Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-09
~ OLD uowIrzER SPEAKS,
Rev. william Mead Dame az BaIti-
more Memorial Day.

on the occasion o. the obs ervsncc Of Con-
faGcr.fe Memorial dav at Baltimore Rev.
william NJ Dame was the orator. Mr.. Dame
y,raa gallant member ~ the First company
~ Richmond ioWit1ers during the var and
is nov an Episcopal minister. Among other
thing. tu4t Dec said tbe following will be OF
interest 10 bis ola comrades in arms.
"Tle question csne home 20 each indi-
yiduai 10 tho south whether he should be q
man ora coward, aud to-day, speaking as
Cl-ivuau. minister, and man, felt was
doing DID, duty 20 God when I worked my
gun until 10 was nearly red hot and the
,round fn front red with blood. / felt that
was doing NV duty just As much as / DO
now when / 20 into the pulpit 10 preach.
God makes men brage. aud 10 is the devil
who makes towards OF them. Thought in
ftrsd az following the old stcreoiyped
vsv would to-day tak . little OF
some a. Tho Incidents of the war.
Sou remember wien q man came into
our camp how We locked around him 10
hear bow tUo Csy bad gone with ms com
mand in particular fight. will give you
s Kind % journal ~ what l saw during the
hrst teu DAYS ~ the fight in Spoi,yiVania.
TIE ladies here, too, may Get some idea u
what we went through IN those DAYS, and
thew viii then know wny wc reverence these
dead heroes around Us. should exceed
the time allotted 90 ma sound The long-roll
o. ths mess-gail- either OF these always
breaks up meeting Of soldiers.
WAR INCIDENTS.
We left the Rspidan river May 3. 1854.
knowing VI bad severe work on hand. In
TIE Confederate army we generally knew
wha, wss gone on s. well as tbe generals.
When we started for the Wilderness we
knew We had To meet Grsut and 49,. 090 men.
Nav An w. started on our march hungry
We bad eaten nothing since the day before.
We met men coming back from The front all
~ Yhom said. We have met plenty of cav
stry but DO infantry We thought possibly
there was no tight on hsud. On the morning
a. May 9th Ne found plenty OF tederais, As
many - the most greedy Confederate want
Cd pughterl aud ere long there broke forth
tnr most terrific musketry ever heard on
earth.
GENERAL LoNoIsEEu WOUNDED.
"There was little lighting OF artillery. |
saw LougsIeet brought out bleeding from
a wound under his collar-bOne, and Il was
generally supposed be would die. ON the
night o. Mas Tth we started about o'clock
90 ~ round Grants sImy 50 a, to protect
Richmond. lu the section through which
Ne marched there we're no iroOps, the birds
ssos yayly. aud al nature was aglow. Barks-
dsIt's artillery and our battery, the Rich
ulond Howltlcrs, were az The front. About
noon SUNDAY we came up 10 N'uaiEs csvHl-
~. grouped round farmhouse, and saw
tLat >tuafrs DNdly-mounted little command
bad kept two army divisions from marching
more thau six miles IN two days. We
stopped teasing cayarymen after that day
GENERAL !. ,. b. SrCARFs SMILE.
"Gcuerai stuart came up with his blsud
,mile, he always bad a blsud smile when DC
wquted 20 put YOU 10 trouble. stuart said ;
well. bow. I have something for you 70
do lie took Us into freshly pioughed
field. 10 itself enough 20 daunt a battery.
and mounting out the enemy, said: Il want
YOU TO break them al up, cavalry, Infantry,
and artillery In q little while eighteen
Federal guns were playing on two OF our
syrr say I'M we did all be bad asked OF US
We scattered them ALL
BLOODY INCIDENTS.
"Genersi Humphreys, commanding