The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-10-13
PRESENT ton
! OF A PORTRAIT
Lee Camp Adds Another to Its Group
Of Heroes.
GEN. {. A PERRY, OF FLORIDA.
E,-Governor Fleming, of That state
Made the Presentation Speech,
AND Commander Rich
nrdson Replied.
Lee Camp Adds Another to Its Group
GEN. {. A. PERRY, OF FLORIDA.

a handsome portrait of the late Gen. T.
"A. Perry, OF Florida, was presented 10 Lee
Camp last night by friends and followers
Through ex-Governor Francis p Flemins'
of Florida, and accepted by Commander u
C. Richardson on behalf OF the camp.
Ex-Governor Fleming made spienaiu
speech in presenting the portrait. and re-
ferred in euiogistic Language TO the iicioe
OF the war. He said in part:
ADDRESS OF GOV. FLEMING.
The war between the states nroushl
suffering and misery 10 the South "hich
never can be told. Her choicest sons were
offered up a sacrifice upon the ailaF oi
country. The angel Of death ctaimso suci
tribute that IN almost every houSeiloio III
the land were the habilimentS oil mourn
ing. and Rachel weeping for her chiiofeh-
The country was devastated from sea
coast TO mountain and from the waters oil
flas Potomac to the distant shores OF me
Mexican Gulf. A former prosperous people
were reduced to poverty, in many instances
vel! nigh unto starvation Yet no war
ever developed a richer harvest OF heroic
men and women.
God in his infinite wisdom, ordained
that as heroic, as patriotic, as brave and
las true-flearted a people as ever 5Wased
war in defense of home and country should
be overthrow and their cause go down
in defeat. But. praised be His name. he
raised Up as The Great Captain of our
armies the most sublime character. other
than the one perfect man, OF whom history
furnishes a record. With complete equi-
EJoise. Robert Edward Lee, Comrnander-ir-
Chief Of the Confederate armies, towers
in his grandeur-the man, the Christian,
the soldier the patriot.
81 would repress a strong impulse of my
heart if failed. on this occasion, to make
mention of the noble daughters of the
Seuth ] am disposed Mr.. Commander. to
liace .lem on a higher plane than her
s,at2=. i'.si-s was not the excitement or
glory OF battle. yet how they toiled and
suffered ana endured, Their homes de-
stroyed or desala:sd. their loved ones and
protectors IN distant armies, or filling a
soldiers grave: themselves subjected to
indtgnity and insult. vet true to the
cause as the needle to the rRlV: angels Of
mercy. nursing the sex and wounded.
tailoring increasingly and denying them
selves. even the neccsSai.aS Of life. to aid
IN the defense of Their country. Memory
takes me back 10 1885,. when come 10 Rich
lnond with my regiment, 4 youth. not yet
having reached mans estate and was
1lursed from sickness back to health b.
a noble woman OF this city now gone
TO her reward. She was but one of the
thousands and thousands whose memory
Is era eful!v and lovingly cherished by the
Confederate soldier.
Comrades of r. e. Lee Camp. YOU are
engaged in = great and comnendable work.
for yourselves. for yonr conte.nporarIes
and for noste:itr IN utilizing the skill or
The artist - perpetuate the memory and
vindirate the carse of the South No one
can look around these walls and fail to
be Impressed with the grand tyne Of man
represented e. tfe PORTRAITS of those illus
tr'ouS heroes If tlla Confederate States.
or fail to raq'ize that ;flev would never
h7ve egf7o''e"d ? cause in Giehonor
Now T''or;3a cones To make 2 con+ribI-
ZION. and lenders vou a portrait OF one
Of her DISTINGUISHED are7 gallant sons well
worthy pace IN t!2is noble galaxy Of
heroes
PToce APHTCAT, MENTION.
General Edward a. Perry was horn in
1SS2. in Berkshire county. Massa chusetts.
al The foot OF Perrv's Peak. for genera
tons The homestead Of the Perry family
He attended a school in Lee" a town
near by. Until he went to Yale College.
where he completed his education. He
came South Immediately after locating in
Alabama. where he taught a high school
for boys and. al the same time, studied
law He was admitted to the bar in Mont
gomery- Alabama. and in 1856 removed to
Pensacola Florida, where he entered upon
D..
first home in the South held peculiar at
fractions for him, and in 1859 he
was united in marriage Ic one of -Alabana's
fairest daughters. Miss Walthen Y. Ia ylor,
of Greenv.lle. Upon the outbreak of the
war between the States he enlisted as q
private in a company raised at Pensacola
and was chosen its captain After service
for short time at that place. the COM
pany. in June 1861. proceeded to Virginia.
being The first Florida organization to
leave the State. The Second Florida In
fantry reached Richmond soon after, and
Perry's command was thereupon attached
to and became part of that famous reSi-
nent. Captain Perry served with his regi-
1rent the fall and winter of 1s61-62 on
the Peninsula under General Magruder,
and until the forces of that General We're
merged into Jnhnston's army. upon the adj
vance of Mcclellan in the spring of 1852
The Second Florida was constantly under
fire in the works near Yorktown, and to-
Eefiler with the Second Mississippi Battal-
Ion engaged in sortie against and routed
a force Of The enemy al Paimentary's
peach orchard.
On the retreat from Yorktown the Sec
ons Florida was engaged in the battle of
Williamsburg. Among its killed was the
gallant and laThented Colonel George T.
Ward. In all. Captain Perry performed
gallant service in command of his COM
pany. Reaching the Chickallominy, an
election OF officers was held under an act
of the Confederate Congress. whereupon
Captain Perry Vas elected Colonel of the
Second Florida Regiment by a large ma
jo-.ty- He CALAMITY and ably commanded
his regiment in the battle OF Seven Pines,
il which it sustained great loss. Among
its casualties We're its Major and four
CAPTAINS killed. and its Lieutenant-Colonel
and six CAPTAINS wounded.
The regiment under Colonel Perry also
participated in the battles before Rich
mond. being engaged at Gaines Mill and
frazier's Farm. In the latter Colonel
Perry was wounded, which disabled him
for some time. Rejoining his command,
however, in the fall. he was promoted to
brigaGier general and placed in command
of a brigade composed OF the Second,
Fifth and Eighth Florida regiments. This
constituted one OF the brigades Of Ander-
sons division, and took part under Cen
erai Perry in the battles of Freder.cks-
burg and Charlottesville, and participated
IN ali of the important battles in which
the main body of Lees army was en-
gagged. In the battle of the Wilderness
General Perry was severely wounded and
disabled thereafter for active service in
the field. lie was obliged TO use clutches
for years after, though toward the close