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Preface hi.

by him and then published in a pamphlet form, rather than a

newspaper supplement. It was, however, decided to publish the
papers first in the Sunday edition of the Arkansas Gazette and
after submission to their authors to print them in a pamphlet
of an edition of 3,000 copies.

The Memorial Committee were able to report to the State
Eeunion U. C. V.., held October 4-5, this year, at Hot Springs,
Ark., that the work of going over the old papers and collecting
new ones was practically completed. All of the old papers, with
possibly two or three exceptions, have appeared in the Sunday
edition of the Arkansas Gazette. None of the new series of
papers have been given to the Gazette, as it was only recently
that the final copy of the old series was used, and it is thought
best to get out the pamphlet without further delay. The report
of the Memorial Committee was unanimously approved by the
Eeunion, and the Committee was made a permanent one, and
authorized to publish three thousand copies of the pamphlet and

to arrange a plan to canvass the principal cities of the State to

raise five thousand dollars for the monument to the Confederate

Women of Arkansas of the Civil War period.

This volume is, therefore, published under the auspices
of the United Confederate Veterans of Arkansas, as a tribute

to the women of the South, and a slight acknowledgement of
their many sucessful efforts to glorify the Confederate soldier.
No effort has been made to give these papers a literary dress.
They are given in the simple language and style in which they
were orginally written. They will become a most desirable
addition to the material that will some day be used to make
up a satisfactory history of the mighty struggle of the North

and South over forty years ago, as each paper contains some

particular incident of historic value.

To render our volume more complete and perhaps more
attractive, several selections have been inserted which refer to

subjects dear to every Confederate heart; History of the Origin
of the U. C. V., of the U. S. C. V., and of the Daughters; of

the Confederate Uniform and Flag ; of the Confederate Museum
and the Memorial Association, and similar things War songs

and poems which have become historic are given, and finally
anecdotes of camp life are presented not merely to relieve the