The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-09-22
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COLUMBIA, =. g.. Sept. lit seems
that. Notwithstanding all belief T., the
contrary, a gallant soldiers who la d
down tieir lives Tor the lost cause. and
who fought bravely for it are IL ger their
just dues. Recently The State published
Il number OF requests from the war re-
cords Office of tie War Department of
was consequently obtained.
Yesterday the assistant adiutant gen
eral received II circular from the "War
Depdrtm"nt publication Office, war
rrcortS lSGl.6o." 1t RECRUITS the pro.
visions OF the act Of June 23, 1874. pro
vidiDg for the publication and co lee.
ton OF ~ Confederate records. The
siRntr his appointment in
1913, n his sutteSo SO far.
me circuiar cu'rludes lnus:
From these p,iers, anu II large mum
her or oti'trS previously Ia tue posses.
sion of the drpdrturrui, forty volumes
have, up u tnis date (~Noveuder. 1881.
retn puDliS Ied D., Authority OF Congress
ana OihrIS Viii soon be issued, and tne
computation add publication will con
tlnue until all are published. H. is.
therefore, important that the War De-
partmenL Sh0uld be- placed in O session
of all Confederate military papers, books
aud records Which are cXtant and which
may be valuable IN illustrating the
nature OF the great struggle from Which
The country mas emerged SO as to put
them III PRINT, i'll order TO preserved them
precisely as they are for historical use.
1t will, of course, be impossible to make
this publication complete If any of the
records are Withheld from the govern
ment; besides, such action would be
unjust to the actors in this great strug-
gle by deprivlng them of their proper
place in history.
While the most important large col
lections of Confederate papers have
been obtained, it is known that man
very. valuable papers are still in the
hands of persons who have not yet been
reached; and as these are important to
a full and complete history of the Con-
federate armies, it is hoped that none
will be withheld but that all parties
having custody Of such papers will
submit them for The examination of
the officer charged with tho publication
OF tho Official Records Of the War of
the ltebellion.
TO persons having such records and
not desiring to part with their owner
snip, but who are willing to have their
contents preserved and made public, |
am authorized to say that If delivered
to this office for the purpose above indi-
Gated, they will be duly returned to the
owners
Packages of papers too large to send
conveniently by mail may be sent by
express ut the expense of the depart
lnent. All packages OF letters should be
addressed to me us indicated at the head
of this circular. MARCUS j. WRIGlIT.
Agent of the Wan Department, ate
Brig. Gen. G. $. A.
Approved: GEO. b DAVIS,
Maj. and Judge Advocate U. $. A., in
charge.
The following letter, which is of in
t%ererst, accompanies the circular:
My DEAR SIR: | have seen by the
paper that Col. Zimmerman Davis has
g TO yon Il roster of the field officers
OF the Fifth South Carolina Cavalry.
l would like to nave Il copy OF it. i
was a %brigadier general in the Confed-
crate army and I'm collecting records
for publication in the War Records
publication.
l refer to Gen. Wade Hampton and
Gen. nj. G. Butler. both of whom know
me. Please give me the address of Col.
Il. Davis. Very truly yours,
MARCUS j. WRIGHT.
The adJutant general yesterday re-
ceiyed a letter from Mrs. Clementina
L.. Legge, of Charleston, returning a
brief sketch Of the record of her late
husband Lieut.. Col. George w. III.
Ltgge, of the Fifth Regiment of South
Carolina Infantry Volunteers.
AL the records of South Cardinals
brave heroes should be in this publica-
tion.-The State.