Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-08-25
Re-Union Of Company E. Of LIST Virginia
er Cavalry.
TINKLIN G SPRING, VA, !
August 21st, 1882. !

TINKLING SPRING, Va, }
August 2lst, 1882. !
Aessrs. Editors:
The society of the Cincinnati was institu-
ted at the close OF the Revolution, to keep
bright the chain of friendship among these
who, for long, long years endured unheard
Of privations, that we might be free. So
now these re-nnions of The several militia
~ organizations of the Confederacy. 1t is
meet that we should new recall the history
of this company, one of the first to respond
to the call of patriotism. On the day it re-
ported, in April 1861, at Harper's Ferry,
rank and file its roll embraced siGty-tiCo
names, as follows: William Patrick, Cap
tain; 7. W. McClung, 1st Lieut.; }. NJ.
Hanger, 2nd Lieut.; w. A. Hanger. 1st
seargeant; J: .. Mowry. End Serg't; J. A.
McClung, 3rd Serg't; G. F.. Patterson, 4th
8. H. Walker, LIST Corporal; W. q. Berry.
End Corpl; Silas Mowry. Bird Corp'l; John
P. Kennedy, 4th Corp; Virginius R. Guy,
Color-bearer Geo. M. King. Surgeon
Geo. M. Freed. Cornet; Norman H. Hang
er, Quarter master. eY
W. B. Gallaher and W. N. Bats were
made nominal third and fourth lieuten-
ants, but did not act. The latter was the
blacksmith of the company.
At the reunion at Thinking Spring on
the 10th ult., there were 20 members of the
company present. but Is only OF the 81
who reported at Harpers Ferry. These
20 represented seventy seven children, for
ty-siI Of whom are embryo cavaLry1len -
These are the names of the fifteen veterans
present:
Geo. W. Bateman, E. e.. Fishburne, G.
W. Freed, w. F. Harner, j. P. Hamilton,
VIM. A. Hanger, John M. Hanger, Sam'l
Kerr, Elijah KOiner, Charles Koiner. Geo.
Laymen, Jake q. Leonard, John II. Leon
ard James McComb, NJ. V. Palmer.
IT'S not invidious to say of George W.
Freed, that after performing all the duties
faithfully of COrnet-when ''tooting" csas-
I'd to be necessity, Gen. Stuart seeing
the sort of stuff be was made of, kept him
near his person, aid there was perhaps no
more efficient or useful courier in the SER
vice. HIS was near his beloved comman-
der on the fatal day, near the yellow
Tavern" and accompanied his remains to
to Richmond.
Now lot me appeal to the officers and
men of Co. E., to select suitable individ-
ual to write up its history from tho memo
rable day that that Chevalier Bayard. J. E.
B. Stuart. at Harper's Ferry, organized
the First Virginia Cavalry, to that never
to-be-forgotten scene at Appomattox, when
the curtain fell on the Confederacy. Ii
the task should be performed by the histo-
torian in style worthy OF the subject, 1T
will BE- sure to find place on the pages of
the Southern Historical Papers, and be
followed. as it should BIZ. by a similar his
tory of each of the other companies of the
"Old First and of that Of each company
of every other regiment of cavalry, infan- I
try and artillery that made up the entire |
army of the South. Each day finds the grave !
CLOSING, over one and another of the sur
vivors, and important incidents and facts |
are engulphed in Lethe's dark stream, so !
not another day should be permitted to |
pass until this pious work should be inau-
gurated. ..+.I ROLLA.