The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-13
COL. BOsTON's PORTRAIT
PRESENTED To LEE CAMP
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1868. also makes special mention Of
by Captain Boston
As Man and Soldier.
a member of the 5th Va Cavalry.
now Hving, has said this in substance
OF Col Boston.
Those who knew him as man
we're not disappointed in him as a
sotdier. OF chivalrous nature. he
scorned the petty jealousies of To-
/ noble souls. Without fear. vet as
tender as a woman. and as true to
| uuty as the needle TO the pole. he was
MODEL soldier loved by his comrades
who would follow wherever he led
HE was present at the birth of the
oth va. Cavalry; served in all the hard
fought battles of the cavalry corps
OF the Army of Northern Virginia,
anu was killed three days before the
surrender OF that Army"
This epitaph might well be wrjtten
under this portrait or placed on his
tomb and his family and personal
rounds could ask no nobler tribute
to his memory
Some of us saw him fall at High
Bridge. and exclaimed. Dead with
mis- harness on We had been with
him at Kelly's Ford; at Catlett's Sta
uon' at Aide. Luray. Toms Brook.
cedar Creek, and the Valley cam
patgn.
At Idle. June IL. 1859. he was sur
rounded and captured with many of
ms men. de was carried to John
son Island. but returned from pri-
son IN time for the arduous duties OF
the campaign OF 1864. the most severe
and fatal o fall the war, being a daily
dealh. grapp4e nnt!1 the ~sfss "a nre IT
Appomattox. The cavalry arm OF the
service contributed its fun part from
the Rapldan to Petersburg, fighting
disinounted and as infantry for the
most part. '-'
In all these fierce engagements, a
true history of which viii never he
written, the Fifth Virginia Cavalry
bore Its part and whenever the rspf-
tnent was engaged Boston was in the
forefront Every cavalryman here
viii testify TO this fact AT Yellow
Tavern, May IL, 1854, General stuart
eouipiimented this regiment, saying
of its dead colonel
Pate has died the death of a hero ..
There was something pathetic in
this utterance. These officers had heep
estranged and were not even then on
good terms. Death claimed both on
the same field. and before Stuart fell
ne paid his last tribute as above to
one of his bravest subordinates
In this terrible battle OF Yellow
Tavern Boston bore his part, and his
eolonelcy dated from that day, The
tifth Virginia went in with three
hundred and nifty men and came our
with one hundred and twenty-kix. The
colonel and three captains. Wilson
Clay and Fox. were killed. / was near
Fox when he fell. L had been thrown
with him good deal, and death de.
pressed me much. We We're beginning
to realize the power of numbers and
resources. and after remarked In
suppressed tone. The end will soon
come
From Yellow Tavern to High Bride.
colonel Boston commanded the Fifth
cavalry He was in the desperate en-
counters OF Haw's Shop and Trevil-
lian's Station In the latter battle no
was captured, but made his escape.
He bore conspicuous part at Ream.s
Station. whore Wilson'S forces were
so completely routed. He was with
Fftz Lees command In the Valley or
Virginia in August. 1864, and at the
hard fought battle of Winchester bore
d trying part. frtf
He was In the many skirmishes tina,
followed this battle. The Few old cav
alrymen now left recall with sadness
tHoSe uAyS Wnen at CEDAR Creek and
Toms Brook and New Creek and
Laeys springs and many other places
they contended one to four against
the we'll equipped and drilled Fed
eral cavalry. They were often VIC
tors only to see their ranks thinned
and their horses destroyed, making
still more uncertain the next engage
ment.
- That mel, could be cheerful ana
even hopeful and resoiutely fiEht every
day under untoward circumstance
showed that the Saxon blood OF their
fathers, true to the type. was demon
strating the truth OF the uttsrance OF
one OF the noblest specimens of the
type. that human endurance ana
courage should equal human mtsfor-
tuna