The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-19

cIoth from which Mason and Slidel dined
Whlle imprisoned at Fort Warren: a qutit
made Tor President Davis by the women
OF the SOUTH: a s~crapbook OF newspaper
clippings. telling OF his life at Fort Monroe:
confederate valentines from the Deld-Let-
ter Office: the shot-pierced hat in which A
+. Hill was killed. with other objects in
Vulnerable. Souvenirs OF Lee. Jackson and
stuart are preserved in separate cases. the
irst or which contains :he military coat
worn by General Lee at Appomattox and
USED Dy. Valentine for his famous recum-
bent statue. and afterwards sent TO Paris to
the sculptor modelling the equestrian figure
mond.
Here, too, are his camp chest; a saddle,
cioth-embro!dered for him b.: Southern la
dles; an autograph letter TO General Long
street. a lock of hair. with other noteworthy
Fehcs. In the Jackson case are the Con
tederate flag which was wrapped about his
easket; a handkerchief. saturated with his
blood: a copy or NapoleOn's maxims % war.
ionna in his pocket when killed: his last
dispatch ana a pair of gold spurs. presented
70 him by the ladies OF Baltimore, Among
the Stuart memorials are an ostrich feather.
army saddle and camp eq~uiDments.s
KENTUCKY AND MARYLAND.
The salient features Of the Kentucky
room. on the second floor. and Immediately
General John c. Breckenridge and a very in
teTestinS collection OF mementos OF General
-. II. N1oIEdn- among AutSt - a D~duAAlui
silver-mounted saddle, presented to him by
friends in Augusta. Ga. and donated by his
SISTER. Mrs. Basil luke Of Kentucky. Here
too. is a piece OF the rope Of plated bedtic!I-
ingly which with ten OF his mem ne e.
from the Ohio State Penitentiars- Among
Inose VINO shared his imprisonment was
Ihoinas Bulli;t. now of Louisville. who.
hearing that the building was 10 be torn
down. wrote TO these in charge Of the work.
giving the number of his cell. and 'describ-
ing a spot in the wall where he had con-
ceaied the knife with which he had sndeav-
ored 70 cut his way out. HIS letter brought
a reply from j. g Laney of Columbus. o..
ana with IL the coveted article. both Of
winch have been framed and occupy a con-
spicuous position in the apartment.
Hhe Alarytand rooni-rresident DAVIS
dress'ng-room-Volck's bust nf Lee. present
ed by the Society OF the Army and Navy NJ
the confederate States in MARYLAND. ar
rests the eve. as do his lfelike etching or
Jackson and inimitabIe framed cartoons OF
Butler. Here. too. are Innis RandOlph's war
scrapbook; a saddle used by Colonel Stuart
the gift of ex-Governor Pinkney Whyte: n
leather from a hat presented to Jackson by
the ladies Of Sheppardtonwn. china used in
the Confederate hospital at Frederick. and
CARoLINAs AND ARKANSAS
MIS- Dav1Ss bedroom. in which Winnie
Ina room. adjoins. a few OF It's distinctive
misceilanies being a painting Of the last nag
which nos!ed over Fort Sumter. donated
by the Washington Light Infantry OF
Charleston; socks knit by the mother Of
John c. Calhoun, the father os secession:
General tnow Bishop. Caper's war saddle,
Wade Hampton's pistol. used also by Jefer-
son Davis during the Mexican War; a full
length painting of General Stephen Elliott.
the hero OF Fort Sumter. with paintings of
Pickens. the secession Governor. General
Hampton. ard others. the whole forming
one OF the largest collections In the build
Ing
Above the manteI OF the North Carolin1
room Is a framed copy Of the States bril-
liant war record. Other features are the
tattered. blood-stained flag OF Company A
OF the First North Carolina Regiment; the
Uniform In which General Fender was
killed, a nag. made. by the young ladies OF
iorfc objects. all meriting examination
Silver spurs worn by General Albert Sid
ney Johnston at the time Of his death. anil
made from Mexican coins. are pointed out
In the Arkansas room, as are a lile-size por-
trait OF General Cleburne and a nag carried
through the war by the Ninth Regiment OF
Arkansas Infantry and presented TO the
museum by the Reverend Father Lucey OF
Pine Blum.
TENNESSEE. ALABAMA. LOUISIANA.
The Tennessee room contains a portrait
of General Forrest. sent by the Confederate
Memorial Society OF Memphis. with valu-
able books from the same organization:
General Forests field glasses. presented
by Mrs. Rose Thompson Of Memphis. with
pocketkn.fe used by General Morgan on his
famous raids. and donated by Mrs. Doctor
Lpscomb of the same city.
In the Alabama room Is an interesting
picture of jefferson DaytS's Inauguration.
= fife played during the inaugural ceremo-
uniforms. the flag which fioat-
ed over General Kirby Smiths tent. n bat
tie flag made by the ladies OF Mobile. and
used during the siege OF that city. donated
the late General Dabney Maury: a pOr-
trait Of General Joe Wheeler: a sword. pre-
to General Clayton by the citizens
York Tribune. pierced with shot. which pro
tected the life of Doctor Curry; a manu-
script account OF the battle Of Manassas.
given by Augusta Evans Wilson. and q host
OF other valuable miscellanies.
Prominent features Of the Louisiana room
are cases of immortelles in varied designs.
used on President Davis,s bier on the route
from New Orleans to Richmond: flowers
worn by the veterans of the Army OF
Northern Virginia at his burial; ribbons
ton OF Louisiana on the same occasion:
silver jexelry made from coins by Confed-
crate prisoners confined at New Orleans;
penknife BY George Humphreys of the
Washington Artillery. while at Johnson-s
Island: with framed letters from Joseph F.
Johnston. Beauregard ana judah r benja-
min
TEXAS. FLORIDA. MISSOURI
Among the noteworthy objects in the
Florida room is a spinning wheel used dur
flag OF the Marion Light Artillery. made OF
a crepe shawl: a portrait Of stephen Nal
Tory. Secretary of the Navy. and Beaure
The Texas room boasts the only stained
glass window in the building. Other feS-
lures peculiar to II are an inlaid memorial
ablet TO Albert sidney Johnston from the
citizens OF Corsicana. with a carved me-
mortal chair to General Magruder from the
Jefferson Davis Chapter OF the Daughters
Of the Confederacy in Galveston. and a me-
mortal chair TO T. A Daffin from the en-
pIoves OF the Houston and Texas Central
Pailroad OF Ennis. A life-S.ze picture o.
General Boone. from the ladies' OF Hunts
willie. the Texas coat-of-arms, from the pu-
nils of the sam Houston Normal Institute.
and q handsome oil painting Of Winnie Da-
Wis the gift of Mrs. Molly NacGin Rosen-
burg OF Galveston. are all features OF this
apartment -,
as the most beautiful in the building. IS a
sword. costing s.. loo in gold tits design rep,
resenting the products Of missouri ana
IouIsIanal. presented to General Sterling
price nv The women Of New Orleans \
portion of a flag carried by his division,
and donated by Mrs. Letitia Tyler Sernple.
the dau1hter OF President TYLER. Is aTlotner
memento OF the distinguished OFFICER. o;ner
souvenirs being a Confederate taper woun1
abou; a bottle: clippings from =; Louis pa
psrs published during the war the UNIFORM
OF Lieutenant Thomas L. harrison Q.
the Confederate States Navy, the nero et
Mobile Bay; a picture In memory OF the
kiTIed and wounded OF GuiesT,s Battery; ore,
sented nv the survivors, with the prlntsu
record Of the Missouri Daughters OF the
c~onfSasracv GILBERTA s. WHTTrLE-