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MEMORIAL HISTORY
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MEMORIAL HISTORY
OF THE
JOHN BOWIE STRANGE CAMP, UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS
including some account of others who served in the Confederate Armies from Albemarle County together with brief sketches of the
ALBEMARLE CHAPTER OF THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY
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R. T. W. DUKE CAMP, SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS
" No nation rose so white and fair ; None fell so pure of crime."
C. B. LINNEY
Publishing Committee : CHANNING M. BOLTON JOHN Z. HOLLADAY
Edited by HOMER RICHEY Adjutant R. T. W. Duke Camp, S. C. V.
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whose fealty and untiring devotion to our Camp has evoked our deepest and most lasting gratitude, and without some account of which our history would be incomplete, this volume is affectionately dedicated by JOHN BOWIE STRANGE CAMP
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PREFACE.
It is no mean purpose that seeks to perpetuate the memory of those who have contributed to that which is best and noblest in the moral, intellectual and spiritual uplift of a community. Be- lieving, therefore, that they voice the sentiment and wishes of a large number of the citizens of Charlottesville and Albemarle, it is the purpose of the John Bowie Strange Camp, aided by the Albemarle Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy and the R. T. W. Duke Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, to per- ·petuate in this memorial volume, not only the history of the Camp as an organization, but to honor the memory of those who wore the gray by giving short sketches of the lives and services of its individual members, living and dead, as well as some account of others who served in the Confederate armies from Albemarle County, though never actually members of this Camp.
To this end, we have included, in addition to the above, a complete roster of the Camp and a number of the addresses de- livered upon Memorial Day and Lee Birthday occasions and at the dedicatory exercises of the monuments to Colonel John Bowie Strange and to our Confederate soldiers.
It is very much regretted that the magnificent monuments to Robert Edward Lee and Stonewall Jackson, the gifts of that noble philanthropist; Mr. Paul G. McIntire, which are soon to adorn the parks presented by him to his native city, are not yet in place, and that it is impossible, therefore, to include any ac- count of their dedication, or even cuts thereof, in this book.
To those who have so willingly and graciously contributed Memorial and Lee Birthday addresses and sketches for this me- morial book; to the Michie Publishing Company who have so generously aided us in its publication ; and to . Mr. Homer Richey who has so painstakingly edited it, we make our profound ac- knowledgments and return our sincere thanks.
In presenting the book to the public, let it be said that it is
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done in the full belief that the time will never come in the his- tory of our Southland when any effort to perpetuate the mem- ory of those who wore the gray will need an apology.
The stately and costly monuments to the memory of our great leaders, soon to be unveiled in our handsome parks, and our ·beautiful Memorial Day exercises, instituted by the Daughters of the Confederacy, bear indisputable evidence of our devotion to those who made the supreme sacrifice as well as to others of our fathers who have contributed in large measure to the his- tory of our city and community.
We present this souvenir of a glorious past trusting that it may not only adorn your library, but have an appreciative place in your affections.
C. B. LINNEY, CHANNING M. BOLTON, JOHN Z. HOLLIDAY,
Publication Committee from John Bowie Strange Camp.
MRS. GLASSELL FITZHUGH,
MISS SALLY DOSWELL,
MRS. IRWIN SCHNEIDER,
MRS. J. FULTON WILLIAMS, MISS MINNIE MEADE,
Historical Committee of the Albemarle Chapter
of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
HENRY W. BATTLE,
Commander of the R. T. W. Duke Camp, Sons . of Confederate Veterans.
CONTENTS.
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OFFICERS OF JOHN BOWIE STRANGE CAMP 1
ROSTER OF JOHN BOWIE STRANGE CAMP 2
SKETCH OF JOHN BOWIE STRANGE CAMP 6
THE ALBEMARLE CHAPTER OF THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY
Presidents of the Chapter 11
History of the Chapter 12
Mrs. James Mercer Garnett, sketch 17
Miss Sallie J. Doswell, sketch. 19
Mrs. Glassell Fitzhugh, sketch .. 21
Charles Beale Linney, a tribute from the Daughters ... 22
THE R. T. W. DUKE CAMP, SONS OF CONFEDERATE VET- ERANS, sketch. 23
SKETCHES OF THE DEAD OF JOHN BOWIE STRANGE CAMP .. 24 SKETCHES OF THE LIVING OF JOHN BOWIE STRANGE CAMP 152 DEDICATION OF MONUMENTS
The Monument in University Cemetery
Major Robert Stiles' address. 182
The Monument in Court Square
Account of dedication, by J. H. Lindsay 190
Captain Carlton McCarthy's speech.
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Major John W. Daniel's address 192
Congressman McCall.
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Reunion and banquet. 192
The Monument to Colonel John Bowie Strange Account of dedication 193
Dr. Battle's prayer. 194
Judge R. T. W. Duke's address 195
The Washington Reunion and the Dedication of the Lee Monument at Gettysburg
Mr. C. B. Linney's account. 203
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The Lee and Jackson Monuments in the Charlottesville Parks PAGE
Resolutions and correspondence. 205
MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES
Memorial Day, May 30, 19-
Professor Wm. M. Thornton's address. 208
Memorial Day, May 30, 1916
Account. of, from Daily Progress 218
Dr. Petrie's prayer .. 219
Rev. H. B. Lee's address. 221
Memorial Day, May 30, 1917
Account of, from Daily Progress 225
Mr. Tucker's prayer. 227
Mr. Linney's introduction 227
Dr. Henry W. Battle's address 228
Memorial Day, May 30, 1918
Dr. Petrie's prayer . 231
Mr. Albert S. Bolling's address 232
Memorial Day, May 30, 1919 Account of exercises. 234
Mr. Mason's prayer. . 235
Major Bartlett Bolling's address 235
Rev. Russell Bowie's address. 236
LEE BIRTHDAY ADDRESSES
Judge R. T. W. Duke's address 238
Dr. George L. Petrie's address. 250
Dr. Richard Heath Dabney's address 257
Dr. Thomas Fitzhugh's address. 270
APPENDIX 281
OFFICERS OF JOHN BOWIE STRANGE CAMP.
1889-1919.
COMMANDERS.
1889-1892. Major General Thomas L. Rosser.
1892-1896. Captain J. Mercer Garnett.
1897-1898. Major General Thomas L. Rosser.
1898-1899. Judge John M. White.
1899-1900. Captain Micajah Woods.
1900-1901.
Major General Thomas L. Rosser.
1901-1905.
Captain H. Clay Michie.
1905-1909. Captain Micajah Woods.
1909-1911. C. H. Walker.
1911-1913. W. C. Payne.
1913-1914. Captain H. Clay Michie.
1914-1918. Major Channing M. Bolton.
1918- Bartlett Bolling.
CHAPLAIN.
1889-
George L. Petrie, D. D.
ADJUTANTS.
1889-1890. Colonel C. C. Wertenbaker.
1890-1891. Major Horace W. Jones.
1891-1906. Lieutenant W. N. Wood.
1906-1909. Lew Wood.
1909-
Charles Beale Linney.
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ROSTER JOHN BOWIE STRANGE CAMP. 1889 to 1919. MAJOR GENERAL.
Thomas L. Rosser.
BRIGADIER GENERAL.
A. L. Long.
COLONELS.
R. T. W. Duke.
A. L. Grigsby. John W. Mallet. W. E. Peters.
C. S. Peyton. Bennett Taylor. C. S. Venable. C. C. Wertenbaker.
MAJORS.
R. F. Mason. William Peake.
Green M. Peyton. John D. Watson.
CAPTAINS.
James Y. Bragg. J. C. Culin.
Eugene Davis.
J. M. Garnett.
J. P. Jones. C. M. Louthan. L. S. Marye.
H. Clay Michie. William W. Minor.
Thomas R. Price.
S. V. Southall.
C. E. Vawter.
L. Q. Williams. Micajah Woods.
LIEUTENANTS.
Everett W. Early. C. D. Fishburne.
W. M. Fontaine.
George L. Gordon.
Mason Gordon.
Milton W. Humphreys.
Eugene O. Michie.
Dr. W. E. Norris.
John D. Watson.
Wm. Nathaniel Wood
Charles E. Young.
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C. H. S. Baxter. William N. Berkley.
C. M. Bolton. James G. Field. Horace W. Jones.
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CHAPLAINS.
John William Jones.
George L. Petrie.
SURGEONS.
C. E. Chancellor.
T. M. Dunn.
John R. Page. W. C. N. Randolph.
George Tucker Harrison. Archibald Taylor.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES.
J. M. Anderson.
W. J. Burke.
J. R. Baber.
D. W. Burnley.
J. B. Baker.
W. R. Burton.
James C. Bailey.
James B. Butler.
R. G. Bailey.
R. H. Carr.
Henry J. Balz.
John P. Carter.
J. H. Barksdale.
Robert Christian.
W. S. Bashaw.
John W. Christmas.
Robert Bass.
S. S. Clements.
J. R. Battaille.
J. N. Clifton. N. G. Clifton.
W. S. Beasley.
Newton Beckwith.
Judge John L. Cochran.
Lewis W. Bellamy.
W. P. Connell.
C. P. Benson.
A. D. Cox.
Elwood Beyers.
L. W. Cox.
A. P. Bibb.
Thomas J. Craddock.
Jonathan Bishop.
W. H. Crockford.
D. M. Blain.
Thomas M. Crosby.
J. S. Blake.
George W. Culin.
Bartlett Bolling.
Daniel Davis.
Ezra M. Brown.
Wilber B. Davis.
John M. Brown.
Marshall Dinwiddie.
James R. Bryant.
Walthall Dinwiddie.
R. E. Buffom.
R. L. Dobbins.
James S. Burcher.
J. W. Dolin.
Smith Burchest.
J. A. Druin.
B. F. Burgess.
R. W. Duke.
R. N. Burgess.
W. R. Duke.
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M. M. DuPree.
Frank S. Durrett.
John D. Durrett.
S. M. Edwards.
F. M. Estes.
M. Ferneyhough.
R. H. Fife.
P. W. Fitch.
W. W. Flannagan.
W. F. Lobban.
Joseph Frank.
John O. Fretwell.
W. J. Fretwell.
H. C. Marchant.
J. L. Fry.
P. W. Garland.
John O. Garrison.
H. N. Gianniny.
J. E. Gibson.
W. G. Gillispie.
George Walker Gilmer.
Willis H. Gooch.
John McKinney.
Joseph Griffin.
C. H. Guatkins.
R. W. Hall.
- L. T. Hanckel.
H. B. Michie.
George R. Minor.
George W. Harlow.
James P. Moon.
Fred Hartnagle.
I. K Moran. John H. Morris.
W. M. Morris.
H. M. Hope.
R. A. Munday.
J. S. Hopkins.
H. M. Humphreys.
J. N. James. J. L. Jarman. E. T. Jessup.
George I. Johnson.
Marcellus Johnson.
John R. Jones.
Thomas S. Jones. W. T. Jones. Wilber J. Keblinger. W. R. Kent.
J. W. King. William Lankford.
W. H. Leathers. C. B. Linney.
J. T. Madison. Auburn Mann.
P. H. Marshall.
R. A. Marshall. John G. Martin.
J. W. Martin. Thomas R. Maupin.
N. C. McGee.
James D. McIntire.
R. S. Meade.
J. F. Melton. John P. Melton.
J. F. Harlan.
. . A. L. Holladay.
John Z. Holladay.
J. M. Murphey. Hugh T. Nelson. P. W. Nelson. W. W. Norvell. G. W. Olivier. Hillary Pace. J. C. Painter. W. N. Parrott.
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A. W. Payne.
W. C. Payne. W. G. Payne. George Perkins.
John Spooner. Daniel W. Stratton. Granville E. Taylor. N. A. Terrell.
W. M. Thomas.
William Beverly Towles.
T. A. Trice.
John J. Utz.
R. C. Vandegrift.
C. H. Walker.
W. Dalton Warren.
C. E. Watts.
C. M. Wayt.
W. C. Webb.
Joseph N. Wheat.
T. H. Rothwell.
John A. Shackelford.
Z. N. Shackelford.
Horace Shiflett.
J. Edward Williams.
T. J. Williams.
B. B. Wills.
George A. Sinclair.
A. Coke Wingfield.
C. H. M. Wingfield.
J. Massie Smith.
J. F. Wingfield.
Walker M. Wingfield.
W. H. Wolfe.
Lew Wood.
John F. Yancey.
W. M. Young.
James Perley. William E. Perley. R. C. Pitman. L. S. Pleasants.
James M. Poates.
W. H. Ponton.
H. D. Potter. D. J. Purvis. Oscar Rierson.
John A. Rix. John S. Robson.
W. D. Wheeler.
Judge John M. White.
E. W. Wilkerson.
. Samuel Siders.
Cephas Sinclair. C. G. Sinclair.
Fred M. Wills.
Charles G. Skinner.
J. W. Smith. Thomas H. Smith. W. J. Smith. C. B. Sommerville. George W. Spooner.
GLIMPSES OF JOHN BOWIE STRANGE CAMP.
BY C. B. LINNEY.
The most sanguinary conflict of all time had dragged its slow-length along through four years of varying successes and defeats. Southern valor and chivalry had been put to the test, and had vindicated its right to supremacy. Patriotism had touched its highest reach, and the godly women of the South had adhered to the cause with a tenacity and devotion, demand- ing more moral courage than that of the battle field. Gettys- burg, Antietam, Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor and Shiloh had suffered nothing by comparison with the great mili- tary conflicts of the world, and the smoke of the midnight as- sault on the Federal lines at Petersburg that was to test the su- premacy of the contending armies had scarcely passed away, when the curtain was to fall on the great military drama at Ap- pomattox.
The picture suddenly changes. Through a rift in the cloud the rainbow of hope, which springs eternal in the human breast, appears to brighten the sombre scene.
The house of our fathers was to be set in order. Was there to be any solace for those who wore the weeds of mourning; could tbe vacant place at the fireside ever be filled; could time be found in the mighty struggle for existence to pay adequate homage and tribute to the heroic dead ?
The answer was the Daughters of the Confederacy. For, after all, what is the Camp without the Chapter? It is as the shadow without the substance, the dross in the crucible after the refiner has extracted the pure gold, and as the passing of the storm, without the bright effulgence of the bow of promise. Their quick conception of duty and privilege evolved and insti- tuted the beautiful Memorial Day exercises that have brought comfort and cheer to thousands who had been stricken and sad- dened by reason of the war; while the Lee Birthday celebra-
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tions, with their delightful social features, have ever been the inspiration and charm of the veterans. Their manifold and continuous charities have brightened the life of many a poverty- stricken follower of Lee, and the remnants of Lee's army, in- spired by their lofty patriotism, have not been unmindful of the trust and obligation to the sacred dead, committed to their keeping. All over our Southland they assembled to devise means and plans to perpetuate the memory of the heroic cham- pions of constitutional rights. Stately and costly monuments have been erected on court greens and in the cities, bearing silent but eloquent tribute to the virtues of those who paid the supreme sacrifice.
Confederate camps were organized in every community. John Bowie Strange Camp was among the first to respond to the call and was number fourteen in the list of camps. The organization was effected August 22nd, 1889, in the quaint old Court House on the Square, Albemarle's court of justice and mercy, twin attributes of our Maker, and by which we are to be judged at the great assize. It was a notable gathering. All branches of the service were represented. Major General Thomas L. Rosser, the brave and intrepid cavalryman, was chosen Commander. Dr. George L. Petrie, whose able Gospel sermons and godly life, and whose tender, loving ministration in the field and in the camp had endeared him to the heart of every soldier, was elected Chaplain. The University's contribu- tion was a Mallet, Humphreys, Price, Venable, Harrison, Towles, Fontaine, Peters, Garnett, Davis and Page, a galaxy of names which has brought prestige and honor to that distin- guished institution of learning, and soldiers all, no less re- nowned in war than in the field of letters. Then there was the brave and fearless Colonel R. T. W. Duke, of the Forty-sixth Regiment, who was honored with the First Lieutenant Com- mander's place in the organization. The fearless leader of the Fifty-sixth Infantry, Colonel A. J. Griggsby, a master of the art of "cussing," whom General Jackson denominated the emphatic Griggsby," was another of the original members. Others had been members of A. P. Hill's "Bloody Thirteenth Regiment," a
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regiment whose flag-bearer was seven times severely wounded in as many battles, and who returned each time to take his flag. But we pause, lest there be no place for that indispensable ele- ment of the service, the private soldier, whose heroic deeds are seldom perpetuated in bronze or marble, notwithstanding he shed his blood by thousands on many a gory field "to lift one hero into fame."
But it is the social feature of the Camp that has ever been its chief delight and pleasure. With so interesting a theme, and with many of its members adepts in the art of speaking, the Camp has repeatedly enjoyed addresses from its own and visiting speakers.
Would you see the Camp at its best. Lee's Birthday has ar- rived. The Daughters of the Confederacy have extended a gracious and insistent invitation to the Camp to be present at the exercises. The Adjutant has exhausted his vocabulary to find words that would adequately express the gratitude of the members for these frequent manifestations of their kindness and regard. The veterans have donned their best military at- tire, and are entering the hall, their breasts swelling with con- scious pride and pleasure as they pass the long line of the Daughters' reception committee. They are seated, and the Chaplain has invoked the divine blessing on the occasion. The orator of the day has been introduced and is discoursing elo- quently of the virtues and military genius of the great com- mander. The luncheon has been announced, and the smiling and aged veterans are feasting on viands and delicacies "found in king's palaces." The luncheon over, they repair to the hall, where the thrilling events and stories of the war are to be re- produced. The first speaker has seen much of the erstwhile actors in the mighty conflict, but with mock modesty has lit- tle to tell. The second speaker has seen little but relates much. His vivid imagination has full sway, and he is picturing battle fields so realistic and lifelike that you can almost imagine you are in the midst of the fight. The stories over, music, the poet's song, the lover's theme and the soldier's inspiration on the field of battle, begins. Albemarle's prima donnas have reproduced
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"Maryland, My Maryland" and "Home Sweet Home;" and the inspiring notes of "Dixie" have scarcely died away when "Tenting To-night on the Old Camp Ground" is concluding the program.
Your veteran has now assumed an easy nonchalant attitude. His head is slightly inclined to the rear. His eyes are dream- ily closing, and the smoke of his Havana is shaping fantastic figures in the air, while his foot is keeping perfect time with the music. His summum bonum has been reached, and such ecstatic joy is seldom seen this side the great white throne.
Again the picture changes. These gray hairs, beclouded vi- sions, and faltering steps are indisputable evidences that our Camp, which we so highly prize and honor, will soon be a thing of the past; grim reminders that we shall soon come to the parting of the way and the crossing of the bar, and that the places which now know us, will soon know us no more forever. We have had our seasons of joy and good fellowship, and, thanks to the Daughters of the Confederacy (God bless them), who have never forsaken us, we have enjoyed many happy oc- casions together. Sorrow has often mingled with our joy, as one by one our comrades have passed over the river, but there has always been the silver lining in the cloud pointing to a happy and joyous reunion hereafter. On every Memorial Day we have met to place the flower of our devotion on the graves of our departed comrades, and each recurring birthday of our great commander has found us paying highest tribute to his many virtues and noble character. And so, today, we have reached the supreme moment in our history when we are called upon to put in substantial and enduring form our hearts' best tribute of praise-Our memorial book dedicated to the Daughters of the Confederacy.
On beautiful Broadway, New York, two groups of Federal and Confederate soldiers are approaching each other. Greet- ings are exchanged, for soldiers bear no animosity. The bat- tle of Gettysburg is the theme of converse. The Federals were participants in that world-famed conflict, and bear generous tes- timony to the splendid valor of the Confederate soldiers as ex-
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hibited on that eventful day Pickett's regiments had been re- duced to companies; companies to squads; when there ap- peared on the Federal front a mere handful of Confederates, led by their captain, struggling to reach the wall. His hat and sword were extended above his head, and amidst the tumult and din of the battle his clarion voice was ringing out, "Come on, men ; come on! My God, would you live forever?"
To the soldier patriot, it was the expression of the intense emotion of a soul, on fire for liberty ; to us of today, the burn- ing question of the hour, "Would you live forever?"
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Miss Sallie J. Doswell
Mrs. J. Fulton Williams Registrar
Miss Isobelle Goss Custodian of Crosses
Mrs, George Perkins Treasurer
Historian
Mrs. Lawson Turner 2nd Vice President
Mrs. Glassell Fitzhugh President
Mrs. John H. Moomau Recording Secretary
OFFICERS OF THE ALBEMARLE CHAPTER, U. D. C.
THE ALBEMARLE CHAPTER OF THE UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY.
OF
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NI
EDERACY
1861-65
"Love Makes Memory Eternal."
Presidents of Albemarle Chapter No. 1.
HONORARY PRESIDENT. Mrs. James Mercer Garnett .*
SECOND HONORARY PRESIDENT. Mrs. Simon Leterman.
PRESIDENTS.
Mrs. James M. Garnett.
Miss Morelle Davis.
Mrs. Charles C. Wertenbaker.
Mrs. Moses Leterman.
Mrs. Noah K. Davis.
Miss Fannie Berkeley.
Miss Sallie J. Doswell.
Mrs. George W. Olivier.
Mrs. Charles C. Wertenbaker.
Miss Sallie J. Doswell.
Mrs. Glassell Fitzhugh.
*Editor's Note: Mrs. Garnett died December 8th, 1919, just after this volume went to the printer. She was buried at Middleburg, Maryland, December 10th, 1919.
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HISTORY OF THE CHAPTER.
The Albemarle Chapter of the United Daughters of the Con- federacy was organized May 15th, 1894, largely through the efforts of Mrs. James Mercer Garnett, who became its first president and afterwards first president of the Grand Division of Virginia.
The organization of the Chapter, the first in the South (six months prior to the Nashville Chapter), came about in this way: In May, 1894, the John Bowie Strange Camp, U. C. V., which had been organized August 22nd, 1889, sent a request, through Dr. Garnett, to the ladies of the Confederate Me- morial Association, of which Mrs Garnett was treasurer, ask- ing them to form an auxiliary to the Camp to aid in the care of sick and needy Confederate soldiers.
Mrs. Garnett laid the request before the society at a meeting held at Mrs. C. C. Wertenbaker's home, urging that the request of the Camp be granted. The . majority of the society "de- clined to join in the enterprise in any way, or to change their plans." Mrs. Garnett, undiscouraged, wrote a note to the Camp at once, pledging herself to form an auxiliary to be called "The Daughters of the Confederacy," and to interest enough friends to begin work at once for the Camp. The Camp accepted her offer in a most cordial note, which is still preserved, and she lost not an hour in calling on those she felt were in sympa- thy with the veterans. Pursuant to her call, Mrs. Noah K. Da- vis, Mrs. F. H. Smith, Mrs. C. C. Wertenbaker, Miss Cynthia Berkeley, Miss Gillie Hill, Miss Mary Vandegrift and Mrs. William Southall met at Professor Garnett's home on West Lawn, the 15th day of May, 1894, and organized the Chapter. Mrs. Garnett was elected President, Mrs. Wertenbaker, Vice- President, Miss Berkeley, Secretary, Miss Mary Vandegrift, Treasurer, and Mrs. Francis H. Smith, Chaplain. The latter, with Mrs. Davis, Miss Hall and Mrs. Southall, formed the Executive committee.
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In the absence of certain ladies who wished to join the Chap- ter, the next meeting was postponed from June to October 15th for adoption of a formal constitution, by-laws and badge. The badge, designed by Mrs. Garnett, was adopted as the Virginia badge. The printed by-laws of that time state these facts in full, and the minutes of that October meeting show that the following ladies were enrolled as charter members :
Misses Cynthia, Edmonia and . Fannie Berkeley, Miss Jose- phine Cox and her nieces, Misses Mary, Annie, Amelia and Josephine Cox, Mrs. Noah K. Davis, Mrs. T. W. Elsom, Mrs. Sophie Eiseman, Mrs. James M. Garnett, Mrs. J. H. Gilmore, Mrs. Louis Hanckel, Miss Gillie Hill, Mrs. Milton Humphreys, Misses Louise, Nannie, Jennie and Mary Humphreys, Mrs. M. Kaufman, Mrs. Simon Leterman, Mrs. Moses Leterman, Mrs. Phil Leterman, Mrs. M. M. S. Long, Miss Mary Long, Miss Lizzie McIntire, Miss Minnie Meade, Mrs. W. E. Norris, Mrs. Green Peyton, Mrs. Wilson Randolph, Mrs. John R. Sampson, Mrs. Francis H. Smith, Mrs. William Southall, Mrs. W. D. Towles, Mrs. R. C. Vandegrift, Misses Rosa, Mary and Lizzie Vandegrift, Mrs. Charles S. Venable, Mrs. W. D. Warren, Mrs. Charles C. Wertenbaker and Miss Ella Wertenbaker.
In April, 1895, the Albemarle Chapter, as the first in the State, exercised the right of organizing other chapters. By February 12th, 1896, a division of twelve chapters was formed, named the "Grand Division" in honor of the Grand Camp of the United Confederate Veterans. This division was formed at the home of Dr. Garnett at the University. As but three chap- ters are necessary for a division, it could have been formed six months earlier, the Newport News Chapter having been organized in May, 1895, and the Petersburg and Roanoke Chap- ters in August of that same year. But as Richmond and other chapters were forming and wished to take part in the first general convention at Nashville, the organizing of the Virginia division was delayed that they might be included therein.
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