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Title: Minutes U.C.V
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: United Confederate Veterans. cn Mickle, William English, b. 1846. 2n Harris, Nathaniel Edwin, 1846-1929. The Civil War (OCoLC)4539048 3n United Confederate Veterans. Convention (1889 : New Orleans, La.). Proceedings of the convention for organization, and adoption of the constitution of the United Confederate Veterans (OCoLC)11772606 3n United Confederate Veterans. The flags of the Confederate States of America (DLC) 07028612 (OCoLC)1845883 1n
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Publisher: New Orleans, La., United Confederate Veterans
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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o representation in the Convention as fol-lows : Division, No. of Votes. Alabama 183 Arkansas • 127 District of Columbia 10 Florida 93 Georgia . . . . • 252 Indian Territory 33 Kentucky ..... 110 Louisiana • 138 )\lary)and 11 )Mississipi)i , . 177 jMissovui • 71 North Carolina 141 Northwest • 30 Oklahoma 23 Pacific • 32 South Carolina 155 Tennessee 1(>1 Texas 442 Virginia 190 AVest Virginia 38 Total 2,417 Next ioiiowtd one ol tlu; most pleasing incidents ol I heday. It was soiiielliing oi a, personal alTaii, hut il erealtdg-eneral eiithusiasiii Hie presenlat ion ol* a lovinjr <ni) to Jiev.Dr. J. Williaiii -lones, (^ha;)lain-(«enei-ai ol llie Unilrd Confed-erate Vete»-ans. The first annoinieeuienl of tiie gill eaiiie froui(Jeneral Stone, of Missouri, who eiiaiaeteri/ed X^^w Jones as liiegreatest. li\iiig (onfederati^ to-day. lie, sai<l the speaker,*has done more, pi-ayed harder a!id pi-eaehed longer and moreahoiil (lie Coiirederae\- Mian aii\ man .siuec Ihc wai-.
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58 Seventeenth Reunion, Riehmond, May 30-June 3, 1907. General Stone then explained that the real presentationspeech of the occasion would be made by the j)rettiest womanin Missouri, Miss Edna Pearl Jewell, of Kansas City. )\Iiss Jewell, like the true Southern woman, spoke modestlyand briefly and in a voice that could not be heard far fromthe speakers stand, but all the same the Veterans cheered, forvery well they knew that so lovely a young* w^oman could nothave made anything but a good patriotic talk. Dr. Jones was overcome by the testimony to his worth andvalor as an old-time fighter, but he finally got possession orhis voice, and made the following brief talk that aroused nolittle enthusiasm. I am not able to speak in the usual way. ls\y saying thatI was very much taken by surprise and therefore not preparedto speak, is my excuse, and 1 have not had time to bring- awritten impromptu in my pocket, and you nuist know thatmy words must be very few. I return my hearty thanks to myMiss

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