The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-10-30

Q feet inches in height. On tho diverse Of
the die is the inscriptions:
Wckham.
Soldier Statesman Patriot. Friend"
Presented to the City Of Richmond
by
Comrades in the Confederate Army
and
Employees Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway.
On the reverse is the name,
Williams Carter Wickhsm,
with the date of his birth and death.
AS soon as quiet was restored Governor
Mckinney stepped to tho front and spoke as
follows
Fellow citizens-Our war in many respects
has been peculiar one, and 1t has often been
said that our privatos were as intellectual.
pure. honest and true as their commanders.
The Wickham Monument Association have
selected one of the old privates 10 Introduce
the speaker to-day. He was born in New
Kent county, has been elected to the General
Assembly time and again; he has been ITS
Speaker. he has been circuit jndge and
Judge Of the Court of Appeals. lie has
always been true to his duty and | take
great pleasure In introducing to you the Hon.
B. w. Lacy. Judge of the Supreme Court
Judge Lacy spoke as follows
Once more surviving soldiers of the South
land, We have reassembled and reunited to re-
kindle the camp fires Of memory aud by their
light to behold again the noble deeds. the
heroic life of departed chieitan.
The silent statue Just unveiled speaks OF
form familiar to us amid the stormiest scenes
and beneath peaceful skies as we'll
When a few short years ago we came bring
| ing the scars of battle and the gears of years
with the homage of all our hearts to lay the
first stone Of the noble pile on which the
statue of General Leo should one day stand
rs it does stand to-day. the admiration of all
brave men and of all the fair women
of our land, at the mead of the
moving column Of the veteran cav
airy OF the South assembled in Rich
mond on that day. chosen by his old
| soldiers. our old brigade commander. General
| Wickham rode on his snow-whie steed. and
led all that was left of his legions 10 the
| shrine of Lee chosen to lead them by the
! survivors of the cavalry corps which had
proudly folio we that unnat ched trooper, Gen
| eral }. f.. i. stuart. whose locating plume
was their flag which ever shone on the path
| to glory. an chosen III part no doubt
| because when the heroic stuart fell on that
| bloody battle field Just outside the gates Of
| his beleaguersd city hrsvely fighting in its
| defense against tremendous odds, close
| ~ beside him. swOrA in hand, sternly
confronting his coHn!r, foes. WIS the well
| emembered form Of Genersi Williams Career
Mlokhsm. lie of al! ;he great carta n Of
! hin who Was first a. ~ Dui helTts
We thought on that day Of many owed
+ cor rad.s who had fallen IN battle long De-
| fore and looked sad.y on pauy pa o. II
time h1d msde III our depicted ranks IS t.
! years rad pa. red ald ponderet y nav ~, n
the speody changes the Near futlIo mus
make ~ ou- diminishing numteIa hUt npus
! OF ne thought as $3.50 looked upon lhe martial
/ form OF orr LooJIod leader US no rode
( through The wntrg rain Nhich bent VIII uii-
/ ting ige upon 'his soc, gray head That We
/ looked for h. last time upon him wa adj
| known 40 .oug and WEI.
| But so { turned out. When the slcred work
| of thst dav was done he ade 10 farewell in
| few kindly words and with a Collapsed Tor
| our future dism seed the line and We parted
| TO our accustomed paths. shortly thereafter
he died IA he fought the battle OF lfe-7ss "a
ldier dies with his amor on-and he sleeps
now in the bosom Of his mother Virginia in
| whose service. IN peace and in war. al the
| years Of his lie were spent.
/ CAPTAIN or THE TROOP.
In war in her defense within the long
shadows that stretch from the spires of the
historic city of williamsburg and ON the
summit of her blue mountains, his blood
flowed across the path of the invader. Enter
Inc the military service of the land of his
birth, Us the captain of that famous
band of dashng cavaliers, from tho
home of Patrick Henry and Henry
Clay tho renowned Hanover troop Of
horse. he drove it like a wedge through
many a proud and glitterine phalanx of the
foe. As the colonel of the glorious Fourth
he made it the pride Of the old brigade
and when AS brigadier-general he marsEaled
the brigade for action. il was with full ranks
ardent soldiers well-mounted and we'll
equipped to do the deeds that raised it high
on tho roll of fame.
In peace. in her service and for her glory,
he "scorned delights and lived laborious
fllsd place 20 large among bis fsllow.men