Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-25
LEE CAMP IS PRESENTED
WITH M'C0MBS' PICTURE
W. W. Scott Pays Beautiful
Tribute to tho Confed.
orute General.
WON PROMOTION VERY RAPIDLY
Enlisted at Outbreak of Wnr In
Fourteenth Tennessee Infantry and
leoso to 10 Itn Colonel-Later n
brigade Comma ndcr.

The following address was made
June 10 before II. e. Lee Camp, Con-
federate Veterans. by w. w. Scott, In
presenting the camp with the por-
trait OF General William MoComb:
Mr.. Commander and member OF
Lee Camp:
1t is my privilege this evening to
present the camp a portrait OF "A
notable soldier in Nnc cause that wo
loved and lost.
The timc-limit set for the cere-
mony precludes any.ning but brief
sketch and outline OF his devoted
service to the cause during and after
the war for | would have you re
member that loyal Confcdcrates wer.
ss patient. and as rcroic. after the
battle flag had been furlcd. ms they
had been faithfui and gallant while
it Heated over bloody fields OF VIC
tory. Never forget their fortituda
and their fidelity then. and teach
your children to the remojcst gem
Grafton 10 remember 1t. and to
cherish the memory as am inspira-
ton and heritage
Won Rapid Promotion.
William McComh, Of Scotch-Irish
descent. was born in Mercer county.
PENNSYLVANIA. November 81, ISIS. y
few years before the war. h" wen.
t" Kentucky, and thence to Tenncs-
sec. With full faith in the right of
tn" southern cause. II" enlisted, April,
lA6l. In the Fourteenth Tennessee In
fantry. Soon he hccamc a lieutenant.
and hy meritorinuS and soldicrly
conduct, was rapidly promoted to
adjutant. major. lieutenant colonel
and colonel OF his regiment. In DC.
ccmber. 1864. he was appointed "a
riEadier-Kcncral by the President
and ordered 10 report TO General
Lee. who assigned him TO tho COM
mand Of the old brlgadcs Of General
Archer and General iIushrud john.
son. He was severely wounded in
the battles OF Sharpsburg ami chan
ccllOrsvillc. and was In all the bat.
Ties around Richmond at the VIII
dern"sS, at Spotsy:vauin. and at
second Cold Iiarhor. nud ne surr.n-
dercd with that gallant band who
moistcned their guns with their tears
as they laid them down IN bitter
anguish At App"matt"x. on tina,
do"msday OF their hopes and our lib
critics.
DO YOU, old gray headed veterans,
whose dearest memories are sim Of
the tented Held and the SpotlcSs bat
Tie nag whose emblem Mas a cross
all That is left us but Ilor!ous mem
"rlcs OF manhood and sacr iic--do
You. or does any one Of YOU. recall
another comrade who enlisted "a pri-
waite IN April 81. and surrendered a
general in April G5? To me Il APP
pears II military career alike uniquc
ana brilliant; one long to he re-
memhercd and TO he proud OF. and
proof that he was Of the stun where
o: heroes are made.
After the war. he married one Of
NirEinIa's charming and noble dauEh-
tcrs. Miss Mamie Hunter ouarles
"I Louisa County-my cherished co.
temporary and inspIrinG friend.
Thereafter he lived At "Inglewood
her beautiful home ON the south
Anna River. near G"rdonsvill". for
nifty years. and there he died on tho
anniversary uf tn. FIRST battle OF
Manassas, July 81. 1918, lacking only
f"w months 81 90 years OF age: