Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-21

to tell the story of the splendid service
and accomplishing sacrifices Of those
men IN gray who bore 'tbe cross without
the crown of glory" and now sleep In
nameless graves.
Their good swords rust,
Their bodies dust
Their souls are with the saints. we trustT'
THE MARYLAND ROOM.
Maryland occupies the room which was
during the war Mrs President Dayis's
dressing room. A relic OF great interest
Is the pistol that was worn by that gal
ant cavalier. Major James Breathcd, OF
Maryland. of whom General Lee Is re-
ported TO have said: with an army OF
Breatheds 1 could have conquered the
world"
In the retreat from Petersburg to Apo
mattox Major Breathed, Of Stuarts
Horse Artillery. was IN command of
several troops OF cavalry. When near
the high bridge above FarmviHe'
the enemy pressing behind In great
force General Rosser ordered MAJOR
Breathed to turn and charge them win
his men. The Major repeated the order
TO charge" and dashed ahead on a
magnificent bay AT the same moment
two Union officers, mounted spurred out
from the enemys lines and came on
They met midway between the adVahc-
ing lines. Pel-mell the Yankee horse
men fell upon the Confederate MAJOR
single and alone. They had almost borne
him down. when Breathed spurred his
horse. and pointing his sabre as the ami
NAL sprang forward put It's steel through
the breast OF one of his assailants The
remaining Yankee made tremendous
aweep with his sabre, and Breathed, 10
avoid the blow threw himself forward
upon his horses neck, lost his balance
and fell. The Union officer with yen
sprang for him. In falling. Breathed.s
boot had caught in the stirrup. He
fought upon his back, and in moment
the Union officer would have had the
advantage, when a sergeant OF the Ma
ior's command dashed up and shot the
Union officer dead. Major Breathed
sprang UP. and with one boot off and the
other ON mounted the Union officers
horse. led the charging column against
the enemy. routed them. and took many
prisoners Major Breathed sent the
sword. ring, and papers to the Wiie Oh
the Union officer he killed. writing TO
her that he died a brave and noble SOL
der. The pistol he kept, and at the close
of the war presented it TO Miss Shep-
herd. of Shepherdstown, w. Va
Among the other relics of this room
may be mentioned a roughly-made table,
upon which General Lee and his STAN
officers used to play chess; a cruciiiX OF
bullets taken from the Crater ana
northumberland which belonged 10
General Lee.
THE NORTH CAROLINA ROOM.
North Carolina occupies the room which
was the nursery in the home OF Presi-
dent Davis. 1t has magnihcent view
OF that part of Richmond known as
Church Hill. It was given 10 North
Carolina as one of the choicest apart
ments i'm the Mansion, because Of North
Carolina's brilliant record during the
war. To corroborate the number of
troops claimed, and substantiated by
war records. they have a memorial
from the soldiers Of Cleveland county.
neatly framed. 1t exhibits this most
honorable distinction-that out of
voting population of 1900 in 1850, Cleve-
land county gave the Confederate army
1900 soldiers In one case is small
card, with little sprig of cedar at
tached to IT, with these words: "Cut
from the spot where Colonel Charles f.
Fisher, Of the Sixth North Carolina Re-
giment, was killed. at the first battle
Of Manassas; July q. 1851" Only IT.
tie piece of cedar, small and Insignificant
as it is, It calls TO mind that thirty-six
wears ago one of Natures noblemen
laid down his life on the altar OF his
country. He was among the first TO
receive from the Governor of North Caro-
line Gohn W. Ellis) the commission of
colonel of the Sixth North Carolina
Regiment, which regiment he raised and
equipped at his own expense. In less
than two weeks from the time he left his
home he was brought back a corpse.
The unfsding honor that he won at that
glorious victory of Manassas. July q,
1861, was at fearful cost to friends
and country.
Here also is the picture OF Henry
Wyatt the first martyr of the war
killed at Bethel Church, June 10, 1861, as
well as good pictures of other promi-
nent soldiers and generals In an in
dividual case are the effects of the gal
liant Mator-General William Dorsey Pen
der: the suit of gray in which be was
killed: his two commssions-one as lieu
tenant in the United States army, given
bv President Davis, then Secretary Of
War In the Cabinet of President Pierce;
the other his commission of major-gene-
raj in the Confederate States army.
A beautiful flag adOrns the wall. which
was given by the Edgeworth girls. OF
Greensboro, n. c., to the Guilford Grays
commanded by Captain John Sloan, of
the Twenty-seventh North Carolina
State Troops. OF the gallant General
L. OBJ. Branch they have his pistols
and holster and his glove.
A large frame is filled with important
dispatches from President Davis to Gov
ernnr John w. Ellis, of North Carolina;
also. one Of coincidence to his wife on
his hearing of the death Of Governor FL
lis There is also the flag that was
presented to the Governor by Mr.. X.
Mayo's girls. of Raleigh, the same flag
which draped his coffin.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA ROOM.
Colonel Wade Hampton, of Revolution
airy fame, captured from one of Tarle-
toms Legion a sword of finest steel in
scabbard beautifully overlaid with tor
toise shell. He used it during the war
Of the Revolution and in the war of 1872.
II descended as an heirloom to his
grandson, General Wade Hampton. The
sword once more saw service ct First
Manassas. welded by that gallant cavalry
leader Sheathed now and crossed with
a long sabre. also historic from having
been used by the noble Hampton, 1t
stands in the uniform case in the South
Carolina room, close to the uniforms
0S6l-lS65 Of General James Conner, Gene
raj NJ. w. Gary, General L. NJ. Logan,
Colonel e. 7. Harlee, Colonel Perrin, and
others. Standing guard over the 80 re-
cords and relics hangs full-length oil
portrait of General Hampton in uniform,
taken during the Confederacy. Around
him are Generals MCGOWAN. Butler, Con-
ner Stephen Elliott, S. ID. Lee, Bratton,
Wallace, Hagood. Colonel Hagood 0he
youngest colonel in the Confederate
army) Captain Langdon Cheves; the
South Carolina war-Governor, Pickens;
Hon. w. Porcher Miles and other heroes
OF the old Palmetto State. All these por-
traits were collected through the personal
efforts of Mrs. II. w. Richardson, OF
Columbia S. c. A tablet case contains
valuable papers. letters, war-music, me-
LIZ ~ The haIIla-Scarr