This page is part of The Georgia GenWeb Project a AHGP Project and is hosted by USGENNET

Confederate Veteran

1893

Pg 9

 You are our [an error occurred while processing this directive] Visitor  --  to this page.

[ Up ] [ CV 1893 Pg 2 ] [ CV 1893 Pg 3 ] [ CV 1893 Pg 4 ] [ CV 1893 Pg 5 ] [ CV 1893 Pg. 6 ] [ CV 1893 Pg 7 ] [ CV 1893 Pg 8 ] [ CV 1893 Pg 9 ] [ CV 1893 Pg 10 ] [ CV 1893 Pg 11 ] [ Conf. Vet Pg 12 ] [ Conf. Vet Pg 13 ] [ Conf. Vet 1893 pg 14 ] [ CV 1893 Pg 15 ] [ CV 1893 Misc. ] [ CV 1894 Misc. Pg. 1 ] [ GENERAL SHERMAN ]

[ Home ] [ Letters to the Governor ] [ War of 1812 ] [ Transcriptions by Kelly Joshlin ] [ Advocate ] [ Alabama Papers ] [ The Atlanta Constitution ] [ Atlanta Newspaper Project ] [ Augusta Chronicle ] [ Augusta Daily ] [ Christian Advocate ] [ The Daily Constitution ] [ The Daily ] [ Butler Herald ] [ Carroll Free Press ] [ Cherokee Advance ] [ Indian Atrocities ] [ Columbian Herald ] [ Columbian Herald ] [ CV Main Page ] [ Cuthbert Appeal ] [ Dale County Alabama Newspapers ] [ Dallas Morning News ] [ Early Georgia Newspapers ] [ Eufaula Times Main Page ] [ Gospel Messenger ] [ Macon GeorgiaTelegraph ] [ Macon Citizen ] [ Miscellaneous Newspapers ] [ Journal 1808-1818 ] [ Ga Journal and Msger3 ] [ The Messenger ] [ The Georgia Telegraph ] [ Montgomery  Advertiser ] [ Southern Christian Advocate ] [ Southern Banner ] [ Southern Recorder ] [ Southern Star ] [ Times Herald ] [ The Upson Pilot ] [ Misc. scattered Papers ]

THE ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS PRISON DIARY.

The CONFEDERATE VETERAN for May and June contained chapters from the prison diary of Alexander H. Stephens. The increase of subscriptions had been so great that the concluding chapter, in type for July, was withheld for a brief review of the two former.

The diary may be regarded as a vivid record of how ignorant our people were of what to expect from the victors. Even this able lawyer, who was assured that the had faithful friends in high position on the Union side, had an acutely painful dread of the consequences. Buying the book for record at Fort Warren, near Boston, May 27, 1865, he wrote in the introduction: "It may be interesting to himself hereafter, sometimes, should he be permitted to live to refer to it." He was arrested May 11, at his home, Liberty Hall, Crawfordville. There was a regular guard of soldiers under Gen. Upton to take him in charge. Mr. Stephens seemed to feel greatly relieved when he saw, by the order for his arrest, that it included Robert Toombs, and when the officer went to Washington, Ga., and found that Toombs had "flanked" Upton, he was evidently much disappointed. He was kept in Atlanta on honor, the guards being removed, and friends offered him money (in gold). He was sent on a special train from Atlanta to his home at Crawfordville, that he might have two hours to get clothing and make arrangements for his indefinite stay in a Northern prison. At Augusta Jefferson Davis and family, and Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Clay, of Alabama, were sent upon the same boat. They had been sent from Atlanta just after Mr. .Stephens. Mr. Stephens was permitted to take one of his servants on the journey.

Unhappily there was a break in our copy of the diary. This concluding chapter begins with his transfer to the Tuscorora, as published in the VETERAN, after leaving Mr. Davis and party on the Clyde.

The tide was coming right ahead of us at about six miles an hour, and it was all that the stout seamen with their oars could do to make any head against it. For some time it seemed as if we were drifting further off. Captain Fraley called twice for the tug"send the tug" but he was not heard by the officer on the Tuscorora, and the tug did not come. After a long while we reached the ship, but not without some wetting from the splashing of the waves over the sides of the light boat. Right glad was I when we reached the steps on the ship's side. On deck we were introduced to several officers, Lieutenant Blue and others. The Captain took us to his cabin, showed us our quarters we were to be in the cabin with him. There was but one berth or stateroom in it. This the Captain said he would assign to me, while he and Reagan would sleep on the circular sofa that ran around the cabin. I declined depriving him of his room and bed. He said that it was no deprivation, that he generally slept on the sofa or in a chair, that he resigned it to me " in consideration of my age and past services to the country." These were his words. He was very polite and courteous. When he went on board the Clyde he took some strawberries to Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Clay and the children of Mrs. Davis. He said he had known Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Clay before.

1st October. Sunday. Another month is gone October is here, and I am here too, in Fort Warren. How time flies, and how we become adapted to its passages with its changes! If I had known in May last when I first reached these walls that I should be here by an October sun it would have about crushed me. But as it is, I am here, and I am more cheerful than I was then. We walked out three times this beautiful day. I went to see Reagan in the forenoon. Had a good long talk with him. He was transcribing his biography in a blank book. Seemed to be oppressed, but not uncheerful.

My morning reading was in Psalms. The 119th came in my reading. Dr. called and delivered messages from Mrs. Maj. A. She sent two photographs of herself, out of which I was to select one for myself. One was a bust or head view, the other was a portrait of the whole person in full dress. I chose the latter. The boat whistles at Gallop Island. Oh ! if the boat should only bring good news for me from Washington, my heart would leap for joy and in gratitude, thanks and praise to God for his mercy, his kindness and his deliverence.

Boat came, brought papers. No news, except that Hon. L. D. Walker has been pardoned. So it goes. I don't complain of that, but I do complain of being kept here to the hazard of my health and the ruin of my private affairs, while all the leading men who forced the South into secession against my efforts are not only permitted to go at large, but are pardoned. This is gall and wormwood to me. It almost crazes my brain. It tempts me to mistrust God. This is the most painful reflection of all. My agony of spirit today is almost more than I can bear. The course of the administration at Washington toward me is personal and vindictive. No other construction can be given to their acts. If they had avowed it openly to my friends and not have hypocritically pretended to be friendly disposed toward me, I should not have been so much effected. An open enemy I can meet face to face and defy, even if I fall under his blows, but a sneaking, hypocritical Jacob I have no tolerance toward.

Judge Reagan came round this morning after the boat left and brought us the joyous news that he had had an indulgence extended to him to visit his friends generally, to mess with Linton and me (Linton Stephens was then on a visit. Ed.), and that he is to be transferred from his damp underground cell to a room on a level with the one now occupied by me. This was good news indeed, and I felt exceedingly glad to hear it. He, Linton and I immediately took a walk together on the rampart. The day was beautiful) but rather warm. On our return Reagan and I played . We all took dinner together. * * * I felt deeply mortified with myself for the irritation of spirit I permitted myself to indulge in today, simply mortified that I had suffered myself to give way for a moment to such sentiments or allow such feelings as I expressed on the foregoing pages. Human nature is frail and weak. I was smiting under a deep sense of wrong. The heart alone knows its own sorrows, but then it was wrong to grow impatient under suffering conscious wrong. I know it, I feel it. Oh, God forgive it, and above all, forgive my temptation temporarily to distrust thy divine justice and mercy. Teach me in meekness, resignation, patience and faith to bow to all thy dispensations, whatever they be. Thy will be done! Oh, forgive me this great trespass as I forgive all who trespass against or wrong me. May I with the same spirit as Christ upon the cross say, " Father forgive them, they know not what they do," even in this wrong and injustice to me. Judge Reagan, Linton and I supped together. I felt badly, thinking of my passion today. May the Lord forgive it.

The patriotic effort to secure Liberty Hall for the public was about to fall through when I had a conference with the eminent preacher, Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, and he became much concerned about it. He offered, if by his action the money could be raised, to deliver four lectures in the largest cities of Georgia, the proceeds to be given for this cause. Dr. Talmage was an admirer and friend of Mr. Stephens, his uncle having been a minister at the South and a chaplain of much prominence.

DEATH OF A BOSTON CONFEDERATE. Mr. Henry Faxon, a native of Boston, died in that city February 3, 1893, aged 59 years, of heart disease. At the outbreak of the war Mr. Faxon was in the employ of the Alabama & Tennessee River Railroad. On the commencement of hostilities in the spring of 1861 he joined the Independent Blues, of Selma, Ala., 99 men strong. Early in May the company reached Richmond, and became a part of the Eighth Alabama regiment. June 11th the regiment went to Yorktown. On McClellan's advance to Richmond he was engaged in the following battles: Yorktown, Williamsburg, Games' Mill, Frazier's Farm, Seven Pines, Second Manassas, Harper's Ferry, Antetam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. On the retreat from Hagerstown Faxon was taken prisoner, and after the war, till his death, had been treasurer of the S. A. Woods Machine Company, of Boston, where he was universally loved and respected by all who knew him.

REMINISCENCES ABOUT CHATTANOOGA.

R. Lewis, editor Dresden (Tenn.) Enterprise, July 4, 1893: "The last issue of the VETERAN contained an editorial of special interest to me because it dealt in facts concerning the Higginbotham family, of which I had personal knowledge. Though but seven years old at the time, I remember well the circumstance of the wounding of Miss Higginbotham by the bursting of a shell on that historic Sunday when Chattanooga was bombarded by the Federals. The young girl, while being carried to Mission Ridge, stopped at my father's gate, and there in awe we gazed on her pathetic condition. The Higginbotham family at once secured quarters on the ridge near Bragg, and later on other families went up there to be out of rea.ch of the yankee shot and shell. My mother and little sister were all that were left to take care of the home at the foot of the ridge, near the farm of Antepost Moore. Not long after the wounding of Miss Higginbotham, late one afternoon, a Confederate officer rode up to our door and warned us to leave without delay, as a battle was about to begin, and our house lay exactly between the lines. Grasping each of her small children by the arm, my mother, by almost superhuman effort, dragged us to tne top of the ridge, nearly two miles distant, before the battle opened. There we found temporary quarters of safety at the house of a relative, and there we had the pleasant companionship of the Higginbotham family and others until just before the disastrous battle of Mission Ridge, when we all scattered, going to various points in Georgia, where yankee bombs and balls were not so thick. Your just tribute to the pluck and heroism of the Higginbotham family awakened in my mind the sad memories of thirty years ago, and having been an eye witness of the stirring and historic scenes of those troublous times, I trust, will be ample apology for this encroachment on your space."
AWFUL SLAUGHTER OF HORSES.

In accordance with my promise I must send you a few hurried notes about the killing of horses at my place, Norwood, Va. Generals Sheridan, Custer, Devon, and Fitzhugh, who occupied my property with their cavalry commands, near the close of the struggle, burned most of my buildings and all my fences. The long spell of rain and high water, when the bridges across the river had been burned by the Confederates, made it necessary for a change of plan, and all the broken down horses were shot to keep them out of the hands of the Confederates, and the march to Richmond followed. Returning to my farm I buried hundreds of horses, and also secured about twenty injured and wounded, which I divided out among my neighbors to make crops with. I have about $100,000 blank Confederate bonds which needed only my signature, and over forty thousand dollars bonds due me from, my county for cotton cloth and food for soldiers' families. All was lost. The inclosed account, written by Miss M. G. McClelland, the authoress, may interest you, as well as the account of the ride of my wounded brother, who acted as scout for me on approach of the Federal forces. He had lost a leg at Fredericksburg by cannon ball.

On the ashes left by Sheridan I built the Norwood High School and College, opening the school October 1, 1865. Gen. Robert E. Lee was really the cause of my opening this school. After he approached me in reference to a simple cottage in the James River valley for his family, I felt no hesitation in urging him to give his great influence to educating the young men of the South, and but for the fact, as he writes me, that I planned too much for an old man, his presence would have built up Norwood. Fortunately for ' Washington and Lee University," the Trustees, hearing of my efforts, made an appeal to him which he accepted, and Washington College became Washington and Lee University.

W. A. C., Columbus, Miss,: A soldier friend, S. B. S., of this place, tells this story on a good chaplain: He had on a silk hat, and every time he came around our boys would get tin pans and beat around him to " hive the bees." A friend said to him, " Parson, why do you wear that hat, as you know the boys will guy you?" He said, piteously, "I have no other hat to wear." But he got to dallying around that particular command when he could do so.

Confederate Veteran August 1893.

MECHANICSVILLE AND GAINES' MILL.

RECOLLECTIONS OF M. T. LEDBETTER, PIEDMONT ALA.

The following story of Mr. Ledbetter's experience is long even after some condensation, but it is a vivid illustration of how it was. Many young fellows may think strangely at the fear and depression of Confederate soldiers who made so grand a record. Occasionally some heroic soul would seem destitute of fear, but comrades everywhere will recall the dread of battle. The Zeb Vance story about the rabbit on the battlefield is appropos. As it ran to the rear of our lines the General said: "Go it, Mollie Cotton Tail! If I had no reputation to sustain I would run too."

DEAR VETERAN I wish to give your readers some of my recollections of the " seven days' battle" before Richmond, especially the first two days at Mechanicsville and Games' Mill. I was a private of Company C, 5th Alabama battalion, General Archer's brigade. On the evening of June 25, 1862, near sunset, our brigade received orders to cook rations and be ready to march at a moment's warning. On that order we boys began to hustle, for we believed that a big battle was upon us. We could see it in the air. Before we had time to start fires even, we received orders to " fall in!" " fall in !" You could hear the order in every direction. We were directed also to relieve ourselves of all baggage. Well did we know that this order meant a battle. Our knapsacks, blankets etc., were all soon tumbled into baggage wagons and we were quickly in line, with our guns glittering in the light of the setting sun, ready to march, or do anything else.

Starting on the march, our battalion was ordered to "front face!" and the various company officers made known the cause of the stir and confusion. We were told that fighting would begin on to morrow, and that we must be "brave boys" and stand firm, be true to our country, etc. That was a solemn time to me, I will never forget it. After this another thing was done that made me more solemn than ever, and it had the same effect upon the other boys. Our commander appeared in our front, with our battle flag in his hand, and said, "Boys, this is our flag, we have no regular color bearer, who will volunteer to carry it? Whoever will let him step out."
The "god of day" was now setting behind the western horizon. All nature seemed to be draped in mourning. It was indeed a solemn time. Everyman seemed to realize that it was a dangerous position to occupy. It was only a moment, though, before I stepped out and took it. The officer told me to stand still until he made another call. He then said, "I want five men to volunteer to go with this color bearer as guard." It was not long before the required number volunteered. I repeat, it was one of the most solemn moments of my life. I knew that to stand under it in time of battle was hazardous, but I was proud that I had the courage to take the position, for it was a place of honor. The officer in charge ordered us to take our places in line, and soon we were on the march.

We marched all night slowly, occasionally halting. The entire army seemed to be on the move Everything indicated a great battle. We continued our march until about noon the next day, when we halted and laid down by the roadside. I dropped down by my flag, and was so worn out that I was soon sound asleep.. Oh, I was sleeping so good! Suddenly I was awakened from my sweet rest by some of the boys "pounding" me in the side. "Get up! Get up! There is a big battle raging and we are getting ready to go into it." I jumped up quickly, rubbed my eyes, and was soon in my place. We moved off in the direction of heavy firing. Cannons were booming and small arms could be heard distinctly. It was now about 4 o'clock P. M., and in less than one hour we had crossed over the Chichahominy and were into the thickest of the engagement at Mechanicsville. The battle raged furiously until about 9 o'clock at night. The casualties of my old battalion were very heavy. We fought under very many disadvantages. The enemy had felled large trees in their front, and it was with great difficulty that we made our way through, this entanglement of tree tops, saplings, vines and every other conceivable obstruction, under a heavy fire. Many of the boys were killed in trying to get through. I had to wrap my flag around the staff while crawling through this abatis.

My flag was riddled in this battle, having been pierced with ten bullet holes through its folds, while a splinter was torn out of the staff about six inches above my head, I came out, though, without a "scratch," and was ready for duty the next day. In this engagement some of the boys were shot down by my side comrades that I dearly loved. Two of them, Murphy and Lambert, were killed.  When the firing ceased, our lines fell back a short distance, in a thick woods, and huddled around,. talking over the various incidents of the battle. I soon. went to sleep and knew nothing more until morning. I awoke much refreshed, and felt very thankful that, I had escaped unhurt, while so many of my comrades were lying cold in death, and many others were badly wounded. Early that morning the enemy shelled the woods we were in furiously, cutting the branches of trees off over our heads. We could do nothing but stand and take it. They kept up this terrific cannonade about one hour. The piece of woodland! was full of troops. To our surprise the cause of all this heavy cannonading was to protect their retreat to the next line of fortifications at Games' Mill. About 9 o'clock we moved out after them, going over a considerable portion of the battlefield. I well remember passing over that part of the field, near Meadow bridge,. where it was said General Lee led a charge in person. I saw many of our soldiers near this famous bridge stuck in the bog up to their knees and dead. We passed over this bridge and pursued the enemy on to Games' Mill. Here we found them strongly protected behind triple lines of heavy earthworks, with head logs to protect them. It looked like foolishness to undertake to move them, but they had to be moved. Our brigade crossed the bridge that spans the stream, near Games' Mill, and we were soon in a deep cut road. We followed this road about four hundred yards, when we halted and formed a line of battle and moved off in the direction of an old apple orchard, which was on the top of a little knoll about two hundred yards in front. At the foot of this knoll our line halted, and we were ordered to lie down, this order was obeyed quickly. The little knoll afforded very little protection, but we used it for all it was worth. We got down to our knitting, you bet. We buried ourselves in the 
ground for an hour or so. Finally a courier galloped up to General Archer, delivered a message and then galloped off. Then the General walked in front of us and gave the command, "Attention! " in a loud, commanding tone. At this command the whole line arose. The next command was " Forward, march." We moved out in regular line of battle toward the enemy's impregnable lines of breastworks. Our General was in front, leading the charge. About the time we got to the top of the little knoll, the command was given, " Right Shoulder, Shift Arms, Charge!" An incessant fire was being poured into our lines. Young Jim Crow of Company "C" was here shot through the arm, right by my side. The regular " Rebel Yell" was then raised. Then across a level plain, through an old field, over deep gullies, for about six hundred yards, we charged the enemy in his stronghold. We got to within about one hundred and fifty yards of their lines, when we delivered our first fire. At this time I kept moving on toward them, not thinking that our lines would fall back or retreat after getting that near, although the fire from the enemy's triple lines was furious and the boys began to waver. Just then General Archer waved his sword over his head and gave the command, "Follow me!" That command was ringing in my ears until I was shot. I moved on my color guard was near me until within about fifteen or twenty paces of their front line, when I looked back to see if the boys were coming, just then I was shot through my right hip. I did not know how badly I was wounded, I only knew that I was shot down. I raised up on my hands, like a lizzard on a fence rail, and took in the situation as best I could. I soon decided if I could get up I had better do so. It seemed like death either way, but I determined to make the effort to get away. I got up, but I found I could not walk, and if I made the trip at all I would have to drag my leg. I grasped my wounded leg with my right hand and started. Just then I saw four of the boys lying down, but I could not tell whether they were all dead or not. I made my way back, dragging my leg, under a galling fire, when a minnie ball struck my left wrist and tore it up and took off my thumb at the same time. I mended my gait a little toward a deep gully. Before I reached it I looked back to see if the " Yanks" were coming, and just at that moment a ball drew a little from under my chin. A few more hops and I tumbled down into the deep gully. I wanted to stay there, but the boys insisted that as I was badly wounded I had better try and get to the rear or I would be captured. That scared me up. The thought of being captured and lying in a Northern prison, in my condition, was horrible. I could not stand the thought of such a fate. So I did not remain in the deep gully but a minute or so. Sergeant George Williams ( who was afterward killed at Gettysburg ) assisted me out of the deep gully. I had now about six hundred yards to go before I could reach the deep cut road near the mill. I knew if I could make it there that I would be pretty safe. My route was strewn with the dead and wounded. They lay so thick that it was with very great difficulty, under the withering fire of grape and canister, that I made it back to the deep cut road. Over this entire route I dragged my helpless leg. I took shelter behind a large oak tree that stood by the roadside, in sight of Games' Mill. I lay down and felt pretty safe, although the shells were bursting all around me. I lay here an hour or more, watching the great number of reinforcements that were passing by, going into the battle that was raging furiously. Another charge was being made. I could hear them yelling. The wounded were carried back to the mill along this road. I kept a steady watch for our litter bearers. I was anxious to be removed further to the rear, and I was now in a helpless condition, and it seemed I was dying, dying of thirst. I would have freely given the whole world for a drink of water. Finally four of our litter bearers came along making their way back to the field. I halted them. They had lost their litter in the charge and were using as a makeshift a big U. S. blanket. They spread the blanket down and placed me on it. About this time Sergeant Mattison, of Company " B," came along, wounded in the foot by a piece of shell. He gave them orders to carry me clear out of all danger. They did so. In the darkness of the night they missed their way, and I was carried to a North Carolina battlefield hospital, and on that account I failed to receive the attention that I should have had. I remained at this battlefield hospital from Friday evening, June 27, 1862, until about 4 o'clock Sunday evening, when I was placed in an ambulance, with a Dutchman, who had his leg cut off. He died that night. We arrived in Richmond about midnight. The hospitals in the city were all full. We were hauled around the city from hospital to hospital, and failing to find any room, we were then carried out to Chimborazo, a suburban hospital. Here I found a resting place in ward No. 32. It was now about 2 o'clock A. M. Monday. I was very hungry by this time, having eaten nothing since I was shot Friday. I called a servant to my "bunk" and told him I wanted something to eat, that I was starving to death. He said, " I am sorry for you, but you will have to do without until regular breakfast." I then called for the ward master. I made an earnest appeal to him, but without any success. He said, "It is positively against the rules, etc." I told him that it was hard, but I guessed I could stand it. Breakfast came about 7 o'clock. The servants waited on me nicely, and brought me in plenty to eat. My ward master was a whole souled and jolly kind of a fellow. I became very much attached to him. His name was Caldwell, and he belonged to the 1st Georgia Regulars. My earnest appeals for something to eat the night I was brought in caused him to become very much attached to me. Frequently the servants would fail to bring me enough to eat. I would " holler" for more. He would always make them bring me in more (which was against the rules of the hospital). Finally he told them to always bring me plenty. "Old Hickory must have plenty to eat while he is in my care." I never knew why he called me by this name. Should this meet his eye, I would be glad to hear from him.

The foregoing is a rough recital of facts of those trying times times that will ever remain fresh in my memory, and I trust you will give it space in the VETERAN, and that it will be interesting matter to many of the dear old comrades.

Confederate Veteran August 1893.

REMINISCENCES ABOUT SHARPSBURG.

Many errors drop into history by inadvertence and imperfect knowledge of facts. In reading an account of the battle of Sharpsburg by a Virginian, I find he is in error. In speaking of the great danger that at one time threatened General Lee's center, which was held by Gen. D. H. Hill, he states the withdrawal of General Rhode's brigade made a great gap through which the enemy rushed in great numbers, and to check them General Hill led a squad of stragglers in person, and General Longstreet was seen working a piece of artillery on the field to save the day. I was in this engagement at that point with General Anderson's brigade of North Carolinians and did not see any troops withdrawn, but I did see that the right and left of our division were swept away by the deadly fire centered upon us, our General was wounded and taken from the field, all our field officers killed or wounded with the exception of Col. R. Tyler Bennett of the 14th .North Carolina, who was in command of the remnant of our brigade at that time of the battle. His regiment had the good fortune to come into line in the " bloody lane," which was a depressed road. Two regiments, 14th and 4th North Carolina, occupied this lane and found it, comparatively, a safe place to fight from, and the enemy in our front were unable to dislodge us. Federal lines of great strength had been pressed upon us from the first of the engagement until after midday and were repulsed by our deadly fire. We were just getting ready to receive three heavy lines in our front, when an officer from the right came to us in great haste and informed our Colonel that we were flanked at that point, and called our attention to a column coming perpendicular to our rear. Then Col. Bennett ordered us to fall back, which was done under a murderous fire from front and flank. When I reached the pike leading from the " burg" to Hagerstown, I found only four of our regiment together, Sergt. P. D, Weaver, Lieutenant Hanny, Colonel Bennett and myself, but quite a number of stragglers behind a rock fence along the pike. At this point a brass piece left by the road, which these four officers, with what help they could get from the stragglers, pulled to the top of the hill and loaded it, which they had just accomplished as a soldier rode up and inquired what they were trying to do. He was informed in a few words that they wished to fire the gun at the advancing line, then in a short distance of them. The soldier jumped from his saddle and fired the gun, throwing the shot into the enemy's front line, which caused them. to halt and lie down at once. This unexpected shot, I think, created the impression that we had a masked battery behind the rock fence. We fired three shots at them before their sharpshooters drove us from the gun. 

This delay gave General Hill time to get his reserve artillery on points behind us, which opened with great vigor on the enemy. It was then that General Hill rode forward to us and ordered us to get the stragglers into line in front of the rock fence, and headed us in person to a charge on the enemy in our front, who delivered a galling fire which sent us to the rear in great disorder, but our troops rallied later, recaptured a portion of our original line and held it until night came and closed the battle of Sharpsburg. I did not see General Longstreet pulling and firing a cannon on the field, but remember that the soldier who helped us fire the gun told us he belonged to Longstreet's staff. General Longstreet had all he could do to look after his own line, which was being heavily pressed in front, and Jackson on our left was fighting overwhelming numbers. This was the turning point of the battle and firing of that deserted brass piece saved General Lee's army from being cut in two, with Longstreet to the right and Jackson. to the left and D. H. Hill pressed into the river.

Salisbury, N. C. July 18, 1893.

REMINISCENCES OF LEE AND OF GETTYSBURG.

It was on the morning of the 3d of July, 1863, at Gettysburg. On the evening before Hood and McLaw's divisions of Longstreet's corps, on the right wing, had driven the enemy from all his positions on the open plain to the stronghold of Cemetery Ridge. My company (C, 18th Mississippi), with others, wag occupying the extreme front picket line in direct range of the sharpshooters. We were in the edge of an apple orchard. Adjutant Harmon, of the 13th Mississippi, and I were hugging a pile of rubbish, any thing to hide behind, that we had thrown together, when Gens. Lee and Longstreet on foot, no aids, orderlies or couriers, fifteen or twenty steps apart, field glasses in hand came walking past us, stopping now and then to take observations. They were arranging, as we soon found out, for the famous charge of Pickett's division. As Gen. Lee halted in a few feet of us, knowing the imminent danger he was in, one of us said, "Gen. Lee, you are running a very great risk." At that moment the searching minnie was cutting close to him, showing that he was the mark aimed at. He went on with his observations as calm and serene as if he was viewing a landscape. A few minutes afterward we heard him say to Longstreet, in substance, "Mass your artillery behind that hill," pointing to a ridge just in our rear, "and at the signal bring your guns to the top of the ridge and turn them loose." It put us to thinking of what would become of us the picket line. We could not leave our posts, we were in plain view of the enemy, without protection except from small arms, we had no utensils with which to throw up earthworks. We knew the shells from our guns would go over us, but those of the enemy! Well, spades or no spades, we went into that ground quicker than you would think. We were like the fellow after the ground hog, it had to be done. Bayonets, pieces of board, any thing to get out of sight. Two or three to a hole, and we went in like gophers.

That was the grandest and at the same time the most terrible artillery duel I ever witnessed. Think of it. There were sixty five (I was told) of our own pieces on that one spot, and more on another portion of our line, all firing as fast as they could, and the cannon of the enemy replying. I don't know how long it lasted. When it stopped on our side Picket's division charged! They had to march over us. Doing nothing myself, I had time to look. It was one of the grandest sights ever mortal eyes looked upon. It makes me shudder now, as I see the shells plow through the ranks of that gallant band.

W. GART JOHNSON. Orlando, Fla., July 18, 1893.

Confederate Veteran August 1893.

CONFEDERATE FLAGS AT WASHINGTON.

The following list of flags in the War Department at Washington will be perused with interest. They were nearly all captured in battle, and the hero is given in every known instance. Every fellow who captured a Confederate flag in battle was a hero, and the VETERAN is pleased to give the credit. Abbreviations are made from the Government report, which was kindly procured by Mr. R. F. Dahlgren, of Atlanta. It is suggested that co operative action be had at the Birmingham reunion in behalf of restoring these flags to the survivors of the commands surrendering them. This list to be completed in September.

Fifth Ala. Reg., by 111th Pa., at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3,1863.

Sixth Ala. Reg., by B. F. Davis, 22d Mass.

Eleventh Ala. Reg., by Isaac Springer, at Newmarket Roads.

Eleventh Ala. Inf., by 57th N. Y.

Thirteenth Ala. Reg., by Co. C., 1st Del.

Fourteenth Ala. Reg.

Sixteenth Ala. Reg., by A. Grreenawalt, Co. G., 104th Ohio.

Eighteenth Ala. Reg., by Lieut. S. F. Josselyn, 13th Ill., at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863.

Thirty eighth Ala., at Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863, by 2d Ohio Reg.

Thirty eighth Ala. Reg., at Resacca, May 15, 1864, by Capt. Box., Co. D, 27th Ind.

Forty first Ala., by Corp. F. W. Lutes, Co. D, 111th N. Y. Petersburg, March 31, 1865. 

Forty eighth Ala. 

Colors of Clanton's Ala. Brig., by 2d Ind, Cav., near Montgomery, Ala., April 12, 1865. 

Sixth Ark., by Sergt. John W. Dean, Co. C., 17th Ind., at Macon, Ga. 

Eighth and Nineteenth Ark. Regs. 

Sixth and Seventh Ark., by private Henry D. Mattingly, Co. E., 10th Ky. Reg., at Jonesboro, Sept. 1, 1864.

Thirtieth Ark. Reg., at Murfreesboro, Feb., 1863, by Gen. A. G. McCook.

Thirtieth Ark., inscribed, " Farmington, Miss., Richmond, Ky." Blue flag with white cross.

First Ark. Reg, Art., by 14th Mich., near Jonesboro, Ga., Sept. 1,1864.

Second Florida. Sixth Florida, by Private Otis Smith, Co. G, 95th Ohio, at Brentwood Hills, near Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 16, 1864.

Eighth Fla., by Sergt. T. Horan, 72d N. Y. Again.

Eighth Fla., battle of Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865, by 1st Sergt. A. A. Clapp, Co. G, 2d Ohio.

Eleventh Fla., at Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865, by 1st Lieut. A. T. Lamfere, Co. B, 1st Conn. Cav.

Eighteenth Fla., at Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865, by Private Daniel Woods, Co. K, 1st Va. Cav.

Apalachicola Guards.

First Ga. Reg., at Cheat River, Va., July 13, 1861, by Capt. Blake, 9th Ind. Reg.

Second Ga. Bat., by Patrick McCran, Co. C, 3d Md. This flag has 28 bullet holes in it, and three through the staff.

Seventh Ga. Reg.

Twelfth Ga., at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863, by 102d N. Y.

Fourteenth Ga. Reg.

Fifteenth Ga., at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863, by Sergt. James Thompson, Co. C, 1st Pa. Sixteenth Ga. Reg., in attack on Fort Sanders, Tenn., Nov. 1863.

Eighteenth Ga., bv Private Ulrick Crocker, Co. M, 6th Mich. Cav.

Nineteenth Ga. Reg., Dec. 13, 1862, by Private Jacob Cart, Co. A, 7th Pa.

Twenty first Ga., Thirty fifth Ga. Reg.

248 Confederate Veteran August 1983.

Forty fourth Ga., at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864, by Chief Bugler S. M. Wells, 6th N. Y. Cav.

Forty fourth Ga. Reg., May 10, 1864, by 43d N. Y.

Forty fifth Ga.

Forty eighth Ga,, by Sergt. James Wiley, 59th N. Y.

Forty ninth Ga.

Fiftieth Ga., by Corp. John Keough, Co. E, 67th Pa., at Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865.

Sixtieth Ga.

Seventy sixth Ga. Reg., at Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865, by Emisire Shahan, Co. A, 1st Va.

Stars and bars, at Crampton's Pass, Md., by 4th N. J.

Benjamin Infantry, organized April 14, 1861, Clayton County, Ga., inscription, "Strike for your altars and your firesides," in raid on Macon Railroad,. August 20,1864.

Stars and bars, Georgia coat of arms.

Eighth Louisiana Reg., at Rappahannock Station, Va., Nov. 7, 1863, by Sergt. Otis C. Roberts, 6th Maine Reg., in a hand to hand fight on the trenches.

Second Louisiana, May 12, 1864, near Spottsylvania. Va., by Sergt. C. H. Fasnacht, Co. A, 99th Pa.

Twelfth La., July 20, 1864, at battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga., by 105th Ill. Reg.

Thirteenth La., May 12, 1864, by Sergt. Wm. Jones Co. A, 73d N. Y.

Twenty fourth La., by 1st Lieut. Wm. S. Simmons, Co. C, 11th Mo., at Brentwood Hills, near Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 10,1864.

Washington Artillery, in battle of Appomattox Station, April 8, 1865, by Lieut. Barney Shields,. Co. E. 2d Va. Cav.

Sixth Ky. Reg., by Co. G, 10th Mich. Reg., at Jonesboro, Sept. 1,1864.

First Miss. Reg,, at Peachtree Creek, July 20, 1864, by Private Dennis Buckley, Co. G, 136th N. Y.

Second Miss., by Sergt. Evans, and kept two days by him while a prisoner.

Eighth Miss., by Private Richard Mangnum, 148th N. Y., April 2, 1865.

Twelfth Miss. Cav., at Selma, Ala., April 2,1865, by Private James P. Miller, Co. D, 4th Ia. Cav.

Eleventh Miss., Selma, Ala,, April 2, 1865, by Private Charles A, Swan, Co. K., 4th Ia. Cav.

Seventeenth Miss., Col. Holder.

Nineteenth Miss.

Thirty third Miss. Reg., by 26th Wisconsin Reg., at Peachtree Creek, Ga., July 20, 1864.

Forty fourth Miss., by Corp. Luther B. Kaltenbach,. Co. F, 12th Ia., at Brentwood Hills, near Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 16,1864.

Forty eighth Miss., in battle of the Wilderness, May 12, 1864, by 12th N. J.

Wigfall Rifles, Jeff. Davis, Southern Confederacy, by Co. F, 9th Ohio, at Mill Springs, Ky.

Yallabusha Rifles, at Mill Springs, Ky., Jan. 19, 1862, by Corp. Albert Essen, Co. G, 2d Minn.

Tenth Mo. Bat., at Columbus, Ga" April 16,. 1865,. by Private John Kinney, 4th Ia, Cav.

248 Confederate Veteran August 1893.

First N. C. Reg., by Private GEO. W. Harris, Co. B, 148th Pa., May 12, 1864.

Sixth N. C., at Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865, by Private Joseph Kimball, Co, B, 2d W. Va. Cav.

Seventh N. C., at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863, by John B. Mayberry, Co. F, 1st Del.

Twelfth N. C, by Sergt. E. D. Woodbury, Co. E, 1st Vt. Cav.

Thirteenth N. C. again.

Thirteenth N. C., May 6, 1864, by Sergt. S. Rought, Co. A, 141st Pa.

Eighteenth N. C. Reg., in engagement near Malvern Hill, Va" July 28, 1864, by Private Timothy Connors, Co. E, 3st U. S. Cav.

Eighteenth N. C., near Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865, by Private Frank Fesy, Co. A, 40th N. J.

Sixteenth N. C., at Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863, by 14th Conn.

Twenty second N. C., by Private Michael McDonough, 42d N. Y. inscribed, "Seven Pines, Mechanicsville, Cold Harbor, Ox Hill, Harper's Ferry, Chancellorsville, Sharpsburg, Frazier's Farm, Cedar Mountain, Manassas, Fredericksburg."

Twenty fourth N. C., Aug. 21, 1864, by Private J. A. Read, 11th Pa.

Twenty third N. C. Reg., at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863.

Twenty sixth N. C. Reg., at Hatcher's Run, Oct. 27, 1864, by Sergt. Alonzo Smith, 7th Mich.

Twenty eighth N. C. Reg., May 12, 1864, by Capt. J. M. Kendig, Co. A, 63d Pa.

Thirtieth N. C., May 12, 1864, at the battle of the Wilderness.

Thirty eighth N. C.

Thirty ninth N. C., found by men of 3d Div., 16th Army Corps, after the capture of Spanish Fort, Ala., April 9,1865.

Forty sixth N. C. Reg., picked up on the picket line by Lieut. Brant, of 1st N. J.

Forty seventh N. C. Reg., at the battle of Hatcher's Run, Oct. 27, by Sergt. Daniel Murphy, 19th Mass.

Forty seventh N. C., by Private Joseph Phillips, Co. E, 148th Pa., April 2, 1865, at Sutherland Station.

Fifty second N. C., at battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863, by 14th Conn.

Headquarters flag of Brig. Gen. Barranger, commanding North Carolina brigade of cavalry, by Wm. H. Woodall, headquarters scout of Gen. Sheridan's residence, Lynchburg, Va.

North Carolina State colors, by Private James Sweeney, Co. A, 1st Vet. Cav., Oct. 19, 1864. It don't say in battle.

MR. JOSEPH W. ALLEN, of Nashville, suggests that for convenience subscribers who send singly remit for two years for the VETERAN one dollar.

Mrs. Leo R, Vogel, St. Augustine, Fla., writes: "I send you eleven subscribers in addition to the five sent in my last letter."

Confederate Veteran August 1893.

FROM THE MAIL OF ONE DAY.

The thought occurs, through the diversity of one mail, that comrades and readers generally of the VETERAN would be interested in its contents. The first opened is from Texas, "the story of a gourd head." It will be read with interest. 2. A friend writes to say that Mrs. Kirby Smith has an interesting letter from the wartime body servant of the General. 2. F. E. Robarer, Clerk of Council at Savannah, Ga., writes, by direction of the Mayor, to say they have $345 for the Davis Monument that they had not turned in because they wanted to increase it, but the financial distress over the country induces them to abandon further immediate effort. 4. Geo. P. Massengale, Esq., of St. Louis, replies to my letter dated , "The Anniversary of Bull Run," to ask for copies to distribute in his desire to have the subscription increased in his city. (Mr. Massengale is a former Nashville merchant.) 5. Advertising agent wants business contracts. 6. J. M. Long, a lawyer, of Paris, Texas, writes for the VETERAN, and adds:

I will present your paper to our Camp (A. S. J. Camp, No. 71) and see if it will adopt it as our official organ. The VETERAN is giving great pleasure and satisfaction to the old soldiers and veterans in our part of Texas. Hoping you may meet with success I am one of the young veterans who left a leg at Shiloh, Tenn., on the 6th of April, 1862. 

7. Joseph C. Cornell writes from Savannah to correct errors in an address, and to express pleasure in the VETERAN, 

an ever anxiously expected visitor." He sends a lot of names of friends who wanted him to take their money, but he declined. Friends ought always to take the money and buy postal notes, less the cost.

8. A railroad official of prominence returns some money that never should have been collected, and "after careful consideration" decides against exchange of business. He makes a mistake.

9. Mrs. H. G. Hollenberg, representing the Ladies' Hermitage Association in Woman's Building at the World's Fair, writes:

The July copy of the CONFEDERATE VETERAN was handed to me today while in Board of Lady Managers session. It was immediately seized, and created much interest and excitement. Ex Gov. Eagle says he must have it, and I think it might be a good idea to send me a few of your back numbers for distribution. I am sure every Southerner to whom I would show it will subscribe. 

10. P. Gallagher writes from Pocatello, Idaho, sending a subscription, and wishes it success in every way, but 

don't see how it can be, financially."

11. Dr. J. HowellWay,Waynesville, N. C., sends pay for Mrs. Virginia Frazier Boyles' book, " The Other Side," and writes besides:

I send a line to assure you of the very high appreciation I have of the noble work you are now doing for Confederate veterans and their children. (I am too young to have been one of the glorious rank of the former, but am proud to know I am one of the latter.) As an American citizen, proud of our great Union, and trusting it may long exist, I can but feel that it is only an act of simple justice to my father, and the cause he fought for, that I should avail myself of every opportunity presented for learning the truth about the Confederate States during the memorable years from '60 to '65. And right here permit me to suggest that in your columns you give us more light on the history of events in the country just preceding: the first State secession. In a perusal of Gen. Dick Taylor's 
Destruction and Reconstruction," I recall no chapter that interested me more than the one reciting events of the presidential campaign of '60. Give us more on this line. Now I have been reading the VETERAN for six months, and like it, too, but as yet I have not aided you by sending a list of subscribers. The recent attempt of the Confederate War Journal to rob you of your birthright has made me feel it my duty to attempt to aid you in extending your circulation here. If you can send me half a dozen or a dozen extra copies I believe I can send you a subscriber for each one. Hoping you will make a success of the VETERAN, and trusting you will be the means of arousing and maintaining a lively interest in this very important part of the history of our fair Southland, I am yours for the South."

12. T. M. Donnel, Camp Bee, Forney, Tex. : " It is my pleasure to say I am more and better pleased with the VETERAN, and as Commander of Camp Bee, named in honor of the first great fallen General, who gave Stonewall Jackson his immortal name, and of whom history has said so little, we will with pleasure hail the VETERAN as our official organ. I read the War Journal and the Blue and Gray, but neither has the true Southern metallic ring to my ears like the VETERAN. The Blue and Gray is interesting, but brings out the yankee on top too often, and the words rebel and traitor should not be used in his efforts for fraternal peace."

13. Fred L. Robertson, Adj. Gen. Florida Div. U. C. V.: " Send me another copy of the VETERAN for June. I wore my copy out showing it. Our P. M. will send you some more subscribers in a few days. Our Camp W. W. Loring, indorsed the CONFEDERATE VETERAN at its regular assembly Friday night. Will send you official notice of the same, with copy of the resolution. The July number to hand and all delighted. Like old wine, it grows better and better."

14. A lady friend in Washington, whose kindness had not been acknowledged, sends a subscription for Judge Shields, a recent appointee by President Cleveland, and adds: "You see I am still heaping coals on your neglectful head."

15. E. R. Moore, Jr., Adairsville, Ky., wants forms, for organizing a Camp of Sons of Veterans. He adds:

My father, Wm. Moore, takes your paper, and we prize it very highly. We will not loan it for fear it will get destroyed, and we could not get any of the back numbers.

He wants specimen copies for distribution.

16. G. P. Gupton, Lewisburg, Ky., sends two subscriptions, and resolves to do all in his power for the advancement of its cause.
17. Engravers write in regard to special prices for fine work for the VETERAN.

18. G. W. Roy sends a subscription from Yazoo City for Capt. Bedwell, " who was a gallant officer on the other side. He wore the blue, but wants the CONFEDERATE VETERAN."

19. W. D. McKay, Esq., Cleburne, Texas, sends a subscription with " God bless the VETERAN. May it grow and flourish to the end of time."

20. J. A. Williamson, Golden City, Mo., with a post office order for subscriptions, says he will send others as fast as able, hoping for unlimited success to the VETERAN. He has sent "others" thrice since.

21. Dr. J. T. Wilson, Sherman, Texas, sends invitation to reunion of Mildred Lee Camp, assuring "a warm" Texas welcome. Dr. Wilson also writes:

I will urge the Camp to officially indorse the CONFEDERATE VETERAN at the first favorable opportunity, but I do not think it will require much urging because all who have seen it express themselves as being much pleased with it, and are outspoken in its commendation. I have sent you some subscribers myself, and have called the attention of many others to it who promised to subscribe. I was appointed by the Major General of the division of Texas last spring to organize ten Camps in this regimental district. Eight have already been organized, and if you care to do so, and will send me eight copies of the VETERAN, of any issue you choose, I will send a copy to the Commander of each of these Camps with a personal letter in its favor, urge them to interest themselves in its behalf, and to work for an increase in its subscription, and to officially indorse it. Many of these members are stalwart old farmers, and enjoy any literature of the lost cause they can get hold of. The small subscription price, with its patriotic, attractive pages, must capture these faithful old survivors of the Confederacy, and I am sure they will not be able to resist the temptation its inviting contents will place before them. Ever since I received the first copy you was kind enough to send me, I have done what I could for it. and have taken every favorable occasion to call the attention of our old comrades to its merits. I shall take pleasure in continuing to do whatever I can to further its interests and assist in its maintenance. It is something we have long needed, and something that every lover of the Confederacy, with its romantic history, its Titanic struggle for independence, and its sacred cause, will hail with delight. We owe it to that cause, we owe it to our country, and we owe it to posterity, to publish ail of the truth of that glorious history made by that four years' war. A publication like this will find its way eventually into the home of every faithful Southland son, and in that way will elicit 
from them treasured memories of the old heroic days that might otherwise never come to light. I hope, then, that you will go on with the good work, make this the official organ of the United Confederate Veterans everywhere, command their patriotic, earnest support, collect every scrap of the sacred history of our struggle now stored away in private desks and the minds of the old Southern heroes, and receive the encouragement you will so richly deserve. This letter has not been written for publication, but simply to show you that I am loyal to the cause you have espoused, and am always ready to do any thing in my power to aid you. 
22. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson writes from Bon Air, Va., whither she went, from her home in Charlotte, to be with her two grand children, who are spending the summer there. She reports them as 

looking splendidly, and more interesting than ever, having much grown and developed." Referring to her book she says: " I am very glad that you make the suggestion about advertising and selling my book. * * * You have been so successful with your little periodical, and withal you are such a loyal Confederate and good friend of mine I had been wanting to write to you and consult you about it." She explains further that sales of the book have not been pushed diligently. The VETERAN will give wide space to the sale of this valuable and very interesting book. Comrades and patrons generally will be supplied at the publisher's price, or less.

23. Miss M. C. Keller, author of "Love and Rebellion": ''I am the happiest woman on earth because of your interest in my book." She then gives an account of the vexations had in getting out the book. A package has been received at the VETERAN office. The binding is paper, but genteel, and the print is very pleasant. It will be sent postpaid with a year's subscription to the VETERAN for $1, or fifty cents to those who have subscribed already. Such thrilling accounts of any book are rarely seen. Look for review of this book in this issue by New York Sun.

Of this day's mail there were thirty two letters at one delivery fifty in all. Many of them had been disposed of before the thought to make this review. The last in the list was as follows:

GALLATIN, TENN, July 27, 1893. Mr. S. A. Cunningham, Editor and Manager CONFEDERATE VETERAN, Nashville, Tenn. Dear Sir: As the Recording Secretary of Daniel S. Donelson Bivouac, it becomes my duty to inform you that at our regular monthly meeting, held July 22d inst., the CONFEDERATE VETERAN was cordially indorsed and heartily recommended. Fraternally and truly, J. A. TROUSDALE.

Mr. Trousdale is the Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives, and his people would be proud of him at the national capitol in the highest position they could place him. These home indorsements are sent out with gratitude to comrades and friends far away who are doing so much for the VETERAN.

THE Missouri Soldiers' State Association will have its reunion for this year the latter part of this month, August. It will be at Higginsville, where the Confederate Home is located. Although Missouri is not yet co operating with the U. C. V., she is all right.

COL. C. C. JONES, of Augusta, Ga., and Mr. Joel Gibson, of Nashville, Tenn., are recently deceased veterans, in the praise of whom too much cannot be said.

Confederate Veteran August 1893.

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,

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

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

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

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

Port Gibson...... Claiborne.................. 167... A. K. Jones, W. W. Moore

Rolling Fork. ... Pat Cleburne............ 190...

Rosedale............ Montgomery............ 52... F. A. Montgomery, Chas. C. Farrar

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

252 Confederate Veteran August 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.

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS.

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.

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.

Caldwell............ Camp Rogers........... 142. . J. F. Matthews.

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, W A Ben

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.... Alex W Archer

WASHINGTON, D. C.

Washington...... Wash. City Con........171...Albert Akers.

It will be seen that the number of camps in the United Order is now 350. Comrades, please see whether yours is in the list, with the correct names of the Commander and Adjutant, and if not, inform the editor of the VETERAN at once. Supply names of officers to those that are missing.

Organizations not members of the United Confederate Veterans are to be reported in full as soon as information is received. There are in Tennessee twenty two Bivouacs, including seven organizations of sons,

Confederate Veteran, Vol. I, No. 9, Nashville, Tenn., October, 1893.

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.

I ate 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 marvelous 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.

We are part of ©The Georgia GenWeb and AHGP
If you have newspaper and other records you would like to share sent them to Margie.

03/15/2008

	Support Free-access Online History and Genealogy. Join Today!

 

This nonprofit research network is affiliated with the American History and Genealogy Project and hosted by USGenNet, a nonprofit historical and genealogical Safe-Haven Server. No claim is made to the copyrights of individual submitters, and this site complies fully with with USGenNet's Nonprofit Conditions of Use.

Maintained by Margie Daniels
    Copyright 1991 - All Rights Reserved