The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-10-26
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ever assembled in Lexington. All
classes came to do honor to our beloved
aud lost hero. Hia old soldiers, whc
followed him 90 oheerfully in the darkest
hours of the Confederate struggle the
professors Of the college, who he ever
treated with suoh marked consideration !;
the students, to whom he was in every
sense loving father and ON unexampled
guide; the Faculty and corps of cadets
ofthe Virginia Military Institute, in
whose welfare and success he ever
manifested so lively an interest the
sovereign representatives of his native,
loved Virginia the citizens Of the town
and county whom he houored with his
last days; in fact, every class, young
and old, rich and poor, sw hite and black, !,
turned out to do him honor, for he was
the friend Of oil. With a punotuality
which would have been pleasant to the
great hero if living, the following was
observed as the order of the procession :
Music.
Escort Of Honor, consisting of officers
and Soldiers of tho Confederate Army.
Chaplain and other Clergy.
Hearse and Pail. Bearers.
General Lees Horse.
The Attending Physicians.
Trustees and Faculty of Washington
College.
Dignitaries of the State Of Virginia.
Visitors and Faculty of Virginia Mill
tary Institute.
Other Representative Bodies aud Dis.
tinguished Visitors.
Alumn; Of Washington College.
Citizens.
Cadets Virginia Military Institute.
Students Washington College as Guard
Of Honor.
At ten O'Clock precisely the process
sion was formed on the College grounds
in front of the Presidents house, aud
moved down Washington street, up
Jefferson street to the Franklin Hall,
thence to Main street, where it was
joined in front of the hotel by the re-
presentatives of the State of Virginia
and other representative bodies in their
order, and by the organized body of the
citizens in front of the court house.
The procession then moved by the
road to the Virginia Military Institute,
where it was joined by the visitors,
Faculty, and cadets Of the Virginia
Military Institute, in their respective
places. The procession was closed by
the students Of Washington College as
a guard Of honor, and then moved up
through the Institute and college
grounds to the chapel.
The procession was halted in front of
the chapel, when the cadets Of the
Institute and tho students of Washing
ton College were marched through the
college chapel past the remains, and
were afterwards drawn up in Two bodies
on the south side of the chapel. The
remainder of the procession then pro-
ceedcd into the chapel and were seated
under the direction of the marshals.--
The gallery and side blocks were re-
served for ladies.
AS the procession, moved off to a
solemn dirge by the Institute band, the
bells of the town begun to toll, aud the
Institute battery fired minute guns,
which were kept up during the whole
exercises.
In front of the National Hotel the
procession was joined by the committee
Of the Legislature, consisting of Colonel
w. II. Taylor, Col. e. D. Pendleton,
w. L. Riddiok Maj. Kelley, Geo.
Walker, 8. 3. Turner, H. Bowen, L.
o. jackson, and Marshall Hanger; the
delegation from the city of Staunton,
headed by Col. Bolivar Christian and
other prominent citizens; Colonel @. s.
Venable, Chairman of tho Faculty, and
a committee of students from the
University, and perhaps others. It ia
of course understood that there would
have been large numbers of other dole
cations but for the known inability OF
our town, now rendered much more than
usually 80 by breaking up railroads and
the washing away Of the bridges on ou,
county roads, and the short notice which
the country had Of the time Of the
funeral. .,..
Gen. B. r. Johnston was in command
Of the soldier guard of hdnor,S aided BY
Col, j. X. Edmunson; Col. r. L. Maury
and Major j. B. Dormap. Capt. j. j
White, professor in the college was chic
marshal. .
It was remarked that the different
classes who joined 10 tho procession
mingled into each other, and that amone
the Boards Of the College nnd institute
the Faculties, the students end cadets
tha Legislative committee, the delega
tions, and syen the clergy, we're man,
who might with equal propriety hav'
joined the soldier guard ofhonor TO
they, too, had followed the. standar'
ofHLss sia' tha 3days AsN etfiea Hen
souls.