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Books' of special value "*' and gift books, when the \ giver wishe^ it, are not y ^ X, allowed to circulate. Readers are asked tore- port all cases of books marked or mutilated. 4) not deface books by marks and writinc. E467.1. 026145'"'''""""""''^ + ^lifSKiii'Lteii?' "■* Jefferson Davis M ^,.^ 3 1924 030 945 020 Overs Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924030945020 Jefferson Davis Memorial Association and the Unveiling of the Monument. A ^0«tomr l00k of ^ yefferson Davis Memorial dissociation and the Unveiling of the Monument \ Richmond, Va. June 3rd, 1907 \ *%vSxt mvktB m^mcrg tinner \ Arranged by Mrs. Alice M. Tyler Cover Design and Decorations by Carl J. Rostrup Whittet & Shepperson, of Richmond, Va., Publishers U Y Ov SYMBOLIZED in the Vindicatrix which crowns the shaft of the monument erected by the Jefferson Davis Monument Association, the emblem of South- ern womanhood, fitly stands, the immortal spirit of her land shining unquenched within her eyes, and her hand uplifted in an eternal appeal to the God of justice and of truth. The heroism of Southern women was the inspiration of the matchless bravery of the Southern soldiers. Their hands girded the sash and their hearts fared forth their knights to the field. Now, the days of youth for many of these women lie buried on forgotten battle-fields. But in the twilight of their years they have builded: "Love's memorial unto valor that shall stand while time shall bide." Jefferson Davis Memorial Association OFFICERS MRS. GEORGE S. HOLMES, President, Charleston, S. C. MRS. EDWIN G. WEED, First Vice-President Jacksonville, Fla, MRS. NORMAN V. RANDOLPH, Second Vice-President. Richmond, Va. MRS. EDGAR D. TAYLOR, TrcajTwm-,, Richmond, Va.' MRS. B. A. BLENNER, Secretary, Richmond, Va. DIRECTORS Alabama — Mrs. Charles G. Brown, Birmingham-. Arkansas — Mrs. Clementine Boles Fayetteville. California — Mrs. Sydney M. Van Wyck, . .San Francisco. Florida — Mrs. Roselle C. Cooley, Jacksonville. Georgia — Mrs. James A. Rounsaville, Rome. Kentucky — A4rs. Basil Duke Louisville. Lolusiania — Mrs. John B. Richardson, Nen' Orleans. Maryland — Mrs. William T. Thelin, . . . .Mt. Washington. Mississippi — Miss Mary B. Harrison, Columbus. Missouri — Mrs. R. E. Wilson, Kansas City. North Carolina — Mrs. John P. Allison Concord. New York — Mrs. W. W. Read, Nczv York. Ohio — Mrs. Thomas Worcester^ Cincinnati. South Carolina — Mrs. Augustine T. Smythe, Charleston. Tennessee — Mrs. Thomas J. Latham, Memphis. Texas — Mrs. M. R. M. Rosenberg, Galveston. \'iRGiNi.v — Mrs. James Y. Leigh, Norfolk. Miss Mary Amelia Smith Warrcnton. West Virginia — Mrs. Robert White, Wheeling. Confederate Southern Memorial Association Mrs. William J. Behan, White Castle, La. Mrs. J. D. Walker, Fayetteville, Ark. Mrs. Charles W. Frazer, Memphis, Tenn. ADVISORY BOARD. Messrs. J. Taylor Ellyson, George L. Christian, David C. Richardson, Joseph Bryan. John S. Ellett, Bonded Treasurer. Edward V. Valentine, Artist. William C. Noland, Architect. INSCRIPTION COMMITTEE. Mesdames E. G. Weed, A. T. Smythe, J. A. Rounsaville, R. C. Cooley. BUILDING COMMITTEE. Messrs. Bryan, Christian, Taylor and Ellyson, Ex-Officio. Mesdames Holmes, Randolph, Taylor and Blenner. INSPECTORS. Major Henry D. Whitcomb, Mr. J. T. Wilson. THE JEFFERSON DAVIS MONUMENT ifHf i* A** 'HE JEFFERSON DAVIS MONUMENT consists of a semi-circular colonnade, terminating at each end in a square pier, and a large column or shaft rising from the center of the enclosed space. It is about forty-nine feet wide across the front by about thirty feet in depth, from front to back, and sixty-seven feet in total height. The colonnade, composed of thirteen Doric columns besides the two terminating piers, rises about eighteen feet above the sidewalk, and has its frieze decorated with bronze seals of the eleven States that seceded and the three others that sent representatives and troops. At about the center of the semi-circular space enclosed by the colonnade stands a large Doric column five feet four and one-half inches in diameter. This forms a background for the bronze statue of President Davis, and also carries on its top a smaller allegorial bronze statue, whose right hand points to heaven and beneath which is the motto of the Confederacy, " Deo Vindice," " God being the vindicator." This main column is enriched with flutings and with bands which are decorated with bronze letters and stars and the great seal of the Confederacy. It also bears in large bronze letters the inscription, " Jefferson Davis, President of the Confed- erate States of America, 1861-1865." The statue of Mr. Davis, of heroic size, stands at a level with the base of the column, about twelve feet above the road- way. He is represented in a standing posture, as though addressing an audience. The right hand and foot are firmly extended, while the left hand rests upon the open book of history. On the inner curve of the surrounding colonnade, as though he were referring to it with the gesture of his right hand, is placed the following extract from his farewell speech in the United States Senate, when he resigned from that body upon the secession of Mississippi, the State he represented: " Not in hos- tility to others, not to injure any section of the country, not even for our own pecuniary benefit ; but from the high and solemn motive of defending and protecting the rights we inherited, and which it is our duty to transmit unshorn to our children." EDWARD VIRGINIUS VALENTINE 1^ WILLIAM C. NOLAND JEFFERSON DAVIS MONUMENT Unveiled June 3, 1907 Edward Virginius Valentine, sculptor of the Jefferson Davis monument; born in Richmond, Va., November 12, 1838. He was educated in Richmond and in Europe, where he went, in 1859, to study. His Richmond studio, opened in Richmond on his return, at 809 East , Leigh Street, is one of the most interesting places in the city. His recumbent statue of General Robert E. Lee, placed in the chapel of Washington and Lee University, at Lexington, Va., is considered one of the finest pieces of sculpture in the United States. His group representing Andromache and Astyanax, shown at the Chicago Exposition, is now in his studio. Mr. Valentine has just finished a statue of General Hugh Mercer, and one of General R. E. Lee, to be placed in the Hall of Fame. His work on the Davis monument has been undertaken and executed with the strictest adherence to historical truth, and to the character and individuality of the Confederae president, statesman and Christian. William C. Noland, of Richmond, Va. ; architect of the Davis monument, and member of the firm of Noland & Basker- ville. Mr. Noland's firm had charge of the additions of the State Capitol building, successfully completed in the autumn of 1905, and has done much other important work in the way of original design and restoration in the State and City. Mr. Noland has had the finest professional training, and does his training infinite credit, as work on the monument, and what he lias else- where accomplished, shows. The piers that terminate the colonnade bear each a bronze tablet, one to the Confederate army and the other to the navy. The Army Tablet has the inscription, " From Sumter to Appomattox, four years of unflinching struggle against over- whelming odds." The Navy Tablet has, " Giving new examples of heroism, teaching new methods of warfare, it carried the flag of the South to the most distant seas." Each pier is surmounted by a bronze group of war trophies, consisting of Confederate shields and flags, together with cannon and other emblems of land and naval warfare. The stone work of the central shaft reaches to a height of sixty feet above the roadway, or sixty-seven feet to the top of the head of the allegorical figure. The stone used is South Carolina granite, of a beautiful, light shade and fine, even texture, and all the cutting and erecting has been done by workmen here in Richmond. The monument, as a whole, is the product of the joint labors of Mr. William Churchill Noland, architect, and Mr. Edward V. Valentine, sculptor, both of Richmond, the former being entrusted with the general design, including all the stone- work and the strictly decorative bronze work, and the latter with the statue of Mr. Davis and the allegorical figure on top. The total cost of the monument is about seventy thousand ($70,000) Dollars. JEFFERSON DAVIS ^ ^ ^ EFFERSON DAVIS, first and only President of the Southern Confederacy, was born in Christian county, Kentucky, June 3, 1808. His father, Samuel Davis, removed his family soon afterward from Kentucky to a '^ home near Woodville, Wilkinson county, Mississippi. President Monroe appointed Jefferson Davis to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1824. He graduated in 1828, served on the frontier in the ^ Black Plawk War, and was promoted to be first lieutenant of dragoons for gallantry in action, but resigned June 30, 1835, and settled near Vicksburg, Miss., as a cotton planter. He was Democratic member of Congress, representing iMississippi from 1845 to 1846, and served with distinction as colonel of the First Mississippi Regiment during the Mexican War, 1846-1847, under General Zachary Taylor. He was severely wounded at Buena Vista, and was complimented for coolness of bearing and gallantry of action in the commander- in-chief's dispatch of March 6, 1847. He represented the State of Mississippi from 1847 to 1851 in the United States Senate. He was Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce from 1853 to 1857. He again entered the Senate in 1857 and remained until he resigned his seat, January 21, 1861. He was chosen Provisional President of the Southern Confederacy February, 1861. He delivered his inaugural address as President in Richmond, Va., February 22, 1862. He left Richmond with his Cabinet on the night of April 2, 1865, and was arrested near Irvinsville, Georgia, May 10. 1865, by a body of Federal cavalry under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Pritchard. He was taken to Fortress Monroe and imprisoned for two years on charge of treason. He was released on bail May 13, 1867. His case was never brought to trial, and he was amnestied in December of 1868. JEFFERSON DAVIS, PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY. Freedom loved him too well to let the slurs and contumely of outrageous fortune dim the bright lustre of his fame. After his release from prison, Mr. Davis went abroad and visited England and France. He spent the latter years of his life at Beauvoir, Miss. Here he wrote the " Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government." He died in New Orleans, La., December 6, 1889. On May 31, 1893, in the presence of a great throng of Southern people and with imposing ceremonies, his remains were buriedin Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, in accordance with the expressed wish of Mrs. Davis. Mr. Davis was twice married. His first wife was Sarah Knox Taylor, wedded in 1835, ^ daughter of Colonel Zarhary Taylor, afterward President of the United States. Mrs. Davis died when she, as a three-months bride, was visiting with .Mi. Davis in the home of his sister, Mrs. Luther Smith, of West Feliciana Parish, near Bayou Sara, Louisiana. She was buried in the cemetery there. The second marriage of Mr. Davis to Miss Varina Howell was celebrated in Natchez, Miss., February 26, 1845. Mrs. Varina Jefterson Davis was her husband's amanuensis, and after his death wrote " Jefferson Davis : A Memoir by His Wife." She died in New York city October 16, 1906, and is buried in Hollywood Cemetery beside her distinguished husband. Varina Anne Jefferson Davis, daughter of Jefiferson Davis; born in Richmond, Va., June 2y, 1864; died at Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, September 18, 1898; buried in Hollywood Cemetery, September 20, 1898. JEFFERSON DAVI WINNIE DAVIS MRS. DAVIS AND THE DAVIS SECTION IN H0LLV\V<1(:)D. The Capitol of the Confederacy for 1861-1865, during the time Mr. Davis was President. Mrs. J. Addison Hayes, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and her two sons, are the surviving members of President Davis' family. With her sons, Mrs. Hayes will unveil the Jefferson Davis Monument on June 3rd, 1907. White House of the Confederacy, and the home of Jefferson Davis from 1861-1865. Since its opening, February 22, 1869, known as the Confederate Museum, and under the control of the Confederate Memorial Literary Society, of which Mrs. Joseph Bryan is president. St. Paul's Church^ at the corner of Ninth and Grace Streets, opposite the Capitol Square, opened for worship in 1845. Here Mr. Davis worshipped with his family from 1861-1865, THE JEFFERSON DAVIS MONUMENT ASSOCIATION ^ i# ' 1, 1903, in which all the Southern States should take part, the proceeds to be devoted to the Confederate Museum and to making up the balance lacking in the amount decided upon as necessary to erect a monument. The bazaar opened April 15, 1903, as projected. Every Southern State was represented in bazaar work. So were California and Ohio. The Directors of the Jefferson Davis Monument Association in all of the Southern States worked nobly and faithfully and met with ready response and support from the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the State officials and other corporations whose aid was invoked. The result was a great success, and the amount designated for the building of the monument was assured. The idea of holding a bazaar, which proved so happy a solution of all difficulties, originated with the chairman of the Central Committee of the Jefferson Davis Monument Association, Mrs. Norman V. Randolph, whose motion in regard to it was adopted by the Directors. At a convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy held in New Orleans November 12, 1902, Mrs. Randolph, to the regret of the Association, and on account of illness in her family, resigned her secretaryship, and was succeeded by Mrs. B. A. Blenner, of Richmond, Va. June 10, 1903, Mrs. Holmes called a special meeting of the Directors of the Davis Monument Association in Rich- mond. At this meeting Mrs. Holmes was in the chair, and those present were: Mrs. N. V. Randolph, Mrs. E. D. Taylor, Mrs. B. A. Blenner, Mrs. E. G. Weed, Mrs. Augustine Smythe, Mrs. R. C. Cooley, Mrs. James A. Rounsaville, Mrs. Gar- land Jones, and Miss Mary Amelia Smith. Mr. Louis Gudebrod, of New York, whose design had been accepted in June of 1902, appeared before this meeting, and, having explained why conditions made it impossible for him to fulfil his contract, MRS. JAMES Y. LEIGH MRS. C. G. BROWN MRS. E. A. WEED MRS. W. W. READ MRS. THOS. WORCESTER MRS R. E. WILSON MRS. CLEMENTINE BOWLES withdrew from it. After consultation with the members of their Advisory Board and the inspection of a suggesti\ submitted by Mr. W. C. Noland, of Richmond, and explained by Mr. E. V. Valentine as to conception, Mrs. Randol a motion, seconded by Mrs. Rounsaville, that Mr. Valentine and Mr. Noland be requested to prepare and submil Jefferson Davis Monument Association designs for a monument to be erected to President Davis, and "that such with cost of same, be submitted in full time, so that final action can be taken thereon by the Association at its next m Charleston, S. C, November lo, 1903. That when such designs have been accepted by the Association the work of and completion be committed to a building committee of this .^ sjociation, with power, after the Executive Committee, and execute all steps necessary to finish the Davis Monument by June 3, 1907. At the United Daughters of the Confederacy Charleston Convention, in November of 1903, the design of Valentine and Noland was adopted, and a resolution offered by Mrs. Rounsaville for securing a monument site at t section of Monument Avenue and Cedar Street, in Richmond, was adopted. The sequel of this resolution was a telegram addressed to the Association in St. Louis, October 3, 1904, which announced the granting by the City Cc Richmond of the site and foundation for the Jefferson Davis Mor ument. Ground was broken by Mrs. George S. Holmes for the monument November 7, 1905, in the presence of severa of the Jefferson Davis Monument Association and of the Advisor}- Board. The pick and shovel used on this occas been placed in the Confederate Museum. MRS. JONN T. HUGHES President Oakwood Memorial Association MRS. J. TAYLOR ELLYSON Pres, Hollywood Association MRS. W. J. BEHAN Pres. Southern Confederate Memorial Ass n. At the thirteenth annual convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, held in Gulport, Miss., November 14-17, 1906, Mrs. Holmes submitted the following report: Madame President General and Daughters of the Confederacy : Just seven years ago the Jefiferson Davis Monument Asociation, for erecting a memorial to the President of the Confederate States of America, was transferred to this honorable body by the United Confederate Veterans. Undismayed by the magnitude of the task, the United Daughters of the Confederacy have found no labor too heavy, no self-denial too great to fulfill this desire in loyalty and love ; the Confederated Southern Memorial Association, and the United Confederate Veterans greatly assisting us — nay, each man, woman and child of the South has held up our hands. I can now announce to you that the monument will be in your hands for unveiling on June 3, 1907, complete in every perfected detail. To give us the inspiration of their presence and to rejoice with us on this most auspicious day, the R. E. Lee Camp, United Confederate Veterans, ably seconded by the city of Richmond and State of Virginia, has invited the United Con- federate Veterans to hold the reunion of 1907 in the last Capital of the Confederacy, where Davis sleeps beside the James, which rolls in endless requiem. Only once more shall I appear before you to render an account of the stewardship of your Jefferson Davis Monument Association : now I can only thank you for your generosity in gifts and approval of our deeds, and pray " God bless us every one." Respectfully submitted, NELLIE HOTCHKISS HOLMES, MRS. GEORGE S. HOLMES, President, Jefferson Davis Monument Association, U. D. C. Nothing further by way of comment is needed. The glorious conclusion of the work given into the hands of South^m women needs no eulogy : It speaks its own everlasting praise. JEFFERSON DAVIS MONUMENT ASSOCIATION. HON. J. T. ELLYSON, MR. EDGAR D. TAYLOR, MR. JOSEPH BRYAN, CARLTON McCarthy, (Mayor of Richmond and Reunion host.) MR. GEO. L. CHRISTIAN, REV. JAMES P. SMITH, D.D. MR. D. C. RICHARDSON, Mr. Norman V. Randolph^ member of the Advisory Board of the Jefferson Davis Monument Association, until his death, early in the year 1903, deprived the organization of his valuable service and advice. Mrs. Norman V. Randolph, reunion hostess by request of the Confederate Veterans ; president for life of Richmond Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy ; second vice-president of the Jefferson Davis Monument Committee, and chairmar of a Ways and Means Committee, known as the Central Committee of the Jefferson Davis Monument Association. This com- mittee was organized on March 14th, 1900, with Mrs. Randolph as chairman ; Mrs. B. A. Blenner, secretary, Mrs. Edgar D. Taylor as treasurer, and the following members: Mrs. E. V. Valentine, Mrs. Alfred Gray, Mrs. Charles E. Boiling, Mrs. Dabney Carr, Mrs. Kate S. Winn, Mrs. Thomas Leary, Miss Kate Lee, Miss Minnie Baughman, Miss Anne C. Bentley, Mrs. Maria Robinson Mrs. Silas Shelburne, Mrs. Charles G. Bosher, Mrs. Clara Nash, Mrs. J. H. Timberlake, Mrs. Archer Anderson, Mrs. R. A Patterson, Mrs. Frank T. Crump, Mrs. Stephen Beveridge, Mrs. L. M. Hart, Mrs. D. C. Richardson, Mrs. W. R. Vawter and Mrs. Joseph Bryan. To the untiring work of this committee more than to any other one cause, is due the splendid success of the Jefferson Davis Monument Association. The committee was, at all times, in close touch with the Association president, Mrs George S. Holmes, whose reports show her appreciation of its constant support and service. MR. NORMAN V. RANDOLPH MRS. NORMAN V. RANDOLPH EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION Confederate Southern Memorial Association RICHMOND, VA., May 30th to lune 3rd, 1907. WEDNESDAY, May Twenty-ninth, 1907. 8:30 to 10:30 P. M. Reception in Lee Camp Hall by Richmond Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy, to Veterans, Sons of Veterans, Confederated Southern Memorial Association, sponsors, maids and all Confederate organizations. PROGRAMME — Continued f ^ ^ 4:30 o'clock. Stuart Statue Unveiled. Major General's salute. The veil will be drawn by Miss Virginia Stuart Waller, escorted by Master J. E. B. Stuart, grandchildren ot General Stuart. 4 45 o'clock. 4. Parade. March resumed to Hollywood. 5 :30 o'clock. 5. Ceremonies in Hollywood, including address by Rev. Dudley Powers. 6:30 o'clock. 6. Salute. Artillery and Infantry. Taps. NIGHT— 8:30 o'clock. AUDITORIUM, CARY AND LINDEN STREETS. Under Auspices of Sons of Veterans. Hon. Thomas N. Owen, commander in Chief of United Sons of Veterans, presiding. Presentation of all Official Sponsors and Maids of Honor to the Veterans and Sons of Veterans. PROGRAMME — Continued i* i* i* SECOND DAY. FRIDAY, MAY 31st. Morning — 9:30 o'Clock. 1 . Calling Convention to order by Major-General Stith Boiling, commanding Virginia Division. 2 . Prayer. 3. Music by Reunion Choir (Richmond High School); Band accompaniment. 4. Address of Welcome by His Excellency Claude A. Swanson, Governor of Virginia, on behalf of the State. 5. Music by Reunion Choir (Richmond High School); band accompaniment. 6. Address of Welcome by the Honorable Carlton McCarthy, Mayor of the city of Richmond, on behalf of the city. 7. Music by Reunion Choir (Richmond High School) ; band accompaniment. 8. Address of Welcome, on behalf of the Veterans of Vir- ginia, by Major John W. Daniel, Senator from Vir- ginia. 9. Music by Reunion Choir (Richmond High School) ; band accompaniment. 10. Address of Welcome by Mr. B. B. Morgan, on behalf of the Sons of Veterans. 11. Music by Reunion Choir (Richmond High School); band accompaniment. 12. Response by the Grand Commander, General Stephen D. Lee. 13. Music by Reunion Qiair (Richmond High School) ; band accompaniment. 14. Address by Colonel Robert E. Lee, Jr. 15. Adjourn. PROGRAMME — Continued J* A*