The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-19
Anniversary Of the Battle Of Bull Run
Celebrated by the Survivors.
FOR \ MONUMENT TO COL. WILLIAMS.
The Organization to Honor the Gallant
soIdier-Coi Skinner's Sword TO be
sent to the Museum-Enjoyable
Day at Blandon Park.

/ been made in the most perfect manner
were in the hands Of the following COM
mlttcc< aT-ssrs. A. JEFF. Vaughan, Major
James p. phillips. John A. Meanley, Henry
W. Furcron. and W. Thomas Woody.
/ At noon a hot lunch was served ana at
o'cock in the afternoon the members
/ Of the organization and few invited
guests sat down 10 dinner. which was
served Oh three long tables. and consisted
of Brunswick stew. fried chicken, and
other tempting dishes. which had been
/ carefully prepared. as in former years.
by Walter Howard the colored janitor
OF the Capitol building.
A large bowl filed with clarct punch
attracted good deal Of attention on the
part OF the members Of the old First As
/ sociati0n and their guests, on account OF
the history connected with A.
In 1ssl Wilkes Post. No. %, g. A. r..
Of Trenton. y. j.. came 10 Richmond on
% special steamer on their way 10 the
Yorktown celebration. Tho visitors were
met at the wharf by the survivors Of
the old First, members of the Howitzer $
Association and Of the Otey Battery.
They were escorted TO Sanger Han. where
claret punch was served them in wooden
buckets. During the next fail the Grand
Army Post was visited by the three or
ganlzati0ns just named. who presented
| The Trenton hosts with a very handsome
/ badge. Subsequently the Trentouians
secured a quantity of POwhatan clay,
which they had formed into three hand
some punch bowls. one of each they pre-
scented in 1ss2 to tho three Qrsaniza-
tions.
The bowls were executed in a very
l fr o.
earlands OF grapes and leaves. On the
outside on the left and right of a gray
and blue are seen the coats of arms Of
the States of New Jersey and Virginia,
! and alongside OF them TWO shields bear
| the following inscriptions. From Wilkes
! Post, No -. g. A. r., and Auxiliary
! Corps Trenton, y. j." and ITO old First
| Virginia Infantry Richmond. Va Be
sides. there are two other shields on the
! bowl. one ornamentcd with the badges
of the Army OF Northern Virginia and of
the Grand Army Of the Republic, respec-
lively while I'm two other fields are rep
resented the gray knapsack Of the old
! First Virginia and the blue knapsack
of the Twenty-third New Jersey Volunteer
| Regiment
A BUSINESS SESSION.
Shortly after dinner the association was
/ A
! ing. over which Colonel William A Pal
mer presided. while Coloue. Charles H.
| L0chr recorded.
| The secretary announced that since the
| last reunion the association had lost tile
! following members Boy death: September
| s. 1syJ, l.. McGrail. OF Company /; October
| 1O 1880, Tazewcll 5. Morton. OF Company
| ID; April -, 1856, c. V. Clash, Of Company
II.
a good many letters were received by
| Colonel William IA. Palmer the prcsi-
dent. as well as by Colonel Charles II.
| Ioonr, the secretary OF the association,
from members who remembered the day
/ but were for various reasons prevented
| from being present. Ahey We're read dur
! ing tho meeting Besides the letters pub
| lIshed or referred TO in yesterdays Times,
| the following Was received b. Colonel
| Palmer.
Williamsburg Va. July l6. 1896.
| Colonel William III. Palmer:
Dear Sir Seeing from the daily papers
| that The gallant old First Virginia AssO-
clatiCn will celebrate on the 18th instant,
/ herewith send an account of my last
interview with that splendid officer. Colo
mel Lewis Williams. As the charge of
! plckctts Division at Gettysburg was
about 20 be made. General Pickett direct
ed me 10 ride 10 General kemper and or
der him TO move forward dressing on
| Garnott. his objective point 10 be q red
barn. I'm rear Of the stone wall. General
Kempcr. his staff and the field officers
or his brigade TO go In disnounted, /
found General kcmper in fr1nt OF the
FIRST Virginia Regiment and when 1 rode
up. Robert McJOncs, formerly OF VIII
Mamsburg said. "3ob. turn us loose and
We will take them" afterwards General
Pickett approved his promotion, when 1
mentioned this 10 him). Colonel Williams
then said:
Captain, want 10 ride my mare up
to-day. l am not WE'LL
1 said: Colonel, pou have heard me
direct your brigade commander 20 adj
vance on foot and you must DO likewise"
lie then said: Captain, YOU Will allow
mo to ride up" and I said. why should
1 DO this in your case alone lie an
swcred Captain. remember Williams
burg" at the same time striking his
shoulder. and the memory swept over
mo that he had been wounded In the
shoulder at my home and left with other
gallant fellows at Judge Tucker fSIse
on the courthouse green. al cnce said:
Colonel YOU can ride to-day and 1 Will
make proper excuses for you
soon after he was shot frCm his mare
which went on up with the charge 20 The
stone wall and returned through ~tfib-
lng's Battery. where Lieutenant William
c. Marshall. having had his horse Lee
killed caught thu mare and rode her
Of the field returning her later on 10 the
family of Colonel Lewis Williams.
This is much longer than | intended. sc
cannot at this time tell brave Old First
Virginia about the Interview | heard and
SAW between General Lee and General
Kemper On that field after Kemper Was
wounded Sentiment. Here's To the
men in the ranks. whose business IT was
TO make regulations FOR those placed over
them" and we all knew how we'll they
attended to their business.
Respectfully,
ROBERT A. BRIGHT.
Formerly Aide-de-Camp 10 Gen. Pickett
Mr.. G. !. Glinn. former member of
Company I. wrote frorn Keysville. Char
lotte county. that be resfNtted very
much not TO be able TO attend
IN HONOR OF COL. WILLIAMS.
Colonel Palmer then stated that one
Of the reasons for calling the meeting
was TO make some provision for the
erection of "A monument or maidstone Boy
which the grave Of Colonel Lewis b. VIII
Hams might be marked IN the Pickett
section of Hollywood Cemetery.
on melton of Mr.. Woody II was de-
cided that IL was the sense OF the rect
ing that n suitable monument be erected
Some little discussion cnsucd as 10 the
manner in which this plan should De
carried out. and II was finally dcciod that