Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-05-22

Survivors Of the whole battalion. which
formed q part Of the Light Division. and
subsequently, Of the Third COrOs, and the
Peornm Battalion Association contributed
TO tbe monument fund the remnant OF
subscription they had raised for the pur-
pose of placing memorial window 10 Hili
IN the chapel of Lee Camp. Soldiers
Home.
srvTIMrNT TAvoRISG A STATUE.
In the meantime a sentiment IN favor of
n gtatue of Hill had been crystal.lZing, ana
the action of the Pegram Hattallon Assoc
clation having given the movement prac-
t,Dol Gimme " met with the endorsement
INF The Governor of Virginia md Governor
Scales. of North Carolina. ami OF num-
her of the leading Confederate officers
WHO had served IN the Third Corps. 4
meeting OF prominent citizens OF RICE
wonJ was held and committee, consist
inc Of Colonel w. H. Palmer, Captain
Thomas Elicit. Major Thomas \. Brander.
Captain W. Gordon McCa0e. il. -. Muh-
ford. 81. @. Crenshaw. J.. hoith Dargan;
and Major Lewis Ginter, was appointed
appeal 70 every surviving aoIuler 81 VIZ
| COnfederacy and the women OF the
South TO aid in the noble Work.
This was at period when several other
monument associations were appealing -
! to the people, but owing TO the ludeiailea-
| ble labors of the committee and the uni
versal recognition that the South owed IL
| to herself that the movement should De
carried through, about year ago sninclent
money mad been raised 10 justify the asso-
| citation in giving out tho contract tor the
! stone work OF the monument and the
| commission for the statue. The hrst was
| awarded 20 Mr.. James Netherwood. Tie
| design for tho statue was made by Mr. W.
! /. Shepuard from his crayOn-picture Of
| Hill. and the enlarged model. from which
| the bronze was cast, was worked out by
! Buberl. o New York sculptor. The entire
| memorial is "a feet from the base TO the
top OF the head Of the figure. THIS morn
! lng the DISPATCH presents an excellent
| picture OF Il.
| SIZE OF TIE MONUMENT.
The Ste of the monument Is at the inter-
section Of the Hermitage road and Labnr-
| mum avenue, and Is about milo and q
| hale from the city. IL OverlOOhs the spots
al which General Hill assumed command
/ OF ms first brigade and subsequently Of his
| Light DIVISION and Is IN close proximity 20
| the point at which, with that division. he
| brought on the "seven-days' fight" Tho
| Light Division was composed OF Pender's
! North Carolina. Archer's Tennessee,
| Branch's North Carolina, Gregg's South
] IarOiliA. IltiN , ' lIElIlA. anu iti.tn y
| Georgia Brgades. aud Pegram's Battalion
| Of Artillery. and made aTecord forrapldlty
! in marching. dash in charging, and steadi-
| ness III resisting attack that was unsur-
passed in the history OF the war.
the INSCRIPTIONS.
The inscriptions on the monument arc
| as follows:
A. T.. HILL,
Born in Cuipeper county, VA
| Killed Before Petersburg
April =, lSJj
West Front:
| Lieutenant General aud Commander
| Third Corps,
Army Northern Virginia.
| East Front:
| Erected BY PogIam Battalion
aud his
Comrades Of tho Army Of Northern Virginia
General A. p. Hill was striking man IN
| anpearance. and the statue represents him
in one of his tavOrte attitudes. lie WIS
about feet 10 inches III height, rather
sparely built, rudy III complexion. and
wore both beard and moustlcne. His hair
which was generally long. was inclined to
curl. His eyes were hazel and as a rule
gentle IN expression, but in the excite
ment Of baltic could emit an almost fiery
fash. He was no creation OF his superlOrs
in the sense that he was an object OF Ia
Yoritism.
COMMANDED PROMOTION.
From the day he resigned his commits
sion in the United States army, whore he
mad made en- enyiable record III the hexi-
can war and IN Florida. aud took the
colonelcy OF the Thirteenth Virginia Regi-
ment TO the time he was made lieutenant
general, he received promotion that his
caliantrv and services as thoroughly
equipped soldier did not command. lie
literally carved bis way 10 the COM
mand of a corps with his sword.
He inspired by his presence. his con-
fjdence. and his example. As colonel.
"a brigadler, as maior-general. and as lieu
teuaut-general he gave the closest atten-
ton TO the most minute details OF the
school of the soldier. He was IA drill-mas-
ter without being martinez. and dlscl-
plinarian without beng tyrant. As a
CONSEQUENCE he ever had his men perfectly
in hand. and made the fact tell at more
than Que critical moment during the war:
This was illustrated at Eravsers Farm and
at Cedar Mountain, where Hill hurled his
veterans upon the enemy with compact
ness and iinpetuosity that carried every
thing before them.
NAPoLEoNrc MARCHES.
Some Of his marches were Napoleonic in
their CELEBRITY and in the result that &C.
cruel. Perhaps the most brilliant ex-
ample of this was the forced march he
made from Harper's Ferry after receiving
the surrender ut that place TO Sharpsburg.
where he arrived IN time 10 fall upon the
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