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George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 1,294 1,294 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 299 299 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 86 86 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 62 62 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 45 45 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4 25 25 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 25 25 Browse Search
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct. 19 19 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 15 15 Browse Search
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2 13 13 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Origin of Memorial day. From Richmond, Va., Times-dispatch, November 26, 1909. (search)
Origin of Memorial day. From Richmond, Va., Times-dispatch, November 26, 1909. Because there has been some confusion between the Memorial Day observed by the women of the South since the war between the States and the day adopted for the decoration of the graves of Northern soldiers who fell in the same war, the following account, written for the New York Herald by Mrs. John A. Logan, is given here. Mrs. Logan writes: In the spring of 1868 General Logan and I were invited to visit the battle-grounds of the South with a party of friends. The South had been desolated by the war. The graves of her soldiers, however, seemed objects of the greatest care and attention. One grave yard that struck me as being specially pathetic was in Richmond. Just before our visit there had been a memorable observance, and upon each grave there had been placed a small Confederate flag and wreaths of beautiful flowers. When I returned to Washington, I spoke of it to the general and said I wished the