The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-30
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
By J. L. POWER.


At Gettysburg, charlottesville and
Spottsylvania the fighting covered three
days or more. At the Wilderness, Cold
Harbor, Shiloh, Stone River, Chicka-
manga and Atlanta the losses were
divided between two days of fghting:
but, at Antietam, the bloody work
commenced at sunrise, and by 4 o'clock
that afternoon it was over.
At the Seven Days battle, Lees armv
numbered 94,13S effective men actually
engaged, exclusive of non-combatants,
There were present 1914 regiments and
10 battalions of infantry; 8 regiments
and 8 battalions of cavalry, and SO
batteries Of light artillery-equivalent,
in all, to 800 regiments. The casualty
lists show that each Of these commands
was engaged, and they specify the loss
in each. 1t was a grand army, COM
posed of the flower of Southern man
hood, and Lee never led its like again.
At the Wilderness Gen. Grants army,
including the Ninth corps, numbered
lis, 769 effective men, and 316 pieces of
artillery. 1t included 1856 regiments
and 8 battalions of infantry; IS regi-
ments of cavalry, and 81 batteries Of
light artillery. They were veteran
regiments, whose riven banners had
waved amid the smoke of many hard
fought fields.
The foregoing is obtained from ''Fox's
Regimental Losses" a large and very
valuable work, published several years
ago, and which this writer found IN
Gen. S. d. Lees war library at Colum-
bus. Cut it out for your scrap-book.
Mississippi In the Confederate Congress.
The editor of this department receives
occasional inquiries as to the men who
represented Mississippi in the Confed-
crate congress. Several incorrect lists
have been published, and they are still
going the rounds. The Record and
Pension Office, War Department" COM
piled an Executive and Congressional
Directory of the Confederate States,
1S6l-1S65," and got Mississippi correct,
except it has John A. Orr for Jehu
A. Orr, and John T. Lampkin" for
John T. Lamkin. The following is be-
lieved to be correct:
Members of the Provisional Congress
Feb. 4, 1861, to Feb. IS, 1s62-Wiley
P. Harris, Walker Brooke, William S.
Wilson, William S. Barry, James T.
Harrison, Alexander M. Clayton, j. A.
p. Campbell, Jehu A. Orr, Alexander
B. Bradford.
Mr.. Wilson resigned April 90, 1861.
Mr.. Clayton admitted Feb. s, 1861; re-
signed May II, 1851. Mr.. Bradford ad-
mitted Dec. 5, 1851.
Senators in First Congress-Feb. IS,
1862, to Feb. II, 1s64-Albert G. Brown,
James Phelan, admitted Feb. 10, 1862.
Representatives in First Congress-
Feb. is, 1862, to Feb. II, 1s64-Ethel-
bert Barksdale, John j. McRae, j. w.
Clapp. Ohio r. Singleton, Reuben
Davis, Henry c. Chambers, William d.
Holder.
Mr.. Chambers admitted Feb. 10, 1862.
Mr.. Holder admitted June 81, 1864, vice
Mr.. Davis, resigned.
Senators in Second Congress-May .,
1854, to March IS, 1s65-Albert G.
Brown, John w. c. Watson.
Representatives, for same period
Jehu A. Orr, Israel Walsh, Henry C.
Chambers, Ethelbert Barksdale, John
7. Lamkin.
William D. Holder, admitted May 4,
1884. Ohio R. Singleton, admitted
May Q, 1864.
Historical Notes.
OF the commissioners appointed by
Gov. Pettus in November, 1860, to the
other Southern States ito enlist their
cooperation in a general and stimuli.
taneous withdrawal from the Federal
Union" Col. c. Z. Hooker is the sole
survivor. He was the commissioner to
South Carolina.
OF those who represented Mississippi
in the Provisional Congress in the Con-
federate States, from February 4, 1861,
to February IS, 1862, Judge ]. A. P.
Campbell, of jackson, and Hon. Jehu A.
Orr, of Columbus, alone survive.
OF those who were members of the
Secession Convention of 1861, the fol-
lowing still survive: Judge s. H. Ter
raj, Jackson; Judge Thomas III. Woods,
Meridian; DR.. I. d. Isom, Oxford; Hon.
Jehu A. Orr, Columbus; Col. NJ. D. L..
Stephens. Water Valley; DR.. Walter l..
KERN, Lexington; Hon. James NJ.
Nelson, (of Pike Texas. Judge Woods
and the late Col. John A. Blair were
the youngest delegates, each being in
his 25th year.
Ths Poll Tax Amendment.
The secretary of State has published
official notice that the following substi-
tuted for section 206 of the constitution
will be submitted to the qualified cleo
tors of the State for ratification or re-
lection at the congressional election to
be held in November next:
''Section 206. There shall be a county
common school fund, which shall con-
sist of the poll tax, to be retained in
the counties where the same is collected,
and a State common school fund to be
taken from the general fund in the
State treasury, which together shall be
sufficient to maintain the common
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