The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-05-14
uonors 70 the confederate Dead.


Tn Charlottesville, stores were closed
business suspended, and the entire aa. uo,
voted to exercises in commemoratlon Oh ''le
heroic Christian warrior Gencrai o'on.
wall Jackson, and the hundreds OF ms c"m-
PATRIOTS whose bodies were inferred y, ~.
cemeteries in Charlottesville and the o'"-
vcrSity. ,,;,o the
ladies visited the town cemeteries; VIZ. VIZ,
some sixty Confederate soldiers are ""''e"'
and with wrcaths of flowers ana eVc.s'eehs
laid them taStefullv over the Sleeping pa
triots.
In the University cemetery, where some
QUO bundrcd and twenty more Coniedcratcs,
wi,h General Turner Ashby, repose, the Ia
dies Of that institution had performed SINH
lar acts of aiiectionate reverence. Outside
Ihc walls there are upwards of eleven hun
drcd soldiers buried, who died in the hos
pitfalls here by sickness or from wounds all
these had flowers placed upon them ny the
tender hands Of lovely women.
The citizens of Charlottesville assembled
in the Baptist Church, where addresses
were made by Thomas Wood, Esq, and
Rev. Mr.. Ware. of the Methodist Church,
sung hy the choir. 4 procession was then
formed, which reached to the University,
where the professors and their families
and the students joined il, and he whole
marched to the rcsting-placcS of the de-
parted dead. Onrcaching the place, allrcve-
rcntlv uncovered their heads and silently
and sadly paced around the graves OF the
patriot soldiers, Strcwing, as they passed,
wrcaths, flowers, and cycrgrcenS. A iunc-
raj dirgc was also sung by the assembled
multitude.
Among the buried dead were ten Yam
kce soldiers and officers; they lay side by
side with our own army veterans. THESE
mus, also have flowers strcwn upon thchl'
il being impossible for the multitude To
distinguish their graves from the rest uh-
less reference was had to the register
LWclbUg Ne'c$.
I'm Lvnchburg, at IN carly hour inc
gathering throng of ladies and children on
Church street, bearing innumerapic paS,
kcts of flowers and evcrgrecns, Indicated
that the pageant was TO ne Sraila anu 'ih-
posing demonstration.
The fire companies soon began to make
their appearance, and Knights Templar,
arravcd in their peculiar and beautiful cos
tunes, with marShalS adorned with the
insignia Of their office, rode rapidly along
the streets.
mounted escort of Knights Tcmplar
from De Moay Commandcry led the van.
Then followed carriage containing the
Mayor. the orator of the day, and the Off
eating clergy. A splendidly fitted floral
car. bearing baskets and hampers of flow
crs. and il committee OF the officers OF the
Ladies' Association, attracted the attcn-
ton of all, but the appearance of the Sab
bath School scholars, under charge OF
their respective superintendent and teach
crS. each bearing bouquet and wreath OF
flowers was most beautiful and touching
spectacle. The Lynchburg Hose Company
the Independent Hose Company, and the
Hook and Ladder Company, tollowed-all
having their vehicles drapcd in mourning
and ornamcntcd with wreathS OF flowers.
Carriages filed with ladies, citizens on
horseback and on foot, lined the street, and
flowers. flowers, were everywhere.
The procession was said to be the largest
ever seen in the city.
The commcmoration address was then
delivered by Colonel X. Z. WithcrS.
~
dies, accompanied by many gentlemen and
the Sabbath school children, proceeded to
deposit their votive tributes upon the graves
Of Our departed soldiers. Tcnderly, grace
fully was this mourntul duty performed.
The scene was indeed Il touching one.
All, all bowimg, with mourntul sadness,
over the last resting places OF the hero
dead from every State in the sunny south
as they revcrcntly deposited on them the
floral Offering. Mournfully touching was
this solemn spectacle, and hard indeed
must that heart he which witnessed it un-
moved.
In this "labor Of love several hours
were spent by our noble women, and many
of them fingered in their mourniul occu-
patton, as if 10th to leave the spot where
rcpoSc the Wondering remains of those
who while living So brayely fought for
their protection, and who, though dead,
are the objects of their hottest affection.
The ladies of the association, escorted
by the Knights Tcmplar and mrSllalS, then
proceeded TO Spring Hill Cemetery, and
laid similar offerings on the tombS of those
buried at that place; after which they visit
cd the Presbyterian Cemetery, and per-
formed the same duty for those lying