The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-04
TO HONOR JEWISH
CONF. EDERATE:.S
Mr.. John S, Egglcston's Memorial
Address Gives Rise to Such
a Movement.
A MONUMENT is SUGGESTED
Speech Enulncrating Jewish Scr
vices III Civil War Evokes
Widespread Comment.

Mr.. John s. 11ggleston, assistant to At
torcy- General Anderson, and ono OF the
nblcst of tho younger members OF the
Virginia bar, recently made mn address
to the Hebrew Memorial Association ~
this city. which is being widely quoted
and commented upon. Tho address not
only won high encomllims from the audi
once, but 1t has given rise to a move
,ncnt to recognize and nttingly com1netn-
crate the distinguished services to the
Confedcrhcy OF It's Jewish citizens. both
as soldiers and statesmen. Newspapers
nl over tho country arc commenting
upon tho array Of historical facts com
piled BY Mr.. Dgglcston and promulgated
In this speech
Quotes Richmonder.
Among the many comments on the
speech, the following from the Baltimore
jewish Comment was reproduced by the
Washington Evening Star Of Wednesday:
"A writer to & local paper suggests that
the Jewish soldiers of tho Confedcracy
ought to be honorcd with a. monument
as well MS those of the Federal army.
n memorial to whom was lately unVelled
In New York. That there wcro many
Jewish soldiers who served In the South
ern army is well known though 1t Is not
so we'll known that, according to a
speaker Mt tho memorial exercises held
lnond, Va, General Cooper had said that
there were between 10000 and 1900
Jews who wore the gray and this state
ment was made during thetwnr In eXpla-
nation Of his refusal to grant them leave
to observe the fall holidays. Tho army
could not spare such large number.
''Ten or twelve thousand may be an
exaggerated estimate. but It shows con-
clusrely that they were so numerous
that the commanding officer had notice
OF their numbers Jews were well scat
tered through the South during the Civil
War, and the communities at Richmond.
Charleston and Savannah were quite
large for those times. They bore their
share Of the battle. fought with bravery
died on the field and suffered the loss
OF their property along with the impover-
ished of other crccds. There is absolutely
no ground for the statement lately made
| In an Illustrated New York weekly In an
article telling OF the development OF the
South. that the war left all Southern peo-
pie except theSJeWs poor.
'In his address, at the meeting IN Rlch-
| n1ond John 8. Eggleston said that there
were twenty-four Jewish stan otflcers IN
the Confederate army and eleven officers
in the navy, andDthe first surgeon-general
of the Confederate army was a Jew, Gem
eral David dc Leon. So the Jewish SOL
der of the South has right to recogni-
ton. and though no fought for q lost
cause, his memory should not be lost. too.
| It is quite possible, that when the records
| are made up the Southern Jewish soldier
! will have quito as proud record as his
| brother Of the North, whom prominent
| men took pains lately to honor Wher-
! ever the Jew heard the call for duty he
| answered, and IT is a wonder tina in the
| South, where old-time loyalty and con-
| sideration still hold sway, some attempt
| has not been made to do Justice to the
memory OF those men who took the field
at the call of their State.
This the Logical Place.
| Mr.. Eggleston Is a young man who
| has prepared hlnlsef for the bar by his
| own efforts. and has won recognition by
! the sheer force of his abilities. He Is all
| orator Of fine promise, and Is vigorous
! and forceful writer, He was selected as
orator for the Hebrew Memorial Day
following the late General Fitzhugh Lee
who made the address In 1904. His adj
dress, Of which but small extract Is
printed herewith showed great research
into the history Of the Confederacy, ant
was perhaps tho best presentation ever
made in this city of the services OF the
Jewish Confederates
Should the movement for monumen
be contaminated, 1t will also be a memo
rial of this tribute of Mr., Egglest on s
and Richmond, his home and tho piac'
where he made the address, the capita
OF the Confedcracy, would IN the opinioi
Il of many be The logical place for tn
memorial.
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