The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-29
he CONFEDERATE MUSEUM.
ass KATHERINE STILES TALK To
DAUGHTERS OF CoNFEDERACY.

Made Possible by the Devotion of
Georgia WOman-SOme of the
peIicS Described by Miss stiles.
,,I.stand of President Davis viii
Re Presented to the Georgia
Room.
me of the largest meetings of the Char
.s~ CHAPTER Of Daughters of the Confed-
crazy was held yesterday afternoon at
confederate hal. It's main attraction and
,,-incipal interest was the talk by Miss
IA berine Stiles, vice regent of the Geor-
ga room at the Confederate Museum in
Picbmond, descriptive of the articles or
historic value the pictures, manuscripts
ond relics that have been collected and
4 ora preserved there. incidentally, and as
a nrelude 20 her talk, Miss Stiles gave
short history of the organization of the
ruseum and of the noble work that it is
4 doing in searching out, collecting and pre-
serving in enduring form the records of
the Confederacy and of the men who yield
ed I'D their lives in the. struggle for It's
establishment.
The Confederate Memorial Literary So
cetv. which is the owner of the museum,
was chartered under the laws of the state
Of virginia, "its object being to teach
all future generations the true history of
the war and the principles for which these
soldiers laid down their lives. The so
cetv has received from the city of Rich
. mond the mansion which was occupied by
the Hon. jefferson Davis, as his resi-
dence while he was President of the Con-
federacy, one of the handsomest houses in
Richmond and standing in spacious
4 grounds This house was used for many
years as a public school.
1t is due to a Georgia woman that the
dedication Of the White House Of the Con-
federacy to the uses 10 which 1t is now
being put was rendered possible. Mrs.
4 Mary DeRenue of this city accumulated
during her lifetime a most valuable COL
lection of Southern relies, and this col
lection was bequeathed by her son, DR..
Everard DeRenne, to the society. The ed
vocational value of this collection was of
sufficient Importance TO authorize the city
of Richmond to deed the building the So
ciety had so long desired to it, which ii
could not do for other than a literary or
educational purpose. The museum was
formally opened on Feb. o. 1885,
Since that time the women of the soci-
ETY. have accumulated sufficient funds to
make the old building almost fireproor,
as nearly so as was possible, and in it
Confederate relics. manuscripts and in
terestng historical documents have been
collected and are carefully preserved.
The Georgia room contains some of the
most interesting and valuable relics and
wi h11f1d
inent among these being the Mary De-
Renne, of Georgia Collection" and the
'Gilmer Memorial" The latter was pre-
scented to the society by Gen. Gilmer's
daughter, and numbers a pair of brass
spurs made from the sabots of the shells
thrown into Fort Sumter and presented
by the men who made them to Gen. Gill
mer. One other pair of spurs were made
from this material and presented 10 Gen.
Beauregard.
In the museum a room has been as
signed to each of the Southern states. and
each room is under the charge of a regent
ana vice regent, the latter being always
resident of Richmond. Recently the So
'le'y mas issued catalogue, in which all
oI the contents of the several rooms. that
had been received at the time of publi-
cation are described and credited to their
donors. The perishable manuscripts are
preserved In glass cases, which ward off
the discoloration and fading that would
result were not this precaution taken.
Inc society has also undertaken the
preparation of a roll of honor, which
when finished, will contain the name of
every worthy soldier who fought for the
Conlederacy. Blank forms have been print
ed ana are furnished by the society TO the
various Confederate orders throughout the
country These, when filed up, will show
the name and record of the soldier whose
deeds il is intended to commemorate, and
When sufficient of them have been got to-
gether will be found in permanent form
and placed upon the shelves of the mu-
scum library. The state of North Carolina
mas already completed its roll of honor
and has furnished to the society the name
and record of every soldier who fought for
me Confederacy, in a. North Carolina reg
iment during the civil war.
Al the meeting Of the Daughters the
members of the chapter were shown an
lnkstand that was used by President Da-
Wis throughout the entire time of his resi-
uence in Richmond, and which was given
Dy MIN to Mrs. NJ E. Robertson after the
last session of the Confederate cabinet
That was held in her husbands house at
Washington, Ga. This inkstand 1t is the
intention Of Mrs. Robertson to present to
~ NSOiSld room IN the museum.
Mrs, James L. Sexton, on behalf of Mr.
John Morrill, Of Eufaula Ala, presented
tne chapter with a gavel, made from
a tree growing on the lawn of the
state capital Of Alabama, at Montgomery
"here Jefferson Davis was inaugurated
president of the Confederacy. Mr.. Morrill,
,eda IN the papers the resolutions that
I'au been passed by the chapter protesting
against the proposed surrender Of the GEM
tLerles containing the Confederate dead to
lue eontrQl of the national government,
ana these resolutions agreed so well with
ms own views on the subject that he
NIsheo to testify to the chapter his ap-
pecston and entire sympathy with the
stand it had taken.
g. ne chapter decided to dispose of the
ss'0ueWall jackson medals during the Con-
+51eta'e reunion at Charleston These med
49, nave an interesting history. During
NV war Mr.. c, A. L. Lamar was COM
ned to have them struck in Europe,
,,. 't ne ordered that this be done, fur
,rLs.INs the design that he wished used.
10y We're struck and shipped to this
o9uH'ry successfully running the block
NJ ana entering the port Of Savannah.
- men tney reached here Mr.. Lamar was