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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Address before the Virginia division of Army of Northern Virginia, at their reunion on the evening of October 21, 1886. (search)
Address before the Virginia division of Army of Northern Virginia, at their reunion on the evening of October 21, 1886. The hall of the House of Delegates in the State Capitol was packed to its utmost capacity with beautiful women and brave men to honor the annual gathering of the men who wore the gray. General W. B. Taliaferro, president of the Association, called the meeting to order, and the chaplain, Rev. Dr. J. William Jones, opened the exercises with prayer. On motion of Judge George L. Christian, the president appointed a committee (Judge George L. Christian, Colonel Archer Anderson and Captain Carlton McCarthy) to wait on Governor and Mrs. Lee, and Miss Winnie Davis, and invite them to seats in the hall. The committee soon appeared with the distinguished guests—Governor and Mrs. Lee and Miss Winnie Davis, escorted by General Early—who were received with deafening applause as they came up the aisle and took the seats reserved for them. General Taliaferro made a ve