The Grenada sentinel., 1899-11-25
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
By J. L. POWER.
Mississippi In the Civil War.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Mississippi In the Civil War.
Senator Hardy, IN 1898. introduced
bill providing for record of Missis-
sippi soldiers in the civil war. 1t pro-
vided that the secretary of State should
have special clerk for two years.
whose sole duty should be to collect
and compile such records in the way OF
company rolls, sketches OF regiments,
reports of battles, casualties, etc.. as
could yet be obtained. Nearly every
State, North and South, cImmcnced
this work many years ago. and quite
number have a complete history OF
every organization, and of every man,
from the beginning to the end of the
war. When the Confederate congress,
in 1864, created the Office of superin'
tendent of army records this writer
was appointed for Mississippi. He sue
ceeded in completing one brigade
Humphries'-consisting of the Thir'
teenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth and
Twenty-tirst regiments, and obtained
many rolls of Davis brigade. He was
making fair progress with Harris
brigade, but the rolls Of that brigade
were lost in the evacuation of Peters.
burg.
The legislature, just after the war,
passed an act to continue the work, but
military rule did not recognize the
utility of rebellion records" although
the government has spent millions
since in getting them up. Later on the
law was revived, and Col. William H.
McCardle was appointed. He spent
some time in Washington, in 1878, and
made report to the legislature, but
the matter was closed for the want OF
further appropriation.
The bill prepared by Capt. Hardy
passed the senate, but some of its
phraseology didn't suit some members
of the house, and several Of the old
rebs on the floor, who thought the OBJ.
jectionable words expressed sound doc
trine, would not consent to striking
them out, and so the bill was killed ''in
the house of its friends A special
committee Of the Mississippi Division
U. C. ", headed by General Stephen D.
Lee. addressed the house in behalf OF
the measure. And it seems that the
General still cherishes a hope that
something may yet be done. In q letter
dated Columbus, Nov. i, he says:
my Dear Col Power-I have in my pos
session the Report of the Historian of the
Confederate Records to the Assembly Of
South Carolina for the year 1885, also ac-
count of the raising of troops in South
Carolina for State and Confederate service,
1S6l-G3
II give this information still hoping that
an effort will be made by you and others
to get the coming legislature to give you
an assistant to compile and publish the
Confederate records of the State. You are
assured Of my hearty cooperation.
with kind wishes. your friend and COM
rade, STEPHEN D. Lee
Mississippi Governors Buried In jackson.
The editor of this department has
recently received several communica-
tions from a gentleman in the East
who is preparing for publication book
to be styled ''The Graves of American
Statesman And this reminds US that
there are seven governors of Missis.
sippi buried in the Jackson cemetery:
George Poindexter, 1920. Native of
Virginia; died September 5, 1858; aged
Is years.
Abram NJ. Scott, 1882. Native OF
North Carolina; died in Office June II,
1898; aged 4s years.
Charles Lynch, 1887. Native of South
Carolina; died February ., 1858; aged
70 years.
Albert Gallatin McNutt, 1888. Native
Of Virginia; died October ~, 1874; aged
42 years.
Albert Gallatin Brown, 1874. Native
of South Carolina; died June IL, 1880;
aged 81 years.
John l. GulOn, 1901. Native OF Adams
county, Miss; died June 26, 1858; aged
Sc years.
William L. Sharkey, 1865. Native OF
Tennessee; died April 20, 1878; aged "a
years.
College Land Grants.
A correspondent wants to know the
number of acres of land which have
been donated to Mississippi, in recent
years, by the general government for
educational institutions; also, how
these lands were disposed of, etc.
Our correspondent will find full in
formation on this subject in the mes.
sage of Gov. McLaurin to the Legisla.
ture in January, 1898. The grants
were as follows:
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