Page 8: Confederate Veterans Reunion, White Point Garden

Description:

Photograph of Mr. Wilkinson standing beside the fountain erected in 1899 by the Daughters of the Confederacy as a memorial to the Confederate soldiers who died "To Employ Torpedo Boats 1863-1865." Sams' handwritten notation beneath the photo reads, "Fountain Battery erected by 'daughters of Confederacy' in memory of the torpedo boat heroes. Mr. Wilkinson."

Gift of Franklin Taliaferro Sams.