The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-24

Visitors in the city whose presence 1 bere ,s an interesting event. are MT. and Mrs. Archibald Oracle ot Wash iRstops S, sos p: ,c c. w~shipsten wno s from Mobile where they have been attending the reunion of the Confederate Veterans and in whose honor Hon. A. A, "ueS 1 Gracje is a son of the late beloved Gen. ! Archibald Oracle Of Confederate war fame, and he is now engaged Tn writ ine history bearing on the portion ot ! th9sa troub1ous times in which his father and his Alabama soldiers took so prominent part.
 Mrs Oracle. a woman of individual cbarm is one of rare intellectual at- tainmants as we'll. She Is deeply in- terested in all that pertains to the ll1e work of her illustrious tatner t, m law' M She is herself a woman of notable per sonaiIty. being kfnswoman of roy atty; she is by adoption what her 1 mother calls "a little Southerner. of Danish ana English parentage; her father, Otto Scheck, of Denmark: came to America with the Danish Consult General v.t sst faus in rG loVe with this country and the one woman in the world who afterwards became his wife, shes settled m New fork: %,s: Wnere stance Elise Scheck. now Mrs: Oracle. was born. She is a maternal grand daughter of Admiral Saunders or Eng
 
 Counselor to king Christian of Dem mark and a first cousin to Queen Lou ise of Denmark. On the occasion of their visits to % c9Psnlnaeeo wsles now RG King and Queen of England, were always guess at the home of Mrs. Gracies nncle' Count Lawrence HoLmolad, An inser- esting fact in connection with Mrs. Gra- cie's family Ia that the King of Dem mark appointed her cousin. Count Ju- .lus Holmbiad kings counselor, that ne might reside In the ancestral home ana receive him three months in the year.
 Mrs. Gracie has been made treas urer to receive funds donated for the purpose of erecting nsra oFSnSg STaeis to he placed in Alabama. probably In Mont roh1ery. This Is a movement inaugur- ated by Mrs. Oracle herself. wac nopse.s ps.s I in the near future to see her husbands | illustrious father honored In bent | ting manner by the State he so nopiy | served and whose cause he with ms whole soul, heart and energy espoused General Oracle. whose son Col. Archi- | bald Oracle is. and has been devoting himself tc the writing of history that
 his father helped nd to make; @as %sscenSe %as Se ant of nobility of England ana scot | land. He was graduated of the class
 of 1854 at West Point. Ihe Sass paasa ", m Gordon and Deshler were members He [ was sent to Oregon and Washington Territory where he fought the Waila I army in 1858 in order to take charge I of his fathers business in Mobile. and q few months afterwards was married
 to Miss Jossphine ,nhonG Mayo; or va tne wSose %e ancestors founded Richmond and Pe- | tersburg. At that time in Mobile was
 an old volunteer company which SUI
 exists. called the Washington Light In. | fantry. It was composed of the best men of the city and each private wore uniform more gorgeous than Ma black pants and large black hats. Gen. eral Oracle joined this company. was elected captain and received the Gov ernor's commission April 1S. 1880. None
 couid have foreseen the importance of | this step to his future. A year rom
 that date inaugurated the beginning
 of our great war & Tn the raLi aL "s s.etas eh.s | became imminent. The Governor of | Alabama sent for General Oracle, and | though he had been offered colonelcy ments. the State of his own and his | fathers birth, he sacrificed his life in | behalf of the Confectionery. On Janu- 1 of Alabama, he commanded an expedi- | tion to seize Mt. Vernon arsenal. His command consisted of the Washington
 Light Infantry and the Mobile Eines;
 with his company to Montgomery and | mustered in as Company E, color com
 pany, of the srd. Alabama Regiment
  Alabama and Joined that regiment at Centerviile. Va. He raised and com manded the 43rd Alabama Regiment and was shortly afterwards made Brig 1 adler General. At the battle of Chick | amauga he attempted to capture Snod- grass Hill from which Kershaw's conn
 mand had already twice been repulsed
 General Gracie's brigade, consisting 5f | the fist and 43rd Alabama and Hil- ! liards Legion, and the 6Srd Tennessee. after two trials. in both of which his | bAf him took
 and held the ridge. the key noint com | trolling the battlefield, the possession | of which insured victory to whichever | side held 1t. For an hour and half l General Gracte's brigade held their po- ] sition entirely alone and unsupported, after which they were relieved by oth- CT troops. From June till his death.
 December ?; 1884. General GracIe was % | tersburg. While inspecting the enemy's lines, telescope in hand. bullet from
 a shrapnel shell struck his head, caus~ | ing instant death.
 General Oracle is unique in history.
 in that he. a Northern man. espoused the cause of the South. where he was
 living. and lost his life therefor: He vered by his surviving comrades. the 1 veterans of the Confede-acy
 Hon. A. A.. Wileys guests who
 Oracle yesterday were: Gen. and Mrs.
 John W. A. Sanford. Major w. W.
 Screws, Judge John B. Fuller, Gen. W. c. oates and MT. Noble Wiley,
 Zen, General Sanford. Major Screws and Judge Fuller were In General Gracie's
 brigade during the war.
 i Colonel Oracle, now a visitor to Mont | gomery, haR established to the satis- faction of the Chickamauga Park au- thorities that his father. General Gra-