Excerpt from Report of the Historical Committee: Eleventh Annual Reunion Convention, United Sons of Confederate Veterans, New Orleans, La., April 25-27, 1906 Immediately upon his appointment, the chairman put himself in touch, as far as possible, with all members of the committee, with all of the historical workers in the Confederation, and with such other influences as were calculated to assist him in further ing the work in hand. 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.