The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-21

va, al ter the Gettysburg cu'H Phls y \ ".
rs your request was to give -, tneir expe-
riencc at Gettysbilrg VIII close.
Yours respectfully,
C. c. WHITEWATER.
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+ GEN. RICHARD GRIFFITH.
Remarks Of Captain John Lamb
at Lee Camp.
Commander and Comrades Of Leo Camp:
1t is all honor to be again detailed FOR
the special duty or receiving another por-
trait TO be added to the splendid galaxy
that surrounds us on these walls.
our sincere thanks are due the COM
rade, Major James III. Capers Tor ms
eioaucnt and tasty address IN presenrtin ~:
this portrait, He las spoken out OF tho
fulncss OF his heart IN praise OF orc
who was close to MIN no on IN those en- GAYS vs.
that tested the manhood, me courage
and the endurance OF the Confederate
soldier. / hope his remarks VIII be re,
duced to writing that they may be MEG
in the archives OF this camp Tor inc u :
formation and delight oil the sellelalioEs
that will follow US.
Nc are glad TO have another por-
trait of one Of Misssslppls gal .,;da men EN-
That noble COMMUNICABLE ps sunpl ,n h tSe
: she gave Major Generals Earl Van
norn 8 q FRENCH W. Il; e, Mhi'n sG.
furnishd twenty.six hrlgnd!er generals,
among these ". Barksdale. who was
killed ut gettysburg July J. 1893 g s. Ben en-
ton, at Atlanta July y, lSb4; Carn o, ~, 10
sey, at Bris,oe Station, october II. 1863,
20. 1862. .
she sent into the field forty-nine in
fantry regiments; fifteen infantry pat
taIions: swentyfour cavalry res,me ,!,,s
and sixteen cavalry battallons, besiues
many mixed commands, making about
'' 81 her soil. II, 1862, were fought seven
teen engagements; in 1863, thrty-tWo, m
Guiding Nicksburg and Port Hudson: IN
1864, twenty-six. and in 1868. four, making
Espab Gef Saey Of the Young
republic that arose so full OF hope. ana
nobleGpurposc. and died so free OF crime s.
Mississippi gave Jefferson Davis, soldier.
statesman and vcarlons sufferer for
people who will cherish his memory 30
long as valor has a votary and Write
shrine.
IA General Griffith had the friendship and
confidence OF President Davis. He was
famous far 3 First Regiment Of Mississippi.
lie fought with him on the plains Of
Mexico. He vas at Monterey ana no b = g,
lantry He drank the martial spirit Of
those heroes who won their spurs on
Mexican soil, preparatory for the bloody f
i" v
gave the world an object lesson Of he
roic valor and .undying devotion to duty.
He saw the dauntless Jackson move un,
andst the the os sne an
Of which sprung the glorious achieve
ments at Kernstown, Port Republic, WIN
chester Second Manassas, Harper's FER
nv and charlottesville.
the spirit OF John Bankhead Magruder
who there learned the lessons OF wal
saai ssy1u and nd. savage Station and NAL
vern HILL He saw tho immortal Grant
exhibit tho same cool and determined nc q
courage that afterwards saved more more t ,nai
He there doubtless looked for the hrst
time upon the 2nobe form and gentle
bearing of the modest Roman Of them
ALL who then gave promise Of what
a noble army and stricken land.
General Grlt entered ths ssise
brigadier general of the brigade. composed
OF the Thirteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth
and Twcnty-first Mississippi regiments
burg Brigade" on account Of the gallant
service rendered in tnat nght. An m
terestlne account Of the engagement and
the part taken by Grihith's brigade can
| OF letter to the editor of the Richmond
| Enquirer of July -, 1867. =
The writer refers in graphic language. 70
| tho fight at Savage station the morning
bearing of Tcatherstone's Brigade, com,
| posed Of three mississippi regiments and
| Smiths Battery-Third Richmond ltowit.
| zcrs; then gives an account or the cha i! :,
| OF the brigade, in when Gcncral Grliiltl
| received his mortal wound,
Many of us remember that Sunday
| morning. Some members Of the Third
| 1lowltzers arc here. They are stu on =,
,,i, md MI
| the Good Lord as I.have heard the. old
local preachers so often say IN my boy
| hood days.
On that sunday they saw many a noble
rich and poor lie down together IN death
officers and Observation-Disclosures and Fed
| erals sleep together their last sleep, haV'
ern iGnsn wh hher th msI CITIZENS Of this city
were worshiping the God Of love and peace
in their churches.
Tho day before only 1000 men. under
and 100000 Federal soldiers, The rest o.
the Confederate army was on THO north
bank of the Chickahominy, and the only
bridge ef ay hs hf n
forces at any point Of our line OF battle
lie would have entered Richmond thai
evening. The greatest captain OF any
| age under like conditions won the battle
| Of Austerlit2
swinton in his history the most I'M
partial perhaps from Northern view
| point, gives Magruder great credit FOL
/ tho bl,ir game lilo played tho 9th ant
ySth Of June 1862 General Mes Of tn
| me. that his people were completely de-
celved and mislcd by Magruder's move
ments,
II seems the very irony Of fate that thl'
noble son of Arlssisslpp! should ,t,a 7,
a tal!sn on The very threshold Of Drill'ah
Tho noble brigade that he had com,
manded so faithfully was destined 70 dt
It's full share In the campaign that fol
lowed It's GRIEF at the loss Of It's com
mander Is referred to by the writer's a!
something pathetic. Ills heroic bearing
ana martial spirit was not lost upon these
men. Alas, more than thirty nj per cent
a record Above MI Greek, above all Ro
man fame"
them TO the dSfenso OF their loved South
building msnment ar t. 1hsl. II MEN ~
i eyeninr or Ire are recountlng to Iii,
rising generation tho stories or battl'