Southern Historical Society Papers/Volume 24

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SOUTHERN
Historical Society Papers.
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VOLUME XXIV.

edited by
R. A. BROCK,
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RICHMOND, VA.
Published by the Society.
WM. ELLIS JONES,
PRINTER,
RICHMOND, VA.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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| I. | The University of North Carolina in the Civil War. An Address at the Centennial Celebration of the Opening of the Institution, June 5, 1895, by Stephen Beauregard Weeks, Ph. D.
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| II. | Lieutenant-Colonel Francis W. Smith, C. S. A. A Short Sketch of a Short Life, by Miss Anna M. D. Smith
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| III. | Reconstruction in Texas, by John C. Walker
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| IV. | Autobiography of General Patton Anderson, C. S. A.
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| V. | Lee and Longstreet. A Criticism by Colonel Walter H. Taylor
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| VI. | General Lee to the Rear. Accounts of the Incident by Colonel W. I. Goldsmith and Captain R. D. Funkhouser
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| VII. | The Battle of Sailor's Creek. The Part Taken in it by Hunton's Brigade, by Prof. C. F. James
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| VIII. | A Daring Exploit. The Capture of the United States Steamer Saint Nicholas. An Account by Commodore George N. Hollins, C. S. Navy
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| IX. | An Important Dispatch from Lieutenant-General N. B. Forrest. Did it determine the Fate of the Confederacy?
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| X. | Sketch of Company I, 61st Virginia Infantry, Mahone's Brigade, C. S. A., by Major Charles R. McAlpine
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| XI. | The Hanging of Mosby's Men in 1864
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| XII. | The Roll of the Richmond Howitzers, 1st Company, who were at Harper's Ferry, October, 1859
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| XIII. | The First Gun at Fort Sumter—Who fired it? Discussion by General Stephen D. Lee and Julian M. Ruffin
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| XIV. | Muster-Roll of the Holcombe Guards (Company I, 7th Virginia Regiment), by W. A. Parrott
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| XV. | The Several Confederate Flags Described by General Bradley T. Johnson
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| XVI. | The Battle of Shiloh—A Graphic Description of it, by Gen. Joseph Wheeler
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| XVII. | The Capture of the Federal Garrison at Front Royal, May 23, 1862, by John C. Donohoe
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| XVIII. | The History and the Roster of Co. D, Clarke Cavalry, by Joseph H. Shepherd
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| XIX. | The Appointment of Gen. Geo. E. Pickett to West Point, by his Widow Mrs. La Salle Corbell Pickett
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| XX. | Gen. Grant's Censor. Gen. Rawlins Warned Him that he Must Stop Drinking
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| XXI. | Roster of Carter's Battery, King William Artillery
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| XXII. | Running of the Blockade—Sketch of Capt. John N. Maffitt, C. S. N., by James Sprunt
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| XXIII. | Capture of the Federal Steamer Maple Leaf
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| XXIV. | The Roll of Co. G, 49th Va. Infantry, by H. J. Miller
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| XXV. | A Characteristic Letter of Gen. Jubal A. Early. Didn't want a Pardon. Havana, Dec. 18, 1865
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| XXVI. | The First Day at Gettysburg—A Tribute to Gen. Harry Heth, by Chaplain Jaquelin Marshall Meredith
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| XXVII. | The Muster-Roll of the Old Dominion Dragoons from Hampton, Va.
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| XXVIII. | The Carnage at Franklin, Tenn.,—next to that of The Crater, by S. A. Cunningham
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| XXIX. | The Burial of Latane, by R. C. S.
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| XXX. | Morgan's Raid through Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio
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| XXXI. | The Attack on Helena, Ark., July 4, 1863, by a Veteran
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| XXXII. | The Confederate Armies—the Command from the Several Southern and Border States
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| XXXIII. | Special Mission of Lieut. J. L. Capston to Ireland. His Duties Defined by Hon. J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of State
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| XXXIV. | Chancellorsville—Graphic Description of the Battle Part taken in it by the 55th Va. Regiment. A paper read before Wright-Latane Camp C. V., by Captain Albert Reynolds
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| XXXV. | Roster and Movements of Co. I, 56th Va. Infantry, by J. W. Breedlove
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| XXXVI. | Pouncing on Pickets—a bold dash of the 9th Va. Cavalry
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| XXXVII. | The Black Horse Troop and its Daring Deeds
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| XXXVIII. | Running the Blockade—Daring Exploits at Charleston, S. C.
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| XXXIX. | What Might Have Been—An Incident in the Financial History of the Confederate States
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| XL. | Fayetteville Arsenal—History of the 6th (N. C.) Battalion Armory Guards, by Major Matthew P. Taylor
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| XLI. | A Brilliant Record—The Nottoway Grays (Co. G.) 18th Va. Infantry
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| XLII. | Petition of Ladies of Petersburg, Va., for Release of President Davis, Oct., 1865
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| XLIII. | Unveiling of the Monument to the Confederate Dead at Winchester, Va., July, 1896. List of those from Louisiana who Lie in the Cemetery there, by H. W. Robinson
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| XLIV. | What the Alabama did
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| XLV. | Battle of Sailor's Creek—Part taken in it by the Savannah Guard
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| XLVI. | North Carolina Soldiers Paroled at Appomattox C. H.
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| XLVII. | History of the 22d North Carolina Infantry, by Major Graham Daves
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| XLVIII. | The Battle of Sharpsburg—Discussed by Colonel Walter H. Taylor
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| XLIX. | General W. H. C. Whiting—a Plea for the Gallant Officer, by James R. Randall
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| L. | Wade Hampton's Strategy—An Attack on Richmond Foiled, by Captain N. P. Ford
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| LI. | Davis and Davidson—A Chapter of War History Concerning Torpedoes—Correspondence between President Davis and Captain Hunter Davidson, C. S. Navy
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| LII. | Muster-Roll and Casualties of the Roanoke Grays, by A. H. Roller
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| LIII. | Generals Buckner and McClellan—How the Former Outwitted the latter in 1861, by Captain Leslie J. Perry
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| LIV. | Charge of the Cadets V. M. I. at Newmarket, Va.
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| LV. | The Career of T. L. Clingman, U. S. Senator and General
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| LVI. | The Last Battle of the War—Fought on the Rio Grande, in Texas, by Luther Conyer
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| LVII. | The Western Campaign—Movements of the Goochland Light Artillery, Captain John H. Guy, by Thomas J. Riddell, M. D.
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| LVIII. | History of the 28th North Carolina Infantry, by General James H. Lane
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