The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-18
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DR.. Brock, Secretary Of Southern
Historical Society lss,ltes
Volume for 1905.
MUCH VALUABLE MATERIAL 81:
Many Articles Relating to War
Between the States Are
Preserved.

Volume xxxI1Is OF the Southern Hiss
torlcai Papers, ubly edited by Or. II. A.
Brock, secretary OF the Southern Hiss.
torical Society. Is Just out. and can be
had of the secretary.
Between the neat paper covers of the.
volume are twcnty-sevcnt papers and
speeches on subjects pertaining to the
Civil War, all OF them readable and most
interesting. They touch Il wide range of
hllinur experience, and In the index ono
may flntl II diversity reaching from.
Acthcr, as an nnesthctic, ton discussion
OF a monument to the women OF tho
South. First In the table Of contents
appear the STORY OF the Confederate
arInored ram Arkansas; her achieve
mcnts unmatched In navel warfare Z
from the pen OF the Rev. John Johnson
-. d.. who writes from first hand knowl-
edge, having risen to the rank of major
OF engineers In the Confederate army.
The second, and ono which will prove
) even more interesting to the general,
public than the first. is II graphic paper
on Trees Whitfield Down at Horseshoe
Readers OF The Times Dispatch will re-
member this story Ms having appeared
in The for Sunday, August - 1905.
The tale is in the form OF u letter from
Captain W. w. Old. Of Norfolk, and cOn-
sists of his personal "reminiscences OF the
tree incident at Bloody, Angie. The story
interesting rs 1T Is In Itself. is told in
such u vivid style as to make 1t one Of
tho most readable articles In the volume
The editor, DR.. Brock. in IFS intro
dliction to the experience Of Captain John
Randolph Bryan doing scout duty In a
balloon. says: During the war between
the North and South many events OF
absorbing interest occurred and II has
been the object OF The Times Dispatch
to record as many as possible of these
IL the Confederate column OF the paper
Speaking of the balloon used for scout
duty. 1t Is one OF the best anecdotes
In the series. and most graphically told.
BY the courtesy of Professor j. W.
Mallett. Of the University OF Virginia.
complete honor roll OF the students OF
the University who died In defense OF the
Southern cause, has been made possible.
In the words OF Nf,or John w. Daniel:
II is pleasing to know that the roll will
be engraved on enduring tablets and 80
preserved mt the University in sacred
memory of the time that proved mems
souls, and OF those too, who possessed
the souls and gave them back to their
Creator for their lands sake" In the
list are the names of AS.
Battle of Bethesda Church.
Colonel G. 70. Christian contributes m
account of the battle at Bethesda Church.
taken from The Times Dispatch OF
August 18th, last. =,
Another excellent article Is on the
Martyrdon1 OF John Yates BeaiI by J. II.
Crawford.
Edward G. Wells. Esq. contributes .
brief comment on The Crisis OF tina
Confcderacy," by Captain Cecil Battine,
of the British army.
In what the author terms random
and reminiscent sketch. but what Is real
~ the best in point OF human interest Of
all the other twcnty-six articles in tie
volume. Lieutenant T.. T.. Morrison tells
OF the part borne by tho Fifteenth Viz
gfiia Infantry at the battle OF Sharrs-
burg.
One OF the longer articles, and one os
me most pretcntious orltorically. Is the
address OIL Pickett's Charge MT Gcttys-.
burg. delivered by Judge j. r. Croker
before Stonewnll Camp Confederate Vet
Grams. ut Portsmouth. a similar paper is
by Captain james Power Smith on Cen
z cra.i Lee at Gettysburg, which was dcliv-
cred last April before tho Military His
torical Society OF Massachusetts. Com
prchensive III its survey OF the great
leaders movements on those critical days,
scnolarly IN It's research and facts, II
cannot but prove useful to students OF
tho Civil War; His characterization OF
Lee at the close must have moved the
opponents, who had long ago lost the
spirit of opposition. witlSits eloqucnce and
fire.
Drug Conditions.
Joseph Jacobs a druggist of Atlanta. is
the author of a highly interesting paper
on Drug Conditions During the War Be-
tween the Stntcs,,' Aside from its In;
trInsic worth, 1t is valuable as showing
/ the straits to which tile Confederacy was
reduced. and what simple remedies had
to be prescribed for vital diseases.
The Succeeding PAPER is on Seals.
Stamps and Currency by the man who
was the most capable of any of writing
an article which would deal with the subs
ject from original knowledge. julius B.
Paumgarter. now living in Washing ton.
'kale and hearty ut the age of tlree-
score-ard-tcn." is the man who made all
tho seals for the Confederacy and who
issued the first confederate notes in
this city at 161 Main Street.
Tho paper is unfortunately short and
so interesting as to arouse an appetite
for more. W
Tho Twelfth. ALBANIA Infantry is the
title of an exhaustive essay by Captain
Robert r. Park Company e. Of b tho
Twelfth Alabama.
The Hon.. John Lamp contributes an
original. article OH 4 r. turned Confederate
States flags. which is extracted from
The Times Dispatch. but is none the less