Boy'5 Recollection of the War BY W. O. HART Reprinted from Publications of the /Mississippi Historical Society -Vol. XII. A BOY'S RECOLLECTION OF THE WAR A BOY'S RECOLLECTION OF THE WAR. By W. O. Hart.i In 1861, when the war broke out, I was almost four years of age, and, therefore, nearly eight years of age when the war ended, but I have a very vivid recollection of many incidents happening in the meantime, including many in the State of Mississippi. My father, Toby Hart, enHsted in the early part of the war and was sent for service to the forts below the city of New Orleans. But having been an employer of large numbers of men, he chafed under the restraint of being in a subordinate position. Sometime thereafter, he obtained a leave of absence to return to the city, where he organized a company, of which he became captain. It was known afterwards as "Company E, Eighth Louisiana Battalion of Heavy Artillery." I remember distinctly when he came home and stated that he was going to organize a company, but I have no recollection of when he left the city. My mother and I left, on what I was told, was the last train that went out of the city over what was then known as the Jackson railroad, now a part of the Illinois Central. This train left after General Butler had entered the city. The only other circumstance I remember in connection with this event, was that ^William Octave Hart, born in New Orleans, August 19, 1857. He is the only child of Toby Hart and Anna Hussey. Mrs. Hart, his wife, was a native of New Orleans, and her parents natives of Ireland, where the family lived for many yeails. Toby Hart was the eldest'- sen of William R. Hart. He was born at Newberry, South Carolina; . August 29, 1835, and died on December 27, 1907. William R. Hart was born in New York city in 1810, and was the eldest son of William Hart, a native of England, who served in the Revolutionary War on the British side, but after the war remained in New York city and became an American citizen. The mother of Toby Hart was Miss Harriet Carter, of Washington city, who died in New Orleans at the age of twenty-eight. — Editor. (148) ^ NOV 1912 A Boy's Recollection of the War — Hart. 149 I heard it said that Butler had stated he intended to hang Mumford for tearing down the United States flag from the Mint, where it had been placed by order of Admiral Farragut. I do not remember anything about the arrival of the Federal fleet, nor do I remember anything about Mumford's tearing down the flag, until I heard of the threat made by General Butler. The train we were on stopped at Camp Moore, where my father was temporarily stationed, and at different times we stayed at Brookhaven, Jackson and Meridian. At the first named place, I remember receiving from some one, the first toy books I ever saw, being the story of Mother Hubbard and the story of Cock Robin, and I kept them and prized them until, from being so frequently used and shown to my little friends, they were worn out. Meridian, as I remember it at that time, was a place with a few log cabins, in one of which we lived for a few days. I think it was at Jackson, that I saw men riding by in wagons, whom I was told were deserters being taken out somewhere to be shot. I also recall some very doleful music that was played as they went along, part of which, I think, I heard at one of the per- formances of the Clansman in New Orleans, a few years ago. We finally reached Enterprise, Mississippi, where, with other ofiicers' families, we were located in an abandoned schoolhouse. This building was so large that tents were put in it for sleeping quarters. My father was there with his command, and there were a great many other soldiers. It was here that I saw baseball played for the first time. My father, who had been an active amateur baseball player in New Orleans organized two teams, which played in the large grounds near the schoolhouse. I think it was while there that we made a trip to Cooper's Wells, where one day was spent in enjoyment. But, suddenly, I was told that an order had come for everybody to go to Vicksburg. Just before starting, there was a grand ball given in the schoolhouse, and I was allowed to stay up and see the dancing and wait for supper. I remember distinctly the privates and others looking through the windows and other openings at the officers and ladies at the supper table. Finally, when these had finished, the others 150 Mississippi Historical Society. were allowed to come in, and there was plenty for all. As in the case of the great ball at Waterloo, the night before the great battle, "There was a sound of revelry by night," and everybody was gay and happy because the sound of war had not yet reached that place. There was plenty of music, and the leader of one of the bands, after the war, settled in Gainesville, Alabama, where we then lived, as I will state further on. A member of the band was a Mr. Sinclair, whom my father had known in New Orleans before the war, and whom I saw after the sur- render in New Orleans, as a member of a stock company which was playing in the old St. Charles Theatre. Among the members of my father's command was Mr. H. N. Ogden, who was second lieutenant, I think. He afterwards became attorney general of Louisiana. At Vicksburg, my mother and I occupied a tent on one of the hills, and I remember that we often saw the shells explode, though we were too far away to be in danger. My father's com- mand planted the first gun at Vicksburg, at a point now marked by an iron tablet, erected by the United States government. This place is below the city and near one of the railroad freight depots. In 1909, just before the Confederate Reunion at Memphis, I visited Vicksburg, to arrange for the visit of Camp Beaure- gard, No. 130, United Sons of Confederate Veterans of New Orleans, of which I was then commandant, to attend the exer- cises held in connection with the unveiling of the monument to General Stephen D. Lee. As Captain W. T. Rigby, superin- tendent of the military park, drove me through the park, I noticed that though Mississippi, and other States, had small monuments or markers placed where their commands had been located during the Vicksburg campaign, Louisiana had none. I thereupon sug- gested to Captain Rigby that if the war department had no objec- tion, I would erect a small monument to my father's command. Permission was subsequently given, and the monument was erected and put in place by the superintendent. This was the first monument erected in the park by a private individual. Sub- sequently, through the efforts of Captain Rigby and Captain Lewis Guion, of New Orleans, who succeeded General Lee on A Boy's Recollection of the War — Hart. 151 the commission, and Col, A. L. Slack, of Tallulah, Louisiana, who had been in the Vicksburg campaign, all the Louisiana com- mands which took part in the campaign are now commemorated by small monuments given by individuals, or built from a fund subscribed by private parties and by appropriations of the city of New Orleans and the police juries of Louisiana. My father was suddenly ordered away from Vicksburg to Selma, on some special service, and, therefore, did not surrender to Grant. We traveled very slowly across the country in an ox wagon, and it took us several weeks to get to our destination. I remember that we passed through one abandoned town, I think it was either Mount Carmel or Monticello, where there was not a person living, and the only living things we saw in the place were some goats. The men had gone to the war and the women and children were elsewhere. We had go trouble getting food and shelter at the farmhouses along the way until we finally reached Selma. With us were an elderly lady and gentleman, whose names I do not recall. At Selma I passed my sixth birthday. There I heard for the first time of Fenner's battery, but I afterwards heard it spoken of so many times that I thought everybody knew of it. In Selma my father was taken sick, and was relieved from active service for a short time and sent to Demopolis as provost marshal. For a time we stayed with a Mrs. Lattimore, whom I well remember calling "Mrs. Latticeworks." But my being ordered to the front, we separated and I did not see him again until the next year. From Demopolis my mother and I went to Mobile. I do not recall where we took the train, but I remember that we slept on iron rails during the trip. At Mobile we embarked for Montgomery on a steamer, which I was told was loaded with gunpowder. I remember distinctly that the doors of the state- rooms were left open to facilitate the escape of the passengers, should anything happen. At Montgomery I saw snow for the first time. Next, we went to Cahaba, Alabama, which was then a flourish- ing place, and I was told that it had been the capital of Alabama, but I believe is now totally abandoned. We then went to Gaines- ville, Alabama, arriving there, as near as I can recall, in the 152 Mississippi Historical Society. winter of 1863. We remained there until just after the presi- dential election of 1868, when we returned to New Orleans, permanently to reside. Several times my father came over for a day or two. He surrendered at Meridian and soon thereafter came home to Gainesville. I have no recollection of hearing any- think said about the fall of Vicksburg, nor of the surrender of General Lee, nor of the assassination of President Lincoln, but I remember hearing people talk of the fall of Port Hudson, which occurred soon after the fall of Vicksburg, either while I was at Demopolis or Gainesville. While living in Gainesville, when it was expected that Mobile w^as about to fall, there was estab- lished in our house a printing office, where a newspaper was published by the owners of some paper in Mobile. After the supply of paper they had brought with them was exhausted, and the small amount that was in the town had been used, they began to publish their newspaper on wall paper and kept it up until the end of the war. The poem by George McKnight, who wrote under the nom de plume of "Asa Hartz," beginning, "My love reposes on a rosewood frame, A bunk have I" : was published in one of these wall-paper editions. Gainesville before the war, and during the war, was a flourish- ing town, and a great shipping point. The boat trade on the Tombigbee river to Alobile on the south, and Columbus on the north, was very large, and I saw many boats on its waters during the war, but I can recall the names of only two of them — the "Admiral" and the "Jefferson Davis." There were many large stores there, and a short railroad connected the town with the Mobile and Ohio Railroad at a place called Gainesville Junction; but this track has since been torn up, the river trade has disap- peared, and the glories of Gainesville are no more. The place was frequently visited by large bodies of Confederate troops, and many times prisoners were brought in to be taken to other points for exchange or confinement. At one time there occurred what was called by the people, "Grayson's Raid," though the name of the leader of the raid was General Grierson. I think he was from Missouri, and have read A Boy's Recollection of the War — Hart. 153 that he died recently. I remember the cloud of dust as the cavalry came into the little town. They did not stay very long, because, I suppose, they were afraid of the Confederate troops which were in the neighborhood. They burned the telegraph office, tore up part of the railroad tracks, and carried off all the horses they could find. As far as I can remember, no damage was done to private property. But I recall that several times afterwards, when it was reported that the raiders were coming back, we buried all our silverware in the yard, as many other families did. For many years prior to his death, about twelve years ago, there lived in New Orleans a lawyer, Judge Heidenhain by name, who had served in the Union army. I became very intimate with him, and on my telling him some of my war experiences in con- versation one day, I found that he had been one of the raiders. A great many Confederate soldiers surrendered at Gaiensville at the end of the war, and some of them are now living in New Orleans. Among them is the venerable Confederate chaplain. Rev. A. Gordon Bakewell, who was also, as he told me some days ago, on the same train on which my mother and I left the city. A large Federal garrison was established in Gainesville after the war, and remained there for many months. It was not long after the surrender before United States money again became current in the little town. A good many of the stores, particularly the large store of Russell & Dunlap, which I well remember on Main street, had a large stock of goods, and the sale of this stock and of the country produce to the soldiers kept the town moving. In addition to that. Col. R. G. McMahon, proprietor of the American Hotel, and one of the leading citizens of the State, issued a "shinplaster" currency which circulated freely, and, I believe, every dollar of it was redeemed. Soon after the war, my father returned to New Orleans to see if he could find anything of what he had left behind ; because when my mother and I went out of the house, on Camp near Jackson street, which is still standing, we, like many others, left as if for a visit and took nothing with us except some clothing. But, of course, everything had disappeared. All that he recovered was a few family pictures, one of them of my father, which was 154 Mississippi Historical Society. taken just about the time I was born, and of which I am still the happy possessor. He was absent on the Fourth of July, 1865, and on that day the Federal officers in the town gave a grand dinner, and little boy that I was, they had me there. I feel compelled to say that I was always a great favorite with the soldiers of both armies, and this invitation resulted from that fact. When my father returned, and found out that his only child, on the Fourth of July, of all days, had taken dinner with "Yankee" soldiers, as all called them at that time, I recall that he cried like a baby. But, of course, long before his death, which occurred in Decem- ber, 1907, he felt, as do all true Southerners, that the Union sol- dier is entitled to just as much credit for what he did, as the Confederate soldier. Many a time I saw wounded and sick sol- diers brought into Gainesville, and I saw enough and heard enough of the horrors of war never to want to see another conflict. In 1867 my mother and myself returned to New Orleans for a short visit, and, of course, things in a big city were quite a revela- tion to me, for I had little memory of the city before the war; and I was certainly very glad to return to New Orleans, in 1868, to permanently reside. Since then I have been almost around the world, and I have said many times that I wanted to go back to Gainesville to see the place, but I have never been able to get there, though only a short distance away. My esteemed friend, Mr. W. S. Benedict, an eminent lawyer of New Orleans, who died a few years ago, told me that he was born in Gainesville ; so he and I had planned a trip together to the old town ; but he died, and I could not get there, and perhaps never will. While I feel that the foregoing account cannot prove of much interest, it has been a pleasant task for me to write it. I have often intended to do so, and I am glad of the opportunity which now presents itself. What I have stated represents entirely personal recollections. I could add much more if I was to put in my impressions, or what was told to me by others ; but, as you will see, I have confined myself entirely to personal recollections, and they may have some value, as representing the part of the war which a little fellow saw. COMPLETE CONTENTS OF THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE MIS- SISSIPPI HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ARRANGED BY VOLUMES. Contents of Volume I. I. Mississippi's "Backwood's Poet," by Prof. Dabney Lipscomb. 2. Mississippi as a Field for the Student of Literature, by Prof. W. L. Weber. _ 3. Suffrage in Mississippi, by Hon. R. H. Thompson. 4. Spanish Policy in Mississippi after the Treaty of San Lorenzo, by Franklin L. Riley. 5. Time and Place Relations in History with some Mississippi and Louisiana Applications, by Prof. Henry E. Chambers. 6. The Study and Teaching of History, by Prof. Herbert B. Adams. 7. Some Facts in the Early History of Mississippi, by Prof. R. W. Jones. 8. Prehistoric Jasper Ornaments in Mississippi, by Chan. R. B. Fulton. 9. Sgugestions to Local Historians, by Prof. Franklin L. Riley. 10. Some Inaccuracies in Claiborne's History in Regard to Tecumseh, by Mr. H. S. Halbert. 11. Did Jones County Secede? by Prof. A. L. Bondu- rant. 12. Index. Contents of Volume II. I. The Historical Element in Recent Southern Literature, by Prof. C. Alphonso Smith. 2. Irwin Russell — First Fruits of the Southern Ro- mantic Movement, by Prof. W. L. Weber. 3. William Ward, a Missis- sippi Poet Entitled to Distinction, by Prof. Dabney Lipscomb. 4. Sherwood Bonner, Her Life and Place in Literature of the South, by Prof. A. L. Bondurant. 5. "The Daughter of the Confederacy," Her Life, Character and Writings, by Prof. C. C. Ferrell. 6. Sir William Dunbar, the Pioneer Scientist of Mississippi, by Prof. Franklin L. Riley. 7. History of Taxation in Mississippi, by Prof. C. H. Brough. 8. Terri- torial Growth of Mississippi, by Prof. J. M. White. 9. Early Slave Laws of Mississippi, by Alfred H. Stone, Esq. 10. Federal Courts, Judges, At- torneys and Marshals of Mississippi, by T. M. Owen, Esq. 11. Running Mississippi's South Line, by Peter J. Hamilton, Esq. 12. Elizabeth Female Academy — The mother of Female Colleges, by Bishop Chas. B. Galloway. 13. Early History of Jefferson College, by Mr. J. K. Morrison. 14. The Rise and Fall of Negro Rule in Mississippi, by Dunbar Rowland, Esq. 15. Glimpses of the Past, by Mrs. H. D. Bell. 16. Historic Adams County, by Gerard C. Brandon, Esq. I7- The Historical Opportunity of Mississippi, by Prof. R. W. Jones. 18. Nanih Waiya, the Sacred Mound of the Choctaws, by H. S. Halbert, Esq. 19. Index. Contents of Volume III. I. Report of the Proceedings of the Third Annual Meeting. 2. The Campaign of Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1863 — from April 15th to and including the Battle of Champion Hills, or Baker's Creek, May i6th, 1863, by Gen. Stephen D. Lee. 3. Siege of Vicksburg, by Gen. Stephen D. Lee. 4. The Black and Tan Convention, by Col. J. L. Power. 5. Plantation Life in Mississippi Before the War, by Dunbar Rowland, Esq. 6. Private Letters of Mrs. Humphreys, Written Immediately before and after the Ejectment of Her Husband from the Executive Mansion, by Mrs. Lizzie George Henderson. 7. Importance of the Local History of the Civil War, by Mrs. Josie F. Cappleman. 8. William C. Falkner, Novelist, by Prof. A. L. Bondurant. 9. James D. Lynch, Poet Laureate of the World's Columbian Exposition, by Prof. Dabney Lipscomb. 10. Bishop Otey as Provincial Bishop of Mississippi, by Rev. Arthur Howard Noll. 11. Richard Curtis in the Country of the Natchez, by Rev. Chas. H. Otken. ii Mississippi Historical Society. 12. The Making of a State, by Miss Mary V. Duval. 13. Location of the Boundaries of Mississippi, by Franklin L. Riley, Ph. D. 14. Report of Sir William Dunbar to the Spanish Government, at the Conclusion of His Services in Locating and Surveying the Thirty-first Degree of Latitude. 15. A Historical Outline of the Geological and Agricultural Survey of the State of Mississippi, by Eugene W. Hilgard, Ph. D. 16. History of the Application of Science to Industry in Mississippi, by A. M. Muckenfuss, Ph. D. 17. William Charles Cole Claiborne, by Prof. H. E. Chambers. 18. Transition from Spanish to American Control in Mississippi, by Frank- lin L. Riley, Ph. D. 19. Grenada and Neighboring Towns in the 30's, by Capt. L. Lake. 20. History of Banking in Mississippi, by Charles Hill- man Brough, Ph. D. 21. Origin and Location of the A. & M. College of Mississippi, by Prof. J. M. White 22. Funeral Customs of the Choctaws, by Mr. H. S. Halbert. 23. Danville's Map of East Mississippi, by Mr. H. S. Halbert. 24. Index. Contents of Volume IV. I. Report of the Fourth Annual Meeting, April 18-19, 1901, by Dr. Franklin L. Riley. 2. Campaign of Generals Grant and Sherman against Vicksburg in December, 1862, and January ist and 2d, 1863, known as the "Chickasaw Bayou Campaign," by Gen. Stephen D. Lee. 3. Sher- man's Meridian Expedition from Vicksburg to Meridian, February 3d to March 6th, 1863, by Gen. Stephen D. Lee. 4. Capture of Holly Springs, December 20, 1862, by Prof. J. G. Deupree. 5. Battle of Corinth and Sub- sequent Retreat, by Col. James Gordon. 6. Work of the United Daugh- ters of the Confederacy, by Mrs. Albert G. Weems. 7. Local Incidents of the War Between the States, by Mrs. Josie Frazee Cappleman. 8. The First Struggle Over Secession in Mississippi, by Mr. Jas. W. Garner. 9. Reconstruction in East and Southeast Mississippi, by Capt. W. H. Hardy. 10. Legal Status of Slaves in Mississippi before the War, by W. W. Ma- gruder, Esq. 11. Mississippi's Constitution and Statutes in Reference to Freedmen and Their Alleged Relation to the Reconstruction Acts and War Amendment, by A. H. Stone, Esq. 12. History of Millsaps College, by Pres. W. B. Murrah. 13. Lorenzo Dow in Mississippi, by Bishop C. B. Galloway. 14. Early Beginnings of Baptists in Mississippi, by Rev. Z. T. Leavell. 15. Importance of Archaeology, by Peter J. Hamilton, Esq. 16. The Choctaw Creation Legend, by H. S. Halbert, Esq. 17. Last In- dian Council on the Noxubee, by H. S. Halbert, Esq. 18. The Real Philip Nolan, by Rev. Edward Everett Hale. 19. Letter from George Poindex- ter to Felix Huston, Esq. 20. The History of a County, by Mrs. Helen D. Bell. 21. Recollections of Poineer Life in Mississippi, by Miss Mary J. Welsh. 22. Political and Parliamentary Orators and Oratory in Missis- sippi, by Dunbar Rowland, Esq. 23. The Chevalier Bayard of Missis- sippi — Edward Gary Walthall, by Miss Mary Duval. 24. Life of Gen. John A. Quitman, by Mrs. Rosalie Q. Duncan. 25. T. A. S. Adams, Poet, Educator and Pulpit Orator, by Prof. Dabney Lipscomb. 26. Influence of the Mississippi River upon the Early Settlement of Its Valley, by Richard B. Houghton, Esq. 27. The Mississippi Panic of 1813, by Col. J. A. Wat- kins. 28. Repudiation of the Union and Planter's Bank Bonds, by Judge J. A. P. Campbell. 29. Index. Contents of Volume V. I. Administrative Report of the Mississippi Historical Commission. 2. An Account of Manuscripts, Papers and Documents Pertaining to Mis- sissippi in Public Repositories Beyond the State: (i) Foreign Archives, by Peter J. Hamilton, Esq. (2) Federal Archives, by Thomas M. Owen, Contents of Volumes I-XII. iii Esq. (3) State Archives, by Franklin L. Riley, Ph. D. (4) Libraries and Societies, by Prof. James M. White. 3. An Account of Manuscripts, Papers and Documents in PubHc Repositories Within the State of Mis- sissippi : (i) State Officers, by Franklin L. Riley, Ph. D. (2) County Officers, by Prof. James M. White and Franklin L. Riley, Ph. D. (3) Municipal Officers, by Prof. J. M. White and Franklin L. Riley, Ph. D. (4) Federal Offices, by Franklin L. Riley, Ph. D. (5) Educational Insti- tutions. (6) Church Organizations. (7) Professional, Literary and In- dustrial Organizations, by Prof. James M. White. (8) Benevolent and Miscellaneous Associations. (9) Libraries and Societies, by Prof. James M. White and Franklin L. Riley, Ph. D. 4. An Account of Manuscripts, Papers and Documents in Private Hands: (i) Papers of Prominent Mis- sissippians, by Prof. James M. White. (2) Private Collectors and Stu- dents, by Franklin L. Riley, Ph. D. (3) Newspapers, by Prof. James M. White. (4) War Records, by Franklin L. Riley, Ph. D. 5. Aborigina' and Indian History: (i) Published Accounts of Prehistoric Remains, by Mr. H. S. Halbert and Capt. A. J. Brow^n. (2) Small Indian Tribes of Mississippi, by Mr. H. S. Halbert. 6. Points and Places of Historic Interest in Mississippi: (i) Extinct Towns and Villages of Mississippi, by Franklin L. Riley, Ph. D. (2) Battlefields. 7- Index. Contents of Volume VI. I. Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Historical Society, by Dr. Franklin L. Riley. 2. Report of the Secretary and Treas- urer, 1898-1902, by Dr. Franklin L. Riley. 3. Battle of Price's Cross Roads, by Gen. Stephen D. Lee. 4. Battle of Harrisburg, or Tupelo, by General Stephen D. Lee. 5. The Clinton Riot, by Dr. Charles Hillman Brough. 6. Conference between Gen. George and Gov. Ames, by Hon. Frank Johnston. 7. Mississippi's First Constitution and Its Makers, by Dunbar Rowland, Esq. 8. Secession Convention of i860, by Judge Thomas H. Woods. 9. Causes and Events that Led to the Calling of the Constitutional Convention of 1890. by Judge S. S. Calhoon. 10. Peniten- tiar}'- Reform in Mississippi, by Hon. J. H. Jones, it. History of the Measures Submitted to the Committee on Elective Franchise, Appor- tionment and Elections in the Constitutional Convention of 1890, by Hon. J. S. McNeilly. 12. Suffrage and Reconstruction in Mississippi, by Hon. Frank Johnston. 13. Some Historic Homes in Mississippi, bv Mrs. N. D. Deupree. 14. Early Times in Wayne County, by Hon. J. M. Wil- kins. 15. Industrial Mississippi in the Light of the Twelfth Census, by Dr. A. M. Muckenfuss. 16. The Mississippi River and the Efforts to Con- fine it in its Channel, by Maj. Wm. Dunbar Jenkins. 17. Origm of the Pacific Railroads, and Especially of the Southern Pacific, by Hon. Ed- ward Mayes. 18. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the State of Mississippi, by Mr. Henry Gannett. 19. The Catholic Church in Mis- sissippi During Colonial Times, by Rev. B. J. Bekkers. 20. Robert J. Walker, by Geo. J. Leftwich, Esq. 21. Story of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit, by Mr. H. S. Halbert. 22. The Yowanne, or Hiowanni Indians, by Peter J. Hamilton, Esq. 23. Location and Description of Emmaus Mission, by Mr. John H. Evans. 24. Benard Romans' Map of 1772, by Mr. H. S.' Halbert. 25. Antiquities of Newton County, by Caot. A. J. Brown. 26. Route of DeSoto's Expedition from Taliepacana to Huhasene, by Prof. T. H. Lewis. 2-]. Report of the Department of Archives and History, by Dunbar Rowland, Esq. 28. Index. Contents of Volume VII. I. Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Missi'^sippi Histori- cal Society, by Dr. Franklin L. Riley. 2. The Rank and File at Vicks- iv Mississippi Historical Society. burg, by Col. J. H. Jones. 3. A Mississippi Brigade in the Last Days of the Confederacy, by Hon. J. S. McNeilly. 4. Yazoo County in the Civil War, by Judge Robert Bowman. 5. Johnson's Division in the Battle of Franklin, by Gen. Stephen D. Lee. 6. Reminiscences of Service with the First Mississippi Cavalry, by Prof. J. G. Deupree. 7. Makeshifts of the War Between the States, by Miss Mary J. Welsh. 8. Reconstruction in Yazoo County, by Judge Robert Bowman. 9. Life of Col. Felix Lebauve. by Dr. P. H. Saunders. 10. Life of Greenwood Leflore, by Mrs. N. D. Deupree. 11. Thomas Griffin — a Boanerges of the Early Southwest, by Bishop Chas. B. Galloway. 12. Lafayette Rupert Hamberlin, Dramatic Reader and Poet, by Prof. P. H. Eager. 13. Recollections of Recon- struction in East and Southeast Mississippi, by Capt. W. H. Harriy. 14. Life of Col. J. F. H. Claiborne, by Dr. Franklin L. Riley. 15. Sena- torial Career of Gen. J. Z. George, by J. W. Garner. 16. Cotton Gin Port and Gaines' Trace, by Geo. J. Leftwich, Esq. 17. The Cholera in 1840, by Maj. Wm. Dunbar Jenkins. 18. Historic Clinton, by Dr. Charles Hill- man Brough. 19. LaCache, by Rev. Ira M. Boswell. 20. Some Historic Homes in Mississippi, by Mrs. N. D. Deupree. 21. Choctaw Mission Station in Jasper County, by Capt. A. J. Brown. 22. Lowndes County, Its Antiquities and Pioneer Settlers, by Col. Wm. A. Love. 23. Mingo Moshulitubbee's Prairie Village, by Col. Wm. A. Love. 24. The Chroni- clers of DeSoto's Expedition, by Prof. T. H. Lewis. 25. Origin of Mashulaville, by Mr. H. S. Halbert. 26. British West Florida, by Peter J. Hamilton, Esq. 27. The Floods of the Mississippi, by John W. Monette. 28. Navigation and Commerce on the Mississippi, by John W. Monette. 29. Index. Contents of Volume VIII. I. Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Mississippi His- torical Society, by Dr. Franklin L. Riley. 2. Alleged Secession of Jones County, by Mr. Goode Montgomery. 3. Index to Campaigns, Battles and Skirmishes in Mississippi from 1861 to 1865, by General Stephen D. Lee. 4. A Sketch of the Career of Company B, Armistead's Cavalry Regiment, by Judge R. C. Beckett. 5. Details of Important Work of Two Confeder- ate Telegraph Operators, etc., by General Stephen D. Lee. 6. The Hamp- ton Roads Conference, by Hon. Frank Johnston. 7. Some Unpublished Letters of Burton N. Harrison, by Prof. James Elliott Walmsley. 8. Confederate Cemeteries and Monuments in Mississippi,^ by Dr. R. W. Jones. 9. The Confederate Orphans' Home of Mississippi, by Miss Mary J. Welsh. 10. Recollections of Reconstruction in East and Southeast Mississippi, by Captain W. H. Hardy. 11. Reconstruction in Wilkinson County, Col., by J. H. Jones. 12. Some Effects of Military Reconstruction in Monroe County, by Judge R. C. Beckett. 13. Life of Hon. James T. Harrison, by Judge J. A. Orr. 14. The Public Services of Senator James Z. George, by Hon. Frank Johnston. 15. The Ante-Bellum Historical Society of Mississippi, by Rev. Z. T. Leavell. 16. Mississippi's Primary Election Law, by Hon. E. F. Noel. I7- A Note on Mississippi's Popula- tion, 1850-1860, by Mr. Edward Ingle. 18. The Cotton Oil Industry, by Mr. W^. D. Shue. 19. The State of Louisiana versus the State of Mis- sissippi, by Hon. Monroe McClurg. 20. Cartography of Mississippi in the i6th Century, by Mr. William Beer. 21. Choctaw Land Claims, by Dr. Franklin L. Riley. 22. The Removal of the Mississippi Choctaws, by Mr. J. W. Wade. 23. Early History and Archaeology of Yazoo County, by Judge Robert Bowman. 2X Autobiography of Gideon Lincecum. 25. Choctaw Traditions About Their Settlement in Mississippi and the Origin of Their Mounds, by Dr. Gideon Lincecum. 26. Chickasaw Tradi- tions, Customs, etc., by Mr'. Harry Warren. 27. Some Chickasaw Chiefs Contents of Volumes I-XII. v and Prominent Men, by Mr. Harry Warren. 28. Missions, Missionaries, Frontier Characters and Schools, by Mr. Harry Warren. 29. Index. Contents of Volume IX. I. Proceedings of Eighth Public Meeting of the Mississippi Historical Societ}', by Dr. Franklin L. Riley. 2. A Forgotten Expedition to Pen- sacola in January, 1861, by Judge Baxter McFarland. 3. Mississippi at Gettysburg, by Col. William A. Love. 4. Reconstruction in Monroe County, by Hon. George J. Leftwich. 5. Reconstruction and its De- struction in Hinds County, by Hon. W. C. Wells. 6. The Enforcement Act of 1871 and The Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi, by Hon. J. S. McNeilly. 7. A Trip from Houston to Jackson, Miss., in 1845, by Judge J. A. Orr. 8. The Presidential Campaign of 1844 in Mississippi, by Prof. J. E. Walms- ley. 9. Life and Literary Services of Dr. John W. Monette, by Dr. Franklin L. Riley. 10. The Public Services of E. C. Walthall, by Prof. Alfred W. Garner. 11. Monroe's Efforts in Behalf of the Mississippi Valley During His Mission to France, by Dr. Beverly W. Bond. 12. A Sketch of the Old Scotch Settlement at Union Church, by Rev. C. W. Grafton. 13. Lancl^ of the Liquidating Levee Board through Litigation and Legislation, by Mr. J. W. Wade. 14. Historic Localities on Noxubee River, by William A. Love. 15. "A Genuine Account of the Present State of the River Mississippi," etc.. Anonymous. 16. A Contribution to the History of the Colonization Movement in Mississippi, by Dr. Frank- lin L. Riley. 17. Life of Apushimataha, by Gideon Lincecum. 18. Trip Through the Piney Woods, by Col. J. F. H. Claiborne. 19. A Brief His- tory of the Mississippi Territory, by James Hall. 20. Index. Contents of Volume X. I. Proceedings of Decennial Meeting of the Mississippi Historical So- ciety, by Prof. Franklin L. Riley. 2. General Stephen D. Lee; His Life, Character and Services, by Prof. Dabney Lipscomb. 3. The Work of the Mississippi Historical Society, by Prof. Franklin L. Riley. 4. The War in Mississippi after the Fall of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863, by Gen. Stephen D. Lee. 5. The Vicksburg Campaign, by Hon. Frank Johnson. 6. The Tupelo Campaign, by Capt. Theodore G. Carter. 7. Reconstruction in Carroll and Montgomery Counties, by Mr. Fred M. Witty 8. Recon- struction in Lee County, by Mr. W. H. Braden. 9. Reconstruction in Attalla County, by Mr. E. C. Coleman, Jr. 10. The Development of Manufacturing in Mississippi, by Prof. A. M. Muckenfuss. 11. History of Prohibition in Mississippi, by Col. W. H. Patton. 12. Beginnings of Presbyterianism in Mississippi, by Rev. T. L. Haman. 13. A Chapter in the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878, by Mrs. W. A. Anderson. 14. Aaron Burr in Mississippi, by Bishop Charles B. Galloway. 15. Jefferson Davis at West Point, by Prof. Walter L. Fleming. 16. Henry Lowndes Mul- drow, by Hon. George J. Leftwich. 17. History of Port Gibson, Missis- sippi, by Rev. H. G. Hawkins. 18. Yazoo County's Contribution to Mis- sissippi Literature, by Judge Robt. Bowman. 19. Biographical Sketch of Dr. M. W. Phillips, by Prof. Franklin L. Riley. 20. Diary of a Mis- sissippi Planter, by Prof. Franklin L. Riley. 21. Complete Contents of Volumes I-X of the Publications of Mississippi Historical Society, Topically Arranged. 22. Author's Index to Volumes I-X of the Publica- tions of the Mississippi Historical Society, Alphabetically Arranged. 23. Complete Contents of the Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society. Arranged by Volumes. 24. General Index of Volumes I-X of Publications of Mississippi Historical Society. vi Mississippi Historical Society. Contents of Volume XI. I. Proceedings of the Tenth Public Meeting of the Mississippi His- torical Society, by Prof. Franklin L. Riley. 2. Charles Betts Galloway, by Hon. Edward Mayes. 3. The Mississippi River as a Political Factor in American History, by Prof. Franklin L. Riley. 4. Demarcation of the Mississippi-Louisiana Boundarj', by Prof. Franklin L. Riley. 5. Evolu- tion of Wilkinson County, by Col. J. H. Jones. 6. Antebellum Times in Monroe County, by Judge R. C. Beckett. 7. Reconstruction in Monroe County, by Mr. E. F. Puckett. 8. Reconstruction in Lawrence and Jeflferson Davis Counties, by Miss Hattie Magee. 9. Reconstruction in Newton County, by Miss Ruth Watkins. 10. Reconstruction in Pon- totoc County, by Mr. M. G. Abney. 11. Reconstruction in Leake County, by Miss Nannie Lacey. 12. Reconstruction in DeSoto County, by Prof. Irby C. Nichols. 13. Beginning of a New Period in the Political His- tory of Mississippi, by Prof. G. H. Brunson. 14. The French Trading Post and the Chocchuma Village in East Mississippi, by Mr. H. S. Halbert. 15. David Ward Sanders, by Gov. E. F. Noel. 16. Marking the Natchez Trace, by Mrs. Dunbar Rowland. 17. The Mayhew Mission to the Choctaws, by Col. W. A. Love. 18. General Jackson's Military Road, by Col. W. A. Love. 19. Index. Contents of Volume XII. I. Proceedings of the Eleventh Public Meeting of the Mississippi His- torical Society, by Dr. Franklin L. Riley. 2. First Marriage of Jefferson Davis, by Dr. Walter L. Fleming. 3. Nullification in Mississippi, by Miss Cleo Hearon. 4. Did the Reconstruction Give Mississippi Her Public Schools? by Miss Elise Timberlake. 5. The Civil War Hospital at the University, by Mrs. J. C. Johnson. 6. Autobiographical Sketch of Dr. F. A. P. Barnard. 7. Sketches of Judge A. B. Longstreet and Dr. F. A. P. Barnard, by Dr. J. W. Johnson. 8. A Boy's Recollection of the War, by Hon. W. O. Hart. 9. Reconstruction in Marshall County, by Miss Ruth Watkins. 10. 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