I close my labors with an extract from a speech of one of the Southern Governors at Chickamauga at the dedication of a monument to the dead heroes from the State.

“A famous poem represents an imaginary midnight review of Napoleon’s Army.  The skeleton of a drummer boy arises from the grave, and with his bony fingers beats a long, loud reveille.  At the sound the legions of the dead Emperor come from their graves from every quarter where they fell.  From Paris, from Toulon, from Rivoli, from Lodi, from Hohenlinden, from Wagram, from Austerlitz, from the cloud clapped summit of the Alps, from the shadows of the Pyramids, from the snows of Moscow, from Waterloo, they gather in one vast array with Ney, McDonald, Masenna, Duroc, Kleber, Murat, Soult, and other marshals in command.  Forming, they silently pass in melancholy procession before the Emperor, and are dispersed with ‘France’ as the pass word and ’St. Helena’ as the challenge.

“Imagine the resurrection of the two great armies of the Civil War.  We see them arising from Gettysburg, from the Wilderness, from Shiloh, from Missionary Ridge, from Stone River, from Chickamauga—­yea, from a hundred fields—­and passing with their great commanders in review before the martyred President.  In their faces there is no disappointment, no sorrow, no anguish, but they beam with light and hope and joy.  With them there is no ‘St. Helena,’ no ‘Exile,’ and they are dispersed with ‘Union’ as a challenge and ‘Reconciliation’ as a pass word.”

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APPENDIX

I have in this appendix endeavored to give a complete roll of all the members who belonged to Kershaw’s Brigade.  I have taken it just as it stands in the office of the State Historian in Columbia.  The work of completing the rolls of the Confederate soldiers from this State was first commenced by the late General, H.L.  Farley and finished by Colonel John P. Thomas, to whose courtesy I am indebted for the use of his office and archives while completing these rolls.  There may be some inaccuracies in the spelling of names or in the names themselves, but this could not be avoided after the lapse of so many years.  Then, again, the copy sent to the State Historian was often illegible, causing the same names to appear different and different names to look the same.  But I have followed the records in the office in Columbia, and am not responsible for any mistakes, omissions, or inaccuracies.

In the list of officers there will appear some seeming irregularities and inaccuracies, but this is accounted for by the fact that the duplicate rolls were those taken from the companies’ muster rolls when first enlisted in the Confederate service, and little or no record kept of promotions.  Thus we will see Captains and Lieutenants in these rolls marked as non-commissioned officers.  This was occasioned by those officers being promoted during the continuance of the war, and no record kept of such promotions.