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Ken:

The articles appear sporadically, but here are a few, in no particular order:

1 Dec 97, "Battle of Fredericksburg," by R. K. Charles, one of R.E. Lee's couriers, reprinted from the Charleston Sunday News and Courier

8 Dec 97, "Kilpatrick Almost Caught," [Averysboro], from Charleston Sunday News and Courier

5 Jan 98, "Forrest on the War Path," reprinted from the Nashville American

9 Feb 98, "Two War Stories -- Elliott's Brigade at the Crater," reprinted from the [Columbia, S.C.] State.

16 Mar 98, "Battery Wagner," reprinted from the Savannah News

18 May 98, "Soldiering with Wheeler," reprinted from W. C. Dowson in the Atlanta Journal.

22 Jun 98, "Around Lookout Mountain -- More Reminiscences from a Member of Wheeler's Famous Corps," reprinted from the Atlanta Journal

27 Jul 98, "With Stonewall Jackson [1st Manassas],", reprinted from the New York Evening Post.

14 Sep 98, " "Mighty Cavalry Conflict -- A Private Soldier on the Battle of Trevellian Station," by Ulrich R. Brooks, 5 [?] S.C. Cav

19 Oct 98, "A Brave Soldier -- Promotion for Extraordinary Valor and Skill," reprinted from MGEN Thos. L. Rosser in Lost Cause.

14 Dec 98, "Gordon Led the Charges," reprinted from the Augusta Herald.

22 Feb 99, "Story of Appomattox," reprinted from Washington Post, by Col. Charles Marshall.

25 Mar 96, "They Routed the Officers," [Reams' Station}, b Marshall A. Moncure, 9 VA CAV, reprinted from the Richmond Dispatch

8 Jul 96, "Two Great Carolinians," [Wade Hampton and M. C. Butler], by James G. Holmes, from The Sunny South.

15 Jul 96, "After Thirty Years," by Joe Guess, re Petersburg siege, no attribution.

29 Jul 96, "A Hero of the Crater," by George B. Lake, reprinted from the Charleston News and Courier.

2 Dec 96, "Battle of Seven Pines,' [Richard Anderson], reprinted from the Wateree Messenter.

10 Mar 92, "The Battle of Franklin," by P. R. Sines, SGT, A/97 Ohio Vols, reprinted from the [Columbia, S.C.] State.

28 Apr 92, "Just Thirty-one Years Ago," [Fort Sumter], by Mrs. F. G. DeFontaine, widow of Felix G. DeFontaine, the author of the "Personnae" letters

16 Jun 92, "How A. P. Hill Died," from the Baltimore American

25 Jan 93, "John C. Haskell," from the Abbeville (S.C.) Medium (no copies of this paper ixistant)

27 Jul 92, "The Last Shot Fired in Anderson County," about a skirmish on 1 May 65

22 Nov 93, ""A War Story," by James Bailey, late Capt, 4 IOWA Vols, re engagement before Petersburg with Hagood's S.C. Brigade

29 Nov 93, ""A Story of Our Coast," reprinted from the Chicago Times, about an incident in Winyah Bay, S.C., near Georgetown, 1865

24 Jan 94, "The Hero of Morris Island," by Claudine Rhett, re Jul 1863.

7 Feb 94, "Brave as a Spartan," Thomas' (N. C.) Legion, 6 Nov 62, East Tennessee

2 May 94, "Kershaw as a Soldier," from the Charleston News and Courier

6 Jun 94, "Chickamauga," from the Abbeville (S.C.) Press and Banner, by R. F. McCaslan, re a visit to the battlefield and erection of monuments

4 Jul 94, "Kershaw at [First] Manassas," from the Charleston News and Courier

22 Aug 94, "Where Death Was Sure," Siege of Petersburg, Sergeant H, reprinted from the Detroit Free Press

24 Oct 94, "A Glorious Victory," by a former PVT in the 2 S.C. at 1 Manassas, from the Charleston News and Courier

6 Feb 95, "War Sketches -- Some Reminiscences of the Campaign of 1862," by "Squire Fewell" (William F. Lee), D/Hampton Legion Infantry

6 Mar 95, "A War Sketch," by "Squire Fewell" (William F. Lee), D/Hampton legion Infantry

3 Apr 95, "War Stories -- Six Thrilling Stories by J. S. E. Beck, S.C.A.," reprinted from the Charleston Sunday News and Courier

8 May 95, "Evacuation of Yorktown," reminiscence by MGEN M. C. Butler, address given at Confederate Memeorial Day exercises at Augusta, Ga on 26 Apr

15 May 95, "Tarheel's Thin Grey Line," Valley Campaign, Sep 64, by Bradley T. Johnson, reprinted from the Baltimore News

26 Jun 95, "Chancellorsville," reprinted from the Atlanta Constitution

6 Nov 95, "Carolinians at Gettysburg," Abner Perrin's Brigade, reprinted from the Charleston News and Courier

2 Sep 1903, "Bentonville: The Last Battle of the War," from the Greenville (S.C.) Mountaineer

16 Sep 03, "An Old Reb Grows Reminiscent," Gettysburg campaign, original account

16 Sep 03, "At "Appomattox," reprinted from the Abbeville Medium (no copies of this paper existant), unidentified S.C. infantryman, probably 1 S.C. (Orr's) Rifles

19 Nov 03, "The Battle of Trevilian," by W. H. Dowling, 5 S.C. CAV, from the Hampton (S.C.) Guardian (no copeis of this paper existant)

19 Nov 03, "Battle of Franklin," from the Augusta Chronicle

13 Jan 97, "A Great South Carolinian," re Dabney H. Maury's tribute to Stephen D. Lee

3 Feb 97, "Gen. Kershaw's Capture," Sailor's Creek, from the Charleston News and Courier

24 Feb 97, "The Siege at Charleston," by Admiral Bunce, from the New York Herald

14 Jul 97, "Lieut. Vandiver's Watch," re Wauhatchie, by John L. Graham, Pennsylvania Volunteeers

8 Sep 97, "Division of C.S.A. Coin," re capture of Confederate specie May 65, by raiders

15 Sep 97, "War History," by Ulrich R. Brooks, M.C. Butler's Cavalry division, Burgess' Mill, 25 Oct 64

13 Oct 97, "Battle of the Wilderness," by Cyrus C. Shepard, F/16 N.Y., from the New York Evening Post

20 Oct 97, "A Confederate's Story -- How a German Musician was Honored by His Comrades," by John Gabriel Christopher Kruse, Kershaw's Brigade, reprinted from the Abbeville Medium (no copies of that paper existant)

3 Nov 97, "Last Days of the War Around Petersburg," by J. W. Mattison, G/1 S.C. (Orr's) Rifles, reprinted from the Abbeville Medium (no copies of paper existant)

This is by no means all of the articles published in the Intelligencer.

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