Lincoln not to blame for Civil War, says Confederate veteran
Gen Julian Carr of Durham N C claims Lincoln bore no more responsibility for the Civil War than Jefferson Davis for southern resistance. Carr, addressing the Grand Camp of Virginia reunion in Winchester, argues Lincoln sought union whether or not emancipation occurred and was no abolitionist. He notes Lincoln’s magnanimity and death mourned in the South.
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Lincoln
Abraham’ Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Julian 8
Carr
Durham
N. C
United Confederate Veterans
Grand Camp
Virginia
General Carr
Richmond
Grant
Roanoke
Geo. W. Kurtz
Thomas S. West
Bedford
Captain Kurtz
Song of the Apple Heralds National Apple Week
James Handley of Quincy Illinois founder of National Apple Day offers a Halloween hymn to promote popu larizing apples. The poem sets to Battle Hymn of the Republic praising orchards and calls to share fruit with orphans while urging cultivation and harvest celebrations.
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James Handley
Quincy
Ilinois
Handley
The
Republic
Veterans Visit Stonewall Cemetery After Battlefields Tour
Visitors toured sites once fought over by armies and visited Stonewall Cemetery where over 3,000 Confederate soldiers are buried. Veterans and friends left Winchester and Frederick County by train or bus, praising local hospitality and regretting goodbyes to old friends.
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Centenary
Grand Camp
Kurtz
Tu Ashby
R. Gray Williams
Winchester
Frederick County
Shenandoah Valley
Stonewall Cemetery
Daa
New Church Organized in Winchester A M E Zion
St Stephen's A M E Zion Church of Winchester was set apart on Wednesday evening August 30 with a membership of 35. The church belongs to the Washington district of the A M E Zion Church and to the Baltimore and Philadelphia conference. Lula Montgomery secretary Rev J H Hawkins pastor Rev S Q Swann presiding elder Washington District.
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St. Stephen's A. M. E. Zion
Winchester
Washington
A. M. E. Zion Church
St. Stephen's Church
Baltimore and Philadelphia
Lula Montgomery
J. H. Hawkins
S. Q. Swann
Mount Olive Brethren Church Preaching Sunday Schedule
A preaching service will be held at Mount Olive United Brethren Church Sunday September 3 at 11 a m and at Mt Pleasant at 3 p m These will be the last services before the conference to be held at Keyser West Virginia.
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Mount Olive
Shenandoah Baptist Association Names Officers in Charleston
In Charlestown West Virginia during the fortieth annual session Reverend Charles Adey of Winchester is elected moderator. Goodwin Frazier of Charlestown is vice moderator and W T Hall of Luray is secretary with John W Williams of Boyce as assistant secretary. E E Farr of Charlestown becomes treasurer and C A Ford of Front Royal is auditor as 150 delegates attend.
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Charlestown
W. Va
Shenandoah Baptist Association
Charles *Adey
Winchester
Goodwin Frazier
W. T. Hall
Luray
John W. Williams
Boyce
E. E. Farr
C. A. Ford
Front Royal
Albemarle Daughters of the Confederacy at Virginia reunion
The Albemarle chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy in Charlottesville sent Mrs. Glassell Fitz Hugh as sponsor and Miss Maude Hill as maid of honor to the Virginia Confederate veterans reunion in Winchester. Miss Hill is a great niece of Gen. A. P. Hill, and Albemarle’s chapter is said to be the first in Virginia.
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Albemarle
Daughters of the Confederacy
Charlottesville
Virginia Confederate Veterans
Winchester
Glassell Fitz Hugh
Maude Hill
A. P. Hill
Virginia
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