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Confederate Veteran January 1894.

AFTER THE BATTLE OF FRAZIER'S FARM.

A. L. Slack, Tallula, La.

It was June 30, 1862. Struggling along the Charles City road in the black darkness, keeping step to the cannon's boom, we reached Frazier's Farm just as the last shot was fired) about II o'clock at night.

Frazier's Farm possessed great advantages to the Federals, because they brought every piece of their artillery to bear with deadly effect, while, owing to the configuration of the field, the Confederate guns could be used with but feeble success.

Tired and exhausted from the long march and heat, we dropped upon the ground, near where seventeen guns of the enemy's artillery had been charged and captured. I could not sleep. From the blue and gray alike came piteous calls for water or help, so I and others arose and did all we could to alleviate their suffering, Save these piteous cries, the flickering lights about the dead or wounded were all there was to tell that we were upon a battle field, so ominous had grown the stillness and go thick the darkness.

But when morning dawned the whole indescribable scene burst upon us. Yonder stood those grim guns, yonder lay the dead from the Federal infantry supports, behind improvised breastworks of rails, sods, anything, however frail, that promised protection from the leaden hail. On the right of these guns stood a small cabin, literally honey combed by shot. Around in ghastly heaps lay the dead more of the gray, alas, than blue! Gallant fellows! How could they stem that torrent of flame and capture those guns, whose grim mouths were then black from hurling death! But the cabin told its own story which I read from the surroundings as I stood there in ranks. A mother, whose home was this humble cabin, startled by the awful proximity of war, had seized her young child and fled for safety, and was now back, not hearing the battle renewed. She had crept to her threshold with a scared look, her little child clasped in her arms. She stood gazing upon the bloody scene. * * *

But "Right face! Forward, march!" This is the first of July, boys, and soon evening's shades will see us where " dear old Malvern Hill is wreathed in flame." It fills my heart with the saddest thoughts to recount and live over these old memories, but I find as I grow older I live more and more in retrospection, and that these scenes of my golden prime will continually pass in review before me. I do not know, but somehow I feel that I would not forget them if I could.

WANTS TO HEAR FROM HIS COMRADE. B. D, Guice, Woodville, Miss., November 13, 1893: In September, 1865, on my way to my home in Tensas Parish, La., from the Army of Northern Virginia, I parted on the wharf at Memphis, Tenn., from my old comrade, Ike Gaines, of Company D, Seventh Regiment of Virginia Cavalry, and since then have never heard a word from him. Have written letters of inquiry to several newspapers, but to no effect, and now write this to you with the hope that some one will see it that knows or knew him, and tell me of his whereabouts or of his fate. It would afford me much pleasure to hear from him, as we went through many hard struggles and trials together.

CONCERNING THE BIRMINGHAM REUNION.

Gen. W. L. Cabell, Dallas, Texas, says: Our people, Trans Mississippi veterans, are well pleased with the time, as it enables the farmers to take advantage of the interval between planting corn and cotton and making the same. You may look for a big crowd from this side of the river, as the camp fires are still burning west of the Mississippi. I shall issue my orders in a few days in reference to the reunion, and appoint the necessary committees to look after railroad transportation and the comfort of every one going to Birmingham, and the dedication of the Confederate Monument, erected at Chicago to the six thousand brave men who died at Camp Douglass during the war. This is a sublime monument, and as it is the first erected in the North in commemoration of the heroism, bravery and patriotism of the Confederate soldier. Every Confederate soldier who is able should go from Birmingham to see the monument and to take part in the dedication ceremonies. I hope that you will urge the veterans all through the South not only to go themselves, but to take their noble sons and fair daughters to assist in strewing flowers over the graves of the tried and true men who are buried there. General Underwood deserves great credit for his noble work, and in behalf of forty thousand Confederate veterans I say that he has our sincere thanks and as much praise as we can give him.

FATHER RYAN TO GEN. BUTLER.

When Gen. Butler was in command at New Orleans during the rebellion, he was informed that Father Ryan, priest and poet, had been expressing rebellious sentiments, and had said he would even refuse to hold funeral service for a dead yankee. Gen. Butler sent for him in haste, and began roundly scolding him for expressing such un Christian and rebellious sentiments. "General," the wily priest answered, "you have been misinformed, I would be pleased to conduct funeral services for all the yankee officers and men in New Orleans."

The foregoing was sent by "Dick" Reid, of Nashville, who served in Pelham's Battery of Mounted Horse Artillery, under "Jeb" Stuart, in Army of Northern Virginia. Comrade Reid has a vivid memory of many thrilling events in the war, and he promises to give them to the VETERAN. He adds:

I inclose you a clipping out of the Washington Republican, organ of Grand Army of the Republic, and it was so much like what Father Ryan would say, I thought it ought to be published in the CONFEDERATE VETERAN. And while on this subject, it has occurred to me, that this great and brilliant man, the author of " Lee's Sword " and " The Conquered Banner," should not be allowed to remain in a lonely grave, at Mobile, without even a stone to mark his resting place. If we all would give 50 cents or $1 each, we could place a nice monument over his grave, engrave the Conquered Banner on one side of it, and Lee's Sword on the other, and it would be an honor to all Confederate soldiers who contributed to it, long after we have all crossed over the river and are resting in the shade with the great and glorious Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee.

REMINISCENCES OF THE SEVENTEENTH TENNESSEE REGIMENT.

E. T. Gibson, Cowan, Tenn.

Please give me space in the VETERAN for a few words about our command, I enlisted in Company I, Seventeenth Tennessee, on April 25, 1861. We moved as follows: Camp Harris, thence to Camp Trousdale, from there to Bristol, then to Cumberland Gap, then to Big Creek Gap and back to Cumberland Gap, and then to Cumberland Ford, we fortified that place, we made a raid to Goose Creek Salt Works in Kentucky, we went down Straight Creek, crossing it fifty seven times in three miles ( ? ED.), then we came back to Cumberland Ford, where we remained several days. We marched to Wild Cat, where we had our first battle, but we did not succeed in getting the " Wild Cats " out of their den. Then we fell back to Cumberland Ford, marched back through Cumberland Gap and on to Mills Spring, Ky., where we went into winter quarters, and remained there for some time. We crossed Cumberland River on a steamboat and marched ten miles through the rain, snow and mud to Fishing Creek. There we lost our noble Zollicoffer. I was in the field with him when he was shot off of his gray horse by Colonel Fry, of the Fifth Kentucky Yankee Regiment.

There was a Colonel in our brigade who, in marching his regiment into the battle, commanded, ''Heads up! Eyes to the front and stop your dodging." At that time a grapeshot came flying by and the old man, turning to his men, said, "Dodge the biggest of them, boys." We had held the yanks at bay about five hours, when we got orders to fall back in good order which we did to our fortifications at Mills Spring. A funny incident on the field : We had orders to lie down, and did it, one of our Lieutenants lay so that his overcoat collar was sticking up, and a rabbit run down his back. "Cousin Ike" pulled it out, and told the Lieutenant to "hush hollering, it is only a rabbit, and not a cannon ball." Colonel Miller, of our regiment, ordered him to turn the rabbit loose, and he told him he could not let it go for he was out of meat, so he carried it back to camp and we had rabbit for supper. When we got back to Mills Spring, about twelve o'clock that night, we had orders to abandon everything we had except our guns and one blanket. Early next morning we took up our retreat toward Nashville. We marched from there to Murfreesboro through the rain, snow and mud. On this retreat we suffered a great deal by exposure and lack of food. When we arrived at Murfreesboro we got plenty to cat, stayed there a few days, and took up our farther march to "Dixie."

D. G. Fleming, Hawkinsville, Ga.: "In the last number of the VETERAN I notice that information is asked of D. H. Mason, Wright's Brigade, thought to have been killed at Manassas. Probably a mistake is made as to the name of the brigade. One Daniel H. Mason was my dear friend and messmate. He was a Sergeant of Company G (Pulaski Volunteers), Eighth Georgia (Barton's) Regiment. Enlisted at Hawkinsville, May, 1861, made a most excellent soldier, and was wounded in arm at first Manassas (arm amputated), from which wound he died a few weeks afterward."

GOSSIPY LETTER FROM HOT SPRINGS ARK.

Gen. John M. Harrell writes: I wrote from a sickroom, down with la grippe. Your gossipy, genuine, genial "Old VETERAN" comes to cheer me. When I get about again I am going to strive to do something for you. With your ridiculously small subscription price you should have 1,000,000 subscribers out of the 12,000,000 Southerners.

I congratulate you on republishing the "Dead Confederacy " of Fannie Borland. How appropriate it is now, and was when written, by a girl of not then twenty. It reads to me like a fragment from Keato. It glows with passion, but is crystalline in its pride, mournful and graceful as winter and night, which it invokes. Miss Borland was a great genius who perished too son. I knew her, and saw her in 1870, when she completed a rare quartette of gifted, beautiful girls, that formed the family of Gen. Pike, in Memphis, the others being the Misses Pike and Miss Sallie Johnson, now Mrs. Cabell Breckinridge, each a type of surpassing beauty. Miss Johnson was sole daughter of exSenator R. W. Johnson, and Miss Borland, eldest daughter of ex Minister Solon Borland.

I must send you my "History of the Brooks and Baxter War," in which, on page 102 or 103, I go into that "Hampton Roads Conference" with some care. I should like you to read it, and I want my book to be " supplied by you." It has cost a considerable sum, because I would have none but the best paper and appropriate binding, making it a veritable volume de luxe. I have dedicated it to the United Confederate Veterans, for whose defense, exaltation, and honor it was solely written. They saved us from complete slavery, and will yet save (their principles will) this same nation. Let us stay on our own platform, and all other States will come to it. Even the States of Europe are infatuated with the simplicity and effectiveness of home government.

We are "all right" here in Arkansas, only we are very poor taxed to death. The manufacturers and gold bugs come to this resort and spend money like water, but they have no notions above money, and believe the old Confederates are enemies of the Government, whom fear alone keeps under.

BATTLE FIELD OF CHICKAMAUGA.

G. E. Dolton, of St. Louis, writes: Of the Confederate regiments, batteries, etc., that took part in the battle of Chickamauga, there are 114 from which there were no official reports published, and without more definite information than can be gleaned from the meagre brigade and division reports, justice cannot possibly be done them in a history of the battle. Even the official reports of commands that arc published, 129 in number, are so general or conflicting, that without much additional information a truthful account of the battle is impossible For these reasons I am anxious to get all the information I can from all participants, and especially from those of the commands not reported, which arc as follows:

Alabama: Infantry Stone's Battalion of Sharpshooters, Regiments 4th, 15th, 44th, 47th and 48th, and 18th Battalion. Artillery Dent's, Kolb's, and Lumsden's. Cavalry Holloway's, Lenoir's, and Malone's Companies, and 1st, 3d and 51st Regiments.

Arkansas: Infantry First Mounted Rifles (dismounted), 4th and 31st Battalions, consolidated to 4th, 2d and 25th Regiments, Wiggins' Battery and 3d Regiment of Cavalry. Florida: McCant's Battery.

Georgia: Infantry First Battalion of Sharp shooters, Regiments 2d, "15th, 17th, 20th, 25th, 29th, 30th, 46th, and 8th battalion. Artillery Harris', Howell's, Massenburg's, Peoples' and Wolihin's Batteries. Cavalry Regiments 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th and 6th, and Co. G, 2d Regiment.

Kentucky: Graves' Battery, and 2d and 3d Regiments of Cavalry.

Louisiana: Infantry First Regiment and 4th Battalion. Artillery LeGardeur's and one section of Robinson's Batteries. Cavalry Dreux's and Greenleaf's Companies and 1st Regiment.

Mississippi : Infantry Pound's Battalion of Sharpshooters and 13th, 17th, 18th and 21st Regiments. Artillery Darden's and Stanford's Batteries. Cavalry Fowle's Company. Missouri: Barret's Battery.

North Carolina: Infantry Nineteenth and 39th Regiments. Cavalry Sixth Regiment.

South Carolina: Infantry Third, 7th, 8th, 15th and 24th Regiments and 3d Battalion. Artillery Culpeper's Battery.

Tennessee: Infantry Third, 10th, 30th, 34th and 41st Regiments and 1st Battalion. Artillery Baxter's, Cames', Huggins', Huwald's, Mebane's, Morton's and White's Batteries. Cavalry Clark's and Jackson's Companies, Rucker's 1st Legion, composed of 12th and 16th Battalions, Shaw's Battalion, composed of Hamilton's Battalion and Allison's Squardon, Regiments 2d, 4th, commanded by Col. McLemore, and 4th, commanded by Lieut. Col. Anderson, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 18th.

Texas : Infantry Seventh and 9th, and 10th, 14th, and 32d, dismounted cavalry. Cavalry Eighth and 11th Regiments.

Virginia: Jeffress' Battery.

Confederate Regulars: Cavalry First, 3d, 8th and 10th Regiments, and a detachment of John H. Morgan's men.

ALABAMA.

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Auburn Auburn 236 O D Smith, James H Lane

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jacksonville ..... Col. Jas. B. Martin... 292. J. H. Caldwell, L. W. Grant

LaFayette......... A. A. Greene............ 310... J. J. Robinson, Geo. H. Black

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

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

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

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

Madison Sta...... A A Russell ............ 408... W T Garner, Robt E Wiggins
Mobile................ Raphael Semmes.... 11... Thos T Roche, Wm E Mickle

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thomasville ... Leander McFarland.. 373... Jas N Callahan, Geo B Hall

Tuscumbia....... James Deshler .. 313... A. H.Keller, I. P. Guy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ARKANSAS.

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

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

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

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

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

Charleston...... Pat Cleburne 191 A S Cabell, .
Conway......... Jeff Davis 213 A. P. Witt, W. D. Cole

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

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

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

Greenwood.... Ben McCulloch 194... Dudley Milum, M Stroup

Hackett City Stonewall 199... L B Lake, .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FLORIDA

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

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

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

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

23 Confederate Veteran January 1894.

THE HARD TIMES LONG AGO.

INSCRIBED TO CAPT. GEO. A. DIGGONS, TENTH TENN. INFANTRY.

When I look in the mirror to day,

And see the locks fast turning to gray,

As many a wrinkle I sadly trace,

By time and sorrow left on my face,

When I miss the bright, the youthful glow,
I think of the hard times long ago,

Of the hard times, old man,

The hard times long ago,

How shabby the clothes we used to wear

How many burdens we had to bear

How hungry often, but oh, how sweet,

The bacon and bread we got to eat

Yet hoped we still, though rations ran low,

Soldiering in the hard times long ago,

In the hard times, old man,

The hard times long ago.

Who can the gloomy nights forget,

When standing picket, or lone vidette,

With his four hours off and two hours on,

Tired and sleepy he longed for the dawn?

Or the ride, or tramp, through rain or snow,

He made in the hard times long ago,

In the hard times, old man,

The hard times long ago.

None can forget the sudden alarm,

The skirmish line and the battle storm,

The faces sad, round the fire at night,

Thinking of the boys who fell in the fight.

Alas! o'er many the daisies grow,

Who died in the hard times long ago,

In the hard times, old man,

The hard times long ago.

But, oh! how lovely the girls were then,

And greed was not the master of men ,

And not for wages we fought, but love,

And faith we had in a heaven above,

And didn't profess " no God to know,"

We boys of the hard times, long ago ,

Of the hard times, old man,

The hard times long ago,

When I call to mind old times to day,

And think of the boys who passed away,

I remember soon must come the time

When all of us must fall into line

With the gallant boys we used to know

Who died in the hard times long ago,

In the hard times, old man,

The hard times long ago.

JOHN BUTTERNUT.

SWEET PEACE.
The drum's loud call, the war of battle,

The foeman's cry, the dread death rattle,

Is heard no more.

The cause is lost, but it was just,

Though Dixie's hope lies low in dust,

We mourn no more,

For Peace Sweet Peace! bath said to day:

Look up, fair South, thy fame's alway 
So smile once more.
GRANDSON OF A VETERAN. Willie Callan, Menardville,Tex., says: "Grandpa sent me the CONFEDERATE VETERAN for 1893. I do not want to lose a number. Inclosed find subscription for the new year. I am not the son, but the grandson of an old veteran, and I love them. all, and also the cause in which they lost all but principle and honor."

FLORIDA Continued

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Monticello......... Patton Anderson,... 56... Sam'l F Marshall, Wm Fox

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Titusville........... Indian River............ 47... Jas. Pritchard, A D Cohen

Umatilla............. Lake Co. C. V. A..... 279... T H Blake, .

GEORGIA.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Waynesboro...... Gordon..................... 369... Thos B Cox, S R Fulcher
Zebulon ............ Pike Co. Conf. Vet.. 421... G W Strickland, W O Gwyn

ILLINOIS.

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

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

INDIAN TERRITORY.

Ardmore............ Jno H Morgan......... 107... Jno 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. Ellis, Jos. F. Briggs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mt. Sterling...... Roy S. Cluke.......... 201... Thos. Johnson, W. T. Havens.
Nicholasville... Humph'y Marshall. 187... Geo. B. Taylor, E. T. Lillard

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LOUISIANA.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THEY GOT THE WATERMELONS.

D. Caldwell, Division Freight Agent of R. & D. R. R. Co., Columbia, S. C. : "I take the VETERAN, and enjoy it. I notice you address it to 'Col. D. Caldwell.' I was not a Colonel when I was in the war, I was but a private. I was a boy and pulled the lanyard to a gun in McGregor's Battery, Stuart Horse Artillery, which formerly formed part of Pelham's Battery, Army of Northern Virginia.

I am glad to see that you often tell of the brave deeds and great achievements of our armies. I am also glad to see that you give the private soldier a chance, and tell some of his personal exploits in camp. Here is one that took place late in the summer of '64, when the cavalry was trying to hold the Yankees back from the Boydton plank road and the Welden Railroad : One hot afternoon our battery was ordered into camp near Jones' farm. When we had spread our blankets and unsaddled that was all we had to do, as we had no tents some of the boys went out to see what the neighborhood afforded in the way of something to eat. Very soon one of them returned with information that Mr. Jones' watermelon crop had not been harvested, but lay in full view, and that the ground was fairly covered with luscious melons. The. fellow who brought the news was asked why he did not bring in a sample, when he informed us that there was a guard over the patch. For a moment the situation was gloomy. Soon Joe Pearl, rarely ever downed by trifles, said: 'Boys, I've got it, get ready to eat Jones' melons.' Do you fellers join me! I will go on guard in the field myself and you boys lay along the fence in the bushes and I'll roll out the melons. We had great faith in Pearl as a manager, but did not see how he would get away with the guard already in charge. Well, we did as he directed. With a sabre hanging to his belt he mounted the fence and boldly advanced on the 'true, true' guard, who, in time, challenged, 'Halt!' Guard Pearl did not stop, but he commanded, 'Halt!' 'Who are you ? ' ' I am on guard here,' he answered. ' Whose command do you belong to? ' demanded Pearl in haughty tones. He replied, to Graham's Battery. Ah! that's all right, said Pearl, I am from McGregor's, you watch that end and I will watch this, and the goose said 'all right.' In a few minutes our ' guard ' began to roll out the largest and best melons under the fence. We held a council of war to decide whether we should give our officers any of them or not. Finally we decided to roll a melon or two down to where they had their bivouac, and it was noticed that not one of them even cared to know where they come from. One was a preacher, too. 

C. T. Ford writes from Greenton, Mo.: " I am a subscriber to your staunch magazine, and am exceedingly pleased with it as a medium for interchange of thought between veterans, whose thin gray lines are getting farther apart each year, and will so continue until the last tattoo will be sounded, and we will 'cross over the river to rest under the trees.' "

LOUISIANA Continued

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MISSISSIPPI.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Columbus.......... Isham Harrison.. 27... C L Lincoln, E P Richards

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

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

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

Greenwood........ Hugh A. Reynolds... 218... R W Williamson, W A Gillespie

Greenville W A Percy 238... Gen. S. W. Ferguson, W. Yerger

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jackson........... Robert A Smith...... 24. Gen J A Smith, G S Green

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Meridian...... Walthall... 25 W. F. Brown, B. V. White
Miss. City.... Beauvoir 120 Gen. J. R. Davis, E. S. Hewes

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

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

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

Rolling Fork. Pat R Cleburne 190 J C Hall, Jno S Joor

Rosedale Montgomery 52 F A Montgomery, C C Farrar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MISSOURI.

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

NORTH CAROLINA.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Capt. B. H. Teague, Aiken, S. C.: "This makes two subscriptions to the VETERAN that this noble minded ex Federal veteran, Rev. T. S. Bailey, has given to his brothers in gray."

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

OKLAHOMA.

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

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

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

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

SOUTH CAROLINA.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Summerville..... Gen Jas Connor ...... 374... Geo Tupper, P H Hutchinson

Sumter.............. Dick Anderson ........ 334... J D Graham, P P Gaillard

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

THE N. B. Forrest Camp, Chattanooga, Tenn., passed resolutions in honor of Joseph F. Shipp, who has served that Camp faithfully and well for seven consecutive years as Commander, and now retires from that office of his own choice. The resolutions were adopted unanimously and by a rising vote, not in the meaningless manner usual upon such occasions, but in all sincerity and truth, that "The thanks of this Camp be extended to him for his wise and impartial rulings at all times, his universally courteous manner, and his earnest and energetic work for the good of the Camp, to which is largely due its success and importance that it has attained, also, that resolutions be spread of record, and that the Adjutant present Commander Shipp with a copy of the same."

TENNESSEE.

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TEXAS.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Belton ............... Bell Co. ex Con. AS.. 122 H M Cook, R H Turner

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bryan................. J. B. Robertson ........ 124... H B Stoddard, W H Harman

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cleburne....... Pat Cleburne............ 88... O T Plummer, H C Scurlock

Colorado............ Albert S. Johnston.. 113.. W. V. Johnson, T. Q.. Mullin.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gainesville........ Joseph E Johnston.. 119. J. M

Graham............. Young County......... 127.. A G Gray, Y M Edwards

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

RAISING THE PRICE OF THE VETERAN.

J. J. Callan, Coleman, Texas, says: This brings my list up to sixty one, I do not know if this puts Coleman at the head of the Texas list, for I do not know how well other comrades are doing, but I do know that in proportion to population Coleman stands away above Nashville. If Coleman, with 1,200 inhabitants, furnishes sixty one subscribers to the VETERAN, in the same ratio Dallas, headquarters of the Trans Mississippi Department, should have at least 2,000 subscribers. What a magnificent monument we could build to a nation's glory if all Southern cities and towns proved their devotion as this little Texas village in this drought afflicted region has done! I hope they will. If they will get up a generous rivalry they can.

Now, comrade, permit me, too, to offer a little gratuitous advice: Keep the subscription at 50 cents for 1894. I do not write in my own behalf, for ours are paid all. But there are thousands of veterans in Texas who fared badly this year on account of drought. Even old subscribers, who would not take the price of & whole year's subscription for any one number, are unable to renew. In God's providence they will be in better shape next year, and I have no doubt there will be a unanimous vote for increase of size and price.

R. A. Owen, Port Gibson, Miss.: The VETERAN is worth over a dollar to every veteran household, and must be put at a price that you can afford to keep it to the front.

John M. Jolly, Marlin, Texas: I note what you say in regard to the price of the VETERAN after January 1, 1894, and in soligiting subscriptions for same will do so at $1 per annum. This remittance will make twenty eight subscriptions I have sent you, including my own renewal. I shall continue to do all I can for the VETERAN, as I wish every Confederate veteran living could read it.

C. L. Edwards, Esq., Dallas, Texas, whose advertisement in the VETERAN was paid for in advance, says: The dollar sent in renewing subscription for the VETERAN was for one year. You rob yourself when you credit it for two years, and although lawyers are not considered as being entirely above predatory incursions upon their fellows, I don't feel exactly right when despoiling an old brother Confed. of his hard work at less than half its value.

G. W. R. Bell, Cedar Springs, Ala.: To me the VETERAN is not only instructive and entertaining, but it is inspiring and elevating. It is my opinion that to continue the VETERAN at the present price will accomplish more good, for the reason that the circulation will be greater. I had. rather forego the advantage of improvement than deprive my brother of its benefits.

M. T. Ledbetter, Piedmont, Ala.: Comrade X. B. Hogan, of Springfield, Mo.,, writes my sentiments. He says: ''We ought indeed to make the VETERAN of world wide reputation. Every Confederate and Confederate organization should indorse and push its claims until it is firmly and securely established. I never go out without taking a sample copy, and never fail to show it and talk up its merits. I don't know who might want it, so I never fail to show it.

Frank A. Owen, Evansville, Ind.: I saw the first copy of the VETERAN to day, inclosed find my check for $1. It's a case of love at first sight. I will keep the machine greased at any price you put it, as long as you print it, or until the long roll is called. I have not been in Nashville since the war, but remember with much love such names as Col. Fite, Maj. Dick McCann, Capt. Cox, Lieut. Tindle, and others, on Johnson's Island, winter of '63. I remember Capt. Cox died of blood poison from vaccination.

Thomas B. Fowler, Murfreesboro, Tenn., wrote some time since concerning an article in the October VETERAN, by Robert M, Frierson, in which the following statement appears: "When we were making the ascent the horse of Adjutant Fowler, of the Second Tennessee, got into a bees' nest and rushed through the brigade riderless over sleeping men." I suppose that I am the Adjutant Fowler referred to, but I desire to state that I was not, at that date, the Adjutant of the Second Tennessee, and was not the owner of a horse. I was then a Lieutenant of the line, but was afterward Adjutant in Bate's old Second Tennessee Infantry. My recollection of the event referred to is, that the command was toiling slowly up the mountain, weary and footsore, but not "sleeping," when the horses attached to a caisson, from some cause, became unmanageable, and the head of the infantry column found it necessary to promptly open ranks and yield the road. The night being dark, this movement brought on a momentary panic in the rear, when quite a number, now " veterans," who had faced death on many bloody fields, took to their heels and to the woods.

POSTOFFICE. CAMP. NO. OFFICERS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Paradise........... Pat Cleburne ......... 363 A J Jones, L T Mason

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

San Augustine. Jeff Davis. 386 , W A Field

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tyler................ A. S. Johnston......... 48. Bryan Marsh, Sid S Johnson

Vernon............ Camp Cabell............. 125. S. E. Hatchett, M. D. Davis.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

VIRGINIA.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WASHINGTON, D. C.

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

The John H. Morgan Camp at Ardmore, Indian Territory, has made the VETERAN its official organ. T. B. King and P. W. McCoy were elected First and Second Lieutenants, and M. Wheeler, Quartermaster.

Judge D. C. Thomas, Lampassas, Texas: I am not prepared to express an opinion as to whether or not it will be best to increase the price of the VETERAN, but will say this, that in my judgment it would be a very cheap publication at one dollar, and further, I would not take fifty cents each for my copies of this year's subscription. In fact, they are not for sale.

J. W. German, Brooksville, Fla.: Inclosed please find postal order for $14 for twenty eight subscribers, sixteen old names and twelve new ones. I have been sick and unable to do any more.

CONFEDERATE GENERALS YET LIVING.

DALLAS, TEXAS, Dec. 10, 1893Editor CONFEDERATE VETERAN : AS your splendid magazine is to be found in the house of a great number of old Confederate veterans in this Department, I hope that the same can be said of the Eastern Department, and read not only by the old hero and his good wife, but also by his noble sons and beautiful daughters. I send you for publication a roster of the living Confederate Generals up to the 10th of December, 1893, compiled from the most reliable data to be had.

During the war there were 498 officers commissioned as Generals of all grades in the Confederate Army. Of this number not more 158 are living. Since Jan. 1, 1893, two Generals, two Major Generals and four Brigadier Generals have died, leaving 1.58 living out of the original number. I hope that every old Confederate living will peruse this list, as it will recall many noble incidents of the war:

LIEUTENANT GENERALS.

Stephen D. Lee, Starkville, Miss.

James Longstreet, Gainesville. Ga.

Jubal A. Early, Lynchburg, Va.

Simon H. Buckner, Frankfort, Ky.

Joseph Wheeler, Wheeler, Ala.

Alexander P. Stewart. Chickamauga, Ga.

Wade Hampton, Columbia, S. C.

John B. Gordon, Atlanta, Ga.

MAJOR GENERALS.

Gustavus W. Smith, New York.

LaFayette McLaws, Savannah, Ga.

S. G. French, Winter Park, Fla.

John H. Forney,.Jenifer, Ala.

Dahney H. Maury, Richmond, Va.

Henry Heth, Antietam Battle Field Survey,

Washington, D. C.

J. L. Kemper, Orange Court House, Va.

Robert F. Hoke, Raleigh. N. C.

Fitzhugh Lee, Glasgow, Va.

W. B. Bate, U. S. Senate.

J. B. Kershaw, Camden, S. C.
M. C. Butler. U. S. Senate.

E. C. Walthal, U. S. Senate.

L. L. Lomax, Washington, D. C.

P. M. B. Young, Cartersville, Ga.

T. L. Rosser, Charlottesville, Va.

W. W. Allen, Montgomery, Ala.

S. B. Maxey, Paris, Tex.

William Mahone, Petersburg,Va.

G. W. Custis Lee, Lexington, Ky.

William B, Taliaferro, Gloucester, Va,

William T. Martin, Natchez, Miss.

C. J. Polignac, Orleans, France.

E. M. Law, Yorkville, S. C.

Richard Gatlin. Fort Smith, Ark.

Matt Ransom, U. S. Senate.

.J A. Smith, Jackson, Miss.

William H. Forney, Jacksonville, Fla.

BRIGADIER GENERALS.

George T. Anderson, Anniston, Ala.

Frank C. Armstrong, Washington, D. C.

E. P. Alexander, Savannah, Ga.

Arthur S. Bagby, Texas.

Laurence S. Baker, Suffolk, Va.

Pinckney D. Bowles, Alabama.

Rufus Barringer, Charlotte, N. C.

Seth M. Barton, Fredericksburg, Va.

John Bratton, White Oak, S. C.

J. L. Brent, Baltimore, Md.

C, A. Battle, Alabama.

Hamilton P. Bee, San Antonio, Tex.

W. R. Boggs, Winston, N. C.

Tyree H. Bell, Tennessee.

William L. Cabell, Dallas, Texas.

E. Capers, Columbia, S. C.

James R. Chalmers, Vicksburg, Miss.

Thomas L. Clingman, Asheville, N. C.

George B. Cosby, Sacramento, Cal.

Francis M. Cockrell, U. S. Senate.

A H. Colquitt, U. S. Senate.

Phil Cook, Atlanta, Ga.

M. D. Corse, Alexandria, Va.

John B. Clark, Jr., Rockville. Md.

Alfred Cumming, Augusta, Ga.

X. B. DeBray, Austin, Tex.

William K. Cox, Raleigh. N. C.

Joseph Davis, Mississippi City, Miss.

H. B. Davidson, California.

T. P. Dockery, Arkansas.

Basil W. Duke, Louisville, Ky.

John Echols, Louisville, Ky.

C. A. Evans, Atlanta, Ga.

Samuel W. Ferguson, Greenville. Miss.

J. J. Finley, Florida.

D. M. Frost, St. Louis. Mo.

Richard M. Gano, Dallas, Tex.

James Z. George, Jackson, Miss.

William L. Gardner, Memphis,Tenn.

G. W. Gordon, Memphis, Tenn.

D. C. Govan, Arkansas.

Johnson Hagood, Barnwell.S.C.

George P. Harrison. Sr., Auburn, Ala.

A. T. Hawthorne, Atlanta, Ga.

Eppa Hunton, U. S. Senator, Warrenton, Va.

William P. Hardeman, Austin, Tex.

N. H. Harris, Vicksburg, Miss.

George H. Hodge, Kentucky.
Louis Hobert, Breaux, La.

J. D. Imboden, Southwest. Virginia.

Henry R. Jackson. Savannah, Ga.

William H. Jackson, Nashville, Tenn.

Bradley T. Johnson, Baltimore, Md.

A. R. Johnson, Texas.

George D. Johnston, Civil Service Commissioner, Washington, D. C.

Robert D. Johnston, Birmingham, Ala.

J. D. Kennedy, Camden, S. C.

William H. King, Austin, Tex.

William W. Kirkland, New York.

James H. Lane, North Carolina.

A. R. Lawton, Savannah, Ga.

T. M. Logan, Richmond, Va.

R.obert Lowry Jackson, Miss.

Joseph H. Lewis, Frankfort, Ky.

W. H. Lewis, Tarboro, N. C.

William McComb, Gordonsville, Va.

Samuel McGowan, Abbeville, S. C.

E. McNair, Hattisburg, Miss.

John T. Morgan, U. S. Senate.

T, T. Mumford, Uniontown, Ala.

George Maney, Nashville, Tenn.

B. McGlathan, Savannah, Ga.

John McCausland, Mason C.H., W. Va.

Henry E. McCulloch,Seguin,Tex.

W. R. Miles, Mississippi.

William Miller, Florida.

John C. Moore, Texas.

Dandridge McRae, Searcy, Ark.
Francis T. Nicholls, New Orleans, La.

R. L. Page, Norfolk, Va.

W. H. Payne, Warrenton, Va.

W. F. Perry, Glendale. Ky.

Roger A. Pryor. New York City.

C. W. Phyfer, Mississippi.

W. H. Parsons, Philadelphia, Pa.

N. B. Pearce, Gainesville, Tex.

E. W. Pettus, Selma, Ala.

W. A. Quarles, Clarksville, Tenn.

B. H. Robertson, Washington, D. C.

F. H. Robertson, Waco, Tex.

George W. Rains, Augusta, Ga.

Daniel Ruggles, Fredericksburg, Va.

Charles A. Ronald, Blacksburg, Va.

D. H. Reynolds, Arkansas City, Ark.

William P. Roberts, Raleigh, N. C.

L. S. Ross, College Station, Tex.

Jake Sharp, Jackson, Miss.

Joe Shelby, Cartilage, Mo.

Charles M. Shelby, Birmingham, Ala.

James F. Slaughter, Washington, D.C.

F. A. Shoup, Sewanee, Tenn.

Thomas B. Smith, Bolivar, Tenn.

G. M. Sorrell, Savannah, Ga.

George H. Stewart, Baltimore, Md.

Marcellus A. Stovall, Augusta, Ga.

Edward L. Thomas, Washington, D. C.

W. R. Terry, Richmond, Va.

J. C. Tappan, Helena, Ark.

Robert B. Vance, Asheville, N. C.

A. J. Vaughan, Memphis, Tenn.

James A. Walker, Wytheville, Va.

D. A. Weisger, Richmond, Va.

G. C. Wharton, New River, Va.

Marcus J. Wright. Washington, D. C.

G. J. Wright. Griffin, Ga.

W. S. Walker, Florida.

H. H. Walker. New York.

W. H. Wallace, Columbia, S. C.

T. N. Waul, Galveston, Tex,

John S. Williams, Mount. Sterling, Ky.
Zebulon York, Baton Rouge, La.

W. H. Young, San Antonio, Tex.

Eight Lieutenant Generals living.

Twenty eight Major Generals living.

One hundred and twenty two Brigadier Generals living.

Should there be any error, I hope that the living, or some of his friends, will notify you, as one by

one we are all "crossing the river."

Your friend and comrade,

W. L. CABELL,

Lieut. Gen. U. C. V., Trans Mississippi Department.

THE OTHER SIDE. The letter from Mrs. V. Jefferson Davis, from which the following are extracts, was written last summer to Mrs. Virginia Frazer Boyle, of Memphis. The title of the book was first designated as "The Prisoner of State." That. title, however, was afterward reserved as the second part or division of the poem: "My Dear Young Friend I have often wished to utter the gratitude my heart has has long cherished toward you for your noble poem, 'The Prisoner of State,' which you kindly read to me in Memphis, while it was yet unfinished. Then it gave rare promise of excellence, rarely attained, which, I understand, it has more than fulfilled since that time. Could the dear Prisoner of State have lived to see it, it would have been a rich reward, after his protracted sufferings, to know that his noble patience, under wrong, had inspired his young country woman, who was an infant when he suffered, to write so great a poem as a tribute to his memory and to the truth of history. Your unfeigned desire to tell only the exact truth, setting down nothing in malice, rather under, than overstating the circumstances attending the outrages committed upon a helpless prisoner of State, touched me greatly, and if possible, increased my respect for you, and I can vouch for the exact accuracy of your narrative. In the name of Mr. Davis' descendants I thank you."

CONFEDERATE VETERANS IN TEXAS, AND WHERE THEY ARE FROM,

As a matter of general interest the VETERAN pursues this inquiry so as to make historic record of the Confederate soldiers who now live in Texas. Texas Commanders and Adjutants will please give attention to this report at once, so it may be published as complete as possible in the February VETERAN. See the December VETERAN, page 381. Circulars, with blanks, will be sent to all Texas Camps,

ONE of the jolliest comrades at the Confederate reunion, Versailles, Ky., was Hen S. Drake. He told stories to the delight of his auditors, and this one is printed: As Indian Agent, during Mr. Cleveland's first administration, he took much interest in the advancement of the Red Man. Through his intelligent interpreter he sought to inform a group of them about the telephone. He told him to explain to them that two Indians could talk to and understand each other one hundred miles apart by using an electrified telegraph wire. The interpreter hung his head and seemed not to understand. The explanation was made again with same result. Still the interpreter remained silent as if in deep thought. " Why don't you tell them?" said the Kentuckian. "Ah! Too much a dam lie," was the response.

Capt. Will Lambert, commanding Dick Dowling Camp, Houston, Texas, writes: Two of our comrades have "crossed over the river," comrade. J. W. Buford, of Company A, First Kentucky Infantry. He was at Bull Run and Appomattox. What better record could be given a Southern soldier? The other, comrade W. T. Johnson, served in Walker's Division of Texas Infantry, and was in all the fights participated in by that splendid command. They were both ardent members of our Camp, loved the history they helped to make, and were buried by their comrades with reverence and affection. May angels guard their tombs. We all like the true ring of your expose of the Frank Leslie scheme, and will stand by the VETERAN. God prosper you in your noble work.

James C. Percival, Staunton, Michigan, December 29th, sends for the VETERAN and Souvenir and writes: I was for nearly three years a member of the Eighty third Pennsylvania, and had the pleasure of meeting some who are now Confederate veterans a number of times from 1862 to 1865 in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, and one of my greatest pleasures now is to read of those times and those meetings, and I like to read the writings of those on both sides. I have quite a war library. * * * I have no doubt but I shall find some articles in the VETERAN that I cannot agree with, in fact, I find in the copy I have that you say, "I had rather be the representative of those who fought the battles of the Confederacy the women as well as the men than of any other people on the earth," and it sounds as though you still think secession was right, and are sorry you did not win.

(Good sir, such a sentiment did not have to do with the quoted paragraph. I have never written a word about whether we had a right to secede. It would be useless discussion. We join you heartily in the sentiment of one country and one flag because we think it is best. We honor you veterans of the Union army who give us credit for as courageous patriotism as nerved the best of you to face death for your convictions. The paragraph you quote is the truth, and I would not change it as my last assertion.)

The Sterling Price Camp, at Dallas, Texas, has confirmed the appointment, by Commander Storey, of Maj. George S. Fearn as Adjutant of the Camp to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Col. W. L. Thompson.

P. J. Bond, Roseburg, Oregon: Had it not been for a friend in New Mexico, who sent me the VETERAN for one year, I might never have known of your valuable publication. For the back numbers I would pay any reasonable price.

NASHVILLE, TENN., December 14, 1893.

I can state with much pleasure that I have known Mr. R. W. Jennings tor more than twenty years, both as a wholesale merchant and afterwards as the Principal of Jennings' Business College, and that I esteem him as a gentleman and a business man, and believe that the instruction given the students in his college will be of great benefit to them. The Fourth National Bank now has in its employ eight of the graduates of that school.

SAMUEL J. KEITH,

President Fourth National Bank.

NASHVILLE, TENN., December 15, 1893.

I am pleased to state that for many years I have known Mr. R. W. Jennings as one of our best citizens, and as a business man. His Business College, where Bookkeeping is taught, stands as first class. My own son graduated therein, and was afterwards, with other graduates of that school, employed as clerk in the Capital City Bank.

THOMAS PLATER,

President Capital City Bank.

NASHVILLE, TENN., December 14, 1893.

I have known R. W. Jennings since 1861, when we were both bookkeepers in the Planters' Bank of Tennessee, and later as a wholesale merchant of the highest integrity, and after this as the Principal of Jennings' Business College. The teller of this bank is a graduate of that school, and so also is one of my sons. I can, therefore, commend it to all those who may desire a practical equipment for the business of life.

EDGAR JONES,

President Union Bank and Trust Co.

NASHVILLE, TENN., December 14, 1893.

I take pleasure in stating that I have known Mr. R. W. Jennings, Principal of Jennings' Business College, Nashville, long and intimately as a business man, and believe that the instruction given students in his college will be of great value to them. We now have employed in the American National Bank four of his graduates.

A. W, HARRIS,

Cashier American National Bank.

NASHVILLE, TENN., December 14, 1893.

I have known R. W. Jennings since 1865, at which time he was employed as an expert on the books of A. T. Stewart & Co., of New York, and afterwards for twenty years I knew him as a wholesale merchant in Nashville, and still later for many years at the head of Jennings' Business College. I consider this one of the best schools of its kind in the United States.

J. N. SPERRY,

President Merchants' Bank.

NASHVILLE, TENN., December 14, 1893.

I sent my son to Jennings' Business College, with results highly beneficial to him and satisfactory to me. I therefore commend it unreservedly as a school high standing and of established reputation.

H. W. GRANTLAND,

Cashier First National Bank.

Confederate Stamps.

We buy Confederate Postage Stamps, used or unused. Stamp Collectors will do well to send for our Approval Sheet of Foreign and Domestic Stamps, as we allow half commission. H. Stonebraker & Co., 1921 Eutaw Place, Baltimore Md.

REMENYI is to be in Nashville, Watkin's Hall, February 6th, assisted by some of the best musical talent of the time. It is a treat that will be appreciated by the finest element in the city. That the entertainment is in charge of Mrs. McHenry is assurance that its purposes are for some special benefaction.

One of the most charming books about the South is that of ' Stonewall Jackson, "by his wife." It is handsomely gotten up by one of the first publishing firms in the country. Anxious to benefit the worthy author, I have bought a supply from the publishers, and will send them postpaid to any address at the publisher's price, $2.

Gen. John M. Harrell's book, "The Brooks and Baxter War," a history of Carpet bag reign in Arkansas, $2.

Miss Keller's two books are still supplied at 50 cents each.

THE VETERAN thanks H. M. Miller of West Point, Va., for notice of error in letters by himself and by Comrade Lyon, whereby they are both misquoted in the use of Ransom for RAMSEUR, whose division they referred to in reply to article by Jas, B, Clay, of Kentucky. General Ramseur was killed at Cedar Creek.

J. M. McREARY, Comanche, Texas, gives testimony concerning the malicious treatment of Clayton's men in Arkansas, when ordering General Harrell's book, "The Brooks Baxter War." Much similar testimony as his might be given. The taking of property and life unjustifiably was a common occurrence.

FROM a correspondence not in hand at writing the statement was made that William Compton, of Fort Royal, Va., was the soldier who took General Lee's horse by the bridle at the battle of the Wilderness when the soldiers told him to go "to the rear "and they would whip the enemy.

IN sending copy of the poem, "Before Richmond," Claudine Rhett, of Charleston, states : " I have never seen it in print in any paper or magazine since I cut it out of the Charleston Mercury in December, 1864." To her are we also indebted for the Earl of Derby's lines to General Lee.

J. F. KYSAR, of Little Oak, Ala., wants to put a marble slab to his father's grave in the Confederate Cemetery at Chicago. As there is but one grave in the six thousand marked, those who have fathers and brothers there would do well to contribute to inclosing the lot ornamented by a superb monument, after that is paid for.

W. C. COOPER, who has been an active worker in the Pat. Cleburne Camp at Waco, Texas, conceived the idea of placing dismantled cannon at the Confederate Cemetery in Waco, and has pressed the matter with zeal and discretion through Congressman George C. Pendleton. It is stated that a Virginia Camp took up the idea, and was successful in the application, and has secured several old cannon and some cannon balls. Compliance with Mr. Cooper's request would show a worthy spirit, and it would do much good.

THE venerable Mrs. S. C. Gordon Law, of Memphis, remits the increased price of the VETERAN and adds: " If I were not an invalid, having been confined to my home nearly nine months, I would solicit subscribers for you, but at my advanced age, now in my eighty ninth year, I cannot do more. I show it to all visitors, and try in that way to send you subscribers. Mrs. Law's published "Reminiscences of the War of the Sixties" will furnish readers of the VETERAN some thrilling stories at an early dale. She is known as the "Mother of the Confederacy."

THE VETERAN greets most cordially Echoes of the South, published at Jacksonville, Fla., and edited by Misses Essie May and Bessie Williams. It is an exquisite historic and biographic publication, and champions specially the Florida Confederate Home. Miss Caroline Love Goodwin is the artist, and the page illustration of the trio of beauties threatens at once proposals for changes of names. Echoes of the South recalls, in its elegant typography, the Semi Tropical, published in Jacksonville nearly twenty years ago.

MUCH controversy is had in Congress concerning pension frauds. It is strange that claimants who are receiving their pay regularly, and are entitled to it, should oppose investigation. A worthy pensioner is willing to be investigated every day, and the more careful should he be to have unworthy claimants challenged. Mr. Enloe, of Tennessee, has sought to benefit the worthy by exercising vigilance against those who have secured payments fraudulently. There should be no politics in the question.

A TRUE Southerner at the North, anxious for Confederate literature, says he takes the " Frank Leslie printed at Lexington, Ky.," adding that it recalls to his mind "a stray copy of an illustrated Northern paper which we would occasionally get through the lines during the war."

THE CONFEDERATE VETERAN AND SOUVENIR.

Every reader and friend of the VETERAN is solicited to become agent for the Souvenir of its first volume. During 1893 there were many splendid illustrations on the cover and in the body of the VETERAN, all of which are to be republished on fine paper in a volume of one hundred pages. This publication is designed to contain the best articles published during the year, and so condense the other articles as to give in substance all of their most desirable features. This Souvenir is being published to meet a demand which could not be met in the supply of back numbers. It is to be furnished free to all subscribers to the current volume who pay $1, and will be furnished independently for twenty five cents. It is very desirable to secure a large number of orders for this Souvenir, and an additional copy will be furnished free to those who procure four subscribers at twenty five cents each.

Advertisements will he taken supplemental to this volume at $30 per page, or a quarter page can be had for $10. Friends of the VETERAN can do it a valued service by inducing advertisers to take space at these rates. The forms are to be stereotyped, and however many editions may be ordered, these advertisements will be good for all without increased price.

ADVERTISEMENTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS.

FRIENDS OF THE VETERAN : A multitude of you have shown as zealous and earnest interest in behalf of the VETERAN as could be expected. Your attention has been almost solely to increasing the subscriptions. That is well, but if you had a conception of the extraordinary merit of the VETERAN as an advertising medium, with its circulation of more than ten thousand copies, you would not only do the VETERAN a valued service, but would do general advertisers a favor in commending the VETERAN to them. Try it, please. Since the edition of the VETERAN has become so large the responsibility has increased in proportion, and the dependence upon its friends has in like manner increased. Many of you realize that times are so hard that multitudes who would like the VETERAN do not feel that they can afford it. Remind such of the high benefit that increased patronage will be. If each subscriber would renew and send another, the reputation of the VETERAN would excel any publication in our history in behalf of the South. Therefore, let patriotism induce sacrifice and renewed zeal, that the aggregate strength will arouse universal pride and give the VETERAN such prominence as it should have.

AN official indorsement of the VETERAN comes from the Joseph E. Johnston Camp at Childress, Texas, It is of record, and a copy has been received at this office, signed by E. J. McConnell, Commander, and L. C. Warlick, Adjutant.

TO NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS.

The CONFEDERATE VETERAN is not being sent as a regular exchange in any instance. Its territory covers the area of so many thousands of newspapers that it would be impossible to supply a general exchange. No publication is requested in exchange, but the VETERAN will be sent to any publisher who desires it, and will write a card, with the understanding that its merits will be considered and report made accordingly. Many editors and publishers are regular subscribers. This does not seem fair to them, and payment of subscription is not asked of any editor. All that is wanted is assurance that they are interested in it, and will give attention to it when received, editorially.

SUPPLEMENTAL to the " Call of Comrades to Duty " in this VETERAN these statements are made: Officials should have been criticised nearer as were newspapers. Mr. Johnson, editor of the Courier Journal, writes: "I take pleasure in making the correction you ask. I mail you a copy of the weekly Courier Journal containing this correction in the same department in which the error occurred the 'Answers to Correspondents.' "

COL. HICKMAN, Secretary, is sending out the sixth annual report of the Association of Confederate Soldiers in Tennessee. The meeting was held in Jackson, October 18th. Anticipation of this report is an apology offered for less notice immediately after the reunion. The hospitality of Jackson was a credit to that people and to the State.

Of the thirty organizations reported twenty contain an aggregate membership of 2,046. The N. B. Forrest Camp, Chattanooga, with a large membership, is not included. Besides the Forrest Camp there are fifteen of the thirty Bivouacs members of the United Confederate Veteran Association.

The number of pensioners in Tennessee is 571, 316 of whom are in Middle Tennessee, 141 in West Tennessee, and 114 in East Tennessee.

The Confederate Soldiers' Home at the Hermitage represents an investment of $68,978.13. Of this fund the State has contributed $58,125.

Steps were taken, through suggestions of Capt. J. W. Morton, looking to the erection of monuments to Generals B. F. Cheatham and N. B. Forrest. Comrade E. S. Mallory proposed greetings to the Confederate Veteran Association then in session at Dallas, Texas. The greeting was wired to Dallas with the wish that their lives "belengthened as they have been glorious." The address of the reunion was by Rev. Dr. J. E. Martin, in a eulogy upon Stonewall Jackson. It gratified this great audience, and when the formal address was finished Dr. Martin said, after a pause, "Now I must say more or I will die." Then he gave a peroration that thrilled the multitude.

The neat pamphlet of sixty six pages contains a vast amount of valuable information. Along with the Veterans the Sons are well attended in the report.

FATHER RYAN'S GRAVE.

In the January number of the CONFEDERATE VETERAN there is a statement that Father Ryan's grave is " without even a stone to mark his resting place." This is quite an old story. I here send you a sketch I have made from the "lonely grave" to let the readers of the CONFEDERATE VETERAN know that Father Ryan has not been so neglected. The flowers in the bowl and the nicely clipped grass around the slab show that some one visits the place. Father Ryan has a very handsome monument, though it is not very elaborate, and is of the finest marble. At the base of the cross is inscribed: " Father Ryan, may he rest in peace. Born May 12, 1840, died April 22, 1886." At the head of the slab is a circle, within which is carved the Confederate flag, and beneath is, "Rev. A. J. Ryan, died April 22, 1886. Priest, Patriot and Poet. R. T. P." While on a visit in the North last year I heard the same statement, that Father Ryan's grave was neglected, and as a Mobilian, and a daughter of one of the boys who wore the gray, I felt some pride about the matter, and when I got home I set to work to inform myself on the subject, and found, in the little Catholic Cemetery, this beautiful monument instead of a lonely grave covered with weeds. LULU TOOMER.

CONFEDERATE VETERANS IN TEXAS, AND WHERE THEY ARE FROM.

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

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

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

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

Coleman Coleman Camp........................... 8 7 1 5 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

South Prairie Pat Cleburne Camp 4 2 2

Tyler Albert Sidney Johnston Camp...... 13 7 8

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

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

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

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

Coleman Coleman Camp........................... 2 3 10 6 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Coleman Coleman Camp........................... 2 2 7 90 4 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ladonia Robert E. Lee Camp.................... 3 3 20 51 3 

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

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

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

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

South Prairie Pat Cleburne Camp 1 14

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

Wills Point Wills Point Camp ................. 3 13 1 

LOCATION AND NAME OF CAMP. Miscellaneous Unkn Total

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

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

Coleman Coleman Camp........................... 147 

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

El Paso Jno. C. Brown Camp ............. ...... 12 47 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

South Prairie Pat Cleburne Camp 26

Tyler Albert Sidney Johnston Camp...... 159
Wills Point Wills Point Camp ................. 32

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

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

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

No other circumstance of the war has attracted more attention than the references to Gen. Lee when, in the crisis between defeat and victory, he rode in front of soldiers, ready to lead them in the charge. An old circular comes from Texas with an account of an exhibition in which Lee is reported by the Galveston News in the picture as follows: This heroic man, generally so calm and self contained, flames like an archangel above the wreck of war, and inspires all around him with his own elevated yet steadfast intention.

GEN. LEE TO THE REAR.

Col. W. L. Goldsmith, Meridian, Miss., writes: The Texan, in last CONFEDERATE VETERAN, is correct, and so were other writers who saw Gen. Lee turned back. All are correct, but, strange to say. no one gives dates. This would correct every thing. I happened to witness both events. One occurred on the 6th of May, 1864, early in the morning, when A. P. Hill was being withdrawn to place Longstreet's corps in position, because of the severe fighting of Hill's Corps on the 5th of May. The Federals, by a strange chance, attacked Hill's Corps while withdrawing, which was thrown into great confusion, and retreated fighting. Longstreet's column was just coming up. Gen. R. E. Lee started to lead them into action to check the wild rush of the Federals. Many of us heard the Texas soldier tell Gen. Lee to go to the rear. I was in a few feet of Gen. Lee for a long time that morning, while trying to rally the retreating Confederates. He was on Old Traveler.

The second occasion occurred just six days thereafter, early on the ever memorable 12th of May, 1864, when Hancock, by night surprise, had captured the angle occupied by Gen. Johnson, and captured nearly his entire division, with many pieces of artillery. Gen. R. E. Lee again attempted to lead the fresh troops coming up to retake our lost works. I was there, and saw the gallant John B. Gordon remonstrating with Gen. Lee to go to the rear, which he finally did, and Gordon led brigade after brigade against the enemy, my own included, and we recaptured the works in our front and held them all day, and until 10 P. M., when we were withdrawn to form the new line. I remember sending Capt. Perry, of my regiment, back that awful 12th of May, 1864, to tell our artillery to elevate their guns, as their shells were exploding just over us and killing my men. Capt. Perry returned and said, " My God, they are yankee batteries!" At this battle the musketry rolled for twenty hours continuously. So you see this matter, which seems to be in such great confusion, happened twice, and comrades write about each without giving dates, and hence the conflict. I commanded the Fourteenth Georgia Regiment, Thomas' Georgia Brigade, Wilcox's Division, and A. P. Hill's Corps, and saw both occurrences, and all writers nearly are correct.

Capt. R. D. Funkhouser writes from Mauvertown, Va.: The details of the "Lee to the rear" incident are given at the request of W. T. Gass, of Texas. The claims of Alabama and Texas are correct. Their account occurred on the 5th or 6th of May, 1864, at the Wilderness proper. The battle of Spottsylvania, or Horse shoe, occurred on the 12th of May, fifteen or twenty miles distant.

I was First Lieutenant of Company D, Forty ninth Virginia Infantry (the famous Extra Billy Smith's old regiment) up to the battle of Spottsylvania. After that I commanded my company, and was captured at Hare's Hill, or Fort Steadman, March 25, 1865, in front of Petersburg, along with one hundred and eleven officers and nineteen hundred men. The Fortyninth Virginia Regiment was in Gordon's Division, Jackson's old Corps, afterward Early's and Gordon's successively.

General Grant commenced his " on to Richmond " by crossing the Rapidan River, May 4, 1864, the terrible battles of the Wilderness, or Parker's Store, taking place on the 5th and 6th of May. Grant being worsted, he commenced his slide around or flanking policy, only to find General Lee boldly confronting him on the heights at Spottsylvania on the evening of Sunday, the 8th, after a tortuous march through the Wilderness, which was on fire, and burned up to the road on both sides, and in very warm weather too. It had been evident that preparations were being made for a tremendous conflict, and it came. In the meantime the famous horse shoe and other earthworks were created, and a sortie was made by the enemy on the evening of the 10th on a portion of our works a little to the left of the toe of the horse shoe, and it was carried, but speedily retaken, with considerable loss on both sides. On that day and the next, the 11th, our brigade, or division, was used as a supporting division, consequently we occupied a position in the rear. On the morning of the 12th we were moved up to the front line, a little to the left of the toe of the horseshoe, the latter being a thicket. Our position, a small open field, connected with another field a little farther to the rear by a narrow strip of land like an isthmus. We were doubled upon or supported the Louisiana brigade. I said to one of the Louisiana Tigers, " What's the matter here ? You've had us waked up before day and brought out of our shelter into the rain." He replied, "We will have the yankees over here directly to take breakfast with us."

It was hardly dawn, and pouring down rain, when Hancock landed his forty thousand men against Johnson's division, in the toe of the horse shoe, when his thirty six hundred as brave men as the world ever saw, with its commander, who had won the sobriquet of "Bull" Johnson, were overpowered and captured. We, being immediately on. their left, of course the enemy were to pay their respects to us next. A gallant officer sprang out of the ditch and said, " Men, don't be scared , be steady and follow me , I'll take you out." We had not gone more than two hundred yards before we were halted by Col. A. J. Pendleton, who said to me, "Captain, stay here at all hazards till I return," and started for General Ewell's headquarters in a gallop. My attention was called to a thicket which we would either have to pass through or flank around through the little opening already described, and to my horror the yankees were going up an old road at trail arms and double quick to cut us off. I called Colonel Pendleton and pointed toward the yankees. With a motion of his hand he directed us to flank around the thicket, which we did in a hurry, marching within fifty or seventy five yards of the yankees, who seemed to be forming to charge us. When we got around the thicket and in the second field we came to a halt without any orders from anybody, and on looking around I saw Gen. R. E.
Lee, alone I think, calmly sitting on his gray horse. I said to Capt. J. B. Updike, "Here is General Lee!" He joined me and others in saying, "General Lee to the rear." General Gordon then rode up and said, " General Lee, these are Virginians, they have never failed to do their duty, and they never will, but they don't want you to uselessly expose your life. You go to the rear and they will follow me, won't you, boys?" All echoed "Yes," when Sergt. Wm. A. Compton, who had volunteered at the age of seventeen (he is now Sheriff of Warren County, Va.), took hold of the bridle of General Lee's horse and led him back through the ranks of my company and regiment. General Gordon immediately spurred his horse into the thicket, saying, "Charge! men, follow me!" and in the language of John R. Thompson, the poet,

Like the waves of the sea 
That burst the dykes in the overflow. 
Madly the veterans burst on the foe.

Their ranks were torn and their columns riven, the breastworks retaken, and the day was ours. General Lee was reported to have said: " The crisis had come. The army was cut in twain, and I was willing to risk all on the one issue." And he won.
MOST WORTHY PLEA FOR HELP.

Capt. John M. Sloan, Pontotoc, Miss., Dec. 27, 1893, writes to comrades: I was Captain of Company G, Forty fifth Mississippi Regiment, Wood's and M. P. Lowry's Brigade, Pat Cleburne's Division, in our great war. I was fearfully wounded and disabled in the memorable battle of Chickamauga, September 20, 1863. When in command of my company, in front of the enemy's lines, and under a heavy fire of shot and shell, I had the misfortune of having my under jaw, upper teeth, and part of my tongue shot away, and my face terribly, mutilated by the explosion of a shell from one of the enemy's guns. Since that time I have had to lie on my back when taking my meals and be fed by others on fluids. I cannot masticate any food whatever. Notwithstanding my unfortunate and irreparable condition, I managed so as to support myself and family for twenty five years, but am unable to do so longer without assistance.

Comrades, I dislike to beg. I had rather that it was different, but I cannot help it. I received this ugly and unfortunate wound in a just and honorable cause. I did my duty in defending our beloved Sunny Southland, homes, property and firesides. Will you please see to it that myself and family do not suffer for the necessaries of life? I have a wife and two daughters dependent on me for a support, and one of the daughters has been an invalid for the past eighteen years. Please contribute something to our relief, and I assure you that the amount will be gratefully appreciated by us. (Signed),

Your comrade, JOHN N. SLOAN.

C. B. Mitchell and Frank Sauter fully indorse the above statement of Capt. J. N. Sloan, and say he is very poor, a good, moral man, a law abiding citizen, and merits all that can be done for him.

Rev. Chas. H. Otken, Summit, Miss., Jan. 4, 1894: I was the Chaplain of the Forty fifth Mississippi Regiment. I saw Captain Sloan on the field of Chickainauga, Sept. 20, 1863. Four surgeons pronounced his case hopeless. The chin dangled in front of his breast. The shell made a gash from the outer edge of the right (?) eye to the corner of the mouth. From Sunday noon until Tuesday about 2 p.m. no relief was given him not a drop of water could be given him. I obtained private physicians from Ringgold,Ga. They cut away the chin and sewed the nose to the face. An old physician who had served in the Mexican war, and who saw him, said that he knew of only one man similarly wounded on record. Captain Sloan was frightfully mutilated. For over thirty years he lies down supine three times a day on two chairs and is fed as a child. I have made several efforts for relief in his behalf. To the last, the first response came from Hon. G. F. Rowles, of Natchez a negro a representative of Adams County. He sent $25. The next came from Mrs. Sarah E. Marshall, from Bartow on the Sound, Westchester County, N. Y. She sent $10 to me through Rev. Dr. Stratton, of Natchez, Miss., and $10 direct to me from her home. Dear Comrades of the Lost Cause ! I know not how to commend my friend to your generous consideration. He is now an old man, has an afflicted family, and is poor. I am sure that as long as there are surviving Confederates who can aid, Captain Sloan ought not to suffer for material comforts. Shall we not let a little sunshine into this dreary home ?

Gen. S. D. Lee, Columbus, Miss., Jan., 18, 1894, in official letter: Comrades of the Division, and Unattached Veterans The inclosed appeal of Comrade John N. Sloan, Forty fifth Mississippi Regiment, M. P. Lowry's Brigade, Cleburne's Division, Army of Tennessee

Since receipt of above I learn the State has given Capt. Sloan $150. Contributions will be accepted for him at this office.

MEDALS FOR CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. Southerner, Dyersburg, Tenn.: Among my friends is a deserving Confederate veteran who is unable, as a result of a wound received during the war, to earn a living in the ordinary pursuits of life. One day I said to him, " Captain, why don't you apply for a pension, you are entitled to it under the laws of Tennessee." "I do not want it," he replied. " I did not fight for money, but I believe that a medal ought to be issued to each deserving old soldier." This is an idea that I would be glad to see carried into effect. If each Southern State would issue a medal to its honored Confederate veterans, and to the families of the dead who fought to the death, it would do much to keep alive those fires that should burn forever in our hearts. The medals would become precious heirlooms to which each Southerner and Southern family would point with pride, and the holiest principles for which mortals ever fought would still live, and the memories of our glorious heroes would be consecrated in undying love. Could not a movement looking to this end be inaugurated?

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