The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-03

army for the first time since tia
evacuation or Petersburg. On April atit
General Lee surrendered an army com.
pfslng 1899 men to General Grant
who had on the field n force or 1G22ai
officers and men.
Captured IN Georgia.
Mr.. Davis. and his Cabinet mcinbera
hurried South, hoping to effect q juno
ton with General Johnston. A treas.
ure train. carrying the remnants OF ths
Confederate Treasury, the funds OF thu
Richmond banks and many yaiuabia
papers taken from the ruins OF burn.
ing Richmond, was taken to Charlotte
under command of Captain Parker. Two
miles northeast of Irwinville, Ca. al
early dawn on the morning OF May
10th. Mr.. Davis and his family wera
surprised by a party OF United Statca
troops under Colonel Benjamin d
Pritchard and made prisoners. For
years a canard was widely circulated
to the effect that Mr.. Davis attempted
to escape In wonien's clothes. Not only
is this denied by Mr. and Mrs. paws,
IN written statements, but also ty
Colonel Pritchard and those OF his men
| VINO erected the capture, whose signed
| statement, together with the clothes II,
which Mr.. Davis was captured, now
| hang in the Confederate Museum in
Richmond.
Taken by sea to Fortress Monroe
| after an examination before Major-a
General Halleck and Hon. Charles A.
] Dana. then Assistant Secretary az
| war. Mr.. Davis was imprisoned in a
casematc under control of Major-Gcn-
| eral Nelson a. Miles. then commando
ing the fortress
I The assassination of Lincoln brought
luminosity between the North and the
I South to n white heat. and a runor
spreading that Mr.. Davis was to be
rescued General Miles ordered that
Iron shackles be placed on his pris-
oner. Some weeks afterward the re-
4 moyal of these shackles was demand.
e6 by the fort physician, DR.. Craven.
as q medical necessity. Imprisoned for
TWO years without trial, much OF thu
time under the personal supervision
OF constant guard. night and day;
denied exercise and for part OF tho
time denied visitors Mr.. Davis's health
4 suffered permanent injury, his rIror-
Gus Imprisonment not being relaxed
until n severe illness occasioned seri-
\ Gus renonstrance from the fort ply.
stefan. DR.. Craven.
4 The Court Proceedings.
Brought before the Federal grand
jury. sitting in the present post-office
Z building in Richmond. Mr.. Davis was
indicted Writ Of habeas corpus was
again and again denied
i Not until the Tribune and other pa
pers of strong Republican influence
u began to demand a TRIAL did the gov
! ernment takc anyssstep. The trial
finally came on December5,3. 1867. ii,
the Federal building in Richmond,
Chief Justice Chase sitting with Dis
.ttrict Judge Underwood. Hon. Robert
Ould. of Richmond. defended Mr.. Da-
I Wis, assisted by Mr.. Charles O'Conner.
+ The court divided. and the case was
\ Terrified 20 the Supreme Court, Mr.
Davis being admitted to bail. Men OF
4 prominence In all parties and all parts
of the country came forward to go on
his bond. Mr.. Davis going with his
4 FAMILY to Canada, returning from time
to time for further hearings until tho
J indictment was quashed. without (
final opinion from the court.
, After living abroad for year o,
two, Mr.. Davis returned to Mississippi
, among his own people. Dying In New
lOrleanss at the home OF a friend or
december 6, 1889, his body was placed
in temporary tomb in Metaire Gem
, etery, New Orleans. Governors of min.
lSouthern States acting as pall-bearers
, Four years later, by request of the peo
pile of the South. the body was brought
Z to Richmond. and finally Inferred ir
Hollywood Cemetery, the body passing
! from New Orleans through the capt,
4 tails Of the Southern States, lying II
state. thousands turning out at cacf
stopping place to pay their final re-
. Ispects to the President OF the Lost
Cause In Richmond the people col;
J, lected from all parts of the country
and listened to eulogies from those WHIT
had known him best.
In 1906 the monument conversion.
was laid at the Confederate reunion
!. Of that year with most imposing
military parade, and after many delay:
the monument was unveiled on Jun.
3. 1907, and is to, be turned over toathe
perpetual care of the city of Richmond
to-day. BY the side of Mr.. Davis ir
Hollywood have been placed the bodies
} of his children. his four sons having
died early in life. The body of Mrs
Davis and the body Of Miss Winnie
!. the Daughter of the Confederacy.'
have also been Inferred there will
military honors. The house Mr.. Davis
occupied while in Richmond, now the
property Of the city, is utilized for 9
museum of relics of the Confederate
cause, and is annually a Mecca for
thousands OF visitors Memorials to his
!. memory in stained glass has a lsc
bean placed in st. Paul's Church. whert
lie worshiped during the days thai
!; tried mems souls