The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-10

kindness he showed to Confederate
soldiar, they declared: "We nave no
brotacr"--dead to tho cause, dead to
them. Our General Early was always
kind and courteous TO women. As he
was not married, he could not sympa.
thi"e with those who insisted on fol-
lowing tho army 10 DO near their hus-
bands. Mira Gordon was one who fol.
lowed her wishes IN this regard. Gen
eral EARLY rena rksd: ''If my men would
Keep up as she does I'd new .r Issue
another order for Struggling" lie told
hcr she was not expected to be In the
rear of the army Who could have
been nobler than Mrs. Davis, asking
, Horace Greeley for the release of her
husband? When The time came for
Volunteer nurses, they came oN .rius
, their housea and themselves.
In itlchmand the heroic service rem
Iered by Mrs, Sutton. Mrs Jenkins,
Mrs. Susan l4athFpn and Mrs. lanes
Alfrsd Jones, who tendcrly nursed the
suffering, sick and wounded soldiers,
were called mlnlslering angels Of
mercy and charity Mrs Lewis 81
Wehh had charge Of hospital for
commissioned officers. 1t was said to
be the best organized in the city, That
noble woman in 1887 held a basaar for
six weeks and raised money for IN.
Soldiers Monument. Again. She raised
: money for the Confederate Soldiers'
Home. Miss Sallls Tompkins was reg.
ularly commissioned captain" to en-.
able her to carry her wurk with
more authority. She had charge OF
another hospital. and hundreds of Com
federata soldiers all over the south
gratefully rem >mber their leader.
Whose memory could he dearer than
Mrs. Rebocca Lord Tabb? When tho
aesolatiqn OF war swept her home shu
gave all she could, She was an inspi.
ration to the soldiers, urglng each 10
do his hest,
Do We know how the colder section,
adjoining Hollywood. was attained?
During the Seven Days Fight around
htchmond and tho battle OF S,ye,.
Pines, when so many were brought
from the hattlef cid. there we're no men
20 bury them nor any place to put them
to rest. 30 the city, upon application
from the women, granted ground ad-
Joining Hollywood, now known as the
Soldiers Eectlon, 1t has been under
their care Tor forty.thres years.
All: so many moro examples of devo-
non could we give. but we must not
dwell longer on them, hut consider the
part they played after the h,roio strus-
gle.
AS the South suffered more during
thu years nj her new birth Immcdi-
ately following the war. 80 was we-
mans mart far grander than the sub
lima devotion during the years OF ac-
tuai conflict, but 1t can only lie meas
ured by the grand results achieved,
and not In detail by the various etoph
by which such results were reached.
The true condition after the war was
ruin and dayaetation over the entire
south. Tho accumulated wealth OF a
century OF prosperity was ruthlessly
destroyed By the invaders.
The soldiers found such o condition
and started to rebuild their prosperity.
backed, supported and sustained by
these noble women. The generation
i'who fought the war Is Justly ntIlcd
to the renewed prosperity of the South
In the grand struggle the women bore
the necessary poverty without MUIR
muir. and their heroic devotion urged
on the men TO success. Without their
loyalty, the men. brave as they were,
would have shrunk from the struggle
and gone down In defeR, under the op-
preston OF vsngeful, triumphant
/ enemy, then vented upon the prosper
| !ty OF the South.
These noble women bore not only