The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10
THE PORTRAIT
OF CHlEF1 AIMS
Noble Work aofsJobn C. Underwood,
of Kentucky.
A LIST OF THE COLLECTION.
Many of the Confederate Heroes Pic
lures TO be Painted for the
Battle Abbey to Be Erected
in Richmond.

John c. Underwood. OF Kentucky, mas
undertaken a noble work that must enoeaf
his memory TO every southern heaFl LIS
purpose IS TO have painted portraits OF
numerous Confederate chiefiains and pre-
sent them TO the Confederate Memorial
at Richmond, provided by Charles
Broadway Rouss, of New York Inc
Museum in which they are to be stored
will become the Valhalia OF a cause
which. lost though it be. was conceived
In a love of liberty, and maintained win
a heroism, devotion and forttude never
surpassed In the history of men. For
four long and gloomy years the line oil
battle extended from the Potomac to the
Usage, and from the entrance TO the
I,fesaucake 10 the delta of the MISSISSIPPI.
It was the most tremendous struggle 81
all history, and the stake the richest Ior
which armies ever debated. me 9outti
was contendinG for self-governlnens, me
North for Self-preservation- And bota
were right And, what is more. and bet
ter. each emerged from the combat victor.
From the higher point OF view the met
ligent vision can see uaught but that
paradox.
In Mr. Underwood's collection will be
five portraits of Virsinians-Lee, Jack
son, Joseph e. Johnston, Stuart and a. I.
Hill. North Carolina will have two
Governor Vance and D. H Hill: South
Carolina two-Wade Hampton and he:-
shaw: Georgia two-Longstreet and Cor
don; Alabama three-Brasg. Wheeler, and
Admiral Semmes: Mississippi three-Pres-
;dent Davis. Stephen D. Lee and l.. =.
Walthali; Louisiana two-Beauregard ana
Dick Taylor; Tennessee three-6oVernoI
Harris Bishop Polk, and General For
.est: Kentucky three-John G. Breckin-
ridge. Simon Bolivar Buckoer. and John
II. Morgan The trans-Mississippi will
he represented by Price, of Missouri;
Cleburne, OF Arkansas, and Albert Sidney
Johnston. of Texas
THESE ARE FINISHED.
OF the above the following are already
mn canvas: Robert Z. Lee. Albert Sid
aey Johnston, Joseph Z. Johnston, Stone
gall Jackson, n. B. Forrest, Leonidas
polk, Stephen d. Lee. Wade Hampton,
John B. Gordon, James 1ongstreet, john
c. Breckenridge, John II. Morgan, RaDh-
ael Sernmes and Isham G. Harris The
following are under brush and nearing
completion: J. z. B. Stuart and A P.
Hill.
All intelligent observers must admire
Nassac husetts for her learning. New
York for her commerce, Pennsylvania for
her thrift. South Carolina for her inten-
SHY and kentucky for her individuality.
Crandest Commonwealth Of the whole sis
1erhood To the Revolution of 11s6 she
contributed Washington, Henry, Jefferson,
Madison. Mason and Marshall. The
tongue of Henry was the first to proclaim
liberty throughout the land; the pen OF
Jefferson embodied il in the greatest of
State papers; the sword of Washington
achieved il in the most just OF all wars
Madison was the Father Of the Consi-
tution;" Mason was the defender OF local
government and Marshall puttressed the
inchoate Union with a jurisprudence the
profoundest and most admirable ever
given to men. To The war between the
States Virginia contributed Lee and john
sion and Jackson and Stuart and Hill and
Ashby. If you would see the Virginian
as he is-the highest type OF citizenship
the world ever saw-go look Tor MN IN
the pages of Thackeray. He is henry
Esmond transplanted TO the Western hem
isphere.
John c. Underwood, through whose
efforts these pictures were painted. ana
Others are to be painted. is a native OF
Kentucky, sixty years Of age. he Is a
son OF Judge Joseph r. Underwood. SO
long ar eminent citizen of kentucky,
and who held so many positions OF trust
and honor. Judge Underwood was a
soldier OIL llit' " d. III iti- iiit @A~SN- =
related to George Rogers Clark His
son, John c., was the only member of
the Underwood family who sympathiz-
ed with the South. Indeed, Judge Tn
derwood was Speaker of the kentucky
Legislature in 1S61- and did as much as
any other man in the State TO hold
Kentucky in the Union.
In the summer of 1861 John c. Under
wood was one of a party OF young men
who escorted Gen. \. B. Forrest from
Bowling Green to the State line. Forrest
was returning from the North with
arms. of which he had several wagon
loads. Later young Underwood became
a member of Gen. Buckners military
family. President Davis gave him
commission in the regular service and
not a great while after he was detached
TO accompany Gen. Hodge to Kentucky
and given the rank of Lieutenant-Colo-
mel.
AT the close of the war he resumed
the profession for which he was educated
civil and military engineer and architect.
For some years he was City Engineer
o. Bowling Green. and public works there
attest his competency in that capacity.
Later he was Mayor of Bowling Green
and in 1875. the year he was eligible, ne
was elected Lieutenant Governor Of Ken
lucky.
General Underwood raised most OF the
money for the Confederate monument at
Camp Douglas and ii WAS through his
efforts that Congress recognized that en-
terprise.
He is an intense Southern man and his
whole heart is in the work Of preserving
the memory and keeping green the graves
of the men who fought and died for the
Lost Cause-Savoyard, in Louisville
Courier-Journal-