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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 1. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The treatment of prisoners during the war between the States. (search)
allant Confederate soldier, and since the war a devoted, useful minister of the gospel, Mr. Nelson is widely known and needs no endorsation from us. The narrative was written not long after the close of the war, when the facts were fresh in his memory, and could be substantiated by memoranda in his possession. In a private letter to the editor, dated March 14, 1876, Mr. Nelson says of his narrative: It is all literal fact, understated rather than overstated. I read it a few days since to Mr. Gillock of this place, (Lexington), who was my bunk-mate from Point Lookout until we were released, and he says that all of the facts correspond with his memory of them. Without further introduction, we submit the paper in full: Rev. George W. Nelson's narrative. I was captured on the 26th of October, 1863, under the following circumstances: I had just returned from within the enemy's lines to the home of my companion on the border. We were eating dinner, and thought ourselves perfectly s
The Daily Dispatch: April 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], Navigation of the Mississippi. (search)
The valley "Star," and the Southern Union. This old and respectable journal, which was established in 1838, by John Letcher, (now Governor of Virginia,) and Mr. Gillock, who has been connected with it ever since, and is its present proprietor, has come under the editorial charge of Mr. W. P. McCorkle, who is an experienced writer and editor. In introducing Mr. McCorkle, Mr. G. says: "We propose henceforth to devote the 'Star' to the interests of our native and beloved State.--We have waited until waiting ceases to be a virtue. The Old Dominion has done all that honor will allow to-preserve the old Union. Everything has failed, and the question now is shall we unite with the prosperous South?--or shall we starve with the Northern Black Republicans? "As the readers of this paper are aware, we have been decided for maintaining the union of these States. In the language of a good old Democratic friend to us the other day, "we have done what we said we would do; we hav