The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-17

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the Federal Army in seven, out OF nearly
a thousand severely contested struggles
| during the four years Of war:
! Seven Days Fights. .........,...''..'' ''- 81
Antietam.. ..-........'''''''''''' - 20
! Murfreesooro ...........'.'''''''''' a., ,s
gettysburg ................ ....'.''''''' ~ -.
| chlckamauga...... .........'''.' .''''' -.' -,
| wilderness ...-...............'..'.''''. Asrs
! SpotSylyanla ............ ......-....... $3.50
None of these figures include the miss
| ing. many OF whom were either killed or
| wounded. and. If included. would greatly
| add 10 the number.
The battles Of the Wilderness and or
| SpotSylvania might with great proprlety.
! be termed one continuous battle. and
| there is no better ways 10 impress us
| with its magnitude than to observe that
the losses in killed and wounded In that
| engagement exceeded the killed and
wounded I'm all the battles OF all the wars
| fought by our people prior to 81. To be
| more explicit. the loss was greater than
that in all the battles Of the French
Indian war, all the battles OF the Revou-
tionary and the battles of the war
OF 1872. all the battles of the war with
Mexico, and all the battles OF our various
Indian wars. Add the losses of all the
battles OF all these wars together. and
the total loss will be less than that OF the
AaN'ft'fA''Ftf
PRAISED BY LEE.
Alabama is the mother Of many brave.
heroic sons, but second 10 none Is the
young hero whose memory we honor to-
night ] say young. because 10 US. over
whose heads since then the storms OF
many years have Numbered. that earnest.
boyish face comes back as the friend NJ
yesterday A brilliant career was his
few his days hut full Of heroic deeds. short
but glorious Gentle and retiring as a
maiden he was brave as a paladn, and
stcoC in the midst of fire and carnage as
emotionleSs and mistaken as a rock. In
the words OF your own immortal Lee at
the battle OF Fredericksburg: 1T was
glorious to see such courage in one so
young" and TO US who cherish heroic
deeds. it Is a grand thought that the
memory Of this brave soldier whose life
ebbed out upon the bloOd-stained banks
o. the Rappahannock IS ever enshrine1
in the halo Of immortal youth. "un-
changed by sorrow. and undimmel by
tears"
IT is we'll nigh six and thirty wears
since his sacrifice was consummated and
tonight. we look upon the semhlance Of
his features Ia the place Of honor pre-
pared for II and TO perpetuate his men,
DRY. The years roll on. men come and
go and are forgotten. the popular idol
OF to-day may be fallen ere the morrow,
but the memory and the sacrifice Of Pel-
ham will live for aye. The passing
years but leave an ever deepening tinge
Of gold upon red dangers amaranthine
wreath that crowns the youthful pa
triot's brow
Alabama's crown holds no Jewel purer
or brighter than the memory OF the gall
4. 1. =.
ished with pride and spoken with loving
reverence, so long as honor and purity
and fearless chivalry are dear TO the peo-
pie for whom his life-blood was so gal
lantly shed.
TRIBUTE TO HIS MEMORY.
cannot resist the temptation Of quot
ing an exquisite soonest written oy the
late Hon. William r. Smith. OF Alabama.
then a member OF the Confederate Con-
gress when the sad news Of Pelham's
death was received at Richmond. These
lines have never to my knowledge bean
printed:
BATTLE DEATH.
I'm memory of John Pelham)
Fell by his gunst" Oh, gallant youth.
Renown
Beheld thy fall, and from the battles rage
Plucked and transferred thee to its lyric |
page;
Intent to bind thy brows with oaken
crown.
And hand thy name in crimson glory |
down.
the narrative from age TO age
To fire the hearts Of hero, saint and sage |
Above the fear Of tyrants or their frown.
Come. take thy station by tn intrepid |
twain
That shouted DER tn Athenian tyrants
slain
By that bold boy, that braved Porsena's
flame
And burnt his way through torture to his
fame
By him. Horatius. stalwart 10 the last,
These are thy kin, these great souls Of
the past.
Richmond. 1853.
DE ARMOND. THE ELOQUENT.
At the close Of General Wheeler's adj
lress. Captain Lamb introduced Judge
DeArmond. The audience enjoyed rare
reat The Judge Is the distinguished |
Gentleman who Is said TO be the rival Of |
ir Bailey for leadership of the Demo-
ratio forces. His reputation had pre-
eded him. A man OF middle age about !
he medium height and rather slender, |
With moustache slightly gray, his per-
onal appearance is not such as TO at
fact attention. Rut Judge DeArmond ]
5 a man OF great ability, and he is an |
rator. His tribute 70 Virginia and Vir-
inians set the audience Wild When he |
aid. Far be the day and distant the
lime when the deeds OF your heroes |
hall be forgotten the words produced |
n almost dramatic effect, for he was |
ointing to the pictures that adorns the
amp walls.
He said the South got comparatively |
title in the way OF big positions. out OF |
he late war, but it remained for Wheeler.
former Confederate. to become the |
lmost undisputed hero OF the Spanish
American war Had II not been for |
Wheeler the story Of Ei Caney aud San |
uan might have been different
Paying tribute to the great deeds OF
the Judge said:' History
)udn't be written with the Confederates
~ out" and then he told how the
outhern heroes had struggled on and
eld their own with those who fought
a the other side and who draw pensions.
He appealed TO the young men to make
irginia's history as glorious IN the fu-
ire as II has been in the past.
When the Judge was about 10 take his !
at there were cries for him 10 proceed
NJ he declined on account OF the late
sss OF the hour 70 speak longer.
Congressman Jones was called unon |
I'd responded briefly, paying tributes 10
mt. Lamb. Judge DeArmond and Gen
'heeler He praised the work done bv
ia sons OF Confederate Veterans and |
id his father died an unreconstructed
.ebel," and he had no apologies to make