The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-05
CONFEDERATE MUSEUM
IN THE WHITE HOUSE. MIR. DAvIs'S HOME IN RICH
 MOND, VA.
History of Observance of Memorial Day in Richmond-Description of Relics Connected Personal
 ly With Confederate President.

Richmond (va.) Special.
 An interesting feature of the Confede- rate Museum in Richmond, although for eign to its design. is the furnishing 2 soldiers. whose exchanges of reminis- cences discloses charming bits of unwrit- ten history.
 A Northerner entering the Mississippi room, and pausing before a case contain ing the suit worn by Jefferson Davis when captured. said to the guide:
 'I have seen these clothes before. I was one of the warders in charge of MT. Da- vis's cell at Fortress Monroe, and, seeing this coat on a chair near his couch and desiring a souvenir of him, cut off the tain" As he spoke the two men passed around the case to find the button in question conspicuous by its absence.
 ''The sentinel who relieved me-" the wis., ris, however. was an inveterate smoker, md, knowing the distress its loss would entail. l interceded in his behalf and 1t was spared. It was meerschaum, stain sd down the bowl a half inch as evenly IS though done by measure"
 There was no pipe of the ex-President pn exhibition in the building. Someone in charge remembered, however, that there were some Davis relics packed in a drawer. The key was produced, search discovering a worn case, in which was a pipe. stained just as the stranger had de- Bcrtbed.
 Another visitor to the museum, Mir. Temple of Missouri mentioned having stopped at a tavern near the Kansas bor- der; .. ., .n. ,,o,.n,,. ,u .,. ,,oon light" he said, ''an ex-Confederate at my side pointed to dwelling near a wood, paying: Forty years ago went to that house to ask for water and as l opened the back door l saw Union soldier standing in the other end of the passage. Each retired to his respective porch, and, turning opposite corners of the building.
 ,NA Co k0 THA A6ar. raised his gun. saying: Don't shoot, and I will not I agreed to this proposition. We took good look at each other and separated. q believe" he added, If l were to see him again l should know him."
 At this moment man emerged from a shadowy end of the yeranda and came forward q am that Union soldier" he said, and, recalling incidents which the Southerner had omitted, and his appear ance confirming the truth of his claim, the two men shook hands and together strolled down to examine the building.
 Another Story.
 Another story was furnished by MT. Burpee of New Haven, Conn. During a visit to Gettysburg, when a road was being run, laborer unearthed gun stock, which he secured as souvenir Upon his return home, in cleaning 1t, he discovered cut backward upon 1t: wv. B. R., Co. H. 9th Virginia infantry" Anxious to know its history he wrote to the authorities at Washington ana aScer- tained that W. E. Roan had enlisted from that State. His town and county were given, and writing to the indicated point. W. E. Roan himself replied. He was in Pickett'c charge at Gettysburg. he said. was fearfully wounded and crippled for life. His accoutrements were left upon the field. the distinguishing mark of his gun being that his name was cut back ward upon the stock 'I have the gun" MT. Burpee wrote in response. Tt Is vours if you desire it, Now, however, That 1t is so particularly identified, I should particularly like to put 1t among my war rellcs."
 "I. too. should like to have it," MT. Roan answered, for it was the last gun that I ever shouldered. But I know of no one who would have taken such trouble to find it's owner. Keep 1t, my friend, with my regards"
 The building which Is the scene of this interchange of experiences Is of interest