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Confederate surgeons.

The race problem in the South —Was the Fifteenth Amendment a mistake?

A word with the critics.

A list of Confederate officers, prisoners, who were held by Federal authority on Morris Island, S. C. , under Confederate fire from September 7th to October 21st , 1864 .

Memoir of Gen. C. R. Wheat , commander of the Louisiana Tiger Battalion

The last words of Major Wheat .

The siege and evacuation of Savannah, Georgia , in December , 1864 .

Annual Reunion of the Association of the Army of Northern Virginia .

Life, services and character of Jefferson Davis .

The Twelfth Georgia Infantry .

The Monument to General Robert E. Lee .

Lee Memorial Association,

The Ladies' Lee Monument Association .

Lee Monument Association .

President Davis .

Other addresses.

Hollywood associations appeal.

Work of both organizations.

A competitive exhibition.

Seeking a sculptor.

Death mask of General Lee .

Awarding the prizes.

Governor Lee 's work.

Mercie 's First model.

Original plan of the pedestal.

Discussing the site.

Preparing the site.

Laying of the Corner-stone.

Prayer of Dr. Hoge .

Corner-stone accepted.

Other exercises adjourned.

At the Capitol —reading of the poem—delivering of the Oration .

General Early .

The Oration of Colonel Charles Marshall .

The Merits of the cause.

African slavery.

How emancipation came about.

Lincoln made the Confederacy .

Two governments instead of one .

Lee on secession.

Popular opposition to secession.

How the ordinance was adopted.

Three questions connected with slavery.

The effect of Lincoln 's proclamation.

The momentous document.

The President 's power unlimited.

Full significance of the proclamation.

Assumes absolute power.

Action of the border States.

Lincoln 's responsibility.

Unwise legislation.

Heroic nature of Lee .

A Federal soldier's incident.

Dignity and grandeur of Lee .

Grant 's tribute to Lee .

Lee after the war.

A Grand sentiment from Lee .

General Hampton .

Incidents of the parade.

Testimonials from visiting soldiers.

Letters of R. E. Lee .

At Lee 's tomb.

Lee 's Birthday: eminent men of the United States send sentiments for the day—ministers, soldiers, statesmen and scholars each bring an offering.

Lee as an educator.

Robert E. Lee .

Itinerary of the Fourth Virginia cavalry . March 27th - April 9th , 1865 .

Prisoners of the civil war.

Valuable war relic.

Casualties in the old First at Gettysburg : two out of every three men who were carried into the charge shot down.

Lee 's Lieutenants.

Development of the free soil idea in the United States .

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Lee Memorial Association,

which prosecuted their labors and desires to a consummation at once noble and appropriate, in placing over the tomb of the hero, at Lexington, Valentine's majestic ‘Recumbent Figure,’ which is regarded by authority and held by general acclaim to be one of the grandest works of art in this country.

Richmond, VA. 1889.

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