and women of his beloved Southland, who served actively in the rebel army, I know, as every man and woman in the South knows today, that Lincoln and his associates waged a just and honorable war. It was a matter of saving the Commonwealth, of pre- serving the Union of States from the perilous position

department facilitated the coordination of the military activities of the War Department as they pertained to a local departmental area. A departmental military commander supervised and commanded all military forces of the United States, whether they be Line or Staff, within the geographical limits of his