Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-16

| CAPTAIN ARTHUR SULLIVAN
he. lie has been inside doorkeeper ans
paymaster of the House for twenty-seyen
| years, with the exception OF the four
years of Readjuster rule. when be was
turned out and succeeded by negro,
which 50 incensed his Democrats
| friends that they scattered his pletun
broadcast over the State. advertising n.
act OF the Mahoneltes in removing
| one-legged Confederate soldier for T..
| gro. Captain Sullivan was promptly -
| instated as soon as the Democrats re.
gained supremacy. and has since stoo!
| on his one leg az the door OF the House
| greeting ali Corners with pleasant woft
| or a hearty handshake.
| Arthur Sullivan was born January =
| 1872, in Epson county, Ga. In Deem.
Der, 1871, he removed with his mothe! 70
Virginia. and settled In ChrIstiansburg
where he has resided ever since. At the
outbreak Of the war he was n student
at the Montgomery Male Academy. lie
Joined the Montgomery Fencibles n
March. lS6i. and was mustered into ser
vice in Richmond April q, 1861. His CON-
mand remained In quarters at the Fax.
Grounds (now Monroe ParD until about
the latter part OF May. when IL was al.
tached to the Fourth Virginia Infantry
and moved TO Harper's Ferry.
There the Stonewali Brigade was form.
ed, with jackson in command, and Mr.
Sullivan followed the immortal Stonewall
through all the vicissitudes OF war until
the death of that great chieftaln at Chla.
cellorsyille. He participated In many
hard-fought battles, and was known 10
his comrades as brave a soldier as
over shouldered a musket. After the
death Of Jackson the brigade was taken
command OF by General James A. WAX.
or. and Private Sullivan followed him
until May s. 1864. when at the Wilderness
he was dangerously wounded.
FIGHTING WHEN HE FELL.
His regiment was In line OF battla
and the fighting was being waged fierce
~. He had just discharged his musket
whom mimic bail from the Federal linei
struck him just above the left knee. and
he fell Ike q log. He remained on the
deld among the flying bullets 70. more
than an hour. conscious. but unable 10
move to a place OF safety. His command
fell back on account OF q flank move
ment on the part CT the enemy, and he
was left behind, the head of the Federal
line passing over him.
The Stonewall Brigade regained their
former position. and Mr.. Sullivan was
once moro within the Confederate lines
He was picked UP shortly afterwards by
the ambulance corps and carried to the
field hospital, near Old Wilderness ,av-
ern, where bis leg was amputated. He
was sent from there 10 Orange Court
house. and later was taken home
After the war he was made Deputy
Treasurer OF Montgomery county, and
remained as such until 1857. He was
hrSt elected Doorkeeper of the House
OF Delegates In October. 1853, and has
been continuously In that position di.
ring the sessions Of the Legislator. with
the exception Of the session 1890, and
lssl-'2, when he was turned out by thu
Observation-Disclosures Legislature, and sue
decided by O negro-George Cook, OF Nor.
folk county. Then II WAS that he was
made famous by the distribution of ha
pictures all over the State. His party
friends. without his knowledge, had ons
OF his photographs copied. and hundreds
OF them were nailed on trees at consplc-
uous points on the county roads, and
on each was inscribed: Arthur o. eulll-
van. a one-legged Confederate soldier,
who was turned out for q Niger by
Malone"