Evening star., 1898-12-28
RELIC OF BY-GONE DAYS
Roster of Petersburg Company of Volunteers
War of 1912.
Copy of General Orders Highly Com
mending the Bravery and Dis
cipline of the Men.

In connection with the muster-out of the
1st District of Columbia Volunteer Infantry
a local firm has prepared souvenir rosters
of the field and staff and each of the twelve
companies. These are appropriately en-
bosSed, and, in addition to the names of the
officers and men, include brief histories of
the commands and the names of those who
dled- The conclusion that these rosters will
uhquestionabiy be highly priced in years 10
come may be drawn from the recent dis
coFery OF roster of a company of volun-
teers from Petersburg. Va, which served
IN the wal of 1872 against Great Britain
1t Is the property Of Mr.. NJ. c. Hooker, a
pusiress man of this city, who came across
II recently in looking through some old pa
pers- The roster is printed on silk and ,s
III an eXCeilent state of preservation. being
Il otti"ediS artistic piece of work when the
year or Its production is taken into con-
siheratton. Mr.. Hooker has had the COPY
handsomely framed and prizes it highly as
q memonto of his ancestors
Tribute to Patriotism.
1t reads as follows:
Tribute to Patriotism
behotd the gen rous patriot band.
Brave guardians of their native land.
BY no ignoble view inspired.
BY love of country only fired,
Marched forth to combat
Side by sidei
No mercenary thoughts excite
for freedom and for fame they fight:
NlfSihlas flower, her ornament and pride,
petersburg volunteers, who embarked in
the service of their country in the war with
Great Britain on the 21St of October 1872
and consecrated their Yalor at the battle
OF Fort MeiSs on the 9Th day of May 1913:
commanded by Captain Richard McRae.
Llehtenants William Tisdale. first: Henry
Il EnSf II.
SerSeantS James Stevens 1st d.: Robert
T. Cook. I'd. p; Samuel Stevens. Sd, w. :;
John henderson, 4th, p. a.; Corporais N
T. SpotsWood, lst, p: John Perry, I'd, d.;
joseph Scott. Sd, W.; Thomas G. Scott 4th,
w; Joseph C. Noble. 9TH: G. T. Ciough. 9th
X; Musicians Daniel Eshon, W.: James
jackson, w; Privates Andrew Andrews
d; Richard Adams, John Bignam. Edward
Branch, men, Jr- Richard H. Branch. Thomas
D. HiSser: p "a Robert Blick, w; George
Burge, William Burton, Daniel Booker, k :;
richard Booker, p. a.; George Booker. k
Joseph r. Bentley, John w Bentley. Ed
mund Brown w: Thomas Clark, Reuben
Clements, Moses Clements Joseph G. Chal-
mers. p; Edward Cheniworth, d.; James
Cabiness. Edward II. Coghill Samuel Coop
er, w; James Cureton, d.: William r.
Chives. W; George Creddock, Leven Dun
ton, William B. Degraffenredt George p
Digges. Grieve Drummond. w: Alfred o.
Eggieston, p. "a, James Farrer D.; John
Frank, Edmunds Gee, d.; James Gary
FREDERICK Gary, George Grundy. George w
Grymes. Leroy Groves, Edmund NJ Giles,
p; "a; William Harrison, Nathaniel Har-
rison. Jacob Humbert John c. HILL
James Jeffers, William Lacy. d.:
Herbert c. Lotion, W. BENJAMIN Lawson
Alfred i-orain. William Lanier, d.; William
X Leigh W; David Mann. Nicholas Mas
senburg, k; Anthony Mullen. Benjamin
Middleton, Roger Mallory. Joseph Mason,
W; EdWard Mumford p. a.: Samuel Miles
d.; James Pace. James Peterson. Richard
Pool. BENJAMIN Pegram Thomas Perry, W. ::
Thomas W. Perry, w: John Potter D. a. :
John Rawlins George Richards, William p
Rawlins. d.: Evans Rawlins George p
Haybourne, d.: John Shore k; John Shell
Ton, Richard Sharp, John H. Smith. John
Spratt Robert Stevens. Ezra Stitch. W.:
Thomas Scott. w: John II. Saunders Danl
Worsham Charles Wynne, Nathaniel H.
Wills. w: Thomas Worsham. Samuel Will
hams, k; James Williams, John F. Wiley,
w: David Williams"
The initial letters p, K, W. &c, indicate
that those so marked were killed wounded
or promoted, IS the case may be.
The Generals Commenha:inn