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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Oration and tender of the monument. (search)
olts, or bars confine thee, Or wrongs thy noble spirit tame? For long the world has wept bewailing That falsehood's dagger tyrants wield; But freedom is our sword and shield. Thank God, their arts are unavailing. To arms! To arms! Ye brave, Tha avenging sword unsheath. March on! March on! All hearts resolve On victory or death. Chorus. To arms! To arms! Ye brave, Tha avenging sword unsheath, March on! March on! All hearts resolve On victory or death. The ceremonies terminated with the following benediction, pronounced by the Rev. W. H. Dodge: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all. Amen. Among the responses to invitations sent by the Committee of Arrangements, were letters of regret at inability to be present from President McKinley, the Governors of Maryland, Alabama and Virginia, General S. G. French, U. S. Senator S. Pasco, Major Thomas M. Woodruff, and Generals Wade Hampton and John C. Underwood.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.40 (search)
the open field, but if Maury would consent, he would go behind them to Memphis and, destroying their stores there, compel them to retreat. The gallant Maury replied: Go but don't be gone long! Forrest left 1,500 men to play upon the flanks of Dodge's 20,000. He took 3,000, and, starting at a gallop, kept his gait up. He halted to build three bridges over swollen streams on his line of march, but in thirty-six hours he rode the 90 miles, and at daylight the second day out rode into the office of the Gayaso Hotel, Memphis. Dodge was up-stairs asleep. Forrest got his uniform from his chamber. Washburn remarked on the event that he had been removed because he couldn't keep Forrest out of Tennessee, but his successor couldn't even keep him out of his bed-room! Colonel Mosby's generalship in command of 300 mounted men is the most wonderful tale of the war. Beauregard's defence of a long line of seacoast by land forces only, the chief feature being Colonel Rhett's defence of Fort