Sharp County record., 1879-11-13
, sorTHERN WAR RECORDS.

a1tGrward glad to iFT -, rurDirg Over
H. Nt makes oue dpse4ial Papers to Gen. hrlsh
0o-lell0W Nj, he'l 1ur M, the Washington star
storage Is almoy ior Of the StOr this morning
WIN ". some Loss rePoitn the large building on u
~ N You cant ppeu p Of Twentieth, where the
"here You have e, VI 1s of the war are being com
3sl con Marcus j. Wright, who Is
lPortant factor in Collecting the records Of the
d reputation for gsu. to side was found in his o1llce'
vcIe and dealing ae.g' Very many of the most val
per ouyS once and "a al papers Of the Confederate
apt to buy ar e oncI i+ P DESTROYED in the gen
ne goods to ot, ~ Nsei,m WI and surrender Our pu-
makes the best g :l ae copies Of all such papers,
.-AIer. Hyde, ingFe s make complete the official
~ S' u that side. Such OF the papers
oiu p.a I, Vn,rpsoryed were obtained by the
It y" the Legal Stan Nev and | was appointed to
NeroSene! ara Jnnlicates Of those that were
yo widely prera sapot how do you get these dupli-
e use OF kerOSae tolp~
explosions are Trom the officers of the Confederate
careleSSnesS t ,lF They preserved copies OF every
Kerosene ne ny n4 eTerT official paper they sent to
more danger than ppbmond and many OF them Kept
OF animal Or r po;es Of every official letter they
words, that itisim; oples u
mnang oil from 3no the yConfederate officers give
| II |. not be more ho;r files up to you?'
ldlhaly hOuseh wOb YES AS general rule they
these errors ara tboG to rs. but where any of them
nee with regard ,ave papers they wish to keep they al
perltles of the nil n ID to make copies OF them, and we
ucts properly den ,otn the originals. Gen. Joseph E.
the conditions Ibns tom turned over to us his entlre
or aduerated peoor containing all his reports Of
fc;al letters and reports of his subordl-
tlm from thecn nsta oArers | have also all OF Gen.
IN, has been a pab papers, and that gives us
the products onIpe Official record of the Ncksbug
temperatures hi oonp, ,cn as conducted on the Conted-
Why more Or herate side"
enStlcS. Ibmr "Dd they turn over Their papers en-
en- OFF at tenn tirek to the G6venment?'
9ezing point n.y.. We preserve the papers, and
at appears they are accessible at all times to those
Fab. temr gentemen, if they should wish to see
line is given Them or make copies. They give them
300' the w 70 rs very willingly, as it relieves them
The naphth of tbe trouble and care OF keeping them,
above 2Sy and does not deprive them of any use
he. All these fbev would want to make OF the papers
properties: are We take every precauOn against loss
peratures M bv fire or otherwise of the papers we get
. hen their w W. have printed copies Of each one
seven to h made, and IS or2O copies are distributed
Ir they burn around among as many OF the depart
hen not cCDfr ments and other Government buildings,
and 1902 ken SO that in case of fire we are certain not
e of produces to have them all destroyed"
cen bendne General, these records are to pub
Is, too thickh lished by the Government, are they
+ TO fro1eSM not"
ude pehoem |" Yes. sir; that is what we are col
2 parts Of g& 1ectng them for. The purpose of the
of ben1M fGovernment is to make up complete
and 10 of Ci Mar. The record for the year 1861 OF
is worth Both sides, will be ready for publication
Osene; napH about the time Congress meets. 1he
one third las volume will be printed by the Govern
frefneBCP ment as any other public documents, and
with the G The usual number distributed among the
then bring departments and members Of Congress-
earance Of Then the law provides that the work
parafn shall be stereotyped and sold to the pub
pure ke lie at the cost price of printing, 50 that
th its low ANY any one can obtain the work at com
. Il the mSH paratively little COST
rd for kG "Will the records of the two armies
! States be printed separatey?"
tes standn "Yes: separately, and in consecutive
are fOrh& volumes"
w. Obv@ "Will the records be edited?"
e aStnam "No, not at all; simply compiled so
re quite as to present. in the order in which they
s were issued the official reports, letters
made IN D orders, etc, of the War. The cOmpila-
sed from ton is in charge Of Col R. n. Scott Of
it should the Third Artillery, U. S. A., and man
Professor better qualified for the work could not
| d OF Heal have been selected"
STANDARD "How long will it take to finish up
eyWhet the entire Work?h
n endd "It will require several years more
. OF cOWs to complete the work for all the years
. ced. of the war;
. the adI Haven't you recently returnd from
not acOllecting tour in the South?"
! TWO "Yes, sir I got back few days ago,
and obtained number of very valua-
It, m,l bic papers. | first went to see Gen.
n'n''"' Joseph Wheeler, in Alabama, who COM
frt manded the cavalry of Bragg's army
tnotrr nS He gave me his entire file of papers and
"hor % reports covering the time from his en-
:, rDEr try into the Confederate service until
Som the close of the war. next visited the
rSgndn Indian Territory, and got set of papers
covering the military operations of the
III Confederates in what was called the
ns' District of the Indian Territory. The
ho om district was commanded by Gen. Albert
HU odr Pike, Maxey (now United States Sena-
hnh tor from Texas, and D. H. Cooper.
aaD These records are quite important.
'n Ssn also got all the official papers of Lieut.
tbn Gen. r. S Ewell (snce dead), who held
S an important command in the Confed-
! Sor crate Army. l next visited Gen. g..
u%m Kirby Smith, who commanded the
,oba trans-Mississippi Department, and got