Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33., <a target="_blank" onclick="openPopupWindow(this); return false" href="entityvote?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0001&auth=beall,john,yates&n=1&type=person">John Yates Beall</a>, gallant soldier, <a target="_blank" onclick="openPopupWindow(this); return false" href="entityvote?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0001&auth=scheme,bealls&n=1&type=person">Captain Bealls Scheme</a> of operation., page 74

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The Naval situation at Vicksburg .

Building and Commissioning of the Arkansas .

The first action of the Arkansas .

The Second action of the Arkansas .

The Third action of the Arkansas .

The Fourth action of the Arkansas .

The end of the Arkansas .

Trees whittled down at Horseshoe.

Recollections of a Confederate staff officer by Gen. G. M. Sorrel .

The lost sword of Gen. Richard B. Garnett , who fell at Gettysburg , (from the Baltimore sun , of November 4 , and December 3 , 1905 .)

The honor roll of the University of Virginia , from the times-dispatch, December 3 , 1905 .

Address delivered at Newton, North Carolina ,

John Yates Beall , gallant soldier

Plan to relieve Confederate prisoners on Johnson's Island .

Raids on the Potomac .

Capture of the Philo Parsons and Island Queen.

Captain Bealls Scheme of operation.

section c.1.17.37

Was Captain Beall betrayed?

Capture of Capt. Beall and Court martial.

Execution; heroic bearing of Captain Beall .

His mother's visit and letter to his brother.

Illegality of Captain Bealls execution.

The crisis of the Confederacy

Fifteenth Virginia Infantry .

My personal experiences in taking up arms and in the battle of Malvern Hill .

Gettysburg - Pickett 's charge.

General Lee at Gettysburg .

Seals, stamps and currency

The last charge at Appomattox .

The Twelfth Alabama Infantry , Confederate States Army.

Returning Confederate flags.

How General R. E. Lee saved the life of a Federal officer.

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[74] treatment. Proper food and water was denied them. Several rods from the main prison were dungeons, each a little larger than an ordinary coffin, in which were confined Confederate soldiers who had been sentenced to death by drumhead courtmartials.

They were chained hand and foot, with additional iron ball, weighing sixty pounds chained to their ankles.

Richmond, VA. 1905.

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