The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-31
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were also received from Philadelphia
UNITED VETERANS PRESENT.
A committee from the United Veterans
were present. They were Il II. Fox,
Patrick Keenan,, w II. IIenning, Geo.
W. lvey, J J. H. Brewer, G. W. Burr,
Robert Stone, p f. Tusson, Thomas Fox,
and GEORGE Wacker
SACRED WORE
4 committee was present TO take
charge Of the remains of the ex-Confed-
crates who died in the front defending
Richmond when McClellen was beseg-
ing it, This committee was Captain John
Maxwell aud j. Henry Kraake
There were nineteen bodies Of the dead
heroes in all They had been found by
Mr. j. f. Lyme, who keeps store at
Seven Pines, and he carefully kept
charge of them, made the boxes in which
the bones were placed, and otherwise
showed many kindnesses, he being an old
Confederate himself.
THE REMAINS
of eight Of these old soldiers were placed
i'm one box. They belonged 10 Company
Il, Seventeenth Mississippi Regiment.
Four others belonged to the Fourth Nir-
ginia and one TO, the Eighteenth Virginia
Regiment One, youth ls years of age,
a private in the Seventeenth Mississippi
Regiment, was named G. W. Smith He
had been buried on the field by comrades,
and a marble slab was placed over bis
grave Tie slab accompanied his remains
TO Hollywood. Edward Calmus is the
name OF another He belonged 10 the
Alexander Artillery of Georgia, and was
killed June 29lh He was buried on the
farm OF Mr.. John Whitehead A marble
slab had been placed over his grave, and
Mr. Whitehead had religiously for years
cared for the grave of the deed Georgian.
1t was with difficulty that his consent
was obtained TO the removal of the body
to peaceful Hollywood.
RELICS OF THE WAR
Mr. J. f Lyme was very courteous. He
las many relics dug up by the plough on
exhibition at his store, such as swords,
caIbines, bayonets dirks saddles, bombs,
shells, minnie balls, belts, etc.
After spending pleasant day the long
train and its occupants returned 10 the
city.
AT HOLLYWOOD.
The First Virginia Regiment, Major
BidgOOd commanding; the stuart Horse
Guards, Richmond Light Infantry Blues,
and the Richmond Howitzers paraded
the streets, and reached Holly wood
near o'clock. In the meantime Gettys-
burg Hill had become one sea Of human
beings. All the graves of the Confeder
ate dead had received attention at the
hands of the ladies of the Hollywood
Memorial Association, and on each OF
them bouquets shed their fragrance
around. and evidenced that the memory
cf the brave soldiers buried there, soldiers
from Virginia to Texas. still had as they
ever will nave "A warm spot IN the hearts
of Virginia.
The pyramidal monument erected by
the ladies to the memory OF the dead
heroes Is nearly covered with green vines
Il would long since have been complete
is covered with the evergreen Virginia
creeper, if the money had been forth
coming 10 fill with cement the insterstices
letween the piece of granite, so that the
vine could take root. This monument
lad on it flags and bunting, placed there
ly the ladies.
THE EXERCISES.
A stand had been erected by the ladies,
which was beautifully decorated and
cirpeted This was occupied by DR.. II.
NJ Jackson, chaplain of Lee Camp Dr.
Moses d HOge, chaplain First Virginia
Regiment Colonel Theo Bear of General
ZOOk Post, NorrstOwn, Pennsylvania
iir. Charles ii. Corey, Hon. James l..
Gordon of Albcmarle, orator of the day,
and Colonel H. De b. Clay, Post De
partment Commander, Department of
Virginia, G. A r.
The ladies Of the Hollywood Memorial
4 hssociation stood in front of the stand
when the Blues band, Captain Kessnich
Leader, played lIandels celebrated Largo,
the same one played recently by Thomas
orchestra in L flat
DR.. Jackson opened the exercises with
PRAYER, in which he invoked the Divine
Grace that truth and justice, religion and
piety should prevail among all men, and
that righteousness should abound
throughout the earth.
MR.. GORDON's ADDRESS
DR.. Jackson then introduced State Sen
aior Gordon of Albemarle as man
whose honors were larger in number
than his years
Senator Gordon for halt an hour de
livered eloquently carefully-prepared
and ornate Grafton, which was repeated
II applauded.
He opened by saying In gathering
at this mecca of our deathess dead and
in voicing the memory of the sorried
ranks of the dead heroes now lying here,
duty becomes pleasure. He spoke OF
the pleasure the descendants Of the sold
i,rs felt when Trey saw such gathering
t. their memory, and referred 10 the
struggles at Manassas, Gettysburg, the
Wilderness, Petersburg, as places where
leroism proved itself on both sides He
contrasted those scenes with the peace
that reigns to-day He spoke of the private
who did duty through four fateful years;
who won glory, and who now lies buried
in nameless though not deathless
grave To-day all OF the past has given
away TO a scene as beautiful AS psalm
sung by choristers or Il canticle chanted
hy a church congregation. The noble
river flowing past us sighs solemn re-
quiem to our dead. They went into bat
lie They beautified the valley Of the