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t division which he commanded, by the part which it bore in the first day's fights. I have not space to speak of all our gallant ones, living and dead, but the hearing of one general officer who fell wounded in these fights was sublimely grand. Providence made him a hero at Gettysburg, but at Chickamauga he even surpassed himself, and a grateful people will ever delight to do honor to Lt. Gen John B Hood. Over the graves of Barksdale, whose bravery was only equalled by his patriotism, and Semmes, than whom God never made a purer Christian gentleman, we can only drop the tears of regret at their untimely fall, leaving to a grateful posterity, and to other hands, the pleasing task of perpetuating their memories and enshrining their virtues. Whilst of Garnett and Armistead, Virginia's offering of Generals on that fatal field, it will suffice to say that they lived like men and died as heroes, cheerfully sacrificing their lives to the good of their country. Let us, then, hope and beli