Confederate Veteran - Vol. 4 - (1896)
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WOT LOANABI
INDEXVOLUME
Advertising in the Veteran
After Fall of Fort Donelson
Alexander, G. S
Allison. T. F. P
An Arkansas Boy's Escape
An Oak Tree Killed by Minis
289
343
237
277
Balls
Antietam
321.
444
389,
nir History
in.
Characteristics of Forrest
Krcher's Brigade Reunion
for
Ani" :u :m. !
\i'l
BLshford,
Author
431
il
11
James
A
'TIs of
Thee
31
26, 48,
07
176
365
21!
Binkley, B. F
jBlackmore, Mrs. Maria Louisa
Bold Mississippi Rolls On
165
Bonham, M. F
Boy's Fidelity to Cause
Soldier's Fidelity
119
102,
103
sen
i::i
281
Brunt. Thomas T
Bnford's Brigade at Baker's Creek and Champion Hill
264
436
Campaigning
nder Difficulties
Camp Chase Confederate Dead
Pannonading the Moon
Capture of Florence, Alabama
Carey, John B
I
246
is
42.1
245
118
7.".
350
229
90,
118,
121
127
230
Generals
Heroes and Martyrs
Home
Home
Home
Home
for
47.
330
t>]
61
1."
Dallj
Rebel Banner
Daniel, Major \\\. at Lee's Grave
Deed of St. in and Escort
Daughters of the Confederacy
ederacy
In
IB1,
4114
222.
227
:!72
310
312
Ill
275
56
344
47
358
112.
189,
204,
411.
392,
Comrade
413
347
340
330
117
366
84,
100
35
316
Major Towson
Erwin. Eugene
250
l'iU
In
32
73
121
439
390
and Jackson
t's Appearance and Characteristics
Fought Their Last Battle
Fourteenth Tenn.
Iment
Fredericksburg
French, s. Q
Fulton. Lieut. Ool., of North Carolina
'
11
132
231
27
18!
l's
Women
Patriotic
213
burg
Gettysburg and Sharpsburg
Good Result of Tanner's Speech at Richmond
Graves, Rice E
es, Robert H
Grigsby, Andrew J., He Served His Countrj Well
Edward i>
Harris. James A.
Helm a.nd Lincoln
Hail.
of
03.
17s
314
68
North Carolina
229
JJ
304
iv
'
'.
Historical Document
Holder. Maj. Gen. W.
Honesty in the South
313
107.
^7
210
1>
210
41:1
147
Soldier
Important
Reunion Suggestions
312
Inman, John
41s
27s
Jackson, Stonewall
Jackson's Guide When Shot,
Jackson, W. H
Johnston, Joseph E
Johnston, Mrs. a. s
Jordan. M. P.
288
i>
ISO
.1
Kyle
,
Li
Alexandria
Kim kirk.
S.
LfiO
Daughters
>
110
27:t
Kentucky
for Maryland
for Missouri
for Texas
Memorial Association
Memorial Day
Memorial Institute
Monument of Kentucky
Reunions Approved
'on federate Sonus
Confederates at Gettysburg
crossing Over Into Maryland
Crouch, P. W. m. Author of Kathleen Mavourneen
Custer and Rosser, Running Fight With
Daughters of the C
42S
Confederate
Confederate
Confederate
Confederate
Confederate
Confederate
Confederate
Confederate
Confederate
Confederate
onfederate
59
12s
'lenient
131,
Major Frank
Clay,
90,
44]
38,
350
Brain,
2.:..
Heroes
Doings of Comrades in New York
Howling at Sabine Pass
Dunnington. John
Experience
Boy
Davis. Sam
13.
Davis, Jefferson
Death of a Faithful
Ellis,,
Country
of iii
IV.
Ladies
380
Ininders.
105
202
81,
Memorial
John
203
im
HI*
..
249
33
:m.
-ik;
:-:
1
257
Qopfederat^ Ueterap.
2
amp
J,
L/i
Home
Soldiers'
R.
rs
Horn Veterans
ers to
28
59,
Charming
232,
401
29
Nellie
S,
41,
'JO,
IIS,
27a,
3U5, 345,
377,
425
Lieutenant Generals
2S7
Lightner, Isaac
Lincoln and Helm
James
1. mli den,
252
1 .'
72
367
90
iiiisLanians at
M alone. Thomas H
236
315
50
14
34
Marshall. Harriett
Singular Experiences
Sinn .;:. Harry T
"i"
Brothers,
245
Mississippi
the Confederacy
in
Missouri Memorial
Strahl, O.
298
314
260
Homes
4S
280
307
317
417
400
25
Oak Tree
89
215
331,
369
178
3S7
3S6
at Fort Donelson
Richmond
.
79
430
103
383
23
Army
61
391
325
23S
212
Thompson, E. P
367
Thrilling Experience
61
436
374
Near Memphis
193
Tilghman, Lloyd
Tillman in South America
Toney, Marcus
Tribute
Tribute
Tribute
Tribute
Tribute
Tribute
Tribute
314
49
238
to Carrolls of Carrollton
to Gen. Joel A. Battle
to Jefferson Davis
to Maxey
to Man in Black
to Montgomery Ladies
to Patriotic Citizens
1S1
36S
292, 347
282
153
355
55
Truth of History
Turney, Peter
Two Great Reunions
15
235
333
U. C.
U. C. V. BadgtU. C. V. Camp
U. C. V. Camp List
U. C. V. Commissions for Officers
U. C. V. Constitution and By-Laws
U. C. V. Reunion
U. C. V. South Carolina
U. D. C
United Daughters in Virginia
303
U.
10
335
286
241
52
442
299
257
435
361
>
440
S.
C.
28,
39
430
209
121,
265
167,
319
411
416
297
22,
133,
251,
405
133.
141
61
3S5
427
25S
304
at Nashville
1 1
297
2S7
of S. C.
155
222
343
at
202
S2
Monument
Rawhide Retaliation
Reunion
Reunion
Reunion
Reunion
Reunion
Reunion
Reunion
Reunion
24
341
Thomas
Randolph, N.
301
237
Quirk.
70
262
Pendleton, William
Perilous Return to Camp
Plunket, J. D
Troop
is
152
343
Powhatan
Si
31
04
164
435
343
279
286
3S7
231
Day
National Flag
National Soldiers'
1SS
iso
J.
3S5
384
4"
Sparks.
88
Walker...
L. J.
2S2
231
and
'-39
175
O..
J.
Mau ry, M. F
Maxey, S. B
Mi Lean, K.
ll.
Alabama
.1
Comrades
Notes
406
155
109
365
2S5
393
Second Manassas
Shephard and Evander
Sherman's Colonization Scheme
Shoup, F. A.
340
220
57
56
46
Valuable Heirlooms
Vaulx, Joseph
115
3SS
135
403
55
391
177
Warren Blues
at
343
Manassas
War Statistics
War Times in Georgia
When Rank 'Was Ignored
Who Conceived the Battle Abbey
233
432
160
:
428
157
3S6
Young Men
342
22U
10S
SI
218
339
Front
POETRY.
235
371
to the
263
120
Confederate
Cemetery
An Hour in Hollyvi
An i'I.i Battlefield in Georgia
272
127
I'M
!'
the Pines
is
Burned Away
K:i
Marse Robert
361
Old
Old
Our
Our
)'
Asleep
S4
nil House
Vicksb
Vicksburg, Miss., Monument
Vicksburg, Miss., National Cemetery
Virginians at Davis Monument
WheP
01 Was Married
64
30
Ji siali
130
213
Southern Flags
Southern Heroine
313
Gee.
Again
Iraj
Fought Again
Will Papa 'mi
Winchester Monument
J.
.las
B.
1
.
Humphries, Chas
lis
439
3,19
132
Markham. T. R
McMechan Robl C
M .0.1,11. Sum. Houston
ZS
Pennington. E.
188
Johnston, -Mrs. A. S
Jordan, Dr. M. D. 1
43
Gwyn,
Inman, John
166
R.
Gattlin,
I
416
251
132
Geo
W. L
Daniel,
63
Donned the
C. C
Blackmore, Mrs.
Black,
10S
'61-J96
Charge
i'n
.1
Savannah
:>3
LAST ROLL.
Arrasmith,
174
28
282
ml. ,m llust
Kebei or Loyalist
ni
97
70,
330
I'n.
Splrll
130
'
Men
is
332
Nashville
at
IS-
207
165
'Tis of Thee
Kentucky Home
Maxey's Sword..
Veterans al Richmond
Women c-i the South
206
165
Mj Countrj
172,
Mavourneen
hi -en
'
43
148,
i".~..
Monument
\.
Suns of Veterans
South Carolina Veterans at
Rock, Lool
Mountain
Tennessee Centennial
Hum.-' fur Confe
211
63,
284
Scenes
>
Smith, Robe:
Kii iin
Savannah
:>
141
in
l/eterai}.
R
C.
Rietti.
John
135
Sh
229
Sparks,
up.
132
J.
279
315
132
76
339
\v
Jesse
2S7
161
ILLUSTRATIONS.
AI'THi IRS
216
id
Ml
is.
'
Ma
.1
('has
y,
289
r.mij
i
lousi
Ci
hiii.
Franklin
al
Post
Company
298, 300
'
135
ifflce
Ill
John D
Blanton,
C
331. 369
Billings
Fuller,
Monument
in
Mississippi
Confederate Monument
in
Savannah
i.
rate
Monument in Windsor, N. C
Convention Hall al Richmond
Cotton Gin
Davis (Jefferson) Monument
Davis, Sam, Grave and Home
John
'
it.
214
..Inn -I
Mrs.
164
\\
l;
272
Blxxw
.1.'-',"
'1
Brown, Mis.
lt>
hn C
.1
in
285
Cannon,
127
\\
189,
hi
Fenner's
First
279
Si
ii, .,ii
105
i
lattery
373
216
117
Thirteenth .Mississippi
Tribute
I'm rust Statue
Fort Donelson
Glimpses of Nashville
I
u,
..
in
281
Monument
.'it
ii
Compt.m
tin
.inh
Colquhour,
245
si
m's
in
140
Island
i.
E.i
1
hi
.imp
in
399
Virginia
Monument (Mo.)
1
in
231
Rldgl
HOT]
'
'!.
Nashville iai mh
Nashville Tabernacle
'
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,-
K.
]:.
Li,.
Camp
In
Virginia
116
!
A
H
Jas
.1.
C.
W
C
45.
Guinon, Oapt.
II. ill.
317
257
John R
Fontalm
Mil
c,
100
15
W. E
171
357
127
Ben
233
N.
Holmes,
Jas.
HJoraley,
Joton
Jones,
Jones,
1
F.
F.
Hill,
,11
354
s
Harn, Tyler D
Hay, P D
Charlie
Harris,
50
297
'
'.
24
Jackson. Dr. R.
Jackson, W. H
Johnson, Cart
Jonas, S. A
Jones, Chas. E
:i7l
164
250
Hall. Tuni
153
195
Louis
L.
Inzer,
16:;
163
313
119
ig,
Doollttle, C.
436
35
277
12:1
Davis, Jefferson
Davis. Mrs. H. P
Day, Mrs. M Kii
in,
1'9
307
307
Dew, R.J
231
16
233
Pegram
Di
......
J.
155
I'ussuns
Dalian, L.
30
100
134
\\
Crump. J.
Crump, Mrs
Cummlngs,
Day, W.
Memphis Infantry
'"
h.
437
Johnston Monument
Joplin Family
1
Cottrell,
Crow
Hou
Hollywood vm.-t. tv
Hollyw
Cemetery, Monument
1
47.
Coleman, R. B
296
ii
161
M. H
Clark,
.in".
Capital
.ii
A.
John
Wm
A
W
60
Henry
1.
Savannah
Lou tana
i'n.
,'his.ilm.
193
Cantrell, B.
Ca,tron. O. H.
\
H. J
53
Charleston
.11
134
217
Griffith, s
Jas
lining,
Greif.
.1
Y.i. hi
iii'nl.
Dock
Dock
210
.1
nry
Mi!
23
ii
2117
Goodwin,
M.
7"
106
199,
'
M
John
Gentry,
60
Gates
272
222
I'
1'
nt
Emma
B.
356
1
21
>
in
S.
Ii
en
.1
61
in.
1
Ki3
II
439
'
Fitzgerald
Folk, Mrs.
174
353
1;
1:
132
1:
'
Andrew J
Barney. Mrs. Nannie S
r,
Nashville Veterans
r.
Arm
Baki
Docks
Veterans
ton
i'n
'null
7U
The
piii.
C.
Chase Monument.
apltol :n Vicksburg
3ss
442
146
176
15
43
47
Wm
J.
232.
Sallie
11:11
nn dj
261. 331
03
Mrs. M.
Jo
'
Mrs J C.J
Kyle, David J
King
Bree,
211
390
C.
412
Ben
174
30S
132.157. 132
Qopfederate Ueterap.
Lambert,
Col. Will
Lane. Gen. Jas. H
Lebrune, Jack
Lindsay, R.
Luftin.
Geo
McCall,
\V.
r.
Mill,
r,
Mills,
Ik
M mro Judge E. C
Monroe, Miss Sue
Moore, John Trotwood
,
Annie B
Morton, A. S
Motlow, Felix
Nesbitt, N. B
Parks, W. P
Phelps, Miss Ruth
Pitcher, Mrs. F. A
B.
44, 90
8,
219.
275.
305,
L.
209
230
Ryan, Father
Sampson, Sarah F
Se'bTing, Mrs. W.
Shannon, I. N
179
Shelley,
37S
Sheppard, Jas.
Slatt<
133
137
Sta'nti n,
Ratcliffe, Mrs. N.
J.
C.
J.
B.
329
324
Garrett,
Goodloe,
:35
Nuckolls. Jos.
S.
202
193
Grigsby,
35s
Hall.
194
Trimble,
431
J12
Wilson, Jas. E
Winchester, Jas.
Wise, Geo
Wood, Robt. E
Wyeth, John
10
165
303
365
234
253
163
67
41,
141
PORTRAITS.
Alexander, G. S
Allison,
T.
F.
Anderson. Clias.
Barney, Mrs. Nannie
Beauregard. P. G. T
Beavens. C. C
Bibb, Mrs. Sophia
Binkley.
B.
237
288
S.
Bowman, Jno
241'
John C
217
riaffan,
102
Davi,
Davis,
Davis,
Davis,
Davis.
Davis,
103
21T,
151. 326
Buckner,
367
S. B.,
W. L
Jr
Caldwell. John
Canal, Terry
Carey, John B
Carter. Mrs. Robert
Cato, Mrs. Helen Price
Charming, Nellie
Cheney, H. J
Chipley, W. D
Claiborne, Delia
211
.135,
328
111
180
20
Kate
Ghas. Louis
Jefferson Hayes
Jefferson
327
>
Hewett,
Hewett.
Hill,
A.
Rosset,
Lew's, Jas.
Long, J.
418
401
262
4(il
329
J.
398
J.
r37
187
107
W. H
J.
20
135
Wm
Preston,
Quirk. Thos
Raines, Mrs. A.
Randolph, N. V
154. 32U
343
41"
257
Reagan, John H
Rietti. John C
77
340
Sam
Roberts.
Roberts,
20
Wm
R bertson, Mrs.
Rogers, John
Rogers, W. P
Ross, R. R
Rouss, C. B
Russell. Thos.
20
337
329
57, 222
3'
200
162
3
10S
198
20
215
Longman, W.
353
McKendree, D.
217
McKinstry,
J.
Monroe, B. J
Monroe, T. B
T.
Ely, Nrilie
25
353
326
338
329
374
201
316
Towson
328
259, 401
Malone, Thos. H
Markham. Thos. D
Marshall, Harriett
Martin, Flora
Massey, John
195, 230
201
Henry
376
20
W. L
Lee. Phil
Lee, Robt. E
Lie. Stephen
Echols, John
20
32S
320
20
J9
39
384
~
2:-o
273
162
236
315
363
175
383
202
E
A
P
Mary C
S.
*.
207
Morgan, Calvin
Morgan, G. Washington
Morgan, T, Key
4n
246
Thomas, DeWitt C
Thomas, Miss Jane
Thompson, Edward
Tilghman. Lloyd
Toland, Margaret
Toney. Marcus
ISO
J.
E.
40
343
Waller, John
200
Watts, A. T
West, A. J
329
220
343
343, 325
77
299
Tanner, Jas
Tarver. Otis S
Stuart,
245
274
Moorman, Geo
264
286
Trabue, Robt. P
Turney. Peter
Vaulx, Maj. Jos
Walker. C. Irving
Walker, H. J
Walker, L. J
35
242
264
304
Wm
318
367
101
247. 330
Wm
Miln.-r.
372
140
Thos
John
223
52
Power.
210
32!>
364
Antoinette
245
Edgar.
Plunket,
Porch,
50
Miss
Pillow, Gideon
328
23S
328
Pender, W. D
Pendleton, Wm. N
Pickett, Geo. E
Pickett. Jo Desha
201, 25S
32S
179
Jackson. Stonewall
2SS, 401 Ryan. Father
Jackson, W. H
Sansom, Emma
76, 235
Jester. Mrs. L
22 Sebring, W. H
Jobe, D. S
273 Shaw, H. B
Johnson, Geo.
162 Shelby. J.
Johnson, Rev. John
140 Shute, J.
Johns, Mrs. Mary Bradford. 106 Simmons, Mrs
Johnston. Jos. E
401 Sinnott, Harry
Johnston, A. S
439,154 Smith. A. Pickens
Jones, Wm. P
260 Smith. E. Kirby
Joplin Family
399 Smith. Dee
Joplin, Tom
274 Smith,
Jordan, Dr. M. D. L
309 Sparks. J.
Kimbark, S. D
240 Spurr, Julia
Knauss. Wm. H
24S Stewart.
Knox. Sue
149 Stoney, Wm. E
Kyle, Mrs. Kate
37,106 Story, J. C
Ledbetter,
187 Strahl, Otto F
Mendez.
Ellis,
tie.
Polley,
261. 401
boa
Pelham.
Polk,
329
Hickman, John P
Hogan. N. B
Holder
Holmes, Col. Jas
Hood. J. B
Hughes, Geo.
Hunt. Thos
Inma.n, John
106
118
John
McLean. R.
109
417
187,377
ue,
35S
2S9
Fayette
100
359
(.2
154, 326
326
C.
328
Hemming,
Little,
259
John G
Winnie
Dickinson, J. J
Dickinson, Col. A.
202
R.
355
19
329
525
243
314
264
424
Leoma
Cook, H.
Cotton, Robt.
Cusson, John
274
329
Cofer, Martin
Coleman, Estelle
336
T
Buchanan, Sam H
Buckner, S. B
Cabell,
Cobb, Miss
225, 401
236
Boyd, Henry
Boyd, John
Bragg, Braxton
Bragg. Mrs. Braxton
Brandon, Thos. A
Breckinridge,
Brunt, Thos.
230
[andley,
89
314
Wm
Clark, Wm. L
Clay. Clement
Clopton, Minnie
Clapton, Mrs. C. C.
343
Helm, Ben
27
Tuttle, R.
229
Hanson,
117
285.297
269
351
51
I.
Edward
Hayes. Mrs
Helm. Mrs. Ben
491
204
Hawkins. Hiram
431
J.
W.
314
i .
A.
135
213
242
Tillman.
253
B
E
223
02
Hatcher.
381
Travis,
407
281
147
Jas
430
28, S18
390
1. wis
Roger
Harris. Mrs. M. Gunter
30
rank
217
W. R
A. T
Gordon, D. M
Gordon, John
Graves, ReGraves, Rob
63
163
161
183
3^5
251
74
Reece, Jas
Reinhardt, N. C
Rhett, Claudine
Thompson, Maurice
203
Bishop
156
369
311
Reagan, John
.tanner,
101
<:ailor.
47
327
304
28,
182
143
142
241
292
109
'93
Morton, A. S
Moss. Jas.
429
Stewart, Wm.
Stockard. S. J
377, 425
362
135
155
\V.
r.
Mary
J.
Smart,
Smith,
Smith.
Morris.
151
Shoup. E. H
Sibley. Mrs. W. C
330
428
288
428
215
Forrest, Gen
Fry, Geo. "1
Gailor, Frank
Henry E
Simmons,
118, 159,
345,
Poppenheim, Louisa
Portis, John C
Randolph, N. V
Ransom,
Russell, H.
25
O'Hara. Theodore
Osborne, Thos. D
Palmer, Horace
Parker, Frances
J.
Rozell. Geo.
Ksliolman. B.
422
Evans, Clement A
Morgan, John II
Morgan, Sam D
Morgan, Tins. A
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By Daniel Bond,
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Term.
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Mark ye
'And ballads!
is
Go out to
And sentinel
fell,
well.
your trust;
the fields where warriors
Thrice holy
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'When
l/eterarj.
tled this
South land.
ballads,
commemorative
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fl
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Dixie.
and
er war, in
sses.
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Confederate Veterap,
"John Brown's Body" and "Marching
had a temporary popularity
South.
Through Georgia"
poems
Abram
"YVii.it
is
te
built
11
of the war.
J.
of Sentinel
still fulfill
elav
their trust."
How
sad
it
is
1S2C 03
scabbard!
Never hand
stain as free.
"Out of
its
Confederate l/eterap.
Nor brighter land had a cause as grand,
Nor cause, a chief like Lee!"
"The
"The Band
in
the Pines.
died.)
And
And
Thompson
verse:
lips
And
my weary
sad,
these by A.
"Hymn
J.
to
Ladye Love."
following poems of a high order of merit are
by Dr. Frank 6. Ticknor, of Georgia: "The Vir-
Officer to his
The
The
first verse,
"I
Qoqfederate
country are to be found tablets with verses from this
noble poem.
The above poems have been gathered byme, some
from scrap-books, some from Miss Emily Mason's
"Poems of the War," and many have been given
me by the writers themselves. The material is
abundant, but I have mentioned those only that
Heavy calamities
possess a hiyh order of merit.
and crushing sorrow wring from bruised hearts
words that live. The trampled Bower gives forth its
sweetest odor, the swan sings its divine notes only
when dying. Much of this Southern poetry will yet
The trials
find a place in the hearts of its people.
and the suffering endured and the heroism displayed by a people during four years of bloody war are
more faithfully portrayed in these verses than in
any history. It is only in poetry and song- that the
emotional nature declares itself without reserve.
Why our Southern school readers are not full of
these beautiful poems is something hard to underThat Head's "Sheridan's Ride," and Whitstand.
tier's "Barbara Freitchie," (the scene described by
the first having but little foundation, and the latter
none at all) should be read in preference to Thompsons "Music in Camp," and Miss Moore's "Minding
the Gap," is a reflection upon our public schools.
Has the old time sentiment of the South departed
from its people. ? Has the old time patriotism and
love of truth that characterized the old South given
place to business expediency in the New? One
would surely think so from the carelessness, not to
say indifference, with which it accepts the school
histories tilled with misleading and false statements
concerning the civil war.
Why should not a true history of that war be
written thirty years after its ending?)
Why should the South be charged at this day
with going to war in defense of slavery? This institution was a mere incident of a sectional animosMeasures for the gradual emancipation of the
ity.
slaves were being considered in the South before
the war began.
Gen. Lee suggested the freeing of
them and the enrollment of the men as soldiers.
The character of the two peoples of the North and
the South, the habits and customs, the adverse in-
l/eterar;.
being
selves
served rights,
Who
And
led.
And
(Hi!
By
the
women
We
were
of our county.
are anxious to get the nanus of those who
killed, with their Company and Regiment, so
QD^federate l/eterap.
CAPT. JOHN MITCHEL AT FORT SUMTER.
to get possession of
had begun.
following day, April 13, about 8 o'clock, in
the thickest of the bombardment, a thin smoke was
observable curling up from Fort Sumter. It grew
denser and denser as it steadily rose in the air, and
it soon became apparent that the wooden barracks
within that Fort had been set on fire "by a red hot
shot, thrown from an 8 inch Columbiad gun at Fort
Moultrie by a detachment of Company B," (Mitchel's
company, reports Gen. Beauregard). This conflagration occasioned Major Anderson's surrender, as
it endangered his powder magazine.
As soon as the Fort fell into our possession, this
same Company B was sent over to Sumter, and
Mitchel, therefore, formed one of the first Confederate garrisons of that post.
At the capture of the Union gunboat, "Isaac
Feb.
19, '65,
The
and
America under peculiar circumstances. His
came
to
was a native
1863.
of Ireland,
Our soldiers
tion of the Confederate batteries).
fought as long as their posts could be held, Capt.
In killed,
Mitchel commanding the artillery.
wounded and captured, we lost in this action 294
men. Among the mortally wounded was that fine
young officer, Lieut. John Bee, also Capt. Chas.
Haskell, who was as handsome and accomplished
an artillerist as the State could ever hope to proHis last words to a comrade were, "Tell my
duce.
mother that I died for her and for my country."
(^otyj-ederate l/eterap.
commanded
officer
Island.
At
many
that regiment.
At
At
No.
27,
Confederate
l/eterai).
it
without regard
J.
in excerpts
letter to the
Charming Nellie:
25, 1863.
By
a masterly stratagem, a
ragged private secured a seat at a table on which
was spread a bountiful dinner, prepared especially
The officer
for a pompous Confederate General.
made no objection, but wishing to be sure that the
soldier knew what distinguished company was pres-
Sir,
own around my
"Save me!
neck.
save
we got
deal of trouble."
bit," I
I
hastened to reply.
would
suffer
much
"It
to enjoy
Qogfederate Ueterai>.
eyes flashed with mischief as she said: "Let us go
to the house and we can discuss your rights there."
As we walked slowly up the hill, she turned to the
right, as if to go around the yard fence, and when
shook her
I demurred and suggested climbing it,
head in protest and remarked: "No, indeed frightened as I was a moment ago, I got over it with more
speed than gracefulness, I fancy; but now the dan
ger is past, I fear to attempt it again."'
By the time we entered the house it took us
fully twenty minutes to walk the twenty yards
we
knew each other's name and I was introduced to her
mother and
and intelligent
EORGIA
is
doing nicely
following
in
Veteran.
article
is
the Editor,
but there
is
a
it.
might
Here
is
It
requires unceasing
Veteran.
the article:
The
at
Nashville, Tenn., at the low price of $1.00 per annum, is such a worthy and valuable medium of com-
munication
Camps, that
it is
Maj.-Gen. Commanding.
a part.
The
3.
20, 1895.
the land.
With the desire to instruct, to bless, to encourage, to elevate humanity, we send forth this
sheet and invoke upon its mission the blessing of
Him who delights in justice, mercy, and truth.
Confederate Veteran.
10
Cal.
lie.
The treatment
War, except
TWO THEORIES
IN
Her
idea
was
as far as possible
after
and
its
man
till
The
(Signed) E. D.
Townsend, A. A.
G.
mutually beneficial to both sides, was still in existence, says that "Prisoners who have been paroled
by other than the commander of an army," and that
the "sick and wounded in hospitals" who have
been paroled, because, perchance, their captors could
not remove them, "shall be disregarded," also that
the poor wounded soldier who had done his best
for his country, and the officer who led him, accepting such parole, shall be ''returned to duty without
exchange and, moreover, will he punished for disobedience.'"
If the mere fact of surrender is a stain
on a soldier's honor, then the bravest men who ever
walked the sulphurous edge of battle in all the
it
Qopfederate Ueterai).
a brave soldier, who
with the stars and
stripes in his hand, having- always been ready to
march upon the enemy at the tap of the drum, if in
a great battle his eye should be shot out, or his ley;
should be taken away by a cannon-ball, that he
should be "punished for disobedience of orders,"
simply because he gave his parole of honor not to
fight against his opponents until he might be exchanged! It was Andersonville, or a parole, with
the captured. Having done all that bravery and
endurance could do, was it not adding insult to
their condition to propose to punish them, because
they preferred to give the parole of an honorable
soldier, to taking their chances in prison life?
Under the order of the War Department, which
was dominated by Secretary Stanton, neither officer
nor soldier captured on line of battle was allowed
the benefit of a parole, and if they accepted it they
were dishonored for disob :dience and sent back into
the ranks to be treated by the laws of war, as traitors if they should be re-captured by the Confed-
if
fifty battles
erates.
Richmond, a weary march of several hundred miles, to undergo the discomforts of Libby or
foot
it
to
Andersonville.
Was this torture needed to make
these brave men respect the dignity and power of
their government, when each one knew that such
an order was a violation of the solemn honor of his
government, which it had willingly carried out
whenever the South In Id more prison, rs than it did?
Aiter thousands of Union prisoners bad been paroled and allowed to go home till they were exchanged, the War Department of the federal Government modified the Cartel, under which a general
exchange of prisoners was agreed on, and limited
the exchange to "these held in confinement." This
order could only mean, to people of ordinary common sense, that those who had been paroled are
safe at home, and we will not allow the Confederates to use them as exchanges for prisoners afterwards captured. Hail the Confederates not regarded be honor of these they would have kept them in
prison.
The Confederates expected that the United
States Government would stand by the obligations
of her soldiers, many of whom had been captured
But this order sendclose by the cannon's mouth.
ing them back to the army, though their parole of
honor was then in the hands of the Confederate
War Department, and, if violated, would bring them
to the gallows or other ignominious form of death,
by the laws and usages of war.
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11
war justify the Federal Government in permitting her brave white soldiers in Southern prisons
to die, in-order to force the Confederate Government to exchange as prisoners some of their former
slaves?
The South's position on this question is best established by a review of the expressed animus of
the United States Government at the beginning of
the war and its aims.
of
When
rated,
Mr. Lincoln was on his way to be inauguand also in his inaugural address, he denied
full
into
proclaiming the emancipation of the negro, ami there
was not a day in the year 1862 when a Kentucky
slave-holder, who was raisins' a regiment to save the
Union, could not have sold his own negroes on the
Mr. Lincoln, in his
block without molestation.
first annual message, asked Congress to pass an
Act for the abolition of slavery in the year nineteen
hundred, each slave-holder to be compensated for
his slaves.
This he thought would save the Union.
He closed this message with a paragraph that all
the loyal of the South "should be compensated for
all losses, by acts of the United States, including
losses of slaves."
Confederate Uecerag,
12
for them.
4th. The North, then having many of her paroled
prisoners at home, and on the eve of the surrender
of Vicksburg, knowing the Confederates to be capt-
ured there the neit day would give her a preponderance of prisoners an order was issued by Secretary Stanton, disallowing and revoking all paroles
by other than the commander of an army, of either
sick, well or wounded, ordering them back into the
ranks to be punished for disobedience of orders.
5th. The North, after getting an excess of prisoners on hand, proposed to continue the exchange, confining it to prisoners then in confinement, thus attempting to evade an honest compliance with the
Cartel by declining to exchange paroled prisoners
for those of the Confederates then in their prisons.
6th. The South humiliated herself by parading
before the United States Government the unhappy
condition of Northern prisoners and which she was
powerless to mitigate.
7th. The South, after confessing her inability to
Robert Ould,
Confederate Commissioner of Exchange.
When Judge Ould offered the United States Government the right to send by her own surgeons and
medicines for Union prisoners, the medical supplies
in the South had long been exhausted.
Quinine was then worth in the South $60.00 per
ounce, while it was worth onl}T $5.00 in New York.
As thousands of Union prisoners died from malarial
diseases incident to the Southern climate, who might
have been saved with the proper medicines, does
not the refusal to furnish such medicine fix the
responsibility of their deaths upon the United States
Government?
This broad Christian offer was never noticed by
the Federal Government. Finding that the United
States Government paid no attention to this Christian proposition, then the Confederate Government
ordered Judge Ould to propose to the United States
Government to furnish, without equivalents, 15,000
of their sick and wounded at the mouth of the Savannah River as soon as they would furnish transThis offer was made early in August,
portation.
1864, but not a vessel reached the mouth of the
river to receive these prisoners
till
Qopfederate Ueterai).
than to be released
to their
homes.
It is
the argu-
it
is
Sherman's defeat,
1
here."
Did any one ever think that if the ')5,000 Confederate prisoners then in Northern prisons had been
released, it also released 95,000 Union prisoners?
If General Grant regarded each Northern soldier
equal on the field to each Southern soldier,
what
To
to
Gkorgk
C.
Meade,
Major-General.
Gettysburg-, July
Was
4,
10 p.m.
when
"To
13
her rolls.
Search the annals of warfare from the days of
Xenophon down to this, and there cannot be found
one instance where an army numerically four times
as strong as its ememy has deliberately allowed its
own soldiers to die in prison rather than liberate
an equal number of the captured.
Without any regard to the "treatment of prisoners" by either side during the war, and it was bad
enough on both sides, we ask every sane, thinking
man to fix the responsibility for deaths occurring
Tf the South held her
in prison where it belongs.
captives in order to persecute and tortute, she
ought to be anathematized by the Nations, but if
the South was always ready to give up and parole
her captives, and thy Union Government was not
willing to receive them, because every Rebel released meant a recruit to the Southern Army, then history must aflix on the United States Government its
lastimr condemnation.
of
the
Qopfederate l/eterao.
14
MARKSMANSHIP
B. L. Ridle}
IN
THE ARMY.
Wm.
^oofederate
l/eterai).
15
At Ringgold Gap,
the well directed shots of Cleburne's Division beat back and mowed down Sherman's Army and saved the Army of Tennessee.
That was General Pat Cleburne's great right, the
Major General who was afterwards killed at Franklin, and who died the "death of honor in the arms
of glory." At Bainbridge, the gunboats made a
desperate attempt to strike Hood's pontoons and
impede the crossing of the Army of Tennessee.
Our land batteries knocked those gunboats into
smithereens. During the siege of Vicksburg, one
of the Yankee Signal Corps planted himself on a
high stack chimney, and was signaling with his
Sam Rayburne, of Montserrat's Battery, got
flag.
Sam's Navy.
In a number of the VETERAN, an article from
some one states how effective the sharpshooters were
in Lee's Army; but instances attract an old soldier.
TRUTH OF HISTORY.
W. Gart Johnson, Orlando, Fla.
The article of
B. Policy, in the October VETERAN, is calculated
:
J.
as the
may
saw them, and
Confederate l/eterap.
16
(^federate
S.
A.
CUNNINGHAM, Editor
Office:
be
l/eteran.
his'
and Prop'r,
S.
W. MEEK,
Publisher.
erect a
SAMUEL
DAVIS,
AN AMERICAN,
and prayed for success of the cause; it asks the earnest co-operation of their Sons and Daughters individually and collectively; it asks the co-operation of
may now
It
well look at
and disappears.
life
as a sentiment.
Many
All else
have to labor
hard for every dollar that comes into our possession,
and there are ever pressing demands upon us.
True, a monument to Samuel Davis the third of
a century after he certainly was called to a higher,
holier sphere, can do him no good, but for our comfort, and as an example in honor for the greatest
sacrifice ever made, the extraordinary circumstances
considered, let us construct a memorial and have
our names enrolled as contributors. Let us thereby
testify our sincerest admiration and affection for a
fades
of us
It
for the
to print just
cannot be
Veteran
what ought to
who
are
moved by
it
is
ear-
co-operate
at"
Confederate l/eterap.
An
in the
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Dr. J. A. Wyeth of New York City adds to a sub-
Many
scription letter:
the
Sam
fifty-
dollars to
gentleman
treasures in
deems just
is
a hero."
A Chicago lady- who was much interested in the Confederate relics in the Atlanta Exposition, seemed saddened at the lack of care given the old uniforms, and
said:
Sam
next year
is
that
it
Members
federate armies.
It
is well.
If
Kerrville
Encampment, U.
C.
Colvin,
17
Commander; G. W.
V. No. 699, at
members, R H.
Colvin, Adjutant;
7,.
I.
An
curiositv.
It
mand
on duty there.
to be
of his com-
At a regular meeting of the Daviess County Confederate Association, held in Owensboro, Ky., Dec.
20, 1895, the following resolution was unanimously
adopted, viz.
"Resolved, That the Daviess County Confederate Association recommends to the members, and to
all lovers of truthful history, the CONFEDERATE
VETERAN, published at Nashville, and we appoint
Comrade J. II. Bozarth agent for the same."
C. N.
Such commendation
is
Pendleton,
See.
is
more. It is gratifying that comrades so enterprising and exacting for the truth's sake give such
hearty endorsement and commendation to the work
of the
Veteran.
C. H.
Confederate Ueterag.
18
THE LATE
is
office.
There must be one thousand Southern beauties in it.
Send to the Sponsor Souvenir Compan}', Houston,
The monument
to
John Sherman.
The monuments
A.
RIDLEY.
there until he
JAMES
James Clayton, Murfr^esboro, Tenn.: Being familiar with the military record of the late Dr. James
A. Ridley, and knowing him to have been a patriot
and soldier, I wish publicly to add my testimony to
his worth.
For a long time I was associated with
him, the gallant James Neal and Col. Richard H.
Keeble, as messmates. In every battle from Shiloh
to Chickamauga, the tall form of the noble Captain
Ridley could be seen always leading that band of
gallant soldiers.
After the battle of Chickamauga the regiment
was sent with General Longstreet to Virginia, but
Captain Ridley, being afflicted with rheumatism,
went
DR.
Dr. S. W. Brown, Waverly, Mo., reports the organization of Camp John Percival, No. 711, at that
place, with H. J. Galbraith as Commander.
^opfederate l/eterap.
OHAS. LOUIS
19
DAVIS,
SIMMONSl>
AVIS FATHER.
1
MRS., I
is
ANE SIMMONS D
engaged
in
life
promised to him
if he would give
the name of the
informer, but
he chose to die
instead.
Nashville
Banner:
was but
a boy,
ue in bronze
towers over the
dustof a nobler
The
Con federate
VETEBAN s
i
making strong
in behalf of its movement to erect a
e n t to
on u
the memory of
the hero- mar-
appeals
st
aci-iia. Jtegt.
ojVoleuteers
iJU.on.rh
&Zl~Da.^
He i&id cloiruJus
For bis
ttje
ouatry
J\
lined.
He Sobered dedrh
o;it"he $L6be.t.
tathecthm
tyr,
Samuel
D avis, the
young Confederate soldier
life
M r.
He
and a
were
Al.
Hon. C. H. Bailey, Clarksville, Tenn.: At a meeting of Forbes Bivouac held to-day, I brought the
matter of the Sam Davis Monument to their attention, after a hearty endorsement on the part ol each
member who addressed it, a motion by J. L. Lockert
was unanimously carried, appropriating' $25.00, and
lines
UN
Tl
promise.
*****
life
his faith
His
I'
GRANDMOTHER,
ISMOTHER.
Cunning-
of the
Veteran, has
ham,
generous
sponse.
The
press generally
re-
^ogfederate l/eterap.
W. H. PORCH.
WM. ROBERTS,
SAM ROBERTS.
JOHN G.DAVIS,
CAPT. H.B.SHAW,
ROBERT K.COTTON,
.1.
M.
SHUTE,
GEO.
D.
HUGHES.
Graham, Texas, sends $5 to aid in building- a monument to perpetuate the memory of the noble deeds
and sad fate of Samuel Davis, whose illustrious and
'
Confederate Ueterai).
At school he would interfere with
getting advantage of smaller ones, and he
would catch and hold a larg-er boy that the smaller
might avenge wrong doing.
He maintained this principle of fairness even to
parental disobedience. He wis so devoted to his
senior brother John, for instance, that he refused to
come to school at Nashville, unless both could come.
It resulted so seriously that he left home and remained until the father sent for him.
compromise of the matter was effected by John going to
Franklin College whiie he came to the State Uniacting; justice.
boys
versity.
1895:
My
ply to
$5 60
1'.
$'-'.
W.N
.1.
Davis while in jail at Pulaski, previous to his exeHis recollections of the occasion have been
requested for the Veteran, and in a brief letter of
January '), he states:
cution.
was cashier
some of the
triotism.
Col. J. II. McDowell, Union City, Tenn:
I enDavis Monument.
close one dollar for the Sam..
Everj Confederate soldier should feel it a duty and
honor, to aid in erecting a monument in memory of
*
*
*
secret confided to him.
Let it be erected at our State Capital, where visiting thousands may drink of the inspiration that
his memory gives.
.1
anion. Tenn
26 ets each.
Dr
ditional.
V-
$1.
Tenn *L.
Geo. W. Wright. MrKerzie Tenn., $1.
W
li. ton. McK. nzie. Tenn. $1.
Dr. J, 1' Cannon, McKenzie, Tenn., $1.
('.
Goirion, Ah Ki nzie.
$5.
.Icr. $1.
W.
J.
Arrow. Tenn.,
.1.
I.
J>r.
I'.
Wm. Montgomery,
'I
P.
die.
Among them
officers.
St
21
E.
A.
$1.
$1
practicable.
Confederate Veterai).
22
from
women
'
left
"and now,
MRS.
L. L.
JESTER.
Veteran
The
following
list
No. 1.
No. 2.
No. 3.
No. 4.
No. 5.
No. 6.
No. 7.
No. 8.
Wright.
No. 9.
No. 10.
No. 11.
No: 12.
No. 13.
No. 14.
No. 15,
Carter.
Confederate Ueterap.
Fayetteville, Tenn., Mrs. F. Z. Metcalfe.
Galveston, Texas, Mis. H. L. Ballinger.
18. Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. C. Helen Plane.
19. Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. M. C. Draysdale.
20. Washing-ton*, D. C,
21. Norfolk, Va., Mrs. Fannie J. Leigh.
22. Augusta. Ga., Mrs. Ida Evans Eve.
23. Covington, Ga., Mrs. V. B. Conyers.
Mrs. John Overton of Nashville, Tenn., President of Chapter No. 1, calls for a meeting of delegates from all Tennessee Chapters to meet here.
January 28, '96, for the purpose of organizing a
State Division, United Daughters of the Con-
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
17.
federacy.
16.
is
The Georgia
February
stain us free,
1st.
The
Charters.
The
visit of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, says the LouisCourier Journal, has started a story which he
told on himself several years ago, and which is a
good illustration of the love the Confederate soldiers bore toward Gen. Robert E. Lee.
As it is
well known, Gen. Fitzhugh Lee was at the head of
the cavalry, and these were much envied by the infantry men, who had to walk through the mud and
ville
dust.
"Ho,
"where
are you
going?"
"I've been off on a furlough, and am now going
back to join Gen. Bob Lee," replied the soldier.
" You needn't go back, but can throw your gun
away and return home, for Lee's surrendered."
"Lee's surrendered?"
"That's what I said," said General Lee.
" It must have been that damned Fitz Lee, then.
Rob Lee would never surrender," and the old soldier put on a look of contempt and walked on.
Qopfederate
24
A.
'95:
S.
Tom Butler, of the Martin Guards, was the champion wrestler of the Army of Tennessee. I have
seen him throw down a dozen men in one day. He
was a fine fellow and good soldier. I do not believe
he was ever thrown. I wonder if he is still living?
Daring the past summer and fall I passed over
roads that the First Tennessee Regiment went over
from August to December, 1861, in Greenbrier, Pocahontas, Randolph and Battle counties. I walked
to the spot where General Lee's tent stood on Valley Mountain, and from a point near which I could
see Mingo Flats and Cheat Mountain, along whose
great sides we clambered for several days, and
where we had our first fight or skirmish on the
summit, in a blackberry patch. I could also see
where old Colonel John H. Savage marched along
in a deep valley, and captured thirty Yankees by
himself one foggy morning, Sept. 11, 1861. They
were in a house, and their guns were stacked outHis men had captured the Vidette, and he
side.
rushed ahead of the advance guard and, getting between the Yankees and their guns, made them
surrender.
The
l/eterai).
claims the extraordinary incident. He said: "I captured three squads (pickets & officers) before capturing the main body as now remembered, 56 men.' I
did not get between them and their guns I rode
rapidl v through them, got in their rear and, drew my
pistol, I commanded them to lav down their arms,
saved
It
mj
life."
Confederate
Scotch and
Texas soldier.
At the age of nineteen he was assistant Deputy Poster a
Tom
Fields, State
Engineer.
On
the
February,
first
of
1861,
when Texas seceded from the Union, he resigned from United States
Postal Service, took the oath of allegiance to the
Confederacy, and gave instructions for a time in
postoffice department, until others were competent
He then resigned and enlisted in
to take charge.
the Twenty-sixth Texas Cavalry, commanded by
Gen. X. B. Debray.
[T'He was in active service at the front in every
campaign and battle in which his command participated, including the Red River campaign of lSt>4,
against Banks.
His regiment was disbanded on
the 23rd day of May, 18f>5; since then he has farmed
and served in official positions. He has lived in and
has seen Galveston city grow from three shanties to
a commercial city with a population of 40,000, and
his State from a "population of 20,000 to 3,000,000.
DC
COOK
25
WOT LOANAP
of
V. Y.
l/eterai).
F. Waldron, Sergeant Company F, 20th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry: If alive, I would
like much to know the address of the Confederate
who made me a prisoner at the battle of Chancellorsville about 2 p.m., on Sunday, May 3, '63.
When the Union Army broke up near the Chancellor House, and went in direction of the Rappahannock River, with a comrade I took a path leading
along the hank of a small stream. After some distance, we crossed over, and were halted as soon as
we got in a field by a Confederate Sergeant, who
stood near a small house on an elevation.
I looked
for a chance to get away, but saw the field was
lined with dismounted .cavalry, and some very near
At the second command to "Throw down your
us.
arms," we tossed our muskets, muzzle down, in a
boggy place, and went up to the Sergeant. He had
some more prisoners there, and soon started us to
In conversation he said,
the rear under guard.
"Well, Sergeant, this is hard." I replied, "It is one
of the fates of war." He was about my age then,
twenty-two.
KY.
W. H.
Ogilvie, Allisona, Tenn., gives this remiWhen the tocsin of war sounded in '61,
two neighboring villages, C. G. and E., each began to
form companies. The C. G. boys, fearing that hostilities would cease before they reached the front, conceived the idea of expediting matters by forming a
union with the E. boys. They arranged for a meeting
and conference at E. After much martial music,
speeches were made to arouse the enthusiasm of the
But they wouldn't enthuse, ami declined
E. boys.
the union proposition.
C. a hopeful youth of the
C. G. Company, full of enthusiasm, patriotism and
indignation, mounted the stand and declared that
he could drink all the blood that would be spilled,
telling the E. crowd that they could stay at home
and take care of the women and children. The C.
G. Company became a part of the Twentieth Tennessee Regiment, and the E.'s of the Twentyfourth.
While the Twentieth bivouaced at Murfreesboro, after retreating from Fishing Creek, and
the Twenty-fourth passing them, Captain L., of the
E. Company, noticing a tall, pale, "before-taking"
youth, leaning against a tree, the picture of despair, remarked: "I have seen him before
who is
niscence:
he?"
Being
told
it
yes; he is blood-foundered."
I am glad to record
the fact that C. became a wiser man; that his views
were slightly modified as to the relative fighting
value of himself and a Yankee; also, that he recovered, ami is now a portly, prominent lawyer of
Nashville, Tenn., and always ready to do service
for the old Twentieth.
May
27,
1865.
QDQfederate Ueterai).
26
Comrades
now
Our
comrade,
Charles
27, 1895.
Broadway
New
a citizen of
share.
Agents appointed to solicit subscriptions
will give you receipts for all moneys collected, on
prescribed forms, which will be deposited in local
banks to the order of the United Confederate Association; for the use of the Memorial Association.
old comrades, glorious women, noble sons and
fair daughters of the Trans-Mississippi Department,
this is a grand and noble proposition on the part of
Comrade Rouss one that should be responded to in
the same spirit that it is tendered to you.
I, therefore, appeal to you by the memory of the Confederate dead, who lie buried on ever}- battlefield from
Gettysburg to Fort Frown on the Rio Grande; by
the memories of the sufferings, hardships, trials and
tribulations of our Southern women; I appeal to you
by the luster and glories of our arms, made resplendent by the heroism of both the living and the dead,
to assist in erecting this splendid "memorial hall,"
where the sacred relics of our great struggle for
constitutional liberty may be deposited and properly cared for.
I know you will respond cheerfully
to the sacred duty.
And in after years, when this
splendid temple is raised in one of our Southern
cities, it will be the "Mecca" of the South, where
the descendants of the bravest men and the grandest women that ever lived in any country or in any
age, will make annual pilgrimages to make their
offerings of love and to breathe the spirit of true
patriotism and true love of country. The commanding general of the United Confederate Veterans has by general order designated Maj 1, 1896,
as memorial festival day, to be set apart for the
wcmen of the South to raise funds for this great
memorial hall or battle abbey. I recommend that
My
every Confederate
camp
in the Trans-Mississippi
day of Ma}-, 1S96, and
1st
division (both State and Territory) in the TransMississippi to issue the necessary orders and circulars and make the proper arrangements to carry out
the above instructions, and to call co your aid and
assistance every Confederate soldier, their good
wives, their sons and daughters of the Confederacy,
so that we may be able to transmit to Richmond on
the 30th of June, 1896, when our great reunion
meets, the result of your work.
happy New Year to the brave old Confederates,
their families and friends.
By order of W. L. Cabell,
'
Captain C.
spective localities.
of the South."
GALLANT
The
27
LIEUT.-COL. FULTON,
OF
I.
N. C.
R. Trim-
D. C.
him
well!
The Vetekan
is
in-
Confederate
28
1/eterar?.
ability.
The State has appropriated in eight years $173,805.55, while Lee Camp and its friends have approThe general hard times have
priated $149,563.94.
reduced our income from private donations, and for
the years '94-95
we have only
The Board of
The only
tion.
received $7,216.85
I,.
With song
States.
IN GEORGIA.
FRANK
STANTON IN TOE CONSTITUTION.
The softest whisperings of the scented South,
And rust and roses in the cannon's mouth.
Every economy has been exercised that was possible, and from tables submitted
in this report you will see that with .a few exceptions we have supported this institution at less
than any of the National Homes in the United
from this source.
We have now
And blue
thirty-five applications
loam,
and home.
Veteran, stating
price.
Confederate Veteran.
LETTERS FROM VETERANS.
John H. McFerrin,
Collierville,
Tcnn.:
By
re-
and '96.
have been a subscriber of the Veteran ever
I must confess that while I
since it was issued.
was delighted with it when it first came out, I did
not think it could last long, as such beautiful reminiscences as you gave would soon be exhausted.
credit for '95
I
but
it
29
The
Com-
is
Comrade E. O. Sykes, of Aberdeen, Miss., who married a niece of Colonel Rogers sends a photograph
to be engraved herewith, with interesting data concerning Colonel William P. Rogers, of the Second
Texas Regiment Confederate States
at the
Miss., Oct.
ever
forces,
who
fell
1862.
No
gave
than this
Van Dorn, commanding the Confederate troops at
this battle, reported on page 318 of the "War Archives," Series 1, Vol. XVII, Part 1: "I cannot refrain from mentioning the conspicuous gallantry of
a noble Texan, whose deed at Corinth is the conAs long as
stant theme of both friends and foes.
courage, manliness, fortitude, patriotism and honor
exist, the name of William P. Rogers will be reHe fell in the
vered and honored among men.
front of battle, and died beneath the colors of his
regiment in the very center of the enemy's strong-
hold.
of
Comrade James
Mountain
Comrade Ben C. Smith, of Macon, Ga., desires information about Arastus B. Maxey. an ex-Confederate soldier, who served from Tennessee.
H. T. Sinnott, of Mosby's Cavalry: In the VETof December, I notice an article on the death
of Captain William Griffin Waller, in which it was
stated that his brother, John Waller, was killed in
the battle of Williamsburg. That is incorrect.
John Waller was killed near the Plains Station on
the Manassas Gap Raiload, Fauquier County, Va.,
in the latter part of March '65, by a detatchment of
I was the
the Eighth Illinois Cavalry in a skirmish.
only person with him when he was killed. We were
hemmed up in a lane and were ordered to surrender,
but Waller refused and we both commenced shooting, when Waller was shot through the head and 1
ERAN
n ade
my
escape.
The
officer in
command
of the
Although I
C. H. St. Clair, Morgan City, La.:
was on the Federal side during the war, I take
great interest in reading the articles in the VETERAN relating to its events, and I find those of
which I have anv knowledge correctly stated. I
would be greatly obliged if you would ask for an
authentic statement of the armament and support
of Grand Gulf at the time of its evacuation by the
Confederates, made necessary by the forces of Gen.
Grant threatening their rear and Admiral Porter's
There surely must be some Confedfleet in front.
erate veteran living who has a knowledge of the
facts.
Confederate l/eterap.
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lived in
New
My
band
Thy name
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love thy rocks and
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rills.
hills;
My
And
he partake,
Let
bet rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.
all
that lireal
to
Thee
To Thee we sing
Long may our land be
;
bright
At
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WORLD
map on
Mercator's
its
officers
Thanks
mond,
to the
for invitation
The menu
Mixed Candy.
Mince Pie, Fruit Cake, Pound Cake, Currant
Cake, Chocolate Cake, Sponge Cake. Tea, Coffee,
sins,
Cigars.
of principal
mountains
in the
The VETERAN
at $2.25 postpaid.
club of six
new
map
subscribers
it
will
for sale
For
be sent
free.
Order now.
32
Confederate l/eterap.
GOOD BOOKS WITH THE VETERAN.
As an extra inducement
renewals and to aid in circulating Southern literature, the following list of books will be
furnished on terms designated.
The Other Side, by Virginia Frazer Boyle. A poem. Will
be sent as premium for four subscriptions, or with he Veter*n for $1.75. Price $100 This is a remarkable poem,
Jefferson Davis being the theme of the gifted author.
Christ in the Camp. 4524 pages is illustrated and characteristic of the eminent author. Rev J. William Jones, D.D. Price
$2.50.
Given as premium for five subscribers.
The American Epic, a Concise Scenic History of the
United States and other poems by Drummond Welburn
Cloth, $100. Sent with four subscribers, or with one and
for
an for $2.00.
Hancock'6 Diary, or History of the Second Tennessee
Cavalry. A large octavo volume, $2 50. This book can be
had for $1 50 if a club of twenty-five can be secured.
The Civil War from a Southern Standpoint, by Mrs. Ann
E. Snyder, of Nashville, can be had for three subscribers, or
with the Veteran for $1.50. Price $1 00
Rebel Relics, by Rev. A. T. Goodioe. Price $1.00 .Supplied
with the Veteran for $1.50, or for three subscribers.
The Sponsor Souvenir Album, advertised on back cover
page by the Souvenir Co., Houston, Texas will be supplied
from the Veteran office also at the publishers prices.
Memoris of Jefferson Davis, by his wife, in two elegant
rolumes containing 1,640 pages. This most entertaining and
valuable book will be furnished by the Veteran with a years
subscription for $5 25.
Campaigns and Battles of the Sixteenth Tennessee Confederate Regiment, from its organization, at Camp Trousdale, through its campaigns in West Virgina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and
Georgia, together with sketches of other Tennessee Regiments, by Thomas A. Head. Five hundred octavo pages.
Twenty illustrations. Price $1 00.
The World and How to Take it, by Rev. A. J. Baird, D.D.,
an eminent minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, who was associated with the Confederate Army
from the beginning to the close of the war. Prefaced to the
work is a sketch of the life of the au'hor. by John M. Gaut.
The book is discussed in most attractive style, and illustrates
with interesting incidents, most of the practical problems of
Home, Society. Business, Personal Virtues and Vices,
life.
and Life's Closing Scenes are all treated in the author's peculiarly fascinating style. The book contains 400 pages with
a fine steel engraving of the author is printed on fine paper,
and beautifully bound in cloth, embossed in coiors and gold
Given with the
an apppopriate gift book. Price $1 50
Veteran for $2.25 or for five subscriptions..
Annals of an Invertebrate, by Laurette Nesbet Boykin.
"This book is a marvel." Rev. Dr. Vance, Nashville, Tenn.,
says: ''It is a weird and exquisite poem in pure prose. Dr.
A. J. Battle, President of Shorter College. Rome, Ga mentions it as "the work of a child of genius." Charles J.
Bayne, Editor Augusta, Ga. Chronicle, asserts that "George
;
Lilian Whiting, of
Eliot would have been proud of it."
Boston, writes that "It is a wonderful book as sympathetic
as a human presence." This book is one dollar. It will be
furnished with the Veteran a year for $1.60, and free for
four subscriptions.
Life of Lee, by Fitzhugh Lee.
no commendation.
for $2.00.
An account
It Was, by Mrs. Irby Morgan, Nashville.
of thrilling experience during the ever memorable Four
How
Years.
for $1.50.
The Bugle
Call.
hontas, 16mo..$l
25.
My Lady
Poka-
$1.25.
$1.25.
in
$1 .25
Otto the
Qpijfederate l/eterai).
These three books are already attracting much attention.
Although but recently issued from the press, it is said that
they have been more extensively adopted and are being more
generally used than many popular text-books that have been
on the market for many years. Two of them Curry's' Soul h"
and Manly's ''Literature" supply important places in the
school curriculum. "Lee's History'' is full, fair and satis-
people of the South. Her book, "Gleanings From Southland," should have a place in every library in the South.
Gen. S. D. Lee writes: I have rend "Gleanings From Southland" with pleasure, and it recalled many of the s:nl scenes
and sacrifices incident to Southern society during the great
war between the States.
It unerringly
J. L Warren, in Old Homestead, Atlanta:
delineates he character of the important events which transpired under the author's personal observation.
This book will be sent as a premium for live subscriptions
Address,
to the Vetkran
The Confederate Veteran, Nashville, Tenn.
t
ROBT.
E.
LEE.
Confederate Veteran,
Nashville, Tenn.
WHAT
IS
Rev.
Wm.
SAID OF
S.
watch received
more than paid
Rev.
watch
II.
it,
The gold
and
I feel
at hand.
of
made
of
the
Her father,
formed at Richmond, in 1861.
Lewis T. Wigfall, was made Colonel of the RegiThe flagment, and the Hag was not captured.
bearer and all the guard were killed, and the t\.\
lost in a dense cornfield as we made the charge, and
was picked up after General Lee withdrew from the
first
field
Rev.
I
W.
A. Watts,
compared
as good. "I
it
McEwen, Tenn.
want another
for
my
all
wife.
my
am greatly pleased
thanks.
it is
is
am
thankful to you.
It
Confederate Ueteraij.
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\Mam
&
SI.
Lis
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LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.
The equipment and service of this line is equal to
in the country, and carries the traveler through
the most picturesque portion of the South. More than
fifty famous battlefields and five National cemeteries
are located on and near this great railway'system between Hickman, Ky., Nashville, Tenn.,and Atlanta, Ga.
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any
For information with reference to the resources, cl:soil, water power, timber, location for manufac tories and for colonies or homes for thrif'y settlers'
write J. B. Killebrew, Immigration Agent. Nashville,
Tenn.
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Confederate Veteran.
THE RACE PROBLEM
IN
AMERICA
A GREAT RAILWAY.
Thomas Edmonston,
in the London
fortune to reside for
some little time ill South Carolina while
that evilly-treated State was held in
subject ion by a colored legislature, controlled by a legion of Northern carpetbaggers, and supported by Federal
troops, contrary to the plainest terms
of the United States Constitution, That
was in 1873; and the conditions of life
for the while population were becoming
so utterly unendurable that the alternative presented to civilized natives of
the State was to regain possession of
the executive and legislative government, or to quit the country in a body.
There was literally no other course,
since men who are of Anglo S:i.vifi and
Huguenot blood, inheriting the traditions of freemen, could not submit to
Times:
It
was
and suffer
live
my
FROM BALTIMORE
Paul
St.
ii,-
It
under a government
for an Eleetropoise.
have
applied the
i
by
at
what cost we
VI
Story of
the
Home
CENTENNIAL WALTZ.
much
HOW'S THIS.
We
offQr
K.J.
chunky &
all
is
receiptor
$l.oo. i.v
lie
publishers,
Na.SBVII.LE, TENN.
St.
Toledo, 0.
ed
in
rejoice
my
lot.
in
the
me. presumably by
check for
$50.
saw
me
he
owned an
me every day
unanswerable.
The argument
Yours
truly.
is
JOHN
B.
BATT.
$5.00
Stonewall Jaekson,
For
BY HIS WIDOW,
CO.,
ille,
h y.
/,'.
Veterans, Sons <> mf Daughter* <>/ Vet'
ran* and trtu admin r* oj gre itness everym
tend for descriptive circular.
,\"
Two Month's
Rent,
terms
for the ult imate purchasing alter rent ing. Those who are
not familiar wit h the wonderful curat ive
wit
for the
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting directly upon the lilo.nl and mucous surtaoes of the system. Testimonial sent free.
Price 76c. per bottle. Sold b all Druggies.
know and
effect
MEMOIRS
o f
00., Toledo, O.
l'leasc
<
gists,
friends
Tins
By
,1
of her.
oaeeof Catarrh
Catarrh Curt'.
md
My
Phenomena
We
change
t he law to equal
political privileges wit h the white population, but utterly incapable of using
the electoral franchise for any other
than evil and corrupt purposes.
ought to wish our kinsmen in South
in
litis ttCATED.)
li
liberal
every walk of
NASHVILLE,
Il'lding,
-
TENN.
In these days of progress and the building of gieal iioiises. it will be an item of
interest to know that "the largest plate
glass mirror in the world" was brought
from Belgium to New York City recently.
It is V2x\'i'/i feet and V/i inches
thick.
Confederate l/eterap.
IV
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61., Nashville, Tenn.
public to know that we are
headquarters for the sale of all kindsof fertilizers, nnd Hint we also pay the lushest prices
for dry bones. J. F. & W. H. Sinuer, SJ North
College Street.
Insurance written in
OFFICERS:
LOOKER.
President.
CUMMINS.
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letter or telegram.
H.
J.
JAMESON. General
Ge tlemen:
you would
liv
all
remember
Hodge'sSarsaparilla
and
420
Residence:
Office: Manlove
it
Tenn.
N. College.
St., Nashville,
Co., 212
Fruit
Florida
,!
Val.
is
WANTED!
OLD
CONFED.
&
U.
S.
1,
Nashville, Tenn.
St.,
Will pay as
some
1895.
varieties.
velopes.
Spice
for
en-
Mills,
Proprietors,
NASHVILLE, TENN
To
STAMPS,
College,
Of Cincinnati, Ohio.
J.
CO..
318 Church
Nashville
Nashville. Tenn.
$1 Per Bottle.
sale by all druggists, or delivered
receipt of price.
::
Sjy
BREYER,
C.
::
Hodge's Sarsaparilla,
SPURLOCK-NEAL
Front
S.
testi-
monials of cures.
i-94-iy.
CREAM
e,
fa
NA9UV1I.LE.TENN.
ICE
The leading ice cream dealer
of Nashville is C. H. A. herding. 417 Union St.
Caters to weddings, banquets, and occasions of
all kinds. Country orders solicited.
be
th,
this
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Chamber Commerce Building,
carries a
Company.
that
the
The Veteran
'ublislier of
to a
healthy
Agent.
Nashville. Tenn.
Ladies and
If
54,
TEETH
Secretary.
THE
Room
$6.2S4.713.n5
to
tinne to secure
Teachers Music. Literary and Art from
1894,
confirst-class
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SUMMARY:
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lylr)
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at 20 cents per tine each insertion.]
catalogue.
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All inquiries
receive
7-6t.
attention.
Your Stationery
POSITIONS GUARANTEED
under reasonable conditions.
not be done, till yon send for
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ftedfrtve-dd
Nashville, Tenn.
This College is strongly endorsed by banker
and merchants. FOUR weeks by Draughon's
method of teaching bookkeeping is equal to
TWELVE weeks by the old plan Special advantages in Shorthand, Penmanship and Telegraphy. Cheap board. Open to both sexes. No
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With all the latest known improvements, at
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Send
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G.MATTHEWS,
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May
be an indication of your
business judgment.
If you
it neat" and tasty and
cheap. Get it done by
g^~
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want
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PRESS,
NASHVILLE, TENN.
AU
P'lls.
DEAFNESS
New
fl
ra
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,
CO.,
Confederate 1/eteran.
This pretty T.apel Button
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Induce
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ne Country,
Strongest and Largest Fire
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South.
jFlacj."
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Flacjs,
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all
Home Com-
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nc
The
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at
CO.,
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JOEL &
LIST.
"Statron of a Benevolent
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&
W.
InteriDT'DEcnratDT end
DBsigner.
B02TE8T
REsidEnces.
PRICES.
Tlie
CHATTANOOGA.
MEMPHIS.
ST. LOUIS.
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them.
BDMOKDSON,
Is
Is
tho
LRNDIS BANKING
BOX
(i(ILI>
Is plve-i frre of
THE GREATEST
In
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BUSINESS
GO.
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rv 84. (Ciiiiil.eilu.l
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Block), Nashville, Tonn.
Tenn
Applicati
England.
Pl'IT
chnreo.
Date that
of
A
With evorj- box of POZZOKT8 n masScovlll'fl
Out
Nashville, Tenn.
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is
Can't Sing
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h:is
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continue
iQl^ou^JooYour^.
J. \V. IliCKS,
POZZONI'S
Girl
,
exhibition ever
say,
I still
The
am happy to
rMlGRANT
Urates
est
and
it will
..Route
States, excepting
2 bottles
took
..McKenzie
NASHVILLE. TENN.
In better
NASHVILLE.
CHICAGO.
CINCINNATI.
dislike
ANH OFFICES:
TO
Highest Testimonials.
Correspondence Solictted.
letter
and
3DA1LY TRAINS3
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R.
AND
my
comes
R. R.
Home
IJ
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College.
Confederate Veteran.
VI
THE AUTOHARP.
'
quent
of
Grady's rested."
In all the long list of holiday novels
there is not one which excels in thrilling interest, and which equals in the
fascination of its style, "The Third
World," Mr. Henry Clay Fairman's
wonderful romance, which has just
been issued in book form. It will de
thousands of readers.
light
MAPLE SYRUP.
it
harming
in its
acquainted with
simplicity,
become
and com-
skillful
to
limitations
it.
(Style No.
2%,\
recommend
delightfully easy to
Price $5.00.
HAMILTON PARKS,
-v
1414.
Send us 50 cents for six months subscription to the Busy Bee, a handsome
sixteen-page illustrated weekly, and we
will send you by mail, charges prepaid,
your selection of any three of the fol-
Rookh," "Longfellow's
be pleased to learn
Johnson, who is so well
known to the patrons of the Market
House, has leased the Southeast corner
of that building in addition to his regular stalls, and will in the future keep a
sjock of fresh meats, hams, sausages,
The Nashetc., unsurpassed by any.
House supplies him,
ville Packing
which fact tells that everything will be
first-class. Free delivery, urbane salesmen, low' prices and the best the market affords will be the motto, of Mr.
The public
that Mr.
will
J. \V.
may
Johnson.
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liousriioM. Thn. ,eiTocu.-.nl., ihupvlll
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OneCO Month's
tbcMCh*
send one month
cents,
,vl{1
'
IT
OFFERS
to the
TRAVELER
Philadelphia, Pa.
"HOT SHOTS"
BT SAM JONES.
AND
THE VETERAN,
A red
full dlrre-
Oxv*alt youmlf
tons tor mtt Kin and inln?, rou trill then be aWe to prepare the
m.oontoll;ilia.i^caTrnr. L.
LaLUUUE, Station C, St- Louis, Mo.
i
ly
iu upplleatlon or harmful In
n-.I
THE
SOUTHERN
RAILWAY
ABSOLUTELY FREE.
Nashville. Tenn
Confederate
tfeterai).
VII
E.
and
is
'.,-
"Just the
Book
Wanted."
Tripe
0-
(v
nvl
pos(
55
"
rM
ML-
with
paid,
rene wals
or
subscrip-
new
for
tions
ill
$1.40.
e Soul hern
h u r c li in a n
In writsays:
ing his "Life of
li
mi*
this
Veteran
the
of
>
iV
r "J
General Lee"
the
s e
hers
gray,
fill
wore the
&1
William-
r s.
son,
the
for
children
who
way
liy
is,
niece
of Dr. Gessner
larrison. of he
U n I vers it y of
Virginia, and a
cousin o f J| rs.
I
M ary Stun
1
Kill.
I.
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Address
A.M.
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CONFEDERATE VETERAN.
WATCHES
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III
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Hi.
Nashville. Tenn.
LEE'S
N.
ANMin'Y AT (.iKTTYSUURG.
FOR "VETERAN
WORKERS!
Veteran workers or subscriband June 1st, 1896, send in nineteen vearlv subscribers with SI. 00 for each name sent
and thirty-five cents extra to pay postage and registration, we will send free one of the VETERAN Watches.
This watch is 14, K., Gold filled. .It is Elgin
movement, Chronometer balance, seven jewel, stem wind,
stem set, hunting case.
It will wear a lifetime, and is an elegant, valu-
To
ers, wlin
the iirst[2,000
between
able timepiece.
this
It
gent's size.
For
three additional
we
will
ADDRESS
CONFEDERATE VETERAN,
NASHVILLE, TENN.
Qopfederate l/eterao.
VIII
nnp
THEREWITH
J^
fine
"Stonewall" Jackson.
The
price
of
18x24 inches,
$7.50.
We
picture to
in
will be pleased to
camps
designated, or
it
premium
it.
Address,
CONFEDERATE VETERAN,
Nashville, Tennessee.
FRENCH PIANO
THE JESSE
ORGAN
and
CO.,
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Famous
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FOR
FIVE
They
sell direct to
Makes
of the
of
WORLD,
purchasers at factory prices, thus saving them all middle men's profit.
A two-cent stamp may save you many dollars.
JESSE
FRENCH
PIANO
]>ieissl~i ville,
AND ORGAN
TerT.ri
CO.,
MM
FEBRUARY.
1890.
PRICE, 10 CENTS.
Qopfederate l/eterap.
PUBLISHED MONTHLY
PaiCK
in
PKR YEAR,
Advance.
Jl 00
IN
Vol. IV.
Circulation:
'93.
'94.121.64*.
79.430.
'95. 154.992.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
No.
|S. A.
2.
CUXXIXUHAM
Editor.
$1.00AYEAR.
Till-;
Sons
of
Embracing Nearly 1.000 Camps and Chapters with over 60.000 Members.
^ ~'-'-'
>
'
mimmIU h
IN NASHVILLE.
Tennesseans"are to have, at their Annual Reunion this Fall, the Orphan Brigade, Morgan's Cavalry, and other Kentucky Confederate. Organizations. They will have, also, for General Reunion, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
.W. i
mwrnwrn T
l/eteraij.
Confederate
WHEN
IN'
WESTMINSTER HOTEL.
NEW YORK
STOP AT THE
Pendleton
&
fl ac\?
45
Rroadway,
New
V ork
of
\
New york S
New y rk Produce Exchange
New V ork C otton E xchan se
New VJork Coffee Exchange
tock
Che fat* h
inn able
E*c han ge
Gramercy 1' a r k.
n ideal family hotel.
On
the
American plan.
its
excellence.
Rooms single or rn
sinlr, with p r v a te
i
WESTMINSTER
HOTEL,
'i
K. N. as\ih,k. Prop.
II.
\V. SWOPK, of Ivy.,
Manager.
Correspondence invited
Rooms
lor
in
In
200 boarders.
instrumental
first- class musicians are in charge of the
and vocal departments. With them are associated other teachers
and great skill in the production of the liest musical
compositions. Pupils enjoy advantages in hearing the highest style
Music two
of fine culture
of music.
in the
finest studio of
FJEV.
GEO. W.
F.
Privilege*
who
Practical Education is provided for pupils who dei ire to learn I>res*
cutting and fitting. Stenography, Typewriting and Bookkeeping.
Magnificent New Building 108x68 feet, facing on Broad and on Vaux
hall streets, live stories, grand rotunda, fine elevator, steam heat,
ample parlors. This completes aud crowns the work.
An Unparalelled Growth from obscurity to national fame, from flfn
pupils to begin with to over 4,000 from half the Union.
PRICE. D.D.,
Pres.,
VETERAN workers
or subscrib-
ers,
who between
this
hunting case.
valuwill wear a lifetime, and is an elegant,
or
ladies'
It will be furnished in either
able timepiece.
stem
set,
It
gent's size.
three additional we will send zvatch and chain.
Any boy, or girl for that matter, can secure this
premium in a few days' work write for sample copies
For
ADDRESS
CONFEDERATE VETERAN,
NASHVILLE, TENN.
V/e tera
<?09federat^
17.
Price,
,.
v
ol.
y
1\
T
the
less.
The "civil war" wa9 too long ago to be called the "late'' war am) when
correspondents use that term tin- word "great" (wari will le substituted.
for
com-
union here this fall. And the next reunion of United Confederate Veterans will be urged at Richmond.
The eminent evangelist, Dwight L. Moody, holding a meeting here now, spoke of the "splendid
building," without which he "should not have
thought of coming to Nashville." He told of its
value to the city, and the pride that all should
take in it.
He held a meeting in the Carnegie Hall
sometime since, and the expense was $600.00 per
day. A hall for a thirty days' meeting in Chicago
cost $.}(, 000 $1,000 per day.
As a matter of local
importance friends of the Tabernacle are reminded
of the great need for completing the gallery whereby
sittings for 2,000
To Capt.
T. G.
more people
Ryman
is
will be secured.
it.
No.
S.A.CUNNINGHAM
2.
Editor.
and the two octogenarians enjoyed a long conference with each other.
Rev. Dr. T. C. Blake, eminent for many years in
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and whose
nephews, W. S. and Ed. R. Bearden, were valiant
Confederates, died at his home, near Nashville.
Bishop Atticus G. Haygood, of Georgia, one of
the ablest advocates the Southern people had, is of
the list.
His death was not unexpected for he had
previous attacks of paralysis to the fatal one, but it
was a great loss to the M. E. Church, South, and
to his race.
He was
in
advantage
those
to
himself, reacted to
wo knew him
best honored
his honor
and
him most.
John
have
II.
as clerks,
who
South.
The
late
Wm.
made $125,000
the
Confederate Vetera?.
34
There are 235 separate subscriptions to the SamMonument Fund and the amount is seven
hundred and one ($701.40) 74 dollars.
Comrades: Are you content to omit contributing
a share to the honor of that private Confederate
soldier whose sacrifice was complete?
The great
war did not furnish a record that will shine so
uel Davis
ff
The ladies of Richmond in charge of the Jefferson Davis Mansion the Confederate White House
will soon have it open to the public.
The Southern
thirty-four in all.
In Mr. Jones' "Barriers Burned Away," page
43, "so" should appear just a^ter the first word in
als
last stanza.
is
W.
Confederate Vetera^.
ABOUT SAMUEL
DAVIS.
At
the January meeting- of the Tennessee HistorMr. John C. Kennedy told the story of
ical Society,
Smyrna, Tenn.
it
gave me
known
35
Rousseau,
whom
had
my
<
Confederate
36
the face with jour hat, but got away? Were you
the man?"
The Chaplain says he threw his head back and
looking at the officer said, in a quick, sharp tone of
voice, "How do you know that?"
The Captain answered, "Its sufficient
I know
it.
Are you the man?"
Sam dropped his head in a moment and replied
quietly, "I have nothing to tell you."
Sam's deliberation was clear even then, that if he
confessed it was he, it would implicate some one
who had been kind to him.
In a few more minutes, without sign of fear or
weakness, was ended a life that was an honor to his
family, country and to the human race.
After leaving Pulaski some miles. Oscar complained of being hungry, but the child was sickened
by the odor from the unsealed casket, on which
we were
He
seated.
l/eterai).
vailed.
We
we got
my
errand.
He immediately turned
"Go down and order the
team and
I thanked him and started back, when I saw the
conveyance completely surrounded by soldiers. It
was a very steep descent to the ferry, and I went to
the head of the mules, taking hold of the bridles to
hold them back while going down the hill, when
the soldiers said, "Stranger, we know who this is.
You get in the wagon; we'll see it goes down safe,"
and so they did. They practically carried the
wagon aboard the boat, and would not leave it
when we landed on the north side. The hill was
steeper to go up than the one we came down.
They
ordered me to sit there and drive, and again they
all got a hand or a shoulder somewhere and pushed
us to the top of the hill, and when thanked them
they quietly raised their caps. Without further incident we reached Nashville, and drove to where
the Adams Express Company's office now is, which
was then where our present townsman, Mr. Cornelius, had his undertaking establishment, and
turned the body over to him, with specific instructions about the shrouding.
Mr. Davis had said to
me, "If you think it is best that Jane and I should
not see him, do as you think best about the matter.
On the evening of the seventh day after leaving
home we drove in the big gate, some distance from
the house. Mr. and Mrs. Davis were watching,
and when they saw the casket, Mrs. Davis threw
her arms above her head and fell. All was sorrow
I had a boy catch my horse to go
in that home.
SAMUEL
DAVIS' SISTER-IN-LAW.
We
Two
We
Confederate Ueterap.
and
phine,
etc.
brought
have
$500
and
$600
medicine out at one
time around my
Quinine
waist.
worth
of
and
the principal
morphine
history.
Thousands would have done as Sam
Davis did, no doubt, but he, only, was put to such a
test, and he was equal to the demand.
J.
General and
find
hero,
do
I
went
to Nash-
very often,
always kept
so I
posted;
had many
confidential
friends
h e
of
i,
MliS.
KATK KYLE.
>!
'(>'>,
father
my husband, John G, Davis, to purchase a steamboat called the David White, a very large, tine
steamer valued at $150,000, and in 18i>7. February
17th, this boat was blown up on the Mississippi
River below Helena, Ark., and many lives were
lost, among the number my precious husband and
Captain Shaw. Before the war Shaw was a steamboat captain.
He told us that from his cell window in the Pulaski jail he saw them start with Sam Davis to the
gallows.
He said the papers that Sam had were
stolen from Gen. Dodsre's table, while he was at a
meal, by a negro boy that once belonged to Mr. Bob
English, near Lynnville, gave them to him.
and
That
Rutherford, honored by his nativity.
should be located close by the railway station having the nicest park of any depot in Tennessee. If
Let that be
there, tens of thousands could see it.
as fine as contributions of outsiders who choose that
location, together with county and town pride can
of
make
Davis.
J. S.
r e,
always ready to
help m e wli e n
asked. After the
war, Capt. H. B.
Sam
so.
ville
37
it."
Monument, and
John
II.
Savage, offers
five dollars
and adds:
would be on the
While
am
J.
F. Maull, Elmore,
Ala.,
in
sending renewal
good soldiers ought, from Elmira, N. Y., and walkhome together. Thus it is that you find our
money going in together, and it will be so until
one or the other goes to be with the immortal heroes
who are "resting under the shade of the trees."
ed
lion.
says:
Confederate l/eterag.
38
$100 00
W.
E.,
Richmond,
100
1 00
1 00
Ky
1 00
La
Morrisville,
J. F..
1 00
1 00
5 00
1 00
2 00
Mo
1 50
Tenn
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
W.
Cassell.
H., Lexington,
Ky
2 00
100
5 00
Coffey,
3 00
1 00
00
2 00
C, McMlnnvllle, Tenn
Blakemore, J. H.. Trenton
Bonner, N. S., Lott, Tex
Browne, Dr. M. S., Winchester, Ky...
Brown, John C. Camp, El Paso, Tex.
Brown, H. T., Spears, Ky
A., St. Patrick,
1 00
1
Biles, J.
Brown, W.
1 00
W.
A., Scottsboro,
Dr. H., and Capt T.
Ala
Yates
S.
100
1 00
100
col-
Cunningham,
1 00
A., Nashville
14 00
1 00
2 00
1 00
1 00
5 00
1 00
1 00
Davis, Lafayette, Rockdale, Tex
1 00
Davis, R. N., Trenton
2 00
Davis, J. K., Dickson, Tenn
1 00
Davis, J. E., West Point, Miss
100
Davis, W. T., Nashville
Davidson, N. P., Wrightsboro, Tex.. 1 00
Daviess County C. V. Assn, Owens6 55
boro, Ky
1 00
Dean, J. J., McAlister, I. T
100
Dean, M. J., Tyler, Tex
1 00
Deason, James R., Trenton, Tenn
Deerlng, Rev. J R., Harrodsburg, Ky 1 00
1 00
O., Flat Rock, Tenn..
Dixon, Mrs.
1 00
Douglas, Mrs. Sarah C, Nashville....
1 00
Doyle, J. M., Blountsville, Ala
1 00
Duckworth, W. S., Nashville
25 00
Dudley, Maj. R. H., Nashville
1 00
Durrett, D. L., Springfield, Tenn
100
Dyas, Miss Fannie, Nashville
100
Tenn
Embry, J. W.. St. Patrick, La
Emmert, Dr. A. C, Trenton, Tenn....
Embry, Glenn, St. Patrick, La
2 00
Enslow,
1 00
vllle.
Farrar,
Finney,
J.
Ed
W.
H., Centralia,
Mo
1 00
1 00
100
1 00
2 00
Tenn
1 00
1 00
Pryor,
10 00
B Dixon, Ky
Hanrlck, E. Y.. Waco, Tex
W.
1 00
3 00
100
Nashville
Harmsen, Barney, El Paso, Tex
Harper, J. R., Rosston, Tex
Harris, Maj. R. H., Warrington, Fla.
Hardison,
1 On
1 00
Hall. L.
T.,
5 00
5 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
100
Rutland.
1 00
Ryan,
1 00
1 00
1 00
A.,
1 00
Herron,
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
5 60
1 00
1 00
5 00
Nolensville, Tenn
Johnson, Leonard, Morrisville, Mo....
1 00
1 00
Jenkins,
S. G.,
J. J.,
McDowell,
McGregor,
J.
McAlester,
1 50
5 00
1 00
5 00
100
1 00
2 50
Upton,
5 00
100
T..
Tollev, Capt.
1 00
2 50
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
1
00
1 00
5 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
Ky
Cumb'd
1 00
1 00
City, Tenn..
W.
00
1 00
Nashville
100
1 00
2 00
2 00
1 00
5 00
1 00
1 00
2 00
1 00
1 00
1
Dr.
W
Wilson, Capt.
lson,
J. T.,
Col.
1 00
1
Sherman. Tex
00
00
1 00
I 00
1 00
1 00
50 00
00
100
Tex..
5 00
7 85
5 00
1 00
Mo
1 00
1 00
50 00
100
1 00
100
Tenn
Hill,
1 00
100
Trowbridge,
Tucker, J. J., St. Patrick, La
Turner, R. S., Ashland City, Tenn....
Tvree. L. H., Trenton, Tenn
100
1 00
Street,
Street,
1 00
H., Allisona,
2 00
W.
5 00
Winchester, Tenn
Smith, Capt. F. M., Norfolk, Va
Smith, Capt. J. F., Marion, Ark
Smith, Gen. W. G., Sparta, Tenn
Smith, Capt. H. I., Mason City, la....
Stone, Judge J. B., Kansas City, Mo..
Young,
5 00
J.,
1 00
Ogilvie,
1 00
W.
1 00
1 00
1 00
5 00
111
Jackson, Tenn
.Marshall, J. M., Lafayette, Tenn
Ma'ull, J. F., Elmore, Ala
Meek, S. W., Nashville
S.,
2 00
25 00
Chicago,
1 00
1 00
J..
1 00
J.
Thomas. W.
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
5 00
5 00
Mallory, E.
1 00
J.
1 00
1 00
5 00
Tenn
1 00
100
1 00
1 00
R.
1 00
50 00
1 00
1 00
Dr.
1 00
1 00
Union
1 00
1 00
City, Tenn...
R., Covington,
H.,
100
J.,
25 00
1 00
H.
1 00
I.
1 00
Ky. ..
W.
100
1 00
Rudy,
Slatter,
1 00
1 00
100
Hartman,
J.
2 00
1 00
Belton
H., Owensboro, Ky
Russell. T. A. Warrior, Ala
1 00
1 00
1 00
Tenn
Rockwall, Tex
Md
J. T..
Wrightsboro, Tex
Fletcher, Mack, Denison, Tex
Forbes Bivouac, Clarksvllle, Tenn..
Ford, A. B., Madison, Tenn
Ford, J. W., Hartford, Ky
D.,
5 00
Payne, E.
Tenn.
1 00
1 00
1 00
1
00
1 00
1 00
10 00
1 00
100
8 00
I.
K. Clark, R. E. Grizzard
and M. M.
Trenton,
Tenn.:
Cant.
Mobley,
Chas. H. May and J. W. Fielder,
Benton, Ala.; Dr. E. Young and W.
W. Power?. Greensboro. Ala.: J.
W. Oilman and H. Heverin. Nashville; G. N. Alhrifht, W. A. Ross
and
Alonzo
Gilliam,
Stanton,
Tenn.: John W. Green and cash,
Dversburg, Tenn.: E. J. Harwell,
Stonewall, La
TWENTY-FIVE
CENTS
TIONS.
7 A)
SUBSCRIP-
2 25
^federate
UNITED CONFEDERATE DAUGHTERS.
Something of the Origin of the Daughters of
the Confederacy in the Old Dominion.
In May 1894, at a meeting of the Ladies Confederate Memorial Association of Charlottesville, Va.,
a letter was presented from the John Bowie Strange
Camp of Confederate Veterans, Col. Garnett, Commander, requesting the ladies to become an auxiliary of the Camp, to aid in its work of caring for
all needy Confederates and their families.
Mrs. Garnett, having the matter much at heart,
wrote a letter to the Camp offering to form an auxiliary, confident of the sympathy of many members
of the Memorial Association, which had recently
erected, near the University of Virginia, one of the
most beautiful Confederate Monuments in the South.
The proposition to the Camp brought the following
response:
"At a meeting of the Camp on May 22.
1894,
it
its
high appre-
The National
Ueteraij.
39
Louis, Missouri, and in the States of Montana, Georgia and Washington, and other places. The Albemarle Chapter of the "Daughters of the Confederacy," which began with a little band of earnest Confederate women, has, in a short time, attained a membership of over a hundred. At a meeting of the Executive Committee held April 30, 1S<5. it resolved to
use every effort to establish other Chapters in Virginia.
The Chapters in the order of organization
with the names of their officers are as follows:
1.
Albermarle, formed May 25. 1S'4. First
meeting held October 15, 1894. President, Mrs.
James Mercer iarnett; Vice President, Mrs. C. C.
Wertenbaker; Treasurer, Mrs. N. K. Davis; Secretary. Miss Fanny Berkeley.
2.
Newport News, organized in May, 1895.
President, Mrs. Geo. W. Nclms; Vice President,
(
Roanoke, organized August 27. 1895. PresiMrs. Thomas Lewis; Vice President, Mrs.
Terry; Treasurer, Mrs. Trout; Secretary, Mrs. Grey.
5.
Woodstock, organized October 5, 1895. President, Mrs. James H. Williams; Vice President,
Mrs. Miley: Treasurer, Mrs. John Grabill; Secretary, Mrs. Campbell.
Staunton, organized October 23, 1895. Pres6.
sident, Mrs. J. E. B. Stuart; Vice President, Mrs.
G. P. Wilson; Treasurer, Mrs. E. P. Lipscomb;
Secretary, Mrs. S. T. McCullough.
7.
Lexington, organized January 18, 1896. President, Miss Mildred Lee; Vice President, Mrs. A.
D. Estill; Treasurer. Miss Mary Nelson Pendleton;
Secretary, Mrs. Win. Allan.
8.
Richmond, organized January 27, 1896. President, Mrs. N. V. Randolph: Vice President, Miss
May G. Baughman; Treasurer, Mrs. Frank T.
Cramp; Secretary, Mrs. Austin Brockenborough.
'".
Radford, organized February 1, 1896. President, Mrs. Win. R. Wharton; Vice President, Mrs.
Mclngles; Treasurer, Mrs. .1. R. Eakin; Secretary,
Miss Julia V. M. Tyler.
10. Waynesboro,
organized February 3, l,s ><>.
President, Mrs. Elliott Fishburne; Vice President,
Miss I'.elle Patrick; Treasurer, Miss Annie Fishburne; Secretary. Miss Loula Bush.
11. Christiansburg, organized February 5, 1896.
President. Mrs. T. W. Hooper; Vice President, Mrs.
T. W. Ellett; Treasurer, Mrs. M. C. Wade: Secretary, Mis. Sue Hogan Phlegar.
12. Harrisonburg, to be organized on February
President,
7. 1896.
Vice President,
4.
dent,
'
Treasurer,
Officials of
Secretary,
With a half dozen Chapters in process of organization, this Division will number over two-thirds
of all the Chapters formed in the entire South.
The memberships are from twenty-five to Kit).
more concise report will be given in March Vet-
Qoijfcderate l/eterai).
40
us,
us.
it
will gratify
them
as well as her.
5,
1896.
IN FLORIDA.
cause.
OTIS
S.
TARVER AND
HIS FLAG.
Confederate Ueterao.
D.
and home."
41
means
because
it
alry leader.
He had marched bis command twenty
miles that day when he found a fresh trail where
Putting his comthe enemy's cavalry had passed.
mand at a gallop, he traveled ten miles further beHis own command
fore be struck the rear guard.
was badly scattered, not half up with him. but with-
PROPOSE
l>
sT ATI K To
GENERAL FORREST.
vii, p, 464.
(^federate Ueterap.
42
!'
He
One
*****
dis-
side
of the road.
rest
was riding a
little
Grant at Okalona.
"Okalona was fought on an open plain, and Forrest had no advantage of position to compensate
for great inferiority of numbers, but it is remarkable that he employed the tactics of Frederick at
Leuthen and Zorndorf, though he had never heard
Indeed, his tactics deserve the closthese names.
Wnen asked to what he
est study of military men.
attributed his success in so many actions, he re*
plied, 'I got there first with the most men.' * *
commander
since
the
time
of
lionany
if
doubt
I
Qogfederate Vetera p.
hearted Richard, has killed so many of his foes as
His word of command was unique,
Forrest.
While cutting'Move up, and mix with 'em!'
down many a foe with long-reaching arm, his keen
eye watched the whole fight and guided him to the
weak spot. Yet, he was a tender-hearted, kindly
man. The accusations of his enemies that he murdered his prisoners at Fort Pillow and elsewhere
These negroes told me of
are absolutely false.
Forrest's kindness to them."
In the closing- campaign at Selma, in April, 1865,
General Taylor says, (see p. 21')):
"Forrest ordered his brig-ad es to the Catawba crossHe was a host in himing, leading one in person.
self, and a dangerous adversary to meet at any
With one brigade, Forrest was
reasonable odds.
in Wilson's path; he fought as if the world depended on his arm, and sent to advise me of the deception practiced on two of his brigades, hoping to
stop the enemy if he could with the third, the abAfter
sence of which he could not account for.
Selma fell, he appeared horse ami man covered with
blood, and announced the enemy at his heels, and
I
felt
that I must move at once to escape capture.
anxious about him, but he said he was unhurt and
would cut his way through."
Forrest was terrible and relentless in battle, he
was by nature gentle, tender and affectionate. His
love for children was very strong.
My personal
friend, Colonel R. B. Kyle, of Gadsden, on the 25th
of June 1895, gave me in writing the following- personal reminiscence of the greatsoldier:
If
"About May
was returning
43
Who
proved,
in
"How pleasant
grim
"Ah
ha
in
That 'twas
a
oil
hat event
rooster of
know
'twill please
'twas you that did the job. you wretched little Yank
often wondered if I'd meet the man
had to lliank
For this depletion as al length I see your form once more,
Take thai, and that, and that, for what you did in Sixty-four!"
"And
I'vi'
.Jones.
14, '96.
A comrade writes from the Palmetto Home Landing on Yazoo River, Mississippi: On January 25rd,
at 5 a. m., Comrade George W. Daniel answered the
last roll call.
No braver or truer patriot ever fought
beneath the stars and bars. He enlisted at Duck
Hill, Miss., when sixteen years old. in Company E,
Fifteenth Mississippi, in which company he served
two years. The last two years he served in Company II, Twenty-ninth Mississippi. Walthall's Division; was never absent from roll call but once during
He was
the four years, and never had a furlough.
in many battles, among them Shiloh, Corinth, Chickam iuur a. Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge,
Dalton, Kennesaw Mountain, Allatoona, Atlanta,
Peachtree Creek, Franklin, and others. He never
knew what fear meant, was true to his God, true to
his family, and true to his country.
He loved to
He
talk of the war, and had a remarkable memory.
was laid to rest at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Yazoo
County, Miss., wrapped in the Hag he loved and
honored.
Mr. J. Ryan, who served in the Twenty-first
Indiana Battery, and was close enoutrh in great
battles to appreciate Confederates, writes from Chicago, January s '96: I enclose live dollars, which
please credit to the "Sam Davis Monument Fund."
Think it should be erected in Nashville
I only wish I was able to contribute in proportion
to my admiration of the true manhood displayed by
this man.
'
Confederate l/eterap.
44
the 7th,
J. B. Polley, Esq., Floresville, Texas, sends another old letter dated, Camp near Richmond, Va.,
May
19, 1S62.
An
account of the
first battle:
Charming Nellie: * * * Arrived at Yorktown, we camped about a mile and a half to the
rear and right of that dilapidated old town.
It was
here, you know, that Cornwallis surrendered.
The
embankments thrown up during the Revolutionary
War
up the
tinguish himself, but finds consolation in the reflection that neither did the enemy, nor the
Cavalry,
who
Confederate 1/eteraQ.
I do not often inleft in the hands of the enemy.
dulge such grim fancies, but in his presence could
not avoid them.
Three days rations had been issued the da.y before we left Yorktown, and on the morning of the
8th, being- without rations, four ears of corn were
Parched, it was no bad
dealt out to each man.
eating to hungry soldiers, and we soon became gen-
At
the
camp
those shrubs.
In truth, we
deserved them; for little gallantry as we displayed
at Elthatn's Landing, the Yankees showed less, and
our bold trout prevented the debarkation of Franklin's Corps and the capture of our immense wagon
to
in a thicket of
train.
45
War
E. Lee
anecdote by C. C. Cummings,
Camp,
Ft.
Commander R.
Worth, Tex.is:
Ridley, Murfreesboro, tells of some "Reshots in lite army" in the Februay number of the VETERAN, which are good, but a longer
and higher shot than he tells of I recall while
B. L.
markable
we were
of
my
Washington
at the last battle in our first revoluAlso to witness the fun with the Yankee
balloonist who had been trying to spy our lines.
to
tion.
sand
at
it.
It
Camp
mander Douglas.
The Confederate Veteran was ordered for the
Camp. Sixty-six names were enrolled. The next
regular meeting of the
Monday
of the
in April.
Camp,
is
Camp
Comrade
at Etta Jane,
L. Strain, Adjutant
Union County.
(^federate
46
is
States Army, May 16, '61; Adjutant and InspectorGeneral C. S. A. from May 16, '61, until the close of
the war; died Dec. 3, 1876.
Albert Sidney Johnston, of Texas, (a native of
Kentucky), General Confederate States Army, May
30, '61; killed April 6, '62, at the battle of Shiloh;
commanded Department No. 2 by special order No.
149 A. and I. G. O., Sept. 10, '61, known as the Army
of the Mississippi.
Robert E. Lee, of Virginia, Major-General commanding- Virginia State Forces, '61; Brigadier-General Confederate States Army, May 14, '61; General
Confederate States Army June, 14, '61; died Oct. 12,
'70.
Commanded in Western Virginia, '61; Coast of
South Carolina and Georgia winter of '61 and '62;
assigned to duty at Richmond and charg-ed with the
operations of the Confederate States Army, March 21,
'62; commanded the Army of Northern Virginia from
June 1, '62, to the 9th of April '65; Commander-inChief of the Armies of the Confederate States of
America by general orders Feb. 6, '65.
Joseph E. Johnston, of Virginia, Major-General
Virginia State Forces, April 26, '61; Brigadier-General Confederate States Army, Ma}' 14, '61; General
Confederate States Army, July 4, '61; died March
Commanded at Harper's Ferry, May
1891.
29,
24, '61; assumed command at Bull Run July 20, '61;
commanded Department of Northern Virginia and
Army of
mand of
the
ed July
17, '64;
Tennessee, Dec. 13, '63; removreassigned Feb. 23, '65, and commanded until the war closed.
Pierre G. T. Beauregard, of Louisiana, BrigadierGeneral Confederate States Army, March 1, '61;
General Confederate States Army, July 21, '61;
died February 20, 1893; assigned to command at
Charleston, S. C, March 1, '61; assigned to command Army of the Potomac, May '61; commanded
Army of the Mississippi from March 5, '62; in command of the Department of South Carolina and Geor-
Aug.
29, '63;
l/eterap.
nounced as second in
ston, Feb. 25, '65.
command
to
Gen.
J.
E. John-
Feb. 22,
June 17, '61; Major-General Oct. 11, '61; LieutenantGeneral Oct. 9, '62; General Feb. 19, '64; died March
Chief-of-Staff to Gen. J. E. Johnston, June
28, '93.
and July, '61, Division composed of Brigades of
Trimble, Taylor and Elzey; commanded Department of East Tennessee, afterward Trans-Mississippi Department, Feb. 11, '63.
John B. Hood, of Texas, Colonel 4th Texas Infantry, Sept. 30, '61; Brigadier-General P. A. C. S.,
March 3, '62; Major-General Oct. 10, '62; LieutenantGeneral Sept. 20, '63; General (temporary rank),
July 18, '64; died Aug. 30, '79. Commanded'Brigade
composed of the 1st, 4th, 25th Texas and 18th
Georgia Infantry and Hampton's Legion, Army
of North Virginia; Division composed of the Brigades of Robertson, Law, Benning and Jenkins,
Army of Northern Virginia; commanded Army of
Tennessee, July 18, '64, to Feb. 23, '65.
LIEUTENANT-GENERALS.
manded
left
to Dec. '63;
12, '64,
First Corps, composed of Pickett's, Field's and Kershaw's Divisions of Infantry and Alexander's Division of Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia, from
Oct. 4, '64, to the close of the war.
MAJOR-GENERALS.
David E. Twiggs, of Georgia, was the senior Major-General May 22, '61; died Sept. 15, '62. He was
assigned to the Command of the District of Louisiana
April 17, '61, with headquarters at New Orleans.
Barnard E. Bee was the senior Brigadier of South
Carolina who named the great Jackson "Stonewall."
Brigadier-General June 17, '61; killed at Bull Run
July 21, '61. His Brigade was composed of the 4th
Alabama and 2nd and 11th Mississippi and 1st Tennessee Infantry and Imboden's Battery, Army of the
Shenandoah.
Confederate Veteran.
taken
47
in all.
Kentuky One Lieutenant- General, five MajorGenerals and sixteen Brigadier Generals 22 in all.
Maryland Three Major-Generals and six Brigadier-Generals V in all.
MAJOR
JNO. W.
Father A. J. Ryan wrote the New OrleansTimesDemocrat soon after dedication ol the recumbent
figure of Gen. Lee, in the Chapel of Washington and
Lee University, an account of John W. Daniel's oration, stating:
CONFEDERATE MONUMENT
IN
\l
SI 81 'A, GA.
Virginia Three full Generals, five LieutenantGenerals, seventeen Major-Generals, and fifty-four
Brigadier-Generals 79 in all.
North Carolina Two Lieutenant-Generals, seven
Major-Generals, and twenty-nine Brigadier-Generals
38 in
all.
Georgia
Three Lieutenant-Generals,
seven Ma52
Florida One General in Provisional Army of Confederate States, three Major-Generals, and ten Brigadier-Generals 14 in all.
in all.
41
in all.
Brigadier-Generals
22 in
all.
God
er
bless him.
and higher
The
audience who
cluded there
said to himself "the orator equals the occasion."
Then General Early spoke briefly. He commanded
your humble servant to come forward and face a
crowd already entranced witli glorious eloquence.
words, recited the "Sword of
I obeyed, said a few
Robert Lee," and stole away. Stonewall Jackson's
daughter. Julia, unveiled tin- statue. Crowds went
in and came out, and the faces of many were sad.
Clouds were gathering way over on the mountains.
The sun went down and Lexington will never see
such a day again, because the world will never know
another Robert Lee.
A. Forrest, Sherman, Texas: I have in my possession one pocket Bible which I would like to return to the original owner, if he can be found.
There is written in the back "Water Valley, Miss."
"I had rather lie a minister of the gospel than to
be king over all this earth" is also written on it,
He
"Shelbyville, Tenn.," and signed "Hugh."
was, I think, in 29th Illinois Regiment, which was
captured at Trenton, West Tennessee, early in 1863,
by one of General N. B. Forrest's men. I am one
of them, and stuck to Forrest when the others left
him at Plantersville, twenty-two miles North of
Selma, Ala., near the close of the war.
Qopfedcrate
48
Confederate l/eterao.
S.A.CUNNINGHAM. Kdhor
and
I'rop'r.
8.
W. MKKK. Publisher.
l/eterai).
was
for the
mend
gratifying- to see
maimed
so providing
which equally unfortunate American citizens engaged in that same great war with juster cause
the defense of home and other property guaranteed
by the constitution of the country were known to
in
Wood, of New
work for promoting-
Orleans,
Col. Robt. C.
ciation.
many pages
in the
in
Vetekan
as a vehicle of
Veteran
communi-
work
of the
The Veteran
for
reminiscence:
know
What
this great
be destitute.
3,126;
are entitled to the benefits of support at this National Home without any deduction from their
pensions.
dead.
C
A. Culberson, is
The Governor of Texas, Hon.
wisely giving to the people of his great State an account of what had been done through the year by
legislative enactments,
for.
Confederate
Mrs. Jolin A. Jackson, of Pulaski, has been re-
Samuel
She ardently espoused the Union cause and
Davis.
was specially favored by its general officers. She
had influence with the authorities, and she often
l/eteraij.
COL.
49
TILLMAN
IN
SOUTH AMERICA.
used
after referring
its
readers to the
VETERAN
con-
"With moisture
of
Sam
The thought has come to me since those darkhours, freighted with terrors, siyhs and tears, that
I might, in kindly ministrations, have lightened the
gloom of his surroundings, and brought comfort to
the poor boy in a strange place, away from his loved
ones, fettered in chains and looking an ignominious
death in the face. The human heart sometimes
grows faint, sick, and weary; and feels powerless,
however the will may urye, to goastep farther, and
How little I feel able
thus it was with the writer.
to explain myself.
However, out of this seeming
wilful neglect of duty, to human eves, came deep
regrets that so preyed upon my heart, 1 determined,
God willing, that all other poor sufferers similarly
situated should have all the aid that I could bring
to lessen the ills of life."
spy.
who
stances the
o'
1 1 1
of
the
CONFEDERATE VETERAN
Com-
E. A. Perry
Camp, No.
150, U. C.
V,
of
Lake
Confederate Veterai).
50
MARENGO
BY N.
(ALA.) RIFLES.
B.
HOGAN.
The
first
til
we got
a scent of the
smoke
of battle.
While
ascended the stairway of the old court house in Linden to place my autograph along with those who
were offering their lives in defense of their homes
and loved ones. I was just seventeen years of age,
and the youngest member of the Company.
When the Company was organized (in the early
spring of '61) the volunteer spirit was so great that
it had to be announced long before the close of the
day that no more names could be enrolled. There
were 105 names on the list. The Company was organized under a call from G. M. Moody, a hotelkeeper of Linden, and he was made Captain. Thos.
H. Holcombe was elected First Lieutenant; John B.
Rains, an attorney, Second Lieutenant; and Wm. B.
Young, a seventeen-year-old Tuscaloosa cadet,
Third Lieutenant. All these are dead now except
"Billy" Young, who is a Circuit Judge at JacksonI want to say here that no greater
ville, Florida.
hero ever unsheathed a sword than this young officer,
it was owing to 'his thorough knowledge of
military tactics and manly bearing that the Company
gained such proficiency in the drill, on the skirmish
line and amid thunder and carnage of battle.
After Rains became Captain he would take the
Company on the drill ground and, having no knowledge of military tactics, soon got the boys all "tangled up," and not knowing how to "straighten 'em
out," would say to Lieutenant Young, "Oh,
Billy, take the Company; I can't do anything with
them." Billy would give one. or two commands and
and
h annoc k
above Fredericks-
Rappa
doing
burg, beating
time in the snow,
|Hh|
a letter
ed
was hand-
me bearing
the
postmark of Linden.
I opened it
and it contained a
letter from Miss
.-i."'
^W
v.
-J
'
s;
Susie Marshall.
On one of the
sheets of paper
she had printed a
facsimile of our
and underflag,
neath it had written, in matchless
chirograph} these
-
n. b.
hogan.
memorable
lines:
Susie, (I dont want to say "Miss") had capitalized the "A," giving it such emphasis as led me to
conclude that she was the "true friend" ol some parEver after the receipt of this
ticular "soldier."
missive, when the conflict raged in merciless fury'
around me, those lines would come unbidden to
mind, and under the influence of their magic words
I would be urged on, thinking only of home, coun-
banner and
Susie
the devotion, fortitude and self-sacrificing
spirit of the women is due most of the credit for the
glory that surrounds the soldiery of the South.
In a former article I have told of our confronting
Patterson at Winchester, of the march to Manassas,
and the wounding of our Brigade Commander,
Kirby-Smith, on July 21st, near the Henry house.
There is a singular coincidence in my own departOn the 17th day of June, 1861,
ure and return home.
I left home for the front, and on June 17th, 1865,
just four years afterwards, I left Fort Delaware,
where I had been held a prisoner since 'he battle of
Gettysburg, July 2nd, 1863. I had never been home.
The roll of this Company illustrates forcibly the
ravages of war.
try, that glorious
To
died.
Qoijfederate Ueterap.
Breckenridge, John, died at Richmond.
Breckenridge, E., died at Bristo Station.
Beasley, Benj., mortally wounded at Gettysburg-.
Boozer, Harry, killed at Petersburg.
Bullock, Jas., transferred to Georgia Reg't; killed
at Frazier's
Farm.
Daniels,
Doss, C.
Daniels,
Daniels,
Nathan, discharged.
W., killed at Gaines'
Mills.
L., killed at Gaines' Mills.
Jesse, killed at Gaines' Mills.
Elmore, Benj., killed at Gaines* Mills.
Eskridge, Nathan, killed at Gaines' Mills.
Filer, John, killed at Frazier's Farm.
Ford, Henry, died near Centerville, lSf>2.
Gamble, Joe, killed at Sharpsburg.
61
Woodson. Lev.,
killed.
The
Worthington.
as to
Allen. Robt.; Llaekwell. John; Bush, Dock.; Blakene\ John; Carter, John: Eskridge, J. Earniss, Wm.
Fifer, Chas.; Griffith, Wm.; Gilmore, Thos., Basil
and Alban; Huckabee, Lucius: Jones, Wm.; Jolly.
Wm.; Lee, Jas. E. McFarlane, Thos. McClinton,
Benj.; Morgan, W. C. and A. J.; Norris, Frank;
Pearl, Jas.; Rogers, E. Reeves, Wm.; Rains, Jno.
B., Captain; Suggs, Simon, Smith, Wm.; Stevison,
;
Mo.
Confederate Relics fob the Centenni m.. --ComW. J. Travis, Tullahoina. Tenn., has a collec-
rade
the
29, '<>4, live miles below CarStation, in a hand-to-hand encounter with the
Veterans."
Qopfederate
52
SOUTHERN SENTIMENT.
tion,
rendered
all
at
''
What
commentary
it
after
l/eterai?.
her people refused the privilege of the ballot,
it?
lie
That
women's
it
politically.
I have
never seen a solitary instance, in the
Northern so-called histories, of a battle in which the
Union army was defeated but what the relative
strength of the two armies was falsely given
At
Chickamauga recently a Northern statesman, in his
speech, draws the inference from the number of regiments engaged on each side, that the Southern troops
outnumbered their adversaries, while scarceh a
Southern regiment contained more than three hundred men. Vol. 50, fficial War Records, show the
Federal force to havi been fullv 90.000 men: while
Gen. Bragg's report and Maj. Falconer's statement
Vol. 52,
War
The
for
Confederate l/eterap.
53
Yacht Deerhound
(Royal Yacht Squadron.)
(Engraving from Lieut. Sinclair's Two Years on the Alabama) lay in the
Galveston, ready to carry money to Cuba lor President Davis, who expected to escape From
gia to that Island, and then join Kirbv-Smith in Texas to make a final struggle tor the Confederacy, when
it was ascertained that ".ill was lost save honor.
Tliis fast blockade runner
dock
at
disparity in regard to arms and supplies wis infinitely greater; il one army was well clothed, well
fed. and well paid; while the other was clothed, not
by the Government, but by friends at home, with
homespun cloth woven in their looms, was p. orly
fed, and not paid at all. or what amountnothing, the little pay that was finally given the
soldiers being treated by them as a joke); if the
smaller army resisted the greater for four years and
was the victor in nearly every contest where the
forces were anything like equal
if these are facts,
then by all means let the generation growing up be
duly informed.
There is nothing so good in this world id' ours as
the truth.
If it is true that the Rebels killed more men than
they had in their own entire army before they surrendered if it is true that the lovernment is pa ying
pensions to more persons than were in that army,
let it be so written.
If the number of
Northern soldiers who were
wounded, Frightened or badly demoralized during
the war. and if persons who were dependent upon
them, amount to more than nine hundred and sixty
nine thousand, and may soon reach a million, and
the amount ptid them fast year was more thai
hundred and forty million dollars, let the historian
note the fact that the last gun was fired more than
thirty years ago.
Many id' these pensioners must
have reached the age of a hundred \ears, in fact, all
of them who entered the army at sixty-live.
Marvelous fact for the future historian lo note!
All
who enlisted at the commencement of the war at
i
Confederate l/eteran.
54
now
ten.
Now,
if
note of
it,
Some
can do both.
much
in evidence
And
There is something better than wealth, something dearer than success. Let us cultivate and
renew the virtues of the Old South, while we gather
from our Northern brethren whatever they can give
us that
may
be of present use.
And
let
us ever
gaged
in
these very differences serve but to defeat the purposes to place a false stigma upon the South and its
heroes.
Love is stronger than hate, the touch
of nature that makes the whole world kin warms
the heart, and universal sympathy is poured out for
the unsuccessful and the vanquished, and not for
the fortunate and the conqueror.
desire to hear."
umph
of truth itself.
Let your loyalty to our Government be unquestioned, but do not for one moment forget the dear
and tender memories of the old time.
an
In your enthusiasm for the old flag, and
appropriation, do not stultify yourselves by one sin-
gave their
lives.
How
Let us unite with generous Mr. Rouss in building a beautiful Memorial Abbey, wherein may be
treasured the dear mementoes of our glorious strug-
Confederate l/eteran.
TRIBUTE TO PATRIOTIC CITIZENS.
gle and the records of heroism displayed by the gentle and brave Confederate soldier;
"The knightliest
of
he knightly race,
55
Who
in
putting
What is needed is a statute making such an outrage a misdemeanor, for which a grand jury can
present an indictment, and the penalty should be
fixed at a fine not less than ten dollars.
Let us unite in saving our sweet singer from destruction, whose notes so faith lull v translate and
portray the mj-steries of human sentiment its
joys, its hopes, its bright aspirations, its sorrows
and its miseries in tuneful melody. Let us ask the
help of every member of every Legislature of every
Southern Slate, and the Governor of each State to
save the mocking bird before it is too late. Once
gone, he is gone forever.
patriotic
hands of the
And
Col.
see
II.
Young.
R. T. LUCKETT, Adjt.
Company "D"
177th Regiment,
Infantry, and his wife celebrated their
golden wedding on the 20th of Nov. mber last.
Capt. Doilds was born in Scotland in 1820, came
to the United States in '44, c ist his tirst vote for Gen.
Tavlor for President. On President Lincoln's call for
troops, joined the Regiment named above, which
embarked for New Orleans. He was wounded at
Port Hudson. Capt. Dodds considers that the war
ended at Appomattox, and is a true friend to all
poor worthy Confederates. To them, as well as to
the old Union soldiers, he is a comrade in every
sense of the wo r d.
Capt. Dodds has resided in St.
Louis for fifteen years.
Capt.
J. C.
Dodds,
New York
Maj. R. G. Cross of Rome, Ga., who was Adjutant of the Twentv-fifth and Forty fourth Tennes-
Wm.
of
II.
Morgan's
shooting at
me from high
places.
Confederate Ueterap.
56
umn
And
could
move
Owing
in the brush.
"Headouar. &C,
We
win glorv.
"Now, Company
We
me and
Custer's reply
"You
return
bring
Rosser."
your people.
over to see
was
my
substantially*,
call
made
this
morning.
Fannie."
his
made
Vetekan
company
of
Federal troops:
"I suppose you did right to publish my brief reply
concerning the capture of the Federal pickets on
Some of
I treated them kindly.
Stewart's run.
them seemed mortified and said to me, 'We are not
cowards; we could have killed you as you rode by
us.'
I replied, Y'es. I know that; but I did not think
a whole company would fire upon one lone man.'
This pleased them. Thie company and its regiment
was at Smithville some days while Buell and Bragg
were marchings in parallel columns for Kentucky.
The citizens informed me that 1(J0 regiments placed
a guard at my law office to protect it, saying that
nothing belonging to me should be injured. 1 found
my books and fine clothes all safe, while trespasses
upon others were committed."
WILLIAM
P.
ROGERS.
W.
"On
yell
To Luther
Veteran
Rogers.
is
He
and poetry.
The Second Regiment went from
Houston Texas in March, '62, and was at Corinth.
W.
Van
Lieut. Col.,
General
is in
Monument
57
main part
*
*
of the town of Corinth,
and a
part of his brigade, including the Second Texas
Regiment, led by Colonel Rogers, entered the innermost works of Corinth."
Gen. William L. Cabell, in his official report of
this battle, writes: "The ground in front of the
breastworks was literally covered with the dead and
wounded of both friend and foe, the killed and
wounded of the enemy being nearly, if not fully,
two to our one."
Gen. Rosecrans, in an address to his men, stated:
"You killed and buried 1423 officers and men, some
of their distinguished officers falling, among whom
was the gallant Col. Rogers, of the Second Texas,
who bore their colors at the head of his storming
column to the edge of the ditch of Battery Bobinett,
where he
And
fell."
Second Texas."
There are many thrilling accounts.
J.
L. Mayo, of Dickinson, Texas, a year ago
sent a vivid story to the Alabama Press of the
rivalry between the Second Texas, commanded byCol.
manded
Qopfederate
58
W.
to
Foster, with a
monument.
A
A
to say:
l/eterai).
There were
Confederate Veteran.
CELEBRATION OF LEE'S BIRTHDAY.
59
State at
Gen. Lee's birthday, January 19, was not forgotgen in his own Virginia.
At Staunton the Stonewall Jackson Camp marched in a body from their hall to the Methodist
Church under the direction of Commander S. D.
Timberlake. The celebrated Stonewall band was
located in the gallery, and contributed richly to
the services. Rev. Dr. J. Hill Boyd delivered an address upon the life and character of Gen. Lee,
choosing for his text, "A good name is rather to be
chosen than great riches, etc."
At Roanoke, on Monday, Gen. T. L. Rosser made
an address at the Y. M. C. A. hall, under the auspices of the Watts Camp of Veter.ins.
In Fredericksburg there was a large military
parade.
At Alexandria there was a largo banquet in commemoration of the event by the Lee Camp.
Charlottsville "kept Sunday hours" and the banks
were closed.
The
Ashland gave highly creditable observance
W. B. Newton Camp of Veterans had a special
meeting. It was "old soldiers day" with the Confederates.
Pending the arrival on noon train of
Bishop Cranberry, interesting stories were told by
Commander Irley conducting the exerThe Bishop told of his life, his boyhood,
comrades,
cises.
is
tion of Graham-Lee Literary Society of Washington and Lee l T uiversitv. and a special session of
Hill
Camp
At night they
of Veterans.
built
camp
"In
was
rare.
the peril
and privations
department
the men."
in
^opfederate l/eterap.
60
army
or not.
Dallas, says: No
so symmetrical a
cember Veteran.
which
The
office.
2. In every state in which there is no organization of the Daughters of the Confederacy let every
true Southern woman go to work at once to estabCorrespond at all points in
lish an organization.
the state.
ate Veterans.
3. Let any true Southern woman who may be unconnected with any organization not hesitate on
that account, but go to work at once to promote this
sacred cause by such means as may be within her
reach.
Secure
all
of work is suggested:
this is the first and
women, she
says:
eral receipts.
If the women of the South in every locality will
enter promptly, zealously, continuously upon this
work, its success will be assured, the Battle Abbey
will be erected, the noble confidence which the Confederate Veterans repose in the women of the South
will be justified and we shall have the satisfaction
of feeling that
we have discharged
a sacred duty.
Qopfederate Ueterap.
ei
man
built.
STRANGE COINCIDENCE
IN
THE ARMY.
Mrs. R. H. Dudley, of Nashville, Tenn. Thinking this little incident might be read and enjoyed
by some of your comrades. I send it to the Veteran.
Soon after the battle of Murfreesboro (or Stone's
- Illinois
River) 1863, Mr. Charles Eckles, of
Regiment, was sent as a guard to the home of mv
father, (Mr. KitBcesley).
He remained there several months and was then sent to Rosecran's Army
at Chattanooga, just before the battle of Chickamauga. Mr. Eckles told my mother, when he bade
her good-bye, that if he hould be fortunate enough
to meet her boys on picket and they would give
him a letter he would send it to her. She had not
heard from them in a long time.
Fate decreed they should meet. While on Federal picket duty he hailed the Confederate picket
and asked what command he belonged to. His reply was "First Tennessee Infantry, Cheatham's Division."
He then asked his name and was told,
"Win. Beesley." The Federal picket said, "I am
just from your father's house and they have not
heard from you in a long time.
I
told your mother
if I was fortunate enough to meet her boys on picket
duty and they would give me a letter, I would send
it to her."
My brother wrote the letter, gave it to
him and my mother received it in due time. It was
hailed with joy, of course.
That was the last we heard of Mr. Eckles until
:
the opening of Chickamauga Park last SeptemHe is a member of the G. A. R. and stopped
over at Murfreesboro and went to see my mother
and brother whom he had met on the picket line in
lS<o.
lb' was gladly received by all.
ber.
This
W.
It gives
C. Wilkinson, Crystal Springs, Miss.
great pleasure to say that the Veteran is a
welcome visitor each month, and is eagerly read by
The old Confedold and young in my household.
erate who misses reading the VETERAN loses a patriotic reminder of his youthful days.
It ought to be
in the hands of the children and grandchildren of
Veterans everywhere, and all the time. May your
efforts bring you fame and fortune.
:
me
wounded.
attention.
Is
she living?
Who
can tell?
Confederate l/eterap.
62
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THE
by
j. b.
SPIRIT OF
k. smith,
SAM DAVIS.
*61-'96.
And
land's
been
filled
with
scroll,
As heroes
widow's
weeds
We've heard the orphan's sigh
While comrades long since disappeared
Are marching through lie sky.
We'll write their names on fame's proud
liberty
(o honor dead.
gave t hese notes to hee.
Knowesi thou not a direful death
as a spy ?
Awaits
And thou art young a soldier brave
More gloriously should die."
:
Who
left
Deep sadness
l'
pun
he
for
i'Mpt
one moment
i\
e's face
fell
So infamous an end.
h.
is more dear to me
Than is this lleeting breath.
And ere would betray a friend,
But honor
I
I'd ten
When
must die
"I
to say.
for the care
Tell him,
When my
end.
He
The name
Would
We
tread
'flic
grandest spot
of earth.
We
And
all the
world
My
The Yankees
No let
We
Among
And we must
pass away.
We'll rise with them to reign
In one eternal day.
i.
Bubbles or Medals.
" Best sarsaparillas."
When you think of it how contradicone
tory that term is. For there can be only one best in anything
besl sarsaparilla, as there is one highest mountain, one lonj
? ....
one deepest ocean. And that lust sarsaparilla is
You cm measure mountain height and oi
There's the rub
depth. but how test sarsaparilla? You could it you were chemists.
But then do you need to test it? The World's Fair Committee
and thoroughly. Thcv went behind the label on the
tested it,
What did this sarsaparilla test result in ? Every make
bottle.
So it was
of sarsaparilla shut out of the Fair, except Ayer's.
that Ayer's was the onlv sarsaparilla admitted to the World's
They had no room for
Fair. The committee found it the best.
anything that was not the best. And as the best, Ayer's SarsaRemember
parilla received the medal and awards due its merits.
the word best" is a bubble any breath can Mow: but there are
Those others are blowing more
pins to prick such bubbles.
best sarsaparilla" bubbles since the World's Fair pricked the
The
True, but Ayer's Sarsaparilla has the medal.
old ones.
The pin that pricks
pin that scratches the medal proves it gold.
We point to medals, not bubbles,
the bubble proves it wind.
river,
when we say
The
arms
Sai.lie Jones
Camden, At
o'er-
their country's
For more their country's heart.
And on the roll of honor, shall
His name emblazoned be
With glory that is due lo him
In his country's history.
whelmed,
foes
who
Then
the strife.
And cherish those they loved and
As long as we have life.
in
He
Our
63
best sarsaparilla
is
Ayer's.
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64
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ASLEEP.'
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l/eterai}.
MANASSAS
TO
APPOMATTOX
deep sleep.
him as he slept, whispered warnings to
their nearest comrades not to disturb
him. The whisper was then passed from
man
to
man
silence,
marbled edges,
me
gilt
A
work
is
!"
asleep
and honorable
is fair
ferences in judgment,
There lay that knightly figure,
One hand upon his sword,
The other pressed above his heart,
A vow without a word
Two laurel leaves had fluttered down,
For flowers their vigils keep,
And crown'd him, though I think they
!
knew
"Marse Robert was asleep
vigil o'er
had been
those
homes
keep:
Step lightly o'er the border then,
his to
"Marse Robert
is
asleep
it
!"
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S.
3.
vwni.D~WhtersB.dge
..
The requirement
The death
The
community
good friends, and for this comrade in his
desolation.
At the Tennessee reunion of Veterans
the charming Mrs. Blackmore entertained quite a
company of them Ah, and some of these have
writer grieves in the loss to that
of such
The report of the Virginia Daug-hters in February number was slightly abbreviated.
Whatever of
error occurred in the report may be charged to the
editor.
They should
special
giving wide
space, and re-write, as a rule, so as to condense farts.
A Veteran writes to the Lynchburg News an appeal that all Daughters of the Confederacy unite in
one grand organization. He mentions the twelve
Chapters recently organized at Charlottesville into
care.
write
with
ink,
J.
W.
Confederate l/eterap.
66
The
editorial
ering in
New York
City, July
4,
to the gath-
after reunion at
Solicitors are
paring
stainless
Mrs. M. A. E. McLure, of St. Louis, writes: Enclosed find five dollars for poor no, not poor, but
rich Samuel Davis.
The history of that boy's sacrifice of life should be told to every boy in the
land.
Every mother in the South should have the
privilege of contributing to the perpetuation of this
act
death rather than dishonor. I have thought
much on the behavior of this boy; it haunts me. I
sometimes wish I did not feel so deeply, but that is
better than callousness.
engaged
of
whether by
It
sketches
is
list
of officials in
it
is
In a letter from Carrollton, Ala., March 3rd, enclosing twenty subscriptions and Si from her father,
Judge O. L. McKinstry, for the Samuel Davis Monument, Miss Hettie May McKinstry writes:
Papa belonged to the Forty-second Alabama Volwas very near Col. Rogers, of the Sec-
unteers, and
Loss of Eyesight from Overwork. A newspaper reports that Mr. Charles Broadway Rouss recently said:
"I will give $1,000,000 to any man
I will walk
will restore to me my eyesight.
out of the store and hand him the keys." The store
Mr.
is a ten story granite building on Broadway.
Rouss' eyes had been failing for some time, and day
by day it was with greater difficulty that he csuld
distinguish objects until his eyes had almost totally
who
Qorjfederate Vetera g.
New
5".
Orleans, March,
1896.
67
by circular
The immediate
was
the ap-
Confederate l/eteran.
that our veterans are a unit in loyal remembrance
of the cause that they upheld and in loving- memory
of their comrades who died in its defense.
To this
The manner
port.
in
As
it
was
grander
in proportion and more impressive in evenrespect than the one at first contemplated.
If contributions continue to be as liberal as they have
been heretofore, the Battle Abbey of the South will
be the most magnificent memorial edifice of the age.
To secure such an institution, all who prize heroic
deeds in the past, and hope for their emulation in
the future, should be glad to contribute. When it
shall have been established, and when it proves to
be a grand beacon light and an impressive object
lesson to all who love liberty and right, the saddest
reflection that could come to a Southerner would be
that he had contributed nothing to its establishment.
The warm competition for the location of the Battle Abbey by so many cities evidences the existence
of a widespread sentiment favorable to the memorial
work in which we are engaged. Although location
will be determined by a Board of Administrators yet
to be appointed
one member from each division of
the United Confederate Veterans our veterans
have declared that they will acquiesce in whatever
decision may be reached.
To their credit be it said
that to secure an object of general desire they will
subordinate all feelings of local preference. There
could be no surer guarantee of success.
The Memorial Committee will report the result
of their labors to the veterans at the Richmond
Reunion.
They are encouraged to hope that
their report will prove satisfactory.
In the mean
time they urgently invoke the active cooperation
and support of all who have at heart the realization
of the hopes of commemorating our glorious past,
in which we have indulged for so many weary years.
Robt. C. Wood,
Fraternally,
solicited.
establishment of
an
institution
wider in
scope,
J-rJiii^W-i^
Photo-engraving of handsome Membership CerOrders must be sent through Chapter PresRemit ten cents for each certificate to Mrs.
idents.
L. H. Raines, 142 Henry Street, Savannah, Ga.
tificate.
was a member
of Harvey's Scouts, Jackson's Division; was captured near Adairsville, Ga., May 18, '64, and sent
to Rock Island, III., where I remained until June,
Would like to see something from some
20, '65.
old Reb who was there.
I was a C. K. 7.
Qogfederate Uecerat).
as
the
leader, on
this
so often
led in battle.
and Sailor's
notwithstanding
his seventj -five years, he marched on loot, side by
side with the commander of John Bowie Strange
Soldier's
1894,
COL.
ANDREW
.1.
QBIGSBYA
fniiliful citizen.
killed at
At
"Second Manassas."
Charlottsville, Va.,
December
2(>th,
1895.
inquiry
70
Confederate Uecerap.
MISSISSIPPI.
negro
1840;
An
now condemned.
It is
historic
A new one
is to
They were
be built.)
Qopfederate
mounted by a
typical
concrete base
20x24
is
Confederate soldier.
It is dedicated
Tht
feet.
MISSISSIPPI.
l/eterar?.
71
J.
The vault, as will be seen in the picture, is octagonal and seven feet in diameter. The feature of
this beautiful monument most interesting and attractive cannot be seen in the above illustration. It
is the life-size statue of Mississippi's most distinguished character in all history. It is of exquisite
workmanship in Italian marble. He stands in oratorial pose, holding a manuscript in his hand, while
books are piled about his feet. The inner part of
the vault is of highly polished marble.
following is copied:
Mr. Cunningham was a boy soldier of
the Forty-first Tennessee Infantry. and with his regiiinent at the surrender of Fort Donelson and exchanged at Vicksburg, in the fall of 1862. His
command was reorgaui/.ed at Shepherd Springs,
near Clinton. It was sent back to Vicksburg in
part of the siege, then sent to l'<rt Hudson where
it remained until
May 1st, 1863. At that time it
was ordered to Jackson, where the nun expected to
remain in camp for some weeks, but the command
visit to that city that the
R.
Burton R. Elliott. Keller, Texas: I was a Confederate soldier and fought under Gen. Price, Tenth
Missouri Infantry.
I was captured atHelena, Ark.,
4th of July, '<>.>, and taken from there to Alton, 111.,
where I stayed eight months. From there I was
taken to Ft. Delaware and remained twelve months,
I knew how the Confederate prisoners were treatThe period of my prison life was the most uned.
endurable part of my army life; we suffered so much.
I would be very glad to hear from any comrades
who knew me there. My barrack was No. 17.
so
Qogfederate
72
ME. LINCOLN
l/cterai).
dent Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington,
D.
C, August
8,
1864.
Mrs.
Helm
guests,
New
his
says
and want
The
who was my
coln,
ver}'
kind indeed to
me
in
Ken-
"It
to
is
my
stances.
"That he did not believe that I had been imprudent is evidenced by the fact that in March, 1865,
under the escort of his son (my nephew), with Mrs.
Bernard Pratt, a relative of General Zachary Taylor,
and General Singleton, of Illinois, I was allowed to
go South on some private business of my own, but
finding it impossible to go further than Richmond,
Va., and being advised by friends, I returned to
Baltimore, where I had only been a short time when
Richmond
fell."
Qopfederate l/eterap.
73
to uncontrollable irrief.
it.
On
mind.
You
"I will
shall have
do what
try to
my answer
in a
is
right.
few days,"
to
the
Kentucky he found
the State in the midst of a patriotic furore of miliHe wrote to Lincoln declining
tary enthusiasm.
the position of paymaster.
i<>r
Captain F. S. Harris read Captain Ridley's letter, and reports remarkable shots from Virginia.
Considering the kind of guns used, these inciWhile there were a few Whitdentsaro wonderful.
worth rifles that passed the blockade at Wilmington, those mostly in use were captured,
sai
ARMV.
FINK SHOTS IN THE VIRGINIA
."
paymaster
ni
Declined."
the United States Army, April 27. 1861.
No more; no
is a record in the War Department.
It
tells the story of honor and emolument
less.
sacrificed on the altar of duty.
By a coincidence,
it was on the very day that Robert E. Lee resigned
his commission in the United States Army, to
throw in his lot with his State, that Helm was tendered the position ol pa master by President Lincoln.
Lincoln and Helm never met again this side oi
Helm plunged into the strife
the "great divide."
with his whole soul.
He organized the First Kentucky Cavalry for the Confederate Armv, reporting
in October, 1861, to Albert Sidney Johnston for
duty.
March 19, 1Si>2. Col. Helm was gazetted Britradier-General, and then he organized the First Kentucky Brigade in the Tennessee Confederate Armv.
Twice, in 1861 and 1862, General Helm thought of
his would-be benefactor, Abraham Lincoln, and
sent the President kindly messages.
And then the end came to the bright chivalrous
soldier's life.
At Chickamauga Helm's Brigade,
composed of the Second, Fourth, Sixth and Ninth
Kentucky and Cobb's Battery, was attached to
Breckin bridge's Division. The Forty-first Alabama
was also added to the brigade
On September 19,
the battle commenced with 150,000 men of arms opj
remember
a shot by a
Enfields.
February number.
Tennessee lieutenant in
lor the
which
have never yet seen equalled.
Soon after Crant's mine exploded near Petersburg in the summer of 1864, an officer in Archer's
Tennessee Brigade observed a party of horsemen
ascend an eminence tar in rear of the ederal lines.
He called Capt.Slade, Chief Engineer of A. P. Hill's
Corps, who was passing at that moment, and asked
L864,
1-
him to calculate the distance. Capt. Slade estimated it to be 2.250 yards, .lust as one of the men,
apparently a general, rode away from the group
and stopped on the highest point, the lieutenant
took a Whitworth rifle belonging to one of the
sharpshooters in that Brigade, trained the gun on
him with globe sight, deliberately aimed and tired.
The officer fell from his horse, and his staff gathTwo more shots were
ered around him quickly.
fired in rapid succession, and three men were carA few days later a Northern
ried from that place.
I
forget the
paper announced that General
name, and several of his staff were killed by Rebel
sharpshooters at long range.
Fran. Bass, of Company I., Seventh Tennessee,
and a sharpshooter lor Archer's Brigade, made a
remarkable shot.
A Federal sharpshooter had
wounded several of our men from an ambuscade.
Bass, with a pair of field glasses, finally located
him in a dense tree, protected by its body. Loading his Enfield carefully, he requested me to go
with him to the left to uncover the Yankee. We
finally, with the aid of glasses, located him about
580 yards off. At the crack of Bass' gun, he fell
from the tree.
Jack Lain, another sharpshooter
for Archer's Brigade, and Fran. Bass both made
wonderful shots on June 2, '<>4, at the second battle
of Cold Harbor, just below Richmond.
Grant kept sliding to his left, but invariably
found Lee between him and Richmond. On that
day Archer's Brigade occupied the extreme left of
the army, with the sharpshooters at right angles
and considerably advanced. Lain and I were behind an impromptu breastwork at an exposed
point.
Only one of the enemy seems to have discovered us, but in a very few minutes his bullets
were scraping the top of our pile of dirt. Lain
held up his hat and Mr. Yank promptly put a bulHis handherchief on a stick caused
let through it.
The enemy evidently knew the
a like result.
strength of our breastworks for he put a ball at
.
74
Confederate
Virginia sand.
That shot made Lain mad and put him to fussing.
Telling me to lie low and amuse Mr. Yank
with the handkerchief act, he crawled on his face
out of range and disappeared.
It was not long before Lain came up smiling.
He had killed him
over a quarter of a mile distant, and was determined
to get his gun and haversack.
We found him behind a pile of corded wood with a bullet through his
head, while a bright new gun and well-filled haversack were lj7 ing beside hiin. Joining Fran. Bass
on our return, we had hardly reached our former
position, when Lain's keen eye discovered a head
just above the same pile of corded wood.
Bass took
the new Enfield and fired at that head. Soon Joe
Hamilton, of Company7 H., Seventh Tennessee, came
to us as "mad as a wet hen."
Said it was his head
we saw. He was looking at us, saw the flash of
Bass' gun and dodged just in time, as the bullet
cut a chip from the stick where his chin rested.
He
had got in there by mistake.
That brave J. P. Hamilton boy is now a college
professor in Tennessee. Poor Bass lost his valuable life a few months later below Petersburg by a
long range shot.
Capt. W. B. Harris, of Eighth Tennessee, informs me that Sam Gordon, of Quarle's Company,
Eighth Tennessee Regiment, could successively hit
the bottom of a pint tin cup 1,000 yards with an
army rifle. Sam now lives at Gainsboro, Tennessee, but his hand is too shaky and his eyes too dim
to do it again.
Hon. Wm. Amison, of the Forty-fourth Tennessee, relates that a young man named Brock, of
Hawkins' sharpshooters, Buckner's Division, was
killed by a Yankee over a mile away.
Brock and
the Yankee, only, were firing just previous to the
battle of Perryville.
Brock finally exposed himself
carelessly and bit the dust.
The battle was just
opening, and soon the death grapple commenced.
Mr. Amison speaks feelingly of Brock's faithful
servant who had "promised ole Marse to fetch that
chile to
loose on them,
which he promptly
did.
A move-
tfeterai).
Howard
At the
Maj.
incidence.
The
officer in
command,
suppose Maj.
Confederate Ueterap.
of Texas.
was given
the past.
Commencement
of
ot
war,
waving
the
hope and
love,
75
And
a sufficient cause.
that it was not. only show their
own ignorance of the history of our country. Without raising the question as to who was right and
who wrong in that struggle, I think our children
should know why their fathers engaged in so great
a war.
During colonial times in this country the political
authorities id' Great Britain, Spain ami France, and
the Dutch merchants planted African slavery in all
At the time of tin
the North American colonies.
declaration of American independence, 177<>, African slavery existed in all of the thirteen colonies.
At the date of the adoption of the Federal Constitution. 17><7, African slavery existed in all of the
The commercial reason for
States except one.
the planting of African slavery in this country was
no doubt stimulated by the hope of ease and gain.
It was at the same time justified by the church on
been engaged
those
in
without
who assume
Confederate
76
United States provided that it should not be prohibited by Congress prior to the year 180S, twenty years
It also proafter the adoption of the Constitution.
vided that slaves escaping- from one State into another should not be discharged from service or labor.
but should be delivered to their owners. There were
differences of opinion as to the rightfulness of slavery among the men who formed the Constitution.
Subsequently, and before 1S61, a number of Northern States, where slave labor was not profitable,
And by degrees a strong
abolished that institution.
l/eterar?.
was threatening
prejudice grew-up against slavery :"first among philanthropists and religionists; and then, in a number
The agiof States, it became a political question.
tation of this question was not at first entirely sectional, but it became so subsequently. Its agitation,
as early as 1820, threatened the perpetuity of the
Confederate Ueterap.
During President Washington's administration.
first under the Constitution, the question as to
whether the Constitution should be strictly con-
77
the
'_
Fnder
by-
They were in part led to this conclusion by the tacts have stated ami because
the people of the Northern States had repudiated the provisions <>t the Constitution, and ol the acts of Congress which
were intended to protect them 111 the enjoyment ol their local, social and domestic institutions, and which were intended
to protect three thousand million dollars
of property in slaves; also that they had
repudiated a decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States which affirmed
the doctrine of the Constitution and laws of Congress
on this subject; that some of the Northern States
had passed laws forbidding their authorities and
people from aiding to execute the provisions of the
Constitution and laws requiring the rendition of fugitive slaves.
These things and others of like character caused
the Southern States to attempt to withdraw from
And the principles I have called to
the Union.
view, and the facts I have referred to, led to the
great war which cost so much blood and treasure.
These principles and events are answers to the new
generation as to why their fathers gave their services, their property, and their lives in that war: why
I
i.
Km; 1.
MOORM
IX,
^kc-l.'ti in
BTKRAN
lor
\m 'ember.)
Qopfederace l/ecerao.
78
tile
popular majority.
Some
Horace Greely,
what he calls the
little
earlier, or
it
might
but sooner
or later it was inevitable." And he spoke the truth.
It is unreasonable to assume that statesmen, philanthropists, citizens in the ordinary peaceful walks of
life, the ministers of religion, and the women of the
country, would needlessly and without provocation
have consented to engage in a war of such magnitude, and that, too, when numbers, the materials of
war, and a powerful organized government, were to
be encountered by people without a general government, without an army, without a navy, and without a treasury. I do not believe that any people in
any age ever entered into a war with higher or
purer or holier purposes; nor do I believe that any
people in the world's history ever displajed more
patriotism or made greater sacrifices, or exhibited
greater endurance and courage than the soldiers and
people of the Confederate States.
You will all understand that in making these
statements I am not doing so to renew the passions
and prejudices of the war, or to question the patriotism of the men who fought for the Union. I doubt
not that their patriotism was as pure and their belief that the}' were in the right was a$ strong as
ours.
lam discussing thei-e things as facts of history, which if not kept in view by our people might
make posterit} question the patriotism and virtue of
the noble men who fought in that war, and of the
pure women who worked and prayed for their suclittle later date,
cess.
And
many
We
of
are
now under
destiny.
many
as told me by Governor Letcher, of Virginia, during the war. He had visited his home at Staunton,
and returning had stopped at the house of an old
friend.
Seeing none but the good lady at home he
inquired for the balance of the family.
Her reply
was that her husband, her husband's father, and her
ten sons were in the same company in the army.
He said to her that having been accustomed to have
a large family around her she must feel very lonely.
^opfederate Ueterap.
of the Union, North and South, will feel a iust
pride in the fact that such men and women and their
descendants form a part of the population of this
great Republic; as we of the South shall feel a iust
pride in being- citizens of a country which produced
a Davis and a Lincoln, a Lee and a Grant, a Stonewall Jackson and a
and their respective
compatriots.
;
With all our pride on account of the qualities exhibited by our people during- the war, perhaps the
most striking- illustration of their capacity for selfgovernment is shown by their conduct since it ended.
Their county desolated by the war; their wealth
and resources exhausted; tens of thousands of their
best men filling- honorable graves on the fields of
battle; their social and domestic institutions destroyed; their local g-overnments annulled under the
policy of reconstruction; denied the blessings of
civil government; the military made paramount to
the civil authorities; the right of the writ of habeas
corpus suspended; arrests without affidavits of guilt
and without warrant; citizens liable to be tried by
drum head military courts; freedmen's bureaus established everywhere, under the control of the military and a set ol lawless camp followers of the army,
stimulating- the negroes to hostility to the whites;
with an alien race made dominant who were unused
to the exercise ot the duties of citizenship, and unqualified for self-government, with no security tor
life, person, or property.
Overwhelmed by all these
calamities, that the people should have been able t"
reorganize society, and to re-establish civil government, revive the ordinary industries of the country;
and, in less than thirty years, reach the condition of
general prosperity which now prevails throughout
the Southern States, furnishes the strongest possible proof of the capacity of our people for the preservation of social order and self-government, and
cannot fail to secure for them the good opinion of
the civilized world.
I wish to say something about reunions, like the
present, of the soldiers of both the Southern and the
Northern armies. Some persons object to them liecause they fear the effect will lie to revive and perpetuate the passions and prejudices of the war.
I
think this is a mistaken view. That they cause a
revival of the memories of the war is true.
But it
does not necessarily follow that such meetings will
revive the passions and prejudices of the war.
Many instances have occurred in both the South and
the North in which the soldiers of the two sides
have met together, and in fraternal kindness recounted the triumphs and gloriesof their respective
armies, those of the one side feeling that those ol
the other were entitled to their respect, and all feeling that they were now fellow citizens and brethren.
That war will go down in history as one of the
great wars of the world.
The officers distinguished
for skill and the soldiers distinguished for courage
rarely equalled in ancient or modern times.
As
long as patriotism and love of country and admiration lor skill and courage survive, the memory of
the achievements on both sides will gratify American pride, and stimulate American patriotism and
valor.
A people
re-
spect.
One
79
"SOUTHERN SOLDIERS."
The Boston Evening
To
that editor:
May you
live
Confederate 1/eterag.
80
Qopfederate
8.
A.
CUNNINGHAM. Editor
ment and that the notice be continued in the Veteran to the time, and he volunteered to "father" it.
l/eterai).
and Prop'r.
S.
W. MEEK.
Publisher.
Oilice:
list
of subscribers to the
and
it is
roll of
memory
and
it
of
for truth,
all
Confederate
sol-
their children
ville
in
Nash-
'Gabriel
The
list
hard for
man
all
of subscriptions of the
ument from
people,
they get,
many
is
of
whom
mentioned in illustration. Albert E. Pardue, at Cheap Hill, on the Cumberland River, was
seen last summer peddling apples around a steam
boat, selling to the deck hands five cents worth, and
so diligent was he that perspiration was dripping
from him. This faithful Confederate Veteran sent
is
pay tribute
to a private soldier
soul;
notes,
once, in a
way
Mr. Joseph
bution is, so
hesitate to
that will
them
W.
far,
make
Allen, of Nashville,
sor-
whose
contri-
who would
not
ten times
Upon
war that
life.
Maj. J. A. Cheatham, Memphis, Tenn., in renewing his subscription, writes: I also send my mite
I can, I hope,
for the Samuel Davis Monument.
Confederate l/eterap.
existence on Capitol Hill in Nashville, near
Andrew
want
T
his
knew Sam
my
were
blood
kin.
Your
where he
lay
My
wounded.
recollection
we reached
is
that
the tent.
MR.
C. B.
You
my
ROUSSTO
will excuse
me when
MRS.
J. C.
BROWN.
John
Ogden
Colleg-e,
Division.
company."
grandmother
ters
81
by the VETERAN.
February
Norman V, Randolph.
Rich-
,i
Hon.
J. II.
bv
'vol.
A.
I'.
Qopfederate Vetera^.
82
#.<
But
alas! alas!
CAPT.
HAMPTON
J.
CHENEY.
In the summer of 1861 the Second Tennessee Regiment, commanded by the gallant Col. W. B. Bate,
was encamped near Stafford. Court House, Va., for
the purpose of supporting the batteries planted at
Evansport, and to prevent the enemy from landing
at the mouth of Acquia Creek, which was the terminus of the railroad leading from Richmond.
In recalling this famous old regiment as it
then appeared, I think it was the finest body of men
the eye ever rested upon. Most of them were young
men who left their homes actuated by but one impulse, to repel the invader from their soil and to
protect their homes and loved ones from violence, or
All were from the blue grass
die in the attempt.
section of the State and had the blood of heroes in
their veins.
Qoijfederate Veteran.
a Yankee rode through our picket into our quarters?"
"Yes, sir," I said, "I saw him and am after
him now." "And do you know the enemy is reported landing at Acquia Creek?" "Yes, sir, so I
am told; and we will whip them too."
The next morning' the Colonel sent for me and
said: "You were absent from your post last night
and Officer of the D.iy, too. You trv that again and
Your Lieut. Col.
I will have you court-martialed.
being with you is all that saves you now."
I was thankful to escape as well as I did, and
-
am
made
think
this
You know it is
I might be court-martialed yet.
said General Jackson, after the battle of New Orleans and the war was over, had several soldiers
court-martialed and shot.
May God
They
Remarkable
record.
83
wound.
o'clock
heard a
But such mysteries occur in all wars. My grandfather served three years in the Revolutionary war
without a scratch; his son died en route to help Jackson at Xew Orleans.
Will Landers seemed to have
a charmed life, while his father went down at the
first chance.
Co-operative efforts are being made to yet rid of
The G. E.
the Barnes' School History in Virginia.
Pickett, the R. P.. Lee and the John Bowie-Strange
Camps have taken active measures 1he latter takThe committee on history of the
ing the lead.
Grand Camp
Confederate Ueterao.
84
is
He commanded
Mississippi,
not invincible.
Arkansas Post,
The fort mounted eleven guns and was a bastidned work, 100 yards external sides, with a deep
ditch fifteen feet wide and a parapet eighteen feet
high. The enemy had three ironclads, eight gunboats and one ironclad ram under Admiral Porter.
Gens. McClernand and Sherman commanded a land
force to aid in the attack.
The next morning after
the attack, with his guns all silenced, the flagstaff
shot away, Dunnington awaited the enemy with
450 muskets, and as they approached, arose from
concealment at twenty yards distance, fired and drove
them back. The land forces of the Confederates at
Some one hoisted
this point raised the white flag.
He ordered it down and
it on Dunningtonls fort.
continued the fight; and, said Admiral Wilkes,
U. S. N., in his official report: "Even when he
(Dunnington) was told that their army had surrendered, he ordered it (the white flag) down from
his flagstaff and renewed the fight, and declared he
would not strike his colors." Admiral Porter reports:
"No fort ever received a worse battering,
and I know of no instance on record where every
'63.
"Two Years
on the Alabama.1
'
gun
THE HOLD
DunningColumbia.
the Chicago
emblem
rolls
on
fell.
to the sea,
(Repeat.)
Now,
The
But
While hearts of the Confederates are broken, but not dead.
(Chorus.)
Qopfederate
L861 to 1865.
l/eterar?.
85
This sketch
is
who was A.
Their principal chief was John Ross, a man of liberal education, crafty and unreliable.
To secure
pea< e and quiet propositions, from the United States
had been made to purchase their lands east of the
Mississippi River and set apart to them a reservaThese propotion west of the State of Arkansas.
sitions were bitterly opposed by Mr. Ross and his
party, numerically the strongest, but composed prinpally of uncivilized and ignorant full bloods.
On the other hand, Major Ridge, founder of the
party subsequently named after him and composed
of intelligent half breeds and slave owners, among
whom was Elias BoudinOt, one of the ablest and
most cultured of his people, saw that eventually his
people would have to sell or be driven off, and with
his followers concluded a Treaty with the United
States, disposing of all their lands east, and airreea reservation west of the Mississippi.
iii!,r to take
ratified by the United States Senand the removal of the Cherokees began in
Previous to this, however, a small body of
1828.
Cherokees, afterwards known as Old Settlers, had
removed and settled in western Arkansas.
John Ross, st'll the principal chief, now began
oppressing the Ridge party, and had their principal men, such as the Ridges, Boudinot, Jim Starr,
Stand Watie,
the Ad.iirs and others murdered.
now the leader of the Ridge party, had attempts
made upon him, but they all failed. The last attempt was made by a noted bully named Foreman,
who was himself laid out by Watie.
In 1860 there were unusual local disturbances.
A
ate,
else that
possessed.
Gen. Albert Pike came as Commissioner from the Confederate States Government authorized to make treaties with the Southern Indians.
At first Chief K<>ss refused and insisted on
his nation remaining neutral, and would not allow
enlistment of Cherokee troops into the Confederate
service.
Stand Watie had. however, in a quiet way
enlisted a regiment in readiness to join the Confederates.
John Ros-- was evidently holding oil for
further development.
This was before the battle
of Springfield, on Wilson's Creek, as the Yankees
Success crowning our arms there, Ross
called it.
hastened to treat with Gen. Pike and agreed to put
in the Confederate service a regiment to be armed
and equipped by the Confederacy, and he did so.
In making that treaty he would allow none of the
leaders of the Ridge partv to take part in it.
In
May,
Previous
1861,
to this
Capt. John Miller and myself to raise an independent company to serve for three months.
We were
known as the Dixie Rangers and we were to occupy
the neutral land in part of the Territory and SouthIn that company served the afterern Kansas.
wards noted William Ouantrell, about whom I will,
at some future time, take occasion to say something, to correct stories abou this death, etc.
I will
only say here that, when you knew Ouantrell, you
knew a kind-hearted man, an intrepid soldier and
a gentleman of whose friendship I was, and am,
proud.
field
as
at other
of the war they never ceased to regretthe separation from them of the Third Louisiana.
number
of Missourians
came
to us
and took
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86
asaw Battalion.
The Third Brigade consisted of First Creek Regiment, Col. D. N. Mcintosh, and the Second Creek,
Col. Chilly Mcintosh, and the Seminole Regiment.
Col. John Juniper, and commanded by Brig. -Gen.
Sam
Checoti.
In the summer of 1S62, I was sent out West to enthe Confederacy, and succeeded in raising
one battalion of Osages, Major Broke Arm, one
large company of Caddoes and Arnipahoes, Capt.
list for
we saw no
in
Gen. S. B. Maxey now took command of the Department. He was the Indians' idol. His free and
easy manner suited them exactly; besides, he was a
fighter and kept us moving.
When Red River
Banks started on his expedition, which terminated
at Mansfield, Federal Gen. Steele was to move out
from Little Rock, and Gen Thayer from Fort Smith,
to join Banks in Texas.
The greater part of our
Indians were waiting for Thayer to come out from
Fort Smith, but he concluded best not to show himself and he acted wisely, for our boys were spoiling
Part of the Indians commanded by
for a fight.
Gen. Maxey met Steele at Poison Springs, captured
his train, and sent two Negro regiments to the
happy hunting grounds. We followed Steele on
his retreat to Saline River, where we fought in mud
and water, belly deep to our horses, and felt very
much relieved when Parsons' Brigade of Missourians, who had force-marched it from Mansfield,
came up in double quick, and one of them called
out: "Stand aside, you critter companies, and let us
Well, we critter companies stood aside,
at them."
and Parsons' men went at them sure enough.
I must pass over numerous small engagements we
had with the Northern Indians. They gave us the
most trouble. Had we not had them to fight, we
would have had a comparatively easy time of it.
But the}' knew the country as well as we did and
took advantage of that knowledge. Their losses,
however exceeded ours.
Confederate l/eterao.
Among- our captures from the enemy,
will
men-
87
tion
tion.
The last winter of the war, Gen. Maxey was ordered to Texas, Gen. Cooper took command of the
Indian Department, and Gen. Watie <>f the Indian
Division.
This was the first time that we saw some
rest for a little over a month, when we had gone
into winter quarters near Red River in Choctaw
Nation.
About a year previous to this, messengers had
been sent to the Western ami Northwestern Indians
The obto meet us in Council at Walnut Springs.
ject of this council was, first, to make peace between
the different tribes.
The next programme was for
these tribes, thus united, to invade Kansas from the
north and west, whilst we would meet them from
the south, and leave but a greasy spot of Kansas.
We had, during that winter, prepared a number ol
packsaddles, as we would not be incumbered with a
Unfortunately, den. Lee's surrender took
train.
place but a short time before the meeting of this
Council.
Hence, we thought best to confine the proceedings to peace-making between the Indians, and
I have heard of no war between them from then until now.
Tribes from Idaho, Dakota and Montana
were present. It was, perhaps, the largest Indian
Council that ever met.
The disbanding of the Indian troops took place in
April, 1865.
The Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks
and Seminoles returned to their respective bonus,
which had not been desolated. With the Southern
Cherokees it was different. Their houses bad been
burned, their stock stolen and driven into Kansas.
Many of them who, at the outbreak of the war,
counted their stock of horses and cattle bvthe thousands, could barely raise a pony to go home on.
Their country was now in possession of the Federals
and Pins, and they were therefore compelled to remain as refuges in the Choctaw Nation and keep
up a quasi military organization until after the
meeting of the United States Commissioners and
Southern Tribes of Indians at Fort Smith, in June,
1865, when peace was declared.
I have thus endeavored to give a mere outline of
the campaign in the Indian Territory.
But I cannot conclude this hasty and incomplete sketch without words of praise to our Indian allies, especially
the Cherokees, under their able leader, Stand Watie,
and our Seminoles, under that good man and strict
disciplinarian, Col.
John Juniper.
rest,
stantly
saw
would have
killed
me
at the time.
in existence."
"one Dr. Boyd, who was surgeon for the Fortyeighth Tennessee. I do not remember his given
name. lie cut live and a half ounces of lead out of
my shoulder at Kingston, Ky. I was wounded at
Richmond, Ky.. while in Col. Nixon's command.
Was in Forty-first Tennessee until the fall of Donelson, after which I went into Col. Hill's Regiment."
of
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88
Memphis, who
is
patriotic,
who
is aesthetic,
who
is
sagacious enough to promote the public and his individual interest by the generous espousal of an enterprise that will confer alike a great commercial
We
We
Those charming
girls and
and presented them with
admonitions 'they must never go down in dishonor.'
"After four years of war which shocked this
country and paralyzed the interest of Europe, they
were forced to lay down their guns, and furl their
iheir
mammas made
flags
ed in imperishable memorials.
"We owe
it
to the
men who
^or?j"ederate ueterai?.
little
89
command,
is a
what
tell
is.
Confederate l/eterao.
90
anywhere
else in creation.
LOUISIANIANS AT APPOMATTOX.
Comrade Doctor J. C. Loftin sends an old dingy
Veteran, copy of which will be read
with interest and pride by survivors and the famiprint to the
those who
The Louisiana
lies of
when
for the gallantry displayed under such adverse circumstances. After that last heroic effort to stem
the tide of Grant's swarming legions, the curtain
falls over the small but heroic band, as the following address to the Louisiana troops will show:
It is dated at "Head-Ouarters Evans' Division,
Appomattox Court House, April 11th, A. D. 1865,"
and addressed to Col. Eugene Waggoman, Commanding Hays' and Stafford's Brigades:
The sad hour has arrived when we who served in
the Confederate Army so long together must part,
But the saddest circumstances
at least for a time.
connected with the separation are that it occurs under heavy disaster to our beloved cause. But to
you, Colonel, and to our brother officers and brother
soldiers of Hays' and Stafford's Brigades, I claim to
say that you can carry with you the proud conscience
that in the estimation of your commander* you
have done your duty. Tell Louisiana, when you
each her shores, that her sons in the Army of
Northern Virginia have made her illustrious upon
every battle ground, from first Manassas to the
last desperate blow struck by your command on the
Appomattox, and
hill of
first,
tell
following
is
last
number
of
What an
or,
rather,
members
may
find the
We rested in the laurel thicket several days, during which the recruiting officers, who left us at
Dumfries, rejoined the brigade, bringing batches of
raw recruits and many letters from home folks.
When the order came to march it was raining heavily and continued to rain until midnight.
Troops
were passing by for six or eight hours before we
moved, and we were beginning to fear that Gen.
Johnston proposed to make us a rear guard again.
It was a great relief, therefore, to be marched a half
mile further from the enemy and left standing in
mud and water two full hours. Then we began a
system of alternate marching and standing still until past midnight.
By this time order and discipline were at an end.
No one could tell who was
next to him, the different commands having become
inextricably intermixed in the darkness, rain and
mud. Officers on horseback rode back and forth
along the road, begging, praying and ordering the
men to go forward as fast as possible and get across
the Chickahominy Bridge. "If that's all you want
me to do," thought I, "it shall be done," and, accordingly, I resolved myself into an independent
command and set out for the bridge.
Near the bridge, and stretching from one side to
the other of the road, was a terrible mudhole.
Some provident fellow had hung a lantern near it,
that disclosed not only its length and breadth, but
a narrow way around it, and that way was being
ing followed by the soldiers. Gen. Whiting and I
reached the loblolly about the same time, but I was
much the wiser man of the two. I followed the
current, he endeavored to change it.
"Go right
through that place, men," he commanded. "It
isn't deep." One of the soldiers, marching in single
file around, said in the sarcastic tone so easily
adopted in darkness and confusion:
"You go
Qopfederate Veterat).
Mr. Man,
through
it
deep."
yourself,
sir,
d
in
place,
a
"(let across
bridge,
was
lew minutes
at once,
Obeying
who
stood there.
is
being said
in
little
will he the sweetest music on earth to me.
I
was foolish enough to nurse a few
dreams of military glory and distinction, but hard
rubs against the realities of soldiering have reduced
every dream into the thinnest and most unsubstanIf permitted, I shall henceforth
tial nothingness.
and forever more be content with such victories as
are to be won in time of peace.
while back
91
numerous to mention. The boys trudged on, however, seemingly unmoved by the eloquence and ardor
of this fair Amazon.
Presently she sailed in again
with "Turn back, men! turn back '.and fight the Yankees as our forefathers fought the "red coats" along
lure!
If your Captain won't lead you, 1 will be
your Captain!"
Just at this juncture the command ran down along
the lines: "About lace and double quick!" Then
arose the Rebel yell at the prospect of another tussle
with the "blue boys." The fair heroine, all ablaze
with excitement, rushed out of the gate to the head
of the charging column, fully convinced that it was
he,- patriotic appeal that had turned the tide backward in defense of her home. But all the ardor
and enthusiasm was taken out of this Joan of Arc
when one of the boys exclaimed "Oh no. sis, don't
goyou might tear your dress!''
We left her standing mute and motionless, while
the boys raised a yell in honor of "the girl we left
behind us." She must have gray in her hair now.
Who she
if she is still on this side of the River.
was 1 never knew but here's to that dear woman in
the "olden time and golden!"
In a personal note Comrade C. refers to J. B. Pollev, and adds: Policy, ex-Gov. Sul. Ross. Fdrington,
S. Ki nnedy, of this place, and I were all at FlorThis
ence, Ala., together at school before the war.
joke is true to the letter and witnessed by myself,
While we did not gel into the fight, we wereordered
back in the way I state, and the i^irl really thought
she did it.
>.
<
C. C.
J.
B.
Yorktown in May '62, and is reminded of the following as occurring at the historic old town of Williamsburg on this retreat:
As the Regiment of
w.is slowly defiling
the boom of cannon
the writer
17th Mississippi
hair,"
CONFEDERATE VETERAN.
Qopfederate l/etera^.
92
HONOR SAMUEL
DAVIS'
MEMORY.
The
Davis
list oi'
Monument Fund,
children "to be good," but never hesitating he stood firm unto his death.
payable
in
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Hall, L. B., Dixon, Ky
Hanrick, E. Y., Waco, Tex
Hardlson, W. T., Nashville
Harmsen, Barney, El Paso, Tex
Harper, J. R., Rosston, Tex
Harris, Maj. R. H., Warrington, Fla.
Harris, J. A., Purdon, Tex
Harrison, W. W., Trenton, Tenn
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*
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may dull the keen sharpedgeof anguish.
our
idol
all.
It is well
empty world
I"
arti-
St.'ites,
Texas
and
west
Cunningham
to Mr
his son.
whose application was considered with worthy and active competiThe junior Cunningham has had
remarkable success as an engineer.
Beginning for the Government with a
survey of the Tennessee River, from
the mouth of the French Broad to Chattanooga, he so made favor that he was
given a good position by the Internators.
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Van
93
Hugh
Wilson Ear
Urum Company,
at
Louis-
ville, Ky.:
Several years ago I had
trouble with my hearing and went nn
der treatment of a specialist who gave
me Some relief at the time, but since
then I have been growing worse.
ried
the Auraphone, but it gave me no relief whatever, and I thought I would
never try such a thing as an Ear Drum
again, but on seeing a cut of your "Common Sense Ear Drum," last July I sent
for a pair, as my hearing was getting so
"very much worse. And now. after a good
will say they certainly are what
trial,
deaf people need. and. then, they are
invisible, so that there is no embarrassment in connection with wearing them.
I
my
afflicted.
Be-
tonal
Boundary Commission
in itsgreat
He
that
parsurveys. The Govthe Rio Grande are
Assistant Engineer.
In connection with that important
is
Qor?federate tfeterap.
94
The Veteran gives herewith a representation of the two sides of the Centennial Chimes Souvenirs which have
been provided by the Children's Centennial Chimes Committee to be sold
as a memento of the centenary of Tennessee and for the benefit of the fund to
purchase the musical chimes. The plan
Boyd recently
visited Nashville,
illus-
REV. GEO.
N.
CLAMPIT F
at that place, ''an honest, upright citizen," who wasof Company D. 41st Mississippi.
&'
>*&
N>-
Don't
fail
The
purpose of adding to the fund. The
souvenirs are beautiful they are pendant from bar-pins, and can be worn as
an ornament or kept in the neat boxes
which go with them as relics of the Cen-
The
The
is
test.
What's the root,
the record of these sarsaparillas ? The
one with the deepest root is Ayer's.
The one with the richest
fruit
that, too, is Ayer's.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla has a record of
half a century of cures
a record of many medals and awards
culminating in the medal of the Chicago World's Fair, which,
admitting Ayer's Sarsaparilla as the best
shut its doors against
the rest.
That was greater honor than the medal, to be the only
Sarsaparilla admitted as an exhibit at the World's Fair.
If you
want to get the best sarsaparilla of your druggist, here's an
;
infallible rule:
for Ayer's
Ask
Ask
best.
suggestions.
Confederate Veteran.
95
FLOWER
MONTEAGLE
...
SEEDS.
Pansv
40 kinds
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The
less.
"civil war'' w ;i* too long ago to be called the "late"' war and when
correspondents use that term the word "great" (war) will lie substituted.
The
Response to request for hack numbers of the Vetkk an has been so liberal, notice is now made that no
more copies are wanted, except those numbers to
August '93, of which hut few copies have been received and for which there is greatest demand.
Requests have been made so frequently for copies
now in vogue by the officials oi
the United Confederate Veterans, that its lull text
may lie expected in the May number.
The Florida account of the United Confederate
Veterans' reunion and the Confederate Monument
to lie erected as a gift from Comrade C. C. Hemming, of Gainesville, Texas, is again deferred
through unexpected delaj of correspondence, and
because Mr. Hemming; is changing- his plan ahout it.
Much is being said by comrades in different sections
in behalf of a general election day in all Confederate
Camps. Let this lie discussed and mavhe some plan
will be promulgated at Richmond.
It suggests a
pleasant idea that perhaps one thousand Confederate organizations have a g-eneral election day,
of the Constitution
to
will
designate
it
as at Jackson, in
March VETERAN.
now
in the
The
work
its
printing of
first
He
It was in war times.
Carolinas and Virginia.
and
the
his
hat.
on
had metal letters. "Tenn.,"
gr< etings in nearly every section created a pride in
his native
State.
The VETERAN
is
making
at
VETERAN.
test of
friendship for
it
ing the entire South lor its territory, and that although published in Nashville, it hardly belongs to
Tennessee more than to Texas. Missouri, MaryVirginia, the Carolinas, Louisiana, or any
It represents to them that
other Southern State.
ditor is frequently called to reunions without
having- time to arrange for transportation, and asks
land.
mond on
this
monument
in Rich-
Confederate l/eterap.
100
Sun
No
The Veteran
The Rebel
Yell
is
you see
only like
it
in the Sun,
it's
to a state-
came to my eyes. It made me so homehad an irresistible impulse to say to the Deutschers around me, "They are from my home."
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot' and "Steal Away"
never sounded half so sweet at home as they did in
the tears
sick
COL.
JOHN W. "DUNNINGTON.
who
When
them
March
in
84,
Veteran, there were
some errors. Col. J.
W. Dunnington was
page
10,
1849,
commission
received
as Past Midshipman,
Jan. 12, 1855, commission as Master, Sept.
1855, and commission
as Lieutenant in 1850.
Semmes at Greensboro, N. C,
1865.
Emma
Mrs.
Capt. Jeff St. John's Company.
Schiller has never learned the fate of her brother.
joining
Confederate 1/eteraD.
STILL
FLAG."
N. V. Randolph, of the R. E. Lee Camp, Richmond, Va. gives some reminiscences of experience
with the Philadelphia Brigade. That brigade had
extended some courtesies to the Virginians at Gettysburg and an invitation was extended the Penn,
101
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He says:
sylvanians to come to Richm >nd.
When the arrangements were all made for their
parade from the Capitol Square to Hollywood, the
Philadelphia Brigade refused to march in line with
Lee Camp's flag-, and gave as a reason that the
United States tlag that they bad was borrowed, and
the party lending stipulated that it should not
march inline with a REBEL FLAG (it appears
that the Philadelphia Brigade did not own a Bag,
After more than an
therefore, borrowed one).
hour's delay and considerable bad feeling, they sent
their Bag back to the Exchange Hotel and borrowed
United States Bag in Richmond. They did, however, march with the Lee ramp Bag, and. if my
memory serves me right, also with the old colors of
When they returned to
the Seventeenth Virginia.
Philadelphia the accounts given of this episode in
the Pennsylvania papers were simply outrage us.
The hospitality extended them was not appreciated,
and one paper that I saw gave as a reason that the
"unreconstructed Rebels hated the Union uniform,
and had never become reconciled with the boys in
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The paper of Hon. Andrew J. Baker, Land Commissioner of Texas, in regard to certain commands
at Gettysburg, has a ma]' page
too much reduced
to
be of any service.
given
much
This
patriotic
comrade has
Vet-
The
Confederate
102
GEN.
AND
MRS.
BRAXTON BRAGG.
l/eterai?.
have a
visit
ing.
The Veteran
did dot
neglected not to say ignored, although representing one of the noblest families in the South, and
for whose husband the government had consecrated
a monument, although he gave his life for the
Confederacy, greater diligence for the recognition
of our women in the war was resolved upon.
The
is by Mrs. Emily
GEN.
BRAXTON BRAGG.
Confederate l/eterao.
was her patrimony, but she was "not regarded as
his legal heir!"
She said to me:
"I remained on the plantation until a few hours
before the enemy came, leaving- about 120 or 130
negroes on the place. The officer said he could not
restrain his men, but at all events the house was pillaged and everything broken up, even the feather
beds cut open and carpets torn from the floors
and every animal that was not killed was carried
away. After a few days I returned to the scene of
desolation and asked the officer why he had not
burned the house, and he replied that he had saved
it to shelter the poor oppressed negroes in my serThere was nothing' to be done, so I joined
vice.
Gen. Bragg a few days before the battle of Murfreesboro.
I had not then seen him for a year and
a half (while he was at Pensacola I had paid him a
visit).
I was taken
ill with typhoid fever after
this, and my life was despaired of at Tullahoma,
where I was carried. Gen. Btagg returned to New
Orleans afterj the surrender and died, as has been
stated, in Galveston, Texas."
103
of
a brother.
<;en.
It is fitting in
reports belonging to
his department,
and
there certainly ought to be provided means to enable him to put them in proper condition to be preserved in the South's Battle Abbey, that certainly
will be erected at
should look
to this
I'TKKS
FROM
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M.'l.
Warm
LISE
B.
BB
IlGG
Confederate
104
Rest assured. Doctor, that one of the most pleasant associations of my official life has been with
you and your corps of able assistants, and that it
"will be my pleasure and my duty to bear that testimony. In this connection I enclose you a short exIt expresses
tract from my report of Chickamauga.
in but feeble terms my appreciation of your services.
May you ere long- enjoy the plaudits of the country, and continue to reap the reward of faithful
stewards. I am very respectfully and truly yours,
To Surg.
S.
Braxton Bragg.
H. Stout, Med. Direct, of Hospitals,
Atlanta, Ga.
The "extract" mentioned is as follows:
"The medical officers both in the field and in the
hospitals, earned the lasting- gratitude of the solThe
dier, and deserve the highest commendation.
great number of wounded thrown on their hands
taxed every energy and every faculty, with means
greatly inadequate, especially in transportation,
they soon reduced confusion into order, and by assiduity and skill, afforded to the sufferers that temporal relief for which they might look in vain to
any other source."
Dear Doctor:
Army
Braxton Bragg,
Prest. So. Hist. Society.
It
l/eterai}.
In the old army
company and made a rethe quartermaster and he was himself
he was
in
command
funny story:
of his
quisition of
that official also. As quartermaster he declined to
fill the requisition, and in his dilemma he referred
the whole matter to the commanding officer, who
exclaimed, "My God Bragg, you have quarrelled
with every officer in the army, and now you are
quarelling with yourself!"
his
his
ar-
the
hu-
miliating to his proud, patriotic spirit, but he continued to render efficient service to the cause of the
South to the end. One of the most brilliant affairs
of the war was accomplished by him at Kingston.
N. C, but a short time before the surrender, and
when the Confederacy was staggering to its fall.
With a small force he attacked a superior number
of the enemy under Gen. Cox and driving them
about three "miles, captured 1,500 prisoners and
three field pieces.
Had the South succeeded, no name would have
stood higher on the roll of honor and none would
our people have taken more hearty pleasure in honThe cause is lost and the questions origioring.
nating it are forever settled. Still there are sweet
and living memories arising from its dust that will
forever embalm in sacred remembrance the names
of those who shared with us our triumphs and deAnd to no name
feats, our sorrows and privations.
will memory oftener recur with patriotic pride and
true Southern devotion, than Gen. Braxton Bragg.
'
Confederate
THE DAUGHTERS
The Daughters
SAVANNAH,
IN
GA.
l/eterar?
105
to
them,
Veteran.
instrumental
little
Me."
Father Ryan's "In Memoriam," by Miss Laura
Baker, was so much appreciated that she was called
Miss Georgia Howard
to the stage a second time.
and Mr. James Beal sang Schubert's Serenade.
In behalf of the Daughters of the Confederacy,
Hon. Pope Barrow presented to the Confederate
Veteran Association a handsome steel engraving
of Gens. Lee, Jackson and Johnston.
"I have the honor now to present you the picture
Lee, Johnston and
of three of your comrades
Jackson.
Lee, the peerless soldier and incomparable man; Jack-sou. the enthusiastic warrior, with
whom military affairs were an instinct, and Johnston, the Fabius of the Confederacy.
"It is yours; a gift of the Daughters of the Confederacy.
May the day never come when a loyal
citizen of the South, man, woman or child, shall
look on those faces without a feeling ol veneration."
"The Confederate Veterans Association will cherish and prize this picture not simply be< ause it repise
\i
-\\ \s\\ll.
their guests.
At
Confederacy eld
the following officers for
the ensuing year: President. Mrs. L. H. Raines;
the
Vice-President, Mrs. II
Dreese; Secretary, Mrs.
Horace Crane: Treasurer,
Miss Anna Harmon.
Mrs. Raines and Mis>
S.
Harmon were
re-elected,
when he was
presi-
\M-lll P
SAVANNAH, 8A
ber 9th.
Confederate l/eterap.
106
B. L. Ridley,
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
what they knew to be right, and the uncomplaining fortitude with which they accepted defeat and
all its adverse consequences."
To show the blood
that was in them, from wealth they met the conditions that confronted them and submitted to sacrifices cheerfully, going to the wash tub, the spindle
and the loom to support the widowed mothers and
crippled fathers and kindred, until our Southland
blossoms with a heroine in nearly every home.
I have read of the heroines in Napoleon's Court,
"Families of Cleopatra's enchantresses who charm
posterity, who had but to smile at history to obtain
in
The battle of
Nashville gave
us a heroine
whose name
General
placed
roll
of
"Miss
Hood
on the
honor,
Mary
see,
horsemanship as a Cossack,
in men's clothes and
handled a gun with the skill of
a cracksman. She bore the
name of "Sue Munday," had miss emma Sanson.
many encounters and her career was exceedingly
dressed
romantic.
old scouts in the West
renumber two other herJoines through whose aid we
Hwere ofien saved from attack
?and told when and where to
strike.
Miss Kate Patterson,
The
will
Bradford," now
Mrs. John Johns.
When
Thomas'
Army was pour-
two
into us and
Hood's Army
was
in
full
re-
she rushed
out in the thickest of the stormcloud and begged the soldiers
treat,
factions,
so
nearly divided in
her section, that
history has not yet
given her name
merited fame. I
got her record from
the Rev. J. H.
Nichols, who lived
in her section of
Putnam C o u nty,
three miles from
Cookeville,
Her
Tenn.
name was
ter,
Harris.
Her
fath-
Larkin Gunter,
was a Southern
man, and some
er,
MRS. MARINA
GUNTER HARRIS
Confederate
bushwhackers, claiming- to belong- to the Federal
One nig-ht three of
resolved to kill him.
them, Maxwell, Miller and Patton, visited his home
and told him, in the presence of his family, that his
time had come to die. They took him out from the
house and in a short time this maiden of seventeen
heard the licks and her old father's groans, when
she rushed to the wood- pile, got an axe and hurriedly approached the scene.
The night was dark
and drizzly, and the men were standing- by a log-,
on which they had placed her father and he was
pleading for his life. She killed two with the axe
and broke the third one's arm. He got away at
lightning speed, but afterwards died from the
wound. She lifted up her father and helped him
home. Soon she sought and obtained protection
from the Federal General at Nashville. She said
afterwards, that upon hearing her father's groans
she grew frantic and does not know, to this good
day, how she managed it, nor did she know anything until she had cleaned out the platter. This
is the greatest achievement of female heroism of its
kind that has ever been recorded, and places Miss
Gunter on the pinnacle of glory that belongs not
alone to patriotism, but to the grandeur of filial
affection "the tie that stretches from the cradle to
the grave, spans the Heavens and is riveted through
eternity to the throne of God on high."
They talk about Sheri-
Army,
l/eterar;
107
di-
some
and rock
fences.
There was
equestrienne in the valley of the
she was of magnificent physique.
rail
no more superb
Tennessee and
She had a thor-
The young
to her bidding.
lady started, leaping the fences like a reindeer, and
came out on the pike just in front of the troopers,
four miles from home.
They took after her, but
her foaming steed was so fleet of foot, that she got
away from them in the twinkling- of an eye, and
saved her friends from capture.
a lady
Antoinette
Wayne Van
grandfather,
who was
nephew
of
Major
leneral
recollect
Arkansas regiment.
Confederate 1/eteraQ
108
.^i'^i^y^
ed her horse, followed on behind them to the tollgate, two miles awajr and learned that they had re.
blessed
SH-UHOO.H I* MEMPHIS.
DEFKKKNCE OF SOLDIERS
TO.I.IEUT. .BUFO
a little girl of fourteen, directed us to Bradley Island for safety a place of some sixty acres in cultivation, but on the river side it was encircled by a
sandbar, with drift wood lodged on an occasional
stubby sycamore. This sweet, animated little girl
brought us a "square" meal, and watched for our
Thinking it
safety like a hawk during the day.
was a foraging expedition, and that they were
gone, we ventured to leave late in the afternoon,
but ran into them and a running fire ensued. After
eluding pursuit, we concluded to go back. In a
short time a company of Federals appeared on the
left
island, evidently having tracked our horses.
the horses behind the driftwood, without hitching,
and took shelter under a big fallen tree. The
could
troopers were in ten steps of us at times.
hear them distinctly, and one fellow said: "If we
catch 'em boys, this is a good place to hang 'em."
Another said, "Let's go down in the driftwood on
the sandbar, and bag 'em." Hearts thumped and
One
legs trembled! We thought we were gone.
of our squad said, "Let's give up," but the rest of
frightened
us were too badly scared to reply.
rabbit stopped near us, panting, watching and
We
We
other callings. From authoresses to cooks they attest a courage and praiseworthiness that exceeds
bellicose valor.
To the old stranded Southern craft
they have been mariners that make the world pause
to see us moving again amid the councils of our
common country, resuscitated, regenerated and disenthralled.
Posterity will do them justice, historians, poets and dramatists will chronicle their
praises.
Charlotte Corday's epitaph was "Greater
than Brutus," but that of the Southern women will
be, "Greater than Jackson, the Johnstons or Lee,
greater than Jefferson Davis, greater than any other
heroines of time."
To impress more forcibly my idea of our women,
I have a friend who has risen as a poet
Albert
Sidney Morton, St. Paul, Minnesota, who has written, to go with this tribute, a poem on "The Women
of the South."
It is beautiful, thrilling and true.
I give it through the Veteran to the public, to be
handed down
to posterity.
St.
Paul, Minn.
Moved
A theme
To
When
Or Northern prison
won
Confederate
And thousands
in a bloody grave
Did true devotion seal
But brightest star upon our shield,
Undimmed without a stain.
Is she who still refused to yieH
Refused, alas, in vain
THE WOMAN
>F
THE SOUTH.
ti
Think
of Thei mop]
three hundred Soul hern swords.
While the]
hi 3 had but three."
You have
rembling fears.
hen wepl and prayed
Who nursed our wounds with tender care,
\ ml then, when all was lost,
Who lifted us from our despair
\nd counted not lie cost ?
silencing heir
Watched, cheered,
'.'
Like
a in
lie
idem Joan
foemen
of Arc.
'
109
We
The
l/eterar).
WoM
A.
Morton,
S.
And
has just
published a novel
entitled,
In vain
is
Morton
"Beyond
the
Paleocrystic
Sea." a legfend,
beautifully told, of
a land b e y o a d
" Greenland's lev-
God
LTiuit in
future battles
Mountains. "
It is
well planned,
unique in
its pre-
sentation and an
entertaining' book.
Mm
The following lines were penned by John Ulendenning and copied from the New York Dramatic
Journal.
While highlj complimentary, and deservedly so, to the fair lady named, they should not
appear in the Veteran without an explanatory note.
The event occurred during the "stampede" of
MRS,
in-
PRICE CATO.
Iss
ROBBIE w
<"
IDBUFF.
Confederate
110
l/eterai>
the
-MISS
JANE TlloM A
now
is,
little tot
four
ears
During- nearly
She, the
old born
all
of
fifth
Sept.
2,
her eventful
Nashville
was a
child,
1800.
life
she has
and nearly
kissed
own
all
Lafayette,
and
She
as her
brother.
Away
from Russellville, Ky. "Miss Jane," as she is familiarly called, has given reminiscences of war
times from which extracts are made:
After the battle of Manassas I visited the hospitals in Virginia, stopping first at Lynchburg and
then at Charlottesville. I then went to Staunton,
to Bath Alum and thence to Warm Springs.
Dr.
William Bass went to Virginia with me.
I remained at Warm Springs two months.
General Lee was camped on Gauley River near Cheat
Mountain and Rosecrans was fortifying on the other
side.
Cheat Mountain was forty miles from Warm
Springs and the sick soldiers were sent there in
wagons. One day there ^ere three wagons full of
La
No
one
entitled to
membership unless
daugh-
ter of a
women
is
in
will
be'
sent to
We
of
Prof.
J.
lege, in East
i
\\
is
The Chri
\x
is
ia.
The Confed-
is
Ml"
ES M.I
l.K
01
KM AN,
11
esburg, Miss.
discussion
In
The literary editor of the Memphis Scimitar.
summing up the needs of the- South, and the enterprises which she should encourage, among the- most
:
RAN
should
is
making
command
it
Mack writes from Lamar, Mo.: Wc organCamp, on the 10th, with about twenty-five
members, and hope to increase to fifty before the
W.
L.
ized a
year
is out.
The
"Daughters"
Commander:
W. Calleron, Lieut.
Commander; W. I.. Mack, Adjutant. The Camp
was named ior Ed Ward, one of Barton countv's
oldest citizens, who was a brave and gallant Con-
ern
federate soldier.
R. J. Tucker,
.1.
Qo^federate
112
Qopfederate
S.
A.
CUNNINGHAM.
Olllce:
S.
dying daughter.
l/eterai).
l/eterai)
My
W. MEEK. Publisher
P. S. Give
Miss
Anna
my
gold watch to
little
brother."
deferential
Richmond
to
the
reunion,
much expense;
A letter from Gen. Fred S. Ferguson, Commanding the Alabama Division, illustrates the need of
attention to these things.
He states: I have been
doing my best to keep the Division in good order so
that it can make a creditable showing at Richmond,
but it is hard work indeed. It will be well represented in Richmond, but, at present, I do not think
I will go.
Under our organization, the most useless
thing in the world is the Division Commander at
one of our annual conventions. He has absolutely
nothing to do, and at Houston last year I was unable to obtain admission to the Convention Hall,
except to the gallery.
If I could do any good by
going I would cheerfully go, but as a pleasure trip
I
What
a spectacle!
The
first
quiet.
Division
Commander
thrilling the events connected with female achievements in the war, there is
an instinctive revolt at the contemplation. Publi-
eran
gether.
They
that
is
brotherhood only.
it
dollar to
hundred
women
made
in the
Sam
Davis
writes:
Confederate Veteran.
The Franklin (Term.) Press has exercised commendable zeal in behalf of a monument to commemorate the heroic deeds of the Confederate Army
The
in the terrible battle there, Nov. 30, 18b4.
There was no
effort should not be abandoned.
test of heroic valor more valliantly met in all the
war than the responding
to
commendable
Samuel Davis monument.
It will tax their resources to do what they should
No spot of earth can be more sanctified
in that.
than that whereon he died, and no people can claim
Giles and Kutherford counties have
enterprises in
hand
for the
Ab-
believe
it
soldier,
who
is
proud
sisters
113
was the
flags
To
Accompanying
Would also be
find out how many are now living.
glad to hear from some of thelSth. G0. Hampton's
Legion, and the 3rd Arkansas.
I was color-bearer of the First Texas, and while
my Regiment was passing through Frederick City.
Md., tiie wind blew my flag so it became strongly
wrapped around a lady who was standing on a gallery near, and I had to leave the ranks and give her
I
Is that lady still living?
time to get out of it.
understand some one from that city has written
about it.
If the lady can recall it she will retnemthe
ber thai it was a silk flag with a single star
"Lone Star" flag of Texas and I was in my stocking feet at that time and had been so before and in
the battle of Manassas no shoes to be had!
of the organiza-
plan,
tion of a Chapter of
at Columbus. Miss.
Billups. President; Mrs. K. T. Sykes, Vice-President; Mrs. J. O. Banks, Treasurer; Mrs. Thos. B.
Franklin, Secretary. All are among our most prominent ladies socially, and all are most hearty in love
for our cause.
At the last meeting of our Camp we had the Battle Abbey question Up lor discussion, and we will
co-operate heartily with the Daughters of the Confederacv in this movement.
which originated in the great heart of Comrade Rouss, be at once accomplished. To this end
I request every veteran camp in Kentucky to take
Confederate l/eterap
114
CONFEDERATES AT GETTYSBURG.
Hon. Andrew
in the General
taken
J.
Land
much pains
Office of
Texas
at Austin, has
battle of Gettysburg-.
He has
eran some
statistics that
Comrade Baker
states:
He had
wounded
in that battle, that Gen. Reynolds being wounded, also, and General
Pettigrew, who commanded the division,
wounded
Brockenborough's
Brigade:
22nd,
Pender's Division.
1st South Carolina (Provisional Army). 1st, 12th, 13th and 14th South Carolina Rifles, killed 100, wounded 477; total 577.
Lane's Brigade: 7th, 18th, 28th, 33rd and 37th
North Carolina, killed 41, wounded 348; total 389.
Thomas' Brigade: 14th, 30th, 45th and 49th
Georgia, killed 16, wounded 136; total 152.
Seales' Brigade: 13th, 16th, 22nd, 34th and 38th
North Carolina, killed 102, wounded 322; total 425.
Aggregate of Pender's Division, killed 259, wound-
McGowan's Brigade:
Pickett's Division.
Garnett's Brigade: 8th, 18th, 19th, 28th and 56th
Virginia, killed 78, wounded 324; total 402.
Armistead's Brigade: 9th, 14th, 3Sth, 53rd and
57th Virginia, killed 88, wounded 460; total 548.
Kemper's Brigade: 1st, 3rd, 7th, 11th and 24th
Virginia, killed 58, wounded 356; total 414.
'
Qor?federate l/*eteran.
Ag-gregfate of Pickett's Division, killed 224,
wound-
our sainted ones, and be "gathered unto the fathmy own" bright rolling river, the noble
Tennessee, joins yours, the great Ohio, and thence
are gathered tog-ether unto the Father of Waters.
ers," even as
Hood's Division.
Law's Brigade: 4th, 15th, 44th, 47th and 48th
Alabama, killed 74, wounded 270; total 350.
Anderson's Brigade: 7th, 8th, 9th, 11th and 5'th
Georgia, killed 105, wounded 512; total 617.
Robertson's Brigade: 3rd Arkansas; 1st, 4th and
5th Texas, killed 84, wounded 393; total 477.
Aggregate
in
115
2i>5,
wound-
Recapitulation.
Hood's Division: Composed of three Brigades,
and wounded as follows:
Heth's Division, four Brigades: Pettigrew's 1,105;
Brockenbrough's, 148; Archer's, 150; Davis' 897.
Total 2,310.
Pender's Division, four Brigades: McGowan's,
Total
577; Lane's, 380; Thomas' 152; Scales' 425.
total killed
the slory
'.'
'
1,54
tell
Women
hide
2.
Pickett's
Division, three Brigades:
Garnett's
4H2; Annistead's. 546; Kemper's, 414.
Total 1,364.
Law's, 55<t; Anderson's. 617; Robertson's, 477.
Total 1,444.
Largest Losses
by Brigades.
When we
irage
sing of lofty
knightly chivalry.
We may write the name of Sidney
But we think the name of bee.
And
of
We may
A VALUABLE HEIRLOOM.
W.
Culley,
letter explains:
22, '96.
Your
"From the
fair to
the brave.
"There
How
It
may
be
woman's
folly
calls.''
I'n
kinu'
We
J. J.
Just be-
my
him
into
with him to a
little
Confederate l/eterap.
116
FLAG HISTORY.
The
Indianapolis
News
gives this
flag-
history:
and
stripes.
It is
to the sisterhood of
the Union in 1791, followed by Kentucky in 1792, it
became necessary in the opinion of statesmen to
change the number of stripes and stars. Accordingly a measure was adopted by Congress establishing fifteen stars and fifteen stripes, instead of thirteen; this law not to take effect until May, 1786.
Capt. Samuel C. Reid suggested a new design
for a national emblem that would represent the
growth of States and not destroy its distinctive
character.
In accord with his suggestion a new
law was passed, and on April 4, 1818, the flag of
the United States -was permanently established.
The act provided that "from and after the 4th
day of July next, the flag of the United States shall
be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and
white; that the union have twenty stars (white) on
a blue field that on the admission of every new
State into the Union, one star be added to the union
of the flag, and that such addition shall take effect
on the 4th day of July succeeding such admission."
The national emblem in the war with Mexico
bore twenty-nine stars in its union: but the flag of
the civil war contained thirty- four.
The same issue of the News states additional:
At the beginning of the struggle, the South experienced difficulty in determining a distinctive flag
for its forces.
The stars and stripes were as much
a part of Southern history as of Northern; and
many people in the Confederacy were loath to part
with the old banner. When they chose a flag, they
selected the stars and bars, a design so like the old
emblem of an unbroken country, that it was frequently mistaken in the battle for the Federla flag.
;
CLEVER SUGGESTION.
Previous to the adoption of a rebel flag, and during a heated discussion on the subject, Professor
Morse, inventor of the telegraph, made the suggestion that the flag be cut in two, and a half given to
North and to South. "Referring to this as dn a
map," he said, "the upper portion being North and
the lower portion being South, we have ihe upper
end of the division of the blue field, and then six
and a half stripes for the North field, and the lower
diagonal and division of the blue field and the six
and a half of the stripes for the Southern flag, the
portion of the blue field to contain the stars to the
number of States embraced in each confederacy.
The reasons for such a division are obvious. It
prevents all dispute on a claim for the old flag by
either confederacy.
It
is
two
Confederate l/eteran
would be hoisted once
more, embracing- all the sister States."
No provision has ever been made for the arrangement of the stars since the placing- of them, as suggested by Captain Reid, passed out of practice.
Some confusion exists in the arrangement of the
stars, and on any great public occasion, when the
people parade, one may see a variety of American
of the Union, in its entirety,
The
parallel
President's order of 1818 directing such arrangeIn the army, the stars have always been arranged in parallel, horizontal rows, although not in
vertical rows.
Hereafter there will be no difference
whatever in the design of the flag used in the navy
and the one in the army.
ment.
j fl
manded
*,>;;
h e
T bird
M. Gordon command-
i
L 2)(Kti
!_*.J.
!
th'e'Ke'ginient"d
durinff the battle, but'be:
N- F. Cheairs.
The
re-
mainder of the Brigade was made up of the Eighteenth Tennessee, Col. J. B. Palmer; Thirty-second
Tennessee. Col. E. C. Cook; Kentucky Battery, Capt.
R, E. Graves; Tennessee Battery, Capt. T. K. Porter, who was wounded, and the command fell to Lieut.
John W. Morton; and the Jackson (Ya.) Battery.
The
flag
is
5x10 feet in
size,
is in
blue
poor state of
has a painting of a knight in full armor on horseThis is
back, the work of W. Hearn, of this city.
now nearly rotted out of the tlai;-, and can hardly be
deciphered from the part still remaining. The words
"My life" are still to be seen, but the balance of the
inscription is effaced by time's ravages.
On the rea
field
117
verse side, in gilt letters, are the words, or rather abbreviations, "Third Kegt. Tenn. Vol." On the reverse of the blue fie i are eight stars in a circle, surrounded by a wreath of honeysuckles. The body
of the flag on this side contains a picture of a ship
between the words "Agriculture" and "Commerce."
probablv intended to represent the coat of arms of
the State.
In a room in the War Department at Washington is stored a number of captured Confederate flag i,
which areof all shapes, sizes and materials, ofoneof
which
mention
will be made.
It
is the flag of the
Apalachicola
Guard.
It is evi-
dently mad e o f
dresses of women,
who thus showed
ky
-VMS:
GOD OURTRU
The
latter
was the
Qopfederate l/eteran.
118
J.
24, 1862.
water.
During the engagement, the Sixty First Pennsylvania was driven so hurriedly out of its well appointed camp as to leave all of its baggage and commissary stores. Fortunately for the Texans, the
troops who did the driving were denied the time to
take possession of the captured property, and it was
promptly confiscated to our use and benefit. Some
one looted the tent of Maj. B. F. Smith of the aforesaid Sixty First, and seized upon his commission
and a bundle of letters among them one of recent
date from his sister. In the division of the spoils,
this fell to me, and was so charming and homelike
that I read it over and over again and then lest it
should fall into unappreciative hands, burned it.
Judging from the letter, the writer is a highly accomplished young lady a daughter of a member of
the Legislature from West Chester County, Pa. It
differed essentially from the others I read from
Northern ladies, for it contained but one allusion to
the Rebels, and that by no means bitter. It would
please the gallant Major, no doubt, if he survived
the discomfiture of his regiment, as well as his
lovely and lively sister, to be assured of my gratitude for the pleasure afforded me; the Major, by a
hasty retreat, and the lady, by writing a letter so
interesting,
as to
charm
some
to roost, said: "Let him alone, then
teamster will pick him up," and rode on.
Gen. Jackson gave strict orders against depredating on private property. Apples were plentiful,
and it was contrary to nature not to eat them. Jackson saw a Texan sitting on the limb of an apple
tree, busily engaged in filling his haversack with
the choicest fruit. He reined in his old sorrel
horse, and in his customary curt tone, asked: "What
"I don't know,"
are you doing in that tree, sir?"
"What command do you bereplied the Texan.
home
Qopfederate
"Is your command
"I don't know."
to?"
ahead or behind you?" "I don't know." And thus
the same "I don't know" given as anit went on
swer to every question. Finally, Jackson asked:
"Why do you give me that answer to every question?" "'Cause them's old- Jackson's orders," replied the man in the tree, and the officer had to ride
long-
own
The Confederate soldier made a record for daring and devotion to his cause that is without parallel, but when a mere boy, like the "clansman for
his chief," risked his life and liberty for a superior
was evidence of a chivalric friendship that
bade defiance to circumstances brought about by
military rule.
officer, it
It
was
Army
Manning Davis, next in rank, took command and led the company in repeated charges,
but he too received a wound which disabled him,
When
wound.
daylight came the faithful attendant reconnoitered the situation and found they were near
an old plantation. Uncle Abe, "agemmen of color,"
was sole custodian of this deserted place, and when
l/eterar?
119
yo'self;
were muleback and jogging along after their command in the direction of Yicksburg. Instead of
following Pemberton, our travelers took the trail
of Gen. Loring, who marched around Grant's Army
and joined Gen. Jos. E. Johnston at Jackson, Miss.
Near the middle of the afternoon they saw a troop
of cavalry marching towards them and they were
not long in discovering that they were Federals.
Hugh could have escaped to the woods, but would
not leave his Lieutenant.
"Hello, Johnniesl which way?" was the greeting
given by the officers in front.
"We are attempting to overtake our command,"
replied the Confederates.
"You have fallen in with the wrong command,
haven't you?"
"From your garb, we think we have," said the
boy. dryly.
happiness over the rations received. The refreshments were divided with the prisoners, after
which they were placed on one of the boats and conveyed down to Young's Point, on the west bank of
the Mississippi, opposite Vicksburg.
Here they were retained as prisoners of war for
ten days in hearing of the bombardment and defense of Yicksburg.
During this time the Cincinnati, a Federal gunboat, was sunk by the Confederates at Yicksburg.
Part of its crew escaped and
passed the point, where our Confederate friends saw
of
them
The
brow of
P. S.
fate."
Will
tell
Confederate
120
l/eterar).
AN APPEAL TO THE SOUTH.
Annie Barnwell Morton.
Aye, rear a monument, Tennessee,
Was
laid bravely
down
life
make you
to
free.
alone let
whole
the
Southland
In the glorious task unite,
gladly died
and friends to follow
;
Lee,
with Stuart and Hampton ride;
Under Stonewall Jackson's lead to fight,
Or advance to meet the foe,
And
fell,
No
Than
But
plain,
On
memory
We
Let
Up
SUNSET ROCK, LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.
B. F. Harris,
sixth
who
served in
Company
I,
Thirty-
which he
states:
The
creek
it
to God's
Qopfederate
l/eterai?.
121
will at
Gen.
W,
Department.
Gen. John
L.
C.
commands
Cabell
the
Trans-Mississippi
partment.
in
the following
list
are
Com-
ALABAMA.
Maj. Gen. Fred
S.
Ferguson, Commandi
r, Birmingham.
Montgomery.
POSTOFFICE.
P.
Office, Nashville,
Tenn.
'I
Coleman129 T. Mnmford.
Harwood.
B. F.
Wedowee Randolph316 C.
Enloe,
C.
Bate.
ARKANSAS
Gen. John G. Fletcher. Commander, Little Rock.
K ii Haynes, Chief of Staff, Van Buren.
John M. Harrell, Brigadier General, Hot Springs.
J. M. Bohart, Brigadier General. Bentonvllle.
MaJ
POSTOFFICE.
CAMP.
Alma Cabell202James
NO
OFFICERS
E. Smith, J. T. Jones.
Arkadelphia Moore574 H
McMillan, C. C. Scott.
C.
E. Shoemaker.
Brinkley-Cleburne-537-M. II Vaughan,
Centre Point-Haller-192-J. M. Somervell,
Charleston-P. Cleburne-191-A. S. Cabell.
J.
ri ner
C. Anslev.
T. N. Goodwin.
D. Cole.
I,.
Davis.
BttevllleBrooks216T. M. Qunter, I, m. Patridge.
Fort Smith B. T. DuVal146 M. M. Gorman, R. M. Fry.
Forrest City Forrest623J. B. Sanders. E. Landroight.
Rice,
II
W.
c,,e, J.
GainesvilleConfederate Survivors606F.
S.
White.
Confederate l/eterap.
122
Jonesboro
Confederate
Survivors 507
Murray510J.
T. Landers, C. G. Newman.
Pocahontas Con. Vet 447W. F. Besphan, R. T. Mackbee.
Prairie G ro veDo.3S4 W. E. Pittman, Wm. Mitchell.
Prescott Walter Bragg428 W. J. Blake, O. S. Jones.
Rector Rector 504 E. M. Allen, J. W. Taylor.
Rocky Comfort Stuart 532 F. B. Arnett, R. E. Phelps.
Searcy Gen. Marsh Walker6S7D. McRae, B. C. Black.
StephensBob Jordan6S6 J. W. Walker, C. T. Boggs.
Star City B. McCullogh542 J. L. Hunter, T. A. Ingram.
Ultima Thule Confed. Survivors 448
Van Buren John Wallace209John Allen, J. E. Clegg.
Walcott Confed. Survivors 505 Benj. A. Johnson.
Waldron Sterling Price 114 L. P. Fuller, A. M. Fuller.
WarrenDenson677J. C. Bratton, John B. Watson.
Wilton Confederate Veteran674 J. A. Miller.
Wooster J. E. Johnston131 W. A. Milam, W. J. Sloan.
Pine Bluff
FLORIDA.
Maj. Gen.
J.
J.
Dickison,
..
Commander, Ocala.
W.
Wm.
POSTOFFICE.
CAMP.
ILLINOIS.
OFFICERS.
NO.
GEORGIA.
Maj. Gen. Clement A. Evans, Commander, Cartersville.
Col. A. J. West, Chief of Staff, Atlanta.
POSTOFFICE.
INDIAN TERRITORY.
Maj. Gen. R. B. Coleman, Commander, McAlester.
Chief of Staff, McAlester.
John L. Gait, Brigadier General, Ardmore.
D. M. Haley, Brigadier General, Krebs.
,
POSTOFFICE.
CAMP.
NO.
OFFICERS.
E. L. Drake.
KENTUCKY.
Maj. Gen. John Boyd, Commander, Lexington.
Col. Jos. M. Jones, Chief of Staff, Paris.
J. B. Briggs, Brigadier General, Russellville.
J.
W.
Heflin.
Qopfederate l/eterap.
Frankfort T. B. Monroe 1SS A. W. Macklin,
Franklin Walker 640 Dr. L. J. Jones,
J.
E. Scott.
.
Georgetown G. W.
J. Webb.
Harrodsburg W. Preston 96 B. W. Allin, John Kane.
Henderson J. E. Rankin 55S Gen. M. M. Kimmel, R. H.
Johnson 9S A. H. Sinclair,
Cunningham.
Hopkinsville N. Merriwether 241 C. F. Jarrett, H. Wood.
Lawrenceburg Helm 101 P. H. Thomas, J. P. Vaughn.
Lexington J. C. Breckinridge 100 J. Boyd, G. C. Snyder.
Maysville J. E. Johnston442 Dr. A. H. Wall, J. W.
Boulden.
Madisonville Con. Survivors 52S Hon. P. Laffoon,
Mt. Sterling R. S. Cluke 201 T. Johnson, W. T. Havens.
NewportCorbin6S3 M. R. Lockhart, G. Washington.
Nicholasville Marshall 1S7G. B. Taylor, E. T. Llllard.
Paducah Thompson 174 W. G. Bullitt, J. M. Browne.
Paducah L. Tilghman463 T. E. Moss, J. V. Grief.
Paris J. H. Morgan 95 A. T. Forsyth, Will A. Gaines.
Princeton Confed. Vets 527 T. J. Johnson,
Richmond T. B. Collins 215 J. Tevis, N. B. Deatherage.
Russellville Caldwell 139 J. B. Briggs, W. B. McCartj
Shelbyville J. H. Waller 237 W. F. Beard, R. T. Owen.
Winchester Hanson ISC B. F. Curtis, J. L. Wheeler,
Versailles Abe Buford 97 J. C. Bailey, J. W. Smith.
123
MARYLAND.
Maj. Gen. George H. Stewart,
POSTOFFICE.
CAMP.
Commander. Baltimore.
NO.
OFFICERS
Tomay.
MISSISSIPPI.
Pi iSTi >FF1,
'AMP. NO
OFFII
AmoryJackson427T. J. Rowan. J. P.
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LOUISIANA.
W.
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Brig. Gen.
W.
J.
NO.
OFFICERS.
T.
W.
Greenwood.
H. T. Brown.
Poole, F. C.
Hutchins.
C. Bass, T. P. McCandless.
Z.
Underwood.
T. Merrick, J.
J. Taylor.
Goodwill, H. A. Baraes.
New Iberia Confed. Veteran 670 Jules Dubus,
MonroeH. W. Allen 1S2W. P. Rennlck, W. A. O'Kelley.
Montgomery Confed. Vet. Ass'n631 H. V. McCain,
Natchitoches Do.40 J. A. Prudhomme, C. H. Levy.
New Orleans Army N. Va. 1 F. A. Ober, T. B. O'Brien.
N>\v Orleans Army of Tenn.2 W. E. Huger, N. Cuny.
New OrleansV. C. S.
9 G. H. Tlchenor, E. R. Wells.
New Orleans Wash. Artillery15Col. A. I. Leverlch,
Mlnden Gen.
T. M. Scott 545
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I.
Kursheedt.
S.
W.
Smith.
Maxey.
A. Hosklns,
161
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Centreville
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Sam Cammack550N.
L. Leavell, L. c. Allen.
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Hazlehurst D 1 Brown 544 -W. 3 Rea, Tom s Haynle.
Heidelberg Jasper '.ami y- 694
E. W. White.
Hernando DeSo
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Hicks
Holly SpringsKit Mott23Sam II. Pryor, W. G. Ford,
lndianola A. S. Johnston 549 U. B. Clarke-, w. H. Leach.
JacksonR. A. Smith 24 \Y. D Holden, G. S. Green.
Kosi iuskoBarksdale445C. H. Campbell. J. P. Brown.
Lake Patrons Union 272 M. W. Stamper, C. A. Hudc
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H. H. Stevi
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Centrevllle
11.
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Booth.
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Confederate
124
WinonaM. Farrell311 J.
R. Binford, C. H. Campbell.
Woodville Woodville 49 J. H. Jones, P. M. Stock'tt
Yazoo City Yazoo 176 J. M. Smith. C. J. DuBuisson.
MISSOURI.
Mai. Gen.
Col. H. A.
J. O.
Shelby.
CAMP.
Commander, Adrian.
Newman, Chief
POSTOFFICE.
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of Staff, Huntsville.
NO.
OFFICERS.
J.
Maj. Gen.
M. White.
B'ling
A. Turner.
Halliburton.
G. Watkins, W. F.Carter.
Hill, J.
J.
W.
Clinton N. Spangler^67S W.
Columbus J. J. Searcy 717 M. G. Quinn, Col. Eli Hodge.
Exeter S. Price 456 K. Armstrong, G. G. James.
Farmington Crow 712 S. C. Fleming, T. D. Fisher.
Fayette J. B. Clark660 S. B. Cunningham, A. J. Furr.
Hannibal R. Ruffner676 S. J. Harrison, T. A. Wright.
Higginsville Edwards733 R. Todhunter, J. J. Fulkerson.
Huntsville Lowry36 G. N. Ratliff. J. S. Robertson.
Jefferson City Parsons 71SJ. B. Gantt, Jas. Hardin.
Fulton Gen. D. M. Frost 737 J. N. Sitton, J. M. Bryan.
Kansas City Kansas City 80 J. W. Mercer, J. J. Hatfield.
Keytesville Gen. S. Price 710 J. G. Martin, J. A. Egan.
Lee's Summit Lee's Summit 740 O. H. Lewis, J. A. Carr.
P. Davis.
Mooresville541 J.
Galbraith, A. Corder.
Waynesville Howard688C. H. Howard, E. G. Williams.
West Plain J. O. Shelby 630 W. Howard, D. F. Martin.
Windsor Windsor Guards715 R. F. Taylor, A. C. Clark.
J.
Col.
John
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CAMP. NO. OFFICERS.
DaleCamp Dale706 R. M. Broome, E. A. Bush.
El Reno El Reno 34S
Guthrie Camp Jamison 347
NormanJ. B. Gordon200T. J. Johnson,
Oklahoma Hammons 177 J. W. Johnson,
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Mai. Gen.
W.
L. DeRossett,
Commander, Wilmington.
Wilmington.
Rufus Barringer, Brigadier General, Charlotte.
S. J.
Wilkins.
O. Casler.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
Maj. Gen. C. Irvine Walker, Commander, Charleston.
Col. J. G. Holmes, Chief of Staff, Charleston.
John Bratton, Brigadier General, Winnsboro.
POSTOFFICE.
Abbeville
CAMP.
OFFICERS.
W. A. Templeton.
NO.
Secession 415 J.
F. Lyon,
Cheraw J.
B.
Kershaw113 T.
T. Malloy, S. G. Godfrey.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Confederate
TENNESSEE.
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Brenham Washington239D.
Col. J. P.
C. Giddings,
CAMP.
POSTOFFICE.
OFFII ERS
Bristol Fulkerson705 A. Fulkerson, N. D. Bachman.
Brownsville H. S. Bradford 126
H. J. Livingston.
Chattanooga ForrestI L. T. Dickinson, T. P. Wells.
Clarksville Forbes 77 Butler Boyd, Clay Stacker.
Dyersburg \V. Dawson 552 W.C. Nixon. L. C. McClerkin.
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Alvarado- Alvarado 160 J. M. Hill, .1. R. Post
Alvin Win. Harl 286 Win ii.ii i. Alfred H. H. Tolar.
Almi J. A. Wharton 286 1. T. Cobb, S M Richardson.
Alvor.l Stonewall362J. M. Joins. W. G. I. each.
Antelope Christian 708 s. Cornelius, W. E. Wallaci
Anson Jones Co., T. \ 612 J D. Pickens, T. Blan.l.
Archer City S. Jackson 249 A. Llewellyn, T. M. Cecil.
Athens FT, Martin 66 w T Eustace, T.J. Foster.
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Bandera Bandera643 V. T. Sanders, V
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on J. Pelham 629W. E. Mo. .re. A. w. Black
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Floresville Wilson Co.225 W.C. Agee, A D. Evans.
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Fort Worth Lee158C. C. Cummlngs, W. M. McConnell.
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Georgetown Lessure663 S. K. Brown, R. H. Montg'm'ry.
J. E. Rawlins.
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Marshall W. P. Love 621 E. J. Fry, W. G. Rudd.
Mason Fort Mason61SW. L. Leslie, Wilson Hey.
Memphis Hall County 245 F. M. Murray, G. W. Tipton.
,
VIRGINIA.
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CAMP,
NO.
OFFICERS.
Abingdon W. E. Jones707 A. F. Cook, T. K. Trigg.
AppomattoxAppomattox 700
Berkley N'yer-Shaw720 L. M. Wingfleld, R. Randolph.
,
Jas. O'Keefe.
T.
Jones.
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Williams, P.
D. Stephenson,
J.
W. Boyd.
G.W. Miley.
VIRGINIA.
WASHINGTON,
D.
C.
W.
J.
A.
Z. Lord.
all in
one
line.
It is desirable to have the full list of chapters United Daugnters of the Confederacy, after the above order,
as soon as practicable. They should have Presidents
and Secretaries names where Commanders and Adjutants names appear in the foregoing.
Sons of Veterans should also be given and it is desirable that organizations under these three heads include every Confederate Camp and Chapter in existence.
The purposes of these organizations being the same
everywhere, and as the veterans are fast passing away,
charity and patriotism appeal for vigilance in demonstrating to the world the unamnity of sentiment and
eternal devotion to the integrity of character that cost
so much sacrifice of comfort, treasure and of blood.
and
Qorpfederate l/eterar?.
COMRADE ASA HARTZ
IN PRISON.
The
following-
To give me change
Block
Room
L2,
Johnson's
ind, Ohio,
April 26, 1864
[si
Had stopped
write this
Now
To
let
.you
Ia
When
his
farm,
body
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23, 1864.
Editor Clarion:
Fearing that "Asa Hartz's" Uncle Bob may not
have time to reply to Asa's recent letter in equally
"poetic lingo," and knowing that he would much
prefer to do so, I have made bold to write for him
the following, which he cut use as his own and no-
Who
once again
ii, -I.-
my
p. a
jingo;
"Maje"
Fed'ral
Please play
Bartz!"
Or
LIVE, by
Hcle Bob,
'
in poe( ic lingo,
know
I
.
and scenes.
Do not rob
pal ienl w it h me
Me of he hope fondly cherish
>,. not
[ea\ e me here to perish
I'm- sh Milled, cut the cards, and dealt,
!:
of air
By special swap.
127
that you
"Uncle Bob," ami the re^t of mankind, are the recipients of my most distinguisned consideration, I
Yours truly.
have the honor to be,
SlSA
And
When
But
see.
Qopfederate l/eterap
128
''vrow"
Her
Or
sent
The
Came down
We
our land,
foul and hated demon,
insult our Southern women,
The outlawed,
That dared
Hold intercourse with such as he?
Forbid
No
is
Editor
spurned him
He
foregoing
Veteran.
Bottlebinding.
in these
parts,
And when
"hard,"
We
Give
"Yours."
Uncle Bob.
Since the above was put in type the
manuscript copy in an autograph album
has been sent to the Veteran. More of it
later.
You
nor
tell
antees the inside of the book, whatever the outside may be.
There's a parallel between books and bottles. The
binding, or wrapper, of a bottle is no guide to the quality
The title on the botof the medicine the bottle contains.
It all
tle is no warrant for confidence in the contents.
depends on the author's name. Never mind who made the
Who made the medicine ? That's the question.
bottle.
Think of this when buying Sarsaparilla. It isn't the
binding of the bottle or the name of the medicine that
The
you're to go by. That's only printer's ink and paper
What's the author's
question is, who made the medicine ?
!
name
tle,
When
that's
you see Ayer's name on a Sarsaparilla botenough. The name Ayer guarantees the best,
Confederate l/eterap.
ELEVEN HUNDRED, SEVENTY DOLLARS!
129
Chattanooga
Readers, male and female, who see the Veteran
are commended to the movement for a monument to
the peerless character of Samuel Davis who was
executed at Pulaski, Tenn., as a spy Nov. 27, 1863.
was sent
in haste after
granite mountains
not to Confederthat so peerless a character should be perpetuated before genIt is the finest model in existence
erations to come.
He was loyal to the Confedfor the human race.
is
who
In
Veteran
mv
will
have a monument.
feel
spared to
may
T.
S.
Webb,
Confederate
130
Sam
good
faith,
the cost of his liberty and his life. No greater exhibition of unselfish heroism can be found in histor}or romance, and every American should feel proud to
honor the memory of Sam Davis.
Dr. C. H. Todd, Owensboro, Ky., March 9, 1896:
incidents you have published relating to the
Histon'
life of Samuel Davis are truly touching.
does not tell us of any other such hero! Enclosed
is my mite to the Monumental Fund.
The
l/eterai).
The Epitaph suggested is as follows:
the memory of Samuel Davis, and
To
The
this monument.
Not to express their unavailing sorrow for his death,
Nor yet to celebrate the matchless valor of his life,
But by his noble example to teach their sons to emulate what they admire,
And
like
him,
when duty
Capt.
J.
Enclosed you
Tipton D. Jennings, Lynchburg, Va., sends contribution of one dollar for Sam Davis Monument,
and says: I would vote for placing his monument
at the late "Capital of Southern Confederacy," as
Sam Davis' immortal name and fame are a legacy
to the entire South.
His was one of the sublimest
acts of true heroism recorded in History!
Responding to a letter of invitation to visit Tennessee, Hon. John W. Daniel, the "silver tongued"
orator of the "Old Dominion," after stating it
would be impossible to come, adds: "I feel great
interest in the Confederate Veteran and would
gladly do anything that would promote its success."
his heroic
sacrifice.
requires
country.
it,
who
took active
part in
assisting
Mrs.
much more.
A memorial service
Here is an inscription from a Confederate Monument: "It is the magnanimous verdict of mankind
that he who lays down his life for a cause he deemed
just
is
a hero."
nators
Mrs. Robt. L. Morris, of Nashville, who has travmuch in her own and foreign lands, sends an
epitaph for the Samuel Davis Monument. Mrs.
Morris compares Davis to Nathan Hale, "the young
Revolutionary officer who, when he came to die at
the hands of the British, like Davis, regretted that
he had only one life to give to his country." But
Hale had not, like Davis, the offer of life for a price.
eled
COURTHOUSE AT VICKSBUEG,
MISS.
Confederate l/eterap.
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J100 00
Allen, Jos. W., Nashville
100
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Ky
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Arnold, J. M.,
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Mo
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2 00
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1 00
Lehmann,
26 00
1 00
1 00
6 00
100
Knapp, Dr. W.
2 00
100
100
100
1 00
S 00
100
1 00
1 00
1 00
5 00
1 00
King, Dr.
100
Baker, Tenn
T.,
1 00
Ed
Farrar,
Z.
J.
100
Carroll, Capt.
Fayetteville, Tenn
W.. Pulaski, Tenn...
H., Centralis, Mo
S.,
Ewing, Hon.
Key.
100
C, Donnels Chapel,
J.
Eslick. M.
Sherman, Tex
Forrest, Carr, Forreston, Tex
\Y.,
Foster, A.
Trenton
100
Ky
1 00
Dinkins, Capt. James, Memphis
1 00
Dixon, Mrs.
O., Flat Rock, Tenn..
100
Jasper,
T...
W.
E.,
Donaldson, Capt.
1 00
Douglas, Mrs. Sarah C, Nashville....
1 00
Doyle, J. M.. Blountsville. Ala
1 00
Duckworth, W. S., Nashville
2*00
Dudley, MaJ. R. H., Nashville
5 00
Duncan, J. C, Knoxville, Tenn
Duncan, W. R., Knoxville, Tenn.... 100
100
Durrett. D. L., Springfield, Tenn
1 00
Dyas, Mlas Fannie, Nashville
100
Eleazer, S. D., Colesburg, Tenn....
1 00
Ellis, Capt. H. C, Hartsville. Tenn..
1 00
Ellis, Mrs. H. C, Hartsville, Tenn....
1 00
Kmbry, J. W., St. Patrick, La
Emmert, Dr. A. C, Trenton, Tenn.... 1 00
100
Embry, Glenn, St. Patrick, La
Enslow, J. A., Jr., Jacksonville, Fla.. 1 00
131
00
2 00
1 00
1
100
1 00
Ky...
Nashville
100
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PartlOW,
J.
S..
Greenwood.
S.
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Greenwood,
S.
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Rttchards, Sam, Rockdale, Tei
Rieves, A. B., Marion, Ark
Roach, B. T., Fayetteville, Tenn
Roberts, W. S., Knoxville, Tenn
Robbins, A. M., Rockdale, Tex
Rose, S. E, F., West Point, Miss
Roy. G. W., Yazoo City, Miss
Rudy, J. H., Owensboro, Ky
Russell, T. A. Warrior, Ala
Rutland, J. W., Alexandria, Tenn
Ryan, J., Chicago, 111
Ryan, Frank T., Atlanta, Ga
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1 00
1 00
5 00
1 09
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
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Tenn
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1 00
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100
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1 00
1 00
1 00
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Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
BOO
Frank
G.,
Marion, Ark
T.. Charleston, S. C
Speiasegger, J. T., St. Augustine. Fla
Staggs, Col. E. S., Hustonville, Ky....
Stark, J. W., Bowling Green, Ky....
Stinson, Dr. J. B. Sherman, Tex
Stone, Judge J. B., Kansas City, Mo..
Smythe,
5
5
2
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00
100
100
100
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Street,
Street,
W.
Symthe, L. C.
MC,
C.
Tenn
Voegtley,
President
Washington, Hon.
Webb,
T.
S.,
J. E.,
Knoxville,
M.
C. Tenn..
Tenn
would
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Van
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Taylor,
Samuel Houston Moran in the sixtyninth year of his age. Comrades are fast falling-.
He was a brave soldier, a true citizen, an honorable man, one who had the courage of his convic-
S.
Fanny H. W., writes: At his residence in Williamson County, on Sunday March the Sth, 1896,
there passed to his final reward another of the old
Charleston,
soldiers
Upton, Ky
M., Murfreesboro, Tenn....
J.,
1
5
1
1
1
1
00
00
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00
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1 00
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1 00
1 00
2 00
2 00
1 00
3 00
1 00
Brownlow,
J. E.,
50
50
50
Fleming,
2 00
100
Collins, Mrs. Geo.
10 00
2 00
5 00
1 00
1 00
C, Mt. Pleasant,
Tenn
25
W. Hlgginbotham,
100
Calvert, Tex.;
T. O. Moore, Comanche, Tex.; L.
C. Newman, H. M. Nash, J. W.
Murnan, G. Shafer, J. F. Coppedge,
J. K. Gibson, Stanton, Tenn.; J. T.
1 00
C.
2 26
100
10 00
5 00
100
Total amount,
$1,1 72.50
1 00
all living
E. L. Pennington of the Dock Belk Camp, a naof Missouri, born in 1820, died January 20,
tive
1895.
Confederate l/eterap.
GRAND DIVISION OF
VIRGINIA.
133
The membership
stantly increasing.
ter
No.
8,
in the
is
It is
United Daughters.
ti
The
Confederate l/eteran.
134
TENNESSEE.
Mrs. M. C. Goodlett, President, Nashville.
Mrs. S. F. Wilson, Vice President, Gallatin.
Mrs. J. P. Hickman, Secretary, Nashville.
Mrs. John C. Gaut, Treasurer, Nashville.
TEXAS.
Galveston V. Jefferson Davis17 Mrs. H. J. Ballenger,
Misa Ruth M. Phelps.
Dallas6 Mrs. Kate C. Currie, Mrs. L. H. Lewis.
Ennis 37 Miss Kate Daffon, Miss M. Loggine.
Waco26 Mrs. John C. West, Mrs. Fitzhugh.
Alvin Lamar Fontaine33 Mrs. Sampson.
Sherman35 Mrs. E. W. Brown, Mrs. M. M. Jouvenot.
Victoria 44 Mrs. J. M. Brownson, Mrs. J. P. Pool.
ALABAMA.
POSTOFFICE. CHAPTER. NO. OFFICERS.
Camden 36 Miss Sallie Jones, Mrs. Mary T. Beck.
ARKANSAS.
Hope31 Mrs.
VIRGINIA.
C. A.
FLORIDA.
Jacksonville 19 Mrs. M. C. Draysdale, Mrs. R. C. Cooley.
GEORGIA.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Miss
J.
Savannah2 Mrs.
Rome28Mrs.
L. H. Raines, Mrs.
W.
R. Thigpen.
WASHINGTON,
D. C.
Waynesboro 27 Mrs.
KENTUCKY.
jLexington,
Ky.12 Mrs.
O. L. Bradley, Mrs. J.
M. Graves.
Wm.
Gooch,
Veteran:
INDIAN TERRITORY.
Jr.,
MARYLAND.
(Baltimore 8 Mrs. D. Glraud Wright,
Mrs'. F.
M. Colston.
MISSISSIPPI.
Meridian 24 Mrs. E.
Columbus 34 Mrs.
J.
T. George.
M. Billups, Mrs. Thos. Franklin.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Wilmington 3 Mrs. E. H. Parsley, Mrs.
Waynesboro Margaret Jones 27 Mrs.
Justice Meares.
E. H. Calloway.
Mrs. E. E. Blount.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Charleston4 Mrs. A. T. Smythe, Miss M. B. Washington.
Columbia29 Miss Kate Crawford, Mrs. Thos. Taylor.
Columbia42 Mrs, J. M. Barnett, Mrs. N. Holman.
Marion 3S Mrs. M. E. Durham, Miss Kate L. Blue.
of
my
father,
Editor
who now
10
.McAlester
At the request
six
Confederate l/eterap
A
135
and
to the
their welfare.
ComradeMcLean, President
who
IT. \\
K.
<i
Regular School
Exercises.
Normal
a.m.
Id :00
AliKITT.
Insti-
tute.
11
:l?ll
the iMl
it
for
Positively no increase
of prices permitted.
ham
Capt. James Gwyn died very suddenly of paralysis at the home of his son, Mr. John Gwyn in Bartlett, Texas. December 1st.
He had gone into his
room when he was heard to fall, which attracted
the attention of the family, and upon entering, they
found him upon the Boor in a dying condition, and
he passed peacefully a way shortly afterwards.
Captain Gwyn was horn in Walton County, Ga.,
Aprils, 1833.
In 1836 his parents moved to Fayette County, Tennessee, where he enlisted in the
fare
trip.
Monteagle
s.inils
One
1\>J.
round
Full accommodations at
<
'
opton, of Alabama.
As question* pertaining to
the interest of the 01
ganization will lie discussed it is hoped hat
large delegations of
I
if
necessary,
l\
Mrs,
2:00 p.m.
i
.
c. Ci.opton.
Address
Inns
by General
Gordon,
B.
United
and
Commander- n-C
i
Miss K s h e r
Butler, Augusta, <ia
assisted by Eiseman's
Orchestra.
Recital by
Miss Emmie Frazier. of
tion
of
Alabama.
4:45 p.m.
Mass Meeting
of Veterans, Capt. W.
R.
Garrett
presiding.
7:30
p.m.Twilight Pray-
ers.
7:50 p.m.
Concert by
Eiseman's
8:15 p.m.
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Co:
i-<>.
T. Fry.
Irchestra.
T. Fry,
Confederate
136
Some comrade has offered to write of the circumstances attending the death of an officer and
staff who fell on the spot that this monument
erected, but his address
can't be recalled.;
It is located close by
the track of
Nashville,
the
Chat-
and
where a government park would
be seen by many
boro, Tenn.,
l/eterar?.
warriors were killed and their towns destroyed for the second time. Ramsey, in his Annals, says that Andrew Jackson was a participant in this battle and rendered distin-
guished service.
In September,
forces.
thousands of people.
It is
near
Stone's River.
N. C.
&
St. L.
"UMBRELLA ROCK."
[Kind of monument at graves of
Gen. Ben Hardin Helm and other
generals of Confederate and Union
Armies in Chickamauga National
Military Park.]
2)
In sight of N. C.
&
St. L. rail-
[clouds.. "J
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CUNNINGHA1TI,
EDITOR.
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Qoofederate l/eterap
There is much omitted from this number that was
intended for it. The June issue will contain notes
of much that was intended to appear in a more
elaborate way. The demand for special reunion
space compels these changes. Of the articles delayed, that of acknowledgement
have special attention.
The
to railroads will
News and
Charleston
"There
is still
*
*
donated
monument in that city, the entertainments afterward to the same guests at CinThe
cinnati. Ohio, and Fort Thomas, Kentucky.
cover is as perfect a blending of the colors of blue
of the Confederate
The
frontispiece
Cemetery
in
Abbey
Meeting at Fayettkvii.i.e,
Metcalfe. President, Zollicoffer
Fulton Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Fayetteville, Tenn., May 9, "96, writes:
The
Battle Abbey Tournament given by our Chapter of
United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the
Shackleford Fulton Bivouac Confederate Veterans,
April 25th, ''<>, was, I believe, the first Battle Abbey entertainment given in the State, and was successful beyond our most sanguine expectations.
The proceeds amounted to over two hundred dolBattle
Tenn. Mrs. F.
Z.
lars,
Hills), 488.
The
Chicago Monument
is
$24,57] 60.
Confederate
HE GOT
l/eterai).
IT.
first to
The Reunion
at Richmond, Va., this year prombe one of the best in the history of the
United Confederate Veterans.
The committees
are pushing the work on a very extensive scale.
All of the Veterans who go to the Reunion will receive a welcome that will cause them to feel the
greatest pride in the fact that they followed the
fortunes of the Lost Cause. Among the many interesting features the committees have inaugurated
for the benefit and pleasure of the Veterans, is one
of the handsomest souvenir programmes ever gotten
up for a like occasion, and its contents will prove a
lasting memento of the Reunion.
A work gotten
up on such a magnificent scale is obliged to be limited in edition.
There is a great demand for it
already. All those who wish to secure a copy should
apply at once by letter to the J. L. Hill Printing
Company, Richmond, Va., who have the work in
hand for the committee. The price is 50 cents per
copy and 10 cents postage.
ises to
capital, perhaps,
ing way.
and
its
It
management
is
steel plate.
Reunion
its section.
UMBRELLAS
and CANES.
Recovering and
Repairing.
Summer
St.,
premium
Anyone should be
Richmond.
able to
to
BORGNIS &
222 N.
at
CO.,
Nashville, Tenn.
<?otyfederal:(>
V/etera
9.
Kmarea
Topics
Pbick,
<t
,-
Vol. Ti\
,
the
less.
The "civil war" was too long ago to be called the "late" war and when
oorrespondents use that term the word "great" (war) will be substituted.
Vktekan,"
said a
comrade
No.
S.
5.
\-
I'NMNGHAW
Editor.
On
till
in Charleston at the
linians
of
'<>1
who had
'65
untarnished.
able
was given
And now
in its interests.
\i
ker.
Confederate l/eterap.
140
Veteran
the
tiful
growth.
it was made an occasion for applause again, and the worth)- daughter of "Marse
Robert" witnessed the testimony of South Carolina's
devotion in a way that neither she nor the gray veterans can ever revert to without content.
of his audience,
in
Sum-
merville, and at a banquet Camp Sumter, by resolution, delegated Col. James G. Holmes, AdjutantGeneral, to gather up all the flowers and send them
to Miss Lee, and he treasures as a reward her reply:
feel
much
pleased
and flattered
famous fort.
The almost venerable gentleman
engineer in
of Fort
charge
Sumter in 1863-5,
and was almost
constantly
about
the fort during the
great bombard-
ment.
The
visit
was interesting to
him as well as it
was his third visit
only since the war.
Readers of the
COL.
JAMES
G.
Veteran
HOLMES.
Rebel Yells
this one, mildly
may
Confederate Ueterai}.
The record made by Samuel Davis, his enemies
being judges, is the finest of all the six hundred
thousand Confederates in service, although "of
just such material was the Southern army formed."
The subscription inaugurated to build a monument
to his memory seems to have met with universal apWill each man who was a private soldier,
proval.
descendants, consider the merits of this
Let them all testify their approval of the
movement to erect the finest and firmest memorial
possible to the honor of this private soldier.
or
his
cause?
The
article in April
the South"
SOUTHERN
Beneath
ROSE.
he sky
Up
from
Ilic soil.
At touch of Sod,
sprung ;i stalely rose.
It
>ur Sout
Now
Among
of Kale transplants
rose
'
hem
sweetly grow
Go
1'ieardie among.
Land of romance
Fair land of Prance
With all your glorious flowers,
Lilies of old
And cloth of gold
(
'
'
For loveliness,
For beauty in repose,
There is no Lily in all France
Can match our Southern Rose
bers.
They
Southern parents
in that city.
Robert Young of Eatonton, Ga., desires informawhereabouts of Row Browning, last Sergeant Major of the Twelfth Georgia Regiment.
tion of the
GRAND
DIVISION.
'
Right well.
May
)f
Wi needs must
VIRGINIA DAUGHTERS
rian.
<
There
141
Confederate
142
HONORING SAM
Service to be
Held
at
DAVIS'
MEMORY.
May
His Grave,
24th.
whom Sam
federates
is
invited to attend.
It
last
reunion at Shiloh:
On my
am
hope you
will
Let
Let
all,
who
l/eterar?.
proceeded with. Several days elapsed while arrangements for the execution were being made, and
the offer of freedom was several times repeated, but
each time refused. On the day set for his death he
was brought out to the gallows in an ambulance,
seated on his coffin, in company with a chaplain
and preceded by a band playing a funeral dirge.
We were formed in a hollow square around the gallows, and when the procession arrived one corner of
the square opened and the prisoner and the chaplain
entered, with four men carrying the coffin, which
was placed at the gallows steps. Prayer was offered and Davis started up the steps, and just then
was touched on the shoulder by an officer who for
the last time said: "Give the names of the men who
furnished you these plans, and you will be granted
an escort to Bragg's outposts and given your liberty."
The boy looked about him. He was only
twenty-one years old, and life was bright and promising to him.
Just overhead, idly swinging back
and forth, hung the noose; all around him were
soldiers standing in line, with muskets gleaming in
the bright sunshine; at his feet was a box prepared
for his body, now pulsing with young and vigorous
life; in front were the steps which would lead him
to a sudden and disgraceful death, and that death
For just an
it was in his power to avoid
so easily.
instant he hesitated, and then the tempting offer
was pushed aside forever. The steps were mounted,
the young hero stood on the platform with hands
tied behind him, the black hood was slipped over
his head the noose was adjusted, a spring was
touched, the drop fell, the body swung and turned
violently, then was still, and thus ended a tragedy
wherein a smooth-faced boy, without counsel, standing friendless in the midst of enemies, had, with a
courage of the highest type, deliberately chosen
death to life secured by means he deemed dishonorable.
Of just such material was the Southern
*
*
*
ARMY FORMED.
the
how
[This last remarkable sentence shows
Ed.]
peerless hero honored us all.
Proof of the above was sent to Mr. Russell and
he replied from Lincoln May 4:
I presume it would be no violation of friendship
or confidence to give the author of the Omaha Bee
Confederate
His name is John T. Bell, and
article.
Comrade Bell was
living- in California.
he
is
now
a resident
came to Corn-
He
of Nebraska when he enlisted.
pan}- C. as a recruit in the fall of '61 and won his
commission through meritorious conduct.
The following is not for publication but for your
own information and that the exact truth may finally be known by comparison of stories and the real
I was a member of
truth separated from fiction:
what was known as Dodge's Scouts, consequentlv
knew of Coleman's Scouts and other parties upon
I
heard many- stories purthe Confederate side.
porting to give the real history of Davis's capture
and conviction, who it was he was protecting by
One of these I intended to "run
his silence etc.
down" at that time. In the latter part of March or
first of April '64 we captured a fellow about twenty
miles south of Decatur, Alabama, who said he was a
captain in the Confederate service, that in the fall
of 'io he was in the secret service under General
Bragg, and about the first thing he did or said after
his capture and disarmament, "Did you see youns;
Davis hanged at Pulaski? It was a shame to hang
so brave a fellow, I am the man he died to save."
He was well informed as to Davis's history, his
He said he was in our
trial and his execution
lines at the time, and had Davis given his name, he
would surely have been captured. He was an intelligent fellow and apparently an honorable gentleman. We captured him in a fair light and of
course he could not be held as a spy for what he
might have done in the past. I do not remember
his name, if I were to guess I would say Hunter,
but that may not be correct. He was turned over
so
as a prisoner and we were kept so busy then,
many new things presented themselves every daj
that it really passed out of my memory for several
I have never been aide to find
years after the war.
any report in the war records giving- information on
the subject, but I never will forget how anxious we
all were as we stood around the gallows that Dai is
would give the information that would save his life.
I never knew whether this story of the prisoner
captured was true or not. We believed it at the
time; he told many things that we knew to be true.
If I am living and in health when the Davis monument is unveiled I shall attend.
-
1/eterai).
John Moore, author
think
who can
corroborate him.
Moore was captured at
the same time Davis was but escaped from Pulaski.
The following was first published in the Columbia,
Tenn., Democrat
month:
SAMUEL DAVIS
New
York,
May
me
"Tell
his
free."
My
'
'"
fly I"
free
<
Before
one
I'd live
life,
a lie''
My
il
(
>
his
name among
that now
stars,
sun. his sire in truth
Go
tell
and
liL'lit
Of him
For martyr of
Who
the stars.
all
martyrs he
died to save an
enemy!
John Moure.
Sam
birds.
dear
Comrade. The loss of sight makes me dependent
upon others for a knowledge of what is transpiring
It is only within the
in this great country of ours.
past few days I have had read to me the pathetic
7, 18<)6:
happy
They shook
Rouss,
last
C. B.
143
coffer
Confederate l/eterap,
144
Sam
lars for
Davis'
monument
1 00
Adcock. M. V., Burns, Tenn
100
Akers. E. A.. Knoxville. Tenn
Tenn...
100
Lavergne,
Alexander, J. T..
$100 uu
Allen, Jos. W., Nashville
1 ou
Amis, J. T.. Culleoka. Tenn
Anderson. Miss Sophronia, Dickson.
Tenn
Anderson, Dr.
J.
100
100
2 00
1 00
100
100
100
1 00
'
1
1 00
100
00
2 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
3 00
5 00
1 00
100
Ky
1 00
1 00
uu
1
1 uu
5 00
100
1 00
1 ou
00
100
5 00
2 00
3 00
100
150
00
100
100
00
1 00
Tenn
Carroll, Capt.
Carter,
J.
E., Brownsville,
Cecil.
00
00
1 00
1 00
2 00
1 oo
Tenn
100
Mo
Ky
Tenn
Loyd, Lipscomb, Tenn
1 00
2 00
5 00
Denny,
L.
1 00
1 00
100
14 00
1 0
1 00
5 00
1 00
1 00
2 50
5 00
100
190
1 00
ou
2 Ou
100
Oil
100
1 00
100
6 55
4 00
100
100
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
100
1
00
H.. Centralia, Mo
Ferguson. Gen. F. S.. Birmingham..
Finney, W. D., Wrightsboro, Tex....
Farrar,
Ed
Tenn
Gailor, Bishop T. F., Memphis, Tenn
Gailor, Frank Hoyt. Memphis, Tenn
Gailor, Mrs. T. F., Memphis, Tenn..
Gailor, Nannie C. Memphis, Tenn..
Garwood, G., Bellefontaine,
Tenn
Goodman, Frank, Nashville
100
100
1 00
1 ou
Dinkins. Capt. James, Memphis
1 00
Dixon, Mrs.
O., Flat Rock, Tenn..
Donaldson, Capt. W. E., Jasper, T... 1 00
1 00
Dougherty, J. L., Norwalk, Cal
1 00
Douglas, Mrs. Sarah C, Nashville...
1 00
Dovle, J. M., Blountsville. Ala
1 00
Duckworth, W. S., Nashville
Duckworth, Alex, Brownsville, Tenn 1 00
00
25
Nashville
H..
Maj.
R.
Dudley,
5 00
Duncan, J. C, Knoxville, Tenn
100
Tenn
Duncan, W. R., Knoxville,
1 00
Durrett, D. L., Springfield, Tenn
1 00
Dyas, Miss Fannie, Nashville
100
Edminston, Wm., O'Neal, Tenn
100
Eleazer, S. D., Colesburg. Tenn
1 00
Ellis, Capt. H. C, Hartsville. Tenn..
Tenn....
1 00
Hartsvllle,
Mrs.
H.
C,
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Hanged from the Sam Davis Scaffold. Another sad story is told in the same article that is
elsewhere copied about Sam Davis:
In the summer of 1862, at Corinth, an orderly
sergeant of the Seventh Illinois had an altercation
with the colored cook of his captain; the latter took
up the quarrel, shots were exchanged, and the captain w;ts killed by the sergeant, who was courtmartialed, convicted and sentenced to be hanged.
The proceedings and findings of the court were sent
to President Lincoln for review.
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delay in getting returns, and after being confined
for many months, the sergeant was returned to his
company. In December, 1863, he re-enlisted for an-
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146
Having noticed
Sanson.
The stream she piloted General Forrest across
was Black Creek, and not "Black Warrior," as
Black Creek in coming
stated in the Veteran.
down from the Lookout Mountain near Gadsden,
and where Colonel Streight after crossing over, had
burned the bridge, on the public road; the banks of
the creek were high on each side, making it difficult
for the cavalry and artillery to cross over.
Miss Sanson was reared on the western bank of
this stream, and knowing how difficult it would be
for Forrest to get over, and knowing of a ford below
"joint resolution
Emma
Sanson,
Donating a section of land to Miss
of Cherokee County, in consideration of public services rendered by her."
"A nation's history is not complete which does
not record the names and deeds of its heroines with
those of its heroes, and resolutions sometimes throw
the two in such close proximity that the history of
the manly bearing of the one is imperfect unless
coupled with the more delicate, yet no less brilliant,
achievement of the other, and such must ever be the
history of the most gallant and successful victory of
the imperial Forrest unless embellished with the
name and heroic act of Emma Sanson.
"Upon discovering the difficulties which embarrassed the advance of our brave army in pursuit of a
Yankee raid under the lead of Colonel Streight,
produced by the burning of a bridge across Black
Creek near the residence of her mother, in Cherokee
County, Emma Sanson, inspired with love of country, indignant at Yankee insolence, and blushing
with hope inspired by the arrival of a pursuing
force, exalting herself "above the fears of her nature and the timidity of her sex," with a maiden's
modesty and more than woman's courage, tendered
her services as a guide in the face of an enemy's
Are of musketry and amid the cannon's roar, safely
conducted our gallant Forrest by a circuitous route
to an easy and safe crossing, and left them in eager
pursuit of a fleeing foe, which resulted in a complete brilliant victory to our arms within the confines of our own State.
"By her courage, her patriotism, her devotion to
our cause, and by the great public services she has
rendered she has secured to herself the admiration,
esteem and gratitude of our people, and a place in
As a testihistory as the heroine of Alabama.
monial of the high appreciation of her services by
the people of Alabama,
1.
'Be it resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Alabama, in General
Assembly convened, that one secton of the unimproved land of this State be and the same is hereby
granted to Miss Emma Sanson, of Cherokee County,
to be by her selected in sub-divisioDS or otherwise
outside of the lands reserved for saline purposes for
which a patent or patents must issue.
2. "Be it further resolved. That the Governor of
the State is hereby required as soon as the same can
be consistently done to procure a gold medal inscribed with suitable devices commemorative of the
deeds which these resolutions with their preamble
are designated to perpetuate, and present the same
in the name of the people of Alabama to the said
Emma Sanson as further testimonial of the respect
and gratitude of the State for her services aforesaid.
Confederate Veteran.
3. "Be it further resolved, That the Governor of
this State furnish to Miss
Sanson an authenticated copy of these resolutions.
And it is furthermore the duty of the Governor to issue the neces-
Emma
"Approved November
27, 1863."
See acts Legislature of Alabama Session, 1863, pages 213 and 214.
[Does the date above indicate a transaction which
occurred in the Federal lines? It was on that very
day that Samuel Davis across in Tennessee honored
the
human
Gen.
Ed.]
life.
My
S.
division
correct.
ied
It is
is
so cop-
is
the
talking
147
Republican government, local self-government, makes States sovereigns and not provinces.
Out of the wrecks of war came the resurrection of
this fundamental principle to grow firmer in every
section of the Union.
The results unfolded the
hidden treasures of the South, made her staple
product bloom an hundred fold, brought her great
factories with millions of spindles, and increased
her wealth in fabulous figures.
No Southern woman ever uttered the cowardly
sentence, "Believed our cause was right," but our
soldiers fought for the eternal principle of justice
and inalienable rights; for the Constitution as our
derlie
the
men
The A. P. Hill Camp of Petersburg are arranging to keep "open house" to comrades attending
This is well. There will
the Richmond reunion.
be many visitors there during the time and it will
be fortunate if they can have so cordial a pl.i
rendezvous as the camp quarters of comrades.
Qopfederate l/eterap.
148
C. C.
HEMMING AND^HISJBEQUEST.
in
As my
IT
C.
Hemming,
it came out.
Never will any man who was
Rock Island prison forgot sufferings the hardships
that winter.
Over twenty percent, died.
nature,
of
short time after we were there the Commandant, Col. Schaffner, wanted to know what was going on in the prison, as he feared an outbreak, so
he thought it necessary for him to have spies. He
sent for a number of prisoners, and told them if they
would act and report to him what was going on in
the prison he would release them in a reasonable
number.
We
CHARLES C. HEMMING.
Charlie Hemming, as we all called' him, is a*native of Florida.
He enlisted in the Jacksonville
Light Infantry in January, 1861, was captured during the Battle of Missionary Ridge, sent to Nashville, then to Rock Island prison, 111.
He arrived
there about the 9th of December, 1863.
Many of
the prisoners from the far South had never seen
snow before, and one poor fellow, who did not answer to his name when called, was found to be
dead.
all had to wait to be searched and assigned to our barracks, and while waiting this poor
fellow froze to death.
This was the beginning of
one of the coldest winters ever known in the northwest.
On January 1, 1864, it was forty-two degrees below zero, and many died from exposure.
At this time I met and knew Charlie Hemming,
and also found in prison my old friends, Will Rutland, Jesse Ely and Ben Hord. of Nashville, and J.
D. Mclnnis, now of Meridian, Miss., and we all became true friends. These were the times that tried
men's souls, for if there was any meanness in a man's
We
Confederate l/eteran
he succeeded in making money he would
to his comrades, as it had always
There was never a
been the dream of his life.
more noble, generous or higher toned man than
Charlie Hemming, loved and respected by all who
Joshua Brown, New York.
know him.
that
if
erect a
monument
and remembered."
149
Miss.
F. J. V"
U. C. V. Memorial Day was
observed here yesterday, April 23d. In the morning graves were decorated at the cemetery; in the
afternoon stores were closed and the entire community turned out to Memorial Park, where the monument is located. At 5 p.m. an elaborate programme
was carried out. The procession consisted of two
companies of military and our Camp of U. C. V.
The Camp No. 20 subscribed $25.00 to the Battle
Abbey
Maid
of
20,
fund.
Nashville.
McLaws Camp,
Commander
mander W.
etery,
Richmond.
Confederate
150
(^federate
8.
A.
CUNNINGHAM, Editor
Office:
l/eteran.
aud Prop'r,
S.
W. MEEK,
1/eterar?.
Publisher.
Com-
own interests,
cerns
its responsibility.
attention before.
instincts of
terested in
so
much
it.
The
saddest feature of
it all is
that
upon the
names
Now,
in order to rev-
is
made with
who
believes
influence
its
is
non-patriotic.
Do
co-operate
protracted indefinitely.
If
you
act-
you
work cannot be
If
to-
You should
be better informed.
subscribe to the
at Nashville,
tory.
its
rely."
is
made
in these
most sacred
interests.
Confederate
CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.
Gen. S. G. French, Winter Park, Fla., gives reasons whj the Abbey Movement should succeed:
The eloquent appeal made to the Confederate
veterans by comrades Evans, Hickey, Williams and
Murrey for the purpose of procuring- funds to aid in
in such city as may be designated- -a
erecting
Memorial Building or Battle Abbey, commends itIt should be
self to our thoughtful consideration.
borne in mind that the Memorial Building will be
the Repository, where, for safe keeping, will be deposited all creditable papers relating to the causes
that necessitated the Southern states peacefully to
withdraw from the Federal Union, where all official
reports, magazine articles, private letters from the
fields of battle by participants, diaries of passing
events, in short all reliable papers that pertain to
Also all official papers emanating from
the war.
Freedman's Burean and information of the acts of
their agents in the execution of their duties during
r
History is the life of a nation. We find vet existing monuments of races that have perished and
passed intooblivion because, they left neither written
nor legendary history.
That the Confederate
States may for all time live as a nation, born of,
ami battling for, constitutional rights won by so
many revolutions against personal government, it
is necessary to collect the testimony scattered over
the country and place it in a Repository, ready for
the historian to obtain evidence of the facts he may
publish, in vindication of justice of the southern
people.
No
wide; comrades in unknown graves; yourself penniless and family in rags, labor disorganized, slaves
free, sitting idle in the sun waiting for the promised
mule: no work animals, no implements of agriculture, no law, no anything save the lone chimneys
where your house once stood, with wild animals
around grown tame; crows sitting on your gateposts and a raven on a chimney top that and noth-
l/eterai?
ifti
ing more? I repeat, will you let all this pass for
naught, and take no steps to preserve a record of it
in a truthful account of the struggle you made to
protect your homes? I am sure you will not.
We all know the means suggested by C. B. Rouss,
For the sum of one dollar subscribed, each Confederate will become a member of the association, and his
name will be enrolled as one of the founders of the Memorial Building where his services during the war
will be perpetually kept for an honor to his children
and their posterity, and thus whatever may be the
vicissitudes of fortune to you and your descendants,
you cannot be deprived of the honorable distinction,
that you were a Confederate soldier.
In the far, far away years to come, perchance
some of your descendants, attaining to high estate,
will, in tracing up their ancestry, rejoice to learn
that the rolls preserved in the Battle Abbey show
that you were a soldier in the army of the Confederacy, and claim the honors that pertain to that
distinction, just as the many societies do now for
descent from ancestors who served in all our previous wars.
Pride of ancestors- has a refining influence.
won I he
fight.
Next comes what might be termed re-but'.ing testimony, wanted to prove the falsity of the many
publications made during and since the war.
A
generation has passed since the war commenced
and still the stories come!
Take lor instance a volume published by Macmillan and Co.. New York and London 1893, written
by Cold win Smith, and entitled. "The I'nited States,
Political History."
On page 41, he writes:
"Society in Virginia was divided into three classes. The
planter oligarchy, poor whites and negro slaves
The poor
whites were destined after In
e of u barbarous and
debared exislenci to end in a blaze of glory as the heroic infant rv of he South."
t
Confederate
152
Army
in chains."
He
One more
astonishing
how
was
left
In less
than fifteen minutes the works were captured and
the garrison retreated fighting. There was no surrender.
The firing ceased as soon as the flag could
be cut down. There were gun boats and steamers
in the river, and under flag of truce they came to
the landing. The sick and wounded were put on
board a steamer; duplicate receipts made out, signed, and exchanged.
All passengers were permitted
to land and visit the fort and collect mementoes;
and finally two Federal officers that asked the
wearied Confederate officer to take a parting glass
with them, were, for this courtesy, deprived of their
commissions. And so the ghastly picture drawn
by the author turns out to be evidence of his gullibility, or the work of a distempered imagination.
To the interested, a true account of the capture of
Fort Pillow will be found in the Veteran for No-
vember '95.
I have made these extracts few
in
number, from
l/eterar>.
perhaps the latest northern historian (who, I am informed, owes allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen
of England) and made some comments on them to
point out to you, Confederate veterans, that, although you made history, and it belongs to you,
you will never have it truthfully written unless the
means be provided; that done, the coming man
Gibbon or a Macauley will arise and enrapture the
world with the history of the greatest and most un-
That the constitution was a compact, that secession was a reserved right, that you were not rebels,
that your cause was just like the light of the
morning, is dawning over the world. The subtlety
of the higher law, the cry of free soil, the agitation
of slavery, party turned into faction, sectional prejudice and jealousy, precluded calm investigation of
our rights at the North before the war. These
causes of excitement having passed in a great measure away, the examination of the laws without prejudice has enlightened the people; and in the forum
that you were
of justice ere long the decree will be
soldiers fighting to preserve the inalienable rights
God bequeathed
to all mankind.
Lord Woodhouselee. Senator of the College of
Justice and Lord Commissioner of Justiciary in
Scotland, etc. Page 40'), Vol. II, Universal "History, in discussing the right to behead Charles I, of
England,
say^s.
"Government
self.''
Confederate Veteran.
seek occasion for war. They made it in attempting
It was
to reinforce Fort Sumter at Charleston.
not a civil war except in some border states. It
was an inter-national war from the beginning-,
and all its usages were observed to the end. It was
a war for conquest, spoliation and re-annexation.
An apology, made or offered, is regarded as an
expression of regret for an injurious act. Now,
after years of sectional legislation, pernicious to
the South, both by Congress, and the northern
states, defiantly made, and for which no relief
could be obtained, the southern states seceeded as a
mode of redress.
"Congress, rinding disunion really come." apologized
"and fell on its knees and offered the slaveowners boundless
It was ready to give slavery new guarantees
concessions.
*
to call upon the states to repeal all
and extensions *
their personal liberty hills, lo extend the Missouri compro
mise line to the pacific. It offered to place slaver] beyond
Che reach of Constitutional annulment, and a resolution to
and in the
thai effect passed the House by a vote 133 to 65,
"
Senate by 24 to 12, just the requisite two-thirds
Wendell Phillips said to Lincoln:
''Here are a series of stales girding the Gulf, thai think
their peculiar institution require a separate government.
They have a right to settle that question without appealing
to you or me" The great organ in New York conceded lie
right to withdraw. General Scott, commanding the ederal
Army, proposed a division of the Union into four separate
Confederations. Lincoln himself said "Any people, anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have a right to
rise up and shake off the existing government and forma
new one that suits them belter. This is a most valuable, a
most sacred right, a right which we hope, and believe, is to
t>r any portion of such people thai Can
liberate the world.
revolutionize and establish government over the territory
they inhabit."
I
These
The
C. C.
dimming,
of
IN BLACK.
153
"Massippi."
was wounded
in
i,
Qopfederate
154
l/eterar>.
1
c
John
BrecKeuridge was born in Lexington, Ky., January 16, 1831.
His career as a Confederate was conspicuous. He took command of
November IS, 1861. and of a division a month later. In April,
was
comm iud of a corps, Army of Mississippi). In 1862-3,
I
,S
beheld
important assignments in Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee. In 1S6L he was ordered to Kicbmond. and served in the
field in
Virginia and in East Tennessee until he was made Secretary of War.
February 6. 1865. He died at his home in Lexington, May 17, 1875.
a brigade
Albert Sidney Johnston was born in -Mason County, Ky.. February 31, 1803.
resigned his commission in the United states Army in California, came
East and -was assigned to command of Confederate forces, September 10.
1S62. His career, though very brief in behalf of the South, is both thrilling
and pathetic. Its perusal will give comfort A guard officer in the Union
Army said "He was almost Godlike."
He
;;;:;,
Confederate Veteran.
ONE COMPANY
IN FIFTY-SEVEN BATTLES.
Comrade T.
J.
Of
all
commanded Company
D.
from April. '61, to April '65, but three are living, and
IColonel Grimsley is the only survivor of the commanding officers of the Sixth Virginia Cavalry.
Our brigade commanders were Generals J. E. B.
Stuart, Fitz Lee, Beverly Robinson, Wm. E. Jones,
ID. L. Lomaxand Wm. H. Payne.
He names a long
)
list
of battles here.
Company
Dement,
It
155
There
111.,
MAY
30.
sends this:
grand reunion on the Shiloh battlefield of the survivors of that battle on May 30,
"Decoration Day." Prominent speakers from the
North and South will deliver addresses. One feature of the program will be the dedication of a monument, by the members of the Ninth Illinois Infantry,
at the National Cemetery in honor of their dead
comrades who fell at Shiloh, they having lost 365
men in killed and wounded in the battle. This will
be the greatest meeting ever held on the battlefield.
The graves of the fallen comrades will be decorated.
Reduced rates will be given on the railroads and
steamboat lines. For particulars address Col. E.
will be a
T. B. Durnal,
Sam
Sublett,
who went
Confederate
156
Home,
when, by auby the Twenty-second Legand approved February 27th, 1891, entitled
"An Act
First, 1891,
to authorize the transfer of the Confedat Austin, from Private to State Management, and to establish said Home as a State Institution, and Provide for its Support," the John B.
Hood Camp, Confederate Veterans, transferred to
the State the Home property, amounting in value to
about thirty thousand dollars; and the State assumed control, management and maintenance of the
erate
Home,
l/eterar?
Any ex-Confederate soldier or sailor, who can establish his honorable service in the army or navy,
and who
is indigent and physically unable to support himself, is not a lunatic, and is not afflicted
with any contagious or infectious disease, was a
bona fide citizen of the State on the first day of
January, 1895, can be admitted to our Home, no
matter from what State he entered the service. I
cannot now classify, by States and character of service, the present number of inmates, but on December first, 1894, there were 147 inmates, and of that
number 71 served in infantry, 55 in cavalry, 5 in the
navy, and 16 in artillery, and from the folk wing
States: Texas 91, Virginia 6, Alabama 5, North
sissippi
2,
6,
Qoofederate
This institution is situated one and a half miles
west of the Capitol, on an elevated position nortb
The above picture is a view
of the Colorado river.
from the east. The administration building. <>n the
left, is fronting south, viewing the river valley and
l/eterar?
SOLDIERS OF
57
THE CONFEDERACY.
\\ \I.K1
Infn.
try.
TOTAI
Artillery.
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X
<
there
is
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lJlh:iin;i
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16
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41
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II
WHO
011
1--
isiana
leoippi
V.I!'
Soul m
It
comes
in
tiles
of the
VBTERAN
world, let us ordain Sitting sepulture for ashes, titting monument for a just though lost cause, tor
genius and virtue an apotheosis. Can these ends
be achieved more coordinately than by the ere< tion
of a Confederate
Westminister, so to speak
national mausoleum?"
:,<
Js
).l
11
_'li
Carolina...
\;-
88
Virginia
11
30
1
Regulars.
Grand
i;
Total.
IS
1:
J..:
139
861
064
Ken La Bree,
Confederate l/eteran,
I5S
sat
sitting
on their
horses in the road near me, I sauntered down to interview them. I was on the point of making some
impertinent remark inspired by the contempt we
infantry soldiers feel for cavalry to a particularly
seedy, sleepy-looking old fellow, whose uniform and
cap were very dirty, and who bestrode a regular
Rosinante of a horse, when an officer, all bespangled
with lace, came up in a gallop and, saluting, addressed my man as Gen. Jackson. At first I was
disposed to doubt, but being convinced by the
deference paid him that it was really old Stonewall,
I congratulated myself for not disturbing his mediNo one offered to intations as I had intended.
troduce us to each other, and, as we were both
bashful, we lost the best chance of our lives to become acquainted
That night we camped within hearing distance
of musketry and artillery firing on both right and
left, that on the left being between Ewell and the
enemy, and that on the right away off in the direction of Mechanicsville. Friday morning. June 27th,
we again advanced. The Yankees fell back until
they reached a strong, almost impregnable, position
on the ground in the vicinity of Gaines' Mill. They
occupied a ridge overlooking the Chickahominy and
between us and the stream, their artillery being
massed behind three lines of breastworks so constructed along the side of the ridge next to us that
firing from one could be done over the heads of the
troops in the other. All the force of the enemy on
our side of the Chicahominy was concentrated to
check the advance of Jackson. The Confederates
and called
the
fl
bring
it
it
Then marching it by
he gave the ordets to
and shouted, "Forward!"
to attention.
ink to an open
field,
They waited
....
it.
Hood formed the remnant of the command
an old apple orchard, while exposed to a terrific
fire from the batteries, and once more gave the
order to charge. Lieut.-Col. Warwick sprang to
the front, shouting, "Wait, General, until I get
ahead of them," and fifty yards further fell mortalThe Fourth rushed down into a
ly wounded.
ravine and up the steep bank, to find that instead
it
in
did
Qopfederat'i l/eterar?
of one battery, there were three so disposed as to
The eneattack from the front and on the flank.
my made no stand at first, but supporting- the
second were eight companies of the Second United
them the very comatnongr
States Cavalry
pany in which Hood served as a lieutenant.
squadron of this command charged upon the Fourth,
but more than half of it were killed and wounded.
and the balance forced to retire in disorder. This
was the last organized resistance, the third battery
being easily captured and the enemy driven a mile
beyoad it. Then night came on, and human
slaughter ceased
After the fighting was over, I was surprised to
learn how little of it I had really seen and participated in. It is only the General, who stands back
in the rear and directs the movements of an army,
who is able to take note of all that occurs. We
privates look only to our immediate front, right and
left, and are not permitted to stand on eminences
which overlook the whole field of battle. Therefore
you must bear in mind that much of what I relate
comes from the lips of others. Caesar could say,
" Vent, :/(//, vici" but the privates of his army had
to speak in the first person plural, and say. "11?
came, we saw, we conquered."
Gen. Hood kept the promise made to us when he
was promoted to be Brigadier General, and commanded the fourth in its first fight. He exposed
himself most recklessly, but was not harmed.
The
Veteran Morris said to me yesterday: "I tell you
what, Joe,
we were forming
The
of
159
to intercept them.
Springing upon a log, the armful of swords dangling about in all directions,
Ferris!
What
in the
and d are you trying to do now?" "I'm trying to keep these d fellows from escaping,"
h
re-
That was my
Charming Nellie.
experience of battle,
I have been under fire on the picket and skirmish lines, and with
my regiment several times, but on this occasion
there was genuine lighting to be done enemies in
plain sight to shoot at and to be shot by.
I frankly admit that when I first knew we were going in, I trembled, and my heart seemed to be palpitating away
down in the region of my boots. I was in the same
condition of mind as the Tennessean at Manassas.
As his regiment advanced on the enemy, a littlecotton
tail rabbit ran through the Confederate lines and
sped away to the rear. The Tennessee man watched it a moment or two. and then exclaimed, in accents which betokened heartfelt sinceretv:
"Run,
cotton-tail, run!
If I had no more reputation to
maintain than you have, I'd run, too." When I got
fairly on the way. I felt that it was either fight or
run, and as soon as the orders to fire and charge
were given, dragged my heart up from its hidingplace and restored it to its proper position.
This
done. I became a trifle anxious to return the compliments our blue coated friends showered incessantly
upon us, and lost all sensation of fear, although
fully conscious of the danger.
The most singular
sensation I experienced was when my comrades to
the right and left began to drop, dead or wounded.
Then a strange curiosity assailed me to know how
soon ,i bullet would hit me. what part of niv body it
would strike, and how I should feel as I sank to the
ground. My curiosity was fully gratified a little
later.
Something, which I thought to be a ball.
Struck me fairly in the center of the forehead,
and sentme backward, Baton the ground and unconIn the instant between blow and uneonci >UScious.
ness, though, I had time to think that it was death.
I had been kneeling and just behind me crouched
Lieut. Bar/.i/.a, of Company C, both of us waiting
for the command to go forward.
When I came to,
my first act was to feel for the hole I was sure was
in my head, and Barziza's first remark was, "They
would have got you that time, l'ollev, if your head
hadn't been so hard."
It was only a splinter, however, from a rail struck by a solid shot, but it placed
>rs dc combat for the balance of that day, and
will leave a scar that 1 fear will mar the beauty of
first
real
As you know,
my
frontispiece.
Texas "when
this cruel
war
is
over."
Confederate
160
/*Ns* *.
*~rr~-
l/eterai?
k-
WW'i
COURT HOUSE AND CONFEDERATE MONUMENT AT CALHOUN.
The tap of the drum and the tramp of marching
feet was heard on all sides.
The battle and death
were at first a long way off, but the clash grew
The boom of the cannon at Chickamauga
nearer.
was the opening of a dark and bloody chapter for
fair and favored North Georgia.
Mission Ridge,
Ringgold and Dalton added their quota to the chain
>,
Charter No.
7.
Capt. J. H. George. Howell, Tenn., in contributing to the Sam Davis Monument Fund, says: I wish
I could give one hundred dollars to perpetuate the
memory of so noble a boy, one of so great devotion
to country and constancy to friends. Such patriotism
was never surpassed. I am proud to have the privilege of casting in my little mite to help point
Southern manhood to so great a deed and so noble
a character.
I wish all old Confederate soldiers
would arouse themselves to give, if it be but little,
and let us have a monument towering to the clouds.
May the Confederate Veteran yet be the companion of all the Southern soldiers and their children.
Confederate Veteran.
FIRST EXPERIENCES IN BATTLE.
161
of
won
auv family.
Victor Montgomery, Santa Ana, Cal.: "Since
writing you last, Comrade Charles Humphreys, a
native of Kentucky, but who joined a Missouri regiment and served under Gen. Sterling Price 'Pap'
Price, as we called him), has 'crossed oyer the river
to rest in the shade." Judge Humphreys was a public-spirited, prominent citizen of this* town, dearly
beloved, and will be much missed."
-
(^onfedgrate l/eteran
162
17th. 1862.
'
GEORGE W. JOHNSON.
Thos. A. Russell was
born September 10, 1843,
enlisted at
Lexington,
September, 1869, a private in Company D, Second Kentucky, Morgan's
Cavalry. He fought
gallantly in
tle\\
many
bat-
oiinded
at
Milton,
Kentucky.
W. W. LONGMAN.
Longman was born in Kenton County, Ky., January 21, 1S-J0. and enlisted in the Confederate army July, '61, as a private in Company H, Second Kentucky
infantry. He was a Fort Donelson prisoner, escaped from Camp Morton and joined the
Woodford
\V.
Second Kentucky Cavalry. Under Morgan he fought at Gallatin and Woodbury, Tenn.,
and in his native Kentucky, at Lebanon, Rolling Fork, Green River Bridge, Elizabeth town and Cynthiana. in the latter engagement he lost a leg. He died at Frankfort March 20, lS91,and was buried at Cynthiana.
DECORATION DAY.
Sleep, comrades. sleep and rest
On this held of the grounded arm-
And
At the
Or
cm
THOS. A. RUSSELL.
in this camp of death
No sound your slumbers break:
But
Another collection of sketches from Gen. John Boyd is
printed on page 154. Through this medium many worthy
tributes will be paid to Kentucky comrades.)
(
Here
no fevered breath.
No wound that bleeds and aches.
is
All
The shouts
It is
of battle cease,
the truce of God
Your
silent tents of
green
Confederate l/eteran
CASUALTIES
AT GETTYSBURG.
The
rade
W.
163
I.
the brave.
"We
22, states:
"Confederates at Gettysburg," in
this month's issue is of great interest.
The statisarticle,
tics of the
casualties of the several divisions enthose sanguinary battles are quoted correctly, but they lack one fact which I trust you will
correct:
Pickett's Division fought only on the
third day, while the others fought and lost heavily
on one. or the other of the previous days. Especially was this the case with Heth's Division, whose
losses on the first day were very heavy.
General
Heth in his report, says: "The twenty-sixth North
Carolina Regiment lost in this action more than
half its numbers in killed and wounded, among
whom were Colonel Rongwjn killed and Lieutenant Colonel Lane severely wounded.
The comparison of casualties as given in the
article mentioned is not altogether fair as it per-
gaged
in
the dead.
As
Army
S.
A.'
Griffith,
Paris,
Texas.
notice in
the
falling back.
I am exceedingly anxious to
hear from
every one of the survivors, and sincerely trust that
every one whose eyes fall upon this will write me.
success.
One of the Dry Docks in the Navy Yard. Portsmouth, Va., was commenced in December 1827
while John Quincy Adams was President and it
was completed during the administration of Andrew
Jackson in lS.v>
Confederate
164
l/eterai?
N. B. Hogan, Springfield, Mo., March 14:
has been said that there are three great events
in every man's life
his birth, his marriage and his
death.
In my life there have already been three
momentous events, and I presume that when my earthly career is closed the fourth will have transpired.
Since the publication of my account of the "Marengo (Ala.) Rifles" in the February Veteran, I
have received many letters from old comrades and
childhood playmates, but none gave greater surprise
and pleasure than did the one received to-day from
Mrs. Susie Marshall-Dansby, of Kaufman, Tex.
This is the charming Susie Marshall of whose inspiring verse I wrote.
I had heard that she laid
aside the cares and burdens of life many years ago,
but my heart-beat is quickened with new inspiration
in the perusal of a letter
penned by her own steady
hand inspired by the old-time sentiment of warm
Col.
It
unsolicited
In
has
much
testimonials, Mr.
W.
B. Philpott
above
Veteran.
The
Reunion.
March Veteran,
91,
ate Veteran Camp of New York City, inquiries concerning ihe circumstances connected with the presentation by ladies of a silk battle flag to the First
Mississippi Rifles, and who the donors were.
He also desires to know from what locality came
that company, to what regiment, brigade, and divisIn
ion did it belong, and in which army it served.
addition, he would like a list of the battles it was engaged in. and the names of the commanding officers.
Col. Chisolm was Lieutenant- Colonel and Aidede-Camp throughout the war to Gen. Beauregard.
He thinks this regiment was with them in the
friendship
"Litbrave
soldier
so important a part in the
annals of war; nor of its influence in cheering him
on to deeds of valor and heroism."
Of course she didn't. It was just so with all the
noble women of the South. All unconscious of the
fact, the\ were constantly by their devotion to our
cause and love for their "soldier boys" doing something to give renewed inspiration and courage to
the oft-drooping spirit of the men at the front.
You are doing a grand, noble work through the
Veteran, and I wish you a hearty Godspeed.
tle
did
letter I
penned to
my
Qo federate l/eterai?
MRS. MARIA LOUISE BLACKMORE.
Resolutions adopted by Daniel Donelson Bivouac,
United Confederate Veterans, Gallatin, Tennessee,
in respect to the memory of Mrs. Maria Louise Ewing
Blackmore, April 4th, 1896.
Since our last meeting- a sad bereavement has befallen an honored and beloved comrade, and a great
lo>s been sustained by this community, and by the
Donelson Bivouac.
Mrs. Maria Louise Blackmore, wife of Hon. .'.is.
W. Blackmore, died at the family residence, in
On the
Gallatin, on the 5th day of March", 1896.
7tli, her remains, accompanied by numbers of sorrowing- friends, were taken to Nashville and interred in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Mrs. Blackmore was a daughter of the late Win.
B. Ewing and Mrs. Martha C. Ewing-, and was
born and reared in Davidson County. Her marriage
to Mr. Blackmore occurred in 1871, and subsequent-
165
noble wife.
Resolved, That we entertain a deep sense of appreciation of Mrs. Blackmore's sympathy with the
cherished memory of our comrades and cause, and
the objects and purpose of our organization; her inin the welfare of ex Confederates, and her
generous and efficient services in contributing to
their comfort and pleasure, and promoting their
plans.
And we will remember her as a valued
friend and true type of exalted Southern womanhood.
Resolved, That the preamble and resolutions be
spread upon the minutes of the Bivouac, and that a
copy of the same be furnished comrade Blackmore.
i
brilliant success
.1.
IN
MEMORIAM.
MRS.
Southland's
Southland
is
3o itbland is
s,,iii
Maud
MAKV WARE.
gri
is
\\
ith
the tear<
>\
for years;
he gray.
Brothers
in
And now.
We
el
ay
it is
Therefore,
\i.t-:.
W. H. Joyner,
K. B. Wright,
Nkt. Turner,
ly
A. Trotjsd
J.
A baby
Two
Qoi}f-edera te l/eteran
166
Biscoe, Va.
Relief: John
is
all
parts
Staten Island?'
of the
Commander.
ers,
The
Detroit and
Steam
Cleveland
Navigation Company's
steamers are now running daily
(except Sunday) between Detroit
and Cleveland. When traveling
E .st or West, North or South, try
to arrange to take advantage of
these luxurious steamers between
Michigan and Ohio. If you are
contemplating a summer outing,
write A. A. Schantz, G. P. A.,
Detroit,
Mich.,
for
illustrated
Drs.
US),
You choose
young one.
Why
AVER'S
SO
AVER'S
may
tH>
Confederate l/eterap.
167
As they were prepared by the Committee on ConBy-Laws appointed at the Third Annual
Meeting Of the organization, which was held in New
Orleans, April, 1892, and were adopted at Houston,
Tex., May 23, 1S'J5, with J. B. Gordon, General Commanding, and Geo. Moorman, Adjutant General and
stitution "and
Chief of Staff.
PREAMBLE.
Office, Nashville,
Teun.
base therefrom.
i.
Believing that a general federal inn of all constituted organizations of Confederate Veterans will assist in the accomplishment of the cherished purposes
that each body is singly laboring to carry out, and to
more lirmly establish the ties which already exist beu ceii hem:
We, the representatives of the following Camps, in
general convention assembled al Houston, Tex., on
this twenty-third day of May, of the year of our Lord,
eighteen hundred
<1
ninetj five, do adopt, ordain
and establish the following Constitution and Bj Laws,
revoking and abrogating all previous Constitutions
and rules of
ment
:>
action.
ARTICLE
I.
-TITLE.
tion shall be
ans."
ARTICLE
OBJECTS.
II.
be strictly "Social,
lent."
1.
will strive:
it
To
unite
in
all
asso
enduring monu-
Section
bj
in
ARTICLE IV.ORGANIZATION.
The .amps shall be organized by de1.
partments, divisions and brigades.
Sec. 2. The federation shall have as its executive
head a General. There shall be three departments, to
Section
be called:
Aran
of
Tennessee
3.
shall
in.
Departments
Sec.
The Army of Tennessee Department shall
include and be iorined of the sians of Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida.
The Trans-Mississippi Department shall ing
Territories
clude and be formed of the States and
i.
report directly to
are less than ten (10) camps, shall
whose recommendathe departmenl commander, upon
stabs or Territories
tion to such camps iii contiguous
may be formed Into a division by the Oommandei in
Chief until such States or Territories attain the re-
To urge and
ARTICLE
Sec.
I.
Membership
in
this
Federation shall be
camps.
di\ ision.
m ncIF
REPRESENTATION, DELEGATES,
\
LIMITATIONS \M PROXIES.
at
.'.
Confederate
168
same
number
tion.
The General, Lieutenant Generals, MajorGenerals, Brigadier Generals and their Adjutants
General shall be ex officio members of the annual
Sec. 4.
Section
head.
STAFF OFFICERS.
Sec.
DEPARTMENT STAFF.
Department commanders shall be allowed
same regular staff as the General, and such assistants and aids as they may deem necessary, but one
Sec. 11.
the
DIVISION STAFF.
Sec. 12.
l/eterar?.
one grade lower in rank, and such aids, with the rank
of Major, as may be found necessary.
BRIGADE STAFF.
Brigade commanders shall be allowed the
staff as the division commander, with the
rank of Major, and such aids as may be found necessary to facilitate the organization of camps in his district, with the rank of Captain.
Sec. 13.
same regular
CAMP OFFICERS.
Camps may,
Sec. 14.
at their option, adopt the following nomenclature for their officers, viz: Commander, First, Second, Third (or more) Lieutenant
Commanders; Adjutant, Quartermaster, Surgeon,
Chaplain, Officer of the Day, Treasurer, Sergeant
Major. Vidette, a Color Sergeant and two Color
Guards, and define their duties.
The Commander, in official intercourse with headquarters, shall be addressed as Captain.
Sec. 15. No one can be elected or appointed an officer of this Federation, or of its subordinate departments, divisions and brigades or their staffs, unless
he be a member of one of the camps.
BADGE.
Section 1. The badge of this Federation shall be a
device similar to the one now in use by the camps of
this association, which device is the representation in
enamel of the Confederate battle flag, on a plain metal
surface of
of an inch square, and can be mounted
as a pin or button, to be worn on the left lappel of the
coat.
See. 2. Recognized associations of Sons or Daughters of Veterans affiliating with this Federation shall
be allowed to wear the same badge as the United Confederate Veterans, with the letters S. C. V. or D. C. V.,
as the case may be, inserted in the upper triangles of
the cross, from left to right, and with the number of
their organization in the lower triangle.
MEMORIAL DAY.
This Federation shall religiously observe the celebration of Memorial Day. Each camp, brigade and division shall have full authority to designate its own.
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS.
Section
1.
tion is permanently
Sec. 2. Memorial
Association, in that
records, papers and
ARTICLE
VIII. SPECIAL
POWERS.
1.
Confederate l/eterap.
camp and
staff; certificates of
membership
to
camps
joining this organization, and to the individual members thereof; to fix and charge fees for such commissions and certificates and for other documents; to
levy an annual per capita tax upon its members, to
regulate the collection of such income for the general
treasury, its custody and disbursement.
Sec. 3. It shall have power to give recognition and
affiliation, and regulate and revoke same, to organizations of sons, of mothers, wives and daughters of Confederate Veterans, to constitute them auxiliaries, and
to select from them its successors and heirs, they to
have representation in all conventions and meetings
of the association, the ratio of their representation to
It
be fixed by the conventions of the Federation.
shall further possess all powers and privileges grunted
by law to associations of this character.
1.
jects,
shall be levied upon its members other than the fees and per capita, which shall
never exceed an adequate amount to meet the indispensable expenses of its management.
Sec. -!. The use of the seal, badges or name of this
Federation for business or advertising purposes, and
the giving of its badge to persons unauthorized to wear
it,
its
BY
\ws
ARTICLE I MEMBERSHIP.
membership shall be
the headquarters of the state or Terriblanks furtory where the camp is organized upon
nished by the general headquarters.
By-Laws and
Sec " When the Constitution and
has bee,,
organization
applying
members
of
the
roll of
departand
division
by
recommended
examined and
application is acment headquarters, and when the
camp shall be
companied by the prescribed fees, the
record, and a
admitted, If no defect is found in the
to It by the
of membership will be issued
Section
Application for
1.
made through
certificate
tion.
Sec.
169
No assessment
3.
1.
No camp
and
all
other
said camp.
Sec. 2. Suspension of a camp shall not affect the
membership in the United Confederate Veterans of
comrades of such camps, nor impair their tenure of
office or eligibility as officers therein during such suspension.
Prolonged suspension of a camp may be
declared at an annual meeting an act detrimental to
the objects and purposes of the Federation and shall
load to forfeiture of membership.
Sec. 3. Reinstatement from suspension will take
effect Immediately upon receipt by the Adjutant Sen
eral of
evidence of the removal by the suspended
camp of its cause of suspension.
FORFEITURE OF MEMBERSHIP.
Section 1. Forfeiture of membership shall be declared against any camp allowing political or religious discussions or taking any such action.
Sec. 2. Forfeiture of membership may also be declared against any camp committing any act repugnant to this Constitution or detrimental to the objects
and purposes of this Federation.
Sec. 3. Forfeiture of membership shall be declared
by a two-thirds vote at an annual meeting, after
proper investigation of the charges, and only when
they have been substantiated.
ARTICLE XLAMENDMENTS.
Section 1. By a two-thirds vote of the delegates
present at an annual meeting of this Federation, alterations and amendments can be made to this Constitution; provided that notice and a copy of pro-
least three
ARTICLE XII.DISSOLUTION.
Section 1. This Federation is intended to exist until
the individual members of its camps are too few and
feeble to longer keep it up, and it shall not be disBOlved unless upon a vote or agreement in writing of
ARTICLE
II.MEETINGS.
1.
..r
:l
Any represent.!
plain, who will deliver a prayer.
or other person
tive of the local or state government,
welcome the delegates, shall then
deputized
to
which he
be Introduced by the Major General, after
Commandershall turnover the meeting to the General
Who
in-Chief.
his
will reply to ttie addresses, deliver
person
shall
tie
to
the
roll
call
of
their respccii\c
to the
ramps
body, and
basis fixed
the meeting will proceed to business on the
delegates.
by the Adjutant General's roll of accredited
Sec. 6. Everj comrade in good standing will hi'
privileged to attend the meeting of tiny organization
Confederate
170
belonging to the United Confederate Veterans and receive tbat fraternal consideration they design to foster.
l/eterai)
staff
their offices.
VOTING.
BRIGADIER GENERALS.
Sec.
7.
In
all
Sec.
camps
4.
in their district.
CAMP OFFICERS.
made.
Sec.
When
there
is
ARTICLE
III.-DTJTIES
OF OFFICERS.
1.
The General shall be head of this Federashall enforce its Constitution, By-Laws, rules
and regulations, ami the will of its convention and
meetings, and to this effect, he may issue all necessary
orders. He shall preside over the general conventions,
Section
tion,
and
2.
MAJOR GENERALS.
Major Generals shall command division's,
each Stat'' and Territory forming but one division and
having but one Major General. The Major Generals
Sec.
::.
Brigadier
6.
of the
tion.
QUARTERMASTER GENERAL.
Sec 7. The Quartermaster General shall hold the
funds and vouchers of the Federation. He shall have
charge of the contracting for badges of the association and their sale to the camps upon proper requisition; he shall pay all warrants drawn on him by the
Adjutant and appproved by the Commander-in-Chief;
he shall have charge of all arrangements for transportation of general headquarters to and from general
meetings or reunions, and he shall endeavor to facilitate the transportation by railroads of delegates to
the meetings of the Federation.
s.
shall
prescribe the
in
reference to inspections
Confederate
be deemed necessary. He shall prepare an abthe reports received from departments for
the information of the Commander-in-Chief, and present a report to the annual meeting,
lie shall have
charge of all investigations ordered for infractions of
the Constitutions ami By-Laws of the Federation of
the camps, in- fur conduct of any camp or individual
considered detrimental to the Federation, which may
may
as
stract
iif
lie
1/eterar?
SURGEON GENERAL.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
shall
perform the
duties properly appertaining to his office, ami present
at the annual meeting a report or paper on matters re
on
lating i" the medical ami surgical branch "i the
federate service.
Sec
9.
COMMISSAR'S GENERAL.
s.
.\n committees shall meet when called by
chairman.
Reports ei committees shall lie sent to the Generalin
'hhl' on,, month bet'.. re the annual meeting.
See.
heir
CHAPLAIN GENERAL
ARTICLE
Section
12.
shall
perform
The subordinate
1".
Sec.
staff shall
perform
in their
ARTICLE
Ml
IV
CHANNELS OP COMMUNICATION.
ARTICLE V
COMMITTEES.
membership
Relief Commit
that shall have charge of
all malt. as relating to relief,
pensions, homes ami
other benevolent purp sos of iiiis Fi deration.
3.
i.
Monumental Committee shall have charge
matters relating to
tuments, graves ami the
Federation's objects anil purposes in these respects
Sec.
all
Sec.
es
5.
officers,
in
free
from
camp
to a cer
cost of postage.
Sec. 2.
a fee of .me dollar ($1,
tor each commission issued I., officers, or certificate t.> individual mem.
hers, of .amps by general headquarters, which fee
shall include postage.
Sec.
::.
member
but ion
The per
apportl
Tin
lifferent
<
'
ARTICLE
VII.
AMENDMENTS
present.
'bit
am
sidered unless bj
of
fee of
*''
An entrance
iis
-aic of
official
ill
VI. FINANCES.
shall be:
company
enumerated
tors
(.$2.00)
active
service.
The
1.
two dollars
titi.
Sec
171
unanimous oi sent, if a
have been furnished to
the Federation at least thirtj (30) days before
and copy of
camp
in
it
the annual n
Official.
shall not
ing
;i ii
Mi IORMAN,
Adjutant General and Chief of Staff.
i
of all the
divisions, etc
changes
in
Now
will
not everj
Commander and
Confederate
There
may wish
is
for the
l/eterai>
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South.
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4, '96.
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J.
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Cities
Cincinnati
im-
all
much
in praise of the
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VETERAN
Major A. M. Foute, of Cartersville, Ua., commends the suggestion recently made, that comrades
attending the Richmond Reunion wear upon their
hats a card or badge indicating company and regiment,
for,
as he says,
who bade
A
Cairo
x,
babe of Belmont."
when
,.
ISO. b.
The
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A.
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Editor.
substance of
is
it
that
we remember
Lambert Sylvester.
so, if
rightly,
it
was named
Emma
DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY.
Election of
Officers
of
Its
New
Name.
At
meeting
federate Soldier's
Home
yesterday
it
Con-
was decided
to
The above
federacy.
is
Qopfederate l/eterap.
174
William M. Hutson: Early on Christmas morning of the year 1864 a meeting between an old
slave and his young master, then in camp, is
worthy of record as showing the faithfulness of the
negro to the Confederate soldier. This is the incident: As a member of the Beaufort (S. C. ) Volunteer Artillery, a boy of 17, I was camped in Fort
Coosawhatchie, on the line of the Charleston &
Savannah railroad. Just across the river a part of
Sherman's army was stationed, and back of the
army was the old plantation, "Cedar Grove," my
old playground, where in childhood I was happy.
To reach me, a circuit of some fifteen miles had to be
made. On Christmas morning of 1864, John Proctor,
a faithful servant of my father, brought me a large
case of cooked rice and a fine duck already prepared.
He said he knew his young master was in camp,
and had slim rations to eat, and he brought
him the duck and the rice for one good meal and to
remind him of the old days on the plantation.
This kindness I have never forgotton. Old John
is still living in Beaufort, S. C.
He is 90 years old.
I write this for the Veteran as a tribute to him.
We
And honored
less vigils
keep
We
MISS.
Confederate l/eteran.
COL W. H. STEWART
ON COM.M. F. MAURY.
Wm.'H. Stewart, of Portsmouth, Va., is doa valuable service to history in a lecture upon
ttie life and character of Commodore Matthew FonCol. Stewart is a worthy Virginian to
taine Maury.
handle the sacred theme Virginia claims Maury
as Tennessee does Andrew Jackson, although
Maury was born in the Volunteer State. Col.
Stewart entered the Confederate service in April,
That
1861, as a Lieutenant in the Wise Dragoons.
command hiving been mustered out of service, he
was subsequently elected Major of the Sixty-first
Virginia Infantry, and was with his regiment in a
long series of battles, in most of which he commanded it. His experience at the Crater may be
given later on, in the VETERAN. He was paroled
Col.
ing'
at
Appomattox
iu April. 1865.
sometime
until
175
in
He
1876.
served as
common-
their behalf.
Stewart says:
afraid our Southern people do not fully appreciate the force and strength of your patriotic
work through the CoNFEDERAT] Yin a \\.
Iu a recent pleasant letter, Col.
am
McDowell,
men
in his
ST]
\li r.
teristic,
and
will be of interest to
your readers.
will,
am
Rev'd. O. P. Fitzgerald.
Qopfederate
176
May
am honored by my
l/eterai).
The vow
his slave.
The
But knighthood and chivalry are not dead
that vitalized the knights of old, and inspired
spirit,
GEN. W. H. JACKSON.
still
lives to-day,
and
its
worth and
its
with
the roar of battle and the rapture of strife
friends and comrades to tell the partial story of how
Surrounded by his
they fought and how they fell.
enemies, who bear willing testimony to his matchless
courage and his stainless honor, no earthly monarch
gave him his " accolade," but touched by the hand
divine, he rose from the gallows to the crown
kinglv knight a knightly king, in patriotism unrivaled,
in modest courage and heroism peerless and alone.
This glorious young martyr, only 21 years of age,
gave his young life to his beloved South on the scafHis
fold rather than betray a trust confided to him.
tribute to his people and the cause for which he
fought induced a Federal officer, Lieut. J. M. Bell,
who was an eye witness, to publish in a Northern
paper eleven years ago a sketch ending with this remarkable language: * * * "And thus ended a
tragedy wherein a sm oth-faced boy, without counsel,
standing friendless in the midst of enemies, had, with
a coarage of the highest type, deliberately c^sen
death to life secured by means he deemed d'
Confederate l/eterao
Of just such material was the Southern army
formed." Mr. Cunningham, editor of the Confederate
Veteran, who has so happily inaugurated a movement to erect a monument in Davis' honor, credits
the inspiration to the testimony of Union Soldiers
who were present at the execution.
To honor Southern chivalry, you, sir knights and
:hese fair ladies and brave men, are assembled here
:o-day; and never did noble knights in nobler cause
Within Westminster's sacred
ay lance in rest.
ane lie England's noblest dea 1 and pilgrims from
"its dim religious aisles."
throng
distant lands
their wanderings through its cloistered courts
In
they pause not before the ornate tombs of titular
kings, but gather, with voiceless tongues and bated
breath, round the simple tablets that mark the sleeping
dust of England's dead heroes, poets and statesmen.
The sacred soil of Westminster Abbey hath a magic
power to make kings plebeians and plebeians kings.
Felicitous, indeed, was the thought that organized
this knightly pageant to forward the purpose so near
The men and women of the Soath have
our hearts.
determined to carry out the sublime movement inaugurated by that Confederate cavalryman from Virginia,
Mr. Charles Broadway Rouss, now of New York, that
true soldier and most generous and noble-hearted philanthropist, and rear a "Battle Abbey" on Southern
soil to perpetuate the fame and glory of her gallant
ible.
Veteran
He
"
alone was
Somehow
I dreamed
that they were all dead, and
was the last left on earth.
"See! They are marching now, a mighty host of
that
dead.
" Supremely blessed arc they
Thai earth in earth entrust, for they may know
And tend the dwelling whence the slumbered clay
Shall rest at last, and bid the young flowers bloom,
That waft a breath of hope around the tomb
"
And kneel upon the dewy turf and pray
The
177
ir
We
Crushed beneath overwhelming numbers our Southern dead have bequeathed to you the trust to preserve
their fame and honor as unsullied and as stainless as
will you prove recreant to this
the swords they wore
Thi splendid pageant, this array of youth and
trust?
beauty this "largesse" of benefaction from these
valiant knights
all these give earnest for the future
First in honor,as in place, Albert
of this sacred trust.
Sidney Johnston, Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Joseph
E. Johnston the immortal quartette of knightly heroes,
far greater in nobility of character and purity of their
have led the
lives than our Revolutionary heroes
advance g tard across the dark river, and one by one
the leader of our hosts have crossed over to rest beneath the perennial shade that gladdened Stonewall's
dying eyes; and the small rearguard who remain,
veterans of an hundred stricken fields, are waiting and
watching for orders for the final march.
Doubtless before your task has bten achieved their
sacred dust will also be ready to be gathered, with
those who have preceded them into our Southern Valhalla, to that spot where chosen pilgrimages will be
made, and our children's children, as upon some
sacred shrine, will swear fresh fealty to Honor and to
Truth.
Blags
<
Company after company, battalion, regiafter regiment and yonder rise the white
walls of the city which they mean to take.
But no
menacing guns are pointed; no sentinels pace the
ramparts; there seems to be no apprehension of
danger, no preparation for attack.
less day.
ment
MEMORIAL SERVIC3
\i
Sam
was
offered
The
Mr.
Confederate l/eterap
178
Hamilton
R., Missouri.
Signers of Constitution.
lison.
Chattanooga Negroes Compliment A Confederate.W. P. McClatchy, Commander N. B. Forrist Camp, Chattanooga, Tenn., has been honored
by the negro men of that city. They presented
him with a g-old-headed cane.
Addresses were
made by J. W. White and J. G. Burge, negro lawyers there. Comrade McClatchy held the office of
City Recorder (Judge of the City Court) last year,
and at the expiration of his term he was greatly
surprised when these men presented it as a token
of their friendship and esteem, and for the just
and impartial manner in which he had dealt with
J.
White and
J.
G. Burge to
iU.
C.
The
old Confederates of Richmond and Baltimore have recently had a great treat in listening to
the address of William L. Royall, Esq., of Richmond, Va., on the campaign and battle of Gettysburg-.
It was delivered in Baltimore on the 20th of
January, 1896, before the Army and Navy Society
of Maryland, and in Richmond on the 17th of
March, 1896, for the benefit of the J. E. B. Stuart
monument fund. Mr. Royall has been a profound
student of the subject and he collated the evidence
that bears on the question whether General Lee ordered General Longstreet to attack Mead's left flank
at sunrise on the morning of July 2nd, 1863, and
whether he proved that the order was given or
whether he did not, he made it perfectly clear that
Gen. Longstreet could have made the attack at that
hour, and that if he had made it, Meade had nothing'
there which could have resisted him for a moment.
His account of the fearful battle of the third day,
when Pickett's division was sacrificed, was exceedingly spirited, and interested his audience most
Altogether the audience both at Baltimore
deeply.
and Richmond was richly rewarded, and received an
idea of the campaign and battle of Gettysburgwhich was entirely new to them. Mr. Royall will
deliver this address again in Richmond during the
great Confederate Reunion, at the beginning of
July, for the benefit of the J. E. B. Stuart monument
fund, and I advise all old Confederates who are
there to go to hear
it.
Qopfederate l/eterap
These
engravings
from a
are
179
furnished by
list
Many
ii
who
others,
their lives,
proportion
risk-
and a large
who gave
all
i"
'KAN.
aptain
Ala..
June
Mor-
alvin C.
<
gan, born at
4.
Huntsville.
1827, enlisted
the Confederate
at
HcMinnvillc, Tenn.,
1682,
and
-tall
of
John
the
In- brother.
Gen.
the
In
many
ruptured on the
>hio raid,
in
was
lie
battles,
<
in
on
served
Morgan, as cap-
II.
tain,
twice
-,
<
and imprisoned
Ihio
Penitentiary
surrendered
May,
at
vugus-
1866.
Ho
M'T.MN
AI.VIN
c.
MU1:<;
ton. Ky..
\V
July
19, 1882.
UOR G. H
xSHTNGTON MORGAN,
Calhoun. Tenn.. December i. 1817, enlisted al Knozviiie, Tenn.. early >n 1861.
as Major i.f the Third Tennessee
Infantry until May. 1862, when he joined Morgan's Cavalry
and soon became Major of the Second Kentucky, Mo was in
born
in
several
LIEUTENANT TiluM
\.
Mm:..
in
tn
F.
\v
orn
iromoted to
i
\>
KEY HOBG
born in
Confederate l/eterap.
180
given:
Born
in
Alaba-
and
five
later, in 1844,
went
to
years
they
Texas and
what is
now Burleson counlocated in
ty.
or
driving
cattle.
Game
came
He was
elected sheriff of
:^/ff,
l
(oj^<!
He
to
'
was command-
At the
given unsolicited.
At the beginning
When the Confederate flag went down in darkness and gloom, Capt. Cook returned to his little
famil}-, broken down in health and stripped of all
his property.
lie offered what little he had remaining for $600, with a view of migrating to
Mexico, but his noble and courageous wife counselled differently and he decided to "accept the situation." In 1869 he sold his farm and engaged in
the mercantile business in Centerville, Leon county,
Texas. He prospered in this new field, and in 1876
he moved to the railroad, where he aided in building
up the town of Buffalo, on the International Kailroad.
In 1SS4. with his increased capital, he removed to Belton, Texas, where he resumed business
on a larger scale. After this, his health failing, he
turned the management of the business over to his
son, T. A. Cook, and his son-in law, T. W. Cochran,
and
Carrolls and Howards alike went to the fray, exand landless, with Maryland's 20,000 heroes.
And at homo, in their down-trodden city and State.
the women of the Carroll and the Howard families,
with the many others whose names form a roll of
honor Maryland will bear upon her shield forever
suffered and served, dauntless and undismayed,
through all the four long years of the sanguinary
iled
conflict.
retired.
own.
Comrade Cook was ruling elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church from 1850 until his re'tnoval to Belton in 1SS4.
Then, as there was no
branch of that Church in Belton, he made a temporary abode with the Prebvterians, as did his good
wife until her death, February 6, 1894.
She was
loved by all who knew her.
Capt Cook is a man of strong will power, bold
and courageous, upright, and conscientious, but is
kind-hearted and charitable.
The foregoing is from a sketch by Dr. H. C.
Ghent.
181
Virginian, in
18(>7.
Confederate l/eteran.
182
1862:
left his
8,
officer
When
was
killed or
'Fell
still
"My farver's
farver was
they had a battle, he
little
Confederate Veteran
183
the colonies owed their indedendence. Her people were foremost in making the
government and constitution. Every State of the
Union west of Indiana, and including it. owed its
existence to the generosity of the South or the
achievement of her sons. Who shall dare to judge
them harshly then, because, when the crisis came
upon them, they refused to stultify all their previous
history; refused to repudiate the lessons they had
learned from childhood, and in the defense ol what
their mothers taught them manifested the same independence and courage that won the victory at
King's Mountain and at Yorktown.
Let our Battle
Abbey be the witness of our gratitude to God
that our fathers were men and heroes, not infallible
in judgment, not archangels nor demi-gods, but
men. true and steadfast, with the noblest qualities
all
of
and chiefest of
all,
manhood.
The
American
institutions
fail.
mighty
>t
phis in '58.
lie graduated with first honor. Racine
College, '7i.; graduated and won S.T. 1>. Degree in the
Genera] Theological Seminary. New York City;
he also received
prize for Clas-
in
and
was
charge
in
Pulaski, Tenn.
He was elected
Chaplain
and
South
in '82; re-
from Columbia
College, New
York,
'89.
He
W as elected
Vice Chancellor
we
are Americans.
it is
rules,
of the church at
sacrifice.
friends,
"7
My
was
Episcopal
smoke stained
same
lie
Church,
battlefield,
79.
ordained to the
ministry of the
Creek
lenistic
and Hel-
sical
iii-imi'
(.
vilor.
was
Confederate l/eteran,
184
laity,
on
first
ballot
He has been honored by degrees as follows: Columbia, N. Y., '89, S.T.D.; Trinity College, Hartford, '92, D.D.; University of the South, '93, D.D.;
General Theological Seminary, N. Y., '94, S. T. D.
Bishop Gailor was chosen to deliver the Church
Club Lecture in New York in '89 and again in '95;
he was elected to preach the "Flower Sermon" at
St. Louis in '94, and also to deliver the "Slocum
Lectures'' at the University of Michigan in '95, and
"Paddock Lectures," NewYork City, the next year.
While this young Bishop does not authorize the
statement, it is understood that while Vice Chancellor atSewanee, he was urged by a congregation
in Chicago to go there and was proffered several
times the salary he was getting, which he promptly
declined to accept.
Comrade M. H.
am
stand that. * * *
As I understand the matter, the name is not yet
settled and we can work away for the present and
not trouble ourselves until the question comes up.
I send you $5. for the Davis monument.
Why
not think of having a monument to his memory in
the Chickamauga Park where the Government
would care
to me,
my
for it always?
You may credit this $5.
wife, and three children, $1. each.
when
A committee
five
members
is
same
The
first chapter in a State is the "Charter Chapand is authority until after the formation of
three or more chapters, and all application for charters must be endorsed by the President of Charter
ter,"
Chapter.
On May
of
elect-
Confederate l/eteran.
BATTLE DESCRIBED TO CHARMING NELLIE.
Camp near Winchester, Va.,
Charming Nki.ije:
Oct.
s.
1862.
last letter to
sometime in July.
overtook the
command on
saries
My
185
********
Confederate
186
l/eterai?
to a fellow
pall,
was getting
dodging.
ed.
Besides,
was getting
ver}' tired of
enemy
to be.
Following it, I soon overtook the
rash fellows, and when the regiment halted at the
bottom of the hill to recover the breath it had lost
in descending, placed myself in position to support
I thought the Colonel in command
its right flank.
would be too wise to proceed further. But again
his hoarse voice shouted "Forward!" while a captain close behind me declared he would shoot the
Charming
the regiment, Colonel Carter would naturally conclude I was at the front, and would come immediately to my relief with the whole regiment at his
Obviously the Eleventh Mississippi was
back.
going into danger, and it was better to risk the
captain's pistol than the thousand and tens of thousands of guns which would be turned against me if
Thus reasoning, I permitted my
I went forward.
Mississippi compatriots to proceed without me.
The captain immediately rushed at me, pistol in
one hand and drawn sword in the other, shouting:
"Move forward, sir move forward!" so fiercely
that I was almost tempted to take him at his word.
But better counsel prevailed. "I belong to the
Fourth Texas, Colonel," I explained hastily; whereupon, cajoled by my flattery into returning it, he
exclaimed, "That's all right then, Captain nobody
would be so far in the front but a Texan."
My trust in Col. Carter was speedily justified by
the approach of the Fourth. But we had not gone
a hundred yards after I dropped into the ranks of
Company F., when we heard the report of half a
hundred muskets in our rear. Halting and looking
back, we saw a line of camp fires spring up as if by
magic on the top of the hill at the edge of the
woods, while the tall silhouettes of many men and
horses flitted around them and between them and
Half an hour later the brigade faced to the
us.
left, and the First Texas leading, marched toward
the lights. Suddenly a loud voice cried, "Halt!" a
single gunshot rang out on the still night air, and
the command came whispered back, "Silence! we
are surrounded by the enemy."
(To be continued.)
Confederate
So much interest is manifested in the Charming
Nellie letters that Comrade Polley has been asked
upon his Confederate honor for the facts in regard
to them and he replied:
*
*
*
"Yes, Charming Nellie and all the
scenes and incidents mentioned are real.
The lady
a stranger to me personwas a Miss Nellie
- to
ally, but the intimate friend of a Miss
whom I wrote frequently before and during the
war. While the Texas Brigade was in winter
quarters at Dumfries, Miss-suggested that I
should correspond also with her friend, which I did,
alwa3's addressing her as "Charming Nellie." writing at great length and communicating to her all
the happenings of the camp, the march, and the
battle, likely to be of interest to an intensely Southern girl. In return, Charming Nellie sent me long,
newsy, bright and entertaining letters, portions of
which I was in the habit of reading to my intimates. As a result I was often asked by them if it
was not about time to hear from Charming Nellie
I wish I had preserved at least one of her
again.
It would be interesting reading to all, for
letters.
she was a lady of quick, bright mind and superior
had the pleasure of meet1 have never
education.
ing her but three times, although she lives withAnd on those occasions I was
in 150 miles of me.
with her only for brief periods. I ne\ er think of
her without a prayer to God to bless her.
I also enclose the photograph of myself which you
Scattered through Tenare kind enough to desire.
l/eterai).
haired
have
187
letters
ing" missives.
vou
for the
enclose
it
to
Veteran.
commanded
nent as
c o
the first
d
n
the Con-
mman
which
federate martyr,
Davis. en-
Sam
Listed,
and with
which he served
until Gen. Bragg
fell back to Shelby vi lie.
Davis
was here detailed
as a scout.
This company,
numbering ISO in
during the
war, had its ranks
reduced to about
fifty at the surrender, and the
gallant
Captain
all
b r o u g h t home
with him, as trophiesof war, three
I-
J.
nessee,
mates
Alabama and
who
will
B.
P0LLE1
know
of that boy.
Confederate l/eteran
183
Confederate
S.
A.
CUNNINGHAM,
MESSAGE FROM
l/eterai>.
S.
W. MEEK.
Publisher.
health,
Mrs. John C.
and
President, 142
Gen.
Henry
Street,
Savannah, Ga.,
W. A. Smoot, Commander
of
U. C. V.
the Grand
HEADQUARTERS
in history; to participate in
laying the cornerstone of the Jefferson Davis monument at Richmond, Va. the consideration of different movements, plans and means to complete the
monument to the memory of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, and to
aid in building monuments to other great leaders,
soldiers and sailors of the South; and as there is no
relief or aid for our veterans and their families, outside of ourselves and our own resources, to perfect
a plan for a mutual aid and benevolent association;
to make such changes in the constitution and bylaws as experience may suggest, and other matters
of general interest.
Total number of camps now admitted 833, with
Folapplications in for nearly one hundred more.
;
Camp
It is
Veteran
for July
to con-
lowing
is
list
of
camps by
Alabama
213,
special rate.
Illinois 2,
Montana
California
1,
Veteran
to
why
gen-
to
know who
these
the
2,
87,
West Virginia
District of
Columbia
1,
Indiana
1,
1.
There is more
eral advertisers do not patronize it.
many times
Many,
in this than they may suppose.
been made,
advertisers
have applications to general
word
of
acknowla
at a nominal figure, and never
advertising.
States:
South Carolina 71, Missouri 69, Mississippi 60, Georgia 54, Louisiana 51,
Arkansas 50, Kentucky 37, Florida 30, Tennessee
29, Virginia 27, North Carolina 24, Indian Territory 9, Maryland 6, Oklahoma 5, New Mexico 3,
Texas
Confederate Veteran.
The Tennessee
Comrade J.
L,.
Company D,
Twentieth Tennessee Regiment, died at his residence in Williamson County, Tenn., May 8, 1896,
and was laid to rest by his comrades in the orchard
near his home the next day. Comrade Gee made a
faithful soldier, and kept track of his old company
Orderly Sergeant, until this last roll call,
Sympathy of comrades is
to answer.
extended to his wife, daughter and three sons.
still
as
if
when he had
Confederate l/eteran.
THE
DAVIS'
HOME
\T
TIME
<>K
month
in the strong-
rated
monument with
cent,
toobtain.
monument to an individual
it
is
the
K I" Tilt
111
i89n
a martyr
J.
I',
barbee's address.
"one who
was
is
a martyr.
The
genesis of such a character is a curious stufail to engage the interested attention of every thoughtful person who is cognizant
Sprung from a
of the facts involved in the case.
plain, unpretentious stock, ami bred amid quiet
Rutherford
rural scenes in the place of his nativity
County, Tennessee it is not easy to discern any
fact which might probably have suggested to his
mind the profession of arms or inspired his heart
with the lofty courage and heroic self-sacrifice
which made him famous.
But a prodigv is not always as sudden as it seems.
stream may run beneath the surface with none
conscious of its proximity or even suspecting its
existence.
It meanders here and there, seeking outlet, and finally disembarques with increased volume,
acquired during its long and tortuous course in the
earth, and Hows on under the observation of all
creatures, fertilizing vegetation and refreshing man
and beast. Similar phenomena are seen in the vegetable and animal kingdoms, ami in the region of
psychology as well. Martin Van Buren became
dv,
which cannot
ISO
Confederate
God selects
his
own
l/eterar?
commander
honored and sung by his countrymen, and Americans have ever mentioned the name of that unfortunate soldier with tenderness and respect; while
George the Third conferred the honorable distinction of knighthood upon his family.
Sam Davis was one of that exceptional class to
whom fear is a stranger. He would have stood in
the pass of Thermopylae, and would not have been
the sole survivor who fled to the city and reported ihe result of the unequal contest. Like
Nathan Hale, a Captain in the Colonial army during
the Revolution of 1776, whose last words were: "My
only regret is that I have but one life to give for
my country," Sam Davis felt it was a joy to die,
rather than to live with blighted honor and a
ruined conscience.
There are great lessons in his death, the value of
integrity being the first and main fact suggested by
it.
Integrity is used here in the sense of entirety
or completeness, as applied to a thing which has all
its component parts, with no necessary element
wanting. Air, for example, is composed of oxygen
and nitrogen, the union of which two elements in
Confederate l/eterao
true proportion
is
191
The supreme
test of integrity
is
applied,
when
in
health and in the circumstances which make life peculiarly sweet, a man is called upon to compromise
himself or accept the alternative of death. Paul
met the issue with sublime courage: "None of these
things move me. neither count I my life dear unto
myself so that I may finish my course with joy and
the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus,
to testify the gospel of the grace of God."
Sam
Davis had a similar experience, and he chose rather
to die than to accept life blighted with dishonor and
shame. Hence he died with the respect of his exc
cutioners, and the people of his own beautiful
Southland speak his name with bated breath.
Confederate Veteran.
192
die."
Of
all
who
ever died
for the
same cause,
S.
is
down
appearance of which must ever call forth gratefulness from all who truly revere the memory of those
men whose lives are the supremest heritage, for all
time, of those descended from them.
To have
brought to light alone the heroism of that noble
boy were enough to exhibit at once the need and
the glory of the task to which you have given your
hands." He refers, of course, to Sam Davis. Ed.
RAILROAD COMPANIES
Comrades who are zealous and loyal to it are requested to show preference to these systems because
of their having favored the Veteran.
St. Louis, Southwestern "Cotton Belt."
Oconee & Western.
Morristown
& Cumberland
Gap.
Miss M. R. Wallace.
Qonfederat? l/eteran
THRILLING EXPERIENCES NEAR MEMPHIS.
193
would return.
was standing
of him.
MII-.
W.
II.
SEBRING.
Look
at
him!
Confederate l/eterap
104
find
him?"
He
asked Joe.
They
told
hesitated,
all
Springs.
Kinkaid.
There was
in a letter of
IN GALVESTON.
description.
said,
shot one
said, "It's a pity you did
ENTERTAINMENT
"We
and
Gen. S
not shoot all six." He punished the leader with
ball and chain and sixty days hard labor in the fort.
We went home, but for many days after received
messages from them saying they would yet carry
out their threats. The neighborhood was all excitement. Gen. Sherman issued orders that no one
should pass the lines that day, Saturday. Every
neighbor called for guards. We did not, but
were prepared to escape should they come and fire
the house. We sent mother off to a safe distance.
Sister Mary and I kept watch all the night through.
At the dawn of day the soldiers came upon the gallery and rapped at the door they had guarded our
near neighbors. One said, "Do not be afraid, ladies.
We honor you for your brave and lady-like
manner of yesterday. We are not all such hardened
wretches as those who came here yesterday. Rest
assured they will be afraid to come again."
Mrs. Sebring had beautiful testimonials by the
Missouri Confederates of their appreciation of her
last night."
FINE
lovely champion and representative in the following of Spring and Summer, while Autumn came on
with her glowing leaves and blooms of neutral tint,
behold.
Now
on Easter Monday morning, the Rev. Mr. Gordon, in urging his people to
stand fast in the battle of life and in the Christian
sermon
in Trinity Church,
warfare, recounted this beautiful incident: In Virginia, during the war, in the neighborhood of
Petersburg, the Confederate line, weak at best, was
very suddenly and unexpectedly borne down upon
by whole legions of Northern cavalry. On came
the whirling, swooping cavalry five of them to one
Confederate.
In this crisis the only hope to Lee's
army lay in one small Confederate brigade which
held the middle of the line.
"And," said the Reverend speaker, a veteran himself, "it was a South
Carolina brigade Jenkins's.
Many of the brigade were beardless boys. They received the terrific charge on bended knee with muskets presented
and bayonets fixed. And they remained as unshaken as the pillars of Hercules. The line remained unbroken, and they saved the day."
Tom. Hollman,
Confederate l/eterap
One of the most insolent official actions of all the
war was a letter b}' Major Gen. D. Hunter, Commanding "Department of the South" at Port Royal,
S. C, April 23, 1863, threatening- to retaliate with
"man
man" against
for
OALL
NOT
IT
"LOST CA1
SI
195
Brit"
James Brittain.
would
say,
"Jim Nance,
counting off to go into a fight, his regiment betwo three, and four hallooed "Bully!"
delighted that his time had come to hold horses.
When thev got through, Col. Anderson said: "'
Number One will hold horses, and you 'bully' buys
will dismount."
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you
see
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group
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you'll
ordinal
yield.
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who
light
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the medal
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looks.
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day
that
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unconquerable is made
The dying patriot's might
foe.
[oi
the
the
all tin
him
bri n
man
with
tl
ne with a medal
In dress
et the foe
For us. 'I is hut to
bloody fray, nor ask or know,
\ nil as
he hero die
it
In
ii
hi
looks
'
We
the medal.
know
and
test
towered
That "
'>t-
undei
Somi whi n
the
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flag Unit
is
M'
'i
thi
CI
laiillns ihat
II
in
leek
let
lixed in death
i.
rity of pre|
A\
ami power of healing.
Wh.n v.m single out Ayer's
Hand*
In
io
'
ten
'.-;.<
t.st.
'
fl
as
the
Heroic
6k
ds are
ictories
'
itiny
blood-purifii
kn
iw n.
hat leper
hough!
That they thai silent hosl
who sough!
In vain iii stay their Country's Sun
Did fail, for they have nobly Won
The Cause or which ihey fought
I
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dal.
not
marks
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it
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quest, by
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Pl-.i.KAM
Darlington.
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Confederate l/eterap.
SUMMER HOMES AND
How's This!
We
any case
CH
We
gists,
TO THE CONVENTIONS
Qubkv
<k
names
of proprietors,
how
WANTED.
Confederate Veteran.
month with increasing pay,
the man who proves his ability,
ifiiO.OO first
and to
a good opening and a permanent
posi-
and seaside resorts, the surf bathing and sea breezes of some of the most
tain
management
of
level.
Ctif.tf.st
RESORTS.
f^/ Amongst
call at office of
Philip F. Brown.
any
FASTFtYINCVIRCINIAH
in making his trip to the reunion at Richmond, Va., will find a great deal to interest
over the battlefields and renewing the acquaintance with that portion of Virginia where the
exciting scenes of the early sixties transpired. It will further the interest of the trip for the Veteran to
provide himself with a map giving the location of the Virginia battlefields; the only authentic one in exist-
The Veteran
him
ence
in traveling
is
that issued by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway from the records and
maps
in the
War Department.
is
views en route.
made
most famous
to this train,
Confederate l/eterap.
A BICYCLE FOR VETERAN SOLICITORS.
Samuel Davis:
R. Park, of. LaVergne, who could not attend,
wrote: Regretfully absent in the flesh, I am with
you in the spirit to commemorate the event of
which Sam Davis is the hero who gave up his
young life with all its allurements rather than live
*
*
*
His lofty devotion to
it in
dishonor.
principle, even unto death, should be an object lesson worthy of emulation to the youth of all climes
from generation to generation. All honor to the
gallant young soldier who loved his country, his
Illustrative of the sentiment about
Mr.
Master Juhn Cochran, Columbia, Tenti., is the
secure a bicycle offered by the Veteran.
first to
J.
friends,
life!
at Richmond, Va., this year prombe one of the best in the history of the
United Confederate Veterans.
The committees
are pushing the work on a very extensive scale.
All of the Veterans who go to the Reunion will receive a welcome that will cause them to feel the
greatest pride in the fact that they followed the
fortunes of the Lost Cause.
Among the many interesting features the committees have inaugurated
for the benefit and pleasure of the Veterans, is one
of the handsomest souvenir programmes ever gotten
up for a like occasion, and its contents will prove a
lasting memento of the Reunion.
A work gotten
up on such a magnificent scale is obliged to be limited in edition.
There is a great demand for it
already. All tho^c who wish to secure a copy should
apply at once by letter to the J. L. Hill Printing
Company, Richmond, Va., who have the work in
hand for the committee. The price is 50 cents per
copy and 10 cents postage.
ises to
Columbia, Tenn., April 27th: "The bicycle receivIt is a beauty, and I am well pleased.
I got up the list of subscribers in three afternoons after
school, which turned out at three, and collected the
money the following- Saturday. I would consider
myself well paid had it taken me a month to secure
the list.
Please accept my thanks."
This is a rare opportunity for you to get a wheel
free.
The Veteran's popularity makes it easy to
secure the required number in a very short time.
Address, Confederate Veteran.
ed promptly.
Nashville,
Offer No.
Tenn
l.
To
either
a boy's or a girl's
Offer No.
To
2.
"Hancock's Diary." a history of the Second Tennessee (Barteau's) Cavalry, is an octavo volume of
644 pages, containing 20 portraits and 36 biographical sketches.
It is a history of whatever army the author served
with from the beginning to the close of the war,
including also a history of Forrest's Cavalry for the
last fifteen months.
The author
Bell's Brigade, Buford's Division.
is
was
member of
frontispiece
a portrait of General Forrest, made from a fine
a
The
steel plate.
UMBRELLAS
and CANLS.
Recovering and
Repairing.
BORG-NIS
222 N.
Summer
St.,
&
CO..
Nashville,
Tenn
Confederate
NOW MADE
ICE (JRKAM
A MINI
IN
and from
will
it
is
such a
people
demon-
RELICS WANTED.
Will pay from 50 cents to $1.00 for
the old postage stamps issued by different Southern cities during the Re-
Want
all
relics
Premium
list
Nervous Prostration.
so any
cream,
bellion.
l'K
freeze
my
Smith,
Chicago, 111.
J. S.
mailed to all
new subscribers sending one dollar for
one year's subscription.
SINGLE COPIES THREE CENTS-
15th St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Thanks
ple, of
TION,
ERN RAILWAY.
any address.
Vol".
A handsome premium
Ben' P. Phillips,
14 S. State St.,
l/eterai?.
new music
occasion
of
the
National
For
Democratic Convention, which will be
held in Chicago, 111., beginning July
7th, 1896, the Southern Railway will
sell tickets to Chicago and return at
rate of one limited first class fare for
the round trip. Tickets to be sold July
3rd to 5th, limited for return passage
to July 12th, 1896, but if the Convention
continues in session beyond the above
final limit, the return limit of tickets
may be extended by Terminal lines at
Chicago, to include the day following
the adjournment of the convention.
For further information regarding
rates and schedules, call on any agent
of the Southern Railway, or L. A. Shipman, T. P. A., Birmingham, Ala., E. J.
the
Maitin.T.P.
Chamber
of
Commerce
Building,
Nashville, Tenn.
The
&
is
Q
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sup-
office.
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n
O
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forty cents
Veteran
a
-
SAENGER-
Whedon,
price
CO
AMERICAN
NORTH
"My
T. A., Louisville,
Ky.
DC
Low Rates
to Asheville.
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T*
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r>
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Typewriting
trol of the
in the South,
of Shorthand and
and under the con-
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Yearly,
Cents.
$1.
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IV.
tt
-i
The space
is
to^
No.
S. A.
7.
CUNNINGHAM
Editor.
of
will
less.
war" was too long ago to be called the "late" war and when
correspondents use that term the word "great" (war) will be substituted.
The
"civil
l*\^7
//37
Till-;
1865
to
L896 the
comrades
that
throng- of
has con-
small.
But there
is
character of
men who
SEN W.
SMOOT.
Again, the importance of wisely considering history tor our children, promises that careful attention which cannot fail to result in <,r ood.
MONUMENT TO
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
For Davis neither bettei was not- w orse ihan those he led;
Hestmplj represented all we did, or thought, or said.
lie was the Chief tain or our State, the leader or our band.
Duly ''h. .-en from amongst us t.> assume and give command.
He erred? it was but human. Which of ub thai bae not erred?
When \\<' made him chiei hi power, we assumed his every word,
So fur as it had bearing on the common cause, we knew
a n. nil bis acts as Chief of State were ordered in our view.
:
failed to w in the aim he sought? Why, 'twas the suite that failed.
Tin y thrust him into dungeonsevery man be led w as jailed.
ins w eak and asted limbs he wore
'i' he' ii". m- that upon
Were those that as their Chief of Stale lie for hi- people bore.
The criticism an.i abuse be silentlj endured
Were only or the nature that hi* chieftaincy Insured.
tiie men who suffered in "in ste
\ ml shall we now Tor ire
Curst 'i' the craven spirit who deserts hi-- household dead!
He
We
yet are In our fathei 's house; we love our country's flag.
ong may it- Colds unchallenged fly on Res and mountain ci
Long may Columbia's gonfalon float proudly to the b
A
let no man with angry hand the sacred emblem peize.
But lei ns grieve over every wound wherein our country bled.
\\ < love the brai eoi everj ran b; we mourn our gallant dead.
i
ii
Secure
atrainsi fraternal
The Lord
of Most- hath
Confederate
200
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j^
r
3
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MISS
MR. CHARLES
BROADWAY
ROUSS.
MISS
MISS
for
Alabama.
Confederate l/eteran
DAUGHTERS OF JEFFERSON
The house
illustrated
201
DAVIS.
below
is
where the
"
the
first
Chapter, April
IS,
1S')(),
bers and
AiL
is
The Camden Chapter has sixty memknown as the "Sam Davis Chapter."
fee for
the
dent,
Presi-
Jeb HawMcMillan.
Treasurer,
Directress,
to
if
any
Confederate
202
'OLD TIGE'S"
l/eterat)
DEPARTMENT.
There
great
Mississippi Department.
Gen. Cabell has been unceasing in his
zeal, and this showing will ever stand as
a testimonial to his success.
DAUGHTERS IN TEXAS.
Sarah Fontaine Sampson writes from
Alvin, Texas, June 18, 1896:
On May 25, at Victoria, Texas, the
State Division of the U. D. C. was fully
organized with the representatives of
seven chartered chapters present. The
following ladies were unanimously elected as officers for the State Division: President, Mrs. Kate Cabell Currie, of Dallas;
First Vice President, Mrs. Sterling Price
Willis, of Alvin; Second Vice President,
Mrs. F. R. Pridham, of Victoria; Third
Vice President, Miss Kate Daffin, of Ennis; Fourth Vice President, Mrs. W. C.
Brown, of Sherman; Corresponding SecHenry Sampson, Alvin;
retary, Mrs.
Treasurer, Mrs. M." R. M. Rosenberg,
Galveston; Historian, Mrs. John C. West,
Waco; Registrar, Miss Ruth M. Phelps, Galveston.
Since the organization I have not been able to
Howlearn particulars of the work of each chapter.
.1.
A&6t.
c.
story,
A.l.it.
General
S.
P.
the
noble
which
is
A.T.
MENDEZ,
Quartermaster General.
Ailjt.
WATTS.
Slaff.
Confederate Veteran.
the devotion of the Daughters of that city, under the able leadership of Mrs. Kate Cabell Curric,
who will soon gather up the reins of government of
the State Division. After the completion of their
monument,
for
women
of Dal-
Abbey
fund.
The
Little
was
the
is
It
lien
and
we
indite, as best
we
recall
Then
be
little
fitly
tion,
all
this lends.
That
Confederate
memorial, somewhere, somewhen. The magnificent
gifl of Charles Broadway Rousshas, like an electric
spark, thrilled into life an instantaneous feeling of
loyalty to and recognition of those who struggled
and fell for our Southland. This true hearted soldier was a private in the famous Black Horse Cavalry of Virginia, refusing oilers of promotion. After
the sad ending of L865, he went in New Fork, where
a large fortune has been amassed; and to-daj he
represents $12,000,000, one million of which, 'it is
understood, he now lenders to his beloved Southland,
h is with pride that we notice how. in ihat
city especially, our Southern men have forged lo the
is
As physicians, lawyers,
lead because of their brain and
front.
politicians,
brawn and
they
large
heartedness.
Confederate l/eterap
204
MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THE OLD HOME OF SAMUEL DAVIS, NEAR SMYRNA. TENN.
of
Elder R. Lin Cave, pastor of the Vine Street Christian Church, Nashville, and chaplain of Tennessee
Veterans, who bears the scars of many wounds, made
the following address:
" Friends and Comrades: It is not my purpose to
speak at length. I come to show my high* regard
for our heroic brother, and unite with you all in this
generous and worthy memorial. If Sam Davis were
my son, I would indeed be proud of him and his record.
I am glad to learn he believed in the Christ,
We
'
of
Lake
Erie.
his
steamer was
Confederate
l/eterai).
205
G.
The
tire
placed
in
Til K
liKAVK
and caught
The passengers were
to Buffalo,
tire
raged
By God's help, I
minutes longer?'
will.'
These were his last words. The old man's
hair was burned off, one hand was disabled, and his
teeth were clinched; but he beached the vessel. Every man, woman, and child was saved. John Maynard's body fell overboard, and his spirit returned
to iod who gave it.
" Mher worthy instances might be given of brave
hold out
five
'
Is.
own
reveal
the
name
They shook
his
name among
the stars.
II
\\
ho
.lied to
save an enemy!
Confederate l/eteran
;ui<l brother: 'A truei soldier,
purer pabraver man never lived. He suffered death
on the gibbet rather than betray his friends and
his father
;i
triot, a
country.'
" The Cheatham Bivouac, of Nashville, through
Mr. Cunningham, in inaugurating this step, and in
having the Palmer Bivouac, of Murfreesboro, and
Capt. Ledbetter's Company, of the First Tennessee
(of which Davis was originally a member), and also
in inviting the old neighborhood to join in with
them, deserve the thanks of the South for this beautiful tribute to his memory.
All of us, in recollec
tion of what he did, cover his grave with sweet flowers, and cherish in our hearts his noble death.
" Our pride is dashed with sorrow over his tragic
end, yet we lift onr hats and sing our songs in
praises to heaven over the grandeur, the glory, the
sublimity attending it. In this old neighborhood
he was baptized in that spirit of patriotism which
made him bare his breast and nerve his arm against
the invaders of his home."
Comrade Ridley gave interesting historic data
about Old .Jefferson, near by, once the capital of the
State, etc., and concluded with that poem by A. S.
.
Morton
"
Too Brave
to Die."
Gen. George Maney made a brief address of pathetic tenderness in Confederate memories.
Miss Omagh Armstrong of Nashville sang, "In
the Christian's home in glory," and "The sweet by
and by." Rev. J. R. Winchester, Rector of Christ
Church, Nashville, closed the services with a benediction.
After the services were concluded members of the family and many friends gathered at
the grave and Mr. W. G. Thuss made a picture of
the group.
RICHMOND
"Met Coleman
in the road
IN
'96.
one package
tied up,
Pleasant
half
Qoofederate
Mrs.
added
Find
to the
l/eterar).
J 17
en-
Sam
ence!
WHERE GEORGE
\V
many months
to
ing
.
Names of
children
who
raised this
money
George
the resting-place
Arkansas Boy.
tfUEl
I'.W Is.
The following
ii
S3, 1896.
William
C.
Foj
Qopfederate
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expedition.
The
infantry
colors
of
the
Eighth New Hampshire were stowed in the baggage wagon, and at the battle of Sabine CrossRoads, April 9, 1864, the baggage train was captured by General Lee's cavalry division, commanded
by Generals Kirby-Smith, Taylor, Green and
Moutean. The State colors were captured the same
time.
The flagstaff of the Eighth New Hampshire
was shot in two in my hand, October 27, 1862, and
in that condition when captured.
In the fall of 1864 and spring of 1865 I was in
command of military prison at Natchez, and many
Confederates passed through my hands, some of
whom must be still alive, and I am confident if they
knew where this flag and the New Hampshire col
I would
ors were, they would return them to me.
be much pleased that they could be returned to the
State of New Hamphshire from which I had the
honor to receive them.
was
colors
am
satisfied
cementing
and gray."
Regiment.
teemed by
all
Qopfederate
CONFEDERATE VETERAN CAMPS.
TTNITED
VIRGINIA DIVISION.
Maj. Gen. Thos. A. Brander, Commander, Richmond, Va.
Col. Joe. V. Bidgood, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff.
Richmond, Va.
Brig. Gen. T. S. Garnett, Norfolk, Va.
Brig. Gen. Micajah Woods, Charlottesville, Va.
MARYLAND
DIVISION.
NORTH CAROLINA
Maj.
l/eterar?.
Gen.Wm.
L.
DIVISION.
DeRosset, Commander, Wilmington, N.C.
Col.
2(i9
NORTHWESTERN TEXAS
SUB-DIVISION.
Col
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS
SUB-DIVISION.
>
Stall.
I'limrmn, T.
MISSOURI DIVISION.
Col.
Mo
Huntsville,
KENTUCKY
ARKANSAS
DIVISION.
Maj. Gen. John Boyd, Commander, Lexington, Ky.
Col. Joe. M. Jones, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff,
Paris, Ky.
Brig. Gen. J. B. Briggs, Russellvllle, Ky.
Brig. Gen. Jas. M. Arnold. Newport, Ky.
In this department is also included the camp in District
of Columbia and the camps in West Virginia.
DIVISION.
Columbus. Miss.
Staff,
ALABAMA
S.
OKLAHOMA
GEORGIA DIVISION.
Maj. Gen. Clement A. Evans, Commander, Atlanta. Ga.
Col. Andrew J. West, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff,
Atlanta, Ga.
Maj. Gen. F.
DIVISION.
Ferguson, Commander, Birmingham,
Ala.
Maj. G.
Ageni
Edward
ii
Col.
J.
y,
i'
L.
1>!\ tSIl IN
Thomas. Commander Sa
iii.
Casler,
Oklahoma
City, Okla.
Also all camps in Montana,
and the West in this department.
New Mexico
Calll
Chief of
TENNESSEE
DIVISION.
Maj. Gen. Wm. H. Jackson, Commander, Nashville, Tenn.
Col. John P. Hickman, Adjutant General and Chief of
Staff. Nashville, Tenn.
Brig. Gen. Frank A. Moses, Knoxvllle, Tenn.
Brig. Gen. A. J. Vaughan, Memphis, Tenn.
W.
Maj. Gen.
Col.
S.
MISSISSIPPI DIVISION.
Commander, Jackson,
D. Holder,
B.
Miss.
Chief of Staff,
Meridian, Miss.
W.
Maj. Gen.
LOUISIANA DIVISION.
Commander, New
G. Vincent,
Col. J. A. Chalaron,
New
Orleans.
Orleans, La.
La
Staff.
DEDICATED TO .MRS. F. a.
CONFEDERATE
OF,
FONT
THE
INK AND
V E TEE AN 8.
FLORIDA DIVISION.
Maj. Gen.
J. J.
Dicklson,
Commander, Ocala,
nt General
Fla.
and Chief of
and Indiana.
We
DIVISION.
H. H. Boone, Commander, Navasota Tex
Maj. (Jen.
Staff.
Navasota, Tex.
NORTHEAST TEXAS
SUB-DIVISION.
McKinney, Tex.
Anson Ralney, Waxahachie, Tex.
John W. Webb, Paris, Tex.
Brig. Gen.
BriK. Gen.
They
left
Keep green
Hope alive,
who would complain'
while we, who strive.
our hopes
to
their
memory though
and Chief of
TEXAS
Col.
cease,
And though we
Lieut.
Brig. Gen. A. T. Watts, Adjutant General
Staff. Dallas, Tex.
war did
;
TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT.
Gen. W. L. Cabell, Commander, Dallas, Tex.
since
The world
Would
When
By
Crockett, Texas.
,l
IC k
l.i:
'
Bbuni.
Confederate l/eteran.
210
AN
HISTORIC DOCUMENT.
tele-
"The Black Republican members of this committee of Thirteen are representative men of their party
and section, and to the extent of my information
truly represent the committee of thirty- three in the
MAJOR GENERAL W.
D.
Robert Toombs."
HOLDER.
W.
D.
HOLDER.
Confederate Veteran.
211
farm
Undid
n.gfit-,
ing
QonftdetaTe.
\__naTTanoo^CL
7usJ*y
to end.
or
MEETlNf,
H. Q.Foffl^ESr CllP.
June,
jen-n
-
Ve.1e-fo.ns,
i8<)()
at-
o'clo<:\
Olhcr
(mpmfa-nr business
COMt
I^W
~ Richmond
2-=
You afe
Your
capo. ci fin
He trave as
of
to
sVon^/y
maKt
u,iil
yon.
The
i tried
^2-.
-fortified
assault
ti
the utmott
FOKvYAFjD
Guide, fijfiT
OL.
I..
T.
DICKINSON
Confederate
212
Qopfederate
S.
A.
CUNNINGHAM, Editor
Office:
l/eterar?
and
I'rop'r,
S.
W. MEEK,
PubliBher.
Enterprising patriotic gentlemen living at Murfreesboro and in the vicinity of the battlefield near
Stones River have organized and are taking steps
to present the merits of the battleground there for
a Military Park. They have secured options on the
property at low figures.
Veteran.
to request
in
ing the
list to
August,
it
is
The note
number
will report
it.
Hence
l/eterar?.
first
important fact be not forgotten when the next reunion time occurs. The April anniversary, 6th
and 7th will evidently be the time, and let the Confederate element not forget that, as a National Park
is
being established there, to meet and greet
the Westerners who go annually at considerable
sacrifice of time will be a pleasure and a duty.
The
Veteran gives notice now that its purpose will be
to make a showing for the
South next year, assured that it would be a pleasure
to Confederates, and that its influence upon the
heroic element who fought to maintain the Union
solely will do much good.
For reasons which may
be explained in detail later, a large gathering of
Southerners at Shiloh and Pittsburg Landing can
to exercise diligence
Veteran is in accuracy of stateErrors will now and then get in, however,
through erroneous accounts by contributors. For
instance, in the sketch of Governor Turney, printed
pride of the
ment.
15, 1893,
The
He was
men-
reference to Capt.
to his wife
So many demands
Veteran have
Reunion report is abandoned, except to state that there was a large local attendance, and Capt. J. W. Irwin, Confederate, who, as
Land Agent for the Government, is much interested
in the Park Monument, officiated most creditably in
the ceremonial part of the reunion. This reffor space in this
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Confederate Veteran.
GEORGIA'S PATRIOTIC WOMEN.
Address to the State Division. Daughters of the
Confederacy, by Mrs.
in
W.
C. Sibley.
Augusta, of United
account is
this clever
given;
The
charm
fair
Confederacy.
In addition to these, she has passed through loepidemics, floods, cyclones, earthquakes, and
fires; but, surviving them all. has risen. Phoenixlike, from the " ashes of hope," and sprung to new
life and grander efforts after each succeeding catas
cal
in
title!
known.
Daughters of the Confederacy, coming simply as
women of (he South, you would have met with COr
dial greeting; but coming in the name of the Southern Confederacy, to perpetuate the memories of that
struggle and our beloved and sacred dead, yon are
es
doubly welcome to our hearts and our homes.
teem it an honored privilege to extend you Augusta's
greeting, superfluous though it seems; for there is
not a place in all our broad Southland but will
throw wide open its gates and doors, and bid yon
hearty welcome and God speed. Much more should
Augusta, so mercifully and wonderfully spared the
immediate shock of battle and terrors of war. Not
lacking, however, in patriotism, heroism, ami sacrifice, she sent thousands of her bravest and best to
"lis
And
If spared
the front, many of whom never returned.
the terrors of shol and shell, she was the theater of
scenes exciting and stirring.
In the direct route
from many points in Georgia, Florida, Alabama.
Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas to the seat of war
in Virginia, her depots and streets were often
thronged with the soldiers passing to and fro. amid
the booming of cannon and the beating of drums.
Augusta was also a great hospital center. Train
loads of sick and wounded were sent back from the
battlefield to be cared for.
Wayside homes were
established for disabled Boldiers; and the women of
our city, with loving devotion, tenderly ministered
to the suffering and dying, ami helped to fit many
volunteers on their way to the army.
"
Daughters of the Confederacy, it is to no " mean
tality that
heavenward seventy
six
feet,
its
pinnacle bearing
South.
214
^opfederate
l/eterar?.
the "soldiers* section" at the cemetery,' so long
and tenderly cared for by the Ladies' Memorial Association and the women and children of Augusta,
and where they have placed a fountain in the midst
to murmur its gentle requiem for the dead.
To none are we more indebted for keeping alive
the memories of the Confederacy than to Mrs. Jefferson Thomas, both by her office as secretary of the
Memorial Association since 1886, and by her eloquent and forceful pen that has so often made its
appeal for perpetuating its memories and honoring
its
dead.
Augusta Monument.
Mrs. Campfleld, Mrs. M. A. Danforth, Mrs. W. 11.
Barrett, Mrs. J. Jefferson Thomas, Mrs. Bredenberg,
Mrs. J. T. May, Mrs. D. T. Castleberry, Mrs. M. B.
Moore, Mrs. C. K. Rowland.
All honor to the Ladies' Memorial Association of
Augusta for this beautiful tribute to the Confederate dead! May it prove a monument to their patriotism as well as to the soldiers whose memory they
wish to perpetuate.
All honor to like associations throughout our
Southland that have placed so lovingly the headstones over brave soldiers, and that have raised monuments to the dead Confederacy, pointing to a bet
ter country than this, where war and strife and
death are not found, and all is peace!
Let us not forget the handsome monument erected
by the Sunday school of St. James church to the
memory of the twenty-three teachers and scholars
who fell in the war. It bears also the names of the
slain
of
'*..
,..,. ..
.,
./..
//,..//</.;.s,s.
Richmond
.,
v..
County.
another monument
is
left
fearful odds.
we must
not forget
SttlMOT
li
HH
ilIM
W1
Qoofederate
GEN.
<
t '< >i
i-
IH
is.
\.
BE VNDON,
Virginia Division
u.
('.
GEN. J. O. SHELBY.
Commander .Missouri Division
V.
\\ .:r|>
GEN. B. F. ESHELMAN,
Commander Louisiana Division
C. V.
;i
and
of these nineteen
history
of
Camp Moultrie
is
en.
brief
ton,
of
Charles-
C, founded
in
said to have
been tin oldest Confederate association in
the South.
Sons of
S.
1866,
is
veterans were admitted as honorary memand nineteen young men were so enrolled on its
books. It was decided in May, 1894, to merge the
Association into a camp of the United Confederate
bers,
V.
it.
<
Camps in
(.'.
A meeting
V.
L'15
l/ecerai),
216
Qopfederate Veterag.
whose duty it is to carefully verify all information; and, if correct, to approve and report the
same at the next meeting of the camp, when the aption,
mander; E. J. Kinloch, M.D., second lieutenant commander; David Huguenin, adjutant; Edward F.
Parker, M.D., surgeon; J. G. Morris, quartermaster;
W. Turner Logan, treasurer; Eugene N. Simons, color sergeant; Julian L. Wells, historian.
The Veteran is not so familiar with the Lee Camp
of Sons, but they evidently are fully alive to the patriotic and otherwise worthy purposes for which
they were organized.
Surely the pride of young men elsewhere will be
stirred by these two camps.
Julian L. Wells, historian for Camp Moultrie,
stated in an address:
" The existence of Camp Moultrie is in obedience
to the divine command: Honor thy father and thy
mother.' Respect for the virtues of our progenitors
is the surest road to that epitome of all virtues, selfrespect, in itself the cause and the result of virtue.
Our object can best be told in the words of the
the
South's sweetest singer: It is to perpetuate
story of the glory of the men who wore the gray.'
" Daily the beloved and revered forms of those
who bravely bore their part in the South's great
struggle are passing from our view to rest under
the shade of the trees with Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
With the characteristic modesty of true merit
they die, for the most part, with their lips sealed as
to the mighty deeds in which they bore their share.
Too rarely have their pens preserved in lasting form
the record of their swords. The story of their lives,
replete with inspiration to nerve the hearts of generations yet unborn^is retained only in fragmentary
form in the minds of their children. Material that
would adorn forever the pages of history, of poetry.
'
'
'
'
who
Capital.
The
growth,
wonderfully
successful
and
Camp
Moultrie.
and
of
romance
In so far as
is
1S65.
we can prevent
it,
this
must no longer
be.
a head.
Confederate
U. C. V.
of them.
If this subtle
unity of feeling be lacking, the labors of the historian
degenerate into a mere dry-as-dusl chronicle. The
sinil of history has fled, and only the dull facts, the
mere corpse, remain.
" The so called histories used in our schools teem
with misstatements as to the facts, and with l':ils<'
conclusions; while matters of opinion are staled as
facts, and the youthful mind is perverted by being
deprived of the opportunity of judging for itself.
Hence we have acquired the habit of acquiescing
in silence instead of meeting misrepresentation bj
prompt challenge and sturdy denial, backed by leg
ical
argument."
Thomas
L'lT
l/ecerar/
C. V.
GEN.
Commander
J. J.
DICKISON,
Florida Division U. C. V.
prisoners.
Owen quickly presented himself (thinking the pump was somewhere outside); but. alas!
he was shown a hydrant in the hotel court, where
he and another pumped and carried tubs of water
to the fourth and fifth stories until about twelve
Having now fully determined to
o'clock at night.
escape, he tore up his blankets and coverlet, and
made them into a rope, which he intended to suspend from a second story window. He went down
lo li\ his " ladder." and found the second story to
be used as a dormitory. He noiselessly stepped over
tin-
men
in
making
his
way
to a
window, when
burly " six footer " arose, and said: " What in the
are you doing here? Celling ready to steal?" Owen
took his canteen, and said: " If yon come a foot near"
er. I will bust your head for you !" The " six footer
thought discretion the belter part of valor, and laid
down: but Owen did not get to the window that
night.
218
Confederate Vetera 9.
himself.
SECOND MANASSAS.
Letter of Oct.
3.
1862, to
"Charming
Nellie'
Con-
tinned.
" Silence! "
We
comforting.
felt
was
self-inttieted,
the
and
before.
come when
219
Confederate l/eterap.
anoe, ami a
damnable
wallow-
to
"
gun;
gO
Off
to
Mont
"
ain't
a-goin'
tor shoot
once as
to
death
von."
scare him
I)
it's
of grape
of us to
We fully
n men instead of cowards."
polls had
agreed with him.
Looking up the hill, a strange and ghastly specta
An acre of ground was literally
cle met our eyes.
covered with the dead, dying, and wounded of the
Fifth New York Zouaves, the variegated colors of
whose peculiar uniform gave the scene the appearance of a Texas hillside in spring, painted with wild
Not fifty of the
flowers of every hue and color.
Zouaves escaped whole. One of their lieutenants,
who had lost an arm. told me that they were in the
second line of the breastworks which the Fourth
1
at
Gaines' Mill
month before;
Federals
the
on
learning
that,
and
swept
away,
been
had
they
our briposition in the Confederate line occupied by
gade here at Second Manassas, they had made a
to con
special requesl to Gen. Tope to be permitted
lost at
laurels
the
and
regain
30th,
on
us
the
front
Fourth Texas
Gaines' Mill. There they met the
and suffered ignominious defeat. At Second Manassas they came face to face for a minute only with
thai in the
mad
retreat of the
tirst
line of
220
Confederate l/eterap.
Kins.
WITH
so
many men
is
repulsive.
am
COL.
A. McKinstry,
D, Forty-second
J. A.
McKinstry.
221
^opfederate Ueteraij.
omatically correct as to time, position, and distance
in what I say; but merely give the recollections that
were indelibly impressed upon the mind of a barefooted boy, who went as far, and who saw and felt
as much, as any one that day.
1
was a private in Company I). Forty-second Alabama Regiment, Moore's Brigade, Maury's Division, Price's Corps; and Col. Rogers' regiment (the
Second Texas) was a pail Of our brigade and acted
was only sci
1
as skirmishers in that engagement.
eriteen years of age. and weighed less than one hunBeing the smallest member of the
dred pounds.
company, my position was on the extreme left,
which rested upon the regimental colors. On Friday, the -">d of October, we stormed the outer works
The tirsi shot
of the Federals, and carried them.
fired at our regiment was a shell thai exploded a
few feet in front of our colors. It killed and woundwas
ed eleven men, including the color bearer.
knocked oil' my feel by the concussion, but not otherwise hurt. The Hag was instant ly raised by Cor
poral J. A. Going mow of Birmingham, Ala.), and
we were soon in possession of (lie works. We had
several running tights during the dav. as the Federals were driven from the outer to the inner fortifications.
We lay on our guns during the night.
and just before daylight we look position in a skirt
of woods, directly in front of Robinette and some
We were disfour or live hundred yards from it.
covered at dawn, and Ports Williams. Robinette,
and College Hill opened a terrific enfilade tire of
We lay tlat upon our faces.
shol and shell upon us.
and the shells passed a few feet over us iwe thought
these feet were only inchest, doing but slight damWe remained in this position, hugging the
age.
ground, for four mortal hours before the signal gun
was tired and the order to charge was given. The
forts caught the sound of the signal gnu. and ceased
We raised the rebel yell, and made a rush
tiring.
for the opening, some fifty yards in our front. There
we were met by a deadly volley of shrapnel shells
from the three forts, and our men fell dead and
wounded all along the line.
In front of us was the most obstructive abattis
thai it was my misfortune to encounter, or to see.
during the war. Beyond this in our front, to our
tight and to our left, were the forts belching destruction into our ranks; yet our men did not waver
or halt, but over the tops, under the limbs, around
the stumps, along the fallen trunks of the trees, like
squirrels, they scrambled in their effort to reach
the fort in front. Forts Williams and College Hill
were soon devoting their attention to the columns
in their respective fronts; and when about half
through the abattis, Robinette changed shells for
grape and canister on us. Our yells grew fainter.
1
clambered.
m mediately raised
giving the situation a thought.
my gun and tired full into the breast id' a Federal
sergeant, who was in front of the column, and only
"l'was then thai Capt.
a short distance from us.
Foster shouted, "Cease Bring, men! cease tiring!"
realized the true
and waxed his handkerchief; and
I
^opfederace
l/eterarj.
which
my posi-
and
a n o t h e r ball
crushed through
der,
e f
shoul-
me
my gun
causing
drop
aud my
left
to
fall
limp
my
side. I looked,
to
balls?
I will answer this fair question not only as a Confederate soldier must for the sake of his dead comrades and their cause, but as an American patriot
may when he speaks to other American patriots,
and as a brave man will when he addresses men as
brave as himself who faced him once with loaded
and bayoneted gun. My own record and my spirit
past and present furnish me with confidence that
arm
by
reserve.
<
still
tion to front;
my
people
Why
tearing
through my right
went
changed
its
Why
me half
another
shoulder,
A. Evans, of Georgia.
and
left hip
turned
round;
By Gen. Clement
'
We
do appreciate all
care of national cemeteries.
patriotic devotion to our own national Hag, "the
star-spangled banner," and with heart and soul we
say:
wave
Forever may
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
irt.
I avow a sincere sympathy for every disabled Union veteran, every widow, every orphan of the Federal forces, and do not envy them their honors or
begrudge their pensions, although the South pays
one-fourth of all.
I honor our countrymen of the
Xoiih who fondly cherish the relics of the great
struggle: the blue coat, the local battle flag, the
honorable discharge, and all other insignia of faith-
ful service.
aggrieved when
grily put: "
Why
impulses.
am
Qopfederate
GEN. CLEMENT
Commander Georgia
A.
EVANS,
Division V.
\.
('.
Ailjul.uil
V.
.1.
in -r.il
Army,
Union
in spit* of all
follies.
From read
jusi
iis struggle for separation, is nol skul kin?'' in its tents. ml throws wide
ajar iis hospitable doors and urges honorable and
enterprising people from every land to share iis adI
vantage,
223
l/eterarj.
WEST,
GEN. JUBAL
and Chief of
St
,i
v.
\.
Army Northern
EARLY,
Virginia.
the South before the war equaled the enterprise of the North in transportation facilities;
and we thank him for mentioning the truth that the
efforts to restore normal intersectional traffic rose
to a high plane on the unveiling of the Confederate
ton, thai
people occupied
them
to
civilization
and
fr
lorn
lhal
people's
224
Confederate Veterag.
prosper;
it is
criminal to prostitute
them
to the uses
of party.
SELF-RESPECTING CITIZENSHIP.
proceed to answer, first, that we persist in these
honorable commemorations of the days of the Confederacy because we desire to retain the respect
of every truly brave and generous man in the world;
but, above all, we are resolved to maintain our respect for ourselves.
We know that defeat does not
dishonor a noble peope, but a desertion of memories simply because the cause which created them
failed to win will and ought to bring disgrace without redemption. The esteem which Grant had for
Lee was due, in part, to the respect which Lee had
for himself.
In an interview between these two
great chieftains near Appomattox, Lee said to
Grant: "Before we speak about surrender, I must
say to you that I can accept no terms that will not
be honorable to my army." This noble protest was
made by the commander of about 12.000 effective
men under arms, who were without rations, worn
with a week's fighting in retreat, having ammunition for only a few hours of battle, and surrounded
by a well-equipped enemy nearly ten times their
I
number. Grant was too true a soldier, too generous as a man, too honorable himself, to levy disgraceful terms upon his noble foe. But I have
thought over the issue if such terms had been proposed. I think I know, for I was there in the line
of battle.
I think I know that, had Grant sought
to disgrace that little army, the peerless Lee and
his faithful men would have sacrificed themselves
that day upon the altar of their self-respect.
In the archives of England there is an old letter written during the rebellion of the colonies
against Great Britain by Gov. Moultrie, of South
Carolina, in answer to a proposition made to him by
an English lqrd to have honors, riches, and station
conferred upon him if he would constrain Carolina
to remain allegiant to the Crown; but the more noble American, although a captive, imprisoned and
charged with treason, replied at once: " You doubtless have honorable intention, my lord, in making
these proposals; but, should I accept them, where
could I fly to get away from myself?" Like the
great lawgiver of the Hebrew tribes, who chose the
lot of his people in preference to the crown of
Egypt, this noble Southern patriot in his prison esteemed his own honor in bearing the reproach of
the American rebellion above all the rewards of
England. Now, had we betrayed ourselves by denying the truth of our convictions; had we in sheer
servility to the fate of misfortune pronounced our
cause a rebellion, our principles vicious, ourselves
rebels, and our leaders traitors, where could we
have fled for escape from the presence of our reproaching honor and the spirit of our assassinated
self-respect?
It could
It couJd
We
are now with all other States firmly and contentedly the fixed stars of an indissoluble confederation of these United States, and on account of
the permanency of the compact, all States should
hold our general government true to the landmarks
which our fathers have set. The bonds of our matrimony cannot be loosed by peaceful divorce, and
therefore it behooves all parties in the present
constitutional contract to preserve the conditions
of a happy union, which none will desire to dissolve.
285
Confederate ueterao.
GEN.
E.
EIRBY SMITH.
magnificence of
of a nation's life.
Now. therefore, you may mark the pure reason
why we are savin" to our Southern land by everj
token that reminds us of the Confederate struggle:
Let our men who are to make this nation ureal be
as
SUCh men
Albert, Sidnev Johnston.
Stonewall
GEN.
P. G. T.
BEAUREGARD.
The Union is not deprived of its constitugrants, the State is not discrowned of its
statehood, nor are the people shorn of their sever
eignty; aud if these changes ever take place, they
will occur on the decline of our political virtues;
but as yet the true principles of self-government
which are set forth in the constitutions of the Confederate Slates and of the United States alike have
all survived the shock of war. and belong to us as
our Common heritage.
Hence, in evorv display of
reverence for the convictions of the Southern people, and for the courage with which they dared to
maintain them, the South only niters a purpose
that within the Union and in the employment of its
undisturbed maxims and powers to join all patriots
in the effort to make our common government the
wisest, noblest, and grandest among the nations of
sulis.
tional
the world.
MOTIVES.
present as another reason why we persist
in public proofs of our regard for the Confederate
pasi thai we are not ashamed of our motives.
I
will
We
226
Confederate l/eteran.
alier.
self-denying
women
of the South.
What
defense.
Another reason for these celebrations of our deis that we made a record with which we are
satisfied, and therefore freely and openly expose it
feat
I do not affirm that every Confederate act was right. Mistakes were made, opportunities lost, and passions sometimes made men
err; but, conceding all errors which both sides may
confess, I say for the Southern people that the record for the legality which marked their procedures
for the patriotism which constituted their motive;
for the calm consideration of great questions which
distinguished their counsels; for the brave facing of
current events, whether they brought victory or defeat, which shows their fortitude
establishes an en
during, honorable monument that appeals to all history for fair chronicle, and vindicates the Southern
to public criticism.
Confederate l/eterap.
States from the charge of passion in the conception
and lawlessness in the conduct of the Confederate
movement. The Southern records for patient waitin}; under provocation, for earnest
expostulation
against fanatical assaults, for compromises and settlements agreed to in the hope for national peace
2-2:
amendment, adopted
the
; 1
Xm
None
may
common
22B
(^onfedenate l/eterar?.
of the revo-
lution?
I will merely touch another potent cause of all
have a deep
these perpetuated celebrations.
and honorable respect for some things which are
We
We
We
captured crest. It is now but a memento of comradeship in war, only the ensign of a martial brotherhood; and no generous man will ask us to dishonorably deny that we bore it with pride, loved it in
truth", and fought under it for our political faith.
It was no treason to follow it once; it is no disgrace
to own and honor it now.
There is another memento which we fondly cher
ish: the jacket of gray which uniformed our army.
That color was caught from the hue of the May
morning sky when the dew of the day's youth sparkIt
led on the springing verdure of a field of hope.
was in homespun gray which women wove that our
Revolutionary rebels often fought, and that color
covered the form of many a patriot who died for
the freedom we enjoy. The tall monument erected
to Washington in the capital of the nation rises
five hundred feet in a glory of gray stone, and tells
the world that even the hue of the Confederate soldier's coat is the chosen sheen of honor and the emblematic color of liberty. It is the shade of a dove's
The
eyes, but it also is the color of battle smoke.
moving Confederate lines in the great conflict of
arms sometimes looked like gathering clouds of a
leaden cast, out of which the lightnings flung their
fury, and it may be that unforgotten sights like
these still cause some men to say, like the confessors in the liturgy: "The remembrance of them is
grievous unto us;" but the battle smoke uplifted to
the skies was gathered into clouds that broke in
blessings; and the Confederate cause now looks
from the eyes of a dove with the olive of peace in its
wore the gray jacket with fidelity until
beak.
We
seal.
have made
of the
my answer
before you,
my
my
brothers
countrymen
from
We
ite*^
Confederate l/eteran.
EDWARD
D.
section.
He
entered
the
as
229
CHARLESTON HARBOR.
Augusta, Georgia: According
you some points connected with
Fort Sumter during its occupancy by Major Anderson, and its bombardment by South Carolina troop?
As you are aware, the Ordinance of Secession
was passed by South Carolina on December 2<>, 1860,
and Major Anderson, with his small garrison, feeling insecure in Fort Moultrie on account of its land
approaches, evacuated it on December 27th, moving
his garrison to Fort Sumter, which he held until
April 13, 1861, when he surrendered to the South
C. A. Doolittle,
to promise I give
Carolina
forces after
thivty-six hours.
furious
bombardment
of
effectively
to the rank of Coloof the Forty-sixth North Carolina Infantry, he honored his grand old State.
Col. Hall served his State as legislator, and was
nominee for Lieut. Governor by the Democratic
Captain
nel.
in 1861,
As Commander
Confederate
230
is
Va
l/eterar?
anycemetery?
If so,
Ilostadear
Where Buried.
Confederate
Quarters of the R. E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Virginia
Veterans and United Confederate Veterans; erected
at a total cost of $30,000, and all paid.
l/eterar?.
23
nephew
The Camp fixed the third Saturday in May as Memorial Pay on account of the difficulty of securing
flowers for decorative purposes at a later date.
This is the only Confedrate Cemetery in Missouri,
and we hope to erect a monument some day, but
funds for that purpose come in slowly on account of
stringency in money matters. Our cemetery could
not be surpassed for loveliness in every respect.
A
handsome wall surrounds it, while regular row- ol
soft maple cover the entire grounds with ample
shade.
Rev. I. J. Carter, the sexton, keeps the
grounds in perfect order. lie and his wile live ina
cottage on the cemetery grounds which were purchased from the city of Springfield at a cost of some
$12,500, raised by private subscriptions.
The
Camp
has done much good in Virmanagement has been extraordinarily successful, enabling it to contribute many
thousands to the needs of unfortunate Confederates
ginia.
R. E. Lee
Its financial
in the Soldiers'
Home.
MEMORIAL DAY
IN MISSOURI.
the
are
Confederate
232
J.
R.
LEE.
\VM. JONES.
"The
Who
The son
tion, and descended from a long line of illustrious ancestors who played conspicuous parts in English History, a careful Genealogist has traced his ancestry back
to
royal lineage to
his place in history, or account for his stainless
character and noble deeds, for he was himself a born
leader, a very King of Men, and derives no lustre from
even royal ancestry.
So bright, cheerful and manly as a boy he met so
fully his obligations at school and home that his
widowed mother exclaimed, when he was leaving for
can I do
the Military Academy at West Point, "
without Robert? He is both son and daughter to me."
fix
How
He
passed through the academy and graduated secwithout ever receiving a single
demerit. Of the bright galaxy of American officers in
the Mexican war, no other won greater fame, or performed more distinguished service. He was covered
with " brevets" for "gallant and meritorious service,"
and General Scott did not hesitate to speak of him as
"the very best soldier I ever saw in the field."
In 1852 he became Superintendent of the Military
Academy at West Point, and introduced a number of
changes, and reforms which abundantly showed his
capacity as Superintendent of the Academy, and manager of young :nen.
In 1855 the famous "Second Cavalry" Regiment
was formed, and Hon. Jefferson Davis, then Secretary
of War appointed to it that splendid corps of officers
among whom were Albert Sidney Johnston, Colonel;
Robert Edward Lee, Lieutenant Colonel; Geo. H.
Thomas, and Wm. J. Hardee, Majors; Earl Van Dorn,
ond
in a brilliant class
John
l/eterai?.
him
and the
control),
may
When
In May, 1863, Lee, with 52,000 men, won over Hook132,000 the splendid victory of Chancellorsville,
attacking Hooker in his entrenchments and driving
him pellmell across the river. Then followed the
Pennsylvania campaign, in which Lee captured Milroy's garrison, artillery, wagons, and immense supplies
at Winchester, and with 62,000 men fought Meade's
105,000 at Gettysburg, where he won a decided victory
on the first day, gained important advantages on the
second day, and was defeated on the third day, only
because (as he always believed and said to his intimate friends) of the failure of Longstreet to carry out
er's
his orders.
Confederate l/eteran
He had outgeneraled
and threaten Washington.
Grant at every point and defeated him in every battle.
Then followed the Biege of Petersburg and that
slow process of "attrition" by which Lee's army was
reduced to 33,000 half-starved men to hold over forty
miles of breastworks, and the thin lines were stretched
until they broke, the retreat to Appomattox begun,
and
233
to this
for scrap-
They
carried
their
ammunition
in their trousers,
command was
glories bright,
shall new luster boast
victors' wreaths and monarchs' gems
Shall blend in common dust.
University of Virginia, Nov. 28, 1893.
Which
When
He was
gentle as
woman
in
life,
modest and
pure as a virgin in thought, watchful as a Roman vestal in duty, submissive to law as Socrates, and grand
in battle as Achilles
foi
HOI
3]
made
March
25, '65.
(^federate
234
l/eterai)
And
lm r
Not
.
is
A banner
falls
it
But
slain.
THE OHAKtrK.
Two
When
among
place
The author
wall,
in the First
fall.
ing description.
still.
Who
of their
number
shall go
unharmed hence,
sky.
Now
From mouth
Confederate
GOVERNOR PETER TURNEY.
The present Chief Executive of Tennessee was
born in Jasper, Marion County, Tennessee, Septem-
ber
He
22, 1S27.
ceived a fair
tion
at
Tenn
re-
educa,
Winchesterand at the
l/eterar?.
23o
Franklin County.
He commenced
study
office
of
of
the
the
law
in
his
father.
Hon. Hopkins I.
Turner, who was
United States Senator
for Tennessee,
completed his studies
in
the
office
of
William E. Venable,
and on September 22,
he was licensed to rractice law.
At the commencement of the civil war he organized a regiment, and was elected Colonel of the
1848,
His regiment
Robert Hatton's Brigade and
sent to Virginia, where he took part in many of the
bloody conflicts Seven Pines, Antietam, Manassas,
Cedar Run, Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg and Fredericksburg.
At the latter place he received a wound
in the mouth, and was also wounded at Seven
Pines and at Antietam.
When the war ended Cclonel Turney returned to
his home in Winchester, resuming the practice of
law until 1870, when he was elected to the Supreme
Bench, re-elected in 1878, again in 1886, and in his
third term was made Chief Justice, which position he held until 1S'>2, when he was elected Governor of Tennessee.
Governor Turney is serving his second term as
Chief Executive of the Volunteer State.
He is a Mason, a Knight of Pythias and a Knight
of Honor.
troop, the First Tennessee, C. S. A.
was attached
to (leu.
GEN. W. H. JACKSON
Was
in Paris,
school in 1852.
He graduated in ls5<> with honors,
and in the fall of that year reported at the cavalry
school of instruction at Carlisle, Pa.
One year
later he joined his regiment of Mounted Rifles in
Texas and New Mexico, remaining in this service
as First Lieutenant from 1S57 to 1861.
When the
tocsin of war sounded in his native Southland, bidding farewell to his comrades of the Union Army.
hi resigned and ran the blockade through Galveston.
Upon reaching New Orleans he tendered his
services to the Confederate Army and was commissioned captain of artillery by Governor Harris of
EVANDER SHEPARD.
Lieutenant Shepard, who is now a resident of
Shelby ville, Tenn., was born in Fayetteville, same
State, November 2, 1843.
He received his education in the University of Greensboro, Ala., and
later at the Cumberland University at Lebanon.
Tenn., where he was when the war broke out.
Although his parents, through their great love
for their boy, endeavored in every way to detract
his mind from the thought of enlisting, he was determined to do so, and joined the company which
was raised by Captain Abb Boone, which' became
part of the Forty-liisl Tennessee, organized November 4, 1861.
He was in the battle of Fort Donelson. and was
captured with his command and sent to prison. He
was afterwards exchanged at Vicksburg, and was
Confederate l/eteran,
236
in the campaign of North Mississippi under General Lovell; at Port Hudson under General Gardner; at Raymond and Jackson and the Big- Black
under General Johnston; at Chickamauga and Mis-
adopted
city, Shelbyville,
CAPTAIN
Was
1837.
born
He
B. F.
Knox, W.
HON. THOMAS
H.
MALONE
Tenn.
BINKLEY
command of the
'Hatchie* H unters"
'
The
company
gaged
of
Belmont, Corinth,
Kentucky, of
N. C.
Captain Binkley was paroled at Macon, Ga., May
11, 1865, and returned to his home near Nashville,
where he at once engaged in commercial pursuits,
in which he has been very successful.
In August,
he was elected Register for Davidson County, 1870,
which position he held for eight years, and in 1883 he
was elected City Tax Assessor for a term of two yea rs.
He has been engaged in the Abstract Title business
since 1885, and is now General Manager of the
Nashville Title Company.
ville,
to
Nashville.
Brown,
later
Confederate Veteran
JAMES DACE PLUNKET, M.
D.
The subject of this sketch is of Scotch Irish parentage and was born August 20, 1839, at Franklin,
Tennessee. In the schools of the day he received a
thorough education, and early developed a preference for medicine as a profession, which he began
the study of in 1859, attending the University of
Pennsylvania and from the medical department of
which he graduated with honors in 1863. He immediately went South
and offered his service!
to
the
Confederate
C
to
K nox v
i 1
e,
by
MAJ.
was evacuated
General
Buckner
Georgia.
ALLISON
F. P.
Upon
THOMAS
Was
when
ville,
S.
pital,"
237
this
Col
le ge, Hudson,
Ohio; Jackson College, Columbia,
Tenn., and the Leba-
lat-
upon his
the field,
Infantry,
Stovall's Brigade, Clayton's Division, Army of TenDuring the battle of New Hope Church
nessee.
which soon afterwards occurred, beginning, as it
did, late in the afternoon and continuing far into
the night. Dr. Plunket with the field hospital
log cabin which he was using for the purpose
were twice captured by the Federals, and subsequently retaken before the dawn of the following
morning. After the battle of Jonesboro his division being so badly cut up, in the consolidation
which necessarily followed, Dr. Plunket was transferred to the Fifty-second Georgia Infantry with
which he served through the memorable campaign
of General Hood into Tennessee.
At Florence as
the army came into Tennessee he was commissioned
While lying in the ditches around
a full surgeon.
Nashville he was detailed by a special order from
headquarters to go back to Columbia and prehospital
pare
accommodations for two thousand wounded, and in the retreat that followed
the great battle which occurred soon afterwards,
he became a prisoner together with those of
the wounded whom it was thought unadvisable to
move. He was not released until 1865, several
weeks after the surrender had taken place, when he
returned to Nashville and began the practice of
medicine, and he holds justly an exalted position.
Dr. Plunket's special interest in and knowledge of sanitary affairs early attracted attention,
and he has since become an authoritv in sanitary
science.
He was treasurer, and also secretarv, of
the'Medical Society of Tennessee for many years.
Tennessee
listed
as
and enprivate in
I.
Confederate l/eterap,
233
MARCUS
B.
TONEY
HON. JAMES
Company
B,
His
command
Mountains under
Stonewall Jackson,
also in the Bath and
R omne y campaign,
the most severe win-
campaign in the
record of the late war.
ter
re-
called to Tennessee to
protect Fort Donelson, which fell when
command reached
Chattanooga.
The
regiment was then
the
sent
to
Shiloh,
in
which it participated. After that battle the regiment made the campaign in Kentucky under GenMr. Toney was captured at Perry ville,
eral Bragg.
Ky., October 8, 1862, exchanged at City Point, April,
1863, and rejoined his regiment at Shelbjville,
Tenn. After the battle of Chickamauga and of
Missionary Ridge, he was transferred at Dalton,
Ga., to General Lee's Army at Orang-e C. H., Va.
He participated in the battles of the Wilderness and
Spottsylvania, May 5th to 12th, 1864, and was captured in the "Dead Angle" at Spottsylvania on the
12th of May. He was a prisoner of war three
months at Point Lookout, Md., transferred to Elmira prison camp, from which he was released
after serving eleven months, returning home in
July, 1865.
In 1877 he published a pamphlet entitled "Prison
Life in the North," which he has illustrated, and
by the use of the stereopticon and an hour and a
half recital he gives a better idea of the scenes and
incidents of prison life than any amount of reading
would. This he gives for charity, having frequently
refused any pecuniary benefit for himself.
Mr. Toney is a member of Frank Cheatham
Bivouac and of the Confederate Grays.
A.
HARRIS.
This young man was born in Washington CounTenn., December 3, 1863. He attended school
for a brief period, and at the age of thirteen came to
Nashville. Here he was made Page of the State Senate, serving for three terms, and at the called session was made Sergeant-at-Arms.
In 1883 he was
elected Assistant Clerk of the Senate, and two years
ty,
Mr. Harris has ever been progressive, and, beinganxious for an education, he appropriated the
money earned for his services as Page and Clerk of
the Senate and attended Vanderbilt University,
from which he graduated with high honors as B.A.
and B.L.
During the early part of the present year (1S96)
he made an earnest canvass for the candidacy of
the Governorship, and, after his withdrawal, was
urged by his friends to stand for re-election to the
office of Comptroller of the State.
Mr. Harris was born during war times, and although too young to have known the service, he
has a lasting- respect for the memories of the "Lost
Cause."
-
JOHN
Was
P.
HICKMAN
25, 1846.
Hickman
is
now
Nashville.
He has
devoted a great deal
of his time since the
CHARLES SYKES
war
to
organizing
ard.
erate Soldiers'
ciation.
Was
which
is
care-
He is Adjutant- General of the Tennessee Division United Confederate Veterans, and Secretary of
the following Confederate organizations: Tennessee
Division of Confederate Soldiers, Frank Cheatham
Bivouac, Confederate Pension Examiners, Confed-
Confederate l/eteran,
I.
ROBINSON BUIST
239
ment
Was born in Charleston, S. C, in 1834. He received his early education from his father, and
chosing- the medical profession, he first attended
the South Carolina College, where he graduated
and received the degree of A. B., in 1854. He then
attended the University of New York Cit)T from
which he received a diploma in 1S57. He served
eighteen months in Bellevue Hospital, six months
at the University of Edinburgh, then attended at
the Hospitals of London, and finally completed his
education at Paris.
,
HARRY
T.
SINNOTT.
famous command ),
where he served the remainder of the war.
Mr. Sinnott was paroled
at
Richmond,
Agent
is
when
**
He came
broke
to Nashville in 1859,
out he volunteered in the
June
1
Field,
Qopfederate
240
SENECA
D.
KIMBARK, OF CHICAGO.
l/eterai).
who
will request a copy of his small illuscatalogue will find over 2,000 articles indexed and quoted, some of which he ships to every
State in the Union.
those
strated
S.D.. KIMBARK.
An
man
Confederate l/eterap
John W.
who
re-
states that he
of
my
it,
and
It has
old regiment.
torn in several places
with shell, but it is rather well preserved. It looks
natural.
God bless this dear old banner. I love
and reverence it for the precious cause it represented.
I saw it waive in the face of the enemy on
many battle fields. Although it came from Evansville, Indiana, it never fell in the hands of the
enemy. The bearer of this flag, one of the bravest,
died about three years after the war from the effects
The flag
of wounds received while carrying it.
then went into the hands of his son, James L. Freeman, Jr., who has since been the possessor of it,
until he sent it to Governor Oates somes months
ago.
I expect it to be in Richmond at the reunion.
is
The
this record.
241
at
Meridian
in
May,
1865.
who
He
enlisted in
The Chapter
Regittt
He
r.
isi'.7.|
On fame's
Damping ground
Their
Ami
,,f
N"\\ -writs
left
at
midnight haunts
behind.
'
mm
Mnii.-is
itiiiii
breasts thai nevermore
ti^ht
rapture off ,1...
the .1..K.
mar
feel
Tl...
I'h10 -...,
Real on,
embalmed and
sainted dead
tea
is
and ... ?
Washington Irving said, he supposed a certain hill was called
Rattlesnake Hill" because u abounded in
The
butterflies.
" rule of contrary " governs other names.
Some bottles are, supposedly, labeled " Sarsaparilla " because they are full of
.well,
we don't know what they arc full of, but we know it's not sarsaparilla;
except, perhaps, enough for a flavor.
There's only one
make of sarsaparilla that can be relied on to be all it claims. It's
Ayer's.
It has no secret to keep.
Its formula is open to all
This formula was examined by the Medical Comphysicians.
mittee at the World's Fair with the result that while every other
in. ik.- ot sarsaparilla was excluded from the Fair, Ayer's Sarsaparilla was admitted and honored by awards.
It was admitted because it was the best sarsaparilla.
It received the medal as the
No other sarsaparilla has been so tested or so honored.
best.
Good motto for the family as well as the Fair: Admit the best,
exclude the rest.
No rumor
Thhose
'L
Rattlesnakes, Butterflies,
fallen few.
eternal
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it?
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Confederate
l/eterai),
JOHN ASHTON,
CONTENTION
MEETS
IN
service to be had.
One Fare
STORY.
for the
Round
Trip.
Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tenn., June 13, 1895.
My position as Bursar for this University for many years has thrown me
in contact with Mr. R. W. Jennings,
proprietor of Jennings' Business College, and from personal knowledge and
observation of the man and his methods
I can most heartily endorse and recommend him and his school to the
public.
He teaches from a long and
folders,
rates, etc.,
call
F.P.JEFFRIES,
G. P. A., E. &. T. H. R. C. Co.,
Evansville, Ind.
S.L.ROGERS,
D.H. HILLMAN,
Commercial Agent,
S
Columbia, Tenn.
A Distinguished
Division
Commander Under
Board of Underwriters,
Nashville, June
12, 1895.
I take pleasure in stating that I attended Jennings' Business College and found it in all respects what it is claimed to be, a school of
thorough instruction and perfectly equipped to
prepare a young man for a business life. From
the responsible positions held in this city by its
graduates, I know this school to stand in the
HAMILTON PARKS,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR
AT LAW,
Write
to this
college
for
free
catalogue.
1414.
Chaperonage
for
Southern
LC Girls.
military
teresting way" than is embodied in an
isolated
historical
statement.
The
book presents the cause of the South in
its true light, by giving a succinct constitutional and historical argument in
favor of the right of secession and tracing the causes that led to it by the
Southern States, and it places the responsibility for the disruption of the
Union upon the Republican Party. It
shows that that party rejected all overtures of the South looking to an amicable adjustment of the pending national
difficulties on the slavery question in
18t>0.
The younger generation of the
South will find in the book facts of history which show that their fathers
were neither 'traitors" nor "rebels,"
but that they sought the exercise of
their constitutional rights, by peaceably withdrawing from the Union, and
defending their cause with a patriotic
valor and heroism that have never been
equalled in the annals of war.
The Athenaeum,
H.
medium
GEN. W.
As the preface
used as a
GLORIOUS FOURTH.
QUEEN AND CRESCENT RATES.
Low
&
P
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|iii;
ilfl
BUSINESS
6011606.
NASHVILLE, TENN.
No catchpenny methods. Business men recommend this College. Write for circulars. Mention this paper.
Address
R. \V.
JENNINGS, Principal.
IMMMMiailli
AUGUST.
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STOP AT THE
WESTMINSTER HOTEL.
Situated in the heart
fashionable
of the
\\ac\)&pendleton
BANKERS
Union Square, in
the quiet and aristoat
45 Broadway, N Y.
neighborhood
cratic
of Gramercy Park.
An ideal family hotel.
On the American plan
Cuisine noted for ita
excellence.
Rooms single or en
STOCK BROKERS
COTTON BROKERS
BOND BROKERS
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Exchange
Y Coffee Exchange
WESTMINSTER
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St.,
NEW YORK.
Anablk, Prop.
W. Swope, of Ky.
Manager.
E. N.
B.
BLANTON HOUSE.
MONTEAGLE, TENN.
This delightful hotel situated close by the railroad station at Monteagle, Tenn., is
kept open all the year. Guests have the Assembly benefits and when the
season expires ran continue to the Autumn with all the advantages of a
mountain town.
.1.
between railroad
THE JESSE
anil
FRENCH PIANO
-s-.MANUFACTURERS AND
Are the SolelRepresentatives of the
75x195
feet,
ORGAN
and
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FOR
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Write to them before purchasing. A two-cent stamp may save you many dollars.
And
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Published Monthly in the Interest of Confederate Veterans and Kindred Topics.
Pbick,
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Cents.
*1.
Tr
T tt
VOl. IV.
the
less.
war" was too long ago to be called the "late" war and when
correspondents use that term the word "great" (war) will be substituted.
The
"civil
No.
S.A.CUNNINGHAM
8.
Editor.
When delegates and others were entering the auditorium, on the first day, badges for delegates had not been placed in their hands, and there
was an emphatic halt at the line beyond which delegates and special guests only were to pass. Gen.
Jackson, Commander of the Tennessee Division, his
occasions.
Pending his
until he procured a badge.
urgent appeal to pass in and to have the porter execute his mission, the leading Chairman, who is a
fluent orator, called by that entrance and was appealed to, but his engagements were of too high a
to pass
REUNION AT RICHMOND.
In 1861 there was a familiar
song
From another
current expression
Strange, the latter term
took precedence in the beginning of the late reunion
gossip, and has been carried on in the South without
Will the term "Battle Abbey be fixed irprotest.
was "On
to
direction the
Richmond."
'
revocably just because our people used it in the beginning, not having a suitable name for "Confederate Memorial," which would ever be a far more
satisfactory term?
off for
reunion.
Richmond in time
They occupied the
delegate
The
close.
of Veterans
who had
Confederate
242
the
Veteran
expects to
list
of Corporal
much misunderstood
Treasury, he was the steadfast friend of the Confederate who had suffered in the war.
The writer
knew him
tude that
before that time, and recalls with gratiwhen a movement was inaugurated in
New York
Home,
l/eterai?.
City to
build a general
Confederate
(July
2,
1896)
refers
to
(&jj Bj
1*
\!
&H In
-w
y.
J~
.1
for Texas.
Confederate
"My fellow Veterans," he said (and these words
were greeted with loud cheering), "I have heard
Gen. Gordon in New York when he was the lone
Confederate there. Conditions seem to be reversed
to-day, and I am possibly the lone "Yank" in all
Possibly I should feel lonethis vast assemblage.
some, but I assure you that since I arrived in Richmond, night before last, I have not seen a lonesome
moment (a voice, "You are at home here"), and
there are quite a number of you gentlemen who
know that it has been with some difficulty that I
have been able to turn the key of my bedroom door
to get even that small amount of sleep which is absolutely
man may
l/eterai>.
243
be
whom
affairs
Ml" EON
We
"For quite a number of the years that lie next beme I have had the pleasure and the honor of
knowing many of the Veterans of the South who
are in this assemblage to-day; and I am entitled to
say to this audience at large what these acquaintances well know, that I do not stand here to-day
trying to pitch my voice to any new tune. Since
the hour struck on the clock of Time at Appomattox when God and the heaviest artillery decreed
that the Union was to remain one and indishind
struction period.
"Gen. Gordon,
(Great cheering,
the kindness of his heart, has
i
in
-.
Qopfederate
244
1/eterar?
asked
five
gentlemen to come
to
my
office as
near
came.
me
The
soldiers
We
STATUE TO GEN. W.
s.
HANCOCK.
chimneys standingI recalled readily what these men had been, the part
they had played in the great arbitrament of the
home, too often to
member
was
first
Confederate l/eteran
245
encouragement that a woman can give to batthe cause we had each espoused. We, in our
army life, had the diversions of camp; we had the
scenic variety of the march; the fun of the bivouac;
men
less
tle for
'
'
"Mr. Commander,
South
how
natural
it
is for
the
young men
of the
around the great bevy of magnificent beauty which adorns this occasion.
Ah, sir,
the boys have the instincts of the bees they know
where the honey is; and yet, sir, though a Northern
man and a Union soldier, speaking to this Confederate assemblage, I can speak for Northern and
Southern soldiers on one point, and of Northern
and Southern homes alike, for, sir, you can draw
no geographical lines that will divide the affections
and the devotion of woman. And while we grayhaired fellows bare our heads in all the respectful
admiration that men can, and do, sjo willingly bestow at the shrine of beaut}*, I want to say to these
young men of the South that there are other girls
to us, and, thank God, so many of them are here
to-day.
The boys look at them and they see gray
hairs and wrinkled brows; but to us the}- are raven
in the hue of their hair, their brows are fair and
their cheeks are rosy.
They are the girls of '61,
the girls who stood on the threshold of Northern
and Southern homes alike, on village street and
depot platform; who, with agony of heart of which
we had but the faintest conception at the time,
buckled on our swords or packed our knapsacks and
sent us out with all the encouragement that boundto flutter
We
QoQfederat'2 l/eterap
246
perity.
I desire to sa)' particularly to my Veteran
friends here assembled that I fully realize that you
put up a magnificent fight against us, but I don't
want you to think for a moment that you surprised
"My comrades and I choose the term (apthe heart of our great leader welled up
plause)
with absolute peace when he said to Lee: "Tell
your men to take their horses home with them;
they will need them to do their spring work with."
When once armed opposition to the cause of which
he was the leader had ceased, the great heart of
Grant welled up instinctively with sympathy for the
fraternal love in the fullest sense, absolutely without regard to sectional lines.
(Renewed applause.)
"As
step
that
if it be
granted in the
immortal
re-
gions of beatific
peace that spirit-eye can gaze
upon material
scenes and
forms,
am con-
fident that
Grant and Lee,
Sherman
and
Johnston, and
their colleagues
JAMES TANNER.
gone before, are
looking upon
us to-day and thanking God that this spirit exists
(Long continued applause.)
at this time."
front page.
"The
Confederate l/eterap
S. Holloway, and
Kentucky.
Wm.
S.
Holloway, residents of
247
The
fine,
large
At the
down and
When
ST
\TF.s
11.
Briggs, a strong Union man and Republican,
and he now looks upon them with great pride.
When the wall was built, the same Mr. Briggs was
hired to get a large stone; he found a large boulder
about one and a half miles from the place, and got
it raised from its bed by derricks, and had it drawn
to the road by block and tackle, then with eight
horses and a large quarry wagon got it to the place.
It weighed about fifteen or sixteen tons.
There are three marble headstones in the place.
During the war some of the dead were buried at different places; when this ground was bought, those
buried at other places were taken up and re buried in it.
is
months
.JlkTKlil
AT
>l
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Confederate
248
The foregoing
and
surprise
illustrations
gratif}^
many
Confederate.
The
Veteran
for
it
is
and
l/eterai).
An
They
vision.
COL.
Col.
WM.
Knauss belongs
H.
KNAUSS, _^
to a family of patriots.
His
ancestors fought in the Revolution under Washington; in 1812 under Jackson; and again in Mexico;
while he and a brother fought to maintain the
Union
in '61-65.
itself.
Besides, Richmond is too far East.
Hundreds of willing workers will never be able to see
the result of their united efforts. By all means let
it be more centrally located, and be on strictly
Southern soil. There has been some talk of Washington, D. C.
That city cannot be called Southern
soil, strictly speaking.
I do hope when the committee meets to determine where the monument to
Southern valor and heroic sacrifice shall be placed,
they will wisely determine to plant it on Southern
soil, made rich by the blood of brave men who
fought for a principle, because they believed they
were right, and where those who worked to make
it a success can see the work of noble women and
brave men. Let it be near the center of the South.
She writes: Put it in Little Rock, and I will give
am
$500.00.
D. C.
That
opposed
soil
Confederate l/eterao.
LADIES'
The
First
MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.
Organized
Historic
the
in
One
at
Southern States
The
Montgomery.
The "Ladies' Memorial Association," of Montgomery, Ala., was organized April 16, 1866. Its
original purpose was to provide befitting burial for
Alabama's Confederate soldiers who had fallen in
battle, to tenderly care for the graves of the Confederate dead in the Montgomery Cemetery, to erect
headstones at their graves, etc., etc. The 26th of
April was chosen as Memorial Day because of the
surrender of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston at that time.
It was the outcome of the Ladies' Hospital Association, organized by the ladies of Montgomery in
1861 for the benefit of the sick and wounded soldiers
of the Confederacy, and the purposes of these two
Associations have been so interwoven that the history of one would be incomplete without that of
the other.
Mrs. Judge B. S. Bibb was elected President of
the Hospital A ssoc i a t' on an d remained its guiding
genius and chief executive during the war. The
cottages first used as hospitals were suburban, and
were kindly donated by Mrs. S. Bellanger, a woman
noted for her patriotism and generous charities.
She was the wife of Dr. Bellanger, who, on greeting President Davis, eloquently expressed his sympathy- in these words: " Let me clasp the hand that
was manacled for us." For nearly two years Mrs.
Judge Bibb, with her devoted band of co-laborers
in the city, and in the country adjacent, maintained
this institution, supplying from their own resources
all that was necessary for the comfort of the soldiers.
When the war assumed such proportions as demanded the establishment of a hospital on a larger
scale, a building was procured in the city, which at
one time contained five hundred soldiers. When
the ladies could no longer supply the increasing
demands, Mrs. Bibb applied to President Davis to
furnish from Confederate stores whatever might be
lacking for the proper management of the Ladies'
Hospital.
This request the President promptly
granted, giving Mrs. Bihb cai/e blanche to draw upon
the Ouartermaster, Major Calhoun.
He said to
Mrs. Bibb, subsequently, that the Surgeon General
had reported it as "the best managed hospital in
the Confederacy," and then he said to her, " Madam,
if you were a man, I would make you a General."
In the sewing roomsof that Hospital the fair hands
of Montgomery's gentlest daughters daily knitted
socks, comforters, gloves, and made uniforms and
garments of every kind for the soldiers of the South
and daily through its wards during those weanyears of war came these true-hearted daughters of
the South, showing how divine a woman may be in
ministering to suffering humanity.
Intensely Southern as Mrs. Bibb was, however,
it was not only the Confederate soldier who received
her care, but when wounded Federals were brought
to Montgomery, after the battle of Shiloh, she received them into the Hospital until suitable provision
could be made for them elsewhere, because, she said,
" They are suffering, and shall be made as comfortable as practicable." In acknowledgment of this
249
amenity of war, when the United States troops entered the city, the commanding officer, without
application from Mrs. Bibb, graciously- placed a
guard about her home to protect her and her property from molestation.
When the war was ended and the heroic soldiers
of the Confederacy no longer needed the tender care
of the faithful women in their hospitals and homes,
this same noble woman, with the ladies of the Hospital Association, immediately began making arrangements for the reorganization of the Ladies'
Memorial Association. There devolved upon them
the raising of funds for the removal and burial of
the Alabama soldiers on various battle fields, placing headstones and a monument in the Cemetery.
On April 16, 1866, the following officers were
elected: President, Mrs. Judge B. S. Bibb; VicePresident, Mrs. Judge John Phelan
Secretary,
Mrs. Dr. W. O. Baldwin Treasurer, Mrs. E. C.
;
Hannon.
Executive
Committee
<
B.
Hell,
James
Mrs.
Ware,
Judge F.
B u g b e e, Mrs.
Mrs.
ousm an,
Mrs. Fort Hargrove. Mrs. J.
C. II
Mount.
Under Mrs.
Judge
Bibb's
administrati on
the Ladies' Memorial Association placed marb 1 e headstones
over the graves
of eight hundred Confederate soldiers buried in the Mont{MBS. sol'HIA BIBB.
~* M
gomery
tprv
Ceme-
and erected
a monument near by. expending in all twelve thousand dollars, besides considerable sums in aid of
soldiers' families impoverished by the war.
In 18S4 the Ladies' Memorial Association, having
completed their first work, determined to labor for
the execution of a purpose cherished since its organization, the erection of a monument to the Confederate Soldiers of Alabama on Capitol Hill, near the
spot where Jefferson Davis was inaugurated President and the "storm-tossed nation was cradled."
Some funds were accumulated for this object, and
sometime afterwards the Monumental Association,
comprised also of Confederate Veterans, was organized for the same purpose.
The corner stone for
this monument was laid by President Paris, and on
one side of it is engraved "This corner stone was
laid by Hon. Jefferson Davis, April 29, 1886." Pres:
ident Davis
Confederate
2.50
l/eterai?
Veteran
of
Major
Ellis,
ELLIS.
New
ton Bragg:
lost
After the death of Mrs. Bibb the honors and rePresident were placed upon the
daughter, Mrs. M. D. Bibb, who has performed its
exalting duties with unremitting zeal.
In this connection the editor of the Veteran mentions a regular visitor to the Ladies' hospital during
those troublesome times, with sentiments of gratCarried there unitude that can never, never die.
conscious, after days and nights of dreadful illness,
as his command was being transferred to the Army
of Tennessee, commanded by Gen. Braxton Bragg,
his restoration to knowledge of himself and surroundings occurred while the dear gentle woman
by his bed and asked about his MOTHER.
"No more memorable event in that great war is
ever recalled than the continued friendship during
all the intervening years of his "mother number
two" Mrs. Sarah Herron who, though an invalid
for a quarter century, is blest with vivid memory
and a Christian faith which never questions anything that happens.
MAJOR TOWSON
ELLIS.
sponsibilities of
Mary
Ellis
J.
General, U. S. A.
Confederate l/eterap
sugar planter, and so continued until 1882, when he
removed to New Orleans, where he obtained a position in the office of the Gas Company, and remained
there until his death from apoplexy on Thursday',
from St. John's Church, Thibodeaux, and tenderly laid to rest by old friends and
by Braxton Bragg Camp, No. 19<>, United Confederate Veterans.
The writer well remembers him in his early man-
251
Following his leader, his active services continued in the retrograde movement to Shclbyville and
Tullahotna. Thence, south to Chattanooga, and
on, participating in the events of bloody Chickamauga, and the culminating; reverses attendant upon
the hasty retreat from Missionary Ridge.
Amid all conditions oi camp routine and its daily
round of duty, in the saddle formulating field notes
or survey of the situation, on the march by day or
night, amid scenes of deadly strife and conflict, successful achievement or in trying times of adversity,
Major 1011 is was ever calm, resolute and fearless.
1
this sketch:
Towson
first
at
vicinity
of Instruction " for Lieutenant
Ellis and many other citizen soldiers who stood the
test later on in the strife upon fields of fierce conflict.
Lieutenant
Ellis' first
By
command.
the Navy Yards and
In 1S(,4, Major Ellis was the bearer of "confidential" dispatches to General Kirby-Smith, command-
THE LATE
New
frowning fortress.
After the bombardment of Fort Pickens, Gen.
Bragg was
transferred to a larger
command
as
eral
Enactment
in
1864-65,
the
Congressional
solicitation of a friend he
ing to get employment.
there.
went
to
He was
New
The "Daughters of the Confederacy," at Jackson, Tenn., appropriated twenty dollars from their
treasury toward placing a marble slab in the Battle
Abbey in memory of our faithful slaves. This
chapter has a large membership and is in a flourishing condition.
Confederate
252
Member
of the
C. S. A.
Nashville gentleman who was a boy at Shelbyville, Tenn., during- the war, pays this tribute:
While the Veteran is doing- its noble work of
perpetuating- the memory of brave deeds and heroic
sacrifices by those who followed the fortunes of the
South during- the stormy times of 1861-65, the
writer wishes to pay a tribute to this g-allant youngofficer who gave his life for the cause he loved.
His home was in Lexington, Mo., and when, in
1861, Governor Jackson called for volunteers to defend the State Capitol, thirteen young men in Lexington promptly responded, and "Ike" Lightner
was one of the "original thirteen." This small
squad was soon increased to a Company, with Capt.
Hi. Bledsoe in command, and organized as mounted
rifles; but having three guns on hand and none to
man them, the Company reorganized as Artillery.
After serving a while in Bledsoe's Battery, our
young
friend
was transferred
to
Barrett's
Tenth
Missouri Artillery, with the rank of Second Lieutenant, and when I knew him he was serving with
this
Command.
l/eterai},
La Grange.
Thus has been written another chapter
"Story of the glory of the
in the
the Gray."
All praise to the Veteran. Let the work of perpetuation go on. Such men, such deeds, must not
"A land without memories is a land
be forgotten.
"L."
without liberty."
We received
city.
Chapter, Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy, Washington, D. C, was organized November 7, 1895. This Chapter numbers
twenty-eight members: President, Mrs. E. T. Bullock; Vice-Presidents, Mrs. Frederick Fairfax and
Mrs. E. W. Ayers; Treasurer, Mrs. Magnus Thompson; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Albert Akers;
Recording Secretary, Mrs. Carrie Wilson Lavin.
A specimen of
his
work
in
to
Miss
C. Whiteside, Shelbyville.
know
what became
of the
If living,
Qopfederate
THE SAM DAVIS
LIST.
l/eterar?
253
The Veteran
for July
contained
hundred
amount from
five
was
too high
He would
honor.
not pay it.
The
price
money
hard
in these
times
means
much.
The
itor of the
ed-
Vet-
eran hesitated
to undertake
that
connection
it
is t
noblest
ever
the
record
made by a
hum an
being,
undertak-
D. M.
Mr. DeWitt
M. Gordon, son
srr.-riilUER.
of Lieut.
Col.
Davis.
I wish it was $1,000.
Sam Davis' example
should be perpetuated among men, for it will teach
the coming generation to place a higher estimate
upon character and attach less importance to money.
His lofty devotion to principle will inspire our youth
with nobler purposes. The world will be better
because he lived. ( >f the many thousands who perished during the civil war, posterity will place no
higher estimate upon the character of anyone than
upon that of Sam Davis. He gave his life for a
principle and he won immortality.
He died for the
love of truth, and the lovers of truth will guard his
memory and wreathe it in immortal honors. His
name will shine in undimmed lustre as long as virtue has an advocate or truth a votarv. * * * All
honor, then, to the memory of Sam Davis, the patriot, the hero
the man whose soul was so lofty that
he preferred to die rather than to betray the "confidence of a friend.
forget pain
when
in
possession of
its
blessing.
The
it,
but, impelled by
the
1st.
in
In-
"What things?"
So intense
on a curbstone," if no more.
All honor to every contributor to this sacred fund.
Let th o r names, every one. be published in the history of Sam Davis, whenever that is printed,
Let all who raised funds on July 21st, as suggested by Mr. Joseph W. Allen, and at other times,
to be
the
The
of his information,
to the source
stands out bolder and bolder
that Samuel Davis was America's greatest hero
it
Confederate
254
Amounts reported
July.
in
SI, 495
De Rosset.Wm.
Kerr,
L., Wilmington
N.C
J.
ton. D.
Ogilvie, J.
WashineB
C
Beasley,
P.,
Peabody, H.
1 00
l 00
1 50
2 00
500
1 00
1 00
Coltart. James,
Hoboken, N. J
Morgan, Judge R. J., Memphis, Tenn.
Christy,
H.,
A. A.,
J.
Odessa,
Mo
100
3 00
1 00
Total,
Adams,
Washington, D. C
100
Kirkman, Jackson, Wash'gton. D.C. 1 00
Ark
1 00
1 00
Tenn
l/eterar,.
Partlow. Greenwood, S. C; W.
Raiburn, W. S. Gudgell, Jno. S.
Gilvin, Polk Manly, John Webb,
Wm. Barker, Owingsville, Ky.; C.
W. Barber, Edwards, Miss.; J. J.
MeCallan, Richland, Tex.; A. A.
Lowe, T. S. Cowan, A. T. Fountain, N. C. Jelks, J. O. Jelks, P. H.
Lovejoy, R! W. Anderson, Hawkinsville, Ga.
L. Meyers, New Or-
J. S.
1 00
1 00
West
leans,
TIONS.
Jones, Franklin, Ky.
T.
W. Barrett, Edwards, Miss.; H.
Sparrow, Jno. B. Lewis, W.
Ferguson. C. C. McPhail, R.
Vaughn, Hawkinsville, Ga
The foregoing additions,
W.
Louise Rucker.
CamdenAlabama 36 Miss
Oekenden.
$ 1 75
-
$85.75
$1,600.
C.
M. Graves, Mrs. O.
J.
L. Bradley.
INDIAN TERRITORY.
Mrs.
P. A. Doyle,
McAJester.
LOUISIANA.
aggregate about
Lexington Appomattox12Mrs.
J. J.
A. F. McKissack, Mrs. P.
Mell
67
Mrs. J. F. Johnston Miss
Pelham
A.
H.
ALABAMA.
POSTOFFICE. CHAPTER. NO. OFFICERS.
H.
H.
KENTUCKY.
Birmingham
% 8 50
GENERAL OFFICERS.
Auburn 57 Mrs.
La
Thos.
Point Ft.
Mrs.
1
$75
FIFTY-CENT CONTRIBUTIONS.
5 00
100
T Beck
Kirkpatrick, Mrs
New
Price, Miss
C-
J.
Parke.
Orleans72
I.
MARYLAND.
Selma 53 Mrs.
ARKANSAS.
Mrs.
Mrs.
T.
J.
F
G
MISSISSIPPI.
Columbus 34 Mrs.
Meridian
5).
24 Mrs.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Washington Pamlico 43 Mrs.
B.
Grimes,
Mrs.
C.
M.
Payne.
Wilmington 3 Mrs.
NO.
4).
2).
Thos. Taylor.
Edgefield 50 Mrs. F. W. Pickens, Mrs. K. W. Cheatham.
Florence E. Capers 70 Mrs. F. Church, Mrs. V. Tarrh.
Georgetown A. Manigault 63 Mrs. J. H. Read, Miss O.
V. Williams.
Greenville57 Mrs. H. B. Buist, Miss M. S. Dean.
Marion 38 Mrs. S. A. Durham, Miss K. L. Blue.
SpartanburgSpartan 54 Mrs. C. Petty, Mrs. S. B. Lee.
Sumter 75
Miss E. M. De Lorme.
J. K. Ottley.
E. Eve, Mrs. Ella Franklin.
L. H. Rogers, Mrs. S. L. Taylor.
Miss A. C. Bunning.
Covington 23 Mrs. V. B. Conyers, Miss Mattie Beal.
Augusta 22 Mrs. I.
Barnesville49 Mrs.
Columbus60
TENNESSEE (DIVISION
16Mrs.
Gainesville
J. C.
Macon Lanier25Mrs. W. L.
Rome28Mrs. J. A. Gammon,
3.)
NO.
E.
Confederate l/eterao.
Franklin 14 Mrs. M. J. Gentry, Miss Susie Gentry.
Gallatin Clark 13 Mrs. S. F. Wilson, Miss M. Rogan.
Jackson5 Mrs. R. A. Allison, Miss A. C. Clark.
Nashville 1 Mrs. John Overton, Miss Nellie Ely.
South Pittsburg 15 Mrs. Will E. Carter, Miss Katie Cooke.
TEXAS (DIVISION
NO.
Alice Colquhoun.
Chatham6S Mrs. R. Treadway, Mrs. E. S. Gilmer.
Cheriton Eastern Shore 52 Mrs. C. S. Morgan, Miss 11.
Nottingham.
Culpeper73Mrs. T. S. Alcocke,
I'.n mvillle15 Mrs. H. V. Edwards, Miss B. W. Johnson.
.
.hi.
\i
man.
Mrs. M. M. Jouvenat.
Brownson. Mrs.
J. M.
[SION
XO.
H.
J.
Hicks.
L.
1.)
Williams.
D. C.
Jackson 20 Mrs.
E.
K. T.
to
know
ty-ninth Virginia Infantry are still living. Information about any of them would be appreciated.
An
VETERAN on page
Atlanta.
other
The Hiram
its
Comrades
is
Adjutant.
26,
The
ASIIIXGTON,
all
will
H.
A. P. Akers.
children.
They
J.
Campbell.
\\
is
F. G. Trasher.
iShenandoah 32 Mrs.
The Mary
hold
.1
dria, Ya..
will
Heald, Mrs
Pry,
Ballenger.
is
C.
Taylor.
,l'l\
C.
VIRGINIA
P. Pool.
J.
my Otey 10 Mrs,
D. Christian.
MartinsvilleMildred Lee
M. M. Mullins.
J.
Sampson.
6.)
Mrs.
Mrs.
Miss
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Miss
Mrs. C.
Miss
Miss
Miss
Miss
.Mrs.
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Ward Seminary, on
Qopfederate l/eterap
256
^opfederate
8.
A.
CUNNINGHAM, Editor
Office:
and Prop'r,
will ever
l/eterar>,
S.
W. MEEK,
Publisher.
demand
in defense of
was
on.
write so
Measures will be inaugurated to make the Nashville Reunion typical of all, and more, in this respect
than has ever before been demonstrated. The people
of Nashville and Tennessee never again will have
such an opportunity to honor themselves.
of the
monument
much
to Jefferson Davis,
monument, here
inspire general
illustrated
enthusiasm, however
may be given the committee in its purThis premium design, costing $1,000 is for
a $259,000 monument, and with only ten per cent,
secured, the unhappy prophesy is now made that if
ever completed it will be by the posterity of those
who were actors in the great war drama. Let us
hope that action will be reconsidered upon the design and its magnitude before the funds in hand
shall have been expended upon a foundation.
credit
poses.
Memorial Institute
Her idea is to make the White
House of the Confederacy the building with additions that may be desired.
She gives an elaborate
description of the building-, and notes that there is
plenty of room for all necessary additions.
Without purpose to argue in favor of one place or
another, the
Veteran
honor.
few years ago of the determination to build a monument to our President, she
said in quick emphasis that she hoped it would be
after a plan that would be "a constantly recurring
told (by the writer) a
benefit to
mankind."
Qonfedera
COLONEL JOHN
B.
CAREY.
l/eterap
The meeting
fce
native
Tennessean,
born in Marshall
County, his father
having emigrated
from Kentucky many
years
consecutively
for
ago.
His
twenty-two
typical of Southern
society before the war,
for
commanded by
As
who have
satisfactorily performed.
(^opfederate l/eterai)
SAM DAVIS MONUMENT.
Fourteen Hundred and Xinety-five Dollars Subscribed for the Fund.
Adam
J. T.,
Tenn
00
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
1
Anderson, Dr.
J.
100
100
1 00
2 00
100
100
100
2 00
5 00
1 00
C, McMinnville, Tenn
Bilbo, J.
Bishop, Judge
W.
S.,
Paducah, Ky.
C, McMinnville, Tenn
Montgomery, Tex
Blackmore, J. W., Gallatin, Tenn
Biles. J.
100
100
100
1 00
100
1 00
100
100
1 00
2 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
3 00
1 00
3 00
Blalock, G. D.,
100
100
100
Bringhurst,
W.
5 00
Kv
Tenn.
Winchester Ky..
R., Clarksville,
J.
F.,
Morrisville,
Mo
Tenn
Carter,
Carroll,
Tenn
1 00
1 00
1 00
100
5 00
100
1 00
100
100
5 00
100
100
5 00
2 00
3 00
1 00
150
1 00
1 00
100
1 O'O
1 00
E..
Capt.
Brownsville, Tenn
Jno. W., Henderson,
00
100
1 00
Mo
Ky
100
2 00
6 00
Coleman, Gen. R.
B.,
McAlester,
1.
T.
Cunningham,
Cunningham,
J.
M., Calvert,
Tex
boro,
Ky
Deamer, J. C, Fayetteville,
Dean, G. B., Detroit, Tex
Dean, J. J., McAlister, I. T
Dean, M. J., Tyler, Tex
Tenn
Enslow,
J. A.. Jr.,
Jacksonville, Fla.
Mo
J.
14 00
10 00
1 00
J.
E..
Dickson, Tenn
5 00
5 00
100
2 00
100
1 00
100
100
1 00
5 00
1 00
5 00
100
1 00
100
2 50
100
5 00
100
100
1 00
100
100
1 00
1 00
2 00
100
1 00
1 00
1 00
100
1 00
1 00
6 55
4 00
100
100
100
1 00
100
1 00
100
5 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
100
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
25 00
5 00
Tenn
Goodman, Frank, Nashville
6 00
10 00
100
Goodner, Dr. D M., Fayetteville, T.. 1 00
Goodpasture, J. B., Owingsville, Ky 1 00
Goodrich, Jno. T., Fayetteville, Tenn. 1 00
1 00
Gordon, D. M., Nashville
1 00
Gordon, A. C, MeKenzie, Tenn
Gordon, Dr. B. G., MeKenzie. Tenn..
1 00
100
Gourley, M. F., Montague, Tex
5 00
Granbery, W. L., Jr., Nashville.. ..
5 00
Granbery, J. T., Nashville
Lexington,
Ky
1 00
Graves, Col. J. M.,
1 00
Gray, S. L., Lebanon, Ky
126
Grav, Rev. C. M., Ocala. Fla
100
Green, W. J Utica, Miss
1 00
Green, John R., Brownsville, Tenn..
5 00
Green, Jno. W., Knoxville, Tenn
3 00
Green, Folger, St. Patricks. La
1 00
Gregory, W. H., Smyrna, Tenn
Gresham, W. R.. Park Station, Tenn. 1 00
5 00
Griggs, J. L., Macon, Miss
1 00
Gudgell, D. E., Henderson, Ky
100
Guest, Isaac, Detroit, Tex
1 00
Gwin, Dr. R. D., MeKenzie, Tenn
1 00
Hall, L. B., Dixon, Ky
Hallenburg, Mrs. H. G., Little Rock.. 1 00
1 00
Hancock, Dr. W. H. Paris, Tex
1 00
Hanrick, E. Y., Waco, Tex
100
Harder, Geo. B., Portland, Ore
5 00
Hardison, W. T., Nashville
5 00
Harmsen, Barney, El Paso, Tex
1 00
Harper, J. R., Rosston, Tex
00
Fla.
Warrington,
1
H.,
R.
Harris, Maj.
1 00
Harris, J. A., Purdon, Tex
00
1
Tenn
Trenton,
W.,
Harrison, W.
100
Hart, L. K., Nashville
00
Tex
1
Hartman, J. A., Rockwall.
1 00
Hartzog, H. C, Greenwood, S. C
Hatcher, Mrs. E. H., Columbia, Tenn.,
U5> 00
entertainment
Mo
Hemming,
C.
C,
00
100
100
Gainesville, Tex.... 10 00
Tenn
00
1 00
1 00
1 00
100
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
100
1 00
1
1 00
Hodges,
100
Holder,
W.
1 00
100
100
100
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
100
1 00
1 00
2 00
1
00
10 00
10 00
100
1 00
1 00
100
100
1 00
25 00
100
1 00
100
2 00
1 00
1 00
100
1 00
1 00
1 00
100
100
100
100
6 00
1 00
1 00
100
100
1 00
1 00
2 00
B.,
D.,
100
Greenwood, S. C
Jackson, Miss
S.
Tenn
00
1 00
1 00
100
100
1 00
1 00
Station, Tenn..
1 00
Hows,
S. H.,
Newsom
Hume,
F.
5 00
1 00
Hutcheson, W.
Hutcheson, Mrs. W. G., Nashville...
Hutcheson, Miss Katie Dean. NashNashville
ville
100
100
100
1 o
1 00
00
ville
Hutcheson, W.
Ikirt,
2 00
100
C. Galveston, Tex
G..
1 00
Dr.
J. J.,
Ky
Jewell,
Wm.
J
100
00
5 00
6 60
1 00
1
1 00
6 00
100
1 90
Va.
Ky
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 60
00
00
6 00
1 00
1 00
5 00
1 00
1
1
''0
Key.
Ky
JJ
nc
i 00
00
100'
Confederate l/eterao
LEARNING LESSONS OF CHARITY.
The
M. E. Church, South,
Twichell "Tore a passion to
the
tatters" because
some
To
his Excellency,
the
257
that
War
>f
Commander
of the
Veteran,
I wonder
if the time will not come when somewhere on the border land we cannot have a joint reunion of the survivors of the two great armies which
shall result in pleasure and profit to all concerned.
Confederate l/eteran
258
The formation at Richmond last week of the Federation to be known as the United Sons of Confederate Veterans should receive the commendation and
support of all true Southerners. Its aims, objects
and purposes are not to create or foster, in any manner, any feeling- against the North, but to hand
down to posterity the "story of the glory of the
men who wore the gray."
Knowing that "in union there is strength," the
sons of those who made the South famous have
come together for the systematic and united work of
preserving from oblivion the true history of the
South. That this step meets with the hearty approval of the "men who wore the gray" is shown by
the following resolution, which was adopted at the
Convention of the United Confederate Veterans at
Richmond, at their regular session.
"Resolved, That this session provide at once for the
formation of Sons of Confederate Veterans into a separate national organization. This is urgent from the
manifold fact that our ranks are thinning daily, and
our loved representatives should step in now and
arrange to take charge of Southern history, our
relics, mementos and monuments, and stimulate
the erection of other monuments to our heroes
ere 'taps' are sounded for the last of their fathers."
But before this resolution was adopted the Sons
had taken matters in their own hands, and on the
evening of June 30th, met at the Auditorium at
Richmond, and arranged for the organization of a
Federation themselves. At this meeting a committee was appointed to draft a Constitution for the
new Association, but they were unable to prepare
the same that evening, and the session adjourned at
11 o'clock, to meet the next day.
On July 1st the delegates from the Camp of Sons
of Confederate Veterans from the various Southern
States, who had been called by the R. E. Lee Camp of
Richmond, to assemble for the purpose of forming this
Association, adopted a Constitution similar in every
respect to the Constitution governing the United
Confederate Veterans, and permanently organized
the United Sons of Confederate Veterans.
The preamble of this Constitution reads: "To
encourage the preservation of history, perpetuate
the hallowed memories of brave men, to assist in
the observance of Memorial Day, to aid and support
all Confederate Veterans, widows and orphans, and
to perpetuate the record of the services of every
Southern Soldier, these are our common aims. These
objects we believe will both promote a purer and better private life, and enhance our desire to maintain
the "national honor, union and independence of our
common country.
The organization
of
MRS.
The Army
Confederate
l/eterar)
Mrs.
Lillian
Rozell
in
Rich-
Messenger, of Wash-
Qopfederate
260
Dr.
J.
vention
upon
at
for
"Old Glory."
In his
own
way
forceful, fluent
it
Dr.
Jones said:
I count myself happy in being permitted to have
some part i n
i
the exercises of
this joyous occasion, and to
join with you in
gr e eting, with
glad acclaim
the flag of our
try.
pleasure to the
eloquent words
of
my
distin-
guished brother
from the great
Northwest,
(Rev. Dr. Wilkin?, of Chica-
It was the eloquence of our Henry that first stirred our patriotic fathers to resist the British oppression, and when the warcatce, not only did Virginia give her Washington to lead the armies of
the patriots, and furnish more troops than any
other colony, but the blood of Virginia soldiers
stained every battlefield of the Revolution, from
Quebec and Boston, to Charleston and Savannah.
And when in the midst of the Revolution British
troops, and hostile Indians took possession of the
Northwestern Territory which belonged to Virginia by the terms of her charter, and the Contin-
l/eterar).
campaign
Confederate l/eteran,
and conquering a peace so creditable
to
American
arms.
It is true that for four years, from 1861 to 1865,
the South was compelled to fight against "the old
flag," because it has been wrested from its original
purpose and principles, and then represented just
the opposite of what our fathers fought for in '7i>.
and all I have to sa3 about that period of our history is that the Confederates thought then, and
know now, that they were right.
But when we were at last "compelled to yield to
overwhelming numbers and resources," and it was
decided that henceforth there should be but one
country and one flag, the soldiers and people of the
South "accepted the situation," and instead of
spending their time raking in the ashes of their
blighted hopes, and ruined fortunes, went to work
to build up their waste places, and make their
deserts to "rejoice and blossom as the rose," and
have proven themselves to be as good citizens, as
loyal to the country, and the flag as those of any
-
other section.
When our chivalric Senator, John B. Gordon, of
Georgia, the Commander of the United Confederate
Veterans, rose in his place in the Senate, and
pledged the Government that "the men who wore
the gray" were ready to do their full share towards
"suppressing the rebellion" at Chicago, and "our
lame lion," the eloquent Senator Daniel, of Virginia, offered resolutions pledging to the President the
support of the whole country in suppressing violence there they but voiced the sentiments of our
Southland. And when some weeks ago the Senate, in view of threatened war with England, hastened to do the tardy justice of removing the last
vestige of Confederate disabilities, so that all of our
men can serve in the United States armies, and the
House, alter long waiting, passed the bill with only
one dissenting vote Mr. Boutellc, of Maine), they
knew that they were doing a safe and proper thing,
and that if foreign war should come, Confederate
soldiers and their sons would be found in the very
forefront of the battle doing their duty as bravely
and as well as those from any other section.
As the eloquent Ben Hill, of Georgia, put it:
"We are In our father's house! We have come to
stay, and all we ask is that we shall be recognized
and treated as members of the family.",.
261
dies,
McKay
Infantry;
same
also.
battalion.
TOUCHING -INCIDENT.
That was a touching scene upon the Rappahannock when the Confederate and Federal armies confronted each other on the opposite heights of Spotsylvania and Stafford.
One beautiful evening
there came down to the northern hank a magnificent Federal band, and begun to discourse sweet
music.
Large crowds of soldiers of either army
gathered on the opposite banks, the friendly pickets
not interfering. First they played United States
National airs, such as "Star Spangled Banner,"
"Hail Columbia." "Yankee Doodle," and the like,
and as one of these would cease the "Boys in Blue"
would give their measured "Hip, Hip, Hurrah!"
And then, in compliment to their friends across the
river, the band played "Bonny Blue Flag," "Dixie."
My Maryland," and others of our Southern. melo-'
''_
'
LIEUT. GESTER
\l,
P.
nil.
I..
of
Seventh
Rev.
Mr.
Confederate
262
K.
came
of
illus
trious ancestors
on both
sides,
Caroline
County, Va..
December 26,
1809.
cation,
broad
fitted
him
'
always stood
on the "merit
roll." Gen. R.
E. Lee
President
and
Da-
their livesi
General Lee
young men
to him.
father and mother escaping from the burning theatre in Richmond in 1811.
In the general rush they
became separated, the father and little daughter
from the mother and sister and niece. The father
jumped from a window with the child, whose leg
was broken. The mother, after hours of unconsciouness, awoke in a dark, cold place, with the
sensation of being buried alive. After feeling with
her hand and discovering that she was in the open
air, she began to
tear away the clothes which
bound her among some timbers. Then a few gray
streaks of morningenabled her to come out. In going
to her home, she walked a block out of the way to
avoid passing a vagrant cow in the street.
The
sister and niece were burned to death.
His edu-
and deep,
He
deeds.
l/eterar?
young
lovers
when
together.
General Pendleton was conspicuous in his councils of the Church, and was the personal friend of
Bishops Meade, Johns and Whittle. He represented
Virginia in the General Convention of the Church
before and after the war.
Confederate 1/eteraD.
He erected through his special effort the handsome Grace Church in Lexington, Yu., as a memoThe students were always
rial to General Lee.
glad when Dr. Pendleton's time came for morning prayer at the Chapel, for his prayers were fervent and comprehensive.
It was General Pendleton who corrected Genera]
Long-street's
statements regarding: Gettysburg.
General Lee, in the magnanimity of his soul, was
willing to bear the censure of losing that battle.
General Pendleton, who was in General Lee's
confidence at that battle, and surveyed the field and
knew the orders, was able to testify, which he
boldly did, and left it on record, that Longstreefs
-
own
delay
was the
I cannot close
this sketch without referring: to
General Pendleton's daughter, Mrs. Susan P. Lee,
widow of General Edwin Lee. Her recent "History
of the United States from a Southern standpoint"
ought to be in every Southern child's hands, because it teaches the truth. Her ability enabled her
"The Memoirs
ON THE POTOMAC
"ALL QUIET
"All quiet on
Moaning
in
lost
alone,
the
only
all
list
of a battle.
of the men
one
Potomac
to-night,
Where
There's onlj
And
the life-blood
is
CH0R1
8.
All quiet
he dead
W.
CJos.
Company B
wounded.
J.
Company
Gambol, J. M. Jones, B. F.
Anderson, James and Titus Powell killed and thirteen wounded.
Of the wounded, Richard Pike and
Wm. Erwin had died.
Company
Capt. C. L. Martin, Johnathan Cherry and W. E. Largin were killed and nine wounded.
Company E. Lieut. Grice, Joseph Burns and F.
Warlord were killed and four were wounded.
Company F.R. T. Brooks was killed and fourteen wounded.
Company G. Dallas Booth killed, and of the
twelve wounded, T. H. Collin-- and Wm. Hamilton
had died.
Company H. C. C. Tilley and W. H. Reagan
were killed and thirteen were wounded T. M.
Broaddus of the list had died. Of the severely
wounded was the esteemed and faithful Veteran of
to-day, Capt. J. J. Crusman.
Company I. W. T. Baber and Richard Chandler
were killed (the former on picket) and seven
wounded.
Company K. J. W. Guiin was killed and fourteen
were wounded.
G. A. Tompkins, who was among the wounded,
died soon afterward.
1
>.
No( an
263
J. H. Slaughter is reported
and the names of eight wounded. The closing note reports that Gen. R. J. Hatton was killed
and that Adjutant R. C. Bell was mortally wounded.
killed
Confederate
264
l/eterar?
COL.
EUGENE ERWIN.
He was
was
severely
in the battles of
charge in the siege of Vicksburg. Commission was forwarded promoting him to Brigadier General,
gone
to
but too
ROBERT
late.
"His
spirit
had
it."
H.
GRAVES.
EUGENE ERWINT
2,
The
1S62.
Con-
Congress
federate
awarded to h i m a
medal for gallantry
and meritorious conduct.
^.
*>
THOS.
T.
BRUNT.
Thomas T. Brunt,
born in Paris, Ky.,
:,-,,-
Cavalry,
Brigade.
Buford's
In
his regiment
18 6 3,
was as-
signed to Morgan's
Cavalry.
He was
promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, and was
killed at Green River
KOBERT
H.
GRAVES.
Bridge, July
4,
1S63.
THOMAS
T.
BRUNT.
Confederate l/eterap
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERAN CAMPS.
265
Cal. Moore.
W.
T.
Boyd.
TRANS-MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT.
Lieut. Gen. W. L. Cabell, Commander, Dallas, Tex.
Brig. Gen. A. T. Watts, Adjutant General and Chief of
Staff. Dallas, Tex.
ALABAMA
DIVISION.
P.
Camden Franklin
Rowe.
Decatur Horace King 476 W. A. Long. John T. Banks.
Demopolis A. Oracle508 John C. Webb, C. B. Cleveland.
Edwardsvllle Wlggonlon 359 W. P. Howell, T.
EutawSanders64Geo.
J.
Burton.
Cole. F. H. Mundy.
Evergreen Capt.
Lee 33S P. D. Bowles, H. M. King.
Fayette Llndsey466 John B. Sanford, W. B. Shirley.
Florence E. A. O'Neal 29S A. M. O'Neal. And. Brown.
IT.
Wm.
Greenville Sam'l L.
Adams349 E. Crenshaw. F. E.
W. N. Hulsey.
Guln Ex-Confederate415
Dey.
S. T.
Woodard.
McConnell.
L. Ferguson.
naghy.
Robinson Spring Tom McKeithen396 C. M. Jackson. W.
D. Whetstone.
Rockford-H. W. Cox-276-F. L. Smith, W. T. Johnson.
Scottsboro-N. B. Forrest430-J. H. Young, J. P. Harris
Seale-Jas. F. Waddell-268-R. II Bellamy, P. A. Greene.
J. Thompson, J. L. Strickland.
St Stephens John James 350 A. T. Hooks, J. M. Pelham.
Summerfleld Col. Garrett3S1E. Morrow, R. P. Cater.
Talledega-C. M. Shelley-246-W. R. Miller, D. R. VanPeR
Thomasville Leander McFarland 373 J. N. Callahan, Dr.
C.
J.
Johnston.
W.
C. Reed,
J.
McMahon.
Keller,
I. P. Guy.
Tuskaloosa-Rodes-262-Gen. G. D. Johnston, W. Guild.
Troy-Camp Ruflm-320-W. D. Henderson, L. H. Bowles,
town Coleman 429 T. Mumford, B. F. Harwood.
c. F. Culver,
Verbena-Camp Gracle-291-K.
Wells,
J.
a. H. Pickett.
A. Mitchell.
T. M. Woods.
O'NealSB8-J. P. Young,
Walnut Grove- Forrest467-A. J. Phillips. B. W. Reavls.
Wetumpka Elmore Co.255 H.H.Roblson, C.K.McMorrls.
Wedowee Randolph316 C. C. Enloe, R. S. Pate.
ARKANSAS
DIVISION.
CAMP,
Alma Cabell 202 James
NO.
OFFICERS.
E. Smith, J. T. Jones.
H. Berry-82S-D. T. Brunson. D. M. Doughtv.
Amity-J.
Arkadelphia Moore 571 H. W. McMillan, C. C. Scott.
Augusta Jeff Davis843 John Shearer, Ed S. Lee.
Benton Dodd325 S. H. Whitthorne, C. E. Shoemaker.
Bentonville Cabell89 D. R. McKissack, N. S. Henry.
Berryville-Fletcher-63S-J. P. Fancher, N. C. Charles.
Booneville Evans 355 G. W. Evans, D. B. Castleberry.
I.
Qopfederate
266
Prairie
Prescott Walter
E. Pittman,
Bragg12SW.
J.
Wm.
Blake, O.
Mitchell.
Jones.
S.
J.
Sloan.
FLORIDA DIVISION.
Maj. Gen.
J.
J.
Dickison,
Commander, Ocala.
W.
POSTOFFICE.
CAMP.
OFFICERS.
NO.
l/eterar?
Columbus Benning jll A. A. Dozier, H. F. Everett.
Covington J. Lamar 305 C. Dickson, J. W. Anderson.
Cumming Forsyth 736 H. P. Bell, R. P. Lester.
Cuthbert Randolph C0.-465 R. D. Crozier, B. W. Ellis.
Cussetta Chatahoochie Co. !77 E.Raiford, C. N. Howard.
Dalton J. E. Johnston 34 A. P. Roberts, J. A. Blanton.
Dawson Terrell Co. C. V.404J. Lowrey, W. Kaigler.
Decatur C. A. Evans 665 H. C. Jones, W. G. Whidby.
Fayetteville FayetteS32C. P. Daniel, J. W. Johnson.
Griffin Spaulding Co.519 W. .R. Hanleiter, J. P. Lawlett
Gibson Fous Rogers S47 W.W.Ki tchens. J.W. P. Whiteley.
Estill, T. E. Besselien.
POSTOFFICE.
CAMP.
NO.
OFFICERS.
GEORGIA DIVISION.
Col. A. J.
RyanA.
S.
Johnson 644R.
G. Goodloe,
KENTUCKY
J.
F. Pendleton.
DIVISION.
Col. Jos.
Confederate l/eterap
267
Minden Gen.
New
New
New
New
New
N.\v Orleans
HopkinsvllleMerrlwether
241-
N.
Gaither, J.G.Branham.
ea
D.
orne.
E.
Kursheedt.
I.
New
New OrleansArmy
of Tenn. 2 F. A. Monroe. N.
V.C.S.C.8G. H. Tichonor, Wm. Lauehlin.
-ins- \\
New
New MeansHenry
B
C. Fallon, C
Paul16L. L. Davis, A. B. Booth.
Oakley John Peck 183 W. S. Peck, J. W. Powell.
Opelousas R. E. Lee 14 L. D. Prescott, B. Bloomfleld.
Tangipahoa Camp Moore O. P. Amaok. r. G. R. Taylor.
TlmotheaHenry Gray651W, v Ellett, T Oak]
Plaqu. mini
I..
[bervilh
E. Wood, J. Achille Dupuy.
Plaquemine Iberville IS A. H. Gay, L. E. Woods.
Pleasant Hill Dick Taylor646-J. Graham. I. T. Harrell.
Rayvllle Richland 152 J. S. Summerlin, W. P. Maghan.
Rustin Ruston 7 A. Barksdale, J. L. Bond.
i:
Shreveporl
Stafford -3P. J. Trecevaat, w. Kinney.
>i
'
li
St.
Li
Lexington J.
T. M. Scott 545
Goodwill, H. A. Barnes.
Iberia Confed. Veteran670 Jules Dubus,
Monroe H. W. Allen 1S2W. P. Rennick, W. A. O'Kelley.
jomeryC, V. A. r,3i H. v. McCain, J. M. McCain.
Natchitoches Do. 40 J. A. Prudhomme, C. H. Levy.
C.
I.,
Si.
I'i
Ion,
Dr.
798
F.
Mum
H.
MARYLAND
DIVISION
Gen. Geo. H. S
Md.
<
of of
Se
Staff, Baltimore.
Gen. John Gill. Baltimore, Md., Second Brigade.
Brig:. Gen
Baltimore, Md.
Robert Carter Smltl
Prig. Gem. .1 <:
tall, Baltimore
Brig. Gen. w.
mori
m
Md
..I
jno
M.
Mai. Gen.
LOUISIANA DIVISION.
W. G. Vincent, Commander, New
Orleans. La.
Col. J. A. Chalaron, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff.
New Orleans, La.
CAMP.
POSTOFFICE.
NO.
iFFIOERS
'
T. Merrick, J. J. Taylor.
CAMP.
NO.
OFFICERS
Baltimore Herbert 657 J. W. Torsch, R. M. Chambers.
Baltimore F. Buchanan 747 H. A. Ramsay, W. Peters.
Towson Harry Gilmore673 Col. D. R. Mcintosh, S. C.
POSTOFFICE.
Tomay.
Maj. Gen.
W.
MISSISSIPPI DIVISION.
Commander, Jackson,
D. Holder,
Miss.
D. Watts. Adjutant General and Chirf of Staff,
Meridian, Mis*.
Brig. Gen. D. A. Campbell, VIcksburg, Miss.
Col.
g.
S.
(Sen.
W.
Cameron, Meridian,
li.
Miss.
POSTOFFICE.
CAMP. No
OFFICERS.
AmoryJackson427T. J. Rowan, J. P. Johnston.
Booneviiu
ClarksdaleSam
ColumbusHarri
Cammack 550N.
L. Leavell, L. C. Allen.
Thos. Harrison.
Coplej S. 11. Al.T.
1'Jln ards Montgomery 26 W. Montgomery, T. Barrett.
n!in\
\
22W. L. Stephens, T. B. Hammett.
Greenwood Reynolds218L. I'. Serger, w. A. Gillespie.
vllle
W. A. Percy 238W. K. GUdart, Wm, Terger.
GrenadaW. R. Barksdaie189J. W. Young, J. M. Wahl.
Glennvllle Glennvllli 799
Harpersville Patrons Union 272 M. W. Stamper, C. A.
bert,
luniplir, iys
19
<;
\\
Huddleston.
HattlesburgHattieBburgJ. P. Carter, E. H. Harris.
HaelehurstD. J. Brown 544 W. J. Rea, Tom s. Haynle.
ll'i.uuierg Jasper County 694
E. W. Wr hite.
,
Confederate
268
l/eterai?
dleston.
Jo. O. Shelby,
H. A. Newman, Adjutant General and
Huntsville, Mo.
Maj Gen.
OFFICERS.
NO.
Alton-Col. J. R. WoodsldeM. G. Norman, S. B. Sproule.
Belten Col. D. Shanks734R. M. Slaughter, J. M. White.
Booneville-G. B. Harper-714-R. McCulloch, W. W. Trent.
B'ling Green Senterry739 M. V. Wisdom, A. E. Genterry.
F.unceton-Dick Taylor817H. H. Miller, O. F. Arnold.
POSTOFFICE.
P. Bradley.
Demoway.
NORTH CAROLINA
Maj.
Col.
Gen.Wm.
DIVISION.
Wilmington, N. C.
CAMP.
POSTOFFICE.
OFFICERS.
NO.
City, Mo.
Chief of Staff.
Commander, Kansas
Col.
S.
MISSOURI DIVISION.
J.
CAMP.
Cabool R.
McDonald.
DurhamR.
Davidson.
Smithfield W. R. Moore833 J. T. Ellington, J. D. Smith.
Snow Hill Drysdale849H. H. Best, W. H. Dail.
Wadesboro Anson 846 F. Bennett, J. J. Dunlap.
Waynesville P.Welch848 W.W.Stringfleld, G.W.Clayton.
Washington B. Grimes424 T. M. Allen, J. M. Gallagher.
Williamson J. C. Lamb S45 W. J. Iiardison, W.Robertson.
Wilmington Cape Fear254 Louis S. Belden, H. Savage.
Winston Norfleet136 T. J. Brown, S. H. Smith.
OKLAHOMA
Maj. Gen.
Edward
L.
DIVISION.
Agency, Okla.
Col.
J.
O.
Oklahoma
and Chief
of Staff.
Qopfederate
POSTOFFICB.
CAMP. NO. OFFICERS.
Dale Camp Dale70S R. M. Broome, E. A. Bush.
El Reno El Reno34S
Guthrie Camp Jamison 347
NormanJ. B. Gordon200 T. J. Johnson. S. J. Wilkins.
Oklahoma Hammons 177 Dr. A. J. Beale. Asher Bailey.
.
l/eterai?
269
CAMP.
POSTOFFICE.
OFFICERS.
NO.
TENNESSEE
Kershaw113 T.
Godfrey.
Wilson. J. C. McFadden.
Columbia Hampton 3S9R. S. DesPortes, D. R. Pli nnikin.
Darlington Do. 785 E. Keith Dargan, Wm. E. James.'
Dillon Harllee S40 A. T. Harllee, A. K. rarham.
Due West Con. Vet.813 W. T. Cowan,
Duncans Dean 437 A. H. Dean, E. J. Zimmerman.
Easley J. Hawthorne 2S5R. E. Bowen, J. H. Bowen.
Edgefield C. II. A. Perrin367 Capt. J. Kennerly.J.B.HUl.
Edisto Island Maj. J.Jenkins 784 Jno. Jenkins. T. Mlkell.
Ellenton Wick McCreary842 T. L. Bush, Sr..l> w
Florence Pee Dee390 E. W. Lloyd, Wm. Quirk.
GaffneyJake Carpenter810 H. P. Griffith, D.A.Thomas.
Georgetown Arthur Manigault768 J. Harleston Reed,
Thorn. M. Merrlman.
GlymphvilleGylymphvllle399L. P. Miller.
Greenville Pulliam 297 W. L. Mauldin, P. T. Hayne.
Greenwood Aiken 132 C. A. C. Waller, I.. M. Moore.
HagoodJ. D. Graham822 J. J. Neason, J. W. Young.
Harrelson Jackson S01
J. M. Harrelson.
Hyman Hampton 450 M. L. Munn, R. F. Coleman.
Jennys RiversBridgeS39 J. W. Jenny, J. F. Kearse.
Johnston McHenry 765 Wm. Lott, P. B. Waters.
Kershaw Hanging Rock 73S L. C. Hough, B. A. Hilton.
Kingston Presley 757 D. E. Gordon, D. r. Montgomery.
Laurens Garlington501 B. W. Ball, B. W. Lanford.
LexingtonLexington668 S. M. Roof, M. D. Harman.
Layton Jackson- S3S A. B. Layton, J. M. Harrison
Manning H. Benbow 471 C. S. Land, S. J. Bowman.
MarlonCamp Marion641 S. A. Durham, E. H. Gasque.
McKayJ. Hendricks535J. M. Hough, J. E. Sowell.
Bit Pleasant Wagner 410 S. P. Smith, J. R. Tomllnson.
NewberryJ. D. Nance 336 J. W. Gary. C. F. Boyd.
Ninety-Six J. F. Marshall 577 G. M. Miller, J. Rodgers.
North P. O. North701 G. W. Dannelly, D. L. Cloud.
B.
T. Malloy. S. G.
S.
Orangeburg Orangeburg167 J.
F. Izlar, S. Dibble.
DIVISION.
Wm.
Maj. Gen.
Hen-
Cheraw J.
G.
derson.
Col. J. G.
POSTOFFICE.
CAMP.
OFFICERS.
X".
Cashion,
11.
.1
.1
TEXAS
DIVISION.
Grange. Tex.
ndei
Mni. Gen. It. II. Phelps, Com
utii..t
o.i. \
lenei al and Chief oi Stall
(Jen ii B Sto
Tex.
.M. Byrnes, ifsistanl Adjutant General LaGraDge.Tcj
I
,i
tt
NORTHEASTERN TEXAS
SUB-DIVISION.
NORTHWESTERN TEXAS
SUB-DIVISION.
SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS
Brevet Maj. Gen. W. C. Krueger, Con
Brig. Gen. T. \\ Dodd, Laredo, Ti x.
ttfig. Gen. ii. I., l'.cnticv. Abilene. Tex.
.
SUB-DIVISION.
Oder, San Anl
Tex.
Confederate
270
POST' IFFICE.
CAMP.
NO.
OFFICIOUS
Aurora R.
Austin J.
Baird A.
Edna C.
Laughter, G. L. Gayle.
S. Wade, R. P. Jones.
Paso J.
C.
Emma Lone
P.
S.
Turnby.
Owen666W.
L.
l/eterar?
Fort
C.
Upton^3 J.
T. Jarrard,
W. H. Woodall.
Kaufman G.
Confederate
Mt. Enterprise Rosser S2 T. Turner. B. Birdwell.
Mt. Pleasant D. Jones 121 C. L. Dillahunty, J. C. Turner.
Montague Bob Stone 93 J. T. Garrin, R. P. Cr:mm.
McGregorZliJ. D, Smith. \V. H, Harris.
McKinney Collin Co.109 Col. F. M. Hill. 11. C. Mack
Mt. Vernon B. McCulloch 300 W. T. Cass. J. J. Morris.
Ml. EnterpriseRosaer82T. Turner.
Murfreesboro PalmerSI R. Ransom, 11. II. Norman.
NacogdochesRaguet620-G. B. Crain, R. I>- Chapman.
Navasota H. H. Boone 102 W. K. Barry. J. H. Freeman.
New Boston Sul Ross287 G. If. Rea, T. .1. Wattington.
Rockwall Rockwall 71 M. S. Austin, X. C. Edwards.
Oakville J. Donaldson 195 A. Cokcr. T. M. Church.
Orange W. P. Love639 B. H. Nosworthy, P. B. Curry.
Palestine PalestineIt J. W. Swing, J. M. Fulllnwider.
Paradise P. Cleburne 363 A. J. Jones. 1. T. Mason.
Paris A. S. Johnston 70 O. F. Parish, S. S. Record
Paint Rock Jeff Davis 168 W. T. Melton. J. A. Steen.
Palo Pinto St'wall JackBon772J. M. Bly, .1. P. Howard.
Pearsall Hardeman 290 R. M. Harkness. H. Maney.
Pleasanton Val Verde694A. J. Rowe, J. R. Cook.
Pilot Point Winnie Davis179 O. A. Heme, A. M. Doran
PortsmouthStonewall768L. P. Slater. .1. Thos. Dunn.
771F. M. Pox, w. H. Owsley.
Purcell Root. E.
Quanah R. E. Rodes661H. W. Martin, \V. H. Dunson.
Richmond F. Terry 227 P. E. Pearson. H. L. Somerville.
W. Long.
Ringgold J. C. Wood 719 G. G. Buchanan,
Ripley Gen. Hood 2SI) W. R. M. Slaughter, J. H. Hood.
Rising Star J. MeClure559 B. Frater, J. T. Armstrong.
Rockwall Rockwall 74 M. S. Austin. N C. Edwards.
Roby W. W. Loring 151 A. P. Kelley. V. H. Anderson.
Robert Lee R. Coke600 J. P. Hutchinson. H. H. Heybey.
Rockport Rockport610 P. H. Terry, G, F. Perreno, Sr.
Rockwell Rockwell 74 M. S. Austin, N. C. Edwards.
Rogersville Kyle Blovins -777L. N. Lyle, F. A. Shotwell.
Rusk Ross Ector 513 M. J. Whitman, T. S. Townsend.
>.
Sloan.
M. Poor.
Shu Antonio A. S. Johnston 144
San Augustine J. Davis386 F. H. Tucker, O. E. Gatling.
Duggan.
Harris,
A.
San Saba W. P. Rogers 322 G.
Santa Anna Lamar371 G. W. Lapplngton, Will Hubert.
San Angelo S. Sutton605 M. Mays, J. R. Norsworthy.
San Marcos Woods609 W. O. Hutchinson. T. J. Peel.
Seguin H. E. McCulloch J. E. LeGette,
Sealy San Felipe 624 Sam Stone, N. P. Ward.
Seymour B. Forrest-86 T. H. C. Peery. R- J- Browing.
Sherman Mildred Lee 90 J. H. Dills, Robert Walker.
Smlthvllle McNeal826M. A. Hopkins, Wm. Plummer.
South Prairie South Prairie 393 W. L. Hefner, Sweetwater E. C. Walthall 92 J. M. Foy, J. H. Freeman.
Sulphur Sp'gs Ashcroft 170 R. Henderson, M. G. Miller.
'Taylor A. S. Johnston 165 J. R. Hargis, M. B. McLaln.
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vol.
II
Gen. T.
S.
Front Royal
Con. Vet.S04
Giles
Cook,
Jr.,
C.
Grimes.
Hugh W.
Brooke,
S.
Fry.
Jones.
WEST
VIRGINIA.
WASHINGTON,
CAMP.
POSTOFFICE.
D.
C.
OFFICERS.
NO.
J.
A.
in
the
Location.
Commander. Adjutant.
Name.
1 R. E. Lee No. 1. Richmond J. T. Gray, J. T. Stratton.
8Maury Fredericksburg T. F. Proctor. R. C. Hart
g_ Pickett-Buchanan Norfolk II. c Woo.lhouse. T. B.
No
Jackson.
White,
12 John R. Cook, West Point Dr. C.
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OFFICERS.
NO.
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VIRGINIA DIVISION.
J.
CAMP.
POSTOFFICE.
brookS12- V
Bausell,
Confed. Vet. 835 J.
Petersburg a. P. Hill S37 O. B. Morgan, C.
ii
Iville
!laj
Lebanon
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Rudd.
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Confederate l/eterag.
272
W.
G. Pettigrew.
Kemper-Strother-Fry MadisonA.
48
N. Funks,
J.
M.
Rosser.
Tappahannock T. R. B. Wright,
49 Wright-Latane
Wm. Campbell.
50 J. E. Johnston No. 1 Bedford City Samuel Griffin,
W. H. Mosby.
51 W. B. Newton Ashland Richard Irby, B. K. Cocke.
52 Lawson-Ball Lancaster J. C. Ewell, T. A. Pinckard.
53 Pickett Stuart Nottoway C. H. J. C. Harrison, E. S.
Deane.
54 Fluvanna Palmyra Wm. B. Pettit, B. W. Taylor.
55 Wm. Terry W'ytheville J.H. Fulton, Robt. Gleaves.
Brown-HarmanTazewellA.
56
J.
May,
T. P.
Bowen.
Myers-RiddlebargerEdenburg R.
60
M.
Lantz,
J.
B.
Sheffler.
With
her eyes
He
With
He
bitter
memories
bright.
the sorrow
there,
Gollehon.
S.
Pritchett,
J.
E.
Price.
gave place
The foregoing
lists
AN HOUR
HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY.
IN
l:Y
MBS.
of Indian
The haze
Across
lie
M.
summer
dreamy
5#T
ANDEKSON.
lay
hills.
air
sun-lit skies.
Her Hubert's
wilful Rose,
MONUMENT
IN
HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY.
Confederate l/eterap.
CONFEDERATE HEROES AND MARTYRS.
B.
History
I..
tells
in Reformation days
were those of Ridley and Latimer, who perished in
the flames in 1S55. Their words, as devotees to their
principles.
273
The
show
their membership.
^H
There is a sequel to
Jobe's tragic end that
in
tion
as beautiful as
is
that of
fi>
Damon
and
Pythias or of Jonathan
and David. Jobe had a
kinsman and brother
scout,
Dee S m
h,
the
black flag
that
henceforth he would
never take a prisoner. It is asserted that he slew
not less than fifty of his enemies. At last they surrounded him near Nolensville, Tenn.,and shothim.
Afterward they brought him twenty miles from
Nolensville to Murfreesboro. Although in excruciating pain when the doctors probed his wounds,
he said that he would die before his enemies should
see him flinch.
Fortunately, he died before noon
of the next day, at which time hewas to be hanged.
raised
DEE SMITH.
IT"
H>0* JOBE.
had him
and declared
Col.
Paul Anderson's
Confederate
274
idea naturally was that they were so badly frightened a shot or two would stampede them, and that
l/eterai>.
JOHN BOWMAN.
least their wagons and teams.
path, they rushed through cedars
and ensconced themselves in a thicket on Searcy's
farm alongside of the old road. As the seventy-five marched along each Reb on his horse drew
Did they run? Well, "never
his Navy and fired.
I can hear that Yankee officer
in the wide world."
now cry, "Halt! Right wheel! Fire!"
They peeled the saplings, made shot holes through
our clothes and saddles; it looked like demons had
turned loose upon us, and it seemed that they
would kill us in spite of fate. We got over the hill
after a time; they did not pursue
nor did we.
Bowman wanted to go back and attack again, but
We dubbed that battle
the rest of us demurred.
"Hardup," for if ever there was a hard time getting
Did we get wagons?
out of a thicket, that was one.
No; did not want them. Capture "Yanks?" No; we
we would get at
Knowing every pig
were glad enough to save scalps. It was John Bowman's recklessness that induced four of us to attack
seventy-five! One of the young men, only fourteen
W.
Crosthwaite, of Florence,
Tenn.,) and who received only this baptism of fire
during the great war, often now speaks of the "battle of Hardup" as one which ought to be recorded.
Another example of filial affection is portrayed in
the character of John Massey who was shot at
He came into the Federal
Fayetteville, Tenn.
lines to visit his brother.
They heard he was a
bushwhacker and in attempting his arrest got hold
of his brother through mistake. Hearing of this,
Massey went to Fayetteville, gave himself up, told
the "Yanks" that they had the wrong man, that his
brother was a non-combatant, of large family, and
although he himself was not a bushwhacker, but a
regular soldier, he was the man they wanted. The
enemy released the brother and shot poor Massey in
his stead.
Oh, how beautiful a sentiment and what
a tie of affection, of brotherly love! Fayetteville
ought to mark the spot made sacred by his martyrdom.
The acts of these soldiers show the grit out of
which the Southern Soldier was made. Will not
some man favored by fortune immortalize himself
and do posterity a service by paying a knightly tribat that time, (Dr. G.
JoHX MASSEF.
valor, but American bravery,
as emphasized by soldiers of the South? Daughters
of the Confederacy, won't you undertake it? If so,
it will be well done.
memorate Southern
Here is another
unsung hero. He
escaped the perils
war miraculously, although shot
many times Tom
of
Joplin,
known
familiarly
in the army
as "Jop."
There
was no more
faith
now and
in
good
health.
It is a
treat to hear him
tell of his hair-
breadth
escapes
Dee Smith
and
other
associate
scouts.
He was
Confederate
CROSSING OVER INTO MARYLAND.
B. Polley to
J.
"Charming
Nellie,"
October
8,
l/eterar?.
275
and far between. Willingly would we have remained longer at Hagerstown, but it was not to be.
"Grim visaged war" again showed "his wrinkled
front," and blew his blasts in our ears
the sound
of cannon bick in the direction of Frederick City
proclaimed that " Little Mac " was coming after our
scalps, and, within an hour, our Brigade was on the
march to Boonesboro Gap.
The desire of Gen. "Shank" Evans to have his
Brigade of South Carolinians assigned to Whiting's
Division, on the day after the enemy was routed at
Second Manassas, was, at first blush, a compliment;
we had no objection to sharing the honors of the
future with a Brigade which had gained renown at
Ball's Bluff.
But the desire appeared so soon to be
wholly self-serving that we regretted our complaisance and would willingly have foregone the flattery.
Evans' commission as Brigadier General antedated that of Hood, and this gave him command
of the Division in the absence of Gen. Whiting.
;
'62,
continued:
"Ugh-igh!" exclaimed Bob Murray on the morning of September 5th, with an emphatic crescendo
on the last syllable. "Darned if I don't
believe all the ice houses in Western Maryland were
emptied into this river last night."
were
wading the Potomac, bent on effacing the print of
the "despot's heel" from "Maryland's shore," and
Dick had just stumbled over a rock in the middle of
the channel and gone under, head and ears.
With
less reason than he, I was of the same opinion.
The coldness of the water, however, was more than
equaled by the frigidity of the welcome extended.
Not even the dulcet strains of "Maryland, My
Maryland," evoked from half submerged instruments by Collins' band, aroused the enthusiasm of
the people; and no arms opened to receive, no fires
blazed to warm, and no feast waited to feed us, as
wet, shivering and hungry, we stepped out of the
inflection
We
*
*
water and set our feet on Maryland's soil.
That day Jack Sutherland and I straggled; he, because ot a sore heel, and I, because I wished to
escape the heat and dust I should encounter if I
remained in the ranks. Next morning, on our wav
to rejoin the command on the Monocacy, near Frederick City, we ran across three Georgians butchering
Being totally ignorant of the delieiousness
a beef.
of a cowboy's tidbits, the sweetbread and marrowgut, they generously consented to our appropriation
of those rare and dainty gastronomic delicacies. *
* * On this occasion, if never before, Jack was a
trifle too greedy, and, to use a bit of slang, the singularly exhaustive expressiveness of which justifies
a departure from the rules of ihetoric, "cut off
more than he could chaw." Of course, each divided
with the other, and then, smacking our lips in anticipation of the treat in store for us when we
reached the fr}-ing pans of our respective messes,
hastened on to camp. But, alas! while neither I
nor my mess had the least cause for complaint, Jack
and his did, and he was denounced by his messmates
in terms more forcible than elegant for his carelessness in both selection and division.
'th,
we moved on
ous."
flicted
chance
Only persons who have been similarly afcan realize the joy I felt when a happy
mv
Being in a portion of Maryland never before depredated on by an army, rations were abundant, even
if evidences of the good will of the people were few
head uncovered and his face proud and joygalloped by to his rightful place at the head of
the column, the cheers deepened into a roar that
drowned the volleys of the hundred cannon that
were even then vengefully thundering at the Gap.
Mounted on a good horse, I turned short to the
right and, after riding all night, crossed the Potomac at Williamsport, whence I proceeded up the
Shenandoah Valley to Staunton. Having so far
devoted this letter so exclusively to "feats of broil
and battle," "little would I grace my cause" by
descending to a monotonous story of traveling
among a friendly and hospitable people. Indeed,
the trivial incidents of that journey would afford
but slight entertainment, even were this a time of
peace, much less when every Southern heart is enlisted in the great and glorious cause for which our
Nor shall I
soldiers are laying down their lives.
attempt any description of a battle in which I did
not participate. * * * When I rejoined the Brigade
it was encamped
here near an immense spring of
clear, cold water.
Looking about me for the faces
eral, his
ful,
Confederate
276
on your heels
this
morning?"
"Yes," answered
l/eterai>.
And
what
have said to
Tom
At
June 22nd and 23rd, new ofwere elected as follows: President, Capt J.
E- Anderson, Jewett, Texas; Vice-President, J. B.
Polley, Floresville, Texas; Secretary, Geo. A. Branard, Houston; Treasurer, J. C. Loggins, Ennis.
At our final meeting on the 23rd, an Association
of the Sons and Daughters of Hood's Texas Brigade
was organized. Mrs. A. V. Winkler was elected
"Mother" of the Association, and the following
officers elected:
R. W. Brahan, Huntsville, President; Miss Eula Gee, Velasco, Vice-President; Miss
Minnie Hunter, Huntsville, Secretary; A. A. Allison, Huntsville, Treasurer.
The Sons and Daughters of members of Hood's Texas Brigade wishing to
in Huntsville, Texas,
ficers
Confederate
AN ARKANSAS BOY'S ESCAPE.
(As told
me by
and swam down stream about a mile and landThere I waited and
" owled " for my comrades, Leach and Lucas, who
agreed to follow. As I received no response, I concluded to devise some way to cross the river in order to travel in the direction of home.
1 made a raft by rolling two logs together and
fastening them securely with a grapevine, and then
I launched my rude bark on the " Father of Waters."
The logs were heavy, and my paddle (which was a
piece of plank which I found in a driftwood) was
small, and my progress very slow.
When midway
the stream, I discovered a boat coming down the
rent,
resumed
my
journey westward.
I left the swamps and struck a settlement; but. as my garb was not presentable, I had
lo surround every house and plantation.
At three
o'clock in the afternoon I found myself in the suburbs of New Madrid, Mo. I ran to the first barn I
saw, and sent a negro to the house with the request
He
tho his master would send me a pair of pants.
soon returned with a pair of Federal cavalry pants,
much too long; but T donned the " blue " with much
satisfaction, not being very particular llien as to
As I suspected from the pants that
size or color.
tlieinaster must be Federal, I hurriedly made my
w.ia to the rural districts.
T hid in the woods, and
took off my canteen, in which
had deposited some
Confederate money and crackers before I made my
1 relished the crackers, as they
leap from the boat.
were the first morsel that I had tasted since the
About noon
night before.
When it was " good dark," I ventured to a farmhouse, and asked the good woman of the house for
my supper. " Take a seat, and I will prepare your
supper," was her answer; but the question bothering me was: Would the money I had pass and pay
As a trial, I offered the madam a bill
for the meal?
f Jackson mone^r, with the inquiry: " Is It good?"
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277
me to feed
man being
der
me
all
power
to
make my
way
into
tree burning.
I
retraced my steps to mount my
horse; but he had given me the slip, and I was
"afoot again." In my anxiety to evade the towns,
I bore too far to the right, and was soon in the
swamps again, while the rain poured in torrents, and
an old stooping tree was my only shelter.
Daylight brought no cessation of rain, but I resumed my journey las I thought) westward. About
eleven o'clock I came to an old house that seemed to
be abandoned. On entering, I found a bunk in the
corner, on which were lying two U. S. blankets.
There was no furniture in the shanty, but the floor
was covered with squirrel skins and turkey feathers, and the empty gun-rack over the door led me to
believe I had found the refuge of a deserter or hunter.
I found some matches, kindled a fire, and dried
my clothes, when the sight of a frying pan. skillet,
and coffeepot suggested something to eat. In the
way of provisions I found bacon, meal, salt, and
'
Lincoln Coffee," to which I helped myself. After
satisfying the inner man, I swept the floor with a
turkey wing, and bade the hut good-bye. The rain
had ceased, and with the sunshine to cheer, I took
my bearings and again started through the swamp
in a southwestern direction, thinking if I could masI waded in
ter the Mississippi, I could the swamps.
water to my waist and until I couldn't touch bottom,
and then I climbed a tree, and as far as my eye could
reach, I could see nothing but water.
1 retraced my steps, and late in the afternoon I
landed on " terra firma," near a farm house. On inquiry I found I was near the first man on my list,
whose name was Sydner. Mr. S. had a son in
Bowen'a regiment; but when I introduced myself, he
Qopfederate
278
Before I left him, however, he tilled my pockets with good things to eat,
and gave me directions how to surround the towns.
My boots were hurting my feet, so [ strung and tied
them across my shoulders on a stick, and while traveling in this plight I was overtaken by a small boy,
who wanted to know if I was an escaped rebel prisoner.
He said his mother was Southern, and if I
would go home with him they would help me. He
made an excuse to stop, which aroused my suspicion, and I went on intercepting the main
thoroughfare leading to the plank road. Suspicious of treachery, I left the road and hid behind a
tree to await further developments.
While here a
squad of cavalry came dashing down the road, and
after the men had passed I resumed my journey.
The next morning I traded my boots for a coat
that had been used for a saddle blanket, and after
taking dinner with a Mr. Franklin (one of the faithful). I exchanged my Yankee cap and pants for an
I
old white hat and a pair of butternut breeches.
evaded every traveler, but that afternoon at a short
turn in the road, I met a gentleman, who, good-naturedly, said: " Hello, my lad! are you the chap that
jumped off the boat?" I denied it, and claimed to
be a laborer; but he said: " I am a Southerner, and if
you are a rebel, I want to help you." I looked him in
the face and told him he seemed to be an honest
man, and I would trust him. " You haven't the cap
and pants of yesterday, but I believe you are the
same boy; so get up behind and go home with me."
That evening I crossed the plank road and went to
Col. Clarke's, who was a Confederate Colonel, and
whose wife informed me that a scout of Confederates had passed that morning, going in the direction
I was happy to be in Southern lines
of Bloomfield.
again, and the next morning, after a bountiful breakfast, I started bright and early to find the boys in
gray.
I crossed the St. Francis River, and
soil.
l/eterar?,
The
Nc.
2.
and
Please in-
quire through the Veteran for information concerning my grandfather, Julius Tucker. He enlisted in the Confederate Army at Clarksville, Ark.,
in 18()2. I heard that he was killed in Texas sometime
in 1863, but have never been able to obtain any
of the particulars of his death. Any information
concerning his fate will be gratefully received.
Confederate
THE ROBERT A. SMITH MONUMENT.
John
C. Rietti of the
monument was
Tenth Mississippi:
tucky to the memory of this gallant soldier, September 17, 1874. On that day Fort Craig was surrendered by the Union forces under Col. Durham to
Three days
the Confederates under Gen. Bragg.
before it had been attacked under the orders of
Gen. Chalmers, and in the sanguinary battle the
Tenth Mississippi Regiment sustained the brunt of
Its commander,
the fire and was almost decimated.
Col. Robt. A. Smith, fell mortally wounded while
leading the charge, and in testimony of the gallantry of his troops they were deputed to receive the
empty honor of the enemy, and surrender three days
l/eteran.
Cave
City,
effected.
279
gaged
to 1,300.
On
victory, the
and Gen. Chalmers, who had been ordered by Gen. Bragg to intercept a supply train at
of supplies,
some of
his teeth.
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280
GULF.
Possibly one of the fiercest, yet sublimely beautithat was fought during the Confederate
War was a naval engagement between four small
crafts on the side of the Confederacy, and three
large frigates of war on the Northern side, which
occurred on the morning of April 4th, 1S52, in the
Mississippi Sound, full abreast of Biloxi.
The morning was very dark but clear, and the
waters of the Gulf of Mexico were as calm and
quiet as they were ever known to be; in fact, so pacific
that the flashes of the great guns would glisten over
their surface at a distance of eleven miles, like flashes
of wicked, vivid lightning, while the roaring of the
guns and ricocheting whiz of cannon balls awakened
the inhabitants of the pretty towns of Pascagoula,
Biloxi, Mississippi City, Pass Christian and Shieldsboro, or Bay St. Louis, as it is familiarly called.
In all lists of engagements of the war that the
writer has yet seen, this one is omitted, and it seems
that historians have never been made aware that
such an one ever occurred. The vessels of the Confederacy that were engaged were the Bienville,
Carondolet, White Cloud and Arrow, all from the
Port of New Orleans; and they steamed out of Lake
Ponchartrain, past Fort Pike, down the Kigolets
and out into the Sound. This passage was made
April 2nd, and on the 3rd the vessels were manned
in the Bay of St. Louis by volunteers from the ranks
of the Infantry that was scattered along the coast.
These men received only a few hours drilling in
heavy artillery, and only the naval officers aboard
understood how to manipulate the big guns. The
United States had the Hartford, New London and
the famous historical Kearsarge on duty at the Ship
Island, which was the Gulf Station of the United
States Navy. This island is the largest of the
group known as the Chandeliur Islands, which lay
about fourteen miles south of the mainland of Misful, battles
came
into Pass Christian, where it was ascerof them had been severely pierced
with cannon balls and heavy shells, but the White
Cloud, a big side-wheeler that had formerly been a
passenger and freight steamer on the Mississippi
River, was the worse splintered. The Bienville,
Carondolet and Arrow were built with lower and
upper works, and on the old "walking beam" pattern.
Six men were killed and fourteen wounded
on the Confederate side. The loss on the Federal side
was greater, for the New London was sunk in about
fifteen feet of water and was badly listed towards
the course of Ship Island; and it was reported by
men on oyster sloops that twelve men were killed
vessels
tained that
on the Federal
little
ever knew.
towns
morning, these vessels lined up for battle began letting go the heavy broadsides, and from 4
o'clock until daylight the fusillade kept up incessantly. Very frequently to those on shore it seemed
as if all seven vessels were bunched inside of ten
acres of water, and their evolutions as the fight
tiful
company with
fleet
sissippi.
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who may
attend.
writes
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We
recognized in him a
a soldier
ten.
Mexico
with him
is
For
still
must
fill.
Our Southern
host of feelings in
me
rise
before,
eyes,
And
In
all
am
In
life's
Again I
Again
of Florence, S. C.
within
in
of
What thoughts
recall
;
I
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swokd.
"old maxey
Thoughts
mark
my
women
blue,
man
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gust 26.
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began to play, when (ien. Gordon turned with vigorous gestures for them to stop, but the fitness of
the theme, "My Old Kentucky Home," was so fascinating that he turned, smiled and sat down. The
music throughout was selected with remarkable
appropriateness and was well rendered.
the
less.
The "civil war" was too long ago to be called the "late" war and ttea
aorrespondents use that term the word "great" (war) will be substituted.
Krom photo
by Mi--
Bdytb
\T DAVIS M iNSIOK.
He was
Confederate l/eteran.
2<4
At
2.40
filled
we
away
the time
eration.
burg,
years
is
Confederate l/eteran.
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NION UNITED
CONFEDERATE
VKTE11 W-.
was the opportunity that that noble young- Confederate improved which gives the finest illustration
the co-operation
It
that "it
not
is
human
that so
and the
is
whereby
the Southern people, especially may do honor to the
in subscriptions, but the great cause
lull
way
Remember
life.
Threlkell,
Poster,
Tolu,
Kv
loo
00
100
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ston,
Plorence,
S.
on
al
leo,
Tens
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loving-ton,
Tenn
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on
i.i
TEN-CENT
HLLECTII >NS.
ami Hannah
E.
M tchell, Wm. and Sarah Crennels. Frank,
Vernie, Harris. Wade and Sallie
larglle, Dock, Rehecca. Albert S.. Cora A.,
Charlii II., and Ernest Johnson.
of the
Plorence, S. C From Ds
Morrlsville,
Jarrot, Mrs
.1
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11.
Malloy.
The grand
CI
Mo. a.
'
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participated in already.
erect for
to
ire, $1,660.
toial contributions
todate
Confederate
286
MAJ.
J.
l/eterai)
Jesse
lost
mankind a benefactor."
Another prominent characteristic of Major Sparks
was his great interest in Indians, and he had a large
collection of very fine Indian relics.
Sitting Bull
was to him a most interesting character.
REUNION AT MACON,
Comrades
at
MISSISSIPPI.
Camp James
it
life.
begun
They
call
an
interesting
and elected the following
officers:
abeyance.
His tribute to the
women
a beautiful one.
He
living in that period,
army
He was
Confederate
MAJOR NORMAN
Ever Zealous
in Person,
ate
V.
RANDOLPH.
for Confeder-
The
indebtedness of not only Richmond and Virbut of the Southern people yenerallv, to
Norman V. Randolph can hardly ever be estimated.
Not that he is more loyal and zealous to sacred interests than many others, but combining' heart and
purse he has achieved perhaps more than any other
one man in giving dignity and comfort to his fellow
comrades. He was leader in behalf of Confederate
homes.
ginia,
l/eterai?
287
many
to give his
com-
The Veteran
is
from the States designated: E. Kirbv Smith, FlorLeonidas Polk, Louisiana; Theophilus H.
Holmes, North Carolina; R. H. Aderson, South Carolina; T. J. Jackson, Jno. C. Pemberton, Richard S.
Ewell, A. P. Hill and Jubal A. Early, Virginia;
N. B. Forrest, Tennessee; W. J. Hardee, Georgia.
Gen. John B. Hood, of Te*as, is classed among
the Lieutenant Generals, although he had command succeeding J. E. Johnston as General.
J. B. Gordon, Joseph Wheeler and D. H. Hill,
though corps commanders, it is stated, were such
temporarily and were men commissioned as Lieutenant Generals. Alex P. Stewart is perhaps next
to James Longstreet. having been appointed Lieutenant General Jan. 23, 1864, and was confirmed by
the Confederate States Senate Feb. 20, 1865. Gen.
Stephen 1). Lee, though not appointed until March
1<>. 1865, was confirmed that same day by the Senate.
ida;
Command was
Confederate l/eterap.
288
Dr.
B.
I.
of military fame in the great struggle of the Confederacy for independence gives renewed prominence, continually, to Stonewall Jackson and to Nathan Bedford Forrest. It is now
prophesied by the Veteran, that some artist will
blend their likenesses and that they will bt classed
in history as the two most wonderful Commanders of
men in battle that is of record to this time. Their
more
it
opposing Com-
in reconnoitering, so that in the morning of batplans were already perfected and "'Forward," or
"By flank," were the orders without hesitation.
tle,
with
study
situation,
to
FayetteTen-
in the
Cumberland
Presbyte
rian Church
for a half
century.
DR.
Surgeon Cowan graduated in the New York MedCollege in 1S55. He gave his services to the
Confederate Government, at Montgomery, early in
1861, and was first assigned to the Ninth Mississippi
Regiment, then at Pensacola, Florida. In December, '61, he was transferred to Forrest, at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, who had a Battalion of Cavalry.
His promotion was continuous with Forrest until
In January previtheir surrender, May 12, 1865.
ous Dr. Cowan was made Medical Director of Cav-
He
gaged
still
in
h e
Medicine
and
Surgery at
Tullahoma,
during
war period.
He was not a West
Pointer, but he
Tenn.
was, perhaps,
more constantly by the side
of Forrest than
the
When
chil-
Maj. Chas.
Anderson
W.
any of his
GBN. FORREST.
many
vate
ry
in
Secreta-
camp,
on the march,
and in battle.
He resides still
on his
that he
farm
left as
Railroad
The
COWAN.
practice of
Higher Power as
dren.
B.
women and
J.
ical
alry.
Jackson
is
and
determined
He
rest.
manders.
Jackson would spend much of the night in prayer
the
to
For-
nessee, was
1 1
of
r s.
y obe-
less
ville,
Commander and
Forrest,
cousin
itar}r annals.
Supreme
perhaps
the close of
his career,
is a fi r s t
a native of
STONEWALL JACKSON.
thrilling to
the student of mil-
Lo y
i
ed as Medical Director
for Forrest
Su-
perintendent
before going
into the war.
Qogfederate l/eteran
155
women.
While a Quarter Master of Transportation and on
duty at Chattanooga in February, 1S<>2, a telegram
was received, announcing the surrender of Fort
Donelson, the retreat of Albert Sidney Johnston's
Army, and the evacuation of Nashville. The seats
and aisles of all the cars arriving at Chattanooga
were literally "packed" with refugees; the platforms were crowded also, and numbers were seated
on the steps, clinging to the hand railings for safety.
The weather was cold, and ?11 cars from over the
mountain were covered with frozen snow.
Amid the excitement that such news and the advent of so many fleeing refugees was likely to produce, my consterhation may be imagined on receiving another telegram, which was in substance as
tucky's best and noblest
follows:
269
When the first train arrived with some three hundred on board, they were in a most pitiable condition.
They had been stowed away in box and cattle cars for eighteen hours, without tire, and without
any attention other than such as they were able to
render each other.
Tears filled the eyes of many
at the depot when these poor fellows were taken
from the cars, so chilled and benumbed that a majority of them were helpless.
Two other trains
came the following day with men in the same condition.
Three soldiers were found dead in the cars,
one died in the depot before removal, and another
died on the way to the hospital.
The removal of these soldiers from the hospitals
at Nashville was a military necessity; but why they
were sent, unaccompanied or preceded by a proper
corps of surgeons, medical supplies, and hospital
attendants, I never knew.
It was eight days after
their arrival in Chattanooga before I was relieved
In that time, six more
of responsibility for them.
were buried, and the number of deaths would have
been far greater, but for the attendance of Chattanooga physicians, among whom I specially rememIt was
ber, Dr. P. D. Sims and Dr. Mike Smith.
not until Gen. Floyd's Division reached Chattanooga that the hospitals were taken charge of by
army surgeons.
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Getting these men from the cars into warm, comfortable rooms was a great improvement in their
condition, but they were without beds and were
compelled to lie on the bare hospital floors. Carpenters were set to work making cot frames, and
every bale of brown cotton cloth in Chattanooga
Confederate l/eteran.
290
How
so
in
my
identity.
was
at
Chattanooga at the time you speak of. My husband had command of the First Kentucky Cavalry
and they had the post of honor, covering the retreat.
I left Nashville on the evening or the day that
the army passed through, and, I think, on the very
It was that which carried the railroad
last train.
President. Mr. Stevenson, and his belongings, and
who kindly allowed me and my children and servant to get on board. I reached Chattanooga in
time to secure a room in the only hotel there. Mr.
Chauncey Brooks, of Louisville, afterwards of West
Virginia, a brother-in-law of Rev. Stuart Robinson
of Louisville, and an old friend of mine, took charge
of me from Nashville, and it was due to his humanity and tenderness for those poor, sick soldiers, that
anything was done for them outside of official duty.
Mr. Brooks cut out the material, assisting me and
a lady at the hotel, whose name I cannot recall.
The refugees came from the trains into the little
dingy reception room to wait, sometimes for hours,
for a room, looking so worried, with baskets, bundles and dilapidated valises surrounding them.
Sometimes there would be a mother with a sleeping
child in her arms, and others on the'hard floor, with
As they
little or nothing to eat, ennuied to death.
waited, I would go in, with brass thimbles, needles
and thread and cotton sacks on my arm and enquire
if there was anyone among them who would sew a
little on the cots so much needed for the suffering
Every fagged woman would brighten up
soldiers.
at the idea of being useful, and sew diligently until
Confederate l/eteran
groups and, although nothing- definite was
known, drays were loaded with trunks and signs of
unrest disturbed the peaceful Sunday morning
I
met an orderly as I reached Dr. Ford's house, where
I was boarding, who had a note for me from my
husband, who was camped about seven miles out
from Nashville. He had then the First Kentucky
Cavalry and was the rear guard (the post of honor
of Gen. Sidney Johnston's army, on retreat from
Bowling Green, falling back to await the result of
Fts. Henry and Donelson.
He asked if I could come
out.
Just then Mr. Chauncey Brooks, of Louisville,
came to tell me of the fall of Donelson. I asked
him to drive me out to my husband's camp. When
we crossed the bridge to E. Nashville and about a
mile out, we met the retreating army and after
winding in and out for about two miles, we met Col.
Scott, of the Texas Cavalry, who told me that my
husband's troops had broken camp and that I would
not find him at the appointed place.
I decided to
return to Nashville, and at the bridge was detained
until Col. Scott got a permit from Gen. Johnston to
in
allow
me
to cross.
When
my
He found
a special car of the Vice- President of the L. & N. R. R. going, who kindly allowed
me a seat unfortunately my baggage had to be
left, as there was no way to get it to the depot except one trunk, which was put on top of an old
fashioned carriage, for which I paid $10 after we
were in the car (there were hundreds of disappointed
trains.
When we
seat,
I to the men,
but just then the conductor
reached the spot.
"Sit down, madam," he said to
me, "this man is not able to undergo the journey,"
and, turning to the men, he directed them to take
him out of the train, which they did, almost carrying him. On reaching the platform they laid him
down just outside of my window, one of the men
taking off his old worn coat to make a pillow for
his head.
Before the train started the poor man
said
291
had breathed his last. As the shrill whistle proclaimed our departure, I took out of my satchel one
of my few remaining "store" handkerchiefs and
threw it to the men, telling them to cover his face.
One window of the hotel waiting room had been
made a cigar stand. A cot stood in one corner, on
which was
liar yellow,
secured
have seen
ory at
fit
to erect a
fell.
Confederate l/eteran.
292
himself in cotton
a Regi-
A TRIBUTE TO MR.
DAVIS.
on
1828.
Entering active service with the rank of Lieutenant of Infantry, he served on the Northwestern
frontier until 1833, when he was transferred to a
regiment of dragoons.
In 1835 he married the daughter of Col. Zachary
Taylor, from her aunt's house, near Louisville, Ky.
After his marriage he moved to Warren County,
was with
Geo. H.
this handful of
celebrated battle of
Buena
victory
was
received
Confederate l/eterao.
this time orators and oratory ruled the hour.
United States Senate in 1850 was at the acme
of its glory. It was in its palmiest days. Never
before at one time did so many illustrious men sit in
the highest council of the nation. In that body of
giants as it was then, with Webster, Clay and Calhoun leading- its debates, we find with Mr. Davis,
Chase, of Ohio.; Houston, of Texas; Bell, of Tennessee; Doug-las, of Illinois; Sumner, of Massachusetts;
and Toombs, of Georgia.
John Savage gives in his "Living Representative
Men" the following incident which occurred during
Mr. Davis' first speech in the Senate, and which
shows what men of another generation thought of
John Ouincy Adams had a
this remarkable man.
habit of always observing new members. He would
sit near them on the occasion of their Congressional
debut, eyeing and attentively listening if thespeech
pleased him, but quickly departing if it did not.
When Davis arose in the House, the ex-President
took a seat near by. Davis proceeded; Adams did
not move. The one continued speaking, the other
listening.
At the close of the speech the "Old
Man Eloquent" crossed over to some friends and
said: "That young man, gentlemen, will make his
mark yet, mind me!" Prescott, the historian, in
his letters, in which he presented some reminiscences of the Senate of 1850, says: "He (Davis) impressed me more by dignity of manner and speech
with what a model Senator should be than any
other I have heard address the Senate."
The entire period of his connection with the Senate, from 1847-61, was pregnant with the fate of a
nation, and during this time he stood in that
august body the equal of giant intellects and grappled with the power and skill of a master the great
ideas and events of those momentous times.
It has been remarked of Mr. Davis' style as a
speaker that it was orderly rather than ornate.
This is true, for Mr. Davis' speeches afford poor
examples of rhetorical brilliancy. But for clear
logic and convincing argument, apt illustration,
bold and original imager}- and genuine pathos, they
are unsurpassed by any delivered in the American
Senate.
At
The
AS AN AUTHOR.
writer of'-terse, chaste, vigorous, classic
English he had few equals and his reports, letters,
messages, proclamations, and last his great book,
"The Rise .and Fall of the Confederate Government," all show a clearnes* and beauty of style
which proclaim him a cultured and broadly endowed scholar, ripe in experience and knowledge. After
the death of Mr. Calhoun he was incomparably the
ablest exponent of States' rights, and even during
the life time of that great publicist, Mr. Davis shared the labors and responsibilities of leadership with
him. Like Mr. Calhoun, Davis gave little evidence
His was
of capacity or taste for mere party tactics.
a broader and more philosophical mind, and the
great principles at stake were the questions which
entirely absorbed'his attention.
,"7]As
AS SECRETARY OF WAR,
293
"Men who
the Union."
President Pierce's Cabinet is remarkable as being
the only Cabinet in the history of the country that
remained intact throughout the entire Presidential
term.
Ex-Judge Campbell, of Philadelphia, Postmaster General under Pierce, says: "Jefferson Davis
was one of the best educated men whom I ever
came in contact with; and Caleb Cushing, who was
in the Cabinet with him, was the most highly cultured man of his time."
When Mr. Davis' term of office as Secretary of
War expired, in 1857, he was at once returned to
the Senate from his State.
On October Ki, 1858, introduced by Caleb Cushing, Mr. Davis, in behalf of the Democratic party,
addressed an audience in Faneuil Hall, Boston.
In 1860 be introduced his States' Rights Resolutions, wkich provoked a debate of great bitterness
on the part of Mr. Douglas.
Mr. Davis was frequently spoken of for the Presidency, and at the meeting of the Democratic Convention at Charleston, in 1860, he received a large
vote for the nomination.
Benjamin Butler, of Massachusetts, voting for him on one hundred and
eighty-nine ballots.
He did not wish the nomination, and so anxious was he for harmony in the Democratic party that he persuaded, by his own personal intluence, both Breckinridge and Bell to
agree to withdraw from the canvass provided Douglas would do the same.
Confederate l/eteran
294
United States
K?^
To the camp
Who
ples.
war on a foreign
of the battalions
are tenting in the sky.
altogether.
He, on his part, did not think the issue should be
precipitated as long as there was any chance for a
peaceable settlement of the question. The majority
of this State Convention, however, opposed him,
and he then said he would abide by whatever action the Convention representing the sovereignty
of the State of Mississippi might think proper to
take. In aletterto Franklin Pierce, January 20, 1861,
Mr. Davis says: "Civil war has only horror for me,
but whatever circumstances may demand shall be
met as a duty and I trust be so discharged that you
will not be ashamed of our former connection or
cease to be my friend."
In his "Farewell to the Senate," he said, in speaking of the secession of Mississippi: "I do think she
has justifiable cause and I approve of her act."
Also he remarks: "Nullification and secession, so
often confounded, are indeed antagonistic princi-
ft <*'
^m>^
THEY HAVE DONNED THE GRAY AGAIN.
If the
liberty is based.
Declaration of Independence justified the secession
from the British Empire of three million subjects in
1776, it was not seen why it should not justify the
secession of five million Southerners from the Union
ideas
For those
Mid
Went
to
whom
the
summons came
And
We're wearing
The
hills
it
are
a-down the
slant,
behind
us,
a link is lost
all
us.
Who
June
30, 1S96.
8.
A. Jonas-
Capt.
James Norton
Confederate l/eteran.
FAMOUS AUTHOR A CONFEDERATE.
295
'KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN.'
Kathleen, Mavourneen
The gray dawn is breaking;
The horn of the hunter is heard on the hill
The lark from her light wing the bright dew is shaking,
Kathleen, Mavourneen
What slumbering still?
Oh hast thou forgotten how soon we must sever!
Oh hast thou forgotten this day we must p:irt
It may be for years, and it may be forever.
>h
why art thou silent, thou voice of my heart'
Oh! why art thou silent, Kathleen. Mavourneen?
!
Prof. F.
W. N. Crouch, who
died at Portland,
deserves record in the Vet-
Kathleen. Mavourneen
Awake from thy slumbers.
The blue mountains glow in the sun's golden light.
Ah where is the spell that onee hung on my numbers?
Arise in thy beauty, thou star of my night
Mavourneen. Mavourneen my sad tears are falling.
To think that from Erin and thee I must part!
It may be for years, and it may be forever,
Oh! why art thou silent, thou voice of my heart?
Oh why art thou silent, Kathleen, Mavourneen?
'
'
member
Company
was a
Tennessee
Regiment, and as Comrade Ridley wishes to hear
of remarkable
shots during our great war, I will
give what I regard as a very remarkable one, considering that there was no damage done.
At Island No. 10, April 6, 1K<0. on Sunday evening while our Regiment was on dress parade, the
enemy threw a shell that struck in about six feet of
the head of the line, scattering the dirt on the men
nearest to where it struck.
Observing that we had
drawn the enemy's lire, we were ordered to break
ranks.
In a few minutes we had orders to prepare
four days' rations and be ready to march at a moment's notice. The news was welcomed, as we had
been undergoing a siege for two or three weeks,
and had been shelled day and night. All went to
of
II.,
Fifty- fifth
Appomatox.
Confederate l/eterap
296
J.
MISSISSIPPI.
old tattered
iment and
flag-
its history.
saw it at
home people
1851, after
On
At the
to Texas,
now
which so many
died.
Miss Evelyn
The
bicycle
May
came
Scott, Ft.
all right,
an elegant wheel. I
for three weeks in getting subscribers.
Since riding the bicycle, I feel like I could have
worked all day for three months for it. We all like
the Veteran so much.
It is
morning
Qor^X^srate Veteran.
SOUTH CAROLINA
DIVISION, U.
C.
V.
Major General C. I. Walker, through his Adjutant Genera], James G. Holmes, states in official
ans,
*
*
*
The period of his service in
order.
this position as short, and he had little opportunity
to make himself known as its Commander to the
Brigade, yet his lifelong career has been so distinguished, as a soldier, a citizen and a statesman,
that every comrade of his Brigade and ofthis Division knew well his worth and appreciated the nobility of his character.
Memorial Association.
The circular by Miss F. E. DeSaussure read:
Charleston, S. C, May 28th, 1896.
In Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester, Va., 14' Confederate soldiers from South Carolina are buried.
Some years ago the Ladies' Memorial Association
of Charleston, with a combined effort through the
Many of the
State, placed headstones to them all.
Southern States are now putting monuments to their
dead in that cemetery.
The Ladies' Memorial Association feel that our
soldiers must be honored too, and now ask the cooperation of your Memorial Association, and of all
others in the State, also of those who have loved
297
ones there or cherish a tender regard for the memory of the men who gave their lives for our defence,
to come forward and help this good work.
A noble Virginian, who, (though now living in
New York) Mr. Charles Broadway Rouss has offered to give as much as the State will raise to place
a monument to the South Carolina dead in Stonewall Cemetery, and surely we cannot shame ourselves by not meeting this generous offer with an
effort to raise the needed Five Hundred Dollars for
our share of this Monument, to record the names of
gallant men who died at Winchester, Va., for their
country.
Our women must be true to their past
record.
MONUMENT
Mrs.
IT
WINCHESTER.
in
Mexico:
'
Here
time
When
'
To these
It
stands a
monument beneath
the skies
It
It
It
lie
or story
No more
This
for
Up
'
Confederate
298
(^federate
8. A.
CUNNINGHAM, Editor
Office:
and Prop'r,
l/eterai>
S.
W. MEEK.
Publisher.
l/eterai}.
we weary
or
of sponsor for
young woman
ture
is
is
who was
The fair
pic-
of
much
illustra-
for this
The
ter
picture below
House
after the
is
battle of
Franklin.
It
was
across the garden from this kitchen that S. A. Cunningham had the experience with General Strahl,
Confederate
GEN.
O. F.
STRAHL.
l/eterar?
Carter House.
299
of
practicing-
law at
Dyersburg
Ten n y;hen
-
He
began.
en-
promptly
the Confed-
listed
in
Arm
erate
was soon
pro-
moted to the
command
of his
Regiment, the
Fourth Tennessee I n f a n try,
and then
to
Brigadier Genholding
e r a 1
that
when
position
killed at
Franklin, Nov.
30,
1864.
Gen. Strahl
was a model
it was said of him that in all the
war he was never known to use language unsuited
character and
The
There he procured the photograph herein engraved, and he saw a memoranda and letters from
the General's trunk.
westerner, manifested
pride
eral
artillery jacket
horse in advance
up
while
animated
eternity.
until rider
Confederate
300
many
l/eterai?.
By that time but a handful of us were left on thapart of the line, and as I was sure that our condition was not known, I ran to the rear to report to
Gen. John C. Brown, commanding the division. I
met Major Hampton of his staff, who told me that
Gen. Brown was wounded, and that Gen. Strahl
was in command. Tnis assured me that those in
command did not know the real situation, so I went
on the hunt for General Cheatham. Ah, the loyalty
to those posted
to
fire
them
of faithful
comrades
in
such a
strur<rle!
had passed
)
to
THE COTTON
him my short
(JIN.
These personal
It
That
Franklin.
City Guards,
Twenty-fourth Alabama Regiment,
A few days before Gen. Bragg
Coopwood, Miss.
moved the Army from Corinth to Dalton, we were
on picket duty. The Federals had the best guns.
Gen. Jackson, in order to get even with them, ordered two Lieutenants and sixty men to get in between ours and the contending pickets in the night,
and fire upon the enemy at daybreak. I was one
among the number selected. H. B. Duck, now
living near me, fired the first gun; W. E- Lloyd,
now Superintendent of Edin Wayne Company, MisF.
Company
G.,
Confederate l/eterao
OLD CONFEDERATE DAYS.
Mrs. F. G. de Fontaine gives reminiscences that
recall to our Veterans and their helpmeets
some of the tribulations of war as well as some of
Even misfortune has its funny side.
its humor.
These illustrations of war times will be vivid to
will
many
readers:
Before
me
is
an old
memorandum
book, crumpled
wall paper; its inner
and
torn.
Its cover is of stiff
leaves of the coarse, dingy paper manufactured in
Among other
the Confederacy during the war.
things, it contains the following entries of household expenses:
watermelon,
years.
"The boys
at the front"
A lady in Columbia. South Carolina, was fortunate enough to receive through the blockade a beauThe first Sunday that she
tiful imported bonnet.
made her appearance in the church with the startling revelation on her head, there was not a woman
in the congregation, I venture to assert, who heard
one word of the sermon; and the following week
that bonnet had more visitors than any ten of the
most fashionable women in the city.
Our jackets were made of our father's old-fashioned cloaks, those of the style represented in the
pictures of John C. Calhoun, doing splendid service
by supplying all the girls in the family at once.
One velvet jacket came out triumphant at the close
of the war, having done heroic duty for five girls of
the family on all festive occasions.
If there were two girls in the family, we went out
singly, in order that the same dress might do double
We borrowed, loaned, patched, lengthened,
duty.
shortened, turned and twisted our garments until
there was nothing left of them.
301
were their
first
considera-
tion.
pose being rabbit or squirrel skins. The neatest fitting gloves were made of old silk stockings that had
been raveled; and I knew of a dainty pair of shoes
being made for the baby of the house out of an old
morocco needle book that had been ripped up for the
purpose.
Buttons being out of the question, and pins five
dollars a paper, a substitute was made by boring
holes in persimmon seed and sewing them on the
An old colored mammy was the
children's clothes.
first to devise this clever substitute.
Confederate
302
And made
of
sides
to be in our emergencies!
all
always safer
wood
knot.
women
substitutes, such as
potatoes, peas and peanuts. Tea was
a decoction of blackberry or sassafras leaves. Think
of it, ye devotees of five o'clock teas! Your favorite
beverage made of blackberry leaves sweetened with
sorghum or molasses. 7~^^ Z
** -\J
rye,
wheat,
rice,
persimmons;
Southern wood.
you proved
ates were
l/eterai?
"n-"T*;
Our diversions during the war consisted of nothing more exciting than concerts for the benefit of
soldier's
soldier's
hospitals,
clothing,
sewing
surprise
societies
parties
for
and
making
prayer
meetings.
women undertook
perform their duties, and many a fine crop was
planted and harvested by fair hands unused to anything more laborious than a lesson on a harp or
In the absence of the men, the
to
Confederate l/eteran.
well; and the work when finished
credit to a first class well-digger.
was during these years of hardships and privations that Southern women showed their true worth.
With husbands and brothers in the army, in many
instances, prisoners, often without home or money,
and starvation staring them in the face, they were
uncomplaining, cheerful, helpful and hopeful; and
when the end came, it was these women who had endured all these hardships that encouraged the men and
kept them from despair. They put their shoulders to
the wheel and did not look back, and the brave fight
which they have since made with fate, has often
given proof of valor worthy of the Spartan days.
In regard to the loyalty of the slaves, be it said to
their eternal credit, no race was ever more loyal and
helpful than they, during those four years of bloody
They took special pride in the feeling that
strife.
they were the only protectors of the mistress at
home during the absence of her natural protector
and guardian.
faithful old
man
replied:
"No danger
o'
dat.
though
It
303
ance,
it
who
"Hello,
air, she
answered, "Lor', honey, I'se gwine back inter de
Union."
And she got there. In less than six
months afterwards, word came back to Columbia
that she was "doing time in a prison for pilfering
from her Northern mistress."
Alabama Regiment,
Lieut.
Col.
He
Kentucky
DeKalb and Cherokee, who composed the Fortyninth Alabama Regiment, that this error should be
Qopfederate
304
GOV.
WE SMITH, OF VIRGINIA.
Two
names
l/eterai?.
C. Portis,
who was
a private in the
J.
Eighth
Simmons
Dear Madam:
the shoulder.
In the streets of Resaca that day I saw enacted a
deed of heroism which challenged admiration of all
who witnessed it.
wagon occupied by several
ladies was passing along north of the river and just
west of the railroad, when a yankee battery opened
fire on it, and until it had passed over the bridge,
young woman
poured a storm of shells around it.
stood erect in the wagon waving her hat, which had
a red ribbon on it, seemingly to defy the cowards
who would make war on defenceless women.
Manassas
stated,
efficient, self-
self-
possessed." General Mahone mentioned "the characteristic coolness of the fearless Commander of the
Forty-ninth."
Confederate
INCIDENTS AT FREDERICKSBURG.
Camp near Fredericksburg,
Charming Nellie: * *
river, division
it
l/eterai)
305
(^opfederate l/eterai).
306
we
are
making preparations
Snow
"I
know you
"Why
wonderful
tales,
attire or in the
A fair opportunity was given them, for it happened that for the purpose of solving some doubt
which a cursory view failed to settle or remove, the
visitor came to a temporary halt in the middle of
the camp and proceeded to look, at his leisure, on
the strange surroundings. Immediately surrounded by a dozen or more Texans, several of them with
their guns, others with pistols belted around their
waists, and all wearing, either naturally or intentionally, the most reckless and dare-devil airs imaginable, he suddenly lost his look of unconcern
and began to glance uneasily around in search of
an avenue of escape from his admirers. One fierce
looking fellow stepped to the side of his horse, and
assuming the manner of a sick man just out of the
hospital, laid his hand on the Virginian's scabbard
and, in a whining voice, asked: "Couldn't you pull
your jobber out for a minute Mister, just to please
a sick man?" The laugh that followed the request
caused a flush of anger to overspread the countenance of the horseman, and he was about to make an
angry reply, when his attention was arrested by a
colloquy between two of his entertainers, which, although not at all personal in character, was not
calculated to be reassuring to its hearer and object,
the tone, manner and looks of the speakers indicating something more than mere idle banter.
"How much is it, Tuck," asked the one, with a
significant glance at the Virginian, "that Longstreet offers for the body of a dead Virginia cavalryman?" "A thousand dollars in gold," answered
Tuck, "and if a feller was'nt partickerly squeamish,
did you join the Confederate Army, Webasked one day. "It vash my beezness,"
replied he: "I vas been a solcher in Charmany all ze
time." "You would have joined the Northern
Army then if you had been in the North, wouldn't
you?" I asked again. "Oh, yah," he answered.
"Vot ish derdef ranee? Vat ish got to coom, vill
coom anyvay, und to be a solcher vash my beezness."
While I write, some of my comrades are exchanging compliments with half a regiment of Cavalry
that is marching by, which incident reminds me of
another.
One day on the trip from Winchester,
to be killed."
ber?"
it'd
Qoof<darate l/eterao.
The gallant Virginian lost not a word or a movement of the participants in this conversation, and,
knowing Texans only by repute, deemed it prudent
to work himself and steed to the edge of the surrounding crowd, experiencing just enough difficulty
in this undertaking to increase his very natural apprehensions of bodily harm. Once there, he bestowed a hurried but tremulously polite "Good
mawnin,' gentlemen," on the party assembled in his
He was allowhonor, and went off at a brisk trot.
ed to reach the outskirts of the grove without mothen a gun cap snapped behind him, and
lestation
even his iron nerve could not restrain him from
when
he discovered Tuck on
his knees, gun in hand and hurriedly fumbling in
from clapping both
his cap box for another cap
spurs and whip to his steed and disappearing in a
cloud of dust amid the derisive shouts and jeers of
the Brigade.
glancing back and
AN OAK TREE
was raging.
The
307
W. Crouch
Sometime
was asked
in
The
VETERAN whether there were any Confederate survivors who witnessed the fall of the oak tree, cut
down by minie balls from the guns of the Yankees
at the battle of Spottsylvania,
"May
12, 1864.
In Saluda County, S. C, formerly a part of historic Edgefield, and near the home of the Butlers of
Revolutionary fame, stands a log hut, whose only
inmate is an old man, Henry M. Bradley, a Confederate Veteran, who was in almost every battle of
his Regiment from the First Manassas to the skirmish on that eventful morning of Lee's surrender
Since that day he has passed a
at Appomattox.
few days ago I found him
quiet but busy life.
busy at his workbench. All around lay tools for
various purposes. Ungirding his leathern apron, he
sat upon a stool, and, wiping the honest sweat of a
laboring man from his brow, enquired the "news
over in your settlement." After chatting on the
various community topics, he branched off on the
war. Mr. Bradley was among- the first to volunteer;
beginning with Hampton's Legion, which, at the
end of the first eighteen months of the war, had
One
Monuments
erected
was
at
Wm.
Lynchburg, Va.
It is
Additional to your
short sketch of Hon. George W. Johnston, the Confederate Provisional Governor of Kentucky, in the
Veteran, in that awful battle at Shiloh, I write:
I served in Company K, Fourth Kentucky Infantry, in Breckenridge's Division, and knew Governor
Johnston by sight, although I had no personal acquaintance with him. At Shiloh, the Governor was
serving on the staff of some general officer, and had
He immediately ran to a dead
his horse killed.
soldier, seized his rifle, and came to our Regiment
and fought in its ranks as a private soldier.
During a terrible struggle, which we called the
"bloody angle," we were ordered to fall back to a
new position, which we had to do in a hurry. Governor Johnston wore a tall silk hat, and was just
ahead of me. I saw him shot down, and, as I ran
past, he reached out his gun to me, which I took
and soon reached the new position. I had no time
Men
to even speak or to assist him in anyway.
were falling all around me, and balls were cutting
the air in every direction. He was brave and patriotic, and gave his life for a cause that he deemed
right and just.
Confederate l/eteran
308
WHEN
JACKSON'S GUIDE
SHOT.
David
J.
On May
was
1863,
and
and
I left
and
said:
"You
Jackson on
Confederate l/eteran.
was struck in the left arm by a piece of
from a Federal battery, which caused him to
let loose the litter, causing' General Jackson a very
hard fall. The other three litter bearers ran to the
cover of the woods on the south side of the plank
road, but soon rallied and came back, and with the
assistance of an officer, not very high in rank, wearing bars, they lifted General Jackson up and laid
him on the litter just over the embankment of the
road where it had been carried by one of the
bearers in his flight. They raised the litter up on
their shoulders with General Jackson on it, and
started to the woods on the Stoney Ford road, and
carried him back some distance before they met an
ambulance. After getting him into the ambulance
they took the Hazel Grove road to the plank road
that comes out at the corner of the Dowdall field, and
up the plank road to the old Dowdall house, where
Rev. M. S. Chancellor supplied the doctors with
some spirits for General Jackson.
They halted
there a very few minutes, then drove on up trie pike to
the Wilderness Old Tavern, where Mr. W. M.
Simtns lived at the time. They drove out on the
Battalion,
shell
"Ready for
m a rching or-,
ders." He was
every inch
a soldier,"
'
to the comfort
wounded
and dying, or
in the devastation that sur-
rounded
Union University,
Murfrees-
boro, Tenn., in
1850, and
the
in
Jefferson
Medical
Col-
whether on the
field of battle
administering
of the
Pit. M. D.
Surgeon
in
I..
JORDAN.
Mrs. W. J. Kagle and Mrs. M. C. Belk, of BartTexas, send, through The Veteran, four dollars to be applied to the Jefferson Davis monument,
and to the " Battle Abbey," two dollars each.
lett,
Confederate Veteran.
310
Dead
of
at Nicholasville.
On Monday,
Kentucky Cavalry. A splendid address was delivered by Prof. A. N. Gordon, Secretary and Treasurer of the A ssociation. Prof Gordon gave a history
After this the
of the organization and its labors.
Quartette sang, "Rest, Comrades, Rest." The band
played "Dixie" while the monument was unveiled
by Miss Josephine Mann, daughter of the President,
and Master Lawson Oxley, of Cynthiana, son of the
first President and real founder of the Association.
When the covering fell from the statue and the band
struck up "Dixie," there was tremendous cheering
which lasted for several minutes, after which Prof.
Gordon introduced the orator of the day, Col. Bennett H. Young, who delivered a fervent and eloquent address.
LIST OF
given.
Mississippi: J. W.Washan, Seventeenth Regiment.
North Carolina: A. L. Hale and H. Owenby,
Thirty-ninth Regiment.
Virginia: D. Campbell. Sixty-third Regiment,
C. S. A. John A. Bass, Peter Guin, C. R. Richardson, and Geo. W. Trabue, State and Regiment
unknown.
Two Kentuckians died
town July
4th,
Confederate l/eteran.
311
When
We
Two
About good
I
little
my
often think,
boys.
dear
mamma.
eome back to me
If he only knew hew very glad
II is lilt le boj would be.
wonder if papa is out
In all this cold and rain
What makes you cry. my mother dear?
When will he come again?"
That
he'il
1'apa will
come again."
rain
and
sleet
strewn
Ilis life-blood
\iid
with
lie givt s
'
the
cause of his fellows during a yellow fever scourge.
life later in
Ed.]
chair
Her children
feet
"Mamma
I"
"When
I've
no one now
so well
me tales
to tell
o'er,
Upon Hie
She thought
frozen earth;
of the bloody battle-field,
his life,
At the corner stone laying of the beautiful Confederate Monument at Dallas, Texas, June 25th, the
two local Grand Army Posts declined to go in the
However, there
parade, although cordially invited.
were sixty-four Union Veterans in line who were
not members of the organization, neither were they
pensioners.
Col. W. L. Crawford welcomed the guests in behalf of the Daughters of the Confederacy, under
whose auspices the splendid monument has been undertaken.
Judge H. W. Lightfoot was the orator for the
occasion, and right well did he meet the demands
upon him. He spoke from the standpoint of a soldier in the great war, proud of the record his people had made; and he emphasized the degrading
term applied to the Old South, intended to degrade
all that belonged to the history of the section previous to the "carpet bag" rule.
Hon. William Sanford, Covington, Tenn.
Mr. S. A. Cunningham: The Tipton County
Confederate Memorial Association, at its last meeting,
Monument
Sam
Davis
at Nashville, and directed the Treasurer, Mr. Jos. Forsythe. to- remit same.
Confederate Veteran
312
the Fifth
us for the
the war, while the Maryland
Battalion was added to the Brigade in 1864.
There
was never gotten together a braver lot of men.
I suggest that such men as Gov. Turney, Col. Jno.
A. Fite, Capt. F. S. Harris and Judge Deaton begin
the organization at once.
There were also with the Brigade while we were
in West Virginia a companj' of Marylanders, attached to the Seventh Regiment, and a company of
Cavalry from this State, known as the "Roaring
last three years of
The
Illustrated
some time
since,
resist.
They
was
No
true
to the
and
died.
memory
of "Stonewall" Jackson.
Still,
it
tribute paid
Every man
or
Capt. R.
of the
Twenty
a thrilling
Cemetery
Hill,
Gettysburg:
of the
retreat.
Confederate
HEROES OF THE CONFEDERATE NAVY.
E. T. Guice, of Terrell, Texas, writes that Mr.
C. Gore, who is the central figure represented in
a picture published in the VETERAN for July, page
208 of three Veterans with but one leg each was,
in 1863, a member of the Fourth Louisiana Volunteers, under command of Lieutenant- Colonel Brann,
of Miles' Legion.
He was the second man to press
the deck of the sinking Iudianola after she had been
pierced by the ocean "greyhound," the Confederate
steamer Webb, which, in company with the steamers
"Doctor Baty" and "Queen of the West" this latter ship was previously captured by the Confederates
chased the India nola up the Mississippi River,
the Webb running her down and ramming her near
the wheelhouse, in the vicinity of Joe Davis Bend,
below Vicksburg. The Webb, being an ocean vessel, easily overtook the [adianola, a heavy Ironclad
United States funboat. Mr. Core states that the
Doctor Baty arrived immediately after the attack of
the Webb, and running alongside the Indianola,
Col. Brann jumped aboard and demanded her surrender.
An offi :er of the Iudianola asked: "Surrender to whom?" "ToCol. Brann of Miles' Legion."
Mr. Cinrv says that as the Confederates boarded the
sinking ship all her crew surrendered, although
every cmnon, rille and pistol on board was loaded
The prisoners were taken off; the
to the muzzle.
great ship lurched and sank, leaving part of her
quarter-decks above water, which were soon afterward burned awavby the "Johnnie Rebs." Mr.
Gore says it was one of the most exciting and dangerous events of his war career. Very little is recorded i history concerning the sinking of the Indianola by the steamer Webb; and of the Webb's famous run for liberty down the Mississippi, through
a cordon of ironclads and transports, to join Commodore Raphael Semines, of the "Alabama," lying
off our coast in the Gul f of Mexico at that time.
Mr. C. H. Adler, an old Union soldier residing
in our city, was serving aboard one of the Federal
g-unboats, and saw the Webb as she sped out of
Red River, adown the Mississippi, past the flat on
which he had shipped. He says it was a desperate
venture, and before the Union gunboats could right
themselves, the Webb had gone out of reach down
the river.
After the Webbstruck and sank the Union vessel,
she was disabled herself; her bows were crushed in,
great seams opened far back toward her quarter,
and Mr. Gore relates that it took many men to keep
her afloat by cramming mattresses, etc., into the
break. As soon as possible, she ran up Red River to
Alexandria, La., for repairs, and from there made
her gallant attempt to escape through the iron
blockade to the open sea, her native element.
The writer of this sketch, when a boy looked
with fascination many times upon this noble steamer
a* she lay at anchor near his home in the Ouachita
River, a few months before she received her fatal
wound near New Orleans, La., when, having passed
every obstacle, a stray shot from some vessel crashed
into her machinery, she ran ashore and burned before the enemy could board her.
Every precaution
had been taken before starting down the river to
l/eterai>
313
Many old
flags
ti<'
Kiel
FLAGS.
Sow, Southern men, tako ofl your hats, and ho! ye, all the wi
Stand up and with nncoverfd heads ealuti
unfurled!
Though faded much and ttterecl more, they once n ere banners bright.
\ - mui'.' were young those men w ii<>-e hair
rendered white.
i
it-
in
Ail
many
harmlessly for
When
in
meet
in civil strife
why should
Y.-t
noi
once, as Southern
b ys,
'Mid shot and shell and canister and battle's dreadful noise.
V ai low..]
a flag o'er
many
a field
where comrades,
falling
fa
Gave
for tin- cause the) loved so well their best blood and their last,
e off our bats al Bight nf it .in st one day mi the year?
ries that "Hi up and flow into thai
of in- tn.
i
:
Think
'
In ragged clothes
:ii
'i
blue,
But give
And
Do
Ufl credit for good faith, and it, will all be well,
u-k us not o scorn the flag for which our brothers
I
fell.
l. C.
V.'Camp
171.
Washington, July
''onipnnv
SO, 1896.
A..
Confederate
314
l/eterar?.
SAMUEL
D.
Samuel D. Morgan,
MORGAN, JR.
was born
Jr.,
in
Nash-
Johnl H.
Morgan. He was soon promoted to a Lieutenant and then to Captain of his company.
He was in many severe battles and was k illed
in battle at Augusta, Ky., Sept. 27.1362. ;His
grave is at Lexington, Ky.
ery
of Breckinridge's
Division
or mentioned
in order for gallantry in every
He was promoted
battle.
HENRY
W. BOYD.
He was
mauga Sept
killed at Chieka-
20, 1863.
MAJOR RICK
E.
graves.
Confederate l/eteran
REV.
Who
THOMAS
D.
MARKHAM, D.D.,
for
him."
315
had
to
The
strain
Markham was
"General," said the Chaplain, turning to the Commander, "shall I continue the service?" "Well,
parson," said the General, "I guess you had better
not.
The enemy seem to have located us and you'd
better dismiss the boys."
Confederate l/eterap.
316
it
which he said:
"This service oppresses me. I surely thought
that he would bury me.
I thought that when I
should lie in the narrow house, this friend of more
than forty years would speak kindly of me before
he uttered the solemn words, 'Dust to dust, earth
to earth, and ashes to ashes.'
Instead of this, I am
ister, in
GEN.
JOHN ECHOLS.
No
Confederate was more faithful to the princiwhich he fought, and to comrades, than was
the late Gen. John Echols. Although he had lived
in Kentucky for many years in charge of the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad, he continued his membership in the Stonewall Jackson Bivples for
but was so
about him.
25,
adopted
Comrade Ransom:
He was among
the first to enroll in this organization, and from the beginning it has had no member more loyally devoted to its purposes, no one
more true in his allegiance to those principles which
justify its existence.
7~Z
In war and in peace he was distinguished for his
service to his State, and for which he was eminently fitted by his natural gift and by a thorough education.
At the Virginia Military Institute he was
a classmate of Col. John Louis Peyton, who preceded him but a few hours to the grave.
At Washington College and at Harvard University he achieved
the same success which has marked his course
through life.
born leader of men, he stood mentally, as he did physically, head and shoulders above
his companions.
He was every inch a man, full of
vigor, of enterprise and of determination.
prominent member of the Virginia Convention
at the time the Ordinance of Secession was adopted
by that body, he was prompt to offer his service;
and in May, 1861, was commissioned Lieutenant
Colonel of the Twenty-seventh Virginia Infantry of
Confederate l/eterap
the "Stonewall Brigade, " and was for sotretime enin the duty of mustering in, at Staunton, the
various companies formed in this section of the
At First Manassas he commanded the regiState.
ment, and was soon afterwards made its Colonel,
(the health of Colonel W. W. Gordon having occaHe continsioned the resignation of that officer. )
ued in command until the battle of Kernstown,
when his regiment brought on the engagement and
where he was desperately wounded.
317
gaged
his wounds, he was proto the rank of Brigadier General and assigned to the command of a Brigade under General
Loring, accompanying him to the Kanawha Valley
in the fall of 1862 and taking an active part in all
In October, 1S<>2, he was ordered
his operations.
to relieve General Loring and take command of his
army and of the Department of Southwestern Virginia.
He marched the army back to Charleston
and held that place until driven out in the latter
part of November, 1S62, by an overwhelming Fed-
moted
eral force.
In the spring of 1863 Gen. Echols resigned comof the Department and resumed command of
the Brigade.
During the summer of that year he
was ordered by President Davis to Atlanta, as a
member of a Court of Inquiry to investigate the
cause of the fall of Vicksburg,* General Howell
Cobb and General Robert Ransom being the other
members. Later in that year he commanded the
Confederate forces at the battle of "Droop Mountain," where he was defeated bv Averill.
In 1864
he commanded Breckinridge's right wing at the
battle of New Market, displaying there, as at Second
Cold Harbor and elsewhere, conspicuous gallantry,
and contributing to the honors won that day. Afterwards he was actively engaged in the operation
around Richmond. In the fall of 1S<>4, he was again
assigned to command of the Department of Southwestern Virginia, Gen. Breckinridge having been
made Secretary of War. In the spring of 1S(>5 he
was ordered by General Lee to relieve General Jubal
mand
in
The Memphis
The proceedings
Luke Wright.
ston.
was
gratis.
Thanks were expressed to Mrs. Moyston
for her economical, successful work as chairman.
It
was voted to continue the meetings through the
summer. * * *
the next meeting Mrs. Wright is to make the sefrom the Veteran, and Mrs. Frazer to give
a paper: "Personal Experienceson Johnston Island,"
while Mrs. Wright is to furnish an account of the
resignations of the United States Senators, etc.,
embracing the cause of Secession. [Mrs. Wright is
daug-hter of Admiral Raphael Semmes.
Ed.]
Mrs. Edmonds, upon unanimous request, gave
some of her personal experiences during the war.
Her reminiscences were interesting and thrilling.
She told the story of the "old gray coat," which was
new to some of us, and in her recital paid a tribute to the courtesy and kind-hear edness of Gen.
Sherman (as she had found him). This was the first
good word some of us had ever heard spoken for him.
Mrs. Davis' invitation to hold the next meeting
at her place was accepted.
Then followed an old
time Southern picnic dinner under the trees. Among
the pleasures of the afternoon two of the dear old
"Southern mothers" told of their war experiences.
At
lection
Qopfederate
318
MRS.
tribute
Term.
l/eterar>
In this work the whole ecclesiastical year is minutely unfolded with pictures of birds, musical instruments and flowers to suit each recurring season.
It is a veritable poem that speaks deep thoughts of
faith and peace and love.
It was begun shortly
after the war when her heart was sad at the loss of a
splendid son, and for years she worked those thoughts,
as God inspired her with higher hopes, into this
volume of rare beauty. Her constant thought in
her days of sorrow was the text: "His compassions
fail not.
They are new every morning-."
Nothing delighted this spiritual-minded, lovely
woman more
They'll
the
Who met
Who
On
James."
meet no more
and white.
They'll
at
Richmond;
their
And faint the campfires flicker from the valley of the night
And "Farewell" echoes down the line, where flashed their
crimsoned blades,
of the
^brigades.
Jackson
And
left
They'll
led,
meet no more
at
night's
shadows
fall;
their
warning blades
Frank L
^opfederate l/eterap.
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS FOR THE UNITED
CONFEDERATE VETERANS.
Sec. 3. All camps now in the Federation shall retain the numbers originally given them.
Sec.
As they were prepared by the Committee on Constitution and By-Laws appointed at the Third Annual
Meeting of the organization, which was held in New
Orleans, April, 1892, and were adopted at Houston.
May 23, 1895, with J. B. Gordon, General Commanding, and Geo. Moorman, Adjutant General and
Tex.,
Chief of Staff.
PREAMBLE.
Believing that a general Federation of all constituted organizations of Confederate Veterans will assist in the accomplishment of the cherished purposes
that each body is singly laboring to carry out, and to
more firmly establish the ties which already exist be-
tween them:
We, the representatives of the following Camps, in
general convention assembled at Houston, Tex., on
this twenty-third day of May, of the year of our Lord,
eighteen hundred and ninety-five, do adopt, ordain
and establish the following Constitution and By-Laws,
revoking and abrogating all previous Constitutions
and rules of action.
ARTICLE
I. TITLE.
1.
To
2.
exist
To encourage the writing, by participators thereof accounts, narratives, memoirs, histories of battles, episodes and occurrences of the war between the
States.
3.
in,
4.
reports, plans,
history of the Confederate side; to collect and preserve relics and mementoes of the war; to make and
perpetuate a record of the services of every member,
and as far as possible of those of our comrades who
have preceded us into eternity.
tial
in this
Federation shall be
Sec
The various associations joining shall be
registered in numerical order, according to the date
of their formation or incorporation Into the United
Confederate Veterans as Camp No.
in the State
or Territory of
_'.
ARTICLE IV.ORGANIZATION.
1.
The camps shall be organized by departments, divisions and brigades.
Sec. 2. The Federation shall have as its executive
head a General. There shall be three departments, to
be called:
Army of Northern Virginia Department, Army of
Tennessee Department. Trans-Mississippi Depart
ment.
Section
camps and
Army
1.
The representation
of the various
camps
LIMITATIONS.
Section 1.
by camps.
will
Departments.
It will strive:
They
ing to the
II. OBJECTS.
4.
all tlie
ARTICLE
319
may
fix
its Internal
(Confederate l/eterap.
320
and after compliance with all other requisites of membership, and after such other investigation into the
circumstances of this reduced membership as the Gen-
may
see
fit
to
institute
tion.
Sec. 4.
DEPARTMENT STAFF.
Department commanders
Sec. 11.
the
same regular
sistants
1.
The officers of this Federation shall be:
One General Commander-in-Chief, its executive
Section
head.
command and
in
which they
reside.
Sec. 3.
there
DIVISION STAFF.
Division commanders shall be allowed the
same regular staff as the department commander, but
one grade lower in rank, and such aids, with the rank
of Major, as may be found necessary.
BRIGADE STAFF.
Brigade commanders shall be allowed the
same regular staff as the division commander, with the
rank of Major, and such aids as may be found necesSec. 13.
camps
in his dis-
trict,
CAMP OFFICERS.
Camps may,
at their option, adopt the following nomenclature for their officers, viz: Commander, First, Second, Third (or more) Lieutenant
Commanders; Adjutant, Quartermaster, Surgeon,
Chaplain, Officer of the Day, Treasurer, Sergeant
Major, Vidette, a Color Sergeant and two Color
Guards, and define their duties.
The Commander, in official intercourse with headquarters, shall be addressed as Captain.
Sec. 15. No one can be elected or appointed an officer of this Federation, or of its subordinate departSec. 14.
There
may be
may deem
Sec. 12.
Generals,
shall be allowed
staff as the General, and such as-
staffs,
unless
ARTICLE
Sec. 1. This Federation shall have power and authority to make, have and use a common seal and
badge, with such device and inscription as it may
adopt, and the same to alter, break and amend at
pleasure; but, until otherwise provided for, the seal of
this Federation shall be a device similar to that in use
by this association, which device is a medal of
inch in diameter, reproducing the great seal of the
Confederate States of America, bearing "United Confederate Veterans, 1861, 1865, 1889," inscribed between
BADGE.
in office at
STAFF OFFIGERS.
Sec. 9. Staff officers shall be appointed by the different Generals to serve during such General's term of
office or pleasure. No staff officer shall be at the same
time a staff officer and and officer of a brigade or
division, or hold two staff offices.
Sec. 10. The staff of the Commander-in-Chief shall
be as follows: One Adjutant General chief of staff,
with rank of Major General; one Inspector General,
with rank of Brigadier General; one Quartermaster
General, with rank of Brigadier General; one Commissary General, with rank of Brigadier General; one
Judge Advocate General, with rank of Brigadier General; one Surgeon General, with rank of Brigadier
General; one Chaplain General, and such assistants
and aids with the rank of Colonel as in his judgment
may be necessary.
coat.
Sec. 2. Recognized associations of Sons or Daughters of Veterans affiliating with this Federation shall
be allowed to wear the same badge as the United Confederate Veterans, with the letters S. C. V. or D. C. V.,
as the case may be, inserted in the upper triangles of
the cross, from left to right, and with the number of
their organization in the lower triangle.
MEMORIAL DAY.
This Federation shall religiously observe the celebration of Memorial Day. Each camp, brigade and division shall have full authority to designate its own.
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS.
Section
1.
tion is permanently
Sec. 2. Memorial
Association, in that
records, papers and
Q09)
karate
ARTICLE
Section
1.
No
1.
shall be levied upon its members other than the fees and per capita, which shall
never exceed an adequate amount to meet the indispensable expenses of its management.
See. 4. The use of the seal, badges or name of this
Federation for business or advertising purposes, and
the giving of its badge to persons unauthorized to wear
it, are emphatically prohibited.
No assessment
Sec. 3.
ARTICLE
No camp shall be permitted representation in any meeting of this Federation until said camp
shall have paid the annual per capita tax and all other
amounts due the Federation by said camp.
Sec. 2. Suspension of a camp shall not affect the
membership in the United Confederate Veterans of
comrades of such camps, nor impair their tenure of
office or eligibility as officers therein during such susSection
I.
pension.
Prolonged suspension of a camp may be
declared at an annual meeting an act detrimental to
the objects and purposes of the Federation and shall
load to forfeiture of membership.
Sec. 3. Reinstatement from suspension will take
effect immediately upon receipt by the Adjutant Genthe removal by the suspended
eral of evidence of
camp of Its cause of suspension.
FORFEITURE OF MEMBERSHIP.
Section 1. Forfeiture of membership shall be declared against any camp allowing political or religious discussions or taking any such action.
Sec. 2. Forfeiture of membership may also be declared against any camp committing any act repugnant to this Constitution or detrimental to the objects
and purposes of this Federation.
Sec. 3. Forfeiture of membership shall be declared
by a two-thirds vote at an annual meeting, after
proper investigation of the charges, and only when
they have been substantiated.
ARTICLE XL-AMENDMENTS.
Section 1. By a two-thirds vote of the delegates
present at an annual meeting of this Federation, alterations and amendments can be made to this Con-
l/eterap
321
stitution; provided that notice and a copy of proposed change shall have been sent to each camp, at
least three months in advance of the annual meeting.
BY-LAW
ARTICLE
Section
-MEMBERSHIP.
Application for
1.
membership
shall
be
made through
the headquarters of the State or Territory where the camp is organized upon blanks furnished by the general headquarters.
See. J. When the Constitution and By-Laws and
roll of members of the applying organization has been
examined and recommended by division and department headquarters, and when the application is accompanied by the prescribed fees, the camp shall be
admitted, if no defect is found in the record, and a
certificate of membership will be issued to it by the
Adjutant General Chief of Staff.
Sir. 3. A correct roll of active members in good
ARTICLE II MEETINGS.
There shall be held annually a general
meeting or reunion of the Federation. Each division
shall likewise have an annual meeting or reunion.
Sec. 2. The delegates at these annual meetings shall
select the time and place for the next annual meeting.
Sec. 3. The Commander-in-Chief, at the request of
a majority of the camps, shall convene the Federation
Special meetings of divisions may
in special meeting.
likewise be called by the Major Generals at the request of a majority of the camps of their division, or
in any emergency which they may deem sufficient.
4.
At all meetings delegates shall address
Sec.
each other as comrades.
Sec. 5. The annual general meeting shall be called
to order by the Major General commanding the State
or Territory or subdivision in which the meeting is
He "shall first introduce to the assembly the
held.
Chaplain General, or, in his absence, the ranking
Section
1.
who will deliver a prayer. Any representative of the local or State government, or other person
deputized to welcome the delegates, shall then
Chaplain,
Confederate
322
VOTING.
l/eterai),
execution of all orders received therefrom; they shall
assist the Lieutenant General by counsel or otherwise,
and in his absence or disability they shall fill his office
until the next annual meeting, according to seniority
in the Confederate service.
They shall appoint their
staff immediately after entering upon the duties of
their offices.
BRIGADIER GENERALS.
Generals shall command the
brigades or district in which it may be found necessary
to divide a State or Territory.
They 6hall be under
the Major General and assist him in organizing the
State or Territory; they shall see to the execution of
all orders received through him, and they shall take
precedence of each other according to seniority in the
Confederate service. They shall be the intermediary
between the Major General and the camps of their
brigades and vice versa.
They shall appoint their
staff immediately after entering upon the duties of
their office, and shall be allowed as many aids as they
may deem necessary to facilitate the formation of
Sec.
7.
In
all
made.
Sec.
9.
When
there
is
upon motion and by unanimous consent, a formal ballot can be dispensed with, and the candidate
elected by acclamation.
Sec. 10. The ayes and nays may be required and
entered upon record at the call of any three delegates
from different departments.
office,
Section
tion,
and
LIEUTENANT GENERALS.
Sec. 2. The Lieutenant Generals shall command departments. They shall assist the General by counsel
or otherwise, and in his absence or disability they shall
fill his office, according to seniority in the Confederate
service.
MAJOR GENERALS.
Sec. 3. Major Generals shall command divisions,
each State and Territory forming but one division and
having but one Major General. The Major Generals
shall apply themseives to fully organize their States
or Territories into camps; they shall be careful to have
all the requirements of the Constitution and By-'Laws
strictly complied with in the formation of camps, and
be the intermediary in their relations with general
and department headquarters; they shall we to the
camps
4.
Brigadier
in their district.
CAMP OFFICERS.
have their duties defined
Sec. 5. Camp
by the Constitution of the camps that create them, to
which full liberty has been given to govern themselves,
officers shall
QUARTERMASTER GENERAL.
The Quartermaster General shall hold ttee
funds and vouchers of the Federation. He shall have
charge of the contracting for badges of the association and their sale to the camps upon proper requisition; he shall pay all warrants drawn on him by the
Adjutant and appproved by the Commander-in-Chief;
he shall have charge of all arrangements for traasportation of general headquarters to and from general
meetings or reunions, and he shall endeavor to faciliSee.
7.
Qopfederate l/eterap.
INSPECTOR GENERAL.
Sec. 8. The Inspector General shall prescribe the
form of blanks to be used for the inspection of camps,
and with the approval of the Commander-in-Chief give
5.
officers, to fix
it.
SURGEON GENERAL.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
9.
COMMISSARY GENERAL.
Sec. 10. The Commissary General shall attend to
any duties the Commander-in-Chief may impose upon
him, and he shall, at the annual meeting, present a
written report or paper on matters relating to the
commissariat of the Confederate army.
CHAPLAIN GENERAL.
Sec. 11.
shall
with prayer the annual and other meetings, and perform such duties in connection with is office as the
Commander-in-Chief may require. He shall present
at the annual meeting a written report or paper upon
matters relating to his branch of the Confederate
service.
from camps
ARTICLE V.COMMITTEES.
Section 1. There shall be four standing committees
of one delegate from eaeh State and Territory, and
one to represent the cainps outside the former eonThey shall be as
federate States and Territories.
follows
Sec. 2. Historical Committee that shall have charge
of all matters relating to the literary and historical
purposes of this Federation.
nil
general meeting.
Sec. 8. All committees shall
their chairman.
Reports of committees shall be sent to the Generalin-Chief one month before the annual meeting.
ARTICLE VI.-FINANCES.
Section
The
1.
two dollars
An
entrance fee of
sion issued to officers, or certificate to individual members, of camps by general headquarters, which fee
shall include postage.
that
323
active
3.
member
7.
capita tax
and
to
ARTICLE
VII. AMENDMENTS.
gates present.
Qo^federate
321
AT ANTIETAM.
Are
Antietam?
Company F, Second Mississand with J. Warren Richmond, my
was a
member
ippi Battalion,
of
We
We
l/eterar?
resting
among
the
unknown
at Spottsylvania.
C, kindly
corrects
in
August Veteran. The building in picture is a
block from Pennsylvania depot.
Hancock Statue,
Elder J. B.
Tenn.,says: It
during the last
cock's Diary a
children.
The price has been reduced from $2.50
to $2.00, and it will be furnished with a
year's subscription to the Veteran for
It will be given as a premium
$2.50.
for seven subscriptions.
HI
HI
in
The same
60 years
old sarsaparilla as ;
In the laborator
made and
sold
different.
ago.
was
it is
skill
and experience.
sarsaparilla that
Why
('
fH
Old Sarsaparilla.
That's Ayer*s.
The Same
HI
HI
don't
condition of the Bishop and the raspberry: "Doubtless," he said, "God might have made a better berry.
But doubtless, also. He never did." Why don't we
better the sarsaparilla?
We are using the
can't.
same old plant that cured the Indians and the
Spaniards. It has not been bettered. And since we
make sarsaparilla compound out of sarsaparilla plant,
we see no way of improvement. Of course, if we were
We
MAfcuaw
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less.
The "civil war'' was too long ago to be called the "late" war and when
correspondents use that term the word "great" (war) will be substituted.
of the Con-
ber 11th,
for delegates.
The railroads will give tickets to the KentuckyTennessee Reunion at Nashville, Oct. 14-15th, at
one fare for the round trip.
A day longer limit
will be given those who come 100 miles and over.
Kentucky comrades will note this is less by onethird than the rate originally offered them.
Application has been made and urged upon the Southern States Passenger Association in behalf of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy, who are to
convene in Nashville, November 11th. It will be
indeed strange and harsh if they don't give the
usual rate of one cent per mile, which has been the
established rate for years to similar organizations.
The United Daughters, representing nearly one
hundred Chapters in the various Divisions of the
Southern States, certainly merit as high favors as
any body of
women
in existence.
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10.
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A.
CUNNINGHAM
Editor.
in those
pride in their
coming
is
personal
and other comrades seemed astounded and to wonder if the speaker was really sane. A committee
was appointed to consider the matter and very soon,
by unanimous vote, the Committee concurred in
accepting the invitation.
Nashville, with characteristic hospitality, through
her Confederate organizations, is preparing a welcome that assures happy results.
Comrade Joseph B. O'Bryan, eminently successful
in whatever he undertakes, has been selected by
This
coming
of
Kentucky comrades
to the capital of Tennessee for a reunion
approis especially
priate.
The twir
fr.
ternized happily, an
it
was
that
in
Tennessei
Kcntuckians
Neutrality
battles.
could not be exercis-
Confederate
326
CikN.
JuHN
ed, as
C.
BKECKENRIDGE.
of Kentuckians,
citizens soon
patriotic
l/eterat)
saw that
and these
neutrality
made
GEN. BEN
HARDIN HELM.
jurists
sister to that
came
Nash v
to
roe.
of
Congress.
allegiance to
the Confed-
Judge
States
erate
Monroe
the re-
Government.
spent
mainder of his
days at Pass
by Judge W.
H. H u m
Miss.,
Christian.
where his
two daughters,
phreys.
Thi
Misses Kate
Nashville.
Union and
and Polly,
American o
O c tober 7,
1861 in a
edi-
still
reside.
lengthy
etc.
directly
The two
brothers
wounded at Shiloh were sons of Judge Mon(See page 343.) He was chosen to represent
Kentucky in the
C on federate
tally
11 e,
oath
torial
G k N Ww preston.
.
tions between
Confederate
Kentucky and -Tennessee are
The
late Col.
and popular
Wm. Logan
in the
many ways
in
Clarke, >who
sacred.
was valiant
his resi-
l/eteran-
327
was
GEN.
3.
li.
BUOKNKR,
The Orphan
Brigade,
officially
styled
the
First
II.
LEWIS,
history.
The Orphan Brigade left Dalton, May7,
1864, with 1140 men. reached Atlanta (one hundred
days later) with 240; they had received more than
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330
Private Thos.
l/eteraip.
phan Brigade,
was born Novembers,
1S44,
came with
his
Louis-
ily to
ville
in
X1GIIT.
1847.
Attended the
city schoo s
and afterwards
completed h i s
1
education
at
Union
Uni-
versity.
Left
school
at the
opening of the
war, served as
a private in
Co. A., Sixth
Kentucky In-
The head must bow and the back will have to bend,
Wherever the darky may go
A few more days and the trouble all will end
In the field where the sugar canes grow;
A few more days for to tote the weary load.
fantry was
No
Then my
(
horus
The
gallant
of
John
Ken-
Alabama, September
1838.
He was recorded by the London
Times as having exin
7,
He left West
born in Kentucky.
We
will sing
lady,
one song
Oh
old
Weep no more, my
Pelham was
To
Confederate l/eteran
PATRIOTISM OF THE SECTIONS.
John D. Billings, Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 4, 1896:
In reading the last issue of your always interesting magazine, my attention was attracted by statements in an article entitled The National Flag,
made by the Rev. Dr. J. Win. Jones when speakrecently at Chattanooga,
that topic
general impression left upon me after
reading the article was that whatever honor and
distinction this country has achieved belongs almost
exclusively to Virginia and the South, and that Old
Glory, therefore, in its origin, should be regarded
But this
as a sectional and not as a national flag.
letter is not written to abate by a jot the credit that
belongs to any State or section in the building of
this great nation.
Let honor fall wherever honor
is due, however, and acting on this principle I most
respectfully challenge the accuracy of the statement made in the above article that Virginia furnished more troops to the patriot armies of the
Revolution than any other colony. All that any
son of Massachusetts asks is the facts found in the
record.
The reverend gentleman is referred to the
repOrt of the Secretary of War of date May 10, 1790,
from which may be gathered that Massachusetts
enlisted of continental soldiers and militia, from
1775 to 17s.*, '12,562 men, while Virginia in the
same time enlisted but 52,715.
ing
to
The
Tenn.
As
among
All of which
summed up
is
331
UK.
JONKS' REJOINDER.
Confederate l/eterao
332
New
him that he
gia outnumbered
of the troops.
has found three
skillful in battle.
honorable part in the war of 1812, for his adroit attack on my statement induces me to retort, (as I did
not say in my speech), that the opposition to the
war was so great in New England that it was denounced by press, platform and pulpit, and every
measure of Congress to raise men or money practically nullified, and the opposition finally culminated in the famous Hartford Convention the first
Secession Convention ever held in this country
which resolved that the New England States would
doubled
b.
Any
figures
officers
B.
Mr. Heitman says that the records are very incomplete, and that the table he gives of the number of
troops furnished is only an approximate estimate,
but the best that can be done from the material acHe also estimates that the numbers
cessible.
given in his table are greatly in excess of the numbers actually in service, inasmuch as troops enlisted
discharged when their
for short periods were
terms expired and were enlisted again and again
as emergencies arose, and counted earch time that
This table gives Mass. an enlistment
they enlisted.
of 67,907 in the Continental Army, and 20,000
State troops, militia, etc., being a total of 87,907,
4,660 less than the figures given by Mr. Billings.
It gives Virginia 26,678 in the Continental Army,
and 30,000 State troops, militia, etc., total 56.678,
being 2,962 more than Mr. Billings' figures. But
my chief reason for quoting these figures is to
show the unreliability of these official records, and
to suggest that it may be that they were better counters in the "old Bay State" than in the Old Dominion, and that the troops of Mass. enlisted more freAt all events I
quently than they did in Virginia'.
must look into the matter more carefully before I
consent to put Virginia in the place assigned her by
Mr. Billings.
And it is certainly true that the Virginia troops
were not kept at home to defend her own soil, but
that they were in the thickest of the fight from
Quebec and Boston to Savannah and Charleston.
Billings thinks that the reputation of
4. Mr.
Winfield Scott in the war of 1812 was made largely
by the "sturdy patriots" of New England and Pennsylvania who composed his brigade he says nothing of the troops commanded by William Henry
Harrison and Andrew Jackson, who were equally
"sturdy patriots" I suppose.
Now, I candidly confess that I did not know the
composition of Gen. Scott's Command when he
"won his spurs" at Lundy's Lane, but I am quke
willing to receive Mr. killings' statement of it, only
expressing my surprise that a "National" patriot
such as he should speak of the "Sectional" character
cordially congratulate
bore
old
saw
in ecclesiastical discussion:
"Orthodoxy
is
Confederate l/eteran
TWO GREAT
REUNIONS.
ST.
PAIL, MINN.
It was my good fortune to be present at the Confederate Reunion in Richmond on July 2nd, and
again at the Grand Army Encampment in St. Paul
on September 2nd. The dates were two months
apart, the distance less that 1,500 miles, but it
seemed to me as I read the object lessons thus presented to my enquiring eyes that the wonderful difference between the two peoples, required for its
measurement the limitless vastness of space.
'
<sAl
z<
^tJBL
333
ik
^k
IB
'
Let
me
stricture
seek to cast no
man
his posterity;
accord to every
war
horse, three children were lifted into his saddle and kissed by him while twenty thousand
throats shouted for the chieftain and babies (the
grandsires of the children were on Jeb Stuart's
Staff).
An old woman, clad in rusty black, with
her crepe veil handing in limp folds behind her,
dashed out into the street and gathering in her
arms a battle flag bearing the inscription "From
Bethel to Appomattox" kissed it, saying: "My
only son died under that flag. I must kiss it once
more." There was not a dry eye in sight of her.
And
Confederate
334
l/eterar?
breeze beautiful flags of richest silk newly made,
because they bore the forty-fifth star added on the
4th of this last July.
flag, whether new or old,
is an emblem, and to that flag attaches all glory
won under its colors, but the choicest emblem is
that particular flag which floated above a sea of
fire, and right here lies the difference between the
people of the North and those of the South; the former lay their old flags away in glass cases, throwing to the breeze new pieces of bunting without
history or age; the latter, living as thev must in the
past, are satisfied only when vouchsafed a sight of
a guerdon which has been the silent witness of
mighty deeds.
The old soldiers had a right to expect a cheer here
and there as they marched, but if thev anticipated
it, they were disappointed, for the only huzzas I
heard were over something new and novel, nothing
old.
cripple hobbled along on his crutches
amidst profound silence; a blind man led by his
daughter marched along without eliciting a single
"God speed you!" but a speckled hen perched on a
drum head brought the "Hip! Hip! Hurrah!" A
Southern woman, daughter of a Confederate officer
who gave his life for the cause, was so impressed
with the apathy of the onlookers that, unable longer
to restrain herself, she turned to two old veterans
standing beside her and said: "Why don't you
shout? Down home we yell at our old soldiers, and
as 3 ou whipped I should think you would yell all
the more. If you don't make some noise I will have
to out of pure sympathy for those poor old fellows."
This brought a few feeble huzzas. Perhaps the old
veterans did not expect to be cheered, but I could
not help thinking that a spontaneous outburst from
the people would make them hold their heads more
proudly and step out more briskly, and down in my
heart I felt sorry for them as for hours they marched by almost unnoticed.
the
its
welcome.
Triumphal
I think nothing showed more forcibly the difference in sentiment than the music. I have already
spoken of the persistence of the Southern people in
demanding the music which sentiment had endeared to them and, when they got it, cheering it to the
There was nothing of the kind in St. Paul.
echo.
The bands played "Columbia," "The Star Spangled
Banner," "Rally Around the Flag, Boys," and even
"Yankee D< odle" without a single responsive note
from the crowd. Any quick step answered the purpose for a march and association cut no figure.
When I heard "Yankee Doodle" without a cheer
from the assembled thousands, I opened my eyes in
amazement. Let us go back nearly thirty-five
years to Sumter. The reduction of Fort Sumter was
a military necessity, but neither Beauregard nor a
man with him desired the humiliation of the flag
under which all had up till then lived, many had
served, and when Anderson, after a most gallant
defense, was forced to capitulate, he was allowed
by the terms of surrender to march out with the old
colors flying and his band playing "Yankee Doodle"
a commentary on the consideration of his magnanimous antagonists that needs no elucidation
but what of the tune they played?
Were the situation reversed, Southern people could
never hear those notes without making the welkin.
Confederate
while in St. Paul they appeared to have en-
ring
lively
this
marcb.
l/eterat)
335
Now
Ol
as
REUNION AT BROWNSVILLE.
Mrs.
Emma
county.
Capt.
County
Hiram
The
reality
a victory of honor saved, of character
strengthened, of the South, and her men and womer.
immortalized in history and in song.
From the ashes of the past has arisen the spin:
which teaches the children of the present to revert
the home of chivalry and virtue.
Our mothers were the angels that calmed tht
troubled hearts of the soldiers, that gave hope and
promise, that displaced the darkness for the light,
warfare for peace. Of these characters and times
*
Annual Reunion
of
Bradford Bivouac.
A.
H. Keller, the
veteran
editor
of the
that State, died Aug. 29th after a brief illCapt. Keller was a gallant Confederate soiand was a leading political spirit in the State,
which he represented as delegate at large in several
National Democratic Conventions. He served as
United States Marshal for the northern district oi
Alabama under President Cleveland's first administration.
He was the father of Helen Keller, the
wonderful deal mute, who is the intellectual marvel
of the age, and brother to Dr. J. M. Keller, of Ho:
Springs, Ark., and Dr. Dave Keller, of Lexington
in
ness.
dier,
Ky.
He
Confederate
33G
"DICK"
DOWLING AT SABINE
l/eterar?
PASS.
who
now
On March
COMMANDER
He enlisted with the American Rifles from Louisiana in June, 1861, under Captain Harvey T. Hays,
who afterward distinguished himself as a Brigadier
General.
He was in many battles. At Cross Keys
and Port Republic he was wounded. At Gettysburg he was captured as ensign of his Regiment,
the Seventh Louisiana, but he managed to keep the
colors with him in prison for six months at Point
Lookout, Md. His comrade, Chas. D. Slack, escaped
from prison with the flag- and restored it to the
-
1889,
states:
to order at 4:15
escorted to the Hall by
"Mr.
command.
After his release from prison he was appointed
Adjutant of his Regiment by Gen. J. B. Gordon.
Comrade Beavens was born in Philadelphia, January 6, 1842, but was reared in New Orleans.
Since the war he has lived in Galveston and in
Houston, Texas. For several years he has been an
active official member of Dick Dowiing- Camp.
6,
Hambnn made
In it he
a lengthy address.
'Honors are the gifts of
men; heroism is from the Infinite. * * * When
cowards skulk and craven spirits shrink before
said to Miss Dowiing:
The
an hour and a
fight lasted
Lieutenant
most heroism."
time
Dowling
half,
during which
displayed
" the
ut-
:;:;?
Nashville reunion.
The following members have died this year:
E. J. Williams, Tom Green's Cavalry, also
Mexican veteran.
R. Milton McKay, Eighth Texas, Terry's Cavalry.
M. J. Deady, Thirty-second Alabama Infantry.
William F. Black, Company K
Twenty-sixth
Texas Cavalry, and Capt. Jack White.
,
P. S.
Col. Will Lambert sends the following:
Capt. Jack White. Company C. (Davis Guar
Cook's Heavy Artillery, died September 15,
buritd in the Catholic Cemetery.
"Capt. Jack," as he was familiarly called by th<
tens of thousands who knew him, at the time of hit
death was the last survivor, but two, of the fortvthree Irishmen commanded by the intrepid Did:
Dowling at Sabine Pass on that memorable, bright
September morning in 186.^. His funeral was, perhaps, the largest seen in Houston since the war, tht
procession being fully a mile long, and was made
up of the local militia, consisting of the Emme
I
MRS. W. F. ROBERTSON,
',
Dowling's Daughter.
II.
Rifles,
tachment
"On Fame's
Apropos
to the battle of
Sabine
following
thai
occa-
The "commandi
fort"
was a modest,
nineteen years
retiring, boj
lri-li lad.
o'
frain
'
Confederate
J38
the Shaughran,"
asked,
"who did
all this
Quakers.'
And
that
is
You have sent three other gunboats, 6000 iroops and a genial out to sea in the dark. You ought to be ashamed of
l/eterar)
Col.
Wm.
jrourself, sir."
homesickness."
*-
see
Am
tor
Tenresseans
twice as brave as
who came
to
JUDGE
J.
Confederate l/eterap
THE LATE GEN.
F.
A.
SHOUP.
339
DAVIS."
have become
that noble
thrilled
young man
being faithful to his honor, in the greatest conceivThe Veteran had serious misgivings
about this play, but, having investigated carefully,
able peril.
worthy of remembrance.
Bishop Thos. F. Gailor, in a letter to the New
York Churchman, mentions his birth in Indiana in
1832, his graduation at the West Point Military
Academy at the age of twenty and his service in
the artillery of his country for seven years.
He
gives briefly Gen. Shoup's career in the Confederate Army as Brigadier General and Chief of Artillery in the Western Army.
He also gives an account of his service in the ministry, and states that
as a teacher Dr. Shoup "was wonderfully stimulating and attractive" and that "his learning was so
varied and his native wit so keen and brilliant it
was delightful to hear him talk on any subject. * * *
He was a man of exquisite taste and refinement, an
enthusiast for truth and beauty and goodness, loyal
in his friendship, brave, noble, generous in argument, strong and resolute to the end in his great
ple,
convictions."
it is
by
monument.
reunion
at Fayettville.
Qopfedera
340
te Veterai)
Qoofederace l/eterap
8. A.
CUNNINGHAM,
S.
W. MEEK,
Publisher.
My
is
mx children, two
brothers and a
He was a
member of the
sister.
Gem
Fire Co., a
member of the
Robert Smith
Camp, No. 12, and
belonged to the
re-
Catholic Knights
the
America.
of
He
armies formed."
Will all friends who have subscriptions report,
so they may appear in November issue?
the
ing
volunteered
the
Rifles first
being
attached
Col. E.
W.
Tenn. A
Cole, Nashville,
Enclosed
sacola,
patriotic
Regiment
The subscription of Daughters of the Confederacy at Fayetteville, Tenn., was inadvertentl}- omitted from the published list to the Samuel Davis
monument. When the list is again printed notice
of any omission will be appreciated.
transferred to the
Third Mississippi
in which he remained to the end.
He
One
of
Comrade
army.
annals on
good paper
d
Rietti's
to PenFla.
He
was subsequently
T. N. Theus, Savannah, Ga. I enclose five dollars as my mite towards the Sam-Davis Monument.
Every one should assist in building this to the hero.
Robert
Smith
for
bution
by his State
i
s tri
etti
picture and
thatof Colonel
Robert A.
Smith.
Qopfederate l/eterap.
POWHATAN TROOP MONUMENT.
Richmond.
341
By
South
in 1861.
f.
in
Ml >n
M NT OS DI l>K \tion 1> \-i
(From photo, by Miss Edytli Carter Benridge.)
I
>
..
mittee in charge of
unsheathed sabre.
Upon
Manassas
The group
is
of
the capital
federate
war
an
pile of
18<>5
Appomattox."
present members of the Troop
monument which
is
is
is
period.
who
specially in
was selected as orator of the occasion in place of GovernorO'Fcrrall, who wasobliged to cancel the assignment, gave an interesting history of the organization:
The Powh ttan Troop was organized in a time of
peace, and when plenty abounded all over our Southern land.
Powhatan was the most prosperous
county in all Virginia. The canal boat of pleasant
memory was the argosy richly laden that bore the
fruits of the planters' industry to the busy mart of
any
soldier.
The
roll of your "Battle Abbey" would be incomplete without the names of the men from dear old
Qopfederate
342
it is
is 42,
20.
Spurgeon Wingo
recited A. S.
Morton's poem written for the Veteran (published
in April "96), "The Women of the South," and
Miss Brooxie Nowlin gave a recitation, delivering it well. The leading address of the occasion
was by Mr. Finis J. Garrett of McKenzie. It was a
kind of oratory in which young patriots rivaled in
the aristocratic days of the South. Mr. Garrett concluded as follows:
"Ladies and Gentlemen, in conclusion permit me
to repeat a sentiment which has been uttered by
others, and to which I would add my humble indorsement, and that is that there is no "N
South."
It is true that so far as we are concerned, we consider the talk of the "bloody chasm" as foolish, because there is no "bloody chasm;" now it is true
Sons of Veterans.
"These constitute a State," These have builded and constituted the Southland; and I say to you
that the same spirit that animated the hearts of the
Southern fathers of this republic in 1776, the same
spirit that animated the hearts of the manhood in
l/eterai),
1(561-65, animates the hearts of the manhood of today the spirit of patriotism and devotion to home
and hearthstone. Don't talk of a N South. The
Old South is good .enough the Old South with
her pure history and her noble traditions and her
splendid romance. The old time Southern manhood is good enough the manhood that offered
life and heart's blood as a sacrifice for convictions;
manhood
feet of pure womanhood and paid to her the highest homage of their knightly hearts.
And the old
tears away," and we will march onward and upward into a purer plane of political liberty and
Christian citizenship, under the applause of nations,
the admiration of mankind and the benedictions
and blessings of God."
all
And
Has shed
grief
Confederate
l/eterar?
343
in
cured his promotion to First Lieutenant of liis company, lie was in a multitude of battles and; was
wounded several times, twice in the head and
He surrendered at Chattaseverely in the arm.
nooga, May 5, '65, and died at Lexington, Ky.. January 18, 1873.
commanded
his
company
in
many
bat-
Maj.T.
Capt. ten.
I
at Shiloh.
tort,
this
Major
of
fort, Ky.,
Aug.
Confederate l/eteran
344
office."
a liberal reward.
states:
streets,
We hope that
red, for all we know, to the devil.
Cobb's Kentucky Battery will wake us to glory
again this morning. We shall await, dear Cobb,
dear Gracey and dear Matthews, the sharp crack of
your rifles. They were heard at Shiloh, at Vicksburg and Hartsville. Let them not be unheard
The Kentucky Brigade started
at Murfreesboro.
battle yesterday, as is its wont, with flags flying,
with drums beating, and with lusty cheering. It
The
ha-i never been whipped and never can be.
boys are fighting for their 'old Kentucky Home.'
"Gen. Floyd had just captured $250,000 worth of
arms and other army supplies in Eastern Kentucky."
Capt. J. B. Harvey, who after having fought in
Virginia had come to Tennessee, was severely
wounded the day
"If we win the
before.
battle to-day, the
will revisit our land and we will
which we can
call
our own.
If
Angel
of Peace
have a country
we permit them
to
We
4, '63
Ed. Veteran.]
Remember
Shiloh.
Let to-day be the Sunday of
that battle."
Capt. James L. Finley, commanding the Tenth
Mississippi after Col. Smith had been killed, sent
the old battle flag of the regiment to his sister,
Mrs. H. Dudley, at Jackson. The correspondence
is copied in full.
Capt. G. A. Dure, of Dure's Artillery, advertises
for a deserter from his company, and offers thirty
dollars for him.
Gen. A. Buford advertised for recruits. He wanted 1,000, stating that he could "furnish bridles and
saddles, and they could go into Kentucky for horses."
The marriage of Mr. John Kimbro to Miss Emma
F. Shaddett, (Dec. 26th), by Rev. H. Bridges, is
announced.
Qopfederate l/eterap.
THE "CHARMING NELLIE" LETTERS.
The name
it.
20, 1862.
The
fought without Longstreet. McClellan, Pope, McClellan again, Burnside and Hooker, have each been
Who will be
pitted against our peerless chieftain.
the next, is both an interesting and a vexed quesConfident of the supetion with us Confederates.
riority of our Commander over the very best material the Yankees can find, we prefer that he should
meet a foeman worthy of his steel. But while there
is little credit to be gained, either by army or commander, in opposing such vainglorious boasters as
Pope, Burnside and Hooker, there are more rations,
and these are getting to be a consideration of no
small importance. Why we cannot be better and
more regularly supplied is a problem bey-ond our
solution.
Perhaps we arc expected to live off of
When fighting ceases
the enemy; if so, we protest.
to be a matter of pure, self-sacrificing patriotism,
and degenerates into a mere business, we Texans
will ask discharges.
are getting homesick an}way, and nothing in the world increases the severity
of that complaint more than hunger.
Apropos to
nothing, apparently, except the communings of his
own inner man, a comrade said the other day: "I
wish to God I was at home." "Oh, yes,'' I replied,
"you want to see the girl you left behind you, don't
you?" "No, indeed," he blurted out, "but I want
something to eat," and, hungry myself, I unanimously acquiesced in the sentiment.
It is not so much at the quantity of rations we
grumble as at the intolerable sameness of bread and
meat. Such a limited variety gives us, by the rule
We
patriotism."
Writing of Bill reminds me to tell you of his generosity at Suffolk, where, in order to accomplish any
346
can swim."
Not being with the Brigade at Suffolk, I can tell
you little of its performances there. I was more
pleasantly engaged hunting for rations and forage
in the section of North Carolina lying: near the coast
and between the Pasquatank and Chowan Rivers,
where the only obstacle to rapturous enjoyment of
life was the invariably monotonous diet of salted
shad.
Intensely Southern in sentiment and within
the Yankee lines quite long enough to delight in
the sight of a Confederate soldier, the people were
lavish in their hospitality to us, and the young
ladies everything that was kind and charming.
But, while at first almost captivated, the exclusive
fish diet demanded such watchfulness and operated
so adversely against any indulgence of a naturally
;osthetic temperament that I insensibly acquired the
habit of looking more carefully for bones than for
aught else. Indeed, toward the last, I not only began to feel fishy, but imagined that my entertainers
regarded me with fishy stares. These, however, mayhave been caused by my strict and undeviating adherence to the soldierly principle of eating everything in sight a course in which, by the wav, I
was ably seconded, if not outdone, by my comrades
for the time being, Captains Jimmie Littlefield,
Jimmie Rust and Walter Norwood, each of whom,
and especially the last named, is a trencherman of
unsurpassed capacity, spirit and persistence. * * *
Confederate l/eteran
346
manner,"
ley
Hume,
of
the Fifth,
tells
an amusing story
To make
me and
Dick,
must
concealed from
the
gentlemen,
boldly
asserted that
that of
to secede superior to
my
advanced
my
ahem!" said
was consummated." And then, as if deterto rout me "horse, foot and dragoon," he
turned to the other fellow, saying: "You were my
colleague in Congress, Judge; do you recollect any
until
it
mined
James H.
Cottrell,
Owensboro, Ky.
recall
an
months preTious
to his death.
Confederate Veteran.
347
many errors
to forgive,
many deficiencies
to tolerate,
His
JUDGMENT OF MEN.
Mr. Davis has been blamed lor many of his offibut no man has ever been able to face him
with any charge of unfaithfulness to the cause or
As
his State, or one which would reflect on him.
a pure-minded, stainless patriot, the Hon. B. H.
"I would be ashamed of my own unHill says:
worthiness if I did not venerate Lee; I would scorn
my own nature if I did not love Dixie; I would
question my own integrity and patriotism if I did
not honor and admire bo{h. There are some who
affect to praise Lee and condemn Davis, but of all
such Lee himself would be ashamed."
Though Mr. Davis has been most severely criticised for his determined upholding of Albert Sidney Johnston, his attitude towards that great soldier was ably vindicated by the battle of Shiloh,
cial acts,
348
Confederate l/eterap.
is
top
officers to protect him from insult, threatto kill the parties engaged in such conduct."
*
As a prisoner he was conducted to Fortress Monroe and there imprisoned for two years.
I
upon the
ening
ton.
INSULTED AS A PRISONER.
At
Jackson, Miss.
V,
hen
first
itidignity unheard of in
ment of State prisoners).
Confederate l/eteran.
ceived such creature comforts as were the means of
preserving his life and reason. In his book pub"Before history takes up
lished in 1866, he writes:
the pen to record her final judgment, the world will
be willing to conclude that the man who was our
most prominent foe was not utterlybad had, in fact,
great redeeming virtues and that no movement so
vast and eliciting such intense devotion on the part
of its partisans as the late Southern rebellion could
have grown up into such gigantic proportions without containing many elements of truth and good
which it may profit future ages to study attentively."
When
world.
bring him to
cate him.
aim
trial,
The
was
finally
I.IKE
ATBEAUVOIK.
He
Richmond
in
November,
1870,
and spoke
died disfanchised, denied the simplest politiman, but the principles for which
he suffered defeat and clung to till death still live
and are to-day strong in the hearts of all men who
believe in and consider what constitutional liberty
It has been an extremely interesting task to me
is.
to find out what the wise and good of our own
times have said of this soldier of three wars, this
statesman who wore the mantle that Calhoun laid
down, and this brilliant member of a notoriously
brilliant Cabinet of the United States.
cal privileges of a
to be
of his life
while in prison was to preserve himself so as to be
able to go before the Courts and to vindicate his
own cause and that of his people before the whole
trial.
He
brought to
349
at
the Convention held at Montgomery White Sulphur Spring-s, Va., in August, 1874, {o organize the
Southern Historical Society. Again, he spoke at
the unveiling of the monument to "Stonewall"
Jackson in New Orleans, at the meeting of the
Southern Historical Society in New Orleans, at the
unveiling of the monument to Albert Sidney Johnston in New Orleans, and at the laying of the corner-stone of the Confederate Monument in Montgomery. Mr. Davis' health had always been uncer-
MICH PHAIS1
FROM A TOE.
In
cal
force,
when he was seated in its executive chair at Richmond. Now, when we consider all this what Mr.
Davis has been and, most of all, what he is to-day,
can we wonin the moral greatness of his position
d<.
that his people turn aside from time-servers and
self-seekers and from the common-place chaff of life
and render to him that spontaneous and grateful
homage which is his due? The Confederacy fell,
but not until she had achieved immortal fame.
Few great established nations in all time have ever
exhibited capacity and direction in government
equal to hers, sustained, as she was, by the iron
will and fixed persistence of the extraordinary man
who was her chief."
SENATOR DANIELS' EULOGY.
Confederate l/eteran
350
whose love
all
AN APPEAL TO HISTORY.
History will do justice to the man, and it only refor us who now stand at the end of his century to fully appreciate the grandeur and nobility
of his character; to honor his unswerving devotion
to principle and to venerate his dignity in adversity.
Then we will show ourselves able to discriminate
between him who enjoys and him who deserves success, and will be true to our duty as lovers of all
those virtues which make up the patriot and hero.
"The world does not to-day think less of Warren
because he fell at Bunker Hill a red-handed colonial rebel, fighting the old flag: of his sovereign
even before his people became secessionists from
the Crown; not because his yeomen were beaten in
the battle.
"Oliver Cromwell is a proud name in English
history, though the English Republic which he
founded was almost as short-lived as the Confederacy and was soon buried under the re-established
throne of the Stuarts. And we but forecast the
judgment of years to come when we pronounce that
Jefferson Davis was great and pure- as a statesman,
man and patriot"
mains
BAKER'S CREEK
What 'Abe
AND CHAMPION
HILL.
Edgar Chanceller, of Charprominently connected with the general hospital at that place during the greater part
of the war, and with the University of Virginia afterwards, is announced. Comrade veterans acted as
position
The death
of Dr. J.
lot tesville,Va.,
Alabama came
to its support.
Buford's Brigade moved forward
over the field where Bowen had driven the enemy.
The ground was covered with dead and wounded.
What was
left of
351
Divisions.
Gen. Stevenson,
opposed to him as
25,000 and Gen. Bowen was about as heavily outnumbered, vet they had not only held their ground,
but had driven the enemy a considerable distance.
When
their
ordi-
them
fell
them
out.
We
were now in a close place; they had a horseshoe around us reaching from the position held by
Tilghman's Brigade on our right around to the
bridge on Baker's Creek, and our only hope of
escape was through the creek bottoms between
Dr. Williamson, who
the heels of the horse-shoe.
Qotyfederate l/eteran
352
was here,
man was
Gen. Tilghman entered the Confederate service from Paducah, Ky., as Colonel of
the Third Kentucky Regiment of Infantry. His
first battle was in defense of Fort Henry, on the
Tennessee River, where he sacrificed himself and SO
men to cover the retreat of the infantry to Fort
Donelson, (on the Cumberland River).
killed.
Col. A. E. Reynolds, of the Twenty- sixth Mississippi Regiment, who succeeded to the command of
the Brigade, paid this high tribute to his memory:
"As a man, a soldier, and a general, he had few
superiors.
Always at his post, he devoted himself,
day and night, to the interests of his command.
Upon the battle field collected and observant, he
commanded the respect and entire confidence of
every officer and soldier under him, and the only
censure ever cast upon him was that he always exposed himself too recklessly. At the time he was
struck down he was standing in the rear of a battery,
directing a change in the elevation of one of the
guns. The tears shed by his men on the occasion,
and the grief felt by his entire Brigade, are the
"
best tribute that can be given to the gallant dead
moved into the Raymond and Edwards Depot
road, marched down the road a short distance toward the bridge, when we left the road and marched
through a plantation.
marched twelve miles to
reach that four mile ford, and when we got there
we learned that the enemy were in such force between us and Edwards Depot, and also Baldwin's
Ferry, that it was impracticable to cross.
It was
therefore determined to march east and try to reach
We
We
Jackson, Miss.
my
cast the
shadow
We
We
Byrd
the fight;
fire a gun
Confederate l/eterao
COMMANDER
N. C. DIVISION U. C. V.
Major General William L. DeRosset, commanding the North Carolina Division of United Confederate Veterans, is of Huguenot extraction and was
born in Wilmington, N. C, in 1832. He was educated at St. James College, near Hagerstown, Md.,
and at Chapel Hill, the University of his own State.
He went from the Chapel Hill College to Massachusetts as an apprentice and worked in the Lawrence
Machine Shops. That climate was unsuited to
him, however, and he returned home, when he was
employed in the house of DeRosset & Brown, and in
their branch house in New York, of which houses
he afterwards became a partner, continuing as such
until 1877, except when absent in the Confederate
Army. He then went into the employ of the
Navassa Guano Company of Wilmington, where he
continues its Secretary and Treasurer.
353
his regiment.
In this action the regiment lost 330
out of 520 men, including 23 >!' 27 officers, of whom
7 were killed or died in a tew days of their wounds.
His injuries permanently disabled him, and he was
obliged to resign his commission. In January, 1865,
he was appointed Colonel of the Invalid Corps,
P. A. C. S., and surrendered with Johnston's Army
near Greensboro.
General DeRosset was elected by the North Carolina Division, P. C. V., to succeed the lamented Gen.
K. I>. Hall, and re-elected during the Richmond 1\\
union to serve another year.
He took charge of the
Division in August, 1895, then numbering 1<> Camps,
and now there are 30, witli several others in course
of organization, and it is under good discipline.
BATTLE OF IUKA.
C. W. Dudley, editor of the Iuka, Miss., Yidctte,
has published a booklet with a map of the battlefield at Iuka, fought Sept. '.'', 1862, in which Brigadier General Henry W. Little, commanding a division,
The
was
killed.
story
it
was
when
GEN. WII.T.TAM
I,.
minie ball
DkROSSET.
dismounted
In 1855, Comrade DeRosset was made Lieutenant,
and in 1856, Captain of the Wilmington Light Infantry.
This organization was maintained and he
took his company into the Confederate service April
His company served first at Fort Caswell,
15, 1861.
but a little later he was ordered to Confederate
where a two-gun battery had been conand the firsi guns of the famous Fort
Fisher were then mounted. All but three or four
of this fine company were commissioned within six
months as officers in the State or Confederate service.
In May, '61, Capt. DeRosset was appointed by the
Governor Major of the Third North Carolina InPoint,
structed,
and
Little
<;en.
iiknky
\v.
i.itti.i..
to
ground.
called
him
the
Price
"the
Confederate l/eteran.
364
CAMPAIGNING UNDER
DIFFICULTIES.
We
We
and quartered we were on our way back to line, anticipating what a good time we would soon have
eating it. We had no way to cook it, however, and
in order to eat it at all, we were compelled to cut
in small slices and dry it over the fire.
We man
aged to save a canteen of grease each, even as it was
but had an awful job in doing it. These canteens
of grease every man saved until after we were recalled to our regimental quarters, Jan. 6, 1863, at
Snyder's Bluff, a few miles back of Vicksburg, othe Yazoo River. We carried them to Fort Pem
berton, and from there to Chickasaw Bayou, where
we went through a regular six day skirmish battle,
and it was after this that we went into camp on
Snyder's Bluff, where at last we got to mix our bear
grease with meal and eat it. The battle of Chick-
asaw Bayou was one of the hardest prolonged engagements of the war, and while our forces were on
duty in water all the time, the Yankees got fresh
men from off their transports every day, and all but
their skirmishers were on board their boats at
night.
It was a terrible ordeal for us, and our men
were carried out of the bog sick, in long lines,
every day, until our force was reduced to 284 sound
soldiers your correspondent was one of them
and was one of nine only in his regiment to answer
roll call ready for duty on January 7th, 1863.
of
Daughters
of
28,
Mrs. George Cowan, President; Mrs. Louisa PerNinnie Cliffe, Mrs. Lizzie Synan, Vice
Presidents; Mrs. Martha J. Gentry, Corresponding
Secretary; Miss Mariene Richardson, Treasurer;
Miss Susie Gentry, Recording Secretary, and eight
charter members. There are now twenty-two members in the Chapter.
Miss Susie Gentry, one of the two ladies appointed for Battle Abbey work in Williamson
County, gave the first entertainment in the State
for this fund on the evening of March 13, 1896,
from which she realized $21.00. Miss Gentry and
Mrs. Louisa Perkins, the other lady on this committee, have collected with the assistance of the
Chapter at least one hundred dollars for this Confederate Memorial.
There have been some interesting papers
read before the Chapter and many instructive
reminiscences told.
kins, Mrs.
Confederate l/eteran.
TRIBUTE TO MONTGOMERY LADIES.
At
355
W. Simmons, now
of
saw propei
necessary.
from
my own company,
Ililey
very low with typhoid fever, having been unconMrs. Bibb became very
scious for several days.
much attached to this boy, I presume on account of
his youth and feminine appearance, and asked me
who he was. I told her ot his devoted mother and
loving sisters in the far off Mississippi Valley, surrounded by wealth, but that they could do him no
good in his immediate need. She ordered her family carriage and we carried him to her own splendid
residence where she, in addition to her hospital duties, with the aid of her household servants, nursed
this gallant youth back to health.
When he had sufficiently recovered, she procured
for him a sixty days' furlough, and he went home,
but rejoined his Company when his furlough wasout.
This gallant soldier boy followed Bragg through
that memorable Kentucky campaign; was in the battle of Perry ville; helped drive the "Yanks" through
the cedar brakes at Murfreesboro; faced the
leaden hail for two days at Chickamauga; helped
crowd the Federal Army into Chattanooga; was in
the "Battle of the Clouds" on the point of Lookout
Mountain; was forced off of Missionary Ridge by
Yankee bayonets; and wasat last killed in the breastworks at Resaca, by the explosion of a bomb-shell.
\,i'
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also
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has
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very encourag-
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356
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proud.
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lery
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sociation
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in the
VBTBRAN.
They
will erect a
monument
to these soldiers.
Confederate l/eterao
358
,l*.J"N>*o
MAJ.
K. A.
HATCHEK.
Knight dropped from his horse, severely woundA hand to hand encounter followed with the
other,
tol.
Thinking the
fire
fol-
pis-
Confederate
denly wheeled on the Rebel, who then tired the two
reserved cartridges from his other navy, but with
no apparent
pistol at
effect.
the
his
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in the
officer.
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859
rORIAX COMMENT.
was so strange that no name was given
i
in
to the
so thrilling an experience in
the street at Paducah, an investigation was made
It
Confederate
and
it
who had
the man.
Sen.
TERRY CABAL.
was a member
Confederate Armv.
Church
Was
member
of the Baptist
Confederate l/eterap
360
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Col.
!
In a
little girl
Confederate l/eterap.
362
came
Helm.
why
We
"
were soldiers
"
peace
Before the century was yet born, the brave men
who were to be the creators of the great commonwealths of Kentucky and Tennnessee had cemented
their friendship on the fiery crest of King's Mountain under the leadership of the gallant Sevier and
And
known Tennesseans
them out
kindred,
363
The ravages
of time and suffering had unmistakaThe Conbly been planted on many of their faces.
federate Drum Corps next; and last, but by no
means least, in the line of march were Company B.,
infantry, and Troop A., cavalry, dressed in the regAlthough these old
ulation Confederate uniform.
veterans have repeatedly been seen in Nashville,
their presence always excites cheers of enthusiasm.
The wagon train and hospital ambulance brought
up the rear end of the parade, completing a spectacle which will long be remembered by those who
saw it. There was a great gathering at the park,
and some
fine
Comrade
J.
nounced:
" We propose to make this reunion a Confederate
love feast.
We are here to commemorate worthy
deeds and exchange loving words. We are glad so
manv
attractive girls.
Miss Spurr graduated from Sayre Female InstiLexington, Ky., and finished her educa-
tute,
tion in Baltimore.
Miss Spurr is of slender, graceful figure, a brunette, and is a typical daughter of Kentucky.
Qotyfedera te l/eterao.
364
flash of swords
mere friendly salutations.
These reunions have tended more to breakdown bitterness and command self-respect between the North
and the South than anything else. The preservation of the American Government is in the hands of
the South, because Southern blood is purely Amer-
the
ican."
Capt. Weller, of the Orphan Brigade, responded:
" I don't know what is expected of me in this love
feast, but if I can in any way convey to you the feelings of the Orphan Brigade and Morgan's men, I
will do well.
love you! Only three words, but
if that grand passion could pass through our hearts
We
est
am
Gen. Joseph H. Lewis, last commander of the brigade, presided, and Secretary Thomas D. Osborne
was
at his desk.
MISS OSBORNE,
Confederate l/eterap.
and heartily given to S. A. Cunningham, through
whose invitation the reunion was held at Nashville,
and whose efforts for its success have been untiring.
"2. That we deeply thank him for the unsurpassed souvenir badges so freely furnished members
Orphan Brigade.
That we heartily commend his magazine,
The Confederate Veteran, as a valuable, historof the
"
ical,
3.
fame."
band never
lived."
spe-
Orphans
?(>5
wounded
Kentucky
Since our recent reunion in Nashville, we are impressed with the fact that there are worse conditions of life than being "Orphans," yet my body is
in jeopardy daily because of the many who would
have the badge you gave me in your office. The
editor of the VETERAN, the ladies of your city, the
Confederates and citizens will never be forgotten
for their hospitality, and our trip there is one of the
brightest spots in the history of our organization.
A few of us went down to Murfreesboro on the
K>th and viewed the ground where the great conflict took plack between the armies December 31, '<>2,
January 3, '63.
Murfreesboro has always been a favorite place
with the Kentuckians. We were encamped on the
Shelbyville road, south from the court house, for
quite a while previous to the battle, and marched
through the town almost daily to our drill and review grounds, at which times the patriotic ladies
and men never tired of cheering and otherwise extending to us warm expressions of esteem, and sympathy.
Our regimental band, Fourth Kentucky,
being in the lead, its master, Wm. R. McOuown,
had it at its best for those exhibitions. It was a
usual sight to see men, woman and children waving
flags and handkerchiefs, with tears streaming down
their cheeks, when our band played the Medley
composed of "Old Kentucky Horned" "The Dearest
Spot on Earth to Me," and "Home Sweet Home."
to
Confederate
866
warrant old citizens there cannot have forgotThe Federal prisoners in the courthouse
it.
would fill the windows and doors, and they, too,
cheered and cried like the rest.
Many of the youth and manhood of that section
were our division mates (such as Third, Eighteenth etc., etc.,) and we came to love them as our
I'll
ten
own
troops.
l/eterar?
but the sketch of the Orphan Brigade, bj its Secretary, gave account specifically of the officers of the
At that time General and
present organization.
Mrs. Buckner were expected to attend the reunion.
We
We
We
Mrs. Buckner was Miss Delia Claiborne, of Richmond, Va. and the lad on opposite page is their son.
On
It
existence,
pointed
Second
^Lieutenant. He
was in the Mexican
war from Juno, '46,
until its close, first
He was
Scott.
He
declined
important rank in
both armies early
in 1861, but later
joined the Confederacy and was appointed Brigadier
General
ber,
erates
All honor to this grand woman, whom allow me
to bail, in the name of the Southland, as "Mother
c/ the Heroes of the Lost Cause.'"
Again, the utterance of that matchless hero and
"diamond tongued" orator, Chaplain Lin Cave,
in
367
Comrades and
Septem1861. He com-
manded
in
Bow-
up the matter
and secure entry
B bucknke, jr.
-
for supply
the book
lished.
when
is
E.
Johnson,
known
in
pubPolk
well
Ken-
eral.
with Captain
Thompson's
fit-
writes:
The
'value of Captain
's
work to the future historian
who shall tell of
Thompson
As memory fondly
17.
Kentucky's
Q-$s$&
^y^^-
stir-
Qopfederate
368
gallant
no man to build up that of another.
Christian soldier himself, his entire aim has been to
do the fullest justice to all, and in this he has succeeded as have few historians of the war. The
private soldier has not been overlooked in order
that the officer might have praise, but to each his
due has been given, and the result is a work that
should find its way into the heart and home of
every Kentuckian.
Captain Thompson has been requested to give an
account of how the name "Orphan" came to the
brigade and in reply states
There are a dozen stories afloat; but in the
main they are the products of imagination. One
man heard it at one time, another at another, and
under circumstances that led him to construct a
till
after General
it
I never heard of
theory.
Breckinridge cried out at Stones River, " My poor
They have cut it to pieces!"
orphan brigade!
General Nuckols maintained till his death that it
originated right there; but why General Breckinridge used the term I have never ascertained.
:
Tom
authority to
I assume
{Hall, Louisville
that Kentucky Veterans were never welcomed
and entertained before by any community in the
magnificent style in which they were in Nashville
by the Daughters of the Confederacy and the very
generous gentlemen of the Cheatham Bivouac. For
my part, I feel too full of pleasant memories of the
One
'96 re union to find words to express myself.
of the magnificent surprises was the endless attentions
we received from the Daughters. They seemed to
express in acts all the kindness of Cheatham Bivouac,
and I tell you, my dear sir, that such generosity
was never equaled in any country. Nashville and
her people have won our hearts. He adds in compliment to the Veteran: I am glad to assure you
that every one of us stands ready to do anything in
reciprocation for your many favois
ly
A.
BATTLE.
From my
own
father:
earliest
who endured
l/eterar?
Mr. Palmer'
soldier.
He
referred incidentally to
to the private
Samuel Davis:
was resolved
humor
of
camp
life.
to
periodically,
as
it
became due,
(^otyfederate l/eterar>
PATRIOTISM OF THE SECTIONS.
Mr. John D. Billings, 'of the Webster School),
Cambridge, Mass., replies to Dr. J. Wm. Jones:
Once more, and finally, may I intrude upon your
space long- enough to state my own case a little
more fully, and after that to review brie By some of
the statements made in the October Veteran by
Dr. Jones, for while they have no bearing on the
origin of the controversy, yet, left as they were by
the Doctor, they are not in full accord with the
truths of history as I read it.
First, then: I stated in my letter that it is easier
This
to be a partisan than it is to be a patriot.
truth is being exemplified everyday, and it seems
to me that Dr. Jones was illustrating it when, in
speaking to the toast, "The National Flag," at
Chattanooga, he made claims for a certain section
of the country which are not justified by the facts.
His tribute to Virginia I should expect, and I glory
with him in it, for she has a splendid record of
which every true American who knows that record
must be proud. But when he claimed that the
"starry banner" was designed from the coat of arms
of Washington, I recalled 1he statement of Prof.
John Fiske of Harvard University (History of United States), that "there seems to be no evidence in
support of this opinion."
Again, when he claimed for Virginia, without
qualification, the ownership of the old Northwest
Territory in its entirety, I remember that the
claims of Connecticut and Massachusetts covered a
generous portion of that territory, which they, following the example so nobly set by the Old Dominion, ceded to the general government.
Then, when he placed Virginia first in the number of men furnished to the War of the Revolution,
it seemed to me there was an obliviousness of the
rights of other States which should receive some
notice, and I wrote as I did.
In this connection,
Dr. Jones indulges in the use of innuendoes with
the apparent intent of discrediting my figures.
I
only notice them to say that they fail to satisfy as a
substitute for the facts.
The Reverend gentleman
quotes from an address made by Gen. C. A. Evans,
of Georgia, and from the Historical Register of F.
B. Heitman to sustain his position, but Gen. Evans
does not state which ranks the highest, but as the
figures which he presents are in practical accord
with those of the Secretary of War, which I quoted,
it may be fairly assumed that those not given would
be.
As to Heitman's figures, they place Massachusetts first.
I may add that Lossing does the
same. The warrant then for Dr. Jones' statement
must have been found in the "several books," other
than the above, which he had read.
But the Doctor is moved to make a retort, which
he begins by saying, "I c >rdially congratulate him
(Mr. Billings) that he has found three New England Regiments which bore honorable parts in the
War of 1812," and he goes on to say that "the op
position to the war was so great in New England
that it was denounced by press, platform and pulpit,
and every measure of Congress to raise men or
money practically nullified." * *
Much of the
foregoing statement is true, for the Federalists had
369
brought themselves to hate Madison and his administration most cordially and many of them were
ready to do anyth ng to hamper him. But Dr.
Jones again shows himself a better partisan than
patriot when he discharges his batter}- loaded with
the faults of New England and keeps her virtues,
however few, stored in hisammuniiion chest. Why,
even Massachusetts, the chief promoter of lhe famous or infamous Hartford Convention, did some-
lost
Now
refer to
to
Confederate l/eteran.
370
statement.
The
late
ex-
President
My
tion.
personal sentiment
is
against secession
will join Dr. Jones heartily in its condemnation, whether in Massachusetts, South Carolina or
and
Nebraska.
In what I have thus far written, Mr. Editor, you
will bear witness that I have indulged in no boastI have contented myself with making
ful spirit.
defence from the record. That I am proud of my
own State of Massachusetts goes without sa3T ing;
but she would regard as a recreant son him who
should erect a monument in her honor of blocks
wrested trom the walls of the structures of her sisI honor all
I am proud of Virginia.
ter States.
of the Old Thirteen for the part, great or obscure,
which each has had in the building of this mighty
nation, but there is honor enough to go round, and
if,
in answering the letter of Dr. Jones, I have
made any statements not in substantial accord with
the facts, he shall receive my grateful acknowledgments for any correction.
In conclusion, permit me to say that I regret the
temper of the Doctor's concluding paragraph I allude to the opening statement in which he makes a
my
charge
is
and
he will be gratified with having expressed sentiments honoring Virginia and her sister Southern
States as he does.
If all writers in New England
were as broad-minded as Mr. Billings, there would
have been less of discord through the thirty years
and more that have passed since the great war
ended. These editorial notes are not in anyway
offered as a reply, but Dr. Jones is requested to turn
on what historic light there is, that the whole truth
may be known. Others are invited to do likewise.
A THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION,
'61.
Publication of the above makes an unsought recThe Veteran believes that a better showing
It may be
for Virginia and the Carolinas is due.
that carelessn'ss, which has ever been conspicuous
sixty-one.
ord.
ginia and each other Southern State in the war between the sections was as valiant and self-sacrificing as the most patriotic of the North. Mr. Billings
By
the President,
R.
M. T. Hunter, Secretary
Jefferson Davis.
of State.
who commanded a company in the Forty-first Tennessee, but v ho knew well the gallantry and heroism of the Eighth. Other addresses were made by
Hon. Jno. W. Bright, Colonels John H. Savage,
Holman and
Carrigan.
Qoofederate
GEN. SHERMAN'S COLONIZATION SCHEME.
His
in
August,
862.
John Sherman,
in 1862.
13, 1862.
My
tin
when we should be
in
Jackson, Merid-
and Vicksburg.
Still,
l/eterai}
371
One
pers.
May
gade,
2.
1865.
Leave of absence
is
enemy to combat.
Of course I approve the
would be willing
My
Wm.
J.
Davis,
A."
A. G."
also to the Veteran an account of "the last Council of War," at which Mr.
Davis manifested faith still in the final success of a
struggle for Constitutional rights of States. He
believed that the 3,000 men with him could be made
to serve as a nucleus around which the whole people would rally when the panic then afflicting them
had passed. When it was proposed to remain organized only long enough to secure his exit from
the country, he said he would listen to no suggestion that only regarded his personal safety.
It
was at that conference, near Abbeville, S. C. that
Mr. Davis gave up hope and ejaculated bitterly:
"Indeed,
all is lost!"
H. M. Dillard, for himself and others, at MeridTexas, sends five dollars for the monument of
Sam Davis, whose death is "a priceless heritage to
every man who wore the gray."
He concludes:
"Let Nashville, be the place for this monument."
ian,
Qonfederate
372
l/eteraij.
JEFFERSON' DAVIS,
all
He
tive.
useful citizen.
The
of the
GENERAL W.
D.
CHIPLEY.
Qopfederate
Til
1.
2.
3.
4.
fi.
6.
7.
8.
"
Q.
"
10.
11.
12.
"
.Ino. L.Gill,
C.
R.
Young,
Howe,
Corp'i D.
'
.1.
It.
Bundle,
K.Renand,
l/eterar?
373
"
"
"
A.
.1.
II.
("lurk.
W. Noyes,
E. A. Rrandao,
Henry Gindor,
Thomas Seaton,
tamos Hihben,
Phil. 0. Clark,
Hugh
Unmet,
W.
W.
Unmet,
84.
85.
::ii.
T. Peeot,
E. G. Wells,
.1.
Jerry F. Shaw,
73. .Ino.
46.
47.
4s.
Sam. W. Cotton.
Geo. Mather.
\. D. Henriques.
R. Picton.
49.
50.
51.
52.
L. R.
1st, 1894.
Simmons.
Gus Horton.
Geo. S. Waterman,
Ad ilph Grivot,
53.
51.
55.
Chas. A. Ressac,
Rev. J. L. N. Logan,
56.
57.
R. H. Crawford,
68.
Leonoe Desforgea,
59.
60.
James
Wm.
A.
II.
Renaud,
Bowman.
L. Pierson,
A. B. Brittin.
W.
S. Crawford.
61.
62. Walter H. Rogers,
63. B. F. Jonas,
64. R. II. Burton,
65. .Ino. B. Cooper,
66. E. T. Manning,
67. Jos. Murphy.
68. Geo. M. Sieirer,
69. Geo. P. Childress,
70. Thos. C. Pateous.
71. J. J. Beyllo,
72. J. S. Beers,
Confederate
374
l/eterar>,
names
in the
was
more value than
life,
and
to
word was
demonstrate
life
of
The God
"Well done,
to the end.
it
must have
said:
Thou
when Samuel
man
earth!
in
the
all
He honored
shalt
Christmas number.
sacred
late
No braver
No nobler
he honored God.
Does it not seem fit-
we of
South, who were
ting that
"other of samuel
the
davis.
soliloquy, "
The boys
will
on November
have
Do
let
us give expression
Thousands who honor that sacred memory cannot put a stone in the monument,
nor give one dollar toward it; but to them appeal is
made to consider whether they cannot pay tribute
with pen and ink by writing their appreciation.
It would be well to have such testimonials
say on
27.
to
was intended
to print in
this
Veteran
the
length.
Dr. Elias B. Glick, Surgeon in the Fifteenth Indiana Infantry, one of the three, was a fine
old gentleman, who, in spite of our intense prejudice, commanded our respect.
He expressed his
indignation over the death of such a hero, saying
that it was a foul blot upon the nation; and my
Confederate l/eterap.
blood ran cold as he told that, though offered his
liberty and an escort through the lines to tell the
name of the person who had furnished him the papers, he steadfastly refused, but begged, in the
name of justice and right, and for the sake of his
mother, to give him a soldier's not an ignominious death. This seemed to be the only thing that
stung him, but still he did not falter, even in reading his own death warrant.
Samuel Davis was a scout not a spy. He wore
the gray. The two other officers at the tab e agreed
with Dr. Glick that all sense of justice was outraged when this last request was denied him.
375
soldier
Sam
Qopfederate l/eterap
376
^oofederare l/eterao
8.
A.
Prop'r,
S.
W. MEEK,
Publisher.
An address by Hon. Richard B. Hubbard, ex-Governor of Texas, delivered at Tyler, Texas, should
have appeared ere this, and may be expected in the
Christmas Veteran. It emphasizes the importance
of
who
property and
life
upon constitutional
issues,
staked
being
He
to
preserve the
calls attention
truth's sake
and
The meeting
for
tertainment in
Veteran
history.
Southern honor.
of the
was pleasant and profitable. A more extended account of it, or at least, the publication of features
that would be helpful to other organizations, may
be given later.
Dr. J. B. Cowan and Maj. Chas. W. Anderson,
both of whose pictures and sketches appear in the
September Veteran (page 288), were nominated
for President; the vote of delegates was fifty- four
to
fifty-two,
made unanimous
and Major J.
John P. Hickman was, of course, elected
Secretary, a position he has ever held efficiently.
Rev. R. Lin Cave was chosen chaplain, and it was
made unanimous at request of Rev. J. E. Martin.
dents.
The response to address of welcome to the Kentucky and Tennessee veterans in Nashville as reported elsewhere, was by Rev. J. E. Martin, of
Jackson, Tenn. His address was brief and so thrilling that its complete text was to be given in the
Veteran, but, unhappily, copy is not at hand.
Dr. Martin begun by saying that the air was so
charged with patriotism that he was like the Irishman whose heart was so near his mouth that he
was afraid to open it. His theme being the women
of Tennessee, he prefaced by referring to a number
of her great men, paying royal tribute to Samuel
Davis, which was responded to with generous cheering.
And then, taking up the women whose devo-
of his subscription,
"
Times
Confederate l/eterao.
HOOD'S TEXANS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
J.
B.
Near Fredericksburg,
"Grim
July 30
1863.
war
visag'd
hath
"charmim; M.LLIE."
grer
undergone seem
like
men
"
But alas! the present can only be an interlude between the acts of this terribly real and bloody
tragedy of war. Another may never come to ne,
and, to make the most of this, I devote a part of it
Don't imagine that because
to your entertainment.
I am so happily situated, I am not on duty; for I
am. Ostensibly, I am protecting the premises of
an F. F. V. a gentleman of the old school, the paternal ancestor of a pretty and vivacious daughter,
and the host of a prettier and more vivacious friend
Under the humanizing influence
of the daughter.
of the fragrant roses that bloom in the yard and
those animate flowers who, flitting- from room to
room and from piazza to porch of the house, come
within range of my greedy eyes whenever I raise
them from the table, my warlike spirit has Deen
tamed into the peacefulncss and timidity of "Mary's
little lamb," and, were it not for the conflict between
we halted
377
key.
There was only about a g-ill to the man, but
as the temperance fellows gave their shares to
friends, the quantity available was amply sufficient
to put fully half the brigade not only in a boisterously good humor, but in such physical condition
that the breadth of the road over which they
marched that evening was more of an obstacle to
rapid progress than its leng-th.
At an early hour,
John Brantlev, of my company, became so exhausted by his latitudinarian tendencies as to prefer
riding to walking, and perceiving that Col. Key
was in an excellently good-natured condition, took
advantage of a momentary halt to approach that
gallant officer and, slapping him familiarly on the
leg,
plum' broke
jus'
ply.
So selecting from hi$ well-filled smoke house
two sides which weighed exactly eighty pounds, and
were streaked with lean and fat in exactly the right
proportion to be exceedingly toothsome, I tied them
together with a piece of old rope and, throwing them
across the loins of my horse, handed the farmer a
twenty dollar Confederate bill. "Oh!" said he, as he
took it gingerly between thumb and fore-finger and
eyed it as if suspicious that it were unclean, "I
can't pass this kind of money here in Pennsylva"Yes, indeed you can, my dear sir," said I,
nia."
speaking with the fervor of absolute conviction.
"Can't you see from the army passing by that we
intend to take possession of this little neel of the
woods? You will need our money to pay taxes and
for many other purposes, and you had better begin to
get hold of it." "But I can't change this bill, for
I
"Oh!
demands
of the occasion.
such a pitiful
money
to
trifle
Confederate
378
my
took a
Knowing their
l/eterai)
"That
are rebels, are you not?J'
madam, I suppose, but we call
ourselves Confederates," I explained. "Orders have
been published," said she, "prohibiting citizens
from giving any aid or comfort to the Confeder"I shall regret very much, Madam," I reates."
joined, "to have the orders obeyed in our particular
case, for in that t vent we will have to ask elsewhere
for food, and we are quite hungry, I assure you."
"That alters the case." she replied quickly, smiling
for the first time, "The Bible commands us to feed
the hurgry, and it is of higher authority than the
orders of man.
Ask your friends in I will give
you dinner." The smile and the spirit of genuine
Christian hospitality, which spoke in the lady's
sweet voice and shone in her still bright eyes, captivated me, and I suggested carrying my party
around the house to the back door rather than have
them tramp through the spotlessly clean hall. She
smiled again gratefully this time saying: "Thank
you, sir. You have been trained by a careful mothIt will please me very much to have your
er, I see.
friends conducted directly to the back porch they
will find water, towels and a comb and brush there,
lous voice:
is
what you
call us,
Confederate
Fifth and your humble servant, the writer, received
an ample quid fro quo from the next in age of the
a Chevalier
girls, and Capt. Mills, of the First
Bayard sans pair et sans ?rprorhc, although quite an
old bachelor and the others of the visitors, found
ample entertainment in lively, laughing; converse
with our hostess, her youngest daughter and "Un-
cle
John."
We
*
*
until you are well again."
Rejoining the Brigade late that night at its camp
near Chambersburg, and being very tired, I laid
down near the wagons and went to sleep. Awakened next morning by Collin's bugle, and wn Iking
over to the camp, I witnessed not only an unexpected but a wonderful and marvelous sight.
Every
square foot of half an acre of ground not occupied
by a sleeping or standing soldier, was covered with
choice food for the hungry. Chickens, turkeys,
ducks and geese squawked, gobbled, quacked,
cackled and hissed in inharmonious unison, a^ deft
l/eterar>
379
flat
on his back
with
his right
The
Confederate
380
VISITING
Mrs.
J.
MANASSAS BATTLEFIELD.
E. Alexander, a
member of
the
Mary Cus-
Lee Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, writes from Alexandria, Va.
Our Chapter has taken a holiday for the summer
months and many of our members are out of town.
tis
Disappointed in not being able to attend the Reunion at Richmond, we compromise by a trip over
the Manassas battlefield, and, after reading the
Veteran, concluded that our trip might interest
some of your readers.
On the 4th of July a party of eight, well equipped for a drive, left the home of Col. J. T. Leachman for a trip over the First and Second Manassas
battlefields.
We proceeded to the "Cut" on the line
of the old Manassas railroad, where so many of the
Federals lost their lives; then to the monument
erected on the Dogan farm to their dead; around by
the Sudley Church, which was a conspicuous place
during the first battle. The old church, which was
then a shelter for the dead and dying, has given
place to a new building where the Gospel of Peace
is proclaimed every Sabbath.
From here we went
to the "Stone House;" then to the "Henry" hill,
where we were met by Mr. Henry, now eighty-six
years of age, whose step is faltering and hair white,
but whose mind is as clear as the sunlight.
We received a Virginia gentleman's welcome.
Under Mr. Henry's guidance we visited the points
of interest on this part of the field.
The first tablet
that came to view was a large board bearing the
following: "On this spot General T. J. Jackson
was
many
of them.
l/eterai?.
on the grass not far from the graves of Mrs. Judith
Henry and her daughter, mother and sister of Mr.
Henry. It will be recalled that the mother was
killed during the first battle by a piece of shell.
With our trophies of pine burrs from the trees
where Jackson, Bee and Bartow stood, we left the
"Henry" hill and went to Bull Run bridge, and
there memory again carried us back to the 18th of
July, 1861, when we first heard cannonading, which
was at Blackburn's ford.
Standing there, looking at the high bluff and the
fine bridge we thought of the retreat when the
scene was so different; then was turmoil, strife and
blood now peace and quiet reigns.
Afterward, we turned our faces homeward, stopping on the way at the cemetery near Groveton,
where our dead are buried. The hand of time has
been busy; the fences are down; the grass has grown
tall and rank over the graves of the 500 men who
sleep here.
Most of them are from our own SouthIn this cemetery stands a white slab to the
land.
memory of "James Jerman Palmer, son of Dr. Jno.
Born in CharlesS. and Esther Simmons Palmer.
ton County, South Carolina, May 25, 1840. Killed
in the Second Manassas battle, August 20, 1862; a
private in the Spartan Rifles and Regiment of Palmetto Sharp Shooters."
His white tombstone stands as a lonely sentinel
over his 500 comrades who lost their lives in the
first and second battles of Manassas.
With the mountains as the background and the
golden sun just bidding good-night to earth, kissing with its last rays the lonely watcher in the hillside cemetery, we leave the scene, with the thought
Sleep on until the last roll is called and the last
trump shall sound, when the dead shall come from
the swamps of Chickahominy, from the heights of
Gettysburg, from the lovely cemeteries in our cities
and the lonely cemetery on the Manassas field, but
be it our duty, women of the South, to keep their
graves green while we live, and leave the work as
a valued heritage to our children.
Sam
J.
Stockard,
Jr.,
He
his
country faithfully through her four years of victory
and defeat; he was born and raised near Bridgeport, Ala., and was a typical Southerner in every
respect.
For twenty years he had been commanding steamboats on the Tennessee River. As a mark of the
people's affection for him, upon his appearance on
his boat, some months ago after a very serious illness, he was greeted at one of the principal towns
of the river, by the firing of cannon.
At the Shiloh Re- unions he was always a prominent visitor, and was loved and admired by both
Union and Confederate veterans alike for his genial
humor. Sympathy is extended by his multitude of
friends to the widow and children now residing at
Evansville, Ind.
Qor?y
karate
l/eterai}.
down
to
hundred thousand
dollars.
in that fight from start to finish and was
there captured and sent to prison.
Edward A. Pollard, in his history "drawn from
official sources and approved by the most distinI
was
381
'
Never were there more courageous men than Fan^nd his 100 Confederates who held back 3,700
Union soldiers a whole day. Among the men who
fought under Colonel Fannin were Mr. Albert Cox,
of Atlanta, one of the youngest boy soldiers in the
Judge B. C. Ferrell, of LaGrange, is anothfort.
nin
Qopfederate
382
in a long ac-
Louisianians
never a Ten"Maj. W. A.
Camp, proprietor of the hotel, who left the bridge
for the fort to report, had both eyes shot out."
When I came over the river from Mr. Kendrick's,
I
went
directly
to
Camp's
hotel,
where
had
Maj. W. A.
Camp
never
left
the
fort,
but, early
l/eterar?
way out and escape. But
did surrender, I found the enemy had
bridged our ditch surrounding the fort and were
just about to give the command for a general charge
when we surrendered.
Lieut. McFarland speaks in complimentary terms
of the Federal commander.
"After the surrender,
Gen. Lagrange was exceedingly courteous to me.
He put me on parole, regretted the death of my
Genera], told me to regard myself as of his staff,
until further orders, and gave me a horse.
I rode,
generally with the advance, to Macon.
The scenes of that trip are memorable some acted with dignity, others with craven apologies. It
was all wonderlully human. The negroes hurriedly
joined the caravan, many walking, some riding
mules or horse back, two or three on one animal,
while others were in buggies, wagons or carts, old
family carriages of the whites, full of bed clothes,
chickens, young negroes and old ones, a sight humhumorous in spite of its deep pathos.
In all the accounts I have seen of West Point, but
little mention is made of Tennesseans or the part
taken by them. As I remember, a large portion of
those engaged were from Tennessee.
I now recall
Charlie Locke, of Memphis, now with the Scimitar,
who lost an arm there."
I conclude with a few biographical words in reference to Gen. Robt. C. T}ler, born and reared in
Baltimore, Maryland. He was in the Nica.raguan
expedition under Walker, in 1859 or '60, and thence
he went to Memphis, Tenn., where he joined the
Fifteenth Tennessee Regiment, (Carroll's,) as a
private in Company D; was appointed Quartermaster, but went into the fight at Belmont. He
was elected Colonel at the reorganization at Corinth.
After the battle of Perry ville he was made Provost
then with a rush, cut our
when we
He was badly
He commanded a brigade at
wounded
at Shiloh.
Army Veterans. A.
Qopfederate l/eteran.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM
E.
STONEY.
to
His Memory.
term of his successor Gen. Bratton. Upon Bratton's retirement, Stoney was selected by the Democratic party to succeed him.
Being re-elected to a
third term, he resigned before its expiration to take
the Auditorship of the South Carolina Railroad
Company, and he was in its service at his death.
<-
* 35%
>K.
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Wi
7j
.^0*0*
CAPTAIN WILLIAM
E.
STONEY.
killed,
more
forty-five;
shows something
Confederate l/eterap
384
MISS.
DEPT.
rebel,
it."
The war
over, still proud spirited, Dr. Smith rehis life work with unfaltering faith in the
"Captain of our Salvation." After laboring a short
time in Spartanburg, S. C, and a few years in
Mississippi, where he preached and was President
of "Aberdeen Female College."
He then went to
Dallas, Texas, where he took charge of the First
Presbyterian Church, and was its Pastor for over
twenty years. His death occurred May 10, 1895,
just thirty-seven years after he entered the ministry.
sumed
"Peace to
We mourn
REV. A. PICKENS SMITH.
him
rest
God knows
best."
H. L. Manning, 1059 E. Michigan St Indianapwrites to Rev. Dr. J. William Jones that he got
separated from his father in his young days and has
not heard from him since. He was E. A. Manning,
1st Lieutenant Company A, First Tennessee Infantry, afterwards of Fifth Missouri.
Information
,
olis,
of
him
Confederate
SINGULAR EXPERIENCE OF BROTHERS.
Dr.
the misfortune
two brothers,
and L. J.
of
II. J.
Walker, w h o
went out in the
same Company
of a North Carolina Regiment
lost the
so near the
same place that
t
li
can
CHANGE
EXE G S
I.
tit.
Mr. A
Montgomery,
in
ember
of
same
on the
card, and
ter the
wart
showing but
TWO LEGS.
They are on exhibition at Dr.
Cannon's
drug
their use.
L. J. Walker
lost his left leg
at Gettysburg,
and is now a
merchant at
Charlotte, N. C.
Dr. H. J. Walker lost his, a
few days later,
after Gen. Lee
had r e t r eated
ersville,
HuntN. C.
to his
in
following
in this
is
copy of
W.
home
sician of
deepest sympathy.
The
Virginia.
J
is a
practicing phy.
entire war.
He nursed the General, while wounded,
with a constancy and devotion characterized by the
into
in 1861:
Each
385
died in
J.
l/eterai}.
lived
and
J. J. Bunch,
Com. B, Sixth Regiment, S.
C. C.
386
Confederate l/eterap.
many
was
pany"
raised and
equipped for
the war.
That company
the
Eleventh
North Carolina Infantry
participated in "Pick-
charge
e t's
at
Gettys-
burg"
thirty
men
with
eight
besides
Capta n
(Byrd) and
s
vo Lieuten-
when
thirty -four
of them were
killed and
wounded.
Capt. Byrd
and the four
men
left for
service went
into the fight
next day,
when he and
w o of the
four men
were
We
1861-'95.
ceremonies.
Thirtieth
ants
killed.
It
Qopfederate l/eterap.
MY
387
and
CHAS. W. ANDERSON, FLORENCE, TENN.
'
he said, "Major, I
know Mary is the best fritnd I have on earth, but
sometimes it does seem that she is determined to
me to death."
They went to Bailey Springs, but as
no good they returned to their home
starve
died, October
PRISON REMINISCENCES
I.
2',
A.
tht
in
1877.
water did
Memphis,
RANDOLPH.
Veteran
their patronage
and influence.
388
Confederate
GALLANTRY OF A STAFF OFFICER.
l/eterar?.
who was on
ville,
M aj or-Ge neral
Frank Cheatham's
staff.
ten
This is writ
without his
sent, as I
war, but
desire
that your
sands
of
thoureaders
led
and
advance
gallant
that
brilliant
in the face of al-
hill,
Long
to
wear
in
wreath he that
day so gallantly
snatched from the
gory brow of grim-
The
visaffed war.
Veteran is grateful ,to Comrade Shannon for the deserved tribute to that gallant officer whose welcome presence ever reminds
editor of the
him of those heroic days. It was especially significant to see him alongside of "Marse Frank," when
we were headed toward the enemy. There is no
other face of a surviving officer that so vividly recalls history
-jiLlLVJ'H^ttM^
Confederate l/eterap.
THAT FLAG OF TRUCE AT ANTIETAM.
F. H. Venn, Memphis, Tenn., recalls and states:
In answer to Comrade Rowan, of Campbellsville,
Miss., as to the flag of truce at the battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam), mentioned in the VBTBRAN, which
incident is vividly in my mind, will say that at the
time I believe its purpose to have been an effort to
bury the dead and to dispose of the wounded, who
were sadly in need of attention, lying between the
The orchard spoken
lines and exposed to both fires.
of, and previously occupied by our sharpshooters,
was situated a little in advance and to the right of
our line, and, surmising that something unusual
was transpiring, owing to the sudden cessation of
firing all along the line, I walked over to it.
Here a
severe engagement had taken place on the previous
day, and amongst others one poor fellow patientlv
awaited medical aid and removal, having been shot
seven times. From the Federal line (Meagher's
Brigade) I observed the waving of a white flag,
soon to be responded to by the same token from our
1
Comrade Rowan
389
lying low
when
it
We
were
all
ville,
At
Confederate
390
DR.
C. F.
l/eterar?
There he met Senator John T.
he became intimate.
Gen. Morgan was commissioned to go to Alabama
General's
staff.
Morgan, with
DR. R.
D.
was born
in
lineage.
When the Hugenots fled to South Carolina for refuge from the persecution of king and
clergy, chief among them was his ancestor, Pierre
La
Force.
generous
fault.
leader
He was a
among his
companions
class
in
room and on
him
beyond
parents
went
and
to sea, visit-
countries.
He
surrendering together.
A comfortable home awaited him in Washington;
but he had identified himself so thoroughly with
the South, had fought her battles, had suffered
much for her sake, and he now determined 1o cast
his lot with her people.
In the old town of Cahaba
once the Capital of the State Gen. Morgan had
his home; thither he and Dr. Force went, to take
up again the professions which each had abandoned at duty's call.
After remaining here a short while he moved to
Selma and formed a co-partnership with the writer
in the practice of medicine, and soon became one of
the most eminent physicians of that city. While
there he sought and won the heart and hand, of
Miss Mary E. Mathews of Tuscaloosa.
A few years after marriage his health again failed and, finding himself unable to bear the hardships of practice, he gave it up and entered the
anyhow.
While a boy he
his
whom
DR. CHAS.
F.
FORCE.
hardware business.
devotedly pious, taught a class of young
Sabbath school and was an elder in
the Presbyterian Church. He exercised a wonderful influence over young men, due to a never failing
He was
ladies in the
sympathy and
love.
He
C. S. Hays, Mineola, Texas: I am a naTennessean, but went through the war in the
Trans-Mississippi Department. Had a dear brother
in the Tennessee Army, J. C. B. Hays, who I understood was sent, with others, from Murfreesboro
to a small- pox hospital at Atlanta, Ga., and was
Judge
tive
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Mulberry
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RIVER BATTERIES AT FORT DONELSON.
Story of the Terrific Bombardment, by Capt. Ross,
with Extracts from Accounts by Gen. Lew
formidable
order
in
to
cat
off
the retreat,
if
possible, of the
gomery
(
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y,
IT.
April
Prior to his
appointment to he
West I'oint Mili
lary Academy, he
studied under his
father,
Professor
lames Koss. of the
Masonic College, at
'larksv [lie.
In
is:,:: he graduated
Tenn.,
1830.
<
other
guished
d s t n
military
i
heroes.
ii.
it.
aoss, C. S
A.
He became cap
Maury County
appended account
arrived at fort Donelson on the 11th of Feb
ruary. L862, the day previous to the lirst attack of
I
l/eterar).
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them, making a full explanation to them of the circumstances. I told them, as General Pillow had
told me, that it was the post of danger, but the post
of honor.
Every man declared that the post of honor was the one he wanted.
In a word, the Maury
County (Tenn.) Artillery believed, when they went
down to the river battery, that, in the desperate battle which was about to come on. they would not survive with more than one-fourth of their number.
General Pillow had promised to have the guns protected by bomb-proof casements; but they were not
yet constructed, and the battle was hourly expected.
The companies in the batteries were under the
same apprehension of the danger they incurred in
doing that duty.
Indeed, the whole army, from
saw and heard, believed that the great danwha1
ger lay in the gunboats; that the land forces were
safe if only the gunboats could lie driven hack.
The
companies in the batteries were infantry, trained by
Captain Culbertson (one of the first officers in the
Confederate Army) to do wink as artillerymen.
Captain Beaumont's and a portion of Captain Cor
ham's companies (Sugg's Tennessee Regiment) were
I
eight
eran.]
Sparkman.
my
b94
Confederate l/eterao.
ports of musketry and light artillery. Toward nightfall the guns were arranged for night firing, and we
slept in batteries with vigilant guards on the lookout.
General Pillow came round during or soon
after the firing and said much to encourage us.
it.
snow became
Confederate
having destroyed all our chalk
night firing. The third and last round
in a loaded percussion shell, pointed the
gun fifteen or twenty degrees to the right, away over
the forest, gave it its highest elevation, ami lired.
with a hope of striking three-fourths or a mile below
the bend.
We soon were without further apprehension until just before day. when, again fearing
that a surprise might be attempted, T tired the rifle
three times down the river and over (he limber.
were
ma ties for
we placed
l/eterai?
395
THE Mlcl
before.
Confederate
<96
To
my own
observa-
One
illustrate:
The bombardment
raged, yet a singular paralysis appeared to take possession of the fleet after
the front boat came within six or eight hundred
yards. Only one porthole of the rifle boat continued
to be served, and that both occasionally and harmlessly.
The ports were open, but we could see no
sign of men in them.
As their fire weakened, ours
was better sustained. I should have mentioned that
soon after the two rear gunboats came into view
other craft came also, of what kind we had not time
to determine.
Those rear vessels opened upon us
promptly. Our work grew very warm; but yet our
men became cooler, it appeared, in proportion. Two
men, Lieutenant Fitzgerald and Private Mays, were
struck dead, apparently, one on each side of me.
We took only lime to place them in the magazine.
The line was nearly even with the lower battery,
and I had begun to think of our plan of driving them
from the battery when boarded.
had determined to sell our batteries as dearly as possible,
even with stones, handspikes, and sponge-staffs.
The great disports of our Columbiads made their
aim very uncertain as to elevation at short ranges,
much more so than at long ranges. Looking at one
ball which I could see after it left the rifle, I saw it
pass slightly above. The next one, therefore, I aimed
much lower. One shot I saw the shadow of. It
appeared to take the boat lengthwise and pass entirely through.
When I last took notice of them on
the advance, the foremost one was within three hundred and fifty yards, measuring diagonally across
the river, she being on the opposite side. Our zeal
so increased as they approached that I did not consider the advance very closely, and the first thing
that I knew again they had all fallen back to four
hundred yards. Then it was that a great shout
from our batteries rent the sky. The artillery
seemed to halt long enough to finish their shouting,
and again resumed with almost increased furv.
still
l/eterar?.
had then no mercy on them. What a glorious thing
They appeared to run backif we could sink them!
ward faster than they came up. When they had
fallen back nearly halfway, another shout arose
from the lower battery, which was soon caught by
our men. " One is sinking! " was heard; and, looking closely, we saw three run together and gi v e assistance to the middle one. I remember firing the
rifle at them when all together.
There appeared to
be much confusion among them. Floating down
together some distance, they were at length seen to
separate and other boats mix with them.
So closed the gunboat attack on Fort Donelson,
they being all soon out of sight. They fired occasional shots as they retired.
.
Some
Lew
General
in the battle of
Koss
We
We
TIIK C WtONDKI.ET.
There are few things connected with the operations against Fort Donelson so relieved of uncertainty as this: that when General Grant at Fort
Henry became fixed in the resolution to undertake
the movement, his primary object was the capture
Ti
of the force to which the post was intrusted.
effect their complete environment, he relied upojv
;
Flag Officer Foote and his gunboats, whose aston-;isliing success at Fort Henry justified the extremjv
of confidence.
Confederate l/eterao.
enemy, and was still going on. His boat had
been hit between the wind and water; so with the
" Pittsburg " and " Carondelet."
About the guns
the floors were slippery with blood, and both surgeons and carpenters were uever so busy. Still the
four boats kept on, and there was great cheering.
It seemed that fortune would smile once more upon
the fteel and cover the honors of Fort Henry afresh
Unhappily, when about three
at Fort Donelson.
hundred and fifty yards oil' the hill, a solid shot
plunged through the pilot house of the flagship and
carried away the wheel. Near the same time the
tiller ropes of the " Louisville
were disabled.
Both vessels became unmanageable, and began
floating down the current.
The eddies turned them
round like logs. The "Pittsburg" and "Carondelet " closed in, and covered them with their hulls.
Seeing this turn in (lie tight, the captains of the
Confederate batteries rallied their men, who
cheered in their turn, and renewed the contest with
increased will and energy. A ball got lodged in
their best rifle.
A corporal and some of his men
took a log fitting the bore. leaped out on the parapet,
anil rammed the missile home.
When the vessels were out of range, the victors
looked about them. The tine form of their embra
SUres was gone.
Heaps of earth had been east over
their platform.
In the space of twenty four feet
The air
they had (ticked up as many shot and shell.
had been full of living missiles. For an hour and a
half the brave fellows had been rained upon, vet
their losses had been trilling in numbers.
Each
gurnor had selected a Ship and followed her faith
full- throughout the action, now and then uniting
'ire 05 the "Carondelet."
The Confederates had
behaved with astonishing valor. Their victory sent
thrill of joy through the army.
The assault on
the outworks the day before had been a failure.
Willi the repulse of the gunboats, the Confeder
a.es scored success No. 2, and the communication by
the fixer remained open to Nashville.
The winds
that blew sleet ami snow over Donelson that night
ere not so unendurable as they might have been.
his
'*
ers.
On
1:111
397
we
retired.
When
bow
of the " Carondelet." Most of them were tired richochei level, and could be plainly seen skipping on the
water before they struck. The enemy's object was
to sink the gunboat by striking her below the waterline.
in
made her
898
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l/eterar?.
During
raid he was then making into Kentucky.
that raid General Ross was overpowered and mor
tally wounded in a hand-to-hand encounter, dying a
few days later Dec. 16, 1864 at Hopkinsville, Ky.
His wife and father brought his remains to the fam-
ily
By permission of Mrs. Quarles, we copy the following words of Major General Quarles, OS. A., the
distinguished Colonel of the Forty-second Tennessee Regiment in the battle of Fort Donelson viz.:
Due honor was not awarded Captain Ross for his
gallant services at Fort Donelson. His effectual
handling of the large guns of the fort under his
command crippled and held back the Federal fleet.
For this splendid achievement alone he deserved
promotion
He was as brave as Marshal Ney.
quote from a letter by Gen. J. M. Schodated August 18, 1896, who, in thanking Dr.
John W. Ross, youngest brother of Gen. Ross, for
a picture of his "old classmate and friend, mentions
him as one of the best hearted fellows he ever knew,"
and is "sure that his account of the Land Batteries
at Fort Donelson will be very interesting." He concluded the letter as follows: "I was very fond of
him, and wish you all to accept my sincere friendship and regard."
ful years, to
field,
GEN. GIDEON
.)
PILLOW.
Confederate
JAMES W.
.lOl'I. IN
399
l/eterar?
paign.
Jessee Joplin, (now of Eureka, Mo.,) served in
Second Mississippi Cavalry, with Forrest at Fort
Pillow and
all
through
Wm.
is
now
A. Joplin, (now
manded.
F. M. Joplin, (now of Elizabethtown, Ky.,) was
thirteen years old when the war begun, and participated with Roanoke College Reserve Company.
1863.
He ran away from school in June, 1864,
joined the First Virginia Infantry when sixteen
years old, and served under Gen. Ewell in front of
Richmond and in that vicinity. He was with Gen.
R. E. Lee's Army at Appomattox.
Confederate
400
and
How
whom
are
still
living.
ate
came
and undertook
to reorganize the municipal offices, he selected Captain Smith to fill the position oi Street Commissioner.
This office he held until May. 1861. when he
was
Army
vember
RE-UNION COMPANY
F.,
NINTH ALABAMA.
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whom
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Lindsay,
The good
Fame
A deed of
The meed
Confederate l/eterap.
J. J. Hood in the Meridian, Miss., News, copies
the article in September Veteran about the battle
flag- of Thirteenth Mississippi Regiment and adds:
The Kemper Legion was the color companj- which
bore this famous flag during this brilliant charge,
and it was within a lew feet of this historic embh m
of the Confederacy, on the fire-fringed heights of
Gett3sburg, where the gallant Barksdale, carrying
his sword at an angle of forty- five degrees, led
those steel nerved veterans on by boldness of action
and heroic inspiration, till he fell mortally wounded
near the enemy's guns.
As
401
G.
W.
of Maj.
W.
pride.
W. A.
was
Greenville,
4,
Tennessee,
Was
Cougher's Coffers
1864,
the
killed.
may
HI
Sent free.
J.
C.
Ayer
Co.,
Lowell. Mass.
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sent the following report for that Division:
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The Charter Chapter of Daughters in Alabama
The next
at Camden last Maich.
was organized
own count}-. The members of the HistoricCommittee are appointed in turn to obtain the
names of officers and privates of some company selected, and incidents connected with iheir service.
These are published in the weekly paper, and collected by the Historian into ascrapbook, which will
be placed in the Memorial Institute when completThere are fifty members of this Chapter. At
ed.
the last meeting it was determined to assist the
of their
al
home
for
Children
of
to
the
ARKANS
VS.
efficient officers,
and a fund of
fifty-
4t>7
ment
Hot
but,
structed about
the formation of
Chapters.
The
general
interest
in the S t
seems to be
in-
creasing- as the
work is better un-
derstood.
Mrs.
MRS.
\.
i"i,-M
Historian, Mrs.
L. E. Clegg.
FLORIDA.
and especially in its Memorial Day exercises. < >wing to the meager information obtained of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy, it was not
until November, 18'>5, that this Association was
merged into a Chapter of the U. D. C. being the
Charter Chapter of the State. This Chapter has
faithfully performed its duties, using every effort to
stir up ot ler cities and villages to active interest,
and four other Chapters have been formed at Lake
City, Palatka, Ocala, and Brooksville.
On July 14, 1896, a State meeting was held in
Jacksonville, the organization perfected, and the
.
Confederate l/eterap
4oe
KENTUCKY.
GEORGIA.
Mrs. C. Helen Plane, President Georgia Division:
The Georgia Division of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy, was organized in November, 1895,
this
report
$f>5
to
MARYLAND.
Mrs. L. W. Wright, President of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy in Maryland, reports:
These Chapters, with the aid of the paof Nashville and Memphis, collected
women
MISSISSIPPI.
Confederate 1/eteraD
Through their efbring- this to a successful issue.
forts a Camp of Sons of Veterans was recently organized.
of United
Daughters of
South may well be proud of the work her women have done; and it is very desirable that Chapters and a State organization be formed to co-operThe women of St.
ate with the United Daughters.
Louis, who have ever been a power through their
Association, could add much to the general cause.
tire
nokth Carolina.
Mrs. William M. Parsley, President, Wilmington:
3)
of the
Washington, N. C,
was organized last April, and now has sixty-one
members. The Historian is busy collecting items
of interest.
$25 has been raised for the Jefferson
Davis Monument.
"Rowan" Chapter was organized at Salisbury in
last July, and has thirty members.
They have conin
Winchester, Va.
Chapter was organized at Raleigh last April,
but has not yet been chartered. Interest seems to
be aroused at various points in the State.
SOUTH-CAROLINA.
Report of Mrs. A. T. Smythe, State President
South Carolina Division:
of the
A. Durham.
The Charter Chapter is located at Charleston, having been organized in November, 1S'4, and now has
225 members.
Much of its time and attention has
gone to the formation of other chapters, and it has
dom well its share in assisting many objects. $500
was collected for Jefferson Davis Monument Fund,
$41 for the Memorial Institute, $46.50 for the South
Carolina shaft at Winchester, Va., and $50 for the
South Carolina room at the Richmond Confederate
Museum. The first work of this Chapter was done
in conjunction with the Sons of Veterans.
Its annual meeting- is held on December 2<>, the anniversary of the secession of South Carolina.
General
Lee's birthday, January 19, is set aside as a day of
public observance
The Chapter also observes
President Davis' birthday June 6,
On petition of this Chapter, the Legislature of
10,
the anniversary
in March,
members, and expects a rapid
ranging
in the State.
MISSOURI.
The South
4(W
to
work
for the
fiftyis ar-
winter.
membership
Museum at Richmond.
Mary Ann Bowie Chapter was organized
erate
at John-
Confederate l/eterao
410
Museum
at
Richmond.
at Edgefield has been delayed in organization by the sickness of its President, but is in good working order.
Arthur Manigault Chapter, of Georgetown, has a
membership of thirty five, and intends to devote its
labors to aiding the Winchester monument.
Ellison Capers Chapter at Florence reports a membership of twenty, and has sent S40 to the South
Carolina room at the Museum at Richmond.
TEXAS.
INDIAN TERRITORY.
Miss Ida C. Coleman, Indian Territory, reports:
The "S onewall" Jackson Chapter was organized
at McAlester in May, 18<>6, with thirteen members,
but now has seventeen. They are working hard to
organize other Chapters in the Territory. $20 has
been devoted to the Memorial Institute, and there
The aim of the Chapter is
are $15 in the treasury.
to erect a monument in the Indian Territory in
memory of all our dead heroes, and also to obtain a
true and complete history of the war.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Mrs. E. T. Bullock, President, reports:
The Anna "Stonewall" Jackson Chapter of
Daughters at Washington, D. C, has been working
under difficulties, therefore progress is slow. They
now have less than twenty-five members, but hope
at the next meeting to add others so as to entitle
them to a delegate at the next annual convention.
Resolutions offered by Miss Mildred Rutherford,
of Athens, Ga.
Whereas, Mrs.
Raines has refused to allow her
name to be placed
before tbe Nominating Committee
:
and
WhEREAS, The
monumental worl
United Daughters
of the Confederacy
appreciate the in
service
valuable
we tender
to
MRS. A. M. RAINES.
body,
and
body
we
as a
tender
Carried unanimously.
Qor)j"?^2rate l/eterag
U. C. V.
Gen. George
Moorman
(,824
Common
St.
>,
New
Orleans, sends this circular to all officers and members of the United Confederate Veteran camp-:
Blank commissions to be filled out for all United
Confederate Veteran officers who desire thetn, for
all generals of departments, divisions, brigades, and
every member of their staff, and certificates of membership for individual members of camps, are now
ready, and can be sent by these headquarters immediately upon receipt of notification, for officers
upon receipt of name, rank, and date of election or
appointment; for individual members of camps upon
receipt of name, date enrolled, and, if desired, service in the Confederate States Army in addition to
the United Confederate Veterans; but where application is made by either officers or members, the
facts must be certified to by the Adjutant or Commander of the camp reciting that they are at present in good standing in the camp, and. if it is possible, have the information made out on the typewriter.
certificates of
member-
TIIK
ARE:
Cedar
Bluff, Ala.,
411
Snow
By order
of J. B.
SAM
DAVIS.
known.
While
Sam
They concur
in his
Confederate cause.
was
They
of great value
timent that yearns for light upon that most wonderful event in the thrilling history of that great war.
In a postscript they state that while information
was received in various ways, the name of the person giving it will never be known.
A comrade who has done much for this cause
writes from Knoxville, Tenn., on the anniversary of
Sam Davis' death
Confederate l/eteran.
412
scriber to the
RECOLLECTIONS OF FRANKLIN.
M. G. Quinn, Commander of Camp J. J. Searcy,
U. C. V., writes from Columbia, Mo., Nov. 23, 1896:
Enclosed find S5 for the Samuel Davis monument.
At the time of his martyrdom I was a boy soldier
in the First Missouri Brigade, Confederate Army,
commanded by the gallant General F. M. Cockrell,
now United
never
commanders
Lakeland, Fla.
Nov.
27,
1896.
Confederate
Veteran:
The
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list
amount
to $1,832.67
on following pages.)
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Harris, MaJ. R. H., Warrington, Fla.
Harris, J. A., Purdon, Tex
Harrison, W. W., Trenton, Tenn
Hart, L. K., Nashville
Hartman, J. A., Rockwall, Tex
Hartzog, H. C, Greenwood, S. C
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Hatcher, Mrs. E. H., Columbia, Term.,
entertainment
115
Hatier, Hally, Boliver, Mo
Hayes, C. S., Mineola, Texas
Haynle, Capt. M., Kaufman, Tex....
Hedgepith. Mrs. M. E., Des Arc,
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McDonald, J. W., Erin, Tenn
McDowell, J. H., Union City, Tenn...
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Sinnott, H. T., Nashville
Sinnott, Harry M., Nashville
Sinnott, Sidney L., Nashville
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Frank
Marlon. Ark
Smythe, A T., Charleston, S. C
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Savannah, Ga
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Covington. Tenn
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TEN-CENT COLLECTIONS.
Mo
Morrlsviile,
A. E.
and Hannah
and Sarah Crennels. Frank,
Mitchell,
Bettie, Vernie, Harris. Wade and Sallle
Carglle. Dock, Rebecca. Albert S., Cora A.,
Charlie H.. and Ernest Johnson.
Florence, S.
From Daughters of the
Confederacy, Mrs. Jas. Evans, Mrs. C. E.
Jarrot, Mrs. E. W. Lloyd. Mrs. T. H. Harllee. Mrs. J. R. Douglas, Mrs. V. C. Tarrh,
Mrs. Zack Nettles, Mrs. E. O. Sngletary,
Mrs J. L. Reck. Miss Julia Schouboe,
Miss M. E. Tarrh.
Mrs M. H. Beck, Mrs. C. D. Hutaff,
Mrs. F. Haines. Mrs. H. H. Farmer, Miss
Helen Jarrot, Mr. Morgan A. Thelne, W.
C. Harllee, John D. Jarrot, M. L. Rhodes,
R. B. Napier, Dr. P. B. Racot, Mr. Altman,
Early Whitton, Master Willie Wllliamsaa,
Wm.
W. H. Malloy.
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and
Tyler,
Robert,
Emma
Tenn Charles,
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when
the warwasoverhesuicided rather than surrender to his foes. He fired one of the first guns in the
war. Comrade Ruftin was born in 17 < )4, so he was a
veteran in years at the beginning of our great struggle.
Although a Virginian, he served with the
Palmetto Guard of South Carolina.
Qopfederate l/eterap,
416
THE NEXT
U.
V.
REUNION.
Of the
The
ate gray,
the bivouacs.
It
they
gray
may now
is
to
The
Slaughter.
soldiers.
Benanide's Regiment, five companies, under Col. JohnS. Ford; Carter's Battalion, three companies, under Capt. W. H.
D. Carrington; Gidding's Battalion, six companies,
under Capt. Wm. Robinson; Capt. O. G. Jones' Bat-
Confederate l/eterao.
DOINGS OF COMRADES IN
NEW YORK.
417
is
of
this,
An
New
Jersey,
he
is
blind.
and
cathe-
Vanderbilt mansion.
He rises in the morning, eats his frugal meal, generally of "cornbread and cream gravy," and reaches
his great store, about three miles down town, by
six o'clock; and, besides staying out to luncheon an
hour or so, he may be seen there until seven o'clock
He sits in the midst of a dozen or, perat night.
haps, a score of typewriters, where he gives direction to every department of his large business; and
he has reported to him daily, in extraordinary detail, an account of the two dozen departments.
Mr. Rouss is an interesting man, and enjoys the
dral
Veteran
readers would be entertained by the thrilling and pathetic account of Colonel Dickinson's experience in the battle at Galves-
ton, in
severely
his
and with a determination characteristic of Southern womanhood, resolved to make the long journey, driving through swamps, from Vicksburg to
[ou9ton, Tex., refusing to let her aged father, who
journeyed with her, make any inquiry, lest a confirmation of that sad report be made; then how he
took command afterward at San Antonio by order
of General McGruder, and brought order out of
chaos.
Then, too, his organization of a Cotton Bureau and other methods of exchange with the outside world hrough Mexico would be all suitable recI
Veteran.
He
recalled, in
humor-
ous vein, the kindness of "Boss Anders," a shoemaker, and also a notary public, of Winchester, who
showed kindly interest in him when a boy. Anders
heard that Charley Rouss, who began with nothing,
had accumulated $500 and was going in business;
and, thinking it a misfortune for the youth to lose
his money in an overstocked town, urged him to desist.
He even offered to teach him the shoemaker's
trade and a partnership with him.
But, "determined to make or break," Mr. Rouss embarked, and
within five years bought out every store in Winchester except one.
Although he "never goes" to the regular meetings of the Camp, he attended the one herein referred to in compliment to the writer.
He attends
the annual dinners on Lee's birthday, but he does
not wear a dress suit.
An amusing experience was
had on one of these occasions. An usher asked him
to remove his coat, and, when it was seen that he
had on but one, said: "That will do. but let me have
your ticket." In reply that he had no ticket, the
usher, with a gusto of authority, said: "Well,
then, you cannot get in here!" But the man who
paid the principal bill of the occasion found someone to vouch for him, and he was one of the guests.
Independent of the royal gift he is making for a
Memorial Institute, his liberality is shown in behalf of the Confedeiate cause by the donation of
many thousands, and the Veteran gladly gives
him the credit. Would there were a few more such.
visit to the Camp was pleasing in the liberal
testimony to the good being done by the Veteran
and in the beautiful tributes to the honor of Sam
Davis by several members in brief addresses.
[Report of this occasion concluded next month.
Confederate l/eterap.
41'
Confederate
8. A.
CUNNINGHAM, Editor
Office:
and Prop'r,
left
i/ecerai?
S.
W. MEEK,
Publisher
left,
but the train carried my scant knapsack and haversack away. I never saw my new friend again until
after the war,
iness
man
of
New
my baggage
ed
where
happened
and inquire.
I saw much of and knew
him quite intimately, and mention the fact to
strengthen this tribute. I never knew a more admirable man in the business world. He was handsome, ever agreeable in his manner, and the most
I
to stop
when this country was in general disasMr. Inman conceived a plan of buying cotton
for cash and selling it on time; and his firm cleared
during that year, so generally fatal to business men,
For many succeeding years they con$475,000.
ducted this business method with great profit.
There was peculiar pleasure in going with Mr.
Inman in his private car, or train, to the great iron
furnaces which he aided in establishing through
different sections of the South, and watching his
pleased expression as we walked about the premises
with powerful machinery and molten metal, which
he seemed to enjoy as a schoolboy on vacation.
Mr.Inmanwas a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, and I never heard an indelicate remark from his lips. He often brought capitalists
and writers through the South at his own expense,
who made an impression for good upon the country.
Among these were Dr. Henry M. Field, whose convictions may be seen in this number of the Veteran. His cordial and freely proffered friendship
will ever be cherished with peculiar pleasure.
In 1873,
ter,
The
following
is
referred to in connection with the sketch of JohnIt is done specially because of the
comrade's prominence and his recent death.
son's Island.
happened
coach.
to
On
starting from
Lynchburg
to Petersburg,
We
chatted
away
e^rtr
>^rae^
Qopfederate
HONESTY
IN
THE SOUTH.
l/eterar?
419
That sacred emblem is revered as are the clothes and playthings of a dead
A visit to
trie
child and
The most unhappy campaign of twenty years, with its painful results, cannot be ignored, and, it is believed, may be
noticed here with public benefit.
A gentleman in New York who is connected
largely with enterprises in the South, directly or as
attorney, says nothing has occurred since the war
which causes "such serious distrust of the Southern
people" as their action in behalf of the Democratic
nominee for President in the election, and that he
"will favor withdrawing investments from the
Southern States as speedily as possible." This gentleman is the son of a gallant officer who gave his
However, he had great
life for the Union cause.
respect and the best of good will for the Southern
people, and he expresses deep sorrow at the situaA leading paper gives an editorial upon
tion.
"preaching and practice," in which it criticizes
harshly Gen. J. B. Gordon for a peroration upon
the American flag telling how he caught it up,
held it over his head, quoting, "we join with you
all who love that flag, saying that by God's help
there shall never come to it one blot or stain; that
as long as the ages remain, that flag shall be the
most proud and potent emblem of human freedom in
ed associations had been complied with in their return to the restored States of the Union, a spirit of
inexpressible gratitude would have gone out to the
all
the world."
of Gen.
Gordon
in
no reasonable
man or woman can doubt the loyalty to country of
the man who has been honon d over and over again
by the soldier veterans of the South as their Commander in Chief -they would have no other and
such a condemnation of him isa reflection upon them.
Some Southerners think be eulogizes the flag
this matter, the fact is asserted that
excessively
'
its
perpetuity
it
it
float
it,
they possessed.
[A word may not be out of place
about that other flag which was used in behalf of
all
is
as harmless absolutely.
government and
If
emblems
to their captors.]
nominees would have been decidedly stronger because the measure was determinedly opposed by
many good men wielding great influence, whereas other measures are of such grave consequence in
men who
mud
trenches for four years and their children would live now on bread and water before they
would renounce principle. Are such people dishonfered in
Southerners
est?
in the
partj rules.
r
a different
is less
money
basis
is
right.
It is
Qo^federate
420
was never manany election before. "Even when Mr. Lincoln was elected conditions were different; the concern was not all about money then as now." The
inference was clear that the stability of the government was secondary to the individual financial interests in the East, and that "a revolution would
have ensued had the election resulted differently."
This comparison of times with 1861 suggests the
propriety of considering the Southern people and
The abolition
their interests during that period.
l/eterai)
ifested in
lem
of slavery
Would
it
still
how
decades to defeat legislation which tended to humiliate the Southern people by an inferior race?"
It is a coincidence that while writing these lines
the slavery period of our national history appears
from the widow of Henry Ward Beecher in which
she boasts of his "illegal" acts in aiding slaves to
secure their freedom and justifies the "higher law"
the premises, and mentions his anti-slavery
speeches as "dramatic, convincing, unanswerable."
Southern man, and a veteran with a mortgage
in
it."
largely expected.
And if the "campaign of education" is followed vigorously by both sides the result is seriously threatening.
Appeal is made to patriots and non partisans to wait a season and to ponder before charging dishonesty on opposing parties.
The "free silver" advocate cannot be believed to be
more unfair or unpatriotic than he regards the
"sound money" advocate who contributes money to
buy votes as well as "educate" the masses.
Cannot Southerners in New York and other North-
Confederate l/eterao.
THE
FIRE
THAT AN
IVY KINDLED.
of last
stated:
Rev. Dr. Henry M. Field, editor of The Evangelhappened not to see the above until too late to
Dr. Field has traveled much in the South
recall it.
and knows our people. He regards The Evangelist
ist,
make any
declaration of loyalty.
Its history
may
421
Confederate l/eterao.
422
Haven.
of treason,
which
is
to
DR. FIELD'S
ANSWER.
The
There
REV.
HENRY
M. FIELD, D.D.
As
is
monument
to
Confederate Veteran
fully represented, and monuments were erected to
Southern as well as to Northern commanders,
which will stand on that mighty battlefield forages,
not as monuments of hatred and a threat of perpetual war, but as the most fitting- and the most enduring monuments of peace.
Our correspondent thinks it enough to condemn
a monument to General Lee, that nobody would
think of raising our flag over it! Well! it would
be rather an awkwaro place for a flag to have it
We did not see any
floating over a man's head!
flag over the bronze figure of Napoleon that stands
erect on the top of the column in the Place Vendome
in Paris, nor an American flag on the top of the
Washington monument in our own national capital.
But if anything be wanted as a sign of loyalty,
nothing could be more striking and effective than
the figure of General Lee himself, who, if he once
led armies to battle, spent the last years of his life
in teaching the people of the South and, most of all,
his old soldiers, by precept and example, to be true
and loyal citizens of the United States.
The moral of all which is that the less we at the North
have to say about "treason" and "traitors," the more
likely are we to have an united and happy country.
it:
On
lery
423
to
effect in demoralizing
"skeedaddle" away from
On landing, I deployed
Confederate l/eteran.
424
CLEMENT
C.
CLAY, OF ALABAMA.
r
Georgia,
Clay was an invalid from youth, all
his life struggling
physical
against
Neverailments.
of
theless,
by his
domitable
r
-~
in-
will, en-
he graduated from
the University of
Alabama
in
1831.
He was the
private
secretary
to
father,
his
Clement
Comer
Clay, while
Governor of Alabama. He entered
the University of
Virginia as a law
student
and
in
1837,
CLEMENT C.CLAY.
of Bachelor of Law.
He was licensed to practice
law in Huntsville in 1840, was elected a representative to the Alabama Legislature in 1842 for two
years, and reelected in 1844.
In 1846 he was elected County Judge for Madison County, resigned in
In Novem
1848, and resumed the practice of law.
ber, 1852, he was elected United States Senator
and served for six years, and reelected for the term
beginning March 4, 1859.
In January, 1861, on the secession of Alabama
from the Union, Mr. Clay resigned his seat in the
United States Senate, and was at once chosen Con-
States Senator.
He was serving as such
when he was selected a joint commissioner with
Hon. Jacob Thompson and Hon. James P. Holcombe
to Canada, and returned from his mission shortly
before Lee's surrender.
When President Johnson
issued his proclamation and offered $100,000 each for
the arrest of Jefferson Davis and Clement C. Clay for
alleged conspiracy in the assassination of Abraham
Lincoln, in spite of appeals to escape, Mr. Clay said
he did not intend to wander as a vagabond undercriminal accusation, but, "conscious of innocence," would
surrender himself, face and defy his accusers; and
he did surrender to the military officer in command
at Macon, Ga.
He was sent, with Jefferson Davis,
to Fortress Monroe.
Here he remained, suffering
greatly in body and mind, in solitary confinement
for one year, when, through the heroic efforts of his
wife, he was released on parole.
Mr, Clay was always a consistent advocate of the
principles of State rights; and in the performance
of private and public duties he was guided by strict
moral principles, always acting with the courage of
conscientious conviction. Mr. Clay was a member
of the Protestant Episcopal Church from early manhood.
federate
AND RELEASE.
S IMPRISONMENT
You are surprised to see me.' I replied, Unutterably so; oh, quickly tell me why you have
come and end my suspense!' I broke into a flood
of tears.
So possessed was I with the belief that he
had come to tell of my husband's execution, which
we so much feared, that
1 was almost bereft of
reason.
Do not weep,
said:
'
'
'
dear madam.
Mr. Clay
and I have come
to tell you that I deeply sympathize with you,
and desire to help you
is well,
own
face
lit-
agonized than
mine, breathing into my
tle
MRS.
C.
CLOPTUN.
less
Confederate Veteran
425
now singing
We
That a mistake was made at Gettysburg is admitted by all; who made it, it is now too late to inquire.
The cavalry out of place and reach, Gen.
Lee probably lacked the exact information requisite
to successful generalship.
Fighting where we did
assaulting heights defended by superior numbers
and difficult to scale even by unarmed and unopposed men it seems now impossible to have won. Had
we moved to the right across the Emmitsburg
road and, selecting our position, awaited the attack
to
different, the
make, the
re-
Confederates
Is
We
soughttosparehim.
not be so
carried
and
laid
At
first, it
Confederate l/eterao
426
selected a pair of
Qopj^d^rate l/eterao
"Why, that's noththe gaiters on the lady's feet.
ing, Mollie," said the sensible mother when her
daughter, startled by the proposal, would have re"You never object to clerks tying your
fused.
shoes, do you?" Under such willing maternal sanction, a fair and positive bargain was made; and I reckon, would have been consummated and the lovely
maiden now be wearing the gaiters, had the old lady
been at home when 1 returned from Staunton instead of three angular and squeamish aunts all old
maids. As it was and is, I have the shoes yet, and
for all I know the young lady is going barefooted.
427
COMMENT.
With
to
the Fifth New York Battery, was mortally wounded in the second day's engagement just as he was in
the act of firing his gun.
After the battle ceased,
some of our men offered to remove him to the field
hospital, but, saving that he knew he had but a few
hours to live and wanted to die by his guns, he deI was within fifty feet of him
when he fell, and I know he made no effort to escape, either before or after he was wounded. Some
of his men did attempt to carry off a caisson, but
the horses were shot down. My version of the
story except as to the name of my hero and that
of the battery
is corroborated by Messrs. Southerland and Hughes of my company; as to the names,
I got them from my journal written almost contemporaneously with the occurrence.
By the way, who has read "The Recollections of
a Virginian,' a most readable book, written by Gen.
Dabney H. Maury? After complimenting Hood's
Brigade in the very highest terms, he adds with a
burst of State pride that is both naive and refreshing, that there were four hundred native Virginians
in the Fourth Texas.
*
*
*
All honor to the Virginians of the Confederacy, I say with a full heart; they were hospitable and kind to us Texans; the\ fought bravely
and they died with their faces to the foe; but still,
the survivors ought not to claim "the earth and the
fullness thereof."
And when one of them praises
Texans, he should be content to appropriate a scant
one-tenth, instead of a full four-tenths, of the credit
to Virginia.
General Maury's tact is admirable,
but it was equaled by that of a Virginia colonel
whose war horse was a mare his better half had
been accustomed to drive. On the night preceding
a grand parade through the streets of Richmond,
some graceless reprobate shaved the animal's tail.
The curtailment was discovered too late to secure
another mount, and the colonel was forced to ride
the bob-tailed mare at the head of his regiment.
While disdaining to notice the comments of the
street gamins, his wife compelled him to explain.
The estimable lady stood in a crowd on the sidewalk
close to the line of march, and no sooner saw the
disfigurement of her favorite than she cried to the
clined their aid.
CAPTAIN
S. D.
thousand prisoners."
Now,
However,
and this included Kershaw's Division. This estimate was in August just before the battle. Mosby
claims later report justifies these figures.
hours Shields,
gave Shields
Confederate Veteran;,
428
S.
FRENCH.
G.
Ceneral Samuel G. French was bora in New JerNovember 22nd, 181S, and educated mainly at
the acidemy in Burlington, N. J.
He was appointed cadet to the U. S. Military Academy, June, 1839,
and graduated June, 1843.
He was appointed a Brevet Second Lieutenant of
Artillery July, 1843, and ordered to Fort Macon,
N. C.
He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Third
sey,
ted States
Army, February
He was
in the staff
Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. A., January 12, 1848.
It may be seen that Gen. French received five
commissions in the
army in a little
From 18 4
3 to
duty in the
War Department
at Washing-ton
on
ts
McHenry,
an d
Md.,
the
during-
that the
exigency of
GEN.
S.
G.
FRENCH.
its
ad-
ministration
re-
Army of Mississippi.
The State was destitute
of war,
March 3, 1847.
He was appointed Captain
tillery,
nitions
pulsed.
at Monterey, Mexico.
He was
young men
Confederate Veteran
GENERAL JOSEPH
GEO.
E.
JOHNSTON.
not withdrawing the army from the trap and, uniting with his little nucleus of an army at Jackson,
man
in the
was Gen.
first
429
forgetfulness.
So please let this article go by.
Comrade Cussons is now Commander of the Grand
Camp
Confederate
430
l/eterai)
REBEL OR LOYALIST.
Army
of the Republic.
I
I
was a
Nor do
upon
I fall
And beg
my
knees
*
*
*
#
greet you with uncovered head,
Remembering many a thunderous fight
Where whistling death between us sped.
*
I a traitor?
No!
traitor!
I was a patriot to the core
gave her
all
From
And
sister's
I,
courage urged
a missile steeped
me
nights,
on.
Maurice
in hate,
stemmed the
was
My
My
to fight for
masterhood.
was lost
I closed my eyes and longed to die,
While past me stalked the awful ghost
Of mangled, murdered Liberty.
The scars upon my body burned
I felt a heel upon my throat
had no country
Am
a traitor?
Who
are you
to
me?
the
U. C. V.
and drawings
all
American Magazine.
My
the
God
Thompson, in
gray,
in
1,
John P. Hickman,
possible.
Camps belonging
Confederate l/eteran.
APPEAL FOR TRUE HISTORY.
At
"Your committee
fore, that R. E.
58.
United Confed-
431
Nova
Scotia.
My
C.
representation of authority to represent the Jefferson Davis Monument Association, President J. Taylor Ellvson wrote a letter to Capt. G. A. Barr, of
Goldthwaite, Texas, stating that Brain had never
had any authority whatever to solicit for the monument and had never remitted one dollar to them.
F. J. O'Neill, St. Louis, Mo., wishes to procure
the information possible of his father, John G.
O'Neill, who was Colonel of the Tenth Tennessee.
all
how
Confederate
432
INTERESTING
WAR STATISTICS.
Compilation of
rious
of
Va-
Mr. Ben LaBree, of Louisville, gives the following interesting statistics, which must have incurred
upon him a great deal of painstaking service, and
for
it
the
Veteran
The terms
ried in
was enlisted for a three years' term of service, many
of the regiments were mustered in to serve for three
months, six months, nine months, one year, or two
years.
In some of the calls for troops made by the
President, these different terms wen, at one time
There
or another, specified in the proclamation.
l/eterar?.
CENSUS 1860.
MEN
MILITARY
POPULATION. FURNIBH'D,
AGES 18 TO 45
follows:
KNI.ISTM'NTS
Alabama
South
South
......
Ai Kansas
Three jears
One year
Two
years
Four years
Nine months
Three months
Six months
One hundred days.
Sixty days
2,036.700
391,752
44.400
1.042
87.588
108.416
20.439
Colorado.
Connecticut.
Delaware.
Dist. of
service.
The
January
May
1.
1,
1.
1863
1865
"Regular army.
PRESENT.
14.663
183.588
527.204
633 984
698.H02
611.250
667 717
t'.it.
mi:
ABSENT.
1.704
8.168
18.713
103. 142
219 389
249.487
AGOBEGATE
*16.637
186.761
675.917
637.126
918.191
860.737
322339
202.709
1.000.516
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland.
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
122,238
102.715
258.419
164,007
41,226
South
Mississippi
Missouri
232,781
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire.
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Pennsylvania.
Rhode Inland
63,610
132.219
796,881
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
.
South
459,534
....
555.172
35.502
Partly South
South
Texas
Vermont
60,580
"259.092 69.1
^196.33
74.3
54.7
*20 149 72.0
*75.760 43.7
5.224
^"76.212
"70,107
*46.6SS
*146.730
*87,364
'24,020
545
*109,111
3.157
1.080
*33.937
*76.sl4
6 561
54.4
60.7
16.8
"Includes
68 9
48.9
:,sc
8,344 col.
troops
*448.850 :,s.i;
3 156
"313 180 69.5
"Includes
4,125 col.
troops
"Includes
5,092 col.
Washington Ter.
.
Wisconsin
Indian Nation
Colored troops in
Southern states
159,335
Total...
"Total colored troops in U.
*337.936 65 9
"23.236 66 7
31,092
troops
"Includes
"Includes
8.612 col.
1,837 col.
troops
troops
1.965
"33,288 58.2
no record
South
Virginia
Virginia.
74.
1,810
.
Tennessee
West
206
* 12.284
* 16,534
no record
South
Louisiana
15,725
4.903
* 55,864 60.7
1,290
375.026
265 295
139,316
27,976
180,589
Indiana
a basis of a three years' term, these various enlistments were equal to 2,326,168 men recruited for
three years' service.
It would be impossible to state the exact number
of men who served in the war, as so many, after
serving a short term, enlis-ted for a second, and often
Then again, according to the
for a third term.
records, nearly all of the thiee years' regiments that
volunteered in 1861, re-enlisted in January, 1864,
There
for another three years' term of service.
were 236,000 of these veterans who re-enlisted and
were counted twice in the number of troops (2,036,Many of
700) reported as enlisted for three years.
the three years' men, who were discharged for physical disability or for other reasons, enlisted again
in other regiments before the war had closed, and
thus were counted twice. The records also show
that over 300,000 men enlisted just before the close
of the war, few of whom, if any, participated in
January
South
South
Illinois
There were also several New York militia regiments which served for thirty days in various emergencies, and bodies of "minute men" from other
States, of which no account was made. Reduced to
any active
18,273
Columbia
Florida
Georgia
8...50:
373
42
Four months
94,411
Dakota
2.045
Eight months
2,576
8,289
California
964
*32,068
"Tncludes 196 col'd. troops
*91,327 60.5 "Includes 165 col'd. troops
+A1I Iudian troops
+3,530
99 337
2.778.304 61.2
S.
Army
178,975.
HO 970.
199,720.
24,866.
9.058.
15 814.
"358,528.
Total deaths
16 per cent, of the troops furnished by the States.
"Over
-,
Confederate
The military population of the eleven Southern
States, according to the census of 18<>0, was 1,064,193.
This was increased during the four years immediately following the census of 18(>0 over 200,000 by the youths who had attained their eighteenth
year; at the same time the military population of
the other States and Territories was increased over
800,000 from the same source. The loss from those
who passed their forty-fifth year was only half of
the number gained from those arriving at eighteen
years, while such of the former as were already in
the army, were still held to service.
The
Alabama
99.9BJ
Arkansas
86381
Florida
Georgia.
Louisiana
16,789
.
88.466
M i&Bissippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
70.1896
116.888
...
169.868
Texas
B*.l
Virginia
198,687
Total
1,064,198
made from the official rosConfederate Armies as they stcod at various battles and at various dates, covering the entire period of the war, shows that the different
States kept the following number of regimental organizations in almost continual service in the field:
careful compilation
ters of the
0AVALR1 r.
INF'N-
TOTAL.
ARTILLERY
TKV.
so
STATUS.
_ft
so 55
E - -
r-
3 s
B
so";;
z\-.zW
Z 1:7:
~ 2 s =
J"
3 a."
fi rlda
Georgia..
lasisaippl
8.
a
S
SS - 5! B
5~ E
1
a'
ft'
'
....
Regulars.
Grand Total.
<
<
14
6
'2
411
>
21 II
111;
2S
22
V
6
22
r.
127 (7
it:,
21
it
*2
,v".
10
11
261
2s
26
20
80
86
14
B
21
....
11
2s
7(2
16
1
i:tt
68
11
SI
68
41
12
22
11
11
7l
16
15
18
18
10
28
8S
16
68
5
3
16
111
ft
"
<
86 11
10 1
69
en
11
';
11
1(1
:;i
-t
5'
n
2*
11
(is 17
50
3.
ft
ft
'
North t'arolina.
0.
11
Louisiana
(5
r,r,
6 i
ft
50
433
in I860
l/eterar>
.-
68
70
40
82
60
89
SO
13
261
664
southern Historical Paper vol. vii. p. 288. An estimate liv Dr. -loseph
ones. and approved by A iljntant General Samuel Uooper, in which the
mailable force is put at 600,000.
52''
regiments and 85
battalions of infantry: 127 regiments and 47 battalions of cavalry; 8 regiments and 1 battalion of partisan rangers; 5 regiments and 6 battalions of heavy
In all,
artillery, and 2<>1 batteries of light artillery.
equivalent to 764 regiments of 10 companies each.
These were all troops of the line, and they servt d
during the war. The number does not include regiments which served a short time only; neither
does it include disbanded or consolidated regiments,
nor State Militia, Junior Reserves, Senior Reserves,
Home Guards, local defense regiments, and separate companies, and yet these miscellaneous organizations rendered effective service at times and took
the place of regular troops.
The Petersburg intrench men ts, on June 15. 1864,
were held successfully by militiamen during the
Parfirst assault until the arrival of Lee's Army.
tisan bands, lil e Mosby's and John Morgan's, kept
eight or ten times their number of Union cavalry
employed in protecting territory in which they operated, or in watching their movements.
DEATHS
IN
the Confederate
and minor engagements, making use of offireports only, and in their absence accepting
Confederate estimates. These indicate that 94,000
men were killed or mortally wounded on the ConThere is a tabulafederate side during the war.
tion of losses as compiled from the muster rolls on
file in the Bureau of Confederate Archives at Washington, D. C, but the returns are very incomplete
nearly all the Alabama rolls are missing. The figures, however, are worth noting. They show that
74,524 were killed or died of wounds, and that
5^,297 died of disease.
battle
cial
the Confederate rolls could have been completand then revised, the number of killed as shown
on next page (75,524) would bi greatly increased;
but as it is. the extent of such increase must remain
If
ed,
a matter of conjecture.
South Carolina, as
it
Confederate l/eteran
434
was
16,000 less than in the Federal Army; or, adding the usual proportion of wounded, it would make
a difference of about 60,000 killed and wounded in
favor of the Confederates.
From the tabulations made by General Fry, who
devoted much time in carefully examining the
muster rolls on file, the following- abstract is made:
DEATHS
IN
EILLKD.
O
B
n
STAT KB.
go
3s
a
-i
?
Arkansas
Florida
Louisiana
North Carolina.
South Carolina.
Tennessee
..
Tntal
^Alabama
ffl
a.
552
2,163
9
27
793
16
5.553
2,618
5,807
13,845 14 522
8 827 9 1ST
2.016 2,115
140
42
75
330
380
99
92
35
2,548
5,685
1.320
5,062
1,*67
972
1,348
5.328
1.959
1.007
i-3
181
190
88*
490
915
506
7i6
724
468
74 3.708 3.782
1.030 1.047
17
107 3.595 3,702
32 3,027 3.059
103 6.704 6.807
541 20.061 20.602
79 4.681 4.760
72 3.353 3.425
10
1260
1,250
168 6.779 6.947
58 2.084 2.142
25 1.015 1.040
257
49
13
200
1.579
1,719
826
868
2.576
2,651
5.151
3.735
4.821
3,478
825
1,228
2,319
61
27
672
441
874
1241
2,519
733
rolls missing.
SUMMARY.
.
Grand
total
..
21.570
59.297
133.821
The
heroic persistency with which the Confederwould stand up before the enemy's musketry,
and the severity of the losses thereby, becomes apates
official
returns of various
killed,
of 678 engaged.
?!
a.
o.
7413
5.381
o
B
a
n
638
26li
C. S. Regulars
2.061
12"
677
H
o
14
Border states
&
104
47
172
71)
Mississippi
o
B
n
Rowley's Brigade, Doubleday's Division. The Quartermaster of the Twentieth North Carolina, who
made the official report on July 4, states that there
were only 2)6 left for duty after the fight of the
1st.
The regiment then participated in Pickett's
charge on the third day of the battle, in which it
attacked the position held hy Smith's Brigade,
Hays' Division, Second Corps. On the following
day it mustered only 80 men for duty, the misaing
ones having fallen in the final unsuccessful charge.
In the battle of the first day, Captain Tuttle's company (of the Twenty-sixth North Carolina) went
into ac ion with 3 officers and 84 men; all of the officers and 83 of the men were killed or wounded.
On the same day, and in the same brigade, Company C. of the Eleventh North Carolina, ost 2 officers
killed and 34 out of 38 men killed or wounded.
Captain Bird of this Company, with the four remaining men, participated in the charge on the 3rd of
North Carolina
First
Rifles,
killed
gaged.
tal
To understand
commanders.
FEDERAL
PRISON.
NO.
DEATHS.
3S.II73
Alton,
22.773
22.301
14.227
10,319
9.167
8.438
7.717
7,357
111
5.761
:..4.".o
Fort McHenry,
Md
5.325
4.S79
4 585
Hart's Inland. N.
4.154
3,117
2.484
2,307
New
Orleans, La
Fort Lafayette, N.
Total
ESTABLISHMENT
OF PRISONS.
CONFINED.
3.446
2.502
3.759
July, 1863
OS
June, 1862
1,763
2,980
Oct. 1864
2,1
Feb., 1861
1862
1863
139
1,613
270
457
Feb., 1862
Jan., 1862
Oct., 1862
162
April, 1863
Feb., 1861
July, 1862
589
816
230
April, 1865
89
33
1,922
13
Feb..
Dec,
"
l>-63
Oct.. 1861
646
407
329
Nov.. 1863
(Not stated.)
175.496
23.213
Confederate l/eteran.
MISSISSIPPI IN
Col. J. L.
THE CONFEDERACY.
successful conclusion.
435
Col.
My
information
ville,
is
that Averitt
is
Tenn.
or two.
A, First
On
numbering
-.\
Confederate
43*;
Richmond.
number
of Kort
Delaware boys
in-
LIEUT.-COL.
BULLARD-TENTH
MISSISSIPPI.
a
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li
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l/eterar?.
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(Confederate l/eterai)
JOHNSON'S ISLAND
Two
IN 1864-5.
interesting autograph
most
Nicholson,
Tenn., are open for perusal in the
property of A.
On
title
O.
P.
albums, the
Columbia,
Jr.,
Veteran
office.
Wyndom
Navy, Richmond,
Va.;M. Jeff Thompson, Brigadier General Missouri
State Guard, St Joseph, Mo.; John R. Fellows,
Captain and Inspector General Beall's Brigade,
Camden, Ark., captured at Port Hudson, La., July
<^,
Twenty-seventh
18<>3; S. E. Kierolf, Captain
Tennessee, Cogwell, Tenn.; John C. Humphreys,
Lieutenant Colonel, captured near his home Port
Gibson, Miss. Baxter Smith, Colonel Fourth Tennessee Cavalry, Gallatin, Tenn. Chas. F. Force,
Captain Company K., Fifty-first Alabama Regiment, Washington, D. C. captured near Shelbyville, Tenn., June 27, 1863; J. R. Trimble, of Maryland, Major General P. A. C. S., Johnson's Island,
January ', 1S<4; Wm. N. Clarkson, Mooresburg,
East Tenn., Citizen; Alex W. Campbell, Colonel
Thirty-third Tennessee Regiment, Jackson, Tenn.;
Sam K. McSpadden, Colonel Nineteenth Alabama
B. Mays, Master
C. S.
437
November
first
Confederate Ifeterap
43S
house and
issued.
wagon containing
the rations
was driven
ed the outfit.
We
whom
hundred.
man was
called.
until
nearly all found occupation in miscellaneous reading, the study of law or medicine, making jewelry
from gutta percha or clam shells, playing cards, or
promiscuous "cussing."
Some played ball, but
were careful that the throw did not cross the imaginary dead line, for if they followed it, a whistling
"minie" would call a dead halt. We had theatricals
and plays in a small way; orators of the day; a postmaster.
Those of us who were Masons organized
for the more especial care of our sick.
We had an oath-bound association called the
Southern Cross, its purpose being for mutual protection, to formulate plans for escape, to hold communication and act in concert with our friends outside and in Canada, and to lead when occasion might
require.
Notwithstanding this, it was almost impossible to guard against informers.
Any one who was base enough to take the oath
(allegiance to the U. S. ) could have his liberty,
and whether it might be some such who had taken
it, and remained on pay for that purpose, or that
spies were sent in as prisoners, we could not tell;
as it was, it was rarely the case that our plans were
not known and forestalled.
But in this connection I must say that, as the
prisoners were a sprinkling of all kinds of men and
nationalities, gradually being starved, with the
world against them, the success of their cause, to
say the least, doubtful, and with liberty so easy to
be obtained, it is most wonderful that so few availed
themselves of it. Something more than scnlimen
must have actuated the men who followed the
Southern Cross.
We had a few feast and many fast days there; one
Col.
I will mention: the birthday of Washington.
J. R. Fellows (now of New York) was the orator.
He had been drawing a parallel between the Revolutionary war and our own; had torn the Stars and
Stripes into small ribbons, had elevated the Southern Cross into heaven, and was in a most fervid peroration over it, when a lieutenant and file took him
down.
All letters to and from prisoners were carefully
inspected by an officer detailed for that purpose.
Various stratagems by invisible ink, lemon juice,
etc., were resorted to, which were finally discovered,
and the performer and his correspondence cut off.
It would lengthen this sketch too much to tell in
detail of our failure to meet General Lee in Washington, in September, 1864, on account of treachery
somewhere; or of our futile attempts to escape by
tunnelling or going over the parapet, or how strong
men wasted and died far from home, embittered by
the thought that they were dying in vain; or how
good men writhed under an imprisonment which
kept them from their comrades, who were so bravely
fighting against such fearful odds, and from their
country which needed every man; or of the loved
ones at home whose tears and prayers had followed
our everv footstep; or a thousand other things that
now lie Kke flowers on a mossgrown grave.
As I sit to-night writing- this, with my mind
thirty-one years in the gloomy past, I wonder how
many of the brave men who left that Island then
will recall with me those scenes, and how many
have answered their last roll call.
Qor^derate
USk MRS.
tice
l/eterai)
439
FIRST CONFEDERATE
MONUMENT
TEXAS'
of the Eleventh
The
of this noble
woman was
one of sacrifice.
Gen. Johnston left his wife and family of
little children in California to go back to the South,
whence he came, to fight for his country. We all
know how he gave his life for the cause.
>
address.
stars.
The
name and
life
am commander
of Joseph
E. Johnston Camp,
Confederate
44(1
l/eterai?
MAIN ENTRANCE TO HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY, RICHMOND, IN WHICH 16,000 CONFEDERATE DEAD LIE BURIED.
The
generosity, the names of any among those thousands, with state, regiment, company and date of
death, will be furnished from this office whenever
requested.
Let this matter be given attention.
SOUTHERN MOTHERS.
name "Southern Mothers!"
fearful anxiety.
sixth
What
a flood of memories
come surging
at the
baby
lips
all
alike
sacred banner.
Their
first
in
Confederate
"We
ill
The
Mary E 1 o i s e
Pickett was reared
in
home
in
when
at
Fauquier
Va.. and
old
was sent
enough
to school
Warrenton,
ried
ley
ties,
women
South
of the
to act their
-141
loved by
all.
her mountain
County,
l/eterai>
MRS.
It
I.
I'll
'iK.MKt.ET
VA.
Confederate
442
Those who
social union,
the .memory of the patriotic deeds and the immortal valor of the brave men who died for a cause that
was lost, as well as of their survivors maimed and
disabled as
l/eterai).
among
fell in
write
in
our public and private schools and colleges histories written by prejudiced men and women and issued by the great publishing houses of the North
and East. Every professor and teacher in the Southern States knows that until the last half decade, or
the actors in that mighty conflict on the side
of the Confederacy were flippantly spoken of as
"Catalines" and "conspirators" and "traitors" and
"rebels." Only now and then was a Southern victory ever acknowledged or recorded! Most often
silence signalized the triumphs won from Manassas to Appomattox, by sea or land. *
less,
federate bullets!
in agriculture
forever.
fields of valor and saccontribute priceless treasures to the Memorial Institute of the South. In
that glorious Westminster that is to be, as jewels
in the casket, shall be preserved the deeds of the
private soldiers, as well as the field marshals of that
great struggle.
The "uncrowned heroes" who died on the outpost,
in the trenches, in the hospitals, on the battlefields, or
in the deadly onset, shall be canonized by the side
of the Johnstons, and Hills, and Stonewall Jacksons,
and the peerless Lee, whom they followed to the
death! In that receptacle of Southern prowess and
fortitude the "Daughters of the Confederacy" shall
justly occupy the loftiest niche.
"But for their devotion, their undying courage," Gen. Lee has said
"the war might not have lasted two years!" We
read of Spartan mothers in the story and songs of
old, and of their message to soldier sons
to return
dead on their shields if need be for the glory of
their country.
rifice this institution will
Confederate l/eterap,
"The last at the cross and the first
at the sepulchre" of the world's Redeemer, so in the
days of our Southern crucifixion and the burial of
the "lost cause," she was a ministering- angel of
hope, pointing with one hand to the past and with
the other to the coming resurrection of the land
they loved.
"times of war.
R. L.
DABNEY.
443
different Stj
le,
with an introduction
Gen. John
bj-
New
pages, and
is
elegantly illustrated.
half morocco,
for six, seven,
The book
is
cloth, $3.50;
$(>.00.
It
The
prices
sheep, $4.50;
will be sent as
and
premium
Veteran
See
Veteran
club rate.
benefit to her.
of the Alleghanies."
Confederate
444
call
l/eterar).
On page
981 of the
commanding
P. Hill,
to
mourn
My
We
"
gade was in rear of the division
Brig.-Gen.
volume.
On page 986 of the the same
James II. Lane, then Colonel commanding Branch's
Brigade, Gen. L. O'B. Branch having been killed,
makes the following official statement:
"General Gregg's. (General Archer's, and this brigade (Branch's* formed the rear guard of the army,
and were kept in line facing the enemy until in-
Army
Tennessee, residing in
Tennessee, take steps at an early
ol
about a re-union of
the survivors ot that Brigade at
Nashville during the meeting of
the Veterans next May.
The Cavalry Brigade was composed of Col. James T. Wheeler's
day
to briny
living in the
West
as possible.
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