The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24

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on and became more and more bloody.
There were few families which did NOT
mourn a father. or a husband. or q
brother who had fallen in battle Con-
%cerning jackson. Lieutenant McKim
says: Il need not speak of the great
place this. modest and reticent soldier.
Thomas j. Jackson. made for himself
{ among the great captains of history.
Distinguished military critics Xix
Lieutenant-colone1sG. r. r, Henderson.
whose two volumes on the life and
career of Stonewau Jackson are tho
classic on the subject, have said all
that need be, and said 1t with au-
thority."
Between campaigns, while In attend
ance upon General George Fl. Steuart.
who was wounded and in the hospital.
Lieutenant McKim refers to his meet.
ing with Miss Agnes Gray Phillips.
daughter OF Rev. r. H. Phillips. Of
Staunton. who. became Lieutenant Nc
Kim's wife on February IS, 1854. Il
was during the winter of 1s62-6s that
Lieutenant McKim decided to become
a candidate for orders in the Episcopal
tChurch. He had not reported for duty
at the battle of Charlottesville, but
writes an excellent account of It. The
y s1ao ~ "a {rHHf a I q & 1of NJ e {, t--I
cousin. Major William Duncan McKim.
who was killed during an assault on
Hooker's Entertainments at this battle
was a source OF great grief to Lieu
tenant Mcktm.
Two chapters embody what the au-
! thor has to say about the beginning
of the Gettysburg campaign, the
march to Gettysburg and the part
played in the battle by General
/ steiart's brigade. which lost out OF
200 membetst6S in killed, wounded
and missing. In the autumn OF 1863
Lieutenant McKim resigned from the
Confederate Army to prepare for ordi-
nat.on to the ministry of the prot
estant Episcopal Church. with inten-
ton afterward@to re-enter the service
in the capacity OF chaplain. He was
ordered deacon by Bishop Johns, OF
Virginia. May II. 1861, and licensed
to perform the service and deliver ad-
dresses and e~xhortations in accordance
with the tcanons of the Protestant
Episcopa1 Church of the Confederate
States. February 10. 1864. He was
commissioned and installed as cha plain
of Colonel Thomas Z. Munford's sregi-
ment. the Second Virginia Cavalry.
September 2, 1864.
cltn his regiment, Chaplain McKim
went through the vfctssitudes of
isarly's Valley campaign In 1881, a hard
campaign. marked by almost daily
marches and frequent fights. An ac-
count of the winter campaign of 1854.
So follows. with the chaplain ordered
to the hospital in stanton on account
OF an injury to his hand. On jan
uary 20: 1s65;swhfle in stanton, Chap
/ lain Mckim received news OF the
death OF his father al BeIvIdere. in
Baltimore. Regimental duties were
resumed by him at Orange, Va, on
anuary Is. On February 5 the Secon1
Virginia Cavalry was ordered to Rich
mond. and son February 10, Chaplain
! McKim preached to a notable congre
CATION assembled within the walls OF
st. Paul's Church during the last DAYS
tof the C%onfederacy.s
When. OH March Z, 1855, the Second
Regiment was ordered off. its chaplain
$500 Hot vi, MS morse nav
ing broken completely down. HeSob-
tanned leave to try for asfresh mount
around Stanton. Before t%hisscould be
accomplished and a return to the
army erected Richmond; had been
evacuated and the downfall of tho
Southern C~oniederacys was at hand.
And Chaplain McKims says.4..A soon
as I was assured beyond doubt Of the
overwhelming fact: turned Lady
Crews head back toward Staunton,.and
thai day we covered together sixty
five miles-the longest ride I4had ever
made. When I reached stanton the
second day after. night had setsdn.S and
hoped to get home without being
OBSERVED and recognized. But 1T was
moonlight. and as l rode through tn
street 4 was soon surrounded by q
Igroup8of men eager for news from2the
army. i said: There is news. but I
prefer not to tell you what It is. forsSI
know you will not believe it,, The
ANSWER was a chorus of demands Ito
tell WHAT it was. Again L demurred, and
askedsto be excused. onlyato meet8thue
same-reply. So a tElast %safd:#.WelI
If YOU will have It, General Lee sur.
rendered to General Grant, This. as
I anticipated, was greeted with de-
risiye laughter. ln@sfacts4 hesspeople
could not believe Impossible. Thesdis-
aster was too utterlySoYerwhelming, to
be accented on the testimony 81 zone
man"
The conclusion of the book rs an
eloquent tribute to Chaplain McKim's
comrades in arms and thelrscauss and
the leaders under Whom@they fought.
Ascomplete vindication of the soldiers
LOT the Confederacy Is to ,beSfouulnad. in
the Grafton which he delivered at
Nashville, Tenn in 1905 Aschiaptersseon
H"Stuart's Cavalry at Gettysburg" ends
ti.As Soldiers Recollections.n',.
Chaplain McKim, of theSConfeder,
ate Army, has long been Rand6lphTHarr-
jrison McKim. 2 D,.@I.LssD .gD.SC.L
tbeloved rector of the sChurchaaeof tho
Epiphany. in Washington. D. CT mar
whose name and influence are amply,
EsufficlentSto attest the worth and his
s~toricals value of the volume j which
his recollactions as q soldier ARE re-
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