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ARLINGTON CONFEDERATE
MONUMENT ASSOCIATION
Executive Commlttoo?Chairman, IUI- ,
iry A. Herbert. 1419 O*. Btrent N. W.;
Vice-Chairman, Mrs. Marlon Butler,
The Portland.
President, The president-general, j
I Ii Herl Daughters of the Confederacy. I
ltccordlnij Secretary, Mre. Drury i
Conway Ludlow, The Concord. I
Corresponding Socretary. Mrs. Ar
thur E. Johnson, I&ll Q Street N. W.
rreaaurcr, Wallace Sireatcr. 1052
Monroo Street.
Advisory Board?Francis M. Cock
??11, Joseph J. Darlington. Charles J.
Faulkner, Bundolph II. McKlm, Thos.
N'lron Page. Beth' Shepard. Marcus J.
Wright.
Washington, D. C, February 2. 1911.
My Dear Mrs Keltt:
i i olze my llrst available moment to
answer yours asking me. to writ's
something about the Arlington Monti
tu-nt. ib.? may aid you In appealing,
i.i 11k people of South Carolina. Let;
?m i you briefly the story of ihet
undertaking, which you oiu at iibortyi
to live as you ace pioper.
Tli" remalnu of now over 260 Con-1
federate soldiers are resting !n a heau-|
liful plot of ground, the Confederute|
section of the National Cemetery at]
Arlington, in sight of the city of
\' irhlnKton. There remains represent!
every State of the Confederacy, All;
"t the ?xpons?a of collecting and re
lnttrrlng the bodies wero paid by the
federal government When the ground
for tlii'- section was platted, a mound
i as lefl In the cri.tie, suitable for a
monument, and permission has b.-cn
iiit< .I to enct It. Indeed, that wna
i ? expectation of Congress.
seven years ago, the five chap
? trs Of tho Daughters of the Confed
? racy, lamp 171, United Confederate!
Veterans, and tho two camps of Sons!
? f Veterans hi re, came together and
formed an association for the purpose
"f erecting the monument. An *xccu-j
live committee, was appointed to carry
'?n tho work, the perconnel of which'
substantially to-day the name as
when it was tlrst foimcd. Altogether,
? membership of the Confederate or
- inlzatloua which formed 'hin asso
latlon numbered, then as now, only
koiiio r.fnj .'?? 7'i0. When we had collect?
ed sonic j;.oro. the Importance ani
mngnltudc of the enterprise grew upon
Wo began to see that no other
ii on t?nch t to our Confederate deadl
? ywhero was comparable In slgnlfl
? nee lo that which we hod under?
taken.
It was t" bs at Arlington, the tinm?
of I..., , close to llto capital uf our conn-j
. visitors from all parts of America'
uiul from all the world will see it. 1'i
ii fi h? i monument, not to the dead1
Of any particular county or State, but
t-. Die heroes of ait the Confederacy;:?
i memorial to a nation that, though
? and r.e. will live forever in the :
Ighlcal pngos of the world's history.,
I'learly. tho few hundreds of us in
Washington city were not equal to the
w'orh tve had undertaken. Wc there
? .:. ippeatcd lo the Daughters of the
? '? .r?f ideracy. the only body that was
? qual to the tusk. They took II upon
themselves In their convention at Nor
folit t hree s ears ago. and at once formed
ihelr own Arlington Confederate Mon
inehl Association, with Mrs. Stone at
? . head of It and a director from each
te, You have so far zealously rep?
resented South Carolina. tinder thel
I laughters, the executive committee at |
Washington was continued substan?
tially as It had been formed, and under
ihem that committee hau continued to
work.
Wallace Slrcator, 3160 Fifteenth
Street. Washington, D. C, Is the treas?
urer, acting on an approved bond of
$^."..000. Altogether tve have collected
and deposited In the American Secur'ty
and Trust Company hero something
over 120.000, of which some' $10,ooo has
heon paid to Sir Moses Ezeklel, the
sculptor, at Home, Italy, who now has
tho monument nearly or quite half com?
pleted, under contract made with him
In November, 1010, by the executive
l'ommlttee, by direction of the commit
i. .i on design, which hud boon formed
for that purpose by the Daughters.
This committee on design found by
careful Inquiry that llrst-clnss artlsti
cannot bo Induced to submit competi?
tive designs, and thnt an artist must be
selected and the, details of a design left
(o him. By great good fortune tho
committee hit upon Sir Mosrra Ezeklel.
As a boy he was a gallant Confederate
soldier, who was twice wounded, and
won great distinction in the battle of
New Market as ono of the corps of
cadets of the Virginia Military Instl
Luto. After graduating there he
achieved great honor as a sculptor. As
such he has been twice knlghtod (by
the Emperor of fiormnny and by the
I Hike of Saxo-Helnlngen), in Novem?
ber, 1910, ho was In this country at?
tending the dedication of his statue of
Stonewall Jackson, then being orectod
In West Virginia. Called before tho
committee on design, ho outlined to
tiiem his Idea of a fitting monument.
Ills suggestions wero heartily Indorsed,
and a contract was made with him for
the erection of tho memorial, to bo
complottid within throe years from that
date?by Novombcr, 1913.
The price of the monument complete,
boxed ready for shipment, base includ?
ed, m-as to bo $35.000, of which $5,000
was to bo reserved by the association
to pay for shipment and erection.
air Moses was informed thnt at the
time of tho contract only about $16,
000 was on hand. He replied that his
heart was in this memorial; ho de- [
Mrcd to make It the crowning work
. of bis life, and If tho dnughtcrs
ngred to pay. he would trust them
lo fulfill tholr contract. Tho agree?
ment was reported to the daughters
nt their sesnlon In Little Rock In 1010.
They enthusiastically Indorsed the
action of the commlttoo, and raised
the price to $50,000. The monument at
Arlington, thoy declared, must bo
worth that sum.
This tic.tlon of tho daughters was
reported to tho artist, who thereupon
enlarged the plan of the work, agree?
ing that ho should rceclvo $10,000?
the committee was to eeserve 310,000
for expenses of transportation, erec?
tion, etc. Since that date, the artist
has hcon zoalouxly engaged In tho
performance of tho great task he has
undertaken. He writes thut ho la do
voting hla whole time to It, and dur?
ing tho past summer took not a day
off. Tho progress ho Is making shows
that ho will complete the work wall
within the contract time. He sends,
from time to lime, photos of the flg
uros aa they are cornpl ted.
If I could only convey to those who
may read theeo words i.n adequato
Idea of tho grandeur and beauty of
iho great work, us It now appears to
me and to others, who have seen tin
pictures of these deslR-ne. I nm sum
there would bo no difficulty In ralalng
at onco all tnc money that will be
needed by tho daughters to make
prompt payment under tnclr con?
tract; hut we havo agreed with Sir
Mo:!? Ezcklel not to publish any
pictures or d< tailed description of th<j
work while It le unfinished, for n rea?
son that all artists will appreciate,
but which perhaps should bo explain?
ed lo the public.
The thought la In the minds of
many that, with an artist who Is a
genius, "Imagination bodies forth the
forma of things unseen" 'absolutely
complete and perfected before lie
touches hand to tho work. This Is
not true of a statue, which 1? to rep?
resent an Idea, any moro than It Is of
a poem or any other finished work of
genius. It was u great ami long-con
tlnucd labor for Milton to write, hl6
"Parudlso Boat," and that wonderfully
beautiful] poem. "Gray'a Elegy," short
an It Is, was tho xvork of years. So,
the artist In designing a statue, which
Is first to bo In clay, built'* It up,
day after day. part at a time, shaping
and modeling, and reshaping, and per?
fected, the etatuto grows. Ho always,
therefore, reserves to himself tho
right to chango and retouch until, at
last, t!.'- clay bodies forth hla perfect?
ed design.
our sculptor ha? built himself a
house, or large detached room,
especially tor this work, and only auch
artists' and fr'c-nds cc ho is willing to
admit aro permitted to see mo work
as it progresses.
I may say that tho chief pteco In the
design Is tho heroic figure or a wo?
man to represent the .South, and that
figure, which now scouts to be com?
pleted and a photo of which la before
me. bodies forth, to my mind, all of
the lilch purpose, the devotion, tender,
nesd. firmness and beauty of the typi?
cal Southern woman. In h?r right
hand this llgure hold? a laurel wreath,
r,r orown. Her left rests upon a plow
stock. Around the top of tlio circular
base on which this llnure stands are
the seals of the Confederacy, and ol
the several States, each an oluborate
work of art. Beneath those and stand?
ing out in gull and perfect relief, are,
some fifteen ilgurcs. men. women, chil?
dren and soldiers, all allegorical and
typical, every one designed to be In
Itself a perfect work of art. At pres?
ent these are two-thirds, and will be
enlarged to full life Hlze. 1 havo Ju3t
received photos of these figures, and
do not hesitate to express my belief
that wo are to have, next to tho Wash?
ington Monument, tho most artistic
and striking memorial that can be
found In or near this capital city.
Tho artist. In undertaking this
work, has not, tin he hnB always told
us, had In view any profit to himself.
I am in receipt of a letter from him,
dated November 30, In which he says:
"Ab you will seo. It Is tin enormous
work I nm undertaking, and I do not
think that the amount I am to rocetvc
In full wlil do more than pay for tho
moterlal cost of the whole monument,
which, apart from tho lowor base
end, the stone, I shall make entirely in
bronze. So I do hopo tho Daughters
of the Confederacy will find no dlill
culty In following up your sugges?
tions."
Hero ho alludes to the appeal recent?
ly made at your Richmond convention,
that all tho money would he on hand
to make tho payments as they fall due.
It will bo seen from tho above state?
ment that the daughters are pledged
and in honor hound to raise tho re?
mainder of the money necessary for
tho completion and Installation of this
monument, some $21.000, within the
next two years. It will require some?
thing evon moro than this If wo In?
clude the expenso of laying tho cor?
ner-stone when tho convention of tho
daughters Is hold here noxt November.
And now let mo nay something, my
dear Mrs. Keltt, nbont what our six
or seven hundred devoted workers
here In the District of Columbia havo
accomplished in this work, not by way
of boasting, but as an Incentive lo
those elsewhere who may road this
lcttor While helping our poorest, at?
tending to our sick, end often defray?
ing burial expenses of tho veterans,
who are rapidly dying off, we have
contributed far moro towards tho
monument than has any single State.
South Carolinians, prompted by you.
arc doing well. Thoy are wasting no
time In vain regrets over tho past, but
thoy are dally gathering strength for
tho great par! they aro lo play In the
future of the greatest people in tho
world by keeping always fresh In mind
the heroism of those who dared all and
sacrificed all for the faith of their fath?
ers. It was Edmund Burke who truly
said: "Peoplo will not look forward to
posterity who never look back to tholr
ancestors."
For myself, wnllo now proud to be
an Alabumlan, I am also proud to re?
member that I am a native of South
Carolina, and the appeals for our mon?
ument you hnve boon making to the
school children touch my heart anil
awaken tondor memories. Dong, long
ago, from 1842 to 1846, Just midway
bctweon this and tho days of the Rev?
olution, I was a South Carolina school?
boy at Latircns Courthotleo, as we called
it then. .lust throe miles out of town
lived an old Revolutionary soldier, Mr.
Alien, and well do I remombor the rev?
erence with which I often looked upon]
Mm and the wish that Just as oTton I
mine to mc tlmt I, too, might some day
be :i soldlor In tin: cause ot my coun?
try.
vou do well to appeal to tho children,
Keep it up: but now. whon tho Daugh?
ters of tho Confederacy are in need of
greater contributions than ever to en?
able thorn to comply with tholr obliga?
tions, yoti should appeal also lo the
parents of these children. And thoro
aro others who should contribute. Many
South Carolinians have prosporod in re?
cent years. They should contribute.
Some of theso have coma among you in
recent years and have become Caroliu
laus. What concerns you concorns
them, and they should help.
This Is a work In which tho whole
country should be Interested. To show
how our project touches the heart* of
true patriots, let mo conclude by "re?
lating an Incident. Some of the read?
ers of this letter will doubtloss remem?
ber to have read of Hie monument
raised at Salom Church. Va., on May
3. 1?07. In memory of tho heroes ot*
tho Twenty-third New Jersey, who fell
in the bloody battle on that spot May
3. IKii.'l. On one hide that monument Ih
dedicated to tho gallant dead of the
Twenty-third New Jersey; on the other
aide Is a tablet with tula inscription:
"To the bravo Alabama boys who
wero our opponents on this Held, und
whoso memory wo honor, this tablet Is
dedicated."
When Its 1808 Honator Taylor, of
Tonnessco. delivered a lecture here In
Washington for the benefit of our
fund. General ?3. nurd Orubb, who led
In the erection of tho Salem Church
monument, Just as when colonel he
had led the Twenty-third Now Jersey
in tho battle, mndo uh an uloquont
speech, bidding us Godsyiecd. and
bringing with him $100 from the sur
. vlvors of his retrlment as a eontrlhu
| lion to our monument: Later, reply?
ing from his home to a letter of
tbnnks -rom our committee, General
; Grubb said:
"I?et me say to you that W you let
' me help you wo can get up this mon?
ument in short erder. because I am
very suro that Just oxactly the same
remarks that I made In the Columbia
Tlioatro. If made before tho asaocla
! lion of the Loyal League, o. which 1
I am a member, would be Just oa well
I received."
1 To this generous offer the committee
! replied:
"Every member of our committee
: was deeply grateful lo you and your
1 r'-tflmcntal association for the con?
tribution you made voluntarily to our
monument, and we would, of course,
receive In llko manner any contrlbU
i tlon that might come to us from other
i Federal organizations, ;f they should
come unsolicited, like yours. But wo
do not feel that we could or ought to
solicit such contributions, either dl
! roctly or Indirectly."
I It can be readily s*on that however
genorounly disposed they might be,
wo did not w'sh to appeal to any
Federal organization to help us do
! what wo ought to do ourselves. But
' wo can and must appeal directly to
the good people of every Southern
. State. There has hern in tlio past.
1 and I hope there will be In the fu
I turo still greater, rivalry between
? States in this good work. South Car
?ollnana should send their contrlbu
! Hons rlrcct to you. and In every Elate
contributors should send to their own
director, in order tbnt each Blatc may
set the credit that Is due to it.
j " Wishing you oven moro abundant
] success fit this matter 'hnn In the
] past, i am . ,,
Very sincerely and respectfully yours.
HILARY A. HERBERT.
'Chairman Executive Committee Ar
l.UKton Monument Association.
Mrs Tims. W. Koltt. U. D. C. Director
for South Carolina. Clemson Col
I lege. S. C.
Stonewall Jackson.
Every one Is familiar with the qual
Itles of sieadfasinese to duty and
bravery of "Stonewall" Jackson, the
noted " Confederate c-cncrul. Tho
quality of lntci?rlty Jackson curried
to such an extreme point that he. .s
known to have advised against decep?
tion, even If such a practice would
bo necessary to win n battle. And
this same characteristic exhibited in
warfare he carried Into every part
of his dally life.
Even as a voting man. while a stu?
dent at West l'otnl. he laid the founda?
tions that marked every action of his
public as well as his private life.
While at the Military Academy he
formulated a set of rules to govern
his conduct, among which we find such
ones us:
"Disregard public opinion when It
1 interferes with your duties. "
"Sncrlflce your life rather than your
word."
'.'Resolve to perform what you ought:
1 perform without fall what you re?
solve."
It was nt the battlo of Mannssas
that Thomas Jonathan Jackson re
rocelved tho nickname of "Stonewall."
; and it was after the terrible conflict
through which lie bad Just passed that
the chnrncler of the man Is so well
1 shown In a letter he addressed to his
pastor nt Lexington, as follows:
"My near I'ostor.?In my tent la?t
night, after a fatiguing day's service.
1 remembered thnt 1 hud failed to
i send you my contribution to our color?
ed Sundny school. Enclosed you will
Und my check for thnt object."
Strange as It may seem, this letter
contained not a word of comment
about n conflict which electrified a
nation. lint it does express, and
j forcibly, tlie character of Jackson In
I never forgetting his duty under the
, most trying circumstances,
i But then, "tlio greatness of Stone
' wall Jackson," as Rev. M. D. Hone.
D. D., snld in a eulogy of his achieve?
ments, "was nn unconsc'ous great?
ness. It was the supreme devotion
to what he thought wits duty. Hence,
ho studied no dramatic effect. When
among the mountains, pyramids older
than those to which the first Napo?
leon pointed, ho did not remind his
men thai the centuries wero looking
down upon them. Whon on the plains
; he drilled no navies to porch upon
HI n banners, as the th'rd Napoleon
is snld to havo dono."
General JncltRon wn? not alone a
firm believer In Integrity and almost
a martyr to duty, hut he fully rip
pr eclated theso qualities In others.
He wub never a respecter of persons
when duly was concerned. On one.
occasion, relates his wife, when ho hud
. an early mnrch before him. he ro lost
i his patience with tho tardiness ot his
ataft in rising that he ordered his
cook to pack up everything and to
throw away the coffee, which hnd boon
captured from the enemy and was a
I rare luxury, and he finally threutcnod
to arrest the whole staff If they did
not get up Immediately. This had the
effect of awakening them thorough?
ly, doubtless of arousing some 'ro
against tho stern and rclentnrtss lender,
though all who served under him were
ready to say, ns one did, "his kind?
ness to those who did their duty
was liko a woman's."
The attachments of members of his
staff to him was sincere and strong.
T.iey knew ho was storner to him?
self than he wns to them and could
never doubt his wholo-soulod and pii
trlotic devotion. Mrs. Jncksop wrote;
1 "1 shall never forgot the Intense feel?
ing with which young 'Sandy' Pen
dleton (us he was oallod). said to me
tho doy after General Jackson's death,
his face bathed In tears, 'God knows 1
would havo died for him.'"
The tears tbnt were dron'??^ ov-?
tho bier of "Stonowa'll" Jackson by
strong men and gentle womon when
I he was buried nt Richmond "-ere the
i most true end honorable tribute that
could ho paid to this man of great
Integrity, whom ovorybndy loved. Even
little children woro held, tip by their
parents that thoy might rovorenlly
I behold his fnco and stamp, his namo
I upon tholr moruorlos.
. ' WISBBBaUHm
WITH STONFWALL JACKSON
IN BITTER COLD WEATHER
I A reporter for tho Banner called ai
the oiitcc of Private Marcus B. Tonoy
to-day and. finding him In a reminis?
cent mood, asked for some of his ex?
periences With Old Boreas, Said Mr.
Toiiey:
"Fifty years ago tho First Tcnues-j
see Beglment, which contained llvo(
companies from Naahviilc, i>- the way,'
wan In the winter campaign in Virginia!
under tho Intrepid Stonewall Jackson,'
and tho weather waa a dupllcnto of
last Sunday, except much colder?1 1
degrees below. In fact. At that lime,
January, 1H? j 1!. General Jackson's fame
had not traveled far from Mantissas,
where he won tho title of "Stonewall."
We had previously been with General
l.ee. front Mllboro, Valley Mountain,
Cheat Mountain and as far West as
Seweli Mountain, tip In tho Virginia
mountains. Not far from the present
capital of West Virginia. Charleston,
General Bosecrans had coi.imenc.jil lo|
invade Virginia from Ctiuricslou, and
the object of General l.eo was t" head
him off. The road became almost Im- j
passable, and General ltosecrans oban-'
doned the campaign and returned to
Charleston, and we to I'?icnhontas,
whf.ro we were ordered Into winter
quarters.
On .March With "Stonewall."
"About tho time our huts were com?
pleted We wero ordered to Join General
Jackson, whose headquarters were In1
Winchester, Va. More he was mobil Jx. I
Ing an army to intercept General Han-j
cock, who massed his army at Borke-1
ley Springs, Va., a noted rummer r?-|
; sort before tho war. Our army left
I Winchester. January l. 1*0::, a bluster
I Ing morning, but not vary cold. OUr
baggage, tenls i.nd commissary stores
were loaded in tho early morning and
i each soldier had forty rounds of am
' munition less one cartridge, for we
I had orders lo load.
j "It was some thirty miles to Berke
i ley Springs. It appeared that General
Jackson's Intention wns to pasa .Gen.
. Hancock's right, get between him and
tho Potomac, some thre.; mllcB In his
rear, give, battle and try and capture
his army and rations, an wc only had
one day's supply.
"The. afternoon of January 1 the
weather turned Intensely cold, with
light snow, which modo the pike as
slick os Ice. Many of o;:r men fell and
some guns were discharged, but no
one killed. At nightfall the. army blv
' ouacked by the pike, and th" fences fur
miles were destroyed. The fences were
of red cedar, which, burning, emltt-n
many sparks. I went lo he.I on three
rails and built a roil fW on each side,
jl had a cape on my overcoat which
I caught from the sparks and nearly
(burned off before I awoke.
I "We were so delayed by tho cold
! that tho movement failed, and Gen
' eral Hancock recroased the Potomac
i and moved his army lo Hancock, Md.,
, about eight miles distant r.nd opposite
j the little vlllaso of Batn. Va. When
I we approachod Berkeley Springs a bat
( tery of the enemy was throwing shells.
, We thought General Hancock's army
? was there. General Jack-on rode up
on Old Sorrel. The c-nernl was In
. fatigue suit with a skull cap on. He
f.ald. 'Colonel Maney, I want tho Vlr
r'.nlans to take that battery; they have
; had some rations; your Tennesseuns
! nono."
I "Wc yelled out, 'Don't wont any ra?
tions. Let uf capture the battery."
Taking a Bnt-'ery.
Goncrnl Jackson said: 'AH ri^ht.
-??
Colonel Maney: move ;. >'jr men by
companies right to fron'..*
"Wo charged gallantly to the crest ?
or the hill, captured the. battery with-!
out tin? lose ot a man. kill. 1 or wound,
cd. j
"It was a feint lo enable QonOralj
Hancock lo rccross tliu river. We '
captured a few troops and AI Strother
(Porte Crayon), who was there sketch.
Ins for Harper's Weekly. Wo captur?
ed a fciv commissary stores, but not
enough foe a day.
"In the meantime the pike was so
slick the mules could not pull our
wagotis und wo pushed on to Bulh, the
weather meantime getting coldor. In
urniy parlahco we sr-.y. 'stand picket.' 1
'ran picket' four hours a ?.und a tree
to keep from freezing. Wo lost three
Ihui memorable night by freezing.
"Tho enemy shelled us til. nluht so
we could not have a lire The next
day the shelling was repeated. General
Hancock, although It was Sunday, had
a battery behind the Methodist Church.
About 1U o'clock General Jackson sent
a courier across 111? - rlvur, which was
filled, with floating it;-, notifying Gen?
eral Hancock to remove the women
and children, as he would open up on
General Hancock's troops at noon. Tliu
cannonading was furious ?11 afternoon,
i While we wero dodging the shells
I General Jackson sat as immovable na
a statue. Many of tho troops said he
I wan a predestlnarlaii and ?! fatalist. 1
I believe Stonewall Jackson had that
I faith in God that lifted him above tho
j clouds of buttle, and living or dying,
! he was t he I .ord'a.
Tried to Iteslgn.
"There was so murn < rltlcism of
1 General Jackson that he tried to re?
sign, but the government refused to
ncrept lt. I ealtl to my men, 'Gonoral
Jackson was not responsible for tho
weather which caused tho expedition
to fall.'
"From Bath wo went to Romnoy, on
the. south bank of the Potomac. The
1 weather continued Intensely cold, and
j after several weeks In camp and on
' picket dutv, we wore forced by a flank
? movement of the enemy to return to
Winchester, from which point we were
ordered to Nashville to support Tort
Donblson. which fell before We reach
j i d Chnllanoogn, and wo were sent to
.? Shlloh.
i "Thus." continued Mr. Toney, "end?
ed one of the moat severe winter cam?
paigns of the war. At Chancellors;
vlllo, May t, l.Sf.n. fle.tiernl Stonewall
Jackson performed the same fe;. 1 he
attempted at Berkeley Springs.' For
tho one, we had sovcro wlr.trj weather,
J the other, the balmy spring.
' "Two summers ago. when my wife
I and 1 were at Saratoga, we drank In
the restaurant from the Lincoln spring
j I called her attention to the line steel
engravings?Abraham Lincoln and, on
th? opposite wall, those of I.ee and
Stonewall Jackson. They were good
' of nil three, except Old Sorrel, which
' was represented an n war stood Instend
of a plow horse. My wlfo said the
pictures were there to catch the South?
ern trade. I said, Tin, not B per cent,
can now come here from the South;
' but It teaches us that the people of
' the North arc so far removed from the
ICivil War, Ihcy view it through dif?
ferent glasses, and I.ee and Stonownll
I Jackson arc not only regarded ?s high
I types ?f soldiers, but also of American
citizens."?Nashvillo Banner.
Letter I"rum Horace Breclcj.
ICdltwr Confederate Column;
Dear Sir,?Inclosed you will please j
Und a letter taken from the Now V?rie |
Dally Tribune of May 23. I8<i,\ which
woti handed to me this evening by u
friend, and which both ho and I think
would bo an interesting publication
for your paper. If you agreo with ue,
please give it that direction, and
oblige,
Tours truly.
G1SO. L. CHRISTIAN.
(New York Daily Trlbuuo May 28, JS87.) |
By These Presents, Greeting: To i
Messrs. George \V. Blunt, .lohn A. j
Kennedy, John O. Stone. Stephen
Hyatt and thirty others, members of
the L'nion League Club:
Gentlemen,?1 was favored on the I
16th Instant by an official note from 1
our ever-courteous president. John ',
Jay, notifying ine that n requisition I
had been presented t'> him for u spa- I
clal meeting of the club at an early
day for the purpose of taking into '
consideration tho conduct of Horace
Qreoley, a mombor of the club, who
has become a bondsman for .fofforson
Davis, late chief ofllcer of tho rebel
government.
Gentlemen, I shall not ntteud your
meeting: this evening. I have an en?
gagement out of town ami ahull keep
lt. I do not reeognlzo you us capable
of judging or even fully appreciating
nie. You evidently regard mo as n
weak sentimentalist, misled by a
maudlin philosophy.
I arraign you as nnrrow-mtmicd i
blockheads who woujd llkn to be uao- J
ful to a groat and goutl cause, but i
tlun't know how. Your attempt to
buso a great, enduring parly on the 1
luvte and wrath necessarily engendered
by a bloody civil war Is us though
you. should plain a colony on an Ice
[berg which had somehow drifted Into
I u tropical ocean.
1 tell you hero thnt out of a I'fe
'earnestly devoted to the good of hu?
man kind your children will Select .
liny going to Hichmond and signing1
: that bull bond as the wisest net. and
Iwill feel that it did morn for freedom!
i and humanity than all of you were |
Icompetent to do, though you hud lived j
j to tho age of Methuselah:
1 auk nothing of you, then but that
j you proceed to your end by a direct,
.frank, manly way. Don't slide off Into |
ja mild resolution of cenauro, but move j
] tho expulsion which you purposed and'
'which I deserve, if I deserve any re- :
Proach whatever. All 1 euro Is that |
you make this a square stantl-up I
fight and record your Judgment by j
yeas and nays. I caro not how few
voto with mo, nor how many vote j
: again! t me, for 1 know that tho latter
:will repenl It In dust and ashes before I
j three years have passed.
Undcretaml. once for all. that 1 dare '
I and defy you, and thud I propose to j
'fight It out on the line thut 1 have, j
j held from the day of Lee's surrender.!
So long as any man was seeking to f
[overthrow our government he was i
my enemy; from tho hour In which I
he'laid down his arms he was my for-J
jm?rly-orrlng countryman. So long us i
any Is at heart opposed to the national I
unity, tho Federal authority r>r to that
aosortlon of tho equal rights of till
men, which has become practically
identified with It legally and national?
ly, [-shall do my best to deprive hint
of power; but when ho ceases to bo
thus. I demand his restoration to all
the privileges of American citizenship, j
I give you fair notloo that I shall'
urge tho rc-enfronchlscmont of those
now proscribed for rebellion as soon
as T shall feel confident that Wils
cause Is consistent with the freedom
of the blacks and the unity ot tho
republic and that I shall demand a
recall of all now In exile only for par?
ticipating in tho rebellion whenover
the country shall have been so thor?
oughly paclflrrl that Its snrety will not
thereby be endangered.
And so. gentlemen, hoping- that you
will henceforth comprehend mo some?
what better than you have Jone, 1 re?
main.
Yours,
(Signed* HOUACH GRBBtiTCT.
l.emc n \lehe for .Ineltson In the
Cnpltol.
The statue of Stonowall .Tacltson
placed In the Stute House grounds at
Charleston by the women of West
Virginia In tho work of the fnntous
sculptor, Sir Moses Qzeklel. With Sir
Moses Us modeling was a labor of love,
as ho himself was a cadet at tho Vir?
ginia Military Institute When Jackson
was an instructor there, mil the sculp?
tor fought in the Confederate army
and aha red the intense admiration that
tho brilliant exploits of 'Stonewall"
aroused In tho men who followed him.
No hronr.e or marble can picture Jack?
son, tho man of Instant decision and
swift action, or Indicate the liory mili?
tary genius that limited up :n him. Buv
It can nnd does present tho serious,
sad-fneed man of deep religious nn-J
ture, tho soldier who wish moved In.
every action by his devotion to duty
nnd his sublime faith.
The statue in Charleston will stand
as a monument to valor ami genius,
und an nil-too-tardy tribute to the
great gonr.rnl from the State lu which
lie was born. Perhaps It Is n'en yet loo
early to expect the prejudices of sec?
tional conflict to have subsided suf?
ficiently for all the people of a border
State to unite In a tribute to one of
the leaders of cither side. Hut the tlmrj
Is rapidly approaching, If It has not
yot arrived, when the Union men as
well na ex-Confedoraloa will eomo to
regard Stonewall Jackson is thi great?
est man born In the territory that is
now West Virginia. The soldiers ot
every country acknowledge him as a
transcendent military genius. (Us
lofty personal character, his devotion
to his people, distinguish him as u man
worthy of any honor.
In the Capitol nt Washington is the
National Hall of Kami-., where each
State may place the statues of Its fav?
orite sons. West Virginia lias already
idled Its niches with lesser lights. But
she may very well reconsider her
choice, und upon one pedestal place
the statue of her greatest son, so that
In the Cnpltol of a reunited country
Stonewall Jackson can once again
meet Hoben Dee?Baltimore Sun.
"tlld Tlsre'' Cabel!
"Old Tlge" Cabcll, one ot the most
dashing officers of tho Confederacy,
and a soldier who \in.s followed with
enthusiasm in war, died in his Texas
home Wednesday. William Lewis
Cnbell, born in Danville. Virginia, in
lf.27, graduated at West Point In lS?tt,
served under Albert Sidney Johnston
In the Utah campaign, and In tho In?
dian wurs until 1861, When he resign?
ed his commission ami filtered Vir?
ginia's service. Ills moat noted foals
were performed In the irans-MISBlsHlp
pi reg.on, whoro, after tho war ho per?
manently resided, hla home being Dal?
las. Texas, of which city lif. wus four
times elected Mayor; nnd ho was also
for four years United Status Marshal
for tho Northern district of Texas, for
somo years and to hla death he was the
lieutenant-general commanding the
trans-Mississippi department, United
Confederate Veterans.
General Caboll was well known from
ono ond of the country to the othor.
Ho was; of bluff, soldierly manner, a
thorough gentleman, a good friend, and
did all Jto had to do thoroughly and
well,
(Continued From NaBt Sunday.)
It would be especially interesting toj
trace this ancestral lin" further back,]
establish the relationship existing hp-|
twcen Uic branches of the family hero-l
In traced, und those who settled In the',
nearby counties nud whoso descen-l
dunta, that Is, the descendants of nil.
of whom, scattered so widely, and I
carried the mime to such humorous
and distant parts of this country.
While nn opportunity to continue and
extend theso Investigations is desired
and awaited with Interest, nevcrthc-.
less. It must ho for the present, Indo
ilnitoly postponed, und the data al?
ready collected in regard to the pos?
terity of Hussen mid Needles Hill,
progenitors of the JIM family of Cul
pepor and .Madison counties, must now,
be tabulated ami produced.
Hear Editor,?In your Genealogical
Column, Sunday, January 14, 'reads
thus: Gloucester Thorntons left the
Vork and nettled somewhere Oil Ware
HI vor. in Guinea. That the Guinea
branch has preserved the name of
Meux. and this family is one of the
very oldest and host n un,- In tho coun?
ty. I am very much interested In tho
Meux family, and would appreciate if
Hie correspondent would share wllh
in'- any genealogical <>r historical
knowledge of the Meux name in l"-r
possession. 1 would like earliest an?
cestor of whom yo.il have record, the
maiden nnmo of wife, names of chil?
dren, with dates of birth, marriages,
deaths, and taking enro to complete
one generation before describing the
next. It Is Ititerestlnr; to have also
life story of the. more prominent mem?
bers. I deslro especially to obtain
data regarding tho ilonoendants of
Elizabeth Meux, of Honrlco county,
who married Nathaniel Bacon, of Now
Kent county. I have In my possession
an old paper that reada thus: Know
all men. that Nathaniel Uacon, of the
county ,,f New Kent, and Wm." Wad
dill, of the city of Richmond, are held
(irmly bond unto I'olrlck Henry. Esq.,
Governor of the Commonwealth of
Virginia, in the sum of CO pounds cur?
rent money, to which paycmciit will
and truly lo be made, etc., dated
April 1. 17S6. The above bond obliga?
tion is such, that whenever there ts a
mnrrlnpro Intended to be solemnized
between tho above bond. Nathaniel
TJncon und Elizabeth Meux, of llenrlco
county, Vlrclnla.
(Signed) NATHANIEL BACON,
W. WADDILL.
.Seal.
Another old paper rends thus:
As my cousin, Elisabeth Meu-j, Is
coing to be married to Nnthanlen
Bacon, and It seems to bo necessary
(hat you Rhould know that she Is above
the age of twonty-one years, I do cer?
tify thnt she in, as she hnH lived in my
brother's nnd my family ever alnco
tho dealh of her parents, after which
my father was appointed guardian,
who, being dead, I have since acted as
such myself, and I do give my consent
to tho above Intended marriage.
MARTIN HAWKINS.
C. W ATKINS,
W. WAbDItili,
Witnesses.
This Martin Hawkins was 1,'ncle of
James Hussell Hawkins, who was born
in Virginia. January 30, ISOu, married
Sarah Adeline Bowles, March 10, 1825;
moved to Kentucky 18-10. Dr. Haw?
kins represented tho senatorial district
composed of Boone, Gnllatlli and Car
! roll counties in Kentucky. At the
conclusion ot his term he was elected
Secretary of the Legislature, which
position ho hold for a quarter ot a
century. There were at that tlmo
scarcely a stUtOSman of prominence in
j Kentucky with whom ho was not intl
] malely acquainted, bound to many by
Irrefragable ties of friendship. Ho
was a man of wldo culture, genial and
brilliant. Ho died tit Frankfort. Ky.,
In bis ninely-second year of age, and
retained In n wonderful degroc his In?
tellectual and physical faculties until a
tow days of his deuth.
I The Meux family of Virginia begins
with John Meux. of Now Kent county;
his wife was Elizabeth. They had
John (2), Ann (2) und Richard (2).
John (2) married, first. Francis, and,
second, Elisabeth Llghtfoot. By his
last marriago he had Ann (3) and
Thomas (3).
Elizabeth Llghtfoot was daughter of
Major Sherwood Llghtfoot, son of
John Llghtfoot.
There was a Thomas F. Meux in
Amelia county, in 1830.
EDITOR.
Hear ICd it Or.?I am deeply Interest?
ed in genealogy, Virginia genealogies
particularly. 1 have read much on the
subject, but I have never bad the
pleasure of rending more Interesting
articles tlmn those that have for the
lust few years come to mo in tho
columns of The Tlmes-LM.ipateh. You
have earned the lasting esteem of all
who tire Interested in their ancestry.
And 1 think those who say they do
not care who thulr ancestors ure. In
most eases are those who cannot trace
themselves buck. I have all my re?
cords except my great-great-grand?
father Smith. 1 Ond two Obndiali
Smiths. One married Elizabeth Bur?
ton und oiiu Mary Cockc, both from
llenrlco COUIlly. Vn, Which Obndiali
was the son of Isaac Smith? Who
wus the father of Obndiali Smith, who
married Elizabeth Burton, daughter of
Captain William Burton? Obadiuh
Smith, who married Mary Cocko, was
supposed by some of the family to be
the sou of John Smith. Can any of
your renders help ma out'.' 1 think
one of the Olotdlnh Smith's mother, or
grandmother, was a Miss Martin, and
the other. Miss Henley. Both Henley
und Martin were very lino Old families,
and I would like so much to place my
Mlirtlli nhcestor. Martin has been ex?
tensively used In nnrntng Hie children
In Hi" family. Now some of the de?
scendants say that Obndiali Smith,
who married Mary Cocke, was (he
father of Obhdlah Smith, who married
Elisabeth (Betsy Burton), t have Biso
been told thot this Obadiuh Smith
was sen of (sane Smith. Some one of
the family say that thoy havo always
understood that the elder Oborlnd
Smith was tho son of John Smith, who
had nnothcr oon. Philip Smith, of West,
more.lnml, who married Mary datlgh*
ter ol Aiigii3tlno Warner, the Speaker,
whose wlto was Mildred, the daughter
of Colonel George Hondo, of Ybrktown,
Colonel Ocorgo Reado married Elisa?
beth Martin, daughter of Colonel
Nicholas Martin. Martin was of the
Mouse of Burgesses. They have tho
distinction' of nlno being nnoe?,tors ot
Ocorgo Washington, through his
grandmother, who wns the daughter
of Augustine Warner. A daughter- of
Philip Smith mentioned above was
Sarah Smith, married George Halo, or
Healo. She wns alyo granddaughter of
John Smith and Mary Warnor.
[ G?orgo Halo, who muraled. Sarah
Smith, had eon William Smith Hale*i
who married Susanna Payne. ThlB
Susanna was daughter of Joslas Payne
und Anno Fleming, und Joslas Paynet
was the son <>r Cleorge Payne and Mary
Wooilson. Thcso Paynes lived In
Gooclilahd. Anna Payne, daughter ofl
Joslns Payne and Anne Fleming, hi*
wife. She was sisli r of Colonel John'
Payno, father of Dolly Madison. II?
wiih captain of Goochland mtlttla In
1763. I liavo amongst my papers an
old Icttei which mentions Billy Smith
us currying tho mail, and afterwards)
became Governor of Virginia twice and
.1 distinguished major-general In tho
Confederate States army. To which,
family of .Smiths did this Ullly Smith
belong?
wills of Smiths.
Will of Elizabeth Smith, of Hcnrlcab
I county. Vu.. dated March 20. 1789.
mentions children: Son William Smith,
[daughter, Mary Blackburn; daughter
Betty Ann Stanley; daughter, Susanna
Smith: son. Samuel Smith; son. John
Smith: (laughter, Martha Smith; daughs
tor, Ann Smith. 1 appoint my friends*
I William Burton und Drury Wood, exe
cutors. Siguetl and sealed and ac
1 knowledgcd in tli^- presence of Richard
Curd, James Price, Jesse Williams,
Dlbaibeih Smith, Iznrd Bacon. ,
Will of Jesso Smith, dated 17?P, reads
thus:
Jesse Smith, :i70 acres of lang bought
of Captain John Fills, son of Jacob
Smith, son Obadlnh Smith, got 400
acres after death of wife, the house
ami land bought of Drury Wood, ad?
joining Barret Price, about. 200 acroH
more, name daughter Mary Ann Mon?
ies*. Susanne Kills. granddaughter
Elizabeth Garlauc Smith, daughter ot
my sun. Jesse Smith; granddaughter.
Elizabeth smith, daughter of my son.
JacOb Smith; Salty Smith, daughter of
my son. Obadlah Smith; my wife, Aim
Smith.
John Snilth's will. dnlcd May 31.
17S1. mentions John Carler. son of
Giles Carter; Obedlali Carter, son oC
Giles carter: my sister, Martha Carter
Hill; her son, Obedlah Carter; a daugh?
ter (name torn ouO of Giles Car tor;
Obadlah Carter, my sister. Martha
Carter; John Carter. I appoint my
friends. William Burton und Giles Car.
ter, executors, John snilth'a witnesses
were Drury Wood. Obadlah Smith and
Sally Tim bo finite.
Will of James Ryall, who was the!
son or Mary Smith Ryall, and grand?
daughter of Obnd.'nh Smith and wife.
, Betsy Burton, mentions my grandson.
James Smith Ryall; my grandson. John
I Bacon Ryull; granddaughter, Sally
Miller Ryall; granddaughter, Betsy
Burton Ityall; granddaughter, Nancy
Apperson Ry?ll; granddaughter, Ann
Ryall; my wire, Lucy Smith Ryall.
Slrrneil Jamca Ryall. Witnessed by my,
four friends. I.ydilnll Bacon Bowles,
Captain Martin Smith. Thomas Fl.
Steward and James Apperson, execu?
tors.
Martin Smith, of Henrlco county,
names mention my aunt, Lucy Price;
Nancy Smith, my stater, who married
William Taylor; my mother. Elizabeth'
I (Burton) Smith; my sister. Mary Smith
-'(Ryall) King; my sister. Elizabeth
j Smith Bowles, and my brother, Jacob
I Smith; my sister, Lucy Smith, wife oi
j John Hawkins. My will and desire is
'that my executors do convey by deed
lo John Hawkins, I.yddall Bacon
Bowles nnd Jacob Smith-one-fourth part
lo each of them two acres of land in
tho city of Richmond, Va.. I appoint
I.yddall Bowies, Jacob Smith ami Boiijj
Shenpard executors. August ?). 1S18<
date of will.
MARTIN SMITH.
Witnessed by John Burton, Daniel
Bun hi John Burton, Sr.
Notes nnd (Inertes.
Between ]T('i and 1765. according
to Glbbes's Documentary History,
there came to Abbeville county,
Ninety-Six District, South Carolina,
"James Pollard, a gentleman of Vir?
ginia." Where did he come from?
What county, and who was hlu father,
or brother, If lij had one?
There was elso living In Abbeville
county .lust previous to and for some
years lifter tho Revolution, Richard
I Pollard, Margaret Pollard and Robert
I Pollard.
Richard Pollard servnd In tho Itavo
ltitlun. and was promoted to a captain?
cy. Ills lineal descendants waiving
their claim, a collateral; his nephew.
Colonel Beaufort Taylor Watts, oC
South Carolina. Joined tho Sons of Chi?
lian In 1854 on his record. Richard
Pollard left children, omi a son, Aus
I tin. who went before i860 to Louisiana.
Margaret Pollard, sister of Richard,
married John Watts, of South Carolina,
July 3, lTS.s.
Rbbsrt Pollard died In 1820, leaving/
cihildron and a considerable estate. |
Richard Pollard died hi 1S04.
Can any one how living In Vlrgtnli?
give the, name ot the father md inolher
of Richard and Margaret Pollard and
state from what county they cams
from'.' Address S. B. C, Sit HamptonLl
Street, Luurens, S. C. I
1 Can nny one now living In Virginia^
give Information a.s to captain John;
Watts, described In Heltman's Regis?
ter of Soldiers In tho Continental
Army as "an oWcor of tho Virginia
line. promoted on various occasions,,
and filially to a Captaincy? is lij Iden?
tical with the Captain John Watts, oC
Virginia, who reeMvod a grant of laiid
for services in I7S5? Has be d-J3oon-i
Idants In Virginia to-day?
I Address S. ? C, ?"'i i Hampton Streets
Laurous, s. C. \
I Genealogical Bditor; Tho Tlmes-Dts-.'
patch Richmond, Va.:
Would like lo know if Leroy Dan-<
gerflcbl, -'Hi >>f Colonel William Dati
gorflild, of Greenfield, Va., unu hla,
wife, Apphia Fauntleroy, of Naylora
Hold, Itlchmorid county, Va.. ser/o:l in
the Revolutionary War? If s>. svhera
can the service "... ...it lined? Said
Loroy Dangorileld married Elisabeth,
daughter of Judga Richard Parker, ci
\\ esi morelsnd county.
A brother. William Dangerflold, was
one of the' seven colonels appointed
from Virginia at the beginning of the.
, Revolutionary War.
I-!.Alt A B. ENO.
Van Buren, Ark.. Jan. 10. 1312.
I'Editor Genealogical Column. Times?
Dispatch:
' Can tlij editor or any of the readers
(??11 me who Ann Ball, half-sister to
Mary Ball (mother lo Ocorgo w.tah-.
inglonVi married, and the namos tf
her children: Did on.: of her oaugh
lera (Ann i marry John 01dh?m?;
Danville, va.
Anna Ball married Colonel .lisaph
Conway ami bad Ann. who married
ItObsrl Edmonds; Elizabeth; married
Christopher Garllnglon; Agathl, mur
l led Cuthbert Spann; Peter, married,
Iii st, Betty Spann, and second, uotty
Lbe; George, married Anne Heath; s
Hannah, married TUnstall Ha:k. of
Maryland- Mlllicont, married Jame.t
Gordon, Nonj of thorn married John '
Oldham;
Editor Genealogical Column. Times
Dispatch:
Will von Please print a request tri
your department for any information
In regard to the Virginia Tucks that
any branch of the family will b<i l.-lnd, ?
enough to send in? I am trying to
compile a complete genealogy of tbi>
family, and will be very glad of any
Iinformation. 9lnc?rely,
MRS. X P. ROBERTSON, /
224 N. Park Aye., Norfolk, ,Va, /.k