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March 1864

BATTLES IN TRANS MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT.

J. A. MATHES, SENACA, MO.

I see an article in the November VETERAN correcting the account of the battle of Wilson's Creek. The Federals were completely routed. They left their General Lyons dead on the field, lying in the hot sun with a handkerchief over his face. Bailey Armstrong and comrade Arch Sevier discovered him as they were pursuing the yankees, or Dutch, who ran for their lives. Sevier was acquainted with Lyons in St. Louis, and seeing the epaulets he raised the handkerchief and recognized him. He and Armstrong carried him to a shade. Our cavalry followed the enemy to the railroad at Rolla, about fifty or seventy five miles away, capturing many of them. They lost two to our one at Wilson's Creek, although not more than two thirds of us were armed.

We were not whipped at all at Pea Ridge. Nobody wanted to fall back but Van Dorn. We drove them from every position they took. R. M. Johnson, my Captain, heard General Price ask General Van Dorn for four hours to rout the Federals completely. On being refused, asked for two hours in which to rout them, but Van Dorn ordered him to fall back. General Price turned his horse with tears in his eyes.

At Prairie Grove we whipped the enemy from. early morn until dark, driving them from every position. We killed and wounded as many again as they did of us, yet at midnight we were ordered to march by daylight) when we retreated again. One third of the army would go no farther south, as they could see nothing to run from, and they deserted by the fifties. If we could have had Pap Price in command on this side of the river there would have been a different tale to tell to this day.

In permitting the above criticism of General Van Dorn, so long dead, the explanation is made that the soldiers often erred in judgment because they could not tell the numbers and positions of the enemy. In this instance it seems that when Gen. Sterling Price manifested such anxiety to advance, that with good reason the soldiers would have been dissatisfied. Mr. Mathes' account is somewhat abbreviated, but is direct and strong.

AN old poem from " The Land We Love," by a lady of Louisiana, contains some pathetic stanzas

* * * * *

Ah ! different from the longed for day,

When back would come the dear old gray,

With glory crowned, with victory gay,

* * * * *

As hope had painted them.

Yet these had fought in freedom's cause,

And known, nor let, nor doubt, nor pause ,

They gloried in the glorious scars,

That sealed their souls to liberty.

They rushed in whirlwinds to the fight,

They swept the foe before their might,

They gave their blood and lives for right,

Their sacred soil and victory.

They fainted in the summer's heat, T

hey marked the snow with bleeding feet,

They starved and fought in cold and sleet.

THE ENEMY ARE OUR FRIENDS.

Uncle

John Cox, of Sweetwater, Texas, on being relieved of a yankee minie ball last month, which he had carried since Chickamauga, said: " Now, more than ever, I am ready to make peace with the yankees." The occasion of the remark produced the honest expression of the man's heart.

The occupation of editing this popular little monthly and sending into every State in the Union has brought in return comment from the ex soldiers of both armies, and enables me to testify that " our friends, the enemy," are indeed OUR FRIENDS. This evidence comes from across " the chasm " to an amazing degree. The VETERAN has looked after the interests of the Confederate side courageously and faithfully. It has even been so zealous in behalf of those who struggled and suffered without any pay in the defense of their homes and their constitutional rights, that it has at least seemed to show too much disparity in our favor in the history of battles, yet never a murmur has been heard from those who overwhelmed us with their unlimited resources and the foreigners imported to save (?) our Union. The Southern people have been so misrepresented that with an available source for expression they naturally are zealous to get even. They may do themselves injustice in this way. Union soldiers, regardless of party affiliation, are giving Confederates unstinted credit in late publications. There lies in my desk a superb volume with "Charge!" on the cover, which illustrates this assertion. It is a history of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Pennsylvania, known as the "Corn Exchange" Regiment. A valiant Confederate who has carefully read it says, "It is marvelously free from boasting, and is fair throughout." There is in it some sad reports of prison life in the South. They found that men in the rear on guard duty were not as gallant and considerate as those who captured them, and they report many things that seem unfair even in war, but history should record the truth. Other Union soldier publications are similar of late. In this connection reference is made to what the VETERAN has heretofore stated on the subject of prison life. It appeals to the brave men who captured thousands of us and remained at the front to the end, to favor a true history of our treatment by those who never saw Confederates until they were prisoners.
Our true patriots will be gratified all over the South at the active tendency by Union veterans to show their appreciation of the manliness and devotion to the cause that cost so much and was lost (?) at last. They will so appreciate a compliment to the VETERAN from Michigan it is here recited: A gentleman who is honored wherever known as a minister, a lecturer, and college professor, who was South last fall, and at Nashville, where he became acquainted with the VETERAN, writes its editor a cordial invitation to attend the annual reunion of the Grand Army Veterans, to occur at Owosso March 20 22. He states that he has written the Department Commander and suggested that he might invite me, and the reply was a cordial approval, also that they would "gladly welcome the editor of the VETERAN to Michigan and to meet with the G. A. R. boys at their evening camp fires during the encampment." The author of the letter, though a private soldier boy and wounded, has been Department Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic for Michigan, and his politics may be of the popular side in his State, but in his cordial letter he says: " I want you to be my guest at Owosso as well as at my home in . I hope you can spend Sunday with us. I want my wife and boys to see a genuine Confederate soldier."

This article is intended to apply to Americans only, and to volunteers, not substitutes.

MR. DAVIS was the last of the last to give up and he honored in his heart those on whom he implicitly relied to the end. At the dedication of the Ben Hill monument, in Atlanta, Mr. Davis, who was on the platform, said: " I came here silently, reverently, lovingly, to see unveiled the statue of my friend, as one who wanted to show him respect. * * * But I can say something of my dead friend. If he was last to precipitate the States in war he was the last to give it up. When the South was under the power of a conquering enemy his voice rang out the loudest and the clearest for the right of State sovereignty. His " Notes on the Situation" kindled the fires of the people, inviting them to renew the struggle. He was one man upon whom I could count in the days of the Confederacy, and upon whose shoulders I could put my hand and feel a pillar of marble. He had nothing to ask, and much to give.

HOME FOR FEMALE CONFEDERATES IN CHARLESTON. This "oldest" of Homes for Confederates is in its twenty seventh year. It is for women only, the mothers, widows and daughters of Confederate soldiers. It was founded and has been managed by women. It has housed hundreds of widows and educated nearly a thousand daughters of Confederate soldiers. The association owns a valuable and extensive building, formerly the Carolina hotel, on Broad street. At its twenty sixth anniversary meeting, January 30th, a gift of twenty thousand dollars was announced from Baltimore. The gift is the finer because the name of the donor is withheld.

THE JOHN MILLEDGES OF GEORGIA.

The first John Milledge of Georgia was born in England, and came to America with Oglethorpe. He became a man of affairs in the new colony, and held several important trusts, civic and military. His commission as commander of a troup of rangers, dated March 29, 1742, was signed by Jas. Oglethorpe.

In 1768, while a member of the colonial assembly, he was one of a committee to correspond with Benjamin Franklin, agent "to arrange the affairs of Georgia with Great Britain."

The Captain and his family had a pew in Christ Church, Savannah, "in consideration of six pounds and ten shillings," receipted July 5, 1763.

Milledgeville, the former capital of the State, was named in honor of Gov. John Milledge.

His son, Gov. John Milledge, was born in Savannah in 1757. He commenced the study of law with the king's attorney. He was so engaged at the breaking out of the Revolutionary War. When but eighteen years of age he was one of the six who broke open the magazine at Savannah and took away a large quantity of powder. Some of it was stored in Savannah, some sent to Beaufort, and a part of it to Boston, where hostilities had commenced, and with it the battle of Bunker Hill was fought. The royal Governor, Wright, offered a reward of $150 for the capture of the raiders, but they, instead of inviting arrest, waited a month and then captured the Governor in his own house, wherein they confined him. In this he was a leading spirit. He was in Savannah when it was taken by the British, but escaped.

In January, 1780, he was appointed Attorney General. This was the beginning of his civil career. He served in the Legislature, and was in Congress in 1792 and '93, from 1795 to 1799, and in 1801 and 1802. He was immediately elected to the United States Senate, where he served three years, the last year as its President. In this year, 1809, being only 52 years old, he resigned his seat and gave up public life.

In April, 1802, he was one of three commissioners on the part of Georgia who negotiated with three appointed by the President, a treaty by which Georgia ceded the most of her western territory to the United States for $1,250,000 and other considerations. Although confronted by three statesmen of the highest national reputation, the Georgians made so satisfactory a settlement of a bitterly contested question that they received by a unanimous vote the thanks of the Legislature, Governor Milledge retired to his plantation on the Sand Hills, near Augusta, where he died in 1818.
While Mr. Jefferson's epitaph on his tomb is inscribed the " Father of the University of Virginia," Governor Milledge was the "Benefactor of the University of Georgia." Governor Milledge bought and conveyed to the University at Athens nearly 700 acres of land. Upon this land the college buildings and a great part of Athens now stand. Its first commencement was held in 1804.

There hangs in the State Library, Atlanta, a handsome painting of this eminent Georgian. It is the work of the late Miss Kate Elliott Milledge, the only granddaughter of Governor Milledge. She was the daughter of the late Col. John Milledge, and a sister to the present State Librarian, Capt. John Milledge, who was a Confederate soldier, serving as First Lieutenant and Captain in 1st Georgia regiment, and afterward Captain of artillery under Gen. Lee.

GEN. L. B NORTHROP.

Friday, February 9th, Gen. Lucius B. Northrop, aged 82 years, died at the Confederate Home, Pikeville. He was born September 8,1811, in Charleston, S. C., and was the son of Amos Boyd Northrop, a lawyer of Charleston. When seventeen years old he entered the Military Academy at West Point, and was graduated in 1831. He was a class in ate at West Point of Jefferson Davis, and the friendship formed lasted through Mr. Davis' career as President of the Confederacy. * * * When South Carolina seceded from the Union Captain Northrop was among the first to resign his commission in the U. S. Army. After the Provisional Government was established at Montgomery, Ala., President Davis offered him the post of Commissary General, which, after declining twice, he accepted. He accompanied President Davis and the Confederate Cabinet to Richmond in May, 1861, and he proceeded to organize the Commissary Department. He remained at the head of the department until a few weeks before the surrender at Appomattox Court House. Upon the close of the war he went to farming in North Carolina, In July, 1865, he was arrested by order of Secretary of War Stanton, and was confined in Libby Prison, at Richmond, until the following November, when he was discharged and paroled on condition that he would not leave Virginia. He purchased a farm in Albemarle County, near Charlottesville, Va., and lived there until February, 1890, when he was stricken with paralysis. He was then removed to Baltimore County, and lived there until his death. He handled large sums of money in his official position, with clean hands, and was poorer at the close of the Civil War than at its beginning.

Among the floral offerings at the funeral there was a large cross of roses and lilies from the Maryland Line Confederate Soldiers' Home.

BRAVE P. E. DREW AND HIS FATE.

Gen. Hardee's Corps was ordered by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston from Dalton, Ga., to Demopolis, Ala., in April, 1864, to reinforce Gen. Leonidas Polk. Col. Rice, of the Twenty ninth Tennessee Regiment, was ordered to take Provost charge of the town with his regiment. The court house was our headquarters. We found a few Confederates under guard for insubordination. Among them was a fine looking young fellow who had on a beautiful bright, new gray uniform, and was very hadsome. He said his name was P. E. Drew, and that he was a Lieutenant of a Louisiana battery. We remained on post duty about a week, when we were ordered back to Dalton. During this time Lieut. Drew, by his refined manner, had become a great favorite with us. When informed that our regiment had orders to return to Dalton he expressed his attachment, earnestly asked us to let him go with us, and said he would go in the ranks as a private, so we took young Drew with us to Dalton. He joined Company G, and was in the front rank in every charge. At Resacca, Kenesaw Mountain, Dead Angle, Peachtree Creek, he was conspicuous. On the 22d day of July our Corps (Hardee's) moved to the right of Atlanta and surprised Gen. F. P. Blair's Corps and captured 3,000 prisoners, with twenty eight field pieces of artillery. He showed great bravery in this engagement, and also in the battle of Jonesboro.

On Hood's campaign to Tennessee young Drew rushed into the jaws of death at Franklin. As we neared the second line of breastworks, after five color bearers had been shot down, he dropped his gun, caught the colors from the ground and rushed forward with them. He was pierced through the heart just as he reached the second line of works. Thus ended the life of this noble and brave young man. He was buried the next day with his comrades. My recollection is that he said he was raised in New, Orleans. If you will publish this in the VETERAN his people may learn by it his fate. I would cheerfully give them information in detail.

Company G went into the battle of Franklin with eighteen guns. Fifteen of the men were killed, and the sixteenth was shot through the bowels and died the next day, so only two were left. Only seventy of the brigade were present and answered to their names the next day. Lieut. Shipley was the ranking officer present, and he took charge of this remnant of the brigade.

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

OOzark....... 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

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.

THE THRILLING BATTLE OF FRAZIER'S FARM.

F. H. Mundy, Adjutant Camp Sanders, Eutaw, Ala.: I indorse every word that H. R. Hogan says in the VETERAN concerning the Eleventh Alabama at Frazier's Farm. The Eleventh never fought under false colors. The flag taken by the yankees was their own, captured by the Eleventh at the first charge. They simply recovered their own again. It was a desparate hand to hand conflict. I was acting Orderly Sergeant of Company B, Eleventh Alabama, at that time, and distinctly remember calling the battle roll before entering the fight. Our company had been thinned in previous engagements, so that we entered the fight with only twenty eight officers and men all told. Of those twenty eight, eight were killed on the field, including our Captain, Bratton, and fifteen were wounded. The others had slight wounds, or were shot through their clothing. Every field officer and Captain present was either killed or wounded, and the regiment was commanded by a Lieutenant the next day. One of our men, Alex. Gibers, hid under the guns when we were forced to fall back, but we rescued him in our next charge. One of our Lieutenants, W. S. Boyd, was attacked by two Federal officers, and while engaged with them was run through the body with a bayonet. We recovered him next day alive, and he is alive yet. A Federal General rode into our lines after dark, and was captured by Johnson Ridgeway, one of our company, who was promoted to Courier for our Brigadier General, Wilcox. I was captured at the second day's fight at Gettysburg.

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

THE FLAG OF THE FIFTY FIRST PENNSYLVANIA.

The correspondence in December VETERAN concerning the recapture of the Fifty first Pennsylvania flag by the Federals brings out this interesting reminiscence : Miss White May, whose name is worthy in the VETERAN, gives an account which will be very satisfactory to all concerned. Some years ago, while on a visit to Old Point Comfort, she was in company with Mrs. Gen. Ord, whose husband was first in command at Richmond after the surrender. Mrs. Ord addressed her, saying, " You are a rebel, I am too." (She was a Virginian.) "Come and go with me to my cottage, I have something to show you." On arrival at the cottage this flag, which has been so much discussed, was the "something" to which she called attention.

It is reported that the commander of this regiment, in an enthusiastic address of response to the presentation of this flag, pledged the lady donors that it should never fall into the hands of the rebels, that if they should be captured he would bury the flag rather than have it so " polluted." It happened that it was captured in the first engagement of the command. It is reported again by a gentleman who, on seeing it after the war at the house of Mrs. Ord, expressed great surprise, and stated that this same regimental commander, in a patriotic (?) address, said that his command had been true to its pledge, and that the flag was buried by them on finding that they must surrender.

A UNION SOLDIER WRITES OF CHICKAMAUGA.

James Greacen, Kalkaska, Mich., Feb., 19,1894: My Dear Friend and Comrade (for I love a true soldier, no matter on which side he fought) 

I have just received December CONFEDERATE VETERAN, and I find an article on the Chickamauga battle, in which my regiment is mentioned. The map is the most perfect of the battlefield I have ever seen. My regiment, the Twenty second Michigan, and the Eighty ninth Ohio, fought on Thomas' right, on that terrible Sunday afternoon, September 20, 1863. We occupied a position near Figure 10 on map. We made and resisted charge after charge during that afternoon, until about dusk, when the Confederate infantry closed up in front to within bayonet reach, and the cavalry in our rear to about the same distance, and what was left of us surrendered with our colors, which we have never seen since.' The regiments to whom we surrendered were the Thirty fourth Virginia and the Sixth Florida, and gallant soldiers they were, gallant and humane to us, their prisoners. About a year and a half afterward, as I returned from prison, I met quite a portion of both those regiments (the Thirty fourth Virginia and the Sixth Florida) at Louisville as they were returning from prison at Camp Chase. We spent much of a day visiting each other, and I would go a good way to one of their reunions now, as old as I am. I was in Granger's reserve, and in the division commanded by Gen. Stedman.

Gen. H. B. Stoddard, Bryan, Texas: The Commander of Camp J. B. Robinson, Maj. J. W. Tabor, is working for the VETERAN, and at the last meeting it was made the official organ of the Camp. Come to Texas in April to our reunion, and we will all help to increase your list.

NORTH CAROLINA.

Maj 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

Hamilton P Bee, Brigadier General.................................. San Antonio

Thos W Dodd, Brigadier General.................................... Laredo

THEY HONORED HIS GRANDFATHER. The First Arkansas Infantry was sent to the defense of Richmond early in the war, and placed with Bate's First Tennessee, in Holmes' Brigade, at the mouth of Aquia Creek, near the memorable city of Fredericksburg. Captain, afterwards Colonel, Robert W. Crockett, a grandson of the heroic Davy Crockett, commanded one of its companies. That fact was made known along the route, and crowds assembled to greet Captain Crockett) the grandson of the famous backwoodsman) whose picture had illuminated the almanacs of nearly a century ago. Captain Bob had an exhaustless fund of humor and anecdote, and enjoyed a joke. Seeing that the admirers of his grandfather were dubious of him in his trim uniform and modish appearance, he got somewhere an old coon skin and shaped it into a rude cap, with the tail hanging down behind, and on suitable occasions produced it as his grandfather's, to the immense delight of the spectators, saying, " Those old fellows had larger heads than are fashionable at this time," as the cap came down over his ears and eyes. and flowing, black locks. At Fredericksburg he soon became a social as well as military lion. Dr. Blackman, a hospitable old citizen, took a great fancy to this grandson of the Tennessee Congressman and hero of the Alamo. He went around with him, always introducing him as such, and invariably adding that ''he knew his grandfather intimately." On one occasion Captain Bob introduced one of his men to Dr. Blackman as "Mr. Crusoe, grandson of Robinson Crusoe." The good old Doctor greeted young Crusoe with his accustomed warmth, remarking that "although he did not know his grandfather personally, he had read about him, and was proud to make the acquaintance of his patriotic descendant. J. M. H.

TRIBUTE TO A SOLDIER WHO WAS SHOT TWENTY TIMES. Capt. T. B. Beall, Salisbury, N. C., writes: It is my sad duty to note the death of one of our braves, the bravest of the brave, Robert Humphreys, of Lexington, N. C. I knew him well. He was one of the first to respond to his country's call, when the mightiest army of the world was marshaling against the Southern States. He went in a mere boy and came out a broken down man. He was in the defense of Yorktown, and that terrible retreat to Richmond, fought the battles in defense of that city, and afterward followed Gens. Lee and Jackson through their wonderful campaigns. He was shot by the enemy twenty or more times, which shows that he was always in the thickest of the fight. When his cause went down he accepted the situation and, like the true and brave man that he was, went earnestly to work to repair his fallen fortune, and prove himself in time of peace a successful and useful man. Mr. Humphreys was a member of Company I, Fourteenth North Carolina Troops, of which the writer was Captain.

Front Royal and Riverton, Va., Gazette: It might well be called a " History of a Nation that Fell." It is the only publication that strives to give authentic record of the events of the late war between the States. It cannot but meet the hearty indorsement of every true friend of the Confederacy, and as it deals in things as they happened, it will find the sincere approval of those who wore the blue. We love our our memories, we cherish our institutions, and our dead are sacred. Then rally to the help of the enterprise that is to be the custodian of our glorious past.

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.. 22 Joe Braister, H E Bradford

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

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

Paradise Pat Cleburne 363 A J Jones, L T Mason
John A. Tholens, Syracuse, N. Y.: I am a veteran of the Union army. I am glad that sectional bitterness, which has existed to some extent in the past, is fast passing away. The time, I believe, has come that the Union and Confederate veterans can sit down and talk over the noble deeds of the past, giving each due credit for the victories won. No better soldiers ever buckled on the armor than those who fought in the sixties.

Mr. J. W. Joplin, of Elizabethtown, Ky., eighty seven years old, writes: I am wonderfully pleased with the VETERAN. I owned the farm in Franklin County, Virginia, at the close of the war on which Gen. J. A. Early was born. The Genera) often called on me after the close of the war. I furnished him with a fine saddle horse. He left Virginia and went south on horseback. He crossed the Mississippi River above New Orleans, took a ship, I think, at Galveston, and went to Mexico. I do not think he stayed there long. He went from there to Canada, and stayed there until he was at liberty to return to the United States. He has lived in Lynchburg, Va., much of the time since. I had six sons in the Southern army, all in cavalry. They were in the first battle of Bull Run and the last battles under R. E. Lee and Joe E. Johnston. None of them were absent from their commands without leave during the war.

Richard H. Adams, Radford, Va., writes: I read with great interest your synopsis of an article of Col. Abe Fulkerson in October VETERAN, especially that part relating to the six hundred officers sent from Fort Delaware to Charleston, S. C., and placed on Morris Island under fire of their own guns. Being one of the " six hundred," I can never forget the trip on board the steamer Crescent, where the six hundred were packed in the " hold " of the vessel " a la sardine," and also when the vessel ran aground, how anxious the " boys " were to make a capture of the vessel. Assisted by the brave and big hearted Pete Akers, who was known to everybody, I made an alphabetical list, arranged according to States, giving name, rank, command, date and place of capture of prisoners so confined.

On my return to Fort Delaware I gave the list to Rev. Dr. Handy, who was confined as a prisoner there, and who after the war published it in his book. I also kept a list myself, which I now have. * * * I take great pleasure at times in pulling out my list and reading over the names, all of whom, with few exceptions (those who could not stand the pressure and "took the oath"), I formed a great attachment for, many of them intimate friends of about my own age. No men could be more admired by the bravest and truest of men than were Col. Van H. Manning, of Arkansas, and Col. Abe Fulkerson, of Tennessee, by these remaining six hundred, whose hearts were knit together by intense and continuous suffering and privations. These two officers were always brave, possessing all the qualifications necessary for leaders, and always ready to give wise council, being continually approached for that purpose, consequently the suffering was borne as men, true men, only can suffer for principles so dear to their hearts.
(Col. Manning was in Congress some years after the war, and on leaving public life resumed the practice of law at Washington, buying an elegant suburban home just across the Maryland line. He died within the past year. ED.)

TEXAS Continued

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

Paris................. A. S. Johnston....... 70 O C Connor, S S Record

Paint Rock....... Jeff Davis............... 168 W. T. Melton, J.W. Ratchford.

Pearsall........... Gotch''Hardeman. 290 R M Harkness, Henry Maney

Richmond....... Frank Terry.......... 227 P. E. Peareson, B. F. Stuart

Ripley Gen Hood.............. 280 W R M Slaughter, Jno H Hood

Rockwall......... Rockwall 74 M. S. Austin, N. C. Edwards

Roby.............. W. W. Loring.. 154 D Speer, A P Kelley

San Antonio.... A. S. Johnston 144 John S Ford, James Clark

San Augustine. Jeff Davis. 386 , W A Field

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

Santa Anna..... L. Q. C. Lamar ...... 371 L M Cravens, Will Hubert

Seymour......... Bedford Forrest.. 86 T. H. C. Peery, R. J. Browning.

Sherman......... Mildred Lee.......... 90 J T Wilson, Robt Walker.

South Prairie... South Prairie....... 393 W L Hefner, .

Sweetwater..... E. C. Walthall.. 92 W. D. Beall, J. H. Freeman.

Sulphur Sp'gs. Matt Ashcroft......... 170. R. M. Henderson, M. G. Miller.

Taylor............. A S Johnston......... 166. M Ross, Perry Hawkins

Terrell........... J E B Stuart............ 45. J A Anthony, Vic Reinhardt

Texarkana...... A P Hill.................... 289. W J Allen, Charles A Hooks

Tyler................ A. S. Johnston......... 48. Bryan Marsh, Sid S Johnson
Vernon............ Camp Cabell............. 125. S. E. Hatchett, M. D. Davis.

Waco............... Pat Cleburne........... 222. C. L. Johnson, W. C. Cooper

Waxahachie.... Winnie Davis........... 108. Tom Yates, J P Cooper

Waxahachle... Parsons Cav, Ass'n.. 296. , A M Dechman

Weatherford... Tom Green............... 169. J. P. Rice, M. V. Kinnison.

Wellington .... Collingsworth Co..... 257. J H McDowell. J M Yates

Wharton......... Buchell..................... 228. I N Dennir, H T Compton

Whitesboro ... Geo E Reeves ........... 288. J W M Hughes, B M Wright

Wichita Falls... W.J. Hardee............ 73. W R Crockett, N A Robinson

Will's Point..........Will's Point 302. A N Alford, W A Benham

VIRGINIA.

Maj Gen Thos A Brander, Commander........................... Richmond

Col Jos V Bigood, Adjutant General and Chief of Staff........Richmond

T S Garnett, Brigadier General...............................................Norfolk

Micajah Woods, Brigadier General................................... Charlottesville

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

Harrisonburg ... S B Gibbons ............ 438. .. D H Lee Martz, J S Messerly

Radford G C Wharton 443 G C Wharton, R H Adams

Reams Station.. J. E. B. Stuart......... 211... M A Moncure, A B Moncure

Richmond......... Geo E Pickett ......... 204.. R N Northern, P McCurdy

Richmond ........ R E Lee..................... 181... A W Archer, J T Stratton

Roanoke........... William Watts........ 205 .. S S Brooke, Hugh W Fry

West Point........ John B. Cooke......... 184... H. M. Miller, W. W. Green.

Willlamsburg.. McGruder Ewell.... 210... T J Stubbs, H T Jones

Winchester....... Gen Turner Asbby.. 240.... Chas W McVicar, E G Hollis

WEST VIRGINIA

Romney Confederate Veteran 446 W M Montgomery

WASHINGTON, D. C.

Washington...... Wash. City Confed.. 171... J G Moore, T W Hungerford

THIS singular bit of history is copied from a Philadelphia dispatch:

FEBRUARY 9, 1894. Grand Army Posts Nos. 2 and 19 last night entered a protest against the introduction of Ellis's complete History of the United States into the public schools. The grounds on which the protest is made are in brief that its tone is biased in favor of the cause of the South, that it belittles and detracts from the fidelity, courage and patriotic work performed by the soldiers of the Union Armies, and seeks to ennoble the soldiers of the Confederacy, that it suppresses, in many instances, the names of Northern heroes and conspicuously depicts, in strong colors, the achievements of Confederate commanders, that the portrait of Jefferson Davis is given preference by some pages over that of Lincoln, as well as that of Lee over Gen. Grant. The protests were sent to the Board of Education this afternoon.

I'll give you a good one on a member the Fifth Virginia Infantry, Stonewall Brigade. He stole a skillet, broke the handle off, and burnt grease over the fractured end. The owner of the spider found his mess using it, and had him up before the Colonel and proved it clearly. The Colonel asked the prisoner what he had to say in his defense, and he said he knew it was his because his mother sent it from home to him in a letter. The Colonel told him to go back to his quarters, and added after he started : " A man who can deliver as ready a lie as that will make a good soldier."

J. A. Wheeler, Salado, Texas: I better than any paper I ever read. It tells the truth.
REUNION NOTES FROM BIRMINGHAM.

The VETERAN thanks Miss Ruby Beryl Kyle, of Birmingham, for reunion notes interesting and helpful to all concerned. The following are published now:

Birmingham is again enthusiastically engaged in preparing to entertain the great gathering of veterans for the reunion, April 25th and 26th. We are expecting many thousands of veterans. The tableaux of States, in which each that was of the Confederacy will be represented by one of its most beautiful unmarried women, is a unique feature. Mr. Robert Chisholm conducts this plan. The following ladies have been selected to represent the States named: Virginia, Miss Lizzie Clark, of New Port News, North Carolina, Miss Kate Cantwell, of Wilmington, Kentucky, Miss Elenora Graves, of Lexington, Florida, Miss Lizzie Pasco, of Monticello, Arkansas, Miss Lizzie McGee, of Van Buren, Alabama, Miss Carrie Cochran, of Eufaula, Louisiana, Miss Adah Vinson, of Shreveport, Missoui, Miss Katherine Turner, of Columbia, South Carolina, Miss Della Hayne, of Greenville, Maryland, Miss Lelia Montague, of Baltimore, Tennessee, Miss Adelle McMurray, of Nashville, Mississippi, Miss Etta Mitchell, Texas, Miss Mary Muse Banks, of Houston.

The visiting Veterans may secure lodgings and meals in private boarding houses at 25 cents. Many residences will be opened to visitors. The Winnie Davis Wigwam, 185 x 250 feet, and centrally located, was built specially for the reunion purposes. Camp Hardee sends the following,

TO UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS. Camp Hardee, of Birmingham, will be pleased to hear from each Camp in the United States as to the number of delegates that will be present at the reunion in April, so that preparations may be made accordingly.

A committee of three are casting about for a plan to establish a home for disabled veterans in Birmingham. Dr. Caldwell is a member of the committee, and it is almost certain that the question will be ably realized under his administration. This is a worthy movement, and the citizens are much interested, notwithstanding the financial condition of our city.

CONFEDERATE VETERANS IN TEXAS, AND WHERE THEY ARE FROM.
As a matter of general interest the VETERAN makes this inquiry so as to complete historic records of the Confederate soldiers who now live in Texas. Texas Commanders and Adjutants will please give attention to this report at once, so it may be published as complete as possible in the February VETERAN, See the December VETERAN, page 381. Please fill out report for your Camp below. 

LOCATION AND NAME OF CAMP. Ala Az Ark Fla Ga Ind Terr

Belton Bell Co. Ex Confed. Ass'n ......... 78 34 2 32 

Breckinridge Stephens County Camp 2 1

Canton J. L. Hogg Camp....... ................... 9 4 2 

Childress Joe Johnson Camp............ 3 3 5

Collinsville Beauregard Camp............ 8 7 2 5 

Coleman Coleman Camp........................... 3 2 

Dallas Sterling Price Camp.............. 23 1 17 1 23

Dublin Erath and Comanche Camp......... 147 72 1 91 1 

El Paso Jno. C. Brown Camp ............. ...... 1 1 2 1 

Gainesville Joseph E. Johnston Camp.... 8 4 1 10 1 

Gonzales J. C. G, Key Camp ..................... 9 6 2 

Graham Young County Bivouac....... ...... 4 3 3 

Grandview J. E. Johnston Camp ............ 7 3 

Houston Dick Dowling........... 8 3 1 5

Ladonia Robert E. Lee Camp.................... 12 2 9 10 

Lampassas R. B. Lee Camp....................... 16 1 8 4 1

Marlin Willis L. Lang Camp .................... 26 7 1 9

Memphis Hall County Camp............. 7 1 8

Mexia Joe Johnston Camp................. ...... 27 12 8

Paint Rock Jeff Davis Camp............ 2 1 

Paradise Pat Cleburne Camp.................... 6 3 1 

Polk County Ike Turner Camp........ 6 5

Ripley Gen. Hood Camp.............. 8 3

South Prairie Pat Cleburne Camp 4 2 2

Sweetwater E. C. Walthall Camp......... 2 1 1

Terrell J. E. B. Stuart Camp............ 14 6 1 5 1

Tyler Albert Sidney Johnston Camp...... 14 7 8

Van Alstyne Winnie Davis Camp..... 7 2 3

Waco Pat Cleburne Camp.............. 16 6 9

Wills Point Wills Point Camp ................. 5 3 1 3

LOCATION AND NAME OF CAMP. Ks Ky La Md Ms Mo 

Belton Bell Co. Ex Confed. Ass'n ......... 9 27 82 14 

Breckinridge Stephens County Camp 7

Canton J. L. Hogg Camp....... ................... 1 2 

Childress Joe Johnson Camp............ 3 9 4

Collinsville Beauregard Camp............ 2 3 10 6 

Coleman Coleman Camp........................... 3 2 1

Dallas Sterling Price Camp.............. 10 31 1 23 17

Dublin Erath and Comanche Camp......... 15 24 94 39

El Paso Jno. C. Brown Camp ............. ...... 1 1 4 4

Gainesville Joseph E. Johnston Camp.... 5 3 21 13

Gonzales J. C. G, Key Camp ..................... 5 

Graham Young County Bivouac....... ...... 7 1 9 8

Grandview J. E. Johnston Camp ............ 2 5 1

Houston Dick Dowling........... 3 9 1 4 1

Ladonia Robert E. Lee Camp.................... 1 2 11 5

Lampassas R. B. Lee Camp....................... 1 1 8 5

Marlin Willis L. Lang Camp .................... 4 26 2

Memphis Hall County Camp............. 3 4 2

Mexia Joe Johnston Camp................. ...... 1 6 1 18 4

Paint Rock Jeff Davis Camp............ 1 1 4

Paradise Pat Cleburne Camp.................... 6 2

Polk County Ike Turner Camp........ 7 11

Ripley Gen. Hood Camp.............. 3
South Prairie Pat Cleburne Camp 2

Sweetwater E. C. Walthall Camp......... 1 1 5 2

Terrell J. E. B. Stuart Camp............ 3 2 9 1

Tyler Albert Sidney Johnston Camp...... 3 7 7 1

Van Alstyne Winnie Davis Camp..... 1 4 5

Waco Pat Cleburne Camp.............. 1 5 2 7 4

Wills Point Wills Point Camp ................. 1 2

LOCATION AND NAME OF CAMP. NC SC Tenn Tex Va WVa

Belton Bell Co. Ex Confed. Ass'n ......... 6 10 47 279 6 

Breckinridge Stephens County Camp 1 3 8 

Canton J. L. Hogg Camp....... ................... 5 61

Childress Joe Johnson Camp............ 2 6 14 1

Collinsville Beauregard Camp............ 2 2 7 90 4

Coleman Coleman Camp........................... 5 11 1

Dallas Sterling Price Camp.............. 10 9 29 81 19

Dublin Erath and Comanche Camp......... 13 13 70 397 13

El Paso Jno. C. Brown Camp ............. ...... 1 1 1 12 5

Gainesville Joseph E. Johnston Camp.... 6 6 31 65 5

Gonzales J. C. G, Key Camp ..................... 5 109 4 

Graham Young County Bivouac....... ...... 1 11 18 1

Grandview J. E. Johnston Camp ............ 1 10 7

Houston Dick Dowling........... 1 3 5 75 10
Ladonia Robert E. Lee Camp.................... 3 3 20 51 3

Lampassas R. B. Lee Camp....................... 2 1 8 74 3

Marlin Willis L. Lang Camp .................... 2 3 9 96 7

Memphis Hall County Camp............. 1 2 17 4

Mexia Joe Johnston Camp................. ...... 3 3 5 59 3

Paint Rock Jeff Davis Camp............ 1 1 10

Paradise Pat Cleburne Camp.................... 1 6 12 

Polk County Ike Turner Camp........ 2 3 86

Ripley Gen. Hood Camp.............. 1 1 4

South Prairie Pat Cleburne Camp 1 14 1

Sweetwater E. C. Walthall Camp......... 2 13

Terrell J. E. B. Stuart Camp............ 5 2 16 40 2

Tyler Albert Sidney Johnston Camp...... 7 5 3 82 6

Van Alstyne Winnie Davis Camp..... 1 1 14 29 2

Waco Pat Cleburne Camp.............. 2 3 7 53 5

Wills Point Wills Point Camp ................. 3 13 1
LOCATION AND NAME OF CAMP. Miscellaneous Unkn Total

Belton Bell Co. Ex Confed. Ass'n ......... 628

Breckinridge Stephens County Camp 2 24

Canton J. L. Hogg Camp....... ................... 30 116

Childress Joe Johnson Camp............ 1 51

Collinsville Beauregard Camp............ 147

Coleman Coleman Camp........................... 28

Dallas Sterling Price Camp.............. 5 10 310

Dublin Erath and Comanche Camp......... 35 12 1024

El Paso Jno. C. Brown Camp ............. ...... 47

Gainesville Joseph E. Johnston Camp.... 30 209

Gonzales J. C. G, Key Camp ..................... 140

Graham Young County Bivouac....... ...... 66

Grandview J. E. Johnston Camp ............ 36

Houston Dick Dowling........... 129

Ladonia Robert E. Lee Camp.................... 141

Lampassas R. B. Lee Camp....................... 133

Marlin Willis L. Lang Camp .................... 192

Memphis Hall County Camp............. 1 50

Mexia Joe Johnston Camp................. ...... 150

Paint Rock Jeff Davis Camp............ 21

Paradise Pat Cleburne Camp.................... 36

Polk County Ike Turner Camp........ 120

Ripley Gen. Hood Camp.............. 20

South Prairie Pat Cleburne Camp 26

Sweetwater E. C. Walthall Camp......... 28

Terrell J. E. B. Stuart Camp............ 2 109
Tyler Albert Sidney Johnston Camp...... 159

Van Alstyne Winnie Davis Camp..... 69

Waco Pat Cleburne Camp.............. 1 121 

Wills Point Wills Point Camp ................. 32

W. A. Sims, Adjutant, Gainesville: Sorry I cannot give you a complete roster so many registered without giving where from. We have about 600 In our Camp.

There are 1,615 subscribers in Texas at 320 postoffices. Please compare your list with the names at other postoffices. Surely all Camps will become interested in the VETERAN if they can see it. The VETERAN has been made the official organ of many Camps in Texas and in every other Southern State.

Comrades and brothers, why do you delay? Prepaid envelopes with printed blanks, at considerable expense, were sent to every Camp. Let each send statements similar to the above without delay.

Mr. Cunningham, Editor of the VETERAN, expects to attend the reunion at Waco, April 5 7, and begs that every delegate and visitor will seek to aid him in the above and in increasing the VETERAN list.
WHERE THE VETERAN GOES.

The following list includes the subscriptions at places named where there are four or more. There are 8,168 paid subscriptions at over 1,921 postoffices in more than 43 States and Territories. There are printed of this edition 10,500 copies.

ALABAMA.

Anniston .............. 5 Eutaw.................. 4 Lowndesboro....... 14

Athens................ 22 Florence ............. 13 Lower Peachtree.. 11

Benton ................. 4 Franconia.............. 4 Montgomery......... 45

Birmingham........ 36 Fullerton............... 4 Moundville........... 5

Camden................. 8 Greenville............19 Piedmont..............14

Carrollton.............. 6 Guntersville ......... 6 Scottsboro............ 16

Edwardville........... 6 Huntsville............ 26 Selma................... 4

Elkmont,.............. 11 Jeff........................ 5 Snowdoun............ 6

Elmore.................. 4 Talladega...............6

ARKANSAS.

Arkadelphia......... 4 Fayetteville ......... 26 Prescott................. 19

Bentonville......... 11 Hot Springs.......... 20 Searcy................... 6

Booneville............ 8 Little Rock............51 Springdale .......... 27

Camden.................7 Morrilton.............. 8 Van Buren............ 5

Prairie Grove..........6

Santa Anna California....................................................................4

Washington, D. C......................................................................... 62

FLORIDA.
Brooksville.......... 41 Monticello............. 17 St. Augustine........18

Fernaudina.......... 14 Ocala..................... 24 Tallahasse............ 4

Jacksonville........113 Orlando.................. 21 Tampa.................. 57

Lakeland............... 8 Palmetto............... 6 Titusvile............... 10

Lake Weir............. 5 Pensacola.............. 20 Welaka.................. 4

Mariana............... 10 Sanford................. 19 Welborn................ 4

GEORGIA.

Acworth............... 4 Eagle Cliff............ 4 Madison................. 12

Attiens.................. 4 Eatonton.............. 17 Rome.................... 5

Atlanta................. 24 Greensboro........... 8 Savannah.............. 31

Augusta............... 11 Hawklnsvllle........26 Union Point.......... 14

Canton................. 17 LaGrange.............. 8 Washington.......... 31

Cartersville........... 4 Macon...................61

Chicago, Illinois............. .............................................................. 18

INDIANA.

Evansville............ 10 Indianapolis......... 5

INDIAN TERRITORY.

Ardmore.,..........:..13 McAlister .............. 11

KANSAS.

Coffeyville. ........ 22 Hutchison............. 5

KENTUCKY.

Adairville,............. 5 Justice.................. 6 Pine Grove............ 4

Anthoston............ 4 Lawrenceburg...... 5 Richmond............ 10

Augusta.................4 Lewisburg............ 7 Russellville.......... 10

Bell........................8 Lexington.......... 28 Shelbyville ........... 5
BowlingGreen......21 Louisville........... 59 Stamping Ground 6

Covington............. 4 Midway................. 4 Sturgis................. 10

Elizabethtown...... 5 Morganfield.......... 8 Toler................... 16

Georgetown .........7 Owensboro.......... 21 Uniontown............ 5

Harrodsburg.........17 Owingsville........... 4 Versailles............. 12

Henderson .......... 67 Paris.................... 15 Winchester........... 28

Hopkinsville........ 6 Pembroke............. 21

LOUISIANA.

Berwick................ 9 Lake Providence.. 7 New Orleans......... 25

Jackson................. 13 Mansfield........... 24 Shreveport.............15

Lake Charles.........20 Morgan City......... 6 Patterson................ 4

Rayville................. 4

MARYLAND.

Baltimore.............. 56 Cheltenham. ......... 4 Cumberland.......... 17

Pikesville............... 5

St. Paul, Minnesota......................................................................... 8

MISSISSIPPI.

Anding.................. 4 Edwards............... 4 Pass Christian..... 5

Canton.................. 7 Fayette................. 7 Senatobia............ 7

Centreville........... 7 Greenwood.......... 6 Utica................... 6
Coldwater............10 Jackson................ 4 Walthall.............. 5

Columbus........... 20 McComb City...... 5 Woodville......... 21

Crystal Springs... 11 Meridian ............ 15 Yazoo City........ 20

MISSOURI.

Brookline.............. 4 Higginsville...........4 Kansas City............4

Centralia............... 8 Lamar.................... 7 Nevada.................. 9

Dexter.................. 7 Lee's Summit........ 5 Palmyra............... 12

Golden City........ 24 Lexington.............. 7 Sedalia................ 10

Hamilton.............. 9 Louisiana.............. 4 Springfield...........64

Huntsville........... 22 Marshfield............. 5 St. Louis............... 28

Independence.......20 Moberly ............... 10 Nevada................. 9

Seneca................. 5

New York City, New York.......................................................... 34

NORTH CAROLINA.

Asheville............. 40 Raleigh................... 7 Wilmington......... 11

Bryson City........... 5 Salisbury............... 32 Winston .............. 15

Mt. Airy................ 4 Waynesville ......... 13

Cincinnati, Ohio............................................................................ 11

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory............................................ 22

Norman........................................................................................... 8

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania........................................................... 12
Portland, Oregon..............................................................................6

SOUTH CAROLINA.

Aikin..................... 23 Greenwood............ 21 Orangeburg C. H.26

Charleston............118 Longmires ............. 5 Sally..................... 7

Columbia .............. 23 Newberry............... 5 Sumter................. 10

Darlington............ 27 Ninety Six.............. 9 Trenton................. 4

Edgefield.............. 16

TENNESSEE.

Auburn.................. 4 Carney Springs......4 Cathage..................4

Gowers...................4 Holt's Corner 5 Leftwich................ 5

Bagdad.................. 5 Franklin............... 31 Rockhill ............... 4

Baker................... 28 Gainesboro............ 5 Sadlersville........... 5

Bellbuckle ............ 5 Gallatin............... 55 Saundersville......... 5

Bradyville ............ 6 Goodlettsville ..... 13 Sewanee................. 6

Bristol................... 7 Greenfield.............. 4 Sharon................... 6

Burns ................... 8 Haley..................... 4 Shelbyville ........... 24

Camden ............... 6 Hartsville............ 14 Sherwood............... 4

Castalian Springs 8 Hendersonville..... 4 Silvertop................ 5

Cowan.................. 4 Hustburg .............. 4 Smyrna .................. 5

Chattanooga ....... 19 Jackson .............. 46 South Pittsburg....... 8

Chapel Hill........... 9 Knoxville............. 26 Springfield............. 11

Clarksville.......... 30 Lawrenceburg...... 11 Stanton.................... 6

College Grove...... 4 Lebanon .............. 8 Station Camp.......... 6

Columbia ........... 32 Lewisburg .......... 15 Sweetwater............. 7
Coopertown.......... 4 Lynchburg........... 18 Tennessee Ridge..... 5

Cornersville.......... 4 Lynnville.............. 9 Tiptonville ............ 11

Covington ............ 4 Martin................... 9 Tobaccoport.......... 5

CumberlandCity... 8 Memphis.............. 80 Tracy City............. 9

Delina................... 4 McKenzIe............ 23 Trenton................. 18

Dickson ............. 19 Monroe.................. 4 Tullahoma............ 13

Dresden.............. 15 Mt. Pleasant......... 15 Wartrace............... 9

Dyersburg............. 9 Murfreesboro....... 94 Waverly............... 9

Eagleville............. 7 Nashville.............463 White Bluff.......... 4

Edgewood ........... 4 Newbern............... 12 Winchester......... 17

Erin .................... 41 Paris...................... 21 Woodland Mills... 4

Famington........... 4 Poplin's X Roads....6 Woolworth.........14

Fayetteville........ 56 Pulaski.................. 19 Wrencoe............... 4.

Flat Rock............. 4 Riddleton ............. 6 Yorkville ............. 6

Flynn's Lick......... 4 Dyer.......................4 Melvine..................4

Paragon Mills.......4 Pikeville................12 Pope.......................4

Pulaski................19 Rankin's Depot..... 9 Riddleton...............6

Shonn's X roads. 4 Warrensburg......... 5 Verona.................. 4

Unionville........... 5

TEXAS.

Archer City...........5 Bartlett...................9 Breckinridge........4

Columbus..............4 McGregor...............6 Montague.............4

Alvarado.............. 12 El Paso.................. 39 Marlin................ 13

Antelope.............. 4 Ennis..................... 6 Memphis.............. 7
Aurora................. 5 Floresville............ 6 Mexia ................. 20

Austin ............... 12 Forestburg............ 7 Milford......... ....... 37

Athens............... 20 Foreston,.............. 6 Paint Rock..............5

Belcher................ 5 Fort Worth .......... 43 Paradise................. 4

Belton................ 39 Forney ................. 7 Paris .................... 23

Bonham............. 32 Gainesville ......... 36 Pearsall................. 9

Bryan ................ 42 Galveston............ 76 Petty..................... 11

Caddo Mills....... 8 Gatesville............ 17 Ray........................ 4

Calvert ................ 5 Glen Rose............. 9 Rockwall .............. 30

Canadian ............. 4 Gonzales.............. 20 San Antonio......... 11

Canton................ 12 Graham................ 21 Sherman.............. 22

Center Point......... 7 Grand View......... 15 South Prairie........ 4

Chico ................. 20 Greenville............. 9 Sulphur Springs... 8

Coesfield.............. 4 Groesbeck............. 5 Sweetwater........... 6

Commerce............ 4 Hamilton.............. 15 Tehuacana........... 15

Cleburne............. 49 Henrietta............... 5 Terrell........... ....... 24

Coleman............. 65 Houston............... 14 Trent..................... 4

Comanche........... 14 Kaufman.............. 15 Tulip..................... 5

Crockett................ 5 Kemp ...................10 Tyler .................... 12

Cuero.................... 6 Killeen................... 4 Van Alstyne......... 12

Dallas................. 34 Kingston............... 7 Viesca.................... 8

Decatur .............. 9 Ladonia,................ 5 Waco..................... 16

DeKalb................ 4 La Grange............ 14 Walder................... 4

DeLeon................ 5 Lampasas............. 31 Waxahachle......... 21

Denton.............. ...4 Llano..................... 4 Weatherford........... 8

Eliasville...............5 Lott ....................... 5 Wills' Point.......... 20

Era..................... 16 Lubbock................ 5 Wrightsboro ......... 21

Temple.................5 Whitesboro........... 11
VIRGINIA.

Alexandria........... 6 Norfolk.................15 Warm Springs...... 6

Culpeper.............. 7 Portsmouth........... 20 West Point ......... 25

Fredericksburg.... 7 Richmond ............ 89 Williamsburg ...... 10

Lynchburg......... 21 Strasburg.............. 15 Radford..................4

Huntington, West Virginia.................... ....................................... 17

Reuben Campbell Camp, Statesville, N. C.: I see in the December VETERAN that you give Maj. S. A. Jonas as the author of " The Confederate Note." The newspapers of our State have recently had quite a lengthy controversy as to the author, and have finally decided that the author was a North Carolina lady. Will you kindly give me any facts you may have as to the true author of the lines? The "Reply from across the chasm" did you coin the heading? was written to me, and I have the original manuscript.

MICHAEL BAILEY A LOST BOY.

The only son of Dr. P. R. Bailey, of Nashville, Tenn., disappeared Nov. 22, 1893, and has never been heard from by his family since.

DESCRIPTION. Twelve years old, blue eyes, brown hair, small black mole on temple. This picture is a very good likeness, though made when the lad was eight. His only sister is Miss Marie Louise Bailey, whose superb reputation as a pianist was reported in February VETERAN. The father was a Confederate soldier. Let us all look out for his boy.

24 Out of 25.

A prominent citizen of Martin, Tenn., came to the city recently to enter his son in some one of the business colleges here. It was suggested to him that the best judges on that subject would be the business men of the city. Of these he inquired to the number of twenty five, and he reported that twenty four of that number recommended Jennings' Business College as being the most practical, the other gentleman expressing no preference. Of course Mr. Jennings got the young man. "Straws always show how the wind blows."

Two More Positions.

H. Blair Smith, son of R. McPhail Smith, of the faculty of Vanderbilt Law School, has secured a position in the office of the Cumberland Telephone Company, and W. A. Farriss has a good position with the Sun Life Insurance Company. They are both recent graduates of Jennings' Business College. Ask business men and bankers about business colleges. They are good judges.

AN ALLROUND BOOK KEEPER. A letter to Mr. R. W. Jennings, of Nashville, from W. W. McDowell, of Chicago, on the 27th ult., says: " I was glad to know that you had not lost sight of me. I am keeping books for Armour & Co., and my brother, Horace, another one of your graduates, is with Nelson, Morris & Co., of this city. I keep the Country Ledger, from D to G, and for the past three months have been the first to get my monthly balance." When Mr, McDowell graduated at Jennings' College he at once secured a position with the Capital City Bank, Nashville, where he occupied successively the positions of teller and book keeper until the bank closed. The fact that he is now a book keeper in a large mercantile house is evidence that his course in this noted school made him an "all round book keeper."

COL. J. A. JOEL, whose advertisement appears in this VETERAN, is well known as the editor of the Grand Army Gazette and National Guardsman. Much credit is due for his fearless articles on pensions, in showing up frauds. Although severely wounded five times during the war, the war ended with him at Appomattox.

FORTUNE OR MISS FORTUNE. If you have no employment, or are being poorly paid for the work you are doing, then write to B. F. Johnson & Co., of Richmond, Va., and they will show you how to transform Miss fortune into Madame fortune. Try it.

Spring Races at Cumberland Park. The people of Tennessee may expect to witness the greatest racing this spring at Cumberland Park that has ever been seen in the South. There will be at least one thousand great race horses here. The first day, Friday, April 27th, will be Derby Day. The Cumberland Prize, one of the richest stakes in the West, will be run that day. It will be worth nearly $5,000 to the winner, and all the great three year olds in the West are entered in it. It will be a great race. The management have again decided to make it free entrance to the field, so you can see this great race without paying one cent unless you want to. The management is confident of an immense gathering of horses, because it monopolizes for the time an area in which five other associations had a divide last year. The Cumberland Park track has secured such universal recognition as one of highest merit, that owners of the best, horses will be diligent to secure its advantages. The officers are so favorably known that strangers will at once be convinced of fair dealing in every sense. In the racing department Van L. Kirkman is President of the Board of Governors, and Walter 0. Palmer is the Secretary.

ANNOUNCEMENTS DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENN.

For County Trustee.

W. H. HIGGINBOTHAM hereby announces himaelf as a candidate for Trustee, subject to the action of the Democratic party. Your support cordially solicited.

W. B. CLARK is a candidate for County Trustee, subject to action of Democratic primaries, after registration. Election August 2, 1894.

For County Judge.

R. R. CALDWELL is a candidate for re election to the office of County Judge, subject to Democratic primary.

JNO. THOMPSON announces himself a candidate for County Judge, subject to Democratic primaries.

For Sheriff.

W. J. HILL is a candidate for Sheriff. Is competent and solicits your support in Democratic primaries.

For Criminal Court Clerk.

A. B. (BUSH) SPAIN is a candidate for Criminal Court Clerk, subject to Democratic primary. Election August, 1894.
For Circuit Court Clerk.

ALEX, J. HARRIS has announced himself as a candidate for Circuit Court Clerk, subject to Democratic primary.

WILLIS J. SULLIVAN is a candidate for Circuit Court Clerk, subject to Democratic primaries. Election August, 1894.

For County Court Clerk.

P. A. SHELTON is a candidate for County Court Clerk, subject to the action of the Democratic primaries. Election August, 1894.

JAMES F. LIPSCOMB announces himself as a candidate for County Court Clerk, subject to action of Democratic primaries.

For Register.

JNO. P. HICKMAN is competent, desires the emoluments, and solicits your support for County Register.

EWING CHADWELL is a candidate for re election to the office of Register of Davidson County, subject to Democratic primary.

W. A. DONELSON, of the Fourth District, is worthy of your consideration, and hopes to have your approval for Register at the ensuing primary election.

For Tax Assessor.

TIM M. HANIFIN is a candidate for Tax Assessor of Davidson County, subject to the Democratic primary.

WE are authorized to announce the name of JOHNSON V. LINTON for the office of Tax Assessor of Davidson County.
This organ of the Southern soldiers in the war of '61 5 has been amazingly popular from the first issue. It was started in January, 1893, with an edition of 5,000 copies, and for the past six months more than 10,000 average issue have been required to meet demands. Every public spirited and patriotic person South should take pride in its prominence and merit.

Don't respond to this with simply good intentions. Take the money from your pocket and send it. The writer knows full well his own fault in this respect, and for this reason he earnestly asks of you. Commend others to join you.

To CORRESPONDENTS. Accept profound thanks for what you have sent to go in the VETERAN. Be patient for literal production or liberal extracts. Preference has been given so far specially to those who had never written for publication. It is the greater compliment for them to write, and they seem to remember better than the educated. The VETERAN does not intend partiality toward any person or any section of our own dear Dixie. It prays for long life in the faith of doing great good. Write concisely, and only facts.

EDITOR HENRY CLAY FAIRMAN, of the Sunny South, will recite his poem, " The Veterans of the South," to the United Confederates at Birmingham. Mr. Fairman has written a thrilling serial, entitled, "The Third World, a Story of Romance and Strange Adventure," which will begin in the Sunny South with the issue of April 21st. Write for a free sample copy of the number containing the opening installment.

CAPT. B. F. HALL, Santa Ana, Cal., who recently sent six subscribers to the VETERAN, says in his letter: " I commanded Company A, 55th Tennessee Regiment, Quarles' Brigade, Walthall's Division, in the battle of Franklin. Every man of my company who went into the fight was either killed or wounded except myself. Most of them lay in front of the old gin not far from where the brave Cleburne fell.
MR. ROBERT CHISOLM, of Birmingham, formerly of South Carolina, and who had charge of the tableaux to be comprised of a young lady from each Southern State, wrote, after the VETERAN had secured a picture of Miss Chisolm: "My daughter Lelia had been selected to represent South Carolina. * * * I have finally persuaded the South Carolina people to select a resident, and consequently Gen. S. S. Crittenden writes me that he has selected Miss Della Hayne, a descendant of the great Hayne who was a compeer of Webster and other great lights in the days now gone and a daughter of Paul Tropier Hayne. She is about seventeen years old, and a blonde." In the changed arrangement Miss Lelia Laurens Chisolm is to represent "Columbia," in the reunion tableau.

TEXANS IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY.

Commanders and Adjutants in Texas have not responded as fully as was expected to the request for information of where their Camp members served in the war. In the outset $5.20 was expended in postage to secure the statistics. It would be a most interesting table, but only about one third of the 131 Camps have responded. The figures they furnish will be interesting in the aggregate. One month more will be given. The aggregate reports are as follows: Camps, 42, total membership, 6,201. Of these 2,519 enlisted from Texas, 660 from Alabama, 540 from Mississippi, 523 from Tennessee, 311 from Arkansas, 357 from Florida, 211 from Missouri, 219 from Louisiana, 160 from Virginia, 413 States unknown. The next report will give names of the Camps and number from each State, and must then be dismissed.

S. S. CRITTENDEN, MAJ. GEN. U. C. V. S. C.

Maj. Gen. Stanley S. Crittenden, commanding the Division of South Carolina, United Confederate Veterans, is a native of his State, and is sixty three years old. His father, Dr. John Crittenden, was one of the early settlers of Greenville. His grandfather, Nathaniel Crittenden, of Connecticut, was a Lieutenant, and one of six brothers in the Continental Army. The mother of Gen. Crittenden was Miss Stanley, a member of that well known family in the old North State. He was educated in Greenville and at Elizabeth, N. J.

In 1855 Gen. Crittenden married Miss Eliza E. Lynch, of Virginia, who died in 1868, leaving one son and three daughters. He afterward married Mrs. C. A. Bedell, of Columbia, S. C., a lady eminent for her culture.

Gen. Crittenden was a planter. He volunteered at the first call for troops, and was elected First Lieutenant of a company that became part of the 4th South Carolina regiment under Col. J. B. E. Sloan, and participated prominently in the first battle of Manassas. This regiment and Wheat's battalion, forming Evans' brigade, on our extreme left, commenced the great battle and held the hosts of the enemy in check for two hours before being reinforced. The regiment suffered severely in killed and wounded. The day after this battle Lieut. Crittenden received the appointment 
of Adjutant in place of the gallant Samuel D. Wilkes, of Anderson, who was killed.

In the great battle of Seven Pines, in May, 1862, when many of this gallant regiment were killed, Adjt. Crittenden was wounded by a minie ball in the left breast while in front of his command. During his absence because of this wound Gov. Pickens appointed him. Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th Regiment of Reserves then forming for the defense of the Carolina Coast. At the expiration of this service on the coast he volunteered as a private in Gen. Gary's mounted regiment, Hampton's famous legion, for service around Richmond. He also served on the staff of Gen. Gary.

After the war Gen. Crittenden returned to planting but for ten years served in his State Legislature as Representative and as Senator. He was Postmaster at Greenville four years during Mr. Cleveland's first administration. He succeeds Gen. Ellison Capers, now Assistant Bishop of South Carolina, and has devoted much time and attention to the interests of the brotherhood, and the number of Camps has increased from six to more than thirty. He hopes to meet the representatives of at least fifty Camps of United Confederate Veterans from the Palmetto State at Birmingham.

J. J. DICKISON, MAJ. GEN. U. C. V., FLORIDA.

Born in Monroe County, Va. At an early age he was sent to South Carolina, and educated in that State. When of age he engaged in business in Georgetown, S. C., and for several years did a large business as a cotton merchant. While a resident of Georgetown he was Adjutant and Inspector General of Cavalry, which

position he filled creditably to himself and his adopted State. In 1856 he removed to Florida, was a successful planter until the secession of the State. Early in'61he raised an artillery company, and was elected First Lieutenant. Preferring cavalry service he organized a cavalry company, was elected Captain, and served until near the close of the war, when he was promoted to Colonel. After the war he served four years in the State Legislature of Florida. With the restoration of the Democratic party to power, he was appointed Adjutant General of the State, and served four years. As a Confederate officer he was, in the highest sense, "ever faithful to duty." His efficient and faithful services are recognized throughout Florida, and his name is as a household word in every home, identified with that sacred cause.

The historical narrative of "Dickison and his Men," or "Reminiscences of the "War in Florida," is a tribute of affection and gratitude, and a valuable contribution to the history of the Confederate War. It portrays many brilliant achievements and soldierly qualities of that gallant command. True, "the bravest are the tenderest," a fact illustrated by his ever watchful interest in the "soldier boys "confided to his care by patriotic mothers. He gave his own son, a noble youth of eighteen, who was killed in an engagement with the Federals near Palatka, August 3, 1864. In distress of spirit the bereaved father and victor, though dearly bought, carried on horseback the lifeless form of his noble son, the blood still flowing from the wound, to the encampment six miles distant. This affliction was peculiarly trying, as this beloved son was the only surviving child of his first marriage.
JOHN C. UNDERWOOD, MAJ. GEN. U. C. V.

John Cox Underwood, eldest son of the late Judge Joseph Rogers Underwood and his second wife, Elizabeth Threlkeld Cox, was born September 12, 1840, in in Georgetown, D. C., while his father was a member of Congress from Kentucky. His early instruction was from his admirable mother, from the schools of Bowling Green, Ky., and at a high school in Jacksonville, III. Later he took a four years' course at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, New York. He graduated with distinction as a civil engineer in in June, 1862. While a student at the Polytechnic, through his relative, Maj. John Todd, U. S. A., then on duty at West Point Military Academy, he secured the military text books used at the "Point" and studied the course in military engineering and the art of attack and defense as taught there.

His emphatic Southern sentiments, boldly expressed, got him into trouble with his Northern associates on the fall of Fort Sumter. After his graduation he returned to his home in Kentucky, but that section was overrun with Federal soldiers. Resisting all appeals to the contrary, for his father was a Union man, he mounted his horse and, running the Federal pickets, came farther South. Through his brother in law, Maj. A. M. Rutledge, of Gen. Polk's staff, he was given a staff position by Gen. S. B. Buckner, and afterward at Murfreesboro tendered another staff appointment by Gen. Breckinridge. On Buckner's written recommendation he was appointed a First Lieutenant of Engineers. He joined Hon. Geo. B. Hodge (afterward a General), then a member of the Confederate Congress, in raising a regiment of Kentucky cavalry, of which Hodge was to be Colonel, Underwood receiving the provisional appointment of Lieutenant Colonel. He did not go with Buckner to the Trans Mississippi Department, as had been intended, but returned to Tennessee early in 1863, and, having typhoid fever he fell into the hands of the enemy on Bragg's retreat from Tullahoma. After several months he was taken by his father to Bowling Green, Ky., and was paroled. Before he got well Vicksburg had fallen, Gettysburg had been fought and lost to the Confederates, and the Federal Secretary of War, Stanton, refused further exchanges.

Underwood played the "citizen dodge," and was ordered through the military lines South, but Gen. Granger, at Nashville, objected, and he was placed in the military prison at Louisville. He was afterward sent to Cincinnati, and several months later was sent to Fort Warren, near Boston. This was in October, '63, and he was kept there until the fall of '64.
Through the personal influence of United States Senators who had served in the Senate with his father, President Lincoln directed that he be paroled, but " not to enter an insurgent State without permission from the Secretary of War." He went to Washington three times, the last in February, 1865, in attempts to secure his exchange, but was unsuccessful, and he was a prisoner on parole at the close of the war.

He became a planter, and later followed his profession as a civil engineer and architect. He was Mayor of Bowling Green, State Commissioner, and Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky. He was also a member of the State Democratic Committee.

Gen. Underwood is one of the most prominent Odd Fellows living, having been Grand Master of the Jurisdiction of Kentucky, Grand Sire of the entire Order throughout the world, and for the past eight years the General commanding the military branch thereof.
He has resided in the Northern States for six or seven years, and is the Major General commanding the Division of the North, U. C. V. Through his efforts the ten thousand dollar monument in Chicago has been erected over the 6,000 Confederate soldiers buried in Oakwoods Cemetery. It is the only Confederate memorial on Northern ground, and. is a most beautiful material tribute to the soldier dead of the "lost cause." The money was principally raised by donations from the liberal citizens of Chicago. It will be formally dedicated May 30.

In addition to his division command, he is Commander of the Northern Department, U. C. V., embracing the States of Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and all the Northern States east of the Mississippi River. He is collecting data relating to the Confederate dead buried in the North. He organized the U. C. V. in Kentucky, selected and appointed Gen. Boyd to command that division, which has since grown so rapidly, and has done much toward perfecting the federation of Confederate veterans.

Gen. Underwood married Miss Drue Duncan, of Warren County, Ky., in 1867, and they have three grown children, a son and two daughters.

GEN. CLEMENT A. EVANS,

Commander Georgia Division U. C. V:, is one of the most remarkable of living Confederates. At eighteen he was a lawyer, at twenty two a judge, at twenty five a State Senator, and at thirty one a Major General in the Confederate Army. One of the most successful of his heroic exploits was in leading the charge whereby Marye's Heights were recaptured. His deeds of valor secured for him rapid promotion from Colonel to Major General in the Army of Northern Virginia. Before the end of the struggle his heart turned away from desire for military conquest, and he said: "I determined to enter the ministry when the war should end, for it was better to save men than to destroy them."

Gen, Evans is personally very popular with the best people. A Georgia paper, of the many that praise him, states:

The people love Gen. Clement A. Evans because they recognize in him all the elements that ennoble the patriot, and all the instincts that consecrate the Christian gentleman. They love him because his voice and his pen are as eloquent and polished in advocating every thing that will build up the moral and material greatness of the community, as his record of service on the battlefield in behalf of his country and section is spotless and glorious. They love him because he magnifies any position he occupies, and is typed in the lines: 
The bravest are the tenderest,

The loving are the daring."

VARIOUS errors that have occurred in the VETERAN are to be corrected in the next number. Of these an article about fight at Paducah, and of Capt. S. D. Buck, of Baltimore. Some changes should have been made in young lady representatives at reunion. Miss Laura Boone takes the place of Miss Banks, of Texas, and a substitute, name not given, takes the place of Miss Cantwell, of North Carolina.

THE Camp list, revised carefully to reunion date, will be at reunion for general reference. Its reappearance in the VETERAN may be expected hereafter.

W. N. BUSH, MAJ. GEN. U. C.. V.

W. N. Bush, Major General commanding Northeastern Division of the Texas U. C. V., is a native of Kentucky. He was born in Clark County, May 27, 1833, and was married to Miss Bettie Raney, of the same county, on April 17, 1856. They removed soon thereafter to Collin County, Texas, where he engaged in farming and stock raising. He enlisted as a private in Company G, Alexander's Regiment of Cavalry, which served in the Trans Mississippi Department. The regiment was dismounted in 1862, after doing hard service in Arkansas, Missouri and the Indian Territory. While in cavalry his horse was shot under him. At the reorganization of the regiment in '62, he was elected 1st Lieutenant of his company. Ere long he wag promoted to Captain. Early in '63 his regiment was removed to Louisiana and put in Gen. Polignac's Brigade, Mouton's Division, where he served until the close of the war. This division did efficient service in meeting and repulsing Gen. Banks on his expedition up Red River. The Alexander regiment captured the Nims battery of Banks' army. It was the first capture of cannon at Mansfield, and Gen. Bush was the first man to reach the battery. In the second day's fight at Pleasant Hill he received a wound in the leg. In this engagement Banks was driven back to the Mississippi, but with heavy loss to the Confederates. He held the confidence of officers and comrades as a man and commander. At the close of the war he returned to his home in Collin County, Texas, and with renewed energy rebuilt his interests. In 1870 he was elected Sheriff of his county, served faithfully and efficiently for four years, when he returned again to his farm, where he has remained, being financially successful. In. January, 1892, he was commissioned Major General by Gen. Gordon to command the Northeast Texas Division, U. C. V. That division has increased to fifty eight Camps from three Camps since his appointment. He has spared neither time nor money in trying to get the old Confederates in touch with each other. He is thoroughly devoted to these interests.

Gen. Bush is nearly six feet high, weighs two hundred and ten pounds, and is still a very active man.

Late advices from Texas are that " Gen. Bush will attend the reunion at Birmingham with a full force from all of the Camps in North Texas."

April 25th. Convention called to order at 9 A. M., at Winnie Davis Wigwam, by Maj. Gen. F. S. Ferguson, Alabama Division, Prayer by the Chaplain General, Address of welcome by His Excellency Thomas G. Jones, Governor of Alabama, Address of welcome by Hon. David J. Fox, Mayor of Birmingham, Response by Gen. John B. Gordon, Commander in Chief U. C. V., Enrollment of Delegates and permanent organization of Convention.

Afternoon, 2 P. M. Annual Oration at Wigwam. Resumption of business by Convention.

Evening, 7:30 o'clock. Tableau of States and Concert, at Wigwam, Reception for Mrs. Davis and Miss Winnie, and other invited guests, at the parlors of the Caldwell Hotel.

Second day, April 26th. Convention meets at 9 o'clock A, M. at the Wigwam , Business of the Convention resumed.

Afternoon, 2:30 o'clock. Column formed for review, will pass the Commander in Chief, who will occupy the reviewing stand at the Park, Laying of Corner stone of Confederate Monument at City Park, Address by Gen. Stephen D. Lee.

Evening, 7:30 o'clock. Tableaux of the States and Concert at Wigwam, Reception of young ladies representing the States at Southern Club.

NOTE. Delegates and visiting veterans are requested to call at the Headquarters of Camp W. J. Hardee, No. 2014 First Avenue, and register. They will be furnished with badges. Souvenir badges will be sold at a small price.

THE first specific answer to "roll call" in March VETERAN, was from Richmond, Va., by B. W. Richardson. It was "Here!" with one dollar pinned to the answer. Comrades, is it your time to answer?

SAM. T. LEAVY, MAJOR GENERAL, U. C. V.

Sam. T. Leavy was born near Lexington, Ky., in 1842, was raised on a farm. and received a common school education. He enlisted, July, 1862, in Company I, of Gen. John H. Morgan's Kentucky regiment. In September of that year he was appointed 2d Lieutenant in Company G, 9th Kentucky Regiment, commanded by Col. W. C. P. Breckenridge. In 1863 the 9th Kentucky remained under orders with the Army of Tennessee, while the rest of Morgan's cavalry were on the Ohio raid. During the fall of 1863 the 1st, 2d and 9th Kentucky were formed into the 2d Kentucky Brigade, attached to Gen. Wheeler's corps, and served to the close of the war with the Army of Tennessee. On Sherman's march to the sea this brigade was very active, and did much valiant service.

December 1, 1864, Capt. Leavy was dangerously wounded while leading a charge in a cavalry fight near Bethel Church, in Brock County, Ga. His was a remarkable recovery, as he was shot through the bowels and hip. There is only one other case on record where a man received a similar wound and survived.

After the war he studied law and was admitted to the bar, but later followed his fancied occupation, stock raising and farming. In 1887 he was elected State Senator for the 22d Kentucky Senatorial District, composed of the counties of Woodford, Scott and Jessamine. He went to Oklahoma City and located in April, 1890, and in June, 1890, was appointed Democratic member of Townsite Board, No. 4. He was chosen as first delegate from Oklahoma Territory to the National Democratic Convention at Chicago in 1892, and cast his ballot for Cleveland and Stevenson. In October, 1874, he was married to Miss Lizzie, daughter of Col. Willis F. Jones, of Woodford County, Ky., who was killed in 1864 near Richmond, Va. while serving on the staff of Gen. Chas. W. Field. Capt. and Mrs. Leavy have three children, two boys and a little girl, and are now living in Norman, O. T. Gen. Leavy is diligent for the well being of comrades.

ROBERT COBB, MAJ. GEN. U. C. V.

Robert Cobb, Maj. Gen. U. C. V. for Northwestern Division of Texas, is a native of Caldwell, now Lyons, County, Ky. At the age of twenty three he joined the 3d Kentucky Infantry. He was soon elected First Lieutenant and then Captain of his company, which was assigned temporarily to artillery duty. When re transferred the 3d Kentucky was continued in artillery service, and he was promoted by Gen. J. E. Johnston to Major of artillery, and assigned to the command of battalion with Breckinridge's division. He participated in the battle of Shiloh, the first siege of Vicksburg in 1862, Baton Rouge, then Hartsville and Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Jackson, Miss. He was at Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, and that great campaign of fighting every day between Dalton and Jonesboro, Ga. When the war was over he was married to Miss Virginia Walker, and after a few years of planting in Monroe County he removed to Kentucky, and thence to Wichita Falls, Texas, about eight years ago, where he is engaged in the practice of law.

Gen. Cobb is very popular with comrades, and is zealous for promoting the important interests of veterans. His daughter, Miss Virginia Leoma, was alternate with Miss Laura Gaston, of Dallas, in representing the great State at the reunion in New Orleans.

I HAD RATHER HAVE MY PICTURE IN THE VETERAN THAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE."

Mrs. Alice Pickett Akers, on greeting the founder of the VETERAN in the dazzle of the National Capital, used the above language in a manner so natural and sweet that her picture is given. Her handsome, eloquent, and courageous father gave his life to the Confederacy, and her husband, Maj. Albert Akers, was shot many times, and twice entirely through the body. They now reside in Washington City.

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