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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 9. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Some reminiscences of the Second of April, 1865. (search)
Some reminiscences of the Second of April, 1865. By Hon. H. W. Bruce, of Louisville, Ky. [The following paper was read by Judge Bruce before the Louisville branch of the Southern Historical Society at a recent meeting.] On Sunday, the 2d day of April, 1865--a day always sadly to be remembered by every Confederate--I attended the morning services in St. Paul's Episcopal church in Richmond, Va., of which the learned and distinguished Rev. Dr. Minnegerode was then, and is yet, I believe, thJudge Bruce before the Louisville branch of the Southern Historical Society at a recent meeting.] On Sunday, the 2d day of April, 1865--a day always sadly to be remembered by every Confederate--I attended the morning services in St. Paul's Episcopal church in Richmond, Va., of which the learned and distinguished Rev. Dr. Minnegerode was then, and is yet, I believe, the beloved pastor. St. Paul's was the church in which President Davis and his family worshipped during the war between the States--a war waged, as we all believe, by the Northern States against the Southern States of the American Union for the purpose of overthrowing institutions of the latter States and the construction given by most southern and many northern statesmen to the Constitution of the United States. This war commenced many years before hostilities with deadly weapons were inaugura