The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-18
The TRACEDY
OF VIRGINIA
sucl, Senator Daniel Regards
Loss Of Mar Dcpart-
,ncnt Records.
SPLENDID HISTORY REPORT
Congress and War Department
Now Seeking to Restore Rec
ords Of Confederate Troops.

NOW Seeking 10 l\cSlOlc N.Y.
ords Of Confederate Troops.
Senator Daniels history report made 70
the Grand Campat LSnchburg was rs lo 10
lows:
Grand Commander Christian and Com
,,l1cs OF the Grand Camp Of Virginia,
Confederate Veterans:
at our last annual meeting II Newport
News in October 1905, you We're chosen
as; the commander of this Grand Camp
- United Confederate Veterans Of Nirt
.inia. The honor was. well deserved by
your valo'iin battle and as well by your
fidelity TO the memories OF our cause
and our comrades. IL was bestowed
With intensified satisfaction. because Of
our appreciation of the great service Won,
had rendered rs chairman Of our History
Committee Your reports are the clnsSlcs
$of our organization and If YOU could
ride and shoot in war, you have shown
also that YOU can tell the truth III
manner that commands tlle.respect or al,
and keeps warm the gratitude ana
manner that commands tho respect ana
affection OF your fellow soldiers. soon
after Your election you made me your
successor IN the craftsmanship OF the
committee over which YOU had SO wor-s
thily presided i accepted ~. not that
] hoped 10 be equal to tho hiSll standard
&.of EXCELLENCE yon had raised, but
rather bcc,,,isc felt The inspiration of
your example, and that no Confederate
soldier should decline any task that would
enllrc 10 the completion and prtssnrvI-
ton Of the mighty record OF noble deeds
and honorable n;lmcs made by Virginia
l,ptr,, nj. and !
1865.
Whatever Of sectional feeling may lin
ger in this country, and whatever In
justice, partiaity and oppression have
grown out of 1t: however far VIC may
" Vet be from the ideal republic. In which
all sections aro&cuuallys and fairly trantcd
NEVERTHELESS, verified progress cheers our
labors and makes clearer to the Union u
future in which the whole South will be.
fully Appreciated and fairly hQnorcd by.
the Whole Amcricanspcople,
THE TRAGEDY OF VIRGINIA AND
HER LOST RECORDS.
Nirginia's location. close to the Federal
Capital. made her the chief battlefield of
The Civil War. She became instantly the
forefront ana citadelof' the Confodrracy,
her capital city it's capital, her capital
building its capl<NL li,9' experienced so-
dicrs were ~ oiste. Invested with high
S.s-nYin,;. ,rsl out OF The ranks spruHs
new ana brilliant leaders, AS her course
WAS wise aud prudent, 70 avoid Wa. II
POSSIBLE 20 it Was decisive. brave and
fan Of energy and skill when wlr came.
AS her career was high so was her for
iune sad and her overthrow.
Her territory WAS cut in two, and be-
cime the Mother Commonwealth that had
given sin States out OF her soil TO up
build lhes-1jnion. Fire, and sword de.
yourcd her. Three hundred thousand
soldiers irampcd upon, trenchcd upon and
fed upon her. Railroads. canals and other
public improvements. built by great debt.
We're DESTROYED. and at least her i'll
vostmcnts ruined. Her financial institute
tons wcrr biukrupted Her l2VlQ,0lD OF
turrencT shiipclna TO waste paper.
CONVERTED INTO POLITICIANS,
Her freed slaves We're converted into
politicians TO be- led BY alien enemies, ller
fnrm buildings, stock and implements were
swept away, Hpr cities Were barracks,
her fields camps. hei, homes hospitals. her
llill tops fortrpsscs.& For every other day
of the war for four years there was
battle upon her soil; and III It's close there
was scarcely home where WAS not ,onc
dead
Her daughters tnrnel to seamStresses,
cooks and nurses for the brotherhood Of
war, appeared in every form that the
angel Of life can assume, when she comes
10 minister TO tile woes and wants or
10 lift high The spirit OF man,
NO FEATURE OF ilEROiSM LACKING
AS no feature of her heroisn was lack
ing to NIrginia's' conduct, 50 no feature
oil tragedy was lacking 10 her fate. When
tile thin gray line gave way al Inst at
Petersburg, behold the heavens We're lurld
will! the hamrs of burning Richmond in
those flames turned Ia ashes the rolls Of
her sodicry and the official records OF
he splendid story they told in deeds
The Confederate War Department was
destroyed as well ts tho office of the
veteran and faithful General William H.,