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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Letter from President Davis Reunion of Confederate veterans at Dallas, Texas , August 6th , 1884
Letter from President Davis to the Reunion of Confederate veterans at Dallas, Texas, August 6th, 1884.
Beauvoir, Miss., July 29, 1884. Major John F. Elliolt .
My Dear Sir. :I have received yours of the 28th instant, and the renewed invitation to attend the reunion in Texas of the old settlers and ex-Confederates intensifies the regret heretofore expressed at my inability to be present on that occasion.
The very gratifying terms of your letter revives the grateful recollection of the many manifestations of the kind regard of your people.
From the date of your revolution and admission as an independent State of the Union, I have watched your progress and development with the hope and expectation that Texas would be in the fulfilment of her destiny the Empire State of the American Union.
Her vast territory, with a corresponding variety of climate, soil, mineral and agricultural products, form a solid basis for such an anticipation should her territory remain undivided.
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 95 (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Fight at Waynesboroa . (search)
Fight at Waynesboroa.
On the 28th they had arrived, and he was now ready again to take the offensive, and sent me across the South Fork of the Shenandoah river over towards the Staunton pike. General Gordon's infantry followed.
We found the position of the enemy, and from where we were we could see the enemy's artillery in park in the direction of and near Weir's Cave.
I placed two of our guns in position to open on this part of their artillery which was now expecting our approach and was moving around to get in a piece of woods to attack.
General Wickham arriving after we had started, ordered our guns to open before we had gotten near enough to accomplish anything, and the first shot from that gun had about the same effect that a stick in the hands of a mischievous boy, near enough to stir up a nest of wasps, would have had: they swarmed out and very soon were ready for us. Moving over to the Staunton pike, we soon learned that Wilson's division and Lowell's brigade had been