. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. Considering the liij;!! military source of the statoiiu-nt, it is pardon-able to make public tht- following: Gen. Longstreet, on taking the southern train at Cincinnati, theevening of June 2, 1895, while parting with the author, was so consid-erate antl kinel as to say, in substance: -I regret you were capturedearly and had not an important command during the war, for had suchbeen the case I believe you could and would have rendered valuable *On reconiniendatioiis from Maj -Gen. S. B Buckner. C. S. .
. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. Considering the liij;!! military source of the statoiiu-nt, it is pardon-able to make public tht- following: Gen. Longstreet, on taking the southern train at Cincinnati, theevening of June 2, 1895, while parting with the author, was so consid-erate antl kinel as to say, in substance: -I regret you were capturedearly and had not an important command during the war, for had suchbeen the case I believe you could and would have rendered valuable *On reconiniendatioiis from Maj -Gen. S. B Buckner. C. S. .\.. fioii. T. H. Watts of .Ala., attorneygeneral C. S., Col. Ci. W, C, Lee of President Davis staff, and others. ? when a young man Underwood, then a lieutenant of engineers in the Confederatearmy, served in my command. He proved efficient in the discharge of his duties. » * * * March 6. iSgs. (Signed) ?S. B. BUCKNER. +By direction of President Davis, through instructions conveyed to Mr, Seddon. secretary of warC. S , by Col. Wm. Preston Johnston of the presidents 2 8;, service to the Confederacy; anil, sulisequently, in answer to a letterof thanks for liis favorable opinion, he replied with this comnuinication: C(it y. C. Underwood, CoviiigloH, ky.: Mv Dear Sir—The system and order wiili which you managed the large number ofvisitors and spectators during the ceremonies of unveiling the monument to the Confed-erate dead at Chicago on the 3nth of May last suggested to my mind the great advantageof such order and system, could ue ha\o hail it in the Confederate army during theyear or two of its last service in the lield I am pleased to so state in thanking you for your untiring attentions during oiLrtravels going to and returning from Chicago. Very truly yours, (Signed) JAMES LONGSTREET, Veteran Corps, j First Regiment Infantrv I N G - Chicago, February 13, uSgij ) 6V«. John C. iliidoruood, M,ijor-(;,)nial Coiiini,iii,liiv^ ],l,i,111s,K
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