Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-14

| as II is a new country. and their minds
/ have been devoted TO other matters and
| We have a considerable number of Con-
| federatcs here. representing every state
and every branch Of service. but myself
and two or three others have been stir
| ring them up. and Will have them all or
ganlzed in a year or so. General Edward
J.. Thomas. Indian agent at the Sac and
Fox agency. is maJor-general OF OKLA
homa Division. We have five camps or
gained, and viii organize more. and We
have organized the Daughters % the Com
federacy. and Mrs. Clark Braden is presi-
dent. she Is a worker, and distant rela-
tives Of the Lees.
Miss Mary VI. Boale has been appoint
ed a sponsor for Oklahoma Territory She
is the daughter Of Or. 4. j. Beale, cap
tain Of our camp here, and a prominent
kentuckian who belonged 10 the Ninth
Kentucky Infantry, Breckinridge's Di-
vision. l cannot tell yet how many will
go from here to Richmond. but the at
tendance will be small as the distance is
considerable"
COLONEL CASLER'S WAR RECORD.
John o. easier was a private in Com
pany 4. Thirty-third Virginia Infantry,
Stonewall Brigade. Second Corps, Army OF
Northern Virginia, from the time of the
organization OF the brigade at Harper's
Ferry I'm 1861 until January. 1865. when.
being the last and only member OF the
company left, he was transferred to
Company j. Eleventh Virginia Cavalry.
Rossor's Brigade. He was captured iy
General Sherdan's Cavalry February 8,
1866. near AloOre1eld Hardy county. ".
Va. and carried 10 Fort McHenry. Balt-
more. Md. where no was confined in
prison as n guerilla or notorious charac-
10 of ffrs
the surrender May =. 1865, by taking the
oath Of allegiance 10 the United States
Government Mr easier was I'm nearly
all the campaigns in which the brigade
took part. and was slightly wounded
twice. He was seldom sick. and always
refused promotion. lie has been living in
Toxas, Indian Territory and Oklahoma
the last twenty years, and az present IS
Acknowledgement and chief-of-staG Of
Oklahoma Division. United Confederate
Veterans. lie is also aide TO Lieutenant
General W. G.. Cabcu. commander Of tho
Trans-Mississippi Department. United
Confederate Veterans. and As a member
from Oklahoma Territory on the His
torical Committee lie is also a member
of the committee from Oklahoma Terri
tory on the "ROuss Memorial Museum.
FENTUCKY'S DELEGATION.
Major-General John Boyd. Of the Ken
lucky Division. writes that Lis State Will
send a large delegation here TO the re-
union. Major Boyd was a gallant SOL
der throughout tho war. and served as n
private until the surrender He was born
in Richmond. KY, January Z, 1871. He en-
listed at Lexington. KY, I'm the Buckner
Guards, Of Cleburne's Division. Hardee's
Corps Army Of Tennessee. and served as
private soldier in this command
throughout the war and was surrendered
by General Joseph L. Johnston with that
army az Greensboro. y. c. He was in
the battles Of Murfreesboro'. Chickamau-
ga. Missionary Ridge. Ringgold Gap, tho
campaign from CHATTANOOGA TO Atlanta,
Jonesboro'. Dalton. Franklin. and Nash
Vile. lie IS and has since the war been
engaged in the saddlery business and IS
o member OF the firm Of Thompson g.
BOYD. In Lexington. Ky