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Monday. I was very hungry by this time, having eaten nothing since I was shot Friday.

I called a servant to my " bunk " and told him I wanted something to eat, that I was starving to death. He said: " I am sorry for you, but iyou will have to do without until regular breakfast." I then called for the ward-master. I made an earnest appeal to him, but without any success. He said: " It is positively against the rules, etc." I told him that it was hard, but I guessed I could stand it. Breakfast came about 7 o'clock. The servants waited on me nicely and brought me in plenty to eat. My wardmaster was a whole- souled and jolly kind of a fellow. I became very much attached to him. His name was Caldwell and he belonged to the First Georgia regulars. My earnest appeals for something to eat the night I was brought in caused him to become very much attached to me. Frequently the servants would fail to bring me enough to eat.

M. T. LEDBETTER.

[From the Richmond, Va., Dispatch, November 4, 1901.]

CONFEDERATE DEAD.

Buried in the Cemetery at Arlington.

INSCRIPTIONS ON THE HEADBOARDS.

That Artificial Leg, Again Mr. Ballard Explains How it Came Into His Possession Letter from a Lady on the Same Subject.

Accompanying this communication is appended a list of the Vir- ginia Confederate soldiers buried in the cemetery at Arlington, Va. There are 264 Confederate dead there, of which thirty-three are Virginians.

The list is that of the actual inscriptions on the new headstones. These inscriptions have been obtained from the Confederate archives at Washington, and are as nearly accurate as possible. They are to stand for all time. This list has been prepared with great care, with the view that it will find its way into the public libraries throughout our Southland.