Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-05-12
Vast Crowd Honors Lee

in the flag of the Lost Cause" for
which he so gallaDtly fought, and lille
blue and gray We'd with one another in
paving homage 10 hi illustrious mem
DRY, the body OF Filzhugh Lee, solder
and patriot, was laid in its final resting
place in Holly wood Cemetery this af
ternoon beneath the green sod Of q
slope overlooking the james river
guarded b, thousands Of his comrades.
Not since the ceremonies astea ding
the reinterment Of the remains of Je'-
ferson Davis in Holly wood Il years ago
has Il South Witnessed so imposing o
paceanl % that which escorted the
body of Ge.. LIE 10 the grave. Pfae-
ticatly Ill The residents Of Richmond
and thousands from near and far saw
the funeral proee s-ion, ard IL is est
mated tina. 10000 persons thronged
Hollywood Cemetery to witness he
las iites. Veterans IN blue and gray,
Officers OF the United States Army. the
entire National Guard of Virginia,
I United st. tps Senators, Governors,
men, women and children, white and
black. turned out to Lopor the Illus
triCus dead.
Ats O'Clock last night the body of
General Lee, wrapped in Confederate
battle flag, was rem we'd from the city
hall, where it lay N state, to historic
old - Paul's Episcopal church, which
had been prepared for its reception and
the funeral rites.
Flowers in great profusion and varle.
" were BANGED about the chancel rail-
AT the foot of the chancel steps was the
catafaique supporting the coffin Which
was covered with Confederate battle
flag, surrounded by mound OF floral
emblems Conspicuous among score
of beautiful designs was great wreath
of white on Standard of green, the gift
of the Veteran Cavalry Association,
Army of Northern Virginia. The pew
of Gen. Robert f. Lee, the uncle OF
Though Lee, who was constant wcr
shipper at st: Paul., was marked by a
wreath of roses and sweet peas and
maidenhair fern.
The ser ices at the church comprised
the regular burial ritual of the Episco-
pal church, simple, yet grand and sci
emn. Grouped around the bier IN their
flo wing robes of black and white were
Bishop Allied Magill Randolph, of he
Diocese Of Southern Virginia; Rev. DR..
Beverly d. Tucker, Of Norfolk, and
Rev, DR.. Landon r. Mason, of Grace
Church.
1t was $50 o'clock " hen the Norfolk
band of the Seventy-tirst Regiment
struck up the solemn strains of LISTS
dead March" and the troops, who
had been seeking shelter from the suns
rays beneath the shade of the friendly
trees. were ordered forward.
At the head of what was probably
the n ost imposing procession ever wit
! messed in RichW ond rode Ex-Governor
Charles T. O'F9rrell, chief mars hal OF
the parade-a soldiesly looking man,
clad in broadcloth and wearing wide
brimmed black SLOUGH hat cooked jaun-
! tily on his snow white locks By his
side, in a-coat If gray and hat Of the
same shade, rode A. l.. Phillips, his
chief of staff.
As the procession entere1 The gate of
Hollywood Cemetery, the cOlors were
furled and arms reversed, while the
rattle of the drums was mufiled. The
militia marched to that part of the
cemetery to the north of the grave,
while the vett rams formed in a hollow
square about the place
The grave of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee is in
one of the most beautiful parts Of this
beautiful city of the dead. 1t is on the
summit of slope overlooking the
James river and is a few yards south Of
the grave of Jefferson Davis. To the
south of it and a hundred feet belo"
the river rippies over its rocky bed +,
while to the northeast and west Of il
the ground rises in series of hills that
form natural amphitheatre.
When the funeral procession reached
the grave the slopes of the cemetery
were covered with thousands Of specta-
tors.
Here were gathered the clergy and
family, the pallbearers and the firing
squad of infantry, while the Hewitzers
were ormed into battery few rods of
the closing ceremonies followed quick
ly. The burial service was read aud
and the coffin lowered into the grave
Three rafting volleys were fired as the
the clods of earth clattered down upon
the lid of the coffin COX.
Then the glades of hollywood echo
ed the roar of the Howitzersi as they
| thunderad a warlike reuuiem for the