hide Matching Documents

The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.

Document Max. Freq Min. Freq
The Daily Dispatch: April 4, 1861., [Electronic resource] 3 1 Browse Search
View all matching documents...

Your search returned 3 results in 1 document section:

The Daily Dispatch: April 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], Resisting a United States Consul. (search)
ere is any evidence in enthusiasm, there was not one soul present who did not earnestly wish that Virginia may add one more star to the brilliant seven. The flag was presented by one of Virginia's fairest and most patriotic daughters, Mrs. Wm. T. Chandler, and was drawn to the top of a pole about forty feet high by her hand, assisted by Miss V. A. Wright. When the flag reached its destination, a shout — a wild, deafening shout — rent the air, and was borne off towards Richmond by a gentle breeze that seemed sent for that purpose alone. But before the raising of the flag was begun, Wm. T. Chandler, Esq., a prominent and promising young lawyer, addressed the crowd in a stirring speech of about fifteen minutes length. He was followed by Thos. Chandler and C.Mason, Esqs.,Capt R. O. Peatross, of our popular infantry company, the Greys, and Robert Dejarnette, Esq., brother to our talented representative in Congress. F. W. Scott, Esq., was then vociferously called for, and on co