The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08
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81 ss8 l,EtEi .lSlINlEi0EIl LID
pathetcaily as possible w'het q therS II ottse
lacked NaFa uorufn ard sv1,en tile sergeant
l9at.arn,s was notified yto bring IN EN-
bers. 1t was likewise r.ihs III case e 9, u
fire In the CITY. } IN l3 v
More Important yet It became the
.alarn, bell ferl the var period wf,et, the
militia were summoned to duty to r'epel
the frequent raids BY tile Federal coy az
airy on those moh,ctitotiE occasions ~ the
Youth 81 tie town, from; is to Is. ana
"',the silver grays" from, 45 to Is, and ll
The ll5attaAonsS sSof Confederate Depart
mental clerks, ctc. assembled on the
Square TO .1norcl, forth and mat the liz
Etrei,ci,nlepts. H. /. ~ X! "A ;45 HI vi 35
That bell rang out this rat-cry on
May, 10Th, 1864. and "a few days later 1t
was nournfully, tolling for tho death Of
"Icb, Stuart! And otrnnother dreadful
day, toAwit u April al SO, out as E'
fIthe Capitol we're on fire; but tho fire e.
mel, and tie assembled spectators were
Mortified to find that a he Capital Dis
aster' had ocotirred ard that s5 men were
Killed and go wotindcd. A Al u. Y,
Lee and Ills army had been flght ting
Grant IN tie wilderness And on tho Rap
Epaha nnock,s when Lee learned OF Sherl-
darts raid ii, Richmond and sssntR Stuart
TO intercept it.S3 Stuart was on hand nd
here in time. 5f Near the Yellow To y VEN
In yIlenrco county, out the Brook Road. +
about six miles from his city, there was as
an engagement on May 18th which CONF
pclled Sheridan to rotlret,n hot haste; I!
but Stuart, riding from ono position TO d
another, was fred upon by q stragg y
dsmounted Federal and was q NOR Tally
wounded. tt tff
I, st,art had emptcd his rcvolver--he had
mot a shot4left, and tho Federal q lleNtly
rested his carbne on the top rail OF a
fence took good aim and shot stuart in n.
the groin. Two OF &our men * n PEG co
Stuart OFF fl,s horse Soon a IL tile scr W we
t(Andrew ycnable and otlers) gathered s'l
about him, { ana just then General Eitz ,
Lee came Tip riding to the 'front.' SIN SUI
art said s5in his usual tone OF voice;
y""Ialloo Fitz 4; 60 ahead, old fellow.
know you will do what IS right" An
ambulance coming ZIP, Stuart was plac-
ed init and brought to Richmond Here
ho died the next day; aged 81. 81
The last. written order given by Stu
art is preserved. It was addressed II to
General Bradley r. johnson and asked Of
the latter the loan Of the fine battery In
his (Johnsons brigade.
stuarts last dispatch was written at
Ashland $3.50 "A. NJ, May tn, was adj
dressed to General Braxton Bragg here,
informed the latter Of tho writer plans
and closed by saying, NY men and
horses are tired, hungry and 5aded, but
ALL Ri GIlT,;' This was brought to-
Richmond, through perilsSand dihloulties,
BY A.. S: George now Dr. George) Of OF
Richmond, a member OF the i Hanover
Troop. ,{s 4;
ii That General Stuart and his men saved
Richmond from sack and burning burning no
doubt ever has been entertained Our
city Council was so we'll satisfied Of the
fact that it promised on behalf OF Rich
mond ITO erect a suitable monument TO
st1art's memory. 1t has never done SO;
but that 1t will do its duty now, and IN
furtherance s;of the present movement e rnt,1i,
there isn't a shadow Of doubt,
stuart was buried in Hollywood, Over
his grave his family caused a suitable, suit ole
shaft to be raised " BY his side rests
his little daughter. Flora, OF whose death
he spoke in the tenderest terms while
upon his death bed. Ills dearly beloved wed
wife survives, as does his son, who bears r.
his fathers full name. &. l,.s 4. /. I'll 81
John Estes Cooke Fl. 3. NC Clellan,
John r. Thompson, Edward d A.. Pollard q e
and others have. written well Of Stuart
Thompson S poem is particularly sweet,
and in Its closing lines It recalls tho
Spanish legend Of ~ the. Gid, who after after
death rode sedately along 1l1is lines, even
as In lifo.sp And So, too, Stuart seemed " 60
to our poet to ride out of5our dark ans: and
troubled story. 5s
"And sometimes, when the silver b '''
blow, ss 55!. 81 q, :. q,
That ghostl y form, in battle reappeeatFll3nf'E
Shall lead his horsemel on the foe, II;
\ In victory 4careerln s.