Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20., Unveiling of the monument to the Richmond Howitzers, March to the grounds., page 300

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The Medical history of the Confederate States Army and Navy

The life and character of William L. Saunders , Ll.D.

Unveiling of the monument to the Richmond Howitzers

Significance of the memorial.

Military with the Veterans .

Prayer by Dr. Dame .

The orator introduced.

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Their constancy perfect and pure.

Slavery not the real issue.

The First redeeming side.

How agriculture became stable.

Slavery forced upon Virginia .

The Constitution a distinct bargain.

The King denounced by Jefferson .

Favored as long as profitable.

Those subjected not our equals.

They were sold to us.

The problem at the North .

Clay 's plaintive reply.

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The Randolph negroes. [ National Intelligencer , August 10 , 1846 .]

The response was violence and scorn.

What emancipation meant.

Massachusetts with Virginia .

Only Alaska excepted

Kept by the South .

Jefferson the author of freedom.

Wanted the slave law nullified.

Virginia came forward.

To overthrow every Southern Commonwealth.

Has not plead like a culprit.

Stood for the Federal Union .

A federation of the world.

Emblematic of this cause.

The Howitzer chapter.

A face with A lasting brightness.

No silk-and-satin warriors.

Battles of spiritual victory.

Obedient to their Captain .

The embodiment of the story.

A statue of the soul's strength.

March to the grounds.

Artillerymen, old and young.

A crowd at the grounds.

The unveiling scene.

Prayer by the chaplain.

The cord drawn.

Description of the memorial.

The private Infantryman .

The man who killed General A. P. Hill .

Unveiling of the statue of General Ambrose Powell Hill at Richmond, Virginia , May 30 , 1892 .

General David Bullock Harris , C. S. A.

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[300] Hundreds of persons inspected the monument, and as the crowd who witnessed the unveiling numbered several thousand it was nearly dark ere the place was deserted.

Richmond, VA. 1892.

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