United Confederate
Veterans
.
Monument to the
Confederate
dead at the
University of Virginia
.
Address by
Major
Robert
Stiles
, at the
Dedication
,
June
7
,
1893
.
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Sounder views as to the causes of the war.
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The Characters of
Lee
and
Jackson
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Lee
.
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Jackson
.
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The men
Lee
and
Jackson
led, and the life they lived.
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chapter 1.3
Preliminary note.
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The muster roll [from the
Staunton, Va.
, Vindicator,
March
3
,
1893
.]
Of
Company D
of the
Fifth Virginia regiment
, of the
Stonewall Brigade
.
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Sergeants
.
Corporals
.
Privates
.
Last days of the
army of Northern Virginia
.
The strength of the contending armies.
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Condition of the
two
armies.
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Battle of
Hare's Hill
, or
Fort Steadman
.
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The Behavior of the troops.
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Grant
's counter movement.
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Actions on
White Oak road
and at
Dinwiddie
.
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Five Forks
and
Petersburg
lines.
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Orders for the retreat.
The morale of the troops.
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Movements to
April
Fifth
.
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No food at
Amelia
.—trials of the retreat.
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The night before the surrender.
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The attempt to cut out.
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Numbers—losses—what they prove.
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Grandeur of
Lee
.
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Reasons for hoping success.
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The private soldier of the
A. N. V
.
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Other Addresses.
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The
first Virginia infantry
in the
Peninsula
campaign.
Reminiscences of
Sergeant
Charles
T.
Loehr
.
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Memorial address
On the life and character of
Lieut.-General
D.
H.
Hill
,
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Birth and education.
Mexican
war.
Marriage and life as teacher.
Battle of Bethel
.
Committed everything to
God
.
Assigned to command in
North Carolina
.
Ordered to
Northern
Virginia
—friendship for
Gen.
Stone
.
Williamsburg
.
Seven Pines
.
Lee
assumes command—
Seven days
battle.
Mechanicsville
.
Gaines' Mill
.
Malvern Hill
.
South Mountain
.
The lost order.
Special orders,
no. 191
.
Special orders
no. 191
.
Sharpsburg
.
Advance on
Washington, N. C.
, and defence of
Richmond
.
Joins the
Western
army—Chickamauga.
The petition for Braggs removal.
Retreat before
Sherman
—last charge at
Bentonsville
.
Last years—true character.
William
Lowndes
Yancey
, [from the
Moutgomery
, Ala., daily Advertiser,
April
15
,
1893
.]
The sincere and Unfaltering Advocate of Southern rights.
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The
battle of Frazier's Farm
, [from the
New Orleans, La.
,
Picayune
,
February
19
,
1893
.]
section c.1.9.56
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chapter 1.10
Her exploits in the
Pacific ocean
, after the struggle of
1861
-
1861
had closed.
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Salutes fired.
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First
visitors.
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The ruse failed.
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Visitors.
Off Kamtchatka.
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Following the
Whaler
.
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Going South.
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Altered condition.
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The lost cause.
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Turned over.
chapter 1.11
Capture and Reoccupation of the
Howlett House
in
1864
.
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Prompt and cautious.
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The enemy in force.
A desperate dash.
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Fled in confusion.
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Important advantage.
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Secured the
Key
.
Beauregard
's responsibility.
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chapter 1.12
A monument to their memory unveiled at
Vicksburg, Mississippi
,
April
25
,
1893
.
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section c.1.12.77
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section c.1.12.78
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The generous Ladies.
section c.1.12.80
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section c.1.12.81
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War times recalled.
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Critical period.
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To the glory of
Vicksburg
.
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Sherman
appears.
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Grant
groped to success.
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The memorable siege.
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Vanquished by starvation.
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The South's honor untarnished.
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The noble women.
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section c.1.12.91
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section c.1.12.92
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Grant
's tribute to the
Confederates
.
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A tribute to
Davis
.
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Passing of the
Veterans
.
section c.1.12.96
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chapter 1.13
A
Confederate officer's
wonderful record in bank's year.
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A message for
General
Ewell
.
Ride over the
Mountains
.
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On the wrong road.
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Arrival at
Culpeper Courthouse
.
Jackson
's cool reception.
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Appointed on
Jackson
's staff.
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chapter 1.14
Dan
Emmett
its author and New York the place of its production.
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A
walk-around.
Became the rage.
Reaped no benefit.
Crowning triumph.
Other authorities.
chapter 1.15
Misty traditions that Fade before the lights of history.
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chapter 1.16
A correspondent Reviews the fighting before the
battle of cross Keys
.
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The last battle of the war.
The bloody angle.
General
Lee
to the rear.
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General
James
A.
Walker
's account.
Colonel
Thomas
H.
Carter
's letter.
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Letter of
Lieutenant
W.
S.
Archer
.
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Rev.
M.
S.
Stringfellow
's account.
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Major
D.
W.
Anderson
's Relation.
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chapter 1.19
The battles fought there in
1864
and
1865
.
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The address.
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chapter 1.20
A description of the conflict in
Mobile Bay
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chapter 1.21
Defence of a Bridge by
one
Confederate against an attack by
Forty
Federals.
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General
R.
F.
Hoke
's last address [from the
Richmond, Va.
, times,
April
9
,
1893
.]
To his division near
Greensboro, N. C.
,
May
1
,
1865
.
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chapter 1.23
chapter 1.24
A stirring episode in the story of Confederate valor.
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The
gold
and
silver
in the
Confederate States
Treasury.
What became of it.
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About half a
million
.
In the
Mint
.
Formed a train.
Always ahead.
Heard of the surrender.
Declined to disband.
Threats made to seize it.
Turned over to
General
Duke
.
A gallant corps.
What became of the money.
Its disposition.
Never accounted for.
The mysterious box.
Capture of
President
Davis
.
Colonel
woods escape.
Started for
Florida
.
A close call.
General
Joseph
E.
Johnston
's campaign in
Georgia
.
Some letters written by him that have never before been published.
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chapter 1.27
The soldier who abandoned the army for the
Church
,
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The execution of
Dr.
David
Minton
Wright
Attempt to escape.
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chapter 1.29
And its pleasant sequel in
Washington
eleven years
later.
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Stonewall
's widow. [
Mrs.
Jefferson
Davis
in the
Ladies
'
Home journal
,
Sept.
3
,
1893
.]
Mrs.
Jackson
described by
Mrs.
Jefferson
Davis
.
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chapter 1.31
Three
Virginians
who battled against a whole army.
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chapter 1.32
Appomattox Courthouse
.
Incidents of the surrender of
General
Lee
, as given by
Colonel
Charles
Marshall
,
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Trying to reach
Johnston
.
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Sleeping on the ground.
Early morning
March
.
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A Texas war Rhyme.
Usefulness of a tin can.
Fighting and Negotiating.
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Going to meet
Grant
.
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A flag of truce.
The
McLean House
.
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Leaders face to face.
Terms of the surrender.
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Food for starving troops.
Exchanging official letters.
Contrasts of dress.
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Memorable closing scenes.
chapter 1.34
A New version of an incident of the surrender at
Appomattox
.
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chapter 1.35
In the
Seven days
battles before
Richmond
.
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A monument to
Major
James
W.
Thomson
,
Confederate States Artillery
.
With an account of his death and of the organization of
Chew
's Battery
.
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chapter 1.37
Overthrow.
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Council of war
A dark hour
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Letcher Battery
,
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Attrition
chapter 1.38
The heroism of
private
Chew
Coleman
, of
Crenshaw
's Battery, at
Spotsylvania Courthouse
,
May
,
1864
.
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Strategic points.
Their value in the war between the
States
,
1861
-
1861
, and how fiercely they were fought for.
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Index.