Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-06
TAZEWELL'S BIG DAY
THE DWELLING OF THE BROWNE
MONUMENT.
A Great Gathering of Confederate
yetcrans-An Interesting Pro-
grammc-Prnyer and Two Ad-
trcHsrs.
dresses.

TAZEWELL. VA, June 5.-(Special)-
For the first time since the war Con-
federate veterans of Tazewel are march
ing to the sound OF martial music, under
the battle-has OF the Confederacy, which
they followed so faithfully through four
long years OF hardship and privation.
Under the auspices OF the Browne-Har-
man Camp OF Confederate Veterans, re-
Gently organized here, with Colonel a. j.
May as commandant, the unwilling ex-
ercIses Of the monument to the memory
OF Colonel William II. Browne, colonel OF
the Forty-fifth Virginia Infantry, who fell
MORALLY wounded at Piedmont, Va, on
June g. 1864. while calamity lead
ing a charge against Federals, took place
to-day, and the occasion revived many
pleasant memories which are so far
away that they come up to us as though
drawn from the shadowy land Of dreams.
ONLY TwENTY-FoUR.
Colonel Browne, when the war began,
was a student at West Point, and con-
tinued the prosecution OF his studies az
that place untll he was cut off from d.
rect communication with Virginia, and he
found it necessary, in order to reach
his native State, TO go through Ohio,
and reach his home by the western por-
ton OF the State. He was a mere boy
when he gave up his life in defence Of
his country, being only in his 2ith year.
He was noted for his gallant and chival-
rous bearing, and no one was more de-
voted to the cause for which he lost his
life than he.
The camp as established here was
named in his honor and that Of Lieu
tenant-Colonel Edwin II. Hartman. lieu
tenant-colonel Of the same regiment. who
fell mortally wounded less than thirty
days before his colonel, at Cloyd's Noun
tain, Southwest Virginia, being wounded
May Q. 1864, and dying May 18th. The
memory of both these men has been
cherished through all these years by these
people though want OF organized ef-
forts and concerted action has delayed
any public demonstration TO show the
esteem In which they were held.
The largest crowd ever assembled In
Tazewell was on the ground, it num-
bering 5000 or GOO people. One column
formed at Tazewell with the Jaeger Con-
cert Band, and commanded by Colonel
\. j. May, and the other at North Taze-
well, led by Major a. J. Tynes, the two
meeting on tho ground where the un-
yelling exercises took place.
THE EXERCISES OPENED.
After the large crowd had been served
with refreshments. the best Tazewell
could afford, the exercises were opened in
a few well-chosen remarks by Colonel
May who introduced Rev. j. Tyler Fra
zler, OF Radford. Mr. Frazier made an
earnest and feeling prayer, and addressed
the veterans IN a twenty-minute speech.
which revived the memories OF long by
gone times. and brought the tears TO the
eyes of many an old veteran.
THE ORATOR Or THE DAY.
Hon. S. w. Williams, the orator OF
the day, was then INTRODUCED, and de-
livered an address, which was well re-
ceived by the audience, and made the
old veterans and their descendants feel
that the Lost Cause was one OF which
no patriot need feel ashamed. The speak
ing aroused an enthusiasm among our
people which savored Of the olden times,
and the hand-shaking and fellowship
among the veterans brought up many
touching memories.
The monument was then unveiled. IL IS
a plain shaft. with the name or Colonel
Browne. the number Of the regiment he
led, and a simple inscription as to his
valor as a soldier.
The benediction was then pronounced
by Rev. j. W. Neel, Of Wytheville. The
band played our national air, Hail Co
lumbia," and thus Tazewe!Ps big day
ended.