The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-01


whcn the arms were distributed. The
boy company saw a good deal of hard
service around Richmond in the fail OF
1868 and the winter Of 1864, and
some months later reorganizcd and
elected new officers. Herewith is APP
pended one OF tho rolls Of tho new
company, which is made up partially
from memory, and answers very closely
to an official roll on file I'm the State
military archives:
Roll of Heorsn,,,zcd Company q.
Officers.
r. :. Gay. Jr.. captain.
~ w. Anderson. first lieutenant
=. Taylor. second lieutenant
n w w. Randolph. third lieutenant.
John IL. Purcell first sergeant.
W X. Eowardin, second sergeant
W. NJ. liill. third sergeant
William l.nford, fourth sergeant
TX. q. ltind. NTH sergeant
John H. Faris. first corporal
George Dawson. second corporal
Charles Williamson. third corporal
Swift Johnson. fourth corporal
i'rivntcs.
n Aberncthy. c. Barksdalc. l.. \. Bat
ttile, George Bridges. Frank Brooke
H. brooke. Il. y. Briggs. Ed. Cardo2a.
X ',hcstcrran. Thomas Carter. L. Dos
well, w. Wallace Dcanc George Fer
ncyhouSh. X Tcnnel. Robert Gillian
W. III. Graysou, james Gibbons. o.
Gwatkins. X. VI Goode 4 IT, NJ fIar-
rson. w Hammond, =. rercy Hawes,
Richard iiill. w. Johnson. &. Watson
James. Edgar Jones. Gwynu Lyen. w
Matthews. y. Moore, Thomas Murphy
w Newell. g. VI. Nimmo. .. @. Owens
George Peters. John Quarlee. VI. q. Ran
dolph. l.. Robinson. T. NJ RUTHERFORD
y slater. q. ". Semplc. Edgar r. Tay-
Tor. w l. Tyrec W. 9. Teinplcinan. j
Tailafcrro, T. -. Tucker. w Yarbrough
James Walsh. Thomas II. Walsh Ken
non Wrenn, 6. boswell, NJ Mitchell. T.
~ Wills. G. II. Quarlcs, G. Lleweliyn.
Il. Sheppard. Columbus Shrivcr. Henry
Grant, - +. Taylor. George Watt
Many OF tho names on the roll viii be
Identified with tho oldest families in
Richmond. and with the rebuilding Of
the city. materially. financially. com
mercialiy. and otherwise after the evnc-
nation fire Company q served to the
end OF the war, taking part in the one
ratons against Butler ON the south
side in those supporting Stuart at
! yellow Tavern, and in the movements
nj Fort Harrison. The average age Of
Its members. when the war ended. was
about seventeen years. Between its
ort7a MIA ton and the end several Of it's
members on. or before attaining mill
,ary age joined other commands
Colonel McAnerney. in a recent let
ter. pays this tribute to the members
Of tha boy company:
one Of the most interesting rea-
lures Of the nights work was the
splendid action OF large number of
the Younger sons OF tho best families
Oh lhchmond, WHO, on account Of their
youth. We're no; permitted 10 enter
tho Cre9ularsl ARM. and. chatting un-
hder the restrain. joined my command
ard We're in the ;hickcst OF the tight
Many Of them received sabre cuts and
% no. i,YI rF
forwards organized trcorganizc,3 the
famous Company G." under Captain
Cay, and were regularly attached TO
cur regiment, Going valiant service
ana undergoing all hardships To the
close Of the war. Many OF them are
now the leading bankers. merchants
and professional men OF Richmond
ana viii always remember the cour-
age and fort!tude they displayed until
the close OF the war"
The writer has felt IL no less a duty
20 other members OF the battalion. and
81 the regiment, Than 10 the members Of
hls own company, TO compile this brief
record OF the last stand" on the night
Of March /, 1864, but for which God
only knows what would have been the
fate, not only OF President Davis and
ms Cabinet but Of the women and
children Of the city
Clamor for Execution.
patIslcN s address and orders 10 his
troopers. found on his body when in
his hight with fragment 81 his men,
he was killed by Confederate cavalry
under Pollard, IN King and Queen
county tell what might have been. and
that might have been. is so horrible to
contemplate, that but for General r.
T.. Lee, the prisoners taken by Pollard
would have been suinnarily executed
Inc Confederate Secretary OF War MIR
Seldom, and General BraNton Bragg
urged execution; the Richmond papers
and the public clamorcd FOR H. And
the excited state Of the popular mind
over the "diaboiical" scheme. as Gen
crai Bragg characterized IL. accounts
in no small measure for failure to ap-
prcciatc ut the time the Importance of
, The iiick ; Farm event.
General Lee opened Corresponds nee
, on tho subject with General Meade. who
was Il gentleman as we'll as a soldier.
and upon the lattcrs denial OF respon-
sihi!!tE of the Federal government for
Dahlgren's orders and purpose. set his
! face strongly against execution. lie
accepted General Meadc's denial and
wrote 10 MIR Seldom a. follows:
These papers can only be accepted
as evidence of his 0pahlgren'sl inten-
lions 1t does not appear how Rsr h. 5
men were cogniZant Of them, or hat