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SEQUEL TO THE QUITMAN GUARDS BANNER.
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At a reunion of the Sixteenth Mississippi Regiment in Summit, in 1876, William Frank McGehee was appointed custodian by mem-
bers of the Quitman Guards, and kept it in his possession for twenty years. Having removed to Texas, he returned the flag to Capt. S. A. Matthews, the first captain of the company, who led it to Virginia, in 1861, and after his death his widow kept it in her possession until April
W. FRANK MCGEHEE Quitman Guards
21, 1906, when it was returned to the survivors of the Quitman Guards by the granddaughter of Captain Matthews, Miss Norma Dunn, the fourteen-year-old daugh- LIEUT. VAN C. CONBY of the Quitman Guards Served with distinction through the Civil War He was severely wounded in the Battle of Sharpsburg, Md., Sept. 17th, 1862 ter of Hollis G. Dunn and his wife, Mamie Matthews, of Summit, at a reunion in the town of Holmesville, and was received by Capt. John Holmes, the last and surviving captain of the company, the writer acting as spokesman for Captain Holmes. It was decided to have this banner framed between two large glasses
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and a record of it and of the company written, to be attached to it and to be placed in the Hall of Fame at Jackson, and the writer was appointed its last custodian and historian to do this work, and to convey the banner to Jackson and deposit the same with the Director of Archives and History. After preliminary addresses delivered by Capt. S. C. Walker, of the Brent Rifles, and the writer, Rev. I. H. Anding was called on and spoke as follows:
Survivors of the Quitman Guards, Ladies and Gentlemen : The eloquent addresses to which we have just listened, followed by the strains of music to the air, "Home, Sweet Home," rendered so beautifully by the band, stirs my soul. Were I a poet I should feel constrained to compose a lyric inspired by the scenes which sur- round us and the occasion which calls us together. Memories of the past come trooping before our mental vision. Well do I recall, though younger in years than you veterans, an April day, forty-five years ago, next Saturday, when a dear brother, strong and intel- lectual, gentle and brave, em- THOMAS M. BARR In original uniform of Quitman Guards, 1861. braced our mother and kissed us all good-bye and went away in response to his country's call to the Virginia fields, where on the 2 Ist of August, 1864, he fell in the bloody fight at Weldon Junction. Some of your comrades fell in that fierce conflict. We leave a tribute of praise to their valor.
Mr. Barr is a son of Joseph Barr. and was born on Magee's Creek, near China Grove. He was wounded in the battle of Sharpsburg, Md., Sept. 17th, 1862, and was detailed and appointed Postoffice Inspector for the Con. federacy, which position he filled during the remainder of the war. He is now a citizen of Kansas City, Mo.
To-day our surroundings are inviting; nature smiles propitiously upon us, the skies bend lovingly over us. On this April morning the breezes gently fan
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our brows, the leaves of these grand old oaks dance and rustle to the breeze; the grass gives us a carpet of velvet green; the flowers charm us with fragrance and loveliness; the birds carol their praises to their Maker; the waters of our valleys go murmuring and sparkling to the sea. This is a beautiful world in which we live. Were it given to me to choose an orb for a permanent abode, I think it would be this earth arrayed in its sinless beauty, with the friends and companions I have known in other days and those I now know, to walk by my side. "Sentiment," you say; yes, there is beauty, too, in sentiment, that kind of sentiment which denotes fixed opinions nurtured by feelings that are pure, strong, noble and good. The occasion of this hour is full of that sort of sentiment, and to me it is beautiful. We have after nearly a half century, the opportunity of look- ing upon a relic that recalls the long ago-a relic which tells us in silent speech of the loving hands and hearts that gave it, as a memento of their patriotic fervor and constant devo- tion to their country's cause and to the boys who were to wear the gray.
It is my delightful privilege to introduce one who will recommit this sacred relic to the survivors of as gallant a company of Southern braves as ever raised the battle cry or GEORGE W. ROOT Quitman Guards, (E), 16th Mississippi One of the gallant young men from the State of Connecticut Wounded through both knees in the seven days battles before Richmond, Va., and disabled Now a resident of St. Helena Parish, La. marched to death or victory-the gallant Quitman Guards. The one who is to present this flag to you today is fittingly selected, since she is the granddaughter of your first captain, who led you forth in answer to country's call-Samuel A. Mat- thews-who, a few years ago, at his home in Summit, Miss., surrounded by loved ones and friends, fell into the dreamless sleep. She is also the granddaughter of Mathew A. Dunn, one of the bravest of the brave, who fell on Franklin's bloody field.
Survivors of the Quitman Guards, Ladies and Gentlemen :
Allow me to present one who is a special favorite of mine, and I know she must be to you and to all who know her, the daughter of our most excellent citizen of Summit, Mr. and Mrs. Hollis G. Dunn.
I present with pleasure Miss Norma Dunn:
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MISS NORMA DUNN :
SPEECH OF MISS NORMA DUNN RETURNING BANNER TO QUITMAN GUARDS:
The occasion we celebrate today is in honor of the Holmesville Quitman Guards, a few survivors of whom are present today to do honor to the memory of the 107 who left for the field of carnage forty-five years ago.
In 1859 the Quitman Guards were organized as a home military company, by Capt. Preston Brent, with Chauncey P. Conerly, Samuel A. Matthews, Wm. J. Lamkin, John Holmes, Luke W. Conerly, H. Eugene Weathersby, Henry S. Bonney, William Garner, A. P. Sparkman, Senaca McNeil Bain and others as menbers at that time.
In 1860, the Ladies of Holmesville, and surrounding country, some of whom I can mention :
Madams J. T. Lamkin, S. A. Matthews, Dr. Jesse Wallace, H. S. Bonney J. C. Williams, H. M. Quin, Dr. D. H. Quin, H. F. Bridges, Dr. George Nicholson 23
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Owen Conerly, Preston Brent, Wm. Ellzey and Jackson Coney, made up by subscription $250, and purchased a silk banner, and appointed Rachel E. Coney, who named Emma Ellzey and Fanny Wicker as maids of honor to make the presentation. The three named Thomas R. Stockdale as their escort, and on this very spot, where we stand today, Rachel E. Coney presented the banner and it was received on the part of the Quitman Guards by the Hon. H. Eugene Weathersby, who was an honored member. Of those who were
CHARLES E. HARTWELL Quitman Guards, Co. E, 16th Mississippi One of the young boys who joined as a recruit, serving in the sanguinary conflicts in Virginia from the Wilderness May 6th, 1864, until the fall of Petersburg and Richmond in 1865
members at that time and present at the presentation of the banner, we can only recall the names of Capt. John Holmes, Luke W. Conerly, Dr. A. P. Sparkman, Dr. W. J. Lamkin and Wm. E. Brent, who are living today. So much for 1859 and 1860.
DR. R. T. HART Quitman Guards Wounded in Virginia Subsequently appointed Assistant Surgeon in the Western or Tennessee Army
In 1861, forty-five years ago today, after a call of President Davis for troops, the Quitman Guards were reorganized with 107 members and elected S. A. Matthews, Captain; James M. Nelson, Ist Lieutenant; Thomas R. Stockdale, 2d Lieutenant, and Senaca McNeil Bain, 3d Lieutenant.
Thus formed, they left Magnolia on the 26th day of April, and were mus- tered into service on the 27th day of May, 1861, at Corinth, Miss., as Company
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E, 16th Mississippi Regiment. This company was sent to Virginia and formed a part of the Army of Northern Virginia, remaining with Lee's army from 1861 to 1865, and participated in the battles of Manassas, Petersburg, Gettys- burg, Spottsylvania, Sharpsburg, Weldon Railroad and all of the great battles of that country.
This scene to you, noble survivors of that heroic band, must recall the halcyon days of the long ago, when on this village green your steps were blithe, your hearts were glad, and your eyes spoke love to eyes of those who call you brave and true, and to whom you tenderly referred as your "sweethearts pretty girls." Now five and forty years ago, a voice from the past tells of the brave heroic deeds of those who fell upon the firing line, and of those who, after the storm of strife had passed, returned to the ordinary pursuits of life to fulfill their mission and then go over to meet their brothers on fame's eternal camping ground. Let us here place the chaplet of praise to the memory of every one of them, and permit me to make personal reference to one whose memory you sacredly cherish, and whose name you will pronounce with a thrill of pride to your posterity, the truest type of Southern blood, and the very impersonation of dauntless courage. I refer to the gentle, the generous, the tried and true, the gallant, the intrepid Frank McGehee. Should a monu- ment ever be erected on this spot to the memory of the gallant braves of the Quitman Guards, let the name of "Shanks," as he was lovingly called by his comrades, stand out in bold relief, the synomyn of Southern manhood, and the highest type of the Confederate soldier; this single reference is made, not to detract from others just as noble and brave, but to do honor to one who for twenty years was the custodian of this flag and who represented the chivalric spirit of the Quitman Guards. And now as a direct descendant of him who led you as your first captain under the bugle call to arms in the great civil strife-Capt. S. A. Matthews -- it is my happy privilege through the esteemed honor, you, the survivors of the Quitman Guards have conferred on me, to recommit this banner to your sacred care and keeping. It tells its own story. Time, with its corroding touch, has dimmed its material luster, but not its in- herent glory. It speaks emblematically today of Southern chivalry as crys- talized in the hearts of the many fair young daughters of our noble old county of Pike. In its fold, as in your hearts, are enshrined the memories of mothers, sisters, sweethearts, whose faith in your gallantry has been your inspiration on many a hard fought field. Pathetically, though triumphantly, it tells of those ever living principles for which our dear Southland poured out its most precious blood. Though our flag went down in defeat these principles can never die. Silently this flag symbolizes them today, as when our fathers donned the gray.
To you, Capt. John Holmes, the worthy survivor of the comrades who honored you as their leader and followed at your command into the thickest of the fight, I commit this sacred relic, the grandest and most characteristic symbol of that liberty for which our fathers and your brothers gave their lives; keep it, and guard it for the sake of those who first gave it to you. Care
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for it for the sake of those who followed its bearer, preserve it for the sake of those principles it silently, but emphatically, represents. In the words of another
"Lift up your boy on your shoulder high, And show him the faded shred, Those bars would be red as the sunset sky If death could have dyed them red." Off with your hats as the flag goes by, Uncover the youngest head, Teach him to hold it holy and high For the sake of the sacred dead."
And now, may you honored sir-and few but faithful who survive with you and share these reminiscences of a deathless past, together with all of us who love our new South, our country and its flags, may it not be ours to hear again the beat of drum which calls to mortal combat, or feel the chilling shadow of the storm cloud of war, but when at last we strike our tents from the old camp ground of this life, may we go over as loyal soldiers to the great Captain of our salvation, to drink from the springs of everlasting peace and to hear from His sacred lips the glad "Well done!"
Miss Dunn was replied to by the writer in a short appropriate address in behalf of Captain Holmes, to whom the banner was return- ed, during which a crown of flowers was placed on her head by Miss Fredirica Bongard, and she was adopted as the daughter of the survivors of the Quitman Guards, and, in the language of the Magnolia News, "Thus bringing to a sublime ending in a most befitting way one of the most noted historical events of Pike County."
The good man into whose hands this relic was again placed has since passed and gone where the echoes of war shall not be heard and now sleeps the dreamless sleep in the cemetery at Magnolia beside his own beloved Alvira, who in the very midst of the storm of the great conflict gave her heart and hand to him; and Lieutenant John Q. Travis, too, the handless veteran, who stood by his side, succeeded to the command of the last remnant of the old guards, only to cross over the river in a few weeks after.
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Illustrations
PAGE
Alford Bridge over Bogue Chitto River
12
Barr, Thos. M
351
Bonney, Nelson P
288
Boyd, Capt. A. A.
194
Brent, Col. Preston
197
Chisholm, Mrs. Eloise 349
Collins, Hon. Frederick W
264
Conerly, Mrs. A. L
74
Conerly, Buxton R. 230
Conerly, Chauncey P
202
Conerly, Mrs. L. W.
348
Conerly, Owen
73
Coney, Lieut. Van. C 350
Connally, Capt. Thos. J 190
Dick, Isaac C
51
Duncan, Lieut .- Col. James Henderson 236
Dunn, Miss Norma 353
Ellis, Ezekiel Park.
62
Geo. Smith's Water Mill and Dam Over Kirkland's Creek 82
Harris, Gen. Nathaniel H 229
Hart, Dr. R. T.
354
Hartwell, Charles E 354
Holmes, Capt. John 173
Hoover, Capt. Kit.
207
Hoover, Martha L. J. 345
Hoover Iron Bridge. 224
Iron Bridge, Scene on Bogue Chitto River 36
Lamkin, Hon. J. T 202
Lamkin, Dr. Wm. J. 176
Lamkin, Mrs. W. J 138
. Lampton, Benjamin 257
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PAGE Matthews, Capt. Samuel A 172
McGehee, W. Frank. 350
McNair, Captain 196
Miller, Mrs. Joe
138
Peter Sandifer in Bear Fight Scene on McGee's Creek, 1820. 64
Portrait of Author Frontispiece
Prewitt, Ansel H
155
Root, Geo. W. 352
Sparkman, Dr. A. P 297
The Bonnie Blue Flag
opp. 147
Travis, Lieut. John Q. 187
Tyler, Wm. G
83
View on F. W. Collin's Farm 265
Contents
CHAPTER I.
PAGE
A Veteran of 1812.
23
Act Creating Territory 31
Bacot, Laban 32
Bogue Chitto River, The 15
22
Carroll, General
16
Claiborne, Governor.
26
Cleveland, David. 24
14
Convention, Constitutional 31
32
County Officers, List of.
27
Courts, Where Held
14
Dedication .
5
Formation of Territorial Government, 1798.
11
Gov. Winthrop Sargent
26
Harvey, Michael.
12 10
Holmes, Governor
10
Holmes, Major Andrew Hunter
14
Holmesville Survey
15
Holmesville, Incorporation of.
26
Home Life.
32 7
Introduction .
Marion County, December 9, 1811
11
Marion County, Division of, December 9, 1815
13
McNabb, J. Y
25 10
M. DeSalle.
31
Mississippi, Admission as State
26
New County, Law Creating.
25 9
Origin of Mississippi
Pike County, Creation of, 1815
10
'Possum and Coon Hunters .
34
Seat of Territorial Government
13
Warren, John.
12
Williams, Governor
26
Bones of Soldier of War of 1812 interred in Chalmette Cemetery.
Commissioners to Fix Seat of Justice
Constitutional Convention, 1832
Hernando DeSoto
Military Duty.
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CHAPTER II.
PAGE
Alfred, Edwin .
36
Bacot, Laban, Born.
47
Bacot, Laban, Elected Sheriff 1817
47
Barnes, John.
37
Barr, Joseph
41
Bogue Chitto Church, The
44
Burglary Statute
48
Catching, Joseph
52
Cothern, William
44
Crawford, Rev. Jesse
45
Early Settlers
35
Ellzey, John.
39
Felder, Peter.
37-41
First Born Son.
38
First Sheriff's Office
47
Fortinberry, William.
39
Gatlin, Colonel James
46
George III
54
Grist Mill, A.
37
Little, Margaret
38
Magee, Jeremiah and Sire
49 49
McCollough, Alexander
42
McCollough, William
35 42 50
McMorris Family
Otopasas, The
35
Pecan Tree, A
35
Quin, Daniel.
37
Reeves, John
45
Reeves, Lazarus
44
Sandell, Daniel
36 39 39
Simmons, William
41
Simmons, Willis
41
Smith, Jeremiah
36
Sparkman, Reddick T
56
Taylor, John
35
Thomas, Captain Westley
52
Turnipseed, Dr.
44
Walker, John
42
Martin, Josiah.
McEwin, Mathew
Sartin, John
Sartin, Major.
CONTENTS
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PAGE
Warren, John
35
Washington, On the Death of 53
Whipping Post, The 48
"Widow Phillips"
48
CHAPTER III.
Andrews, James.
92
Bearden, Jeremiah
79
Boon, William
66
Bracey, Harrison
68
Bullock, Joel.
68
Burkhalter, Daniel
China Grove
Craft, James
Conerly, Owen and Luke
Connally, Thomas J.
Craft, John
Collins, Chauncey
Darbun Creek.
Dillon, Richard
Ellis, Stephen
Ellis, Ezekiel Parke
First Postoffice
Fort Mims.
Gartman, Bartholomew
Great Land Excitement.
Grubbs, Gilbert
Hall, Armistead
Harvey, Michael
Holmes, Elisha
Jones, Benjamin
Lamkin, William
70 66 69 75 90
Lamptons, The
Lawrence, John
Lewis, Quincy.
Ligon, Colonel William B
Martin, Wiley
May, Joseph
McAlpin, Dr.
86
Owen, Jacob
81
Pacific-Atlantic Hurricane
63
· Parker, Joseph
79
66 58 78 58 72 78 84 67 87 59 61 62 60 75 93 75 87
86 76 76 86 92 76
O'Brian, Daniel.
362
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Payne, Nelson.
85
'Possum for Sally
72
Pushmataha, General
60
Ratliff, Richard.
68
Ratliff, George, (slave)
79
Raiford, Needham B
88
Ravencraft, William
71
Sartins Church
59
Smith, Charles
80
Smith, George, Sr
87
Sneed, John.
75
Stalling, John
81
Stovall, Ralph
58
Thompson, Parish
59
Tylertown
81
Tyler, William G.
83
When the Stars Fell.
91
Youngblood, Benjamin
90
CHAPTER IV.
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Allen, Gabriel.
100
Bain, Senaca McNeil
127
Balloon Incident.
131
Bickham, Mrs. Elizabeth
117
Bond, Henry.
99
Bonney, Henry S
128
Brumfield, John.
105
Carr, Frank.
129
Coney, William
99
Ellzey, William
128
Finch's Dog.
112
First Methodist Camp Meeting.
106
Gray, Sherod
94
Hart, John.
99
Hoover, Judge Christian
115
In the Forties
120
Johnson, William R
98
Kaigler, John .
120
Lamkin, John T
107
Leake, Walter
121
Cothern, William
128
First Masonic Lodge
95
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PAGE
Leggett, William
105
Lewis, Judge Lemuel
129
Lichtensteins, The
116
McNair, E
110
Mitchell, Marmaduke
131
Must Take a Ducking 133
Nelson, Dr. James M
123
New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad, The
124
Packwood, Dudley W
121
Pike's Legislators
107
Pound, Daniel W
106
Quin, Colonel Peter
100
Salem Baptist Church
107
Seat of Government at Columbia
107
Sibley Incident
102
Silver Creek Church.
97
Sincerity Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 214
123
Stuart, Oscar James E 120
Still Creek. . 97
Stockdale, Professor
120
Stone, William A
111
Wingoes, The
118
CHAPTER V.
Abolition Emissaries 149
Bacot, Levi.
136
Black Abolition Party
145
Banner Association
137
Banner Presentation, 1865
137-142
Beauregard, General, and Fort Sumter
158
Bonny Blue Flag, The.
147
Brunette, Rene H.
152
Buchanan, James
157
Burkhalter, Flem, Was Up to the Game
154
Cain, General William.
145
Coffin, Levi, the Slave Thief.
169
Coney, Miss Rachel E
137
Davis, Jefferson .
158
Election of Lincoln and Hamlin
146
First Fandango, The.
153
First Settlers of Summit .
151, 153
Fall Election, 1860 146
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Forbade Importation of Slaves
144
Four Tickets in the Field .
146
Garland, William H. 153
Grading of the Railroad.
155
Greeley, Horace 159
Hard to Escape History 162
Lincoln's Call for 75,000 Men
161
Maryland Invaded and Subjugated.
159
Massachusetts the First to Legalize Slavery, in 1641.
169
Miller, Captain Joseph H
157
Miss Coney's Address.
141
New England Troops Furnished to Rob the South
170
New England the Fomenters of Secession
144, 163, 166
New York in 1859 and 1860 168
Political Excitement . 143
Prewitt, Ansel H.
155
Quitman Guards, 1859
137
Secession Convention
148
Secession of South Carolina
[46
Secession of Mississippi .
147
Slave Traders and Kidnapers 144
153
Some Notes on Secession . 163
159
Weathersby, Hugh Eugene 140, 142, 150
Wingo, Green, Hung. 153
145
Year 1860, The
CHAPTER VI.
All of Pike's Men in the Field 221
Artisans of Pike County . 214
224
Banks Driven Across Potomac
216
Battle of Bull Run 175
Battle of Winchester, Virginia 216
190
Bogue Chitto Guards.
Brent Rifles. 178
216
Brown, Captain, Killed.
Captain James Conerly's Company M. M. 211
Capture of Jefferson Davis. 226
Bain, Col. Seneca McNeil
197
State of Maryland, The ..
Treachery of United States Government
Ball, Lieutenant Sampson.
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Cold Harbor.
216
Colonel Wingfield's Militia
210
Confederate Prisoners
225
Conover Conspiracy .
227
Conquered Banner, The
237
Conscription Act
212
Cross Keys.
186
Dahlgreen Rifles
191
Desperate Encounters
223
Dick, Ike C., Wounded
217
Dixie Guards
207
Enemy's Great Army
219
Fall of Fort Sumter.
211
First Battle of Manassas
175
Fremont and Shields
216
General Lee's Army
217
Great Problem
214
Grierson's Raid.
223
Homespun Dress
215
Holmesville Guards
201
Hoover, Capt. Kit
207 230
Jackson, Stonewall.
213
Land of Desolation, A
225
Lincoln Assassinated
226
Lincoln's Perfidy
220
McNair Rifles ..
193
Nash's Company.
200
President Davis' Call for Troops
172
Quin, Col, Wm. Monroe
172
Rhodes' Cavalry
209
Seeds of Grief .
237
Shiloh
217
Sixteenth Mississippi Regiment
237
Southern Cross is Furled
203
Stockdale's Cavalry
Summit Rifles . 183
Surratt, Mrs., Hung
226
Travis, John Quincy
181
Union Prisoners . .
226-228
Wirz, Captain, Hanged.
227
How Fort Gregg Was Defended
201
Quitman Guards.
174
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CHAPTER VII. PAGE
Alcorn, James L. .
256
Ames, General Adelbert
254
Burris Magee Trial
Cotton in 1865 . 281
241
Clinton Riots.
266
Cold-blooded Sentiment, A.
248
Collins, Fred W
262-266
Conditions of the South in 1865.
242
Coushatta.
269
Clark, Governor Charles
251
Danger That Threatened, The
246
DeCline, Colonel
268
Death Roll of Armies
272
Election in 1871.
258
Fate of Mrs. Lecour and Daughter
268
Galloway, Bishop.
273
Grant Parish, Louisiana
268
Head, Joseph
255
Hurst, D. W .
284
Ku Klux Klan, The.
248
Long-haired Goat, The
286
Miscegenation
246
Negro Outrage ..
267
Negro Troops at Holmesville.
247
Newspapers
288
Otkin, Charles H.
278
Peabody Public School
278
Quin, Judge H. M.
280
Roane, W. H.
258
Rowland, Hon. Dunbar.
253
Sharkey, William L 252
State Expenditures 258
259
Terrible Vandalism
247
Young, Charles B.
CHAPTER VIII.
Ames Impeached 305
Bridges, Hugh Q 302
Buried the Hatchet 311
298
Collins, F. W
When the Armies Were Disbanded
254
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Cordova Impeached.
304
Davis, A. K., Removed ..
304
Death of William H. Roane
305
Election of 1875 . 294-298
Felder, R. H .
298
Fired on by Negroes
303
Firing of Columbus
298 297
Garland, William H., Jr.
In Louisiana .
291
Laying of Corner Stone of New Court House.
307
Legislative Investigation
304
Letter from General Featherston
306
Magnolia Election
302
Magnolia Herald, The
299
Negro Camp Meetings
293
New Orleans Democrat
305
No Loud Crowing Cocks
300
Origin of "Bulldozer" 292, 294
Patton, Charles L.
303
Redmond & Barrett
303
Removal of the Court House
295
Results of Election
299
Reunion of the Sixteenth Mississippi Regiment 306
Sparkman, Dr. A. P. 297
Stupidity of the Nineteenth Century 314
Travis, J. Q 302
United States Cavalry at McComb 303
292
CHAPTER IX.
Activity of White Leaguers and Bulldozers 329
Ames, ex-Governor Adelbert 317
Apprehension of the People . 323
Barrett, Fred
322
Church, Rev. H. M
322
County Convention
319
Congressional Convention
319
Debt of Mississippi
317
Gains & Swazey . 324
Grant Must Call Off His Dogs 323
Grant Would Invade Arkansas 329
Haven, Bishop. 322
White League, The.
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368
CONTENTS
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His Fraudulency
331
Hoover, Mrs. Martha L. J.
345
Jackson, Colonel Mose
324
Little Joe Lewis
339
Lynch, John R.
321
Magnolia Herald, The 322
Masonic Emblem
346
Nomination of Presidential Candidates
320
One Weber.
324
Organization of Clubs
319-320
Outrage in Lawrence.
326
Packwood, Bridges and Conerly
327
Population of Pike County
331
Rate of Taxation.
318
Sequel to Quitman Guards Banner
350
Sheridan, Phil. A.
323
Stone, John M ..
318
Torch Light Procession
328
Tylertown Club
325
Wild Jim Barnes.
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