Southern Historical Society Papers/Volume 36

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SOUTHERN
Historical Society Papers.
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VOLUME XXXVI.

edited by
R. A. BROCK,
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RICHMOND, VA.
Published by the Society.
WM. ELLIS JONES,
PRINTER,
RICHMOND, VA.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
page.
| I. | Andersonville Prison—A Northern Witness for Captain Wirz
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| II. | Two Important Letters by Jefferson Davis Discovered—Prove that He Was in No Way Responsible for Conditions at the Andersonville Prison, and Prof. W. L. Fleming Shows that He Never Saw the Chandler Report until after the War
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| III. | The Last Charge of the 14th Virginia Cavalry at Appomattox C. H., Va., April 9, 1865, and its Battle FlagInteresting Incidents of the Retreat. Contributed by Capt. E. E. Bouldin
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| IV. | Barksdale's Mississippi Brigade at Fredericksburg, Read at 17th Annual Reunion, Louisiana Division, U. C. V., Monroe, October 15, 1908. By Capt. James Dinkins
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| V. | Roster of the Alstadt Grays
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| VI. | The Virginia Convention of 1788—An Address Delivered to the Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, at the Westmoreland Club, February 22, 1908, Richmond, Va. By Josiah Staunton Moore
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| VII. | The Real Jefferson Davis in Private and Public Life, Some Facts Never Before Printed Concerning the Confederate President, and His Lineage, Family and Descendants—Physical Likeness to Abraham Lincoln. By T. C. DeLeon
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| VIII. | History of Chimborazo Hospital, C. S. A. Abstract of address of Dr. J. R. Gildersleeve, President of the Association of Medical Officers of the Army and Navy of the Confederacy at Nashville, Tenn., June 14, 1904
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| IX. | Hunter's Raid 1864—A Charge Through Harrisonburg
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| X. | General Albert Sidney Johnston, A Tributary Epitaph to
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| XI. | Generals in the Confederate States Army from Virginia. Compiled by Major Robert W. Hunter
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| XII. | Soldier's Story of the Death of J. E. B. Stuart, at Yellow Tavern, Va. By W. W. Burgess
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| XIII. | Tribute of Love to her Noble Dead, Impressive Services in Old Blandford Cemetary, July 31, 1908. Address of Hon. Charles T. Lassiter, "Battle of the Crater."
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| XIV. | Officers and Soldiers of the War 1814-1815—Battalion of Volunteers from New Orleans, La.
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| XV. | Presidency of the Confederacy Offered to A. H. Stephens and Refused
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| XVI. | Roll of the Keysville Guards, C. S. A. By Sergeant B. A. Roberts
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| XVII. | The Location of the Battle Abbey Decided
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| XVIII. | Description of an Eye Witness of the Bloody Battle of the Crater. By Captain John C. Featherston
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| XIX. | Unveiling of the Monument to Humphrey's Division in the National Cemetary at Fredericksburg, Va., November 11, 1908. McClure's Address
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| XX. | The Capture of Memphis by Gen. Nathan B. Forrest. By Captain James Dinkins
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| XXI. | On Historic Spots—A Visit to the Battlefields around Fredericksburg, Marye's Heights, Salem Church, Chancellorsville and The Wilderness—Recollections of Officers
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| XXII. | Confederate Supreme Court—W. L. Yancey Urged its Establishment
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| XXIII. | A Refugee's Story How a Rebel Gave the Yankees the Slip
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| XXIV. | Catlett's Station Raid. By J. Churchill Cooke
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| XXV. | Virginia Battlefield Park—Efforts of Fredericksburg thereto
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| XXVI. | Roster of the Churchville Cavalry of Augusta county, Va.
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| XXVII. | Desperate Picket Fight at Fisher's Hill in the Civil War. By W. A. Conn
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| XXVIII. | The Conrad Boys in the Confederate Service. By E. Holmes Boyd
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| XXIX. | Southern Historical Society Papers/Volume 36/Monument to Captain Henry Wirz, Earnest Effort toward, at Richmond, Va.—Mortality of Confederate and Federal Prisoners Contrasted and Causes Explained. By J. R. Gibbons. [Note, see ante, p. 1.]
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| XXX. | List of Officers and Roster of Company E, 19th Virginia Infantry. By Lynn L. Goss
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| XXXI. | How Col. H. K. Burgywn of North Carolina fell at Gettysburg. By Fred A. Olds
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245 |
| XXXII. | The Red Badge Explained. By Thos. D. Jeffreys
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| XXXIII. | Efforts for Reconstruction in April, 1865. Judge J. A. Campbell's Noble Offices—His Arbitrary Imprisonment—Character of Lincoln Appealingly Exhibited
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| XXXIV. | The Last Sad Days—From Petersburg to Appomattox C. H.—Foodless Days, Sleepless Nights. By J. D. Cumming
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| XXXV. | Jeb. Stuart—How He Played Sheriff. By Benj. Blake Minor
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| XXXVI. | Escape from Fort Delaware. Told by Sergeant Warren D. Reid of Mississippi
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| XXXVII. | Cavalry Raids in the War of Secession—Major Gen. John B. Floyd and the State Line—Surrender of Fort Donelson. By Major Robert W. Hunter
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| XXXVIII. | What a Federal Soldier Wrote of the Charge of the V. M. I. Cadets at New Market
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283 |
| XXXIX. | Brilliant Eulogy of Gen. Wm. H. Payne, on the Presentation of bis Portrait to Lee Camp Confederate Veterans, December 18, 1908. Presentation speech by Col. Thomas Smith
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Address in Acceptance, Remarkable for its Eloquence, Epigram and Sarcasm. By Leigh Robinson of Washington, D. C.
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| XL. | Monument to Henry W. Wyatt of Albemarle county, Va.—The First to Fall in the War 1861-1865
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| XLI. | Company G, 24th Virginia Infantry—List of Members and a Brief History of Them. By H. G. White
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356 |
| XLII. | List of Members of The Petersburg Grays, afterwards Company B, 12th Virginia Regiment
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| XLIII. | Ransom's Brigade—Its Gallant Conduct in the Capture of Plymouth, North Carolina in April, 1864. By Edwin G. Moore
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| XLIV. | Fathers of Confederate Veterans still alive February, 1909
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| XLV. | How "Dixie" Came to be Written. By Daniel D. Emmett
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| XLVI. | Original Parchment of the Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States
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ERRATA.
Page 1, second line from top for Vol. XXXIV read Vol. XXXVI.
Page 206, tenth line from bottom for Sedwick read Sedgwick, for Bloomy read Bloody.
Page 245, fourth line from top for Burgyn read Burgwyn.