Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-10-30

son and aids; First Virginia Regiment
Infantry, 800 men, and full band; Viz
giniaMilitary Institute Cadets, command
ed by Col Scott Ship, 200 young men;
Blacksburg Agricultural College Ca,
diets, 100; Virginia Institute Cadets and
band; Monticello Guards, Charlottesville
so; Petersburg Grays 81; West Au-
gusta Guard, Stuanton, 50: Norfolk
City Guard so; Norfolk Artillery Blues,
40; Richmond Howitzers "a; carriage
! containing Governor Kemper and w.
w. Corcoran, of Washington, d. Ga
lone line of carriages containing State
and citv officials, guests and army Off
GERS Then followed veterans from
various States: veterans of the Army Of
Northern Virginia; the Maryland divi-
sion, under Gen. Trimble, SO men, and
survivors of the old Stonewall brigade,
who were cheered by everybody; Cath
Ole societies of Richmond; singing So
cieties; &c. The colored organizations
decided not to turn out, although it
was believed they would participate up
to the last moment Four negro men
who served as cooks in the Stonewall
brigade all through the war turned on.
in their old camp dress and attracted
much attention. Some of the veterans
wore their old, ragged Confederate
jackets.
TIE MARYLAND BATTLE-FLAG.
The battle flag of the First Maryland
regiment, with the "bucktail trophy,
was carried in the procession by the
veterans who had borne it in the war;
This relic has an interesting history.
The flag is small blue silk one,
three feet by two and half, with the
Maryland arms on one side, and an in
scription on the other: ''Presented by
the ladies of Baltimore to the First
Regiment, Maryland Line" 1t was
brought through the blockade by Miss
Hettie Cary, afterwards Mrs. Gen.
John Pegram, and reached the regi-
ment the morning of the first Manassas
battle as they were getting off the cars
to 90 into action. 1t was fixed to the
col0r-staff amid the sound of the guns,
and carried through that day so we'll
that Beauregard, at the close of it, sa-
luted Elzey,th colonel of the regiment,
with "Hail, Elzey, thou Butcher OF
the day."
On the evening of June 6, 1862, near
Harrisonburg, Ewell's rear guard. UNI
der Ashby, attacked Fremont's advance,
under Sir Percy Wyndham, and routed
it with loss and the capture of the Fed
eral commander; but the Confederates
paid dearly for their victory in the death
of Ashby. The first Maryland regi-
ment, under Colonel Bradley L. John
son, attacked and nearly destroyed the
Pcnnsy lvania Bucktails, crack corps,
under the command of Lieutenant Col
onel Kane, gallant and skillful officer,
and took him prisoner.
On the morning of the 9Th of June,
as the Confederate troops were moving
into the battle of Cross Keys, General
Ewel stopped Colonel Johnson and
complimcntcd him and his command
for their conduct in the affair OF the 9th,
and ordered him to carry "bucktail
at the head of his color-lance. Colonel
Johnson directed Private Ryan, Com
pany ID, Captain James II. Herberts
company to tax the bucktail off his
cap and tie it to the colors, which was
done. 1t was carried at Cross Keys
and Port Republic, and in the seven
days battles around Richmond.
On the 18th of June General Ewell
issued a general order by which formal
] authority was given to have one of the
captured bucktails appended to the col
or staff of the first Maryland regiment
The regiment, being reduced to a
skeleton by the Valley campaign and
the seven days battles before Rich
mond, was disbanded in August, 1868,
for the purpose Of reorganization, and
the officers and men presented their
colors to Mrs. johnson, with an appro-
pirate letter, signed tor the regiment by
Albert Tolson, scrgean: company {;
Richmond L. Brown, sergeant company
G; George w. Wentworth, sergeant
company BE-. Ferr, sergeant company
+; w. Joseph Franck, sergent company
ID; Calvin Myers, sergeant company K;
Charles n. Fernot, sergeant company
G; Edwin Sewage, color-bearer.
The flag and the trophy have been
sacredly preserved by Mrs. Johnson,
aud she offered them to the Maryland
Line to carry in the parade of the 26th,
which was accepted with fitting &C
acknowledgements by Major John Nc
Nulty in behalf of the Maryland Line.
UNWILLING CEREMONIES.
After parading through some of the
principal streets the procession arrived
at the Capitol and was massed in the
vicinity of the yelled statue and the
platform from which the speaking was
to take place. Mrs. Jackson, widow of
General Jackson, was present on the
grand stand, with her little daughter,
Julia Jackson, aged thirteen years; Mrs
Osborne and Mrs. J. Z. b. Stuart
The party were the guests of Governor
Kemper. Among the notable persons
also on the grand stand were General
Joseph E. Johnston, who presided, Gen.
w. Fl. +. Lee, General ID. Ii. Hill and
lady, General Ransom, of North Caro-
lima; General Lane, of North Carolina;
Ex-Governor Randolph, of New Jersey;
Ex-Governors Letcher and William
Smith, of Virginia; II. NJ. L. Hunter,
General q. Martin, ard others.
Rev. Bishop u. S. Dopoett, of the