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A group of former Confederate officers, including well-known figures like Nathan Bedford Forrest, met in a "Southern Soldiers' Convention" in Memphis, Tennessee. The day before they had communicated with the Union veterans meeting in Cleveland running at the same time their fraternity and loyalty and received a welcoming reply from leading figures their, including George Armstrong Custer. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
"United States," The American Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1866 (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873), 759.
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