The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-07

1tusor1d and South Sycamore streets. Inc
Tine moved about 12:45 o'clock. under
General stth Boiling. chief marshal, ana
hie staff. The column was headed BY
ns,,,nted poiice and a platoon, Of police
On, foot. Following $these were Chief
Marshal Boiling and his staff. among
thvn being General James MacEill. OF
Pulaski: Major Anderson and Mr.. Homer
Atkinson The Seventy-first Regiment
band was followed by the Severt" FIRST
Regiment. Then came the 5ichmond
Bluss. Next was the Seventeen Reei-
msnt band, beading the Seventeen feE t,,.
mSrt with five companies The NOTION
Light Artillery Blues and Grimes ba.-
terry; OF Portsmouth,. followed the SeVell-
tieth Regiment The Confederate camps
followed close behind. At the head OIL
these was r. q. Lee Camp, OF Rlch'
nnrld Others were pickett Buchhnal.
Camp, Of Norfolk: Pickett Camp: OF
Richmond; Tom Smith Canp. OF Suffolk;
a. PHIL Drum Corps 4. z. Hill camp,
hfagruder Camp ~ N'",".l
stonewall Camp. OF Portsmouth, ana rep
erat. camps, Mahone's brigade. Confeu-
crate veterans: tho Richmond How'll.
sers. with four pieces. and Petersburg
Fire Department. It Is estimated that
here were $500 men In the parade
Guests of Mrs. Malone.
The line moved up Sycamore to Wash
heton Street, and then to South Market.
On reaching the residence of Mrs. VIII;
dam Malone, on Market Street, the
Malone brigade left the line to pay their
respects to that lady, Mrs. Weisigera and
their families. Each survivor and each
proxy was presented by Mrs. Mahone
with handsome badge. or, which was II.
pcribed the words "Nlahonc's Brigade"
On white satin pendant, IN GIT letters,
we're. the Words:
.sThe Battle Of the Crater. July Both,
1854. petersburg. Virginia. November 6th.'
1907
!. while the survivors were being received
by Mrs. Malone all other comm rds con-
linued their march to Liberty Street,
thence to Sycamore and washington
streets After luncheon Mahones men
4 marched to Sycamore and Wythe streets
where they took electric cars and re-
Joined the line at the Blandford ter
11inal. a short distance fro'r t'-t. N-atH".
!. There the men Of Mahones brigade who
participated in the battle of tie Crater.
we're turned over to the command OF
Colonel William II. Stewart and the milt-
tia to Colonel A. NJ. Higgins.
Mr.. W. A. Grow. OF Swansboro. Ches'
terrified county. flag bearer In Com
pany A, Forty-fourth Virginia Regiment,
carried in the parade the flag that he
carried throughout the four years Of
the war. The flag was blue. with gilt
letters. and was presented to the regt-
ment by the ladies' of Appomattox county.
It Is almost in shreds. but Is carefully
preserved by its owner.
On the Crater Field.
once upon the Crater field the ar
langement OF troops began. The aim
{ was to place them just where the South,
nrn soldiers and the enemy had been sta
toned when the great prototype OF the
present battle wa fought.
A quantity of fireworks was placed be-
hind the Crater in the enemyss line to-
represent the explosion. Five companies
OF the Seventeen Regiment and the Rich
mond Blues, with two guns of the How
tiers, we've stationed In the Carter itself.
On the far eft, on the hill where Wrights
battery was stationed during the real bat
the, were several guns of the Norfolk
Light Artillery Blues. Crimes battery
was put in the position occupied by Da-
Wilson'S guns, on the Confederate right.
The seven companies OF the SEVENTEEN
Regiment, under Colonel Higgins, took
the position In the ravlnc In front or the
Crater They were about twenty feet
behind the point where Mahone's men.
under General D. A. Weisiger, actually
formed. Then. most impressive scene!
the remnant of that gallant band. which
actually made the charge generation
ago, was taken down into the ravine and
made to form line of battle on the very
spot on which they stood a few hours
after the terrific explosion on the hill.
When the feeble old men had been lnado
to fright dress" they silently uncovered
heads and their chaplain Captain Thorn
40 West, of Norfolk county, led in brief
prayer. The moment was holy, and the
very heart beats of the old men could
+. be heard Many in the face of the great
, danger of thai morning long ago, had
( doub .less uttered hasty prayer for
/ mercy in the coming charge. and now,
two score years after. they were to pray
and charge on the same soil.
Following the Invocation, Colonel Stew
ART delivered an eloquent address. which
was frequently punctuated with the gen.
uine rebel YELL
Colonel Stewards Address.
Colonel Stewart said:
MY Comrades, of Mahone's Brigade. sur.
vivors OF the charge OF the Crater:
II is meet to.t1ank God in grateful
spirit and with a loving heart for the
privilege o: io.n:!iy again on his lid
line of battle.
would rather stand here to-day, con
the peril Of July 80. 1864. than own thou
sands OF gold and silver. Let us proclaim
Z the truth in love!
We mere declare that we fought fol
right and Justice, for constitutional liher.
~, for our homes and for our firesides
and stand up before all men as proud as
king OF the uniform we wore in the
Confederate ranks.
Y The dust OF our uncoffined comrades
: has been stirred in these furtows by the
plough of the, unthinking husbandman as
s the seasons have passed, but we have
cherished their memory as the vesta
+ fire OF our lives.
From this line You rose upon you,
knees, rushed as a whirlwind over thi,
fed and crushed the black battalions
which had started down the hill in more
Z than tour-told your numbers. kissing
no quarter in your ears, bent on cap
Firing the city of Petersburg.
No wonder Malone said, you mus
save the city,!
No wonder Emmett Richardson shout
ed, NOW is your time, boys. IL you arr
ever gong, TO-. do anything for the ok
10 wonder all went forward, to d
At $ O'Clock in the morning Burnsld
reported ;liat mar OF tho Ninth an,
eighteenth corps Were retiring before tn
enemy" You were the enemy who swep
(. them hack. and Lee said II was tn