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All of Richmond turned out.
The column was led by Governor Fitzhugh Lee, accompanied by General Wade Hampton, followed by his regular aides, and General John R. Cooke, chief of staff for the occasion.
Members of the Lee family, Generals Joseph E. Johnston, Jubal A. Early, Joseph R. Anderson, William McComb, Geo. H. Stuart, L. L. Lomax, Surgeon-General Samuel Preston Moore, Generals C. M. Wilcox, W. B. Taliaferro, R. E. Colston, William H. Payne, William P. Roberts, Eppa Hunton, Daniel Ruggles, J. D. Imboden, Robert Ransom, B. D. Fry, R. L. Page, D. A. Weisiger, William R. Terry, Williams C. Wickham, Hon. John W. Daniel, and other distinguished men with many accomplished ladies were present in carriages.
The exercises on the grounds were as follows:
Governor Lee called the vast crowd to order and said—
Citizens and Comrades,—As Governor of Virginia I am by law a member of the Lee Monument Association, and by the action of the association I am its president.
The d
er, Captains John Taylor Wood, John M. Booker, W. H. Murdaugh, and J. W. Pegram, Lt.-Gov. J. Hoge Tyler, Mayor J. Taylor Ellyson, Gen. B. D. Fry, Hon. J. W. Daniel.
Guests.
Among the guests who rode in open carriages were Generals James Longstreet, Dabney H. Maury, Marcus J. Wright, M. C. Butler, R. L. Walker, A. L. Long, Joseph E. Johnston, William B. Taliaferro, R. L. Page, J. A. Early, M. D. Corse, M. L. Bonham, G. W. C. Lee, Lawrence S. Baker, J. D. Imboden, George P. Harrison, Daniel Ruggles, John Echols, George H. Stuart, H. H. Walker, Joseph Wheeler, J. B. Kershaw, P. M. B. Young, W. P. Roberts, A. R. Lawton, Charles W. Field, George J. Hundley, Beverley H. Robertson; Governors Daniel G. Fowle, of North Carolina; F. P. Fleming, Florida; A. B. Fleming, West Virginia; John P. Richardson, South Carolina; United States Senators W. H. Kenna, Samuel Pascoe; Colonel William Lamb.
Members of General Robert E. Lee's staff, Colonels Walter. H. Taylor, Charles Marshall, T. M. R. Ta
, Texas.
Francis T. Nichols, New Orleans.
E. A. O'Neal, Montgomery, Ala.
R. L. Page, Norfolk, Va.
W. H. Payne, Warrenton, Va.
W. F. Perry, Glendale, Ky.
Roger A. Pryor, New York.
Lucius E. Polk, Tennessee.
J. B. Palmer, Tennessee.
W. H. Parsons, Texas.
N. B. Pearce, Arkansas.
E. W. Pettus, Selma, Ala.
Albert Pike, Washington, D. C.
W. A. Quarles, Clarksville. Tenn.
B. H. Robertson, Washington, D. C.
F. H. Robertson, Austin, Tex.
J. B. Robertson, Waco, Tex.
Daniel Ruggles, Fredericksburg, Va.
George W. Rains, Augusta, Ga.
A. E. Reynolds, Mississippi.
D. H. Reynolds, Arkansas.
R. V. Richardson, Tennessee.
William P. Roberts, Raleigh, N. C.
L. S. Ross, Austin, Tex.
Thomas M. Scott, Louisiana.
C. W. Sears, Mississippi.
Charles M. Shelly, Alabama.
F. A. Shoup, Sewanee, Tenn.
A. M. Scales, Greensboroa, N. C.
G. M. Sorrell, Savannah, Ga.
George H. Steuart, Baltimore, Md.
Marcellus A. Stovall, Augusta, Ga.
Edward L. Thomas, Washing