The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-11
which drew 10 hin the admiration and love

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"I'ut. II he had never led the Confederate
cavalry with, conspicuous skill and ability and
with a courage which no danger could appalI:
not iabored Without ceasing 10 FREQ virginia
and the South from tht oppression and the
evils which reconstruct ton brought upon them,
with unsurpassed efficiency fund brilliant sue
cess, for four years administered the chief
executive oflice OF his native state; - he had
never, at a Very critical period III the history
OF his country. discharged tho Important
duties Of consul general at Havana in such
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commander Of the. seventh Corps in sthc
governor OF Havana, exhibited his capacity
for high command and kingly ma enanimous
leadership: II all OF these, and other glorious
and Il his only services TO his country had
been those which nc rendered In bringing
about klndlIer feeling between tho people
Of the North and tho people OF tho South.
x still the nnnie Of Fitzhugh Leo would de-
serve to BIO cherished in grateful and evcr-
lasting remembrance. Nss n
Among those whose good fortune It was
to contribute largely to the restoration OF that
good viii between tho sections. which was tho
have been. at tho North. General Francis
Bartlett, OF Massachusetts, (for some years
an honorcd and beloved resident of this clty).
at the South. Henry W. Grady. John b..
Gordon and Fltzhugh Lee. Ard. OF. these
honored workers In the blessed cause OF ma
tional reconciliation and harmony. Fitzhugh
Lee was perhaps permitted to accomplish more
than amy OF his ilustrious contemporaries. So
tina, t.i1f pi,aph upon tho stone Which
this honorcd warrior statesman and patriot
would DO the beatltude OF the t1yior g, Of
they shall be called the children OF Cod
Might Have Been Different.
On the subject OF the Southern born
men who fought with the North. Major
Anderson said: l.,a #
.'And Yet, even with all OF these potential
Union forces Gould never have been accom-
plshed but for tho adhesion OF southern men
to3the Union cause.
Il the South. h
THE facts as & to the part which men Of
southern birth bore in maintaining the as
5cendancys OF tho Union arms In that struggle
arc somewhat startling. 554 lS5 4 81 Il
56l5 Tho frat and tho ahlest general com Is
nator ana orsarsIzer OF their plan Of war, was
General Winfield Scott, osuthern man.
Virginian.s & sa
Their greatest corps commander. and one
\ Of their abest generals OF armies, was George
H. Thomas. southern man, a Virginian.
1.-THE first admiral OF their navy was the
a Tennesseean.
60 Adminis ooldaborough, Of Maryland, and
Porter. OF Washington, among the most
on the rivers and the seas, were both men
z of the South, q "a
''ot the rank and file OF the armies who
met our comrades upon a hundred fields OF
battle. there were no less than 10000 from
the fifteen Southern States.
The President OF tho Union government,
Abraham Lincoln. that mary elous man, whose
wiso leadership. ability lofty personal dis
interestedness and wonderful capacity for
dealing with men and affairs. more than tho
iabors and Influence OF any other man. made
the triumph OF their armies possible. was
born on southern soil. 81
Their Vice President. Andrew Johnson, was
a 5Tennesseean."
When Major Anderson concluded his
address, he was warmly congratulated.
y After this musical selection. the
benediction was pronounced by Rev. Dr.
r. "A. Goodwin, OF st. Joints Church.