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Confederate Veteran September 1893.
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE.
Coming too late for consistent reduction, there is so much for the VETERAN about camps and reunions as news that radical abbreviations are necessary.
The Columbia County, Florida, Camp of United Confederate Veterans, has been changed in name to honor Gen. E. A. Perry, who was, after the war, governor of that State. At its recent reunion there was a fine attendance, and short addresses by Col. Walter R. Moore, Capt. Jesse S. Wood, Washington M. Ives, Senator J. F. Boyce, D. L. Greer, H. E. Braddock, W. Teagle, Mr. Parnell, and others. After an enjoyable dinner a Camp of Sons was organized with forty to fifty members as a beginning. Charles A. Finley, son of Gen. Jesse J. Finley, was elected Commander, and J. A. Quincess, Adjutant.
T. M. Murphree, of Troy, Ala., who was of the Sixth Alabama Infantry, writes some important suggestions, and concludes: " Yes, I am proud of the fact that I wore the gray, so much so that I have recorded it in my family Bible."
Vic. Reinhardt, of Terrell, Texas, thinks comment in the VETERAN is well distributed, and he commends liberal attention to the Army of Tennessee. " In the papers it is not often the heroism and valor of our army under Sidney and Joe Johnston, Bragg, Hood, and other gallant leaders of our Western army are made known. It does me good to read these accounts of active service, much of it from the ranks, and bearing the impress of personal experience."
James Dinkins, of Memphis, compliments the VETERAN on the articles of Capt. W. Gartman Johnson, in the July and August numbers of the VETERAN, and states: "He had just been admitted to the practice of law when the war broke out, but was among the first to volunteer. He served in every capacity, from private to Captain, and through all the trials and hardships of that gallant company bore himself as a chivalrous knight. He participated in all the battles from Bull Run to Petersburg, except perhaps one or two, on which occasions he was detailed for special duty. There is no one living now, who belonged to that incomparable regiment, that took a more prominent part, or who can relate the incidents with more accuracy than Capt. Johnson, and I hope he will give the VETERAN many stories recalling the stirring scenes through which 'the Barksdale Humphreys Brigade' passed."
Miss Salley B. Hamner, now of Washington City, but who educated fifteen hundred girls at Richmond, favors the VETERAN with "leaflets" that she has addressed this multitude under the title, " Now that you are married." There is a mystery in how any Miss so thoroughly conceived the exact relations of wives. The publication is a score of sheets printed on one side, and printed exquisitely. Miss Hamner advertises in this VETERAN. Her dialect in "Mammy Susan's Story" will be read with pathetic interest, and many an eye will be moistened ere it is finished.
L. P. Harling sends thirteen subscriptions from Hibler, S. C., and says but for the hard times he would have sent many more.
Mrs. Gen. W. S. Hillyer, whose husband was on the staff of Gen. Grant, sends copy of a letter to her from Shiloh. Thanks are returned to the good lady for the compliment. The letter is too good to be abbreviated, and it is too long for use at present in the VETERAN.
Upon seeing a single copy of the VETERAN Gen. Joseph R. Davis, of Beloxi, Miss., forwards subscription with some pleasant personal recollections, and he adds: " It has been a favorite theme of mine to write and publish a reminiscence of events of the Confederate States in the city of New Orleans. My association with Jefferson Davis, my uncle, for the first 18 months of the war in Richmond as Aid de camp, and subsequently as a general officer in Gen. Lee's Army of Virginia, and an acquaintance more or less intimate with leading men, civil and military, gave me opportunities of knowing opinions and events that would have been valuable in the conduct of such a paper."
Lewis Tillman, Esq., Knoxville, Tenn., writes in his candid way as a friend: " I read the VETERAN with interest. I think the price should be $1 do not think you can possibly keep it going at fifty cents. But you have experience. I do hope you will make a success of it. You ought not to work for nothing. You will pardon me for saying that some of your paragraphs give evidence of being written in haste."
Charles L. Dibrell, of Southern Express Co., Chattanooga, Tenn., sends a copy of the memoriam to Col. Charles C. Jones, Jr., of Augusta, prepared by his son,. Charles E. Jones, and writes: "Unless I am in error the Confederate Survivors' Association, of Augusta, Ga., was the first organized in the South, and from its inception to the time of his death Col. Jones was its President. I think it is the intention of the Association to leave its presidency vacant in demonstration of their respect for him, at least for a long time."
E. T. Eggleston, of Yazoo, Miss., says: "I see Mr. J.. K. Jones, 'writing from McAllister, I, T,, says, 'The old war horse, Frank Cockrill, with his brave Mississippians.' My recollection is there were no brave. Mississippians in Cockrill's brigade, but as gallant a band of Missourians as our war produced. Is it an error of memory on the part of Mr. Jones, or a typographical error?"
Many collections of funds for the Davis Monument at Richmond are in suspended banks. Of such there are $1,800 in the Mechanics' Bank of Nashville, but the Young Men's Democratic Club who raised it say they will raise another like amount. There were $200 in a suspended bank at Columbia, Tenn.
Miss Sue M. Monroe, Wellington, Va.. is diligently soliciting subscribers for the VETERAN. She framed the flags from the July number, and put them up in a store, where they attract much attention. She is zealous for all Southern publications. She writes: "If I could trade Confederate money, cannon balls, bombshells, or bayonets for books it would do very well. I live on the upper part of the second Manassas battle field, where King's troops were when Jackson shelled them Thursday afternoon, and have been over the battle field time and again, and every time brought home something, either a shell, balls, bayonets, or ramrods, and every thing else I could find. I have State buttons of all the Atlantic and Gulf States of the confederacy, all picked up on the field. I remember how the first gun sounded Sunday morning, July 21, 1861. I have a little tin cup picked up where Jackson's troops charged picked it up myself after the battle. I live it all over sometimes. I have not seen a name of a soldier I saw during the war in the VETERAN. Some Tennesseans got their breakfast here the morning after the first battle."
MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE.
REV. J. W. TURNER, Rector of St. Luke's Church at Hawkinsville, Ga., writes a private letter, from which the following extracts are made. His Bible saved his life in a battle near Spottsylvania Court House, May 12,1864:
In that battle the color bearer of the enemy struck me with the point of his flag staff, leaving a slight scar. We parted company immediately without an introduction or an exchange of the courtesies of the morning. If not too late, I should like yet to make the acquaintance of that color bearer and give him an opportunity to explain and apologize for his rudeness on that eventful morning. If he be yet alive, I should like to reach him in some way through the medium of your columns and tell him that it is not too late yet to settle old scores amicably. The shot was fired, I suppose, by one of the color guards. I have the Bible and the bullet as mementos of my escape that morning. If by publishing these facts you should enable me to make the acquaintance of the soldier who assailed me with the flag staff, provided he is yet alive, I would not desire his acquaintance otherwise.
Jno. C. Rietti, Chalmer's Brig., Army of Tennessee: After the battle of Mumfordsville, Ky., September 14, 1862, which was fought by Chalmer's High pressure Brigade, composed of the 7th, 9th, 10th, 29th and 44th Mississippi Infantry, the advance guard of Bragg's army which unfortunate attack on that stronghold resulted in a terrible repulse by the enemy, numbering a garrison of 4,500 men, and which surrendered September 17 to Bragg's army the writer of this found, in one of the tents of the captured Federals, composed of Kentucky and Indiana troops, a small sized New Testament which contained the following on the fly leaf:
S. H. Crane. A Mothers' Gift. Acknowledge the Lord in the days of thy youth." I carried that small book on my person, which was a great consolation throughout all the great trials and troubles of our long struggle for homes and fire sides, from 1862 to 1865, and would be made extremely happy if I could only return this dear mother's gift to the hands of the original owner, if he has passed, like myself, safely through and enjoys the blessings of this life.
R. H. Phillips, Esq., Commander Camp LaGrange, Texas: I want Mrs. Jackson's life of Stonewall Jackson. If you have it on hand mail it to me, with the price, and I will remit by return mail. I have been distributing your valuable magazine and several of my friends have promised me they would subscribe for it. I am heartily in favor of making it the official organ of our U. C. V., and will vote so to do when we meet in October. J. Mont Wilson, Springfield, Mo. : Can't you, at the
end of the year, republish all of the back numbers for the first six months. Of course we would have to send in our names, the numbers we want, with the money in advance. We would expect to pay more than the regular subscription. I am short one number, January and would give the price of the year for this number, if I can't get it for less.
In considering the Birmingham reunion a Veteran writes: This occasion will bring out the full strength of the gallant survivors, and is looked forward to with especial interest.
El Paso, Texas, Aug. 15, 1893. S. A. Cunningham Sir: At a meeting of the Jno. C. Brown Camp, U. C. V., held on the 10th inst., upon motion of Lt. Col. W. M. Yandell, the CONFEDERATE VETERAN was adopted by the Camp as its official organ, and the Adjutant was instructed to notify you accordingly. Respectfully yours, WYNDHAM KEMP, Adjt.
Biscoe Hindman, President Thos. C. Hindman Bivouac, Nashville, Tenn.: * * * 'It will give me great pleasure, as President, to indorse the VETERAN, and I am sure that I can also speak for the Secretary.
S. E. Weaver, Gainesville, Texas, writes: In looking over the list of Camps by States, I felt like giving the yell when I saw that of the Lone Star State. But what is the matter with Georgia, a proud old State, whose blood bathed evey field from where the matchless Barton fell to the last sad scene at Appomattox? Only five Camps reported. Did they all get killed?
Dr. J. Wm. Jones, under date of September 5, writes: Please change my address from Atlanta to University Station, Charlottesville, Va., where I go to enter upon my duties as chaplain of the University of Virginia. I hope to write for you more frequently.
M. T. Ledbetter, Piedmont, Ala.: I attended a reunion of U. C. V's at Schenck's Sulphur Springs, September 2. It was a lovely day for the occasion, and we old veterans made good use of the time in mingling together, talking over our trials, etc., during the war. There was about three thousand people on the ground, and about three hundred old soldiers. Just before the hour for speaking the veterans assembled at a place designated and marched to the stand. The procession was formed under the direction of that old " war horse," Maj. Gen. "Lige" Anderson. The welcome address was delivered by Capt. W. M. Hames, who led the first volunteer company from this county to the war. Two other short speeches were made by Capts. A. F. McGhee and H. T. Persons. Dinner was served, after which we again assembled for an address by Col. John H. Caldwell, who was a member of the 10th Alabama regiment, Wilcox's brigade. He made a grand speech, as he always does. I took the advantage of the occasion and requested him to introduce the CONFEDERATE VETERAN to the crowd, which he did very cheerfully and ably. I think his little speech for the paper did it much good. I secured subscriptions for it on the grounds, a.nd got the promise of a great many more. I am doing all I can to make the VETERAN a success, lor it is worthy of our earnest support.
Jno. M. Webb, Brigadier General commanding 1st Brigade Northeast Texas Division, U. C. V., Paris, Texas, July 26: "Dear Sir On receipt of the July number of the CONFEDERATE VETERAN, containing the flags of our sorrowing Southland, my mind wandered back to those four long years of carnage when that beautiful banner was seen on every battle field in the thickest of the fight, followed and defended by the brave boys who wore the gray. And after reviewing the past and thinking what should be done in order to more fully make and preserve a history of our lost cause, I concluded that I might do something toward solving the problem by enlisting the old veterans in the interest of your worthy Confederate magazine. You will find inclosed the names of ten old veterans, with the subscription amount. As soon as I get up another club I will forward it."
UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERAN CAMPS.
ALABAMA.
POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS.
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 ............ Camp St. Clair......... 308... John W. Ingler, Jas. D. Truss
Auburn ............ Auburn.................... 236... O. D. Smith, James H. Lane
Bessemer........... Bessemer.................. 157... W. R. Jones, N. H.Sewall
Birmingham... .. W. J. Hardee.............. 39... J. R. Johnston, 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. Stancel, B. Upchurch
Carthage Woodruff 339 Jno. S. Powers,
Dadeville Craf Kimbel 343 W C McIntosh,
Eutaw................ Sanders..................... 64... Geo. H. Cole, T. 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
Greensboro........ Allen C. Jones ........ 266... A. M. Arsey, E. T. Pasteur
Greenville Sam'l L. Adams 349 Ed Crenshaw, F E Dey
Guntersville Mont. Gilreath 333 R T Coles, J. L. Burke
Hamilton Marion County 346 A. J. Hamilton, J. F. Hamilton
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,
Lowndesboro T J Bullock 331 J L Huison, C D Whiteman
Marion............... L W. Garrett........... 277...
Mobile................ Raphael Semmes.... 11... T. T. Roche, Wm. E. Mickle
Montgomery.. ... Lomax...... ............... 151... Emmet.Seibels, J. H.Higgins
Opelika.............. Lee County............... 261... R. M. Greene, J. Q. Burton
Oxford Camp Lee 329 Thos. H. Barry,
Piedmont Stuart
Roanoke............ Aiken Smith............ 293... W. A. Handley, B. M. McConnaghy
Rockford .......... Henry W. Cox......... 276... F. L. Smith, W. T. Johnson
Seale.................. James F. Waddell... 268... R. H. Bellamy, P. A. Greene
Selma................ Catesby................ .... 317...
Springville ...... .Springville............... 223. .. A. W. Wordell, W. J. Spiniell
St. Stephens John James 350 A T Horks, J M Pelham
Talladega........... Charles M. Shelley... 246... W. J. Rhodes, F. M. Shouse
Tuscumbia........ James Deshler......... 313... A. H. Keller, J. P. Gray
Tuskaloosa........ Camp Rodes............. 262... A. C. Haglore, Walter Guild
Troy................... Camp Ruffin............ 320... W .D. Henderson, L. H. Bowles
Verbena............ Camp Gracie............ 291... K. Wells, J. A. Mitchell
Wetumpka........ Elmore County........ 255... J. F. Maull, Hal T. Walker
Wedowee........... Camp Randolph...... 316... C. C. Enloe, R. S. Pate
ARKANSAS.
Alma.................. Cabell....................... 202... James E. Smith, J. T. Jones
Benton .............. David O. Dodd......... 325... C. E. Shoemaker
Bentonville...... Cabell........ ............... 89... N. S. Henry, A. J. Bates
Centre Point ..... Haller...................... 192.. J. M. Somervllle, J. C. Ausley
Charleston......... Pat Cleburne........... 191...
Conway.............. Jeff Davis............... 213... A. P. Witt, W. C. Cole
Fayetteville ...... W. H. Brooks ......... 216... T. M. Gunter, I. M. Patridge
Fort Smith........ Ben T. Duval........... 146... P. T. Devany, R. M. Fry
Greenwood......... Ben McCulloch ...... 194... Dudley Milum, W. B. Hartsill
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
Morrilton........... Robert W. Harper.. 207... W. S. Hanna, K. W. Harrison
Nashville........... Joe Neal.................. 208... W. K. Cowling, John H. Bell
Newport............ Tom Hindman ........ 318... T. T. Ward
Van Buren......... John Wallace......... 209... John Allen, J. E. Clegg
FLORIDA.
Brookville ........ W. W. Loring.......... 13... J. C. Davant, F. L. Robertson
Chipley............... Chipley................... 217...
Dade City.......... Pasco C. V. Ass'n.... 57... J. B. Johnston, A. H. Ravenies
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. G. Zimmerman, W. S. Turner
Jacksonville..... R. E. Lee.................. 58... G. T. Maxwell, W. W. Tucker
Jacksonville...... Jeff Davis................ 230... C. E. Merrill, G. J. Colcock
Jasper................ Stewart.......... .......... 155... H. J. Stewart. J. E. Hanna
Juno.................... Patton Anderson ... 244...
Lake City. ........ Columbia Co ........... 150... W. R. Moore, W. M. Ives
Lakeland........... Francis S. Barton ... 284... Peny M. DeLeon
Marianna.......... Milton....................... 132. .. W. D. Barnes, F. Philip
Monticello......... Patton Anderson.... 59... W. C. Bird, B. W. Partridge
Ocala.................. Marion Co. G. V. A... 56... J. J. Finley, Wm. Fox
Orlando.............. Orange Co................. 54... W. H. Jewell, B. M. Robinson
Palmetto........... Geo. T. Ward............ 53... J. C. Pelot, J. W. Nettles
Pensacola.......... Ward G. V. Ass'n..... 10... W. E. Anderson, R. J. Jordan
Quincy................ D. L. Kenan............. 140... R. H. M. Davidson, D. M. McMillan
St. Augustine... E. Kirby Smith.. ..... 175... J. W. Spitler, W. J. Jarvis
Sanford.............. Gen. J. Finnegan..... l49... A. M. Thrasher, C. H. Lefler
Springdale ..... .. Pat Cleburne............ ... E. T. Candle,J. S. Patterson
St. Petersburg... Camp Colquitt......... 303... W. C. Dodd, D. L. Southwick
Tallahassee....... Lamar....................... 161 ... R. A. Whitfield
Tampa.............. Hillsboro.................. 36... F. W.Merrin.H. L. Crane
Titusville........... Indian River............ 47... A. A. Stewart, A. D. Cohen
Umatilla............. Lake County........... ... E. A. Wilson, T. H. Blake
GEORGIA.
Atlanta.............. Fulton Co., Ga......... 159... W. L. Calhoun, J. F. Edwards
Covington......... Jefferson Lamar...... 305... J. W. Anderson, G. D. Heard
Dalton................ Jos.E.Johnston...... 34... A. F. Roberts, J. A. Blanton
Hawkinsville Pulaski County A T Fountain, J M Trimmier
Ringgold ........... Ringgold .................. 206... W. J. Whitsitt, R. B. Trimmer
Spring Place...... John B. Gordon...... 50... R. E. Wilson, W. H. Ramsey
ILLINOIS.
Chicago.............. Ex Con. Ass'n.......... 8... J. W. White, R. L. France
Jerseyville........ Benev. ex Confed. ... 304... Jos. S. Carr, Morris R. Locke
INDIAN TERRITORY.
Ardmore............ John H. Morgan...... 107 ... J. L. Gaut, R. Scales
McAlester......... Jeff Lee..................... 68... N. P. Guy, R. B. Coleman
KENTUCKY.
Augusta ............ John B. Hood ......... 233... Jno. S. Bradley, J. R. Wilson
Bardstown ......... Thomas H. Hunt... 253... Thos. H. Ellls, Jos. F. Briggs.
Bethel................ P. R. Cleburne......... 252... J. Arrasmith, A. W. Bascom
Bowling Green.. Bowling Green........ 143... W. F. Perry, Jas. A. Mitchell
Carlisle Peter Bramlett 344 Thos Owen, H M Taylor
Cynthiana......... Ben Desha............... 99... D. M. Snyder, J. W. Boyd .
Danville... ........ J. Warren Grigsby... 214... E.. M. Green, J.H.Baughman
Eminence ......... E. Kirby Smith ...... 151... W. L. Crabb, J. S. Turner
Flemingsburg... Albert S. Jobnston.. 232... Wm. Stanley, Milf'd Overley
Frankfort........... T. B. Monroe, Jr...... 188... A. W. Macklin, J. E. Scott
Georgetown...... Geo. W. Johnson..... 98... A. H. Sinclair, J. Webb
Harrodsburg..... William Preston..... 96... B. W. Allin, John Kane
Hopkinsville Ned merriwether 241 Nat Gaither, J G Branham
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
Nicholasville... Humph'y Marshall. l87... 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 ....... 237... W. F. Beard, R. T. Owen
Winchester........ Roger W. Hanson... 186... B. F. Curtis, J. L. Wheeler
Versailles.......... Abe Buford.............. 96... J. C. Bailey, R. V. Bishop
LOUISIANA.
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
Berwick............. Winchester Hall..... 178... M. W. Bateman, F. O. Brien
Donaldsonvllle.. Maj.V. Maurin....... 38.. . S. A.Poche, P. Ganel
Evergreen......... R. L.Gibson........ ..... 33... Wm. M. Ewell, I. C. Johnson
Franklin Florian Comay 345 R W 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... R. O. Pizzetta, Jos. L. Dicks
Mansfield........... Mouton.................. . 41... C. Schuler, T. G. Pegnes
Merrick.............. Isaiah Norwood...... 110... D. T. Merrick, J. J. Taylor
Monroe............. Henry W. Allen...... 182... W. R. Roberts, H. Moise
Natchitoches.... Natchitoches............ 40.. J. A. Prudhomme,C. E. Levy
New Orleans...... Army of N. Va........ 1... W. R. Lyman, T. B. O'Brien
New Orleans...... Army of Tenn......... 2... J. Glynn Jr., N. Cuny
New Orleans..... Vet.Con.StatesCav.. 9... Wm. Laughlin, E. R. Wells
New Orleans...... Wash. Artillery...... 15... B. F. Eshelman, L. A.Adam
New Orleans...... Henry St. Paul........ 16... J. Demoruelle, M. T. Ducros
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, O. T. Smith
Rustin............... Rustin....................... 7... A. Barksdale, J. L. Bond
Shreveport ....... Gen. Leroy Stafford 3... W. Kinney, Will H. Tunnard
Tangipahoa ...... Camp Moore............ 60... O. P. Amacker, G. R. Taylor
Thibodaux........ Braxton Bragg......... 196... S. T. Grisamore, H. N. Conlon
MISSISSIPPI.
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. G. Postell. J. M. Grafton
Columbus.......... Isham Harrison...... 27... B. A. Vaughan, W. A. Campbell
Crystal Sp'gs...... Ben Humphreys..... 19... C. Humphries, J. M. Haley
Edwards............ W. A. Montgomery 26... W. A. Montgomery, H. W. Barrett
Fayette.............. J. J. Whitney.......... 22... W. L. Stephen, W. K. Penny
Greenwood........ Hugh A. Reynolds... 218...
Greenville ......... W. H. Percy ............ 238... Gen. S. W. Ferguson,W.Yerger
Grenada ............ W. R. Barksdale...... 189...
Harpersville...... Patrons Union C'p. 272... M. W. Stampe, C. A. Huddleston
Hattiesburg...... Hattiesburg.............. 21... G.D. Hartfield, E. H. Harris
Hernando ......... De Soto..................... 220.. . Sam Powell, G. H. Robertson
Hickory Flat ... Hickory Flat ........... 219... W. A. Crum, J. J. Hicks
Holly Springs... Kit Mott................... 23... J. F. Fant, S. H. Pryor
Jackson............. Robt. A. Smith........ 24... W. D. Holder, G. S. Green
Lake .................. Patrons Onion........ 273... M. W. Stamper, C. A. Huddleston
Liberty .............. Amite County......... 226... M. Jackson, Geo. A. McGee
Maben................. Stephen D. Lee ...... 271... O. B. Cooke, J. L. Sherman
Macon...... ......... Jas. Longstreet.. ..... 180... W. H. Foote, J. L. Griggs
Magnolia........... Stockdale.................. 324...
Meridian............ Walthall.................. 25... W. F. Brown, B. V. White
Miss. City.......... Beauvoir.................. 120... J. R. Davis, F. S. Hewes
Natchez............. Natchez.................... 20... F. J. V. LeCand, E. L. Hopkins
New Albany Gen M P Lowry 342 C S Robertson, M F Rodgers
Port Gibson...... Claiborne.................. 167... A. K. Jones, W. W. Moore
Rolling Fork. ... Pat Cleburne............ 190...
Rosedale............ Montgomery............ 52... F. A. Montgomery, Chas. C. Farrar
Sardis Jno R Dickens 341 R H Taylor, J B Boothe
Tupelo......... ...... John M. Stone......... 131... John M. Stone, P. M. Savery
Valden............... Frank Liddell......... 221.. S. C. Baine, W. I. Boothe
Vicksburg......... Vicksburg................. 32... D. A. Campbell, C. Davis
Winona ............ M. Farrell................. 311... J. R. Binford, C. H. Campbell
Woodville......... Woodville................. 49... J. H. Jones, P. M. Stockett
Yazoo City......... Yazoo Camp............ 176... S. D. Robertson, W. R. McCutcheon
284 Confederate Veteran September 1893.
MISSOURI.
Kansas City...... Kansas City............. 80... J. W. Mercer, G. B. Spratt
NORTH CAROLINA.
Bryson ............ Andrew Coleman.. ... 301. E.. Everett, B. H. Cothey
Clinton.............. Sampson.................. 137... R. H. Holliday, C. F. Hening
Concord............. Cabarrus Co. C.V.A.. 212... J. F. Willeford, C. McDonald
Littleton ........... Junius Daniel ......... 326... John P. Leech
Newton.............. Catawba.................... 162... J. G. Hall, L. R. Whitener
Salisbury........... Charles F. Fisher.. ... 309... J. R. Crawford, C. R. Barker
Salisbury........... Col. Chas F. Fisher... 319... , C. R. Barker
Wilmington ..... Cape Fear................ 254... Wm. Blanks, W. L. DeResset
OKLAHOMA.
Norman............. Gen. J. B. Gordon... 200... T. J. Johnson, W. C. Renfro
Oklahoma City. D. H. Hammons...... 177... D. H. Hammons, J. O. Casler
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Aiken................. Barnard E. Bee........ 84... B. H. Teague, J. N. Wigtall
Charleston........ Camp Sumter ......... 250.. Rev. J. Johnson, J. W. Ward
Charleston........ Palmetto.................. 315... A. Baron Holmes
Easley ............... Jasper Hawthorn.... 285... R. E. Bowen, J. H. Bowen
Greenville ........ R. C. Pulliam........... 297... J. W. Norwood, P. T. Hayne
Newberry James D Nance 336 J W Gary, C F Boyd
Rock Hill.......... Catawba.................... 278... Cad Jones, W. B. Dimlap
Spartanburg Camp Walker 335 Jos. Walker, A B Woodruff
Sumter Dick Anderson 334 J D Graham, P P Gaillard
St. Georges......... Stephen Elliott....... 51... J. Otey Reed
TENNESSEE.
Chattanooga.... N. B. Forrest............. 4... J. F. Shipp, L. T. Dickinson
Clarksville......... Forbes...................... 77... T. H. Smith, Clay Stacker
Fayettevllle.... Shackelford Fulton.. 114... J. D. Tillman. W. H. Cashion
Franklin........... Gen. J. W. Starnes.. 134... B.F. Roberts, K. N. Richardson
Jackson............ John Ingram........... 37... E. S. Mallory, S. E. Kierolt
Knoxville......... Felix K. Zollicoffer.. .46... Jno. F. Horn, Chas. Ducloux
Knoxville ......... Fred Ault................. 6... 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........... Con. His. Ass'n........ 28... C. W.Frazer, R.J. Black
Murfreesboro.... Joe B. Palmer........... 81... W. S. McLemore, W. Ledbetter
Nashville........... Frank Cheatham.... 35... R. Lin Cave, J. P. Hickman
Shelbyville........ Wm. Frierson......... 83... J. M. Hastings. J. G. Arnold
Tullahoma........ Pierce B. Anderson.. 173... J. P. Bennett, W. J. Travis
Winchester........ Turney..................... 12... W. H. Brannan, J. J. Martin
TEXAS.
Abilene.............. Abilene..................... 72... T. W. Dougherty.
Abilene.............. Taylor Co..... ........... 69... H. L.Bentley, Theo. Heyck.
Alvarado........... Alvarado.................. 160... J. R. Posey.
Alvin ................ Wm Hart ................. 286... Wm Hart, Alf H H Taylor
Archer City ...... Stonewall Jackson., 249... H J Brooks, T M Cecil
Athens............... Howdy Martin......... 65... D. M. Morgan, W. T. Eustace.
Atlanta.............. Stonewall Jackson.. 91... J. B. Johnson, J. N. Simmons.
Austin............... John B Hood............ 103... W. M. Brown, C. H. Powell.
Beaumont......... A. S. Johnston......... 75... Jeff 'Chaisson, Tom J. Russell.
Belton ............... Bell Co. ex Con. As.. 122... J R. Whitsett, R. H. Turner.
Big Springs Joe Wheeler 330 , R B Zinn
Bonham...... ...... Sul Ross.................... 164... J. P. Holmes.
Brazoria........... Clinton Terry........... 243... Wm. F. Smith, F. LeRebus.
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, R. L. Archer.
Bryan................. J. B. Robertson....... 124... H. B. Stoddard, W. H. Harmon
Buffalo Gap........ L. F. Moody............. 123... Ben F. Jones, J. J. Eubank.
Caldwell Camp Rodgers 142 J B King, J F Matthews
Calvert............... W. P. Townsend..... 111... J. H. Drennon, C. W. Higginbotham.
Cameron............ Ben McCullough..... 29... E. J. Melver, J. B. Moore.
Canton............... James L. Hogg........ 133... T. J. Towles, W. U. Thompson
Carthage............ Horace Randall...... 163... J. R. Bond, J. M. Woolworth.
Childress .......... Jos E Johnston........ 359... W P Jones, L C Warlick
Cisco.................. E'land Co.Preveaux. 273... T W Neal, J. S McDonough
Cleburne............ Pat Cleburne............ 88... O. T. Plummer,M.S.Kahle.
Colorado............ Albert S. Johnston.. 113... W. V. Johnson, T. Q,. Mullin.
Columbus ......... Shropshire Upton... 112... Geo. McCormIck, J. J. Dick.
Coleman............ John Pelham........... 76... J. J. Callan, J. M. Williams.
Commerce ........ R. E. Lee .................. 231... G P Lindsley, W E Mangum
Cooper............... Ector ....................... 234... Geo W Jones, R J Pickett
Corpus Christi... Jos. 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.. . , W H Stephenson
Cuero ................ Emmett Lynch.. ..... 242... V Weldon. George H Law
Daingerfield...... Camp Brooks........... 307... J N Jachvery, J A McGregor
Dallas................. Sterling Price........... 31... J. J. Miller. W. L. Thompson.
Decatur............. Ben McCulloch........ 30... Will A. Miller, A. Edwards.
DeKalb.............. Tom Wallace ........... 289... W S Proctor, J D Stewart
Denton... .... ...... Sul Ross.................... 129... Hugh McKenzie. J. R. Burton.
Dodd City ......... Maxey....................... 281... W C Moore
Dublin............... Erath & Comanche.. 85... J. T. Harris, L. E. Gillett.
El Paso........ .... .John C. Brown......... 20... B. H. Davis, W. Kemp.
Emma............... Lone Star................. 198... John W. Murray.
Fairfield........... Wm. L. Moody......... 87... G. T. Bradley. 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... J. W. Friend, Eugene Burr.
Frost.................. R. Q. Mills........ .... . 106... A. Chamberlain, M. F. Wakefield.
Gainesville........ Jos. E. Johnston...... 119.. J. M. Wright, J. T. Walker.
Galveston.......... Magruder.................. 105... T. N. Waul, C. C. Beavans.
Gatesville.......... Ex C. A. Coryell Co.. 135... W. L. Saunders.
Goldthwaite...... Jeff Davis................. 117... J. E. Martin, F. M. Taylor.
Gonzales............. Gonzales.................. 156... W. B. Sayers, M. Eastland.
Graham............. Young County......... 127... A. T. Gay, Y. M. Edwards.
Granbury.......... Granbury.................. 67... J. A. Formivalt, I. R. Morris
Greenville ........ Jos E Johnston........ 267... W S Ward, A H Hefner
Hallettsville ..... Col Jas Walker........ 148... Volney Ellis, B F Burke
Hamilton.......... A. S. Johnston......... 116... W. T. Saxon, C. C. Powell.
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. A. Fields.
Honey Grove.... Logan Davidson...... 294... J H Lynn, John L Bollinger
Houston............ Dick Dowling.......... 197... W. Lambert, S. K. Longnecker
Huntsville ........ John C Upton ......... 53... J M Smither, E K Goree
Kaufman.......... Geo. D. Manion........ 145.. Jos. Huffmaster, E. S. Pipes.
Kilgore.............. Buck Kilgore........... 283... W A Miller, R W. W. Yun
Kingston.. ......... A. S. Johnston......... 71... J. F. Puckett, T. J. Foster.
Ladonia............. Robt.E. Lee.............. 126. G. W. Blakeney, F W. Blakeney
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... , A B Green
Lubbock............ F. R. Lubbock......... 138... W. D. Crump, G. W. Shannon.
Madisonville..... John G. Walker...... 128... R. Wiley.
Marlin ............... Willis L Lang........... 299... John M Jolley, I J Pimgle
Memphis.......... Hall County ............ 245... F M Murry, S D Clack
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. Huftmaster, G. A. Cage.
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 ......... McGregor........... .... 274... W H Harris, H W Sadler
McKinney......... Collin County......... 109... W. M. Bush, H. C. Mack.
Mt Vernon ........ Ben McCulloch........ 300... W J Gass, J J Morris
Navasota........... Pat Cleburne........... 102... W. E. Barry, R. M. West.
New Boston...... Sue Ross................... 287... Geo H Rea, T J Wathington
Oakville............ John Donaldson...... 195... C. C. Cox, T. M. Church
Palestine........... Palestine.................. 44... J. W. Ewing, J. M. Fullinwider
Paris.................. A. S. Johnston......... 70... G. H. Provine. J. W. Webb.
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, J A Wood
Rockwall........... Rockwall.................. 74... M. S. Austin, N. C. Edwards.
Roby.................. W. W. Loring........... 154... D. Speer, W. H. Smith.
San Antonio..... A. S.Johnston....... . 144... John S. Ford, Taylor McRae.
San Saba............ W P Rogers..,........... 322... George Harris, A Duggan
Seymour...... ..... Bedford Forrest...... 86... T. H. C. Peery, R.. J. Browning.
Sherman ........... Mildred Lee............. 90... J. T. Wilson, R. Walker.
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......... 165... M. Ross, P. Hawkins.
Terrell... ..... ..... J E B Stuart ............ 45..: J A Anthony, Vic Reinhardt
Texarkana ....... A P Hill.................... 269... W J Alien, Charles A Hooks
Tyler................... A. S. Johnston......... 48... J.P. Douglas, S. S. Johnson.
Vernon.............. Camp Cabell............. 125... S. E. Hatchett, M. D. Davis.
Waco ................. Pat Cleburne ........... 272... C. L. Johnson, W. C. Cooper
Waxahachie...... Jeff Davis................. 108.. .R. P. Mackey, W. M. McKnight
Waxahachie ..... Parsons Cav. Asso... 296... A M Dechman
Weatherford..... Tom Green............... 169. .. J. P. Rice, M. V. Kinnison.
Wellington ...... Collingsworth Co..... 257... , J M Yates
Wharton........... Buchell..................... 228 ... I N Dennir, H T Compton
Whitesboro ..... R Reeves.................. 288... J W M Hughes, B M Wright
Wichita Falls... W. J. Hardee............ 73... C. R. Crockett, N. A. Robinson.
Will's Point...... Will's Point.............. 302... A M Alford
VIRGINIA.
Reams Station.. J. E. B. Stuart......... 211...M A Moncure, A B Moncure
Richmond......... George E. Picketts.. 204... R N Northern, P McCurdy
Richmond ........ RE Lee..................... 181... J Taylor Stratton
Roanoke........... William Watts........ 205 .. S S Brooks, Hugh W Fry
West Point........ John R. Cooke......... 184... H. M. Miller, W. W. Green.
Williamsburg .. McGruder Ewell..... 210... T J Stubbs, H T Jones
Winchester....... Gen Turner Ashby.. 240.... Chas W McVicar, E G Hollis
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Washington...... Wash. City Con........ 171...J G Moore, T W Hungerford
New Camps not listed but reported to the VETERAN:
POST OFFICE CAMP OFFICERS
Walthall, Miss. A K Blythe Tom M Gore, S L Cooke
Oxford, Ala. Lee Thos H Barry, Jno T Pearce
Since the above revision a new list of fifty five Camps has been reported, making in all 390.
Although the foregoing list has been carefully revised, the large number of new Camps could not be gotten into this issue. The following is the aggregate by State to September 9, 1893:
Texas, 129, Alabama, 56, Mississippi, 37, Louisiana, 31, Florida, 26, Kentucky, 25, Arkansas, 20,
Tennessee, 15, South Carolina, 14, North Carolina, 10, Georgia, 7, Virginia, 7, Oklahoma, 4, Division of the Northwest, 2, Indian Territory, 2, Missouri, 1, District of Columbia, 1. Total: 387.
Confederate Veteran September 1893.
UNITED AMERICAN VETERANS.
Hon. Jesse W. Sparks, United States Consul at Piedras Negras, Mexico, writes this characteristic
letter:
EAGLE PASS, TEX., August 22, 1893. S. A. Cunningham : Dear Sir We have an organization out here at Eagle Pass No, I, at that called the "United American Veterans." I send you their charter and by laws. I have joined them, as you will see by the
enclosed paper, the Eagle Pass Guide. It is composed of yanks and rebs, and when you walk into one of their meetings you can't tell who was yank and who was reb. I had to ask each one which side he was on, because from their looks and actions it was impossible to tell which side they were on. I like this. I tell you it pleases me all over, because the men who did the fighting have no quarrel with each other now. We are all Americans. This is our country, and the yanks will claim
Lee, Johnston and Jackson for their great merits, and the rebs will claim Grant, Lincoln, Mead and others for their prowess, because they were Americans. Then why not the yanks and rebs come together as the "United American Veterans," as they have done here '? Why not organize a camp at Nashville? Write to Maj. J. A. Bonnet, of the 26th Georgia, C. S. A., who is now the President of this camp No. 1 or Col. J. N. Shatter, 19th Michigan, the Vice President, and they will send you all that is needed for forming a camp at Nashville. The yanks and rebs are so mixed that it is impossible to tell which is which. We are all delighted with it out here, and hope you will establish a camp of "United American Veterans "at Nashville. Why not? The yank is a good American citizen, the old reb is one, and should the United States
Government get into trouble none would more willingly come to the front than the old rebs, and our friends the enemy, the old
yanks would have to fight as never men fought before to keep up with the old Johnny Reb. But us fellows out here in this wild country are proud of the fact that yanks and rebs have come together and formed Camp No. 1, U. A. V. You know me, Mr. Editor. You know that nothing but 18 karat goes with me in the yank and reb line. So the fact that I indorse this ought to win at Nashville. You shall hear from me further on this.
Long live the VETERAN.
J. W. SPARKS.
Miss Tompie Toland kindly complies with request for picture of her uncle, Hon. John H. Bell, as he appeared in Confederate times, with a sketch of his life, which she states has been " somewhat of a romantic nature as well as historic." His work for the South has been untiring, and his greatest ambition is to see a history of the United States printed doing justice to the South. He wants the youths taught that we were neither renegades nor rebels. He is at present member of the Arkansas State Senate.
Col. W. C. R. tells this story: While our army was camped at Bridgeport, on the Tennessee River, a countryman came in with a fine looking horse, but he had a thin or switch tail. Maj. Gen. Patton Anderson took quite a fancy to the horse, but he had one fear, that was the comment of the boys on the horse's tail. So he said to the owner, "Leave your horse and come back to morrow, and I will let you know as to buying him." The horse was left, and Gen. Anderson mounted and rode through camp. He did not buy that horse.
Col. Wm. L. DeRossitt.of Wilmington, N. C.: Cape Fear Camp now numbers over 100 members, with the prospect of largely increased numbers this coming fall. We have here, I believe, the oldest organization of veterans on either side in the country. In February, 1866, the officers of the Third North Carolina Infantry, living here, organized an association which has been kept alive ever since, having their regular reunions on May 16th, the date of the organization of their regiment. This command was enlisted in 1861 "for the war," and all officers were appointed by the Governor of the State. We have also an organization of the "Veterans and Reserves" of the Wilmington Light Infantry, an old ante bellum organization, which was sent into service under my command. I preside over each of these organizations, an honor of which I am justly proud. The United Confederate Veteran organization can but be of great good in many ways, and I trust will be perpetuated by Sons of Veterans.
SOUTHERN BOOKS.
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SEVERED AT GETTYSBURG, is a story that tells of a young wife's undying devotion to her husband. She is a brave Southern girl, who faces the cannon's mouth, and through the fiercest storm of battle clings unfalteringly to the object she loves. She is severed from him at Gettysburg. The book is full of a sweet pathos, blended with the strength and courage of fearless heroes. It deals with prominent historical facts, such as President Lincoln's death, trial of Mrs. Surratt, and her sad end. It is an intense love story, full of woman's heroism and devotion. A romance in the life of a man who was of distinguished national reputation, a man whose eloquent speech in defense of Mrs. Surratt was regarded as a masterpiece. The heroine is a beautiful young girl, pure and noble in character. Though in humble life, she is loved by Meredith Legrange, one of this nation's great men. Read and judge if their lives ended happily.
LOVE AND REBELLION. The purpose of the novelist in writing this book was twofold. It was the intention of this young Southern woman to vindicate the true Southern men who redeemed the South from carpet bag rule. The writer regards these men as patriots whom the war failed to subjugate. Rare mission she has undertaken, that of a Southern woman defending the honor of Southern men. It is her purpose to perpetuate the noble work of the men who overthrew scalawag and negro rule in the South. She proves the absolute necessity of the methods used to establish white supremacy. She gives a most truthful and fearless picture of the reconstruction era. She vindicates the kuklux klan, and proves that this organization did grand work. Through the whole book the writer has an intelligent motive and noble purpose. She deals justly and candidly with all factions and conditions. The second purpose seems to be to clearly state the political facts and social conditions from which grew the race problem. She handles this question with a master mind, proving that facts are a stronger argument in this problem than speculation and theories are. She is directly opposed to social equality. A strong love story permeates the entire book, these scenes are thrilling and intense. It delineates the old time negro character most accurately, and tells of his devotion to master and mistress. In time " Love and Rebellion " will hold a place in American literature similar to that occupied by Scott's books in Scottish history. The historic facts and conditions of the South under carpet bag rule will be perpetuated through this book. It was sent to a convent in Rome, N. Y., where it was read by the
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DICKINSON AND HIS MEN. Col. Charles E. Merrill, in Jacksonville Standard: * * *' Surely no household in Florida should be without a copy of this important contribution to that portion of our war history in which Florida bore such a conspicuous part. Though every line is scrupulously true to truth, there are episodes recorded which are as thrilling as medieval romance. Clen.
Dickinson, the "wizard of the saddle" along the South Atlantic coast, and the deeds of valor recorded of this gallant hero and his brave Floridians, contribute an imperishable legacy to the people of the South. He crossed and re crossed the St. Johns in the face of the enemy, and executed other dashing movements which mark him as one of the most daring and brilliant cavalrymen known to the history of the country," The VETERAN commends this book and the high merit of its author.
THE OTHER SIDE, an historic poem, by Mrs. Virginia Frazier Boyle, Gen. E. Kirby Smith, to whom this great poem was submitted in manuscript, wrote, at Sewanee, Feb. 14, 1893: " I have read this admirable poem with great care and interest. It reflects high credit upon her, and I am sure will endear her to all lovers of our cause, and of the great man who was our chief. The subject matter appeals strongly to my sympathies, and comes very near to my heart, as it should to every true Confederate, and especially to one who loved Mr, Davis, as I have ever done."
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THE CHARITY OF AN EPOCH. A lecture national in sentiment, and pronounced a complete answer to the historical crimination of the South.
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NAVY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, WASHINGTON, August 21, 1893. My Dear Mr. Cabell: Permit me to thank you for the catalogue. I am sure Norwood Institute will continue to grow in public favor as the beneficent results it is accomplishing become more widely known. The training my daughter, Mrs. Micou. received there has endeared the school to her and to me, and I feel very sure that if parents who have daughters to educate will only inform themselves as to the advantages offered at Norwood the most abundant prosperity will come to this great enterprise of Mrs. Cabell. Very truly yours, A. A. HERBERT.
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Yours truly, J.G, CARLISLE.
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Vol. 1. NASHVILLE, TENN., OCTOBER, 1893. NO. 10. {S. A. CUNNINGHAM.
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THE Tennessee Division of Confederate Soldiers will hold its annual reunion at Jackson, Oct. 18 and 19. A rate of one fare going, and one third returning, has been secured on the railroads. It will be necessary to procure for the return acertificate of membership from the Secretary, Col. John P. Hickman.
AT the suggestion of W. P. Barlow, Secretary of the Ex Confederate Association of Missouri, who volunteers his earnest commendation of the VETERAN, and through his kindness in sending names, this issue is sent to a fine class of people in every section of that State.
THE publication referred to, with a "Confederate outside," by Rev. Mr. Deering, in his speech to the Orphan Brigade elsewhere reported, is sending to the Southern newspapers request for publication of what would about fill a quarter of a page in the VETERAN. Friends of the VETERAN can be wonderfully helpful if they will get their home papers to review the VETERAN. Extra copies will be sent to all who wish them. Let every comrade and friend see to this.
COMRADES going to Chicago are commended to the Great Western Hotel as a general rendezvous. Boddie Brothers, the proprietors, are of us, high spirited, magnanimous Kentuckians, educated at Nashville. Their hotel, owned by them, is well suited to our purposes for meetings, and we can go in and possess it. This commendatory notice is volunteered and complimentary. The Great Western is on the corner of Jackson and Franklin streets.
INDORSING THE VETERAN.
THIS issue of the VETERAN, of which ten thousand copies are printed, is largely devoted to what is said of its merits and importance. The space is valuable in showing the co operative spirit of our people everywhere. It is claimed, modestly, that there has never been seen in the history of journalism such spontaneous zeal in behalf of an individual enterprise. The first people in pecuniary and social position, along with a less fortunate class who have had to work for every year's support through life, are alike satisfied with its management and equally zealous in its support.
At the recent reunion of the Kentucky Orphan Brigade the coming together of perhaps the strongest types of Americans who can be found, for it is well remembered that they did not enlist under the inspiration of drum and fife, but had to quietly leave home and all that was dearest to them, save liberty, for the preservation of their property much enthusiasm was manifested in the VETERAN. One gentleman, Rev. Jno. R. Deering, introduced the subject by an address, which was as follows:
The CONFEDERATE VETERAN is the neatest, largest, ablest, cheapest periodical of its class in existence, has 32 pages, is printed on superior paper, has a handsome cover, elegantly illustrated, new, fine, large type, and its make up nearly perfect. Since the war closed, nothing comparable for size, style, price and character has come out.
There have been many attempts and failures. There is now in the field one of half the size, not one tenth the ability or variety, selling at twice the price. One of its editors, a man of Northern birth, is a good Republican in politics. It is inferior in every way, and consists largely in dry statistics and ancient wood cuts, seemingly intended to caricature Southern soldiers and people. Its cover, however, is quite Confederate. But I have not seen anything in it commending Southern patriots or in sympathy with Southern principles.
Comrades, we have been too careless in the matter of representing our cause in print. We have not published as much as we ought. Facts of which we are justly proud are continually perishing from the memory of men. And we have often patronized the weak though well meant attempts of friends who never had fitness or facilities for the work to be done. Just now our mistake is in allowing those whose hearts and hands were not with us to write our history for us. I beg you to be careful. See that your children get the genuine thing. Let it be Southern to the core. I have no objection to a good Republican, but I prefer an account of Southern sentiments and soldiers from some one who wore the gray
In Mr. Cunningham we have a man of brains, energy, character, experience, a soldier whose courage is
equaled only by his modesty. He has a wide acquaintance and long training that fit him for his task. He has done an immense amount of gratuitous labor for our cause. He suffered in our ranks and loves our men. The man who was true in the trenches can be trusted on the tripod. He has for months proven his fitness as well as his fidelity in giving us an organ of surprising excellence and cheapness. His corps of correspondents is able and large, his access to original sources as good as any man's, and his enthusiasm and activity unbounded. His work has met a generous approval in every quarter. The VETERAN goes to nearly 500
post offices in the single State of Tennessee, and there is equal zeal in several other States. It seems to be circulating itself. There are no commissions paid. Friends show it, and the names roll in. It must and can rely on friends. The editor is no canvasser. Life is too short) his task too high and hard. He must furnish us the magazine, we must put it in every Confederate home. It can live and grow only by our effort to extend its range and strengthen its grasp on our people. Let it be a labor of love with us. I appeal to you by every consideration of
self respect, of regard for truth, of love for Dixie, of interest. for our future and pride in our past, to rally to the support of the CONFEDERATE VETERAN. Its cost is low enough for universal patronage. It cannot live without an immense subscription list, and we will do ourselves and posterity injustice to be lacking in appreciation. Its purpose and promise invite our help right now, and I feel that I am doing each comrade a favor in advising him to give his subscription to the VETERAN."
At the conclusion the speaker said he would like to hear from comrades who were familiar with the VETERAN, when the President, Gen. Lewis, replied: " You have left nothing unsaid."
Col. W. L. Clarke, of Nashville, who is a member of the Orphan Brigade, then spoke: " It gives me great pleasure to indorse what has been so graphically and beautifully said by my worthy comrade touching the periodical published in my adopted city in the interest of Confederate soldiers and their sacred cause. Had I the gift of the most silver tongued, I would not undertake to add anything to the terms of commendation so forcibly expressed by my comrade. I can only say that I thrice indorse his sentiments and the VETERAN. I am personally and well acquainted with its editor, Comrade Cunningham, who enjoys the proud and most enviable distinction of being one of the " truest of the true " and " bravest of the brave," Devoted as he is to all that is of interest to the old soldier, he only makes publication of truths concerning their service, and uses his utmost to give to his readers, especially the children of the veterans, concise and substantial ideas of the devotion of their fathers to the cause of truth in this unique manner. I commend this most worthy paper to my old comrades, and recommend its adoption in every family where the truth of history will ever be cherished."
The subscription list of the VETERAN extends from Virginia to California, and from the Kentucky border to the ocean and gulf, and many across the great Ohio and in the far East who loved our cause, read its pages and treasure its sentiments. I commend this paper to the favorable consideration of my friends and comrades of the Orphan Brigade. When you see and read it you will know what I say is far short of its real merit.
Capt. and Rev. William Stanley, of Flemingsburg, followed Col. Clarke by an enthusiastic indorsement of the VETERAN and its importance to the South.
The Gallatin, Tenn., reunion of Barteau's Cavalry and Morton's Battery, and members of the Seventh Tennessee Infantry, was well attended. From. the report of proceedings published in the Nashville American, this conclusion is copied:
Secretary Hager, at the suggestion of Capt. Odem, said comrades wanted to discuss it so as to familiarize all people with it who were not informed. He said that Sumner Cunningham, its editor and owner, already had the heart of the Southern people. Enthusiastic speeches were made on the subject by Capt. Pleas Smith, Jo D. Martin, Hon. S. F. Wilson, Col. W. J. Hale, and others. Mr. Wilson said he would engage for the Donelson Bivouac to pay any comrade $2.50 who would take it at fifty cents and was not satisfied. Judge Seay, requested to speak on another subject, referred to the CONFEDERATE VETERAN as a comfort to himself and a delight to his family. They had all read it from the beginning, and would not have missed any number for the year's subscription. An all night's review of old times occurred at the residence of J. K. Miller. Mr. Miller's family enjoyed the evening with the veterans, but retired at an early hour. Old Sumner's fairest women superintended the tables burdened with an elegant dinner.
o. D. Martin was elected President for the ensuing year, and George F. Hager re elected Secretary.
Frank Cheatham Bivouac, Nashville, adopted it unanimously as its official organ, and instructed its delegates to the State reunion at Jackson to vote for it as the organ for Tennessee Division.
John L. McEwen Bivouac, Franklin, Tenn., has "indorsed the VETERAN as its official organ," and has requested its Commander, B. F. Roberts, to give notice.
MEETING OF CAMP WARD. At a meeting of Camp ward, Confederate veterans, held Tuesday evening, the Camp donated $10 toward properly taking care of the graves of Confederate dead in Northern cemeteries. The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That this Camp desires to express its high appreciation of the valuable and intensely interesting journal, the CONFEDERATE VETERAN, published by Mr. S. A. Cunningham, of Nashville, Tenn. We indorse this journal as being truly Southern in tone, and recommend it to the consideration of veterans as being worthy of a place in their libraries. R. J. JORDAN.
Gen. George Reese, Pensacola, Fla., reports his Camp: Resolved, That this Camp desires to express its high appreciation of the valuable and intensely interesting journal, the CONFEDERATE VETERAN, published by S. A. Cunningham, of Nashville, Tenn. We indorse this journal as being truly Southern in tone, and recommend it to the consideration of veterans as being worthy of a place in their libraries.
Resolved, That Joseph E. Johnston Camp, No. 119, United Confederate Veterans, located at Gainesville, Texas, takes pleasure in commending to all soldiers of the late war, and to their children, the CONFEDERATE VETERAN, a monthly magazine published in the city of Nashville, Tenn., by S. A. Cunningham, as worthy of their patronage and support. It is ably edited, and gives facts concerning the late war not obtainable from any other source. Its monthly visits to the members of this Camp is a pleasure both to the old veteran and his household. It should be in the home of every old soldier. J. M. WRIGHT, Capt.
Headquarters of N. B. Forrest Camp, No. 3, United Confederate Veterans, Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 2..Whereas, the CONFEDERATE VETERAN, published in Nashville, Tenn., by S. A. Cunningham, is a periodical of much interest and value to the ex Confederate soldiers and their families, and should have a wide circulation in the State of Tennessee and throughout the South, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the paper be given the official recognition of N. B Forrest Camp, No. 3, Confederate Veterans, of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Camp No. 4 of the United Confederate Veterans.
The above resolution was unanimously passed by N. B. Forrest Camp at their regular monthly meeting. L. T. DICKINSON, Adjt. J. F. SHIPP, Com.
Will Lambert, Houston, Texas, Commander Dick Dowling Camp: Officially, I commend the CONFEDERATE VETERAN to all my old comrades. It is one of the truest and most reliable Southern historical publications I have ever read, and every old Confederate who can hustle up a half dollar ought to subscribe to and thereby help maintain it in the good work it is doing. Don't forget to send me my May number. I would give you $1 for the January number.
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 15. S. A. Cunningham, Editor CONFEDERATE VETERAN, Nashville, Tenn., Dear Sir: At a meeting of Capt. D. H. Hanmer Camp, No. 177, U. C. V., your paper was adopted unanimously as the official organ of the Camp. J. O. CASLER, Adjt. J. W. JOHNSON, Capt.
RIDDLETON, TENN., July 16, 1893. S. A. Cunningham, Editor VETERAN, Nashville, Tenn Dear Sir: I am directed to forward you the following from Ed. Bradley Bivouac, No. 30, at the recent (July) meeting, and to wish you all sorts of good luck,
Fraternally, W. W. FERGUSSON, Sec.
Resolved., That, recognizing the importance of supporting a publication especially devoted to the interests of our organization, and heartily indorsing the course pursued and the ability with which the CONFEDERATE VETERAN, at Nashville, Tenn., has been conducted by comrade S. A. Cunningham, we cheerfully recommend to the State Association, at the next annual session at Jackson, to make the CONFEDERATE VETERAN the official organ of the Tennessee Division. Adopted unanimously.
LEWISBURG, TENN., July 15. At a meeting of Dibrell Bivouac, No. 12, held today, the following indorsement of the CONFEDERATE VETERAN was unanimously adopted. They say:
Our attention has been called to the CONFEDERATE VETERAN, now being edited and published by our intelligent and enterprising friend, S. A. Cunningham, at Nashville, Tenn. We regard it as the best publication we have seen in reference to the events connected with the great civil war, and we most cordially approve and commend its publication, and believe it worthy of a subscription from every true Confederate soldier. Many of us are personally acquainted with its editor, comrade Cunningham, and know he was a gallant soldier, and worthy of the support and esteem of our comrades throughout the country.
W. G. LOYD, Sec. W. P. IRVINE, Pres't.
Confederate Veteran October 1893.
Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 18, 1893.S. A. Cunningham Dear Sir: I take much pleasure in informing you that at our last regular meeting the CONFEDERATE VETERAN was unanimously adopted as the official organ of R. E. Lee Camp, No. 58, U. C V. I notice that in the August number you have again placed the name of Gen. Wm. Baya as Commander of this Camp. Gen. Baya is now Brigadier General of the Second Florida District, and Col. G. Troup Maxwell is our Commander. With many wishes for the future prosperity of the CONFEDERATE VETERAN, I am yours truly, W. W. TUCKER, Adjutant. At Lampasas, Texas.
At a regular meeting of R. E. Lee Camp, U. C. V., held on the 26th day of August, 1893, Commander D. C. Thomas offered the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted and entered on the Minutes of said Camp on page 45:
Whereas, many of the members of R. E. Lee Camp have read the CONFEDERATE VETERAN, published at Nashville, Tenn., by our esteemed comrade, S. A. Cunningham, and are still reading it with great pleasure and increasing interest, and, whereas, we have found the VETERAN to be a faithful exponent of the principles so near and dear to every true Confederate veteran, therefore, be it
Resolved by R. E. Lee Camp, No. 66, U. C. V" located at Lampasas Texas, that this Camp fully indorses and heartily approves said publication, wishing it abundant success and long life. Be it further
Resolved, That this Camp hereby adopts the CONFEDERATE VETERAN as the official organ of our Camp, and the Commander is requested to have these resolutions spread on the minutes of said Camp, and a copy of the same forwarded to comrade S. A. Cunningham.
Geo. C. Snyder, Secretary of John C. Breckinridge Camp, at Lexington, Ky., writes, July 22: "At a called meeting of Executive Committee of our Camp yesterday, we agreed to officially indorse the VETERAN."
Headquarters Abner Perrin Camp, No. 367, U. C V., Edgefield, S. C., Sept. 12, 1893. S. A. Cunningham Dear Sir: At our last meeting a resolution was unanimously passed naming the CONFEDERATE VETERAN as the official organ of this Camp, and I take pleasure in notifying you of their action. Yours truly, THOS. W. CARWILE, Adjt.
McKenzie, Tenn., August 30, 1893. S. A. Cunningham Dear Sir: At the regular meeting of Stonewall Jackson Bivouac, No. 20, McKenzie, Tenn., on August 25th, it was unanimously resolved that we cordially indorse the CONFEDERATE VETERAN, and instruct our delegates to the annual State and national reunions to indorse the CONFEDERATE VETERAN as the official organ of the Association of Confederate Soldiers.
J. P. CANNON, Pres. JAMES M.. NULL, Sec.
Archer City, Texas, August 7, 1893. S. A. Cunningham : At a called meeting of Stonewall Jackson Camp, No. 249, U. C. V., the CONFEDERATE VETERAN was heartily indorsed as the organ of our Camp. Long may it live to correct the many misrepresentations in the history of the late war.
Tampa, Fla., Sept. 2, 1893. At a meeting of Lesley Bivouac, of Hillsborough Camp, No. 36, the CONFEDERATE VETERAN, published at Nashville, Tenn., was unanimously indorsed and recommended to the con sideration of veterans.We adopted it as the official organ of the Bivouac.
H. L. CRANE, Adjt.
J. M. HENDERSON Lieut. Com.
J. G. Hall, Commander Camp No. 162, U. C. V., Hickory, N. C., Aug. 11, 1893: I have had no opportunity yet to submit your circular letter to the members of our Camp, but will do so at the earliest opportunity. For myself I give the CONFEDERATE VETERAN most hearty indorsement. It is a publication in which every one of our comrades feels interested.
Camp John Wallace, Van Buren, Ark., August 21, 1893. S. A. Cunningham Dear Sir: At the meeting of the members of Camp John Wallace on the 19th inst., the CONFEDERATE VETERAN was indorsed and adopted as the organ of this Camp without a vote to the contrary. W. C. BOSTICK, Adjt.
Gonzales, Texas, Aug. 21, 1893. S. A. Cunningham Dear Comrade: At our regular monthly meeting the following resolution was adopted by this Camp:
Resolved, That we heartily indorse the CONFEDERATE VETERAN, published by S. A. Cunningham, at Nashville, Tenn., and commend it to the careful consideration of the members of our organization as a journal deserving our encouragement and support. It is a faithful exponent of the interests of Confederate veterans, and is conducted with great ability. H. L. QUALLS, Adjt. W. B. SAYERS, Com.
Comrade C. H. Bailey, Clarksville, Tenn., Sept. 29, 1893: " Inclosed find list of eighteen subscribers to our CONFEDERATE VETERAN. It is strange that every Confederate soldier is not a subscriber. Our Bivouac met today, and by resolution offered by Dr. D. F. Wright, indorsed it as our official organ, and directed the delegation to the State Association to insist upon the Association adopting it as the State organ. A resolution was also adopted asking you, through the VETERAN, to extend an invitation to all of the Confederate Associations and soldiers in the State to be with us on October 25th at the unveiling of our Confederate monument. We are ready to receive all who will come. Gens. Gordon, Walthall and others are expected, and we hope to have Mrs. Davis and Miss Winnie also.
Gen. Jno. M. Webb reports action of the A. Sidney Johnston Camp, at Paris, Texas: " Besolved, That the CONFEDERATE VETERAN, a journal published at Nashville, Tenn., in the interest of the Southern cause and those who fought for it, be adopted by Albert Sidney Johnston Camp, No. 70, U. C. V., of Paris, Tex., as its official organ, and we recommend it as deserving the patronage it may receive from the membership of said Camp."
At a called meeting of the Frierson Bivouac, Shelbyville, Tenn., August 23, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: 'Resolved, That we recognize the CONFEDERATE VETERAN, published in Nashville, Tenn., as a fearless yet impartial exponent of the ex Confederate soldier and the principles for which he fought in the war between the States, and that we congratulate our comrade and friend, Mr. S. A. Cunningham, for the energy and zeal he has displayed in making it a success, and we earnestly urge all ex Confederates and their friends of the cause to aid him in his noble work.' JNO. G. ARNOLD, Secretary.
CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE.
Jim Hasapple, Gainesville, Texas: "The VETERAN is the most interesting of any reading matter to me in existence."
J. P. Leslie, Sherman, Texas: "I want the VETERAN sent to my boy, T. Maxey Leslie. I inclose $1 for two years."
The Albert Sidney Johnston Camp, Paris, Texas, has appointed a committee to purchase land adjacent to the town for permanent encampment quarters.
The Camp at Lakeland, Fla., was named in honor of Gen. Francis Bartow, who fell in the first battle of Manassas. Our county seat is also named for him.
Gen. H. B. Stoddard, Bryan, Texas, sends corrected list and adds: "I trust you will add to list of subscribers until the number will reach a round million."
M. H. Crump, Director Department of Mines and Forestry, World's Fair, Chicago, sends along with other good things check for two years' subscription to the VETERAN.
Dr. Hal. W. Manson, well known in Tennessee as well as Texas, answers the query as to how he is getting on: "Only moderate. If I owed any money I would be broke."
Mrs. John A. Jackson, Pulaski, Tenn.: "Let me congratulate you upon the appearance of the VETERAN. It certainly is free from prejudice, and manifests good will toward all mankind."
Mrs. Sue F. Mooney, who sends the full pay for fifteen subscribers from West Tennessee, writes: "I hope to send another list soon. We are all with you, our hopes, our fears, our prayers.
H. C. Moses, Sumter, S.C.: "We have formed a splendid Camp here, No. 334, named for our gallant Dick Anderson, from this county. We number nearly 150. Our Historian will give at our next meeting a paper on the life and services of General Anderson."
Gen. E. C. Walthall, now U..S. Senator, in remitting two years' subscription, expressed regret at the death of one of his old soldiers, Walter Akin, mentioned in the last VETERAN, for whom he " had the highest regard," and adds: "When I have more leisure I will send you something to appear in the VETERAN."
M. C. Forbes, Anderson, Tenn.: ''I feel that my brother, who gave up his life for the cause of the Confederacy, is entitled to a place in your paper. Please call on Governor Turney, in whose command he enlisted, and in whose command he died at the second battle of Manassas, and he will give you a sketch of his life."
Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller: "The last issue of the CONFEDERATE VETERAN, published at Nashville, Tenn., is the best number of that interesting magazine so far issued. The magazine, though not a year old, is meeting with the grandest success, and if there is a Southerner who does not read it he should do so at once, and keep it in his home.
Geo. N. Ratliff, County Collector, Randolph County, Huntsville, Mo., August 3. "Inclosed you will find herewith $11.50, St. Louis exchange, for which mail the VETERAN to
(here follows 23 names. Ed.) I have only seen one copy of your paper, and we are heartily in sympathy with you in your efforts. In the war we were with you, and we have never loved our people less since."
T. A. Bunnell, Erin, Tenn.: This makes sixty six that I have sent you, and every subscriber likes it.
G. K. Meriwether, Dallas, Texas, sends a list and writes: " I enjoy the VETERAN more than I can express."
F. G. Browder, Montgomery, Ala., July 29, who has sent fifty three subscribers, Dear Sir: What I have done for your grand little magazine was purely a labor of love, because I heartily sympathized with you in your good work of preserving a true record of the war from our own standpoint.
The Confederate Veteran Association of Western North Carolina are to have a three days' reunion in October. They will go into camp at Waynesville on the 11th. Fully three thousand people are expected. The officers of the Camp there are: Col. J. L. McElroy, Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Stringfield, Adjutant. Capt. A. A. Howell is Chairman of the Finance Committee, W. B. Ferguson, Chairman Committee of Arrangements, and Judge J. C. L. Gudger, Chairman Committee on Transportation.
The committee comprised of Messrs. E. T. Eggleston, W. G. Deles and G. W. Roy, appointed to prepare suitable resolutions upon the death of Comrade Stanhope Posey, of the Yazoo, Miss., Camp, say: " That in the death of comrade Stanhope Posey this Camp has lost a valued member, a true man, no less in war than in peace, his family a devoted husband and kind father, and the community a useful citizen, also that a page in our minute book be dedicated to our departed comrade, that it be suitably inscribed, and that members of the Camp wear the badge of mourning for thirty days."
Jas. G. Holmes, Charleston, S. C., on writing after a visit to Darlington, says: "This rounds out twentyfour subscribers secured for you while in Darlington , and when I tell you that the money stringency prevented me from doing any life and but little accident insurance it speaks well for the interest of Darlingtonians in things Confederate." Referring to the disastrous storms, he says: "Poor old Charleston has caught it again, but pluck will tell, and every effort is being made to put the streets in order. The waters of the harbor surged through the lower story of my house to the depth of three feet."
Postmaster H. B. Morgan, Lynchburg, Tenn.: "I have corrected the list us requested. I am glad to see so much interest manifested in the VETERAN by not only the 'boys,' but by the people generally. I have carried an empty sleeve since the memorable seige of Franklin, of which I see your remembrance in the VETERAN. You might have said that when you was climbing up on those yankee works to keep them back you stepped on the mangled arm of H. B. Morgan. to get a good shot. You have given a fine description of the battle so far as our part of the line was concerned. We took their works and held them."
J. T. KEY, of Baker, Tenn., is one of the most zealous advocates the VETERAN has ever had. He illustrates. what zeal in a good cause may accomplish. He was sure enough a boy soldier in the war. His brother, Maj. Thos. J. Key, is editor of the Southern Agriculturist, Montgomery, Ala. Joseph Key, another brother, is in Texas, while the next, C. C. Key, is near Corinth, Miss. They were all in the war.
294 Confederate Veteran October 1893.
WHERE THE VETERAN IS MOST POPULAR.
Some time since the following compilation of post offices having four and more subscribers to THE VETERAN was made. The list does not include any of one, two or three subscribers. It will be interesting to many to see how well some small places are doing, while large cities have so far been inactive. The list shows in many instances what may be done by the zeal of one or two volunteer solicitors. It will be an appeal to comrades who have been negligent. It is especially desirable to make a splendid showing in all localities where there are Camps, for the list will be taken as an index of sentiment in such localities. Will officials of Camps be good enough at their meetings to make a canvass and send in a list, so that full credit may be done them by publication of the list? The zeal and enthusiasm of all who are familiar with the VETERAN, whether general officers or private soldiers, and of our good women everywhere, is beneficial. By universal co operation now the CONFEDERATE VETERAN will be established as a channel of communication which has been greatly needed for many years, and which would certainly produce results gratifying to every man who gave his heart and his arm to the Southern cause. The lists are as follows:
ALABAMA.
Athens.................. 21 Eutaw.................. 4 Montgomery......... 43
Birmingham........ 18 Florence............... 6 Piedmont.............. 12
Camden................. 8 Greenville ............ 19 Scottsboro ............ 4
Carrollton.............. 6 Huntsville............ 17 Snoudoun.............. 5
Jeff........................ 5
ARKANSAS.
Arkadelphia......... 7 Camden................. 6 Little Rock............ 40
Bentonville........... 10 Fayetteville ......... 21 Springdale ............ 22
Hot Springs........... 7
Washington, D.C............................................................................. 41
FLORIDA.
Braidentown........ 4 Lake Weir............. 6 Pensacola.............. 17
Brooksville.......... 29 Mariana................ 9 Sanford................. 16
Fernandina.......... 14 Monticello............. 7 St. Augustine........ 17
Jacksonville.........108 Ocala...................... 19 Tampa.................... 42
Lakeland............... 9 Orlando.................. 13 Welborn............... . 4
Palmetto............... 6
GEORGIA.
Acworth ............... 4 Canton................... 17 Macon.................. 57
Athens.................. 4 Cartersville........... 4 Savannah.............. 30
Atlanta................. 22 Eagle Cliff.............. 4 Union Point.......... 13
Augusta................ 6 Greensboro........... 8 Washington.......... 31
Hawkinsville....... 16
Chicago, Illinois............................................................................... 16
McAlister, Indian Territory ............................................................. 10
Coffeyville, Kansas.......................................................................... 23
KENTUCKY.
Adairville.............. 5 Lewisburg.............. 4 Richmond............ 7
Bell........................ 8 Lexington.............. 24 Russellville........... 10
BowlingGreen......16 Louisville.............. 18 Stamping Ground 4
Covington.............. 4 Morganfield.......... 5 Sturgis................... 8
Georgetown.......... 6 Owensboro............. 20 Toler....................... 16
Harrodsburg......... 18 Paris....................... 14 Versailles............... 5
Henderson............ 57 Pembroke............. 19 Winchester........... 29
Justice.................. 6 Pine Grove............ 4
LOUISIANA.
Berwick................. 10 Lake Charles......... 15 New Orleans......... 18
Jackson................. 6 Mansfield............... 19 Shreveport...........10
Morgan City......... 4
MARYLAND.
Baltimore.............. 15 Cheltenham ......... 4 Cumberland.......... 17
MISSISSIPPI.
Anding.................. 4 Fayette.................. 6 Walthall ............... 5
Columbus.............. 8 Utica ..................... 5 Yazoo City ............ 16
MISSOURI.
Centralla............... 8 Lexington.............. 6 Palmyra................. 12
Dexter.................. 7 Louisiana.............. 4 Sedalia................... 8
Golden City......... 21 Moberly................. 7 Springfield........... 25
Huntsville............ 22 Nevada.................. 9 St. Louis................. 23
New York City, New York.......................................... ........... 21
NORTH CAROLINA.
Asheville............... 9 Salisbury............... 32 Wilmington......... 4
Waynesville......... 12
Cincinnati, Ohio................................................................... 12
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory.................................... 21
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.................................................... 10
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Aikin ..................... 17 Columbia ............. 11 Sally..................... 7
Charleston ............106 Darlington ............ 24 Sumter................. 9
Orangeburg C. H... 19
TENNESSEE.
Bagdad.................. 4 Goodlettsville ..... 13 Sadiersville........... 5
Baker................... 12 Hartsville.............. 11 Saundersville........ 4
Bellbuckle......... .. 4 Hendersonville..... 4 Sewanee................. 5
Bradyville ............ 4 Hustburg .............. 4 Shelbyville ........... 26
Bristol................... 5 Jackson................. 39 Sherwood............... 4
Burns ................... 5 Knoxvllle............. 23 Silvertop............... 4
Castalian Springs. 7 Lawrenceburg...... 9 South Pittsburg... 7
Chattanooga......... 9 Lebanon ............... 5 Springfield............ 7
Chapel Hill.......... 9 Lewisburg ............ 10 Sweetwater........... 5
Clarksville ......... 15 Lynchburg............ 15 Tobaccoport.......... 5
Columbia ........... 31 Lynnville.............. 9 Trenton ................. II
Coopertown.......... 4 Memphis..............27 Triune.................... 4
Cornersville.......... 4 McKenzie.............18 Tullahoma............ 10
Covington ........... 4 Murfreesboro........ 71 Wartrace............... 8
Dickson.............. 15 Nashville...............426 Waverly ............... 7
Dyersburg............ 6 Newbern............... 8 White Bluff....
Eagleville. ........ 4 Paris.....................15 Winchester...........12
Erin ....................37 Poplin's X Roads.. 5 Woolworth.......... 11
Fayetteville........ 44 Pulaski.................. 13 Wrencoe................ 4
Franklin............. 24 Biddleton ............. 5 Yorkville .............. 6
Gallatin.............. 46
TEXAS.
Alvarado,.............. 5 Decatur ................. 6 Lampasas............. 22
Austin................... 7 Eva....................... 14 Lubbock ............... 4
Athens .................. 20 EL Paso................ 38 Memphis............... 5
Belcher.................. 5 Eunis.................... 6 Mexia ...................19
Belton.................... 39 Fort Worth ......... 35 Milford................ 31
Bryan .................... 26 Forney ................. 4 Paris ..................... 18
Caddo Mills......... 9 Gainesville ......... 29 Ray........................ 4
Canadian............... 4 Gatesville............. 10 Rockwall ..............20
Center Point......... 7 Graham................. 16 Sherman.............. 14
Coesfleld.............. 4 Grand View.......... 11 Tehuacana............ 9
Cleburne............... 37 Henrietta............... 4 Terrell........... ..... 17
Coleman............... 23 Houston.............. 9 Trent..................... 5
Comanche............ 13 Kaufman.............. 4 Waxahachie......... 14
Crockett................. 5 La Grange............ 11 Wills' Point.......... 18
Dallas.................... 14
VIRGINIA.,
Culpeper............... 5 Portsmouth........... 15 West Point ........... 23
Fredericksburg..... 6 Richmond ............ 86 Williamsburg ...... 6
Huntington, West Virginia.................... ...................... ........................ 17
The post offices at which there are one, two or three subscribers will be surprising. For instance, THE VETERAN goes regularly to, 482 offices in Tennessee, while in the above list there are but sixty one. It is designed to add the offices in November number where the one, two or three has been increased to four or more.
FLAG OF FIFTY FIFTH ILLINOIS REGIMENT. Lieut. Joseph Hartsook, Fifty fifth Illinois Infantry, writes to learn something, if he can, of the flag of his regiment, which he believes was captured by the Thirty ninth Alabama, and turned over to Gen. H. D. Clayton, of Clayton, Ala. General Clayton thinks the flag was lost from the headquarters wagon. Lieutenant Hartsook writes: "Our regiment served nearly four years and carried three separate flags. The first and the last were burned in the great Chicago fire of 1871, and the second was captured as stated. At our reunions we have none of the flags carried in battle or on the tented field. Under the circumstances, who among so brave and chivalrous a foe would not give their sympathy and assistance in recovering our flags?
No one but an old veteran can feel our loss. Since the war these flags are yours as well as ours. Who
among our Southern kith and kin will help us find the lost banner and present it at our next reunion?
Lieutenant Hartsook's address is High street and Grand avenue, Davenport, Iowa.
GEN. E. KIRBY SMITH'S CAMPAIGN IN KENTUCKY.
By Robert M. Frierson, Nashville, Tenn.
EDITOR VETERAN : At your request I give you the recollections of a boy soldier of the Confederacy as to the Kentucky campaign of General Kirby Smith. July, 1862, the army of General Bragg was transferred from Tupelo, Miss., to Chattanooga by rail, and after a day or so at the latter place, the famous old "Granite" Brigade, commanded by Gen. P. R. Cleburne, of which I was a member, along with the brigade of Gen. Preston Smith, were sent to Knoxville, Tenn., where we first saw our new commander. A short time was spent in cooking rations and storing our camp equipage, for on that campaign we bivouacked under the blue sky. Cleburne's Brigade consisted of the Second, Fifth, Thirty fifth and Forty eighth Tennessee Infantry and the Fifteenth Arkansas. Smith's Brigade consisted of five Tennessee regiments, both brigades being commanded by General Cleburne as a division, together with Churchill's Division, embracing the brigades of Ecton and McNair, the former consisting of Arkansas troops, while the latter hailed from the Lone Star State. These four brigades commenced their toilsome march from Knoxville about August 1st, and nothing of interest transpired until we reached the Cumberland Mountains at Wheeler's Gap. When we were making the ascent the horse of Adjutant Fowler, of the Second Tennessee, got into a bee's nest and rushed through the brigade riderless, over sleeping men, almost stampeding both the Second and Forty eighth Regiments.
We passed rapidly to the rear of Cumberland Gap to assist Stevenson's Division in. defeating the garrison there, but we nearly starved ourselves in that sterile mountainous region. From here we marched toward Lexington to be within striking distance of the main army under General Bragg. At Barboursville we were joined by three cavalry regiments First Georgia, First Louisiana and Fourth
Tennessee (Starne's). At London, Ky., our cavalry captured a part of Houck's Second Tennessee Federal Infantry. From there we passed on to Big Hill and camped. We had just stacked arms when Metcalfe's and Munday's cavalry regiments had the temerity to charge into our camp, but one fusillade from the first battalion of the Forty eighth put to inglorious flight all that we did not unhorse. Next morning we marched about five miles up the pike toward Richmond, when we filed to the right in an open field and formed in line of battle, our battery passing up the hill in front. We moved the Forty eighth, my regiment, in its immediate rear and to support it, and in quick time the first of the three engagements that constituted the battle of Richmond, Ky., was on, and the loud mouthed dogs of war were unleashed. Our battery was soon engaged with two six gun batteries of the enemy, and right nobly did they sustain themselves. One after another was being carried to the rear disabled and torn by shot and shell until their Captain called for volunteers from our regiment to supply their places. Just then a young man from a farm near by came upon the field and asked to be assigned to duty. Col. Ben Hill, brigade commander, sent him forward to the battery. In a little while he dropped back with an ounce
Shrapnel ball imbedded in his shoulder, but the gallant boy would not leave the field until ordered to the rear by Colonel Nixon. Looking back to the rear on an eminence I saw General Smith and staff, and wondered why he would hold us there where we could not strike a blow and be punished by exploding shell. General Cleburne was shot square in the mouth that cost him several of his teeth, and Col. L. E. Polk, our subsequent commander, was as wild as a march hare from a wound in the top of his head. But soon our grand commander's strategy showed itself. A wild, tumultuous yell, a crash of musketry, and Preston Smith's Brigade had taken them in flank. Here Colonel Fitzgerald, of the One Hundred and Fifty fourth Tennessee, fell, and then brave old Ben Hill in loud tones shouted, " Forward! double quick! " and right eagerly did our command rush forward and down the hill to join in the battle with our comrades on the right. Just as we reached the pike a full volley of
canister from one of the enemy's batteries went above our heads, sounding like an immense covey of birds on wing. Our skirmishers' well aimed rifles on their
cannoneers were effective, and their rout was soon complete. For four miles we gave chase, skirmishing with their rear guard until we reached Zion Church. There they formed for fight, but a determined rush by the old Forty eighth, supported on the left by the Second and on the right by the Thirty fifth, caused them to leave their position precipitately, and then again we took up the chase. On the outskirts of the town, through the cemetery, a contiguous cornfield and a grove of walnut trees, Bull Nelson, who had arrived with his division and what remained of Manson's and Krauft's commands, deployed to receive us, We quickly formed our lines and moved on the cemetery, and in twenty minutes one hundred and forty men of the Second and one hundred and
twenty.
HOW COMRADES MAY HELP EACH OTHER.
Lon Ferguson, Piedmont, Ala.
Ours is Camp Stewart, No. 378, with J. N. Hood, Commander, and Lon Ferguson, Adjutant. At a recent meeting of our Camp a resolution was unanimously passed adopting the CONFEDERATE VETERAN as the organ of this Camp, and the Adjutant instructed to furnish you notice of the same. We are all proud of the VETERAN, and as soon as times get easier you will doubtless get many subscribers from our Camp. Your volunteer agent here, comrade Ledbetter, is fully alive to the interest of the VETERAN, and doubtless will render it good service when the screws are relaxed.
By the way, dear VETERAN, an idea has just come into my mind in connection with our organization. It is this : As a rule our comrades are generally poor, and of course never expect any benefits in the line of pensions, State nor national. Now, can't the organizations of the U. C. V.'s all over the South and West be converted into a Co .operative Mutual Benefit Association ? Say that upon the death of a member in good standing each surviving member of all the Camps pay 10c, 25c, 50c or $1 into a fund to be given in fee simple to the family of the deceased comrade. Don't you think this is an excellent plan ? Then it would be so pleasant to know that such a pension finally awaits the dear ones he will leave behind him. I would rather have one dollar from such a source left to my family than two in any other way. Think of this, and let's see if a good thing can't be gotten out of it. I was a soldier, and spent twenty two months during the later period of the war in Fort Delaware and Point Lookout prisons. The first two years of the war I spent with General Forrest, at Fort Donelson, Nashville, Franklin, Murfreesboro, Shiloh, etc.
SCENES WHERE GENERAL TILGHMAN WAS KILLED.
Dear Sir "F. W. M.'s" article on the "Career and Fate of Gen. Lloyd Tilghman," in the September VETERAN, revived the battle of Baker's Creek, and my memory was freshened regarding the death of the lamented Tilghman. I was an eye witness to his death. I believe I was the last person he spoke to before he was killed. I was Orderly Sergeant of Capt. James Cowan's Battery, Company G, Col. W. T. Withers' Regiment of Artillery. General Tilghman came to our position, in an open field, on foot. He was in a particularly good humor. He wore a new fatigue uniform. When he arrived near our guns our officers were mounted, and were in position prescribed for dress parade, each Lieutenant, Geo. H. Tompkins and Thos. J. Hanes, in their positions, and Captain Cowan mounted on a large gray horse, making a conspicuous target for the Federal sharpshooters. We were all tyros in war at that time. The General in a pleasant manner said to our Captain, "I think you and your Lieutenants had better dismount. They are shooting pretty close to us, and I do not know whether they are shooting at your fine grey horse or my new uniform. They very promptly obeyed the suggestion. Having to go to his headquarters daily with reports, I had become personally acquainted with the affable, gallant and genial officer. Only a few minutes before his death we were sitting on a log near a strip of woodland discussing the line of battle we then held, comparing it with the one we had shortly before occupied. He got up from the log and went to one of our guns, a 12 pound Napoleon, Corporal "Tommie" Johnson, gunner, and remarked to him, "I think you are shooting rather too high," and sighted the gun himself. He returned to a little knoll within a few feet of the log on which I was still sitting, and was standing erect, his field glasses to his eyes, watching for the effect of the shot from our gun when he received the fatal wound, not from a " splinter from a shell," however, but from a solid shot. It is true that a horse was killed by the same missile, and I noticed that the horse was dead some time before the General ceased to breathe, though he was unconscious.
It was some little time after the General fell. before his son, a youth, could be found, and I shall never forget the touching scene when with grief and lamentations he cast himself on his dying and unconscious father. Those of us who witnessed this distressing scene shed tears of sympathy for the bereaved son and of sorrow for our fallen hero, the chivalrous and beloved Tilghman. His son was thrown from a horse at Mobile sometime afterward and killed. Captain Cowan and Lieutenant Tompkins are living in Vicksburg. Lieutenant Hanes died a few years ago at Vicksburg. He was severely wounded at Nashville shot through the chest, near the heart and as he died suddenly, it was thought his wound possibly caused his death after so many years. Corporal Johnson was killed at Decatur, Ala., at his post of duty, while preparing a fuse. Yazoo City, Miss., Sept. 22. E. T. EGGLESTON.
MAGNIFICENT CONFEDERATE FIGHTING
GENERAL BOYNTON'S DESCRIPTION OF OUR SOLDIERS AT CHICKAMAUGA.
As one advances in the study of the battle of Chickamauga he must, at every step, become more and more impressed with the magnificence of the Confederate fighting. Since the first assertion that Chickamauga was for both sides the bloodiest battle of the war, in proportion to numbers and the time of the engagement, and that it far outranked in the percentage of killed and wounded any of the battles of modern Europe, there has been an industrious searching of records, both of our own war and of recent famous foreign campaigns, to test the accuracy of the claims made for Chickamauga. But the further the investigation has proceeded, and it is now sufficiently completed to allow general results to be stated with certainty, the more clearly the truth of the first assertion has been made to appear. It is not strange, therefore, that the discussions of the past year, which have served to dispel so many of the misapprehensions which clouded the public mind in regard to this battle, and dwarfed it in the history of the country, should have created such widespread interest in its real history, and raised it at once to the very front rank of our most notable engagements.
The marvel of German fighting in the great battle of Mars la Tour was performed by the 3rd Westphalian regiment. It suffered the heaviest loss in the German army during the Franco Prussian war. It went into the battle 3,000 strong, and its loss was 49.4 per cent. There was nothing in the campaigns of which this formed a part which exceeded these figures) and they became famous throughout the German army.
And yet in our war there were over sixty regiments whose losses exceeded this, seventeen of them lost above sixty per cent., and quite a number ranged from seventy to eighty per cent. There were over a score of regiments on each side at Chickamauga whose loss exceeded that of the Westphalian regiment.
But the object of this letter is more particularly to set forth the character of the splendid fighting performed by every portion of Bragg's army on this noted field in Georgia.
The battle of Saturday opened in front of General Brannan, on the extreme Confederate right, and here a brigade of Forrest's cavalry, dismounted, assisted almost immediately by Confederate infantry, assaulted the Union lines. As they were driven back by an overwhelming fire they were continuously reinforced for nearly four hours. The battle was continuous and constantly at short range. In fact, it was a distinguished feature of the whole two days' battle that most of the fighting was at close range, much of it hand to hand, with the bayonet and clubbed muskets, Forrest's men in front of Brannan assaulted time and again, marching up into the very faces of the Union infantry, and in their final effort came on four lines deep, with their hats drawn down over their faces, and bending forward against the storm of lead as men face the elements. The rapid fire of long and well trained infantry seemed to have no effect upon these veterans, and it was not until they had marched up into the line of fire of batteries, which, with double shotted canister, enfiladed their ranks at a murderous range, that their advance was checked. Even here they stood and fought with desperation. Ector and Wilson of Walker's division, and Walthall and Govan of Liddell's, all marching to the assistance of those contending in this hell of battle, became, in turn, as hotly engaged themselves in front of Baird, and for hours on this portion of the field the scene just described on the extreme Confederate right was repeated for all of these brigades. At the first onset Walthall and Govan drove their lines over the flank of the regular brigade and captured its battery, only to be themselves pushed back again almost at the point of the bayonet, and so shattered from their own courageous exposure at short range as to be practically put out of the fight for several hours. Nothing could exceed the valor of these troops. There was nothing in the way of desperate fighting either of infantry or artillery which they were not called upon to face. And they did face it with a courage seldom equalled, and which it was impossible to surpass.
* * * Cheatham, moving to the support of Walker, turned on Johnson with irresistible force and drove him well backward toward the LaFayette road, when Palmer arriving on Johnson's right, these two divisions, acting in concert, drove Cheatham back a mile, and badly shattered his entire command. Next came Hood with Law and Bushrod Johnson's divisions and one brigade of Preston's, and these grappled with Davis, Wood and Sheridan along lines of battle that at times were scarcely two musket lengths apart, and thus till sundown this contest raged in the thick woods between the LaFayette road and the Chickamauga, each line bending backward as the other delivered its heaviest blows, and as if gathering strength by the recoil, in almost every instance, rushing forward again to sway the opposite backward in turn. There was no general stampede on either side at any point of the first day's battle, but weight of lines and weight of metal, and the momentum of blows vigorously delivered controlled the result at every point.
Late in the evening of Saturday, when the fighting on the flanks had well nigh ceased, came Stewart's division of Bate's, Clayton's and Brown's brigades, pounding its way past the flanks of two Union divisions, and, doubling back the flank of a third, they penetrated beyond the LaFayette road. Before its brave career was checked it had well nigh divided the Union line. It is easy to see that over all this extended area of bitter and continuous fighting the loss must have been terrific. The figures to be presented below will make the character of this fighting, to which reference has thus been made in most inadequate terms, more clearly understood. But stubborn, terrific and deadly as was the Confederate fighting of Saturday, it became but ordinary performance when compared with the marvellous exhibition of courage and endurance which were exhibited in that army on Sunday before the Union breastworks about the Kelley farm, and upon the slopes of Snodgrass Hill and the Horseshoe Ridge.
The Union line about the Kelley farm was established on the crest of a low ridge sheltered by heavy woods, and the troops were protected in their position by a low breastwork of logs and rails varying from two to four feet in height. Time and again from 10 o'clock till 2, the whole right wing of the Confederate army rolled its lines in on the slight works in continual breakers, only to be shattered and driven back as the waves of the ocean go to pieces on the beach, brigade after brigade dashed themselves against the salient of this low work, to be shattered and broken) and to retire with a loss so great that after 2 o'clock, and throughout most of the afternoon, the right wing of the Confederate
line had so much weakened itself by its brilliant, tremendous, and yet ineffective fighting as to be practically incapable of further effort until much time had been consumed in reorganization. But even this fighting, persistent and
marvelous as it had been, was surpassed by the wonderful assaults of Longstreet's wing throughout the afternoon upon the ridges held by Wood, Brannan and Stedman.
For an hour after the break took place in the Union line on Sunday the entire Confederate army was assaulting the Union position. Breckinridge's division, with Helm, Adams and Stoval, was turning the Union left and had moved far into its rear, but Helm's brigade, striking the salient of Baird's position, had been effectually shattered, its commander killed and some of his regiments almost annihilated. Gist and Colquitt of Walker's had fought with the same fierceness and the same want of success. Stewart, in front of Reynolds and Brannan, with his three magnificent brigades of Bate, Clayton and Brown, had pushed into the very face of the Union line, but still found themselves unable to carry the low works before them. At the same time Law's division of Longstreet had rushed upon the front of Harker, moving across open ground and under heavy enfilading fire of Frank Smith's regular battery, and up almost to the muzzles of the infantry's rifles. In this movement Kershaw supported Hood and thus the Union troops on the right had the full view and full experience of the fighting of Longstreet's veterans, Bushrod Johnson in front of Brannan, Hindman before Stedman, with Preston's strong brigades as a reserve, alternately assisting on one point and then on another of the ridge all these covered its long slope almost continuously from noon till dark with the lines of assaulting columns. The splendor of such fighting as this is enhanced many fold by the fact that from the beginning to the end it was unsuccessful. Ordinary soldiers can be carried forward in battle so long as success attends their movement, but a test of manhood, of soldierly ability, of courage and endurance, which it is difficult to measure and which cannot be overestimated, comes when through a long afternoon, assault after assault, seemingly in overwhelming numbers, has failed and when the whole line of each succeeding advance and retreat is thickly strewn with dead and wounded and all the terrible wreck of battle.
To say that in the face of such experiences the Confederate lines were rallied quickly after every repulse and brought forward again to new and ever vigorous assaults over slopes thus covered with horrors, is to say all that can be said in praise of the valor of the officers who directed and the soldiers who executed these
marvelous storming parties.
Turning to the figures of loss in independent commands, they will be found to show that this praise of the Confederate fighting is in no sense exaggerated. In truth, language cannot exaggerate it. * * *
No ordinary comment could emphasize the story of valor and endurance which such figures tell. And while it is impossible for those who fought to save the Union to look with any more complacency upon the cause in defense of which such heroism as this was displayed, men everywhere must admire such exhibitions of manhood, and no American can fail to cherish a certain degree of pride in the fact that men of his own race and nation were equal to such endeavors on the battle fields. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
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