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Excerpt from Second Series of the Major in Washington City: Some Amusing and Amazing Letters From a Southern Standpoint
In the Spring Of 1865 the Federal General Wilson, marching ruthlessly with cavalry through Tennessee, Alabama and into Georgia, called at the Major's plantation, designated as The Juleps, Briar Root P. O.; and left it in desolation. Thirty of his negroes followed the Federals, as did a number of his mules, and all his cotton was given to flames. Returning in bitterness, he became an Implacable and a leader among the Unreconstructed. The election of 1892 resulting in the complete triumph Of his party, he felt that the time had come when the South could assert itself as the potent and dominating force in the Union and he interpreted that victory as a guarantee that all the wrongs Of his beloved South would be righted and all the damages growing out Of the War, which he held to be un constitutional, promptly adjusted. Having a claim against the Federal Government for interest included, he was induced by a few Of his neighbors to go to Washington City in August, 1893, to urge the complete fulfillment Of the Chicago platform and the prompt payment Of the Southern War Claims. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
