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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1901
Page
25
A first person reflection at Tallulah Gorge blending awe at the landscape with memories of past battles and romance. The narrator describes Devil's Pulpit and Lovers Leap, the thundering waters, and moonlit pines, linking natural grandeur to historical myths and a haunting sense of timelessness.
An eyewitness reminiscence recounts General Gordon replacing Lawton as brigade commander near Fredericksburg, the march through Maryland and Pennsylvania to Gettysburg, the fierce battle actions, capturing prisoners, the front line charges on July 1, and the heavy losses with burial of comrades, ending with a prayerful reflection on the cost of the great battle.
An account describes Longstreet s assault at Gettysburg with figures for casualties by brigade and division. It covers Pettigrew Heth Davis and Pickett’s divisions, noting killed and wounded totals, leadership moments, and contested claims of Longstreet’s knowledge of troop actions from Tennessee Mississippi Alabama and North Carolina.
James Pahay recounts the life of Colonel James M. Ray, re-elected brigadier general of the Fourth Brigade North Carolina Division United Confederate Veterans after Nashville, born November 15, 1839 near Asheville. He served from home defense through battles in east Tennessee, Murfreesboro, the Big Black, and Kelley’s Field where he was severely wounded, later commandant of the Asheville post and first Confederate veterans organizer at Asheville, ending service around 1895. includes notes on Pickett Pettigrew and related memoirs and letters.
Henry Dorman of McCool, Missouri, identified as the oldest living federal soldier, is 102 and active. His Civil War memories include service with the Seventh Michigan Cavalry, wounds at Richmond, and admiration for Grant and Lee. He travels five miles daily, reads without glasses, and has deep ties to both Union and Confederate veterans.
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