Produced by Katherine Ward and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) 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 [Illustration: _Yours Truly, J. L. Underwood_] 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 PAGE 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