ortunities of estimating the work she performed and the strength of
the spirit which animated her. The letters were called from their
authors in the spring of 1883, nearly twenty years after the close of
the war, upon the occasion of a musical and literary entertainment
being tendered Mrs. Beers by her soldier friends in New Orleans. So
profound was the gratitude for her former services to sick and wounded
Confederates, that all the military organizations exerted themselves
to make it a success, and at the meeting of the members of the "Army
of Tennessee," complimentary resolutions were passed, and the letters
read.

"NEW ORLEANS, March 8, 1883.

"JUDGE ROGERS:

"DEAR SIR,--Understanding that the members of the 'Army of
Tennessee' have tendered Mrs. F.A. Beers an entertainment, I feel
anxious to aid in securing its success.

"I am well qualified to testify to the valuable and disinterested
services which this lady rendered in the Confederate hospital
during the late war. In truth, aside from officers and soldiers who
may be now living and still holding in remembrance the kind and
skilful nursing which she gave them personally while wounded or
sick, I know of only four persons whose positions made them fully
cognizant of the heroism, devotion, and self-sacrifice which she
brought to the discharge of her duties. These are, first, Dr. T.H.
McAllister, now of Marion, Alabama, in whose admirably-conducted
hospital she was the only matron during the greater part of the
war; second, Dr. C.B. Gamble, now of Baltimore; third, Dr. S.H.
Stout, now of Roswell, Georgia, medical director of hospitals of
the Army of Tennessee; fourth, the writer.

"I know that I can venture to speak in behalf of these gentlemen
and for myself in declaring that the skill and efficiency with
which she nursed and fed our sick and wounded soldiers, and the
coolness and bravery with which she faced danger in discharge of
these duties do merit suitable recognition from the survivors of
those rapidly-diminishing numbers who fought under the Confederate
flag.

"Very respectfully,

"S.M. BEMISS, M.D.,

"Late Assistant Medical Director and Medical Director of Hospitals,
Army of Tennessee."

"MARION, ALABAMA, March 11, 1888.

"Dr. S. BEMISS, New Orleans,--Having heard an entertainment was to
be given in your city on March 29 for the benefit of Mrs. Fannie A.
Beers, I feel it to