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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 3 (search)
In accordance with an agreement with Major-General Sherman, Commanding United States Forces in North Carolina, private......... Co. A, Thirteenth Battalion North Carolina Artillery, is permitted to go to his home and there quietly remain, taking with him one horse, his private property. L. S. Baker, Brigadier-General. In passing, let me say that the horse was the best pay I ever received from the Confederacy, and he proved a most valuable acquisition. Early the next morning (Friday, April 21st) we turned our faces homeward, feeling as if a heavy weight had been lifted off our shoulders, and relieved that the suspense was over. Captain Webb, who was going to join his wife on the Blackwater, accompanied the Perquimans county boys, of whom there was about a dozen. This party kept well together, until just before reaching Halifax, when Captain Webb, Wm. H. Whedbee and I pushed on ahead. I quote again from the captain's diary: On Sunday, the 23d of April, at Martin's Cross-
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 18. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Southern Historical Society: its origin and history. (search)
it would, without doubt, secure the co-operation of intelligent and well-informed gentlemen residing in the different sections of the Southern States, and be the conservator of information which would be invaluable to the future historian, who, untrammelled by personal prejudices or partisan rancor, should undertake the laudable task of giving to the world a true history of the memorable conflict. Upon motion of Major Harrod, the meeting was adjourned to reassemble at the same place on April 21st, following. Pursuant to the above a meeting of citizens was held on the evening of April 21, 1869. General Bragg was called to the chair. General Richard Taylor moved 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 Soci