The Maryland Veterans.
There was a great hurrah from the
Virginia soldiers when the Society of the Army and Navy of the
Confederate States, of
Maryland, headed by the Great Southern Band with about thirty pieces, fell into line behind the
Lee Camp veterans at
Monroe Park.
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body reached the city at 11 o'clock on a special train, and was under command of
General George H. Steuart.
The party embraced about one hundred members of the society.
General Steuart's staff consisted of
Captain Winfield Peters,
Major McHenry Howard,
Major N. V. Randolph, and
Mr. S. W. Travers.
The two latter were kindly designated for this duty by order of
General Heth.
These staff officers, who were all mounted, rendered very efficient services to
General Steuart, and it was through their aid and the kindness of
Captain Ellett and
Major Brander that the Marylanders, who arrived after the column started, were able to get their position in the line.
Among the prominent
Marylanders who were in the party were:
Colonel Thomas S. Rhett, State-
Treasurer Spencer C. Jones,
Rev. William M. Dame,
Mr.Bispham and
Mrs. Stacey P. Bispham and
Mrs. James G. Wiltshire (the ladies being the neices of
General A. P. Hill),
Hugh McWilliams,
R. M. Chambers,
Colonel J. Thomas Scharf,
William J. Scharf,
Dr. J. G. Heusler,
Mr.Carter and
Mrs. H. M. Carter and
Miss Carter,
CaptainStaub and
Mrs. R. P. H. Staub and two daughters,
William J. Biedler,
Captain Adolph Elhart, and
S. A. Kennedy, passenger agent of the Pennsylvania railroad.
An interesting incident in connection with the attendance of
Generals Heth and
Steuart at the unveiling of the monument is the fact that they and
General Hill were fellow-cadets at
West Point Military Academy.
General Heth was senior major-general under
Lieutenant-General Hill when the latter was killed.
