Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-04
TO LOWER THE VEIL.
The Howiszers Memorial to Be Dedl.
Gated on the 18th Instant
OLD AND NEW ROSTERS.
Survivors Of the Battalion and Members
Of the Present Company,
RECORD IN WAR AND PEACE,
Soldiers OF vaior and Citizens Of Worth
Personnel of the ofricers and other
Notes of Interest.

On the 18th Of this month oeautiful
monument will be unveiled in Richmond,
and the bronze figure OF Oonfedera'e
gunner will silently recall the gallant
deeds of the Richmond Howitzer Bat
TALON.
Ceremonies appropriate to the occasion
will be held, aud the merry lads Oh tue
present battery will Join hands with the
surviving warriors Of the veteran aSSo0'A'
ton IN doing honors 10 the dead.
The handsome memorial TO the serves '.'is
ot the brave Virginia artillerymen Will
consist of a pedestal surmounted py
statue eight feet high, aud Will stana on
the triangular plot bounded by GroVe
avenue. Park avenue, and HARRISON Street G
which has beep dedicated by the City Coun,
c,l and desipnated as "Howitzer Place.
The fgnre represents q young man ABOUT
q years Of age, No. at the plece; ,,.
The pedestal will be OF classic s'yIe. ous
will vary notably from any other wofk X, ..
It's kind in the city. IL VIII c9nsas. ~ nd :
base. die triglyph course. ana cap aho
stand unon mound feet high; Inc
whole structure will be 81 feet hlgh; anu
;rcinding the statue 17lS feet. ON elther
side of the die there will be bronze mccall
lions 1B inches in diameter. One IeplO-
duces on an enlarged scale the IioM NIss
badge. and the other bears tne oiG' -
satire OF a Confederate bsttle-na9, MI 80
eucucled by the legend, from Do'N'' "
Appomattox. -. yvosb;noton. an
old member of the battalion, VIII DC Tue
orator of the occasion.
RECORD OF THE HowITZERs'
The unyeiling of the monument VIII re-
call many memories of the past, ana orins
to mind once more the history OF the gar
iant Uow,tzer Battalion. A full sSetch Oh
The organizatiop was published Few
yreeks soo in the DISPATCH, but secohu
hasiy glance at their record VIII not 90 IA
apuropriate. The battery was oTgaii .-o !.
in 1859. aud at the breaking out Oh tne ma'
MAJOR George w. Randolph, tae COM
JIo,t conceived the idea of forming
a battalion of three companies. his was
done and Colonel j. G. Shields was maue
rantain OF the first COMPANY. lie was sue
casdei Inv Captain William L. Palmer
mo latter was followed by Captain 70: >.
MCCARTHY, a true hero, who was kliIeu ~
Cold Harbor The last war captain wa
X. NJ. Anderson. ID. .. MCCARTHY ,i nnI'
Robert Armistead were auioHS wv
tenants III tins battery.
j. Thompson Brown. Afterwards colonel
Of the First Virginia Regiment was
the first cOmmandant OF the second con-
PAN. Henry Hudnall was, the second
David Watson the third, and Lorraine +.
.Iones the fountn. Among the lieutenants
were Henry $. Jones. Wallace ncRae, D.
G. Angel, W. l., Sheppard, the ehd af'lS''
Lewis Booker. and William Nj. Archer;
Captain Robert Stanard was the r 1 hrst
commandant OF the third company, EDGAR
= MoSely the second, and Beniamin'H.
smith the third and last. The heutenantss
we're Henry c. Carter, James ). Utz' ano
William Plummer Payne. A.
The following is a complete list OF the
Surviving members of the battalion, as
nearly as they could be obtained 10y the
officers of the association. and their al
dresses as far as they ore known;