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The Daily Dispatch: September 2, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 8 (search)
Confederate States Congress.[adjourned Session.]Senate. Monday September 1st, 1862. The Journal of Friday was read and approved. Mr. Maxwell, of Fla., presented a petition from twenty-three of the inmates of the Winder Hospital asking the passage of a bill "to send all the old and infirm men that are not able to double quick in the army to their respective States." Referred. Mr. Simms, of Ky., offered the following preamble and resolutions, which on his motion, were laid upon the table for the present: Whereas, our country must ever cherish with a grateful pride the heroic achievements of its brave and patriotic soldiery, who, in a noble struggle for independence of and resistance to the invaders and desolator of our homes, have won for themselves and our armies imperishable glory upon the field of battle; and whereas, these achievements, thus signalized by deeds of daring and personal valor worthy of any age, and rendered doubly dear to the hearts of our people