Iron County register., 1890-06-05
THE NICHE OF FAME.
Onvailing Of the Statue of General
Lee at Richmond.
A Great Gathering of Veterans of the Lost
Cause and the Militia of the Seced-
ed States Synopsis of Col
Onel Anderson's Grafton.

onel Anderson's Grafton.
RICHMOND, Va, May 29.-With blare
of trumpet, beat of drum and the BOOM
ing of cannon, the monument to Cen
eral Robert E. Lee, erected by the la
dies of the South. was unvailed to-day
in the presence of a great multitude OF
people. The earlier trains from north
and south brought many accessions to
the enormous crowd which filled the
city last night. The military companies
were met at the depOts by mem bers OF
the local military company and escort
ed to the great Exposition building,
where most of the citizen sol
dIery was quartered. As the later
trains arrived, however, the new
COmers were escorted or directed to
the place of assemblage where gather
ing thousands were already preparing
for the days parade. The streets of
the city had been decorated very elab-
orately aGd taStefuliy for the occasion.
From all the business buildings were
swung streamers in which the colorS of
the COnfederacy blended with the Ma
tiOnal emblem. The State colors of
Maryland and Virginia were literally
displayed. On some of the buildings
were huns battle-fa@s tat:ercd and
worn, and as the veterans passed be-
meath them on their way to the place OF
assemblage, they broke forth into
hearty cheers.
The gathering of the militia began
at an cary hour in preparation for the
parade. The head of the procession
formed on Broad street, facing north,
the left resting on Adams street. First
came squad of mounted police, then
the Stonewall Band, and following was
the chief marshal, Ex-Governor Fitz-
hugh Lee, wearing broad yellow sash
as his badge of office; his chief-of-staH,
General John Il. Cooke, wearing
white sash, and the chief marshal's
aides, among who were Senator Bate,
of Tennessee; Senator Colquitt, of
Georgia; Senator Hampton, of South
Carolina; Senator Ransom. of North
Carolina; Colonel Basil W. Duke,
of Kentucky; General Eppa
Hunton, of Virginia; Ex-Governor
Scales, of North Carolina; Cen
eral Joe Wheeler. of Alabama, and
many other distinguished Southern
soldiers. Following the mar5hals were
the carriages containing the invited
guests, in charge of Captain \. W. Car
Der; the veteran cavalry under the
command of General Wade Hampton,
and the Farmers Alliance. mounted.
On the other side of Broad street. under
command of General Heth, were the
veterans of North Carolina. followed by
the Society of the Army and Navy in
Maryland, the Frederick County md
veterans and the veterans of the Dis
trict of Columbia. Beyond them, and
on side streets. were formed the
other military and civic organiza-
tionS which were to follow in the
parade. Among them were veterans
from Louisiana, Virginia and others of
the Southern States. militia companies
from every State in the South, students
frOm the universities of Virginia:
Catholic | MON societies; the city fire
department of Richmond and firemcn
from Newberne. y. c. Noon was the
hour liked for the procession to move.
Long before that time most of the mill
tia companies and civic societies had
formed in the places allotted to them
and the chief marshaIs aides were
gallopiug backward and forward. bring
ing to headquarters news of the forma-
ton.
1t was nearly 1890 when word was
brought to General Lee that the parade |
was ready to move. Turning to his |
marshals he gave the command to move |
and the head of the procession moved |
down Broad street As the veteran |
cavalry passed. the volunteer troops
infantry, artillery and cavalry-fell |
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Farmers Alliance. The State troops |
were arranged in the order of secession
of the Southern States; South Carolina
being in the lead, and Virginia bringing
up the rear, each of the State cOntin-
gents carrying a distinctive banner.
These banners were furnished by tha To-
cal committee, and they served for the
identification of each State delegation.
OF far more interest to the throng that |
filled the Strests and looked down upon
the procession from windows and house
tops were the tattered and smoke
begrimed war flags carried by the |
veterans Waving handkerchiefs and |
ringing cheers from a thousand throats |
greeted them as they passed The |
students of Washington and Lee |
University carried handsome |
banner bearing the combined coat |
of-arms of the families of Wash |
ington and Lee. Each student |
wore the university cap of white and |
blue streamers. The faculty of the uni |
versity rode among the invited guests. |
Tho students of William and Mary Col |
lege carried a standard that was the |
flag of Virginia when she was a British |
colony. The surviving members of the |
Cadet Corps who took part in the bat |
tie of Newmarket, carried the banner |
around which they rallied in that memo
rable fight.
At the head of the procession rode eX |
Governor Lee, mounted on a spirited |
iron-gray horse. In the first carriage |
were Governor Mckinney, Colonel |
Archer Anderson, the orator of the day; |
General Jubal A. Early and General |
Joseph f. Johnston. In some of the 9TH |
or carriages were Captain r. E. Lee, |
General W. II. +. Lee, Miss Mildred |
Lee, Miss Mary Lee, Governor Fleming
of West Virginia; Senator Reagan, of |
Texas, administrations of the |
Confederacy, and General III. II. Walker, |
of Morristown. y. j.; Senators Butler, |
Barbour, Daniel, Kenna and Pasco, |
Governors Fowle of North Carolina, |
Fleming of Florida, Richardson of South !
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