The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-07-15
Where Relics are Preserved Which Touct,
Mems Hearts.

Where Relics are Preserved Which Toucf
Mems Hearts.
An interesting feature Of the Con
federate Museum in Richmond, al
though foreign to it's design, is the
furnishing Of a point 'appui to ex
Federal and Southern soldiers, those
charming bits of unwritten history.
A Northerner entering the Missis.
sippi room, and pausing before case
containing the suit worn by Jefferson
Davis when captured, said to the
guide:
II have seen these clothes before.
was one Of the wardens in charge OF
Mr. Davis cell at Fort Monroe, and
seeing this coat on a chair near his
couch aud desiring souvenir of him
cut of the right.haud rear button,
which l still retsin." AS he spoke
the two men passed around the case
to find the button in question conspio.
uous by its absence.
"The sentinel who relieved me-
the visitor continued, coveted his
pipe. Mr. Davis, however, was an
inveterate sm oker, and, knowing the
distress it's loss would entail, 7 inter
ceded in his behalf and it was spared.
1t was meerschaum, stained down
the bowl half inch as evenly as
though done by measure"
There was no pipe Of the ex-Presi-
dent on exhibition in tho building.
Some one in charge remembered how
ever that there were some Davis re-
lics packed in drawer. The key
was produced, search discovered .
worn case, in which was q pine.
stained just as the stranger had de.
scribad.
The museum building is Of interest
in itself, Apart from .he relics wwAl;sh s.
enshrines and the memories cluster.
Jog about it as the Whito House OF
the Gdnfederaoy. Erected By Dr..
Joha Brockenbrough in che early
days Of Richmond, and situated in
what was then fashionable quarter, !.
it is q type Of the city homes OF Viz
ginia gentlemen in that latter part Of
the eighteenth and the beginning Of
the nineteenth century. From DR..
Brockenbrough it passed by purchase
to Mr.. James Morson, who sold it to
his cousin, the Hon. James Seddon, a
member Of the peace commission held
in Washington, and later Jefferson
Davis Secretary of War. Mr.. Lewis
Crenshaw, of the Maxall CreLshaw
Mills was its next owner. It was
bought Of him by the city, partially
furnished and made the executive
mansion of the .Confederaoy. During
the five years following the war, when
Virginia was under martial law. Il WAS
the headquarters Of Gen. Weitgel, OF
the Union army, and when vacated oy
him served. as public school.
The custom, dating from the sur
render, of decorating the graves Of
Southern soldiers buried in Richmond
cemeteries gradually OFystaiiized into
an organization known as the "Holly.
wood Memorial a Association" and
when its president, Mrs. Jos. Bryan,
conceived the idea OF establishi,r, q
repooitory for civil war records and
relics at the Confederate capital, rep
resenting oil che seeding States,
naturally suggested itself as it's loca.
tioN.
The CITY dedicated the former White
House for the purpose; funds we're,
raised to make it freproof, and to
each Southern State, with its shield
and colore, regent, resident Of the
State represented, and { vice regent
living ia Richmond, were placed in
charge, who collect by loan, gift, OF,
purchase, whatever is os historic value
upon the period, and that they have
been faithful TO the trust the vast ac.
cumulation since opening Of The luild-
ing, in 1895, attests. rE$
The ssonslstens leading mp ss-en. the
streete which the visitor to tho mus.
cum aacends hayo bsen pressed, not
only by warriors and. statesmen who
won nndying fame in defense Of the
lost cause, but by the private soldiers
and sailors who made their achieve.
ments possible END END !. 4 ..eo, ss shs fair
daughters Of the South, thronging The