indeed, but one that revolutionized the naval warfare of all nations and became the terror of the seas, was fashioned out of old hulks or picked up in foreign places; see how a world in arms was held at bay by a people and a soldiery whom he held together with an iron will and hurled like a flaming thunderbolt at their foes.
The Cabinet of Jefferson Davis.
In his Cabinet he gathered the foremost civilians of the land— Toombs, Hunter, Benjamin, Bragg, Watts, Davis, Memminger, Trenholm, Walker, Randolph, Seddon, Breckenridge, Mallory, Reagan.
Good men and true were these, regardful of every duty.
His Generals and his armies.
To the leadership of his soldiers whom did he delegate?
If some Messioner could throw upon the canvas Jefferson Davis in the midst of those chiefs whom he created, what grander knighthood could history assemble?
Robert E. Lee, Albert Sidney Johnston, Joseph E. Johnston, G. T. Beauregard, Samuel Cooper, and Braxton Bragg were generals of the full ran
B. Tennant, John Tyler, John N. Talby, John R. Tyree, John S. Talman.
B. B. Van Buren, Lieutenant N. H. Van Zandt, A. Jeff. Vaughan, Shelly Vanhorn.
Major David N. Walker, P. P. Winston, Lieutenant W. H. Weisiger, Lieutenant Peyton Wise, J. W. White, E. Waddy, H. M. Walthall, W. Minor Woodward, Levi Wassermann, Philip Whitloociation, 60 strong.
Manchester veterans, including Elliott Grays and artillery.
Otey Battery Association.
The Otey Battery Association commanded by Major David N. Walker, and the following members:
J. H. Binford, Robert T. Briggs, R. E. Butler, A. W. Ball, Julien Binford, H. C. Burnett, C. C. Baughman, C. C. Bridges, Samnce, A. W. Smith, T. E. Stratton, W. H. Stratton, W. S. Tabb, G. W. Taylor, Wilson Tompkins, R. W. Thompson, Thomas R. Thompson, W. T. Thompson, J. P. Webster, D. N. Walker, Charles Watkins, M. West, Robert Wood, John H. Weymouth, Jud. B. Wood.
Pickett's men.
There were several genuine old Confederate uniforms worn, but not
Geo. W. Hobson,
Chas. L. Hobson,
R. Milton Cary,
E. G. Rawlings,
M. L. Randolph,
D. T. Williams,
M. C. Macon,
P. A. Wellford,
Wm. B. Newman,
Wm. M. Sutton,
J. R. Chamberlayne,
R. H. Lorton,
John F Stagg,
Jno. S. Blanton,
D. J. B. Reeve,
N. M. Lee,
Chas. Bills,
A. Smith,
Geo. Bender,
Ash Levy,
J. H. Whiteford,
J. H. Chamberlayne,
Joseph Bucker,
G. H. Baughman,
Jacob Beck,
S. M. Etting,
Wm. Schell,
J. Thompson Brown,
H. J. Smith,
David N. Walker,
Thos. Howard,
Shirley King,
Thos. Whitworth,
Nat. Tyler,
G. Townsend,
Sol. A. Myers.
Patrick Shay,
T. Marshall Hewitt,
Pat. Kane,
Thos. Boudar,
Robt. Chandler,
Hector Davis,
Peter Doyle,
Benj. Davis,
Chas. H. Moore,
Geo. Baughman, Jr.,
Jas M. Macon, Jr.,
Thos. M. Jones,
Philip Haxall,
C. G. McMury,
Chas. R. Skinker,
Jos. Marsh,
E. M. Alfriend,
E. Lorraine,
Wm. H. Palmer,
Wm. A. Wright,
Ro. P. Pulliam,
W. R. Bird,
L. Sutter,
Po
E. M. Alfriend,
Wm. H. Palmer,
Ro. P. Pulliam,
L. Sutter,
W. B. Church,
John Appleyard,
Geo. L. Bidgood,
E. G. Higginbotham,
E. W. Blackburn,
Jas. W. T. Banks,
S. N. Davis,
P. A. Blackburn,
O. Jennings Wise,
John A. Belvin,
Chas. L. Hobson,
E. G. Rawlings,
D. T. Williams,
P. A. Wellford,
Wm. M. Sutton,
R. H. Lorton,
Jno. s. Blanton,
N. M. Lee,
A. Smith,
Ash Levy,
J. H. Chamberlayne,
G. H. Baughman,
S. M. Etting,
J. Thompson Brown,
David N. Walker,
Shirley King,
Nat. Tyler,
Sol. A. Myers.
T. Marshall Hewitt,
Thos. Boudar,
Hector Davis,
Benj. Davis,
Geo. Baughman, Jr.,
Thos. M. Jones,
C. G. McMury,
Jos. Marsh,
E. Lorraine,
Wm. A. Wright,
W. R. Bird,
Powhatan Weisiger
Wm. L. White,
A. J. Cheatham,
Mat'w P. Taylor,
John Allan,
J. H. Cochran,
Wm. Cardwell,
C. H. Johnson.
Richmond,March 29, 1861. To Messrs. John Stewart Walker, George W. Hobson, O. Jennings Wise, John A. Belvin, Ma
