The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-20


tcdcrntc Editor, The @-Dispatch.
nnd when pns.ihlc Ia spcc!:, reIi
mcnt and company al soldiers ;nrn-
toned.
To the Editor % The Times Dispatch
Times Dispatch has for many years
been welcome IN our Hampton
home /; often contributes historical
facts *ihch awaken memories Of
scenes through which ~" older Vir-
Binians nave passed The desc intio
OF these scenes uhow8 our Younger
people what W. endured through four
= long years OF war while oar beloved
soil was the battle ground Of what was
until then the CREATES; conflict IN hls-
tory. Recalling these scenes cannot
fail 10 stir our sympathy FOR tho suf.
= fering millions across the ocean who
are plunged into the tires OF hell
through no fault Of their own we
hear the tramp Of inyadiu;; hosts. tho
Hclash OF arms. TIA" crash Of death deal.
ing artillery. and means OF wounded
= and dying men Wc witness the receI-
ing TIA" of war lcavins in It's wake the
8trail OF devastated fields. of ruincd
homes from the deso.ate hearth. of
which arises the wall Of the widows
and orphans whose protectors have
%been stricken down by the iron hand
Xof grim visaRc war
All this wda enacted on our SOIL g
VIC bosom OF our beloved c!d var
~ -. 1870 No.
memory of scen"s and iucmoutg re-
mains for us TO Get befor" tho present
generation.
,,ri 80 ,,f -. us
"a. 1',.,,,,., ',''',i' w
= tGre cards showing libby Prison The
fence which 'Xlstcd OH the Cary street
VIDE * no, shown. aud the small hous"
binis d, go ~, ~, IL. ~
,tildinr ~, .,.,,r, ,vnt.s,cr d.,
ne ~ cer,,no n,,,,,,.i IN ,Ee 60, 80
3,roke MD Iop iii. toor criIo,y y.e
..raniuro1 ma ,,r. .,ftsrv.,l t,,,t,,
spv !; ,y,s tltroi.eb ,ha ,,innrl l,,o
iuier this buIldinr 10 the stre., MI
he Federal o,hcars .uca,ol ,,r
alter Among ,s,.-o vyov Colorcl I,oso.
ma, thirlt. If,utenaui Rardolpb thu.
- att.r -. whom, ,y.,s .,f;or -n.. v.1,. ,.-a
oned at For, Monroe for number
4 Gears and became Cn!cr of Ar,iIIcrv
81 Wash,rrton
.>raiu nc picture az Drcwrys Hun.
en' ay Federal ogic.- 10 The Times
Dispatch g. no, quite accurate in us
ietaile The sples he Shows .u the ris-
would not hnre siooG 40 attack by
Monitor. or even g ireshet The nh-
truations were ioTmcd by arriving Tour
pic al ,hr "u%!eu e' q 'nuare Win r
OK ren over or aruuh'i them "nd inc
pace, f!Ieh with stone ON The up
'ream $40" OF tines" oi Sirleti"ns We're
INK the 'oiiowlns steamers. via.
'orih h%inpton' Crit" Peek James
Own a"u large hrnponeF heioNSihg
curry bro'heiS' -" INC hpIih ohoFt
opening laTee e""ush TOT our boats
. g.tss was left uuobsisuctsd y was
ere On cnId octop.r Jay IL 1865 that
SoHie"erate oihceF' large man
ca lns "noNc'coa, anu isHF! poo's
l""i toon 80 st"'i "'l one u%t' l% an :
thef ana Went oHe''pafu. ANhouE" u"
as GOO" DFacr swimmer Was
fraid ne Wcu!u go Town !" me deep
pr mud "hen he cached ihe Shor.
oat ana pulled nm MN, IN, re was = y ',,,
"''' ~ NJ ii'
ua'it' "u!!' lon 20" "'.us'
W.rW!ck par ana ANot"sH 81 ina
ms B!uE. by p!anN!n@ over &ncAoEed
esse.s ana TWO fsuera! soldiers nov
Wing III Hampton helped I" huiId a
im'!ar one "h'ch me YANKEES con
tructed at E"rina The Fcdera!s also
wilt such q bridge AT Wyanoke Tor
rants army TO pass over bat removed
short iy after
= Whne nni correctine errors yvl!
as III. author Of Evelyn By!d" and
Unrnthv south seems. - he mistaken
M II Is stated thu. Edmund Hufln's
br,a was burned in 1862 was in ii
1854
r,nno, conclude these u,tle renlini-
noes without referring TO various
rcur,et,nccs which have brought my
hon 0ear old town of Hamilton INTO
= -. hiS,ory of our country from earliest
rs Tho first Erclishuan 70 touch
H. contjncn, landed at Hn.nDtou. The
r., free school Of this Country was
,c,.ed in Hnmpton. The 0rst blow In
pevolution against The British was
,'.L nv un,nnton nilots in 17755 \
.,r,on othcar va Inc Iasr killed II,
lac, hattie OF the Revolution. Tho
m,,,I. of tn, He,.,iutio,, and thc
T.. h,ttle of Tho Civu Wnr wer,.
n y.itrir , fcv rilcs ~ J3aun
,i.u,,on rn,-ro ,srtnlo, 90; bis
,,nn, ncn.inr ana . ,,nn,.n,.,,r
his 1.s,t rnr hi. da,otca MIN,
-, ~. v.,lov faver eurfarers l.,
toiL, Two uan,nrcn bnvs -hro,bars
,a, orc In hlua Inc other IN ,rey
~, .Elnodv An9.Io'' I'm the hattie of
.o.ev,vnnia I'm the civil War 4
,,,t,n,, ,,oyrn guided General Hu,ler's
'na,,. IN Ecthel INT he uiloted then,
- mighty bad harbor. \ negro.