Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-10-19
Confederate Veteran for October.

Nashville, Tenn, Is at hand, and
1T is perhaps one of the most inter
esting copies of that popular mag
azine which has yet been issued.
It's, as ever, replete with incl
dents, anecdotes, biographical
sketches, and historical data.
touching all phases of the great
Southern struggle of the past as it
is seen today by those who delight
TO remember its salient points in
the present, and to preserve the
lessons that it taught for use in the
future.
The initial article on the South
ern Woman's Memorial" is by
b. NJ. Hord, of Nashville, with
important editorial suggestions on
the subject for the practical utility
of such contemplated tribute.
! There are a number of personal
recollectiOns of distinguished Con-
federate officers and soldiers. each
one of which makes a distinctly
valuable addition history. Among
these may be mentioned biograph-
ical sketches of Gen. John C..
Breckenridge, by Col. j. Stoddard
Johnston, of Louisville. KY. and
Gen. +. {. Walthall, with sketches
of his own brigade at Chicamauga,
by Capt. j. ID. Smith; also extracts
from a recently published pamph-
let on Gen. Walthall, by the Rev.
+. {. Smith, who served in the
| Twenty-Ninth Mississippi Regi-
ment; while an excellent halftOne
picture of Gen. Walthall is the
frontispiece ofthis Octobernumber.
We also note original comments
on "Stonewall Jackson's Death, "
by Murray f. Taylor, of A. p.
Hills staff; Particulars on Gen.
John Adams Death" by Capt.
Thomas Gibson. of Nashville, with
a handsome picture of Gen. Adams;
and in addition to these articles
there are several personal recollec-
tiOns of historic engagements dur
ing the Confederate campaign.
many incidents of which have
never before been published.
| 1t is this distinctly personal
point of view which gives value
to every article published in the
Veteran, and serves TO make it a
magazine whose true worth cannot
be overestimated by those who de-
sire 10 preserve the real truth
about the so often misrepresented
past.
Current events in Confederate
circles are also noted, chief among
these being interesting accounts of
the dedication of the Confederate
monument at Greensboro, Ala,
with fine pictures of the monu-
ment and persons connected there
with; also a picture and descrip-
tion of the Confederate monument
at Neosho, Mo.
Personal comments abound
throughout the pages of the Vet.
eran, the most notable of which
perhaps is the sketch of the late
Mrs. Mary Ashley Townsend, who
though of Northern birth, lived
for many years in New Orleans
La, and who was closely connect
l ed with some of the oldest Southern
families. Mrs. Townsend. whose
pen name was "Xaritfa, +" was
poet and writer of SURPRISING
merit, and it is pleasant to not,
! that the Veteran is among the frs
; magazines in the country to com
ment on the personality of thi
distinguished woman and to an
' nounce the contemplated appear
ance of a volume of her hithert,
I unpublished poems.
THE Last ROll"-that depart
ment in the Veteran devoted t,
the commemoration of those VIII
- have gone before contains mum
a ber of names, sketches, and pic
II lures of well-known SOutherner
and soldiers who have gone t
"join the vast majority Amon
these must be noted that of Mrs
Elizabeth Brown Burch, of Nash
. vile, daughter of Gen. John {
Brown, of the Confederate army
- With the sketch is given a beaut
:, ful picture of the grave of Mrs
Burch, st Pulaski. Tenn. whic
lies in the shadow of the shat
, raised to her distinguished father
;. and on each side of which M
: exquisite monuments to her tw