The Washington herald., 1921-10-20
Old DIXIE HYMN
STlRS MEMORY
OF VlRCIVlANS
Parade of Ex-Confeder-
ates Precedes dwelling
Df Jackson Statue.

80 ~%~~.
honke blue nag.
Tke flag with a single star"
skains of the old Dixie battle
hyHn In the still morning woke
chkfottesville people on the
uxtest day OF the reunion Of Vir-
ginh Confederate veterans. when
ovf 25 900 people witnessed the un-
Vdtng of Stonewall Jackson's
bent, haired negro
prkcher, was walking about the
sksts and singing the songs he
uskf to sing In far-away days
vSen the blue nag was flying over
su@bke-cIoudsd battle fields
BE was the Rev. William Melee,
edored cook for Gen. Robert E.
Ii. during the civil war. Alto
skher. the aged parson. who has
u nt his life as a missionary among
people. was q character. who
. Stracted everybody's attention on
lie streets today.
He was born and raised with Gen.
lees family and educated by the
eShthern hero's daughter. Miss
eary Custis Lee.
\ The big day began with busi-
hess and ended with festivities. At
10 o'clock this morning the Grand
CamP U. C. ", assembled at the
Jefferson Theater. At the same
hour the Virginia Division, Sons of
Confederate Veterans. met In the
Masonic Hall.
With these meetings over, gen.
eraI attention was turned to the
two greatest events OF the reunion
-shss parade and the unveiling OF
Charlts Keck's equestrian statue OF
~Geh. ystonewalr Jackson.
Units of Parade.
The parade column, 5000 strong,
waa put in motion at l o'clock.
with Col. Thomas S. Keller in COM
mand. The parade was over an
hour in passing any given point.
II was composed of the v.
NJ. L. cadets with band: Stonewall
Brigade Band. of Staunton: John
Bowie. Strange Camp. escorting the
Grand Camp of Virginia. sponsors
and maids of honor; president gen.
eral of Virginia Division, U. d. C.,
and President of Albemarle Chapter
No. I. u. d. c.. and members OF AL
bemarle Chapter: Mason Gordon
Auxiliary to Albemarle Chapter. U.
d. c.: Scottsville Chapter, U. ID. c.:
Invitation and reception commit
tee. city council and board of alder
men, Albemarle board of supervi-
sors; Charlottesville Band; r. T.
w. Duke Camp, 8. C. W: Charlottes-
willie Drum Corpa Monticello Guard,
Capt. Darwin Givens commanding:
Spanish War Veterans, Charlottes-
VILE and Albemarle Post. American
Legion; Mcconnell Post. American
Legion OF the university; faculty
and Students Of the University of
Virginia, Col Cole commanding;
fre eonpany: civic orders and pu-
pills of the Charlottesville High
School.
The parade, after threading the
streets of the city for more than
IN hour. reached the Jackson monu-
ment where Judge r. T. W. Duke.
jr.. who presided, gave a stirring
address The Rev. DR.. George l.
Petrie. chaplain of John Bowie
Strange Camp. offered prayer, after
which Prof. Richard Heath Dab
ney. head Of the School of History
IN the University OF Virginia. in
troduced Senator Pat Harrison, of
Mississippi. speaker Of the day.
After a brief discussion Of the
fratricidal war, Senator Harrison
pictured lAIC anu
eIoquently from his entrance into
Ihe United States army as a lieu
tenant and his rapid rise In two
short years to the rank of major.
and more az length after the out
break of the civil war in which he
won such fame that he is sometimes
described as the greates4 military
genius the world has seen. The
speaker was particularly effective
In describing the intimate relation
Of confidence and affection between
Gen Lee and Gen Jackson
DIR. Edwin A Alderman. president
of the University of Virginia, rep
resenting the donor. Paul Goodloe
McIntire, presented the monument
to the city Of Charlottesville.
Great GrandchiIdren Unveil.
The veil was then withdrawn by
two great great grandchildren OF
-Stonewalr' Jackson-Miss Anna
jackson Preston. daughter of Mrs.
Julia Jackson Preston, of Charlotte.
n. C., and Thomas J. Jackson Chris-
tian, jr., the 6-year-old son of Maj.
T. ]. Christian. of Ithaca, n. Y.
The unwilling was followed by a
concert in Jackson Park by the
Stonewall Band. of Staunton. Va,
musical organization which has been
continuously maintained since the
stirring days of 1s61-65.
Among the interesting exhibits
attracting the attention of veterans
here for the Confederate reunion
was a cannon cast in 1851 at the
r. =. Harris foundry, this city, for
Col. Charles c. wertenoaRer. VINO
frst fred II on the campus of the
University Of Virginia in celebration
of the secession of South Carolina
After the war the cannon was pre-
sented by Col. wertenbaker to
James Perleys of this city, a frst
sergeant in the Nineteenth virginia
Regiment. and was fired as Christ
mas gun for thirty years.
Another relic of that time of con-
test was a Federal drum picked up
on the hild of the First Battle of
Manassas. Following the defeat of
the Union forces This drum, like
the cannon. is an heirloom IN the
Perley family, and both are now the
property of James Perley ~. a
great grandson Of the Confederate
sergeant
At this mornings session of the
Grand Camp, Judge John T. Cool
rick. of Fredericksburg. presented
the matter of preserving the bat
tleheld of Manassas.
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