This picture from ten volume The Photographic History of the Civil War edited by Francis Miller (1911) highlights an unexpected gathering of former Confederate generals, including Robert E. Lee, and a few former Union generals such as John Geary and Lew Wallace that occurred in White Sulphur Springs, Virginia in August 1869. This was probably the first photograph of a “Blue-Gray” reunion. For full details, consult Miller’s volume 10 (Armies and Leaders) at Google Books, and see especially p. 4.
Month: March 2010
In July 1963, Alabama governor George Wallace traveled to Gettysburg for the 100th anniversary commemorations of the battle. The article (right) describes George Wallace’s remarks soon after he arrived.
Citation: Florence (AL) Times, July 1, 1963, p. 1. Credit: Google News
While Wallace did not appear to make a speech in Gettysburg, he went to Washington D.C. in mid-July 1963 to 
testify before the Senate about JFK’s proposed civil rights legislation. At one point during the hearing, Wallace referred to the South as “the Confederate States” (see excerpt to the right). Source – Dan T. Carter, The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995), 157.
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This article briefly described the “extraordinary steps [taken] to protect Wallace in case integrationists decided to demonstrate against him.”
Posted by Don Sailer
Citation: Tuscaloosa (AL) News, July 3, 1963, p. 2.
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Article described George Wallace’s remarks soon after he arrived in Gettysburg.
Posted by Don Sailer
Citation: Florence (AL) Times, July 1, 1963, p. 1.
Credit: Google News