The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-22
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Interesting Reflections Brought
Out by General Wri Wig KS 4
Historical Data. 888i Il.
NO. /, OLD VIRGINIA FE E: T: + Y!
,Tl1e Scheme to8Make8 C Co Med ,.
a tc Soldiers of3 Southern A. vs. II
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sir,-I noted In our column Of Of y tl' q
18Th llls acom,pnnication from ie h
era Marcus Wright, who IS II the hs oua,
toliant of the archives OF the ~ 3Vl5
Troops in5}tlie Civil War . g. ,53 81 :.
Fl & curiously gives tile finding Of $a l5
record 81 Il q company which was org Y: I
iZed on Cobb's Island, VA, III June \ s'f
nj the call OF Pre- sident Iincolns for men men
e from, each State Territory aild ZIG 1)is \
trict Of Columbian "A 3ia53 4 5Sj 4 n /, =, 3.
ss5 This will be news to II ahy laoolsou VA. az
from the polnt{of View Of the ioSll Yr-
Giniuil, this company was e ident 5sr VI.
u E,Inzcd By Northern men Hllo WY ,tS " y
H Cobb's rs "a summer resUr t ~ sS
,ong before the witt Cobb's Island was
Srcsorted to by m N who loved tho sport
a of fishing and In order to avoid Y he Sfllss
IS and dress Of the fashionable resort
sss.sIt Is also of interest that General
Wright, in quoting from tie aro ~ y, Il
states that no troops ire cred tcd n from
n tie States Of South Carolina and Georgia,
u Query: Leaving out Maryland, did any
VI nthcr Of the "A tlnntlu States furnish white
& troops to the so-called Union 5S ss 81
5sa Although they do not seem TO- appear
81, the rosters In tho archives, Of course!
q many 1 negroes Of Soft u Cnroll1h joinull
the Federal army 81 and also maj, y from ON
Y Georgia, when Sherman made the fenr-s
fully grand land Il inuslcal march. n
-EEowever, the egros troops mn $5n nc !.
Rhnve been re corded as vul nicer forces,
except for purposes Of pension. tiS
HISS 1t is probable that many Of Thorn were ',
H ir1presse cd 81 many promised t forty acres
q their real fbenefac tors lands, with
mule for each, while others wetn novable
33breastworks when ptrposely made drunk
n BY the way, In the dying days Of the
4 Confederncya President Davis and Gem
cral Lee We're said to hive co CO..
n the propriety&Of fighting negroes against
negroes. ana against the horde Of for
i eigners. And the considerable was. to
\ meet the North with It's own plea, the
ii Confederate negro was TO be freed rs Q
reward for such service. IS
lgsSsssS The only outcome Of tho suggestion
that your correspondent snW was 4 Or.
SRoltons negro boy, called $8" One--ll Eyed
Il Sam who for two or three afternoons
was 4 seen going hurriedly down Grace
Street toSthe Cupltol Square. armed with
a 3musket and wearing nm old Confed-
#crate cap II He said that he was going
ITO drill but this self-nppointed soldier
u was the only negro soldier to BIO seen
4 on the Capitol Square. }8y5$
XIII The cause was about lost, and hum
H dreds OF the negroes who threw8sup tho
shoes would hddalo gl.tdy fought for
81 their freedom rwkile fighting for tho
Y south. but doubtless either Mr.. Davis
General Lee speedily concluded TINT
II would be both undlgniflodg aud un-
Z christian to sanction such q proceeding,
4 even II they did not consider It as against
( the usagcs Of civilized warfare. f; #
One often has to pnlse and nsl m
H old soldier in Tennessee, Kentucky and
in West Virginia. Con which sile?" but
8sit never before occurred to this writer
L. that It was possible to meet a Yankee
z soldier who had been mustered Into the
u service in Old Virglnin. ,at5f u n II
THOMAS r. EVANS
Olcott, w. Va. July 10, 1905. ~ g5