John A. O Neal Collection MS2008.009 & MS2008.037 Provenance: John A. O Neal donated this collection to the Southern Museum Library & Archives in 2008 under two different accession numbers as they were donated on two separate dates in 2008. Single photocopies may be made for research purposes for a small fee. Permission to publish materials from this collection must be obtained from the Director of Library/Archives. Sallie Loy processed this collection in 2008. Description: Confederate Veteran Magazines, 1900 1924 Box File Contents: MS2008.009 - Confederate Veteran Magazines, 1911-1912 2 8 Confederate Veteran, Nineteenth Year, Number Nine, September, 1911 Leading Articles: Tact of Stonewall Jackson, Page 412 Judge Moffett Replies to Elson, Page 413 Reunion at Manassas, Page 414 Coincidence at Columbia, S.C., Page 417 New York Subways Reminiscence, Page 417 Oklahoma Soldiers Home, Page 418 Gallant Col. William Wade, Page 419 Sword of Gen. J. J. Archer, Page 419 War Veterans in Congress, Page 420 Distinguished Surviving Confederates, Page 420 Memorial Day in Los Angeles, Page 421 Maj. Chatham B. Wheat, Page 423 McIntosh s Battery at Sharpsburg, Page 429 Eleventh Texas Cavalry, Page 431 Arlington Its Past and Present, Page 431 Fight at Fayetteville, N.C., Page 433 Where Captain Freeman Was Killed, Page 435 Last Roll, Page 436 Four Brothers Survivors, Page 451 Two Comrade-Chums in Florida, Page 452 Many other interesting articles are not included in the above. Every sketch is prepared with closet care, but the limited space here causes the omissions. Gen. George W. Gordon, the late Commander in Chief, was the last
Confederate brigadier general in Congress, and may have no successor in that body. 2 8 Confederate Veteran, Nineteenth Year, Number Twelve, December, 1911 Front cover photograph: From Julio s painting. Last Meeting of Lee and Jackson. (See page 555). Leading Articles in This Number: Last Meeting of Lee and Jackson, Page 555 The Richmond Convention, U. D. C., Page 556 Honor for Col. Richard Owen, Page 557 West Virginia Confederate Monument, Page 558 Woodrow Wilson Criticized and His Reply, Page 561 False Idea of the Union, by Rev. R. C. Cave, Page 561 Winnie Davis Children of the Confederacy, Savannah, Page 562 Shiloh Monument Fund Aggregate Report, Page 566 Statue of Gen. John H. Morgan at Lexington, Ky., Page 567 Sketches of General Morgan, by Duke and Lee, Page 568 U. S. Monument to C.S.A., Philadelphia, Page 572 Muster Roll of Company in Eight Texas, Page 574 The Dashing Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, Page 575 Dealing with Elson History, Page 576 Some Recollections of Sam Davis, Page 580 Texas State Reunion, U. C. V., at Beaumont, Page 581 Convention of Virginia Division, U. D. C., Page 582 Washington Division Convention, U. D. C., Page 583 General Forrest s Ride into Memphis, Page 584 Last Roll and Miscellany, Page 586 600 2 8 Confederate Veteran, Twentieth Year, Number Two, February, 1912 Front cover photograph: Mrs. J. C. Lee, Vice President for Alabama of the Ladies Memorial Association. She had charge of the ball at the semi-centennial celebration of the inauguration of President Davis in Montgomery. Leading Articles in This Number: Macon Reunion Notice May 7-9, Page 51 Address of President General U. D. C., Page 51 Miss Georgia U. D. C., Page 54 Request by Historian General U. D. C., Page 55 What is Expected of Our Young Men, Page 56 Soldiers Had No Personal Enmity, Page 57 Send the Cotton Tax Back South, Page 57 Stonewall Jackson: A Homily, Page 58 Last Meeting of Lee and Jackson, Page 59 Almost Forgotten Shrine San Jacinto, Page 59 Plea for Peace Henry Watterson, Page 60 Texas Soldiers Home A Model, Page 61 Arlington Confederate Monument, Page 61 64
Texas Workers for Shiloh Monument, Page 64 Prison Experiences on Rock Island, Page 65 To Release Point Lookout Prisoners, Page 69 The Battle of New Market, Page 71 Last Roll, Page 76 81 Credit Due Gen. Wheeler Given Others, Page 82 The Other Side at Fayetteville, N. C., Page 83 Fayetteville (N.C.) Road Fight, Page 84 Cadets at New Market, Va., Page 86 Severe Cavalry Fighting at Chickamauga, Page 87 After the Battle at Raymond, Miss., Page 87 Mistake by New Hampshire Man, Page 88 Scrimmage Near Lancaster, S. C., Page 88 Officers Mississippi Division, U. D. C., Page 89 Shiloh Monument Fund, Page 90 Insult to Memory of Gen. R. E. Lee, Page 91 Book Reviews, etc., Page 91 2 8 Confederate Veteran, Twentieth Year, Fifth Number, May, 1912 Front cover photograph: The Four commanders in Chief United Confederate Veterans. Generals J. B. Gordon, Stephen D. Lee, Clement A. Evans, and G. W. Gordon Articles Include: Official Notes About The Reunion Command of the Missouri Division with photograph of Miss Emory Todhunter, Sponsor for Missouri Ladies Appointed for Missouri Division with photograph of Maj. Gen. J. William Towson, Commander of the Missouri Division At Head of the Confederate Choirs with photograph of Mrs. J. Griff Edwards Photograph of Miss Regina E. Rambo, Sponsor for Georgia Poem: Salve Et Vale by H. M. Hamill Soldiers Memorial at Yale University Photograph: Mrs. Owen Walker, Franklin, Tennessee. Mrs. Walker wrote the review of Real America in Romance in this Veteran (See page 252.) Photograph: Richard Somers Edwards United Sons of Confederate Veterans Photographs: Miss Lassie Tanner, Captain on Staff of Oklahoma Commander Active Sons of Veterans in Kentucky with photograph of Miss Rebecca Dickenson, Maid of Honor Kentucky Division Quit Abusing Friends Maid of Honor For The South with photograph of Miss Blanche Nisbet Appreciated Compliment To A Comrade with photograph of Gen. A. J. West Ninety Years Old and Needs a Pension
Typical of The Old South with photograph of Mr. John McKinney and Faithful Ham Florida Monument to Confederate Women McIntosh s Battery at Sharpsburg by Col. D. G. McIntosh with photograph of Col. D. G. McIntosh and Brother Scouting About Memphis by Henry Hord, Hermitage, Tenn. Photographs: Miss Mary Willingham, Sponsor for Forrest s Cavalry Corps, Miss Louise Dudley, maid of Honor for Forrest s Cavalry Corps, Miss Allen Smith, Maid of Honro Forrest s Cavalry Corps, and Miss Marie Brevard, Assistant Adjutant General Forrest s Cavalry Corps. Important Records Sought in Missouri Poem: Reunions Blue and Gray by Frederick B. Moore Neff-Rice Camp, New Market, Va. By J. L. Schaeffer Union Veteran Writes on The Cotton Tax by Col. A. C. G. Slocum Arlington Monument Association General Forrest s Marriage with photograph of House in Which They Were Married Experience of a Missouri Woman Pioneer Family of Nashville with photograph of George S. Hobson Wouldn t Command Negroes in Service by W. T. Rogers, Knoxville, Tennessee What Old Hickory Did For The South President Davis s Last Public Address Daughters of Confederacy in California. Work in Jefferson Davis Chapter in San Francisco by Mary Crittenden Robinson, Historian Extracts From a Bowie, Tex., Letter Missouri and the Confederacy With Fire and Sword by W. E. Doyle, Mexia, Tex. Photographs: Scene in a Business Street, Macon, Georgia and Cherry Street, White Way, Macon, Georgia, Street Scene in Macon, Georgia, Another Scene On A Wide Street in Macon, Georgia Looking Backward Fifty Years The Battle of Lexington Mississippi Division, U. D. C. Government Pensions to Confederates, Address by Judge Walter Clark at Charlotte, N.C. with photograph of Judge Clark Photograph: The W.W. Berry Residence Photograph: Miss Grace Lumpkin, Who Made an Effective Plea at Little Rock for Reunion at Macon, Georgia Street Signs To Teach History The Last Roll (death notices) My Experiences in the War of 1861 1865 by Col. Ai Edgar Asbury Photograph: Group of Missouri Confederates, Including Gen. F.M. Cockrill and Col. Edgar Asbury A Monument to Missouri Confederates Tennessee Soldiers Home Library
Poem: Little by Little, author unknown South Carolina Honors Her Women with photograph of monument Abolition Crusade and Its Consequences Statehood Twice for Arizona Travel Through Southern Battlefields The Strange Family, A Religious Story by Rev. J. R. Goodpasture, M.A. Confederate Prisoners Near Gettysburg Chattanooga Wants The Next Reunion The New York Times A Great Newspaper Photographs: Mr. Adolph S. Ochs and The New York Times Building The Real America in Romance Reviewed by Mrs. Owen Walker, Historian Tennessee Division, U. D. C. The Men in Gray by R. C. Cave Places of Historic Interest in Macon by Caroline Patterson Photograph: Mrs. Walter D. LaMar, President Georgia Division, U. D. C., and a Group of Her Friends Merging Sons and Daughters in Texas 2 8 Confederate Veteran, Twentieth Year, Eleventh Number, November, 1912 Front cover photograph: Mrs. Alexander B. White, Tenth President General U.D.C. Articles Include: Published by Order of P. O. Department Daughters to Meet in Washington Louisiana Veterans, Sons, and Daughters Initial Work for the Shiloh Monument with photograph of A Few of the Charter Members of Shiloh Chapter Brown McMillin, A Gifted Journalist President General U. D. C. in New England Arlington Confederate Monument The Tennessee Division Dedication of Henry Wyatt Monument A Good Name Its Responsibility Now Growing Old Gracefully by mrs. M. T. Norris, Raleigh, N.C. McLaws s (sic) Division at Chickamauga by Rufus Ledden, Springvale, Georgia Sentiment on the Eastern Shore by T. C. Kelley, Adjutant U. C. V. Camp, Hallwood, Virginia Fine Monument at Columbus, Mississippi Casualties Among Generals of Both Armies by Maj. W. A. Obenchain, Bowling Green, Ky. Confederate Monument at Quitman, Mississippi About the Attack at Cold Harbor by J. H. Cosgrove, Shreveport, Louisiana Importance of Southern History by Rev. R. Lin Cave Confederate Girls Home for Tennessee
Photograph: Miss Rijina E. Rambols, Marietta, Georgia (Miss Rambols took the responsibility of inviting the Georgia Division for their State Convention to Marietta. Its success is known.) Gen. Robert White Retires When President Davis Was Released by His Niece, Mrs. Charles J. Mitchell with photograph Mother of a Confederate Soldier Would Help Maimed Confederates by D. H. B. Abernathy, Buffalo, Alabama Soldiers From Different States, C. S. A. by J. W. Tinsley, Winston-Salem, North Carolina Poem: The Southern Cross of Honor Poem: Tribute to James Z. George, Mississippi s Son by Sophia Graves Negro Servants With Harvey s Scouts by James L. Goodloe Monument to Maryland Women Birthday Visions by J. W. Sandell Work of A Georgia Woman by T. L. Mitchell, Atlanta, Georgia General Lee and the Apple Tree by Col. Henry E. Young The Kimberlins in the Sixties by J.N. Kimberlin Sketch of the Murfreesboro Battle by Bethenia H. Nance Nicknames Given Soldiers of the States by E. M. Hicks Gossipy Letter From Georgia by Edward S. Lathrop, Decatur, Georgia The Army of Northern Virginia by Mrs. Dunbar Rowland Memorials to the Stars and Bars by W. B. Shearer Data About Third Texas Cavalry by W. C. Terry Shy s Hill When The Name? by Park Marshall, Esq. Reminiscences of Camp Beauregard Contrast of Commanders at Camp Morton by A. Currie Prison Commander at Point Lookout, Maryland by A. J. Cone Member of the Sixth and Ninth Tennessee by R. S. Matthews Survivors of Oak Hill Battle The Last Roll (death notices) Simple Story of a Soldier III by Samuel W. Hankins Rise and Fall Confederate Government: The Great History Is Being Published Oklahoma Daughters of the Confederacy by Mrs. Ruth D. Clement Spirit of Those Who Delay to Renew by D. A. Arnold Book Reviews