The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-06

the buzzins ceased the HanoverIan
pulled the string again with the same
result. After waiting awhile the cor
poral told him to keep q sharp lookou
ana II the noise was repeated TO call
MIN again whion was done ell through
tne night. 70 the great discomfort and
: disgust of the corporal. The next day
the Joke got out. and the corporal was
asked by the boys whenever he ap-
peared II he had a hornet In his hat ;, r
II he hcart any arrange noises. etc.
the boys would always have their
The larger part OF our regiment was
composed OF young men--in fact, the
typical Confederate soldier OF 1861
was a beardless youth or the eight
commissioned officers and seventy
three nom commi5sioned and enlisted
men In the Virginia Life Guards Com
pany b. over half were under twenty
one years of age. over twenty gave
their age as eighteen or nineteen
years. but some were not OF this age
our Governor would not at this period
tAke any one not eighteen, hence the
heures were stretched little in order
TO get In" When I look at you. COM
radss, behold a lot of grixzled vet
Grams, bald-headeo. stoop- shouliered,
fast approaching that seventh or la st
stage described BY the immortal bard:
sans teeth. sans eyes. sans taste sans
everything" for no soldier enlisted In
1851 at the first call. who has not al
ready passed his threescore. and many
have even attained the full period
allotted TO man. while the majority of
those who came out with us have an
swered the last roll call. have crossed
over the river, and rest under the
ehade OF the trees in Gods eternal
M :, fN1Cr ~
ihissioned officers and seventy two non
commissioned officers and men In
Company B. only nineteen survive to-
Day. or the regiment, Including those
added to the original 100, making prob
ably 1000 frst and last. there are 1870,
posslbly lis. living to-day.
Whether the patriarchial appearance
OF Comrade Allen n. Lyon and the
rest OF us is owing to the fact that
we became oenedicts early In life. or
whether the youthful appearance Of
comrade Arthur Lumsden is attribu.
table to hie continued celibsey. I leave
IL 20 You to determine. but please un-
derstand when refer to Lumsden's
Appearance. II is with his hat on: with
his hat doffed. he looks as old as mos,
Of US.
Comrades. In a few years we who
are LEFT will receive the dread sum.
"'o"E' ou' iet IL De our resolve to
SO live. that when thy summons
comes, to Join
The innumerable caravan that moves
TO the pale realms OF shade. where
each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls OF
death.
Thou go. no, like tn. auarry-.iave at
scourFed to his dungeon. but sustained
and soothed
BY an unfaltering trust, approach thy
grave
Like one who wraps the drapery Of mis-
couch
About him. and lies down to pleasant
dreams"
Our peninsula campaign. after the
battle OF Bethel. was ureventful SO Tar
as general interest goes but we had
arduous duties to perform. Wits HE
little force Magruder held back the
threatening host from OLD Point Com.
fort. and SO manoeuvred his troops &c
as to impress the enemy that ne had @
much greater force than he really com.
manded. we threw up entertainments
sunk trenches. made dams. made more
dams, added daTa to dam. until 1t came
to be tno irSeverence or profanity
HicdhtD khC odhoCSl place OH SdEtn
except the Netherlands. We became
semi aquatic animals. regular mud tur-
ties After Mcclellan made his ad-
vance, on his way to Richmond. we
have frequently stood on our arms all
night. to rush from one dam place to
some other dam place. until We were
relieved by the advent of General Joe
Johnston's troops. Ola Magruder and
his little army thought we could HEX
Mcclellan before Johnston came; af-
ter he came we thought we could WHIP
the world.
When was in Holland year or
the immense dams. the thought oc-
CURED to me how delighted old Ma
gruder would be II he could view
them. During our sojourn at Camp
Deas. Youngs Mill. an incident oc-
CURED many OF you remember. Our
lieutenant colonel. who was one OF
the best drilled officers In the army
was also a strict disciplinarian. and
the boys though rather inclined to be
a martinez. He was the owner OF
two of the boys in the guard house.
which was merely a tent, and was in
few feet of the colonels stable;
these boys being incensed at what
they thought was unjust treatment.
slipped from under the tent. entered
the stable and cut off the tails and
names of both horses. and crept back
again. The next morning when the
mutilation was discovered, the colonel
was furious: the perpetrators of this
offense. being confined in the guard,
house. were never suspected, and so
escaped punishment. One of them
understand is still living. The colonel
probably fearing worse treatment re-
signed Owing to the limited time
at nv command. ! shall have to conine
my "reminiscences strictly to the PENN
suIa campaign; some amber man than
should write a history OF the old
regiment and tell OF It's bloody con-
flicts, the gallantry OF Its officers and
men The regiment was under Are
at Bethel, at the Dams, burning of
Hampton. at Williamsburg. at Fort
Magruder. Later on at Garnett's Farm,
Seven Pines, savages Station, White
Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill. South
Mountain. Nd, Sharpsburg. where 1t
lost over IS per cent. In killed and
wounded OF those engaged At Freder-