The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-21
ny JUDGE THEODORE $. GARNETr,
.Nitle-tIc-Cnmp to General Stunrt.

.iitIe-tlc-Cnmp to General Stunrt.
Crhc following is the principal al
dress made ut the recent unvclling Of
the tablet marklng the site of tho
House III Richmond i'll which General
General stuart dicdD
Ladies Of the Confederate Memorial
Literary Society, Comrades ard
Friends:
cannot too highly commend the
! object and purpose which your com
| inittec have in view-thc commence
ration OF historic events and Tie desiE :
tiful Confederate capital city.
am admonishcd Us Your honored
! chairman that l must be brief, or |
would extend in ampler sentence the
prompting OF heart full to over
flowing with gatitude and pride in
your labor Of love and patriotism.
Nearly half century ago--or. 10
sneak exactly. on the 18th day If May.
1861. in the, house then standing op
| this spot as tho shadows of the might
gathered fast upon day filled with
deepest gloom-the heroic spirit OF a
true and brave Confederate soldier put
on immortality.
The talk required here is beyond
my hope of fulhlment. am directed
10 give some persona recollection Of
him--the great cavalryman 10 whom
'
memory you would this day do great
honor
st the very suggestion a food of
memories rushes in ,pon me and over
wheims the power of utterance with
a sense Of intolcrahle grief
The last three days OF General
Stuarts life werc filed with all the
elements nj the tragic drama.
This devoted city. tho object of all
the encmy's assaults, the citadel in
whose defense Stuart eXerted his SUI
premest efforts, was then beset by
the most formidable array OF arms
ever brought against her. The vast
army With which Grant had marched
into The wilderness had lost in one
short week of battle nearly 10000 men,.
and vet had replaced them with an
equal numbcr of irish troops leaving
Grant free 10 send sheridan with his
1000 cavalry to ride unopposcd to
the very gates of Richmond confident
Of lis capture aud destruction.
On the ath OF May at 2 o'clock IN
the afternoon. parting With General
Lee al spntsylvania Courthouse. never
to meet in this world again, General
stuart moved rapidly with two bri-
gndes Of his command fFitz Lee and
LomaxD. leaving orders for Gordon
with tho North Carolina brigade 10
follow the march
Il Reaching yellow Tavern with one
brigade (.omaX's) about 10 o'clock on
the morning Of the ilih. just as the
head of Shcridans heavy columns ar
rived there, brisk skirmish COM
menced. which soon developed into a
severe battle. lasting until after mid
day. Then long silence ensued until
near ! o'clock, when sudden mounted
charge by the enemy. In column of
regiments, broke the left OF our line
and captured our only battery. one
gun alone escaping. In the melee
near the battery General stuart while
encouraging his brave mon In their
hand to- hand fight over the guns. was
shot by Federal ieYg, ant. who Ind
passed him In the charge and was
then returning close by him OH The
main (Telegraphl road.
To Captain Dorsey. of Maryland,
comma ndng Company *. First Vir-
ginia Cavalry (a company of brave
having saved the general from cap
ture by the advancing enemy.
Captain Dorsey. seeing him wounded
ana his horse unmanageable, placed
him on the horse of Private Pitts. who
with Private Whcatly, OF Company *.
led him 10 an Ambulance, In which he
left the field, under tho charge OF
Major Nonable. Attended by his chief
surgeon, John b. Fontainc. and two
others of tho STAFF, and Couricrs ellis.
Carpenter and Thompson, OF his cs.
cort CATER ordering HIS faithful adj
Jutant-general. Major Henry r. Nc
Clellan. to rcport 10 General l'ftz Leel.
he was driven by way of Atlcc's and
arm limp and helpless at p,y side, GEN
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