. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. iaff of Gen. H. F. Cheatham, early 1S62; brigadier-general, P. A. C. December 13, 1862. Commanded regiment in battles of Belmont and Shiloh and brigade in battles of Chickamauga, and Missionary Ridge; staffofficer at surrender of Munifordsville, and battle of Perryville. Ky., commanded the post and district of Atlanta, district ofwest Tennessee and north Mississippi, and engaged in all the battles of the Army of the Tennessee, except during theAtlanta campaign when he was serving in lower Georgia
. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. iaff of Gen. H. F. Cheatham, early 1S62; brigadier-general, P. A. C. December 13, 1862. Commanded regiment in battles of Belmont and Shiloh and brigade in battles of Chickamauga, and Missionary Ridge; staffofficer at surrender of Munifordsville, and battle of Perryville. Ky., commanded the post and district of Atlanta, district ofwest Tennessee and north Mississippi, and engaged in all the battles of the Army of the Tennessee, except during theAtlanta campaign when he was serving in lower Georgia. Sheriff of Shelby county, Tenn., for two years after the war. Agent of the War Department. U. S., for the collection of Confederate records, since July i, 1878, Vice-president. District of Columbia Society Sons of the American Revolution; member of the American, of the Tennessee, ofthe Louisiana and of the Xirginia historical societies, and author of Life of Gov. Wm. Blount and of Gen. WinfieldScott. and manyother notable biographies in AppUtons Cyclopedia 0/ American Biography, etc. J^-. i6i Maj. Holmes Conrad, solicitor-general of the LFnited States, ioUoweil with a l)riefand earnest address concerning the monument they had dedicated, and also went lorthe politicians who keep alive sectional hatred Gen Wright was next called on and spoke of the work entailed on him as follows; ;EN. MARCUS J. Washington, D C. Wright; •.!/?)?. Ih-.^ ,inJ C-iilleuwn of the Ciminnali I^oatd of Trad,-—I fear that a response to the call of my friend, Gen, Underwood, for me to address youin regard to the publication of the war records, will tax your patience, especially afterso many eloquent addresses by distinguished gentlemen, representing both the Federaland Confederate armies. But as you seem to wish to hear me. I will make you a briefstatement, as requested. The first work in preparing the records of the civil war for publication was inaug-urated by the
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