ety for the purpose of collating, preserving and finally publishing such material as would vindicate the truth of Confederate history.
After a number of conferences, the Southern Historical Society was formally organized on the 1st of May, 1869, by the following gentlemen: Generals Braxton Bragg, R. Taylor, Dabney H. Maury, C. M. Wilcox, J. S. Marmaduke, S. B. Buckner, G. T. Beauregard, R. L. Gibson and Harry T. Hays, M. W. Cluskey, G. W. Gordon, B. M. Harrod, F. H. Farrar, A. L. Stuart, H. N. Ogden, B. J. Sage, F. H. Wigfall, Major George O. Norton, Frederick N. Ogden, John B. Sale, James Phelan, William H. Saunders, Rev. J. N. Gallaher, Charles L. C. Dupuy, B. A. Pope, M. D., Joseph Jones, M. D., B. F. Jonas, Edward Ivy, A. W. Basworth, S. E. Chaille, M. D., S. M. Bemiss, M. D., Frank Hawthorne, M. D., James Strawbridge, Rev. B. M. Palmer, D. D., Honorable Thomas J. Semmes, E. M. Hudson, Charles Chapohn, Honorable C. M. Conrad, J. F. Caldwell, H. Chapata and John J. O'Brien. Rev. D
Walter H Rogers, in a few words, proposed Governor Francis T. Nicholls as presiding officer, and this was received with unanimous and enthusiastic approbation.
Judge Rogers then called the following gentlemen to act as vice-presidents and secretaries:
Vice-Presidents.--Bertrand Beer, Robt. Colt, John B. Lallande, W. T. Vaudry, H. J. Hearsey, B. F. Eschelman, Thos. L. Airey, J. A. Chalaron, A. Baldwin, S. S. Chaille, Carleton Hunt, J. B. Woods, G. A. Breaux, W. A. Bell, Alfred Roman, H. N. Ogden, G. T. Beauregard, Samuel Logan, A. H. May, J. T. Scott, A. J. Witherspoon, J. B. Richardson, R. M. Walmsley, J. H. O'Connor, Walker Fearn, R. B. Todd, C. H. Parker, Chas. E. Fenner, J. B. Vinet, Page M. Baker, F. N. Ogden, F. S. Richardson, W. G. Vincent, C. H. Luzenberg, W. A. Johnson, W. T. Blakemore, Walter H. Rogers, J. J. Gidiere, George H. Braughn, James Buckner, H. S. Leovy, W. H. Holcombe, W. S. Mitchell, S. Delgado, Joseph Jones, J. G. Clarke, J. D. Bruns, J. Moore Wilson, John
d the appointment by the chair of a committee of five, who, together with the chairman, should embody a programme of the Association.
Upon motion of Major Cluskey, the number of the committee was increased to seven.
The following members, whose names appear under the caption of the Founders of Southern Historical Society, New Orleans, April 21, 1869, then enrolled themselves, by subscribing their names:
Braxton Bragg,
R. L. Gibson,
R. Taylor,
A. L. Stuart,
Dabney H. Maury,
H. N. Ogden,
M. W. Cluskey,
B. T. Sage,
C. M. Wilcox,
F. H. Wigfall,
G. W. Gordon,
George Norton,
B. M. Harrod,
Fred. N. Ogden,
J. S. Marmaduke,
John B. Sale,
F. H. Farrar,
James Phelan,
S. B. Buckner,
William H. Saunders,
James Strawbridge,
B. M. Palmer,
Thomas J. Semmes,
Harry T. Hays,
E. M. Hudson,
J. N. Gallaher,
Charles L. C. Dupuy,
B. A. Pope, M. D.,
Joseph Jones, M. D.,
B. F. Jones,
Edward Joy,
A. W. Bosworth,
Charles Chapotin,
C. M. Conrad,
J. F. Ca