Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-17

~, cocord cavalry, which regiment iui
'iu -, r,apv officers afterward uistih
'''',sshod i'm the Civil War. his mrs.
,uty was in drilling raw reciu az -,
90 rlisle Barracks. Pa. Iheh nc VIC"
~ the Western frontier anu -,
Indian fighter I'm Texas uhoei '-'
Van Dorm: ,,,.,ant Lee re-
- on arrow wound between the iio9
49,. We near costing his lie. Oh aho1n
' 80 aion he grappled with pig in'ia"
N,ona "a hand combat, threw ms "n."
:" o.. tho ground and killed MIN M
g. r. NJ Hayes, of the seventh Sa' |
,sr,,es from Fort Clark, Texas u'iuei nue..
~, January, 1895, describing ,h's i"' re,,v J
=, ~ remarked TO Lee You nru r1,ad F,
Ill with the Indian lie repiieu
c los, COS a big fellow, but i was ohIy
, .,tos, nv muscle up with MN, anu ieei
-, that | could get away WIN n'n
~, -, M him Later, on my ASKING III"
,'o~'. he had succeeded in throWihs 'no
r,Soian he said. He was yer! s',o"s
i ll' ,rnte strength went, but ne knew
thing of the science oil Wres'ins 80
,tnr though, 1 thought ne "ouiu -
@ when | happened to think Vi d -" ,',
=. u,restling which l learned uui ms -
school days in Virginia IL We" 49, :, ON
as the Virginia Dach me-"
him and fetched MIN oonpEp
HI" AN IDEAL TROOPER. ,
o,threak of the civil war louilo
ne Iae back at West foiht do
n'r',c,or i'm cavalry tactics. lie =,
..siened offered his services u ne II"
~ ctate served first on thc st"i
caneral Ewell, then as heu'eiio'' -
60 ,be First Virginia cavalry unuei
II. stuart, whom he accoI, .,',,n,.s
hie famous raid around Me-
~, ~ in front of Richmond. Oh inc pr
elton of Stuart Lee was chosI" 49,
nal and later brigadier gene a. go
smart. In 1863 the cavalry Oh ,ie 600
81 Northern Virginia was uiEiueu 49, con
Si,,isions. commanded respectively D!
49,. Iyade Hampton and f1tzhush -
Sshnr,lv after the death OF stuart
''ooeeded Hampton as commaiueI vi NV
ea,r,, of the Army OF Northeili y"
ginia with the rank of MAJOR sehel "''
ein ,,'.,rgh CO.'S gallant war RECORD l. d
- of familiar history, both Wrltte,i
I'd unwritten. He was always
an, froouentlv commended, by MS gu
arior officers, and was the luol 81 ni5
brave troopers. He 1t was who oi e.
the way and guided Stonewail 1aoh9'n
The latter's great flank movement ' .tI|
Vim for the Confederate arms 'h0 c.,
rhorcellorsville. At Winchester, sep
VI 40 ISci ne had three horses klliec
a
'eii,Dei -, md was severely wounded
hnacdotes of "Fitz" Lees proWess aooun'
a. ,ho yarious war histories ana reiiiihiS
nances of soldiers. He is often conlounoe'
,,,ith his cousin. the late General W. III
Iytzbngb C'Rooney') Lee, the secohu SUI SUI
80 General Robert Il. Lee, ana WHO wa
aIso a dashing cavalry ofhcer'
Tic his chief, "Jeb" Stuart, fltzhusl
was a JOYOUS and light hedr,e'
,noo,er ready to dance all night aile
sahiing all day In January, d. "hel
the Confederate cavalry was quai ~.
at Charlottesville, the oinceIs 30 w
grand ball. General ROBERT r. - :
to his youngest son, theh
that arm of the service Air
.eTeu EItz | grieve over the harusnii
I'D sufferings of his men in their ia'
ovnedition. / am AFRAID ne wa
anxious to get back to the ball Inns
4 . had time for such things. we nave u
crave subjects on hand to engage III sue
esr;,soI amusements. / would rather n
officers should entertain themselves
= fattening their horses. healing their me
= and recruiting their regiments lhere a, a.
j. foo MANY Lees on the committee al
- them all to be present at pdt'ieS' ~
can excuse them at balls.
, Tho last fighting done by the Army
4 Northern Nl1Slilld vas NV - ''
O headed by "Fitz' Lee, at Farmvlile'
- few miles from Appomattox, on the )
a of April 1860, when the Cohleueia'
~ were successful in driving back the re
y araI cavalry division of General Oroo
l. Tben sheridan and ord came up. ana eli
l. ed the hopeless struggle; ana the Ho
l. day Grant and Lee settled the terms
l. the surrender. At the campfire coui
Is of the Confederate leaders on the his
lie of the Sth, "Fitz" Lee had asked .
* was refused. permission TO eNtrlcate
cavalry i'm case of surrender, proNlueu
f. was done before the flag of truce shot
n change the status. He was afraid ms III
In would lose their hOrses-a fear when d
y onnressed his uncle and commander TIE
II eraI Robert E. Lee. But. as history !
| recorded in letters of gold. General Grt
maqnanimously agreed ITO let all II
who claimed TO own a horse or mule ID
$ the animals home with them to We
their little farms.
a STORIES OF GENERAL LEE.
m Before leaving Fitzhugh Lee war
49,. cord. the temptation is irresistible TO
"a clude here one or two OF the -
stories which he himself tells WIN
on finite jest and humor.
~, After AppomattoX our trooper gene
ru was trudging dejectedly back to MS ia
Sc in Stafford. when he met grayb'
no with a gun hurrying to the front to
a. ioin his regiment.
III NO USE" said Fitz, shaking MS ne
m, Lee has surrendered. -.
ril "What?" exclaimed the soldier sta
lie ing petrihed Did you say Lee haa 5
ne rendered? / don't believe IT, II
lie" ,..- .,,oo
r. Upon the sad assurance being repea
tie .ho moor fellow burst into tears of mo
no fication and rage and blurted out:
of can't make me believe that Uncle fo'
ever surrendered no how 1t must
he ,,ao mat - foxy 'Fitz' Lee!
zee Here is another Renaissance .
nd you'd Just ought to- hear f1tz Lee
ty, one of the most devoted timex anu
the adherents the Southern cause eN 80,
en-. was old Colonel M -, aisa
,ad No matter how thick and black dlsa
ID lowered upon the Confederate arms