in the Federal prisons was in like round numbers but 220,000; that of the former there were 22,570 deaths, and of the latter 26,436 deaths; a difference in favor of the Confederates of 3,866, notwithstanding the 50,000 excess in our hands. Thus the percentage of deaths in Confederate prisons was about 8 3-10, while that in the Federal prisons was 12, a difference of about 3 7-10 per cent. in favor of the Confederates.

Such, in brief, was the work to which Dr. Moore gave anxious thought and ceaseless labor, and developed and conducted under the most embarrassing and discouraging circumstances to marvelous discipline, efficiency, and resourcefulness.

ASSOCIATION FORMED.

Under the auspices of the surgeon-general, in August, 1863, a large number of surgeons assembled in the Medical College of Virginia, at Richmond, and organized the "Association of Army and Navy Surgeons of the Confederate States," by the adoption of a constitution and the election of the following officers:

Samuel P. Moore, M. D., president; J. B. McCaw, M. D., first vice-president; D. Conrad, M. D., Confederate States navy, second vice-president; W. A. Davis, M. D., first recording secretary; W. A. Thom, M. D., second recording secretary; M. Michel, M. D., first corresponding secretary; S. Jenkins, M. D., second corresponding secretary, and J. S. Wilson, M. D., treasurer.

It was also through his aid and encouragement that the most excellent Confederate States Medical and Surgical Journal" came into existence, and was conducted to the end of the war; and he directed the preparation of a collection of papers entitled "A Manual of Military Surgery," intended more especially for officers in the field, and to treat of but few of the diseases incident to the camp and hospital, reserving only such as are more intimately connected with gunshot wounds and operations, as Shock, Tetanus, Hospital Gangrene, Pyaemia, etc. It is accompanied by a careful selection of lithographs of amputations, ligations, resections, etc.

He continued to reside in Richmond after the war, not actively engaged in the practice of his profession, but giving the benefit of his extensive knowledge and experience to educational and other institutions, having the welfare of the community in view.

He was a member of the R. E. Lee Camp of Confederate Veterans, of Richmond; of the Executive Board of the Virginia Agricul

tural Society, and of the Richmond School Board; was chosen president of the Association of Medical and Surgical Officers of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States, at Atlanta, Ga., May 25, 1874, and was elected one of the vice-presidents of the Section of Military and Naval Surgery in the ninth International Congress, 1887.

He died at his residence, No. 202 West Grace street, Richmond, Va., May 31, 1889, and was buried in Hollywood cemetery.

In person he was above medium stature. well formed, erect, and of soldierly bearing; regular, handsome features, not austere, but subdued by thought and studious habits. With acquaintances he was genial, having a pleasant brightness and a keen, but harmless, wit. In official life a strict disciplinarian, but appreciative of faithful service. He was always extremely modest in referring to his own work, and only alluded to it at comparatively long intervals and upon the most intimate occasions.

That he spared not himself the best testimony is the high renown he won for himself and his faithful corps with the medical world, which has justified the wisdom of his selection for the duties imposed upon him, and also by the loving regard felt for him in recognition and appreciation of his services, by all the people of his beloved Southland.

HIS FAMILY.

His widow, Mary Augusta (Brown) Moore, survives him, residing (June 17, 1901) with her son-in-law, Howard R. Bayne, a prominent counsellor at law, in New York city.

The children are as follows:

Preston Brown Moore (deceased) married Maria Pendleton Steger, of Richmond, Va. Issue: I. Mary Preston Moore, married Galloupe Morton (deceased); issue: Charles I. Morton. Issue II: Dr. Charles Lloyd Moore, unmarried.

Lizzie Strong Moore, married (April 27, 1886) Howard R. Bayne, Issue: I. Samuel Preston Moore Bayne, died October 7, 1887; II. Mary Ashby Moore Bayne; III. Lloyd Moore Bayne.

REFERENCES.-The reports of the surgeon-generals of the United Confederate Veterans-viz: Joseph Jones, M. D., of New Orleans, La., and C. H. Tebault, M. D., of New Orleans, La.; the Southern Historical Society Papers, Vol. II, page 125; Vol. XVII, page 12; Vol. XX, page 109; the Medical and Surgical Journal of the Con

federate States; the Rise and fall of the Confederate States Government, Vol. I, page 310; the Richmond Dispatch, June 1, 1889; the Surgeon-General's office, Washington, D. C.

[From the Richmond, Va., Dispatch, August 19, 1901.]

A MEMORY OF MAY 5, 1865.

Orders Published in a Paper Announcing Cessation of

Hostilities.

CONTRIBUTED BY D. H. LITTLEJOHN.

A very interesting newspaper

extra," published by the Greensville (S. C.) Southern Enterprise, on May 5, 1865, announcing the cessation of armed hostilities east of the Chattahoochee, is in possession of a citizen of Charlotte.

The extra covers only one side of a small sheet about 6x14 inches. The head is only one column wide. The story is as follows:

THE SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE.

EXTRA.

GREENVILLE, S. C.,

FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1865.

HIGHLY IMPORTANT.

Cessation of Armed Hostilities East of the Chattahoochee River.

JOHNSTON AND SHERMAN'S ORDERS.

We have been furnished with a copy of the following important and interesting orders, which we give to the public in this shape. We hope soon to resume the regular issues of our paper. All are aware of the cause of the present suspension. The raiders, however, have done our establishment no very great or serious injury,

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and if no further molestation occur, we can give them our usual weekly greeting.

GREENSBORO', April 29, 1865.

By the terms of the military convention, made on the 26th, by Major-General W. T. Sherman, United States Army, the officers and men of this army bind themselves not to take up arms against the United States, until properly relieved from their obligations, and shall receive guarantees from the United States against molestation by the United States authorities, so long as they observe that obligation and the law is enforced where they reside.

For these objects muster rolls will be made immediately, and after the distribution of the necessary papers the troops will march under their officers to their respective States, and then be disbanded, all retaining personal property.

The objects of this convention is pacification to the extent of the authority of the commanders who make it.

Events in Virginia, which broke every hope of our success by war, imposed on its general the duty of sparing the blood of the gallant army, and saving our country from further devastation and our people from ruin.

P. S.-Unattached officers of army and navy, within the country of the Chattahooche, may also accept the terms of the convention.

HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF MISSISSIPPI,
IN THE FIELd, Raleigh, N. C.,

Special Field Order, No. 15.

April 27, 1865.

The general commanding commands a further suspension of hostilities, and a final agreement with General Johnston, which terminates the war as to the army under his command and the country east of the Chattahooche. Copies of the terms of the convention will be furnished Major-Generals Schofield, Gilmore and Wilson,

who are especially charged with the executiou of its details in North Carolina, the Department of the South, and at Macon and Western Georgia. Captain Jasper Myer, United States army, is hereby designated to receive the arms at Greensboro, N. C., and any commanding officer of the East may receive arms of any detachments, and see that they are properly stored and accounted for. General Schofield will procure at once necessary blanks and supply the other army commanders, that uniformity may prevail, and great care must be taken that the terms and stipulations on our part be fulfilled with the most scrupulous fidelity, whilst those imposed on the hitherto enemies be received in a spirit becoming a brave and generous army. Army commanders may at once loan to the inhabitants such of the captured mules and horses, wagon and vehicles, as can be spared from immediate use, and the commanding generals of armies may issue provisions, animals and any public supplies that can be spared, to relieve present wants, and encourage the inhabitants to renew peaceful pursuits, and to restore the relation of friendship among our fellow-citizens and countrymen.

Foraging will forthwith cease, and when necessity or long marches compel the taking of forage and provisions, or any kind of private property, compensation will be made on the spot; or when the disbursing officers are not provided with funds, vouchers will be given in proper form, payable at the nearest military depot.

By order of Major-General W. T. Sherman.

The Dispatch of the 10th of November announced the sudden death in your city of Colonel Edwin L. Hobson. Having been intimately associated with him during the war between the States, I