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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.38 (search)
The surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. [from the Enquirer-sun, Columbus, Georgia, October 4, 1891.] A graphic narrative by a participant, now a merchant of Columbus, Georgia. Nashville, Tenn., September 30, 1891. In passing through Virginia en route to New York recently, I met a gentleman, now a minister of the Episcopal church, who during the late war was a captain of artillery in the Confederate army. As we were in a Pullman palace car, dashing along at the rate of thirty miles an hour, the contrast between such a mode of travel and surroundings, with the former weary and hungry marches through many of the same places which we observed during the journey, was very impressive. Talk, talk, talk was freely interchanged, and many, many a battle scene recalled, with fresh memories of the elation inspired by the victories won upon the one hand and the sadness often felt at the loss of some noble comrade whose life blood had gone forth for the cause we were defending u