Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-24

GUS scout. Several are managers Of rail-
ways. several are bankers. some are at
torneys at law, the lamenfed James ~
Dunlop, who was one OF Virginia's most
brilliant orators. having belonged TO this
number. a college professor OF distinction
is in the list. Many stuck to the plough
share.
HISTORY OF THE TROOP.
The Powhatan Troop was organized In
1860 by General Philip st. George Cooke
He was succeeded in short time by
Colonel John +. Lay. and Colonel Lay
Major Charles DID, and he in
turn by Captain Joseph Hobson, the
ideal OF the troop. and Of every one
who knows him. The company did most
of its fighting under the last two captains.
1t was truly cosmopolitan organization,
its membership coming from various sec
tions OF the State. One was from Mary
land, Key Howard. Esq. now residing
near Fredericksburg. Coming, as they
did. from various sections. men OF va.
rious characters were brought together
They were capable. or at least they
thought so, Of discussing every subject
on earth. even finance The financial
methods OF the Confederacy were OBJ
jected 10. on the ground that a soldiers
pay was only sl2 a month, and would
not buy mint iulep. Through the In
formation which they gathered from all
over the Army of Northern Virginia,
for they had wide acquaintance. they
knew what General Lee was going to
do before he made up his mind President
Davis was freely discussed, and the
Quartermaster and commissary generals
were voted to be useless appendages so
far as the cavalry corps was concerned,
because their wagons hardly ever came In
sight. The only solution Of the probleni
OF feeding and clothing the cavalry was
to capture from the enemy clothing.
stores. and arms and equipments. And
they did II. When the Powhatan Troop
reached Appomattox Courthouse every
saddle. bride. canteen. haversack. halter.
spur. pistol, carbine. and sabre which
they possessed had been captured from
the enemy. The most remarkable thing
OF all was that they refused TO return
these things. and after the surrender
cut through the Federal Gordon, and
brought them home.
THE MONUMENT,
The object Of the survivors Of the troop
In erecting the monument at Powhatan
Courthouse is not SO much to glorify the
individual achievements Of the officers
and men Of the company. nor to record
the names OF Its slain, but to leave tn
their posterity an object which will re-
mind them that their fathers did their
duty cheerfuly and unfinchingly under
most trying conditions. and also that
they may keep in recollection an organi-
zation that won the confidence Of its
gallant commander.
The president OF the Monument Associa-
ton Is Mr.. James r. Werth. who was
gallant soldier, and is now well-known
businessman OF Richmond. He Is gene
raj manager OF the Farmville and Pow
hatan railroad, president OF the Granite
Building Company, and is connected with
other enterprises. Mr.. Werth has taken
a deep interest In the affairs OF the asso-
ciatlon, and has been especially jealous
In the monument cause. 1t was upon his
motion that the association on Thursday
adopted the attractive design for the me-
mortal submitted by Captain Edgerton s.
Rogers, OF this city.
The Powhatan Troop suffered many
hardships. They. nevertheless, had gene
rally a good time. but the war cost them
forty-s!x killed and wounded. many or
whom were wounded two and three times.
their horses having been killed.
WHAT IT WILL BE.
The design Of Captain Rogers IL an ex-
ceedingiy appropriate one Virginia gram
,te Is 10 be used. mound Of turf feet
IN height. is surmounted by q base OF
granite. bearing the inscription. Erected
10 Keep IN Tender Recollection the Pow
batan Troop. Company Il. Fourth vir-
ptnia Cavalry. Second Brigade. First d.
vision. Cavalry Corps Army OF Northern
Virginia"
on the back OF the base is the inscrip-
,,on .To Honor valor Is Mankind's De-
tight. and on the side Of It are inscribed
the words 1851 -Manassas--lSo Appo-
,uattox" The front Of the shaft bears
Four rar,ands of immorteilsa renrsssufins