Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-06-06
MAJOR MURREY
ORATOR OF DAY
Famous EX-COnfederate Officer
of Immortal 600" Addresses
Large Audience-Fine Din
ner Served Soldiers.

Confederate Memorial Day ,exer-
cises were attended Tuesday by a
good sized crowd. There were about
sixty veterans present. The exercises
begun by visit to the cemetery ut
10 o'clock in the morning, where the
graves of the confederate dead were
decorated. After the impressive cerc
mony mt the cemetery, The veterans
were brought back to own and lis
tened to the address of Colonel Muir
ray, which was delivered in the pie
urc show.
Major Jas. P. Whitman, Command
er of the BrowneIIarman Camp Of
Confederate Veterans of Tazewei,
had prepared an address for the oc-
casion. but owing to lack of time
the address was not delivered, AMI
will be kept for another occnsion.
Major Whitman could write severa.
books on incidents Of the civil war
in which he was PERSONAL interest
cd. He could tell the history of the
Yankee Lieutenant who was sent to
Tazewell after the surrender to take
charge of things, and act rs pro-
vost guard, and what became of this
Lieutenant, and why he left the coun-
try without ceremony. Major Whit
man could also tell of the famous
ride from Burkc's Garden to Taze-
well, after he had escaped from the
Yankee officers who had arrested
him and were on the way to Wythe-
vile, where he would have been tried.
This brave Tazews,l soldier played
n great part III these memorable
days.
Tic Ladies' Fine Dinner.
The ladies of the TaZewell Chan
ter CT the Daughters OF the Con
fedcracy under the management of
their President, Miss Lyde Tynes,
provided Il fine dinner for the En-
Confederates, which was served in
the Masonic dining hall. The dinner
was elegant and was much appre
ciated and enjoyed by the men.
The meeting of the Browne Har-
man Camp of TaZewell WAS attended
by about sixty Confederate Veterans,
in charge Of Commandant J. p. Whit
man. The address was delivered by
Major Odgen Murrey of Charleston,
w. Va. You will find brief sketch
in manuscript by him which / hand
you. The crowd and audinece attend
ing the exercises was orderly. The
address by Major Murrey WAS on the
life and services of President Davis,
President of the Confederacy, deal
ing with his services us soldier in
the Federal army prior TO the wa
and of the acts while president of
the Confederacy.
Major Murrey's address was one
devoid all together of prejudice of
any kind, but fervent address as to
the services, faithfulness and cou-
rage of President Davis while ut the
head of the Confedcracy The ad-
dress was written and contains very
valuable historical facts.
Major Murrey while in Tazewell
was the guest of his old comrade,
Captain j. ID. Greever, of Burke's
Garden, who was with Major Murry
on the ship that carried the Immortal
Six Hundred along the Atlantic
coast TO Charleston, S. c., and was
introduced in very eloquent manner
by Mr.. Ed. Greever, son of Cap
tain j. d. Greever
Major Murry, was born in Va,
was living in St. Louis Mo. when the
war broke out. In 1861 he came to
Virginia and joined the army, serv-
ed four years, was wounded and
captured twice.
He was sent along with the 600
Confederate prisoners of war, to
Morris Island, S. c., where the pris-
oners were under fire fourty-two
days by Confederate guns.
From Morris Island he was sent
to Fort Pulaski, in Georgia, after
wards to Fort Delaware, where he
remained until August 1865. Capt
Jno d. Greever, of Burke's Garden,
was one Of the 600 prisoners named
above