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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 6. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Annual reunion of the Virginia division, A. N. V. (search)
Annual reunion of the Virginia division, A. N. V. On the evening of October 31st, the hall of the House of Delegates, in the historic old Capitol at Richmond, was crowded to its utmost capacity with such an audience as always greets these annual reunions. As one glanced through the throng, he could see on every side bronzed veterans of an hundred fights, who had written their names on bright pages of the history of the Confederacy — wearing worthily the wreath and stars, the stars, or the bars they won — or the unknown hero of the rank and file,who by splendid courage and patient endurance had done so much to make their leaders famous, and their own fame immortal. There, too, were many of the noble women who watched, and waited, and prayed at home, or were ministering angels in the hospitals, together with sons and daughters of noble sires. The president of the Association (General W. H. F. Lee) called the Association to order, and at his request Rev. J. William Jones opened