The Women of the Confederacy
In which is presented the heroism of the women of the Confederacy with accounts of their trials during the War and the period of Reconstruction, with their ultimate triumph over adversity. Their motives and their achievements as told by writers and orators now preserved in permanent form.
BY REV. J. L. UNDERWOOD
Master of Arts, Mercer University, Captain and Chaplain in the Confederate Army
New York and Washington THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1906
Copyright, 1906 By J. L. UNDERWOOD
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.
It is remarkable that after a lapse of forty years the people of this country, from the President down, are manifesting a more lively interest than ever in the history of the women of the Confederacy. Bodily affliction only has prevented the author from rendering at an earlier date the service to their memory and the cause of the South which he feels that he has done in preparing this volume. His friends, Dr. J. Wm. Jones, and the lamented Dr. J. L. M. Curry, of Richmond, Va., made the suggestion of this work several years ago. They both rendered material assistance in the preparation of the lecture which appears in this volume as the author’s tribute in the Symposium, and to Doctor Jones the author is greatly indebted for the practical brotherly assistance he has continued to render.
Thanks are due to the Virginia State Librarian, Mr. C. D. Kennedy, and his assistants, for kind attentions. The author is under obligations to the lady members of the Confederate Memorial Literary Society of Richmond, especially to Mrs. Lizzie Carey Daniels, Corresponding Secretary, and Mrs. Katherine C. Stiles, Vice-Regent of the Georgia Department of the Confederate Museum. In many ways great and valuable service was kindly rendered by Miss Isabel Maury, the intelligent House Regent of the Museum. To his old Commander, Gen. S. D. Lee, now General Commander of Confederate Veterans, he is under obligation for his practical help; also to Gen. Marcus J. Wright. In making selections from the works of others, great pains have been taken to give proper credit for all matter quoted. The author’s home has been for more than thirty years his delightful Pearland Cottage, in the suburbs of Camilla, Ga. On account of his afflictions he has moved his family to Blakeley, Ga., while he himself may remain some time for medical treatment here in Richmond. The book is sent forth from an invalid’s room with a fervent prayer that it may do good in all sections of our beloved country. Much of the work has been done under severe pain and great weakness, and special indulgence is asked for any defects.
J. L. Underwood
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION BY REV. DR. J. B. HAWTHORNE
INTRODUCTION BY REV. DR. J. WM. JONES
AUTHOR’S INTRODUCTION
MRS. VARINA JEFFERSON DAVIS
TRIBUTE OF PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS
TRIBUTE OF A WOUNDED SOLDIER
TRIBUTE OF A FEDERAL PRIVATE SOLDIER
JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON’S TRIBUTE
STONEWALL JACKSON’S FEMALE SOLDIERS
GEN. J. B. GORDON’S TRIBUTE
GENERAL FORREST’S TRIBUTE
TRIBUTE OF GEN. M. C. BUTLER
TRIBUTE OF GEN. MARCUS J. WRIGHT
TRIBUTE OF DR. J. L. M. CURRY
ADDRESS OF COL. W. R. AYLETT BEFORE PICKETT CAMP
GEN. BRADLEY T. JOHNSON’S SPEECH AT THE DEDICATION OF SOUTH’S MUSEUM
GOVERNOR C. T. O’FERRALL’S TRIBUTE
TRIBUTE OF JUDGE J. H. REAGAN, OF TEXAS, POSTMASTER-GENERAL OF CONFEDERATE STATES
GENERAL FREEMANTLE (OF THE BRITISH ARMY)
SHERMAN’S “TOUGH SET”
TRIBUTE OF GENERAL BUELL
TRIBUTE OF JUDGE ALTON B. PARKER, OF NEW YORK
HEROIC MEN AND WOMEN
THE WOMEN OF THE SOUTH
EULOGY ON CONFEDERATE WOMEN, BY J. L. UNDERWOOD, DELIVERED IN 1896
INTRODUCTION TO WOMAN’S WORK
THE SOUTHERN WOMAN’S SONG
THE LADIES OF RICHMOND
THE HOSPITAL AFTER SEVEN PINES
BURIAL OF LATANE
MAKING CLOTHES FOR THE SOLDIERS
THE INGENUITY OF SOUTHERN WOMEN
MRS. LEE AND THE SOCKS
FITTING OUT A SOLDIER
THE THIMBLE BRIGADE
NOBLE WOMEN OF RICHMOND
THE WOMEN OF RICHMOND
TWO GEORGIA HEROINES
THE SEVEN DAYS’ BATTLE
DEATH OF MRS. SARAH K. ROWE, “THE SOLDIERS’ FRIEND”
“YOU WAIT”
ANNANDALE—TWO HEROINES OF MISSISSIPPI
A PLANTATION HEROINE
LUCY ANN COX
“ONE OF THEM LEES”
SOUTHERN WOMEN IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
A MOTHER OF THE CONFEDERACY
“THE GREAT EASTERN”
CORDIAL FOR THE BRAVE
HOSPITAL WORK AND WOMEN’S DELICACY
A WAYSIDE HOME AT MILLEN
A NOBLE GIRL
THE GOOD SAMARITAN
FEMALE RELATIVES VISIT THE HOSPITALS.
MANIA FOR MARRIAGE
GOVERNMENT CLERKSHIPS
SCHOOLS IN WAR TIMES
HUMANITY IN THE HOSPITALS
MRS. DAVIS AND THE FEDERAL PRISONER
SOCKS THAT NEVER WORE OUT
BURIAL OF AUNT MATILDA
“ILLEGANT PAIR OF HANDS”
THE GUN-BOAT “RICHMOND”
CAPTAIN SALLY TOMPKINS
THE ANGEL OF THE HOSPITAL
OLD MAIDS
A MOTHER’S LETTER
TOM AND HIS YOUNG MASTER
“I KNEW YOU WOULD COME”
LETTERS FROM THE POOR AT HOME
LIFE IN RICHMOND DURING THE WAR
THE WOMEN OF NEW ORLEANS
“INCORRIGIBLE LITTLE DEVIL”
THE BATTLE OF THE HANDKERCHIEFS
THE WOMEN OF NEW ORLEANS AND VICKSBURG PRISONERS
“IT DON’T TROUBLE ME”
SAVAGE WAR IN THE VALLEY
MRS. ROBERT TURNER, WOODSTOCK, VA.
HIGH PRICE OF NEEDLES AND THREAD
DESPAIR AT HOME—HEROISM AT THE FRONT
THE OLD DRAKE’S TERRITORY
THE REFUGEE IN RICHMOND
DESOLATIONS OF WAR
DEATH OF A SOLDIER
MRS. HENRIETTA E. LEE’S LETTER TO GENERAL HUNTER ON THE BURNING OF HER HOUSE
SHERMAN’S BUMMERS
REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR TIMES—A LETTER
AUNT MYRA AND THE HOE-CAKE
“THE CORN WOMAN”
GENERAL ATKINS AT CHAPEL HILL
TWO SPECIMEN CASES OF DESERTION
SHERMAN IN SOUTH CAROLINA
OLD NORTH STATE’S TRIALS
SHERMAN IN NORTH CAROLINA
MRS. VANCE’S TRUNK—GENERAL PALMER’S GALLANTRY
THE EVENTFUL THIRD OF APRIL
THE FEDERALS ENTER RICHMOND
SOMEBODY’S DARLING
FEMALE RECRUITING OFFICERS
MRS. SUSAN ROY CARTER
J. L. M. CURRY’S WOMEN CONSTITUENTS
NORA MCCARTHY
WOMEN IN THE BATTLE OF GAINESVILLE, FLA.
“SHE WOULD SEND TEN MORE”
WOMEN AT VICKSBURG
“MOTHER, TELL HIM NOT TO COME”
BRAVE WOMAN IN DECATUR, GA.
GIVING WARNING TO MOSBY
“AIN’T YOU ASHAMED OF YOU’UNS?”
FALSE TEETH
EMMA SANSOM
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT’S MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER
THE LITTLE GIRL AT CHANCELLORSVILLE
SAVED HER HAMS
HEROISM OF A WIDOW
WINCHESTER WOMEN
SPARTA IN MISSISSIPPI
“WOMAN’S DEVOTION”—A WINCHESTER HEROINE
SPOKEN LIKE CORNELIA
A SPECIMEN MOTHER
MRS. ROONEY
WARNING BY A BRAVE GIRL
A PLUCKY GIRL WITH A PISTOL
MOSBY’S MEN AND TWO NOBLE GIRLS
A SPARTAN DAME AND HER YOUNG
SINGING UNDER FIRE
A WOMAN’S LAST WORD
TWO MISSISSIPPI GIRLS HOLD YANKEES AT PISTOL POINT
“WAR WOMEN” OF PETERSBURG
JOHN ALLEN’S COW
THE FAMILY THAT HAD NO LUCK
BRAVE WOMEN AT RESACA, GA.
A WOMAN’S HAIR
A BREACH OF ETIQUETTE
LOLA SANCHEZ’S RIDE
INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO “THEIR CAUSE”
“WHEN THIS CRUEL WAR IS OVER”
NORTHERN MEN LEADERS OF DISUNION
THE UNION VS. A UNION
THE NORTHERN STATES SECEDE FROM THE UNION
FRENZIED FINANCE AND THE WAR OF 1861
THE RIGHT OF SECESSION
THE CAUSE NOT LOST
SLAVERY AS THE SOUTH SAW IT
VINDICATION OF SOUTHERN CAUSE
NORTHERN VIEW OF SECESSION
MAJOR J. SCHEIBERT (OF THE PRUSSIAN ARMY) ON CONFEDERATE HISTORY
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
THE EMPTY SLEEVE
THE OLD HOOPSKIRT
THE POLITICAL CRIMES OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
BRAVE TO THE LAST
SALLIE DURHAM
THE NEGRO AND THE MIRACLE
GEORGIA REFUGEES
THE NEGROES AND NEW FREEDOM
THE CONFEDERATE MUSEUM IN THE CAPITAL OF THE CONFEDERACY
FEDERAL DECORATION DAY—ADOPTION FROM OUR MEMORIAL
THE DAUGHTERS AND THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY
A DAUGHTER’S PLEA
HOME FOR CONFEDERATE WOMEN
JEFFERSON DAVIS MONUMENT
RECIPROCAL SLAVERY
BARBARA FRIETCHIE
SOCIAL EQUALITY BETWEEN THE RACES
DREAM OF RACE SUPERIORITY
ROOSEVELT AT LEE’S MONUMENT
