chapter 1.1
Jefferson
Davis
Monument Association
holds the
First
celebration of the day of memory.
The Ladies'
Confederate Memorial Association
Listens to a masterly oration by
Judge
Charles
E.
Fenner
.
A Southern cross of honor presented to
General
J.
A.
Chalaron
by the
Daughters of the Confederacy
.
Memoir of
Jane
Claudia
Johnson
.
A paper read by
Charles
M.
Blackford
, of the
Lynchburg Bar
, before the
Tenth
annual meeting of the
Virginia State Bar Association
, held at old
Point Comfort, Va.
,
July
17
-
19
,
1900
.
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(
two cases
.)
An address delivered before
A.
P.
Hill
Camp Confederate Veterans
, by
ex-governor
William
Evelyn
Cameron
, at
Petersburg, Va.
,
January
19th
,
1901
.
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How the
War
was conducted.
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General
Pope
's orders.
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General
Milroy
's order.
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General
Sherman
's conduct.
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Sheridan
's orders and conduct.
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Butler
's order.
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General orders
no. 73
.
section c.1.10.11
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(Confidential.)
Death of
James
B.
Gordon
.
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James
B.
Gordon
killed.
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Surprise and consternation.
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Starvation parties.
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Hunting
Uncle
Bev
.
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Visit from
General
Meade
.
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John
W.
Garrett
's advice.
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Arms for
Maryland
.
John
W.
Garrett
's advice.
Lee
refused.
Fighting
Joe
Hooker
boasted.
Hooker
's force.
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Jackson
's feint.
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Attack renewed.
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Under
Stuart
's command
.
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Old
Salem Church
.
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The Roll.
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Gen.
Lee
did not Contemplate
Early
surrender.
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Mr.
Goode
's paper.
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The
Second
question.
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Hampton Roads conference
.
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Mr.
Blairs
return.
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Meeting of commissioners.
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Stephens
and
Lincoln
.
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The terms discussed.
Not posted on history.
As to
West Virginia
.
Interesting letter from an Inmate.
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Old prison
site.
Lee
led the charge.
Barely mentioned in history.
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Winthrop
's charge.
A coincidence.
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Northern sentiment.
Became famous.
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Colonel
Hill
's official report.
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A fresh supply.
Our flag
in
England
.
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Personating a ship.
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A daring act.
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Running out.
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Among Confederates.
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Later history.
Some personal observations.
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The fight at
Bentonville
.
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A dashing charge.
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What the
War
records show.
Henderson
highly Praised.
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Closing scenes and events.
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How
General
Johnston
looked.
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Officers.
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Privates
.
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section c.1.25.65
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Military dispatch.
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His escape from
Fort Pulaski
.
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An awful scene.
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Under fire of their own men.
The stockade.
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Negroes in charge.
Beans and tobacco.
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How the beans were cooked.
At
Fort Pulaski
.
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Unpalatable food.
Mess-Mates.
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Face to face with starvation.
A tiresome undertaking.
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A cat for dinner.
Hope of escape.
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Hopes of liberty.
The escape reported.
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Captured!
In a dungeon.
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Conflict of the
Sixth Massachusetts regiment
with citizens.
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Arrival of recruits.
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Opposing sentiment.
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The President
S proclamation.
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The
Sixth Massachusetts
.
Ammunition served out.
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March
to
Camden Station
.
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Mayor
Brown
.
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Captain
ward wounded.
Robert
W.
Davis
killed.
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Preparations for defense.
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A talk with
Lincoln
.
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Mr.
Lincoln
excited.
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The Camp at
Cockeysville
.
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Lincoln
's trip to
Washington
.
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A reign of terror.
Christian
Emmerich
.
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Colonel
Marshall
's testimony.
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General
Grant
's testimony.
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A biographical sketch.
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Birth and education.
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The Confederate
Surgeon
.
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Association formed.
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His family.
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General orders
no. 18
.—
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Special field order,
no. 15
.
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From a soldier's note book.
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A sight dreadful even to Veterans.
Grant
's crossing of the
Rapidan
.
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Why
M'Clellan
failed.
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Grant
's withdrawal from
Cold Harbor
.
From a soldier's diary.
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Monument Dedicated.
The trials and trial of
Jefferson
Davis
.
The life and character of
Robert
Edward
Lee
.
Report of the history Committee
Maryland
Confederates.
Brook Church
fight, and something about the
Fifth North Carolina cavalry
.
chapter 1.12
chapter 1.13
How
Virginia
supplied
Maryland
with arms.
chapter 1.15
chapter 1.16
chapter 1.17
chapter 1.18
chapter 1.19
chapter 1.20
chapter 1.21
chapter 1.22
chapter 1.23
chapter 1.24
chapter 1.25
chapter 1.26
chapter 1.27
A Maryland Warrior and hero.
chapter 1.29
The sword of
Lee
. [from the
Baltimore sun
,
August
,
1901
.]
Dr.
Samuel
P.
Moore
.
chapter 1.32
chapter 1.33
chapter 1.34
chapter 1.35
Our torpedo boat. [
Cleveland plain dealer
,
August
,
1901
.]
Sold for junk.
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A queer craft.
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How it was submerged.
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A
water coffin.
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chapter 1.37
chapter 1.38
section c.1.38.121
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Texas
in
1861
.
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How the fearful drama began.
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An aggressive campaign.
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Battle of Gaines' Mill
.
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At
Second Manassas
.
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The fight at
Sharpsburg
.
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Bravest of the brave.
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chapter 1.39
Another Roll of the company made from memory.
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Privates
.
chapter 1.40
Participants detail the facts.
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chapter 1.41
chapter 1.42
They appeal for assistance.
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Hundreds sleep there.
List of the dead.
Virginians
.
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North Carolinians.
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Alabamians.
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Georgians.
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South Carolinians.
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Miscellaneous.
chapter 1.43
General
Jackson
's mortal wound.
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Lane
's brigade
.
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General
Nathan
Bedford
Forrest
.
A summary of some of his remarkable achievements.
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chapter 1.45
A Morganton Confederate veteran tells of the charge.
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chapter 1.46
Deeply interesting paper.
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The archives.
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The organization.
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The lost Chapter.
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The denial.
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Mr.
Toombs
.
R.
M.
T.
Hunter
.
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chapter 1.47
Battle of Gaines's Mill
and
Mechanicsville
well described.
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Pursued them to
Gaines' Mill
.
chapter 1.48
Inscriptions on the
Headboards
.
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section c.1.48.155
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chapter 1.49
Some very gallant fighting.
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chapter 1.50
Grant
corroborates
Beauregard
.
How they retired.
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Not a defeat.
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Frantic with fright.
Extract from a reunion speech delivered by
Governor
Taylor
.
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A brilliant civilization.
Danger to the
Republic
.
Memorandum roster
First regiment
,
Virginia Volunteers
.
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War officers of the
First regiment Virginia volunteer infantry
,
chapter 1.52
Big men's names on the rolls.
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Roll of Dragoons.
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section c.1.52.167
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Index.