Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-23
VETERANS REUNION.
MEETING OF THE OLD POWHATAN
CAVALRY AND ARTILLERY.
A Monument to Bc Erected TO the Heroes
OF tho War--A Virginia Dinner
Tho Organizations.
Correspondence Of .hO Richmond Dispash.l

poyHArAS COURTHOUSE. Sept. ls, 1890.
The annual reiinion of the survivors of
the Powhatan Troop and the Powhatan Ar
tillery took place hero to-day. largo
number Of the old soldiers were in attend
ance, many of whom were from other
counties and from your city, together With
seyeral invited guests. The meeting was
organized in the court room. presided over
by Major Charles Old. Captain Joseph
Uobson. and Lieutenant Beverly X. Sell
den, with Mr.. /. u. Hill As secretary and
John Goode. Of Richmond. as treasurer.
MONUMENT.
Tho matter before the meeting was the
raising OF fund 70 erect upon tho court
green A monument OF Virginia granite 70
the memory Of those members OF the com.
pauies who fell in the war. The speech OF
the occasion was delivered By Judge +. h.
Farrar. an invited guest. who upon ms
nomination rs an honorary member made
one OF his best addresses, in which ne
moved the audience alternately from the
pathetic 10 the ludicrous. from the suo-
lime to the comic.
AGRAND BANQUET.
\ large and sumptuous dinner was en-
loved. where the old Virginia ham banked
with greens. the saddle of mutton. the
roasted shoat. aud the famous brunswick
stew were greatly enjoyed. Inc company
then reDairsd to the courtroom and re-
NAMED until short time before SHUTDOWN.
where they enioyed some of the best mu.,
sic In song and the tones Of the violin and
banjo rendered by two gentlemen OK your
city, who were invited guests.
SKETCH or TIP TROOPS.
The Powhatan Troop was formed shortly
after the John Brown raid blythe late Gene
raj Philip ~. George Cooke as captain and
Judge John T. Lay as FIRST lieutenant q,
The powhatan Artillery WAS organized
immediately after the secession OF virginia
by the late Major Willis j. Dance as cap
tain and Captain John NJ. Cunningham a.
frat lieutenant.
The Powharan Troop was NJ once order
ed into service a. body-guard 70 their cap
tain. General Cooke. who had been ep;;
poiuted bv Governor lotchcr general
commanding the Department of Northern
Virginia. and we reported TO him nj Cui-
pepor Courthouse. and IL was the first com
pany shat arrived at Manassas. When
General bouham succeeded General Cooke
we acted under hun. and when General
Bcauregurd took command after the re-
duction Of Fort sumter the troop attended
him. and acted as ms orderlios and couriers
at the battles of Bull Run and the tlrst
Manassas.
THE FAMOUS FOURTH.
II was then mado part Of the Fourth Vir-
| eiuia cavalry. with the Black Horse of
/ Fauquier. the Tittle-Fork Rangers of Cul-
/ peper. the Hanover. the Buckingham. the
/ Chesterfield. tho Goochland, the Prince
/ William. and Madison troops. and under
/ Generals Wickham. tltz Lee, and stuart
| participated IN all the principal cavalry
/ engagements in the war, leaving som" oi
/ their brave boys on all the battle fields
| from Maryland TO AppomnttoN. lht
/ Powhatan Artillery was actively engaged
| all during the war and lost large number
Of members at the storming of Fort Harm
son. below Richmond when Dance wa
struck down with well-nigh fatal wound
A HEROIC ACTION.
IN Justice 10 the memory of the first cap
tain of the troop We recall ms heroic ac
tons and important service he rendered
M the First Manassas. After tho battle ol
Rull Run on Thursday. when the enemy
attempted cross the stream at Mitchell
4 or McIeau's ford or the next SUNDAY
morning. they made feint 30 cross at the
same ford when they were moving then
forces up the stream TO cross at tue stone
/ bridge where the old turnpike from War
! reuton TO Washington crosses Bull run
General Cooke was ut the LOWS house: OF
"A hill overlooking the bridge, with iuian
try and two companies OF artillery. Wit
his guns playing upon the bridge he ad
yanced with his infantry ind prevente'
the crossing. and they then crossed a
Sudley. several miles higher up the strean
and several hours later. When they die
cross there and marched down the STREAM
Jackson had had time 10 be in their front
and the first great battle of the war wa
won bv the Confederate troops. Had the
enemy not been held IN check by Genera
Cooke at Stone bridge the result woulC
have been different. ". L. u.