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The police, marshal and aids.
A squad of mounted police under command of
Captain E. P. Hulce, of the Third District, rode at the head of the line.
The ‘blue coats’ all wore their helmets of gray, and presented an excellent appearance.
Behind these came the
chief-marshal,
General Harry Heth, who wore a buff sash and looked every inch a soldier as he sat erect on his prancing charger.
He was followed by
Colonel William H. Palmer, his chief of staff, whose sash was white.
The aids, all of whom wore red sashes, were as follows:
Captain W. Gordon McCabe,
Petersburg;
Colonel W. W. Finney, Sublett's Tavern,
Virginia;
Lieutenant Beverly H. Selden,
Richmond;
Captain Stockton Heth,
Radford, Virginia;
Colonel G. M. Fague,
Washington, D. C.;
Dr. George Ross,
Richmond;
Dr. C. W. P. Brock,
Richmond;
Joseph Bryan,
Richmond;
Captain R. H. T. Adams,
Lynchburg;
Colonel J. V. Bidgood,
Richmond;
Judge E. C. Minor,
Richmond;
Judge H. W. Flournoy,
Richmond;
Colonel T. M. R. Talcott,
Richmond;
Colonel Walter H. Taylor,
Norfolk;
General G. M. Sorrell,
Savannah, Georgia;
W. R. Trigg,
Richmond;
Colonel A. G. Dickinson, New York;
Captain W. H. Weisiger,
Richmond;
Colonel W. E. Tanner,
Richmond;
G. Powell Hill,
Richmond;
Colonel Archer Anderson,
Richmond;
General T. M. Logan,
Richmond;
Captain Charles U. Williams,
Richmond;
Colonel R. L. Maury;
Richmond;
Colonel C. O'B. Cowardin,
Richmond;
Captain E. P. Reeve,
Richmond;
Major N. V. Randolph,
Richmond;
Judge Geo. L. Christian,
Richmond;
Chas. Selden,
Richmond.
Colonel Henry C. Jones, commandant of the First Virginia regiment of Infantry, had charge of all the militia.
He was accompanied by the following officers from the brigade staff:
Major John H. Dinneen,
inspector-general;
Major Meriwether Jones, quartermaster;
Major M. D. Hoge, Jr., surgeon; and
Major William M. Evans,
assistant adjutant-general.
Captain L. T. Christian and
Captain B. B. Walker, of the Second regiment, District of Columbia National Guard, by special request, also acted as members of
Colonel Jones's staff, all of whom were mounted.
