Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-20
HISTORIC ATMOSPHERE:
DRAWS THRONES HERE
n. American City Has Rich
CT Heritage From DAYS
Gone BY.
HALLowED >rors ARE MAN,
Colonial. Revolutionary and Corfrd-
rrntC iiistor, Made In Richmond.
Old Ruildiugs mud Markers Recall
Stirring Events Of Fast.

People or no American municipalities.
be IT large or small. have a richer
heritage from the past than ihos.
az Richmond, once capital of TIA.
Confedcracy and now ae then. the
gateway TO the SOLID south.
visited in l6oS ny the hardy John
Smith, the spot marked now 10y a
monument 80 the prcscrv.r OF
Jamestown. tho scene Of an Indian
massacre scarce q decad, later and
pitched battle wiki the redskins
in 1875, when Nathaniel Bacon the
first rebel saved the colony. the
city has occupied = bright page in
every chapter OF American history.
Marked IS the place where Patrick
Henry hurled defiance To autocracy
in l775-6. the city became target
for the invading British foo and was
twice ravishcd. Again. in 1872. the
INVADER attempted its capture. but
failed In tho object. and then in
1851 started tho foursycar siege.
ending only when the defenders wore
crushed by overwhelming numbers
and resources
Had First GnslightS
While the gods Of war have given
more than their share OF attention
To the city. Richmond has it's other
CLAIMS To historic fame In chapters
~ !'SS dramatic ana inspiring. us
people can point proudly tina; here
was attempted the first street i'll
Elimination by gas. back in 1903 II
was on tho streets Of Richmond that
were first operated the electric cars
now the mainstay OF every com
munity. Here Aaron Burr. once
Vice President OF the United states
stood trial FOR treason. Here also
the Colonial legislators enacted the
hill which carved out the group or
States which comprise what is now
known as the Northwest Territory
In u Poe did some of his immortal
work.
Many Historic Houses Stand
Space is too limited to recite the
full story OF this historic town
Scarcely a spot IN; what is hal
lowed. Ana While many OF the build
ings have long ago disappeared. some
still stand. while others are appro-
priately marked Reunion visitors.
naturally. are concerned chiefly with
those buildings and places which
have TO do with the Confederate
cause, and for their convenience II
partial list has been prepared
No visit VIII he complete without
a visit TO the whit. House OF the
Confederncy at Eleventh and Clay
streets. Just block away. in the
Medical College OF Virginia rroup.
viii he seen the house in which Alex
"rder stephens Vice-rrcs ident OF
the Contederacy, lived
MRury's Home Marked
According to "a tablet erected by
the Confederate Memorial Literary
Society II was IN tho house liU5
East Clay street. that Matthew r,n-
tame Maury resided when he IN
vented the electrical submarine tor
rcdo. This WAS during the wears
is6l-6@, the torpedo being tested IN
the James River on Rockets in IN.
spring OF the latter year. The lni-
ual experiments we're made n, the
clay Street residence by exploding
minute charges u punpowder n a |
wooden washtuh
While the ORIG FINAL buildings ara no
longer standing. memories Of the
C"nlcderacN center around the 200 |
hiock on West Grace street, Tn.
corner house NO. 200. bears a tab |
let stating tina: Il is the site OF IN. |
home OF samuel Preston Moor. sur
Heon- general OF the Confcderacy. dur.
ing the war. Al No. 30 will be seen
tablet which marks IL as the sit,
OF the home In which General ] |
T. r. stuart died on May l.. $50, |
after being mortaily wounded the
Woman Wa. chaplain.
AZ Third and Main Streets was
situated the Robertson home his |
toricaIlN significant now because /, |
was the site Of the activities OF INC |
only woman norored with a military |
commission oy the Confederacv II |
was IN the Robertson home that Miss |,
salte l. Tompkins with tn. rank
~ capia n. operated hospital Thc
tablet on the Third street wall was
unveiled by Captain Tompkins her
sen She d!ed SIX years ago at
the age Of 50 wears.
"himnorazo Park was Tho si,o .,
probably tn" largest hospital in the
entire Confed'racy. but nc building,
nave all disappeared However. AT
2ol5 East Broad Street thcre vi.
ha found tablet set in tho nave,
Tnen' 20 marx IN. site az the nous,
In which General Josepn r John
hton was nurs-d back to nnal,h a.,a~
heine wounded a. the battle OF seven
Pines. As many as 1000 wounded
We're concentrated At Chimborazo .
one time
Van Lew Home Gone.
Another historic spo, on Chur,l
Hin is the ground at Twenty fourip
ana Grace streets on which n. az
Van Lew manson stood unit. recent
years when 10 va. raz,G n.a...|
way for IN" cnImboraao Sen,o. rl.I
nome was the prr0.riv - Elizabe-b
Van J.," who for s4-yIv.. - IN.
ns"n caus" MAS m~d. ;,si,,.i-t-ess
o. Richmond 81. IS now iu.l,d IN
'h"ek"f 'eHo'"Ty hogldrr s,u.|
h~r" ~ Northern sym.lth.a.rs mari.
INK 'he grave. r. was in the Van
10" homo ina, escaping oric,r cro,n
idhby PRISON were secrctcd ,ntil trcv
could be sinugg!cd out M thr ,ty
The L!bDy Prison site is nov oc.
eup!ed ny an BE-" factory. iu, ;hou.
sands annually visit the spot abou,
which many romantic stories havc.
been woven. The old prison STOOD
1T Twentieth and Cary streets Two
blocks TO the west are tn. sites Of
Castle Thunder and Castle Light
ming. olner Wartime prisons pl,t
no; as famous as LIBBY The latter
was Hsed almost entirely for Oil
GERS, While in Castle Thunder were
incarcerated persons held for Sc
rious onenses and dcscrtcrs from
The Fedora! Army. Sill another
pFisoa Wa a. seventh ana Ca-y
streets. Later the building was
used as home for conscripts. block.
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