The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-12
TWO STATES HONOR
THEIR HEROIC DEAD
SOUTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE
UNvEIL MEMORIALS At CON-
FEDERATE MUSEUM.
RAISE REBEL YELL
PORTRAIT OF GENERAL BUTLER
AND WINDOW TO MARTYR
DAVIS ARE OFFICIALLY
BESTOWED.
RAISE REBEL YELL

Narratives of the valorous deeds of
Confederate heroes and enthusiasm
among the Daughters Of that Confed-
eracy for which they gave their all
that found vent in the Rebel yell and
the singing Of the Bonnie Blue Flag
were but two of the features of the
unwilling 0pf "a portrait of General
NJ, c.. Butler and memorial win
dow to sam Davis. at the Confed-
crate museum yesterday. that made
the day notable in the history of the
museum.
Tho ceremonies took place at 80
o'clock yesterday morning in the
I presence of a distinguished gather
ing of Southern women, representing
/ the Daughters of the Confederacy OF
I South Carolina and Tennessee and
( the Confederate Memorial Literary So
ciety OF Richmond.
Portrait of General Butler.
The oil portrait OF General Butler
| is the gift of the NJ c. Butler chap
| the South Carolina room in the mu
scum. 1t Is the work of Miss Annie
! Cadwaller Coles, OF Jacksonville, u
great niece OF che South Carolina cav
| airy leader, and is said 10 be
striking likeness, Or. James Power
Smith opened the exercises with pray
er. Colone1 l.. Il, Brooks, Of Column
hia, $. c., who was General Buffers
courier during the war, made the
/ chief address, giving sketch of
General Buffers career as a soldier
The portrait was presented to the mu-
scum by Miss Alice Earle, of Column
bia, on behalf Of the regent of the
room. Miss Isabel -. Martin, who
could not be present. and was un-
yelled by Mrs. L. Il. Brooks. presi-
dent of the Nj. c. Butler chapter, and
Miss Earle.
The crutches used by General But
| Ter after losing a limb in the bat
tie of Brandy Station on June 9,
| 1853, until his death In 1909. were
presented to the museum by his son,
Or, Frank Butler. Mrs. Clark War
ing, president of the Wade Hampton
lrhapter,, II u. e. presented To the
room q copy of army regulations"
! The portrait and other gifts were re-
Ceived by the viceregent, Mrs. Will
liam Ruffin Cox in a few words OF
appreciation of the work done by
South Carolina
sam Davis Memorial.
Just after the presentation of the
portrait the Sam Davis memorial
( window in the Tennessee room was
unveiled. The sam Davis memorial
window committee delivered the win
dow to the president of the Tennessee
| division T.. y. G.. Mrs. II. E. Hol-
! land. who in turn delivered 1t to Mrs.
! Norman Y. Randolph vice-regent Of
/ the room. General William McCombs,
! in receiving the window, gave
sketch of the life of Sam Davis, who
I at the age OF twenty, was hung by
( the Federal forces at Pulaski as
4 Confederate spy.
Mr.. s, x. Cunningham, editor Of
! the Confederate Veteran ana one or
| the chief promoters of the history
! Of the boy martyr, spoke briefly tell
! ing how the window was inspired by
| the suggestion of a Federal soldier
kinsnan of jefferson Davis.
| Mrs. 4. J. Latham, who Is well known
In Richmond in connection with the
| jefferson Davis Monument associa-
| ton and Mrs. Davis. historian of the
! South Carolina division, paid tribute
/ TO the heroism # Sam Davis. who was
| related TO Jefferson Davis.
| The original poem read by Mrs.
Anna Robinson Watson. of Tennes-
see. was most dramatic. Mrs Homer
| Sloan, president of the Arkansas di-
| vision, called the attention of the
| women from Tennessee to the fact
| that Arkansas shares the honor with
! them Of having a noted boy hero
! David owen Dodd, to whose memory
| n window was unveiled in the mu
! scum last fall. On the motion of
Mrs, Holland the. Chantauaua sa]ute
was given Mrs. Randolph, for her
| interesting efforts on behalf of the
! Tennessee room. Mrs. Randolph re-
! pended by reciting the Rebel yell,
| which was followed by the singing
| of the Bonnie Blue Flag, led by Mr.
/ Polk Miller.
! The window. which is on the front
! Of the building. is of stained glass,
! bearing the picture of Sam Davis
surrounded by Confederate flags, and
/ beneath the picture the seal of Ten
| nessee. The window bear the follow
| ing sentence spoken by the Confed-
crate youth Just before he was hung:
| Il would sooner die a thousand deaths
! than setray a friend or be false to
| duty" The inscription reads. Erect
| ed in honor of the Tennessee boy hero
/ by Tennessee Division, Z. d. G.
The Visitors.
| Among the visiting women were:
| Mrs. H. e, Holland. Mrs. L. e. Owen
| Mrs. Charles Howard, Miss Evelyn
/ Pegnes, Mrs. Edith Bond. Mrs, Ca
| ruthPrs, Miss Sarah Caruthers Of jack
son. Tenn; Mrs, r. J. Latham. Mrs
j, H. Watson, Miss Martha Biggs
Miss Ethel Davis of Memphis; Mrs.
| Dohhins, of Paris. Tenn; Mrs w. T.
Davis, Mrs s A. CUNNINGHAM, Mrs
e, William Hum, Of Nashville; Mrs.
John kelso aud Mrs Charles Lveerley,
OF Chattanooga; Mrs. G. r. Graham.
Miss Emily Graham, Mrs. u. r.
Brooks, Miss Alice Earle Mrs. Clarke
waring, Miss Frances Waring, Mrs.
William Maxwell. Mrs. w. G. Cath
carl, of Columbia, s. G.: Mrs. John
Cart. Mrs. Wanamaker. Mrs. Nor
timer Dantzler Miss Cantweli. of Or
angehurg, S. C.; Mrs. j. w. Doar. Of
Georgetown, s. c.. and Mrs. Cornelia
Davidson. Of Columbia. They left for
Washington In the afternoon to at
tend the convention Of the United
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