The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-05-29
VIRGINIA'S HERO.


Pepram's battalion. John Murphy. Letcher
battery pegrams battalion Dr. II. Cabeli
Tabb. Fredericksburg battery Pegrains bat
TALON. II. strobe. Fredericksburg battery.
Peeram's battalion +. +. Chesley. fredericks-
burg battery, Pegrams battalion captain =.
Keith Dargan, Zee Dee battery, Pegram =
battalion Captain Thomas Elicit. CrenshaW
battery. Pegram's battalion: Colonel ". IL.
Palmer. A. A. @. Third army corps.
THE PARADE.
The procession will promptly start at 1890
A. VI. and General Harry Ileth, of Washing
ton. b. c.. viii be chief marshai, with Colonel
William II. Palmer Of Richmond as CHEF o.
his staff.
The following distinguished officers and
citizens have consented 20 act ~ aids 70 Gen
eral Heath. Captain W. Gordon McCape'
Petersburg Va Colonel ". W. finneY. Suo-
let's Tavern Va: Lieutenant beNeriy H.
Selden Richmond, Va; Captain StochtoA
Ieth. Radiord. Va Colonel q. M. fa2oe
Washington. h.. O.. Dr. George Ross men
mond Va. Dr. g. W. =. Brock Richmond
Va. joseph Bryan. Richmond. Val captain
H. H. L. Adams. lynchburg. Va. Coionel >.
Y. Bidgood Richmond. Va: Judge r. g.
Minor. Richmond. Va Judge il; W.
TlOurnOy, Richmond. Va, Colonel J.. d. ~
Talcott Kichln nd. Va: Colonel Walter II.
TAYLOR. Norfolk. Va; General G.. VI. SoTei'
Savannah. Ga. ". N. Trgg. richmond. VA
Colonel A. g. Dickinson. AeW fork Captain
" IA Weisger Richmond. Va; Colonel ".
l. Tanner Richmond. Va. q. fOwri iiii'
1achmOud. Va: 'oiOuei ArcheF Anderson
Richmond. Va: General i. VI. logan. hlch-
mond. VA. Captain Charles Williams
Iicbmond Va. Colonel N. J.. Maury. Rich
moud. Va: Colonel G. Oh Coward H.
Richmond. Va. Captain j.. I. Reeve, hich-
u0ud Va. Major n. y. Randolph. l'lch-
mond. Va. Judge George J.. Christian iicn-
m0ud. Va. .,.
of the pegram Battalion Asso .atlon' are
CAPTAIN James W. pegram, Dir. Joseph w.
TOurqureGu. COOn0. D. Is. urcell. VT.
james T. forriter. Mr. John 5. klieit. NaJer
A. K. Courtney. Mr Frank ID. Hhi. MAJOR A.
" CARRIER. tr. G. A. Robinson. Nr. cor IN
Warwick and Mr. IA. CobeIl Iabb. COURIER
Master james s. laugAorae.
Captain Tvlor viii wear the Confederate
uniform BE used du.ing tie war aud White
rosette. and Ais aides will wear red iosettes
The members OF tho Association VIII wear 10
addition ~ their hniges straw hats WIN e
gram Battalion in black and fed LANDS.
IgE VISITORS
Among those who have sIgnihed their N
tention Ol beng present are. General Bradley
4 Johnson Baltimore Colonel Skinner. Cen
eral William McCOmb. Captain r. y. winston
Colonel H. kyd Douglas, General George III;
stuart General William II. Payne. Coionel
Charles r. Neuable General IT. Ice. Dr. &.
IL Todd. Sergeant O.. w. Tucker General
Hips courier. who was with him when be was
killed and many others.
The widow of General Ill., now Mrs K. q.
Iorsythe. and General Hid dan hter Miss
Lucy Leo Hill. commissioner from Kentucky
e. tho Worlds lair will also DO present.
Mr. C. A. Saunders and VIC OF New ork,
tie latter General Hilis sister. and Mrs.
Porte Handsome his niece. with her lus-
band viii also attend. They VIII Do the
guests Of Professor W. ID. Thomas, Of Rich
mOud College
The committee on invitations have received
large number If replies from invited guests,
and an breathe a spirit OF admiration aud
love for the Virginia General. The following
extracts are taken from among the many.
II. g. Gibson. o 0l-tngui- he'd Federal Of
fcer. writes. 81 lieutenant General Ambrose
Powell llIi was my ella smate and trlend-a
distinguished sOdier of Virginia and of
America. / can render no more grateful tri-
butte Go his ~, mOrg THAI the lines 10 hum read
III the reunion of his classmates IN New Ork
IN October 1881:
Ills gallant form i'm death laid low
A. peace her mantle throw DER trltnt and Zoe;
His lill OF Iiie tIo sadly short hy far,
Was crowned With fame and martial glory star.
Another wel-known Federal officer Rufus
SaxtOn. writing from Washington. says. Cen
eral Hill was one of my dearest friends. We
were rOommates for three years while we
were both on duty IN tins city. : we'd him
tor his noble and manly character Al
though our paths DIVORCED IN 1861 our triond-
SHIP was unbroken.
His friends never doubted that he would
achieve the distinction no did in the great
conflict. no Drawer and rarely more skill
ful commander has ever ed on army 20 bat
tie Virginia does well 80 honor the memory
OF her gallant son aud soldier
Colonel Winfield Peters. of Baltimore,
writes as follows M regard to the Society Ut
the Army aud Navy OF tie Confederate States
IN Maryland:
aiFClAI 1ntlNs.
The Society Of tie Confederate States Army
aud Navy here have arranged with the Penn
sylyania railroad Tor special train which will
30 from Baltimore to Newfoundland return ON
Monday the 8Oth. We shall look for ii turn
ont of several hundred. We hope 10 he Joined
by good number at Washington. General
George II. Stewart viii probably command
our contingent including Baltimore aud
Washington. General Il. T. johnson will
also be present. Both had close relations
with General hill especially Genera. Stewart
At West Point aud lu tie old nlted States
army andln the same brigade lllzeys Con-
federate states arny-hil as colonel Of the
Thirteenth Virginia and Stewart as colonel of
the First MARYLAND. propose myself 10 be
IN Richmond ou the occasion
General William IT, Payne writes Captain
Will be witty admired hill and thought
HIM neglected Richmond elono seems
never 10 forget
General James g. Chalmers Mississippi: In
the hard struggle that Confederate soldiers
have been compelled o. nuke to- secure sub
sstence We have sometimes lost step with
each other bat when we meet 20 Confederate
reunion or memorial ceremonies commemOra-
tive of our gallant leaders We feel once more
the ardor OF soldier. We hear the clash OF
arms. and the form of him ia whose memory
We have assembled rises iife-lke before rs
and We love each other like brethren 10 the
end.
General f.. Kirby Smith poth my official
and personal relations OF friendship with Gen
eral Hill make me exceedingly anxious TO be-
present al the Uuvoillng of lis monument
To me ~ the early part Ol the war he VAS the
typical soldier OF the Army of Virginia. lie
was "a colonel IN nv division. and it was at my
earnest request that Mr. Davis gave HIM his
grade Oi brrade-generai
Colonel lily kyd Douglas. adiutant- genera,
of Maryland, says j Wal be present IL in nay
power. / reel great interest IA the final con
summation of this lOng-delerred duty AIN
reIOced that AT last the memory of that
superb division and corps commander the
brilliant general officer OF the Light Brigade
and Light Division, is 10 be preserved and
perpetuated. To honor the memory If such
man and soldier still further honOrs the