Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Major Melton” in entry confederate-states-of-america of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

...ck the Virginia legislature fled from the city. The Confederate Congress had already departed; and all that remained of the government in Richmond at midnight was the War Department, represented by Major Melton . The gold of the Louisiana banks that had been sent to Richmond for safe-keeping, and that of the Richmond banks, was sent away by the Danville Railway early in the day. The Confederate government ...
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