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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Nineteenth of January. (search)
The Nineteenth of January. Lee's birth-day. The Second public observance of the anniversary of the birth of Robert E. Lee. The anniversary of the birth of General Robert Edward Lee, was again observed throughout Virginia, on January 19th, 1892. In many of the cities and towns there were military parades, (despite of drenching rain,) and the banks and public offices in all were closed. The Confederate Veteran Corps of the city of New York, and the Confederate Army and Navy Association of Baltimore, Maryland, each commemorated the occasion by a banquet with reverential exercises. The day is now by statute, a legal holiday in the States of North Carolina and Georgia as well as in Virginia, and the day was observed in Raleigh and Atlanta, and doubtless in other southern cities of which the Richmond papers have not as yet given report. The accounts of the observance which follow, have been compiled from the reports published in the issues of the Richmond Dispatch and Tim
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 20. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.9 (search)
ant victory was lost by this unfortunate circumstance. I have so often thought of your bravery and gallant bearing as you led us through the woods up to the plank-road, I feel that I would like to know with certainty whether or not my recollections are correct as to the part you took in that charge. Wishing you a long life, much happiness and great prosperity. I am, very truly, your comrade, John R. Turner. To this letter General Sorrel replied as follows: New York, January 19th, 1892. (Lee's Birthday.) John R. Turner, Esq., A. P. Hill Camp, C V., Petersburg, Va.: dear Sir—Your letter of January 14th was forwarded to me from Savannah, and am very glad to hear from you. The events you describe are so long ago, that one's memory may be pardoned if slightly treacherous as to details, but I may say at once that your recital of the incident and the movement of Mahone's brigade at the Battle of the Wilderness conforms accurately to my own recollection of it, exceptin