Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-15

Sis, associated. The one is the conse-
...pce and the inheritor OF the other. In
~, ,,ov can the student OF social develop
.,s,t better pursue his study than in
~,rbling through the streets OF Rich
,rond among the structures that to-
6sv has built amid the ruins and relics
OF yesterday.
Thlrty-seven years ago General Lee es-
,shushed his headquarters in this city.
,,,,o, the secession of Virginia from the
l'p,on and organized the means of re-
sistance 10 the northern armies. From
all parts Of Virginia and the Gulf States,
,be volunteer regiments. which had
.nrunc up like magic. were forwarded by
railway 10 the capital of the Confede-
racv. Every train brought additions TO
,be great mass Of raw material which
had volunteered from this city; large
-amrs rose around Richmond. chief
among which was that named Camp
lee" and the work of drilling and mould
,rr this crude material for the great
work before st was ardently pro-
.,eded with under the supervision OF the
renowned general.
To-day. history repeats itself, and
Camp Lee is again the theatre Of the
mastering in TO the service Of a common
country and for common cause, the
Youth and chivalry Of the Old Dominion.
There was a great and merry multitude
upon the noble spot when ths writer saw
10. a band was playing near the pavilion,
and birds were circling and twittering
around the tree tops in the light of the
evening sun; but as he stood there and
watched the happy, careless throng and
listened 20 the martial music, the scene
seemed suddenly 10 change, and he be-
held the armed cohorts of the Confede-
rtcy. and saw the gallant Lee upon his
charger riding down the line, II for an
Arpomattox, yet still for the laurel OF
everlasting fame.
ROSTERS OF OUR COMPANIES.
j. has been said that there is but little
thar may interest the sightseer at Camp
Lee: and, in the sense Of mere prose, this
may be true. There is the oval race
track. a large grassy plain, and to the
wight Of it the lofty Auditorium Building
That is all. But 10 the eyes of the spirit
that lonely landscape is forever hallowed
and glorious with the pageant of moral
ya,or the devotion and the grandeur,
and the fidelity of men who were content
g. perish for what they loved.
ne Dispatch presents to its readers
Ills morning a complete roster Of the
companies formed in this city at the out
break Of the civil war. They were the
first to leave for the front. and nearly all
Of them were mustered into service at
Camp Lee. In presenting this list the Dis
patch wishes to acknowledge the courtesy
and assistance of Captain +. Leslie
spence, Mr.. c.. T. Loehr. Mr.. c. T. Poin-
dexter, and Lee Camp Sons Of Veterans.
The rosters include only those compa-
mes that were organized early in 1861,
and II does not include men who enlisted
in the companies after their ranks had
been thinned by active service.
MASTERING IN OF THE FIRST.
Seven companies Of the cold First" Vir-
gnla Regiment, Infantry, which repre-
seated part Of Richmond's contribution
20 the Confederacy's cause were muster
Ell into that service in this city, but con-
trary to popular supposition, were never
directly mustered into the army which
surrendered with Lee at AppOmattox.
When these companies, which composed
part Of this regiments immortal roster,
received their first call to take up arms
n the defence of the South, it came from
The state of Virginia, and not from the
confederate Government, and il was into
The service Of the former, primarily that
they were mustered on the 2lst of April,
l,l The mastering il was done at the
ODD State courthouse. as il was known,
. building which stood on Twelfth street
near where the State Library Building
now stands. and which was destroyed by
the evacuation fire of April 3, 1860. The
men were passed upon by General Bald
W.n and on 9th they went into training
~ Camp Lee. which was then Familiarity
known as the new FAIRGROUNDS. The
companies thus mustered in were 3, c,
j.. O.. II, /. and X.
Company a, of the First, as it existed
before the opening Of hostilities, had
been sent TO Norfolk, where it was later
attached 10 the Twelfth Virginia Regi-
meut. and Company Il Blues) 10 Fred
orlcksburg. where il became part OF the
F0rty-sixth. Company +, when mustered
iu became a part OF the Twenty-hrst
Regiment. and thus were assigned TO ac-
tive service the entire ten companies
THE PRANKISHNESS OF RECRUITS
The veteran members Of the old compa-
MES from the First, who saw their hrst
camp life at Camp Lee where the present
mobilization OF troops is being made tell
many and amusing stories Of the FRANKS
which they and their comrades played
during those days. Whenever opportunity
offered they were down in the city, and
No AN the days OF the week this was par
ucularly true Of Sunday. when the rigor
OF discipline was in a measure less mark
a.
I'M this connection A good story Is told
a. Captain Joseph c. Griswold, the war
captain OF Company y, the "Old Domin-
Jon Guard"
10 was Sunday. and the strict captain
was seated inside his tent when the hour
f1r dinner arrived. Without leaving his
seat he called out, IN stentorian tones,
Company ID. fall in" Supposing that
bis command was being obeyed, he con-
tnued to read. Undeterred by the fact That
Dc was the only man OF the company, |
perhaps, within miles, instead OF earshoI |
Ned Craig. whose homo was near fort
Nathan Junction, and consequently De-
yond a Sunday visit. sang out IN an en-
curing tone. Shall we fall In In TWO /
Tanks. Captain Griswold? certainly /
fall In IN two ranks came the captain
peremptory reply. Then. for the nrst
time. Il occurred TO him TO look out. ana
there stood Craig with his feet spread as
far from each other az he could POSSIBLY |
Place them. and on his tongue the quesT
ton. Els this TWO ranks, Captain
Dr. Dorsey Cullen, who passed away IN
.ssa, was the regimentai surgeon.
FLOWERS ON THEIR BAYONETS.
On May the "A. 1861, the troops received
,heir first orders 20 move, and the lo.-
lowing day they struck camp and board
q - he yfahp ETeQeTlckH-