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rREDEIs,cKsBuRG WOMEN.
Incidents Showing Their Bravery. Dur
Ing IINil Nrnr NO., ~ %.

recently came across an old scrap
f ;aGn .Goi ~ i., by 4 member Of my
da.er me war There We're many Incl
GENTS OF that fearful struggle cut from
current newSpa perS.
thsre are some things that wo cannot
altogether approve. hut they give us
IN IN Insight into The Intensity Of the
While we may not sympathize with ali
.shat was said and done in those days
mat tried mems souls. we should he
men of the South If wo did not admire
lne courageous ami heroic spirit which,
a,lstinguished tho men ana women Of
Among the clippings from the papers
is one relating to the undaunted shirt
9! me women OF Fredericksburg. With
wonder that this fine old town has such
high spirited, patriotic. intelligent wo-
men as those who now grace her
civic and religious V life n Long son n,as
they iiourisl, tho worthy daughters Of
noble mothers!
The clipping referred to is as fol-
The Yankee generals were almost
thunderstruck at hnding so many per-
sons sons through a Smelling lf.;ting twelve
mission with liS guns. General Sturgis
told lady that the women ot Freder-
irkshurg ought to be handed down Ia
me latest posterity as model heroines
iIe said to the same lady, Madam. IL
IS TOO dangerous for you to remain
longer. General LEG wiss she'll tile
town: go over TO the other side: will
assure YOU protection and return when
ever. YOU choose to come back Tho
lady's reply was quite significant. mo,
SIR said she, I have no more business
across that river than a Yankee has
in heaven. shall stay. and take the
best care can OF my property He
then asked II she had u husband in tho
Southern army. No, sir. have Il son;
but il my husband does not now en-
list And avenpse the vandalism commit
ted on my town and It's people shall
get divorce Said Sturgis I admire
forward. as long as ] remain. you shall
be protected
In another instance gentleman had
been arrested and was being carried
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PICKETT NEVER PUT
UNDER ARREST BY LEE
By M, c. ELZEY.

certainly all gisht-minded men must
deplorc tic disposition to attack and
disparaGc his former associates in
arms in our lost, righteous cause No
one has questioned his risht 10 leave
INC Democratic party, 10 declare him
sell Republican, to seek and obtain
Federal Office; and now, In helpless
old age. when they have cast him off.
no ono has cast these things in his
teeth. What can lie hope 10 gain by
disparagins such men as iIeth and
Pickett? What has the writer to do
with General Heth? lie was merel;
pleasant acnia intauce. hut his
brother, Captain stockton IIcth, who
was his adJutant. was a classmate and
roommate OF the writer at the Virginia
Military institute, and 10 braver man
nor trucr gentleman ever lived The
Youngest hero of our Lost Cause is an
old man now. II Is sad 80 see old
men companions III n lost cause, who
stand lettering on the verge Of cter-
nifty, casting, slurs upon each other,
and oven upon the regulations OF the
dead, theiS former companions in arms.
What do they hope to gain by de,
tanning the dead, What must our
children think Of such things? Would
SOW teach them TO d.spisc the cause
in which their fathers fought and fell.
and the very graves in which their
ashes rcpose? Comrades, in the name
OF God, in the name Of the dead who
sleep, Let MS at last have peace among
surviving heroes Of our Lost Cause!
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FAIR lIEsToRr or NONE.

We heartily endorse Governor Manns
declaration relative to the subject OF
history IN our schools, III we cannot
he says. .'haye an accurate history Of
the War between the States taught in
our schools. then we should abolish
In discussing the agitation. at Roanoke
College over the teaching Of text
book. "Elson's History
1t appears that the author OF the
alleged history is a Kansan by birth.
and that he has Inherited, and wishes
TO perpetuate. all The notions Of the
most ardent supporters Of John Brown
and he has taken tho method OF pre-
serving them IN school history. to no
taught to the young people Of the land,
And strange to say, notwithstanding
that 1t is nrohahly the severest arr
raignment ever made against the south.
the book is adopted and used in tho
section which 1t treats in a scurrtlo,la
and defamatory manner. It Is, In fact,
an cutpourinE OF personal opinion,
bias. and hatred with total disre-
gard for facts and real causes and
effects.
Now while the Southern people do
not want their children taught Con
federate" history. they are no less
vigorous IN protesting against tho
teaching OF ''Unon" history. True
history Is just AS much an ideal here
as 1t Ia in any othe! rart of this united
country; and Governor Nianns idea is
creditable one. that. II truth has 10
be suppressed In relation TO the Civil
War or the conditions preceding or
following the struggle. 1t would he
Infinitely better 10 abolish the sub
ject, or that part Of 1t, altogether.
a perfectly true history. OF course,
has never been written; and a history
sa tisfactory IN every way To both North
and South Will be taais for some dis
family future historian, hut there can
he onla' one ideal for a textbook 10
be introduced into the schools, ana
that Is one wholly free from personal
attitude. from bias and prejndice; cer-
tatnIy no text. whose author opapl,.
danounccs IN the most scurrilous and
Acrimonious manner a Whole people.
would likely meet the demands There
is, of course. no desire on the mart Of
tho people Of tho South 10 fight tho
war over again with pen and ink. but
they insist on fair just and decent
record OF that period and they arc
quite willing that future generations
should know the absolute truth
The agitation should mean more
than abolishins "Elsons History
from Roanoke College; 1t should mean
a. condemnation OF obliquc teaching
on the part OF the poorly prepared or
ranlly biased professors. and tt should
suggest the necessity OF exercising
more care in tho selection Of texts No
work on history. f It Is distored, Nigh
ly colorcd. and prc1udiccd. has any
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Il neither purpose nor desire TO In
trudc IN matters which do not con-
Germ me. but when a respected friend.
long dead. is placed in false light.
claim the right to intervene III his
behalf refer to the statement by
Colonel John s. Mosby, recently pub
lished in The Times Dispatch, that
General Pickett was placed under arr
rest by General Lee Che surposcs be-
cause OF something which happened
at Five Forks). | am Il competent
witness to the fact that nothing dis
creditablc TO General Pickett did hap
pen at Five Forks. and that he was
not placed under arrest by General
Lee for any cause, at any time q,
place ] was at that time surgeon OF
llunton's Brigade formerly Plckctt's,,
and which, then, was the leading
brigade of P!ckett's Division, which
division was the leading division OF
Andcrsons. formerly Longstrect's
Corps. My regiment was therefore
the leading regiment OF Anderson's
Corps. and was one of the group Of
mounted officers at the head OF tho
column on march. was General
Picketts personal medical adviser, and
continued TO he such until Tho time of
his death. We rode together IL greater
part OF the way during tho retreat or
our army from Petersburg tn Apo
niattoH. We escaped together from
tho battlefield ut Sailors Creek, aud
were constantly together until wo
reached AppomuttoX. rcpcat it.
therefore,. NJ ~
am competent witness to the fact
mat he was never under arrest hu,
remained In command Of his division
until the last scene at ApponattoN.
Further l saw General Pickett meet
General Lee at Dinwiddie Courthouse
without the slightest show OF ON.
oarfassment on the part OF either We
were expecting an attack by General
Meade at any moment. Pickett was
IN command Of his division. and the
manner Of General Lee was perfectly
cordial. That General Pickett com.
Inanded his division In its last battle
at sailor's Creek is i fact that is
known to the writer who was neal
him throughout the day, and at night
fall as previously stated, escaped
from the field IN company with him.
therefore positively affirm that il
Is matter within my personal knowl-
edgs thai no arrest OF General Pickett
pS General Lee ever occurred, and
that no interruption OF personal re-
lations between the two men evcr took
place. AS to General I'tr1 EFT accusing;
General Lee of Strengthening his di.
vision at GETTYSBURG. II Is well known
that General Long street. and not Gem
eral Lee, selected Pickett 10 lead that
charge, and failed to support him, as
ordered by General Lee While the
writer was member OF the faculty
at Blacksburg General Pickett was
often there and In that vicinity do
Ing an insurance business. The writer
was his medical adviser and saw much
of him, and he often referred In our
conversation to war incidents, and
spoke Of General Lee always in terins
OF tho highest veneration aud respect.
have never felt any personal I'M
kindness toward Colonel Mostly. hut
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HON THE CONFEDERATE
FLAG WAS DESIGNED.

TIC recent death OF General W. r.
Cahell, odd Tige,' former commander
Of the Trans Mississippi Department OF
Confederate Veterans, recalls the fact
that he had supervision Of the max
ing Of tho first Con fedcratc nag. His
interview, given several pears ago,
made public for tho first time tho true
history Of the Stars and Bars. con-
tributing one OF the most interesting
chapters 10 Confederate history. He
was one CT lilo first United States
Army officers to send In their resigna-
lions when tho Civil War began. and he
left the service under flattoring pro-
spec, for promotion. He quit the posi-
ton Of chief quartermaGter Army OF
service for the Confederacy. He died
recently ct hts homo III Dallas at the
age OF eighty.
when the Confederate Army, COM
manded by General Beauregard and
the Federal Army confronted each
other at Manassas, said General Ca :
bell In regard to the adoption Of a
flag being used hy the Confederates
aud tho Stars and Stripes looked at
a distance so much alike that 1t was
hard to distinguish one from the other.
General Bcauresard, thinking that
serious mistakes might be made in rec
ognizing our troops. after the battle
or July IS. at Blackburn Ford, ordered
that small red badge should be worn
on the left shoulder by our troops;
and as | was chief quartermastcr or
dercd me to purchase a lnrge quantity
OF red flannel and to distribute it to
each regiment. / distributed the red
flannel to number Of regiments, the
men placing red badges on their left
shoulders.
During the battle OF tho Bull Run 1t
was plain to be seen that large
number Of Federal soldiers wore almi :
lar badges I saw these badges on q
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A WAR TALE,

j. was III October. and we we're in ;.
HELD west of the river, near Bumgard.
her Ferry, twas late in the afternoon.
and seeing a rain coming, we conc1,,d-
ed to hunt n farm house for shelter
from chiidhood. AS soon as we en t
We asked II Billy was In the house.
NO, not IN. but maybe under the
house, was the reply.
Wa asked about conscript officers
Nellie: one of the girls of the house
hold, to faint. She soon came TO, how
ever, and helped to prepare a good
supper. (This, after she found that
Silly was safe.) After supper we took
up our March to Massanutton. 1t was
bright moonlight night. and We
had rot gone far up the mountain
said. .Hatch. that's Frank Kihicr,s
dogs barking" Soon the dogs came
IN sight, but went back when they
saw us. It was not long before we
soon recognized them as Clarence
Broaddus and Frank Ilibler. both fom-
Gus conscript officers in their day We
got as close under the bush OF the tree
under which we wore standing as 1t
was possible for us to get. However,
neither Of them carno any further, hut
turned short around and went back.
we raw neither OF them any more that
night.
We struck camp way upon the noun
tain stde.--rathcr steep for camp
ground, but We had found that any
port was good In storm! My friend
Hatch" took refuge for the night in
foremost, leaving nothing out but his
head! He was soon snoring and snort
ing like a locomotive, and I rolled tle
los around. with "IIatch" III IL and
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WAR MEMORIES.
(Ry ". D Woodsen. Company Is,
Twenty-eighth Eirginia.l

Ny last letter left mo with friends
in Itovington, jus. across the river
from Cincinnati and [ arrived In Co
vington about noon Friday. tho sixth
day after leaving tho island. After
consultation with my friends I was adj
vised TO take steamer UP the Ohio
rvor. somo forty miles, TO a little town.
aud then go through tho country as
far as safe by day. I landed In Bath
county on Monday night about dark.
| had to wait in Covington for a
steamer and did not until Monday noon
get off from Cincinnati. | kent In
touch with friends, and when l had
gone az far as practicable. 1 was adj
visoh To get busy at something until
some OF our boy camc In from Dixie
u SEQ thoir friends, get fresh horscs,
atc. Then they would pilot mo through
tho wilds Of Kentucky out into my ma
two state, for they said it would be
impossible for me to take tho trip
without guides.
observation-disclosures, dcsertcrs and robbers
filed the mountain. SO got busy maxi
Ing mp a school. Esquire Massic wrote
Inc MI an old field article OF agree7
ment. took this paper from house to
house. from Zoe 10 friend and finally
succeeded III getting about twenty i've
scholars All this time had one ear
out for my scouts from Dixie. Oh the
hunting, fov I was in two miles Of
Owensvillo, where " company of cav
alrY. was stationed, called LIST Ken
tucky Scouts. / saw some OF them
every few days. felt they suspected
me and knew | suspected them.
III my rounds making up my school
stopped overnight with a Yankee
esquire. ami he said to mo: do YOU
know We IN this country believe you
to be Rebel spy?" But Oh, got too
mad 20 eat and said 1t was nifty that
IA Denceabie citizen could not come
from Ohio. could not come down In
Kentucky and engage in lawful pusi-
ness without being suspected of engsg-
ing In !, low down business as a Rebel
spy.
| b,uffcd the old esquire and went
on my beat, and for about three weeks
IL kept this UP. At last. at last, three
Of our boys came in--Turner, Boyd and
Spencer--and that evening l was COM
Quoted To their hiding place. out in an
old pine field, sitting down eating
lunch With their pistols hy their sides.
They created mo cordially. and that
night we raided shin.,ig In the aeigh-
borhood and found only two hQraes
suitable for our business. Spencer
mounted one and had the other. and
we struck for the mountains. The
other two men remained behind for
better horses. We rode until near day
and camped near a friends house, and
III about two days the other boys came
on splendidly euuinred with two OF tho
J st Kentucky Scouts horses; they cnp-
tured them on picket, after we lett,
for our raid on the shindig had stirred
up hornets nest, and all the LIST Ken
lucky Scouts were out next morning
hunting for that school teacher to hang
him. whom they did not fnd.-Fincas
tie Herald.
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IHE IIMEs pIsPAYoH: RICII1oND VA SUNDAY PR11 1911

place in the schools where the ideals
OF truth and justice arc supposed to
nc enshrineh And no teachers. cs-
pecially of history. whose minds have
occn warped ny an environment and
training that has poisoned them with
he venom OF malicious and false Ideas.
should be permitted 10 perpotuate their
perverted views among the boys and
Girls OF our proud Southland There
arc enough mon and women In every
scrtion OF our great country who are
large and broad enough to rise above
such contemplate prcjudiccs; ana only
these should DO placed In charge OF
such subject as history For tho
idoas which students acquire in The
schools will sooner or later iind cN-
preston In their lives.
But the incxplicablc part or the
whole affair is the fact that this Of
fcnslre sc-called history IL used in I,
number nf Southern, universities ana
colleges. Tho only explanation must
DC that wo are importing our teach
ers OF history from any or ali other
sections 1t will be only n generation
or Two, II this practice continues, until
4 satisfactory history for all the coun-
Try VIII no no easy thing TO obtain.
and the attitude will be such as 10
make the character of John Brown
ideal and oxalt him as the grea test in
history.-liarrisonhu News.
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OF SERVICE
IN THE RANKS OF GRAY
What a Private Saw and embarrassing Incl
dents in Camp and on the March
Ready Repartee

TO BIC bloody. Wc.uus amt never hear
talk " yo-una losing any OF you blood
in de Whur.' The little fellow Of the
nlnth said, DRY up, you Tarhecl." The
rarheel quickly replied. '.We,uns used
TO have right much tar on our heels.
but Gin'l Lee done made acquisition for
1t, and had It al! scrHred Off to put on
heels OF Nirginy troops 10 nuke them
stick In de wahr.,
While in North Carolina Private r.
=. SHELF made a very tine speech, urg-
ing the boys. especially the privatcs. to
40 their duty. The next day Private
shell passed squad OF soldiers One
said, Look out. boys that shell may
Gust again. Private Shell turned and
said. Il 1t does 1t will not Knock out
inany brains In that squad"
q private who was badly wounded al
Fredericksburg and left on the field
Tor dead, was afterwards taken TO the
hosplias by some OF HE company In
a few months ha got we'll, and went
back to his command When q mem.
Der OF the ambulance corps came In
apologize 10 him for leaving him on
the battlefield that cold evening for
oead, the private said, NO apOlog,
necessary. don't blame you for
thinking l was dead, I'd have thought
so myself but for Two reasons: | was
hungry and my feet were cold, and
knew If had been In heaven would
not be hungry. and IL I'd gone TO the
other place, my feet would not be
cold"
:. private Of our company, after n
"" weeks turloGgh told the boys or
the many dinings. etc. to hich he had
been invited. and the good dinners he
mad eaten. One fellow who tai been
listening until his mouth watered, said
Were / TO sit down to such dinner
now, I'd kill myself eating.u rNou
saidAthe other fellow, do as did and
II won't hurt YOU Just take a scat
seven inches from the table, and eat
and eat until you begin 10 touch the
table; then stop, for that viii be as
much as you can safely carry. Woe to
the nicely dressed male citizen who
happened TO meet the marching army.
Hut enough for the present, II this
VII! provoke other prlvates to write
some shall be moro than naid
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BY Ex,rRtvATE Wal. II. TUNrIN.
20. ID, Fttty-thtrd Infantry, Ricketts,

Or. r. II. Pitt editor OF the Religious
Herald, wisely suggested that the lit
We remnant of the private soldiers Of
the Confederacy should write some IN
cidcnts and events OF the war, and The
Times-Dispatch that has done so much
10 keep the camp fires brightly burn
ing very kindly offered Its columns 10
any who would send anything worth
relating SO here goes few Incl.
dents which may be OF interest to
some from one who was nothing but
private in the Irifty-thi Virginia
Infantry, from April Is, 1861. Until
the bottom dropped out. APRIL 1863
Whhc stationed at West Point, in
King William county, a private or
company - was guarding some Fed
Graz prisoners sent from Little RetheI.
asked one of them what nc was fight.
ing for, the Yank rerlied. nTor peace
NO" said the guard, we are lighting
1us' for a small pleGe-vou fellows
want II all"
II, the charge az Malvern lin. a
private got very much acattrred Get
ting with his company tatc at night,
the boys said we heard you were
killed. Yes" said the private. II
heard so, TOO. but did not believe IT,"
one cold. dark raipy night, when
tho picket lines Of the two armies were
close enough 10 exchange papers. 10.
bacco. coffee. and 10 carry on Il CONVEX
sa,ian, a Johnny Reb called out, Say,
fank, does your many know you ara
out doors IN this cold rain" Yes
said the iank, FOR she gave INC .
cents 10 buy puppy. Are you for
salc?' Yes said the johnnie Neb,
but ny many told ME no, TO sell my
self To cur
On one occasion our brigade was
ordered 10 North Carolina lust be-
fore wc entered the old Tarhecl State
wc passed brigade OF North Caro-
linians basking in the sunshine OF idle
ness on Virginia soil. AS each regi-
mcnt would pass the Tarheels would
ask. What regiment is your" The lit
tie fellow carrying the flag of the
ninth said, This liz the Bloody Ninth"
A little 1'arhecl said. "Yo-uns had ought
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E |a(l{ls INtlrG luleg piYpnfrb a
ERUg4e ERlE CHE@ G0Et6BlR IN
7 2 t.fJ

dte>, William (2), and Elizabeth ta).
/ Henry (a> married, FIRST. Diana t?y
and had Elizabeth ca, Henry CD
Mary (S>, Diana (S>, William (3). Mar
garnt t3). Ellinor (3) secondly. he
married Diana Moss, and had Francis
(3l and William C3).
Francis (3> Howard was also n Sur
CESS. lie married Martha (?), and had
Mary ca. Henry ca. Francis CA and
Martha I'd
Henry (i), tho only son living in
l74S. married r'rances ('aithorpe. and
had Mary (6l, Francis (6). john Isl.
Eliza (5l. Henry go. William (5>, Ed
ward Callhorpe (5> and Martha 90,
William 60 Howard married Anne,
ana had Henry (6p. Francis 80,
Thomas Calthorl,c CO..
Thomas Calthorpc CO.. clerk or the
Hastings Court OF Richmond, marr,ru
Catharinc, daughter OF Nathaniel
Pope, and had Nathaniel Pope (7), Wit
liam Hcnry ~. Charles (T), John t7l,
Thomas (7) Edward Cathorps C7i.
Fhillp Francis %, Marion (7l Robert
90. Ellen (7>. Conway Robinson t7,.
These gentlemen we've all men OF
brilliant mentality, who arc remom-
bcrod in this community,
Descendants OF the York Towards
=.
Family tradition claims rcla tlonshlp
with the Duke OF Norfolk.
10 mis- family belong Mr., Howard
Bruce. tho brilliant and successtul
young engineer. Albert Rruo, latoly
graduated with high honor from Stew
ans Institute, Mr.. Ovcrton howard, or
this nity, aud Miss Eloisc baylor. whose
beautiful voice charmed Il large Rcii-
mond audience last winter.
A. 80 r
ried Miss Colston, and his children re-
fleet honor upon their distinguished
forefuthcrs.
In 1851 William Hayward took up
l5b acres Joining Edward For,ens, ana
his name eSistS in Gloucester to- day,
but the destruction Of records makes
another hope!esa gap.
We turn TO the old Abingdon register
again ana find that there was Hugh
Hayward living in Gloucester in 1899,
most probably a brother OF Militant,
who married Elizabeth and had Il son
Williams also one Richard Hayward.
perhaps another brother, who also mar,
ried all Elizabeth, and had son Rich.
ard, born IN 1909. and a daughter,
Elizabeth, born In 1908 This Rich
ard. born in 1899, married Sarah, and
had sons, we suppose, who named their
sons after him. for on tho old register
VIC ind Edward. sou OF Richard Hay
ward, born in l1tS. and Jacob, son OF
Richard and sarah Hayward, born i7lS.
There vas John Hayward iii Glouccs-
ter In i!46, who had a daughter Anne.
There may be family Bibles which
run hack TO these mcaGro notes :: II 80
Wo should like copies Of the entries.
Tho llaywarda arc an old family who
have intcrmarried with Ahc Robins, OF
Robins Neck" and the Thurstons, and
IN cartier times We're one or the very
few educated people who resided in
Guinea.
Just after tho wur the wedding Of