Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-10-03
Richard r. Waters, A Defender.

Richard r. Waters, A Defender.
Editor of the Sentinel:-I see in your
paper that Richard R. Waters was an old
Defender. While any of the Defenders
lived he went to Baltimore to celebrate on
the 18th of September. He gave me an
account of the battle of Bladensburg. He
belonged to Colonel Beall's MALTA and was
in Captain Wilson's company. the late
Judges father. When the British advanced
they threw a great many rockets and STAN
peded the horses and made great confu-
sion. Colonel Beall cried out For God
sake, men, don't disgrace yourselves and
country" They fired in every direction
and ran away He walked across a field
into watermelon patch. got a good one
and got over fence into the public road
as Barney's men were retreating. Half of
them seemed to be negroes. The air was
blue with curses and oaths. They swOre
that if they had the big guns they had
sunk in the Patuxent they would have
litia had kept the British from thanking
Barney, they would have won the day.
Richard R. Waters was also at the de-
Tense of Baltimore. One man was taken
from each company and placed on picket
duty. Waters was taken from Wilson's
company and placed on Chinquepin Hill
and saw the bombardment of Fort McHenry
by night. He often described it wildly.
My mothers father often gave descrip-
ton of his share in the defense of Wash
ington. Georgetown. D. c., raised bat
terry of artillery. with Major George Peter,
hero of Lundys Lane. to command.
Shaw was the artisan. Major Peter had
his guns planted on the Eastern Branch
bridge. They were expecting the enemy
every moment. Peter went to all the guns
and talked to the men, telling my grand
father he was the man he relied on, The
Secretary of War, John Armstrong, rode
down and told them to fall back to Capitol
Hill, and before the British got there the
Secretary of War ordered them to the
Heights of Georgetown. Major Peter was
an awfully mad man. If the Americans
had stood at the bridge with Peters artil-
lery, the British would have been defeated.
One company of sharpshOoters on trained
horses would have destroyed the British
army on its retreat to its ships
GEO. T. WATERS,
Gaithersburg. Sept. 81, 1918.
Luncheon In Honor or Confederate
Veterans.
The Ridgely Brown Chapter United
Daughters of the COnfederacy of Rockville.
Md, celebrated on Saturday last. Septem-
Der 27th in their chapter rooms, the ami
versary of the birth of Rear Admiral
Raphael Semmes, of the Confederate Navy
this being one of three anniversaries that
the constitution of the General Society re-
quires the chapters to celebrate. the other
two are the births of President Davis. June
3rd. and General Lee January 18th.
Luncheon was served at P. NJ. and
Mrs. James II. Louehboroueh the oldest
member of the chapter and a lady who
endured in Richmond all the privations
and sufferings of 1861 IS. presided at the
head of the table and Mrs. F. G. Odenheimer,
First Vice-President General of the United
Daughters, at the foot, with six members
of the Ridgely Brown Camp Of Confederate
Veterans and Mr.. James Wheeler, Superin-
tendent of the Confederate Home at Pixies
vile, Md, seated at the sides Mr.. Wheeler
and Mr.. David HOrner member of Ridgely
Brown Camp. C. ". met on this occasion
for the first time since they crossed the
Potomac river together to join the Southern
army.
| The majority of the other fourteen mem
bers of Rideely Brown Camp were pre-
vented from attending by sickness. A
large number of Rideely Brown daughters
were in attendance. seated at other tables
in the dining room.
After a most enjoyable hour and fifteen
minutes at luncheon the assemblage went
to the chapters auditorium, where appro-
pirate exercises were held. The president
presided and Mrs. 0denheimer gave one
of her most delightful talks Mrs. VIM H.
Talbot read a paper on the Career of
Admiral Semmes" Mrs. Morris L. Croxall
read the poem entitled Monument to Con
federate Soldiers Of Montgomery County.
Maryland" Miss May Sellman's paper
was on the Maryland Soldiers Who Joined
the Confederacy" Mr.. Wheeler paid
glowing tribute to the Maryland soldiers
in the Southern army and to Col Ridgely
Brown in particular. Mr.. Wheeler read a
paper on the "Old-Time Darkey and his
Master"