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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.24 (search)
s present circumstances, to briefly refer to his noble efforts to alleviate suffering induced by warfare and the promotion of progress of humanity in war. On June 24, 1859, M. Henri Dunant, physician, of Geneva, was present as a spectator at Solferino when more than three hundred thousand men were engaged in combat, where the line of battle extended to more than fifteen miles, and the fight lasted more than fifteen hours. When the losses of the allied French and Sardinians were 18,000 killedupported in the United States has not been ascertained, but it would seem to appear that unhappily they aroused no public interest, nor consideration by the government. It was but a short while after M. Dunant gave to the world his Souvenir of Solferino, that the great war between the States began, and continued for four years. Incalculable physical suffering and mental distress would have been avoided had there been some community of thought and action between the contending governments on t
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index (search)
362; of Southern States, 17; prime instigators of, 19. Seven Days Battles, Reminiscences of, 147. Shelby, General, Joe, 117. Sherman, General W. T., 21; his definition of war, 235. Sickles, General D. E., 112. Silver Grays, Service of, 309. Slavery in the South, 15, 77; old system of contrasted with present conditions, 125. Slavers, Last of the. Voyage of the Wanderer, 355. Slaves, trade in, by whom instituted and continued, 124, 127. Smith, General, E. Kirby, 117. Solferino, Battle of, 227. South Carolina Cadets in the war. 138. South, The, and the Union. To whom should we build monuments? 332. Southern Cause, The, 360. Southfleld destroyed, The, 210. Southron, Characterization of the, 12, 239, 300, 334, 361. Stephens, Alexander H., 93. Stephenson, Captain J. A., 196. Stevens, Major A. H., 152. Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 126 Susanna, The C. S. Steamer, 203. Susette homestead ruthlessly destroyed, 135. Sumner, Charles, 30. Thomas, Gen