The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-01-09

AN00RD0O-A 0ko002eDk T6oROoe0s
Al . meeting Of the First Regiment Ten.
nessee v0iunt esrs, begun and held At Camp
Fisher, Va, on the 29sh day OF December,
3eSa, for the purpose Of expressing the sense
Of the regiment relative to the death Of Capt.
Pierce B. AndsrDon, and OF the practtcaotllty
Of the regiment erecting q monument over
his rsmains, the following proceedings were
Ga motion of OIL. Peter Turnsy, Captain
Thoma: Daniels. Of company wa: called
man. OF company A, was appointed Secre'
tary.
Turney, who briefly. though eloquentfy, and
with great feeling, spoke OF the worth and
astrfbutes OF the Captain while living, and
the loss the country sustains in the demise OF
% chivalrous y soldier; and he forcibly rep.
resented that when soul, noble and great
like his. fell In the full discharge Of his duty
upon the battlefield Of Liberty, that the
gratitude OF his comrades-in- ar ms in the
sAms holy cause, could not more faithfully
evtnce its appreciation of bis merits than in
raising monumental stone, TO cherish his
memory aud to inform the wayfarer passing
his grave that he was treading on holy
GrOund-the resting place OF the illustrious
dead-the grave OF one who died for his
country. The Colonel adverted to the nota-
BILE fact that 1t was under the tuition of the
late iamAntsd Captain that Gen. Johnston,
who has since earAed q world wide fame, first
received his lessons on military drill, and
that our noble President, jefferson Davis,
and Gems Lee and Holmes, brave patriots,
were his classmates In the military school.
After paying q just and eloquent tribute to
the tried courage and uEfiinching integrity
Of the demised, the Colonel introduced the
following preamble and resolutions, for the
action Of the Meeting. viz:
Whereas, having lately heard the painful
news of the death OF our friend and former
companion in arms, Captain Pierce Butler
Anderson, OF the Les Artillery, al a mark Of
our appreciation of his courage, high moral
worth and integrity OF purpose, we adopt the
following resolutions, 10 wit:
1. Rssolcsd, That we sincerely regret tn at
our State and the Government have lost so
worthy citizen and so gallant q soldier AZ
Captain Anderson. and while we mourn
that he il NO more on earth we daoMghtfnlfy
rejoice that his end came as 1t did, while he
valiantly and nobly battled for his country
an ! Its cause, our rejoicing arises from q
knowledge of the fact that 1t was his desire
to fali upon the field in the defence OF right.
3. Resolusd, That we remember with great
pride that once he was one of this regiment,
Captain Of that com pany now comm 1nded
by our chairman, he was one Of the first Of
the son9 OF Tennessee to raise his voice and
arm, and grid on his Armor to oppose tyran-
ny aud resist oppression, for the Confederate
States, leaving his native State and the
graves Of his wife, mother and father, in one
government TO battle for another.
Sd. Rss0ipcd, That we are glad TO know that
before his death his State (Tennessee) sustain.
ed his course by coming to him. and made
MIN Jcel PROUD even Ia uehtu LDat ne was q
Tennesseean, and again united to the graves
Of those he loved 20 we'll.
4. Resolrcd. That we OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
with our friend and brother in arms, VIM
Anderson, q son Of the deceased, and q mem
Der Of his fathers old company. May his life
and death be as noble as his fathers
3. Resolved, That, as q further testimony of
our esteem for the lamented dead, we will
erect over his grave In Tennessee monument
with the Inscription: ''To the memory Of
Captain Pierce Butler Anderson, erected by
the First or Rebel Regiment Of Tennessee,
known bv themselves a. the Orphan Boys -
8. Res0lred, That the proceedings OF tins
meeting be published in the N Nashville, Tenn.
and Richmond and Lynchburg, Va papers.
PINT to the meeting by the Chairman and
unanimously adopted; after which, ON mo-
tion, the meeting adjourned sine die.
THoAAs DAHL, President.
ET1AH A. EkRBAAA, Secretary.