The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-06-01
THE GRAVE OF GENERAL STUART.


MORTAL, YET IMMORTAL.
Every one seemed to vie with the other
in decorating the grave of our cavalry
chicltain, he who, with all the blythe
valor of the thoughtlcSS boy, possessed the
clear head and evenly poised Judgment OF
the man of mature years; he who went
into action with smile upon his face and
a song upon his lips, and bore fatigue
untold without Il murmur or complaint
lie who, i'll fine, is 50 loved in the south
because hc was the type of the true sol
dicr, Christian, and gentleman and the
whole of the section in which he lies was
protuScly ornamentCd with beautiful gar
lands aud floral cmblCmS.
In the same enclosure with the grave OF
General Stuart is that of his infant daugh-
ter, and that OF Minnie Brewer, the daugh-
ter of Mr.. Charles Brewer; both Of these
graves were also taStcfuIly decorated.
After the greater part Of the vast con-
course had left, sword, cntwincd with
flowers, was placed by a lady upon Stuart
grave. The hand OF Stuart is cold i'll death
and can never again grasp the sabre, but
his name and memory still live to inspire
the resolves of those who appreciate 81
well his reputation and fame.
During the day a photograph Of Nalcn-
tines bust of Stuart was taken by MeSSrS
Lumpkin & Co. and Mr.. Anderson, photo
graphistS of this city: and we understand
that they intend TO present two hundred
and fifty copies TO the Hollywood Memo
rial Association.
THE FIRST CONFEDERATE SOLDIER KILLED IN
REGULAR ACTION IN TIE WAR.
In the course of the morning the Vir.
ginia Life Guards visited the grave of a
young soldier named Henry Wyatt, who
was the first Confederate soldier killed in
regular action in the late war. Wyatt was
a Virginian by birth, but lived in North
Carolina, and at the earliest possible mo-
mcnt Joined the first regiment raised in
that State. At the battle of Bethel he,
with two other men, volunteered to charge
a house which was occupied by the enc
mv'S skirmiShers, whose fire was annoying
and Calling our line. The duty was one OF
most imminent peril but there was no fall
tcring or hesitation on the part of our sol
dicrs, and they steadily, checrfully, adj.
vanccd. At the first fire young Wyatt was
mortally wounded; but he had still the
satisfaction of knowing that the position
had been won, and the work to which he
gave his life accomplished.
WAITS grave was covered with flowers,
and there was evidently special desire TO
do honor To the memory of he who was
the first to fall in battle for the cause OF the
south.
1t is not perhaps known who was the last
man to fall in the Army of Northern Nir.
gina We know not the name of that
noble fellow who, after years OF carnage
and war, died at the moment when the
surrender of his command would have
restored him to what was once his home,
and to that family and those relatives who
are dcarer in sorrow and sadness than in
triumph and victory. The name OF this
gallant soldier may remain unrecorded
but how gratifying it would be to us now
if the last soldier who died for the south
before the surrender could repOse for ever
by the side Of he who was first to die in
battle when the first notes of war were yet
stirring every heart throughout the south.
ern land. 1t may be mentioned that in all
probability the last Confederate soldier
wounded in the Army of Northern Vir.
ginia was Lieutenant Charles Minnigerode
son of the rector of St. PauPs Church in
this city, who was shot through the body
while acting with conspicuous gallantry al
AppomattoX Courthouse only few min.
utes before the flag of truce, waving along
the lines, announced that the day had
come when the band of heroic men who
formed General Lees army was to be dis.
solved, perhaps for ever; and when the
only link to unite them should be the
remembrance of the dangers they had
endured and the victories they had won
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