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The Daily Dispatch: December 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 26 (search)
an-Dorn, Longstreet, and other gallant officers too numerous to mention, surrounded by brave sons of Louisiana, Georgia, Carolina, and the Old Dominicans, who had won imperishable glory on the memorable 21st. As far as the eye could reach, hillside and valley were whitened with tents, and the smoke from our encampments carried gracefully upwards, while in the distance the Blue Mountains peacefully sleeping in the West added not a little to the effect. The exercises were opened by Adjt. Gen. Jordan, who, in a brief but eloquent address, charged the men to preserve from dishonor the flags committed to their keeping. Rev. Dr. Harrold, (a refugee from Georgetown,) then rode forward, and after an eloquent allusion to the emblem of the flag, (the Southern Cross,) offered up a most fervent prayer to the "God of battles," to which many a heart in that vast throng responded a deep amen! The officers then dismount and the Colonels of the different regiments coming forward to the centre,