerner  and  a  Confederate,  giving  them  prac- 
tical advice.  He  told  them  that  if  thej  wanted  to  succeed 
in  life  they  must  be  industrious  and  diligently  economical 
in  saving  their  earnings.  He  referred  to  their  freedom  and 
how    u   came  about,  declaring   that   the  war  was   nol    waged 

for   their    freedom,   but    that    it    was    simplj    an    incident    of   the 

war.      Ill     told    them    that    the    one    tune    General    l.ee    left    the 

army  during  the  war  was  to  go  to  his  home  and  formally  give 

fried. mi    to    his    slaves       General    (Irani    in    his    address    spoke 

kindl]  to  them  and  of  his  pleasure  in  seeing  thnr  prosperity 

He    had    known    their    race   all   of    his    life.      His    family   owned 

slaves  until  they  were  freed  by  Lincoln's  proclamation,  and 
he  said  that  after  the  war  then-  old  servants  maintained  an 
interest  >n  the  family,  and  in  all  the  intervening  years  thev 
had    not    failed    to    make    known    their    needs,    which    had    been 

heeded  It  was  a  remarkabh  record  that  in  the  latter  years 
of  the  war  l.ee  fought  on  with  no  interest  in  slavery,  while 

(Irani   In  Id  his  until    freed  by   the  "exigencies  of  war." 

From  the  negro   Fair  the  distinguished   guests  were  taken 
to  the  Tennessee  State  Fair.     It  was  v    |>    C    Day,  and  they 
were  entertained  with  a  luncheon  upon  arrival      While  Gen 
earl  (.ram   was  at  the   Hermitage  Judge   Dickinson  made  an 
address  to  the  Daughters,  which  will  appear  in  the  November 

VETERAN         \fter   delicious   refreshments,   the   guests   were  eon- 
dueled  to  the  speakers'  stand,  around  which  gathered  the  I  on 
federates  to  hear  a  brief  address   from   General   Grant      He 

manifested   there,   a-    everywhere    he    meets   them,    his    high    es 

teem  for  the  Confederate  soldiers     In  private  conversations  he 
talked  enthusiastically  of  the  reception  given  him  at  the  Mem 
phis  Reunion,  and  admitted  that  it  gave  zest  to  in-  feelings  in 
his  address  and  tribute  i"  Gen.  Stephen  I'    Lee  at  the  dedica 
tion  of  the  bronze  statue  in  Government   Park.  Vicksburg,  thi 
next   day. 

In   a   written   address  at   the    Fair   on   the   last   >\a\    .if  his   visit 

'..a  eral  (Irani,  after  complimenting  his  chief,  the  Secretarj  of 
War.  the  officials  of  Tennessee,  and  the  State  Fair  for  tin- 
many  cordial  courtesies  extended  to  him.  sai  I:  "I  am  specially 
touched  that  you  welcome  me  thus  warmly,  as  I  realize  this 
courtcsj  is  not  so  much  for  me  personally  as  because  of  thefacl 
that  I  am  the  s,m  of  on.-  who  you  know  cherished  during  Ins 
life  a  friendship  for  your  people  with  a  hope  for  that  peace  and 
harm,  in   which  now   happilj   prevails  throughout  ■  ur  beloved 

land  I  personally  know  that  the  peo|  le  of  Tennessee  realized 
fullv    the  wish   which   my   father.  General   (.rant,  had    for   peaci 


484 


Qopfederat?  l/eterai)f 


between  the  North  and  South,  for  I  was  here  with  him  at  his 
headquarters  early  in  1864,  when  as  commander  of  the  Union 
forces  he  used  always  his  best  efforts  conscientiously  to  reduce 
in  every  possible  way  the  sufferings  necessarily  resulting  from 
that  unfortunate  civil  strife  then  existing." 

General  Grant  spoke  more  at  length  of  evidence  of  esteem 
for  his  father  by  demonstrations  in  his  honor  in  the  fall  of 
1863  in  Memphis  and  in  Eastern  Tennessee  during  the  same 
year,  and  again  in  Memphis  after  his  great  tour  around  the 
world.  The  tributes  to  his  father  in  1863  were  not  from  those 
who  honor  him  now. 

As  President  General  Grant  disappointed  the  South  greatly 
in  permitting  the  domination  of  reconstruction  influences.  It 
was  evidently  against  his  will,  for  it  was  believed,  as  in  the 
case  of  General  Lee's  surrender,  he  would  exercise  not  only 
his  influence  but  his  power  to  have  justice  done  the  South. 
With  him,  however,  as  it  was  with  others,  the  domination  of 
ultra  radicalism  was  without  hindrance.  If  General  Grant 
had  had  half  the  independence  shown  by  Roosevelt,  without 
commending  the  use  to  which  the  latter  exercised  it,  the 
Southern  people  would  have  come  to  their  own  much  sooner 
than  they  did.  

Gen.  Fred  Grant  is  correct  in  his  estimate  of  how  the  South 
appreciates  that  his  father,  Gen.  U.  S.  Grant,  did  nothing  of 
small  nature  for  which  the  South  complains ;  but  if  he  had 
been  great  and  bold  for  conciliation  and  had  assumed  the  re- 
sponsibility of  preventing  exchange  of  prisoners,  it  would  have 
been  greatly  to  his  honor.  He  well  knew  that  the  Confederate 
authorities  could  not  possibly  care  for  Union  prisoners  as  they 
deserved.  It  was  an  oversight  not  to  interview  Gen.  Fred 
Grant  on  this  point,  as  he  is  free  and  candid. 


Indulgence  will  be  granted  for  omissions  and  errors  during 
the  last  and  present  month.  The  sketch  of  Mr.  Leslie  Warner 
that  appeared  in  the  "Last  Roll"  of  the  September  issue  seemed 
out  of  place  without  the  intended  introduction.  Thirty  years 
ago  "Bill  Arp"  was  in  Nashville,  the  guest  of  the  editor  of 
the  Veteran,  and  Leslie  Warner  cooperated  in  his  entertain- 
ment so  delightfully  that  the  closest  intimacy  was  ever  main- 
tained with  him,  and  yet  he  had  been  so  neglected  that  it  was 
resolved  to  pay  tribute  to  his  memory.  The  evening  that  he 
returned  from  several  months'  absence  in  search  of  health 
the  delightful  home  was  opened  with  light  in  every  window, 
and  was  a  joyous  sight,  yet  he  died  that  night. 


RESOURCES  OF  HOUSTON,  TEX. 
A  card  from  Houston.  Tex.,  where  the  United  Daughters 
of  the  Confederacy  holds  its  Convention  for  1909,  contains 
statements  of  much  interest.  It  says :  "Houston's  population, 
including  suburbs,  is  105,000.  Its  building  permits  for  last 
fiscal  year  were  $3,404,978.  Its  fifteen  banks  have  resources 
of  $35,000,000,  leading  the  State,  and  its  gross  bank  clearings 
of  eight  national  banks  are  $1,250,870,016.  Houston  is  the 
railroad  center  of  the  State,  having  fifteen  lines  of  road,  with 
the  finest  terminals  south  of  St.  Louis.  Last  year  $3,000,000 
was  spent  in  terminals.  The  railways  daily  operate  one  hundred 
and  thirteen  passenger  trains  in  and  out  of  Houston.  Hous- 
ton's scholastic  population  is  1 7, 1 1 3  ;  public  school  buildings, 
.40;  high  schools,  2;  colleges  and  private  schools,  38.  The 
Rice  Institute  for  the  Advancement  of  Literature,  Science,  and 
Art,  a  great  polytechnic  school,  has  an  endowment  of  $6,000,- 
•000,  construction  soon  to  begin.  Houston  handles  more  cot- 
ton than  any  other  city  in  the  world,  is  the  South's  greatest 


lumber  market  (over  $27,000,000  sold  last  year),  center  of  rice 
distribution,  center  of  oil  industry,  and  has  greater  wdiolesale 
trade  than  any  other  Texas  city.  Government  reports  show 
she  is  the  first  Texas  city  in  manufacturing,  her  industrial  pay 
roll  being  over  one  million  dollars  in  excess  of  any  other  city 
The  city  has  four  hundred  and  five  corporations  in  business 
with  a  capital  of  $94,387,520.  Houston's  assessed  valuation  is 
$60,500,000  and  Harris  County's  $106,000,000.  Houston  has 
five  parks,  one  hundred  and  two  churches,  eighteen  hotels,  six 
hospitals,  five  theaters,  two  libraries,  and  a  great  convention 
auditorium."  , 

A  PLEA   TO  THE  SONS  OF  VETERANS. 

BY   HERBERT   MITCHELL,   HOUSTON,  TEX. 

The  article  in  the  Veteran  for  August  in  regard  to  the  de- 
sire to  hear  from  Sons  of  Veterans  has  prompted  me  to  write. 
I  am  the  grandson  and  great-nephew  of  Confederate  soldiers, 
and  I  appeal  to  all  sons  of  Confederates,  whether  or  not  they 
are  members  of  the  U.  S.  C.  V.,  from  a  heart  full  of  senti- 
ment for  the  cause  and  all  connected  with  Dixie  Land. 

All  know  that  our  veterans  and  our  noble  women  of  the 
war  days  are  fast  passing  away.  "Will  Southern  rank^  be 
empty?"  No!  Not  while  children  who  appreciate  the  noble 
deeds  of  their  sires  and  grandsires  exist.  Of  course  we  ap- 
preciate all  that  is  past,  but  are  we  showing  it? 

I  am  pleased  with  the  awakening  of  the  U.  S.  C.  V.,  but 
only  a  small  minority  are  doing  their  duty.  The  majority  are 
leaving  that  duty  to  the  willing  Daughters.    Is  that  fair? 

Soon  the  few  threads  that  hold  us  personally  to  the  old 
South  of  ante-bellum  days  will  disappear.  What  then?  Will 
the  younger  generation  vindicate  the  principles  of  their  fathers? 
The  ever-loyal  U.  D.  C.  and  the  C.  S.  M.  A.  will  continue  to 
keep  our  glorious,  untainted  history;  but,  boys,  will  we? 
Sons  of  the  Confederacy,  do  you  not  realize  this?  We  have 
not  that  duty  to  perform  that  the  Southern  men  of  the  sixties 
had  ;  our  battles  are  of  a  different  nature.  For  four  weary 
years  our  Southern  soldiers,  half-clad  and  poorly  armed,  often 
hungry,  bravely  and  honorably  held  their  own,  and  thrilled 
the  world  with  their  victories  in  fights  against  many  times 
their  number  of  splendidly  equipped  men  and  with  the  sup- 
plies and  markets  of  the  world  behind  them. 

In  the  homes  and  oftentimes  in  the  fields  our  Southern 
women  toiled,  performing  the  work  of  the  men  as  well  as 
their  own.  They  fed  and  clothed  themselves,  their  children. 
and  our  soldiers  in  the  army,  never  faltering  in  duty,  and 
were  ever  our  angels  of  love,  even  when  the  sad  end  came. 

Then  the  beginning  of  another  struggle  in  the  South  oc- 
curred— a  struggle  against  poverty,  against  the  unscrupulous 
carpetbagger,  the  cowardly  camp  follower,  and  the  misguided 
negro.  Southern  men  were  crippled  by  wounds  and  weakened 
by  want,  and  these  women  took  up  the  work  and  came  out  of 
it  gloriously  victorious.  During  those  four  years  of  war  and 
the  many  following  in  reconstruction  the  noblest  pages  of  Oltr 
history  were  made. 

Fellow-sons  and  grandsons,  will  we  forget  these  facts?  Cm 
we?  But  we  must  do  more  than  remember:  we  must  show  the 
world  that  we  not  only  remember,  but  appreciate.  We  must 
vindicate  their  principles,  and  w-e  must  immortalize  in  many 
ways  the  Confederates  and  their  deeds,  so  all  coming  genera- 
tions will  know  of  and  honor  them.  We  must  study  the  true 
history  of  their  righteous  cause.  Let  us  join  in  the  ranks  and 
fill  them  to  overflowing.  Let  us  show  the  outside  world  that 
we  adhere  to  these  grand  old  Southern  principles.     Will  you? 

If  we  fail  in  our  duty,  what  is  the  cause?     Let  us  not  admit 


QoQfederac?  l/ecerao 


485 


that  commercialism  should  so  affect  us.  Will  we  permit  this 
desire  for  gain  to  force  us  to  neglect  those  principles  for  which 
our  sires  and  grandsires  fought  and  died? 

The  Old  South!     How  that  name  makes  a  true  Southerner 
thrill  with  love  and  reverence! 

It  is  often  asked:  "Will  the  South  ever  again  produce  the 
equal  of  the  men  of  the  sixties?"  Although  we  can  never  reach 
the  heights  they  reached,  times  and  conditions  hcing  so  dif 
ferent.  we  can  at  least  live  up  to  the  same  principles  of  honor 
and  freedom  they  believed  in.  *  *  *  There  is  no  excuse 
for  man  allowing  money  to  dwarf  exalting  memories.  Poverty 
is  not  dishonor.  In  the  days  of  our  honored  ancestors  wealth 
was  not  the  highest  passport  into  distinction. 

Le1    us   live   up   to   the  principles   by   which   our   grandsires 
were  governed,  and  let  us  all  do  our  duty. 


(,/  N.  ALEX  /'.  STEWART. 
Seme  Confederate  officers  of  high  merit  have  never  had 
sufficient  record  in  the  Veteran,  yet  such  men  linger  in  the 
memory  of  their  soldiers  and  fellow-officers.  Maj.  Gen  Bush- 
rod  Johnson  is  distinctively  one  of  these.  A  Northern  man. 
lie  had  become  an  ardent  Southerner,  and  as  the  decades  go 
by  hi ^  ability  as  a  commander  creates  renewed  desire  to  honor 
his  memory      Gen.  W.  J.   Hardee  i-  more  and  more  honored 

by  those  who  served  under  him,  and  critical  students  will  give 
him   higher   and   higher  distinction.     Gen.   Alex    F.    Stewart   is 
another  who  as  officer  and  man  is  more  and  more  honored. 
Govt  rnoh  Porter's  Tribute  to  General  Stewart. 
i      Goi    James  1'    Porter  Chancellor  of  the  University  of 
Nashville,  who  was  adjutant  general   of  Cheatham's  Division 
of  the  Confederate  army  while  Lieut.  Gen.  A.  F.  Stewart  was 
brigadiei  general  of  tin   same  division,  pays  high  tribute.     He 
closeh,   associated  with  General  Stewart      Governor  Por- 
ter said  of  <  ieneral  Stewart : 

"lie  was  a  tine  specimen  of  a  man.  I  emiessee  never  pro 
dtieed  a  better  soldier  nor  a  more  perfect  gentleman.  He  was 
:n  mail}  of  the  important  battles  of  the  war.  and  he  never 
went  tip. hi  the  battlefield  that  he  did  not  distinguish  himself. 
He  was  modest  and  retiring,  1  ul  coupled  with  these  character- 
istics were  positiveness  and  courageousne:s. 

"General   Stewart  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  every  general 

under   whom   he   served,  and   his   troops   were   devoted    to   him 

No  brigade  in  the  army  was  more  loyal  to  its  e  mmander  than 
the  soldiers  of  (ieneral  Stewart  Hi-  command  was  always  in 
perfi  and   ready   lor  battle  at  any  time. 

"When  tin  war  broke  out.  he  was  professor  of  mathematics 
at  Cumberland  University.  Being  a  West  Pointer,  he  was 
given  a  commission  as  major  of  artillery  in  the  provisional 
Army  of  Tennessee,  and  as  soon  as  these  troops  were  raus- 
tered  into  the  regular  Confederate  army  he  was  made  briga- 
dier general  by  President  Davis.  He  was  assigned  to  Cheat- 
ham's Division;  and  after  the  battle  of  Murfrecsl.oro,  he  was 
made  major  general  and  transferred  to  another  division. 

"General  Stewart  was  not  only  a  splendid  soldier,  hut  was 
a  Inn  ul  a   man  of  unusual  attainments  as  a   scholar. 

"General  Stewart  came  to  Nashville  from  Lebanon  to  oc- 
cupy the  ehau  of  mathematics  for  one  year  mi  the  University 

of    Nashville,    hut    at    the    end    of    that    lime    he    went    hack    to 

Cumberland  Universit) ." 

From  James  W.  Lee   (3d  Texas  Regt.),  Birmingham,  Ala. 

In  tie  VETERAN  for  August  I  read  with  much  interest  an 
article  .n  "The  Fighting  Parsons"  in  the  Confederate  army. 
It    recall..!    tO   my    mind    an    incident   of   the   Georgia   campaign 


In  the  latter  part  of  June.  [864,  the  announcement  was  made 
on  dress  parade  that  a  prayer  meeting  would  he  held  the  fol- 
lowing morning  in  a  graveyard  mar  the  line  of  battle. 

At  the  appointed  time  a  large  number  of  soldiers  1  perhaps 
3,000)  assembled  for  the  service.  Just  before  the  singing  of 
the  opening  hymn  a  general  officer,  unattended  by  any  escort, 

rode  up  111  the  rear  of  the  assembly,  dismounted,  hitched  his 
horse,  entered  the  assembly,  and  sat  on  the  ground  in  the 
midst  of  the  worshipers.  Me  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  serv- 
ice. At  :t-  conclusion  he  mounted  his  horse  and  rode  away 
to  his  corps.  As  he  left  every  man  stood  in  silence  and  lifted 
his  hat.  Xo  one  seemed  to  know  who  he  was;  hut  before  the 
sun  went  down  that  day  they  all  knew  that  it  was  Lieut.  Gen. 
Ah  x  P  Stewart,  ..tie  of  the  bravest  and  best  corps  com- 
manders  in  the  Army  of  Tennessee 

1  his  simple  act  of  unostentatious  humility  and  piety  on  the 
part  of  an  earnest  Christian  soldier  did  more  good  than  many 
eloquent  sermons.  Many  silent  prayers,  "God  bless  that 
general."  want   up  that  day. 


IN  HONOR  OF  ADMIRAL  SEMM1  S 
I  he  entire  South  united  in  observing  the  centenarj   of  Ad- 
miral Raphael  Semmes.  who  was  born  in  Charles  County,  Md  . 
September  27,  1809.    Louisiana,  from  whence  he  Titled  out  the 
Sumter  for  his    famous  cruise  and  where  for   several  years   he 
was  instructor  in  the   Military    Academy,   Alabama,  which  lie 
had    chosen    for    his    home    place,   honoring    Mobile    as    his    se 
lected    residence,   and   Maryland,  that   gave  him   birth,  were  the 
three   States   in    which   the   celebrations    were    most   elaborate 
and   enthusiastically   attended;   but   everj    Slat,     south   of   the 
Mason  and  Dixon  line  observed  tin    :l,\\ 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy.  Veterans,  Sons  of  Veterans, 

..ml  the  Confederated  Southern  Memorial  Association  united 
in  honoring  the  naval  hero.  The  Alabama  sleeps  beneath  the 
waters  she  so  bravely  breasted,  and  her  commander  li.  -  111 
the  Catholic  cemetery    at   New  Orleans,  wlnre  his   statue  of 

stone  keeps  watch  and  ward;  but  the  spirit  of  Sennnes  is  the 
heritage  of  the  South,  for  which  he  fought  so  valiantly.  In 
this  celebration  in  his  honor  the  land  he  loved  has  shown  that 
the  memory  of  the  wonderful  legal  brain  that  knew  his  rights 
and  maintained  them,  his  honor  and  bravery,  his  eoiir.ee.  and 
enterprise  are  written   forever  ill  the  hearts  of  hi-  peopl 


In  connection  with  the  prize  story  ><i  the  U  I'  C,  published 
111  this  hMir  of  the  \'i  iika.x.  a  letter  is  recalled  by  the  editor 
..I  ,111  exciting  event  that  occurred  ill  1K44.  Henry  Clay,  the 
Whig  candidate  for  President,  had  written  a  letter  to  Nash- 
ville in  which  he  opposed  the  annexation  of  Texas.  The 
Democrats  were  elated,  feeling  confident  that  Clay's  letter 
would  msure  his  defeat  in  Tennessee  Almost  immediately 
afterwards  a  letter  from  Martin  Van  Buren  came  in  which 
h.  look  the  same  position  At  two  ..'.lock  in  the  morning  Col. 
Willoughby    Williams    was    aroused    at    his   country    home   by   a 

message   from   Col.    Robert     Armstrong,    who   suggested   that 

he    anil    Colonel    Williams    go    at    once    1"    the    Hermitage    and 

talk    the    mattei    over    with    General    Jackson       ["hey    called 

upon  t  Hd  Hickory  at  a  surprisingly  early  hour.  When  ap 
prised  of  Van  Buren's  letter,  he  declared  it  a  forgery.  Aftei 
discussion  it  was  concluded  that  it  would  be  impossible  for 
Van  Buren  to  overcome  the  blow  that  came  with  the  state 
111.  nt  I  h.n  the  feasibility  of  other  men  was  discussed,  and 
Colonel  Williams  suggested  Calhoun  as  the  most  available 
man.  when  Jackson  replied:  "Well.  Calhoun  has  behaved  very 
well  on   the  Texas  question,  but   he  can't   be  trusted." 


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JEFFERSOX  DAVIS   HOME  ASSOCIATION.      ■ 
Contributions  Reported  by  Treasurer,  Capt.  J.  H.  I. fathers. 
Camps. 

Statham  Farrell,  No.  1197,  Poplar  Creek.  Miss $15  00 

John  Bowie  Strange.  No.  464,  Charlottesville.  Va 5  00 

Boyd  Hutchison,  No.  1910,  Cedar  Hill,  Term 5  00 

S.  H.  Powe,  No.   1 144,  Waynesboro,   Miss 10  00 

Tige  Anderson.  No.   1455.  Atlanta.  Ga 5  00 

Francis  Cockrell.  No.   1220,  Lebanon,  Mo 5  00 

Joe  Sayers,  No.  1396,  Stamford,  Tex 5  00 

Albert  Sidney  Johnston,  No.  70,  Paris,  Tex 5  00 

R.  E.  Lee.  No.  58,  Jacksonville,  Fla 10  75 

Individuals. 

John  G.  Cartmill,  Winfield,  W.  Va $  1  00 

John   O.   Morris,   Winfield,   W.   Va 1  00 

Rev.  John  K.  Hitner,  Winfield,  W.  Va 1  00 

Isaac  V.  Johnson,  Shepherdstown,  W.  Va 2  50 

Lewis  Barnhart.  Winfield,  W.  Va 1  00 

Capt.  Thomas  Hanlon,  New  Albany,  Ind SO  00 

Mrs.   Thomas   Hanlon.   New   Albany,    Ind SO  00 

Jo   H.   Boytnott,   Princeton,   Ky 1  00 

R.   L.   Porter,   Princeton,  Ky 1  00 

Hunter  Wood,   Hopkinsville,   Ky 1  00 

Frank   Monroe,   Hopkinsville,   Ky 100 

C.  T.  Lacy,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

W.    P.   Winpee,   Hopkinsville,   Ky 1  00 

George   B.   Starling,   Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

C.  L.  Campbell,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

Mrs.  C.  L.  Campbell,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

E.  W.   Walker,   Hopkinsville,   Ky 1  00 

Mrs.  Kate  Peyton,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

A.   W.    Meyers.    Hopkinsville,   Ky 1  00 

J.   P.  Braden,   Hopkinsville,   Ky 1  00 

P.  C.  Richardson,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

G.  T.  Herndon,   Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

Mrs.  P.  E.  West,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

Mrs.  E.  R.  Fears,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

C.   O.   Prowse,   Hopkinsville,   Ky 1  00 

G  L.   Campbell,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

J.   M.  Renshaw,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

C.   R.   Clark,   Hopkinsville.  Ky 1  00 

Ward   Claggett,   Hopkinsville.   Ky 1  00 

R.  T.   Stone,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

John    Marcum.   Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

W.  H.   Southall,   Hopkinsville,    Ky 1  00 

W.   M.  Johnson,   Hopkinsville,   Ky 1  00 

F.  W.  Dabney,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

J.  C.  Duffy.  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

F.  J.  Frasee,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 2  50 

J.   C.  Johnson,   Hopkinsville.   Ky 1  00 

R.   C.  Crenshaw,   Hopkinsville,   Ky 1  00 

H.    C.   Buckner,  Hopkinsville,   Ky 1  00 

Winn  Daire,  Hopkinsville,   Ky 1  00 

John  P.   Prowse,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

L.  H.  Davis,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

J.   B.  Chilton,   Hopkinsville,  Ky I  00 

Upham   Buckner,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

John  B.  Harned,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

W.  B.  Belote,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

C.    E.   Sively,   Hopkinsville,   Ky 1  00 

J.    C.    Marquess,    Hopkinsville,    Ky 100 

Dr.  L.  J.  Harris,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

M.  H.  Nelson,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 


Mrs.   M.  H.  Nelson.  Hopkinsville.   Ky $  1  00 

C.  G.  Duke,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

Mrs,  C.  G.  Duke.  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

Mr-.  Charles  Graves,  Hopkinsville.  Ky 1  00 

J.   II.   Anderson  &  Co.,  Hopkinsville.  Ky 1  00 

E.  H.  Brown,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

H.  O.  Veach  &  Co.,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

W.    H.    Martin,    Hopkinsville,   Ky 1  00 

L.   A.   Johnson,   Hopkinsville.    Ky 1  00 

R.  J.  Carothers,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

J.   M.  Lacy,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

J.  R.  Hawkins,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

M.  D.  Grubbs  &  Co.,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

Richard   Levall,   Hopkinsville,   Ky 1  00 

A.  D.  Noe  &  Son,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

C.   I'".  Jarratt,   Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

Mrs.  J.  K.  Hoosier,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

Mrs,  Nat  Gaither,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

Mrs.  Lucy  Ellis,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

Mrs.  H.  D.  Wallace,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

Miss  Eudora  Walker,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

John  S.  Bryan,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

Miss  Emily  Perry,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

Miss  Maria  Efnor,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

Mrs.  Kate  Henry,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

Mrs.  E.  P.  Wilkins,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

Mrs.   J.   M.   Morris,   Hopkinsville,   Ky 1  00 

R.  G.  Quarles,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

Samuel    Frankel.   Hopkinsville.   Ky 1  00 

H.  M.  Frankel,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

L.  L.  Elgin,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

Miss  Fannie  P.  Rogers,  Hopkinsville,  Ky 1  00 

City  Council  of  Hopkinsville,   Ky 50  00 

C.  H.  Shillings,   Paris,  Tex 1  00 

W.  B.  Berry,  Paris,  Tex 1  00 

J.  E.   Roche,  Paris,  Tex 1  00 

Blake  &  Hinkle,   Paris,   Tex t  00 

Fennett  &  Keel,  Paris,  Tex 1  00 

H.   S.   Bett,   Paris,  Tex 1  00 

A.  N.   Rodgers,  Paris,  Tex 1  00 

J.   W.   Rodgers,   Paris,  Tex 1  00 

William   Frank,   Paris,  Tex 1  00 

Crook  Reckard  Co.,  Paris,  Tex 1  00 

L.  J.  Bankhead,  Paris,  Tex 1  00 

Paris  Grocery  Co.,  Paris,  Tex 1  00 

Burton  Peel  Co.,  Paris,  Tex 1  00 

Bob  Jones,  Paris,  Tex 1  00 

C.    Hilderbrand,    Paris,    Tex 1  00 

E.  Downing,   Sr.,  Brewton,  Ala 2  50 

W.  W.  Downing,  Brewton,  Ala 1  00 

E.  M.  Lovelace,  Brewton,  Ala 1  00 

W.   Y.   Lovelace,   Brewton,  Ala 1  00 

C.  F.  Rankin,  Brewton,  Ala 1  00 

M.  F.  Brooks,  Brewton,  Ala 1  00 

Dr.  R.  A.  Smith,  Brewton,  Ala 1  00 

O.    F.   Luttrell,   Brewton,   Ala 1  00 

T.  R.   Miller,  Brewton,  Ala 1  00 

People's   Drug  Store,  Brewton,   Ala 1  00 

Brewton  Drug  Store,  Brewton,  Ala 1  00 

R.    E.    Park,    Brewton,   Ala 1  00 

G.   W.   L.   Smith,   Brewton,  Ala 1  00 

E.  M.  Blackshear,  Brewton,  Ala 1  00 

S.    S.    Foshee,   Brewton.   Ala 1  00 

N.    R.   Leigh,    Sr.,   Brewton,   Ala 1  00 


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J.  1).  Leigh,  Brewton,    Via $  i  oo 

W.  T.  Neal,  Brcwton,  Ala i  oo 

Contributions  of  Fifty  Cents  from  Brewton,  Ai  \ 

S  B.  Parker,  Rev.  E.  A  Smith,  B  F  Parker,  J.  E.  Till,  J 
II  Pittman,  Mrs.  Andrew  Harold,  Dr.  P.  II.  M.  Tiprin,  <• 
II.  Fountain,  W.  \  Crook,  W.  A  Finley,  K  \  Strong,  N. 
R,  Leigh,  Jr.,  R.  F.  ('mil,  G.  U".  Parker,  1 1  I  Parker.  T.  J. 
McGowin,  I  Purifoy,  Jr.,  E.  B.  Lovelace,  J.  W.  Smith.  J.  M. 
Davidson,  M.  V.  Rabb,  W.  .1  Holland,  (i.  U.  Tippin,  George 
Miller,  J.  W.  Terry,  .1  W.  Raley,  Dr.  D.  C.  Burson,  L.  J. 
Foshee,  B  W.  Adkins,  R.  O.  Wigley,  1  G  Mayo,  W.  S 
Neal,  Mrs.  J.  T.  Douglas,  Capl  I)  B.  Hayes,  T.  V  Peary, 
M.  C.  Pittman. 

Contributed  through  mi    Veteran. 

Mrs.  E.  A.  Clarke  and  .1  C.  Weddington,  Hopkinsville,  Ky., 
each  50  cc  111-, 

1      I1    C    Chapter,   Lexington,   Ky.,  additional $400 

Miss   Lena   Fields,  Cordele,  Ga 1  00 

Mi->   Margaret   Needham,  Cordele,  Ga   1  co 

Miss  Florence  Needham,  Cordele,  Ga 1  60 

Felix   Smith,  Portales,   X    Mex 1  00 

Mai.  James  F.  Lewis,  Thomaston,  Ga 1  00 

Miss   Mai\    Amelia   Small.  Warrenton,  Va 2000 

Mrs    George   P     rurner,  Huntsville,  Ala _•  00 

Camp  Sumter,  No   642,  U.  C.  V.,  Americus,  Ga 5  no 

II.  T.  Davenport,  Americus,  Ga 1  00 

.1.    1!    Joplin,   Gurley,     Via 1  00 

W    J.    Miller,   Burlington,   Iowa 1  00 

Gen.   W.   A    Brown,    Monticello,    Vrk 200 

Kii"i]|  Jones,   Brunswick,  Tenn 2  50 

II.  V.  Peace,  Ensley,  Ala 1  on 

E    1.    Tschiffely,  Rockville,   Md to  00 

Vrthur   Parker,   Abbeville,  S.  (' 1    in 

Camp  IVlliam.   No.  411.  C    C.  Y..  Gaylesville,  Ala 5  00 

James  A.   Rutledge,  Gaylesville,  Ala 1  no 

Capt.  John  II.  Lester,  Rogersville,  Ala 1  00 

Eugene  II.  Levy,  New  York  City 2  no 

.1.  V.  Johnson,  Shepherdstown,  W.  Va 2  50 

C    M    Gilchrist,   Dunedin,  Fla 500 

I     M    Graves,    Vnderson,  Tex 1  00 

M    C    Freeman,   Bakers,  Tenn 1  00 

Frank  A.  Wise,  San  Francisco,  Cal 1  on 

.1.   \V.  Corman,   Brooksville,   Fla 10  no 

I     S    Rugelej    I  hapler.  I'    l>    ('..  Bay  City.  Tex..     5  on 

X    B.  Forres!  Chapter,  U.  I'    C,  Mooresville,  Ala 5  00 

Ned  Meriwether  Chapter,  I      I1   C,  Elkton,  Ky 5500 

R    I     Lei    Chapter,  1      1 1    C.,  Colorado,  Tex 5  00 

C.  P.  Ross,  Williamstown,  W.  Va 5  00 

Sunny  South  Chapter,  TJ    D   C,  Pomona,  Cal 5  00 

Rent  from  houses  at   Fairview,  Kj 1 2  00 


/;/  it  1  a  1  1  Ml  Mi 'Kill  5  W  MRS.  HA]  1  S 
1  la  \  1  mas  has  received  a  numbei  of  beautiful  memorials 
to  Mrs.  Margaret  I>a\is  Hayes.  The  glowing  words  of  affei 
tion  that  underlie  them  show  the  high  esteem  in  which  was 
held  this  the  last  member  of  the  family  of  President  Davis 
Main  of  these  resolutions  and  tributes  came  too  late  for  in- 
a  in  the  September  number,  and  onlj  a  short  synopsis 
of  each  is  given  here.  Some  of  tli  -  most  perfect  of  these 
tributes  «crr  verbal. 

An   old    veteran,    with    his    voice    shaken    with    sobs,    said, 

"Mart:. 11.  t    Davis   would  den)    herselt    needed   1 1   and   rest 

to  do  anything  for  an  old  soldier,"  and  anothei   1  > ■  I « 1  a  story. 


A  friend  said  to  her:  "I  cannot  -.cc  how  yon  can  find  any- 
thing interesting  in  a  talk  with  a  commonplace  old  man" 
Her  reply  showed  the  nature  of  the  woman:  "lie  can  nevei 
he  commonplace  nor  uninteresting;  he  was  a  Confederate  sol- 
dier." The  highest  tribute  of  all  came  in  personal  letters 
cellingof  the  bright  spirit  that  met  death  with  a  smile;  a  daunt- 
less courage  inherited  from  a  brave  father  whose  last  words 
w  11  e  :  "It  is  well." 

Memorial  services  were  held  at  the  Si  Vndrews  Episcopal 
Church.  Jackson,  Miss,  at  which  Col.  Charles  Hopper,  a  life- 
long friend  of  President  Davis,  made  an  address,  and  Bishop 
Bratton,  of  the  Mississippi  Diocese,  paid  noble  tribute  to  Mrs. 
Hayes  and  through  her  to  all  Southern  womanhood,  of  which 
she  was  so  perfect  a  type 

In  Houston,  Tex.,  the  local  U.  I'  C.  made  resolutions  of 
love  and  sorrow  that  carried  to  each  heart  the  sympathy 
they  felt  as  the  words  were  written.  Texas  Confederate 
veterans  assembled  in  convention  at  Mount  Pleasant  added 
beautiful  word  flowers  to  the  memory  wreath  that  Stati 
the  daughter  of  the  ureal  chieftain. 

Alabama   Division,   U.   D.  C,  gave  their  tribute  in  resolu 
tions  which  were  as  beautiful  as  the  tender  sympathy  which 
inspired  them.     In   loving  memory  of  one  who  was  "sister" 
through    their    mutual    love   of   the    Southland,   the    Division 
wore  the  badge  of  crape  for  thirtj   days. 

Mississippi,    the    home    of    her    father,    honored    Margaret 
I  \i\  -  in  .1  beautiful  "In  Memoriam."     Everj   Camp,  by  ordei 
of  the  Commander  of  the  Division,  met   and  passed  resolu 
tions   of   respect   and   sympathy,   sympathy   the   greater   because 
they  also  bore  the  sorrow. 

In   the  Church  of  the    Redeemer.   Biloxi,    Miss.,  in   which  the 

famih   of  Mr    Davis  worshiped,  memorial  services  were  held 
to  Mrs.  Hayes  which  wen  conducted  bj  its  rector,  Mr   Craw 
ford,     lie  made  touching  allusions  to  the  visit  of  Mrs    Haye 
i"    this    church,    when    she    unveiled    the    memorial    window 
erected  bj   thi    U    D    (     in  honor  of  Mrs.   Davis.     He  spoke 

of    the    window    presented    by    Mrs,    Hayes    in    memory    of    her 

brothers  and  her  infant  child  and  the  silver  communion  set 
given  in  memorj  of  her  family.  Mrs.  Hayes's  favorite  hymn  . 
"1  Heard  the  Voice  of  Jesus"  and  "Abide  with  Me,"  wen 
sung,  .md  the  service  concluded  with  the  hymn  sung  at  the 
dedication   of   the    windows,    "What    Are    They    Which     Vrc 

Arrayed   in   \\  lute    Robes  ?" 

Mrs    Cornelia    Branch   Stone  issued  an  address   while  an- 
nouncing the   death    of    Mrs.    Hayes,   and    every   word    was   a 
beautiful  tribute   not  only   to    Mrs    Hayes,  but  to  the 
soldier-statesman    for    whose   sake   the   South   held   her   most 
dear.     Mai.  J.  J.  Hood  wrote  an  eloquent  paper  on  the  life 

and   character   of    Mrs.    Have-.,    and    his    tribute    is    like    "apples 

of  gold  iii  pictures  of  silver." 


In  General  Orders  No  1  Commander  in  Chief  Dr.  Clarence 
M.  Owens  pays  tribute  to  Margarel  Howell  l>a\is  Hayesj  in 
which  he  stales:  "The  Commander  in  Chief  saw  her  last 
when  her  carriage  was  stopped  in  front  of  the  great  monu- 
ment in  Richmond  erected  to  the  memorj  of  her  distinguished 
father.  It  was  but  a  few  minutes  before  the  unveiling  cere 
monies      \  hundred  thousand  loyal  Southerners  were  there  to 

pay   tribute  to  the   man   who  'died   without  a  country'   save   the 

Southland,  which  he  cherished,  but  of  whom  it  might  be  said 
'What  he  did,  he  did  in  honor,  led  bj   the  impartial  conduct 
of  In-  soul.'      Vs  Mrs.  Hayes  stood  in  her  carriage  and  sur- 
veyed the  monument  a  veteran  placed  a  tattered  Confederate 

Hag  above  her   head.      She  grasped   it   and   kissed   its   folds." 


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Confederate  1/eterap. 

S-  A.  CUNNINGHAM,  Editor  and  Proprietor. 
Office:  Methodist  Publishing  House  Building",  Nashville,  Tenn. 

This  publication  is  the  persona]  property  of  S.  A.  Cunningham.  All  per- 
sons who  approve  its  principles  and  realize  its  benefits  as  an  organ  for  Asso- 
ciations throughout  the  South  are  requested  to  commend  its  patronage  and  to 

cooperate  in  extending  its  circulation.      Let  each  one  be  constantly  diligent. 

FROM   VERY  LOW  DEPTHS. 

Throughout  the  history  of  the  Veteran  its  editor  has  been 
blessed  with  health  and  ability  to  conduct  the  publication  ac- 
ceptably. Only  part  of  an  issue — in  1900  while  in  the  pri- 
vate hospital  of  Dr.  J.  A.  Wyeth,  New  York  City— had  he 
failed  to  conduct  it.  This  good  fortune  without  any  other 
break  for  nearly  seventeen  years  merited  profound  gratitude, 
and  yet  there  was  a  natural  carelessness  concerning  his  health 
that  quite  nearly  caused  his  death. 

While  on  a  visit  for  a  night  between  two  railroad  stations 
fifty  miles  from  Nashville  he  was  violently  attacked  by  an 
abscess  (caused  by  the  removal  of  a  wisdom  tooth)  which 
might  have  been  avoided ;  but  he  was  hardy  and  attached  no 
importance  to  the  consequences.  His  condition  became  so 
severe  that  he  feared  to  sleep  lest  he  choke  to  death.  On  the 
morning  a  local  physician  was  called,  whose  injections  gave 
relief  from  temporary  pain,  and  he  said  with  an  earnestness 
which  was,  even  in  the  distress,  amusing:  "Mr.  Cunningham, 
you  can  go  to  Nashville.  I  can  arrange  to  have  the  train 
stopped  and  supply  a  cot  so  you  can  rest  well  in  the  baggage 
car."  The  physician  evidently  realized  that  the  best  possible 
advantages  would  be  required  to  save  life.  A  sentiment  of 
gratitude  was  instinctive  to  the  N.,  C.  &  St.  L.  Railway — 
which  has  been  a  blessing  to  a  multitude  for  so  many  years — 
that  its  through  train  would  be  stopped  with  so  brief  a  notice 
upon  request  for  so  humble  a  citizen.  Promptly  after  ar- 
rival in  Nashville  arrangements  were  made  at  the  St.  Thomas, 
an  excellent  hospital,  for  the  best  service  possible. 

The  ordeal  was  the  worst  in  the  life  of  the  editor,  and  the 
depression  of  spirit  that  followed  even  into  convalescence  was 
beyond  description,  and  now  that  he  is  practically  restored 
to  health  he  is  burdened  and  blessed  with  resolutions  that 
may  do  good.  He  resolved  that  if  spared  to  other  periods  of 
service  he  would  provide  for  the  perpetuation  of  the  Vet- 
eran, which  should  have  been  done  long  before.  Many  of 
his  friends  know  that  he  proposed  this  years  ago ;  but  patrons 
had  not  cooperated  sufficiently  upon  the  plan  proposed,  and 
that  important  service  has  been  delayed. 

In  his  anguish  he  saw  a  picture  of  a  little  Goliath  who  had 
neglected  to  preserve  his  health  and  was  near  death,  and  the 
mental  illustration  brought  out  with  graphic  and  vivid  clear- 
ness the  vast  field  of  labor  to  which  he  had  been  assigned. 

He  philosophized  about  the  work  of  the  Veteran  and 
whether  after  all  its  purposes  were  of  great  need  to  his 
fellow-men.  The  war  being  long  over  and  so  many  of  the 
participants  dead,  he  meditated  as  to  whether  it  mattered  as 
to  which  side  won.  In  those  dreadful  meditations  he  became 
more  and  more  convinced  that  his  work  was  of  the  greatest 
importance  in  that  it  had  allowed  and  still  allowed  him  the 
privilege  of  telling  to  a  younger  generation  and  generations 
yet  to  come  the  greatest  story  of  heroism  for  principle  that 
the  world  has  known.  It  is  such  heroism  and  such  sacrifices 
as  are  typified  in  the  character  of  Sam  Davis. 

In  these  solemn  considerations  he  yearned  with  humility  and 
reverence  to  be  spared  to  take  up  his  work  again  and  with 
greater  ambition   than  ever  to  render  more  and  better  serv- 


ice. The  burden  of  his  prayer  was  that  in  future  he  would 
seek  to  do  absolute  justice  to  the  other  side  in  every  respect, 
He  resolved  that  he  would  appeal  to  comrades  to  be  more 
careful  than  ever  before  as  to  accuracy  of  statements  regard- 
ing friend  or  foe. 

In  his  restoration  it  seemed  that  the  special  Providence 
which  keeps  account  of  the  sparrows  and  numbers  the  hairs 
of  the  head  contributed  specially  to  the  skill  of  the  physicians. 
His  condition  was  so  serious  that  when  it  was  much  im- 
proved and  physicians  and  friends  present  would  discuss  mat- 
ters of  the  morrow  he  felt  serious  doubts  as  to  whether  he 
would  be  alive  on  the  morrow.  This  awful  depression  con- 
tinued for  weeks,  each  night  being  dreaded  awfully. 

Along  with  this  anguish,  so  close  to  death,  there  were  mani- 
festations of  interest  and  sympathy  so  widespread  as  to  create 
profound  humility.  Nashville  daily  papers  kept  friends  posted 
as  well  as  could  have  been  expected,  and  calls  at  the  hos- 
pital and  the  contribution  of  flowers  and  delicate  edibles  were 
such  as  to  cause  most  profound  gratitude.  Then  the  note  in 
the  September  Veteran  created  extended  interest,  while  mes- 
sages from  the  North  as  well  as  the  South  indicated  most 
sympathetic  solicitude.     Some  sample  letters  are  quoted : 

The  recently  afflicted  Col.  W.  H.  Knauss,  of  Columbus. 
Ohio,  who  has  had  the  sorrow  of  giving  up  his  companion 
and  a  lovely  daughter,  wrote  that  if  he  could  be  of  service  he 
would  come  at  once. 

Corporal  Tanner,  of  Washington  City,  the  most  noted  pri- 
vate soldier  in  the  Federal  army,  wrote :  "There  is  sorrow 
in  the  hearts  of  my  daughters  and  myself  at  the  knowledge  of 
your  indisposition.  We  sincerely  hope  for  good  news  from 
you,  and  don't-  wish  to  have  to  wait  for  the  next  issue  of  the 
Veteran.  Don't  be  reckless.  Get  well  slowly.  Take  lots  of 
time  and  rest  up.  Good  men  are  scarce ;  friends  are  scarcer. 
Some  forty-four  years  ago  I  would  have  been  glad  to  see 
you  and  all  your  friends  who  wore  the  same  colored  gar- 
ments go  right  out ;  but  times  have  changed,  and  I  really  feel 
I  can't  spare  you.  I  don't  know  how  I  stand  on  the  books 
of  the  Veteran;  so  I  will  shove  in  another  dollar  to  make 
sure  that  I  get  a  few  more  copies."  Other  letters  are  treas- 
ured. 

A  multitude  of  letters  from  comrades  indicate  that  the 
editor  did  not  overestimate  the  importance  of  his  restoration 
to  health  that  he  might  continue  the  work  for  which  extension 
of  his  life  was  most  desired. 

The  editor  never  expected  such  evidences  of  personal  es- 
teem. A  lady  who  had  passed  his  door  in  the  hospital  in 
visiting  a  son  with  lingering  illness  went  in  the  room  with  a 
cordial  greeting,  and,  seeing  the  collection  of  beautiful  fresh 
flowers  on  his  last  day  in  the  hospital,  exclaimed :  "My !  my ! 
you  have  friends !"  Many  Chapters  of  the  U.  D.  C.  where 
the  news  had  gone  passed  resolutions  of  sympathy. 

After  he  had  been  out  for  a  week  and  spent  a  few  nights 
on  the  Cumberland  Mountains,  seeking  rest  at  night,  when 
leaving  the  street  car  on  reaching  the  city,  the  wife  of  one 
of  the  wealthiest  men  in  Nashville  happened  to  be  on  the 
sidewalk,  and,  seeing  him,  she  walked  promptly  into  the  street, 
and,  taking  his  handbag  against  earnest  protest,  carried  it 
to  his  office  building.  A  more  exquisite  modesty  never 
adorned  the  face  of  woman ;  but  she  determined  to  show  her 
sympathy  and  esteem  in  that  way. 

Further  space  must  not  be  given  in  this  personal  way  ex- 
cept to  say  that  life  will  not  be  extended  long  enough  to  re- 
turn the  kindnesses  shown,  and  full  acknowledgment  can  be 
given  only  in  this  public  way. 


^oi}federac^  Veterai), 


489 


ANOTHER  PRIZE  ESSAY. 
This  essay  is  a  remarkable  paper.  While  it  is  ably  written, 
it  is  tedious.  There  is  hardly  a  "dare  you"  between  Jackson 
and  Calhoun  Until  quite  at  the  close,  and  it  is  somewhat  re- 
nin!, on  the  issue  of  "the  Snuth's  pari  in  the  War  between  the 
States."      Yel    student-    of    historj     .ind    all    who    enjoy    a    high 

literary  production  in  simple  terms  will  read  it  with  interest. 
Mrs.  Livingston  Rowe  Schuyler,  chairman  of  the  committee 
and  whose  admirable  zeal  in  procuring  this  scries  of  pri  es, 
sends  the  following  explanatory  introduction: 

"Mi,  prize  of  uiie  hundred  dollars  offered  by  the  United 
Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  to  any  student  of  Teachers' 
i  ollege,  I  olumbia  University,  foi  the  best  essay  written  on 
the  South's  part  in  the  War  between  the  States  was  awarded 
to  Miss  Jessie  Elizabeth  Guernsey,  New  Britain,  Conn.  Miss 
Guernsey  has  done  special  work  at  Yale  and  Chicago  Uni- 
versities, and  has  spent  two  years  at  Teach,  i  '  I  ollege,  re- 
ceiving lur  B.S.  degree  from  Columbia  in  Time,  1900. 

"The  judges  composing  the  committee  making  the  award 
1  the  late  B  Lawton  Wiggins,  LL.D.  (chairman),  Vice 
Chancellor  of  the  University  of  the  South,  Sewanee,  f,  m,  ; 
Edwin  I1'  Craighead,  LL.D.,  President  of  I  nlaue  University, 
New  Orleans,  La.;  Prof.  Marshall  1'.  Brown,  Head  of  the 
Department  oi  History,  New  York  University,  New  York  Citj 

"The  i-m"'  selected  was  from  a  li-t  which  was  kindly  sub- 
mitted by  Dr.  S.  C  Mitchell.  President  "f  Charleston  College, 
at  the  request  of  the  committee  of  the  United  Daughters  of 
ili.  Confederacy  in  charge  of  the  prize  essaj  at  Teachers' 
1  '  illege,  Columbia  Univet  sit  1 


JACKSON  AND  CALHOUN* 

BY.     I 1    I  1   '-  -1  \ 

Mi,  1,   an  111,  more  characteristic  figures  in  our  national  life 

than  those   of     \ndrew    Jackson    and    John    C.    Calhoun.      Both 

wen    I,"  11     "i    strong  personality   and   high   ambitions.     One 
tilled  the  presidential  chair  for  two  triumphant   seasons,  and 
hi-  nun  successor;  the  other,  climbing  i"  the  vice  presi- 
dency.  1  ,-t    hi-    influence    in   national    affair-,   and    finished   his 
1  ,i-  the  leader  of  a  minoritj  thai  was  doomed  to  failure. 

'I  hat   the   friend-hip  between  the  two  and   it-  dramatic   rupture 

were  of  significance  in  the  political  histor}  of  the  country  i- 
the  opinion  of  many.  It  is  at  least  an  interesting  conjecture 
wdiat  the  history  of  nullification  in  the  I  nited  Slates  might 
have  been  if,  with  friendship  unbroken  with  Jackson,  ('alb, am 
bad  become  President.  I  heir  earlj  friendship  la-ted  from 
1X1;  until  1830.  A  few  years  latet  they  were  denouncing  each 
other  ficrcelj  from  opposite  sides  of  the  Force  Bill  contro 
1  1  i  be  story  of  the  breaking  of  the  friendship  reveals 
the  twi ,  in,  n  in,  151  <  leai  b 


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March:   Reminiscences  of  Congre 

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The  friendship  began  with  Jackson's  Division  Order  in 
Monroe's  presidency,  lie  was  then  in  command  of  the  De- 
partment of  the  South,  and  an  order  from  the  War  Depart- 
ment was  sent  directly  to  a  subordinate  officer  instead  of 
through  the  general.  He  wrote  to  Monroe  immediately  in 
protest,  bul  did  not  receive  a  reply  sufficiently  prompt  to 
satisfy  him,  and  thereupon  issued  the  famous  Division  Order 
of  \ptil  22,  1817,  in  which  be  coolly  forbade  bis  subordinates 
to  obey  any  order  from  the  War  Department  unless  it  passed 
through  his  band-.  Fortunately  Calhoun  was  just  then  ap- 
pointed Secretary  of  War.  He  avoided  a  clash,  and  wrote  an 
appreciative  letter  to  Jackson  agreeing  with  him  that,  except 
under  unusual  circumstances,  all  orders  should  be  sent  through 
the  general.  Jack-,  m  wa-  of  course  right  in  the  position  he 
urged,  (bough,  as  usual,  "right  in  a  wrong  headed  manner." 
But  since  am  one  who  supported  him  was  "henceforth  a  man 
of  virtue  and  honor,"  be  counted  CalhoUD  a  friend  from  that 
day    forth. 

It  i-,  however,  the  Seminole  affair  upon  which  the  ultimate 
question  of  their  relations  rested.  Jackson  in  his  efforts  to 
conquer  the  Seminoles  had  pursued  them  into  Florida,  cap- 
tured I'oit  Marks  and  Fort  Pensacola,  llius  1. iking  possession 
of  all  East  Florida,  and  had  also  condemned  to  death  by  court- 
martial  two  English  subjects.  'I  be  resulting  problem  for  the 
Stale  Department  was  a  difficult  one.  Spain  wa-  to  be  ap- 
peased for  the  invasion  of  her  territory  at  a  lime  when  nego- 
tiations for  the  purchase  of  Florida  made  it  very  desirable  to 
conciliate  her,  and  England  was  to  be  satisfied  concerning  the 
execution  of   Ambrister  and  Arbuthnot 

In  the  Cabinet  discussions  John  Quincy  Adams  was  the 
only  member  who  supported  Jackson's  policy.  Calhoun  as 
Secretary  of  War  thought  Jackson's  conduct  should  be  in- 
vestigated on  the  ground  of  exceeding  his  orders.  In  the 
end.  however,  the  entire  Cabinet  united  in  supporting  M011 
roe's  position.  The  capture  of  the  Spanish  posts  was  dis- 
avowed and  St.  Marks  and  Pensacola  were  returned  to  Spain, 
but  Jackson's  acts  were  defended  on  thi  ground  be  had  urged 
— the  complicity  of  Spain.  Calhoun  wrote  Jackson  in  com- 
plimentary fashion  explaining  the  position  adopted,  and 
Adams  defended  him  so  successfully  with  England  and  Spain 
lb, it  Knglaml  made  no  trouble  over  the  deaths  of  Ambrister 
and  Arhuthnot,  and  the  long  delayed  purchase  of  Florida 
wa-  accomplished,  more  casih  n  1  doubt  because  of  these  dis- 
iv  ■  iw  ed  acts  of  Jackson 

In   Congress  a  hitler  attack  was  made  upon  Jackson's   pro 
ceedings   which  brought  him   posthaste  to  Washington   from 
the   Hermitage.      At   a   dinner   ><n  the   way   he   gave   a  toast  to 
Calhoun:   "John  C.   Calhoun,  an  honest   man,  i-   the  noblest 

work  of  Cod."  In  the  "Exposition,"  twelve  \ear-  later,  to 
which  his  signature  was  attached,  we  read:  "Who  can  paint 
the   working-  of  the  guilty   Calhoun'-   soul   when   be    read    that 

toast?"      I  be    leaders   of   the   opposition   against    Jack-on   in 

Congress    wen     tin    and    Crawford        1  bi-    was    the   beginning 
of    Jackson's    tierce    hatred    of    Clay:    Crawford    was    already 
considered  an  enemy.    Calhoun,  on  the  other  hand,  did  everj 
tlnng    in   hi-   power   to   prevent    the   hostile   resolution    from 

being  passed,  and  he  and  Jack-on.  we  are  told,  paced  Penn- 
sylvania  Wenue  arm  in  arm.  The  result  was  a  Jack-on  vic- 
tory and  tin'  resolution  wa-  lost  The  political  motive  of  the 
attack  bad  doubtless  been  to  make  Jackson  no  longer  danger- 
ous as  a  political  candidate;  the  result  was  to  bring  him  into 
gi ,  ater  prominence 

wa-  tin-  time  when  the  friendship  ot    Jacl    on  and  Cal- 
houn  wa-  most   assured.     It  was  still  the   Calhoun  of  national 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


interests,  the  Calhoun  who  had  been  in  the  Congress  of 
1815-16  the  great  champion  of  a  national  bank,  a  protective 
tariff,  and  internal  improvements.  March  says  no  member 
of  the  fourteenth  Congress  was  more  national  a  representa- 
tive. "A  Southerner  by  birth,  he  expressed  and  advocated  no 
local  views,  but  with  a  mind  as  vast  as  its  interests  embraced 
in  his  language  and  his  action  the  whole  country.  His  popu- 
larity was,  as  his  views,  national.  In  Massachusetts  he  was 
no  less  regarded  than  in  South  Carolina.  His  name  was  fa- 
miliarized everywhere." 

The  tw-o  men,  however,  were  of  opposite  types  on  an  im- 
portant point.  To  Calhoun's  mind  personal  friendship  and 
opinion  on  a  question  of  government  policy  were  two  entirely 
different  things.  We  find  him.  writing  Jackson  December 
28,  181S,  in  approval  of  plans  proposed  by  Jackson.  The  con- 
fidence which  this  letter  bespeaks  in  no  way  clashes  in  Cal- 
houn's mjnd  with  a  War  Department  letter  of  August  10, 
1819,  in  which  he  calls  Jackson's  attention  to  certain  irregu- 
larities in  the  medical  department  of  Jackson's  division.  He 
is  persuaded  "That  it  is  only  necessary  to  call  your  atten- 
tion to  the  irregularities  which  I  have  stated  to  relieve  me 
from  the  necessity  of  determining  whether  I  shall  permit 
the  orders  of  the  government  to  be  habitually  neglected  or 
resort  to  the  proper  means  of  enforcing  them.  Should  this 
alternative  be  presented,  I  will  not  hesitate  to  do  my  duty." 

In  1824,  when  the  question  of  presidential  candidates  came 
up,  Calhoun  as  a  member  of  Monroe's  Cabinet  was  considered 
by  many  politicians,  March  says,  a  proper  candidate  for  the 
presidency.  "In  the  North  he  was  especially  a  favorite. 
His  efficient  advocacy  of  internal  improvement,  sound  cur- 
rency, and  protection  of  domestic  manufactures  had  gained 
him  a  strong  alliance  there."  Webster  urged  New  England 
to  support  Calhoun.  Calhoun,  however,  gave  up  his  can- 
didacy, it  was  supposed,  in  Jackson's  favor,  though  he  said 
afterwards  that  he  remained  neutral  between  Jackson  and 
Adams.  Jackson  seems  to  have  had  some  doubts  of  Cal- 
houn's loyalty  at  this  time,  thinking  that  he  was  altogether 
too  neutral. 

After  the  election  of  Adanis  in  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives, the  four  years  of  his  administration  were  a  continuous 
campaign  for  Jackson.  Calhoun  was  Vice  President,  and  in 
1828  we  find  him  candidate  again  for  the  same  office  with 
Jackson.  He  helped  to  win  Pennsylvania  to  Jackson's  sup- 
port, making  an  agreement  apparently  that  Jackson  was  to 
take  hut  four  years  and  that  Calhoun  should  succeed  him. 
Thus  far  there  was  only  friendship,  but  conditions  already 
existed  which  were  to  produce  a  clash. 

One  indication  is  the  beginning  of  an  attempt  to  restore 
friendship  between  Jackson  and  Crawford.  Their  enmity 
dated  from  1815  to  1816,  when  Crawford  was  Secretary  of  War. 
Jackson  had  forced  from  the  Cherokees  a  cession  of  land 
which  they  thought  unjust.  He  thought  that  Crawford  would 
uphold  his  decision.  Crawford,  however,  yielded  to  the  de- 
mands of  the  Cherokees  and  modified  the  treaty.  This  made 
Jackson  the  bitter  enemy  of  Crawford,  whose  action  he  of 
course  considered  a  personal  grievance.  Now  as  "Crawford 
twisted  his  way  up  the  pillar  of  promotion"  Jackson's  friend- 
ship was  necessary.  By  1827,  therefore,  Van  Buren  and 
Cambrelang  had  begun  to  bring  Crawford  and  Jackson  togeth- 
er, and  that  same  year  Crawford  wrote  to  Balcli,  a  neighbor  of 
Jackson's,  putting  in  a  word  against  Calhoun.  He  wrote  that 
Calhoun  and  his  friends  had  referred  to  Jackson  as  a  "mili- 
tary chieftain,"  and  also  that  Calhoun  had  been  in  favor  of 
Adams   in    1824.  until   Clay  came   out   in   his   favor.     Sumner 


says  this  letter  was  meant  to  s  ;  arate  Jackson  and  Calhoun, 
though  he  finds  it  impossible  to  trace  its  specific  influence. 

Meantime  there  came  the  social  question  of  the  treatment 
of  Mrs.  Eaton,  which  was  enough  in  itself  to  cause  a  differ- 
ence with  Calhoun.  When  the  ladies  of  the  Cabinet  refused 
Mrs.  Eaton  social  recognition  on  account  of  her  reputation 
before  her  marriage  to  Eaton,  Jackson  supported  her  cause 
with  typical  chivalry  and  vehemence.  But  the  Washington 
ladies  maintained  their  position,  and  Mrs.  Calhoun,  who  was 
among  them,  was  supported  in  her  action  by  her  husband. 
Calhoun  refers  to  the  affair  as  "The  great  victory  that  has 
been  achieved  in  favor  of  the  morals  of  the  country  by  the 
high-minded  independence  and  virtue  of  Washington   ladies." 

The  particular  influence  that  was  to  break  the  friendship 
of  Jackson  and  Calhoun  in  1831  was  already  at  work  by  this 
time.  Jackson's  friend  Lewis  had  seen  in  the  spring  of  1828 
a  letter  from  Forsyth  to  Hamilton  stating  that  Crawford  af- 
firmed that  Jackson's  enmity  against  him  was  groundless, 
since  it  was  not  he,  but  Calhoun,  who  had  tried  to  have 
Jackson  censured  in  1818.  This  was  of  course  a  Cabinet 
secret,  which  Crawford  had  no  right  to  betray.  Lewis  made 
no  use  of  the  information  at  the  time;  but  in  the  winter  of 
1829  at  a  dinner  given  by  Jackson  to  Monroe  Ringgold  made 
a  statement  that  Monroe  alone  stood  by  Jackson  in  1818,  and 
after  dinner  Lewis  and  Eaton  discussed  the  question  until 
Jackson  was  drawn  in  and  led  to  ask  about  it,  the  result 
being  that  he  sent  Lewis  to  New  York  for  Forsyth's  letter. 
Lewis  thought  it  better  to  obtain  a  statement  from  Crawford, 
and  the  question  rested  undisturbed  all  winter. 

Calhoun  was  by  this  time  thoroughly  identified  with  the 
Southern  opposition  to  the  tariff  and  with  the  doctrine  of 
nullification.  The  struggle  had  begun  between  the  forces  of 
States'  sovereignty  and  the  new  and  growing  feeling  of  na- 
tional unity.  When  Webster  gave  expression  to  the  national 
position  in  his  reply  to  Hayne  in  January,  1830,  he  was  really 
replying  to  Calhoun  rather  than  to  Hayne,  since  the  former 
was  the  great  advocate  of  the  doctrine. 

Up  to  the  time  of  the  Webster-Hayne  debate  March  says 
there  had  been  perfect  understanding  between  Jackson  and 
Calhoun.  Calhoun's  services  had  been  important.  He  had 
postponed  his  own  candidacy  in  1824;  he  had  worked  for 
Jackson's  election  in  1828.  Jackson  on  his  part  had  put  Cal- 
houn's friends  into  government  positions,  while  Hayne,  Cal- 
houn's friend,  was  warmly  received  at  the  White  House. 
"In  truth,  so  strict  and  confidential  an  intimacy  prevailed 
between  the  two  highest  officers  of  the  government  at  this 
time  that  persons  supposed  to  be  in  possession  of  General 
Jackson's  confidence  have  not  hesitated  since  to  declare  that 
but  for  the  quarrel  Van  Buren  and  Forsyth  contrived  soon 
after  to  get  up  between  them  General  Jackson  would  have 
embraced  the  political  principles  and  furthered  the  aspira- 
tions of  the  Vice  President,"  which  certainly  is  an  interesting 
contemporary  opinion. 

There  is,  however,  to  be  considered  the  fact  that  a  policy 
like  that  of  nullification  would  inevitably  be  considered  from 
a  different  point  of  view  by  a  naturally  strong  executive 
when  in  a  position  of  responsibility.  It  is  entirely  possible 
that  Jackson  as  a  member  of  the  opposition  might  have  been 
a  strong  believer  in  State  rights,  and  yet  oppose  nullification 
when  he  held  the  reins  of  government.  There  is  some  evi- 
dence, too,  that  Webster's  arguments  were  not  without  their 
influence  on  Jackson.  We  find  some  indication  of  this  in  a 
comparison  between  Webster's  speeches  and  Jackson's  later 
proclamations.     Still  Jackson  was  always  for  the  Union,  and 


QoF?federat<?  l/eterat). 


491 


the  outspoken  attack  of  the  nullifiers  might  have  led  to  em- 
phatic opposition  on  his  part  without  cither  hatred  of  Cal- 
houn or  the  influence  of  Webster  as  controlling  motives. 

This  is  looking  ahead,  however.  Calhoun  and  his  Pol 
lowers  could  not  look  ahead.  They  counted  on  Jackson  as  a 
friend  of  Calhoun  and  a  States'  rights  man;  they  expected  hi- 
support  for  the  nullification  theory.  It  came,  therefore,  as 
an  overwhelming  surprise  when  Jackson  at  the  banquet  on 
Jefferson's  birthday,  April  13,  1830 — a  banquet  intruded  as 
a  nullification  demonstration — gave  his  famous  toast:  "Our 
Federal  Union:  It  must  be  preserved."  There  was  no  mis- 
taking the  executive  position.  Jackson  and  Calhoun  were 
clearly  on  opposite  sides  of  one  oi  the  greatest  questions  of 
the  day. 

For  the  Story  of  the  final  crash  we  have  the  pamphlet  pub- 
lished by  Calhoun  in  March.  [831,  in  which  he  laid  before 
the  country  letters  embodying  the  points  at  issue,  and  which 
was  followed  at  once  by  the  dissolution  and  reorganization 
of  the  Cabinet.  Jackson's  side  of  the  controversy  was  written 
in  1 83 1 .  but  not  published,  and  was  first  given  out  by  Ben- 
ton in  his  "I  hirty  Years'  View,"  published  in  1856.  It  is 
not  t.ur.  perhaps,  to  iudge  Jackson  by  his  "Exposition  of 
Mi  Calhoun's  Coursi  toward  General  Jackson."  Mr  nevet 
authorized  its  publication;  and  when  Benton  found  it  among 
his  papers  after  his  death,  it  was  in  the  fair  round  hand  of 
some  clerk,  interlined  only  in  Jackson's  handwriting,  and 
was  partly  in  the  third  and  partly  in  the  first  prison.  It  was. 
however,  signed  bj  Jackson  and  is  a  characteristic  document, 
intensely  bitter  and  partisan;  while  the  spirit  of  Calhoun's 
pamphlet,  in  spite  of  its  strong  feeling,  recalls  Scnatoi  I '.ut 
ler's  eulogy  after  Calhoun's  death,  in  which,  after  calling 
hint  a  "good  neighbor."  he  says  it  is  all  summed  up  in  the 
one  word  "justice." 

\  letter  from  Crawford  to  Forsyth  had  finally  reached 
Jackson.  It  was  dated  April  30,  1830.  In  it  Crawford  said 
that  Calhoun  made  a  proposition  in  the  Cabinet  discussions 
after  the  Seminole  affair  that  Genera]  Jackson  "be  punished 
in  s<,tne  form  or  reprehended  in  some  form;  I  am  not  posi 
lively  certain  which."  After  ingenuously  saying  that  he  never 
designedly  misstated  circumstances  in  his  life,  Crawford  went 
on  to  say  that  in  the  Cabinet  meeting  Calhoun  referred  to  a 
lettei    from  Jacks. 111   t,,   Monroe      Monroe  said   he  had   for 

gotten  it,  but  could  find  it.  and  going  to  his  cabinet  brought 
out  the  letter  This  letter  contained  Jackson's  opinion  (hat 
the  United  States  should  take  the  Florida*  ;  said  that  it  was 
a  "delicate  matter  for  the  Executive;"  but  if  the  President 
approved,  he  had  only  to  him  to  some  confidential  membei 
of  Congress,  say  Johnny  Ray,"  and  Jackson  would  do  il  and 
take  the  responsibility  himself.  Crawford  asked  if  the  letter 
had  been  answered.  Monroe  said:  "No,  he  did  not  remember 
receiving  it"  Crawford  then  said  that  Jackson  in  taking 
Pensacola  doubtless  believed  he  was  doing  what  the  executive 
wished,  and  he  opposed  punishment,  since  the  silence  of  the 
President    would   b<    assumed    bj    Jackson    as    tacit    consent 

The     letter,     ('raw  ford     writes,     had     important     bearing     upon 

the  deliberations   of   the   Cabinet,   though   evidentl)    none  on 

the  mmd  ol  •  alhoun  I  hi-  1-  tin  Rhea  letter,  the  most  dis 
puled   point    in   the   controversy 

on    wrote    to    Calhoun    Maj    13    inclosing    a    cop.    „i 
Crawfi  1.  and  asked  if  it  were  true  that  "any  attempt 

seriousb    10  affect   me  was   moved   and   sustained   bj    you   in 

incil    when,    a-    is    known    to    \oit.     |     y,;,s    but 

executing  the  ivishes  of  the  government  and  clothed  with  the 
authot  conduct  the  wai  in  the  manner  1  judged  bi 


In  his  reply.  May  29,  Calhoun  said  he  was  surprised  if 
Jackson  claimed  to  learn  for  the  first  time  from  Crawford's 
letter  that  he  was  thought  to  have  exceeded  his  orders. 
Proof  to  the  eonti.u\  he  gives  bj  inclosing  copies  of  the  cor- 
respondence  between  Monroe  and  Jackson  in  1818,  which 
passed  through  Calhoun's  hands.  in  this  correspondence 
Monroe  says  under  date  of  July  to,  1818:  "In  transcending 
the  limits  prescribed  by  those  orders  you  acted  on  your  own 
responsibility,"  Monroe  adds  that  tacts  unknown  to  the  gov- 
ernment when  the  orders  w  en-  issued,  Jackson  thought,  imposed 
on  him  the  measures  "as  essential  to  the  honor  of  the  country, 
and  that  his  acts  would  be  defended  on  the  grounds  he  pro- 
poses  1.  <•..  the  behavior  of  Spam  In  his  reply  to  Monroe, 
August  19.  1818,  Jackson  says:  "It  is  stated  in  the  second 
paragraph  of  your  letter  that  I  transcended  the  limits  of 
my  ortlers  and  that  1  acted  on  my  own  responsibility."  And 
then  he  argues  that  his  orders  to  "adopt  the  necessary  meas 
ures  to  terminate"  the  conflict  were  so  general  as  to  leave 
him  "entire  discretion"  Monroe  says  in  his  next  letter, 
Octobei  20,  1818,  that  he  is  "sorry  to  find"  that  Jackson 
understood  his  instructions  "differently  from  wdiat  we  in- 
tended." and  suggests  that  Jackson  write  to  the  department 
stating  his  view  of  his  powers  and  that  this  be  answered  by 
Mr.  Calhoun,  so  as  to  have  the  views  on  record  and  for 
"justice'  to  each  other."  Jackson  on  November  15  claims  that 
he  has  no  data  for  beginning  the  correspondence,  but  would 
reply  if  the  first  letter  should  come  from  the  Secretary.  To 
this  Monroe  replies  December  21  that  the  letters  were  really 
unnecessary,  but  would  have  to  begin  with  Jackson  or  imply 
censure  of  his  conduct,  which  they  did  not  wish.  In  this  let- 
ter Monroe  also  says  that  Jackson's  letter  of  January  6  (the 
Rhea  letter)  was  received  while  he  was  sick,  handed  to  Cal- 
houn to  read,  who  said  it  was  confidential,  concerned  Florida, 
ami  Monroe  must  answer  it.  The  letter  was  then  put  aside 
anil  forgotten  and  only  referred  to  much  later  at  the  sug- 
gestion of  Calhoun. 

To  Calhoun's  mind  all  this  is  proof  that  Calhoun  had  a 
right  to  think  that  Jackson  knew  that  in  the  opinion  of  the 
administration  and  of  Calhoun  Jackson  was  not  authorized 
by  orders  t < >  occupy  Spanish  posts.  It  certainly  seems  con- 
clusive proof.  Calhoun  also  refers  in  his  letter  to  his  offer 
in  1828  to  correspond  with  Jackson  on  the  question  of  the 
construction  of  his  orders  at  a  tune-  when  he  refused  to  dis- 
cuss them  with  Major  Lee.  In  this  letter  Calhoun  hail  writ- 
ten: "Any  discussion  of  them  [the  Orders]  now,  1  agree-  with 
ypu,  would  be  unnecessary.  *  *  *  It  is  sufficient  for  both 
thai  thej  were  honestly  issued  anil  honestly  executed  without 
involving  the  question  whether  they  were-  executed  strictly 
in  accordance  with  the  intention  that  the)  wen-  issued." 
Ibis  lettei  is  mentioned  in  the  Exposition  as  proof  that  Cal 
houn  had  never  given  a  hint  of  disapproving  his  action,  al- 
though it  clearly  indicates  just  the  opposite  fact 

Iii  answer  n>  the-  implication  in  Jackson's  underscoring  of 
the-  "wishes"  01  the  government  Calhoun  states  that  no  secret 
intimation  "t  such  wishes  was  given  ami  none  in  publii  01 
ders,  In  jacks, in\  unpublished  exposition  the-  statement  is 
made  that  Monroe-  sent  tor  Rhea,  showed  him  the-  letter, 
aske-il  him  to  answer  it,  and  told  him  to  tell  Jae-kson  that 
Monroe  approved  his  suggestii  ns.  This  letter  Jae-kson  says 
he-  burned  at  the  re-iiue--t  ot  Rhea,  who  saiel  hi  came  at  the 
request  of  Monroe,  ami  Jackson  put  into  his  letter  book  op- 
-  1  ili-  original  letter:  "Mr  Rhea's  letter  in 
answer  i-  burnt  this  12th  of  April.  1S11)"  'I  he-  existenci 
character   of  the   letter   Jackson   claimed   to   be   abb-   to   prove 


492 


Qopf edera t<^  l/eterap. 


by  the  journal  Rhea  kept  at  the  time  and  by  the  testimony  of 
Judge  Overton,  to  whom  the  letter  was  shown.  This  story 
of  an  answer  to  the  Rhea  letter,  including  the  charge  that 
Monroe  requested  to  have  it  burned,  was  sent  to  Monroe  in 
1831  in  a  letter  written  and  signed  by  John  Rhea.  Monroe 
was  ill,  but  he  made  and  signed  in  the  presence  of  witnesses 
a  deposition  in  which  he  declares  on  oath  that  it  is  utterly 
untrue  that  he  ever  authorized  Rhea  to  write  any  such  letter 
to  Jackson  or  that  he  ever  desired  Rhea  to  request  Jackson 
to  burn  such  a  letter.  It  is  satisfactory  to  have  the  lie  an- 
swered so  completely.  Confirmation  of  Monroe's  statement 
exists  in  an  earlier  letter  of  January  28,  1827.  Schouler 
accepts  the  opinion  of  Adams  and  Wirt  that  the  wdiole  tale 
was  invented  by  Rhea  and  others  of  Jackson's  friends  in 
1831  for  some  political  purpose.  Adams  called  it  the  "work- 
ing up  of  a  circumstantial  fabrication  by  practicing  upon 
the  driveling  dotage  of  a  political  parasite."  Possibly  the 
knowledge  of  Monroe's  deposition  prevented  further  use  of  it. 

To  return  to  Calhoun's  letter  of  defense  to  Jackson.  As 
to  the  actual  question  of  his  attitude  toward  Jackson's  Semi- 
nole career,  Calhoun  admits  that  he  was  of  the  impression 
that  Jackson  had  exceeded  his  orders,  though  he  "questioned 
neither  his  patriotism  nor  his  motives."  He  had  argued  for 
investigation,  as  a  matter  of  course,  but  was  met  by  other 
arguments  from  an  enlarged  view  of  the  subject  by  other 
members  of  the  Cabinet ;  and  when  the  final  opinion  was 
unanimously  formed  favoring  the  course  adopted,  Calhoun  as- 
sented to  it,  "being  what  public  interest  required  to  be  adopted." 

Crawford's  story  that  the  Rhea  letter  was  produced  in  the 
Cabinet  meeting  Calhoun  shows  to  be  false  by  letters  from 
Monroe,  Wirt,  and  Adams,  all  disclaiming  any  knowledge  of 
such  a  proceeding.  Here  again  there  is  a  "discrepancy  not 
now  explicable;"  but  it  would  seem  that  the  evidence  dis- 
proved Crawford's  statement.  Calhoun  saw  in  Crawford's 
letter  only  an  attempt  to  make  an  attack  upon  him,  and 
thought  the  whole  affair  only  a  "political  maneuver,"  in 
which  Jackson  was  to  be  the  "instrument"  and  Calhoun  the 
"victim."  "The  plotters  hope  through  your  generous  attri- 
butes, through  your  lofty  and  jealous  regard  for  your  char- 
acter to  excite  feelings  through  which  they  expected  to  con- 
summate their  designs." 

Calhoun's  defense  was  wasted  as  far  as  Jackson  was  con- 
cerned. The  mere  fact  that  Calhoun  admitted  that  he  had 
•opposed  Jackson  in  the  Cabinet  discussion  was  sufficient,  and 
Jackson  wrote  an  absurd  letter  May  30,  1830,  stating  that 
he  had  always  thought  Calhoun  "approved  entirely"  of  his 
conduct  in  the  Seminole  campaign,  that  he  did  not  believe 
him  capable  of  such  deception  "until  now,"  and  never  ex- 
pected to  have  occasion  to  say  "et  tu,  Brute." 

Calhoun  wrote  again  June  1  :  "That  you  honestly  thought 
that  your  orders  authorized  you  to  do  what  you  did,  I  have 
never  questioned ;  but  that  you  can  show  by  any  document, 
public  or  private,  that  they  were  intended  to  give  you  the  au- 
thority which  you  assumed  or  that  any  such  construction 
was  placed  on  them  at  any  time  by  the  administration  or  my- 
self in  particular  I  believe  to  be  impossible.  *  *  *  It  was 
an  affair  of  mere  official  duty,  involving  no  question  of  private 
■enmity  or  friendship,  and  as  such  I  treated  it."  Again  on 
August  25  he  writes :  "In  this  course  I  was  guided,  it  is  true, 
not  by  feelings  of  friendship,  but  solely  by  a  sense  of  duty. 
When  our  country  is  concerned,  there  ought  to  be  room 
neither  for  friendship  nor  enmity."  Here  he  was  talking  a 
language  which  Jackson  was  incapable  of  understanding.  To 
him  opposition  and  personal  enmity  were  one  and  the  same. 


The  friendship  of  Jackson  and  Calhoun  was,  therefore, 
absolutely  at  an  end.  As  to  the  responsibility  for  the  intrigue 
that  ended  it,  Calhoun  thought  that  behind  Lewis  and  Craw- 
ford Van  Buren  was  trying  to  destroy  his  rival ;  but  Jack- 
son utterly  denied  that  Van  Buren  was  in  any  way  connected 
with  it,  and  there  seems  to  be  no  proof  of  such  connection. 
Adams  in  his  diary  January  30,  1831,  says:  "Wirt  concurred 
entirely  with  me  in  opinion  that  this  was  a  snare  deliberately 
spread  by  Crawford  to  accomplish  the  utter  ruin  of  Cal- 
houn." And  Von  Hoist  adds  that,  considering  the  oppor- 
tunity that  the  two  men  had  to  be  informed,  their  "opinion 
had  weight." 

The  immediate  consequences  of  the  break  were :  First,  the 
resignation  of  the  entire  Cabinet,  already  spoken  of;  and 
second,  the  end  of  Calhoun's  presidential  ambitions.  As  Jack- 
son's opponent  we  find  Calhoun  by  his  casting  vote  prevent- 
ing the  approval  of  Van  Buren  as  Minister  to  England  ;  we 
find  him  opposing  his  bank  policy,  especially  the  removal  of 
deposits,  opposing  Jackson's  protest  against  the  Senate  reso- 
lution, opposing  the  land  system  of  Jackson,  and  with  "sad 
vehemence"  the  debauch  of  the  civil  service  by  the  system  of 
removals  from  office.  Carrying  on  his  struggle  for  States' 
sovereignty  and  for  the  rights  of  the  South  against  the  tariff, 
Calhoun  resigned  as  Vice  President  to  become  Senator  and 
lead  South  Carolina  in  her  nullification  of  the  tariff  of  1832, 
in  her  opposition  to  the  Force  Bill,  and  in  forcing  from  the 
government  the  compromise  tariff  of  1833.  In  this  last  struggle 
Von  Hoist  says  South  Carolina  and  Calhoun  gained  the  vic- 
tory, not  Jackson  and  the  Congressional  majority. 

We  cannot  follow  Calhoun  through  his  years  of  struggle 
in  behalf  of  slavery  down  to  his  death,  in  1850.  We  could 
not  if  we  did  answer  the  question  whether  his  career 
was  materially  influenced  by  the  intrigue  that  took  from  him 
Jackson's  friendship.  It  certainly  ended  all  hopes  of  the 
presidency.  To  March  and  Benton  it  seemed  that  if  the 
friendship  had  been  unbroken  Jackson  might  have  espoused 
the  doctrine  of  the  "great  nullifier"  and  the  course  of  our 
political  history  have  been  fundamentally  changed.  Sumner 
says :  "The  political  history  of  this  country  was  permanently 
affected  by  the  personal  relations  of  Jackson  to  Calhoun  and 
Crawford  on  that  matter." 

Von  Hoist  tells  us  that  it  is  a  mistake  to  think  of  the  de- 
feat of  Calhoun's  presidential  ambitions  as  having  any  im- 
portant influence  on  his  later  policy.  The  already  existing 
breach  between  North  and  South  and  Calhoun's  belief  in  the 
opposing  interests  of  the  two  sections,  with  his  strong  faith 
in  slavery  as  an  absolute  good,  were  relentless  facts  con- 
trolling the  career  of  the  man  whom  Adams  in  1821,  before 
events  made  them  opponents,  had  called  "A  man  of  fair  and 
candid  mind,  of  honorable  principles,  of  clear  and  quick 
understanding,  of  cool  self-possession,  of  enlarged  philosoph- 
ical views,   and  of  ardent  patriotism." 

What  might  not  the  result  have  been  if  the  friendship 
between  these  two  great  leaders  had  been  unbroken  and  Cal- 
houn held  the  position  to  which  his  services  and  ability  un- 
doubtedly entitled  him !  Would  sectional  controversy  have 
been  delayed  or  made  less  serious  in  its  results?  The  ques- 
tion cannot  be  answered ;  but  we  may  at  least  look  back  on 
the  story  of  the  broken  friendship  and  find  that  it  reveals 
the  two  strong  personalities  in  both  their  strength  and  weak- 
ness and  that  it  helps  us  to  understand  many  other  things 
in  the  careers  of  two   remarkable  men. 


The  Veteran  is  commended  to  the  North  as  well  as  South. 


Qoip/ederat^   l/eterar?. 


493 


AT  MONUMENT  DEDICATION,  ABINGDON,  VA. 

[Address  by  Judge  John  A.  Buchanan,  member  of  the  Vir- 
ginia Court  of  Appeals  and  who  served  in  the  Stonewall 
Brigade,  at  Abingdon  June  3,  1909.] 

I  have  been  requested  by  the  Anne  Stonewall  Chapter,  U. 
D.  C,  in  their  name  and  in  their  behalf  to  accept  the  monu- 
ment just  presented  to  them  by  the  William  E.  Jones  Camp 
of  Confederate  Veterans,  and  with  that  request  I  most  gladly 
comply.  The  gift  and  the  trust  which  it  carries  with  it  are 
highly  appreciated  by  the  recipients  both  from  their  character 
and  their  source — the  gift,  a  monument  to  commemorate  the 
heroic  virtues  and  to  perpetuate  the  name  and  fame  of  their 
own  blood  and  race  departed;  the  trust,  that  they  will  faith- 
ful 1  \  rare  for  and  protect  it  from  physical  injury,  that  it  may 
pn  claim  to  the  generations  to  come  the  services  and  sacrifices 
of  the  men  and  women  of  this  country  in  a  heroic  age,  that  in- 
fancy around  the  hearth  and  in  the  home  may  learn  from  a 
mother's  lips  the  purpose  of  its  erection,  and  that  desponding 
patriots  in  those  days  of  danger  and  disaster  which  sooner  or 
later  ci  me  to  every  people  may  turn  their  gaze  upon  it  and 
be  assured  that  as  long  as  the  virtues  which  it  commemorates 
survive  there  is  still  hope  for  libertj   regulated  by  law. 

Such  a  gift  and  such  a  trust  from  any  source  could  not  fail 
to  produce  feelings  of  thankfulness  and  gratitude  in  the  re- 
cipients for  the  great  honor  done  them;  hut  they  stir  their 
deepest  emotions,  coming  as  tiny  do  from  the  hearts  and 
hands  of  tic  comrades  in  arms  of  their  fathers,  husbands,  and 
brothers,  of  surviving  veterans  of  many  a  well  fought  field, 
and  of  men  who  carry  with  them  marks  of  honor  from  cam- 
paigns planned  and  illumined  by  the  genius  of  Lee  and  from 
battle!  won  bj  the  daring  and  skill  of  Johnston,  Jackson,  and 
Stuart,  ami  the  endurance,  the  courage,  and  the  patriotic  de- 
\ nn, m  of  the  men  who  followed  them. 

You  veterans  of  tin-  Camp  can  feel  assured  that  your  gift 
will  be  sacredly  cared  for  and  your  trust  faithfully  executed, 
and  that  you  could  have  intrusted  them  to  no  worthier  hands 
and  hearts  than  the  daughters  and  sisters  of  the  women  to 
whom  President  Davis  dedicated  his  work  on  the  "Rise  and 
Fall  of  the  Confederate  Government"  and  paid  that  noble 
tribute,  so  noble  been;  1      0  Hue. 

<  >ne  of  the  duties  which  we  owe  to  the  heroes  of  the  Con- 
ite  cause  has  been  performed.  A  work  of  patriotism,  of 
grat  tude,  and  of  love  iggi  ted  by  the  veterans  of  the  Wil- 
liam F.  Jones  Camp  and  carried  out  by  them  and  the  people 
of  the  county  in  their  individual  and  corporate  capacity  has 
been  completed.  To  celebrate  the  consummation  of  that 
undertaking  and  to  unveil  that  work,  we  have  gathered  here 
to  day. 

Hi   ■   could  the  people  oi  this  count}  bettei  observe  the  day, 

e  hundredth  anniv<  rsary  of  the  birth  of  Jefferson  Davis, 

than  by  unveiling  the  monument  which  they  have  erected  to 

the  iiinii.ii  \  of  the  heron  and  sacrifices  of 

her  sons  and  daughters  rendered  and  made  in  defense  of  that 

government   of  which   Mr.   Davis   was  the  only   President? 

In  addition  to  the  fact  that  during  the  dark  and  bloody 
flays    from    [86l    to    [865   Mr     Davis   was    the   civil   and    military 

head  of  our  government  and  the  patriotic    ervio     hi    rendered 

during  that  trying  period,  he  is   entitled   to  he  honored    for  his 

great  ability,  for  his  unsullied  chara  is  Sec- 

of  \\  :n  .    ind  a     a  mi  mber  of  the  I  ates  Senate. 

in  all  of  which  positions  he  rendered  conspicui  us  ^i\iccs  to 
the  whole  country,  and  especially  to  the  South.  But  that 
which    above    all    else    has    given    Mi      I  m    abiding   place 

in   the    affections,   sympathy,   and   admiration    of   the    Southern 


people  is  the  treatment  he  received  after  the  war  and  the 
r.oble  manner  in  which  he  bore  it — the  calumnies  and  slanders 
that  stopped  not  at  the  grave.  He  was  made  to  suffer  for  sins 
(if  they  were  sins)  for  which  he  was  no  more  responsible  than 
the  people  whom  he  represented.  When  the  conqueror  for- 
got that  "magnanimity  to  the  fallen  is  the  crown  jewel  of 
courage"  and  incarcerated  him  in  a  military  prison,  loaded 
him  with  irons,  and  heaped  upon  him,  a  political  prisoner,  ad- 
\  anted  in  years,  in  feeble  health,  indignities  so  cruel  and  un- 
called for  that  it  shocked  Christian  nations  and  made  his  cus- 
todians unwilling  to  admit  responsibility  for  it,  it  necessarily 
endeared  him  to  those  for  whom  he  suffered. 

Time  with  its  healing  touch  is  not  only  softening  the  bitter- 
ness that  caused  and  grew  out  of  the  war,  but  it  is  vindicating 
him  and  his  people  from  the  false  charges  made  against  them 
as  to  their  motives  and  conduct  in  that  great  struggle.  Stu- 
dents of  government  have  learned  and  fair  historians  have  been 
compelled  to  admit  that  the  people  of  the  South  and  their 
leaders  in  attempting  to  secede  from  the  Union  in  1861  were 
only  asserting  a  right  which  was  recognized  when  the  govern- 
ment of  the  United  States  was  formed,  and  without  which 
recognition  it  would  never  have  existed — a  right  which  was 
not  denied  or  even  seriously  disputed  for  nearly  a  third  of  a 
century  afterwards. 

The  charge  made  against  Mr.  Davis  that  he  advocated  se- 
cession in  order  that  he  might  become  the  President  of  the 
Confederacy  formed  by  the  seceding  States,  and  thus  promote 
his  political  ambition  at  his  country's  cost  and  at  the  sacrifice 
of  his  country's  blood,  is  without  the  slightest  foundation.  On 
the  contrary,  the  documentary  evidence  of  that  period  incon- 
trovertible- proves  that  Mr.  Davis  did  not  desire,  much  less 
seek,  that  position.  He  was  chosen  by  the  Southern  people 
as  their  President  because  in  their  judgment  he  was  pre- 
eminently qualified  for  it  by  reason  of  his  unspotted  character, 
his  great  ability,  his  distinguished  services  as  a  member  of 
the  Senate  of  the  United  States  and  as  Secretary  of  War  in 
the  Cabinet  of  President  Pierce,  and  his  experience  as  a  sol- 
dier in  two  wars — a  combination  of  qualifications  which  pe- 
culiarly fitted  him  for  the  civil  and  military  head  of  the  new 
Confederacy,  and  not  then  possessed  by  any  other  citizen  of 
the   South   in  so  high  a  degree. 

The  charge  is  made  that  Mr.  Davis  was  responsible  foi 
the  sufferings  of  Federal  soldiers  in  the  prisons  of  the  South. 
That  Federal  prisoners  did  suffer  for  the  want  of  proper  food, 
clothing,  and  medicine,  and  that  the  mortality  among  them 
great  is  true;  hut  it  is  also  true  that  the  sufferings  of 
Confederate  prisoners  were  equally  great  and  that  the  death 
rate  among  them  was  greater.  But  neither  President  Davis 
nor  the  Confederate  government  was  responsible  for  it.  The 
real  cause  was  the  refusal  of  the  United  States  government 
to  exchange  prisoners.  During  the  latter  years  of  the  war 
the  South  was  unable  to  either  properly  feed,  clothe,  or  fur- 
nish medicines  for  its  own  soldiers  in  the  field  They  suffered 
for  the  necessaries  of  life,  ami  of  necessity  Federal  prisoners 
in  our  hands  suffered  from  the  same  cause  It  could  not 
pected  that  they  should  fare  better  than  the  men  who 
had  captured  them.  Because  of  its  inability  to  care  for  Fed- 
eral prisoners  properly,  and  in  order  to  gi  I  back  into  our 
armies  our  soldiers  in  Federal  prisons,  President  Davis  en- 
ired  in  every  possible  manner  to  bring  about  an  exchange 
of  prisoners.  When  thai  was  refused,  in  order  to  alleviate 
the  hardship  anil  sufferings  of  the  prisoners,  the  Confed- 
1  rnment  addressed  communication  to  General 
Hitchcock,  tlu  Federal  Commissioner  of  Exchange,  in  which 
11   u.is  proposed  that  all  prisoners  on  each   side  should  be  at- 


404 


C^opfederat^  l/eterap. 


tended  by  a  proper  number  of  their  own  surgeons,  and  that 
those  surgeons  should  act  as  commissaries  with  power  to  re- 
ceive and  distribute  such  contributions  of  money,  food,  and 
clothing  as  might  be  forwarded  for  the  relief  of  the  prisoners. 
But  no  notice  was  taken  of  this  humane  proposition.  After- 
wards Colonel  Ould,  the  Confederate  Commissioner  of  Ex- 
change, notified  the  Federal  authorities  of  our  lack  of  medical 
stores  and  offered  to  purchase  medicines  from  the  United 
States  government  to  be  used  exclusively  for  Union  prisoners, 
and  offered  to  pay  for  them  with  gold,  cotton,  or  tobacco  at 
two  or  three  prices  ;  also  that  such  medicines  might  be  brought 
into  the  Confederate  lines  by  the  surgeons  of  the  United 
States  and  dispensed  by  them.  But,  incredible  as  this  may 
appear,  that  proposition  was  also  declined. 

It  was  the  settled  policy  of  the  United  States  government 
in  the  last  two  years  of  the  war  not  to  exchange  prisoners 
except  under  peculiar  circumstances  and  at  rare  intervals,  and 
the  reason  for  it  is  given  by  General  Grant  in  a  letter  to  Gen- 
eral Butler  from  City  Point,  Va.,  dated  August  18,  1864,  in 
which  he  says:  "On  the  subject  of  exchange,  however,  I  differ 
from  General  Hitchcock.  It  is  hard  on  our  men  held  in 
Southern  prisons  not  to  exchange  them,  but  it  is  humanity 
to  those  left  in  the  ranks  to  fight  our  battles.  Every  man  re- 
leased on  parole  or  otherwise  becomes  an  active  soldier 
against  us  at  once  either  directly  or  indirectly.  If  we  com- 
mence a  system  of  exchange  which  liberates  all  prisoners 
taken,  we  will  have  to  fight  on  until  the  whole  South  is  ex- 
terminated. [What  a  tribute  to  the  patriotism  of  the  people 
of  the  South!]  If  we  hold  on  to  those  caught,  they  amount 
to  no  more  than  dead  men.  At  this  particular  time  to  release 
all  Rebel  prisoners  North  would  insure  Sherman's  defeat  and 
would  compromise  our  safety  here." 

It  may  be  true,  as  suggested  by  General  Grant,  that  a  non- 
exchange  of  prisoners  was  the  only  certain  and  speedy  manner 
in  which  the  Confederacy  could  be  overthrown.  But  whether 
or  not  that  be  true,  it  is  manifest  that  President  Davis  and  his 
government  were  not  responsible  for  the  terrible  sufferings 
and  the  great  mortality  of  the  prisoners  on  either  side. 

President  Davis  said,  and  the  facts  fully  sustain  him  in  the 
statement :  "We  did  the  best  we  could  for  those  whom  the 
fortune  of  war  had  placed  at  our  mercy,  and  the  enemy 
in  the  midst  of  plenty  inflicted  cruel  and  wanton  deprivation 
on  our  soldiers  who  fell  within  his  power." 

There  is  another  charge  made  against  Mr.  Davis  and  the 
South,  and  that  is  that  the  object  of  the  Civil  War  was  not 
to  assert  and  protect  the  rights  of  the  States,  but  to  per- 
petuate the  institution  of  African  slavery.  That  this  is  not 
true,  you  veterans  of  that  day  know.  Not  one  in  five  of  the 
men  engaged  in  that  war  owned  a  slave  or  had  any  interest 
in  them.  You  and  your  comrades,  slaveholders  as  well  as 
nonslaveholders,  went  out  to  defend  your  State  against  in- 
vasion and  to  protect  the  assertion  of  a  right  reserved  when 
the  Union  was  formed. 

The  people  of  this  commonwealth  from  the  dawn  of  its 
colonial  existence  down  to  the  fanatical  agitation  of  the 
slavery  question  on  the  part  of  the  North  recognized  that 
slavery  was  an  evil,  and  but  for  that  agitation  there  is  little 
doubt  that  there  would  have  been  a  gradual  emancipation  of 
slaves  in  this  State  without  the  shedding  of  a  drop  of  blood, 
and  in  a  manner  which  would  have  redounded  to  the  interest 
of  both  races.    This  is  made  clear  from  her  history. 

During  her  colonial  life  the  Virginia  House  of  Burgesses 
passed  twenty-three  acts,  running  through  a  hundred  years, 
seeking  to  prohibit  and  exclude  from  her  borders  the  Africans 


who  were  being  brought  to  her  shores  by  New  England  and 
Old  England  slave  dealers,  and  all  the  efforts  of  our  ancestors 
were  vetoed  and  thwarted  by  the  king  and  Parliament  of 
Great  Britain,  without  whose  assent  our  Legislature  could 
make  no  law  upon  the  subject.  When  this  colony  declared 
her  independence  in  1776,  one  of  the  first  acts  of  her  Legis- 
lature was  to  pass  a  law  forbidding  the  African  slave  trade, 
and  that  was  the  first  act  ever  passed  by  any  State  or  nation 
prohibiting  it.  She  was  the  advance  guard  of  the  nations  in 
putting  an  end  to  that  cruel  wrong. 

The  indignation  which  the  State  of  Virginia  felt  toward 
the  British  government  for  forcing  African  slavery  upon  her 
people  can  be  seen  from  the  first  constitution  of  the  State,  in 
which  it  is  declared  as  one  of  the  detestable  and  insupportable 
acts  of  tyranny  on  the  part  of  the  British  king  that  "he  was 
prompting  our  negroes  to  rise  in  arms  among  us,  those  very 
negroes  whom  by  an  inhuman  use  of  his  negative  he  had  re- 
fused us  permission  to  exclude  by  law." 

When,  in  order  to  induce  the  smaller  States  to  agree  to 
form  a  more  perfect  union  after  the  Revolutionary  War, 
this  State  ceded  to  the  United  States  her  interest  in 
the  great  Northwest  territory,  covering  what  is  now  the 
States  of  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Michigan,  and  Wisconsin 
for  the  most  part,  won  by  the  genius  and  valor  of  George 
Rogers  Clark,  one  of  her  most  distinguished  sons,  she  favored 
excluding  slavery  from  that  territory  forever,  and  it  was 
done. 

When  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  was  framed, 
she  sought  to  have  prohibited  at  once  the  African  slave  trade 
to  any  part  of  the  Union ;  but  the  States  of  New  England, 
whose  people  were  engaged  in  the  trade,  with  the  aid  of  other 
States,  were  able  to  continue  the  nefarious  traffic  until  1808, 
or  for  twenty  years  longer. 

In  the  early  thirties  a  bill  was  offered,  and  came  near  pass- 
ing the  Virginia  Legislature,  for  the  gradual  emancipation  of 
slaves,  and  would  no  doubt  have  passed  then  or  a  few  years 
later  but  for  the  Nat  Turner  insurrection  and  the  fanaticism 
which  encouraged  if  it  did  not  cause  it. 

The  State  of  Virginia  kept  her  several  obligations  as  a 
member  of  the  Union.  She  did  not  bring  on  the  war;  she 
strove  in  every  honorable  way  to  avert  it,  and  did  not  secede 
until  she  was  called  upon  to  furnish  troops  to  subjugate  her 
sister  States  of  the  South. 

In  speaking  to-day  in  vindication  of  President  Davis,  the 
people  of  Virginia  and  the  South,  and  in  erecting  this  me- 
morial to  perpetuate  the  virtues  of  the  men  and  women  of 
1861-65,  ^  is  not  to  be  supposed  that  our  object  is  to  con- 
tinue sectional  animosity  or  strife  or  to  do  anything  which 
is  not  in  accord  with  that  respect  for  and  loyal  obedience  to 
the  government  under  which  we  live — a  government,  except 
in  so  far  as  changed  by  the  results  of  the  Civil  War,  the  peo- 
ple of  this  commonwealth  did  more  to  create  than  any  other 
State  in  the  Union,  and  in  whose  greatness  and  prosperity  we 
justly  take  pride. 

But  our  fealty  to  that  government  in  no  wise  conflicts  with 
our  duty  to  honor  our  dead,  to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  the 
virtues  of  the  men  and  women  of  that  day,  to  see  that  our 
motives  and  our  conduct  in  that  great  struggle  are  fully  vin- 
dicated, to  gather  the  facts  and  furnish  the  material  for  the 
historian  of  the  future  who,  when  the  passions  and  prejudices 
of  the  day  shall  have  given  place  to  reason  and  sober  thought, 
may  give  to  the  world  a  true  narrative  of  the  motives  and 
conduct  of  our  people  in  that  sad  strife.  All  that  the  people 
of  the  South  engaged  in  that  struggle  ask  is  that  they  may 


Qoi)federat^  l/eterai). 


49: 


go  down  in  history  just  as  they  were.  They  only  ask  of  the 
future  historian  what  Oliver  Cromwell  did  of  him  who  was 
portraying  his  rugged  features — that  he  paint  us  as  we  arc, 
faults  and  all.  Many  years  may  elapse  before  it  can  be  done; 
but  done  it  will  be  in  our  case  as  in  his  if  we  only  preserve 
the  materials  which  exist  for  that  purpose  for  some  Carlyle 
of  the  future. 

Keeping  alive  and  green  the  memory  of  heroic  deeds  and 
great  virtues  of  their  lathers  is  one  of  the  evidences  that 
those  who  do  so  are  worthy  of  a  noble  ancestry,  and  that  they 
too  may  render  services  for  their  country  and  fur  mankind 
in  which  their  posterity  may  justly  take  pride.  But  when  a 
people  forget  or  become  indifferent  to  the  sufferings  and  sacri- 
fices of  their  fathers  in  asserting  or  defending  their  rights, 
that  people  have  passed  the  zenith  of  their  greatness  and  glory, 
and  their  downward  career  has  already  commenced. 

It  is  well,  therefore,  for  us  now  and  then  to  turn  aside 
from  everyday  duties,  from  our  struggles  for  the  necessaries, 
the  comforts,  or  the  luxuries  of  life,  and  together  celebrate 
some  great  event  in  which  we  have  a  common  interesl  ;  to 
recall  the  heroic  achievements  of  the  great  and  good  of  our 
own  blood  and  race  and  speak  some  word,  perform  some  act, 
or  direct  some  memorial  which  will  keep  fresh  in  our  mem- 
ories events,  services,  and  sacrifices  which  might  not  to  be 
forgotten.  Such  occasions  serve  to  keep  alive  and  nourish 
the  qualities  which  make  a  people  great.  They  teach  us  that 
it  is  not  enough  that  our  arithmetic  can  compute  our  country's 
value  and  find  it  high,  but  that  our  hearts  must  hold  it  price 
less  above  all  things  rich  or  rare,  dearer  than  life.  They  en- 
able us  the  better  to  understand  and  appreciate  something  of 
that  specific  and  mighty  emotion — patriotism — which  filled  the 
hearts  of  the  people  of  this  county  during  the  Revolutionary 
War  and  the  War  between  the  States — how  our  fathers  a 
century  and  a  quarter  ago  could  gather  here  under  the  same 
sky  that  bends  above  us  to-day,  leave  their  wives  and  chil- 
dren to  the  mercies  of  the  savage,  to  unite  with  their  patriotic 
brothers  of  other  States  and  make  that  expedition  through 
the  wilderness  which  resulted  in  the  great  victory  at  King's 
Mountain  and  gave  new  courage  to  the  desponding  patriots 
of  that  day ;  how  in  1861  the  men  whom  we  honor  to-day  left 
their  homes  and  their  loved  ones  from  all  parts  of  the  county 
and  from  all  ranks  in  society  to  drive  back  the  invaders  of 
their  State  ;  how  the  sons  of  the  old  commonwealth  in  every 
clime  or  country  to  which  the  love  of  pleasure,  of  science,  of 
gold,  or  of  God  had  carried  them  came  hurrying  home  across 
continent'-  and  seas  as  fast  a*  steam  could  bring  them  to  offer 
their  services  and  to  l.n   down  their  lives  in  her  defense. 

1  In'  newspapers  of  the  county  in  stating  who  were  to  be 
the  principal  speakers  of  to-day  omitted  the  most  important 
one.  The  orator  of  the  occasion  is  the  monument  itself.  No 
living  lips,  however  eloquent,  could  awaken  tin  memories  and 
touch  the  hearts  of  the  surviving  nun  and  women  of  1861-65 
as  does  the  pathetic  utterance  of  that  silent  figure  It  rep- 
-  no  holiday  soldier.  It  speaks  from  a  hundred  fields 
of  battle,  from  First  Manassas  to  Appomattox,  from  the  waters 
of  Hampton  Roads  to  the  death  struggle  in  the  clouds  on 
Lookout  Mountain.  To  the  different  regiments  or  commands 
represented  here  to  daj  it  recalls  those  scenes  and  events  oi 
that  war  which  specially  impressed  them.  Some  recall  how 
at  First  Mai  inn  the  battle  had  been  going  against  us 

all  morning  and  our  army  was  being  outflanked  and  driven 
back,   that   modest   and    unassuming  in    hut    tried    sol- 

dier of  this  county,  Col  \  C.  Curamings,  of  the  33d  Virginia 
Infantry,  assumed  the  responsibility  at  a  critical   moment   oi 


violating  the  orders  of  Stonewall  Jackson  himself,  ordered 
his  regiment  to  charge,  and  won  the  first  success  of  the  day, 
causing  an  immediate  advance  of  his  brigade  and  of  the 
other  Confederate  forces  and  the  utter  rout  of  the  Federal 
army — the  first  great  victory  of  our  arms. 

There  are  others  who  recall  how  on  that  bright  Sunday 
morning  forty-six  years  ago  the  37th  Regiment,  under  the 
lead  of  its  gallant  commander,  Col.  Sam  Fulkerson,  by  celerity 
of  movement  and  unflinching  courage  saved  the  bridge  across 
tin  waters  of  the  Shenandoah  from  destruction,  repulsed  and 
drove  hack  the  enemy,  thus  enabling  Stonewall  Jackson  to 
carry  out  his  plans,  win  the  .  battles .  at .  Cross  Keys,  and  Port 
Republic  on  that  and  the  following  day.  and  bring  to  an  end 
his  Valley  campaign,  which  for  daring  and  skill  on  the  part  of 
the  commander  and  continued  and  rapid  marching,  endurance, 
and  courage  on  the  part  of  the  army  is  classed  by  European 
soldiers  with  the  greatest  campaigns  of  modern  times,  and  is 
taught  in  the  schools  as  a  model  of  military  tactics. 

There  are  others  present  to-day  who  as  they  gaze  upon 
that  motionless  figure  are  with  Stuart  again  in  his  daring  ride 
around  McClellan's  army  111  1802  or  with  him  at  Yellow 
Tavern,  where  he  fought  his  last  battle,  or  are  at  Winchester 
with  Campbell  when  wounded,  with  Jones  in  his  campaigns  in 
snow  and  ice,  or  with  Mosby  in  his  night  rides  and  hair- 
breadth escapes,  or  with  Floyd,  Peters,  Lynch,  or  Bowen, 
where  their  respective  commands  rendered  their  most  valiant 
services. 

I  he  dauntless  mien  of  that  figure  makes  vivid  again  the 
mighty  power  of  his  attack  and  the  stubbornness  of  his  de- 
fense. That  light  equipment  tells  the  story  of  his  marvelous 
marches  by  which  his  ubiquitous  leader  paralyzed  generals 
and  defeated  armies  three  times  as  large  as  his  own.  That 
ragged  and  tattered  uniform  tells  of  limbs  chilled  with  cold 
and  of  unshod  and  bleeding  feet  as  he  marched  and  fought 
to  guard  homes  of  poverty  and  want — where  children  begged 
lor  bread. 

But  it  speaks  to  you  not  only  of  heroic  services  and  sacri- 
fices in  war.  but  of  humiliation  and  anguish  in  defeat;  yet  oi 
a  people  who  did  not  despair,  but  in  the  days  of  disaster 
have  shown  that  there  is  one  thing  even  greater  than  winning 
victories,  and  that  is  bearing  defeat  like  men,  and  who,  like 
their  greatest  general,  with  memories  full  of  the  past,  turned 
their   faces   to  the    future,   believing   with   him   that   "through 

11 :s   one    increasing    purpose    tuns."    that    nothing   in   the 

universe  "walks  with  aimless  feet."  and  that  the  call  to  every 
man  is  to  do  his  duty  to  his  country  as  he  understands  it, 
in  peace  and  in  war.  and  leave  the  consequences  to  Him  who 
rules  all  things  wisely  and  well. 

To  the  young  men  and  maidens  gathered  here  to-day,  to 
this  generation,  it  calls  to  you  to  cherish  and  emulate  the 
virtues  of  the  men  and  women  of  that  day,  to  follow  their 
example  and  serve  your  country  in  peace  as  they  served  it  in 
war,  and  to  hand  down  to  coming  generations  unimpaired  the 
rights  and  liberties  inherited  by  you, 

[The  sketch  and  picture  ol  ibis  monument  are  deferred  to 
another  issue.] 

:  \c  OF   THE   Ill-Fatkd   Maim        The   flag  of  the   ill  fated 
Maine,   which   was   sunk   in   the  harbor  of   Havana,  has   been 

lied  to  the  United  Stales  government,  and  will  be  placed 

among  the  relics  at  the  Naval  Department  at  Washington. 
The  anchor  of  the  vessel,  which  was  also  saved,  will  be  put 
in  the  cemeterj  .it  Arlington  to  mark  the  graves  of  the  men 
who  perished  on  the  battle  ship. 


496 


Qor)federat^  l/eterai). 


MORE  ABOUT  CONFEDERATES  AT  COLUMBIA. 

BY    GEN.    C.    IRVINE    WALKER,    CHARLESTON,    S.    C. 

Referring  to  that  interesting  article  in  the  September  Vet 
eran,  "Burning  of  Broad  River  Bridge,"  I  can  join  wijh  Com- 
rade Saussy  in  correcting  the  statement  in  "Wheeler  and  His 
Cavalry,"  where  it  is  stated,  "Every  gun  fired  in  its  defense 
was  by  Wheeler's  Cavalry."  There  were  engaged  in  the  de- 
fense of  Columbia  many  other  Confederate  commands  besides 
that  one.  What  was  left  of  Hood's  army  after  the  terri- 
ble slaughter  and  loss  of  Franklin  and  Nashville  and  the 
voluntary  furloughs  taken  en  route  was  moved  to  South  Caro- 
lina, and  the  greater  part  of  it  reached  there  in  time  to  op- 
pose Sherman.  Our  division  (Johnson's)  and  our  brigade 
(Manigault's)  and  my  regiment,  the  ioth  South  Carolina  [of 
which  I  was  lieutenant. — Ed.],  were  there. 

On  February  16  Manigault's  Brigade  was  sent  down  to 
Granby  Ferry,  below  Columbia,  to  support  two  batteries, 
Wheaton's  and  Kanapaux's,  which  were  posted  on  the  heights 
overlooking  the  ferry.  I  spent  most  of  the  day  loafing  about 
the  guns  of  Wheaton's  Battery,  my  regiment  lying  under  the 
hill  in  support,  and  from  that  point  viewed  the  Federal  move- 
ments across  the  river.  Therefore  I  testify  to  this  battery 
being  present,  as  Comrade  Saussy  states,  and  to  which  he  was 
attached. 

That  night  our  brigade  was  moved  to  Broad  River  Bridge, 
and  the  line  of  the  division  was  formed  from  the  bridge  road, 
extending  northward.  I  was  division  officer  of  the  day,  had 
command  of  the  pickets  of  Johnson's  Division,  and  spent  the 
night  on  the  picket  line.  The  next  morning  the  enemy  crossed 
above  us  and  turned  our  right.  When  my  pickets  retired,  I 
passed  Generals  Hampton  and  Butler  on  the  hills  above  the 
river,  and  I  always  thought  that  the  cavalry  which  had  re- 
lieved my  infantry  pickets  were  of  their  command.  As  these 
two  generals  were  then  near  the  fighting  line,  it  was  fair  to 
presume  that  at  least  some  of  their  commands  were  with  them. 

As  I  served  during  the  entire  war  with  the  Army  of  Ten- 
nessee, to  which  army  Wheeler's  Cavalry  was  attached,  I 
know  that  they  were  gallant  and  devoted,  and  I  have  no  doubt 
did  in  most  splendid  manner  all  that  Dr.  Lewis  so  graphically 
describes ;  but  they  did  not  do  everything.  It  is  proper  that 
it  should  be  known  through  the  columns  of  the  Confederate 
Veteran  that  in  the  defense  of  Columbia  not  only  was  other 
cavalry  than  Wheeler's  engaged,  but  probably  a  much  larger 
force  of  infantry  and  artillery. 


VALUABLE  HISTORY  OF  OUR  WOMEN  IN  THE  WAR. 

One  of  the  most  valuable  and  intensely  interesting  contribu- 
tions made  to  the  history  of  the  war  is  "Our  Women  in  the 
War."  Supplements  were  published  by  various  papers  through- 
out the  South.  A  vast  collection  of  thrilling  and  reliable  in- 
cidents of  our  women's  heroism,  devotion,_  and  fidelity  has  been 
made.  A  full  set  of  these  supplements  should  if  possible  be 
in  every  home  of  the  South.  These  were  gotten  up  by  Gen. 
C.  Irvine  Walker,  who  has  had  special  charge  of  the  woman's 
monument  movement,  and  are  sold  for  the  benefit  of  the 
woman's  monument  fund.  A  complete  set,  comprising  all  the 
supplements  issued  in  Virginia,  North  and  South  Carolina, 
Florida,  Georgia,  Alabama,  Tennessee,  and  Mississippi,  will  be 
sent  on  receipt  of  $i.  The  very  interesting  memorial  volume 
issued  by  the  veterans  of  Arkansas  will  be  sent  for  50  cents. 

The  stock  of  Florida  supplements  will  soon  be  exhausted, 
but  they  will  be  sent  as  long  as  any  remain. 

Address  Gen.  C.  Irvine  Walker,  Charleston,  S.  C. 


AMOS  RUCKER,   THE  NEGRO   VETERAN. 

1  here  is  an  underlying  note  of  tenderness  in  every  heart, 
and  it  vibrates  to  the  touch  of  real  pathos,  as  a  violin  does 
to  its  bow.  The  story  of  Amos  Rucker,  the  old  negro  vet- 
eran of  Atlanta,  carries  its  own  moral.  Amos  belonged  to 
the  Rucker  family,  of  Colbert  County,  Ga.,  belonged  in  a 
wider  sense  than  as  a  mere  human  chattel  that  the  slaves  were 
said  to  be,  for  every  joy  or  sorrow  in  "ole  Marster's"  family 
touched  its  sympathetic  chord  in  his  heart.  The  children  he 
watched  grow  up  were  as  dear  to  him  as  his  own,  and  "ole 
Miss"  was  always  the  pinnacle  of  all  that  was  good  in  his  eyes. 

Amos  was  a  young  man  at  the  time  of  the  war ;  and  when 
"Marse  Sandy  Rucker"  went  to  the  front,  Amos  went  too, 
just  as  proud  as  was  that  young  soldier  of  his  "marster's" 
gray  uniform  and  brass  buttons. 

In  all  those  long,  hard  years  the  33d  Georgia  Regiment  • 
bore  its  part  in  the  bloody  struggle,  and  there  was  no  braver 
member  than  Sandy  Rucker,  and  shoulder  to  shoulder  with 
him  fought  Amos,  as  though  he  too  was  an  enlisted  man.  He 
took  part  in  every  engagement,  and,  gun  or  bayonet  in  hand, 
stood  read}'  to  "close  up"  whenever  there  was  a  vacancy  in 
the  line.  The  cause  of  the  Confederacy  was  his,  because  his 
master  had  espoused  it  first ;  then  it  was  his  from  the  love 
he  came  to  bear  the  flag,  and  no  truer,  more  loyal  heart  beat 
under  the  gray  than  that  of  Amos  Rucker. 

He  joined  the  Camp  of  W.  H.  T.  Walker,  and  there  was 
no  more  loved  nor  respected  member  than  the  black,  whose 
bowed  form  and  snow-white  hair  showed  the  passing  of  the 
years  so  plainly.  He  attended  every  meeting  till  the  one  be- 
fore his  death,  when  he  sent  word  to  the  Camp  that  he  was 
too  ill  to  attend,  and  added :  "Give  my  love  to  the  boys." 

He  went  to  all  the  Reunions  whenever  possible,  and  here 
he  attracted  much  attention.  He  was  very  proud  to  show 
off  a  wonderful  feat  of  memory,  for  he  could  call  the  roll 
of  his  old  company  from  A  to  Z,  and  he  would  add  in  solemn 
tones  "here"  or  "dead"  as  the  names  left  his  lips. 

The  people  who  had  had  his  lifetime  devotion  took  care 
of  both  the  old  man  and  his  wife.  As  he  said :  "My  folks 
give  me  everything  I  want."  At  his  death  in  Atlanta  in 
August,  1909,  there  was  universal  sorrow.  His  body  lay  in 
state,  and  hundreds  of  both  white  and  black  stood  with  bared 
head  to  do  him  honor.  Camp  Walker  defrayed  all  burial 
expenses,  buying  a  lot  in  the  cemetery  especially  for  him, 
so  that  the  old  man  and  his  wife  could  lie  side  by  side.  The 
funeral  services  were  conducted  by  Gen.  Clement  A.  Evans, 
the  Commander  in  Chief  of  the  Veterans,  and  his  volunteer 
pallbearers  were  ex-Gov.  Allen  D.  Candler,  Gen.  A.  J.  West, 
ex-Postmaster  Amos  Fox,  F.  A.  Hilburn,  Commander  of 
Camp  Walker,  J.  Sid  Holland,  and  R.  S.  Osbourne.  Very 
tenderly  they  carried  the  old  veteran  to  his  grave,  clothed  in 
his  uniform  of  gray  and  wrapped  in  a  Confederate  flag,  a 
grave  made  beautiful  by  flowers  from  comrades  and  friends, 
among  which  a  large  design  from  the  Daughters  of  the  Con- 
federacy was  conspicuous  in  its  red  and  white. 

A  simple  monument  will  be  erected  to  the  faithful  soldier 
by  the  white  comrades  of  his  Camp  and  from  contributions 
from  his  many  friends  in  Atlanta. 


Tag  Day  for  Hood's  Brigade. — August  30,  which  is  the  an- 
niversary of  the  second  battle  of  Manassas,  was  selected  by  the 
U.  D.  C.  of  Texas  as  "tag  day."  They  took  this  method  to 
help  the  veterans  raise  a  sufficient  fund  to  erect  a  handsome 
monument  to  Hood's  Brigade. 


Qopfederat^  l/eteraij. 


497 


SUPPOSE    THE  SOUTH  HAD  SUCCEEDED? 

Some  of  our  Union  veteran  friends  protest  against  the 
article  in  the  July  VETERAN  concerning  terms  as  to  "who 
were  right."  etc.  One  of  them  writes:  "It  breathed  no 
odor  of  nationality,  not  the  least,  but  was,  as  I  regard  it, 
an  ignoble  offering  to  sectionalism.  It  was  the  very  antip- 
odes of  the  clear,  ringing  address  of  Secretary  Dickinson 
it    the   dedication  of   the   monument   to   the   memory   of   the 

regulars  at  West  Point  last  month.     The  latter  was  thi    I 

■  if  one  whose  vision  extends  across  the  continent  and  em- 
braces the  centuries  yet  to  come,  the  glories  yet  in  store  Eoi 
Americans  now  unborn;  the  other,  the  puny  tribute  to 
(hose  unable  to  see  beyond  the  horizon  of  the  section  where 
ihey  live.  In  my  judgment  its  inspiration  was  not  credita- 
ble to  the  acknowledged  excellence  oi  the  Veteran." 

I  In  article  in  question  (page  313)  was  editorial,  and  upon 
that  line  the  VETERAN  will  survive  or  perish.  I  tei  m  for  and 
confidence  in  the  faithfulness  ot  Judge  Dickinson,  Secretary 
of   War,  have  been  given  without  stint. 

The  unfortunate  speech  of  Secretarj  of  War  Dickinson  at 
the  dedication  of  the  Union  soldiers'  monument  at  Gettysburg 

unfortunate  especially  because  Judge  Dickinson  is  so  closelj 
watched  by  his  own  side,  and  his  Southern  friends  have 
expected  thai  he  would  be  a  stanch  advocate  of  his  section, 
and  a^  nearly  everj  man  who  has  gone  with  the  powers  that 
be  has  done  what  was  necessarj  to  make  favor  with  his 
ates — has  caused  much  comment  upon  what  would  have 
occurred  had  the  South  secured  her  independence  The  New 
York  Tribune  says:  "1  here  would  undoubtedly  have  been  a 
■  ■  1  wars  until  the  North  triumphed;  for  the  North  had 
a  great  natural  superiority  in  resources  and  wealth  and  had 
control  of  the  region  from  the  Mississippi  west  to  the  I' 
out  of  which  so  many  new  and  prosperous  States  have  been 
created.  It  would  have  cost  the  South  much  more  to  main- 
tain an  unequal  fight  for  a  generation  or  two  against  reunion 
than  the  quick  exhaustion  in  four  years  of  its  military  and 
material  resources  cost  it.  Defeat  at  once  was  less  cruel  than 
a  long   struggle  to  maintain  independence  would  have  been." 

I  lo    Macon  (Ga.)    relegraph  comments  on  the  Tribune: 

'  \\  1  Jo  not  believe  there  would  have  been  any  such  result. 
If  the  North  had  been  beaten,  tin  peace  party  there  would 
have  triumphed  and  the  policy  of  allowing  the  'erring  South- 
ern sisters'  to  'go  in  peace'  would  have  prevailed.  And  unless 
the  Southern  leaders  win  insincere  in  their  expressions  on 
this  subject,  which  we  do  not  admit,  the  States  of  the  defeated 
Northern  Union  would  not  have  been  interfered  with  beyond 
the  pi  1  ibli  action  of  a  war  indemnity.  The  South,  having 
fought  for  a  separate  existence  and  to  he  let  alone,  would  not 
lo'  insisted  on  holding  the'  North,  and  the  latter  section 
left  to  itself  would  have  developed  independently,  giving  its 
chief  attention   to   industrialism.      At   least   it   seems   probable. 

"It  is  mote  intrusting  to  inquire  what  would  have  hap 
pened  in  the  South  as  a  separate  nationality.     *  *     South- 

ern men  formed  a  majority  of  tin  leaders  who  established 
American  institutions,  and  their  grandsons  <>f  the  Southern 
Confederacj  would  not  have  departed  from  inherited  princi- 
ples of  government.  Nor  would  slaver]  have  been  forever 
intrenched  on  American  soil,  as  the  Northern  orator  ol  fiftj 
wa-    wont    to    predict    as    one    of    the    results    of    a 

separate   Southern  government.     We  do  not  believe  that   tin 
institution  would  have  been  lasting.     The  attitude  tow. ml   it 

on   the   part   of  the   Southern    leaders   of   the    earlier  times    was 
merely  one  of  tolerati   n  I  of  the  supposed  impossi 

10** 


hility  of  bringing  it  to  an  end  with  safety,  and  it  was  never 
positively  defended  until  it  became  the  subject  of  bitter  con- 
troversy. In  1827,  when  the  last  vestiges  of  slavery  were 
finally  disappearing  in  the  Northern  States,  there  were  one 
hundred  and  six  antislaverj  societies  in  the  South  to  twentj 
six  in  the  North.  But  all  the  Southern  antislavery  societies 
had  disappeared  by  1839  as  a  result  of  the  sectional  align 
mint  on  the  question,  the  aggressive  activities  of  the  North- 
ern abolitionists,  ami  such  events  as  the  Nat  Turner  slav. 
insurrection  of  1832  with  its  massacre  of  sixty-one  innocent 
women   and  children  at   Southampton,  Ya. 

"In  a  triumphant  and  separate  South  the  old  Southern  anti- 
slavery  movement  would  have  come  to  life  again  and,  tog 
with  the  influence  of  the  public  opinion  of  the  outside  world, 
would  ultimately  have  brought  the  institution  to  an  end.  As 
to  the  survival  of  American  institutions  in  general  in  a  sep- 
arate Southern  nation  there  ran  he  no  question  whatever." 

In  candor  the  Vetera*   does   not   argue  that   if  tin-  South 

had  Succeeded  her  leading  citizens   would  have  been   as  devout 

as  tin  v  wen-  ni  failure  li  was  through  tire  and  Sherman's 
definition  of  war  that  they  as  a  class  have  been  a  credit  to 
tin  human  race,  hut  there  would  have  been  no  benefit  ti 
either  side  in  antagonism.  It  does  not  argue  sanity  that  there 
would  have  been  standing  armies.  Neither  side  were  heathens. 
Judging  the  future  bj  the  past  history  of  the  Southern  peo- 
ple on  the  subject  of  slavery,  it  is  evident  that  slavery  would 
have  been  abolished  bj    tin    Southern  people  themselves. 

It  is  beyond  tin  finite  I  ■  know  what  would  have  been  the 
11  nit;  hut  the  great  hod  f  Southern  people  are  tired  ol 
prophecies    ..-    to    what    won,  I    have    been    the    result    had    tin 

South  succeeded      I  he  men  oi  the  South  who  dominated  wen 

intelligent    ami    thej     were    Christians;    they    inherited    princi 

pie-  wholly    i' nt  with   the  lust   tli.it   evei    havi    existed 

It  is  tiresome  to  have  our  own  people  bemean  their  ancestors 
In  this  connection  a  banquet  to  the  editor  of  the  Veteran 
sonic  years  ago  is  recalled  when  all  went  on  merrily  until 
a  -elf  conceited  Confederate  speaker  (pardon  tin  association) 
said:  "I  went  into  the  war  believing  I  was  right,  hut  1  know 
that    you    were    right."      The    Union    veteran-    seemed    less    al 

ease  than  did  the  Confederates,  who  were  ashamed  of  him. 


CONCERNING    HISTORIC   CH.lR.h  TERS 
Some  writei    somewhere  makes  the  following  notes:  "Fred 
eric   J.    Haskin   in   his   historical   sketch   of  Tennessee   credits 
Brig    Gen.    \    C.  Gillen   (Gillem),  U.  S.  A,  to  that  State,  but 
omits  to  mention    M.n.   Gen    George  L.  Gillespie,  U.  S.   A., 
late  chief  of  engineers      lie   also  credits    Mai.  Gen     Bushrod 
R.  Johnson,  C.  S.  A.,  to    rennessee,  and  yet  he  was  born  in 
and    entered    West     Point    from    Ohio:    hut    when    he    left    the 
army  in   1847  he  became  a  professor  in  the  Western  Military 
Institute,  at  Georgetown,  Ky..  and  later  on  n-  superintendent 
Comrade    M     R.     ["unno,  of   Savannah,  was   one  of   In-   cadet 
From  [855  to  loin,  however,  General  Johnson  resided  in    I  en 
nessei      1  ommodore  M,  F.  Maury,  l"   S.  N..  was  a  Virginian, 
and  so  was  Gen    Sam  Houston;  but  Davnl  Crocketl  was  born 
in   Tennessee  SOOn  after  his   parents   moved  there   from   North 
1  .noli,,, 1      1  ,,  n     Andrew    Jackson    did    not   go   to     rennessee 
until    t  rSS.   when    he   was  over   twenty  years  old.      *     * 


J.   I'.   Parker,  of  Troy,  Ala.,  writes:  "When   1   gel   lonely  and 
want  something  to  read.  I  take  out  some  hack  numbers  of  the 
\i  iiiw    and    find    something    1    like,   and   again    I    find   some 
thing  that   don't   -omul   exacth,    like  '6l.      Why   should   we  like 


49S 


Qopfederat^  tfeterap. 


the  Yankees  any  better  than  we  did  forty-four  years  ago? 
I  surrendered  at  Appomattox  with  Lee,  and  I  had  not  missed 
;>  roll  call  for  more  than  a  year." 


SACRIFICE  OF  DAVID  O.  DODD. 
The  theme  at  a  meeting  of  United  Daughters  of  Arkansas 
was  the  sacrifice  of  David  O.  Dodd.  At  f-e  Memphis  Re- 
union a  paper  was  handed  the  editor  of  ; !.e  Veteran  with 
request  to  publish,  but  the  author's  name  was  inadvertently 
omitted.     In  direct  reference  to  the  subject  the  author  states: 

"Friends,  among  all  the  Southern  States  which  freely  gave 
their  best  and  bravest  our  own  Arkansas  shed  a  halo  of 
glorious  light  which  still  shines  bright  and  beautiful  in  the 
hearts  of  her  people.  Especially  is  this  -so  in  the  remem- 
brance of  that  brave  and  noble  young  patriot,  David  O.  Dodd, 
but  seventeen  years  of  age.  Early  in  .1864.  this  dauntless  hero 
in  the  springtime  of  manhood,  full  of  life  and  vigor,  filled 
with  devotion  to  his  country's  cause,  left  Little  Rock  for 
Texas  and  intermediate  points.  Knowing  the  risk  attending 
his  Southern  destination,  he  bravely  journeyed  on,  avoiding 
as  much  as  possible  the  military  road ;  but  alas !  when  least 
expected  he  was  surprised  by  a  foraging  party  of  Federal 
cavalry,  who  immediately  surrounded  and  took  him  prisoner. 

"He  was  subjected  to  a  thorough  search,  and  upon  his  per- 
son was  found  valuable  information  for  our  Confederate  gen- 
erals furnished  by  a  friend  within  the  Federal  lines  and 
which  he  was  bearing  with  hope  to  reach  his  anticipated  des- 
tination. The  young  soldier  realized  his  danger  from  arrest 
under  the  circumstances,  yet  he  flinched  not,  but  presented 
a  brave  front  to  his  captors.  He  was  taken  back  to  Little 
Rock.  There  he  was  taken  before  the  authorities  in  com- 
mand, formally  tried,  and  sentenced  to  be  hanged  as  a  spy  on 
the  8th  of  January.  1864.  Much  excitement  and  horror  pre- 
vailed among  our  citizens  at  the  cruel  fate  of  one  so  brave 
and  young,  and  numerous  appeals  were  made  the  Federal 
general  for  clemency  in  his  behalf,  but  all  in  vain.  David 
was  placed  under  guard  where  he  could  view  the  preparations 
being  made  for  his  execution,  but  the  brave  young  hero 
wavered  not,  even  in  the  face  of  this  ordeal;  and  when  led 
to  the  scaffold,  again  an  offer  of  full  pardon  and  transporta- 
tion to  his  home  and  friends  was  made  if  he  would  reveal  the 
author  of  the  documents  found  upon  his  person  when  arrested. 

"Ah!  little  did  the  cold  Northern  blood  realize  the  true 
spirit  of  Southern  devotion  by  David  O.  Dodd.  Spurning  the 
pardon  offered  upon  the  basis  of  compromising  his  friend, 
he  mounted  the  death  trap  with  firm  step  and  gave  his  life. 
What  greater  gift  could  there  be  than  a  life  for  a  friend?" 

The  Florence  (Ala.)  Guards. — John  11.  Lester,  of  Rogers- 
ville,  Ala.,  writes:  "On  page  350  of  the  July  Veteran  the 
article,  'Soldier  Sons  of  Ex-Governor  Patton,'  is  in  error  as 
to  J.  Brahan  Patton  ever  having  been  a  captain  of  the  first 
company  which  left  Florence  on  April  1.  1861.  I  was  a  mem- 
ber of  that  company  (Florence  Guards)  from  the  day  we  left 
Florence  until  the  company  was  discharged  at  Corinth,  Miss., 
in  April,  1862.  The  day  the  company  left  Florence  S.  A.  M. 
Wood  was  captain,  William  Price  first  lieutenant,  John  B. 
Weekley  second  lieutenant,  and  I  believe  Henry  Wood  or 
Jesse  Leftwieh  was  the  brevet  second  lieutenant.  In  the  or- 
ganization of  the  regiment  S.  A.  M.  Wood  (afterwards  Gen- 
eral Wood)  was  elected  colonel,  and  William  Price  was  pro- 
moted to  captain.  I  believe  J.  Brahan  Patton  was  discharged 
as  second  lieutenant  of  the  company  at  Corinth.  J.  Brahan 
Patton  was  a  good  soldier  and  universally  beloved  and  re- 
spected  by  the  company." 


TALKS  WITH  THE  BOYS. 

BY    J.    M.    PRICE,    VALLEY    HEAD,    ALA. 

Dear  Brother  Cunningham:  I  was  deeply  impressed  with 
your  suggestions  about  "Talks  with  the  Boys"  (page  55  Feb- 
ruary Veteran),  and  wanted  to  give  some  of  my  experiences: 
but  being  a  poor  writer,  I  waited.  However,  since  reading 
after  so  many  of  the  boys  I  make  the  venture. 

After  plowing  all  day,  I  am  glad  to  have  a  homemade  carpet 
to  cover  the  cracks  of  the  floor  in  my  humble  home.  There 
are  many  things  for  which  I  feel  very  grateful.  First,  that  I 
live  in  a  Christian  land.  I  am  thankful  that  I  was  born  and 
reared  in  the  South  and  that  it  was  my  privilege  to  be  a  Con- 
federate soldier,  f  enlisted  when  eighteen  years  of  age  on 
February  22,  18(13.  and  remained  in  the  service  till  paroled. 
May  4,  1865.  I  am  thankful  for  that  fraternal  feeling  that  exists 
between  Confederate  soldiers,  and  whenever  I  meet  one  I 
feel  as  if  I  had  met  a  brother. 

My  lot  in  life  is  hard,  but  I  often  contrast  the  present  with 
the  privations  endured  in  the  service  of  my  beloved  Southland. 
On  one  occasion  after  several  days'  hard  service  we  went  into 
camp  at  night  where  there  was  but  little  land  not  covered  with 
water  and  without  horse  feed  or  rations  for  ourselves.  After 
tying  up  our  horses,  we  had  to  erect  some  kind  of  structure 
above  water,  which  we  did  of  fence  rails  and  upon  which  we 
tried  to  sleep. 

Soon  after  a  battle  near  Atlanta,  Ga.,  we  followed  General 
Wheeler  on  a  raid  through  Tennessee,  and  we  were  in  our 
saddles  for  a  number  of  days  and  nights  with  occasional  s.tops 
long  enough  to  feed.  The  first  chance  I  had  to  sleep  except 
what  I  got  riding  along  was  lying  on  the  bare  ground,  and 
there  I  slept  soundly  in  a  falling  rain.  Often  as  I  sit  by  my 
fire  and  hear  the  heavy  rains  falling  on  the  outside  I  am  re- 
minded of  those  trying  times,  and  feel  grateful  that  I  am  not 
subject  to  military  orders,  but  can  lie  down  and  sleep  and  the 
rain  doesn't  fall  on  me.    God  bles.s  all  the  boys! 

That  ever-faithful  comrade,  R.  Y.  Johnson,  of  Guthrie,  Ky., 
who  as  a  member  of  the  Tennessee  Legislature  years  ago  was 
an  ardent  advocate  of  an  appropriation  for  the  Tennessee  Con- 
federate Soldiers'  Home,  suggests  two  statues  of  Jefferson 
Davis  at  his  birthplace — in  the  Davis  Memorial  Park — one  of 
them  as  colonel  of  the  1st  Mississippi  Regiment  in  Mexico  and 
the  other  as  the  President  of  the  Confederate  government. 
The  first  might  most  appropriately  be  erected  by  the  United 
States  government.  Such  testimonials  are  erected  for  the 
valor  of  United  States  officers  of  the  olden  times,  and  this 
would  profoundly  influence  the  fraternal  relations  that  should 
exist  Bitter  partisans  would  do  well  to  fall  in  line  with  those 
who  delight  to  honor  Jefferson  Davis.  Sentiment  is  growing 
rapidly.  He  was  as  fine  a  model  soldier,  statesman,  and  mar- 
tyr as  our  Christian  civilization  has  known,  and  a  just  Provi- 
dence is  bringing  him  to  his  own. 


Mrs  M.  J.  Dickey  writes  from  Thornton,  Tex.:  "I  am  the 
widow  of  Wiseman  Dickey  (usually  called  Wiley),  who  was 
a  soldier  in  Wayne  Bishop's  company  and  Barnes's  Regiment. 
I  am  making  application  for  a  widow's  pension,  and  would  be 
glad  to  ascertain  the  names  and  addresses  of  any  of  his  com- 
rades. He  joined  the  army  in  Washington  County,  Tex.  I 
had  a  great  many  trials  to  endure  during  the  war  while  my 
husband  was  in  the  army,  and  1  am  now  eighty  years  old  and 
greatly  in  need  of  the  pension."  Comrade  Dickey  evidently  be- 
longed to  the  14th  Texas  Infantry,  State  Troops.  Mrs.  Dickey 
does  not  know  the  letter  of  Captain  Bishop's  company. 


Qoi)federat<^  l/eterai). 


499 


STORMING   BLOCKHOUSE   IN   GREENLAND   GAP. 

IiY   CATT.    FRANK    A.    BOND    (1ST    SID.    CAVALRY),   JESSUPS,    MD. 

On  the  21st  of  April.  1863,  Gen.  William  E.  Jones  with 
a  brigade  of  cavalry  started  for  an  expedition  into  West 
Virginia,  the  purpose  of  said  expedition  being  to  destroy  the 
bridges  of  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  Railroad  and  prevent  re- 
enforcements  reaching  the  Union  army,  which  Genera)  Lee 
was  about  to  attack.  The  route  lay  through  a  pa«s  in  the 
Alleghany  Mountains  known  as  Greenland  Gap.  It  was  a 
narrow  pass  with  precipitous  sides  several  hundred  feet  in 
height.  There  was  no  other  route  within  many  miles  where 
this  mountain  could  be  crossed.  Just  at  the  mouth  of  the 
gap  on  the  side  we  approached  was  a  small  settlement.  The 
largest  building  was  a  log  church,  and  two  other  smaller  log 
buildings  funned  ,1  triangle.  The  place  was  occupied  by  two 
companies  (about  one  hundred  men)  of  the  23d  Illinois  In- 
fantry under  the  command  of  (  apt.  Martin  Wallace.  Gen- 
eral Jones's  command  was  composed  of  the  6th,  71b,  nth.  and 
I2th  Regiment-  of  Virginia  Cavalry;  also  of  Colonel  Witch 
ers's    battalion    .if    mounted    infantry    from    Wist     Virginia,    of 

White's  Battalion  of  Cavalr)  (about  one  half  of  whom  were 
Virginians  and  the  other  half  Marylanders),  and  the  1st 
Maryland  Battalion  Cavalry,  commanded  by  Mai.  Ridgely 
Brown. 

The  brigade  approached  the  gap  about  four  o'clock  in  the 
afternoon  with  the  71b  Regiment,  commanded  by  Colonel 
Dulaney.  leading  Colonel  Dulanej  attempted  to  captun  thi 
place  by  a  mounted  charge,  and  did  capture  the  outpost,  con- 
sisting of  a  noncommissioned  officer  and  three  men  The 
garrison  threw  themselves  into  the  buildings  and  opened  a 
well-directed  lire  on  the  cavalrj  that  killed  and  wounded  a 
number  of  men  and  horses  and  cut  the  regiment  in  two. 
Colonel    Dulaney   was  badl)    wounded   and  lay  in  the  road,  and 

part  "i  tin  regiment  retreated  by  the  way  they  came  and 
pari  withdrew   up  the  pa--  beyond  the  houses 

After  a  time  Witchers's  Battalion  and  Company  E  of  the  tst 

Maryland    Battalion,   all    having   long-range    guns,   were   dis- 

mounted    ami   sent   round   on   the   mountain    side   beyond    the 

t.>  open  fire   and   to  cut   off  tin-  retreal    Of  the   enemy   in 

ease  the)  should  be  drivei  out.  Now  this  was  the  r-it not r. .1 1 
uli  11  night  came  on.  When  one  considers  that  the  re- 
mainder  of   the   action    was    in   the   dark,    that    the   brigade    was 

(part  of  it  1  miles  in  the  rear,  that  immediately  the  house  was 

ed    nid  binned  we  marched  on  all  night,  and  that  every 

da)    for   a   month   we   were   marching  and  lighting,  it   i-  not 

remarkable    that    many   men    in    the   command    never    knew    the 

pai  ticulai  -  of  tin-  storm  and  capture. 

Ibis  will  ace. ami   for  a  well-written  article  that   appeared 

in  tin-  (  Ion iati    Vetera      al I    two   /eat     ago  in  which 

the  author  stated  that  a  private  soldier  of  tin-   uth   Virginia 
ed  up  in  the  house  in  the  night,  mounted  tin-  roof,  and 

set   it   i.n   tire,      I    only  wish    be  bad  done   so!      I    will,  however, 

state  precise!)  what  I  know  about  it.  About  an  hour  after 
dark  (ami  it  was  quite  dark,  although  clear)  I  was  ordered 
t..  dismount  m>  company  and  form  in  the  road  on  foot.    'Ibis 

being  d"iic.    I    found    I     wa      immediatel)    in    the    rear   01    1 

1  oi  no  regiment,  commanded  by  Captain  Smith,  who 
bad  n..  lieutenants  with  him.  while  my  company  bad  three 
hortl)  aftei  we  bid  formed  Majoi  Brown  cami  to  me 
.nid  explained  thai  we  wen  going  t..  storm  this  place  and 
that  we  win  1..  pi  iceed  a-  cautiousl)  as  possible  until  di« 
c.ivri  1 .1  and  firci  rid  then  to  rush  on 

If  we  had   lett   off  our  sabers,  we  might  have  appn 


much  nearer  before  drawing  their  lire;  but  stumbling  about 
in  the  dark  over  logs  and  rocks  soon  attracted  attention,  and 
the  houses  blazed  up  with  the  Hash  from  a  hundred  muskets. 
I  remember  distinctly  noticing  two  lines  of  lire  one  .dune  the 
other  cut  by  a  perpendicular  black  object  which  I  gui 
was  a  chimney,  and  I  made  this  my  objective,  and  was.  I 
think,  the  first  man  to  get  there.  Once  there,  I  was  1 
as  the  enemy,  thrusting  their  guns  out  of  the  loopholes, 
could  not  reach  us,  and  I  was  very  soon  closely  pressed  by  a 
V  shaped  body  of  men  who  could  only  in  this  way  get  out  of 
range  We  could  nol  get  in  the  house,  but  many  of  the  men 
got   close  to  the  bouse  to  git   below    the  line  of  lire. 

I    remember    distinctly    hearing    Major    Brown    call    out    in 

stentorian  tones :  "Where  are  those  pioneers?"    As  we  0 1 

behind  the  chimney  Sprigg  Cockey,  of  my  company,  said: 
"I  apt  tin,  I  am  wounded  What  shall  I  do?"  I  suggested  that 
n  go  to  the  rear;  but  he  said:  "If  1  leave  this  chimney,  I  will 
be  killed  sure."  1  then  suggested  that  he  remain  where  he 
was.  but  he    said:   "If   I    Stay  here,  1   will  bleed  to  death."      So   I 

had  to  give  it  up. 

Very  shortl)   the  pioneers  came  up  with  axes  and  bundli 
of  straw-  and   began  a  furious  attack   ..11  the   windows,   and  the 
one  nearest  t,,  ,,u    soon  gave  way.     A  large  bundle  of  straw 

was  ignited  and  throw  11  blazing  into  the  building  through  this 
open  window,  and  very  soon  the  house  was  fully  on  fire-. 
I  be  inmate  w<  1 .  for  the  most  part  exceedingly  anxious  to 
-1,1  lender,  and  the  door  was  parti)  Opened  S.  igt  Mai. 
Edward  Johnson  immediatel)  rushed  in,  but  either  by  accident 

or  design    the  door    was   closed  again  and   be   was   inside   alone 
with    the    enemy.      However,   as   by   thi-    time    the   enemy    wa- 
rn 111    mi. re    anxious    to    get   out    lb, 111    we   had    been    to   get    in. 
till     door    was    SOOn    opened    and   Johns  hi    came    out    with    I   ap 
tain   Wallace  as  hi-  prisoner. 

I    neglected   to  state  that  before  the  assault  on  the  boils,    the 

tioncommi    ioned    officer  captured   mi    the   outpost    was    senl 

t"  Captain  Wallace  to  tell  linn  that  if  be  undertook  to  hold 
,m  indefensible  position  where  he  could  kill  many  of  us  with- 
out danger  in  himself,  and  that  if  we    u led,  then  accord 

ing  to  the  usages  of  war  the  garrison  would  forfeit  their  lives. 
Captain  Wallace  drove  tin-  mm  off  and  threatened  him  if  be 
returned.       Under    the    circumstances    our    men    were    much    in 

.I.  ed,  and  n  was  all  1  could  do  to  protect  the  prisoners,  and 
..ne  1  know  was  killed  Our  loss  was  quite  severe,  particu- 
larly anii.ne   the  commissioned  officers,  as  !i\.-  out   ol     even 

engaged  were  badl)  wounded  My  first  lieutenant.  Tom 
Griffith,  and  1   were  the  lucky  one-. 

Long    years    afterwaids    I    learned    that    Company    E    "I    out 

regiment,  who  were  dismounted  early  in  the  evening,  thought 

they    had    done    the    whole   thing.      'I  hey    were   a   gallant      et  oi 

111, my    of   them    under    tile    for    the    first    time;    and    when 

lie  j  found  that  we  were  assaulting  tin  h  iuses,  they  abandoned 
their  position  on  the  mountain  side  and  ioined  in  the  attacl 

They  had  .me  man  killed  and  their  captain  wounded. 

\s   ue  -1 1  in  the  road  before  -1, Mime   f.'i    tb.-  assault  a 

man    named    Grogan,    who   belonged    to    White'-    Battalion,    but 

who  bad  a  brother  m  Companj   C  ol  "in   battalion,  came  by. 

(In.     of   our    bin-    asked'  him    what    be    was    doing    away    11. 'in 

in, ,1,111.1      II.    was  111-1  oppositi   in.-,  and  I  remember  his 

answer  well,  lie  said:  "I  beard  that  General  Jones  had  -"-ne 
Yankees  up  lure  in  a   box   and  you    fellows   were  going  P.  take 

the  lid  off.  and  I  thought  1  would  go  along."     M.    passed  on 

and  joined  hi-  brother,  and  this  man  w  a-  oni  of  tin-  killed 
ami    the   hmihi  r    w  a-    w  . . milled. 


500 


Qopfederat^  l/ecerai). 


FIRST  INFANTRY  FIGHT  OF  THE  WAR. 

BY    MAJ.    D.    B.    STEWART.    MORGANTOWN,    W.    VA. 

Being  detailed  on  detached  duty  at  Morgantown,  Va.,  I  did 
not  reach  Grafton  till  the  28th  of  May.  At  that  time  Colonel 
Kelley's  forces  were  supposed  to  be  between  Farmington  and 
Barrackville,  advancing  upon  Colonel  Porterfield.  When  I 
reported,  I  found  Colonel  Porterfield  breaking  camp  to  fall 
back  to  Philippi. 

On  the  Saturday  following  I  as  officer  of  the  day  was  placed 
on  duty,  and  I  had  only  enough  men  to  station  pickets. 
Captain  Moorman  suggested  that  I  make  a  requisition  on  the 
captains  of  the  several  companies  for  additional  men.  This 
requisition  was  honored.  Pickets  were  then  placed  on  the 
roads  below  town.  Believing  that  if  an  attack  was  made  on 
our  position  a  force  crossing  the  river  at  the  ford  would  be 
sent  across  the  hills  northeast  of  Philippi  to  cut  off  our  re- 
treat, picket  was  placed  at  the  crossing  to  detect  and  re- 
port any  move  in  that  direction,  while  the  reserve  was  sta- 
tioned at  the  forks  of  the  road  leading  to  Clarksburg  and  up 
the   west  side  of  the  river. 

Being  young  in  military  affairs,  perhaps  this  ought  to  have 
been  reported  to  the  commander ;  but  it  was  not.  Next  morn- 
ing Captain  Stofer,  of  Pocahontas  County,  relieved  me  as 
officer  of  the  day.  What  disposition  was  made  of  the  pickets 
or  what  was  the  detail  for  duty  I  was  not  informed,  but  sup- 
pose it  was  only  the  usual  detail,  which  was  entirely  inade- 
quate. It  was  on  the  day  before  the  pickets  were  withdrawn 
on  account  of  the  rain  that  night ! 

On  that  day,  Sunday,  June  2,  Miss  Abbie  Kerr  and  Miss 
Mollie  McCloud,  of  Fairmont,  having  learned  of  Colonel 
Kelley's  intention  to  surprise  and  capture  our  forces,  arrived 
at  Philippi  about  2  130  in  the  afternoon,  having  made  a  detour 
around  Grafton  and  through  a  part  of  Harrison  County,  and 
gave  us  full  information  in  regard  to  Colonel  Kelley's  plans 
to  take  the  place. 

The  forces  in  Philippi  at  this  time  consisted  of  seven  corn- 
panics  of  infantry  armed  with  altered  army  muskets.  They 
had  been  virtually  without  ammunition  till  the  Morgans,  of 
Marion  County,  constructed  molds  in  a  blacksmith  shop  and 
from  lead  pipe  molded  enough  bullets  to  supply  about  seven 
to  each  man.  In  addition  to  the  infantry,  we  had  the  Church- 
hill  Cavalry  from  Augusta  County  and  Captain  Dangerfield's 
company  from  Bath  County,  with  two  or  three  other  com- 
panies whose  locality  I  do  not  recall,  but  all  from  Warm 
Springs  and  the  Shenandoah  Valley.  They  were  better 
equipped  than  the  infantry.  A  council  of  the  officers  was 
called  that  afternoon,  and  it  was  agreed  that  an  evacuation 
should  take  place  before  daybreak  the  next  morning. 

Later  I  went  to  headquarters  and  was  informed  by  our 
commander  that  he  would  stay  and  "give  them  a  little  brush 
in  the  morning."  I  suggested  to  him  that  his  small  force  and 
want  of  ammunition  would  not  enable  him  to  make  much  of 
a  fight.    He  said  he  would  try  it  anyway. 

I  went  back  to  Hotel  Barron  and  told  some  of  the  other 
officers  of  the  change  of  plan  and  had1  my  horse  saddled,  so 
I  could  get  him  at  a  moment's  notice.  I  did  not  retire  till 
late.  Capt.  W.  P.  Thompson  occupied  the  room  with  me,  and 
we  both  lay  down  with  our  clothes  on.  Just  as  the  day  was 
breaking  we  heard  the  cannon  on  top  of  the  "hill  across 
the  river  from  town,  and  I  asked  the  Captain  what  it  was. 
He  replied  that  one  of  the  guards  had  fired  his  gun.  I  told 
him  that  it  was  a  heavier  piece  than  we  had  there,  and  had 
hardly  spoken  before  it  was  fired  a  second  time.  He  jumped 
clear   over   me,   landing   on   the  floor,   with   the   exclamation : 


"Cannon,  by  !"  By  the  time  we  got  to  the  door  his  com- 
pany was  passing.  I  mounted  and  rode  to  the  street  in  front 
of  the  hotel ;  found  Colonel  Porterfield  mounted  and  facing 
the  road  leading  to  town  from  the  direction  of  Grafton.  By 
this  time  it  was  getting  light  enough  to  see  the  enemy  (two 
regiments)  marching  down  the  hill  west  of  the  town.  By  this 
time  all  the  soldiers  had  passed  out  of  town  and  Kelley's 
force  had  crossed  the  bridge,  entered  Main  Street,  and 
marched  up  as  far  as  Strickler's  store,  where  they  halted. 
Colonel  Porterfield  then  started  to  ride  toward  them.  Think- 
ing that  he  must  be  acting  under  some  mistake,  I  asked  him 
whether  he  was  not  close  enough  to  the  enemy.  He  replied : 
"O,  no;  these  are  our  own  men."  I  asked  him  then  if  he  had 
not  discovered  that  they  were  marching  under  the  stars  and 
stripes.  He  exclaimed :  "Why,  yes,  and  the  blue  uniform !" 
We  were  within  about  a  square  and  a  half  of  them  and  could 
see  even  the  brass  buttons  on  their  uniforms.  He  turned  his 
horse  and  started  up  the  street.  Not  being  so  well  mounted 
as  he  was,  Johnson  and  I  followed  as  fast  as  we  could.  We 
had  not  gone  far  when  a  volley  of  musketry  from  a  platoon 
of  Kelley's  soldiers  greeted  us,  this  being  the  first  infantry 
lire  of  the  war. 

Captain  Gordon,  quartermaster  of  the  command,  his  clerk, 
Mr.  Sims,  and  others  were  loading  the  contents  of  the  office 
into  the  wagon.  The  office,  being  next  to  the  hotel,  may 
have  been  in  sight  of  the  firing  squad.  It  was  there  that  Colo- 
nel Kelley  was  wounded.  His  soldiers  charged  Sims  with 
the  shooting,  and  would  have  killed  him  on  the  spot  had  not 
Colonel  Kelley  very  generously  interfered,  saving  Sims's  life. 
The  shooting  was  believed  to  have  been  accidental  and  by  one 
of  Kelley's  own  men. 

We  then  passed  on,  the  cavalry  having  halted  some  distance 
farther  up  the  road  toward  Beverly.  Shortly  after  this  the 
Federal  force  that  had  been  sent,  as  before  stated,  to  cut  us 
off  crossed  the  hill,  and  were  engaged  by  the  cavalry  and  a 
small  portion  of  the  infantry.  -Captain  Dangerfield,  of  Bath 
County,  was  wounded  in  the  leg  by  a  musket  ball  so  badly 
that  the  limb  had  to  be  amputated  that  night  at  Beverly  after 
he  had  been  hauled  the  entire  distance  in  a  wagon.  Young 
Hanger,  of  Augusta  County,  who  was  the  only  man  from 
there  in  these  quarters,  had  his  leg  broken  by  a  cannon  ball, 
and  it  was  also  amputated.  There  were  also  few  casualties 
among  the  skirmishes,  but  none  were  killed. 


GEORGIA  WOMAN'S  MONUMENT  ASSOCIATION. 
The  petition  of  Louis  Young,  J.  L.  Flemming,  Benjamin 
Mulligan,  J.  B.  Davenport,  John  O.  Waddel,  Walter  A.  Clarke, 
Henry  D.  Capers,  A.  J.  West,  J.  Gid  Morris,  James  M.  Pace, 
Frank  W.  Jenkins.  W.  J.  Hudson,  Allen  D.  Candler,  W.  W. 
Gordon,  Richard  Milledge,  H.  W.  Bell,  John  Triplett,  L.  P. 
Thomas,  F.  M.  Longley,  William  Norman,  W.  J.  Hudson, 
R.  F.  Maddox,  Walter  T.  Colquitt,  Bee  Thomas,  George  Pea- 
cock, W.  H.  Harrison,  J.  S.  Holland,  J.  S.  Prather,  J.  Scott 
Todd,  A.  W.  Calhoun,  R.  F.  Crittendon,  Jasper  N.  Smith, 
citizens  of  the  State  of  Georgia,  and  such  others  as  may  be 
associated  with  them  hereafter  respectfully  show  that  they 
desire  for  themselves,  their  successors,  and  assigns  to  be  in- 
corporated under  the  name  of  "The  Georgia  Woman's  Me- 
morial Association  of  Confederate  Veterans  and  Sons  of  Con- 
federate Veterans"  for  a  period  of  ten  years  with  the  privi- 
lege of  renewal  at  the  expiration  of  that  time. 

Purposes  of  the  Petition. 
The  object   had   in   view   by   the   petitioners   is   to   erect  a 
monument  in  the   State  of  Georgia  to  commemorate  the  vir- 


^or?federat<?  Ueterap. 


501 


tues  of  the  mothers,  the  wives,  and  the  daughters  of  Georgia 
soldiers  who  served  in  the  armies  of  the  Confederate  States 
of  America,  and  also  for  the  cultivation  of  proper  social  re- 
lations with  the  veteran  soldiers  resident  in  Georgia  who 
Served  in  the  armies  of  the  United  States  during  the  War 
hetween  the  States. 

To  this  end  the  petitioners  desire  to  secure  a  fund  hy  the 
solicitation  of  subscriptions  of  money  and  donations  of  prop- 
erty real  or  personal  and  to  receive  and  hold  such  contribu- 
tions as  may  be  donated  from  time  to  time. 

The  principal  office  and  place  of  business  of  said  corpora- 
tion shall  be  in  the  city  of  Atlanta,  Fulton  County,  Ga. ;  but 
the  petitioners  desire  the  right  to  establish  agencies  in  other 
places  in  Georgia  as  may  be  deemed  advisable. 

The  petitioners  further  pray  that  said  corporation  may  be 
granted  the  right  to  sue  and  be  sued,  to  have  and  to  use  a 
common  seal,  and  to  make  such  by-laws  for  the  government 
of  its  business  as  may  be  necessary  and  not  inconsistent  with 
the  laws  of  Georgia ;  to  purchase  and  hold  real  estate  and  to 
sell  and  convey  the  same  and  generally  to  have,  to  use.  and 
to  enjoy  all  those  powers  which  under  the  laws  of  Georgia 
are  conferred  upon  corporations  of  like  character,  and  your 
petitioners  will   ever  pray. 

Filed  by  Henry  D.  Capers,  attorney  for  petitioners,  July 
29,  1909. 

The  following  officers  were  elected :  Gen.  C.  A.  Evans, 
President;  Henry  D.  Capers,  Secretary;  R  F.  Maddox, 
irer.  All  subscriptions  will  be  received  by  R.  F.  Mad- 
dox,   American  National  Bank. 

In  a  personal  letter  Colonel  Capers  writes:  "I  am  pleased 
to  report  that  our  effort  is  meeting  with  prompt  response  in 
a  most  substantial  manner.  We  are  determined  to  erect  a 
monument  to  the  memory  of  our  mothers,  our  wives,  and  our 
daughters,  worthy  of  their  noble  virtues,  and  to  place  it  where 
the  first  rays  of  the  morning's  sun  shall  be  its  mother  blessing 
and  "J t i  —  last  lingering  beam  shall  be  its  evening's  benediction. 
Please  call  attention  to  our  organization  in  the  Veteran 
that  our  comrades  may  know  that  we  are  discharging  this 
sacred  obligation  of  duty  and  expect  all  true  Georgia  Con- 
federates  and  Sons  of  Confederates  to  come  to  our  aid." 


THE  TRIALS  OF  OUR  WOMEN  IN  THE  WAR. 

BY    MRS.    ANN    R.    EVERETT,    CLINTON,    MO. 

1  r.  D.  C.  Committee  on  Reminiscences  has  requested 
me  to  write  of  some  of  my  experiences  during  the  Civil  War, 
and  I  give  a  brief  account  of  some  things  that  I  remember 
most  vividly.  1  have  tried  vainly  to  forget  some  of  the  or- 
deals through  which  I  passed,  as  my  experiences  were  many 
and  sad. 

Will    do    1    remember   one   afternoon    in    October,    1862,      I 
and   my   two   children    went   to   spend   the   afternoon    with    a 

bor  In  nit;  near  by.  We  had  been  there  but  a  short 
time  when  we  heard  the  firing  of  guns  and  the  whooping  of 
yelling  men.  Looking  toward  my  house,  which  was  in  sight, 
I  saw  that  it  was  surrounded  by  a  company  of  Federal  sol- 
1  and  my  little  one*  hastened  home,  and  soon  learned 
that  the  Federals  had  caught  up  with  three  Confederate  sol- 
diers  who  had  been  cut  off  from  General  Price's  army  a  few 

previous  and  were  trying  to  make  their  way  back  to  the 
South  by  traveling  in  the  night  and  hiding  in  the  brush  dur- 
ing the  day.  rhese  boys  (for  the  eldest  had  barely  attained 
his  majority)  had  gone  into  my  field  and  taken  out  corn  and 
fodder  to  feed  their  horses  and  had  carelessly  dropped  fodder 
through    the    brush    by    which   the    Federals   tracked    them    t<> 


their  hiding  place,  and,  finding  them  asleep,  shot  and  killed 
two  of  them  and  wounded  the  third.  I  had  known  one  of  the 
young  men  all  of  his  life.  The  others  were  strangers  to  me. 
After  the  shooting  was  over,  the  Federals  surrounded  my 
house  and  told  me  what  they  had  done.  One  of  them  said 
they  had  found  the  boys  napping  and  had  sent  them  where 
they  would  cause  no  more  trouble. 

As  they  were  making  arrangements  to  leave,  I  asked  what 
they  were  going  to  do  with  the  men  they  had  killed  and 
wounded,  and  one  of  them  replied :  "We  are  going  to  leave 
them  right  where  they  are.  They  will  make  food  for  the 
hogs.  That  is  as  good  as  they  deserve,  and  it  won't  1«  verj 
safe  for  any  one  to  interfere  with  them." 

I  went  to  the  door  and  asked  for  the  captain.  A  man  rode 
up  to  where  I  was  standing  and  said:  "Yes,  I  am  the  cap- 
tain. What  will  you  have?"  I  said:  "Will  you  give  me  a 
permit  to  have  the  men  you  killed  buried  and  the  wounded 
cared  for'-"  He  replied:  "Certainlj  I  will."  He  took  from 
his  pocket  a  blank  hook  and  pencil  and  with  trembling  hands 
wrote  the  permit,  giving  me  the  privilege  of  doing  the  best 
I  could  with  them,  assuring  me  he  would  see  that  I  was  pro- 
tected. 

It  was  almost  impossible  to  get  a  man  to  help  me  care  for 
the  dead  and  wounded,  as  the  few  men  left  at  home  felt  it 
would  be  risking  their  own  lives  to  assist  me. 

My  brother  was  in  the  vicinity  at  the  time.  He  came  home 
that  evening,  and  I  obtained  the  help  of  an  old  negro  man 
and  two  boys  to  bring  the  dead  and  wounded  to  the  house. 
I  was  afraid  for  my  brother  to  stay  with  me  and  prevailed 
upon  him  to  leave. 

I  and  my  children,  one  five  and  the  other  seven  years  of 
age,  spent  the  night  alone  with  the  dead  and  wounded.  What 
thoughts  and  feelings  attended  me  through  the  long  and 
lonely  hours  of  that  night,  none  but  God  can  ever  know  My 
eyes  were  not  closed  once  in  sleep.  I  was  kept  busy  trying 
to  relieve  the  suffering  of  the  poor  wounded  boy,  who  I 
tin  night   could  not  live  through  the  night. 

The  next  day  two  or  three  men  ventured  to  come  and  dig 
a  grave  to  bury  the  dead  It  was  impossible  to  get  coffins 
or  even  plank  to  make  a  box.  The  men  lined  the  graves 
with  rough  boards,  I  washed  the  blood  from  their  faces  and 
hands,  and  had  each  wrapped  in  a  clean  sheet  and  blanket, 
and  we  laid  them  to  rest  side  by  side  in  the  same  grave. 

The  captain  of  the  company  sent  a  physician  from  Clinton 
to  attend  the  wounded  man.  He  improved  slowly;  but  his 
life  was  threatened,  and  we  lived  in  dread  until  his  friends 
came  one  night  and  smuggled  him  away. 

A  still  sadder  experience,  to  me  the  most  dreadful  one  of 
that  terrible  war,  happened  one  Sunday  morning  in  August. 
[863.  My  brother,  who  had  stayed  with  me  since  the  death 
of  my  husband,  in  1N50.  and  who  would  have  been  in  the 
Confederate  army  had  it  not  been  that  he  was  so  near-sighted 
he  was  unfit  for  the  duties  of  a  soldier,  was  called  out  by  a 
company  of  Federal  soldiers,  who.  unheeding  my  prayers  and 
pleadings  with  them  to  spare  his  life,  took  him  a  short  dis- 
tance  from  the  house  and  cruelly  murdered  him  almost  in 
sight  of  my  door.  I  heard  the  report  of  the  gun  and  ran  t" 
him,  but  he  breathed  his  last  before  I  reached  him.  As  it 
wa-  in  tin  other  case,  there  was  not  a  man  we  could  get  to 
help  us  in  our  great  need.  The  women  in  the  neighborhood 
came  to  my  assistance  and  brought  his  body  to  the  house, 
washed  and  dressed  him  for  burial.  Two  old  men  living 
some  distance  from  us  heard  of  it  and  came  the  next  morning 
and   made   a  box  of  planks,   which    was   the  best   we   could   do 


r,{)2 


Qotyfederat^  l/eterap. 


for  a  coffin,  and  with  the  help  of  the  women  dug  a  grave  and 
laid  him  away  the  best  they  could.  I  thought  at  the  time  I 
could  not  possibly  live  through  it.  hut  found  that  we  never 
know  what  we  can  endure  until  we  are  put  to  the  test. 

As  I  look  back  over  the  years  that  have  passed  since  we 
heard  with  aching  hearts  of  Lee's  surrender  I  thank  God  for 
the  white-robed  angel  of  peace  that  has  hovered  over  us  and 
dwelt  in  our  hearts  these  many  years.  I  am  glad  the  bitter- 
ness of  that  long  struggle  has  passed  away  and  that  we  can 
forget  many  of  the  hardships  and  sorrows  of  that  trying 
time  ;  but  I  do  not  wish  to  forget  the  bravery  and  the  hero- 
ism .if  our  gallant  boys  in  gray  who  gave  their  lives  for  a 
cause  they  felt  to  be  so  just  and  holy.  All  honor  to  the  pri- 
vate in  ranks  with  no  stars  to  deck  his  homespun  jacket!  O, 
may  we  never  forget  what  we  owe  his  memory! 


EARLY  EXPERIENCES  IN  MISSOURI. 

BY   BRIG.    GEN.    W.    H.    KING,    SULPHUR   SPRINGS,   TEX. 

I  have  been  a  subscriber  to  and  a  regular  reader  of  the 
Veteran  for  years,  and'  have  often  thought  of  contributing 
something  to  its  columns  which  might  prove  of  interest  to  old 
Confederates  if  to  no  others,  and  yet  my  dilatoriness  in  this 
matter  has  continued  so  long  that  death  has  removed  most 
of  those  who  took  part  in  the  dread  scenes  of  war  from 
1861  to  1865. 

I  am  a  native  of  Georgia  and  reached  my  majority  in  that 
State.  At  the  commencement  of  the  Civil  War,  however,  I 
happened  to  be  in  Missouri  when  hostilities  began;  and  as  my 
zeal  for  the  South  was  strong,  the  first  military  organization 
in  my  reach  found  me  in  its  ranks  in  February,  1861.  This 
was  a  State  organization;  and  when  troops  were  called  into 
service  by  Gov.  Claib.  Jackson,  this  company  promptly  re- 
sponded and  was  ordered  to  Jefferson  City,  the  State  capital. 

I  had  been  made  first  lieutenant  of  the  company,  and  was 
practically  in  command,  as  the  men  had  fallen  out  with  our 
captain  and  refused  to  obey  his  orders.  We  remained  at 
Jefferson  City  some  weeks,  and  were  put  into  a  temporary 
regimental  organization,  with  Ed  Price,  a  son  of  Gen.  Sterling 
Price,  as  colonel. 

The  troops  collected  at  Jifferson  City  were  soon  returned 
to  their  respective  districts,  and  all  regimental  and  brigade 
organizations  set  up  at  the  capital  were  dissolved,  the  com- 
panies alone  continuing  in  their  original  form. 

The  State's  forces  were  then  ordered  to  Lexington,  on  the 
Missouri  River,  where  complete  reorganization  occurred,  and 
my  company,  of  which  I  then  became  captain,  was  made  a 
part  of  a  fine  body  of  infantry,  the  3d  Missouri,  with  E.  V. 
I  [earst  as  colonel. 

F.  M.  Cockrell,  afterwards  known  as  a  brave  and  distin- 
guished brigadier  general  in  the  Confederate  army,  and  for 
thirty  years  an  able,  upright,  and  useful  United  States  Senator 
from  Missouri,  was  a  captain  in  this  regiment,  and  helped 
greatly  to  make  the  excellent  record  and  reputation  held  by 
this  noble  command.  In  connection  with  the  war  in  Missouri 
in  1861  I  wrote  to  General  Cockrell  in  May,  1907.  and  have 
just  received  his  reply  to  my  letter.  As  it  relates  to  the  very 
beginning  of  the  war  and  to  subjects  about  which  little  is 
known,  I  hope  it  may  find  a  place  in  the  Veteran. 

In  our  efforts  to  capture  the  Federal  battery  at  Carthage, 
Mo.,  to  which  General  Cockrell  alludes,  I  was  forced  into  a 
personal  conflict  or  combat  with  a  Federal  captain  on  horse- 
back, and  to  save  my  own  life  I  had  to  take  his  by  shooting 
him.     His  name  was  Bertrand,  and  by  a  singular  coincidence 


he  was  a  captain  in  the  3d  Regiment  United  States  Volun- 
teers, and  our  companies  were  both  lettered  "E."  At  Oak 
Hill  or  Wilson's  Creek  Brig.  Gen.  Ben  McCulloch  was  in 
command  of  all  Southern  soldiers  on  the  field,  Gen.  Sterling 
Price,  a  major  general  of  Missouri,  having  waived  his  su- 
perior rank  and  given  General  McCulloch  control  of  the 
entire  army. 

The  contending  forces  on  this  hotly  contested  field  of 
battle  were  nearly  equal  as  to  numbers,  but  the  Union  army 
was  better  organized  and  drilled  and  far  better  armed  than 
the  Confederates.  The  flame  of  a  noble  patriotism  and  a 
courage  equal  to  the  highest  warmed  the  hearts  and  nerved 
the  arms  of  the  sons  of  the  South;  and  after  a  desperate  bat- 
tle of  seven  or  eight  hours,  the  enemy  fled,  leaving  their 
wounded  and  dead  to  be  cared  for  by  us.  Among  the  Fed- 
eral dead  was  Maj.  Gen.  Nathaniel  Lyon,  their  commander 
in  chief,  a  very  able  and  capable  man,  who  would  doubtless 
have  reached  the  highest  rank  in  the  Federal  service  if  he- 
had  lived. 

The  commander  of  my  brigade,  Col.  R.  H.  Wrightman, 
was  shot  dead  almost  at  my  feet,  and  was  picked  up  by  my- 
self and  two  of  my  men  and  laid  under  a  black-jack  tree  just 
behind  our  line.  He  and  General  Lyon  were  killed  about 
seventy-five  or  one  hundred  yards  apart  and  where  the  dead 
lay  thickest. 

Circumstances  beyond  my  control  forced  me  to  resign  my 
position  in  the  Missouri  troops — you  will  notice  that  General 
Cockrell  speaks  of  my  resignation  in  his  letter.  Llpon  going 
to  Texas,  I  again  became  a  soldier,  this  time  in  the  iSth  Texas 
Infantry.  I  was  made  major  of  this  fine  command  May  13, 
1862,  and  the  exigencies  of  the  service  soon  brought  me  to 
the  rank  of  colonel,  and  in  that  capacity  I  handled  the  regi- 
ment in  various  engagements  and  duties.  While  leading  it  at 
the  battle  of  Mansfield,  La.,  April  8,  1864,  I  was  severely 
wounded  and  carried  from  the  field  after  dark.  I  was  honored 
by  promotion  to  the  rank  of  brigadier  general  to  date  from 
this  battle,  and  when  able  for  duty  was  placed  in  command 
of  an  unusually  fine  body  of  Texas  infantry  comprising 
Walker's  Division.  The  demands  of  the  military  service  placed 
me  in  several  different  commands;  but  as  the  mournful  end- 
ing began  to  be  dimly  seen,  I  was  again  placed  at  the  head  of 
the  Walker  Division,  and  remained  with  it  to  the  close,  dis- 
banding it  at  Hempstead,  Tex.,  May  21,  22,  1865,  there  being 
then  eighteen  regiments  in  the  division,  besides  a  fine  body  of 
artillery — about  ten  thousand  men  altogether. 

I  authorized  this  command  to  hold  all  the  wagons,  ambu- 
lances, horses  and  mules,  and  all  other  Confederate  property 
in  camp  or  the  adjacent  towns  and  divide  the  same  fairly 
among  themselves  and  the  wives  and  widows  of  any  Con- 
federate soldiers,  as  I  considered  the  soldiers  and  their  fam- 
ilies the  true  and  legal  heirs  of  the  Confederate  government 
when  it  ceased  to  exist. 

I  never  received  a  commission  as  brigadier  general  from 
Richmond,  but  was  promoted  and  "gazetted"  in  orders  to  the 
whole  Trans-Mississippi  Department  by  Gen.  E.  Kirby  Smith, 
was  kept  in  command  of  various  brigades  and  two  different 
divisions  until  the  war  ended,  and  never  had  my  authority 
questioned  by  those  below  or  those  above  me  in  rank. 

In  a  letter  from  Gen.  Francis  M.  Cockrell  to  General  King 
of  July  12,  1909,  after  explaining  cause  for  delay  of  the 
answer  for  over  two  years,  he  states : 

"Yes,  I  remember  distinctly  the  night  we  spent  in  War- 
rensburg  in  saving  Colonel  McCowan  and  his  son  from  being 


Qopfederat^  l/eterag. 


503 


ninlilii d.  By  the  way,  Billy  was  some  eight  or  ten  years  ago 
or  more  killed  in  Missouri  by  a  man  whose  life  he  was  seek- 
ing. Colonel  McCowan  died  soon  after  the  close  of  the  war. 
1  remember  you  very  pleasantly  and  kindly  when  you  were  in 
business  in  Warrensburg  and  when  the  Johnson  Guards,  a 
military  company,  was  organized  and  you  were  first  lieutenant 
and  Ruth  was  captain.  You  went  to  Jefferson  City  at  the 
firsl  call  for  troops  and  returned.  Some  days  thereafter  Gen- 
eral  Price   was    forced   to   leave   Jefferson    Citj    and    the   troops 

were  ordered  to  assemble  at  Lexington,  Mo 

"As  soon  as  I  could  I  collected  the  members  of  my  com- 
pany, then  unorganized,  and  started  for  Lexington.  When  I  ar- 
rived there,  the  third  regiment  had  Keen  organized  with  I  [earsl 
as  colonel  and  Ruth  as  major,  ami  you  had  been  chosen  cap- 
tain of  your  company  As  soon  as  my  company  was  sworn 
in  and  organized  it  was  attached  to  that  regiment  and.  T  be- 
lieve, completed  the  organization.  My  company  was  given 
the  letter  '(!.'  The  next  day  we  were  ordered  to  disband  and 
to  reassemble  at  Sarcoxie,  in  Southwest  Missouri,  and  our 
companies  returned  to  Warrensburg;  and  after  a  day  Or  two 
of  rest,  we  marched  south  and  southwestward  and  joined  the 
other  companies  of  the  regiment  in  Bates  County,  and  were 
there  placed  under  Colonel  Weightlllan  a-  hrigade  commander. 

"We  then  marched  across  the  (  Isage  River  into  Barton 
Count\  on  toward  Cartilage,  and  about  July  4  found  General 
Sigcl  with  a  well  drilled  and  organized  command  in  our 
fronl  We  had  quite  a  skirmish  with  him  on  some  creek  north 
of  Carthage,  and  he  gradually  fell  hack  through  a  prairie  to 
Spring  River,  just  north  of  the  town  of  Carthage,  and  quite 
a  skirmish  occurred  in  Carthage.  Our  hrigade  was  senl 
around  to  the  west  of  Carthage  to  make  an  attack  When  we 
got  through  the  woods  into  the  town  of  Carthage,  we  were 
stopped  in  the  Street  and  all  at  once  the  enemy  tired. 

"1  shall  never  forget  the  performance  just  at  that  time-. 
Some  elderly  gentleman  who  was  acting  as  a  volunteer  aid 
on  somebody's  staff  galloped  up  to  the  front  of  our  regiment 
and  veiled  at  the  top  of  his  voice:  'All  of  you  who  have  long- 
range  guns  come  here  and  you  can  get  a  shot.'  So  far  as  I 
ever  heard  or  knew,  no  protest  was  evel  made  of  the  regi- 
ment breaking  ranks  and  going  wherever  it  pleased.  I  did  not 
see  any  of  our  field  officers  from  that  time  on.  Colonel 
Wcightinan.  our  hrigade  commander,  was  very  cool  and  col 
As  soon  as  it  was  possible  1  rallied  my  company  and 
prevented  any  one  breaking  ranks,  and  we  Started  as  rapidly 
a-  we  could  in  pursuit,  going  through  a  skirt  of  timber,  hop 

ing  to  get  close  enough  to  use  our  shotguns  and  squirrel  ritles 
"My  recollection  is  nol  \  ery  distinct  as  to  the  action  of  the 
regiment,  as  I  had  my  hand--  full  keeping  my  own  command 
from  breaking  ranks  and  running  to  the  front  to  get  a  shot; 
but  I  think  you  kept  your  compan}  togethei  better  than  any 
of  the  others,  and  we  pursued  them  a-  long  a-  there  was  anj 

chance  of  getting  within  gunshot.  If  we  could  have  kept 
hack    the    men    who    rushed    to    the    front    her.'    and    there    and 

tired  whenever  thej   cot  a  chance,  we  might  have  done  some 

ervici    in  capturing  the  battery. 

"We  marched  on  allei   the  battle  to  Cowskin   Prairie,  in  tin 
Southwest    part   of   Missouri,   and    there    spent   several    wee! 
drilling,  and  then  moved  to  Cassville,  in   Barrj    County,  and 

then  northward  to  Crane  Creek,  and  fuiallj  to  Wilson  1  reek, 
where  we  were  camped  and  ordered  on  the  evening  of  Au- 
gust 9  to  march  at  nine  o'clock  that  night  and  attack  the 
ral  forces  at  Springfield  at  daylight  next  morning.  A 
threatening   rain   prevented    our   march,   and    next    morning   at 


daylight  the  enemy's  line  had  practically  surrounded  us  and 
brought  on  an  attack.  We  were  marched  by  Colonel  Weight- 
man  to  a  position  which  I  have  always  thought  was  the  key 
to  that  battle  of  Wilson  Creek  -1   1  lak  Hill. 

"A-   you   remember,  we   marched    four  abreast   up   to   within 
fiftj  or  seventy-five  yards  of  the  enemy's  line  unseen,  in  con- 
sequence  of  the  Federal  hue  bring  on  the  center  of  the  ridge, 
and   on    the    side   of  the    ridge    there   was    an    offset    with    brush 
along  il  which   enabled  us   to  march   that    close   without   .ho. 
tion.      We  then  turned  '...  the   right,   with   Captain    Mize's  com 
pany    in    front,   your    company    next,    and    my    company    last 
Captain   Mize  and    I    had   conferred  a   day  or  two  before:   and 
as   we  had  110  long-range  guns   such   as  your  COmpanj    had.    we 
determined   that    the   first    haul,     we   got   into   he    was    to 
the  command  'Charge1'  ami  I  was  to  repeat  it.     As  soon  as  we 
could  get  to  the  front,  and  I  do  not  think  we  were  ovei   fortj 
steps    10 .m   the  enemy,    1    heard  his  voice  ordering   'Chan'.  !' 
It  was  very  unnecessary  at  that  particular  time;  but.  according 
to    our    agreement.    I     repeated    it.    and    our    three    companies 
rushed   up  and  got   verj    nearly  on  the  same  ground  on   which 
the  enemy  had  been  standing     I  remember  distinctly  that  one 
of  my  men  was  shot  .had  and  fell  by  the  side  of  a   Fedei  il 
soldiet        We    held    our    position,    though    the    three    companies 
named    suffered    nearly    the    entire    loss    of    the    regiment.       1 

never  saw  Colonel  Tracej  or  Major  Ruth  until  1  g.a  back  in 
camp.  You  remember  we  fell  back  under  the  protection  of  a 
precipice  to  load,  and  1  recall  in  dropping  back  under  the 
brow  of  the  hill  to  load  that  1  saw  Clonel  Hearst  lying  there 

on  the  ground.  lie  had  then,  or  did  thereafter  receive,  a 
slight  flesh  wound  in  the  side,  barely  cutting  the  -kin.  We 
held  our  own  there  and  finally  marched  back  acrosjs  Wilson 
Creek  to  the  east  side  and  then  back  m  front  of  win  re  we 
had  been    fighting 

"During  all   these   marches  and   engagements   you    -bowed 

yourself  to  be  a  brave  and  true  soldier,  and  1  remember  verj 
distinctly  when  you  determined  to  resign  and  I  begged  you 
not  to,  as  I  considered  you  one  of  the  best  officers  in  the 
regiment  at  that  time,  anil  our  experiences  together  had  coil 
vinced  me  that  you  had  military  ability.  1  regretted  sincerely 
that  you  could  not  remain  with  us,  and  1  was  exceedingly 
gratified  during  the  war  to  learn  that  you  were  111  command 
of  a  regiment  and  were  afterwards  made  a  brigadier  genet  tl, 
which   you  rjchly  deserved." 


DAUGHTERS'  INTERES7    IX  SOLDIERS'  HOMES 
The  Atlanta  Constitution  says;  "Everj   month  the  U.  D.  C. 

\  i r-i t  the  old  Soldiers'  Home  and  providi  0  ne  suitable  enter- 
tainment to  give  the  veteran-.  In  July,  aside  from  the  music 
.ni.l  1  .citations,  there  was  given  a  liberal  feast  ..f  watermelons 
rhese  meetings,  which  always  conclude  with  informal  talk-. 
t>i  in-  ..ut  many  valuable  remin  scene  -  " 

In  Tennessee  the  Nashville  Chapters  do  much  for  the  ..Id 
soldiers  \  committee  visits  them  everj  week  t  the  Home  is 
eleven  miles  from  the  city),  and  a  liberal  fund  is  expended 
each  year  in  their  behalf.  Especially  1-  there  much  liberal 
attention  to  the   sick   in  the  hospital 

I  he  sentiment  of  interest,  however,  1-  not  confined  to  the 
Nashville  <  haptet  On  a  fair  day  111  June  the  Chapter  at 
Franklin  (at  least  thirty  members  of  the  Chapter)  came  in    1 

....],  0,  \,i  hvillc  and.  securing  conveyances,  drove  to  the 
Tennessee  Soldier-'   Home,  located  on  the   Hermitage  property. 

eleven  miles  from  the  city,  They  first  drove  to  the  Hermitage. 
wdiere  members  of  the  Hermitage  Association  met  the  party 
and  escorted   them   over  lb.'  historic   mansion. 


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Qoi}federat^  l/eteraij. 


After  lunch  the  ladies  were  driven  to  the  Soldiers'  Home, 
and  were  taken  over  the  entire  building,  which  was  found  to 
be  in  immaculate  order.  The  hospital  was  filled  with  invalid 
soldiers,  all  being  nicely  cared  for  by  the  trained  nurse  in 
charge.  One  of  the  members  of  the  Chapter,  a  native  of 
Charleston,  S.  C.  found  in  the  hospital  an  old  veteran  from 
Charleston,  Hector  Bruce,  who  had  served  in  one  of  the  com- 
panies posted  on  Morris  Island,  which,  with  five  other  Charles- 
ton companies,  took  part  in  the  bombardment  of  Fort  Sumter. 
Of  course  the  two  Charlestonians  enjoyed  a  veritable  "love 
feast." 

Commenting  on  the  visit,  one  of  the  Daughters  said :  "Even- 
native  Southerner  ought  to  feel  it  a  duty  and  an  honor  to  con- 
tribute toward  the  support  of  the  disabled  veterans  of  the 
'Lost  Cause.'  They  cannot  be  with  us  many  years  longer. 
Let  us  make  their  few  remaining  years  as  bright  as  possible." 

The  Franklin  Chapter  has  decided  to  make  an  annual  visit 
to  the  Home.  The  arrangements  for  the  trip  were  made  by 
the  venerable  Mrs.  S.  A.  Gaut,  who,  though  eighty-three  years 
of  age  and  totally  blind,  is  zealous  for  the  welfare  of  the 
veterans.  The  trip  over  the  interurban  line  was  tendered 
the  ladies  by  the  generous  president  of  the  road  and  Frank- 
lin's most  progressive  citizen,  Mr.  H.  H.  Maj'berry. 

The  Nashville,  Chattanooga  &  St.  Louis  Railway  has  been 
most  generous  in  behalf  of  the  Daughters  who  visit  the  Con- 
federate Soldiers'  Home  every  week — kindness  in  the  aggre- 
gate of  an  estimable  benefit. 


HEALING  BALM  AMONG  VETERANS. 

BY    W.    M.    PEGRAM    (STAFF),    MD.   DIV.,   U.    C.    V.    BALTIMORE. 

I  give  you  a  bit  of  interesting  history  which  you  may 
deem  worthy  of  a  place  in  the  Veteran. 

In  1875  fhe  5th  Regiment  Maryland  National  Guard,  Balti- 
more, paid  a  visit  to  Boston,  Mass.  The  personnel  of  the  regi- 
ment comprised  veteran  soldiers,  the  majority  of  whom  had 
served  in  the  Confederate  army,  and  they  took  occasion  to 
pay  a  tribute  to  their  former  foes  by  marching  from  their 
quarters  on  a  Sunday  afternoon  without  arms  or  music  to 
the  cemetery  at  Charlestown  and  placing  on  the  soldiers' 
and  sailors'  monument  therein  a  superb  shield  of  flowers. 
There  was  no  parade  or  ostentation  connected  with  the  sim- 
ple ceremony,  and  it  gave  rise  to  the  greatest  surprise  and 
enthusiasm  throughout  the  entire  North,  coming,  as  it  was 
deemed,  from  a  representative  Southern  regiment. 

In  return  for  this  act  it  was  determined  by  the  Grand 
Army  Posts  of  Baltimore  to  decorate  the  Confederate  monu- 
ment ,  t  Loudon  Park.  A  short  time  before  Decoration  Day 
the  v.  riter  was  accosted  on  the  street  by  Col.  Harrison 
Adreon,  who  had  commanded  one  of  the  Federal  Maryland 
regiments  during  the  war.  He  said :  "We  propose  to  deco- 
rate the  Confederate  monument  at  Loudon  Park  on  our  next 
Decoration  Day  in  return  for  the  kind  act  of  the  5th  Regi- 
ment at  Charlestown,  Mass.;  but  some  of  the  men  in  the 
Grand  Army  Posts  are  opposing  it."  "Are  they  fighting 
dead  men?"  I  asked.  "It  would  seem  so,"  said  he,  "and  I 
want  you  to  write  something  to  shut  them  up."  "You  want  me 
to  write  it?"  I.  asked,  much  amazed.  "Yes,"  said  he;  "I 
want  you  to  do  it."     In  compliance  therewith  I  wrote : 

"Cease  firing!     There  are  here  no  foes  to  fight; 
Grim  war  is  o'er  and  smiling  peace  now  reigns. 
Cease  useless  strife !     No  matter  who  was  right, 
True  magnanimity   from  hate  abstains ! 
Cease  firing!" 


It  was  immediately  adopted  and  the  authorship  kept  a 
secret.  It  was  gotten  up  on  black  bristol  board  in  quarter- 
inch  golden  letters,  framed,  and  hung  on  the  Confederate 
monument  on  the  day  named,  and  was  afterwards  copied  and 
hung  on  the  Confederate  monument  at  Hagerstown.  Md.,  by 
a  G.  A.  R.  Post. 

On  our  Decoration  Day,  June  6.  1907,  Col.  Oswald  Tilgh- 
man,  our  Secretary  of  State  and  of  the  Artillery  C  S.  A., 
in  his  address  on  that  occasion  stated  that  the  feeling  mani- 
fest d  between  the  soldiers  of  the  two  contending  armies  was 
due  in  the  main  to  lines  written  by  an  old  comrade,  which  he 
quoted,  and  for  the  first  time  the  author  was  known. 

Moreover,  I  have  learned  that  since  they  first  appeared, 
wherever  a  Grand  Army  Post  meeting  was  held  all  over  the 
North  and  West,  if  anything  was  said  derogatory  to  South- 
ern arms,  it  invariably  met  the  rebuff,  "Cease  firing! 
There  are  here  no  foes  to  fight,"  and  the  detractors  were 
hushed.  It  thus  is  seen  that  the  inspiration  of  a  moment  lias 
figured  as  a  pacificator  for  the  past  thirty-four  years. 

On  the  31st  of  M!ay  last  a  duplicate  of  that  card  was  at- 
tached to  a  pillow  of  flowers  and  placed  on  the  grave  of 
our  illustrious  old  hero,  Gen.  Joseph  E.  Johnston,  at  Green- 
mount  Cemetery  by  a  Grand  Army  Post  under  orders  from 
general  headquarters. 

The  Baltimore  Sun,  giving  the  account  of  the  last-named 
ceremony,  used  Comrade  Pegram's  name  as  the  author  of 
the  verse  when  it  appeared  in  print  for  the  first  time. 

The  Baltimore  Sun  said  of  that  ceremony :  "A  feature 
of  the  day  in  GreenmCrUnt  Cemetery  was  the  decoration  of 
the  grave  of  Gen.  Joseph  E.  Johnston,  a  Confederate  leader, 
by  Veteran  Post  No.  46,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  The 
entire  Post,  accompanied  by  a  delegation  from  Garfield  Camp, 
No.  1,  Sons  of  Veterans,  marched  to  the  grave,  which  is  in 
the  McLane  lot,  where  Comrade  William  B.  F.  Bogges  laid 
a  large  pillow  of  roses  on  the  marble  slab.  A  flag  was  planted 
at  the  foot  of  the  grave.  Capt.  George  W.  Johnson,  Past 
Department  Commander  of  the  Maryland  Grand  Army,  read 
excerpts  from  a  general  order  issued  by  Gen.  Henry  M. 
Nevius,  national  Commander  in  Chief  of  the  Grand  Army, 
calling  upon  the  G.  A.  R.  to  decorate  the  graves  of  the  Con- 
federate dead.  Then  Rev.  B.  F.  Clarkson,  a  member  of  the 
Post,  read  the  poem  which  was  written  several  years  ago  by 
Maj.  William  M.  Pegram,  of  Baltimore,  and  which  was  laid 
on  the  pillow  of  flowers." 


REMINISCENCES   OF   WAR   AT   THE   CLOSE. 

BY   W.   A.  CALLAWAY,  ATLANTA,  CA. 

Forty-four  years  ago  to-night  (May  17,  1865)  I  an  ved  at 
West  Point,  Ga.,  en  route  home  from  the  army,  having  sur- 
rendered on  May  12  at  Meridian,  Miss.  I  had  walked  and 
ridden  alternately,  but  must  have  walked  half  the  distance, 
as  the  railroads  were  torn  up  and  bridges  burned,  so  that 
trains  were  scarce ;  and  when  running  at  all,  it  was  only  for 
a  few  miles.  It  was  nine  o'clock  at  night  when  I  reached 
West  Point.  The  bridge  over  the  river  had  been  burned  I 
paid  a  negro  five  dollars  (Confederate  money)  to  put  me 
over  in  a  boat.  There  on  the  eastern  bank  of  the  Chatta- 
hoochee I  lay  down  to  sleep  under  a  luxuriant  water  oak, 
which  stands  there  still  as  a  memorial  (to  me)  of  the  last 
night  of  my  army  service.  Then  it  was  a  magnificent  tree  of 
vigorous  growth  and  in  the  prime  of  its  youth;  now  it  is 
a  mere  shell,  with  here  and  there  a  green  sprig,  just  enough 
to  indicate  that  it  has  a  spark  of  life.  Like  many  of  us  old 
veterans,  it  is  on  the  brink  of  death,  ready  to  fall  at  the  firr' 


^oi7federat<?  l/eterai). 


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adverse  wind  which  blows  upon  it.  It  seems  to  be  racing 
with  some  of  us  as  to  which  will  first  succumb  to  the  reaper. 
Under  that  beautiful  oak,  tired  and  hungry,  I  slept  all  alone 
and  as  sweetly  as  if  in  a  cozy  bed  at  home.  It  rained  steadily 
all  night;  and  though  there  was  nothing  beneath  me  but 
mother  earth  nor  anything  above  mc  save  the  lowering  clouds, 
I  was  not  disturbed,  but  rose  refreshed  next  morning  and  re- 
sinned my  homeward  tramp. 

Heartrending  was  the  condition  of  my  father's  home  when 
I  reached  it.  Not  until  then  had  I  learned  of  the  death  of  a 
dearly  loved  brother  who  had  been  in  Lee's  army  and  had 
died  a  few  days  before.  I  found  my  father  on  his  deathbed 
and  unconscious.  When  told  that  "Willie"  had  come  home, 
he  opened  his  eyes  and  his  arms  and  held  me  in  a  long  em- 
brace, and  was  never  conscious  again.  I  found  the  family 
desolate,  the  corncrib  and  smokehouse  empty,  no  money  and 
no  credit,  and  a  large  family  to  be  provided  for  and  myself 
the  only  reliance.  I  was  young  and  without  experience  in 
dealing  with  the  world,  having  gone  from  school  to  the  army 
at  the  age  of  seventeen.  The  negroes  refused  to  work  the 
crop  which  had  been  planted.  The  mules  were  left  standing 
all  day  in  the  lot.  while  tin  crop  was  being  ruined  for  the 
want  of  work.  I  had  no  rations  to  issue  and  could  get  none. 
One  of  the  negroes  had  reported  me  to  the  Yankee  in  com- 
mand of  this  department  for  not  feeding  them.  I  had  a  note 
from  the  officer  saying  that  unless  I  issued  rations  regularly 
he  would  have  me  brought  before  him.  This  order  I  ignored, 
as  it  was  impossible  to  obey  it.     I  heard  no  more  from  him. 

I  low  the  family  got  through  thai  year,  the  good  Lord  only 
knows  We  did  not  starve;  but.  like  thousands  of  others,  we 
"most"  starved.  In  course  of  time  we  began  to  recuperate 
from  the  losses  inflicted,  and  now  look  back  upon  those  try- 
ing limes  as  a  terrible  nightmare. 

I  In  this  forty-fourth  anniversary  my  mind  has  reverted  to 
the  great  sorrow  through  which  so  many  of  us  passed,  and  I 
fee!  constrained  to  reduce  these  passing  thoughts  to  writing, 
knowing  tli.it  in  the  Yktf.ran  they  will  meet  the  eyes  of 
many  and  strike  a  responsive  chord  in  the  hearts  of  those 
who  havi  passed  through  similar  trials;  and  also  I  write  them 
that  the  younger  generation  may  know  of  the  hardships  of 
their  fathers  and  mothers. 


i  WCERNING    i  0NF1  DERATE    MONUMENT,  v 
The  Veteran  gives  in  part  at  least  a  brief  history  of  Con- 
federate  monuments,  and  is  anxious  to  have  each  report. 
Alabama. 
Anniston,    Ala.    has   an    imposing    shaft    fifteen    feet    high 
surmounted  by  tin-  figure  of  a  soldier  carrying  a  gun.    It  was 
erected  under  the  auspices  of    Fohn    1 1     Forney  Chapter,   CJ 
p   I      in  honor  of  the  soldiers  of  Calhoun  County 

In  monument  al  Birmingham,  Ala.  was  erected  by  the 
Pelhain  Chapter,  I  D.  C  It  is  placed  in  Capitol  Park  and 
was  unveiled  in  190; 

I  in. ml,  1.  Via.,  dedicated  its  beautiful  monument  to  Con- 
federate soldiers  and  seamen.  It  is  of  polished  Georgia 
granite,  and  the  shaft  has  the   figure  of  a  soldier  with  all  his 

uterments.    The  cosl  was  $3,000. 
The  Florence  1  Via  1   Memorial  Association  erected  a  shaft 
of  white  marble  supporting   the  figure  of  a  soldier  at  parade 
1 1    1 

■  i,  Ala  .  has  .1  monument  to  Emma  Sansom. 

ro,  Ala.,  has  a  monument  1  rei  ted  by  the  women  of 
Greensboro.  It  is  of  Italian  marble  with  a  soldier  leaning 
on  his  gun  on  top  of  tin-  shaft, 


Greenville,  Ala.,  has  a  monument  erected  by  the  Father 
Ryan  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  and  dedicated  to  Butler's  Confed- 
erate heroes. 

Huntsville,  (Ala.)  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  erected 
the  beautiful  shaft  of  marble  upbearing  the  figure  of  a  soldier. 

Jacksonville,  Ala.,  lias  a  monument  to  the  gallant  Pelham 
erected  by  the  John  II.  Forney  Chapter,  U.  D.  C. 

Jasper,  Ala.,  is  justly  proud  of  its  monument,  which  is  of 
granite  surmounted  by  a  marble  figure  of  a  soldier  at  rest. 
Two  other  soldiers  guard  this  shaft  This  is  the  outcome  of 
the  work  of  the  U.  D.  C. 

Montgomery,  Ala.,  has  a  very  handsome  monument.  This 
is  a  cylindrical  shaft  surmounted  by  a  triumphant  figure  of  a 
color  bearer.  At  the  base  are  smaller  shafts  bearing  figures 
of  the  four  branches  of  the  service.     The  cost  was  $45,000. 

Mountain  Creek,  Al.i.  erected  near  the  Soldiers'  Home 
a  monument  to  Jefferson  M.inK  Faulknn  The  shaft  is 
twenty  feet  high  and  is  draped  with  a  Confederate  flag. 

Alabama's  Shiloh  monument  is  of  gray  granite  surmounted 
by  piled-up  cannon  halls.  The  crossed  gun  and  sword  are 
twined  with  drooping  flags. 

Arkansas, 

Austin,  Ark.,  through  Camp  James  Adams,  has  a  shaft  of 
rough  granite  with  polished  die  inscribed  with  dedication  to 
unknown  Confederate  Texas  and  Arkansas  soldiers. 

Batesville,  Ark.,  has  a  monument  whose  graduated  square 
shaft  of  gray  granite  has  the  drooping  flags,  tlie  crossed  guns 
of  the  Confederate  insignia,  and  the  apex  is  a  draped  urn. 

The  monument  at  Bentonville.  Ark.,  was  unveiled  in  1008. 
It  is  a  beautiful  shaft  with  the  figure  of  a  private  soldier  on 
top.  A.  J.  Bate  gave  $1,000  toward  it  and  the  local  Chapter 
U.  D.  C.  collected  the  rest. 

Fort  Smith,  Ark.,  has  a  monument  erected  by  the  Varina 
Davis  Chapter,  U.  D.  C.  It  is  a  marble  shaft  with  crossed 
guns,  capped  by  a  soldier  leaning  on  his  gun. 

Helena,  Ark.,  has  a  shaft  upholding  a  soldier  carved  in 
Italian  marble  which  cost  $4,500;  also  a  monument  to  Pat 
Cleburne — a  beautiful  tribute  in  granite  to  a  noble  man. 

Little  Rock.  Ark.  has  a  monument  erected  jointly  by  private 
subscription  and  a  State  donation  of  $5,000.  It  is  after  a  de- 
sign  1>\  Ruckstuhl.  It  :s  thirty-five  feet  high,  ami  the  base  of 
granite  is  left  rough,  the  pedestal  of  smooth  granite  support- 
ing tin  -landing  figure  of  Fame  holding  out  her  laurel 
wreath,  while  her  right  hand  grasps  her  trumpet.  On  the 
base   stands  a   Confederate    soldier  clasping  a  half-furled  flag. 

Florida. 

Jacksonville,  l'la  .  has  a  beautiful  monument  which  stands 
in  Hemming  Square.  This  was  tin-  gift  to  Jacksonville  of 
Charles  C  Hemming,  formerly  of  Florida,  now  of  Colorado 
Springs,  Colo. 

Madison,  IT.i  .  unveiled  in  1009  a  hand-.  111,  monument  of 
white  marble  with  the  figure  of  a  soldier  at  parade  rest. 

St.  Augustine,  Fla.,  lias  one  of  the  oldest  monuments  in  the 
South.  It  is  a  handsome  shaft  which  was  erected  by  the  un- 
tiring efforts  of  the  Florida  women. 

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Albany,  C.a.,  has  a  shaft  with  a  rock  and  granite  base,  sur- 
mount) d  In  a  soldier  leaning  on  his  gun.  It  was  erected  by 
the    Ladies'    Memorial    Association. 

Andersonville,  Ga.,  has  a  monument  erected  to  honor  and 
vindicate  Major  Wir/.  principally  the  work  of  the  women  of 
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Athens,  Ga..  raided  $4, 1 1 1  through  the  efforts  of  it-  women 

with  which  to  erect  one  of  the  first  Confederate  monuments 
in  Georgia. 

Atlanta.  Ga.,  has  a  monument  to  Senator  Benjamin  H.  Hill. 

Augusta,  Ga.,  erected  her  monument  to  the  soldiers  of 
Richmond  County.     It  is  a  white  marble  shaft. 

Cartersville,  Ga.,  has  a  monument  to  "Bill  Arp."  This  is  a 
beautifully  floriated  cross  rising  above  the  slab,  covering  the 
grave.  The  funds  for  this  monument  were  collected  through 
the  request  of  the  Confederate  Veteran. 

Cassville,  Ga.,  has  two  monuments — one  erected  immediately 
after  the  war,  and  later  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy 
erected  another.  Both  these  and  the  plot  in  which  they  stand 
are  well  kept. 

Covington,  Ga.,  has  a  beautiful  shaft  capped  by  the  statue 
of  a  soldier  at  parade  rest.  It  stands  in  Central  Park  and  was 
erected  by  Jefferson  Lamar  Camp,  U.  C.  V. 

Hawkinsville,  Ga.,  has  a  monument  said  to  be  one  of  the 
handsomest  in  the  State.  Statues  of  Lee  and  Jackson  guard 
a  central  -shaft  surmounted  by  the  life-size  figure  of  a  soldier. 

Lumpkin,  Ga.,  has  a  monument  erected  by  the  Stewart 
County  LT.  D.  C.  It  is  in  Courthouse  Square  and  was  un- 
veiled in  1908. 

Macon,  Ga.,  has  a  shaft  of  fine  Italian  marble  with  a  base 
of  Stone  Mountain  granite.  This  cost  $4,500  and  was  dedi- 
cated in  1878. 

Savannah,  Ga.,  has  a  magnificent  monument  costing  $35,000. 

Thomaston,  Ga.,  through  the  Shannon  of  Upson  Chapter, 
U.  D.  C,  has  erected  a  beautiful  monument  whose  shaft  of 
gray  granite  bears  all  the  Confederate  insignia  and  is  capped 
•  by  a  soldier  in  marble. 

Vienna  (Ga.)  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  has  erected  a  beautiful 
monument  to  the  Confederate  dead. 

Illinois. 
Chicago,  111.,  has  a  monument  to  the  six  thousand  prisoners 
who  died  at  Camp  Douglas.     It  is  of  Georgia  granite,  and  the 
shaft  is  surmounted  by  a  soldier  with  folded  arms. 

Kansas. 
I  he    Kansas    City   Chapter.   Kansas    City,    Mo.,   in   memory 
of   the    dead    of   Westport    erected   a    shaft   of   Barre   granite 
with  the  figure  of  a  soldier  on  guard. 

Kentucky. 

The  Bardstown  (Ky.)  Memorial  Association  has  erected  in 
that  town  a  beautiful  monument  of  gray  granite  capped  by  a 
figure  of  a  private  soldier. 

Georgetown,  Ky.,  has  a  monument  raised  by  the  efforts  of 
the  ladies  of  that  town.  It  is  a  Confederate  flag  on  a  broken 
staff  surmounting  a  handsome  pedestal. 

In  Hopkin-sville,  Ky.,  is  the  Latham  monument  to  unknown 
Confederate  soldiers.  This  was  erected  by  John  C.  Latham, 
head  of  the  Wall  Street  banking  house  of  Latham,  Alexander 
&  Co.  It  is  of  Hollowell  granite,  is  thirty-seven  feet  high, 
and  cost  Mr.  Latham  $10,000. 

Lexington,  Ky.,  has  a  shaft  of  buff-colored  stone.  The 
capping  figure  is  a  picket  on  duty. 

Louisville,  Ky.,  has  a  tall  shaft  with  a  soldier  at  parade 
rest  on  top  and  another  statue  of  a  soldier  on  lookout  at  its 
base.     It  cost  $10,200. 

Nicholsville,  Ky.,  has  a  monument  which  was  erected  by  the 
Jessamine  County  Memorial  Association.  The  pedestal  is  of 
granite  with  a  figure  of  a  soldier  at  parade  rest. 


Ihe  women  of  Owensboro,  Ky.,  earned  the  money  and 
erected  a  shaft,  which  is  surmounted  by  a  soldier  with  a 
bn  iken  gun  in  his  hand. 

Owingsville,  Ky.,  through  the  efforts  of  the  people  of  Bath 
County,  has  a  low  white  shaft  with  a  marble  figure  of  a  private 
soldier  leaning  on  his  gun. 

Paducah,  Ky.,  has  a  beautiful  monument  to  Gen.  Lloyd 
Tilghman  which  was  erected  by  the  U.  D.  C.  The  statue  rep- 
resents General  Tilghman  with  sword  in  hand.  This  figure 
was  the  gift  of  his  son  to  the  Confederates  of  Paducah. 

A  monument  to  Kentucky  Gun  federates  was  presented  by 
Col.  Biscoe  Hindman  to  that  State,  and  it  was  erected  near 
the  old  Soldiers'  Home  in  Pewee  Valley.  It  is  a  broken 
shaft  of  white  marble  wreathed  with  imperishable  flowers. 

Louisiana. 

New  Orleans  has  several  monuments,  one  being  the  Con- 
federate monument  in  Greenwood  Cemetery,  which  was 
erected  by  the  Ladies'  Benevolent  Association.  It  is  of  white 
marble  and  has  vaults  underneath  for  the  reception  of  bodies. 
This  was  unveiled  in  1867  and  cost  $25,000.  The  monument 
to  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  is  a  column  sixy  feet  high 
surmounted  by  a  statue  of  Stonewall  Jackson.  It  was  un- 
veiled in  May,  1881,  and  cost  $25,000.  The  monument  to  the 
Washington  Artillery  is  a  marble  shaft,  capped  by  an  ar- 
tilleryman with  a  sponge  staff  in  his  hand.  This  was  un- 
veiled in  February.  1880,  and  cost  $15,000.  The  R.  E.  Lee 
monument  on  St.  Charles  Street  is  a  Doric  column  sur- 
mounted by  a  bronze  statue  of  Lee,  the  whole  one  hundred 
and  six  feet  in  height.  It  was  unveiled  in  February,  1884, 
and  cost  $40,000.  The  monument  to  the  Army  of  Tennessee 
is  a  mound  containing  tombs.  The  mound  is  capped  by  an 
equestrian  statue  of  Albert  Sidney  Johnston.  The  gate  to 
the  lot  is  guarded  by  a  statue  of  a  sergeant  calling  the  roll. 
The  cost  of  the  monument  was  $35,000. 

Shreveport,  La.,  has  a  very  handsome  monument.  The  base 
is  surrounded  by  pedestals  on  which  are  busts  of  Lee,  Davis, 
Jackson,  and  Johnston.  On  the  steps  leading  to  the  central 
shaft  is  a  figure  representing  Southern  womanhood.  She  is 
leaning  forward  inscribing  upon  the  plinth  the  words :  "To 
our  gallant  deliverers."  The  column  is  capped  by  the  figure 
of  a  boyish  soldier. 

St  Francisville,  La.,  has  a  monument  erected  by  West 
Feliciana  Camp,  U.  C.  V.  It  is  of  buff  stone  with  a  bronze 
soldier. 

Maryland. 

Baltimore,  Md.,  has  a  monument  that  is  a  poem  in  mar- 
ble. It  was  erected  by  the  Maryland  U.  D.  C.  after  a  design 
of  Ruckstuhl.  It  represents  the  figure  of  Fame  holding  aloft 
her  crown  of  laurel,  her  other  arm  supporting  the  figure  of 
a  dying  Confederate  soldier,  whose  face  expresses  only  the 
loftiest  emotions. 

Mississippi. 

R.  E.  Lee  Camp  of  Aberdeen,  Miss.,  assisted  by  the  local 
U.  D.  C,  erected  a  -shaft  of  American  and  Italian  marble 
with  the  life-size  figure  of  a  soldier  at  its  apex.  The  base 
contains  tablets  of  the  names  of  the  companies  whose  mem- 
bers lie  beneath. 

Brandon,  Miss.,  unveiled  a  Confederate  monument  Thanks- 
giving Day,  1907.  It  was  erected  by  Brandon  Chapter,  U.  D. 
C.  It  is  a  shaft  of  granite  with  a  marble  figure  of  a  soldier 
at  parade  rest. 

Carrollton,  Miss.,  has  a  handsome  Confederate  monument. 


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Natchez,  Miss.,  has  a  marble  shaft  capped  by  a  soldier  which 
was  carved  in   Italy.     The  cost  of  the  monument  was  $.?,ooo. 

Okolona  (Miss.)  Chapter.  U.  D.  C,  unveiled  a  monument 
in  1005.  It  is  of  Georgia  granite  with  a  lookout  soldier  in 
marble. 

Oxford,  Miss.,  through  Alhcrt  Sidney  Johnston  Chapter, 
U.  D.  C,  has  raised  a  beautiful  monument.  It  bears  the 
drooping  flags  around  the  shaft,  and  is  surmounted  by  the 
figure  of  a  soldier  on  the  lookout.  The  attitude  with  his  hand 
to  his  eyes  is  especially  graceful. 

In  the  courthouse  yard  at  Raymond,  Miss.,  stands  a  hand- 
some monument — a  tall  gray  shaft  with  a  bronze  figure  of  a 
soldier  at  parade  rest.  This  was  erected  by  N.  B.  Forrest 
Chapter,  U.  D.  C. 

Ml  5S0URI. 

\i  Higginsville,  Mo.,  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederac] 
erected  a  monument  near  the  Confederate  Home.  The  four 
massive  columns  uphold  a  cap  beautifully  carved.  Under  this 
dome  1-  a    ine  copj   of  Thorwaldsen's  Lion,  the  original  of 

which    is   at    Lucerne,    Switzerland. 

I  iberty,  Mo.,  has  .1  shaft  of  white  marble  with  the  figure  of 

1     oldier   resting  on   its  summit. 

Neosho,  Mo.,  has  a  beautiful  shaft  with  a  soldier  holding 
a  gun  as  its  apex. 

New  York. 
The  Xew  York  Confederate  Veteran  Camp  erected  a  monu- 
ment. Charles  Broadway  Rouss,  a  member  of  this  Camp. 
contributed  $5,000.  and  the  Mount  Hope  Cemetery  Associa- 
tion presented  the  lot  on  which  it  stands.  This  lot  is  valued 
at   S.^.ooo, 

North  Cakoi  in  \ 

Bentonville,  N.  C,  has  a  handsome  shaft. 

Pittsboro,  N.  C  .  under  the  auspices  of  Winnie  Davis  Chap- 
ter. U.  1'  C.  has  unveiled  a  handsome  shaft  bearing  a  soldier 
it  parade  rest.  It  is  of  polished  Mount  Airy  granite  and 
the  figure  of  bronze. 

Ohio 

There  is  in  Camp  Chase  Cemi  tery,  Columbus,  <  >hio.  a  bronze 
figure   surmounting  an   arch   in    the  cemetery,  built  through  the 

•  (forts  of  C"l   W.  II    Knauss,  of  the  Union  army. 

South  Caroi  in  \ 

The  Ladies'  Memorial  Association  of  Camden,  S.  C, 
raised  a  cylindrical  tnarhle  shaft  surmounted  by  an  urn  over 
which   a   dove   with  outstretched  wings  is  hovering. 

The  Light  Artillery  erected  in  Charleston,  S.  C,  two  monu- 
.  one  costing  $8,000  and  one  $1,1.000.     In  the  same  citj 
the  Irish  Volunteers  have  erected  a  monument  costing  $15,000. 
the  Charleston  Light   Dragoons  one   for  $14,000.  and  the  Ger- 
man  Artillerj    one    for  $20,000       ["hi    Ladies'   Memorial  As- 
011    of    Charleston    have    erected    three:    One    to    John 
Mitchell  for  $5,000,  one  to  R    II     Vnderson  for  $2,000,  and  one 
in  ral  Riplej   for  $2,000. 

Ladies'     Memorial    Association    in    Charleston,    S.    C, 

monument   to  Gen.  Wade   Hampton  which   is  a  bronze 

tablet  in  .1  granite  shaft. 

1  In  raw.  S.  C,  claims  the  credit  of  having  erected  the  first 

derate  monument.     It   is  a   shaft    suitably   inscribed,   with 

I     Cap    1  liel   u  ed    and    foliated 

imbia,  S.  C.  has  a  monument  erected  by  the  women  of 
1  hi    State     It  was  unveiled  in  1897. 

Edgefield,  S.  C,  has  dedicated  a  splendid  monument,  the 
tribute  of  the  U.  D.  C. 


Greenwood,  S.  C,  dedicated  a  monument  in  October,  1903. 

Jonesville,  S.  C,  has  a  shaft  erected  by  John  Hames  Chap- 
ter, U.  D.  C. 

Newberry   I  S.  C.)   women  raised  $1,300  for  a  marble  shaft. 

1  he  monument  at  Orangeburg,  S.  C,  is  a  shaft  of  granite 
thirty-five  feet  tall.  The  ladies  of  that  city  raised  the  $6,000 
for  its  purchase. 

Tennessee. 

Bolivar,  Tenn.,  has  the  first  monument  erected  in  the  State 
The  pedestal  is  thirty-five  feet  high  and  is  surmounted  by  an 
urn  draped  with  a  flag.     The  cost  of  this  was  $2,700. 

Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  has  two  monuments — one  in  Confed- 
erate Cemetery,  which  cost  $2,500,  and  the  arch  and  gate  to 
the  cemetery,  which  cost  $1,500. 

Chickamauga  Park  has  a  monument  to  Carnes's  Batterj 
costing  $1,000.  It  was  erected  by  Capt.  W.  W.  Carnes,  of 
Memphis,   Tenn.,  now   residing  in    Tampa.   Fla. 

Clarksvillc,  Tenn  ,  has  two  shafts  of  Barre  granite  capped 
by  bronze  figures  and  surrounded  by  a  statue  representing 
different  branches  of  the  service.  The  cost  of  this  monu- 
ment  was  $7,500. 

Dyersburg,  Tenn.,  has  a  beautiful  shaft  of  wdiite  marble 
surmounted  by  a  figure  of  a  soldier  leaning  on  a  gun. 

Farmington,  Tenn.,  is  the  oldest  village  in  the  State,  and 
the  people  were  Union  sympathizers.  At  a  fight  near  there  a 
number  of  Wheeler's  Cavalry  were  killed.  Those  who  were 
known  were  buried  in  the  cemetery:  the  sixteen  unknown 
men  were  interred  in  a  lot  near  where  they  fell.  A  monument 
has  been   erected   to  these   sixteen   unknown   heroes. 

Fayetteville,  Tenn.,  through  Zollicoffer-Fulton  Chapter,  CJ. 
D.  C.  has  erected  a  monument  in  Confederate  Park.  It  is  a 
soldier  at  parade  rest  capping  a  pedestal  of  gray  granite,  and 
is  surrounded  by  the  huge  cannon  which  had  won  distinction 
in  actual  warfare.     It  was  unveiled  in  September.  1006 

Franklin,  Tenn.,  has  a  handsome  shaft  erected  by  the  U.  D. 
C.  Chapter. 

Gallatin,  Tenn..  has  a  tall  shaft  of  white  marble  upholding 
a  fine  figure  of  a  Confederate  soldier.  It  was  unveiled  in 
1904.  United  States  Senator  Carmack  was  the  orator  of  the 
*  ccasion. 

Jackson,  Tenn.,  has  a  shaft  seventy  feet  high  capped  by  a 
-.ildier  at   parade   rest. 

The    Knoxville    (Tenn.)     Memorial    Association    of    ladie 
1  rected  a  monument  of  green  Tennessee  marble  costing  $4,500 

Lewishurg,  Tenn.,  through  Veterans  and  the  U.  D.  C    has 

erected  a  beautiful  monument  of  granite  with  a  bronze  sol- 
dier at  parade  rest  on  the   Public   Square. 

Memphis,  Tenn.,  has  a  handsome  equestrian  statue  of  Nathan 
Bedford  Forrest,  which  was  unveiled  by  his  granddaughter 
in  1005. 

Mt  Pleasant  (Tenn.)  Chapter.  U.  D.  C.  has  erected  a  tall 
shaft  with  drooping  flags  upbearing  the  figure  of  a  soldier 
standing  with   folded  arms. 

Murfrec  slioro.  Tenn..  has  a  monument  erected  by  the  L".  D. 
C.   Chapter  and    I'.iliiei     l',n  ouac. 

The  Nashville,  Chattanooga  &  St  Louis  Railroad  has 
erected  a  handsome  shaft  in  honoi  of  1  onfederate  dead.  It 
1    near  Stone  River,  on  the  battlefield  of  Murfreesboro,  Tenn. 

Nashville.  Tenn..  has  three  monuments,  as  follows:  In 
Mount  01iv<  1  I  1  ii"  terj  is  a  graduated  shaft  of  Vermont  gran- 
ite Fortj  fivi  feet  i\  inches  high  surmounted  by  a  colossal 
figure  of  a  soldier.  This  monument  was  erected  by  the 
women  of  Tennessee  at  a  cost  of  $10,500,  and  stands  in  the 
center  oi     I    beautiful   grassy   mound   under   which   the   soldiers 


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are  buried.  The  monument  to  Sam  Davis,  the  young  hero 
of  Tennessee,  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  $7,000,  derived  from 
contributions  from  all  over  the  United  States.  The  pedestal 
and  approach  are  of  stone,  and  the  standing  heroic  figure 
of  Sam  Davis  is  of  bronze.  It  is  in  the  grounds  of  the  State 
Capitol.  The  monument  at  Centennial  Park  to  Frank  Cheat- 
ham Bivouac  is  of  gray  granite  with  the  bronze  figure  of  a 
private  soldier  and  cost  about  $3,000. 

The  Paris  (Tenn.)  Memorial  Association  erected  a  monu- 
ment to  Henry  County  soldiers.  It  is  a  granite  shaft  with 
the  figure  of  a  soldier  leaning  on  his  gun 

Pulaski,  Tenn.,  has  a  beautiful  monument  to  the  hero,  Sam 
Davis,  who  was  hanged  in  that  city.  It  was  erected  by  the 
united  efforts  of  the  U.  C.  V.  Camp  and  U.  D.  C.  Chapters. 

Sewanee,  Tenn.,  has  a  shaft  with  a  bronze  tablet  in  honor 
of  Gen.  F.  A.  Shoup. 

Trenton,  Tenn.,  has  a  pretty  monument  of  white  bronze. 

Texas. 
Austin,  Tex.,  has  a  monument  to  Albert  Sidney  Johnston, 
who  was  taken  there  from  New  Orleans,  where  he  was  car- 
ried after  his  death  on  the  battlefield  of  Shiloh.  It  represents 
the  dead  general  as  he  looked  when  being  carried  from  the 
battlefield  on  a  stretcher  and  was  after  the  design  of  Miss 
Elizabeth  Ney,  of  Austin. 

Bonham  (Tex.)  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  aided  by  the  veterans, 
have  raised  a  very  artistic  monument  in  Fannin  County.  It 
is  of  granite  with  a  soldier  at  parade  rest.  On  the  pedestal 
are  busts  of  President  Davis  and  Generals  Lee,  Johnston,  and 
Sterling  Price. 

Corsicana,  Tex.,  has  a  monument  on  Courthouse  Square. 
Corsicana,  Tex.,  unveiled  a   monument  in    1908  which   was 
erected  by  the  ladies  of  the  city.     It  represents  a  Confederate 
bugler  calling  his  comrades  to  arms.     The  nine-foot  statue  of 
bronze  was  cast  in  Philadelphia. 

Gainesville,  Tex.,  celebrated  the  centennial  birthday  of  Jef- 
ferson Davis  by  unveiling  a  handsome  monument. 

Grayson  County,  Tex.,  has  a  monument  erected  by  the  Con- 
federate Association  at  a  cost  of  $2,500. 

Jefferson,  Tex.,  has  a  monument  which  was  unveiled  in  1906 
under  the  auspices  of  Dick  Taylor  Camp.  It  is  a  granite 
shaft  with  the  bronze  figure  of  a  soldier. 

Linden,  Tex.,  by  efforts  of  the  U.  D.  C.  has  erected  a  tall 
white  shaft  in  the  courthouse  yard.  It  was  unveiled  in  Oc- 
tober, 1903. 

Livingston,  Tex.,  has  a  monument  of  Texas  gray  granite 
erected  to  the  soldiers  of  Polk  County,  Tex.  It  was  unveiled 
in  1901. 

Marshall,  Tex.,  has  a  monument  of  a  shaft  of  gray  granite 
with  crossed  guns  capped  by  the  figure  of  a  private  soldier 
leaning  on  his  gun.  This  was  erected  by  the  local  Daughters 
of  the  Confederacy  and  was  unveiled  in  1906. 

Paris,  Tex.,  dedicated  her  handsome  monument  to  the  pri- 
vate soldiers.  It  is  of  white  marble  and  has  the  figure  of  a 
private  soldier  as  its  crown. 

San 'Antonio,  Tex.,  has  a  tall  shaft  of  native  granite  and 
marble  surmounted  by  a  bugler,  erected  by  the  local  U.  D.  C. 

Sherman,  Tex.,  has  a  monument  erected  by  the  Confederate 
Association  at  a  cost  of  $1,300. 

Waco,  Tex.,  has  a  monument  of  Texas  granite  fifteen  feet 
high.  This  was  one  of  the  first  in  Texas.  It  was  erected  by 
the  Pat  Cleburne  Camp,  and  is  inscribed:  "In  memory  of  the 
brave  men  and  devoted  women  of  the  South." 


Virginia. 

Alexandria,  Va.,  has  a  monument  erected  by  the  people  of 
the  city  at  a  cost  of  $4,400.  It  is  a  marble  shaft  upholding  a 
soldier  with  his  hat  in  his  hand. 

At  Appomattox,  Va.,  an  artistic  monument  has  been  erected 
by  special  appropriation  of  the  Legislature  and  by  funds  col- 
lected by  the  U.  D.  C.  The  pedestal  of  granite  is  thirty-five 
feet  tall  and  is  surmounted  by  a  figure  representing  a  Con- 
federate private  soldier. 

Buchanan,  Va.,  has  a  monument  to  Botetourt  Artillery.  An- 
other monument  to  this  battery  is  in  the  National  Park,  Va. 

The  U.  D.  C.  Chapter  and  Camps  of  Veterans  and  Sons  of 
Veterans  of  Charlottesville,  Va.,  have  united  in  raising  a  very 
handsome  monument.  It  is  a  white  marble  shaft ;  a  cannon 
and  piled-up  balls  are  at  the  base.  The  surmounting  statue 
is  the  alert  figure  of  a  soldier,  gun  in  hand. 

In   Charlottesville,  Va.,   the   monument  to   the   Confederate 
dead  is  especially  fine.     The  blocks  of  granite  are  surmounted 
by  the  bronze  figure  of  a  youthful  soldier. 
Culpeper,  Va.,  has  a  monument  costing  $1,000. 
Fairfax  C.  H.,  Va.,  is  marked  by  a   monument  which  also 
commemorates    Capt.    John    Quincy    Marr,    the    first    soldier 
killed  in  active  service.     It  is  a  shaft  of  polished  gray  granite. 
Fredericksburg,    Va.,   has    a    monument   which    cost   $4,000. 
The  whole  of  this  sum  was  raised  by  Mrs.  J.  N.  Barney,  and 
was  the  result  of  small  contributions  received  from  personal 
requests  and  letters. 
Gloucester,  Va.,  has  a  handsome  monument. 
Near  Fredericksburg  is  a  monument  built  by  the  employees 
of  the  Richmond,  Fredericksburg,  and  Potomac  Railroad.     It 
contains  about  four  hundred  tons  of  granite  and  is  thirty-five 
feet  high,  and  was  built  in  honor  of  the  Confederate  dead. 

Hampton  (Va.)  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  unveiled  a  handsome 
monument  erected  through  their  efforts. 

Harrisburg,  Va.,  raised  a  beautiful  monument  to  Gen.  Tur- 
ner Ashby  at  the  spot  on  which  he  fell. 

Leesburg,  Va.,  on  Memorial  Day  1908  unveiled  her  monu- 
ment. It  is  a  low  gray  pedestal  of  rough  granite  with  the 
alert  figure  of  a  soldier  at  its  apex. 

Mr.  Herbert  Barbee,  the  Virginia  sculptor,  has  completed 
the  monument  at  Luray,  Va.,  which  is  artistic  and  beautiful. 
It  was  erected  through  the  efforts  of  the  local  U.  D.  C 

Lynchburg,  Va  ,  has  two  monuments — one  erected  in  1869, 
the  other  in  1898. 

Montgomery  County,  Va.,  has  three  monuments. 
The  Mount  Jackson   (Va.)    Chapter   dedicated  their   monu- 
ment to  all  Confederates. 

Newport  News,  Va.,  has  a  monument  which  was  erected 
by  R.  E.  Lee  Camp  at  a  cost  of  $2,000. 

Norfolk  County,  Va.,  has  a  shaft  of  rough  granite  with  pol- 
ished faces  containing  the  list  of  all  the  Jackson  Grays,  to 
honor  which  organization  the  monument  was  erected. 

Parksley,  Va.,  has  a  monument  which  upon  a  bronze  plate 
bears  the  inscription :  "Erected  by  Harmonson-West  Camp, 
U.  C.  V.,  to  their  dead  comrades  from  Accomac  and  North- 
ampton Counties." 

Pinecastle,  Botetourt  County,  Va.,  has  a  Confederate  monu- 
ment. 

Portsmouth,  Va.,  has  a  monument  forty-five  feet  high,  with 
a  statue  at  each  corner  representing  four  branches  of  the 
service,  which  cost  $9,000. 

Richmond,  Va.,  has   several  handsome   monuments,  as   fol- 


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lows:  In  Hollywood  Cemetery,  where  twelve  thousand  Con- 
federate soldiers  are  buried,  is  a  granite  pyramid  forty-five 
feet  square  and  ninety-five  feet  high.  This  was  erected  by 
the  Hollywood  Association  at  a  cost  of  $50,000.  The  ladies 
of  the  Oakwood  Association  erected  in  Oakwood  Cemetery 
a  monument  to  the  seventeen  thousand  soldiers  who  are 
buried  there.  This  is  a  granite  obelisk  costing  $5,000.  The 
monument  to  the  soldiers  and  sailors  in  Marshall  Park  over- 
looking the  site  of  Libby  Prison  is  a  copy  of  Pompcy's  Pil- 
lar, and  is  surmounted  by  a  heroic  statue  of  a  Confederate 
infantryman.  It  was  erected  bj  private  subscription  at  a  cost 
of  $50,000.  The  equestrian  figure  of  Lee  on  Franklin  Street 
was  modeled  D3  Mercie  and  erected  by  private  subscription 
at  a  cost  of  $75,000.  I  1 1  ■  heroic  statue  ol  Stonewall  Jackson 
ited  to  the  State  oi  Virginia  bj  admiring  English- 
men.   The  State  erected  it  on  Capitol  Square,  using  a  granite 

1 >tal  which  cost  $15,001'      \  bron  1    statue  of  Gen.  A.  P. 

Hill  was  erected  over  his  remains  bj  private  subscription  at 
1  cosl  o)  $15,000.  The  heroic  bronze  statue  of  Gen.  William 
C  Wickham  by  Valentine  was  erected  bj  private  subscription 
The  city  placed  it  in  Monroe  Park  I  hi  cost  of  the  monument 
mj.ooo.  There  is  a  handsome  monument  in  Hollywood 
Cemetery  over  the  grave  of  Gen  .1  E  B  Stuart;  also  one 
erected  to  Pickett's  Division,  another  to  Otey*s  Battery,  and 
one  to  thi  Richmond  Howitzers^  the  cost  of  all  these  together 
g  $10000. 

In    Richmond,   Va.,   is  the   beautiful   cemetery   of  Hollywood. 

Here  many  are  gathered  whom  the  South  holds  dear.     Chief 

among  these  is  Jefferson  Davis,  whose  grand  monument  was 

a  loving  contribution  of  the  whole  United  States      It  is  a  mag 

nificent  shaft  surmounted  bj   the  allegorical  figure  of  a  woman 

11  as  "Vindicatrix."    At  the  foot  of  this  pillar  is  a  pedestal 

five   feet  high   with   a   bronze   figure   of   Mr    Davis   eight   feet 

All  the  inscriptions  are  in  Latin      Near  this  monument 

of  Mr.  Davis  is  the  beautiful  monument  to  Winnie  Davis,  the 

ghter  of  the  Confederacy."     This  is  a   seated  figure  of 

the  finest  Carrara,  and  is  called  the  angel  of  grief.    She  bears 

a  wreath  which  she  extends  as  if  about  to  lay  it  upon  a  grave. 

This  monument  was  from  the  contributions  of  the  U.  D.  C. 

of   the   entire    South,   and   the  unveiling   was   a   special    feature 

of  the  General  U.  D.  (     <  onventii  n  held  in  Richmond  in   1899. 

Suffolk,  Va.,  has  the  handsomest   monument   in  Cedar  Hill 
iti  d  to  all  Confederate  soldiers.    It  was  erected 
by   one  man,   Thomas    W.    Smith,    in    loving   memory    to    his 
1 .  imrades. 

Vallei    Mountain,  Va.,  has  a  monument  to  the  Loring  Di- 
It    is   a    low    pedestal    with    a    double   cross.     It    was 
erected  bj  the  John  II.  Forney  Chapter,  1"    I).  C. 

Warrenton,  Va.,  has  a  pedestal  of  limestone  supporting  a 
female  figure  holding  a  book 

Warwick,  Va.,  lias  .1  handsome  monument  It  was  erected 
b>  Magruder  Chapter,  l".  I  >.  C 

We  1   Point,  Va.,  by  John  M    St  ne  Chapter,  I".  1).  C,  has 
unveiled    a    hand  omi      haft    of    gray    granite    with    crossed 
ds     Two  soldiet  -  guat  d  the  b 

Winchester,  Va.,  has  a  monument  to  the  unknown  Con- 
federate dead  in  Stonewall  Cemetery  which  cost  $10,000.  This 
monument  has  several  shafts.  Virginia  erected  one  of  these 
at  $1,000  and   Maryland  one  for  $2,500. 

Woodstock,  Va.,  has  a  shaft  beautiful  in  its  simplicity.  It 
is  of  unomamented  white  marble  and  was  erected  by  the 
U.  D    C 

lb.-  "Wytheville  (Va  ■'*  Chapter.  V"    I).  C.  erected  a 

Shaft   of  white  marble 


West  Virginia. 

Huntington  (W.  Va.)  Chapter.  I".  D.  C,  and  Camp  Garnett, 
U.  C.  V.,  erected  a  granite  shaft  surmounted  by  a  soldier 
on  guard. 

Romney,  W.  Va.,  has  a  tall  shaft  with  a  soldier  on  it. 

Shepherdstown,  W.  Va.,  has  a  marble  shaft  which  cost  $2,500. 

The  monument  at  Union.  W.  Va.,  is  a  nineteen-foot  pedes- 
tal of  Barre  granite  upholding  a  soldier  at  parade  rest. 


MAJ.  WILLIAM  WATKINS  DUNLAP. 

Dr.  Fayette  Dunlap,  of  Danville,  Ky.,  writes  of  his  brother, 
Maj.  William  Watkins  Dunlap,  who  served  four  years  in  the 
Confederate  army:  "He  was  born  in  Danville,  Ky.,  July  12. 
1841  ;  and  was  a  cadet  at  West  Point  in  1N5;.  and  but  a  little 
while  before  he  was  to  be  graduated  he  left  the  academy  and 
enlisted  in  the  Confederate  service.  I  do  not  know  when, 
where,  or  under  whose  command;  but  he  was  in  the  1 
days  in  Missouri  with  General  Price.  I  have  an  impression 
that  he  was  at  Vicksburg,  but  not  at  the  surrender.  |Mr 
Dunlap  would  appreciate  any  data  of  his  brother's  sen 

'  S.  A.— En.  Veteran.]  A  year  or  two  after  the  close 
of  the  war  lie  was  selected  by  a  representative  of  the  EG 
of  Egypt  as  in  officer  in  his  army,  and  served  there  ten  or 
twelve  years  as  colonel  of  artillery.  Alter  his  return  to  the 
I  nited  States,  he  engaged  in  mining  engineering  in  Colorado, 
■  he  died  in  1892  in  the  forty  ninth  yeai   of  his  age." 

In    a    postscript    Mr.    Dunlap    adds:    "In    the   center    of    our 
city   is  an  old  cemetery.     Sixty  years  ago  it   was  abandoned 
as   a   burial   place;   but   the    State    Medical    Society   erei 
handsome  monument  to  Dr.  Ephraim  McDowell  and  th<    Pn 
byterian    Church   one   to   David    Rice,   the    founder   of    Ken- 
tucky Presbyterianism,  and  now    a  movement  is  being  put   1  n 
foot  to  erect  one  to  Theodore  O'llara.  the  poet,  and  many  of 
the    U.    D.    C.   and   most   of   our    intelligent    and    progri 
people    wish    to    erect    the   Confederate    monument    there    in- 
stead  of  in  our  city  cemetery.      It   is   a  beautiful    spot  adjoin- 
ing  an   old  church  and  the  university  campus,  and  is  an   ideai 
location.     The  park  is  cared  for  at  the  public  expense,  so  the 
monument  would  alwaj  -  be  decently  cared  for  long  afti  1  thi  se 
ations  have  been  disbanded     In  my  judgment  it  would 
be  a  mistake  to  place  this  shaft  in  the  cemeterj 

The  location  of  such  monuments  in  public  parks  seems 
most  appropriate  Vgain,  statues  should  not  be  placed  on 
tall  shafts.  If  the  figure  has  merit,  it  should  be  accessible  for 
criticism,  and  not  so  high  as  to  create  an  impulse  to  erect 
a  scaffold  and  lower  it  where  it  may  be  enjoyed 


When    \  Sam    Davis    Mom  went  Was   Fit  osed 

(  If  the  many  visitors  to  Nashville  to  attend  the  unveiling 
of  the  Sam  Davis  monument  in  April,  one  of  the  most  in- 
terested was  C.  H.  King,  of  Murfreesboro,  who  had  known 
Sam  Davis,  and  he  told  of  a  movement  toward  erecting  a 
monument  to  this  brave  boy  started  in  1883  when  some  com- 
rades in  discussing  incidents  of  the  war  mentioned  Sam  Davis 
and  his  heroic  sacrifice.  Then  it  was  resolved  that  a  monu- 
ment -should  be  erected  to  his  memory,  when  Jo  Jones,  of 
Murfreesboro.  banded  a  dollar  to  Mr.  King,  saying  he  would 
be  the  first  contributor  That  identical  dollar  was  brought 
to  Nashville  and  added  to  the  fund  by  Mr.  King,  who  had 
hoped  that  it  might  be  placed  in  the  corner  stone,  but  it  was 
too  late  for  that.  A  son  of  Mr  King,  now  Dr.  J.  II.  King, 
of  Nashville,  submitted  the  first  paper  to  the  Veteran  con- 
cerning the  heroism  of  this  son  of  Tennessee,  It  was  a 
school  essav 


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VALIANT,  SUCCESSFUL  SERVANT. 
Hon.  James  D.  Porter  Completes  a  Great  Work. 

Many  people  in  the  South  do  not  recall  if  they  ever  knew 
that  George  Peabody,  one  of  the  early  philanthropists  of  the 
country,  made  a  large  bequest  about  the  close  of  the  war 
for  the  education  of  children  in  the  impoverished  South. 

George  Peabody  was  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  born  in 
Danvers  in  February,  1795.  The  name  of  the  town  was  after- 
wards changed  to  Peabody.  It  is  a  small  town  of  about  15,000 
population  and  in  the  northern  vicinity  of  Boston.  His  early- 
years  were  spent  in  different  sections  of  Massachusetts,  but 
before  he  was  grown  he  went  to  Georgetown,  D.  C.  MV. 
Elisha  Riggs  became  interested  in  him,  and  while  very  young 
made  him  a  partner  of  Riggs  &  Peabody.  Later  Mr.  Pea- 
body went  to  London,  where  he  made  a  colossal  fortune  for 
those  times;  and  although  a  resident  of  the  world's  metropolis 
for  thirty  years,  he  was  ever  an  ardent  American,  and  at 
the  close  of  the  war  of  the  sixties  three-fourths  of  his  wealth 
was  in  United  States  government  and  State  securities. 

While  a  loyal  Union  man,  none  the  less  did  he  feel  charity 
for  the  South,  "as  political  opinion  was  far  more  a  matter  of 
birth  and  education  than  of  unbiased  reason,"  and  he  said 
in  such  connection  to  his  New  England  friend:  "Had  you  and 
I  been  born  in  the  South,  wc  might  have  cast  our  lot  with 
those  who  fought,  as  all  must  admit,  so  bravely  for  what 
they  believed  to  be  their  rights."  This  tribute  to  Southern 
valor  and  patriotism  was  paid  early  after  the  war  in  the  jun- 
ior seventies. 

Mr.  Peabody  enjoyed  the  great  blessing  of  bestowing  mil- 
lions for  the  benefit  of  the  poor  in  America  and  England. 
His  first  princely  benefaction  was  one  million  of  dollars  to 
the  city  of  Baltimore.  On  going  back  to  England  he  devised 
means  for  expending  one  million  seven  hundred  and  fifty 
thousand  dollars  to  the  poor  of  London.  The  English  people 
pressed  Mr.  Peabody  to  permit  them  to  present  him  with 
some  fitting  token  of  their  appreciation,  but  he  declined  ex- 
cept to  say  that  he  would  esteem  a  letter  from  the  Queen. 

Such  letter  was  promptly  and  graciously  sent  to  him.  and 
in  the  letter  the  Queen  states:  "It  is  an  act,  as  the  Queen  be- 
lieves, wholly  without  parallel,  and  which  will  carry  its  own 
reward  in  the  consciousness  of  having  contributed  so  largely 
to  the  assistance  of  those  who  can  so  little  help  themselves." 
She  explained  that  she  would  have  given  him  titles  of  emi- 
nence and  renown,  but  that  Mr.  Peabody  felt  himself  debarred 
from  accepting  such  distinctions.  The  Queen,  however,  did 
assume  to  give  him  a  miniature  portrait  of  herself  which  she 
would  send  to  him  in  America  or  hold  for  his  return  to 
England. 

Mr.  Peabodj  acknowledged  the  Queen's  letter,  in  which  lie- 
said:  "Next  to  the  approval  of  my  own  conscience  I  shall 
always  prize  the  assurance  which  your  majesty's  letter  con- 
veys to  me  of  the  approbation  of  the  Queen  of  England,  whose 
life  has  attested  that  her  exalted  station  has  in  no  degree 
diminished  her  sympathy  with  the  humblest  of  her  subjects." 

The  miniature  portrait  of  the  Queen  is  mounted  in  an 
elaborate  and  massive  chased  frame  of  gold.  It  is  fourteen 
inches  in  length  ami  ten  wide,  and  at  that  time  was  the  largest 
miniature  of  the  kind  that  had  ever  been  attempted  in  En- 
gland. It  is  in  the  Peabody  Institute,  Peabody,  Mass.,  proper- 
ly exhibited  with  other  great  gifts  of  appreciation  to  Mr. 
Peabodj 

The  crowning  glory  of  Mr.  Peabody's  munificence  was  in 
giving  to  the  South   two  millions  of  dollars  as   an  educational 


fund  for  the   devastated   section,   as  was  the  condition  at  the 
close  of  the  Civil  War. 

This  great  fund  has  been  wisely  and  honestly  managed, 
and  now  one  million  dollars  of  the  sum  has  been  assigned  to 
the  Peabody  College,  in   Nashville,  Term. 

Governor  Porter's  Explanatory  Address. 
I  was  with  Dr.  Sears,  the  first  General  Agent  of  the  Pea- 
body Board,  in  1875  and  he  said  to  me:  "If  you  will  furnish 
the  house,  I  will  establish  a  normal  college  in  Nashville.  I 
am  satisfied  it  is  the  best  place  in  the  South."  This  was 
within  twenty  minutes  of  my  inauguration  as  Governor  of  the 
State.  I  said  to  him :  "Meet  me  here  to-morrow  morning  at 
ten  o'clock  and  I  will  inform  you  whether  I  can  secure  a 
building  for  you.  I  am  very  anxious  to  see  the  school  estab- 
lished." Before  that  hour  I  interviewed  Judge  William  F. 
Cooper,  Edwin  H.  Ewdng,  Edward  D.  Hicks,  and  other  mem- 
bers of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  University  of  Nashville 
and  obtained  from  them  consent  to  establish  the  college  in  the 
buildings  of  the  university;  and  when  Dr.  Sears  called,  I 
was  able  to  offer  him  the  most  eligible  building  and  the  best 
location  of  any  point  in  the  city  of  Nashville.  He  accepted 
the  offer,  and  in  the  early  winter  following  the  school  was 
organized  and  entered  upon  a  most  successful  career. 


HON.    JAMES   D.    PORTER. 

I  gave  the  school  my  friendly  cooperation  and  contributed 
my  influence  to  advance  it.  More  than  twenty-five  years  ago 
I  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Peabody  Board  of  Trust,  and 
was  indebted  largely  to  General  Grant  for  my  unsolicited 
election.  I  studied  the  conditions  of  Mr.  Peabody's  sift,  and 
I  began  to  prepare  myself  to  influence  the  Trustees  to  endow 


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this  college.  1  succeeded  in  winning  the  favorable  opinion 
of  the  Hon.  Robert  C.  Winthrop,  and  in  his  last  illness  he 
prepared  a  paper  to  he  published  after  his  death  in  which  he 
recommended  the  Board  to  give  this  college  absolutely  $i.- 
ooo.oco. 

\ftcr  1  had  conn-  into  possession  of  his  letter,  which  was 
for  years  circulated  privately,  1  entered  upon  an  earnest  effort 
to  secure  that  sum  of  money.  Frequent  efforts  failed  to  si 
cure  it  The  Board  was  composed  of  busj  men  who  met 
once  a  year  and  had  a  session  that  averaged  about  two  hours. 
which  made  it  almost  impossible  to  securi  .mix  deliberate  or 
well-considered  action  until  1005.  when,  with  the  assistance  of 
President  Roosevelt,  who  was  a  member  of  the  Board,  it  re- 
solved to  endow  the  college  with  the  promised  million  dollars. 
But  action  to  carry  out  this  resolution  failed  Sometimes  there 
would  be  no  quorum  present,  and  then  the  opposition  to  it 
was  at  all  tune-  verj  determined.  Finally  the  appropriation- 
made  by  the  State,  the  city,  and  the  countj  of  Davidson  were 
in  such  shape  that  tbr  opposition  ceased  and  the  monej  was 
turned  over  to  the  college.  There  were  ill  advised  peopl 
here  and  elsewhere  who  seemed  to  think  that  the  appropria- 
tion ought  to  have  been  made  at  an  earlier  date  and  that 
the  failure  to  do  it  was  attributed  to  the  fact  that  1  was  "to 
slow."  doubtless  thinking  that  if  they  had  a  voice  in  the  mat- 
ter they  could  rush  it  through  in  an  hour. 

The  college  from  it-  opening  to  the  present  has  been  a  very 
great  success,  and  has  exerted  an  influence  in  the  education 
of  the  South  greater  than  any  other  institution  of  learning. 
During  the  year-  that  1  have  lu  en  the  official  head  of  the  col 
lege  1  have  been  gratified  at  the  good  conduct  of  all  of  its 
pupil-.  1  have  undertaken  to  take  care  of  them,  and  they 
have  given  me  a  most  loyal  support  In  a  long  life  I  have 
been    engaged    in    many    undertakings;    but    1    have   never    been 

associated   with   as  man]   people   whose  conduct   lias   ri>  ■  i : 
upright  and  so  free  from  scandal,  and  1  am  gratilied  to  know- 
that    the   student    bodj    has    conferred   honor   and   distinction 

upon   the  college.       rhree-fourths   of  the   members   of  il 

leg,'  facultj  came  here  upon  my  invitation.  They  have  proven 
elves  to  he  gent],  in.  11.  Hi,,  ml  teachers,  and  scholars 
of  great  learning.  1  hav<  been  satisfied  with  their  conduct 
and  have  abstained  as  far  a-  possible  from  interference  with 
in  tin  performance  of  their  special  duties,  and  I  tender 
to  them  ti, \  acknowledgment  of  the  manner  in  which  they 
have  conducted  thcii    particular  departments. 

M>  coming  hen  as  President  of  Peabodj  <  ollegi  was  at 
the  request  o(  th.  IVahodv  Hoard.  I  came  under  an  agree- 
ment 1  1  pend  one  year;  annuallj  I  was  united  to  remain 
another  year,  and  at  each  annual  election  1  put  a  limit  of  one 
Mon  which  should  end  m\  servici  Finallj  when  the 
promi  e  to  in, 1I0  the  endowment  was  made,  in  1905,  I  stated 
that  50  soon  as  the  money  arrangements  could  be  satisfactorily 
adjusted  at  this  end  of  the  line  I  would  resign  Vnd  so, 
omplished  the  work  I  undertook,  I  make  this  an- 
nouncement to  you,  which  has  alrcadj  been  made  to  the  Pea 
bod      B     rd  o(   Trust      This   determination   to  resign  cannot 

;u  prisi    to  anj  ow     foi   the  1  easi  m  that  ms   pui  pi  1 
announced    in   an   interview    with    the   i'ny    press   three  years 
leated  1  m  all  proper  occasions. 

1  he  best  years  of  mj  life  have  been  spent  in  tin     en 

tin-  collegi  I  was  moved  to  il  because  I  believed  that  it 
would  suppl)  tie  need  oi  the  South,  and  at  the  same 

tune  it  afforded  an  opportunit)    for  manifesting  mj   d( 
to  the  State  of   Tennessee  and  to  the  citj  of  Nashvilli 


Governor  Porter  mentioned  later  as  another  reason  for  the 
step  he  has  taken  the  feeble  health  of  his  wife  and  her  phys- 
ical inability  to  perform  her  social  duties.  It  is  pleasing  to 
all  who  know  him.  however,  to  learn  that  he  will  still  remain 
in  active  service  in  connection  with  the  recently  consolidated 
institution.  

A  7  MINISCEtiCE  OF  HIS  FIRST  BATTLE. 

BY     \NDREW    L.    BAKER,    FORT    PAVNF.     \1  A. 

The  company  to  which  I  belonged  was  formed  at  the  Meth- 
odist camp  ground  in  Cherokee  County,  Ala.  ami  we  were 
mustered  into  service  in  the  4th  Battalion  of  Alabama  at 
Nashville,  Term.,  in  November,  i86t.  T  served  through  the 
entire  war,  and  was  paroled  at  Salisbury,  N.  C.  April  _>S.  1865. 

7  was  in  more  than  twenty  battles,  among  them  Shiloh, 
Corinth,  Baker's  Creek,  all  the  lighting  from  Dalton  to  Atlanta. 
Peachtree  Creek,  Franklin,  and  Nashville.  M_\  Company  (B) 
did  most  of  the  picket  duly  for  our  regiment,  ft  is  almost 
incredible  that  I  should  have  received  no  serious  hurt  nor  get 
captured,   and    vet   that    was    my   good    fortune.      Very    few    of 

tl mpany   I    went   into  service  with  came  back  home.     The 

4th  Battalion  was  consolidated  with  the  55th  Alabama  Regi- 
ment. Then  wi  were  so  badly  cut  up  at  Peachtree  Creek  that 
wi  w-ie  placed  in  the  27th  Alabama,  and  1  was  paroled  from 
that  regiment. 

My  lirst  battle  was  Shiloh,  beginning  Sunday  morning, 
April  0.  1862.  We  were  six  miles  from  the  scene  of  action 
when  the  battle  opened,  but  by  a  forced  march  w e  were  on  the 
ground  at  about  eight  o'clock.  The  Federals  had  been  d 
back  from  their  fust  line.  We  were  formed  in  line  and 
marched  to  the  front  over  dead  horses  and  dead  ami  dying 
im  11  Then  we  were  ordered  to  halt,  stack  arms,  and  fill  our 
knapsacks.  We  had  stopped  on  the  top  of  a  hill,  and  looking 
down  we  saw  the  Federals  coming  back,  and  they  In  gin  to 
lire  mi  us.  Hutler  and  Penderson,  on  my  right  and  left,  were 
each  shot  m  the  head  and  killed,  and  Hanston,  behind  me,  wa 
shot  in  the  arm  Such  was  my  first  experience  under  fire. 
We  held  our  ground  until  the  arrival  of  fresh  troops,  who 
charged  tin    Federals  and  drove  them  down  the  lull. 

I  lie  light  continued  all  day.  and  about  sundown  the  line  of 
which  wi  w.ie  a  part  fell  back  in  the  shape  of  the  letter  Y. 
The  Federal  General  Prentiss,  thinking  we  were  in  retreat, 
Followed  into  the  gap  with  his  command;  then  Genera]  For- 
rest with  .his  cavalry  reestablished  the  line  behind  them  and 
they  were  captured  in  the  trap  set  for  them.  By  this  time 
tin-  Federal'  were  crowded  in  on  the  bank  of  the  river;  anil 
if  General  Johnston  had  not  been  killed.  I  believe  we  would 
liavt   scattered  them  all  that  night. 

\1ie1  mi  experience  at  Shiloh,  I  became  inured  to  war's 
alarms.  Once  while  going  from  Dalton  to  Atlanta  Bill  Cannon 
and  I  weie  detailed  to  go  beyond  the  picket  line  to  oi,t.,in  in- 
formation as  to  the  movements  of  the  Federals.  Passing  our 
picket-,  we  proceeded  a  distance  along  the  mam  road,  then 
turned  to  the  left,  following  an  old  abandoned  road  through 
a  thicket  in  an  old  field.  We  were  moving  as  cautiously  as 
possible,  for  w<  were  aware  that  our  errand  was  most  hazard- 
ous We  had  gone  down  a  little  hill  and  out  into  the  road 
when  suddenl}  seven  Federal  soldiers  arose  before  us  and 
ordered  our  surrender.  They  had  concealed  themselves  in 
till  dense  thicket  and  allowed  us  to  come  within  twenn 
of  them  before  halting  us.  But  we  surprise,!  them  a!  i 
wheeling  into  the  thicket  and  beginning  a  race  for  life  We 
uie  good  running  too.  as  we  were  more  than  a  hundred 
yards   from  them   when  they   tired  on  us. 


512 


Qopfederat^  l/eteraij. 


PORl  HUDSON  CALAMITIES— MULE  MEAT. 

BY    LINN    TANNER,    CHENEYVILLE,    LA. 

War  lias  its  fun  as  well  as  its  fury.  A  soldier's  life  is  one 
of  vicissitudes  in  which  can  be  found  many  changes,  ranging 
from  the  gloom  of  despair  to  the  acme  of  hope  and  jollity. 
A  good  soldier  when  in  active  service  is  more  or  less  con- 
tented when  he  feels  that  he  is  doing  his  duty;  and  when  it 
is  done,  there  comes  a  satisfaction  that,  even  though  defeated, 
the  fault  or  blame  rests  with  others.  As  a  soldier  in  the 
ranks  of  the  Confederate  army  on  both  sides  of  the  Mississippi 
River  from  1862  to  the  close  of  the  war  I  experienced  or 
witnessed  many  amusing  things  or  incidents  which  call  forth 
remembrances  to  this  day.    One  occurrence  I  will  relate. 

After  Gen.  N.  P.  Banks  had  surrounded  Port  Hudson  with 
his  land  troops,  estimated  at  over  forty  thousand,  in  the  at- 
tempt to  capture  that  stronghold,  held  by  four  thousand  all 
told,  a  steady  fire  day  and  night  was  kept  going  by  the  land 
forces,  assisted  by  the  heavy  guns  and  mortars  under  com- 
mand of  Admiral  Farragut  on  the  river  below.  In  plain  view 
through  the  siege  could  be  seen  all  kinds  of  warlike  craft  send- 
ing forth  clouds  of  white  smoke  from  guns  and  mortar  shells. 
At  first  it  was  terrorizing ;  but  after  it  was  seen  that  such 
slight  damage  resulted  it  soon  became  monotonous  to  those 
on  the  inside  of  the  earthen  breastworks.  It  was  not  un- 
common to  see  soldiers  with  spread  blankets  playing  cards. 

When  the  siege  was  begun,  there  was  not  a  thought  that 
provisions  would  ever  become  short.  All  the  storehor._es  and 
commissary  buildings  were  stored  with  hundreds  of  barrels 
of  sugar,  salt,  bacon,  rice,  molasses,  and  corn  meal,  while  in 
a  great  heap  on  the  bank  of  the  river  were  several  boat  loads 
of  corn  in  the  ear  forty  feet  in  diameter  and  ten  to  twelve  feet 
deep  which  was  intended  for  the  horses  of  the  troops  at  that 
place.  Not  over  three  weeks  passed  when  all  was  destroyed, 
the  buildings  being  set  on  fire  by  the  bursting  shells  and  the 
corn  going  into  the  river  because  of  a  caving  in  of  the  banks. 
At  the  same  time  two  of  our  largest  siege  pieces  (Columbiads) 
went  with  the  landslide,  a  fact  which  was  deplored  by  all. 

A  few  cattle  which  had  been  gathered  and  driven  in  just 
preceding  the  arrival  of  Banks's  army  were  killed,  and  we 
were  placed  on  meager  rations  until  both  corn  and  meat  were 
exhausted ;  but  it  seemed  as  the  food  supply  grew  less  each 
day  that  the  determination  to  "hold  the  fort"  became  stronger. 
Up  to  this  time  the  eating  of  horse  or  mule  flesh  had  not  been 
thought  of,  though  dozens  of  each  were  killed  by  shots 
thrown  day  and  night  in  all  parts  of  the  inclosure;  but  when 
the  last  cow,  a  very  poor  one,  was  slaughtered  and  handed 
out,  the  order  came  from  headquarters  (Gen.  Frank  Gard- 
ner, commander)  to  issue  horse  and  mule  meat.  No  soldier 
will  forget  his  first  horse-meat  breakfast. 

It  was  comical  to  see  the  facial  expression  as  they  viewed 
the  platters  of  hot  steak  fried  in  its  own  grease  or  the  "chunk" 
of  boiled  mule  as  it  floated  in  a  bucket  of  "stew."  However, 
there  seemed  to  be  perfect  good  humor  as  they  one  after 
the  other  "tackled  the  job,"  and  numerous  jokes  and  badinage 
were  indulged  in  by  the  partakers  of  the  viands.  Occasionally 
would  some  stalwart  fellow  throw  back  his  head  and  utter 
a  long  and  loud  "Ye-ha.  ye-ha,  ye-haw- !"  in  imitation  of  a 
jackass  or  mule,  while  another  would  step  aside  and  kick 
at  any  one  near  by  and  trot  off,  moving  his  head  from  one 
side  to  the  other  in  imitation  of  a  trotting  mule.  All  this 
was  pure  jollity,  and  such  fun  soon  grew  contagious  and 
could  be  heard  all  along  the  battle  front  or  breastworks. 

The  first  day  I  got  a  piece  of  fat  horse,  but  the  coarseness 


of  the  flesh  so  added  to  my  prejudice  that  I  could  not  eat  it. 
1  easily  persuaded  myself  that  a  slice  of  fat  mule  was  not 
so  bad.  So  I  got,  consequently,  from  the  cook  a  broad  piece 
of  broiled  steak,  and  I  retired  to  the  seclusion  of  a  ravine 
near  by  and  took  a  seat  on  a  stump.  I  cut  off  a  small  bit, 
took  a  quick  glance,  and  shoved  it  between  my  teeth  and 
with  forced  resolution  I  clamped  it.  No  doubt  I  would  have 
•succeeded  in  "downing  it,"  but  just  then  I  heard  a  muttering 
behind,  and,  turning  about,  I  saw  an  army  mate  who  had 
earned  the  nickname  of  "Growling  Grif"  and  who  was  in- 
dulging in  his  usual  pastime — growling. 

Being  anxious  to  somewhat  divert  my  mind  from  the  then 
unpleasant  task  of  eating,  I  inquired :  "What  is  the  matter, 
Grif?"  With  an  oath  he  answered:  "That  —  commissary 
sergeant  had  my  mule  killed  this  morning."  "What  if  he 
did,  Grif?  Don't  you  know  we  will  have  to  give  in  in  a 
week  or  two  and  the  Yanks  would  get  all  we  have  left?" 
"Yes,"  he  growled,  "I  know  that  as  well  as  you  do;  but  he 
could  'a'  took  another  instead  of  old  Jack,  my  saddle  mule." 
Being  anxious  to  conciliate  all  I  could,  I  replied:  "Well,  that 
don't  make  any  difference ;  you  won't  get  any  more  riding 
or  driving  out  of  your  team  because  we  are  dead  sure  to 
surrender,  and  our  mules  will  be  given  to  our  enemy." 
"Well,"  he  ejaculated,  "I  don't  suppose  you  care  about  it ;  but 
I  do.    Old  Jack  had  a  sore  back  and  I  wanted  to  cure  it  up." 

There  was  no  time  for  me  to  shape  an  answer.  Involun- 
tarily I  dashed  the  mule  steak  straight  for  his  head,  just 
missing  him,  while  he  left  grumpy  and  growling  about  the 
way  some  folks  treated  him.  I  never  knew  what  he  said,  but 
hunger  forced  me  to  hunt  among  the  leaves  where  it  had 
fallen ;  and  after  finding  it,  I  ate  it  with  a  full  measure  of 
enjoyment.  Since  then  I  have  always  believed  that  good  fat 
mule  (not  sore  back)  is  a  better  and  juicier  as  well  as  a  finer 
grained  meat  than  beef,  and  would  have  or  make  no  objec- 
tion to  eating  it  if  it  is  properly  dressed  and  cooked. 


A  Most  Incorrigible  Rebel. — An  old  Marylander  relates 
that  during  the  occupation  of  Frederick  City,  Va.,  by  the 
Federal  forces  there  was  residing  there  a  young  lady,  Miss 
Eliza  P ,  who  was  a  most  incorrigible  Rebel.  When- 
ever she  saw  the  provost  guard  coming  on  the  street  upon 
which  she  lived,  she  would  immediately  go  to  the  parlor,  seat 
herself  at  the  piano,  and  play  "Dixie"  and  "The  Bonnie  Blue 
Flag."  Upon  one  occasion,  having  refused  to  pass  under  the 
stars  and  stripes,  she  was  arrested  and  ordered  to  report  every 
morning  to  the  provost  marshal.  After  several  calls,  she 
noticed  one  morning  the  flag  draped  over  and  above  the 
door  of  the  marshal's  office,  whereupon  she  stopped  outside 
and  refused  to  enter.  The  marshal  requested  her  to  enter, 
but  she  pointedly  refused.  He  then  told  her  that  if  she  did 
not  come  in  he  would  order  two  of  his  men  to  bring  her  in. 
"Under  those  circumstances,  Captain  Ellett,"  she  replied,  "I 
am  forced  to  enter."  She  then  took  from  her  pocket  a  small 
Confederate  flag,  and,  holding  it  with  both  hands  over  her 
head,  she  walked  into  the  marshal's  office.  The  captain  then 
said  to  her:  "Miss  Eliza,  go  home.     I  give  you  up." 

Confederate  Memorial  Fountain  at  Eldorado,  Ark. — 
The  U.  D.  C.'s  of  Eldorado,  Ark.,  are  erecting  a  $3,000  drink- 
ing fountain  on  the  Public  Square  of  that  city.  An  octagon- 
shaped  pool  is  at  the  base  of  the  monument.  The  center  of 
this  pool  is  filled  with  artificial  water  lilies,  in  the  midst  of 
which  stands  a  crane  with  head  erect  and  a  stream  of  water 
issuing  from  its  mouth. 


C^opfederat^  Vetera^. 


513 


SAM  HOUSTON'S  SEPARATION  FROM  HIS  WIFE. 

RELIABLE   PAPER   THROUGH    EX-GOV.    JAMES    D.    PORTER. 

In  1821  Gen.  William  Carroll  was  elected  Governor  of  Ten- 
nessee. He  was  second  in  command  to  General  Jackson  in  the 
battle  of  New  Orleans.  He  was  a  man  of  great  popularity, 
and  served  three  successive  terms,  which  was  the  limit  under 
the  Constitution  of  Tennessee.  In  1827  General  Houston  was 
elected  Governor.  On  the  22d  of  January,  1829,  Governor 
Houston  married  Miss  Eliza  11.  Allen,  a  member  of  a  large 
and  influential  family  in  Sumner  and  Smith  Counties.  Gen- 
eral Carroll,  after  being  out  of  the  Governor's  chair  for  two 
years,  was  again  eligible,  and  declared  himself  a  candidate  1:1 
opposition  to  General  Houston,  who  was  a  candidate  for  re- 
election. During  the  canvass  between  Carroll  and  Houston 
Houston's  wife  left  him — in  April,  1829 — and  went  hack  to 
her  father's  house.  (She  was  a  lady  of  refined  feelings,  sin 
Sttive,  and  quick  to  resent  harsh  words  or  cruel  treatment. 
She  had  been  reared  by  kind  and  indulgent  parents;  she  had 
received  much  attention,  and  was  accustomed  to  associate  with 
the  most  refined  and  gentle  society.  Upon  the  contrary,  Hous- 
ton  had  spent  his  life  from  the  age  of  eighteen  to  twenty-one 
years  among  the  Cherokee  Indians.  He  had  adopted  their  man- 
ners and  become  as  one  of  them.  He  had  seen  much  of  tin 
rougher  and  wilder  class  of  people.  He  was  of  a  jealous  dis- 
position, and  was  not  willing  for  his  wife  to  enter  society, 
hut  insisted  she  should  confine  herself  at  home.  This  was  so 
contrary  to  what  she  had  been  accustomed  to  that  she  re- 
sented  the  treatment;  and  finding  that  she  and  her  husband 
were  not  congenial  and  that  she  could  not  live  happily  with 
him,  she  left  him  and  returned  to  her  father's  home.  The 
news  of  the  separation  quickly  spread  and  aroused  an  angry 
and  indignant  feeling  against  Governor  Houston.) 

The  canvass  for  Governor  had  opened.  Col.  Willoughby 
Williams,  who  was  on?  of  Governor  Houston's  warm  sup- 
porters, wrote  an  account  of  the  separation,  which  is  pub- 
lished in  Judge  J.  C.  <  i  1 1 1 1 . 1 ' -  history,  "Early  Times  in  Middle 
Tennessee."  Colonel  Williams  says:  "The  first  meeting  bc- 
tween  them  [Carroll  and  Houston]  look  place  at  Cockrill's 
Springs  at  a  battalion  muster  in  April,  iKjq.  I  was  at  that 
time  sheriff  of  the  county  as  well  as  colonel  of  militia,  and  at 
the  request  of  Governor  Houston  drilled  the  regiment  that 
day.  He  desired  me  to  acquaint  myself  fully  with  the  popular 
feeling  and  tell  him  after  the  speaking,  which  I  did  ;  and  as 
entiment  was  greatly  in  his  favor,  it  afforded  him  much 
satisfaction,  and  he  left  the  grounds  for  the  city  in  fine  spirits 
Saturday  afternoon.  I  was  registering  my  name  at  the  Nash- 
ville Inn  the  following  Monday  when  Mr.  Carter,  the  clerk, 
said:  'Have  you  heard  the  news?'  I  answered;  'No.  What 
news?'  He  replied:  'Governor  Houston  and  his  wife  have 
separated,  and  she  has  returned  i"  her  father's  family.'  I  was 
greatly  shocked,  having  never  suspected  any  cause  for  separa- 
tion. I  went  to  his  room  at  once  and  found  him  in  company 
with  Dr.  Shelby.  He  was  deeply  mortified,  and  refused  to 
explain  the  matter.  I  left  him  with  Dr.  Shelby  for  a  few 
moments,  and  on  returning  said  to  him  :  'Governor,  you  must 
explain  this  sad  occurrence  t"  us,  else  you  will  sacrifice  your- 
self and  your  friends.'  He  replied:  T  can  make  no  explana 
tion  I  exonerate  the  lady  fully,  and  do  not  justify  myself. 
I  am  a  ruined  man.  I  will  exile  myself,  and  now  ask  yOU  to 
take  my  resignation  to  the  Secretary  of  State'  1  1 
'Ynu  must  not  think  of  such  a  thing,'  when  he  said:  'It  is  my 
fixed  determination,  and  my  enemies  when  I  am  gone  will  be 
(•I"  magnanimous  to  censure  my  friend-'     Seeing  his  deter- 


mination, I  took  his  resignation  to  the  Secretary  of  State, 
who  received  it.  The  following  morning  he  went  in  disguise 
to  the  steamboat,  accompanied  by  Dr.  Shelby  and  myself." 

Governor  Houston  wrote  to  his  wife's  father  that  he  ex- 
onerated her  from  any  blame.  He  sought  reconciliation,  but 
his  wife  refused  to  return  to  him. 

A  public  meeting  of  leading  citizens  had  been  held  in  Gal- 
latin, Sumner  County,  in  which  resolutions  favorable  to  his 
wife  had  been  passed.  He  saw  that  public  feeling  was  strong 
against  him,  and  that  a  continuance  of  the  canvass  would  tend 
to  increase  the  discussion  of  his  separation  from  his  wife  and 
increase  the  public  feeling  against  him,  and  that  he  would 
be  overwhelmingly  defeated  in  his  race  for  Governor.  He  had 
been  disappointed  in  his  efforts  for  reconciliation  with  his 
wife.  Disappointed  in  his  ambition,  he  became  desperate  and 
felt,  as  he  said  to  Colonel  Williams,  that  he  was  "a  ruined 
man,"  and  he  "exiled  himself"  at  once  and  returned  to  his 
old  friends,  the  Cherokees.  His  wife,  while  resenting  his 
treatment,  was  really  attached  to  him,  and  for  many  years 
lived  a  secluded  and  retired  life.  She  was  highly  respected 
and  beloved  in  the  community  where  she  lived.  Governor 
Houston  always  spoke  of  her  in  affectionate  terms  and  fully 
exonerated  her  from  any  wrong  or  blame  in  the  separation. 
There  was  no  mystery  or  romance  about  the  separation.  Like 
many  other  married  couples,  tiny  were  not  congenial.  The 
wife  thought  she  could  not  live  happily  with  him  and  went 
back  to  her  father's  home  and  refused  to  be  reconciled. 

Governor  Houston  became  famous  by  his  career  in  Texas, 
and  on  this  account  public  attention  was  directed  to  him  and 
much  was  written  about  him  and  about  his  marriage,  and, 
to  add  interest  to  the  subject,  writers  in  newspapers  and 
magazines  sought  to  throw  a  mystery  and  romance  around 
the  separation  and  exile  of  Governor  Houston.  Much  that 
has  been  written  was  wholly  without  any  foundation  in  fact, 
purely  fictitious  and  written  to  satisfy  the  public  appetite  for 
something  that  would  interest  them. 

\fier  the  marriage  of  Governor  Houston  to  Miss  Lea  in 
Alabama,  his  first  wife,  Mrs.  Eliza  H.  Houston,  on  the  8th 
of  November,  1S40.  married  Dr.  Elmore  Douglass,  a  highly 
honored  and  respected  citizen  of  Sumner  County.  Tenn.  They 
lived  happily  together  until  her  death.  She  died  March  3, 
1861.  and  Dr.  Douglass  died  in  1864.  Both  are  buried  in  the 
cemetery  at  Gallatin,  Tenn. 


Rev.  J,  11  McNeilly,  D.D.,  Commissioned  Chaplain  of 
Tennessee  Division. — On  the  promotion  of  the  Rev.  R.  L. 
Cave  to  the  office  of  Chaplain  General  to  the  U.  C.  V.,  Dr.  J. 
II.  McNeilly,  also  of  Nashville,  was  commissioned  to  fill 
the  position  of  State  Chaplain  to  the  Tennessee  Division 
made  vacant  by  Dr.  Cave's  promotion.  Dr.  McNeilly  is  one 
of  the  best-known  Presbyterian  ministers  in  the  State,  and 
served   the  Confederacy  the  entire  four  years  of  the  war. 


Man  is  only  a  child  of  a  target  growth,  and  a  soldier  is 
just  a  man  used  to  war's  alarms.  Georgia  U.  D.  C.  are  ap- 
preciative ..I'  this  fact,  and  keep  the  Soldiers'  Home  supplied 

with  ni.iin   "g lies"  not  in  the  list  of  things  needful  given  by 

the  State  appropriation.  Homemade  cakes,  tempting  fruits, 
fresh  or  preserved  with  the  famed  skill  of  Georgia's  house- 
wives, jellies,  nuts,  even  candies  find  eager  welcome  in  the 
Home!  Certainly  this  "sweetening"  "f  lonely  hours  has  much 
I"  recommend  it.  and  to  the  gratitude  each  soldier  feels  for 
his  share  he  adds  his  meed  of  appreciation  for  the  tender 
thought  that  prompted  such  consideration  for  his  pleasure. 


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Qoi}federat^  l/eterai). 


CO.XFEDERA  TE  CONGRESS. 
Two  Mississippians   Living   Who  Served  in   That   Body. 

Editor  Post:  I  have  seen  several  statements  in  your  paper 
and  others  in  connection  with  the  sickness  and  recent  death 
of  Judge  Goode.  of  Virginia,  that  he  was  the  last  surviving 
member  of  ihe  Confederate  Congress.  This  is  an  error  which 
I  write  to  correct.  Mississippi  has  two  living  men  who  served 
in  that  memorable  body.  Hon.  J.  A.  P.  Campbell,  the  ven- 
erable and  beloved  ex-chief  justice  of  the  State  Supreme 
Court,  is  living  in  Jackson,  Miss.,  honored  and  revered  by  all 
who  know  him.  He  was  a  delegate  from  Mississippi  to  the 
convention  which  organized  the  Confederate  government  and 
was  a  member  of  the  first  Congress.  Hon.  J.  A.  Orr,  of 
Columbus,  Miss.,  an  ex-circuit  judge,  and  one  of  the  purest 
and  ablest  lawyers  in  the  State,  was  a  member  of  the  same 
great  body,  but  entered  later  than  Judge  Campbell.  All  Mis- 
sissippians are  proud  of  these  two  distinguished  citizens. 
Judge  Campbell  is  the  last  survivor  of  the  great  convention 
which  gave  birth  to  the  "storm-cradled  nation  that  fell." 

Very  truly,  Theo.   Spight. 

In  answer  to  a  letter  from  Mr.  Spight  on  this  subject  Mr. 
J.  A.  Campbell  writes :  "I  have  the  facsimile  of  the  signa- 
tures to  the  constitution  of  the  Confederate  States.  To  this 
Congress  South  Carolina  had  eight  delegates ;  Georgia,  9 ; 
Florida,  3;  Alabama,  9;  Mississippi,  7;  Louisiana,  6;  Texas. 
7.  I  name  the  States  in  the  order  which  these  delegates 
signed  on  the  nth  of  March,  1861.  A  vacancy  occurred  in 
the  Mississippi  delegation,  and  Col.  J.  A.  Orr  was  chosen 
to  fill  it,  and  came  to  the  May  session  of  the  Provisional 
Congress.  Of  all  who  signed  the  constitution,  I  alone  sur- 
vive.    I  do  not  think  there  is  a  doubt  of  this." 

Col.  J.  A.  Orr,  who  is  in  his  eighty-second  year,  writes : 
"Judge  Campbell  and  I  were  members  of  the  Provisional 
Congress,  which  expired  by  its  own  limitation  in  February, 
1862.  He  was  never  a  candidate  for  election  to  the  second 
or  Confederate  Congress,  but  served  as  judge-advocate  in 
the  Confederate  army  for  the  balance  of  the  war.  I  was  in 
the  army  as  colonel  of  the  31st  Mississippi  Volunteers,  which 
regiment  I  raised,  till  the  second  Congress  convened  in  Rich- 
mond, Va.,  April  1,  1864.  I  served  in  that  Congress  till  the 
surrender  in  1865.  So  far  as  I  know.  Judge  Campbell  and 
myself  are  the  two  last  of  the  Provisional  Congress,  and  I  am 
the  last  of  the  Confederate  Congress,  unless  General  Atkins, 
of  Tennessee,  is  still  alive."     [General  Atkins  is  dead. — Ed.] 


INSCRIPTIONS  FOR  WOMAN'S  MONUMENT. 
The  South  Carolina  commission  in  charge  of  erecting  a  me- 
morial to  Southern  women  say  that  two  large  panels  will  be 
used  with  inscriptions  to  declare  to  the  world  what  these 
women  of  the  sixties  did  to  deserve  these  honors.  They  ask  for 
suggestions  as  to  what  these  inscriptions  shall  be.  They  must 
not  consist  of  less  than  sixty  and  not  more  than  eighty  words, 
preferably  sixty  words.  The  men  are  requested  to  send  in 
their  suggestions,  as  modesty  would  prevent  women  doing 
full  justice  to  the  subject.  Those  contributions  deemed  most 
suitable  by  the  commission  will  be  used.  Suggestions  should 
be  sent  to  Capt.  William  E.  Gonzales,  Columbia,  S.  C. 


Unique  Confederate  Monument  Suggested. — All  over  the 
South  and  in  many  Northern  States  are  statues  of  marble, 
granite,  or  bronze  to  honor  the  noble  dead  who  died  for 
their  cause.  More  and  more  are  colleges  being  endowed, 
scholarships  presented,  and  homes  being  erected,  all  in 
commemoration  of  their  deathless  deeds;  but  a  new  idea 
has  originated  in  Jackson,  Miss.  Major  Millsaps,  the  banker 
and  founder  of  Millsaps  College,  proposes  to  ask  the  Legis- 
lature to  set  aside  the  old  Capitol  grounds  as  a  Confederate 
park.  He  says  if  this  is  not  done  he  will  head  the  list  for 
the  requisite  purchase  money  with  ten  thousand  dollars. 

A  Correction  to  a  Keystone  Article. — Mrs.  Marion  Butler 
requests  the  Veteran  to  correct  an  article  in  the  Keystone 
in  regard  to  whom  honor  should  be  given  for  the  restora- 
tion of  the  name  of  Jefferson  Davis  to  Cabin  John  Bridge. 
This  article  did  not  mention  Mrs.  Cornelia  Branch  Stone, 
President  General  U.  D.  C,  who  personally  saw  Presi- 
dent Roosevelt  and  the  Secretary  of  War  and  received  their 
promise  to  at  once   take  up  the  matter. 

The  First  Colorado  Chapter,  U.  D.  C. — A  meeting  called 
by  Mrs.  A.  J.  Emmerson,  assisted  by  Akenden,  of  the  women 
of  Denver,  Colo.,  resulted  in  the  establishment  of  the  first 
U.  D.  C.  Chapter  in  that  State.  The  good  work  once  estab- 
lished, many  other  Chapters  will  quickly  follow. 

Kuklux  Redivivus. — The  old  Kuklux  Klan  seems  to  have 
met  with  a  revival  in  Georgia.  About  twenty-five  or  thirty 
men  wearing  the  weird  dress  of  the  Kuklux  rode  into  Dalton 
and  nailed  up  proclamations  and  through  the  papers  published 
orders  that  the  illicit  selling  of  whisky  aii3  other  intoxicants 
must  stop.  Gamblers,  women  of  the  town,  and  notorious 
characters  were  also  warned,  several  persons  by  name  being 
notified  of  the  vengeance  of  the  klan  in  case  of  disobedience. 

Confederate  Naval  Memorial. — The  Chairman  of  the  Na- 
tional Military  Park  Commission  at  Vicksburg  says  that  a 
petition  has  been  presented  to  Congress  for  an  appropriation 
of  a  hundred  thousand  dollars  with  which  to  place  a  me- 
morial to  the  Confederate  navy  in  the  park.  If  granted,  the 
memorial  will  take  the  form  of  a  Greek  temple  on  the  order 
of  the  Parthenon,  and  will  be  placed  on  a  high  hill  near  Fort 
Van  Dorn. 

Grandson  of  Gen.  John  B.  Gordon  Drowned. — A  cable- 
gram to  Mr.  Burton  Smith,  of  Atlanta,  gave  the  sad  news 
that  his  son,  Gordon  Smith,  was  drowned  in  the  Chagres 
River,  Panama,  August  21.  Gordon  Smith  was  a  nephew 
of  ex-Gov.  Hoke  Smith  and  grandson  of  Gen.  John  B.  Gor- 
don. He  was  a  graduate  of  the  Technical  Institute,  and  was 
in  Panama  with  an  engineering  expedition. 


Liberal  Offer  of  Atlanta  Man  to  Woman's  Memorial. — 
Atlanta  believes  that  the  memorial  to  women  should  take 
the  form  of  a  home  for  Confederate  widows.  A  generous 
gentleman  of  that  city  offers  to  give  $100,000  to  this  if  the 
memorial  be  in  the  form  of  a  home,  and  a  valuable  site  for 
the  building  will  also  be  donated. 


OBJECTS  TO  USE  OF  CONFEDERATE  FLAGS. 
Some  of  the  citizens  of  Spokane,  Wash.,  are  rejoicing  in  a 
preponderance  of  deteriorated  egotism,  as  is  evinced  by  the 
meeting  of  the  Veteran  (G.  A.  R.)  Association  in  that  city 
recently.  The  National  Irrigation  Congress  met  there,  and 
in  the  decoration  of  the  streets  a  few  Confederate  flags 
were  used.  The  stars  and  bars  seemed  to  have  acted  upon 
the  choleric  veterans  as  the  proverbial  red  flag  does  on  his 
bovine  majesty.  They  called  a  meeting,  and  in  bad  Eng- 
lish and  in  many  mixed  metaphors  issued  a  preamble  and 
resolutions  that  are  ludicrous  in  their  smallness  and  spite.  This 
document  was  printed  in  the  newspaper,  followed  by  a  letter 
from  one  Israel  P.  Rumsey,  of  Chicago,  who  claims  to  have 
fought  under  Generals  Logan,  Sherman,  and  Grant,  though 
he  evidently  did  not  do  much  fighting  anywhere. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterag. 


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DEMURS    TO    "MASCULINE    GARB    AND  TITLES." 

BY    BRIG.    GEN.    H.    T.    DAVENPORT,   AMERICUS,    GA. 

I  am  pained  to  find  in  the  June  Veteran,  page  268,  the 
article,  "Why  Masculine  Garb  and  Titles?"  It  is  an  attack 
upon  our  Confederate  Choirs,  undeserved  and  uncalled  for. 
We  are  all  entitled  to  our  individual  views  concerning  any 
matter  or  subject  of  interest.  But  when  these  opinions  are 
put  in  public  print  in  expressions  that  seem  to  me  to  be  so  un- 
necessary and  hurtful.  I  feel  that  it  is  my  privilege  to  protest. 

There  is  no  feature  or  entertainment  connected  with  our 
Reunions  that  gives  more,  if  as  much,  pleasure  to  the  vet- 
erans as  the  presence  and  songs  of  the  Confederate  Choirs. 
They  create  more  enthusiasm  and  make  us  more  anxious  to 
attend  the  next  Reunion  than  any  other  organization  meeting 
with  us.  To  lose  them  would  be  a  misfortune  and  to  offend 
them  in  the  columns  of  the  Veteran  is  an  attack  or  criticism 
or  both  exceedingly  hurtful  to  the  spirit  which  brings  us  to- 
gether annually. 


General  Davenport  is  one  of  our  most  valiant  and  loyal 
veterans.  He  is  worthy  to  fill  any  place  in  the  organization. 
He  is  also  one  of  our  most  gallant  men,  and  his  emphatic 
declaration  is  against  the  editor  rather  than  the  fair,  noble 
woman  who  protests  against  masculine  garb  and  title  for 
Southern  women  His  apology  to  the  author  of  that  article 
would  be  as  quick  as  his  emphasis  against  the  VETERAN  for 
printing  it.  Now  let  us  reason  together.  General  Davenport 
cannot  emphasize  extravagantly  the  worth  of  these  patriotic 
song  birds  to  the  organization ;  but  can't  we  find  titles  for 
these  dainty  creatures  that  will  be  acceptable  to  all  Southern 
patriots?  Mrs.  Anderson's  views,  upon  which  he  comments, 
are  shared  by  many  women  and  by  many  battle-scarred  heroes 

The  Veteran  is  in  sympathy  with  the  plea  for  femininity; 
but  the  editor  is  cordially  in  favor  of  tin  greatest  good  to 
all  of  our  organizations,  and  he  knows  that  Comrade  Daven- 
port and  dear  Col.  W.  11.  Stewart,  who  is  the  worthy  head 
of  the  Confederate  Choir  movement,  are  as  representative  com- 
rades as  live.  The  editor,  moreover,  realizes  his  responsi- 
bility, and  will  never  press  his  views  against  comrades  in 
matters  wherein  opinions  differ  so  widely.  Surely  our  lovely 
women  who  are  so  helpful  at  Reunions  do  not  seek  to  confuse 
the  matter  of  titles  nor  to  wear  garbs  that  must  detract  from 
their  beauty.     Who  can  suggest  a  solution  of  the  trouble? 


CONFUSION  BY  TITLES  SHOULD  BE  AVOIDED 

BY    A.   L.    HULL,   UNIVERSITY    OF  GEORGIA,    ATHENS. 

I  am  heartily  in  accord  with  the  protests  against  giving 
titles  of  Brigadier  and  Major  General  to  the  officers  of  the 
U.  C.  V.  The  organization  is  not  a  military  one,  and  the  so- 
called  rank  misses  hut  little  of  being  ridiculous.  It  is  on  a  par 
with  calling  all  lawyers  colonel. 

But  seriously  it  is  an  injustice  to  real  generals  whose  rank 
is  part  of  the  glorious  history  of  the  Confederate  army.  More 
than  that,  it  confuses  the  youth  of  the  South,  who  know  too 
little  of  the  commanders  in  the  great  war.  A  noncommissioned 
officer  in  the  Confederate  army  may  now  rank  with  Gordon 
and  Forrest  and  Hoke  and  Stuart.  In  fact,  I  know  of  one 
(a  gallant  soldier  he  was.  hut  he  never  won-  even  a  chevron) 
who  is  now  known  as  a  Major  General  of  Confederate  \  el 
erans. 

There  should  he  a  committee  to  report  a  substitute  for 
these  titles,  Some  such  tnl'  as  captain  general,  commander, 
and  lieutenant  commander  would  designate  the  office  and  not 
he  open  to  the  same  criticism 


ANNUITIES    FOR    CONFEDERATES. 

Mrs.  Thomas  S.  Bocock,  of  Richmond,  Va.,  Director  of 
Arlington  Confederate  Monument  Association,  refers  to  the 
article  by  Judge  I.yle  in  the  Veteran  for  May  under  the 
above  title  and  states: 

i  have  worked  for  ten  years  steadily  for  our  veterans, 
and  have  had  every  opportunity  of  knowing  many  sacrifices 
they  have  to  make.  As  Vice  President  of  Richmond  Chap- 
ter, U.  D.  C,  Vice  President  of  Lee  Camp  Auxiliary  So- 
ciety, member  of  the  Confederate  Museum  and  other  socie- 
ties,  I  have  had  an  extensive  experience  along  those  lines, 
and  have  seen  their  needs  and  tried  as  far  as  in  my  power  to 
supply  them. 

"Appomattox  was  Mr.  Bocock's  native  county,  and  at  the 
time  of  the  surrender  I  was  only  four  miles  from  the  spot 
where  Lee  and  Grant  arranged  the  terms  of  peace.  My 
father,  Col.  C.  J.  Faulkner,  had  just  returned  from  France, 
having  served  as  Envoy  Plenipotentiary  under  President 
Buchanan.  My  husband,  Thomas  S.  Bocock,  Speaker  of  the 
Confederate  Congress,  could  not  be  at  home,  and  I  was  alone 
with  only  my  faithful  slaves  and  a  young  child.  On  Satur- 
day before  the  surrender  about  noon  the  Federal  soldiers 
came  by  en  route  for  Appomattox  C.  H.  We  fed  some  of 
them  ;  then  came  our  own  all  during  the  night  and  day.  For 
weeks  our  pitiable  suffering  and  privations  were  indescriba- 
ble. All  supplies  were  consumed  or  taken  away.  Army- 
wagons  were  constantly  sent  and  hundreds  of  bushels  of 
corn  carried  off.  All  the  horses  on  the  place  were  stolen  except 
two,  which  were  concealed  in  the  woods.  A  hundred  sheep, 
cows,  hogs,  and  even  the  chickens  suffered  a  like  fate. 

"My  father  returned  from  the  Valley  of  Virginia.  He 
knew  the  Federal  generals  and  many  soldiers.  He  secured 
a  guard  of  two  Pennsylvania  soldiers,  who  remained  on  my 
place  for  six  weeks,  and  became  so  fond  of  Virginia  that 
they  disliked  to  leave. 

"I  have  mentioned  only  some  of  these  experiences  to  con- 
firm the  fact  that  the  South  did  lose  almost  everything  but 
land  and  honor  in  this  terrible  struggle,  and  I  testify  to  its 
absolute  wrongs  and  sufferings.  We  never  expected  to  be 
remunerated ;  hut  now  we  would  be  glad  to  have  our  vet- 
erans and  their  descendants  benefited,  even  though  we  suf- 
fered and  lost  more  than  can  ever  he  told." 


FROM   MANASSAS   TO   APPOMATTOX. 

BY   T.    K.   BOGGS,   OF   HAMPTON'S   LEGION,   DECATUR,   ALA. 

I  enlisted  in  the  Hampton  Legion  of  Infantry  in  April, 
1861,  and  was  with  that  command  till  April  o,  1865.  As 
mounted  infantry  we  participated  in  the  battle  of  Appomat 
tox.  We  went  into  the  battle  of  Manassas  in  18(11  with  eleven 
hundred  men,  and  we  came  out  of  it  with  three  hundred  and 
fifty,  rank  and  file. 

Just  before  the  battle  of  Appomattox  a  squad  of  two  com- 
panies moved  out  south  of  town  and  posted  pickets  on  the 
road  on  which  Sheridan's  forces  were  camped  After  Lieu- 
tenant Farmer  had  stationed  his  pickets,  he  went  to  a  house 
near  In  to  inquire  as  to  the  whereabouts  of  the  enemy.  While 
there  a  squad  of  Yankees  surprised  him  and  made  him 
!.  r.  I. nt  not  without  a  Struggle.  This  we  learned  from 
the  man  of  the  house,  and  we  kept  a  sharp  lookout  through 
th»  night. 

Early  on  the  morning  of  the  oth  the  advance  guard  of  the 
enemj  1  imi  upon  us.  and  we  retreated,  disputing  every  fool 
of  ground  We  deployed  and  fell  hack  until  we  reached  a 
skirt  of  timbei   neai  the  town,  where  the  rest  of  our  regiment 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterai), 


was  already  drawn  up  in  line  of  battle.  At  this  time  it  seemed 
that  the  whole  army  were  hotly  engaged  both  to  our  right 
and  left.  Our  company  was  fighting  in  the  woods  with  Sheri- 
dan's Cavalry,  and  some  of  our  men  had  hand-to-hand  con- 
flicts ;  but  we  were  outnumbered  many  to  one,  and  had  to 
fall  back  still  farther. 

I  fired  my  Spencer  gun  as  fast  as  I  could,  but  the  rest  of 
our  men  were  falling  back.  I  was  holding  my  horse  prepara- 
tory to  mounting,  when  a  comrade  called  to  me  to  come 
quickly,  as  our  orderly  sergeant.  Bruce,  was  shot.  I  responded 
as  quickly  as  possible,  but  only  in  time  to  see  Bruce  breathe 
his  last.  The  dead  man's  pistol  lay  beside  him,  and  I  told 
the  comrade  to  pick  it  up,  which  he  did,  but  so  hurriedly  that 
it  fell  to  the  ground.  Then  I  dismounted  and  picked  it  up, 
though  the  balls  were  whizzing  all  around   me. 

I  put  spurs  to  my  horse  and  made  the  best  speed  I  could. 
A  turn  of  the  road  protected  me,  and  I  escaped  unhurt. 
Under  cover  of  the  hill  I  found  that  our  lines  had  re-formed. 
I  saw  Bruce's  brother  and  gave  him  the  dead  man's  pistol. 

I  was  ordered  to  go  to  the  hilltop  and  report  if  the  enemy 
were  advancing.  I  asked  our  lieutenant  to  let  me  skirt  the 
woods,  as  I  thought  I  would  be  in  less  danger  than  in  the 
open  road.  While  on  that  hill  I  watched  the  battle  as  it 
raged  on  every  side.  Suddenly  my  horse  shied  as  a  Yan- 
kee cavalryman  approached  from  my  right,  but  did  not 
seem  to  have  seen  me;  so  I  decided  to  try  to  capture  him. 
I  aimed  my  gun  and  cried  out,  "Surrender!"  "Surrender 
yourself,"  was  the  answer,  and  suddenly  I  was  surrounded 
by  a  dozen  men  whom  I  had  not  seen  approaching.  I  plied 
the  spurs  to  my  horse,  and  he  dashed  off,  followed  by  a  dozen 
bullets. 

I  was  reporting  to  our  lieutenant  when  an  officer  came  up 
and  told  us  to  stack  our  guns,  that  Lee  had  surrendered. 
Before  we  did  this  Gen.  Mart  Gary  gave  us  a  short  talk,  and 
said :  "All  of  you  who  have  good  horses  get  out  of  this,  and 
we  will  join  Joe  Johnston  in  North  Carolina."  I  swam  the 
James  River  on  horseback  and  crossed  into  the  valley.  Be- 
fore we  reached  North  Carolina,  however,  Johnston  also  had 
surrendered.  I  made  my  way  home,  which  I  reached  in  May, 
and  was  never  paroled. 


STORY   OF   THE   HARRIET  LANE. 

A  Vessel  with  an  Interesting  History. 
The  merchant  craft  Elliot  Richie  was  once  the  well-known 
Federal  cruiser  Harriet  Lane.  During  the  presidency  of  Mr. 
Buchanan  she  was  built  as  a  revenue  cutter  and  named  for 
the  accomplished  niece  of  the  President,  who  so  gracefully 
did  the  honors  of  the  White  House.  The  Lane  was  a  fine 
ship  of  her  class  and  was  very  fleet.  When  the  war  came  on, 
the  demand  for  swift  sailors  to  catch  the  blockade  runners 
induced  the  government  to  fit  her  out  as  a  war  vessel,  and 
she  was  placed  on  duty  with  the  West  Gulf  squadron  on  the 
coast  of  Texas.  Galveston  had  been  abandoned  by  the  Con- 
federate forces,  returning  to  Houston,  and  the  Federal  fleet 
lay  in  the  sunny  waters  of  Galveston  Bay. 

This  fleet  consisted  of  the  steamers  Westfield,  891  tons,  six 
guns,  under  Commodore  W.  B.  Renshaw,  flagship  of  the 
squadron ;  the  Clifton,  892  tons,  seven  guns,  Lieut.  Charles 
H.  Baldwin  :  the  Harriet  Lane,  619  tons,  three  guns,  Lieut. 
Jonathan  M.  Wainright.  This  squadron  seems  to  have  had 
an  easy  time  of  it,  having  only  an  occasional  blockade  runner 
to  look  after  and  no  fears  of  the  Confederates  who  were  in 
the  interior  of  Texas. 


On  January  1,  1863,  the  Harriet  Lane  was  tied  to  the  Gal- 
veston wharf,  while  the  rest  of  the  squadron  lay  at  anchor 
in  the  bay  not  far  off.  The  426  Massachusetts  Regiment  lay 
asleep  on  the  wharf  near  the  Lane.  There  were  no  thoughts 
of  an  enemy  near,  when  soon  after  sunrise  a  sudden  change 
of  scene  was  announced  by  the  volleys  of  Confederate  sharp- 
shooters firing  from  the  roofs  and  windows  of  the  neighbor- 
ing warehouses  at  the  troops  and  shipping. 

The  attack  had  been  organized  by  Gen.  J.  B.  Magruder,  who 
commanded  the  Confederates  at  Houston  and  had  moved  his 
troops  during  the  previous  day  and  night  and  silently  marched 
them  over  the  railroad  bridge  across  the  bay,  and  during  the 
last  night  of  December  occupied  the  city. 

Simultaneous  with  the  attack  from  the  land  side  two  Con- 
federate steamboats,  the  Bayou  City  and  the  Neptune,  which 
had  been  fitted  up  at  Houston  as  gunboats  and  armored  with 
cotton  bales,  steamed  rapidly  out  of  the  fog  and  engaged  the 
Harriet  Lane,  the  first  vessel  they  met.  The  Neptune  was 
pierced  by  a  shell  from  the  Lane  which  completely  disabled 
her,  when  she  drifted  on  the  shallows  and  sank.  Her  consort, 
the  Bayou  City,  ran  alongside  the  Lane  and  was  entangled  in 
her  rigging,  when  the  Confederates  swarmed  aboard  the  decks 
of  the  man-of-war,  where  a  desperate  hand-to-hand  fight  took 
place,  resulting  in  the  capture  of  the  Lane.  Her  commander, 
Captain  Wainwright,  and  his  principal  officers  and  a  number 
of  men  had  been  killed  on  her  decks. 

Commodore  Renshaw  while  endeavoring  to  free  his  ship, 
the  Westfield,  from  her  anchors  and  get  her  into  action  had 
the  misfortune  to  ground  her  on  the  flats  of  Pelican  Island, 
where  she  was  abandoned.  A  match  was  put  to  her  magazine, 
the  crew  and  captain  escaping  in  boats.  After  waiting  some 
time  and  finding  that  the  vessel  did  not  explode,  the  com- 
modore with  a  boat's  crew  of  fifteen  men  went  to  see  what 
was  the  matter.  This  was  a  fatal  move,  for  scarcely  had 
Commodore  Renshaw  again  boarded  his  flagship  when  she 
blew  up  with  a  terrible  explosion  and  not  a  soul  escaped. 
The  rest  of  the  squadron  put  to  sea,  wdiile  the  Federal  gar- 
rison had  no  option  but  to  surrender  to  a  superior  force. 

The  Federals  never  retook  Galveston  during  the  entire 
war,  and  the  Harriet  Lane  remained  in  the  hands  of  the 
Confederates  until  toward  the  close  of  hostilities,  when  she 
was  retaken  by  the  Federal  fleet  as  a  blockade  runner.  After 
the  war  she  was  sold  into  the  merchant  service.  Her  engines 
were  taken  out  and  she  was  converted  into  a  four-masted 
schooner.  She  has  often  visited  New  Orleans  as  a  peaceful 
merchantman  as  well  as  when  she  was  a  war  ship.  She  was 
in  the  fleet  with  which  Admiral  Farragut  captured  New  Or- 
leans in   1862. 

A  most  pathetic  and  tragic  incident  occurred  at  the  time 
of  the  capture  of  the  Lane  at  Galveston,  and  it  was  a  realiza- 
tion of  one  of  those  terrible  possibilities  of  a  civil  war,  but 
which  happily  did  not  often  occur. 

Among  the  officers  of  the  Lane  was  a  gallant  and  handsome 
young  lieutenant  named  Lea.  Among  the  Confederate  officers 
who  boarded  the  Lane  and  engaged  in  the  bloody  struggle 
on  her  deck  was  Maj.  Albert  Miller  Lea,  once  an  officer  of 
the  United  States  army,  but  then  fighting  for  his  native  South. 
When  the  ship  struck  her  flag  and  the  desperate  battle  was 
won,  Major  Lea,  the  Confederate,  saw  lying  at  the  foot  of 
the  mainmast  a  young  officer  whose  lifeblood  was  flowing 
from  a  gaping  wound  in  his  breast.  This  was  Lieutenant 
Lea.  They  were  father  and  son.  They  had  followed  diverse 
roads  in  the  line   of  duty,  but  now  death  had  brought  them 


^OQfederat^  1/elerai? 


517 


together.  Tlie  young  man  died  in  the  arms  of  his  father,  to 
whom  the  glory  of  that  victory  was  as  dust  and  ashes. 

Some  of  the  best  and  bravest  of  die  Texans  fell  that  day. 
Among  them  was  a  young  lieutenant,  son  of  Gen.  Sidney 
Sherman,  one  of  the  heroes  of  Texas  independence.  These 
two  young  soldiers,  Lea  and  Sherman — one  who  died  for  the 
Union  and  the  oilier  who  died  for  the  South — were  laid  in 
the  same  grave.  They  were  buried  with  military  honors,  and 
a  great  concourse  of  civilians,  chiefly  ladies,  followed  them 
to  the  cemetery  and  covered  their  grave  with  flowers. 

[The  name  of  the  author  of  the  above  is  not  known. — Ed.] 


THE  CONFEDERATE  MONUMENT  AT  AIKEN,  S.  C. 

I  Ins  simple  monument  is  of  polished  Carolina  granite. 
and  is  the  result  of  the  untiring  efforts  of  the  Ladies'  Monu- 
ment Association,  which  was  organized  May  20,  [892.  The 
monument  was  placed  in  the  renter  of  one  of  the  beautiful 
parks  of  the  city  near  the   railroad   station   in    full    \  i .  v\    ol 


THE   AIKEN    MONUMENT. 

the  traveling  public,  and  was  unveiled  July  _'.?.  1901,  by  Misses 
Lidie  Ford  and  Carrie  Hall,  daughters  of  local  veterans. 
Gen.  B.  11.  'league  was  master  of  cermonies,  and  ill  fitting 
words  introduced  the  orator  of  the  day.  the  Hon.  J.  Rice 
Smith,  who  delivered  an  eloquent  tribute  to  the  valor  of  the 
(on federate  soldier.  Other  speakers,  among  them  Congress 
man  W.  J.  Talbert,  addressed  the  assemblage,  which  filled 
the  park.  Many  veterans  and  friends  from  the  neighboring 
city  of  Augusta,  Ga.,  were  in  attendance. 

On  the  north  face  of  the  monument  in  bas-relief  is  repre- 
sented a  cannon,  On  the  east  is  the  inscription  by  General- 
Bishop  Ellison  Capers:  "They  gave  their  all  in  defense  of 
home,  honor,  liberty,  and  the  independence  of  their  native 
land  The)  fought  the  valorous  fight  They  kept  the  faith 
of  their  fathers,  forever  honored  and  forever  mourned." 
iin  lie-  south  side  are  cross  swords  and  on  the  west  the  in- 
scription: "Erected  July  23,  1901,  by  tin-  Ladies'  Monument 
Association  of  Aiken,  S.  C.  in  loving  tribute   to  the  Confedcr- 

oldiers  of   Aiken  County."    On  the  west  is  represented 
tin'  Confederate  war  vessel   (Merrimac)   Virginia. 

Near    the    monument    recently    has    been    placed    on    a     Stone 


bed  an  iron  field  piece  which  has  been  the  property  of  the 
town  for  several  ages.  It  was  the  signal  gun  at  Camp  But- 
ler, also  of  the  first  recruiting  camps  of  the  State  near  the 
city  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  Confederate  war.  It  was  cast 
at  a  foundry  near  Richmond.  Va.,  in  ante-bellum  times.  It 
has   never  been   used   in   battle. 

Soldiers'  Day  at  Gallatin  Fair — The  Fair  of  Gallatin. 
Tenn.,  in  September  bad  soldiers'  day,  and  about  three  hun- 
dred and  fifty  old  veterans  were  in  parade.  They  were  the 
gue  is  of  the  management,  and  everything  was  free,  their  uni- 
form being  all  the  pass  needed  anywhere.  A  magnificent  din- 
ner was  served  them,  anil  the  "boys  in  gray"  enjoyed  a  jolly 
good  time. 

Confederate  Soldiers'  Day  w  Murfreesboro. — Murfrees- 
boro,  Tenn.,  at  its  big  annual  fair  set  aside  one  day  on  which 
to  do  honor  to  the  old  soldiers  About  one  hundred  were 
guests    of    the    fair,    and    weir    beautifully    entertained.      They 

idled  every  moment  with  some  pleasant  diversion — logrolling, 
telling  stories  of  the  old  times,  or  listening  to  the  eloquent 
address   of   Capt.    Richard    Beard. 

Helpful    Suggestion    to    U.    D.   C.   Chapti  ts     A    Texas 

Chapter  adopted  a  most  excellent  plan  for  their  meet- 
ings. Each  month  thej  take  a  State  and  study  its  history  in 
the  war  and  the  great  men  it  lias  produced  who  are  cele- 
brated  in   military   annals. 

Flowers  in  Memori  or  His  Dead  Leg  \s  queer  a  cus- 
tom  as    was   ever    established    is   that    of   Mai     1.    ;e     late,   of 

the    U.  S      \.   who   makes  yearly   trips   to   the   grave   where   hi 
dead    leg    is   buried!      Me    lost    his   leg   in    the   battle   oi    Gettj 
burg,  and    annually   curies    bouquets   of   red    roses   to   place   On 
the  spot  in  which  it  was  buried. 

To  the  Men  Of    rm    Fifth    Tennessee   Regiment. 
At  the  reunion  of   \-hh\'s  Tennessee  Cavalrj  it  was  decided 
to  try  to  make  a  roster  of  the  number  of  tin    old  brigade  now 

living,  and  lo  assist  in  this  work  it  is  requested  that  all  sur- 
vivors  of  the    5th     Tennessee    Regiment    of    Cavalry   will   write 

ili    1  nam<  .^u\  address  to  W.  G.  Allen,  Dayton,  Rhea  County. 

'Tenn.      Quick   attention   (o    this    will    be   appreciated 

Wants  TO  Find  A  Book. — James  W.  Campbell,  of  Martins- 
burg,  W.  Va.,  wishes  to  find  a  copy  of  "Some  'Truths  of  His- 
tory: A  Vindication  of  the  South  against  the  Encyclopedia 
Britannica  and  Other  Maligners."  by  ["haddeus  Oglesby,  pub- 
lished b\  the  Reid  Jumbo  Co.,  of  Atlanta.  Ga.  The  book  is 
out    of    print,    and    Mr.    Campbell    will    be    very    grateful    for    a 

copy. 
Plowed   I'd   the    Soldier's    Grave. — Comrade    Gilbert,    of 

[ia,  says  some  people  have  purchased  propertj    near  Tun- 
nel  llill  on  winch  land  was  the  grave  of  a  Confederate  sol 
dier.  and  this  grave  Comrade  Gilbert   says   has  been  plowed 

up   bj    the  new  purchasers. 

Bronze  Mum  »n  I'luiirrixt  Soldiers.— It  is  not  generally 

known  that  President  William  McKinley  recommended  to 
Congress  a  measure  (which  was  passed)  whereby  a  bronze 
medal  is  given  to  all  soldiers  (volunteers  and  a  few  regulars) 

who  remained  111  the  Philippines  after  their  term  of  enlist- 
ment had  expired  and  took  part  ill  suppressing  the  insur- 
rection  in  Luzon  In  his  message  President  McKinley  highly 
commanded  the  heroic  action  of  this  Eighth  Army  Corps, 
which  be  said  "stands  forth  as  a  noble  example  of  the  self- 
rid  consecration   which  have  ever  characteri  ed  the 

\111e1  lean    soldiei 


518 


^opfederac?  i/ecerai). 


■'I-1';  ^ ;'"' 

« *     • 

„5?59?3p^ 

™  j  #»  '  -  -^  - ;  - ' 

■St";  j ?  > 

One  by  one  they  answer  roll  call, 
One  by  one  they  pass  away ; 

Pass  beyond  this  vale  of  heartaches, 
Noble  wearers  of  the  Gray. 

Pass  and  cross  that  mystic  river 
Near  its  placid,  restful  shore, 

Reach  the  long-lost  land  of  Eden, 
Join  the  comrades  gone  before. 

Ah,  each  year  their  ranks  grow  thinner, 
Veterans  weary  by  the  way ; 

Soon  life's  sun  will  sink  forever 
On  those  wearers  of  the  Gray. 

When  in  spring  the  gentle  showers 
Kiss  sweet  rosebuds  into  bloom. 

Then  we  weave  a  fragrant  garland 
For  the  Southland's  cherished  tomb. 

Weave  a  garland,  yes,  of  mem'ries — 
Memories  twined  with  flowers  rare ; 

Place  it  o'er  our  fearless  heroes. 
Bid  its  perfume  linger  there. 


Col.  Cei.sus  Price. 

Col.  Celsus  Price,  son  of  Gen.  Sterling  Price,  and  a  member 
of  his  staff,  died  in  St.  Louis  September  5,  1909.  He  left  the 
University  of  Virginia  to  join  the  Confederate  army,  where 
his  record  was  very  fine  for  courage  and  endurance.  After 
the  war  he  joined  Maximilian's  forces  in  Mexico.  He  took 
up  the  cult  of  Eastern  mysticism,  and  for  years  had  devoted 
his  life  to  the  study  of  theosophy,  going  to  the  fountain  head 
of  Orientalism  to  pursue  his  studies. 

Daughter   of   President   Zachary   Taylor. 

In  Winchester,  Va.,  on  July  25,  1909,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Taylor 
Dandridge,  the  last  member  of  the  immediate  family  of  Pres- 
ident Taylor,  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-five. 

This  daughter  was  the  widow  of  William  Wallace  Bliss. 
a  member  of  her  father's  staff  in  Mexico.  As  "Betty  Bliss" 
she  took  position  as  mistress  of  the  White  House  during  her 
father's  administration.  She  was  only  twenty-four,  beautiful 
and  merry-hearted,  and  her  rule  was  characterized  by  the 
simplicity  of  a  country  girl  and  all  the  grace  and  courtesy  of 
a  countess.  Her  high  culture,  sunny  disposition,  and  admirable 
social  tact  made  her  a  close  rival  to  Mrs.  Cleveland  as  the 
most  popular  mistress  ever  in  the  White  House.  Her  brother 
Richard,  or  "Dick"  Taylor,  as  he  was  best  known,  won  his 
military  spurs  while  serving  under  Stonewall  Jackson. 

While  General  Taylor  opposed  the  marriage  of  his  daughter, 
Sarah  Knox,  to  Jefferson  Davis,  then  a  budding  young  lieu- 
tenant, the  rest  of  the  family  warmly  approved  of  the  match, 
and  this  sister,  Betty,  was  one  of  young  Davis's  most  en- 
thusiastic adherents,  and  ever  kept  up  her  connection  and 
love  for  one  she  called  "Brother"  always.  Mr.  Davis's  sec- 
ond wife,  who  knew  "Betty  Bliss,"  says  that  she  was  one  of 
the  most  delightful  of  companions ;  that  she  "was  personally 


attractive,  always  solicitous  for  the  welfare  of  others,  never 
elated,  never  repellant,  but  thoroughly  composed,  graceful, 
cordial,  and  attentive,  and  no  one  ever  received  her  guests 
with  greater  dignity  nor  was  more  universally  popular."  Her 
husband  had  received  the  nickname  of  "Perfect"  Bliss  on 
account  of  his  many  charming  characteristics. 

Hetty  Bliss  married  Philip  Dandridge,  of  Virginia,  a  cousin 
of  Martha  Custis,  the  wife  of  George  Washington.  On  his 
death  she  removed  from  New  Orleans  to  Virginia  and  made 
a  home  for  her  niece,  the  daughter  of  the  German  Countess 
Von  Grabow.  She  lived  here  till  her  death,  keeping  till  the 
last  her  charm  of  vivacity  of  manner,  brilliancy  of  brain,  and 
losing  little  of  her  beauty  of  face  and  form. 

Capt.   A.   C.   Willis. 

Capt.  Achille  Murat  Willis,  aged  eighty-one,  died  on  his 
Beaver  County  (Okla.)  ranch  March  10,  1909.  He  was 
named  for  his  sister's  husband,  Achille  Murat,  whose  mother 
was  Queen  Caroline  Bonaparte.  On  the  maternal  side  Cap- 
tain Willis  was  a  grandson  of  Maj.  George  Lewis,  aid-de- 
camp and  nephew  of  Gen.  George  Washington ;  on  the  pa- 
ternal side  he  was  a  grandson  of  Harry  and  Mildred  Willis, 
the  latter  being  General  Washington's  aunt. 

In  his  youth  Achille  Willis  saw  service  as  a  midshipman 
in  the  United  States  navy  and  as  a  clerk  for  his  brother-i 
law,  Commodore  A.  J.  Dallas,  a  brother  of  George  M.  Dallas, 
Vice  President  of  the  United  States  during  the  administra- 
tion of  James  K.  Polk.  Young  Willis  was  elected  captain  of 
a  Virginia  company  for  service  in  the  Mexican  War ;  but 
the  company  later  disbanded  rather  than  be  made  a  twin  com- 
pany in  a  battalion  with  the  Baltimore  "Plug  Uglies." 

When  the  Civil  War  began,  Captain  Willis,  although  op- 
posed to  the  secession  of  Virginia,  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the 
Confederate  army,  although  having  at  the  time  a  commission 
in  his  pocket  from  Judah  P.  Benjamin,  the  Confederate  Sec- 
retary of  War.  He  was  promoted  to  lieutenant,  and  was  on 
General  Early's  staff  at  Bull  Run,  being  mentioned  for  con- 
spicuous bravery.  Later  he  used  his  commission  to  raise  a 
troop  of  cavalry  and  joined  General  Ashby  under  Stonewall 
Jackson.  He  had  been  promised  a  colonelcy  by  Ashby,  but 
the  latter  was  killed  in  a  cavalry  charge  before  the  order  of 
promotion  was  made.  Willis  was  in  several  battles  after- 
wards under  Gen.  Beverly  N.  Robertson.  From  a  sword 
wound  he  was  forced  to  give  up  his  army  career. 

When  a  child  Achille  Willis  sat  on  the  knee  of  "Old 
Hickory"  in  the  White  House  and  on  the  lap  of  old  "Tiger 
Tail"  in  Florida.  Willis  was  popular  in  Washington  social 
circles.  Although  wealthy,  he  often  led  his  hands  on  the  plan- 
tation with  cradle  and  scythe  during  wheat  harvest.  From 
wealth  he  had  passed  into  poverty.  At  the  age  of  seventy- 
five  he  came  to  Beaver  County,  the  most  western  of  Okla- 
homa's territory,  and  homesteaded  a  claim. 

Captain  Willis's  wife,  who,  with  several  sons  and  daughters, 
survives  him,  was  Miss  Edwena  Ambler,  whose  father  and 
grandfather  owned  Jamestown  Island  and  other  valuable  Vir- 
ginia property.  Captain  Willis  was  a  Mason  and  member  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 

Smith. — E.  W.  Smith  died  in  Gainesville,  Fla.,  in  August, 
1909,  in  the  seventy-seventh  year  of  his  age.  He  had  been  in 
delicate  health  for  years,  yet  death  came  to  him  suddenly. 
He  enlisted  in  the  army  of  the  Confederacy,  and  bore  bravely 
all  his  share  of  the  toil  and  fighting  that  fell  to  his  regiment. 
He  distinguished  himself  in  the  battle  fought  on  the  hill 
across  Sweetwater  branch. 


^opfederat^  l/eterar? 


519 


Harris   Stanton. 

It  is  not  often  Fate  grants  the  sincere  wish  of  the  heart. 
but  to  Captain  Stanton,  of  Chcraw,  S.  C,  came  this  supreme 
good.  He  had  often  expressed  a  wish  to  die  suddenly  at  his 
post  of  duty.  On  Sunday,  August  22,  Policeman  Harris 
Stanton  while  on  h:s  beat  fell  dead  of  apoplexy. 

Harris  Slant. in  was  a  member  of  Hampton's  Legion  during 
the  war,  and  he  served  in  Capt.  Henry  Mclver's  c<  pan) 
In  the  battle  of  Hawe's  Shop.  Va..  Captain  Mclver  was  shot 
and  his  leg  broken.  Stanton  saw  him  fall;  and  though  the 
air  was  full  of  whistling  bullets,  he  dismounted,  took  the 
injured  officer  on  his  back,  and  carried  him  from  the  field. 
Captain  Mclver  became  Chief  Justice  of  the  State. 

Dr.  C.  Alonzo  Landrum. 
Dr.  C.  A.  Landrum  was  born  in  Columbus.  Ga.,  June  5, 
1838;  and  died  at  DeFuniak  Springs,  Fla.  April  29,  1909. 
He  went  to  Florida  prior  to  the  War  between  the  States.  In 
his  service  for  the  Confederacy  he  was  at  first  orderly  ser- 
geant in  Capt.  C.  L.  McKinnon's  company,  but  rose  to  the 
rank  of  second  lieutenant.  He  was  wounded  in  the  battle 
of  Perryville,  Ky.,  and  captured,  but  was  exchanged  later  at 
Vicksburg.  He  was  also  in  the  battles  of  Missionary  Ridge. 
Chickamauga,  Dallas,  Ga.,  and  Chattanooga.  After  the 
war  closed,  he  graduated  from  the  Medical  Department  of 
Tulanc  University,  and  practiced  in  Milton.  Westville,  and 
DeFuniak,   Fla.      lie   had   also   practiced   dentistry,   and   at  the 


DR.    C.    A.    I.ANDRUM. 


time  of  his  death  was  conducting  a  drug  business  in  DeFuniak 

Springs.      Hi-,   reputation   for   probitv    was   widely   rccogtu    ed 

The   moral   principle   was   a    potent    factor   in    the   career   of 
Dr.  Landrum,  and  his  life  as  soldier  and  citizen  was  modeled 


upon  the  teachings  of  the  Bible.  He  leaves  a  wife,  five  daugh- 
ters, and  a  son  who  cherish  his  memory,  and  to  whom  he 
has  left  "a  good  name,  rather  to  be  chosen  than  great  riches." 
Mr  was  a  member  of  E.  Kirby  Smith  Camp,  U.  C.  V.,  whose 
members  followed  their  comrade  to  the  grave. 

William    Anthony  Wayne. 

William  Anthony  Wayne  was  born  at  Kinston,  Lenoir 
County,  X.  C.  August  4,  1836;  and  "fell  asleep"  peacefully 
at  his  home,  in  Washington  City,  July  5,  1909.  Of  a  distin- 
guished family,  he  inherited  the  sterling  qualities  of  his  an- 
cestors  a  Confederate  soldier,  a  typical  Southern  gentleman, 
noble,  gallant,  brave,  amiable,  gentle,  kind.  He  enlisted  in 
Company  A.  51I1  Alabama  Volunteers,  in  May.  1861,  and  was 
paroled  at  the  surrender  of  the  army  under  General  Lee  at 
Vppomattox  C.  H.,  Va.  From  tin-  lust  battle  of  Manassas 
to  the  last  seven  days'  fight  around  Richmond,  where  he  com- 
manded his  company,  he  never  swerved  from  his  duty  In 
every  sphere  of  life  he  was  the  same  true  friend,  upright, 
honorable,  generous.  Serving  in  a  corps  commanded  by 
Stonewall  Jackson,  he  never  spoke  of  that  grand  hero  with- 
out tears  in  his  eyes,  and  ever  and  always  said  :  "Had  Jack- 
son commanded  at  Gettysburg,  a  different  talc  would  have 
been  told  " 

He  was  a  loving,  tender,  devoted  husband  who  held  his 
home  life  above  everything  else.  A  friend  writing  of  him 
•s.ml  :  "I  am  glad  I  had  the  pleasure  of  his  acquaintance.  He 
was  a  gentleman  of  the  old  school,  one  of  modest  dignity,  so 
courteous  and  considerate — an  example  of  the  type  of  man 
we  had  been  taught  to  consider  the  finest  in  the  world  " 

For  forty  years  he  was  an  efficient  and  faithful  public 
servant.  One  ol  his  last  acts  of  kindness  was  to  purchase  a 
casket  and  ship  the  remains  of  a  Confederate  veteran  from 
North  Carolina  a  few  weeks  before  his  own  casket  was  occu 
pied.  Hut  the  majesty  of  death  has  fallen  on  his  brow  and 
he  has  been   laid  to   rest   in   beautiful   Rock  Creek  Cemetery. 

William  Davidson. 
William  Davidson,  aged  seventy-four  years,  an  inmate  of 
the  Tennessee  Soldiers'  Home,  died  as  the  result  of  having 
become  overheated.  He  was  familiarly  known  at  the  Home 
as  "Pap,"  and  was  one  of  the  most  popular  of  the  inmates. 
His  death  occurred  just  as  the  funeral  service  was  in  prog- 
ress over  the  body  of  a  comrade.  William  Doak.  Mr.  David- 
son is  the  eighth  si, Idler  to  die  at  the  Home  within  the 
present  year.  He  served  two  years  in  the  Civil  War,  and 
was   both   wounded   and   captured. 

Pettys  Thomas  Pettys  was  bom  in  Virginia  in  1832. 
and  in  his  seventy-seventh  year  died  at  the  Tennessee  Sol- 
diers' Home,  near  Nashville,  in  September,  iqoq.  Though 
one  of  the  oldest  men  in  the  Home  .  1  constantly  racked 
with  pain  from  a  long  and  hopeless  disease,  Thomas  Pettys 
was  ever  cheery  and  bright  in  his  disposition,  strong  and  yet 
gentle  in  character,  and  with  wide  influence  for  good  to  all 
around  him.  lie  enlisted  at  the  age  of  twenty  in  the  13th 
Tennessee   Caxahy    ami    made    an    .  nviable   war   record. 

Wrw  \\  I  Wray  died  in  Carrollton,  Miss.,  at  the  age 
of  eight]  lour.  In  1862  he  enlisted  in  the  30th  Mississippi  In- 
fantrj  as  firsl  lieutenant,  and  rose  almost  at  once  to  the  cap- 
taincy,  and  as  such  took  part  in  several  of  the  most  important 
engagements,  He  was  a  prisoner  for  two  years  on  Johnson's 
Island  lie  returned  to  Carrollton  and  went  into  the  banking 
business,  and  was  president  of  the  Carrollton  Bank,  He  was 
buried  at   Evergreen  Cemetery  with   Masonic  honors. 


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Death  List  of  Memphis  Historical  Society. 
List  of  members  of  the  Confederate  Historical  Association 
who  have  died  between  the  dates  of  January  I,  1909,  and 
July  1,  1909:  O.  B.  Farris,  captain  Company  K,  2d  Infantry, 
died  January  1,  1909;  James  C.  Clary,  private  Company  H, 
154th  Sr.  Tennessee  Infantry,  died  January  7,  1909;  Charles 
G.  Locke,  private  Company  H,  15th  Arkansas  Infantry,  died 
January  13,  1909;  Barton  Dickson,  captain  Company  A.  16th 
Alabama  Infantry,  died  January  15,  1909;  Daniel  C.  Jones, 
lieutenant  Company  A,  38th  Tennessee  Infantry,  died  March 
11,  1909;  Henry  T.  Bragg,  private  Company  A,  7th  Tennessee 
Cavalry,  died  March  16,  1909;  Rev.  A.  G.  Burrow,  chaplain 
22d  Tennessee  Infantry,  died  March  19,  1909;  Albert  K. 
Graham,  private  Company  A,  7th  Tennessee  Cavalry,  died 
April  12,  1909;  Daniel  C.  Rittenhouse,  private  Company 
West  Rangers,  McCulloch's  Regiment,  died  April  14,  1909; 
Martillus  L.  Selden,  Company  A,  7th  Tennessee  Cavalry, 
died  May  9,  1909;  Richard  J.  Rawlings,  private  Company  B, 
Forrest's  (old)  Regiment,  died  May  15,  1909;  George  W. 
Miller,  lieutenant  Company  D,  1st  Tennessee  Artillery,  died 
May  18,  1909- 

W.  S.  Allcorn. 
W.  S.  Allcorn  was  born  in  Floyd  County,  Ga.,  in  August, 
1841.  Early  in  1861  he  volunteered  in  Capt.  Jack  Hargrove's 
company  of  the  40th  Georgia  Infantry.  He  served  through 
the  siege  of  Vicksburg  and  fought  from  Dalton  to  Atlanta. 
where  the  wdiole  regiment  was  surrounded  and  captured  while 
on  picket  duty  and  all  sent  to  Camp  Chase  Prison,  and  there 
starved  until  the  close  of  the  war.  Returning  home,  he  took 
up  life  again  as  a  farmer  in  Bartow  County,  where  he  mar- 
ried and  reared  a  family.  In  189S  he  removed  to  Winston 
County,  Ala.,  where  his  death  occurred  on  the  1st  of  April, 
1909.  He  will  be  remembered  as  an  honest  and  upright  citi- 
zen, faithful  to  his  country  and  his  God. 


w.    s.    AI.LCORN. 


JOSEPH   E.    PETTIGREW. 
(See  sketch  in  August  Veteran,  J">;itrc  417,  by  Joseph  W.  Brunson. 

Jerry  Ryan. 
An  eventful  life  closed  with  the  death  of  Jerry  Ryan  re- 
cently at  his  home,  in  Fresno,  Cal.,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
three  years.  He  came  to  this  country  when  a  young  man  and 
located  at  Houston,  Tex.,  where  he  married  just  prior  to  the 
war.  He  joined  the  Confederate  army  and  served  to  the  end 
as  a  member  of  Company  C,  8th  Texas  Regiment,  Terry's 
Rangers.  After  the  war  he  removed  his  family  to  Oregon, 
and  in  1873  to  Fresno,  Cal.  At  the  time  Fresno  had  only 
eleven  houses,  and  as  one  of  the  pioneers  of  the  town  Ryan 
had  opportunities  for  good  investments,  so  that  he  had  be- 
come, one  of  the  wealthiest  citizens  of  that  city.  He  is  sur- 
vived by  five  sons  and  two  daughters. 

Deaths  at  Dossvii.le,  Miss. 
Notice  comes  from  Dpssville,  Miss.,  of  the  recent  deaths 
of  three  comrades  who  had  served  the  Confederacy  faithfully. 
W.  A.  Kinliw  was  born  in  1843.  He  was  a  member  of  Com- 
pany  K,  4th  Mississippi  Regiment  Infantry.  J.  E.  Moore  was 
born  in  1836.  He  served  in  Company  E,  8th  Georgia  Regi- 
ment. John  Newton  Moore  first  enlisted  in  the  14th  Missis- 
sippi Infantry,  and  after  the  battle  of  Fort  Donelson  enlisted 
in  Company  G,  40th  Mississippi  Regiment.  He  was  in  the 
battles  of  Iuka  and  Corinth  and  in  the  Georgia  campaign,  and 
was  captured  at  Peachtree  Creek  and  imprisoned  at  Camp 
Douglas.     He  was  born  in  1842. 

Bachelor. — Joseph  Bachelor  was  born  in  Eatonville,  Ga. ; 
and  died  in  the  Old  Soldiers'  Home,  near  Atlanta,  Ga.,  in 
September,  1909,  in  his  eighty-third  year.  He  enlisted  in 
the  3d  Georgia  Regiment,  and  was  afterwards  transferred 
to  the  66th  Georgia,  in  which  he  served  with  distinction  till 
the  end  of  the  war. 


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George  Barnes  Shelby. 

Ccorgc    P..    Shelby   was   born   .'it    Kirkw I.    MadisOJl    County, 

Miss.,  October  6,  1844,  a  son  of  Marcus  D.  and  Sarah  J.  Shelby, 
of  prominent  Tennessee  and  South  Carolina  families.  Mu- 
cus D.  Shelby  was  a  nephew  of  Col.  Isaac  Shelby,  an  officer 
in  the  War  of  the  Revolution  and  of  1812,  and  also  the  first 
Governor  of  Kentucky,  and  he  was  the  grandson  of  Brig.  Gen. 
Evan  Shelby. 

1  Ki. rue  B.  Shelby  was  .1  student  at  Madison  College  when 
the  war  cipencd.  In  1862  he  enlisted  in  the  company  of  Cap- 
tain Litckett,  in  Wirt  Adams's  Mississippi  Regiment,  and  about 
a  year  later  he  joined  Harvey's  Scouts,  which  intrepid  band 
did  effective  service  in  Mississippi,  Tennessee,  Kentucky,  Geor- 
gia, and  Alabama — first  under  Gen.  Crosby  Armstrong,  later 
under  Gen.  W.  H.  Jackson,  and  then  Gen.  N.  B.  torn  I 
Comrade  Shelby  was  with  his  command  under  General  John- 
son until  the  final  surrender,  taking  part  in  the  campaigns  and 
engagements  of  his  company,  and  he  made  a  gallant    record. 


GEORGE   B.    SHELBY. 

lie  was  mustered  out  at  Dcmopolis,  Ala.,  after  the  close  of 
the  war,  having  been  at  Columbus,  Ga.,  when  General  Lee 
surrendered.     He  had  to  begin  life  again  empty-handed,  and 

with  courage  and  energy  overcame  the  obstacles  to  success, 
becoming  one  of  the  most  substantial  citizens  of  Bolivar 
County.  The  town  of  Shelby  was  named  for  him,  and  he  was 
\  ii  1  President  of  the  Shelby  Bank.  He  was  always  inter- 
ested and  helpful  in  the  general  welfare  and  advancement  of 
immunity  and  State. 

Death  came  to  Comrade   Shelby  at    St    Joseph's   Hospital,   in 

Ml  mphis,   Term.,  on  January  30,   1009.     He  is  survived   by   his 

■In.  was   Miss  Janie   Poitcvant.  of  Grenada,   Miss.,  and 

two  s,,ns.  Drs     bred   P    and  George  B.  Shelby,  Jr.,  both  able 

and  successful  members  of  their  profession  m   Mississippi. 

Dr.  W.  C.   Clay. 

Pal  Cleburne  Camp  al  Waco,  Tex.,  lost  a  valued  member 

in  the  death  of  Dr.  W.  C.  Clay  on  July  5,  1909.     He  was  born 

in   LaGrange,   Tenn.,    March   31,    1843.      He   was  a   soldier   in 

Ur  years,   and   was   second   lieutenant 


in  the  13th  Tennessee  Regiment,  Vaughan's  Brigade,  Cheat- 
ham's Division.  He  was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Shiloh. 
His  wife,  surviving  him,  was  Miss  F.s..,.  Greer,  of  Mississippi. 

Deaths  at  Carrollton,  Miss. 

At  its  regular  monthly  meeting  in  September  Camp  P.  F. 
Liddell,  of  Carrollton,  Miss.,  paid  tribute  to  the  comrades  who 
have  lately  been  enrolled  among  those  who  have  passed  into 
the  great  beyond  : 

Capt.  William  Ray  was  a  soldier  in  General  Bragg's  Army 
of  Tennessee  Me  was  a  member  of  the  30th  Mississippi  Regi- 
ment. Walthall's  Brigade,  performing  quietly  and  conscien- 
tiously the  duties  of  a  true  man  and  soldier, 

Solon  Smith  was  a  private  in  Company  K,  nth  Mississippi 
Regiment,  Davis's  Brigade.  A  N.  V.  As  a  sharpshooter  on 
man}  battle  lines  lie  won  the  commendation  of  superior  of- 
ficers. 

John  T.  Stanford  rose  from  the  ranks  by  gradual  promo- 
tions, by  choice  of  his  comrades,  to  the  captaincy  of  his  com- 
pany. With  Pcttigrcw.  Hetli.  and  Pickett  at  Gettysburg  he 
moved  his  company  in  bloody  and  disastrous  assault,  and  fell 
pierced  through  by  a  Minie  ball  as  he  mounted  the  Stone 
lc  nee  Prom  that  wound  he  never  entirely  recovered,  and  it 
was  doubtless  the  cause  of  paralysis  which  ended  bis  life. 
Id  had  been  1  ommander  of  Camp  Liddell  since  its  organiza- 
tion. 

Jesse  C.  Lott  marched  with  Lee  and  Hill.  Heth.  Davis, 
Stone,  Miller,  and  Nelson.  He  was  severely  wounded  at 
Gettysburg,  losing  a  leg.  Crippled  as  he  was.  he  met  life's 
duties  bravely  and  earned  the  confidence  of  his  fellow  cili/ciis. 

Frank  D.  Loden  enlisted  in  Stanford's  Battery  at  Grenada 
in  lS6r.  and  continued  in  service  until  honorably  parol,,]. 
faithfully  performing  the  duties  of  a  soldier  in  camp  or  battle 

John  W.  Kimbrough,  who  served  in  Company  K,   nth   Mis 
sissjppi    Regiment,   has   joined    the   great   majority,      lie   died 
at  his  home,  near  Scooba,   Miss,  on  September   14.   1000.     He 
>\.i      .1    charter    member    of    the     Carroll     Rifles,    and 
through   the  entire   four  years.     Though   never   ranking   abovi 
sergeant,  be  commanded  his  company  on   several  occasions. 

James   M  VDISON    McKay. 

At    Milo,    Mo.    on    July    14.    1909,    occurred    the    death    of 

I  3    Madison     McKay    after    a    lingering    illness.      He    was 

born  near  Franklin.  Tenn.,  in  183(1.  Deprived  of  a  father's 
and  counsel  at  two  years  of  age,  be  was  reared  by  a 
mother  of  unusual  strength  of  character,  and  her  devout 
Christian  principles  were  impressed  upon  her  children.  When 
the  war  came  on.  James  McKay  enlisted  for  the  South,  be- 
coming a  soldier  under  Jo  Shelby,  and  faithfully  endured  the 
hardships  and  perils  of  that  service.  He  was  far  from  home 
and  penniless  when  the  cud  came.  Death  had  claimed  his 
elder  sist,r.  and  with  his  mother  and  remaining  sister  he  re- 
tain, el  t • «  Bates  County,  Mo.  to  rebuild  the  home  which  had 
become  ashes,  lie-  went  to  work  with  a  brave  heart,  anil  the 
years  brought  him  prosperity. 

lie  was  married  in  1861)  t  >  Miss  Elizabeth  J.  Bartlett.  and 
to  this  union  were  born  two  sons  and  live  daughters,  to  whom 
,0111,  s  die  heritage  of  a  life-  pure  in  thought  and  act.  He  was 
a  benefactor  to  bis  community,  beloved  and  respected  by  all 
who  knew    him. 

SiiKeiii  Atlanta  Camp,  U.  C.  Y  .  attended  ill  a  body  the 
funeral  of  J.  H.  Sterchi,  one  of  its  members,  who  died  in 
Atlanta     August    18,   1909. 


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Dr    Benjamin  Richard  Thomason. 

Dr.  Benjamin  R.  Thomason  died  at  Era,  Tex.,  on  July  2, 
1909.  He  was  born  November  24,  1842,  at  Unionville,  Tenn., 
his  parents  having  moved  there  from  Virginia  about  1825. 
He  was  at  school   in   that   community  until  the  outbreak  of 


BENJAMIN    RICHARD   THOMASON. 

the  war,  when  he  enlisted  in  the  44th  Tennessee  Regiment 
(Gen.  Bushrod  Johnson)  and  Duggan's  company.  He  served 
with  the  Army  of  Tennessee  under  General  Bragg  until  after 
the  battle  of  Chickamauga,  when  he  was  transferred  to  Vir- 
ginia, rendering  gallant  service  in  the  battles  of  Shiloh,  Per- 
ryville,  Murfreesboro,  Chickamauga,  Drewrys  Bluff,  and  the 
battles  in  front  of  Petersburg.  He  was  severely  wounded  at 
Chickamauga  and  Drewrys  Bluff.  He  was  elected  lieutenant 
of  Company  G,  44th  Tennessee,  in  1863,  and  commanded  the 
company  until  they  were  captured  at  Petersburg  on  June  17. 
1864.  He  was  in  prison  at  Fort  Delaware  until  the  surrender. 
Returning  home,  he  entered  the  University  of  Nashville, 
and  later  the  College  of  Medicine  and  Surgery  at  Cincinnati, 
at  which  place  he  graduated  in  1873.  He  practiced  his  pro- 
fession in  Tennessee  for  a  short  time  before  removing  to 
Gainesville,  Tex.,  practicing  there  and  at  Era  the  rest  of  his 
life,  and  ranking  high  as  physician  and  citizen.  His  first  wife 
was  Susan  Olivia  Hoover,  of  Rover,  Tenn.,  and  his  last  Mary 
Maupin,  of  Gainesville,  Tex.  He  leaves  five  children,  the 
oldest  being  an  attorney  of  Gainesville. 

John  Huffington. 

After  an  illness  of  several  months,  John  Huffington  died  at 
his  home,  in  Allen,  Md.,  on  September  2,  1909,  in  his  seventy- 
second  year.  He  was  the  son  of  slaveholding  parents,  and 
at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  he  espoused  the  cause  of 
the  South.  Running  the  blockade  to  Virginia,  he  enlisted  in 
Company  F,  2d  Maryland  Regiment,  and  served  with  great 
gallantry  to  the  close  of  the  war,  participating  in  every  pitched 
battle  fought  by  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  after  the 
Seven    Days'    battle    around     Richmond.      He    was     slightly 


wounded  at  Gettysburg,  where  his  regiment  in  a  desperate 
charge  cm  Culp's  Hill  lost  over  half  its  members,  and  in  the 
trenches  at  Petersburg  he  was  thought  to  have  been  fatally 
wounded  on  April  2,  1865.  In  the  evacuation,  though  suffer- 
ing painfully,  be  took  up  the  march  with  his  comrades,  and 
two  days  after  entering  the  hospital  at  Farmville  he  was  cap- 
tured by  Sheridan's  command.  No  love  for  home  could  les- 
sen his  loyalty  to  the  cause  he  had  espoused;  and  after  his 
furlough  in  August,  1862,  he  made  his  way  South  again  and 
followed  the  failing  fortunes  of  the  stars  and  bars  to  the 
end.  He  was  married  in  1876  to  Miss  Carrie  llayman.  who 
survives  with  a  son  and  two  daughters. 

CHARLES     I'u  RETT. 

The  death  of  Charles  Pickett  occurred  on  the  20th  of    \u 
gust,    1909,    at    his   home,   in   Carrabelle,    Fla.,   at   the    age   of 
seventy  years.     He   enlisted  in   Company  B,   Captain   Waller. 
8th    Florida    Infantry,   and   served   in    Virginia.      He   was   cap- 
tured in  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness  and  sent  to  Point  1 k- 

out,  Md..  from  which  prison  he  was  transferred  to  Elmira. 
and  there  confined  until  the  end  of  the  war. 

During  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  as  the  Confederates 
were  forced  to  retreat.  Comrade  Pickett  felt  a  heavy  blow 
on  the  knapsack  on  his  back  which  threw  him  into  a  hole 
where  a  tree  had  blown  down  and  caused  his  capture.  On 
arriving  at  the  prison  he  examined  his  knapsack,  which  con- 
tained  a  blanket  and  a  few  clothes,  and  found  therein  several 
bullets  which  evidently  struck  the  knapsack  hard  enough  to 
cause  his  fall. 

He  then  returned  to  his  home,  at  Apalachicola,  Fla.,  and 
later  removed  to  Carrabelle  with  his  brother  James,  with 
whom  he  continued  to  make  his  home,  as  he  never  married 
Two  brothers  survive  him. 

Rogers. — When  but  a  boy  John  J.  Rogers  entered  the  Con- 
federate army  from  Brooks  County,  Ga.  He  was  twice 
wounded  and  in  prison  for  some  time.  He  removed  to 
Florida  some  six  years  ago,  and  died  at  St.  Petersburg  on 
the  7th  of  September,  1909.  He  was  a  member  of  the  U.  C. 
V.  Camp  at  that  place. 


rev.  m.  g.  turner. 

(Sketch  of  whom  appeared  in  Septemher  Vetekan,  page  470.) 


Qo of ederar?  l/eterao 


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HALE  AND  STRONG  Al  ONE  HUNDRED  AND  TWO. 
Sixty  odd  years  ago  Dr.  John  D.  Smith,  ihe  founder  of 
Henderson,  Tenn.,  took  hi-,  crop  of  cotton  to  Memphis  on  a 
Hatchie  River  boat  Om-  of  the  deck  hands  was  a  red-headed 
Irishman,  a  cheerful,  tireless  worker,  already  approaching  mitl- 


IHOMAS    CAMPBELL. 

die  age      Dr.  Smith  was  so  impressed  with  this  man's  capa 
bilirj  thai  he  engaged  him  to  return  with  him  and  help  on  liis 
farm.    Tommy  Campbell,  or  "Uncle  rommy,"  as  he  was  soon 
called,  became  a  member  of  the   Smith  family  an  1  one  of  its 
Strongest   adherents. 

In  [86i  Tommy  Campbell  enlisted  with  the  2d  I  ennessee 
Infantry.  Col.  .1.  Knox  Walker,  and  later  the  5th  Confederate 
iment.  In  1862  he  was  discharged  .it  Tupelo,  Mi--,  as 
over  age  A  year  later  lie  joined  Captain  May's  company, 
lull'-  Brigade,  Forrest's  Cavalry  In  [864  In-  was  wounded 
in  a  light  at  Athens,  Ala  The  wound  was  on  top  of  In 
and  "Uncle  Tommy"  was  gratified  that  he  was  so  low,  for  if 
otherwise  the  bullet  would  have  struck  him  in  the  head. 

Mot  the  war  he  returned  i"  Tennessee,  and  thai  State  had 
if  better  nor  more  zealous  citizen  than  the  little  red-headed 
Irishman  who  seems  to  have  found  the  fountain  of  youth. 

In  early  September  of  this  year  Judge  <■  W  Smith.  of 
Fresno,  Cal.,  who  wax  the  youngest  son  <>i  Dr.  John  Smith, 
came  hack  to  Henderson  to  visit  the  scenes  of  hi-  boyhood, 
and  "Uncle  Tommy  Campbell"  came  from  his  home  in  Pinson 
i"  see  him.  hale  and  hearty,  little  the  worse  for  tin   summers 

and    winters  of  one    hundred   atul   two   years.      The   old    gentle 
man   and   the   siivei    haired    judge,    whom   he   regard-   a-   a    hoy. 
spent  happy  days  together  in  recalling  incidents  of  the  Judge's 
youth.       I  his   old    man    was   reported    in   health    late   in    Scptcm 
her 


W0NUMEN1  FOR  HOOD'S   TEXAS  BRIGADE. 

Confederate  Veterans— Greeting:  At  the  Reunion  of  Hood*s 
I' n.i-  Brigade  at  Jefferson,  Tex.,  June  25-27,  1909.  the  con 
tract  was  let  for  the  erection  of  a  monument  for  the  brigade 
t"  I'e  unveiled  at  the  next  Reunion,  in  Austin,  Tex..  Ma\  0  S. 
1010.  We  want  every  living  member  of  the  brigade  who  can 
possibly  attend  to  be  there  at   that  time. 

Ihe  brigade  wa-  composed  oi  the  ist,  4th,  and  51I1  Texas 
Regiments,  the  18th  Georgia  Regiment,  Hamilton's  South  Caro 
Una  Legion,  and  the  3d    Arkansas  Regiment.     I  hope  to  locate 
everj  living  member  of  the  three  Texas  regiments,  to  see  how 
in.nn  "i  the  forty-one  hundred  or  more  who  went  to  Virginia 

»ilb    those    thru'    regiments    are    -till    alive,    and    I    kindly    ask 

everj  member  who  sees  ibis  notice  to  -end  me  his  name,  post 
offici  address,  company  and  regiment  to  which  he  belonged 
and  the  name  and  address  of  all  othet    members  be  ma\   know 

I     K    1, oici  1.  Set    Hood's  Texas  Brigade  Association 


1  III     1   IR   III  I  I    D  II  GHT1  RS. 
Ilo    North  Carolina   Division,  U    D.  C,  ha-  bun  called  in 
convention  at   Wilmington.   X    C,  October   [3-15.     Th< 

has  been  a  notable  one   for  the  accomplishment  of  work  begun 

in  oilier  years.     \  ceremonj  of  tie   yearlj  meeting  will  be  the 

la\  nig  of  the  corner  stone  for  the  memorial  to  the  I  Ion    Georgi 

Davis,    the    last     ^ttornej  General    of   the   Confederacy,    who 
was  a  resident  of  Wilmington       There  will  also  lie  the  unveil 
ing  of  a   portrait   of  the  great    Kuklux    leader,    Randolph    Shot 

well,  which  will  afterwards  be  placed  in  the  North  Carolina 

Room    in    the    Richmond    Museum. 

Ihe  year  has  seen  the  completion  of  the  magnificent   monu 
incut  erected  b\    the  Robert   F.    Hoke  Chapter  at  Salisbury,  the 
work    of   Sculptor    Ruckstuhl.      'The   handsome   monument    now 

complete  ai  Oxford  will  be  unveiled  October  30.      Vgain,  tin 

sum    is    about   complete   for   the    Henry    1..    Wyatt    statue    which 
is    to    do    honor    to    the    first    man    whose    blood    wa-    shed     in 

battle  tot   Southern  independence. 

Ihe    garnering    by    official    reports    will    show   a    rich    harvest 

Held  in  the  increased  number  of  Chapters  and  added  strength 
ot   the  already  organized  ones. 

[The  foregoing  is  from  the  Corresponding  Secretary  North 

Carolina    lli\isioii.    Mrs.   Maude  Turner   Finger,  of  Charlotte.] 


Death  or  im  Captor  01  Generai  Morgan.— Gen.  James 
Shackleford,  of  Kentucky,  died  in  Port  Huron.  Mich.  Sep 
(ember  7,  iomi  lie  was  ;,  veteran  of  the  Mexican  and  ('nil 
Wars,  and  won  fame  in  both.  His  special  interest  to  South 
erners  lies  in  the  fact  that  it  was  he  who  captured  the  great 
Confederate  leader.  John  II  Morgan.  The  two  were  boyhood 
and  manhood  friend-;  and  after  a  ride  of  thirty  days  and  a 
pursuit    across   three    States,   General    Shackleford    effected    the 

capture  of  the  noted  cavalryman.     He  received  front  General 

Morgan  a-  a   token  of  friendship  and  esteem  the  horse  In    ha  1 

ridden  in  so  main   raids  with  all  its  accouterments. 


Win     Never    Don    Blui     Uniform      Governor    Brown,   of 

Georgia,  appointed   Hon    1,    \    S.ni-sy.  of  Sylvester,  !■•  -enr 
on  his  staff.    When  the  usual  oath  of  allegiance  w.i-  pn   ented 
lo    Mr     Saussy.    he    struck    out    the    portion    wherein    the    ap 
pointei    agrei      to    support    the   government   and   wrote:    "1    am 
a  Confederate  soldier  on  parole     I  except  to  the  twelfth,  torn 

tccnlh.    and    fifteenth    amendments."      Where    the    word    "blue" 
occurred  in  description  of  the  uniform  to  be  worn,  be  inserted 
"gray"       This    paper    was    returned    to     Mr.    S.iii--\     by    Adjt. 
lien     A    J     Scott,  who   s;ii,|   (he  oath   must   he  taken   in   its  ,  n 
tiretj    or  not   at  all.      Mr    SaUSSJ    declined  the  appointment 


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DATES  OF  STATE  REUNIO.XS. 

I.  X.  Rainey,  President  Tennessee  Division  Confederate 
Soldiers,  called  the  Convention  of  1909  at  Clarksville,  Tenn., 
October  13.  Railroad  rates  will  be  given.  The  committee 
at  Clarksville  request  prompt  notification  of  the  number  of 
delegates  from  each  Camp  who  will  attend. 

The  West  Virginia  Division,  U.  C.  V.,  held  a  delightful  Re- 
union in  Charleston.  Gen.  S.  S.  Green  opened  the  convention, 
and  an  invocation  was  expressed  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Hammond. 
The  Mayor  of  the  city,  Hon.  James  A.  Halley,  made  a  cor- 
dial address  of  welcome.  The  addresses  of  the  occasion  were 
made  by  Gen.  C.  C.  Watts  and  Gen.  Robert  White,  who  has 
for  many  years  been  the  Commander  of  the  West  Virginia 
Division.  General  White  was  reelected  its  Commander  and 
S.  S.  Green  Brigade  Commander,  with  A.  C.  L.  Gatewood 
Adjutant  General.  Camp  Stonewall  Jackson,  of  Charleston, 
gave  an  enjoyable  entertainment  at  night.  The  next  Reunion 
will  be  at  Huntington  October  1,  1910. 

Maj.  Gen.  Smith  Boiling  announces  that  the  Virginia  Di- 
vision, U.  C.  V.,  will  meet  in  annual  convention  in  Danville, 
Va.,  October  12-14,  JcW  The  Campbell-Graves  Camp  aspires 
to  make  it  an  occasion  of  exceptional  interest,  and  ask  all 
comrades  who  can  do  so  to  attend. 

The  Mississippi  State  Reunion  will  meet  in  Vicksburg  No- 
vember 10  and  11,  and  the  Camps  of  both  Veterans  and  Sons 
of  Veterans  are  already  busy  preparing  an  elaborate  program 
and  in  every  way  endeavoring  to  insure  the  "boys  in  gray"  a 
very  good  time. 

The  Mountain  Remnant  Brigade  has  maintained  its  or- 
ganization for  many  years,  and  the  usual  large  attendance  is 
expected  at  its  annual  Reunion,  October  is. 


A  REMINISCENCE— GEN.  JOHN  M.  BRIGHT. 
In  connection  with  an  article  by  Hon.  John  Bright  in  the 
August  Veteran,  Mrs.  Sally  Lusk  Randals  writes :  "My 
father,  William  Lusk,  lived  near  Rock  Martin  Camp.  I  was 
then  fifteen  years  old.  I  call  to  mind  many  of  the  incidents 
mentioned  by  Mr.  Bright,  especially  the  capture  of  the  four  men 
in  citizen  clothes.  My  recollection  is  that  but  one  of  the  four 
men  was  examined.  I  remember  General  Forrest's  decision 
concerning  the  men — that  they  should  be  tried  as  spies.  Only 
one  of  the  four  was  brought  in  and  questioned.  While  the 
examination  was  going  on  General  Forrest  was  lying  on  the 
bed,  and  put  the  questions  to  the  prisoner  himself.  The 
prisoner  was  paroled  and  dismissed.  The  next  day  after 
Forrest  left  this  man  returned  with  the  advanced  guard  of 
the  Federals  and  said :  'Here  is  where  Forrest  made  his  head- 
quarters. In  that  house  I  was  examined.'  They  demanded 
sweet  milk.  I  remember  that  I  was  sent  to  carry  the  milk 
to  them.  After  the  advance  guard  passed  on  and  the  main 
body  of  soldiers  came  up,  an  officer  rode  up  and  asked  my 
father  if  this  was  Forrest's  headquarters.  My  father  told 
him  it  was.  Said  he :  'What  time  of  the  day,  sir,  did  General 
Forrest  leave  here  yesterday?'  Father  in  quite  a  trembling 
voice  said :  'I  declare  I  don't  know.'  The  officer  said :  'Sir, 
your  memory  is  d —  short.  Didn't  he  leave  here  precisely  at 
twelve  o'clock?'  As  the  officer  put  the  last  question  he  raised 
his  gun,  as  if  he  were  going  to  shoot.  It  was  said  that  father 
made  a  Masonic  sign ;  we  know  that  the  gun  was  immediately 
lowered.  He  beckoned  to  father  to  come  to  him ;  then,  alight- 
ing from  his  horse,  he  put  his  arms  around  father's  neck. 
He  remained  at  the  gate  till  the  troops  had  all  passed." 


MONUMENT    AT    VIENNA,    GA. 

The  monument  seen  above  at  Vienna,  Ga.,  was  unveiled 
in  November,  1908,  a  beautiful  Confederate  monument  erected 
by  the  Vienna  Chapter,  U.  D.  C.  At  this  ceremony  many 
fine  addresses  were  made,  notably  one  from  Miss  Forehand, 
who  is  a  brilliant  and  forceful  speaker. 


STATUE  FOR  BISHOP  GALLOWAY. 

Pursuant  to  a  request  embodied  in  the  resolutions  adopted 
by  the  Mississippi  Press  Association,  the  Governor  of  that 
State  has  issued  a  proclamation  calling  for  funds  to  be  used 
in  the  erection  of  a  statue  to  Bishop  Charles  B.  Galloway, 
who  died  recently.  In  his  proclamation  Governor  Noel  pays 
many  beautiful  tributes  to  the  noble  character,  the  unswerving 
fealty,  and  unblemished  reputation  of  the  well-loved  Bishop. 

Governor  Noel  appointed  as  a  committee  to  take  the  mat- 
ter in   charge  J.  G.   McGuire,  Editor  Yazoo  City  Herald,  E. 

A.  Fitzgerald,  Business  Manager  of  the  Vicksburg  Herald, 
and  Frederick  Sullins,  Editor  Jackson  Daily  News.  These 
appointees  of  the  Governor  were  the  choice  of  Mrs.  Charles 

B.  Galloway  and  her  son,  Dr.  E.  H.  Galloway. 

The  committee  will  meet  in  Jackson  and  will  issue  a  call 
to  all  the  editors  in  the  State  asking  their  cooperation. 


A  MONUMENT  FOR  VALLEY  HEAD,  IV.  VA. 
Camp  Pegram,  of  Valley  Head,  W.  Va.,  appeals  to  all  Con- 
federates to  cooperate  with  them  in  erecting  a  monument  in 
Randolph  County,  W.  Va.,  to  the  memory  of  the  Confederate 
soldiers  of  that  county  and  vicinity.  This  includes  all  soldiers 
who  died  on  Valley  Mountain  in  1861  while  General  Lee  was 
camped  there.  Capt.  G.  W.  Painter  is  Commander  of  the 
Camp  and  treasurer  of  the  fund,  and  can  be  addressed  at  Val- 
ley Head.  All  Confederate  organizations  are  asked  to  join 
in  this  undertaking  and  send  a  contribution,  however  small, 
as  it  is  only  in  cooperation  that  success  can  be  attained. 


QoQfederat<?  l/eterap. 


525 


AMERICAN  SOUTHERN  POETS 


A  PHOTOGRAVURE  OF  DISTINGUISHED  LYRIC  WRITERS.    THEY  ARE: 

Sidney  Lanier 


Edgar  Allen  foe 

Snowing  belter  than  am  published  "  The 
Melancholy  Genius." 


Father    "Ryan 

The   Poet   Priest.      Picture  never  before  The 

published. 

Henry    Timrod  "Paul  Hamilton  Hayne 

South  Carolina's  gifted  and  delightful  poet.  The  face  expressing  the  bold,  brave  gentleman  of  Charleston. 


unsurpassed    composer  of  exquisite 
verse  and  perfect  rhythm. 


These  portraits  have  been  carefully  Belected.  <fl  Wherever  honor  is  paid  to  genius  this  picture  will  he  appreciated. 
It  is  so  splendidly  executed  ami  is  of  such  distinctive  merit  thai  the  Veteran  is  pleased  in  use  it  as  a  premium  ami 
confidently  expects  every  purchaser  to  he  delighted  with  its  possession. 

( lhancellor  Kirkland,  of  Vanderbilt  University,  says  :  "This  is  a  beautiful  piece  of  art,  and  shall  be  given  a  place 
on  University  wall  with  a  great  ileal  of  satisfaction." 

Will  Allen  Dromgoole,  a  widely  known  critic  ami  writer  in  the  South,  says:  "No  five  singers  could  have  been 
more  pleasingly  selected.     Every  one  is  a  Southerner  Good  ami  True." 

India  prints  in  Sepia  ami  Steel  Plate  Color.  Size,  33x18  inches,  S2..00.  With  the  Veteran  one  year,  S2..SO. 
It  ivill  be  gi-Ocn  as  a  premium    for  fi-de  nebu  subscriptions. 


A    HEAD  SOLDIER. 

BY    AMY    P.    C0ZBY,    SAN    ANTONIO,    Tl  \ 

We   found  him  lying  where  lie   fell. 

hint  cold  in  death's  embrace ; 

His  battered   sword  Mill   in   his  hand. 
A    smile   upon   his    face. 

His  musket  Mill  beside  him  lay 
Upon  the  trampled  green, 

While  o'er  his  head  the  ghastly  moon 
I. nuked  mi  the  :n\  t'u]  scene 

\n  mother's  hand  to  softh  smooth 

Hi-  chl  Stnut    hair. 

But  tenderly  the  south  wind  blow  s 

And    lca\  es   it-   ki-sc s   till  1 1 

No  comradi   gi  i  tlj  lift-  him  up 
And  whispers  word-  of  chew . 

I  01     ii  mgers  only  gather  'round 
I  his  I'  >w  ly  soldier's  bier. 

O  gently  lay  him  down  to  rest 
1  pon  his  nation's  land. 


lake  not  that  battered  sword  away 
From  out  his  death  cold  hand. 

Then   write  upon  his  lowly  tomb. 

"A   hero  slumbers   here." 
And  give  him  with  a  tear  and  sigh 

Into   the  angels'  care 


James  E.  Way.  of  Sidney.  I  thiii,  writes 
of  a  Confederati  canteen  in  possession 
nf  John  X.  Woodmancy,  of  ('1111111.111) 
I  .  20th  0  V  I  .  U  S  \  .  who  Found 
it  by  the  roadside  in  Tennessee  in  Oc- 
tober,    iN(>4.   while    with    1  lenei  a!    Shi  r 

man  1  11  the  march  to  the  sea.  The  can- 
teen is  made  of  red  cedar,  shaped  some- 
thing life  a  shortened   key.  constructed 

Of    Staves    and    headed    like    a     keg        On 

ile,  evidently  car  \  ed  with  a  pi  h  ki  t 
knife,   is   "M     \    Stone,  6th    Ky.   Ca\  . 

C.    S.    A..    Nov.    .).    [862."      The    canteen 

his    been    carefully    preserved    by    Mr. 
Woodmancy,     who     would     be     greath, 
cd  to  hear  From  the  ow  ner  of  it. 


"The  Causes  of  the  Civil  War."  adver- 
tised  111  tins   issue,  is  a  history  in  a   mil 
shell  that  should  he  in  everj    Southern 
home.     The  rising  generatii  n  will   learn 
from   its  pages  the   facts  as  they   were, 

and  all  who  read  will  be  ready  with  a 
reason  for  the  faith  that  linked  their 
destinies   with   the   Southern  cause.      The 

book  is  m iw  in  its  sen md  edition. 


In  behalf  of   an  old   Confederate   sol- 
dier   who   needs   a   pension    Mr.    E.    Witt. 

ot  Ballinger,  Tex.,  wishes  to  get  in  com- 
munication with  the  family  of  General 
Waller,  who  commanded    Texas  troops 

on     the     west     side     of     the     Missis 

llis  wife  was  a  Baylor,  and  it  is  thought 
that    she    lives    somewhere    in    Virginia 

with     her     two     daughters,       \unie     .ni.l 
Grace,     with     whom     communication     is 
sought.      Any  one  knowing  their  where 
abouts  will  kindlj  communicate  with  Mr. 

Witt  in  care  of  W.   I.     Towner.  P.ox    1S4, 

at  Ballinger 


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KU    KLUX    KLAN 

This  booklet  is  published  by  order  of  Mississippi 
Division,  U.  D.  C.  lo  be  sold  and  proceeds  to  go  to 
the  erection  of  a  monument  at  Beauvoir.  Miss.  (  home 
of  Jefferson  Davis',  to  the  memory  of  Confederate 
Veterans.  It  contains  absolutely  correct  history  of  the 
origin  of  this  famous  Klan.  Copies  can  be  secured 
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"CAUSES  OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR" 

A  valuable  historiette  just  issued  by 
Eugenia  Dunlap  Potts,  widow  of  a 
Confederate  officer,  and  Historian 
Lexington  ( Ky.)  Chapter  U.  D.  C. 
Price,  25  cents.  Address  the  author 
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sore's  Dr.  15A  AC-TH0MP50NJ  EYEWATER 


James  L.  Sailors,  of  East  Prairie.  Mo., 
who  served  in  Company  F.  2d  Missouri 
Cavalry,  would  like  to  hear  from  any  of 
his  comrade^  who  remember  him,  as  he 
wishes  to  establish  his  Confederate  rec- 
ord. 


R.  R.  Hawkins,  of  Company  II.  2(1 
Florida  Regiment,  now  living  at  Athens, 
Tex.,  wants  to  communicate  with  some 
of  his  comrades,  so  as  to  establish  his 
Confederate  record.  He  was  mustered 
in  at  Chattahoochee,  Fla..  in  August, 
1862,  under  Captain   Simmons. 


.Mrs.  Majy  E.  Smith.  281  South  Har- 
wood  Street.  Dallas,  Tex.,  makes  inquiry 
for  some  comrades  of  her  husband,  A. 
J.  Smith,  commonly  known  as  "Little 
Rut"  or  "Auk."  He  was  reared  in  Lin- 
coln County,  Tenn.,  but  she  does  not 
remember   his  company   and   regiment. 


P.  A.  Crihlis.  of  Matador,  Tex.,  seeks 
to  preserve  the  identity  of  an  old  com- 
rade who  died  some  years  ago,  Capt. 
Thomas  Benton  Walsh,  who,  he  thinks, 
was  captain  of  Company  B,  6th  Missis- 
sippi Infantry  Regiment,  and  he  requests 
that  any  one  who  knew  him  will  kindly 
give  him  some  information  of  this  com- 
rade's  service. 


Ed  L.  Jones,  of  San  Angelo,  Tex.,  de- 
sires to  get  some  trace  of  Bibles  left  at 
a  Mr.  Leatherberry's  after  the  surrender 
at  Vicksburg.  These  Bibles  had  been 
presented  to  Captain  Sterling's  company 
of  Waul's  Legion  of  Texas  Infantry  by 
citizens  of  that  State  during  the  siege. 
The  roster  of  Company  D,  B.  F.  Ster- 
ling captain,  was  written  in  the  family 
record  by  Comrade  Jones,  who  was  or- 
derly sergeant  of  the  company.  lie  can 
be  reached  at   103   Main  Street. 


In  order  to  procure  headstones  for 
their  graves,  Capt.  T.  G.  Carter,  of  St. 
Peter,  Minn.,  makes  inquiry  for  the  war 
record  of  two  Confederate  soldiers 
buried  in  the  G.  A.  R,  portion  of  the 
cemetery  there.  These  men  were  in- 
mate* of  the  Minnesota  Hospital  for  the 
Insane,  and  their  names  and  records  so 
far  as  known  are:  G.  W.  Allin,  died 
September  12.  1898,  served  under  Maj. 
John  Sheehan ;  John  P.  Penning,  Com- 
pany K,  15th  Tennessee;  James  P.  Tur- 
ner, Company  A,  2d  Battalion  Kentucky 
Cavalry.  It  is  necessary  to  have  their 
service  established  to  the  satisfaction  of 
the  United  States  quartermaster  gen- 
eral. 


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original.  I  ope  all  Conlederates  will  procure  copies.*'  t]}  The  Lithograph  is  in  color.  Size, 
il  x  16  inches.  State  agents  can  make  most  liberal  contracts.  Agents  wanted  in  every  city  and 
lown  in  the  South.  4J1  Sent  by  mail  on  receipt  of  55  cents.  Every  home  should  have  a  pic- 
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50  Confederate  Monuments  Sold  By 
The  McNeel  Marble  Company     -     - 


N    the   April    issue   cf  the   VETERAN   we 

announced  that  we  had  sold  monuments 

to  37  U.  D.  C.  Chapters,  and  called  the 

attention  of  the  Daughters  to  our  proposition  to 

furnish  the  different  Chapters  with  our  plans  for 

raising  funds  for  Confederate  monuments. 

In  response  to  this  advertisement  we  have  re- 
ceived numerous  requests  from  Chapters  through- 
out the  South,  each  of  whom  we  have  gladly 
furnished  with  plans.  These  Chapters  are  now 
on  the  high  road  to  success,  and  several  of  them 
have  already  placed  their  orders  with  us. 

Since  our  last  advertisement  our  list  of  Chap- 
ters sold  has  been  increased  from  37  to  50,  the 
following  r.cvv  Chapters  having  been  added: 
Franklin,  N.  C,  El  Dorado,  Ark.,  Monticello,  Ga., 
McDonough,  Ga.,  Jacksonville,  Ala.,  Dresden, 
Tenn.,  Ozark,  Ala.,  Union  City,  Tenn.,  Tifton, 
Ga.,  Eastman,  Ga.,  Lakeland,  Fla.,  Griffin,  Ga., 
and  a  $10,000.00  monument  to  be  erected  to 
Hood's  Texas  Brigade,  State  Capitol  Grounds, 
Austin,  Tex. 

Our  plans  for  raising  funds,  our  liberal  terms, 

and  reasonable  prices  have  made  it  easy  for  the  U.  D.  C.  Chapters  that  have  dealt  with  us  to  secure 

handsome  monuments,  and,  best  of  all,  to  secure  them  nOW,  before  the  Confederate  Veterans  and 

the  good  women  of  the  sixties  have  passed  away. 

Our  plans  are  yours  for  the  asking.      <]|  A  letter  from  your  Chapter  will  be  given  careful  con:  i  ,- 

cration  and  will  receive  a  prompt  reply. 

THE  McNEEL  MARBLE  COMPANY 


MARIETTA,  GA. 


The  largest  monumental  dealers  in  the  South. 


Branch  House,  Columbia,  Tenn. 


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Vol.  XVII.                NOVEMBER,  1909. 

No.  11. 

LEADING  ARTICLES  IN  THIS 

NUMBER. 

I'Ar.E 

Building 531 

Mobile  Reunion  Committee.      Confederate  Memorial 

Jefferson  Davis  Home  Association  Fund 

532 

Three  of  the  Nam;'  of  Jefferson  Davis 

533 

536 

Women  and  Men  of  the  South — An  Address 

537 

What  if  the  South  Had  Won? 

538 

Some  Noted  Confederate  Families 

539 

Confederate  Monument  at  Franklin,  N.  C 

540 

Fighting  Confederate  Parsons 

541 

Brief  History  of  the  First  Tennessee  Regiment 

543 

545 

The  Sword  of  Robert  Lee.      Father  Rvan 

546 

547 

Our  Comrades  in  Reunion      Poem 

548 

549 

Statues  of  Washington  and  Lee 

551 

551 

553 

S54 

.   555 

Dumfries  on  the  Potomac — Spring  of  1861 

557 

558 

558 

559 

562 

563 

564 

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"   show  you  how  cleverly  we  treat  our  cus- 
tomers. 
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day    will    be    our    permanent   account    of 
to-morrow. 
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The  American  National  Bank 

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Shareholders'  Liability 1,000,000.00 

Surplus  and  undivided  profits  (earned) 725,000  00 

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is  much  like  gunning  tot  birds.  You  must  have  a  definite 
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results  in  empty  pockets.  The  printer  furnishes  the  shot,  jnd  postage 
e  the  powder  that  carries  it  wherever  you  direct. 

And  you  must  have  good  ammuni- 
tion. Foolish  indeed  the  sportsman 
who  would  use  pebbles  for  shot  to  save 
ixpense,  yet  equally  foolish  is  the  ad- 
vertiser who  wastes  energy,  postage 
nnd  opportunity  on  weak,  ineffective 
orinting. 

rhittk  n  over;  then  let's  talk  it  over. 
We  have  furnished  ammunition 
tor  so  many  successful  cam- 
paigns that,  we  know  you  wilt 
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Mrs.  W.  H.  Brown,  of  Huntington, 
Ark.,  Box  7,  wishes  to  secure  in- 
formation of  Fred  Mack,  who  served 
in  the  war — as  to  where  he  enlisted, 
where  discharged,  etc. 


W.  A.  Hammond,  of  Williston,  Fla., 
inquires  for  Maj.  J.  R.  Clarborn,  of  the 
37th  Virginia  Cavalry,  Bradley  T.  John- 
son's brigade.  He  wishes  to  know  if 
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|  Proprietor, 


MOBILE  GENERAL  REl   \h>\    COMMITTEE. 

Our  Mobile  friends  have  urbanized  for  the  General  U.  C.  V. 
Reunion,  to  be  held  next  spring:  A  P.  Bush,  General  Chair- 
man; Judge  Saffold  Berney,  Vice  Chairman:  Benjamin  B. 
Cox,  Secretary;   Bfenry  Hess,  Treasure] 

The  Executive  Committee  is  composed  of  J.  D.  Bloch,  Max 
Hamburger,  Jr.,  Erwin  Craighead,  John  L.  Moulton,  A.  S. 
Lyons,  James  R.  Hagan,  M.  T.  Judge,  C  1!.  Hervey,  N  V 
Richards,  E.  J.  Buck.  R.  E.  Daly.  Sr.,  A.  D.  Bloch,  L.  Schwarz, 
Leon  Schwarz,  W.  K.  P.  Wilson,  P.  J.  Lyons,  II.  G.  Barclay, 
A.  G.  Levy,  F,  \Y.  Crenshaw,  John  Craft.  George  T,  Lyndall, 
and  John  F.  Pi  iwers 

Secretary  Benjamin  B.  Cox  writes  of  the  committee:  "They 
an  ill  well-known  men  of  the  city  of  Mobile,  having  been 
identified  for  years  with  her  every  interest,  and.  being  men 
who  have  had  previous  experience  in  such  matters,  will  make 
the  Reunion  of  1010  a  grand  success." 


<  ONFEDER  HI     MEMORIAL    BUILDING 
Robert   White,    Major  General   West   Virginia   Division.   TJ. 
C,  V.,  writes  from  Wheeling  October  5,  1909: 

"The  money  to  erect  the  Confederate  memorial  building 
lias,  as  you  know,  been  raised  and  is  now  in  the  hank  in  Rich- 
mond. We  were  delayed  in  selecting  a  site  for  the  building 
by  reason  of  a  number  of  causes,  but  at  last  selected  the  site 
vcv\    near  to  the   Davis  monument   at   Monument    Place. 

"We  have  hoped  that  the  City  Council  of  Richmond  would 
give  us  the  sum  of  $25,000  to  pa}  for  the  site,  and  the  re  olu 
lion  to  give  the  sum  named  has  passed  one  branch  of  the  Coun- 
cil and  will  be  acted  upon  at  an  early  date  by  the  Board  of 
Aldermen.  We  have  awaited  the  action  of  the  Council  before 
completing  our  plans,  for  an  addition  of  that  much  money 
would  enable  us  to  erect  a  more  valuable  building  Vs  soon 
as  that  matter  i~  decided  we  will  complete  our  plans  and  pro- 
ceed t"  build  .the  'Memorial  Temple.'" 


I  D  Fi  '/,■  WOM  I  V'S   l/«  »\  UMENT. 
The  men  and  boys  "f  South  Carolina  have  nobly  responded 
to  the  call  for  money  to  build  .1  suitable  monument  for  the 
women  of  the  South,  especially   those  women  of  South  Caro 

Una  whose  Upholding  hands  helped  the  nun  to  win  so  glorious 

a  record  in  the  War  between  thi    States     When  the  idea  was 

first  mooted,  the  State-,  one  of  the  leading  newspapers,  he- 
came  sponsor  for  the  movement,  and  gave  powerful  aid  in 
every  way.     In  everj    count]    in   South   Carolina  committees 


were    appointed    and    subcommittees    formed,    so    that    all    who 
desired  might  contribute  voluntarily. 

C.  K.  Henderson,  who  was  chairman  of  the  Aiken  County 
committee,  writes  the  Veteran  thai  the  donations  he  rei 
were  all  in  verj  small  sums,  no  society  or  club  being  On  the 
list,  and  onlj  one  man  giving  as  much  as  ten  dollars.  \<i 
nearly  five  hundred  dollars  was  raised.  Surely  this  shows  that 
everj  man  and  hoy  felt  the  press  of  individual  responsibility 
and  of  personal  desire  to  see  the  monument  complete.  When 
the  reckoning  of  counties  was  made,  more  than  the  asked-for 
sum  was  found  in  the  treasury,  and  work  on  the  monument 
was  at   once  put   in  hand. 


GEORGIA  VETERANS  IN  REUNION. 
The  Georgia  Division,  U.  C.  V..  met  in  annual  reunion  at 
Athens  in  September.  The  attendance  was  unprecedentedly 
large  and  great  enthusiasm  obtained.  The  days  of  the  sixties 
without  their  anxiety  and  poignant  sorrows  seemed  to  have  re- 
turned.    The  students  of  the  University  of  Georgia  lined  up 

to  receive  the  veterans  and  acted  as  escort  to  their  college, 
when  the  coin  cut  ion  was  held.  A  big  parade  of  veterans,  citi- 
zens, and  school  children  was  followed  by  wildly  applauded 
addresses  of  the  Governor,  Mayor,  and  representatives  of  the 

local  Chapter  ar.il  Camp.  The  Chancellor  of  the  University  and 
Commander  in  Chief,  Gen,  Clement  A,  Evans,  also  made  elo- 
quent speeches,  which  seemed  to  reach  the  hearts  of  all  present, 
In  General  Young's  report  it  was  shown  that  Georgia  had 
one  hundred  and  sixtj  six  Camps  in  good  standing — a  most 
excellent  showing.  Upon  motion  it  was  resolved  that  each 
Camp  should  raise  one  hundred  dollars  toward  the  woman's 
monument  to  he  erected  on  the  square  at  Atlanta,  and  General 
Id, irke  was  authorized  to  collect  two  hundred  dollars  from 
I  lie  veterans  to  be  sent  to  the  J<  ffi  rson    Davis   Memorial  Home 

Association  at  Fairview,  Ky.  111.-  election  of  officei  gave 
Gen.  John  O.   Waddell,  of  Cedartown,  a   majoritj    of   voti    . 

and  the  election  was  made  unanimous.  The  Daughters  of  the 
Confederacy  gave  an  elegant  entertainment  in  honor  of  the 
visitors,  which  was  highly  appreciated. 


I  lain  11    10  Mrs    Margaret  Davi     Hayes, — The  Veteran 
regrets  its  inability,   through   want   of   space,  to  publish  the 

many  beautiful  tributes  to  Mrs.  Hayes  which  have  heen  sent 
ill.  They  have  all  heen  forwarded,  however,  to  the  family 
of  the  late  Mrs  Hayes  in  Colorado,  who  deeply  appreciate 
the  words  of  sympathy  given  them  in  their  great   sorrow. 


532 


Qo^federat:^   l/eterai}. 


LANDSCAPE  THAT  COVERS   AN    AREA    IK    FRONT  Or   FAIRVTEW,    KV. 


JEFFERSON  DAVIS  HOME  ASSOCIATION  FUND. 
Camps. 

John  H.  Reagan,  Palestine,  Tex.,  No.  44 $  5  00 

W.  H.  Ratcliffe,  Falmouth,-  Ky.,  No.  '682 3  00 

Marmaduke,   Butler,   Mo.,   No.   615 5  00 

Benning,  Columbus,  Ga.,  No.  511 25  00 

Cundiff,   St.  Joseph,   Mo.,  No.  807 500 

Gen.  LeRoy  Stafford,  Shreveport,  La.,  No.  3 5  00 

Jim  Pearce.   Princeton,  Ky.,  No.  527 5  00 

Martin  H.  Cofer,  Elizabethtown,  Ky.,  No.  543 5  00 

Norfleet,   Winston-Salem,   N.   C,   No.  436 10  00 

G.  C.  Wharton;  Radford.  Va.,  No.  443 5  00 

W.  J.  Hardee,   Birmingham,  Ala.,   No.  39 5  00 

W.  H.  T.  Walker,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  No.  925 25  00 

Confederate  Vet.  Association,  Savannah,  Ga.,  No.  756.  .     5  00 

Williamsburg  Chapter,  Williamsburg,  Va 5  00 

Individuals. 

Greenfield  Quarles,   Helena,   Ark $  1  00 

Gen.  William  C.  Harrison,  Los  Angeles,  Cal 5  00 

George  H.  McElroy,  Crider,  Ky 1  00 

W.   H.    Singleton,   Cobb,   Ky 1  00 

William   Morrison,  Kuttawa,  Ky 1  00 

Mary  Wilson  Baker,  Crider,  Ky 1  00 

Rev.  W.  E.  Hunter,  Princeton,  Ky 1  00 

T.  J.  Johnson,   Princeton,  Ky 1  00 

Miss  Mary  Amelia  Smith,  Warrenton,  Va 20  00 

Capt.  J.  IT.  Street,  Upton.  Ky 1  00 

Capt.  H.  C.  Hayes,  Vine  Grove,  Ky 1  00 

Ben  C.  Hill,  Vine  Grove,  Ky 1  00 

Capt.  G.  K.  Tichenor,  Sonora,  Ky 1  00 

R.  E.   Mosley,  Cecilian.  Ky 1  00 

F.  Loeb,  Hodgenville.  Ky 1  00 

William    Miller,   Hodgenville,   Ky 1  00 

Marion    Taylor,    Louisville,    Ky 10  00 

The  foregoing  reported  by  Capt.  John  H.  Leathers,  Treas- 
urer, Louisville. 

Contributions  through  the  Veteran. 

R.  H.  Rice.  Falfurrias,  Tex ■ $  5  00 

R.  E.  Lee  Camp,  U.  C.  V,  Monroe,  Ga 5  00 

Leonidas    Polk    Bivouac,    No.    3,    and    William    Henry 

Trousdale  Camp,  No.  495,  U.  C.  V 20  00 

Hiram  S.  Bradford  Bivouac,  Brownsville,  Tenn 5  00 

Mrs.  India  P.  Logan,  Palmyra,  Mo 1  00 

M.  B.  Jones.  Brunswick,  Tenn 2  50 

Rent  from  house  at  Fairview 2  00 


S.  A.  Cunningham  in  attendance  at  the  State  Reunion  at 
Clarksville  made  a  statement  in  regard  to  the  Jefferson  Davis 
Home  Association,  and,  unasked,  the  following  gentlemen  re- 
sponded with  the  sentiment   "we  want  to  contribute  now." 

Col.  P.  P.  Pickard,  Ashland  City,  Tenn $  1  00 

Col.  E.  E.  Tansil,  Dresden,  Tenn 1  00 

Col.  J.  P.  Hickman,  Nashville,  Tenn 1  00 

W.  L.  McKay,  Nashville,  Tenn 1  00 

J.   C.   Wall,  Sewanee,  Tenn , 1  00 

T.  W.  Walthall,  St.  Bethlehem,  Tenn 1  00 

Gen.  J.   M.   Brooks,  Knoxville,  Tenn 1  00 

G.  W.  Ransom,  Shelby ville.  Tenn I  00 

J.  L.  Terrell,  Dresden,  Tenn 1  00 

Rev.  R.  Lin  Cave,  Nashville.  Tenn 1  00 

James  C.  Moses,  Knoxville,  Tenn 1  00 

John   Ingram  Bivouac,  Jackson.  Tenn 8  00 


KINDNESS  OF  YANKEES  NEAR  PETERSBURG. 

Mr.  Penn,  of  Company  I,  9th  Regiment  Louisiana  Volun- 
teers, Hay's  Brigade,  Gordon's  Division,  gives  a  pleasant  epi- 
sode of  life  in  the  trenches  before  Petersburg,  Va.     He  says: 

"The  sun/was  just  setting  behind  the  Blue  Ridge  and  I  was 
talking  to/a  Yankee  in  our  front,  when  he  asked  me  what  I 
was  going  to  have  for  supper.  'Nothing  till  to-morrow  at 
eleven  or  twelve.'  1  answered.  He  held  up  a  nine-  or  ten- 
pound  piece  of  meat  and  asked  how  I  would  like  to  have  it; 
then  said  that  I  could  get  it  if  I  would  come  after  it.  I  told 
him  I  would  come  as  soon  as  it  was  dark. 

"My  friends  told  me  I  was  a  fool  to  go ;  that  they  would 
capture  me ;  but  I  crawled  to  within  thirty  or  forty  feet  of 
their  breastworks  and  called  out :  'Yank,  don't  shoot ;  I  came 
after  that  piece  of  meat.'  'All  right,  Johnny,  you  shall  have 
it,'  was  called  in  answer.  Another  man  asked  me  if  I  had 
any  hard-tack,  and  on  my  saying  'No'  he  gave  me  a  haver- 
sack of  bread,  and  another  soldier  gave  me  a^  haversack  of 
coffee ;  so  I  went  back  to  our  line  well  laden,  and  our  mess 
had  a  feast  that  night.  I  have  since  learned  that  these  noble- 
hearted  men  belonged  to  the  27th  Wisconsin,  though  I  never 
knew  their  names. 

"I  wish  that  James  A.  Barnett,  Bill  Jenkins,  and  Joe  Berry- 
hill  could  see  this.  It  would  remind  them  of  the  old  life  on 
the  line  in  front  of  Petersburg.  Poor  Jack  Tucker  was  also 
with  us  at  this  feast;  but  he  was  killed  at  Amelia  C.  H.,  Va., 
April  5,  1865.  Strange  to  say,  all  the  rest  of  us  are  in  the 
land  of  the  living,  though  all  old  men." 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai) 


533 


THREE  OF  THE  NAME  OF  JEFFERSON  DAVIS. 

BY    LULU    HAVES    LAWRENCE. 

Of  Jefferson  Davis  the  first  the  world  knows  many  things — 
knows  of  his  reputation  "plucked  from  the  cannon's  mouth" 
in  the  battles  of  the  war  with  Mexico,  of  the  statesman  who, 
like  Janus,  looked  backward  and  forward  in  deciding  his 
guidance  of  national  affairs,  of  the  President  who  gave  his 
best  to  the  South  and  vicariously  suffered  for  the  South's  mis- 
fortunes. The  world  knows  too  of  the  great  nature  of  the 
man  which  made  him  hold  evenly  the  scales  of  justice  and  to 
mete  out  deserved  praise  even  to  his  greatest  enemies.  To 
his  friends  was  given  the  proud  privilege  of  knowing  his  in 
finite  tenderness  of  heart  ami  a  gentleness  so  great  that  even 
the  tiniest  wounded  animal  was  sacred  to  him.  His  courtesy 
to  all  womankind  was  proverbial,  and  the  little  ragged  school- 
girl was  sure  of  the  same  gracious  respect  as  the  queen  upon 
her  throne;  tin-  woman  who  scrubbed  his  floors  was  as  safe 
from  disrespect   as  was  the  leader  of  society. 


PRESID]  \l    .11  ITERSON  DAVIS. 

01  Jefferson  Davis  the  second  but  little  is  known  to  the 
general  public,  For  during  In-  bright  young  life  his  father 
lived  under  the  sin, low   oi  a  great   injustice,  and  only  in  his 

Southland   wire  anj    found   "so  i r  to  do  him  reverence." 

Jeffei  "I,    Davis  was  the  second   son  of   President   and   Mis 
lib,   oldest,  Samuel,  having  died  in  Washington).     He 
was  born  in  Washington  in  December,   1857,  and  was  .1  -null 
boy  whin  hi-  father  was   President   of  the  Southern  Confed- 
eracy.   Hi-  ..nil,   1  recollection    wen   of  the  White  House  in 
Richmond  and  thi  li>  1  K  -ami--  tin-  presidential  children  plaj  ed 
through  it-  wide  halls.    The  little  fellow  was  a  great  pet  with 
the   soldiers  and    sentinels,   and   they   gave    him   the   title  of 
1 1.  neral,"  of  w  hich  he  «  a-  \  ery  pn  iud 
Jeff,   Margaret,  his  oldest   sister,  and  the  two  younger  chil- 
dren played  soldiers,  had  imaginarj  ramp-  at  which  toj  drum- 


beat tattoo  and  wooden  guns  fired  salutes,  or  were  gravely 
carried  by  sentries  pacing  beats,  though  generally  these  sentries 
wore  dresses,  and  could  be  persuaded  away  from  duty  by  a 
candy  bribe.  They  fought  sanguinary  battles  with  brooms  or 
dolls  for  Yankees,  for  none  of  the  children  would  agree  to 
take  the  part  of  the  bluecoats,  who  were  always  "routed  with 
great  slaughter"  in  these  games. 

Then  came  the  evacuati  in  of  Richmond,  and  with  their 
father  and  mother  they  made  the  hurried  journey  from  the 
fallen  city.  Mrs.  Davis  refused  to  leave  her  husband,  and  to 
keep  the  children  with  her  was  impossible;  so  it  was  decided 
to  send  them  to  Mrs.  Howell.  Mrs.  Davis's  mother,  who  with 
another  daughter  of  hers  was  living  at  this  time  in  Canada. 
"Jim."  the  faithful  body  servant  who  had  clung  to  Mr.  Davis 
through  so  many  vicissitudes,  was  intrusted  with  the  care  of 
the  children;  and  after  a  most  momentous  journey  partly  by 
wagon  ami  partly  by  train  through  a  hostile  country,  he 
placed  them  safely  in  their  grandmother's  hands. 

(if  the  winter  in  Canada  a\m\  of  their  school  and  home  life 
there  both  Margaret  and  Jeff  retained  vivid  memories.  The 
skating  on  the  ice,  the  glorious  games  in  the  bracing  cold, 
and  the  fun  at  the  little  school  they  attended  were  often 
I, ilked  over  in  their  fireside  chats  when  brother  and  sister 
were  man  and  woman.  Nothing  pleased  either  more  than 
to  live  again  in  fond  talk  their  childish  life  and  the  memorable 
winter   in  the   English   domain. 

When  they  grew  larger  (after  the  war).  Margaret  was  sent 
abroad  to  finish  her  education,  and  Jeff  was  given  every  edu- 
cational advantage  the  depleted  condition  of  his  father's 
finances  would  permit.  The  boy  was  bright  and  receptive  and 
learned  rapidly,  acquiring  information  both  from  books  and 
people  with  wonderful  quickness.  He  had  a  very  retentive 
memory,  and  his  gift  of  conversational  ability  made  his  learn- 
ing a  thing  to  be  used,  not  to  be  stored  away  and  forgotten. 

In  person  Jefferson  Davis,  Jr..  was  about  live  feet  ten  and 
a  half  inches,  and  he  weighed  a  hundred  and  sixtj  five  pounds. 
His  eyes  were  light  gray  tinged  with  ha/el.  and  were  framed 
in  the  tiny  creases  that  laughter  gives;  his  hair  was  a  soft 
and  very  dark  brown,  with  the  faintest  suggestion  of  curl  in 
it.  and  his  complexion  a  rich  cream,  with  the  bright  blood 
glowing  in  lips  and  cheeks.  His  step  was  quick  and  active, 
and  he  had  the  muscles  and  chest  of  an  athlete,  lie  was  proud 
of  hi-  splendid  development,  and  the  writer  w.ll  remembers 
once  when  be  threw  himself  full  length  upon  a  bench  and, 
taking  up  a  long  plank  placed  it  across  Ins  chest,  bidding  his 
cousin  and  her  n-.  ii  a-  ,i  seesaw,  which  was  done,  and  ap- 
parently  not  at  all  to  his  discomfort. 

In  disposition  be  was  a  typical  Southerner,  hoi  beaded  and 
impetuous,  quick  to  take  offense  and  a-  quirk  to  forgive,  rush- 
mi:  headlong  into  error  and  a-  speedihj  repentant.  He  was 
generous  to  a  fault  What  was  his  became  his  friend's  with 
scarce  the  ceremony  of  asking  for  it  Fearless  in  his  opinions, 
be  was  true  to  his  friendships  and  carelessly  indifferent  to  the 
verdict  of  those  whom  he  had  reason  to  count  a-  his  enemies. 
1'e  wa-  ver\  ton, I  of  the  girls  of  his  kindred,  whom  he  alter- 
nately petted  and  teased,  ami  In  watched  over  them  with  alt 
the  closeness  of  a  Spanish  duenna.  He  was  impetuously  de- 
voted  m  In-  attention  to  other  girls,  and  forgot  them  speedily 
when  out  of  their  society,  flitting  from  sweetheart  to  sweetheart 
as  lightly  a-  a  humming  bird  from  flower  to  flower.  His 
111,11111.  1  lo  the  old  w.i-  filled  with  deferential  courtesy.  He  was 
iful  ami  considerate  to  the  men.  and  so  gallantly  gra- 
cious to  the  women  that  <\  r)  elderlj  ladj  was  hi-  friend  and 
stanch  advocate  whenever  hi-  mischievous  pranks  brought  him 


534 


Qoi?federat^  Ueterao 


into  ill  repute,  which  happened  very  often.  His  tastes  were 
athletic.  He  danced  beautifully,  was  a  fearless  diver  and 
swimmer,  a  trained  boxer  and  wrestler,  a  swift  runner  and 
ball  player,  and  an  intrepid  horseman.  He  was  a  keen  sports- 
man, being  a  fine  shot,  and  one  of  the  most  successful  fisher- 
men on  the  Mississippi  beach.  He  could  manage  a  boat  like 
an  old  sailor,  and  his  catboat  with  its  flying  pennant  of  red 
and  white  would  ride  the  wind-tossed  waves  of  the  Gulf  like 
the  Stormy  Petrel,  for  which  it  was  named. 

A  little  before  he  was  twenty-one  Jeff  Davis  became  col- 
lector in  the  State  National  Bank  of  Memphis,  of  which  his 
brother-in-law,  Mr.  J.  Addison  Hayes,  was  cashier  and  man- 
ager. He  made  his  home  with  his  sister,  and  had  for  her  and 
her  husband  an  intensity  of  devotion  that  counted  nothing  too 
great  that  was  done  for  "Peggy."  as  he  called  Margaret. 

Jeff  Davis  was  possessed  of  a  singularly  handsome  person 
(the  outward  sign  of  an  aristocratic  heritage),  a  happy  knack 
of  saying  charming  things  charmingly,  a  bubbling  gayety  of 
spirits  boyishly  ingenuous,  and  was  courteously  debonair.  So 
the  young  people  of  Memphis  gave  cordial  welcome  to  one 
who  was  the  joyous  embodiment  of  youth,  and  Jeff  was  feted 
and  petted  on  every  side,  soon  becoming  the  very  center  of 
the  social  vortex.  Here  he  met  Miss  M.,  whose  loveliness  and 
charm  gave  her  leadership,  and  Jeff  promptly  lost  his  heart  to 
the  fascinating  beauty.  Miss  M.  was  nothing  loath  to  receive 
the  devotion  of  the  handsome  boy,  and  she  was  flattered  that 
the  son  of  Jefferson  Davis,  the  only  President  of  the  Con- 
federate States,  should  pour  his  pure  young  heart  at  her  feet. 
She  was  willing  to  crown  herself  with  his  impetuous  love,  but 
was  not  willing  to  face  the  life  of  poverty  (as  she  considered 
it)  for  his  sake.  She  would  neither  accept  nor  reject  him, 
and  the  high-spirited  Southerner  chafed  under  her  coquetry, 
but  could  not  tear  himself  from  the  flowery  yoke  that  galled 
while  it  intoxicated. 

Things  were  in  this  uncertain  condition  when  in  1878  the 
yellow  fever  broke  out  in  Memphis,  and  all  society  fled  from 
the  scourge.  Mrs.  Hayes  was  already  at  Green  Lake,  Wis., 
where  she  had  spent  the  summer,  and  Mr.  Hayes  petitioned 
Washington  for  permission  to  remove  the  assets  of  the  State 
National  Bank  to  Nashville.  This  permission  was  refused, 
and  Mr.  Hayes  with  one  bookkeeper  and  Jeff,  who  positively 
refused  to  leave  his  brother,  remained  to  keep  the  bank  open. 
Mr.  Hayes  was  made  a  member  of  the  Howard  Association, 
and  helped  that  noble  band  of  tireless  workers  for  the  poor. 

When  Mrs.  Hayes  learned  of  the  outbreak  of  yellow  fever 
in  Memphis,  she  at  once  returned  home,  saying  that  if  her 
husband  and  brother  were  going  to  remain  she  would  prefer 
to  share  their  danger.  They  tried  in  every  way  to  prevent 
her  coming:  but  when  she  came  Mr.  Hayes  made  his  best 
effort  to  insure  her  safety  and  that  of  Jeff,  whom  he  placed 
with  her.  He  rented  a  house  six  miles  from  Memphis  past 
what  the  doctors  thought  was  the  danger  line,  and  here  he 
went  every  night  after  a  thorough  fumigating.  A  little  child 
in  the  house  developed  the  fever,  and  Mrs.  Hayes  and  Jeff 
assisted  in  nursing  it  till  it  died  in  their  care.  From  this 
child  Jeff  contracted  the  yellow  fever,  and  from  the  first  the 
disease  with  him  took  its  most  virulent  type.  Just  before  he 
was  taken  ill  Jeff  told  his  brother  and  sister  that  he  had  writ- 
ten Miss  M.  telling  her  that  he  would  no  longer  be  the  foot- 
hall  of  her  caprices ;  that  she  must  consent  to  be  his  wife,  or 
that  she  must  forever  break  the  tie  between  them.  The  an- 
swer to  this  letter  he  was  eagerly  expecting  day  by  day. 

Jeff  refused  to  allow  his  sister  to  come  into  his  room,  as  he 
feared  the  contagion  for  her,  and  to  insist  upon  it  accelerated 


his  fever;  so  it  was  deemed  best  to  exclude  her.  Mr.  Hayes 
and  a  Howard  nurse  took  charge  of  him.  The  fever  at  this 
time  was  subsiding  in  Memphis,  and  Dr.  Robert  Mitchell,  the 
head  of  the  Howard  Association,  went  out  to  Jeff,  taking  an- 
other doctor  with  him,  and  from  that  time  till  his  death  one 
of  the  Howard  physicians  was  at  his  bedside,  and  Dr.  Mitchell 
came  twice  a  day  to  see  him.  The  Catholic  priest,  though  the 
sick  boy  was  an  Episcopalian,  came  and  brought  two  Sisters 
of  Charity  with  him  to  offer  their  service  as  nurses.  This 
priest  came  almost  daily  to  give  help  or  comfort,  as  did  many 


JEFEERSON    DAVIS,   JR. 

ministers  from  Memphis.  The  Memphis  and  Charleston  Rail- 
road placed  a  car  and  engine  at  the  service  of  the  family,  so 
that  doctors  and  nurses  could  make  the  trip  quickly,  and  when 
Jeff  died  sent  a  special  car  to  carry  his  body  to  Memphis. 

From  the  first  the  doctor  gave  but  little  hope  of  his  re- 
covery, and  soon  the  fatal  syncope  laid  its  numbing  touch 
upon  him,  and  to  arouse  him  Mr.  Hayes  brought  to  his  bed- 
side a  letter  that  had  just  arrived.  "Jeff,"  he  said  gently, 
"here  is  a  letter  from  Miss  M.  Shall  I  read  it  to  you?"  The 
dying  boy  opened  his  eyes  wide  and  took  the  letter  in  his 
fever-scorched  hands.  "No,  I'll  keep  it  till  I  am  better,  then  I 
will  read  it  myself."  and  the  words  trailed  off  into  unconscious- 
ness. He  aroused  again  when  the  red  banners  of  the  sun 
flamed  across  the  western  sky  and  asked  to  be  lifted  to  see 
the  sun  set.  Mr.  Hayes  lifted  him  in  his  arms  and  held  him 
so  the  light  lit  up  his  face ;  but  when  the  sunlight  was  gone, 
it  took  with  it  the  soul  of  Jefferson  Davis,  and  with  the  un- 
opened letter  held  fast  in  his  stiffening  fingers  the  beautiful 
boy  lay  dead  in  the  arms  of  the  brother  he  loved  so  well. 

That  letter  was  never  read.  Later  Miss  M.  claimed  that  it 
contained  an  acceptance;  but  both  Mrs.  Davis  and  Margaret 
believed  she  was  too  ambitious  to  have  let  love  sway  her  life 
anil  that  the  boy  carried  her  rejection  in  the  unopened  letter 
his  hands  held  so  closely  even  in  his  coffin.  His  love  for  his 
beautiful  sweetheart  went  down  with  him  to  the  grave,  and 
how  it  was  rewarded  will  be  known  only  when  the  last  trumpet 
shall  sound  and  truth  shall  reign  triumphant. 

Mr.   and   Mrs.  Davis  were  both   ill  at   Beauvoir  and  could 


^oi?j"ederat^  l/eteraQ. 


635 


not  come  to  their  dying  boy,  nor  could  they  follow  him  to  his 
resting  place  in  Elmwood,  but  the  separation  was  not  for  long; 
for  when  Mr.  Davis  was  buried  in  beautiful  Hollywood,  in 
Richmond,  the  sleepers  from  Elmwood — Jeff,  Billy,  and  the 
tiny  baby — were  carried  there  also,  and  Jeff  Davis  sleeps  with 
his  father  in  their  flower-strewn  grave  under  Virginia's  sod, 
a  beautiful  resting  place  which  is  now  shared  by  Mrs.  Davis, 
Winnie,  and  Margaret. 

The  house  in  which  Jeff  Davis  died  has  been  purchased  as 
the  Memphis  Country  Club;  but  the  room  in  which  he  breathed 
his  last  has  been  left  intact  in  memory  of  the  noble  boy  of 
whom  it  might  be  written:  "Greater  love  hath  no  man  than 
this,  that  he  lay  down  his  life"  for  the  sister  and  brother, 
whom  to  be  with  he  faced  the  fatal  scourge. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hayes  (who  was  Margaret,  the  oldest 
daughter  of  President  Davis)  had  come  a  tiny  son.  too  frail 
and  fair  for  earthly  keeping.  When  the  lilies  bloomed  the 
little  blossom  came,  and  he  faded  with  them,  and  soon  only  a 
memory  as    sweet    as   the   lilies   was   left  of  one   who   had    been 

Jefferson  Davis,  the  third  of  the  honored  name. 

Again  a  son  came  to  Mr.  and  Mis.  Hayes,  this  time  a  hand- 
some, rollicking,  dark-eyed  boy  who  was  also  called  Jefferson 
Davis.  He  seemed  the  joyous  image  of  happ\  childhood,  and 
laughed  and  danced  the  bonis  awa}  Winn  he  was  about  live 
years  old,  Death  laid  his  chilling  touch  upon  Mr.  Davis,  and 
the  well  beloved  chieftain  l.:\  de.id  iii  Xew  Orleans,  while  the 
whole  Southland  wept  in  sorrow. 

While    her    father    lay    in    State    the    Governor    of    Mississippi 

and  other  State  officials  approached  Mrs    Hayes  and  begged  of 


J!  I  M  RS0N     (HAYES)     DAVIS. 

her  that  the  boy,  Jefferson  Davis  Hayes,  might  drop  the  Hayi  ■ 
and  onlj  carry  on  the  honored  name  of  Jefferson  Davis,  that 
iIm  name  might  not  die  out  forever.  Mrs.  Naves  said  that  the 
child  was  old  enough  to  decide  this  himself,  and  whatever  he 
decided  she  would  agree  to,    The  child  was  sent  for,  and  the 

'  nor.  taking  him  on  his  knee,  explained  in  simple  language 

what  be  wished  done,  ["he  child  listened  in  silence,  then  he 
vaid  anxiously:  "Won't   I  ever  be  nan>ed  foi   mj   daddy  any 

mon 

"No,  dear,"  said  the  Governor  gently. 


"Isn't  my  dranpa  dot  anybody  at  all  to  be  named  for  him?" 
"No,  little  man,  no  one  at  all.     All  his  sons  are  dead  " 
"Will    Sissie    and    Lucy    and    Billie   all    be   named    for    my 
daddy?" 
"Yes." 

The  child  was  silent,  and  the  grave  men  were  silent  too 
watching  the  struggle  in  the  heart  which  loved  his  father  so 
dearly.  Then  with  a  wild  burst  of  tears  the  boy  said:  "f 
specs  I'll  dess  have  to  be  named  for  my  poor  dead  dranpa. 
who  isn't  dot  an\bod\    at   all   named    for   him." 


The  Governor  took  the  child  in  his  arms,  and.  standing 
beside  the  dead  chieftain  and  lifting  the  corner  of  the  Con- 
federate flag  from  the  coffin,  he  wrapped  the  boy  in  it  as  be 
said:  "1  name  you  Jefferson  Davis"  Ibis  naming  was  after- 
wards confirmed   by  an   act    of  the    Mississippi    Legislature 

Jefferson  Davis  the  third  i  -  like  Jefferson  Davis  the  first 
in  appearance,  having  the  same  tall,  slender  form,  the  same 
shaped  head  and  thin  face  with  linn  chill,  the  same  colored 
hair,  and  bright  keen  or-,  though  these  differ  in  color  lie- 
is  like  him  also  in  disposition,  having  the  quick  grasp  of  in 
tellect  and  receptive  powers,  ami  in. no  of  the  moral  qualities 
are  the  same,  foi  Jefl  Davis  shares  with  bis  grandfather  the 
courtly  elegance  of  manner,  the  tenderness  ol  heart,  and  the 

courtesy    that    made    the    great    chieftain    beloved    by    all    who 
knew  him. 

lie  graduated  with  honor  al  Princeton  College,  and  has 
been  fir  two  years  at  the  School  of  Mines  at  Columbia  Col- 
lege, where  he  will  graduate  nest  spring,  lie  is  fond  oi  ill 
outdoor  sports,  is  a  polo  player,  tennis  and  golf  expert,  rides 
well,  and  hunts  with  great  success,  many  skins  from  the 
Rockies  testifying  to  bis  skill.  The  engagement  of  young 
Jeff   Davis   to  one  of  the   most   beautiful   girls   in   Colorado   has 

lately  been  announced. 


Piano  Given  ro  Georgia  Soldiers'  Home. — With  a  tendei 
consideration  for  the  old  soldiers  of  the  Home  and  a  full 
knowledge  that  they  have  tastes  and  longings  for  things  other 
than   mere    food    and    raiment,   the     \tlanta    Chapter,    U.   D.    C, 

have   presented   a   handsome   piano   t,.   the  Georgia    Soldiers' 

Home,      A  very  delightful   conceit   program  was  prepared  with 

both  vocal  and  instrumental  selections,  interspersed  with  dra- 
matic recitations,  all  of  which  were  hugely  enjoyed,  the  more 
so  that  the  sweel  toned  piano  was  t,,  be  there  for  main  future 
'  iccasions  i  if  pleasure 


636 


Confederacy  i/eterar; 


Confederate  l/eterap. 

S.  A.  CUNNINGHAM,  Editor  and  Proprietor. 
Office:  Methodist  Publishing  House  Building,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

This  publication  is  the  personal  property  of  S.  A.  Cunningham  All  per- 
sons who  approve  its  principles  and  realize  its  benefits  as  an  organ  for  Asso- 
ciations throughout  the  South  are  requested  to  commend  its  patronage  and  to 
cooperate  in  extending  its  circulation.     Let  each  one  be  constantly  diligent. 

CONFERENCE  WITH  FRIENDS. 

In  order  to  close  the  forms  of  this  issue  earlier  than  usual 
some  articles  expected  in  this  issue  are  held  over.  The  editor 
goes  with  the  Commander  in  Chief,  Gen.  Clement  A.  Evans, 
to  Arkansas,  and  thence  he  goes  to  Houston,  Tex.,  to  the 
General  Convention,  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy. 

He  is  grateful  in  announcing  his  speedy  restoration  to  health 
and  the  best  of  spirits  for  the  cause  of  the  Veteran. 

There  is  one  thing  in  connection  with  his  work,  however, 
that  is  a  puzzle.  Just  before  his  severe  illness  statements  were 
sent,  reminding  patrons  delicately  and  courteously  of  sums 
due.  Time  goes  on  and  on.  These  statements  were  sent  at 
the  cost  of  hundreds  of  dollars  and  weeks  of  constant  labor. 
About  one-fourth  of  the  number  addressed  responded  prompt- 
ly and  cordially,  but  the  others  have  remained  silent.  To  that 
class  argument  is  made,  especially  to  those  who  are  loyal  to 
it  and  thoroughly  cordial  in  every  way.  Many  of  them  wait 
to  be  called  upon  individually  when  they  respond  practically. 
Surely  such  patrons  don't  realize  that  it  is  impossible  to  send 
an  agent  to  every  home.  If  enough  agents  were  employed  to 
do  this,  in  many  instances  the  cost  would  be  more  than  the 
price  of  the  subscription.  Will  this  argument  secure  the  at- 
•  tention  of  any  who  have  not  responded  ?  It  is  such  a  mystery 
that  good  friends  who  are  absolutely  loyal  to  the  Veteran 
and  what  it  represents  are  requested  to  write  an  explanation. 
Regardless  of  remittances,  won't  some  one  who  is  not  certain 
about  his  subscription  look  to  the  date  by  the  address,  and 
if  it  is  behind  November,  1909,  write  even  a  postal  card  and 
explain  the  delay?  Such  responses  might  help  the  man- 
agement to  inaugurate  a  better  way  to  carry  on  the  business. 

How  Committees  Could  Help. 

In  many,  many  things  less  important  than  the  Veteran  good 
citizens  do  missionary  work  by  cooperation.  Let  us  try  a 
new  scheme  for  circulating  the  Veteran.  In  nearly  every 
town  and  progressive  community  where  there  are  several  sub- 
scribers they  know  each  other  as  such.  Suppose  two  or  three 
of  you  try  together  a  canvass  of  your  neighbors  and  friends 
and  report  the  result.  It  will  be  published,  good  or  bad.  In 
such  a  canvass  you  would  of  course  find  some  loyal  friends 
who  can't  pay  the  price.  Report  such  and  see  if  the  Veteran 
doesn't  do  the  liberal  thing  in  supplying  them  free.  With  its 
patronage  of  zealous  patriots  as  widespread  as  the  charm  of 
Dixie  it  ought  to  be  easy  now  to  double  the  list. 

In  this  connection  thought  is  given  to  great  Texas,  where 
more  than  one-fifth  of  its  patrons  live.  Its  patronage  is  doubt- 
less more  thoroughly  distributed  throughout  that  State  than 
that  of  any  publication  in  existence.  Texas  alone  might  in- 
crease the  list  to  20,000.  This  argument  is  not  intended  to  be 
of  a  begging  nature.  The  business  is  healthy ;  but  in  view  of 
the  principles  advocated  and  defended,  with  the  very  limited 
time  for  veterans  to  cooperate,  it  does  indeed  seem  that  every 
one  should  heed  the  plea  for  cooperation  in  the  ways  sug- 
gested. Will  anybody  who  has  failed  to  respond  to  the  re- 
quest as  above  reported  explain  why?  Will  they  bear  in  mind 
that  if  others   were  to  do  as  they  are  doing  the  publication 


would  cease  and  its  owner  live  the  remainder  of  his  days  in 
humiliation?  Comrades,  why  not  answer,  "Here,"  and  act 
in  this  way  as  we  were  taught  discipline  in  war  times? 
There  is  not  a  subscriber  who  can't  procure  a  postal  card  to 
say  why  he  has   remained  silent. 

Three  Months  Free. 

Let  everybody  who  believes  in  the  Veteran  make  known 
this  offer :  From  November  until  January  every  new  sub- 
scription of  $1  will  be  entered  on  the  list  until  end  of  1910, 
and  a  late  copy  while  extra  copies  last  will  be  sent  in  addition 
to  November  and  December  issues  free.  Those  who  will  kind- 
ly help  their  neighbors  by  collecting  and  forwarding  their  sub- 
scriptions will  be  supplied  with  printed  lists  for  the  asking. 


THE  LITTLE  ADVERTISING  IN  THE  VETERAN. 

Gen.  Frank  A.  Bond,  who  has  an  article  on  the  "Storming 
of  Blockhouse  at  Greenland  Gap,"  page  499,  shows  deep  in- 
terest in  the  welfare  of  the  Veteran  by  this  gloomy  sentence : 
"And  it  ha-s  distressed  me  to  see  it  languishing.  It  does 
seem  that  you  should  secure  many  profitable  advertisements." 
The  Veteran  is  not  "languishing"  much.  It  has  a  great 
subscription  list  of  loyal  patrons.  The  fact  is  that  "most  of  the 
profit"  to  magazines,  as  he  states,  is  in  advertising,  and  the 
small  proportion  of  such  patronage  causes  many  business 
men  to  misjudge  the  Veteran.  It  has  prospered  longer, 
however,  than  any  monthly  ever  has  in  the  South's  history. 
It  has  contained  sixteen  extra  pages  more  than  half  the  time 
during  the  past  year.  So  it  is  doing  its  full  duty  to  its 
patrons.  The  trouble,  strange  as  it  may  seem,  is  because  its 
rates  are  too  low.  Agents  don't  get  enough  commission  by 
the  per  cent,  and  it  will  not  print  advertisements  of  doubt- 
ful merit.  There  never  has  been  as  fine  a  medium  for  ad- 
vertising generally  in  the  South,  but  the  Veteran  will  not 
misrepresent  nor  beg  to  secure  it. 


The  article  on  "Confederate  Monuments"  in  the  October 
Veteran  has  created  widespread  interest.  Many  have  re- 
ported omissions,  and  it  is  requested  that  all  others  who  have 
not  done  so  give  attention  so  that  in  the  October  and  Decem- 
ber issues  there  may  be  a  complete  list  of  all  Confederate 
monuments  in  existence. 


President  Taft's  Tribute  to  the  Confederates. — Presi- 
dent Taft  is  traveling  in  California,  and  recently  he  paid  no- 
ble tribute  to  Confederate  heroism  in  a  speech  made  to  the 
veterans  of  the  G.  A.  R.  at  Los  Angeles.  He  said :  "We  feel 
proud  of  the  brave  men  of  the  North  that  they  had  an  enemy 
worthy  of  their  steel  and  in  the  history  of  the  world,  and  in 
the  heroism  that  was  displayed  by  both  sides  we  can  now  feel 
a  common  interest." 


The  Blue  and  Gray  to  Escort  Taft. — When  President 
Taft  reaches  San  Antonio,  Tex.,  he  will  be  met  by  the  local 
Post  and  Camp,  and  the  soldiers  of  the  blue  and  gray  will 
continue  to  serve  as  his  escort  during  his  visit  to  that  city. 


Georgia  Division,  U.  D.  C,  to  Meet  in  November— The 
Georgia  Division,  U.  D.  C,  will  convene  November  3-5  at 
West  Point,  with  Fort  Tyler  Chapter  as  hostesses.  A  large 
delegation  is  expected,  and  elaborate  preparation  is  being 
made  for  the  entertainment  of  the  division.  Citizens,  vet- 
erans, and  clubs  will  assist  the  Chapter  in  their  efforts  to  en- 
tertain.    A  comprehensive  program  will  be  observed. 


(^ogfederat^  l/eterao 


537 


WOMEN  AND  MEN  OF  THE  SOUTH. 
An  Address  by  Judge  J.  M.  Dickinson,  Secretary  of  War, 

TO  THE  U.   D.   C.    AND    HlS    FRIENDS    IN    N  ASIIVILLE. 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen:  It  is  a  great  honor  to  be  invited  to 
address  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  of  the  State 
of  Tennessee,  for  it  is  an  association  devoted  to  the  sacred 
work  of  caring  for  the  graves  of  our  Confederate  dead  and 
transmitting  their  history  justly  to  posterity.  Moved  by  no 
selfish  consideration,  with  no  possibility  of  reward,  except 
the  sweet  content  that  comes  to  those  who  faithfully  perform 
a  noble  work,  you  are  under  great  difficulties  achieving  a 
success  which  ranks  you  with  the  illustrious  and  patriotic 
women  whose  names  are  imperishable  in  the  records  of  the 
nations. 

It  is  a  grateful  and  easj  task  to  rear  monuments  to  the 
memory  of  soldiers  of  a  victorious  and  prosperous  people 
1 1  Wrings  distinction  and  involves  no  hardship.  The  outside 
world  will  never  fully  understand,  for  no  recital  can  faith- 
fully portray  how  the  devoted  women  of  the  South — her 
wealth  annihilated,  her  industries  paralyzed,  the  greater  part 
of  her  manly  strength  destroyed,  her  people  almost  hopeless 
and  involved  in  a  new  struggle  to  maintain  their  very  civiliza- 
tion, her  children  crying  for  bread — at  once  with  a  loyalty 
nevi  u  p  '  consecrated  themselves  to  the  work  of  per- 
petuating  the,  memories  of  their  heroic  dead  In  the  face  of 
such  adverse  conditions  they  have  labored  without  rest,  until 
ill  ovei  our  land  living  marble  and  enduring  bronze  attest 
to  the  ages  the  honor  accorded  to  the  soldiers  of  the  Confed- 
eracy. 

li  i-  an  ea  |  task  amid  thi  paeans  of  victory  to  command 
the  listening  ear  of  nations  and  exalt  in  their  esteem  those 
whose  banners  are  waving  triumphant.  It  is  hard  for  those 
overwhelmed  by  defeat  to  gain  sympathetic  or  even  impartial 
hearing.  Historians  and  poets  when  they  commemorate  suc- 
1 1 1 1  d  their  largest  and  most  appreciative  audiences.  A 
long  time  must  elapse  before  a  lost  cause  gains  a  willing  ear. 
No  cau  I  that  lacks  the  high  character  and  principles  that 
justly  command  the  devotion  of  honorable  men  and  true  worn 
en  can  stand  without  condemnation  before  the  tribunal  where 
tie  enlightened  conscience  of  universal  mankind  sits  in  judg- 
ment 

The  verdict  of  the  world  upon  the  action  of  those  who 
sustained  the  South  is  already  recorded.  Not  only  in  the  es- 
teem oi  iln--.  tor  whom  they  fought,  but  in  the  general  judg- 
ment of  men.  the  names  of  Davis.  I.ec.  Jackson,  and  their 
comrades  will  forever  lie  enshrined  in  honorable  memory. 

led  more  to  achieve  this  than  the  women 
of  the  South.  At  times  Southern  men,  absorbed  in  the  strug- 
gle to  retrieve  their  fortune  01  in  that  bitter  contest,  an 
aftermath  of  the  war.  to  save  their  country  from  what  was 
than  the  death  and  destruction  inflicted  by  war,  seemed 
lethargic  it'  not  indifferent;  but  the  women  never  flagged, 
suspended  their  efforts 

\\  •    w.ll  recall  how  the  movement  to  erect  the  Confederate 

Mount  i  Hi  ilmosl    to  die  out, 

and   how   it   was   revived   and   i  ation  by  the 

active   intervention   and   resolute    work   of  the    local   members 

1    With    that  i  m     w  hidi     made 

woman    the    List    at    tl  and    lie     in -I    .it    the    tomb   the 

South.  ii.  without  faltering,  undaunted  bj    adversity. 

resting  not  on  the  laurels  which  precedes  complete 

achievement,  have  lived  to  sec  a  glorious  fruition 

V-   was   to  be  expe.  such  a   war.  .as   always   has  in 

all  the  ages,  the  revengeful  di  nouni  I  .1   thi  South 


as  treason,  and  demanded  that  her  leaders  should  expiate  then- 
crime  upon  the  gallows.  Histories  written  at  the  North  and 
taught  in  the  schools  stamped  deeply  upon  the  youthful  mind 
impressions  that  made  abhorrent  the  Southern  cause  and  its 
defenders.  1  recall  that  Gen.  Luke  E.  Wright  told  me  that 
one  day  his  boy  came  from  school  and  asked  if  his  grand- 
father. Raphael  Semmes,  was  a  pirate,  showing  in  his  history 
where  it  was  so  recorded, 

A  different  spirit  has  for  a  long  time  prevailed  in  the 
North.  This  has  not  come  as  a  response  to  abuse  or  hot- 
tempered  assertion,  but  from  the  forceful,  persistent  appeal 
of  the  South  to  a  dispassionate  judgment  upon  the  constitu 
tional  history  of  our  country,  the  facts  leading  up  to  the  war. 
and  the  convictions  of  the  Southern  people.  Their  cause  was 
stated  by  such  great  publicists  as  Davis,  Stephens,  Lamar, 
and  Hill.  Their  character  was  illustrated  by  such  living  cx- 
amples  as  Lee,  Gordon.  Walthall,  our  late  Commander  Stephen 
D.  Lee,  and  many  thousands  of  others  who  in  places  of  promi- 
nence won  by  their  spotless  reputation  esteem  for  the  people 
of  which  they  were  exponents.  Not  long  since  a  very  distin- 
guished Union  officer  descended  from  a  historic  line  famous 
in  the  North  from  a  linn  antedating  our  independence  told 
me  that  for  man]  years  be  bad  such  feeling  against  Mr.  Davis 
that  he  would  not  read  hi-  history,  but  that  he  had  recentlj 
done  so  and  found  that  he  had  misjudged  him.  and  now  en 
tertained  .i  high  admiration  for  his  abilities  and  character.  The 
people  "I  the  North  should  desire  to  honor  the  people  oi 
the  South  foi  their  devotion  to  the  memory  of  their  cause 
and  ought  to  rejoice  in  the  belief  that  the  acts  of  the  South- 
ren  people  were  not  treasonable,  but  in  accord  with  their  ill 
terpretation  of  the  Constitution  believed  in  by  them  and  their 
forcf.-ii 

The  Southern  people  and  their  descend. mis  are  a  large  pari 
of   the  citizenship   of  this   country.     They  are   found   in 
section  of  it.  and   arc   wielding  and   will  continue  to  wield  a 
vast    influence  upon  its   welfare.      It   would  be  a  sad   reflection 
for    this    nation    if    they    were    traitors    and    descended    from 
traitors.     They   were  true  to  their  traditions  and   the  political 
teachings  of   their  fathers;    thej    sustained   their   convictions 
to    the    last    extremity    and    achieved    the    highest    standard    of 
patriotism       Their      oils,    taught    by   their    example,    will    never 
stop   to  count    tin    ...si    ,  i    any   sacrifice  that   the  necessities  oi 
their  country  may  demand.     This  the  people  of  the  North  now 
generall)     and    will    in    time    entirely    believe.      A    statue    of 
Robert    E.   Lee   stands   in   the   Hall   of    Fame,   largely   by   the 
rote     oi    Northern   men.     He   is   there   presented   as  on. 
the   truly   great    men    of   the    nation,    one    of   our    immi 
as  an  inpsiration  to  our  posterity  and  an  exponent  of  the  best 
of  our  national  life  to  travelers  of  all  nations  who  \isit  our 
shores.      If   all    written   about    him    by    the    S  mth    should    dis 
appear   from   the   face   of    the   earth,    bis    fame,    full.    fair,   and 
imperishable,  would  lie  transmitted  to  thi  bj    what   has 

been    recorded    of    him    b)     writers    . 

pn  poundi  d  bj    I  i  ancis    Vdams,  "Shall  Robi  rt  1 

ho.  i  Latue?"  meaning  no  doubt  one  erected  b}  the  nation, 
will  one  day  be  answered  in  thi  affirmative.  Upon  the  Plains 
of    Abraham   with  equal  honor   slal  cted  to 

Wolfe  and  Montcalm    I  believe  that  a  lib.  imous  spiril 

will   at    the   capital   of  the   nati.ni   raise  in   noble   companionship 

and  Grant.    Southern  veterans  find  a  lasl  n 
place  in  the  Nati'         I  at    Arlington     The  government 

is  erecting  monuments  to  the  memory  of  our  soldiers  and  is 
caring  for  their  graves.  This  day  as  Secretary  of  War  I 
approved  a  contract  for  tl  i   of  eighl   thou 


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sand  five  hundred  dollars  by  the  government  of  the  United 
of  a  white  marble  shaft  eighty-two  feet  in  height  in 
the  Confederate  section  of  the  Finn's  Point  National  Ceme- 
tery, near  Salem,  X.  J.,  to  mark  the  graves  of  Confederate 
soldiers  \\  1 1 . ■  died  as  prisoners  of  war. 

I  stood  on  Decoration  Pay  by  the  Confederate  monument 
erected  in  Oakwood  Cemeterj  in  Chicago  largely  l>>  Xorth- 
ern  contributions  and  saw  a  salute  fired  over  those  who  fought 
far  the  stars  and  bars  like  thai  just  fired  over  those  lying  near 
by  who  fought  for  the  stars  and  -tripes.  On  a  bronze  tablet 
up  hi  the  m  mumenl  to  ["enncssee's  hero,  Sam  Davis,  a  monu- 
ment evoking  memories  which  bring  tears  to  the  eyes  of  all 
true  Southern  people,  is  an  inscription  showing  that  there  were 
contributors  to  this  monument  from  every  State  in  the  Union. 

There  has  been  a  realization  of  the  prophecy  of  Mr.  Pin- 
coin,  who  said  in  his  first  inaugural:  "The  mystic  chords  of 
memory,  stretching  from  everj  battlefield  and  patriot  grave 
to  every  living  lujurt  and  hearthstone  all  over  this  broad  land, 
will  yet  swell  the  chorus  of  the  Union  when  again  touched. 
as  surely  they  will  he.  bj   the  'letter  angels  of  our  nature." 

No  Southern  man  is  treated  with  disfavor  if  he  publicly 
expresses  befme  representative  people  in  the  North  his  con- 
victions as  to  the  righteousness  of  our  cause.  On  the  one 
hundredth  anniversary  of  the  birth  of  Abraham  Pincoln  be- 
fore a  Northern  audience  in  Chicago  I  said  that  in  mind,  heart, 
and  soul  1  was  loyal  to  the  traditions  of  the  South;  T  believed 
that  the  South  was  within  its  constitutional  rights  as  the 
Constitution  then  stood;  that  her  leaders  were  patriots,  that 
her  people  showed  a  devotion  to  principle  without  a  touch 
of  sordidness.  that  such  action  as  theirs  could  only  come 
from  a  deep  conviction  that  counted  not  the  cost  of  sacrifice, 
and  that  I  cherished  as  a  glorious  legacy  the  renown  of  her 
armies  and  leaders  whose  purity  of  life  and  heroism  were 
unsurpassed  by  those  of  any  people. 

I  always  kept  conspicuously  displayed  in  my  residence  in 
Illinois  portraits  of  Davis.  Pee,  and  Jackson,  and  with  them 
the  Confederate  colors.  They  were  seen  there  by  our  Presi- 
dent, the  son  of  Grant  and  the  son  of  Lincoln,  and  by  many 
Union  soldiers.  It  never  occurred  to  me  to  offer  explanation 
or  apology. 

Sensible  people  of  the  North  know  that  in  cherishing  these 
sentiments,  in  holding  these  convictions,  in  caring  for  the 
graves  of  our  dead,  in  erecting  monuments  to  perpetuate  their 
tame,  in  giving  a  true  history  of  our  contest,  and  teaching 
our  children  to  reverence  the  memory  of  those  who  sustained 
the  Southern  cause,  there  is  no  protest  against  the  government 
under  which  we  live  just  as  sensible  people  of  the  South  know 
that  devotion  to  our  reunited  country  and  its  flag  is  no  dis- 
loyalty to  the  memories  of  a  cause  which  is  enshrined  forever. 

We  know  by  actual  experience  the  horrors  of  war.  No 
people  of  modern  times  have  had  its  fearful  lessons  more  in- 
delibly impressed  upon  their  minds  and  hearts.  Our  loss  of 
property  and  productive  energy  has  been  estimated  in  fig- 
ures But  there  is  no  standard  for  measuring  the  loss  to  the 
South  of  those  who  went  down  in  that  great  struggle.  The 
noblest,  the  bravest,  the  most  generous,  ami  the  most  patri- 
otic were  foremost  on  the  red  field  of  carnage.  We  have 
recuperated  our  material  losses,  hut  suffer  and  will  continue 
i.i  suffer  immeasurably  for  a  long  time  from  the  sacrifice 
of  our  noble  manhood.  We  ought  to  he  and  are  a  peace-loving 
We  earnestly  believe  in  the  great  humanitarian  work 
going  -in  among  all  enlightened  peoples  of  the  civilized 
world  of  endeavoring  to  substitute  some  tribunal  other  than 
that    nf   war    for   the   adjustment   of   international    differences; 


and  \et  with  the  memories  of  the  sufferings  still  fresh,  with 
these  aspirations  for  universal  peace  strong  cherished,  at  the 
fir-;  test  which  came  when  our  countrj  made  war  on  Spain 
nun  like  our  townsman,  William  C.  Smith,  and  Maj,  W.  J. 
Witthorne  and  other  gallant  Confederates  leading  the  sons  of" 
Cheatham.  Kirhy  Smith,  and  many  others  who  wore  the  gray, 
were  foremosl  among  those  who  responded  to  its  call. 

It  was  the  indomitable  spirit  of  the  Old  South  that  inspired 
the  heroic  action  of  the  ist  Tennessee,  of  which  President 
Mckinley  said  in  an  address  at  Quincy,  111.:  "No  more 
splendid  exhibition  of  patriotism  was  ever  shown  than  was 
exhibited  a  few  days  ago  in  the  Philippines.  That  gallant  I  in 
nessee  regiment  from  our  Southern  border  hatl  been  absent 
from  home  and  family  and  friends  for  more  than  a  year,  and 
were  embarked  on  the  good  ship  Indiana  homeward  hound 
when  the  enemy  attacked  our  forces  remaining  near  Cebu. 
These  magnificent  soldiers  left  their  ship,  joined  their  com- 
rades on  the  tiring  line,  and  achieved  a  glorious  triumph  foi 
American  arms.  That  is  an  example  of  patriotism  that  should 
he  an  inspiration  to  duty  for  all  of  us  in  every  part  of  our 
ci  minion  country." 

Whenever  our  country  shall  need  their  services,  the  sons 
of  those  who  fought  for  the  Confederacy,  taught  by  them, 
will — not  if  called,  for  when  did  men  of  the  Volunteer  State 
wait  to  he  called? — hear  the  stars  and  stripes,  as  their  fathers 
lore  them  at  Kings  Mountain.  Talladega,  Emuckfau,  New 
Orleans,  and  from  the  Rio  Grande  to  the  City  of  Mexico — 
yes,  as  was  borne  by  valor  of  imperishable  renown,  the  South- 
ern cross  up  the  bloody  heights  of  Gettysburg,  over  the  fields 
of  Chickamauga,  and  on  that  red  day  at  Franklin,  when  Ten- 
nessee poured  out  her  richest  libation  of  blood,  and  amid  the 
-bouts  of  dearly  bought  victory  the  heroic  souls  of  Adams. 
Cleburne,  Carter,  Gist,  Strahl,  Granbury.  and  their  peerless 
soldiery  went  up  to  join  the  hosts  in  gray  who  have  taught 
us  the  imperishable  lesson  by  glorious  example  that  "it  is 
both  sweet  and  honorable  to  die  for  one's  country." 


"WHAT  IF   THE  SOUTH  HAD  U'OX?" 
Virginians   Protest  against  Judge  Dickinson's  Views 
The  Secretary  of  War  is  closely  watched  South  as  well  as 
North.    He  1- a  Southerner  of  unquestioned  loyalty  to  bis  native 
Southland.     His  address  in  this  issue  of  the  Veteran  attest- 
that.      Those    who    have    known    him    from    his   youth    up    are 
confident  of  his   absolute  loyalty  to  the   South,  hut   other 
suspicious.     The   Stonewall  Jackson   Camp   at   Staunton.   Va., 
composed  of  some  of  the  ablest  men  in  the   Old   Dominion. 
adopted    resolutions   in   protest   against   what   he    said   at    the 
dedication  of  the  Gettysburg  monument.     At  a  meeting  of  the 
Camp  in   September  they  gave  their  reason. 

Action  of  the  Stonewall  Camp. 
The  attention  of  this  Camp  has  several  times  been  called 
to  certain  utterances  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Hon.  Jacob 
M.  Dickinson,  in  a  recent  dedicatory  address  at  Gettysburg, 
the  language  being:  "Time  has  brought  a  clearer  vision  of 
the  tremendous  evils  to  all  the  States  which  would  certainly 
and  immediately  have  followed  upon  the  establishment  of  the 
Southern  Confederacy.  *  *  *  There  are  in  the  South  but 
few  if  any  who  would  not  turn  swiftly  with  sentiments  of  ab- 
horrence from  ;mt  suggestion  that  it  would  have  been  better 
for  the  South  if  it  had  succeeded  in  establishing  an  inde- 
pendent government." 

The  Camp  expresses  itself  on  the  subject  by  the  following 
resolutions  : 


Qopfedera t<?  l/eterar?, 


53* > 


"Resolved:  i.  That,  K  ^i  the  speaker  as  .1  Southern-bom 
man  might  be  supposed  to  speak  for  that  class  and  for  the 
Confederate  soldier,  we  would  say  for  the  three  hundred 
members  of  this  Camp  that  the  mellowing  influence  of  time 
has  nol  yet  so  cleared  our  \  i -~ii >n  as  i"  alter  our  views  in  the 
least  a-  to  the  propriety  of  what  we  'li'I  in  the  sixties.  And 
under  the  like  circumstances  we  would  take  the  same  pride  in 
doing  11  again.  We  simplj  fail  to  sei  how  any  true  Confed 
erate  soldier  of  that  time  could  entertain  doubt;  about  the 
justice  and  righ(  in  the  sight  of  Cn>d  of  the  cause  for  which 
we  fought.  We  took  up  arm-  in  Virginia  with  an  intelligent 
understanding  of  our  reason  and  our  purposes,  and  the  vin- 
dication of  our  motives  maj  bi  left  to  the  verdicl  of  history. 
The  clearer  our  vision  in  tin  restrospect,  thi  more  distinctly 
we  see  that  the  war  forced  upon  us  was  one  of  naked  aggri 
sion,  invasion,  and  conquest,  and  waged  less  for  patriotic 
than  commercial  consideration  We  would  have  our  chil- 
dren taught  the  truth  of  the  casi  as  it  stood  in  [861,  not  that 
they  may  be  less  loyal  to  the  Union,  but  thai  they  may  propet 
ly  respect  in  for  what  we  did  then  and  are  doing  now,  and 
maj  realize  that  it  is  those  who  an  loyal  to  the  memories 
of  the  past  who  prove  truest  to  the  responsibilities  of  the 
present.  We  abide  the  issue  of  arm-,  but  would  neither 
apologi  1  i"i  our  course  nor  recant  our  faith,  so  doing  dis 
honor  to  heroii  li  iders  and  brave  comrades  who  died  for  it. 
Wi  think,  therefore,  that  tin  speaker  took  too  much  upon 
himself  in  assuming  to  voice  the  sentiment  oi  the  South. 

•    I  li.it.  however  good  a  government  established  or  main- 
tained bj    force  may  In.  it  must  fall  far  short  of  a  govern- 
ment  "f  the  people,  l>\    thi    people,  and   For  the  people  Mich 
■  li     ancestors    fought    for    and    won    in    1776-83    and    we 
fought  for  -ii  earnestly  but  unsuccessfully  in  1K01  65. 

"3,  That  we  repudiate  out  and  out  the  proposition  that  our 
attempt  to  establish  an  independent  government  was  a  folly 
from  the  outset  or  that  we  were  incapable  <>f  maintaining  it 
with  dignity  and  honor  and  making  it  a  success  and  power 
among  the  nation-      Had  the  close  of  the  war  separated  our 

fortunes    lor    a    time    from    those    >'i   the    Northern    States,    we 

should  probably  he  no  less  happy  and  no  less  prosperous 
And  a-  for  the  humbler  race,  the  supposed  cause  of  the  strife, 
gradual  ami  friendlj  emancipation  would  surely  have  re- 
warded  theii   fidelity    while  it  lasted  and  set  us  right  with  the 

world.       Looking    t"    the    condition-    winch    actually    follow,,! 

it.  our  civilization  ruthless);  subverted,  society  disorganized, 
1  egislatun  -  di  persed,  judges  deposed  bj  the  military  and  the 
law  of  tin  bayonet  substituted,  and  vice  and  ignorance  and 
malice  turned  loo-.-  t,.  rule  until  de-pair  shadowed  every 
hearthstone  m  the  Southern  land — if  in  1  people  have  risen 
from  the  ashes  of  their  desolation  and  carved  out  for  them- 
selves 1  new  destiny,  it  1-  due,  we  think,  to  the  unconquerable 
-pirn  ..I  Southern  ex  Confederates,  n.  then  determined  re- 
sistance to  wrong  and  oppression  in  everj  form,  and  to  their 
masterful  struggle  to  rebuild  then-  home-  and  fortunes  rather 
than  to  any  beneficence  oi   the   Federal   government   that  we 

owi    thi    bettet   conditions  enj I  to-day.     In  our  judgment 

tin-  recognized  Fact  of  industrial  and  commercial  development 
and  progn  i  and  that  capa  it)  for  affairs  which  ha-  sur- 
mounted every  difficult}  the-  fat  confronting  them  carrj  their 
own    demonstration    that    the    Southern    people    would    have 

held    their    own    a-    well    in    the    In  Id-    ..t     -lit. -man-hip    and 

government  and  given  to  the  world  not    1  di     living  I  onfed 

1  j  .   hut    a    la  -1 11  t  Of  frei     Male-    under   a    (  J  inStitU 

lion  which  wa-  a  model  chart  with  a  homogeneous  population, 
knit  together  bj   common  sufferings  and  glorii  -  and  held  to- 


gether bj  common  interest.  What  was  permitted  to  no  man 
to  know  of  such  a  people's  dc-lai\  let  no  man  now  la\  down 
for  us  as  the  inevitable.     *     *    * 

1  ommittee:  Thomas    I'    Ranson,  C    I-'    Conrad.   Berkeley 
Mini  ir,  .1    1  tumgardnei .  Jr." 


At   tin    time   the   above   resolutions   wire   before   tin 
Prof.    Berkeley   .Minor,  of  Sunn    Hall,    said     "In   votii 
these  resolutions  we  must  bear  in  mind  the  exact  issue  raised 

by    Air.    Dickiu-ou's    claim    that    the    South    i-    glad    tli. 11     our 

Confederate  cause   failed   in    1861  65.     Ill-  claim   mean-  that 
we  made  a  mistake  in  resisting  Lincoln  and  his  party's  efforl 
to  re  form  the  Union  bj   Force,     li  mean-  thai  the  government 

forced  upon   us  in    [865   W3       1    bettet    one  than   the  one    formed 

by  us  and  foughl    foi    bravelj    for  four  years  with  cnormou 

loss  of  life  and  propertj      ll    means  that   the  men   who  led  us  in 

that  heroic  fight  are  unworthj  oi  He    honors  we  have  lavished 
upon  them,  being  leaders  in  a  cause  that  did  not  succeed  and 

did   not   deserve   since--;    that    the   nan    win.    led    the   armies   of 

the  conquering  section  were  the  true  patriots   win.-,    succes 
wa      our   gain   and    who    deserve   our    thank-    for    forcing    it- 
back  into  allegiance  to  the  best   government  the  world  ever 

saw    which    we   were  unw  i-<  1\    resisting;   and.    finally,    11    an  an- 
il).11  our  Camps  of  Confederate  veterans  have  no  good  ri 
1-1    1  tistence,  hut   should  disband  and  no  longet    defend  and 

maintain   the    can-c   which    Failed   and.   u    hi-   claim    i-    ju-t,   de 

servedly  failed  in   r86i-6s." 


?i  >Ml     \<  '/'  ED   CONFEDERAT1     FA  Mil  11 

10    1      11      1  n  1  1   1  .    m:    mi  i   \.    w   \-ii 

1  he  following  families  made  I. nee  contributions  of  soldier- 
to  the  Confederate  cause,  and  the  lists,  large  as  they  are.  can 
he  duplicated  in  other  localities,  for  al  the  call  of  the  South 
old  and  young  alike  responded. 

William  Green  Cousins,  of  Pennsylvania  County,  Va., 
his  eight   sons:   Richard,   Royal,  John.   Henry  Clay,  Chastine 

Royster,  Jabez   Smith.   William,  and    Mareellus 

David   W.    Barton,  of   Winchester,   Va.,  gave  to  tin    can-. 
In-  loved  si\  sons.    Charles  M    Barton,  a  lieutenant  of  New 
on'-     Artillery,    wa-    killed    Ma\    22,    [862,    in   the   battle   of 
Winchester.    David  R.  Barton,  a  student  at  the  University  oi 

Virginia,  was  elected  to  till  the  place  left  vacant  1>\   his  bro 
death,   and   was  killed   in  the  battle  of    Fredericksburg    in    [862 

\\  Strother  Barton  wa-  lieutenant  in  the  Winchestet  Rifles 
Robert  I'.  Barton,  of  Rockbridgi  Battery,  i-  now  a  lawyer  in 
Winch e si  >  r  and  author  of  "Barton's   Practice."     Randolph   Bat 

Pn.    sergeant    major   of   the   33d    Virginia    fnfantrj    and    -nl.-e 

quently    adjutant    general    in    the    Stonewall    Brigade,    was 

wounded  five  lime-  and  struck  In  a  spent  ball  twici  Me  1- 
now    a    member  of  tin    law    linn   of    Barton,    W'ilher.   Ambler  & 

Stewart,  of  Baltimore,  Md.     Bowling  W     Barton  was  a  cadet 

of  the  Virginia  Military  Institute,  which  In  left  to  enter  the 
ailm         lie    wa-    in    lie'    battle    ^\     New     Mark.  1.    and    1..-I    a    leg 

in  the  battle  1  if   Minnii    Kim.   March      .   [863      lie  i-  1 

ent  of  Loudoun  County,  Va  Mi  and  Mrs  David  Barton 
had  tw..  daughters  whose  husbands  were  al-..  in  the  Confed- 
erate army — Dr.  John  Baldwin  .md  Col  Thomas  Mar-hall. 
grandson  of  <  Ihii  f  Ju  hall     I    iloni  1   Mat  shall  wa-  a 

lieutenant  colonel  of  the  71I1  Virginia  Cavalry,  and  was  killed 
in   [864  ne.11    Middletown,   Va      Mrs    Barton,  besides  her  six 
.11    and  two  si  .n-  in  law  .  had  1.  an  In  1  ithers  in  thi 

There  were  si\  brothers  in  the  Curd  famih  of  Nelson 
1  ounty,  Va.,  and  tin.   wen    ill  gallant  soldiers 


biO 


(^oofederat^  Ueterap. 


CONFEDERATE  MONUMENT  AT  FRANKLIN,  N.  C. 

September  30,  1909,  was  perhaps  the  greatest  day  within  the 
history  of  Franklin,  N.  C.  The  occasion  was  the  unveiling  of 
the  Macon  County  Confederate  monument.  Complete  prepara- 
tions and  arrangements  had  been  made  for  the  occasion,  and 
the  weather  was  ideal.  A  large  stand  had  been  erected  bor- 
dering on  the  sidewalk  near  the  courthouse  and  fronting  the 
monument  on  the  Public  Square  and  under  the  shade  of  the 
fine  maples  that  line  the  cement  sidewalks. 

The  country  people  began  to  arrive  early,  and  it  was  esti- 
mated that  over  fifteen  hundred  people  were  present,  mostly 
citizens  of  Macon  County,  who  had  gathered  around  the 
grand  stand  when  the  hour  arrived  for  opening  the  exercises. 

Maj.  N.  P.  Rankin,  President  of  the  Macon  County  Monu- 
ment Association,  called  the  assembly  to  order  and  requested 
Adjutant  W.  A.  Curtis  to  act  as  master  of  ceremonies.  Rev. 
J.  A.  Deal,  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  invoked  the  divine  bless- 
ing. In  most  fitting  and  tender  manner  the  minister  returned 
thanks  for  the  benefits  and  privileges  of  the  day,  for  the  brave 
men  who  had  gone  before  and  those  who  still  remain  and 
whose  heroism  and  devotion  are  to  be  honored  by  this  me- 
morial. Then  the  Franklin  Choir  rendered  "The  Old  North 
State  Forever !" 

Hon.  J.  Frank  Ray  delivered  the  address  of  welcome  in  an 
admirable  and  appropriate  manner,  which  was  responded  to  by 
Hon.  J.  M.  Gudger,  Jr.,  of  Asheville,  N.  C.  formerly  Congress- 
man from  this  district.  The  unveiling  address  was  appropriate 
and  beautifully  delivered  by  Miss  Elizabeth  Kelly,  daughter 
of  Lieut.  M.  L.  Kelly,  of  Company  D,  62d  North  Carolina 
Regiment.  The  following  ladies,  descendants  of  the  command- 
ing officers  of  the  seven  companies  that  went  from  Macon 
County  to  the  war,  Mrs.  F.  T.  Smith,  Misses  Kate  Robinson. 
Irene  Ashe,  Lassie  Kelly,  Esther  Rogers,  Maggie  Angel,  and 
May  McDowell,  marched  to  the  front  of  the  monument  and 
pulled  the  cord,  and  the  veiling  fell  gracefully  from  the  statue 
and  floated  gently  down  right  and  left  of  the  shaft,  and  the 
monument  stood  unveiled  in  all  its  grace  and  majestic  beauty, 
while  the  assembly  applauded.  The  Choir  then  sang  "Dixie," 
using  the  words  written  by  M.  B.  Wharton,  D.D.,  (and  printed 
in  the  Confederate  Veteran  of 'September,  1904,  page  431). 

The  magnificent  oration  was  delivered  by  His  Excellency, 
W.  W.  Kitchen,  Governor  of  North  Carolina.  It  was  polished, 
scholarly,  and  historical,  and  held  his  audience  spellbound  for 
an  hour  or  more.  After  the  song,  "The  Bonnie  Blue  Flag," 
rendered  by  the  Franklin  Choir,  there  was  an  intermission  for 
dinner.  The  sixty  old  veterans  present  were  furnished  tickets 
and  dined  at  the  Junaluskee  Inn  through  the  courtesy  of  the 
proprietress,  Mrs.  Laura  Bryson,  with  the  Governors  of  two 
States,  North  and  South  Carolina,  at  each  end  of  the  long  table. 
[Remarks  by  the  two  Governors  not  given.] 

The  afternoon  exercises  were  held  in  the  courthouse,  and 
on  reassembling  "The  Conquered  Banner"  was  recited  by 
Miss  Clyde  McGuire.  standing  under  the  tattered  and  batth?- 
scarred  flag  of  the  39th  North  Carolina  Regiment,  upheld  by 
J.  W.  Shelton,  the  last  color  bearer  of  the  regiment. 

On  October  4,  1889,  just  twenty  years  ago  lacking  four  days, 
at  the  first  reunion  of  Macon  County  veterans  ever  held,  the 
mother  of  Miss  McGuire,  then  Miss  Maggie  Moore,  recited 
the  same  poem  under  the  same  flag  upheld  by  Mr.  Shelton. 
The  Choir  then  sang  "America." 

Gov.  M.  F.  Ansel,  of  South  Carolina,  then  addressed  the  as- 
sembly, being  introduced  by  T.  J.  Johnston,  Esq.,  and  his 
speech  of  half  an  hour  was  well  received  by  all  who  heard  him. 

Sketches  of  the  seven  companies,  which  had  been  written  by 


Maj.  N.  P.  Rankin,  were  then  read  by  Mr.  Baird  Angel  and 
Prof.  H.  D.  Dean. 

■  The  monument  was  formally  presented  by  Adjutant  W.  A. 
Curtis,  from  whose  address  the  following  extracts  giving  the 
history  of  the  work  are  taken : 

"It  is  appropriate  that  this  monument  has  been  reared  in 
memory  of  the  sons  of  Macon  County  who  served  in  the  Con- 
federate army  during  the  period  of  the  war,  1861-65.  It  will 
remind  our  children's  children  of  the  heroism  and  devotion 
of  a  people  who  fought  through  four  years  of  the  greatest 
conflict  ever  known  on  this  continent  in  defense  of  home  and 
State  and  our  beautiful  Southland. 

"The  records  show  that  eight  hundred  and  eighty-nine  vol- 
unteers went  to  the  war  from  this  county,  enough  for  a  full 
regiment.  They  were  participants  in  hundreds  of  engagements 
in  the  armies  of  the  Confederacy,  and  Macon  County  honors 
herself  in  doing  this  honor  to  her  heroes. 

"The  idea  of  erecting  a  monument  to  the  memory  of  Macon 
County  veterans  was  first  conceived  by  Maj.  N.  P.  Rankin. 
He  has  labored  with  persistency  and  zeal  in  the  enterprisi 
ever  since  its  inauguration,  six  years  ago,  and  he  deserves  all 
the  credit  and  honor  for  what  has  been  accomplished.  On 
November  26,  1903,  at  the  Major's  call,  a  number  of  our  vet- 
erans met  in  the  courthouse  and  organized  the  Macon  County 
Monument  Association.  He  was  elected  President  and  W.  A. 
Curtis  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  positions  held  ever  since  by 
them,  and  they  have  devoted  much  time  and  labor  to  the  cause. 


THE    FRANKLIN     (N.    C.)     MONUMENT. 


Qopfederat^  Ueterap. 


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"By  an  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  passed  at 
its  session  of  1907  the  Association  was  incorporated,  and  an 
act  of  the  same  body  passed  at  the  last  session  (1909)  au- 
thorized the  Board  of  County  Commissioners  to  donate  a  plat 
of  land  in  the  Public  Square  68-83  feet  to  the  Association 
on  which  to  erect  the  monument.  The  monument  consists  of 
twenty-seven  stones,  is  twenty-five  feet  high  above  the  concrete 
foundation,  and  built  of  fine  Georgia  marble.  The  six-foot 
statue  was  made  in  Italy  of  fine  Italian  marble,  and  is  beauti- 
ful as  a  work  of  art  in  its  simplicity,  its  symmetry  of  form, 
and  its  magnificent  pose.  It  alone  cost  $600.  The  entire  weight 
of  the  monument  is  about  35,000  pounds  and  was  erected  by 
ill.    McNeel  Marble  Co.,  of  Marietta,  Ga.,  at  a  cost  of  $1,650. 

"In  behalf  of  the  Charles  L.  Robinson  Camp,  No.  947,  United 
Confederate  Veterans,  and  the  Macon  County  Monument  \.s 
SOi  i.it ion,  I  now  have  the  honor  to  present  to  the  citizens  of 
Vfacon  County  this  handsome  monument,  and  I  commend  it 
to  the  ladies  and  the  sons  and  daughters  of  Confederate  vet- 
erans to  be  kept  in  order  perpetually." 

Senator  W,  J.  Wesl  on  behalf  of  the  count;  made  the  speech 
ceptance  in  an  appropriate  manner;  and  after  the  singing 
Of   "When   the  Roll   Is   Called   Up   Yonder"   by   the  Choir,  the 
benediction  was  pronounced  by  Rev.  T.  C   Kin1;,  of  the  Bap- 
tist Chun  li 


"FIGHTING  CONFEDERATE  PARSONS." 

BY   S.    B.    BROWN,   Rl'sK.    11  \ 

In  the  August  number  of  the  Veteran,  page  391,  is  a  short 
article   on   (lie   "Fighting  Confederate    Parsons"      I    will   men- 

m  1  few  of  that  class  of  Confederate1  soldiers  that  I  have 
known. 

\V  I  I;.,  in.  a  minister  in  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
Church  and  a  leading  educator  in  Texas,  was  lieutenant  colonel 
of  the  oth  Texas   Infantry. 

»\  1  arter,  colonel  of  the  ->ist  Texas  Cavalry,  and 
C.  C.  Gillespie,  colonel  of  the  25th  I  <  \a-  Cavalry,  were  two 
of  the  leading  ministers  in  the  M  E.  Church,  South,  before 
the   war 

I..  M.  Lewis,  a  brigadier  general,  commanding  a  brigade  of 
Missouri  troops,  was  a  prominent  minister  in  the  same  Church 

the      V,  .11 

Brig.  Gen.  K.  M.  Gano,  of  Dallas,  Tex  .  is  a  minister  in  the 

I  hurch. 
William   D.   Chadiek,  a   leading    minister   in  the  Cumberland 
teii.in  Church,  went   out    from    Huntsville,   Ala.  as  chap- 
lain   of   the   .  11 1 1    Alabama    Infantry,   and    was    afterwards   lieu- 
tenant colonel  of  the  50th    Alabama  Infantry. 

Captain   Smith,  ol   (  om] j    D,  28th  Texas  Cavalry,  was  a 

First   Lieutenant    Milburn,  of  Company  B, 
3d    1  .  1 ,     t  .0  airy,  «  .1  >  a  B  iptist  ministi  r 

Foui    ministers,   Frank   Cole,    Haden,    Patillo,  and    Duckett, 

privates  in   lb'      [dT  <   avalry  the  greater  part  of  the 

war        Patillo    and     Duckett     were    chaplain-    a     portion    of    ill, 

time. 

Hiram  Await,  a  leading  minister  of  the  Baptist  Church,  was 
captain  of  a  company  in  a  Texas  regiment 

Two  humble,  devoted  Baptist  ministers,  Perry  Holliman  and 
■  a.  who  were  privati  i  in  the  Confederate  army,  re- 
side in  Cherokee  County,  Tex     Om    served  in  the  ist  Texas 

Cavalry,     Vrizona    Brigade,   and    the   other   in    the    10th    Texas 

dry.  dismounted,  in  Ector's   Brigadi 
Rev.  B.  T.  Crouch,  of  Mississippi,  a  chaplain,  was  killed  in 

the    battle    01      ["hompson's     Station.    Tenn.,    while    acting    as 

aidole  camp  to  (  k  n   W.  II   Ja<  kson 


From  S.  Emanuel,  New  'oirk  City. 
Referring  to  your  article  in  the  August  Veteran.  I  have  in 
view  several  Confederate  soldiers  who  afterwards  became 
clergymen.  George  S.  Baker,  though  from  Massachusetts, 
joined  the  Washington  Light  Artillery,  and  served  through  the 
war.  lie  afterwards  studied  for  the  Episcopal  ministry,  and 
is  now  Chaplain  of  the  New  York  U.  C.  V.  Camp.  Rev.  Wil- 
liam T.  Capers,  of  South  Carolina,  a  Methodist  minister  and 
brother  of  Bishop  Capers,  joined  Company  A.  10th  South 
Carolina  Regiment,  as  a  private,  afterwards  being  made  chap- 
lain of  his  regiment.  Nathaniel  B.  Clarkson,  of  the  Methodist 
Church,  and  Henry  E.  Lucas,  both  active  workers  in  the  min- 
istry, were  members  of  Company  A. 

Ekom  John  M.  Hood,  Jackson,  Miss. 

Dr.  J.  A.  Hacketl  and  Dr.  J.  B.  Gambriell  were  among  the 
distinguished  divines  of  Mississippi  and  joint  editors  of  the 
Baptist  Journal,  and  they  were  both  "fighting  parsons."  Dr. 
Hackett  was  essentially  a  man  of  peace,  yet  there  was  no 
braver  soldier  in  the  army,  lie  did  double  duty,  fighting  for 
the  cause  of  the  South  on  the  field  and  for  the  cause  of  re- 
ligion in  the  camp.  lie  was  a  member  of  Company  C.  [8th 
Infantry,  which  constituted  part  of  the  celebrated  Barksdale- 
Humphrey's  Brigade,  lie  was  in  every  engagement  with  his 
company— Manassas,  Leesburg,  Williamsburg,  Seven  Pines, 
the  seven  days'  battle  at  the  gates  of  Richmond,  Second  Ma- 
nassas,  Sharpsburg,  Fredericksburg,  Gettysburg,  the  Battle  of 
the  Wilderness,  Cold  Harbor,  and  Petersburg— being  badly 
wounded  at  Fredericksburg.  He  remained  always  in  the  camp 
with  his  men,  and  often  while  thej  were  sleeping  from  utter 
exhaustion  cooked  their  rations  for  the  next  day's  march. 

Dr.  J.  B.  Gambrill  was  a  member  of  the  2d  Mississippi  Regi- 
ment. He  did  fearless  work  as  a  SCOUt,  and  was  often  in  im- 
portant and  dangerous  positions  and  expeditions.  While  a 
minister,  he  was  never  an  army  chaplain,  but  did  his  work  of 
salvation  for  body  and  soul  uncommissioned.  He  is  still  a 
valiant  soldier  of  the  cross,  and  i-  proud  of  his  army  record! 
won  among  the  wounded  and  dying  a-  well  a-  in  battle,  when' 
he  showed  the  highest  courage  of  heroic  manhood.  F01  .. 
time  after  the  war  lie  was  President  of  the  Baptist  College 
at  Macon,  Ga.,  and  is  now  a  leading  minister  of  Dallas,  Tex 

From  Sox  oi    Lewis  M    Ball,  of  Benson,    Vriz. 

Among  the  "Fighting  Confederate  Parsons"  I  give  a  short 
sketch  of  my  father,  Col.  Lewis  Ball,  of  the  41st  Mississippi. 
He  was  horn  November  d,  iSjo.  in  South  Carolina,  near  old 
Bethabara  Baptist  church,  where  he  was  licensed  to  preach  be- 
fore he  was  twenty.  To  gain  an  education,  he  made  a  crop 
of  cotton,  working  at  night  by  the  light  of  pitch  pine  placed1 
on  scaffolds.    He  put  his  first  earnings  into  bool 

Hi-  early  work  as  a  minister  was  in  part  making  speeches 
on    temperance.      This    was   at    a    time    when    it    was    a    common 

thing  to  see  liquors  1  the  sideboard  even  ot  ministers,  He 
was  then  an  ardent  prohibitionist,  and  much  of  his  after  life 
in   Mississippi  was  given  to  that  cause 

When  volunteer-  were  called  for  in  1861  he  was  pastor  of 
the  Baptist  Church  at  Ch(  1  Miss.     A  companj  of  tin 

boys  and  young  men  of  hi-  pastorate  and  community  was  made 
up   and  he  became  their  captain.     Too  often,  alas!   he  had   to 
call  on  the   same  loyal  parents   and   neighbors   to   send   more 
in    till    the   thill    rank-.      From   captain    In  major, 

and  later  for  storming  and  capturing  a  line  of  breastworks 
under  heavy  lire  in  the  light-  north  of  Atlanta  he  was  promoted 
to  colonel  of  the  41st.  A  bursting  -hell  in  that  engagement 
tore  his  collar  bo rely,  Unfitting  him   for  active  service. 


542 


C^opfederat^  l/eterai?. 


As  a  genuine  "fighting  parson"  he  led  his  boys  in  the  tierce 
fights  of  North  Georgia  and  during  the  bitter  cold  in  the  cam- 
paigns of  Tennessee.  After  battling  by  day  he  would  preach 
at  nights,  pleading  and  praying  with  his  boys  to  win  the  moral 
victory. 

Captain  Cullens,  of  the  ist  Mississippi,  wrote  of  him:  "I 
have  seen  him  go  into  a  great  river  and  a  little  creek  with 
his  military  dress  and  baptize  the  votaries  of  his  faith.  Once 
I  saw  him  and  General  Lowrey,  of  Mississippi,  immerse  a 
long  line  of  repentant  soldiers  in  a  little  muddy  creek  in  Ten- 
nessee. They  both  wore  their  dress  parade  uniforms,  and  it 
was  a  weird  scene — the  shadowy  tree-,  the  muddy  brook,  the 
official  priests,  the  ragged  supplicants,  and  the  hundreds  on 
tlie  banks  singing  'Am  I  a  soldier  of  the  cross?'" 

The  war  over,  lie  busied  himself  repairing  his  own  broken 
fortunes  and  those  of  his  people.  During  the  seventies,  when 
he  was  pastor  in  the  "Black  Belt"  or  "Delta"  at  Rolling  Fork, 
Sunflower  County,  the  negroes  had  massed  together  near  the 
town  to  destroy  it.  The  citizens  asked  him  to  lead  a  company 
against  the  rioters.  Sending  one  of  his  men  disguised  as  a 
negro,  he  learned  that  they  were  to  enter  the  town  Sunday 
morning  while  the  people  were  at  church  and  burn  the  place. 
At  the  head  of  his  little  band  he  went  at  night  near  the  negro 
camp  and  at  daylight  charged  into  it  with  the  old-time  "yell." 
The  ringleaders  were  quickly  captured.  The  others  were 
allowed  to  get  away  to  avoid  needless  slaughter.  These  lead- 
ers were  later  executed  at  intervals  along  the  public  highways 
as  a  warning.  The  trouble — and  it  might  have  easily  been  a 
serious  one — with  the  negro  population  (about  twenty  to  one) 
was  effectually  settled  with  the  one  swift  blow. 

For  a  number  "of  years  he  had  his  family  at  Blue  Mountain, 
Mis-,  where  Gen.  M.  P.  Lowrey  had  founded  Blue  Mountain 
Female  College,  one  of  the  best  institutions  of  Ls  kind  in  the 
South.  Later  he  moved  to  Clinton,  sending  his  boys  to  the 
Mississippi  College.  He  continued  actively  in  the  ministry  as 
pastor  of  three  country  Churches,  as  State  evangelist,  and  as 
Corresponding  Secretary  of  the  State  Board  up  to  within  two 
weeks  of  his  death.  He  died  November  30,  1896,  on  his  farm, 
near  Clinton.     He  never  signed  the  oath  of  allegiance. 


John  Moore,  of  Waco,  Tex.,  writes  :  "In  your  August  num- 
ber you  inquire  about  fighting  parsons.  I  enlisted  in  a  regi- 
ment in  which  all  the  field  officers  were  Methodist  preachers. 
niese  were  George  W.  Carter,  who  was  to  be  colonel,  F. 
C.  Wilkes,  lieutenant  colonel,  and  C.  C.  Gillespie,  major;  but 
so  many  recruits  reported  to  them  that  each  was  placed  in 
command  of  a  regiment  of  his  own.  Carter  commanded 
the  21  st,  Wilkes  the  24th,  and  Gillespie  the  25th  Regiment — 
all  Texas  cavalry.  These  commands  were  dismounted,  and 
they  were  captured  at  Arkansas  Post.  After  being  ex- 
changed, they  served  in  Granbury's  Brigade,  Cleburne's  Di- 
vision.  Captain  Veal,  a  Methodist  preacher,  had  a  company 
iu    the    I2th    Texas,    Parson    Byrd,   a   Baptist,    commanded    a 


£a 


company  in  the  16th  Texas,  and  Rev.  C*  C.  Avent  had  accom- 
pany in  the   17th  Texas." 


ANNIVERSARY  OF  THE  BATTLE  OF  FRANKLIN. 

At  the  October  meeting  of  the  Franklin  Chapter,  No.  14, 
U.  I  >.  C,  Miss  Susie  Gentry,  the  Chapter's  first  Secretary  and 
the  Slate's  first  Registrar,  moved  that  "the  anniversary  of  the 
battle  of  Franklin  be  annually  celebrated  with  historical  facts, 
reminiscences,  and  Confederate  songs." 

The  motion  was  enthusiastically  received  and  carried.  The 
first  celebration  will  take  place  November  30  at  3  p.m.  in  the 


Battle  Ground  Academy,  situated  on  the  historic  battlefield, 
This  battle  was  made  famous  by  the  wonderful  bravery  of  1  Ik- 
sons  of  the  South  and  the  death  of  Maj.  Gen  Patrick  K.  Cle- 
burne, Brig.  Gens.  S.  R.  Gist.  John  Adams,  Otho  French 
Strahl  (an  Ohioan,  but  for  some  years  previous  to  the  war  a 
Tennesseean ).  and  H.  B.  Granberv.  and  the  wounding  of 
Major  General  John  C.  Brown.  Brigadier  Generals  Car- 
ter. Manigault,  Quarles,  Cockrill,  and  Scott,  and  the  capture 
of  the  youngest  brigadier  general  of  the  Confederacy.  1. 
W.  Gordon    (now  of  Memphis),  and  the  killing  or  wounding 

of  a  multitude  of  heroes      It  was  here  that  General  11 1    1 

his  official  report  said:  "We  captured  several  stands  of  coloi 
and  about  one  thousand  prisoners.     Our  troops   fought   with 
great  gallantry.     We  have  to  lament  the  loss  of  many  gallant 
officers  and  brave  men." 

On  this  notable  battlefield  stands  the  battle-scarred  smoke- 
house at  the  "Carter"  home.  Like  many  of  our  veterans,  it 
stands  to-day  as  it  did  during  that  terrible  storm  of  human 
wrath  and  destruction.  This  old  smokehouse  is  replete  with 
memories  of  the  living  and  dead  who  stood  like  it.  immovable 
in  the  face  of  danger  and  death,  a  sacred  monument  to  truth, 
patriotism,  and  valor ! 

It  was  near  Franklin,  a  time  which  "tried  men's  souls,"  that 
a  fearful  and  awful  tragedy  and  martyrdom  took  place  till 
hasty  hanging  of  Colonel  Williams  and  Lieutenant  Peters, 
whose  tragic  ending  has  left  for  forty-five  years  an  unsolved 
problem  and  mystery. 

\t  our  first  anniversary  meeting  Capt.  John  W.  Morton. 
General  Forrest's  gallant  chief  of  artillery,  will  tell  of  "the 
battle  of  Franklin"  in  a  fine  address,  and  others  will  tell  of 
their  experience  when  in  the  "jaws  of  death."  Miss  Addine 
Campbell  will  waft  you  back  to  Dixie  in  many  of  the  song! 
that  cheered  and  inspired  the  "boys"  of  1861-65. 

Vehicles  will  meet  the  trains  from  Nashville  and  carry  the 
visitors  to  the  place  of  meeting,  where  a  "glad  hand"  of  hearty 
welcome  will  be  extended  to  all  who  come. 

A  L.\nv  Who  Writes  of  the  Battle. 

There  lives  in  Franklin  now  a  noted  and  venerable  woman, 
Mrs.  John  C.  Gaut,  widow  of  Judge  Gaut,  deceased.  She 
has  lived  much  in  Nashville,  but  now  resides  with  her  daugh- 
ter, the  wife  of  Judge  Richardson,  where  she  resided  during 
the  battle  of  Franklin.     She  was  then  Mrs.  Carter. 

Her  residence  was  prominent,  near  the  public  square,  and 
she  was  conspicuous  by  her  kindness  to  the  wounded  Federal 
soldiers  and  by  her  unstinted  hospitality  to  the  Confederates 
during  their  stay.  In  a  well-prepared  reminiscence  of  war 
times  she   writes  in   regard  to  the  battle  of  Franklin: 

"On  the  morning  of  November  30  two  mounted  Federal  of- 
ficers came  to  my  house  and  asked  for  breakfast.  I  told  them 
tjiat  I  would 'give  them  breakfast  willingly,  but  1  had  no  llour. 
that  their  men  had  taken  my  flour  as  it  was  being  brought 
from  the  mill.  These  men  belonged  to  the  commissary  de- 
partment, and  offered  to  sell  me  a  barrel  of  flour,  and  1  glad 
ly  paid  their  price — ten  dollars.  They  -aid  that  their  forces 
would  not  remain  in  Franklin,  and  that  my  friends  would 
soon  be  in  town.  In  an  hour  or  so  they  came  and  had  break- 
fast, expressing  their  gratitude  and  praising  Southern  cook- 
ing. About  noon  they  came  again  to  correct  a  statement 
about  evacuating  Franklin,  explaining  that  the  "Rebels"  were 
advancing  so  fast  that  they  could  not  get  their  trains  away, 
and  that  their  men  were  then  making  breastworks.  Very 
soon  the  fighting  began,  and  there  was  a  stampede.  Many 
Federals  ran  by  my  house.     Several  wounded  came  by.    Some 


Qot)federat^  l/eterao 


5  ±3 


oi  them  asked  mc  for  water.    One  was  verj   weak  from  loss 
of  blood,  and  I  gave  him  some  whisky.     Another  was  badly 
shot,  and  I  tore  one  of  my  lace  curtains  for  a  bandage 
"Soon   the  brigade   was   rallied  and   returned  to  the  front, 


FROM    FAVORITE    PORTRAIT    OF    MRS.    GA1   r. 

when  a  terrible  battle  t"..k  place  I  took  mj  children  and 
servants  n>  the  cellar,  and  we  remained  dure  until  the  heavy 
fighting  was  over.  When  1  went  to  the  front  door,  four  men 
wen  standing  at  mj  gate.  ]  asked  whether  they  were  Fed- 
erals or  Confederates,  and  they  replied  that  fhey  belonged  to 
the  Iv.iniv  Eighth  Mississippi  Regiment.  1  was  so  rejoiced 
thai  I  could  no)  keep  from  crying  I  invited  them  to  lunch. 
I  had  been  preparing  food  for  the  Confederates  all  day.  In 
lis.  than  thirtj  minutes  my  house  was  filled  with  hungrj  ol 
diers.  With  General  II'  od  came  my  personal  friend-.  General 
Frank  Cheatham,  Bishop  Quintard,  Col  John  I.  House,  and 
mj  cousin,  I  harles  M  Ewing.  I  was  inviting.all  who  came 
ii  lunch   when   ('baric-    Ewing    stopped   me  anil  -aid  thai   ii 

iMi    for  me  to  tied   11 1's  ainn        Mr   -aid   that  lie 

would  stop  the  soldiers  from  coming  in.  bul    I  odd  him  thai 
in    luu-i    nil   do  it   as   1  ■  .ii-  I   had  anything  to  eal 

"Aftei  ill    Confederates  retreated  and  mj  house  was  cleared 

of  the  wounded    ii    was    madi    headquarters   for  the   Federal 

il    Of  the  ('.mil  del  ate-  severelj  wounded  who 

were  eared  fur  until    ibl<   i"  !»'  moved  were  Capl    M    B    I'd 

.  Ii  r.  ..I"  Tennessee,  and  Capl    John  M    Hickey,  oi   Missouri." 


Si  Mnl.  vi;-n  ill"      CHI] Co     I     BERAC1         Ii       Via 

lama  the  -inn  of  twel  Ired  .Hid   lift)   dollars  has  been 

raised   b)    Mrs    Mar)    Pickens,  of   Greensboro,   for  the  pur- 
i   establishing  a   scholarship  in  the   Polytechnic  Collegi 
in  Auburn.    The  interest  on  this  sum.  one  hundred  and 
dollars,  will  he  used  to  aid   worth]    descendants  of  Confed 
crate  veterans  to  receive  an  education. 


BRIEF  HISTOR1    or   THE    FIRS!     fi  UE. 

JlV  JUDGI  w  vi  POL]  \kn,  x  VSHVILLE,  TENN. 
From  [86i  in  1S05  I  suppose  no  regiment  did  more  to  add 
to  the  glory  of  Tennessee  than  Manc\\  1-1  Regiment,  C.  S.  A. 
On  July  1.?.  [861  'In-  regimi  nl  started  for  Virginia.  \\  hen 
we  reached  Lynchburg,  we  heard  of  Our  fn-t  victory  at  Manas 
sas  (  hi  JnK  30  the  regiment  -tailed  from  Hillsboro,  on  the 
C.  &  O.  Railroad,  for  tin-  mountains  of  Northwest  Vir- 
ginia, and  wen:  into  camp  at  Big  Springs.  While  at  this  camp 
the  1st.  under  Colonel  Maury,  the  7th.  under  Colonel  llatton. 
and  the  14th.  under  Colonel  Forbes,  formed  a  brigade  of 
Tennesseeans  commanded  by  Brig,  (en  Sam  Vnderson  Gen 
R  I  Lee,  having  command  of  this  department,  attempted 
t"  bring   Rosecrans  to  battle  at  (die. 11    Mountain   Pass;  but. 

owing  to  heavy  rain-,  he  was  foiled  111  the  attempt,  and  the 
enemy  retreated.  General  l.ee  then  came  up  with  the  enenn 
.-■gain  at  Big  Sewell  Mountain,  and  just  as  he  was  in  readi- 
ness to  attack  Rosecrans  again  retreated,  loan  Pug  Sewel 
Mountain  the  command  marched  hack  to  Huntersville,  then 
up  the  Valley  of  Virginia,  arriving  at  Winchester  December 
-■5.  1861. 

(In  January  1.  iNdj,  the  command,  under  Stonewall  Jack- 
-"ii.  started  for  the  enemy.  We  were  ordered  on  January  3 
to  cook  two  days'  rations,  also  to  carry  forty  rounds  of  am- 
munition and  one  blanket  to  each  man.  I  be  boys  concluded 
that  they  would  not  carry  their  blankets,  (  )n  January  4  we 
came  within  four  miles  of  Bath  Springs,  occupied  by  the 
enemy,  and  went  into  (  amp.  We  built  our  lire-  and  awaited 
the  wagon  train  to  get  blanket-  lint  there  were  no  wagons; 
lienci  no  blankets  It  snowed  all  night,  and- we  had  to  stand 
around  camp  fires;  in  that  way  some  of  us  slept.  January  5 
was  -pent  in  line  oi  battle,  marching  and  countermarching  in 
snow  six  inches  ,\,.\,  Ux>u1  nighl  the  enenn  lied,  and  we 
pursued  to  Hancock.  Md..  which  place  we  reached  at  I  1  r  M 
and    went    into   camp.      This   was   the  coldest    night    I    no    fell 

The  ice  froze  six  inches  thick  over  the   Potomac   River;  and 
s'ill  without  blankets,  we  bad  to  stand  around  camp  tires  t,, 
keep  from  freezing 
On  January  7  we  left  Hanc  ick  for  Romney.   The  roads  were 

packed    with    -mm    as    slick   as    ice.    and    men   and    horse-    wen 

constantly  falling      I    frequently  saw  teams  0f  six  horses  all 

down  at  once  Finallj  each  .company  was  detailed  to  go  with 
its  own  wagon  to  help  it  along  b)  pushing,  and  in  this  u.i\ 
VI  reached  Romney,  which  bad  been  evacuated  by  the  enemy, 
leaving  a   large  amount   of  commissary    stores       We    left    Rom 

nl   0,1  February   -•  and  reached  Winchester  on  the  7U1.     No 

command    ever    endured    greater    hardships    than    ours    during 

this  thirty  seven  days  from  January   1  i"  February  7. 

(in  the  101I1  the  1-1  Tennessee  hit  Winchi    ter,  having  been 
transferred  to  i  ,en     \lb.  it    Sidnej   Johnston's   Aran   ol    I  ,11 
nessei        \t    Lynchburg   wi    firs)   heard  of  th,-  evacuation   of 
Nashville     We  failed  to  reach  1  ■  rintli  in  time  to  engai 

the  battle  of  Shiloh,  but   were  ordered  to  the  field  to  cover  the 

retreat. 
We  reorganized  on  April  29  by  electing  the  following  field 

officer-:   Mai.   II     R,    Fields,  Colonel;   (apt    John    Patterson, 

mi,      :.,  i  ,  1  apt    John  I      I  louse.  Major.     Thus  ■ 
our  first  year's  servici 

Bragg's   campaign    into    Kentucky   was   our   next 

1  the  march  at  Chattai ga,  we  crossed  the  Cumber- 
land at   Gainesboro,  then  through   Kentucky    to  the  battle  of 
Perryville.     Here  thi    regiment   charged   three  batteries,  cap 
luring  two,  and   Irove  the  enemy  from  the  third.    In  this  bat- 


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Qopfederat^  Uetcrap. 


tic  it  lost  two-thirds  of  its  men.  Among  the  number  was  Lieut. 
Col.  John  Patterson.  The  charges  of  the  regiment  were  so 
impetuous  and  so  well  executed  that  a  correspondent  of  a 
Cincinnati  paper,  in  writing  about  the  battle,  said :  "The  move- 
ments of  the  1st  Tennessee  Regiment  were  of  the  grace  and 
regularity  of  the  foldings  and  unfoldings  of  a  coquette's 
fan." 

Prom  Perryville  we  retreated,  crossing  the  Cumberland  River 
at  Burksville,  Ky.,  via  Cumberland  Gap,  on  to  Knoxville. 
Tenn.,  and  thence  to  Murfreesboro,  where  was  fought  the 
great  battle  known  by  us  as  Murfreesboro  and  by  the  Fed- 
erals as  Stone's  River.  The  regiment  took  an  active  part, 
capturing  one  battery  and  a  number  of  prisoners.  Thence 
to  Shelbyville,  Tullahoma,  Chattanooga,  and  the  battle  of 
Chickamauga,  September  19  and  20,  1863,  where  we  were 
severely  engaged  on  Saturday.  On  Sunday  we  were  held  in 
reserve  till  about  4  p.m.,  then  ordered  to  our  extreme  right. 
Up  to  this  time  the  battle  had  been  raging  fiercely,  no  one 
knowing  who  would  be  the  victor.  It  was  a  critical  moment. 
Many  prominent  officers  rede  to  our  line  before  the  charge, 
telling  of  the  situation  and  urging  us  to  turn  the  tide.  The 
order  to  forward  was  given,  the  Rebel  yell  was  raised,  and 
the  regiment  did  the  work.  The  enemy's  lines  began  to  break 
one  after  another,  until  the  field  was  cleared,  the  victory  ours, 
with  the  enemy  in  retreat.  The  next  movement  was  toward 
Chattanooga,  which  could  have  been  easily  taken  if  the  vic- 
tory of  the  day  before  had  been  closely  followed  up  and  the 
enemy  pressed. 

Our  next  engagement  was  at  Missionary  Ridge  in  Novem- 
ber, 1863.  Our  line  was  on  the  ridge  facing  Chattanooga. 
We  could  distinctly  see  every  movement  of  the  enemy,  their 
troops  landing  from  boats  up  the  river  just  in  our  front.  We 
saw  their  lines  of  battle,  formed  some  five  or  six  deep,  marched 
toward  us.  As  they  came  forward  our  artillery  would  plow 
lanes  through  them,  but  they  would  close  up  their  ranks  and 
come  on  undaunted.  The  scene  was  inspiring,  but  awful. 
Soon  the  skirmishers  were  engaged,  and  then  the  main  line. 
The  enemy  continued  to  press  forward.  We  were  moved  to 
the  extreme  right,  a  little  beyond  the  railroad  tunnel  just  in  the 
rear  of  our  line  of  battle,  as  a  reserve.  As  the  wounded  came 
back  we  were  informed  that  the  enemy  were  within  forty  feet 
of  our  lines.  At  last  we  were  ordered  forward.  The  writer 
fell  within  twenty  feet  of  the  enemy,  shot  through  the  right 
lung.  The  lines  met  in  hand-to-hand  conflict.  One  man  in 
our  regiment  tore  off  the  flag  lroni  the  staff  of  a  Federal 
regiment,  but  the  color  bearer  held  to  the  staff  and  carried  it 
off  as  our  command  drove  them  down  the  hill.  The  victory 
was  ours  on  that  part  of  the  line ;  but  our  lines  on  the  left 
were  turned  and  our  forces  retreated,  losing  many  pieces  of 
artillery.     Then  the  army  fell  back  to  Dalton  for  the  winter. 

In  April,  1864,  the  Dalton  campaign  began,  and  the  fighting 
from  that  point  to  Atlanta  and  round  it  was  almost  of  daily 
occurrence ;  but  among  the  many,  I  will  mention  only  the 
fight  at  the  Octagon  house,  not  far  from  Cartersville,  where 
the  regiment  held  the  enemy  in  check  for  many  hours,  and  at 
what  is  known  as  the  "Dead  Angle,''  in  front  of  Marietta, 
when  the  enemy,  some  three  lines  deep,  charged  and  tried  to 
take  the  point.  They  succeeded  in  reaching  our  works  and 
planting  their  colors  thereon ;  but  they  left  behind  them  more 
of  their  dead  than  we  had  men  in  our  regiment. 

In  the  battle  of  July  22,  1864,  near  Atlanta,  our  regiment 
charged,  drove  the  enemy  from  our  line  of  works,  followed 
them  to  the  second,  and  there  both  lines  were  separated  only 


five  feet  apart  by  earthen  works.  Both  lines  retreated  that 
night,  though  we  afterwards  returned  and  held  the  ground. 

After  the  evacuation  of  Atlanta,  Hood  came  into  Tennessee, 
reaching  Franklin  in  November,  1S64,  where  one  of  the 
bloodiest  battles  of  the  war  took  place.  We  charged  through 
open  fields  for  a  mile  under  a  galling  fire  until  we  reached 
the  enemy's  works,  which  were  stubbornly  held  till  late  in  the 
night,  when  they  retreated. 

Then  came  the  battle  of  Nashville,  where  Hood  met  his 
Waterloo;  the  march  out  of  Tennessee  and  on  up  through 
the  Carolinas ;  the  fight  at  Bentonville,  N.  C. ;  then  the  sur- 
render in  April,  1865,  when,  with  ranks  decimated,  few  of  the 
Tennesseeans  made  their  way  by  Asheville,  N.  C,  down  the 
French  Broad  and  across  to  Greeneville,  Tenn.,  where  we  took 
the  cars  for  Nashville. 

Many  details  are  omitted  that  would  be  of  interest.  No 
mention  is  made  of  personal  bravery  shown  by  many  at  dif- 
ferent times.  Suffice  it  to  say,  this  regiment  was  composed  of 
many  men  like  our  Comrade  Sam  Davis,  for  he  was  at  one 
time  a  member  of  the  regiment. 

Recent  Reunion  of  the  Regiment. 

On  Saturday,  October  9,  1909,  the  survivors  of  the  1st  Ten- 
nessee Regiment  had  a  reunion  and  barbecue  in 'the  Centen- 
nial grounds  at  Nashville.  Conditions  were  most  favorable 
for  the  event.  Judge  Pollard  presided,  and  in  his  introductory 
remarks  he  told  about  the  great  fear  of  some  of  the  boys  that 
the  war  would  end  before  they  could  get  into,  a  fight. 

Dr.  Murfree,  of  Murfreesboro,  who  was  a  member  of  the 
Rutherford  Rifles,  was  the  first  speaker.  He  gave  a  brief 
history  of  his  company  (C)  and  expressed  his  pride  in  having 
been  a  Confederate  soldier. 

Judge  H.  H.  Cook  gave  entertaining  reminiscences  of  the 
regiment  and  its  excellence  in  drill.  He  told  of  a  fine  supper 
served  at  the  old  Nashville  Academy  presided  over  by  Rev. 
Dr.  C.  D.  Elliott. 

Col.  Thomas  Claiborne,  who  was  a  staff  officer,  gave  a  vivid 
account  of  the  battle  of  Perryville.  The  venerable  veteran 
was  in  a  memorable  battle  in  Mexico  sixty-two  years,  lacking 
two  days,  before  that  day. 

When  the  survivors  had  assembled  after  the  delicious  din- 
ner, it  was  ascertained  that  there  were  present  of  the  com- 
panies as  follows:  A,  6;  B,  4;  C.  5 ;  D,  6;  F,  6;  G,  1;  H,  2; 
I,  9;  K,  I  ;  total,  40.  There  were  evidently  more  than  a  thou- 
sand members  on  the  roll  of  the  regiment. 


Kentucky  Veterans  in  Reunion. — The  Kentucky  veterans 
held  their  annual  reunion  at  Pewee  Valley  in  October,  1909. 
Col.  Bennett  H.  Young  was  reelected  Division  Commander. 
Rev.  John  R.  Deering,  of  Lexington,  delivered  a  tribute  to 
Mrs.  Margaret  Howell  Davis  Hayes,  and  Col.  Thomas  W. 
Scott,  of  Duckers,  gave  a  talk  on  "Southern  Womanhood." 
Resolutions  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Hayes  were 
passed ;  also  a  resolution  of  thanks  to  Colonel  Young  for  the 
active  part  he  had  taken  in  making  possible  the  purchase  of 
the  birthplace  of  President  Davis. 


Honors  for  Heroes  Who  Wore  the  Gray. — The  War  De- 
partment, U.  S.  A.,  has  just  closed  a  contract  with  a  promi- 
ment  firm  of  Boston  for  a  shaft  of  granite  eighty-three  feet 
high  to  be  erected  to  the  brave  soldiers  wearing  the  gray  who 
died  in  the  prison  at  Fort  Delaware.  The  shaft  will  be  placed 
in  the  National  Cemetery  at  Twins  Point,  on  the  Delaware 
River. 


C^oi^federat^  l/eterai). 


545 


ANNUAL  STALL   REUNIONS  OF  U.  C.   V. 

More  and  more  the  Custom  of  holding  annual  Confederate 
Reunions  in  each  State  obtains.  In  some  instances  these  Re- 
unions are  for  certain  regiments,  companies,  or  even  Camps, 
and  the  mingled  pleasure  and  benefit  accruing  makes  them 
grow  in  general  favor.  The  closer  personal  relations  arising 
from  these  Reunions  aid  also  in  establishing  a  better  knowl- 
edge "i"  history  which  cannot  he  too  highly  commended.  The 
"in  ill  Reunion  is  too  big  for  friends  to  meet  in  close>  social 
relations,  to  exchange  reminiscences,  or  inquiries  for  mutual 
rheumatic  twinges.  I  hese  State  Reunions  are  of  men  front 
one  section  with  common  interests  and  experiences.  Friend 
meets  friend,  and  the  small  haps  and  happenings  of  family  life 
are  the  topics  discussed,  and  the  personal  touch  is  most  in  evi 
deuce.  A  veteran  leaves  these  Reunions  infinitely  refreshed 
and  inspirited  by  his  heart-to-heart  meeting  with  his  old  com 
rades  in  camp  ami  field.  The  grand  Reunion  aids  the  ad 
vancement  of  the  cause,  the  perpetuating   oi   history,  and  the 

tabli  hing  of  a  real  estimate  of  Southern  conditions,  while 
the  State  Reunion  is  the  welding  iron  that  fastens  closer  the 
bond  between  soldier  and  soldier. 

In  Fannin  County,  Tex.,  the  Confederal    Veteran    \ 
tion  held  their  annual  Reunion  in  July.   moo.  in  the   Pavilion 
grounds    at    Bonham.      Eloquent    addresses    and    fine    music 
marked  the  occasion.     The  Association  protested  again  I   ai 
cepting  ill-  figun   oi    i  woman  seated  in  .1  Greek  chaii   E01   thi 
woman's  monument        1 11  ■      d  that,  following  the  usual 

modi  I  foi  thi  men's  monument,  the  woman's  monument  should 
be  a  woman  armed  with  a  Bible. 

The  seventeenth  annual  Reunion  of  Confederate  veterans 
was  held  in  July,  [900,  .it  Fisher's  Hill,  in  the  Shenandoah 
Valley,  with  a  large  crowd  in  attendance  Two  G.  A.  R.  men. 
'■  1  Myers,  of  Pennsylvania,  and  Dr.  Wilson,  of  Washington, 
were  among  the  speakers.  Senator  Daniel  was  the  orator  of 
the  day,  and  in  his  speech  conveyed  a  mes  age  from  President 

I  afl  saying  that  only  his  wife's  illness  prevented  his  being 
present.  The  Shenandoah  Chapter  gave  a  reception  to  the 
wife  of  ex-Gov.  A  .1  Montague,  who  made  an  earnest  appeal 
distance  in  establishing  homes  for  indigent  Confederate 
widow-,  a  work  she  has  been  engaged  in  for  some  years. 

I  he  -'  id  Georgia  Regiment  has  only  twenty-two  living  mem 
tor-,  and  tin  se  met  in  August,  1909,  to  celebrate  their  Reunion 
at    Silver    Creek,   the    spot    on    which    they    were    organized    in 

1861       I  he  chii  f  0  were  <  lapl     \     B    T     Moseley   and 

<  apt    ii    I     Meikleham,  the  latter  extending  an  invitation  to 

(lie  veterans   to  meet    with  him   next    year        I'he   day    w.i-    tilled 

with  tendei  memories,  and  at  parting  each  soldier  clasped 
hands  with  his  comrade,  expressing  hearty  good  wishes  for  the 
■  fining  months 

cordial  greeting  to  the  crowds  of  people 
that    attended   the    formal   opening    oi    Confedei  ite    Park    in 

July,  toio,  which  was  one  oi  the  special f  the  sixth 

annual  Reunion  of  McLennon  Count)  Confederate  \ssocia- 
tion  Peopli  were  present  from  all  ovei  the  State,  and  Waco 
won  in.iin   laurel  hospitality      1  irerj  comfort   for  the 

ns  was  provided,  from  a  special  posl  office  on  the  ground 
to  thi   glorious  dinner  which  was  served  the  old  soldiers 
Jim  Pearce  Camp,  V   C  V.,  held  their  yearlj  meeting  in   \n 
1  Springs,  K>     The  soldiers  wen   enthusiastic, 
and  the  fin      peechi      iren     i|  plaud    I  to  thi    echo      ^n  elabo 
dinnei   was  served  t"  all  present     Capl    W    J    Stoni    di 
livercd  the  address  ,,f  welcome  ami  Hon    .1.  W    Hollingsworth 

11  ded 

George   B     Harper    (amp   met    at    BuncetOII,    Mo.,   in    annual 

1." 


Reunion,  and  had  for  their  guests  old  soldiers  wearing  the 
blue  as  well  as  those  in  gray.  At  roll  call  of  the  Camp  there 
were  four  missing  in  the  last  yeai  1  Rev.  R.  S.  Hunter,  W.  T. 
N.  Smith,  and  W.  11.  Long,  of  Cooper  County,  and  W.  L. 
Collins,  of  Oklahoma).  Good  addresses  and  beautiful  music 
added  to  the  fine  dinnei  to  give  charm  to  the  day.  The  Bunce- 
ton  matrons  and  maids  formed  the  choir  which  sang  delight- 
fully.   "Dixie"  by  these  fair  ladies  was  much  appreciated. 

Confederate  Camps  both  of  Veterans  and  Sons  in  Geor- 
gia held  their  annual  Reunion  September  1(1,  at  which  time 
brilliant  speak,  rs  were  present,  and  the  hand  of  the  7th  Geor- 
gia Cavalry  discoursed  sweet  music. 

At  a  beautiful  grove  near  Charlestown,  W.  Va.,  was  held  the 
annual  Confederate  Reunion  in  August,  1909.  Patriotic 
speeches  ami  stirring  war  music  added  to  the  pleasures  of  the 
daj 

The  first  Confederate  Reunion  in  Texas  was  held  in  Bon- 
ham. It  was  the  Reunion  of  the  nth  Battery,  commanded  b) 
Capt.  Sylvanus  Howell.  This  was  the  first  Reunion  in  the 
IVans- Mississippi  Department,  and  Gen.  W.  L.  Cabell  claims 
that  it  was  the  firs!  Reunion  oi  tin    veterans  held  in  the  South 

In  August  several  thousand  people,  among  whom  were 
five   hundred   veterans,   met   in    Reunion   in   Newton,   Catawba 
County,   N.   C.     All  wdio  expected   to  go  to  the   Reunion  in 
Charlotte   were   requested   to  give  their  names  to  the  commit 
tee,  who  assured  all  who  attended  a  good  time  and  entertain 
ment  from  the  Charlotte  Camp  and  the  citizens.     "Hickory," 
the  newly  organized  Chapter  of  1".  D.  C,  were  introduced  to 
thi   audience  and  Hon.  R.  J.  Linney  was  orator  of  the  day 

The  Reunion  of  the  1st  and  6th  Georgia  Cavalry  was  held 
at  He  Soto  Park,  Rome,  August  25.  Maj.  J.  W.  Tench,  of 
Gainesville.  Ha.,  was  selected  as  orator  of  the  day,  and  his 
brilliant  speech,  glowing  with  gems  of  patriotic  thought,  will 
be  long  remembered  by  those  SO  fortunate  as  to  be  counted 
among  his  list*  1 

Company  G,  13th  South  Carolina,  and  Company  A,  4th 
South  Carolina,  met  in  their  thirtieth  annual  Reunion  at 
Prosperity,  S.  G,  with  their  usual  good  speeches,  music,  and 
general  enjoymi  nt 

The  annual  Reunion  of  the  North  Carolina  veterans  was 
held  in  Charlotte  on  the  25th  and  26th  of  August  with  the 
largest  attendance  of  any  previous  meeting.  Nearly  two  thou- 
sand veterans  were  the  honored  guests  of  the  citizens,  who 
vied  in  their  entertainment.  Ex  Gov  T.  J.  Jarvis  and  Chief 
Justice  Walter  Clark,  of  the  Supreme  Court,  made  brilliant 
Speechi  .  and  the  kind  rendered  splendid  music.  A  resolution 
wa  11, issd  asking  the  State  Legislature  to  provide  suitable 
tombstones  for  tli  ...Murs  who  died  in  the  Home  The  old 
soldiers  enjoyed  tin  recitations  of  little  Ruth  Porter,  and  the 
imc  barbecue  especially  appealed  to  all  who  were  fortunate 
enough  to  partake. 

On    August    26  Jasper   County,    Miss.,   was   the   scene  of  a 
jolly   reunion   between  old    friends  who  wore   the   gt 
A.   Byrd  made  a   splendid   address   which   the  three  thousand 
people  pu  -1  nt  thori  lughh,  enjoj  ed 

Ike  veterans  from  Maurj  and  Giles  County,  lemi ,  held 
a  delightful  reunion  in  Culleoka  September  4.  The  average 
age  of  those  present  was  1  e  and  ten.  and  many  went 

far   beyond   this.      Love   feasts   of   memory  were  held,   as  well 

as  more  susbtantial  feasts         I ssee's  best  viands,  speeches 

made,  and  the  old  soldiers  greatly  enjoyed  the  moving  picture 
show    of    tin     "Passion    Play,"    to    which    Professor    Wilkes    -,, 

ourteouslj   invited  them. 
\t  the  p. 11. id, ■   ii   Utica,  \    >  .  0,1  September  8  the  men  of 


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ihe  G.  A.  R.  and  the  men  of  the  U.  C.  V.  marched  side  by 
side.  The  occasion  was  the  reunion  of  the  survivors  of  the 
battle  of  Fort  Fisher.  In  the  line  were  carried  a  number  of 
battle  flags  and  war  relics.  Governor  Hughes,  Senator  Root, 
Vice  President  Sherman,  and  General  Custis  made  addresses. 

With  their  ranks  reduced  from  six  hundred  at  their  first 
uniting  fourteen  years  ago  to  two  hundred  at  the  meeting 
held  in  September  of  this  year  the  Confederate  veterans  of 
East  Tennessee  and  Southwest  Virginia  met  in  annual  re- 
union in  Bristol,  Tenn.,  under  the  auspices  of  Faulkerson 
Camp.  The  chief  speaker  was  Judge  Samuel  W.  Williams,  the 
Democratic  nominee  for  Attorney-General  in  Virginia. 

At  Terrell,  Tex.,  the  Reunion  of  Ross's,  Ector's,  and  Gran- 
bury's  Brigade  and  Douglass's  Battery  was  held  in  September, 
1909.  A  large  and  enthusiastic  crowd  was  present,  and  the 
day  was  made  memorable  by  a  fine  address  by  Judge  W.  M. 
Pierson,  his  subject  being  the  "Southern  Cause."  In  glowing 
words  he  told  of  the  place  the  South  had  won  in  history  and 
of  the  heroes  whose  laurel  crowns  were  won  on  Southern 
battlefields. 

Enjoyment  mellowed  with  tender  memories  marked  the 
Reunion  of  the  20th  Regiment  of  Tennessee  and  Rutledge's 
Battery,  which  was  held  in  Centennial  Park,  Nashville,  in 
September,  1909.  About  sixty  battle-battered  heroes  and  many 
friends  met  to  keep  the  anniversary  of  the  battle  of  Chicka- 
mauga,  in  which  this  regiment  met  heavy  loss.  G.  H.  Bas- 
kette  and  Judge  S.  F.  Wilson  both  made  strong  and  patriotic 
addresses.  

THE  '■WILDERNESS"  AS  IT  NOW  IS. 
The  "Wilderness,"  which  was  the  scene  of  one  of  the 
hottest-fought  and  bloodiest  battles  of  the  war,  is  now  as 
peaceful  as  can  be  well  imagined,  the  brooding  silence  of  the 
forest  being  broken  only  by  the  soft  steps  of  some  denizen 
of  the  woods  or  the  flutter  of  wings  or  song  of  birds.  The 
dense  growth  of  trees  seems  centuries  old  and  almost  path- 
less. It  is  made  up  chiefly  of  scrubby  low-limbed  oaks  and 
pines  scarcely  large  enough  to  use  for  railroad  ties.  Here 
and  there  are  groups  of  pines  of  larger  growth  whose  aspir- 
ing tops  try  to  reach  heavenward;  but  the  trees  generally, 
especially  on  and  near  the  spot  where  the  battle  was  fought, 
are  stunted  and  small  and  so  close  together  and  with  such 
thick  growth  between  as  to  be  almost  impenetrable.  It 
seems  almost  an  impossibility  that  only  forty  odd  years  ago 
great  cannon  were  dragged  here  by  hand  and  armies  met  in 
mighty  conflict. 


Ludicrous  Controversy  over  Two  Wars  and  Its  Result. 
— A  funny  story  comes  from  Louisville.  Two  veterans,  a 
grizzled,  battle-scarred  hero  of  the  sixties,  and  a  natty  veteran 
of  the  Spanish-American  imbroglio,  boarded  at  the  same 
house  and  spent  much  time  when  together  in  "telling  mov- 
ing incidents  by  field  and  flood"  and  in  coping  with  each 
other  in  their  tales  of  carnage  and  courage.  This  was  all 
very  well  till  John  Hudson,  the  Spanish  war  soldier,  in- 
sinuated that  the  soldiers  of  the  sixties  never  knew  how  to 
fight;  that  the  Spanish  veterans  were  the  only  soldiers  worth 
the  name.  That  was  too  much  for  the  old  veteran,  and  he 
sprang  on  the  young  man  and  beat  him  into  insensibility  be- 
fore the  bystanders  could  interfere.  Hudson  was  carried  to 
the  hospital  and  Hailman  went  triumphantly  to  jail,  feeling 
assured  that  he  had  vindicated  the  fighting  qualities  of  the 
Si  mih  Hailman  was  sixty-nine,  while  Hudson  was  not  half 
thai  number  of  vears. 


FLAG  OF  33D  VIRGINIA  REGIMENT  RETURNED. 

The  return  of  the  battle  flag  of  the  33d  Regiment  Virginia 
Infantry  to  the  survivors  of  that  regiment  and  to  the  Shenan- 
doah Camp  was  a  notable  occasion.  A  procession  met  at  the 
courthouse  in  Woodstock.  Va.,  August  11  and,  preceded  by 
the  Timberville  band,  marched  to  the  Massanutten  Acadi  m; 
grounds.  A  float  of  young  ladies  in  uniforms  of  red  and 
white  was  one  of  the  special  features.  These  were  the  choir 
that  ssfilg  SO  sweetly  during  the  ceremonies. 

Capt.  James  Bumgardner,  of  Staunton,  who  was  formerlj 
adjutant  of  the  5th  Virginia  Regiment,  Stonewall  Brigade. 
which  presented  the  flag  to  the  33d  Infantry,  was  orator  of 
the  day.  He  said  that  the  flag  had  been  preserved  from  cap- 
ture or  destruction  by  Capt.  Charles  Arnall,  who  at  the  closi 
of  the  war  was  either  adjutant  general  of  Stonewall  Bri 
gade  or  acting  as  such.  At  his  death  his  widow  presented 
the  flag  to  Stonewall  Jackson  Camp.  This  Camp,  realizing 
that  more  survivors  of  the  old  33d  Infantry  were  to  be  found 
in  the  Shenandoah  Camp  than  in  their  own,  presented  it  to 
that  Camp.  It  will  be  one  of  the  most  prized  and  honored 
relics  of  the  Camp. 


THE  SWORD   OF  ROBERT  LEE. 

BY   FATHER   RYAN. 

Forth  from  its  scabbard,  pure  and  bright. 

Flashed  the  sword  of  Lee ! 
Far  in  front  of  the  deadly  fight. 
High  o'er  the  brave  in  the  cause  of  Right. 
Its  stainless  sheen,  like  a  beacon  light. 

Led  us  to  Victory.  \ 

Out  of  its  scabbard,  where,  full  long, 

It  slumbered  peacefully, 
Roused  from  its  rest  by  the  battle  song. 
Shielding  the  feeble,  smiting  the  strong, 
Guarding  the  right,  avenging  the  wrong, 

Gleamed  the  sword  of  Lee! 

Forth  from  its  scabbard,  high  in  air 

Beneath  Virginia's  sky — 
And  they  who  saw  it  gleaming  there 
And  knew  who  bore  it,  knelt  to  swear 
That  where  that  sword  led  they  would  dare 

To  follow — and  to  die. 

Out  of  its  scabbard!     Never  hand 

Waved  sword  from  stain  as  free. 
Nor  purer  sword  led  braver  band. 
Nor  braver  bled  for  a  brighter  land, 
Nor  brighter  land  had  a  cause  so  grand, 
Nor  cause  a  chief  like  Lee ! 

Forth  from  its  scabbard!     How  we  prayed 

That  sword  might  victor  be ; 
And  when  our  triumph  was  delayed, 
And  many  a  heart  grew  sore  afraid, 
We  still  hoped  on,  while  gleamed  the  blade 

Of  noble  Robert  Lee ! 

Forth  from  its  scabbard !     All  in  vain 
Bright  flashed  the  sword  of  Lee; 

'Tis  shrouded  now  in  its  sheath  again, 

It  sleeps  the  sleep  of  our  noble  slain, 

Defeated,  yet  without  a  stain, 
Proudly  and  peacefully. 


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CONFEDERATE  DEAD  IN  NASHVILLE  CEMETERY. 
These  Men  Were  Mainly  Prisoners. 

[This  list  has  long  been  held  in  the  hope  of  procuring  its 
completion.  It  was  supplied  by  the  wife  of  Capt.  T.  E.  Steger. 
daughter  hi  tin-  eminent  -Mrs.   Felicia  Grundy   I'm'ter  | 

Allen.   Henderson,  26th  Tenn,   C,  age   26 

Anderson,  T.  P..  8th  Ark.,  H,  age  40. 

Aberciombie,  John,  2d  Tenn  .  II,  age  30. 

Ashttcll.  L    \\ '..  7th   Texas.    II,  agi 

Aycock,  I!    Ii..  7th  Texas,  A,  age  29. 
Allen,  S.  A.,  6th  Ark.,  B,  age  30. 
Allen,  Nathan,  8th  Ark.,  K,  age  22, 
Augustine,  William,  7th  Texas,  Raylum's,  age  21. 
Vlexander,  Elijah,  2i\  Ark.  II.  age  28. 
Allman,  Nathan,  7th  Ark.,  B,  age  37. 
Aaron,  John  I'.  .  8th  Ark.,  D,  age  19 
Akin,  John   II..  1st  Miss.,  G,  age  27. 
Alexander.  I    A.  24th  Tenn.,  Thompson's,  age  24. 
Aaron,  George,  3d  Miss,  Bal  .    \.  age  35. 
Austin,  Stephen,  5th  Ark..  II,  age  38, 
Ulsom,  K  .  est  I. a    Cav  .  K 
Alexander,  J.  N.,  14th  Miss.,  11.  age  20. 
Allen,  II    C,  36th  \  .1  .  C,  age  20. 
Vtnii,  Albert,  26th    1  enn.,  1 
Arnold.  Eldridge,  citizen  of  Louisiana. 
Boyd,  Bransford.  —  Tenn.,  age  25. 
Bates,  B.  M.  24th  Tenn  .  age   |.o 
Baney,  Peter,  age  35. 

Bates,  Adolphus,  Allison's  Tenn.,  Easley's,  age  20. 
Bowmond,  O.  B.,  7th  Miss.,  B,  age  35. 
Bromley,  James,  Patterson's  Ark  .  Anthony's,  age  22. 
Barker,  W.,  5th  Ark.,  C,  age  30. 
Bradley,  M  .  8th  Ark.,  age  29. 
Hi  i>  sen,  John.,  4th  Ky,  Thompson's,  age  24. 
Bush,  J. inn-.  11.  Terry's    Tex.  Rangers,  Wharton's,  age  21. 
Barklett,  J    I.,  7th  Miss.,  Townes's,  age  26. 
Berry,  Col.  Christopher,  8th  Ark.,  G,  age   19. 
Baley,  William  M.,  2d  Ky.,  age  19. 
Binegar,  M.,  4th  Ky.,  H,  age  21. 
Boardman,  R,  7th  Ark..  Deason's,  age  21. 
Biles,  W.  H.,  6th  Ark.,  D,  age  25, 
Bi  ii  nit.  M.  R  .  3d  Ky..  ]•..  age  25. 
Booth.  Timothy,  8th  Ark..  C,  age  31. 
Bethany.  J,  F,  1st  La.,  E,  age  35. 
I'.i  .ml.  \\  illiam,  2d  Ky.,  F,  age  30. 

Bullard,  Joseph,  Wert  Adams's  Miss.,  Barnes's,  age  25. 
Baird,  W.  II.,  8th  Ark.,  K,  age  30. 
Barlow,  J.  T.,  2d  Ky.,  C,  age  23. 
Bridges,  Jacoe  J.,  44th    Tenn.,  I,  age  30. 
Bradley,  Benjamin  P.,  —  Ky.,  A,  age  22. 
la  uregard,  J.  N,  1st  Ark.,  D,  age  40. 
Boyd,  Samuel,  1st  Mi-s    Batt.,  A.   ige  47. 

■  r.    1     N  .  7th   Ark  .   !•'.  age  23 

Bruton,  John  R  .  7th  Ark  .  A.  age  21. 

Barker,  I  .  M  .  toth  Tenn..  C,  age  20. 

Black.  E.  \Y..    1  R  is.  I),  age  19. 

d,  Ira  W,  u'd  Tenn.,  Winston's,  age  19. 
Brown,  Thomas,  10th  Ark.,  age  t8 

Baker.  M    V.,   PfeilTcr's  Ark.   Rat  .  age  27 

Bordelon,  Mr .  i~t  La.  Ca 
Broi 

Barnes.  William,  27th  Tenn.,  II,  age  21 

Black.   James.    Wright's   Ala,    I  I 


Butler,  M.  J.,  3d  Miss.  Bat. 

Bruce,  James,  1st  Ark. 

Baily,  James  G.,  23d  Tenn  .  K. 

Boling,  Uriah,  7th  Ark.,  age   [8. 

Bishop.  W. 

Bays,  W.  N.,  8th  Ark 

Biddle,  26th  Miss..   I  I 

Beaden,  A.  J.,  21st  Tenn.,   1 

Boaz,  John,  1st  Tenn.,  A,  age  19. 

Ballard,  Lieut.  J.   E.,  wounded  at   Murfreesboro. 

Barnes.  \\  ,  3d  Fla.,  G. 

Beard,  J.  G.,  S2d  Ala.,  N. 

Barnes,  N.,  McCanns's  Ca^      B 

Brock,  R.,  10th   Miss  .   II 

Brown,  J.  C,  10th  Miss.,  H. 

Bridge,  John,   19th   Ala  .    I '• 

Byrd,  J.  R.,  43d  Ala.,  E. 

Baird.  P.  C,  45th  Tenn.,  II. 

Baird,  Mile-.   1st    |<\  .   I 

Barlow.  J.  J  .  38th  Ala  .  I 

Barnes,  I.  H.,  9th  Miss.,  F. 

Bird,  Wiley,  471I1  Ga.,  C 

Bean,  Joseph  B.,  citizen  of  Georgia. 

Berhs,  L.  N.  J  ,  27th  Miss.,  I. 

Bradford,  Andrew,  28th   Ala.,  B 

Boyter,  George  M,  25th  Ga. 

Bcdsanc,  Elisha,  63d  Va.,   I 

Benson,  Thomas  II..  10th   S.  C.,  K. 

Bryan,  William  J.,   17th  Tenn  ,   H. 

Brigham,  Samuel,  citizen  of  Georgia. 

Blaik,  B.  F. 

Cummings,  Maj.  N.  S..  age  35. 

Costenberry,  11.,  7th  Miss.,  D,  age  45. 

Carter,  R.  V„  8th  Ark,  C. 

Cureton,  H.  T,  Terry's  Texas  Rangers,  B,  age  19. 

Carlton,  Lemuel  I,  Terry's  Texas  Rangers,  C,  age  23 

Carroll,  Alexander,  8th  Ark,  F.  ag- 

Clark,  F.  M..  7th  Miss..  N.  age  21. 

Calhoun,  R    F,  7th  Miss,  B,  age  21 

Cypret,  W.  F,  9th  Ark,  D,  age  30. 

Costello,  John,  Burns's  Tenn.  Art,  age  24 

Coker,  S.  I'.,  7th  Miss,  G,  age  20. 

Compton,  William.  4th  Ky..  I",  age  21. 

Cassely,  James,  2,3d  Tenn,  K,  age  25. 

Curtis,  J.  W,  5th  Ark,  Smith's,  age  24 

Carcuff,  J,  2d  Ark.  Bat,  I. 

Carraco,  John,  3d  Ky,  B,  age  [8. 

Cheatham.  Lieut.  P.,  Terry's  1  ex    Rangers,  Stroble's,  age  i& 

Coats,  James,  Hindman's  Ark.  Legion,  G,  age  20. 

Crinshow,  Mr.,  1st  Miss,  I.  age   [8 

Clark,  R.  II,  8th  Ark.,  K.  age  30. 

Cooper,  F.  C,  7th  or  8th    Vrk    1      t]      26. 

Campbell,  Samuel.  6th  Ark,  G, 

Coldwell.  J.  W\.  French's  Arl  .  agi   21 

■         ron,  II  .  9th   Ail.  .  K      ge  25. 

Chambliss,  M.  11,  t6th  Ala  .  1 

man.    F     M  .   -'d    Ark,   C,  age  28. 

Collinsworth,  T.  B.,  toth   Ark.,  I",  age  23. 

land,  J    B.,  Buckner's  Kj    Guide,  age  22 
Clinton.  Henry,  32d  Tenn.,  Wharles's,  age  45 
('.  Iter,  E.  J  .  age    16 

Chamberlain,  F.  N  .  oth  Ark..  A.  age  28 
Coats.   James  , 


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Crose,  Joseph,  32c!  Tenn.,  E. 

Crone,  George,  10th  Ark.,  A. 

Choat,  W.  V.,  26th  Tenn.,  H,  age  27 

Cuff,  D.  C,  age  26. 

Collins,  J.,  26th  Miss ,  F,  age  26. 

Chumbley,  L.  P.,  Edwards,  age  25. 

Copeland,  Anderson,  Brown's  Tenn.,  Wade's,  age  19. 

Cogbra. 

Claibourn,  W.  D.,  24th  Tenn.,  age  22. 

Cannon,  — .,  —  Tenn. 

Craig,  I.  L  B,  60th  N.  C,  H. 

Cartin,  J.  S.,  1st  Ark.,  I 

Connolly,  Thomas,  4th  La.  Bat.,  B. 

Clark,  Jeff,  16th  La.,  I. 

Collans,  R.  C. 

Craven,  J.  C,  8th  Miss.,  G. 

Crosby,  William,  5th  S.  C  .  L. 

Cunningham,  M.  L.  D.,  32d  Miss.,  C. 

Cherry,  John  R.,  35th  Ala.,  D. 

Calhoun,  F.  J.,  4th  Fla.,  B. 

Curtis,  James  F.,  3d  N.  C,  E. 

Dunlap,  Capt.  W.  R.,  —  Tenn.,  age  29. 

Duff,  J.  B.,  7th  Texas,  Jones's,  age  23. 

Davis,  John,  8th  Ark ,  Wright's,  age  35. 

Dabbs,  Joel,  —  Tenn.,  age  35. 

Decker,  John  F.,  9th  Ark.,  A,  age  24. 

Dean,  Jesse,  Terry's  Texas  Rangers,  H,  age  35. 

Dafron,  A.  M.,  8th  Ark.,  F. 

Douglass,  Lawrence  D.,  Terry's  Texas  Rangers,  A,  age  25. 

Dunn,  H.  V.,  Terry's  Texas  Rangers,  Evans's,  age  21. 

Depriest,  W.  F.,  24th  Tenn.,  I,  age  18. 

Diggs,  S.,  Sth  Ark.,  G,  age  35. 

Downs,  Jesse  C.  C,  1st  Ark.  Bat.,  age  27. 

Davis,  M.  G.,  Dearrens's,  Jones's,  age  18. 

Dalton,  G.  R.,  16th  Ala.,  B,  age  24. 

Donnaphin,  James,  17th  Tenn.,  A,  27. 

Donouald,  George,  3d  Miss.,  E,  age  17. 

Duncan,  B.  H.,  7th  Texas,  D,  age  27. 

Dolen,  Floyd's  La.  Brig. 

Dewalt,  Mr. 

Dechard,  H.  B.,  7th  Texas,  Anderson's. 

Duvall,  J."  P.,  31st  La.,  D. 

Duffy,  H.  H.,  47th  Tenn.,  F. 

Davidson,  J.,  4th  Ala.,  I. 

Drumn,  G. 

Davidson,  R    W. 

Darby,  James,  2d  Ky.,  C. 

Dowling,  B.  M.,  1st  Fla.  Cav.,  D. 

Dickerson,  S.  W.,  25th  Ga.,  D. 

Dansmore,  William,  37th  Tenn.,  B 

Drakes,  P.,  66th  Ga.,  A. 

Dillond,  Michael,  49th  Ga.,  A. 

Derrick,  George,  citizen  of  Alabama. 

Daningan,  Charles,  32d  Ala.,  H. 

Dabridge,  R.  D.,  4th  Texas,  B. 

Derberay,  William,  28th  Tenn.,  E. 

Eskew,  James,  8th  Ark.,  Williams's. 

Eskew,  Andrew,  7th  Miss.,  Fitches's,  age  21. 

Edens,  J.  P.,  8th  Ark.,  C,  age  35. 

Estes,  Andrew,  3d  Ky.,  A. 

Elliott,  E.,  7th  Ark.,  H,  age  21. 

Ethridge,  W.  E.,  9th  Ark.,  F,  age  23. 

Ellis,  W.  B„  5th  Ark.,  H.  age  23. 


Ellison,  C.  R.,  9th  Ark  ,  B,  age  30. 

Elliott,  Q.  H.,  1st  Ark.,  B,  age  28. 
Eireland,  H.  C,  gth  Ark.,  C.  age  24. 
Edwards,  J.   R..  Wright's,  D. 
Evans,  R.  C,  Stewart's  Ala.,  age  32. 
Ethridge,  W.  S.,  36th  Ala.,  D. 
Edglman,  W.,  5th  Tenn.  Cav.,  B. 
Edison,  Edwards,  33d  Ala.,  C. 
Fry,  John  W.,  7th  Miss.,  C,  age  18. 
Faulkner,  H.  J.,  2d  Ky.,  age  23. 
Ferguson,  John,  6th  Texas,  Evans's. 
Fields,  Samuel,  7th  Miss,  C,  age  17. 
Farrell,  Michael,  2d  Ark.,  B,  age  30. 
Finley,  Maj.  S.  L.,  —  Tenn.,  age  43. 
Ferguson,  W.  F.,  7th  Ark.,  D,  age  25. 
Flarnery,  J.  F ,  3d  Ky.,  K,  23. 

The  address  of  P.  D.  Cureton,  of  Easley  Station,  S.  C,  is 
given  in  the  report. 


OUR  COMRADES  IN  REUNION. 

BY   W.   W.    SLOAN,  SAN   ANTONIO,  TEX. 

Well,  comrades,  once  again  we've  met 

And  clasped  each  other's  friendly  hand 
And  seen  each  other  eye  to  eye 

Ere  passing  to  the  silent  land. 
These  forty  years  have  left  their  trace — 

Your  manly  form  old  Time  has  bent ; 
His  sign   is  on  your  soldier  face, 

And  many  a  one  to  his  home  he's  sent. 

Let's  sit  down  here  and  recall  the  past; 

As  round  our  camp  fire  we'd  sit  at  night 
And  pass  the  hours  in  tale  and  song  - 

Sometimes  until  the  morning  light. 
We  yearned  for  firesides  far  away 

And  for  each  form  we  held  so  dear. 
Alas!  alas!  how  these  have  changed! 

Let's  brush  away  the  falling  tear. 

The  mother  dear  who  watched  her  boy 

As  he  left  his  home  for  the  field  of  strife 
And  prayed  that  God  in  his  own  good  way 

Would  keep  and   shield  and  spare  his   life 
Has  long  since  gone  to  her  quiet  home 

Away  beyond  the  stars  so  bright; 
And  while  he  lives  'mid  gathering  gloom, 

She  waits  for  him  where  comes  no  night. 

The  father  and  the  sisters   dear 

And  another  one  who  often  came — 
Their  smiles  will  greet  us  here  no  more ; 

On  the  churchyard  stone  you'll  read  their  name. 
Those  years  with  many  a  hardship  fraught 

Were  not  unmixed  with  pleasure's  cup ; 
And   many  a  joyous  hour  we  knew, 

As  well  did  bitter  sorrow  sup. 

And  here  to-night  we  hear  them  sing 
Who  sang  in  days  of  dire  distress ; 

Their  songs  are  much  the  same  as  when 
Our  soldiers  found  no  time  for  rest. 

Their  songs  recall  our  hard  camp  life 
When  on  the  front  we  met  the  foe 

And  made  the  fight  for  the  dear  old  South- 
That  time's  now  forty  years  ago. 


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lien's  my  hand  with  the  parting  prayer 

I  li.il   all  the   remaining  days  you  live 
May  he  filled  with  the  best  of  our  country's  store 

And  all  the  good  our  God  can  give; 
That  when  you  strike  your  tent  down  here 

You'll  pitch  it  on  the  heavenly  shore, 
Where    foes  ne'er   meet  and   friends  ne'er  pan. 

And  you're  safe  from  harm  for  evermore. 


!i  KSON'S  MARCH  TO  REAR  OF  POPE'S  ARMY. 

BY      I   \MI  S     M.     II!    \'"'l      I  II  '   I    II      "HMI1II   \  .     W,     \   \ 

\fter  McClellan's  defeat  below  Richmond,  Jackson's  Corps 
inarched  to  the  north  of  Gordonsville  and  encamped  for  a 
few  days  General  Banks,  Jackson's  old  enemy  of  the  Valley. 
li  Hi  i  known  as  Jackson's  commissary,  pushed  his  forces  too 
uncomfortably  near  and  Jackson  gave  him  battle  and  defeated 
him  al  Ced'ar  Mountain.    This  Midden  check  i  forces 

undoubtedly  opened  the  way  and  suggested  the  move  around 
The  daring  of  this  movement  was  never  exceeded  by 
any  general  A  ■. ireful  study  of  the  situation  will  show  how 
hazardous  it  was. 

In  the  evening  of  the  24th  of  August,  1862.  orders  were  re- 
d  to  eook  three  days'  rations  and  be  ready  to  move  at  any 
nine  We  baked  our  slapjacks,  and  this  finished  our  prepara- 
tion, for  at  this  time  we  never  cooked  our  bacon,  but  ate  it 
raw.  Early  on  the  morning  of  the  25th  sixty  rounds  of  am- 
munition were  issued  with  the  following  orders:  "No  strag- 
gling; every  man  must  keep  his  place  in  ranks;  in  crossing 
streams  officers  are  to  see  that  no  delay  is  occasioned  by  re- 
moving shoes  or  clothing." 

The  morning  was  bright  and  the  men  in  the  best  of  humor. 
The  2d  Virginia  was  in  front.  There  is  system  in  the  order 
of  inarching  as  there  is  in  all  military  movements.  The  regi- 
ment in  front  to-day  is  the  2d,  to-morrow  the  3d,  and  so  on 
to  the  last  in  the  brigade.    The  same  rule  applies  to  divisions. 

Jackson's  force  at  this  time  was  composed  of  Ewell's,  A.  P. 
Hill's,  and  Jackson's  old  division,  now  commanded  by  Talia- 
ern  Two  brigades  of  cavalry  accompanied  the  expedition. 
I  do  not  believe  that  there  was  a  man  in  the  corps  that  knew 
our  destination  except  Jackson.  Our  course  was  toward  the 
north,  and  as  the  day  advanced  you  could  hear  all  kinds  of 
rumors.  It  looked  like  madness  to  march  away  from  our  sup- 
plies and  support  with  only  Jackson's  forces;  but  we  had 
d  to  obey  and  to  blindly  follow.  Each  felt  that  some- 
thing extraordinary  was  contemplated,  and  nerved  himself  for 
pected  1.1  k  We  did  not  always  follow  road-,  but  went 
gh    cornfields    and    bypaths,    waded    streams,    and    occa- 

01, .ilk    wi    marched  right  through  some  one's  yard. 

1  )nr   regiment   was  passing  through   a  beautiful  green   lawn 

close  to  a  house  when  a  lady  came  out.     At   first   she  seemed 

dumfounded,  but  she  soon  expressed  her  thoughts:  "Get  out  of 

Who  told  you  to  come  through  here?    You  won't  leave 

gel  out."     A  lank  old  Rcb  in 

Companj     B    directed    her   to   Jackson,   who   just   at   that   time 

was    passing,      "That    old    fellow    over    there    with    the   greasy 

eap   on    riding   the   sorrel   'boss'    is    the   cause   of   all    of   this" 

Sin    bolted    for  him.     I   saw  him  smile.     T  do   not   know  what 

d;  bul  she  carried  her  point,  and  we  defiled. 

We  marched  about  thirty  miles  the  first  day  and  a  portion 
of  the  night.  The  men  slept  on  the  spot  where  they  halted 
At  early  dawn  the  march  was  continued,  but  not  in  the  same 
direction.  We  now  headed  for  the  east.  As  usual,  our  scant 
rations  hail  been  eaten  the  first  day;  but  we  had  plenty  of 
green  com.  hut  no  salt,  an.  ever  wanted  it  as  we 


did.     Now  at  the  end  of  the  second  day's  march  we  were  near 
Manassas  Junction.     A  detachment  was  sent  to  take  it.  which 
was  done  with  little  loss  on  our  side.     In  two  days  Jackson 
had  marched  sixty  miles,  placed  himself  in  the  rear  of  Pope's 
army,  which  had  five  men  to  Jackson's  one,  and  in  this  battle 
of  Manassas  Junction  captured  the  whole  of  Pope's  army  sup 
plies,  five  hundred   prisoners,   eight  cannon,    and  numbers  of 
renegade    negroes.       This    loss    alone    would    have    compelled 
Pope's  retreat.     We  never  had  rations  issued  to  us  so  liberally 
Men   were   detailed  to  carry  boxes  of  crackers  and  bar 
each  company,  and  then  "Help  yourself"  was  the  order      l'n 
fortunately  what  was  not  used  had  to  be  destroyed. 

A  brigade  of  infantry  from  Washington  on  the  way  to  join 
Pope  came  in  sight  as  we  were  rationing  ourselves,  and  a 
shell  or  two  from  their  battery  dropped  among  the  negroes 
Such  yelling  and  stampeding  I  never  saw.  The  2d  Infantry 
was  placed  in  the  fortifications  and  awaited  their  coming 
It  was  a  grand  sight  to  see,  for  they  came  in  fine  order 
Though  our  artillery  made  gaps  in  their  ranks,  they  closed 
up  and  still  came  on.  However,  they  were  compelled  to  re- 
in,it  with  the  loss  of  many  prisoners,  wounded,  and  dead. 
including  their  General  Taylor,  who  was  killed.  We  rested 
the  remainder  of  the  27th.  At  dusk  we  moved  silently 
toward  Sudley  Mills  We  wi  re  marching  and  halting  at  inter- 
vals all  the  night.  So  far  Jackson  had  completely  deceived 
Pope  as  to  his  intentions:  and  if  he  could  mystify  him  on< 
day   longer.   LongStn  join    us 

Nearly  the  whole  of  the  -'4th  was  spent  in  maneuvering 
We  would  take  one  position  and  soon  abandon  it  for  an- 
other, and  we  expected  an  attack  at  any  moment.  Late  in  the 
evening  the  enemy  appeared  in  force.  Jackson  immediately 
attacked  with  vigor.  Their  artillery  fire  was  so  severe  and 
destructive  that  it  compelled  our  guns  to  take  new  position*. 
At  this  stage  the  situation  began  to  look  critical. 

Jackson  on  leaving  the  Junction  the  night  before  had  stayed 
with  his  old  division,  and  at  this  moment  was  with  his  old 
brigade.  Instantly  he  gave  the  order  for  it  to  charge,  and 
the  brigade  never  did  better.  Under  both  artillery  and  in- 
fantry fire  it  moved  out  into  the  open  in  splendid  order,  and 
forced  the  enemy  to  retreat  to  an  old  railroad  cut  some  dis- 
tance away.  There  I  d  for  a  time,  but  were  finally 
driven  back  This  successful  charge  of  Jackson's  old  brigade 
pleased  him  immi  n  Just  thirteen  months  before  and 
only  a  short  distance  from  this  field  the  old  brigade  had  won 
for  Jackson  the  title  of  "Stonewall"  and  helped  him  win  the 
name  and  fame  that   will  live  as  long  as  history  endures. 

The  brigade  lost  heavily  in  thi  encounter,  and  ever  after- 
wards was  weak  in  numbers.  \  very  unfortunate  occurrence 
caused  much  of  this  loss.  I  he  Federals  had  been  driven  from 
their  position,  but  the  ririiu  il!  heavy.     It  was  now  get 

ting   dusk,   and   with   the   smoke    oi    battle    the    exact   situation 

11  'i    kn  iv  11   i"  "i mmandi  1       1  hi     81  h   I  Jei  irgia  was 

sent  to  our  support.  They  mistook  us  for  the  enemy  and 
opened  a  low  and  rapid  fire;  and  not  meeting  with  any  re- 
sistance, thi  d  their  efforts  We  were  ordered  to  lie 
down,  and  some  even  attempted  to  run  to  their  lines,  but  were 
shot  before  they  had  The  firing  ceased  finally,  but 
many  were  killed  and  wounded       The  regiment   rested  on  their 

arms  on  the  held,  and  yen   not  disturbed  in  gather 

ing  their  v,  ind  dead. 

Early  on  the  29th  the  brigade  was  ordered  to  the  left  to  be 
held  in  reserve.     But  as  we  were  moving  slowly  along, 
supposed   to   the   rear,   with   empty  guns  and   very   little   am- 
munition, a  volley  wi  i   into  our  ranks,   which    for   a 


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moment  caused  some  confusion  Hurriedly  the  regiments 
were  thrown  into  line  and  the  enemy  checked.  It  proved  to 
be  a  heavy  skirmish  line  of  their  infantry.  There  was  no  rear, 
for  the  enemy  seemed  to  be  on  all  sides  except  in  the  direction 
of  Thoroughfare  Gap.  Wherever  the  view  would  permit  you 
could  see  lines  of  blue.  We  knew  another  day  had  come  for 
a  hard  conflict;  but  we  also  knew  help  had  arrived,  for  Long- 
street's  columns  were  in  sight,  and  a  loud  and  prolonged  cheer 
arose  from  both  corps. 

Longstreet  moved  into  position  on  the  right  of  Jackson, 
which  was  a  very  strong  point,  being  a  disused  railroad  cut. 
For  hours  the  enemy  concentrated  every  effort  against  Jack- 
son, but  line  after  line  was  hurled  back  in  confusion.  The 
only  success  gained  at  any  time,  and  that  but  temporary,  was 
on  Jackson's  extreme  left,  where  their  lines  extended  beyond 
ours. 

"Lee's  war  horse,"  Longstreet,  was  not  long  idle.  At  the 
critical  moment  and  when  Jackson  -seemed  to  be  hardest 
pressed,  with  all  his  infantry  and  every  gun  in  use,  Longstreet 
rushed  ten  or  twelve  guns  on  a  gallop  to  Jackson's  aid.  They 
took  the  best  position  for  artillery  I  ever  saw — right  in  the 
rear  of  the  cut,  which  our  infantry  were  holding.  They  opened 
with  grape  and  canister  and  shrapnel  into  the  columns,  ad- 
vancing for  the  third  time.  Our  guns  fired  over  our  men's 
heads. 

They  faced  this  murderous  fire  of  our  guns,  and  many  of 
them  fell.  I  asked  a  wounded  Yankee  soon  after  the  repulse 
if  he  knew  those  men  lying  about  him.  He  said:  "Yes,  there 
lie  my  captain  and  our  lieutenant,  and  most  of  these  are  of  my 
company."  During  the  war  I  never  saw  dead  men  lying 
thicker  than  on  the  three  or  four  acres  of  that  slope  to  the 
railroad  cut. 

At  this  moment  Longstreet  was  pushing  his  lines  and  driv- 
ing everything  before  him.  The  day  was  ours,  and  Pope's 
career  ended  as  a  commander  of  an  army. 

General  Pope  has  said  somewhere  in  his  writings  that  if 
King's  Division  had  stayed  in  position  when  he  first  struck 
Jackson  on  the  28th  instead  of  moving  on  to  Manassas  he 
could  have  crushed  Jackson.  It  was  not  a  matter  of  privilege 
with  King.  He  was  whipped;  and  if  he  had  not  slipped  away 
in  the  night,  Jackson  would  have  driven  him  in  the  direction 
Longstreet  was  advancing,  and  doubtless  would  have  destroyed 
his  entire  division. 

Again,  in  his  dispatches  to  Washington  at  the  time  and  since 
in  his  writings  on  this  campaign  he  talks  as  though  he  had 
Jackson  in  a  trap,  and  from  failure  of  Porter  and  others  to  co- 
operate and  obey  his  orders  the  campaign  failed.  We  know 
that  Jackson  deliberately  put  himself  in  the  position  with  his 
eyes  open,  and  at  no  time  while  in  the  rear  of  Pope  was  he 
in  danger  of  being  crushed  or  destroyed.  He  deceived  Pope 
completely  and  had  him  marching  from  one  place  to  another, 
utterly  at  a  loss  where  to  strike.  Jackson's  Corps  at  this  time 
were  in  excellent  condition,  full  of  confidence  in  themselves 
and  their  leader.  If  the  occasion  had  demanded,  he  would 
have  concentrated  at  some  point  and  forced  his  way  through, 
as  Pope's  army  was  not  strong  enough  to  surround  and  hold 
him.    Jackson  knew  this  and  the  men  felt  it. 

At  no  time  during  the  war  did  Jackson's  generalship  show 
more  conspicuously  than  in  this  campaign.  If  the  fine  army 
that  opposed  him  had  been  ably  handled,  Jackson  undoubtedly 
would  have  had  to  cut  his  way  out,  and  no  one  can  tell  what 
his  loss  would  have  been. 


CORRECTIONS  OF  TWO  ARTICLES. 

BY    M.    M.    MOORE,   SANTA   BARBARA,  CAL. 

Although  it  is  a  small  affair,  permit  me  to  correct  one  or 
two  inadvertent  statements  in  the  article,  "Valiant  Coleman, 
Veteran  of  Two  Wars,"  in  the  Veteran  for  May,  where  it 
was  stated  that  he  (Coleman)  raised  the  4th  Missouri  Cav- 
alry and  became  its  colonel,  *  *  led  his  regiment  in  the 
battle    *    *    *    of  Hartville,  Mo. 

It  was  recruited  in  St.  Louis  County  August  12,  1862,  and 
two  or  three  weeks  later  our  squad  enlisted  in  the  4th  Mis- 
souri Cavalry,  which  was  then  encamped  near  Thomasville, 
near  the  Arkansas  line.  Col.  John  Q.  Burbridge  was  then  its 
colonel,  and  remained  such  until  near  the  surrender.  At  Hart- 
ville, Mo.,  the  regiment  was  led  by  its  lieutenant  colonel,  John 
M.  Winer,  ex-Mayor  of  St.  Louis,  who  was  killed  in  this, 
his  first  battle.  Colonel  Burbridge  was  absent  from  his  com- 
mand on  sick  leave.  Colonel  Coleman  may  have  organized, 
or,  as  elsewhere  stated  in  the  article,  he  may  have  assisted  in 
organizing  the  regiment ;  but  certainly  from  the  time  of  my  en- 
listment he  had  no  connection  with  the  regiment,  unless  my 
memory  has  completely  failed  me.  Assuredly  he  did  not  lead 
the  regiment  at  Hartville,  which  battle  was  fought  in  January, 
1863.  The  picture  printed  of  Colonel  Coleman  I  could  easily 
suppose  to  be  that  of  Colonel  Burbridge  at  seventy  years. 

Also  let  me  correct  a  misstatement  that  occurs  in  the  very- 
interesting  sketch,  "Career  of  Gen.  Joseph  Lancaster  Brent," 
in  the  July  Veteran.  The  article  states  that  "after  the  defeat 
of  Banks  at  Mansfield  the  entire  Trans-Mississippi  Army  re- 
mained practically  inactive."  Not  so.  After  that  battle  many 
of  the  troops  (all  of  the  Missouri  Infantry,  I  think,  and  some 
Texans)  were  rushed  by  forced  marches  to  Arkansas,  where 
the  particularly  vicious  battle  of  Jenkins  Ferry  was  fought 
with  General  Steele,  and  where  our  loss  in  killed  and  wounded 
was  over  a  thousand.  Gen.  Kirby  Smith  was  in  immediate 
command  at  this  battle.  Later  Gen.  Sterling  Price  made 
a  diverting  raid  into  Missouri  with  some  ten  thousand  cavalry, 
where  battles  and  skirmishes  were  numerous,  and  in  one  of 
which  General  Marmaduke  was  captured. 


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STATUES  OF  WASHING  TOA     IND  LEE. 

Virginia  was  allotted  space  for  two  figures  in  the  Statuary 
Mall  in  the  National  Capitol.  One  of  these  statues  by  natural 
suggestion  is  of  George  Washington,  and  is  an  exact  replica 
in  bronze  of  the  marble  that  stands  in  the  State  Capitol  at 
Richmond.  This  figure  is  by  Houdon,  and  is  regarded  as 
among  the  finest  in  the  country,  and  is  the  only  one  made 
from  authentic  measurements,  taken  by  the  sculptor  during  the 
lifetime  of  the  colonial  chief. 

Fearing  the  animus  that  might  arise  from  the  suggestion 
of  placing  a  statue  of  Lee  in  the  Mall  of  Fame,  many  of  the 
more  conservative  Virginians  advocated  accepting  a  bust  of 
Thomas  Jefferson  as  their  second  statue;  but  the  majority 
opposed  this  idea.  They  were  verj  proud  of  this  great  states 
man;  but  Virginia  felt  that  her  noblest  son,  her  best  repre- 
sentative was  Robert  E.  Lee.  Few  outside  of  his  native  State 
appreciate  fully  the  idolatrous  love  Virginia  (and  all  the  South 
.1-  well)  gives  I.ee.  and  the  deification  is  too  widespread  to 
accept   any   substitute    for   him   in   the    I  I. ill   oi    Fame. 

I  In   statue  that  was  sent  to  Washington  is  from  a  model  by 


WASHINGTON    STATI    E. 


THE   LEE    STATUE. 


I  dward  \  Valentine,  of  Richmond,  Va.,  made  according  to 
lines  and  measures  taken  during  the  lifetime  of  the  famous 
general.  It  is  of  bronze,  in  full  Confederate  uniform,  and  is 
a  beautiful  work  of  art.  Both  bronzi  I  itues  have 
been  placed  in  the  Mall  of  Fame,  I.ee  standing  between  Ful- 
ton, the  inventor  of  thi  steamboat,  and  J.  L.  M.  Curry,  of 
Alabama  Washington  was  placed  in  the  east  end  <>f  the  hall 
between  Gen,  Ethan  Allan,  of  Vermont,  and  Gen.  Peter 
Muhlenburg,  oi  Pennsylvania.  There  ha  been  no  formal  pre- 
sentation as  yet;  but  the  Virginia  Statue  Commission,  with 
the  permission  of  Congress,  will  have  an  elaborate  unveiling 
and  presentation  at  some  future  date. 


THE  IMMORTAL  SIX  HUNDRl  D 

BY  VIRGINIA   FRAZER   DOYLE. 
"FortJ   tun  days  under  fire  of  our  own  guns,  Morns  Island. 
Charleston   Harbor.     Sixty-five  days  on  rotten  corn  meal  and 
pickle      Eighteen  days  on  Prison  Ship  Crescent  " 


I   would   sing  a  song  of  heroes,  where  grim  courage  opened 
wide 
The  throttle  valve  of  valor  with  a  test  past  human  ken  ; 
1   would  hang  a  golden  scroll  of  fame   where  each   Immortal 
died 

And   where   that  ragged   Inn    of   graj    St 1    forth   the   kings 

of  men. 

They  shall  troop  through  History's  pages,  when  eternal  truth 
shall   write 
The  screed  of  their  integrity  through  agony  and  grief. 
The  world  shall  know  the  glorj  and  the  story  of  their  might — 
The  might  of  their  endurance  through  the  strength  of  their 
belief. 

In   the   fever   heal    •  > f   battle   men   have   died    foi    what   they 

thought. 
Have  rotted  in  the  trenches  <n  have  filled  an  unknown  grave, 
Have  gangrened  in  the  slid  white  wards — but  after  fields  well 

fought 


In  the  clasf 
save. 


(if  honest  warfare  for  tin   cause  they  sought  to 


These  are  heroes,  and   we  hail  them,  whether  on   the  road  of 
life 
Or  sleeping  in  the  low  green  tents  that  honor  proudly  keeps; 
Hut  grander  still  the  warriors  held  .i-  captives   of  the  strife, 
Who   kept   their  knighthood  spotless  through  the   slime  the 
dungeon  steeps. 

Tossed  on  the  crest  of  hatred,  helpless  targets  oi  man's  rage, 
With    hope    deferred    and    hunger    gnawing    through    theii 
vitals'   core, 
With  grim  starvation  stalking  where  death    >nl\   cmld  .      n.ige. 
rhesi    men   of   battle   kept   their    faith    and   told    it    o'er   and 
o'er. 

But  they  lived  to  tell  their  story  in  the  sunlight  of  to-day — 
Lived    to    twine    a    fadeless    garland    for    their    fallen    ones 
bereft. 
And   with   heads  bowed   low   in   reverence  gentle   homage   we 
would  pay 
To  the  dauntless  old  Sin   Hundred,  to  the  remnant  thai   is 
left. 
(    would    suig  a   song   of   heroes,    where  grim   courage    opened 
wide 
The  throttle  valve  of  \alor  with  a  test  past  human  ken; 
I    would  hang  a  golden  scroll   of  fame  where  each  Immortal 
died 
And  where  that  ragged  line  of  gray  stood   forth  the  king*. 
of  men ! 

Virginia  Frazer  Boyle  was  a  busy  woman  (lining  the  Re- 
union, performing  her  duties  with  the  C.  S  M  \.  looking 
after  her  Drum  and  Fife  Corps,  and  reading  foui  poems  dur- 
ing the  three  days.  Of  course  Confederate  poems  are  spon- 
taneous with  her.  They  would  make  a  large  book.  Some 
one  said  she  could  write  one  of  those  when  asleep,  and  in  re- 
ply she  said  she  would  be  awake  ere  it  was  finished. 

The  foregoing  was  read  at  the  luncheon  the  Harvey  Mathes 
Chapter  gave  to  the  "Immortal  Six  Hundred"  at  Mrs.  Collier's 

Mrs.  Boyle  in  referring  to  the  survivors  said:  "These  brave 
old  fellows,  after  all  they  liavi  suffered,  havi  thi  grit  to  want 
to  erect  a  monument  to  their  fellows  before  they  die.  So  after 
I  read  the  poem  as  a  memtx  I  oi  the  Memorial  Association  I 
volunteered  a  subscription,  and  in  less  than  five  minutes  nearly 
$200  was  subscribed  as  a  beginning  I  think  that  the  South 
has  produced  the  greatest  people  the  world  ever  saw" 


552 


Qopfederat<?  l/eterai?. 


BRIEF  STRONG  HISTORIC  FACTS. 

Judge  H.  H.  Cooke,  one  of  the  "Immortal  Six  Hundred,"  in 
an  address  to  his  fellow-sufferers  at  the  Memphis  Reunion 
said : 

"Comrades:  I  am  indeed  pleased  to  meet  you  again.  Since 
our  last  meeting  at  Birmingham  in  iqoS  vvc  have  had  cause 
for  sorrow.  Comrades  George  W.  Finley,  George  K.  Cracraft. 
\V.  H.  Frizzell,  J.  L.  Lytton,  A.  J.  Kirkman,  W.  E.  Allen, 
and  U.  G.  Demas  have  passed  from  the  trials  and  sorrows  of 
this  world.  Since  we  first  met  as  the  Six  Hundred  on  the 
Crescent  City  at  Fort  Delaware  more  than  forty-four  years 
ago  many  of  our  number  have  passed  to  the  land  of  spirits. 
About  five  hundred  and  forty  are  on  the  other  side  of  the 
river,  and  only  forty-two  remain  to  tell  the  story  of  the  Six 
Hundred.  May  we  not  say  that  the  Six  Hundred  are  all  pres- 
ent with  us  to-day,  for  how  can  the  brave,  the  faithful,  the 
conscientious,  and  the  true  ever  be  separated? 

"You  ask  me  to  repeat  again  the  story  of  the  Six  Hundred ; 
but  why  repeat  it,  for  we  all  know  it  too  well?  Many  of  the 
Six  Hundred  were  cut  off  from  this  life  by  starvation  in 
young  manhood.  Who  can  or  will  say  that  it  is  wrong  or 
improper  to  repeat  a  true  story  of  1864  and  1865?  The  truth 
must  bring  good  and  not  evil  results.  On  the  20th  of  August. 
1864,  six  hundred  Confederate  officers  were  selected  at  Fort 
Delaware  and  sent  to  Charleston,  S.  C,  and  placed  under  fire 
of  the  Confederate  guns.  Our  breakfast  was  four  moldy 
crackers  and  one  ounce  of  meat,  and  our  dinner  was  one-half 
pint  of  bean  soup ;  we  had  no  supper.  This  treatment  upon 
Morris  Island  continued  for  about  forty  days.  What  led 
up  to  this  cruel  retaliation  is  not  very  clear.  The  Washing- 
ton government  did  not  then  inform  us,  and  has  not  since 
done  so.  From  the  official  records  such  as  have  been  made 
and  preserved  we  can  learn  that  much  credence  was  given 
the  stories  of  deserters  and  negroes  and  no  effort  made  to 
verify  the  truth  of  these  statements. 

"There  never  were  any  Union  soldiers  of  war  under  fire  of 
their  own  guns  at  Charleston.  There  never  were  any  prison- 
ers of  war  treated  harshly  or  cruelly  by  order  of  the  Con- 
federate authorities.  The  truth  is  that  the  Confederate  gov- 
ernment was  not  intentionally  responsible  for  the  suffering 
of  Federal  prisoners.  The  Richmond  government  was  at  all 
times  willing  and  anxious  to  exchange  prisoners,  and  was 
willing  to  do  and  did  do  all  that  was  possible  to  be  done  to 
feed  and  care  for  Federal  prisoners.  We  are  indeed  rejoiced 
to  make  this  statement  without  the  fear  of  successful  con- 
tradiction. It  is  love,  sympathy,  and  pity  that  distinguish 
men  from  the  brute.  It  will  some  day  be  declared  that  the 
South  had  a  much  higher  and  a  more  refined  Christian  civili- 
zation than  did  the  North.  This  point  will  be  settled  to  a 
great  extent  by  the  manner  in  which  the  two  governments 
carried  on  the  war  and  the  manner  in  which  prisoners  were 
treated.  Which  government,  the  Washington  or  the  Rich- 
mond, displayed  the  highest  standard  of  Christian  civiliza- 
tion? Having  more  provocation,  yet  we  fought  and  con- 
ducted the  great  war  more  in  accordance  with  the  high  and 
humane  principles  of  Christianity! 

"There  is  one  matter  about  which  I  feel  that  I  must  speak. 
We  were  sent  to  Fort  Pulaski  and  then  a  portion  of  the  Six 
Hundred  were  sent  to  Hilton  Head,  and  during  the  months 
of  December,  1864,  and  January  and  February,  1865,  we  were 
fed  upon  ten  ounces  of  rotten  corn  meal  and  pickles.  The 
corn  meal  was  ground  at  Brandy  Wine  Mills  in  1861.  It  was 
a  brutal  mind  that  conceived  the  corn  meal  and  pickle  diet. 


On  this  diet  of  rotten  corn  meal  with  no  meat  or  vegetables 
scurvy  soon  came  to  add  to  our  sufferings.  We  could  not 
eat  the  pickles.  It  took  stout  hearts  to  bear  the  cruelties 
practiced  upon  us.  But  our  little  band  remained  true  and 
faithful  almost  to  a  man.  This  will  forever  be  a  monument 
more  durable  than  brass  to  the  honor,  virtue,  patriotism,  and 
sincerity  of  the  Southern  soldier. 

"On  the  6th  of  February,  1865,  medical  officers  came  from 
Savannah  and  inspected  our  condition  and  reported  that  we 
were  in  a  condition  of  great  suffering  and  exhaustion  for 
want  of  food  and  clothing;  but  it  was  sometime  after  this, 
and  about  the  15th  of  February,  1865.  before  we  received  re 
lief.  Had  this  treatment  continued  two  weeks  longer,  there 
would  not  have  been  one  of  us  left  alive.  When  we  left 
Morris  Island,  we  supposed  we  were  to  be  treated  as  prison- 
ers of  war,  and  our  treatment  was  good  for  about  ten  days. 
Why  the  Washington  government  ordered,  sanctioned,  or 
permitted  this  cruel  and  inhuman  treatment  at  this  time  has 
not  been  explained  and  cannot  be  justified  or  excused. 

"On  August  27,  1864,  General  Grant  ordered  that  the  Six 
Hundred  should  not  be  exchanged.  He  preferred  to  feed 
Southern  soldiers  to  fighting  them,  even  if  his  own  men  must 
suffer  in  Confederate  prisons,  where  there  was  not  sufficient 
food  to  give  them.  The  government  at  Richmond  had  made 
every  effort  to  relieve  the  condition  of  the  prisoners  of  war, 
but  the  Washington  government  had  rejected  every  proposi- 
tion. At  this  time  the  Confederate  government  was  offering 
to  return  all  sick  and  disabled  Federal  prisoners  without 
exchange.  The  Washington  government  had  only  to  send 
ships  to  receive  from  Southern  prisons  all  of  the  sick  and 
disabled.  I  am  proud  that  in  the  midst  of  all  this  suffering 
we  were  true  and  faithful  to  our  ideals;  that  we  were  willing 
to  meet  death  upon  the  battlefield  and  from  starvation  in 
prison  in  defense  of  local  self-government  and  our  rights  as 
citizens  of  the  States.  We  know  what  has  been  and  we  know 
what  is ;  but  we  do  not  know  what  might  have  been.  It  is 
well  with  those  who  have  passed  over  the  river  to  the  shades 
of  peaceful  rest.  'We  know  not  what  the  coming  hour  veiled 
in  thick  darkness  brings  to  us.'  If  we  say  what  is  is  best,  then 
indeed  there  is  no  incentive  to  improve  conditions.  We  sub 
mit  to  what  is  from  necessity,  and  as  good  citizens  cheerfully 
accept  present  results  and  energetically  join  in  every  effort  to 
improve  conditions."      , 

GRANDSON  OF  FRANCIS  SCOTT  KEY. 
A  tender-hearted  woman  physician  of  Mexico  City  writes 
the  Veteran  of  the  pitiful  condition  of  the  grandson  of 
Francis  Scott  Key,  whose  "Star-Spangled  Banner"  has  thrilled 
the  hearts  of  all  true  Americans.  Mr.  Clarence  Key  was  a 
resident  of  a  foreign  country  when  the  War  between  the 
States  was  declared.  He  was  born  in  Maryland  and  reared 
to  manhood  in  Texas,  and  every  instinct  of  his  heart  was  for 
the  South.  He  returned  to  Texas  and  enlisted  in  the  2d  Texas 
Cavalry,  was  transferred  to  the  23d  Cavalry  in  1862,  and 
served  gallantly  to  the  end  of  the  war.  Some  years  since  he 
was  acting  as  Secretary  for  the  Chinese  Legation ;  but  a  change 
in  the  ministry  put  him  out,  and  increasing  feebleness  and  ill 
health  have  prevented  his  securing  anything  else.  He  had  not 
been  able  to  save  anything  toward  old  age,  as  his  invalid  wife 
required  all  he  could  make.  Some  time  since  he  was  taken  to 
the  American  hospital  in  Mexico  City,  where  he  still  remains, 
dependent  upon  the  charity  of  that  institution.  This  hospital 
keeps  its  patients  only  temporarily,  and  Mr.  Key  is  helpless, 
alone,  and  in  abject  poverty,  having  nowhere  to  go. 


{0T)federat<i  tfeterai). 


553 


One  of  the  conditions  for  admittance  to  a  Home  for  Con- 
federate  veterans  is  residence  in  the  State  where  the  Home  is 
situated,  and  that  is  required  of  him  by  Texas,  with  whose 
troops  lie  served.  Mr.  Key  is  a  gentleman  of  the  old  school, 
polished,  courteous,  elegant,  and  his  bitter  destitution  is 
grievous,  Surely  there  are  many  in  this  broad  and  prosperous 
land  of  ours  who  will  be  glad  to  contribute  something  to  his 
support  in  Texas  for  the  time  necessary  to  gain  admittance  to 
the  Home  in  that  State.  Remember  be  gave  his  best  in  de 
I'ense  of  our  country,  and  now  in  his  old  age.  sickness,  and 
sorrow  he  is  alone  and  helpless.  Help  the  grandson  of  the  im 
1  Key,  who  wink-  he  could  helped  the  South,  and  even 
now  does  not  ask  your  help,  as  those  who  know  his  pitiful 
condition  ate  taking  this  means  of  asking  help  for  him. 

The  Veteran  departs  from  its  rule  in  making  this  appeal 
for  help,  but  the  circumstances  of  the  case  are  such  as  to 
merit  the  deviation.  Ill  and  helpless  in  a  strange  land,  with 
only  two  friends  to  minister  to  his  need,  he  is  indeed  de 
serving  of  our  tender  solicitude.  Any  contributions  sent  the 
Veteran  for  his  relief  will  be  properly  forwarded 

TWO   BRIDGES   BURNED    NE  IR    COLUMBl  I 

I)Y    CtEMENT    SAUSSY,    SAVANNAH,    ox 
1   have  read  with  much  interest  the  article  1>\    Dl     lolin  A. 
in    the    September   Veteran    in   reply   to   mj    critici  m 
made  in  the  June  issue  to  certain  statements  made  by  Com- 
rade Durden   in   his  book.   "Wheeler   and   His   Cavalry."     As 
regards     the     burning    of    the    bridge    at    Columbia,    it     has 
turned  out  that  both  Dr.  Lewis  and  I  are  correct,  for  it  will 
ti  by  the  letter  of  Comrade  U.  R.  Brooks  (which  I  in- 
close), who  is  now  living  in  Columbia,  that  there  were  two 
bridges.   Butler  and  his  men  burning  the  one  over  Congaree 
and  Wheeler  burning  the  other  over  Broad  River 

But  as  to  the  statement  by  Comrade  Durden  that  Wheeler's 

men  were  the  only  defenders  of  Columbia  and  the  only  ones 

who    fought,  bled,   and   would  have   died   in  her   defense   the 

letter  of  General  Butler  (which  I  herewith  inclose)  will  clear 

the  matti  r  without  further  controversy  on  my  part.     Corporal 

O'Byrne    and    Privates    Lovcll    and    Tcarney,    of    Wheaton's 

Battery,  as  well  as  fifteen  of  our  battery  horses,  were  wounded 

by  Sherman's  sharpshooters  while  we  were  shelling  his  army 

the  river  and  preventing  him  putting  down  his  pontoon 

Thomas  R.  Lovell,  of  Wheaton's  Battery,  now  living 

in   Blooniington,  111.,  bears  a  long,  deep  scar  on  his  shoulder 

d  at  Columbia  February  17.  1S65.    O'Byrne  and  Tear- 

ney  have  passed  to  the  great  beyond. 

I  R.  Brooks,  of  Columbia,  to  Clement  Saussy. 
My  Dear  Comrade:  In  response  to  your  favor  of  the  15th 
insl  ,  I  would  saj  thai  there  were  two  bridges  at  and  near  Co- 
lumbia. The  one  General  Butler  ordered  to  be  burned  about 
10.30  P.M.  on  the  night  of  February  6,  1865  (which  I  cro  sed 
with  General  Butler  at  thai  houi  1,  was  at  the  foot  of  Gi 
Sinrt  in  tin  city  of  Columbia,  across  the  Congaree  River, 
and  the  Other,  which  General  Wheeler  bad  burned  at  4  p.m.  on 
6th   of    February  1    graphically   described   by    Mr. 

Lewis,  was  across    Broad    River,   and   nevei    was   in  the  city 
limits,  one  and  a  hah   miles  from  the  Cor 

In idge.      I  d    River   bridge  comic,  1-   thi    1 

mgtoii    Fork   with   Richland   Counts       About    halfway   I" 

Saluda  River  emptii     into  Broad  River,  and  next 

to  it  is  the  Congaree  River,  over  whii  1  Butler  crossed 

on   the    night   of    February    6,    1865,    and   then  had    the    bridge 

burned,    as    abovi     stated       On    the    1  Of    the    burned 


bridges  there  are  to-day  bridges  across  the  Broad  and 
Congaree  Rivers.  On  February  16,  1865,  Butler's  Cavalry 
fought  the  Yankees  just  below  Columbia  across  the  Congaree. 
and  all  of  that  day  Wheeler's  Cavalry  fought  the  Yankees  in 
the  fork  of  the  two  bridges.  Saluda  and  Broad,  east  of  the 
Saluda  and  west  of  the  Broad.  None  of  Sherman's  army 
crossed  either  the  Broad  or  Congaree  until  the  morning  of 
February  17.  1865.  All  day  of  the  r6th  of  February,  1865, 
Sherman  shelled  the  city  of  Columbia,  S.  C.  which  was  full 
of  women  and  children,  and  on  the  night  of  the  17th  his  men 
burned  the  city,  as  lieutenant  McQueen,  of  the  15th  Illinois 
Cavalry,  in  Sherman's  army  at  the  time,  will  testify  if  he  is 
still  alive.  (See  "Butler's  Cavalry."  pages  418  and  419.)  The 
above  is  history  which   should   be  preserved 

Gen  M  C  lb  mi;  10  Clement  Saussy. 
My  Dear  Sir:  Replying  to  your  request  of  the  4th  inst..  I 
make  this  statement.  As  it  was  not  known  definitely  whether 
Sherman  would  cross  the  Congaree  River  at  Gucncis  Ferry  or 
some  other  point  below  Columbia,  I  was  directed  by  General 
Beauregard,  then  in  command  of  the  Confederate  troops,  to 
take  a  part  of  my  own  cavalry  division  and  a  part  of  Wheeler's 
and  make  a  reconnoissance  down  the  Charleston  road  on 
the  west  side  of  the  river  and  if  possible  uncover  Sherman's 
advance.     Two  brigades  of  Wheeler's  command,  commanded 

lively  by  General  Dibrell  and  Col.  W.  C.  P.  Breckin- 
ridge, reported  to  me  early  on  the  morning  of  February  15, 
[865.  With  these  two  brigades  and  my  own  division  I  moved 
across  Congaree  Creek  and  encountered  Sherman's  advance 
some  miles  below  the  creek.  After  a  sharp  encounter,  in 
which  I  compelled  Sherman's  column  to  deploy  and  disclose 
its  strength,  I  reported  by  courier  to  General  Beauregard  and 
retreated  slowly  across  Congaree  Creek  and  the  broad  plateau 
on  the  tipper  side  and  reached  the  Lexington  Heights,  opposite 
to  Columbia,  about  dusk.  Remnants  of  Hood's  army  with 
some  held  batteries  that  were  encamped  on  Lexington  Heights 
were  moved  across  the  river  to  Columbia  while  my  movements 
wire  in  progress.  I  crossed  the  covered  bridge  over  the  Con- 
garee after  dark,  and  the  bridge  was  fired  by  my  orders 
and  under  my  direction  The  next  morning  Wheaton's  Bat- 
tery, being  posted  at  Granby,  were  shelling  Sherman's  column 
moving  up  the  other  side  of  the  river.  The  effect  of  your  fire 
was  to  cause  Sherman's  column  to  move  more  rapidly  to  the 
hills  out  of  the  range  of  your  guns.  I  recall  the  gallant  action 
taken  by  Wheaton's  Battery  when  they  had  no  infantry  sup- 
port and  Sherman  had  lined  the  west  bank  of  the  river  with 
a  strong  line  of  infantry;  and  yet  after  it  had  done  brave 
service,  there  was  nothing  to  do  but  to  withdraw  it.  The 
tiring  of  your  guns  was  about  the  only  resistance  made  to 
Sherman's  advance  on  Columbia,  except  the  reconnoissance 
above  mentioned  Mi  Dodson  in  his  book  where  he  says. 
"Thus  fell  the  capital  of  South  Carolina;  every  gun  tired  in 
its   defense  I    by    Wheeler's   command   and   every   sol- 

dier who  fell  in  its  defense  belonged  to  Wheeler's  brave  com- 
mand." must  have  drawn  very  extravagantly  on  his  imagina- 
tion. 

From  One  Who  Helped  Burn  the  Large  Bridge. 
W.   P.   lake  writes  from  Vidalia,  Ga. :   "I  was  one  of  two 
From  the  Jeff  Davis  Legion  detailed  to  burn  the  large  bridge 
at  Columbia  ;  Dan  Leahy  was  the  other.     I  belonged  to  But- 

livision.  I  went  rather  far  in  the  bridge  and  was  nearly 
caught  in  the  fire.  If  any  of  Wheeler's  men  were  there,  I  did 
not  see  them.  I  got  separated  from  my  command  and  stayed 
in  Columbia  until  the  last  soldier  was  gone.    We  halted  about 


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two  miles  out  and  gave  them  a  few  rounds.     I  think  Wheeler's 
men  left  sometime  before  dark." 

From  Survivors  of  Wheaton's  Battery. 
We,  the  undersigned  survivors  of  Wheaton's  Battery,  But- 
ler's Division  of  Cavalry,  C.  S.  A.,  hereby  corroborate  the 
statements  made  by  Comrade  Clement  Saussy  in  the  Confed- 
erate Veteran  of  June,  1909,  pages  267,  268,  as  regards  the 
shelling  of  Sherman's  army  February  16  and  17,  1865,  by 
Wheaton's  Battery,  for  we  were  there,  and  that  Corporal 
O'Byrne  and  Privates  Tearney  and  Lovell  and  fifteen  battery 
horses  were  wounded  by  Yankee  sharpshooters  stationed  on  the 
west  bank  of  the  Congaree  River,  just  across  from  the  city  of 
Columbia,  on  the  morning  of  February  17,  1865. 

A.  T.  Gray,  First  Sergeant; 

F.  A.  Garden,  Second  Sergeant; 

A.  W.  Harmon, 

Harry  S.  Dreese. 
[Other  reports  on  this  subject  will  be  of  interest  ] 


TUNNELS  TO  RELEASE  PRISONERS. 

BY   J.    W.    MINNICH. 

An  account  of  "Tunneling  Out  of  Prison"  in  the  Veteran, 
page  1 14,  recalls  to  mind  the  many  tunnels,  successful  and 
the  reverse,  dug  in  Rock  Island.  Scarcely  any  barrack  on 
either  side  was  without  a  tunnel,  yet  only  forty-five  prisoners 
nil  told  escaped.  Sometime  during  the  summer  of  1864  it 
became  whispered  in  the  camp  that  a  tunnel  was  in  process 
of  completion  under  Barrack  No.  —  on  the  south  side,  and 
that  it  would  be  finished  the  same  night  and  that  any  who 
might  feel  disposed  to  seek  freedom  by  the  underground  route 
were  welcome  to  make  the  trial. 

But  for  once  the  boring  engineers  failed  either  in  properly 
estimating  the  difficulties  to  be  overcome  or  the  distance  still 
remaining  to  be  burrowed  through,  and  it  was  not  until  day- 
light— at  least,  too  light  to  permit  of  evading  the  sentries 
on  the  wall  overhead.  So  the  attempt  for  that  night  must 
be  deferred,  hoping  that  the  very  small  hole  outside  the 
fence  would  not  be  discovered  and  that  the  succeeding  night 
would  enable  them  to  make  full  use  of  the  "underground." 
Vain  hope.  Sometime  during  the  day  a  bluecoat,  nosing 
about  no  doubt  for  the  very  purpose  of  detecting  "rat  holes" 
by  the  fence,  put  his  foot  in  it,  the  thin  crust  giving  way  under 
his  weight.  He  of  course  reported  the  "rat  hole,"  and  the 
matter  was  kept  quiet  and  a  trap  set  to  catch  the  Rebs.  But 
word  had  come  to  us  inside  to  keep  away  from  it,  and  so  our 
friends  outside  had  their  watching  for  their  pains.  Not  a 
"rat"  showed  himself  to  be  caught.  That  was  one  of  the  few 
tunnels  not  "given  away"  from  the  inside.  But  it  had  some 
comicalities  attached. 

After  discussing  the  possibil.i  es  of  success  with  "Uncle" 
Jim  Ford,  who  took  small  st'  k  in  the  venture,  I  went  out 
about  eleven  o'clock  on  a  voyage  of  discovery,  crossed  the 
avenue,  and  was  surprised  at  the  number  who  were  waiting 
in  the  deep  shadows  between  the  barracks  for  the  signal  to 
tell  them  the  exodus  had  begun.  But  what  was  more  sur- 
prising was  the  "get-up"  of  some  of  the  would-be  absconders. 
Some  came  just  as  they  stood  in  their  clothes,  while  others 
were  rigged  out  in  various  degrees  of  "heavy  marching  or- 
der." One  had  about  all  his  camp  equipage  slung  to  him — 
blanket,  saucepan,  tin  cup,  and  all.  How  they  expected  to 
get  through  the  tunnel  and  make  their  way  through  a  hostile 
country  in  full  regalia  is  more  than  any  one  can  figure  out. 
It  was  grotesque,  to  say  the  least.     Next  day  it  was  learned 


that  more  than  a  hundred,  more  or  less  equipped  for  a  long 
march,  were  waiting  to  make  the  venture  But  the  most  sur- 
prising part  of  it  was  that,  with  such  publicity  on  the  inside, 
not  an  inkling  of  the  project  had  reached  the  guards  outside. 

We  had  more  than  a  plenty  of  spies  within  the  inclosure, 
as  was  proven  by  the  fact  that  many  attempts  to  tunnel 
1  nit  were-  revealed  to  the  guards  and  punishment  in  various 
(■inn-  was  meted  out  to  the  offending  tu.melers.  Another 
case  on  the  north  side  I  recall.  There  the  diggers  got  but 
a  few  feet  beyond  the  "dead  line"  when  they  found  their 
progress  barred  by  a  ledge  of  rock  which  rose  almost  to  the 
surface. 

In  some  way  the  news  was  conveyed  outside,  and  the  dig- 
gers were  rounded  up  (there  were  three  of  them")  and  were 
made  to  do  a  "pas  de  marche"  for  nearly  a  half  day  in  a  broil- 
ing heat  under  the  cloudless  midday  sun  on  the  side  of  the 
barrack  next  to  the  fence,  and  the  sentries  were  given  orders 
to  shoot  any  of  them  who  for  a  moment  failed  to  "mark 
time."  If  any  one  wishes  to  know  how  that  feels,  let  him 
walk  on  the  same  ten  square  inches  of  ground  under  a  sum- 
mer's sun  with  the  mercury  at  ninety  degrees  for  four  to  five 
hours  at  a  stretch  without  the  solace  of  a  drink  of  water. 
There  is  relaxation  in  the  swinging  stride  of  the  march,  even 
though  it  is  fatiguing  in  the  long  run.  But  "marking  time" 
is  quite  a  difficult  proposition.  No  man  can  stand  it  for  a 
day  at  a  time  unless  he  is  iron,  and  the  fare  we  were  then 
enjoying  (  ?)   was  not  conducive  to  continued  efforts. 

But  the  "spotter"  in  this  adventure  was  in  turn  "spotted," 
and  only  prompt  action  on  the  part  of  the  officers  saved  him 
from  stretching  a  rope  made  of  the  inner  bark  of  cotton- 
wood.  He  was  taken  out,  and  I  never  saw  him  again.  He  had 
never  been  seen  conferring  with  the  guards  in  daytime,  but 
I  had  seen  him  conversing  in  a  low  tone  with  an  officer  at 
night  near  a  tree  on  the  main  avenue.  I  came  upon  the  pair 
suddenly  from  the  rear  on  my  way  to  my  barrack,  and  they 
were  both  plainly  startled.  I  was  then  firmly  convinced  that 
the  feilow  was  a  spotter,  and  from  that  day  he  was  "trailed" 
and  his  guilt  established  thoroughly. 

An  incident  worth  recording  was  at  Jay's  Mill  September 
19,  the  first  day  of  Chickamauga,  when  the  1st  Infantry  came 
into  action  through  the  open  field  just  south  of  the  mill 
and  within  two  hundred  yards  of  the  left  of  Davidson's 
hard-pressed  brigade.  I  stood  almost  alone  at  the  extreme 
left  on  our  line  and  saw  those  men  walk  into  that  death  trap 
in  the  woods,  and  saw  the  double  line  of  blue  rise  seventy- 
five  yards  in  their  front  and  pour  into  their  ranks  a  volley 
which  tumbled  them  one  on  the  other  by  the  hundreds  before 
they  had  a  chance  to  fire  a  shot.  A  moment  later  I  saw 
dozens  of  wounded  make  for  the  rear.  Of  these,  one  from 
the  end  of  the  line  started  down  the  road  with  his  gun  over 
his  right  shoulder  and  his  left  arm  dangling  useless  at  his 
side.  I  could  not  help  noticing  what  long  strides  he  made 
for  a  surgeon.  When  he  reached  a  stump  about  two  feet  high 
by  the  roadside  near  the  corner  of  the  fence,  he  stopped, 
wheeled  about,  dropped  to  one  knee  behind  the  stump,  laid 
his  gun  across  the  top,  and,  taking  deliberate  aim,  pulled 
the  trigger.  As  the  Federals  were  pretty  close  together  di- 
rectly in  front  of  him,  it  is  very  probable  his  bullet  found 
a  billet  not  of  wood.  Rising  to  his  feet,  he  threw  his  rifle 
over  his  shoulder  again,  and  I  lost  sight  of  him  behind  the 
hill  to  the  rear.  I  have  often  thought  of  what  a  satisfaction 
it  was  to  him  that  he  need  not  carry  a  loaded  gun  to  the  rear 
I  should  like  to  meet  him  or  at  least  have  word  of  him  if 
still  living. 


Qo^federat^  Ueterap. 


:,.-.;, 


COL.  ANGUS  M'DONAl  D 

BY    R.    U.    IiEALL. 

I  111  the  12th  of  June,  18(14.  Il  was  my  misfortune  to  become 
a  prisoner  of  war,  and  one  of  the  first  prisoners  I  recognized 
as  an  addition  to  our  crowd  was  Col.  Angus  W.  McDonald, 
of  Winchester,  Va.  He  was  colonel  of  Turner  Ashhy's  com- 
mand before  it  was  brigaded,  and  at  the  time  appeared  to  be 
about  seventy  years  old. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  he  was  a  lawyer  in  exten- 
sive practice  and  one  of  the  most  influential  men  in  his  sec- 
tion. His  personal  appearance  was  striking,  being  a  man  of 
heroic  stature  and  every  inch  a  soldier.  Colonel  McDonald 
had  been  sick  and  was  getting  out  of  the  way  of  the  ad- 
vancing enemy,  accompanied  by  his  son  Harry,  a  youth  of 
scarcely  fifteen  years,  when  overtaken  by  a  squad  of  Hunter's 
Cavalry  between  Lexington  and  Buchanan.  Despite  the  over- 
whelming numbers  of  the  enemy,  Colonel  McDonald  and  his 
son  Marry  made  a  brave  resistance,  and  the  former  was  shot 
111  die  hand  before  surrendering. 

When  I  met  him  at  Buchanan  and  introduced  myself.  Colo- 
nel McDonald  had  his  wounded  hand  bandaged  and  in  a 
sling  :  but  despite  his  wound  and  his  venerable  years,  he  was 
uncomplaining,  partook  of  the  same  fare  that  was  dished  out 
to  us,  and  by  his  cheery  words  encouraged  others  who  had 
become  faint-hearted  under  the  depressing  surroundings 
Rations  wire  scarce  and  inferior,  and  at  best  there  was  a 
long  and  exhausting  march  before  us. 

The  next  day  we  marched  from  Buchanan  to  the  Peaks  of 
Otter,  Bedford  County,  Lynchburg  being  General  Hunter's 
objective  point.  Colonel  McDonald  footed  it  all  day,  though 
iherc  was  an  abundance  of  conveyances  in  which  he  might 
have  ridden  had  the  Federal  train  master  so  ordered.  The 
following  day  was  a  repetition  of  the  previous  one,  and  we 
went  into  camp  on  Otter  River,  seventeen  miles  from  Lynch  - 
hurg.  That  night  1  found  Colonel  McDonald  ailing  considera- 
bly. He  was  greatly  exhausted  by  the  long  march  and  suffer- 
ing from  his  wound,  but  his  spirit  was  as  proud  as  ever. 

The  next  morning  bright  and  early  .1  mounted  staff  officer 
nto  the  prisoners'  camp  and  ordered  us  to  get  ready  to 
march  to  the  rear.  Then  addressing  himself  to  the  venerable 
1  McDonald,  this  coward  in  the  uniform  of  a  soldier 
said:  "You  will  go  with  us,  you  old  scoundrel!  General  Hun 
ter  has  not  decided  what  he  will  do  with  you — whether  he 
will  shoot  or  hang  you." 

\t  tins  outburst  Marry  McDonald — as  brave  and  noble  a 
boy  as  ever  lived— advanced  a  step  and  begged  to  be  permitted 
to  go  with  Ins  father,  urging  his  request  on  the  ground  that 
Ins  father  was  aged  and  sick  and  wounded  and  needed  his 
ministrations,  But  the  Federal  officer  was  obdurate;  seeing 
which,  II  mi  \  commenced  shedding  tears.  At  this  point  Colo- 
ur! McDonald  addressed  Harry  in  a  fatherly  hut  firm  tone, 
saying:  "Many,  my  son,  do  not  shed  a  tear,  but  if  necessary 
vour  blood  in  defense  ,.f  your  country." 

That  scene  I  shall  not  forget  .is  long  ,is  memory  performs 
See,  I  In-  Roman  firmness  of  the  old  Colonel  vexed  the 
Federal  officer,  and  he  ordered  tin  guard  to  march  him  off. 
But  lure  Colonel  McDonald's  superb  courage  again  asserted 
itself,  and  he  said  not  one  foot  would  he  march,  that  he  was 
lid  exhausted.  1  hen  the  order  was  given  to  assist 
him  to  march  by  an  application  of  the  point  of  the  bayonet, 
whereupon  the  old  Confederate  hero  threw  open  his  vest,  ex- 
posed his  bosom,  and  exclaimed  :  "You  may  shoot  and  kill  me, 
hut  you  cannot  make  me  march.     Now  do  your  worst!" 

The  Federal  office!  quailed  under  this  superb  exhibition  of 


Scotch  courage,  and  he  relented  to  the  extent  of  ordering  up 
"the  roughest  wagon  in  the  train,"  into  which  the  guard  was 
directed  to  throw  wdiat  he  termed  "the  old  scoundrel,"  but 
who  was  in  fact  one  of  the  bravest  of  the  brave,  a  Con  fid 
erate  colonel,  and  one  of  the  most  high-toned  and  respected 
gentlemen  in  the  State,  in  whose  defense  he  had  enlisted. 

I  never  ascertained  fully  the  reasons  for  this  inhuman  treat 
ment,  but  heard  it  intimated  that  one  of  the  members  of  Gen- 
eral Hunter's  staff  claimed  that  his  father  had  been  unkindly 
treated  by  Colonel  McDonald  while  the  latter  was  in  command 
on  the  northern  border  of  Virginia  in  the  winter  of  1861-62. 
But  if  such  was  the  reason,  I  am  sure  it  had  no  foundation  in 
fact;  for  while  Colonel  McDonald  was  a  man  of  soldierly  in- 
stincts and  bearing,  he  was  a  gentleman  of  genial  and  kindly 
feelings,  and  I  know  that  he  was  never  intentionally  harsh  or 
unkind  to  any  one  whom  the  fortunes  of  wfar  placed  in  his 
power. 

I  never  saw  Colonel  McDonald  after  parting  with  him  that 
morning  on  the  fitter  River.  When  Hunter  was  hurled  back 
from  Lynchburg  by  Juhal  Early's  veterans,  he  struck  for  the 
Kanawdia  Valley,  taking  Colonel  McDonald  with  him.  I  heard 
afterwards  that  this  venerable  gentleman  was  subjected  to 
great  hardships  and  cruelties  on  the  march  and  afterwards 
in  the  Federal  prisons,  and  this  is  partially  borne  out  by  a 
letter  received  from  his  son,  1  apt  William  N.  McDonald, 
wdio  resides  in  Berryville,  Va.,  who  writes:  "My  father  died 
in  Richmond  a  few  weeks  (not  more  than  four  and  possibly 
li  1  after  his  return  from  prison,  the  cruel  treatment  of  the 
Federals  being  the  main  cause." 

The  Confederate  prisoners  left  the  Otter  River  in  charge  of 
the  161st  and  i62d  Ohio  Regiments  under  command  of  Colonel 
Putnam  On  the  first  day  of  the  backward  movement  Harry 
McDonald  told  me  that  he  intended  to  make  his  escape  if  pos- 
sible, and  while  making  a  night  march  over  a  mountain  in 
Greenbrier  County  he  succeeded  in  doing  so. 

The  guards  on  the  lower  side  of  the  road  were  not  more 
than  four  feet  apart,  when  the  cry  of  "Halt!  Halt!"  rang  out. 
and  glancing  back  a  few  feet,  I  saw  Harry's  blanket  and  can- 
teen flying  through  the  air,  while  he  was  going  down  the 
mountain  side  at  a  rate  of  speed  which  would  have  done  no 
discredit  to  a  fast  horse,  and  he  disappeared  in  the  darkness 


LINCOLN'S  PROCLAMATION  OF  AMNESTY. 
Whereas  in  and  by  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States 
it  is  provided  that  the  President  shall  have  power  to  grant 
reprieves  and  pardons  for  offenses  against  the  United  St 
and  whereas  a  rebellion  now  exists  whereby  the  loyal  State 
governments  of  several  States  have  for  a  long  time  been  sub- 
verted, and  many  persons  have  committed  and  are  now  guilty 
'i  treason  against  the  United  States;  and  whereas  with  refer- 
ence to  said  rebellion  and  treason  laws  have  been  enacted  by 
Congress  declaring  forfeiture  and  confiscation  of  property 
and  liberation  of  slaves  all  upon  terms  and  conditions  therein 
stated,  and  also  declaring  that  the  President  was  thereby  au- 
thorized at  any  time  thereafter  by  proclamation  to  extend  to 
persons  wdio  maj  have  participated  in  the  present  rebelli  m 
in  any  State  or  part  thereof  pardon  and  amnesty  with  such 
exceptions  and  at  such  times  and  on  such  conditions  as  he 
may  deem  expedient  for  the  public  welfare;  and  where. is  the 
conditional  declaration  for  limited  and  conditional  pardon 
accords  with  well-established  judicial  exposition  of  the  par- 
doning power;  and  whereas  with  reference  to  said  rebellion 
the  President  of  the  United  States  has  issued  several  proclama- 
tions with  regard  to  the  liberation  of  slaves;  and  whereas  it 


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is  now  desired  by  some  persons  heretofore  engaged  in  said 
rebellion  to  resume  their  allegiance  to  the  United  States  and 
to  reinaugurate  loyal  State  governments  within  and  for  their 
respective  States : 

Therefore  I,  Abraham  Lincoln,  President  of  the  United 
States,  do  proclaim,  declare,  and  make  known  to  all  persons 
who  have  directly  or  by  implication  participated  in  the  existing 
rebellion,  except  as  hereinafter  excepted,  that  a  full  pardon 
is  hereby  granted  to  them  and  each  of  them,  with  restoration  of 
all  rights  of  property  except  as  to  slaves  and  in  property 
cases  where  the  rights  of  third  parties  who  shall  have  inter- 
vened, and  upon  the  condition  that  every  such  person  shall 
take  and  subscribe  an  oath  and  thenceforward  keep  and  main- 
tain said  oath  inviolate,  and  which  oath  shall  be  registered 
for  permanent  preservation  and  shall  be  of  the  tenor  and 
effect  of  the  following — to  wit :  "I  do  solemnly  swear  in  the 
presence  of  Almighty  God  that  I  will  henceforth  faithfully 
support,  protect,  and  defend  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
States  and  the  Union  of  the  States  thereunder,  and  that  I 
will  in  like  manner  abide  by  and  faithfully  support  all  acts 
of  Congress  passed  during  the  existing  rebellion  with  refer- 
ence to  slaves,  so  long  and  so  far  as  not  repealed,  modified,  or 
held  void  by  Congress  or  by  decision  of  the  Supreme  Court; 
and  that  I  will  in  like  manner  abide  by  and  faithfully  support 
all  proclamations  of  the  President  made  during  the  existing 
rebellion  having  reference  to  slaves,  so  long  and  so  far  as 
not  modified  or  declared  void  by  decision  of  the  Supreme 
Court     So  help  me  God." 

The  persons  excepted  from  the  benefits  of  the  foregoing 
provisions  are  all  who  are  or  shall  have  been  civil  or  diplo- 
matic officers  or  agents  of  the  so-called  Confederate  govern- 
ment, all  who  have  left  judicial  stations  under  the  United 
States  to  aid  the  rebellion,  all  who  are  or  shall  have  been 
military  or  naval  officers  of  said  Confederate  government 
above  the  rank  of  colonel  in  the  army  or  of  lieutenant  in  the 
navy,  all  who  left  seats  in  the  United  States  Congress  to  aid 
the  rebellion,  all  who  resigned  their  commission  in  the  army 
or  navy  of  the  United  States  and  afterwards  aided  the  re- 
bellion, and  all  who  have  engaged  in  any  way  in  maltreating 
colored  persons  or  white  persons  in  charge  of  such  otherwise 
than  lawfully  as  prisoners  of  war  and  which  persons  may  be 
found  in  the  United  States  service  as  soldiers,  seamen,  or  in 
any  other  capacity. 

And  I  do  further  proclaim,  declare,  and  make  known  that 
whenever  in  any  of  the  States  of  Arkansas,  Texas,  Louisiana, 
Mississippi,  Tennessee,  Alabama,  Georgia,  Florida,  South 
Carolina,  and  North  Carolina  a  number  of  persons  not  less 
than  one-tenth  in  number  of  the  vote  cast  in  such  State  at 
the  presidential  election  of  the  year  of  our  Lord  i860,  each 
having  taken  the  oath  aforesaid  and  not  having  since  violated 
it  and  being  a  qualified  voter  by  the  election  law  of  the  State 
existing  immediately  before  the  so-called  act  of  secession  and 
excluding  all  others,  shall  establish  a  State  government  which 
shall  be  republican  and  in  no  wise  contravening  said  oath, 
such  shall  be  recognized  as  the  true  government  of  the  State, 
and  the  State  shall  receive  thereunder  the  benefit  of  the  con- 
stitutional provision  which  declares  that  the  United  States 
shall  guarantee  to  every  State  in  this  Union  a  republican 
form  of  government,  and  shall  protect  each  of  them  against 
invasion  and  on  application  of  the  Legislature,  or  the  executive 
when  the  Legislature  cannot  be  convened,  against  domestic 
violence. 

And  I  do  further  proclaim,  declare,  and  make  known  that 
any  provision  which  may  be   adopted  by  such   State  govern- 


ment in  relation  to  the  freed  people  of  such  State  which  shall 
recognize  and  declare  their  permanent  freedom,  provide  for 
their  education,  and  which  may  yet  be  consistent,  as  a  laboring, 
landless,  and  homeless  class,  will  not  be  objected  to  by  the 
national  executive. 

And  it  is  suggested  as  not  improper  that  in  constructing  a 
loyal  State  government  in  any  State  the  name  of  the  State,  the 
boundary,  the  subdivisions,  the  Constitution,  and  the  general 
code  of  laws  as  before  the  rebellion  be  maintained,  subject  only 
to  the  modifications  made  necessary  by  the  conditions  hereinbe- 
fore stated  and  such  others  if  any  not  contravening  the  said 
conditions  and  which  may  be  deemed  expedient  by  those 
framing  the  new  State  government. 

To  avoid  misunderstanding,  it  may  be  proper  to  say  that 
this  proclamation,  so  far  as  it  relates  to  State  governments, 
has  no  reference  to  the  States  wherein  loyal  State  governments 
have  all  the  while  been  maintained. 

And  for  the  same  reason  it  may  be  proper  to  further  say 
that  whether  members  of  Congress  from  any  State  shall  be 
admitted  to  their  seats  constitutionally  rests  exclusively  with 
the  respective  Houses,  and  not  to  any  extent  with  the  execu- 
tive. And  still  further,  that  this  proclamation  is  intended  to 
present  to  the  people  of  the  State  wherein  the  national  au- 
thority has  been  suspended  and  the  loyal  State  governments 
have  been  subverted  a  mode  by  which  the  national  authority 
and  the  loyal  State  governments  may  be  reestablished  within 
the  said  States  or  in  any  of  them ;  and  while  the  mode  pre- 
sented is  the  best  the  executive  can  suggest  with  his  present 
impressions,  it  must  not  be  understood  that  no  other  possible 
mode  would  be  acceptable. 

Given  under  my  hand  at  the  City  of  Washington,  the  eighth 
day  of  December,  A.D.  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty- 
three,  and  of  the  independence  of  the  United  States  of  Ameri- 
ca the  eighty-eighth.  Abraham  Lincoln. 

PITIFUL  TRAGEDY  OF  ALFRED  LAWRENCE. 
A  tender-hearted  woman  of  Belleview,  Ky.,  sends  the 
Veteran  a  clipping  cut  from  the  Kentucky  Post,  hoping  by 
giving  it  publication  in  this  magazine  that  some  help  may  be 
given  a  pitiful  victim  of  one  of  life's  tragedies  in  California. 
In  1907  and  1908  Alfred  Lawrence  lost  in  six  months  his 
sweetheart  and  six  close  relatives  from  death.  The  nervous 
shock  was  so  great  that  he  was  carried  to  a  hospital  in  Rock 
Springs,  Wyo.  He  went  in  a  young  man  of  about  thirty- 
five  years;  he  left  it  fifty  years  old  in  appearance,  and  with 
his  memory  gone ;  he  had  forgotten  even  his  name  and  home. 
His  hair  is  snow-white,  and  his  sea-blue  eyes  are  vacant  of 
all  thought ;  only  the  strains  of  "Dixie"  can  arouse  him,  and 
he  will  say  that  he  used  to  live  there,  and  mutter  of  a  house 
with  colonial  pillars  and  his  mother,  who  he  knows  is 
waiting  for  him.  He  plays  the  piano,  and  when  not  engaged 
with  his  music  he  paints  strange,  weird  creations  in  water 
colors ;  he  loves  the  flowers  and  birds.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hall, 
managers  of  a  hotel  in  San  Diego,  Cal.,  have  taken,  in  the 
pitiful  waif  and  are  trying  to  find  his  friends.  If  any  reader 
of  the  Veteran  can  help  trace  his  relatives,  these  good  peo- 
ple would  be  very  grateful. 

Camp  "Tige"  Anderson,  of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  recently  elected 
officers,  making  N.  T.  Gann  Commander  and  Joseph  S.  Alford 
Adjutant;  S.  Z.  Dyer,  G.  H.  Edge,  A.  C.  Bearden,  Lieu- 
tenants ;  M.  J.  Brysock,  Treasurer ;  T.  C.  Parker,  Commis- 
sary; Dr.  C.  R.  King,  Surgeon;  J.  M.  Bosworth,  Assistant 
Surgeon;  J.  W.  Pearce,  Color  Bearer;  J.  D.  Binion,  Sergeant 
at  Arms ;  Rev.  J.  W.  Black,  Chaplain ;  J.  W.  King,  Historian. 


Qpofederat<?  l/eterai). 


557 


DUMFRIES  ON  THE  POTOMAC— SPRING  OF  1S61. 

BY  FRED  D.  OSBORNE,  DUMFRIES,  VA. 

There  is  perhaps  no  place  in  all  the  Southland  better  cal- 
culated to  bring  out  from  a  rapidly  fading  past  pathetic  mem- 
ories of  the  early  days  of  our  war  with  the  North  than  Dum- 
fries. It  is  now  a  straggling  village  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
or  two  hundred  inhabitants,  with  no  aggressive  business  am- 
bitions, but  it  was  once  an  active  competitor  with  Richmond 
for  the  seat  of  government  of  the  commonwealth  of  Virginia 
While  four  or  five  miles  from  the  Potomac,  its  commerce  had 
attracted  the  attention  of  some  of  the  shrewdest  men  of  the 
country,  and  it  promised  to  be  the  enter  of  a  prosperous  trade. 
The  men  who  came  to  push  the  town  to  the  front  and  make 
it  a  worthy  competitor  of  other  bustling  places  were  of  that 
same  sturdy  blood  of  the  Washingtons  and  Lees.  The  pride 
of  ancestry  still   lingers  there — a   distinct  civilization. 

In  the  spring  of  '61,  at  the  very  beginning  of  our  national 
conflict,  the  Confederate  authorities  undertook  to  scatter  the 
transports  which  were  piling  up  ureat  quantities  of  military 
stores  at  the  national  capital  The  zd  and  3d  Virginia,  1  lav's 
Louisiana  Regiments,  and  the  Washington  Artillery  were 
sent  to  the  Potomac.  Four  siege  guns  carrying  the  largest 
missiles,  thought  to  be  adequate  for  any  ei  that  might 

arise  even  with  United  States  gunboats,  constituted  the  equip- 
ment. Though  at  that  time  but  few  knew  it.  Dumfries  was 
point,  and  upon  the  approach  of  the  Confederate 
army  the  town  of  Dumfries,  which  had  been  asleep  for  fifty 
years,  was  stirred  with  new  life.  A  frenzied  zeal  animated 
everybody.  The  old  men  flocked  to  the  military  encampments 
with  their  wise  counsels,  the  old  mothers  came  with  repairs 
for  the  damaged  uniforms,  and  the  patriotic  maidens  made 
haste  to  welcome  the  defenders  of  Southern  homes.  Contrary 
to  expectation,  the  garrison  had  to  he  encamped  and  the  heavy 
guns  mounted  some  four  miles  from  Dumfries  near  the  Quan- 
tico  road  and  in  close  proximity  to  the  Potomac  River.  Then 
the  location  of  1  uoys  in  the  river  and  the  establishment  of  flag 
Stations  on  the  Maryland  side  where  the  public  highways 
reached  the  riparian  border  line  was  attended  to.  This  es- 
pecially dangerous  duty  was  intrusted  to  three  daring,  accom- 
plished Confederates — viz.,  Billy  Mead,  of  Alabama,  with  his 
joyous  laugh  and  bright,  sparkling  eyes,  ever  ready  to  d<>  the 
commands  of  his  superior  officer ;  De  Lahousey,  of  Louisiana. 
rich  Creole,  with  a  university  education,  stalwart  in 
physical  make-up,  frank  and  pleasing  in  manner;  and  Henry 
Dillard,  a  levee  engineer,  who  had  served  on  the  Mississippi 
River,  a  true  Virginian.  He  was  a  man  of  unusual  culture 
and  Sterling  habits,  reared  at  Lynchburg.  Y  i  .  and  educated  at 
the  I  Iniversity  of  Virginia. 

after    day    new    bu  placed    and    the    flag    sta- 

tions were  renewed.     By  some  occult  agency  these  flags  would 
ear  during  the  night.    The  cause  of  these  removals  was 
a  mystery.      The  three  soldiers  engaged  in  map-making,  dis- 
alculations,  projectile  courses,  and  flag  stations  treated 
[erenc    on  thi    Ma      land  side  with  indifference, 
and    they    appeared   delighted    in    their   work.      But    there    was 
something    in    the   manner   of   the    three   s<'Mie;s    together,   in- 
cluding their  long  delays  across  the  river,  that  aroused  a  sus- 
picion  among  their   comrades.     Investigation   was   made,   and 
;t  wa-  discovered  that  Idlewild,  a  1-  te,  with  its  open 

doors  of  hospitality,  a  cultured  family  with  three  rosy-checked 

maidens  "f  rare  accomplishments,  was  at  the  bottom  of  all  this 
mystery.  At  the  head  of  the  Idlewild  manor  was  Dr.  B., 
a  Vermonter,  who  hid  been  attracted  to  the  South  by  a  salu- 


brious climate  and  the  blandishments  of  a  rich  widow.  Night 
after  night  the  parlors  at  Idlewild  rang  with  merry  laughter. 
and  often  during  the  day  the  clatter  of  horses'  hoofs  roused 
the  wood  nymphs  along  silent  bridle  paths  as  the  patriotic 
girls  with  their  Confederate  troubadours  came  in  from  some 
tour  of  inspection. 

In  the  midst  of  these  unalloyed  pleasures  the  boys  in  gray 
found  out  that  a  squad  of  Northern  cavalry  was  making  recon- 
noissances  in  tin-  vicinity  of  Idlewild.  ami  was  often  enter- 
tain, d  there  bj  tin  "id  Doctor  and  the  eldest  daughter  of 
the  household.  An  Ohio  major,  young  and  captivating  in 
manner,  as  loyal  to  the  refinements  of  society  as  to  his  flag, 
had  rudely  ingratiated  himself  into  tin  good  will  of  the  fam- 
ily, and  so  an  impending  catastrophe  appeared  imminent.  The 
threatened  peril  which  the  Confederates  "sniffed  in  the 
breeze"  developed  that  a  pL it  had  been  made  to  capture  the 
Rebels  The  scheme  was  concocted  by  the  Vermont  financier, 
the  Federal  major,  and  the  elder  girl. 

This  disloyal  girl,  either  pricked  by  the  consciousnes-  oi 
hypocrisy  or  from  a  sense  of  duty  to  her  mother  and  youngei 
sisters,  revealed  the  plot  just  before  its  execution,  and  of 
course  it  was  immediately  conveyed  to  Confederate  head- 
quarters. To  tin-  surprise  of  the  household,  which  was  in 
the  secret,   Dillard,   Mead,   and    De  1  made   their   ap- 

nce  at  Dr.  B.'s,  as  previously  agreed  upon,  and  : 
any  conference  could  be  held  the  Ohio  major  and  twelve  sol- 
diers clad  in  blue  adroitly  entered  the  parlor  and  surprised 
the  boys  from  the  Confederate  garrison.  Everything  for  a 
moment  was  confusion,  but  in  another  moment  a  company  of 
Confederate  soldiers  stealthily  entered  and  took  charge  I  >< 
course  it  was  a  counterplot  arranged  at  Confedi 
quarters. 

Soon  the  forces  there  were  ordered  to  Manassas  Jim 
The  belligerent  atmosphere  about  the  garrison  and  Dum 
had  vanished  and  the  prisoners  were  turned  loose.  How 
for  what  special  reason  t'.os  was  done  was  never  explained.  MP 
there  is  but  one  m-.n,  if  he  is  living,  who  could  open  the  secret 
and  tell  why  such  an  unusual  proceeding  resulted.  Of  all  that 
evidence  of  defiance  to  Federal  aggression  but  one  gun  re- 
mains, and  there  it  is  to  this  day  in  its  rust  and  ruins. 

As  the  beauty  of  a  narrative  is  frequently  in  the  sequel,  the 
reader  will  want  to  know  what  became  of  all  these  charac- 
ters. The  old  Doctor  and  his  lovely  wife,  the  idol  of  Con- 
federates, sleep  in  the  St.  John  Episcopal  Cemetery,  in  the 
vicinity  of  Idlewild.  The  girls  moved  to  congenial  environ- 
ments at  Washington  City  during  the  wat  and  there  took 
upon  themselves  matronly  responsibilities.  The  Federal  major 
wis  killed  at  Manassas  Mead  passed  over  the  river  at  Har- 
per's Ferry,  and  his  truest  friend  wrote  in  hi  "The 
brave  never  die."  De  Lahousey  became  a  Parisian,  and 
Dillard  became  a  civil  engineer  in  the  land  of  the  Montezum  is, 
hut  finally  became  a  cattle  man  in  Wesl  Texas,  where  per- 
haps he  is  still  living  and  spending  the  twilight  of  an  i  ventful 
but  beautiful  life  among  the  lowing  hen 

Reti-hn  of  a  Sword  Dk.sikep  —  During  the  seventies  I  ir 
Nash  r<  sided  in  J<  ft'  rson,  Tex.,  fur  about 
lour  years  lie  went  to  Jefferson  from  Mississippi.  While 
living  in  Jefferson  some  one  took  from  his  residence  a  sword 
presented  to  him  by  Company  K,  ?th  Mississippi  Infantry.  Dr. 
Nash  was  captain  of  that  company.  His  name  was  engraved 
on  the  sword.  His  rclati\.-  are  anxious  to  find  this  Sword 
and  if  possible  have  it  returned  to  their  address.  [Inquiry 
1      P    A.  Blakey,  Mount  Vernon.    Tex  1 


558 


Qopfederat^  Ueterap. 


HOW  JEFFERSON  DAI' IS  WAS  SHACKLED. 
Rev.  J.  W.  Kaye,  now  the  minister  of  one  of  the  Episcopal 
Churches  in  Philadelphia,  tells  of  his  connection  with  the 
shackling  of  President  Davis  in  words  whose  depth  of  feeling 
shows  the  hold  the  distinguished  prisoner  took  upon  the  hearts 
of  all  who  came  in  contact  with  him.  Air.  Kaye  says  he  also 
wants  to  show  to  the  South  exactly  where  the  blame  lies  for 
one  of  the  greatest  indignities  ever  perpetrated  on  a  military 
prisoner.  Held  under  the  terms  Mr.  Davis  was,  he  should 
have  been  protected  and  not  have  been  handcuffed  and  chained. 
Mr.  Kaye  was  lieutenant  in  the  157th  Pennsylvania  Volun- 
teers, which  command  had  charge  of  President  Davis  during 
his  incarceration  at  Fortress  Monroe,  and  he  was  present 
when  the  manacles  were  placed  on  the  great  Southerner. 

Mr.  Kaye  said :  "I  never  would  speak  of  my  connection  with 
the  matter  except  that  I  want  to  keep  history  straight  and 
to  exonerate  General  Allies  from  the  charge  that  Southern 
people  have  made  against  him  that  he  was  to  blame  for  the 
indignity  that  was  heaped  upon  the  leader  of  the  Southern 
Confederacy.  General  Miles  had  no  more  to  do  with  the  put- 
ting of  irons  on  Jefferson  Davis  than  I  did,  and  I  was  noth- 
ing but  a  lieutenant.  Charles  W.  Dana,  who  was  Assistant 
Secretary  of  War  under  Stanton,  came  to  Fortress  Monroe 
and  examined  the  prison  and  the  way  Mr.  Davis  was  kept. 
On  his  return  to  Washington  General  Miles  received  orders 
to  put  irons  on  the  distinguished  prisoner,  and  there  was 
nothing  he  could  do  but  obey,  as  any  soldier  should.  I  had 
charge  of  the  detail  that  went  to  Mr.  Davis's  cell  to  put  the 
irons  on  him.  Mr.  Davis  knew  that  not  a  man  in  that  party- 
was  acting  from  his  own  desire.  He  resisted  strongly,  and 
out  that  he  would  rather  die  than  submit.  Mr.  Davis 
hrown  on  his  back  on  his  cot  in  his  cell  and  the  black- 
a  elded  the  irons  on  his  hands  and  on  his  ankles,  and 
ill  this  was  done  did  he  break  down.  He  threw  himself 
is  bed  and  cried  like  a  baby  end  begged  some  one  to  give 
a  gun  to  shoot  himself.  There  was  not  a  man  in  that 
who  would  not  have  gladly  given  his  life  to  save  Mr. 
Davis  from  the  great  indignity  to  which  he  had  been  sub- 
jected. The  irons  were  kept  on  Mr.  Davis  only  a  few  days, 
and  after  that  he  was  allowed  to  receive  gifts,  and  shortly 
afterwards  his  wife  was  allowed  to  see  him.  We  all  knew  it 
was  a  mistake  to  put  irons  on  Mr.  Davis,  but  there  was  noth- 
ing else  to  do  but  to  obey  orders." 

Mr.  Kaye  told  a  touching  story  of  something  that  occurred 
during  Mr.  Davis's  imprisonment  that  was  well  illustrative 
of  his  great  and  tender  heart  and  his  consideration  for  others : 
"It  was  my  duty  to  take  Mr.  Davis  on  his  daily  walks  around 
the  fort.  One  night  late  Mr.  Davis  was  very  restless  and  un- 
able to  sleep,  and  he  and  I  went  for  a  walk  around  the  fort- 
ress. It  was  my  custom  to  rattle  my  sword  as  loudly  as  pos- 
sible so  as  not  to  catch  a  sentry  asleep  at  his  post ;  but  this 
night  even  my  rattling  sword  did  not  serve  to  arouse  a  man 
whom  we  found  asleep  fully  ten  feet  from  his  gun.  The  man 
sprang  to  his  feet  and  saluted,  and  as  we  passed  on  Mr. 
Davis  said  that  the  war  was  over  and  enough  blood  had  been 
shed,  and  that  if  the  man  was  reported  most  possibly  he 
would  lose  his  life,  and  as  a  great  favor  to  him  he  would  beg 
me  not  to  report  the  sentry,  to  forget  that  I  had  seen  him. 
Of  course  I  knew  that  I  should  have  reported  him ;  but  I 
could  not  find  it  in  my  heart  to  do  so  after  Mr.  Davis's  earnest 
appeal.  I  always  wished  I  could  tell  this  story  to  his  chil- 
dren, for  it  showed  so  well  the  great  and  tender  heart  of  the 
man  and  that  courteous  consideration  for  others  that  was  his 
marked  characteristic  and  which  never  left  him  even  in  prison." 


TO  A  DRUMMER  BOY. 

BY    R.    W.    GRIZZARD,   LOUISVILLE,    KY. 

The  robins  nest  in  fair  Cave  Hill 
'  And  gentle  zephyrs  blow 

Where  sleep  both  braves  of  blue  and  gray- 
Soldiers  of  long  ago ; 

The  slabs  are  white,  the  sunshine's  bright, 
The   turf   is   light  and  green — 

Nobler  sires  nor  braver  soldiers 
The  world  has  never  seen. 

Hard  by  Louisville's  gay,  bustling  streets, 

Where  grim  Death  bears  his  own, 
Where  dwell  the  dead  in  their  long  sleep, 

The  Reaper  has  his  throne; 
And  there  upon  a  cloudless  day 

I  paused  beside  a  tomb 
To  dwell  in  thought  on  life  and  death 

In  that  lone  place  of  gloom. 


Many  deep-wrought  inscriptions  there 

On  serried  grave  stones  gleamed; 
But  of  them  all  none  held  my  eye 

Nor  to  my  fancy  seemed 
So  fraught  with  love's  tender  tribute, 

So  tense  with  woe  to  come, 
As  that  which  simply  told  but  this : 

"Boy,  we  miss  thee  at  home." 

Long  years  have  flown  since  he  went  forth 

To  live  a  soldier's  life ; 
The  stone  that  marks  his  resting  place 

Tells  he  fell  in  the  strife. 
Gone  now  the   friends  who  vigils  kept 

Where  his  young  feet  did  roam, 
But  biding  through  all  the  years  this— 

"Bov.  we  miss  thee  at  home." 


C^orjfederar^  l/eterar). 


559 


A  (.'AMBLER  AT  CARDS  IN  DALTON,  GA 

BY    S.    R.    WATKINS. 

A  tli rilling  event  occurred  during  our  stay  in  winter  quar- 
ters ;it  Dalton,  Ga.  Having  to  keep  indoors  much  of  the 
time,  the  boys  got  to  playing  cards — poker  and  chuck-a-luck. 
\  few  men  would  read  their  Bibles  and  hymn  books,  but  not 
many. 

i  in.  dai  a  regular  "blackleg"  came  into  camp  prepared  to 
clean  up  everybody  vvlio  would  gamble,  lie  first  fleeced  the 
officers,  next  the  sergeants  and  corporals,  and  then  got  what 
money  thai  class  of  privates  had.  The  man  was  about  thirty- 
live  years  old.  lie  had  mild  blue  cms,  was  of  fair  skin  and 
freckled.  He  looked  like  an  hones!  fellow,  but  he  seemed  to 
have  the  best  of  "luck."  He  □  n  became  popular  and  played 
for  large  stakes 

\i  these  ]il  i'  e  when  the  gambling  was  going  on  Tom  Tuck 
and  Jim  Morton  supplied  the  whisky  desired.  One  day  "black- 
Icy"  tackled  old  Tom  Tuck.  On  being  seated  at  the  gaming 
table  old  Tom  pulled  out  his  Bowie  knife  and  put  it  on  one 
orner  "f  the  table  and  his  pistol,  already  cocked,  on  the  other 
cornet  "Lool  here,"  said  he  to  the  professional  gambler, 
"you  have  been  getting  everybody's  money,  and  I  have  been 
watching  you,  and  I  am  satisfied  that  you  have  been  cheating; 
but  I'll  tell  you  now  that  if  I  catch  you  cheating  me  I'll  put 
my  Bowie  knife  between  your  ribs  as  sure  as  h  "  "Cer- 
tainly." Said  the  gambler;  "I  will  play  a  fair,  honest  game." 
"Well,  deal  the  cards,"  said  old  Tom. 

They  began  playing.  One  would  win  or  lose  large  sums 
and  then  the  other.  I  watched  the  game,  and  would  fre- 
quently  see  both  hands.  Sometimes  1  would  see  the  pro- 
fessional  when  he  had  four  aces  throw  up  his  hand  and  not 
bet,  as  if  ho  had  no  band  1  became  very  much  interested 
and   excited.     Old   Tom   was   my   friend,  and   I   was  going  to 

tnd  to  him.  Occasionally  the  gambler  would  call  for  treats 
<>f  whisky  and  was  very  liberal  with  his  money.  After  a  while 
the  "luck"  began  to  run  all  to  the  gamblei  I  heard  old  Tom 
saj  :  "Well,  hen-  goes  my  last  dollar;  I'm  busted."  And  that 
gambler   raked   in   the   stakes, 

I  quickly  (.Tabbed  up  the  deck  of  cards  and.  running  them 
through  mj  bands,  saw  that  they  were  marked.  The  gambler 
-prang  to  his  feet  from  the  table,  when  I  said:  "Hold,  these 
cards  are  marked."  "Where?"  said  old  Tom.  "Look  there  on 
the  left-band  corner." 

Old  Tom  grabbed  up  the  cards  and  said   with  an  oath  :   "I 

e  the  marks,  and  I  told  you  if  I  caught  you  cheating  what 
I  would  do.  Now  I  am  going  to  keep  my  word."  He  took 
his   knife   in   one  hand   and   his  pistol   in    the   other,   and   the 

mbler  broke  for  the  door,  with  old  Tom  right  after  him. 
I  hey  made  a  terrible  racket.  They  were  soon  on  the  streets, 
and  1  beard  two  pistol  shots  in  quick  succession,  then  a 
shriek  of  mortal  agony.  I  approached  and  saw  old  Tom  bend- 
ing ovei  the  prostrate  form  of  the  gambler.  Soon  he  and  I 
W  ent  off  in  the  darkness. 

I  lie  <  hattai ga   Rebel,  then  published  in   Dalton  by   Henry 

ttei  on   i  now   of  the  Courier- Journal),  had  a  notice  of  a 

:i    found   dead   with   his  throat  cut  and  two  pistol  holes  in 

his  body      He  was  found  lying  dead  near  the  depot  the  next 

morning      Many  old  soldiers  now  living  remember  the  dead 

man  found  near  the  depot  in  Dalton 


Whim     \    GENERAL    Is    B  'en     John    Dunavant,    who 

u.i-  killed  at  Vaitghan  Road,  Va  ,  is  buried  in  the  family  bury- 
ing ground   three   miles   northeast   of   Chester.   S.   C      General 

Dunavanl  was  a  native  of  Chester. 


BUR  \  I  \  G  OF  CHAMBERSBURG— RET  ALIA  TORY. 

An  interesting  contribution  to  war  literature  is  an  account 
of  the  burning  of  Cbambersburg,  Pa.,  by  a  Baltimore  lawyer 
who  was  present  at  the  destruction  of  the  town  as  a  member 
of  the  ist  Maryland  Cavalry.  For  twenty-five  years  this  nar- 
rative has  been  tucked  away  in  archives,  and  now  appears  in 
a  Baltimore  paper.  It  is  a  letter  to  Mr.  Ephraim  Iliteshew. 
of  Cbambersburg,  Pa.,  and  is  a  reply  to  some  reminiscences 
compiled  by  a  Mr.  Hoke,  of  Chambersburg.  The  letter  tells 
of  the  destruction. 

Fielder  C  Slingluff,  of  Baltimore,  wrote  on  August  I.  1884, 
lo   Mr     line  hew    ai   ( 'hamhcrshiir  g,  Pa.: 

"My  Dear  Sir:   1  have  received  the  papers  sent  me  bj   you 

hi  nning  Mr.  Hoke's  reminiscences  of  the  burning  of  Cham- 
bei  burg  and  have  carefully  read  them.  At  your  request  I 
give  you  my  recollection  of  the  events  which  immediately 
preceded  and  followed  that  occurrence.  I  write  from  the 
standpoint  of  the  private  soldier,  having  had  no  knowledge 
of  the  reasons  which  dictated  official  orders  at  the  time,  nor 
had  my  associates      We  simply  obeyed  orders.     *    *    * 

"Mr.  Hoke's  articles  are  as  temperate  as  possible  from  one 
whose  house  was  burned  by  an  enemy  and.  as  he  thinks,  with- 
out justification.  It  is  true  he  calls  us  'villains'  occasionally, 
ami  says  we  seemed  accustomed  to  the  business  from  the  ex- 
pert way  in  which  we  proceeded  to  the  task.  I  will  not  quarrel 
with  him  for  this,  but  will  take  a  look  at  these  villains  to  see 
who  they  were  then  and  what  they  are  now  T  had  just  left 
college  when  I  joined  the  Confederate  army.  When  we  went 
to  Chambersburg,  I  belonged  to  the  ist  Maryland  Cavalry. 
This  regiment  ».r  c, imposed  of  the  very  first  young  men  of 
our  State.  If  they  were  not  guided  by  the  strongest  instincts 
of  principle  in  going  into  the  Southern  army  and  staying 
there,  they  were  certainly  a  very  peculiar  set  of  young  men, 
for  there  was  anything  but  pleasure  and  comfort  in  our  lives. 
We  were  generally  hungry,  slept  winter  and  summer  in  the 
open  air  on  the  ground,  got  no  pay  that  we  could  buy  with. 
were  scantily  clad,  and  were  apt  to  be  killed  in  battle.  I  be- 
lieve the  unbiased  man  must  say  this  was  patriotism,  although 
he  can  if  he  wishes  reconcile  his  conscience  by  calling  it 
'misguided'  patriotism.  And  you  may  be  surprised  to  know 
that  these  young  'villains'  have  generally  developed  into  good 
citizens  and  successful  men.  Go  where  you  will  through  our 
State,  and  you  will  find  them  respected  and  at  the  head  of  the 
communities  in  which  they  live.  In  business  I  can  name  you 
a  dozen  of  the  leading  houses  in  this  city  whose  members  were 
with  Johnston  and  McCausIand.  The  bar  throughout  the 
State  is  full  of  them,  and  they  are  in  many  cases  among  the 
leaders  of  their  circuits.  They  are  doctors  in  good  standing 
in  their  profession  ;  and  many  of  the  most  thrifty  farmers  in 
this  State,  whose  fine  farms  attest  devotion  to  duty  and  to 
home,  especially  in  such  counties  as  Howard  and  Montgomery, 
were  also  present  on  that  occasion. 

"In  addition  to  our  regiment,  there  were  five  or  six  other 
regiments  in  the  brigade,  most  of  them  from  Southwest  Vir- 
ginia and  the  Valley  of  Virginia.  The  men  who  composed 
these  regiments  were  the  substantial  citizens  of  their  respective 
counties,  and  would  compare  favorably  with  the  like  number 
led   from  any  agricultural  community  in  our  countrv. 

"Now  you  would  like  to  know  if  the  men  whom  I  have 
described  justified  the  burning  of  your  town  in  their  individual 
capacity  irrespective  of  the  orders  from  headquarters  under 
which  they  acted  I  must  say  to  you  frankly  that  they  did, 
and  I  never  heard  one  dissenting  voice  And  why  did  we 
m  tify   <o   harsh    a    measure?      Simply  because    we    had   come 


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Qoi)federat<^   l/eterat) 


to  the  conclusion  that  it  was  time  for  us  to  burn  something 
in  the  enemy's  country.  In  the  campaign  of  the  preceding 
year,  when  our  whole  army  had  passed  through  your  richest 
section  of  country,  where  the  peaceful  homes  and  fruitful 
fields  only  made  the  contrast  with  what  he  had  left  the  more 
significant,  many  a  man  whose  home  was  in  ruins  chafed 
under  the  orders  from  General  Lee,  which  forbade  him  to 
touch  them ;  but  the  orders  were  obeyed,  and  we  left  the 
homes  and  fields  as  we  found  them,  the  ordinary  wear  and 
tear  of  an  army  of  occupation  alone  excepted.  We  had  so 
often  before  our  eyes  the  reverse  of  this  wherever  your  army 
swept  through  Virginia  that  we  were  thoroughly  convinced 
of  the  justice  of  a  stern  retaliation. 

''Tt  is  no  pleasure  to  me  to  have  to  recall  the  scenes  of  those 
'lays,  nor  do  I  do  so  in  any  spirit  of  vindictiveness,  but  I 
simply  tell  the  truth  in  justification.  We  had  followed  Kil- 
patrick  (I  think  it  was)  in  his' raid  through  Madison,  Greene, 
and  other  counties,  and  had  seen  the  cattle  shot  or  hamstrung 
in  the  barnyards,  the  agricultural  implements  burned,  the 
feather  beds  and  clothing  of  the  women  and  children  cut  in 
shreds  in  mere  wantonness,  farmhouse  after  farmhouse 
stripped  of  every  particle  of  provisions,  private  carriages  cut 
and  broken  up,  and  women  in  tears.  I  write  of  what  I  saw 
myself.  We  had  seen  a  thousand  ruined  homes  in  Clark,  Jef- 
ferson, and  Frederick  Counties — barns  and  houses  burned  and 
private  property  destroyed — but  we  had  no  knowledge  that 
this  was  done  by  'official  orders.'  At  last  when  the  official 
order  came  openly  from  General  Hunter  and  the  burning  was 
done  thereunder,  and  when  our  orders  of  retaliation  came, 
they  met  with  the  approbation,  as  I  have  said,  of  every  man 
who  crossed  the  Potomac  to  execute  them. 

"Of  course  we  had  nothing  personal  against  your  pretty 
little  town.  It  just  so  happened  that  it  was  the  nearest  and 
most  accessible  place  of  importance  for  us  to  get  to.  It  was 
the  unfortunate  victim  of  circumstances.  Had  it  been  farther 
off  and  some  other  town  nearer,  that  other  town  would  have 
gone  and  Chambersburg  would  have  been  saved. 

"And  now,  having  given  you  the  feelings  and  motives  which 
actuated  us,  permit  me  to  give  my  views  of  how  your  people 
felt  about  the  affair.  I  must  be  frank  enough  to  say  that  I 
think  the  reason  the  tribute  demanded  of  you  was  not  paid 
was  because  you  people  had  no  idea  that  the  Rebels  would 
carry  out  their  threat  to  burn ;  nor  was  this  confidence  shaken 
until  the  smoke  and  flames  began  to  ascend.  I  know  that  this 
is  directly  in  the  teeth  of  Mr.  Hoke's  tribute  to  the  patriotism 
of  his  fellow-townsmen,  that  sooner  than  pay  money  to  the 
Rebels  they  saw  their  homes  laid  in  ashes;  but  he  is  himself 
a  little  illogical,  for  he  gives  greater  condemnation  to  a  cruel 
enemy  for  burning  out  a  helpless  people  after  they  had  shown 
to  them  that  the  banks  had  removed  their  deposits,  and  it  was 
impossible  for  them  to  get  the  money  demanded.  Had  your 
people  believed  that  the  town  was  actually  in  danger,  I  think 
they  could  have  raised  enough  money  to  have  avoided  the 
catastrophe. 

"Why  this  confidence  of  security?  It  grew  out  of  the  posi- 
tion taken  by  your  people  during  the  war — that  we  were  Rebels, 
soon  to  be  conquered ;  and  that  whatever  cruelties  were  in- 
flicted upon  the  homes  of  these  Rebels  were  in  the  nature  of 
penalties  for  rebellious  conduct ;  and  that  such  like  acts  would 
never  dare  to  be  attempted  against  loyal  men.  It  was  further 
strengthened  by  the  fact  that  when  the  whole  of  Lee's  army 
was  in  your  State  no  atrocities  were  committed.  I  saw  this 
confidence,  almost  amounting  to  contempt,  on  our  march  to 
your   town   itself,    when    the   negotiations   preliminary    to    the 


fire  were  in  progress.  I  happened  with  a  comrade  or  two 
to  get  behind  the  command  on  the  march  to  the  town,  and 
in  passing  through  a  village  of  some  size  (I  think  it  was 
Mercersburg)  the  knots  of  men  on  the  corners  poked  fun  at 
our  appearance  and  jeered  us,  and  never  seemed  to  consider 
that  the  men  upon  whom  they  expended  their  fun  had  pistols 
and  sabers  in  their  belts  and  might  use  them.  The  strange 
part  of  the  matter  to  us  was  to  see  able-bodied  young  men 
out  of  service — a  sight  never  seen  in  the  South  during  the 
war.  In  Chambersburg  itself  it  seemed  impossible  to  con- 
vince your  people  that  we  were  in  earnest.  They  treated  it 
as  a  joke  or  thought  it  was  a  mere  threat  to  get  the  money, 
and  showed  their  sense  of  security  and  incredulity  in  every  act. 

"When  the  two  brigades  of  Confederate  cavalry  marched 
to  your  town,  the  order  came  for  certain  regiments  and  por- 
tions of  regiments  to  enter  and  burn  it.  Our  regiment  as'  a 
whole,  according  to  the  best  of  my  recollection,  was  not  sent 
in;  but  there  were  several  detachments  from  it  on  different 
kinds  of  duty  sent  there,  and  I  was  with  one  of  them.  It  was 
afterwards  a  source  of  congratulation  to  our  men  that  they  had 
not  been  detailed  for  the  purpose;  for  although  they  regarded 
it  as  a  proper  measure  of  retaliation,  they  did  not  seek  the 
unpleasant  task.  The  men  who  actually  applied  the  torch  may 
be  classed  in  three  divisions :  First,  those  whose  own  homes 
had  been  ravaged  or  destroyed  or  whose  relations  had  suf- 
fered in  that  way.  These  men  were  anxious  for  the  work  to 
begin,  and  the  spirit  of  revenge  which  actuated  them  made 
them  apparently  merciless.  There  were  many  such  in  the 
brigade.  Second,  the  far  larger  portion  who  simply  obeyed 
orders  as  soldiers  and  who  saved  what  they  could  and  to  whose 
humanity  and  liberal  construction  of  the  orders  given  them 
no  doubt  you  must  be  thankful  for  the  portion  of  the  city 
that  was  saved.  Third,  the  men  to  be  found  in  all  armies  who 
looked  upon  the  occasion  as  an  opportunity  to  plunder  and 
who  rejoiced  in  wanton  destruction.  This  last  element  was, 
I  am  glad  to  say,  small ;  but  I  have  no  doubt  to  those  who 
unfortunately  came  in  contact  with  them  they  were  but  types 
of  the  whole  command. 

"As  I  had  never  seen  the  town  before  and  did  not  know  the 
names  of  your  streets,  I  can  give  you  no  detailed  account  of 
the  burning.  After  it  began,  it  was  quickly  done.  Men  pleaded 
to  have  their  houses  saved ;  but  the  women  acted  in  a  much 
calmer  manner  after  they  understood  the  thing  was  inevitable, 
and  in  some  cases  excited  our  admiration  by  their  courage 
and  defiance.  I  saw  a  number  of  houses  fired,  but  I  saw  no 
abuse  of  the  citizens.  Through  the  scenes  of  terror  which 
your  people  passed  I  have  read  Mr.  Hoke's  annals  in  vain  to 
find  mention  of  an  unarmed  citizen  injured  or  a  woman  in- 
sulted. Some  of  the  men  became  inflamed  with  liquor,  but  I 
believe  they  were  few.  The  most  usual  method  of  burning 
was  to  break  the  furniture  into  splinters,  pile  it  in  the  middle 
of  the  floor,  and  then  fire  it.  This  was  done  in  the  beginning; 
but  as  the  fire  became  general  it  was  not  necessary,  as  one 
house  set  fire  to  another.  Most  of  the  houses  were  vacant 
when  fired,  the  occupants  having  fled. 

"When  the  command  was  given  to  retire,  it  was  quickly 
done.  One  little  incident  which  happened  after  we  left  the 
town  will  illustrate  all  I  have  said  about  the  feeling  which 
actuated  many  of  our  soldiers.  I  think  it  was  two  or  three 
miles  from  town  (it  may  have  been  more  or  less)  that  some 
of  us  halted  for  a  few  minutes  for  water  and  perhaps  some- 
thing to  eat.  A  brick  farmhouse  with  a  porch  was  located  on 
the  road  with  a  pump  to  the  side  of  it.  Not  far  off  was  what 
we  called  a  Pennsylvania  'Dutch  barn,'  larger  than  the  house. 


C^opfederat^  l/eterai). 


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It  was  full  of  ihe  recently  gathered  harvest,  and  bore  all  the 
evidence  of  a  plentiful  yield  to  a  good  farmer.  I  hitched  my 
horse  to  the  lightning  rod  on  the  side  of  the  barn  next  to 
the  house,  and  was  returning  to  get  him  when  some  one  cried: 
'Fire!'  In  an  instant  the  barn  was  in  flames.  I  had  hardly 
time  to  unhitch  my  horse.  Some  of  our  party  demanded  in 
angry  tones  of  two  troopers  who  came  from  the  barn  and 
mounted  their  horses  what  they  meant  by  such  uncalled-for 
vandalism.  The  reply  was.  Why,  d —  it,  they  burnt  our 
barn,'  and  on  they  rode.    *    *     * 

"We  recrossed  the  Potomac  with  some  little  opposition  from 
an  iron-clad  car  in  cur  front  on  the  track  of  the  B.  &  O. 
Railroad,  which  was  struck  by  a  ball  tired  by  the  Baltimore 
Light  Artillery  and  immediately  left.  We  also  had  quite  a 
severe  little  fight  in  the  Blue  Kidge  Mountains,  near  Cold 
Spring,  on  the  advance,  in  which  several  from  our  regiment 
were  killed  and  wounded,  and  in  which  a  body  of  your  cav- 
alry showed  great  spirit  and  determination;  but  aside  from  this 
we  had  no  fighting  at  all.  Hoke  says  that  when  Averill  came 
up  to  us  in  the  Mooreficld  Valley  and  captured  and  scattered 
our  command  they  charged  us  with  the  cry  of  'Remember 
<  lhambersburg,'  and  cut  us  down  without  mercy.  The  fact 
-.  we  were  down  when  he  charged  us.  I  will  give  you  the 
plain,  prosaic  facts,  of  which  I  was  an  unfortunate  witness  and 
victim. 

"After  we  recrossed  the  Potomac,  we  marched  to  the  Moore- 
field  Valley  to  rest  and  recuperate  after  a  severe  campaign. 
There  is  no  lovelier  spot  in  all  Virginia  than  this  little  moun- 
tain-locked valley;  and  as  it  had  escaped  the  desolation  of 
war,  it  was  the  very  spot  for  rest.  Our  regiment  was  camped 
•i  the  river,  and  the  company  to  which  I  belonged  was 
nearest  the  river  of  all.  My  messmate  and  I  had  crossed 
the  fence  from  the  field  in  which  tin-  regiment  was  camped 
to  make  our  bed  m  a  soft  green  fence  corner,  so  that  I  be- 
we  were  the  nearest  of  the  whole  brigade  to  the  enemy. 
We  had  camped  quietly  for  a  day  or  two.  when  in  the  middle 
of  the  night  the  order  came  to  'saddle  up.'  We  were  soon 
ready  for  a  reported  advance  of  the  enemy;  but  after  wait- 
ing an  hour  or  two  with  no  further  orders  the  men  gradually 
got  under  their  blankets  and  wenl  to  sleep,  lust  at  the  break 
of  day  I  felt  a  rude  shock,  which  1  supposed  came  from  the 
careless  tread  of  a  comrade,  and  I  made  an  angry  remon- 
strance. This  was  followed  by  a  kick  which  I  thought  came 
from  a  horse  I,  furious,  threw  the  blanket  from  over  my 
head  and  found  a  couple  of  Averill's  men  with  cocked  pistols 
at  my  head,  one  of  whom  said:  'Get  up.  you  Chambers- 
burg-burning  !'     I   got   up  at   once,  and   mildly  intimated 

that  I  had  nothing  to  do  with  the  burning  of  Chambersburg, 
and  considered  it  altogether  wicked  and  unjustifiable. 

"As  soon  as  I  collected  my  thoughts  1  took  in  the  situation 
I  saw'  the  blue-back  column  of  Averill  winding  down  the  road 
and  breaking  of]  into  the  fields  where  our  men  slept.  I  saw 
them,  to  my  utter  humiliation  and  disgust,  dashing  in  among 
the  men  and  waking  them  up  from  their  sleep.  Some  of  our 
command   who  had  heard   tin    rush   of  the  charge  succeeded   in 

ting  th' ii    hoi  '-  .ind   escaping     With  such  some  shots 

;     but    the    greater    part    of   ,,ur    regiment    was 
caught  asleep  and  captured   without  firing  a   shot. 

as  the  comrade  with  whom  I  was  sleeping  (a 
cousin  (,f  mine)  and  1  had  given  up  our  arms  the  usual 
and  almost  invariable  compliments  which  pass  on  such  occa- 
sions took  place.  'I  want  them  bo  per  No.  I. 
T  had  just  gotten  them  in  Hancock  a  daj  or  SO  before:  and 
as  they  were  regular  Cavalry  1mm. is  and  worth,  with  us  at  least, 


$150  to  $200  in  Confederate  money,  it  nearly  broke  my  heart 
to  part  with  them.  But  the  occasion  was  pressing,  and  they 
were  soon  exchanged  for  a  very  sorry-looking  pair.  My  hat, 
which  was  also  a  recent  Maryland  acquisition,  with  a  martial 
black  plume,  was  appropriated  by  trooper  No.  2.  My  pockets 
were  carefully  investigated,  but  that  part  of  the  raid  was  a 
complete  failure.  I  had  myself  paid  the  same  compliment  to 
my  guests  when  the  situation  was  reversed. 

"And  how  was  it  that  the  burners  of  Chambersburg  were 
thus  ignominiously  routed,  scattered,  and  captured  by  a  foe 
whom  I  have  said  they  despised?  The  answer  is  a  simple 
one.  It  was  through  the  carelessness  of  our  commanding  of- 
ficer, and  was  inexcusable.  It  happened  in  this  way.  and  I  am 
again  in  position  to  give  the  exact  facts:  When  we  camped 
in  the  little  valley,  a  detail  was  called  on  for  picket  duty. 
That  duty  fell  to  the  lot  of  Lieut.  Samuel  G.  Bonn,  of  my 
company.  No  truer  man  or  more  charming  gentleman  ever 
wore  a  saber.  After  the  war  he  settled  in  Macon,  Ga.,  be- 
came a  prosperous  merchant,  and  died  some  years  ago.  He 
went  out  on  the  picket  post  with  about  ten  men  some  two  or 
three  miles  from  our  camp.  This  was  the  only  guard  between 
Averill  and  our  sleeping  men,  and  it  must  be  remembered 
that  when  this  little  band  went  on  the  outpost  they  were  worn 
out  with  the  fatigue  of  the  nearly  incessant  marching  for  the 
four  or  five  previous  days  and  nights.  So  wearied  were  the 
men  that  after  their  first  night's  duty  Lieutenant  Bonn  sent 
word  back  to  camp  and  begged  to  be  relieved,  stating  that 
his  men  were  absolutely  unfit  for  duty.  I  take  it  for  granted 
this  message  was  sent  to  headquarters;  but  whether  it  was  or 
not.  it  was  an  unjustifiable  piece  of  cruelty  to  keep  those 
wearied  men  on  duty.  His  appeal  was  unheeded.  He  told 
me  after  the  surprise  was  over  that  the  men  on  the  outpost 
actually  went  to  sleep  upon  their  horses,  and  that  in  addition 
to  all  this  no  provision  was  made  for  their  rations. 

"While  in  this  condition  just  before  the  dawn  of  day  they 
lie  welcome  sound  of  what  they  supposed  was  the  relief 
picket  coming  from  our  camp,  and  soon  they  welcomed  twenty 
or  thirty  troopers  in  gray  (?}  in  their  midst.  Their  rejoicing 
was  short-lived,  for  as  their  supposed  friends  surrounded  them 
they  quickly  drew  their  revolvers,  and  in  an  instant  our  men 
were  prisoners.  To  run  down  the  outpost  of  two  men  was 
the  work  of  a  moment,  and  then  there  was  nothing  between 
Averill  and  the  men  who  burned  Chambersburg  but  a  few 
moments  of  darkness  and  a  couple  of  miles  of  dusty  road. 
I  hese  men  in  gray  were  what  in  those  days  were  known  as 
'Jesse  Scouts.'  They  were  familiar  with  the  country,  knew 
the  little  mountain  roads,  and  had  clothed  themselves  in  the 
Confederate  gray.  They  slipped  in  between  our  main  body 
and  the  picket  post   and  then  played  the  part  of  the  'relief.' 

"As  we  were  captured,  we  were  gathered  together  in  a  cir- 
cle, and  soon  poor  Bonn  and  his  pickets  were  brought  in 
looking  unhappy  and  dejected.  He  felt  keenly  the  responsi- 
bility of  his  position,  but  after  his  story  was  told  no  one  ever 
attached  any  blame  to  him.  About  five  bundled  of  our  bri- 
gade were  captured  and  taken  to  Camp  Chase.  Ohio,  where 
lor  eight  long,  miserable,  weary  months  we  bewailed  the  day 
that  Chambersburg  was  founded,  budded,  and  burned." 


11.  D.  C  Chapter  at  Denver,  Colo. — There  are  many 
Southern  women  at  Denver,  Colo.,  some  transient,  some  per- 
manent, and  these  ha  ed  the  first  U.  D.  C.  Chapter 
of  Colorado.  Mrs.  A.  J.  Emerson,  formerly  of  Virginia,  and 
Mrs.  I  M.  P.  Ockenden,  of  Alabama,  are  the  leading  spirits 
in  this  movement. 


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Qoijfederat^  l/eterat). 


RARE  I  0NF1  DERATE  RELICS. 

BY  R.   I).    STEUAHT,   STAFF  OF  BALTIMORE   SUN. 

I  am  collecting  data  for  an  article  on  arms  and  equipment 
used  in  the  Confederate  armies,  of  which  I  have  a  large  and 
interesting  collection.  Perhaps  yon  or  some  of  the  Veteran's 
readers  may  he  aide  to  give  me  the  desired  information. 

One  of  the  gems  of  my  collection  is  a  revolver  (  forty-four 
caliber)  made  on  the  Colt's  model,  so  popular  in  both  armies. 
It  was  used  by  Col.  Henry  Gilmor.  On  the  barrel  is  stamped 
"Leech  &  Riccon,  C.  S.  A."  1  understand  that  Leech  & 
Riccon  were  a  private  firm  working  under  government  con- 
tract, but  I  have  been  unable  to  learn  where  their  factory  was. 
Another  interesting  relic  is  a  well-made  musket,  sixty-nine 
caliber.  On  the  lock  plate  is  "Dickson,  Nelson  &  Co.,  C.  S. 
Ala.  1865."  The  gun  is  brass-mounted,  as  are  most  Southern- 
made  weapons;  but  all  the  other  metal  parts,  even  the  barrel, 
show  a  brassy  grain.  Brass  was  used  because  it  was  easier  to 
manipulate,  skilled  mechanics  being  scarce  in  the  Confederacy. 
A  sword  in  my  collection  bears  on  the  bronze  guard : 
"C.  S.  A."  and  '"Nashville  Plow  Works."  Can  you  tell  me 
anything  of  its  makers? 

One  of  the  largest  private  arms  makers  in  the  South  was 
S.  Sutherland,  of  Richmond.  Sutherland  also  worked  under 
government  contract,  most  of  his  work  consisting  of  repair- 
ing and  remaking  weapons  from  parts  gathered  from  battle- 
fields by  ordinance  officers.  I  have  a  fine  specimen  of  his 
work  in  a  pepper  box  pistol,  the  parts  of  which  bear  the 
names  of  the  original  makers,  with  "S.  Sutherland,  Rich- 
mond, Va.,"  on  the  barrels. 

I  also  have  a  rifle  lock  made  on  the  Enfield  model  which 
is  stamped  "Texas  Rifle,  Tyler.  C.  S."  I  know  there  was 
an  arsenal  at  Tyler.  Tex.,  but  I  have  been  unable  to  learn 
whether  only  the  gun  locks  were  made  there  or  the  entire 
gun  made  and  assembled.  I  have  never  seen  any  of  these  locks 
mounted,  and  would  like  to  know  if  a  complete  Tyler  gun  is 
preserved  in  any  Southern  museum  or  by  any  individual. 

On  a  blockade  runner  caDtured  near  the  close  of  the  war 
were  a  lot  of  belts  with  lion  head  buckles  which  had  been 
shipped  from  England.  I  have  never  met  a  Confederate  sol- 
dier who  saw  any  such  belt  plate  in  use  in  the  Southern  army, 
which  leads  me  to  believe  that  the  lot  captured  was  the  only 
cargo  sent  to  the  South. 

If  you  can  give  me  any  information  relating  to  the  relics  I 
have  mentioned,  it  will  he  very  much  appreciated  by  a  sub- 
scriber to  the  Veteran. 


four  sides;  each  picture  is  in  a  wreath,  each  wreath  being 
different  from  the  Others,  line  of  these  handkerchiefs  was 
displayed  latelj  at  the  meeting  of  the  Lexington  (Ky.)  Chap- 
ter, I'.  D.  C.  for  the  purpose  of  learning  its  history  and  ne- 
gotiating its  conversion  into  money  for  the  family  possessing 
it.  It  was  shown  by  a  Miss  Potts,  whose  uncle  was  a  Con- 
federate soldier  and  with  whose  effects  it  was  found.  Another 
of  these  handkerchiefs  is  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  C.  F.  Gard- 
ner, of  Rhode  Island,  who  received  it  in  Florida  during  the 
war  upon  the  occasion  of  an  exchange  of  prisoners." 


Corrections  in  Regard  to  the  "Men  of  the  Ranks."— Rev. 
P.  D.  Stephenson,  of  Woodstock,  Va.,  wdiose  address  at 
I  [ollywood  Cemetery.  Richmond,  begins  on  page  4.?  Septem- 
ber issue,  calls  attention  to  two  errors  in  the  Veteran's  report. 
One  of  them  state,  that  the  ages  as  a  rule  were  from  eighteen 
to  twenty-five,  not  eighteen  to  twenty,  and  the  other  near  the 
close  should  have  been,  "O  let  me  sink  into  the  preacher,"  in- 
stead of  "breach." 


A  Silk  Handkerchief — What  Is  Its  History? — Mrs.  E. 
I ).  Potts  writes  from  Lexington,  Ky. :  "Will  some  reader  of 
the  Veteran  give  the  history  of  a  curious  war  relic  that  is 
supposed  to  have  been  made  in  South  Carolina?  It  is  a  large 
white  silk  handkerchief,  upon  which  there  is  in  the  center  a 
picture  of  President  Davis  ami  around  it  pictures  of  Mason, 
Slidcll.  Admiral  Semmes,  and  Gen.  J.  E.  Johnston.  Then  in 
the  corners  there  are  pictures  of  Lee,  Beauregard,  Morgan, 
and  Jackson.     There  are  engravings  of  cotton  plants  on  the 


Men  Dismissed  from  Confederate  Homes  in  Texas  \xd 
Arkansas. —  It  seems  that  admissions  have  been  made  to  Con- 
federate Homes  in  Austin  and  Little  Rock  of  men  who  were 
not  entitled  by  the  law  to  their  benefits.  Report  from  Austin 
September  11  states:  "It  was  announced  to-day  by  J.  H. 
Holmes.  State  Pension  Commissioner,  that  he  will  drop  from 
the  Confederate  pension  rolls  of  the  State  all  pensioners  who 
took  the  oath  of  allegiance  to  the  LTnited  States  following 
General  Grant's  proclamation  of  amnesty.  Similar  action  will 
he  taken  as  to  the  inmates  of  the  State  Confederate  Home." 
From  Little  Rock  on  the  same  date  it  was  announced  that  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Arkansas  State  Ex-Confederate 
Home  had  let  out  fourteen  inmates  for  having  accepted  Gen- 
eral Grant's  offer  of  amnesty  before  the  Civil  War  closed,  and 
six  others  are  on  the  list  ready  to  go.  Charles  F.  Martin, 
Secretary  of  the  Board,  in  explaining  said :  "We  have  sent  to 
■Washington  and  secured  copies  of  the  amnesty  rolls.  We 
found  the  names  of  the  men  who  have  left  our  Confederate 
Home  upon  these  rolls  and  gave  them  permission  to  withdraw 
after  having  an  opportunity  to  show  their  papers  and  failing. 


FLORIDA,  MY  FLORIDA. 
[Written  for  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  of 
the  Florida  Division,  assembled  in  fourteenth  annual  Conven- 
tion in  St.  Augustine,  Fla.,  and  dedicated  to  them  by  Sister 
Esther  Carlotta,  Historian  Florida  Division,  who  was  elected 
President  to  succeed  Mrs.  Loulie  Hayes  Lawrence.] 
The  sunlight  sparkles  on  thy  shore, 

Florida,  my  Florida, 
And  falls  thy  dimpling  waters  o'er, 
Florida,   my   Florida. 

It  brightens  many  a  lowly  bed 

With    pall    of    brilliant    blossoms    spread 

Where  slumber  our  heroic  dead, 

Florida,  my  Florida. 
Thy  towering  palms  keep  watchful   war;., 

Florida,   my   Florida, 
When  soldiers  sleep  beneath   thy   sward, 

Florida,  my  Florida. 
Thy   restless  pines  a   requiem   sigh, 
Thy  soft,  sweet   winds  go  whispering  by, 
And   birds    low    sing    thy   lullaby, 

Florida,  my   Florida. 
Thy   daughters'   hearts   beat   high    with   pride, 

Florida,  mj    Florida, 
For   glorious   sires  who   proudly   died, 

Florida,   my   Florida. 
On  shaft  and  shield  each  holy  name 
The  homage  of  thy  sons  shall  claim. 
And   memory  guard   immortal   fame, 

Florida,   my    Florida. 


Qor?federat^  l/eterap. 


563 


AS  EVENING  WITH  .1  "COPPERHEAD  " 

l:\     M.\ j.    BEN    (       m   M  \v 

One  daj  in  1862  President  Lincoln  sent  word  to  Andrew 
Johnson,  then  military  Governor  of  Tennessee,  that  Clement 
I.  Vallandigham,  the  noted  Copperhead  of  Ohio,  would  be 
sent  ini"  the  Confederate  lines  via  Nashville,  and  requested 
the  military  Governor  to  attend  to  his  further  transportation 
after  his  arrival  at  the  Tennessee  capital.  And  it  devolved 
upon  me  to  escort  Mr.  Vallandigham  through  the  lines,  partly 
because  it  would  have  been  my  duty  to  do  so  and  because  I 
desired  to  do  so,  knowing  the  parents  01  other  relatives  oi 
many  of  the  Tennessee  boys  .11  the  front.  I  had  been  kind  to 
everybody  in  Nashville  who  was  not  too  terribly  "secesh,"  and 
expected  therefore  to  be  properlj  treated  at  the  Rebel  line. 
Besides,  the  fathers  of  Generals  Maney  and  Rains,  command 
Rebel  brigades,  Mrs.  James  K  Polk  and  Mfs.  Varon  V. 
Brown,  of  Nashville,  and  Mrs  Carter,  of  Franklin,  had  pro- 
vided me  with  letters  t"  Forrest,  Morgan,  and  Breckinridge, 
t< '  be  used  in  case  of  emergi  ncj 

Hi  n  wen  everal  pikes  running  south ;  so  upon  the  arrival 
of  the  distinguished  Copperhead  I  asked  the  Governor  which 
way  1  should  take  him 

"Just  .1-  11.  at  in  the  smallpox  hospital  as  you  can."  answered 
Julius. at  ferociouslj  "But,"  he  added,  "not  near  enough  to 
endanger  \  •  iir  cs(  ort." 

"When  ^liall  «  e  take  him  ?" 

"This  very  night,  confound  him.  We  don't  want  him  here 
in  Nashville;  the  Rebels  would  lionize  him.  rake  him  to  old 
RJddleburger's  and  give  him  some  Robertson  Countj  whisky 
and  a  good  supper  and  then  set  him  a  going." 

It  was  after  dark  when  Mr.  Vallandigham  arrived.     I  shall 

el  tin   impression  he  made  upi  11  me     I  had  pictured 

him   as  ugly,  mean,   lank,  and   generall)    repellent.      I    had   a 

good  deal  ol  respect  for  the  Rebels  and  their  families;  but  a 

I  opperhead!    Ugh !    How  we  men  at  the  front  hated  Coppei 

'  \iid  here  was  the  rankest  oni  of  all.  But  mj  charge 
was  as  handsome  as  Col.  Thomas  \  Scott  or  Col,  John  W. 
Forney,  lit-  had  a  nose  like  a  hawk,  an  eye  like  an  eagle,  and 
tin  handsomest  teeth  1  had  evei  seen  in  a  man's  head.  His 
voice  was  so  n  sonant  that  it  fascinated  me.  He  addressed  me 
as  follows:  "M\  young  friend,  what  are  you  going  to  do 
with  in. 

"I  am  going  to  give  you  a  good  supper  and  then  take  you 
..nt   on  the  Granny   Whit.     Piki     tnd   turn    you   adrift   in  the 

:li." 

ire  going  to  hand  me  over  to  the  Rebels?" 
"Su  h  an    im   instructions." 

"1  [ott    t.ii    .11 1     [hi     Rebi  Is   away?" 

"Just  a  little  distance     See  their  can  II  around?" 

When   at    the-    restaurant    I    asked    fot     Robertson    County 
\\hisk\.  hi    -ml      "But,  my  drat   young   friend,  I   don't   know 
what  whisky  i-      I   never  drank  any.     Winn    I    started   foi    col 
■    told  me  never  to  touch  liquor,  and   I   hav< 
nevet  mj  mother.    In  1843  I  wroti  down  some  rule; 

for   11.  Follows;   'Always  prefei    mj    countrj    and  the 

whole  countrj   bei  in     ini    and  all  considerations  of  party;  to 
harmonize  the  conflicting  interests  and  sectional  jealousies  of 

the  North  and   South,  and  always  to  support    religion,  morality. 

..ml  the  cause  of  education." 
"Great  tad'"  I  exclaimed,  "1  thought  you  wen 

I  did  ma  mean  to  sa>  it  disrespectfully,  and  In-  knew 
it;  l>nt  h<   made  no  replj  nor  took  offense  at  mj  exclamation 

I    gave    mm    i    g  iod    SUpper,   and   in   all   hour  or  so   then    ill' 

I  delivered  him  into  thi  Mai    Dick  McCann, 


whose  mother  I  knew  in  Nashville  and  wh..  was  indebted  to 
me  tor  man]   passes 

Vallandigham  was  the  son  of  a  preacher,  but  his  habits  were 
better  than  those  of  preachers'  sons  in  the  average.  His 
morals  were  so  pure  for  his  youth  ami  Ins  life  so  exemplary 
that  people  u.mdered  In-  was  not  a  preacher.  \t  college 
labor  ami  thought  were  his  amusements,  and  his  only  relaxa 

ti.m  was  to  lake  long  walks,  thinking  intensely.  A  good  many 
Southern  Students  weta-  at  bis  college  provided  with  spending 
11. a    and  of  sprecing  habits;  but  he  would  not  go  with  them 

Strange  that  this  man  should  have  become  the  principal  de- 
i.  ml.  1  of  the  South  in  the  North ! 

\i  twent)  five  he  was  scm  to  the  Ohio  State  Legislatun   as 

a  Democrat,      lie  bad  a   set  of  rules  to  guide  linn  in  the   Legi 
l.iluii ■;    and.    indeed,    appeared    to    be    a    young    man    of    hard. 
regular,    east   iron    pattern    who    regarded    everything    as    if    it 

ven  important.  He  seemed  constantly  afraid  thai  he  would 
be  misinterpreted.  His  temperament  was  too  much  his  guide 
Mis  in- 1  speech  was  in  defense  of  common  chools  His  first 
client  was  -,  Quaker  who  bad  been  cheated  in  a  horse  trad. 
and  who  employed  him  before  he  was  a  member  of  the  bar 
The  case  came  on  at  Salem  iii  a  carpenter  -bop.  Valla 
ham  denounced  thi  horsi  trader  with  such  fury  that  the  latter 
i;oi  up  and  threatened  to  whip  him  then  and  there,  but  was 
defied  in  kind  and  crawfished  out  of  the  controversj 

Strange  as  it  maj  seem,  the  distinguished  exile  was  not 
lionized  or  cared  for  in  the  South  Indeed,  General  Bragg 
suggested  his  d<  parture,  and  so  \  allandigham  went  to  Canada. 
I  li.ii  country  also  bad  no  use  for  him.  so  be  took  chances  on 
returning  home  to  Ohio;  and  as  Copperheadism  was  on  the 

downgrade,   he   was   not    deemed    a    further  disturbing    element 

But  the  Ohio  Democrats  put  him  up  for  Governor  in  1863,  and 
Brough,   the    Union   candidal.,   defeated   him  by   102,000  ma 
jority.      Some    years    afterwards    Vallandigham    accidentally 
killed  himself  in  court  while  attempting  to  show  to  the  jury 

bow  lvs  client  had  accident. dl\  shot  himself  a  few  months 
before. 

There  were  many  strange  characters  brought  to  the  front 
during  our  four  years  of  civil  war.  and  one  of  the  strangest 
was  Clemen;  T.  Vallandigham,  the  distinguished  Copperhead 
,1  Ohio,  who  was  exceedinglj  troublesome  for  nearly  two 
years,  or  until  absolutely  squelched  in  the  fall  elections  ,,f  [863 
[The  Confederate  soldiers  in  the  army  at  the  front  enter- 
tained for  Vallandigham  the  most  profound  esteem,  and  will 
not  concur  in  what  our  entertaining  correspondent  writes  as 
to  his  loss  of  esteem  so  far  as  they  were  concerned      bin  mi;  | 


\\-   Error  Coh W     Marion  Seay,    Vdjutanl  oi  G 

land-Rhodes  Camp  1  C.  V.,  Lynchburg,  Va.,  calls  attention 
to  an  error  in  tin  advertisement  for  C  S.  V.  markers  where 
an  offei  ol  .1  6x10  fool  battle  flag  was  madi  to  a  purchaser 
of  these  markers  Comrade  Seaj  says  no  such  battle  flag  was 
ever  used  in  the  Confed<  racj ,  tin  :|  ig  u  1 .1  there  being  square. 
II.  says  all  the  flags  made  b)  Northern  manufacturers  have 
this  mistake,  .nu\  advises  some  Southern  firm  to  take  up  the 

matter,  so  that  a  correct  flag  can  be  obtain..! 


Wishes  ro  Find  Picturi         I      *ef  Governor     Mr.  Wil 
ham  J.  Cummins,  US  Broadway,  New  York,  wishes  to 
a  picture  of  Hon    Joseph  McMinn,  who  was  the  Qu 
ernor  of   Tenni  ra    [815-21.     In   the   Southern   Room 

of  tin    Carnegie  1  '  ompany  they  have  all  the  Tennessee 

Governors  except  Governor  McMinn.  They  will  have  the 
picturi  copied  and  will  return  original  to  its  owners  and 
paj  for  the  privilege  oi  using  it. 


564. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai), 


1 

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v         *--**-'       ^T^^^^^BfniUP^^B IT  CUM 

21s  'O  >  i 

Sidney  Border  and  H.  M.  Sanders. 
A  committee  composed  of  R.  M.  Brown,  J.  W.  Lackey,  and 
J.  V.  Belton,  acting  for  Buchel  Camp,  Wharton  County,  Tex., 
reports  resolutions  on  the  death  of  two  members,  both  of 
whom  served  the  Confederacy  most  loyally.  Sidney  Border 
was  a  member  of  the  2d  Kentucky  Cavalry,  and  M.  H.  Sanders 
served  through  the  war  in  Terry's  Rangers. 

Capt.  Conley  T.  Litchfield. 

From  a  tribute  by  a  friend  who  followed  him  and  shared 
the  hardships  and  trials  of  the  war  period  the  following  sketch 
of  Captain  Litchfield  is  given: 

"After  many  years  of  suffering  from  a  wound  received  in 
the  battle  of  Winchester,  Va.,  Capt.  Conley  T.  Litchfield  died 
at  his  home,  in  Abingdon,  Va.,  on  August  6,  1909.  He  was 
the  last  commissioned  officer  of  the  Washington  Mounted 
Rifles,  a  company  of  mountaineers  from  Washington  County, 
Va.,  organized  in  April,  1861,  and  led  into  the  service  by 
Capt.  William  E.  Jones,  who  gave  up  his  life  at  Piedmont, 
Va.,  in  June,  1864,  as  colonel  of  his  regiment,  the  1st  Vir- 
ginia Cavalry,  to  which  he  had  been  promoted  in  the  fall  of 
1861. 

"Conley  T.  Litchfield  was  elected  to  the  captaincy  of  his 
company  in  April,  1862,  when  reorganization  took  place,  and 
remained  in  command  to  the  end  of  the  war.  He  was  of  a 
genial  nature,  a  favorite  with  superior  officers,  and  idolized 
by  his  men,  with  whom  he  was  always  ready  to  share  what- 
ever his  store  afforded.  He  was  three  times  wounded  during 
the  four  years,  one  of  which  caused  him  much  suffering  until 
his  death.  In  the  battle  of  Winchester  he  was  struck  in  the 
face  with  a  pistol  ball  just  under  the  left  eye,  the  ball  lodging 
in  the  heavy  muscles  of  the  head,  where  it  remained  for 
thirty-two  years.  During  a  paroxysm  of  suffering  the  ball 
was  dislodged  and  dropped  from  his  mouth ;  yet  the  trouble 
was  not  overcome,  and  the  result  was  total  blindness  in  his 
last  months.  Through  it  all,  however,  the  cheerful,  kindly 
spirit  of  early  years  was  maintained.  He  died  in  his  eighty- 
first  year  and  was  laid  to  rest  by  his  comrades  at  Abingdon. 
His  casket  was  draped  with  the  old  battle  flag  of  the  1st 
Regiment  of  Virginia  Cavalry,  brought  home  from  the  sur- 
render by  the  young  trooper,  David  Lowry,  the  flag  bearer, 
who  concealed  the  flag  when  captured. 

"Captain  Litchfield  was  a  son  of  George  V.  and  Rachel 
Trigg  Litchfield.  A  brother  and  two  sisters  are  now  left  of 
the  family,  noted  for  its  generous  hospitality  and  charity." 

Miss  W.  E.  S.  Tison. 

After  a  severe  illness  of  typhoid  fever,  Miss  Willie  E.  S. 
Tison  died  at  her  home,  in  Baldwyn,  Miss.,  on  July  17,  1909. 
In  her  passing  the  community  lost  a  leader  in  good  works  and 
her  family  a  solace  and  comfort.  She  was  the  eldest  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  Col.  W.  H.  H.  Tison,  and  her  characteristics 
followed  closely  those  of  her  distinguished  father.  Her  ideals 
were  high,  and  her  superior  advantages  in  education  enabled 
her  to  have  the  leading  part  in  whatever  she  undertook.     She 


was  active  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  Confederacy,  and 
through  her  efforts  the  local  Chapter  was  organized.  She 
was  an  ardent  Christian  as  well,  and  used  her  influence  to  the 
uplifting  and  betterment  of  humanity. 

Capt.   P.  H.  Lyon. 

Capt.  Pat  H.  Lyon,  Commander  of  Camp  Skid  Harris,  U. 
C.  V.,  Canton,  Ga.,  died  at  his  home,  at  Ballground,  in  Sep- 
tember. He  was  successor  to  Col.  John  D.  Attaway,  who  was 
for  many  years  the  able  Commander  of  this  historic  Camp. 
Its  first  Commander  was  Capt.  Howard  W.  Newman,  a  Ten- 
nesseean. 

Gen.  Frank  C.  Armstrong. 

Gen.  Frank  C.  Armstrong,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  was  one 
of  the  most  brilliant  soldiers  of  his  rank  among  the  cavalry 
commanders  of  the  Confederacy.  "It  was  my  good  fortune 
to  be  in  his  brigade  from  August,  1862,  to  May,  1863,"  writes 
Mark  W.  Searcy,  of  Memphis.  "During  that  time  he  cap- 
tured Courtland,  Ala.,  Iuka,  Miss.,  and  played  a  conspicuous 
part  in  the  three  days'  fighting  at  Corinth  and  Hatchie's 
Bridge  in  October.  He  was  with  the  Van  Dorn  raid  on 
Holly  Springs,  and  later  in  all  the  fighting  in  Middle  Ten- 
nessee— Spring  Hill.  Thompson  Station,  Franklin,  and  Brent- 
wood. His  movements  on  the  field  were  an  inspiration  to 
his  men;  he  was  a  perfect  horseman,  and  in  battle  was  a 
most  fearless  man.  It  was  my  fortune  to  see  him  in  all  these 
fights,  and  in  my  judgment  we  did  not  have  a  cavalry  com- 
mander his  superior.  His  splendid  military  education  and 
superior  courage  as  a  soldier  made  his  services  indispensable 
to  his  ranking  generals.  He  deserved  to  be  honored  with  a 
major  general's  commission.  He  was  a  modest  man,  but  had 
the  courage  of  a  lion.  Peace  to  his  ashes.  I  served  in  Com- 
pany A,  Sanders's  Battalion." 


GEN.    FRANK    C.    ARMSTRONG. 


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Dr.  Lewis  Broyles   Irwin. 

Aflcr  an  illness  of  twelve  days.  Dr.  Lewis  B.  Irwin,  of 
Savannah,  Tenn.,  died  at  his  home  on  Septemher  29,  aged 
seventy-five  years  and  seven  months.  He  leaves  his  widow 
(Mrs.  Mary  Bailey  Irwin),  two  brothers  (John  Sevier  and 
Capt.  James  W.  Irwin  1.  and  four  sisters  (Miss  Sue  Irwin, 
Mrs.  Hettie  Irwin  Hardin,  Mrs.  Edgar  Cherry,  and  Mrs.  D. 
A.   Welch). 

Dr.  "Lute"  trwin,  as  he  was  familiarly  known,  was  the 
oldest  physician  in  his  town,  and  had  practiced  medicine  in 
Hardin  County  for  about  fifty  years.  His  paternal  ancestry- 
was  from  Pennsylvania;  Ins  mother  was  Nancy  Sevier,  a 
grandniece  of  John  Sevier  and  granddaughter  of  Col.  Henrj 
Conway,  of  Virginia. 

In  the  spring  of  1861  he  and  fourteen  other  impetuous  young 
men.  not  waiting  for  the  raising  of  a  company  in  his  own 
county,  went  to  Columbia,  Tenn.  and  joined  Capt.  George 
Campbell's  company,  which  was  assigned  as  Company  G  to 
Colonel  Maney's  rs(  Tennessee  Regiment  ["he  regiment  was 
ordered  to  Virginia,  and  during  the  winter  of  1861  was  in 
rduous  campaign  in  the  mountains  of  West  Virginia 
under  the  command  of  Gen.  Robert  E.  Lee.  At  the  reorgani- 
sation of  tli.  regiment  in  Virginia  Lute  Irwin,  although  en- 
listed among  strangers  as  a  private,  was  elected  captain  of 
In  company.  In  April,  [862  the  regiment  was  transferred 
to  rennessei  Colonel  Maney  with  five  of  his  companies, 
including  Capt  I.nte  [rwin's,  arrived  on  the  field  of  Shiloh  in 
time  to  participate  in  the  two  days'  gigantic  struggle,  April 
6  and  -.  m  that  memorable  battle  ["he  regiment  was  in  the 
ate  battle  of  Perryville,  Ky.,  October  8,  1862,  in  Cheat- 
ham's  Division.  Captain  Irwin  entered  this  engagement  with 
his  company,  which  had  been  reduced  to  forty  men.  and  onlj 
thirteen  cam<  out  unhurt.  Every  officer  in  his  company  was 
either  killed  or  wounded.  Captain  Irwin  was  severely 
wounded,  and  was  left  in  charge  of  the  surgeon  with  hun- 
wounded  to  bi  surrendered  to  the  enemy 
'I  heir  bed  was  straw  spread  upon  the  ground  in  a  lot  inclosed 
with  a  rail  fence,  their  covering  the  canopy  of  heaven,  which 
constituted  the  field  hospital. 

\ii.t  Dr.  Irwin  had  recovered  from  his  wound  and  was 
exchat  eported  to  his  command;  but  being  no  longer 

fitted  for  further  field  service,  he  was  assigned  to  post  duty 

until   tin     clOSi     of   the    war.      Returning    home    after   the   war. 
limed   the  practice  of  In-   profession.      His   few   surviving 

ides  and  numerous  friends  ami  many  families  to  whom 
he  ministered  in  their  affliction  lament  hi-  taking  off.  His 
funeral  was  conducted  in  lh<    Methodist  church,  of  which  he 

bad   long  been  a  member,  by  the  pastor,    Rev.   W    T.  S.  Cook, 
a  large  number  of  friends   and   relatives  attending      Hi-    Ma 
sonic  brethren  in  a   short,   beautiful   ceremonj    participated  in 

•  rvicc   at    the   grave   in    Savant 

John    I     Imi 

J.  Felps,  a  Cot  1    veteran,  Commandei   of  J.  I. 

\    Barlcet   I  lamp,  No.  1         I     C   V  .  died  at  his  bom 

nville,   Tex.,  <>n    September    1  He   was  born   in 

In  t  ounty,  Tenn.,  December  1  1.   1841,  and  went  with  his 
to  1  'herokee  1  lount) .    rex.,  in  1849 
lie  was  mustered  into  th<    Confederate  1  member 

t    (  "in], .in-     1   ,    3d     I-  I        .dry.    in    June.    [86 1,    and    was    a 

valiat  •  giment   until  tie 

ever  loved  and  trusted  l>v  his  officers  and  comrades   for  his 

bravery   and   patriotism,      lie    was   in   all   the  battle-   .mil   hard 
marches  engaged  in  b\    hi-  regiment  lak  Hill,  or  Wil 


son's  Creek,  in  Missouri.  August  10,  1861,  to  the  last  fight  in 
General  Hood's  retreat  from  Nashville,  at  Sugar  Creek,  except 
the  time  in  which  he  was  disabled  by  wounds.  He  was  severe- 
ly wounded  and  captured  in  the  battle  of  Iuka,  in  September, 
1862. 

As  a  citizen  after  the  war  he  was  one  of  the  best  in  his  sec- 
tion of  Texas,  commanding  the  respect  of  all  who  knew  him. 
A  man  of  strong  convictions,  a  loyal,  consistent  Democrat,  br 
was  frank  and  bold  to  advocate  what  he  deemed  to  be  right 
on  all  questions  touching  the  interest  and  welfare  of  his  fellow- 
citizens  of  the  community  and  the  State  in  which  he  lived. 

In  1865  he  was  married  to  Miss  Amanda  Ruth  Kendrick, 
who  preceded  him  some  years  to  the  beyond.  He  leaves  four 
sons  and  four  daughters. 

[Sketch  sent  by  S.  B.   Barron,  of  Rusk,  Tex.] 

Henry  C.  Edmondson. 

Among  the  papers  left  by  the  late  Henry  C.  Edmondson. 
who  died  at  his  home,  mar  Brentwood,  Tenn.,  was  the  fol- 
lowing sketch  of  his  military  career:  "I  enlisted  in  April.  18O2, 
in  Dick  McCann's  squadron.  We  acted  as  scouts  in  Bragg's 
army  till  the  fall  of  1862,  and  then  were  scouts  for  Forrest 
until  the  battle  of  Murfreesboro.  While  in  camp  at  Lavergne 
we  were  detached  ami  put  in  the  commissary  department,  under 
Major  Bridgewatcr,  of  Martin's  Division.  After  the  battle 
of  Murfreesboro  we  were  pickets  for  four  months  for  Bragg's 
army,  during  which  time  we  had  control  of  all  the  mills  be- 
tween Shelbyville  and  Columbia.  A  few  days  before  Bragg  fell 
back  we  were  ordered  to  Columbia  to  recruit  the  command, 
and  after  a  few  days  we  were  ordered  to  report  at  Tulla 
homa.  The  command  advanced  and  left  me  in  charge  of  the 
cattle  with  no  orders.  Leaving  Columbia,  I  went  to  Fayette 
ville.  and  from  there  to  New  Market,  and  crossed  the  Ten 
nessee  River  at  F'ort  Deposit  with  one  hundred  anil  seventy-five 
head  of  cattle.  These  I  left  and  reported  to  my  command  at 
Chattanooga,  which  I  found  destitute  of  food  and  the  cattle 
one  hundred  miles  away.  I  want  up  on  Lookout  Mountain 
and  found  the  finest  lot  of  cattle  we  had  during  the  war.  The 
command  left  me  at  Bridgeport,  and  I  returned  for  the  cattle, 
taking  them  to  Alexandria,  Va  .  where  they  became  di 
and  all  died.  We  bad  a  hard  time  to  feed  the  army  at  Alex- 
andria. From  there  we  went  to  Cartersville,  Ga.,  for  a  few- 
days  until  ordered  to  the  front.  We  were  in  the  bat'.le  of 
Chattanooga,  after  which  we  were  ordered  to  Knoxville  with 
Longstreet  to  capture  Burnside,  who,  howevi  1.  was  reenforced, 
and  made  our  way  through  the  mountains  to  North  Carolina 
and  Virginia  with  Burnside  in  pursuit  Later  from  Cartersville, 
Ga.,  we  became  rear  guard  fm  Bragg's  armj  back  to  Ken- 
ne-aw  Mountain  Major  Bridgewater  died  while  there,  and 
Captain  Bird  took  command.  Then  I  was  transferred  to 
Hume's  command,  and  we  were  ordered  to  Mississippi,  re- 
maining but  a  short  time,  and  were  then  ordered  to  report  to 
ill.  to  get  iu!  tii  from  the  Mississippi  bottoms. 
Shortlj     ifterwards  the  wa  1   was  sent  to  Sen. 

and   from   there   to    Metnplii      where    [  v  • 

transportation   hom< 

ti     II     Henson   was  born   in   Rockingham   County. 

X.    I",    in    [832;    and    died    near    StantOnville,     I  enn  .    July    2(1. 

1909.     lie   enlisted   in    Company   1'.   20th    Mississippi   Infantry. 

rved  faithfully  throughout  the  war.     He  was  a  member 

of  Allien   Sidney  Jol  '•      •      V.,  of  Shiloh  B 

i.  and  a   citizen   esteemed  by  all  who  knew   him 
III-  Church  membership  n  arlj    fifty  years. 


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John   R.  Williams. 

John  R.  Williams,  who  died  at  his  home,  in  Mobile,  Ala., 
on  June  28  [909,  was  a  Scotchman  by  birth  and  went  to 
Mobile  as  a  young  man.  From  that  citj  he  enlisted  for  the 
Confederacy  a*  a  member  of  the  "Guarde  Lafayette"  organ- 
ized in  Mobile,  and  was  assigned  to  tin-  121I1  Alabama  Regi- 
ment and  served  in  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia.  For 
conspicuous  bravery  h<  was  made  lieutenant  of  his  company. 
He  was  in  charge  of  the  brigade  sharpshooters,  and  always 
at  the  head  of  his  nun  in  their  many  perilous  engagements. 
He  served  to  the  close  at  Appomattox. 

Comrade  Williams  possessed  unusual  histrionic  ability,  and 
often  used  this  talent  for  the  benefit  of  charity,  and  in  other 
as  well  he  gave  his  time  and  money  for  the  benefil  of 
others.  He  was  harbor  master  of  Mobile  for  a  number  of 
years,  discharging  the  trying  duties  of  that  office  with  won- 
derful ability.  He  was  well  known  throughout  the  city-,  and 
"Jack  Williams,"  as  he  was  affectionately  called,  is  sadly 
missed. 

Col.  Marceixus  Pointer. 

On  July  10  at  the  old  Atlantic  Hotel  in  New  York  a  man 
was  found  dead  in  one  of  its  rooms,  and  investigation  showed 
that  he  had  died  in  great  poverty.  Beside  him  on  a  table 
was  a  package  of  letters  which  showed  him  to  be  Col.  Mar- 
cellus  Pointer,  of  Holly  Springs,  Miss.,  an  honored  member 
of  the  staff  of  Gen.  Joe  Wheeler.  Several  letters  from  Gen- 
eral Wheeler  showed  the  high  personal  esteem  be  gave  Colo- 
nel Pointer  and  the  respect  he  awarded  him  for  his  bravery 
and  brilliant  military  career.  In  the  pockets  of  the  worn 
coat  were  found  several  pawn  tickets.  Among  them  and  the 
latest  in  date  was  one  for  his  Confederate  cross  for  distin- 
guished gallantry,  showing  that  he  clung  to  this  cross  to  the 
very  last,  and  only  gave  it  up  when  driven  by  direst  neces- 
sity. The  U.  C.  V.  Camp  took  the  body  in  charge  and  gave 
it  military  burial 

R.  W.  Tribble. 

Camp  N.  B.  Forrest,  of  Cedar  Bluff,  Miss.,  sends  memorial 
to  its  late  Adjutant,  R.  W.  Tribble,  wdio  died  on  August  24. 
1909.  He  was  born  in  Lowndes  County,  Miss.,  in  1847.  He 
served  the  Confederacy  under  General  Forrest  as  a  member 
of  Capt.  Bill  Robinson's  company,  Colonel  Duff's  regiment, 
from  January,  1864,  to  April,  1865.  receiving  an  honorable 
parole  at  Gainesville,  Ala.  The  community  has  sustained  a 
distinct  loss  in  his  death.  He  was  a  consistent  Christian  and 
a  devoted  husband  and  father. 

Ritchie. — James  Brown  Ritchie  was  born  111  Marion  County, 
Tenn.,  in  1830;  and  died  in  McMinnville,  Tenn.,  in  August. 
1909.  He  began  life  as  a  blacksmith,  devoting  every  spare 
moment  to  his  education.  Later  he  taught  school  in  his  native 
State.  He  served  during  the  entire  time  of  the  war  in  the 
medical  and  quartermaster  departments  of  the  16th  Tennessee 
Regiment.  Afterwards  he  engaged  in  business  in  McMinnville. 
where  he  had  a  large  drug  store.  He  was  connected  with  the 
produce  business,  and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Na- 
tional Bank  and  the  People's  Bank  of  McMinnville.  He  was 
big-hearted  and  generous,  and  helped  many  young  men  to  at- 
tain a  business  footing.     He  leaves  a  wife  and  two  children. 

Mitchell. — John  Mitchell,  a  leading  farmer  of  the  county, 
dropped  dead  on  the  streets  of  Roanoke,  Va.,  September  17. 
1909.     He  was  a  Confederate  veteran  aged  seventy-three. 


Serct    II.  C  Cantrell. 
II.  C.  Cantrell  was  born  at  Gallatin,  Tenn.,  Jul}   \  1836;  and 
died  al  Fori  Worth,  Tex.,  April  16,  1909.    He  was  of  a  promi- 
nent family  of  Gallatin,  and  he  and  his  three  brothers,  one  of 
whom  was  his  twin  brother  Charles,  served  the  Confederacy 

with    creditable    records.       In    1862    Comrade    Cantrell    assisted 

in  organizing  a  company  of  Confederates  at  Canton,  Miss., 
known  as  the  Semmes  Rifles,  with  Hugh  Love  as  captain.  In 
March  of  that  year  they  reported  to  Gen.  A.  S.  Johnston  at 
Corinth  and  were  assigned  to  the  oib  Mississippi  Regiment, 
becoming  Company  II.  Shortly  afterwards  Cantrell  wa 
pointed  ordnance  sergeant  of  his  regiment,  in  which  position 
lie  served  most  creditably  until  the  surrender  under  Gen. 
Joseph  E.  Johnston 

Comrade  Cantrell  was  a  resident  of  Madison  County,  Miss., 
until  after  the  war.  when  be  returned  to  Tennessee  for  some 
years,    then    removed    to   Texas,    settling    in    Tarrant    County. 


H.    C.    CANTRELL. 

About  five  years  ago  be  became  a  resident  of  Fort  Worth.  He 
was  twice  married,  and  leaves  a  wife,  five  sons,  and  four 
daughters.  Faithful  to  duty  in  all  things,  his  reward  awaits 
him. 

Last  Call  to  S.  C.  Wiggins. — As  the  bugle  call  rang  out 
for  the  veterans  to  fall  in  line  for  parade  at  the  Reunion  in 
Charlotte,  S.  C.  Wiggins,  a  battle-scarred  warrior  of  White- 
ville,  started  to  leave  the  home  of  his  son  and  join  the  line. 
As  he  did  so  he  fell,  and  was  dead  before  help  reached  him. 
He  was  sixty-nine  years  old,  and  had  served  wdth  distinction 
throughout  the  war, 

Childress. — Dr.  W.  A.  Childress,  one  of  the  pioneers  of 
Atlanta  and  a  brave  and  faithful  soldier  of  the  Confederacy, 
died  in  Atlanta  in  October.  1909.  He  leaves  a  wife  anil  three 
sons. 


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I    Rl  HI  RII    K     ]  I.     I  [ONO!    i 

Frederick    II.    Honour,    sergeam    Companj     \.   Washii 
Light   Infantry,  25th  South  Carolina   Infantry,  Hagood's    Bri 
gade,  Hokes's  Division,  A.  X.  \  .  was  a  native  of  I  harl 
-    I       In  early  manhood  he  became  a  member  of  the  historic 
Washington    Light    tnfantry,    which    was   organized    in    1803, 
with    William    I  ^  md       as    captain,    whose    ranks    furnished 
many  officers  and  men  in  ihi     evera  incc  its  organiza- 
ln  [812  ihis  command  was  read}   for  service,  as  it  was 
in  the  Seminoli    Wai   in  Florida      ti  senl    omi   ol  its  best  sol 
diers   to  the  wai   with   Mexico  in  thi    Palmetto  Regiment.     In 
the  war  for  Southern  independence  three  full)   equipped  corn- 
were  formed  from  its  membei       ipanj   A,  4ampton 

Legion,  and  Companies  \  and  !'•.  tsth  South  Carolina  Vol 
unteers.  One  major  general  and  two  brigadiers  were  pro- 
moted from  ii  -  ranks  and  manj  brave  officers  of  field,  line, 
.mil  staff,  and  well  the)  sei  ved  the  •  J  mfedi  1  acj  Four  I  [onour 
brothei  enlisted,  and  .ill  bore  prominent  parts  from  Fort 
Sunn.  1   i"  1  he    hi  i  endi  r  of  Ai  en  sborn     i    I 

Fred    II     Honour   ros>    to   thi    grade  of   sergeant,  and   was 
true  i"  everj    patriot)!    dutj       ["hi    wai    over,  he  returned  to 
civil  life,  and  for  about  thirty  years  held  a  responsible  po 
in  the  (  lyd<    Steam  hip  service.     Winn  the  State  troops  wen 
i  aftei  the  horrors  of  reconstruction  had  done  their 
worst  for  the  prostrate  State  of  South  Carolina,  he  again  be 
,  ami  an  actii  e  mi  mbi  r  of  il"  companj .  and  bore  in  all  parades 
the  historii    I  utaw  flag  of  Col    William  Washington's  R 
tionarj    command,    given    hj    his    widow    t"    the   keeping    of 
the  Washington   Light    Inf. nun        1      .-  is  for  forty  years  the 
treasurer,  and  thrci    year:    ig<    hi    n  is  pn   ented  by  the  com- 
panj with  a  gold  medal  to  commemorate  the  fiftieth  annivi 
1  1  in-  membership      Vctivc  in  .ill  organizations,  he  was  a  de- 
oted  membei  ol  Orangi    Lodge,  No    m.  A,  F.  M.  Treasirrer 
1  1  amp  Slimier.  No  250,  r   C.  V  ,  and   IVcasurer  and  \ 
man  of  Si    Paul's  Church,  Radecliffehoro,  until  his  death. 


1  11  K     II.     11 


Ready  t"  meet  his   .Maker,  he  died  suddenlj   on    Vugust   7, 
and  die    shades    of    a    beautiful    summer    evening 

lowi  red  and  the  songs  of  the  mocking  birds  resounded  through 
the  deep  vistas  of  live  oaks  and  magnolias,  tin-  beautiful  prom 
ise  of  resurrection  from  the  dead  was  declared  in  the  com- 
mittal nd  with  the  drooping  colors  of  thi  I  utaw  bat- 
tle flag  and  the  Confederal!  :o!ors  of  Camp  Sumter  draped 
rest  taps  which  had  so  often  called  this  war  worn  sol 
dier  to  rest,  .mam  sounded  through  the  cloistered  arches  of  the 
oaks  in  Magnolia  Cemetery,  a  fit  and  solemn  requiem  over  the 
true  Confederate  veteran,  who  will  calmly  rest  with  his  kindred 
until  the  last  trump  shall  -  mnd  thi  ummon  him 
to  the  pn  sence  of  his  God,  whom  he  served  so  well 

Mai     \|h-  1      \\  \ie  1 1    Mi  Kn  11. 11  r. 

Maj.    Moses  W.    McKnight,  a  distinguished  officei    ol    F01 
1  avalry,   was  born   in  Cannon  County,   Tenn.,  in  June, 
[833;  and  died  in   Waxahachii      ["ex.,  in  July.  1900.     He  was 
the    son    of     Vlexander    McKnight    and    grandson   of    Moses 
\\  .el.  II.   the   1. .miller  and    President  of   North  Carolina   I'ni 
il..  d  law    till  (lie  beginning  of  the  war. 
Whig   stock,  In   opposed  secession;  but  said  in  the  last 
Union  speech  made  in  Nashville  before  the  seces;    .n  ol    E'en 
that   he  would   follow  hi*  Stati    whatevei    she  did  and 
would  light  for  her  to  thi  end 

He  enlisted  a*  a  private  in  Cap!     I     M    Allison's  company 
ol  tin    ts(  Battalion  and  was  el  ant  major,  and  when 

unpanj   reenlisted  hi    was  madi   captain,  his  companj   be 
coming  C  ol   thi     ["ennessei    Regiment  ..1  Cavalry,  which  was 
part  ..I  ill.    bi  gadi   ol   Beneral  Bell      Leading  In-  regiment  as 
temporarj    commander   in    the   battle   of   Okolona,    Miss.,    he 

was    shut    iu    the   breast,   but    did    not    leave   the    field.      lie   was 

again  wounded  bj   having  his  head  crushed  by  a  chimney  fall 
ing  on  him,  the  chimney  being  knocked  down  by  a  shell  from 
the  enemj       lie  had  his  leg  shattered  in  the  battle  of   Harris 
burg,  ami  was  so  disabled  that  he  could  n>>t  accept  Ins  promo 
tii  m  as  0 1I1  .eel  .  1  his  1  egiment. 

I     MI        W.      II.      II   \K(.UO\  1 

Capt    W     II     Hargrove  was  born   in   Davidson   County*   N 

('..  in  iS||  IK  enlisted  iii  Knoxville,  Tenn.  as  a  private  in 
Companj  II.  26th  [ennessee,  and  was  transferred  to  the  tst 
Georgia,  Companj  K  He  was  elected  second  lieutenant,  and 
served  till  the  surrendei  He  was  wounded  twice  at  Chicka- 
mauga  and  once  .11  Atlanta,  and  was  paroled  from  prison  in 
June.  [863.  IL-  assisted  iii  laying  out  Chickamauga  Park,  and 
donated  the  ground  on  which  stands  the  monument  to  the  I  -  1 
ee  cavalry,      I  le   dud    \la\    o.    kih'j 

I  1  hi  11  I     I  ,i-t    was   horn   in    1N4.?.  and   died   at    the 

Old  Soldiers'  Home  in    ["ennessee  in  September,  [909     In  1861 
he  enlisted  m  Companj   C,  ,%-'d  Tennessee   fnfantrj      11 
wounded  and  captured   at    Fort    Donelson   in    February,    1862, 
and  held  in  prison  at  Camp  Morton  until  his  exchange  in  Sep 
mii1.it  of  that  year,  when  he  rejoined  Ins  regiment      He  was 
in  manj  of  the  hottest  battles  ol  the  war. 

[ohs  on      rgi    W.  Johnson  died  at   Locust  Grove,  Ga.. 

in    Aire  1     1     event Hie    funeral    was    

1   by   the   pastor   of   the    Baptist   Church    from    Atlanta. 
an<]  hi      1    ,:      n  selected  from  his  comrades  in  serv 

tci    in  the  Civil   War      lie  served   with  distinction  in  Cobb 
Legioi     1  1       I  le  was  twice  a  member  of  the  I 

Legislature      Hi    leaves  .1  wife  and  three  children 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


Gen.   M.   C.   Butler. 

Gen.  Mathew  C.  Butler,  of  Edgefield,  S.  C.,  was  elected 
to  the  Legislature  of  his  native  State  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
three  ;  at  twenty-five  he  left  for  the  seat  of  war  in  Virginia 
as  captain  of  the  Edgefield  Hussars.  A  year  later  he  was 
made  colonel  of  the  2d  Carolina.  At  the  head  of  this  regi- 
ment he  lost  a  leg  at  the  fight  at  Brandy  Station.  As  soon  as 
he  could  ride  he  returned  to  the  army  and  was  made  brigadier, 
and  at  the  age  of  twenty-seven  he  won  his  spurs  as  major 
general.  He  was  at  the  head  of  the  First  Division,  with  Gen. 
Wade  Hampton  in  command  of  the  Second  Division,  which 
made  the  celebrated  coup  which  prevented  Sheridan  from  cut- 
ting off  Lee's  army  from  their  supplies  at  Gordonsville  and 
Charlottesville,  and  the  purposed  destruction  of  Lynchburg 
East  was  prevented  by  this  division. 

General  Butler  was  in  command  of  the  division  which  at- 
tacked the  camp  of  General  Kilpatrick,  surprised  and  put  them 
to  rout,  and  took  a  number  of  prisoners.  After  the  war  he 
did  noble  work  through  the  dark  days  of  reconstruction. 
He  went  as  major  general  of  the  Second  Army  Corps  to  Cuba 
in  the  war  with  Spain.  On  the  death  of  General  Butler,  in 
1909,  the  Confederate  Memorial  Association  of  the  District 
of  Columbia  passed  the  following  resolution  of  great  respect : 

"Resoh-ed,  That  in  the  death  of  General  Butler  South  Caro- 
lina has  lost  a  devoted  son,  faithful  in  weal  or  woe,  one 
chosen  by  nature  for  the  courage  which  in  whatever  danger 
scorns  to  fly ;  that  the  societies  of  Confederate  veterans  have 
lost  from  their  rolls  a  distinguished  captain  of  their  cause, 
and  that  the  members  of  this  Camp  share  the  general  sorrow 
for  one  so  fitted  to  command  in  war  or  peace." 

Neal. — Robert  B.  Neal  was  born  in  Choctaw  County,  Miss., 
in  August,  1834;  and  died  at  the  Tennessee  Soldiers'  Home  in 
1909.  He  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  army  in  May,  1861,  and 
served  faithfully  till  May.  1865.  He  was  wounded  in  the  bat- 
tle of  Chickamauga.  He  was  buried  at  the  Home.  He  leaves 
three  children. 

Reed. — Monroe  Reed  was  born  in  December,  1839 ;  and 
died  in  September,  1909.  He  served  in  Company  D,  1st  Geor- 
gia. He  was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Chickamauga  and  cap- 
tured in  the  battle  of  Nashville,  and  was  held  as  a  prisoner 
till  the  end  of  the  war.  He  ever  continued  faithful  to  the 
cause  he  served. 

Bilbo. — Thomas  Bilbo  was  born  in  Heard  County,  Ga., 
in  1822;  and  died  August  5,  1909.  He  served  throughout  the 
war  in  Company  B,  66th  Georgia,  and  was  imprisoned  at 
Camp  Douglas,  near  Chicago,  and  paroled  at  the  surrender. 
He  was  a  good  soldier  and  a  faithful  citizen. 

Col.  R.   B.  Snowden. 

Robert  Bogardus  Snowden  was  born  in  New  York  in  April, 
1836;  and  died  in  the  St.  Charles  Hotel,  Atlantic  City,  in  Oc- 
tober, 1909. 

The  home  of  Gen.  Robert  Bogardus,  the  father  of  Robert 
Snowden's  mother,  was  situated  on  Broadway,  New  York,  on 
the  site  where  the  St.  Nicholas  was  afterwards  built,  and  it 
was  here  that  Robert  Snowden  was  born,  who  was  legally  a 
Tennesseean,  as  his  father  was  of  that  State. 

He  was  reared  and  educated  in  Tennessee  till  large  enough 
to  enter  the  Military  Academy  in  Kentucky,  where  he  was 
under  that  strict  disciplinarian,  Gen.  Bushrod  Johnson.  He 
was  in  business  in  Nashville  when  the  war  began,  and  he  at 
once  enlisted,  being  made  adjutant  of  the  1st  Tennessee  Regi- 
ment in  1861.  In  1862  Gen.  Bushrod  Johnson  made  him  as- 
sistant  adjutant  general  of  his  brigade,  and  in  1863  he  was 


made  lieutenant  colonel  in  the  25th  Tennessee  Regiment,  in 
which  he  did  valiant  service,  leading  his  regiment  into  the  hot- 
test of  battles  with  dauntless  courage.  He  made  a  brilliant 
record  in  the  battle  of  Chickamauga,  where  by  an  expert  ma- 
neuver he  took  a  Yankee  battery  in  the  flank  and  captured  it 
and  its  guard  of  a  regiment  of  infantry.  He  was  publicly  com- 
plimented  by   his   commanding   general   for   this   daring   feat. 


COL.    R.    B.     SNOWDEN. 

Colonel  Snowden  was  with  General  Johnson  in  Virginia,  and 
assisted  in  all  the  arduous  service  around  Petersburg. 

After  the  war  he  went  into  a  very  successful  business  ven- 
ture in  New  York.  In  1868  he  married  Miss  Annie  "Brink-ley, 
one  of  the  richest  heiresses  in  Tennessee.  She  was  a  grand- 
daughter of  Judge  John  Overton. 

Colonel  Snowden  was  very  successful  in  all  his  business  af- 
fairs, which  he  conducted  on  the  strictest  principles  of  honesty 
and  carefulness  to  detail.  At  his  death  he  was  estimated  to 
be  worth  from  four  to  five  million. 

His  home  life  was  as  successful  as  his  financial  career,  and 
it  was  brightened  by  several  children,  who  survive  him.  As  a 
boy,  young  man,  soldier,  and  business  man  Colonel  Snowden 
amply  filled  every  requirement,  and  his  life  was  rounded  out 
by  his  beautiful  Christian  death.  His  body  was  interred  in 
Elmwood  Cemetery,  Memphis. 

Mrs.  Susan  Winter  Lyon. 

The  sad  and  sudden  death  of  Mrs.  Susan  Winter  Lyon  in 
Nashville,  Tenn..  on  April  8,  1909,  caused  by  fire,  was  a  great 
shock  to  her  family  and  to  a  wide  circle  of  devoted  friends. 

She  was  the  daughter  of  the  late  William  Hooe  Winter,  of 
Grenada,  Miss.  Near  this  little  city  on  one  of  her  father's 
cotton  plantations  she  was  born,  but  was  removed  to  Grenada 
in  infancy  and  was  reared  there. 

She   was   descended   from  Virginia   and    Maryland   colonial 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


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stock.  Her  father's  mother  was  a  daughter  of  Henry  Wash- 
ington, son  of  Baily  Washington,  and  a  brother  of  William 
Augustine  Washington,  renowned  in  the  War  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, who  was  awarded  a  silver  medal  by  Congress  for  gal- 
lantry in  the  battle  of  Cowpens  as  captain  of  troopers.  He 
was  later  a  brigadier  general.  Her  paternal  great-grandfather 
Winter,  of  Maryland,  was  also  captain  in  General  Washing- 
ton's army. 

Her  father,  W.  H.  Winter,  was  a  half-cousin  of  Admiral 
Raphael  Semmcs,  the  mother  of  the  Admiral  being  a  half-sis- 
ter of  Mr.  Winter's  father.  Capt.  Isaac  Newton  Brown,  of 
the  Confederate  States  navy,  who  built  the  ram  Arkansas  on 
the  Yazoo  River  and,  descending,  wrought  single-handed  great 
consternation  in  the  Federal  fleet  at  Vicksburg  in  1863,  was 
an  own  uncle  of  Mrs.  Lyon.  Her  oldest  brother  (  half-broth- 
er). Col.  Samuel  B.  Elliott,  was  a  member  of  Gen.  Joe 
Wheeler's  staff,  and  his  sister  was  the  wife  of  tun.  Walter  S. 
Statham,  the  first  colonel  of  the  famous  15th  Mississippi  Regi- 
ment. A  younger  brother  joined  Gen.  N.  B.  Forrest  when  in 
his  sixteenth  year  and  faithfully  served  till  the  end  of  the  war. 

With  this  martial  ancestry  and  militant  home  environment 
it  was  but  natural  that  this  spirited  young  girl,  then  in  her 
early  teens,  should  have  been  thoroughly  imbued  with  the 
cotton  belt  sentiment  of  the  sixties.  She  was  therefore  in- 
tensely Confederate  in  every  aspect,  and  as  long  as  she  lived 
refused  to  be  entirely  "reconstructed." 

In  December,  1874.  she  was  united  in  marriage  to  Dr.  A.  A. 
Lyon,  of  Columbus,  Miss.,  later  of  Shreveport,  La.,  and  now 
of  Nashville.  To  them  five  children  were  born,  three  sons 
and  two  daughters,  all  of  whom  survive  the  mother  except  the 
youngest,  a  daughter,  who  died  early  in  1906  in  the  eighteenth 
year  of  her  age.  Dr.  Lyon,  her  husband,  entered  the  Confed- 
erate service  in  the  medical  department  in  September,  1861, 
was  a  surgeon  in  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia,  and  was 
with  General  Lee  at  the  surrender  at  Appomattox 

Mrs,  Lyon  was  a  woman  of  rare  refinement,  of  vigorous 
intellect,  and  great  strength  of  character.  She  was  a  conscien- 
tious Christian,  a  close  Bible  student,  an  active  Church  work- 
er, and  ,1  special  friend  of  the  poor.  She  was  a  faithful  and 
devoted  wife  and  a  most  watchful,  painstaking,  and  self-sac- 


rificing mother.    She  was  a  member  of  the  Bate  Chapter,  U.  D. 
C,  and  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Nashville. 

The  untimely  death  of  this  good  and  useful  woman  is  not 
only  a  grievous  stroke  to  the  bereaved  husband  and  children, 
but  a  loss  to  the  entire  community  in  which  she  lived. 

John   B.  Reagan. 

John  B.  Reagan,  a  member  of  Ross-Ector  Camp,  U.  C.  V., 
No.  513,  of  Rusk,  Tex.,  and  Superintendent  of  the  Confederate 
Home  at  Austin,  Tex.,  died  at  the  home  of  his  son.  Dr.  John 
H.  Reagan,  in  Nacogdoches  County.  Tex.,  September  24,  1909. 


MRS.    SUSAN    WINTER    I.V0N. 


He  was  buried  in  the  City  Cemetery  at  Rusk.  lex.  He  was 
born  in  Blount  County,  Tenn.,  on  March  13.  1843.  and  came 
with  his  father.  Richard  B.  Reagan,  to  Cherokee  County.  Tex., 
in   1855. 

He  was  mustered  into  the  Confederate  army  as  a  private  in 
Company  C,  3d  Texas  Cavalry,  at  Dallas,  Tex.,  in  June,  1861, 
in  which  command  he  served  faithfully  and  gallantly,  being 
in  many  hard  battles  until  the  surrender.  The  regiment 
served  successively  in  the  brigades  of  Gen.  Ben  McCullough, 
Gen.  J.  W.  Whitfield,  and  Gen.  L.  S.  Ross 

John  B.  Reagan  was  a  nephew  of  Judge  John  II.  Reagan, 
Postmaster  General  of  the  Confederate  States.  After  the  close 
of  the  war.  the  first  public  service  in  which  he  engaged  was 
.1  deputj  sheriff,  anil  as  such  he  collected  the  taxes  of  Chero- 
kee County  under  his  father,  who  was  Sheriff  and  Tax  Col- 
lector, after  which  he  was  elected  Sheriff  of  his  county,  and 
served  in  that  capacity  altogether  for  fourteen  years.  He  was 
the  superintendent  of  tin-  penitentiary  at  Rusk  for  four  years 
during  Governor  Lanham's  administration,  and  from  the  be- 
ginning of  Governor  Campbell's  administration  had  been  Su- 
perintendent of  the  Confederate  Home  at    Vustin,  which  office 

he    held    at    the    time   of   his   death        lie    was    married    to    Miss 

Mar\  \iin  Dossetl  on  Octobet  -7.  [868,  and  is  survived  by 
his  wife  and  two  s,,ns.  Dr.  John  1 1    .mil  Forrest  Reagan,  both 

of  Nacogdoches,   Tex.  and   both    worthj    sons  of  a   noble  sire. 

fSketch  bj    I  mi-      R    Gibson,  of  Rusk.  Tex  I 


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Qoi)federat^  l/eterai). 


COXFEDERATE  REUNION  AT  CLARKSVILLE. 

The  Association  of  Confederate  Soldiers  in  Tennessee, 
Bivouacs  and  Camps,  met  in  reunion  at  Clarksville  October  13, 
several  hundred  being  present.  The  city  was  handsomely 
decorated  in  honor  of  the  event,  and  everything  imaginable 
was  done  for  their  pleasure. 

Reports  were  made  by  special  Pension  Examiner  Capt. 
Frank  Moss,  giving  the  number  of  applications  for  pensions 
during  the  last  year  and  the  vacancies  on  the  roll  made  by 
death.  A  most  satisfactory  report  from  the  Old  Soldiers' 
Home  was  also  made.  The  election  of  officers  followed:  J. 
T.  Williamson,  Columbia,  President;  J.  P.  Hanner,  Franklin, 
and  Judge  C.  W.  Tyler,  Clarksville.  Vice  Presidents ;  J.  P. 
Hickman,  Nashville,  Secretary  and  Treasurer;  Rev.  J.  H.  Mc- 
Neilly,  Nashville,  Chaplain ;  J.  B.  Armstrong,  Sergeant-at- 
Arms. 

United  States  Senator  James  B.  Frazier  addressed  them  in 
the  afternoon,  and  his  speech  contained  many  beautiful  tributes 
to  the  noble  dead  who  died  in  the  cause — thought  gems  for 
the  casket  of  memory. 

In  the  afternoon  the  Camps  held  their  reunion,  and  the  ut- 
most harmony  prevailed.  After  the  business  several  able  ad- 
dresses were  made.  Gen.  George  W.  Gordon,  Commander  of 
the  Army  of  the  Tennessee  Department,  U.  C.  V.,  and  now  a 
member  of  Congress,  was  a  leading  speaker.  His  expression 
of  regret  that  the  South  failed  in  its  contention  during  the  six- 
ties was  approved  most  heartily.  He  declared  that  it  was  an 
outrage  upon  the  South  to  assume  that  her  statesmen  and 
people  would  have  failed  to  make  proper  advance  in  the  civi- 
lization and  elevation  of  mankind  and  that  the  slavery  ques- 
tion and  adjustment  of  sectional  differences  would  not  have 
been  properly  made. 

Both  days  of  the  Reunion  elaborate  dinners  were  served 
to  all  present,  and  the  last  day  of  the  meeting  was  marked  by  a 
large  entertainment,  the  offering  of  the  hospitable  Daughters 
of  the  Confederacy  in  Clarksville. 


Kentucky  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  in  Convention. 
— In  October  the  Kentucky  Division,  U.  D.  C.  assembled  in 
convention  in  Hopkinsville.  and  in  harmonious  deliberation 
attended  to  the  business  of  the  body  and  elected  officers  for 
the  ensuing  year,  the  roster  being:  Mrs.  L.  M.  Blakemore, 
President;  Mrs.  Andrew  Broadus,  Mrs.  J.  D.  Sory,  Mrs. 
James  Koycr,  Vice  Presidents ;  Miss  Mamie  Geary,  Record- 
ing Secretary :  Mrs.  Charles  Meacham.  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary ;  Mrs.  Peter  Thornton,  Historian ;  Miss  Lena  Benton, 
Registrar ;  Mrs.  Mattie  Bruce  Reynolds.  Chaplain ;  Mrs.  E. 
H.  Marriott,  Vice  Chaplain;  Mrs.  YV.  N.  Escott,  Treasurer. 
The  local  chapter  were  hostesses,  and  gave  delightful  enter- 
tainment to  the  visitors.  Louisville  was  chosen  as  the  next 
place  of  meeting. 

Confederate  Reunion  at  Bristol. — Bristol,  Tenn.,  in  Sep- 
tember was  the  jolly  scene  of  a  reunion  between  two  hundred 
old  veterans  and  their  friends.  They  had  several  interesting 
addresses,  much  inspiring  music,  and  such  a  dinner  as  was 
never  pictured  even  in  the  dreams  of  these  same  men  in  war 
times.  This  is  the  fourteenth  reunion  of  the  local  Camp,  and 
the  spirit  of  good  comradeship  seems  to  grow  with  every 
meeting.  

Texas  Division,  U.  D.  C,  to  Meet  in  Convention. — The 
Texas  Division,  U.  D.  C,  will  meet  for  the  fourteenth  annual 
convention  at  Brownwood  December  6. 


ARLINGTON  COXFEDERATE  MONUMENT. 

Treasurer's  Report  for  Month  Ending  September  30,  1909. 

Receipts. 

Junius  Daniel  Chapter,  No.  600,  U.  D.  C.  Weldon,  N.  C,  $5. 
Mrs.  Thomas   S.   Bocock,   Director  for  Virginia,  $2.     Con- 
tributed by  Warren  Rifles  Chapter,  No.  934.  U.  D.  C,  Front 
Royal,  Va. 

Mrs.  J.  B.  Gantt,  Director  for  Missouri,  $30.  Contributed 
by  Sterling  Price  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  $5 ;  M. 
A.  E.  McLure  Chapter,  Xo.  1 19,  U.  D.  C,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  $25. 
Mrs.  Clementine  Boles,  Director  for  Arkansas,  $5.  Con- 
tributed by  J.  F.  Fagan  Chapter,  No.  1209,  U.  D.  C,  Benton, 
Ark. 

Mrs.  J.  W.  Tench,  Director  for  Florida.  $3.  Contributed 
by  Gen.  William  Loring  Chapter,  Children  of  the  Confederacy, 
St.  Augustine,  Fla. 

Mrs.  J.  B.  Roberdean,  Chairman  State  Committee  Texas 
Division.  $41.  Contributed  by  Baylor  College  Chapter,  No. 
726,  U.  D.  C,  Belton.  Tex.,  $5  ;  Carrie  Hancock  Chapter,  No. 
935.  U.  D.  C,  Oakwood,  Tex.,  $1  ;  May  West  Chapter,  No. 
26,  U.  D.  C,  Waco,  Tex.,  $10;  Emma  Gray  Cobbs  Chapter, 
No.  1062,  U.  D.  C,  Engleton.  Tex.,  $10;  Navarro  Chapter,  No. 
108,  U.  D.  C,  Corsicana,  Tex.,  $10;  Mrs.  Fannie  Halbert, 
Corsicana,  Tex.,  $5. 

Mrs.  Thomas  S.  Bocock,  Director  for  Virginia.  $29.82.  Con- 
tributed by  Scottsville  Chapter,  No.  1167,  U.  D.  C,  Scottsville, 
Va.,  $i,.K2;  Kirkwood-Otey  Chapter,  No.  10,  U.  D.  C.  Lynch- 
burg, Va.,  $25 ;  sale  of  ribbons,  $1. 

Brooksville  Chapter,  No.  71,  U.  D.  C,  Brooksville,  Fla.,  $5. 
.Mrs.  J.  W.  Clapp,  Director  for  Tennessee,  $95.  Contributed 
by  Joe  Wheeler  Chapter,  No.  1077,  U.  D.  C,  Stanton,  Tenn., 
$5 :  W.  B.  Bate  Chapter,  No.  245.  U.  D.  C,  Nashville,  Tenn., 
$10;  M.  C.  McCory  Chapter,  No.  5.  U.  D.  C,  Jackson,  Tenn., 
$10;  Baker  Lemon  Chapter,  No.  51.  U.  D.  C,  Covington,  Tenn., 
$5 ;  R.  E.  Lee  Chapter,  U.  D.  C.  Humboldt.  Tenn..  $5 ;  Sarah 
Law  Chapter,  No.  no,  U.  D.  C,  Memphis,  Tenn.,  $50;  Ab 
Dinwiddie  Chapter,  No.  613,  U.  D.  C,  McKenzie,  Tenn.,  $10. 
Fincastle  Chapter,  No.  797,  U.  D.  C,  Fincastle,  Va.,  $5. 
Mrs.  Thomas  W.  Keitt,  Director  for  South  Carolina,  $23. 
Contributed  by  Blackoak  Chapter,  No.  73,  U.  D.  C,  Pinopolis, 
S.  C,  $1 ;  Abbeville  Chapter,  No.  62.  U.  D.  C.  Abbeville,  S. 
C,  $5 ;  Wade  Hampton  Chapter.  No.  29,  U.  D.  C,  Columbia,  S. 
C,  $5 ;  R.  A.  Waller  Chapter,  Xo.  687,  U.  D.  C,  Greenwood, 
S.  C,  $5;  Michael  Brice  Chapter.  No.  1029.  U.  D.  C,  Black- 
stock,  S.  C,  $2 ;  Pickens  Chapter,  No.  656.  U.  D.  C,  Pickens, 
S.  C,  $5- 

Mrs.  Thomas  S.  Bocock,  Director  for  Virginia,  $12.  Con- 
tributed by  W.  R.  Terry  Chapter.  No.  580,  U.  D.  C,  Bedford 
City.  Va. 

Mrs.  Helen  M.  G.  Paul,  Acting  Director  for  Minnesota,  $15. 
Contributed  by  R.  E.  Lee  Chapter,  No.  1131,  U.  D.  C,  Min- 
neapolis, Minn.,  $5;  Mrs.  F.  L.  Burnett,  Minneapolis,  Minn., 
$3.75 ;  Mrs.  C.  L.  Bouton,  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  $1  ;  Mrs.  Robert 
Fitch.  Minneapolis,  Minn..  S3 ;  discount  from  the  Confederate 
Veteran,  $1.25;  a  Virginian,  $1. 

Mrs.  J.  D.  Roberdean,  Chairman  State  Committee  Texas 
Division,  $19.  Contributed  by  Capt.  E.  S.  Rugely  Chapter, 
No.  542,  U.  D.  C,  Bay  City,  Tex.,  $5 ;  X.  B.  DeBray  Chapter, 
No.  303,  U.  D.  C,  Lockhart.  Tex.,  $14. 

Mrs.  Thomas  W.  Keitt.  Director  for  South  Carolina,  $30. 
Contributed  by  Calvin  Crozicr  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  Newberry, 
S.  C,  $25 ;  Ellison  Capers  Chapter,  No.  70.  U.  D.  C,  Florence, 
S.  C,  $?;  Mary  Ann  Buie  Chapter,  No.  61,  U.  D.  C,  Johnston, 
S.  C,  $2. 


Qopffcderat^  l/eterap. 


Mrs.  J.  B.  Gantt.  Director  for  Missouri,  $65.  Contributed 
by  Kansas  City  Chapter,  Xo.  149,  U.  1).  C,  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
$25;  Cape  Girardeau  Chapter,  Xo.  629,  U.  D.  C,  Cape  Girar- 
deau. Mo..  $10;  McDonald  Chapter,  Xo.  630,  U.  D.  C,  Sedalia, 
Mo.,  $5;  Mrs.  E.  D.  Hornbrook,  Kansas  City.  Mo.,  $25. 

Mrs.  Elijah  Conklin,  Director  for  Xebraska,  $1. 

Mrs  Thomas  S,  Bocock,  Director  for  Virginia.  $236.  Con- 
tributed by  Mary  Custis  Lee  Chapter,  No.  7.  U.  D.  C,  Vlex 
andria.  Va.,  $30;  Carolina  Chapter,  Xo.  166,  U.  D.  C,  Crox- 
t . hi.  Va.,  $5;  sale  of  ribbons,  $2;  Mrs.  T.  R.  Hardaway,  mem- 
ber S1.1t e-  Committee,  $46;  miscellaneous  collections,  $53; 
Seventeenth  Virginia  Regiment  Chapter,  Xo.  41,  U.  D.  C, 
Alexandria,  Va.,  $100. 

Mrs  Thomas  W,  Ixcilt.  Director  for  South  Carolina.  $16. 
Contributed  bj  Cheraw  Chapter,  No.  84,  I'.  D.  C,  Cheraw, 
S.  C.  $11:  Lancaster  Chapter,  No.  462,  l".  D.  C,  Lancaster, 
S.  C.,$2.5o;  John  Braxton  Chapter.  No.  929,  U.  I'  C,  Winns- 
boro,  S   C,  $2.50. 

Mr.  I.  \Y  Faison,  Director  for  North  Carolina,  $122.11. 
Contributed  by  <  iuilford  Chapter,  No.  301,  U.  D.  C,  Greensboro, 
\  C,  $1.41;  J  L.  Carr  Chapter,  Xo.  355,  U.  D.  C,  Durham, 
N.  C,  $20;  Vlbemarle  Chapter,  No  1023,1)  I'  C,  Vlbemarle, 
X.  C$2.50;  Faison  Hicks  Chapter,  No.  539>  U.  D.  C,  Faison, 
X.  C.  $5;  W.  A.  Allen  Chapter,  No.  936,  1"  D.  C,  Kenans- 
ville.  X.  C,  $1:  Hertford  County  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  Winton, 
X  1  .  Si  ;  \ii-,m  County  Chapter.  Xo,  357,  U.  D.  C,  Wades- 
boro,  X.  C,  $1.00;  Mrs.  I.  W.  Faison,  Charlotte,  X  C,  $6; 
Cleveland  Guards  Chapter,  No.  443,  I*.  D.  C,  Shelby,  X  C. 
$2;  Mecklenburg  Camp.  I".  C.  V,  Charlotte,  X.  C,  $2?; 
■  iraham  Chapter.  Xo.  044.  U.  D.  C,  Graham,  X.  C,  $1  :  Jack 
son  Chapter,  Xo  220.  U.  D.  C.  Charlotte,  X.  C,  $28  (collected 
li\  Miss  Dixie  Alexander,  $18;  collected  bj  Mis  Burkheimer, 
$10);  J  B  Gordon  Chapter,  No.  211.  U,  D.  C,  Winston- 
B  i  Id  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  Brierfield,  X 
111:  Julia  Jackson  Children's  Auxiliary.  Charlotte,  $2 

Mr-  J  \  Rounsaville,  Directot  F01  Georgia,  $170.  Con- 
tributed b\    Romi   Chapter,  Xo   z8,  I'.  1 1.  C,  Rome.  Ga.,  $10 

Charlotte    (.'also,,    Chapter,    Xo.    1 140,    I"     1'     C,     I111011.    1..1. 

$5;  Newnan  1  hapter,  No    599,  I"    I'.  C,  Newnan,  Ga., 
Ida  Evans  Eve  Chapter,  No.  [37,  I*.  D.  C,  Thomson,  Ga.,  $5; 
C.    \    Evans  Chapter,  Xo.  [38,  U.  D.  C,  Brunswick,  Ga.,  $1: 
Conyers   Chapter,   No    760,  U.   I  >    C,  Conyers,  Ga.,  $1.    Mc 
'in.,  Ii   1  !ountj    Chapter,   No     138,  U    D.  C,  1  >ai  ii  n,  1  .a..  $4; 

0  1      Horn  Chapter,  Xo    282,   U,   D.   C,   Hawkinsville,   Ga., 
S2.   Liberti    Countj    Chapter,   Xo     j8o,  I'.    I).   ('..   Hinesville, 

1  hapter,  Xo.  121.  U.  D   1    .1  a<  Irange,  Ga  . 
$1.50;   R.  E     Lee  Chapter,  Xo    [157,  I      I).  C,  College  Park, 

1  j;    Mitchell    Kidd,  a   Georgia  grandson   living   in    Via 
bama,  $i;Mrs   \\    S   Coleman,  Cedartown,  Ga.,  $5 ;  Rosemont 
Chapter,  Xo    [147,  U.  D.  C,  Chauncey,  Ga    $1 ;  C.  D.  Ander 

r,  Xo.  658,  I  .  D.  C,  Fori  \  alley,  Ga  .  $10;  Henry 

No.  021.  Ui   D    C,   Mel  lonough,  (i.e.  :• 

Gen.  Jo,    Wheeler  Chapter,   Xo    980,  1'    D.  C,  Stockbridge, 

Ga.,  $1;   Stati   boro  Chapter,  No.    100.   C    D.  C.,  Statesboro, 

G        -i;    Stonewall    Jackson    Chapter,    No.    1020.    1'     I'     C, 

Cuthbcrt,  Ga.,  $2 ;  Vienna  Chapter,  No    0107.  I '    D.  C,  Vienna, 

G  1.50;   Phil  Cook  Chapter,  Xo    (;i.  I      D    C,   Montezuma, 

1:  Savannah  Chapter,  Xo.  2.  U.  D,  C,  Savannah,  Ga., 

Si...  R    1     1  ei   Chapter,  G,  I'   C,  Mill  dg<  1  ill  ,  Ga    $2;  two 

ins,  Brunswick,  Ga.,  $1;  Alice   Beal    Matthews  1  hapter, 

Xo    .70.1     1)   C,  Talbotton,  da.,  $1 ;  John  B.  Gordon  Chap 

ter.  Xo    778,  C    I'    C,  Louisville,  Ga     |       Ladii       Memorial 

Association,    Atlanta,  Ga.,  $10;   Sarah  E    Homaday  Chapter. 

Xo    884,  U.  D.  C.  Ellaville,  Ga„  $1;   Newnan  Chapter,   Xo 


571 

V,  ,'  n'  C'  Newnan'  Ga.,  $2.50;  Helen  Plane  Chapter,  Xo. 
JJ  '|,  c'\L  •  Canton>  Ga-  ?">:  Cordele  Chapter.  No.  793, 
{■[  11  q'  Waynfe  ('a"  ?5;  Margarel  Jones  Chapter.  Xo  27, 
1030,  U.  D.  C,  Milli'ii.'-  Ga>  $5;  Wayside  Home  Chapter,  Xo. 

SS.  (J.   I).  C.  Athens.  Ga.,  $SJ   ''""''   Rutherford  Chapter.  Xo. 

ham.  Ga  .  $2  50;  Agnes  Lee  Chajl!1'""  Chapter,  U.  1).  C.  Pel- 
tur.  Ga.,  $5;  Atlanta  Chapter,  Xo.  i.\"  «4-  r  "  C„  Deca- 
$25;  Screven  County  Chapter.  Xo.  toSn.  l.C  Atlanta,  Ga., 
Ga.,  $10.  Sylvanin, 

Mrs.  J.  W.  Tench,   Director  for   Florida,  $1.     Contribtnx 
1\    Sister  Esther   Carlotta,  Si.   Augustine.  Fla. 

Mrs,  Chappell  Cory,  Director  for  Alabama.  $91.76.  Con- 
tributed by  Cradle  of  the  Confederacy  Chapter.  Xo.  <)).  C 
D.  C,  Montgomery,  Ala..  12;  Tuscumbia  Chapter.  Xo.  201, 
C.  D.  C,  Tuscumbia,  Ala.,  $5;  Tuskegee  Chapter,  Xo.  419. 
U,  D.  C.  Tuskegee,  Ala.,  $2;  R.  E.  Rhodes  Chapter.  No.  04. 
C.   D.   C,  Tuscaloosa,    \la..  $5;    Florence   Chapter,   No.  309, 

U.  D.  C,  Florence,  Ala.,  $7.7(1:  Mildred  Lee  Chapter.  Xo. 
894,  I',  D,  C.  Sheffield,  Ala.  $25;  James  Cantj  Chapter.  Xo. 
548,  I  \\  C  .  Scab'.  Ala..  $2;  William  L.  Yancey  Chapter.  Xo. 
722.  U.  D.  C,  Birmingham,  \la  .  $13;  Dixie  Chapter,  Xo.  20, 
C.  D.  C,  Montgomery  ■    Via.,  $20. 

Percy  S.  Edmunds,  Washington,  D.  C$3. 

Mrs  Thomas  Ashby  Blythe,  Director  for  Pennsylvania, 
$50.  Contributed  by  Philadelphia  Chapter,  Xo.  072.  CD  C, 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Mrs  Florence  D.  Johnston.  Director  for  California.  $5. 
Contributed  by  Jefferson  Davis  Chapter,  Xo,  540.  U.  D.  G, 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Capt.  John  M  Hickcy,  Chairman  Arlington  Memorial  Day 
i  1000  1  Exercises,  balance  after  payment  of  expenses,  $616  [0 

Balance  on  hand  September  30.  1909,  $13,140.94. 

Expended  nothing. 

,  0NFED1  RATE    M0NVM1  \  I  S 
Since  publishing  the  lists  of  Confederate  monuments  in  the 
October   Veteran    several  letters   have   been    received   giving 

information  of  additional  ones  This  "as  expected,  and  it  is 
desired    that    all    be    reported        There    should    be    a    report    of 

every  monument  erected  to  Confederates  in  existence.  There 
is  a  monument  at  Port  Gibson,   Miss,  one  at  Greenville   1  n 

port    of    which    awaits    a    photograph),   and    one    at    Clarksdale. 

All  of  these  are'  handsome  shafts,  erected  bj  thi   I     D.  C  oi  the 

respective  counties.  Chester.  S.  C.  has  a  sf\ix  two  t  gran- 
ite shaft,  surmounted  by  cannon  balls,  erected  on  the  Public 
Square  bj  the  Chester  Chapter.  C,  D.  C.    Cartersville,  Ga.,  has 

two    handsome    monuments,    costing    several    thousand    dollars. 

One  was  erected  bj  the  United  Daughtei    of  the  Confederacy, 

and   the  other   by   the   Dailies'    Memorial     Association   before 

the  U.  D.  C.  was  organized.  Both  are  in  the  cemeterj  near 
Cassville.  Cartersville  lias  a  new  cemetery  in  which  is  located 
the  monument   to  Mai.  Charles   II.   Smith   ("Rill   Arp").     Tus- 

I. Via.,  has  a  monument  to  tin'  Confederate  dead,  which 

was   unveiled   October  <<.    1000.   with  appropriate   ceremonies. 

including   tine    speeches,    good    music,    and    a    luxurious    dinner. 

Wadesboro,  S.  C,  ha  a  monument  of  stone,  surmounted  by 
a  figure  of  the  typical  private  soldier.  The  three  thousand 
dollars  for  this  monument  was  raised  b\  general  subscription. 


I  he  annual  reunion  of  Co.  G,  .\M  Tennessee  Regiment,  was 

held  at  Lewisburg,  'Dim.  with  a  number  of  this  gallant 
band  in  attendance.  An  interesting  program  of  exercises 
was  observed. 


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Trial  and  Death  of  Henry  Wirz 

Being  an  account  of  the  execution  of  that 
Confederate  officer,  containing  the  letter  of  his 
lawyer,  a  full  account  of  Andersonville  Prison, 
aud'a  letter  published  at  time  of  the  trial  by  a 
Federal  officer,  a  prisoner  at  Andersonville, 
completely  exonerating  Wirz. 

This  compilation  deserves  to  be  preserved  in 
permanent  form.    It  will  be  read  with  breath- 
less interest.— The  Christian  Observer,  Septem- 
ber 2,  MIS.     Price.  35  cents.    Address 
S.  W.  ASHE,  628  Hillsboro  St..  Raleigh.  N.  C. 


H.    H.    Russell    *    °ra"Sc-    Tex-    is 
,     .   from  his  old  armv  com- 
anxious  to  h<-  /         . 

,      p.*A   .McDonald,  who   enlisted   in 

_    .,jany  B,  4th  Texas  Cavalry,  of  Gen. 

1 0111     Green's     brigade,     from     DeWitt 

County,  Tex. 


Mrs.  E.  A.  Barbee,  of  McClenny,  Fla., 
desires  to  secure  some  information  of 
Isaiah  Barbee,  who  was  in  the  Confed- 
erate army,  and  in  the  summer  of  1864 
was  at  Camp  Jackson,  near  Mary's 
River,  from  which  place  he  was  sent  to 
Georgia,  South  Carolina,  and  then  into 
North  Carolina,  and  died  near  Rocking- 
ham, N.  C. 


H.  H.  Moore,  of  Waynesboro,  Miss., 
seeks  information  of  his  brother,  P.  P. 
Moore,  of  Company  C,  21st  Mississippi 
Regiment,  who  enlisted  at  Brookhaven, 
Miss.,  in  1861  with  Captain  Brooks's  i 
company.  When  last  heard  of  he  had 
left  Point  Lookout  Prison.  He  was  a 
son  of  Robert  and  Sarah  Moore,  of 
Brookhaven,  Miss. 


M.  Tebbitts,  Company  H,  15th  Maine, 
Bangor,  Maine,  has  a'  New  Testament 
that  he  picked  up  near  a  dead  Confeder- 
ate in  the  battle  of  Pleasant  Hill,  La. 
On  a  fly  leaf  of  the  little  book  is  writ- 
ten :  "Alfus  L.  Robertson,  Co.  D,  12th 
Ga.  Regt.  If  I  am  found  dead  on  the 
battlefield,  you  will  confer  a  favor  on 
Mrs.  Frances  Robertson,  my  mother,  by 
notifying  her  of  the  same.  Address  her 
at  Cuthbert,  Randolph  Co.,  Ga."  Com- 
rade Tebbitts  has  written  as  the  inscrip- 
tion suggests,  but  gets  no  response.  He 
would  like  to  place  the  book  with  some 
relative  who  would  value  and  preserve  it. 


J.  B.  Beck,  of  Center,  Tex.,  inquires 
if  there  are  any  comrades  living  who 
knew  Harrison  Childs,  of  Company  C, 
2d  Arkansas  Cavalry,  Elliott's  Company, 
Cockran's  Regiment,  and  Benjamin  Bill- 
iard, of  Company  A,  46th  North  Caro- 
lina Regiment.  Charlie  or  C.  S.  Baker, 
whose  first  year's  service  was  under  E. 
Kirby  Smith,  reenlisted  under  John  H. 
Morgan,  and  served  with  that  command 
to  the  close  of  the  war.  Comrade  Baker 
is  dead  and  his  widow  wishes  to  estab- 
lish her  claim  to  a  pension,  as  do  the 
other  two  comrades  mentioned.  Any  in- 
formation of  their  service  will  be  ap- 
preciated. 


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the  greatest  enthusiani  by  Southern  au- 
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five  times  in  some  cities,  and  are  in- 
dorsed by  Confederate,  Camps  and 
clergy. 

They  are  plays  that  are  adapted  for 
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lars for  staging  play,  press  notices,  etc. 

"Write  for  particulars  and  state  wheth- 
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"The  Story  o£  a  Cannoneer 
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Mrs.  M.  E.  Lear,  of  Poplar  Bluff,  Mo., 
wants  to  know  if  there  are  still  surviv- 
ing any  of  the  soldiers  who  left  Pal- 
myra, Mo.,  with  the  first  company  which 
left  there.  She  is  the  widow  of  Jere- 
miah J.  Lear,  who  was  a  member  of 
that  company — perhaps  a  lieutenant — 
and  was  in  Price's  command,  though 
later  be  went  into  the  artillery.  She 
will  appreciate  hearing  from  any  com- 
rades who  can  give  information  of  his 
life  as  a  soldier. 


'smtmMmwmmw 


C.  W.  Trice,  of  Lexington,  N.  C,  Box 
25,  makes  inquiry  for  an  old  Confeder- 
ate soldier  named  Painter,  who  belonged 
to  a  North  Carolina  regiment  (thinks 
it  was  the  49th)  and  who  was  wounded 
in  the  battle  of  Resaca,  Ga.,  in  July. 
1864,  and  was  in  the  hospital  at  Greens- 
boro, Ga.  These  comrades  were  in  the 
hospital  together,  where  Comrade  Trice 
had  been  sent  after  losing  his  left  hand 
in  the  battle  of  Kennesaw  Mountain. 
He  belonged  to  Company  A,  7th  Texas 
Regiment. 


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Mrs.  Sarah  F.  Kendrick,  of  Clayton, 
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war  who  knew  her  husband,  Maj.  John 
\\  Kendrick,  who  was  inspector  general 
of  General  Anderson's  brigade,  Hardee's 
Corps,  Smith's  Division,  and  was  pa- 
roled  at  Macon.  i.;i„  in  June,  1865.  She 
needs  two  witnesses  to  prove  his  service 


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M.  C.  Rownd,  of  Springfield,  La., 
wishes  to  locate  the  sword  of  his  uncle, 
William   George    Richardson,   who   was 

nit  major  of  the  16th  Louisiana 
\  oluntci  is  1  lc  was  wounded  .11  Shiloh 
and  died  the  next  day.  Lieutenant 
Stagg  assisted  him  off  the  field.  Mr. 
Rownd  would  be  glad  to  hear  from  any 
one    who    may    know     anything    of    the 

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William  Gay  Harris  was  aid-de-camp 
to  Gen.  Gustavus  W.  Smith,  command- 
ing the  1st  Georgia  Reserves,  of  which 
Dr.  William  F.  Holt  was  surgeon. 
They  were  in  the  battles  of  Griswold- 
ville  and  Lake  City.  The  daughter  of 
Comrade  Harris,  who  enlisted  from 
Macon,  Ga.,  is  anxious  for  further  in- 
formation of  her  father's  service,  es 
pecially  as  to  his  company  and  regi- 
ment, Address  Mrs.  C.  J.  O'Farrell, 
r.78  Childs   Street,  Athens,  Ga. 


L.  B  Dorris,  of  lluckaby,  Tex.,  Rural 
Route  No.  1.  Box  5,  wishes  to  hear  from 
am  surviving  comrades  of  his  command. 
lie  says  he  enlisted  at  Jefferson,  lex,, 
undet  Captain  Cameron;  went  to  Bow- 
ling 1  ireen,  Kj  .  and  joined  the  9th  Ken- 
tuck]  Infantry,  Companj  II:  served  two 
with  the  Kentucky  troops,  and  was 
then  transferred  to  the  32d  ITexas  Regi- 
me hi   oi   1  'i  tinted  (  avalry,  Companj 

I.  Ector'    Brigade  of  French's  Division, 
Amy  oi    1 ,  nn.  -  see     II.   was  in  the  bat 
of    Shiloh,    Murfreesboro,    t  hit  ka 
manga.  Baton   Rouge,  with  Johnston  .11 

Atlanta,       I  lood      inti  1       I  en and 

fought  in  the  battles  of  Franklin  and 
Nashville,  I  lc  was  then  51  nt  to  Mobile, 
Via  .  and  w  .1-  captui  ed  at  Fori   Blakelej 

and    sent    to    Ship    Island,    where    he    wa- 

kepi    a   prisoner   until   the  1  lose   of   the 

war. 


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Southern   Art  Publishing    Co.,    Publishers  of 
Gilbert  Ciaul's  Famous  War  Paintings. 

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have  pictures  which  are  really  historic  docu- 
ments, and  which  must  appeal  to  her  people, 
because  Mr.  Gaul's  pictures  are  really  a  sym- 
pathetic translation  of  the  war  period.  The 
portfolio  should  be  not  only  in  every  Southern 
but  in  every  American  family.  These  paint- 
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form a  great  duty  in  pointing  the  younger 
generation  to  avoid  drifting  into  channels 
which  might  provoke  a  lite  repetition  of  our 
great  Civil  War. 

With  kindest  wishes  fur  the  success  of  your 
praiseworthy  undertaking,  I  am, 
Yours  truly, 

STEPHEN  D.  LEE. 


Confederate 

War 
Pictures 


By  GILBERT  GAUL, 

NATIONAL  ACADEMICIAN. 

Exquisitely  reproduced  in  four  colors,  on 
heavy  polychrome  paper. 

Those  who  love  the  South  and  her  brave 
old  veterans  have  desired  for  many  years  t  i 
have  their  courage,  their  devotion,  tb.  ir  un- 
matched heroism,  and  the  home  life  of  their 
families  crystallized  on  canvas.    After  near- 
ly a  half  century  this  has  just  been  done. 
Gilbert  Gaul,  of  New  York,  was  employed 
several  years  ago,  and  has  now  finished  the 
series,     ft   is   called   With    the   Confederate 
Colors,    1861-5,  and  consists  of  sis  paint- 
ings, as  follows: 

No.  1.  Leaving  Home. —  Shows  a  typical 
Southern  interior  of  the;  period.  A  lad  is  tell- 
ing his  home  folks  gooaVby.  One  sees  the 
newspaper  fallen  to  the  floor,  the  favorite  bird 
dog  pleading  infinitely  with  his  eye,  the  father, 
mother,  sister,  slaves — all  done  as  if  a  photo- 
graph had  been  magically  turned  into  colors. 

No.  2.  Tidings.— A  pretty  Southern  girl  is 
reading  a  letter  from  the  f re  mt  to  the  gr<  >ups  <  >f 
women  and  slaves.  A  grandfather  bends  for- 
ward eagerly  to  listen,  and  a  wounded  soldier 
on  furlough  forgets  his  bandaged  arm  as  he 
hears  tidings  from  the  firing  line.  A  beauti- 
ful and  touching  picture. 

No.  3.  Waiting  for  Dawn.— A  camp  fire 
scene.  The  snow  covers  the  ground.  A  farm- 
house burns  in  the  distance.  The  "  enemy's  " 
battle  line  glows  on  the  horizon.  A  master- 
piece. 

No.  4.  The  Picket  and  the  Forager.— Com- 

Th  •  firs 


panion  pieces  sold  as  one  picture.  Th>  first 
shows  a  lonely  picket  on  duty.  The  second 
presents  a  bread-  and  chicken-laden  forager 
returning  to  camp  after  a  day's  excursion. 

No.  5.  Betting  on  the  Flag.— The  boys  in  blue  are  backing  their  cause  with  a  pile  of 
coffee  in  a  social  game  of  cards  between  the  lines.  Southern  tobacco  is  the  bat  of  the 
"Johnny  Re  bs"  that  the  bars  "will  be  victorious.  One  of  tho  most  pi  >pular  of  the  series. 

Mr.  Gaul's  strong  brush  has  portrayed  with  much  realism,  not  their  bitterness  and 
recriminations,  but  their  magnificent  motive,  their  magnanimous  courage,  their  un- 
matched devotion.  Those  who  love  the  real  values  of  the  <  >ld  South  will  prize  these 
pictures  beyond  price,  and  indeed  they  should  appeal  to  every  intelligent  American, 
man  or  woman. 

Pictures,  15x19  inches,  reproducing  every  shade  of  tone  and  motive,  and  embossed 
so  as  to  give  perfect  canvas  effect.  Each  one  is  a  masterpiece,  depicting  the  courage, 
Sacrifice,  heroism,  sufferings,  and  home  life  of  the  Southern  soldier. 

Realizing  how  essential  to  the  success  of  our  magazine  its  circulation  is,  we  have 
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D.  B.  Flowers,  of  Lone  Oak,  Tex., 
writes  that  he  is  anxious  to  establish  his 
identity  as  a  member  of  the  ist  Arkan- 
sas Brigade,  also  known  as  Humphrey's 
Battery.  His  company,  Battery  A,  was 
organized  at  Fort  Smith,  Ark. 


W.  A.  Jones,  of  Gorman,  Tex.,  Rural 
Route  No.  5,  wishes  the  address  of  any 
survivors  of  Company  G,  ioth  Confed- 
erate Cavalry  of  Georgia,  as  he  needs 
to  prove  his  army  service  in  order  to 
get  a  pension. 


Mrs.  A.  L.  Vucovich,  204  Intendencia 
Street,  Pensacola,  Fla.,  wishes  to  secure 
information  of  Alexander  L.  Vucovich. 
or  Alex  O'Neill  (after  his  stepfather), 
who  presumably  enlisted  in  Hood's  Cav- 
alry. 


A.  S.  Bennett,  of  Paris,  Ark.,  would 
like  to  get  in  communication  with  some 
members  of  the  6th  Georgia  Infantry, 
especially  of  Company  B,  which  com- 
pany was  from  Dade  County  Ga.,  under 
Capt.  John  G.  Hannah. 


C.  C.  Fraser.  of  Alachua,  Fla.,  Box 
[52,  would  like  to  know  of  any  sur- 
viving members  of  his  company,  which 
was  H,  Capt.  John  Bradford,  of  the  ist 
Regiment  Engineering  Troops.  The 
company  was  made  up  of  men  from  dif- 
ferent States. 


Thomas  Boyd,  of  Decatur,  Tex.,  who 
served  as  captain  of  Company  B,  ist 
Mississippi  Infantry,  and  was  one  of  the 
"Tmmortal  Six  Hundred,"  would  like  to 
hear  from  any  survivors  of  that  brave 
body  of  men,  and  makes  special  inquiry 
for  F.  W.  Basonett,  who  was  lieutenant 
of  a   Mississippi  regiment. 


Mrs.  Margaret  Hill,  of  Elizabeth  City, 
N.  C,  wishes  to  secure  information  of 
her  husband's  service  for  the  Confed- 
eracy. James  R.  Hill  enlisted  in  Arkan- 
sas and  was  captain  of  a  company  of 
cavalry  which  fought  along  the  lines  of 
the  Western  frontier.  She  does  not 
know  under  whose  command  he  fought. 


W.  R.  Hale,  of  Hector,  Ark.,  makes 
inquiry  for  some  of  his  prison  comrades. 
He  was  a  member  of  Company  I,  3d 
Arkansas  Cavalry,  and  was  captured  on 
the  29th  of  December,  1863,  near  Mor- 
ristown,  Tenn.,  and  taken  to  jail  at  Knox- 
ville,  where  he  was  kept  for  ten  days. 
He  was  then  sent  down  to  Loudon,  put 
on  the  boat  and  taken  to  Bridgeport, 
Ala.,  thence  to  Nashville,  Tenn.,  to 
Louisville.  Ky.,  and  to  Barrack  No.  1  at 
Rock  Island,  111.  He  was  released  from 
prison  and  taken  to  Richmond  in  March, 
1865.  While  in  prison  at  Knoxville  he 
became  acquainted  with  a  Mr.  Dodd, 
from  Texas,  who  was  under  sentence  as 
a  spy,  and  of  whom  he  wishes  to  learn 
something. 


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A  PHOTOGRAVURE  OF  DISTINGUISHED  LYRIC  WRITERS.    THEY  ARE: 


Edgar  Allen  foe 

Showing  better  than  any  published  "  The 
Melancholy  Genius. 

Henry    Timrod 


Father    "Ryan 

The    Poet    Priest.      Picture   never  before 
published. 


Sidney  Lanier 

The    unsurpassed    composer  of  exquisite 
verse  and  perfect  rhythm. 


South  Carolina  s  gifted  and  delightful  poet. 


"Paul  Hamilton  Hayne 

The  face  expressing  the  bold,  brave  gentleman  of  Charleston. 


These  portraits  have  been  carefully  selected.  <[|  Wherever  honor  is  paid  to  genius  this  picture  will  be  appreciated. 
It  is  so  splendidly  executed  and  is  of  such  distinctive  merit  that  the  Veteuan  is  pleased  to  use  it  as  a  premium  and 
confidently  expects  every  purchaser  to  be  delighted  wilh  its  possession. 

Chancellor  Kirkland,  of  Vanderbilt  University,  says :  "  This  is  a  beautiful  piece  of  art,  and  shall  be  given  a  place 
on  University  wall  with  a  great  deal  of  satisfaction." 

Will  Allen  Dromgoole,  a  widely  known  critic  and  writer  in  the  South,  says:  "No  five  singers  could  have  been 
more  pleasingly  selected.     Every  one  is  a  Southerner  Good  and  True." 

India  prints  in  Sepia  and  Steel  Plate  Color.  Size,  89x18  inches,  S2..00.  With  the  Veteran  one  year,  S2.50. 
It  tt'ill  be  gi%)cn  as  a  premium   for  fi-Oe  netu  subscriptions. 


Gen.  George  V  Woodward,  U.  S  V. 
of  Washington,  D.  C,  wishes  to  get  the 
address  if  living  of  the  chief  quarter- 
master of  Gen  1).  IT.  Hill  or  perhaps 
Gen  \  P  1 1  ill,  whost  name  was  either 
Roberts  or  Rogers  and  who  ranked  as 
major  When  General  Woodward  was 
sever  1\  wounded  at  Seven  Pines;  this 
quartermaster  was  very  kind  to  him, 
and  lie  would  like  even  at  this  late  daj 
ti i  thank  him  or  bis  family. 


M      W,     Moore,    of    Dunedin,    Fla , 
wishes   I"   secure   the    war   record  of  bis 

father.  Georgi  \\  Moore,  who,  be 
thinks,  may  have  been  mustered  in  at 
Fincastle,     Va .    and    who    served     in 

It's   1  111  i-i"i'      1  [e   entered  the 
ice    late    in    the    war.    and    probabl)     be 

longed   to   the   Virginia    Reserves.     He 

may  be-  mi  the  record  a-  George  W.  M. 
Moore,     Am    information    will   be   ap- 

Pl  I   I   Ml'   (1 


If  any  members  of  John  P..  Clark's 
9th  Missouri  Infantry  or  of  Company 
D,  Buster's  Battalion  of  Arkansas  Cav- 
alry, can  testify  that  S.  F.  Duffle  served 
in  the  Confederate  army,  please  notify 
Ins  widow.  Mi>.  Rebecca  A.  Duffie,  of 
( late-\  tile,    I 


John  P.  Perkins,  now-  living  at  Masse, 
Comant  lie  County,  Tex.,  desires  very 
much  to  hear  from  some  old  comrades 
who  served  with  him  during  the  war. 
with  a  view  of  establishing  his  Confed 
erate  record  so  as  to  secure  a  pension. 

lie    enlisted    in    Living    Parish.     La.,    in 

1862,    iii    Company    G,    gth    Louisiana 

Regiment,      under      Captain      Singlctary. 

II  was  in  the  second  battle  of  Manas- 
sas and  in  the  Seven  hays'  lighting  about 
Richmond,    and     was    at    home    on    sick 

furlough   when    the   war   ended.     Com 

fade  Perkins  js  now  seventj  nine  years 
old  and  nearly  blind. 


Dr.  A    B    Gardner,  of  Denison,  Tex., 

writes    that    the    widow    of   John    I..    Mc- 

Dade,  who  enlisted,  she  thinks,  at  Knox- 

ville,  Tenn.,  in  iNM  :1ml  served  to  the 
end,  wishes  to  secure  a  pension,  and  will 
appreciate  bearing  from  any  surviving 
comrades  who  can  give  some  informa- 
tion of  his  service.  It  is  thought  that 
he  was  in  the  Virginia  Army. 


B,  C  Oberthier,  of  Company  I"),  14th 
Texas,  Ector's  Brigade,  French's  Di- 
\  11011.  Stewart's  Cups,  now  at  Hendcr- 
-011.  I V\  .  Rural  Route  No.  4.  makes  in- 
quiry for  a  pair  of  saddlebags  |,>st  dur- 
ing the  war.    Thej   were  of  red  leather 

and    bad    his    name    1  in    the    Stat.      \\  hen 

General    Hood    started    info    Tennessee, 

the    order    was    to    put    the    1  rippled    men 

to  driving  tin   ambulances,  and  the  man 
win'  took  Comrade  Oberthier's  place  a^ 

driver  threw    ,iwa\    the  Saddlebags  which 

he  now   seeks   to  locate 


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North  Carolina  U.  D.  C    Convention 592 

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Gen.  Grant's  Magnanimity  at  Appomattox 596 

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No.  12 


is.  A.  CUNNINGHAM 

I  PROPRIETOR. 


.     St  >\  S  OF  I  I  i.  I  R  INS    1\    COUNCIL. 

[MP0RTAN1       v COS    -'i    ■ 0     i  i'  I      I  iRi !  \  N  tZ  *  I  I0K 

The   Executivi    Council,   I  nited   Sons  oi   Confederate   Vel 
erans,  mel   in    Montgomerj    earlj    in   November.     Several  mi- 
ni matters  were  considered  and  acted  upon.    The  Council, 
thi      upremi    business   head   of  the   organi  ation,  wa     con  ti 
tuted  bj  action  of  the  Memphis  Convention  of  igog 

Memphis    va    made  the  permanent  headquarters,    The  <  on 
fed  ration  will  have  quarters  in  the  new,  magnificent   court- 
house in  that  city.     It  will  be  used  also  as  a  museum  for  the 
preservation  "I"  documents  and  relics  of  the  war. 

Nathan  Bedford  Porn    t,  the  grandson  of  Lieul   Gen.  Nathan 

dford    Forrest,   was   elected   the  permanent    Adjutant   Gen 
eral       Hii    development   oi   the  plans  of  the  Council  thereby 
is  in  good  hands. 

rin  Commander  in  Chief  and  the  Historian  General  were 
tuthori  <'l  to  endeavor  bj  congressional  action  to  have  the 
Ingcrsoll  inscription  removed  from  the  walls  of  Arlington. 
It  i-  repugnant  to  Southern  people  and  those  who  love  the 
truth  ol  li-  tot  s 

Mi.  practice  of  members  of  the  organization  riding  in 
parades  at  Reunions  is  disapproved,  and  it  is  advised  that  onlj 
the  Commander  in  Chief,  the  Vdjutant  General,  and  one  aide 
appear  on  hot  cbaek  in  parades  Officers  of  the  veteran  or 
itions  are  asked  to  discontinue  the  practice  oi  electing 
numerous  aides  from  the  ranks  of  Son 

Dr,  Thos,  M    Owen,  Montgomery,  is  Historian  General. 

i  .i  ii  C  1 1 1  in.  Walker  addressed  the  Council  on  the  activity 
of  the  Women's  Memorial  Committee  ["he  Council  signified 
ii-  intention  to  uphold  the  work  of  the  memorial  committee 

A   pi", i'n    i'n    secret   organization    features   was   made, 

but  ii   was  the  opinion  of  the  Council  that   the   U    S    C    V 
should  never  be  madi   a  secret  organization. 

1 1  u.i    decided  bj    the  <  ouncil  that  hereafter  the  Smis  will 

it  4  p.w     "  business  session  on  the  daj  prior  to  that  on 

ill'    I      i     \     meel      md  a  night  session  of  that  day  be 

devoted  to  addresses,  the  next  day  to  be  devoted  entirely  to 

business,  and  no  speeches  other  than  those  incident  to  debate 

will  be  allowed, 

K 

Visits  bj  Gen  (  lement  \  Evans,  Commander  in  Chief  of 
the  U.  C.  V.,  to  Arkansa  brii  fly,     He  was   at 

tended  by  the  editor  of  the  Veteran  i"  Camden  and  thence 
in  I  iir  it  both  of  which  places  he  made  aide  addn 


\  committee  from  Camden  composed  oi  Comrades  J.  R. 
Thornton  and  VY.  K.  Ramsey,  Mesdames  M.  P  Wails,  J,  X. 
Sifford,  M.  E.  Lockett,  and  Virginia  Stinson  met  him  at 
Fine  Bluff  and  accompanied  him  to  Camden,  where  on  arrival 
he  was  mel  by  a  large  numbei  oi  old  soldiers,  citizens,  and 
-i  lii"  I  children  with  open  ranks,  and  the  train  party  marched 
between    and    entered    carriages.      Shouts    of    welcome    were 


M  tRGARET  VIRGIN]  \  RAMSI  V. 
Spoi  '  il'-'  i'i"  '. 


VNN A  CHESTER  WATTS, 
Maid  "I  II"' 


Miss    MARTHA  VIRGINIA    MARKS, 

M  i  i,l  ol   I  Inner. 


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heartily  given,  and  the  school  children  gave  their  college  yell. 
At  the  hotel  an  informal  reception  was  given,  at  which  a  large 
number  of  people  gathered  to  greet  and  welcome  him,  although 
it  was  raining.  The  next  morning  General  Evans  was  escorted 
to  the  courthouse  through  open  ranks  of  old  soldiers.  At  the 
courthouse  there  were  songs  by  school  children,  and  "Dixie" 
was  played  on  the  piano  by  a  daughter  of  the  Confederacy. 
The  General  was  introduced  by  Colonel  Thornton  in  a  very 
happy  manner,  after  wmich  he  delivered  a  very  fine  address. 

After  dinner  the  crowd  assembled  at  the  courthouse  and 
formed  procession  and  marched  through  the  principal  streets 
of  the  city,  after  which  General  Evans  reviewed  the  procession 
from  a  stand  erected  for  that  purpose.  At  the  conclusion  of 
the  parade  a  real  jollification  occurred.  The  next  day  Gen- 
eral Evans  attended  the  State  Reunion  at  Little  Rock,  where 
he  made  a  tine  address.  Men,  women,  and  children  pressed 
around  the  stand  to  shake  hands  with  the  General. 

'f  he  parade  was  headed  by  the  band,  then  came  an  escort 
of  ten  young  girls  on  horseback,  then  carriages  containing 
General  Evans  with  prominent  Confederates,  and  next  were 
tin  sponsor  and  her  maids  of  honor,  followed  by  ten  young 
ladies  and  old  soldiers  on  horseback.  The  Sons  of  Veterans 
marched  on  foot,  a  fine  body  of  men. 

At  Pine  Bluff  Gens.  R.  M.  Knox  and  Tom  Greene  with  a 
large  automobile  met  their  guests  at  the  railroad  station,  and 
with  the  Camden  ladies  gave  them  a  delightful  excursion 
about   the  city.     The  ladies  "stole  a  march"  on  their  escorts. 

A  brief  report  of  the  State  Convention  U.  C.  V.  at  Little 
Rock,  at  which  General  Evans  was  guest  and  principal  orator, 
is  to  appear  later.  

LOYAL  LEGION  IN  REGARD  TO  GEN.  R.  E.  LEE. 

[The  Commandery  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  New  York  State 
goes  on  record  as  irrevocably  for — "the  shame  of  it !"] 

Whereas  one  of  the  fundamental  principles  of  the  Military 
Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States  is  "true  al- 
legiance to  the  United  States  of  America,  based  upon  para- 
mount respect  for  and  fidelity  to  the  national  constitution  and 
laws,  manifested  by  discountenancing  whatever  may  tend  to 
weaken  loyalty,  incite  to  insurrection,  treason  or  rebellion,  or 
impair  in  any  manner  the  efficiency  and  permanency  of  our 
free  institutions ;"  and  whereas  unswerving  loyalty  to  the 
national  government,  at  the  sacrifice  if  necessary  of  property, 
family,  and  life  itself,  should  stand  as  the  highest  duty  in  the 
heart  of  every  American ;  and  whereas  the  growing  commer- 
cial interests  which  deprecate  patriotic  condemnation  of  dis- 
loyal acts  and  expressions,  the  proposed  appropriation  by 
Congress  of  public  moneys  for  the  erection  in  the  National 
Capitol  of  a  statue  to  Gen.  Robert  E.  Lee,  late  commander 
of  the  Confederate  forces,  and  the  permitting  of  the  inscrip- 
tion on  monuments  erected  in  national  cemeteries  of  the  rec- 
ord of  service  in  arms  against  the  national  government  in- 
dicate diminishing  appreciation  of  this  sacred  duty,  possibly 
owing  to  changes  in  population  and  the  birth  of  new  genera- 
tions during  the  forty-four  years  since  the  war  of  the  re- 
bellion closed;  and  whereas  if  those  to  whom  the  war  of  the 
rebellion  is  history  only,  including  our  own  young  generation, 
do  not  learn  from  us  the  conceptions  of  true  patriotism,  we 
shall  fail  in  one  of  our  highest  and  noblest  duties ;  and  wdiere- 
as  for  the  reasons  set  forth  we  deem  this  an  appropriate  time 
to  reassert  the  basic  principles  of  national  loyalty  and  to 
draw  the  line  clearly  between  loyalty  and  disloyalty,  no  mat- 
ter how  the  latter  may  be  manifested  or  how  coupled  with 
exalted  character  or  admirable  personal  attributes,  to  the  end 


that  those  who  come  after  us  may  know  and.  knowing,  teach 
their  children  that  conception  of  duty  to  their  country  upon 
which  the  perpetuity  of  our  government  and  nation  must  for 
all  time  depend :  therefore  be  it 

Resolved:  I.  That  it  is  the  sense  of  this  Commandery  that 
no  statue,  monument,  or  memorial  to  any  one  for  whom  dis- 
tinction is  claimed  because  of  treasonable  service  against  the 
nation  should  be  permitted  in  the  National  Capitol,  and  no 
insignia  or  record  of  any  such  service  should  be  permitted  on 
any  monument  in  an}-  national  cemetery. 

2.  That  the  wearing  by  any  officer  or  employee  of  the  na- 
tional government  while  on  duty  of  Confederate  insignia  or 
uniforms  should  be  prohibited. 

3.  That  a  copy  of  this  preamble  and  resolutions  shall  forth- 
with be  sent  by  the  Recorder  of  this  Commandery  to  the  Com- 
mander in  Chief  and  each  Commandery  of  the  Military  Order 
of  the  Loyal  Legion  of  the  United  States,  to  the  President  and 
Vice  President  of  the  United  States,  to  the  Speaker  of  the 
House  of  Representatives,  and  to  each  member  of  Congress 
from  the  State  of  New  York,  and  that  he  furnish  a  copy 
thereof  to  the  daily  press  of  this  city  and  such  portion  of  the 
press  of  the  country  as  the  Commander  may  designate,  and 
that  the  Recorder  shall  at  the  next  meeting  of  this  Com- 
mandery report  the  execution  of  this  order. 

4.  That  all  organizations,  military  or  civic,  which  prize 
loyalty  to  the  national  government  be  requested  to  aid  in 
carrying  out  the  intent  of  the  preamble  and  resolutions. 

By  order  of  Brevet  Brig.  Gen.  Anson  G.  McCook,  United 
States   Volunteers,   Commander. 

A.  Xoel  Blakeman,  Acting  Assistant  Paymaster  late  LTnited 
States   Navy,   Recorder. 


They  may  call  President  Taft  to  account  for  permitting  a 
Southern  woman  to  pin  a  Confederate  badge  to  his  coat. 

The  general  organization  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  composed 
of  officers  of  three  years'  active  service  in  real  war,  will  hardly 
indorse  the  action  of  the  New  York  Commanderv. 


MEMBERS  OF   THE  CONFEDERATE   CONGRESS. 

In  the  October  Veteran  J.  A.  Orr  says  that  to  the  best  of 
his  knowledge  Judge  Campbell  and  he  are  the  last  members 
of  the  Provisional  Congress  and  he  is  the  last  of  the  second 
Congress.  Thomas  H.  Hays,  of  Louisville,  sends  the  Vet- 
eran the  names  of  two  other  of  these  Congressmen  who  are 
still  surviving.  Col.  Theodore  L.  Burnett,  who  is  one  of  the 
most  highly  esteemed  men  in  Louisville,  was  a  member  of 
the  Provisional  Congress,  also  a  member  of  the  first  and  sec- 
ond Congress.  He  is  now  in  his  eighty-first  year,  but  is  hale 
and  hearty.  After  the  war  he  returned  to  Louisville,  where 
he  is  one  of  the  city's  brightest  legal  lights.  Recently  Colonel 
Burnett  made  an  address  before  the  Albert  Sidney  Johnston 
Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  of  Louisville,  that  was  an  able  exposition 
of  the  questions  that  agitate  Confederate  circles. 

Col.  Robert  J.  Breckinridge,  of  Danville,  was  another  mem- 
ber of  the  Confederate  Congress.  He  is  strong  and  robust 
and  well  worthy  of  the  distinguished  name  he  bears. 


Jefferson  Davis  Home  Association. — Suggestions  by  R. 
J.  Hancock,  Charlottesville,  Va. :  "Instead  of  building  a  me- 
morial to  Mr.  Davis  I  would  have  memorial  windows  in  the 
Baptist  Church,  one  to  President  Davis  and  one  to  his  father, 
Mr.  Samuel  Davis.  Then  I  would  build  a  monument  of  the 
best  Tennessee  granite  a  suitable  distance  from  the  church  in 


^opfederat^  l/eterai). 


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case  of  lire  and  a  statue  of  President  Davis  something  like  the 
one  recommended  in  the  August  Veteran.  The  granite 
monument  should  be  either  round  or  three-cornered  like  a 
pyramid,  n<>t  less  than  fifty  feet  high.  Then  I  would  suggest 
that  each  Southern  State  furnish  two  or  three  of  its  hardiest 
young  trees  or  bushes  to  be  transplanted  and  cultivated  on  the 
twelve  acres  of  land  around  the  church.  For  instance,  suppose 
Louisiana  would  furnish  the  magnolia  and  the  live  "ak.  Texas 
the  pecan,  etc.,  Virginia  the  holly  and  maple  or  elm.  etc." 


ONE    i  V/OJV    ARMY  COMMANDER  I  I 
Widespread  circulation  was  given  to  the  statement  in  am- 
nection  with  the  death  of  Gen.  O.  O.  Howard,  which  occurred 
i     ently,  that  In  was  the  last  of  the  Union  army  commanders 

in    !li'    War    between    the    State-.      Believing    that    thi-    was    an 
error.   Gen.   G.    M.    Dodge   was   addressed   on   the   subject,   and 
In-   reply  is  here  given    (he  has  returned  to  Council   Bluffs, 
Iowa,  after  residing  a  long  while  in   New    York)  :  "There  is 
oik-    army    commander.    Maj.    Gen.    Grenville    M.    Dodge,    and 
corps  commanders,   Maj.   Gen.    Daniel    E    Sickles,   New 
York,   Mai    lien.  Julius  Staid.  New    York,  Maj.  Gen.  James 
II.    Wilson,    Wilmington,    I  '<  1  .    Maj.    Gen.    Wesley    Merritt, 
Washington,  D.  C.,  and   Maj.  Gen.   B.   II    Grierson,  Jackson- 
ville, 111      I  he  l.i -i  three  were  commanders  of  cavalry  corps." 
In  the  Confederal    government  higher  rank  was  given  than 
in  th<    United   States.     Samuel  Cooper,  Albert   Sidnej    John- 
ton,  J eph   E.  Johnston,  G.  T    Beauregard,  Braxton   Bragg, 

and   Robi    t]      Lei    were  full  generals      E.  Kirby  Smith  was 
made  full  general  on  Februarj    to,  [864,  with  temporary  rank, 
general     an    all  di  ad       1  hi  re  «  ei  e   sixteen  lieutenant 
Is,  .ill  of  h  hi  'in  are  di  ad  excepl  '  ii  n    Sirro  >n  B    Buckner. 
Genet  il   (Oli  ei    Otis)   Howard  in  his  last  very  kind  letter 
1  dated    April  6,    ioioi    to   the    Veteran    wroti      "I    sincerely 
thi     death    oi    Gen     Stephen    l'     Lee,    my   classmate 
ami  friend.    I  wa    in  hopi     that  he  and  I  might  have  mi  abid- 
ing influence  foi  irs  to  come  in  helping  on  man}  puh- 
in  th    mi'  n  -i  of  permam  nl  pi  ■  ■  - ■  ■  t  fellow- 
■  without  regard  to  gi  ogr.aphical  lim 


GRATlTi  I  .VS. 

many  things  that   I   am  thankful   for.     1  am  in 

iabli    health,  can  walk  a   short   distanci    to  church  and 

again,  and  enjoj  the  gospel  message  and  a  blessed  hope 

of  life  lux  on,  1  the  grave.    I  am  thankful  thai  the  God  of  heaven 

i  i  nun  i|  you  to  regain   your  hi  alth,   si  i  as   ti  i  keep   ch< 

I  and  otherwise  in  giving  us  true  liistorj   of 

our   beloved    South   and   the   principles    for    which   

stood   in   the   ioi  nun.  hi  oi   out    gloi  ii  iu  nment. 

May  In     ■  '   and  keep  you,  so  thai  you  may  continue  your 

work   until     o   qualified,  in  a  measun    al    least,  to 

lill  the  verj  important  place  that  you  have  so  long  filled!" 

'.  i.i.    Ark  .   who   served    with   <  lorn 
pany   B,   i8th   Virginia    Battalion    \rtillery,  writes  that   he  is 
"thankful  to  hai  irn  and. reared  a  'Johnnj  Reb'  and  to 

had  the  privilege  of  being  a  Confi  ildier."     He 

enlisted  whi  rs  old,  and  was  in  tin    Federal  prison 

at   Newport    News  three   months   after  thi    i  -1      lie 

arrived    home    July    ;.    [865.      ''"    served    tl nfed 

eighteen  mom  I  ■>  en  years  oi 

i  \N\    ARK. 

In  n  i"  i  iur  lis  to  write 

you  about  the  thiny-  we  feel  grateful  for,  I  will  say  that  I 


was  a  private  in  Company  E,  4th  Arkansas  Infantry,  McXair's 
Arkansas  Brigade,  Army  of  Tennessee 
In  the  great  battle  of  Murfreesboro,  or  "Stone'-  River,"  as 

the  Yankees  called  it,  I  was  severely  wounded  ju-t  hetoie 
-unrise  December  31,  1862.  I  was  taken  to  the  hospital  in 
Murfreesboro.  So  ninny  wounded  soldiers  were  there  that  I 
received  no  attention.  '  hie  of  the  surgeons  said:  "Don't  fool 
with  him  now.  In  the  morning  we  will  take  that  arm  op." 
"In  the  morning"  I  wa-  not  there,  for  soon  after  dark  I  crept 
out.  took  up  an  empty  bucket,  put  my  blanket  over  mj  wounded 
,11111.  and  passed  the  guard-  ;i-  if  1  were  going  to  the  pump 
out  on  the  street,  With  much  difficulty  I  reached  tin'  depot 
and  left  on  the  first  train  going  southward.  I  had  relatives, 
my  mother'-   people,  al    Shelbyville,  to  which   place    I    mad,    my 

painful,   wear}    wa]       M\    mother's   uncle,  Joseph   Green,  an 

aged    fanner    three    mile-    from    Shelbyville,    although    he    and 

hi-  goo, I  wife.  Aunt  Amy,  had  never  seen  me,  received  me  as 
if  I  had  been  theii  <  iw  n  si  >n 

I   am  truly  thankful  that  a  good,  kind   Pn  11  idi  W  1     guidi  d  me 

to  their  hospitable  home.  The  ladies  of  the  neighborhood, 
hearing  that  a  wounded  soldier  from  Arkansas  "a-  at  Uncle 
Joe  Green's,  came  to  see  me,  and  by  their  kindness  and  by  the 

care  of  a  country    doctOl    and   my   dear  old   aunt    mj    arm    was 
saved.     The  uncle  and  aunt  have  been  in  heaven  manj 
hut   their  kindness   to   a   poor,   sick,   and    wound,,!    soldier   «  ill 
never  he  forgotten 

T    am    now    sixty-nine   year-    old    and    nearly    half    a    century 

has  passed  awaj    since    1    received  the  kindness  of  my    ["en- 
friends  and  relatives;  and  although  I  never  havi     een 
any  of  them  since   I  left  them  a  well  boj   to  rejoin  mj   com- 
mand, I  never  have  ceased  to  be  grateful  to  them 


Suggested  that   Pellagra   Caused  Di  mm        i     Vnderson 
vit. le. — Dr.  G.   W,    Kerr,  of  Corsicana,    lev.  at   a   Southern 
medical  convention  in  New   Orleans  recently,  mad,-  the  asser- 
tion   that    many    death-    in     V.ndersonville    Prison    in    1 

in,  to  pi  llagra  in  -t,  ad  of  yellov  fever,  a  has  bi  en  pre- 
sumed through  these  many,  many  yeai  I  view  was 
further  strengthened,  Dr.  Kerr  -aid.  h\  the  fact  that  musty 
Or  -polled  corn,  generally  accredited   bj    the  medical    fraternity 

ing  perhaps  the  cause  of  pellagra,  constituted  the  main 

diet  of  the  p  1  e  "f  inability  to  furnish  them  other 

1  onsensus  of  opinion  among  tie'  physician    who 

pn   .uted  papers  on  the  subject  was  that  pellagra  is  an, 
hi,    to  spoiled  com,        

Jj  wiiii-  Sign  \i  I  orf  J.  R.  Finlej .  oi  Vlarii  m,  1  ■  . 
writes:  "The  last  two  veal  oi  the  wai  I  wa  .1  member  of 
in  Jean,  it,'-  companj  oi  Major  Milligan's  signal  corps, 
with  our  headquarters  in  the  customhouse  at  Petersburg  and 
our  signal  line-  on  the  Appomattox  and  Jam,-  Rivers  Some- 
times when  the  bombardment  of  r 

we  had  to  -vnd  messages  from  th,-  roof  of  the  customhouse. 
It  wa-  not  a  verj  safe  or  desirable  service  Since  we  left  Ap- 
pomattox C.  II  I  have  i"  d  from  hut  one 
member  of  th,    corps.     I  would  be  verj   Mad  if  any  member 

\\,,iil,l   write  to  me"         

It  is  very  much  regretted  that  many  article-  prepared  for 

thi.   issue  '  1    for   the   Januarj    issue. 

One  with  i  d  to  the  Georgia  I  (ii 

1.  G,  at  W<  -1    Point   1,  ads  in  the  li-t.     In  th,    efforl   to 

advance  the  publication  daj   the  first   forms  with  article-  that 

might   ii.'i '    I"    n  deferred  wen  ent  to  press.      I  he  January 

1  he  unusualh  attractive. 


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Qopf  edera  t<^   l/eterai}, 


PRESi    '  D  TO  S0UTH1  R 

ident  Taft  tool  ci  ion  al  (  i  lumbus,  Miss.,  to  paj 
tribute  to  Secretary  of  War  Dickinson.  In  his  speech  at 
Jackson  the   President   said  of  S  cretarj    Dickinson: 

"Now  I  have  got  'Mack'  Dickinson  in  the  Cabinet.     He  di  I 
ime  because  he  wanted  to.     He  came  because  he  knew 
why   I   wanted  him.     1   wanted  him  becausi    !   wanted  to 
an  earnest  example  ti  iuth  of  the  truth  of  my  declara- 

tion that  I  was  anxious  to  bring  you  closer  to  the  govern- 
ment at  Washing  :  !  also  to  k  him  because  I  wanted 
one  of  the  ablest  men  of  the  country  who  does  tilings,  and  I 
Panama  ('anal  built,  and  '  I  new  if  he  took  hold 
of  it  it  would  go. 

"One  of  your  great  heroi  of  Mi  si  ippi  is  Jefferson  Davis, 
and    1    am   glad   that    the   administration    at    Washington    has 

»ni   the  evi ce  of  that  extreme  partisan  bitterness  of 

Cabin  John  Bridge  and  that  his  name  is  restored  there  as 
try  of  War.  and  I  am  glad  because  I  know  and  can 
from  my  experience  in  the  South  that  the  same  joy 
that  they  experience  at  that  act  on  the  part  of  the  administra- 
tion i-  the  j"\  of  a  common  countrj  and  loyalty  to  a  com- 
mon flag. 

"I  am  glad  to  be  in  the  city  of  your  great  General  Lee.  I 
am  indeed  sorry  that  it  was  not  given  me  to  meet  him  in 
person  and  receive  that  kindly,  gentle  influence  that  he  shed 
wherever  he  moved.  1  am  especially  sorry  not  to  have  been 
aide  to  come  into  his  presence  and  to  talk  in  regard  to  the 
relations  of  the  South  to  the  rest  of  the  Union,  because  he  rep- 
n  sented  that  spirit  which  I  would  invoke  on  the  part  of  every 
Southerner  with  respect  to  the  whole  country. 

"My  friends,  one  cannot  come  before  a  Southern  audience, 
being  a  Northern  man,  without  having  a  memory  of  that 
which  is  in  the  past,  and  he  cannot  come  in  the  capacity  in 
which  1  come,  as  your  President,  without  thanking  God  that 
the  past  is  over — nut  that  we  are  attacking  what  the  past  is, 
hut  that  we  have  passed  through  that  awful  trial  on  both  sides 
that  certified  to  the  world  the  fiber  of  our  natures  and  the 
strength  i.f  the  American  people  in  order  to  show  that  we 
were  equal   to  any  in  the   world.     *  Now   that   is   what 

1  know  the  Southern  nature  to  he  and  that  is  why  I  come 
and  appeal  to  you,  if  appeal  is  necessary,  and  I  don't  believe 
il  i-.  and  1  hold  the  hands  of  an  administration  that  is  not 
seeking  your  votes  hut  is  asking  your  support  and  sympathy 
during  an  administration   already  begun. 

"I  cherish  your  cordial  reception,  and  I  cherish  it  more 
because  it  had  so  little  to  do  with  putting  me  where  I  am. 
That  is  what  gives  flavor  to  your  cheers,  that  is  what  gives 
an  extra  grip  to  your  hand,  and  that  is  what  makes  me  value 
the  kindly  look  in  your  eyes." 

Taft's   Talk  in  the  Confederate  Capital. 

Referring  to  his  avowed  policy  of  showing  his  respect  and 
con  ideration  for  the  South  by  appointing  to  Federal  offices 
in  the  South  men  whose  appointment  would  commend  them- 
selves in  the  communities  in  which  they  live,  President  Taft 
said  he  had  been  carrying  out  that  policy  as  far  as  he  bad 
been  able  and  would  continue  to  do  so. 

Me  is  quoted  by  the  Associated  Press  as  follows: 
"\\  e  have  reached  a  point  in  this  country  when  we  can  look 
back,  not  without  love,  not  without  intense  pride,  but  without 
partisan  passion,  to  the  events  of  the  Civil  War.  We  have 
reached  a  point,  I  am  glad  to  say,  when  the  North  can  admire 
to  the  full  the  heroes  of  the  South  and  the  South  admire 
to  the  full  the  heroes  of  the  North. 


"There  is  a  monument  in  Quebec  that  always  comn 
itself  to  me.  a  monument  to  commemorate  the  battle  of  the 
Plains  of  Abraham,  and  on  one  face  of  that  beautiful  structure 
is  the  name  of  Montcalm  and  on  the  other  side  the  nai 
Wolfe.  'I  hat  always  seemed  to  in.  to  be  the  acme  of  wdiat 
we  ought  to  reach  in  this  country,  and  1  am  glad  to  say  that 
in  nn  own  .lima  Mater  of  Yale  we  have  established  an  as- 
sociation for  the  purpose  of  erecting  within  her  academic 
precincts  a  memorial  not  to  the  Northern  Yale  men  who  died, 
not  to  tin-  Southern  Yale  men  who  died,  but  to  the  Yale  nun 
w  In  i  died  in   the  Civil  \\  ar. 

"And  so  it  is  that  1  venture  to  hope  that  the  project  sug- 
gested by  my  predecessor,  President  Roosevelt,  may  he  al- 
luded to  by  me  with  approval  and  the  expression  of  the  hopi 
that  it  i-  coming  to  fruition — to  wit,  that  there  should  he  a 
greal  memorial  in  honor  of  Gen.  Robert  E.  Lee  in  the  i 
lishment  of  what  he  himself  would  value  more  highly — a 
great  school  of  engineering  at  Washington  and  Lee  Univer- 
sity— and  I  take  this  opportunity  to  express  my  deep  sympathy 
in  that  movement  and  my  desire  to  aid  it  in  every  wa 
sible  and  proper."  

M0NUM1   -  '      FO    HOODS    TEXAS    BRIG  \Dl 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  Hood's  Texas  Brigade  \ na- 
tion held  in  Jefferson,  'lex.,  in  June,  moo,  Capt.  F.  B.  Chil- 
ton, of  Angleton.  was  reflected  president  of  the  committee 
having  in  charge  the  erection  of  a  monument  to  Hood's  I  i  cas 
Brigade  on  the  State  Capitol  grounds  at  Austin.  Captain 
Chilton  went  into  the  war  before  he  was  sixteen  years  of 
age  as  a  member  of  Company  H,  4th  Texas  Regiment,  and 
rose  to  the  rank  of  captain  before  he  was  eighteen,  lie  was 
born  in  Alabama,  hut  has  lived  in  Texas  since  he  was  six 
years  old,  and  is  thoroughly  identified  as  a  native  of  that 
State  and  having  its  good  much  at  heart.  The  crowning 
work  id"  his  life  is  the  building  of  this  monument  to  Hood's 
Brigade,  and  its  dedication  in  May,  IOIO,  is  assured  through 
the  generous  contribution  of  the  McNeel  .Marble  Company, 
of  Marietta.  Ga.,  who  have  the  construction  in  hand. 

At  the  last  meeting  of  the  Association  in  Jefferson,  Tex.. 
in  June  designs  were  submitted  by  the  McNeel  Company 
with  specifications  and  plans,  together  with  their  generous 
offer  to  erect  a  $15,000  monument  for  $10,000,  the  difference 
in  cost  being  their  contribution  to  the  monument.  The  two 
McNeels  composing  the  firm  are  natives  of  Texas,  but  now 
adopted  sons  of  Georgia,  and  it  was  to  honor  their  native 
State  and  in  memory  of  the  1 8th  Georgia  Regiment,  which 
was  a  part  of  Hood's  Texas  Brigade,  that  they  made  this 
handsome   donation   toward  the  monument. 


New  Officers  of  the  New  York  Camp. — The  following 
were  elected  as  officers  and  executive  committeemen  of  the 
New  York  Camp  for  the  coming  year  at  the  annual  meeting 
in  October:  Commander,  Edward  Owen;  Lieutenant  Com- 
mander. R.  W.  Gwathmey;  Adjutant,  C.  R.  Hatton;  Pay- 
master, W.  S.  Keiley ;  Chaplain,  Rev.  G.  S.  Baker ;  Surgeon, 
Dr.  J.  Harvie  Hew;  Executive  Committee,  Powdiatan  Wei- 
siger,  E.  Selvage,  F.  C.  Rogers ;  associate  members,  Thomas 
B.  Gale,  Carroll  Sprigg. 

It  is  unattached  to  the  general  organization  of  the  U.  C.  V., 
but  steps  were  immediately  taken  to  form  a  Camp  in  New 
York  to  he  attached,  and  Gen.  Clement  Evans  was  so  notified. 
A  regular  Camp  in  the  United  Confederate  Veterans  in  (not 
of)  New  York  is  well  on  its  way  and  will  soon  be  heard  from 
in  the  general  organization  of  the  LT.  C.  V. 


(^opfederat^   i/eterar? 


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ii'in   IMMICR  I  '  !  S     //'  TH. 

I    G    B    Bulloch  sends  from  V.        i         n,  D.  ( '..,  letters 
From    <   ipt.    J. i;iirs    I  >.    Bulloch,    uncle    of    former    President 

11 1         i  •.tit.  who  was  with   Admiral  Semmes  on  the 

iid   later   naval   representative  "i    tin    Confederate 
government  in  England.      \  quotation  is  as  foil  u    aj 

in  your  letter  that   I  missed    i  g     d  thing  b)   not  acting  upon 

your  information  in   regard   to   Florida   1 1   sonn    yeat 

■    "i     l       i  i    information,    I    wa     inquii  ing  i  m  behall   i  ii 

capitalists   who   wished   special    details  as  to  quality   of 
imi  ile  im  rease  oi    pi  ipu 

etc.     When  your   reply  wa     received     •     a  mitted  the 
i  once,  and  the)    did  not  think   the  pi 

■  in   thu     I    i    d  terred   from  venturing  upon  enterprises 
in    tin     Southern    States    I  is   they  allei 

erous  loi  ik.    < 
hi.    ivill  onh    flow  in  what  are  thought  to  bi    safe  chan 
ril-.  and   I    fear  that   it  will   be   some  years  yet   before  there 
will  be  much  chai  cc  of  ind       ig  Briti       in 

S  iitthei  n  ■   upon  increas- 

ing population  and  quiet  politics  foi  If  I  did  not  act 

i   ii.  n  was  Hi  it   for  \\  ant   i  it   intei  i  -i  in  the 
mr  statistics,  but  becau  i    I 
had    no   money   to    im  elf   and    I    could    find   no   capi- 

talists willing  to  join  in  .'in    land  speculation  ;o  Eai    South." 

I     Speer  write-  from  Chattanooga  to  the  Nashville    Ameri- 
can  oi    tin      hookworm"   and   tin    "pellagra"    hoax — tin 

i  up  to  deter    Northern  farmers  from  coming   South  and 
tin   last  fabricated  to  .ml  wheal  speculato 
A  Dr.  Stile-  asserted  tli.it  theri  four  million-  of  S 

icted   with   hookworm;   the  Carter  woman   lets 
.  million!     All   our   Southern  doctors  are  ig 
noramuscs!     This  is  the  natural  inferenci  '      And  all   South 
land  i-  so  polluted,  according  to  Stiles's  article  in  the  World's 
Work,  that   to  walk   upon   ii   is  to  become  corrupted!     Sum 
flying    specials    from   anywhere   have   reported   some   casi 
pellagra— none  believabl      and  if   Dr.  Stiles  were  called  upon 
to  produci   .i  hookworm,  he  v       .     how  the  larva  of  a  horse- 
il\ .  which  hi    can  i  ibtain  in  the  opi  n 
English  farmers  an  looking  I  ■  our  countrj  for  home-     Will 
come  in  tin  u  h  mon  iron-  slanders  that  travel- 

ritcrs  are  circulating  and  that   Southern  editors  are  al- 
ii wing  to  stand  undisputed?     Their  supinencss  is  as  amazing 

as  tin    impudi  i f  i  mr  t  raducers. 

Captain    Bulloch's   lettei    was   written   October  8,    1891,   and 
ilains,  although  .1  mere  reference,  more  fully  perhaps  than 
any  prepared  paper  on  the  subject  the  reason  whj    For 
cigners  have  not  been  indu  ed  I me  to  the  South. 


Mil  I  S'S   PARI    l\    Ml.ii.  Kl  ING    l'V    DAVIS. 

1         .11  MiK    MERIWETHER,   SI      LOUIS 

ill.  -  mbi     'on        ,  page  558,  contains  an  article  from 

I    W.  Kaye  in  which  he  endi  tvoi     to  1     .ii.  1   ti    General 
Miles    from    the    infamy    of    shackln         I         rson     Davis,      lie 
that   Miles  did  it  in  obedience  to  order-  from  Washing 
ton.     Kayi  he  was  a  lieutenant  and  had  chargi   of  the  de- 

tail that    shackled    Mr.    Davis      It    i-   evident   that    Mr     Kayi 
know-  nothing  of  Mile-'-  motives  or  the  orders  under  which 

111    a.  I 

Miles  must  ever  wear  the  brand  of  infamy  for  that 
cow  ardlj  act      Charli  Dan  i  Secretary  of  V\  ar, 


-.'.a-  at  I ■'.  e  i  Monroe  the  day  M      '  ;  I  Cl-n 

brought  into  the  fort   from  the  steamer  Clyde.  May  22, 
[865.     In  ,1  n  port  mad  :  that  d  i)  b)    1  < 

af   War.  he  describes   witl  d      ,:       e  prei  .union 

\  <  nt    Mr.   I  >a\  is's  escape.     Dat  "  Phe  at ; 

meiit-   fi  r  thr   security    of  the  prisoners  seem  to  me  to  be  as 
1     as   could  be    lesircd.     Each  oin      ecu  i  s  the  inner 
roi  m  .  if  .1  .  dy  barred.     A 

within  i"  door  leading  into  the  outer 

1    but   ate    1  .    bars 

fastened   on    the   outside       I  wo  oth  -    stand 

i  ■        door-       An  also  1  OH  duty  in  tit! 

1  min- 
01   of   all  i-  Ink  imi  the 

key   i-   kept    exel  ral  officer  of  the   1 

A  strong 
lin     of  si  mi  ie-  cuts  off  all  access  to  tin 

;    lute   is   stationed  on   the  top 
overhead,  and  a   third  lin.  I   across  the  moat-  on   the 

of    ■   'ii   11.  ment." 
Iln..,     in. a      .11 .    . .        Ii       .ii.     nasonn  fi         1   more 

thick,  and  1  le,  filled  with  wati 

.  e.'i  elude-  his  rem  irt,  -a  .  ing  :  "Tin    c  isemati     on  1 
side  at  11  thosi      ccupied 

in.  and  -'  .Mi  ■  \  iamp 

constant!)    burning    in      tch  of  the  rooms      1   1,  \     noi 
order-  to  have  the  prisoners  placed  in  irons.  1  Hal- 

Kck   seemed   opposed   to   it;   but    General    Miles   is   instructed 
to  Itavi    fetters  readj   if  he  thinks  them  neces 

Thus  it  was  left  to   Miles's  discretion,  and  tin    next  daj   la 
-hackled    Mi     Davis,   though   he    will   knew    Mr.    I 
110  mi  hi    .  scapi    than  tie    pi  isi  mer  1  if   ( 'lull-  in 

Five  1  1.  Ma)   28,  Stanton  on  hearing  that  Mr.  Davis 

had  been  shackled  telegraphed  to   Miles  to  know    wh)    it   had 
been  done  and  instantly  to  remove  the  iron-  from  him. 


Monuments  for  Louisiana  S 1      Vicksburg   Pari 

—  An  effort  i-  being  nude  by  the  Vicksburg  Militar)  Park 
Commission  and  other-  interested  in  the  work  to  erect  monu- 
ments or  markers  to  the  different  Louisiana  comi  lands,  mem- 
ell  in  the  defensi  01  Vicksburg  I  he  commis- 
sion ha-  requested  the  Times  Democrat  of  \...  Orleans  to 
receive  all  contributions  toward  these  monuments,  the  esti- 
mated cost  of  which  will  I  ■  for  tin  thirteen  which  it 
is  proposed  to  erect 

It  is  the  desire  of  the  commission  that  the  regimental  and 
batterj  monuments  Le  erected  from  contributions  from  the 
..iii. hi-  of  tin-  respective  commands,  in  which  case  it  would 
.  1...  sible  i"  use  all  the  appropriation  the  commission  expects 
Co  get  from  the  Louisiana  Legislatun  for  1  central  monument 
to  i,e  erected  to  the  entire  fort)  on,  regiments  and  batteries 
engaged  m  the  siege  The  commands  to  whom  the  monuments 
aie  to  he  .  Baldwin      B  igadc,  Herbert's   Brigade, 

Shoup's    Brigade,    Stevenson's    Division,    Forney's    Division, 
Waul's   Texas    Legion,    Mark's   com  1  •    Regiment 

The    inscriptions   will    detail    all   the   engag  1    each   and 

the  nam.  -  ..!    tin    dead   w  ho  w  .  •  "e  in  till    b 

Pensacola,  Ida  .  ha-  a  tall  shaft  of  granite  surmounted  by 
a  figure  "f  a  private  soldier  standing  with  folded  arms.  \t 
id.  basi  .tin.  haft  are  large  mounds  of  piled-up  cannon  balls. 
This;  is  situated  on  k  I  I  ..  Square,  the  high  1  point  in 
■  l.i.  .111. 1  was  erected  by  the  local  I  I1  C  ;.t  a  cost  of 
J.,  an  $;  ... 


584 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai). 


Confederate  1/eterai?. 

S.  A.  CUNNINGHAM,  Editor  and  Proprietor. 
Office:  Methodist  Publishing  House  Building,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

This  publication  is  the  personal  property  of  '  A.  Cunningham.  All  per- 
sons who  approve  its  principles  and  realize  its  L  .ents  as  an  organ  for  Asso- 
ciations throughout  the  South  are  requested  to  commend  its  patronage  and  to 
coSperate  in  extending  its  circulation.     Let  each  one  be  constantly  diligent. 

Recently  the  Veteran  expended  about  two  hundred  dollars 
in  reminding  subscribers  of  time  to  renew,  and  responses  are 
most  gratifying.  There  is  less  of  complaint  by  delinquents 
than  at  any  former  notice,  and  the  response  in  sending  for 
three  years  ($2.50)  is  quite  general.  A  Pennsylvania  letter 
states :  "I  thank  you  for  the  offer  of  three  years  for  $2.50, 
but  since  1861  I  have  never  cut  my  Confederate  dues."  A 
venerable  comrade  declines  to  pay  for  three  years  because  he 
"don't  expect  to  live  that  long,"  but  expects  to  pay  as  long 
as  he  lives.  The  three  years'  payments  are  earnestly  sought, 
as  it  saves  considerable  expense  in  typesetting  for  renewals 
and  is  really  more  convenient  to  subscribers.  The  three 
years  for  $2.50  or  five  years  for  $4  include  any  back  dues. 

Now  a  word  to  every  patron  about  the  date  by  your  name. 
It  means  the  time  to  which  you  arc  paid!  If  you  would  be 
governed  by  that,  you  could  save  about  $1,000  to  the  publica- 
tion each  year.  Instead  of  writing,  "Please  send  statement  of 
what  I  owe."  look  to  that  date,  and  you  will  know.  Please 
look  l"  that  now.  Time  is  remorseless  and  current  expense 
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that,  while  the  expenses  of  nearly  every  kind  have  largely 
increased,  the  Veteran  remains  at  $1  a  year.  Various  pub- 
lishers have  increased  their  prices ;  but  the  Veteran  will  con- 
tinue at  $1  a  year  and  lie  as  good  as  possible  for  the  money. 

The  editor  of  the  Veteran  is  puzzled  that  many  personal 
friends  who  live  in  luxury  and  would  cheerfully  spend  the 
price  of  subscription  for  several  years  for  his  entertainment 
do  not  order  the  magazine.  When  they  read  copies,  they  are 
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Veteran.     Friends  could  afford  to  expend  $1  a  year. 

Supplemental  articles  about  the  U.  D.  C.  Convention  and 
an  interesting  report  of  the  Georgia  State  Convention  U.  D. 
C.  are  held  over  for  the  January  issue. 


MEETING  OF  U.  C.  V.  CAMPS  ON  SUNDAYS. 

\  few  years  ago  the  Sunday  meetings  of  the  Fort  Worth 
Camp  0j  Confederate  Veterans  were  discussed  at  length,  and 
the  action  was  criticised  by  ministers.  The  meetings  were, 
and  are,  continued  just  the  same,  however.  Recently  the 
editor  of  the  Veteran  was  in  Dallas,  Tex.,  on  Sunday  morn- 
ing when  tens  of  thousands  of  people  burdened  the  street 
cars  for  the  Dallas  Fair.  It  seemed  shockingly  sacrilegious, 
and  it  was.  Later  in  the  day  he  went  to  Fort  Worth,  and  on 
the  journey  he  meditated  upon  the  propriety  of  the  R.  E.  Lee 
Camp  having  its  meetings  on  Sunday.  In  contrast  to  what 
he  hail  just  witnessed  it  seemed  a  refuge,  and  he  was  gratified 
to  anticipate  seeing  many  comrades  and  friends  upon  arrival 
at  the  courthouse  in  Fort  Worth,  which  was  realized  far 
more  joyously  than  was  expected.  See  next  page  for  the  re- 
port of  that  meeting  by  Judge  Cummings,  the  Historian. 

The  meditation  of  the  subject,  the  consideration  of  our 
comrades'  purposes  of  the  organization,  their  advanced  years, 
and  all  they  can  have  for  motive  in  their  gatherings  made 
Sunday  meetings  seem  most  appropriate  in  every  way.  Their 
purposes  are  wholly  patriotic  and  religious.  Their  meetings 
are   entirely  public ;   committees   have   special  charge  of  busi- 


ness matters,  and  only  reports  are  made  at  these  meetings. 
It  furnishes  occasion  for  all  persons  interested  in  their  affairs 
to  associate  with  them,  and  there  is  so  much  of  worship  in 
them  whereby  comrades  who  do  not  go  to  church — often 
because  they  are  so  poorly  clad — are  led  to  higher  ideals. 
Then  there  is  singing  of  the  finest  kind,  while  services  are 
always  opened  and  closed  with  prayer  and  benediction  by  the 
Chaplain  or  a  minister. 

If  every  Camp  of  Confederates  would  have  its  meetings  at 
three  o'clock  every  Sunday  in  the  year  with  open  doors,  there 
doubtless  would  be  an  amazing  revival  of  interest  in  Confed- 
erate organizations.  By  this  means  even  two  or  three  veterans 
of  Camps  that  have  surrendered  their  charters  could  resur- 
rect an  interest  that  would  be  of  lasting  benefit.  Daughters 
of  the  Confederacy  might  take  this  matter  in  hand  and  by 
their  presence  electrify  every  man  who  was  faithful  in  the 
greatest  struggle  of  mankind.  Gen.  K.  M.  Van  Zandt,  one  of 
the  foremost  bankers  of  Texas  and  an  eminent  citizen,  as 
Commander  of  the  Fort  Worth  Camp  inaugurated  this  move- 
ment and  stands  by  it,  although  he  is  Commander  of  the  greal 
Texas  Division  and  would  make  an  honored  Commander  in 
Chief.  Gen.  Van  Zandt  has  ever  stood  for  the  best  moral  and 
most  devout  Christian  principles. 

Such  meetings  should  be  held  in  the  best  places  practicable. 
Where  Camps  have  not  suitable  quarters,  court  rooms,  public 
halls,  or  desirable  churches  could  doubtless  be  procured. 

Cheerful  as  we  may  be  with  surroundings,  it  is  a  fact  that 
Confederate  veterans  are  all  growing  old,  and  such  a  revival 
of  interest  might  be  had  by  the  plan  to  meet  every  Sunday 
and  discuss  matters  to  their  interest — necessary  deeds  of 
charity  and  attention  to  the  sick,  the  recital  of  stories  of  camp 
and  battle — as  would  create  an  interest  for  good  beyond  any- 
thing that  could  be  done.  Such  meetings,  animated  by  the 
presence  of  Daughters  with  their  smiles  and  songs,  the  songs 
of  children,  songs  of  veterans,  by  young  men  quartets,  would 
tend  more  than  anything  yet  undertaken  to  interest  the  sons 
and  grandsons  of  veterans,  who  must  begin  soon,  if  ever,  to 
stand  for  their  ancestors  in  their  contention  for  the  principles 
which  meant  "the  greatest  good  to  the  greatest  number." 
Such  an  undertaking  would  ere  long  induce  many  ci  imrades  wra  1 
never  before  "talked  in  meeting"'  to  tell  in  their  simple  way 
stories  of  the  war  that  would  be  entertaining  and  profitable 
to  their  hearers  and  revive  the  spirit  of  the  veterans  as  noth- 
ing else  would. 

Comrades,  give  the  matter  a  trial.  Daughters  of  the  Con- 
federacy, you  could  not  do  more  for  the  veterans  than  to  bring 
about  such  action  in  localities  where  veteran  organizations  are 
waning.  The  Sterling  Price  Camp  at  Dallas  and  perhaps 
many  others  are  meeting  on  Sunday  afternoons. 

Why  not  use  Sunday  for  the  best  that  can  he?  There  i-  a 
sacredness  of  the  day  that  would  tend  to  the  best  of  influences. 
Such  meetings  would  strengthen  the  social  relations  between 
tile  men.  tile  women,  and  the  children  who  instinctively  like 
to  know  each  other  and  would  create  friendships  of  lasting 
benefit.  They  could  not  be  too  clannish.  Much  would  be 
gained  and  nothing  lost  by  such  association. 

Ali  well  persons  are  on  trial  every  day  and  every  second. 
Such  associations  would  tend  to  moral  uplifting,  and  an  inci- 
dental feature  should  be  to  decry  profanity.  Young  men  and 
boys  should  be  taught  the  loathsomeness  of  profanity.  Indeed. 
there  ought  to  be  laws  established  and  executed  making  pro- 
fanity punishable  by  the  courts. 

The  Veteran  would  like  the  views  of  comrades  and  Daugh- 
ters concerning  the  foregoing  suggestions. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap 


585 


STORY  OF  R.  E.  LEE  CAMP,  FORT  WORTH,  TEX. 

BY  C.   I      CUMM1NGS,  ITS    MAN. 

S.  \  Cunningham,  editor  oi  the  Confederate  Veteran, 
dropped  in  on  this  Camp  at  its  three  o'clock  meeting  Sunday, 
Octobei  24,  "ii  his  ivaj  home  to  Nashville  from  the  annual 
Convention  of  the  United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  held 
ai  Houston.  His  apparition  was  so  sudden  and  unexpected 
and  his  many  years'  labors  for  true  Southern  history  are  so 
fullv  known  and  so  highly  appreciated  by  this  Camp  that  lie 
given  an  ov;  tioi  -   membei  of  the  large  audience,  in- 

cluding Sons  and  Daughters,  gathering  about  him,  glad  of  the 
privilegi   ol  taking  him  1  >.\  the  hand 

F01  the  nineteen  years  of  the  life  of  this  ('amp  Comrade 
Cunningham  had  watched  its  phenomena!  growth  from  a  small 
ling  to  its  present  size  as  among  the  largest  in  the 
1  ederation.  He  said  thai  .it  first  he  wa  dubious  of  the  pro- 
priety of  its  meeting  on  Sundaj  ;  but  as  its  management  under 
this  condition  had  proven  so  beneficial,  and  seeing  its  practical 
operation,  il  opening  and  closing  with  prayer,  its  reports  ol 
its  various  committees  (cemetery,  mortuary,  relief  committee 
foi  the  helpless),  its  musical  feature  as  a  valuable  adjunct,  and 

the   large   audi  nee   every    Sunday   aftern and    no 

being  inspired  by  the  warm  welcome  he  received  as  the  ex- 
ponent of  the  objects  and  purposes  of  our  cause,  he  requested 
the  Historian  of  the  Camp  to  write  its  historj  for  the  Vet- 
eran, that  others,  seeing  the  g I  this  Camp  had  done,  might 

be  encouraged  to  follow  its  splendid  example;  and  this  is  how 
thi     tory  of  our  1  'amp  1  omes  to  be  told. 

Jusl   twentj    yeai     ago  at    New    Orleans   the   federation  of 
the  various  I  onfederate  organizations  in  the  South  by  many 
names  were  merged   into  one  as  the  United   Confederate    \  el 
1  rail         I  he   yeai    following  the  first  General  Reunion  was  held 

at  Chattanooga,  October  14,  1890.  Nineteen  years  ago  the 
Lee  <  amp  Fori  Worth,  was  organi  ed,  and  it  has  met  every 
week  since  thai  date  For  some  time  the  attendance  was  Inn 
and  th''  interest    lagged      The   veterans   were  busy  on   week 

days  and  many  had  not  time  to  attend.  Then  .Maj.  1\  M 
Van  Zandt,  of  the  ;th  Texas  Infantry,  one  of  the  original  or- 
ganizers of  the  ('amp.  was  elected  Commander  of  the  ('amp. 

and  3  happj  idea  occurred  t"  him  to  change  the  time  of  meet- 
ing  to    Sunday   at    three  o'clock. 

rin  onstitution  prescribing  a  few  officers  for  the 

ithers  to  be  en  ated  bj  tin   membei  -.  1  iur  1  'amp 

I'M  d  a  I  haplain  t"  open  and  conclude  the  services  and  of- 

11    inin  rals       I  1"    O  'nfi  di  rati      imple   bui  ial    formula 

idopted,  in  which   .1   sprig   ol    evergreen  dropped  in  the 

h.   each  membei   attests  the  hope  of  a  life  everlasting 

rhe  general  constitution  mad-'  no  provision   for  the  office  of 

Historian,  annual  reports  of  a  historical  committee  being   thi 

oi   perpetuating  historical  events  by  the  general  body. 

I        Camp  en  tted  the  offio    of  Historian,  and  calls  for  that 

meeting    to    pre  enl    such    current    matters    of 

veil    '     i"  1  tim  nl   1  \  ents   in   our  past   his- 

1,1      ii  mid  '1'  em  1  ii     i"  1  ial   moment.     From  this  ex 

ample  of  I    •    Camp  thus  earlj   arl  ipted  the  Historians  of  all 

Othi       '  have    sprung 

During  all  tin   1  Lee  I   imp  has  had  but  one  Historian, 

who  wa-  also  chosen  Historian  "i  the  State   Divisi  'ii  on  the 
of  the  commanding  general,  Maj    Gen    K    M    Van  Zandl 
'lli.    Veteran   has  kindly  published  a  brief  of  hi-  annual  re- 
ports   i"  thi    State   Division   in   several   numbi 

ssitj  i"i  ti-  ition  of  these  <  lamps  « .1-  made 

in  the  death  oi  Ii  adi  1     Ji  ffi  1  son   1  lavis, 

89.    As  our  vicai  ii  >u<   suffei  ei   In    had  fr.i'un  I 


crucifixion  in  mind  and  the  deepest  humiliation  in  body  by 
the  shackles  of  ignominy  placed  on  him  in  his  casemated  cell 
at  Fortress  -Monroe  by  "the  best  government  the  world  ever 
saw."  lie  was  to  the  end  barred  from  the  full  privileges 
of  an  American  citizen  by  this  unjust  discrimination. 

Comrade     Cunningham     was     not     alone     in     doubting     the 
propriety   "f    meeting  on    Sunday.      There   came   certain 
importations  in  ministerial  garb  ol    a    -"it    that  imagine,    |i\,i- 
to  be  a  field  "J   missionary  exploitation,  and  thus  their  mission 

wa  like  Tit'-  at  the  Donnybrook  Fair.  These  thundered 
at  the  R.  E,  Tie  Camp  for  desecrating  the  Sabbath  Follow- 
ing the  words  of  the  apostle,  that  "pure  religion  and  undi  I  1'  d 
before  God"  is  to  \  isii  the  fatherless  and  widows  in  their 
afflictions,  the  Camp  i  sued  to  the  public  a  statement  oi  ii  , 
objects  and  purposes,  quoting  the  fifth  clause  in  Article  II.  of 
its  constitution:  "To  see  that  the  disabled  are  eared  for  and 
that  a  helping  hand  be  i  xtended  to  the  needy  and  that  Con- 
federate widows  .Hid  orphans  are  properly  protected;  t"  in 
still  into  our  descendants  a  proper  regard  for  these  aims  and 
to  bring  them  into  association  with  our  organization  thai 
they  ma)  aid  us  in  accomplishing  these  ends,  and  finally  to 
take  up  our  work  whenever  we  leave  it" 

The    records    of    the    Camp    show     that    during    the    nineteen 

years  of  its  life  it  has  expended  nineteen  thou  .Mid  dollars 
through  our  relief  committee  t"  the  worthy  objects  indicated 
and  in  relieving  di  unite  comrades  'Tin-  funds  for  these 
purposes  came  from  i.  ones  by  prominent  men  friendly  to 
our  cause,  such  as  Bob  Taylor  and  the  peerless  Gordon,  W. 

J.    Bryan   being  pledged    for  a   lecture   this   winter      Other   re 
"in  o       have    been    from    various    kinds    of    exhibitions        lie 
people  of  Ton  Worth,  withoul  regard  to  political  or  religious 
creed,  have  given  Freely  to  our  canvassers,  the  Daughters  ol 
the  Confederacy  being   most   active   in  this   respect. 

Now  when  ii  be,. niie  known  that  "in  Commander,  Van 
Zandt.  one  of  the  stanchesl  and  most  orthodox  Churchmen 
and  of  the  strict.-:  sect,  was  heading  this  Sundaj  movement, 
when  be  would  come  from  bis  Sunday  school  class  in  the 
morning  and  sit  at  the  head  of  this  Camp  in  the  afternoon, 
they,  the  doubters,  marveled  greatly  and  said  "  \n.  |  all.  "in. 
gOi  d   has  come  out    of    Nazareth."      With    Van  Zandt   there  are 

two  sort-  of  people  iba;  command  his  lender  consideration 
old  Texans  and  Confederate     oldiers      These   Sundai    m  el 

ings    with   their   rpiasi  religious    trend,    though    p. .bin-    and    re 

ligious  creeds  are  especial)  ..hewed  i.\  .en  charter,  have  a 
most  salutary  tendency  in  heartening  the  depressed  who  have 

no  ere.  1 1  bin  God  overhead  ami  the  brother! 1  of  man — with 

fine  clothes    1.   i  I    "ill         I  lli-    Camp    i-    a    pure    del  1 1".  1  ai   \  .    and.    like 

the  son  of  the  ( .v.  'ii  [sle,  thej  i  egai  d  oni   a  nother. 

When  a  comrade  makes  application  f"i  membership,  be  mu  I 

file  what  we  call  a  descriptive  lisl  of  In      ervici    in  the  army, 

stating    when   and   where   born,   bis   company,    regiment,   an  1 

army,    what    battles    be    was    jn.    and    pot    onl\    how     be    e"t    in. 
but  also-how  he  e"i  out,  and  be  must   refer  to  two  witnesses 
for  corroboration.     We  have  a  memorial  i    mmitl   e  i" 
on  the  death  of  a  comradi  etch  of  hi 

ices  in  the  army  and  as  a  civilian,  with   word-  of  condolen 
to  hi-  surviving  kindred  and  friends,  to  be  kept  in  th    an  hives 
Our  membership  -land-  ai  about  foui  hundred,  winch  gr.e- 
us  twenty  votes  in  State  and  General   Federal  on      We  allow 
ii..  public  discussion  over  the  went-  of  a  dependent  member 
Following  tb"  .  sample  of  the  Churches,  we  refer  all  ca 

want    ..lid   de   Minion    to   the    Relief   Committee.      We   allow    ii' 

corporal     agents  on  tin-  flooi      Each  yeai   when  the  tune  ar 
rives   for  our   annual    Reunion    we    appoint    a    committee    to 


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-elect  a  route  and  arrange  terms  of  transportation  lor  all 
who  desire  to  travel  over  that  line.  We  shut  off  all  excite- 
ment incident  to  the  choice  of  officers  of  the  Camp  in  our  an- 
nual elections  by  a  simple  nomination  without  any  speeches. 
This  forces  an  examination  before.  Electioneering  by  a  candi- 
date H  tabooed,  it  being  a  post  of  honor  without  emoluments. 
We  judge  the  man  without  boosting  aid.  We  have  thus  far 
conscripted  our  commanding  officer  by  selecting  a  soldier  of 
'  prominence  in  the  community  whose  life  has  been  generally 
approved  for  good  works  in  his  calling  and  who  has  execu- 
tive ability  as  a  presiding  officer.  lie  is  notified  that  no  ex 
.  ill  be  received,  that  he  is  to  be  ours  for  a  year  at  least, 
and  endeavor  to  retain  him  as  long  as  possible.  Small  Camps 
can  afford  to  pass  the  honor  around;  but  a  large  Camp  needs 
to  hold  "ii  t"  a  good  officer  when  lie  is  discovered,  for  the 
tact  of  commander  belongs  not  to  every  good  man.  Given 
a  good  commanding  officer  and  an  adjutant  to  keep  the  min- 
ute-, have  a  foundation  to  build  upon. 

The  oldest  Camp  in  Texas  is  the  Eastland  Camp,  named 
alter  Dr.  S.  II.  Stout.  Bragg's  medical  director  of  the  Army 
of  Tennessee.  This  Camp  was  founded  in  1886,  and  has  had 
but  two  Commanders  in  all  its  twenty  odd  years  of  service — 
Dr.  St' nit  ami  Capt.  June  Kimble,  of  the  14th  Tennessee, 
r's  Brigade.  They  have  a  fixed  time  for  their  annual 
Reunion,  July  21,  commemorating  the  South's  first  great  vic- 
tory, which  the  Federals  aptly  term  Bull  Run,  for  the  creek 
1  ;  1  :  ,ve  name  it  Manassas,  after  the  railroad  station.  East- 
land County  and  Eastland  City  each  year  put  on  their  best  ap- 
pearance  and  turn  out  in  full  force  to  hear  a  rehearsal  again 
of  "the  story  of  the  glory  of  the  storm-cradled  nation  that  fell," 

After  routine  business  with  the  Fort  Worth  Camp  comes 
a  half  hour  of  music,  readings,  and  recitations  by  the  young 
folks  under  the  direction  of  our  gifted  musical  director,  Com- 
rade J.  E.  Gaskell,  of  the  17th  Louisiana  Infantry.  He  lines 
up  the  old  boys  ever  and  anon  in  Camp  at  our  Reunions, 
State  and  General,  and  each  year  at  the  Dallas  Fair  on  Con- 
federate Day ;  and  after  singing  the  old-time  Southern  airs, 
with  "Dixie"  at  the  beginning  and  in  the  middle,  he  brings  in 
little  Star  Redford,  the  mascot  of  the  Camp,  a  little  bundle 
of  nerves  and  not  larger  than  a  Celtic  brownie,  whose  enuncia- 
tion and  gesticulation  and  aptness  at  oratory  have  never  been 
excelled  in  our  two  decades  of  Camp  history.  In  the  Camp 
is  an  organization  of  Confederate  Grays. 

The  editor  of  the  Veteran  has  sought  a  history  of  our 
Camp  that  we  may  be  inspired  as  United  Confederate  Veterans 
to  keep  alive  that  spirit  of  chivalry  that  puts  the  man  above 
the  dollar  and  to  let  this  sordid,  crafty,  grafty  age  know  that 
it  is  not  in  this  "god"  we  trust;  to  keep  burning  on  the  altars 
of  our  country  the  truths  of  history  and  to  show  who  the 
true  revolutionists  were;  that  our  good  old  mother  of  States 
and  statesman,  old  Virginia,  bred  a  Washington,  who  led  us 
i"  a  successful  protest  against  the  tyranny  of  the  mother  coun- 
try, and  a  Lee,  who  manned  the  six  hundred  thousand  men  in 
gray  as  their  chief  against  more  than  four  to  their  one  in  the 
effort-  to  maintain  the  integrity  of  the  charter  of  American 
liberty.  For  four  years  we  battled  till  overwhelmed  by  forces 
recruited  largely  from  Europe.  By  our  surrender  the  cause 
was  not  lost,  but  simply  held  in  abeyance,  and  the  archives  of 
these  Confederate  Camps  will  demonstrate  that  the  real  revo- 
lutionists were  the  men  who  denounce  us  as  such. 


Resolutions  of  Respect. — The  Mary  Walker  Price  Chap- 
ter. U.  D.  C.  of  Lancaster,  Ky.,  passed  resolutions  of  respect 
on  the  death  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Leavell  Doty,  who  had  been 
an  earnest  worker  in  the  Chapter  since  its  organization. 


RELIGIOUS   SERIICES   AT   REU.XIONS. 

Rev.  D.  B.  Strouse,  of  Salem.  Va  .  writes  :  "It  is  too  bad 
that,  since  we  the  old  veterans  are  so  near  the  grave,  we  are 
not  given  one  religious  service  at  night  in  the  program  of 
each  great  Reunion." 

Comrade  Strouse  was  introduced  to  an  audience  of  veterans 
at  Danville  by  Col.  Vincent  A.  Wichter,  who  said  that  he  had 
been  in  numerous  battles  with  Lieutenant  Strouse,  and  in  all 
his  knowledge  of  Confederate  soldiers  he  knew  none  truer  or 
braver. 

Rev.  Mr.  Strouse  took  for  his  subject  Isaiah  i.  18:  "Come 
now,  and  let  us  reason  together,  saith  the  Lord."  The  speaker 
in  part  said :  "Our  immortal  spirits  are  for  a  while  placed  in 
mortal  bodies  for  testing  trial  and  development  for  the  life 
and  work  of  eternity.  Every  one  here  is  either  living  for  the 
gratification  of  the  flesh  or  for  his  immortal  soul,  God  and 
heaven.  Your  soul  is  of  more  value  than  the  whole  world. 
Your  life  in  eternity  will  exceed  the  combined  lives  of  all 
who  ever  lived.  If  you  are  saved,  your  pleasures  in  heaven 
will  exceed  the  aggregate  of  all  the  pleasures  of  all  the  men 
and  women  who  have  ever  lived.  It  is  not  brave  to  live  in  sin. 
You  may  have  many  virtues ;  but  all  thieves  and  blasphemers 
and  debauchers  of  innocence  and  the  most  common  coward 
reject  Christ.  Queen  Victoria  on  the  day  she  was  crowned, 
while  all  branches  of  the  army  marched  by  the  palace  with 
hundreds  of  thousands  of  the  people,  and  a  hundred  bands 
played  and  the  multitude  sang  and  shouted  songs  and  anthems 
of  loyalty  and  honor  to  their  virgin  queen,  withdrew  from 
the  balcony  and  spent  more  than  an  hour  in  her  chamber  in 
prayer  that  God  would  bless  the  people  and  help  her  a-  their 
queen." 

The  speaker  asked :  "Would  any  lady  here  refuse  to  live 
for  God  and  walk  the  golden  streets  on  the  arm  of  Queen 
Victoria?"  The  speaker  paid  tribute  to  England's  great  Gen- 
eral Gordon,  who  loved  and  worshiped  his  God.  He  then  took 
Stonewall  Jackson  and  pictured  him  walking  from  camp  into 
the  woods  with  his  hands  behind  him  seeking  a  secluded  place 
to  pray  his  earnest  prayer  that  God  would  have  mercy  on  the 
multitude  of  souls  that  were  being  sent  in  platoons  to  the  bar 
of  God.  Mr.  Strouse  paid  his  great  tribute  to  the  pure, 
godly  life  of  the  immortal  Lee,  whose  life  challenged  forty 
millions  of  bitter  foes  to  find  in  him  one  word  of  malice,  one 
act  of  hatred  or  sin,  one  unholy  ambition. 

"Comrades,  you  followed  Lee  and  Jackson.  No  man  would 
dare  call  you  cowards.  Lee  and  Jackson  are  with  God  anx- 
iously awaiting  to  give  each  and  every  one  of  you  a  hallowed 
grasp  of  the  hand  and  a  royal  welcome  to  the  armies  of  the 
skies.  Comrades,  I  ask  you  in  the  name  of  God,  has  the  time 
come  when  you  intend  to  refuse  to  follow  Lee  and  Jackson? 
Are  you  willing  to  take  from  the  hands  of  Lee  and  Jackson 
the  banners  of  the  cross  with  which  they  are  waving  you  to 
glory  and  to  God  and  trail  them  in  the  dust  of  sin?  God 
forbid." 

An  exchange  quoting  from  the  sermon  concluded:  "Mr. 
Strouse  said  that  the  devil's  means  of  damning  souls  is  to  get 
them  to  put  it  off;  that  if  we  could  take  the  census  of  all 
hell  to-night  we  would  find  that  men  would  not  tell  us  that 
they  were  damned  on  account  of  sin  of  which  they  could  have 
repented,  but  just  because  they  put  off  their  coming  to  God 
till  too  late.  Mr.  Strouse  then  held  up  Christ  and  showed 
from  the  word  of  God  that  there  is  no  escape  from  eternal 
death  except  through  Christ  and  his  blood  and  that  only  they 
who  give  up  all  sin  and  consecrate  themselves  to  an  eternal 
service  of  God  can  be  saved." 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


587 


At  the  close  of  the  address  about  one  hundred  of  the  vet- 
erans came  up  and  gave  the  preacher  their  hands  as  loving 
Christ  and  determined  to  go  through  with  him.  Among  them 
was  cue  old  Federal  veteran  who  was  warmly  received,  Mr. 
Strouse  putting  his  arm  tenderly  around  his  shoulders. 

(  lur  old  veterans  are  rapidly  approaching  their  graves,  and 
win  ran  there  not  be  religious  service  every  night  as  a  part 
of  the  program  in  every  annual  meeting  of  the  veterans,  both 
Confi  derate  and  Federal  ? 


\dONl  1//.A  /    .  I  /     '■"I  BERR]  .      1 

(in  the  27th  of  Septembei   there  was  unveiled  at   Mulberry, 

Lincoln    County,    Tenn.,    a    uniquely    beautiful    monument    to 

"the   three  hundred   unconquered   <  onfederati    veterans"   who 

went   from  Mulberry.     Not  onlj   is  the  inscription  unique,  but 

1      marble  figure  is  thai   oi   a  young   nun  in   lus   teens,  the 
round,   strong   young  face  full  of  the  confident   assurance  of 
1  he    \  eterans    standing    around    were    telling 

1  wa  seventeen  when  I  went  out,  mu  tered  at  this  very 
spot,"  said  oni  "I  can  beal  that,"  aid  another.  "I  was  six- 
teen." "Our  boys  weri  men,"  said  a  gentli  fa  ed  old  lady 
softlj       "My    sweetheart    was    eighteen,   and    he    never   came 

back.      1    shall     ee  him   - 1   now,"   she  added   with   trembling 

voio  "Hi  was  like  that,"  and  her  wrinkled  old  face  was 
raised  in  adoration  to  the  marble  emblem  of  youth,  strength, 
and  beautj  The  listener  knew  that  when  the  approaching 
reunion  came  a  young  spirit  would  fly  from  the  prison  bouse 

of  an  old  body  to  meet  the  young   soldiet 

The  monument  was  veiled  in  two  battli  scarred  flags,  and 
the  folds  of  one  of  them  was  blood  stained;  but  never  were 
those  flags  conquered  or  captured  One  bad  belonged  to  the 
41st    rennessee  and  one  to   Forrest's  escort       ["hirteen  dainty 

little    girl      in    red    and   white    drew    aside    the    flags    and    raised 

their  sweet  young    in  song  and  storj      Little  Gaynelle 

Boone  charming!)  gavi  a  Dixie  reading.  They  had  marched 
to  the  monument,  led  by  Mrs     Via   Shofncr.  the  abb     ['resident 


of  the  Mulberry  Chapter,  U  D  C,  and  Mrs  Carrie  Whitaker. 
The  veterans  came  in  lung  double  line,  led  by  Comrade  Mor- 
gan, and  the  hearts  of  all  the  crowd  marched  with  the  whole 
procession  to  the  music  of  "Dixie."  Vfter  the  unveiling  the 
crowd  of  two  thousand  want  to  the  Mulberrj  schoolhou 
the  spec  chi 

Rev.  A.  Morgan  called  the  house  to  order  and  invoked  the 
blessing  of  God  on  the  assembly.  Mr.  W.  J.  Williams  happily 
welcomed  the  people  for  the  villagi      foi    Mulberry  bears  to  this 

(lay  the  sweet  name  of  Mulberrj   Village      Mr-     Mia  Shofner 

delivered  a   beautiful  address   oi    wel u     foi    tin     Mulberrj 

Chapter,  I*.  I).  C,  of  which  sin-  is   President,      ["his  Chapter 
of  thirty-six  women,  who  have  ju  I  unveiled  ibis  lovelj  monu 
ment,  has  not  been  organized  quite  three  years.     Mrs.  Loulie 
Zollicoffer  Sans. mi.  State  President   U.  D.  C, 

honor,  and  in  her  dignified,  gracious  way  spoke  beautii 

U.  D.  (  1        1  elicia  Zollicoffer  Metcalfe  spo 

logi  tii  term  oi  graceful  compliment  of  the  Mulberrj  (  hap 
ter.  \fti  1  >■■  ds  1  i>  011. in  present  came  up  and  shooll 
hands  with  these  two  daughtei     oi  General  Zollicoffer. 

I  lima  1    w  .  'I    I  he   crow  d   of    two 

thousand   found  that    Mulberry  was  true   to  her   reputation  and 

could  feed  as  well  as  she  could  fight.  This  village  among  the 
beautiful  hills  gave  evidence  ol  the  fatness  of  the  vallej  and 
the  succulenci    of  the  hill  pastured  lambs  and  cab 

Tn  rare  good  humor  the  crowd  again  gathered   in   [In-  

modious  hall   and   listened   in   rapt    attention   to   a    splendidlj 
stirring  speech  by  Mr.  Jim  Bean.     Mrs.  Sallie  I '•    Moon    ren 
dered  with  touching  pathos   a  n  iding  of  soldier  life,  accom 
panied  by  Mrs    \y.  J,  Williams  singing.     Mrs.  Eleanor  Molloy 
Gillespie  gave  a  patriotic  address   full  of  interest,  eloquence, 
and  beauty.     With  handshaking  all  around,  mutual  good   will 
111    reverenci     to    .1    common    heritage   of   glory,   the   crowd    seat 
tered  over  the  thousand  heaven-kissing  bills,  disappearing   like 
the  descending  dews  of  evening,  and  Mulberry  was  li  it  alone 
with  her  memories  and  her  monumi  in 


MONUMENT    AT    MULBERRY,  TENN.,    A    VILLAGE    REMOTE    FROM    RAILROAD. 


588 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai) 


GENERAL   U.  D.   C.  CONVENTION. 

Houston   Entertains  the  Delegates   Most  Hospitably. 

Texas  is  a  hig  State,  big  in  area,  in  coast  line,  in  rivers, 
prairies,  and  forests,  big  in  agriculture,  manufactures,  and 
minerals,  and  especially  big  in  its  brainy  men  and  noble 
women;  so  a  General  U.  D.  C.  Convention  within  its  borders 
must  of  necessity  be  big  in  all  its  arrangements  and  suc- 
cesses. 

The  day  before  the  convening  date,  October  18,  delegates 
began  arriving  from  the  thirty-three  States  and  the  City  of 
Mexico  which  were  represented  and  were  met  and  welcomed 
by  .Mrs.  Seabrook  Sydnor,  Chairman  of  the  Reception  Com- 
mittee, and  her  able  corps  of  assistants.  Rice's  Hotel  was 
headquarters  for  the  delegates.  Soon  there  was  a  busy  scene 
with  committee  meetings  and  caucuses  which  were  preliminary 
to  the  Convention  work  and  for  the  most  interesting  feature 
of  the  Convention,  which  was  the  election  of  officers  for  the 
ensuing  year. 

Houston  was  in  gala  attire,  and  in  flags  and  bunting 
bloomed  out  in  welcome  to  these  Daughters  who,  actuated 
by  the  spirit  of  the  sixties,  had  traveled  hundreds  and  even 
thousands  of  miles  to  report  on  and  discuss  the  work  done 
during  the  last  year  for  the  beloved  South  and  to  plan  the 
work  for  the  ensuing  year. 

Opening  of  the  Convention. 

Beach's  Auditorium,  which  was  used  as  the  Convention 
hall,  was  beautifully  decorated.  The  walls  were  covered  with 
bunting  and  flags,  and  everywhere  the  masses  of  evergreen 
showed  against  the  glowing  color,  and  large  portraits  of  the 
best-loved  generals  of  the  Confederacy  looked  down  upon  the 
scene.  On  the  platform  of  the  auditorium  were  numbers  of 
flags  and  many  stands  of  palms  and  ferns,  while  the  opera 
boxes  at  each  side  were  gay  in  flags,  evergreen,  and  bunting, 
which  framed  splendid  pictures  of  President  Davis  and  Gen. 
R.  E.  Lee. 

i  lie  opening  meeting  consisted  of  many  brilliant  speeches  of 
welcome  from  State  and  city  officials,  Veterans  and  Sons  of 
Veterans,  and  other  organizations  of  Houston.  The  hostess 
Chapter,  Robert  E.  Lee,  assisted  by  the  Oran  M.  Roberts 
Chapter,  through  beautiful  addresses  made  by  their  respective 
Presidents,  assured  the  visitors  of  a  cordial  welcome,  and 
Miss  Katie  Daffan,  President  of  the  Texas  Division,  threw 
wide  the  gates  of  Texas  to  all  the  loved  Daughters  of  the 
Confederacy,  and  in  glowing  words  bade  them  all  welcome. 
Mrs.  Cornelia  Branch  Stone,  the  President  General,  replied  in 
behalf  of  all  the  visitors  and  delegates,  and  her  words  of  ap- 
preciation well  conveyed  the  thanks  of  the  entire  Convention 
in  their  polished  diction. 

The  Confederate  Choir  of  young  ladies  under  the  leadership 
of  Mrs.  Hirsch,  of  Philadelphia,  rendered  very  fine  music. 
Especial  enthusiasm  welcomed  "Our  Southland,"  which  was 
composed  by  Miss  Adelia  Dunovant,  one  of  Houston's  talented 
Daughters,  and  "Dixie"  was  sung  amid  wild  applause  and 
waving  of  flags.  Mrs.  Hutchinson's  rendering  of  the  "Old 
Eolks  at  Home"  filled  many  eyes  with  the  tears  of  tender 
memories. 

The  very  dainty  luncheon  served  by  the  hostess  Chapter 
nil  i he  opening  day  of  the  session  was  equaled  or  surpassed 
on  all  subsequent  days.  The  hall  where  service  was  made 
was  exquisitely  decorated,  and  the  artistic  surroundings  added 
an  increased  attraction  even  to  so  delicious  a  menu. 

The  special  feature  of  that  afternoon  was  the  unveiling  of 
the  monument  erected  to  the  Terry  Rangers  by  the  E.  Bennett 


Kale-  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  an  auxiliary  of  the  Oran  M.  Roberts. 
This  shaft  is  of  rough  Texas  granite  surmounted  by  piled-up 
cannon  balls.  The  ceremonies  were  very  impressive  and  the 
music  very  attractive,  especially  the  chorus  of  one  hundred 
school  children  wdio  sang  appropriate  selections.  After  the 
conclusion  of  these  ceremonies,  the  visitors  were  carried  for 
an  auto  ride  over  ''Beautiful  Houston." 

Business  Proceedings. 
The  second  morning  found  the  Convention  ready  for  busi 
ness.  A  roll  call  of  officers  showed  all  present  ^ave  the  First 
and  Second  Vice  Presidents,  Mrs.  Martin  S.  Willard  and  Mrs. 
John  P.  Roe.  Upon  the  platform  were  Mrs.  Cornelia  Branch 
Stone,  President;  Mrs.  L.  C.  Hall.  Third  Vice  President; 
Mrs.  Andrew  L.  Dowdell,  Recording  Secretary ;  Mrs.  R.  C. 
Cooley,  Corresponding  Secretary;  Mrs.  L.  Eustace  William-. 
Treasurer;  Mrs.  James  B.  Gannt,  Registrar;  Mrs.  J.  Enders 
Robinson,  Historian;  Mrs.  L.  H.  Raines,  Custodian  of 
Crosses ;  Mrs.  Frank  Anthony  Walke,  Custodian  of  Flags  and 
Pennants.  In  the  hall  the  delegates  were  seated  by  States, 
large  placards  showing  the  placing  of  each.  The  business 
sessions  were  ably  handled  by  Mrs.  Stone,  who  from  her  legal 
knowledge  and  acquaintance  with  all  parliamentary  rulings 
is   well  called  the  ''Lawyer  of  the  Convention." 

Bestowal  of  Crosses  of  Honor. 
Mrs.  Virginia  F'aulkner  McSherry,  chairman  on  rules  for 
bestowal  of  crosses,  made  her  report,  which  contained  a  sug- 
gestion that  the  time  limit  of  1910  as  made  by  the  Convention 
at  Atlanta  in  1908  should  be  increased  to  1912.  After  careful 
discussion  the  amendment  was  accepted.  The  question  of 
bestowing  crosses  on  any  save  the  veterans  themselves  led 
to  much  animated  discussion,  as  there  were  ardent  advocates 
for  both  sides,  many  feeling  that  the  father,  mother,  sister,  or 
brother  of  an  unmarried  soldier  should  have  his  or  her  cross. 
Some  advocated  that  this  broadening  of  the  lines  should  ex- 
tend as  far  as  nephews  and  nieces.  After  much  debate,  the 
question  was  referred  to  a  committee,  on  whose  report  a 
motion  was  carried  that  the  crosses  of  honor  should  only  he 
given  the  veterans  themselves  and  could  be  worn  only  by  them. 

Educational  Report — Much  Being  Done. 

The  Educational  Committee  having  only  been  established  in 
Atlanta  in  1908,  this  report  of  Miss  Poppenheim  was  the  first 
of  the  committee,  and  in  the  absence  of  the  chairman  the 
work  was  reported  by  the  vice  chairman,  Mrs.  B.  B.  Ross, 
of  Alabama.  It  showed  that  very  fine  work  was  being 
done  in  many  Slates  along  educational  lines  hitherto  unclassi- 
fied or  tabulated.  There  are  thirty-three  scholarships  already 
established  for  the  sons  or  daughters  of  Confederate  veterans, 
and  much  increased  interest  in  the  work  was  reported.  The 
committee  urged  that  each  State  endeavor  to  secure  at  I  asi 
one  scholarship  in  its  State  institutes,  and  would  endeavor  in 
establish  a  fund  for  the  support  of  the  incumbents  during  their 
terms  of  tuition.  The  committee  strongly  urged  the  estab 
lishmeut  of  State  educational  committees  to  work  in  unison 
with  the  General  Educational  Committee  in  the  selection  1  if 
beneficiaries  and  their  appointment  "to  suitable  colleges. 
Concerning   Scholarship   in   Teachers'   College. 

The  report  showed  that  the  scholarship  offered  by  Dean  Rus- 
sell at  Columbia  Teachers'  College  to  daughters  of  Southern 
soldiers  and  which  was  to  be  given  to  each  State  in  the  order 
of  their  secession  had  been  given  twice,  Miss  Moses,  of  South 
Carolina,  having  graduated  with  honor  and  Miss  Timberlake, 
of  Mississippi,  the  present  incumbent,  being  prepared  to  grad- 
uate  next   spring.     The  report   also   stated   that   Florida   was 


Qoi?federat<?  l/eterap. 


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privileged  to  make  the  next  appointment.  Later  on  in  the 
-  ssion  Florida  declined  to  use  this  privilege  because  the  girl 
sent  to  the  college  would  have  to  receive  her  education  along 
the  same  lines  and  in  the  same  classes  as  negroes.  Many  other 
States,  agreeing  with  Florida  on  this  question,  withdrew  their 
subscriptions  to  a  fund  for  the  support  of  the  incumbenl  which 
had   been  made  earlier  in  tin'  session. 

The  Educational  Committee  in  its  report  urged  that  the 
one-hundred-dollar  prize  for  the  best  essay  upon  Confederal 
subjects  now  offered  to  Columbia  Uriiversity  alone  shall  be 
allowed  to  be  competed  for  bj  four  other  colleges  which  shall 
be  selected  by  the  Committee  oi  Education  assisted  by  the 
President  General,  as  by  1 1 1 i -  means  a  truer  Southern  estimate 
could  be  obtained,  since  from  the  nature  of  things  Columbia 
students  arc  circumscribed  in  then-  knowledge  of  the  South. 

Mrs.  Livingston  Rovve  Schuyler,  chairman  on  the  award 
ing  of  the  prize  for  the  best  essay  on  the  subject  of  the 
"South's  Part  in  the  War  between  the  States,"  reported  that 
the  e-s;,y  on  "Jackson  vs.  Calhoun,"  written  by  Miss  Ji  i, 
Guernsey,  of  New  Britain,  Conn,  was  selected  bj  unanimous 
vote  of  the  judges,  who  were  Chancellor  B,  1.  Wiggin,  Uni- 
versity of  the  South,  Sewanee,  Prof.  Edwin  B.  Craighead, 
Tulane  University,  New  Orleans,  and  Profj  Marshall  S 
Brown,  head  of  the  Department  of  History,  New  York,  and 
thai  their  decision  was  approved  by  the  President  General 
Mrs.  Schuyler  said  that  these  judges,  who  bad  served  in  the 
previoui  contest,  had  all  resigned  on  account  of  the  pressure 
of  business.  In  her  report  Mrs  Schuyler  paid  beautiful 
tribute  to  Chancellor  Wiggin.  whose  last  work  was  upon  the 
selection  from  the  essays  submitted.  She  strongly  recom- 
mended tin  continuance  of  the  prize  offered  by  Columbia 
University,  as  ii  was  a  teachers'  college,  and  the  teachers  sent 
out    bj    it   wmild   have   a    widespread   influence    Foj    Southern 

neellu  lit 

Miss  Adeh.i  Dunovant,  of  Houston.  poki  against  con- 
tinuing the  prize,  basing  her  argument  on  the  unconstitu- 
tionality of  the  offer  and  the  want  of  facilities  of  the  univi  I 

i  obtaining  correct  history  in  regard  to  the  South.     She 

also  condemned   the  previou     i     aj   on  Lee  written  by   Miss 

in       Much   discussion   foil,, wed,   and   a    motion    was   made 

to  condemn  the  e  saj   a    an  insult  to  the  memory  of  General 

Lei         Many    able    speeches    for    and    again-t    this    motion    were 

madi      but   the  mor<    con  ervativc  element   prevailed,  and  the 
matter  was  refined  to  a  committei 

I  hi      President     appointed    as    this    committee     Mrs.    D.     A 

Nunn  and  Miss  Alice  Baxter,  of  Georgia,  Mrs.  B.  B.  Ross,  ,,f 
Alabama,   and    Mrs.    Roy    McKinney,   of    Kentucky,    who    re- 
ported: "The  essay  of  Miss  Boyson  contains  statements  that 
do  not  convej   the  truth;  and  as  it  is  the  purpo  e  oi  tins  or- 
ganization   through    the    prize   offered    to    stimulate    the    re 
search  regarding  Southern  leaders,  and  as  Robert  E.  Lee  was 
a  nobh   exponent  of  the  Confederacy     wi    regret  the  awarding 
of  the  pri/e  >,f  the   U.   D.   C.   to  an  essay  which,  whili 
pressing  admiration  of  the  subject,  fails  in  tin,   conception  of 
i   which  General  Lei   and  bis  soldiers  fought, 
lack  of  information  a:  to  the  conditions  in  the  South 
to  the   W  ai    between  the  States,  and  fails  in  its  com 
prehension  of  the  lovi   of  Lee's  army  for  its  commander.     We, 
United  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  express  ourselves  in  no 
spirit  of  unkindness,  but   simply  to  declari    th<    truth."    This 
report  was  accepted  b;   tie   Convention  without  discussion. 
tin     Vrlington    Monument. 
Duii!  ill,      Vrlington    Monument    Association    was 

formed    through    the    efforts    of    Mrs.    Magnus     Thompson    for 


the  purpose  of  erecting  a  monument  at  Lee's  old  home  to  the 
Confederate    dead    who    lie    in    Arlington    Cemetery       Every 

Slate    has    contributed    toward    this    noble    work,   and    great    el 
forts    have    been    expended    to    increase    the    amount    collected; 
Inn   the   forty  thousand  dollars   hoped   for  is  yet  far  off.  as  the 
report  of  the  committee    -hows  only  fourteen   thousand  dollars 

in  the  treasury.  Mr.  Lour-  Potter,  of  New  York,  sent  to  be 
exhibited  to  the  Convention  a  design  for  this  monument 
which  was  \er\  handsome  and  artistic  and  appropriate  not 
onlj  in  conceptii  n  bm  in  inscription  as  well,  (in  motion  from 
the  floor  a  committee,  of  which  Mrs.  Cornelia  Branch  Stone 
is  chairman,  will  lie  appointed  to  consider  a  design  for  the 
Arlington    Monument. 

Shiloh   Monument. 

Mrs.  Alexander  1',,  White,  of   rennessee,  read  tin    report  ol 
this   monument    committee,    showing    that    over    two    thousand 
dollar:  ha    been  contributed  to  the  fund  this  year.    The  trea 
ni,i  -  report   showed  a  balance  ,,f  over  five  thousand  dollars 
for  the  erection  of  the  monument. 

Subscriptions  to  both  Arlington  and  Shiloh  funds  were  re 
quested   and    were    being    liberallj    responded    to,   when    \b 
White   arose   .m, I   moved    that    the   Convention   make  an   ap- 
propriation  from   funds  now  in  the  treasurj    "1  $1,500  to  b, 
equally   divided    between    the   two    monument         Before   this 

motion  could  be  acted   upon   Mrs.  Dowdell.  the    Recording  Sec- 

retary,  moved  to  amend  the  motion  to  read  $1,000  foi    each 
'I  his  amendment  was  unanimously  carried  amid  great  applause 

Histosii  \i    Evening, 
Mrs.   J.    Enders    Robinson,    Historian    General,   prepared 
splendid  program  for   Historical   Evening  which  was  ablj    car- 
ried out.     Original  poems,  historical  papers  of  great  value,  and 
soine  line  selections  were  read;    and  the  musical  program   was 
very  attractive,  both  the  vocal  and  instrumental  numbers  being 
remai'kablj    well    rendered    and   heartily    applauded.       lb,     Hi 
torical    Evening   was   the   most    delightfully   entertaining    event 
of  the  Convention.     Incidentally  in  connection  with  Historical 
Evening    attention    may    he    called    to    the    collections    of    old 
which  is  being  made  by  Mrs.  S.   H.  Watson,  of  Waxa- 
hachie.  former   Historian  of  Texas.     These  songs  are  suitable 
foi     u  ,     ,,i    ail    meetings   of   the   U.    D.    C.      They   will    be    at 
tractive!)   bound  and  can  be  purchased  by  any  Chapter  writing 
to  Mrs.   Watson. 

The  Social  Side  of  thi    Convi  \ 
I  hat    business   was   not    everything    in    the    Convention    wai 
well  exemplified  by  the  many  attractive  social  functions  thai 
had  been  arranged      Some  of  these  wen    in  personal  compli 
imnt  to  the    President   General,  and  were  charming  in  plans 

,iu,l   completion,   and   others    were    tendered    to    (he    entire   Con- 
vention.     One   of   (he    most    delightful   of   these   was   the    recep 
tion  given  by   Mayor  and    Mrs.    Rice,   who   were  assisted    ill   re- 
ceiving by  the  officers  oi  the  General  Division  and  the  officers 
,f  the  State  Division  of  Texas      Everj   detail  of  this  entet 
tainment   was   well  carried  out,     'I  he  house  was  elaborately 

ted  with  red  and  white,  and  made  beautiful  with  cut 
Rowers,  p. dm-,  and  ferns  Many  handsomely  gowned  women 
added   to  the  kaleidoscope  of  color,  and,  added  to  the  stirring 

i  ,  no, iii. ii,     airs   rendered   by   the    orchestra,   made    ,,        ei 

whole-souled  hospitality   long  to  be  remembered.     The  recep- 
tion and  dance  at  the  ihalean  Club  was  indeed  charming. 
Vnother  function  that  was  very  much  enjoyed  was  the  trip 

I Iveston,  which   was  made  by  special  train.     The  part) 

■■I    met  b)  a  committee  from  the  ibismess  Men's  Club  and  a 
,i    the    Veuvi     fefferson    Davis    Chapter,    whc» 


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(^opfederat^  Ueterat), 


escorted  them  to  the  wharf,  where  tour  launches  carried  them 
for  a  trip  down  the  bay.  On  their  return  a  delicious  oyster 
luncheon  was  served  by  the  Galveston  Daughters.  An  es- 
pecially pleasant  episode  of  this  trip  was  the  dainty  bouton- 
nieres  of  fern  tied  with  red  and  white  ribbon  which  were  pre- 
sented to  each  lady  in  the  station  by  a  Union  veteran. 

Attractive   Features   of  the  Convention. 

Among  the  many  attractive  features  of  the  Convention  was 
one  observed  on  opening  day.  At  the  roll  call  of  States  the 
State  President,  or  some  one  representing  her,  went  to  the 
platform  and  presented  to  Mrs.  Walke,  Custodian  of  Flags 
and  Pennants,  the  flag  of  her  State.  Many  persons  may  not 
realize  that  each  State  has  its  special  flag  and  emblem ;  but 
this  presentation  showed  the  wide  divergence  of  design,  yet 
the  great  beauty  of  each.  At  the  close  of  the  Convention  the 
Custodian  presented  these  flags  to  the  hostess  Chapter,  Robert 
E.  Lee.  Mrs.  M.  E.  Bryan,  the  President,  receiving  them  in 
a  pleasing  speech. 

Another  beautiful  feature  was  the  great  number  of  flowers 
presented  to  the  officers,  each  receiving  so  many  that  the  plat- 
form was  a  veritable  bower  of  bloom.  Beautiful  also  in  its 
sadness  was  the  tribute  to  Mrs.  Basil  Duke,  of  Louisville,  Ky. 
At  three  o'clock,  the  hour  when  all  that  was  mortal  of  this 
grand  woman  was  laid  to  rest,  the  delegation  stood  with 
bowed  heads,  and  in  the  great  hall  stillness  reigned  as  the 
beautiful  memorial  resolutions  were  read  by  Mrs.  Andrew 
Broadus,  of  Kentucky. 

A  motion  was  carried  to  erect  a  memorial  to  Mrs.  Addison 
Hayes,  last  child  and  oldest  daughter  of  President  Jefferson 
Davis,  who  died  in  Colorado  Springs  July  18  and  was  buried 
in  Hollywood,  Richmond,  on  October  29.  The  memorial 
will  be  placed  in  the  church  at  Biloxi,  Miss.,  which  the  family 
of  Mr.  Davis  attended  for  many  years.  Telegrams  were  sent 
to  many  members  of  the  Association  who  were  kept  from  at- 
tending by  sickness  or  the  pressure  of  great  sorrow. 

Honorary  Presidents. 
The  number  of  Honorary  Presidents  may  be  fourteen. 
The  first  to  receive  the  honor  was  Mrs.  Jefferson  Davis, 
ond  the  list  was  closed  by  the  election  of  Mrs.  Norman  V. 
Randolph,  of  Virginia,  a  woman  widely  known  for  the  great 
work  she  has  done  for  the  advancement  of  the  South,  and 
Mrs.  John  W.  Tench,  of  Florida,  than  whom  the  South  has 
no  nobler  daughter.  Mrs.  Tench's  popularity  was  well  evi- 
denced by  the  profusion  of  flowers  sent  to  her,  and  even  more 
shown  by  the  sweeter  tribute  of  loving  words  of  praise  from 
many  members  of  the  Convention,  the  best  coming  from  her 
home  State,  where  she  is  best  known  and  most  loved.  Mrs. 
Daisy  Hampton  Tucker,  of  Virginia,  and  Mrs.  John  B. 
Richardson,  of  Louisiana,  were  elected  Honorary  Presi- 
dents. The  office  of  Honorary  President  General  has  been 
tilled  only  by  Mrs.  Varina  Howell  Jefferson  Davis,  and  it 
was  voted  at  the  Houston  Convention  to  leave  this  office 
vacant  for  one  year  longer  as  memorial  to  Mrs.  Davis.  There 
are  fourteen  Honorary  Presidents,  four  of  whom  were  elected 
at   this  Convention  and  filled  the  number. 

Mrs.  Cornelia  Branch  Stone. 
Mrs.  Stone,  the  retiring  President,  is  a  Texas  woman  with 
a  wonderful  breadth  of  thought  and  a  wide  grasp  of  intellect. 
In  her  two  years  of  office  she  has  shown  the  magnanimity  of 
character  that  would  not  allow  personal  prejudice  to  sway 
any  decision.  Her  rulings  have  been  just,  as  her  enterprise 
has  been  far-reaching.     Her  hold  upon  the  hearts  of  those  she 


fondly  called  '"her  Daughters"  was  exemplified  in  the  beau- 
tiful gifts  showered  upon  her.  Mrs.  Wheeler  in  behalf  of  the 
Texas  Division  presented  her  with  a  pin  bearing  her  initials, 
"C.  B.  S,"  in  diamonds.  Depending  from  this  was  the  bat- 
tle flag  of  the  Confederacy  in  enamel  and  diamonds.  Follow- 
ing the  presentation  of  the  medal,  a  beautiful  wreath  was 
given  Mrs.  Stone  by  the  R.  E.  Lee  Chapter.  The  Daughters 
of  the  Republic  gave  a  Texas  battle  flag  in  roses ;  a  wreath 
from  Lady  Washington  Chapter  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Re- 
public was  very  handsome,  as  was  the  design  from  the  E.  R. 
Bate,  auxiliary  to  A.  M.  Roberts  Chapter ;  and  Hood's  Texas 
Brigade,  the  children's  Chapter,  showed  their  love  in  flowery 
tribute.  Mrs.  Murdock  Moore,  of  the  C.  S.  A.  Chapter  of 
Dallas,  Tex.,  presented  a  silver  tablet,  and  her  words  also  bore 
a  eulogy  to  Mrs.  Stone,  who  has  been  so  long  identified  with 
the  Confederate  work  in  Texas. 

Election  of  Officers. 

The  climax  of  the  Convention  was  reached  in  the  election 
of  officers.  A  divergence  of  opinion  had  been  started  when 
Mrs.  W.  L.  Kline,  Chairman  of  the  Rules  Committee,  sub- 
mitted a  rule  calling  for  an  election  of  officers  by  secret  bal- 
lot instead  of  the  usual  manner — by  a  roll  call  of  States. 
After  some  discussion,  the  vote  was  taken,  and  the  roll  call 
of  States  was  preferred. 

The  two  candidates  for  President  General  were  Mrs.  I. 
W.  Faison,  of  North  Carolina,  and  Mrs.  Virginia  Faulkner 
McSherry,  of  West  Virginia.  It  soon  became  evident  that 
the  capability  of  the  two  women  was  so  equally  matched  and 
the  personal  following  so  equally  divided  that  the  question 
of  State  preference  of  the  voters  alone  would  be  the  decisive 
point  in  the  election.  State  after  State  as  its  name  was  called 
cast  its  ballot,  very  few  splitting  their  vote,  only  Texas  and 
Tennessee  dividing  the  vote  cast  to  any  appreciable  extent. 
The  result  of  the  ballot  showed  854  votes  for  Mrs.  McSherry 
and  446  for  Mrs.  Faison.  Mrs.  Faison  moved  to  make  the 
vote  unanimous,  which  was  seconded  by  North  Carolina. 
This  was  done  and  Mrs.  McSherry  was  escorted  to  the  plat- 
form by  Mrs.  Tate  amid  cheers  from  the  audience,  who 
rose  to  their  feet  and  stood  while  she  expressed  her  thanks 
for  the  great  honor  given  her.  The  other  officers  were  nomi- 
nated in  quick  succession,  and,  as  in  most  instances,  only  one 
nominee  went  up  for  election.  Many  were  elected  by  acclama- 
tion with  the  result  of  the  following  roster:  President  Gen- 
eral, Mrs.  Virginia  F.  McSherry,  West  Virginia ;  Vice  Presi- 
dents General,  Mrs.  L.  C.  Hall,  Arkansas,  Mrs.  M.  E.  Bryan, 
Texas,  and  Mrs.  Thomas  T.  Stevens,  Georgia;  Recording  Sec- 
retary General,  Mrs.  Andrew  L.  Dowdell,  Alabama;  Corre- 
sponding Secretary  General,  Miss  Katie  Tyler  Childress, 
Louisiana ;  Treasurer  General,  Mrs.  C.  B.  Tate,  Virginia : 
Registrar  General,  Mrs.  James  B.  Gaunt,  Missouri ;  Historian 
General,  Mrs.  J.  Enders  Robinson,  Virginia;  Custodian  of 
Crosses  of  Honor,  Mrs.  L.  H.  Raines,  Georgia;  Custodian 
of  Flags  and  Pennants,  Mrs.  F.  A.  Walke,  Virginia;  Hon- 
orary Presidents  General,  Mrs.  N.  V.  Randolph,  Virginia, 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Tench,  Florida,  Mrs.  Daisy  Hampton  Tucker,  Vir- 
ginia, and  Mrs.  John  B.  Richardson,  Louisiana. 

Miss  Daffan  nominated  Mrs.  R.  C.  Cooley  to  succeed  her- 
self as  Corresponding  Secretary  General,  but  Mrs.  Cooley 
felt  that  she  could  not  accept  the  position  with  justice  to 
herself.  The  retiring  Corresponding  Secretary  has  given  her 
almost  undivided  time  to  the  work  for  the  last  two  years, 
and  the  splendid  character  of  the  work  done  was  amply  exem- 
plified by  her  report,  which  when  read  was  much  applauded, 


Qoofedera  t<?  l/ererao. 


591 


and  she  received  a  rising  vote  ol  thanks  from  the  Conven- 
tion for  her  invaluable  services.  Mrs  I  oolej  was  ill  during 
iln    Convention  and  took  but  little  part  in  the  proceedings. 

Place  of  Next  Meeting. 
Many  States  made  most  hospitable  claims  for  the  next  meet- 
ing of  the  General  Convention,  Virginia  especially  telling  of 
the  many  reasons  why  thai  State  should  have  the  honor. 
Arkansas  also  offered  her  wide  expanse  in  welcome  to  the 
Daughters,  and  the  vote  showed  that  Iter  invitation  won  the 
approbation  of  the  delegates,  who  will  meet  and  greet  each 
Other  in   [910  at  the  fair  city  of  Little   Rock. 

Last  Scenes  of  thf.  Convention. 

The  last  scenes  of  the  Convention  were  tinged  with  the  sad- 
ness of  parting.  Airs.  Stone  called  all  the  newly  elected  of- 
ficei  to  1I1.'  platform  and  graciously  presented  each  to  the 
Convention  with  some  courteous  words  of  introduction.  She 
introduced  the  new  President  General,  Mrs.  McSherry,  with 
well  chosen  words,  laying  in  her  hand  the  gavel,  her  badge 
of  authority.  If  there  were  tears  in  the  cms  of  many  in  the 
great  audience,  they  found  companion  tears  in  her  tender  eyes, 
for  in  the  two  m;iis  of  close  companionship  she  had  learned 
to   love   her   "dear   Daughters   very   dearly." 

I  In  .l.li-, Mrs  sang  the  solemn  long-meter  doxology  rever- 
ently standing,  and  the  great  Convention  was  over — one  of 
tli.    most   SUCCi  ssful  of  the  sixteen  that  hail  gone  before. 


UNION  SOLDIERS  ABOUT.    DAVID  0    DODD 

BY    J.     R.     MARTIN,    BOX     17.     NEW     HARTFORD.     IOWA. 

It  was  my  unpleasant  duty  during  the  winter  of  1804  (in 
February,  I  think)  to  be  present  as  one  of  the  guards  at  the 
militarj  -    ei  ution  of  young  David  O.  Dodd  as  a  spy.     It  was 

only  our  great  respect  for  military  discipline  that  prevented 
1-11-   demonstration   at    the   time   in   his   favor.      His 

quiet  and  heroic  bearing  stamped  him  as  not  only  one  of  the 
t  of  the  brave,  hut  not  one  of  us  doubted  that  he  met 
te    with    il"     same    lofty    feeling  of   patriotism    that    su< 

tained   in  his   last    hours   Nathan   Hale,   the   immortal   spy  of 

tin      Rl  VOlUtll  'II 

\s  the  sad  faio  <<i  young   Dodd  has  become  a   part  of  the 

military   history   of  that   unfortunate   struggle,   it   seems   to   me 

that  .1  tribute  to  his  memory  is  due  from  one  who  was  then 

an  enemy,  hut  who  tized  to  the  fullest  the 

1  ih, 11,.  in-  thai   refused  to  purchase  life 

who  helped  him  pi ...  ui  e  the  information 

liim  «  hen  arrested. 

A  Mi    Ih  ii-iM. hi  a    choolmati   oi  Dodd's,  witnessed  his  exe- 
cution     I!'    stated  ih, it   In   careli     1*       tie    rope  used  at  the 
execution  was  too  long,  01  thai  after  the  drop  the  dying  bo/ 
mched  'I'     ground.     An  officer  thereupon  detailed  two 
soldict  end  tl        caffold   with  orders   to   hold   up  the 

wung    clear   until   tin-   victim   slowly 
strangled   to   death.      Mr.    Martin    in   a    second    letter   end 

10M'  the  impression  that   Dodd   strangled  to  death.     He 
always   spoke    of    i|    as   his    murder.      His 

quiet  mi- d   demeanor   filled   the  hearts  of  all   with 

admirati<  n  for  his  grand  1  n  In-  awful  fate 

I    the  appai  'in    and    i  nt   with  the 

Hov        ,1  was  informed  bj  out   surgeon,  Dr   Charles 
II   Lathrop,  that  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  his  feet  touched  the 

ground   the   slunk    w. tl        I  breal     the   spinal 

md  that  his  death  was  painless     Lei  1  at  least. 


'You  will  find  ,1  h  tndkerchief  in  my  coat,'  were  the  last  words 
I  heard  from  his  lips.  The  provost  marshal,  it  s,ems,  had 
forgotten  to  provide  one  with  which  to  cover  his  face.  I 
have  seen  death  in  almost  every  form,  hut  David  O.  Dodd 
met  tlie  king  of  terrors  with  a  perfect  coolness  I  never  saw 
equaled;  and  while  of  course  I  believe  he  was  mistaken,  as 
ill  who  sought  the  dismemberment  of  the  Union,  yet  no 
one  could  doubt  his  honesty  and  his  lofty  patriotism  I  am 
aw.ne  that  General  Steele,  who  did  not  believe  him  capable 
of  drawing  the  maps  found  upon  him.  offered  him  his  life  if 
he  would  divulge  the  nanus  of  his  accomplices  His  reply 
showed  his  innate  nobility  of  character:  'General,  I  can  die. 
hut  I  cannot  betray  confidence.  I  am  alone  responsible  tor 
those  papers  '  War  with  all  its  horrors  is  truly  hut  a  relic  of 
barbarism.  Might  is  not  always  right.  I  think  of  going 
South  this  fall   to   remain  " 

Mr.  Martin  was  at  that  time  Commander  of  the  Shell   Rock 
Post,  No.  262,  G.    \    R  .  X'  -.'■   Hartford,  Iowa 


The  foregoing  m  from  letters  to  the  Little  Rock  Gazette 
There  is  a  most    remarkable   similarity  between   tin-   cat 
of  David  Dodd  and  Sam  Davis.     It  is  so  strong,  in  fact,  that 
the   VETERAN  did  not  give  equal  prominence  to  the  two  at  the 
same  time.     It   seemed  incredible 

The  Gazette  mentions  that  tin-  General  Convention  of  the 
I  |i  C  has  voted  to  erect  a  bronze  tablet  to  David  O  Dodd, 
the  young  martyr  to  the  Confederacy,  who  was  hanged  as  a 
spy.  This  is  of  peculiar  interest  to  Little  Rock,  because  it 
was  in  this  city,  on  the  campus  of  St.  John's  College  1  then  on 
Barber  Avenue,  hut  long  since  gone  out  of  existeno  I,  thai  the 
seventeen-year-old  boy  was  executed  on  January  8,  1S64     I  lis 

body  lies  in  Mount  Holly  Cemetery  with  a  ne.n  shaft  above 
the  grave  containing,  besides  the  inscription,  another  in  the 
telegraphic  code,  as  he  was  an  operator   when  captured 


COMMl  '  <\  1 11!   GEORGIA  REUNION. 

Gen.  Louis  G    Young,  reelected  Commander  of  the  Georgia 

Division,    LT.    C.    V..    writes    aftei     expressing    congralul 

that  the  editor  had   recovered   From  his  severe  illness:   "We 
had  a  most  successful  .md  delightful  Reunion  lutiful 

city  of  Athens,  where  wi    were  treated  with  the  most    1 
and  com  ie. :n  -  hospitality,     There  was  nol   a   flaw    to  bi    found 
anywhere.     The  business    oi    thi     Division    wa      peedib 

ctoribj    done,    tnd   such  order  prevailed   thai    the   gavel 

was    out    of    older    and    not    u-ed    oiiee,       (>in     pamphlet     COpi 

of  proceedings,  minutes,  and  speeches  are  in  co  I  prep- 

aration, and  when  published   I  will  send  you  one" 

1:1      -       1       'a  1  en.    LAW1 

The  Georgia  State  Reunion  laid  at    Vthens,  Ga.,  September 

28  and       '  in    m  deed  and  truth.    .AH  the  old  "m 

bloody  battles  from  1861  to  1865  that  came  were  received  with 
open  arms,  and  irl)    demonstrated   to  us  all   that   we 

were  welcome,  and  continued  to  be  welcome  during  our  stay. 
When  we  grew  weak  from  fatigue  and  even  stumbled  and  fell, 
there  was  a  kind   hand   ready   to   lift    ;: >  up;    when   we   n 
11-1.   there    was    , id    placi     prepared    for    us;    when    wi      1 

sired  to  sleep,  nice  beds   were  ours;  when  hungry,  a  bo 

ful    feast    w id       In    fact,    notl  hit    undone    to 

make  a  soldier  happy  and  to  till  his  old  tiled  heart   with   : 

It  wa        ml   oi    "in    Of  old:    "She  hath   done   what   she  could" 

Likewise   we   say  this   of   the   city   of  our   stay,   and   she  did   it 

freely  and  spared  no  pains      I  ■   in  the  city  belonged 

md  every  i  iened       There  were  many 


692 


Confederate  l/eterar?. 


together  at  Athens,  and  they  all  behaved  and  acquitted  them- 
selves as  well,  and  their  good,  moral,  sober  conduct  was  highly 
i  ommended.by  all. 

This  Reunion  will  be  remembered  with  great  pleasure  many 
days,  for  the  memory  of  it  is  written  in  our  minds  and  printed 
in  our  hearts  indelibly,  and  we  thank  the  people  of  Athens 
from  the  very  center  of  our  hearts. 


of 


REUNION  OF   VIRGINIA    VETER.-1XS. 

The  Reunions  of  the  Virginia  Division,  U.  D.  C,  and  U.  S. 
C.  V.  took  place  in  Danville  October  22,  and  were  notable 
events  both  in  size  of  the  gathering  and  in  the  enthusiasm 
manifested.  About  two  thousand  veterans  were  in  the  parade, 
and  were  met  at  the  triangle  by  many  hundred  school  chil- 
dren waving  Confederate  flags.  Sixty  young  girls  dressed  in 
while  and  wearing  gray  caps  took  part  in  the  parade,  and 
afterwards  gave  a  very  fine  drill.  It  is  estimated  that  six 
thousand  people  greeted  the  orators  of  the  day  at  Ridge  Street 
Tabernacle  and  listened  to  eloquent  addresses  from  E.  Lee 
"I  rinkle,  J.  Boyd  Sears,  and  Governor  Swanson.  The  sponsors 
and  speakers  were  introduced  to  the  audience  by  McDonald 
Lee.  and  the  speech  of  welcome  for  the  Sons  of  Veterans  was 
made  by  Eugene  Withers. 

The  roster  of  officers  for  Veterans  elected  for  the  ensuing 
year  is:  Commander,  John  C.  Ewell,  of  Lancaster;  First,  Sec- 
ond,  and  Third  Lieutenant  Commanders,  W.  C.  Whittle,  Mica- 
jali  Wood,  Harry  Wording;  Inspector  General,  Tipton  D. 
Jennings ;  Quartermaster  General,  David  A.  Brown ;  Grand 
Chaplain,  Rev.  J.  P.  Hyde;  Surgeon  General,  Dr.  R.  M.  Nash. 

The  roster  for  the  Sons  of  Veterans  is :  Grand  Commander, 
Thomas  W.  Spindle;  First  and  Second  Lieutenant  Grand  Com- 
manders,  W.  McDonald  Lee  and  John  S.  White. 


NORTH  CAROLINA   U.  D.  C.  CONVENTION. 

The  North  Carolina  Division,  U.  D.  C,  assembled  in  con- 
vention at  Wilmington  October  13,  Mrs.  I.  W.  Faison,  Divi- 
sion President,  presiding.  From  all  over  the  State  came  hun- 
dreds of  patriotic  women,  who  were  given  royal  welcome  by 
the  Cape  Fear  Chapter,  the  hostess  of  the  occasion.  The 
meetings  were  held  in  the  commandery  rooms  of  the  Masonic 
Temple,  which  were  beautifully  decorated  in  flags,  bunting, 
and  gray  moss. 

Speeches  were  made  by  Mayor  McRae,  Mrs.  W.  M.  Pears- 
ley,  President  of  the  local  Chapter,  Mrs.  I.  W.  Faison,  State 
President,  Col.  Walker  Taylor,  and  Mrs.  Eugene  Little,  State 
Treasurer,  all  of  which  were  highly  enjoyed.  A  portrait  of 
Randolph  A.  Shotwell  was  presented  to  the  Division,  and  when 
it  was  unveiled  the  audience  stood  with  bowed  heads.  This 
portrait  will  be  placed  in  the  Museum  in  Richmond. 

Many  delightful  social  pleasures  were  given,  notably  a 
luncheon  by  the  Elks,  a  boat  trip  up  the  Cape  Fear  River,  and 
a  big  reception  by  the  home  Chapter  of  the  U.  D.  C. 


A  Pleasant  Episode  of  President  Tait's  Visit. — When 
President  Taft  visited  Houston,  Tex.,  Mayor  Rice  introduced 
him  to  his  audience  on  behalf  of  the  men,  then  presented 
him  to  Miss  Katie  Daffan,  President  of  the  Texas  Division, 
U.  I  ).  C,  who  in  turn  presented  him  on  behalf  of  the  ladies 
of  the  city.  Miss  Daffan  pinned  to  the  coat  of  President 
Taft  a  bunch  of  ribbon  in  red  and  white,  the  colors  of  the 
Confederacy.  In  his  speech  President  Taft  paid  a  high  com- 
pliment to  the  women  of  the  South,  and  said  he  was  proud  to 
wear   their   colors.     About   the  time   that    Miss    Katie   Daffan 


was  placing  upon  President  Taft's  coat  lapel  the  bad, 
the  I'.  D.  C.  a  sensation  occurred  on  a  near-by  street  in  Hous- 
ton. A  messenger  on  a  bicycle,  having  right  of  way,  had  his 
wheel  decorated  with  two  Confederate  flags,  and  was  on  his 
way  with  orders  when  accosted  by  a  policeman,  who  said: 
"Get  out  of  tberc  with  them  flags."  The  order  was  resented 
by  the  public,  and  there  were  threats  of  mobbing  the  officer. 


A  Funny  Story  avout  Young  Jeff  (  Hayes  i  Davis, 
Young  Jeff  Davis  is  taking  a  course  in  mining  engineering 
at  Columbia  College,  New  York,  and  he  is  giving  practical 
study  to  it  in  every  branch,  devoting  much  time  to  its  chem- 
istry, laws,  and  advancements.  Last  summer  with  a  couple 
of  his  classmates  he  went  to  the  mines  to  see  and  understand 
their  workings  at  first  hand.  These  college  boys  doffed  all 
the  toggery  dear  to  the  hearts  of  most  youths,  put  on  the 
blue  overalls,  the  cap  with  its  light  in  front,  and  went  hard 
to  work  in  the  mines,  carrying  their  lunch  in  a  tin  pail,  sleep- 
ing at  the  cabins,  and  keeping  the  hours  with  the  other 
miners. 

A  German  and  his  family  lived  near  the  mines,  and  evi- 
dently ranked  miners  and  tramps  in  the  same  category,  witb 
very  little  use  for  either.  One  day  Jeff  Davis  and  his  friends 
decided  to  go  to  the  home  of  the  old  German  and  see  if  the 
"housfrau"  would  not  sell  them  some  of  her  famous  bread 
or  "kukens."  When  the  German  saw  them  enter  his  gate 
wearing  their  rough  mining  clothes,  he  rushed  out  and  angrily 
ordered  them  off.  He  would  not  allow  them  to  explain,  but 
said  he  would  send  his  dog  after  them  if  they  did  not  leave 
at  once.  The  boys  left  full  of  laughter  at  their  unique  ex- 
perience, as  one  of  the  three  was  the  son  of  a  railroad  mag- 
nate, one  the  petted  heir  of  a  multi-millionaire,  and  the  third, 
Jefferson  Davis,  the  grandson  and  name  bearer  of  the  South's 
loved  President. 

Later  when  the  Germans  learned  whom  they  had  turned  so 
peremptorily  from  their  doors  they  were  very  apologetic,  and 
the  boys,  appreciating  the  joke  on  themselves,  were  very  glad 
to  receive  both  the  apology  and  the  fine  bread  which  accom- 
panied it.  Young  Davis  graduates  next  spring,  and  bids  fair 
to  thoroughly  understand  his  chosen  work  in  all  its  bearings. 


A  Wedding  in  Confederate  Colors. — Miss  Lodi  Will  Byrd, 
a  daughter  of  a  Confederate  officer,  was  married  to  Mr. 
George  E.  Morgan  at  the  Second  Baptist  Church  in  Atlanta, 
Ga.,  October  27.  The  ceremony  had  a  unique  charm  in  that 
it  was  all  in  Confederate  colors.  The  church  and  altar  were 
elaborately  decorated  in  red  and  white;  the  bride  and  brides- 
maids all  w-ore  Confederate  gray  and  carried  bouquets  of  red 
and  white  flowers.  Gen.  Clement  A.  Evans,  Commander  in 
Chief  U.  C.  V.,  performed  the  ceremony,  wearing  his  full  regi- 
mentals, and  the  father  of  the  bride  and  all  the  ushers  also 
wore  the  Confederate  uniform.  Confederate  airs  were  played 
during  the  ceremony,  and  the  bridal  couple  left  the  church  to 
the  ringing  notes  of  "Dixie." 


Texas  Confederate  Veterans  Reunion  Minutes. — Com- 
mander Van  Zandt,  of  the  Texas  Division,  has  sent  the  Vet- 
eran a  copy  of  the  minutes  of  the  Reunion  held  in  Mount 
Pleasant.  In  style  and  finish  the  booklet  is  excellent  and  its 
contents  show  that  this  Division  is  filled  with  the  true  South- 
ern spirit  and  that  the  hearts  that  kept  time  to  the  whistling 
of  bullets  in  the  sixties  are  just  as  much  in  tune  to  "Dixie" 
now  as  thev  were  then. 


C^opfederat^  tfeterag. 


593 


FEDERAL  OFFICER'S  TRIBUTE  TO  CONFEDERATES. 

The  following  letter  from  Gen.  Charles  King,  so  well  known 
as  a  writer  as  well  as  a  soldier,  will  he  of  interest  to  readers 
of  the  Veteran,  lie  acknowledges  receipt  of  some  copies 
of  the  VETERAN,  one  of  which  contained  the  article  on  "Hood's 

Failure  at  Spring  Hill."  and  says: 

"What  fatalities  hung  about  that  'slip'  at  Spring  Hill! 
What  stories  have  not  come  to  me  as  to  its  cause  Or  explana- 
tion ! 

"A    Union   man  and   soldier   t"   tile  core.    I    have   long   lii-en   a 

lover  of  the  South,  and  it  was  a  source  of  keen  pleasure  to  me 
ill  [898  when  the  1st  Tennessee  was  assigned  to  my  brigade. 
A  friendship  sprang  up  between  its  al  San  Francisco  that 
seemed  even  warmer  at  Manila,  where  dear  old  Colonel  Smith 
spent   much   of  the   last    afternoon   of   his    life   in  chat   with   me. 


GEN.    1  11  w;i  1  S    KIM.. 

That  night  the  insurgents  sprung  their  mine      Next  morning 

We  n  iv  in  the  thick  of  tin-  resultant  battle,  and  the  gallant 
spirit  that  had  followed  thi  colors  of  the  famous  'Light  l>i- 
vision'  (  V  P.  Mill's)  in  the  bitter  end  at  Appomattox  and 
lived    !■■    lead    an    adoring    regiment    into    action    under   the   old 

flag  went   up   in   thi    smoke  of   their   Springfields  far  across 

the    Pacific. 

"What  an  arraj   of  gentlemen   1  I  use  the  word  advisedbj  I 
to  us  among  thi  '>i  1h.1t  one  Southern  regiment 

in  our  enti rps!  1  hilders,  Smith's  loyal   'second 

iimand:'  Bayless,  Cheatham,  and   McGuire,  three  model 

;   Polk,  "i  the  historic  nami    and  lineage,  an  adjutant 

whom  I  was  glad  n>  make  adjutant  general;  Whitthorne,  our 

itain    lik   evi       othi     m  1   of  his  rank  'commanding 

compant  '   thi    onlj    full    regiment    in   all   the   Philippines   jn 

1   mi  :       1899,0!  which  thai  could  be  said  except  the  ist  Mon 


tana.  I  recall  with  almost  tender  regard  the  faces,  the  names 
( how  typical  of  Tennessee  were  those — McLcster.  Rag 
Gillem,  Pilcher,  Dismukes,  etc.!).  the  welcoming  light  in  the 
eyes  of  officers  and  men  when,  after  a  separation  of  several 
months,  I  rode  into  their  lines  on  the  Santa  Lucia.  Who  but 
a  Tennessee  sentry  would  have  supplemented  the  'Present 
arms'  with  'Mighty  glad  to  see  you  ag'in,  General?' 

"If  am  of  these  fellows  should  ever  turn  up  in  your  sanc- 
tum, give  him.  or  them,  a  word  of  affectionate  remembrance 
from  'The  I  tld   Man  of  (he  Brigade."1 


INQUIRIES   FOR   AND   BY   VETERANS. 

Judge  Henry  A.  Mclvin.  Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  California,  writes  from  San  Francisco:  "I  desire 
to  know  whether  or  not  the  Rev.  Mr.  Mclvin.  my  great- 
uncle,  who  served  as  a  chaplain  in  the  Confederate  army,  is 
still  alive.  1  understand  that  he  was  a  member  of  a  Ten- 
nessee regiment,  and  that  after  the  war  he  preached  in  Ten 
[lessee  for  some  years  Any  information  about  him  would 
be   very   gratefully   appreciated." 


James  M  Jones  write-  from  Griffin.  Ga. :  "J  desire  the  ad- 
dress of  Sergeant  Standifei  lie  enlisted,  1  think,  in  the 
8th  Texas  Cavalry  (Jerry's  Rangers);  hut  at  the  close  of 
the  war  he  was  orderly  sergeant  of  White's  Battery,  Hamil- 
ton's Battalion  of  Artillery,  Wheeler's  Cavalry  Corps  I 
want  the  roll  of  the  battery  if  Sergeant  Standifei-  has  one." 


Will   some  good  Confederate  who  remembers  James  Forster 
Jackson   or    1.    I •'.   Jackson   kindly   write   to   his   widow.    Mrs.    S. 

J.  Jackson.  807  Branch  Street.  Brownwood,  Tex.?   His  father's 

name  was  Asher  Jackson,  and  he  lived  in  Marion  County. 
Ga.  J.  F.  Jackson  joined  the  army  from  some  school  he  was 
attending  in  the  early  part  of  the  war.  He  was  wounded  in 
the  right  hand  in  the  battle  of  Shiloh.  lie  had  a  brother 
who  died  of  wounds  received  in  this  same  battle.  Mrs.  Jack 
son  wishes  lo  establish  his  record  in  order  to  apply  for  a  pen- 
sion. [Request  by  II.  V  Mors,-,  Adjutant  pro  tern  of  Stone- 
wall Jackson  Camp  | 

Rev.  W.  W.  Morrison.  D.D.,  inquires  about  a  Confederate 

soldier  who  was  sent  to  a  hospital  in  Atlanta  during  the  -inn 
mer  of  1864.  He  belonged  to  Armstrong's  P.rigade  or  Regi- 
ment. The  young  man  was  shot  through  the  left  eye,  the  hill 
going  through  the  head,  Dr.  .Morrison  writes:  "I  thought  he 
would  die,  of  course,  but  did  what  I  could  for  him.  The  next 
day  1  found,  to  my  surprise,  that  he  was  still  alive  and  ra- 
tional.  He  asked  first  for  water,  then  for  milk.    The  latter  it 

was  impossible  to  obtain,  hut  we  gave  him  soup  and  took  all 
the  care  of  him  possible.  Later  all  the  wounded  were  ordered 
io  leave.  Ibis  one  was  sent  to  Columbus,  Ga  I  went  with 
him  to  the  train  and  told  him  there  was  onlj   one  dangei    to 

he    avoided— that    of   hi I    poison       It'   this    man    is    still    alive. 

I    should  like  to  hear   from  him.  or  to   learn   of  him   if  dead." 


Jess<  C  Graves,  of  Sparta,  Bell  County.  Tex.,  wants  a 
pension  lie  writes  the  Veteran:  "I  enlisted  in  t86i  from 
Montgomery   County,  Tex.,  in  Company  K   (Captain  Clipper), 

20th    Texas    Regiment    (  Klmorc's  I .      Our   company   was    ni.uk' 
up    of    men    from     Montgomery,    Walker.    Harris,    and    Grimes 
•  Counties.      We   were   in    heavy   nrtillcrv    at    Galveston   and   also 
at    Sabine    Pass.      After    we    captured    Sabine    Pass,    we    were 
1    on    the    1"  1  ''.  at     1 1  1  aptui  1     oil  ...Is.  .■.ion,      (  hir 

regiment    and   Cook's    Regiment    staved   at    Galveston   neai  K     ill 


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Qopfederat^  l/ecerai). 


the  time.  Cook's  Regiment  was  heavy  artillery ;  Cook  was 
commander  of  the  forts.  General  Hall  was  commander  of  the 
post  when  General  Magruder  succeeded  Hall."  Comrade 
Graves  desires  to  locate  comrades  who  can  identify  him. 


Fred  R.  Shipman,  of  the  Llano  (Tex.)  Sanitarium,  enlisted 
as  drummer  boy  at  Bridgeville,  Pickens  County,  Ala.  He  was 
mustered  into  the  Confederate  service  on  March  22,  1861. 
at  Mobile,  Ala.,  in  the  2d  Alabama  Regiment,  Company  B, 
and  was  stationed  at  Fort  Morgan  eleven  months.  The  regi- 
ment was  then  sent  to  Fort  Pillow.  Tenn.  In  February,  1862, 
he  reenlisted  at  Fort  Pillow  for  the  war,  and  got  sixty  days' 
furlough.  In  May,  1862,  he  was  sent  to  Columbus,  Miss.,  and 
there  organized  the  42d  Alabama,  Company  B.  William  R. 
Best  was  made  captain,  Lanier  lieutenant  colonel,  and  Pren- 
tiss colonel.  Mr.  Shipman  is  now  getting  old  and  could  get 
a  pension  if  he  could  make  proof  of  his  service.  If  any  of 
his  company  or  regiment  see  this  and  can  testify  for  him, 
please  write  him.  [This  inquiry  is  made  by  Dr.  G.  W. 
Baskett.  of  Llano,  Tex.] 


RECOLLECTIONS  OF  GEN.  J.  C.  BRECKINRIDGE. 

BY  H.  E.   HORD,  HERMITAGE,  TENN. 

I  cordially  agree  with  Comrade  Cunningham  in  what  he 
says  in  the  February  number  of  the  good  old  Veteran  on 
"A  Talk  with  the  Boys."  We  have  the  rare  opportunity  of 
having  our  yarns  published,  and  thousands  of  the  rising 
generation  will  have  the  pleasure  of  reading  them,  thereby 
learning  something  about  the  experiences  of  their  fathers 
or  grandfathers.  Then  there  is  another  consideration.  The 
Confederate  Veteran  is  our  magazine,  and  has  done  more 
than  any  one  thing  or  person  to  keep  alive  our  fraternity. 
We  ought  to  do  our  part  toward  making  it  as  interesting  as 
possible. 

I  see  they  are  trying  to  raise  the  necessary  funds  to  buy  Mr. 
Davis's  birthplace.  It  is  a  good  idea,  and  I  hope  it  will  go 
through.  I  used  to  know  the  place  before  the  war,  and  will 
tell  you  about  the  last  time  I  was  there  and  the  distinguished 
company  I  was  in.  When  the  war  commenced  I  was  living 
at  Hopkinsville,  Ky.,  with  my  guardian,  Judge  H.  J.  Stites, 
judge  on  the  Kentucky  Court  of  Appeals.  He  was  a  very 
warm  friend  of  Gen.  John  C.  Breckinridge.  The  Judge  had 
no  children,  and  his  wife  had  been  an  invalid  for  several 
years.  I  was  early  trained  to  do  a  good  deal  that  belongs  to 
housekeeping,  though  we  had  plenty  of  good  servants. 

Tennessee  had  seceded,  and  Kentucky  was  to  vote  on  the 
question  in  a  few  weeks.  General  Breckinridge,  Mr.  Johnson, 
Col.  Henry  Bennett,  and  several  others  were  making  a  tour 
of  Kentucky  making  speeches  to  induce  Kentucky  to  secede. 
They  came  to  Hopkinsville,  and  Judge  Stites  had  the  entire 
party  at  his  house.  His  wife  was  not  at  home  at  the  time. 
So  it  was  up  to  old  Aunt  Ellen,  with  my  assistance,  to  do  the 
commissary  act  for  our  guests.  The  Judge  gave  a  dining 
and  invited  some  of  the  prominent  men  of  Hopkinsville  to 
meet  his  guests.  Mr.  James  Jackson  was  one  of  them.  He 
joined  the  Union  army,  and  was  killed  at  Perryville,  Ky.,  after 
he  became  a  brigadier  general. 

General  Breckinridge  spoke  twice  at  the  Fair  Grounds  and 
once  in  the  courthouse  at  night.  At  one  of  the  speeches  so 
many  flowers  were  thrown  on  the  platform  that  I  had  to 
make  a  special  trip  in  a  double-seated  rockaway  to  haul  them 
home.  Among  them  I  found  a  large  wreath  and  in  the  center 
a  small  Confederate  flag,  the  first  one  I  ever  saw.  I  took 
the  flag  out  and  preserved  it. 


Old  Aunt  Ellen  fed  the  crowd  so  well  for  several  days, 
that  they  had  her  summoned  to  the  dining  room  and  each 
guest  made  a  little  speech  thanking  her  for  the  splendid  way 
she  had  entertained  them.  The  old  negro  was  badly  rattled. 
None  of  them  thought  of  tipping  her.  It  was  not  considered 
good  form  to  tip  another's  servants  in  those  days. 

The  Judge  sent  the  party  to  Tate's  Station,  on  the  L.  &  N  . 
in  his  buggy,  and  I  was  the  driver  for  General  Breckinridge. 
Several  young  men  volunteered  to  take  the  others  of  the 
party.  I  was  delighted  to  drive  General  Breckinridge.  I  was 
a  boy  and  was  afraid  General  Breckinridge  would  prefer  to 
ride  with  some  of  the  others  who  were  older.  I  drew  up 
my  rig  in  front  of  the  yard  gate,  and  Judge  Stites  said  to  the 
General :  "Henry  is  a  fair  driver,  but  you  may  prefer  going 
with  some  one  else  older.  Take  your  choice."  General  Breck- 
inridge looked  at  me,  and  I  think  saw  how  anxious  I  was 
to  go  with  him,  for  he  smiled  and  said:  "I'll  go  with  Henry, 
but  first  I'll  take  this  flag  down."  Then  he  walked  up  to 
my  horse's  head  and  removed  the  little  Confederate  flag  from 
the  headstall ;  then  to  me :  "Wait,  my  boy,  till  Kentucky 
adopts  that  flag  and  then  we'll  do  our  best  to  keep  it  flying." 

I  got  to  hear  him  talk  for  thirty  miles,  and  I  remember  a 
good  deal  of  that  conversation  yet.  Before  we  reached  Fair- 
view  the  party  discussed  stopping  there  for  dinner.  They 
could  not  decide  among  themselves ;  so  General  Breckinridge 
asked  me  what  I  thought  of  it.  Who  else  would  have  thought 
to  consult  a  fifteen-year-old  boy  about  his  plans?  I  told 
him  I  thought  ;t  took  smart  men  to  be  Vice  Presidents  and 
Senators.  General  Breckinridge  winked  at  the  others  and 
said :  "It  does."  Then  I  said :  "You  have  a  fine  roast  beef, 
old  home-cured  ham,  beaten  biscuit,  whisky  older  than  I  am, 
wine,  cake,  pickles,  etc.,  and  consider  going  to  an  old  way- 
side inn  where  you  will  get  only  'yellow'  s°da  biscuit,  etc." 
The  crowd  laughed,  and  Colonel  Bennett  said :  "Tt  was  a  con- 
vincing argument."  So  they  concluded  to  drive  on  past  and 
have  our  lunch  later. 

When  we  reached  Fairview,  we  found  an  immense  crowd 
there,  having  gathered  to  see  and  hear  General  Breckinridge. 
He  had  to  stop  and  make  a  speech.  Sure  enough,  they  did 
have  soda  biscuit.  From  Fairview  to  the  station  we  were 
escorted  by  Cap't  Ned  Merriwethers's  cdrhpany  of  cavalry. 
They  had  not.  yet  joined  the  Confederate  forces.  Captain 
Merriwethers  was  a  brother  of  our  good  friend,  Mrs.  C.  M. 
Godett.  He  was  killed  at  the  Sacramento  fight  not  very  long 
afterwards.  At  the  station  we  found  another  crowd  to  whom 
General  Breckinridge  had  to  make  a  speech.  He  found  time 
to  come  over  to  the  buggy  and  tell  me  good-by.  I  asked  him 
what  I  should  do  with  our  luuc':  ;  it  would  kill  old  Aunt 
Ellen  to  take  it  home.  He  said,  "Don't  take  it  back  home; 
give  it  away  to  some  one,"  which  I  did. 

I  afterwards  ran  away  from  home  and  joined  a  regiment 
in  General  Breckinridge's  command,  and  served  with  them 
till  just  before  the  battle  of  Corinth,  Miss.  I  used  to  see 
General  Breckinridge  nearly  every  day,  but  never  was  at 
his  headquarters  nor  made  myself  known  to  him.  Mr.  John- 
son was  elected  Governor  of  Kentucky;  but  he  was  a  soldier, 
and  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  Shiloh  fighting  in  the  ranks 
as  a  private.  Colonel  Bennett  represented  Kentucky  in  the 
Confederate  Congress.  They  are  all  dead  but  me,  and  I  am 
in  the  Tennessee  Confederate  Soldiers'  Home. 


Information  Wanted. — Mrs.  J.  J.  Beavers,  of  Benton,  Ark., 
would  like  information  as  to  the  Confederate  record  of  her 
father,  S.  H.  Whitthorne,  who  enlisted  at  Shelbyville,  Tenn. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterar>. 


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HOW  JIM  MALCOM  SAVED   THE  STEER. 

BY   .TAMES    W.    ALBRIGH 

When  the  siege  of  Petersburg  was  growing  monotonous 
and  rations  w-ere  very  scarce,  a  scout  brought  the  glad  tidings 
that  the  Yankees  had  several  hundred  fat  Texas  steers  grazing 
nil  the  Blackwater  River,  some  miles  east  of  Petersburg,  in 
Surry  County.  A  council  of  "rations"  was  held,  and  it  was 
decided  to  be  a  good  idea  to  get  a  few  of  these  steers.  To  ac- 
complish this  feat  seemed  to  be  a  hazardous  undertaking,  for 
the  Yanks  liked  beef  also. 

I  he  scout  said  it  would  be  an  easy  task  to  flank  the  steers, 
capture  the  guards  by  surprise,  and  drive  them  into  Petersburg. 
\  few  select  men  were  called  for  as  volunteers;  for  if  they 
were  to  be  had,  it  was  by  strategy,  not  force.  The  accepted 
volunteers  were  soon  on  the  raid.  With  light  hearts  and  noth- 
ing but  canteens  and  trusted  guns  these  brave  boys  started 
for  the  swamps  of  Surry  after  Texas  beef.  The  raid  was  a 
huge  success.  Not  a  gun  was  fired,  so  completely  was  the 
guard  surprised  and  captured.  Driving  the  beeves  to  Peters- 
burg was  not  an  easy  task.  But  several  hundred  were  driven 
into  air  lines  just  after  sunrise,  to  the  delight  of  the  raiders 
and  the  rest  of  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  who  were 
lucky  enough  to  be  included  in  the  "divide." 

One  clever  fellow  from  Greensboro,  James  Malcom,  how- 
ever, came  near  losing  his  life  on  the  return.  A  bridge  had 
to  be  crossed,  and  the  steers  attempted  a  stampede,  and  a  few 
made  good  their  escape.  In  trying  to  beat  them  back  on  the 
bridge  several  jumped  off  into  the  stream,  carrying  Malcom 
with  them.  He  could  not  swim,  and  in  floundering  around  in 
the  water  he  seized  a  large  steer  by  the  tail.  But  for  this 
Malcom  would  have  been  drowned.  When  the  big  steer  got 
ashore  and  came  plunging  up  the  hill  with  the  150-pound  Con- 
federate clinging  to  his  tail,  a  good  shout  went  up  from  the 
scouts  who  had  failed  to  take  a  bath  on  that  occasion.  Jim 
Malcom  rubbed  his  hands,  spit  out  a  little  tobacco  and  a  good 
deal  of  water,  and  said  very  gravely:  "Well,  boys,  I  had  a 
hard  tussle  with  that  steer;  but  I  was  bound  to  save  him,  for 
j  "ii  know  beefsteak  is  scarce." 


LOSSES  IN  BATTLES. 

BY    B.    H.    KING,   ATLANTA,   GA. 

As  Bill  Arp  used  to  write:  "I  have  been  ruminating  over 
the  bloody  days  of  the  sixties."  It  is  strange  that  in  so  short 
a  time  the  rising  generation  knows  so  little  of  the  happen- 
ings in  that  great  epoch.     Let  us  consider  a  few  figures. 

The  1st  Minnesota  Regiment  at  Gettysburg  lost  215  out  of 
263  men,  82  per  cent;  the  9th  Illinois  Regiment  at  Shiloh  lost 
366  out  of  57.S  men.  63  per  cent;  the  1st  Maine  Regiment  at 
burg  lost  632  out  of  950  men,  67  per  cent ;  Caldwell's 
Brigade,  made  up  of  New  York,  New  Hampshire,  and  Penn- 
sylvania troops,  in  Hancock's  attack  at  Fredericksburg  lost 
■ii'i  "lit  of  1,947  men,  48  per  cent. 

Now  let  us  turn  to  the  Confederates  and  see  how  they 
in  comparison.  Let  us  take  the  1st  Texas  at  Antietam. 
where  186  out  of  226  men  fell.  82  per  cent ;  the  26th  North 
Carolina  at  Gettysburg  lost  58S  out  of  820  men,  72  per  cent; 
the  8th  Tennessee  at  Murfreesboro  lost  306  out  of  441  men. 
us  per  cent;  Garnett's  Brigade  of  Virginians  while  in  Pickett's 
charge  lost  94]  oul  of  t,|-'7  men,  <>r  65  per  cent.  These  fig- 
ures are  from  "Regimental  1  11  the  American  Civil  War," 
by  Col.  William  1".  Fox,  of  Vlbany,  N.  Y.  One  company  of 
the  6th  Kentucky.  Lewis's  Brigade,  Hardee's  Corps,  at  Jones- 
boro,  Ga.,  lost  fourteen  men  out  of  fifteen,  over  nin.  ty-three 
per  cent      Well  may  this  be  called  the  "Orphan    Brig     le." 


Again  let  us  compare  these  figures  with  losses  in  the  Euro- 
pean contest  or  the  Napoleonic  struggles.  The  Light  Brigade, 
rendered  immortal  in  song  and  story  by  Tennyson,  lost  but 
thirty-seven  per  cent  at  Balaklava.  The  guards  at  Inkerman 
lost  but  forty-five  per  cent,  and  the  heaviest  losses  of  the 
Franco-Prussian  War  were  hut  forty-six  and  forty-nine  per 
cent.  These  figures  show  how  well  our  soldiers  fought  and 
how  faithful  to  their  duty.  All  honor  to  the  American  sol- 
dier, be  he  Yank  or  Rebl 

Let  us  look  to  the  Southern  soldier,  now  old.  feeble,  and 
gray.  Comrades,  we  of  the  old  guards,  who  stuck  to  the  bitter 
end.  were  never  whipped!  Ask  the  survivors  of  Five  Forks; 
ask  the  remnant  of  the  skeleton  corps  of  Kwcll,  who  held  the 
ford  at  Sailors'  Creek  on  thai  dark  and  bloody  day,  April  0, 
1865;  ask  the  survivors  of  Bentonville;  take  the  sieges  of 
Richmond  and  Charleston,  and  you  will  find  that  history  fails 
to  show  their  equals  Finally  let  us  look  to  the  memory  of 
the  women  of  the  Confederacy.  Spartan  mothers  were  not 
truer.  Yes,  God  bless  you,  little  comrades  of  the  gray,  we 
bless  and  revere  your  memory ! 

Life's  sands  are  slowly  running  out,  our  work  is  nearly 
done;  but  may  oblivion's  dark  wings  never  shadow  our  glori- 
ous past  high  up  on  the  scroll  of  fame !  And  I  hope  that  when 
we  reach  the  mystic  river  we  shall  hear  old  "Marse  Robert" 
calling  the  countersign  as  we  pass  over. 

Minutes  of  Nineteenth  Annual  Reunion.  I".  C.  V. — 
Gen.  W.  E.  Mikle.  Adjutant  General  and  Chief  of  Staff,  has  is- 
sued the  minutes  of  the  nineteenth  U.  C.  V.  Reunion,  which 
was  held  in  Memphis  June  8-10.  The  pamphlet  contains  quite 
elaborate  reports  of  all  the  proceedings.  The  leading  speech- 
es are  given  entire,  together  with  the  official  proceedings,  the 
new  officers  for  every  division,  with  their  addresses.  Gen- 
eral Mikle's  reports  are  given  first.  His  statement  of  dis- 
bursements and  receipts  sets  forth  in  detail  the  condition  of 
the  order  in  a  brief  summary.  This  is  followed  by  the  re- 
port of  Surgeon  General  C.  II  Tebault,  which  includes  sev- 
eral very  interesting  letters.  The  minutes  constitute  a  very 
valuable  book  of  reference,  and  can  be  obtained  for  fifty 
cents  by  applying  to  Vdjutant  General  William  E.  Mikle. 
New  Orleans. 

In  Memory  of  the  Dead  at  Camp  Morton  Prison. — J. 
Duncan  Holliday,  of  the  1st  Light  Artillery,  C.  S.  A.,  writes 
the  Veteran  that  work  is  being  rapidly  pushed  forward  upon 
the  monument  which  the  government  is  erecting  at  the  cost 
of  fifteen  thousand  dollars  in  honor  of  the  dead  of  Camp 
Morton  Prison.  It  was  intended  to  mark  each  grave;  but 
they  could  not  be  identified,  and  the  names  will  be  placed  upon 
one  large  shaft  instead.  When  the  monument  is  dedicated, 
Mr.  John  Klee  will  make  an  address,  and  it  is  hoped  that 
Confederates  from  many  States  will  be  present. 

How  General  MORGAN   ESCAPED  from   Prison. — A  story   is 
going  the  rounds  of  the  press  stating  that  General   Morg 
1  aped    from    prison    through    the    briber}    of    his    jailers    by   the 

Southern  women,  who  paid  thirty  thousand  dollars  for  the 
liberation  of  the  distinguished  prisoner.  Charlton  Morgan,  a 
brother  of  General   Morgan,  denies  the  ing  that  he 

1  Mi         n  in  prison,  and  that  they  escaped  by 
tunneling  out,  as  is  told  in  history. 

Monument  Ft         I  ING  Fast. — The  committee  in  charge 

of  raising  funds  for  a  monument  to  mark  the  position  of  the 
Tennessee  troops  in  the  battle  of  Vicksburg  are  very  jubilant. 
The  response  to  the  call  has  been  both  quick  and  generous. 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterai? 


GEN.  GRANT'S  "MAGNANIMITY"  AT  APPOMATTOX. 
(  Author's  name  sought.     It  may  have  heen  mislaid.) 

Much  has  heen  written  and  more  declaimed  concerning  the 
magnanimity  of  General  Grant  shown  in  the  terms  that  he 
made  to  General  Lee  for  the  surrender  of  the  Army  of  North- 
ern Virginia.  It  seems  to  me  that  a  false  estimate  of  that 
event  is  made  whenever  a  sentimental  motive  is  attributed  to 
it.  Magnanimity  literally  means  greatness  of  mind,  and  in 
that  sense  I  have  no  objection  to  bestowing  the  term  "mag- 
nanimous" on  the  character  of  General  Grant's  act  on  that 
occasion.  But  in  its  ordinary  acceptation  the  word  "magnani- 
mous" is  taken  to  mean  generosity  with  charitable  tendency 
on  the  part  of  the  person  whose  act  is  under  consideration. 
In  that  sense  it  belittles  the  great  event  in  question  to  call 
it  a  magnanimous  act. 

Men  have  a  right  to  be  generous  with  what  is  their  own  and 
with  what  concerns  themselves  only,  but  it  is  not  generous 
or  magnanimous  to  give  that  which  is  not  your  own.  When 
men  hold  in  their  keeping  a  great  trust  involving  the  lives 
and  happiness  of  millions  of  people,  compromising  by  yielding 
to  a  sentiment  of  personal  generosity  is,  to  the  extent  of  a 
compromise,  a  betrayal  of  the  trust. 

When  General  Lee  and  General  Grant  met  at  Appomattox 
in  the  residence  of  Mr.  McLaine  on  the  morning  of  April  g, 
1865,  each  had  in  his  keeping  a  sacred  trust,  the  magnitude  of 
which  cannot  be  overestimated.  General  Lee  held  not  only 
the  remnant  of  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia,  whose  achieve- 
ments theretofore  had  been  and  always  will  be  the  wonder 
and  admiration  of  the  world,  but  he  held  also  the  last  hope 
of  a  nation  composed  of  ten  States  and  8,000,000  Anglo- 
Saxon  people,  who,  believing  sacredly  in  the  Declaration  of 
Independence,  trusting  not  only  in  their  own  strength,  but 
trusting  also  in  the  sincerity  of  the  28,000,000  of  the  people  of 
the  other  States  who  had  always  theretofore  professed  to  be- 
lieve in  those  same  principles.  The  lives  and  honor  of  that 
remnant  of  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  and  the  last  hope 
of  that  then  crushed  nation  were  in  General  Lee's  keeping, 
and  it  was  with  that  trust  that  he  was  dealing. 

General  Grant  had  in  his  hands  the  lives  of  many  thousands 
of  men  composing  the  great  army  he  commanded,  and  he  held 
also  in  his  hands  the  fate  of  the  Union  that  that  army  had 
"been  enlisted  to  maintain.  He  knew  what  the  result  would 
ultimately  be  if  the  strife  between  the  two  greatly  dispro- 
portioned  armies  should  be  continued ;  but  he  also  knew  and 
appreciated  what  a  continuance  of  that  strife  signified,  and 
he  sincerely  desired  to  avoid  the  loss  of  life  and  the  suffering 
that  would  ensue  before  that  inevitable  result  would  be 
reached.  If  he  could  without  further  bloodshed  and  suffering 
and  without  the  sacrifice  of  a  single  honorable  principle  ob- 
tain all  that  he  and  his  army  were  fighting  for,  he  was  bound 
by  hi  5  duty  to  God  and  man  to  do  so. 

On  the  other  hand.  General  Lee  and  his  army,  even  after 
the  last  hope  for  the  independence  of  their  country  had  dis- 
appeared, had  much  else  to  fight  for  which  was  dearer  to 
them  than  life — their  honor  as  men  and  patriotic  soldiers. 
For  this  they  were  ready  to  die,  and  both  generals  knew  it 
and  both  measured  up  to  the  full  height  of  their  respective  re- 
sponsibilities. No  petty  sentiment  of  personal  generosity  or 
charity  entered  into  the  mind  of  either.  It  was  a  matter  of 
sublime  duty,  and  each  performed  his  duty  to  the  full  limit. 

What  did  General  Grant  concede?  Nothing  that  was  in  issue 
in  the  case.  Not  the  slightest  impairment  of  the  authority  of 
the  United  States  over  the  Confederate  States,  not  the  slight- 
est concession   on   any  question   in   dispute;   but   he  conceded 


only  that  the  officers  and  enlisted  men  were  In  be  treated  aS 
prisoners  of  war  under  parole,  the  officers  to  retain  their  side 
arms  and  both  officers  and  enlisted  men  their  private  property. 
Aside  from  mere  sentiment  of  soldierly  compliment  the 
United  States  suffered  no  injury  to  allow  the  officers  to  re- 
tain their  side  arms;  and  as  to  the  little  personal  property  of 
officers  and  enlisted  men.  it  was  not  worth  altogether  the  life 
of  one  good  soldier,  much  less  the  lives  of  many  on  both  sides, 
that  further  fighting  would  have  destroyed.  General  Lee  never 
consented  to  meet  General  Grant  to  discuss  the  question  of 
surrender  of  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  until  General 
Grant  in  his  letter  of  April  8,  1865,  stated  that  the  only  con- 
dition he  would  insist  on  was  "that  the  men  and  officers  sur- 
rendered should  be  disqualified  for  taking  up  arms  against  the 
government  of  the  United  States  until  properly  exchanged." 
On  the  receipt  of  that  letter  General  Lee  invited  General 
Grant  to  a  meeting  on  the  9th  of  April  to  discuss  the  subject. 
That  meeting  was  held,  and  the  result  was  as  above  stated. 

Suppose  at  that  meeting  General  Lee  had  proposed  to  sur- 
render, reserving  only  the  right  to  have  his  officers  and  en- 
listed men  treated  with  the  honorable  consideration  that  was 
in  fact  accorded  to  them,  and  suppose  General  Grant  had  re- 
fused to  accept  the  surrender  on  those  terms  and  as  a  conse- 
quence the  meeting  had  dissolved  and  the  battles  had  been 
renewed,  what  then  could  General  Grant  and  his  army  have 
said  they  were  fighting  for?  The  supremacy  of  the  United 
States  conceded,  what  else  remained  for  that  army  to  fight 
for  which  was  enlisted  only  to  preserve  the  Union?  Nothing 
unless  it  was  revenge.  The  United  States  could  not  have 
faced  the  civilized  world  and  justified  themselves  for  con- 
tinuing the  war  for  such  a  purpose.  But  with  the  army  of 
the  Confederacy  the  case  was  different. 

After  all  hope  for  the  independence  of  their  country  was 
gone,  the  officers  and  soldiers  of  the  Confederate  army  still 
had  their  honor  as  soldiers  and  their  right  to  be  accorded 
recognition  in  honorable  warfare  to  maintain. 

In  my  opinion  the  man  underestimates  General  Grant  who 
sees  anything  in  his  act  on  that  occasion  except  a  full  apprecia- 
tion of  his  responsibility  and  a  strict  compliance  with  his  duty. 

General  Grant  in  his  "Personal  Memoirs"  has  said :  "I  com- 
manded the  whole  of  the  mighty  host  engaged  on  the  vic- 
torious side.  I  was.  no  matter  whether  deservedly  or  not, 
the  representative  .of  that  side  of  the  controversy." 

And  as  to  General  Lee,  who,  though  well  knowing  the  in- 
evitable result  of  a  batlle-to-the-end  in  the  unequal  contest, 
gave  no  intimation  of  an  intention  to  surrender  until  he  had 
received  the  assurance  of  the  terms  contained  in  the  letter 
above  mentioned,  one  fails  to  appreciate  his  conduct  if  he  does 
not  see  in  it  the  noble  resolve  of  a  great  leader  to  die  with 
his  men  after  all  else  is  lost  rather  than  surrender  their  honor 
and  submit  to  personal  ignominy. 


South  Carolina's  Woman's  Monument. — South  Carolina 
has  collected  sufficient  money  to  have  the  work  on  her  woman's 
monument  put  in  hand  for  prompt  accomplishment.  Mr.  A. 
K.  Henderson,  of  Aiken,  sends  the  Veteran  a  copy  of  the 
State  containing  a  list  of  the  contributors  to  this  fund.  Look- 
ing over  this,  it  is  seen  how  widespread  was  the  interest  which 
could  insure  such  big  results  from  such  small  individual  con- 
tributions. South  Carolina  has  the  right  idea — not  to  wait 
for  some  large  donation  before  beginning  this  work,  but  to  let 
it  be  a  strong  pull  all  together.  Small  contributions  are  easier 
attainable,  and  many  small  contributions  promptly  given  and 
added  together  reach  a  large  sum  and  in  a  very  short  time. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


597 


"RUFFIN   DRAGOONS"   WITH   A.  S.  JOHNSTON. 

BY  1.  U.  n.MhR,  DEMOPOLIS,  ALA. 
When  this  company  of  cavalry  was  first  regimented,  it  was 
Company  C,  Wirt  Adams's  Cavalry.  Afterwards,  about  the 
1st  of  July,  it  was  known  as  Company  A.  3d  Alabama  Cav- 
alry. This  company  was  organized  in  the  summer  of  1861 
.iiid  left  for  the  seat  of  war  September  25  via  Memphis,  Tenn., 
where  it  was  sworn  in  for  service,  and  without  frills  or  stipu- 
lations enlisted  for  the  war.  It  was  sent  thence  to  Bowling 
Green,  Ky.,  where  Gen.  A.  S.  Johnston  confronted  the  Federal 
General  Buell. 

Its  first  battle  of  any  import. nice  was  Shiloh,  where  it  was 
detailed  as  escort  to  General  Johnston.  In  this  battle  not  very 
long  before  he  was  killed  the  company  was  obstructing  the 
front  of  a  regiment  of  infantry,  then  advancing  to  tin-  at- 
tack; ami  turning  to  our  company  commander,  F,  Y.  Gaines. 
General  Johnston  ordered  him  to  move  the  company  into  a 
ravine  close  by.  which  afforded  a  partial  shelter  from  the  hail 
of  bullets  assaulting  the  hue  at  every  point.  General  John- 
ston, saluting  the  infantry  regiment  as  it  marched  up,  im- 
mediately tinned  in  front  of  ,1  and  at  once  disappeared  in 
the  smoke  that  covered  the  field  as  a  sulphurous  shroud.  We 
were  left  in  this  ravine  probably  two  hours  awaiting  orders. 
when  some  officer  rode  Up  to  the  captain  announcing  the  death 

. if  Johnsti in. 

\lter  the  spring  had  passed  and  the  campaign  in  Kentucky 
under  Bragg  hail  been  determined  upon,  the  cavalry,  which  had 
been  under  Van  Dorn  in  a  few  expeditions  in  Mississippi,  was 
reorganized  for  this  service  and  not  long  afterwards  placed 
under  the  command  of  General  Wheeler.  Our  company  had 
been  returned  as  Company  A  of  the  3d  Alabama  Cavalry. 
Its  first  colonel  who  s,n\  any  service  at  its  head  was  James 
I  lagan,  of  Mobile,  a  truly  admirable  man  and  brave  officer. 

The  battles  and  skirmishes  of  this  company  with  the 
enemy  were  in  excess  of  one  hundred,  some  of  which  I  will 
loan  memory  name.  To  the  few  surviving  comrades  scat- 
tered along  the  thorny  path  of  life  these  reminiscences  will 
he  both  sad  and  comforting.  To  each  survivor  I  send  loving 
greeting.    Some  of  the  battles  I  will  name  in  sequence,  though 

many  others  hard  and  furious  leave  hut  "vacant  vaporings." 
First,  Shiloh.  Farmington,  Green  River,  Ky.  (Vinegar  Hill), 
I'crryvillc.  (  rab  Orchard,  Ky.  Between  the  two  last  named 
there  w  1  1  e  several  whose  localities  and  names  are  forgot- 
ten. In  our  advance  into  and  retreat  from  Kentucky  we 
were  almost  continually  in  the  saddle  and  were  under  the 
enemy's  tire  for  nearly  thirty  days.  After  arriving  in  Middle 
I  Min.  ,see,  we  picketed  the  front  on  the  Nashville  and  Mur- 
freesboro  Pikes,  station,  ,1  for  some  time  at  Lavergne.    Then 

came  the  Cedars  and  Stewart's  Creek.  From  the  latter,  after 
five  days'  lighting,  we  wen  at  Murfrccsboro.  Taking  posi- 
tion  on  the  extreme  right  of  our  line  late  in  the  evening  of 
the  29th  of  December,  [862,  we  unsaddled  and  prepared  for 
a  night1  n  I  \l  midnight  the  mellow  not,  ,,1  .1  hugle  roused 
the  slumbering  soldier  and  in  haste  bade  him  saddle  and 
mount  "Mo  1,  1  ,1  that  December  night  was  devoted  to  hard 
riding.  Early  morning  brought  a  sharp  skirmish,  and  then 
without  a  stop  we  struck  the  railroad  at  Lavergne,  which 
'ii  ila  ,!■  |„,t  ,,f  supplies  for  the  Federal  army.  Destroy- 
ing this,  we  -it  out  for  the  left  wing  of  our  army,  then  en 
•  d  with  the  iiirim  in  tin  great  battle  of  Murfrccsboro. 
At  the  beginning  of  Bragg's  withdrawal  from  Murfrecsboro 
a  portion  of  our  cavalry,  including  our  regiment,  was  sent 
to  the  Cumberland  Rivet  to  destroj  stores  and  if  possible 
gunboats.     1  he  weather  turning   severely  cold,  this  expedition 


was  a  failure.  We  had  hard  work  and  severe  suffering  for 
both  man  and  horse.  Returning,  we  were  stationed  at  Foster- 
ville,  ten  or  twelve  miles  from  Shelbyville  (eighteen  miles 
by  rail),  where  the  hulk  of  Bragg's  forces  were  camped. 

Bragg's  retreat  being  resumed  during  the  summer,  our  next 
severe  contact  with  the  enemy  was  at  Shelbyville.  where  our 
company  was  badly  crippled,  losing  many  as  prisoners,  when 
we  were  again  assigned  to  escort  and  courier  duty. 

The  next  important  affair  was  Elk  River,  then  McLemore's 
love  and  Chickamauga.  After  the  last  battle.  General 
Wheeler  made  his  first  noted  raid  through  Middle  Tennessee. 
Crossing  the  Tennessee  River  at  Cotton  Port,  the  3d  Alabama 
was  in  the  lead  and  Company  A  at  the  head  of  the  regiment. 
It-  gallant  conduct  at  this  crossing  elicited  unstinted  praise 
from  our  gallant  general. 

For  ten  days  and  nights  we  were  beset,  front,  flank,  and 
rear;  but  we  repelled  attacks  and  fought  our  way  through, 
taking  stockades,  destroying  railroads,  capturing  and  paroling 
prisoners.  Wheeler's  movement  was  sudden,  rapid,  and  per- 
sistent. In  ,,ne  attack  we  binned  upward  of  nine  hundred 
wagons  loaded  with  supplies  of  all  kinds.  With  difficulty  we 
rccrossed  the  Tennessee  Riser  at   Muscle  Shoals. 

After  resting  a  short  time,  we  were  sent  to  Fast  Tcmi 
when  we  went  through  the  hard  campaign  under  General 
Longstrcet.  who  was  opposed  by  the  Federal  Rurnside.  That 
winter  of  '63  and  '64  was  very  -,  vere,  and  a  great  many  of  US 
were  clad  in  summer  tatters.  Here  we  fought  the  battle  of 
Mossy  ("reek  and  many  other  smaller  engagements.  Mai 
Gen.  Will  T.  Martin  commanded  in  this  campaign.  General 
Wheeler  having  been  recalled  to  the  main  body  of  the  army 
near  Dalton,  Ga.  If  this  officer  is  still  living,  the  writer  on 
behalf  of  this  company  sends  affectionate  greetings.  After 
hardships  hardly  possible  to  endure,  we  emerged  from  the 
struggle  in  the  spring  ,1  [864  to  resume  our  place  in  line 
before  Sherman,  the  Federal  commander. 

The  part  sustained  by  General  Wheeler's  cavalry  in  this 
noted  Struggle  on  the  flanks  of  our  infantry  is  of  thrilling 
interest  for  pages  of  Confederate  history.  I  cannot  remem- 
ber all  the  battles  we  engaged  in  until  our  command  was 
again  detached  Under  Wheeler  we  again  swung  around  the 
rear  of  the  Federal  army,  doing  much  damage.  Wc  rccrossed 
ill,  I  ,  ma-  ee  River,  but  I  do  not  remember  the  place  or  date. 
It  is  strange  that  such  momentous  events  should  escape  the 
memory.  A  short  rest  after  this,  and  we  were  in  front  oi 
Sherman  on  his  bloody,  devastating  way  to  Savannah. 

After  crossing  the  Savannah  River  into  South  Carolina, 
our  next  important  affair  was  at  Aiken,  when  we  utterly 
scattered  Kilpatrick's  Cavalry  and  drove  it  back  on  its  in- 
fantry supports.  Our  government  by  this  lime  was  sadly  de- 
pleted in  infantry  troops  and  necessary  munitions  after  Hood's 
disastrous  defeat  in  Middle  Tennessee,  and  it  devolved  again 
upon  the  cavalry  arm  of  the  service  to  keep  Sherman's  ad 
vanec  north  as  compact  as  possible.  Wc  attacked  and  drove 
in  repeatedly  upon  his  main  body  and  pillaging  parties 

\ftei  crossing  the  Great  Pedee  and  not  far  from  Fayctte- 
ville,  X.  C.  we  attacked  General  Kilpatrick's  cavalry  camp 
about  daylight,  taking  his  artillery  and  about  four  hundred 
prisoners.     Our  next   was   Averysboro,  then   Bcntonville. 

\  few  more  skirmishes  aftet  this,  and  all  was  over.  The 
lines  of   tin     Vrmy  of   Northern   Virginia  had   been  broken, 

men  were  paroled,  muskets  -tacked,  and  nothing  was  left  for 
Gen    .1     E.  John-ton's  army  but  to  surrender. 

I  would  appreciate  a  letter  from  anj  of  my  old  comrades  of 

the    Rut'lin    1  >]  agi 


598 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


THE  BATTLE  AT  CLOYD'S  FARM. 

BY  PROF.    MILTON   VV.   HUMPHRIES,   UNIVERSITY  OF  VIRGINIA. 

The  military  operations  that  culminated  at  Lynchburg  on 
the  iSth  of  June,  1864,  constituted  a  very  important  episode 
of  the  Civil  War,  leading,  as  they  did,  to  the  Valley  campaign. 
According  to  Grant's  original  plan,  simultaneously  with  his 
move  upon  Lee  two  columns  were  to  advance,  one  from 
Western  Virginia,  the  other  up  the  valley,  capture  Staun- 
ton, and  proceed  against  Lynchburg.  This  plan  was  after- 
wards modified  so  as  to  include  the  destruction  of  the  salt 
works  in  Washington  County  at  Saltville  and  the  railroad 
bridge  over  New  River,  in  Pulaski  County.  The  further 
move  against  Lynchburg  by  the  two  converging  columns 
was  to  be  determined  by  the  issue  of  the  other  operations. 

On  May  2,  1864,  two  days  before  Grant  crossed  the  Rapi- 
dan,  Brig.  Gen.  George  Crook  left  the  Kanawha  Valley,  and 
for  several  days  marched  by  way  of  Fayetteville,  Raleigh 
C.  H..  Princeton.  Rocky  Gap.  and  Walker's  Creek,  his  ob- 
jective points  being  Dublin  Depot  and  New  River  bridge.  He 
sent  Brig.  Gen.  William  W.  Averell  with  a  division  of  cavalry 
by  way  of  Logan  C.  H.  against  Saltville.  One  regiment  of 
infantry  was  sent  up  the  James  River  by  the  Kanawha  Pike 
toward  Lewisburg  to  draw  their  attention  in  that  direction. 
On  this  march  Crook  encountered  only  small  Confederate 
scouting  parties,  whom  he  reported  as  having  "fled  precipi- 
tately." 

Simultaneously  with  these  movements  Maj.  Gen.  F.  Sigel 
commenced  slowly  to  feel  his  way  up  the  Valley  of  Virginia, 
his  immediate  objective  point  being  Staunton.  The  authori- 
ties at  Richmond  were  loath  to  believe  that  Crook  was  south 
of  New  River,  so  loath  that  it  seemed  probable  that  Grant's 
original  plan  for  Crook  to  move  from  Beverly  and  join  Sigel 
at  Staunton  had  been  found  out.  Accordingly  Maj.  Gen.  J.  C. 
Breckinridge  was  ordered  to  concentrate  about  all  the  forces 
of  the  Department  of  West  Virginia  at  Staunton.  The  move- 
ments to  this  end  began  by  Col.  John  McCausland  with  the 
36th  Regiment  and  Col.  Beuhring  Jones  with  the  60th  Regi- 
ment and  Bryant's  Battery,  who  marched  from  Princeton 
May  5.  On  the  8th  the  artillery  was  being  placed  on  a  train 
of  flats  at  Dublin  Depot  when  McCausland  in  person  or- 
dered the  battery  to  prepare  at  once  to  march  and  to  be 
ready  for  action.  The  brigade  retraced  its  steps  some  five 
miles  and  went  into  line  of  battle  on  the  farm  of  a  Mr.  Cloyd, 
about  one  thousand  yards  from  the  base  of  Cloyd's  Moun- 
tain. 

The  Ringgold  Battery  of  four  pieces  and  Beckley's  Battalion 
of  Virginia  Infantry  joined  the  force  here.  At  night  Crook 
camped  at  Shannon's  at  the  opposite  base  of  the  mountain ; 
the  enemy's  camp  fire  illuminated  the  air  above  the  moun- 
tain top.  Next  morning  the  45th  Virginia  Regiment  (Col. 
W.  H.  Brown)  arrived  from  Saltville.  In  the  meantime  Brig. 
Gen.  A.  G.  Jenkins  had  arrived  and  assumed  command.  He 
and  McCausland  disagreed  as  to  the  best  plan  of  battle.  The 
result  was  that  the  line  was  materially  changed.  It  has  some- 
times been  said  that  McCausland  wished  to  occupy  the  Pass 
m  the  mountain,  which  would  have  been  absolutely  fatal;  but 
this  is  not  true.  He  wished  to  keep  the  line  where  he  had 
formed  it.  Another  error  has  also  become  current  by  neigh- 
boring residents  pointing  out  a  certain  hill  as  having  been  oc- 
cupied by  the  Confederate  artillery.  If  it  had  been  on  that 
hill,  the  result  would  have  been  different,  for  that  hill  com- 
manded the  valley  in  front  of  the  infantry.  The  ground  oc- 
cupied by  the  Confederates  was  very  undulating,  and  termi- 


nated in  a  bluff,  which  was  separated  from  the  base  of  the 
mountain  by  the  valley  of  Back  Creek,  which  ran  northward 
past  the  left  flank  and  eastward  along  the  front. 

The  left  wing,  consisting  of  the  36th  Virginia,  Bryant's  Bat- 
tery, and  three  guns  of  the  Ringgold  Battery,  was  about  a 
quarter  of  a  mile  back  from  the  prolongation  of  the  line  oc- 
cupied by  the  rest,  and  the  extreme  left  faced  the  mountain 
pass.  Seven  guns  were  to  the  left  of  the  road,  with  the  in- 
fantry behind  them.  Two  guns  were  just  to  the  right  of  the 
road.  The  remaining  gun  was  four  hundred  yards  in  front  of 
these,  and  was  on  the  extreme  left  of  the  advanced  part  of 
the  line.  Then  from  left  to  right  came  the  60th  Virginia,  a 
company  of  reserves,  the  45th  Virginia,  and  on  the  extreme 
right  Beckley's  Battalion.  The  total  Confederate  strength 
was  about  2,400,  with  ten  pieces  of  artillery ;  Crook's  force 
was  6,555,  w'th  twelve  pieces.  The  Confederate  commanders 
expected  Crook  to  march  through  the  pass,  while  Crook  sup- 
posed the  Confederates  were  posted  in  the  pass.  He  accord- 
ingly sent  half  his  force  directly  up  to  attack  in  front,  while 
he,  as  was  his  custom,  led  the  rest  (guided  by  a  negro)  by 
a  path  through  the  woods  to  the  west  over  the  mountain  top, 
so  as  to  descend  upon  the  Confederate  right  and  rear. 

In  the  meantime  a  strong  picket  in  the  pass  became  engaged 
with  the  Confederate  advance,  and  while  all  eyes  were  fixed 
in  that  direction  Crook  crossed  the  summit  and  discovered 
the  true  situation.  He  formed  a  line  along  the  mountain  near 
its  top  over  a  mile  away,  and  as  soon  as  this  was  discovered 
the  long-range  guns  opened  upon  it,  and  the  line  soon  disap- 
peared, one  brigade  moving  into  ravines  toward  the  Confed- 
erate right  and  the  rest  moving  into  the  pass,  from  which  the 
other  half  of  the  army  was  now  descending.  Occasional 
glimpses  of  the  Federal  line  were  instantly  followed  by  dis- 
charges from  the  Confederate  guns.  Crook  says :  "The  enemy 
kept  up  a  graveyard  whistle  with  their  artillery  everywhere 
we  made  our  appearance." 

The  base  of  the  mountain  being  nearly  level  and  covered 
with  many  small  pines.  Crook  formed  his  line  without  exposing, 
it  to  view.  The  second  brigade  (which  was  the  strongest) 
was  on  the  Federal  left,  under  Col.  C.  B.  White,  the  first  bri- 
gade on  the  right  and  chiefly  to  the  right  of  the  road,  under 
Col.  H.  B.  Sickle,  and  the  center  of  the  first  brigade  was 
under  Col.  Rutherford  Hayes.  The  right  wing  of  this  brigade 
was  the  23d  Ohio,  in  which  was  serving  First  Lieut.  William 
McKinley,  afterwards  captain  and  brevet  major.  Both  wings 
extended  far  beyond  the  Confederate  flanks.  The  second 
brigade  in  two  lines,  one  of  veterans  some  seventy-five  yards 
behind  the  other,  concealed  by  Kalmin  rhododendron  and  other 
brush,  approached  the  Confederate  flank  unseen  and  unex- 
pected. The  Confederate  right  curved  toward  the  front  and 
the  Confederate  left  swung  inward  toward  it,  so  that  the  lat- 
ter was  covered  and  was  almost  perpendicular  to  the  former. 
Beckley's  Battalion,  however,  and  three  detached  companies 
were  in  a  position  to  prevent  a  complete  turning  of  the  flank. 
The  whole  Confederate  line  was  moderately  well  intrenched. 
The  Federal  artillery  descended  the  mountain  by  the  road 
and  was  shelled  by  some  pieces  on  the  left.  Attempts  were 
made  to  put  the  guns  in  position ;  but  "the  enemy's  fire  became 
so  active  and  rapid,"  says  Captain  Glassie,  "I  was  compelled 
to  retire  after  having  three  men  wounded  slightly  and  one 
limber  pole  broken  by  shell." 

The  field  was  then  for  a  short  time  quiet  except  that  an 
occasional  musket  was  fired,  and  a  howitzer  on  the  extreme 
left    of    the    Confederate    line    slowly   but   steadily    shelled    a 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai). 


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timber  liollow  in  which  some  Federal  guns  had  taken  refuge, 
and  they  had  set  the  woods  on  fire  to  conceal  themselves  in 
smoke.  At  last  all  of  a  sudden  there  was  a  terrific  roar.  The 
Federal  2d  Brigade  had  struck  the  Confederate  right,  and 
this  was  a  signal  for  the  advance  of  their  whole  line.  Their 
center  was  dispersed  by  volleys  from  the  6oth  Virginia  and 
their  right  wing  by  a  rapid  fire  of  all  the  artilleries.  The 
Confederate  right  adjusted  itself  to  the  situation  and  com- 
pelled a  most  daring  and  persistent  assault  of  the  20th  Ohio 
and  14th  West  Virginia,  the  latter  standing  a  few  minutes 
within  twenty  yards  of  the  Confederate  line.  The  attacking 
line  at  last  gave  way,  and  most  of  it  did  not  rally  in  time  to 
take  any  further  part,  and  the  Confederates  considered  the 
day   won. 

Part  of  the  right  wing  closely  pursued  the  retiring  Federals; 
and  when  they  had  themselves  lost  all  organization,  they  ran 
upon  the  reverse  line  of  the  veterans  posted  in  the  bush  seventy- 
five  yards  behind  the  attacking  line.  Being  met  by  a  volley 
in  their  very  faces  and  a  countercharge,  they  in  turn  retired 
to  their  line,  and  a  deadly  conflict  ensued.  Two  regiments  of 
Virginians,  the  9th  Federal,  and  the  45th  Confederate,  fought 
hand  to  hand.  The  former  lost  one  hundred  and  forty-five 
killed,  one  hundred  and  twenty-six  wounded,  and  fifteen  miss- 
ing, more  than  one-third  of  the  whole  regiment ;  the  latter 
lost  twenty-six  killed,  ninety-five  wounded,  forty-six  captured, 
and  six  missing,  many  of  the  captured  no  doubt  being 
wounded.  One  gun  from  each  battery  and  reinforcements 
from  the  60th  Regiment  were  brought  to  the  aid  of  the  right 
wing;  but  the  confusion  of  the  Confederates  was  irremediable, 
and  they  continued  to  yield.  Part  of  Hayes's  Brigade  climbed 
the  bluff  and  broke  through  between  the  60th  and  45th.  The 
howitzer  on  the  extreme  left  and  the  36th  Regiment  were 
moved  at  a  double-quick  toward  the  righ(  wing.  Bryan's  Bat- 
tery changed  front  to  fire  to  the  right,  and  the  Federal  ar- 
tillery rushed  out  into  a  good  position  and  opened  on  Bryan's 
left  flank,  enfilading  the  battery,  and  it  again  wheeled  to  the 
front.  The  Federal  center  and  right  bad  formed  again  and 
now   rapidly  turned  the  Confederate  left. 

The  36th  Regiment  before  it  could  render  any  service  on 
the  right  was  ordered  back  to  the  left;  but  before  it  could 
arrive  the  Federal  infantry  had  come  around  the  left  under 
cover  of  the  hill,  were  very  close  to  Bryan's  guns  and 
almost  behind  them,  and  the  guns  were  being  withdrawn. 
of  them  from  the  very  presence  of  the  Federals.  Two 
pieces  of  the   Ringgold  batten*  tptured,  one  of  them 

firing   its    last    round    when   the   nearest    assailants    were   ten 
The  mass  of  the  infantry  left  the  field  in  con- 
fusion. 

General    Icnkins   having   been   mortallj    wounded,    Colonel 
McCausland    tool    command,     A    slender   line   of   heroes   re 

I  irded  the  Federal  pui  nit,  and  all  the  guns  of  Bryan's  Bat- 
tery  and  two  of  Rii  tvere  carried  off  McCausland 
and                                             with   the   heroic   few   who  pro- 

■  1h  iuI    two   miles   from  Dublin 
'  mi  n   1  dismounted  I,  under  Col.  D. 

II  Smith,  met   the  retreating  army,   forming   line  across  the 

the  grove,  and  I  great  service  by 

ng  the  pursuers  to  stop  and  form  a  line.  Being  flanked 
tight  and  left,  this  command  and  the  other  men  who  had  ral- 
lied to  it  were  compelled  to  retire.  \  section  of  the  Kentucky 
batter]   (Federals)  h  tyed  wonderful  bravery,  pushing 

forward  into  close  muskel  range  rind  Tiring  ten  shells  and 
thirty-five    rounds    oi    cani  ter      The    infantry    retreated   by 

COUntrj    n  to    New    River    bridge, 


six  miles  east  of  Dublin,  while  the  artillery  proceeded  by  the 
macadamized  road,  crossed  on  Ingal's  Bridge,  and  descended 
the  east  bank  of  the  railroad  bridge. 

The  losses  were  lighter  than  could  have  been  expected. 
This  was  due  to  the  short  duration  (about  one  hour)  of  the 
fighting.  The  Confederates  lost  seventy-six  killed,  two  hun- 
dred and  sixty-two  wounded,  and  two  hundred  captured  and 
missing;  the  Federals  lost  one  hundred  and  eight  killed,  five 
hundred  and  eight  wounded,  and  seventy-two  missing.  The 
severely  wounded  Federals  afterwards  fell  into  the  hands  of 
the  Confederates.  General  Jenkins's  wound  proved  fatal,  and 
Lieut.  Col.  G.  W.  Hammond  and  Maj.  J.  N.  Taylor,  of  the 
60th,  and  Lieut.  Col.  E.  H.  llarman,  of  the  45th,  and  several 
officers  of  the  lower  rank  were  killed,  and  many  officers  were 
severely  wounded,  including  Lieut.  Col.  Thomas  Smith,  of  the 
36th,  and  Maj.  Thomas  L.  Broun,  quartermaster  at  Dublin, 
acting  as  volunteer  aid  to  Col.  Beuhring  Jones,  of  the  60th 
Regiment 

Supplemental  to  the  Foregoing. 

The  day  after  the  battle  a  Federal  surgeon  with  a  squad  of 
cavalry  came  to  Guthries  House  and  paroled  General  Jenkins 
and  Colonel  Smith.  Upon  examining  Major  Broun's  wound 
the  surgeon  directed  his  clerk  to  enter  "Killed  in  battle,"  and 
it  was  so  published  in  the  newspapers.  Major  Broun  was 
shot  in  the  abdomen,  the  Minie  ball  striking  him  near  the  joint 
of  the  right  hip  bone  and  coming  out  sideways  at  the  left 
hip  joint,  lacerating  at  that  point  the  lining  of  the  bowels, 
which  there  protruded.  General  Jenkins's  left  arm  was  anipti 
tated  near  the  shoulder  by  the  Federal  and  Confederate  sur- 
geons, and  it  was  thought  he  would  recover ;  but  on  the  tenth 
day  at  Guthries  House  he  bled  to  death  in  a  few  minutes  from 
a  secondary  hemorrhage.  On  Sunday  following  the  battle 
Major  Broun  was  by  the  kindness  of  Mr.  David  McGavock 
removed  on  a  litter  to  his  residence,  one  and  a  half  miles  dis- 
tant, where  he  was  critically  ill  for  some  four  months. 


THE  BEAUTIFUL  LIFE  OF  GENERAL  LEE. 

[Prof.  Geo.  S.  Bryant  to  the  U.  D.  C,  Independence,  Mo     | 

Tapestry  is  woven  from  the  underneath.    The  artist  design-, 
but  the  worker  knows  not  his  figures.     When  the  work  is  tin 
ished,  the  weaver  is  surprised  at  the  beauty  brought  out  above 
His  colors  have  disappeared  in  their  blending.     And  as   with 
tapestry   so   in   history   we   work   on   the  underside.     Uncon 
sciously  the  beautiful   figure   is  developing  above.     We 
ignorantly,  but  ideals  gradually  take  shape  and  remain  as  the 
permanent  possession  of  the  rai  1 

The  history  of  everj  great  movement  is  summed  up  in  the 
name  of  one  man.  Alexander  stands  for  the  Macedonian 
Empire,  Copernicus  for  the  discovery  of  the  solar  system,  and 
John  Milton  is  an  epitome  of  the  Puritan  Revolution,  1 
senting  every  phase  of  thought  from  Satan  in  rebellion  to 
God  overruling.  Nowhere  is  this  thought  better  illustrated 
than  in  our  own  history,  where  George  Washington  1 
mighty  compendium  of  the  American  struggle  for  inde- 
pendence. 

In  the  company  of  the  world's  greatest  men,  worthy  to 
represent  the  dignity  of  man,  of  men  who  sum  up  in  them 
selves  the  meaning,  the  purpose,  and  the  spirit  of  great  move- 
ments, I  wish  to  place  the  name  of  R.  E.  Lee.  His  life  was 
gentle,  the  elements  so  mixed  in  him  that  nature  might  well 
say:  "This  was  a  man — a  man  true  to  himself,  to  his  coun- 
try, and  to  his  God."  The  glory  of  fame  did  not  tempt  him; 
kingdoms  vanished  from  bis  vision  when  be  stood  before  his 
own  conscience  as  before  his  God  and  in  the  sacred  words  of 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


old  said:  "Whither  thou  goest,  I  will  go;  and  whither  thou 
lodgest,  I  will  lodge :  thy  people  shall  be  my  people :  .  .  . 
Where  thou  diest,  will  I  die,  and  there  will  I  be  buried :  the 
Lord  do  so  to  me,  and  more  also,  if  aught  but  death  part  thee 
and  me." 

Before  open  hostilities  began  the  struggle  with  his  con- 
science was  as  intense  as  was  afterwards  that  with  the  armed 
enemy.  It  began  when  the  question  of  secession  came  up  for 
decision.  "The  South,  in  my  opinion,"  Lee  said,  "has  been 
aggrieved  by  the  acts  of  the  North.  I  feel  the  aggression 
and  am  willing  to  take  every  proper  step  for  redress.  It  is 
the  principle  I  contend  for,  not  individual  or  private  benefit. 
As  an  American  citizen  I  take  great  pride  in  my  country, 
her  prosperity  and  institutions,  and  would  defend  any  State 
if  her  rights  were  invaded.  I  can  anticipate  no  greater  ca- 
lamity for  the  country  than  a  dissolution  of  the  Union.  It 
would  be  an  accumulation  of  all  the  evils  of  which  we  com- 
plain, and  I  am  willing  to  sacrifice  everything  but  honor  for 
its  preservation."  He  closed  with  these  words :  "If  the  Union 
is  dissolved  and  the  government  disrupted,  save  in  defense 
of  my  native  State,  I  never  desire  again  to  draw  my  sword." 

In  February,  1S61,  the  Confederate  States  of  America  had 
been  organized  from  the  seven  cotton  States,  the  border  slave- 
holding  States  still  adhering  to  the  Union.  In  April,  1861, 
Virginia  joined  the  Confederacy.  Lee  had  to  decide,  and  his 
final  decision  was  not  reached  without  severe  mental  strug- 
gle nor  without  efforts  on  the  side  of  the  government  to  pre- 
serve his  valued  services  to  the  Federal  army,  they  making 
no  less  an  offer  than  supreme  command  if  he  would  remain. 

But  his  conclusion  was  reached,  and  it  is  given  in  his  own 
words,  which  are  characteristic :  "If  I  owned  the  4,000.000 
slaves,  I  would  cheerfully  sacrifice  them  to  the  preservation 
of  the  Union;  but  to  lift  my  hand  against  my  State  and  peo- 
ple is  impossible."  This  decision  of  Lee's  made  and  unmade 
the  fame  of  many  men.  This  man  sums  up  the  spirit  of  the 
Confederacy.  If  he  must  have  a  complementary  soul,  let 
that  one  be  Jackson. 

Though  Lee  received  his  commission  from  men  in  higher 
authority,  yet  he  always  esteemed  his  commission  as  a  man — ■ 
his  divine  commission — to  be  supreme.  On  that  he  stood. 
"I  am  compelled"  are  his  words.  They  are  similar  to  those 
of  Luther  in  the  great  crisis  of  his  life:  "Here  I  stand;  I 
cannot  do  otherwise." 

Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  you  are  building  a  beautiful 
temple.  Every  time  you  meet  and  pour  your  hearts  together 
you  polish  up  some  column  built  into  the  structure ;  you  erase 
some  word  carelessly  written  and  substitute  a  truer  sentiment 
born  out  of  love.  Did  you  ever  think  how  few  things  have 
been  said  concerning  Lee  that  needed  to  be  purified  of  their 
dross?  Whether  friend  or  foe,  all  recognize  the  stamp  of 
God's  image  upon  him  and  bow  to  the  simplicity  of  his  great- 
ness as  well  as  to  the  greatness  of  his  simplicity. 

The  heated  mass  of  ore,  you  know,  yields  up  its  globule 
of  gold  and  man  feels  repaid  for  his  effort  to  obtain  it,  for 
value  has  come  out  of  the  flame;  and  so  when  the  human 
mass  becomes  white-hot  from  passion,  golden  characters  stand 
out  on  the  surface.  It  is  worth  the  fiery  experience  of  many 
years  to  have  left  to  us  a  character  like  that  of  Lee !  The 
world  is  richly  repaid  when  it  can  see  after  its  mighty  con- 
flagrations that  such  gold  as  this  remains.  How  much  of 
beauty  and  of  truth  and  of  goodness  came  out  of  the  fiery 
ordeal  that  you  represent  here  to-day ! 

The  Confederacy  did  not  die  !  It  lives !  It  lives  in  the  heart 
of  its  former  enemies  as  well  as  of  its  friends !     Garfield  once 


said:  "1  love  to  believe  that  no  heroic  sacrifice  is  ever  lost; 
that  the  characters  of  men  are  molded  and  inspired  by  what 
their  fathers  have  done;  that  treasured  up  in  American  souls 
are  all  the  unconscious  influences  of  the  great  deeds  of  the 
Anulo-Saxon  race  from  Agincourt  to  Bunker  Hill. 

This  whole  country  is  proud  of  the  Confederacy,  and  grow- 
ing more  and  more  proud  as  the  years  flit  by — proud  of  the 
spirit  that  made  it,  of  the  devotion  that  upheld  it;  proud  of 
the  men  that  it  produced,  and  prouder  still  of  its  women,  and 
proud  to-day  of  the  Daughters  that  watch  with  zealous  eye 
over  the  graves  of  the  dead  heroes.  This  whole  country  is 
proud  of  R.  E.  Lee.  The  loftiest  minds  speak  his  worth  and 
the  purest  hearts  aspire  to  his  company.  A  soldier,  a  states- 
man, and  a  Christian,  he  loved  all  the  way  from  nature 
through  man  up  to  nature's  God.  He  considered  the  lowly 
and  worked  for  the  best  interests  of  his  race.  Criticism  has 
found  few  points  of  attack. 

Able  to  stand  the  batteries  of  Gettysburg,  he  was  sensitive 
to  the  slightest  reflection  upon  his  country,  and  this  sensitive- 
ness to  his  country's  good  led  him  shortly  after  Gettysburg 
to  offer  his  resignation  as  commander  in  chief  to  President 
Davis.  The  beautiful  sincerity  with  which  he  did  this  is  on 
a  par  with  the  high  level  of  his  life.  He  had  no  complaints  to 
make  of  any  one ;  he  only  hoped  that  a  younger  and  an  abler 
man  might  succeed  where  he  had  failed.  There  were  no 
jealousies;  success  achieved  by  another  would  only  make  him 
happy.  But  President  Davis  knew  the  greatness  of  General 
Lee.  He  returned  the  resignation,  telling  him  that  his  demand 
was  impossible.     No  one  could  be  found  to  take  his  place. 

Let   us   couple  these  words  of   Mr.   Davis  with  those  of  a 
man  of  another  country.     They  are  from  a  Fellow  of  Oxford 
on  the  presentation  of  his  translation  of  Homer  to  "General 
Lee,  the  most  stainless  of  living  commanders :" 
"An  angel's  heart,  an  angel's  mouth. 
Not  Homer's,  could  alone  for  me 
Hymn  well  the  great  Confederate  South, 
Virginia   first  and   Lee!" 
One  pertinent  quotation  and  I  will  close.     This  one  is  from 
an  officer  in  the  British  army  in   1880 :   "The  day  will  come 
when  the  evil  passions  of  the  great  civil  strife  will  sleep  in 
oblivion  and  North  and  South  will  do  justice  to  each  other's 
motives  and   forget   each   other's  wrongs.     Then  history  will 
speak  with  a  clear  voice  of  the  deeds  done  on  either  side,  and 
the  citizens  of  the  whole  Union  will   do  justice  to  the  mem- 
ory of  the  dead  and  place  above  all  others  the  name  of  the 
great    chief    [Lee]    of    whom    we    have    written — in    strategy 
mighty,    in    battle    terrible,    in    adversity,    as    in    prosperity,   a 
hero  indeed.     With  the  simple  devotion  to  duty  and  the  rare 
purity  of  the  ideal  Christian  knight,  he  joined  all  the  kingly 
qualities  of  a  leader  of  men.     It  is  a  wondrous  future  indeed 
that  lies  before  America ;  but  in  her  annals  of  years  to  come, 
as  in  those  of  the  past,  there  will  be  found  few  names  that 
can  rival  in  unsullied  luster  that  of  Robert  Edward  Lee." 

Daughters  of  the  Confederacy,  I  congratulate  you  on  being 
associated  together  to  preserve  stainless  the  names  of  such 
heroic  characters.  It  is  the  fire,  the  stake,  the  cross  that  tests 
true  manhood.  I  congratulate  you  that  you  celebrate  a  cause 
where  all  was  fire  and  stake  and  cross  and  yet  was  so  prolific 
of  heroes  and  heroism. 

"Not  all  who  seem  to  fail  have  failed  indeed, 

Not  all  who  fail  have  therefore  worked  in  vain, 

For  all  our  acts  to  many  issues  lead ; 

And  out  of  earnest  purpose  pure  and  plain, 

Enforced  by  honest  toil  of  hand  and  brain 


Qopfederat^  Veterai}. 


601 


The  Lord  will  fashion  in  his  own  good  time 
Such  ends  as  to  his  wisdom  fitliest  shine 
With  his  vast  love's  eternal  harmonies. 
There  is  no  failure  for  the  good  and  wise.'' 
We  do  not  see  the  latent   forces  that   hind   the   worlds  to- 
gether nor  see   the  secret  springs  that   send   forth   the   water 
of  life  to  a  growing  world.    The  ages  take  no  backward  step. 
They  may  stumble  at  times,  but  they  always  stumble  upward. 
The  -moke  of  battle  lias  disappeared,  the  vaporings  of  pas- 
sion are  also  gone:  but  devotion  and  love  will  ever  be  counted 
as  an  asset  of  heaven.    Lee  was  the  type  of  this  in  the  South. 
The  Confederacy  produced  Robert  E,  Lee.  therefore  it  is  jus- 
tified  to  the  end   of  time.     In   view   of  these  high    ideals,  again 
I    congratulati    you.     I   congratulate   you  because   you   are    in 
the   constant    service  of   that    which    is   noblest    and    purest    and 

best.  

"Dl  AD  ANG1  E"    TUNNELED 

In  a  series  of  interesting  articles  on  the  Dalton  campaign 
written  for  the  Southwest  limes.  Pulaski.  Ya.,  Mr,  A  I. 
Jordan  says:  "Returning  from  the  Atlanta  Exposition,  m\  son 
and  I  stopped  i  BE  at  Marietta  for  the  purpose  of  visiting 
the  scene  of  the  battle.  On  reaching  the  nearest  point 
known  as  the  'Dead  Vngle'  we  met  two  gentlemen  who  had 
just  walked  a  quarter  of  a  mile  from  the  place.  One  was  a 
former  Federal  officer  and  the  other  a  soldier.  They  asked 
me  if  1  bad  been  in  the  battle.  I  told  them  that  I  had.  Said 
the  officer:  'If  you  will  walk  back  with  me,  I  can  show  you 
something  of  which  perhaps  you  don't  know.1  1  replied. 
'With  pleasure,'  for  I  desired  all  the  information  I  could  get. 
He  pointed  out  to  me  a  tunnel  twenty  yards  in  length  which 
had  been  cut  with  the  design  of  blowing  up  the  Confederate 
works,  At  this  point  was  a  hollow  running  north  and  south, 
0T  at  a  right  angle  to  us,  which  afforded  a  shelter  from  the 
I  edi  ral  position  to  within  twenty  yards  of  our  intrenchments, 
Taking  advantage  of  this,  the  enemy  massed  their  forces  and 
made  desperate  efforts  to  break  our  lines.  This  is  why  the 
place  was  called  the  'Dead  Angle.'  Thej  planted  their  flag 
on  our  works  three  times  and  called  ml  their  soldiers  to  defend 

it,  but  each  successive  time  the  color  bearej  w'as  shot  down. 
We  kept  turpentine  balls  burning  all  night  long  in  front  of 
our  works.  These  were  strongly  constructed  of  head  logs 
and  the  ditch  was  covered  with  rails,  so  that  our  reserve  line 
could  ili  i  no  damage  to  our  troops  in  the  trench.  They  finally 
gave  up  the  attempt  to  break  our  lines  by  direct  assault  and 
prepared  the  mine  to  blow  up  the  works.     Just  as  this  was 

made   ready  the  Confederate  army  moved   away." 


/    'LAS1    SURVIVOR"  OF   THE  ALABAMA. 
With  the  ceremonies   of  Semmes's  centenarj    fresh   in  the 
public  mind,  unusual  interest  attaches  to  the  historj  of  Robert 
Scott,  a  last   surviving  member  of  the  crev.   of  the  Alabama. 

who  at  sevent)  tWO  years  of  age  is  still  living  in  Nevada, 
Tex.  lie  lived  about  thirteen  miles  from  Baltimore,  and  when 
twenty  four  years  old  crossed  the  Potomac  and  joined  Im- 
boden's    Cavalry.     He  had   served   with   these   only   a   short 

time  when  a  call  came  for  sailors  for  the  navy.     Robert   Scott 

volunteered  and  was  placed  upon  the  unfinished  Alabama,  and 
the  vessel  sailed  in  tins  condition  and  was  fitted  ou(  at 
Robert   Scotl   was  made  quartermaster,  and  remained  with 

the  \labama  during  all  her  adventurous  cruise.  lie  was  with 
her    when    she    was    sunk    bj    tin     Kearsarge,    sprang   into   the 

mm  ai  the  same  time  that  Semmes  did,  and  was  rescued  with 
the   great    admiral   by   tb'1    Deerhound   and   landed   at    Port 


mouth.  England.  Scott  served  in  the  Confederate  army  at 
Fort  Fisher,  ami  was  in  that  desperate  light,  escaping  capture 
by  taking  forcible  possession  ol  a  small  boat  owned  b\  a  Dago. 
Since  the  war  Scott  has  lived  in  Nevada,  Tex.,  supporting 
himself  by  doing  work  by  the  day  when  he  could  get  it.  He 
lost  his  papers  and  cannot  qualify  for  a  pension.  lie  is  now 
very  weak  and  feeble,  and  not  able  to  do  longer  the  work  by 
which  he  earned  his  daily  bread.  If  some  way  could  be  found 
lo  help  the  old  man.  it  would  be  a  most  noble  charity.  Capt. 
Roland  Gooch,  the  Postmaster  of  Nevada,  Representative  T. 
J.  Bowles,  and  Judge  Church,  of  the  County  Court  of  Me- 
Kinncv,    Tex  .  will  all   vouch   for   Mr.   Scott. 


GETTING  .1   HORSE    UNDER  DIFFICULTIES. 

BY   1..    R.    nil  i\  ,    urn  why.    \i  \ 

There  was  an  unwritten  law  among  the  cavalrymen  of  the 
Southern  army  that  if  one  lost  his  horse  he  had  to  procure 
another  within  a  week  or  join  the  infantry.  This  law  was 
the  one  that  affected  J.  C.  Parbam  and  another  whose  name 
has  been  forgotten  and  whose  identity  will  have  to  be  rep- 
resented by  X.  They  had  both  lost  their  horses  in  a  skir- 
mish while  the  Southern  and  Northern  armies  were  facing 
each   other   in   the   mountains   of   Tennessee. 

The  country  had  been  utterly  denuded  of  anything  'Mil 
resembling  a  horse,  and  the  two  soldiers  felt  that  they  were 
"up  against   it"  when  1 1 1 .  \    were  given  sr\(u  days'  leave  and 

told  to  replace  their  lost  steeds.  They  wandered  through  a 
dense  forest  all  day,  and  at  sunset  came  out  upon  a  clearing 
in  which  was  ,i  white  farmhouse.  The  weeds  grew  high  in 
the  far-off  laid-,  but  nearer  the  house  was  a  big  field  of 
ripe  corn.  As  the  Confederate  soldi,  is  looked  toward  lie 
house  tluy  -aw  three  mounted  Yankees  ride  into  the  clear- 
ing leading  a  large  mule.  Tluy  alighted  and  fastened  their 
horses  and  tied  their  mule.  The  soldiers,  watching  them, 
were  about  to  make  a  dash  for  the  horses  when  the  riders 
i  .tin  ned  and  rode  off.  leaving  tlie  mule  under  the  trees. 
A  mule  was  better  than  nothing:  so  the  two  soldiers  mounted 
it  and  rode  off,  taking  with  them  as  much  of  the  green  corn 
as   they   could   carry. 

They  camped  in  the  woods,  and  X  told  Parbam  he  could 
have  the  mule;  that  be  bad  seen  m  his  scouting  around  a 
\  ankee  major  riding  a  magnificent  horse,  pure  white  in 
color,  and  that  nothing  less  than  this  horse  would  ever  make 
him  happy.  Me  left  Parbam  to  await  his  return,  and.  hilling 
his  revolvers  under  a  suit  of  shreds  and  patches,  he  made 
his  way  to  the  5  ankee  camp, 

X  assumed  the  character  of  a  half  willed  country  bump- 
kin. He  danced  and  sang  for  the  Yankees,  ran  their  errands, 
and  was  allowed  to  roam  at  will  over  the  camp.  Put  nothing 
of  the  major  and  his  beautiful  white  horse  was  seen. 

By  this  time  his  leave  hail  almost  expired,  and  X  had 
given  up  hope  of  getting  his  admired  hois,-  and  had  decided 
to  take  the  best  be  could  get  and  escape  to  the  little  camp 
in  the  woods,  where  his  friend  awaited  him;  but  fortune 
favored  him.  The  morning  of  his  last  day's  leave,  as  X 
lolled  beside  the  little  spring  half  a  mile  from  camp  and 
hidden  by  trees,  he  saw  the  major  ride  into  the  little  dell  alone, 
tie  his  horse,  and  kneel  Inside  the  clear  stream  to  drink  and 
fill  his  canteen  X  Stole  up  behind  him  and.  putting  the 
mouth  of  bis  revolver  in  the  major's  back,  said  quickly: 
"If  you  move  or  cry  OUt,  I'll  shoot  you  dead."  He  then  told 
the  major  to  untie  hi-  horse  and  take  him  up  behind  him. 
lie  then  ordered  his  captive  to  ride  on  as  if  be  were  only  out 
on    duty    with    tin     half-witted    man    as    guide.      They    met    a 


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Qoi}federat^  l/eterai) 


squad  of  soldiers  and  X  said:  "Remember,  my  pistol  is  touch- 
ing you,  and  I'll  fire  if  you  say  a  word  or  call  for  help." 
They  passed  the  picket,  the  major  giving  the  password.  In 
this  fashion  they  made  their  way  to  the  place  where  his 
comrade  waited,  and  together  they  took  the  prisoner  and 
the  horse  and  mule  back  to  the  Confederate  camp,  arriving 
triumphantly  just  in  time  to  answer  to  roll  call  on  the  last 
evening  of  leave. 

LAST  SOLDIERS  TO  LEAVE  RICHMOND. 

BY  COL.    CLEMENT    SULIVANE,  ON    STAFF  OF  GEN.   G.   W.   C.    LEE, 
NOW   OF    CAMBRIDGE,    MD. 

A  communication  in  the  September  Veteran  reads,  "There 
seems  to  be  some  dispute  as  to  what  soldier  or  command  of 
soldiers  was  the  last  to  leave  Richmond  on  the  morning  of 
April  3,  1865,"  and  information  is  asked.  There  should  be 
no  question  or  dispute  about  it.  It  was  a  fragment  of  Gen. 
G.  W.  C.  Lee's  command,  known  as  the  Local  Defense  Brigade 
and  attached  to  his  division,  placed  under  my  command,  then 
assistant  adjutant  general  of  Lee's  Division,  by  Lieutenant 
General  Ewell  on  the  morning  of  April  2.  This  was  immedi- 
ately after  receipt  of  the  news  that  our  lines  had  been  broken 
below  Petersburg.  The  last  bridge  over  the  James,  Mayo's, 
at  the  foot  of  Fourteenth  Street,  was  guarded  by  this  com- 
mand from  about  4  a.m.  on  April  3  until  Gen.  M.  W.  Garey's 
cavalry  brigade  crossed  over  at  8  a.m.,  and  at  8:15  (in  pur- 
suance of  instructions  from  Lieutenant  General  Ewell  given  me 
just  before  daylight)  I  burned  the  bridge  with  my  own  hands, 
assisted  by  an  engineer  officer,  who  had  placed  barrels  of  tar 
along  it  at  intervals  from  shore  to  shore  for  that  purpose. 
I  never  knew  his  name,  simply  found  him  there  to  await  my 
orders.  This  was  in  the  face  of  the  cavalry  of  General  Weitzel's 
army,  who  had  poured  down  Fourteenth  Street  in  pursuit  of 
Garey.  I  then  marched  on  and  overtook  my  division  on  the 
road  to  Amelia  Courthouse  about  2  p.m.  that  day. 

An  account  of  the  same  was  published  in  the  "Battles  and 
Leaders  of  the  Civil  War,"  issued  by  the  Century  Magazine 
some  twenty-five  or  thirty  years  ago.  That  magazine,  having 
learned  in  some  manner  that  I  was  the  last  soldier  of  Gen. 
R.  E.  Lee's  army  to  leave  Richmond,  wrote  to  me  for  a  narra- 
tive of  the  circumstances  of  my  retreat. 


WEST  VIRGINIA  DAUGHTERS  IN  CONVENTION. 

BY  R.    W.   DOUTHAT,    MORGANTOWN,   W.    VA. 

Allow  me  to  give  you  a  brief  account  of  the  meeting  of  the 
West  Virginia  Convention  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Confed- 
eracy here  in  Morgantown  on  September  29  and  30. 

Our  good  Presbyterian  friends  tendered  the  free  and  full 
use  of  their  splendid  church  for  all  the  sessions,  and  our 
local  Chapter  provided  bountifully  for  every  want  of  the  dele- 
gates from  over  our  State. 

Every  detail  of  business  was  fully  met  and  carried  out  by 
our  brilliant  and  exact  and  careful  State  President,  Mrs.  Vir- 
ginia Faulkner  McSherry,  than  whom  none  is  more  dignified 
or  intelligent  or  ladylike  in  all  the  South  as  a  loyal  Daughter 
or  an  earnest  worker  for  the  Chapters. 

It  fell  to  my  lot  to  welcome  the  Daughters  in  the  name  of 
our  Confederate  Veterans,  and  I  took  the  opportunity  to  tell 
them  why  I  considered  them  the  noblest  of  all  women. 

After  our  President,  Mrs.  Anderson,  had  delivered  her  ex- 
cellent address  of  welcome  on  the  part  of  the  local  Chapter 
and  organization  had  been  effected,  Mrs.  McSherry  made  her 
address  to  the  assembled  Convention,  an  address  full  of  wis- 
dom and  love,  for   she  felt,  as  she  said,  that,  while  she  was 


willing  to  serve  in  any  sphere  for  the  good  of  the  cause  in 
which  the  Daughters  were  engaged,  she  did  not  think  one 
woman  should  act  as  State  President  during  a  lifetime;  and 
as  she  had  been  President  for  eleven  years,  she  believed  it 
best  for  some  other  Daughter  to  take  up  the  work  and  re- 
sponsibility of  further  advance. 

Miss  Jennie  S.  Price,  of  Lewisburg,  W.  Va.,  one  of  our 
most  excellent  ladies,  was  selected  as  Mrs.  McSherry's  suc- 
cessor, and  we  doubt  not  will  carry  forward  with  earnestness 
and  success  the  work  that  is  fallen  to  her  hands. 

Gen.  Bob  White,  State  Commander  of  the  U.  C.  V.,  came 
from  Wheeling  to  deliver  an  address  to  these  noble  women, 
and  grandly  he  spoke  and  beautifully  complimented  their  suc- 
cessful achievements  in  the  past,  bespeaking  for  them  our  help- 
fulness and  predicting  a  more  blessed  future. 

God  bless  these  and  all  our  U.  D.  C.'s  and  make  them  a 
blessing  more  and  more  to  all  the  world ! 


MISSOURI  U.  D.  C.  CONVENTION. 

The  Missouri  Division,  U.  D.  C,  assembled  in  convention 
at  Springfield,  and  much  business  was  accomplished  which  was 
calculated  to  advance  the  cause  of  the  U.  D.  C.  not  only  in 
the  State,  but  in  the  general  Convention.  The  Historian's  re- 
port showed  a  notable  advance  in  the  work  within  the  year, 
and  prizes  were  given  for  the  best  essay  on  the  status  of 
"Education  in  the  South  before  the  War"  and  on  the  "Per- 
sonnel of  Missourians  in  the  War,"  which  were  won  by  Mrs. 
Britz,  of  Clinton,  and  Miss  Whielis,  of  St.  Louis.  These  prizes 
were  Confederate  pins  set  in  rubies  and  diamonds. 

Many  splendid  speeches  were  made,  notably  the  ones  by  the 
State  President  and  the  President  General,  who  was  the  guest 
of  the  Division.  Mrs.  Stone  is  as  bright,  charming,  and  viva- 
cious as  she  is  intellectual,  and  made  many  friends  during  her 
visit.  At  one  of  the  large  entertainments  while  the  band  was 
playing  "Dixie"  Mrs.  Stone  danced  the  minuet  with  another 
lady,  and  the  charming  exhibition  of  the  grace  and  courtesy 
of  this  dance  of  olden  days  was  highly  applauded. 


Virginia  Division,  U.  D.  C. — At  the  Virginia  Convention 
of  the  U.  D.  C.  State  officers  for  the  year  were  elected:  Presi- 
dent, Mrs.  Nathan  Eller ;  Vice  Presidents,  Mrs.  E.  V.  White. 
Mrs.  Samuel  Griffin,  and  Mrs.  Campbell  Smith ;  Recording 
Secretary.  Mrs.  Charles  W.  Black;  Corresponding  Secretary. 
Miss  Elsie  Fleet;  Treasurer,  Mrs.  C.  B.  Tate;  Registrar,  Mrs. 
Thomas  R.  Hardaway ;  Historian,  Miss  Mary  N.  Pendleton : 
Custodian  of  Crosses,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Timberlake ;  Recorder  of 
Crosses,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Alexander;  Custodian  of  Badges,  Mrs. 
James  M.  Garnett.  

Flag  from  the  Ram  Albemarle. — Dr.  Thomas  A.  War- 
rell.  Company  B,  97th  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  presented 
to  the  Confederate  Museum  at  Richmond  the  flag  of  the  ram 
Albemarle,  which  was  sunk  off  the  coast  of  North  Carolina. 
The  flag  was  removed  by  G.  T.  Ford  just  as  the  vessel  sank. 


Muster  Roll  of  Company  G  Returned. — Daniel  Bohan- 
non,  of  the  Pennsylvania  troops,  gave  to  the  Secretary  of  Mili- 
tary Records  in  Richmond  the  muster  roll  and  history  of  Com- 
pany G,  3d  Virginia  Infantry,  which  was  captured  during 
the  war.  

Mississippi  Reunion  at  McNair. — The  Confederate  vet- 
erans held  a  very  successful  meeting  and  reunion  at  McNair, 
Miss.,  October  7.  Music,  speakings,  feasting,  and  a  good  time 
generally  marked  the  occasion. 


Qopfederat^  l/eterai?. 


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NORTHERNERS  ON  SHERIDAN'S  DEPREDATIONS. 

The  burning  of  Chambersburg  was  a  "reprisal"  measure. 
Such  measures  are  essential  in  warfare  as  necessary  to  miti- 
gate its  savagery.     Otherwise  war  would  be  worse  than  it  is. 

I  'hat  "war  is  hell"  is  a  vivid  fact  as  illustrated  by  General 
Sherman.  It  was  not  that  in  the  Cumberland  Valley  in  1863 
when  General  Lee's  army  marched  through  and  back. 

After  the  burning  of  Chambersburg,  there  was  no  more  burn- 
ing in  the  Valley.  General  Custer  hung  some  of  Mosby's  men 
at  Aldie.  Mosby  then  hung  some  of  Custer's  men,  and  the 
hanging  ceased.  If  there  had  not  been  reprisal  in  both  cases, 
the  burnings  and  hangings  would  have  gone  on  to  the  ever- 
lasting disgrace  of  the  United  States  as  a  nation. 

Sheridan  commenced  it.  Not  quoting  from  any  Southern 
statement,  the  following  from  Bache's  "Life  of  Gen.  George 
G.  Meade,  Commander  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,''  published 
by  H.  T.  Coates  &  Co.,  is  given  :  "On  February  27,  1865,  Sheri- 
dan moved  up  the  Valley  of  the  Shenandoah  with  his  cav- 
alry. *  *  *  There  was  one  blot  upon  his  escutcheon  and 
on  Grant's  in  Sheridan's  late  military  achievements  in  the 
Shenandoah  Valley.  If  Marshal  Turenne,  as  long  before  as 
1(174.  bad  awakened  the  horror  and  protest  of  Europe  by  lay- 
ing waste  the  Palatinate,  the  progress  of  humanity  in  two  hun- 
dred years  ought  to  have  witnessed  an  amelioration  in  hostile 
practices  instead  of  a  renewal  of  an  obsolete  form  of  warfare. 
There  can  be  no  excuse  now  for  the  consumption  or  destruction 
in  time  of  war  of  anything  but  that  which  has  relation  to  the 
immediate  needs  of  the  armed  victors  or  to  the  immediate 
detriment  of  the  armed  vanquished.  To  destroy  crops,  barns, 
mills,  instruments  of  husbandry  in  one  indiscriminate  ruin  as 
possibly  helpful  to  the  enemy  is  inhuman  from  the  present 
standpoint  of  civilization.  Sheridan  executed  some  of  it  with 
barbaric  ruthlessness." 

Some  idea  of  the  pitiless  and  wanton  devastation  wrought 
in  the  Valley  may  be  gathered  from  the  report  of  a  committee 
appointed  just  after  the  close  of  hostilities  by  the  county  court 
of  Rockingham  to  estimate  the  havoc  inflicted  on  the  property 
of  noncombatants  under  Sheridan's  orders  in  that  county 
alone:  "Dwellings  burned,  30;  barns  burned,  450;  mills  burned, 
31  ;  fences  destroyed  (miles),  100;  bushels  of  wheat  destroyed, 
100,000;  bushels  of  corn  destroyed,  50,000;  tons  of  hay  de- 
stroyed, 6.233;  cattle  carried  off,  1,750  head;  horses  and  hogs 
carried  off,  3,350  head;  factories  burned,  3;  furnace  burned, 
1.  In  addition,  there  was  an  immense  amount  of  farming 
utensils  of  every  description  destroyed,  also  household  and 
kitchen  furniture,  and  money,  bonds,  plate,  etc.,  pillaged." 


yilRAL  SEMMES  AT  SAVANNAH 

DY    CLEMENT    SAUSSY,    SAVANNAH,   GA. 

i  I  onfederate  Veterans'  Association  of  Savannah,  Ga., 
Camp  No  756,  as  well  as  this  city,  is  most  fortunate  in  hav- 
ing on  the  rolls  two  comrades  who  served  with  the  great  ad- 
miral;  Edward  M.  Anderson,  who  was  midshipman  and  aid, 
and  served  on  the  Alabama  from  the  d  ty  the  Confederate  flag 
i  to  her  peak  until  she  went  down  off  the  coast  of 
France,  when  he  was  wounded  and  1  up  in  the  same 

boat  wnii  v  run  by  the  yacht  Deerhound,  and  A,  F.  Mar- 
melstine,  who  served  with  the  Alabama  for  ten  months,  when 
he  was  promoted  and  assigned  to  the   1  uscaloosa. 

Comrade  Anderson  prepared  a  very  interesting  paper  which 
was  read  before  an  appreciative  audience.  We  also  had  some 
songs  appropriate  to  the  occasion  A  very  interesting  part  of 
the    entertainment    was   the   display   of   some  priceless   relics 


shown  by  Mr.  W.  P.  Brooks,  whose  father  was  chief  engi- 
neer of  the  Alabama.  There  were  pictures  of  the  variou-  of- 
ficers, a  whale's  tooth  with  a  fine  engraved  representation 
of  the  Sumter  on  one  side  and  the  Alabama  on  the  other,  the 
(lag  of  the  ram  Stonewall,  said  to  have  been  the  last  Confed- 
erate flag  displayed  afloat,  and  a  small  Confederate  flag  such 
as  was  used  by  cutters  and  boarding  launches ;  and  when  the 
Alabama  was  sinking.  Engineer  Brooks  placed  this  flag  in  his 
inner  pocket  and  saved  it  from  a  watery  grave.  It  is  tat- 
tered and  has  to  he  handled  with  extreme  care.  Tears  came 
to  the  eyes  of  those  who  handled  these  priceless  gems  of  the 
long  ago.  

A  NEW  STORY  OF  GEN.  R.  E.  LEE. 

BY    DR.   J.  R.    HODGKIN,   IRVINGTON,  VA. 

Private  J.  M.  Wrenn,  Company  H,  17th  South  Carolina 
Volunteers,  tells  a  characteristic  story  of  Gen.  R.  E.  Lee  for 
the  truth  of  which  he  vouches.  It  shows  the  gentle-hearted 
Lee  in  large  letters  and  exhibits  a  phase  of  his  character  in- 
dicating a  cause  for  the  devotion  of  his  men  to  him.  Private 
Wrenn  states  that  he  and  three  others  of  his  regiment  had  got- 
ten leave  of  absence  for  twelve  hours  from  the  lines  below 
Petersburg,  and  were  returning  to  camp  in  the  late  afternoon. 
The  road  was  heavy  and  they  were  foot-weary,  and  while  still 
far  from  camp  they  met  in  the  road  General  Lee  with  some 
of  his  staff  and  couriers.  The  men  filed  up  on  the  side  of  the 
road  and  saluted,  and  the  General  reined  his  horse  to  look  at 
them.  Speaking  to  one  of  the  party,  he  asked  where  they 
were  going,  and  the  reply  was  made  that  they  had  been  on 
leave  and  were  on  their  way  back  to  camp,  but  that  the  roads 
were  so  bad  they  were  afraid  they  might  not  be  back  in  time 
for  roll  call  and  would  be  marked  absent  without  leave. 

"That  is  so,"  remarked  the  General ;  and  pausing,  he  turned 
to  his  staff  and  said  that  it  would  be  a  pity  for  them  to  he 
late,  and  added:  "Cannot  some  of  you  take  the  poor  fellows 
up  behind  you  on  your  horses  and  carry  them  to  camp?"  And 
they  did.  The  couriers  and  one  of  the  staff  took  the  men. 
muddy  and  bedraggled  as  they  were,  behind  them  on  their 
horses  and  landed  them  in  camp  in  time  for  roll  call,  much  to 
the  delight  of  the  men  on  leave 

I  In  a  personal  note  Dr.  Hodgkin  writes:  "Private  Wrenn 
told  me  this  story  about  a  year  ago,  and   1   am  sure  it  is  so  "] 


A  \\  \kii\i!  Romance. — The  Pennsylvania  Regiments  held 
their  Reunion  in  Richmond.  \  a  .  and  incidentally  a  wartime 
romance  was  discovered.  In  the  lobby  of  a  hotel  one  of  the 
veteran  Pennsylvania  officers.  Captain  Roach,  met  Capt.  E.  D. 
Christian,  of  Richmond  Tl  1  two  men  had  last  met  where  in 
the  heat  of  the  battle  at  Cold  Harbor  thej  fought  a  desperate 
hand-to-hand  duel  with  swords,  only  being  separated  by  the 
rush  of  the  charging  columns  of  Federals  The  recognition 
was  mutual,  and  the  one-time  enemies,  now  friend-,  clasped 
hands  and  went  off  together  to  tell  each  other  the  historj  ol 
their  lives  since  this  momentous  meeting. 


REUNION   of   Orb's    ReGI  Rifi.es. —  The    reunion   of 

thi      urvivors  of  Orr's  Ri  'ok  place  at    Vbbeville,  S 

C,  in  September,  about  one  hundred  being  present.     The  chil 
dren  of  the   high  school  marched,  escorting  th<    veterans  to 
the  City  Hall,  where  the  meeting  was  held      \  chorus  of  ladies 

Dixie"  to  tumultuous  applause,  and  the  welcoming  ad- 
dress was  made  by  lion.  William  Graydon.  and  was  responded 
to  by  Mrs.  Sylvester  Bleckley,  of  Anderson      Memorial  serv- 

1  Gen  R  R  Hemphill  followed,  and  Mr.  .1.  C.  Hemphill, 
editor  of  the  Charleston  News  Courier,  made  a  fine  address. 


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Qopfederat^  tfeterai). 


CAPTURE  OF  BLOCKADER,  WATER  WITCH. 

BY   JOHN    R.    BLOCKER. 

[Much  has  been  written  about  the  big  battles  of  the  war. 
but  many  deeds  equally  as  brave  and  gallant  as  any  that  dis- 
tinguished these  great  events  have  been  and  still  are  un- 
chronicled.  The  following  story  was  obtained  from  Comrade 
Amos  Sherritt.  who  is  one  of  the  few  survivors  (not  the  only 
one)  of  this  courageous  capture  of  the  United  States  boat. 
I  have  tried  to  tell  it  just  as  he  told  it  to  me.] 

I  have  forgotten  the  exact  date,  but  it  was  sometime  in 
1863.  The  Water  Witch  was  anchored  in  Ossaban  Sound, 
below  Savannah.  A  squad  of  seventy-five  men  volunteered 
from  the  ram  Savannah  and  the  Floating  Battery  (known 
also  as  the  "Ladies'  Gunboat")  to  capture  the  Water  Witch. 
We  took  with  us,  besides  our  men,  two  engineers  and  a  negro 
pilot.  An  Englishman  who  had  had  eight  thousand  dollars  taken 
from  him  by  the  Yankees  volunteered  to  go  with  us.  Possibly 
he  thought  he  could  get  his  dollars  back,  for  he  kept  on  say- 
ing: "Boys,  remember  my  money." 

The  expedition  was  under  the  command  of  Captain  Pilote, 
who  said  that  the  affair  would  be  attended  with  great  danger, 
and  that  if  any  one  wished  to  withdraw  he  could  do  so,  but 
not  one  man  withdrew.  We  had  seven  boats,  with  about  fifteen 
men  to  a  boat,  atid  we  pulled  down  to  an  island  near  which 
tlie  Water  Witch  was  anchored,  and  as  silently  as  possible 
made  camp.  I  and  three  others  were  detailed  to  row  to  the 
island  and  get  the  exact  location  of  the  boat  we  were  after. 
On  our  return  the  captain  assigned  to  every  man  the  exact 
station  he  must  take  and  what  duties  each  must  perform. 

It  was  a  dark  night,  with  a  fine  drizzling  rain  falling  that 
almost  hid  us  from  each  other,  an  ideal  time  for  such  an 
enterprise  as  that  in  which  we  were  engaged.  Our  men  were 
divided  between  seven  boats.  Six  came  in  double  columns 
of  three  each  with  about  thirty  feet  between  the  columns,  as 
we  wished  to  board  the  ship  at  both  sides  at  once.  The 
seventh  boat  was  to  be  stationed  at  the  rear,  so  as  to  aid 
either  side  where  there  was  the  most  need. 

Notwithstanding  all  our  precautions,  the  lookout  on  the 
ship  heard  us  and  called  out:  "Ship  ahoy!  Who  goes  there?" 
One  of  our  men  answered,  "Contraband,"  which  meant  refugee 
negroes  or  some  one  with  contraband  goods.  The  outlook 
again  hailed  us,  and  again  we  answered :  "Contraband."  All 
this  time  we  were  doing  all  we  could  to  get  close  to  the  ship, 
and  at  the  third  hail  we  were  right  beside  her,  and  Captain 
Pilote  answered  the  "Who  goes  there?"  with  "Rebels,  d — 
you."  The  guard  fired  instantly,  and  the  shot  killed  one 
negro  pilot,  and  the  second  shot  killed  Captain  Pilote. 

Throwing  our  grappling  hooks  in  the  ship's  netting,  we 
climbed  up.  Using  our  guns  and  cutlasses,  we  cleared  our 
way  across  the  deck,  where  the  fight  had  now  become  gen- 
eral. Tom  Muller  and  I  took  our  station  at  the  head  of  the 
hatchway  just  in  time  to  intercept  the  bluejackets,  who  were 
crowding  up.  Muller  said,  "Stay  down  there,  or  I'll  cut  your 
d —  noses  off,"  and  his  order  was  obeyed.  King,  who  had 
taken  charge  of  the  cabin,  struck  Captain  Pendergrass  over 
the  head  with  his  cutlass,  and  would  have  killed  him  if  his 
weapon  had  been  sharper. 

When  first  getting  on  deck  our  engineers  had  invaded  the 
engine  room.  The  men  there  showed  fight;  but  our  men  said 
they  did  not  come  there  to  fight  but  to  run  the  ship,  and  they 
were  going  to  do  it  in  spite  of  the  Yankee  engineers.  When 
we  first  got  alongside  the  boat,  they  started  the  engines  and 
tried  to   sink  our  boats  by  running  ahead  and  backing;  also 


men  ran  to  the  big  guns,  but  could  not  depress  them  to  reach 
our  boats,  which  were  close  at  their  sides. 

The  fight  lasted  only  a  few  moments,  as  the  Yankees  were 
taken  by  surprise  and  could  make  but  little  resistance.  The 
Water  Witch  was  soon  in  our  control,  and  we  began  to  help 
the  wounded  and  secure  the  prisoners.  We  handcuffed  them 
two  by  two ;  and  when  the  handcuffs  gave  out,  we  used  yarn 
rope.  One  of  our  men  was  so  excited  that  he  let  them  fasten 
him  up  with  the  prisoners,  where  we  found  him  next  day. 
The  boat  under  the  command  of  Rasler,  a  midshipman,  failed 
to  board  the  Water  Witch,  but  retreated  to  the  Isle  of  Wight, 
where  Rasler  sent  a  telegram  saying  that  our  expedition  had 
failed  and  all  our  men  were  killed.  A  half-breed  Indian  who 
was  on  this  boat  jumped  overboard  and  swam  to  the  Water 
Witcli  and  took  part  in  the  fight.  I  don't  believe  the  men  in 
Rasler's  boat  retreated  willingly,  but  had  to  obey  his  com- 
mands.    Rasler  died  of  grief  a  few  months  later. 

The  prisoners  and  wounded  were  sent  ashore,  and  at  the 
same  time  a  telegram  of  our  complete  success  was  sent.  The 
Water  Witch  lost  two  men  killed  and  Captain  Pendergrass 
wounded,  and  we  had  three  killed  and  two  wounded. 

As  our  pilot  was  killed,  we  forced  the  Yankee  pilot  to  act 
for  us,  and  he  ran  us  on  a  sand  bar.  We  would  have  been 
captured  here  by  the  blockade  steamers,  who  had  been  noti- 
fied by  one  of  the  men  from  the  Water  Witch  who  had  jumped 
overboard ;  but  the  rising  tide  carried  us  off  till  we  floated 
again,  and  we  reached  the  battery,  where  the  Water  Witch 
was  tied  up.  I  and  one  or  two  others  were  left  in  charge  of 
the  steamer  and  the  rest  went  back  to  their  command.  Four 
others  besides  myself  from  Apalachicola,  Fla.,  were  in  this  ex- 
pedition— John  A.  Lucas,  George  Smith,  Anton  Williams,  and 
Elisha  Powell. 


A  Faithful  Watch  and  Its  History. — George  W.  Parks, 
of  Irving  College,  Tenn.,  has  in  his  possession  a  silver  watch 
with  a  unique  history.  In  i860  I.  M.  Parks  bought  the  watch 
at  McMinnville,  Tenn.,  for  $48,  carrying  it  with  him  when  he 
went  out  as  captain  of  Company  H,  16th  Tennessee  Regi- 
ment. In  May,  1861,  Captain  Parks  was  killed  in  the  battle 
of  Chickamauga.  Captain  Etter  took  charge  of  the  watch 
and  turned  it  over  to  Captain  Tipps,  who  was  soon  after- 
wards killed.  Captain  Etter  again  secured  the  watch  and 
placed  it  in  General  Shelley's  trunk,  from  which  it  was  stolen 
by  a  negro  boy  who  joined  the  Federal  forces.  General  Shel- 
ley's command  captured  the  boy  and  watch,  and  again  Captain 
Etter  took  charge  of  the  watch,  kept  it  until  the  war  was  over, 
and  brought  it  home  with  him  to  the  father  of  Captain  Parks. 
After  the  death  of  the  father,  it  was  bought  by  George  W. 
Parks,  and  it  is  still  a  good  timekeeper. 


Louisiana  Veterans  Difeer  as  to  Memorial  Day. — The 
Louisiana  Confederate  Veteran  Association  decided  to  have 
Memorial  Day  on  April  6,  changing  to  this  date  from  June  3, 
which  has  hitherto  been  observed.  The  Washington  Artillery, 
of  New  Orleans,  refusing  to  subscribe  to  this  change,  by  reso- 
lutions announced  their  intention  to  keep  sacred  the  birthday 
of  President  Davis. 


Refuse  to  Wear  the  Blue.— The  Savannah  Volunteer 
Guards  refuse  to  don  the  blue  uniform.  They  do  not  draw  the 
uniforms  provided  by  the  government,  but  purchase  their  own, 
which  are  of  gray  much  like  those  used  by  the  cadets  at  West 
Point.  The  Guards  give  a  dramatic  entertainment  every  year, 
and  it  is  from  these  proceeds  that  uniforms  are  purchased. 


Qopfcderat^  l/eterap. 


605 


BATTLE  .11   ROANOKE  ISLAND. 

A  press  dispatch  from  Washington  says  that  the  veterans 
who  participated  in  the  capture  of  Roanoke  Island  celebrated 
the  anniversary  of  one  of  the  most  important  Federal  victories 
of  the  war  by  a  grand  reunion.  The  dispatch  further  gives  an 
account  of  the  capture  of  the  island,  which  they  had  regarded 
as  practically  impregnable. 

John  II.  Burgess,  St.,  second  sergeant  of  Company  I,  7th 
Regiment  Infantry  North  Carolina  Volunteers,  writes  in  the 
Independent  of  Elizabeth  City,  X.  C,  under  recent  dale  a 
full  account  of  this  battle  and  a  refutation  of  many  of  the 
statements  contained  in  this  dispatch,  lie  says  the  island  was 
never  considered  impregnable.  There  were  only  eight  thirty- 
two-pound  smooth-bore  guns  and  one  improved  shell  gun. 
nine  in  all.  Three  of  these  were  parapet  guns  and  six  truck 
embrasure  guns.  This  was  the  equipment  of  Fort  Bartow, 
and  of  these  only  three  could  he  used,  as  the  rest  did  nol 
range  The  companies  thai  defended  the  fori  wire  two  troops 
of  one  hundred  men  each. 

There  was  another  fori  farther  up  the  river,  hut  they  were 
Unable  to  use  their  guns  on  account  of  Commodore  Golds- 
boro's  fleet  being  too  far  off.  The  Confederate  flotilla  was 
commanded  by  Commodore  Lynch,  and  consisted  of  six  old 
tugs  mounting  one  thirty-two-pounder  each,  and  one  side- 
win  -i  I  steamer  mounting  two  thirty-two-pound  guns.  These 
boats,  nol  being  aide  to  range  with  the  enemy's  guns,  retired 
the  first  day  of  the  engagement.  (General  Burnside  disem- 
barked his  troops  at  Ashhy's  Landing,  out  of  range  of  the 
guns  at   Fort  Bartow. 

Though  under  constant  lire  from  the  enemy,  there  was  an 
astonishingly  small  casualty  list  in  Fort  Bartow — so  small 
indeed  that  Commodore  Goldsboro,  inspecting  the  fort  after 
the  surrender,  said:  "These  men  must  have  been  made  of 
iron 

There  was  one  short  redoubt  thrown  up  across  Roanoke 
island  which  was  held  by  Lieutenant  Seldon  with  two  smooth- 
bore six-pound  bras-,  gun-..  Bark  of  ibis  redoubt  were  about 
eight  hundred  of  the  8th  Regiment  North  Carolina  Infantry. 
This  redoubt  was  under  constant  lire,  and  only  evacuated  when 
it  was  flanked  by  the  enemy,  who  came  through  an  almost 
impenetrable  marsh  at  the  right.  Here  too  the  casualties  were 
\  erj   f.w  on  the  I  '•  mfederate  side 

Colonel  Green,  of  the  North  Carolina  Infantry,  landed  upon 
the  island,  and.  not  knowing  the  terms  "f  surrender  were 
trranged,  attacked  the  Federal  columns  with  considera- 
ble loss  in  killed  and  wounded  on  their  side,  for  they,  having 
received  the  white  flag  of  surrender,  were  not  prepared  for 
the  attack.     This  was   a   sad   mistake  and   deeply   regretted   by 

all  the  I  lonfedi  rati    army. 

There  were  i,6og  Confederates  in  the  engagement  on 
Roanoke  Island  and  12.000  Federals.  Sergeant  Burgess  says 
they  were  well  treated  as  prisoners  after  the  surrender. 


./    K.l\.\.!\  1       s     ////     U.    D     I 

J  M,  Dunsmore,  of  Thayer,  Kans.,  who  js  known  as  the 
"Bald  Home!  of  Neosho,"  made  a  speech  at  the  annual  Re 
union  of  the  G  \  R  Octobei  2  in  1  rie,  Kans.,  in  which  he 
criticises  the  Daughters  of  thi  Confederacy,  whom  he  di 
dares  "are  (ostering  a  spirit  of  rebellion  in  the  South."  lie 
said  that  President  Taft  bad  been  forced  to  address  an  au- 
dience iron'  a  platform  on  which  was  a  Confederate  flag,  that 
such  a  flag  as  this  would  not  havi  been  permitted  In  any  Kan- 
iwn,  and  thai  whatever  would  "offend  .1  Kan  a  audienci 
displayed  .11  anj   publii    place  "     I  le  then  bit- 


terly denounced  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  for  erecting 
a  monument  to  Wirz,  whom  he  characterized  as  "an  atrocious 
murderer  of  helpless  captives."  He  heartily  indorsed  the  ac- 
tion of  a  Kansas  organization  which  is  offering  a  reward 
"to  any  one  who  can  show  the  name  of  any  Southern  sym- 
pathizer who  suffered  any  molestation,  indignity,  or  loss 
through   am    act   of  the   Union  army  during  the  war." 

Dunsmore  was  heartily  applauded,  and  many  of  the  (',.  A 
R.'s  went  on  the  platform  In  shake  his  hand  and  indorse  what 
he  had   said. 

This  account  of  a  Kansas  meeting  needs  no  comment.  Like 
decaying  matter,  it  calls  attention  to  itself  and  in  much  the 
same  way.  "Fraternity  and  Equality"  was  the  rallying  cry  of 
the  bloodiest  revolution  France  has  ever  known,  and  the  "sans 
eulotte"  shouted  11  as  thej  watched  the  heads  of  beautiful 
women  fall  into  the  baskets  at  tin  guillotine.  Some  Federals 
through  their  orators  echo  this  war  cry.  and  yet  do  all  they 
can  to  push  all  Southerners  into  the  tumbrils  for  the  rid.  to 
the  executioner's  block. 


ONE  OF  BISHOP  WILMER'S  STORIES 
Bishop   Wilmer,  of  Alabama,   was  a  very  straightforward 

man,  with  a  faculty  for  saying  good  uaturedly  sharp  things 
to,  rather  than  about,  people,  and  the  Washington  Post  prints 
the  following  anecdote  in  this  connection: 

"Soon  after  the  Civil  War  Bishop  \\  ilmer  went  to  a  North 
em  city  to  ask  aid  for  a  Confederate  Orphans'  Home  in  which 
he  was  interested.  There  was  a  dinner  in  his  honor,  and  aftei 
dinner  the  Bishop  was  begged  to  nil  a  Story.  lie  replied  thai 
he  hadn't  a  story.  'But.'  he  added.  'I've  got  a  conundrum: 
"Why  are  the   Southerners   like   Lazarus?"' 

"The  guests,  who  were  all  Union  men,  suggested  many 
answers.  The  Southerners  were  like  Lazarus  because  they 
were  poor,  because  they  ate  the  crumbs  from  the  rich  man's 
table,  because — because  of  everything  anybody  could  guess. 

"'No,'  said  the  Bishop;  'you're  all  wrong.  We're  like 
Lazarus  because' — and  he  smiled  blandly — 'because  we've  been 
licked  by  dogs.' 

"A  roar  of  laughter  went  round  at  that,  for  the  Bishop's 
utter  unreconstructedness  was  always  one  of  his  charms 
Fverybody  laughed  but  one  man,  who  became  indignant. 
'Bishop,'  he  said,  'if  you  think  we're  dogs,  why  have  you  come 
up  here  for  our  money — for  the  money  of  dogs?' 

"The  Bishop  chuckled.  'My  friend,'  said  he.  'the  hair  of 
the  dog  is  good   for  the  bite.     That's  why  I   have  come.'" 


Presented    \    Beautiful    Flag   to   Camp   Zoi mm     01 

Florida.— Mrs.  J.  W.  Cole,  of  St.  Petersburg,  Fla.,  presented 
a  handsome  flag  to  Camp  Zollicoffer,  of  thai  city.  The  occa- 
sion was  marked  by  beautiful  music  and  eloquent  addresses. 
Mrs.  Cole's  speech  of  presentation  was  much  applauded  Mrs. 
Carrie  Rushton  read  a  dramatic  poem 


OLDES1  01  \i  1  CONFEDERAL  Dl  mi  Isaac  Brock  died  in 
W  ai  1 1,  Tex,,  in  September,  1000,  aged  (■ne  hundred  and  twenty- 
one,  lie  was  born  in  Buncombe  County.  N'.  C.  March  I. 
[788,  twelve  years  after  the  Declaration  of  Independence  and 
one  year  before  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  took 
effect  IK1  was  .1  veteran  of  three  wars — 1812,  the  war  with 
Mexico,  and  was  on  the  Confederate  side  in  the  War  between 

the  Stales  \\v  also  fought  in  the  war  of  IVxas  .i^aiiisi  Mexi- 
co and  fought  Indians  ..n  tin-  frontier,  lie  was  a  blacksmith, 
but  spenl  mosi  ,  f  his  lime  in  hunting  and  trapping,  lie  mar- 
ried  twice,  having   sixteen   children,   four  by   the   first    111.0 

and  twelve  by  the  last. 


606 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


That  are  waiting  for  you  and  waiting  for  me- 

To  the  blessed  shore 

Of  the  far  evermore, 
Where  the  loved  and  the  lost  are  going. 


THERE'S  A  BEAUTIFUL  RIVER. 
[The  body  of  Marcus  B.  Allmond,  A.M.,  LL.D.,  of  Louis- 
ville, was  laid  to  rest  in   Cave  Hill  Cemetery  recently.     The 
following    unpublished    poem,    says    the    Courier-Journal,    by 
Professor  Allmond  was  read  during  the  funeral  service.] 

There  is  a  beautiful  river  that  leads  to  the  sea — 

To  the  sea  of  the  great  over-yonder, 

To  the  boundless  realms  of  eternity 

That  are  waiting  for  you  and  waiting  for  me. 

To  the  blessed  shore 

Of  the  far  evermore, 
Where  the  loved  and  the  lost  now  wander. 

Some  day  there  will  come  unto  you,  unto  me. 

The  cry :  "All  aboard.     Be  steady." 

And  the  bark  will  glide  up  and  we'll  look,  and  we'll  see 

The  old  pilot  there,  and  the  light  of  his  e'e 

Will  shine  with  the  sparkle  of  infinite  glee 

As  he  calls  us  o'er 

To  the  far  evermore 
With  his  cry :   "All  aboard.     I'm  ready." 

As  we  get  then  aboard  and  make  ready  to  go 
There'll  be  partings  of  hearts  that  are  breaking; 
There'll  be  friends  who  will  weep  when  they  see  us  asleep 
On  the  bark  that  is  going  to  sail  the  great  deep. 

And  o'er  and  o'er 

They'll  cry  from  the  shore 
As  the  leave  of  the  land  we  are  taking. 

But  beautiful  dreams  will  come  to  us  then 
As  the  bark  goes  down  the  river, 
And  we  leave  the  daily  haunts  of  men 
To  meet  with  our  loved  and  lost  again 

On  the  blessed  shore 

Of  the  far  evermore 
In  the  land  of  the  Master  giver. 

And  when  we  are  come  again  to  our  own 
On  the  shores  of  the  boundless  ocean 
And  gather  in  joy  about  the  great  throne, 
There'll  be  never  a  tear  and  never  a  groan 

On  the  joyful  shore 

Of  the  far  evermore 
In  the  home  of  the  heart's  devotion. 

And  there  with  the  lost  now  found  we  shall  be 
Awaiting  the  vessel's  new  starting, 
When  the  friend  we  have  left  shall  sail  the  great  sea — 
Come  over  the  waters  to  you  and  to  me 

And  'bide  on  the  shore 

Of  the  far  evermore 
In  the  land  that  knows  no  parting. 

O  ho!  for  the  river  that  leads  to  the  sea — 
To  the  sea  of  our  great  unknowing, 
To   the  boundless   realms  of  eternity 


Joseph  Bryan. 

Since  the  death  of  this  celebrated  soldier,  statesman,  philan- 
thropist, journalist,  and  financier  much  has  been  written  of 
him  and  much  may  still  be  written,  for  it  is  indeed  hard  for 
mere  words  to  do  justice  to  such  a  man. 

Joseph  Bryan  was  the  eighth  child  of  John  Randolph  Bryan 
and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Caulter  Tucker.  He  was  born  August 
13,  1845,  at  Eagle  Point,  his  father's  plantation  in  Gloucester 
County,  Va. ;  and  died  at  his  country  seat,  Laburnum,  near 
Richmond,  November  20,  1908.  Through  both  father  and 
mother  he  was  connected  with  the  highest  aristocracy  of  the 
State  whose  proud  boast  is  that  it  has  a  native  nobility  in- 
ferior to  none  in  this  country  or  in  the  Old  World.  This 
"gentle  blood"  dominated  his  entire  life,  and  his  every  act  was 
influenced  by  its  refining  touch. 

Elizabeth  Caulter  Tucker,  a  notable  flower  from  the  most 
cultured  stock,  was  herself  a  beautiful,  broad-minded,  highly 
cultivated  woman  whose  gentle  dignity  impressed  itself  upon 
all  who  came  in  contact  with  her.  Devoted  to  husband  and 
children,  her  society  was  their  inspiration,  and  Joseph  Bryan's 
after  years  bore  the  coloring  given  it  by  her  dying  words  of 
advice.  Though  tested  by  both  the  extremes  of  poverty  and 
of  great  wealth,  he  proved  himself  equal  to  all  demands,  guided 
as  he  was  by  her  remembered  influence. 

After  his  mother's  death,  "little  Joe"  entered  the  Episcopal 
high  school,  under  the  charge  of  Rev.  John  McGuire,  and 
remained  there  till  the  beginning  of  the  war.  Though  not 
sixteen  when  the  call  for  troops  came,  young  Bryan  insisted 
upon  enlisting;  but  as  he  was  a  very  delicate  lad,  his  father 
persuaded  him  to  wait.  In  October,  1862,  he  entered  the 
Academic  Department  of  the  University  of  Virginia  under 
promise  of  being  allowed  to  "go  to  the  front"  the  July  follow- 
ing. However,  he  broke  his  arm,  and,  impatient  of  the  delay, 
entered  the  "Niter  and  Mining  Bureau"  to  serve  till  the  arm 
was  strong. 

In  May,  1864,  he  had  leave  of  absence  and  volunteered  with 
the  Richmond  Howitzers,  and  with  them  was  in  the  battle  of 
Spottsylvania  C.  H. ;  later  he  took  arms  in  Mosby's  command, 
under  Captain  Mountjoy.  He  was  wounded  twice  and  sent 
home,  returning  each  time  as  soon  as  healed,  and  from  that 
time  on  was  in  all  the  daring  raids  and  encounters  of  Mosby's 
campaign.  He  loved  the  cause  devotedly,  and  steadfastly  be- 
lieved it  worthy  of  all  the  pain  and  sacrifice  made  in  its  name. 

The  end  of  the  war  found  Joseph  Bryan  not  twenty  and 
with  no  money  to  complete  his  education.  Like  many  Vir- 
ginia boys,  he  was  a  fine  equestrian  and  a  good  judge  of  horses. 
A  friend,  Capt.  William  Glassell,  of  the  Confederate  army, 
suggested  that  they  should  buy  government  mules,  Captain 
Glassell  to  provide  the  money  and  young  Bryan  the  expe- 
rience. This  mule  trade  netted  them  both  enough  to  give 
Bryan  his  academic  education ;  later  he  entered  the  law  school. 
Allied  by  blood  to  many  of  the  prominent  families  and  pos- 
sessing engaging  manners  and  a  fine  presence,  he  soon  became 
very  popular  and  established  a  lucrative  practice,  which  was 
the  beginning  of  his  very  successful  financial  career.  He  mar- 
ried Miss  Isobel  L.  Stewart,  and  gradually  became  one  of  the 
potent  factors  of  the  money  world,  his  success  being  almost 
phenomenal. 

His  hands  were  very  full,  for  he  had  not  only  control  of  a 


(^opfederati?  l/eterat). 


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liig  manufacturing  plant,  but  he  shared  the  control  of  many 
large  corporations,  owned  and  ran  the  Times  (now  Times- 
I  lispatch),  was  president  of  several  industrial  companies,  and 
director  in  life  insurance  and  railroad  companies.  Then  he 
wa  actively  engaged  in  promoting  all  scholastic  advancement, 
anil  was  a  director  and  manager  of  the  Jamestown  Exposition. 
I  lis  interest  in  the  Historical  Association  was  very  close,  and 
he  aided  in  every  way  in  establishing  it  in  Virginia.  His 
charities  were  very  widespread  and  unostentatious  It  is  said 
that  he  gave  thousands  of  dollars  ti>  the  veterans  who  were 
in  need  and  thousands  more  for  Churches  and  schools  without 
distinction  to  sects  He  I  ived  to  a  emble  around  him  in 
i-hni-  hospitality  his  many  friend-,  and  his  intimates  held  his 
home  as  their  own.  Pond  of  a  joke,  he  delighted  in  the  badi- 
nage and  the  quick  play  of  wit  and  repartee.  Having  seen 
only   the   I"  iecl    of  slave   life,   he   was   -till   upposed    in 

slavery,  and  only  the  fact  that  he  thought  his  care  to  bi  Foi 
theil  good  kep(  him  a  slave  owner,  for  on  his  plantation  the 
master  was  the  friend,  supporter,  and  defender  of  his  serv- 
ants. It  was  from  these  servants  that  his  pallbearer-  were 
i  |i  i  ted,    ind  ■  igl  I  i  if  them  bore  him  to  the  grave. 

Hon.  .1    D.  C.  A  riciNS 
John   DeWitl    Clinton    \ikm-  was  born  in    Henrj    Countj 

I.  mi.  near  Paris,  in  [825,  son  of  John  Atkins,  a  successful 
farmer  and  prominent  citizen.  He  was  educated  at  the  "Acade- 
my" at  Paris  under  the  direction  of  David  Cochrane,  an  alum 
nus  of  the  College  of  Belfast,  Ireland,  a  famous  teacher  of 
West  Tennessee.  At  eighteen  years  of  age  Mr.  \ikin-  entered 
the  then  University  of  East  Tennessee,  and  was  graduated  in 

1846  Soon  thereafter  he  entered  upon  the  studj  of  the  law, 
and  in  due  time  was  licensed  to  practice.  But  his  tastes  were 
in  another  direction      His  farming  interests  received  attention. 


t.    D.    C.    ATKINS. 


and  in  a  few  years  he  was  elected  and  reelected  a  Representa- 
tive in  the  House  of  Representatives,  State  Legislature,  fol- 
lowed by  an  election  to  the  State  Senate.  He  was  a  vigilant 
legislator  and  an  influential  one.  His  next  service  was  on 
the  presidential  electoral  ticket,  followed  by  his  nomination 
by  the  Democratic  party  as  a  candidate  for  a  seat  in  the  Fed- 
era!  Congress.  The  opposing  candidate  was  the  Hon.  Emerson 
Htheridgc.  who  was  already  famous  as  an  orator  and  can- 
I  lie  canvass  between  these  gentlemen  attracted  State- 
wide  attention.  They  were  alike  gifted  as  orators  and  de- 
baters, and  their  friends  were  alike  active  and  enthusiastic. 
Atkins  was  elected  by  a  very  small  majority.  Two  years  later 
the  contest  was  on  again  with  new  energy  and  enthusiasm. 
The  vote  was  reversed,  and  Etheridge  was  elected  by  a  ma- 
jority of  seven. 

Two  years  later  Atkins  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Con- 
gress of  the  Confederate  States,  and  served  during  the  ex- 
istence of  that  government.  He  was  a  conspicuous  member  of 
that  Congress,  and  was  undoubtedly  the  leading  member  of 
the  House  from  Tennessee.  Before  his  election  to  the  Con- 
federate  Congress  he  had  enlisted  in  the  service,  and  was  made 
lieutenant  colonel  of  the  5th  Tennessee  Infantry. 

Alter  hostilities  ceased  he  retired  to  his  farm,  near  Paris, 
and  patiently  waited  for  fortune  to  turn  in  his  favor.  In  due 
course  he  was  elected  (and  reelected  six  times)  a  Representa- 
tive  in  the  Federal  Congress,  and  was  one  of  its  noted  lead- 
ers, serving  for  years  on  the  Committee  on  Appropriations 
and  for  a  term  of  two  years  as  its  chairman,  where  he  ex- 
hibited the  capacity  of  leadership  in  a  way  to  command  the 
applause  of  the  country.  After  his  last  term  in  Congress, 
I 'resident  Cleveland  appointed  him  Commissioner  of  Indian 
Vffairs  During  his  term  of  four  years  the  affairs  of  the 
office  were  conducted  with  rare  ability  and  to  the  satisfaction 
of  the  eminent  citizen  then  at  the  head  of  the  government. 

In  early  life  he  married  the  charming  Miss  Elizabeth  Por- 
ter, of  Paris.  She  was  the  mother  of  his  children.  He  sur- 
vived her  for  many  years,  and  died  in  1008  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
three.  The  following  inscription  appears  on  the  monument 
erected  by  his  children  in  the  cemetery  at  Paris :  "He  was  so 
dean  in  his  great  office." 

[Sketch  by  his  neighbor  and  friend,  Hon.  James  D.  Porter.] 

Edwin  G.  Buck. 

Edwin  G,   Buck  was  born  in  1840  in  Warren  County,  Va. ; 

and  died    (of  cancer)    August  23,   1909.     At  the  breaking  out 

it  the  war  he  was  engaged  in  a  successful  mercantile  business 

mbroke,  Ky  .  which  he  relinquished  and  returned  to  the 

defense  of  his  native  State.     In  the  spring  of  1861  he  enlisted 

in  Company  E,  7th  Virginia  Cavalry,  of  which  he  was  orderly 

ergeant,  and  as  such  participated  in  the  many  engagements 

of   that    famous    regiment,    serving   with    distinction    until   the 

close   of  the  war.     He  received  a  bullet  wound  in  the  head 

during   the   battle   of    the    Wilderness.      He    was   an    honored 

member  of  the  Masonic  Lodge  and  William  Richardson  Camp, 

U.  C.  V.,  of  Front  Royal.     Members  of  both  organizations  as- 

sisted  at  his  interment  in  the  City  Cemetery  on  August  24. 

I  Data  from  W.  E.  Grayson,  Commander  of  William 
K11  hai  dson  <  amp,  No  S04.] 

Carpenter.-  Samuel  S.  Carpenter  died  in  Covington,  Va., 
1  21,  1909,  in  his  sixty-eighth  year.  He  was  first  lieu- 
tenant in  the  celebrated  Carpenter  Battery',  of  which  his 
brother  was  captain.  He  was  assistant  in  the  County  Court 
I  (eric's  office  and  a  respected  citizen  of  Covington.  He  leaves 
a  wife,  two  daughters,  and  three  sons. 


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Qopfederat^  tfeterai). 


Alex  I).  Wood. 

Lieut.  Alex  D.  Wood  died  in  his  seventieth  year  at  his 
home,  in  Columhia.  Ala.,  March  24,  1909.  He  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany E,  57th  Alabama  Regiment,  under  Capt.  Horatio  Wiley. 
and  surrendered  with  Johnston's  army  at  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

He  was  a  man  of  strong  convictions  and  unflinching  cour- 
age, and  never  faltered  in  his  love  of  the  Confederacy.  He 
had  many  thrilling  experiences  and  narrow  escapes  during 
the   war,   and  often  marched   when   sick,  weary,  and  hungry. 


ALEX    D.    WOOD. 

He  was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Peachtree  Creek,  and  his 
brother  was  killed  while  fighting  at  his  side  in  the  battle  of 
Nashville.  His  father  gave  four  sons  to  the  Confederate 
army,  and  himself  served  as  long  as  his  health  permitted. 

Lieutenant  Wood  was  sick-furloughed  home  and  married 
Eliza  West,  leaving  her  almost  at  once  to  return  to  the.  field. 
After  the  war  he  went  into  business,  where  his  upright  deal- 
ings and  fairness  in  management  made  him  very  successful. 
His  word  was  his  bond,  and  the  trust  and  honor  of  all  his 
associates  marked  his  business  career  and  social  life. 

Henry  Frederick  Wegner. 
Henry  F.  Wegner  was  born  in  1837  in  Baltimore,  Md., 
where  he  received  his  early  training  and  education.  At  the 
commencement  of  the  struggle  between  the  States  he  left  his 
home  and  went  to  Richmond,  Va.,  enlisting  in  Company  D, 
1st  Maryland  Infantry,  which  was  being  organized  by  that 
gallant  Marylander,  Capt.  James  D.  Herbert,  and  who  after- 
wards became  colonel  of  the  2d  Maryland  Infantry.  Com- 
rade Wegner  was  always  in  the  front  where  danger  was  at 
hand,  and  was  never  absent  from  his  place  on  the  firing  line. 
When  his  term  of  service  expired  in  June,  1862.  without  a 
day's  delay  he  enlisted  in  Stuart's  Horse  Artillery,  command- 
ed by  the  gallant  Capt.  John  Pelham,  and  received  his  bap- 
tism cf  fire  as  an  artilleryman  at  Cedar  Mountain.  Va.,  on 
August  9,  1862.  In  the  fall  of  the  same  year,  when  Capt. 
Pelham  received  his  well-earned  commission  as  Major  and 
Chief  of  Horse  Artillery  on  the  staff  of  Maj.  Gen.  J.  E.  B. 


Stuart,  commanding  the  cavalry  in  the  Army  of  Northern 
Virginia,  it  became  necessary  to  divide  the  battery  into  two 
four-gun  batteries  to  form  a  battalion  for  Major  Pelham, 
when  Lieut.  James  Breathed  became  captain  of  one  battery 
and  Lieut.  William  M.  McGregor  of  the  other.  Comrade 
Wegner  attached  himself  to  the  Breathed  Battery  because 
ninety  per  cent  of  the  men  in  that  command  were  from  his 
native  Maryland.  On  August  14.  1864,  Wegner,  with  other 
Marylanders  in  the  battery,  was  transferred  to  the  Maryland 
Line,  commanded  by  the  late  Brig.  Gen.  Bradley  T.  Johnson. 
After  several  weeks,  however,  finding  it  impossible  to  obtain 
a  mount,  he  secured  a  transfer  to  Gilmore's  Battalion  (the  2d 
Maryland  Cavalry),  where  he  secured  a  horse  and  remained 
with  them  until  paroled  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

A  comrade  who  served  with  Wegner  while  in  Breathed's 
Battery  mentions  him  as  being  "always  the  same  cool,  intrepid, 
gallant  soldier,  who  seemed  to  be  perfectly  fearless  amid  the 
death   and   carnage   around." 

Comrade  Wegner  died  at  the  Maryland  Line  Confederate 
Home  at  Pikesville,  Md.,  on  October  5.  1909,  and  was  buried 
in  his  family  lot  at  Greenmoimt  Cemetery. 

W.  F.   Summerville. 

W.  Frank  Summerville,  who  served  in  the  14th  Tennessee 
Infantry,  C.  S.  A.,  died  in  Crittenden  County,  Ky.,  September 
20,  1909.  He  served  in  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  under 
Gen.  Robert  Hatton.  From  what  is  ascertained,  although  he 
kept  no  record  of  his  service,  he  was  in  the  battles  of  Bull 
Run,  Gettysburg,  and  in  that  hand-to-hand  contest  after  the 
mine  explosion  near  Petersburg. 

After  the  war  was  over  he  went  to  Crittenden  County,  Ky., 
and  did  well  his  part  as  a  citizen.  For  years  he  was  recog- 
nized as  a  most  public-spirited  citizen. 

In  a  personal  tribute  to  Comrade  Summerville  J.  R.  Finley 
writes :  "Soon  after  coming  to  Kentucky  he  married  Miss 
Minerva  Moore,  a  noble  woman,  who  lovingly  and  faithfully 
stood  by  and  helped  him  make  a  success  as  a  citizen.  They 
were  blessed  with  one  child,  J.  R.  Summerville,  a  worthy  suc- 
cessor to  his  father.    Both  wife  and  son  survive  him." 

Grimes. — Capt.  Cornelius  Grimes  was  born  in  Maryland  in 
1841 ;  and  died  of  paralysis  on  September  30,  1909.  He  first 
enlisted  in  Company  C,  2d  Maryland  Infantry,  but  was  sub- 
sequently transferred  to  Company  D,  1st  Maryland  Cavalry, 
C.  S.  A.,  with  which  he  served  until  the  close  of  the  war, 
after  which  he  had  resided  in  Front  Royal.  His  funeral  was 
attended  by  his  old  comrades  of  William  Richardson  Camp, 
U.  C.  V.,  of  which  he  was  long  the  efficient  Adjutant. 

Mulligan.— Hon.  John  T.  Mulligan,  Attorney-General  for 
the  Third  Judicial  Tennessee  District  from  1870  to  1878,  died 
in  October,  1909.  He  was  born  in  Scottsville,  Ky.,  in  1839.  He 
enlisted  in  the  Orphan  Brigade,  and  served  throughout  the 
war.  He  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Gallatin,  Term.,  then 
moved  to  Nashville.  He  won  distinction  at  the  bar.  He  was 
highly  educated,  having  been  the  first  graduate  from  Bethel 
College,  Russellville,  Ky. 

Fannin.— Col.  James  H.  Fannin,  of  the  1st  Regiment  Geor- 
gia Reserves,  died  in  Savannah,  Ga.,  October  23,  1909,  of  heart 
failure  while  riding  on  the  street  cars.  Colonel  Fannin  was 
in  command  of  the  post  at  Andersonville  and  a  close  friend 
of  the  ill-fated  Wirz,  appearing  for  him  at  his  trial.  In  1863 
he  saved  Father  Whelan,  of  Macon,  Ga.,  from  death  in  the 
stockade,  and  was  thanked  by  the  pope  for  his  aid  to  the 
Catholic  Church. 


Qor?federat<?  l/eterar?. 


G09 


Dr.  R.  L.  C.  White. 

Dr.  R.  L.  C.  White  was  bom  in  Lebanon,  Tenn.,  in  i S-44 ; 
and  died  in  Nashville-  in  October,  [909.  He  began  His  educa- 
tion .it  Cumberland  University  in  his  native  town.  In  1862 
he  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  service  under  Col.  Paul  Ander- 
son. His  company,  famous  as  the  "Cedar  Snags,"  served  for 
a  time  as  escort  to  Gen.  X.  B.  Forrest  and  Gen.  Ji  hn  B. 
Hood,  and  did  sonic  of  the  hard  fighting  of  the  war. 

\li.r  the  surrender  Or.  White  finished  his  literary  COUI  e 
at  Cumberland  University  and  began  the  study  of  medicine, 
attending  the  University  of  Nashville  and  later  the  Jefferson 
Medical  College  at  Philadelphia.  He  began  thi  practice  of 
medicine,  but  it  was  uncongenial  to  him.  Soon  afterwards 
he  began  his  career  as  a  writer  through  contributions  to  the 
Nashville  Banner,  n^ing  the  pen  name  of  "Paul  Crimson." 
ecame  editor  of  the  Lebanon  Herald,  where  his  beautiful 
usi  "i  pure  English  and  critical  faculty  won  him  high  reputa- 
tion which  his  subsequent  work  along  literary  lines  increa  ed 
lit  was  much  interested  in  fraternal  orders,  was  a  Thirty 
Second  Degree  Mason,  a  Shriner  anil  Odd  fellow,  and  was 
the  Grand  Keeper  of  Records  and  Seal  fur  the  Knights  of 
Pythias   for  twentj   t«   1    wars   in   succession. 

lie  was  the  leading  spirit  of  the  Tennessee  Press  Associa- 
tion fur  man}  years  lie  was  a  charter  member  and  wrote 
nstitution  of  the  Nashville  Press  Club.  lie  was  a  trns 
I11  both  of  the  1  Inward  Library  (afterwards  the  Carnegie) 
and  the  University  of  Nashville.  He  possessed  so  accurate  a 
memory  that  he  could  detect  the  slightest  divergence  in  a 
quotation,  lie  had  decided  poetic  gifts,  ami  the  small  volume 
oi  verse  he  published  for  his  friends  possessed  great  merit. 
His   wife  and   five  children   survive   him. 

The    editor   of    the    VETERAN    is    grateful    to    the    memory    of 

Dr.  White  for  hi-  most  distinctive  prominence  in  the  press 
of  Nashville.  Dr.  White  was  nut  conspicuously  popular  with 
the  masses  1  I »  did  not  cater  to  that  sentiment;  but  he  was 
just  and  a  stickler  for  the  truth  in  all  thing-;.  The  sorrow  in 
his  (hath   was   widespread,   however,  and  a  multitude   who   had 

never  manifested   interest   in   him  personally  realized  by  the 

hock  at  notici  ol  his  death  the  public  loss,    lie  was  not  active 

in  Confederati    association  matters,  but  kept  for  many  years 

i    conspicuously    in    his    library   the   original    flag    of    his 
ci  impany,  the  "( 'edar  Snags  " 

Capt.  John  T  Wiggins. 
A  valued  member  of  Ross-Kcloi  Camp,  U.  C.  V.,  was  lost 
in  the  death  of  Capt.  John  T.  Wiggins  at  Rusk.  Tex.,  on  May 
6,  looo  IK-  was  born  iii  North  Carolina  in  1834,  and  removed 
with  his  father's  family  to  Rusk,  Tex.,  in  1S5O.  lie  enlisted 
in  the  Confederate  army  as  a  second  junior  lieutenant  in 
Companj    I.    toth    Texas    Cavalry,   in    September,    t86i.      In 

March,  1862,  he  was  elected  captain  upon  the  resignation  of 
that  officer,  and  upon  tin  reorgani  ation  of  the  regiment  at 
Corinth  in  May,  (862,  he  was  reelected;  but  his  health  be 
imi  tired,  and  he  resigned  in  June,  returning  home. 
After  recuperating  for  a  time,  he  reenli  ted  in  S  ptember,  [862, 
.lam  of  Companj    I-'.  35th  Texas  Cavalry,  in  which  he 

•  1  until   the  end 

Vfter    tin-    war    Captain    Wiggins    was    elected     la--      \ 
11    of   Cher.  I...-   County,   serving    for   sixl  .   and 

it    is    coi    idered    that    he   was    the   1"  -t 1    thi     county 

1  1    had.      He  was  known  as  one  of  the   most    activi    Con 

federates  of  th.-  county  m  pr<  lerving  the  historj   of  Confed- 

1   Ins   untiring  1  flfoi  I      tnd   w  ith 
the  assistance  of  the  Frank   fa  iter,  U    I'  <".  a  monu- 


ment .stands  in  the  Courthouse  Square  to  the  memory  of  the 
Confederate  soldiers  of  Cherokee  County.  In  late  years  he 
collected  as  far  as  possible  the  rosters  of  all  the  companies 
that  volunteered  from  Cherokee  County  and  enrolled  the 
name-  in  a  well-bound  book  which  was  deposited  in  the 
County  Court  Clerk's  office  at  Rusk  and  which  is  now  fre- 
quently consulted  in  establishing  pension  claim-. 

Captain  Wiggins  wa-  twice  married,  and  is  survived  by  two 
sons,  Dr.  John  Wiggins,  of  Oklahoma,  and  W.  N.  Wiggins, 
of  Dallas,  Tex.,  ami  a  sister,  Mrs.  D.  B.  Martin,  of  Shreve- 
port,  La.  IK-  was  an  officer  in  his  Church  and  superintendent 
of  the  Sunday  school.  He  faithfully  performed  the  duties  of 
life  in  all  lines  and  has  gone  to  his  reward. 

I  iiomas  G.  Cheats 

On  September  i>  1009.  Thomas  G.  Cheairs  died  at  his  home. 
near  Spring  I  hi  I.  I  em  He  was  born  April  1 1,  [843,  in  Maurj 
County,    I  enn. 

I!.-  enlisted  in  Forrest's  escort  in  February.  1S63,  and  served 
until  he  was  paroled  M.n  [8,  1865.  He  was  Gem-ral  Forrest's 
ideal  of  a  good  soldier.  Ever  near  his  chief,  he  was  ready  to 
go  ami  do  whatever  ordered,  however  dangerous  it  might  be 

Comrade  Cheairs  joined  Leonidas  Polk  Bivouac  and  Wil- 
liam Henry  Trousdale  Camp  in  1807.  and  was  a  most  faithful 
member,  always  at  the  meetings  of  the  Bivouac  and  Camp, 
and  he  never  failed  to  attend  the  Reunions  unless  -,,1.  II. 
was  charitable  ami  liberal  to  all  the  Confederal  ociations. 
Mi.  Church  ami  the  communitj  will  miss  him;  but  it  was  in 
his  home  ami  immediate  family  where  lie  served  best  and 
did  most  ile  was  the  companion  of  his  aged  father.  Maj. 
X.  F.  Ch  airs,  and  cared  for  him  in  declining  years  most  beau- 
tifully. Xo  one  hail  more  friends  with  the  old  comrades.  We 
laid  him  to  rest  in  Rose  Hill  Cemetery  on  September  ir.  aftei 
p.  1  forming  the  Confederate  burial  service. 

[From   sketch   by  Comrade  J.  T,   Williamson,  Columbia.] 

I'ik  ..-■  Maj  Richard  J  l'.  1  on  died  m  Nashville  in  Oc- 
tober,  [909,  and  was  buried  in  Elmwood  Cemetery,  Memphis. 
Major  I  Vis,  .n  was  a  gallant  member  of  Cleburne's  Division, 
having  enlisted  at  the  agi  ol  eighteen  as  second  lieutenant  in 
the  2is1  Tennessee  Regiment,  and  was  promoted  to  major  in 
the  5th  Confederate,  a  regiment  which  is  said  to  have  done 
an  immense  amount  of  heroic  lighting.  He  was  in  Perryvillc, 
Murfreesboro,  Chiekamauga,  Mission  Ridge,  and  Atlanta.  He 
was  captured  here  and  held  prisoner  till  the  close  of  the 
war.  He  was  an  honorary  member  of  Camp  A,  Confederate 
Veterans,  Memphis,  also  of  the  Confederate  Historical  So 
cietj   of  that  city 

Castleberry. — Charles  C  Castleberry  was  horn  in  Tisho- 
mingo Count).   Mi--   ;  and  died  suddenly  in  Xew  Albany,   Miss., 

in  September,   [909.     lie  was  very  young  when  he  enlisted  in 

the  Confederate  service;  hut  he  was  a  brave  soldier  under 
Col.  W.  V  Johnson,  and  he  surrendered  with  General  For- 
rest   at   I  .auies\  ille.    Via      I  lis  six    l"  othi  i      .-  ere   also  in  the 

Confederal,     army.      At    the    close   of    the    war    he    returned    to 

luka    Springs,    where    he    mad.     a    g 1    citizen,    serving    his 

county  several  times  as  sheriff. 

Oxford  J  I  Oxford  a  member  of  Joseph  E  Johnston's 
Camp,  I  '  V.  died  in  Dallon.  Ga.,  in  October,  1. 100.  He 
was  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  of  the  county,  a  consistent 
member  of  the  first  Baptist  Church,  and  an  honored  member 
of  the  Camp  of  Confederate  Veterans      1 1.    [ea\   -  a  wife,  two 

daughters    and    three    '"lis    and    many    friends    to    mourn    his 


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Qof)federat^  l/eterai?. 


Mrs.   Basil  W.   Duke. 

Henrietta  Morgan  Duke,  daughter  of  Henrietta  and  Calvin 
Morgan,  was  born  in  Lexington,  Ky.,  April  2,  1840 ;  and  died 
suddenly  of  heart  failure  in  Louisville  October  20,  1909. 

During  her  young  life  she  lived  in  Lexington,  where  her 
bright,  vivacious  character,  added  to  her  wide  family  connec- 
tion with  the  best  people  of  Kentucky,  made  her  a  social 
power.  When  the  war  came  she  threw  herself  whole-hearted- 
ly into  the  cause  of  the  South,  aiding  in  every  way  the  or- 
ganization of  hospital  corps  and  the  furthering  of  the  South's 
interests.  Six  of  her  brothers  wore  the  gray,  and  one.  the 
eldest,  became  famous.  Gen.  John  H.  Morgan  was  as  feared 
by  the  North  as  he  was  loved  in  the  South. 

General  Morgan's  chief  officer  and  main  reliance  was  Gen. 
Basil  Duke;  and  when  the  marriage  of  this  officer  to  his  sis- 
ter, Henrietta  Morgan,  took  place  in  June,  1861,  the  tie  between 
the  two  men  became  closer.  After  the  war  General  Duke  re- 
moved to  Louisville,  and  Mrs.  Duke  became  at  once  not  only 
a  social  favorite  but  a  leader  in  all  that  pertained  to  the  Con- 
federate cause.  She  was  untiring  in  her  efforts  for  the  poor 
or  infirm  veteran.  She  was  the  founder  and  President  of  the 
Albert  Sidney  Johnston  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  was  Vice  President 
of  the  National  Division,  and  was  very  active  in  the  raising  of 
funds  for  our  monuments,  notably  the  one  in  Louisville. 

She  took  an  active  part  in  the  recent  State  Convention  of 
the  Kentucky  Division,  U.  D.  C,  and  on  her  return  home 
seemed  in  the  best  of  spirits.  She  retired  seemingly  in  good 
health,  but  passed  away  in  her  sleep.  Mrs.  Duke  was  a  woman 
of  many  lovable  traits  of  character,  and  her  refinement  and 
engaging  personality,  added  to  her  charity  of  thought  and 
deed,  made  her  universally  beloved.  In  her  Church,  the  U. 
D.  C,  in  society,  as  well  as  among  the  poor,  she  was  useful. 

Mrs.  Duke  is  survived  by  her  husband  (Gen.  Basil  Duke), 
her  sons  (Basil  Duke,  Jr.,  of  the  Geographical  Survey,  Wash- 
ington, Calvin  Duke,  a  civil  engineer,  and  Dr.  Henry  Duke,  of 
Louisville),  and  her  daughters  (Mrs.  Wilbur  Mathews,  of 
New  York,  Mrs.  Samuel  Henning,  of  Louisville,  and  Mrs. 
Charles  Ray,  of  Franklin.  Mass.).  Two  brothers  and  a  sister 
also  survive  her. 

Fitting  resolutions  of  honor  and  respect  were  adopted  by  the 
U.  D.  C.  of  Louisville,  and  they  sent  handsome  floral  tributes 
to  Lexington,  where  Mrs.  Duke  was  buried  beside  her  famous 
brother.  General  Morgan. 

The  President  of  the  Kentucky  Division  of  the  Daughters 
of  the  Confederacy  finds  it  her  sorrowful  duty  to  make-  of- 
ficial notice  of  the  sudden  death  in  Louisville  on  October  20 
of  Mrs.  Basil  Duke,  Honorary  President  of  this  Division  and 
former  National  Vice   President. 

The  organization  at  large  suffers  an  incomparable  loss,  and 
this  Division  mourns  with  profound  grief  the  passing  of  such 
a  leader.  The  magnetic  qualities  Mrs.  Duke  possessed  to  a 
marked  degree  made  easily  understood  the  enthusiasm  her 
brother.  General  Morgan,  aroused  in  the  hearts  of  "his  men." 

Mrs.  Duke's  grace  of  manner  and  grace  of  spirit,  combined 
with  a  most  regal  bearing,  made  her  alike  the  admiration  and 
joy  of  all  who  knew  her.  Her  knowledge  of  humanity,  its 
strength  and  its  weakness,  her  sureness  of  judgment,  her  loy- 
alty and  devotion,  her  gentleness  and  sweetness,  her  potency 
of  influence  seemed  to  combine  all  that  is  most  desirable  in 
woman,  and  her  going  away  has  left  a  void  there  is  not  one 
to  fill.  She  has  herself  erected  in  the  hearts  of  Kentucky 
women  a  monument  to  her  gracious  virtues  that  no  marble  of 
the  future  to  her  name  may  rival. 


It  is  only  left  us  to  be  grateful  to  God  for  the  gift  of  such 
Southern  womanhood  to  strive  to  emulate  the  many  beautiful 
examples  she  has  given  and  to  carry  to  completion  the  good 
works  that  we  know  lay  close  to  her  heart 

[Sketch  by  L.  McF.  Blakcmore.  Pres.  Ky.  Div.,  U.  D.  C] 

A  few  days  before  Mrs.  Duke's  death  at  the  Kentucky  I" 
D.  C.  Convention  in  Hopkinsville  the  editor  of  the  Veteran 
spoke  to  her  of  the  desire  by  Daughters  that  she  become  Presi- 
dent General,  when  she  promptly  said  that  she  had  endured 
too  much  sorrow  and  had  not  the  spirit  for  such  responsibility. 

Resolutions  from   the  Richmond  Confederate   Museum 

Twice  within  the  past  month  has  the  Confederate  Memorial 
Literary  Society,  in  charge  of  the  Confederate  Museum,  Rich- 
mond, been  called  to  pay  tribute  of  respect  to  two  prominent 
members  outside  of  Virginia  who  as  regents  of  their  respective 
rooms  have  been  identified  with  our  work. 

In  the  sudden  death  of  Mrs.  Henrietta  Morgan  Duke,  wife 

of  Gen.  Basil  W. 
Duke  and  sister  of 
the  late  Gen.  John  H. 
Morgan,  the  Confed- 
erate Museum  loses 
one  of  its  most  valued 
coworkers,  one  who 
exemplified  in  the 
highest  degree  the 
best  type  of  the 
Southern  gentlewom- 
an, and  who  was  ever 
loyal  to  the  cause  so 
gallantly  defended  by 
her  husband  and 
brother. 

Living,  as   she  did, 
in  times  that  tried  to 
the    utmost   the    souls 
of     all     true     South- 
erners, there  was  never  a  time  when  she  was  not  ready  to  give 
herself  and  her  gracious  influences  for  the  good  of  the  cause 
which  she  so  dearly  loved. 

Richmond  knew  her  best  as  Regent  of  the  Kentucky  Room, 
and  through  her  influence  and  zeal  much  interest  has  been 
awakened  in  Kentucky.  The  Morgan  collection,  which  is  one 
of  the  most  valuable  in  the  Museum,  was  donated  by  Mrs. 
Duke,  and  will  ever  be  treasured  as  a  sacred  memorial  of  her- 
self as  well  as  of  her  noble  brother,  General  Morgan. 

Therefore  be  it  resolved  that  we  hereby  extend  to  her  hus- 
band and  family  our  sincere  sympathy  and  that  this  tribute  of 
respect  and  love  be  sent  to  her  family,  spread  upon  the  minutes 
of  the  Confederate  Memorial  Literary  Society,  published  in 
the  daily  papers,  and  in  the  Confederate  Veteran. 

M.  P.  Harris.  Chairman,  Vice  Regent  for  Kentucky. 

Mrs.   Pilcher  as  Regent  of  Richmond  Museum. 

It  has  also  become  our  sacred  duty  to  express  our  sincere 
sympathy  to  the  family  of  Mrs.  M.  B.  Pilcher,  of  Nashville, 
Tenn..  former  Regent  from  that  State. 

Taking  up  her  work,  "leading  a  forlorn  hope"  (?) — Ten- 
nessee establishing  her  place  in  the  White  House  of  the  Con- 
federacy— in  two  years  she  placed  Tennessee  where  she  be- 
longed :  in  the  front  rank  with  her  sister  States.  Indefatigable 
in  her  zeal,  she  had  the  reports  of  Tennessee  placed  in  the 
proceedings   of    State    Conventions   of   the   U.    D.    C.     When 


MRS.    HENRIETTA    MORGAN    DUKE. 


^oofederati?  Veterai). 


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elected  President  of  the  Division,  she  ably  Idled  her  place 
with  the  present  Regent.  Mrs.  T.  M.  Baker.  After  the  death 
of  her  husband,  less  than  a  year  ago,  she  wrote :  "I  must  not 
give  up  my  work  for  the  Confederacy,  for  in  doing  it  I  honor 
my  husband,  and  I  will  work  on  to  the  end."  Little  did  we 
think  how  soon  that  end  would  be.  God  blessed  her  in  that 
she  worked  to  the  end  ;  and  when  the  summons  came,  it  found 
her  with  duty  done  to  God,  to  family,  and  her  Southland. 

Resolved,  That  the  Confederate  Memorial  Literary  Society 
tender  their  sympathy  to  her  bereaved  family,  and  that  their 
expressions  of  regard  be  placed  on  the  records  of  the  So- 
ciety, published  in  the  local  papers,  and  sent  to  the  CoNFED 
ERAT1  VETERAN,  our  tribute  to  one  who  has  faithfully  served 
her  State  in  the  Confederate  Museum  at  Richmond,  Va. 

Respectfully  submitted,  Mrs.  N.  V.  Randolph  (Vice  Regent"). 
Mrs.  John  Tccfcy.  Mrs.  W.  R.  Vawter. 

Mrs.  Judith   Winston   Pilcher. 

Mrs.  M.  B.  Pilcher,  of  Nashville,  who  was  before  her  mar- 
Miss  Judith  Winston,  was  born  in  Bardstown,  Ky. ;  but 
the  family  removed  in  her  early  girlhood  to  Nashville,  where 
she  ever  lived  afterwards.  As  the  wife  of  Capt.  M.  B.  Pilcher, 
who  was  an  ardent  Confederate  and  a  good  citizen,  prominent 
in  business  and  in  Church  work,  she  was  a  strong  help  to 
him.     Indeed,  she  was  talented  in  many  ways. 

V  agent  of  the  Jefferson  Davis  Monument  Association  be- 
fore  the  Veteran  was  started  the  editor  selected  Mrs.  Pilcher 
to  hi  ad  a  chrysanthe- 
mum fair  for  the  mon- 
ument fund,  which 
netted  more  than  eleven 
hundred  dollars. 

She  was  prominently 
idi  ntifii  d  with  U.  D.  C. 
intei  est  -  in  l  ennessee, 
and  was  President  of 
the  Slate  Division  the 
two  years,  until  the 
i  ei  i  nl      i  li  i  lion,     when 

Mrs.  Sansom,  of  Knox- 
\  ill.-,  daughter  of  Gen- 
eral Zollicoffer,  was 
electi 

Mrs.      Pilcher      was 

■  ut  for  the   I  ennes- 

im   in  the  Con- 

i  i     at 

Rii  hmond      for      some 
.   and    Mrs.    X.   V. 
Randolph,   the   Vice   Regent— and   who   has  done  incalculable 
work    for    Tennessee    in    that    way— paid    high    tribute    to    her 
prominent  in  the  State's  best  social  circles. 
During  the   Tennessee   Centennial   Exposition   at    Nashville, 
which   will   ever   remain   of  high   credit    to   the   State  and  the 
South.  Mrs.  Pilcher  was  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Space 
and   Reservation  in  the  Woman's   Department,     She  aided  in 
many  ways  the  higher  devi  lo| nl  of  women.     She  was  Presi- 
dent  for  twelve  years  of  the   Monteagle   Ladies'   Association, 
and    the    reading   room   there    was   largely   the   result   of   her 
She  was  an  active  worker  in  the  First  Baptist  Church. 
of   which   she   was   long   a   member       She   is  survived   by   three 
nd  a  daughter,  who  is  li.  :    Hon    Reau   1      Folk, 

Treasurer  of  the  State  "I     feni 


MRS      M.    B.    PILCHER. 


Taylor. — Dr.  J.  N.  Taylor  died  at  Shelbyville,  Tenn  .  Sep- 
tember 8,  1909.  At  the  reunion  of  the  Forrest  Cavalry  and 
Staff  special  resolutions  of  esteem  and  reverence  for  his  mem- 
ory were  adopted.  He  was  a  brave  comrade,  a  faithful  hus- 
band and  father,  an  upright  citizen,  an  eminent  physician,  and 
a  devout  Christian. 

Bakkr. — Capt.  David  E.  Baker,  of  Hampton,  Carter  County, 
Tenn.,  who  was  captain  of  the  3d  Tennessee,  was  killed  at 
Knoxville,  Tenn.,  in  September,  1909,  by  the  explosion  of 
dynamite  used  in  blowing  up  stumps.  A  flying  piece  of  wood 
struck  him  and  death  was  almost  instantaneous. 


UNTO    SUNRISE. 

BY    W.     \V.    PINSON. 

[In  memory  of  Bishop  Seth  Ward,  of  the  M.  E  Church, 
South,  wdio  became  fatally  ill  on  a  journey  to  Japan — "the 
Far  East" — and  died  after  his  arrival] 

'Why  sailest  west?"  the  watchers  cry. 
"To  reach  the  East."  he  makes  reply. 
The  anchor  weighed,  the  canvas  spread, 
The  ship  fares  seaward,  straight  ahead. 
Till   hull   and   topmast    sink   below 
The  rimmed  horizon's  saffron  glow. 
"Alas!  he  sailcth  west,"  Love  sighs 
"To  win  the  East,"   Hope  quick  replies. 

"The  twilight  lies  thai    way,"   we   -aid 

"'lis  dawn."  the  pilgrim  hailed,  "instead!" 
Nor  further  parleyed,  slacked,  nor  veered, 
Bui   toward  the  chosen  harbor  steered 
Through  mist  and  midnight,  unafraid, 
His  course  no  storms  nor  surges  stayed: 

Love  saw  the  twilight  coming  on; 

Hope  smiled  and  whispered:  "Morning  dawn." 

"You    steer    for    sunset    shores."   we    pled 

"Nay;  sunrise  lures  me  on."  he  said 

His  calm,  grave  eyes  with  courage  flamed 
That  all  our  fond  misgivings  sham 
The  while  with  eagerness  he  burned 
And  o'er  the  waste  of  waters  yearned. 

Love,  dim-eyed,  watched  him  from  the  shore; 

Hope  joyed  that  morning  lav  before 

O  brother  brave  and  prophel   wise, 
Thou  sailor  'neath  uncharted 

For  thee  not   spa<  e,  not  d  ivt  n,  nor  night 

Could  swerve  the  needle  point  of  right  ; 

X01    friends,  nor  home,  nor  native  land 

Could  duty's  pilol  « he<  1  command 

Love  knows  thy  course   was  chosen   true; 
Hope  cheers   that   thou  bast   held  it   through. 

( ,1  ief  dumb,  we  gaze  as  one  thai  dreams 
Adown  the  sunset  lane  of  beams, 
Vghast  thai   darkness   falls  so  soon. 
Like  sudden  midnighl  come  at  n 

When,   lol   a    signal   flashes   far, 

Bi  ni  .iiii  the  i  aim  oi  evi  ning 
Of  Harbor,   Home,  and   Morning   fair 
F01     torm  beal   sailors  anchored  there: 
Whereat  Love's  muffled  minor  dies, 
And    Hope,  exultant,   shouts :    "Sunrise!" 


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Qopfederat^  l/eterat?, 


Burial  of   Margaret  Davis   Haves. 

Beautiful  with  all  the  solemnity  of  simplicity  were  the  cere- 
monies of  October  30,  1909,  with  which  the  ashes  of  Mar- 
garet Davis  Hayes  were  laid  under  the  sod  of  Hollywood, 
where  the  restless  river  James  will  sob  her  perpetual  requiem. 
One  by  one  the  sleepers  have  been  gathered  in  this  burial 
plot  till  now  the  list  is  closed,  and  all  the  family  of  the 
Smith's  great  chieftain  are  in  this  "Bivouac  of  the  Dead." 

Mrs.  Margaret  Hayes  died  in  Colorado  Springs  July  18 
and  her  urned  ashes  were  placed  in  a  vault  there  till  now, 
when,  accompanied  by  husband  and  children,  she  has  made  the 
long  journey  to  be  sorrowfully  laid  in  the  city  she  loved. 

The  funeral  car  was  met  at  the  station  at  Richmond  by 
delegations  from  the  Veterans  and  Sons  of  Veterans,  and  by 
them  the  casket  was  carried  to  St.  Paul's  Church,  where  she 
had  worshiped  as  a  child. 

The  dark  velvet  of  the  bier  was  hidden  by  the  draping 
battle  flag  of  the  Confederacy,  against  which  shone  a  huge 
cross  of  blue  violets  and  snowy  lilies  of  the  valley.  The  altar 
was  a  mass  of  bloom  in  the  significant  red  and  white,  gifts  of 
individuals  who  loved  her  for  her  own  sake,  and  of  Camps 
and  Chapters  who  loved  her  for  the  cause  she  represented. 
The  "Davis  Memorial"  was  also  sweet  with  blossoms,  and  on 
the  Winnie  Davis  tablet  rested  a  beautiful  wreath,  and  the 
Davis  pew,  in  which  the  family  sat,  was  marked  with  a  large 
cluster  of  white  flowers  tied  with  the  red  and  white. 

The  beautiful  Episcopal  ritual  for  the  dead  was  read  by 
Rev.  Robert  W.  Forsythe,  rector  of  St.  Paul's.  He  was  as- 
sisted in  the  service  by  Archdeacon  John  W.  Moncure,  Rev. 
John  D.  Gravatt,  of  Holy  Trinity  Church,  Rev.  Landon  R. 
Mason,  of  Grace  Church,  Rev.  Gilby  C.  Kelly,  of  Broad  Street 
Methodist  Church,  Rev.  J.  Calvin  Stewart,  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  Rev.  George  W.  McDaniel,  of  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church. 

1  he  processional  was  "For  all  the  saints  who  from  then- 
labors  rest,"  and  "How  firm  a  foundation,"  which  was  the 
favorite  hymn  of  Mr.  Davis  and  which  was  sung  at  all  the 
funerals  of  his  family,  was  beautifully  rendered  by  sweet- 
voiced  singers,  and  as  the  sorrowful  procession  passed  down 
the  aisle  the  choir  softly  sang  "Abide  with  Me,"  which  has 
marked  every  interment  in  the  Hayes  family. 

On  leaving  the  church  the  officiating  clergy  were  followed 
by  the  long  line  of  honorary  pallbearers,  who  were  from 
the  highest  and  noblest  of  Richmond's  manhood,  then  the 
white-haired  veterans  of  R.  E.  Lee  and  George  E.  Pickett 
Camps,  next  the  family  and  the  active  pallbearers  in  charge  of 
the  flower-hidden  casket,  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy, 
the  Memorial  Association,  and  the  Historical  Association. 

\t  the  cemetery  many  hundreds  stood  with  sorrowfully 
bowed  heads  as  the  last  child  of  the  Confederate  President 
was  reverently  lowered  into  a  grave  made  beautiful  with 
evergreens  and  sweet  with  a  wealth  of  fragrant  flowers. 

"Now  the  laborer's  task  is  o'er ; 

Now  the  battle  day  is  past; 
Now  upon  the  farther  shore 

Lands  the  voyager  at  last. 
Father,  in  thy  gracious  keeping 
Leave  we  now  thy  servant  sleeping." 

Malone. — J.  M.  Malone.  a  Confederate  veteran  and  for 
forty  years  a  resident  of  Brownsville,  Tenn.,  died  in  that  city 
October  11,  19C.9,  aged  seventy-one.  A  widow  and  five  children 
survive  him. 


Capt.   Wm.   A.  Campbell. 

On  October  27.  1909.  in  Columbus,  Miss.,  after  a  long  period 
of  declining  health,  William  A.  Campbell  answered  the  last 
roll  call  and  joined  the  ranks  of  those  faithful  soldiers  who 
have  won  the  crown. 

Comrade  Campbell  was  a  true  soldier  of  the  Confederacy 
and  also  of  the  cross  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  his  life 
was  devoted  to  the  defense  and  upholding  of  truth  and  right. 
He  was  born  in  Franklin  County,  Tenn..  near  Winchester,  in 
1836.  He  was  a  descendant  of  the  noble  clan  Campbell  of 
which  the  Dukes  of  Argyle  are  the  hereditary  head  and  which 
has  stood  in  Scotland  for  the  crown  and  covenant  of  Jesus 
Christ  and  against  the  encroachments  of  kings  and  priests. 
His  immediate  ancestors  were  Lairds  of  Dennaboden  House 
in  the  North  of  Ireland,  so  that  he  came  legitimately  by  his 
fighting  blood.  His  father  was  Arthur  Campbell  and  his 
mother  Virginia  Young,  a  typical  Southern  lady. 

IIin  family  moved  to  Memphis  when  William  was  a  child, 
and  after  his  father's  death  moved  to  Columbus,  Miss.,  in  1S51. 


WILLIAM    A.    CAMPBELL. 

There  he  was  in  business  until  1861.  When  the  call  to  arms 
in  defense  of  the  South  was  made,  he  responded  with  en- 
thusiasm. He  enlisted  in  Captain  Fort's  company  of  Mul- 
drow's  Regiment  of  Cavalry.  He  was  made  orderly  sergeant 
of  the  company,  and  under  Generals  Forrest  and  Wheeler  he 
served  to  the  end,  never  missing  a  roll  call  of  his  company. 

After  the  war  he  went  into  business  in  Columbus;  but  in 
1871  he  removed  to  Memphis,  where  he  engaged  in  business 
until  1879.  He  was  there  during  the  terrible  epidemic  of  yel- 
low fever  in  1878,  and  as  a  member  of  the  Howard  Associa- 
tion he  rendered  service  as  valiant  as  any  when  a  soldier  in 
battle. 

In  1879  he  returned  to  Columbus  and  engaged  in  business 
until  his  failing  health  forced  his  retirement.  In  1891  he  was 
married  to  his  cousin,  Miss  Alicia  Campbell,  of  Nashville.  She 
was  a  true-hearted  sympathizer  with  him  in  all  his  aims  and 
ideals.  Her  death  in  October,  1908,  was  an  affliction  which 
hastened  his  own  death. 

For  many  years  he  was  a  ruling  elder  and  clerk  of  session 
of  the   Presbyterian   Church   in  Columbus.     It  could  be  truly 


vOtyfederat^  l/eterai) 


613 


said  that  Ins  highest  aim  in  life  was  to  make  his  Church  a 
true  exponent  of  the  gospel  and  a  blessing  to  the  entire  com- 
munity,    lie  was  a  consistent  Christian. 

His  devotion  to  the  Confederacy,  never  wavered,  and  he 
strove  to  keep  fresh  in  the  hearts  oi  the  Southern  people  the 
in.  in.. i\  hi"  those  great  principle-,  for  which  he  fought  and  of 
those  heroic  souls  who  gave  their  lives  for  the  cause 

[The  lung. .ing   is   from  a   sketch   bj    James   II.    McNeilly, 

III).  In  all  of  Comrade  Campbell's  articles  fur  the  VETERAN 
there  was  a  vein  of  humor  which  was  ever  pleasing  There 
arc  sketches  by  him  yel  to  I"-  published.] 

II      I  '..     ["HRUSTON,   "TaLLI  ST    M  >.\    I.\     1  11  i     U  ih.'i  D  " 
The   "Texas  giant  and   the   world's  tallest   man"   died  at  the 
home  ..i  his  son   Edward  in  .Mount   Vernon,  Tex.,  soon  after 
his    return    from    the    last    Confederate    Reunion    in    Memphis, 
Tciiii .  al  the  age  oi   seventy-nine  years. 

In    (832  there   migrated   from   South   Carolina   and   settled   in 
the  western   portion   of   Morgan   County,    Mo.,  then   sparsely 
settled,    a    family    remarkable    for   its    uplifting   and    moral    in- 
fluence  and    For    the    physical    stature    of    its    men       Fivi 
ranged    in   height    from   six    feet   sis    inches   to   seven    feet 

.mil  a  half  inches  When  the  great  war  began,  the  family 
espoused  the  cause  of  the  South,  and  its  members  never  fal- 
tered until  the  end  came.  In  the  spring  oi  [861  George  But- 
ler, who  married  a  Mi-s  Thruston,  organized  the  Morgan 
County  Rangers,  and  was  elected  its  captain,  with  Sid    Hirus- 

ton  a-  1  In  uli  11. int.  Hal  Thruston  a  sergeant,  and  II.  C.  Thrus- 
ton as  a  private. 

When  the  Federal  General  Lyons  invaded  Missouri,  he  broke 
up  the  Legislature  and  drove  the  Governor,  Claiborne  F.  Jack- 
son, from  the  Capitol.  He  also  took  prisoners  a  company  of 
State  Guards  in  St.  Louis,  shot  down  women  and  children  in 
the  streets,  ami  proclaimed  that  the  blood  of  women  and  chil- 
dren   should   run   as   water   before    Missouri    should   go   out   of 


the  Union.  Jim  Lane  and  Jennison,  the  noted  Kansas  Jay- 
hawkers,  were  commissioned  officers  of  the  I  nited  States 
army,   although   the   government   had   pursued   them   all   over 

Kansas,  and  their  leader,  John  Brown,  had  been  captured  at 
Harper's  Ferry,  Ya..  and  executed.  These  outlaws  advanced 
at  the  head  of  the  lulled  States  troops,  and  plundered  ami 
burned  as  the}   went. 

The  Moig.1,1  Count)  Rangers,  eighty  strong,  went  forth 
under  Captain  Butli  to  defend  their  homes  and  property. 
Mrs.  Butler  upon  a  col  was  carried  into  the  streets  of  Ver- 
sailles, M.>.  to  -,i\  farewell  to  the  company;  and  when  out 
gallant  captain,  with  streaming  eyi  -  and  frame  quivering  with 
emotion,  parted  with  her,  she  wa:  calm  .is  a  summer's  evening, 
caressed  him,  and  told  him  to  go  ami  light  for  his  country 
.mil  remembei  In-  was  from  South  Carolina.    She  soon  pi     ed 

Somewhi  r<   in  the  South  in  an  unmarked  soldier' 
1-   Colonel   Butler.      It    is   "Lame's   eternal   camping  ground." 
i       '       rhru   ion   remained   with  the   Stale  Guards  until  after 

hi  battli  "i  Pea  Ridge,  in  which  Joe  Thurston,  a  nephew,  was 
killed.  I  he  Missouri  troops,  under  Generals  Van  Dorn  and 
Price,  war  ordered  east  of  the  Mississippi  River.  In  one  of 
the  fights  after  this  M  1'.  Thruston  was  well  in  advance.  'I  he 
enemy  was  camped  mar  a  house  from  which  a  woman  ran 
■ait  shrieking:  "Run.  boys,  run;   lie-  w I-  are  mil  of  them." 

I. .in  Tipton,  a  noble  boy  who  was  hortly  afterwards  killed, 
called  out  to  hei  "Go  in  tin  hou  e  and  get  under  the  bed,  or 
you  will  he  killed."      \hout  that  time  Thruston  caught   sight 

of  their  major  running,  and  hud  upon  him.  The  major  lived 
enough  to  tell  thai  he  saw  the  man  who  shot  him  while 
"standing  upon  a  stump."  Vftei  that  we  were  transferred  to 
ill.  |th  Mi  ouri  Cavalry,  Marmaduke's  command,  then  at 
Batesville,  \rk.  and  -non  w.  started  the  Cape  Girardeau  raid. 
John   Q.   Burbridge  was  lieutenanl   colonel  under  CI    W    1. 

Preston      The  next  day  w  e  were  Ire  -  parade;  and  when 

Colonel  Preston  gavi  the  command,  "Attention!"  he  ordered 
Thruston  to  "get  ofl  that  stump."  He  gave  this  command  the 
second  time;  hut  as  nobodj  moved,  he  drew  his  saber  and 
declared:    "I    will    mak.     you    obej    Orders."      II.     came   running 

right   at   Thruston  and   -.nd'    "Whal  1   standing   on?" 

Thruston  replied     "1  .on    landing  on  the  ground."    Thn 
was  afterwards  wound.. I  in  the  side  at   Poison  Springs,    \rk. 
and,   strange   to   say,   .1    bullet   gra  eel   the   top  of   In-   ln.nl  on 

Our  command  surrendered  at  Shreveport,  I  .1  .  mi  June  7, 
1865,  I  had  lo-i  sight  "i  rhruston  until  the  Reunion  ai  Dal- 
las   in    lo'u       When    I    s.in    linn.    I    fan   up    to   him   and   grabbed 

his  hand,  unabli  to  -peak  lie  looked  .'-.in  and  said:  "Old 
fellow,  T  am  sure  glad  to  ,.  you."  We  last  met  at  the 
Abilene  Fair  in  1007  with  "in  old  comrade.  Joe  W    Eubanks. 


11.  c.   THRIST0N. 


J.    M.   Chisin,  of   Albany,   Tex.,     end     the   above  in   some 
reminiscences    of    his  'company,   the    Morgan    County    1  Mo  ' 

1  s.    m    w  hii  h    In-    -.  1  \  ed    «   lli  I  lu  u-ton.    who 

bore  iln   mil   of  1  ol.  w  I  afti  1  the  w  ar      \t  at  '■    R< 

union   in   Jefferson   1  0,  when  Gen 

don,   of    Memphis.   Tenn.,    was   a    memb 
■  --  fri  in  Memphis,  he  wa-  the  oratoi  of  the  day.    There 
ol    1  1    .mi  derate  flag  to  1"  seen  in  iln   1  u\  .  hut  1  lomrade 
I  hrusti  1    1  '1  .11  the  In  ad  of  ih.    lot  ci  ilumn  1  ai 

rying  the  >iab  and  stripes,  escorted  by   Uarvej    W    Salmon. 
■  f  Clinton,  Mo.,  and  S    \    Cunningham,  of  Nashville,   l.nn 

With    Thruston's   aim-   extended   straight    from   the   shoul- 
ders these  medit  men  could  stand   under  them   erect 
with  their  derby  hats  untouched 
It  i-  perhap     lm    to  thi    vicious  methods  of  reconstrui   ion 


614 


^opfederae^  i/ecerai/ 


in  Missouri  after  the  war  that  there  is  even  now  a  scarcity  of 
Confederate  flags  in  St.  Louis,  to  which  the  Republic  referred 
some  time  ago  with  the  mistaken  idea  that  Confederates  in 
Missouri  were  indifferent  to  them. 

The  "Stars  and  Bars"  Will  Be  Cherished. 

The  St.  Louis  Republic  of  September  19  has  an  editorial 
about  "the  stars  and  bars,"  in  which  it  asserts  that  a  man 
from  Mexico,  Mo.,  searched  the  stores  of  St.  Louis  in  vain 
to  find  a  Confederate  flag.  From  this  fact  the  editor  con- 
cludes that  the  loyalty  of  the  South  is  waning.  He  says  that 
the  South  continues  true  to  the  individual  heroes,  but  has 
grown  less  than  lukewarm  to  the  Confederate  government ; 
that  now  if  a  veteran  wishes  to  purchase  a  flag  he  buys  not 
the  stars  and  bars,  but  the  stars  and  stripes;  that  to  the  vet- 
eran the  cause  he  fought  for  is  as  vague  as  the  memory  of 
the  love  of  his  youth  "hid  in  Death's  dateless  night." 

A  man  does  not  stand  upon  the  street  corner  and  cry  aloud 
to  every  passer-by  to  listen  to  the  dearest  inspirations  of  his 
heart ;  but  when  with  friends  these  memories,  which  are  his 
precious  heritage,  are  fondly  talked  over  and  the  dear  dead 
past  is  the  link  that  binds  them  closer  together.  Forget  the 
Confederacy?  forget  the  cause  for  which  they  suffered  and 
under  like  conditions  would  suffer  again?  The  cause  is  not 
"lost"  to  the  South  any  more  than  the  child  who  has  passed 
to  the  bevond  is  "lost"  to  the  mother's  heart. 


ADDITIONAL    U.   D.    C.   PROCEEDINGS. 
Greeting  to  Dauchters  by  Judd  Mortimer  Lewis. 
The  daughters  of  the  men  who  wore  the  gray, 
Who  yesterday — it  seems  like  yesterday — 
Went  charging  to  the  belching  cannon's  mouth 
And  cheered  and  died  for  their  beloved  South ! 
Who  flung  aloft  their  banners  with  a  cheer, 
And,  scorning  shot  and  shell  and  death  and  fear, 
Charged  on  and  on,  and  with  their  latest  breath 
Flung  loud  defiance  in  the  face  of  death ! 
We  greet  you  here,  you  daughters  of  brave  men. 
When  shall  the  world  look  on  their  like  again? 

When  shall  the  world  look  on  their  like  again? 

Where  are  the  lips  to  speak  or  where  the  pen 

To  tell  the  glory  of  the  deeds  they  dared, 

To  tell  the  roughness  of  the  roads  they  fared, 

To  tell  the  veneration  of  the  South? 

For  them,  her  heroes,  grief  may  droop  the  mouth 

For  a  short  moment  for  our  heroes  dead. 

The  while  we  twine  a  wreath  to  deck  the  bed 

They  rest  in  now,  then  memories  arise 

Of  their  brave  deeds  and  brighten  in  our  eyes. 

Daughters  of  heroes,  it  is  yours  to  lay 
The  twined  wreaths  above  their  voiceless  clay; 
To  sing  their  deeds,  so  that  the  sons  of  men 
Shall  know  their  greatness,  so  that  when  again 
The  clarion  call  shall  send  its  swift  alarm 
Across  the  South  our  sons  shall  wake  and  arm 
Themselves  and  swiftly  rush  to  front  the  foe, 
Spurred  by  the  deeds  their  sires  so  long  ago 
So  nobly  dared,  war's  tide  to  meet  and  stem  ! 
We  honor  you,  and  thus  we  honor  them. 
There   were    personal   tributes   made   to   certain    prominent 
Confederates.     One  of  them  was  most  opportune  to  the  late 
Colonel  Dickinson,  who  lay  desperately  wounded  in  the  hos- 
pital at  Houston. 


TRIBUTE   TO  COL.  ANDREW  G.  DICKINSON. 

"Ladies,  as  Mrs.  C.  A.  Norris,  of  New  York.  1  do  not  feel 
that  I  have  any  right  to  'time'  on  this  floor;  but  as  the  daugh- 
ter of  Col.  A.  G.  Dickinson,  chief  of  staff  to  his  cousin.  Gen. 
Bankhead  Magruder,  and  my  mother,  Sue  Marshall  Coleman, 
daughter  of  Nicholas  D.  Coleman  and  great-grandniece  of 
Chief  Justice  Marshall,  I  have.  My  father  was  the  only  of- 
ficer of  rank  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Galveston.  By  his  gal- 
lantry an  entire  convent  of  nuns  in  the  line  of  fire  was  pro- 
tected and  saved  from  violence.  It  was  by  them  (  aided  by  my 
dear  mother,  who  rode  in  a  mule  wagon  over  the  swamps 
from  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  to  Houston,  Tex.,  with  her  baby — my 
brother,  born  in  camp  at  Williamsburg,  Va.,  with  the  roar  of 
cannons  as  his  cradle  song — in  her  arms)  that  ho  was  nursed 
back  to  life.  After  many  years  had  passed,  for  this  act  of 
gallantry  to  the  Catholic  nuns  the  Queen  of  Spain  decorated 
my  father  with  the  Cross  of  Honor.  Isabella  Catolica,  an 
honor  never  before  conferred  upon  a  Confederate  officer,  and 
which  he  prized  on  that  account. 

"It  was  at  my  father's  suggestion  and  through  his  influence 
that  there  is  a  burial  place  for  Confederates  in  New  York; 
that  the  Charles  Broadway  Rouss  Camp  gave  the  beautiful 
monument  at  Mount  Hope.  It  was  he  who  secured  the  land 
upon  which  it  stands  in  the  cemetery,  and  he  got  up  the  en- 
tertainment which  made  possible  the  mortuary  fund  which 
enables  the  veterans  to  be  laid  to  rest  in  that  beautiful  spot. 

"At  the  unveiling  of  Lee's  monument  in  Richmond,  Va.,  it 
was  my  father,  the  first  Commander  of  the  Confederate  Camp 
of  New  York,  who  made  it  practicable  for  the  veterans  of 
New  York  to  attend  this  ceremony  by  paying  the  expenses  of 
all  who  could  not  afford  to  pay  their  own  way  and  entertain- 
ing them  while  in  Richmond.  Never  did  I  know  my  father  to 
refuse  help  to  his  comrades  when  in  need. 

"My  mother  followed  my  father  through  the  war,  her  chil- 
dren, three  of  them,  born  under  the  shot  and  shell  of  battle. 
I  myself  was  born  at  San  Antonio,  Tex.,  at  the  surrender. 
My  father  fought  from  the  beginning  to  the  end  of  the  war, 
surrendering  San  Antonio  to  General  Merritt. 

"The  other  day  in  New  York  City  when  Mrs.  Parker,  our 
President,  honored  my  mother  by  making  her  the  Second  Vice 


COL.    AND    MRS.    A.    C.   DICKINSON. 


Qopfederat^   l/eterar? 


G15 


President  of  the  New  York  Chapter,  she  said  :  i  do  not  ac- 
cept this  honor  as  mother  or  daughter  of  the  Confederacy, 
but  as  a  veteran.' 

"So    loyal    was    my    father's    love    for    his    comrades    that    he 

bought  his   last   resting  place  as   close  as  possible  to   that   of 

the  Confederate  burial  plot,  and  to-day  he  lies  with  them  at 

Mount    Hope.      When   taps  are  sounded   on    Memorial   Days, 

re  -nin i, led  between  the  two  plots 

"Ladies,  I  could  not  let  this  occasion  pass  without  letting 
the  United  Daughters  of  tin  Confederacy  know,  although  liv- 
ing in  the  Xorth  after  the  war.  what  ;i  loyal,  true,  generous 
•  nn  .,1   ill,    Southland  my  father  always  was" 

r  Mr-.  Norris's  eulogy  t<>  her  father,  the  President  Gen- 
eral said:  "Ladies,  this  is  the  praisi    ol  .1  loyal  daughter  to  a 
loyal  father  who  1     di  id,  and  verj   beautiful  and  to  b< 
mended      I  hope  mon   ol  you  will  follow  her  example." 
rhen  Sister   Esther  Carlotta,  of  Florida,  told  tin    '  onven 

11.  n  hovi  -he  had  been  in  Richmond  at  the  time  of  the  un- 
veiling of  Lee's  monument  and  heard  all  over  Richmond  of 
Colonel  Dickinson's  generosity  to  his  Camp.  Mr  S  \.  Cun- 
ked  the  privilege  of  the  floor  to  pay  tribute  to  his 
dead  friend  for  whom  he  owed  gratitude  .is  to  his  own  father. 
Mrs.  Parker,  President  of  the  New  York  Chapter,  addressed 
the  Convention,  saying  she  would  offei  tin  name  ol  Mrs 
A  G.  Dickinson  as  Honorary  President  at  the  next  ('onven 
lion,  and   hoped   it  would  be  made   unanimous. 


////;  SHILOH  .1/  WITTEE  U.  D.  C. 

Report  of  the    I  ri  v-i  rer,  Mrs.  Ro^   W    Ah  Kinney, 

Paducah,  Ky. 

bama. — Union   Springs  Chapter.   Union   Springs,  $2.50; 

K     I      Rhodes    Chapter,   Tuscaloosa,  $2;    Tuskegee   Chapter. 

Tuskegee,  $2 :  Tuscumbia  Chapter.  $5.     Total,  $11.50. 

Arkansas. — I...  pictures  sale,  $2.50;  James  F  Fagan  Chap- 
tei     Bi  ntpn,  $1.     Total.  $3  50 

1  m  11  -okxia.- -Mrs.  Pratt  (personal!.  Sacramento,  $10;  Oak- 
land Chapter,  Oakland,  $10;  John  I'.  Gordon  Chapter,  $3; 
Gen.  I-"..  Kirhy  Chapter.  $5;  Albert  Sidney  Johnston  Chapter, 
$25;  Mrs.  Albert  M.  Stevens,  $20;  Los  Angeles  Chapter,  $10; 
Hampton  Chapter.  $5;  Mrs.  Voories  (personal),  San 
Francisco,  $5.    Total.  $93, 

District  of  Columbia. — District  of   Columbia,  $10. 

Florida. — Twelve  members  of  Martha  Reed  Chapter,  Jack- 
sonville. $3;  Lee  picture  to  B  ooksville  Chapter,  $2.50;  sale 
of  picture  to  Miss  I  Lot.  $£.50;  Stonewall  Jackson  Camp, 
Gainesville,  $10;  Kirby  Smith  Chapti  ontribution  from 

Mrs,  Wilson,  $j ;  General  Loring  Chapter,  C.  of  C.  St.  Augus- 
tine. $3:  contribution  from  State  President,  $1;  interest.  56 
cent        total,  $29  56. 

\  n  1111. 1       I  \  :i  una.      $2.50:       Mi  I  inn,  uel 

Chapter,  McDonough,  $2.50;  Mi-  John  W.  Clark,  Augusta. 
J10;  Mrs  I..  C.  Chevis,  Montezuma  Chapter.  $1;  Augusta 
Chapter.  Augusta,  $5;  Atlanta  Chapter.  Atlanta.  $2.75;  Mrs. 
John  K.   Ottley  Chap  nil'    $25;   I  harli      I1    Ander- 

son Chapter,  Fori  Valley,  $10;  two  veterans  through  C.  A. 
Evans  Chapter.  Brunswick,  $1.  Ellaville  Chapter,  Ellaville, 
ji  :  l.mn  Mile  Chapter,  Louisville,  $2;  ralbotton  Chapter. 
'ton.  S.mii;  Mr-  John  K  Ottley,  Atlanta,  $2  10.  C.  M. 
Killiom.  Cordele,  $5:  Cordele  Chapter,  Cordele,  $5;  Xewnan 
Chapter,  Xewnan.  $2.50;  Mrs  i.  |  Bradley.  Cartersville, 
$2.50;  Waynesboro  chapter,  Waynesboro,  $10;  Laura  Ruther- 
ford Chapter,  Athens,  $10;  Pelham  Chapter,  Pelham,  $2.50; 
Atlanta    Chapter,     Atlanta.    $.'5;     Rome    Chapter.     Rome.    $5; 


Vgnes  Lee  Chapter.  Decatur,  $5 ;  Marshallville  Chapter,  Mar- 
shallville,  $1;  Sidney  Lanier  Chapter,  Macon,  $10;  Mrs.  Oren- 
Gatchell,  Tifton,  $1;  Cedartown  Chapter,  Cedartown,  $5; 
Longstreet  Chapter,  Gainesville,  $2;  Millon  Chapter.  Millon,. 
$2;  Screven  County  Chapter,  Sylvania,  $10;  Augusta  Chap- 
ter. Augusta,  $10;  John  B.  Gordon  Chapter,  Thomasville,  $1; 
Fort    Tyler  Chapter,  West   Point,  $1.     Total,  $1X1  75. 

Illinois. — Stonewall   Jackson   Chapter.    Chicago,   $25 

Kentucky. — F.  B.  Tilghman  (check  presented  Mrs.  R.  \V. 
McKinney),  $100;  personal  contribution  from  Mis.  R.  W. 
VfcK  nney,  $6;  I  M  Bruce  Chapter,  Covington,  $5;  bj  1 
Mrs  !\.  W.  McKinney,  25  cents;  Lady  Polk  Chapter.  Colum 
bus,  Si  ;  Frankfort  Chapter,  Frankfort.  $]  ;  Lawrenceburg 
Chapter,  Lawrenceburg,  $1;  Mayfield  Chapter,  Maytield.  $1 ; 
\fcj      V\    t     i,n      (personal),  Paducah,  $1  ;  Mrs   James  I 

u. di.   Paducah,  $1;   Mrs.   Mattie  Bruce  Reynolds   (pei 

ii.il  I,  Cot  ngl  m,  .,1;    Mrs.  Sallie  Bruce   Morris    (pei 
Covington,    $1  :    Jefferson    Davis    Chapter,    Guthrie,   $1  ;    Mrs, 
Charlton    Duke    (personal),    Hopkinsville,    $1 ;    Mr-     Pearce, 
Earlington    Chapter    ipersonal),    Madisonvilli  rotal, 

SiM  25 

Louisiana.— Mrs,  J.  Hearsey,  New  Orleans,  $5;  New  Or- 
leans  Chapter,  New  Orleans,  $5;  Louisiana  Division,  U.  I1 
C.    $25.      dotal.   $35. 

Maryland. — Mrs.  John  T.  Poe,  Baltimore.  $10;  Baltimore 
Chapter,  Baltimore,  $25 ;  Annapolis  Branch  of  Baltimore 
1   hapter,  :-■ ,  .    Maryland   Division,   U.   D.   C,  $10.       Total.  $50. 

Mississippi,  Mississippi  Division,  $100;  Corinth  Chapter. 
1  orinth,  $20;  I  upelo  Chapter,  Tupelo,  $10;  J.  '/..  George  Chap- 
ter, Greenwood,  $10;  Chickasaw  Guards,  Houston.  $5;   Private 

nlr  Rui  I  .  Greenville,  $10;  Kosciusko  Chapter.  Kosciusko, 
$6;  John  M.  Stone  Chapter,  West  Point.  $5;  College  Rifles 
Chapter,   Clinton,  $5.     Total,  $170. 

Missoiri. — Independence  Chapter  for  Lee  pictures,  $20;  St. 
Louis  Chapter,  St.  Louis,  $138;  Carleton  Joplin  Chapter, 
Caruthersville,  $20;  Mrs.  Anna  Petee  (personal),  St.  Joseph, 
$5;   I  nunctt  McDonald  Chapter,  Sedalia,  $5;  cash,  $5.     Total, 

$193. 

Minnesota. — Robert  E.  Lee  Chapter,  Minneapolis,  $10. 

Nebraska, — Post  office  order  from  Miss  Conklin,  $1.25. 

New  Mexico. — Joe  Wheeler  Chapter,  Roswell.  $5. 

New  York. — New  York  Chapter,  New  York.  $25;  Mrs.  L. 
R.  Schuyler   (personal),  $5.     Total,  $30. 

North  Carolina. — North  Carolina  Division.  U.  D.  C.. 
$30.60. 

( >n  10. —  Stonewall  Jackson  Chapter,  Cincinnati.  $10;  Robert 
I  I  ee  Chapter.  Columbus,  $5;  proceeds  of  whist  tournament. 
$14.30;  sale  of  picture,  50  cents;  interest,  $1.      Total,  $30.80. 

Oklahoma. —  Mrs.  Stonewall  Jackson  Chapter,  Purcell.  $5; 
Gen,  Jon  Wheeler  Chapter,  Wagoner,  $5;  Stephen  D.  Lee 
Chapter.  F.ufaula.  $5.     Total,  $15. 

Oregon.— Oregon  Chapter,  $20. 

Pennsylvania.— Philadelphia  Chapter,  $15;  Mrs  Elizabeth 
O.  Lewis  (personal),  Philadelphia,  $5.    Total,  $20. 

S01  in  C\roi  iNA—  Eugene  Opdebeeck,  Charleston.  $5; 
Winthrop  College  Chapter.  Winthrop.  $5;  Edgefield  Chapter. 
eld,  si.  Mrs.  C.  E.  Graham,  Greenville.  $5;  John  D 
dj  1  hapter,  Camden,  $5;  Mrs.  A.  T.  Smythe,  Charles- 
ton, $10;  William  Lester  Chapter.  Prosperity,  $2;  Robert  A 
Waller  Chapter,  Greenville,  $5;  S.  D.  Lee  Chapter.  Clinton, 
$5;  Charleston  Chapter.  Charleston,  $15:  Dick  Anderson 
Chapter,  Sumter,  $5;  Black  Oak  Chapter,  Pinopolis  (sale  of 
Confederate  banner),  37  cents;  Drayton  Rutherford  Chapter, 
Newberry.  $5;    Elliston   Capers   Chapter,   Florence,  $5;   Abbe 


616 


C^opfederat^  l/eterar). 


ville  Chapter,  Abbeville,  $5;  Edgefield  Chapter,  Edgefield,  $5; 
John  Hames  Chapter,  Jonesville,  $7;   Michael  Brice  Chapter, 

Blackstock,  $2;  William  Wallace  Chapter,  Union,  $5;  Dixie 
Chapter,  Anderson,  $10;  St.  George  Chapter,  St.  George, 
$1.35.    Total,  $108.72. 

Texas. — -Mrs.  Vallery  Edward  Austin,  Galveston,  $25 ;  Mrs. 
Cornelia  Branch  Stone,  Galveston,  $5;  check  from  Mrs.  Aus- 
tin for  1908  collections,  $213.26 ;  check  from  Mrs.  Austin  for 
1909  collections,  $30.71.    Total,  $273^7. 

Tennessee.- William  B.  Bate  Chapter,  Nashville,  $10;  Mary 
Leland  Hume  Chapter,  Spring  Hill.  $15;  Robert  E.  Lee  Chap- 
ter, Puryear  (yearly),  $5;  same,  friends  of  Puryear,  $10.20; 
John  Sutherland  Chapter,  Ripley,  $5;  First  Tennessee  Regi- 
ment Chapter,  Nashville,  $25 ;  Tennessee  Division,  Atlanta 
pledge,  $50;  Gen.  A.  P.  Stewart  Chapter,  Chattanooga,  $5; 
Fifth  Tennessee  Regiment  Chapter,  Paris,  $20;  Miss  Sallie 
Pickett,  Paris,  $1;  Joe  Wheeler  Chapter,  Stanton.  $2.50;  Ab 
Dinwiddie  Chapter.  McKenzie,  $2.50;  J.  Lauderdale  Chapter, 
Dyersburg,  $5;  picture  of  Lee  and  his  generals,  50  cents; 
Francis  M.  Walker  Chapter.  St.  Elmo.  $15;  Nathan  Bedford 
Forrest  Chapter,  Humboldt,  $12.50;  Gen.  A.  P.  Stewart  Chap- 
ter, Chattanooga,  $2.50;  Mary  Latham  Chapter,  Memphis, 
$10;  John  W.  Thomas  Chapter.  Monteagle,  $5;  Children  Aux- 
iliary, Law  and  M.  Latham  Chapters,  $5 ;  Robert  E.  Lee  Chap- 
ter, Puryear.  $5;  John  W.  Morton  Chapter,  Camden,  $10; 
Dresden  Chapter,  Dresden,  $5;  Bigby  Gray  Chapter,  Mount 
Pleasant,  $5;  G.  M.  Goodlett  Chapter,  Clarksville,  $5;  Ten- 
nessee Division,  U.  D.  C.  (second  half),  Norfolk  pledge,  $50; 
Stonewall  Jackson  Bivouac,  McKenzie,  $25 ;  Mrs.  F.  Z.  Met- 
calf,  Fayetteville,  $2;  Mrs.  O.  Z.  Bond,  Mount  Pleasant,  $2; 
little  Miss  Eleanor  Folk,  Nashville,  $3;  Sarah  Law  Chapter, 
Memphis,  $50;  Winnie  Davis  Chapter,  Columbia,  $5;  Kirby 
Smith  Chapter,  Sewanee,  $5;  Musidora  McCory  Chapter, 
Jackson,  $10.    Total,  $388.70. 

Utah. — Robert  E.  Lee  Chapter,  Salt  Lake  City,  $5. 

Virginia. — Richmond  Chapter,  Richmond,  $15;  Virginia 
Division,  U.  D.  C,  $38;  E.  D.  Taylor,  Richmond,  $10;  Black- 
horse  Chapter,  Warrenton,  $10;  Jefferson  Davis  Chapter,  Ac- 
coniac,  $5;  Dr.  Harvey  Black  Chapter.  Blacksburg,  $1;  Julia 
Jackson  Chapter,  Clifton  Forge,  $2.50;  Withe  Grays  Chap- 
ter, Wytheville,  $2;  Scottsville  Chapter,  Scottsville,  $1;  Stone- 
wall Chapter,  Berryville,  $10;  Warren  Rifles  Chapter,  Fort 
Royal,  $2;  Holston  Chapter,  Marion,  $1;  John  W.  Daniel 
Chapter,  Newport  News,  $5:  Mrs.  G  W.  Nelms  on  pictures, 
Newport  News,  50  cents ;  Culpeper  Chapter,  Culpeper,  $1 ; 
Seventeenth  Virginia  Regiment  Chapter,  Alexandria,  $10; 
Suffolk  Chapter,  Suffolk.  $t  ;  Richmond  Chapter,  Richmond, 
$10.     Total,  $125. 

West  Virginia. — West  Virginia  U.  D.  C,  $25;  Robert  E. 
Lee  Chapter,  Fairmont,  $1.35.     Total,  $26.35. 

General  Organization   U.   D.  C. 

Interest. — January  1,  1909,  $57.99;  October  1,  1909,  $76; 
October  2,   1909,  $11.57.     Total,  $145.56. 

Summary. — Total  collections  for  the  year  1909,  $2,179.51; 
total  collections  for  the  year  1908,  $3,256.71  ;  total  collections 
for  the  years  1908  and  1909,  $5,436.22;  less  expense  of  Treas- 
urer's office,  $6;  total  in  hands  of  Treasurer,  $5,430.22. 


PAMPHLETS  BY  MRS.  STONE  AND  MRS.  BEHAN. 

Two    very   fine   pamphlets   have   been    received.      The    able 
report   made  by  the   President   General  U    D.   C ,   Mrs.   Cor- 


nelia  Branch  Stone,  at  the  Convention  in  Houston  i-  attractive- 
ly gotten  out.  its  suggestivi  graj  rover  ucHing  to  its  appear- 
ance. Mrs.  Stone  has  given  in  this  pamphlet  a  concise  state- 
ment of  her  work  covering  the  period  of  a  year.  She  touches 
upon  her  efforts  to  aid  the  restoration  of  the  name  of  Presi- 
dent Davis  to  Cabin  John  Bridge  and  tells  of  her  interesting 
visits  to  the  different  Divisions  during  their  Convtntions  and 
the  chief  events  that  marked  each.  She  feels  thai  the  prize 
offered  for  the  best  essay  upon  "The  South's  Part  in  the  War 
between  the  States"  should  be  continued,  and  she  urges  greater 
activity  in  the  establishment  of  Children's  Chapters,  feeling 
the  importance  of  this  work.  She  also  calls  attention  to  the 
duty  of  placing  pictures  of  President  Davis  and  General  Lee 
in  the  schools,  as  Southern  children  should  have  the  influence 
of  such  eminent  men  to  aid  their  mental  growth.  She  asserts 
also  that  good  Southern  histories  should  be  given  them,  nam- 
ing several  Southern  writers  as  especially  advantageous  in  the 
development  of  their  young  minds.  She  recommends  "Heroes 
in  Gray,"  by  Samuel  Sherrill,  and  a  book  on  "Davis  and  Lee," 
which  will  soon  be  published  by  De  Leon,  the  blind  writer. 
She  especially  commends  the  Confederate  Vfteran  to  all 
Chapters,  Camps,  and  Southern  people  generally.  She  notes 
a  change  of  sentiment  in  the  North  which  is  exemplified  by 
the  ordering  of  monuments  or  markers  for  Southern  graves, 
contributions  from  Northern  sources  to  the  Arlington  Confed- 
erate monument,  the  return  of  many  captured  flags,  and  the 
proposed  erection  at  Gettysburg  of  a  hundred-and-fifty-thou- 
sand-dollar  monument  to  brave  Southern  dead  as  well  as  the 
men  of  his  own  command  by  Mr.  Charles  H.  McConnell, 
color  sergeant  of  the  4th  Michigan  Regiment  of  the  "Iron" 
Brigade. 

Mrs.  Stone  cites  several  constitutional  questions  which  have 
been  decided  during  the  past  year  and  submits  several  sug- 
gestions: (1)  That  the  Corresponding  Secretary  be  elected 
from  the  same  city  as  the  President;  (2)  that  all  printed  mat- 
ter be  sent  direct  by  the  Recording  Secretary  (not  as  now) 
to  the  Corresponding  Secretary,  to  be  recent  by  her;  (3)  that 
the  recommendations  of  Mrs.  James  B.  Gaunt  as  to  the  better 
conducting  of  the  office  of  Registrar  be  adopted;  (4)  that 
all  Chapters  of  the  U.  D.  C.  will  hold  their  annual  election 
of  officers  early  in  November,  so  a  correct  roster  may  be 
placed  in  the  general  minutes;  (5)  that  with  the  consent  of 
the  Executive  Board,  as  required,  the  title  of  "honorary  as- 
scciate  member"  be  conferred  upon  Mr.  S.  A.  Cunningham, 
of  Nashville,  Tenn.,  for  his  distinguished  service  to  the  Con- 
federate cause. 

Mrs.  Stone  thanks  all  her  "staff"  and  "her  Daughters"  gen- 
erally for  their  courtesy  and  kindness  to  her  during  her  term 
of  office,  and  concludes  with  a  quotation  from  "Tiny  Tim:" 
"God  bless  everybody  '" 

Equally  good  is  the  other  pamphlet  under  consideration, 
"Restoration  of  the  Name  of  Jefferson  Davis  to  Cabin  John 
Bridge,"  written  or  arranged  by  Mrs.  J.  Endcrs  Robinson, 
which  contains  all  the  official  correspondence  and  all  the  inde- 
fatigable efforts  of  the  distinguished  president  of  the  commis- 
sion, Mrs.  William  J.  Behan,  of  Louisiana,  in  carrying  out  this 
great  work.  The  pamphlet  also  contains  many  important 
newspaper  articles  which  have  bearing  upon  the  subject.  The 
portraits  are  particularly  good,  the  frontispiece  being  an  ex- 
cellent picture  of  Mr.  Davis  as  Secretary  of  War,  and  the 
engraving  of  Mr--.  Behan  is  especially  well  done  The  book 
is  published  by  the  Confederated  Southern  Memorial  Associa- 
tion of  New  Orleans,  La.,  and  can  be  obtained  from  them. 

Additional  U.  D.  C.  matter  will  appear  in  the  January  issue. 


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JEFFERSON  DAVIS  HOME  ASSOCIATION. 
Contributions  by  Confederate  Camps. 

Urquhart-Gillette  Camp,  No.  1611,  Franklin,  Va $5  00 

Neff-Rice  Camp,  No.   1194,  New  Market,  Va 7  50 

Bell  County  Camp,  No.   t22,  Belton,  Tex 10  00 

J.  J.  Dickerson  Camp,  No    [617,  Starke,  Fla 6  70 

Sterling  Price  Camp,  No.  1030,  Fresno,  C'.il 10  00 

Catawba  Camp.  No.   162,   Hickory,  N.  C 500 

Nassau  Camp,  Xi>.  104,  Fernandina,  Fla 1000 

Joseph  E   Johnston  Camp,  No.  Mil.  Farmersville,  Tex.  6  00 

Lomax  Camp.   N'o.   151,   Montgomery.  Ala 10  00 

J.  J.  Whitnej   Camp,  No,  22,  Fayette,  Miss 600 

Bedford   Forrest  Camp.  No.   u.si,  Arlington,  Tex 500 

William  Rose  McAdory  Camp,  No.  [57,  Bessemer,  Ala.  [8  <ki 

George  \V    Johnson  Camp,  No.  98,  Georgetown 38  00 

Camp   Ben   McCuIloch,  No    30,   Decatur,  Tex 1000 

Camp  Bedford  Forrest,  No,  [606,  Portales,  N.   Mex..    .  5  00 

Camp   Marion  County,  No    56,  Ocala,  Fla 5  00 

Cll   M'l  11 

II    L.  Grinstead  Chapter,  Camden,  Ark $ 

Ran  om-Sherrill  Chapter,   Newton,  N.  C 5  00 

A.    V  Shuford  Chapter,  I  lickory,  N.  C 5  00 

Gen     I  1 1 1  *    II     Bell  Chapter,   Fresno,  Cal       to  00 

Cordelia    Moore   Chapter,    Monticello,   Ark 1  00 

Vlberl   Sidney  Johnston  Chapter,  San  Francisco,  Cal..  to  00 

J.   E.    B.   Stuart    Chapter,    Rivet   ide,   Cal 

1            I      Fagan  Chapter,  Benton,  Ark 1  no 

I  MUVIlir  M.S. 

Mrs.   I     C    Floyd,  Lockesburg,    Vrk $  1  00 

Le\  Young,  Lexington,  Ky 1  00 

1 !i 11    James  R.  R 1   .  1  am    R  dge,  Ky 5  00 

Mrs.  S.  0    I  .aughlin,  Wheeling,  W    Va 1  00 

Col.  Georgi    1     Shepl                dence,  R.  1 2  00 

E.  S.  I  lonaker,  1  1 .  \\    Va     t  00 

1      I      \  aughan,   I  1  anklin,  \   >   1  00 

J.    P.    I                    i.lin.   Va 1    00 

1     1 ,    Smith,  New    York  Citj 00 

Richard  1).  Knight,  Providence,  R    1 200 

Miss  Pauline  Eckenroth,  Loui  t'ille,  Ky ■  00 

A.  B.  Thompkins,  Walton,   Ky 

Clifton    R     Breckinridge,    Fori    Smith,   Ark 500 

James   Sims,   Ocal       Fla            1  00 

Si'  I  1  1 1  1  1      I 

W.  S.  Warner $100      J.    Mart   Rollins 

John  Murchison 1  00      1 1    W.  Harris 1  00 

J,  L.  Perkins t  00      .1     I'    Hale 1  on 

A.  J.  Candli  r   t  00       fcl     '       ■■  tham 1  00 

Ham  Xeal too       I      W.   Beland 100 

1  Rim  roNS  1  row    I  [opi  1  .   1  11  1  1  .  Ky. 

I.   W.  Cat  I  1  00       W     D    '  oopi  r 

J     I  .  Johnson 1  no       M    1      Forbes 1  oc 

1  .  .  1    00  1  >r.  J.  W.    I  I. lined I  00 

James  Cat  e too  Mrs.  M.  H.  Wood I  oo 

J.   II.  Cate t  oo  Mrs.  U.  Wooldridge.. . .  i  oo 

.1     \    Eddins i  oo  Mrs.  T.  C.  Clark i  oo 

'  ■ .  V\  id i ipt.  ]  >arwin  Bell i  oo 

R<  •    W  .  I     \.iur-e   ....  i  oo  R,  I     Cooper _. . .  i  <m 

J,   M    Darling i  oo  Dr.  1      H     Barker i  oo 

I  andj    D     McGei      .     .  J  00  I  >r.  F.  M    Stites   50 

1 .    D    Dalton i  m  Waller  &  Trice 1  00 

Mi^>  Mattie  E.  Haydon.  1  00  Dr    I'.  N.  Fruit 50 

H    Wallace i  oo  Dr.   M.   W.   William-..  1  00 

Dr.  T.  W.  Blakey 1  on  Dr    Feirstine 50 


Dr.   A.    II.    Edwards. ...$I  oo       Mrs.   J.    B.    Jackson $1  00 

Dr.  J.  E.  Stone 1  00      J.  J.  Van  Cleve 200 

J.  H.  Skany 50      Luther  Hubbard 100 

I  Inward   Brame 1  00      Miss  Minnis  McKee....  1  00 

P.  K.  Redd 1  00      E.  W    C.   Edwards 1  00 

A.   W.   Wood I  00       Mrs.  W.   G.   Hord 50 

A.  J.   Casey 1  00       R.   B.    Hall 25 

W     II     Boyd 1   00        Mi--   M.u    Ware 50 

Miss    Non    Walker 1  00      Mrs.  T.  McF.  Blakemore.  1  00 

Mrs.  J.  J.    Metcalfe....    1  00       Mrs.  Hunter  Wood,  Jr..  1  00 

Mrs.  R.  ']'.  Stowe.      ...       50       Mrs.  Tillie  B    Thomas.  1  00 

Miss   Annie   Smithson..       50       Mrs.  Elmo  Trahern....  1  00 

Mrs.  D.  F.  Smithson 50      Miss   Annie   Fruit 25 

I-'.    M.   Quarles 2  50       Ue>    Henderson 1  00 

Mrs.  C.   II    Garland....    1  00       Dr.  .1.   B.  Jackson 1  00 

Mis.  R.  M,   Bronaugh..    1  00       Kress   &    Co 1  00 

Ben  C    Foster 1  00       Dr.  A.  H.  Tunks 1  00 

Mrs.  M    B.  King 1  00      Cook   &    Higgins 1  00 

Mrs.  John  White 1   00       R.    I      R  v<      5  00 

M     B    King     t  00       I    VV.  Cross 1  00 

J.   M.  Dulin 1  00       Dr.   Roberl    Morrison...  1  00 

Mi      I     I     Lea\  elle. ...    1  00      T.  D.  ( !ray 1  00 

Charles   L.   Daniel 1   00       Dr.   T.    R.    Paine 1   on 

Mrs.    N.    S     West 50        C.    E.    Mann 1    on 

Mrs     \     1    Casey 1  00       I    W.    Petrie 1  nn 

Mrs.  J.  P.  Braden 1   00 

Subsi  1        1  urn    «  If.orgi  row  n.    Ky. 

Dr.  John    V   Lewis $500       W    II     Haggard Si   00 

J  ihn  v    (                s  on       Will  A.  <  iaines 1  nn 

I '.  C.  Zeycing 5  00      Ed    P.   I  [alley 1  00 

W.  N    Offutl 5  on       \\     :i    Donovan 1  00 

Dr.  G.  B.  Brown 5  00       1      M     Snaverly 1  00 

Ml.-    Blackburn 500       R    S    Sprakes too 

J.   F.   Askew 1    mi 

The    foi ing      n  Ji  ihn    I  I     Leal 

of  Louis\  ill. .  Ky.,  thi    I  1 1  asurer. 

1  1      of  Si  bscriptioxs  Sent  ro  nn   Veteran. 

Col.  William  I.    DeRosset,  Wilmington,  N.  C •- 

S.  Ross  1  h  iptei  .1     D.  (      Vernon,  Tex to  00 

rhomas  Ruffin  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  Gol                \    C  .    .  .  5  00 

W,  C.   1  lodson,    Atlanta,  Ga       5  00 

I  .   J.    '  I                  1  Inch  ing,    Ga 5  00 

Col.  G.  W.  I  toward,  1  oil.  g     Park,  Ga 00 

Ren;     

I  lie   I  lick    I  lowling   <  0     197,  ol 

left  out  from  the  list  of  contributors  to  the  Davis  Home  Fund, 
as  pnl  1I1 -In  1 1  in  iln  October  Veteran.  I  hi-  Camp  generously 
ga\  e  ten  di  >llars,  and  shi  ml  I  It  duly  credited 


I  M... 

The  Columbus    (Ohio)    Dispatch,  after  explaining  that   the 
birthplace    1  I    Jefferson    D  been    purchased    for    me- 

morial commented  as  follows:  "It 'will  not  mean  that 

the  Southern  people  are  any  the  less  loyal  or  that   then    i 
lingering    thought    of   disunion.      It    will   mean   simply   that    in 
ila    Southern  memory  thei  10I  of  living  green  for  those 

who  risked  theii  all  to  maki  thosi  beliet  .1  realitj  Such  a 
sentiment  of  personal  gratitudi  1-  not  at  all  inconsistent  with 
loyalty  to-day.  It  is  human  nature,  and  wi  who  practice  it 
with  regard  to  our  dead  ought  to  look  without  di  approval  on 
thi  .  irresponding  practice  bj  our  fellow- Americans,  as  truly 
as  they  ever  wen  r  0  >ul<  1  be." 


618 


^ogfederat^  l/eterai), 


ARL1NG1  ON   C(  tNFEDER.  1 1  E    MONUMENT. 
Treasurer's  Repo  i   fo     \  Io     h    I     bing  Octob 

Receipts. 
Balance  on  hand,  $13,140.94. 

rt    E.    Lee   Chapter,    No.   644,    U.    D.    C,    Washington, 

1     B.  G  ntt,  Director  for   Missouri,  $20.    Contributed 
by  Carlton-Joplin  Chapter,  No.  720,  U.  I  >.  C,  Caruthersville. 

Miss  Cabj'  M.  Froman,  Director  for  Kentucky,  $111  po 
Contributed  by  Winnie  Davis  Chapter,  No.  515,  U.  D.  C, 
1  arlisle,  '  j  .  $1 ;  Tom  Johnson  Chapter,  No.  886,  U.  D.  C, 
Princeton,  Ky.,  $2.50;  Col  R  G  Stoner  Chapter,  No 
U.  1>.  C,  Sharpsburg,  Ky.,  $2;  Lexington  Chapter,  STo 
U.  D  C,  Lexington,  Ky.,  $5;  Man  W.  Price  Chapter,  No. 
865,  I  D.  C.  Lancaster,  Ky.,  $1:  Alex  Poston  Chapter,  No. 
38?,  U.  is  C,  Cadi/.  Ky.,  $1 ;  Joe  Desha  Chapter,  No.  343, 
(J.  D.  C,  Cynthiana,  Ky..  $5;  Gen  Basil  Duke  1  hapter,  \  1 
297,  LT.  I).  C,  Henderson,  Ky,  $1 ;  Joseph  II  Lewis  Chapter, 
...  -  ;.  Q.  Ii.  (...  Frankfort,  Ky..  $1  :  \.  E.  Ree  e  I 
No.  622,  U  I)  C,  Madisonville,  Ky.,  Si;  Earlii  .  .1  Chapter, 
No.  1160,  I'.  D.  C.  Earlington,  Ky.,  $1 ;  Col.  Tandy  Pryor 
Chapter.  No.  389,  U  D.  C,  Carrollton,  Ky.,  $10;  Paducah 
Chapter,  X...  341,  U.  I  >.  C,  Paducah,  Ky..  $1;  I-;.  M.  Bruce 
Chapter,  No.  ro8g  LT.  D  C,  Covington,  Ky.,  $10;  Capt.  Gus 
Dedman  Chapter,  No.  522,  U.  1'.  C.  Lawrenceburg,  Ky..  Si; 
J.  N.  Williams  Chapter.  No.  805,  U.  1>.  C.  Murray.  Ky..  $1  ; 
Warren  Grigsby  Chapter,  X".  346,  U.  D.  C,  Stanford,  Ky.. 
Si;  Christian  County  Chapter,  No.  590,  U.  D.  C.  Hopkinsville, 
Ky.,  Si:  Joshua  Gore  Chapter,  No.  1010,  I".  D.  C,  Bloomfield, 
Ky.,  S3;  Tom  Barrett  Chapter,  No.  396,  U.  D.  C.  Ghent.  Ky.. 
$1.20;  Private  Robert  Tyler  Chapter,  No.  720,  U.  D.  C.  Hick- 
man, Ky..  $3.20;  Bowling  Green  Chapter,  X"  194,  I".  D.  C. 
Bowling  Green,  Ky.,  Si;  James  Q.  Chenoweth  Chapter,  No. 
421,  I'.  D.  C,  Harrodsburg,  Ky..  $10;  Gen.  II  A.  Hickman, 
Hickman,  Ky.,  $-=5:  Mrs  Charles  Semple,  Louisville,  Ky..  $5; 
Mrs,  T.  A.  Lyons,  Louisville,  Ky.,  $5;  Mrs.  Vincent  Davis. 
Louisville,  Ky.,  $5;  Mrs.  A.  W.  Bascom,  Owingsville,  Ky., 
Si;  Miss  Caby  M  Froman,  Ghent,  Ky..  $2;  Crepps-Wickliff 
Chapter.  No.  332.  U.  D.  C.  Bardstown,  Ky.,  $1  :  Aston  .Madeira 
Chapter,  No.  44S.  U.  D    C.  Covington,  Ky.,  $2. 

Mrs.  G.  J.  Grommett,  Director  for  Illinois.  $40.  Contributed 
by  Stonewall  Jackson  Chapter,  No.  103S,  U.  1).  C,  Chicago, 
III..  $-'5;  Southern  Chili.  Chicago,   III,  $15. 

Mrs.  Clementine  Boles,  Director  for  Arkansas,  $19.80.  Con- 
tributed by  Winnie  Davis  Chapter.  No.  849,  U.  D.  C,  Paris. 
Ark..  $2.50;  Sterling  Price  Chapter.  Xo.  [58,  U.  D.  C. 
Rodgcrs,  Ark.,  $1;  II.  L.  Grinsted  Chapter,  Xo.  575,  U.  D.  C, 
Camden,  Ark.,  $16.30. 

Mrs.  Ada  Atkins  Schooling.  Director  for  Utah.  $7.50. 
Contributed  by  R.  E.  Lee  Chapter.  Xo.  732.  U.  D.  C,  Salt 
Lake,   Utah. 

Southern  Cross  Chapter,  Xo.  804.  U.  D.  C,  Washington, 
D.  C.  $10. 

Sumter  Chapter.  Xo,  470.  I".  D    C,  Livingston.  Ala.  $1. 

Mrs.  Thomas  W.  Keitt,  Director  for  South  Carolina,  $6.50. 
Contributed  by  Edward  Croft  Chapter.  Xo.  744.  U.  D.  C, 
Aiken.  S.  C.  $t.so;  John  C.  Calhoun  Chapter.  Xo.  945,  U.  D. 
C,  Clemson  College.  S.  C,  $5. 

Mrs.  Thomas  S.  Bocock,  Director  for  Virginia.  $91.  Con- 
tributed by  John  W.  Daniels  Chapter,  No.  876.  U.  D.  C,  New- 
port News,  Va„  $50 ;  W.  R.  Terry  Chapter,  No.  580,  U.  D.  C. 
Bedford  City,  Va.,  $10;  Richmond  Chapter,  No.  158,  I'.  D. 
C.  Richmond,  Va.,  $25  ;  friends,  $6. 

Mrs.   J.    W.    Clapp.    Director   for   Tennessee,   $80.35.      Con- 


tributed   bj     rennessee    Division,    U.    I'    C,  $50;    R     E.    Lee 

Chapter.   No.  024.   (J.    IV   C,   Puryear.  Tenn..  S3;    Kirby   Smith 
Chapter.  Xo.  324,  I'.   I  1    1       S  w  inee,    l"enn.,  $5;  George   \\ 
I'.!.    I  .    D.    C,    Waverly,     I  enn  .    £5  ; 
Zollicoffer-Fulton  Chapter,  No.  16,  U   D  C,  Fayetteville,  Tenn.. 

$5;  Russell  Hill  Chapter,  * .1     D.C.Trei  I       1.,  $2; 

J.  .,■    U  hi  .1.1    I  i  ..;iii  1 .      ...     1.  --.    C.    I ).    C,    Stanton, 
$1.35;  John   Sutherland  Chapter,   Xo.    ion,   U.   D.  C.   Ripley, 
l.iip.  $5;  MM   lln'   ,r)   Chapter,  No.  747.  U.  I  >.  C,   I  >ii 
Tenn.,  $5. 

Kate    Morrison    Brecken:  pter.    Xo.   434.    I'.    D    1. 

Dam  ille,  K  .  .: '  1; 

Mrs.    John    W.    Tench,    Director    for    Florida,    $10       1 

tributed  bj     Vnna   Dummett   Chapter.   X 89,   U.   I'.   ( 

\  1  gus  tim 

Mrs.  Lillic  I-'.  Worthington,  Director  for  Mississippi,  $115. 
ibuted  1'}  Mississippi  Division.  I'.  1>  C,  $50;  J.  Z. 
George  >  hapter,  No.  228,  U.  ' ».  C,  Greenwood,  Miss., 
Addison  Harvey  Chapter,  Xo.  020.  I'.  I ).  C.  Canton.  Miss., 
:-'n;  Prival  I  tylor  Rucks  Chapter,  Xo.  013,  U.  D.  C,  Green- 
ville. Miss.,  $5;  Miss  Nellie  White,  Hernando,  Miss., 
Mrs.   Lillic   F.   Worthington,   Wayside,   Miss.,  $10, 

Mrs    Thomas  W.   Keitt,  Director  for  South  Carolina,  $5.29 
Contributed  by  J.  K.   Mclver  Chapter.  No.  02.  U.   D    C,   Da 
lington,  S    C,  $5;  a  friend.  29  cents. 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Wiltberger,  Director  for  Ohio.  $10.  Con- 
tributed 1>\  Robert  E.  Lee  Chapter,  Xo.  310.  U.  I).  C.  Co 
lumbus,  ( Ihio. 

Mr--    Joseph    B.    Dibrell,  Director   I'm-   Texas,  $45.60.  _   Con 
tributed  by  J.  E.  B.  Stuart  Chapter.  Xo.  230,  U.  1).  C.  Whar- 
ton,   Tex.,   $5;    Camj)    Buchel    Chapter,    No.    1121,   U.    D.   C, 
Fredericksburg,  Tex.,  $1;  Lamar  Chapter,  Xo    258,  U.  D.  C, 
Paris.  Tex..  S3:   Mrs,  J.  D.  Roberdean,  $34.60. 

Lewisburg  Chapter.  Xo.  316.  U.  D.  C.  Lewisburg,  W.  Va.. 
$25. 

Berkeley  County  Chapter.  Xo.  264,  U.   D.  C,   Martinsburg, 
W.  Va.,  $10 

Total,  $13,852.33. 

Expended  nothing.  Wallace  Streatek.   Trcas 


REPORT   OF   PENSIONERS— A    REDUCTION. 

J.  L.  Davenport,  Acting  Commissioner,  reports  the  number 
of  pensioners  on  August  31,  1909.  as  943,828.  Gains  for 
that  month  were  2.105.  of  which  2.041  were  new  names. 
There  was  a  loss  to  the  roll  during  the  month  as  follows: 
B\  death.  3,306;  by  "remarriage."  64;  by  "legal  limitation," 
95 ;  other  causes.  49.     Total,  942,419. 

The  number  of  pensioners  on  September  30  was  942.419, 
showing  a  decrease  of  1,409.  The  loss  to  the  roll  during  Sep- 
tember by  death  was  2.355. 


A  Federal's  Delicate  Tribute  to  Gen,  R.  P..  Lee. — M.  F 
D.,  bom  after  the  war  and  yet  an  ardent  Southerner,  writes 
as  follows:  "I  went  to  the  Vermont  Soldiers'  Home  and 
talked  to  an  old  man  who  had  gone  through  the  war,  ;m. I 
when  he  referred  to  the  surrender  he  said  with  a  light  in  his 
eyes  that  was  a  tribute  to  General  Lee  greater  than  anything 
I  have  ever  read:  'That  was  the  only  time  I  ever  saw  Gen- 
eral Lee.'  Being  a  Federal,  he  might  have  used  an  inflection, 
a  certain  satisfaction  regarding  the  surrender;  but  his  re- 
membrance of  the  victor>'  was  secondary  to  that  of  having  seen 
the  South's  hero  for  the  'only  time.'  A  man  is  great  indeed 
when  his  enemies  show  him  such  reverence." 


Qopfederat^  l/eterap. 


619 


ON  MONUMENT  TO  FOUNDER  OF  G.  A.  R. 


la  \l  VMIN     FRANKLIN     STEPH] 

Major,  Surgeon,   Fourteenth   Illinois   Infantrj    Voluntei 
I  ■  and     \i  m\    oi    tin     Republic. 
First   Commander   in    Chief    (.Provisional),    [866, 
Adjutant    Gem  ral,    (866  [868. 
Born  Ocl  <bci  3,  1823.  Died    August  30,  [871. 

Dr    B    F.   Stephenson  was  .1  son  of  James   Stephenson,  of 

South   1  arolina,   who  emigi  il  d   i"   Kentucky,   where  he  met 

and    married     Margaret    Clinton,    of    N'orth    Carolina.      Dr 

born  in  W.i' in    1    lunty,  111.  October  3,   1823. 

When  twenty-three  years  of  age  he  read  medicini  with 
Ider  brother,  William,  al  Mount  Pleasant,  Iowa,  attended 
medical  lectures  al  Columbus,  Ohio,  and  al  Rush  .Medical 
College,  1  liicago,  receiving  hi  diploma  from  the  latter  in ~t  1- 
tution  Februarj  7,  1850.  He  located  al  Petersburg,  111.,  and 
built  ni •  a  large  practice. 

On  March  30,  [855,  h<  was  married  to  Miss  Barbara  B. 
Moore,  a  native  of  Kentucky,  al  Springfield,  111. 

He  was  ami  >ng  the  first  to  off  hi  rvici  to  the  Union, 
enlisting  al  Jacksonville,  111  Hi  was  elected  surgeon  of  the 
141I1  Illinois  Infanlrj  Volunteers,  commanded  by  Col.  (aftei 
wards  Maj  Gen  I  John  \l  Palmer.  For  meritorious  services 
in  thi  battli  of  Shiloh  Governor  Yates  in  February,  [862, 
appointed  him  brigadi  surgeon  with  rank  of  major.  His 
term  oi  ervice  expired  Maj  25,  [864,  when  he  returned  home 
and  was  mustered  oul  June  24,  [864 

As  citizen,  member  of  a  learned  profession,  and  soldier  he 
ranked  well;  but  the  service  thai  places  his  name  among  the 
makers  of  history  is  the  founding  of  that  greal  order,  the 
Grand  \riny  of  the  Republic,  of  which  he  was  the  first  (the 
Provisional)  <  ommander  in  Chief      In  January,  [866,  he  con 

ceived  the  idea  of  a  national  society    com] 1  of  honorably 

discharged  Union  soldiers  and  sailors,  whose  motto  should  be: 
"Fraternity,  Charity,  and  Loyalt)  "    On    Vpril  6,  1866,  he  mus- 
Posl    No    1   o|    Decatur,    Department  of  Illinois,   Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic. 

doptcd  about  him : 


"Wherea     we,  the  members  of  the  Grand  Army  oi    lln    Ri 
public,  recognize  in  Maj.  B.  F.  Stephenson,  ol  Springfield,  111., 
the  head  and  from  of  tin  ion;  be  it  then  1  in 

"Resolved,  Thai    for   the  energy,   loyalty,   and   pet 
manifested  in  organi  ing  the  Grand    Mam   oi   the   Republic  he 
is  entitled  to  the  gratitudi    oi   .ill  loyal  urn.  and  thai 
soldiers  tender  him  our  thanks  and  pledge  him  our  friendship 
at  all  tiim  -  and  und<  r  all  cin  umstan 

"This  memorial  is  the  joint  tribute  tion  and 

his   loving   comrades,  all   thai   are   lefl   of  an 

million  men  (waiting  for  the  world's  g 1  night)   who 

men  who  ■ 
The   im  >n  1  Dt     Stepln  nsi  m    in 

erewith  printed  rept 

While  Dr.  Stephenson   was  an  ardent   Union  mam  he 
ird  fi  11   the  pei  iplc  ol   hi     anci    tral 
w  hili     h       daughti  r,    Mi        Mary    H.    Si  ! 

Mest    writer     on    tin      American   press,   and   she    1 
equallj   ardent   for  the  besf  to  both  sections 


Dresden,     I  W  \     Monument. — The    Dresden 

Chapter  of  the  I        '  >peals  to  all  who  love  the  m 

of  thai  noble  hand  who  wore  the  graj  to  givi  some  substan- 
tial token  of  interest  bj  a  contribution  for  the  erection  of  a 
Confedi  mument.     The    Chaptei    as    .1    beginning    sub 

one  hundred  dollars.  They  say:  "Solicitors  havi 
appi  uited.  but  do  not  wail  For  them  to  call  Do  as  you  did 
In  the  long  ago  -volunt  :er  and  do  your  best,  .1-  you  did  on 
the  march  and  on  the  field  of  battle!  Give  generously.  This 
appeal  is  to  veterans,  to  the  sons,  to  the  daughters,  and  to 
all  wdio  would  pledge  loyaltj  to  tin  South,  who  would  it 
upon  thi  tablets  of  memory  and  upon  marble  their  love  for 
the  most  dauntless  army  that  the  world  has  ever  known." 
The  officers  an  Mi  '  M.  Ewing,  President;  Mrs.  Sue  F. 
Mooney,  Chairman  Monument  Committee;  Mrs  n  m  \\c- 
Elwrath,  Treasurer 


Lot  isiana  1  on  federate  1  I  \  I  he  proci  edings  of  the 
Confederate  veterans  al  the  nineteenth  animal  convention  of 
the  Louisiana  Division,  held  in  Vlexandria  Septembet  9  and  to, 
have  been  sent  the  Veteran.  The  pamphlet  is  very  dainty  in 
its  coyer  of  pale  gray  embossed  with  the  Southern  flag.  Tin 
address  of  Hon.  R,  A.  Hunter  is  given  in  full,  as  are  the  n 
port    and   address   of   T    \\     1  a  tleman,   Commander   of   the 

U.   C.    V.      Both   addresses  are   \er\    fine  and  wortly    oi    can  Mil 

reading.  In  the  resolutions  explanatorj  oi  tin  Vssociation's 
changi  "i  Memorial  Daj  from  June  .?  to  Vpril  (1  the  he. a  ol 
June  and  the  dearth  of  flowers  at  this  season  an  given  I  In- 
observance  of  June  3  by  memorial  ervices  and  a  a  legal  holi- 
day is  indorsed. 


Poems  fron  rm  Piedmoni  Dixie  Chapter,  U.  D.  C,  ol 
Anderson,  S  C,  have  gathered  and  printed  in  a  dainty  booklet 
thi  poems  of  Mis-  Kati  Cornish,  a  talented  member  of  the 
Chapter.  Miss  Cornish  is  not  Southern  by  birth,  bul  she  has 
breathed  the  air  of  the  land  of  her  adoption  till  every  poem 
is  tinged  with  the  spirit  ol  tin  Southland  ["he  booklet  is 
tilled   with  gems,  each  one   seemingh    more  fair  and  brilliant 

fhe  lim      1  ied  in  the  perfume  ol    101 

and  have  the  rhythmic  flow  in  stream.     Mis-  1  01 

uas  the  trui  n.iiiiii       She   Feels  the  beauties   she 

itlj     pi  lira'-,    and    her    SOngS    ale    of    the    llearl    and    linget 


620 


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Trial  and  Death  of  Henry  Wirz 

Being  an  account  of  the  execution  of  that 
Confederate  officer,  containing  the  letter  of  his 
lawyer,  a  full  account  of  Andersonville  Prison, 
and' a  letter  published  at  time  of  the  trial  by  a 
Federal  officer,  a  prisoner  at  Andersonville, 
completely  exonerating  Wirz. 

This  compilation  deserves  to  be  preserved  in 

I)ermanent  form.    It  will  be  read  with  breath- 
ess  interest.— The  Christian  Observer,  Septem- 
ber '-',  1908.     Price.  35  cents.    Address 
S.  W.  ASHE,  628  Hillsboro  St.,  Raleigh,  N.C. 


Beautiful  and  Appropriate  Christmas  Gift 


The  above  cut  is  that  of  the  great  painting  of  "Lee  and  His  Generals.''  by  George  B.  Matthews, 
Of  Virginia.  <J  General  Marcus  J.  Wright  indorses  it  as  follows:  "  I  regard  it  as  one  of  the  finest  paintings 
I  ever  saw.  The  truthfulness  of  feature  of  all  these  great  generals  is  most  remarkable.  The  Litho- 
graph copv  is  a  most  striking  and  accurate  reproduction  of  the  original.  I  hope  all  Confederates  will  procure 
copies."  «j  The  Lithograph  is  in  color.  Size.  27  x  16  inches.  State  agents  can  make  most .liberal 
contracts.  Agents  wanted  in  every  city  and  town  in  the  South.  <H  Sent  by  mail  on  receipt  of  55  cents. 
Every  home  should  have  a  picture.  Only  a  few  thousand  left— the  plates  have  been  destroyed,  and  so 
there  will  be  no  reproductions.    Address 

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Capt.  Joseph  T.  Cobbs,  of  Angleton, 
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Office  of  Commander  in  Chief. 
Columbus,  Miss.,  April  1,  1908. 
Southern  Art  Publishing  Co.,  Publishers  of 
Gilbert  Gaul's  Famous  War  Paintings. 
Gentlemen:  I  congratulate  you  on  publish- 
ing the  portfolio  of  pictures,  'With  Confed- 
erate I  ■  '  rs,"  by  the  most  distinguished  paint- 
er of  military  subjects  in  this  country.  As  an 
artist  he  is  indorsed  by  the  National  Academy 
of  Design  and  others  of  highest  repute.  It 
seems  most  timely  that  the  South  is  at  last  to 
have  pictures  which  are  really  historic  docu- 
ments, and  which  must  appeal  to  her  people, 
because  Mr.  Gaul's  pictures  are  really  a  sym- 
pathetic translation  of  the  war  period.  The 
portfolio  should  be  not  only  in  evei  v  Southern 
but  in  every  American  family.  These  paint- 
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great  sorrow  of  the  great  war  period,  will  per- 
form a  great  duty  ia  pointing  the  younger 
generation  to  avoid  drifting  into  channels 
which  might  provoke  a  like  repetition  of  our 
great  Civil  War. 

With  kindest  wishes  for  the  success  of  your 
praiseworthy  undertaking,  I  am, 
Yours  truly, 

STEPHEN  D.  LEE. 


Confederate 

War 
Pictures 


3Y  GILBERT  GAUL, 

NATIONAL  ACADEMICIAN. 

Exquisitely  reproduced  in  four  colors,  on 
heavy  polychrome  paper. 

Those  who  love  the  South  and  her  brave 
old  veterans  have  desired  for  many  years  t  i 
have  their  courage,  their  devotion,  th-ir  un- 
matched heroism,  and  the  home  life  of  their 
families  crystallized  on  canvas.    After  near- 
ly a  half  century  this  has  just  been  done. 
Gilbert  Gaul,  of  New  York,  was  employed 
several  years  ago,  and  has  now  finished  the 
series.     It   is   called   With    the   Confederate 
Colors,    1861-5,  and  consists  of  sis  paint- 
ings, as  follows: 

No.  1,  Leaving  Home.  — Shows  a  typical 
Southern  interior  of  the  period.  A  lad  is  tell- 
ing his  home  folks  good-by.  One  sees  the 
newspaper  fallen  to  the  floor,  the  favorite  bird 
dog  pleading  infinitely  with  his  eye,  the  father, 
mother,  sister,  slaves— all  done  as  if  a  photo- 
graph had  bt*en  magically  turned  into  colors. 

No.  2.  Tidings.— A  pretty  Southern  girl  is 
reading  a  letter  from  the  front  to  the  gr<  nips  of 
women  and  slaves.  A  grandfather  bends  for- 
ward eagerly  to  listen,  and  a  wounded  soldier 
on  furlough*  forgets  his  bandaged  arm  as  he 
hears  tidings  from  the  firing  line.  A  beauti- 
ful and  touching  picture. 

No.  3.  Waiting  for  Dawn.— A  camp  fire 
scene.  The  snow  covers  the  ground.  A  farm- 
house burns  in  the  distance.  The  "enemy's" 
battle  line  glows  on  the  horizon.  A  master- 
piece. 

No.  4.  The  Picket  and  the  Forager.— Com- 
panion pieces  sold  as  one  picture.     Th  •  first 
shows  a  lonely  picket  on  duty.     The  second 
ad-  a 


presents  a  bread-  and  chicken-laden  forager 
returning  to  camp  after  a  day's  excursion. 

No.  5.  Betting  on  the  Flag.— The  boys  in  blue  are  backing  their  cause  with  a  pile  of 
coffee  in  asocial  game  of  cards  between  the  lines.  Southern  tobacco  is  the  bst  of  the 
"Johnny  Bets' '  that  the  bars  will  be  victorious.  One  of  t  h  _■  mi  Bt  1 » >i  nilar  of  the  series. 

Mr.  Gaul's  strong  brush  has  portrayed  with  much  realism,  not  their  bitterness  and 
recriminations,  but  their  magnificent  motive,  their  magnanimous  courage,  their  un- 
matched devotion.  Those  who  love  the  real  values  of  the  Old  South  will  prize  these 
pictures  beyond  price,  and  indeed  they  should  appeal  to  every  intelligent  American, 
man  or  woman. 

Pictures,  15x19  inches,  reproducing  every  shade  of  tone  and  motive,  and  embossed 
so  as  to  give  perfect  canvas  effect.  Each  one  is  a  masterpiece,  depicting  the  courage, 
sacrifice,  heroism,  sufferings,  and  homo  life  of  the  Southern  soldier. 

Realizing  how  essential  to  the  success  of  our  magazine  its  circulation  is.  we  have 
just  made  a  deal  with  the  publishers  of  the  above  series  of  paintings,  and  arc  now  of- 
fering to  every  loyal  Southerner  a  proposition  that,  for  real  va.ue  and  merit,  has 
never  been  equaled  by  any  other  magazine.  These  paintings  hav  >  been  s  lliug  for 
$3.50  each  or  $17.50  per  set.  Here  is  our  splendid  offer:  wo  will  send  your  choice 
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BEFORE   RICHMOND, 

1  Irant  u  ill  hurl  a  thunderbolt 
\i  tin   in  art  of  the  world. 

'•  \  al 

( Ither  men  have  tried  ai  d 
(  Ither   nan   have  blanched  and  quailed 
.  cing    I  ee 

What   though   Jacks  m,   dear   i 
Lies  beneath   the   battle   -  id, 

Dark    and    cold? 
What  though   Stuart  to  earth  is  laid, 

1    1:1    won   in   rapid   raid 
Spur  of  gold? 

I  ongstreet  in  his  anguish  lies; 
Tears   are   making   soldiers'   eyi 

Strangely    dim; 
And  we  hold  our  breath  and  say: 
Di        Death's  angel   come   this  way 

Seeking  him?" 

Vet  tlie  Lord  of  hosts  who  gave 
These  great  chiefs  our  land  to  save 

Knoweth    best. 
We  to  the  last  man  will  fight. 
Doing  battle  for  the  right — 

His  the  rest. 

On  then,   Grant!     We  seek  the  fray; 
Kill  your  myriads  that  ye  may. 

Crush   the  free ; 
But  there  are  great  deeds  to  do 
Ere   your    mercenary    crew 

Passes  Lee ! 

These  verses  were  copied  from  an  old 
English  magazine  published  at  the  close 
of  the  war,  and  are  typical  of  English 
sentiment  toward  the  South  and  Genera) 
Lee. 


W.  V.  Carlock,  of  Goldthwaite,  Tex., 
who  served  in  the  32d  Mississippi  In- 
fantry, Lowry's  Brigade,  Cleburne's  Di- 
vision. Hardee's  Corps,  wishes  to  make 
application  for  a  pension,  and  asks  that 
any  surviving  comrades  will  write  him. 
testifying  to  hi*  service. 


Z.  T.  Hunt,  of  Madisonville,  Tenn.. 
who  served  in  Company  B,  59th  '1  en- 
nessee  Infantry,  enlisting  at  the  age  of 
fifteen  and  a  half  years,  was  captured  at 
Piedmont.  Va.,  in  June.  1864.  and  taken 
to  Camp  Morton,  where  he  stayed  until 
March,  }SC>$,  being  then  taken  to  Rich- 
mond, Ya..  and  paroled.  He  would  like 
to  hear  from  any  comrades  of  Barracks 
Xo.  3,  where  he  was  confined  during 
his  imprisonment. 


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AMERICAN  SOUTHERN  POETS 


A  PHOTOGRAVURE  OF  DISTINGUISHED  LI  RIG  WRITERS.    THEY  ARE: 


Edgar  Alien  "Poe 

Showing  belter  than  anv  published  "  The 
Melancholy  Genius." 

Henry    TfmroJ 


Father    "Ryan 

The   Poet   Priest.      Picture  never  before 
published. 

Paul  Hamilton  Hayne 


Sidney  Lanier 

The    unsurpassed    composer  of  exquisite 
verse  and  perfect  rhythm. 


South  Carolina's  gifted  and  delightful  poet. 


The  face  expressing  the  bold,  brave  gentleman  of  Charleston. 


These  portraits  have  been  carefully  selected.  «fl  Wherever  honor  is  paid  to  genius  this  picture  will  be  appreciated. 
It  !«  so  splendidly  executed  and  is  of  such  distinctive  merit  that  the  Veteran  is  pleased  to  use  it  as  a  premium  and 
confidently  expects  every  purchaser  to  be  delighted  with  its  possession. 

Chancellor  Kirkland,  of  Vanderbill  University,  says:  "This  is  a  beautiful  piece  of  art,  and  shall  be  given  a  place 
on  University  wall  with  a  great  deal  of  satisfaction." 

Will  Allen  Dromgoole,  a  widely  known  critic  and  writer  in  the  South,  says:  "No  live  singers  eonld  have  been 
more  pleasingly  sideeted.     Everyone  is  a  Southerner  Good  and  True." 

India  prints  in  Sepia  and  Sieel  Plate  Color.  Size,  83  x  18  iuehes.  S2.00.  With  the  VETERAN  one  year,  S2.SO. 
It  tail  I  be  gi<)cn  as  a  premium    for  fi-de  nete>  subscriptions. 


\\  illiam  1 1  Baih  j .  of  Sampson  City, 
Ida.,  w  li-  •  served  with  Companj  B,  151I1 
\rkan  .1-  Regiment,  wants  lo  hear  from 

;  'I mmand  now   li\  ing.     I 

Xntts  was  bis  captain  and  Dandridge 
McRay  his  colonel  in  the  brigade  of 
General  Green 


B.  Archei  -  ervei        1     mpany 

1    Vlabama   Regiment,  under  Colo 
ml    Echols,    afii  irwards    transferred    t" 
the  -ist   Artillery,   wishes  t"  prove   his 
d,  .ind   i"   thai    end   asl -   thai    anj 
surviving  comrades  will  write  in  \\     R 
Ramage,    ot      1  1  ■■  at  kana,     \tV.  .    giving 
what   information  thi  )   1  an  of  his 
ice.     He  says  he  was  captured  early  in 
Man  li    at     Fort     Blakely,    and    « .1 
oner   1  m   Ship    Island   when    I  it 
w  .1    killed      I  le  was  paroled  at  tin 

1  Vicksburg  on  the  1  ith 
of  May,  1865,  while  1  ii -  regiment  was 
paroled  ,1  little  lati  1  al   Mi  ridian,    ■ 


\  C  Oxford,  of  Birmingham,  Ala. 
has  a  great  many  back  numbers  of  the 
Veteran,  as  well  as  complete  volumes 
[900  to  dati  .  which  he  wishes  to 
dispose  of  at  the  regular  price-.  Write 
him  of  w  hal    \  1  >u   need. 


Referring  to  the  article  in  the  Vet- 
eran Ei  'i  s  ptember  l>\  J  \  Potts,  in 
which  mention  is  made  of  Gen.  "Mud- 
wall"    Jackson,    Dr.    M.    S.    Browne,    of 

1 .    kv  .    writes  :    "My   pin 
is  to  G  imrade    Potts   as   to  the 

Jackson  n>  whom  1 1 1 «  objectionable  epi 
thet  'Mudwall'  was  applied.  It  was 
given  ti  1  ien  Alfri  d  E  Jai  l-  51  n,  of 
bon  >.  I  enn.,  and  n<  it  to  I  ien.  Wil- 
liam II.  Jackson,  of  rennessee  (I  infer 
that  William  11  was  meant  instead  of 
William  1.  I,  who  was  conspicuous 
■a  heri  Fi  n  rest  rode,  and  iie^  er  sen  ed  in 
!  .1  1  i  enni  1  1  and  S  uthwest  Virgini: 
1   think." 


P     It      kirn,    ol     1  'in.      I  ,  \  ,  I.    Ma 

all  the  copii  -  "i  the  \  1  1 1 1;  \n  -una-  Jan 
u  a  ( .    1894,  w  hich  he   w  ishes  to  di 
of.      I  hi  ise  w  ho  w  ish  to  make  up  a   1:1 
di  iuld  write  him  at  onci 


11.  Behn  nd,  of   1  luntingti  n,   W,   Va., 

i  tious  t'  1   secui  e   -  ime   information 

of   his    father's    service   in   the   Confed- 

1  rate  army,  know  ing  1  mly  that   hi 

a  member  of  the  Flon  n  :  1  iuai  ds      1  hi 

1.  .11  Behrend,  and  his 

State  \v  as  . 


Mrs.    W     J.     I  ra>  is,    of     ["ullahoma, 
1  1  nn  .   illection  of  w  ar  relics  o  m 

sisting  of  guns,  swords,  pistols,  cannon 
balls,  canteens,  etc.,  which  she  wish 
disposi    1  a   at   a   1  easonable   pi  ici       I  [er 
husband  wa    a  Confederate  soldier  and 
had   se<  ured  quite  a   1  olli  ction  oi 
relics  before  his  death. 


Qoofederat^  l/eterai). 


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50  Confederate  Monuments 


SOLD  BY 


THE  McNEEL  MARBLE  CO. 

ITpN  the  April  issue  of  the  VETERAN  we  an- 
nounced that  we  had  sold  monuments  to 
pi  jj  37  U.  D.  C.  Chapters,  and  called  the  at- 
tention of  the  Daughters  to  our  proposition 
to  furnish  the  different  Chapters  with  our  plans 
for  raising  funds  for  Confederate  monuments. 

In  response  to  this  advertisement  we  have 
received  numerous  requests  from  Chapters 
throughout  the  South,  each  of  whom  we  have 
gladly  furnished  with  plans.  These  Chapters  are 
now  on  the  high  road  to  success,  and  several  of 
them  have  already  placed  their  orders  with  us. 

Since  our  last  advertisement  our  list  of  Chap- 
ters sold  has  been  increased  from  37  to  53,  the 
following  new  Chapters  having  been  added : 
Franklin,  N.  C,  El  Dorado,  Ark.,  Monticello,  Ga., 
McDonough,  Ga.,  Jacksonville,  Ala.,  Dresden, 
Tenn.,  Ozark,  Ala.,  Union  City,  Tenn.,  Tifton, 
Ga.,  Eastman,  Ga.,  Lakeland,  Fla.,  Griffin,  Ga., 
Tampa,  Fla.,  Cochran,  Ga.,  Marianna,  Ark.,  and  a 
$15,000  monument  to  be  erected  to  Hood  s  Tex- 
as Brigade,  State  Capitol  Grounds,  Austin,  Tex. 

Our  plans  for  raising  funds,  our  liberal  terms, 
and  reasonable  prices  have  made  it  easy  for  the 
U.  D.  C.  Chapters  that  have  dealt  with  us  to  se- 
cure handsome  monuments,  and,  best  of  all,  to  se- 
cure them  now,  before  the  Confederate  Veter- 
ans and  the  good  women  of  the  sixties  have 
passed  away. 

Our  plans  are  yours  for  the  asking. 

A  letter  from  your  Chapter  will  be  given  care- 
ful consideration  and  will  receive  a  prompt  reply. 


Design  [or  $15,000  monument  now  being  made  by  THE  McNEEL  MARBLE  CO. 

for  Hood's  Texas  Brigade,  to  be  erected  on  the  State  Capitol 

Grounds  at  Austin,  Tex.,  in  January,  1910 


THE  McNEEL  MARBLE  CO. 

Marietta,  Ga. 

The  Largest  Monumental  Dealers  in  the  South 
Branch  House,  Columbia,  Tenn.