Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-30
GEN HEIH AT REST.
THE OLD SOLDIER BURIED WITH
MILITARY AND MASONIC HONORs.
A LARGE CROWD At The CRAVE.
Active Military, Confederate Vete-
rams, the MnsOns, and Governor
Tyler and His stan Follow the
Body to the Grave.

The remains Of Major-General Harry
Heth were laid 10 rest yesterday after
noon in Hollywood.
The soldier was given a soldiers burial.
His body was borne TO the grave rest
ing on a caisson; marching military and
his old comrades escorted II TO its final
place of rest; volleys of musketry and
the roar of cannon announced 10 the
world that the hero's dust had been de-
posted within the bosom Of the old
Mother State, for whom he had risked
his life on a hundred fields, and he was
left to sleep in Hollywood until univer-
sal reveile
A LARGE CROWD.
The concourse attending the funeral was
very large one. Many were at
the Capitol when the body was removed
and the march 10 the grave began, but the
number at the cemetery was very
much larger. The young Of both sexes
were among those who gathered 10 show
their respect 10 the memory OF the DEAD
warrior, but those of an older generation
were chiefly noticeable. Men VINO mad
and Bars were more numerous than
those to whom the war is only as story
told by their fathers Women, whose
hair is white with the frost OF years, and
10 whom the recollections OF the hor-
rors Of war are still fresh In memory,
were there in unusually large numbers
The body rested in the Senate cham
Der from the time of its arrival here
from Washington Thursday, until re-
moved at 4 o'clock. Two members or the
HowitzeIs' Battery stood guard over the
remains the entire time. There was
continual stream of persons TO see the
remains throughout yesterday until the
hour Of the funeral.
There was a large crowd in and arouhu
the capitol when the active pall-bearefs
entered an a few minutes Of O'Clock. Inc
hower-covered casket was removed from
the Senate Chamber 10 the calsson by
representatives. OF Richmond Lodge, No.
10 A NJ and A. NJ, Lee and Pickett
camps OF Confederate Veterans, and ac-
tive military. The members Of the Ma
sonic Lodge were lined up on either side
NJ the door at the entrance. the lines eX-
tending down the steps TO the caisson.
When The casket was placed in position
four horses were attached To the black
draped vehicle, the band began funeral
march. and the march to the grave was
begun. ....,,,....,.,,,,,,
The procession moved in the following
order:
Chief-Marshal Major Thomas a. Bran
der and staff, in carriages; Major william
%. simons, commanding the military, IN
carriages: the Citizens Band; the Rich
mond Howitzers, under Captain II. A.
Williams; Company +, under First-Lieu-
tenant Hardwick acting captain; yete-
rams Of r. f. Lee Camp; veterans OF
Pickett Camp; members Of the r.. II, Lee
Camp or Sons OF Veterans; Governor Iy,
Ter and stan, in carriages; active and
honorary pall-bearers, in carriages; Ma
sons; the caisson, bearing the remains;
members Of the family Of the deceased;
citizens generally in carriages and on
foot.
Crowds of spectators lined the route OF
the procession, and when the cemetery
was reached many hundreds were wait
ing To witness the last rites,
The burial service of the Episcopal
Church was read by Bishop Gibson, and
the funeral rites of the Masonic order
were celebrated by MISUNDERSTANDING
Vandeyenter. Then Company y marched
forward and fired three volleys Of fare
well. A moment afterwards the hrst gun
of the maj0r-generaPs salute fired by the
Howitzers doomed out. When the echoes
of the last Of the thirteen were dying the
rain was falling.