The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20
THE TIMES DESPATCH: RICHMOND. VA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 1911.

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ords Of tho men who fought, contain
Ing over twenty thousand names. Many
OF these records contain only the
+, names OF the soldiers and their per-
sonar connection with the service, but
many others contain "details" or
'heir battles and experiences in tho
field. This work has been done by Mrs.
James n. Dunlop. Ch~'rman OF tho
Memorial Committee. and we'll done.
Last year over ten thousand records
were collected by Mrs. Samuel Griffin,
Of Bedford County, and Mrs. Neoly, OF
portsmouth, and five thousand by Mrs.
johnson, or Prince William County, to
pc added to those already bound and
In the Museum. so YOU see" writes
Mrs. Randolph. "whilc the men were
'hihhlas OF this work, the women OF
virginia were doing it. If we had had
eHe $1,000 expended by the State in
the Military Records Office. think what
we could hc-- uccomplishod, But this
mas peen a labor of love Nth these
women, ana | wanted YOU TO know H."
IheF nave done noble work; they arc
always doing noble work, and they are
richly entitled to the thanks and nroisc
and help of all the men who have any
reS"ra lor the truth of history. But
VIC DO not yet see why the suggestion
OF DR.. Pitt is not n good suggestion
or how it would conflict with tho work
the Confederate Museum has done and
is doing all the time.
The Confederate Memorial Literary
Society OF Richmond has the
publication OF "A Calendar of Confed-
crate Papers 1t contains full alb
stracts of all the war manuscripts
which have been accumulated in the
last decade by tho Confederate Museum
IN RichInond. land thus opens 10 the
public tho largest collection OF Con
federate material now existing outside
OF W~ashinston.' This volume contains
five thousand unpublished papers re-
forring 10 many important events OF the
war. among which are letters written
ny General Lee, hitherto unpublished:
papers by Stonewall Jackson, etc, ctc.
The table OF contents shows what il is
and how valuable II Is from a histor-
zeal point OF vicw. as follows:
Parers Relating 10 tho Medical De
partnicnt of the Confederate states Of
America.
Papers Relating to The Richmond
Campaign OF 1861: The Harrison Loan.
Papcrs OF Brigadier- General W. \. II.
Bcall.
Journal OF Charles r. Lining. c. S. s.
shenandoah.
Miscellaneous Nlanuscripts.
Papers Relating TO the Trial Of JEFF
ferson Davis: The Shea Memorial.
Exhibits Prepared for the Defense
Of Jefferson Davis.
Letters OF j. M. Mason to Jefferson
Davis.
Confederate War Maps.
Muster Rolls. Returns ana Rosters.
Ante-Belium and Post-Bcllum Papers.
PART TWO.
photography of Some Confederate
Publications in the Confederate Muse
ums.
Tho price OF this book is $3.50. ii.
contains s15 pages, and can he obtained
from Miss Maury at the Confederate
Museum. There has never been n more
valuable collection OF war records and
VAT chlinlSccTCeS. hnt what Dr, Pitt is
after. and what we think should he
made. is the preservation of the little
things OF tho Confederate soldiers life.
the stories that were told about tho
camptircs or on the march Or In prison
that have never Yet hccn told for pub
LEGATION by them, and that will never
be told by them except in the intimacy
of their conversation when they cathor
at Their reunions. This does not mean
that the women should abandon their
splendid work or that any ono underes-
Inmates what they have done, but that
the things which the professional
writer Of the day would not think of
recording should he preserved in some
shape for the use Of the writer who is
to como after US, ana who, with the aid
OF such stories, would be able 10 live
tie days that are dead.