The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-24

ia an. under command Of BTig-Gen. John
r. Henley. dispersed the cavalry. rode
rough shOd over the infantry, captured
the entire wagon train they were g.
corting. unhitched and drove away the
teams. burned the wagons captured az
many prisoners as De had men eno hliie4
and wounded q number 81 the enemy. Al
though the loss NJ This train caused Gen.
Sheridan 20 fall back from bis advanced
position he failed 10 report the extent
Of the disaster 10 his superiors. never
thelsss The Secretary Of War heard OF u
through other sources and wired MN On
August 10Th. asking u b. were true. Gen.
Grant also heard OF 20. end Oh August l'in
ha sends the fatal order % Sneraah
which closes with his ominous command.
"When any % M0shy men are caught
hang them without trial.
Then came the tragedy on the streets o.
Front Royal ...-.
THEY WEIRD KNIGHTS.
VIII. should the members Of the foriY-
third virginia Battalion have been sing ~
ont as the victims ~ such cruel oll-I
TteIr mode ~ warfare aid not depart from
tfe. ~ a civilized nations the PRISONERS
Cantr-sd bv them had alwa-s been hu-
rn8rofy treated. their men wore me SAM
uniforms that covered tne pret't- -l
StorawaI Jacksou's veterans. ihtI f'N-
r-rwc-t az those Who az me c''Hliiai.-
81 tho rr.trhicss Lee sformr1 tre l'ienis
OF Getty hurs they fought under me
same hattie flag JAS waived 1er the plume
Of Je1 stuart. the embodiment ~ chif-
alrie honor And set although captured
in a gallant charge ~ Jess than one hun-
drcf against zen th0usa nd. they were eAr-
cuted solely because they Wele members
OF Mosby command
Otrer executions no doubt. would nave
osirflv followed had NOT our commando.
with The approval ~ General Ron D.
Leo and abe Confederate Secretary rt war
reta,ated by the execution oi lhe ai.n-
/ tsr az Federal prisoners who were hNfs
on The VALLEY Turnpike sheridan high
way Of travel An officer was imme-
diate'v Sent with % Gag ~ truce. Bearing
q letter from N1snr Oh Sheridan. inform
ing h.m That his men had been executed
in retaliation f0r those ot orr command.
tut that thereafter his prisoners would be
treated with the kindness due t1 their con-
dilon. unless some ner alt ~ barlarl
should compel him reluctantly 20 adopt
"a course r-nu siFe 90 humanity Thus iil
we fnrn with ttr approval NJ General
I Lee and the Confederate Government rff-
i.ter our protest against the execution ~
/ these-our urlorf innate comrades. ID
proved O most successful protest The
I order 90 execute M0shy men was from
thar day O. lla1 letter on the l.es ol fle
I War Department.
/ It is not with assure We recall these
+ terrible tragedies. lt .- only because lls-
I t.c- % the memory of 0l- fallen come
rades demands thar these events should
b- trlrlfulv recorded. AS we look back
upon fhcm through che c-m fls-- o- thr-
fy-1re years they seem 90 us but -le
shadow ot a frlghtfli dream. The prom.-
mem. actors .n them have nearly an passed
away. Colonel Lowell himself VAS klie-
the succeeding Octot e. galllrtr charg-
ing q Confederate battery. General Gus
I ter. witness ~ tne tragedy was h.m-
SELF massacred By indians though not
until in PTS iast rally be- displayed hc-
roism ~ which every American IS proud.
And Grant TOO. has passed away bat De
lived long enough 90 know personally OFT
gallant commander who won h.s almlra-
zion and unlyins friendship. There is not
to-day a surviving member 30 Aoshy
Command who would not gladly place
wreath upon the tomb Of Grant
PEACE ElE>S.
Let 20 not Doe supposed that we desire 90
re-kindle the passions o. sectional strife
There Us no longer any bitterness between
ue soldiers ~ the North and the soldiers
OF the South Whatever ~ prejudice may
have been engendered between the two
sections while The war lasted has ceased
go exist when the Confidence soldiers
surrendered their arms and accepted their
paroles they became .u good faith Cir-
Gems ~ the United STATES. They turned
their hands from the ing -eueuts % way
20 the implements ~ peace. They devoted
their energies 90 the building ri heir colu-
try that had been laid waste by the COM
.r. nTH
fields they developed their c0lntry's re-
sources extended her railroads erected
factories built up her educational and
financial Institutions until the whole c0uu-
try is Justly proud % our Southland. And
in turn the S0utherner Of to-day proudly
uuites with his brother Of the North in
pr0ciaiuLg Websters glorious words,
OUR COUNTRY. OUR WHOLE COUN-
TRY. AND NOTHING But OUR
COUNTRY"
our patriotism has long since refused 20
recognize any sectional lines. 10 ls graft
flying 90 know by the statement emanat-
ing from the office OF the Adju,ant-Gen-
ersl o. the Army tina, during The recent
war with spain the south furnished more
volunteers .n proportion 20 us population
than any other part ~ the country. And
who was tho central figure around which
all chlyairous sentiment first rallied but
our own General F-tz Lee Who was it
emerged from the fierce conflict OF battle
as the real hero o. Santiago but Eight
ing Joe Wheeler OF the South But
above au. 10 is most appropriate that we
should to-day recall the fact that the
gallant officer % Mosby Command. WAC
Jed the charge agaius, the Federal forces
when these men zen in the streets Of
Front Royal thirty-lre years ago. was
himself during the war a commissioner
officer in the Army ~ the United states
and there was not one who bore DTS come
mission with more honor. with more pa
triotlsm. with more devotion 20 his c0uu-
tryss flag. than did our own cOmrade
Captain sam Chapman.
4 UNITED COUNTRY.
Therefore We Wa 90 known that in re-
calling The scenes which OCCaeiOued the
erection 81 this monument We do not En-
the least abate our patriotism nor do we
surrender DO tie least our claim 20 our
country and our country flag. IL Is our
country. reunited. Its people are reunited
by ties more lasting than ever bound them
heretofore. they are reunited ty the ties
o. commerce. they are reunited by the
marriage and intermarriage Of our sons
and daughters; they are reunited in our
legislative halls where the Statesmen
OF the North. together with the statesmen
OF the South make the nation laws. And
wherever our flag floats whether upon the
land or upon the sea Ill bears the stars
of the South as well as the stars OF the
North"
When we reflect upon the present ne