Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-05-16
THREE RICHMOND
! HEROES ON HAND
When Confederate Soldiers Gath
er st Lexington To Honor
Birthday OF q ConxaJe

every lover OF the Lost Caus
ana the heroes who fought 10
the Stars and Bars back in tf
'6os VIII read with great inter
esk the following from the Leg
inaton Herald, telling Of din
ncf and reunion, III which sever
al 9aHant Conicds from Madison
coenty had prominent parts:
EogT Confederate veteran,
gave q birthday dinner yesterday
IN llonor OF thc birthday d one
Of st!lcic nunbcr-Ali!.e Haogart
OF Georgetown; \. z. Deather-
agg, Of Richmond; \. N. Mack
lin. Of. Frankfort, and John w
Moore, Of Clark county. More
than half 4 hundred quests Joined
them in celebrating the e;ghtieth
annitersar Vol the birth Of Mike
Jiagsard. o. Scott county.
Among the guests were repre-
scIltatives Of nearly every con-
nland COMPOSED o. Kentucky
troops. Members Of 1Iorean's
Men, members Of The Orphan
BrfgaQe, men who fought Under
.|aca-sc5l and Others who rccc;v-
ed their first baptism Of fire il
Missouri, gathered around the
dinner table 10 renew again The
1achl0ries Of those historic DAVIS.
Two years ago Mr.. Haegari
bc2au the custom Of having
rcufio1 Of his comrades III TIC
wat CT his birthday. Last year
Mr} MaciSlin and Mr.. Doather-
a%es sLqd the privilege Of Join
la%fwith' him and thjs wear Jonn,
II. pIQore united with his three
comrades i'll giving the oppirtu-
nifty to Other Confederates toI
meet on the fifteenth Of Nav
ties anniversary OF Mr.. Hae-
CARDS birthday.
la addition 10 Confederate SOL
d'erS who were present, the
hosfs asked 7. VIII Stoll. Judge
ko}}crt ice Stout, Walter Mena |
and. Dcsha breckenridge.
The guests gathered before
thcshour set for dinner and dur
ing the morning session J. VIII
Stoli, on whose invitation Nor
cams Men will hold their reun-
ion at the Country Club Thurs
day and Friday, August 10 and
II, Eyas made an honorary mem
Der. Of the association.
IT was notable gathering, no.
table because Of the character az
well IS lie achievement and age
Of the hosts and the guests. III
Is Of years since the soldiers of
the lost cause Joined the army.
81 years since the Stars and Bars
Wer~ flrlcd in defeat. The
Youngest man present who had
the Confederate army in t.
The last year of the war when
only IS years old, is y years old. |
J hc~ Youngest man who saw four!
years 81 service, having enleraaI
the Confederate army when al
lad q bet =, is in his 18th year.
/ fi7s q. VINO entered the army III
the first year of the war only 70
year Of age, are now past SO.
: ct they were vigorous, viriIel
group. firm Of step. clear of
voice, facing life today as they
faced death 90 years ago with
level cyes, clean and unafraid.
After dinner they gathered to-
scthcr on the mezzanine floor of
lie Lafayette hotel and recount
ed incidents OF those old DAYS.
he memory Of which will never
lie. Captain Stephen G. Sharp,
who was noted even among Nor
CANS Men for his daring as lie
Vas also Tor his sWiftncSs Of loot
-ecounted 80 incident when he {
escaped from Camp Douglas. He
old Mike IIaggard, who was al
80 III Camp Douglas, that if he
lad 4 pair OF good pants so THAI
le would not attract attention,
le would escape, and Haggarf ,
gave him tire pants he was wear
rg. Captain Sharp, saying he
vas tired Of the feeling of obi
cation, presented to Mr.. lIag-I
gard 4 pair Of pants in return for
hose he had received from hin.
II the federal prison 90 years; ~
$50 and when the carefully
wrapped package was unfolded d
,air OF boys pants that would
lot reach half way to Mr.. Hag-
ards knees were disclosed. Andt
hose men long past the allotted
core Of life, still boys in spirit
nd buoyancy, enjoyed as would
hildren, Captain Sharp's joke.
Mike Haggard told how he had
often the pants he gave to Cap
ain Sharp, that iii the Ohio raid
e had captured five pies from a