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

Tho others. contains the relics which bsve
heep aent from Georgia Separate cases
viii ba assigned TO each city os soon as
the number Of relics makes II necessary.
A few must be mentioned 10 SHOW the
,,,,ra,.orIng love the patient Toll, and the
fai,hf,,Iness even unto death OF those VINO
I,ved in thoee sorrowful days. From Sa-
vannah comes the miniature of captain
Edward Richardson Chevcs, Of the starf
Of General A. II. Lawton. VINO was hliieu
in the battle of Seven Pines at me age vi
10 years. He was the only son Oh MS
mother. and she was a widow FROM Au-
eusta n loving sister has sent IN neuiory
of her brother, Edward III. Hali' arso
number Of war photographs ana Ieuos Vi
dieerent kinds. This brother, who was
Killed at Nurfreesboro'. Tenn. VAS color
bearer of Company ID. First Georgia
Volunteers. A pair OF trousers worn by
Sergeant John w. Lester, woven from
cows hair by his mother and the shuttle
with which they were woven, come from
Americas. Amongst the portraits by the
side of her brothers. Generals Howell
and T. r. r. Cobb. hangs one OF MIS-.
Mary Cobb johnson, of Atlanta. ms
heroic woman personally superintended
the exhuming and giving Christian nuriai
TO 1900 unknown Confederate soldiers.
This that she has done shall be told as
memorial of her"
THE FLORIDA ROOM.
Here the uniform OF Captain Seton
Fleming and his rusted canteen tell the
pathetic story of a boy of scarcely %
who left his home in Florida early In 1861
the story Of Fredericksburg, Chancellors-
Vile, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Brandy
Station. Cold Harbor-and which ended
at Second Cold Harbor, while leading the
Second Florida on June 3, 1864 He had
kept a rough diary on scraps OF paper
backs Of letters, etc. Sunday, May ~,
1864. was the last that could be found
81 mutely told the tale He was buried
where he fell Thirty years after his re-
mains were reinterred by brother in the
soldiers section in Hollywood, ana, by
singular coincidence, this occurred, too,
on June 3d-the thrtieth anniversary OF
the day Of his death.
A romantic history attends, also,
noted flag which was a crepe shawl be-
longing to a brides rousseau, and pre-
scented by her TO the Marion Light Ar
tillery. The rings attaching 1t TO the
staff were made from the jewelry OF the
ladies' Of Orange Lake, Fla, the spear
head for the staff being made from a
silver comb worn by this bride, Mrs.
]. J. Dickson, on her wedding night.
This flag was entrusted TO Mrs. Neal, OF
Zebulon. Ga. during "Sherman's march
to the sea-" On hearing that large
body of Federal cavalry were coming
through the town. this lady had two
pockets made in which TO conceal her
daughters tewelry and the spear. After
the main body had passed and she felt
safe. four stragglers, in Federal uniform,
rushed up and searched her person, rob-
hing her of everything. The flag was
saved by Miss Ella Neal, who concealed
II beneath her oyerskirt while the army
was passing
A tattered flag, under which was cap
tured the first Federal flag that was
TAX. on the high seas, hangs framed
on the wall.
A pair Of feld-glasses used by General
Reauregard at the First Battle OF Ma
nassas. and a washstand from the gun
boat Chickamauga are some OF the nota-
BILE things Of large collection from
Florida.
THE ALABAMA ROOM.
The once private office Of the Confede-
racy's President occupies the central
room of the story above the main floor,
and has one large. handsome window
looking down on the back portico, with Its
massive pillars and the grounds In the
rear once enclosed in those high brick
walls. with which an older generation
guarded its secluslon. This important
memorial-room Of the Museum, with Its
small. square window looking into the
upper hall. through which important dis
matches were often handed TO the Presi-
dent. Is now the Alabama Room.
Alabama was the first seat of the Con-
federate Government. Her Yancey, Clay.
Watts Buford. Pugh, Clayton, Shorter,
Cochran. Bullock-noted jurists lawyers.
and statesmen-were among the most
ardent of those who upheld the sove-
reignty Of the States or who raj
lied to sign the secession ordinance at
Montgomery. Alabama's capital city
saw the first inauguration of the south
ern President. and the first Confederate
flag presented by the young daughter of
Mr. TYLER. granddaughter of former
President of the United States. and one
Of the few children ever born in the
White House Alabama will always
keep as the chief jewel of her memory
that vivid picture of the 18th of Febru-
arv. 1861 She has been fifty remem-
bered by the Confederate Memorial Lite
rary Society in the gift OF this central
room over one that represents the solid
South
Here will be found memorials OF her
"gallant Pelham" whose glorious young
life was yielded up on his country ;
altar. whose memory is like a tear
upon the worlds cold cheek to make ii
burn forever; Of her dashing Wheeler,
her Clanton, and CAVITY, and of her young
naval officer, Lieutenant Hoole, of the
celebrated cruiser Florida. His sabre
SCARED forehead, and early death, soon
after the war, bore witness to his gallant
defence of her when her ranking officers
fell. and he was in command
Here is a military record from General
Beauregard-name inseparable in memory
from the beginning Of the war at
Fort Sumter, and the aly rhyme manu-
featured at the time:
with cannon, mortar, and petard,
We've sent Old Abe our Beau-regard."
This record was sent to the Alabama
Room by that patriotic daughter of the
South, Miss Augusta Evans (since Mrs.
WILSON,. General Beauregard had writ
ten il to give her some necessary In
formation for her Confederate novel.
"Macaria."
Judge Requier "a. j., Of Mobile, Ala,
was the author of the celebrated war
poem, ashes of Glory" whose conclud-
ing lines,
1.-THE warriors banner takes Its flight,
To join the warriors soul"
inspired the equally well-known picture,
copies of which are in the Museum, a
Confederate banner floating upward
amid clouds.
Another delightful literary memorial OF
the war; presented by request 10 the
Alabama Room by its author, is Bishop
Richard II. Winners "Recohections OF a
Grandfather"
Over the mantelpiece Zone OF the few
belonging to the original house, Is the
oil portrait OF Governor John Gill Shorter,
war Governor of Alabama, a speak
ing likeness. On each side hang small
pictures Of General Wheeler. and Of
pelham" A very fine three-quarters
head of Senator Pugh, Of Alabama, pre-
sented by his wife IS opposite. This