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 THE CONFEDERATE VETERAN 
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AN EXPLANATION. 
 
 This memorial booklet was in course of preparation by Mr. 
 Cunningham when he was stricken with fatal illness. With- 
 out knowing his plans fully, it has been completed as nearly 
 as possible as he would have made it. The list of Confederate 
 dead in Indiana which was to have been included was pub- 
 lished in the Veteran for January and February by his plan, 
 and part of the type had been distributed before it was known 
 that it should have been held for the booklet. However, 
 those copies of the Veteran can be furnished any who desire 
 that list. 
 
 The Richard Owen Memorial was considered by Mr. Cun- 
 ningham as the crowning act of his life, and his joy in its 
 completion is realized when reading the account given by him 
 of the dedication. 
 
 Vice President Marshall's speech of acceptance was most 
 happily expressed, and it was a great disappointment that no 
 copy of it could be procured for publication. He spoke ex- 
 temporaneously, and the speech was not reported for the 
 press ; hence it could not be included with the Veteran's ac- 
 count of the dedicatory exercises. The ceremonial day had 
 been fixed for June 9th in order that Mr. Marshall might 
 participate, as it was under his administration that the memo- 
 rial had been inaugurated, and Mr. Marshall had shown his 
 hearty sympathy with the movement. 
 
MEMORIAL TO COL. RICHARD OWEN IN THE STATE CAPITOL 
 AT INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 
 
THE RICHARD OWEN MEMORIAL. 
 
 The Richard Owen Memorial is in place and is as well 
 done as the promoter could wish. He believes it is the 
 crowning act of his life. It was built with the greatest pos- 
 sible economy, but unstintedly as regards quality of material 
 and skill of the superior artist. The Veteran designates it 
 as a memorial because it is a sacred tribute to an eminently 
 good man, a man who had ^he courage to do right whatever 
 might be the cost to him in rank or reputation. 
 
 The resolution submitted to both houses of the Indiana 
 Legislature in 191 1 indicates the modest aspirations in the 
 outset — viz., to place a memorial tablet so that the people 
 of Indiana, the nation, or any country in the world whose 
 people may visit the Capitol of Indiana, people who have 
 erected the grandest monument to its soldiers in all the wars 
 in its history, will learn a lesson not merely of the kindness of 
 Colonel Owen, but of the appreciation of Southern men and 
 women after fifty years. The resolution referred to, sub- 
 mitted by Hon. W. W. Spencer, is as follows : 
 
 "House Concurrent Resolution No. 12: 
 
 "Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate 
 concurring therein, that the Governor of this State be author- 
 ized to permit the surviving Confederate prisoners who were 
 confined in Camp Morton during the War of the States to 
 erect a tablet to the memory of Col. Richard Owen for his 
 kindness shown such Confederate prisoners ; and that the 
 Governor be authorized to designate the spot where said 
 tablet shall be placed, either in the Statehouse, on the 
 grounds of the Statehouse, or the soldiers' monument in the 
 city of Indianapolis." 
 
 The resolution was unanimously passed, and the clerk was 
 directed to inform the Senate of its passage. 
 
 The petition, it will be seen, does not mention any name. 
 Confederate prisoners and their friends have the distinction, 
 though the Editor of the Veteran conceived the idea and 
 bore the burden of responsibility. It is to honor all alike. 
 
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REASON FOR THE RICHARD OWEN MEMORIAL. 
 
 [Introductory to the proceedings Governor Ralston pre- 
 sented Dr. H. M. Hamill, of Nashville, Chaplain General 
 Army of Tennessee Department, who read an explanatory 
 statement, submitted by S. A. Cunningham, the author, and 
 the consideration that suggested it.] 
 
 As one of least significance among more than four thousand 
 prisoners of war confined in Camp Morton fifty-one years ago, 
 it has been my good fortune to have erected here in your 
 State Capitol a memorial to one of your best men. I 
 have done it through the aid of fellow prisoners, other com- 
 rades, and our friends. My conviction is that, in so far 
 as undying souls take cognizance of what is done after their 
 careers have been ended, more than four thousand are glad 
 with me, and that in the greatest reunion ever to occur there 
 will be greeting to me for this deed. Anticipating that joy, I 
 requested of your Governor, Samuel M. Ralston, the privilege 
 of a back seat in this ceremony. However, some one knowing 
 the reason for this event should explain it, as a large majority 
 of those present were not born at that time ; so I submit this 
 brief account. 
 
 In the South's disaster at Fort Donelson, Tenn., on Feb- 
 ruary 16, 1862, about eight thousand prisoners were taken, 
 and half of us were brought here. Preparations had not 
 been made, and we were subjected to much suffering from cold 
 and hunger — cold throughout that bitter winter and hunger 
 for about two weeks. The prisoners were angry with each 
 other, and the entire day's rations were eaten immediately. 
 When the supply was sufficiently large to divide the day's 
 food, each prisoner would carry his haversack wherever he 
 went, not trusting his bunk mates with it. While these deplor- 
 able conditions prevailed, the prison commandant, Colonel 
 Owen, was busy all day and much of the night in doing all he 
 could to ameliorate conditions. This fact soon became so ap- 
 parent that the prisoners discussed him in regard to it; and 
 throughout the intervening half century the only complaint I 
 ever heard was made by a man who had escaped from Camp 
 Morton and, being recaptured hundreds of miles away, was 
 handcuffed by his captor, and blamed Colonel Owen for it. 
 
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MRS. NORA OWEN ARMSTRONG, OF MEMPHIS, TENN., WHO 
 UNVEILED THE MEMORIAL, IS A GRANDDAUGHTER OF COL. 
 RICHARD OWEN AND DAUGHTER OF THE LATE HORACE P. 
 OWEN, OF NEW HARMONY, IND. 
 
Colonel Owen was criticized by an Indianapolis paper for 
 "showing too much consideration for the prisoners," and we 
 believed his transfer was because of that. His defense is 
 given, happily, in full in the war records ; and it demonstrates 
 that lie firmly believed that the Union would be restored, that 
 his treatment of the Southerners under his charge would tend 
 to speed the day. and that a '"more perfect Union" would re- 
 sult. He was as patriotic in this as when rushing to the 
 charge in battle. 
 
 During Colonel Owen's active field service he was conspic- 
 uous for his ability and his courage. He confronted Gen. R. 
 E. Lee at Cheat Mountain, Va. ; he rendered important serv- 
 ice at Arkansas Pass, where the Federal victory was com- 
 
 COL. RICHARD DALE OWEN. 
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plete; and in the Kentucky campaigning the army commander 
 showed extraordinary regard for the skill with which he car- 
 ried forward expeditions, much of the time in command of a 
 brigade. It is a pleasing memory that when he was captured 
 at Munfordville, Ky., the Confederate general in command 
 rode up to him on the field of surrender and said: "Colonel 
 Owen, in consideration of your kindness to prisoners at Camp 
 Morton, you are free to go at will." 
 
 If there is a Providence that directs our deeds, I express 
 humble gratitude for seeing the name "Ernest Dale Owen" 
 on a law card on one of the great buildings in Chicago some 
 years ago. Instantly I entered the building, took an elevator, 
 and called. The gentleman, in response to my story that I 
 was a prisoner in Camp Morton in 1862 and called hoping I 
 could learn something of Colonel Owen, who was in command 
 there, showed me the most cordial consideration; and I was 
 gratified to learn that, though the Colonel was dead, he had a 
 son, Mr. Horace P. Owen (who served on his father's staff), 
 a resident of New Harmony, Ind. Correspondence with Mr. 
 Horace Owen has been delightful ; and I learned the amazing 
 fact that just before the beginning of hostilities his father, 
 who was Prof. Richard Owen, was associated with Bushrod 
 R. Johnson (afterwards a major general in the Confederate 
 army) in conducting educational work in Nashville, Tenn. 
 
 So nearly all of the Camp Morton prisoners are dead that 
 I had an ambition personally to pay tribute to Colonel Owen. 
 (Your invitations to this ceremony mention him as Richard 
 Dale Owen. The middle name is omitted from the tablet 
 purposely, for in the "War Records" his name is given of- 
 ficially as Richard Owen.) 
 
 More than two years ago I called upon your Governor, 
 Thomas R. Marshall, now our Vice President of the United 
 States, and more recently upon your Governor, Samuel M. 
 Ralston ; and to them, with many citizens, including veterans, 
 I express unfeigned gratitude for their cordial and zealous co- 
 operation in all arrangements for this event, and I especially 
 mention Hon. W. W. Spencer, who prepared and submitted the 
 first resolution to your State Legislature. 
 
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VICE PRESIDENT THOMAS R. MARSHALL, UNDER WHOSE AD- 
 MINISTRATION AS GOVERNOR OF INDIANA THE OWEN 
 MEMORIAL WAS INAUGURATED. 
 
While at the outset my ambition was to place simply a 
 bronze tablet in your beautiful Capitol, the encouragement from 
 the Southern people and the inspiration of a gifted Southern 
 woman, Miss Belle Kinney, the daughter of a Confederate 
 soldier, made this memorial of esteem and gratitude such that 
 I fear no criticism from future generations. 
 
 Gratitude to the memory of Colonel Owen is the stronger 
 because he was succeeded by a very different kind of man, 
 whom we designated as a "renegade Kentuckian." 
 
 Contributions to this memorial are the more appreciated 
 
 GOV. S. M. RALSTON, OF INDIANA. 
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because they have come unsolicited ; and whatever may be the 
 personal sacrifice in money, it is given without stint, as it is 
 the most satisfactory undertaking of a lifetime, and I have 
 learned a new lesson by associating with Indiana Hoosiers. 
 
 Gov. S. M. Ralston Presided. 
 
 Gov. Samuel M. Ralston, who succeeded Governor (now 
 Vice President) Marshall, entered most cordially and heartily 
 into the dedicatory service and presided at the ceremony, 
 making the following brief address : 
 
 "We are here to-day to pay tribute to the merits of a 
 brave and generous man and to advance the cause of peace. 
 Teace on earth, good will toward men' is an American 
 motto, and we are ready to hail as a brother every man who 
 is helping to make that motto dominant in the lives of men 
 and of nations. It is a great thing to be brave physically; 
 but fortunately for society and the building of nations, neither 
 war nor the war spirit is essential to the development of high 
 moral qualities. 
 
 "Col. Richard Owen was physically courageous, but it is 
 impossible to imagine a display of physical courage on his 
 part that would have suggested this event in commemoration 
 of his life. It has its source in virtues possessed by him 
 far superior to anything of a transitory character. In the 
 early part of 1862, while serving his country as colonel of 
 the 60th Indiana Regiment, he had the power of the sword 
 over the Confederate soldiers committed to his keeping in 
 Camp Morton. Upon the surrender of Fort Donelson, in 
 February of that year, four thousand Confederates became 
 his prisoners. They were half starved, half clothed, and half 
 frozen when they came to him. Human endurance was 
 nearing its limits with them. The demands of nature made 
 them restless, but as speedily as possible Colonel Owen pro- 
 vided them with whatever relief he could command. 
 
 "Colonel Owen was a humane man. He regarded himself 
 as his brother's keeper. The elements of nobility were so 
 mingled in his nature that, though he was vested with abso- 
 lute authority, he preferred the power of the heart to the 
 power of the sword over those under him. He commanded 
 
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through love. This gave him a place in the affections of the 
 boys who wore the gray as enduring as life. Out of their 
 love and the love of their loved ones sprang a desire to ex- 
 press in some material form their appreciation of his kind- 
 ness to fallen foes. In carrying out this desire we have the 
 heart offerings of Confederate soldiers represented by the 
 magnificent piece of art we have assembled to unveil. We 
 should never look upon it without recalling the noble qual- 
 ities of heart and soul of S. A. Cunningham, who took the 
 initiative in this memorial and consummated the same with 
 much cost to himself in time, labor, and money. Nor should 
 we contemplate this work without a feeling of appreciation 
 of the genius of Miss Belle Kinney, the brilliant young sculp- 
 tress who wrought it. She has made it reflect in a high de- 
 gree both thought and feeling. And what a splendid tribute 
 it is to peace — to peace that is truly national in its influence ! 
 How creditable it is alike to both giver and receiver, now one 
 and inseparable under 'Old Glory' ! 
 
 "My friends, I have requested Judge Comstock, Commander 
 in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in Indiana, to 
 present to you Gen. Bennett H. Young, Commander in Chief 
 of the United Confederate Veterans. It occurred to me that 
 it would be appropriate indeed to have these two distin- 
 guished citizens in their representative capacities occupy seats 
 side by side on this platform, and the one to present the 
 other to you. They have both served their country well 
 in different positions, but I doubt if either was ever afforded 
 a more agreeable opportunity than this to plead for a broader 
 patriotism." 
 
 Judge Comstock made a most appropriate and pleasing- 
 address, but it was not in manuscript and could not be se- 
 cured for publication. 
 
 Gen. Bennett IT. Young's Presentation Speech. 
 
 I find in no history a counterpart of the exercises which 
 have brought this audience together. It is possible only in 
 a republic where the intelligence and patriotism of its people 
 have reached the highest standard. The former enemies of 
 
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a brave and gallant soldier have come to build a monument 
 to one who was their foe on the battle field. They have come 
 to point to Richard Owen as one of the great men, a man 
 whose name sheds renown upon the State of Indiana. 
 
 S. A. Cunningham was surrendered at Fort Donelson in 
 the early part of 1862, and was brought as a prisoner of war 
 to Camp Morton. Remembering with gratitude the courtesy 
 and kindness of this brave and honorable man, Mr. Cunning- 
 ham, determining to show appreciation for himself and his 
 fellow prisoners, most of whom are dead, undertook among 
 the men and women of the South to raise sufficient funds to 
 secure and erect this statue. Other monuments have been 
 erected to the soldiers of Indiana, but none has such a de- 
 lightful flavor of gratitude and love as this memorial which 
 the men and women of the South turn over now to the State 
 of Indiana for perpetual preservation. 
 
 As the representative of the South I may be permitted to 
 say in perfect frankness and candor some things on this 
 occasion. This act must not be interpreted in any way as 
 recognizing that the people of the South condone or approve 
 of the treatment meted out to Confederate prisoners held at 
 the various military prisons of the United States during the 
 war. There are many sad things connected with the war 
 that it is wise and patriotic to forget; nor shall I ignore 
 proprieties on this occasion or utter a single word to arouse 
 the least animosity which time has effectively softened. The 
 charge that the South intentionally inflicted wrongs upon any 
 Federal prisoner held in a Confederate prison was a most 
 cruel and groundless slander. Malignant and bloodthirsty 
 politicians, in order to inflame the passions and quicken the 
 hatred of people of the North, undertook by misrepresentation 
 to lead the people of the United States to believe that in the 
 treatment of prisoners of war the Southern authorities delib- 
 erately inflicted cruelties upon the helpless men who were 
 held at Andersonville, Raleigh, Florence, and Richmond. 
 There was a time when the South was powerless to meet this 
 cruel charge; but that time has long since passed, and history 
 impartially, just and relentless for truth, has exonerated our 
 people from this cruel and baseless charge. 
 
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The history of the exchange of prisoners held on both sides 
 shows that if the policy and wish, not only of Jefferson Davis, 
 Alexander Stephens, and Robert E. Lee, but of the Confederate 
 Commissioner of Exchange, had been followed, no word of 
 complaint could have arisen. In dealing with the questions 
 that arose in connection with the war we must put ourselves 
 in the same condition and bring about the same surroundings 
 that affected the people of that day. We cannot take the 
 men of 1861 to 1865 and place them with the men of 1913. 
 All of the unhappy things of the war ought to be forgotten 
 and will be forgotten, but there was never anything that cut 
 so deeply the men and women of the South or that they 
 resented more fiercely than this charge of systematic cruelty 
 toward the prisoners of war. The limelight of history has 
 swept aside all of the cobwebs that have gathered around us. 
 Gen. B. F. Butler, who was Commissioner of Exchange, ad- 
 mitted that in dealing with the question of exchange of pris- 
 oners he intentionally put matters offensively for the purpose 
 of preventing exchange; and so deep and so strong was the 
 animosity of the people of the North against this refusal of 
 exchange that he was compelled to justify himself with the 
 following statement : 
 
 "I have felt it my duty to give an account with this partic- 
 ular carefulness of my participation in the business of the 
 exchange of prisoners, of the orders under which I acted, and 
 of the negotiations attempted, which comprises a faithful nar- 
 ration of all that was done, so that all may become a matter 
 of history. * * * The anxiety of fathers, brothers, sisters, 
 mothers, and wives to know the exigency which caused this 
 terrible and perhaps, as it may have seemed to them, useless 
 and unnecessary destruction of those dear to them by horrible 
 deaths, each and all had compelled me to this exposition; so 
 it may be seen that those lives were spent as a part of 
 the system of attack upon the rebellion, devised by the wis- 
 dom of the General in Chief, U. S. Grant, of the armies to 
 destroy it by depletion, depending upon our superior numbers 
 to win the victory at last. The loyal mourners will doubtless 
 derive solace from this fact and appreciate all the more highly 
 
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GEN. B. H. YOUNG, COMMANDER IN CHIEF U. C. V. 
 
the genius which conceived the plan and the success won at 
 so great a cost." * * * 
 
 Col. Richard Owen, of the 6oth Indiana Regiment, was 
 assigned to the command of Camp Morton with forty-two 
 hundred of the prisoners who had surrendered at Fort Don- 
 elson in 1862. Colonel Owen had himself known the people 
 of the South, and a short time previous was a teacher in the 
 Nashville Military Academy, associated with Gen. Bushrod 
 R. Johnson, a man of Northern birth, who afterwards became 
 major general of the Confederate army. 
 
 Colonel Owen took a distinguished part in the great war. 
 He was criticized for his kindness to the prisoners under his 
 charge and was subsequently sent to the front. * * * 
 
 Prominent women of Indiana have erected a monument in 
 this city to Robert Dale Owen, who was so zealous in pro- 
 curing a change in the Indiana laws whereby women could own 
 and control their own property. That Indiana should have two 
 monuments to two such brothers reflects great glory upon this 
 splendid commonwealth ; but it seems to us that of these two 
 monuments, that to be preferred is this one erected by men 
 who fought upon the side opposing Col. Richard Owen 
 and who, after a lapse of half a century, are so mindful of his 
 great kindness to them when helpless as prisoners of war as to 
 come and ask the State of Indiana for the privilege of building 
 a monument to one who became illustrious in his humanity. 
 
 He was merciful where others were merciless; he was hu- 
 mane where others were inhuman ; he was gentle where oth- 
 ers were malignant. He rose higher than the passions and 
 prejudices of the hour in which he lived and acted. He was 
 impelled by the highest, greatest, noblest instincts of philanthro- 
 py in his treatment of others who had by the misfortunes of 
 war been placed in his charge. He was so patriotic that early 
 during the war he offered his life to his country's call, and 
 over and above this superb patriotism there was the gentle im- 
 pulse for his fellow men in his great soul. He foresaw with 
 the instincts of a patriot that some time or other the war 
 would end, and he realized that war was nothing but organ- 
 ized barbarism, and his great heart rose higher than the cur- 
 rents of passion and prejudice. The truest elements of justice 
 
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and right caused him to treat kindly the men whom he had 
 fought. He understood that, although they differed with him 
 upon constitutional questions, they were entitled to that treat- 
 ment which civilization accords to those who bear the impress 
 of God. 
 
 Criticized and misjudged because he would not mistreat the 
 men who by war's chance had been placed in his charge, he 
 accepted the conditions with complacency, relying upon time to 
 vindicate the splendor and grandeur of his motives. He fore- 
 saw that there must be an end to the war. In response to 
 criticism of his conduct he said on April 18, 1862 : "As early as 
 a year since I already offered my life to assist in sustaining the 
 government in the struggle to maintain the supremacy of the 
 law ; and if no other means were left, I would now gladly sac- 
 rifice the remnant of that life to restore to our distracted coun- 
 try such a peace as would bring with it the original strength 
 and harmony of our glorious republic. That we must estab- 
 lish and prove the power and permanence of the general gov- 
 ernment is certain; but the sooner we can reconcile differ- 
 ences by avoiding ultraism, the greater the chance for our se- 
 curing again a powerful and united nation." 
 
 His great heart made him kind ; and his great mind, looking 
 down the vista of years to come, saw that other conditions 
 would arise when it would be possible for the men of the 
 North and the men of the South to be reconciled to each other. 
 
 I come to say for the men of the South that, after half a 
 century is gone, they hold the kindliest feeling toward this 
 brave, honest, upright, noble, and humane gentleman, and 
 that of all the monuments that the love of Southern men 
 and women has erected, there is none coupled with more 
 genuine pleasure and good feeling than this memorial in his 
 native State in recognition of the philanthropy and humanity 
 of Richard Owen. The people of the South now turn over 
 to the State of Indiana this magnificent tribute to this man 
 who came out of the storm of passion and prejudice and the 
 misfortunes of war as one of the noblest, the truest, and the 
 best of men, and we hope that this splendid memorial will 
 have its influence on ages to come. 
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HON. W. W. SPENCER, OF INDIANA, 
 
 who introduced the resolution in the Indiana Legislature 
 granting permission for the erection of the Owen Memorial in 
 the State Capitol at Indianapolis. Mr. Spencer was helpful 
 not only in the beginning, but on to the end. He is a graduate 
 of Indiana University, was taught by Professor (Colonel) 
 Owen, and is grateful personally for the tribute. 
 
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Appreciation of Colonel Owen's Family. 
 
 This letter, from the son of Colonel Owen, at New Har- 
 mony, Ind., is gratifying in its expressions of appreciation : 
 
 "Since my return I have been extremely busy, but felt all 
 the while that I should write you expressing my supreme grati- 
 fication over the unveiling exercises at Indianapolis on the 9th 
 inst. The program was beautifully arranged and was most 
 appropriate in its every feature. It was the most gratifying 
 occasion of my life and thrilled me with a sensation never 
 before experienced. 
 
 "I desire now, as the only surviving direct representative 
 of my father, to express my profound appreciation and un- 
 dying gratitude to the people of the Southland through the 
 medium of that noble-hearted, unselfish, and patriotic South- 
 ern gentleman, Mr. S. A. Cunningham, for this magnificent 
 and imperishable tribute to my father's memory, which, so 
 far as I have been able to ascertain, is without a parallel in 
 the annals of war. 
 
 "I trust that the realization of your long-cherished dream 
 may prove to be the crowning triumph of your life's work, 
 as the world must receive and acknowledge it an event unique 
 in history, actuated by the finest motives that ever influenced 
 the heart of man. Assuring you of my deep and lasting 
 friendship, I remain 
 
 "Sincerely and faithfully yours, Horace P. Owen." 
 
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CONTRIBUTORS TO RICHARD OWEN MEMORIAL. 
 
 A Friend, Nashville, Tenn $ i oo 
 
 A Friend, West Virginia 5 oo 
 
 A Southern Woman i oo 
 
 Abernathy, Ed, Pulaski, Tenn 50 
 
 Addison Harvey Chapter, U. D. C, Canton, Miss... 5 00 
 
 Alderson, J. C, Charleston, W. Va 1 00 
 
 Alexander, S. J., Macon, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Allen, P. E., Grand Cane, La 5 00 
 
 Anderson, John, Enfield, N. C 4 00 
 
 Anderson, S. B., Mineola, Tex 1 00 
 
 Anderson, W. A., Holly Springs, Miss 1 00 
 
 Armstrong, J. E., Waterloo, Va 1 00 
 
 Armstrong, Mrs. Nora Owen, Memphis, Tenn 25 00 
 
 Arnold, J. M., Covington, Ky 1 00 
 
 Arrowsmith, F., Pulaski, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Asbury, Col. A. E., Higginsville, Mo 20 00 
 
 Bachman, N. D., Bristol, Va.-Tenn 2 00 
 
 Bailey, Prof. J. E., Nashville, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Barron, S. B., Rusk, Tex 1 00 
 
 Bean, William H., Howe, Tex 5 00 
 
 Beard, M. A., Waxahachie, Tex 3 00 
 
 Beeson, R. M., Savannah, Mo 1 00 
 
 Behan, W. J., New Orleans, La 5 00 
 
 Bell, G. W. R., Gaylesville, Ala 1 00 
 
 Bemiss, W. H., Shelbyville, Ky 1 00 
 
 Bennett, Louis, Weston, W. Va 5 00 
 
 Benson, B., Augusta, Ga 2 00 
 
 Bevens, Dr. W. E., Newport, Ark 1 00 
 
 Bishop, A. J., Cafe, Ark 1 00 
 
 Bishop, C. M., Shanghai, W. Va 1 00 
 
 Boger, A. T., Vernon, Tex 1 00 
 
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Boggs, Rev. S. D., Danville, Ky $ i oo 
 
 Bowie-Pelham Camp, U. C. V., Bowie, Tex 5 00 
 
 Bradley, J. P., Linneus, Mo 1 00 
 
 Bradstreet, J. R., Vernon, Tex 50 
 
 Brooke, St. George T., Charlestown, W. Va 1 00 
 
 Brosnahan, G. O., Pensacola, Fla 1 00 
 
 Brown, B. R., Shouns, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Brownson, Mrs. J. M., Victoria, Tex 1 00 
 
 Brusle, C. A., Plaquemine, La 1 00 
 
 Bryant, D. H., Orlando, Fla 1 00 
 
 Bulow, T. L., Ridgeway, S. C 1 00 
 
 Burch, C. M., Fancy Farm, Ky 1 00 
 
 Byars, H. C, Sidney, la 1 00 
 
 Byrns, G. S., Lexington, Ky 1 00 
 
 Cameron, B., Raleigh, N. C 5 00 
 
 Campbell, J. M., Martinsburg, W. Va 1 00 
 
 Cannon, J. P., McKenzie, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Carnell, R. C, Waverly, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Carnes, W. W., Memphis, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Carr, Gen. J. S., Durham, N. C 10 00 
 
 Carr, L., Charleston, W. Va 2 00 
 
 Cates, Mrs. J. W., Marysville, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Chachere, J. O., Opelousas, La 1 00 
 
 Chachere, Dr. Theogene, Opelousas, La 1 00 
 
 Chambers, Mrs. H. A., Chattanooga, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Cheek, C. T., Nashville, Tenn 5 00 
 
 Chiles, T. C, Greenwood, S. C 1 00 
 
 Clapp, J. W., Memphis, Tenn 5 00 
 
 Clark, A. K., Augusta, Ga 1 00 
 
 Clarkson, R. A., Fort Smith, Ark 1 00 
 
 Clegg, H. C, Moncure, N. C 50 
 
 Cobb, Thomas M., Lexington, Mo 1 00 
 
 Cochran, W. M., Forney, Tex 1 00 
 
 Cockrill, Capt. M. S., Nashville 5 00 
 
 Coleman, Col. C, Lexington, Ky 1 00 
 
 Colvin, R. M., Harrisonburg, Va 3 00 
 
 Combs, J. H., San Marcos, Tex 1 00 
 
 Confederate Veterans' Association, Camp 756, U. C. 
 
 V., Savannah, Ga 10 00 
 
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Cook, Col. V. Y., Batesville, Ark $ no oo 
 
 Copy of Veteran sold by Mrs. Behan, New Orleans, 
 
 La 50 
 
 Corser, E. S., Minneapolis, Minn 5 00 
 
 Coursen, W. A., Marietta, Ga 1 00 
 
 Crain, J. H., Lawrenceburg, Ky 2 50 
 
 Crane, H. A., Savannah, Ga 2 00 
 
 Crawford, J. T., Pampa, Tex 1 00 
 
 Creager, J. A., Vernon, Tex 50 
 
 Croft, Mrs. E. A., Aiken, S. C 1 00 
 
 Cromwell, T. W., Cynthiana, Ky 50 
 
 Croom, Dr. J. D., Sr., Maxton, N. C 1 00 
 
 Crouch, R. C, Morristown, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Crutcher, T. E., Saco, Mont 2 00 
 
 Currie, A., Shreveport, La 5 00 
 
 Danley, Maj. W. L., Nashville, Tenn 10 00 
 
 Darling, P. B., Columbus, Ohio 1 00 
 
 Daugherty, J. R., St. Louis, Mo 5 00 
 
 Davidson, H. C, Montgomery, Ala 1 00 
 
 Davidson, W. S., Beaumont, Tex 5 00 
 
 Davis, B. B., Bucatunna, Miss 1 00 
 
 Davis, J. P., Bucatunna, Miss 1 00 
 
 Davis, Winnie, Chapter, U. D. C, Moorefield, W. Va. 10 00 
 
 Dawson, G. W., Kansas City, Mo 2 00 
 
 DeMondel, Ed, Hondo, Tex 1 00 
 
 Des Portes, J. A., Ridgeway, S. C 1 00 
 
 Devenport, J. J., Devenport, Ala 5 00 
 
 DeYoung, R. M., Chase, Ala 1 00 
 
 Dickey, T. M., Blanket, Tex 1 00 
 
 Dickinson, Hon. J. M., Nashville 5 00 
 
 Diggs, R. P., Nashville 50 
 
 DuBuisson, C. J., Yazoo City, Miss 1 00 
 
 Ducloux, Charles, Knoxville, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Dudley, Maj. R. H., Nashville, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Dwight, Dr. R. Y., Pinopolis, S. C 50 
 
 Edge, W. J., Round Mountain, Ala 5 00 
 
 Edmonds, J. S., Ridgeway, S. C 50 
 
 Edmondson, Y. C, Waxahachie, Tex 1 00 
 
 Ellis, J. C, Bucatunna, Miss .. 50 
 
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Erwin, J. R., Fulton. Mo $ i oo 
 
 Evans, A. F., Huntsville, Ala i oo 
 
 Faison, W. W., Goldsboro, N. C i oo 
 
 Faulkner, E. C, Montgomery, Ky i oo 
 
 Fay, J. B., Dunn Loring, Va I oo 
 
 Fenno, Mrs. Grafton, West Lynn, Mass 65 
 
 Ferrell, W. S., Vernon, Tex 1 00 
 
 Fitzhugh, O. S., Fletcher, W. Va 1 00 
 
 Fletcher, Dr. Frank, Jenkins Bridge, Va 1 00 
 
 Flynn, W. M., South Boston, Mass 1 00 
 
 Fort, John P., Mt. Airy, N. C 1 00 
 
 Foster, Maj. W. F. } Nashville, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Franklin-Buchanan Camp, U. C. V., Baltimore. Md.. 5 00 
 
 Fry, E. J., Marshall, Tex 5 00 
 
 Fuller, Mrs. F. A., Jacksonville, Tex 1 00 
 
 Gaillard, Miss Ellen P., Pinopolis, S. C 1 00 
 
 Gaines, J. N., Brunswick, Mo 1 00 
 
 Gardner, Mrs. B. A., Brooklyn, N. Y 1 00 
 
 Gardner, G. N., Nashville, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Gilfoil, J. H., Omega, La 2 00 
 
 Gillilan, C. W., Spring Creek, W. Va 2 50 
 
 Godwin, James, Fincastle, Va 1 00 
 
 Godwin, Mrs. E. D., Brentwood, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Gordon, R. H., New York 1 00 
 
 Gorgas, Col. W. C, Ancon, Canal Zone 7 00 
 
 Graham, W. M., Cedar Bluff, Miss 1 00 
 
 Granberry, J. A. H., Waverly Hall, Ga 1 00 
 
 Graves, Theo. H., Anderson, Tex 1 00 
 
 Gribble, M. V., Temple, Tex 1 00 
 
 Grimes, W. S.. Wapello, la 5 00 
 
 Haman, P. A., Learned, Miss 1 00 
 
 Hammer, Dr. M. R., Newton, la 1 00 
 
 Harbaugh, T. C, Casstown, Ohio 1 00 
 
 Hardeman, Isaac, Macon, Ga 5 00 
 
 Hardie, W. T., New Orleans, La 5 00 
 
 Hardwick, C. H., Richmond, Va 2 50 
 
 Hargis, J. R., Taylor, Tex 1 00 
 
 Harris, C. S., Mebane, N. C 1 00 
 
 Harris, L. R., St. Louis, Mo 1 00 
 
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Harris, Miss E. S., Mebane, N. C $ I oo 
 
 Hart, H. L., Troy, Tenn I oo 
 
 Harvey, George, Canton, Miss 5 oo 
 
 Hays, X. D., Kent's Store, La i oo 
 
 Heard, John T., Robinson, Ga I oo 
 
 Hearon, H. P., Bucatunna, Miss I oo 
 
 Hearon, Mrs. H. P., Bucatunna, Miss i oo 
 
 Heartsill, W. W., Marshall, Tex I oo 
 
 Heath, B. D., Charlotte, N. C i oo 
 
 Hemming, C. C, Colorado Springs, Colo I oo 
 
 Hentz, William, Hosford, Fla I oo 
 
 Herbert, Dr. R. N., Aspen Hill, Tenn i oo 
 
 Herbert, Hon. H. A., Washington, D. C 5 oo 
 
 Herring, C. H., Columbus, Ga 5 00 
 
 Hewes, F. S., Gulfport, Miss 2 00 
 
 Hill, A. B., Memphis, Tenn 2 00 
 
 Hill, W. B., Petersburg, W. Va 1 00 
 
 Hindman, T. C, Chapter, U. D. C, Lonoke, Ark.... 1 00 
 
 Hinson, Dr. W. E., Charleston, S. C 2 00 
 
 Holliday, J. D., Indianapolis, Ind 2 00 
 
 Hopkins, M. A., Sheffield, Ala 1 00 
 
 Hough, E. S., Manchester, Tenn 2 50 
 
 Howcott, W. H., New Orleans, La 35 00 
 
 Howe, Robert, Orlando, Fla 1 00 
 
 Howell, F. A., Durant, Miss 1 00 
 
 Humphrey, W. P., Gretna, La 1 00 
 
 Irwin, Capt. J. W., Savannah, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Jennings, R. H., Columbia, S. C 1 00 
 
 Jett, W. A. L., Murray Hill, N. J 1 00 
 
 Jewell, Gen. W. H.. Orlando, Fla 1 00 
 
 Johnson, J. T., Nowata, Okla 1 00 
 
 Johnson, Mrs. Allen, Stilwell, Okla 50 
 
 Johnson, M. L., Melrose, N. Mex 2 00 
 
 Johnson, W. J., Ridgeway, S. C 1 00 
 
 Johnston, Miss Mary, Richmond, Va 5 00 
 
 Jones, George M., Springfield, Mo 1 00 
 
 Jones, M. B., Brunswick. Tenn 1 00 
 
 Jones, Russell, Brunswick, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Jordan, J. W., Carrollton. Va 2 00 
 
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Joyner, K. N., Lenoir, N. C $ i oo 
 
 Kern, Mrs. J. W., Kansas City, Mo 2 oo 
 
 Kimberly, Miss Mary, Asheville, N. C 1 00 
 
 Knox, R. M, Pine Bluff, Ark 10 00 
 
 Kreig, Christian, Nashville, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Latimore, J. M., Roxton, Tex 1 00 
 
 Laverty, J. E., Carlsbad, N. Mex 1 00 
 
 Lee, B. C, Coushatta, La 1 00 
 
 Lee, C. H., Jr., Falmouth, Ky 4 00 
 
 Lee, I. S., Mayersville, Miss 2 00 
 
 Lee, W. F., Piedmont, S. C 1 00 
 
 Lee-Jackson Camp, U. C. V., Lexington, Va 1 25 
 
 Leetown Chapter, U. D. C, Kearneysville, W. Va. ... 1 00 
 
 Lester, Capt. J. H., Deming, N. Mex 4 00 
 
 Lenoir, W. T., Sweetwater, Tenn 5 00 
 
 Lenow, John H., Memphis, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Lewis, R. B., Longtown, S. C. .' 1 00 
 
 Lipscomb, H. G., Nashville, Tenn 5 00 
 
 Lipsey, R. C, Lexington, Miss 1 00 
 
 Livingston, Mrs. M., Lockney, Tex 1 00 
 
 Lockwood, George R., St. Louis, Mo 2 00 
 
 Love, Mrs. C. A., Barboursville, W. Va 1 00 
 
 Lowrance, N. L., Iowa Park, Tex 1 00 
 
 Lucey, Rt. Rev. Mgr. J. M., Pine Bluff, Ark 10 00 
 
 Macbeth, Mrs. R. Y., Pinopolis, S. C 1 00 
 
 Magnus, J. A., and wife, Cincinnati, Ohio 10 00 
 
 Malone, W. M., Durant, Miss 1 00 
 
 Manget, V. E., Dunedin, Fla 1 00 
 
 Marshall, J. L., Perdue Hill, Ala 1 00 
 
 Martin, Judge J. H., Hawkinsville, Ga 1 00 
 
 Martin, Rev. P. T., Franklin, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Mathis, A. J., Vernon, Tex 50 
 
 Maury, Dabney H., Chapter, U. D. C, Wilmington, 
 
 Del 5 00 
 
 McCarys, R. P., Olive Branch, Miss 1 00 
 
 McCaskey, T. B., Bucatunna, Miss 50 
 
 McEwen Bivouac, U. C. V., Franklin, Tenn 4 00 
 
 McLellan, Alden, New Orleans, La 3 00 
 
 McPherson, Miss Eliza, Tupelo, Miss 1 00 
 
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McShan, J. T., McShan, Ala $ i oo 
 
 Means, James, Columbus, Ohio I oo 
 
 Miller, W. A., O'Brien, Fla 2 oo 
 
 Miller, W. J., Burlington, la 6 50 
 
 Milner, W. J., Birmingham, Ala 1 00 
 
 Minnich, J. W., Grand Isle, La 1 00 
 
 Mizell, J., King's Ferry, Fla 10 00 
 
 Moon, W. H., Goodwater, Ala r 00 
 
 Moore, A. J., Newbern, Ala 1 00 
 
 Moore, Miss E. I., Buda, Tex 1 00 
 
 Moore, Henry, Texarkana, Ark 2 50 
 
 Moore, W. S., Cane Hill, Ark 1 00 
 
 Morrisett, F. T., Newbern, Ala 1 00 
 
 Morrison, M. L., Kingston, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Morton, M. B., Nashville, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Morton, O. S., Richmond, Va 1 00 
 
 Mumford, C. B., Kansas City, Mo 3 00 
 
 Myers, J. M., Fishersville, Ky 1 00 
 
 Myers, Thomas J., Gastonia, N, C 1 00 
 
 Navarro Chapter, U. D. C, Corsicana, Tex 1 00 
 
 Newnan Chapter, U. D. C, Newnan, Ga 1 00 
 
 Newton, H. H., Bennettsville, S. C 1 00 
 
 Nolen, C. L., Huntsville, Ala 1 00 
 
 Norwood, J. P., Lockesburg, Ark 1 00 
 
 Noyes, J. William, New Orleans, La 6 00 
 
 Nutt, Mrs. L. A., Alva, Fla 2 00 
 
 Nutt, Miss Nannie, Alva, Fla 1 00 
 
 Oklahoma City Chapter, U. D. C, Oklahoma City, 
 
 Okla 1 00 
 
 Oltrogge, Mrs. E. T., Jacksonville, Fla 1 00 
 
 Ormond, J. F., Sumterville, Ala 1 00 
 
 Osborne, Hampden, Columbus, Miss 1 00 
 
 Paddison, J. R., Mt. Airy, N. C 1 00 
 
 Palmer, N. G., Ridgeway, S. C 1 00 
 
 Parker, Arthur, Abbeville, S. C 1 00 
 
 Parker, P. P., Washington, N. C 1 00 
 
 Parker, S. H., Philadelphia, Miss 1 00 
 
 Parsons, M. M., Camp, U. C, V., Warrensburg, Mo. 5 00 
 
 Paulett, S. W., Farmville, Va 1 00 
 
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Peachy-Gilmer-Breckinridge Camp, U. C. V., Fin- 
 castle, Va $ i oo 
 
 Peak, W. D., Oliver Springs, Tenn I 00 
 
 Pearce, Judge James A., Chestertown, Md 5 oo 
 
 Peck, W. M., Sherman, Tex 1 00 
 
 Pepper, S. A., Memphis, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Phillips, Capt. Joseph, Nashville, Tenn 5 00 
 
 Pickett, George E., Chapter, U. D. C, Kansas City, 
 
 Mo 10 00 
 
 Pickin, C. L., Washington, D. C 50 
 
 Pirtle, Capt. J. B., Louisville, Ky 5 00 
 
 Pleasants, Edward, Richmond, Va I 00 
 
 Polk, Dr. W. M., New York City 10 00 
 
 Porter, J. B., Harmony, Ark 1 00 
 
 Powell, Rev. L., Owensboro, Ky 1 00 
 
 Powers, L. A., Athens, Tex 1 00 
 
 Preston, John A., Ovalo, Tex 1 00 
 
 Price, J. M., Valley Head, Ala 1 00 
 
 Provine, R. N., Cole's Creek, Miss 1 00 
 
 Pryor, W. C, La Grange, Ky 1 00 
 
 Purcer, Luke, McMinnville, Tenn 2 00 
 
 Ray, B. F., Kosciusko, Miss 1 00 
 
 Reagan, Mrs. John H., Palestine, Tex 1 00 
 
 Redd, W. A., Dover, Mo 1 00 
 
 Redwood, W. F., Brooksville, Miss 1 00 
 
 Rhodes, Robert J., Whiteville, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Rice, James T., Iva, S. C 2 00 
 
 Riddle, George T., Pulaski, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Robb, E. C, Savannah, Ga 2 00 
 
 Robb, Mrs. A. W., Muskogee, Okla 1 00 
 
 Robinson, Mrs. B. S., Danville, Va 50 
 
 Robertson, Dr. J. J., Ridgeway, S. C 1 00 
 
 Rogers, B. H v Plantersville, Miss 1 00 
 
 Rogers, J. J., Tupelo, Miss 5 00 
 
 Rosamond, J. S., Durant, Miss 1 00 
 
 Rosenburg, Mrs. Mollie Macgill, Galveston, Tex.... 15 00 
 
 Ross, Dr. John W., Pasadena, Cal 5 00 
 
 Rothrock, G. M., Pulaski, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Rudd. J. D., Waskom, Tex 5 00 
 
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Rudisill, S. A., Arkadelphia, Ark $ t oo 
 
 Ruff, D. W., Ridgeway, S. C i oo 
 
 Ruff, W. H., Ridgeway, S. C i oo 
 
 Russell, H. A., Atlanta, Ga i oo 
 
 Rutherford, Mrs. E. H., Versailles, Ky 3 oo 
 
 Rutledge, J. S., Vernon, Tex 1 oa 
 
 Sanders, Hon. Newell, Chattanooga, Tenn 20 00 
 
 Sandusky, Richard, Shelbyville, Tenn 2 00 
 
 Saunders, E. W., Red Bluff, Cal 2 50 
 
 Scott, J. A., Muskogee, Okla 1 00 
 
 Seagraves, James, Eaton Rapids, Mich 2 00 
 
 Seagraves, J. F., Middletown, Ohio 2 00 
 
 Setton, Emmett, Pulaski, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Shaifer, A. K., Port Gibson, Miss 1 00 
 
 Shannahan, J. K., Newcomb, Md 2 00 
 
 Sharkey, Clay, Jackson, Miss 1 10 
 
 Shaw, John H., Morton's Gap, Ky 50 
 
 Shaw, Mrs. Susie, Morton's Gap, Ky 50 
 
 Shearer, John, McCrory, Ark 1 00 
 
 Shepherd, William S., Columbus, Ga 5 00 
 
 Shipp, J. F., Chattanooga, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Simpson, John W., Bronston, Ky 1 00 
 
 Sims, T. H., Texarkana, Ark 1 00 
 
 Sinclair, G. Terry, New York City 1 00 
 
 Slocum, J. W., Gray, Ga 1 00 
 
 Smith, G. W., Chicago, 111 1 00 
 
 Smith, Miss Jessica R., Henderson, N. C 2 00 
 
 Smith, J. F., Marion, Ark 1 00 
 
 Smith, J. F., Morgan, Tex 1 00 
 
 Smith, Judge C. J., Ridgeway, S. C 50 
 
 Smith, M. V., Luling, Tex 1 00 
 
 Smith, W. A., Ansonville, N. C 2 00 
 
 Smith, W. W., Garnett, S. C 1 00 
 
 Spurlin, W. H., Camden, Ala 1 00 
 
 Starr, J. B., Fayetteville, N. C 1 00 
 
 Stewart, Col. W. H., Portsmouth, Va 1 00 
 
 Stone, John B., Kansas City, Mo 6 00 
 
 Stone, Mrs. C. B., Galveston, Tex 2 oo 
 
 Streigler, O., Menardville, Tex 1 00 
 
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Stuckey, D. H., Martinsburg, W. Va $ i oo 
 
 Sutherlin, W. K., Shreveport, La 2 oo 
 
 Sweetman, M. A., Circleville, Ohio 2 00 
 
 Swinburne, A. C, Vernon, Tex 1 00 
 
 Sword, Marion L., Opelousas, La 1 00 
 
 Syms, S. Y., Peterstown, W. Va 1 00 
 
 Tavenner, L. N., Parkersburg, W. Va 1 00 
 
 Taylor, Mrs. John M., Lexington, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Teague, Dr. B. H., Aiken, S. C 1 00 
 
 Team, Dr. J. W., Ridgeway, S. C 1 00 
 
 Thayer, Albert, Indianapolis, Ind 2 00 
 
 Thomas, J. A., Center Point, Ark 1 00 
 
 Thomas, Mrs. Mary Blount, Washington, D. C 5 00 
 
 Thompson, A. R., Collinsburg, La 1 00 
 
 Thompson, R. H., Culpeper, Va 1 00 
 
 Thompson, W. A., Gurley, La 1 00 
 
 Thornton, Hon. J. R., Washington, D. C 10 00 
 
 Tilghman, Sidell, Madison, N. J 10 00 
 
 Townsend, Mrs. E. H., Corsicana, Tex 1 00 
 
 Towson, Gen. J. William, Shelbina, Mo 7 00 
 
 Trice, C. W., Lexington, N. C 1 00 
 
 Tyler, Judge C. W., Clarksville, Tenn 10 00 
 
 Tyler, Gen. H. A., Hickman, Ky 100 00 
 
 Vanmeter, C. J., Bowling Green, Ky 5 00 
 
 Varnadoe, J. O., Valdosta, Ga 1 00 
 
 Vaughan, John C, Chapter, U. D. C, Sweetwater, 
 
 Tenn 5 00 
 
 Wall, Dr. W. D., Slaughter, La 1 00 
 
 Warden, Capt. Jacob, Berryville, Va 1 00 
 
 Warden, J. M., Wardensville, W. Va 5 50 
 
 Waring, F. M., Charleston, S. C 1 00 
 
 Washington, Hon. J. E., Wessyngton, Tenn 5 00 
 
 Waties, Mrs. M. B., Tallahassee, Fla 1 00 
 
 Watson, C William, Belvidere, 111 2 00 
 
 Watson, G. W., Jefferson, Tex 1 00 
 
 Watson, Richard Vidmer, Belvidere. Ill 1 00 
 
 Watts, H. D., Americus, Ga 1 00 
 
 Watts, W. P., Waverly Hall, Ga 1 00 
 
 West, Capt. John C, Waco, Tex 5 00 
 
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Westbrook, M. L., Waco, Tex $ i oo 
 
 Weston, F. H., Columbia, S. C i oo 
 
 Whetstone, W. D., Grandview, Ala i oo 
 
 Whitehead, E. M., Denton, Tex i oo 
 
 Whiteside, Miss Florence, Cleveland, Tenn i oo 
 
 Whitsett, J. B., Nashville, Tenn i oo 
 
 Wilder, E. G., Socrum, Fla i oo 
 
 Williamson, Mrs. M. R., Nashville, Tenn 5 00 
 
 Wilson, C. B., Taylor, Tex 5 00 
 
 Winnie Davis Chapter, U. D. C, Savannah, Ga 2 00 
 
 Witt, R. R., Lexington, Va 1 00 
 
 Womack, Mrs. C. A., Chatham, Va 1 00 
 
 Womack, J. K., Eagleville, Tenn 2 00 
 
 Wray, C. P., Ridgeway, S. C 1 00 
 
 Wrenne, Thomas W., Nashville, Tenn 1 00 
 
 Wynn, B. L., Charleston, Miss 10 00 
 
 Wyeth, Dr. John A., New York 5 00 
 
 Yeakle, A. R., Washington, D. C 2 50 
 
 Young, B. H., Louisville, Ky 10 00 
 
 Total $1,127 00 
 
 The memorial was valued at $3,000, but only the actual 
 working expense, amounting to some $1,500, was charged. 
 
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SAM DAVIS. 
 
SAM DAVIS. 
 
 THE STORY OF AN OLD-FASHIONED BOY. 
 
 Sam Davis was his name. He was born on a farm near the 
 little town of Smyrna, Terin. His parents were old-fashioned 
 people, God-fearing, simple-mannered, neither rich nor poor ; 
 and Sam grew up in the quiet ways of the Southern country 
 boy. Just as he had passed out of his teens, and was yet a 
 big boy in face and spirit, he died on the gallows at Pulaski, 
 Tenn., in the presence of Gen. Dodge's Corps of Federals. 
 
 Sam spent his boyhood days in the fields and under the great 
 trees of his father's farm, companion with mocking bird and 
 bee and butterfly, and with the patient brutes that serve the 
 farmer's need. There was no hint of the hero to come in the 
 peaceful, humdrum life of the farm. True, the war clouds 
 were gathering above and the air was becoming electric with 
 exciting speech and prophecy; and in every village was spring- 
 ing up a holiday soldiery, parading in glittering uniform to 
 the sound of fife and drum. 
 
 Out of the tenseness of these stirring years that ushered in 
 the great war Sam's strange heroism may have been fashioned ; 
 but I prefer to trace it back to the old-fashioned mother and 
 father and the simple, sincere life of the boy of the Ruther- 
 ford County farm. Somehow the old fable of Antaeus's 
 strength coming back to him only when in contact with mother 
 earth is often confirmed in the strength and heroism of the 
 men who have come to greatness from the life of the farm. 
 
 When the war finally came, and drum and fife and soldier 
 in a twinkling were transformed into the machinery of real 
 battle, Sam put aside his schoolbooks at Nashville, and bade 
 good-by to the two teachers who, as Generals Bushrod John- 
 son and Edmund Kirby Smith, became distinguished soldiers 
 of the Confederacy. He enlisted as a private in the 1st Ten- 
 nessee Infantry, and soon found place of drudgery and danger 
 in the army of General Bragg. 
 
 The life of the private soldier anywhere or at any time in 
 real warfare is not a pathway of roses. Least of all, as the 
 
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writer of his own experience can testify, was it a place of 
 comfort in the armies of the South. The flags that flashed 
 forth their stars and bars so bravely were soon blackened by 
 smoke and rent by bullet. The bright uniforms soon bore the 
 marks of the clay hills and the camp fires and grew tarnished 
 and torn. Even the martial music changed its note from the 
 sparkle and rush of the "Bonnie Blue Flag" and the "Girl I 
 Left Behind Me" to the minor tones of "The Years Creep 
 Slowly By, Lorena." 
 
 General Bragg, whatever criticism may be put upon his 
 generalship, was an insistent fighter, and his men were used 
 to being in the thick of battle. It was so with our boy 
 Sam. The peace and beauty of the Smyrna farm gave place 
 to the wearisome tramp, the pangs of hunger, the cries 
 of the wounded, and the pale faces of the dead. Those 
 who knew the boy speak much of his courage and faith- 
 fulness. "His record was such," writes one, "that when Bragg 
 ordered the organization of a company of scouts by Gen. B. F. 
 Cheatham, Sam Davis was chosen as one of the number be- 
 cause of his coolness and daring and power of endurance." 
 Capt. H. B. Shaw was given command of these scouts, and the 
 field of their earlier endeavor was 
 Middle Tennessee, which in 1863 
 was practically in the hands of the 
 Federals. 
 
 Captain Shaw assumed a dis- 
 guise within the Federal lines, 
 posing as an itinerant doctor and 
 bearing the name of "Dr. E. Cole- 
 man" among the Federals and of 
 "Capt. E. Coleman, Commander 
 of Scouts," among the Confeder- 
 ates, even in his official communi- 
 cations to General Bragg, this 
 double deception being deemed 
 necessary to the prosecution of his 
 dangerous duty as a spy. Scout captain shaw. 
 
 or spy, whatever the term applied, 
 
 one who enters the lines of the enemy to secretly gather infor* 
 
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mation for use of the opposing army under the rules of warfare 
 becomes a "spy," and if caught is executed as a spy. There 
 is no mawkish sentiment in war, and small mercy is shown 
 one who seeks to discover the secrets of the enemy. 
 
 But, as with Major Andre of the Revolution and with many 
 others, the occupation of scout and -spy is a necessity of war- 
 fare to which any soldier is liable and upon which no just 
 odium can be cast. No soldier of the Revolution, from Wash- 
 ington down, condemned the gallant young officer who, under 
 military law, died bravely as a spy. On the contrary, one who, 
 under the hard usage of the camp, is commissioned as a mili- 
 tary spy is usually chosen because of superior intelligence, 
 courage, and devotion to his army and colors. His vocation 
 is full of deadly peril by day and by night. If caught, he 
 usually dies by the most ignominious death under conditions 
 that inspire contempt in the spectators, to the end that swift 
 judgment and odious death may deter men from seeking the 
 office of the spy. Over his supreme self-sacrifice the epitaph 
 is commonly written, "Died on the gallows as a spy," without 
 those added words which justice demands: "Under military 
 appointment and for his country's cause." 
 
 It fell to the lot of my Tennessee hero to be assigned to 
 "Captain Coleman's Scouts" and given a place of peculiar dif- 
 ficulty and danger, soon to terminate in death. The appointing 
 officer said it was the "boy's record" that gave prominence and 
 promotion to one so young. He had learned as a country boy 
 two hard lessons that few men learn in a lifetime: to fear 
 nothing and nobody but God, and to obey orders. He had a 
 peculiarly bright and winning way about him, an utterly fear- 
 less eye, a frank and gentle speech, and the self-poise of a 
 great soul. Next to his God, above even his tender love for 
 his mother and home, Sam cherished that old-time sense of 
 "honor" so sacred among the traditions of the old South, when 
 one's "word of honor" meant more than wealth or fame or 
 life itself. Do not confuse this honor with that other folly of 
 Southern hotspurs — the dishonor of the code duello, long ago 
 in disgrace among the sons of those who condoned its bru- 
 tality, the one thing in its defense being that by sight and 
 sound of pistol it compelled a certain class of men to be more 
 
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circumspect in what they said and did. The honor which gives 
 my hero place among the immortals was of the kind that 
 sought not the life of another in revenge, but gave one's life 
 in devotion to duty. 
 
 In November, 1863, the 16th Army Corps, under Gen. G. 
 M. Dodge, was centered at Pulaski, Tenn., not far from the 
 Tennessee River and the Alabama line. General Dodge 
 had started from 
 Corinth, Miss., to 
 Chattanooga, Tenn., 
 to reenforce General 
 Grant. On all roads 
 his cavalry kept 
 sharp lookout, espe- 
 cially to break to 
 pieces the Coleman 
 band of scouts, who 
 were here and there, 
 watching every 
 movement of the 
 Federals, and by 
 persistent and accu- 
 rate reports to Gen- 
 eral Bragg were 
 making havoc of 
 General Dodge's 
 peace and plans — 
 so much so that the 
 General put on its 
 mettle the famous 
 Kansas 7th Cavalry, 
 nicknamed the "Jay- 
 hawkers," to run to earth and capture Coleman and his scouts. 
 So active and alert was the entire corps that capture was at 
 most a matter of a few days only. 
 
 Captain Shaw, alias Coleman, summoned Davis and com- 
 mitted to his care certain papers, letters, reports, and maps 
 giving late and important news to General Bragg. In his 
 shoes and in the saddle seat were hidden the dangerous docu- 
 
 SAM S MOTHER. 
 
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ments ; and Sam, with Coleman's pass, started southward to 
 Decatur, thence to take the "scout line" to the headquarters 
 of General Bragg. His last route began and ended Thursday, 
 November 19. Run down and arrested at the Tennessee 
 River by the "Jayhawkers," along with other prisoners he 
 was hurried to Pulaski, and by night was in jail. Elsewhere, 
 on the same day, Captain Shaw himself was captured and im- 
 prisoned also in the town. Davis's papers and reports were 
 placed in the hands of General Dodge, who twice had him 
 brought to his headquarters, urging him in strong but kindly 
 way to disclose the name of the one who had committed to 
 him the captured papers. 
 
 It is worth while to know who General Dodge was, and what 
 he thought of the young fellow whose life was now in the 
 General's hands. Dodge was born in Massachusetts, and is 
 yet living in Iowa, to which State at twenty he removed. 
 At the breaking out of the Civil War he was made colonel of 
 the 4th Iowa Infantry, and later brigadier general. He was 
 a close and trusted friend of General Grant, and was chosen 
 grand marshal of the Grant monument parade in New York 
 
 GROUP OF VETERANS WHERE SAM DAVIS WAS EXECUTED. 
 
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City in 1897. Ror many years after the war he was a resi- 
 dent of New York as capitalist of large affairs and citizen 
 of distinguished ability. 
 
 As -shown throughout the Davis tragedy, General Dodge was 
 proven to have been a man of kindly spirit. Something about 
 the Tennessee boy evidently touched the General's heart. Only 
 recently he wrote at length to the Confederate Veteran, pay- 
 ing long-cherished tribute to Davis's memory. He says of 
 him that "he was a fine, soldierly-looking young man, dressed 
 in a faded Federal coat, an army soft hat, and top-boots ; he 
 had a fresh, open face, which was inclined to brightness ; in 
 all things he showed himself a true soldier; it was known by 
 all the command that I desired to save him. I appreciate fully 
 that the people of the South and Davis's comrades understand 
 his soldierly qualities, and propose to honor his memory. I 
 take pleasure in contributing to a monument to his memory." 
 And with it came the General's personal check. Of Davis's 
 arrest and trial he 
 further writes : "I 
 was very anxious to 
 capture Coleman and 
 break up his com- 
 mand." (General 
 Dodge did not know, 
 nor did any Confed- 
 erate prisoner in the 
 Pulaski jail give the 
 slightest hint, that 
 the "H. B. Shaw" 
 captured the same day 
 as Davis, and proba- 
 bly prisoner in the 
 same building with 
 him, was the verita- 
 ble "Coleman" him- 
 self.) "I had Davis 
 brought before me. 
 His captors knew that 
 he was a member of Coleman's Scouts, and I knew what was 
 
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 SAM S FATHER. 
 
found upon him, and desired to locate Coleman and ascertain, 
 if possible, who was furnishing information so accurate and 
 valuable to General Bragg. Davis met me modestly. I tried 
 to impress on him the danger he was in, and as only a mes- 
 senger I held out to him the hope of lenient treatment if he 
 
 MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THE DAVIS HOME. 
 
 would answer truthfully my questions. I informed him that 
 he would be tried as a spy and the evidence would surely con- 
 vict him, and I made a direct appeal to him to give me the in- 
 formation I knew he had. He very quietly but firmly refused 
 to do it. I pleaded with him with all the power I possessed 
 to give me some chance to -save his life. I discovered that 
 he was a most admirable young fellow, with the highest 
 character and strictest integrity. He replied: 'I know, Gen- 
 eral, that I will have to die ; but I will not tell where I got 
 the information, and there is no power on earth that can make 
 me tell. You are doing your duty as a soldier, and if I have 
 to die I shall be doing my duty to God and my country.' " 
 There was nothing more that General Dodge could do. A 
 
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military commission was convened within three days, which 
 tried Davis and sentenced him as a spy to death on the gal- 
 lows Friday, November 27, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 
 2 p.m. — one week from the day of his capture. You may be 
 sure it was a long and lonely week to the brave boy, especially 
 those last three days that intervened between his sentence 
 and the day of doom. Somehow, though not -strangely, there 
 sprang up in all hearts an ever-increasing interest in one who 
 by a single word could open the door of his prison, yet chose 
 to die in place of another "for duty's sake." With "Coleman" 
 probably in touch of his hand and sound of his voice, he gave 
 no sign or hint of his identity. "He is worth more to the 
 Confederacy than me," he said. I doubt it. The more I think 
 of it after so many years have. passed, the greater is the won- 
 der that Shaw, alias Cole- 
 man, did not unmask and 
 save the life of one who 
 was sacrificing life for him. 
 Hard by the light that will 
 ever shine upon Sam's pale 
 face is this shadow that lies 
 heavy on the face of his 
 Captain. 
 
 Again and again Federal 
 soldiers sought Sam in his 
 cell, pleading with him to 
 disclose the informer's name 
 and save his own life. 
 Chaplain James Young, of 
 the 81st Ohio Infantry, was 
 his constant visitor and 
 comforter, to whom the last 
 messages and tokens were 
 committed for delivery to 
 his home. On the last sam's grandmother. 
 
 morning, "for remembrance' 
 
 sake," Sam gave him the Federal overcoat that his mother 
 had dyed, which Mr. Young lovingly kept until, in his 
 seventy-third year, not long before his death, he sent it to the 
 
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Confederate Veteran, saying: "My promised remembrance 
 is fulfilled. I am seventy-three years old, and could not 
 reasonably expect to care for it much longer. I have cut off 
 a small button from the cape, which I will keep. The night 
 before he died we sang together 'On Jordan's stormy banks 
 I stand,' and, as he desired, I was with him constantly, and at 
 the end I prayed with and for him." Dear old Chaplain ! He 
 and Sam are together now under brighter skies with the Mas- 
 ter whom they served. 
 
 Provost Marshal Armstrong, who had charge of prison and 
 gallows, became Sam's ardent friend, and, rough soldier though 
 he was, could scarcely perform his painful duty. Captain 
 Chickasaw, Chief of Dodge's Scouts, also took a strong liking 
 to the boy, and made a last effort to save him. 
 
 1 have at my side a copy of a faded little war paper issued 
 from the camp of Dodge's Corps, and it gives the Federal 
 account of Davis's last hours on earth. "Last Friday," it 
 reads, "the citizens and soldiery of Pulaski witnessed one of 
 those painful executions of stern justice which make war so 
 terrible; and though sanctioned by its usages, it is no more 
 than brave men in their country's service expose themselves 
 to every day." Then it goes on with its generous tribute to 
 the young hero whom the bravest soldier might look upon 
 with pride even upon the gallows. 
 
 I do not like to draw the last living picture of my boy. 
 But Friday morning came all too swiftly, and at ten o'clock 
 sharp the drums were beating, the execution guard under 
 Marshal Armstrong was marching to the jail, while the sol- 
 diers of the 16th Corps by the thousands, with muskets in 
 hand, were being marshaled in line about Seminary Ridge, 
 where the gallows was upreared in waiting. A wagon, with a 
 rough pine coffin, on which Sam Davis sat, headed the march. 
 In sight of his fellow-prisoners Sam waved his good-by with 
 a smiling face, and at the gallows dismounted and sat under 
 a tree, unfalteringly looking above at the swinging noose and 
 around at the sympathetic faces of the soldiers. 
 
 "How long have I to live, Captain Armstrong?" he inquired. 
 
 "About fifteen minutes, Sam." 
 
 "What is the news from the front?" And Armstrong told 
 
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him of General Bragg's battle and defeat. "Thank you, Cap- 
 tain ; but I'm sorry to hear it." And then, with one last 
 quaver in his voice of loving remembrance of his comrades in 
 gray : "The boys will have to fight their battles without me." 
 
 Captain Armstrong broke down. "Sam, I would rather die 
 myself than execute sentence upon you." 
 
 "Never mind, Captain," was the gentle reply. "You are 
 doing your duty. Thank you for all your kindness." 
 
 It was then that Captain Chickasaw came swiftly on horse, 
 and, leaping to the ground, sat himself by Sam and pleaded 
 in that last fierce moment of youth for the word of informa- 
 tion that would send him to his home in freedom. 
 
 Sam arose to his feet and, with flashing eye and uplifted 
 face, made his last answer: "No, I cannot. I would rather 
 die a thousand deaths than betray a friend or be false to 
 duty." 
 
 A Federal officer, who was looking into Sam's face, wrote 
 of him long after in the Omaha Bee : "The boy looked about 
 him. Life was young and promising. Overhead hung the 
 noose; around him were soldiers in line; at his feet was a 
 box prepared for his body, now pulsing with young and 
 vigorous life ; in front were the steps that would lead him to 
 disgraceful death, and that death it was in his power to so 
 easily avoid. For just an instant he hesitated, and then put 
 aside forever the tempting offer. Thus ended a tragedy 
 wherein a smooth-faced boy, without counsel, in the midst 
 of enemies, with courage of highest type, deliberately chose 
 death to life secured by means he thought dishonorable !" 
 
 The steps to the gallows were firmly mounted, and Sam's 
 last words, "I am ready, Captain," followed the Chaplain's 
 prayer — when in a moment he had passed through the gates of 
 death to take his place forever among the heroes of the 
 Southland. 
 
 In his memory a costly and beautiful monument, surmounted 
 by a bronze figure of the boy, is being erected in Capitol 
 Park, in the heart of Nashville. From every State in the 
 Union, from Blue and Gray, from rich and poor, the money 
 to build the monument was contributed upon the plea of Editor 
 S. A. Cunningham, of the Confederate Veteran, whose con- 
 
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ception it was ; and many thousands will bow their heads on 
 dedication day in loving memory of the hero of Tennessee. 
 Sometime, when you are passing through Nashville, take a 
 moment to look upon the noble bronze face, and then visit 
 the old Smyrna home and in the garden see the grave of 
 Sam as he sleeps by the side of his mother and father. And 
 if you care to copy them into your scrapbook, take these words 
 of Ella Wheeler Wilcox from the bronze tablet on the monu- 
 ment : 
 
 SAM DAVIS | 
 
 ~ WHEN THE LORD CALLS UP EARTH'S HEROES, 5 
 TO STAND BEFORE HIS FACE, 
 0, MANY A NAME, UNKNOWN TO FAME 
 
 ~ SHALL RING FROM THAT HIGH PLACE; 5 
 
 ~ THEN OUT OF A GRAVE IN THE SOUTHLAND * 
 
 - AT THE JUST GOD'S CALL AND BECK, £ 
 
 - SHALL ONE MAN RISE WITH FEARLESS EYES 2 
 
 WITH A ROPE ABOUT HIS NECK; 2 
 I'' SOUTHLAND! BRING YOUR LAURELS, £ 
 AND ADD YOUR WREATH, NORTH! 
 LET GLORY CLAIM THE HERO'S NAME *2 
 AMD TELL THE WORLD HIS WORTH. 
 
 ELLA WHEELER WILCOX ff 
 
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[The Nashville American copies an article from the Pulaski 
 Chanticleer of December 2, 1863. It was a paper edited by 
 C. W. Hildreth and devoted to the interests of the left wing 
 of the 16th Army Corps.] 
 
 Last Friday the citizens and soldiers of Pulaski witnessed 
 one of those painful executions of stern justice which make 
 war so horrible ; and though sanctioned by the usages of war, 
 it is no more than men in the service of their country expose 
 themselves to every day. Samuel Davis, of Coleman's Scouts, 
 having been found within the Federal lines with dispatches 
 and mails destined for the enemy, was tried on the charge of 
 being a spy, and, being found guilty, was condemned to be 
 hanged between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Friday, 
 November 27, 1863. The prisoner was apprised of his sentence 
 by Captain Armstrong, local provost marshal ; and though 
 somewhat surprised at the sentence of death, he did not mani- 
 fect any outward signs of agitation. 
 
 Chaplain Young, of the 81st Ohio Infantry, visited the 
 prisoner and administered spiritual consolation. The prisoner 
 expressed himself resigned to his fate and perfectly prepared 
 to die. He exhibited a firmness unusual for one of his age, 
 and up to the last showed a lively interest in the news of the 
 day, expressing regret when told of the defeat of General 
 Bragg. 
 
 The scaffold for the execution of the prisoner was built 
 upon the ridge, east side of town, near the seminary, a posi- 
 tion which could be seen from any part of the town. 
 
 At precisely 10 a.m. the prisoner was taken from his cell, 
 his hands tied behind him, and, accompanied by the chaplain 
 of the 81st Ohio Volunteers, was placed in a wagon, seated 
 upon his coffin, and conveyed to the scaffold. Provost Marshal 
 Armstrong conducted the proceedings. At precisely five min- 
 utes past ten o'clock the wagon containing the prisoner and 
 the guards entered the hollow square formed by the troops, 
 in the center of which was the scaffold. The prisoner then 
 stepped from the wagon and seated himself upon a bench at 
 the foot of the scaffold. He displayed great firmness, glancing 
 casually at his coffin as it was taken from the wagon. Turn- 
 ing to Captain Armstrong, he inquired how long he had to 
 
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live, and was told that he had just fifteen minutes. He then 
 remarked: "We would have to fight the rest of the battles 
 alone." [This awkward expression is evidently an error. A 
 quotation from his associates is as follows : "The boys will 
 have to fight the rest of the battles without me." — Editor.] 
 
 Captain Armstrong: "I am sorry to be compelled to per- 
 form this painful duty." 
 
 Prisoner with a smile : "It does not hurt me, Captain. I 
 am innocent, though I am prepared to die, and do not think 
 hard of it !" 
 
 Captain Chickasaw then asked the prisoner if it would not 
 have been better for him to have accepted the offer of life 
 upon the disclosure of the facts in his possession, when the 
 prisoner answered with much indignation : "Do you suppose 
 I would betray a friend? No, sir; I would rather die a thou- 
 sand times first." 
 
 He was then questioned upon other matters, but refused to 
 give any information which would be of service. 
 
 The prisoner then mounted the scaffold, accompanied by 
 the chaplain, James Young, whom he requested to pray with 
 him at his execution. The prisoner then stepped upon the trap, 
 the rope was adjusted about his neck, and the cap drawn over 
 his head. In a moment the trap was sprung, and the prisoner 
 fell suspended in the air. For a few moments he struggled 
 with his hands and feet ; this was succeeded by a slight quiver- 
 ing of the body, which ceased at three and one-half minutes 
 from the time he fell. After being suspended seventeen and 
 one-half minutes, the officiating surgeon, D. W. Voyles, of the 
 6th Indiana Infantry Volunteers, pronounced the prisoner 
 dead, and he was cut down and placed in his coffin. It was 
 supposed from the protracted animation which the prisoner 
 exhibited that the fall had not broken his neck and that he 
 died by strangulation, but upon subsequent examination his 
 neck was found to be completely broken. 
 
 So fell one whom the fate of war cut down early in youth 
 and who exhibited traits of character which under other cir- 
 cumstances might have made him a remarkable friend and 
 member of society. 
 
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