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DEDICATION

To the memory of Mrs. ELIZABETH THOMAS CURRY, whose remains rest under

the live oaks at Bainbridge, Ga., who cheerfully gave every available

member of her family to the Confederate Cause, and with her own hands

made their gray jackets, and who gave to the author her Christian

patriot daughter, who has been the companion, the joy and the crown of

his long and happy life, this volume is most affectionately

dedicated.

CONTENTS

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I SYMPOSIUM OF TRIBUTES TO CONFEDERATE WOMEN

19

Mrs. Varina Jefferson Davis

19

Tribute of President Jefferson Davis

20

Tribute of a Wounded Soldier

21

Tribute of a Federal Private Soldier

21

Joseph E. Johnston's Tribute

22

Stonewall Jackson's Female Soldiers

23

Gen. J. B. Gordon's Tribute

23

General Forrest's Tribute

24

Tribute of Gen. M. C. Butler

24

Tribute of Gen. Marcus J. Wright

26

Tribute of Dr. J. L. M. Curry

26

Address of Col. W. R. Aylett Before Pickett Camp 28

Gen. Bradley T. Johnson's Speech at the Dedication of

South's Museum

28

Governor C. T. O'Ferrall's Tribute

30

Tribute of Judge J. H. Reagan, of Texas, Postmaster-General of Confederate States 32

General Freemantle (of the British Army) 33

Sherman's "Tough Set"

33

Tribute of General Buell

34

Tribute of Judge Alton B. Parker, of New York 34

Heroic Men and Women (President Roosevelt) 35

The Women of the South

36

Eulogy on Confederate Women

41

II THEIR WORK

70