The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-29

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/ our gfeat battles are matters Of controversy
But the prowess OF the Confederate armies
and the con ummatc SIKH OF tneit commands
efs need n stronger attestatiOn than ihe
simple statement that during the entire val
less than eight hundred thousand men, oi AL
arms, were enlisted in the COnicdciate ser
! vice; and we have the authority OF ine dog
rapheIs OF President Lincoln, who VIII h"l
| be acct scd OF unftrncss 10 thems Ives, ioi
the statement that during the tame J. rca
Tho number Of men pat into the service o.
| the United states army, navy and marines
was 1900, iOl. besides some 10000 emef'
eeucy men.
General Law then made a rapid review OF
the battles Of the four years and, conlinu-
ing said:
THE WOMEN OF THE CONTEDERAcT.
In numberless homes throughout the land
from the stately mansion Of the CITY ana .no
plain, to the lonely cot on the mornttin, Is
heard the voice OF many Kachels weeping ioi
their dead. rut while The sHd tears lill, me
willing b fuds are working. Hearts arc
bleeding hut swell with patriot pu.e as thcy
are laid broken on their cOuut;y's altar.
Honor 10 the solder VINO faces death upon
the battlefield. or dies ia q great cause.
Greater honor 10 Tie mother, or the WIG. ne
sister VINO . rdS his sword, yields Nun 10 the
cause Of duly, and dies hundred deaths ln
his. By their spirit and by their deeds tue
women Of~tnc COnicdcracy are equal shifcfs
with ITS soldiers Of a glory which one could
not have achieved without The other. Inen.
let their names be written high upon tho IT,. J
OF honor. when fame beIucatncs her jewels
to history.
.'ict The song and the stately rhyme
with softly sounding tread 90 iorth'
10 voice their praise
And honor their memories,
until the South's last past i. dead and his
harp hangs tuuclcss ON the willows OF time
Aye. Of thcir devotion, their hcrolsin, their
.ChrisiliSe mlnistraiiOns and suffering, iri
The recording angel, dipping his glowing pt N
f1 d
the great scroll OF heaven Immortal! lAp-
plause.
DEATH or THE CoNfEDERACI
When Aencas The Trogan was commanded
bv the Queen of ldretlage Co relate the ira--
ic story OF the tan OF IlOy. ne gave express
sion tOhis 'unutterdbie grlet" ln the Quf'-
ton "WhO of the AlYrmidOns or what soldier
even OF the stern Ulysses can refrain nom
tears al such q recital HE 1871
of the COnicdcracv and the &c th
struggle cf the Army Of Northern Virginia
are rife with scenes as borrowing and heroic
as any enacted beneath tine walls of Troy,
ana equally worthy OF The sympathy even oi
their foes.
utmost tension. reaN go lest. hetreahne,
fighting. watching. fasting, dying Cine arms
has only To- change front % meet foe. No
pcmp or circumstance OF glorious war Us
10 uniCcoIdtd deeds whose powers mi-n
claim an epic strain. The flag tilN
flies. and The shattered ranks stiii
form beneath lie starry cross. hr emblem
aDW OF lue ciucihAioA on uif tttLue'' g. i"7c
that ever failed. I'm vain, ail iu van. Iofc
flies. the end comes fame drops inc sW1ft
ana leaves me Nlc'piN 10 d"tln' our gre
commando lays down his sNoid. 81 l.-
command am MS oh'l' iht i""I -u'll "i
the grand army 81 Noiiuru Virginia
ground their arms. and slorm-craIied ha-
ton is dett.
IL was cnaracierlste Oh lee $ sied.hr -
tnai while he accepted succ b, WIN nn''l-
fsh mOdesty. be always mot adversely spieu-
didly. D b" chapter in military history j, }'i
go De written. which present, honicf scene
than thai 'l the greatest solder OF modern
time riding mons MS shattered troops bl
Gcttysbuig, cOnsoling them a., no 0inc.
mortal could, and taking az oh hlnstl .he
whole responsibility OF failure. Ana eiet.
IS ice always ways, Robert j.. rec never 80
filled the iuil stature Olp'rls ct MANHOOD as
on that fatal field when he sheathld his
stainless sword forever.
what brush of painter ungulded by The i'm
SEPARATION OF mose than mortal genius, what
song OF poet, una,tuuCd tO notes o nttinE
the nIustrelsy OF heaven. what orator whose
lips have not been ioucae hy Ii i've coal
from OF thcallar OF Divine cluQueucc. WhH
ID stOriau whose pen has NOT been 0ippcd il
the blood OF heroes IN 4T ully portray such
scenes AMI such characters
GRANT AND RECOSs4I.CCIloS
Rrt in tho contamination Of ouf own mis-
f,t,rnes lef ,fs lot f.ir0af fla generous traaI-
I'M line b.rts al fnaf rro.t.
solIfor ,,Io rqyc 10 "a brave but fallen f..
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mon, Iiir-so, : cant. fit. Union hsroaut
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ed ti,' irtom hi the terms Ven mn Nno
mattox 4 decentralization which. IL ALLOW. a /
~ stand. womb have quickly healed iac /
wounds Of war and len no 'Dl. ody chasm' t0 /
oe nildged ny lhe ueFIilSu d'fl'e9 oi Peo'''
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aust were '"tttS, nil, "'M ~ iNf.i-
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i'm read hi among 'the mortal names thar
'ere not born e. die After a g.e4t AMI
oble life with the honOrs a two countries ]
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elt NJ tie confedefocv