The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-20

Sheridan, G. blot never to be effaced,
would not have occurred. q
Turning from this unpleasant subject,
desire to pay II tribute TO the good "o-
men OF Winchester. of whom seVerai li 'csli-
dents are recalled
THE NOBLE WOMEN; GOD BLESS
THEM!
ono noble woman. Miss TITLE Russell,
nov cone 10 her deserved reward, sat
on tho battlcNell all night alone hold
ing he head of q badly wounded soldler
bow IN order 10 save his. life. Thrce or
four years after the war q lady = aKlie"
below Winchester told inc that IN search
Ing over the field, with two otter IA
dies. two days after tho battle, ; she
found thrce Wounded Confederate sololels
near the aforementioned pond, SO near
dead thnt they could not move. Thcy
returned home and procuring g carr,
those ladies took the poor fellows 70
yYinchestcr. twas said that when banks,s
men were running through Winchester,
pursued by jackson. the ladies threw not
water on them and rushing mo ING
streets TO greet our m an ln1peaed men
tflre upon the dying enemy. is It any
wonder ihat C,enefal stonewall aekspn.s
when dying. requested to be hurried N tho
Valley m3Svirg'nia,t a mong Thy people nc
loved SO well and tl,c scene ofs hls great
est cxpl OTIS? Il t7ts E VI KS u; il
Thus ended this memorable battle OF
1900 men with NOR Y han -four times
their number driven from the field, but
retiring III good y fderts No sCon y
such odds as fir as + a'lsnow General
Dick Taylor at Mansfield and Pleasant
Hill, Hood at Franklin and Nashville,
and General X. Il. Leo at Sharpsburg,
Petersburg, and nowhere else, until APP
pomattox, was forced to meet such over
whdming nulnbers.t They battled flerccly
and long to protect their homes and
f,rcsides. ''Thcy did not achieve success.
they did more. they deserved It..
z "a IN y CONCLUSION.
Most Of these men are in their graves
Rodes, Ranlseur Patton, Pegrnin, God
win, Boston. Thompson,i and many others
don, Payne Peck and others have since
passed away, yet tho memory Of their
heroic struggle will long abide In the
valley they fought to defend, or wher-
ever the story Of their deeds Is told.
Where lofty columns proudly rise to
mark tho hnlowcd spot,
Where ruin reigns and time profanes the
grave long since forgot.
Where eager footsteps press to pay their
homage to the great,
Or where unknown they slumber OH while
gf angels bout them wait.
"yYhcrc'cr the battles wrath has ragged
whcrc'er true knights have died,
Where'er for right, men In the fight, have
cast their lives aside,
Wherever heroes dared to meet the dam
gers OF the fray,
Virginia's brave have found q grave to
hold their sacred clay.
lf r. i 4 rs
but whether on the mountain top or on
the howery plain.
Tho valiant keep their last long sleep,
how grandly sleep the slain,
Above their graves the sweet winds sing
tender lullaby, III
And Ger the soul throws sweet control
that bushes every sigh.
THE murmuring waters WOO to sleep
and still each troubled breast,
And cen the sun shines brighter on the
couch wherein they rest.
Fame sets her sentrles at their graves,
and there with Snoseless tread.
Bright clory's guard keeps watch and
ward above Vrglnin's dead" S
2. ]. WHITE,
Formerly of the Fifth Virginia Cavalry. II