mond Howitzers, say to us: You were with us and of us long ago, and you must come to us again; the tents are pitched, the canteens and pipes are filled, the camp fires are burning brightly and the rations are cooking; if you don't come promptly Fitz. Lee will go after you with the cavalry, and you know what that means.
We remember the way the cavalry had of bringing the boys into camp, but we thought they had a habit of keeping them out of Richmond.
Things have changed, however.
We have yeity of Petersburg, and soon we are home again in Richmond.
All is joy and gladness, except when old friends come to us asking for those they knew and loved long ago and to whom we can only say, They are with us no longer; they have gone to join Lee and Jackson in the eternal camping-ground.
Their bowed heads and glistening eyes silently tell of the love those dear people bore our boys.
The great day has arrived—the long lines of veterans are formed—they are Virginia's honored guests in t
Stevenson, Washington, D. C.
John H. Forney, Alabama.
Dabney H. Maury, Richmond, Va.
Henry Heth, United States Coast Survey.
Robert Ransom, Jr., Weldon, N. C.
Cadmus M. Wilcox, Montgomery, Ala.
J. L. Kemper, Orange Courthouse, Va.
Fitzhugh Lee, Glasgow, Va.
W. B. Bate, United States Senate, Washington.
Robert F. Hoke, Raleigh, N. C.
W. H. F. Lee, Burke's Station, Va.
J. B. Kershaw, Camden, S. C.
M. C. Butler, United States Senate, Washington.
E. C. Walthall, United State Representatives, while Generals Wade Hampton, John B. Gordon, W. B. Bate, E. C. Walthall, J. T. Morgan, M. C. Butler, A. H. Colquitt, R. L. Gibson, and M. W. Ransom, have graced the United States Senate, and Generals Gordon, Hampton, Buckner, Fitzhugh Lee, Bate, Kemper, Bonham, Colquitt, Haygood, Lowry, Marmaduke, McGowan, Nicholas, O'Neale, and Scales, have been Governors of their respective States.
Time and space forbid further particulars, but we do not hesitate to say that after that sad
al Henry R., 75; Order of, 167.
Jackson, Colonel, Win. L., Letter of in 1862, 169.
Johnson, General, Edward, 166.
Johnston, General Joseph E., Estimate of General R. E. Lee, 318.
Jones, Jr., Ll.D., Colonel C. C., 60.
Jurists, 6.
K Company, 34th Virginia, 284.
Kansas-Nebraska Act, 438.
Kautz's Raid on Petersburg, 392.
Kilpatrick, General, 73.
Law, General E. M., 85.
Lee Camp of Confederate Veterans, in Charge in Moving the Lee Statue, 249; Roster of, 275.
Lee, General, Fitzhugh, Efforts of, for the Lee Monument, 198; Remarks of, 206.
Lee, General R. E., Perfect Manhood of, 105; Jefferson Davis' Tribute to, 121, 125, 131, 171, 362; Letters from, to Colonel Edward Willis, 187; Opinion of Secession, 222; Heroic Nature of, 240; Humanity of, 242; Dignity and Grandeur of, 242; Grant's Tribute to, 243; A Grand Sentiment of, 245; History of Movement for the Monument to, 187; Laying of the Corner-Stone of, 203; Incidents of Parade Incident, 246; Removal of the St