The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-06

arsenal, but TINT NUN bcr clides Il MI
Ithose Outlined by manufacturer by ptii'-
chase or By capture, aid thfterWatls is.
sued }tlnFcfrohi Tire writer In tho els
lsutirer ftrtfet shys: "lAsstfillhF6 Tia y Tie
tissues rrot the Ricliiiioiid arsenal IN y. We
been half otsai tho issues to tho Con ''1
fetlernte armies, w.uh may DO npl)roXlr
tnAtey tr,ie, aud that 100000 OF the enemy,
were Killed, not regarding the wto 70 SO
and those #wllo died Of disease. IT Will
ln,pear from ft,,e stnteiiiehtB0f ISSUE tii't
above one hundred and fifty pounds 3ol
lead and three hundred and fifty 7IoultttiyS
OF from were fired for every nu y ltiileui
and II tie proportion Of Killed aud wonild-
cd BE as ono to six II would Iurtiler
appear that one i11nn was disabled y or'
.cverystwof llundted rounds eSpendesl. y. j
Injforn1ct wars. With thei,old ssmootn-
bore int,sket, 1T was generally SUD: Ills .
weight sln lead urnd 4ior every \:
snn t,vlloy was blsillod and from the lsr
esNof{8tile 8nssennl y tstdces ppehl
TINT 6tlie fli1proxet feq uIres az potlnn
Hess, II q yilsabpnnr$t oaoneB fonla1f stats
tics WHO ann sretice tho moving n orce
offthu%rro jecttles horse ti'n A.
tho force required itto flsill one man II
battle wall sl,egrepr tod &i,y ~ one
$tho,nss1t horse power. 1 85
a. MGR o d soLDG1ERs. 435
som q seperai orcn1arks tinSaeferenceSto
thc concl,isionfof3 the 8tyar #nnd II tho de-
struction Of tho arsenal may y otsbe out
az place. There wero nNlarEe number VI
Federal prisoners IN and about the CITY.
Libby prison was filled With officers. ana
tRclle 9Isle with many privntes,t1Io re- re-
lease these lwus tho object OF GcaVairy
raids against3sth city, when tho &mnln
army WAS absent. sisF.
Allsthe oprntors Of the nrseltal Land tine
Trcdega,. Works md employees of t l aIe
pnrtlnents were organizcdf I'm Esfe&lfnenl ls =
ana were called to tho fieldSliet a e ar Y, -
was expected. So they literal lyssWoiKeg
with their mlskets ut tlieirassides,5 a am
SO valuable wcro the livestof sthe$slulled
artisans thatlt was sald:AIf three ifon.
workers fiji the regiment Of the farsel,a
we're KILLED tho manufacture y Of cannon
would &stop. Gt t
But i0the end was approaching. 9%1i1 ths
Con tAerate Sennt Oil T. men1bcr klistenlllls
& : an 'su,limated discussion inFsreEard5 to
enlistingBt negro troops In 9tho army, ~ ~
wa s urged by some of ethe ex-senator tilat
NO should Aenllstaandf arm, fl ftsi$ tlfousa1ld
neEroes Sof course YSsyi I'll ~ Pledge fso u
freedom. a8 j. d;
IA knew swea could not posslblyt arm II i've
thousand. The ordnance epartna en- t3'Y " :
formed, and aIpwltnessed the drill inihthei
Captolssqnaro,l ,utEI understood th At.
soon sas d they Sgot their uniforms v lh1eS
vanished tin ono night.
This dsNanI rtor; tl1ey ma rchcd tout Sot
tho sclty with the local sti ~.
troops .--I1ditor 5of tho Confedefat
fcollnun.) I.
Es.As tbs .spring Of rSls65 ap preached, the
officers oftens discussed the ysituut ton.
k4ew .tha isIee's Zines swer stretehe %
Ehre,tlri ngy wa knew the eehaus con ono
.tionsof every rtncnt Il, and A~ol f knew y
the end was near. 81 s{.
About 9 o'clock inStl1e morning Genera!
c;orgas, the chief Of ordnance, came 70
tho arsenal5to tell me that he was about
to leave with the President forS Dnnv1llesi
and to report to him there. / never res s.
ported to him till fifteen years later.
when I met him at Sewanee, Tenn. the
vice chancellor of the University OF the
so,,th,-Erom the Journal Of the United
States ARTILLERY. l n .!s
"a apart of8the Confederate arsenal was W
;inga building som Browns Island, atSthe the
OF seventh Street, These cartridges
or ca ps swerc filled and there onEone soc,
cagions a1lkexplo sionI occurred "
about thirty persons, girls & ana
boss. Editorsof sthes Confederate e,o NN