The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-27
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THRILLS VETERANS.
sExsnAL Youss rHssssrs I'm
CAMP WITH PORTRAIT or
GEN. MORGAN.
TELLSOFACHIEvEMENT
sKINGtior RAIDERS. Is ESLoGIxED
I BY oNE WHO SERVED UNDER
EXTRAORDINARY RE
CEIvED.
SUPERINTENDENT

Veterans OF the Army or NOTtneSu
virginia were thrilled at meeting OF
Lee Camp last night. when General
Bennett n. Young. OF Louisville. KY.
presented to the camp magnificent
OIL painting, life sire, OF the great
Confederate cavalry leader, GcnefaI
\ Iohn II. Morgan, .the king Of raid
eTs" and In doing SO told In krapnic
language OF the bravery Of the Con-
federnte cavalrsmen of the Western
armies. After the address General
Young was surrounded by the MEM
bers OF the camp and cordially thank
cd for his generous donation Of the
portrait. The general was welcomed
to the camp by a rising vote. ana tre
\ portrait was accepted with similar
action. a copy OF the address OF pre-
eentatlon being also asked for the ar
chives of the camp.
Colonel. W. r. Freeman. chairman
Of the Committee on Portraits. intro-
duced General Young. taking occa-
sion to refer to the bravery OF the
Kentuckian as displayed In his SER
vice under Morgan.
Descended From Virginia.
when come into the presence OF
the men of the Army of Northern
Virginia said General Young in
opening, my heart is profoundly
stirred Referring to the fact that
his parents were born III Virginia,
General Young said: y have come
~ested rights in Virginia, for all WE'LL
bred Kentnckians as u rule are de-
seconded from Virginia"
For quite while In HE earlier
days Of the war" said General Young,
there grew up an idea that cavalry
men we're somewhat gun-shy, and II
~ said that General D. III. Hut Of
fe,ed reward Of $500 for every
horseman found dead on the field OF
battle with his boots on. II is said
that when he came back West to
engage In the hattie Of Chickarnauga
and saw Wheeler aud Forrest in ac-
fisn, he quickly withdrew his prop
osjtion.
There never WAS any lighting that
surpassed that OF Stuart's men at
brandy Station or Morgan's st Harris
vile, or FORESTS M Briee's Cross
Roads. or Wheeier's when in pursuit
Of stoItman-
There were only SIS killed on
both sides al Bull Run. Forrest with
a.70o men is said 10 have Killed 1900
Eedera!s Ut Brice's Cress Roads. Mer-
gan had 10 per cent of his entire
force disa bled at Hartsville in forty
minutes stuart at Brandy Station
lost 5is men and Wheeler in the
stoneman fights lost percentage
etnal In that usually suffered hy In
: fatstr* In ordinary eHgs EestaeHts~
Two Emnsous Marches.
Two marches OF Morgan's men.
said General Young. stand out In
history as the greatest any cavalry
ever made In war. On the July. 1862.
said he. marched thousand miles
and captured and killed more Federals
than his forces numbered.
''On the Ohio raid he marched I.ooe
miles again. and on both occasions
rarely ever passed day that hts
column Was not attacked many times.
Comrades, think for a moment
what march Of 1000 miles really
means. II means far AZ from
Tampa to New York. crossing through
Florida. Georgia. South Carolina.
North Carolina. Virginia. Maryland
amy Pennsylvania. 1t Is only S4s
naiies from Richmond to Tampa. and
yet that space traversed, II left sac
miles yet To go before the end is
reached
Morgan on his Ohio raid marched
about lb6 miles In Indiana and over
40 In Ohio. all hostile territory.
and on the thirteenth day out made
longest single days cavalry march OF
the world. Conditions were different.
and the surroundings would not have
been the same, but II Stuart had ever
continued his Chambersburg raid the
same distance that Morgan marched
through Chic aftd Indiana, he woaia
have gotten into Massachusetts,
II bring you Morgany portrait. IT
is worthy g place on these walls In
the company OF your own fliustrfous
dead. and II adds something to the
lustre of Confederate fame.
These are some Of the leaflets the
men OF the West bring to put in the
book: these are some OF our wreaths
TO hang on the walls Of Confederate
renown When the record In writ
ten. We all glory in its radiance. Men
Of the East and men OF the West stand
side by side In the Confederate
pantheon. We are your brothers and
you are our comrades united we made
i. the Ereatest volunteer army that aver.
aligned under any flag. We have to-
Eether immortalixed southern man
hood. and are entitled to take high
rank amongst the soldiers OF the
world"
Rev. DIR. l.. r. Mason, commander
Of the camp. received the portrait in
i short address, In which he eulogix-
"a Morgan AN great strategtst ana
as one Intensely loyal to the cause
OF the South.
General Julian 3. Carr. OF North
sfsareasna. and Genesat Theodore Gar-
nett. az Norfolk. were present md on
invitation made brief addresses.
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