The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-08-30
COL. BROOKS'S NEW BOOK.
Author Declares "Only NarrOW.mind-
ed N0rtherners Hated Jefferson
Davis"
News and Courier.


Columbia, August 25---Col. Z. K.
Brooks, one of those who came out
of the struggle of the SOS and who
cherishes the memory Of the great
Southern leaders of that bloody con-
fict. says that Jeff Davis, the presl-
dent of the Southern Confederacy, is
s'hated by the narrow-minded North
erner just because he was our pres1-
dent"
Col. Brooks, author of Bench and
Bar" t'Butler and His Cavalry" edi-
tor of "Hagood's Memoirs is now pre-
pairing a book, giving sketches Of the
cavalry. artillery, infantry and telling
the beautiful story of 'Our Women in
the War"
The following is the preface of Col.
Brooks's new book, which will be read
with interest by those who wish to
know the true history of the war days:
81 am JEFF Davis man and, there
fore a Confederate soldier who lived
and honored our president-the broad
minded people of the North hated him
no more than they did the humblest
private soldier of Lees incompatible
army. But he is hated by the narrow
minded Northerner just because he
was our president. Take the coward
ly and brutal Miles, who put him in
irons at Fortress Monroe, as an ex-
ample of Northern hatred.
TT is true We lost our president and
cur flag, but whatever else We may
have lost in that struggle, We gave the
world Robert E. Lee, and he led an
army with a record Of valor that will
preserve it's memory as long as the
world counts courage and self-sacri-
fee among the noblest traits OF men
which goes to prove that the princi-
pies for which We fought will never
die. ---- ~~''' -'"--'''-
seHow can we forget the old bullet
torn flag whose blue cross had been
triumphantly borne aloft for years at
the cost of so much blood and valor-
shall we Confederates who, by the
mercy Of God, have been spared to
this day, not heroes make-those who
have fallen asleep, sc:ae on the bat
t1efeld and some since the sword has
been turned into the ploughshare.
"We love our reunited country and
propose in this volume to tell sonie
facts, for 1t is history made by Amer7
leans, and it is our duty to preserve 1t
for Americans to read.
eve honor and respect the man Of
courage, no matter on what side he
fought.
"Our women in the war would sing
songs to the soldiers while dressing
their wounds, and the four following
lines show exactly how they felt dur
ing the cruel and bloody war:
"'Stand firmly by your cannon
Let your balls and grapeshot fly,
Trust in God and Davis,
But keep your powder dry.
<'Here is a picture of the Confederate
soldier in January, 1858:
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* Talk of pluck pursued the sailor,
Set at euchre on his elbow,
! was on the wharf in Charleston,
Just ashore from off the runner.
It was gray and dirty weather,
And I heard drum 90 rolling,
Rub-a-dubbing in the distance,
Awful dour-like and defiant.
"'In and out among the cotton,
Mud and chains, and stores and an
CuOIS,
Tramped a squad Of battered scare
crows,
Poor old Dixie's bottom dollar.
&c Some had shoes, but all had rifles,
Them that wasn't bald was beardless,
And the drum kept rolling Dixie
And they stepped to it like men, sir.
S'Rags and tatters, belts and bayonets,
On they swung, the drum a-rolling,
Mum and sour, it looked like fighting,
And they meant it too, by thunder
Henley.
Of those who stood beside the SOL
~diers' couch and administered to the
wounded men, Col. Brooks will be glad
to receive sketches. He wishes to give
full credit to the noble part played by
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