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Congressmen in Straits and Confederate Pranks Abroad
Congressmen in straits recounts a Southwest delegation misadventures to reach home after the Confederacy’s collapse. In Columbus Texas Herbert tries to flee with a horse, proclaims membership in Congress, and is seized by Yankee guards who are amused by the ruse. Others posing as paroled soldiers ride government steamers home. The column also includes meditations on death, the Freedmen, and a funeral tribute to Valley soldiers, plus miscellaneous anecdotes and poems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
Bome
Columbus
Herbert
Texas
Congress
Old Towneman
Mr. Perkins
Mr. Wigfall
Guard
Wigfall
Richmond Enquirer
Siihe
Spurgeon
Scientific American
G&s
H.K. Douglas
Winchester
the Shenandoah
Jackson
Asiley
Sidney
Bayard
Rhodes
Ramseur
Pendlelton
Hugh McGuire
Ashby
Thompson
Stonewall Jackson
Kernstown
Port Republic
Bank of the Valley of Virginia
H.M. Brent
Brent
Christiansburg
Capitol
Rachmond Times