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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The first Confederate Memorial day. From the Times-dispatch, July 15, 1906. (search)
ed and cared for those men. There were no trained nurses, and only a very few doctors. When the spirit left the body they were buried in the same little graveyard, and the memorial work went on. The names on the boards being almost obliterated, a band of children, none of them over sixteen, determined to replace these boards. A kind carpenter offered to give the smooth plank and make into markers. My mother's long black porch became the paint shop. One of the boys, now an artist, Mr. Richard N. Brooke, of Washington, cut out letters, which we traced on the white headboards, and repainted as we finished them at the graves, and the memorial work went on. We felt very proud of our work, but in the winter of sixty-three, I think, the Yankees made a raid through our town and camping near the graveyard, they burned the headboards to make their camp fires; but as soon as the spring flowers came, we placed the blossoms on these graves, and each year continued our memorial work. After the
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 35. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
Index. Anderson, Major J. W., killed 44 Archer, Branch T., 7 Archer, Col. Fletcher H., 1 Baker's Creek, or Champion Hill, Battle of, 42 Bannister, W. C., 8 Bee, Gen. Barnard E., 80, 151 Bernard, George S. 1 Bledsoe, Ll. D., Albert Taylor, 166 Botetourt Battery at Vicksburg, 29; Ad-dress of Miss Mary Johnston 29; Roll of with casualties in. 50 Breckinridge Col. W. C. P., 263 Boyd, Lt. L. V., killed, 268 Brent, killed, Captain, 272 Brooke Captain John M., 239 Bruce, Captain D. H., 155 Bruner, Captain, Andrew Jackson, 283 Bullock. Captain James D. 238 Burgwyn, Col. H. K., killed, 120 Campbell, Historian, Charles, 7 Carter, Lieut. Robert R., 239 Chalmers, Gen. J. R., 217 Chancellorsville, Fitz Lee at, 142 Chenault, Col. David W 258, 276 Chenault, Capt., Joseph, killed, 279 Cheves, Langdon, 162 Christian, Hon., Geo. L., 125 Christian M D., Col. W. B., 62 Cold Harbor, Battle of, 191 Confederate Memorial Literary Society,