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Earl, IN 1894. the chickasaw Guards.

Early in 1894. the Chickasaw GUARDS,
the crack company or Memphls hnn N"e
Southwest. for local charity, so' ny
competitive drill between three tsauis
from their ranks. The iirst or Ne,sian
members I'm their celebrated victorious
campaign OF 1879. the second from nus
who were in the Interstate drll az ~
dianapolis the third of younger memueIs;
The first two drilling by Upton, the thitu
by latest army regulations Inc
ran Chicks" won before large auulchSt.
Some one suggested that company Vi
Confederate Veterans be organizer lIVun
the Confederate Historical Association
and challenge the Veteran chicks i9r the
benefit OF the Forrest Monument unu.
The idea caught IRE. the COMPANY "as
formed. drilled behind closed oogIa' m M
tho contest took place In May, 1853. ny
Chicks" were commanded by CaptH.n
sam. T.. Carnes. who had led them 10 so
many victories under Upton tdcuCsi anu
the Confederatcs by Captain WIZ W.
Carnes. hls elder brother, ConieoeIaa,.e
Vetrau who was educated at Annhpohs
Who drilled tfem under their OLD mar
does tactics. The drill took place peioIs
an immense thrOng, each Delns Juu1
according to the merits OF their iyspeceiiAse
codes. The Chicks drilled win lhelr olu
tine nrocislon, and tho Veterans surprs-
cd ali by showing the youngsters theS
had forgotten nothing. The award was
given to the Confederate Veterans, anu
n handsome addition was made 10 the
Monument Fund. ,,.,. ro,,rorlv
arranged. bylaws adopted, under Whlcn
no one can be "a member unless nIst "a
member OF the Confederate hisi .',i,.,t
Association. SO that his Confederate IeT1lu
sSofi5 hc clean and unquestioned. IN
der state-aws and rs bylaws ond me Ge eod
pany was sworn into the Naloil"i ~
state ~ Tennessee. under the s'yle "a
company - 9 ., VI n, q br ri a. at Mem
.,,,is uiaa manned I'm 1898. the veteran
Chicks took the first step s 9PP'GI,r'e com.
nitt@e from the Confederate veteran
Company This Joint eommitte1er , TnAS wbi "a
y r.es So so successfully carried out. me nm,
Confederate Veterans. GO, a. r 5nsSiee,
driiIed In The class provided for haIgee 5
tactics tactIcs and were awarded the first Pr, ,Ss
OF 81 .Oo0. which again set tQIWeaiidq ~, ,no
Monument Fund. General Schoheio' tle
Commander in chief. who was pres..hh d
ana reviewed the troops, olu tnet" oa ~
Snror 10 send for them and 70 shahe e a.n
one Of them by the hand and 9omP PIN saS
tbom on their bearing and urill re nHu
faced most OF them thirty years neip d.
iU COMPANY a. sees IN the trip to Rich
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Commander Darlington Camp Darling
ton. S. @


Commander Darlington Camp Darling
ton. S. O.
officer OF tho day" when Johnson reached
the Big Black going 10 the relief OF Penn
beriOn at Nicksburg.
After the battles in front OF Jackson.
Miss. and Breckenridge. was ordered 10
Georgia 10 reinforce Bragg, ne csin-
maded the brigade g OVAL -, en- route
from Mississippi az 'Ehickamauea, ne
was I'm command " his regiment, ana
in the famous "KclIysheld,' az II O'Clock
Sunday. September 20 1865. was seNerciy
wounded and taken from the held' ne
North Carolina state commissl ron 10
gcther with the assistance OF me Nauohe!
Park commission. says OF the ,TeSiinehs
al that hour. as fOlOyT Ihlh MARKS
the spot Ga tablet where the Si1teth
North Carolina Infantry az noon, 90
Sunday. September 20. 1868. reached mo
farthcrest point attained ~ conieaeid'e
troops in this famous charge.
Al the org nizntion OF the L. &. " OF
west North Carolina, De was elected III, ,a,.
vice-commandent tW h t suI,eti ION Of
sthe ZebulOn Vance Camp was maue
commandment IT, January. 1870, ne was
appointed Inspcctor-Gencral OF western
bi'isi@ }9A F f25Gt69rSf gT%2li9fh 4 ccAMP.
The Callcote-Wrenn Camp. No. II g
". of Isle OF Wight county, va, was OF
gained on the llth day or June ISol
under charter granted by the bIanu
iuFnN or virginia anu NitH A'NN'fft-'~
rsdes was cleo ca officer for the hlsl
year. y. r.. Young. Commander. l. \.
Jones First Lieutenant Commandef'
Matt HAN. Second Lieutenant DomMttHu-
ar. W. H. Porter. Third Lieuttnant-1 ou-
mandcr. James 70. Porter Adjuianti W IN
4. womble. Paymaster; Dr. a X; Roy
kln SURGEON: Dr. g.. a. j.. Gait ASSIST
amt Surgeon. Rev. John McCIeAthu,
Chaplain. j.. II. whitley. QuarteunaSter'
Fnfah Nelms Co'or Sergeant Il. ,. Ney
nolds. Sergeant Major and A. = biid-
OWING 10 the fact that the large ma
iorltv Of tho members being farmers ana
living a long way from the cour mousse;
tho meetings were not well ATTENDED, anu
III. camp was not prosperous.
The commander made every eHoIt 10
arouse the old soldiers, but with niue
Success. until a meeting of an the oid
soldiers was called 10 attend D9sAe,
nicnic I'm August. 1894. when large
crowd were brought out and the e, mem ,arv
hership of the camp was increased Wy VIZ.
much At this meeting the COMMANDER
impressed upon the old soldiers the the , im.
nortance of organizing the old companies
ma RESERVATIONS TO work cOnloinuy Win
he csmp i'm making up complete rolls OF
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Na)
Henry 4. Darlington. the gallant and IN
trepid colonel Of the well-knOwn Eigh-
tenth Virginia Regiment Of Infantry.
who participated with distinguished S2l-
lantry In nearly an OF the battles OF the
world -renowued Army OF Northern VII.
ginil. and was several tim s5 mentioned
in Official reports Tor his bravery upon the
battlefield
charge, ns seized the rcgimeItal colors.
and led hts brave regiment up the heights
OF Gettysbure lu the daring ana head!Ong
charge Of the heroic Pickett
He was wounded and captured within
the cuemys lines ana WAS taken prisoner
% Johuson's Island, where he served
long and severe captivity. from the enecs
OF which DO never recovered.
Tho Eighteenth Virginia went into the
fight with 32J men aud lost In Killed,
wounded. az Second Manassas, Sharps-
wounded at Seven Pines and Williams
burg.
Alter toe war he was three times elect
ed CLERK OF the Courts OF Charlotte cOun-
~. which position he held Up 10 the time
OF his death on January p, lSs' lie
was q man OF great popularity. ana De
loved and horored by all who ever anew
him.
Of the H. A. Darlington Camp OF smith
Vile. Va. since its organization went m
rs cOru0ral Of the "thHrlOt.e kuef,'
known as Company X. Eighteenth Nir-
g1nia Regiment. the first company 10
volunteer from this county. lie served
with distinction and was made captain ~
IsG, I'm which capacity he served until
the close OF the ar. winning for himself
a gallant record. lie was three times
Wounded AZ Second Manassas, Sharps-
bur-. and Dr,wry's Blum. Re IS pros
perous merchant IN Smithyille Va. ana
il honored and respected by MI.
First LAeutenant-C onel-Commanfer &.
I clark. was capitals IN the Fifty-slxth
pinla Infantry. and has a brilliant war
second Iieuteuant-C Colonel Commander
Thomas W. Scctt. enlisted As a private
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elton Of business, and for social enjoy

action Of business. and for social ENJOY
ment.
II is in contemplation to gradually raise
a fund to aid and assist worthy disabled
and INDECENT comrades OF their camp
who need IT, care for the widows Anu
orphans OF dead comrades, ana also care
for tho graves OF Confederate ueao on
Northern soil. 20 aid In laying tns corne'
stone OF the jefferson Davis monument,
and to that OF other heroes OF me LOST
Cause. and for many other mat,ers ..
scarcely less value. Some OF ,he mos.
gallant officers and soldiers OF oinerenI
regiments from the State are ehtoI.eI
amongst its members The officers elected
at the organization 10 serve for one year
were as follows: Andrew I Harnee'
Commander; ~. Il. Stafford. Lieutenant
Commander; A. X. Parham, Ad)utsnt'
Il. j. Weatherbee. Surgeon ,,
Captain Andrew T. Harllee, COMMAND,
err OF Camp Harllee," Is successiuI
planter. living on the plantation where
he was born and reared, near Harnsr on
the. Atlantic Coast Line; ne u rom cue tpe
State. His grandfather emigrated from
Virginia TO this State I'm his youth, ana wss
one OF tho first settlers OF HhileeSNlle
now Little Rock, on Little zee zee ,' y,
the British navy before the Revolution
and lost a leg in It's service. he emlgfat-
ed to America and settled In NrElhd' anu
as a civil engineer no surveyed the woths
for Washington az iorktowh, ,o s,stnn
the British Government cut on his pension
which so enraged him that he chang-
cd his namo from Heriay 20 Harllee, wnlch
latter name the family has since oNn ,eu
His uncle, Gen. W. w Harlice. then Lieu
teuan,-GCyfrncr Of the State OF South Car
oilna. and also nember Of the Secession
Convention. by previous arrangement tele-
graphed him the moment the or1lnahce
was passed: General ID. +, Sai MA
President OF the Convention, also haa
nephew. Sanders G. Jamlson. now OF
winchester, Va. IN the same depart
ment Upon receipt Of the Il. telegram oS nm
they both repaired TO I'm the I oiIe Tbomp.
SON ~ Mississippi and rendered MN
their fS designations. alleging IN same that
Sonth carolina. having dissolved her con-
nection with the Federal Union they no
longer considered themselves S'''A''S
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iGOullnAIltt W.
wonderful success q that famous cam,
n,tgn il In no small measure due, ana
whose ashes repose la StOueWhH cemetery
Al winchester, Virginia, where TINS camp
This camp has also an important aux
uiarv m lis work in the Gen. turner
ANY camp Guard, an organization
,vh1ss likeness and unllkeness 10 the sons
of Veterans will appear from the fo!-
levin, extract from It's Constitutions;
.,rhe membership shall DO composed or
svnnnathlzers and sons OF Confederate
snldiera or sailors. who served hohoiaoy
IA the army or navy. -, 49,. 49,. .o.,a
..,rls ORGANIZATION shall nave Inc sa re
,,,,,,ie, ana rank Of officers a. that
nnimnteer military companies In ihe state
- Nir,inin That all applications Tor
,,e,rbe7sbip shall be referred TO NJ least
,h,es OF the members or the camp 'Heh'
Turner Ashby Camp, who snal act On
and return the same. II .nai 49, " -,
~ ~~ilf he soon that this diners IRON
the Sons OF Veterans IN EXTENDING rs
-, H.. r-nit, tp -NIuuat hiztlsi anu III nc
Inc more OF n military company. Inc iINt
adluitted young men OF themselves nul
In their sympathies eminehtly II. LOT
membership and us PURPOSE a.u -
imoiirible because not sons o. veterans;
p.e, Though. as in the case or one or me
-, valuable members OF the buard),
xxaro,,har ~ a veteran killed In the service.
IA the second ttho military character
Greatly helpec 10 keep alive ne interest
o. Tb Guard numbers some hfty-three
49,, 49,. ,,'.. al fut .nnttfiat ALE armed
u,i,b swords are well-driilled, ana Ia
,h.,ir fnsuual and eyoluuOns. resemble
the knights Templar. They are uniform
ed In Confederate gray. caps. ana aoup's'
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thereof" and it IS very proptole, ,s tn1s
those were the first TWO IeNis.,,s,, -
from the Federal service on a,yey( vu.
secession. He remained l III " ADAMS
until the arrival OF eN-Go'ernor cAlat.r
~ ccnefor BarrwcN ana tN-,
orr commissioners appointed ~ .No %,
cossion Convention 10 thue",y - on
with President Buchanan anu 49," w.
pointed secretary 10 tno ind,,cc Inc
After yainly cndeayotln5 70 l""nC' NC
pr,eidcnt 10 treat with them ne va
made bearer 90 dispatches 70 tue III ~
zion then i'm session In ChaI ies'yi', nc,
Iiyered the dispatches 10 tno 1.,i,ens for
"a - once reported 10 GOV. flcheH7 ~.
hmu q" md was appointed upon MS sun
-. .-sistant ouartermaster WIN wv 80"
~ canfain he remained III 'iid' a.,
81 affer the fall Of sumter, AM -
,st,od 10 his home and aSslsttl az "a.
iep'i l,,.,,nanv ''I' OF the Eighth Soul"
tnS-oIina Regiment. went win nus Ov ~
nv 10 Virginia. and fought .illou5,- - as
aref battles OF Bull Run ana MaIl's 1850
a private. but soon aitet ne. ne rSoreanlza-
49, - Anril 1862 was elected cdp,al' ~
Ne company. and served as suSn W. ~
.rrrendef he was severai I,iu.b &C. &, n
80 ,,.onnded At Maryland helgutS u. ~
~ -, tho enemy's brcastworks tne
olIn~sbe,rer and all Of tho color gu, ~
49, killed or wounded; ne salhtl ~ 80, -
LoautifuI silk Palmetto nag " H. pee
,be regiment by the ladies' u ~ aiogt.
mo country. ana Wlii'N z, onarra
l''1 .Gontine TO his comrades 70 Jnrr.sd
n mn the breastworks, he ten holt
.hpro',,b both thighs win a in'' ,.,ny,aerlv
and tho flag which mas s,VI Benrs the
cared for and pfe9sifo'
stains i TrIT4RN S.i AsHBY CAN'T. p, ~
rho General Turner Ashby mp 30
Wy ~ ester Va. was chartered rs o.;orcr
Win s cGrand camp of virginia on o,,o9 9io
o. OF M IN and on April 81 1sg5. az Ne 70
~ ~, rinited Confederate Nete ,at cbas
o Of we ll-directed zeal and energy % arc"ni-
w W. Mcvicar was largely sao%% s aSa Ter for
zauoen, s, NV two terms His successyir his
I1o Williams. who IS now SCI are are IL
Jnno., te,m' The other oihcetIsS Knrtz
tnil ttr.bs VIM Hotiet GEO. III Az
clay me- M commanders; j. w. Boyyn. 1 nr
leu, Row. J. =. HYDE, IHVVI Nc
lu'].' Williams. Surgeon Dr iobn Nc
,,o Assistant Major-SSurseo" ciisize Vi.
Soy. robert striker Co to,oic skshby.
IL bears 10 N linked with mat 81 me e'S Val
who's, .ckson In tho history ,0ot,,,tiye sa.
wall Ja, nNs,cn and TO whose lh a,n ~ the
eacltyr heroic tone OF cnaIa,eSlIIss,n the
enre,msS.a r Ing and un'' 'ns ''sN@"0e' ~
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designated as "the hish-water mark OF
Wv MAJOR II. 4. EDMoNDsoN.
Major H. A. Edmondson, me command
or OF Halifax Camp OF Confederate Ncte-
rams, was born in The county OF itaifax
October 20. 1855. His father. Richard
1dm0ndsOn. served I'm tho war or lSlZ,
and his grandfathcr samuel Edmondson'
was a soldier in The Revolutionary war
Ills mother. susan Howell Chas ain. was
fha duurhtcr Of lsham thastain and
granddaughter Of Rene Chastain, who,
with TWO brothers. Hugucnots came TO
Virginia from Fierce.
Naior Idmords,n was ono 4 tho frt
20 enter the Confederate service lcaN-
inC DTS home ani family in April 1901,
rs private in CAPTAIN John Grammar
Company. 40 tho rcorgaulsaton OF ths
company in lSf- he was made iusi h,u,
tenant auI soon thereafter vas elected
captain. which position he held until aiter
fhe battle or Gettysburg. when ne, was
promoted 20 the Office 81 MAJOR OF the
nus first service was With Montaguos
battalion. 81 lINi. was engaged Do tAt ttt-
tIo OF iiig Bethel. whore me fs.ie.t w
at az oNrth Carolu1, iclL Mon,"s "v
l}attaliou afterwards formed part OF
the Fiftv.fhird REGIMENT Pickett III
vision. and was engaged En- some or the
most important battles % the war; ncluu.
irg Seven Pines seven lays lkni ai"NNH
Richmond Irc0crIcksbuif Nt ON" ,la-
nas~ag SharffIurf. hoWlett Hiiu'
Sailors CrCck. Colo HarDoi' anu D'o"-
Tho l-ifty-thiri was also ENGAGED IN the
grfnf charge off llckrtts DiNlslon az N,.-
fvsbrrr. with IICUfeuaut-colOuel X. W
Nfarfin Boo CORN ANA Colonel W. X. Ay-
lctf being - cUudcll. The MAJOR was
painfully lut NOT seriously "oNhN'N '"
fhnf charge Ills war record was GOOD
gIwave af his post OF duty. which cNtcnd-
81 fr0m Hic Bethel TO AppomattoN. For
nearly twenty years Major Edmonoson
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Commander fiaI"''' ,,3.
Baltimore M'1 ,... o., ofd
...b co,,rarv. and obtaining data 10 all
b., writing history oft lho Nu"P9 t,ae
served Zoo tho G.. $. Army li'" ''''' ''""
H. ,,....t. ,,r,,-
,r,. aesociatious wero accordingly ioIIu-
"a and me camp now has complete Io.is
~ aQ tho said compaMts. WIZ Nh,
rroposo 10 publish sometime ".''i 't,is
next annual meeting d" ""N'''
lca;. d., a. l,ohorfs
Iue present on. thirst Iicutcu-
Commander. ]. n. Jones H., ga
ant Commander. James Dr,,,,
Iacntonaut- Commnuuei - ~
uoud. Third licutcnan'-' -''i, ~ ~.
r. Young. Adjutlni' w. ~ icy
rn,ster. 6 4. H. Gait surgeon quo.
NcClcilnnd. Chaplain; w hei' -,, t'-,
teruastcr. Geo. u. Nnll''t, '.. '"', Ia
Major. Elijah helms. Color sergeant anu
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". Va)
ter. CAPTAIN Jno. 4. Mason. OF r.. Quar-
termasier. Major Jno. McWnil1ms. SER
peaut Major. Captain VIM. VI. Dame
u D., Chaplain, ). VI; Grayson. Nideite'
The camu low numbers lOl comrades.
nearly an Of whom also. are members OF
I'M. older Confederate organization.
known as the Soldiers Of the Army and
Navy Of tho Confederate states ~ Mary
land. .,
At n Joge.f meeting the following
comrades were elected as delegates and
mir. mates 20 REPRESENT the camp in hlch-
moud. the Goth Of June:
Delegates UNuUaaingD
Delorates-Col. IL. Ashton Ramsay.
Gen Jos l.. Brent. Capt Kandolph BAR
ton. Jas J.. Herman. J. Wilcox Brown
JnG r Masor r.
Altcrnates-rishop Chas. G. Penick.
" IA. il. Raleigh W. Gable Bruce. Col.
Osman Latrobc. Captain Joseph Pack
arI Jr Cantain Chapman Maupln.
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Ashton Ram
say WAS an Ens.neer officer Of me MT
rd states Navy ON the breaking out OF
the war went South. and was appointed
bv Secretary OF Navy ). T. Mallory. TO
reconstruct the machinery OF iAc Mtr-
ritnarf' converting her into an iion-ciad
vessel lie was ChieI-Enslh ,et OF ll'a
vessel I'm an her engagements IN Hampton
Afterwards placed In command Of the
arsenal ar Charlotte. y. c., ana wheh
This place was menaced by sherman ia
"a formed the 3Ol employees. who were
soldiers who had been detailed nom me
anne into battalion. and was COM
,nf.sfoned as Northumberland In the
arrnv in command OF this corps.
Surrendered as part OF General John
ston's Army In Greensboro, North caro-
liz AZ the surrender Of the Confederate
80 70 General sherman. when he was
parolec. o.,,n u,prrrr
camp Harileg,D, u G. y. o mo. 80
~ so,b ~ May. 1896. at Dillon. 5. c..
a thriving young town on the Atlantic
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tho ladies who. with kind hearts and gen
tie hands, place wreSths Of flowers on the
graves OF our dead comrades.
"Our ladies' have Memorial Association;
Mrs Col. T. +. Marley is and has been
president for long time"
First -Commandant, +. w.
Cannon was formerly First Lieutenant
Company Il, Sisth South Carolina Nete-
In the Army Of Northern Virginia. lie
was In command Of the left wing Of Skin
mish line 10 drive Union pickets and
skrmisher3 a. battle OF Fraziers farm
June 80. 1-G,.
In the charge against Gen. McCalrs Di-
vision. he received three wounds. was
captured and recaptured the same even
ing.
being desperately wounded. was forum
ately carried TO the Baptist Female In
stitute Hospital and fell 10 the hands
OF the untlrlng ard noble women OF Rich
FRANKLIN BUCHANAN CAMP.
The Franklin Buchanan Camp OF Bal
tlmore. Md. has been organized and en-
rolled In the general organization. known
as the United Confederate veterans.
and chartered under the laws OF the state
The he camp is named Tor the distinguished
Naval Captain, Admiral Franklin Buch-
anan. the man who. by his courage dar-
ing and proves. with his ship, the re-
nowned ''Merrlmac." destroyed the Fede-
raj Fleet in Hampton Roads on the sth
OF March ls62. and rey0lutiOnized the
navies OF the world.
The roster OF this camp Is adorned by
the names OF men who have rot ony
distinguished themselves IN the war, but
are now among the most prominent and
successful citizens OF Baltimore.
Among Others borne on The muster-rol
IL the name OF Colonel Charles all.
General Iseo's well-known Adlutant-ben-
eral. one OF Baltimoro's distinguished
Colonel Osman Latrobc Adjutant-Gene-
raj on Longstreet's stan.
Captain 4. G. Hoffman. distinguished
Infantry officer. and nov, Wen known
as the president OF the Seaooard ana Al
lanti0 Afr Line railroad.
General John GA. the president OF one
OF our largest banking ani trust compS-
Colonel Hood, an engineer ofilcer
mics. .-t,.,,.
throughout the war, and now president
~ the Western Maryland railroad.
Colonel Henry Douglass, the well
known engineer. now PRESIDENT or the
Columbia and Maryland Railroad COM
Colonel Wilcox Brown, president, or one
of our banking institutions ana non.
Pefbroke Thorn. at one time pIes4ueH1
OF tho Senate OF Maryland. -- -,
Tho following is list OF the oilcers OF
'''' THE OFFICERS
Col II Ashton Ramsay, Commander;
Colonel Char.es Marshall. Lieutenant
Commander: Cen John Gil. Lieutenant
Commando. CaTtain Randolph barton;
Iieutennnt-Con mauder. captain Wlniitiu
pic Adfufaut: Surgeon WIN. Frerh, sur
econ. CAPTAIN Samuel H. Buck, faymSs-
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-o..,.a ,o,,. and trousers. and In cut.

breasted coats and trousers. and IN cut.
facings, badges OF rank. &cu. quite re-
semble the uniform or the ConfeaeIs'e
II IL believed this organization Is In
many respects unique. and that II VIII
be one OF the most interesting features OF
tina great reunion. Turner Ashby camp
carries as colors two flags OF interest; one
an old reginsDtal battle-nag. wi'n ~, ,na
upon II; the other is q beautiful new
silk flag OF blue silk. bearing On one side
the seal OF Virginia, and on the otner
the badge OF the u, q. W ana ,ne gu
OF the Ladies Auxiliary. 1he o'nee'S VI
tina Guard are as follows: u-..
A. NJ. Baker, Captain: w. Spott Wnite'
First Lieutenant; A. w. Wortninetoh'
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LynchDurg, va
Second Lieutenant; W. +. Barr, Third
Di. W. A. Bell. Surgeon; j. W. sibert,
First Sergeant
COMMANDER WILLIAMS.
Jno ]. Williams. Commander OF Gen.
OF the History Committee OF the Grand
Camp OF Virginia. is native OF Win
chester. Va. The breaking out Of the
war found him at school preparing for
the University OF Virginia. He enlisted
July 10. 1861. in tho First Rockbridge Ar
tillery and saw his first fight NJ Manas-
sas. ne shared the glories OF that distin-
guished battery until after Sharpsours,
then because OF injury 10 ankle, transfer
red TO Chew'S Battery OF the Horse Ar
tillery. aud in April, 1854, transferred 10
Company T., Eleventh Virginia Cavalry.
with IL az Appomattox. and shortly there
after paroled.
His appointment as lieutenant on the
accommodation OF his superior officers.
was going through the regular channels
when the war terminated.
A service OF four years ir such com
mands as those named necessarily implies
much OF marching and fighting. and he
saw his share OF these. Deprived, py
the war. Of his expected University
c0urs, no applied himself 10 the study
OF law. which he entered upon In juno.
1856. and is still engaged IN. He was. FOR
ono term. q yice-president or the virginia
Law Association. elected without soiici-
tati0n by the young men OF his town;
captain Of the Winchester Light Infantry,
be served as such for nearly three years,
includine the Yorktown encampment In
1851. but resigned because OF an obsu-
nate aiiment enecting for the time his
eycsight.
Mr., Philip Williams the mother Of
Captain w. initiated the movement 20
collect the Confederate dead for twenty
miles around Winchester into the stone
wall cemetery at that town, and such
was the support from others she secured
tarv was dedicated in October 1866. and
the beautiful monuments TO the unknown
and Virginia dead were unveiled June D.
1858. ..
II. A. CARRINGTON CAMP.
The H. A. Darlington Camp. No. ~ &.
y ~ Smitbvtlle va. was organized June
Il 1859, and vas named In honor OF Col.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-02

NOTED 20 captain. Upon Bragg's return
from Kentucky campaign IN lse2. MS
company. belonging then 10 the Sixueth
10 duty I'm Preston's Brigade, Breckih-
ridges Division. and was with tho lat
ter In all his campaigns and battles IN
the west INN ediatcly after the Mur-
frcosboro fight he was promoted TO lieu.
tcnant-colOnol and was IN command or
Tho regiment most OF the time until the
battle OF Chickamauga, was general field
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-02

Commander Confederate Veterans OF
Pearson county. ~ c.
when a mere youth in the Ffty-sixth
Virginia Infantry. and has a brilliant war
do m. entire war. wearing withered
h,.,,d AZ n lefec OF his bravery. caused
by tho eifc,,. OF wound received IN
Third L.leuteLant-Celone Commander. J.
NJ. Smith, has also a brilliant war record.
H. served as sergeant In tho Charlotte