The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-07
Mrs. N. V. Randolph Also Gives Out
a Statement for Publication.
.NOBLYDEFENDSS DSSOUTH'S HEROES
Letters From General James c. Lynch
and NIr. Knowles Croskey to Mrs.
Halscy Embodied i'll One to Mrs.
Randolph-Interest State
1ncnts Concerning the
Wagner Affair.

Mrs. n. V. Randolph has given out Tor
publication the following communication
| in regard to the Confederate dead ouiieo
| at Germantown, Pa, and also furnishes
| other interesting information concerning
| the Wagner -HaIsey controversy:
have been requested by The Times to
| give a report of the committee for mark
! ing the graves of prison dead. This re-
| port was sent to General Gordon at the
| meeting of the Confederate veterans at
Louisville I do not think the report was
| read or commented on, but it was en-
bodied in the general reports and VIII oe
| placed in the minutes OF the convention
l will state simply what was in my report:
! Three years ago at the suggestion OF
| brave Federal officer Colonel William h.
! knauss of Columbus, O., and appeal was
| sent out to camps and chapters askln-
! flowers 10 place on the graves OF the Con-
| federate dead buried at Camp Chase rms
| brought to us the fact that many locah-
| ties where those of our dead were buried
| would soon be lost.
TOOK UP THE WORK.
A committee of Daughters OF the Con-
| federacy. assisted by Lee Camp and Sons
| OF Veterans took the matter up Ihe COM
I mite from the Richmond Chapter wrote
| to Washington to the Department iindlns
| the places where these Confederate SOL
| diers were buried. Thirty thousand lie III
/ unmarked graves To four reunions we
| have sent reports. We nave sent loooe
| circulars written one thousand letters, and
| responses came from forty chapters ana
| eight camps. Beautiful resolutions were
sent from the United Confederate veterans
| and the large amount OF 500 COZ
Iai I.
| Philadelphia Chapter, to whom it was re-
| ported that go were buried in the Ma
| tional Cemetery at Philadelphia, with her
| little band of devoted Southern women,
! determined to mark this spot. They have
collected nearly 5000. Many Northern
men, unsolicited, have contributed to this
| fund
IS HE AN AMERICAN?
That there would be any difficulty IN
getting a united country to allow monu-
ment placed over the prison dead at the
North never entered the minds OF the
| Daughters of the Confederacy. These
| men were the fathers OF the
boys who fought at San Juan, and the
| bows who are now dying in the philippines
| for a country, whose G. a. r. Veterans
| would blow up with dynamite monument
to mark the graves. Are the brave Cen
| eral wagner and his followers afraid OF a
dead Confederate soldier. Tenderly would
we. if we could. gather the dust of these
noble dead and lay them with their corn
! rades in beautiful Hollywood where they
would not frighten General Wagner. But
| there is nothing left to bring back TO
the Southland, not even a handful OF
dust. Women of the South, they were
your fathers and brothers and husbands;
| how Ditiful that they are denied recocni-
| ton. No, they are not denied recognition
| by the gallant Federal soldiers who net
| them face to face and not afraid of
| them in death, for the letters written to
Mrs. Halsey by men of the Ci- A r. VIII
F! clearly show this
NO OFFENSIVE INSCRIPTION.
| Mrs. Halsey, as a Southern woman to
| the manner born, would never put an Of
fensiva inscription on a monument to our
| prison dead. AS the daughter of her
| ia ather as the chosen representative OF her
chapter of devoted Daughters of The Con-
fet,eracy, she would honor our dead. and
| the monument will be ouiit, and we nope
| this incident, so d!sgraCefU! to Americans,
| will cause many respond TO her appeal
| and raise higher than ever monument to
! the prison dead of the Southern ConIed-
| eracy. MRS. n. V. RANDOLPH.
| Chairman of Committee Z. D. C. for Mark
| ing Graves of Prison Dead.
OUTRAGEOUS RESOLUTIONS.
! THE following is d letter OF Mrs Halsey,
| written last Friday, to Mrs. Randolph:
I Daughters of the Confederacy.
| General Dabney Fl. Maury Chapter, Phil
| .adelphia.
| Dear Mrs. Randolph sent you by
special delivery yesterday morning copy
of the Philadelphia Ledger, which con-
tanned the most accurate interview with
| me regarding the Wagner matter and the
! outrageous resolutions passed by his Post.
the Ellis Post. I await with great interest
| a letter from you.
con Wednesday afternoon a reporter
/ In]rr IcI a-I- 7 haI a
statement to make or would make one as
| TO nv interview with General Wagner. I
+. said: Did General Wagner tell you I had
| been TO 50: him?' No, but a member of
the Post did l then said my report had
gone TO you in regard to this matter, and
| YOU would make your report to the Con-
| federate Veterans. Therefore I had moth
ing to say until l heard further from you.
| The matter has aroused great interest
! and feeling here. and all are waiting to
| hear from the South in regard to it.
NOT THE SENTIMENTS.
"The great point from my point of
| view to be made is to emphasize the fact
| that Wagner does not voice the senti-
ments of the Grand Army, and then lets
! go for him and his record The following
is a brief of a letter / have just received
| from General James c. Lynch, formerly
commanding First Bribade, First Division.
/ Second Corps, Army OF the Potomac.
! written from q club in Philadelphia TO me-:
.Dear Mrs. Halsey:-Brave men are
/ never revengefui. and bear no malice to-
wards those who have met them IN fair
combat. Many shots passed over the
| fighting line in a great battle and wound
/ ed sl1ulkers in the rear.
=. Unfortunately there are men in the
I G. A. r. who have obtained prominence
| who were not faVorably mentioned for
t eallantry on the battlefield. Last week
/ marched in the ranks of Maury Camp
at Fredericksburg. touching shoulder with
| one who defended Marye's Heights on
i#December 18th. 90, and charged WITH
/ Pickett at Gettysburg in '6s. My son and
his son are to-day in the philippines
/ tignt!ns for common country and for
/ the flag we both love.
AS TO THE "DYNAA1ITERs-