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Maj. Gen. ARNOLD ELZEY.
Almost four years have elapsed since the surrender ofGeneral Lee at Appomattox Court House, and as yetnothing has been presented to the world to show theprominent part taken in the Great Rebellion by the sonsof Maryland. It is a glorious and important page inher honored history, and future generations seem likely to lookin vain for a record of the patient suffering and heroic achievementsof their forefathers when struggling for their rights againstYankee tyranny and oppre