The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-08

mountains are JistinctivoIy Nir.;iuian.
four OF our great Presidents were Viz
slhiahh, and several other Presidents
had ances;ora who were Virainiaus.
while there are states that haSc fnr-
nished more Presidents tnan Virginia.
IL Is the only State that ia calico "'The
mother OF Presidents" and that rank
WIZ continue to maintain. What
shame, what lasting. lasting
ShaIhc ana sorrow II would nave been
TO let Virginia 80 out OF tie Union.
IN the 1911 visit there were
strangers 10 welcome Us and to extend
every courtesy and real Old Virginia
hospitality. Every minute there was
made a minute OF genuine pleasure.
Whiie talking with Captain Green,
Commander ot \. +. Tin Camp OF Com
fedcratc Veterans, that gentleman IN
PRODUCED me TO :. q. Barnard n most
interesting character. lie had served
tour years under Colonel and General
William Malone. ami missed only one
or two OF that generals campaigns.
and they were missed because he was
In hospital recovering from wounds.
Mr.. Barnard has written one book and
many interesting articles pertaining
ia the war and his personal expert
ence in II. After referring 70 the
\
| in the battle he suddenly changed to
| mention OF engagements the fol-
lowing August on the Weldon Rail-
! road, few miles TO trc left of Peters
! burg. His talk about those engage.
mcnts would have been intensely In
tcrestinG to any man who was with
tho Fifth Corps on those occasions.
lie described the movements OF Ma
hope in his attack on portions of the
| Fifth Corps the 18th OF August, when
the Confoderatos drove back the Union
! force, and the attack on the alst, when
Malone, after charging the Union
, line three or four times and losing
heavily, retreatcd
Mr. barnard said: - funny thing
happened in That battle of the 2lst
! General HaEood's brigade went right
! up close to the Yankee breastworks
and halted. Suddenly a young staff Of
fcer rode up and demanded the sur
render OF the brigade. Some OF la.
goods men began 10 throw down their
guns. The general saw no large Union
fore. near at hand and concluded that
it was not necessary for his brigade
to surrender. and he told the young
ofiic.r 10 get back TO his command; but
he refused to so. whereupon General
Tagood whipped out his revolver and
his brigade command to retreat on the
double-uuick.-- That is not the last OF
the story. The best of IL 10 20 come.
Many years after the war GcnerSf HUI
good, then Governor of South Carolina
| received n letter from the officer he
had shot, calling his attention to tho
Weldon Railroad battle incident. ard
asked him II he couldn't make an am
davt giving the facts relative TO his
I .-t,. nj
manded the surrender OF his briga e.
saying that he was the Union office =
General Hagood Immediately prepared
the affidavit, sent II 10 the officer, then
living in Iowa. and upon that evidence
he was granted a pension for the wound
received In that battle"
II was not new story to the men
OF that Western brigade. They had
heard II told many times. The Union
officer who had undertaken to brir" IL,
one of General Mahone's BRIG rs as
prisoners was the late Colonel ennis y.
Daley, who went to the v-ir as a pr
vste in the Second Wisconsin. became Il
captain and at the hattle referred To
was an aid on iAr staff Of General Ly-
'ander Cutler Daley WAS brevctted
plonel.
through the kindness OF Captain
Green, the commander. and NJ. Barnard.
our party was conducted through the
Masonic Temple. a structure erected
|, since the war. whore the Blue Lodge.
chapter and commandery hold their
meetings 1t differs from the ordinary
Masonic temple. large room on tho
first floor was set aside at its building
for use by the a. p. Hin Camp of Con
foderate Veterans. and there they meet
every two weeks and enjoy themselves
very much as the Grand Army men en-
JOY themselves in their place of meet
ing. On the walls arc the pictures Of
large number Of the old Confederate
leaders. There is y fine library and
many war relics. The furniture is all
costly and attractive, and more than
half of the members of the camp are
also members of one or more of The
Masonic bodies. II is a representative
camp of the Confederate veterans, made
up of leading citizens of Petersburg in
which are the professions. merchants.
manufacturers. railway omcials-tho
men who have had a large part in
Transforming the old Petersburg of
1855 into tho new and splendid new
Petersburg OF 1911.
Some years ago a post of the Grand
Army of the Republic at SprinEfielu
-A''SS'' ''S''tu cioouFB anu WIS roy
ally entertained by a. p. Hill Camp.
The next year A. p. Hill Camp visited
Springfield and met with an equally
cordial and royal reception. Last year,
when a. =. Hill Camp went TO Spring
field. there was a demonstration which
in size. in patriotic fervor and in all
that goes to make up a popular demon
stration. was one which the old city had
never before witnessed. There are
warm and lasting friendships between
that post and the members of the
Petersburg camp. I have already said
that the camp was named In honor of
Lieutenant General A. p. Hill. who was
a lieutenant of regulars and graduate
Of West Point in 1851. He resigned,
entered the Confederate Army. and for
Q year or more before thu clase OF The