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ELIGIBILITY TO VETERAN MEMBERSHIP.

Col. Jno. P. Hickman, Secretary of the Tennessee Division of Confederate Soldiers, has kindly furnished the VETERAN the following from the Minutes of the meeting held at Jackson. It will show how very strict the Tennessee Division is as to the eligibility of members :

The Secretary read the opinions given by the State Officers as to eligibility of members, in answer to certain questions asked by one of the Bivouacs. Said questions and answers were taken up, and each answer was unanimously indorsed and adopted by the Association. They are in substance as follows :

Question 1. If a Surgeon in the Confederate Army resigned, not from any physical disability, and came home, took the oath of allegiance to the Federal Government, and remained within the lines of the Federal forces, would he be eligible to our Association ?

Answer. The act of resignation is honorable , but the moment an officer forswears his allegiance to the Government, he loses the honor of his resignation, and can only be classed as having abandoned the country which he swore to support, and cannot become a member of our Association.

Question 2. If a man was discharged from service for sickness the first year of the war, and was afterward able for service and did not re enter the army, would he be eligible ?

Answer. If a soldier was discharged for a real physical disability (sickness, not minority or over age) under our Constitution he is eligible. Our members should only be men who did their whole duty, without shirking or equivocation.

Question 3. If a soldier joined the army and served one year, and then hired a substitute, came home, took the oath, and remained within the enemy's lines, would he be eligible?

Answer. A man cannot join our Association on the services of a substitute, but the service must have been performed in person, otherwise a man could join on the services of a son who was a minor, for he owned and was as much entitled to the services of his minor son as he was to the services of his substitute. A man's financial ability to hire a substitute did not relieve him of his duty to his country, nor does it make him eligible to our Association.

Question 4. What is meant by " honorably released from service," as appears in the third Article of our Constitution ?
Answer. If a soldier was released from one branch of the service to join another, or was released from service to take some civic office which was necessary to the maintenance of his government, or was released on account of some physical disability, not warranting a regular discharge, he would be honorably released. This instance is cited : Hon. Howell Cobb, of Georgia, was Colonel of a regiment, and was elected to the Confederate Congress, the records say " he was honorably released from service."

It can readily be seen that if a soldier was fortunate enough to hold a commission, resigned it, went in the lines of the enemy, took the oath of allegiance to the government of the enemy, that was not an honorable release, and such soldiers cannot become members of our Association.

S. S. Meyers, of Jackson County, filed his application with S. S. Stanton Bivouac to become a member. Said application was fully considered by the Bivouac, and it appeared that he had taken the oath of allegiance to the Federal Government before the surrender of the Confederate Armies. He had never been discharged fora real physical disability. His application was rejected by the Bivouac, and he appealed therefrom to the State Association. Comrade S. F. Wilson moved that the appeal be laid upon the table, as S. S. Myers, never having been a member of the Association, had no right to appeal thereto. Whereupon Capt. W. W. Carnes offered the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted:

Resolved, by the State Association of Confederate Soldiers, that the appeal of S. S. Myers be laid on the table, S. S. Stanton Bivouac being the sole arbiter and having exclusive jurisdiction in his case. But nothing herein contained shall be construed as in any way abridging the State officers' right to reject members received by the Bivouacs, or to purge Bivouacs of unworthy members.

CONFEDERATE VETERAN CAMP OF NEW YORK.

This Camp has an auxiliary membership. The eligibility of members is officially reported as follows:

The immediate descendants and relatives of those who honorably served in the Army, Navy, or Civil Service of the Confederate States of America, and their male relatives, shall be eligible to admission as auxiliary members of the Confederate Veteran Camp, provided they shall have attained the age of twentyone years.

Auxiliary members are entitled to all the privileges of the Camp, excepting that of voting before attaining the age of twenty five years, or of holding office or membership in the Executive Committee before attaining the age of thirty five years. But no auxiliary member shall be eligible to the office of Commander or Lieutenant Commander before attaining the age of forty five years. Nevertheless, auxiliary members having attained the age of twenty five years, are eligible to appointment, on any or all special or subcommittees.

WOMAN'S AUXILIARY OF THIS CAMP.

To foster and encourage co operation in the charitable, social, and other appropriate works of the Camp, the Executive Committee may authorize the formation of one or more associations of ladies, to be known as " Woman's Auxiliary of the Confederate Veteran Camp," membership therein only to be held by wives or daughters, granddaughters, sisters, nieces, or cousins of those who honorably served in the Army, Navy or Civil Service of the Confederate States of America, or relatives of auxiliary members of the Confederate Veteran Camp. No dues or fees shall be levied by the Camp on such Associations, or the members thereof.

A CONFEDERATE MONUMENT TO BE ERECTED AT FRANKLIN. The ladies of Williamson County are engaged in raising funds with which to erect a monument to the memory of Confederate soldiers, the living and the dead. It is their purpose to place it on the Public Square, where it may be seen of all men. We are going to succeed, and will have a monument of which any city would be proud. Some time ago Charles Hills, of Chicago, a Federal soldier who fought here in November, 1864, was on a visit looking over the battle ground, and heard of this monument undertaking, when he volunteered to give ten dollars toward it. This is one of the many incidents, that occurs during life's journey to show us the kinship of men. I don't know what his politics are, and I don't care. I venture to say he is a gentleman of the highest order, and was a brave soldier. H.

Mrs. S. A, A. McCausland, Lexington, Mo., in sending subscription to the VETERAN, says: I want the flags. In the beginning of the "late unpleasantness" I suffered many things because of a refusal to surrender a Confederate flag to a regiment in blue, so now I "even up" by keeping the colors always in sight on my own domain.

Too late for suitable notice cornea the announcement that Gen. Lucien B. Northrop, Commissary General of the Confederate States and classmate of Jefferson Davis at West Point, died at the Maryland Confederate Home.

IT is well to give in the VETERAN notice of the death of Mrs. Jane Washington, mother of Hon. Joseph E. Washington, member of Congress from Tennessee. She was a Miss Smith, of Florence, Ala., and became the second wife of Col. George A. Washington, whose father, Joseph Washington, came from Virginia in 1798. He bought sixty five acres of land, to which he and his son added by purchase nearly 12,000 acres more. It is doubtless the largest body of improved land ever owned by one family in Tennessee. A magnificent home was built nearly three quarters of a century ago. Colonel Washington was buried there a little more than a year ago, and now his wife.

During the war, while submitting to legal authorities, Col. Washington determined to resist bands of guerrillas who infested his home, and was given permit by General Rosseau to keep fire arms in his house. He resisted as many as eight marauders at one time, assisted by two faithful slaves, to whom he gave guns, while young Joseph carried ammunition for him. He shot one of them, and by that means traced some of the others so the authorities secured and executed them. Again he killed a man while taking a horse from one of his stables, who happened to be a soldier. It created a great sensation. Two companies of soldiers went to the house to avenge the death and quarreled about the prey until a regiment arrived for his rescue. Meanwhile one of them shot him a flesh wound, and was about firing again when the faithful wife rushed between them. The coward fired at her, but one of his comrades knocked up the pistol and the ball passed over the heads of them both.

CAPT. THOMAS E. MALLORY, who served four years in the Confederate army, died in Montgomery County, Tenn., February 9th. He was a member of the church and was buried by his brother Masons.

An exchange reports "a big funeral" by the colored people in Jacksonville, Florida, to Dr. A. H. Dames, colored. The deceased was a prominent Mason. Notice here is given because of his service through the war with Gen. E. Kirby Smith. Of the many manuscripts that have awaited space in the VETERAN there is one from this Dr. Darnes setting forth the noble character of his master.

F. O'Brien, Birwick, La., notes that Comrade James Malcolm was buried February 4th. He was in his 74th year. Adjutant O'Brien adds that the VETERAN improves all the time, and says, " I think you will get as many subscribers at $1 as you would at fifty cents."

Nat. D. Colhoun, who was a member of Company C, Second Louisiana Cavalry, died at his home at Stanton Depot, Tenn., January 19th, aged 54 years.

REV. C. G. REAGAN, of Itasca, Texas, in his missions of peace, forgot that he left with Mr. T. J. Glasscock, of Marshall, Texas, his sword, about the close of the war. Thomas Brooks, editor of the Washington County Review, printed a letter about it, and Rev. Mr. Reagan secured the sword. It was presented to him by Col. J. R. Pettigrew.

A CONFEDERATE Camp was organized at Pikeville, Tenn., January 19th, and named in honor of Col. H. M. Ashby, who commanded the Second Tennessee Confederate Cavalry. L. T. Billingsley was chosen Commander, and Z. M. Morris, Adjutant. Another meeting to perfect the organization is to be held on the 17th of February.

John W. Pooser, Marianna, Fla.: Inclosed find $2 for renewals. We have been reading the VETERAN now for twelve months, have become much attached to it and can't do without it.

Geo. E. Hardwicke. Sherman, Texas, February 12th, in sending $5 for five subscribers, states : All you lack of getting one hundred subscribers here in Sherman is somebody to rustle for them. I simply mentioned the paper and they immediately subscribed.

H. R. Hill, Comanche, Texas: * * * And besides, I never wrote any thing for publication in my life. I regard Forrest as the greatest cavalry officer in our war. I firmly believe had Stonewall Jackson lived and been given 50,000 infantry, and Forrest given 15,000 cavalry, they would have wiped the thing out and " carried the war into Africa," instead of standing on the defensive and being worn out, as we were. I belonged to Ross' Brigade, and was under Van Dorn until he was killed. After this we were sent back to Mississippi, and covered the gloomy retreat of Joseph E. Johnston from Big Black to Jackson, and afterward went to Georgia and skirmished for Johnston's left from Rome to Atlanta. We were at New Hope and Jonesboro, and captured McCook and Brownlow's outfit at Newnan, and followed Kilpatrick down to Lovejoy. * * * The description of the Confederate soldier by Mr. Baskette, in December VETERAN, was a very fine production. He must have been one of them. I was well pleased with the letter of Mrs. Sarah E. Brewer, some time ago. God bless her, she has my permission to have her say, as she called it. I wish you good success. Don't let your journal get into the hands of a cold blooded mob north of Mason and Dixon's line, and my opinion is it will flourish. Mind you, I have not written this for publication.

Wm. C. Timmins, of Houston, Texas, hopes to locate a sword presented to his uncle, Lieut. Col.. Wm. C. Timmins, of the Second Texas Regiment, when he first left to join the Confederate Army as Captain of a company raised in Houston. It was appropriately engraved, and had his name inscribed thereon. Col. Timmins was wounded during the siege of Vicksburg, and died soon afterward in Vicksburg, and is buried at Houston, Texas. I am pretty certain that the yankees did not get it, but some Confederate officer brought it away from Vicksburg.

John W. Rogers, manufacturer of fine carriages) Baltimore, writes an earnest commendation of the VETBRAN with his left hand. He lost his right arm in the battle of Gettysburg, in Company C, Twelfth Virginia Infantry,

James D. Odom, Boz, Texas: Go on, sir, with your noble work, and may the God of our beautiful Southland bless you and all worthy ex Confederate soldiers. One dollar is quite reasonable for the VETERAN. Let us have it, that we children may know more of our fathers' experiences during those stormy days.

W. A. Campbell, Columbus, Miss.: I wish I could write for the VETERAN Gen. S. D. Lee's speech to us last night. He gave incidents of the war, illustrating the daring and valor of the Southern soldiers, and he said, in the course of his remarks, that as time passes history will recognize the sublime courage of the Southern soldiers. He told of seeing a company of boys, about 125 strong, in which there were none except the officers 21 years old, go into battle to support artillery at Sharpsburg, and that although about twenty five of the boys were shot dead from the ranks they faltered not.

George N. Ratliff, Huntsville, Mo.: * * * By the way, I am coming back to Franklin to visit again that battle field. There are 140 Missourians buried there, and I knew them every one. I was with them for nearly four years.

W. A. C., Columbus, Miss.: Let each Camp have a visiting card, to give to any member who is traveling, signed by the Commander and Adjutant, stating that he is amember in good standing. Any man can buy one of the Confederate buttons and pass as a veteran. We intend to do this in our Camp, and a notice in the VETERAN may induce other Camps to adopt the plan. It will at least bring out a discussion of the matter, and may lead to something better. Our regulation button, as you know, can be bought in many places of jewelers, and by any one, as Captain Shipp's plan of having the button copyrighted has not so far been successful.

Rev. Thomas M. Cobb, Lexington, Mo.: I am delighted with the VETERAN. Success to you. I was a member of Company H, Second Missouri Infantry, C. S. A., Senator Cockrill's old regiment and company. I was severely wounded at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, and sent to the hospital at Barnsville, Ga., where I lay with wound and gangreen for two months. My nurse was a Mr. Elder, a wounded and disabled soldier from Tennessee. My recollection is he lived in or near Murfreesboro. If he is living I would like to hear from him, and would take it as a great favor if any one would inform me about him. I hope to give you some incidents interesting and thrilling soon.

C. J. Holt, Haley, Tenn.: It does my soul good to read of the daring deeds of those heroes who donned the gray and kept step to strains of martial music made from such airs as "Maryland, My Maryland," "Bonnie Blue Flag," "TheGirl I Left Behind Me," or the soul stirring strains of "Dixie." The proudest heritage I claim is my birthright in the sunny Southland, and the son of a Confederate veteran who tramped the hot sands of Virginia and other Southern States four long years.

Messrs. P. L. Smithson and J. L. Gee, of Williamson County, Tenn., have a very pleasant recollection of Gen. John C. Breckinridge at Shiloh. It was on Tuesday after the fighting of Sunday and Monday. They had been sent early on detail for some guns, and while in execution of the order they were met by General Breckinridge, who asked what command they belonged to, and on being told, he said, "Soldiers, you seem to have had a bad night " they were wet from the excessive rains " and I expect have not had any breakfast." They promptly responded that they had not. "Neither have I," said the General, "but I have two biscuits. I will give one to you two and divide the other with my Aide." They will ever remember the courtesy and kindness of the eminent Kentuckian.

CAPT. B. M. HORD, Nashville, Tenn., desires to know of Ed Moore, of the Washington Artillery, who shared bed blankets with him at Rock Island, III.

R. R. Hancock, Auburn, Tenn., desires the address of any members of the Second Missouri Cavalry.

James A.rcher, Stanton, Miss., would like to know what became of the three staff officers of Gen. Bushrod Johnson Snowden, Blakemore, and Black.

A. J. Cowart, of Little Oak, Ala., wants the address of Spotswood Garland, who was Captain of Company G, Sixty third Alabama Infantry. He was wounded and captured in the battle of Blakely, (?) April 9, 1865. R. H. Phelps, Esq., LaGrange, Texas: Send me the old list of subscribers, giving date when subscription expires, and I will try to get them to renew.

MARYLAND LINE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS' HOME.

THE January VETERAN contained quite a thorough account of the Confederate cause in Maryland with reference to the Confederate Soldiers' Home at Pikeville, a small village eight miles from Baltimore, which is reached by splendid driving roads and by electric cars. The command of the Home is intrusted to W. H. Pope) who was a gallant Confederate soldier, and whose whole heart is enlisted for its success. He has been zealous for the VETERAN from the first. The total expenses of the Home at the last annual report, September, 1893, were $38,195. Of this sum the State has contributed $27,500. The Maryland Line created the influences whereby the Home was established.

The superb record made by soldiers from Maryland in the Confederate Army is attributable mainly to the First and Second Regiments Infantry, the First and Second Regiments Cavalry, the First, Second, Third and Fourth Companies of Artillery, numbering in the aggregate about four thousand men. From the beginning, at Harper's Ferry, in 1861, to the end at Appomattox in 1865, "they maintained the same high character and bearing, and the record of their deeds is held in veneration and affection." All honor to Maryland Confederates.

OCCURRENCES AT LEE'S SURRENDER.

Col. Charles Marshall of Baltimore, delivered an address in that city January 19th, the birthday of Gen. Lee, in which he described graphically the great surrender at Appomattox. His large audience comprised many members of Congress who had gone over from Washington. On the platform, in addition, were Cardinal Gibbons, Gen. Wade Hampton, and other distinguished visitors. The twin daughters of Gen. Hood were there with their chaperon. Gen. Bradley T. Johnson introduced Col. Marshall as "the right hand of Lee," and who was with him in the last hours of an expiring tragedy. Col. Marshall was received with great applause. Part of his address follows:

When old soldiers and sailors meet to talk about the war, it must be admitted that they sometimes forget the reverence due the divinity commonly spoken of as the Goddess of Truth. This tendency to exaggerate and invent in describing events that excite great interest, and particularly such as appeal to the feelings and passions of men, makes itself felt long after the events have occurred, and impairs the value of history. We do not yet know with certainty the facts of the battle of Waterloo. As to Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, although I witnessed both, I sometimes think, in view of the absolutely irreconcilable accounts we have of those two engagements, a Bishop Whately might readily create historic doubts as to whether either was, in fact, fought. It was my duty during the latter half of the war, to prepare the reports of Gen. Lee under his directions, and one of the most difficult things I had to do was to reconcile the many conflicting accounts of the same affair submitted by commanding officers. Much of the confusion and contradiction of statement made by narrators or writers of historic incidents is due to the fact that the narrators of such things do not always confine themselves strictly to the statement of what they did themselves, but are much disposed to include in their reports what they think was done or omitted to be done by others. At the battle of Fredericksburg, for instance, fighting took place on the right and left of the Confederate army, its center not having been engaged at all. Gen. Longstreet, on the Confederate left, had repulsed the repeated attacks made upon the troops posted at the foot of Marye's Hill, and Gen. Jackson had repulsed the assault made on our right near Hamilton's Crossing. The distance between the two scenes of combat was between three and four miles. In the afternoon I came across Gen. D. H. Hill, of Jackson's Corps, who thought his wing had been doing all the fighting, while the left had not been engaged at all. Nearly fifteen hundred Federal dead lay in front of Marye's Hill, and Gen. Hill did not know that there had been any fighting there.

With this full knowledge of this tendency to error, I now come to present to you, as accurately as I can, the facts of the surrender of Gen. Lee at Appomattox, about which you have asked me to talk to you on this occasion, when we are met to celebrate his birthday. I know of no other event in his life which more strongly illustrates some of the great qualities that adorned the character of our great chieftain. I shall begin my narrative with the opening of the correspondence between Gen. Lee and Gen. Grant. After the disaster of Sailor's Creek, the army, reduced to two corps, under the command of Gen. Longstreet and Gen. Gordon, moved through Farmville, where rations were issued to some of the starving troops. The close pursuit of the overwhelming army of Gen. Grant made it necessary to remove the wagon trains before all the men could be supplied, and the remnant of the great Army of Northern Virginia, exhausted by fighting and starvation, moved in the road to Appomattox Court House. On the afternoon of the 7th of April Gen. Grant sent to Gen. Lee the first letter, so well known to readers of history, pointing out the hopelessness of longer contining the struggle, and asking the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. Gen. Lee, you remember, replied, disagreeing with Gen. Grant's view of the hopelessness of the struggle, but inquiring the conditions of surrender Gen. Grant might offer. The next day, April 8, Gen. Grant replied, "Peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I insist upon namely, that the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms again against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet you, or will designate officers to meet any officers you name for the same purpose, at any point agreeable to you, for the purpose of arranging definitely the terms upon which the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia will be received."

It will be observed that Gen. Grant, in this letter, manifested that delicate consideration for his great adversary which marked all his subsequent conduct toward him. He offered to have the terms of the capitulation arranged by officers to be appointed for the purpose by himself and Gen. Lee, thus sparing the latter the pain and mortification of conducting personally the arrangements for the surrender of his army.

When Lord Cornwallis opened his correspondence with Gen. Washington, which ended in

the surrender at Yorktown, his lordship proposed that two officers be appointed on each side to arrange terms of surrender. This letter, and Cornwallis' subsequent declination to attend the ceremony of the surrender of his army, deputizing Gen. O'Hara to represent him, showed that he shrunk from sharing with his army the humiliation of surrender. Gen. Grant offered Gen. Lee an opportunity to avoid the trial to which the British commander felt himself unequal. But Gen. Lee was made of different stuff. It is not without interest to recall what Gen. Lee's father, Light Horse Harry Lee, in writing of this episode, said that there was nothing with which Cornwallis could reproach himself nor his brave and faithful army, and by failing to appear at its head in the day of misfortune, as he had always done in the day of triumph, the British General dimmed the splendor of his long and brilliant career. Little did the father think when he wrote these words that he was marking the arduous path of duty along which his son was one day to be called upon to walk. That son was worthy of such a father and of such teaching. As I said on another occasion of Gen. Lee's conduct through the pain and humiliation of his position, his great career about to close in defeat, and all that he had done about to be made unavailing, he saw the path of duty, and he trod it with as firm a step and as brave a heart and as lofty a mein as if it had been the way of triumph.

The march was continued during the 8th of April with little interruption from the enemy, and in the evening we halted near Appomattox Court House, Gen. Lee intending to march by way of Campbell Court House through Pittsylvania County toward Danville, with a view of opening communication with the army of General Joseph E. Johnston, then retreating before Gen. Sherman through North Carolina. Gen. Lee's purpose was to unite with Gen. Johnston to attack Sherman, or call Johnston to his aid in resisting Grant, whichever might be found best. The exhausted troops were halted for rest on the evening of the 8th of April near Appomattox Court House, and the march was ordered to be resumed at 1 o'clock A. M. I can convey a good idea of the condition of affairs by telling my own experience.

When the army halted on the night of the 8th, General Lee and his staff turned out of the road into a dense wood to seek some rest. The General had a conference with some of the principal officers, at which it was determined to try to force our way the next morning with the troops of Gordon, supported by the cavalry under Gen. Fitz. Lee, the command of Longstreet bringing up the rear. Afterward we laid upon the ground near the road, with our saddles for pillows, our horses picketed near by, eating the bark from the trees for want of better provender, our faces covered with the capes of our overcoats to keep out the night air. After I o'clock I was aroused by the sound of a column of infantry marching along the road. We were so completely surrounded by the swarming forces of General Grant, that at first when I awoke I thought the passing column might be Federal soldiers. I raised my head and listened intently. My doubts were quickly dispelled. I recognized these troops as they passed along the road in the dead of night by hearing one of them repeat the Texan version of a passage of Scripture with which I was familiar 1 mean the Texan version. That version was as follows:

The race is not to them that's got 
The longest legs to run , 
Nor the battle to that people 
That shoots the biggest gun.

This simple confession of faith assured me that the immortal brigade of Hood's Texans was marching to battle in the dark. Soon after they passed we were all astir, and our bivouac was at an end. We made our simple toilet, consisting mainly of putting on our caps and saddling our horses. Somebody had a little corn meal, and somebody else had a tin can, such as is used to hold hot water for shaving. A fire was kindled, and each man in his turn, according to rank and seniority, made a can of corn meal gruel, and was allowed to keep the can until the gruel became cool enough to drink. General Lee, who reposed, as we had done, not far from us, did not, as far as I remember, have even such a refreshment as I have described. This was our last meal in the Confederacy. Our next was taken in the United States, and consisted mainly of a generous portion of that noble American animal whose strained relations with the great Chancellor of the German Empire made it necessary at last for the President of the United States to send an Ohio man to the court of Berlin.
General Gordon had already begun the attempt to open the way, but informed General Lee that it was impossible to proceed farther. General Lee had already written to General Grant, stating : " I cannot meet you with a view to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia, but, so far as your proposal may affect the Confederate Southern forces under my command, and tend to the restoration of peace, I should be pleased to meet you at 10 A. M., to morrow, on the old stage road to Richmond, between the picket lines of the two armies." No reply to this letter had been received on the morning of the 9th) and General Lee, attended by myself and with one orderly, proceeded down the old stage road to Richmond to meet General Grant, and while riding to the rear for this purpose he received the message of General Gordon that his advance was impossible without reinforcements. We rode through the rear guard of the army, composed of the remnant of Longstreet's corps. They had thrown up substantial breastworks of logs across the roads leading to the rear, and cheered General Lee as he passed in the way they had cheered many a time before. Their confidence and enthusiasm were not one whit abated by defeat, hunger and danger. As soon as General Lee received the report of General Gordon as to the state of affairs in front, he directed that officer to ask for a suspension of hostilities, and proceeded at once to meet General Grant.

General Lee, with an orderly in front bearing a flag of truce, had proceeded but a short distance after passing through our rear guard when we came upon the skirmish line of the enemy advancing to the attack. I went forward to meet a Federal officer, who proved to be Lieutenant Colonel Whittier. Colonel Whittier delivered to me General Grant's reply to General Lee's letter of April 8th, declining to discuss the terms of a general pacification, on the ground that General Grant possessed no authority to deal with the subject. General Lee immediately sent a letter requesting an interview for the purpose of arranging the terms of surrender. There were indications that the advance of the Federals would soon get into a brush with our troops, and I expressed to Colonel Whittier the hope that the hostilities would be suspended until the letter reached General Grant. Colonel Whittier soon afterward reported that an attack had been ordered, but General Meade, upon learning the nature of the note sent General Grant, assumed the responsibility of suspending hostilities for one hour. I have said that as General Lee passed through his rear guard the men cheered him as of old. They were the flower of the old Army of Northern Virginia, and I felt quite sure that if the officer commanding the advancing Federal troops should consider himself bound by his orders to refuse my request for a suspension of hostilities until General Lee's letter could reach General Grant, the rear guard of the Army of Northern Virginia would secure all the time necessary.
Colonel Babcock, of General Grant's staff, soon appeared with the reply to General Lee's note. He and I then rode to Appomattox Court House to secure a suitable room for the meeting. This we found in the house of a Mr. McLean, who had moved there from the battle field of Bull Run to get out of the way of the war.

General Lee, Colonel Babcock and myself sat in the parlor of this house for about half an hour, when a large party of mounted men arrived, and in a few minutes General Grant came into the room, accompanied by his staff and a number of Federal officers of rank, among whom were General Ord and General Sheridan. General Grant greeted General Lee very civilly) and they engaged for a short time in conversation about their former acquaintance during the Mexican war. Some other Federal officers took part in the conversation, which was terminated by General Lee saying to General Grant that he had come to discuss the terms of the surrender of his army, as indicated in his note of that morning, and he suggested to General Grant to reduce his proposition to writing. General Grant assented, and Colonel Parker, of his staff, moved a small table from the opposite side of the room, and placed it by General Grant, who sat facing General Lee. When General Grant had written his letter in pencil, he took it to General Lee, who remained seated.

General Lee read the letter, and called General Grant's attention to the fact that he required the surrender of the horses of the cavalry as if they were public horses. He told General Grant that Confederate cavalrymen owned their horses, and that they would need them for planting a spring crop. General Grant at once accepted the suggestion, and interlined the provision, allowing the retention by the men of the horses that belonged to them. At the direction of our superior officers, Colonel Parker made a copy of this letter in ink, and I wrote out General Lee's acceptance, both of us using my small pocket inkstand. In the midst of this work General Grant, who was talking with General Lee, turned to General Sheridan and said, "General Lee tells me that he has some 1,200 of our people prisoners, who are sharing with his men, and that none of them have anything to eat. How many rations can you spare?" General Sheridan replied, "About twenty five thousand." General Grant turned to General Lee and said, "General, will that be enough ? " General Lee replied, " More than enough." Thereupon General Grant said to General Sheridan, " Direct your commissary to send twenty five thousand rations to General Lee's commissary." General Sheridan at once sent an officer to give the necessary orders.

When Colonel Parker had completed the copying of General Grant's letter, I sat down at the same little table and wrote General Lee's answer. I have yet in my possession the original draft of that answer. It began : " I have the honor to acknowledge." General Lee struck out these words and made the answer read as it now appears. His reason was that the correspondence ought not to appear as if he and General Grant were not in immediate communication. When General Grant had signed the copy of his letter made by Colonel Parker, and General Lee had signed the answer, Colonel Parker handed me General Grant's letter, and I handed to him General Lee's reply, and the work was done. Some further conversation of a general nature took place, in which General Grant said to General Lee that he had come to the meeting as he was, and without his sword, because he did not wish to detain General Lee until he could send back to his wagons, which were several miles away. This was the only reference made by any one to the subject of dress on that occasion. General Lee had prepared himself for the meeting with more than usual care, and was in full uniform, wearing a very handsome sword and sash. This was, doubtless, the reason of General Grant's reference to himself.

At last General Lee took leave of General Grant, saying that he would return to his headquarters and designate the officers who were to act on our side in arranging the details of the surrender. We mounted our horses, which the orderly was holding in the yard, nd rode away, & number of Federal officers standing on the porch in front of the house looking at us. When General Lee returned to his line a large number of men gathered around him, to whom he announced what had taken place, and the causes that had rendered the surrender necessary. Great emotion was manifested by officers and men, but love and sympathy for their commander mastered every other feeling.

According to the report of the chief of ordnance, less than 8,000 armed men surrendered, exclusive of the cavalry. The others who were present were unarmed, having been unable to carry their arms from exhaustion and hunger. Many had fallen from the ranks during the arduous march, and unarmed men continued to arrive for several days after the surrender, swelling the number of paroled prisoners greatly beyond the actual effective force.

Feb. 1894

CONFEDERATE DISASTER AT NASHVILLE.

ANOTHER LETTER FROM COL. W. D. GALE

TO HIS WIFE AFTER HOOD'S DEFEAT BEFORE NASHVILLE.

HEADQUARTERS STEWART'S CORPS, TUPELO, MISS., January 19, 1865. I now resume my story, and will give you some account of our doings in front of Nashville. We left Franklin on the second day after the fight and moved on toward Nashville, our army in mourning. When we got to John Overton's place I saw some ladies by the roadside in high excitement, and on riding up found them to be Mary Bradford, Miss Maxwell, Miss May, Misses Becky Allison, Mary Hadley and Buck Correy. Mary Hadley was married to Maj. Clare, of the Staff of Gen. Hood, and was left behind after her three days' honeymoon. Our corps then moved across to the Granny White Pike, through Mr. Lea's place, and went to Mrs. Johns' house and established headquarters there. Our first line was from the Franklin Pike, near Mr. Vaulx's, along the ridge in front of father's, by Montgomery's house (burned some time ago), across to the Hillsboro Pike, near Mr. Rains'. This corps on the left, Lee in center, and Cheatham on the right, extending over toward and near to the Murfreesboro pike. We remained thus for two days, entrenching and building redoubts on our left. The yanks were in line, plain in view along the high ridge just back of Mr. Lawrence's and in front of Mrs. Acklin's.

There was a force under Rousseau holding Murfreesboro which Gen. Hood was anxious to capture. He detached the most of Forrest's Cavalry and Bate's Division to that work, but they failed. Bate was then ordered back, leaving Forrest. Here we remained watching each other and entrenching as hard as we could until the morning of the 15th of December. On that morning about 9 o'clock it was reported to me that the enemy were advancing in heavy force on the Hillsboro pike and in front of Gen. Loring. Generals French and Walthall had their troops in bivouac along the east side of the Hillsboro Pike ready to move. I informed Gen. Stewart, who mounted and rode to the point, leaving me to keep my office open and send dispatches. I had a signal station, and sent dispatches to Generals Hood, Lee and Cheatham, and received others. In a short time the firing began and grew heavier as the enemy advanced. It was soon perceived that his main attack would be here, as his whole army appeared to be in our front. * * * They then stormed and took redoubt 5, our forces being entirely too small to keep them back. The reinforcements sent to us did not arrive in time. Walthall's troops, stationed along the pike in front of these works, were then driven in and the enemy were in the rear of Gen. Loring, which, of course, compelled him to fall back, as did the whole of our line, until dark. I remained in my office until the yankees advanced to within three hundred yards. I then mounted and made my escape through the back yard with my clerks and Joined Gen. Stewart in front of Mr. Plater's, where Gen. Sears lost his life very near me. * * * As our men fell back before the advancing yankees Mary Bradford ran out under heavy fire and did all she could to induce the men to stop and fight, appealing to them and begging them, but in vain Deas' brigade as here. Gen. Hood told me yesterday that he intended to mention her courageous conduct in his report, which will immortalize her. The men seemed utterly lethargic and without interest in the battle. I never witnessed such want of enthusiasm, and began to fear for to morrow, hoping that Gen. Hood would retreat during the night, cross Duck River, and then stop and fight, but he would not give it up. However, he sent all his wagons to Franklin, which prepared the men still more for the stampede of the next day. * * * The enemy adapted their line to ours, and about 9 A. M. began the attack on Cheatham, trying all day to turn him and get in his rear. They succeeded about 2 or 3 P.M. in gaining the pike behind the gap, and in crossing got in the rear of Gen. Stewart's headquarters, which were on the side of the knob looking toward Nashville. We could see the whole line in our front every move, advance, attack and retreat. It was magnificent. What a grand sight it was! I could see the Capitol all day, and the churches. The yanks had three lines of battle everywhere I could see, and parks of artillery playing upon us and raining shot and shell for eight mortal hours. I could see nearly every piece in our front, even the gunners at work. They made several heavy assaults upon Gen. Lee's line near John Thompson's, and one in front of Mrs. Mullins'. At length, having gained our rear, about 4 p. M. they made a vigorous assault upon the whole line right and left. Bate gave way, and they poured over in clouds behind Walthall. which, of course, forced him to give way. and then, by brigades the whole line from left to right. Lee held on bravely awhile longer than the center and left.

Here was a scene which I shall not attempt to describe, for it is impossible to give you any idea of an army frightened and routed. Some brave effort was made to rally the men and make a stand, but all control over them was gone, and they flatly refused to stop, throwing down their guns and, indeed, every thing that impeded their flight, and every man fled for himself.

Reynolds' Brigade was ordered to go to the right just before the rout began, and got to where I was when I halted it and got the General to form it in line across the point of the knob just in the path of the flying mass, hoping to rally some men on this and save the rest. by gaining time for all to come out of the valley. Not a man would stop! The First Tennessee came by, and its Colonel, House, was the only man who would stop with us, and finding none of his men willing to stand, he, too, went on his way. As soon as I found all was lost, and the enemy closing in around us, I sent a courier to Gen. Stewart, who had gone to Gen. Hood's headquarters in the rear of Lea's house, to inform him of the fact. that he might save himself. This courier was mortally wounded, and left at Franklin. Finding the enemy closing in around us, and all indeed gone, I ordered the couriers and clerks who were there to follow me, and we rode as fast as we could to where I thought Gen. Stewart and Gen. Hood were. They were gone, and in their places were the yankees. I turned my horse's head toward the steep knobs and spurred away. It was the only chance of escape left. The first place I struck the hill was too steep for any horse to climb, and I skirted along the hills hoping to find some place easier of ascent, but none seemed to exist. Finally I reached a place not so steep, and in the midst of thousands of retreating soldiers I turned my horse's head for the ascent, resolved to try it. The bullets began to come thick and last. Now, I found my saddle nearly off, and was forced to get down, but on I went on foot. All along the poor, frightened fellows were crying out to me, "Let me hold on to your stirrup, for God's sake." "Give me your hand and help me, if you please." Some were wounded, and many exhausted from anxiety and over exertion. On I struggled until I, too, became exhausted and unable to move. By this time the enemy had gotten to the foot of the hill and were firing at us freely. What was I to do? I twisted my hand in my horse's mane and was borne to the top of the hill by the noble animal, more dead than alive. I was safe, though, and so were my men. We descended the southern slope and entered the deep valley, whose shades were darkened by approaching night. The woods were filled with our retreating men. I joined the crowd and finally made my way to the Franklin Pike, where I found Gen. Stewart, who was much relieved, for I had been reported as certainly killed or captured. All night long we fled. The Harpeth was crossed and a few hours of rest allowed, when we started on for Columbia, then Pulaski, and then Bainbridge, four miles above Florence. Every mind was haunted by the apprehension that we did not have boats enough to make a bridge. On we marched, through ice and rain and snow, sleeping on the wet ground at night. Many thousands were barefooted. actually leaving the prints of blood upon the ground, as the enemy pressed us in the rear. When we left the pike at Pulaski we had an awful road, strewn with dead horses and mules, broken wagons, and worse than all, broken pontoons. We counted, as we passed them, one, two, three, to fifteen.

Thus we toiled on, till Christmas day, cold, drizzly and muddy we camped on the bank of Shoal Creek, and our corps formed line of battle to protect the rear and let all cross, if the bridge could be made. Roddy had captured the enemy's pontoons at Decatur, and they were floated down over the shoals. The bridge was made and the crossing began. Then came the fight with the gun boats, which tried to destroy our bridge. They were driven back and we crossed. "All is well that ends well." Every wagon, every cannon, every horse, every mule, the hogs, beeves, cavalry, infantry, and finally every scout crossed over. The retreat continued to this place, and here we are, daily expecting orders. There were many things in this memorable campaign never to be forgotten. I shall never forget the passage of Duck River Washington crossing the Delaware was insignificant.

I wish I could send you something, my darling, but you know I have no means. I do not despair, but hope to send you and the little fellows a few things some of these days.

General Hood has been relieved and Taylor is in command. What next?

Jno. W. Dyer, Sturgis, Ky.: Allow me to express my appreciation of the not crumbs, but solid, square meals of satisfaction I have enjoyed by reason of the VETERAN for the year past. May the good Lord prosper the VETERAN and those interested in it. We old Confederates only can know how dear the reminiscences and acts of fortitude, heroism and bravery recorded on its pages are to those who participated in them.

The use of the word " Confederate" in a periodical publication should engage an active interest by every man and woman to whom it is sacred. The CONFEDERATE VETERAN was started specifically to give the public knowledge of moneys received by me as agent for the Davis Monument. My appointment to that important position was made by the Executive Committee of the Southern Press Association, and I assumed use of the name because I was a Confederate soldier, and every instinct of my nature was of deference and honor to the spirit embodied in it.
To the thousands of noble men and women in every Southern State, who have been so zealous for the VETERAN, I appeal concerning a principle that is of concern to us all. Soon after the popularity of the VETERAN Was established a combination was formed whereby the word " Confederate " was to be prefixed to a monthly half this size for republishing some blood and thunder pictures gotten out in New York daring the war. It was started in deceit and falsehood, and has been so continued. To emphasize the situation, I will write of my own record and then repeat what has been already published of the others who ask Confederates for patronage.

I am a native Tennessean, was a volunteer soldier in the Forty first Tennessee Infantry. I did my whole duty. I don't remember an engagement with the enemy in which any soldier or officer went farther than I did, except at Franklin, where a few got over the last entrenchment, but I did more effective fighting from the embankment. In the battle of Jonesboro, where we faced two lines of infantry behind breast works,
one above the other, on a hill in the woods, the most awful firing of small arms that I ever heard, I had advanced beyond all my fellows, not realizing that they had fallen back. On seeing that I was within about seventy yards of a thousand men, each of whom could have killed me in a twinkling, I saw near me Lieut. W. S. Bearden, commander of his company, standing by a small tree, the blood pouring from a hole in his trousers above the knee. I assisted in his support to the rear, and went in again, leaving others to care for him. (He is a true man in every sense, and at present an able Chancellor in Middle Tennessee. An elaborate official report kindly sent me recently by Dr. S. H. Stout, Medical Examiner of the Western Army, begins with the killing in that battle of my Lieutenant, Hardy Jones, and the wounding of Lieutenant Bearden.) I never held a commission, but was Corporal, First Sergeant, and served as Sergeant Major of my regiment. Once I was ordered to wear a sword and take command of two companies in an important task. There was no boy soldier in the command better known, perhaps, and to these veterans I submit for testimony. Because I was "so small, and a good soldier," by special favor of my Colonel, J. D. Tillman, now a banker and lawyer at Fayetteville, Tenn., I was permitted to carry a short Enfield rifle. However, it was an effective gun it was submerged in blood at Franklin. I was faithful through the war, and if I ever fail murder me, cover me in a ditch and mark not the spot. Now for the Frank Leslie:

A Confederate Lieutenant Colonel was so unpopular that he was not re elected, but left out to go in the ranks because of his , who through political favoritism secured an appointment as Brigadier General, and was put in command of brave men. Their testimony is that he left them under fire, never to be seen again except on Post duty at the rear. Continued preferment from a political source secured to this man a position in the War Records office at Washington. This position enabled him to control in a great measure publications there that would have placed him in a bad light, and so there was good reason for securing to him this position. Authors and witnesses of these reports are yet living, and will bear testimony at any time. Think of the insolence to the Southern people of this man engaging with the Frank Leslies to reproduce their filthy, falsifying pictures under the name "Confederate,"and engaging a trusted Republican, who removed from the North to Kentucky, so as to locate it at "Lexington, Ky.," as well as New York. That feature takes so well that they recently transposed publication offices, and put Lexington, Kentucky first.
The enterprising LaBree, who is to publish that wonderful book, "The Confederate Soldier in the Civil War," and claims to be " the most capable person living for that work," advertises himself in that circular as the editor of the "Confederate" (?) war journal.

Now, comrades, brothers, I call upon you to do your duty. Help me to expose this falsity and hypocrisy. Your adoption of the VETERAN as your organ was good, but ought you not to formally repudiate that New York sheet with a Kentucky imprint ? Some of you are negligent, and your newspapers publish long advertisements of that falsifying thing. Even the Courier Journal, the editor of which I know is my friend, has, on two occasions, in its local department, when asked questions about where the CONFEDERATE VETERAN is published, replied, at Lexington, Ky. This is the last notice referred to .

CANDO, N. D. Is there a publication called the CONFEDERATE VETERAN? Where is it published? T. W. C.

We understand that there is such a paper published in Lexington, Ky.

These things come from harmful lack of attention. Let every Camp of Confederates see that an Historial Committee looks into this matter, and if I represent correctly, see that the vile sheet is repudiated. You take my statement as from honest motives, I know, but if you suspect mistake by me, interrogate rigidly, and I will report your conclusion, but don't leave all of this infamy to be exposed by me. If you believe that I, your faithful comrade, who marched and fought and suffered with you while these old war plates were being made which should be thrown into Vesuviusshould be sustained, say so. Otherwise declare against it. I beg you, comrades, to give this attention before you go to Birmingham. Carry or send such commendations to that meeting as you think you ought. Months ago I told you that certain prominent men would commend that sheet. That prophecy was fulfilled before the VETERAN'S expose in December. It came of desire for press favors Such is natural.

You all know that I have honored our Confederate officers faithfully, although the VETERAN has been the special channel for private soldiers' experiences, but I declare now, that by the memory of our dead, sacred only second to the memory of the world's Savior, that I shall defer to no man's rank, now or heretofore, in the performance of duty. If you believe in the VETERAN go to Birmingham prepared to speak for it. If you don't so believe, repudiate it. Of one thing be assured, I shall not swerve from my duty to my people for money nor from peril. For the indorsement of so many thousands I bow in meekness, and will press with vigor on in their service as I am capable of knowing my duty. If these fellows will tell the truth about themselves and what they are doing, the VETERAN will let them alone. This slimy scheme to make money, if successful, would be a disgrace to our people.

If you patronize that thing you force the VETERAN into comparison with not only what is worse than desertion, but with a crowd chuckling over the gullibility of our people. Take up the BLUE AND GRAY if you will, take the BLUE by itself, a thousand times rather than contribute to that which is an insult to every holy memory.

THE SOUTH IS AMERICAN.

Joshua W. Caldwell, in the Arena, furnishes some remarkable statistics. Extracts from his article:

The war ended twenty eight years ago, but it is still the habit of the North to think of the people of the States which attempted to secede as enemies of the Union and of the Constitution. * * * It is one of the hopeful signs of the times that throughout the South there is a positive and growing interest in historical research. * * * The founders of Virginia and of the other Southern colonies were average men and women of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and had their full share of the vices and their full share of the virtues of the times. * * *

Of all the British colonies Virginia was the most English. In blood the Virginians were not more English than the Puritans, but they held to the English forms and methods, social, political, and religious, whereas the New Englanders attempted to set up a theocracy which should realize the ideals of the Puritans of old England and of the Covenanters of Scotland. In Virginia institutions were as English as the people. * * *

Massachusetts and Virginia appear to have been essentially unlike, but in reality a likeness was essential. Their people were of the same race, and had the same conception of liberty and the same love of liberty. In the end they two were to lead all the other colonies to the establishment of their common principles. * * Massachusetts was turbulent, Virginia placid, but when the time came Virginia was as quick as her Northern sister to declare for freedom. When Massachusetts defied England it was George Washington, of Virginia, who declared that to aid her he was ready to raise and subsist a regiment at his own expense. If Massachusetts gave Otis, Hancock, Adams, to the good cause, Virginia gave Randolph, Marshall, Madison, Jefferson and Washington. Thus it appears that Virginia, the typical and dominant Southern colony, bore, in the struggle for independence, a part no less trying, no less important, no less honorable, than Massachusetts. As Virginia had been the richest and most influential of the Southern colonies, she became the controlling Southern State. Indeed, for a time she led all the States of the Union, but gradually the larger Northern States outgrew her in population and in wealth.
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The Puritan influences of New England and the Dutch influences of New York never reached the Carolinas nor Georgia, but over all of them the Virginia influence was supreme. Socially, politically, and religiously the Southern colonies were of the same type, and it was mainly, almost exclusively, Virginia and the Virginians that shaped their institutions and determined the character and quality of their civilization.

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The Anglo Saxon supremacy in the South has never been overcome. So far as other white races are concerned, it has never been threatened. The white population has always been American and homogeneous.

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New York is more Jewish than Jerusalem ever was, more German, probably, than any city except Berlin, more Irish than any except Dublin, more Italian than any except Naples. Chicago is American only in geography and politics. Of the fifteen million descendants of the Puritans, Boston retains very few, and New England has been so overrun by French Canadians that recently it is reported that some of them had, in an outburst of Gallic enthusiasm, proposed the establishment of a new Latin republic, with Boston as its capital. But statistics are more convincing than general statements. In order to show how thoroughly American the population of the Southern States is, I present the following statistics, taken fresh from our new census. I confine my attention to the white population and omit the odd hundreds.
According to the census of 1890 there were for every 100,000 native born Americans 17,330 foreign born, The State of New York has 4,400,000 native and 1,600,000 foreign born citizens, being 35,000 foreign for every 100,000 native. In Illinois for each 100,000 native born citizens there are 28,200 foreign born, in Michigan, 35,000, in Wisconsin, 44,400, in Minnesota, 56,600, in Montana, 48,400, in North Dakota, 80,400.

When we turn to the Southern States the contrast is impressive. The white population of Tennessee is 1,336,000, and of this number 20,029 are foreign born,. that is to say, for each 100,000 native born whites there are 1,500 foreign born. North Carolina is the most American of all the States) having a native born white population of 1,055,000, and foreign born of 3,702, or for each 100,000 native born 370 foreign born. In the other Southern States the figures are as follows:

Native Foreign

Alabama.......... 833,000 15,000 

Arkansas......... 818,000 14,000

Florida............. 225,000 22,000

Georgia 978,000 12,000

Kentucky......... 1,600,000 59,000

Mississippi...... 545,000 8,000

Louisiana........ 558,000 49,000

South Carolina 462,000 6,000

Texas............. 1,700,000 152,000

Virginia.......... 1,000,000 18,000

West Virginia. 730,000 18,000

The total foreign born white population of the South is about 380,000.

Massachusetts alone has a foreign born population of 657,000, New Jersey, 329,000, or nearly as many as the whole South, New York, nearly 1,600,000, or four times as many as the South, Pennsylvania, 845,000,. Ohio, 459,000, or more than the entire South, Illinois, 842,000, Michigan and Wisconsin, each over 500.000, Minnesota, nearly 500,000, and California, 366,000.

If we omit Kentucky, Louisiana and Texas, the little State of Connecticut has 60,000 more foreigners than all the remainder of the South, and wee Rhode Island, as large as an average county, has within 14,000 as many foreigners as the entire South, omitting the three States named. * * *
The proportion of adult men among immigrants is much larger than in settled societies. For instance, of the 1,571,000 foreign born citizens of New York, 1,084,000 are voters (that is, of voting age), while of 4,000,000 native born citizens only 1,769,000 are voters. In percentages the foreign born.vote of New York is 38.73, Illinois, 36.39, Michigan, 40.22, Wisconsin,. 52.93., Minnesota, 58.55, North Dakota, 64.89, Nevada, 5141, California, 50.21.

These are foreign countries, and it is a positive relief to turn to the South and feel that there are still some Americans left. The percentage of foreign born voters in some of the Southern States is as follows:

Tennessee, 3 per cent, Kentucky, 7, Alabama, 2.50, Mississippi, 2, Louisiana, 10, Texas, 14, Arkansas, 3,
irginia, 3, West Virginia, 5, North Carolina, 0.61, South Carolina, 2, Florida, 11, Georgia, 2. I have used the word "voters" to describe the class of immigrants last referred to. It is not a fact, however, that they all are voters, more than a million of them are aliens, and thirty two per cent of these foreign Americans cannot speak the English language.

A comparison of census reports for 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1890 shows that in none of the Southern Statesexcept Kentucky, with the large city of Louisville, Louisiana, with the large city of New Orleans, and Texas, lying upon the Mexican frontier has there been any increase of foreign population since 1860. We know that there was none before that time. The white people of the South are almost exclusively the descendants of the Americans of 1775. Upon the other hand, it is safe to say that of the males of voting age in the Northern and Northwestern States, not less than fifty per cent are foreign born, or the sons of foreign born parents.

The white people of the South are not only American, they are, in the main, the descendants of a race which from the days of Tacitus has been known in the world's history as the exemplar and champion of personal purity, personal independence, and political liberty. For them no life but one of freedom is possible, and can never believe that the hybrid population of Russians, Poles, Italians, Hungarians, which fills so many Northern cities and States, has the same love for our country, the same love of liberty, as have the Anglo Saxon Southerners, whose fathers have always been free. The strongest, most concentrated force of Americanism is in the South, and Americanism is the highest form of Anglo Saxon civilization. There is no part of the globe, except the kingdom of England, which is so thoroughly Anglo Saxon as the South.

But it will be said, admitting that the South is American, and has preserved the Anglo Saxon traits, nevertheless a war was necessary to keep her in the Union. To this matter my own inclinations, no legs than limitations of space, require me to refer very briefly.
The excellence of the American Union is in the principles upon which it is established that is to say, in the Constitution. Surely no man will say that it is more important to preserve the physical integrity of the Union than the principles of the Constitution. We claim for the South, in the war between the States, absolute good faith. Whether she was right or wrong, the impartial judgment of the future will fairly determine. I affirm that the South has been, from the first, absolutely faithful to the principles of the Constitution, as she in good faith construed it. Let me indicate briefly the extent of her participation in the formation of the Constitution and the establishment of the Republic. It is correctly said by a Southern statesman that the Constitution was "adopted and promulgated by a convention in which Southern influences predominated." The heading of one of Bancroft's chapters is, "Virginia Statesmen Lead Toward a Better Union."

Virginia did lead the movement for the establishment of the Constitution, and the reader who wishes to know the extent of the influence of George Washington, of Virginia, in this movement, is referred to the pages of John Fiske, of New England. Rutledge and Pinckney, of South Carolina, were the most important contributors to the form, as to the substance, of the Constitution, with the exception of James Madison, of Virginia, who justly bears the name of " Father of the Constitution." The Bill of Rights is mainly the work of Thomas Jefferson.

During the first century of our national life Southern statesmen held the Presidency and shaped the policy of the Government. They acquired Florida, and extended our domain to the Rio Grande and to the Pacific, The Constitution was first construed by John Marshall, of Virginia. The school of strict constructionists, which made a fetich of the Constitution,. was founded and supported by Southern men. When the Southern Confederacy was formed it adopted as its organic law the old Constitution, unchanged in any essential respect.

There is no fact nor logic which can prove that the South ever deviated from her fealty to the Constitution, or ever shed a drop of blood except in defense of its principles as she construed it.

The war construed the Constitution, and the South has in good faith and unreservedly accepted every legitimate result of the war. No man who is honest and who is adequately informed will say that her people are not absolutely loyal to the Union and the Constitution. I go further, and affirm that in the troubles which the future is sure to bring, the principles and the institutions of American liberty will find their most loyal and steadfast support in the twelve millions of Southern Anglo Saxon Americans. 

THE VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN A TOUCHING INCIDENT.

BY N. B. HOGAN, SPRINGFIELD, MO.

It was on Sunday, May 3, 1863, while Lee at Chancellorsville was hurling his heroic and victorious battalions against the dense masses of Hooker, that Sedgewick, with the design of falling upon Lee's rear, crossed the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg with his magnificent Sixth Corps, 20,000 strong, and marched hurriedly along the Fredericksburg and Orange Court House plank road, following the retreating brigade of Alabamians, under command of Gen. C. M. Wilcox, who had attended the military school at West Point with General Sedgewick.

Wilcox's brigade numbered less than 3,000 effective men, while his antagonist was the flower of all the corps embracing the Federal Army of the Potomac, numbering not less than 20,000. Against this host of veterans it would seem worse than folly to make any show of resistance, but the glorious Wilcox had unbounded faith in the heroism and courage of his ofttried Alabamians, and relying upon their unfaltering devotion and determination to conquer or die in upholding the righteous cause they had espoused, halted his small command at Salem Church, a large brick edifice, about four miles west of Fredericksburg, on. the south side of the plank road. Just west some thirty yards from this church was drawn up in line of battle the Tenth Alabama, supported by the Eighth a few paces to the rear of the Tenth, their left resting near the road. Immediately across the road lay the Eleventh, my own company in it, near the road, and to the left or north lay the Ninth and Fourteenth Regiments. The ground in front of the Tenth was clear of underbrush. A grove of oak timber surrounded the church, in which had been posted a small squad of sharpshooters, who did great execution in the battle which followed. This was the Spartan hand of bronzed braves which was to save the rear of Lee's victorious legions from. an attack by an army nearly as large as that with which he was driving back the shattered hosts of Hooker, and nobly did they do their duty.

In front of my own regiment was a thin brush fence about waist high, outside of that was a skirt of timber oak, gum, etc. with some undergrowth. While we thus lay, waiting and watching, about 4 o'clock p. M. a magnificent scene burst upon our view in the open field beyond the skirt of timber in our front. The ground in our front sloped gently from us, and up this gentle slope approached the dense columns of blue with steady tread, with banners fluttering and shining steel glimmering in the sunlight. Three columns deep this array pressed upon the small band of heroes before them, little dreaming that in a few brief moments they would be hurled back with fearful havoc to their shelter beyond the Rappahannock.

General Wilcox had ordered us to withhold our fire until we could look into the eyes of our enemy, which order was literally obeyed. The first assaulting line approached to within twenty paces, when we rose and poured a deadly hailstorm of lead into it, which was so destructive that our fire was not returned, and that first column disappeared. The second column advanced with unbroken front, and met the fate of the first, and so the third, and as we poured our minies into the serried ranks our line bounded forward and swept the entire Federal corps from the field, killing, wounding and capturing thousands. That night Sedgewick re crossed the river in the

darkness. The magnificent fighting of this little brigade and good generalship of Wilcox saved Lee from a rear attack and enabled him to inflict a terrible defeat upon Hooker, with his large army. It is strange that so little attention has been given to this important battle by historians.

I now come to a touching incident in this battle: As the last assaulting column of blue approached, Capt. John B. Rains, commander of our company (A), was patting me on the shoulder and repeatedly saying, as I loaded my Springfield rifle as rapidly as possible,

Give 'em h , Needham , give 'em h 

(Needham is my first name.) Suddenly an officer, mounted on a fine, swift horse, came at a racing run along the plank road from the yankee lines, and it seemed that I was the first one to notice him, and I called to the boys to " shoot the man on the horse," at the same time firing obliquely toward him. The gallant fellow reeled and fell a corpse on the hard plank of the road. His horse turned and ran to the rear. After the battle was over, and we returned to the bloody ground where we made the stand, Captain Rains, I and others went to where the dead officer lay, whom Captain Rains recognized as a schoolmate of his at the Philadelphia Law School. The gallant Captain burst into tears over the fate of his old time friend. He was Colonel of a Pennsylvania regiment, but I have forgotten his name. Several of the boys fired at the same time, so none of us knew who sent the fatal ball, and I am glad of it.

Gen. John C. Underwood, Chicago: I am glad to learn that you have increased the subscription price of your valuable paper to $1 per annum, and herewith inclose to you my check.

UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERAN CAMPS.

Gen Jno B Gordon, General Commanding......................... Atlanta, Ga.

Maj Gen Geo Moorman, Adjt Gen and Chief of Staff, New Orleans, La.

ALABAMA.

Maj Gen Fred S Ferguson, Commander...................... Montgomery

Col Harvey B Jones, Adjt Gen and Chief of Staff........ Montgomery

Jas M Williams, Brigadier General............................... Mobile

Jno M McKleroy, Brigadier General...... Anniston

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

Abner P O......... Capt WA Handley.. 351... M V Mullins, H A Brown

Albertville......... Camp Miller..... 385 W H McCord, Asa Ray

Alexandria ...... Alexandria 395... C Martin, E T Clark

Alexander City.. Lee............ 401... R M Thomas, A S Smith

Andalusia ........ Harper........ 256... Jno. F. Thomas, J. M. Robinson, Sr.

Anniston Pelham 258.. John M. McKleroy, W. H. Williams

Ashland... Henry D. Clayton 327... A S Stockdale, D L Campbell

Ashville .. St. Clair.. 308 . John W. Inger, Jas. D. Truss

Athens...... Thos L Hobbs ....... 400... E C Gordon,

Auburn Auburn 236 O D Smith, James H Lane

Bessemer........... Bessemer.................. 157... W. R. Jones, N, H. Sewall

Birmingham... .. W J Hardee............... 39... R B Jones, P K McMiller

Bridgeport......... Jo Wheeler............... 260... I. H. Johnson, R. A. Jones

Camden............. Franklin K. Beck. .. 224. .. R. Gaillard, J. F. Foster

Carrollton ......... Camp Pickens......... 323... M. L. Stansel, B. Upchurch

Carthage Woodruff. 339.... Jno .S Powers , J. A. Elliott.

Coalburg..... Frank Cheatham ... 434... J H Brock, Jas W Barnhart

Dadeville.. ........ Crawf Kimbal......... 343... W C McIntosh, Wm. L. Rowe

Edwardsville..... Camp Wiggonton... 359... W P Howell, T J Burton

Eutaw................ Sanders..................... 64... Geo. H. Cole, F. H. Mundy

Evergreen ......... Capt Wm Lee ......... 338... P D Bowles,

Florence........... E. A. O'Neal ............ 298... A. M. O'Neal, J. M. Crow

Fort Payne........ W N Estes............ 263... J N Davidson, A P McCartney

Gadsden............ Emma Sanson...... . 275... Jas. Aiken, Jos. R. Hughes

Gaylesville....... John Pelham........ . 411... B F Wood, G W R Bell

Greensboro........ Allen C. Jones .266... A. M. Avery, E. T. Pasteur

Greenville. Sam'l L Adams . 349... Ed Crenshaw, F E Dey

Guin Ex Confederate .. 415... , W N Halsey

Guntersville. Mont. Gilbreath . 333... R T Coles, J L Burke

Hamilton Marion County.. ..... 346... A J Hamilton, J F Hamilton

Hartselle ........... Friendship .............. 383,. . Matt K Mahan, T J Simpson

Huntsville......... Egbert J Jones ........ 357... Geo. P. Turner, W M Erskine

Jacksonville ..... Col. Jas. B. Martin... 292. J. H. Caldwell, L. W. Grant
LaFayette......... A. A. Greene............ 310... J. J. Robinson, Geo. H. Black

Livingston ........ Camp Sumter............ 332... R Chapman,

Low'r Peachtree. R H G Gaines......... 370... B D Portis, N J McConnell

Lowndesboro ,.. T J Bullock.............. 331... J L Hinson, C D Whitman

Marion............... I W Garrett............. 277... J Cal Moore, Thomas Hudson

Madison Sta...... A A Russell ............ 408... W T Garner, Robt E Wiggins

Mobile................ Raphael Semmes.... 11... Thos T Roche, Wm E Mickle

Monroeville...... George W Foster 407... W W McMillan, D L Neville

Montgomery..... Lomax................ 151... Emmett Liebels, J H Higgins

Opelika.............. Lee County........... 261... R. M. Greene, J. Q. Burton

Oxford............... Camp Lee Ozark . 329... Thos H Barry, John T Pearce

Ozark....... Ozark 380... W R Painter. J L Williams

Piedmont......... . Camp Stewart......... 378. .. J N Hood, L Ferguson

Pearce's Mill ..... Robert E Lee...... ..... 372... Jim Pearce, F M Clark

Roanoke............ Aiken Smith............ 293... W. A. Handley.B, M.McConnaghy

Robinson Spr ... Tom McKeithen ..... 396... J E Jones, W D Whetstone

Rockford .......... Henry W. Cox ......... 276... F. L. Smith, W. T. Johnson

Scottsboro......... N B Forrest .............. 430.... I H Young, JP Harris

Seale.................. James F. Waddell... 268... R. H. Bellamy, P. A. Greene

Selma................ Catesby R Jones... .. 317. Thos P Whitby, Edw P Galt

Springville ....... Springville............... 223. . A. W. Woodall, W. J. Spruiell

Stroud ............... Camp McLeroy........ 356... A J Thompson, J L Strickland

St. Stephens ..... John James.............. 350... A T Hooks, J M Pelham

Summerfield..... Col. Garrett ......... 381 .. Ed Morrow, R B Cater

Talladega.......... Charles M. Shelley... 246... W J Rhodes. J T Dye

Thomasville ... Leander McFarland.. 373... Jas N Callahan, Geo B Hall
Tuscumbia....... James Deshler .. 313... A. H.Keller, I. P. Guy

Tuskaloosa........ Camp Rodes.. 262... A C Hargrove, A P Prince

Troy.................. Camp Ruffin.. .. 320... W.D.Henderson, L.H.Bowles

Uniontown ...... Tom Calema.. 429... , C C Carr

Verbena ............ Camp Grade.. 291... K. Wells, J. A. Mitchell

Vernon .............. Camp O'Neal... 358... J P Young, T M Woods

Wetumpka........ Elmore County.. 255... J. F. Maull, Hal T. Walker

Wedowee........... Randolph........... 316... C. C. Enloe. R. S. Pate

ARKANSAS.

Maj Gen D M Moore, Commander...................................... Fort Smith

Col J T Jones, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff.............. Van Buren

Jno M Harrell, Brigadier General......................................... Hot Springs

J M Bohart, Brigadier General.............................................. Bentonville

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

Alma............... Cabell... 202... James E. Smith, J. T. Jones

Benton ............ David O. Dodd.. 325 . S H Whitthorne, C E Shoemaker

Bentonville.... Camp Cabell 89 N. S. Henry, A. J. Bates

Booneville...... Camp Evans 355 G W Evans, D B Castleberry

Centre Point.. Haller 192 J. M. Somervell, J. C. Ansley

Charleston...... Pat Cleburne 191 A S Cabell, .

Conway......... Jeff Davis 213 A. P. Witt, W. D. Cole

Fayetteville. W H Brooks 216 T M Gunter, I M Patridge

Fort Smith.... Ben T DuVal 146... M M Gorman, Col R M Fry

Greenway ... Clay Co. V Ass's 375... , J R Hodge

Greenwood.... Ben McCulloch 194... Dudley Milum, M Stroup
Hackett City Stonewall 199... L B Lake, .

Hope............ Gratiot 203... N. W. Stewart, John F. Sanor

Hot Springs. Albert Pike 340... Gen Jno M Harrell, A Curl

Huntington Stonewall 199... L B Lake, A H Gordon

Little Rock.... Omer R Weaver 354... Wm P Campbell, J H Paschal

Morrilton..... Robert W. Harper.. 207 ... W. S. Hanna, R. W. Harrison

Nashville...... Joe Neal.................. 208... W K Cowling, E G Hale

Newport........ Tom Hendman........ 318... , T. T. Ward

CIRCULAR LETTER ABOUT THE REUNION, ETC.

Lieut. Gen. W. L. Cabell, Commander Trans Mississippi Department, Dallas, Texas, Jan. 30, 1894: Comrades I greet you, my old comrades, with a heart full of love and affection. A kind Providence has extended His sheltering wings over us another year, and our Association is still growing. The number of Camps in each State and Territory, not only in this Department, but throughout the South, is increasing, and our noble Association has nearly five hundred Camps. Our comrades are becoming more familiar with the workings of our Benevolent, Social and Historical Association.

Although several of our old comrades have crossed the river, yet the death roll is not as great as we might have expected after twenty eight years. Our dead have been properly cared for, and the living Confederate veterans, incapacitated by sickness or wounds from making a living, have been provided with good houses, amply provided with raiment and food and shelter, where they can spend the evening of their lives in quiet and peace, as the honored guests of the great States of Texas, Arkansas, Missouri and the Territories. Monuments to commemorate the heroism of the dead have been erected in a number of places. One at Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, to the memory of 6,000 Confederate soldiers buried there soldiers true to their cause, who died in prison far from home and loved ones, and who preferred death to dishonor. It is a grand monument, over twenty feet high, surmounted with a statue eight feet high of a Confederate soldier the worn warrior looking down on his 6,000 sleeping comrades heroes from every Southern State who

Loved their country with a love far brought.

I call your attention to the fact that every Camp, not only in the Trans Mississippi Department, but in the Department of the East, has been called upon to contribute a small amount to complete the payment of the monument, on which a small sum is due, and to properly inclose and beautify the grounds. This monument is the work of our faithful and true comrade, General Underwood, aided by the good citizens of Chicago. Not over $10 will be required of any Camp. It should be forwarded to Gen. J. C. Underwood, Omaha Building, Chicago, Ill.

I urge you, my old comrades, to press forward our good work. Organize new Camps, send on your annual dues and make every arrangement to be fully represented at our great reunion, to be held at Birmingham, Ala.

Let every Camp be represented by as large a delegation as possible, and let them be fully authorized to act for the Camp. When the Camp cannot attend, send a proxy, properly signed by the officers of the Camp, to some other Camp or comrade.

The Committee on Transportation, composed of good business men, Gen. S. P. Mendez, Chairman, will secure reduced rates on all railroads leading to Birmingham. Local committees can communicate with them.

Let us rouse up and send from this Department more Camps, more Confederate Veterans, a greater number of the sons and daughters of Confederates to the great reunion at Birmingham, April 25th and 26th, and to Chicago, April 28th and 29th, than ever left this Department at any one time.

ARKANSAS Continued

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

Paris.............. Ben McCullough...... 388... J O Sadler, Wm Snoddy

Prairie Grove Prairie Grove........... 384... , Wm Mitchell.

Prescott.......... Walter Bragg.. 428... W J Blake, O S Jones

VanBuren...... John Wallace......... 209... John Allen, J B Clegg

Waldron......... Sterling Price........... 414... L P Fuller, A M Fuller

Wooster.......... Joseph E Johnston.. 431... W A Milam, W J Sloan

FLORIDA.
Maj Gen J J Dickison, Commander......................... Ocala

Col Fred L Robertson, Adjt General and Chief of Staff...... Brooksville

W D Chipley, Brigadier General............... Pensacola

Wm Baya, Brigadier General.................... Ocala

Gen S G French, Brigadier General......... Winter Park

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

Bartow .............. Francis S Bartow..... 284... W H Reynolds, J A Armistead

Brookville ........ W. W. Loring.......... 13... J. C. Davant, F. L. Robertson

Chipley............... McMillan................. 217... S M Robinson, G W Cook

Dade City.......... Pasco C. V. Ass'n.... 57... Jas E Lee, A H Ravesies

Defuniak Sp'gs. E. Kirby Smith........ 282... J. T. Stubbs, D. G. McLeod

Fernandina.. Nassau 104 W. N. Thompson, T.A. Hall

Inverness..... Geo.T. Ward.. 148... W C Zimmerman, W S Turner

Jacksonville. R. E. Lee.. 58... Wm Baya, W W Tucker

Jacksonville Jeff Davis 230... C. E. Merrill, C. J. Colcock

Jasper Stewart 155... H. J. Stewart. J. E. Hanna

Juno.................... Patton Anderson... 244... , J F Highsmith

Lake City. ........ Columbia County... 150... W. R. Moore, W. M. Ives

Marianna.......... Milton....................... 132... W D Barnes, F Philips

Monticello......... Patton Anderson,... 59... W. C. Bird, B. W. Partridge

Ocala.................. Marion Co. C. V. A... 56... Sam'l F Marshall, Wm Fox

Orlando.. Orange Co. 54... W G Johnson, B M Robinson

Palmetto.... Geo. T Ward 53. .. J. C. Pelot, J. W. Nettles

Pensacola... Ward C. V. Ass'n 10... W E Anderson, R J Jordan ..

Quincy....... D. L. Kenan.......... 140.. .B. H. M. Davidson, D. M. McMillan

St. Augustine... E. Kirby Smith.. ..... 175... J A Enslow, Jr.

Sanford.............. Gen. Jos. Finnegan.. 149... A. M. Thrasher, C. H. Lefler

St. Petersburg... Camp Colquitt......... 303... W. C. Dodd, D. L. Southwick

Tallahassee....... Lamar....................... 161... David Long, R A Whitfield

Tampa ..... ...... Hillsboro.................. 36... F. W. Merrin, H. L. Crane

Titusville........... Indian River............ 47... Jas. Pritchard, A D Cohen
Umatilla............. Lake Co. C. V. A..... 279... T H Blake, .

GEORGIA.

Maj Gen Clement A Evans, Commander.................. Cartersville

Col A J West, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff.. Atlanta

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

Atlanta.............. Fulton County........ 159... Clement A Evans ,J F Edwards

Augusta............ Con. Surviv. Ass'n. .. 435... F E Eve, F M Stovall

Carnesville........ Miligan Conf. Vet.... 419... J C McCarter, J M Phillips

Cedartown......... Polk Co. Con.Vets... 403... J M Arrington, J S Stubbs

Clayton.............. Rabun Co.Con.Vet.. 420... S M Beck, W H Price

Covington......... Jefferson Lamar...... 305... G D Heard, J W Anderson

Dalton............... Joseph E Johnston.. 34.,. A. P. Roberts, J. A. Blanton

Dawson.............. Terrell Co.Con.Vet . .404... J W F Lowrey, Wm Kaigler

Harrisburg........ Chattooga Vet ......... 422... , L R Williams

Jefferson ......... Jackson County...... 440... Thos L Ross, T H Nibloch

LaGrange........... Troup Co.Con.Vets.. 405... J L Schaub. E T Winn

Morgan .............. Calhoun Co Con Vet.. 406... P E Boyd, A J Munroe

Ringgold ........... Ringgold.................. 208... W J Whitsitt, R B Trimmier

Rome ................. Floyd Co. C. V. A.... 368... J G Yeiser, J T Moore

Spring Place...... Jno. B, Gordon........ 50... R. E. Wilson, W. H. Ramsey

Thomasville ..... W D Mitchell........... 423... R G Mitchell, T N Hopkins.

Tolbotton........... L B Smith................ .402... B Curley.W H Philpot

Washington...... John T Wingfield ... 391... C E Irvin, Henry Cordes

Waynesboro...... Gordon..................... 369... Thos B Cox, S R Fulcher

Zebulon ............ Pike Co. Conf. Vet.. 421... G W Strickland, W O Gwyn

ILLINOIS.

Maj Gen Jno C Underwood, Commander.......... Chicago

Col Saml Baker, Chief of Staff.......................... Chicago

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

Chicago Ex Confed. Ass'n 8... J W White, R Lee France

Jerseyville Benev. ex Confed.. 304... Jos. S. Carr, Morris B. Locke

INDIAN TERRITORY.

Maj Gen N P Guy, Commander.......................... McAlester

Col R B Coleman, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff........McAlester 

Jno L Galt, Brigadier General.............................................. Ardmore

D M Haley, Brigadier General............................................. Kaebs

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

Ardmore............ Jno H Morgan......... 107... W W Hyden, F G Barry

McAlester......... Jeff Lee..................... 68... N. P. Guy, R. B. Coleman

KENTUCKY.

Maj Gen John Boyd, Commander.......... ........................ Lexington

Col Jos M Jones, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff.. Paris

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

Augusta ............ John B. Hood ...... 233. .. Jno. S. Bradley, J. R. Wilson

Bardstown......... Thomas H. Hunt 253... Thos. H. Ellis, Jos. F. Briggs

Benton.............. .Alfred Johnston .. 376... J P Brien, W J Wilson

Bethel.. ............... Pat. R. Cleburne .. 252... J. Arrasmith, A. W. Bascom

Bowling Green.. Bowling Green... 143... W. F. Perry, Jas. A. Mitchell

Campton ........... George W Cox... 433... Jos C Lykims, C C Hanks

Carlisle .............. Peter Bramblett 344... Thos Owen, H M Taylor

Cynthiana......... Ben Desha............... 99... D. M. Snyder, J. Wm. Boyd

Danville ........... J. Warren Grigsby... 214... E. M. Green, J, H. Baughman,

Eminence ......... E. Kirby Smith ...... 251... W. L. Crabb, J. S. Turner

Flemingsburg... Albert S. Johnston.. 232... Wm Stanley, Jno W Heflin,

Frankfort........... Thomas B Monroe.. 188... A W Macklin, Joel B Scott

Georgetown...... George W Johnson.. 98... A H Sinclair, J Webb

Harrodsburg..... Wm Preston ........... 96... Bush W. Allin, John Kane

Hopkinsville..... Ned Merriwether ... 241... C F Jarrett, Hunter Wood

Lawrenceburg,.. Ben Hardin Helm. 101... P. H. Thomas, J. P. Vaughn

Lexington......... J. C. Breckinridge. 100... John Boyd, G. C. Snyder

Mt. Sterling...... Roy S. Cluke.......... 201... Thos. Johnson, W. T. Havens.

Confederate Veteran February 1894.

GRAVES OF OUR DEAD AT RESACA.

CALHOUN, GA., January 19, 1894. EDITOR CONFEDERATE VETERAN There is a Confederate cemetery on the battle field of Resaca, six miles from this place, which is in a most deplorable

condition of neglect. About five hundred soldiers are buried there. They are from every Southern State. The fence which once enclosed this consecrated ground has fallen away, and the whole is fast becoming overgrown with underbrush. An Association has been organized here to look after it, and if $200 can be raised the Association will see that the work is done .and that the cemetery is looked after from this time. The State of Georgia, just after the war, appropriated sufficient money to build a fence around the cemetery and buy iron headboards for the graves of the men whose names were known. The unknown were buried in a circle and wooden headboards placed over them. These have decayed and fallen away. The soldiers of the different States are buried together. The fence built by the State has fallen down. The Association wishes to get sufficient funds to enclose the grounds with a good picket fence, construct one or two rustic bridges across the little stream running through the cemetery, cut off the undergrowth, and prepare graveled walks around the unknown circle and between the different States. The State Legislature is now precluded from making an appropriation by the State Constitution, so whatever is done must be by private subscription. We therefore call on every one who feels an interest to contribute a small amount. If every reader of the VETERAN will send a small amount the success of the enterprise will be assured. The money can be sent to the Bank of Calhoun, with instructions to place to credit of Resaca cemetery fund, or it may be sent to J. O. Middleton, Calhoun, Ga. A list of contributors will be kept, and all money refunded if the effort be unsuccessful.


CONFEDERATE VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS.

Florida Division, U. C. V. Brig. Gen. Wm. Baya furnishes this list of officers: W. R. Moore, of Welborn, Inspector General and Chief of Staff, J. A. Enslow, Jr., of St. Augustine, Adjutant General, W. B. Young, of Jacksonville, Judge Advocate General, William Fox, of Ocala, Quartermaster General, H. H. Linvill, of Fernandina, Commissary General, A. D. Williams, M. D., of Jacksonville, Surgeon General. They are all to rank as Major, and to be obeyed and respected accordingly.

The Mississippi Division of United Confederate Veterans is in healthy working condition. Gen. S. D. Lee, the Commander, begins his second term with his old staff. Gen. Robert Lowry, of Jackson, and Gen. J. R. Binford, of Duck Hill, are Department Commanders. His general staff is as follows: Col. E. T. Sykes, of Columbus, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff, Col, P. M. Savery, of Tupelo, Inspector General, Col. Addison Craft, of Holly Springs, Quartermaster General, Col. S. A. Jonas. of Aberdeen, Commissary General, Col. J. H. Jones, of Woodville, Judge Advocate Gen eral, Col. B. F. Ward, of Winona, Surgeon General, Col. H. F. Sproles, of Jackson, Chaplain General, Lt. Col. W. W. Stone, of Jackson, Aid de Camp, Maj. D. A. Campbell, of Vicksburg, Aid de Camp. There are over forty Camps in Mississippi and others forming.

KENTUCKY Continued.

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

Nicholasville... Humph'y Marshall. 187... Geo. B. Taylor, E. T. Lillard

Paducah............ A P Thompson........ 174... W G Bullitt, J. M. Brown

Paris.................. John H. Morgan...... 95... A. T. Forsyth, Will A. Gaines

Richmond......... Thomas B. Collins... 215... Jas. Tevis, N. B. Deatherage

Russellville.... ... John W. Caldwell... 139... J. B. Briggs, W. B. McCarty

Shelbyville........ John H. Waller ....... 287... W. F. Beard, R. T.Owen

Winchester........ Roger W. Hanson... 186... B. F. Curtis, J. L. Wheeler

Versailles.......... Abe Buford.............. 97... J C Bailey, Jas W Smith

LOUISIANA.

Maj Gen Geo O Watts, Commander.................. Alexandria

Col T L Macon, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff........ New Orleans

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

Alexandria........ Jeff Davis.... 6... G. O. Watts, W. W.Whittington

Amite City Amite City............ 78... A. P. Richards, G. W. Bankston

Arcadia.............. Arcadia,.................... 229... James Brice, John A. Oden

Baton Rouge..... Baton Rouge... . 17... J. McGrath. F. W. Heroman

Benton............... Lowden Butler. 409 S M Thomas, B R Nash

Berwick............. Winchester Hall..... 178... T J Royster, F O Brien

Compte.............. Cap Perot 397 Leopold Perot, T H Hamilton

Donaldsonville.. Victor Maurin 38... S A Poche, P Garrel

Evergreen......... R. L.Gibson 38... Wm. M.Ewell. I. C. Johnson

Farmerville ...... C.V.A. of Union Par. 379... J K Ramsey, D Arent

Franklin ........... Florian Cornay ...... 345... W R Collins, Thos J Shaffer

Gonzales P. O... Fred N. Ogden 247 Jos. Gonzales Sr, H T. Brown

Jackson ........... .Feliciana 264 Zach Lea, R. H. McClelland

Lake Charles..... Calcasieu C. Vet 62 W.A. Knapp,W.L. Hutchings

L. Providence... Lake Providence 193 J. C. Bass, T. P. McCandless

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

Mansfield........... Mouton 41... C. Schuler, T. G. Pegues

Merrick.............. Isaiah Norwood 110 D. T. Merrick, J. J, Taylor

Monroe.. HenryW.Allen 182 W. R. Roberts, H. Moise

Natchitoches.... Natchitoches. 40... J A Prudhomme, W D Harkins

New Orleans...... Army of N. Va 1 W. K. Lyman, T. B. O'Brien

New Orleans Army of Tenn 2... Gen J B Vinet. Nicholas Cuny

New Orleans Vet.Con. States Cav 9... Wm. Laughlin, E. R. Wells

New Orleans...... Wash. Artillery...... 15... B F Eshelman, LA Adams

New Orleans...... Henry St. Paul........ 18... J. Demoruelle, A B Booth

Oakley............... John Peck ............... 183... W. S. Peck, J. W. Powell

Opelousas.......... R. E. Lee 14... L. D. Prescott, B. Bloomfield

Plaquemine...... Iberville 18... C. H. Dickinson. J. L. Dardenne

Rayville............ Richland.. 152... J. S. Summerlin, C. T. Smith

Rustin............... Ruston . 7 ... A. Barksdale, J. L. Bond

Shreveport....... Gen LeRoy Stafford 3... W Kinney, W H Tunnard

Tangipahoa...... Camp Moore. 60... O. P. Amacker,G. R. Taylor

Thibodaux........ Braxton Bragg......... 196... S. T. Grisamore. H. N.Coulon

MARYLAND.

Maj Gen Geo H Stuart, Commander....................... Baltimore

MISSISSIPPI.

Maj Gen S D Lee, Commander..................................Starkville

Col E T Sykes, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff. Columbus

Robert Lowry, Brigadier General................................Jackson

J R Binford, Brigadier General....................................Duck Hill

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

Amory............... Stonewall Jackson. 427... W A Brown

Booneville......... W. H. H. Tison 179 D.T. Beall, J.W. Smith

Brandon............. Rankin................ 265... Patrick Henry, R. S. Maxey

Brookhaven. Sylvester Gwin 235. .. J. A. Hoskins, J. B. Daughtry

Canton .............. E. Giles Henry...... 312... E. C. Postell. J. M. Mills

Chester.............. R G Prewitt ........ 439... J H Evans, W M Roberts

Columbus.......... Isham Harrison.. 27... C L Lincoln, W A Campbell

Crystal Sp'gs...... Ben Humphreys. 19... C. Humphries. J. M. Haley

Edwards W.A. Montgomery 26... W. A. Montgomery, T. H. W. Barrett

Fayette J. J. Whitney 22... W L Stephen, T B Hammett

Greenwood........ Hugh A. Reynolds... 218... R W Williamson, W A Gillespie
Greenville W A Percy 238... Gen. S. W. Ferguson, W. Yerger

Grenada............ W. R. Barksdale... 189... J W Young, Julius Ash.

Harpersville...... Patrons Union...... 272... M W Stamper, CA Huddleston

Hattiesburg...... Hattiesburg............ 21... G.D. Hartfield, E. H. Harris

Hernando......... DeSoto.................... 220... Sam Powell. C. H. Robertson

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

Iuka ............... Tishomingo C. Vet.. 425... Geo P Hammersley, .

Holly Springs Kit Mott................... 23.... J. F. Fant, S. H. Pryor

Jackson........... Robert A Smith...... 24. W D Holder, Wm Heniger

Lake............... Patrons Union. 272 M. W. Stamper, C. A. Hudddleston

Lexington... Walter L. Keim 398 H J Reid, F A Howell

Liberty......... Amite County 226 P R Brewer, Geo A McGehee

Louisville... John M Bradley 352 M A Mitts, Jno B Gage

Maben........... Stephen D. Lee 271 O. B. Cooke, J. L. Sherman

Macon......... James Longstreet 180 H. W. Foote, J. L. Griggs

Magnolia..... Stockdale 324 R H Felder, S A Matthew

Meridian...... Walthall... 25 W. F. Brown, B. V. White

Miss. City.... Beauvoir 120 Gen. J. R. Davis, E. S. Hewes

Natchez........ Natchez 20 F. J. V. LeCand, E. L. Hopkins

New Albany Gen M P Lowry 342 C S Robertson, M F Rogers

Port Gibson.. Claiborne 167 A. K. Jones, W. W. Moore
Rolling Fork. Pat R Cleburne 190 J C Hall, Jno S Joor

Rosedale Montgomery 52 F A Montgomery, C C Farrar

Sardis.. Jno R Dickens 341 R H Taylor, J B Boothe

Senatobia.. Bill Feeney 353 G D Shands, T P Hill

Tupelo......... John M. Stone 131 Gen J M Stone, P M Savery

Valden........ Frank Liddell 221 S. C. Baines, W. J. Booth

Vicksburg.. Vicksburg 32 D A Campbell, J D Laughlin

Winona........ M Farrell 311 J. R, Binford, C. H. Campbell

Woodville ......... Woodville.. 49 J. H. Jones, P. M. Stockett

Yazoo City......... Yazoo......... 176 S D Robertson, C J DuBuisson

MISSOURI.

Maj Gen J O Shelby, Commander...................... Adrian

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

Kansas City Kansas City 80 Jos W Mercer, Geo B Spratt

FIELD GLASS OF A GENERAL JACKSON.

T. B. Stringfield, Cashier of the Iowa Savings Bank at Sheldon, wrote the VETERAN in November that he had seen a Union soldier who had Gen. "Mudwall" Jackson's field glass, which he captured in a battle near Nashville, and which the possessor desired to return to Gen. Jackson, or to some member of his family. The glass was promptly requested to be sent to Mrs. Charles Fuller, a daughter of the General referred to. Upon its receipt Mrs. Fuller was notified, when she declined the gift, because her father was not in the battle near Nashville, and was never captured.

The story of the capture is an interesting one. Lieut. John F. Bishop, of Company B, Fifth Minnesota Infantry, writes Mr. Stringfield:

I desire very much to obtain the address of a young Confederate officer, Capt. Adams, of South Carolina, who was an Aide on the Staff of Gen. Jackson. When our troops charged Gen. Hood's, stationed behind a stone wall about six or seven miles out on the Granny White Pike, December 16, 1864, Gen. Hood moved his forces to the left of the pike. They attempted to gain the ground on the right, facing Nashville, where Confederates had not yet broken. I was ordered to deploy my company along the pike and to keep the same if possible. An officer came to the first wall, climbed over, and as he did so I called him to halt. He did not obey, but crossed the pike, reached the opposite wall, and was in the act of crossing it when I went up to him and again called him to halt. He turned, looked me square in the face and asked, 

Will you take me a prisoner?" I replied, " Yes, that is what I am here for." He replied, "All right, I will surrender." He turned over to me a leather haversack containing a rasher of fresh beef and corn bread, together with the field glass. He gave his name as G. H. Jackson, I think, of Georgia. I thought him either a Captain or Lieutenant, as he had on a water proof overcoat and I could only see a strip of gold lace just above his shoe tops. I was informed that night that I had taken Gen. Jackson a prisoner. He applied to Gen. A. J. Smith for the return of his field glass, but no requisition was made by any one on me. I have, therefore, kept it all these years. * * * I am anxious to return the field glass to its rightful owner. No one is more anxious than I to try and heal the terrible wounds made between the North and South during the years from 1861 to 1865."

Mr. Stringfield, a Southern man, writes of Lieut. Bishop, that he is one of the best citizens of O'Brien County, Iowa, and is very anxious that this relic of the war should be returned to the one most entitled to it. The field glass is held by Lieut. Bishop's wish, in the hope that this notice will bring to light its real owner. Any information from any source upon this subject will be gratefully received.

Just as this VETERAN goes to press another letter comes from Mr. Stringfield stating that he has a letter from Mrs. Mary C. Carter, of Knoxville, who writes that her father was Gen. A. E. Jackson.

'"W. M. Gailbreath, Flynn's Lick, Tenn., while reporting subscriptions, writes: "I was not in the war, as I was only 11 years old when it began, but I rejoiced over the victories of the Confederate soldiers and groaned when they were defeated. My father gave up his life on the battle field of Murfreesboro, fighting for the Confederacy."

NORTH CAROLINA.

Maj Gen E D Hall, Commander ....................................... Wilmington

Col Junius Davis. Adjt General and Chief of Staff............ Wilmington

Rufus Barringer, Brigadier General................................... Charlotte

W P Roberts, Brigadier General ........................................ Gatesville

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

Bryson City...... Andrew Coleman.... 301... E. Everett, B. H. Cathey

Charlotte ........... Mecklenburg ........... 382... J Roessler

Clinton.............. Sampson.................. 137... R H Holliday, Jno A Beaman

Concord............. Cabarrus Co. C.V.A.. 212... J. F. Willeford, C. McDonald

Hickory ............ Catawba.................... 162. .. J. G. Hall, L. R. Whitener

Littleton ........... Junius Daniel ......... 326... John P. Leech

Pittsboro Leonidas J Merritt.. 387... W L London, H A London

Ryan Confederate.............. 417... ,T McByrde

Salisbury Col Charles F. Fisher. 309... Jno F Ramsay, J C Bernhardt

Salisbury Col Chas F Fisher... 319... Col J R Crawford, C B Barker

Statesville Col R Campbell ...... 394... P C Carlton, .

Washington Bryan Grimes ......... 424... R R Warren, C C Thomas

Wilmington Cape Fear................ 254... W. L. DeRosset, Wm. Blanks

Winston Norfleet .................... 436... T J Brown, Sam'l H Smith

OKLAHOMA.

Maj Gen Sam T Leavy, Commander ......... Norman
POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

El Reno.............. El Reno .................... 348...

Guthrie.............. Camp Jamison ........ 347...

Norman............. John B Gordon........ 200... T J Johnson, W C Renfro

Oklahoma Clty.. D H Hammons........ 177... J W Johnson, J O Casler

SOUTH CAROLINA.

Maj Gen S S Crittenden, Commander.....................................Greenville

Col Thos S Moorman, Adjt General and Chief of Staff...........Columbia

Jno Bratton, Brigadier General..............................................Winnsboro

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

Abbeville ......... Secession.................. 416... W A Templeton

Aiken................. Barnard E. Bee........ 84... B. H.Teague, J. N. Wigfall

Anderson......... Camp Benson........... 337... M P Tribbe, J N Vandiver

Beaufort............ Beaufort .................. 366... Thos S White,

Charleston ........ Camp Sumter ......... 250... Rev. J. Johnson, J. W. Ward

Charleston........ Palmetto Guard...... 315... Geo L Buist, A Baron Holmes

Cheraw............... J B Kershaw ........... 413... Theo T Malloy, S G Godfrey

Columbia........... Hampton ......... ....... 389... A P Brown, D B Flennikin

Duncans............ Dean.......................... 437... A H Dean, J V High

Easley ............... Jasper Hawthorn.... 285... R. E. Bowen, J. H. Bowen

Edgefield C H ... Abner Perrin.......... 369... J H Brooks, Thos W Carwile

Florence............ Pee Dee...................... 390... E W Lloyd, Win Quick

Glymphville..... Glymphville............ 399. .. L P Miller,

Greenville ........ R. C. Pulliam........... 297... J. W. Norwood, P T H

Greenwood........ D Wyatt Aiken.. 432

Mt Pleasant. Thos M Wagner...... 410... S Porches, Jas R Tomlinson

Newberry...... James D Nance........ 336... J W Gary. C F Boyd

Pickens......... Wolf Creek.............. 412... Jas A Griffin, H B Hendricks

Rock Hill,...... Catawba.................... 278... Cadr Jones, W B Dunlap

Socastee. Confed. Suv. Ass'n.. 418... Jeremiah Smith, .

Spartanburg .... Camp Walker........... 335... Jos Walker, A B Woodruff

Summerville..... Gen Jas Connor ...... 374... Geo Tupper, P H Hutchinson
Sumter.............. Dick Anderson ........ 334... J D Graham, PPGaillard

St. Georges......... Stephen Elliott....... 51... RW Minus, J Otey Reed

TENNESSEE.

Maj Gen W H Jackson, Commander.......................... Nashville

Col Jno P Hickman, Adjt General and Chief of Staff. Nashville

J A Vaughn, Brigadier General.................................. Memphis

Frank A Moses Brigadier General............................. Knoxville

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

Brownsville...... Hiram S Bradford... 426... H J Livingston

Chattanooga...,. N. B. Forrest............. 4... L. T. Dickinson,

Clarksville......... Forbes...................... 77... T. H. Smith, Clay Stacker

Fayettevllle.... Shackelford Fulton.. 114... Jas D Tillman, W H Cashion

Franklin.... Gen.J. W. Starnes.. 134... SV Wall, T G Smithson

Jackson...... Jno Ingram ........... 37... W Holland, M B Hurt

Knoxville.. Felix K. Zollocoffer... 46... Jno F Horne, Chas Ducloux

Knoxville...... Fred Ault...,..,........., 5... F. A. Moses, J. W, S. Frierson

Lewisburg...... Dibrell...................... 55... W. P. Irvine, W. G. Loyd

McKenzie...... Stonewall Jackson.. 42... Marsh Atkisson, J. P, Cannon

Memphis....... Confed. Hist. Ass'n.. 28... C. W.Frazer, R. J. Black

Murfreesboro.... Joe B. Palmer........... 81... W.S. McLemore, W. Ledbetter

Nashville........... Frank Cheatham.... 35... Thos H Smith, J P Hickman

Shelbyville........ Wm. Frierson......... 83... J. M. Hastings. J. G. Arnold

Tullahoma........ Pierce B. Anderson.. 173... Jno P Hickman, W J Tralis

Winchester........ Turney..................... 12... F B Terry, J J Martin

TEXAS.

Trans Mississippi Department.

Lieut Gen W L Cabell, Commander...................... Dallas, Texas

Brig Gen A T Watts, Adjt Gen and Chief of Staff. Dallas, Texas

NORTHEASTERN TEXAS DIVISION.

Maj Gen W N Bush, Commander.................................... McKinley

Col J M Pearson, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff. McKinley

NORTHWESTERN DIVISION.
Maj Gen Richard Cobb, Commander.............................. Wichita Falls

Col Wm Porke Skeene, Adjt Gen and Chief of Staff..... Wichita Falls

Joseph Benedict, Brigadier General................................ Graham

W B Plemmons, Brigadier General.................................. Amarillo

SOUTHEASTERN DIVISION.

Maj Gen W G Blain, Commander......... ......................... Fairfield

Col Thos J Gibson. Adjutant General and Chief of Staff. Mexia

H H Boone, Brigadier General............................................ Navasota

D H Nunn, Brigadier General.............. .............................. Crockett

SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION.

Maj Gen W H Young, Commander......................................San Antonio

Col D M Poor, Adjudant General and Chief of Staff......... San Antonio

WILL RECOMMEND THE PURCHASE OF THE SHILOH BATTLE FIELD.

Col. E. T. Lee, Secretary Shiloh Battle field Association, Monticello, Ill.: The committee of the Shiloh Battlefield Association, composed of Secretary Col. E. T. Lee, Treasurer Dr. J.W. Coleman, and "Capt. R. C. McMechan, the latter one the Vice Presidents, have returned from their visit to the battle field. They were very successful in securing the land on which this famous battle was fought, at a very reasonable price, some 2,500 acres. They will recommend to Congress that the battle field be purchased by the Government and made a great National Memorial Park, like Gettysburg and Chickamauga, and that graves of the dead soldiers scattered over the field be preserved. Two reunions are to be held on these old battle fields this year, one on April 6th and 7th, the anniversary of the battle, and one on May 30th, when the graves of the thousands of sleeping heroes there will be decorated with flags and flowers. On both of these occasions there will be appropriate exercises, suitable to to the place and occasion. Secretary E. T. Lee, of Monticello, Ill., has received over 6,000 names of the survivors of this battle, and they are continually reporting. A complete roster of the men who fought in it is to be made, representing every command that took part in the battle, North and South, as the officers and members of this Association are composed of those who wore the blue and the gray in equal numbers. Gen. John B. Gordon, Commander in Chief of all the United Confederate Veterans, gave this his hearty approval. There are some 4,000 Confederate dead buried on this battle field, whose graves will be looked after and preserved.

In a personal letter Col. Lee states: Our Association, as you will see from the officers, is composed of one half of the Blue and one half of the Gray, and we desire all the old Confederate comrades to meet us at Shiloh on the 6th and 7th of April) and we will mark the positions held during the battle, and also look up the graves of the Confederate dead buried there, so we can have them properly cared for and preserved. We feel very sure we will succeed in having this old battle field purchased by the government and made a national memorial park.

CARROL CATES' YANKEE BREECHES. The peculiarities of men were brought out in high degree during the war. W. C. Cates, who was a member of my regiment, was conspicuously careful, and the fact that he "wore out" a pair of blue pants, issued to him in prison during February, 1862, when back in the service, by carrying them in his knapsack, is a vivid illustration. He writes: "I tried them on once, and they proved to be knee pants. I kept them until the fall of '63, when I exchanged them for two pairs of rebel gray pants. The other fellow wanted the blue ones for Sunday." The average Confederate would not have carried them so long for their weight in gold.

Capt. J. F. Puckett, Commander Camp at Kingston, Texas: At the October meeting of our Camp the claims of the VETERAN were presented, and it was recommended that it be adopted as our official organ at the Birmingham reunion. We have a live Camp here, composed of veterans from all the Southern States. Hope to be able to send you more subscribers soon.
TEXAS Continued.

WESTERN Division.

Maj Gen E M Bean, Commander.............................................. Cameron

Col W M McGregor, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff Cameron

H E Shelley, Brigadier General..... ...............................................Austin

Robert Donnell, Brigadier General........................................... Meridian

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

Abilene.............. Abilene..................... 72.. , T W Daugherty.

Abilene.............. Taylor Co..... ........... 69.. H. L. Bentley, Theo. Heyck.

Alvarado........... Alvarado.................. 160. Jesse W Hill, J. R. Posey

Alvin ................ Wm Hart ................. 286. Wm Hart, Alf H H Tolar

Alvord. ............. Stonewall................. 362.. J M Jones, W G Leach

Archer City ...... Stonewall Jackson.. 249... H J Brooks, T M Cecil

Athens............... Howdy Martin......... 85... D. M. Morgan, W. T. Eustace.

Atlanta,............. Stonewall Jackson.. 91... J. D. Johnson. J. N. Simmons.

Aurora.............. R Q, Mills ................. 360.. G W Short, C C Leonard

Austin............... Jno B Hood .............. 103... W. M. Brown, C. H. Powell.

Beaumont..,.... A. S. Johnston......... 75. Tom J Russell, G W O'Brien

Belton ............... Bell Co. ex Con. AS.. 122 Joe Braister, H E Bradford

Big Springs........ Joe Wheeler............. 330. , R B Zinu

Bonham...... ...... Sul Ross.................... 164. J. P. Holmes.

Brazoria..... ...... Clinton Terry........... 243... Wm. F. Smith, F. LeRibens

Breckinridge..... Stephens County..... 314... W F Marberry, G B Brown

Brenham .......... Washington ............ 239... D C Giddings, J G Rankin

Brownwood ...... Stonewall Jackson.. 118... Carl Vincent, A D Moss

Bryan................. J. B. Robertson ........ 124... J W Tabor, S M Derden

Buffalo Gap........ Camp Moody........... 123... Ben F Jones, J J Ewbank

Caldwell............ Camp Rogers........... 142. . J B King, J F Matthews

Calvert............... W. P. Townsend..... 111... C W Higginbothom, H F Kellogg

Cameron............ Ben McCulloch ....... 29... E. J. McIver, J. B. Moore

Campbell........... Camp Ross............... 185.. R W Ridley, Tom G Smith

Canton.....,..,,.... James L. Hogg........ 133... T. J. Towles, W. D. Thompson

Carthage............ Horace Randall...... 163... J. R. Bond, J M. Woolworth.

Chico................ Camp McIntosh..... 361.. L S Eddins, G W Craft

Childress ......"... Jos E Johnston........ 259... W P Jones, L C Warlick

Cisco.................. Camp Preveaux ........ 273. T W Neal, J S McDonough

Cleburne....... Pat Cleburne............ 88... O T Plummer, H C Scurlock
Colorado............ Albert S. Johnston.. 113.. W. V. Johnson, T. Q.. Mullin.

Columbus ......... Shropshire Upton... 112.. Geo. McCormick, J. J. Dick.

Coleman............ Jno Pelham ........... 76... J. J. Callan, J. M. Williams.

Commerce ........ R. E. Lee .................. 231... G G Lindsey, W E Mangum

Cooper............... Ector . ...................... 234... Geo W Jones, R J Pickett

Corpus Christi... Joseph E Johnston.. 63... H R Sutherland, M C Spann

Corsicana........... C. M. Winkler......... 147... R M Collins., .

Crockett............ Crockett.................... 141.. Enoch Braxson, J. F. Martin.

Collinsville ...... Beauregard............... 306.. J B King, W H Stephenson

Cuero ................ Emmett Lynch.. ..... 242... V Weldon. George H Law

Daingerfield...... Camp Brooks........... 307... J N Zachery, J A McGregor

Dallas........ ........ Sterling Price........... 31... J J Miller, Geo B Fearee

Decutur........ ..... Ben McCulloch........ 30.. W A Miller, A Edwards

DeKalb.............. Tom Wallace ........... 289.. W S Proctor, J D Stewart

Denton... .... ...... Sul Boss.................... 129.. Hugh McKenzie, J. R. Burton.

Dodd City ......... Camp Maxey............ 281.. W C Moore

Dublin............... Erath & Comanche.. 85.. J. T. Harris, L. E. Gillett.

El Paso.............. John C Brown.......... 20.. B H Davis, Wyndham Kemp

Emma............... Lone Star................. 198... John W. Murray.

Fairfield............ Wm. L. Moody......... 87.. W G Blain, L G Sandifer

Floresville ........ Wilson County ........ 225.. W. C. Agee, A. D. Evans

Forney.............. Camp Bee................. 130.. T. M. Daniel, S. G. Fleming.

Fort Worth........ R. E. Lee.................. 158.. A B Fraser, W M McConnell

Frost.. ............... R.Q. Mills........ ...... 106.. A Chamberlain, M F Wakefield

Gainesville........ Joseph E Johnston.. 119. J. M. Wright, W. A. Sims.

Galveston.......... Magruder.................. 105.. T N Waul, C Washington

Gatesville.......... Ex C. A. Coryell Co.. 135.. M S Stanford

Goldthwaite...... Jeff Davis................. 117.. J E Martin, W H Thompson

Gonzales............. John C G Key ......... 156. W B Sayers, H L Quails

Gordonville ..... .J G Hodges .............. 392.. Wm Hodges. W Blassingame
Graham............. Young County......... 127.. A G Gray, Y M Edwards

Granbury.......... Granbury.................. 67. J. A. Formivalt, I. R. Morris.

Grand View...... J E Johnston........... 377.. , C C Hatfield

Greenville .. ..... Joseph E Johnston.. 267.. W S Ward, A H Hefner

Hallettsville..... Col James Walker.. 248... Volney Ellis, B F Burke

Hamilton.......... A. S. Johnston......... 116.. Battle Fort, L A H Smith

Hemstead ......... Tom Green............... 136 . V. B, Thornton, S. Schwarz.

Henderson......... Ras Redwine ........... 295.. J M Mays, C C Doyle

Henrietta.......... Sul Ross................... 172.. F. J. Barrett, C. B. Patterson.

Hillsboro........... Hill County.............. 166.. , Wm W Fields

Honey Grove.... Logan Davidson...... 294.. J H Lynn, John L Ballinger

Houston............ Dick Dowling.......... 197.. W. Lambert, S. K, Longnecker

Huntsville........ John C Upton ......... 43.. J M Smither, E K Goree

Jacksborough ... Camp Morgan......... 364.. S W Eastin, W J Denning

Jacksborough... Camp Hughes ......... 365.. S H Reeves, A F Anderson

Kaufinan.......... Geo. D. Manion........ 145.. Jos. Huffmaster, E. S. Pipes.

Kilgore.............. Buck Kilgore........... 283.. W A Miller, R W Wynn

Kingston.. ......... A. S. Johnston......... 71.. J. F. Puckett, T. J. Foster.

Ladonia............. Robt.E. Lee............. 126.. W B Merrill, J R Arthur

LaGrange........... Col.B.Timmons...... 61.. R. H. Phelps, N. Holman.

Lampasas......... .R.E. Lee.................. 66., D. C. Thomas, T. H. Haynie

Livingston ....... Ike Turner............... 321.. James E Hill, A B Green

Lubbock............ F. R. Lubbock........ .138.. W. D. Crump, G. W. Shannon

Madisonville..... Jno G Walker......... 128... ,RWiley

Martin ............... Willis L Lang........... 299. G A King, J T Owen

Memphis.......... Hall County ............ 245.. F M Murray, G W Tipton

Menardville ..... Menardville ............ 328. F M Kitchens, .

Meridian ........... A. S. Johnston......... 115. Robt Donnell, J, W. Adams.

Merkel............... Merkel...... ............... 79. J. T. Tucker, A. A. Baker.

Mexia................. Joe Johnston........... 94.. C L Watson, H W Williams

Minneola........... Wood County......... 153.. J H Huffmaster, T J Goodwin

Mt. Enterprise.. Rosser....................... 82.. T. Turner, B. Birdwell.

Mt. Pleasant...... Col. Dud Jones........ 121.. C. L. Dillahunty, J. C. Turner.

Montague ......... Bob Stone................. 93.. R. Bean, R. D. Rugeley.

McGregor ......... Camp McGregor...... 274. W H Harris, H W Sadler

McKinney......... Collin County......... 109. T M Scott, H C Mack.

Mt Vernon ........ Ben McCulloch........ 300. W T Gass, J J Morris

Navasota.. ......... Hannibal H Boone.. 102. W E Barry, Jas H Freeman

New Boston...... Sul Boss.................... 287. Geo H Rea, T J Watlington

Oakville............ John Donaldson...... 195. C. C. Cox, T. M. Church

Palestine........... Palestine.................. 44. J. W. Ewing, J. M. Fullinwider

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