, 1902-02-07
OF H LOST CAUSE
HISTORICAL RELICS IN THE CITY
OF NEW ORLEANS.
Battle Flag. That Waved on Every
sternly Contested Field During That
Colossal Struggle. with Their Tender
Memories, Are SAcrediy Kept

In Memorial Hall in New Orleans is
a wonderful collection OF relics OF the
Lost Cause" There is the flag of
billiards Alabama legion, which was
pressed eighty-three times in the
charge up Snodgrass hill at the battle
OF Chickamauga, which had hundreds
OF men killed under it. which had
three bearers killed while wav-
ing 1t on high, and which vas at last
planted where they wanted to plant it,
while the command having lost half
OF its strength under the orders of a
first lieutenant assembled under its
bullet-torn folds and gave a cheer
weak and feeble though the men
were-of defiance and resolution.
n there is the tiny rocking chair,
upholstered in velvet with lilies, a
worn mahogany chair, used by Miss
Winnie Davis when she was a child.
The flag Of the 25th Louisiana regi-
ment, army OF Tennessee, faded, fraz-
zled, worn, dropping from the weight
Of years-the flag which Lieut.. EstIlle
wrapped around his body the night be-
"he "a Vlit III oluCl tudl IL
might be brought safe to the golden
hearts and the tender hands of the
women Of New Orleans who made it
hangs here.
Forty-eight per cent Of the 4th
Louisiana regiment was killed at
Chickamauga. They went in under
command of a colonel and came out
under command of a second lieutenant.
Flags Of the 18th Louisiana. Dreaux
battalion from New Orleans, Black
Jaegers Of the 22d louisiana, a piece
of the 10th Louisiana. 18th Louisiana,
Rosalie Guards from West Feliciana,
Ccwan's battery, st. Mary Cannoneers,
L%egardeur's battery, guidon guards Of
New Orleans, lancehead and flag Of
I'd Louisiana cavalry, Goth Louisiana,
Both Louisiana captured by the 46th
Ohio, and restored in September, 1901,
flag used by merchantmen in the con-
federate service, Washington artillery,
18th Missouri. all these are draped
over their stats in the main hall.
Hardee's corps flag, a rare one, with
the names Murfreesboro, Perryville.
Pennington and Shiloh inscribed
around the name of the corps in a
circle. occupies a conspicuous place
a the platform.
All these tell their story of courage.
The bullet holes are eloquent Of suf-
fering, Of privation. Of long. weary
marches and of supreme patriotism.
The flag of Gems. Beauregard and
Johnston. made from the silk skirts
OF the Misses Cary Of Richmond and
presented to the generals after the first
battle of Manassas, flies here. A
small piece of the flag which floated
from the dome Of the confederate
days battle when Lees little army
held the city safe against overwhelm-
ing odds. the flag which the soldiers
fought for at Maryo's Heights. at Cold
Harbor, at Gaines Mill and in the
wilderness, is sacredly kept.
And there are fragments OF the stan
dard of the 18th Louisiana which the
men tore up the night before the sur
render. They had marched under it.
theirs and they would not give 1t up.
There are cannon balls from nearly
Z hundred battleields, minnie balls,
stray bullets. pieces Of muskets. a
fragment Of the flagstaff of Fort Sum-
ter, q fragment of the flag of the
Crescent City regiment. which was
divided among the men the night be-
fore the surrender Of Natchitoches
Every conceivable kind OF relic from
A.. $500. o,l,p,hiol - hid ,hDk
all these have, and there is a story
to each.-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.