Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-19

are James E. CODD or IuSkeBee anu JOHIl H. Bankhead of Fayette. Cobb was a lieutenant in Company F of the Fifth Texas. He served Tn the Army of North ern Virginia until made prisoner at the battle of Gettysburg. Bankhead served four years in the Confederate army and was wounded three times. Last of all comes the daShing leader of Confederate cavalry, Gen. Joseph r. Wheeler. Ma than B. Forest, J. E. B. Stuart Wade Hampton and Joseph Wheeler might well be classed with Judson Fitzpatrick, All fred Pleasanton Benjamin H. Grierson, William w. Averill, George A. Custer and Alfred A. Torber of the union army. Wheeler became a Acknowledgement. The only representative from Arkansas who was in the Confederate army is Rob- ert Neill of Batesville He entered the service as private in the First regiment | of Arkansas Mounted Rifles, and was a captain al the end of the war.
 Six of the representatives from Georgia were Confederate soldiers The first is Rufus b. Lester of Savannah who served throughout the war with an unStained record. The second is Benjamin E. Rus sell of Bainbridge. He entered the Con- federate army as drummer boy in the First Georgia, and afterwards enlisted in the Eighth Florida regiment and be- cane first lieutenant. He was captured at Sailors creek The third is Ex-Speak- CT Charles F. Crisp of Americus. He was
 
 was captured on May 12, 1864, and con fined in Fort Delaware until the end of the war. The fourth is John W. Maddox of Rome. He served as private throughout the war. The fifth Is Judge James C. c. Black of Augusta. He was a private in the Ninth Kentucky cavalry. The sixth is Henry G. Turner of Quitman: He entered the army as private and came out of 1t captain.
 Of the eleven representatives from .1r, tr ra1x ono A. Confederate soldier. He is James B. Me- Creary of Richmond. He has been lieu tenant-governor of the state and was lieutenant colonel of the Eleventh Ken lucky cavalry.
 Two of the six representatives from Louisiana are Confederate veterans. The first is Adolph Meyer of New Orleans. He entered the Confederate service Tn 1862, when a student of the University or Virginia He served until the close of the war on the staff of Cerro Gordo Will Hams of Kentucky. The other Confeder- ate soldier Is Henry w. Ogden of Benton. He was a lieutenant in the sixteenth Missouri, and was afterwards on tne staff of Brig. Gen. Lewis Parsons. lie was parolled at Shreveport on June s' 1865.
 Three of the Mississippi representatives were Confederate soldiers. The first and most prominent is John M. Allen of Tu- pelo. John entered the army as prl- vate and remained private throughout the war Col. John R. Fellows, also Confederate soldier says that John Allen was frequently captured by the yankees, but was always immediately released. as the yankees found 1t cheaper to hght him than to feed him. Allen himself says that he was so nauseated by the blood shed that he does not desire to en- ter another war. Thomas $. Catchlngs of Vicksburg was also Confederate sol dier, serving throughout the war. He did not win his title as general In the war. It was bestowed upon him be- cause he was at one time attorney-gen- eral of the state. James G. spencer or Port Gibson was private in CoWans battery of light artillery, serving until the end of the war
 The only representative of the Fiftieth from Missouri who was in the Confed- crate army is Seth w. Cobb of St. Louis He enlisted in a Virginia regiment and served throughout the war.
 Neither of the North Carolina senators was in the Confederate army. The only representative there was eRomulus. 4. Linney of Taylorsville. He is republi- can He served under Lee as a private soldier until Charlottesville, where he was severely wounded
 Three of the South Carolina representa- lives are Confederate veterans. The first Is Col. William Elliott of Beauford, who remained in service until the war cnueu. ne SeCouu ID w. oooPSi of Parksville He served throughout the war and afterwards became farmer. The third is Thomas J. Strait of Lan- caster. He was private in General Guests brigade, serving afterward as a sergeant until the apple tree began to drop its blossoms at Appomattox.
 Four of the ten representatives from Tennessee are Confederate veterans. The first is James D. Richardson of Murfrees- boro He entered the service when Us years old and served nearly four years. He became adjutant of the Forty-ffth Tennessee. The second Is Nicholas N. Cox of Franklin. He was colonel un- der Gen. Nathan B. Forrest. The third is James c. McDearmon of Trenton. He served throughout the war in Cheat hams division and was wounded at Mur- freesboro and Franklin. The fourth is Josiah Patterson of Memphis. He was lieutenant in the First Alabama cavalry. After the battle of Shiloh he became cap tain. Within the year he was promoted to the rank of colonel, and assigned to the command of the Fifth Alabama cavalry. In the last year of the war he commanded a cavalry brigade. He sur rendered the Fifth Alabama on May $, 1865 It Is said to have been the last organized body of troops who surrender ed east of the Mississippi.
 Six of the thirteen representatives from Texas were Confederate soldiers. Joseph C. Hutchinson of Houston was private in the Twenty-first Virginia. He served under Stonewall Jackson, and surren- dered at Appomattox as captain of the Fourteenth Virginia. D. B. Culberson of Jefferson entered the army as pri- yate, and came out as colonel or the Eighteenth Texas. Joe Abbott of Hills boro was first lieutenant in the Twelfth Texas cavalry. George c. Pendleton of Belton was private in a Texas cavalry regiment Joseph D. Savers of Bastrop and Jerome V. Cockrell of Anson were in the Confederate service throughout the war.
 Four of the ten representatives from Virginia are Confederate veterans. Will liam A. Jones of Warsaw was cadet l5 years old defending Richmond. D. Gardi- ner Tyler of Charles City was private in the Army of Northern Virginia, sur rendering at Appomattox. He is son of Ex-President John Tyler, and resem- bles his father. Arthur J. Otey of Lynch burg was cadet in the state service at the time of the John Brown raid. He joined the Confederate army in 1861, and fought in the west when Fort Donelson was captured, and at the battle of shiloh. After that he joined the Army of North ern~V Virginia and remained in service