Original Southern Historical Society Papers : Vol 9 No 2 - Feb. 1881

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The Southern Historical Society Papers
Vol. IX.  No. 2.  February 1881
By Rev. J. William Jones, D.D.
Richmond, Virginia
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Condition : Pamphlet with Colored Paper Wraps
Covers detached, edgeworn.
Contents are clean, save for back of last leaf which is browned
from being next to the lesser  quality paper of the advertising inserts.
Original string-sewing still intact.  First leaf has one edge tear.
Uncut and Untrimmed.
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From Wikipedia Entry : Southern Historical Society
The Southern Historical Society was a public organization founded by Confederate Major General Dabney H. Maury in 1869 in New Orleans, Louisiana. It documented Southern military and civilian viewpoints largely related to the American Civil War. They published the Southern Historical Society Papers in the late 19th Century, comprising 52 volumes of articles written by Southern soldiers, officers, politicians, and civilians. The first 14 volumes were edited by John William Jones. The aim was to offer a Southern perspective on the Civil War and oppose the bias of Northern historians. This approach has led to the group being called by modern historians uninterested in academic history. It played an important role in the development of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy movement, reestablishing regional pride, and fueling conservative movements and white supremacism. The organization continued a campaign started by southern writers such as Edward A. Pollard and Robert Lewis Dabney.
The group was supported by many prominent Confederate figures, including former president Jefferson Davis. Other notable members of the group included John Brown Gordon, Daniel H. Hill, Fitzhugh Lee, John William Jones, Jubal A. Early, Walter H. Taylor, Armistead Lindsay Long, Robert M. T. Hunter, Alexander H. Stephens, and Zubulon Baird Vance. The group's influence continues to today, and it is an influence in the Sons of Confederate Veterans and activists in favor of public display of the Confederate battle flag. Historians today use the Society's journal as a source for civil war research as well as an example how historical memory can be shaped and manipulated.
Articles in this issue include :
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Battle of Taylor's Bridge : Report of Gen'l M.P. Lowry
Battle of Ringold Gap : Report of Gen'l Cleburne
Battle of Monocacy and Advance on Washington : Report of Gen'l Early
Proof that Lieut. Meigs, of Sheridan's Staff, was killed in fair combat
Engagement near Aldie, 17th of June 1863 : Report of Col. W.C. Wickham
Exploit of Torpedo Boat St. Patrick : Report of Gen'l D.H. Maury
Battle of Hatcher's Run : Telegram from General Lee
Capture of General Scammon
Original Letters from Albert Gallatin
Original Letters from Commodore McDonough
Reminiscences of Army of Northern Virginia : By J. Wm. Jones, part 1.
and others.
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