Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-31

4 mond donated the site for the monument
| and nut the plot in attractive cohuilion'
| A hedge WAS planted around the grassy
section, and very soon 1t will have grown
sufficiently high for the fence TO De laAeh
| down.
Appropriate monuments, comprising
bases and shafts Of granite, have been put
up to the memory OF General }. ~. u
Stuart. the gallant and dashing cavalry
man. where he fell at Yellow Tavern,
seven miles from the city, and over MS
grave I'm Hollywood Cemetery. The Nete-
ran Cavalry Association also now nave on
foot movement TO build to Stuart
magnificent equestrian statue at some
desirable spot In this city In the near
future.
The triangular plot OF ground at the
intersection of Broad and Adams streets
and Bfook avenue has also been donated
by the City Council to + Company Asso-
citation as a site for the memorial ii pro-
poses 10 build TO its fallen heroes.
Monuments have been erected in Holly
wood and Oakwood cemeteries to the
Confederate soldiers who are sleeping
their last sleep in those cities OF the
dead. The one I'm Hollywood was built
by the ladies' OF the Hollywood Memorial
Association in 1869 and stands upon what
is known as Gettysburg Hill 1t is
massive pyramid OF undressed James-river
granite. 80 feet high, and commentaries
the brave deeds of the 12,00O Confederate
soldiers who rest around IT. Just TO the
north Of this is the Pickett monument.
simple but imposing memorial, which was
erected and unveiled In october. 1888. An
other notable shaft in Hollywood is that
TO the memory OF those heroes OF the
Otey Battery who fell in battle.
In lakewood Cemetery where lb,ooo
southern sons sleep, the ladies' OF the
lakewood Memorial Association have
erected very handsome monument 10
the memory OF those herces, and have
| long been giving much care and attention
| to the graves Of these soldiers.
IN THE JEWISH CEMETERY.
Only a few Confederate soldiers sleep
at the Jewish Cemetery, but their resting
place Is cared for by the ladies OF the
| Hebrew Memorial Society, and the spot
where they sleep is as lovely and pic
| turesque as any surrounding TINS city.
| only thirty-four Confederate soldiers lie
| buried there. and thirty OF their graves
| are within the enclosure erected by the
! above-named organization. Each grave
has a neat marble head and foot-stone.
showing the name, State, and command.
| The fence around the soldiers section Is
\ one OF the handsomest and most durable
| of its kind in the country. The posts
represent stacked muskets. furled stand
ards and swords, surmounted by SOL
dier's cap The intervenings are com
posed of sabres and laurel wreaths.'
Below Is given list OF those buried IN
the soldiers section OF the Hebrew Gene
terry: H. Jacobs, South Carolina; h. ~
Miller. corporal; G. Elseman MISSISSIPPI
NJ Rachrach. Lynchburg. Va; $. Ovry
Mississippi; A. Robinson. Georgia.; julius
lark. Louisiana; A. Heyman, Georgia
Lieutenant W. NJ Wolfe, South Carolina
Lieutenant l.. $. Lipman, LOUISIANA
Isaac Seldner, Virginia; $. Weiss, Geor-
I ria. Jonathan sheyr. Louisiana; j. f.
Frank, Georgia: Henry Cohen. South Car
ollna; Captain Jacob A. Cohen. Louisiana
NJ. Aaron. North Carolina A. Lehman
South Carolina; Henry Gersberg. Salem
Va; T. Foi.z. Mississippi; l. Cohen
Iampton Legion. South Carolina: Samuel
Bear. Georgia: :. Bachrach. 1.ynchburE
!. Hesburg. virginia: {. Wolfe. NoFts