The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-18
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LOUISA MONUMENT.

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|. 1.-THE Louisa Rifles" formed at Thon'p.
eommander This company became Company
A. Of tho rwentythird Virginia Infantry.
Taliaferros Brigade, and on the retreat IRON
Laurel Hill In the ~early part OF the war. ~.
j. Richardson was made captain. and after
wards BECAME major OF the regiment,
came Company GU Of the Twenty third = In y,
fantry, and went out under the command OF
Captain 5Cs G. Coleman, who afterwards ate be-
8. Captain John Richardson, brother @, Of
In the lower end. tof the. county ana ]olMeu
afterwards nttachedhto Pckett.sl Divislo z II
1.-THE LousaH Grays' was organized IN. the
Green Springs section by Captain sarsent ana
Boiling Sanders. 1T became Company II. OF
the twenty third Virginia Infantry a.
ap.als (afterWaras 4 Nj asa
Mine region, a company which was uttucaed
TO- the Flfty-sixtnT,Virkinla Regiment. Il.
ment.'', In the extreme lower end OF the
Grenves nrst lieutenant; t1ohn s.&Fowcr third
allowing OFFICERS: \ John S. Woolsop, frat
lieutenant; n. j.. Shelton, second lieutenant.
ana r. J1s Carter third lieutenant, who was
wounded and Fsu1peedtd by Z..5W Perkins, 4
It Is safe to say. that old Louisa furnished
to tho Confederate Army at least one thou
saad Ersae virsaa orator 9oiSs sa,d when
.Pickett's2 1otvsIonTnadc Its immortal charge
al Gettysburg the Muse Of history stood with
|-upf.ed pen to- write the birth OF a cnew. ma
| ton bnt their supports failed. They We're
(foverwhcmed, surrounded, and their remnant
forced back. \ Va; NJ i.5 w 49,
with pen Of iron and ink OF blood wrote the
failure o. a brave people struggling for con on
/ 1T II is Within my h. personal knowledge that
our great leader, Robert Edward Lee, died
believing that II his orders had been ohcyed
at Gettysburg he would have won n, that ou ~
| 5havc been, given usss Washington and Baltl,
!imorc, IL not Philadelphia. and have established
the independence OF the Gonfeasracy. a, 1, e
bivouace the battlefield, the hospitals. the
religious services. Of that grand old Thirteenth
/ Virginia Regiment witch gave three generals
/ a.. p. Hill. j. 4, Walker and j. 2, -, Ter
rlll-to' The Confederate army. and had In It's
| rank and file others who were fully capable
-. u. b." stuart selected that Thirteenth
i Virginia Infantry toinid his cavalry IN me
capture of Mason's and Munsons hills, and
we did picket duty on these advanced lines
in full View OF the slQme of the Capitol At
i Washington, where we confidently expected 70 70
i have gone, ana would have gone had certain
others discharged their duty as faithfully as
did these men Of the rams and e' q, r. r.,
Of ''The Thirteenth Foot cavary,a and sh s1i
a attached sr'Se S 8 his has Srlsade
when the thirteenth Virginia was in the
number Of prlsoners,S and Z ''.rap" Trlce was
: detallcd-agalnstl his sprotcst-to guard them
I to the rear. He soon found some men VINO
prisoners, and, turning his charge over. "a
them, he hurried to- the front to rejoln hts
regiment, 1t had changed Its POSI- ton. and
\ hA rOuli nd ltE- Init seeing the Fifty
sixth Virginia going into action, ne rushed
up to CAPTAIN smith, and said, y can't i NM,
mo in The .hle that my l,rother Ad; would
occupy II he were here to-day" The re-
/. quest was granted and he was wounded Aye
last wound rendered shlm unconscious. The
brave fellow after he had somewhat re-
S his w9qnas
Stuart, and rode wthtFitz Lee to %. ,Appomat
tox Nearly blind, he survives still' ana y,
greet my. old comradey here to-day as ''lh NJ
bravest Of the brave" n. .
Two OF the other brothers u1obertL Mn'
Monroe were KILLED that day..andi J9hn wa wa
I red Into action at dalnes's Mil $40 uhreo hun
+ drcd and ,cn) mon and lost one nunutun a."
seysny-ye Of them killed ama ~ Tgu osa VIII
worthy Of their noble lineage, and Eye e !.
dence OF It In this beautitu Ilonu'itn , Taiio
. they have erected in honor OF our tai'e
heroes, SsB54t !aa55 K I, tx. {. . Ill, J.
greet and congratulate them 1o'aay
the completion Of thelr work -, III ~, !,
This ended the HnYelllnng e1ke ros m1e t
away aI y'u po sipM it l1 In streams ever
direction. Many fingered to greet friend eng
from distant points md sonJoy,ua rev 70, r mo
: mants' chat. Inyitati9ns to dinner W n1In
e so frequent that anyone , MEN ,nn
[ cry it was his own lauIlt t Nv ba tu'.
\ ans, headed by their drum CORPS, marfhh
ed eastward 70 the !g,ctnS N wmfrS wh q!
3 dinner Vas served The crude t A, {
q were soon covered With, snow ci s.an
Q and laden with vnndA Y M innG c irie =
chicken and ham. Deel ~ ny va ',,. Ismd
were abundant, Many private n e., p 81 lye
dlncd at other placesEand lno 7i!9.e, "
n hl!ed 10 oyernowinE. Fooa WIS Apu'''1a =
q and was quito rs free; III, !, =, !, i, !, u
n After tic dinner nd52urnlm1fenI1 latEF
rTeP'T nnfo of ,ha me er9Mta tic Tore
\ noon rcassenbled there TO- Wlll,,ees n y ~
ceremonies IN connection IVY y y u, W. ,,,,
i ing Of the cornerstone o. ne INV eoute
:. GRAND Master Thomas n. DAVIS, o .
Lynchburg, presided NJ lne ~
/ sisted by nd Secretary ~ ~, !,
/, about lfty members Or tie oF,n ndlsoa
J sentIng the I4ouisp ana o1aeE lguses'
Cornerstone Laid, i
= While the cornerstone cAremonles VIZ q
{ In progress outside tho build v, 2
u members Of the Louisa bar anu . mn y,
4 other lawyers ana laynlen were Y! n9,n
q blca In the new c0url ! tn Il
: to reminiscent addresses t,g * a M H.
: Louisa; Mr. Winston nHu oltlc W Iant
y MN. r.,nion f.ut mo WtlS 40 II gne lSus