Southern Historical Society PapersVirginia Historical Society, 1903 - Confederate States of America |
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... honored ex - commander , can but be inspirative to exalted patriotism . The exemplification of Captain Courtenay , as soldier and citizen , commends itself to the emulation of all . His career of comprehensive usefulness , has been most ...
... honored ex - commander , can but be inspirative to exalted patriotism . The exemplification of Captain Courtenay , as soldier and citizen , commends itself to the emulation of all . His career of comprehensive usefulness , has been most ...
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... honor to Lafay- ette , upon his entrance in the city in 1825. Captain W. H. Miller , commanding the Escort Battalion , announced all his orders in French ! On the 19th April , 1827 , the venerable widow of Colonel William Washington ...
... honor to Lafay- ette , upon his entrance in the city in 1825. Captain W. H. Miller , commanding the Escort Battalion , announced all his orders in French ! On the 19th April , 1827 , the venerable widow of Colonel William Washington ...
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... honor , that the stranger might know that the men who slept there died for their country ! What heart and hand could do for the widow and orphan , was done ; and in the charter of the ' Charitable Association , ' was laid the corner ...
... honor , that the stranger might know that the men who slept there died for their country ! What heart and hand could do for the widow and orphan , was done ; and in the charter of the ' Charitable Association , ' was laid the corner ...
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... honor of the dead of the war . " Within one year the " Easter Fair " was held , the most brilliant public entertainment ever seen in Charleston , made so largely by the taste , talent and enegy of the late Major R. C. Gilchrist , and ...
... honor of the dead of the war . " Within one year the " Easter Fair " was held , the most brilliant public entertainment ever seen in Charleston , made so largely by the taste , talent and enegy of the late Major R. C. Gilchrist , and ...
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... honor of the dead of the W. L. I. , stands in Washington Square , is 45 feet high , and bears , in a bronze panel , this pathetic inscrip- tion- " At every board a vacant chair , Fills with quick tears some tender eye , And at our ...
... honor of the dead of the W. L. I. , stands in Washington Square , is 45 feet high , and bears , in a bronze panel , this pathetic inscrip- tion- " At every board a vacant chair , Fills with quick tears some tender eye , And at our ...
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