This photo is of eight Confederate veterans on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery, attending the last known Confederate veterans reunion in the state, September 27-28, 1944.
Standing, left to right: General William Banks of Houston, Texas; General W. W. Alexander of Rockhill, South Carolina; General J. D. Ford of Marshall, Texas; General T. H. Dowling of Atlanta, Georgia; General James W. Moore of Selma, Alabama; Colonel W. H. Culpepper of Atlanta, Georgia; and General W. M. Buck of Muskogee, Oklahoma. Seated in front is Dr. R. A. Gwynne of Birmingham, Alabama, the only African American to attend the reunion. This image was used and identified in the Alabama Historical Quarterly, Volume 6, page 6 (1944).
Here is a link to the photo in the Alabama Department of Archives and History: http://216.226.178.196/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/photo&CISOPTR=3185&CISOBOX=1&REC=11




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