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Alexander M. Clayton. From a photograph in the collection of
Charles Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia.

William S. Barry. From a photograph in the collection of Charles
Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia

Letter dated December 2, 1861, relative to early operations,
written by "Stonewall" Jackson. From the original now
in the Confederate Museum, Richmond, Virginia.

Plan of the battlefield at Bull Run, July 21, 1861. From the print in the Library of Congress

Robert Edward Lee. From a daguerreotype probably made when he was colonel of cavalry, U. S. A., now in possession of the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond

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Robert Edward Lee. From the portrait as commander-in-chief C. S. A., painted by J. A. Elder, now in the Corcoran Gallery, Washington

James Patton Anderson. From a photograph in the collection of
Charles Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia .

Jackson Morton. From a photograph in the collection of Charles
Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia

James B. Owens. From a photograph in the collection of Charles
Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia
Augustus H. Kenan. From a photograph in the collection of
Charles Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia.

E. A. Nisbet. From a photograph in the collection of Charles
Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia

Augustus R. Wright. From a photograph in the collection of
Charles Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia.

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James Murray Mason, commissioner to England.

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Map of the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862. From facsimile of original in possession of the Southern Historical Society.

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Richard W. Walker. From a photograph in the collection of
Charles Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia

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Jabez L. M. Curry. From a photograph in the collection of
Charles Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia.

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Robert H. Smith. From a photograph in the collection of Charles
Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia

Stephen F. Hale. From a photograph in the collection of Charles
Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia

William Parish Chilton. From a photograph in the collection of
Charles Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia.

Edward Sparrow. From a photograph in the collection of Charles
Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia

Henry Marshall. From a photograph in the collection of Charles
Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia

Alexander de Clouet. From a photograph in the collection of
Charles Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia

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John Perkins, Jr. From a photograph in the collection of Charles
Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia

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Duncan F. Kenner. From a photograph in the collection of
Charles Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia
Charles M. Conrad. From a photograph in the collection of
Charles Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia
Brigadier-general Randall Lee Gibson. From the painting in
the Confederate Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana
Major-general John Hunt Morgan. From the painting in the
collection of Colonel R. T. Durrett, of Louisville.

Major-general Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard.

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painting in the City Hall, Charleston, South Carolina

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David P. Lewis. From a photograph in the collection of Charles
Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia

Colin J. McRae. From a photograph in the collection of Charles
Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia

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Thomas Fearn, M. D. From a photograph in the collection of
Charles Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia.

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Johnson J. Hooper. From a photograph in the collection of
Charles Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia
John Gill Shorter. From a photograph in the collection of Charles
Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia

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J. A. P. Campbell. From a photograph in the collection of
Charles Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia .

Walker Brooke. From a photograph in the collection of Charles
Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia

General Orders No. 28, issued by Major-general Butler in New
Orleans, May 15, 1862. From the original in the Con-
federate Memorial Collection, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Receipt for a chest of silver deposited for safekeeping by Major-
general Benjamin F. Butler in 1862, with endorsement
showing its return delivery on his order in 1867. From
the original in the Confederate Memorial Collection, New
Orleans, Louisiana

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James T. Harrison. From a photograph in the collection of
Charles Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia
W. S. Wilson. From a photograph in the collection of Charles
Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia

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W. P. Harris. From a photograph in the collection of Charles
Edgeworth Jones, Esq., Augusta, Georgia

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John Bankhead Magruder, major-general, C. S. A.

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James Chesnut, Jr., brigadier-general, C. S. A.

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John Buchanan Floyd. From an early photograph
Raphael Semmes, rear-admiral, C. S. N.

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Letter from Captain Raphael Semmes, relative to the movements of the Alabama. From the original in the Confederate Museum, Richmond, Virginia

Josiah (Blood is thicker than Water) Tatnall, commodore, C. S. N., in command of the Merrimac

Confederate method of destroying railway rails.

Links of chain cable, stretched between Columbus, Kentucky, and Belmont, Missouri, to bar Mississippi River against Federal vessels. From the original in possession of the Missouri Historical Society

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House and room in which "Stonewall" Jackson died

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Gideon Johnson Pillow, brigadier-general, C. S. A.

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Battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, November 24, 1863. Map of the line west of Chattanooga Creek, accompanying report of Major-general Carter L. Stevenson, C. S. Army, commanding division and left flank, Army of Tennessee. From the Library of Congress

George Davis, attorney-general, C. S. A.

From a painting in

the Confederate Museum, Richmond, Virginia James A. Seddon, secretary of war, C. S. A. in the State Library, Richmond, Virginia.

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Major-general John Hunt Morgan and Mrs. Morgan.
Map of the battle of Murfreesborough, fought December 30,
1862, to January 3, 1863. From an original in the Map
Division, Library of Congress

Confederate dead in trenches. From a photograph by Brady.
Effect of a Confederate shell at Fredericksburg, Virginia. From
a photograph by Brady.

Address to the people of the free States. From an original in the Library of Congress

John Bell Hood, major-general, C. S. A.

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Jubal Anderson Early, brigadier-general, C. S. A.
Nathan Bedford Forrest, lieutenant-general, C. S. A..
Ambrose Powell Hill, major-general, C. S. A.
Leonidas Polk, lieutenant-general, C. S. A.
Daniel Harvey Hill, major-general, C. S. A.
Within the Confederate lines north of Moors Hill, near Atlanta
Earl Van Dorn, major-general, C. S. A.

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William Joseph Hardee, lieutenant-general, C. S. A. .

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John Clifford Pemberton, major-general, C. S. A. .
Felix Kirk Zollicoffer, brigadier-general, C. S. A.
Braxton Bragg, major-general, C. S. A.
Simon Bolivar Buckner, major-general, C. S. A.
Richard Taylor, major-general, C. S. A.
Joseph Eggleston Johnston, general, C. S. A.
Albert Sidney Johnston, general, C. S. A.

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Appeals to soldiers, and certificate of service given to a volunteer slave. From the originals in the Memorial Hall of the Louisiana Historical Society, New Orleans

Military telegrams from Generals J. E. Johnston and G. T. Beauregard. From the originals in the Memorial Hall of the Louisiana Historical Society, New Orleans

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Castle Thunder Prison, Richmond

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Benjamin Franklin Cheatham, major-general, C. S. A.

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Joseph Wheeler, lieutenant-general, C. S. A.

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Edmund Kirby Smith, general, C. S. A.

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Map of the siege of Vicksburg, published at Mobile in 1863.
From an original in the Library of Congress.
Last order from the Confederate government. From the original
in the Confederate Museum, Richmond, Virginia.
General Order No. 9. Last issued by General Robert E. Lee.
From the original in the Confederate Museum, Richmond,
Virginia

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Interior of Fort Fisher, North Carolina, showing effect of bombardment

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Eight-inch columbiad, cast of Alabama iron at Selma, 1863, used in the defence of Spanish Fort, Mobile Bay. Now erected as a monument in New Orleans

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Pages of First Dixie Reader, York's English Grammar, and The Confederate Spelling Book. From the originals in the Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois.

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General Beauregard's farewell address to his staff. From the original in possession of the Charleston Historical Society Monument in honor of Robert E. Lee. At Richmond, Virginia 477

Monument to J. E. B. Stuart. At Richmond, Virginia .

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"Stonewall" Jackson monument.

Orleans.

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In Metaire Cemetery, New

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From an original in

Special issue of the Charleston Mercury.
possession of the Charleston Historical Society.

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