Xylii REVIEW AND CoNCLUSION.

Saxon civilization and saved the South from the fate of

Hayti and the West Indies. Their services in the years suc-

cceding the war were as truly great and as worthy of lasting

gratitude as those rendered from 1861 to 1865.

The youngest who wore the gray have crossed the crest of
the narrow ridge that divides two great oceans and already,
like Balboa, they have descried from the western slope the
wide waste of waters which reaches beyond the sunset. Not
many years shall pass ere the last of those who followed the
fortunes of Lee and Jackson, of Johnston and Forrest shall
have set sail on that shoreless sea, and the last footfall of the
tread of the old Confederate regiments whose march shook a
Continent shall be echoing in eternity. Then these volumes
shall preserve to a distant posterity the memory of a courage
and a patriotism and a spirit of self-sacrifice which our sons
should not willingly let die.

My Comrades, to have been deemed worthy of labor for
you and with you is honor enough for any man. To one and
all I give my thanks for your great patience and your un-

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stated) of which 13 are full page engravings it there are 32 ineee.

failing courtesy.

Ragin, N. C.,
31 December, 1901.

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LIST OF HISTORIANS AND CONTRIBUTORS.
By THE EDITOR.

For information, to the following list of contributors is appended a memo-
randum of the occupation of each since the war. Where one has held official
position, only the highest is given. ‘There are 179 writers exclusive of the
editor and w54 articles, including those written by him. The writers held,
it will be noted, every position in the army from Lieutenant-General to pri-
vate, and since the war, have distributed themselves among nearly all the
professions and ordinary occupations of life.

AIKen, R. A., Captain
Merchant, Murphy, N. C.

ALBRIGHT, JNo. G., Lieutenant
Merchant, County Commissioner. Died 1890.

Atexanper, J. W., Lieut.-Commander C. 8. N
Died Lincolnton, N. C., 1898.

AsuE, S. A., Captain A. A. G j Nees
Member Gen. Assembly 1870. Ed. Observer, Lawyer, Raleigh,
N.C.
Avery, A. C., Major I—337, IV—371
Judge Superior Court 1878-1889, Judge Supreme Court 1889-
1897. Morganton, N. C.

Barey, Isaac H., Captain III—447
In Business, Bakersville, N. C.

Barrincer, Rurvus, Brigadier-General
State Senator 1852, Chairman Rep. St. Exec. Com. Died 3 Feb-

ruary, 185.
Barrie, Kemp. P.. Member Conv. 1861....
Public Treasurer 1866-’7, President University 1875; Prof.
History University N. C. since 1891.

Beau, Jas. F., Major, ... ..-..+-+--+++-:
Member Gen. Ass. 1883. Physician,

Bennett, R. T., Colonel
Judge Superior Court 1880, M. C. 1880-'84.

Berrier, H. R., Sergeant ..
Farmer, Davidson County.

Berts, A. D , Chaplain

Methodist nister, Sampson County, N. C.

Brapiey, Rost. H., Private
Marshal Supreme Court since 1879.

Brenizer, A. G., Colonel... ...-
Bank Officer, Charlotte, N. C.

Broaproor, Cxas. W.. Colonel
Member Gen. Ass. N. C., 1870-72, Lawyer, Fayetteville.

Brown, H. A., Colonel

Prominent Citizen and Capitalist, Columbia, Tenn.

Brown, T. J., Major
In business, Winston, N. C.

Bryan, E. K., Adjutant ...
In business, New Bern, N. C.