The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-05
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Regents 81 the Confederate
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sThese Among the Atrticles Of.
! Great Historic Value Which
SlvYere Secured Last Year. #
\ Annual reports Of the State regents OF
4 Me Confederate Museum dlsclose the fact
. tint a exceedingly interesting nnd waltz
able relics Of u glorious period In South Il
orn history have recently been }secu l,,'
for tho@museunl here. & 3gs " Al
Appended tho reports OF the regents
/ are giye1, III full: 3535 HI 8l$3
4 VIRGINIA.
It gives mo pleasure In ma s Idle ~
port to sannoiinceS the completion Of inc ne
catalogue. The work has been slow ana le
1 tedious ~ reason OF the fact that cha ng--
ing he ARTICLES from one case TO another
made 4 II necessary 10 renuinber them.
The Il ilre-arnls, 4 swords, knives. s spurs.
olc !, have been nttractiYcly placed In g a
sc pa rato case. , MS work was kindly done
byS Mr.. William T. \ Sheppard. II nc CO Ia
logue contains ono hundred and five pa ges.
The conte1itsBo OF tho cases and all articles
In tho Virginia rootn number one thousand
aud sixty-four. IN 5.
4 have placed In the library OF the Solid
South room sixteen original rosters and
sig copies Of rosters Two hundred and
ninety newspapers. hirty-four pieces Of
munic, u three hundred and forty-three
papers, letters, printed ordcrs, al receipts:
b and trequisitlons. whioh We're he property
X 81 Colonel Jonn Thompson Brown 9 g the
EIIowitzer battalion. Forty three books
and pamphlets and a large package o.
Ii telegran1s and papers, not numbered, be-
longing to the lato william Writ Henry
q making, exclusive OF the last named pack
q &c. II seven hundred and thirty-sIx zarti-s
n cies, which, added ~ to- 81 the # cata rue,
would amount to one thousand seven hun-s
drcd and forty. t5 FF9f,gS .
STo assist arranging tho above col lee
@tions i have given fl5% to Misc !. Baugh-3
man, VI ce-regent of the Sol Ia South room.
Among tho donations ha w been cabl-5
mot OF wa relics used by M y. We Davies,
3 and carefully preserved by his son. 4 Inc
\ late Mr. William Davies messenger boy
10. Presid dent. Dayis, w hose Wish tina 7 they
4 ili I death was carried out; BY hisswidow.
Among the relics arc q two Fl pist ols $i one
liavcrsack, four sHords three fles.. one
"A exploded shells ana bullet r noulds RI one!
4 powder horn, ..iree Il poWder TASKS. ~ two
Shot pouches and three s.np pies or Con-
& federnte hoMespun.gl.
81 eral i Robert e.. Lees saddle, spurs. two
h br!dles bits aud a handsome pnir OF field
Y CLASSICS. s3T Ess
All ono OF the rarest loans IS the parole OF
{. General Robert III Leo nd his stnff ON
3 Gcrs. Issued at tho surrender at Appomat-i
sS tox April 0. 1866 u cont ains the 81 gna-S
tares
Marshal GeorgesH. Sharp. u $, "A. The
n parole was found among the pa pers OF the
late Judge Robert Ould NJ Confederate Com
1T IS loaned by his daughter, MRS. iadge3
n Ou1d} Powers.
pSrtraits pre;sented L! az, Is, one Ct CAPTAIN
3nlent OF PicKett's Brigade. 3s 5i3 :s
IIe resigned from the .. y s. army july.
1921 Go9Re Texas
5Bs Portrait and bust OF Governor William
Il Smith. presented by his daughter Miss
u Mary lAmell a. Sn1ith h. s. KS aS 81
ssS at y elbow Tavern and the monument in
4 tho cemetery OF EmmanualS Church, un-5
yelled on the same q ay, presented by Mrs..
81 Joseph Bryan. rs sS4 81
Miss sailie Anderson has taken up the
work OF securing for the Virginia room
& pho tographs OF all y olS the Con ederatet
85m n which have been erected in
X yelling ceremonies and a copy of the
smanuscrips, OF the addresses delivered On
y these occasions. This work was sug gested
by Mrs. oseph Bryan. E
Il It would assist her very much IL the
Il orgnn!zatl lions who have erected hlonu-.
ments would write to her and send photo
( graphs and the account OF tho unwilling
e ceremonies. t} h sRg{ s{s55 ,fTf N,
Signed Mrs Mrs 2 TAYLOR or: Rgt[ FL. !,
The XirgInla G9mmlttae &
regent #, MRS. "a ylor E,llyson. vice-re-3
gent; Mrs. John b. Lightfoot alternate;s
\ Mrs; Archer Anderson. Mrs. Hunter
A sallie And erson, Mrs. e. NJ. Ferreli, N Is.
II: Theo. Elyaon. Miss Todd a Baird,
MARYLAND.
Through thu. energy OF It's valuable re-
gent, Mrs; John e Ss Poo, Of Baltimore.
& leresting as the years roll By. An idea
OF the progress 1t has made may be found
i from the fact that when the catalogue
u was printed In 1925. but forty-o relics
tlred are entrusted 10 our care. ana the the
u walls are well nigh covered with the pIo-I
4 lures OF noble men. who, like The 7. Dis.
! o!plcs. left al to- follow Tho Right
OF his fathers valuable collection Of
relics In our keeping, about fourteen In
number. probably the most interesting,
I Bradley T.SSJohnson ~ General Wade
3 Hampton in f March, 1854. when General
* Hampton gave General ~ Johnson credit
\ ISilpatrck's attack. Second, a sabre at
35tachment, given Genera Il ohnspn BY Con
eral J. e. B. Stuart III 1868, It was in-I
4 wanted BY. him When he was q lieutenant
q tary3 Floyd gave him IS, 900 for5the patent,
z for use In the United States Cavalry. 81 !;
The following other articles wero Te-
4 sented by Mrs. Id ward Wadsworth Ayers,
fofs washington: n picture OF The Ma
donna ~ tinted by Miss Mary Custls Lee,
4 TOR tho benefit Of the Memorial Church.
4 at lexington; also a photograph OF Gen-
GOWAN'S PNEUh(