The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-19
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Report Of Mr.. Otey's Bill to Mark
Resting Place Of General
Andrew Lewis,
Especial Dispatch to The Times.o

WASHINGTON, December 1S-In his
report on Representative Otey's bill to APP
propriate $500 to mark the grave Of Gem
eral Andrew Lewis, Representative Amos
Cummings, of the Committee on the Ii
brary. gives an interesting personal sketch
of General Lewis
General Lewis, he says, was a son of
John Lewis, who immigrated to this coun-
try from Ireland in 11iO. He was the sec
ond of four sons.
On March 18th, after participating in
the Indian wars on the upper James, in
Augusta county and ether sections, he was
commissioned captain in George Washing
toms regiment In 1l55, owing to Indian
outbreaks, Governor Dinwiddie organized
what was known as the Sandy Creek
VOYAGE" against the Shawanee Indian
nation. and he directed Washington to
place either the new colonel, Adam Stew
en- or the new major, Andrew Lewis in
command Of the expedition.
Washington selected Lewis. This force
redeZvoused near Salem. now in Roanoke
county, Va, then Botetourt county, Va.
Lewis showed himself commander of
great skill. and his incessant fighting and
indomitable perseverance in the continuous
Indian wars, verified Washington's est-
mate of him. Andrew Lewis, with four
brothers, was in Braddocls's expeoltion and
he was twice wounded at the siege of
Fort Necessity.
POINT PLEASANT.
He commanded at the famous battle of
Point Pleasant, in 117t. and when almost
overwhelmed by the largely superior Num-
bers Of Cornstalks braves, by a mastery
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the Indians. got in their rear, and routed
them, placing Point Pleasant in the list
as one Of the most remarkable of hatties.
Washington formed an exalted opinion
of his ability as a military commander,
and when he Washington was cCmmis-
stoned commander-in-chief expressed the
wish that the appointment had been given
to Gen. Andrew Lewis.
He recommended him, however, for one
of the major-Senerals in tie American
Army hut Congress gave this one to Cen
eral steven. IN WadlingtOn's correspon-
tience. published afterwards, is a letter
written to General Lewis, expressing his
regret that Congress did not confer the
commission on him, promising, however,
that he should be promoted on the first
vacancy occurring. AT his solicitation.
Lewis accepted the position Of brigadier-
general. and was placed in command of
a separate detachment of the army stat
toned at Williamsburg.
General Lewis commanded the American
troops when Lord Dunmore was driven
from Guyns Island in 1916 and announced
his orders for attacking the enemy by
putting a match to the first gun-an IS
pounder-hmsef.
HIS CRAVE.
He figured conspicuousy in the Revolu-
tionary War in command of troops until
1850 when his health failed, and on his
way home died in what is now Bedford
county Va, and was buried near where
tile troops rendezvoused which he COM
manded in the Sandy Creek Voyage" in
what is now Roanoke county Va.
He had been a member Of the House
OF Burgesses, commissioner to make a
treaty with the Six Indian nations, togeth-
er with commissioners from New York,
Pennsylvania and other Eastern colonies.
St3rH;x. in the province of
New York. in 176S; he had been 4 soldier
in the Indian War and in the War of the
observation-disclosures in all the posi-
tons he occupied. and as is said by the
historian:
His independent spirit despised sycophan-
tic means of gaining popularity which
never rendered more than his merit eX-
torted
Virginia has erected a heroic bronze
statue Of him on one of the pedestals OF
the Washington monument at Richmond
along with Patrick Henry. Jefferson, and
others of her distinguished men. and
your committee unanimously agree that it
is but a fitting tribute of the nation to
make this small appropriation to mark
the grave of one SO distinguished in its
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