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ouith, John Zach Shugart, and Seweii Merchant
The nrocession war then formed according to the
following programme:
Chief Marshal;
Col ". f. CUTSHAW.
Gentlemen's Committees.
Ministers. Orator, Editors, and Invited Guests
Fourteen Little Girls in White Dresses, testooned
with black Rosettes, representing the " unknown
Dead"
Popr,oen Young Ladies' dressed in White, with
RIack ScarCs and Notices Of Ivy and Myrtle each
representing Southern State,-hr. W. T. Henson,
Marshal
Mrs. Judge I. R. DoUGLAs and Miss iREyE LTEcH,
President and Secretary OF the Memorial Executive
Committee.
Ladies' Committees.
Ladies of the Choir.
Ladie. bearing Floral Offerings.
Surviving Members OF Baylor's Cavalry, headedbv
their commander, Col +. ". Baylor.
Surviving members Of the "Stonewall Brigade"
Capt. J. ". Rowan, Marshal.
Members Of other Commands oflate Confed Army.
Surviving members Of Company D. 10Th Va. Cav.
handsomely mounted, and in charge Of Capt. Henry
Kenrney.
Survivors of Company A. 18th Cav, under Lieut..
- D. Engle,-also well-mounted
Persons in vehicles and on horseback.
~, ,ro cession proceeded to the Presbyterian.
49,. 10 Episcopal Grave Yards, the entran-
-, e handsomely archod and festooned
e.,, p"s,o Flowers, and after paying the
ed tribnte 10 tbe brave M, buried in each Of them,
,Sair surviyng comrsdes-in-a,, rs passing with I'M
covered heads,-wended its way, " ''''''' u 'a'
TO edge Hill Cemetery" The ex .mih, ii''''"e
formed. with precision worthy of other Oh. %
either side the soldiers square containing the du.
of the " two hundred" the noble women concluded
their floral offerings to the honored and heroic dead
The various Committees having in charge the re-
interment of these fallen braves, and the memorial
services, are deserving all praise for the manner in
which they performed the duties dcvolving upon
them. In this connection we may mention, without
dctraction from tho efforts Of others and hruav of
simply recording, and re-echo.ng universal pub
lie sentiment, the indefatigable devotion and
vices of Mr.. GEO. ". SADLgs
The Graves were handsomely sodded; decorated
BY Head and OF Boards-painted white, andmark-
ed egibly with the name, Company and Regiment
placed at each grave. About fifteen were Gun
known" but these seemed to evoke larger tribute
of flowers, because,
-Nameless they were,
But, brothers in the common cause.
Amongst those assigned prominence in the pro-
cession We noticed the venerable Mayor of Winches
ter, JosErH II. SuEaaARp, ESQ.
The number of persons present on this occasion
is estimated as high as three thousand-certsinly
not far short of it. The day was most auspicious
one, the Sun sufficiently obscured for comfort, and
the refreshing showers came just at the termination
of the services.
Thus closed the floral tribute to the memory of
the gallant dead of the Confederate armies. The
cause for which they met death on the battle field
may b. lost; their heroic efforts TO maintain that
cause may be stigmatized as treason but, so long
as heroism and patriotism shall be held honorable
among men. the memory of the fallen heroes ofthe
"Lost Cause &" will be revered and cherished
"Sodier. rest thy warfare DER,
Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking
Dream of battle fields more,
Days of danger, nights of waking
In our homes enchanted hall,
Hands unseen thy couch are strewing,
Silent tears thy grave believing"
We have hastily gathered the inscriptions from
the ton1bs of those buried in the Grave Yards and
Cemetery. If omissions have occurred they are of
course, unintentional. Following we have the re-
cord
Presbyterian Grore Yard.
Lawrence Lee Berry. co. G, I'd Va. Inf; John D.
KeeTl, CO. G, ID Va. Inf; Geo. W. Hawks, CO. B,
18th Va. Cavalry.
E. r. Craze Yard.
VIM J. Lock CO. B. 18th Va. Cav; Sergt. y. T.
Rswlins, co. A, I'd Va. InC c. Ashby CO. K, %
Va Int; Samuel Slifer. CO. A. 18th Va. Cavalry.
Episcopal Grore- Yard
Col lawson Bolts. ID Va. Inf; 1t. Col Frank
Lakeland. same B. s White, T. y. Burnett Dr..
T. W. Briscoe, and James II. Brown, CO. G, same
Charles l.. Crane, Richard c. Baylor. Robert W
BAYLOR. r.. Charles A. Alexander, George Wash
ington. James C. Washington. Of CO. B. 18th Va
Cav; p. O'Connel \. 18th Va. Cav: VIM 6. |
Starry. CO. 4, 9TH Va. Cav; Saruel Mcclure CO. !
K. Path Ga; George Upshur Manning, CO. B, 18th
Va Cavalry.
IN Vault, az Episcopal Craze Yard.
Col !. B. Lamar. Ca Capt. J. b. Clark, South
Carolina Can't C. B. Hebron Of Mississippi and
Wm. B 'vrrly Brown. OF Baltimore,-Demcnts /
Battery. "His blood was she'd upon the soil of vir-
ginis, the land Of his fathers"
Edqe-R M Cemetery
?. G. Butla- co. G. I'd Va. Inf; Saruel $. Wright.
and Charles II. Iser. OF co. B. 18th Va. Cavalry
T W Hannah T. G. Hurst. G. V Myers. Serrt ;
T. B. MCINTYRE. CO. A. 2nd Va. Ini.; J. A. Colbert
GO. A, 18th Va Cavalry.
R. McCreary. Co. F, 18th Y. C. J. NJ Kecly,
Co. II. I'd :. c.; John Clark Co. F 18th Miss;
". r. Boles Co. X Fa.; Isaac Cordy, Co. l. 23rd
\. c.: ]. Hamilton, Co. A, sth Fa.; r. Carr. Co
n. 18th Va; W. T. Walker, D. 18th Miss;
Cant. J. Joiner, co. f. 9th n. c.; Capt Elliot McF
Keels. $. c.: j. Z. Saunders, Prairie Guards Miss 4
- Smith Augusta. Geo; G.. Brooks. 57th Va.
J. A. Pike 57th Va; ]. G.. Lane, 2lst Ca: D. NJ
Hall same: G. W. Gill. Goth S. c.; i. Buck. DIST
s. C; c. W. Stone. same ". Crogin. CO. F. 2Ist
Gs., A. W. Tyree, same: J. stephens, CO. J. saine
J. Tate. co. D, came; G.. ". Denham. CO. r. Sd Ca
]. T. McCrea, CO. X, sth :. c.; J. 4. Downs, CO. A.
Sd Ca; c. c Lawrence. CO. l. 9Th 5. c.; J. Gilles-
pie. CO. l. 18th y. c.: Lieut. B. L. Gill, CO. G. 5th
Ia; d. ". Adams CO. D, 57th Va; c. A. WYmi,
CO. IT, 9TH Texas; E. Burns. CO. +, 18th s. c.; o.