The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-11


tanning tho names Of u number of Con-
'toeratc soldiers. when she let mo
zee the hook. ono OF the f,rst na,nes T
turned Ia was that Of Moses l.. Whit
'fh' later OF the North Alabama Confer
"rre. and MY fathers old presiding
elder.
Sccinf; Miss Jonrs's devotion for tho
| old book, hnsitlted a long while 10
ask her to give II to tho Department Of
Archives and History. Montgomery.
AVA. She hesitutcd even longer TO
grant my request It was not until
inc Chrisimas holidays, 1911, that I
received the book. II will go to-mor-
70" 70 my good friend, DR.. Thomas NJ
Oven. Montgomery. who Is contributing
his life to the important work of pre-
serving history for Alabama. for the
South, for the nation ana for the world
no not know how soon Or. Owen
Will md II convenient 10 make public
the contcnta Of the book, and when he
docs have no way of knowing how
many Of the survivors. their relatives
and friends will have access 10 the
information. am therefore taking the
liberty OF serdlnE out this letter.
The book contains 1873 autographs. as
follows: Arkansas. kentucky and
Texas. oE- cach; Maryland. Louisiana
md no address. four each. Tennessee,
six: South Carolina, seven; Mississippi,
eight; Florida ten; Alabama. eleven:
North Carolina. hftcnn. creorais, TWEEN
ty-one; Virginia. thirty-one.
Miss Jones haI kindly written the fol-
low ", statement. which accompanies
the book:
Most of !he autographs in this al
bum were collected among the prison
ers of war In Fort AcHenvy Balu-
more). whose needs were we'll looked
after by my aunt and grandmother
as well az b. othe- loyal women
OF tho South. who found an under
ground route. with the aid of faithful
and devoted coiorcd men and women
The men whose names are on the
page marked in red ink were allowed
20 como out on parole 70 spend De"em-
her ~, 1859, with my grandmother.
Mrs. Catherine Rivers, al her home,
i2i Park Avenue. near Madison street,
in the city OF Baltimore.
quite number OF the autographs in
this book. as well as those which quite
nl,st another one, which was lost. were
collected among the wounded men and
prisoners at Gettysburg. by mother,
Mrs Catherine Jones. who had run the
ulockadc 10 get supply Of medi"iEe,
which performance she had achieved
eeveral times before. flndiug herself un-
able 20 return at the time on account
III ,fchting IN MARYLAND and PenrsFl-
vania at once decided TO ACCOMPANY
ny anr, AMI a nu;nb=r ot other volun-
,..r Ccnradara-e nurses to the cattle.
fcld where :hey remained and did he
roll, work until ordered out ty the
YANKEES. i, was then that the names
were coliectcd."
rho autographs Of tho 3iaryianders
are as follows:
loa7 / Kelley. volunteer sergeant.
t;mmettsburg. Frederick county, Md.
T. -l,~
n. stewart i.siron+. Fire, Marylard
Cavalry. Baltimore, Mi.
". r.. R-eagie, assistant surgeon,
Thru Georgia Battalion, Frederick CITY,
Ma
The autographs of the v!rsinians arc
az follows.
Nathan :. Bsr,iey. lieutenant. Com
pany t. seventh Regiment Virginia In
fartry, Orange Courthouse. Va.
James Il Soushai!, surgeon. Fifty
ntth virginia Regiment, Norfolk
William p Hil. assistant surgeon,
rhlr;y-tfth Georgia Regiment, Rich
mcnd
andrew NJ. Houston. captain. Com
pany *. Eleventh virginia Infantry,
, RoeEbridEc, Va.
Thomas y. Houston. second licuten-
ant. Compauy 4. Eleventh Virginia In
cantry Rockhr!dgc, Va.
c. r. Chalkiey. socord lieutenant
Company u. Fourteenth Virginia Reg
imeut. Richmond.
James II. Robinson. second lseuten-
ant, Company *, Ninth Virginia Reg
imant Portsmouth.
G. w. Kttterman. Company 4, Tween
,y-fourth Virginia Regiment.
ARA y. Conner. irst lieutenant. Com
pany r. Third Regiment Virginia In
fantry.
Joseph I. Miller. second lieutenant,
Company L. Thirty.eighth Virginia
p. l. W. Thornton, nrst lieutenant
Company II. Twenty-hrst Virginia Reg
iment.
william r. whitehead, surgeon. For
'ty. fourth Virginia Regiment, Jones's
Brigade. Johuson's Division Ewelfs
Corps.
Rouert y. Jackson. nrst Lieutenant
and aide dc camp, Anderscn's Brigade.
Hoods Division, Richmond, Va.
Edward Rives, surgeon. Twenty
elghtr Virginia Regiment Roanoke.
Va
w. *. Wilson, assistant surgeon.
First Virginia Cavalry, Chula Post
Office. Amelia county. Va.
AIexa ndcr Rives. assistant surgeon.
Fifteenth Alabama Regiment. Carlton,
near Charlottesville, Va.
Junius C.. Gregory. assistant surgeon,
General Hospital No. i, Richmond
~ Al Read. assistant surgeon, Con-
fedcrate states Navy. LynchburE, Va.
w. A. NcCorkie. senior surgeon. Pc
grants Brigade. Cavalry, Lexington.
Va.
william H. Robertson. senior sur
geon. Rober,son's Brigade Petersburg,
Va.
Peter Ttnsley, chaplain, Twenty
eighth Virginia Regiment, Roanoke
county. Va.
w. NJ. Stricken, assistant surgeon,
Fifth Louisiana Regiment, Luray. Page
county. Va.
Franklin J. White. surgeon. Coufed-
erate States Army, Portsmouth Va.
A. S. Grigsby, surgeon, First Nir-
ginia Infantry. Richmond. Va
w. r. Hill. assistant surgeon. Thirty